Coffee Morning

A reminder that the coffee morning is this coming Saturday 20 April in Cornhill Village Hall. This event is to raise money for the Carham parish defibrillator fund. There will be tea, coffee and hopefully some cakes, as well as a raffle, a wheel of fortune, a craft and produce table, and bric-a-brac. Donations of raffle prizes, baked goods and produce are welcome. The event begins at 10.30 and the raffle will be drawn at about 11.30. We look forward to seeing you there!

Road Works

We have been advised of two Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders as follows:

138136293 U1003 Selbys Hill Jcn to Wark Jcn. Details of the disruption can be viewed here

138127031 U1002 Blakelaw Jcn to Campfield Jcn. Details of the disruption can be viewed here

Parish Council Meeting

The next meeting of the Parish Council will be on Tuesday 12 March 2024 at 6.30 pm in St Cuthbert’s Church, Carham. You can find the agenda and minutes of previous meetings on our Meetings page. All parishioners are welcome to attend the meeting.

Parishioners’ questions are answered before the main meeting proceedings begin. If you have a question for the Parish Council, please send this to the Parish Clerk in advance of the meeting. The Parish Clerk can ask the question on your behalf or, if you attend the meeting, you can ask your question in person.

Mindrum Farm Walk

The Footpaths Group had arranged to visit Mindrum farm in December last year, but the walk had to be cancelled because of the weather. It has now been rearranged for Thursday 7 March, starting at 10 am.

This is another chance to enjoy a five-mile guided walk around this mixed organic farm with Tom Fairfax who will be talking about regenerative farming and other developments since the Footpaths Group visited in 2019. Everyone is welcome, including well-behaved dogs on leads. For more information, see the poster on our Walks page.

It would be helpful to have some idea of numbers, so if you plan to come along please email the walks organiser or send a text to 07557 211 564. We hope you’ll be able to join us!

Next Footpaths Group Walk

The next walk organised by the footpaths group will be on Saturday 17 February 2024, starting at 10 am. This 4.5 mile circular walk starts and ends in Pressen and is via footpath, lane and bridleway. Everyone welcome, including well-behaved dogs on leads. For more information, see the poster on our Walks page. For a description of the route scroll down to see the 9 April 2022 report under “Pressen and Piperdean Lane Circular.”

Parish Council Meeting

The next meeting of the Parish Council will be on Tuesday 9 January 2024 at 6.30 pm in St Cuthbert’s Church, Carham. You can find the agenda and minutes of previous meetings on our Meetings page. All parishioners are welcome to attend, and parishioners’ questions are answered before the main meeting proceedings begin.

If you have a question for the Parish Council, please send this to the Parish Clerk in advance of the meeting. The Parish Clerk can ask the question on your behalf or, if you attend the meeting, you can ask your question in person.

Christmas Raffle

There are just a few days left to buy your tickets for the Christmas raffle – the last fundraising event of the year for the parish defibrillator fund. Tickets are just £1 each, and the prizes that have been donated should add nicely to anyone’s seasonal festivities. They include a magnum of Champagne, bottles of wine, whisky and sloe gin, boxes of chocolates, a £30 gift voucher for The Good Life Shop in Wooler, a basket of Christmas treats from Cornhill Village Shop and a sack of Saxon potatoes – an essential accompaniment to the turkey! – from Particularly Good Potatoes in Wooler. Tickets are available from Victoria Poland at Mindrum Station House, John McGregor in Wark and Willa Straker-Smith at Wark Common, and are also on sale at Cornhill Village Shop. If you have any trouble getting hold of tickets, please email carhamparishdefibs so that we can help you to get some. Ticket stubs and money need to be returned by Saturday 16 December and the draw is on Monday 18 December. Please support the raffle if you can!