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Dear Family and Friends,

On the evening of the 15th September 2008 I sat outside as dusk fell over Zimbabwe and I could almost hear a sigh of relief rising up from our broken country. It had been a day of such high expectation and with so much emotion that sitting quietly as the sun fell and the stars rose was necessary for the soul, to take it all in and to look back, and forwards.

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Organisations

Brent Pelham & Meesden Parish Council

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Birds

Treecreeper

The Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) also known as the Eurasian treecreeper can be seen in the woods around the Pelhams.

However it rarely makes a sound and is quite hard to spot running up and down the bark of a tree.

Brent Pelham

Piers Shonks

Piers Shonks was a twenty-three foot tall giant who lived on an island in Shonks' Moat, Peppsall Field. One day, whilst out hunting, he encountered a ferocious dragon and with an arrow killed it.

Furneux Pelham

New sign for Furneux Pelham

Furneux Pelham has had the village sign repaired which is now back on the inside of the bend opposite the old Blacksmith's house.

Stocking Pelham

"Three Good Companions"

Arthur Mee's "Hertfordshire" describes it as follows: "Stocking Pelham. It has three good companions, a little church, a barn about twice as big, and the rectory still guarded by part of its old moat. Read more...

Animals

Hare

The Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) is larger, longer-eared, and longer-legged than a rabbit. It has a body size of 50-70 cm and a tail length of 7-11 cm.

The weight for a full-grown adult ranges from 2.5 to 6.5 kg. It can run at speeds of up to 70 km/h (45 mph)

Normally shy animals, hares change their behaviour in Spring, when they can be seen in broad daylight chasing one another around the fields in the Pelhams; this appears to be competition between males to attain dominance (and hence more access to breeding females).

Insects

Nursery Web Spider

Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)

News from Zimbabwe

Top of the agenda

Dear Family and Friends,

A power sharing deal between the MDC and Zanu PF has been agreed. This is not what Zimbabweans voted for but it seems we must make the best of it if we are to save the country from complete ruin. The very people who designed and implemented the 9 year collapse of Zimbabwe will now sit alongside the victims of their ruinous policies. What will be top of the agenda?