Wiltshire Air Ambulance is one of the beneficiaries of Deepest Wiltshire. Earlier this year, we presented a cheque for £5,000 to the charity at its HQ near Semington, and we will be back at the base on Monday 4th September for a talk as part of this year’s Air Ambulance Week. The cheque was presented…
WHEN we were researching Deepest Wiltshire, we were surprised to find that Malmesbury had no shops selling books. Now Amanda Willis has filled that yawning gap, opening Barn Owl Books on 4th August 2023. A retired nursery educator and avid reader, Amanda is used to a home with bulging, sagging bookshelves. Over meny years her…
DEEPEST Somerset, the third book in our series, was launched at Glastonbury Town Hall on 23rd September. The menu, devised by Philippa Davis, was all Somerset, provided by our generous food producers. The centrepiece was a cheese mountain, featuring not only the finest Cheddars from Keens, Godminster, Barbers and Montgomery’s but newer inventions from Feltham’s…
THERE’s a bit of fake news going the rounds about Deepest Dorset, the first of our three books, published in 2016. We are delighted that the total 3,020 print run has sold out, at the same time as being sorry that some people missed out. It would not be practical for us to reprint a…
WE are happy to report that our first donation from the proceeds of Deepest Wiltshire is £10,000 to Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation, for the new Coronavirus Response Fund, which is raising money for financial support to provide emergency help to voluntary groups across the county to support those most affected by the pandemic. Our…
