WEMBDON Village Day proved to be a huge success this year with an estimated 3,000 people coming to enjoy the many attractions on show.

There was a well-attended car-boot sale, a craft show in the new Village Hall, as well as various stalls run by local clubs and charities. The day also included fete favourites such as a coconut shy and smash the crockery.

The annual Fruit, Vegetable, Flower and Craft show in the Parish Centre had several new exhibitors, especially in the children’s classes, and, as ever, the quality of entries was exceedingly high.

The Scarecrow Competition was run for the second year running, with several entries appearing across the

Village to the shock of the local seagulls. This year the judges awarded the Best Exhibit trophy to Margaret Hawkings for her painting of sweet peas, and to Miss Bethany Moss for her illustrated poem entitled “One More Step Along The Road I Go”.

Fiona Grief from the Wembdon Community Association said: "Many of the exhibitors donated their entries after the show to be auctioned off and Ian Dyer as auctioneer did a fantastic job persuading people to part with their money."

The facilities at the newly refurbished Parish Centre were also enjoyed by those visiting for refreshments and they were treated to performances from Burtle Silver Band, while enjoying sandwiches, cakes and cream teas prepared and served by members of the Wembdon community.

Mrs Grief added: "All in all a very successful event made possible by the hard work and dedication of the Wembdon Community Association with an enormous amount of help and support from the local community, without which the staging of an event of this magnitude would be impossible.

"With this year’s very successful Village Day behind us, members of the WCA are now looking forward

to our next major event: the spectacular Annual Firework Display at Blake’s Field (by the church), on

Saturday, October 28 at 6.45pm."