Bodiam

I felt it was a good visit to St Giles and Bodiam by the Bishop of Chichester Bishop Martin. I went to St Giles to meet him and Deborah, one of the churchwardens, made me feel on top of the world. I had my back to her when she came into the churchyard and Deborah said ‘I thought you were the bishop’. I said ‘not yet’.

Bishop Martin went into our Church of England Primary School and I know the children seemed very happy to see him and I must say I did like his address to the little people.

A big thank you to Gordon our vicar for all the work he put in to make it a very good visit. To a small parish like Bodiam it makes you feel that Bodiam counts.

Please complete the voter registration form to vote in elections. We have elections in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

The next meeting of the parish council is on October 21, 7pm in the Parish Room.

Our Bodiam Church of England Primary School is to have a film night in the hall. There will be an entrance charge of £2.50 per child and this will include a drink and a snack. Children will need to be collected promptly at 5.30pm. The film will be Hotel Transylvania. It is rated PG and runs for approximately 90 minutes.

Battle Area Community Transport is a charitable group which will run a bus service to Ashford via Bodiam on October 25 and November 8. Places have to be booked from Lyn on 01424 772001, 9am-noon, Monday to Friday. Fares are reasonable and passes are accepted. They will collect you from as close to your home as possible.