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Coffee and Clean at the Village Hall
On Saturday 2nd May there will be a Coffee and Clean event at the village hall. After the huge success of last year’s spring clean, the committee are welcoming any volunteers that are free to join us any time between 10am and 2pm to help spruce up the village hall. If you are able to bring a lawn mower or jet wash to help with tidying up outside that would be hugely appreciated. Please contact Holly to advise (074931 65731). All volunteers will be readily supplied with coffee and cakes and there will be jobs available for all capabilities.
Monthly Coffee Morning
Our monthly coffee mornings at the village hall have remained popular and provide a wonderful opportunity for residents to get together and catch up on village news and events and share some wonderful homemade cakes. Our next coffee morning is on Saturday 4th April (10-
Midsummer Gospel Choir Night at Cottesbrooke
Our next fundraising event in the village is the Midsummer Gospel Choir night in Cottesbrooke, more details to follow as soon as a date is secured with the Choir (aiming for May/June). Please keep an eye on the village notice board and village hall Facebook and Instagram pages for more details. Holly will be selling tickets in due course. To register your interest please contact her on 074931 65731 or email cottesbrookeVHC@gmail.com.
Warrior Retreat, Sunday 19th April
11:30am -
Local Artist Steve Nicholas
Village resident Steve Nicholas produces beautiful artwork using charcoal and soft pastels. He draws inspiration from nature and his local environment, one of his latest commissions, which he undertook for a fellow villager, was of the beautiful big oak tree in Harry Jones field (pictured). Working on a smaller scale, Steve still manages to capture the magic of the everyday. To see more of his stunning artwork check out his Instagram @Steve_Nicholas_Art or if you’d like to commission a piece yourself, you can contact him via email at info@nicholasandsteele.co.uk
It is a bright spring morning as I write here in Cottesbrooke – feels like the first sunshine I’ve seen for months. We had the most glorious sunset last night, so perhaps that saying that a red sky at night is a shepherd’s delight is true…
Despite the ongoing chill, bumblebees are already doing their rounds, visiting the spotted carpet of snowdrops under the apple tree. New birth is taking place for all the animals around here, which means that food will be required for the new babies. Many species pass by my window – foxes, muntjac, pheasants, squirrels and hares – but recently badgers have been the most frequent visitors, arriving late at night in search of food.
Last night, I went to the window to look at the night sky. I was hoping I could spot the international space station as it passed over. When I opened the curtains to peep out at around ten o’clock, I completely forgot about outer space. There, almost at my feet but just on the other side of the glass door, was a badger. He was gathering up the crusts of bread I put out for the birds and I wondered if he was taking them home for his newborn brood – according to BBC’s Country File, the male badger gets sent out to bring back food for his young family while the mother keeps them safe. I wonder if Mrs Badger said, ‘remember to give an old lady a fright while you’re out there’…
These are the real treasures of rural life.
From this quiet corner of Cottesbrooke, I say, enjoy it all.
Love – Chris Utley
Local news from the Northamptonshire villages of Cold Ashby,
Cottesbrooke, Creaton, Guilsborough, Hollowell & Teeton and Thornby.
Last updated Sunday, March 29, 2026
Copy deadline for the June/July printed edition: Tuesday 5th May ‘26
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