Christmas Roundup 2025
The two-page short version of the Wigney Christmas Newsletter 2025 can be found here . We are still very much enjoying life in Devon, and Mike has embraced retirement by keeping active and busy with ringing and singing. As well as being tower captain at Bovey he is the Branch ringing co-ordinator (basically the master but can't get up all the towers!) and training rep. He organises two or three quarter peal days a month, always with a pub lunch, and there are plenty of ringers around who are now retired from work, and can ring on weekdays, who seem keen to participate. There are also four tower outings a year to be organised. In May he organised the annual Intrepid canal boat trip - the intention had been to boat to Macclesfield but once again plans had to be constantly amended and revised. Last year's plans had been affected by sand bars, overrunning winter maintenance, flooding and broken lock gates. This year they were thwarted by breaches on the Bridgewater Canal ...