Community events calendar

Update: the meal for residents of Whiteway has been cancelled due to lack of funding.

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To download a copy of the Healthy Living Week program click here: Healthy Living Week. Thanks to Somer Housing for printing the booklets. I have added details of all the events to the website calendar and put a Healthy Living Week events summary below:

Thursday, 22nd May

First Aid for Mental Health 9am to 12 noon. Classes at Southdown Methodist Centre. Increase your knowledge of mental health and learn skills to support someone in mental distress. Complete all four of the free sessions to gain a certificate. Book in advance - telephone Sarah on 01225 859332.

Music and Movement 2pm to 3.30pm. A free session for older people and those with limited mobility. Enjoy gentle stretching and movement to music in a fun and social environment at Twerton Village Hall, Twerton High Street. Wear suitable footwear and comfortable clothing, and bring a bottle of water.

Tea Dance 2pm to 4pm. A sequence tea dance at St Barnabas Church Hall. Price: £1.50 including tea and biscuits.

Slimming World 6.30pm to 8pm. Slimming World will be held at Southdown Methodist Centre.

Herbal Walk 7pm. Meet at the Walwyn Close entrance to Carrs Woodland. Herbalist Sue Hawkey will be leading a walk through this nature reserve, speaking about the herbal properties and uses of everyday plants. Please wear good footwear and be aware that there are some steps and unsurfaced paths.

Aikido 7pm to 8.30pm. A free Aikido taster session for adults at Hedley Hall, Denmark Road. Understand more about self-defence, build your confidence and improve your fitness. Please wear loose clothing.

Friday, 23rd May

First Aid for Mental Health 9am to 12 noon. Classes at Southdown Methodist Centre - see the entry for Thursday 22nd May.

Self-defence 11am to 1pm. This is a free session by self-defence instructor Bernice Dawes at Randall's Bar, Twerton Football Ground. The first half of the session will include some physical moves. There will be a free lunch for participants from 1pm to 2pm.

Walk 11.45am. Meet at Bath City Farm for a walk lasting about lasting about 30 to 45 minutes. Wear suitable footwear, comfortable clothing and sun protection. Bring refreshments as well.

Twerton Infants 1.30pm to 3pm. Meet staff and children at Twerton Infant School's new community building and view food growing projects and cookery programmes. Refreshments will be provided.

Aerobics 2pm to 3pm. A free adult aerobics session at Southdown Methodist Centre, offering low to moderate exercise for people who have not taken up exercise for some time. Refreshments will be provided.

Badminton 3pm to 5pm. This is a free adult badminton session at Southdown Methodist Centre. All equipment will be provided.

Saturday, 24th May

Two Tunnels Walk 10am. The Two Tunnels Walk / Ride is an opportunity to walk or cycle along the former track of the Somerset and Dorset Railway. The walk will start at the beginning of the Linear Park at Bellotts Road, close to the Royal Oak Pub. The leaders plan to reach the Hope and Anchor Pub in Midford by around 1pm. The walk to Midford is about four miles long and there is a bus service at Midford to take you back to Bath.

Aerobics 2pm to 3pm. Southdown Methodist Centre offer a free children's aerobics session with medium to high impact exercising and lots of fun! Refreshments will be provided.

Badminton 3pm to 5pm. This is a free children's badminton session at Southdown Methodist Centre. All equipment will be provided.

Monday, 26th May

Golden-Oldies 10.30am to 11.30am. A free sing along to music from the 60s and 70s at the Blagdon Park Community Centre. All people over 60 are welcome. No need to book and there is wheelchair access and transport available. Telephone Grenville Jones on 01761 470006.

Over 50s Aerobics 2pm to 3pm. Free over 50s session at Southdown Methodist Centre, offering low impact exercises on chairs to help improve mobility.

Aikido 6.30pm to 8.30pm. A free Aikido session at Hedley Hall, Denmark Road, for children aged over 5.

7pm to 8.30pm. A free taster session for adults. Understand more about self-defence, build your confidence and improve your fitness. Please wear loose clothing.

Tuesday, 27th May

Roots & Shoots 10am to 12 noon. For children under 8 and their parents or carers. Help feed the animals and do some gardening at Bath City Farm.

Aerobics 2pm to 3pm. A free adult aerobics session at Southdown Methodist Centre, offering low to moderate exercise for people who have not taken up exercise for some time.

Tea Dance 2pm to 4pm. Free tea dance for older people at Bath City Football Club. All older people are welcome. Enjoy learning or refreshing your steps on the dance floor with traditional ballroom dances. Tea and cakes will be provided by the young people of Bath Foyer. Transport may be available on request -telephone the Time Bank on 01225 442813.

Wednesday, 28th May

First Aid for Mental Health 9am to 12 noon. Classes at Southdown Methodist Centre - see the entry for Thursday 22nd May.

Fish Cooking 10am to 12 noon. A free cookery class but with only 12 places, at Rose Cottage, Twerton High Street. Beginners are welcome. Rachel Shill, head chef at Alberto's Deli, will be demonstrating how to prepare and cook a selection of fresh fish. Advance booking is essential - telephone 01225 351643. Rose Cottage has wheelchair access.

Healthy Eating 10.30am to 12 noon and 1.15pm to 2.45pm. Drop-in sessions at the Carrswood Day Centre, Cleeve Green, for the public to get information on healthy diet issues.

Food Co-op 11am to 1pm. Find out about the Southside Food Co-op and enjoy free home-made soup, made with locally grown produce. The Food Co-op is located at 86 High Street, Twerton.

Fish Lunch 12 noon to 2pm. A two course fresh fish lunch with drinks, at Rose Cottage, Twerton High Street. Price: £5. Advance booking is recommended - telephone 01225 351643. Rose Cottage has wheelchair access.

Over 50s Aerobics 2pm to 3pm. Free over 50s session at Southdown Methodist Centre, offering low impact exercises on chairs to help improve mobility.

Thursday, 29th May

First Aid for Mental Health 9am to 12 noon. Classes at Southdown Methodist Centre - see the entry for Thursday 22nd May.

Celebration 10am to 2pm. A free fun day to celebrate Healthy Living Week at Bath City Farm. Activities will include a nature treasure hunt, fruit bug making, a massage demonstration, a children's obstacle course, a healthy eating barbecue and more.

Healthy Barbecue 12 noon to 2pm (weather permitting). A selection of barbecued fish, vegetarian food and fish pie will be served on the patio of Rose Cottage, Twerton High Street. Price of the main meal: £3. No advance booking is necessary. Rose Cottage has wheelchair access.

Tea Dance 2pm to 4pm. A sequence tea dance at St Barnabas Church Hall. Price: £1.50 including tea and biscuits.

Joe, 07/05/08

Some Bath City fans that I know have had pretty long faces recently. This is because City failed to make the play-offs for promotion to the Blue Square Premier league, after a 1-1 draw against Bishop Stortfort.

However, City have just won the Somerset Premier Cup for the first time in 13 years, beating Paulton Rovers by three goals to nil to claim the trophy. The photo opposite shows the cup in the Bath City FC office at Twerton Park.

You can get all the latest on City's progress, their players, youth team and more here: www.bathcityfc.com.

Joe, 06/05/08

The Two Tunnels Walk / Ride will be taking place on Saturday 24th May and is an opportunity to walk or cycle along the former track of the Somerset and Dorset Railway. The walk will be led by representatives of the Two Tunnels Committee which aims to turn the route into a greenway for public use. The walk starts at the beginning of the Linear Park at Bellotts Road, close to the Royal Oak Pub at 10am. The leaders plan to reach the Hope and Anchor Pub in Midford for lunch by around 1pm. The walk to Midford is about four miles long and there is a bus service at Midford to take you back to Bath.

Joe, 05/05/08

The first in a series of Makaton classes organised by the Community Learning Service began in Twerton Village Hall today. Makaton is a simple form of sign language devised in 1972 to enable communication with individuals who have learning difficulties. Most of the people in the class were there in connection with their line of work, although some had enrolled out of personal interest.

Makaton has a core vocabulary of 500 words / concepts. After learning some basics such as the hand gestures for "home", "drink of water" etc, students were taught how to combine these movements to sign a sentence.

Quite a bit of the Makaton vocabulary seems to be devoted to food, and a range of signs to indicate "cheeseburger", "vegetable", "curry", "rice dinner", "strawberry" and so on were practiced in the hall. Subsequent lessons will be more advanced and everyone was given a Makaton manual to take away and brush up at home.

You can find out more about the work of the Community Learning Service here.

Joe, 02/05/08

A Fun Day supported by the Southside Family Project will be held at Bath City Farm on Saturday the 31st of May, from 12 noon to 4pm.

There will be live music, refreshments, a barbecue, stalls, a bouncy castle and a car boot sale. To book a pitch for the car boot sale telephone the Southside Family Project on 01225 331243.

Joe, 01/05/08

Representatives from the Two Tunnels Group gave a presentation at Bath City Football Club on Monday, to explain their project to local community workers. The Two Tunnels Project aims to create a greenway along the disused Somerset and Dorset railwayline, linking East Twerton, Oldfield Park, Lyncombe Vale and Midford.

Some of the route is already accessible in the form of the Linear Park, which stretches from the Royal Oak Pub to Bear Flat. The project will open up the Devonshire and Combe Down Tunnels for public use, installing artistic lighting and CCTV similar to the example from Italy shown opposite.

The path will be suitable for walkers and cyclists, with new bridges to take people over Monksdale Road and Dartmouth Avenue so that they don't have to come into contact with traffic. There are many ideas for making the greenway attractive and interesting, such as the addition of picnic tables, water features, sculptures and explanation boards.

Speaker Frank Thompson said that The Two Tunnels Group are keen to promote public ownership of the path and would be delighted to hear from individuals and community groups wanting to get involved. Local schools might like to use the amenity for its historical or geographical interest, or to take part in something like tree-planting. The project will take about three years to complete.

You can register your support for the Two Tunnels Project via the website here: www.twotunnels.org.uk/mailinglist.html.

Joe, 30/04/08

Somer Housing have withdrawn their application to build on a greenfield site at The Hollow, Twerton.

The planning application provoked more than a thousand objection letters from local communities together with opposition from the Highways, Ecology and Landscapes Departments, Bath City Farm and Councillors for Twerton and Southdown. Not a single Bath Councillor was in favour of the development. You can read the Council's letter confirming the withdrawal here and access other papers relating to the planning application here.

Historical interest

One of the more interesting comments among the documentation comes from an archaeological advisor:

"The above proposed development lies in close proximity to the suggusted line of a Roman Road (SMR: MBN10308), which appears as a straight track on the 1885 Ordnance Survey, and now forms the northern boundary of the application area. This road leads towards an area of Whiteway where Roman burials have been found suggesting a farmstead or settlement in the vicinity."

"I would therefore recommend that an archaeological field evaluation (site investigation) is carried out before this application is determined."

Joe, 30/04/08

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