Category: Castle Bytham

Christmas Refuse Bin Collections 2011/12

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South Kesteven District Council are amending their refuse collection days to accommodate the Christmas period as follows …

Normal collection on Monday 26 December will be collected on Saturday 24 December
Normal collection on Tuesday 27 December will be collected on Wednesday 28 December
Normal collection on Monday 2 January will be collected on Saturday 31 December

You can view all of the planned changes for 2012 on the SKDC website and by viewing the SKDC Bin Collection 2011-12.

Castle Inn Christmas Menu 2011

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If you have not planned your Christmas Party yet the the Castle Inn in Castle Bytham are offering a full Christmas menu until Christmas Eve.  As well as the anticipated traditional roast turkey with all the festive trimmings, the menu also offers braised beef with horseradish and a fragrant lentil and sweet potato stew.

For starters you can chose from cannellini bean soup, tempura battered prawns with sweet chilli sauce and pigeon breast in stout with bubble and squeak.  If you can manage it there is the temptation of a rich Christmas pudding with orange liqueur cream, malt chocolate cheesecake or a trio of fruit sorbet followed by coffee and chocolates.

To make a booking for the Christmas menu, priced very reasonably at £19.95 per person, contact Charlotte or Eamonn on 01780 410504 or email morkerytaverns@hotmail.com.  A £5 non-returnable deposit per person is required at the time of booking.

Ride raises £3866 for Great Ormond Street

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Schoolboys Ben Ellis and Ben Warburton have raised a magnificent £3,866 to date for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in London.

The intrepid 16-year-olds cycled from Land’s End in Cornwall to John O’Groats in Scotland.

Read more from the Stamford Mercury website.

Come Carolling with Us

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The Castle Bytham Carollers will be embarking on their annual tour of the village on Monday, December 12th, to raise much-needed funds for St James’ Church and in particular help towards the cost of repairing the roof.

The lantern-lit procession will be joined by Santa, and we’re hoping to top last year’s effort when an amazing £330 was collected from exceedingly generous villagers.

We want to make this a great family occasion, so please join us for a sing-song and bring your young ones with you. Carol sheets are provided and don’t worry if you wouldn’t pass the auditions for The X Factor – everyone is welcome. Feel free to bring your own lantern, or perhaps even a musical instrument.

To get the evening off to a good start, Charlotte and Eamonn at The Castle are kindly providing sherry and mince pies at 6pm for all those taking part.

We aim to get round as much of the village as we can in a couple of hours, and this year we are intending to cover the Holywell Road/Regal Gardens/Bytham Heights/Clipsham Road area, so keep an ear out for us, or why not come and join us.

If you’d like more details you can ring Sue Blunt on 01780 411027 or email: sueblunt@gmail.com

Jumble Sale

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There will be a Jumble Sale in Castle Bytham Village Hall on Saturday 17 September from 1.30pm. As well as the sale there will also be refreshments available and a raffle.

If you are able to donate jumble, such as clothes and bric-a-brac but no large items or electrical appliances, then the hall will be open for it to be ‘dropped-off’ between 7.00pm and 9.00pm on Friday 16 September.

For further information please call 01780 410537.

Lincolnshire Heritage Open Days 2011

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Two of this years Lincolnshire Heritage Open Days take place in theBythams area on Saturday 10 September.  The Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology are organising a walk over the surviving earthworks of the Medieval castle in Castle Bytham.  45 minute walks will start from the entrance next to Castle Farm SK9800 1840 at 11.00am and 12noon.  To book onto the walk contact Ken Hollamby 01522 526731.

The second Open Day is a 2.5 mile walk along part of the disused railway line which linked Bourne to Saxby taking in both the Toft Tunnel and the Lound Viaduct – two major engineering features of the line.  The event starts at 1.30pm on Saturday 10 September and, again, the event is organised by the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology and to book onto the walk you should contact Heritage Lincolnshire 01529 461499.

For further details of all of the Heritage Lincolnshire Open Days in 2011 visit Heritage Lincolnshire or for the full national programme visit Heritage Open Days.  If you miss this years then next years weekend is planned for 6 to 9 September 2012.