LENT LUNCHES: Easter is early this year, so the Lent Lunches will soon be starting around the hill. Although these are austerity lunches they are very far from austere. Home-made soup and a cheese bap will be available at each venue. Donations will be divided between the Friends of Tewkesbury and Pershore hospitals.

The venues are as follows: February 11, The Old Farmhouse, Ashton-under-Hill; February 18, True Blue Farm, Kinsham; February 25, Manor Farm, Bredon; March 4, The Grange, Kemerton; March 11, Adsett Cottage, Beckford; March 18, Church Cottage, Bricklehampton.