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 The muddy footpaths in #finingswood are drying up and the weather looks good for the weekend so plan a trip out and feel the sun on your back. Listen out for the tap tapping woodpeckers, the deep croak of the ravens and the high altitude whisper of the skylark.
#chilternfootpaths #birdsong Facebook post by Paul Thomas
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It was great to meet with Finings Wood Community Group in Lane End last week. Together we braved the British weather and took a walk through the woods where I enjoyed hearing more about the group’s commitment to protecting nature for future generations. The group are campaigning to sustainably protect, manage and restore this ancient woodland for the community and for nature. Do you have a local cause or community project you'd like to share with me? Email me at emma.reynolds.mp@parliament.uk From Emma Reynolds Facebook page  Emma Reynolds alongside Trevor and Paul from our committee. Our local MP Emma Reynolds braved cold and wet conditions today to visit Finings Wood. Emma saw the potential of what we want to achieve for Lane End and will follow the project with great interest. Thanks to our loyal supporter Caroline O'Conner for offering her warm lounge for our meeting, and supplying hot tea!
 Happy birthday to one of our most dedicated trustees Paul Rees Thomas ! You never stop campaigning, walking, educating, clearing up and creating for our Finings wood group and so we hope you have a day off today! (As it's a 'big' one!)
 And breathe.. Pete and Tish were a tad overwhelmed with the Hamper and so another big thank you to everyone who donated incredible contents and bought tickets. Deffo doing it again in 11 months time!
 Well, you couldn't make this up! After a redraw today, we had our 2nd winner this morning of the raffle who then generously offered the hamper back as they were right royally full over Xmas! Then within ten minutes, after some more detective work and realising a form was indeed filled in on our website but with different names, we were talking to the original winners! So well done Peter and Tish Thomas we will be delivering this asap!!
 Happy New Years Eve! Well we have not been successful in finding our hamper winners Marie and Thomas P as no contact form filled in as per our rules.
They have until 12pm tomorrow to claim then we will do a redraw. Hope they come forward!  Click to view a bigger pic! Sylvana La Faye in #FiningsWood has had a make over, ready to welcome in the new year. Red stars and pine cone trim on her new skirt and long lush red hair. Take a walk in the woods and enjoy the fresh air now the wonderful views are back, hopefully with bluer skies and the Red Kites soaring overhead.
Taken from a Facebook post by Pauline Thomas  Merry Christmas to all of our wonderful supporters.
Wishing for a restful and peaceful time for all. Let's hope we find our pot of gold in 2025 to save these woods for the village to own.  Congratulations to Caroline O'connor for winning the second prize in the Finings Wood Christmas Hamper raffle. We are still waiting to hear from the winner of the main hamper, but they haven't come forward yet. If you recognise the names Thomas and Marie P please get in contact!
Ok the hunt is on! Does anyone know a Marie and Thomas P? They won our hamper last night but did a bank payment with that ref only. They have until 12pm 1st Jan to claim then we will do a redraw. Hope they come forward!
 We raised a whopping £835 from our raffle! we are so thankful to all. The Winners are Thomas and Marie P, and Caroline O Connor! well done and we will be in touch!
 Sylvana of #Finingswood has a lovely new little Gingerbread friend to help her tell the world that passes by them about the Finings Wood Christmas Raffle, with just 5 days to go to get your ticket, to win a fabulous hamper 1st prize or a Rucksack 2nd prize. Both are heavy with fabulous content to enjoy and share this Christmas. Snap on the QR code to take you to the page on our website that tells you what to do. All in aid of Lane End, Finings Wood Group efforts to secure these much loved woods and footpaths for the future and well being of the village.
Many thanks for Gingerbread friends. Facebook post by Pauline Thomas  Come to Lane end Village hall from 5.30 today! We will be there with the hamper of the year raffle (ticket sales, being drawn next week) and loads of other great things on too!
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view it here.  WOW! Our Christmas Hamper is epic! thank you to everyone who has donated and created incredible items, and to Paul Rees Thomas and Pauline Thomas working so hard to package, list and photograph! We have two prizes now, a first of the Hamper, and a 2nd of a stuffed full backpack! See comments for the list...
Tickets are £5 each, and all information is on our website here https://www.finingswood.org.uk/christmas-raffle.html and there is no maximum on how many tickets you can purchase. You can pay using Paypal or our bank, all details are on the page of the website above, also please comment below on how many tickets you wish to buy and how paid, and I can allocate your ticket numbers to you once we see payment. If you prefer to purchase using Cash, please contact myself, or Paul Rees Thomas and we can advise drop off locations. The raffle closes at 8pm on Friday 20th December and we would hope to deliver your amazing prize over that weekend in plenty of time for Christmas if you are local, or if over 10 miles away, you would need to collect from us in Lane End. The Finings Wood committee are also allowed to purchase tickets for this draw, and you will see a recording of the computer scrolling through all of the entries choosing a winner to ensure it is all fair and above board! Quite took my breath away when I turned around to see after this squall. There were three but this one was the best and very special.
#rainbows #Finingswood Facebook post by Pauline Thomas  Finally, some blue sky and sunshine. Get into the woods and kick some leaves. This poem for Autumn is by Leah Cubbage...
For our vision impaired friends the poem reads.. "And now a quiet and lovely wood Becomes a seething glare With Amber, Gold and Crimson leaves That fill the Autumn air" Dare we mention the 'C' word yet? Oh go on then! Well we are now collecting for a super-dooper hamper raffle we will launch in November! So if you have any spare spirits, wine, chocolates, special biscuits, or anything home produced too, we would love to include them in our special hamper. Send us a message and one of the team can pick up anything you can kindly donate! thanking you in advance :-)   We had a fantastic turnout to our Harvest Fair and Treasure Hunt! thank you so much for bringing so much food and produce, and lots of kiddies had fun in the woods finding their clues. We just love this event which is now an annual one it seems!
We had the best time last year with our Apple Day, so we are repeating it this year, but having a Harvest Fair and a Treasure Hunt instead!
September 15th - Lane End Village Hall Garden and Finings Wood Bring your donated home grown produce - fruit, veg, cakes, jams etc., up to the village hall garden at 12pm, and then come back and buy some other peoples donations from 2-4pm and enjoy tea and cakes in the Sycamore room! Bring the kids and they can enjoy a treasure hunt with you in the woods and you can then return with your stash and enjoy a relaxing cup of tea! Help us raise funds for this great mission of saving the woods for the community. We are up at the Lane End Playing fields with the lovely Sports Association's music day! lots of marshmallows being toasted. Come and visit!
Meet the Marsh Mallow Man, born of #FiningsWood and seasons past, who will be selling toasted marshmallows at the LESA Music Festival tomorrow afternoon 29.06.24 at Lane End Playing Fields. Come and meet him on the Lane End, Finings Wood Group stand, he looks forward to seeing you.
#FiningsWood community Group had a Barn Owl sat on some huge logs of Ash to greet everyone to the Lane End Village Fete & Dog Show today.
Our thank-you's for bringing the owl to life must go to Ritchard Tysoe and an enthusiastic succession of Scouts, James, Jack, Oliver, Sam, Callum and Hannah who all warmed up to the role as the sun came out right on cue and just on time. Hope I have not left anyone out in that line up. Thankyou your support it was most appreciated in drawing attention to the huge Ash logs being sold off a 9" slice at a time in aid of Finings Wood. We still have some left if anyone missed out, maybe for a creative project or feature table top 30" diameter for their garden or simply for firewood. Enquiries to Paul (page admin ) please. The blustery wind made creating the green mandela patterns from leaves and plants rather challenging, but larch twigs and fir cones, baby conkers and flowers stayed around best. Thanks too to Alison Hartnett and her excellent team for such a fabulous afternoon and to everyone who dropped by to find out what and where we are up to with Finings Wood Pauline Thomas - facebook post Just because we are quiet, does not mean things are not afoot!
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