There is a Walking Festival in Lincolnshire from 17th May to 1st June.  Full details of all the walks can be found at www.woldswalkingfestival.co.uk   Walks vary from very short, 2 miles, up to long, 15 miles.

The launch event on the 17th May will be at Healing Manor Hotel and that day will include several local walks, children’s activities, geochaching, climbing wall, stalls refreshments etc.

During the festival there will be a 2 mile local walks around the Manor Estate on Thursday 22nd May at 6.30pm and Sunday 25th at 2.30pm.  On Wed 28th May there will a walk around the two moated manors at 6.30pm.  Further details can be obtained from Emma Lingard 07788 865191.  All the walks start from Healing Manor Hotel and are free.

In view of these walks I will not be leading a Sunday walk from the Chapel this month.

The response has been fantastic and the staff at CARE send their thanks and appreciation for the donations of food and chocolate, which have been very gratefully received.  It is amazing how each donation and act of kindness will make a difference to families this Easter time.  Graeme and Ann-Marie

Vicky Andrew will be running the Race for Life with two of her friends, Lisa and Billie, in memory of Angela in Cleethorpes on 18^th May. Please support this worthy cause.  http://www.justgiving.com/Angelas-Angels-8-1-14

Bemigho & friends (Bombay Bicycle Club) are cycling from London to Paris from 23^rd– 27^th July in aid of St. Andrews Hospice. The goal is to raise £2500 for this worthy cause.  To donate go to youreventchildrenshospice.everydayhero.com/uk/team-bombay-bicycle-club-grimsby

Come and join the friendship club which meets up every First Monday of the Month at Keelby Methodist Church from 2.00 to 4.00pm. The cost will be £2.50 per session which includes refreshment.  This month we will meet on Monday 7^th April 2014

Lincolnshire Plants and their Historical Uses.  Loretta Rivers explores how plants growing around our homes have been used, sometimes for medicines, but at other times for cleaning, keeping pests away and to provide lighting, furniture or food.

On April 5th our Charity Saturday will simply be a coffee morning and raffle, 10.00am to 1.00pm.  Do come and drink our coffee and eat cake or teacakes.  This month it’s a very different charity.  We, along with others in the Methodist Church, are raising money to help two young teams from Nicaragua – one male, one female – who are attending the Street Child World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.  So for the price of a raffle ticket you could help change a “street child’s” life!

To learn more go to http://www.methodist.org.uk/mission/street-child-world-cup