The Covington Book Group Summer Party will be held on the evening of Saturday 4th August. As last year Shirley has very kindly offered to host us. We will discuss plans for the food nearer the time but in essence the Book Group funds will pay for the main event in terms of food and […]
The next book group meeting will be Monday June 4th in the village hall. When we will discuss the books we have been reading in June. For June the Covington Book Group members have had a choice of two books for their reading pleasure. Either Barkskins by Annie Proulx or Black Water Lilies by Michel […]
Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund. Only a few of the group had read this book, some had started but not finished due to the harrowing nature of the subject matter. This who did read it in general did not enjoy the book, simply due to the subject matter and the graphic descriptions of horrific […]
Gordon Reffin is looking to revive the Catworth Chess Club. Several people have expressed an interest and the plan is to play some matches late afternoon on Saturdays in the Racehorse pub, Catworth. If you would like to join the club or find out more, please approach Gordon directly, or via our Contact page.
We are looking for some images of Covington, UK to use on our website homepage. Do you have an image we could use? Or if not, would you like to be creative and take some photos which we could potentially select? If so, we are looking for photos which capture the essence of Covington; it could be an aerial view of […]
One of our Covington residents has started a small ‘hobby business’ selling greetings cards featuring her photography. The cards reflect Sarah’s love of nature, especially flowers; there are cards featuring peonies (Sarah’s favourite flower) clematis and roses as well as a series of cards featuring fruits and a series reflecting Sarah’s love of the sea. […]
The Covington Bell Ringers would like to teach more people to ring the bells. Anyone is welcome, you don’t have to attend church to ring the bells! Please contact Peter Sewell directly, or via our Contact page.
You are invited to attend a Full Parish Meeting on Tuesday 3rd July at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. The objective is to discuss a planning application for a dwelling on the Osier Stables plot. The application is not in our Parish area but as we are the nearest habitation to the plot we are […]
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave: Overall the group enjoyed the book and felt it was a well written and absorbing story, with well portrayed characters and relationships. In particular the heroine’s mother was a character that received praise for being very well drawn. It was interesting to note that the book was based […]
The next Book Group meeting will be June 4th in the village hall when we will discuss the books we have been reading in May. In May the Covington Book Group have had a choice of two books for their reading pleasure. Either Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund or A Place Called Winter by […]