August 2026
Christening in Irnham Church 
Mr and Mrs Tillard look very proud in the photo. It was such a lovely day to have their children Florence and Indigo Christened at Irnham Church.
As they live in Hawthorpe, Irnham Church is the ideal place and with Reverend Helen Roulston taking the service it seems all went to plan.
Thank you for allowing the photo to be used in then Link.
Sad Loss of Irnham village resident
I thought it only right that I mention that on the 7th July at Grantham Crematorium, family and friends gathered to say goodbye to George Brewster.
George worked for the estate and lived on the outskirts of the village. George’s sons also worked for the Irnham Estate over many years and Richard is still working here keeping the village looking lovely.
Even though I haven’t lived in Irnham that long (10 years) I remember him in his white van driving around the village checking on the fields.
This was after his retirement but he just loved Irnham and what was going on.
Rest in peace George
Big thank you to Corby Glen Fire brigade Co responders and Grantham paramedics 
Just another evening dead heading roses in my garden June 29th , well that was what I thought.
At around 6pm I reached over a bush to re plant another plant that I think had been dug up and in doing so was stung on my thigh by a bee.
Over the last few years myself and bees have come into contact regularly and each time my reaction to them has got worse.
I knew something was wrong when my ears felt swollen. It happened so fast that by the time I had got back to the house and went upstairs to lie down my face was swelling and my palms were itching so much I wanted to rip the skin off.
A red rash appeared so I took an anti-histamine that I had and thank goodness that I did as then my throat started swelling.
I googled bee sting and read through the symptoms and it said if you have them all call 999. Which I did.
At this point I was shaking uncontrollably, I was later told this was from shock.
Hubby Terry was in Corby Glen clearing rubbish at the Village Hall and left asap when I called him.
But the co responders from Corby Glen fire station all three of them two men and one lady (sorry I didn’t get your names) arrived at the house just secs before him.
They checked all my vitals and taking the anti-histamine seemed to have stopped the reaction before it got to my throat and blocked my air ways.
I was then shocked when the paramedics arrived 10 minutes later.
Had it not been so serious I could have laughed. Three additional men and two additional woman in my bedroom plus Hubby. It was a bit crowded.
I was okay but the bee sting was still in my leg and after 10 days it has finally disappeared.
I was recommended by the paramedic to request an epi pen from the doctors and I can assure you I do take it everywhere I go.
I also look out for bees as they are the only insect that has such a strong venom (according to the paramedic) that can kill.
So again I would like to say a big thank you to the fire station co responders who gave up their tea to rush to help me and also the Grantham paramedics who gave me a very strong anti-histamine injection as soon as they arrived.
They said that it could have been a different story had I not self-medicated when it happened.
Ps: I still love my garden, volunteer at Belvoir Castle and Easton Walled gardens but bees are not my flavour of the month anymore.
Photos of bees in a garden in France we visited and I zoomed in so I wasn’t so close to them. They are beautiful.
How to keep our gardens' flowers alive in this heat
I have been away in France for a week and came back to a hose pipe ban. Oh Crickey.
Luckily for me I have great friends who watered my garden whilst I was away. Jon and Janet Crook have spent so long watering my garden, I am so grateful.
If anyone knows my house the garden has been my pride and joy since refurbing well actually rebuilding it and moving into the house 2 years ago.
On my return I thought how I could help the plants stay alive in this heat.
Today Monday 13th July I decided to take a good look at the garden, it is very full and cut back any plants that were not flowering and possible weeds that had been growing even though they were quite pretty.
I managed to do half the garden and hopefully with the changes I have made and actually being able to use watering cans, I am hoping to be able to keep things alive longer.
I had purchased a paddling pool when there was the last heat wave and this was for the dogs to paddle in. Thy had other ideas and therefore I had filled it up with water before I left for my holiday and put my patio pots in there.
Even dirty water is good for plants, so I will be getting the water out of the paddling pool to water plants until it is empty.
If anyone has ideas of saving shower and bath water I would be grateful, waste not want not.
I only have the other half of the garden to go now and in this HEAT to.!!