North Somercotes WI

18/07/2025

Last night, 9 of us enjoyed a lovely meal at New Inn North Thoresby. Despite the extractor fan not working and steaks off the menu, we had a good choice of food to choose from. 😋 The evening flew by with lots of chatter and laughter. We were well looked after by the waiters.

14/07/2025

10/07/2025

On Monday, on a beautiful morning, 40 members from Somercotes Group of WI gathered for a day out at Burnby Hall and Gardens and McArthurGlen Designer Outlet in York. We were a group of 5 local WIs, North Somercotes, Manby & Grimoldby, Alvingham, Tetney, North Thoresby. We left at 9:15am, expecting to get there about 10:30ish …. Oh, silly me of course we didn’t … why do I hear you say? well, the bridge was closed due to a collision that happened in the early hours of the morning, so we had to go the long way round. Goodness me what a journey but for someone like me who’s never seen this side of the countryside surrounding the Humber Estuary, what a beautiful place we live in. Judging by the chatter and laughter going on behind me, I can honestly tell us women had a good old caught up. Once we arrived at the gardens, we squeezed through the gates, no kidding it was tight!, and got on with enjoying the gardens and what a sight!, lovely lakes with waterlilies and lots of hungry fish (reminded me of piranhas), beautiful rockery, a newly laid path to Birch walk, The walled garden, the stumpery and of course the lakeside café and plenty of seating surrounding you. About 2:30pm, 18 members went off to the designer outlet who didn’t ‘shop till they dropped’ but certainly managed to buy a few things whilst there. Those of us left behind enjoyed the sunshine some more. Dave the driver came to fetch us to take us home. We managed to cross the bridge this time but goodness me, there was still heavy traffic jams on the Northern side from this morning accident. Thanks must go to Dave the driver who was very obliging and for his patience. Thanks to Marilyn and Vivienne who organised the trip, I’m sure we all had a good time.

10/07/2025

Our speaker this month was Catherine Hobson. Her talk was about Allergies and Me. From birth she has lived with life-threatening allergies and asthma. In 2024, she published her first book, “Take away the fear”, a guide to living with life-threating allergies. Using her lifelong experience Catherine give examples of what to do to help you live a fulfilled life even with this very serious condition. She gave us details of what happened to her if she has an attack and showed us her take everywhere she goes bag. A very pretty bag I must say filled with all sorts of things which we ladies have ourselves but not really thought about why they were there in the first place such as a scrunchie, hot flushes or to tie hair back when being sick, EpiPen 2 not 1, why? In case the first one doesn’t work, ID, for when you’re on your own and you can’t speak, mints, no-one wants smelly breath, and wipes for cleaning surfaces, the last thing you want on a night out is picking up peanut substance. She went on to explain the difference between allergies and intolerances. Allergies involves the immune system reacting, causing severe and life-threating reactions. An intolerance is a digestive issue where the body struggles to process a specific food, leading to uncomfortable but not life-threating symptoms.
Catherine and her partner, Carl created ActAllergy. They wanted a safe place where people can access support and to learn more about living with allergies and how to keep safe. She shares her tips through public speaking and podcast and recently appeared on ITV’s This Morning.
For more information, visit her website actallergy.co.uk
Thank You Catherine for giving us insight to what life is like for not just those who stuffer from Allergies but also family and friends.
An fabulous supper was enjoyed by all.

28/06/2025

News Flash, we may have been 5th at Lincolnshire show but the public voted us 1st choice 😄 Well Done NSWI

20/06/2025

Congratulations to NSWI member, Annerley, for coming 3rd in her Peter Pan entry at this year's Lincoln show. Didn't she do well.

20/06/2025

Congratulations to our Lincolnshire show team, Jill, Pip, Annerley, and Karen, for this years splendid entry called "Disney jungle ride" It was placed 5th well done girls, you did us proud 🥳

15/06/2025

A double celebration to Sheila Riggal. Not only has she been a WI memeber for 60 years, it was also her 90th birthday recently. The certificate and bouquet was presented to her by our Secretary, Marilyn, on Thursday.

15/06/2025

Congratulations to Valerie Brooks for reaching her 25 years of WI membership. Our president, Carine, presented her certificate at June's meeting.

15/06/2025

June’s speaker was Sarah Dunn, a level 3 Holistic Practitioner and member of the Complimentary Medical Association. She came to chat about Auras and Universal Energy.
She started by explaining that we were part of everything and everything was part of us. One example - the sun warms the ground creating vegetables, plants and grass which is eaten by the animals, we eat the animals or vegetables, chuck away the leftovers in the pit which rots and turns into compost which is then ploughed back into the ground. A never ending form of energy. She gave us examples of sounds, the more you hear the calmer and less stressful you become. She showed us how to use two Tibetan Singing bowls which when rang the sounds travelled over everyone making us feel calmer.
Sarah explained that auras are part of our physical body. They are affected by our moods and emotional state and those of others. She showed us how to ‘read’ auras by getting us to stare at a plant with a white background without blinking, some members could see a yellow aura others could see a blue one. Not everyone was lucky as it takes practice, patient and calmness to do so. Sarah had brough in her crystals and gemstones and went to explain that crystals need to be cleaned because they hold the energetic charge of anyone and anything they’ve ever met and needed to be returned to their natural state so that they can absorb your personal energetic charge. 2 ways to do this is by placing them on the windowsill in the moonlight or sunlight.
At the end of the chat, Sarah gave us a lesson on meditation. We shut our eyes and listened to her voice telling us to relax and let go. Let your feet become roots, let your body become the tree, reach for the sky and the stars breathing deeply and slowly all the while. Personally, once I reach the stars I was gone, lost in my own world breathing deeply, slowly and shallow by the time I opened my eyes I felt rested, calmer and more at peace with myself. Looking around the hall at this point, I felt others did too.
Thanks Sarah for this wonderful insight to the Reiki world and what these methods could do for us also thanks to Marilyn telling us about Sarah.

03/06/2025

A reminder that this month's competition is vegetable chutney/pickle - see you there