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Thought we would go for a bimble to Bassingfield and do some litter picking at the same time. Boy oh boy, the amount of rubbish was, to say the least, disgusting. Took two large bin bags and filled them. Left bags and other rubbish at council bin and another lot next to a council fly tipping sign as they were too heavy for us to carry home. Note the irony of this - The council will be informed.

The lovely Roddy Family singing along with JIngles Bells - Merry Christmas from Nottingham.

Yesterday, I put a call out for anyone interested in joining a Litter Picker Group. We now have a huge 19 people signed up and Streetwise are sending us the equipment needed. With Covid restrictions this will need some careful planning, but we are thrilled to bits.

Join the Nation to ring out bells while on your doorstep - Christmas Eve at 6pm

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"On 12.21.2020 (the December solstice), Jupiter and Saturn will align so closely in the night sky that they'll create a radiant point of light some call the "Solstice Star," "Star of Bethlehem" or the "Christmas Star." "Alignments between these two planets are rather rare, occurring once every 20 years or so, but this conjunction is exceptionally rare because of how close the planets will appear to be to one another," said Patrick Hartigan, an astronomer at Rice University. "You'd have to go all the way back to just before dawn on March 4, 1226, to see a closer alignment between these objects visible in the night sky." The event, sometimes referred to as The Great Conjunction, occurs roughly every 19 to 20 years, but this is the closest the planets will line up in the night sky since the Middle Ages." full story: Jupiter and Saturn Will Align to Create the First "Christmas Star" in Nearly 800 Years https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/jupiter-saturn-align-create-first-200357737.html BTW, you don't have to wait until December 21st to view the planets!! Saturn and Jupiter can be found in the evening sky right after the sun sets, every evening. They are getting closer and closer day by day, and can be seen even more clearly through a telescope. The Geminids meteor shower is also happening this month.. More information: A Rare Alignment of Planets After 800 Years On December 21, 2020 | The Great Conjunction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONOdOlrX3OQ Skywatching: Geminids and a 'Great Conjunction' of planets in Dec. 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgdRn3cBzVo The Great Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction of 2020 https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/02/the-great-jupiter-saturn-conjunction-of-2020/ Best night sky events of December 2020 (stargazing maps) https://www.space.com/33974-best-night-sky-events.html

Along with our gardening page, we‘d like to add a baking page. Have you got a favourite recipe to showcase? Do email us at abbeypark.ng@gmail.com with your recipe. You can even send us a photo of the dish And we’ll include it.

Along with the Advent Calendar, we've been out and about seeing other lovely light shows in the neighbourhood. Here are just a few for your delight.

Why not try and make your own Christmas Wreath. Most of the contents of this wreath were foraged from around the canal area.