I've just caught up with a story in the North Devon Gazette: apparently fund-raisers in Torrington have recently raised £1200 for the North Devon Hospice through selling cakes in The Square. To add spice to the occasion teams of men and women competed against each other to see who could bake the most cakes and raise the most money! One of the organisers was quoted as saying "With a bit of cheating, the men won by about £100!". So well done the men!

This event was part of a project to raise £10,000 in memory of the landlady of a local pub who sadly died of lung cancer. It once again shows how brilliant our small local communities are when asked to dip into their pockets for a noble cause and to enjoy some fun in the process.