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Mortimer Fun Day Back for 2025

After a seven-year hiatus, the ever-popular Mortimer Fun Day will return on Saturday 05 July. 

The event will be held on Mortimer Fairground and will be hosted by Mortimer Village Partnership (MVP) and Mortimer Music Live (MML). 

For those new to the village, this event has been a beloved tradition for over a decade.  During the day, entrance will be free of charge to all.  Any help you can give in running this event would be really appreciated,  follow this link:  Click to View Volunteer Opportunities on SignUp

 

Image of a dinosaur for the Mortimer Funday activities

 

You can expect exciting arena acts including a walkabout dinosaur and a thrilling parkour demonstration (see below) alongside local dance, singing and acrobatic groups.  

Classic summer fete activities including coconut shies and welly-wanging will also be happening! Local clubs and societies will be running these activities, giving them a chance to fundraise while connecting with the wider community. And, of course, no Fun Day would be complete without a Beer Tent, offering local beers and a selection of refreshing summer drinks.   

@pedal V Parkour' arena act to perform at Mortimer Fun Day 2025

The schedule of arena events for the afternoon will be roughly as follows:

12.00   EDCDance (Mortimer school children)

12.30   Bezerkaz Circus

13.00   All Stars Theatre Academy

13.30  Dino invasion

14.00  Pedal Power v Parkour + BMX

14.45  Stagecoach Burghfield Common

15.20  3-7 year old Fancy dress parade with prizes ('Heroes & Everyday Heroes')

15.30  Dinosaur Invasion

15.55  Raffle Draw

16.00  Pedal Power v Parkour + BMX

16.40 Ta Da's

In the evening, the fun continues with a special ticketed music event brought to the village by MML. 

 

 

1st Burghfield & Sulhamstead Scouts go International

After a successful International Scout Camp in Norway in 2015, 1st Burghfield & Sulhamstead Scout Group set their sights on Denmark for summer 2018.  A rather epic coach journey found 34 Scouts and Explorers plus 7 leaders at the International Camp known as Houens Odde Spejdercenter on Saturday 4th August.  After a somewhat later arrival than anticipated, we set up camp in record time and sat down to a late meal of Spaghetti Bolognaise. 

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During the week, the Scouts made their own dining tables and benches from pioneering poles and ropes, built rafts, went canoeing and cycling and tried their hand at archery and axe throwing.  The local culture was experience by a trip to Kolding Castle and museum, an afternoon on the local beach with BBQ and of course, not to be missed, a trip to the original Legoland!

We also met lots of Scouts from different countries, Sweden, Germany, Catalonia, Mexico and of course the local Danes who introduced us to the national sport of Pind Pind (pronounced pin pin). 

After a fun filled hectic week, our last night was an international campfire with songs and yells from around the world – although a ban on fires (due to the very dry weather) meant it was up to us to use our imagination!  Another successful international camp so our thoughts now turn to where shall we go in 2021?

If you are interested in joining our leadership team or registering your son /daughter to join the Group, please email Andy on burghfieldgsl@outlook.com.

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