Cheddar councillor and county chairman urges residents to celebrate Somerset Day virtually

By Tim Lethaby

11th May 2020 | Local News

May 11 is Somerset Day
May 11 is Somerset Day

Today (May 11) is Somerset Day and although it's not the time for events or gatherings, the Cheddar-based chairman of the county council is urging people to still celebrate Somerset together virtually.

Somerset County Council will be joining the festivities online and asking people to tell them why they love Somerset using the #SomersetDay and #SomersetProud hashtags on Twitter or Instagram.

Somerset's chairman, Cheddar county councillor Nigel Taylor, said: "Somerset Day is a great idea and it's become a real tradition to celebrate our amazing county.

"This year, more than ever, it's an opportunity to pay tribute to our people, our towns and businesses who are still there, stepping up, doing great things and in need of our support.

"Let's celebrate as many of them as we can on Somerset Day, along with our beautiful countryside – let's share the positive stories until we can meet up once again."

The council want people to tell them what they miss most about our amazing county and what they'll be doing as soon as lockdown is lifted.

It could be visiting a shop, scene, person, place, sound, taste, walk – or your favourite place to watch the sunset.

Make a pledge to visit your favourite place as soon as the restrictions are lifted. If you're on Twitter tag @SomersetCouncil in too and they will share as many as they can.

And for the children, the council want to get a dragon alongside a rainbow in everyone's windows.

They're asking children to draw a dragon or colour in our very own Sparky the dragon and put them in your window.

You can download Sparky from this page.

     

New cheddar Jobs Section Launched!!
Vacancies updated hourly!!
Click here: cheddar jobs

Share:

Related Articles

Michael Crawshaw with his latest work 'The Gerasimov Doctrine' (Image by Nub News)
Local News

'I thought the premise was a bit silly': Michael Crawshaw on writing, Russia and outsiders in his new book, The Gerasimov Doctrine

Michael Crawshaw with his latest work 'The Gerasimov Doctrine' (image by Nub News)
Advertisement Features

Unveiling the Intrigue: 'The Gerasimov Doctrine' by Michael Crawshaw

Sign-Up for our FREE Newsletter

We want to provide cheddar with more and more clickbait-free local news.
To do that, we need a loyal newsletter following.
Help us survive and sign up to our FREE weekly newsletter.

Already subscribed? Thank you. Just press X or click here.
We won't pass your details on to anyone else.
By clicking the Subscribe button you agree to our Privacy Policy.