Spot TDW committee at the Lord Mayor's Show on 9 November 2019

The magnificent ‘Thriplow Yellow Barrows’ (a nod to The Red Arrows who fly over the village on neighbouring IWM Duxford Show days) are going to be the first float in the Lord Mayor’s Show to celebrate William Russell’s appointment.

A posse of locals will also be supporting from the Grandstand - see if you can spot them wearing yellow and waving their daffs over enthusiastically.

https://lordmayorsshow.london/procession/2019/thriplow-village_1?fbclid=IwAR3yTKnpnFXKGMmvb5qid--JcP1yVHH1lMqtVporgvOdOTQ62G0ABMVfd-M

Catch the event live on the BBC at 10.45am at
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fmghb?fbclid=IwAR06ORnV8EIQdnnWfbZVmqERdBJXJyGt24f8pgzlqUFqmqQrLpZHYXgNiqo

Here’s the team during a recent practice flight.

Spiffing fun!

Together we raised an amazing £65,000 for our local charities

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came to Thriplow Daffodil Weekend this year and helped us raise £65,000 for our local charities.

The whole event is managed and run entirely by local volunteers, which requires many hours of planning and work. As such, to raise this phenomenal amount means a great deal to us and encourages to keep going, even when times are tough.

Thank you, thank you.

Daffodil update

Yes, we do have daffodils in bloom…

Due to the mild spring, the daffodils are currently about 2 weeks ahead of where they usually are – this is good as Daffodil Weekend is early this year!

We have planted over half a million daffodils in and around Thriplow (not bad for a village of 400 people). There are over 117 different varieties in the village from early to late flowering so we are always guaranteed to have daffodils.

Early flowering: Cedric Morris – often known as the ‘Christmas Daffodil’  - some of these flowered on Christmas Day!

Late flowering: Quail – these will not flower until April / May

Just coming in to bloom now are the main varieties such as ‘King Alfred’ and ‘Dutch Master’

We have our very own variety of daffodil named after the village – Thriplow Gold – the main display of this is around the village sign next to the Smithy on The Green and is just starting to bloom.

Many of the varieties in the village have been marked with a little sign – look out for them!

Thriplow Gold in bloom

Thriplow Gold in bloom


Our nominated charity for 2019 is…

 

Rosie Maternity Unit, Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (ACT) who are raising funds for essential equipment needed by the Acute Neonatal Transport Service and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, to help support new born and vulnerable babies across the east of England.

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A rather alpine Daffodil Weekend: Saturday 17 March 2018

The Thriplow spirit endured and Daffodil Weekend went ahead as scheduled. Our loyal visitors from far and wide helped to keep us going and were as delightful as ever despite the cold.

STARS, our nominated charity, were amazed at the unique warmth and friendliness that purveys throughout Daffodil Weekend, of which we are very proud.