See inside this special Neighbourhood Plan cover for your March/April edition.

Vol 32 No 2 March/April 2021

The Woodcote Neighbourhood Plan

Our current Neighbourhood Plan was adopted in 2014 and has governed development in our village since then. Widely admired and copied, it has enabled the derelict old bus depot to become new homes, mostly affordable, it has preserved the adjacent snowdrop wood as a parish owned area, and it initiated the successful project to get a zebra crossing at the War Memorial crossroads. Our Neighbourhood Plan has not only ensured that inappropriate and unpopular development has been prevented but also enabled new development of the kind wanted by residents. In addition to the new homes on Long Toll planning permission has been granted for three other sites in our Plan and we expect building work on two of these to start soon. To be effective our Neighbourhood Plan must be the latest to cover our parish. The recent adoption of South Oxfordshire’s unpopular new Local Plan, which promotes substantial development across the District, makes it essential that we make a new Neighbourhood Plan.

Robin Peirce The Updated Neighbourhood Plan Chair, Woodcote Parish Council The new South Oxfordshire Local plan allocated 115 new homes to the village. Our consultations showed this to be extremely unpopular with residents, more than is wanted and more than the parish can take without significant impact on our natural surroundings. After widely consulting with the village, and carrying out an assessment of our housing need, we believe that no more than 60 new homes are needed and have identified suitable sites for these. Perhaps the most significant additions to the new Neighbourhood Plan are policies to reduce our contribution to climate change – another requirement that emerged strongly from the consultations. To ensure that the plan reflects the majority view we need your comments on it now before it is submiited for examination. The current COVID pandemic means that this has to be done on-line or by post. To help with this you can read a copy of our new Plan and respond individually to the consultation online at www.woodcoteparishcouncil.org.uk/NP-Group/NeighbourhoodPlan or fill in the form on the back of this cover and send it to the Parish Office. Comments must be received by 5:00pm on Saturday 15th May 2021.

Malcolm Smith Chair, Woodcote Neighbourhood Plan Advisory Group

We will be holding a number of online Q&A sessions on: . Sunday 10th April at 3:00 pm . Wednesday 14th April at 7:30 pm . Thursday 6th May at 7:30 pm To reserve a place please email [email protected].

Vol 32 No 2 March/April 2021

HEDGEHOGS NEED YOUR HELP!

The Woodcote Conservation Group invites you to Please help us make hedgehog highways around help us make Woodcote a great place for hedgehogs Woodcote. Have a chat with your neighbours and, to live. with their agreement, make a hole on either side of your garden by making a small hole in your fence, We know hedgehogs are in trouble; the hedgehog removing a brick from the bottom of your wall, or population has declined by a third since 2000. digging a channel beneath There’s still a lot to learn about your wall, fence or gate. If their decline, but hedgehogs can you’d like some help making a thrive in towns and villages hole, the Woodcote alongside humans and there is Conservation Group can lend a a lot we can do to help hand – just email hedgehogs now. [email protected] or ring Hedgehogs love gardens and Rachel on 07980 556473. If there are small changes that we you’ve made a hole in your can make which will improve garden wall or fence please the lives of Woodcote's prickly visit www.hedgehogstreet.org residents. Over the next few to log it on the Big Hedgehog editions of the Correspondent, map. we’ll be highlighting simple To learn more about hedgehogs things you can do to make your and how the residents of garden more hedgehog-friendly. Kirtlington successfully The first step is to create connected their gardens, come ‘hedgehog highways’. to a free talk by professional Hedgehogs travel about one mile wildlife film maker Steve each night during their active “Hedgehog in Leaves” Powles and his zoologist season. It’s therefore critical by Woodcote artist Jo Lillywhite brother Chris on Thursday that they can visit a wide range 29th April at 7.30pm on of gardens to forage for the slugs, caterpillars and Zoom. Email [email protected] for more beetles they like to eat, or to find a mate. If your details. garden is enclosed, you might be getting in the way Thank you on behalf of Woodcote’s hedgehogs (and of their plans. To make hedgehogs’ lives easier, a CD the Woodcote Conservation Group). case-sized hole (13 x 13cm or 5 x 5”) at the bottom of your garden fence or wall will let hedgehogs through but be too small for most pets.

COMMENT FROM THE VICARAGE to have hope, including the hope of heaven that springs eternal. I imagine that you will be reading this latest edition of The Correspondent on a sunny spring day, at least As we contemplate the Cross and share in the joy of I hope so. As I write, it is a bright morning and from the resurrection, may we all receive the blessing of my study window I can see the birds busily feeding hope. and a pair of blue tits investigating the bird box at With all blessings and prayers for your safekeeping, the top of the garden. The daffodils are emerging and the primulas continue to bring colour to the borders. Linda Sitting here, surveying the garden and thinking of Revd. Linda Smith, Tel. 01491 680979 what to share with you, the phrase ‘hope springs eternal’ came into my mind. I’ve been talking and Email: [email protected] thinking about hope quite a lot recently. We have Services at St. Leonard’s had more reason to be hopeful since the government announced the ‘roadmap’ for coming out of At the time of writing the church remains closed. We lockdown, and since the vaccination programme has will review the situation regularly and respond to any leapt into action. Besides this, much of what I do is changes or advice that would allow us to re-open very much based in the hope that God gives us in his safely. Please keep an eye on our notice board and Son Jesus. During Lent, and particularly at Easter, our Facebook page for any announcements. The we consider the paradoxical hope of the Cross; which church may still be made available for funerals if as St. Paul says in one of his letters, might to some required. be seen as foolishness, but to those who are called to Online Services understand it is a sign of God’s power and wisdom. We continue with our online services every Sunday at That phrase, “Hope springs eternal” comes from 10am and Night Prayer every Wednesday at 8.30pm. Alexander Pope, an 18th century English poet, who wrote these words in ‘An Essay on Man: Epistle 1’, We’d love people to feel that they can join us at any time – we are a very friendly and relaxed bunch! So Hope springs eternal in the human breast: please do email me if you would like details of how to Man never is, but always to be blest: join an online service. The soul, uneasy and confin’d from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. We use the Zoom app for our services which is free for you to use. If you are not on the internet, it is Considering the past year, I am eternally grateful possible to phone into a service. We are happy to that we do have this capacity for hope. Of course, it advise you on how to access this. is hope of all sorts and degrees. Hope comes and goes, and sometimes we might even feel that we have lost all hope. Some of us place our hope in God, others might place it in science and progress or A TRIBUTE TO AUDREY HAWTHORNE human goodness or perhaps in fate. I have noticed Audrey became a member of the WI in the early though, that through all the difficulties of recent seventies and gave decades of loyal service. Her times the one thing that people have returned to capabilities and willingness were recognised very again and again is the reassurance that the natural quickly and within a few weeks of joining, she found world gives us. In nature we see that life goes on; herself being appointed Secretary! Since then, she things do not remain the same in the natural world, also took on the role of President on numerous rather there is an intrinsic order and beauty to be occasions, each stint lasting three years. Being relied upon and enjoyed even after times of scarcity President is a demanding job, with many and barrenness. Sometimes people say that God gave responsibilities, but there was a time when she and us two books; the Bible and creation. Through the another stalwart (Janice Allen) used to take it in natural world we can see how God wants to bless us turns. Audrey always “presided” with sensitivity and and provide us with all that we need, and that a calm, cheerful dignity. Somewhat less dignified was includes the gift of hope. the time when the Committee put on a short play to These two ideas of beauty and hope come together in entertain members at a Christmas meeting. Audrey a verse from the book of Ecclesiastes: God has made played the part of a zany character who wore a everything beautiful in its time. He has also set saucepan on her head and “Madam President” (we eternity into the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom were very formal in those days) carried this off with what God has done from beginning to the great aplomb. Another of her talents was playing the end”(Ecclesiastes 3:11) piano when our meetings opened with “Jerusalem” - it sounds much better when accompanied! Hope springs eternal! God has set eternity in our hearts. This is why we cling to hope through all our It is not possible to describe Audrey without trials. Somehow we know. We know that God has mentioning her dedication to Christianity. Most of something better in store for us and nature confirms our members have attended some kind of service at it for us. St. Leonards and often Audrey would be playing the organ. Her religion was not just for Sundays and was God doesn’t tell us everything about our future, nor played out in visiting the sick and anyone who do we understand the fullness of what we will needed a helping hand. She will be greatly missed, experience in heaven; instead, our blessing for now is but we feel privileged to have had her amongst us for so long.

2 A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR PUBLISHER INFORMATION I’m sure I felt the collective sigh of Editor: Yvette Decmar [via email] relief as schools re-opened earlier Articles for inclusion: to the editor by email to: this month and rightly so as children [email protected], or letters may be handed in at deserve to be back with their peers the library. To be received by the 12th of the and parents need to…celebrate! preceding month. It is also a relief that we can start to Advertisers: To place an advertisement, please feel positive about future plans again. Perhaps we email [email protected] for details of prices and can even start considering a holiday, a change of how to produce your ad in our house style. The scene. deadline for payment and your finished You’ll have noticed that this is another combined advertisement is the 12th of the preceding month. issue for obvious reasons. However, we will revert to Small Ads and Announcements: £5 for three lines. monthly ones from May onwards. So the usual submissions deadline of the 12th of the month will Photographs: Photos should be unedited and as apply once again. high a resolution as possible (at least 500kB). Please email them as attachments to [email protected] We cover a lot in this issue: updates, hedgehogs, walks, theatre, a bit of sport (yes, sport!), how to stay Advertising: Claire Jones 07789 190463 sane, Zoom fun and oh, did I mention hedgehogs? Treasurer: Helen Baker 01491 682240 You get to test your hedgehog knowledge in this one Production: Dan Oldfield 01491 681962 so dive in, enjoy and keep in touch with us. We love Distribution: Trevor Back 01491 680617 hearing from you! Printer: C Z Services 07860 630865 Yvette Cover Design: Rob Spencer

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3 WOODCOTE CORRESPONDENT STUARTS HOME DECORATING CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2020 PAINTER & DECORATOR FULLY INSURED & RELIABLE In my view, 2020 has been an excellent year for the Correspondent, one in which, because of the Covid- INTERIOR & EXTERIOR 19 pandemic, we have all faced new and very HOME DECORATION challenging circumstances. I believe the Correspondent Committee has risen magnificently to Woodcote the challenges, displaying flexibility and adaptability South Oxfordshire to keep our readership as informed as in any normal year. The easiest thing to do would have been to suspend publication, but instead our committee displayed their ‘can-do’ and ‘will-do’ attitude to keep Tel. 07976431697 ‘the ink flowing’. [email protected] Our printer, Colin Jacobs, a great supporter of the Correspondent for many years now, and who we

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Claire Jones has experienced a difficult year as Advertising Manager. Even before the pandemic it was becoming difficult to attract new advertisers, but this year has seen us lose a few regulars as businesses have inevitably been hard hit by the pandemic. Claire has soldiered on with her usual cheerful good humour, but we cannot disguise the fact that loss of advertising revenue is placing our future in jeopardy. The revenue from advertising pays for all the costs of producing each edition and

4 that is why we are able to distribute it free of charge. STATEMENT CONCERNING THE 2021 However, the reality is that advertising no longer covers the costs and our surplus funds are rapidly WOODCOTE RALLY diminishing. I hope that in the near future we will be The trustees of the Woodcote Charitable Association able to rectify this situation, but I have to admit it’s have decided that this year's Woodcote Rally should not looking hopeful. be cancelled in the light of the Coronavirus situation. Helen Baker, our Treasurer, has continued to keep a The Rally was due to be held over the weekend of the close watch on our financial position and to warn us 10th and 11th of July and usually welcomes at regular intervals about growing concerns. As in thousands of visitors and exhibitors through its the case of Claire, with whom she works closely, gates. However, the trustees felt that, given the Helen needs to keep right up-to-date with the current uncertainty, it might not be possible to financial position to advise regularly on things like guarantee the health and safety of everyone on the the number of pages we can print and how many field. They therefore regrettably took the decision to colour pages there can be. She also has to produce cancel the Rally before any significant financial the usual income and expenditure statements and commitments had been made. annual accounts for the AGM. Since its inception, the Rally has raised over half a We have been very fortunate to be able to recruit million pounds, all of which has been donated to Trevor Back as our Distribution Manager. Trevor local good causes. immediately understood what needed to be done and The trustees and volunteers who work on the Rally has introduced a new efficiency into the job which committee are determined that, all being well, the enables us to have full confidence that the Rally will return next year, when the dates will be the Correspondent will be delivered on time to all parts of 9th and 10th July, 2022. the village. Thanks are also due to those dedicated Woodcote Charitable Association. souls who deliver the Correspondents in their areas of the village. There are lots of them and they do a vital job. It is nice to know that when a deliverer retires from the role, Trevor seems to manage to find SHARING THE LOVE! a replacement Roses are red We are also very fortunate to have Jayne Cole as our Violets are blue Secretary. Jayne arranges meetings and venues, Felix and Maddy takes and distributes minutes and deals with correspondence. She is very much a part of the team Help make this for you! now and shows great commitment to the ethos of our organization. Finally, thanks are due to Tim Huelin who has taken-over the compilation of the Diary dates. Again, Tim has eased seamlessly into this role, though the pandemic has meant that there have been fewer events to advertise. We live in extremely uncertain times and so it is almost impossible to speak of the future with any degree of certainty. If the pandemic has taught us something, it is that the Correspondent is valued by the community and people want it to continue to be published. We, on the Committee, are also passionate about this, but we are in a position to see the growing obstacles. All we can do at the moment is look a month ahead, but once we are clear of this pandemic, we will need active support, particularly financial, in order to secure the future of the When Beryl Rutherford suggested to Goring Heath Woodcote Correspondent. Parish Council that their unused telephone box Finally, we do what we do for the benefit of the could be used as a library, they could hardly refuse. community. I feel sure that many in our community It is now ‘officially’ known at the Crays Pond value the work we do and so I hope the Telephone Library Exchange. Locals refurbished it Correspondent will continue for many years to come. inside and out, and Beryl has been curating it now SP for just over a year. Many varieties of books are available to borrow and no doubt the service has offered much comfort to residents during this REGISTERED OSTEOPATH difficult winter.

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weekend until September. We continue to share the * Low call-out fee *Prompt Attention ground with BBC Caversham CC who play on Tel: 01491 638146 Sundays and Purley-on-Thames 3rd XI who alternate with us on a Saturday. We also have midweek matches on Wednesdays in May, June and July and there will be some junior matches on Thursdays for Purley Under 13s. We are also hoping to provide some Saturday morning coaching sessions for STORAGE primary age children. DRY SECURE STORAGE UNITS Our home fixtures in April and May are as follows: Sun 18th April BBC v United Oxford Hospitals ON GATED PREMISES IN WOODCOTE 1.30pm

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6 Sat 8th May Purley v Theale & Tilehurst 1.00pm and rucksacks, had many disguises and also had his (League) recipe changed to an Onion Man so he can’t be found! Great thinking Oakies! Sun 9th May BBC v Astons (Friendly) 1.30 Hornbeam, Year 1, have been rewriting the 3 Little Sat 15th May Woodcote v Sandhurst 1.00pm (League) Pigs and have come up with other versions previously Wed 19th May Woodcote v Dorchester 6.00 pm unwritten! We have had “The 3 Little Fish and the (League) Big Bad Shark”, “The 3 Little Deer and the Big Bad Crocodile”, “The 3 Little Hippos and the Big Bad nd Sat 22 May Purley v Welford Park 1.00pm League Elephant” and “The Three Little Lobsters and the Big Wed 26th May Woodcote v Watlington 6.00pm Bad Frog” to name a few! Well worth a read! (League) Year 2, Beech Class, have continued with their castle Sun 23rd May Woodcote Occasionals v BBC (Friendly) projects. Model castles have sprung up all over 1.30 Woodcote! They have been reading ‘Winnie and Wilbur and the Midnight Dragon’, fitting in really well th Sat 29 May Woodcote v Crowthorne 1.00pm with their attempts to find the Woodcote Dragon. (League) The children have produced some wonderful pictures Sun 30th May BBC v Sonning Common (Friendly) of Winnie and Wilbur and one even shows them 1.30pm going to get the Covid vaccination – very topical! As always, we will be delighted to hear from anyone Our KS2 children have been working equally as hard. who would like to become involved in the club either as a player or in some other capacity. If you would like any more information, please contact me: [email protected]; 07710 858366.

Some school updates in this issue include activities that took place during the home-schooling weeks before schools re-opened again: Year 3 have been investigating the strength of magnets, and come up with some surprising results.

Did you know that 2p coins, whilst they are definitely WOODCOTE PRIMARY SCHOOL made of metal, Ash Class have found out that some are not magnetic! Further research by our sleuths We are now well into our second month of online suggests that the metal was changed in the 1990s. school and we are now supporting about 40 children and families in school still. We have the most Rowan Class, Year 4 have written newspaper reports fabulous TA team who are working with them daily about a whale in the Thames and have also built under the guidance of the teachers. Our Teaching their own River models in their homes. Let’s hope team is juggling everything online and managing to they are not as flooded as those around us currently. see most children every week live, at least once. All Year 5, Maple Class, have produced some fabulous classes have video lessons throughout the week. writing and been composing their own time-slip This has been a huge learning curve for us here and stories. Always a good read and extremely difficult to also for families at home! I have seen some write well so very well done to all of them for wonderful videos explaining work to the children impressing Mr Langley with your writing! and, in some cases, the parents too! These videos have ranged from mathematical explanations to And finally, our oldest children from Willow Class, reading comprehensions, right through the have been creating Tsunamis and Volcanic eruptions curriculum to PE. Thank you to all of the staff and in their living rooms as part of their presentations on to our fabulous parents who are working so hard to their Restless Earth Projects! I hope they didn’t keep up with their own work and support their disturb any of you in the process! To lighten their children at the same time. This is the week before spirits after these seismic disasters, they have half term and I know, it is a much-needed break for created their own dance videos to share and it has all concerned. It is tremendously hard work for been great to see siblings and parents joining in too! everyone but what a great team we make across the If you would like to see any of the work the children village in support of the young people of Woodcote. are doing, please visit our website and look at our This month we have seen a spectacular variety of page called Together in Isolation. www.woodcote- curricular subjects across the school. A few primary.co.uk/together-in-isolation/ There are some highlights would be: wonderful photographs on there. Our youngest children in Oak Class have been Stay safe and well everyone. making disguises for the Gingerbread Man. He has Mrs L. Hunt been hidden in many places, including biscuit tins

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We look forward to welcoming Freya who is joining us after the easter holidays. Spring has sprung at Cabin; we are loving the sunshine and are most definitely outdoors much more these days. The children are able to make their own choices to play outdoors or indoors after our early breakfast snack. St David’s Day This was celebrated with yummy Welsh cakes for breakfast, then we made daffodils which were immediately displayed on the board. Chinese New Year We made lanterns and explored Chinese food, such as noodles, beansprouts and chopped vegetables. The children had a webcam on the Panda enclosure throughout a day, which they were fascinated by, then we linked it to a story called Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas. Chicks We felt we needed something positive to look forward to, so using some of the fundraising money we made at Christmas from the raffle, we have booked a company called Eggucation to provide us with some rare breed chicks to hatch at Cabin. These chicks belong to the company we use and are placed at farms once they leave us. They arrive at the same time that the children all return to Cabin/school. This is such an egg-citing activity at Cabin, this will be our third time doing this and has amazing results. Talking to some ex- Cabin children, parents have told me that they remember the time they saw chicks hatching and is a wonderful lead up to Easter. Books So far, the children have loved the book Zog and Zog and the Flying Doctors. We have dragons, castles, a prince and princesses to play with and recreate the story. We are also looking forward to reading and playing Little Red Hen, Rabbit Foo Foo, and Oliver’s Vegetables – we plan to plant and grow some of the veg in this book. Mothers’ Day The children made cards using photo we sneakily got the Dads to send us as a surprise for the Mummies. The children then made hand prints we put around the photos making a flower. Easter A little different this year but we will be celebrating Easter and the end of term with an egg hunt and hat parade without parents. We are playing lots of listening games to help enhance listening skills. One involves creating a very quiet environment and asking them to listen and identify different musical instruments being played out of sight. All good practice in preparation for big school.

8 Congratulations this month to Katie Baxter, one of our Key Workers. Not only has she managed to keep smiling, home schooled her children and run her home, but she has now finished and passed her Level 3 in Child Care. Well done from all the staff and committee, this is a huge achievement in this year particularly. We are proud that this makes all the staff here a minimum of Level 3 qualified. Thank you to Marcham’s for the swift and good job they were able to do to repair our storage area. We have joined the community food share scheme, this has made a big difference to our available resources, and makes us feel good using up unsold fruit /veg near the sell by date. Thank you to Woodcote Primary for their continued support throughout the lockdown for accommodating our needs. Finally a big thank you to all our staff who managed to keep smiling throughout this latest lockdown, all staff managed to work, send their children to school, home-school on days they were at home and help to keep Cabin as normal and safe as possible. Not an easy ask, but done with such a positive attitude. Well done! We have a few spaces available if you want to come and look round, especially if you are thinking of starting in September. Please call and book an out- of-hours tour. There are many children moving onto big school in September, if you want guaranteed sessions then the sooner you register then we can confirm your place. Please call on 01491 680854 or email [email protected] ask for Jayne.

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Located in the Village Hall overlooking the CHECKENDON PRESCHOOL Village Green, we offer a relaxed and happy Our theme this term is ‘Changes’. We have been enviroment for playful and creative learning looking at changes in our environment. Our theme of for children from 18 months to 5 years. Changes is a lovely way to look at what is happening OFSTED RATING ‘GOOD’ JULY 2016 in the world around us as we move from winter into spring months. This can support children's seasonal As well as a varied curriculum of activities, understanding and the changes to the natural world. children will also benefit from: Spring is an exciting time of year with visible - Trips to our own allotment & around the village environmental changes that can help develop - Large indoor and outdoor play area children's contextual understanding. We have been - Flexible sessions walking outside looking at what differences we can - Fresh homecooked meals prepared on the premises see outside such as leaves on the trees and the first - Easter & Summer Holiday Club signs of flowers starting to appear. www.woodcotepreschool.co.uk 01491 682300 Find us on Facebook ‘Woodcote Pre School’ The Checkendon pre-school garden continues to be a big hit with the children, helping them develop new skills including responsibility of caring for plants, BONNER LOCKSMI THS understanding about cause and effect, what plants need to survive and flourish as well as nutrition and

INSURANCE APPROVED where food comes from. We have been observing new DOOR & WINDOW LOCKS flowers appear every day, this has encouraged the children to talk about what is growing and the SUPPLIED & FITTED (BS3621) changes that are happening. We have noticed that

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01491 FULL MEMBER purple crocuses. We cannot wait to see what other OF BRITISH types of flowers will start to appear in our flower bed. 680216 LOCKSMITH Crestw ell House, Beech Lane INSTITUTE We have also celebrated Mother’s Day with the WOODCOTE, READING children creating some beautiful tissue paper flowers and making heart decorations, and lovely butterfly keyrings, which the children have all enjoyed. This year the children also recorded some songs for their mothers which we sent home for them to enjoy as they could not come to visit us this year.

We have also been enjoying creating Easter baskets, making cards and been busy hunting for Easter chicks, bunnies and eggs outside. We even had a visit from the Easter Bunny!

Checkendon pre-school has continued to be open during the covid pandemic and has continued to provide a nurturing, safe and caring place for the children to learn and grow.

To find out more about Checkendon Pre-School C.I.O, do call us on 01491 682589, visit our website www.checkendonpreschool.co.uk, e-mail [email protected] or just pop in – we always look forward to welcoming you.

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WOODCOTE PRESCHOOL Our topic this half term has been “People Who Help Us” and we have explored the emergency services as well as dentists, opticians and people at home. The children had great fun being Police and Fire Officers dressing up, catching the ‘bad guys’ and putting them in jail! There were fires at Pre-School and they used their hoses to put them out and take the children to safety in their homemade Den. During our “Home” weeks we had the house and kitchen roleplay out and the children re-created scenes from their own home lives baking cakes, making pizza, cups of tea and coffee. As part of this we looked at recycling. The children made some wonderful creations at the junk modelling station. We recycled egg boxes to make treasure boxes and we re-used old yogurt pots to grow cress in. All of these things were so beautifully decorated and gave the children a chance to show their creative side and s howing their knowledge of understanding the world. We celebrated Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day in the same week. T he children enjoyed going for a meal in our Chinese and Italian restaurants. They had a Chinese meal for lunch on Monday when they ate a chicken stir-fry and prawn crackers. We listened to Chinese music and made Ox masks, Chinese hats and spiral dragons. On the last day of term, we made heart shaped pancakes as Shrove Tuesday is in half-term break. An important topic we also focussed on was Children’s Mental Health week. We talked about our feelings and looked at different faces to see if we could recognise the expressions and feelings. The children played a new game where they could pick things they liked or did not like to add to their board. A new addition to our room is our Emotions Tree and the children added leaves that quoted what makes them happy. We did some yoga and mindfulness and talked about our mental well-being. We have now purchased an ‘Alexa’ and the children love requesting different songs for her to play for them and we are frequently hearing ‘Alexa, play Happy Birthday!!’ After our half-term break, we have a new topic to look forward to – Around the World. We will look at countries, the weather, flags, space and sea. A very exciting topic that everyone will enjoy. We are also looking forward to a change in the weather and spring coming so we can visit our allotment and start planting our vegetables and fruits. We have spaces available and we take children from 18 months old to school age. If you are interested in your child joining us, please contact Wendy Powell on 01491 682300, email woodcote.pre- [email protected] or you can download the forms from www.woodcotepreschool.co.uk We can arrange a socially distant visit after hours.

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WOODCOTE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 2013 - 2035

Our Neighbourhood Plan has been very

successful - why do we need to update it now?

Because the latest plan carries the most weight

when determining planning applications.

South Oxfordshire District Council’s new Local Plan, which allocates more housing to Woodcote, is now the latest plan.

A draft updated Neighbourhood Plan has been produced by Woodcote residents and, before submitting to South Oxfordshire DC, the Parish Council want to hear the views of the village.

This summary sets out only the key points of the draft plan. The full version can be viewed on the Parish Council website at www.woodcoteparishcouncil.org.uk/NP-Group/NeighbourhoodPlan

You can submit your comments on the draft which must be received before 5.00pm on 15th May.

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 Our current Neighbourhood Plan (WNP1), which runs to 2027, allocates sites for 76 houses on 5 sites;  SODC’s new Local Plan allocates an additional 115 houses to the village in the period to 2035;  An assessment of our local need identifies a need for no more than 60 additional houses in Woodcote to 2035;  Surveys prove that the great majority of residents want to conserve the AONB, reduce the village’s carbon footprint, and maintain the rural look and feel of the village;  A Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment identified that most of the sites considered would have a harmful impact on the AONB;  The updated Neighbourhood Plan responds to these wishes by identifying five sites for new housing, new car parks to reduce traffic congestion, and a series of environmental measures to help reduce our contribution to climate change.

The WNP will:  conserve the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and rural nature of Woodcote;  use brownfield sites, where possible, to limit the loss of greenfield sites;  protect green spaces and control light pollution;  address climate change and biodiversity issues;  restrict opportunities for infilling;  give local people the first opportunity to buy or rent;  increase the availability of 2- and 3-bedroom housing to encourage young families with children to move to the village;  give access to Community Infrastructure Levy funding to improve local facilities.

To deliver this and ensure action the WNP sets out 49 policies covering:  Community well-being  Housing  Traffic and transport  Design  Employment and skills  Housing Sites  Countryside and environment  Employment Sites

 Most of the policies are retained from WNP1.  Policies on off-street residential parking spaces, affordable housing, scale of development, housing mix and infill development have been updated.  Policies to preserve local green spaces and important views, support biodiversity and wildlife, and promote renewable energy, sustainable homes and transport have been introduced.

© Woodcote Parish Council, 2021 Published by Woodcote Parish Council, The Village Hall, Reading Road , Woodcote, RG8 0QY DRAFT NEW HOUSES AND SITES

WNP1 allocated sites for 76 houses:  the former Bus Depot on Long Toll 14 homes (completed)  the former Reservoir site on Greenmoor 20 homes (planning permission granted)  Woodcote Garden Centre, Reading Road 9 homes (planning permission granted)  part of the land at Chiltern Rise Cottage 24 homes (planning permission granted)  the Smallholding, at the end of Wood Lane 9 homes and  included the old coal yard, Greenmoor for employment use.

WNP2 allocates five sites for 57 houses:  land behind Yew Tree Farmhouse 1 5 homes  land behind Yew Tree Farmhouse 2 4 homes  land to the east of Church Farmhouse* 30 homes  land at Goats Gambol 4 homes  Beechwood Court (conversion of offices to flats) 14 homes

*This site incorporates a public car park to reduce congestion on Reading Road.

WNP2 also allocates two sites for employment:  land at Church Farm, Reading Road  land adjacent to Wards Farm, Greenmoor (including extra car parking spaces to accommodate vehicles currently parked on Greenmoor)

location of all these sites is shown on the map on the back page of this summary.

Specific planning conditions will apply to each site to regulate such matters as the type of housing, access, environmental and landscape protection and the look and feel of the developments. The policies specifying these conditions can be seen in the full version of the proposed plan.

© Woodcote Parish Council, 2021 Published by Woodcote Parish Council, The Village Hall, Reading Road , Woodcote, RG8 0QY DRAFT

WNP1-nn - sites allocated in the first Neighbourhood Plan WNP2-nn - new sites allocated in the updated plan Green – housing sites Purple – employment sites

© Woodcote Parish Council, 2021 Published by Woodcote Parish Council, The Village Hall, Reading Road , Woodcote, RG8 0QY OVER 50 YEARS OF BLOOD, SWEAT You can imagine with so many AND TEARS OF LAUGHTER! productions By Terry Sopp under our belt, there have been Picture this moment: I’ve spent the last three months many mishaps, no going over and over my lines until I think I know matter how much them backwards. I’m pretty sure I remember all my rehearsal and moves too. I’ve been rehearsing this play on the stage preparation has long enough, so I should know them. Remember, taken place. don’t bump into the scenery, don’t mumble and most Sound effects going wrong, scenery falling down, of all don’t look at faces in the audience or I’ll freeze! actors tripping over, the list is endless. Then it is I’m in the wings waiting for my cue from the other important to avoid eye contact with the other actors actors already on the stage, already warmed up and otherwise giggles ensue as everyone struggles to keep getting a rhythm going. It’s my turn any minute now. a straight face! But these are the memories we Listen out for my cue! I daren’t miss it and leave the cherish. other actors on the stage looking like lemons, waiting for me to make my appearance. My palms are One of the most common things to happen and starting to sweat, my heart is racing, I’m worried I’m which we all dread is forgetting our lines. But this is going to pass out from sheer fright! Here it comes. I why we have a prompter who sits just out of sight; a recognise this line, it’s the one before I come on. reassuring presence for all on stage. Except when Wait! Don’t go on until the line is finished; compose you jump fourteen pages (like I did) and the poor yourself; take a big breath; here it is: ready… prompter is frantically trying to find the right place! ready…go! Another challenge is finding a costume that…fits. We I remember all too well my first few performances commonly have to squeeze into outfits a size or two when joining WADS over 30 years ago. This is exactly too small. I’ve certainly had my fair share of mishaps. how I used to feel before my first entrance. We all say I once tripped over my hem and down came my the same thing before every performance: why? Why dress around my ankles. Don’t be alarmed. I was do we put ourselves through this time and time playing my favourite part: the Dame in Panto! again? I’ve no idea, but I’ll tell you this, it’s addictive! The greatest thing about being in WADS is the camaraderie between us all and the amount of fun to be had. It goes without saying there is a tremendous amount of hard work in putting on any production. It can take about three months from reading the script to the opening night. Those three months will consist of learning lines, stage directions and lots of rehearsing. At the same time, others will be sourcing costumes, props, producing posters, arranging lighting and Woodcote has had an amateur dramatics group since selling tickets. It’s a team effort and can’t be done 1965, when a small group of people decided to get with one of these elements missing. We totally rely on together and put on the occasional play. They called each other to make every production a success! themselves the Woodcote Players. According to our archive the first play was called ‘Jane Steps Out’. I Sadly, due to the pandemic we haven’t been able to wonder if any of our residents remember it? The first do anything the last year. We were just starting to pantomime WADS were famous for was Mother put together a show before lockdown. But with the Goose in the same year. end nearly in sight, it has never been a better time to reconnect with others. WADS will soon be getting At some point in the 1960’s, The Woodcote Players ready for their next production. were reformed and given that most inspiring name: ‘Woodcote Amateur Dramatics’ (WADS). Would you like to join our friendly bunch of Waddees? We’re always on the lookout for new Since then, WADS have been consistently busy with members. No experience required whatsoever, just up to three productions a year. We always do a enthusiasm to have a great time! I guarantee a warm production in the Spring and Autumn and then of welcome awaits. When we can, we shall be meeting course we do the New Year Panto! every Tuesday night at the village hall. WADS always like a challenge. We’ve put on a variety If you’re interested in joining (and you’re 16 and over) of shows over the years, such as comedies; Alan or you would simply like to be kept up to date and Ayckbourn classics (remember ‘Bedroom Farce’ and join our mailing list, why not email me at ‘Table Manners’?). We even do thrillers, murder [email protected]. Perhaps it’s time to start a mystery nights and musicals! new hobby – or perhaps revisit an old one!

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We have two more reviews for you written by the Wallingford bookshop team: For adults: ‘The Island Child’ by Molly Aitken ‘Children are sent by God, to test and punish us, as everything is.’ This is the opinion of Oona’s mother as she brings up her family on the island of Inis, off the West Coast of Ireland during the 1950’s. Oona grows up, rebellious, in a claustrophobic environment. Religion and island tradition ties her to home whilst her brothers are allowed to join their father outside, fishing and hunting. Boys having a degree of freedom and status within the community unattainable by girls. This is a magical, elemental tale, intertwining Irish folklore with feminism. We love it! For children: ‘The Dragon and her Boy’ by Penny Chrimes From the author of Tiger Heart, and set in the same world, The Dragon and her Boy is a magical adventure. Street acrobat, Stick, is already in trouble when he happens upon a supposedly mythical creature – a dragon - stuck in the sewers beneath the streets of London. She is in need of his protection. But where can he hide a principled but grumpy Dragon, which is beginning to look at him with hungry eyes? And how is she going to help him to find his friends, Spud and Sparrow? This is a touching story for 8– 12-year-olds who enjoyed ‘Nevertell’ or ‘The Girl Who Stole an Elephant’. Call us on 01491 834383 or email us at [email protected] to order books for collection. Usually if we don’t have a book in stock, we can order it for next working day. We are happy to post books to you if you can’t come to Wallingford just at the moment. Stay safe and read books!

THE BRITISH MODERN MILITARY HISTORY SOCIETY Our afternoon meeting on 6th April will be on Secrets and Spies – how German spies lost the Battle of Britain. With increasing interest in the history of World War 2, so many intriguing stories are coming to light now. One is how Nazi Germany’s spies failed to discover any worthwhile information about our radar systems – even sending a Zeppelin airship to travel up and down the east coast just four weeks before war was declared to try and find out what the large steel transmitter masts were doing.

14 The talk is a fascinating insight into spies and spying our gardens, as they travel south for a slightly and how so much effort was directed at the radar warmer climate than the North of England and stations which played such a vital role in the Battle Scotland.Flocks of Goldfinch have made their way of Britain. into our gardens to feast on feeders of nyjer and sunflower hearts, along with an abundance of the On 14th April the evening talk is entitled Operation usual Blue tits, Great tits, Long-tailed tits and even a Carthage – the bombing of the Gestapo Headquarters Blackcap or two – all often bullied off the feeders by in Copenhagen. In March 1995, David Drew was the Great Spotted woodpeckers as they visit to feed invited, along with some 50 others, to Copenhagen to on the suet blocks. witness the unveiling of a memorial to those killed in Operation CARTHAGE on 21 March 1945. His uncle The resident Kingfishers in Goring & Streatley had been one of the casualties. Over the next two continue to keep us entertained, posing at various days he had the opportunity to talk to many of the places along the river as they fish in the “much wider survivors of the bombing raid on the Gestapo than normal” River Thames right now! headquarters in the city, both aircrew and Danish civilians, including members of the Danish resistance. David will discuss the history behind the raid and some of the characters involved before going on to describe the raid itself, its failures and its successes. Apologies to those who expected a talk of The Women who flew for Hitler on 10th March. This was a last- minute change made for COVID-related reasons. It is hoped that the talk will be scheduled for a later date as a live talk when COVID conditions allow. The meetings are becoming very popular with growing numbers attending. We are grateful to those who make donations which enable us to book speakers for the coming months. Fieldfare Kingfisher

SEEING NATURE THROUGH The signs of spring have been with us for the last few weeks with snowdrops and daffodils reaching to the DIFFERENT EYES sky and blossom beginning to emerge on the trees. By Steven Gozdz The birds are now more vocal especially at dawn as they re-establish existing pair bonds and last year’s The difficulties of COVID-19 have been numerous, young are re ady to become parents themselves. but during these hard times we have seen a positive by-product: the growing love and appreciation of our Some of you might already be hearing the Tawny countryside and wildlife! Owls as they call to each other “KEE-WICK” the female and “HUW-HU-HU-HUW” the male, as well as I have always been fascinated by wildlife from a Little Owls – both types can be quite vocal at this young age, in particular birds and having moved to stage! the Chilterns from a London suburb in early 2019, I was able to really indulge in my “serious hobby” of We are fortunate in this area of the UK to have four wildlife photography and walking in our amazing types of owls we could see, especially during the countryside; it is a great escape from corporate life. stage of post-fledgling until the end of the Summer; my Owl Walks prove extremely popular from June to With all the challenges COVID-19 brought in 2020, August. my fiancée and I agreed that it was now or never to turn my passion and knowledge into a business - If you love wildlife and want to brighten your day and GG Wildlife Walks was born! during lockdown, my Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages (GGWildlifeWalks) are where I post As a wildlife walks guide and wildlife photographer, I walk information, photos and wildlife observations. spend most of my time outdoors; I really believe in the power of nature as a healing agent and to bring My walks range from group/individual scheduled about calm and balance. Scientific studies have walks to wildlife photography ones. Check out my certainly proven the power of fresh air therapy – website for more details: being in the outdoors, walking, and taking in nature www.goringgapwildlifewalks.co.uk and wildlife. As a special offer to Woodcote Correspondent readers, This winter brought a number of birds only seen at I am giving away a FREE place on one of my group this time of year such as Fieldfare and Redwing; both walks, (once we unlock) to the first two readers to quite shy but beautiful birds, they winter here to email me on [email protected] escape the harsher climate of their mostly Others that email me will receive their first walk at Scandinavian homes. membership prices, which are up to 50% off the listed We have also seen small groups of Lesser Redpoll walk prices. Hope to meet you on a walk soon! feeding in the Silver Birches & Alder, and if lucky, in

15 ON A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN Recently I fell out of a tree and impaled my shin on something sharp, which led me, once I had finished rolling on the ground and swearing, to reflect on pain and in particular on that inane question you always get asked when consulting with medical professionals, ‘On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the worst pain you can imagine, how would you describe your pain?’. Now, there are at least two things wrong with this question. Firstly, are we talking about a straight linear scale, where 2 is twice as bad as 1 and 10 is ten times as bad as 1? Or are we talking about some kind of logarithmic scale, such as the Richter scale used to measure the intensity of earthquakes, where every step represents a tenfold increase in magnitude over the one before, such that 2 is ten times as bad as 1 and 10 is one billion times as bad as 1? Personally, I think the latter would be far more useful in conveying the nuances of human agony, but I am pretty sure that they are fobbing us off with a measly linear scale. The other problem is that the answer seems to depend entirely on the imagination of the person concerned. Can you imagine, for example, being burned to death? I once got something out of the oven and got a small burn on my wrist, which was really quite painful. Yes, I know what you’re going to say: what was a man doing anywhere near an oven and yes, no doubt it served me right, but the point is that being burned alive must be up there around 10. Or in Louis de Berniere’s novel ‘Birds without Wings’ there is a description of a man dying a slow death of strangury, the inability to pass urine, which makes me sweat just to read about it. Nor does the eighteenth-century writer Fanny Burney’s account of a breast amputation in the days before anaesthetics make easy reading. Despite which, patients will cheerfully claim that their ingrowing toenail or sprained wrist is at least a seven, possibly an eight, because they know that if they use their imaginations and give an honest answer like 0.1 they are going to be sent home or at the very least put to the back of a very long queue. They know this, and the medical professionals must know this, so what is the point of this game? Perhaps the best way to play it, if it must be played, is with style, in the manner of my small grandson, who when asked the question after mildly spraining his ankle at school replied very firmly ‘Eleven!’. Didn’t stop him playing football that evening. Wonderful powers of recovery these children have. David Sutton November Financial Services Ltd Independent Financial Advisers ALL OUR YESTERDAYS We offer a comprehensive range of financial services. March and April 2016 To arrange a FREE initial consultation please call The lead article in March featured the Withymead 01491 683777 or email [email protected]. Nature Reserve which is on the Thames between Goring and South Stoke. It belongs to the Ann November Financial Services Ltd is authorised and Carpmael Charitable Trust. Its aim is to protect and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. preserve wildlife. It is open to the public at certain times and is particularly popular in April and May when the rare Loddon lilies are in bloom. The Trust is always pleased to enlist volunteers.

16 The debate about the ‘happenings’ at the 2016 10k the creation of ‘a professional standard performance Race was the subject of an unusually large mailbag venue in the school hall, which will be available for of letters. It was thought that the future of the race all local arts groups to use out of school hours. Also, would be put in doubt, but common-sense prevailed arts related evening activities will be put on for both and the annual event has been held ever since, adults and the local youth, in order to extend the except in 2021, but that was because of the Covid provision at the school into the evenings and restrictions. weekends.’ In April attention turned to ‘Your Bus Service – April saw a plea for ‘A Special Type of Person’. The Action’, with members of the public exhorted by the editor highlighted the need for additional PCSOs Parish Council to write to the bus company, to John (Police Community Support Officers) and Special Howell MP and the Oxfordshire County Council, to Constables. He wrote, ‘At the time of writing the campaign for the X39 to stop in the village. A Parish whole of the Thames Valley has 160 PCSOs. Council consultation was due to be held in the Encouragingly though, there is a new target – to have Village Hall on 16th April with the public invited to 675 by the end of 2008.’ attend. Not sure what happened to this campaign. Five years on and still no X39 stops in the village!!! Remember the days when we used to see PCSOs in the village on a daily basis? When did you last see March and April 2011 one?!!!!! In March the lead article was, ‘Save Our Libraries AR Chive Day’. The article described the ‘hugely successful read-in’ to support this national campaign with well- known local authors reading extracts from their Following on from our front-page story, the Woodcote latest works. Christopher Quinton’s editorial said it Conservation Group has compiled this prickly list for all: you to test out your knowledge!

‘I’m sure you all share my admiration for the ‘never say die’ approach of the Save Our Woodcote Library Committee. Once again, we see graphic evidence of 10 FUN FACTS ABOUT HEDGEHOGS the wonderful community spirit we enjoy so much in this village. The cover story gives just one example of Hedgehogs are Britain’s only spiny mammal. events they are organising to express the outrage we Their closest relatives are the shrew and the mole. all feel at the prospect of being without our much- Just one species of hedgehog lives in the wild in loved and well-supported library. Forthcoming events Britain (Erinaceus europaeus) and there are 14 are publicised in this edition and at other species across Europe, Asia and Africa. ourwoodcotelibrary.org.uk, so please do continue to support OWL in every way possible. If anyone can Hedgehogs get their name because they love save our Library, OWL can.’ hedges and they make a snuffling noise like a pig In April attention turned to the ‘South Oxfordshire as they search for food. Youth Parliament’ and the election to it of 13-year- Hedgehogs’ spines are made of keratin, the same old Alex Stevenson, a pupil at Langtree School. Alex stuff as our fingernails and are, in effect, modified had to run his own election campaign and chose hair. three key topics, Transport, Tuition fees and Perceptions of Young People. Baby hedgehogs are born with spines. ‘During the one-year term Alex will represent the Hedgehogs are carnivores. Their favourite foods views of young people aged 11-18 in Southern are earwigs, caterpillars, millipedes, worms and Oxfordshire. He will attend national and regional UK slugs. Youth Parliament meetings; county council meetings and district council events. He will be getting young Hedgehogs are lactose intolerant, but they will people’s voices heard at the top and hopefully drink milk even though it’s bad for their tummies. highlight young people’s issues. The highlight of the Hedgehogs have a top speed of 5mph. year will be a visit to The House of Commons for a Youth Parliament debate, alongside MP’s.’ Hedgehogs usually start to be seen in March and are active until the autumn. They only hibernate March and April 2006 during the coldest time of the year because the In March the good news was reported by Langtree invertebrates they eat tend to hide away beyond Headteacher, Rick Holroyd that ‘Langtree Secures the reach of hedgehogs’ limited digging ability. Specialist Status.’ The specialism was in the Hedgehogs mate … carefully! Mating cannot take Performing Arts and the status sees ‘a grant of £150,000 to finance a capital project, as well as place while the female frowns as the frown £70,000 each year for the next five years to fund muscle, which stretches from the nose to the tail, additional staff and resources.’ Mr Holroyd paid causes a hedgehog’s spines to pull forward making tribute to all those in the school and the community them erect. who had worked to raise the £50,000 need to apply for the status. He also looked forward to ‘rolling out’ the community aspects of the plan which would see

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18 LOCKDOWN BURNOUT? Methods to recharge our bodies and minds include: rest, meditation, stretching, relaxation, reading a By Gabby Robinson book, listening to music or going for a walk in Recently I have been hearing of nature. more and more people suffering Having fun increases serotonin - a chemical that from Burnout. Not surprisingly, regulates many of our most basic processes numerous lockdowns into a including sleep patterns, memory, body temperature, pandemic, many of us working and mood. Having fun also reduces cortisol levels - endless hours from home, the home the stress or fight/flight hormone. Cortisol spikes schooling, cooking, cleaning, child care, boredom, when we are stressed. loss and loneliness have all taken their toll on us all. Don’t get me wrong, some parts of the new normal Taking time to enjoy activities and conversations are here to stay for me, I do not want to return to the with friends gives us a sense of connection, constant rushing around, driving between classes usefulness, and meaning that can be more powerful and trying to please everybody! than any prescription or medical intervention. Burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and A regular Yoga or Pilates practice provides a gentle, spiritual depletion akin to depression. It shows up in natural way of supporting the immune system. Yoga physical symptoms of extreme stress, digestive shut- helps lower stress hormones that compromise the down, exhaustion, inflammation, adrenal fatigue and immune system, while also conditioning the lungs a compromised immune system. Burnout is the and respiratory tract. Yoga and Pilates also result of prolonged stress and poor lifestyle choices. stimulates the lymphatic system to get rid of toxins from the body, and improves the circulation. First noted in the 1960’s, there are many symptoms of burnout, including slow recovery from colds or flu, back pain/chest pain, allergies, headaches, anxiety, depression, digestive problems and cravings for sweet or salty foods. Each burnout experience is unique. Some people completely crash, whilst others repeat patterns of chronic self-destruction throughout the course of their life, continuously feeling rundown yet never actually reaching breaking point. Even before lockdown, recent studies found that one in 10 Britons now eats three meals per day at work because of such long hours and spends at least five hours and 45 minutes completely desk bound. Sitting for extended periods also increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression and obesity. Researchers have found that working more than eight hours per day increases the rate risk of dementia later in life. Neuroscientists warn us that we are consuming too much information, which causes the brain to function in a hyper-alert state, making it difficult for In essence, we must find balance. Now, more than us to disconnect even after we switch devices off. ever we need to learn how to say ‘NO’ when appropriate, to rest, to have time off, to protect our Short-term stress at work can be beneficial because energy, to move, to meditate, to eat well and drink it is thought that small secretions of stress hormones plenty of water. can increase your memory. However, the reality for many is that working hours are increasing and stress A final thought for our post lockdown lives; is becoming a long-term experience leading to ‘Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your extreme depletion of the adrenal and autoimmune words. Manage and watch your words, for they will systems, eventually resulting in burnout. become your actions. Consider and judge your Consider the sayings; I am frazzled, running on actions, for they become your habits. Acknowledge empty, burning the candle at both ends, I am just so and watch your habits, for they become your values. busy, I am wiped out. These are culturally accepted Understand and embrace your values, for they terms, sometimes perceived as a status to be proud become your destiny.’ of. Brene Brown, a best-selling author and Mahatma Gandhi sociologist, said something that really struck a chord with me; Gabby is offering Correspondent readers their first “I no longer wear exhaustion as a badge of honour.” online group Pilates or Yoga class with her FREE. Please email [email protected] to For our health, our sanity and our long-term redeem the offer or visit her website productivity, we must recognise the importance of www.yogapilates.online slowing down!

19 WOODCOTE WALKS: PART 10 Hardwick House Distance, 7 miles. Easy, with one or two short steep climbs. Allow 3½ hours.

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Travel in the footsteps of Mr Toad and take in views of the house thought to have been Kenneth Graham’s Toad Hall. Sta rt at the Village Hall, walk along Goring Road and turn left into Whitehouse Road. Turn right into Potkiln Lane. At the bend where Potkiln becomes Shirvells Hill, turn left into Eastfield Lane. Walk the full length of Eastfield Lane and then cross the B4526 at Pennyroyal. Follow the footpath signposted Whitchurch Hill and Coldharbour and in 100 yards turn left at the fork, walking behind some outbuildings. At the next fork, turn right and take the broad path through the trees. This path will take you past some derelict farm carts. Leave the woods on a well-defined path. When you reach the road, turn left and walk down the road, calling in at the Sun pub, if you so desire. At the next fork carry straight on towards Goring Heath and turn right where the footpath sign says ‘Restricted By-way’. Follow this broad track between hedgerows. Ahead there are views across to Tilehurst. TEL. 01491 680 389 / 07956 966 089 As the path descends, cross the little stile on your left and walk across the field to some houses called ‘Bella Vista’.

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At the road, turn left and then right at the sharp left- then the Roses from 1909. Inevitably Queen hand bend in the road. Elizabeth I is said to have slept in the panelled upper chamber under the elaborately moulded ceiling Walk along the broad track and at Path Hill Farm which included her portrait medallion. The South turn right on the footpath. This part of the walk is wing was shelled by Roundheads in the Civil War, full of interest, especially the splendid flint-clad and much enlarged by Sir Charles Rose in the early house, The Baulk. 20th Century. He is said to have been the inspiration THE BAULK for Mr Toad in Kenneth Graham’s “Wind in the Willows” and certainly was an enthusiastic early Originally workers’ motorist. cottages, the house was gentrified and As you continue along the track you get excellent clad in flints in the views of the Thames towards Mapledurham Lock 18th century to and back towards Whitchurch Toll Bridge. provide a MAPLEDURHAM LOCK picturesque viewpoint in the At East Lodge pleasure grounds of cottages go through Hardwick House. the gate and soon Other features were take the footpath on Straw Hill (a tiny thatched tea house), a maypole the left up a steep ground and sounding house. The name is supposed hill. At the top take to arise from a young couples’ runaway attempt to a few minutes to get married at a house which they mistook for a recover your breath chapel. It is easy to see why! and admire a truly stunning view. Just after Baulk House the path forks. Take the right fork and follow the steep path downhill to the road Pass through the (Path Hill). Turn left and walk down Path Hill, gate at the top of the hill to enter woodland. The path turning left to enter the Hardwick Estate between two is not always clear so look out for and follow the red-brick houses. As you walk along the road there white arrows. Carry straight on where the yellow are good views of the Thames on your right and you footpath sign points right and soon you will come to pass Hardwick Stud on your left. As you approach a clearing with footpaths in all directions. Hardwick House look out for a massive building on At the fork, take the right-hand path, then follow the your right which houses the Hardwick Real Tennis white arrow on the tree, and then take the left fork Court. (blue arrow). REAL TENNIS Continue uphill on a sunken path on which the The game, which originated in France, was played by chalk is exposed on some stretches. This path brings Henry VIII at Hampton Court. The court is based on you to the hamlet of Collins End, mentioned in a a farmyard and the game is a cross between tennis previous walk. and squash. The court at Hardwick, which is still Walk along the road past a series of cottages and at used regularly, was built by Sir Charles Rose and is the right-hand bend continue straight ahead on the one of fewer than a hundred in the world. The game footpath, which emerges at the old Goring Heath Post has developed a new popularity in this area since a Office. court was built at the Oratory School in 1989. Cross the main road diagonally and enter the gate When you come to a choice of three tracks take the which takes you past the Almshouses. furthest left which takes you past Hardwick House, a beautiful Elizabethan house, the ancestral home of Turn right on a track to cross the road (B4526) at the Rose family, one of several places thought to have Abbotsfield. Follow the track down the edge of field been the inspiration for Toad Hall. It is not easy to and enter College Woods. get a clear view of the house but there are one or two Follow the white arrows and where they point in places where you can catch a glimpse and it is well three directions, turn left and follow the path up the worth it. right-hand side of the wood, emerging at the bottom HARDWICK HOUSE. of Green Lane. Parts are said to Either go left up Green Lane, or right if you want to date from the reign call at the Black Lion for a drink on the way home. of Richard II, but If you go up Green Lane, turn right into Whitehouse the house is mainly Road and retrace your footsteps to the Village Hall. If Tudor and you go to the Black Lion you can return via Jacobean. It was Greenmore and Reading Road. the property of the Stilehopper de Herwycks, the Lybbes from 1626, Lybbe-Powys and Powys-Lybbes, and

21 POWER TO THE PEOPLE? heart-warming. We can’t wait to welcome you all back to our wonderful theatre. For further A Merseyside-based company (Balance Power information please contact: Projects) is hoping to build a small gas-fired power plant near Goring on Thames. If permission is John Evans, Marketing Director, Corn Exchange granted, Goring and South Stoke parish councils and Wallingford, Tel: 07785367512 the Campaign to Protect Rural England are Email: [email protected] concerned about potential air pollution, noise and spoilt views in the area. Many residents have objected to the proposal which BEE-FRIENDLY GARDENING TIPS would see four generators and a large battery being set up in a field by the Thames Water sewage plant off Wallingford Road. Unfortunately, SODC have rejected residents’ wishes for an investigation before it considers the application this month. The plant would generate energy to cover periods when renewable sources aren’t contributing to the National Grid. The company says it would screen the site with new planting but opponents state that it would take at least 15 years of growth to fully conceal it.

As spring arrives, there are lots of ways that you can A WIN FOR THE CORN EXCHANGE, make your garden friendly for wildlife. But first, did WALLINGFORD you know there are 250 species of bees in the UK? 224 wild solitary bees We are pleased to tell you that the Planning Inspector has refused the planning appeal by A.C. Lester to 25 wild bumble bees build eight residential units on the land behind One domesticated honey bee! Lloyds Bank and abutting the Corn Exchange. The Inspector recognised the importance of the venue to There are many trees you can plant to help the local community for its social and economic pollinators: benefits. This gives us an assurance for the Male grey willow (sallow) Salix cinerea immediate future. This legal battle has cost us £83,000 in professional fees. As the Corn Exchange Goat willow Salix caprea has been forced to remain closed for much of 2020, fighting this Appeal couldn’t have come at a worse Small-leaved lime Tilia cordata time. This money had to come from our reserves Service trees: Sorbus torminalis, Sorbus domestica which we were building up in order to improve the stage. Needless to say, those reserves have now Apple Malus sp – any, fruit bearing, or ornamental disappeared and we will need to look at more Cherry Plum - Prunus cerasifera fundraising in the future. We are extremely grateful to South Oxfordshire District Council for their Wild Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna/laevigata support. They worked closely with us during the Gardening tips whole appeal process, recognising the importance of the Corn Exchange both culturally and economically Leave the dead plant stems over winter. Hollow stems to Wallingford and the surrounding district. We are may be used by bees for over wintering. confident that they will continue to support us in the Provide flowers throughout the year – some bees future to ensure that our venue remains fully emerge as early as February. protected. The Appeal decision has confirmed that the site has several constraints and any development Buy organic to ensure bulbs and plants haven’t been will have to have regard to the impact on the burgage treated with neonicotinoids. plot, the listed buildings and the proximity to the Have a flowering lawn. noise-producing Corn Exchange. Provide a source of water for bees. We sincerely hope that any future proposal will only be put forward following detailed discussions with Leave a patch of bare earth – mason bees gather mud the Corn Exchange so that the interests of the Corn to build egg cells. Exchange are fully protected. If we were ever in any Include a variety of flower shapes – different species doubt, this situation has shown us how much the have different tongue lengths. Corn Exchange is valued by everyone who uses it. We would especially like to thank our members, For more information, visit: volunteers and supporters for their active support throughout this process: the emails and letters www.wildoxfordshire.org.uk objecting to the development have been vital and

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Passover Puddle Rainbow Rain Down Seeds Showers Spring Umberella 2 A turn around motorway mate! (5)

3 Advisable to let coppers take it out east (7) 4 Leaders like it easy? Not true! (3) 6 Monsters in progression (5) 7 Not stopping sends the French crazy (7) 9 Road problem in Dorset town concealing small article (7) 11 Fatal element of football club replacing back two with Nice’s centres (7) 13 Studying about publicity in first grade (7) 15 Terminal position (7) 17 Record no music (5) 19 Kin born around ‘99 (5) 21 Kill when in charge of final offensive (3)

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23 DATES FOR THE DIARY – MARCH SMALL ADS

Thur * Wallingford Photographic Club Zoom talk: LOCAL HANDYMAN :: No job too small. DIY jobs in 18th 'My Time as Picture Editor of The Times'. and around the home. Kitchen and bathroom reno- www.wallingfordphoto.club. 7.30pm vations undertaken. Call James 07961 882281 Sun * St. Leonard's online church service. Email 21st [email protected]. 10 am Mon * Henley & District Stamp Club Zoom Sun * St. Leonard's online church service. Email 22nd meeting. www.henleyphilatelic.org.uk. 18th [email protected]. 10 am 8pm Tues * Wallingford & District Art Club on-line Wed * Whitchurch Hill Camera Club Zoom 20th demonstration: 'Watercolour Street Scene'. 24th presentation: 'Me and Mr Grumpy'. Email Email [email protected]. [email protected]. 8pm 7.30pm * St. Leonard's online Night Prayer. Email Wed * Whitchurch Hill Camera Club Zoom - Print [email protected]. 8.30pm 21st Competition No 4. Email Thur * Wallingford Photographic Club Zoom talk: [email protected]. 8pm 25th 'Macro Photography especially Plants and * St. Leonard's online Night Prayer. Email Flowers'. www.wallingfordphoto.club. [email protected]. 8.30pm 7.30pm Thur * St. Leonard's online church service. Email Sun * St. Leonard's online church service. Email 22nd [email protected]. 10 am 28th [email protected]. 10am * Wallingford Photographic Club Zoom talk Wed * Whitchurch Hill Camera Club Zoom - by Kevin Day. www.wallingfordphoto.club. 31st Digital Competition No 4. Email 7.30pm [email protected]. 8pm * Whitchurch Hill Camera Club Zoom - * St. Leonard's online Night Prayer. Email Practical Photography Group Meeting. [email protected]. 8.30pm Email [email protected]. 8pm

Sun * St. Leonard's online church service. Email 25th [email protected]. 10 am DATES FOR THE DIARY – APRIL Mon * Henley & District Stamp Club Zoom Thur * Wallingford Photographic Club Zoom talk: 26th meeting. www.henleyphilatelic.org.uk. 1st 'Reality is Over Rated'. 7.30pm www.wallingfordphoto.club. 7.30pm Wed * Whitchurch Hill Camera Club Zoom Sun * St. Leonard's online church service. Email 28th presentation: 'An Evening of Digital Audio 4th [email protected]. 10am Visual'. Email [email protected]. 8pm Tues * BMMHS Zoom Talk: 'Secrets and Spies – * St. Leonard's online Night Prayer. Email 6th How German spies lost the Battle of [email protected]. 8.30pm Britain'. Email [email protected]. 2 pm Thur * Wallingford Photographic Club Wed * Whitchurch Hill Camera Club Zoom - 6x4 29th Zoom talk: 'Street Photography'. 7th Competition and discussion evening. www.wallingfordphoto.club. 7.30pm Email [email protected]. 8pm * Woodcote Conservation Group * St. Leonard's online Night Prayer. Email Zoom talk: 'Hedgehogs'. Email [email protected]. 8.30pm [email protected] 7.30pm Thur * Wallingford Photographic Club Zoom Fri * Whitchurch Hill Camera Club Zoom - 8th competitions: 'Portfolio & Architecture'. 30th JPCR 6-Club Competition. Email www.wallingfordphoto.club. 7.30pm [email protected]. 8pm

Sun * St. Leonard's online church service. Email 11th [email protected]. 10 am FORTHCOMING DATES IN MAY

Mon * Henley & District Stamp Club Zoom Sun * St. Leonard's online church service. Email 12th meeting. www.henleyphilatelic.org.uk. 2nd [email protected]. 10 am 7.30pm Tues * BMMHS Zoom Talk: 'Ships Stars and Wed * BMMHS Zoom Talk: 'Operation Carthage – 4th Isles'. Email [email protected]. 2.00pm 14th The bombing of the Gestapo HQ in Copenhagen'. Email [email protected]. Wed * St. Leonard's online Night Prayer. Email 7.30pm 5th [email protected]. 8.30pm * Whitchurch Hill Camera Club Zoom Thur * Wallingford Photographic Club: presentation: 'A Photographer's Journey'. 6th End of Season Competitions. Email [email protected]. 8pm www.wallingfordphoto.club. 7.30pm * St. Leonard's online Night Prayer. Email [email protected]. 8.30pm CLOSING THOUGHT

Thur * Wallingford Photographic Club Zoom Nothing makes a person more productive than 15th meeting: 'Members / Practical Evening the last minute. No.4'. www.wallingfordphoto.club. 7.30pm

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