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In your JAN/FEB magazine The Best Holiday Ever Bob Forster PAGES 8-9
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Valentine Recipes PAGE 26-27
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4 | COTSWOLD TIMES COTSWOLD TIMES STOW ON THE WOLD Contents F E A T U R E S R E P O R T S LEJOG – The best holiday ever 8-9 Club Notices and Rural Bob Forster Cinemas 33-34 Mystery, medicine and murder Clubs A-Z 35-36 on Shipton Downs 12-13 Bob Forster Local Rotary, Lions 40 The Alain Rouveure Nepal Fund 15 Local Business Directory 42-43 How to get your sleep chemistry Reports from some right with your valentine 25 Local Schools 45-48 The Sleep Council Local Sports Clubs 51-53 Valentine recipes 26-27 Micah Creedon Cycle path along the Fosseway 32 What drives us to do things 38 Peter Dean 38 Teacher training at The Cotswold School 41 COTSWOLD TIMES STOW ON THE WOLD February gardening tips 54 ISSUE 169/170 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 Thomas Hamments Cert Arb (RFS) In this R E G U L A R S In your JAN/FEB magazine month’s The Best Holiday Ever Bob Forster PAGES 8-9
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Teacher Training at The Cotswold School PAGES 41 Business/Job Vacancies 10 PLUS Local Schools, Local Clubs, Associations and Societies . . . in your community cotswoldtimes edition . . . Local Authority Information 17 When the sky is clear in the morning, and Blood Donor Sessions preferably ‘ski’ blue, it is easy to feel that Community Notices spring is not too far away, and when there 25 is bird song above the house, I’m sure the Report from Stow Town Council 18 birds must think so too. The longer days are District Council 19 already a delight, and I was very pleased to have a ‘first daffodil’ hold its yellow head up to Correspondence 20 the sunshine last week. Planning 21 The first months of the year are always Community 22-23, 26, 32, 44 exciting here, to see what the mail brings in. This month we have Valentine’s day of course, Local Church Services 24 with special recipes from Micah to mark the occasion, and our first holiday article, (this Events including Festivals, is very special). There is an energy around, Exhibitions, Concerts, Local and if you are involved in a club or fundraising Fundraising and Walks 29-31 event, please let Cotswold Times know! The majority of local fundraising adverts appear Events Diary 28 free of charge! Book Reviews 39 PS. We will be looking for a few more people from Borzoi Books to join the Cotswold Times Team team this year, working with us to introduce new 54 Tax Issues 49 content and new ideas. If you would like to Robb Eden find out more, please email me. Contact Cotswold Times I hope your year will go really well. Details Page 43 Best wishes, Jenni Office: 01608 652299 A Gift that is fresh every month, Mob. 07789 175 002 colourful and informative A subscription to Cotswold Times 2018 can be sent to anyone in UK or around the World. Cover photograph: Eleven editions a year. © Judy Dean Cotswold Times 01.2018 Postage costs will vary but for addresses in UK the cost will be £24 p.a. including Our next edition is for March, 8 VAT. Enquiries to The Editor, PO Box 6, The Square, Stow on the Wold, GL54 1AB The copydate is 15 February COTSWOLDCOTSWOLD TIMES TIMES | | 5 How do you find the best nanny in the Cotswolds? We know that finding a new nanny for the most precious people in your world can sometimes be an emotional and stressful experience. They will have a huge influence on your children’s lives and become part of your family, which is why we created Burford Nannies. We specialise in helping lovely families find brilliant nannies in Burford, Chipping Norton, Moreton-in- Marsh, Cheltenham and the surrounding villages. To find out how we can help you find the perfect nanny for your family, with no obligation ... Call 07807 130 551 now Alain Rouveure or email [email protected] Galleries l Gardens l Cafe & Therapies www.burfordnannies.co.uk ...a Haven of Tranquillity, Products from Nepal and the Himalayas made by Talented Craftsmen All profits raised by the Galleries fund essential social projects in Nepal The Alain Rouveure Nepal Fund " Making a Difference Where it Matters "
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COTSWOLD TIMES | 7 HILE INDIVIDUAL readers will remember trips to Cornwall, Wthe Lake District, maybe France or even further afield – New Zealand perhaps, it is unlikely that anyone would choose a bike ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Yet that ride, in the early summer of 2016 met all three of those components, plus one more for luck, but more of that later. Good surroundings – the Land’s End to John O’Groats, or LEJOG as it is commonly known, had it all. The very best of British scenery stretched out in all its endless variety, notable not only for its attraction but for its memories of previous holidays and visits. Minor roads and cycle tracks were largely traffic-free. The route, organised by Peak Tours, began around the coastline of south Cornwall, alongside its bays and through idyllic harbours before into Inverness, up into the empty lands plus it was too early for midges, so climbing over the wastes of Dartmoor, of Sutherland and along a windswept every day bar one was dry with plenty all emptiness and atmosphere, then coast, craggy and deserted, to John of sunshine beaming down on black dropping down to Bristol, over its iconic O’Groats. If that route, that variety of lycra and knotted thighs and it was suspension bridge. The Severn estuary scenery doesn’t fit the requirement for these conditions that made cycling so was crossed and the route meandered wondrous surroundings, it’s hard to good; what wasn’t there to like? through the Welsh Marches up to think of what betters it. For the wide- The third factor is good company. Cheshire, skirting industrial Lancashire, eyed cyclist, it was nirvana. Whether it’s friends or family or both, and climbed the magnificent Lune The old hymn line, ‘Ride on, ride on in the level of company can make or valley where, on a sun-drenched majesty’ seems wholly apt considering break a holiday. On LEJOG, most riders Sunday morning, the church bells rang the scenery on LEJOG although those arrived as strangers and left as friends. out at Kirby Lonsdale calling the faithful readers familiar with the hymn may All shared a common interest and all to worship. reckon that the next line is rather less were aiming for a common goal. There Across the Scottish border, almost encouraging! was plenty of ‘bike talk’ but rarely silent roads took riders through the The second element of the perfect of the techno-babble variety. Riders Southern Uplands before arriving at holiday is good weather. This is not supported one another at all times Edinburgh. The Firth of Forth was the sole domain of the continent and with route finding, pace setting and simply breathtaking with its array of beyond. It may sound unbelievable, general encouragement. Nobody was architecturally impressive bridges but this trip of fourteen days at the end left behind and, throughout the tougher above an improbably dark blue sea. of May and into June 2016 had only sections, there was always another Finally there were the challenging but one wet day. Scotland’s reputation for rider to share the suffering! rewarding climbs over the Cairngorms coldness and wetness wasn’t realised, So perfect holidays combine these three factors, good surroundings, good weather and good company; but what made this LEJOG the best holiday ever? What was that mystery fourth ingredient? Simple: a sense of achievement. To be able to cycle just over a thousand miles in two weeks, to ‘climb every mountain’ without getting off to walk and to reach a long-held goal, that was a wonderful feeling. It was achievement rather than pride and, when feet were finally unclipped from pedals, there was an overwhelming feeling of satisfaction; been there, done it and yes, I’ve got the T shirt.
For those unfamiliar with the hymn mentioned above, the first two lines read as follows: ‘Ride on, ride on in majesty, In lowly pomp ride on to die.’
8 | | COTSWOLD COTSWOLD TIMESTIMES HILEHILE INDIVIDUALINDIVIDUAL readersreaders willwill rememberremember tripstrips toto Cornwall,Cornwall, WWthethe LakeLake District,District, maybemaybe FranceFrance oror eveneven furtherfurther afieldafield –– NewNew The Best Holiday Ever ZealandZealand perhaps,perhaps, itit isis unlikelyunlikely thatthat anyoneanyone wouldwould choosechoose aa bikebike rideride fromfrom Land’sLand’s EndEnd toto JohnJohn O’Groats.O’Groats. YetYet thatthat Bob Forster ride,ride, inin thethe earlyearly summersummer ofof 20162016 metmet allall threethree ofof thosethose components,components, plusplus oneone For you, what are the ingredients of a perfect moremore forfor luck,luck, butbut moremore ofof thatthat later.later. holiday? Think back. Pause before you read GoodGood surroundingssurroundings –– thethe Land’sLand’s EndEnd on. There are perhaps three essentials of that toto JohnJohn O’Groats,O’Groats, oror LEJOGLEJOG asas itit isis commonlycommonly known,known, hadhad itit all.all. TheThe veryvery perfect holiday namely, good surroundings, bestbest ofof BritishBritish sceneryscenery stretchedstretched outout inin good weather and good company. allall itsits endlessendless variety,variety, notablenotable notnot onlyonly forfor itsits attractionattraction butbut forfor itsits memoriesmemories ofof previousprevious holidaysholidays andand visits.visits. MinorMinor roadsroads andand cyclecycle trackstracks werewere largelylargely traffic-free.traffic-free. TheThe route,route, organisedorganised byby PeakPeak Tours,Tours, beganbegan aroundaround thethe coastlinecoastline ofof southsouth Cornwall,Cornwall, alongsidealongside itsits baysbays andand throughthrough idyllicidyllic harboursharbours beforebefore intointo Inverness,Inverness, upup intointo thethe emptyempty landslands plusplus itit waswas tootoo earlyearly forfor midges,midges, soso climbingclimbing overover thethe wasteswastes ofof Dartmoor,Dartmoor, ofof SutherlandSutherland andand alongalong aa windsweptwindswept everyevery dayday barbar oneone waswas drydry withwith plentyplenty allall emptinessemptiness andand atmosphere,atmosphere, thenthen coast,coast, craggycraggy andand deserted,deserted, toto JohnJohn ofof sunshinesunshine beamingbeaming downdown onon blackblack droppingdropping downdown toto Bristol,Bristol, overover itsits iconiciconic O’Groats.O’Groats. IfIf thatthat route,route, thatthat varietyvariety ofof lycralycra andand knottedknotted thighsthighs andand itit waswas suspensionsuspension bridge.bridge. TheThe SevernSevern estuaryestuary sceneryscenery doesn’tdoesn’t fitfit thethe requirementrequirement forfor thesethese conditionsconditions thatthat mademade cyclingcycling soso waswas crossedcrossed andand thethe routeroute meanderedmeandered wondrouswondrous surroundings,surroundings, it’sit’s hardhard toto good;good; whatwhat wasn’twasn’t therethere toto like?like? throughthrough thethe WelshWelsh MarchesMarches upup toto thinkthink ofof whatwhat bettersbetters it.it. ForFor thethe wide-wide- TheThe thirdthird factorfactor isis goodgood company.company. Cheshire,Cheshire, skirtingskirting industrialindustrial Lancashire,Lancashire, eyedeyed cyclist,cyclist, itit waswas nirvana.nirvana. WhetherWhether it’sit’s friendsfriends oror familyfamily oror both,both, andand climbedclimbed thethe magnificentmagnificent LuneLune TheThe oldold hymnhymn line,line, ‘Ride‘Ride on,on, rideride onon inin thethe levellevel ofof companycompany cancan makemake oror valleyvalley where,where, onon aa sun-drenchedsun-drenched majesty’majesty’ seemsseems whollywholly aptapt consideringconsidering breakbreak aa holiday.holiday. 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COTSWOLD TIMES | 11 Mystery, medicine and murder on Shipton Downs Few people go to Shipton Downs. Many Christopher Fry, used to go up there to hospital for those infected with smallpox, pass through it on the way between commune with nature, seeking inspiration remaining open between 1901 and 1931, Chipping Norton and Burford. Shipton for his writing. surrounded by farmland. The location and Downs is the high saddle of land that Moving forward to the eighteenth century, the excess of fresh air were responsible for separates the Evenlode valley running the days of the original highway robbers, many a cure. through the Wychwoods from the Windrush three highwaymen called, genuinely, Tom, That same dwelling was used as Shipton valley at Burford. It is an unremarkable Dick and Harry, were executed for their Downs Youth Hostel between 1933 and piece of land that stretches across to crimes, their bodies brought to Shipton 1939. It was a strange site for a youth Leafield: fields on both sides, a couple of Downs where a tree, forever after known hostel. In those days, when virtually all farms, one with goats and chickens which as the Gibbet Tree, stood for many years. hostellers walked or cycled between the often escape onto the grass verge, and a It was surrounded with an iron frame hostels, there were, and still are, very few scattering of isolated dwellings. Nothing very to contain the corpses which would rot footpaths within easy reach and, of course, noteworthy about it, but don’t be deceived; over the years as a gory warning to other the building was a long way from civilisation, Shipton Downs, as they say, malcontents. Apparently the tree still stands, shops or public transport. Hostel details has history. carved with the letters T,D and H; is this at the time refer to ‘The chief attraction For a start there is the earthen barrow where the expression ‘any Tom, Dick or of the neighbourhood is Burford, a town that looms over the Evenlode valley, a Harry’ comes from? of considerable architectural charm. Its Stone Age tumuli or burial mound dating Not many people know that one building church possesses the grim distinction of back perhaps 2,000 years. Playwright, on the Downs served as an isolation having a capacious “bone hole” under the
12 | COTSWOLD TIMES south aisle.’ Further details refer to a ‘bus, The exterior of the building remains Swindon-Banbury, very infrequent;’ nothing eminently recognizable from the photos and, new there! Reference is also made to the amazingly, traces of that mural remain; not nearby hostels at Notgrove, Bishopstone all of it by any means, but rather like the wall and North Newington, all now sadly RIP. paintings in Burford church, enough remains The hostel reached its zenith in 1938 when to identify the original mural. Intriguingly, 1,533 overnight stays were recorded. Fred Travis, a hosteller visiting in 1933, Perhaps the locational factors contributed recalls that ‘in a stone barn, each gable end to the comparatively short lifespan of the had murals painted by local students.’ Now hostel. Records stop in 1939 and those the building retains very little of its hostel days of hardy hostellers doing chores to character but clues remain to this day of a assist in the running of the hostel, cooking once thriving youth hostel. over a stove and singing lustily around an Is that the sum of Shipton Downs’ open fire in the evenings were over. history? Not quite. Purely by chance, the Old photos show this solidly built burial records at Burford church were being Cotswold farmhouse on the outside, while examined recently and there, in 1937, was photos taken inside show a typical youth a highly enigmatic note stating that Kathleen hostel of the period, Spartan dining room Diana Lucy WOODWARD, from Shipton and dormitories separated by flimsy wooden Downs, aged just seventeen months, was partitions. But there is one feature which is buried on 23rd May 1937, followed by a totally unique to this quaintly out-of-place single word in speech marks: hostel; old photos show an intricate mural high up on the wall, a semicircle depicting “Murdered.” the weather, sun at its centre, and the various elements, cold, rain, heat and There is certainly much, much more to hunger listed around the circumference Shipton Downs than meets the eye, an Mystery, medicine and around a pair of jolly looking hostellers area of ancient burials, highway robbery, and their dog out for a ramble; all very executions, jolly hostelling and a mysterious murder on Shipton Downs hearty and energetic. Its style reflected the murder; featureless, maybe, but certainly influence of the arts-and-crafts movement not lacking in interest. Few people go to Shipton Downs. Many Christopher Fry, used to go up there to hospital for those infected with smallpox, so prevalent in that era. Yet it is also slightly pass through it on the way between commune with nature, seeking inspiration remaining open between 1901 and 1931, sinister, for there in front of the word ‘hunger’ Researched and written by Chipping Norton and Burford. Shipton for his writing. surrounded by farmland. The location and is an eerily grasping skeleton; bizarre. Robert Forster Downs is the high saddle of land that Moving forward to the eighteenth century, the excess of fresh air were responsible for Of course, all that is many years ago. separates the Evenlode valley running the days of the original highway robbers, many a cure. through the Wychwoods from the Windrush three highwaymen called, genuinely, Tom, That same dwelling was used as Shipton valley at Burford. It is an unremarkable Dick and Harry, were executed for their Downs Youth Hostel between 1933 and piece of land that stretches across to crimes, their bodies brought to Shipton 1939. It was a strange site for a youth Leafield: fields on both sides, a couple of Downs where a tree, forever after known hostel. In those days, when virtually all farms, one with goats and chickens which as the Gibbet Tree, stood for many years. hostellers walked or cycled between the often escape onto the grass verge, and a It was surrounded with an iron frame hostels, there were, and still are, very few scattering of isolated dwellings. Nothing very to contain the corpses which would rot footpaths within easy reach and, of course, noteworthy about it, but don’t be deceived; over the years as a gory warning to other the building was a long way from civilisation, Shipton Downs, as they say, malcontents. Apparently the tree still stands, shops or public transport. Hostel details has history. carved with the letters T,D and H; is this at the time refer to ‘The chief attraction For a start there is the earthen barrow where the expression ‘any Tom, Dick or of the neighbourhood is Burford, a town that looms over the Evenlode valley, a Harry’ comes from? of considerable architectural charm. Its Stone Age tumuli or burial mound dating Not many people know that one building church possesses the grim distinction of back perhaps 2,000 years. Playwright, on the Downs served as an isolation having a capacious “bone hole” under the
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C.D.C. Committee Meetings STOW TOWN COUNCIL STOW TOWN COUNCIL Meetings are held at the Council Offices, Trinity Road NOTES FOR COUNCIL MEETING Cirencester, GL7 1PX. NEXT MEETING: Thursday 22 February PLEASE CHECK NOTICEBOARD Agendas, reports and Minutes are published online five JANUARY 2018 working days before each meeting at Abbreviated notes from the Meeting will be www.cotswold.gov.uk. Residents are welcome to attend meetings. Questions* from the public relating to a available online at www.stowonthewold.net Members of the public are encouraged to attend and are displayed on the Council’s noticeboard proposal in discussion by Cllrs may be taken meetings of the Council and Committee. If you live in on St Edwards Hall in Stow Square. Copies of the District and are on the Electoral Register you can prior to Council voting on that proposal. Minutes, associated committee meetings and take part by asking up to two questions per meeting. General questions are taken at the end of the correspondence are available from the Council’s Information about your Councillors and committee meeting. Office, in George Alley off Stow Square. Minutes members are on the website: of Council Meetings are available in the Library www.cotswold.gov.uk *A maximum of 3 minutes allowed. and online at www.stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk. FEBRUARY The Council office is open Tuesdays, Town Councillors are available before and Wednesdays & Thursdays, 10 am – 1 pm Tues 06 Overview and Scrutiny after the meeting. District and County Cllrs, (subject to meetings) Wed 07 Sires Inspection Briefing representatives of Stow Police and local Press Tel: 01451 832 585 Wed 14 Planning and Licensing regularly attend. Thurs 15 Cabinet E: [email protected] Tues 20 Council, Setting of Council Tax Questions to the Council or a committee about any matter on which CDC have any powers or duties or ROAD CLOSURES INFORMATION which affects the district must first be received in writing by the Head of Democratic Services by email no Telephone: 08000 514 514 later than 5 pm on the prior working day: This information is continuously updated. please check by telephone or online: [email protected] www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/roadworks By post to CDC at Trinity Road, Cirencester. GL7 1PX. 01285 623204/ 201 New app makes it even easier to book a building Petitions can be presented to express local feeling about an issue or a suggested action that we might take. A control inspection petition must contain at least 10 signatures. Booking building control site inspections with Cotswold District Council has become Details of Meeting Agendas, Reports and Minutes even easier, thanks to a new app which has just been launched. Developed by Local can be found on the Council’s Committee Information System. Also available are details of your Councillor, Authority Building Control, the free app allows builders and householders to contact the Committee Meetings including dates, times and venues Council’s Building Control team at any time of the day, via a smart phone or tablet. and Membership of the Committees. The app uses a Global Positioning System to pinpoint the site and the correct building control authority before sending the inspection request through to the Cotswold team. Cllr Sue Coakley, the CDC Cabinet Member responsible for building control, welcomes this innovation: “We are always looking for ways to make it easier and more convenient for people to contact us. Builders are often out on site early in the morning and will not have access to a computer, so being able to send an inspection appointment request immediately by phone is ideal for them.” The main purpose of building control is to ensure that regulations are followed so that BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS THIS MONTH: health and safety is not compromised. Work is inspected on site and, depending on the project, covers structural safety, fire safety, damp resistance, suitable drainage, energy Giving blood is quick, easy, efficiency and electrical and gas safety. and it saves lives Each year the Building Control team carries out around 5,000 inspections across the Call the number above or look online District. These vary from checking small projects such as replacement windows at www.blood.co.uk domestic premises to larger-scale inspections for construction companies on housing to arrange an appointment at a venue close development sites. To install the app visit www.labc.co.uk/app or for more information to where you live, where you study or work email [email protected] or telephone 01285 623537. Do something Amazing . . . 96% of us rely on the other 4% to give blood Please don’t leave it to someone else Look online to read about THE DONATION PROCESS. Why give blood? Who can give blood?
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Stow on the Wold Town Council Stow Youth Centre, Fosseway, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire GL54 1DW Tel: 01451 832585 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk Clerk & RFO: Heather Sipthorp
REDUCED COST SEASON PRECEPT TICKETS AT MAUGERSBURY The council approved the budget for the ROAD CAR PARK new financial year effective 1st April 2018 at their December 2017 meeting. Stow Town Council (STC) has negotiated with Cotswold District Council (CDC) to secure 48 Council set the precept at £133,417. In parking permits at a reduced cost for Stow residents reality this means at Band D this works and/or businesses to purchase. out at £149.02 per annum or £2.87 The permits can be for a period of 1, 3, 6 or 12 per week. This is an increase of 80 months. There are also two further options, a full pence per annum or 2 pence per permit meaning you can park 24/7 or you can week. A full breakdown of the budget purchase a 5 hour (per day) permit. can be seen on the council website at See table below showing the various options and www.stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk. you can see that with a full permit it allows you to park 24/7 at a cost £5.76 per week or per 82 pence per day.
Type Annual 6 mths 3 mths 1 mth CHRISTMAS EVENT Full £300 £150 £75 £25 5 hours £150 £75 £37.50 £12.50
Also a reminder that you can park FREE OF CHARGE in the Maugersbury Road car park from 3.00 pm to 8.00 am until the end of March 2018 when CDC will review whether to extend this offer.
If you wish to apply then go to the CDC website using the link below:-
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Remember there are only 48 permits on offer on a first come first served basis. Cllr Ben Eddolls, Mayor, being given a helping hand by Juliet Thompson to switch on the Christmas tree lights. Photograph kindly supplied FORTHCOMING by Mike Schoen
MEETINGS Thanks to everyone for turning out on what TH must have been the worst and coldest night of BURIAL BOARD – Thursday 15 February 2018 at 2017. However, despite this with the 9.30 am Christmas lights twinkling around the square PLANNING, TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE – and snow falling it was quite magical. Tuesday 20th February 2018 at 7.00 pm Special thanks to Stow Primary School for singing carols around the Christmas tree; to
nd Stow Fire Crew for safely bringing Father FULL COUNCIL – Thursday 22 February 2018 at Christmas to the square; to resident Bernard 7.15 pm Worth for playing the bagpipes which added something special to the atmosphere; to Stow ALL MEETINGS TAKE PLACE IN YOUTH CENTRE Soup Society for serving up delicious free homemade soup; to Tesco, Stow for supplying the mince pies. And final thanks must go to DATES CAN CHANGE SO CHECK NOTICEBOARD, everyone who gave up their time to make this WEBSITE OR GIVE THE OFFICE A CALL event happen.
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18 18 | |COTSWOLD COTSWOLD TIMES TIMES Report from Cotswold District Council Dilys Neill I hope that most of you who live in my addition we are often required to visit Stow on the Wold Town Council ward: Stow, Maugersbury and the Swells sites of applications which may be Stow Youth Centre, Fosseway, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire GL54 1DW will know that I am your District Councillor contentious. Tel: 01451 832585 and how you can get in touch with me. Email: [email protected] Many of you will know me from my time Having spoken to many people in my Website: www.stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk as a GP at the Stow practice. I am also ward, two of the things which cause Clerk & RFO: Heather Sipthorp a school governor at our local primary most concern are parking provision school (where I am known as Dr. Dilys) and and affordable housing. I have taken REDUCED COST SEASON I have links with St. Edwards Church. Until a particular interest in these issues PRECEPT I was elected in September 2016 I had working with the Town and Parish TICKETS AT MAUGERSBURY no real understanding of what Cotswold Councils to find solutions which The council approved the budget for the will benefit the residents of Stow, ROAD CAR PARK new financial year effective 1st April 2018 District Council (CDC) does and I am still finding out! If you are also mystified, Maugersbury and the Swells. at their December 2017 meeting. Stow Town Council (STC) has negotiated with then the CDC website, www.cotswold. Traffic, on street parking and the state Cotswold District Council (CDC) to secure 48 Council set the precept at £133,417. In gov.uk is a good place to start. There is of the roads and pavements are another parking permits at a reduced cost for Stow residents reality this means at Band D this works information there for residents, businesses major cause of concern. These are the and/or businesses to purchase. out at £149.02 per annum or £2.87 and tourists. responsibility of Gloucestershire County per week. This is an increase of 80 CDC is responsible for planning and Council (GCC) and I support the Town The permits can be for a period of 1, 3, 6 or 12 building, housing, environment, bins and recycling, public and Parish Councils in their dealings with GCC highways months. There are also two further options, a full pence per annum or 2 pence per health and leisure facilities and some car parks among other department. permit meaning you can park 24/7 or you can week. A full breakdown of the budget activities. purchase a 5 hour (per day) permit. can be seen on the council website at I hope to have a regular column in Stow Times and please let The full council meets every three months. In between me know what topics you would like me to address. Please See table below showing the various options and www.stowonthewold-tc.gov.uk. there are regular meetings of the cabinet which is involved also contact me with any queries: [email protected]. you can see that with a full permit it allows you to in forward planning and other committees. I am a member uk. I also have a Facebook page Councillor Dilys Neill on park 24/7 at a cost £5.76 per week or per 82 pence per day. of the planning committee which meets monthly, and in which you are welcome to post comments.
Type Annual 6 mths 3 mths 1 mth CHRISTMAS EVENT Full £300 £150 £75 £25 Adverse Weather Conditions 5 hours £150 £75 £37.50 £12.50 Following severe winter weather, appointed Snow Plough Operator for • Use salt if possible – it will melt access to key community facilities can the town and upon STC’s instruction he the ice or snow and stop it from will begin clearing key side roads in the Also a reminder that you can park FREE OF be greatly reduced by snow and ice refreezing overnight on roads and footpaths in the town. town, for example, the parking areas CHARGE in the Maugersbury Road car park from • You can use ash and sand if you During these periods of severe weather, in the square, around the Doctor’s 3.00 pm to 8.00 am until the end of March 2018 don’t have salt – it will provide grip when CDC will review whether to extend this offer. many residents can be prevented from Surgery, Stow Primary School, access underfoot leaving their homes to access local to Fire Station and so on. If you wish to apply then go to the CDC website facilities which affect the quality of STC has a limited volunteer resource • Pay extra attention when clearing using the link below:- life of many and also impacts on the it can call upon to help clear the steps and steep pathways – using businesses providing services within footpaths, gritting footpaths and more salt helps www.cotswold.gov.uk/residents/environment/parkin the town too. refilling the grit bins and hope that the g-and-public-toilets/car-parks/season-tickets/ • Think carefully about where you Many have asked why Gloucestershire community will pull together and offer are going to place the snow – make Remember there are only 48 permits on offer on a County Council (GCC) or indeed, some self help. sure it does not block a footpath or Stow Town Council (STC) did not clear first come first served basis. Cllr Ben Eddolls, Mayor, being given a helping If each property/business owner could someone’s access to their drive all the roads/pathways in the town clear the footpath in front of their hand by Juliet Thompson to switch on the There are many grit bins around the following the recent snowfall. GCC property and spread some grit, from Christmas tree lights. Photograph kindly supplied town so if clearing public highways do FORTHCOMING by Mike Schoen do not treat footpaths for a number of one of the many grit bins in the town, reasons, namely resources, cost and this would help enormously. help yourself. However, please note Thanks to everyone for turning out on what simple impracticability. It would not be Many people are concerned that if that this salt must not be used on MEETINGS private land and anyone found doing TH must have been the worst and coldest night of achievable to clear or grit all footpaths they clear a footpath and someone BURIAL BOARD – Thursday 15 February 2018 at 2017. However, despite this with the within all the Cotswolds communities slips and injures themselves then so could face prosecution. If you find 9.30 am Christmas lights twinkling around the square when it snows – this would require they would be liable to potential the bin empty please call Stow Town and snow falling it was quite magical. PLANNING, TRAFFIC & PARKING COMMITTEE – resources on an enormous scale. prosecution. The government say that Council on 01451 832 585 and give the Tuesday 20th February 2018 at 7.00 pm Special thanks to Stow Primary School for singing carols around the Christmas tree; to The same applies to the gritting and “You can clear snow and ice from location and STC will endeavour to get Stow Fire Crew for safely bringing Father clearing of side roads. GCC have a pavements yourself. It’s unlikely that it filled up as quickly as possible. FULL COUNCIL – Thursday 22nd February 2018 at Christmas to the square; to resident Bernard secondary route list which means that you’ll be sued or held responsible Finally, as mentioned earlier STC has 7.15 pm certain key areas in the town will be if someone is injured on a path Worth for playing the bagpipes which added very limited resources so if you are something special to the atmosphere; to Stow gritted but only when the key routes or pavement if you’ve cleared it willing to help to help clear snow or to ALL MEETINGS TAKE PLACE IN YOUTH CENTRE Soup Society for serving up delicious free have been treated. The square is on carefully”. help if any emergency occurs in the homemade soup; to Tesco, Stow for supplying GCC’s key route for precautionary the mince pies. And final thanks must go to town then please call 01451 832 585 or DATES CAN CHANGE SO CHECK NOTICEBOARD, salt treatment so they will always How to clear snow and ice everyone who gave up their time to make this email [email protected] WEBSITE OR GIVE THE OFFICE A CALL endeavour to keep the route through • Do it early in the day – it’s easier to event happen. the square available for traffic. This move fresh, loose snow to register your details.
does not include the parking areas. • Don’t use water – it might freeze and Thank you for your help and co GCC working with STC have an turn to black ice operation.
COTSWOLDCOTSWOLD TIMES | 19 19 Correspondence By post to: The Editor, Cotswold Times, PO Box 6, Stow Post Office, The Square, Stow on the Wold, GL54 1AB Email: [email protected] (NB. We always confirm receipt of emails) Telephone: 01451 822788
The site for the new Doctors’ Surgery 3 January, 2018 “It was very refreshing reading in The Cotswold Journal that Stow is finally getting a new surgery after so many years of going backwards and forwards. Of course, it won’t be long before the vultures start looking for more land around Stow and the surrounding area, to build luxury houses and retirement homes with no thought for the younger generations. What was pleasing to read is that the new surgery may well have a children’s play area within the scheme. What would be nice, in memory of dear Mrs Martin and her wonderful gift of Rose Cottage and its’ land, would be for the three senior Partners to contact Walt Disney and arrange for Pinocchio to come and open the new surgery when it is completed. Yours sincerely, Alastair Sims
Abandoned? Neglected? NB. As a rule, Cotswold Times do not publish anonymous icy temperatures (hurricane caroline) over the next seven- letters. We made an exception in this this case, but regret plus days with snow forecast and sub-zero temperatures that we will not be able to accept anonymous replies or every single night. responses. Editor. Lots of local people in Stow do the best they can and I wonder if you will help or care? try to check and feed these horses but it is not their 7 December 2017 responsibility. Elderly pensioners even feed these horses! The field in Stow known as ‘the Gypsy Field’ is the site of If these horses were mine or yours, a formal warning from the gypsy horse fair held twice a year in Stow. the RSPCA would be given with a cetain amount of days to sort out this neglect and if not adhered to then the Last year five horses were left from October through to horses would be removed. However, because they are May with no-one checking them, no-one giving them gypsy horses the same rules do not seem to apply. additional feed which is required for a “do gooder” in the winter months, no-one checking they had water, no-one These horses are allowed to be left in this condition groomng them and no shelter despite snow, ice and sub- all winter. The astounding fact in all of this is that the zero temperatures. Two of the horses went lame and they Cotswolds is one of the wealthiest areas in the whole of all needed their hooves tending to. the UK but it is deemed acceptable to leave these animals neglected and in shoddy condition all winter. Most turn a The RSPCA were called and signs put up for the owner to blind eye. call them. Of course no-one did. The horses were never tended and were subsequently sold off at the horse fayre Horses are OK to be kept outside 24/7 - but with care. never to be seen again. These horses have no care or attention from the owner for 4-5 months. They are just left. This year we have three horses. They’ve been in the field for three weeks now. No-one has been to check on them. Information copied and pasted as per the Blue Cross One horse has had a bridle left on which is rubbing on her official website: face. The foal isn’t very old and both mares are pregnant The Field-Kept Horse again and should be having additional supplements and Horses and ponies generally like to live out on grass for feed. much of the time. This is when they enjoy the freedom They have no fresh water, no shelter, no additional food, to graze, interacting with other horses and generally their manes and tails are all tangled with burrs. We are due exhibiting “normal” horse behaviour.
Dear Editor, and there are 1000 white bags in Stow that makes 125 Whilst we may not have beaches to moan about (Stow tons per year. If we reduced this to plastic blocks with a Yacht club asides), may I suggest we set our sights on steam heater, that would be enough blocks to pave the a plastic-free Stow, Morton and Bourton. We could start White Hart Lane waste area that many people feel is an with the supermarkets. Maybe the councils could take a eyesore. The plot could then be an ecofriendly car park for lead? I fill the CDC white bag every two weeks and it is workers in the square. getting worse. If I am typical with 5 kilos per two weeks Dr P. D. G. Dean 20 | | COTSWOLD COTSWOLD TIMES Planning Applications & Approvals
Planning fees set to increase by twenty per cent application which is and remains invalid up to 17 January will have to pay the increased fee. For full details of the changes please see our website. The government regulations will also introduce a new fee of £402 per 0.1 hectare for ‘Permission in Principle’ applications, the ability for authorities to charge for applications for planning permission following the removal of permitted development rights (through Article 4 directions or by condition). Finally, a fee of £96 will be introduced for prior approval applications to permitted development rights that were introduced in April 2015 and April 2017.These include the rights for the installation of solar PV equipment In line with new government regulations, Cotswold on non-domestic buildings, the erection of click-and- District Council will be introducing a 20% increase in collect facilities within the land area of a shop, the planning fees from Wednesday, 17 January. Planning temporary use of buildings or land for film-making applications submitted before 17 January and assessed purposes, and the provision of temporary school as being valid by a CDC planner will not be subject to buildings on vacant commercial land for state funded the increase. However, anyone submitting a planning schools.
Should the Cotswolds Become a National Park?
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative Member of Parliament for The Cotswolds
During the Christmas recess, I visited the South Downs National Park Authority in Midhurst, West Sussex. The Cotswolds AONB and the South Downs National Park share a number of very obvious similarities, for example size. Both have a National Trail running through them and both cover fifteen local authorities. The Cotswolds is in the very nascent stages of any debate on the possibility of National Park status. In my view, there is a clear case for at least considering if the Cotswolds could be conserved and enhanced further by designating the area as a National Park by the Secretary of State.
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COTSWOLDCOTSWOLD TIMES TIMES | | 21 FOODBANKS across the region are appealing for more donations as we head into winter. Vulnerable families and individuals Beavers in Thornbury recently collected an incredible in Gloucestershire and north five trolley’s worth of donations in just one day. Wiltshire are in need of extra Last Halloween, instead of collecting sweets, the support during the coldest months children from the second Thornbury Beavers asked of the year. for donations for their local food bank which is at the Malmesbury Foodbank has released a list of the top Baptist Church on Gillingstool road.. 10 items they are in need of which are indicative of foodbanks across the area: Tinned fruit Tinned potatoes Tinned meat Long life milk Long life fruit juice Cling film Tin foil Washing detergent Washing up liquid Toothbrushes In Malmesbury, donations can be made at Waitrose or at the United Reform Church, West Street, SN16 0AR. To make a donation in Stroud or Dursley go to the foodbank at Brimscombe Port business park. For Cirencester, go to Ashcroft Church on Ashcroft Road. In Tetbury the foodbank is at St Mary’s Community Centre on St Mary’s Road.
Get Active in the New Year – Volunteer with the Wychwood Project Saturday 3 March your own (hand tools only); activities Hedgelaying at the Saltway Charlbury. usually take place with ‘behind the Thursday 15 March hedge’ loo facilities only! Woodstock water meadows. Logs Activities run from 9.30 am to 3 pm for Labour - tree work and possibly unless otherwise stated. There is a bonfire, meet at the garages at the normally no need to book (the listing foot of Brook Hill (by the A44). will say if booking is required); but do check the website or our facebook Drystone walling happens every page before setting out in case of any Monday and Tuesday (weather last minute changes due to weather permitting). conditions or other circumstances In 2017 volunteers helped us plant You are welcome to join any day and beyond our control. You don’t need to over 1,500 trees, coppice woodland, stay as long as you wish. All tools stay for the whole session if you don’t lay hedges, repair dry stone walls, and training needed are provided, have time (or energy!) and monitor Barn Owls and Flora to but bring your own gloves and For more information and to get improve West Oxfordshire’s habitats refreshments. The work is often away involved with the Wychwood Project and landscape. from any shelter so be prepared for all visit: www.wychwoodproject.org Wychwood Project volunteering is weathers. If you decide the drystone or www.facebook.com/ on offer every month, why not come wallers’ life is for you and you join us WychwoodProject and join us to get some exercise and regularly you will need steel toe cap Telephone: 07584 262437 (Monday, fresh air, meet some friendly fellow boots . . . stones can be heavy! Wednesdat, Thursday) volunteers - and help the Wychwood Project. Or join our Bird Aid, Flora or Barn Owl email: [email protected] Groups who meet regularly to protect Here’s what’s on at the start species across West Oxfordshire. of 2018: No experience is necessary for any Saturday 3 and Thursday 15 February of the tasks (full instruction is part Coppicing at Beevis Farm, Charlbury of the day) but you should wear Thursday 1 March appropriate clothing for outdoor work Hedge planting near Ascott-under- including stout boots and gloves; Wychwood tools are provided but you can bring
2222 | | COTSWOLD COTSWOLD TIMESTIMES Brand new look and focus for 2018 Cotswolds Visitor Guide. Thanksgiving Service The new 2018 for all those who have been bereaved in recent years Cotswolds Visitor Saturday 24th February 2018 at 3pm Guide is now available at on a far wider scale St David’s Church, Moreton-in-Marsh than in previous years, followed by a tea • All Welcome providing new ideas to tempt potential Please contact holidaymakers to the Julie Sullivan Cotswolds next year. Allen & Son Funeral Directors With a print run of Bank View, High Street Moreton-in-Marsh 200,000, and a smaller, GLOS, GL56 0AF handier A5 size, the 01608 650633 new Cotswolds Visitor [email protected] Guide will have a wide appeal both to people who think they know the New Year Resolution to volunteer in Cotswolds and those your local community who’ve never visited. Local advice charity, Citizens Advice Stroud and Cotswold The publication is Cotswolds Tourism’s main annual Districts (ca-scd) is looking for new new recruits to join printed guide and provides a whole range of ideas for its team of volunteer advisers. The next Adviser Training how to best enjoy the beautiful countryside, quintessential Programme starts in mid March and there will be an English towns and villages, as well as the huge array of information session in Stroud on Wednesday, 24 January at fantastic places to stay and things to see and do. 3 pm for anyone who’d like to find out more. For the first time, there’ll be ideas about how visitors can Citizens Advice provides assistance to local residents create their perfect Cotswolds itinerary in a section titled, in all areas of their lives; this includes issues relating to ‘48 hours in.’ Other special features include seasonal their family life, housing, money, welfare benefits and employment problems. Advisers provide an invaluable highlights, top ten romantic moments, key events, service by not only listening to a person talk about the shopping and eating out. challenges they face, but also providing advice in a A new competition is included in the guide, supported proactive and non-judgmental way. by the Lygon Arms in Broadway, Batsford Arboretum Sally Pickering, Chief Officer of Citizens Advice in the and the Gloucestershire-Warwickshire Steam Railway – Stroud and Cotswold Districts, said “I’d really encourage who reach a milestone this spring then they open their anyone whose New Resolution is to get involved in their extended service to Broadway. As well as encouraging community, learn new skills or give themselves a new a greater pick up rate, the competition will also provide challenge to consider volunteering with Citizens Advice valuable data for Cotswolds Tourism, to help them in the Stroud or Cotswold Districts. They would become understand the reach of the Visitor Guide and how it’s part of a hugely valued team and would know that they used by visitors. are making a real difference in our community. All our advisers work within a friendly and supportive team environment where they are given the opportunity to use Royal Wedding and develop their skills to best help clients resolve their Sally Graff, from Cotswolds Tourism, said: “2018 has problems. Specific qualifications and experience are not the potential to be a big year for both domestic and required, however our advisers are all people who enjoy international tourism as the weak pound continues to helping people, are good listeners and are able to explain information clearly’” encourage UK residents to ‘staycate’, and makes the UK a very attractive place to visit for overseas visitors. A royal Esther, a volunteer adviser, said ‘I enjoy helping people wedding will also prove a big draw, with the Cotswolds’ in the community and at the same time I get a lot out of researching our information system and learning new skills. connection to the Royals, particularly for the lucrative USA The work is very stimulating and rewarding.’ market”. ca-scd’s comprehensive training programme covers The 2018 visitor guide will be marketed through Cotswolds specific areas of law, learning about the organisation and Tourism’s social media channels and the website developing interview skills. Advisers are well supported www.cotswolds.com as well as taken to all travel trade and travel expenses are paid. Volunteers are asked to give shows, overseas shows attended by our partners, and via a commitment of two half-days or one full-day a week, plus the VisitEngland and VisitBritain partnership. To capitalise attendance at monthly meetings and ongoing training. on the weak pound and Royal Wedding, 5000 copies Anyone who is interested in finding out more about of the guide will also be inserted into copies of Britain volunteering with ca-scd is invited to come along to the magazine, distributed in the USA. information session on Weds 24th Jan in the charity’s For more information about the guide please contact Stroud office. More information can be found at http:// www.citizensadvice-stroudandcotswold.org.uk/ or by Sally Graff on [email protected] Telephone emailing Sheila Orson at [email protected]. 01285 623050 COTSWOLDCOTSWOLD TIMES TIMES | | 23 Church Services
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HOW TO GET YOUR SLEEP CHEMISTRY RIGHT WITH YOUR VALENTINE
Snoring, duvet-hogging and Said Lisa: “Sleeping with different bed times - these your partner can benefit your incompatible night-time health and increase the odds of habits can create poor sleep having a longer lifespan. This chemistry and drive couples is because people tend to feel apart, even on Valentine’s Day, more secure and safe when supposedly the most romantic in a relationship, decreasing time of the year. the levels of stress hormones While latest research shows and increasing oxytocin, the that over half of us are happily love hormone - leading to less snuggling up with our other interrupted sleep***. halves*, almost one-third of “However, around 50% us are getting a poor night’s of sleep disturbance** is sleep with partner disturbance caused by sharing a bed. being one of the top three So, if you find your sleep is reasons stated**. disrupted on a regular basis, But, before taking refuge there are various solutions to in the spare room or on the consider before resorting to sofa to get some shut-eye, it’s separate beds.” worth considering all the health benefits of cosying up with The Sleep Council provides your partner, says Lisa Artis of helpful advice and tips on The Sleep Council, how to improve sleep quality an impartial, advisory and create the perfect sleep organisation that raises the environment. For more awareness of the importance information, visit of a good night’s sleep to www.sleepcouncil.org.uk health and wellbeing.
Sleep guru Lisa’s top tips for perfect sleep chemistry with your Valentine:
• Size matters: buy as big a bed as budget • Tackle snoring: snoring has many listen to some soothing sounds, get a new and room size allow so you are less likely causes: age, being overweight or out of bed and get into a good bedtime routine. to disturb your partner. You should be able shape, the way you’re built, nasal and to lie side by side, with your arms behind sinus problems, alcohol, smoking and • Get together: try to go to bed with your your head and your elbows out, without medications and your sleep posture. partner at the same time at least three touching. Your bed should also be 4-6in If you suspect a sleep disorder such nights a week. Different body clocks mean (10-15cm) longer than the tallest partner. as sleep apnoea, seek medical help. many couples tuck up at different times - Width-wise, two people sharing a standard Otherwise, while you can’t do anything alarm bells should sound if that happens double size bed (4’6” or 135cms) have about growing older, lifestyle changes, every night. only as much personal sleeping space as new bedtime routines, throat exercises a baby in a cot! and some oral devices can all help to • Double-up the duvets: where duvet- prevent snoring. Ear-plugs can also help hogging is an issue, single duvets can • Seven-year hitch: unintended rolling block out a noisy partner. work wonders! Separate duvets are also together can be caused by too small a handy for bed sharers who have different bed - or a mattress that’s past its best. • Combat stress: almost half of Britons say temperature requirements. Individual Replace your bed at least every seven that stress or worry keeps them awake at duvets with a tog rating suited to each years and, if you’d be embarrassed if your night. Make bedtime the place to switch off partner will put an end to the ‘too warm, neighbour saw your mattress, it’s a sure and relax with these positive steps: create too cold’ debate. sign you need to consider getting a new a restful environment, turn off electronic one. Zip-and-link beds allow each partner gadgets and gizmos, meditate, set room different levels of mattress support. temperature to around 16-18°C (60-65°F),
COTSWOLD TIMES | 25 COTSWOLD TIMES | 25 Valentine’s DayValenti is all about Love & Love Unfortunately nes The 14th of FebruaryDay has certainly for theRecipes champagne but we do all is the most amazing thing in our lives. It is become a lot like Easter or Christmas this to show the true merit of our love. Well what makes us human, what makes life where we are bombarded with all sorts thanks to the recipes below it doesn’t have worth living. Nothing else truly matters. The of commercial pressures. Why is it that to be like that, so put on the instrumentals size of our homes, our bank balances, the on Valentine’s Day we are hassled into of the great John Barry, dim the lights and beauty of our partner, the speed of our car going out and spending a fortune on cards, treat your loved one to a wonderful & tasty – all those things pale into insignifi cance gifts and dinner for 2 in an over packed candlelit supper! when we face the splendour of what it is restaurant that will almost invariably that makes us tick. overcharge us for the privilege - and Enjoy X Micah Negroski Cocktail Potato Pancakes This will warm you up and get your heart fl uttering! These pancakes are delicious but do burn easily The recipe below will give you 4 cocktail glasses or you could if your oil is too hot, so only just have 2 each! colour them lightly on each side and then fi nish them off Ingredients: in a hot oven (180’C) 110ml (4 fl oz) Vodka 110ml (4 fl oz) sweet red Martini Potato pancake, Smoked 50 ml (2 fl oz) Campari Salmon,creme fraiche 8 ice cubes & caviar: Peel of 1 orange, cut using a peeler, to serve Ingredients: Method: 300g fl oury potatoes • Mix the Vodka, Martini and the Campari together, pour into a 3 free range eggs plus the cocktail shaker, add the ice cubes and shake. whites of 2 more eggs • If you don’t have a cocktail shaker place all the ingredients into a 2 heaped tablespoons self raising fl our tall sturdy jam jar and continue as above. Don’t forget the lid! 75 ml of full fat milk 75 ml of double cream Oil,for frying 200g smoked salmon, thinly sliced 150ml creme fraiche Love Poti ons 1 tablespoon fi nely chopped chives, plus some more to garnish These whimsical cocktails are great fun -perfect for your date at Small pot of caviar or lumpfi sh roe to serve home with that special loved one! Method: Pink Pomegranate Cocktail: • Preheat the oven to 200’C/ gas mark 6 • Peel the potatoes, roughly chop them and boil until tender. Dry on Ingredients: kitchen paper, mash well or work through a sieve. 75ml (2 1/2 fl oz) lime juice • Beat the 3 whole eggs and the fl our into the mashed potato. 2 Tablespoons extra caster sugar or coloured decorating • Combine the milk and cream, bring slowly to the boil, remove sugar on a saucer from the heat and whisk into the potato mixture. To dip in. • Whisk the egg whites until stiff and gently fold into the batter. Juice of 1 pomegranate or Place a baking ring or a scone cutter in a frying pan and pour in a 60 ml. (2fl oz) pomegranate juice from a carton generous quantity of oil. When hot, ladle in the mixture and cook 60 ml. (2fl oz) stock syrup. See below over a medium heat until just brown. Remove the ring and turn 75 ml. ( 2 1/2fl oz) vodka or Bacardi over using a spatula. Finish cooking on top of the stove or transfer About 1 cup of ice to a ore heated oven for 5 minutes to cook through.
Method: To serve, pile the sliced smoked salmon on top of each pancake, • Take 2 martini glasses, dip the rim of the glasses in the lime juice top with creme fraiche and a neat dollop of caviar, season with a and then into the sugar, set the glasses in the fridge or freezer. little salt and pepper and place a small pile of chives to one side. • Mix the pomegranate juice, syrup, vodka and lime juice into a cocktail shaker • With the ice, shake and then strain ( leaving the ice behind) into the chilled glasses. Delicious!
Stock Syrup. To make a 150ml (1/4 pint) Place 200g(7oz) caster sugar and 200ml (7fl oz) of water in a saucepan and bring slowly to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Then boil for 2 minutes and leave to cool.
26 | COTSWOLD TIMES 26 | COTSWOLD TIMES Lamb Cutl ets wit h th yme Sauvignon sauce A lovely dish for this special night, it can be • Return the pan to the heat and add the made very quickly and tastes delicious! Sauvignon Blanc scrap the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to get up all Ingredients: the tasty bits from the herbs, reduce the 1 rack of lamb with 6/8 cutlets, trimmed. wine by about half then stir in half of the (Ask Rob walker, my butcher in Moreton cream. Simmer for a few minutes stirring to do this for you, he will trim & divide the to incorporate all the pan juices, season cutlets up for you) lightly with salt and black pepper. 2 tablespoons of fresh thyme off the stalk The sauce will thicken as it cooks so thin 2 tablespoons of fresh mint, fi nely chopped out with the cream till you get a good 1 tablespoon of parsley, fi nely chopped coating consistency. Ground black pepper • Place the cutlets onto warm dinner plates 5 tablespoons of Sauvignon Blanc pour a generous amount of sauce over 8 fl oz/225 ml of whipping cream the meat, serve with garlic mash and Olive oil fresh french beans which have been Potato Pancakes tossed after cooking in some chopped Method: parsley and toasted fl aked almonds. • Add the black pepper into the herb mixture and Coat the pre cut cutlets. Note: If you are not going to serve this • Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large dish immediately then keep the sauce non stick frying pan and cook the cutlets separate from the meat, then when you over a medium heat for 3/4 minutes on are ready to go ahead reheat the sauce each side or until done to your liking. slowly adding more cream bring back up to • Remove from the pan cover with foil and a medium heat and continue as above. keep warm. Ch ocolate & Orange Mousse This mousse will serve 4/6 people but if bits of the chocolate to melt, take off the the peaks begin to form, place in the you are only doing it for the two of you heat and leave to cool a little. fridge till needed. then do half the recipe, on the other • Pour the condensed milk and 250ml of • On serving distribute the cream equally hand it will keep for a couple of days in double cream into a bowl add a pinch of between the glasses or cups of chocolate the fridge so you can indulge over the salt and whisk till thickened, but only just mousse and top these with fl uffy blobs following days, or, you can freeze it but - when you lift the beaters they should with the orange zest! without the cream on top. have a trail of ribbons. • Stir about a third of the whipped cream Ingredients: mixture into the slightly cooled melted 150g dark chocolate (min, 70% cocoa chocolate, now slowly - in 2 or 3 batches solids) fi nely chopped. - fold the lightened chocolate mixture 175g condensed milk back into the rest of the whipped cream 500ml double cream mixture. Then gently stir in the orange 2 x 15ml tablespoons of Cointreau or liqueur followed by the orange juice ( Grand Marnier having fi rst zested the orange) 2 x 15ml tablespoons orange juice and • When all is combined carefully fi ll either zest of 1/2 orange nice glasses or pretty tea cups to about 1 cm from the rim. Method: • Place the mouse into the fridge on a • Melt the chocolate carefully over a pan baking tray and loosely cover the tops of simmering water. Be careful not to let with cling fi lm, do this at least an hour or the bowl touch the water, when almost more before you intend on serving, whip melted stir with a rubber spatula both to the remaining 250ml of double cream scrape down and to help the last solid until thickened but still fl oppy just before
COTSWOLD TIMES | 27 COTSWOLD TIME | 27 DIARY February 2018 Full Information is available at the Visitor Information Centres (see below)
EXHIBITIONS 26 Antiques Valuation Day 11am – 3.30pm in Redsdale Hall MARKET DAYS GL56 )AH. Valuation is Free: Donations to Kate’s Home Nursing BOURTON ON THE WATER 01568 611122. [email protected] th Farmers’ Market 4 Sunday: 9.30 -‐ 1300 To 28 Snowdrop Wonderland Special – Nick Pike Art New exhibition CHARLBURY at Painswick Rococo Garden Café. Nickpikeart.co.uk Farmers’ Market June, September, December 9 -‐ 1pm Playing Close, Charlbury. OX7 3RJ CHIPPING NORTON Farmers’ Market 3rd Saturday monthly from 8.30am Country Market every Saturday 8.45 -‐ 11am, Lower Town Hall with Farmers’ Market on 3rd Saturday Weekly Market every Wednesday GREAT ROLLRIGHT Village Market first Saturday monthly except January MORETON-‐IN-‐MARSH Weekly Market every Tuesday -‐ 9 3.30pm Country Market every Thursday 10am 12noon -‐ in WI Hall NORTHLEACH every Wednesday -‐ 8.30 3.30pm STOW ON THE WOLD Farmers’ Market 2nd and last Thursday 9 -‐ 1pm until Sept
COTSWOLD TIMES EVENTS PAGES EVENTS DIARY. Entries into the Events Diary are included free of charge (subject to space) and will generally include up to 2 lines of DIARY text. 2 Orchestra Pro Anima presents ‘Into the Light’ 7.30pm Entries for local fundraising and community events are generally Northleach Church. Tickets £15 carried free of charge, subject to there being no commercial payments (e.g. for entertainers, etc.) when a charge equal to 50% 8 Country Music Night at Notgrove Village Hall 7.30 – of the commercial advertising rate is applied.) Please note that 11.30pm – Live music, licensed bar. £5 pp. Tonight’s act is Ben Thompson. 01451 850502 for more details. space may be at a premium during some months of the year, and space cannot be guaranteed for free advertising. 9 The Salts will perform sea shanties and original material at Chipping Norton Theatre at 7.30pm Tickets £14.50, Concessions £12.50.
9 Spring Bridge Evening 6.30pm at Little Hill Farm, Wellesbourne CV35 9EE. Tickets £20 to include supper and a glass of wine.
10/11 Stow Gifts, Craft and Collective Fair at St Edwards Hall Stow: 9.30am – 4.30pm. Free Entry, Refreshments all day. Disabled and dog friendly. New stallholders for 2018. Contact Issy 01608 682598 or [email protected]
19 Faber and Faber – 90 years of design by Tony Faber at 2.30pm in St George’s Hall. Contact Elaine Parker 013286 840326 for booking guests (essential) and more info.
22 Country Music Night at Notgrove Village Hall 7.30 – 11.30pm – Live music, licensed bar. £5 pp. Tonights act is Chris James. 01451 850502 for more details.
23 Comedy Night with Troy Hawke 7.30pm at Holy Trinity School, Chipping Norton Tickets £10 from school office.
23 Quiz Night Bring a team of up to 8 people – bar – tickets £5 per head plus soup and a roll. Buy tickets in advance from the school office. 7pm at Stow Primary School.
MARCH Tickets, Booking information etc. from – 9 Cotswold PTA Quiz Night doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm BOURTON ON THE WATER VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE at The Cotswold School, Bourton. Team of - 4 £20 with Victoria Street, Bourton on the Water. Open Mon-Fri 9.30-5pm, Sat 9.30- licensed bar, free snacks, raffle and prizes. To enter 5.30, Closed Sunday 01451 820211 contact Anita 07825408551 E: [email protected] 20 RABI Charity Black Tie Dinner. 6.45pm drinks Reception BURFORD INFORMATION CENTRE, High St, Burford, OX18 4LS. Open and dinner at Christ Church College Oxford. Tickets £95: Mon-Sat 9.30-5pm, Sun 10-4pm. 01993 823558 E: Guest speaker Lydia Slack. Email: [email protected] [email protected] CHIPPING NORTON VISITOR INFORMATION POINT
Guildhall, Goddards Lane, Chipping Norton OX7 5NJ. Office hours Mon-Fri. 24 Floral Design Workshop 10am – 1pm with Amanda Luther. The Butts, Cherington, CV36 5HZ. Tickets £60 MORETON AREA CENTRE High Street, Moreton. Mon 8.45am-4.00pm, each and includes refreshments and 2 course lunch. To Tues-Thurs 8.45am-5.15pm, Fri 8.45am-4.45pm, Sat 10am-1pm (BST), book call Beverley on 07866988355 10.00am-12.30pm (BWT), Sun CLOSED. 01608 650881 E: [email protected] 25 Burford Singers Palm Sunday Concert at 7.30pm at STOW VISITOR INFORMATION St.Edwards Hall, The Square, Stow. Church of St John, Church Green Burford. Tickets reserved Library (open library hours) + Information Point in the lobby at £17, £15, £12 and £8 from The Madhatter Bookshop, (open every day). Burford. www.burfordsingers.org.uk
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THE ARTS SOCIETY BLOCKLEY a lecture Faber & Faber – 90 years of design by Toby Faber at 2.45pm on 19 February 2018 in St George’s Hall, Blockley Please contact Elaine Parker (01386 840326) for booking guests (which is essential) and more details. http://www.theartssocietyblockley.org
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QUIZ NIGHT Burford Singers – WWIITH QUIZMASTERER NIGEL HAARRRRRRIISON A CONCERT FOR PALM SUNDAY O o Purcell – Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary Bring a team of up to 8. Stainer – Crucifixion Licensed bar. Tickets - £5 per head Sunday 25 March, 7.30pm - includes cream of tomato soup & a roll. Church of St John the Baptist, Church Green, Burford OX18 4RY
Please buy your tickets in advance from the school office. Burford Singers with Tenor: Joshua Ellicott, Bass: Quentin Hayes, Organist: Robin Baggs, Conductor: Brian Kay Tickets reserved at £17, £15, £12 and £8 Thi s evening promis esO s too be e a hooo oott! Postal booking (advised) open until 10 February rd DATE: Friday 23 February . TIME: 7pm. Booking in person and online from 17 February http://www.burfordsingers.org.uk/box-office (Booking fee applies) VENUE: Stow-on-the-Wold Primary School, St Edwards Drive, The Madhatter Bookshop, 122, High Street, Burford OX18 4QJ Stow -on-the-Wo ld, GL54 1AW. O 01451 83078 4o . www.burfordsingers.org.uk ntsPrese Chippingat TheThe Norton TThh eatreatre Amateur ChiChiippingppipping Operatic Norrton tonSociety presents at The Theatre Chipping Norton BOX OFFICE 01608 642350 Mon-Fri 10am-6pm S : Sat 10am-2pm 2 Spring Street, Chipping Norton. OX7 5NL February 2018 Films Theatre 1 Cornermen 4 The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2 Robin Ince 6 Molly’s Game S : 3 Annette Gregory 10 Get Out 4 c ) 7 The Marriage of Figaro 11 Hostilities
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EVENTS
The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock MUSIC AT STOW Entry to the museum is free NEW Exhibition: Lucienne Day – Living Design 13 January – 4 March EVENTS 2018 Celebrating the life and work of one of the most influential designers THE SEARCHERS (ROCK) STACEY KENT (JAZZ) of the post war generation. JACOBSON-BROWN PIANO DUO (CLASSICAL) www.musicatstow.co.uk Lucienne Day: A Sense of Growth Talk by Dr Jennifer Harris 3 February, 2pm Tickets £8, Booking required T: 01993 814106 Mark Davies: A literary tour of Oxford’s waterways 7 February, 7.30pm Tickets £4 available at the door
John McNeil: The Medieval parish churches in Oxfordshire from Romanesque to Gothic THE COTSWOLD SCHOOL 7 March, 7.30pm Tickets £4 available at the door
February Half Term Activities PTA ANNUAL Saturday 10 February Year of the Dog Chinese Celebration
Tuesday 13 February TOM Tots: Music, stories and rhymes for the under 5s 10.30-11 am. £1 per child. £2.50 per family Family Fun craft drop-in, 2-4pm £2 per child. £5 per family Wednesday 14 February Trash and Treasure Family workshop – suitable for ages 5+ 10.30-12.00 £3 per child, £7 per family – Booking required T: 01993 814106 Treasure Hunters – Guided Family Trail – suitable for ages 5+ Trails every 30 minutes from 14.00-16.00. £1 per child Thursday 15 February Family Fun craft drop-in: Magical Mobiles 2-4pm £2 per child. £5 per family
Park Street, Woodstock OX20 1SN Tel: 01993 814106 Email: [email protected] FRIDAY 9th OF MARCH 2018 - 7.30 pm
(Doors open 7 pm) VENUE: THE COTSWOLD SCHOOL The Avenue, Bourton on The Water, GL54 2BD Team of up to four: £20 entry per team. Licensed bar, free snacks, raffle & prizes for the winning team Talk to Cotswold Times about advertising your event TO ENTER A TEAM: Contact: Anita on 07825 408551 07789 1 75 002 or e-mail: [email protected] All funds raised will go to The Cotswold School
Local Walks with the Voluntary Wardens February 2018
Celebrating Women in the North Cotswolds – Saturday lanes and field paths this is a good winter walk in an area not so well 3 February – Strenuous known. Optional lunch at the brewery after the walk. Start: 10:00am, Continuing the series of walks about Cotswold women this one Hook Norton Brewery features the life of Joanna Southcott who lived for a time in Blockley. Free parking is available in Chipping Campden (apart from the Market History of Hornton and Surrounding Area – Sunday 4 March Square). Lunch available in Blockley. 7 hours: 11 miles. Start: 9:30 A strenuous walk of 11.5 miles lasting 5 hours. A walk exploring the am Chipping Campden, The Market Hall. OS Map ref SP 151 391. history of this are famous for its ironstone. Please bring a packed lunch. Start: 10:00am, Shutford Parish Church A Circumnavigation of Oxenton Hill – Wednesday 21 February – Moderate A moderate walk around Oxenton Hill visiting four attractive villages. PLEASE use appropriate footwear as some walks may be steep and Views over the Severn Vale to Tewkesbury, Malvern and beyond. muddy in places. EASY – Length may vary but terrain is mainly flat Bring refreshments. 3.5 hours: 7 miles. Start: 9:30 am Gotherington (level); MODERATE – includes some hills and rough ground. Village Hall. OS Map ref SO 961 296. STRENUOUS – may be rough underfoot and ascents and descents may be steep. We welcome guide and hearing dogs – sorry, others not allowed. Thor’s Stone and Rochester’s ( )'* Tomb – Thursday 22 February A moderate walk of 7 miles lasting 3.5 hours. A circular walk through Walks are free although we do invite donations to help fund our conservation and improvement work. varied countryside and woodland including a local nature reserve and the villages of Taston and Spelsbury. Start: 10:00am, Spendlove The Wardens run a full programme of guided walks throughout the Centre Car Park Charlbury. Cotswolds. For more information see www.escapetothecotswolds.org.uk or On the Edge – Wednesday 28 February Tel: 01451 862000, also for any changes to arrangements such An easy walk of 6 miles lasting 3 hours. An undulating walk from Hook as due to extreme weather. Norton, which is only just outside the AONB. With good tracks, quiet COTSWOLD TIMES | 31
• Leisure cyclists (including tourists). Some bring bikes on the train, some hire e bikes (electrically assisted bikes) locally. • Some visitors walk alongside the Fosseway; some walk in the road (sometimes with their back to the traffic).A path would be far safer. • People cycling to Moreton station, including non-driving teenagers. Cyclists wanting to reach more frequent bus services from Moreton Club and Stow. • Locals with e bikes. E bikes make the hills so much easier! • Families. • Cyclists from villages further away. For example, those from the Blockley area would then have more ‘quiet road’ circular routes. The Notices Moreton to Longborough section of cycle path would enable a route virtually all on B roads or cycle path. The Transport Planning team at the County Council replied that this Cycle path along proposal would be expensive - although they have not costed it – and they are not aware of any ‘planning gain’ money to support it. the Fosseway Ruth and Maureen are undeterred. Local councils, cycling clubs and others are being consulted. The ladies are considering other ways to get support.
REMEMBER THIS PROPOSAL LATE LAST YEAR?
PROPOSAL FOR CYCLE PATH/FOOTPATH BESIDE FOSSEWAY FROM MORETON TO STOW From: Ruth Wright ([email protected]) and Maureen Wyss ([email protected]) Local cyclists Maureen Wyss and Ruth Wright met only recently and discovered that they’d both thought of the urgent need for a cycle path and footpath alongside the A429 (Fosseway). With the recent success of the Tour of Britain, the time is now ripe! They have collaborated on a proposal sent recently to the County Council. Why? The road is dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians. A walker has been killed on this road. Many cyclists (Ruth included) will not cycle it. A purpose built path would encourage many people to cycle or walk alongside the Fosseway: • Non drivers, non car owners, households with only one car. • Commuters. People going to the doctor, dentist, optician. • People visiting Stow and Moreton for shopping, entertainment, etc.
THINGS HAVE MOVED ON... AGAINST: Here are a selection of the responses we have received: I cannot imagine what hair-brain thought of this idea. I can only think it must have been an April Fool’s Joke that you have only now decided to Dear Editor... give air time. I would wholeheartedly support the creation of a cycle path between Surely if you, or anyone else, are seriously considering to run a cycle Stow and Moreton. I am a keen cyclist and I regularly ride between Stow path alongside of the Fosseway between Moreton and Stow, in my and Moreton but I take the back roads through Broadwell and Evenlode opinion it would be suicidal. The recent massive increase in traffic, as the main A429 road is too dangerous to ride on. A cycle path would especially the HGV’s, would only bring even more frustration to vehicle encourage not only more leisure riders to get on their bikes but also drivers having to avoid cyclists as well trying to maintain a reasonable more people to use their bike as a feasible mode of transport for work speed, which is very difficult in itself these days. commuting and other errands. I am a parent of two small children who I am keen to encourage into using safe and environmentally friendly If on the other hand, a completely separate cycle lane as the one from mode of transport as much as possible. I would not consider taking them Eynsham to Oxford was being considered, that would be a totally different along the roads but a cycle path would make more of the countryside matter. That cycle lane is completely separate from the A40 traffic by a accessible to them to practice their skills to ultimately become proficient considerable margin. Cyclists from Eynsham to Oxford can go about their road cyclists. passage relatively unhindered with the path wide enough to allow cyclists to pass and repass at any point. There is a strong and well-supported cycle club in Moreton, North Cotswold Cycle Club, and also a club for children at the Fire College If this cycle path is mainly for tourists use, I think that it would be a much called Go Ride. These clubs would be more accessible if people were better proposition to re-establish the old railway lines that crisscross the able to ride safely to Moreton to participate. Anything that encourages country, to form many totally traffic free cycle routes through some very more outdoor physical activity for both children and adults is great, and in pretty countryside. my opinion a cycle path would do just that. So in a word NO, I would not support a cycle path along the Fosseway. When’s it opening? Regards, W. Limbrick Kind regards, Deborah Ricketts ...... I fully support the above. Carol Jeans GL54 2LS. I would certainly support a cycle path along The Fosseway between ...... Moreton and Stow. I would definitely support a cycle path! What a great idea! Derek Johnson, Moreton in Marsh ...... Kind Regards, Lee Smith 01451 833510/07711623348. Yes please. Sara McPhee, Oddington
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COTSWOLD TIMES | 33 RURAL CINEMA FEBRUARY
The Playhouse, St George’s Hall The Old School Victoria Hall Memorial Hall BLOCKLEY BOURTON ON THE HILL BOURTON ON THE WATER CHARLBURY’S OWN CIMEMA Thursday 22 February Saturday 24 February Monday 19 February Sunday 11 February VICTORIA AND ABDUL VICTORIA AND ABDUL VICTORIA AND ABDUL BRIEF ENCOUNTER Season Tickets available – £25 7.15pm. 7.15pm. Hot dogs and wine with a Film 2.30pm & 7.30pm Tickets £3 Film: 7.30pm – Doors & bar from Doors/Bar open at 7.00pm/7.45pm donation £3.50 on the door. Tickets/ refreshments. Family Tickets £10 6.45pm. Tickets £5/U15s £3, at the film. Advance tickets £3.50/on door £4. Queries 01386 7013857/701396 (2 adults, 2 children) door. Family ticket £12 Advance tickets 01386 700647 Queries 01451 822365 (2 adults, 1 or 2 children) Queries: 01608 810713
Village Hall Screen on the Green, Village Hall Village Hall St. Andrew’s Church CHURCHILL AND SARSDEN ILMINGTON LITTLE WOLFORD NAUNTON Friday 9 February Friday Thursday Tuesday 6 February MY COUSIN RACHEL SEE LOCAL NOTICES SEE LOCAL NOTICES VICTORIA AND ABDUL Film 7.30pm. Tickets £4.50 at the door. Film 7.30pm Tickets £3.50 Film 7.30pm Doors open 7.15 Film 7.45. Advance tickets/queries 01608 659903 (students £2.50) Advance tickets Tickets £4.00 inc. refreshments. Tickets £3.00 at the door. [email protected] Ilmington Community Shop. Advance tickets/queries 01608 684223 01451 850897 or Queries 01608 682806 [email protected] Refreshments
FLIX IN THE STIX Lower Swell Village Hall St David’s Centre in the Village Hall LOWER SWELL MORETON IN MARSH ODDINGTON Friday 2 February Friday 16 February Tuesday VICTORIA AND ABDUL VICTORIA AND ABDUL SEE LOCAL NOTICES Tickets £4, Child £2.50 on the door NEW PROJECTOR, WIDE SCREEN 7 for 7.30pm. £3.00 Doors/bar/food from 6.45 Doors open: 2pm Film 2.30pm Wine and soft drinks. (Buffet supper – soup and cheeses £5) Tickets £3.00 at the door. Advance tickets/queries/bookings Film starts at 7.30pm Refreshments. Margaret 01451 831917 Queries 07949 139434 Info: 01608 654382 [email protected]
Victoria and Abdul: the film follows Queen Victoria as she forms an unlikely friendship with young Indian clerk Abdul Karim. When Abdul travels to London from India to deliver a ceremonial coin as part of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, he quickly finds favour with her and is soon made her personal footman and ultimately one of her most trusted allies. My Cousin Rachel: Philip, finds his cousin Ambrose dead. He vows revenge against Ambrose’s missing wife Rachel, blaming her for his untimely demise. When Philip meets Rachel his mood changes as he falls for her seductive charm. Rachel hatches a scheme to win back her late husband’s estate from Philip. Brief Encounter: Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
34 | COTSWOLD TIMES Local Clubs, Societies, Associations and Charities
N Cotswold Digital Camera Club James Minter Gateway Club (social club for learning disabled adults) 2nd CLUBS 01451 824175 www.ncdcc.co.uk Weds. Meet at Rugby Club, Greystones 7-9pm Jane Nolan N Cotswold Model Aero Club Far Heath Farm Moreton. 01608 643855 Blockley Art Society www.blockley-art-society.co.uk or Brian Lacey 01608 652213 Gloucestershire Stroke Gp Caroline Seguro [email protected] N Cotswold National Trust. Pat Poulton 01608 651372 www.stroke.org.uk 01452 520723 Bourton and Distric U3A. Contact: Jenny Stanfield 01451 N Cotswold Rotary Club Bourton on the Water Dudley Mills Henry Cornish Care Centre (The Orders of St John Care 824388. U3asites.org.uk/bourton 01451 820704, Stow Brian Honness 01451 830052, Barry Trust), Manager Natalya James, 01608 642364, manager. Bourton on the Water WI 2nd Tues 7.15pm, Victoria Hall, Peaaston 01608 650526 [email protected], www.osjct.co.uk BOW. Sec Janet Randall 01451 821739 N Cotswold U3A. John Bissett 01386 859319. Home Start, N Cotswolds Family Support 01451 831781 Bourton-on-the-Water Probus 2nd & 4th Mondays 10am U3asites.org.uk/northcotswold Independence Trust mental health, drug and alcohol support at the George Moore Community Centre. Sec Chris Fowler Oddington WI. 2nd Tues Oddington Village Hall. 01608 652232. www.independencetrust.co.uk 01451 820787 Sue John 01451 830989 Insight Moreton Area Centre. Mondays 10am-1pm. Bourton Vale Horticultural Society 7.30 pm second Oddfellows (CN Branch) A social group, 3rd Wed/M at the [email protected] Wednesday of the month - Baptist School Room, Station Road Lower Town Hall, Market Street. Dave Talbot, 07815 099 884. Kate’s Home Nursing (paliative nursing care at home) Karen Bourton Panto Group www.bourtonpantogroup.com [email protected] Pengilley. [email protected]. 07540898143 Bridge Club at Broadwell Village Hall. Weds afternoon Over Norton History Group Jan Cliffe, 01608 641057 Lawrence Home Nursing Team Jenny Nolan, 01608 641549 1.45pm. Mary Wood 01451 822313 Round Table Gavin Southwell, 01993 730888 Lights Up Arts Club for people with dementia – meets 2nd Chadlington Flower Club Ann Aston 01608 683289 Royal British Legion Michael Dixon, 01608 643755 and 4th Tuesdays monthly, 10.30am- 12.30pm at Highlands, Charlbury Art Society 2nd Weds at 7.30pm. Royal British Legion (Women’s Section) Betty Hicks, Burford Road. Kati Eidenbenz 01608 810911 01608 642551 Lunch Clubs, Cotswold Friends. [email protected] Ch. Norton Amateur Astronomy Group www.cnaag.com Rural Living Group Betty Bryan, 01608 674255 Mind in Chipping Norton (people with mental health 3rd Monday 7.30pm. Methodist Rooms, Robin Smitten Royal British Legion Branch The Naight, Lansdown, difficulties) Di Taylor, 01608 645296, 07527 224411 Bourton GL54 2AR. Branch, 01451 824303 [email protected] Chipping Norton & Area U3A. Janis Paxton, 01608 644896 Salford Players Drama and Music Group. Multiple Sclerosis Society Carol Owen, 01993 880099 Chipping Norton Art Club All abilities. Thurs mornings, Doreen Herrington 01608 642853 Medical Detection Dogs Oxon and Cotswold Volunteer fortnightly, 01608 730268 Scottish Country Dance Group. Brenda Parsons support Group. Fundraising & talking to groups. 01993 Chipping Norton Bridge Club David Megson, 01608 645382 01451 831876 831909. [email protected] Chipping Norton Historical Research Group Jan Cliffe, Shipston on Stour ‘The Literary Society’ Meets on the last Moore Friends Sec: Sandra Morgan 01451 824316 01608 641057 Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm at the George Hotel. [email protected] Chipping Norton Lions Club Liz Nason & Mike Graham both 01295 680628 or 01608 663482 National Childbirth Trust 0870 444 8707 on 01608 644678 [email protected] Single File Social Group. 45-70s. Living15 mins of Chipping N Cotswold Community Radio Old Police Station, Chipping Chipping Norton Museum & History Society 2nd Mondays Nortone mon. 07765598518 Campden. www.northcotswoldonline.com 7.30pm, September to May Methodist Hall, West Street, www.meetup.com/single-file-chipping-norton N Cotswold Neighbourhood Watch non emergency Chipping Norton Stow Disability Assoc. George Hill 07952857229 0845 0901234 www.northcotswoldsnw.co.uk Chipping Norton Postcard Club Brenda Morris, 01608 643779 Stow & District Civic Society. Meets 1st Friday evenings N Cotswold Support Group – Parkinsons Uk Mike Winter Chipping Norton Probus 3rd Tues at The Crown & Cushion alternate months, St Edwards Hall, Stow Nigel Surman 01451 831194 11am Sec. Geoffrey Norris, 01608 676997 01451 833783 Oxon Assoc. for the Blind Bradbury Lodge OX1 4XL Chipping Norton Probus for Ladies Sec Linda Mottram, Stow and North Cotswold Probus Club 1st and 3rd Thurs 01865 725585 01608 646635 mornings Broadwell Village Hall 10.30am sec: Martin Hornby P3 Stow Drop In Centre Youth Centre 2nd & 4th Tues Chipping Norton Railway Club Alan Brain, 01608 641586 01608 654356 1pm-4pm Chipping Norton Rotary Club Mons 7/ 7.30pm at The Stow on the Wold and Countryside Embroiderers Guild P3 Charity (Supporting People through Advice & Guidance) Mason’s Arms, Swerford, OX7 4AP David Haine, 07889 Broadwell Village Hall on first Tuesday of the month at 2pm. High Street, Moreton in Marsh. 01608653377 609221/01608 643964 Visitors £5.00. Contact 01608 651006 www.p3charity.org Chipping Norton Scrabble Club Sarah Turner. Stow on the Wold WI 1st Wednesday, Church Rooms, Redesdale Hall Plays Committee Mike Rees 01608 650825 [email protected] Church Walk. Sec: Hazel 01451 830726 Read Easy North Cotswolds 1-1 reading coaching for adults. Cots Conservative Association Moreton Branch mrb1@ Stow Social Club Contact Tim on 01451 830242 . 0844 493 0686 [email protected] btinternet.com. www.moretonconservatives.org Well Lane Club RNLI North Cotswold Branch Chairman Stephanie Hornby Cotswold Volunteers North Lunch Club St David’s Centre, Tredington & District Gardening Club Every 3rd Tuesday at 01608 654356 Moreton 3rd Thursday/month – £4.00 the Tredington W I Hall at 7.30pm 01608 682644 Save the Children Fund Katherine Kimmance 01295 810189 Cotswold Investment Club 2nd Tuesday each month. Tangent Val Carpenter, 01608 641452 Stow on the Wold Communithy Land Trust providing Judith Borsay 01608 650787 The Theatre Friends Heather Leonard, 01608 643691 affordable housing in Stow. Contact Peter Minty Cotswold Wardens (conservation, guided walks) Trefoil Guild Betty Gardener, 01608 641664 01451 832433 or [email protected] 01451 862000 www.contswoldsaonb.org.uk Twinning Association Jo Graves, 01608 643976 The Cotswold Listener talking newspaper for the visually Dinner Hosts Single 35 – 55 yr olds, social life through WI Chipping Norton Prudence Chard, 01608 642903 impaired. 01242 252072. [email protected] dinner parties. www.dinnerhosts.net WI Over Norton Becky Pearman, 01608 643463 The Stroke Assoc. (Age UK) Louise Read 01452 520723 Duplicate Bridge Club Broadwell Village Hall, 2 pm WOWI West Oxfordshire WI Hilary Dix 01608 646228 [email protected] Wednesday afternoon. Mary Wood 01451 822313 Weavers Spinners & Dyers Club Rose Kirkcaldy, Villager Community Bus Keith Gowing 01608 658579 [email protected] 01295 253789 www.villagerbus.com Friends of the Town Hall Chipping Norton Jackie Haworth, Wychwood Old-Time Dance Club Margaret Pitman, U3A – Bourton & District Sec. Janet Prout 01451 821478 01608 641368, [email protected] 01993 810897 u3asites.org.uk/bourton Gloucestershire Heart Support Group 10.15 am Young At Heart Club 1st and 3rd Thursdays monthly, W. Oxfordshire Citizens Advice Bureau Adviceline Wednesday morning. Moreton Congregational Church 10.30am-2.30pm, Lounge at Jameson Court. A light lunch is 08444 111 444 Rooms. John Green, 01451 824141 served; Carer Respite Service available for a modest Knit One, Slip One Knitting Group Alternate Weds at Coach charge. Kelly Hennesey-Ford 07707787580 & Horses, Longborough. Carlin 07769646996 or CHARITIES [email protected] BUSINESS ASSOCIATION GROUPS Cotswold Friends [email protected]. 01608 Life Saving Club (Fire College) Co-ordinator Lynette Mantle 697009 01386 882430 Bourton on the Water Chamber of Commerce First Responders (St John Ambulance) 01452 858234 Moreton Conservatives Chairman Nigel Moor admin@bourtoninfo,com [email protected] [email protected] Moreton Chamber of Commerce to be advised Moreton in Marsh Save the Children 01608 650825 Moreton Flower Club 4th Thursday every month, 7.30 Redesdale Hall Management Committee Clerk Rachel Davis Broadwell Village Hall Joan Malings 01451 822723 07519 330096 SPORTS AND OUTDOOR Moreton Interest & Leisure Club 2nd Weds monthly. Cotswold Business Clubs Cotswold Business Centre Club Sec Morag 01608 652621 [email protected] Adlestrop Cricket Club Mr S Kean 01451 831458 Moreton Probus Club 2nd and 4th Mondays each Stow Fund Trustee: Robert Barnett Angling Society Robert Jarvis, 01608 643494 Month.10.30 am. Swan Hotel, Moreton-in-Marsh. Secretary: Tesco Community Champion: Ann Lattimore www.moretonanglingclub.co.uk Robert Holland 01608 654373 [email protected] 07514408598 Athletics Club Allen Souch, 01865 372484 / 0798 1089457 Moreton W.I. 1st Thursday (afternoon) W.I. Hall, New Road. Wire Network Emma Heathcote-James Banbury Ornithological Society Frances Buckel, 01608 644425 Trish 01608 651367 www.wire.org/networks 01386 831379/07977226025 BBOWT Reg Tipping, 01295 251673 Moreton (Evening) W.I. 2nd Monday at 7.30pm. St David’s Bourrton Badminton Club Monday 6.30-10pm Centre. Sec: Jo 01608 650821 COMMUNITY GROUPS 07840 113477. [email protected] Moreton & District Local History Society Sec Ruth Wright Bourton and Sherborne Hockey Club Chair: Tracey Dixon 01451 831104 Breathe Easy Groups (British Lung Foundation) 2nd Tues 07813 187933 [email protected] Moreton Reading Club Newcomers welcome 01608 654111 2-4pm 01451 822102 Baden Powell Hall, Bourton Bourton Road Runners Tues & Thurs Evening Bourton Leisure Northleach & Fosse Lions Club 2nd Tuesday Chipping Norton Amnesty International Group meets Centre. 7 & 7.30pm. Lynn Hudson 01242 820920. Juniors meet (business meeting) at the Ox House, Northleach. 8pm 2nd Thursday monthly. 7.30pm, Lower Town Hall, Chipping Cotswold School Tues 7pm. 01451 824379/830015 northleachandfosselions.org.uk 0845 8339825 Norton. Priscilla Peace 01451 830459 Bourton Vale Cricket Club Philip Winter 01451 821920 N Cotswold Arts Assoc. Sandi Garnett 01451 822550 Chipping Norton Leisure Centre Burford Road OX7 5DY, [email protected] N Cotswold Bee-Keepers Assoc. Julia Edwards 01993 861951 [email protected] Bourton Vale Equestrian Centre Pony Club Weds 3.45- 01608 659396 [email protected] Chipping Norton ‘The Lido’ 01608 643188 Email 5.45. 01451 821101. [email protected] N Cotswold Bridge Club meets Bourton on the Hill on Tues, [email protected] Bourton Vale Lawn Tennis Club Ann Whitney, 07917163001 Weds, Thurs. Alan Lamb 01608 650202. Cotswold Volunteers Jane Winstanley CEO 01285 658802 [email protected] www.bridgewebs.com/northcotswolds [email protected] Chipping Norton Bowls Club Greystones Leisure Centre, N Cotswold CAMRA 01451 810305 Cotswold Friends Lunch Club [email protected] 01608 644154, [email protected] Indoor (Oct-Mar) [email protected] Cotswold Friends Carers Club [email protected] Roberta Jarvie 01608 643556. Outdoor (Apr-Oct) Val & N Cotswold Disabled Club Joan Oughton 01451 830580 Friends of Stow Surgery 01451 832200 & 830610 Mike Harris 01608 65820. www.chippingnortonbowls.co.uk COTSWOLD TIMES | 35 Local Clubs, Societies, Associations and Charities
Chipping Norton Cricket Club Graham Beacham, Cotswold Youth Choir Saturdays for children 3-6 and 7 LOCAL AUTHORITIES 01608 810047 upwards. Burford Methodist Church. Amanda Hanley Chipping Norton Golf Club 01608 642383 golfadmin@ 07976 353996 Bourton on the Water Parish Council George chippingnortongolfclub.com www.chippingnortongolfclub.com Fosseway Café Orchestra meets every Tuesday 10-12 Moore Community Centre, Moore Road, GL54 2AZ. Chipping Norton Green Gym (environmental projects, Weds Toddenham village hall £3 per session. Christine 07967 423550 01451 820712 [email protected] mornings). [email protected] 01608 643269 Hook Norton Film Society Harry Smith, 01285 737417 ww.bourtononthewaterpc.org.uk www.chippygreengym.org/ Kingham Choral Society Linda Sale, 01608 658647 County Cllr Paul Hodgkinson Shire Hall, Gloucester Chipping Norton Horticultural Assoc Sec. Eileen Forse, North Cotswold Chamber Choir Shauni McGregor, GL1 2GT. 01285 831359/ 07785 263759 01608 643275 01608 642352 [email protected] Chipping Norton Hockey Club Clive Briant, 01608 677913 Nortonians Amateur Dramatic Soc Andrew Pitman, 01993 District Cllr Len Wilkins (Bourton Ward) 01451 821063 len. Chipping Norton Pistol & Rifle Club John Chaplin, 830930 Society of Recorder Players Jenny Graham-Brown, [email protected] District Cllr Richard Keeling 01608 641245 01285 740156 01451 831146. [email protected] Chipping Norton Rambling Club: First Sunday afternoon in Naunton Music Society Barbara Steiner 01451 850897 Chipping Norton Town Council The Guild Hall, Chipping the month. Heather 01608 643691 or [email protected] Norton OX7 5NJ 01608 642341 [email protected] [email protected] Recorder Ensemble – beginners meet on Fridays Chipping Norton Town Councillors Mrs L Carter, G Saul, G Wall Chipping Norton Rugby Football Club Andy Dawson, @Gl56 9SR. Cost 50p. Christine 07967 423550 Chipping Norton Intermediate Care Unit Russell Way, Ward 01608 683352 Stour Singers Vic Twyman Choir Manager 01451 870361 clerk, nurses office in-patient number 01608 690411. Out- Chipping Norton Skater Hockey Club Contact Louise [email protected] patient unit 01608 648200. Murphy, 01608 644091 for details. Via Fosse – advanced recorder group meet on Mondays @ Chipping Norton Visitor Point The Guildhall, Middle Row. Chipping Norton Town Football Club Shaun Green, GL56 9SR. Cost 50p. Christine 07967423550 Mon to Fri 8.45–13.00, 14.00–16.00. 01993 861000 07845216412. [email protected] County Councillor Hilary Hibbert-Biles (Chipping Chipping Norton Yacht Club Duncan Wheatley, YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN Norton)01993 831822 / Mob07793 935655 [email protected] www.cnyc.co.uk [email protected] Cotswolds Aikido Club Friday nights 7.30-10pm. Village Activity Camps Holidays for ages 3-13 yrs 07793949198 County Councillor Rodney Rose (Charlbury & Wychwood) Hall, Hawker Square, Upper Rissington, GL54 2NT. www.activity-camps.com 01865 810419 / 07919 298277 [email protected] 07738 837904 [email protected] Aikido for Kids Saturday mornings 10-11am. Village Hall, Chipping Norton District Council Guy Wall, 01608 643306 Cotswold Voluntary Wardens Wendy Lines, 01608 642360 Hawker Square, Upper Rissington, GL54 2NT. 07738 837904 [email protected] Cotswold Walkers Sarah Clifton-Gould 01285 823450 Thurs [email protected] Oxfordshire County Council County Hall New Road OX1 1ND. 2pm MAC. Weds 2pm Bourton Church. Alan Robinson 6th Chipping Norton Scout Group and Explorer Scout Unit Tel 01865 792422 01451 821067 Ian Bushrod Group Scout Leader, [email protected] West Oxfordshire Council Offices The Guildhall, Middle Great Rissington Archers Sat 10.30am Gt Rissington Social Bourton BumblebeeZ babies/pre school group St Row, OX7 5NH Open Mon–Thurs 08.45–13.00 & 14.00–16.00 Club 01451 824161/ 870221 Lawrences Church, Thursdays 9.30-11.00am. Fri 08.45–13.00 & 14.00–16.00. Little Compton Bowls Club All Year Club. Play stars April. Contact Linda Powell 01451 822206. Cotswold District Council 01285 623000 www.cotswold.gov.uk Sue Grantham, 01608 642859 Bourton Gymnastics Club Age: Reception to Year 8. County Councillor Nigel Moor 01386 700240 nigel.moor@ London Chinatown TaeKwondo Weds 6.30pm kids and Contact Kerwen or Martin 01451 820015 gloucestershire.gov.uk families. 7.30pm teens & adults Redesdale Hall, Moreton Bourton Pre-school & Out of School Clubs, Glos Homeseeker applying for affordable housing www. 07517 437300 Contact Pam Coombes 07950048066 or email: gloshomeseeker.co.uk 0300 6666330 Moreton Badminton Club Mike Rees 01608 650825 bourtonpreschool&eygloucestershire.co.uk Glos Rural Community Council Marilyn Cox 01452 528491 Moreton Bowling Club Captain Brenda Dix 01451 821020 Children & Young Peoples Directorate Stephen McDonald [email protected] www.groc.org.uk [email protected] - Snr Youth Worker. Bourton Youth Centre, 01451 820525. Moreton Area Centre 01608 650881 [email protected] Moreton Cricket Club Capt: 01608 652630 Sec: Mobile: 07825732523. email: stephen.mcdonald@ Moreton in Marsh Town Council, Council Office, Old 01608 650928 www.moretoninmarshoc.co.uk gloucestershire.gov.uk Town, Moreton in Marsh. GL56 0LW. 01608 651448 www. Moreton Rangers Football Club Sec: 01608 650955 Blockley Toddler Group Jubilee Hall, Blckley Thursday moretoninmarshtowncouncil.co.uk www.moretonrangersfc.co.uk 10 - 11.30am (term time only) Clare 01386 701695 Moreton in Marsh District Councillors Alison Coggins Moreton Tennis Club www.moretontennis.co.uk Sec: [email protected] 01608 652124 [email protected]. Robert Sue Bull 01386 853298 Bledington Toddler Group Nicki 01608 658137 Mon Dutton 01608 651914 [email protected] Monkey Dragon School of Karate Chipping Norton Leisure 10-11.30am Stow Town Council GL54 1AB 01451 832585 Centre. John 01608 643903 or 07984 791866 Chipping Norton St Mary’s Toddler Group Julie Jennings, [email protected] N Cotswold Cycling Club Secretary: Fiona Barnett, 01608 643796 Kingfishers Playgroup 01608 659502 Village Agents [email protected] 01608 650217 Chipping Norton Air Training Corps Steve Taylor, [email protected] N Cotswold Akido Club Thurs 8-10pm. Village Hall, 01608 641299 Naunton. 07554252021. www.northcotswoldakido.co.uk Chipping Norton Army Cadets Colin Tye 07917 273535 KEY INFORMATION N Cotswold (Chipping Norton) Badminton Club Contact: Chipping Norton Brownies 1st CN Tracey Shadbolt, James, [email protected], 07917835325 or 01608 645563 Bourton-on-the-Water Police Station Moore Community Mick, [email protected], 01993 881545 Chipping Norton CN Rainbows Alison Dunbar, 01608 644480 Centre, Moore Road, GL54 2AZ Non-emergency 101, N Cotswolds Youth Club Cricket Club Shaun Williams Chipping Norton Crusaders (11–13) David Radcliffe, Emergency 999 01608 652138 www.nycc.co.uk 01993 831472 Bourton-on-the-Water Visitor Information Centre Victoria Northwick Bowls Club 01386 700390/01608 650853 Chipping Norton Crusaders (14+) David Radcliffe, Street. 01451 820211 / 822583. [email protected] Riding for the Disabled Ann Nobbs, 01869 338404 01608 646202 Bourton on the Water Citizens Advice Bureau Moore Stow Cricket Club Captain Ash Andrews 07891536418 Chipping Norton Guides 1st CN Tracey Shadbolt, Health Centre Freephone 0808 800 0511 (10am-4pm [email protected] 01608 645563 Monday to Thursday). www.cotswoldcab.org.uk Stow Gymnastics and Trampoline Club Wed, Thurs Chipping Norton Pre-School 01608 643376 Carers Oxfordshire (Support Group for Carers) 0845 050 and Sat. Sessions for 2-17 year olds. Caroline Ardron Children’s Art Club ages 4-12 after school, Saturdays and 7666 [email protected] :07793949198.www.stowgymnastics.co.uk holidays. Gill Parkes 01386 700991 Chipping Norton First Aid Unit Rear of Chipping Norton War Stow Rugby Club Tim Bevan/Liz Fraser/Andrew Cartlidge. Condicote Playgroup and Toddlers Jo Abrahams 07796 987173 Memorial Community Hospital, Russell Way, off London Road. www.stowrfc.co.uk Guiting Power Brownies age 7-10 Tues. 6.15-7.30pm Cheryl Open Monday to Friday 5.00pm– 9.00pm, weekends Millar 01451 831233 and bank holidays 10.00am–9.00pm, no appointment necessary MUSIC Guiting Power Pre-school Playgroup 01451 851742. Becky Chipping Norton Health Centre The White House Surgery Roseblade [email protected] & West Street Surgery are now amalgamated as – Chipping Bell Ringers, Bourton-on-the-Water, Anne Clark, 01451 821759 Kingfishers Playgroup 01608 659502 Norton Health Centre, Russell Way, Chipping Norton, OX7 5FA Bell Ringers, Great Rissington, Mondays 7:30-9pm, Methodist Junior Church Club Sec 01608 643847 01608 642742 Sheila Jesson, 01451 820 395 Monkey Music Tues afternoon 07768 457403 Chipping Norton Police Station London Road, OX7 5AW. Bledington Music Festival www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk [email protected] Non-emergency 101, Emergency 999 Blockley Blokes Choir Thurs 7.30-9pm Little Village Hall Moreton Rainbows for girls aged 5-7 reopened on Saturday Cotswold Maternity Unit at Chipping Norton 01608 648222 David Artingstall sec: 01386 701556 [email protected] 14th October in St Davids Centre and will take place on the [email protected] Blockley Brass Band Friday 7.30-9.30pm St Georges Hall. 2nd Saturday of each month from 9:30am - 12:30pm. If you Children’s Pysio Direct helpline 0300 421 6980. 9-12noon Sec Rachel Galt 01386 841677 are interested please contact Daphne Walton (aka as Barn Monday to Friday Blockley Ladies Choir Tues 7.30-9pm Little Village Hall. Sue Owl) on 01608 650011 Childline 0800 1111 Wareham 01608 654299/ 07917198327/ Moreton Brownies is for girls aged 7-10. We meet every Monday Ch Norton Veterinary Hospital OX7 5SY 01608 642547 [email protected] evening from 5:30pm - 7:00pm in St David Centre. We still have Crime Stoppers 0800 555111 Burford Singers www.burfordsingers.org.uk a few spaces for the Autumn Term. If you are interested please Citizens advice Bureau Freephone 0808800 051 Mon-Thurs Burford Orchestra Rehearse Monday evenings at Witney. contact Daphne Walton (aka as Barn Owl) on 01608 650011 10am-4pm www.cotswoldcab.org.uk [email protected] www.wospweb.com/site/ Moreton Guide Unit ages 10-14 Weds 6.30-8pm at Scout Glos Heart Support Group Weds 10.15am Moreton The-Burford-Orchestra Helen Jenkins, 01993 830559 Hut. Alison Eastabrook 01608 650515 Congregational Church Rooms John Green 01451 824141 Campden Music Society Arthur Cunynghame Moreton Scouts Beavers Mon 5.30-6.45pm age 6-8½ First Responders (St Johns Ambulance) 01865 378228 [email protected] Cubs, Mon 6.45-8.15pm age 8-10. Explorers Tues 7.30- John Radcliffe Hospital Casualty 01608 64465508520 Chipping Norton CHAOS (Amateur Operatic) David Court, 9.30pm (fortnightly) age 14-18. Scouts Thurs. 7.30-9.30pm Mobile Police Station PCSO Simon King 07718 708520 or 01608 811031 age 10½-14. Dave Manley Scout Group Sec: 01608 650814 [email protected] Chipping Norton Choral Society Sarah Cobb, N Cotswold St John Ambulance & Cadets from age 10 N Cots District Community First Responders. Notgrove 07836 518868, [email protected] meets in Bourton Thurs. 7-9pm 01451 820570 Training Centre 3rd Monday 7.30pm William Warmington Chipping Norton Creative Arts Society Kathee Coonerty, Springboard Children’s Centre, St Edwards Drive, Stow 01608 651886 01993 891312 01451 831642 www.springboardoc.co.uk N Cotswold Hospital GL56 0DS daily 8am-8pm Chipping Norton Folk Club Stow Gymnastics Club every Tues, Thurs and Sat for 2-13 03004218770 www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk www.chippingnortonfolk.org.uk/contact us Caroline 07793949198 www.stowgymnastics.co.uk N Cotswold Neighbourhood Watch Non-Emergency 0845 Cotswold West Gallery Group Annette Smith Stow Youth Centre Youth Worker. Linda Burke – Stow Town 090 1234. www.northcotswoldsnw.co.uk 01451 830160 Council 01451 832585 Office hours T,W Th 10am-1pm Stow Police Station Mon-Frid 8.30-4.30pm. Non emergency 36 | COTSWOLD TIMES 101 Emergency 999 Local Clubs, Societies, Associations and Charities
Chipping Norton Cricket Club Graham Beacham, Cotswold Youth Choir Saturdays for children 3-6 and 7 LOCAL AUTHORITIES Funeral Director 01608 810047 upwards. Burford Methodist Church. Amanda Hanley Chipping Norton Golf Club 01608 642383 golfadmin@ 07976 353996 Bourton on the Water Parish Council George & Memorial Consultant chippingnortongolfclub.com www.chippingnortongolfclub.com Fosseway Café Orchestra meets every Tuesday 10-12 Moore Community Centre, Moore Road, GL54 2AZ. Chipping Norton Green Gym (environmental projects, Weds Toddenham village hall £3 per session. Christine 07967 423550 01451 820712 [email protected] mornings). [email protected] 01608 643269 Hook Norton Film Society Harry Smith, 01285 737417 ww.bourtononthewaterpc.org.uk www.chippygreengym.org/ Kingham Choral Society Linda Sale, 01608 658647 County Cllr Paul Hodgkinson Shire Hall, Gloucester W. J. Wright Chipping Norton Horticultural Assoc Sec. Eileen Forse, North Cotswold Chamber Choir Shauni McGregor, GL1 2GT. 01285 831359/ 07785 263759 01608 643275 01608 642352 [email protected] Chipping Norton Hockey Club Clive Briant, 01608 677913 Nortonians Amateur Dramatic Soc Andrew Pitman, 01993 District Cllr Len Wilkins (Bourton Ward) 01451 821063 len. Chipping Norton Pistol & Rifle Club John Chaplin, 830930 Society of Recorder Players Jenny Graham-Brown, [email protected] District Cllr Richard Keeling 01608 641245 01285 740156 01451 831146. [email protected] Chipping Norton Rambling Club: First Sunday afternoon in Naunton Music Society Barbara Steiner 01451 850897 Chipping Norton Town Council The Guild Hall, Chipping the month. Heather 01608 643691 or [email protected] Norton OX7 5NJ 01608 642341 [email protected] The Fire Service College [email protected] Recorder Ensemble – beginners meet on Fridays Chipping Norton Town Councillors Mrs L Carter, G Saul, G Wall Chipping Norton Rugby Football Club Andy Dawson, @Gl56 9SR. Cost 50p. Christine 07967 423550 Chipping Norton Intermediate Care Unit Russell Way, Ward The Chapel of Rest, Church Street, Moreton-in-Marsh 01608 683352 Stour Singers Vic Twyman Choir Manager 01451 870361 clerk, nurses office in-patient number 01608 690411. Out- Chipping Norton Skater Hockey Club Contact Louise [email protected] patient unit 01608 648200. Stow-on-the-Wold GL54 1BB Murphy, 01608 644091 for details. Via Fosse – advanced recorder group meet on Mondays @ Chipping Norton Visitor Point The Guildhall, Middle Row. Chipping Norton Town Football Club Shaun Green, GL56 9SR. Cost 50p. Christine 07967423550 Mon to Fri 8.45–13.00, 14.00–16.00. 01993 861000 For all fitness levels and goals 07845216412. [email protected] County Councillor Hilary Hibbert-Biles (Chipping Tel 01451 831829 • Adult only fitness suite (recently re-equipped) Chipping Norton Yacht Club Duncan Wheatley, YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN Norton)01993 831822 / Mob07793 935655 [email protected] www.cnyc.co.uk [email protected] Cotswolds Aikido Club Friday nights 7.30-10pm. Village Activity Camps Holidays for ages 3-13 yrs 07793949198 County Councillor Rodney Rose (Charlbury & Wychwood) 24 Hour Service • Group exercise classes Hall, Hawker Square, Upper Rissington, GL54 2NT. www.activity-camps.com 01865 810419 / 07919 298277 [email protected] Private Chapel of Rest, Prepaid Funeral Plans 07738 837904 [email protected] Aikido for Kids Saturday mornings 10-11am. Village Hall, Chipping Norton District Council Guy Wall, 01608 643306 • 25 metre pool Cotswold Voluntary Wardens Wendy Lines, 01608 642360 Hawker Square, Upper Rissington, GL54 2NT. 07738 837904 [email protected] Serving the Cotswold Community for over 30 years Cotswold Walkers Sarah Clifton-Gould 01285 823450 Thurs [email protected] Oxfordshire County Council County Hall New Road OX1 1ND. • Racquet sports 2pm MAC. Weds 2pm Bourton Church. Alan Robinson 6th Chipping Norton Scout Group and Explorer Scout Unit Tel 01865 792422 01451 821067 Ian Bushrod Group Scout Leader, [email protected] West Oxfordshire Council Offices The Guildhall, Middle • Team sports (multi-purpose hall & outdoor Great Rissington Archers Sat 10.30am Gt Rissington Social Bourton BumblebeeZ babies/pre school group St Row, OX7 5NH Open Mon–Thurs 08.45–13.00 & 14.00–16.00 spaces) Club 01451 824161/ 870221 Lawrences Church, Thursdays 9.30-11.00am. Fri 08.45–13.00 & 14.00–16.00. HOME-‐FROM-‐HOME DOGGY HOLIDAYS Little Compton Bowls Club All Year Club. Play stars April. Contact Linda Powell 01451 822206. Cotswold District Council 01285 623000 www.cotswold.gov.uk Sue Grantham, 01608 642859 Bourton Gymnastics Club Age: Reception to Year 8. County Councillor Nigel Moor 01386 700240 nigel.moor@ With “Auntie Sue” London Chinatown TaeKwondo Weds 6.30pm kids and Contact Kerwen or Martin 01451 820015 gloucestershire.gov.uk families. 7.30pm teens & adults Redesdale Hall, Moreton Bourton Pre-school & Out of School Clubs, Glos Homeseeker applying for affordable housing www. 07517 437300 Contact Pam Coombes 07950048066 or email: gloshomeseeker.co.uk 0300 6666330 A lovely alternative to boarding kennels where your dog Moreton Badminton Club Mike Rees 01608 650825 bourtonpreschool&eygloucestershire.co.uk Glos Rural Community Council Marilyn Cox 01452 528491 Moreton Bowling Club Captain Brenda Dix 01451 821020 Children & Young Peoples Directorate Stephen McDonald [email protected] www.groc.org.uk will be welcomed into our home & looked after as one of [email protected] - Snr Youth Worker. Bourton Youth Centre, 01451 820525. Moreton Area Centre 01608 650881 [email protected] our own -‐ giving you peace of mind that he’s also Moreton Cricket Club Capt: 01608 652630 Sec: Mobile: 07825732523. email: stephen.mcdonald@ Moreton in Marsh Town Council, Council Office, Old 01608 650928 www.moretoninmarshoc.co.uk gloucestershire.gov.uk Town, Moreton in Marsh. GL56 0LW. 01608 651448 www. enjoying his holiday and receiving lots of love & Moreton Rangers Football Club Sec: 01608 650955 Blockley Toddler Group Jubilee Hall, Blckley Thursday moretoninmarshtowncouncil.co.uk attention while you’re away. www.moretonrangersfc.co.uk 10 - 11.30am (term time only) Clare 01386 701695 Moreton in Marsh District Councillors Alison Coggins Moreton Tennis Club www.moretontennis.co.uk Sec: [email protected] 01608 652124 [email protected]. Robert Sue Bull 01386 853298 Bledington Toddler Group Nicki 01608 658137 Mon Dutton 01608 651914 [email protected] An initial free of charge introductory meeting will always Monkey Dragon School of Karate Chipping Norton Leisure 10-11.30am Stow Town Council GL54 1AB 01451 832585 Centre. John 01608 643903 or 07984 791866 Chipping Norton St Mary’s Toddler Group Julie Jennings, [email protected] be arranged. All dogs must be vaccinated. N Cotswold Cycling Club Secretary: Fiona Barnett, 01608 643796 Kingfishers Playgroup 01608 659502 Village Agents [email protected] 01608 650217 Chipping Norton Air Training Corps Steve Taylor, [email protected] N Cotswold Akido Club Thurs 8-10pm. Village Hall, 01608 641299 Beautiful rural location just outside Little Wolford. Naunton. 07554252021. www.northcotswoldakido.co.uk Chipping Norton Army Cadets Colin Tye 07917 273535 KEY INFORMATION N Cotswold (Chipping Norton) Badminton Club Contact: Chipping Norton Brownies 1st CN Tracey Shadbolt, James, [email protected], 07917835325 or 01608 645563 Bourton-on-the-Water Police Station Moore Community HIGHLY RECOMMENDED WITH MANY YEARSEXPERIENCE Mick, [email protected], 01993 881545 Chipping Norton CN Rainbows Alison Dunbar, 01608 644480 Centre, Moore Road, GL54 2AZ Non-emergency 101, FULLY LICENCED AND INSURED N Cotswolds Youth Club Cricket Club Shaun Williams Chipping Norton Crusaders (11–13) David Radcliffe, Emergency 999 01608 652138 www.nycc.co.uk 01993 831472 Bourton-on-the-Water Visitor Information Centre Victoria Northwick Bowls Club 01386 700390/01608 650853 Chipping Norton Crusaders (14+) David Radcliffe, Street. 01451 820211 / 822583. [email protected] www.animalsathome.co.uk/cotswolds Riding for the Disabled Ann Nobbs, 01869 338404 01608 646202 Bourton on the Water Citizens Advice Bureau Moore [email protected] Stow Cricket Club Captain Ash Andrews 07891536418 Chipping Norton Guides 1st CN Tracey Shadbolt, Health Centre Freephone 0808 800 0511 (10am-4pm [email protected] 01608 645563 Monday to Thursday). www.cotswoldcab.org.uk Tel. 07447 085165 Stow Gymnastics and Trampoline Club Wed, Thurs Chipping Norton Pre-School 01608 643376 Carers Oxfordshire (Support Group for Carers) 0845 050 and Sat. Sessions for 2-17 year olds. Caroline Ardron Children’s Art Club ages 4-12 after school, Saturdays and 7666 [email protected] :07793949198.www.stowgymnastics.co.uk holidays. Gill Parkes 01386 700991 Chipping Norton First Aid Unit Rear of Chipping Norton War Stow Rugby Club Tim Bevan/Liz Fraser/Andrew Cartlidge. Condicote Playgroup and Toddlers Jo Abrahams 07796 987173 Memorial Community Hospital, Russell Way, off London Road. www.stowrfc.co.uk Guiting Power Brownies age 7-10 Tues. 6.15-7.30pm Cheryl Open Monday to Friday 5.00pm– 9.00pm, weekends he’s watching... Millar 01451 831233 and bank holidays 10.00am–9.00pm, no appointment necessary digitaltvsystems are you? MUSIC Guiting Power Pre-school Playgroup 01451 851742. Becky Chipping Norton Health Centre The White House Surgery Roseblade [email protected] & West Street Surgery are now amalgamated as – Chipping AERIAL. SATELLITE. CCTV. NETWORKING Bell Ringers, Bourton-on-the-Water, Anne Clark, 01451 821759 Kingfishers Playgroup 01608 659502 Norton Health Centre, Russell Way, Chipping Norton, OX7 5FA Covering all of the Bourton, Stow, Moreton and Chipping Norton areas! Bell Ringers, Great Rissington, Mondays 7:30-9pm, Methodist Junior Church Club Sec 01608 643847 01608 642742 Specialists in fixing reception problems www.d-tv.co.uk Sheila Jesson, 01451 820 395 Monkey Music Tues afternoon 07768 457403 Chipping Norton Police Station London Road, OX7 5AW. Bledington Music Festival www.bledingtonmusicfestival.co.uk [email protected] Non-emergency 101, Emergency 999 CAI Benchmarked Aerials for Digital TV [email protected] Blockley Blokes Choir Thurs 7.30-9pm Little Village Hall Moreton Rainbows for girls aged 5-7 reopened on Saturday Cotswold Maternity Unit at Chipping Norton 01608 648222 Trustmark, CAI and CEDIA members @dtvsystems David Artingstall sec: 01386 701556 [email protected] 14th October in St Davids Centre and will take place on the [email protected] FREEVIEW and FREESAT approved company /digitaltvsystems Blockley Brass Band Friday 7.30-9.30pm St Georges Hall. 2nd Saturday of each month from 9:30am - 12:30pm. If you Children’s Pysio Direct helpline 0300 421 6980. 9-12noon Sec Rachel Galt 01386 841677 are interested please contact Daphne Walton (aka as Barn Monday to Friday SKY for new and existing customers CCTV Security Systems Blockley Ladies Choir Tues 7.30-9pm Little Village Hall. Sue Owl) on 01608 650011 Childline 0800 1111 Fixed and Motorised Satellite Systems New house installations Wareham 01608 654299/ 07917198327/ Moreton Brownies is for girls aged 7-10. We meet every Monday Ch Norton Veterinary Hospital OX7 5SY 01608 642547 Extra TV & Satellite Points [email protected] evening from 5:30pm - 7:00pm in St David Centre. We still have Satellite Broadband installation Crime Stoppers 0800 555111 Flat Screen wall Mounting Burford Singers www.burfordsingers.org.uk a few spaces for the Autumn Term. If you are interested please Citizens advice Bureau Freephone 0808800 051 Mon-Thurs High Definition HDMI Distribution Burford Orchestra Rehearse Monday evenings at Witney. contact Daphne Walton (aka as Barn Owl) on 01608 650011 10am-4pm www.cotswoldcab.org.uk Hidden & Buried Cable Routing [email protected] www.wospweb.com/site/ Moreton Guide Unit ages 10-14 Weds 6.30-8pm at Scout Glos Heart Support Group Weds 10.15am Moreton Wired and Wireless Data Networks Home Cinema Installations • Pay as you play / membership packages The-Burford-Orchestra Helen Jenkins, 01993 830559 Hut. Alison Eastabrook 01608 650515 Congregational Church Rooms John Green 01451 824141 Commercial Installations (SMATV/IRS) Radio Aerial installation Campden Music Society Arthur Cunynghame Moreton Scouts Beavers Mon 5.30-6.45pm age 6-8½ First Responders (St Johns Ambulance) 01865 378228 S O N O S TV supply and installation • Available for sports and swimming pool parties Multiroom Audio Systems ( THE WIRELESS HIFI SYSTEM etc) [email protected] Cubs, Mon 6.45-8.15pm age 8-10. Explorers Tues 7.30- John Radcliffe Hospital Casualty 01608 64465508520 PLUS Member Set ups and retunes C.1602 Chipping Norton CHAOS (Amateur Operatic) David Court, 9.30pm (fortnightly) age 14-18. Scouts Thurs. 7.30-9.30pm Mobile Police Station PCSO Simon King 07718 708520 or Storm damage and insurance work *t&c 01608 811031 age 10½-14. Dave Manley Scout Group Sec: 01608 650814 [email protected] apply Chipping Norton Choral Society Sarah Cobb, N Cotswold St John Ambulance & Cadets from age 10 N Cots District Community First Responders. Notgrove No Call-out Charge and Free on-site Quotations www.fireservicecollege.ac.uk/sport 07836 518868, [email protected] meets in Bourton Thurs. 7-9pm 01451 820570 Training Centre 3rd Monday 7.30pm William Warmington Chipping Norton Creative Arts Society Kathee Coonerty, Springboard Children’s Centre, St Edwards Drive, Stow 01608 651886 01451 670015 or 01608 880072 01993 891312 01451 831642 www.springboardoc.co.uk N Cotswold Hospital GL56 0DS daily 8am-8pm 01608 812163 Chipping Norton Folk Club Stow Gymnastics Club every Tues, Thurs and Sat for 2-13 03004218770 www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk www.chippingnortonfolk.org.uk/contact us Caroline 07793949198 www.stowgymnastics.co.uk N Cotswold Neighbourhood Watch Non-Emergency 0845 PCI DSS COMPLIANT [email protected] Trade Partner SATELLITE BROADBAND INSTALLER Reg No:18265341 Cotswold West Gallery Group Annette Smith Stow Youth Centre Youth Worker. Linda Burke – Stow Town 090 1234. www.northcotswoldsnw.co.uk For New & Existing customers 01451 830160 Council 01451 832585 Office hours T,W Th 10am-1pm Stow Police Station Mon-Frid 8.30-4.30pm. Non emergency 101 Emergency 999 COTSWOLD TIMES | 37 SIXTH (portrait) 92mm X 90mm What drives us to do things? As an artist, I seek an answer. Russell once If you want to learn water colour then said “a painter is likely to become happy Jean Haines or Ann Blockley do regular if he wins recognition”. My question is: workshops. There are several life classes. how does an amateur artist ever achieve If you want to join a ‘group’ such as recognition? NCAA, ask. Cotswolds is retirement heaven – The I have pottered for years but when I look area is full of people, often successful in at ‘degrees of satisfaction’ achieved, I could their working lives, who share quite a few see two turning points; the online class interests, for example, painting. Not all of us EDX.com/natural history illustration and seek the extra happiness which goes with Charles |Bargue atelier courses both recognition. The perception of recognition is are free. enhanced when someone actually wants to have one of your paintings. What these courses teach is that if you Few amateur artists sell much of their want to create an illusion, you must learn to work. Sadly there is more to reaching for draw. Local tutors do charge but modestly a brush or pencil to getting known. Three and advice is virtually 1:1 in many cases. of us set up a pop-up gallery in Stow. We Assuming you have done all this and you reached £10,000 sales after year 1. We have a pile of paintings to show for your learned a great deal about our art; for efforts – where next (e.g. for recognition)?; example, what was popular and if There are numerous competitions, we replaced the work with TV shows even. Or you can start a copy then wasn’t that a your own website or create an sort of artistic treadmill? entry on ebay or etsy.com or not quite why we paint you can join a local artists in the first place. I group and if you are able discovered that if I to produce acceptable painted in the shop, work, then get it framed, people would tell me be prepared to be a that seeing the artist steward for the exhibition at work was a good and sales should follow. experience. I learned Whether this will lead to what visitors like. recognition, I do not know So before you reach but it is a start. for a brush and paint box, Stow has changed and whilst I suggest you ask yourself – it is good to see change – the can I draw/paint? If the answer is NO death of the high street (Mary Portas) is a then buy Betty Edwards’ book “Drawing...” worrying move away from primary retail to because it shows you how to see. Recently, Amazon with delivery to your door. What top artists have said schools are teaching has emerged to replace some shops is art by emphasising expression over galleries – we had 15 though at one point. learning to draw. In the past you were I do not know how many other amateurs taught to draw before everything. have asked if they show local artists; the Having worked your way through Betty answer is only yes if they are well known. Edwards’ book, you will turn to paint; With other venues it depends on who you choosing subjects, materials etc will result know. I had a dozen pictures in a in hours of pleasure. Before you launch local pub but sales were few. yourself up to the art shop, let me suggest Anyhow, my pub decided you do a little research; here is a list of to do a decor upgrade things to consider before putting a brush in and I was out on my your hand; ear! Recently four of us have been offered • How do you chose and mix colour? space in the “Golden • How do you choose dark, shadow, tone Rooster” cafe in • How balanced is the composition Tara’s Emporium. • Where is the light source? Mary Portas thinks • What sort of brushes and how do you that the future lies use them in the “shopping experience” so I see If you just want to play, it does not matter nothing wrong with sitting what order you do things or what you down in Tara’s and sharing chose to use. If on the other hand you want our painting experience with to go somewhere, then a map might be punters. You never know they might very helpful. We are lucky to have several want an example. Toulouse Lautrec did it so successful artists who offer to pass on their why not?! skill in classes and workshops. If you want to draw, Lindy Allfrey teaches You can get a longer version from me at just that. If you want to address the list [email protected] above, Jill Jarvis runs several classes. 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OUR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTHS FICTION There are new novels from Joanna Trollope and Julian Barnes, as well as Katie Fforde, Erica James and Fern Britton, and new thrillers from Gerald Seymour and Rory Clements. Into paperback come the Man Booker Prize winner Lincoln in the Bardo and the wartime thriller Aurore by Graham Hurley. HISTORY A wide range of interesting titles, headed by plenty about the centenary of some women getting the right to vote, and almost as many relating to the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein. Our attention has been caught by The Lost War Horses of Cairo about the hospital founded by Dorothy Brooke. There are new lives of Mary Tudor, Charles I and the Ottoman empire Sultans. Roman Holiday tells the secret life of Hollywood in Rome in the 1950s. In The Debatable Land, Graham Robb considers the lost world between Scotland and England. MILITARY Espionage is popular, from the human form – Enemies Within and The Making of a Secret Agent – to our feathered friends – Secret Pigeon Service. On Her Majesty’s Nuclear Service tells of life on a nuclear submarine during the Cold War. BIOGRAPHIES AND MEMOIRS Wallis in Love gets the Andrew Morton treatment and Duff Hart-Davis recalls his fascinating life in Never Say No. The story of Lady Sybil, daughter of the 4th Earl Grey, is movingly told from her letters and diaries. ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY Two sumptuous books accompany current exhibitions: Charles I: King and Collector and Charles II: Art and Power. There is also Art, Passion and Power, the story of the Royal Collection, showing on TV. A selection of the beautiful and powerful portraits of Steve McCurry appears in Looking East. Equally fascinating should be Silk Weavers of Hill Tribe Laos. FOOD AND DRINK Classic is the title of the all-new recipe book from Mary Berry. We’re impressed with The Doctor’s Kitchen by Dr Rupy Aujla. Others to look out for are Lose Weight for Good by Tom Kerridge and Davina’s (as in McCall) Kitchen Favourites (sugar-free). MISCELLANEOUS Cheer yourselves up on a cold winter’s day with Gardens of the Alhambra or Ros Byam Shaw’s latest interiors book, Perfect English Townhouse. On a serious note, The Dawn of Eurasia is on the trail of the new world order. YOUNGER READERS The Battle of the Beetles trilogy by M G Leonard draws to an unforgettable conclusion (9+). Emma Carroll, fresh from her success with Letters from the Lighthouse, goes hot-air ballooning in Sky Chasers (9+), while Philippa Gregory continues her Order of Darkness series in Dark Tracks (YA). Ask Oscar is a delightfully funny story by Alan MacDonald featuring a pig on a bike, a poopomatic and a Sewing Tuition with Sue Hazell (Cert. Ed) talking dog! (7+). The 13th Reality is a new series from James Leisure Workshops or Career Change Courses Dashner, a mixture of fantasy adventure and science fiction; Cushions – Nov 22, Jan 17, 25, Feb 9, Mar 25 the first four stories are already available (11+). Finally, for a Dressmakiing – Feb 7, Mar 24, Apr 4, May 16 heavenly picture story book, look no further than Lionel and Curtains – Nov 25, Jan 9, 27, 29, Feb 23, Mar 22, April 6 Headboards/Pelmets – Jan 12, March 9, June 7 the Lion’s Share! Overlockers – Beginners – Jan 28, Feb 21, Mar 23, June 8, 10 Roman Blinds – Jan 26, Feb 22, Mar 8, 21, April 8, May 10 OUR FIRST EVENT OF 2018 Sewing for Beginners – November 4, Jan 14, 24, Feb 11, We are organising an event to launch Secret Houses of the 14, 24, May 11 Cotswolds by Jeremy Musson. We hope that this will take www.sewing-tuition.co.uk place in March at one of the houses featured in the book. Please Held in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire - 01608 644877 contact us for further details or check our website. Also, Sewing Holidays in France, Italy & Somerset
COTSWOLD TIMES | 39 The Rotary Club of the North Cotswolds
The Spirit of Christmas Rotary Young Writer Competition
Community Awareness', a local charity, bring a little bit of seasonal good cheer to needy families throughout the North
Cotswold’s area. A recent report found that, surprisingly, the Cotswold’s is the The first round held at The Cotswold School has just been second worst area in the country to be poor. completed. This Christmas, with our help, they provided 180 local children The challenging subject this year - 'A Different Perspective' from such families with a Santa Sack of toys, stationery, books caught the imagination of over 150 entries from The Cotswold and games, and a further 80 families with bags of fresh fruit, School in the Intermediate and Senior age categories, and vegetables and groceries. Well done to all the Community among these were some excellent pieces of work, showing Awareness volunteers – The Rotary Club of the North both imagination and good written English in both prose and Cotswold’s is pleased to support the work you do. poetry …….. Congratulations to the winners.
A Big Thank You to all who so generously supported our Christmas Charity Collections at Tesco in Stow and the Co-op in Bourton - enabling us to raise £1300.00 for our chosen charities: Kate's Home Nursing, Canine Partners, Western Air Ambulance and Stella in Cambodia.
Making a Difference Supporting Communities Having Fun Doing It!
Rotary Club of Burford and Kingham
As the end of 2017 approached the club donated towards Walk through Cornbury Park (including areas usually off- the repair of the fire damaged Central Beacon Mountain limits to the general public) and we plan to participate in the Rescue Team HQ in recognition of support from one of their Burford Fire Station’s charity walk when they will be filming number with our 2017 charity cycle ride to Paris and also had the walk for Google Street maps. We shall also co-ordinate the two interesting talks. The first was about “Forty years as a vet”, given by Peter Aylmer who spoke about his fascinating annual Christian Aid Week door-to-door collection again experiences both in the UK and far-flung lands. A truly (13–19 May). Please, anyone living between Kingham to remarkable story. The second, by Robert Llewellyn, who started Lechlade (or beyond) volunteer to help! The club’s major as a bespoke Leicestershire shoemaker, went on to a famous fund-raising event of former years, the annual Kingham Duck acting career (Red Dwarf, to mention only one!) and progressed Race is at time of writing, sadly, in doubt since the site is no to environmentally friendly energy production. Sprinkled with amusing asides and anecdotes, he was a splendid highlight longer available. for the club’s Christmas Dinner and Charter night, finally Having planted many crocus corms at the A40/A361 generously donating his honorarium to the NSPCC. roundabout in Burford last autumn, we hope to have a display Incidentally, we hope you enjoyed the Christmas and New Year of flowers advertisingRotary’s worldwide efforts to eradicate good wishes illuminated sign by the Gateway Hotel! Polio – but sadly, the local rooks, crows and possibly squirrels In January, we changed our meetings venue to the Bay Tree were seen feasting on the corms...so the result might be Hotel where former Rotarian Kay Shortland is scheduled to disappointing! talk about a five-week visit to Nepal setting up sewing classes in villages using donated sewing machines, and teaching Later in the year, we plan to visit club member Laith Reynold’s sewing skills to Nepalese women in order that they can start Bell Foundry in Loughborough and we have invited Graham sustainable businesses. In February, Edith Sim is to speak Short, the micro-artist, who engraved Jane Austen on our new about “Parkinson’s UK charity”, while in March David Eagles of Taynton will enlighten us on the thrills and spills of being a Fleet £5 notes to talk to us. Air Arm pilot and defence industry test pilot. Finally, if you would like to visit us, please contact secretary Fund-raising in 2018 will include the annual May-time Bluebell Terry Best at [email protected].
Great ideas to share - Spend time with Rotary and good things happen 4040 | COTSWOLD TIMESTIMES TO TEACH OR GO ON, TEACH! > Gloucestershire Graduate Trainee Places available now to start NOT TO TEACH... training in September 2018, particularly for primary school teaching > To apply, you must be a graduate with a C or above in GCSE or equivalent in English, Maths and Science* (*primary school teachers only). > It is a one year course Live within a 15-mile radius of The Cotswold School? Why not consider training at this Ofsted Outstanding School – please contact Ben Edwards, [email protected] For more information please visit www.cotswoldteachingschoolpartnership.org.uk
Daniel from Chipping Norton is now training to be a Maths Teacher, ‘I have always enjoyed passing on the torch of learning. As a butler, this was limited to educating people on wines, with the reward of comprehension being infrequent. Choosing to be a teacher, I am seeing the rewards every hour.’ > An added bonus, and in particular in a rural setting, a teaching salary is a good and competitive salary, compared to some industries and businesses in the area with an excellent pension and you get the Good teaching is all about creating a purposeful classroom and a learning holidays! environment that is industrious and focused whilst valuing each and every individual. Does this resonate? Have you ever wondered if you could teach? Fancy a career change? ‘Changing career to teaching hasn’t disappointed – it’s a challenging and rewarding career where every day is so different!’ Current student Christina, a former vet, lives in Upper Rissington Teaching is a fine profession, but how do you sell a career in teaching amongst all the challenges, disparities and cuts? We interview Ben Edwards, Teaching School Manager, based at The Cotswold School where he is a Teacher of History and who sits on the Senior Leadership Team. The Cotswold Teaching Partnership offers opportunities to train for both secondary and primary school teaching, and we are accepting currently applications for either age group. Why teach? > There are many reasons, some of them personal to each and every individual but when I consider this question and speak to colleagues the surmise is that in any one day you can use so many different skills throughout that day compared to the next! > It’s never boring and it’s challenging, which is a motivation in itself! > Many say ‘it is like a calling’ and that if you have a love of something, teaching is a real and a rare opportunity to share, and that sharing means you may well have a positive impact on that child. > It is also a way to have a great relationship with people younger than you. And this in turn, means you can learn from these young students and in doing so you also find out more about yourself, how you can challenge and continually improve. We find that the School Direct courses that are offered through the CTSP often do suit career changers with the knowledge and comfort of knowing where and how they will teach. Working in partnership with other local schools, experienced teachers, training providers and universities, these School Direct courses enable graduate status students to gain either a PGCE or Qualified Teacher Status training in a supportive environment at the heart of everyday life in a school. Many of our current recruits have all had prior careers and all live within a 15-mile or so radius of The Cotswold School. Gloucestershire Graduate Trainee places are available now to start training this September and we are asking, in particular for primary school trainees as well as announcing places for secondary school – go on, teach!” For Rachel from Cheltenham, her previous career in the world of textiles business didn’t allow her to be as creative as she wanted, ‘I decided to teach because I’m passionate about the arts and wanted that opportunity to pass that on to young people.’ About the CTSP The Cotswold Teaching School Partnership (CTSP) was founded in April 2016 and is administered by The Cotswold School based in Bourton-on- the-Water, Cheltenham – a highly popular, happy and successful 11-18 secondary comprehensive school, outstanding across every category and sub-category as judged by Ofsted in the last three reports. The CTSP brings together a range of local primary and secondary schools with a prime focus on improving the educational experience of pupils in our schools and to support and develop teachers professionally in the local region and beyond. COTSWOLD TIMES | 41 LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS IN EVERY EDITION • ALL 4 MAGAZINES FROM £12 PER MONTH +VAT LBD
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Starting with a special waffl e signifi cant demand for food and drink with Agnes Boes provides us with a fascinating fl our, which we import exclusively from a more continental fl avour, and by keeping overview of the café and the dishes our Belgian miller to make our waffl es, our offer authentically Belgian we can it creates. and adding Frederic Blondeel Belgian attract customers to the particular niche in WafelWaffl e offers a unique range chocolates, Maison Dandoy biscuits, and the market. of treats designed to suit every palate, ‘Santos’ brand coffee from Belgian “Sometimes people ask me ‘what including gluten free options and suppliers, we them use local makes a café Belgian?’ For me, various fl avours. Agnes discusses the producers for out fresh it is a combination of Belgian establishment’s menu and how it caters to milk and cream, ice food – waffl es of course, a variety of tastes. cream and bacon, but also homemade soup, “The watchword at WafelWaffl e, the and niche suppliers ice-cream sundaes and Authentic Belgian Waffl e Café, is quality; such as Tregothnan excellent coffee – and teas and Gigi & a certain ‘vibe’ that Son chutneys. includes world music, a This attention to poetry corner, eclectic detail in our supply artworks, combined chain means we with a welcoming can guarantee atmosphere that gives the excellence of my customers time and our food and drink. space to relax, savour the We then combine moment and enjoy interesting these premium-quality conversation. All in all, I believe products with a level of service that WafelWaffl e makes a unique we believe is unsurpassed in our region. contribution to the local area, offering The waffl es are freshly made to order, something different, something high – by me, the proprietor, and served with quality – something really special.” a unique variety of savoury or sweet accompaniments.” 17 Old Market Way, High Street, In her concluding comments Agnes Moreton-in-Marsh outlines her pride in the success of WafelWaffl e and why she believes that the Tue-Sun open from 8am-5pm. café has become so popular. Closed on Mondays “Overall, the title ‘European Café of the Year’ is an important recognition of 0751 464 9138 the signifi cance of European tastes and techniques in the food and drink sector. on Facebook, Twitter and Tripadvisor While Gloucestershire is well served with St Lawrence Church St Lawrence’s is a Georgian church tucked beginning to end. The worktop is made in behind the pretty cotswold cottages of from Silestone Alpina White Quartz, Bourton-on-the Water. Having recently the splashbacks are glass and all the undergone a number of changes, the appliances are Miele (meaning they latest plan included a new and modern should last a very long time). The fi t was functioning kitchen for church events. completed between 2-3 weeks by our Vale We were fortunate enough to have been Kitchen Installer who has many years offered such an interesting project and set of experience (he can tackle the trickiest about designing a kitchen that would work of fi ts). in this beautiful and unusual setting. To fi nd more pictures of this wonderful Anthea Garley was the Vale Kitchen project, please see our Houzz page or look Designer assigned to St Lawrence’s and out on Facebook or Instagram. proposed a beautiful kitchen by Rational with Oak doors. 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48 | COTSWOLD TIMES Looking To Start A Business? e’re already well into the New Year and the bad news has been coming in thick & fast, strikes on the railways, a crisis in the NHS & a widening funding gap in care for the elderly. When Contact willW it all end? Gazing into my crystal ball I can’t see it coming to an end at all, only for it to get worse as the government isn’t prepared to ring-fence vital services from all the other elements that we pay our tax for. In my Robb Eden mind, it’s simple, we pay National Insurance for these services & it’s National Insurance that should be used to get these services working. I’m sure that if for everyone could start to see a benefit from paying more they will be happy to contribute extra. Business Tax The only way to get the system working is for everyone to pay a basic rate of Accounts Preparation & tax, companies & individuals. Paying tax should be hailed not as something to be avoided but something to be applauded. I believe that the tax system Analysis could work for all if a basic 20% flat rate tax was paid by all on income over PAYE & Book-keeping £15,000 per year. Any reliefs could then be offset against a higher rate of tax. Vat Returns This would stop the ridiculous situation where companies deliberately go out to spend money so that they can reduce their tax bill. It will also help businesses improve their productivity, cut down on waste & more More than just accounts – a importantly it will allow them to concentrate on what they do best – running personal service tailored to your their businesses. If you’re planning to join the ever-increasing numbers in the service sector needs. We will work with you to or are looking to start another type of business, either self-employed or as help you get the best from your a limited company, then now is a good time to start thinking about setting things up. There are plenty of places to obtain advice, your bank’s business business. manager, one of the many business groups or make an appointment to see an accountant, or a solicitor if needed, at the earliest opportunity. 01608 651802 Robb Eden is based in Moreton-in-Marsh. He can be contacted by [email protected] telephone 01608 651802 or via e-mail at [email protected].
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Football been a long break since the previous game in December. FISSC 3-1 Blockley After a delayed start, Blockley started strong with graceful Blockley started under pressure from FISSC but they were passing and strategic runs into the Stroud half. Although the unable to make it count as D.Pullen was on top-form in ladies were playing well and putting skills into practice, they goal. After twenty minutes FISSC scored a lucky finish to were hampered by a good Stroud goalkeeper. Time and put them 1-0 up. Blockley then grew into the game and time again opportunities were missed to put the goals away had a few chances. In the second half Blockley started and increase Blockley’s goal difference. Play remained in much better and were pushing back against FISSC’s the Stroud defensive half for most of the game, which was attacks, however FISSC scored twice more to make it 3-0 reflected in the score-line. Blockley maintain their position before Blockley had a couple shots cleared off the line. as second in the league with only five points away from the J. Cross was fouled in the box and awarded a penalty, top. Goals were scored by J. Peachey and K. Jackson and which was converted by S. Cross. The game finished 3-1 player of the match was J. Peachey. and while it wasn’t the result Blockley wanted they came off the pitch pleased in the way they played. Junior Hockey Blockley Vixens 1-4 Newent Blockley 0-6 White Eagles Having struggled with numbers through illness for this Blockley started the game with a man down but playing fixture, four intrepid players travelled to Newent to a very some decent football, White Eagles’ players exploited the warm welcome. Mixing together with Newent’s Vixens advantage, found some space and scored. Shortly after Blockley girls had a super game with some flashes of the C. Aubrey made a challenge in the box and gave away a skills practiced during Junior training. A super confidence penalty that was converted. White Eagles scored again builder and a great display of sportsmanship by both teams from a corner; Blockley had some decent attacks with made the journey thoroughly worthwhile and another fixture J. Tomes coming close to his first goal of the season. for a mixed 13-16yr old team is being investigated. Blockley’s eleventh player joined just before half time and looked much stronger after the break with some good passages of play and attacking moves. White Eagles added only two goals in the second half. Football Training Men’s training takes place at Blockley Sports and Social Club every Tuesday 6.30-7.30 pm, ages sixteen-plus welcome. MUGA Blockley has a Multi Use Games Area available to hire for £20 an hour. Perfect for parties and a social kick-about. Please contact Jason Hardwick on 07980 851397. Under Tens Hockey Tournament Hockey Blockley Junior Hockey Club entered their Under Ten Women’s First XI Boy’s team into their second county tournament at Dean SPORTSPORRTSPORTSPO Bristol Uni Two 4 v 8 Blockley One Close School and successfully built upon the experience After the warm up friendly v Leamington HC scheduled of their first tournament. Learning from more experienced for the week before was cancelled due to a frozen pitch, teams the boys started linking up some passes and gave the Firstst XI had had a seven-week mid-season break, themselves many opportunities to score. Two volunteers and with a 9.30 am start in Bristol it was quite a shock to went in goal and both put in excellent performances. the system!! However after a fairly tentative first half from Another great day with lots of fun – even in the cold! both sides and a score-line 3-2 in Blockley’s favour, it was Thanks to all parents for the support, taking photos, Blockley that eased into their stride in the second half supplying tea and enduring the cold! and D. Whitehouse found form and slotted five goals in quick succession with further goals from H. Whitehouse, Training F. Haydon and L. Geddes. Blockley left Bristol extremely Women’s and men’s hockey training takes place at pleased with their performance, moved up to fourth in Chipping Campden School on Tuesday’s 7-8.30pm. Ages the league and celebrated with a trip to Wagamamas on 13+ and all standards most welcome. Junior training ages the way home! Player of the Match was shared between 8-16 takes place Thursday’s 3.45-5.15 pm. For more D. Whitehouse and K. Ryan. details please check out the website on The First XI play top of the league Cirencester next and are www.blockleysports.club praying for the weather to be kind! Follow all our teams on: Women’s Second XI www.blockleysports.club Blockley Two v Stroud Three Unfortunately, due to a weather cancellation on 6 Jan it had @blockleyladieshc @blockleyladies COTSWOLDCOTSWOLD TIMES TIMES | | 51 Moreton Rangers Contact: moretonrangersfc.com
New Year, New Challenges. Cup a last minute quarter final win over Moreton Rangers Football Club started Barometrics 2-1 means a trip away for the year in a positive position on the the semi-final at Cam Bulldogs near field and with our new Clubroom Dursley on Saturday, 3 February. reaching completion the off field Moreton Rangers Reserves had a position is showing progress. Further couple of games postponed by the Challenges have to be met to take the weather in December but have since club to the next level as we still need to notched up a couple of victories, re-instate our floodlights on our main despite missing some key players, pitch to give us a chance of promotion away at Witney Wanderers 3-1 and to the next level. Moreton Rangers Under11 Team in the Hailey 1-0. This has lifted them to fourth new kit sponsored by The Hanger The Clubroom offers a chance for in their league only two points behind spectators to meet and watch a game the leaders with a game in hand. under cover and enjoy refreshments, and is taking his F.A. Level Two and then for the visiting players to Home Fixtures February Coaching Course on Sundays. be offered hospitality after the game. Saturday, 17 Feb – Home v Bourton He is very pleased with the great
SPORTSPORRTSPORTSPO This building project would not have Rovers 3 pm attitude of his team. “Everyone wants been achieved without the generous to play and support each other on and support of local business Mike Honour Moreton Rangers Under Eleven off the field which is a credit to the team Windows Ltd for supplying the Team spirit, this makes the job of coaching toughened glass windows. Moreton Rangers Under Eleven team them a pleasure ,we are also very started 2018 having their first game grateful to The Hanger Café Bar at Upper Rissington for sponsoring the Moreton Rangers First Team fall foul of the weather before having a home win over Ducklington 3-0. The team kit”. He would also like to thank Moreton Rangers First Team continued team are in the League Champions Cup his assistant Wills Dubery for his hard their good run in the league, beating work, he also coaches and plays for the Cheltenham Saracens Reserves 10-0 with a game away at Launton in early Adult Team most Saturdays. followed by 2-0 wins over Bishops February where they hope to progress Cleeve and Farringdon. These wins further. If you want to be involved in any aspect leave them lying second in the league Coach Harry Peters is a busy man, not of the Club, be it a player, coach or with big games against league leaders only looking after our Under Eleven sponsor then contact Martin Jones Newent and local rivals Bourton Rovers squad on Saturday Mornings; he plays on 07879015881 or m.jones125@ coming up in February. In the County for our adult teams in the afternoons btinternet.com.
North Cotswold Tri and Run Enigma Christmas Cracker “Rough ’n’ Tumble” ten-mile cross Harrison competed in the tough Marathons country event at Milton Lilbourne and Naunton nineteen-mile event, all off Steve Edwards competed in the two did well to finish in a time of 1:35:06 to road with many steep climbs, Tom Enigma Christmas Cracker marathons finish sixth in her V35 age category and had a strong run to record a time of in the week leading up to Christmas. twenty-first overall. 2:40:59 and finish fourth in his senior Both races were at Milton Keynes, the age category. Clare Harrison also ran first involved eight laps of Willen lake Enigma Winter Marathon and strongly finishing in 3:03:25 as she which he ran in 3:26:14 to finish second Gloucester Winter Marathon continues her preparation to run her overall and first V55. The second Steve Edwards ran two more first fifty-mile ultra event in February. Viv race just three days later involved a marathons in the space of seven days D’Alton did very well to finish fifth in testing seventeen laps of Furzton Lake to bring his overall marathon tally to her V50 age category recording a time with a bitterly cold headwind which he of 3:32:24. ran in 3:28:08 to finish fourth overall but 810. First up was the Enigma Winter again won his V55 age category. event at Milton Keynes in which he finished in 3:27:21 for first V55 and sixth Gloucester AAA 2017 Awards These two races bought Steve’s place overall. Then he competed in the marathon tally to fifty-one in 2017 with ceremony Gloucester Winter marathon where he an average finish time of just over three Kate Krzywiec was thrilled to win finished in 3:27:39. Both these results hours twenty minutes. All being well he two awards at the Gloucester AAA mean Edwards has now completed hopes to make it fifty-two before the awards ceremony on Friday night. The years out. His overall lifetime marathon an unbroken streak of eighty-six sub awards were for the 2017 county road total now stands at 808 as he strives 3:30 marathons in the last eighty-five race series where she won her LV40 for the ultimate 1000 marathons world weeks as he continues his quest for the category and finished third in the open SPORT SPORT SPORT SPORT SPORT SPORT record. ultimate 1000 marathons record. category. An outstanding achievement by an outstanding athlete, all members Rough ’n’ Tumble Ten mile Naunton Nineteen Miles of North Cotswold Tri and Run are very Kelly Read competed in the testing Tom Williams, Viv D’Alton and Claire proud of her.
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The Clubhouse, Oddington Road, Stow on the Wold , GL54 1JAH. 01451 830887 www.pitchero.com/clubs/stowrtfc/ CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR REPORTS, PHOTOS, NEWS & INFO From Sean Clarke 3 U16s Play County Games U11s &12s Start Early Three Stow players from the U16s played in their first representa- tive county matches on the 7th of January. James Ingham (on the left) played at fly half for Oxfordshire in their 20 - 5 win over Buck- inghamshire and scored their 3rd try from a quick lineout. Freddie Roberts and Stow’s captain, Arthur Clark played for Gloucestershire against East Midlands at centre and 2nd row respectively. Freddie scored the first try in their tight 24 to 22 victory. All 3 players enjoyed the experience and will be hoping they are selected to play against each other when the 2 counties meet on the 4th February.
The U12s (above) and U11s (below) started back after the Christ- mas break with matches on Saturday the 6th rather than the tradi- tional Sunday. The 12s had a home cup match to fit in against Drybrook and kicked off at 11am in the mist. Stow had plenty of players and were happy to lend the visitors 2 to cover their shortfall. The U12s moved the ball well along their line and it paid off with 15 tries scored and none conceded. The U11s didn’t need to record their scores as they hosted a double headed friendly with local opposition Shipston and touring team Kings College School from Wimbledon. They kicked off at 2pm and all 3 clubs had enough James, Freddie and Arthur got back to club business the week after players to provide 2 teams each. The matches were all about play- and helped their team to a Quarter Final home win over ing for the fun of the game and the experience it brought. All the Minchinhampton in the GRFU Plate competition. Stow won by 24 games were competitive with some good rugby played, which was points to 10 with the first try from flanker Alex Sanders running a much appreciated by the large visiting and home support. As is hard line through the opposition defence. The 2nd and 4th were often the case when touring teams visit Stow, the great atmosphere scored by Giles King after good driving mauls from a lineout. Fred- was continued in the clubhouse with all enjoying the bonhomie. die Roberts scored the 3rd and James Ingham kicked 2 conversions. Half Term Rugby Camp Terry Fanolua, the ex - Gloucester and Samoa centre will be running Gloucester’s Premiership Rugby Academy Camp at Stow in the next half term on the 12th and 13th of February. Players aged between 8 and 14 years, whether club members, or not are welcome. The cost SPORTSPORRTSPORTSPO is £ 60 / player for the two days with a discount for club members. There is still time to book a place, if quick, but number are limited.
Spotlight On Each Month the Spotlight is focused on a member from the club Jack Harrison U15s Pack A Big Smile Team U16s Warner Budgeons kindly Position invited Stow’s U15s to help Second Row their Christmas customers Best rugby moment: Going on tour by bag packing at the Moreton store on the 16th Favourite Player Maro Itoje of December. 14 players (Saracens & England) took part, working in shifts from 9am until 7pm and all I enjoy Rugby because it keeps me did so wearing Stow shirts fit and I enjoy playing in a team and with a big smile on their faces as they helped My Rugby ambition is to play at shoppers prepare for the Twickenham in the army vs navy festivities. The public were match glad of their help and the age group raised £ 548.40.
Photos by Gareth Adams, Margaret Clark, Sean Clarke, Richard Emsley, Ben Harrison and Mark Ingham. COTSWOLDCOTSWOLD TIMES TIMES | | 5353 February, a lacklustre month in the garden... You could be forgiven for thinking February general consensus, pruning activities is a lacklustre month in the garden, for shouldn’t remove more canopy than the trees especially. With foliage now long tree requires in order to continue its normal February top tips gone, deciduous species are void of any respiratory cycle. When too much is colour, memories of bloom and blossom removed the tree tries to replace branches very distant. Only those fortunate enough to compensate for the loss, this requires A to be in view of an evergreen or two have huge energy which puts the tree in a their mid-sky interrupted with blots of detrimental position. This stressed growth Grass will soon require something non-translucent. However, as is also unsightly. cutting; be careful not to with nature, there’s a lot more going on Different trees lend themselves to being clip trees or tree roots with behind the scenes. pruned at different times of the year, the lawnmower. Summer of 2017 was slightly wetter however most will accept an element and slightly warmer than average, overall of pruning at any time of the year. So, these temperate conditions were beneficial it’s easy to deduce that the three main B to our trees, allowing healthy specimens variables that need consideration are the opportunity to store plenty of energy species, severity and timing. Trees such as February is an ideal for winter, much needed during the cold our native English Oak (Quercus robur) will time to prune shrubs such spells seen in December. As you read this, happily accept gentle pruning at any time, as rhododendron, buddleia these reserves are coming to an end. Sap as will Beech (Fagus sylvatica), whereas a and laurel. is on the move and trees are preparing Walnut (Juglans regia) or Cherry (Prunus to burst their buds in spring, creating a spp.) should really be restricted to late canopy of leaves in order to begin their summer to avoid the unnecessary risk C photosynthetic activities; the dormant of disease. season is coming to a close and the cycle Going forward, as buds will start again. Wishing you an enjoyable year in burst, check trees for healthy Most tree owners will have considered the garden. looking leaves and an even pruning at some stage, now more than ever in our built environment, trees are Thomas Hamments Cert Arb (RFS) crown; spring is a good time liable to outgrow their surroundings, as to see the signs of potential well as a host of other variables which Stockwell-Davies Tree Contractors diseases and defects. justify the need to manage them. It is here that some simple biology plays dividends. www.stockwell-davies.co.uk All trees will react in some way to pruning; it is the severity and methods employed ‘’Stockwell-Davies conduct free site visits that are incredibly important in maintaining to offer advice and provide quotations. both ongoing health and aesthetical Tom can be contacted on 07741280544 or appeal. Decades of growth can be ruined [email protected]’’ irreparably in a matter of minutes. As a
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