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NEWSNEWS AND AND VIEWS VIEWS FROM FROM LODE LODE WITH WITH LONGMEADOW LONGMEADOW http://www.lode.org.uk/lodestar.htmlhttp://www.lode.org.uk/lodestar.html LODE 2 STAR LODE 3 STAR WHAT’S WHERE WHAT’S ON WHEN Issue No: 513 September 2019 IN LODE STAR LC Lode Chapel; StJ St James’ Church; FH Fassage Hall; BSSC B’shm Sports & Social Club; BVC Bottisham Village College 3. Macmillan Coffee Morning September 4. Lode Parish Council Please join the 5. Vacancy 1 3 Tennis Club AGM (p9) 4 Lode WI 7.30pm LC (p11) 6. District Councillors’ Report 7 Bott Library Lego Club (p19) Lode Village Coffee Morning Group 7. Thanks for the support Rickard’s Ramblings 9 Lode Parish Council 7.30pm FH National Air Ambulance Week on Wednesday 25 September 8. Lode WI 12 BVC Adult Learning Open Day (p26) W will h l i g s i l ff m i g i L Ch l 9. Electronic Organ Concert 13 Walk for Health, 10am Surgery (p14) 10. Bottisham Gardening Club 14 Story & Rhyme at the Library (p19) m 10.30 m-12 is s John’s Cryptic Quiz Electronic Organ Concert (p9) Macmillan Cancer Support 11. T’ai Chai sessions Last day for October’s Lode Star Play Football? Join Up 14&15 St James’ Harvest Festival (p28) There will be homemade cakes for sale, a Raffle, Tombola, 12. Rickard’s Ramblings 21 Bott Library Lego Club (p19) Bring & Buy stall with all kinds of everything and an 13. Vacancy 2; 22 St James’ Pop-Up Cafe 3-5pm (p28) Aucon 14. Bottisham Patients’ Group; 24 District Councillors in Lode, FH (p7) Red2Green News 25 Walk for Health, 10am Surgery (p14) Always a fun event - Macmillan Coffee Morning, LC (p3) 15. Village Fete Donations Lode Folk Club, 8pm The Shed so do come along 16. Village Fete photos w l lik 26 Bottisham Patients’ Group mtg (p14) s m hi g, .g. k s, 18. Masters of Flemish Art; 28 Tennis Club Quiz Night BSSC (p8) w gi s, - Lode On-Line Archive 29 Transport for People & Planet, FH (p20) m , his w h 19. Bottisham Library; s , l s ‘ h BALA October W 01223 811356 wh will h 20. Swift Situation; 3 BALA 10-week course, BSSC (P19) ll i . Transport for People 6 Harvest Village Praise, StJ (p22) 21. Wicken Fen 22. East Anglian Air Ambulance; WEEKLY EVENTS Harvest Village Praise Thursday Anglesey Abbey Health Walks 10.00am https://www.walkingforhealth.org.uk/ The purpose of LODE STAR is to serve the WHOLE parish by circulating information 23. RENEW; free to every household in LODE and LONGMEADOW eleven times a yea r Massive Autumn Jumble Sale content/lode-bottisham 24. Mothers Union Wednesday Coffee Morning, 10.30am, LC Please could all items for inclusion in the 25. Some Basic Physics Little Lode Monkeys, from 9.30am, Thursdays in OCTOBER 2019 issue of Lode Star reach term time, LC F:@LittleLodeMonkeys 26. BVC Adult Learning Susan Swannell (address below or [email protected] ) by Red 2Green Café at BVC Tues & Thurs 11am-2pm 27. Fire & Rescue Service SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2019 (earlier if possible) 28. St James’ Pop-up Cafe; Harvest Festival Supper EDITOR: ...... VACANT DISTRIBUTION: ...... IAN FAULKNER , 28 FAIRHAVEN CLOSE, CB25 9HG 811963 29. Village Freecycle; TREASURER: ...... JEFF KEMPSTER , 19 ABBEY LANE, LODE CB25 9EP 812194 Neighbourhood Watch ADVERTISING & PRODUCTION: .. SUSAN SWANNELL , 5 ABBEY LANE, LODE 811584 30. Mothers’ Union COVER DRAWING: ...... FAY BAWTREE, LONGMEADOW 31. St James’ Church matters PRINTERS: ... BURWELL COMMUNITY PRINT CENTRE A social enterprise, training & supporting adults with learning disabilities, providing quality design & print. www.burwellprint.co.uk 32. Outside Information OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN LODE STAR ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE EDITORS NOR DO THE EDITORS ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLAIMS MADE IN ADVERTISEMENTS
LODE 2 STAR LODE 3 STAR Lode Parish Council News arising from their activities, especially members of the Fassage Hall where they bring extra equipment. Management Committee are left with Public Footpaths trying to arrange some use of the Oily Hall purposes. The National Trust stated in facilities by other village football clubs, The National Trust have restored the Following a report to the Police by its Planning Application that the camp marking the pitch, cleaning and site would only be used by groups short section of public footpath across maintaining the facilities, and arranging local residents after midnight on their staff and volunteers car park so 16 June, the Police managed to stop a such as Scouts and Guides and Duke the winter heating of the rooms and of Edinburgh Award students. Their that walkers do not have to deviate showers. We are therefore appealing rave from starting in the barn at Oily from the legal line and dodge cars. Hall and sent away some 300 ravers. hiring conditions state that campers for some enthusiasts to come forward We, and Neighbourhood Watch, have should walk or cycle from Anglesey We are working on re-establishing a to help. Income is also less than met with the National Trust from Abbey or Wicken via the Lodes Way public footpath beyond Cranney Drove expenditure and car parking is Wicken Fen. Security of the barn and and there should be no parking whose trustees are the Swaffham inadequate for two visiting teams with the approach along Mill Drove will be nearby. However, access from the Bulbeck Relief in Need Charity. It has supporters rather than one. improved. The site will be watched by Lodes Way via the narrow footbridge been blocked with crops in recent Robert Stevens, Chairman local residents to try to ensure that no over the Commissioners Drain is poor. years. From next year, we will expect vehicles get past the locked gate on The County Council have agreed to all public footpaths in the Parish to be Mill Drove (which seems to have look into this. walkable, as they should be by law, Trustee and Committee always been left open) and drive Fassage Green and meet a requirement for farmers to qualify for Government subsidies. Vacancy illegally along the public footpath An agreement has been drawn up for Lode with Longmeadow beyond it. 30mph Electronic Speed Sign the Parish Council to lease the Village Trust Wild Camping Shelters Fassage Green from the Village Trust, Data from the speed sign on Quy Road since we will be only a part-owner of show that 50% of vehicles travel at A vacancy exists on the trustee The Planning Conditions for the Wild group for the village charity and for a Camping Shelters nearby state that the site. A Management Plan is being more than 32mph, 15% exceed 41mph written which will define what and 5% exceed 47mph. Speeds committee representative. The road access via Mill Drove is expected trustee vacancy is in accordance to be only for emergency and disabled ecological work needs doing and coming towards the village are slightly when. It is possible a 'Friends of less. On Lode Road, past the with the LLVT constitution which Fassage Green' will be formed to carry Broughton Hall, the corresponding requires a regular change of trustees from now on (three years post set-up). LODE PARISH COUNCIL out voluntary work on it throughout the figures are 30mph, 36mph and 41mph. year and act as an Advisory Group to We have altered the sign so it flashes The charity committee consists of CHAIRMAN the Parish Council which will be red at and above 33mph rather than five trustees and a number Robert Stevens ...... C.811643 responsible for the land. 35mph in the hope that it has more (unspecified) of committee 51 Northfields Event Insurance effect. members. Preference for the trustee position will be given to any applicant Teresa Crickmar .....07812 243 732 In the past, some extra insurance We have requested funding from the 9 Swaffham Road who has experience of the LLVT cover has been provided by our County Council for an additional sign, committee work, but this is not a Ian Faulkner ...... C.811963 insurers for events on the Recreation with us paying about a quarter of the 28 Fairhaven Close requirement. Full details of the Ground which have been run by other cost. This means we can have one on process are available on the village Tom Fitzgerald...... C.812073 organisations. This will not be possible Quy Road for use in alternating website - www.lode.org.uk/lsc.html - 24a Fairhaven Close in the future as our insurers will only directions, and the other on Lode Road under 'other documents'. Fran Platten ...... C.813016 cover events managed and run by us or Station Road. The LLVT will also consider Fen Farm, Lode Fen and using our own equipment and Football facilities. The Fassage Hall and applications to become a committee Rob Small ...... C.812626 Before the Fassage Hall was built, with Recreation Ground Charity, of which member and this only requires an 32 High Street its improved shower and changing we are the Managing Trustee, provides email stating your interest and CLERK room facilities, the Lode Football Club recreation and sports facilities but does reasons for applying. Jonathan Giles 07789 012 761 used to look after the small pavilion on not run events or matches. In future, Please email LLVT at 86 High Street, Bottisham CB25 9BA the other side of the grounds. Since organisations will have to provide their [email protected] . [email protected] the Lode club no longer exists, the own insurance cover if there are risks remaining four senior and volunteer to their members, guests, or the public LODE 4 STAR LODE 5 STAR Our District Councillors’ REPORT Thank You Our first report covered the Council’s Any bottles with liquid in We would like to say a huge thank you They enjoyed tea, cakes, a wonderful decision to deliver at least 46 can’t be recycled to everyone who supported our Tea tombola and an amazing raffle. affordable houses on the estate which because staff can’t be and Cakes Afternoon to raise money Thanks to Liz, the ladies who washed it was buying from the MOD. sure what the liquid is. for Queens Court in memory of Rita up, Jo and Rosie for their help Unfortunately, the extraordinary We learnt three key tips and Albert Bye. We handed over a running these and everyone who meeting called for 19 June was used to for helping maximise our recycling cheque for £600 which was way donated prizes. Taylor and Maile (the rescind the decision made in May. This 1 – do not put cloth, heavy objects beyond anything that we expected. grandchildren) did an excellent job means that of the 92 homes being or electrical items in the rubbish – The weather was perfect and we running the children’s lucky dip, delivered by the Council’s subsidiary all of these can cause damage to the sweets in a jar and the find the company, just 15 will be affordable and couldn’t believe how many people machinery; came along and stayed all afternoon. treasure map. Thanks also to Jeff for none of them will be for rent. This is a setting up his Ping Pong in a Jar missed opportunity to offer affordable 2 – if in doubt about whether or not something is recyclable, put it in the Game – the kids (and adults) loved homes to the 710 applicants on the this. Taylor also excelled as raffle waiting list. We had hoped that blue bin – they can remove it if it’s not recyclable; and number caller – who needs a including more affordable housing in a microphone!! scheme devised by ECDC would set 3 – make sure you clean stuff before an example to other property putting it in the blue bin and empty Mum and Dad would have been so proud. developers in the whole district, any liquid from bottles. It was an amazing afternoon and so lovely to see so many people just including here in Bottisham ward. There was a very short Council relaxing and enjoying themselves – meeting in July where the main item of We visited the waste and recycling thank you all. business was to note that the Council facility in Waterbeach on a hot Jackie & John Lince Monday in July. is undertaking a review of polling It was reassuring to see how much of districts and polling stations. our waste is extracted for recycling. July’s Finance & Assets Committee But a great deal still goes to landfill and meeting had a packed agenda. We Rickard’s Ramblings were shocked that our auditors had not we can reduce that in a variety of Which came first – the chicken or the egg? ways. If we don’t reduce it, the site will had enough staff to work on the audit be full within 12 years. The most and so were unable to report to us – I have fond memories of the Children’s wonders how such a important thing is to reduce what we they do not expect to report to our next Encyclopaedia which we kids had 60- trick comes about? meeting in September either. Every send to waste in the first place, and try odd years ago. It was full of fascinating I guess that it must be member of the Committee expressed to re-use things. If all else fails, re- information and loads of illustrations. part of the evolutionary process but significant dissatisfaction with this. cycle – put recyclable things in your this creates a dilemma for me. If Despite having no audit report, we One which sticks in my mind was of a blue bin and Amey’s staff will sort it; evolution can enable a bird species were required by law to publish our bird feigning a broken wing to lead a put compostable things in your green to develop such a technique, how accounts by 31 July and therefore fox away from her chicks. I understand bin and they’ll turn it into compost. come the same process did not approved the un-audited accounts for that this is quite common in a number We saw amazing things which people of bird species. However, one result in the fox getting wise to it? had put in recycle bins, which had publication. caused damage to the machines – We also noted the changes to the Risk including a bowling ball! Staff Register, we found it very frustrating Our District Councillors’ REPORT—contd. explained that recyclables from the that we were not able to discuss the blue bin had a strong sales value and Register in general, just changes which Our next District Councillors’ Surgery is on Tuesday 24 September at 6.30- were moved quickly. Recyclables staff had made to it. In particular we 7.45pm in the Fassage Hall Lode, followed by ‘Meet your Councillors’ at 8.00pm extracted from general waste were raised concerns about the low level of in the Shed, Lode. heavily contaminated and it was harder risk given to Brexit and the limited Following that we have a surgery on Monday 28 October in the Cricket Pavilion, to find buyers for them. actions taken by the Council to Swaffham Bulbeck, followed by ‘Meet your Councillors’ at the Black Horse, prepare. Swaffham Bulbeck. ɒɞɝɣɘɝɤɔɓ ɞɝ ɝɔɧɣ ɟɐɖɔ Charlotte Cane & John Trapp, August 2019 LODE 6 STAR LODE 7 STAR
LODE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE WI Centenary Dinner at Girton stop people getting in. Sadly somehow College . Four members attended this a fire started and many people were Carole Faulkner welcomed members benefit to them. event with 150 WI ladies. The dinner trapped died. Many of the descendants to the July meeting and quickly dealt He was thanked was served in the Banqueting Hall, and still live in Burwell and are planning a with the WI business of the evening by Jean Howard was certainly Cordon Bleu and three-hundred-year memorial. including an invitation from Bottisham for a most absolutely delicious with lots of By the end of the 19th century the mill WI to join them for their coach trip to interesting and attentive staff. There was a string had been restored at a cost of £1.5 Woburn in August. illuminating talk. quartet playing whilst they were eating. million and is still working. There were Out & About in June The competition of the Best Bloom was A fitting evening for the celebration of also twelve pubs in the village at the Carole Faulkner spoke about the won by Ann Round and the raffle by the Federation being 100. turn of the century. Curtain Up Supper where we were Pauline Holmes. Floral arrangement evening . Elaine In 1936 the WI was established, and a entertained to a play ‘Bus Stop’ which Carole Faulkner, President welcomed McCaghrey attended this event at Mrs Dunn was president for the next 25 was followed by poems and reading. everyone to the August meeting and Whittlesford with a first-class arranger years! After some questions from the The chicken casserole followed by dealt with the business of the evening. who concocted five beautiful flower floor she was thanked by Julie Sale for arrangements seemingly from thin air. cheesecake was delicious, the evening Out & About in July her very interesting talk which had being much enjoyed by us all. Most of them were large and were whetted our appetite for our visit to the Jean Coxall gave told member of going Maureen Brown then gave an amusing raffled off at the end of the evening, Museum the next week. to Denman on a course for Cryptic leaving those attending wondering how report of some members’ trip to Denby Crosswords with Wendy Parish. After The competition of a Fenland Scene Pottery where they were shown the lucky winners would get them arrival at Denman and settling in they home! was won by Ann Round with Julie Sale around the factory, including watching had tea and then were introduced to and Sue Swannell joint second. The Our speaker for the evening was a young man making teapots every the Tutor for the first session before raffle was won by Jean Howard. four minutes and a lady painting plates Alison Giles – A history of a fen they went to bed. There were only four SEPTEMBER MEETING: by hand, a very intricate job. Everyone edge village – Burwell . Alison is people on the course, but Jean felt this Peter Jones ‘A Scientific life and the found it a fascinating day which curator of the Burwell Museum which was of a huge benefit as conversations Nobel Prize’. has artefacts in it that date back to the culminated in making a little frog to ensued that were all inclusive, and she stone-age. It is delineated from the bring home. felt she might just be starting to fens in that the church is made of Elaine McCaghrey had been to understand some of the thinking Lode WI welcomes visitors and clunch – a white hard chalky substance Denman and showed us a sample of behind solving cryptic crosswords. prospective members. which is not found in the soil in the Try our meetings free of charge! her embroidery of a dragonfly and Carole Faulkner gave an account of a ladybird in silk which was exquisite. fens. Roman pottery has been found ‘phone Carole Faulkner on C.811963 visit to Tolthorpe Hall to see Blythe there and it was also an Anglo-Saxon for details, or just drop into (Lode Chapel) Our speaker Colin Kirkland spoke Spirit at the open air theatre. Before village with a cemetery. She talked us about the wildlife in our gardens on the first Wednesday of each month the event started they had a picnic in through the ages from 1144 when at 7.30pm which we should cherish and take care the grounds before moving on to the Geoffrey de Mandeville started to build of. Colin gave us a slide show of the theatre in the gardens for the play a castle. However, he was killed, and birds he has seen in his garden and which was performed by excellent work stopped. through to 1560 when talked about research that has been actors and very much enjoyed by those the first Parish records were started. completed by scientists which found present. The final piece of the castle building CǂǎǃǓNJDžLjdž EǍdžDŽǕǓǐǏNJDŽ that birds are rearing less young Jean Coxall had visited Rutland fell in 1955. One record noted that four OǓLjǂǏ SǐDŽNJdžǕǚ because there is a decline in the Water and Oakham – On arrival pence was paid to repair the church Saturday 14 September number of insects that are food to our coffee was partaken of and from there organ. birds. He spoke about the warmer they joined the boat for a tour of the winters and how they are affecting In the 13th Century, bells were fitted to John Cooper reservoir, stopping halfway round to Concerts are open to the public and held on different bird species. We also saw a the Church and a school opened by look at the chapel which is the top half subscription. In 1727 a puppet show the second Saturday of each month, with large variety of butterflies and moths, of the Church that was in the village the exception of July and August, at Quy was held in a barn for families, but it Village Hall and commence at 7.30pm. frogs and toads, squirrels and that was flooded to create Rutland hedgehogs and Colin advised us what quickly became very full and Tickets £6.00 available on the door water. Having toured the whole lake somebody nailed the doors shut to C.881049 or C.880522 plants to grow in the garden to be of they carried on the coach to Oakham for some free time. LODE 8 STAR LODE 9 STAR BOTTISHAM area which was a riot of colour and & DISTRICT well worth visiting. The shop did a GARDENING CLUB good trade as plants were reasonably priced. Thanks to Peter Bullock for Our June evening was a social managing this. event with strawberries and cream and a glass of Pimm’s. We had a I will report next month on our visit to quiz, difficult for some but won by the Mill Garden, Impington on Dora Gale and Enid Bucket. Tuesday, 27 August. There were many entries for the Don Our next meeting will be on Tuesday Bedford Rose competition (much 24 September when Andrew more sensible to hold this in June Harper-Scott will talk about rather than August). Members Container Planting for Spring. choose their favourite bloom by The meeting will be held in the Poppy placing coins and there was a tie – Room at the Club and start at 7.30pm the first time this has happened - Sylvia Overton 811792 between Tricia McLaughlin and Dora Gale. The cup was awarded to Dora as her rose bush was new in its first year, and had been planted in memory of her husband John. We JOH N’S are sorry that we did not contact Ros CRYPTIC QUIZ The Cambs FA Business League Cup Cullum, Don and Sylvia Bedford’s FOR SEPTEMBER is fast, fun, accessible football. daughter, to present the cup. Ten cryptic clues to This is a fantastic opportunity for The coach was full for our summer CHOCOLATE BARS people to get fit and healthy, outing to the RHS Garden at Hyde promote wellbeing in the workplace Hall in Rettendon in July. 1. Not on this planet and play the beautiful game. 2. London Bus We did have rather a convoluted • Weekly fixtures journey to get there and rushed to 3. Two Lions VENUE- -Bottisham Village College 3G • FA full-time fixture and results KICK OFFS- -Tuesday evenings the loos and the excellent café on 4. Paid to hunt recording 7:00 or 8:00pm arrival. 5. Giggled at • League and Cup rounds COST- -£25 per team each match-day An excellent venue with many 6. Cheap US pub • Delivered by a Cambs FA themed gardens, lovely shaded FORMAT- -5-a-side / 40 minute games / 7. Andromeda Co-ordinator 10 week playing season woodland areas and viewpoints to 8. What we are talking • FA Qualified referees SPACE- -8 Teams see the surrounding Essex about countryside. Plenty of roses to see, 9. Road to Dairy Contact: Ashley Dean interesting herbaceous borders, T: 01223 209034 www.cambridgeshirefa.com colour-themed and set in small 10. Spin Round areas, with yew hedging and the trial Answers on advert page Q E: [email protected]
LODE 10 STAR LODE 11 STAR Public Transport Matters Looking for a rewarding job in your community? I hope you have all together and it should improve Are you recently retired? Moved to part-time work? managed to have a good punctuality. Delays on the line are Children now at school? travelling summer despite among the worst in the country. Let’s If you like meeting people and are able to deal sympathetically with elderly and the problems caused by the hope it is safe. frail people a vacancy exists for the post of Clerk to the Trustees following the weather. The heatwave affected the Train fares from Ely could become retirement of the current post holder. Some simple book-keeping, dealing with overhead wires and the track for the more expensive after a merger electronic payments, a high level of confidentiality, as well as minute taking railways. between two operating and basic administrative duties are required. The successful applicant will There are fears that passengers will be companies. The Competition and receive any help and mentoring required for the first distribution. priced off the market due to proposed Markets Authority is investigating the An honorarium is attached. train fare rises of about 3% in the New award of the East Midlands Rail Year. This could mean a rise of about Franchise to Abellio. They would Please apply in the first instance to: Coral Hatley £131 annually added to the cost of a operate the only services on the Bottisham Local Charities, 29 Mill Road, Lode, Cambridge, CB25 9EN season ticket to London from the Norwich to Ely and Thetford to Ely Or email to [email protected] south-east. lines. This could reduce competition Grant Shapps, the Transport since there are no other rail options and could lead to higher fares. Abellio Secretary, said he has ordered officials I try to maintain my supply of Don’t forget Seat 61 when researching has offered to work with the CMA to to provide new data as to why train timetables and was awaiting a new box travel plans. Wandering Europe on keep fares and advance ticket punctuality has declined for seven from Stagecoach. There is usually a Interrail tickets is not just for students availability at current levels. The years. fairly quick response but there had on a gap year, you can discover all franchise was due to begin on 18 been a delay. As I drove into Drummer sorts of towns and cities. Sublime A spokesman for the Rail Delivery August. Group said that they were making St. on the bus I noticed that Nigel, the scenery – how about the trains more frequent and less crowded There is ongoing disapproval of HS2 – friendly young chap who delivers the Semmeringbahn in Austria? people say that if trains are full, then boxes, was up a ladder by the opposite with over 7,000 new and refurbished J R Tolkien writes in the Lord of the add more carriages, there is no freight row of bus stops and seats. I ran carriages and thousands of extra Rings that ‘Not all those who wander carrying to take lorries off the road, it across the road and Nigel, now services each week by 2021. are lost’. Serendipity is what it is all is only ½ an hour faster, it will disrupt descended from the ladder, saw me about. You can have various routes to Season ticket increases are regulated people’s lives and lose acres of coming. Passengers waiting to board a final destination and discover all by the Government but are crucial in countryside. The Crossrail bill rises buses were highly amused by the sight sorts of interesting places. enabling improvements. with no end date as the work is taking of a little old lady and a handsome Don’t forget that you can claim for longer than planned. It will be named young chap greeting each other with Great Rail Journeys offers a luggage cancellations and delays – my son was the Elizabeth Line and run for 73 miles the words ‘ I am so pleased to see transfer scheme but it does pick up delayed on the way from Cornwall to from Berkshire to Essex. The central you’! Nigel had received a box the and return 5 to 7 days before and after London by a cow on the line and was section is now unlikely to open until evening before and had been trying to the trip. They offer various short given a refund! late next year. Southern Rail has plan when he could get it to me. It breaks by rail – 01904 730829 – Ageing signals may be replaced with been named as the most improving fitted into my shopping trolley! The Highland Adventure or Bath and West digital technology. A 100-mile section company with a large jump in previous box of timetables were for Country? th from King’s Cross to just north of passenger satisfaction. Upset the 28 September and these are Japan holds the record for the fastest th Peterborough will be controlled by commuters even wrote a stage show – dated 18 February. As I have said train with a superconducting magnetic digital signalling in the train cab, the Southern Rail The Musical to highlight before regarding the local bus service levitation train which ran at 375mph in first of its kind on an intercity railway in the shortcomings. Stagecoach has – use it or lose it. Buses sometimes April 2015 and now a Chinese train the UK. This could be operational by withdrawn from railways after the have only a few passengers. has hit 370mph on a cushion of air – its 2025-27 if approved by the Dept. of dispute with the Government over the As I write, there is at last work on the maglev prototype a year ahead of Transport and the Treasury. The awarding of the rail contracts. A1303 to install the new bus stop and schedule but it is still years from whole line will eventually be shelter for the 12 returning from operation. converted. Trains can run closer Newmarket. Rail info: 03457 48 49 50 ɒɞɝɣɘɝɤɔɓ ɞɝ ɝɔɧɣ ɟɐɖɔ Traveline: 0871 200 22 33 LODE 12 STAR LODE 13 STARHappy Travelling! Paddy James News from the Bottisham Patients’ Group Community Café The community café is using The Giving Machine website, ‘shop currently open Tuesdays and Thursdays and give app’ or https:// Appointments: All the ‘in advance’ GP one. This also costs the NHS money so 11am-2pm. We have a selection of hot and smile.amazon.co.uk and nominating us as appointments and also minor illness please cancel with reception if you are not cold snacks and light lunches. The full menu your chosen charity. We really appreciate all appointments for Nurse Practitioner Welch going to attend. You can arrange with and daily specials can be found at donations, they make a difference to what are now available on line. The Practice has reception to have a text reminder sent to www.red2green.org and you can sign up we can do. to meet a set target for these. Patients can you if this would help. to have these send to your e-mail inbox. Turning the Red Lights Green is a register to use this service. You will still be Osteoporosis: The Royal Osteoporosis Support while you shop If you shop online Registered Charity No 1112429 and able to book on the day and other Society has launched a new set of online then there are ways that you can support us registered in England and Wales No appointments through reception. exercise videos and guides. The guide without any additional cost to yourself by 5485413 (trading as Red2Green) Extended Hours: The new early morning includes information on how exercise helps appointments on Mondays and Tuesdays with osteoporosis and bone health, have been fully booked. There are now a answers common questions, and provides ideas but just need extra help further 50 appointments per week. exercises to promote bone and muscle Lode Village Fete on the day. Could you run a strength. Dispensary: The dispensary is also open to Donations small stall for us? Let us cover the early start on Mondays and Walks for Health: The next walks with our It seems an age ago now but know. Tuesdays. accredited walk leader Steve Gilson start at our annual Lode Fete back in Financially, we always ensure Repeat Prescriptions: Please allow two full 11.00am from the surgery car park on June was one of the best. The weather that we have enough in the bank to working days between ordering and 13 and 25 September, 4 October, 8 and was kind to us and once again we had cover costs for next year’s collection. This also applies when you 20 November 2019. Do join Steve for a a good mixture of entertainment and entertainment and also have a small request repeat prescriptions on line, walk he would be delighted to see you. stalls for everyone to enjoy. buffer in case of emergencies (e.g. although currently the computer does not Walks from Anglesey Abbey continue on This year we invited The Strumsters totally rained off). We don’t raise an recognise non-working days when giving Thursdays at 10am from the reception (ukulele band) back for a second year enormous amount of money but the you your collection date, so please be aware area. and Cloud 9 , a local singing group, as committee have decided to give the of this. Next Meeting: Next meeting will be our musical guests. Hayley Jackson following donations to these village Missed Appointments: There are still too Thursday 26 September, 6.30pm at the from Mini Athletics kept all the children groups – many missed appointments, which could surgery. busy in the ring with races and she Lode Tennis Club £200 have been given to another patient needing Bottisham Patients’ Group also got teams together for the Tug o Lode Star Magazine £200 War. The Fun Dog Show was as Wednesday Coffee Morning £100 popular as ever with some different We also bought a sturdy gazebo this classes this year including ‘The dog year which is also available for anyone who looks most like their owner!’ Any community groups who would like to in the village to hire along with the Red 2Green News The Punch & Judy man did a great marquee. collect for us please contact us at job keeping the children and adults in Red2Green is a charity based in Swaffham So, well done to the committee for all [email protected] or call Liz Taylor at fits of laughter. Unfortunately, the Bulbeck and Bottisham. We support people their hard work and to everyone who 01223 811662 competitions for the tallest sunflower with learning disabilities or on the autistic supported the event. spectrum. We are also offering a cup of tea or coffee at and the best village photograph were the community café when you bring your old poorly supported, but the few who did Any ideas for entertainment or stalls, Green at Red2Green: In order to improve plant pots, so that we can re-use them. enter were all winners. help on the day or donations or prizes local sustainability, we are collecting crisp from local businesses for next year’s Green Fingers Needed Having moved to a Thanks to Jeff Kempster for running packets, baby food pouches and fete would be very gratefully received. new site last year in Bottisham Red2Green his Ping Pong Balls in a Jar game – it dishwashing, cleaning and fragrance flexible Let’s all ensure that this annual village have been developing their sensory garden, raised a whopping £56!! We really packaging (including household wipe event continues for many years to if you have gardening expertise and could need more of these types of stalls as packaging) for recycling through teracycle. come. All of these items can be dropped off at volunteer for a few hours a week please everyone really enjoys them as they Jackie Lince contact Liz on [email protected] or call either Harvey’s Barn, Park End or the don’t cost much but are good fun. But Treasurer - Lode Village Fete 01223 811662 Red2Green Community Café in Bottisham. we just don’t have the man power on C. 812227 [email protected] ɒɞɝɣɘɝɤɔɓ ɞɝ ɝɔɧɣ ɟɐɖɔ the day to run them – we have loads of ǤǘǑǞǛ ǩǟǥ ǣǟǠǘǙǕ ǧǙǜǣǟǞ ǖǟǢ ǤǘǕ ǠǘǟǤǟǣ LODE 14 STAR LODE 15 STAR LODE 16 STAR LODE 17 STAR MASTERS OF BOTTISHAM Bottisham Adult FLEMISH ART COMMUNITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Learning Association Art History Courses (BALA) at Swaffham Prior Village Hall on Sue Wills, Head of the Cambridgeshire Tuesdays or Wednesdays Library Service. spoke at our recent AGM in Are you retired from full time work 10 weeks: 24 or 25 September early July. She was most upbeat about the or free on Thursday mornings and to 3 or 4 December service. The County has 34 libraries of want to pursue educational and social interests? Jan Van Eyck stood at the head of various sizes, 10 community libraries, the artistic revolution in the 15C. His mobile libraries and has plans to build If so, this may be of interest to technique of oil painting resulted in three new libraries within the new you. pictures which have rarely been A magnificent culmination was reached housebuilding developments, which means As a consequence of withdrawal equalled for their in the 17C with Peter Paul Rubens and we have a very high national profile. of government funding for WEA jewel like brilliance Van Dyck - both had stellar careers Compare this with Essex County Council branches resulting in greatly and breath-taking and were giants of the Baroque age. who have plans to close all their libraries!! or increased fees, it has been naturalism. This The works of Rubens are of an they did until protesters and campaigners decided the Bottisham branch workmanship was unsurpassed vigour and vitality, reacted and the plan is on hold. WEA group will close. painted with a breadth and bravura continued by We have had another successful year, are A new group has been formed which took the potential of oil painting masters like financially stable and have ideas for events known as Bottisham Adult to new heights. Memling in Bruges, at the library. Learning Association (BALA). We Van der Weyden in For more information or to enrol, On 12 October we have Mark Wells will meet on Thursdays (term time Brussels and Hugo email the tutor: coming to help youngsters 8-12 years tackle only) from 10.00-11.45am in the van der Goes in [email protected] the Riddle of the White Sphinx (a Sports and Social Club in Ghent whilst in the 16C, Bosch and Cambridge Museum treasure hunt) first of a Downing Close Bottisham. Brueghel were the leading lights but series of adventure stories where readers far more individualist. It will be a continuation of WEA in follow in the footsteps of the characters to a more relaxed way. find clues, decipher codes and discover a secret artefact hidden somewhere in their The tutor for the Autumn Term (beginning 3 October) will be Lode On-Line Archive http://lode.ccan.co.uk/ city. Ros Connolly and the ten week On Friday 15 November we shall be The photo competition at this year’s course will be ‘ London through Coral Hatley [email protected] holding a book signing with cheese and fete brought this gem to light. Literature ’. nibbles with Clare Wilkes, a Bottisham The fee for the course will be £45 Taken in September 1969 it library user who has written a biography of a shows Michael Darling, Peter respected Chemistry Professor from plus an initial fee of £5. Rayment and Andrew Taylor on Nottingham University ‘Framed by a We do hope for the continuing a cultivator. Smoking Gun: the explosive life of Colonel support of our regulars and Fifty years ago, before the B D Shaw’ See the Amazon website. welcome new members. arrival of play areas, all farm There will be more details of these in the Helen Cole machinery was designed to next magazines. For further info and enrolment double up as play equipment The well supported Lego Club has got off to please contact Ann Meade and this provided endless hours [email protected] a flying start and the next dates are of fun for village children when th st Saturday 7 and 21 September. The left to stand in fields for popular Story and Rhyme time for younger sometimes years on end (the th children is on Saturday 14 . All these events machinery, not the children). are at 10.30 in the Library. Thanks to Jane Brand for Sylvia Overton 811792 sharing this.
LODE 18 STAR LODE 19 STAR down as the holes drilled into the Wicken Fen boxes and the soot door have done News and Events — September 2019 Swift Situation the job of providing ventilation Gone but not forgotten, perfectly well. September is a month of wildlife We’re also offering a free Sunday Fledged and already far away. So, two more swifts added to the Lode change: summer birds are off on Walk on 15 September from 10:00- population, hopefully lots more in the The two eggs hatched as predicted on their southerly travels, gathering to 11:30am. Meet in the Visitor future when all six nests are taken by 27 and 29 June, then the parent swifts spend the last days of summer Centre for a steady 3 to 4 mile walk these beautiful birds in my little yellow lead by a ranger, for some gentle cared for the chicks, successfully bungalow in Northfields; but an even feeding up on insects before their rearing them and they fledged on 7 and bigger colony hopefully to come to this long journey. We’ll also start to exercise in the wider reserve. Why 10 August (the latter being a risky day end of the village as the boxes put up see returning winter visitors later in not come along and use this as a to fly for the very first time as it was by my dad (Brian Day) were the month. Widgeon could be training walk for our Walk for extremely windy). thoroughly investigated by about six around the wet areas of the fen, Wicken challenge on Sunday 13 Thankfully we had no dramas this time, swifts, one going in regularly to roost and fieldfare and redwing may be October? You can choose either a the summer was nowhere near as hot overnight, meaning it may come back feeding on the early berries of 7.5km or 12.5km route and help us or prolonged as last year, therefore no next year to have it's own buckthorn and hawthorn. raise money for our Eyes over the chicks falling out of the nest and no chicks, fingers crossed. Fen project – see http://bit.ly/ opening of boxes to cool the nests Our cutting management of the Christina Day 07930 444 766 Sedge Fen is now well underway, walkforwickenfen for more and the Fen Harvester will be seen information. Transport for People and Planet: most days either cutting There’s a lot more information An opportunity to have your say compartments of the Sedge Fen about Wicken Fen and our events Our villages of Bottisham, Brinkley, Burwell, Drop in to our open meetings: behind the Visitor Centre, or the on our website, go to https:// sections alongside the droves. It’s www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wicken- Lode with Longmeadow, Reach, Stow-cum- Lode Quy, Swaffham Bulbeck, Swaffham Prior Sunday 29 September 3pm-4pm exciting that we’ll be able to fen and Westley Waterless have been let down The Fassage Hall, Lode complete the cutting for the second and left behind, leaving us with inadequate year this year; the regular cuts FǕǞ HǑǢǦǕǣǤǕǢ ǑǞǔ ǧǙǞǔ ǠǥǝǠ public transport. Bottisham Tuesday 17 September 5:30pm - ensure that the fen plant ǒǩ LǥǛǕ UǞǔǕǢǧǟǟǔ At key times of the evening and weekends 8:30pm, Community Sports and Social communities will thrive and a there is no service at all. Club, Downing Close, Bottisham healthy bird population is This is not good enough. Our communities Swaffham Prior sustained. should have an effective public transport Monday 30 September 7pm-9pm Our Cycling Festival takes place system that serves the people and the Swaffham Prior Village Hall, throughout the month of environment. At the very least, the number 11 September. We’re part of the bus should run until late so that people can get Six Mile Bottom home from Cambridge. This is not possible for Thurs 26 September 7pm-8:30pm Cambridge Festival of Cycling, students returning later from college or for those SMB Sports and Social Club, encouraging people to enjoy who work shifts out of standard office hours. Delamere Close, Six Mile Bottom, cycling in Cambridge and the Nobody in our communities can catch a bus Burwell surrounding areas. We’ve got a home from town after an evening out, or travel Friday 4 October 6pm-8pm new cycling trail to Tubney Fen for by public transport on a Sunday. Mandeville Hall, Tan House Lane people to follow, and have a Share your ideas (Off Reach Road), Burwell special offer with cycle hire for Do you have ideas about what our transport Transport for People and Planet is a September too; see http://bit.ly/ should look like? Do you want to get involved community campaign started up by WickenFenbikefest for more with our campaign? members of the local Labour Party but information. [email protected] open to everyone.
LODE 20 STAR LODE 21 STAR SUMMER UPDATE Village Praise We have been thrilled over the past year to meet together at our Village Praise Each month, gatherings with friends from all of our local apart from churches, from churches further afield, and Suitable items for the August, I have brought news of the friends with no particular church Food Bank are: wide variety of missions for which our connection; and we are excited as we tomatoes; rice pudding. crews are tasked. Tins – anticipate the year ahead. Some of you Jars – pasta sauce; jam or are now ‘regulars’ at Village Praise, and On one of the hottest days one such other spreads; instant coffee happened at a farm near Newmarket we look forward to making more friends in when some irrigation kit exploded the coming year! (small). Ordinary tea bags (40s or exposing Jonathan’s lung and severely Everyone is welcome, whether you are a damaging his leg. A service of hymns, readings, and regular church goer or not ... Come and 80s). His colleague Tim applied first aid and stories of how faith and life see what it’s all about! 1 litre packs – Long life milk; fruit juice. at 15:29 called 999 in response to connect, followed by tea, coffee Our next Village Praise will be on which, at 15:45, Anglia Two was and cakes. Sunday 6 October from 5.30 to 6.30pm Sugar – 500gm packs pre- despatched from Cambridge. For more details contact: with refreshments afterwards if you wish to ferred (or 1kg). Sheltering from the sun under a tree, Rev. Alan Brand C.812558 stay and chat. We are looking forward to Cooking oil – 500ml preferred Jonathan and Tim were located at [email protected] or meeting this time in St. James’ Church – (or 1 litre) 16:08 – Dr Ed Gold and Critical Care Rev. Sue Giles so please note the change of venue. Paramedics Liam and Chris dealt with [email protected] This time our theme will be ‘Harvest’, and we invite you to bring donations for our the wounds and, sedated; Jonathan If transport is required call: local Food Bank, or an offering towards a local charity serving vulnerable people was flown to Addenbrooke's for blood 07553 151 585 in our area. Peter Wells transfusion and eleven hours of Join together with people from our surgery! villages (Bottisham, Lode, The RENEW Services for September 2019 Astonishingly Jonathan survived and, Swaffhams, Quy, The Wilbrahams). in March, CCP Liam and Pilot Elliot You may worship elsewhere on a Sunday Morning worship is held at Bottisham Primary School were amazed to see him walk into the Sunday morning, join us for The services begin at 10.30 am Crew Room, his self determination, Croissants and drinks are available from 10.10 am. therapy and counselling all having Village Praise no strings attached The services begin at 10.30 am contributed to his recovery. He is now Everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you. a true ambassador for EAAA giving We have activity groups for children and young people talks and presentations about his Donations welcome for local experience. foodbank or cash donations for For more information about any of the activities of RENEW please contact: Rev. Alan Brand on C.812558. Email: [email protected] Another ‘job well done’ and example of local charity working with the Or visit our website at www.renewchurch.org.uk the vital life-saving importance of vulnerable in our area. intervention within the ‘golden hour’ If you have to have a serious incident, East Anglia seems to be the area in which to have it! Massive Autumn Jumble Sale So, please do continue to support this crucial life-saving work in whatever ways you can – donations, playing the EAAA weekly lottery or setting aside a bequest Saturday 12 October in your will. Oh, and before I close – we could use more help in a variety of ways St James’ Church, From 2-4pm so why not join in this extremely rewarding work. Michael White Entrance £1 for adults, children free [email protected] www.eaaa.org.uk Teas and home-made cake also available There is a car park opposite the church
LODE 22 STAR LODE 23 STAR Teams of up to six people, 7.00pm for Lode Tennis Club 7.30pm start. The contributions we ask Some Basic Physics behind Global Warming are £8 each. Contact Jeff on 812194 I expect many people The answer in grams is: Coal : 360g, Oil: We had a lovely Open Day on Sunday, or John on 812227 to book a place for are perplexed about 240g, Gas: 180g. This demonstrates how 11 August. There a bit of social tennis, you or your team. carbon emissions, much worse burning coal is compared to oil a lot of chatting, followed by a Don’t forget you can get all the latest global warming and and gas. 1 kWh is the available energy in the barbecue at Sally and Will’s house. news, contact other Tennis Club climate change and fuel, not the useful amount obtained using The next event this year is our Annual members, and get information about what they can do about it. The problem is boilers, engines and turbines, which can be General Meeting on 3 September and the club, by visiting our website at that the TV and papers don't explain things far less. that is rapidly followed by our fun Quiz http://www.lodetennis.net in terms of basic physics. Here are some Burning wood produces even more carbon Night with a twist on 28 September. Jeff Kempster explanations that might help to clarify things: dioxide than coal (450g per kWh) and is only We would love to see you at either of Chairman 01223 812194 How fast is carbon dioxide in the sustainable if it is immediately compensated these occasion, but in particular, we Q1 atmosphere rising? by other wood growing locally which is need you to get some friends and/or When coal, oil and gas are burned, the putting on weight at the same rate. This is family together to make a team of six carbon contained in them combines with very difficult to be sure about. for the Quiz Night! The 23rd Annual General Meeting of the oxygen in the air to produce heat and about Why does carbon dioxide cause If you have anything that you think Lode Tennis Club two to three times the original weight of the Q3 global warming? should be discussed at the AGM fuel in the form of carbon dioxide. The will be held at 7.30pm at All gases absorb heat and light passing please let me know as soon as carbon that was once stored below ground through them to some extent. The possible so that I can add it to the 22 Abbey Lane Lode, on for millions of years immediately enters the 3 September 2019 atmosphere is most transparent to the light Agenda. atmosphere via chimneys and exhausts. coming from the sun in the spectrum of 3 September 2019 - Agenda There are also some emissions that are due colours between red and violet, and our eyes to other processes such as farming, building have evolved to see this range. However, Annual General Meeting - This year at 1. Election of the Committee of and deforestation. the sun emits infrared and ultraviolet energy Sally and Will’s house (22 Abbey Management and the officers Lane) at 7.30pm. Items for the About 6 tonnes of carbon dioxide are as well. Agenda to Jeff Kempster please. 2. Matters arising from the released into the atmosphere per world Because the planet is much cooler than the Extract from Chairman’s Report - “The minutes of the Annual General citizen per year. There are about 7.7 billion sun, it mainly re-radiates infrared into space clubs finances are healthy, and we are Meeting held on 11 September people in the world and the atmosphere to get rid of the heat from the sun and settles hoping to obtain grants this year to 2018 weighs about 5.2 million billion tonnes. A at a particular temperature to do this. simple calculation shows that the increase in enable us to replace the court fencing 3. To amend to constitution to It is mostly the water vapour in the air that over this winter. Watch this space. include a new officer position of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is about 9 parts per million per year by weight (or about stops the planet from settling at a far lower Details of this new fencing (complete IT Administrator, and to elect 6 parts by volume). Some of this gets freezing temperature, and it rising and falling with a practice wall) can be seen here: someone to that position absorbed by the land, trees, vegetation and dramatically during the day and night, as it http://www.tenniscourtsuk.co.uk/ does on the moon. This is appreciated by gallery.html “ 4. To receive the Treasurer’s the seas, but it does take decades or Report centuries. the fact that clear skies give cool nights, The full report can be seen in last whereas cloudy ones are warmer. To set membership fees for the Before coal, oil and gas were intensively month’s Lode Star. 5. Adding carbon dioxide will increase the forthcoming year burned, the concentration of carbon dioxide 28 September 2019 in the atmosphere stood at about 280 parts temperature that the planet settles at, since Quiz Night with a twist. This will be 6. Any other business per million by volume. It is now about 410 carbon dioxide is good at absorbing infrared. held at Bottisham Sports and Social and it is easy to see why. The temperature has risen by about one Club, and questions for each round will degree Celsius over the last century or so, How much carbon dioxide is but is now rising faster. be set by different people, so there will Q2 produced by each fuel when be some very different topics! There is burned to produce the same amount of Why does it matter? a fully licensed bar and we provide a energy, say a thousand Watts for an hour Q4 A higher temperature will cause sumptuous ploughman’s supper. (kWh)? greater atmospheric turbulence. This will mean more frequent and intense floods, ɒɞɝɣɘɝɤɔɓ ɞɝ ɝɔɧɣ ɟɐɖɔ LODE 24 STAR LODE 25 STAR droughts, storms, sea surges and heat CAMBRIDGESHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE waves. Higher temperatures will cause As the autumn months approach ice on land to melt and enter the sea, and Bottisham and temperatures drop, we think the sea will expand in volume because it Village College about using our fires, burners and Wood/Multi-Fuel Burners should be is hotter. Both will cause the seas to rise. chimneys again to warm our homes. installed by qualified and competent Climates will change and plant life, engineers – regular maintenance Adult Learning 83% of chimney fires in animals and people will migrate or die. should be undertaken to prolong the Cambridgeshire occurred between Low level islands and settlements near working life of the appliance. Specialist Are you interested in learning September 2018 and seas and estuaries may become servicing and main- something new? March 2019, the highest uninhabitable. To make things worse Have your chimney tenance will usually be Our full range of courses for the number (44) recorded here, East Anglia is also gradually tilting provided by the Autumn term is now available and during the coldest swept at least downwards. company from which you can book a course at any time months. once a year - more Haven't there always been ice you purchase it. Refer by visiting our website Now is the perfect time frequently if you Q5 ages and warmer periods www.bottishamvc.org/adultlearning burn wood. to www.solidfuel.co.uk between them? to clean out your for advice and New Courses Include: chimney. Follow our ‘top information. Yes, but these were caused by changes tips’ below to ensure your home is kept Just Look Up! Ensure that adequate ventilation is in the motion of the earth around the sun. safe and warm all year round. (Astronomy for Beginners) available when the appliance is in The orbit of the earth is slightly elliptical Mindfulness and More and the path itself rotates very gradually. Chimneys and Fires use. Spanish - Beginners √ This means that the northern and Tango Salon - Beginners Have your chimney swept at least Wood burning appliances should use southern hemispheres get variable What is Art? (Contemporary once a year - more frequently if you only the right quality, well-seasoned heating. Currently, the northern Art theory) burn wood. wood recommended by the supplier - hemisphere is tilted away from the sun We have lots of new Cookery courses √ Avoid burning resinous woods that avoid wet or newly felled wood as this when the earth is closest to the sun in including: quickly build up soot - burn only will cause tars and deposits to form in January. Brunch, Mexican, Italian, Indian fuels suitable for your burner (eg. the appliance and in the chimney. The axis of the earth also wobbles and never burn anything other than Using laminated chip boards will leave If you missed out on your binding glue deposits. also the amount of its tilt, so the seasons Maths GCSE you may be eligible for a wood in a wood burner). are more, or less, extreme in the two fully funded place on our one year √ Do not overload the grate/ For each slow burning period there hemispheres. However, these effects should follow a quick burn to dry out evening course – come to our appliance. Do not bank fires too occur in separate cycles over tens of unwanted deposits and to warm up the Assessment Evening on high and remember to let them burn thousands of years and are not chimney again. At the end of each Tuesday 10 September at 6.30pm out well before going to bed. responsible for what has happened burning session, and at least once √ Check the hearth, floor and recently. If you want to find out more about a during the season, the entire system There have been some slight changes in course before booking, come along to furnishings near the fire for hot should be cooled and thoroughly sparks/embers. world temperatures over the past meet the tutors at our cleaned to maintain top performance. thousand years. Perhaps these were due Open Evening: √ Do not place objects on or over the Most importantly - fit a smoke alarm to deforestation and later re-absorption of Thursday, 12 September mantelpiece which may cause you that carries the kite mark or British carbon dioxide, or slight changes in the 7.30 – 8.30 pm to stand too close to the fire in order Standard number 5446 - test it sun's activity. Our full range of courses is to reach them. weekly by pressing the test button . However, these changes were not as fast available on our website: √ Use a fire/spark guard to prevent Always fit a CO (the silent killer) alarm or as much as the temperature increase www.bottishamvc.org/adultlearning accidental fires and make sure it has in the room where the burner is that has happened recently. Tel: 01223 811372 email: the Kite Mark or conforms to British/ installed. The next article will cover what can be [email protected] European standards. For the latest news and safety advice, or to contact us; log on to https:// done about it. Facebook : √ Inspect your chimney breast, www.cambsfire.gov.uk Sign up to Robert Stevens BottishamAdultCommunityLearning particularly the roof space. Make email alerts. or Twitter : @CommunityEdBott sure it is sound and that sparks/ Michael White fumes cannot escape through LODE 26 STAR cracks or broken bricks. LODE 27 STAR St James’ Pop-Up Café Village Freecycle St James’ Church last Summer Café will be If you have any offers or wants, please contact open from 3pm – 5pm Sunday 22 September me by the 14 th of each month by phone 01223 813362 or 07980 423 210, Why not pop in for a e-mail ( [email protected] ) or drop chat, with tea and cake a note through the letter box (23 Longmeadow). Please let me know if you would like anything repeating in subsequent issues. Everything is ǠǜǕǑǣǕ ǢǕǝǕǝǒǕǢ ǩǟǥ ǑǢǕ ǧǕǜǓǟǝǕ Ǥǟ Dial 101 ǠǟǠ ǙǞ ǑǤ ǑǞǩ ǤǙǝǕ – ǤǘǕ ǒǥǙǜǔǙǞǗ Ǚǣ ǟǠǕǞ free and nothing is expected in return. Please ǔǥǢǙǞǗ ǔǑǩǜǙǗǘǤ ǘǟǥǢǣ. do not contact the offers before the first of the month to make it a little fairer for everyone. Offers Harvest Supper • Easy Home 2000w Garment Steamer (still boxed. Never used, have original receipt); Lode PCC regrets to Red Leather swivel armchair recliner and Harvest Festival inform you that there stool won't be a Harvest Theresa 01223 813222 or 07764 928168 14 & 15 September Supper in Lode this • year. One large plastic composting bin. Come and see the church filled Lesley 01223 812901 (Evenings) with floral displays We are a very small • to celebrate Harvest team that prepared the Dog crate: base 20”x30”. food and set up for it. Bridget 07889153370 Saturday 14 September We are not all going to Wants Op be available on that day • Garden Storage seat or cupboard needed 10.00 – 5.00p and I can't be sure of my (plastic or wood). I am sorry to say, but I have Fl P D pl y health following my short no transport, so would you be willing to bring stay in hospital. it to me? I do hope so. [email protected] Theresa 01223 813222 or 07764 928168 Hopefully you will still • Sunday 15 September 5.00pm join us for the service at Wire hanging baskets. Fibre (not plastic!) wall All Age Harvest Service 5pm. We will serve tea plugs (rawlplugs), sizes no.8 or no.10. Op 10.00 - 5.00p and coffee after the Bob or Nicky 01223 813592 Fl P D pl y service. • Your old light fittings, brown Bakelite Julie Sale switches, iron conduit and switches, bulb Churchwarden holders and holders. Sheets and bits of Bakelite. Postcard rack (carousel if possible) Want to see the George 07895 064727 photos in colour? (For an idea of what George is gathering these Want to click directly for, please see http://georgetrapp.co.uk/ on to a hyperlink in the georgetrapplamps.html ) magazine? Go to www.lode.org.uk to view all the Lode Star magazines since January 2014 Susan has a copy of the complete Martyn Lord ...... 812644 back catalogue for reference 999
LODE 28 STAR LODE 29 STAR Today MU is a Christian Mission organisation based on prayer and ST. JAMES' CHURCH LODE with LONGMEADOW AǞǗǜǕǣǕǩ BǕǞǕǖǙǓǕ action – working with people of all faiths and none. Vicar: Rev'd Sue Giles, C.812726 [email protected]
At our June meeting , Helen Banyard, In July Kerry Briggs, a volunteer with Churchwarden: Julie Sale, C.811222 [email protected] Mothers’ Union Praying Our Faith Co- Service by Emergency Response http://angleseygroupparishes.co.uk/ ordinator came to speak to us about Volunteers Suffolk and Cambridge- For funerals please contact the vicar directly. For weddings and baptisms MULOA ( Mothers’ Union Listening, shire was our guest speaker. Observing and Acting ). The aim please contact: [email protected] SERVSC provides an essential free-of being for the Mothers’ Union to work charge service to five NHS hospitals in The ANGLESEY GROUP OF PARISHES comprises: globally to listen to each other, to the Holy Trinity Bottisham (ǒǟǤ) , St Mary’s Quy (ǡǥǩ) , Quy Village Hall ( ǡǥǩ*) the region by transporting blood, blood people we serve and to partners, so St James’ Lode (ǜǟǔǕ) , St Mary’s Swaffham Bulbeck (ǒǥǜ) and St Mary’s Swaffham Prior (ǠǢǙ) products, breast milk and samples for You are welcome to attend services anywhere in the benefice. we can co-create the future together. toxicology 365 nights of the year and The Mothers’ Union is a charity with all day at weekends and Bank 4,000,000 members world-wide and ǣǤ ǚǑǝǕǣ’ ǜǟǔǕ Holidays. It also makes deliveries to SERVICES IN THE ANGLESEY BENEFICE ǣǕǠǤǕǝǒǕǢ was founded by Mary Sumner in 1876 the MAGPAS Air Ambulance. when she was a grandmother. IN SEPTEMBER Transportation of products is usually ǧǕǔǞǕǣǔǑǩ CHURCH Today among some of the projects by motorcycle, but on occasions cars 4th ǒǟǤ 8.00pm Compline by Candlelight CLEANING (short meditative service) you can undertake, whatever your age are used especially in adverse ǣǥǞǔǑǩǣ 9am to 10am or situation, is supporting areas of weather conditions. SERVSC was 1st ǒǥǜ 8.00am Holy Communion BCP Saturday local need such as Women’s launched in May 2011, and has ǡǥǩ* 9.30am Village Worship 7 September Refuges – appeals for items; AFIA carried out more than 5,000 delivery ǒǥǜ 9.30am Morning Service ǒǟǤ 11.00am Holy Communion CW1 BRASSES providing holidays/breaks for families runs, saving the NHS approx. Sue Kempster under stress and many more. £300.000. 8th ǒǥǜ 9.30am Holy Communion CW1 One of the latest outreach projects in Kerry told us about his own personal ǜǟǔǕ 11.00am Family Holy Communion FLOWERS the Ely Diocese is the Wisbech Family decision to become a volunteer over 15th ǒǟǤ 8.00am Holy Communion BCP 1-8 September four years ago. Wanting to give ǡǥǩ 9.30am Holy Communion CW1 Jean Coxall Project. In 2017 Mothers’ Union 15 September Family Worker Sue Squires Dutton something to the community and ǠǢǙ 11.00am Harvest Festival Family Service ǜǟǔǕ 5.00Ǡǝ All Age Harvest Festival Service Harvest Festival started working in the North Ward helping others in time of need. He is 22-29 September 22nd ǜǟǔǕ 9.30am Children’s Church (Waterlees) Wisbech. The aim to now proud to be a member of a team Janet Amps of circa 100 dedicated volunteers. ǠǢǙ 11.00am Holy Communion CW1T provide support, encouragement and ǡǥǩ 5.00pm Harvest Festival & Supper companionship for families in the most Each volunteer receives training to 29th ǒǥǜ 9.30am Morning Service challenged and underprivileged part of advance driving standard, and is Saturday ǒǟǤ 11.00am Holy Communion CW1 7 September the diocese. This has been a very allocated a designated area of ǠǢǙ 6.00pm Evensong E&OE successful project, supported by MU transportation, Kerry’s being between Coffee + fundraising. Bury St. Edmunds and Marks Tey. Conversation the government nor the NHS and therefore relies entirely on Anglesey Abbey Prayer (personal and in groups) can Each night seven riders/drivers are generous donations, such as sponsorship from local Café, 10.15am be powerful support for those available for duty and usually receive businesses, public donations and the dedication of their especially subjected to modern day two to seven calls. In addition, a duty volunteers who use their own vehicles and fuel to provide this Sunday slavery and human trafficking (there controller takes the telephone calls vital service. Further information is available on the website 8 September are more than 136,000 potential from hospitals and organise the duty victims in the UK); marriage and https://servsc.org.uk/about Film Church , volunteers to deliver products to St James’ Lode parenting support; prison workers - where they are needed. Our meetings usually take place on the third Thursday of the prayer for MU visitors and those month in Lode Chapel at 2.30pm. 5.30-7pm for Very recently SERVSC has received involved with parenting courses and Year 6 and The Queen’s Award for Voluntary At our next meeting on 19 September we will be looking at assisting the chaplain. above: food, film, Service. No funding is received from our Theme for 2019 ‘Listen, Observe, Act – in Step with tuck, games God’ . You are most welcome to come and join us. ɒɞɝɣɘɝɤɔɓ ɞɝ ɝɔɧɣ ɟɐɖɔ
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Monday to Friday 8.30-18.00 (10.00-18..00 Dispensary) Saturday CLOSED WASTE & RECYCLING When Surgery is closed please ring ...... 111 BROUGHTON HALL ...... In an emergency: 999 or Swannell 811584 SEPTEMBER / OCT CAMBRIDGESHIRE POLICE ...... Emergency 999 Non-Emergency www.cambs.police.uk ...... 101 Village—Thursdays Box—Refuse & Blue lid Annie Austin (Police, PCSO, Ely - South Villages) ...... 101 No box—Refuse & Green lid ...... [email protected] ...... [email protected] 5 12 19 26 3 Crimestoppers ...... 0800 555 111 LODE PARISH COUNCIL Chairman: Robert Stevens...... 811643 Clerk: Jonathan Giles [email protected] .07789 012 761 Environment Agency incident ST. JAMES' CHURCH, LODE Churchwarden: Julie Sale ...... 811222 hotline (river) .... 0800 80 70 60 LODE CHAPEL Alan Brand [email protected] ...... 812558 ST PHILIP HOWARD CATHOLIC CHURCH, Cherry Hinton ...... 211235 http://www.nhs.uk LODE SHOP & POST OFFICE ...... 811927 FASSAGE HALL Bookings - Julie Sale [email protected] 811222 www.patient.co.uk THE SHED, Pub & Restaurant [email protected] 812425 1st Bottisham RAINBOWS/Bottisham BROWNIES ...... 811055 MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT: Lucy Frazer ...... 020 7219 3000 ...... [email protected] CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Shire Hall ...... 0345 045 5200 County Councillor Mathew Shuter ...... 01638 508729 999 EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL ...... 01353 665555 ...... www.eastcambs.gov.uk/waste/collection-calendars District Councillor Charlotte Cane ...... 07976 607512 District Councillor John Trapp ...... 812120 SANCTUARY HEREWARD HOUSING ...... 0800 131 3348 BOTTISHAM SCOUT HUT for hire ...... [email protected] BOTTISHAM VILLAGE COLLEGE ...... 811250 BOTTISHAM VILLAGE COLLEGE Adult Learning ...... 811372 BOTTISHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL ...... 811235 MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE SWAFFHAM BULBECK PRIMARY SCHOOL ...... 811595 Second Wednesday BOTTISHAM COMMUNITY LIBRARY ...... 812354 Longmeadow 2.10 - 2.35 pm NATIONWIDE RAIL TIMES ...... 08457 48 49 50 Northfields 2.40 - 3.15 pm TRAVELINE (Local transport information) ...... 0871 200 22 33 Lode Post Office 3.20 - 3.50 pm STAGECOACH CAMBUS CUSTOMER SERVICES ...... 423578 Renewals/Enq: 0345 045 5225 www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/library
0800 77 66 00 ǘǕǜǠǜǙǞǕ talktofrank.com 116 123 (ǖǢǕǕ) Friendly, confidential Gas ...... 0800 111999 drugs advice ǙǞ ǓǟǞǖǙǔǕǞǓǕ Anglian Water ...... 08457 145145 [email protected] Electricity ...... 0800 783 8838 ROUTE 11 BUS SERVICE + = Serves Lode Church <=5 mins, >=10 mins later on Saturday # = leaves Lode Church 4 mins earlier than time stated From LODE x-roads to CAMBRIDGE From CAMBRIDGE to LODE x-roads Monday to Saturday Monday to Saturday 0642<, 0707>, 0749, 0936, 1036+#, 1136, 0650, 0750, 0850+, 0950, 1050+, 1150, 1250+, 1236+#, 1336, 1432+#, 1536, 1636, 1736, 1836 1350, 1450+, 1550, 1715+, 1815, 1915 Longmeadow bus shelter: Up to 4 mins earlier than these times
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