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9 I have a strange looking patch in my mouth, could it be mouth cancer? Mouth cancer or Oral cancer is the 8th most common cancer in the world and is where a tumour develops anywhere on the inside of your mouth. Anyone can develop oral cancer even if they have no teeth. What to look for • Red or white patches on the inside of the mouth including the tongue or lip (they may be raised but they could also be flat) • An ulcer that does not hurt or has been there for over two weeks • A lump inside the mouth, tongue or lip, but could also be near the neck. It is advisable to visit your dentist if you are concerned about having any of these symptoms, it is always better to have it checked than to leave it.

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14 www.mlggazettes.co.uk Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 Community News commemorative certificate. All profits from the Fun Run will go to the Countess of Brecknock and the ‘I Can’ Therapy Centre in Andover. Starting at Anton House, the route will take you through Marlborough Street Car Park, Chantry Street, West Street, Bridge Street, The High Street back to Anton House. There will be Marshals at key points to guide you. TVBC have given permission for road closures. The route is easy going and suitable for all abilities. You will be given a Santa Suit. These will be available for collection from the Riverside Bowl reception at 22- 30 Bridge Street, Andover prior to the event. All You can register on our website https:// suits must be collected by Thursday 7th December (no suits will be issued after www.valleyleisure.co.uk/santa-fun-run/ this date). That way you can arrive at Bookings are only available online and the start of the run already dressed as the last booking date available would be Santa with minimum fuss. Sunday 3rd December.

Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 15 Community News Top winter walks and glorious views in Hampshire revealed by The National Trust From Boxing Day 2017 to February 2018 A winter walk after Christmas provides the perfect antidote to all that time spent indoors over the festive holiday season. To help, the National Trust has revealed its top walks and winter views, chosen by our rangers in Hampshire to blow away the festive cobwebs and walk off that Christmas excess. Whether rambling through wild New Forest heaths, along the blustery ridges of Hampshire downland, or through a frost-rimmed garden, you’ll find beautiful views to drink in. With the help of National Trust members, supporters and volunteers, the conservation charity looks after some of London and the South East’s most beautiful countryside and coastline. The National Trust offers access to extraordinary outdoor places so people can get up close to nature and wildlife and are moved to help the Trust look after them. Here are some of the best walking trails and events in Hampshire to give you a spring in your step during the cold winter months: HINTON AMPNER more information visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ Guided and downloadable walks hinton-amper or call 01962 771305 With its far-reaching South Downs views, Hinton THE VYNE, nr Basingstoke Ampner is a great place to shake off the post- Wildlife- and history-rich trails Christmas ‘fuzz’. The ancient parkland and magnificent Cross The Vyne’s expanse of north lawn, away from beech woodland are easy to navigate using our the mansion, and you’ll come across a footpath downloadable trails – there are four to download or leading to a dramatic winter landscape. At this time you can collect one when you arrive. If you don’t fancy of year, The Vyne’s wetlands are eerily beautiful, a going it alone, join one of our guided walks. Hinton low-lying morning mist often cloaking the marshy Ampner’s knowledgeable head gardener will take you grassland that surrounds the water, visited by exotic on a four mile stroll across this beautiful landscape, wildlife, which you can enjoy from our cosy bird hide. and there’s hot drinks plus biscuits for all walkers. You might catch a glimpse of a water vole too. Dogs very welcome. In the gardens you’ll find clusters of snowdrops. The Vyne’s estate is criss-crossed with waymarked Guided walks: 27 December and 1 January, 1 – 3pm, routes, taking in fields, woods and the wetlands, but £10 each, book on 0344 249 1895 we’ve also got an easy downloadable woodland walk, which is a very pretty experience in winter. Taking in archaeological remnants from The Vyne’s medieval and Second World War past, you’ll also discover newly restored historic views across the lake to the mansion. For a winter challenge, set out on an adventure with The Vyne’s free geocaching trail using the OpenCaching app on your smart phone. Last chance to experience views from the rooftop walkway If you’re up to another 70-odd steps when you return, take the route up to The Vyne’s exhilarating rooftop walkway. It’s only open until the end of January 2018 Hinton Ampner parkland on a winter morning and you’ll be rewarded with huge views across the (© National Trust Images) roof as it’s being repaired, and over the wider estate. Warming treats There’s a lift option if you don’t fancy the stairs. Hinton’s cafe and shop are open every day except Winter treats 24 and 25 December (house closed), so after your After your walk, nip into the Brewhouse tea-room for walk you can tuck into a hearty one pot lunch with warming savoury and sweet treats. The gift shop is vegetables from the walled garden, or a delicious also open, and stocks locally sourced gifts alongside home-baked cake. In the shop you’ll find plenty of others, including freshly ground flour from the Trust’s gifts including plants grown right here in the gardens, Winchester City Mill. so you can take a little piece of Hinton Ampner home with you. The tea-room, shop and house (ground floor only) are open every day except 24 and 25 December. Visit The tea-room, shop and wider estate are open every www.nationaltrust.org.uk/vyne or call 01256 883858 day except 24 and 25 December. House closed. For for further details.

16 www.mlggazettes.co.uk Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 Community News MOTTISFONT, nr Romsey a warming seasonal meal, or the Coach House Café Historic estate walks for lighter bites. Mottisfont’s large gift shop and the This former 13th-century priory sits in 1,600 acres of second hand book shop are open too, so there’s plenty garden, woods and meadows. Enjoy Mottisfont at your to browse through and look at. own pace and choose from several downloadable Garden, shop, café, house and grounds: open walks, including the six mile estate walk, taking in every day except 24 and 25 December. Visit www. historic farmland, 400 year old woodland and the nationaltrust.org.uk/mottisfont or call 01794 340757 crystal clear waters of the famous river Test. It’s the for more information. perfect way to see some of Hampshire's stunning countryside glistening in the winter frost. Download NEW FOREST NORTHERN COMMONS the walk at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mottisfont. Wild walks and panoramic views For those wanting to stretch their legs further afield, the beautiful wilderness of the New Forest Northern Commons offer adventure seekers an inspirational landscape, with gently worn paths through heathland, woodland, mire and grassland. Conservation work at Half Moon common has opened up some breathtaking views and created a vast sense of space. Wild landscapes and spectacular vistas can also be enjoyed at Rockford, Ibsley and Hale Purlieu commons. We’ve got three downloadable walks to choose from, all with splendid viewpoints. One of the best is at the concrete trig point just past Whitefield plantation, on our Huff Duff walk across Ibsley common. From there, you’ll see the undulating chalk grassland of Martin Down and Cranborne Chase, and the pretty Ringwood church of St Peter and St Paul. On a clear day, you can even spot the chalk ridgeways of Purbeck in Dorset. Mottisfont, Winter Garden (© National Trust Images) Visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/newforest or call 01425 Winter delights in the garden 650035 to find out more about the New Forest. 16,000 snowdrop bulbs have been newly planted STOCKBRIDGE DOWN at Mottisfont to create a wonderful snowy show for Walking through history to huge views early 2018. The snowdrop clusters can be found near You’ll be buffeted by winter winds as you make the start of the river walk to complement the existing your way up collection. A new woodchip path winds through the Stockbridge bulbs, to allow visitors maximum enjoyment of this Down, but it’s beautiful winter scene. worth it, for Mottisfont’s winter garden has matured into a the knowledge beautiful and unique landscape, full of horticultural that you’re treasures. Stroll along paths through winter-flowering walking through shrubs and perennials, rich in colour and scent. There's a gateway into brilliantly coloured bark from dogwood and silvery a very ancient ornamental bramble, while berries, fruit and late- and past. Our early-flowering perennials also provide colour during downloadable the shortest days of the year. Gullies of foliage plants walk takes you appear to wind through the banks of willow like water over ancient and spill into the stream, and as winter continues, Bronze Age the garden becomes a refuge for other late flowering burial mounds shrubs such as hellebores, mahonia, sweet-smelling to 3,000 year Frosty countryside old Woolbury Ring winter honeysuckle and daphne. (© National Trust Images) Around the grounds you’ll also spot beautiful artists’ fort and ramparts installations, emphasising the natural winter colours, at the very top of the hill. From there, you can take and which are part of our All the Colours of Christmas in vast expanses of the Hampshire countryside, and trail. This theme continues inside the house (until Wiltshire’s famous Salisbury Plain. 2 January) where each show room is dressed with Visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mottisfont/features/ colourful festive scenes. stockbridge-down or call Mottisfont on 01794 340757 Café warmers and indoor delights for more information. There’s nothing like a winter walk to build up a bit For further details on our winter walks, events and of an appetite, so visit Mottisfont’s Kitchen Cafe for activities visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hampshire.

Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 17 Community News Hampshire and Isle of Wight celebrate the formation of the first Grand Lodge The culmination of the United Grand Lodge of honoured that over 140 Sovereign Grand Masters Englands Tercentenary will be held at the Royal from overseas will be in attendance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, on Tuesday 31st October Albert Hall together with representatives of 2017. The Province of Hampshire and Isle of each Province and District, as we showcase the Wight is delighted to be attending this historic values, principles and traditions of Freemasonry. occasion, where over 3,900 Freemasons from We want everyone to come away feeling Provinces, Districts and other Grand Lodges from proud to be a Freemason and proud of what around the world will be present. Freemasons have achieved in the last 300 years. It’s been 300 years since four lodges met at I feel that our role and relevance in society today the Goose and Gridiron Tavern in St Paul’s could not be stronger and we now look forward Churchyard on St John’s Day, 24th June 1717, to to our journey through the next 300 years. establish the world’s first Grand Lodge. In 2017, The Province of Hampshire was founded in 1767 the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is and so the Tercentenary of United Grand Lodge celebrating the Tercentenary of this date. is also the 250th anniversary of our Province. The Tercentenary celebrations at the Royal The Province of Isle of Wight was founded just Albert Hall will be the high point of a year-long 5 years later in 1772 and in 1869 that Province programme of varied events which have taken merged with the Province of Hampshire so in place throughout the Provinces and Districts. 2019 we will be celebrating the 150th anniversary This important milestone has been embraced of the combined Province which now has 9,000 with services of thanksgiving at cathedrals, members in 253 Lodges. Our organisation is car rallies, family fun days, balls and banquets steeped in history but throughout its existence and music concerts, whilst UGLE gave a film it has adapted to the changes in the community crew unique access to the people and traditions of which it is part and is probably more relevant behind Freemasonry to make a five part today than it has ever been. documentary. Attendees will include UGLE’s There are around six million Freemasons Grand Master, HRH The Duke of Kent, HRH Prince worldwide and over 200,000 in the UK. Michael of Kent, HRM Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and HE John A. Kufuor. The event at Royal Albert Hall is planned to be an enlightening and uplifting experience, highlighting who Freemasons are and what they have done, including addresses and processions, professional musicians and performers and a lavish theatrical extravaganza. The event will also be live-streamed to wider audiences at UGLE’s headquarters at Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden, London. Around 2,000 of those attending the Royal Albert Hall will then proceed to Battersea Evolution in Battersea Park for the Tercentenary Dinner. Brigadier Willie Shackell, Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England, said: “2017 is Mike Wilks the Provincial Grand Master of the Province a year to look forward as well as back. We are for Hampshire and Isle of Wight

18 www.mlggazettes.co.uk Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 Community News Enham Trust to open innovative café and training space environment – skills that will enable our customers to progress into supported employment with local businesses. “And, of course, we hope that this new café will soon become a destination for members of the local community; bringing people together.” Enham Trust currently supports thousands of disabled people across the country each year to live the lives they choose by providing housing, care, skills development, and various employment Hampshire’s leading disability charity, opportunities to ensure each customer Enham Trust, is preparing to open an has an opportunity to gain greater innovative café and training space at its independence, choice, and control over main office in the idyllic village of Enham every aspect of their lives. Alamein near Andover. For more information about Enham The café, which will officially open in the Trust, please visit: www.enhamtrust.org. coming months, will see the charity’s uk disabled customers gain café skills, formal training, and work experience in a busy coffee shop environment; serving hot drinks and hot & cold snacks to hungry members of the public. A multifunctional and vibrant social space, the café will also be available in the evening for community and corporate events. Hannah Leicester, Enham Trust’s Head of Income Generation, said of the café: “We’re delighted to be opening a new café here at Enham Trust; designed not only to be a vibrant social space for our customers to meet with family and friends, but also to teach people valuable vocational skills in a real café

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The Rainbow Centre wins £25,000 from the Freemasons Hampshire-based charity The Rainbow Centre received a £25,000 donation from the Freemasons after winning a public vote. The funding came through the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF), which asked the public to vote for their favourite good cause. Seven charities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight were chosen to receive grants of between £4,000 and £25,000 – with Lara Bull, Chief Executive (rear left), The Rainbow Centre receiving the highest Mike Wilks and rear right, his wife Kay, amount. with staff and pupils. The centre in Fareham inspires and supports children and adults with cerebral palsy as well as adults with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and those who have suffered strokes and head injuries. It also helps their families and works with people from a wide area - across Hampshire and as far afield as Surrey, the edge of London, the Isle of Wight, Poole and Chichester. Lara Bull, the charity’s chief executive, said: “With so many great charities in the region we were honoured just to have been chosen to go into the public vote. “With our attendee numbers growing we have naturally had to build our team of conductor-teachers. “It is wonderful to be supporting more people but that has added to costs and winning the masonic vote will help

20 www.mlggazettes.co.uk Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 Community News with that growth; £25,000 will make a huge difference. “We are so grateful to everyone in the communities we support who took the time to vote online and inspired others to vote - thank you to all of our supporters, new and old.” Mike Wilks, Provincial Grand Master for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Freemasons, said: “We are proud to support so many charities across Hampshire but in this special 300th anniversary year the Masonic Charitable Foundation wanted to involve the public as well as our local Freemasons in deciding which of the nominated charities should benefit most. “The Rainbow Centre is a wonderful charity, making a real difference.” The Rainbow Centre has been providing vital Conductive Education to children with cerebral palsy for 26 years and since 2007 has developed a service for adults. It is presently supporting 49 children and 49 adults, from six months old to 70- plus years, with the service continually growing. The sessions aim to improve the quality of life for individuals attending The Rainbow Centre by working with their families and carers and building independence through key skills such as speech, sitting, standing, walking, co- Sunday 16 December, 10am to 2pm ordination, balance and fine Andover High Street motor skills. The MCF had a £3m pot to share among 300 charities across the country and it was organised to celebrate the Tercentenary of the formation of the first Grand Lodge, in London.

Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 21 Community News All the best dressed Christmas Trees are heading to St Thomas’s in Salisbury! The real essence of Christmas spirit and celebration Christmas is a special time and St Thomas’s Church in Salisbury is once again holding its Decorated Tree Festival in early December. One of the biggest and best attended events of its type in the UK, the Festival opens on Tuesday 5th December and runs through to Sunday 10th. Entry is free. Over 100 decorated trees and nativity scenes will be on display, all submitted from organisations in South Wiltshire and all provided to raise money for nominated charities. This year Salisbury Trust for the Homeless and Wiltshire Riding for the Disabled Association are the featured causes. Last year over 14,000 visitors to the Festival contributed over £15,000 to charity! Every year visitors are amazed and inspired by the heart-warming creativity and ingenuity on view and how this evokes a true reflection on the real meaning of Christmas. As a musical backdrop to this joyous occasion there is a continuous programme of festive music provided by leading local groups, choirs, soloists and bands. To satisfy the taste buds, there are seasonal treats and light lunches available from the St Thomas catering team.

22 www.mlggazettes.co.uk Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 Community News The Festival is a notable start to a wonderful season of Christmas celebrations at St Thomas’s. On 16th December there is the Children’s Christingle Service followed on the 17th by the traditional Nine Lessons and Carols early evening service. The extremely popular 'Carols for busy people', with mulled wine and mince pies, is held on 19th December from 1 pm. This Festive period culminates with Midnight Mass on 24th December and the family service on Christmas Day. Details of these events are available on www.stthomassalisbury.co.uk

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Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 23 Community News Test Valley Business Awards 2017: a year in review As the end of another successful year draws closer, we review the highlights of TVBAwards2017

Culminating in an impressive and well attended Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony at the Museum of Army Flying in September, the Test Valley Business Awards 2017 was the most successful year ever known in the Awards 13-year history.

So, what made 2017 such a success for the Test Valley Business Awards?

January: The Steering Committee announces the launch of the Test Valley Business Awards 2017, held at The White Horse, Romsey, in March – tickets are made available online.

February: The launch event becomes fully booked within 3 weeks, seeing over 100 business representatives prepare to attend.

March: Entries to the Test Valley Business Awards 2017 officially opening; offering local business the opportunity to enter any of the year’s 6 categories, including Apprentice Employer of the Year, a new award sponsored by Andover College.

April: Multi-category entry is encouraged, and entries exceed 100.

May: Entries close, seeing a record-breaking 172 entries received from Test Valley businesses across 6 categories; with the most popular category declared as Small Business of the Year, sponsored by Wilkins Kennedy, seeing almost 50 flood in online.

June: The judging period begins, and the Awards’ 6 Gold Sponsors – including the University of Southampton Science Park – begin analysing the entries received; talking to entering businesses, and visiting businesses from across the Test Valley.

July: The Awards’ 18 finalists – 3 shortlisted Active Staff Mayor visit

24 www.mlggazettes.co.uk Chandler’s Ford 023 80270606 Community News businesses in each of the 6 categories - are announced and tickets to the Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony are released for sale online.

August: Tickets to the widely anticipated Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony sell out as 170 businesses book to attend.

September: The long-awaited Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony finally arrives! Seeing 170 business representatives enjoy a luxury 3 Winners photo course meal courtesy of McCrimmon & Reid, Rev. Richard Coles join us as Guest Speaker, and 6 of our 18 shortlisted businesses announced as this year’s winners!

October – November: The Worshipful, the Mayor of Test Valley, Cllr. Carl Borg-Neal visits each of this year’s winners; learning more about their respective businesses, and Braishfield with Taylored IT celebrating their achievements.

Yes, 2017 has been a wonderful year for the Test Valley Business Awards; showcasing the strengths and determinations of small, new, and proudly local businesses in the area.

Now in its 13th year, the Test Valley Business Awards – run by a steering group of

volunteers – has become a well-established Reverend Richard Coles platform to promote businesses excellence and especially to shine a light on the many new and small innovative businesses operating out of sight. It is a great way to enable smaller enterprises to gain the recognition and exposure to grow.

Information about the night; including winners, and photos of the event, can be found on the Test Valley Business Awards website, at: www.tvbawards.org.uk Chris Munns MAF CEO

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27 Driving into winter sun by Debra Watts, Ringlands Optics At this time of year, blinding glare caused by a low sun, or by and all sunglasses should, by law, be labelled and show the bright light reflecting off snow, puddles, the car in front, or even filter category number. your own bonnet can be potentially lethal, particularly when • Lenses with light transmission less than 75% are unsuitable driving at speed. for night driving. Glare is frequently cited as the cause of road accidents, but the • Yellow tinted lenses are not recommended for night driving. right pair of sunglasses can prevent it. There is some confusion The tint is likely to be unperceivable anyway if the lens has a though about what sort of sunglasses you should wear when light transmission factor of 75% or more to meet night driving driving. requirements. • Lenses with light transmission less than 8% are unsuitable for There are two requirements for driving lenses – vision must day or night driving. remain clear, and sufficient light to let you see properly must • Due to the light levels within the car, filter category 2 get to your eyes. Sunglasses sold for general use can be too lenses which transmit between 18% and 43% of light are dark or unsuitable for driving. recommended for daytime driving. Sun lenses for driving fall into two main categories - 'fixed' and • Filter category 4 lenses only transmit between 3% and 8% of 'variable' tint. Fixed tint lenses remain the same irrespective of light and are not suitable for driving at any time. Sunglasses light conditions. Variable tint lenses, known as 'photochromic' with these lenses should, by law, be labelled 'Not suitable for lenses, change their tint density when exposed to certain kinds driving and road use'. of light. All sunglasses should carry the CE mark and meet the European Standard BS EN 1836:2005. A good quality anti-reflection coating is recommended, along with a hard coating to protect the lenses from scratches. Sunglasses with deep side arms can block side, or peripheral, vision and are not generally recommended for driving. Summary of recommendations from the A.A. • Have a thorough eye examination every two years to find out if you need prescription lenses within your sunglasses. • Discuss the options for sun and glare protection with your optician. • Consider a specialist driving lens or tint. • Be aware that your every day sunglasses might not be However, variable lenses that only react to UV light are not suitable for driving. suitable for driving because car windscreens filter out UV, • Always keep a spare pair of driving sunglasses in the car. slowing and limiting the reaction of the lenses. For driving you • Remember, the onus is on you to have good vision - failing to lenses designed to react to visible light and UV to ensure that have your vision corrected and protected from the sun could they will adapt to the varying light conditions when driving. invalidate your insurance if you are involved in a road traffic • Tinted lenses are graded according to the density of the tint, accident. Debra J Watts RINGLANDS OPTICS f.b.d.o. Qualified Spectacle Dispensing Dispensing Optician Ringlands House, 7 Wellesley Road, Andover SP10 2HF 01264 333092 07764 455333 [email protected] www.ringlandsoptics.co.uk

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Diagnosis Treatment Your GP should refer you to see an ear, There's no cure for Ménière's disease, but nose and throat (ENT) specialist to confirm medication can help you control vertigo, whether or not you have Ménière's disease. nausea and vomiting. The ENT specialist will check you have: The two medicines usually recommended by • vertigo – at least two attacks lasting 20 GPs are: minutes within a short space of time • prochlorperazine – helps relieve severe • fluctuating hearing loss – confirmed by a nausea and vomiting hearing test • antihistamines – help relieve mild nausea, • tinnitus or a feeling of pressure in your ear vomiting and vertigo Your GP or specialist may also carry out The aim is to get the medicine into the body a general physical examination and blood as soon as possible at the first sign of any tests to rule out other possible causes of your symptoms. symptoms. If these medicines work, your GP may give Ménière's disease can be confused with you a supply to keep for you to take quickly conditions with similar symptoms, such as: during an attack • migraine What to do during an attack • ear infection Vertigo can cause you to lose balance. At the • vestibular neuronitis first sign of it: • labyrinthitis • take your medication Causes • sit or lie down • close your eyes, or keep them fixed on an The exact cause of Ménière's disease is object in front of you unknown, but it's associated with a problem • don't turn your head quickly with pressure deep inside the ear. • if you need to move, do so slowly and Factors thought to increase your risk include: carefully • poor fluid drainage in your ear Once the attack is over, try to move around • an immune system disorder to help your eyesight and other senses • allergies compensate for the problems in your inner • viral infection, such as meningitis ear. • family history of Ménière's disease • head injury For more information, please visit the • migraines following NHS Choices website https://www. nhs.uk/conditions/Menieres-disease/ It's likely that Ménière's disease is caused by a combination of factors.

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36 www.mlggazettes.co.uk With an estimated 300 million pounds expected to be spent in the UK on festive presents for pets, what would make a good gift? There are plenty of innovative and fun toys available for pets these days, many of which provide mental stimulation as well as exercise. Climbing frames for cats with hiding spaces and scratching posts included are great, especially for cats that are mainly indoors. These can help provide activities to reduce stress and increase exercise. There are also puzzle toys for both dogs and cats, in which they have to figure out a series of actions to release a food reward. You may want to buy a ball or soft toy for your pet, just remember to chose one that is of an appropriate size and material. Balls which are too small present a choking hazard, and if your dog is a chewer then softer toys may not last too long with the risk of squeakers or stuffing being swallowed as the toy is chewed up. You don’t have to spend a fortune on toys either, you can easily make fun toys from empty kitchen rolls or toilet roll tubes. For cats you can cut holes in them big enough to put a paw through and hide treats inside then stuff the ends with paper. They can then try and get the treats out. For dogs just stuff the rolls with treats then fill the ends with paper to pull out. You can even decorate the cardboard rolls with a Christmas theme! As well as the presents a huge part of getting into the Christmas spirit involves eating festive foods. Unfortunately many of the treats we like to enjoy ourselves are toxic to our pets, especially those containing chocolate or dried fruits such as raisins or sultanas. But there is no need for them to miss out, there are plenty of recipes for homemade biscuits and other treats for our furry friends. If your pet has a dietary intolerance though, be sure to check the ingredients first. Have a Merry Christmas 37 Do you keep hearing about “the cloud” but aren’t sure what it is? Read on. The cloud, simply, refers to software and on their phone but forgetting there is a copy services that run on the Internet instead in ‘The Cloud’. of your computer. Apple iCloud, Dropbox, Is it safe? Only as much as you trust the Netflix, Amazon Cloud Drive, Flickr, Google company – and your own passwords. Most Drive, Microsoft Office 365, Yahoo Mail – those are all cloud services. cloud companies have excellent security records. But a recent bug in Apple’s iCloud The great thing about ‘The Cloud’ is when allowed hackers to guess celebrities’ you store your photos, music or files on one passwords as many times as they wanted of these services they are available to you until they got it right, letting them access on multiple devices, so you can write an some of those personal photos! article on your PC that morning and edit it on the train on your laptop whilst going to So where does all this data live? There is no a meeting and all your devices will have the simple answer. Amazon, Facebook, Apple, latest version for your use. Google and Microsoft have some of the biggest data centres on the planet. There You might be surprised just how much of your are 320 million iCloud users. Facebook data is already in ‘The Cloud’, that’s because users have uploaded more than 400 billion so many mobile apps now utilise the cloud photos and add an average 350 million a for all their storage, for instance iCloud and day. Amazon’s cloud services operate in 190 Google photos automatically back up all your countries around the world. photographs and data on your smartphone or tablet which has proved a downfall for The Cloud may be a term that is thrown many celebrities when taking personal around but it is swiftly becoming an everyday photos of themselves and then deleting them part of our lives.

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45 This month’s Walk: Discovering more around Lockerley by Malcolm Price his month’s walk returns to the Lockerley area, with the start from the Thard standing at Butts Green, opposite Lockerley Primary School (postcode SO51 0NG). This location was last used in the June 2015 Gazette, when venturing out towards Mottisfont and Dundridge, the opposite direction to this walk. At 4.5 miles the walk is only moderately difficult and should take the seasoned walker between 80 and 90 minutes to complete. In some sections the grass can be quite long, which adds to the challenge of the walk, but nowhere is it impassible. path option across the field heading towards a gate on the far side. Passing through this gate In order to start out we must turn towards we veer to the right tracing the wooden poles Lockerley, heading up to and across the main that designate the footpath across the field, this road, beside the garage, taking the footpath passes a large metal gate and joins a farm track directly opposite (photo 1). This takes us up to for a minute before arriving at a tarmac road. a stile which we cross and take the left hand Regretably, there is no footpath for this section, but there are grass verges and it is a quite Photo 1 area of the village. Walking up the road’s edge we meet a corner, opposite is Deangate Farm, where we turn right and follow the road downhill and over the railway bridge (carrying the Salisbury to Romsey line). This drops down to a grassed triangle, where we turn right for

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just 200 metres, as far as the red telephone kiosk on metres away. We pass through this gate and again our right (photo 2) where we pick up the footpath follow the direction sign on the yellow marker that once again. aims us slightly left once again. This time we are walking downhill and towards Mottisfont woods, We are now walking a well used footpath that which we reach once over the stile at the bottom steers to the right then mirrors the route of the (photo 5). railway line embankment just above us for some 600 metres. Ultimately this drops down some steps Progress from here is straight forward as we walk onto Lockerley Road, where we turn left and walk gently uphill for around 500 metres, where the carefully along for at least another 600 metres, ground can be soggy and the grass often long. We again there is no designated footpath but useful continue past a left turn and approach a clearing, grass verges, if required. We pass St Johns Church which is actually a staggered crossroad. By turning Lockerley on the right (photo 3) then cross a narrow right here we are beginning the gradual descent bridge over the River Dun and climb up the slope downhill and leaving Mottisfont woods for the final as far as Lockerley Water Farm entrance. This is a 1500 metres back home. wide, concrete drive and we take this right turn and This path borders fields and woodlands, which house immediately look for the yellow footpath sign on the a herd of deer that can be seen on many occasions, left of the drive. often grazing in the fields. Along this path do keep This path threads between fences as far as a rustic straight on downhill until the railway arch comes into bridge and very steep stile (photo 4). Once over the view, pass under and then clear the narrow wooden stile we need to aim slightly left and climb the grassy bridge across the River Dun (photo 6). slope towards a gate that lies around halfway along Once across the bridge we arrive roadside, where we the fence line that divides the two fields around 300 turn right and walk the last 300 metres back into Butts Green itself and the waiting vehicle. Photo 5 If refreshment is required then The Kings Arms on the Romsey Road, Lockerley is the nearest watering hole.

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