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LET’S DANCE You tell us which song gets you moving

DELIGHTFUL Rob ﬁ nds Gaiety (the Avon kind)

SNAP HAPPY Race against time to unveil camera club’s stars

BYE BYE BARRIE (SOBS) Our motormouth zooms off into the sunset

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Vale Magazine 3 AS Covid continues to cast a shadow, we Do you live near all need uplifting news... and we’ve plenty to make you beam this month. a noisy road For starters, you can lose yourself in the wonderful world of the Vale of Evesham OR FIND YOUR WINDOWS DRAFTY? Camera Club’s exhibition winning images. One LYNNE graces our cover and there’s a smorgasbord of It’s time to consider the benefi ts POWELL talent to enjoy in our special feature. Editor of Secondary Glazing... If you remember the Avon’s river queen REDUCE Gaiety, then you’ll love Rob Hemming’s piece NOISE after we tracked her down to her new life, as a BY UP TO family home. 80% MP Nigel Huddleston takes time to reveal some tasty titbits in our new Quick Questions cut heating bills and increase security with feature and we unveil the Vale’s best kept secondary glazing! secret... the identity of anorak astrologer Runic Suitable for most property types and window styles Ron in a valedictory to our dear departing including bespoke windows and listed buildings. motoring man Barrie Baldelli. Harry Green MBE celebrates a bird that I’ve Contact us today for a FREE QUOTATION never heard of, Andy Pedrick’s pages are a riot of colour and Alan Coxon fondly recalls a Turkish coffee experience. (Chef) hats off to Alan, whose latest gong is a QUALIFIED SURVEYORS & FITTERS gold medal for 2020 and 2021, presented by tel: 01789 778592 the global guide of Ambassadors of Taste® in [email protected] recognition of his lifetime contribution to world QUALITY WINDOWS, DOORS & CONSERVATORIES www.avonbridgeconservatories.co.uk gastronomy. Congratulations too to the Evesham Anti Litter Group, which attracted 34 people in the latest clean up in Evesham town centre. They ﬁ lled more than 30 bags of rubbish, Plumbing taking the total picked since the group launched, four years ago, to a commendable & Heating Repairs 1117 in 63 litter picks. Brilliant! welcome

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Vale Magazine 5 inside information... 10 CELEBRATING GAIETY: Remember the COVER IMAGE Avon’s record-breaking cruise queen Gaiety? Rob Our delightful Hemming has been charting her journey since she cover shot, left us 30 years ago. entitled Launch, was taken by Alan Denison 12 QUICK OFF THE MARK: Local MP Nigel CPAGB BPE2* Huddleston kicks off the first of our new regular for VECC’S feature Quick Questions, and reveals his best day Photo2020. ever and his greatest fear. 45 20 SSSTARTLING: Harry Green MBE trains his binoculars on a wry-looking bird with a habit of REGULARS turning snake-like to ward off intruders. Vale Weather ...... 9 Hemming’s Way ...... 10 30 HOT WIRED: A buzzing Alan Coxon’s into coffee, Vale Magazine Quiz...... 14 with particularly happy memories of sludge-reading Bird of Month ...... 20 sessions in Turkey. Soccermouth ...... 22 Win a Meal for Two ...... 25 32 NETHER REGIONS: We stride off from the tiny, 16 Thinkers’ Corner ...... 26 pretty Cotswold village of Nether Westcote for this Runic Ron ...... 29 month’s walk. Food & Eating Out ...... 29 Vale Walk ...... 32 Vale Leisuretime ...... 34 36 WE MADE IT: Vale of Evesham Camera Club judges managed to select Win a Music Voucher ...... 34 the Photo2020 stars just before the Covid shutters came down. Sudoku ...... 35 Pershore Notebook ...... 42 45 GOTTA DANCE: We ask you what song gets you up and on the dance Vale Vox Pop ...... 45 floor. Naturally Abba’s Dancing Queen figures. Business & Professional ...... 48 Vale Gardening ...... 51 55 CHANGING GEAR: We bid a fond farewell to our motoring man, and Vale Motoring ...... 55 secret astrologer, Barrie Baldelli as he zooms off into the sunset. Directory ...... 60

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Vale Magazine 9 Gaiety rediscovered IN 1889, while Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s legendary sea monster, the SS Great Eastern, was being reduced to 18,000 tons of scrap metal, the boat builders Edwin Clarke & Co, of Brimscombe in Gloucestershire, were launching a spanking new craft. Commissioned by Salter Brothers of Oxford, the ‘Oxford 1’, as she was originally named, became the first metal hulled craft to be used as a pleasure- cruiser on the Thames, with Queen Victoria herself rumoured to have once The Gaiety today on the river Thames at Port Meadow, Oxfordshire. Photo by Ian Tustin been a passenger. For more than 20 years Oxford 1 plied Spitfire, the Flying Scotsman and the affection as the Gaiety. At 70 feet and her trade, until in 1921 she was re- E-type Jaguar all impact on the national just over 20 tons she was ideal for our christened the far more romantic Gaiety. psyche. But in Evesham the Gaiety river, capable of carrying around 150, her In 1927 she was purchased by Bowers & is probably the vehicle most fondly beautifully streamlined design creating a Phelps and moved to Evesham, where she remembered by older generations, the minimum wash that rarely evoked the became a constant fixture on the Avon for Vale’s very own African Queen. wrath of fishermen. the next six decades. During the last 30 years many pleasure In the late 1890s she is reputed to have It is a peculiarity in humans that certain craft have ferried sight-seers along the set a steam ship speed record for the machines raise strong emotions. The Avon but none will engender such stretch on the Thames from Putney to A fully fitted walk-in bath from only £3,299 Cotswold Bathing Co. Safe & Stylish Walk-in Baths & Showers tQualified, experienced, professional installers t Prompt survey, design and installation t Local family run business FREE surveys t All work guaranteed and quotes t References available within 15 miles t British made products of Evesham t Free quotations FULLY FITTED WALK-IN SHOWERS from only £2,999 Quality Products & Installation at Very Competitive Prices! Restore your bathing confidence and independence... Call Ian on 01386 247120 or 07727 01 1968 [email protected] www.cotswoldbathing.co.uk

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Vale Magazine 12 taken a final trip to the breakers yard, but no... in around 1990 she was purchased by French Brothers of Windsor, where she was put to work back on the Thames for the next decade and a half. Gaiety survived the terrible floods of 2007 and was soon thereafter purchased by her current owner Giles Shearing. A former youth worker and boat fanatic, the very engaging Giles set about following the dream of converting Gaiety into a home for him, his wife and two young children. Attaining planning permission was a little tricky because you cannot just build outlandish superstructure on a historic Victorian artifact like Gaiety. But what he has achieved is lovely PLUS it still remains a viable river cruiser, not simply a static house boat. Giles and his ‘crew’ now Giles and his family at home on board their Gaiety. Photo by Ian Tustin reside in their semi-aquatic nirvana moored up at Port Meadow in Oxfordshire. back to Evesham to reacquaint the old gal Gaiety is the oldest original hulled vessel with familiar waters and undoubtedly draw NEED on the Thames, her life spanning that of large crowds. six monarchs and 26 prime ministers. As If he can tackle the logistical nightmare of HELP AT such, in 2012 Giles and his family were getting her here it would be wonderful to invited to take part in the Queen’s Golden see Gaiety emerge from the mist, Flying HOME? Jubilee regatta. I was astonished to spot Dutchman-like, cutting a gentle wake $MFBOJOHt(BSEFOJOH 8FFEJOHt.PXJOHt4IPQQJOH her amongst the flotilla in the centre of through the Avon. )PTQJUBM7JTJUT FUD London. "--"5&9$&--&/53"5&4 We’ve extended Giles and his family an ROB HEMMING PPE Worn invitation (make that a plea) to bring Gaiety 1MFBTFDBMM0774 886 8531

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Vale Magazine 19 BIRD OF THE MONTH : WRYNECK A very ssspecial bird indeed

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food & eating out valemagazine Runic Ron’s RoundTHE HILARIOUS TAKE ON THE STARS of Gras Aquarius: If the well of your happiness is looking a bit dry this - BADSEY - month, stop dropping the bucket in and turn on a tap instead by appreciating what you have, rather than what you have not. RESTAURANT Pisces: Time to get real. After months of uncertainty and questions, now is the time to look life squarely in the face. But only after you have removed your mask. RE-OPEN! Aries: The youngsters are back at school and life can begin to Now taking table bookings for our Restaurant & Beer Garden BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL! NB: Carvery will NOT be open. return to normal. Be prepared for that old cry of shame: “Sharon got a stud in her nose whilst we were locked down... why can’t I Takeaways, Hampers & Goodies from our Shop are all still available! have one too?” Taurus: Begin to plan for Christmas. Buy a live turkey to fatten for the big day of gobbling. Takeaway Menu... Gemini: Cast to oblivion any gloomy thoughts you might be having Pub Classics Takeaway about the advantages and disadvantages of home working. Think Wholetail Scampi Roast Dinner! instead of the delights of commuting, the thrill of machine coffee in sml £5.50 lg £9.95 We offer Topside of Beef, Rolled Pork Leg or Turkey Crown served with all a cardboard cup, the invigorating clamour of clicking keyboards and Breaded Plaice £8.50 10oz Gammon sml £6.25 lg £10.95 the trimmings and a selection of five the eagle eyed appreciation of your line manager. Go hang Zoom! different seasonal vegetables. Pork & Leek Sausages We also offer gluten free, vegetarian Cancer: As the trees turn to autumn colours and mellow mists cast sml £5.25 lg £8.50 or vegan alternatives all served with new light on dew speckled grass, just revel in the season. Rain, snow Fresh Battered Cod homemade yorkshire puddings. and gales will soon be with us again next summer. sml £5,95 lg £10.95 SML £6 MED £9 LG £12 CARVERY OPTION min of 4. Leo: Having spent much of the past few months sprucing up the Homemade Beef Lasagne sml £5.95 lg £9.95 (items in separate containers) garden to Monty Don standards, now is the time to re-evaluate your ONLY £10 per head Fancy something sweet - why not successes and failures. Saying “rhubarb” to your neighbours, pickling Burgers treat yourself and add to a delicious The Gras Favourite £10.95- 1/2lb your pumpkins, revealing your radishes and weaving an asparagus pud to your order? Burger topped with cheese, smoked undervest. bacon and onion rings. Puddings £4 Virgo: Seize every opportunity to make your mark this month. The Hickory Melt £11.95 Apple Pie Keep a black felt tip pen in your pocket at all times. - Battered Chicken Breast topped with Banoffi Pie melted cheese and BBQ sauce. Libra: Being a naturally born optimist this should be a good time to Lemon Crunch The Vegetarian £9.95 Treacle Sponge smile knowingly. It will annoy the hell out of all the pessimists. - Veggie Burger topped with cheese, Sticky Toffee Pudding* Scorpio: Forget the trials and tribulations of not being able to visit lettuce, onion rings and mayo. Bread and Butter Pudding your favourite coffee shop for ages. Your first taste will be that much The Vegan £9.95 Hot Chocolate Fudge Cake* Apple Crumble* sweeter, but only if you take sugar. Double frappuchino Americano - Vegan Burger topped with lettuce, fired onion and vegan mayo. (*Vegan and Gluten Free options latte cappuccino drinkers will know. also available) Sagittarius: Fabulous, fantastic, ecstatic, fantabulous, stupendous, titifalarious. What a month is in store (near you). Food & Drink Capricorn: No need to be despondent. Good times are just Hampers Custom made hampers full of tasty treats around the corner, down to the next corner turn left, second right, - PERFECT FOR PICNICS - first left and it’s just ahead of you. FOOD SERVED: Tuesday to Thurs 12-3pm & 5:30-8pm WESTMINSTER PREDICTIONS Friday & Saturday 12-8pm. Sunday 12-5.30pm Parliament: With a building in desperate need of a complete overhaul both houses agree to decant to new homes, with the 01386 830206 Commons taking over a decrepit housing tower block in Rotherham 07742 180 171 whist the Lords find themselves consigned to the locked basement See full menu online including Vegan and Gluten Free Menus of The Comedy Club. www.roundofgras.co.uk

Vale Magazine 29 food & eating out COOKING with COXON Wakey wakey HOW often did you used to say “let’s In brief, Arabica can be drunk pure or meet up for coffee”? With so many options alternatively in blends with Robusta, where available, due to the expansion of American it contributes acidity and body. Robusta is We’reWe’re GoodGood ToTo Go!Go! chains vying for the UK high street positions, a hardier bush that grows from sea level to 01&/&7&3:%": (except Monday) we were really spoilt for choice. 800m, predominantly in West and Central FULL MENU now available Once upon a time coffee was a luxury Africa, Asia and South America and is more in our popular Restaurant. item. Today, however, it is a world strongly fl avoured than Arabica, giving body OUTDOOR SEATING also available commodity second and ‘kick’. only to oil, worth over Then, to add to the $100bn in the global “It is said that coffee was complexity of this economy. discovered by a goat herder beverage, there is the FERRY OPEN DAILY 9am-8pm Names like roasting process that '*4)&3*&4 DAY PERMITS cappuccino, espresso in Ethiopia in the 1500s” adds strength, aroma available on non-contest days and latte have become and fl avour. $"3"7"/1"3, part of our everyday language. But it may Historically it is said that coffee was New and Second-hand surprise many to learn that there are discovered by a goat herder in Ethiopia in Holiday Homes FOR SALE! 6,000+ species of the coffee plant split into the 1500s. "--&/26*3*&4: 25 major types, with just two species that He saw his goats eating coffee cherries. 01386 45460 or 442458 )".150/'&33:t#0"5-"/&t&7&4)".t803$4 dominate commercial production. These Afterwards, he observed a change in their www.hamptonferry.com two are known as Arabica and Robusta. behaviour as they gained a high amount of energy and didn’t sleep at night. it dark and powerfully strong, deep aroma The herder shared his fi ndings with local and consistence. If you are a latte drinker or monks, who made a drink with coffee faint-hearted then this may not be for you, beans, realising that they could use the as one Turkish coffee is enough to keep any beans to stay up all night to pray. monastery awake all week let alone all night! The word rapidly spread to other In Turkey there is an old saying, that “a cup Ethiopian monks before being released to of coffee will be remembered for 40 years” the rest of the civilised world. and whilst this odd little proverb says much Coffee eventually arrived in Turkey, where about the important role coffee plays in the locals embraced it like no other, enjoying Turkish social life, it carries a deep meaning.

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food & eating out valemagazine left behind... most of them predicting that I may have diffi culty in sleeping at night, Snowshill Arms surprisingly! Country Pub near Broadway In 2013, Turkish coffee entered the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and true afi cionados won’t get up from their lunch or dinner table without capping off the meal with a cup served from a traditional copper pot that has been heated slowly over burning charcoals. The saying basically refers to the fact that Whilst there, I developed a particular if any two people have brewed or enjoyed fondness for the Turkish Delight that is often a Turkish coffee together, even if they go served with it, adding an important little 40 years without seeing one another again, sweetness to the gustatory experience and the memory of that happy occasion will still turning the whole occasion of taking coffee constitute a strong symbol of their special into something quite delectable. A far and connection. distant cry from a mug of Nescafe and a Strangely enough I can remember my cups with digestive! Garden Terrace of coffee in Turkey and the very people I Enjoy a refreshing drink or a meal outdoors I leave you with my recipe, incorporating shared them with some 10 years ago now, in our beautiful Cotswold location. coffee of course. so there may be some truth in it. Until next month, keep safe. I remember how my hosts love to read Lunches & Suppers the sludge of coffee found at the bottom of SERVED 7 DAYS A WEEK Alan xx my cup, tipping it onto a saucer and reading www.alancoxon.com SUNDAY ROAST my future from the images and shapes it SERVED FROM 12 NOON WHITE CHOCOLATE TIRAMISU - Families & Dog Walkers Welcome - WITH CARDAMOM COFFEE 01386 852653 Snowshill, Nr. Broadway, WR12 7JU This dish is all about fl avour, texture and temperature. You have the cool, creamy richness of the chocolate mascarpone then hot bitter coffee melting into the decadent cream. A delicious combination that can make a big impression. Serves 4. Excellent Food! INGREDIENTS INGREDIENTS For the tiramisu: For the cardamom coffee: Dine in our Stylish Conservatory or 200g white chocolate, broken 350ml strong black coffee into pieces 75ml brandy Al Fresco in our Spacious Garden... 3 fresh free range medium sized ¼ tsp ground cardamom eggs separated 30g caster sugar 500g mascarpone 200g sponge fi ngers or madeira cakes broken into small pieces

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WALK Nether Westcote and Church Westcote valemagazine

“The green elm with the one great bough of gold Lets leaves into the grass slip, one by one” From October by Edward Thomas

Best boot forward We’re heading for the Cotswolds again this month, starting our walk in the tiny village of Nether Westcote, which you’ll find just off the A424, four miles south of Stow-on-the-Wold.

Park considerately in the village on the roadside and walk past a postbox on your right. Turn immediately left at the triangular junction (following the sign for Methodist Chapel) and head down through the picturesque village. Follow the road downhill and around to the right. You’ll soon pass the Feathered Nest Country Inn on your left. Turn immediately left, following a bridleway sign down a wide track. 1 on into more trees 2 for just a very When the path narrows then continue short distance before passing through a straight on. This section can be very kissing gate on your right. muddy when wet, so take care. Follow the narrow winding path through You’ll reach a point where the path kinks the trees, cross the footbridge and slightly to the left. Here cross the narrow continue to and through another gate. stream which will then be on your right. Follow the path across an open ﬁeld, Continue and, when you emerge from through another gate and then across a the trees at a small opening, head straight larger ﬁeld.

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Cross the footbridge and turn © OpenStreet Map contributors and Vale Magazine immediately left. In the corner of the field Turn left along the narrow road and the go through the gate and go straight on. church will soon be on view up on your WALK CHECKLIST Follow the wide track until it bends right. Turn right just past the church and Length: 4 miles sharply to the left. Leave the track here walk up the path. Time: 2 hours and continue straight on along the clear Parking: Roadside in Nether Westcote When you reach the road turn left Equipment: Boots, a waterproof coat and a drink path between two tall hedges. and follow it carefully back to Nether Suitability: Gentle slopes, some muddy areas when wet. You’ll soon cross a footbridge on your Westcote and the end of the walk. left. Follow the path into a field with the CAUTION: We test all walks before publication, but Words & Pictures: IAN TUSTIN obviously readers undertake them at their own risk. trees close to your left. Continue to a T-junction 3 and then follow the arrow to the right. Press on along this well-defined path for approximately one mile. You’ll gradually climb, before reaching a junction of paths and a stone drive. Turn left here and follow the yellow arrow downhill along a clear grass path between the hedges. When you reach the bottom, turn right and then immediately left, following the signpost up through the trees. Continue up to the end of the wood, 4 hop over the stile and track the path across the field. You’ll navigate more stiles along this short stretch before reaching a stone drive. Turn right along the drive for a very short distance and you will enter the lovely little village of Church Westcote.

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Vale Magazine 35 VALE OF EVESHAM CAMERA CLUB Just intime The race against the Covid-19 clock THE Vale of Evesham Camera Club has video application, through the summer, with clubs to enrol new members who had again managed to run its successful national lectures and fortnightly competitions. previously been put off by not wishing to photographic exhibition Photo2020... but Normally the club season of meetings travel in the evenings. only just. finishes in May, for a summer break, but this Please visit The exhibition was judged on March 7 year the online meeting are continuing www.eveshamcameraclub.co.uk and 8, just days before Covid-19 caused the through the summer. for more details. club to suspend all physical meetings for This format has even enabled some sister JOHN KELLETT this season. Here is a small selection of the award winning images from photo2020

This year is the 22nd national exhibition The best colour image Dancing Together by Alan Denison CPAGB BPE2* could not be featured in the Vale due to its nudity content. However, the full range of that the club has organised, attracting 5,307 accepted images are available to view on the website: www.eveshamphoto.net entries from which the panel of five selectors chose 1319 images. This article includes a selection of the award winners, however the full exhibition can be viewed online at www.eveshamphoto.net. Two of our members won awards: Corin Spinks a selectors’ medal for his monochrome image Survivor and Ian Hammond a Highly Commended Ribbon for his monochrome image Mother’s Eyes. The team’s selection weekend beat the deadline by just days. It would not have been possible after lockdown. However, the subsequent processing of results, production of catalogues and posting nearly 175kg of these fell to individuals working single handed. The club has switched to online meetings, using the increasingly popular Zoom audio- Winter in the Highlands Runner Up Colour Image John Mee BPE4* LOW COST SKIP HIRE & Waste Management

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Vale Magazine 36 Rydal Water Julie Holbeche-Maund Iceberg David Shardlow In Motion Jane Barrett DPAGB Selector’s Medal (John Chamberlin FRPS MFIAP FBPE) Selector’s Medal (Andrea Hargreaves MPAGB EFIAP/b BPE3*) Selector’s Medal (Roger Parry MPAGB ARPS EFIAP)

Sunflower Joanne McGuinness Highly Commended Colour Image Luskentyre Ponies Carol McNivenYoung FRPS EFIAP CPAGB BPE2* Highly Commended Colour Image

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Vale Magazine 37 No Way Out Robert Howarth LRPS CPAGB BPE3* Selector’s Medal (Roger Parry MPAGB ARPS EFIAP) Through the Window Best Monochrome Image Lynne Morris ABPE MPAGB AWPF AFIAP

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Vale Magazine 38 Story to Tell Selector’s Medal (John Chamberlin FRPS MFIAP FBPE) Adrian Lines MPAGB FBPE EFIAP Survivor Corin Spinks Selector’s Medal (Brian Swinyard MA(Photo) ARPS DPAGB EFIAP/b PPSA BPE3*)

Spin to Win Roger Evans MPAGB FBPE EFIAP/s Selector’s Medal (Roger Parry MPAGB ARPS EFIAP) photo2020 Lynx on the Skyline Best Natural History Image David L Edwards EPSA EFIAP/b DPAGB BPE2*

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Vale Magazine 39 Lemon Shark, Northern Bahamas David L Edwards EPSA EFIAP/b DPAGB BPE2* Runner Up Natural History Image Lioness Battle with a Crocodile Sue Green ARPS DPAGB Selector’s Medal (Andrea Hargreaves MPAGB EFIAP/b BPE3*)

Dark Green Fritillaries Tony North Selector’s Medal (Judith Parry DPAGB HonPAGB AFIAP)

Water Rail Reflection at Dawn Paul Smith BPE4* photo2020 Selector’s Medal (John Chamberlin FRPS MFIAP FBPE)

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VAL’S PERSHORE NOTEBOOK I’M writing this during what I consider to be that seemed determined to head for the pub remove the amount of debris after storms. our Indian Summer, when dining is still possible car park. I don’t think they were presenting Talking with a couple staying in the same in the garden albeit only with six people! themselves at the kitchen door in spite of B&B it transpired they were friends of my My tomatoes, which have grown to an the menu featuring local lamb! daughter in Evesham. enormous height despite being “tumblers”, During the day I discovered why main So beware if you’re ever thinking of are now reaching the end of their cropping roads had speed limits of 40mph. Local misbehaving - you never know who’s going life and I was interested to read this info: cattle were obviously doing the local to recognise you! In the 1500s those with money had authority a service by grazing the verges and plates made of pewter. Food with high moving on to any vegetation they could fi nd, WALK ON PART acid content caused some of the lead to regardless of traffi c, resulting in speeding Glad to report that rambling is offi cially leach onto the food, causing death by lead not being a problem you only have to meet recognised by Sport England and therefore, poisoning. As this happened most often a cow once whilst going too fast round a groups of up to 30 can carry on striding with tomatoes, for the next 400 years or so corner! through the countryside, albeit with social tomatoes were considered poisonous! distancing etc and no hugging and kissing – I ON GUARD can hear the phrase “spoil sports”! BAAHMY WEATHER One of the sorriest sights was, after a This edict also covers Walking for Health Spent a few days on the South Wales windy night, the enormous amount of fi shing groups but don’t fancy trying to get my Gower coast, where I’ve spent many debris - nets, ropes, tackle etc - washed Friday morning walkers down Pershore happy hours in the past, but I had forgotten up onto the beautiful Gower beaches from High Street with social distancing so we’re how beautiful this area is and why it is a boats far out to sea. currently using larger open spaces. Do let designated AONB. Multiply this around the world and it’s me know if you want to join us. The coastal path had views over sea that easy to see why pollution of all sorts is such Am pleased to report that Number 8 is eventually changed from grey to blue when a problem with, sadly, no solution in sight now reopen. I had to remember how to the typical Welsh cloud moved over, leaving if nations can’t and won’t work together. make coffee again but it’s lovely to meet up golden beaches, small coves and rock Things have to change! with familiar faces. formations that are a geologist’s dream. Luckily in this case the local population, Hope to see you around even if it is with a Returning from the pub at night it was plus visitors, have formed beach cleaning face mask! interesting having to dodge a fl ock of sheep parties although it must take a lorry to VAL WOOD

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Vale Magazine 45 Abba’s Dancing Queen is always a good one, and usually gets I’m a very big R&B fan and everyone dancing. I haven’t generally like all kinds of dance danced to it for a while, but it music. It’ll always get me on was probably the last wedding the dance ﬂoor. I went to. Kim Such, Worcester Sophie Malandrinos, Winchcombe

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MOTORING WITH BARRIE BALDELLI Bye bye Barrie and Runic (sobs)

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motoring valemagazine for £12,995. Crikey. Mind you, I bet that “But I managed to repaint it before he got one actually goes). home from work and he never found out.” Barrie and Margaret’s first joint motor was Is he a good passenger? “Absolutely not! a pale blue, four wheel BMW Isetta bubble Unless I’m with someone who is intuitively car. “I have a model in the identical colour engaged with what they’re doing. on a bookcase to remind us of bubble “There are also perfectly safe competent motoring,” smiles the old romantic, who also drivers who aren’t in tune with the process. has records of every motor he’s ever driven. is a very small minority of people who Did he pass his driving test first time? “No, should never be allowed to drive!” second!” Accidents? “Three. A brick hurtled And Margaret? “That’s way above my pay Trail riding in the Rockies. off a truck in front and spectacularly cracked grade to comment! But she does drive me Will he buy an electric car? “Hmm. There a Mazda 323 windscreen on an Admag road quite often.” are some good products emerging, but at test. I didn’t see a concrete bollard when I Barrie has enjoyed watching the evolution the moment they’re far too expensive for backed my Rover 800 into a parking space. of motoring. He notes that passing one’s the majority and it’s going to take 20 years “The first was in a girlfriend’s dad’s Renault test is just as liberating now as it was when or more to ramp it up to the level it needs Dauphine. A bus pulled out and I scraped he was a lad, except back then it greatly to be at. the rear wing on a car coming the other emancipated folk from the communities they “There’s still great potential in fuel cell way. were otherwise basically stuck in. technology, which I think is fundamentally a more sound technology for the long term. “We’ll see a lot of significant changes over the the next 10 years. But I don’t think it will be the revolution that the green lobby would like to see. “What we do need to address is our clogged roads. We need to get to grips with how far we work from where we live. “There’s something fundamentally wrong with the way we’ve hollowed out our cities and centres, so that only the rich can live there, turning the rest of us into commuters.” Barrie’s planning an Evesham-centric No time to take notes... Barrie’s also a boating fan. He’s had five of his own helicopter flying in Canada. - three sailing and two motorboats, including Seahorse, retirement. As well as his Abbey Trust work, which was moored on the Avon in Evesham. he has just snapped up a surprise acquisition

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