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South Oxfordshire Issue Sixteen March – April 2015 south oxfordshire issue sixteen March – April 2015 in this issue: Earth Trust Café Scientifique Mother’s Day free to up Come in and say hi today, we can’t wait to see you! Costa Drive Thru, 2 Milton Gate, Milton, Abingdon OX14 4FP Mon - Sat: 05:00 - 22:00 (00:00 Drive Thru) Sun: 07:00 - 21:00 (23:00 Drive Thru) Source: In independent surveys of the British coffee shop market published in December 2010, December 2011, December 2012, December 2013 and December 2014 by Allegra Strategies, Costa was voted Britain’s favourite coffee shop brand for the 5th year running. For more information please visit www.costa.co.uk/terms South oxfordshire Pick South Oxfordshire is Welcome produced by Fyne Associates Ltd Unit 4, Ram Court, Wicklesham In my diary, the 20th March has one entry, scribbled large in block Lodge, Faringdon, Oxfordshire capitals – FIRST DAY OF SPRING! As a fitness freak who trains SN7 7PN exclusively outside, this is an important day. It marks a gradual end Pick South Oxfordshire is to slippery roads, frozen fingers and charging up bike lights and the available for pick up from start of warm sunshine and the sweet smell of pollen. Summer outlets in and around Abingdon, Wantage, Wallingford, Didcot, might bring its own small miseries, but nothing of the scale that Faringdon and Standford in winter does! By 20th March, most of us should start noticing a little the Vale.. spring in our steps. Advertising enquiries. To mark the start of the astronomical season, we have decided 01235 856300. to make this our happy issue. While we always try to look on the General enquiries. [email protected] bright side of life in South Oxfordshire, this time we also have a few articles that should help you find your own path to happiness this Designed by Windrush Group. spring. © Pick South Oxfordshire. www.picksouthoxfordshire.co.uk In the office, we were discussing the things that make us happy and there was quite a range. There were the obvious ones, such Pick South Oxfordshire is the sister magazine to Pick West as friends and family, good food etc… But then we got onto the Oxfordshire that is available for smaller things in life, such as the feeling of pulling on a freshly pick up in West Oxfordshire. washed hoodie or the way your dog greets you after a few hours apart, your first coffee in bed or dancing in the office to Pharrell Williams. The odd thing is, these little pleasures are there all the time, but sometimes, they are just really hard to appreciate. It’s only when you step back and examine the things that really make you happy that you realise how many enjoyable things happen to you in a single day that you take for granted. All that said, a bit of good weather is sometimes all we need to put a smile on our face. Let’s hope we get plenty this spring! 3 BRAND NEW GYM A BETTER WAY EQUIPMENT TO GET ACTIVE FARINGDON LEISURE CENTRE Everyone can benefit from exercise, whatever your age, whatever your ability. For more information and to claim your guest pass, visit www.better.org.uk/faringdon In partnership with District Council Better is a registered trademark and trading name of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), a charitable social enterprise and registered society under the Co-operative & Community Benefit & Societies Act 2014 registration no. 27793R. Registered office: Middlegate House, The Royal Arsenal, London, SE18 6SX. Inland Revenue Charity no: XR43398 GLL_PCR_Faringdon_Advert_BetterWayToGetActive_FEB2015_148x210_fv.indd 1 19/02/2015 15:24 Contents What’s On Page 7 KICKNSPLASH SWIM SCHOOL AT ABINGDON SCHOOL POOL & BLOXHAM Blue Plaque – Kenneth Graham Page 30 SCHOOL POOL NEW TERM DATES: 18TH APRIL -18TH JULY Mother’s Day Page 32 LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE Swimming is a great way for your child to be active, have fun, keep 5 Aspects Of Happiness Page 38 fit and stay safe. At KicknSplash we have fully qualified ASA teachers with many The Freer Guide to Food Page 56 years’ experience and will place your child in a class alongside other children of the same ability. Food, Foodies And Eating Out Page 58 Our teachers ensure each lesson is fun while helping your child improve their confidence and Interview With Jason Flemyng Page 62 water skills while progressing through the ASA National Teaching Plan. Pick: Home & Gardens Page 69 We offer Children’s swimming lessons & Parent and Child swimming lessons. Pick: Motors Page 71 To book on a course with KicknSplash contact Jane Perrin KicknSplash, 57 Manor Road, Witney, Oxon, OX28 3UE E: [email protected] | www.kicknsplash.co.uk T: 01993 200849 | M: 07827 916233 Walk in Baths 2 and Bath Lifts 0 1 7 3 9 1 • Ease of access • Modern designs with Stairlifts safety in mind • Straight or curved stairlifts • Bathroom specialists • Removal and refits for aged and less able • Repairs and servicing • Visit our showroom! • All our own engineers DCS JONCARE • 7-8 Radley Place Radley Road Ind. Est • Abingdon Oxfordshire • OX14 3RY www.joncaremobility.co.uk • [email protected] Tel: 01235 523353 5 brothers thame advert page_Layout 1 13/01/2014 10:15 Page 1 INNOVATIVE CUTTING & INCREATIVENOVATIV COLOURINGE CUTTING Brothers – Thame • 16 Buttermarket, Thame OX9 3EP Tel: 01844 217365 Brothers - Oxford • 57 The High Street, Oxford OX1 4AS Tel: 01865 250 696 Brothers - Marlow • 68 West Street, Marlow SL7 2BP Tel: 01628 484 717 book onlineBook@www.fi nOnlinedmylocalsalon.co.uk www.brotherssalons.co.ukwww.brothers-uk.com Recruiting now at all 3 salons Stylists, Technicians, Apprentices. What’s on Rolling with the Earth Trust Easter…a beautiful time of year. We’re excited for upcoming blue skies and nice smelling grass and we get all the fun Easter events that keep us out of the house – although we don’t mind being staying in for Roast Lamb and whatever film they shove on TV. One of these events in 2015 is courtesy of Earth Trust. 5 April, from 10am, will be a most Easterful day. Not only will there be the essential Easter Bunny Hunt but a chance to boil eggs on the fire, paint them and roll them down Wittenham Clumps! It’s only £4 per child (accompanying adults go free) and you can just turn up. Takes place at the Earth Trust Centre, OX14 4QZ. Email [email protected] or call 01865 407792 for more details. Or visit earthtrust.org.uk Also don’t forget about the Earth Trust’s lambing weekends taking place Saturday 21-Sunday 22 March and Saturday 28-Sunday 29 March. Plenty of activities as well as refreshments from the Poem Tree Café will be on offer. Visit the website for more information. 7 FI O= ; D F , F ( F ' E ) C C @> C ? F K JKI OXFORD MOONLIGHT STROLL A night-time, nine-mile sponsored walk in aid of Sobell House Hospice Charity 11 JULY 2015 For more information or to sign up, call 01865 857 007 or visit www.oxfordmoonlightstroll.org.uk Charity No. 1118646 Three Pigeons, Free Festival Store & Tours No entry charge. Free parking. A great collection of real ales…this is the first ever Three Pigeons beer festival. Taking place at the Three Pigeons, Milton Common, the festival lasts three days (Friday 6-Sunday 8 March) with live music on the Saturday night. Malt, Leighton Buzzard, North Cotswold, Battledown, Andwell’s, Ramsbury and Our Brewery Store is open Loddon ales and Orchard Cottage and Gwynt-Y-Ddraig 10am - 5pm ciders – the choice of beverages will not disappoint! Monday to Saturday The Hobgoblin orders you to come and browse his selection of gifts and London Road, Milton Common, Oxfordshire, OX9 2JN merchandise with exclusive in-store offers and promotions on bottled 01844 277183 and cask beers. Brewery tours operate every Friday, Saturday and Sunday offering a two thethreepigeons.co.uk hour experience for those interested in seeing mischief in the making. [email protected] Come and see us if you dare but be warned…most things bite! Book online at www.wychwood.co.uk or call: 01993 890 800* (*pre booking essential) Wychwood Brewery, Eagle Maltings, The Crofts, Witney, Oxon OX28 4DP. 9 Sobell House Hospice …your local Hospice Can you give the gift of time? We know time is precious and life is busy and you probably have a hundred things to do but if you can spare just a little time each week to volunteer in our shops you could make a huge difference to your local hospice and community. There are so many ways you can help out in one of our shops, from sorting donations, till work, making tea and coffee, helping customers, steaming and hanging clothes and even window displays so whatever your skills– we have something for you! Whether you have an hour, a morning, an afternoon or a day to give to us we would love to hear from you. You will meet new friends, learn new skills, have fun and be part of a highly valued and enthusiastic team! We have shops in Bicester, Botley, Carterton, Headington Kidlington, Little Clarendon Street (Oxford), Thame and Witney and warehouses in Bicester and Witney. Pop in to your local shop and pick up an application form or email [email protected] All profi ts from the sale of items in our warehouses & shops will go towards supporting Hospice patients and their families. The services provided by Sobell House Hospice are completely free, but the annual running cost is over £4m. Since the Hospice fi rst opened, the Charity has raised in excess of £25 million to support the Hospice through fundraising and sales in our shops.
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