June 2019 Your South Buckinghamshire Magazine
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June 2019 www.hiyabucks.com Your South Buckinghamshire magazine 01628 851466 • 01494 441000 4 - 6 - 8 seater vehicles available Airports • Seaports • London Theatres www.a1taxiservice.co.uk Local specialists since 1984 Let us help you find your perfect kitchen, bedroom or home office. www.ashfordkitchensandinteriors.co.uk Farnham Common Showroom 1-2 The Parade, Farnham Common, Bucks SL2 3QJ 01753 642362 Ashford Showroom 85 Church Road, Ashford, Middlesex TW15 2PE 01784 245964 June 2019 ... Letter from the Editor I’m leaving it very close to the wire this month. These words will make it into the magazine right at the final second before the pages are printed. Your South Buckinghamshire It’s been such a busy month putting these magazine magazines together because there is so much going on in Buckinghamshire in June. Unfortunately, I haven’t got enough space to include all the articles and events that are happening on your doorstep but worry not …. you can still find out about them all on our website www.hiyabucks.com in the What’s On Guide which is efficiently managed by Natalie. Front cover: JC Farming Also, don’t forget to follow our social media see page 13 pages too as they are packed to the brim with all things local – stories about local people, Bourne End, Flackwell Heath, information for local people and exciting things High Wycombe, Marlow, happening with local people. Wooburn It’s all down to you, of course, for getting in For magazines email touch and sharing everything with us. This [email protected] enables us to give our readers the opportunity For website email [email protected] of experiencing all sorts of things that they wouldn’t necessarily have known about. Please Editor Helen Gerrish keep the information coming. Design Julia Roblett Have fun at the many, many events taking place Website Natalie Gerrish over the next few weeks and please tag us in Contributor Matt Batsman your photos on social media, we Print Hartgraph Litho would love to see them! All the best like us on facebook Helen follow us on twitter [email protected] 07947 349134 find us on instagram Whilst every care is taken to ensure accuracy, the publishers cannot accept responsibility for any errors, omissions or claims made by advertisers or endorse companies, products or services. This publication, its contents and advert designs are owned by Hiya Bucks. Any copying or reproduction in part or full is strictly forbidden without our prior consent. hiyabucks.com | 3 Contents ... 46 12 32-33 Regulars ... Health & Wellbeing 17-23 #shoplocal 29 Beautiful Buckinghamshire 32-33 Theatre & Entertainment 36-39 36 48 To see our other magazine search hiyabucks magazines To advertise in this magazine email [email protected] or call 07947 349134 Last month’s competition winner CONGRATULATIONS Wendy Clarke - winner of a family grounds ticket to Waddesdon Manor 4 | hiyabucks.com A place to ESCAPE, RENEW and REFRESH Spa days from £120 per person Taplow, Berkshire, SL6 0JF Tel: 01628 607107 [email protected] www.clivedenhouse.co.uk hiyabucks.com | 5 WIN ..... Two VIP Adult Weekend Tickets TOTO ENTER THIS COMPETITION searchsearch hiyahiya bucksb competitions or email: [email protected] or write to: Hiya Bucks, Eastview Cottage, 45 Holtspur Lane Wooburn Green, Bucks HP10 0AA stating Penn Fest competition along with your name, address and contact details. CompetitionCo closes 30th June 2019. Entries received after the 30th ofof the month will not be included. The winner will be selected by theth Editor at random on the closing date and the Editor’s decision is final.fin The prize is non-transferable and there is no cash alternative.a If you are under 16 please ask an adult to supervises your entry. Competition winners will be notifiednotifie via email, or post, if no email address is available.available. CASTLE GLASS Gutters, Soffits & Fascias Castle Glass are pleased to offer continuous, seamless, “MUSTANG®” aluminium guttering. The product is roll formed on site from pre coated aluminium coil using Fascia the “Iron Man” machine and installed in combination with new UPVc soffits and fascias. Soffit Benefits include: • Environmentally friendly, recyclable aluminium, life expectancy 30 years • Maintenance free, durable product of the highest quality • No joints equals no leaks • No visible fixing brackets with strong, attractive, 125mm Ogee design • Colours available – black, brown and white • BBA Approval – only continuous aluminium gutter to obtain BBA approval Contact us now for a free estimate and advice on 01494 873399 [email protected] | www.castleglasscompany.co.uk 6 | hiyabucks.com hiyabucks.com | 7 In December this year, 4 ordinary men from Bucks will be taking on the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge - The World’s Toughest Row - in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and IN-vision charities From La Gomera in the Canary Islands • David Lloyd Clubs their team ‘Bucks Buoys’ will row 3000 miles • Iyengar Yoga Shala High Wycombe (for to English Harbour, Nelson’s Dockyard in strength, mobility and stability) Antigua. • Naomi Riches MBE* (rowing tuition) The Bucks Buoys are Kevin Luff, 50, his son Naomi Riches* is a Paralympian Gold Medal Rhys Luff, 21 and friends Paul ‘Frankie’ Smith, Rower and Patron of IN-vision charity 60 and Nic Parslow, 56. The Buoys spend their weekends at sea Before deciding to take on the Challenge, ÀQGLQJWKHLUVHDOHJVDQGIDPLOLDUL]LQJ the Buoys had no rowing experience themselves with the routine they will be whatsoever. Inspired by seeing teams from adopting during the grueling journey across the 2017/18 race arrive in Antigua, they the Atlantic Ocean. registered for the 2019/20 race, bought their They plan to row in pairs, 2 hours on, 2 hours boat and began preparations. off, 24/7 for the duration of the Challenge, which they hope to complete in 40 days. As well as facing Atlantic swells up to 40 feet high in the extremely cramped conditions of their 28 feet long by 6 feet wide ocean rowing boat ‘Sara-Lou’, the Buoys will need to overcome sea-sickness, salt sores, sleep deprivation and physical and mental exhaustion along the way. However, they are looking forward to seeing whales, dolphins, sharks, night skies unspoilt E\OLJKWSROOXWLRQDQGDOOWKHPDJQLÀFHQW natural wonders of the ocean in a way that so few have enjoyed; incredibly, more people have climbed Everest than have rowed across the Atlantic! 7RÀQGRXWPRUHDERXWWKLVHSLFDGYHQWXUH Their rigorous training regime has been life and to follow and support Bucks Buoys’ changing, comprising daily gym sessions to campaign and charity goals please visit LPSURYHWKHLUÀWQHVVOHYHOV7KDQNVPXVWJRWR www.bucksbuoys.com the following training sponsors: email [email protected] Twitter: @BucksBuoys Facebook: https://fb.me/BucksBuoys Instagram: @BucksBuoys 8 | hiyabucks.com O Close board O Sheds Free take down and O Panels O Security Fencing clearance for O Gates O Tree work all domestic O Post and Rail O Decking customers O Picket Established THE REST FOLLOW WE LEAD, 45 years 01494 865771 07775 683925 [email protected] www.barlowsfencing.co.uk VEHICLE SERVICING REPAIRS & MOTS Tel: 01628 850 000 www.mavs.co.uk • General car repairs and maintenance • Free courtesy car available • Tyres, exhausts and batteries supplied and fitted • Latest diagnostic equipment for all makes of vehicle • Air conditioning service available • 35 years experience Alexander House, Wessex Industrial Estate, Bourne End email: [email protected] hiyabucks.com | 9 REVIEW By Matt Batsman Modern farming the LACEY’S FAMILY FARM: good old-fashioned way With the increased Ed and Will’s pace of life and efforts are not in the rise of the vain, either; their supermarket, enthusiasm for modern farming has their work is both never been more infectious and mysterious as we commendable, all become further a combination removed from our that’s a necessity food. That’s why it’s in the job. It’s a job such a testament to that also comes Ed and Will Lacey with a remarkable that Lacey’s Family level of scientific Farm is bucking the trend and serving the minutiae, a fact that became rapidly local area with their own, fresh produce, apparent on my tour of the site, as Will right on your doorstep. revealed his encyclopaedic knowledge of everything on the farm at every stop. Located in Lane End, the fact that Lacey’s Explaining nutrition, body shapes and Family Farm continues to be a family-run good farming practice, Will took me on a business operating on the same site as half-hour crash course of his every day it has been for over 130 years is enough work, including visiting some beautiful to tell you that they must be doing Guernsey calves, and even checking in something right. Opening in 1884 and on some expectant mother heifers who getting their first dairy cows in 1936, Ed Will explained could give birth at any and Will have stuck to the principles moment. And, to finish the tour, we spent of good and honest hard work laid out some time breathing in country air and by their marvelling at the herd that Ed and Will ancestors, have devoted their lives to tending. and it is these With their farm shop on site, it’s never values that been easier to enjoy local produce directly continue to from this family farm. The farm shop drive their has plenty to offer, from their very own success. milk bottled on-site, to meat, to eggs, Would you like the chance to win a Hamper full of farmyard treats, courtesy of Lacey’s Family Farm? Competition closes 30th June 2019. Entries received after the 30th of the month will not be included. The winner will be selected by the Editor at random on the closing date and the Editor’s decision is final.