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AIRECommunity News VALLEY And Local Business MAG Directory May 2014 Distributed FREE to households and businesses in Fell Lane, Exley Head, Keighley, Utley, Long Lee, Riddlesden, & East Morton www.airevalleymag.co.uk May is the month for holidays and relaxation. You don’t need to go far 2 Skipton Road, to enjoy this beautiful district. STEETON BD20 6NR We’ve had a lovely time recently Specialising in the following areas: hosting two vibrant students, both Extensions FREE HOUSE • 4 CASK BEERS of whom have contributed to this New Builds month’s magazine. We hope you Renovations POOL & DARTS enjoy reading their articles. One Conservatories Live music & Karaoke focuses on what to do with kids Garage Conversions Dog Friendly locally; places to visit, things to Flagging & Block Paving Families welcome see. The other highlights fashions Joinery Open: 4 to 11pm (Mon-Thurs) from the forties, and links to the Plastering 12 to 12pm (Fri & Sat) 12 to 11pm (Sun) up coming 1940’s weekend in Accurate written quotations Tel: 01535 211472 / 07428 726668 Haworth. Email:[email protected] A prompt professional service Whatever you choose to do, we hope you will have a view our website @ www. cobbydaleconstructionltd fantastic May. or call us on: .co.uk Liz Barker (01535) 653530 or 07966 906782 @LocalGlobalGirl WARNING: INSURERS CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR WEALTH If you have been involved in an accident that wasn’t your The team at fault you may be contacted by insurers inviting you to settle Whitegates your claim without getting legal advice. offer you If this happens it is vital you contact us immediately. An offer from an insurer will be an attempt to settle with you as cheaply as possible for them. They know this is profes- a warm sional misconduct and they know it breaks court rules - but welcome they keep on doing it anyway! Independent research shows that Solicitors obtain almost Lettings Sales three times more on average than insurers offer directly. We are a friendly & professional team We offer a full sales service At O’Neill Injury Solicitors we have more than 20 years We offer a full management service We offer a free valuation on your property experience in dealing with personal injury claims and we want you to get the amount you are entitled to - not what We offer a tenant find service We offer an extensive marketing package Francis O’Neill, Principal Solicitor of OIS the insurers think they can get away with. For local independent We offer a full referencing service We offer Whitegates.TV to We cover Keighley and Skipton and surrounding areas. We advice contact us: Tenants & Landlords welcome showcase your property would be delighted to see you at home, for free, to advise you on any aspect of bringing a personal injury claim to 01535 958778 make sure you are properly compensated. [email protected] We offer you Whitegates Help us to help you to get your rightful compensation. www.oneill-injurysolicitors.co.uk Tel: 01535 669588 2 North street, Keighley, BD21 3SE email: [email protected] This firm is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority registration no 564827 SaySay you you saw saw it itin in the the Worth Aire ValleyValley Mag! 3 Business solutions Cleaning Ironing Retirement Living Country Cooking & Foraging For Food For the promotion of Health & Wellbeing by Cath Bromwich Ask Andrina Office Solutions hedgerows, since buying all the parsley to make Sage 50 Making it a good tabouleh would go so against the grain of VAT Returns English what a thrifty forager sees as proper! Cash Flow My childhood home Top tip: Asian supermarkets sell flat-leafed parsley at Bank Reconciliations was one of those affordable prices Bookkeeping ‘pariah’ states that no Credit Control Tel: 07876 345422 Silsden one visits now. It was a Cath Bromwich, a Silsden resident, is a cookery teacher Office Duties Email: [email protected] fantastic place to be a teenager, sleeping on the and forager. Her livelihood includes foraging and cookery Web: www.askandrina.co.uk Twitter: @askandrina roof, watching the desert sky circle above your courses such cooking on a budget and outdoor foraging and head, and it was also where I learnt to cook… cooking experiences. She trained at Balleymaloe Cookery because the alternative was not enjoyable. Bread had flies, not ‘currants’ in, as well as weevils. The School, Ireland. For more information, or to pass on your flies were one step too far, so I began baking stories and recipes, contact Cath at www.facebook.com/ bread. There was not much food, we even had a foragercathyorkshire special permit for potatoes! We always looked forward to going to the one decent restaurant in the capital. And when I say Tabouleh Cath’s way ‘decent’, I mean perfection. Surrounded by the shattered glass from the latest insurrection, A bunch of flat or curly parsley, pick up my tender taste buds were introduced to the to an equal amount of young hawthorn finest Middle Eastern flavours (it was a Lebanese leaves, 3 ripe tomatoes, half a cucumber, restaurant). approximately 100g grain (usually The multitudinous platters of a heaven-like banquet included delicate sweetmeats and buckwheat but you can also use couscous pungent dips. Along with the now familiar or leftover rice), hummus and tzatziki were beautiful pastries and salt, pepper, succulent meat. However, a real favourite was extra virgin tabouleh: a green-coloured salad with grain and olive oil, lemons. red tomato pieces set like jewels amid the rich base of parsley, all drizzled with the best olive oil Follow packet and lemon juice. instructions Although I love the good food in Yorkshire, I do to cook your grain. Chop parsley and miss the flavours of that time. It is no coincidence that I keep coming up with recipes that originate hawthorn leaves finely. Put in a bowl, from such places when I go foraging! At the cut tomatoes and cucumber very small. moment, fresh young hawthorn leaves are Mix leaves, cooled grain, tomatoes and sprouting on the bushes, bright green and cucumber. Let the green rather than the tender. They don’t taste of much, but make a good, textured, addition to parsley that enables grains dominate. Season, pour on lemon me to make a true tabouleh. juice and olive oil in a 1:3 ratio. Mix, be Hawthorn is a traditional spring tonic, like nettles. happy with the taste, tip onto a plate and You can eat the leaves as a nutritious ‘bulk out’ decorate with lemon wedges. The flavours with your stronger flavoured spring greens, use the flowers in game stews, and make autumn develop over time, but eat that day for complements to meats with the haws. freshness. You can also add any other I am particularly pleased that I can make a herbs, like mint, or foraged greens for very English version of one of my favourite different flavours. Middle Eastern dishes by using leaves from the To advertise call Karen or Liz on 01535 642227 Say you saw it in the Worth Valley Mag! 4 5 Media Photography Health Tutor Property Landscaping Wills Corns & Callus • Ingrowing Nails Only a Will provides peace of mind The perfect that your wishes will be carried out. Thickened Nails • Diabetic Foot Care $ " $ !#% base to watch Treatments £25 $ $ the race HPC Registered Podiatrist Bolton Abbey is opening its Victoria Harrison MChP grounds for campers and spectators from Friday 4th Tel: 01535 68 10 48 ! July until Monday 7th July. This iconic Estate is perfectly positioned for access to Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the For Fencework, Decking, Grand Depart. Paths & Patios. The Estate is offering car parking for those who wish to come for the day and watch the race. The team at Bolton Abbey will be rising early to allow guests to arrive in time for Stage 1 or Stage 2. The minimum distance to walk to watch the race on Saturday is 2 miles and only ½ mile on Sunday. To avoid disappointment book in advance www.boltonabbey.com as this, the world’s greatest cycle race – the Tour Can professionally transfer your precious de France is set to bring millions of Cine Films and videotapes to DVD fans to the Yorkshire roadside. We can convert the following; For those wishing to stay the Estate is VHS • VHSc • SVHS • SVHSc Betamax • Video 8 • Hi8 offering a one off opportunity to camp. Digital 8 • DV Mini Tapes Nestled alongside the bank of the Cine: Standard 8 • Super 8 River Wharfe the campsite is situated 9.5 • 16mm next to the Cavendish Pavilion known Slides transferred to CD/DVD AN INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHIC SHOP by many as the ‘The Yorkshire Dales STOCKING A WIDE RANGE OF BOTH NEW AND cycling pit stop’ and frequented by the USED FUJI CAMERAS. PLUS A GREAT SELECTION Brownlee Brothers. OF DSLR CAMERAS AND LENSES. Family entertainment and Ring Roy on refreshments will be located in the 01535 602933 field in front of the Devonshire Arms 38 Cavendish St., Hotel on Sunday 6th July. Town Centre, Keighley To advertise call Karen or Liz on 01535 642227 Say you saw it in the Worth Valley Mag! 6 7 A Growing Vision Danny’s dark side is people’s choice Huge congratulations Worth the Tour’s Liz Barker to videographer Danny said: “Danny’s been out and Hardaker who scooped about capturing the activities the People’s Choice award in the district leading up during the RATMA Film to Le Tour – and we’re all Festival at Keighley Campus delighted to see him being of Leeds City College.