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February 2021 21 8 17 17 12 Contents. ● Logic Puzzle 6 ● It’s a Puzzle 17 ● Festival of Snowdrops 8 ● Answers 20 ● Talking Rubbish 12 ● Where To Look Book 22 Please support our local businesses as much as you are able. Please note that all the information within these pages is correct at the time of going to print. Copy deadline for March issue is Monday 15th February. 4 To advertise call 01935 824072 or e-mail [email protected] Please mention The Hambook when responding to adverts 5 Logic Puzzle… Oompah Band Three friends from different villages in Austria are members of the same Oompah band. Can you work out the age of each man (39, 40, 42), his occupation (one is a farmer), the instrument he plays and the name of his village (one is Obersdorf)? 1. Boris (who isn't the hotel keeper) is older than the tuba player (who isn't from the village of Alpensee). 2. The man who plays the flugelhorn isn't the oldest band member. 3. The man aged 40 is from a village with the same initial letter as the village the accordion player comes from. 4. The policeman is younger than Wilhelm. 5. The man from Ottenbach is either the youngest or the oldest and may or may not be Walter. NAME AGE OCCUPATION INSTRUMENT VILLAGE Answers on page 20 Please mention The Hambook when responding to adverts 7 Find mindful moments at East Lambrook Manor Gardens Festival of Snowdrops Somerset’s famous cottage garden is celebrating the snowdrop season once again with its third Festival of Snowdrops, running throughout February. In addition to the many snowdrops growing in the garden, the festival will focus on special displays of unusual varieties so that they can be appreciated at close quarters.……………………... Sculptor Chris Kampf will also be exhibiting his popular steel snowdrops. Galanthus, better known as snowdrops, have long been a feature of the garden, ever since the celebrated plantswoman Margery Fish created the iconic cottage garden at East Lam- brook Manor, her home from 1938 to 1969. She planted her snowdrops in an area she named The Ditch, which was origi- nally a drainage channel between orchards. She and hus- band Walter, a former editor of the Daily Mail, landscaped it to create a water feature but the water famously disappeared once they finished the work, although in wet weather water still flows. “The Ditch looks fabulous when the sides are carpeted with snowdrops,” explains own- er Mike Werkmeister, “so what better way to relieve the stresses of lockdown than to enjoy a peaceful walk round the gardens here during the February snowdrop season. Other gardens have carpets of the common snowdrop G. nivalis but we have a collec- tion of around 150 varieties so our aim is to demonstrate the diversity of the genus in our displays. Visitors are often surprised to discover some snowdrops have yellow in the flowers and can cost over £100 for a single bulb!” Gardens are permitted to remain open during lock- down therefore East Lambrook has decided to allow a limited number of visitors to come every day provided they book online via its website or Facebook page and observe strict social distancing rules at all times. Around 70 varieties will be on sale in the nursery but there will be no guided tours this year. Open 10am to 5.00pm, Tuesday to Sunday through- out February. Garden entry £6.00, over 65s £5.50, under 16s free. NGS charity Snowdrop Open Day is on Sunday 14th February. Free entry to the nursery. Visitors are advised to check the website for the latest information and to book tickets. East Lambrook Manor Gardens, Silver Street, East Lambrook, South Petherton, TA13 5HH [email protected] www.eastlambrook.com To advertise call 01935 824072 or e-mail [email protected] 9 12 10 To advertise call 01935 824072 or e-mail [email protected] Please mention The Hambook when responding to adverts 11 Talking Rubbish Local Recycling Tips... This months reader question was about Ecobricks: JMG asked “Can you please tell me where I can recycle ECO bricks. We collected a quantity for our grandsons' school and they no longer want them and it seems a crime to throw them away.” TR replied: Have the ecobricks been “validated”? Bricks are individually logged and checked they meet required standards for sharing within the ecobrick community. For full details see www.ecobricks.org There are no projects currently accepting ecobricks due to Covid, so you are advised to use them in your own projects. If the ecobricks do not meet validation criteria and/or you do not have projects for them, they can be sent for incineration via your normal black bin kerbside collection. Waste incineration at Avonmouth RRC produces energy for the National Grid. So what are Ecobricks? A plastic bottle with a screw top lid, which is packed with non recyclable plastic. They are used to make craft projects, but are not suitable for regulated building. Why make them? Non recyclable plastic packed in a bottle is less likely to blow loose. You can weigh how much non recyclable plastic you use and identify what plastics could be switched. But the “most eco” ecobrick is the one you don’t make, as you avoid non-recyclable plastics. If you have a question about items you are struggling to recycle, let’s see if we can help you? Email Talking Rubbish at [email protected] 12 To advertise call 01935 824072 or e-mail [email protected] Please mention The Hambook when responding to adverts 13 14 To advertise call 01935 824072 or e-mail [email protected] Please mention The Hambook when responding to adverts 15 1616 To advertise call 01935 824072 or e-mail [email protected] It’s a Puzzle Pancake Day Wordsearch Find all the words listed below, words can be across, diagonal, up, down and backwards. PANCAKE SHROVE TUESDAY PAN LENT FLOUR SUGAR DAY CREPE JAM MILK EGGS Spot 10 differences Answers on page 20 17 18 Please mention The Hambook when responding to adverts Please mention The Hambook when responding to adverts 19 Answers to January Competition: OOMPAH OOMPAH! - Mystery Word is SOLSTICE Solution from page 6 The Winner is: Julian Waldron from Higher Odcombe who wins a Voucher kindly donated by It’s a Puzzle from page 17 Pancake Day Wordsearch Spot the Difference 20 To advertise call 01935 824072 or e-mail [email protected] Please mention The Hambook when responding to adverts 21 Accountancy Fencing Plastering Chrysalis 9 Chris Bugler 13 Chris Bugler 13 Antiques The Fencing & Gate Co. 16 Plumbing & Heating Hambridge Antiques 15 Financial Services Beales Heating & Building 11 Bathrooms Simply Advice 24 GB Power 5 City Plumbing 1 Eva Wealth Management 11 Printing Services GB Power 5 Foot Care Wincanton Print 23 Beauty Prof. Foot Health 5 Property Maintenance Hamdon Beauty Barn 13 Funeral Directors Hamdon Property & Buildings 7 Boiler Servicing Stoodley & Son 10 Pubs Beales Heating & Building 11 Garage Services The Lord Nelson 7 Builders West End Garage 19 Roofing Beales Heating & Building 11 Handyman Bowring Building Contractors 5 Bowring Building Contractors 5 Odd Job Solutions 4 Parks Roofing 21 Chris Bugler 13 Hard Landscaping Solicitor Carpenter James Down 15 Amicus Law 4 DRA Woodwork 5 Home Care Stokes Partners 14 Carpet Cleaning Bluebird Care 16 Stone Works WillClean 19 Kitchens Chris Bugler 13 Childcare DRA Woodwork 5 James Down 15 Hamdon Playgroup 14 Kitchen Kind 10 Will’s Walls 16 Computer Help Logs Storage GEM Home Computing 15 Dale Redwood 18 Barnstore 18 Computer Repairs MOTs Taxi GEM Home Computing 15 West End Garage 19 Freeway Taxis 19 Curtains and Blinds Odd Jobs South Somerset Cars 13 Drapes Direct 7 Odd Job Solutions 4 Upholstery Cleaning Hillarys Blinds 21 Painter & Decorator WillClean 19 The Little Curtain Workshop 13 Alan Lawrence 18 Vets Drives & Patios Hamdon Property & Buildings 7 Minster Veterinary Surgery 18 James Down 15 Pest Control Village Shop Drystone Walls Pegasus 4 Stoke Community Shop 9 Will’s Walls 16 Windows & Conservatories Electricians Hamdon View Windows 2 GB Power 5 KS Electric 11 Published by Ruth Chant, 21 Castle Street, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, TA14 6RE Tel: 01935 824072 email: [email protected] www. thehambook.co.uk The Hambook is not responsible for the content of any advert or material on websites advertised within the magazine. 2222 .
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