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AUGUST 2020 back to business new normal at the carps toilets, which operate on a one‐in‐one‐out basis, or going outside to smoke. Tables have been removed to ensure social distancing guidelines are met and where they can not be moved a screen has been installed. The Grapevine asked landlady, Jakie Spencer, how people had responded to them re‐opening and how it had affected the shop service they had been running. Jakie said, “When we first opened business was at a very gentle pace, this, I think, was down to people being very cautious and possibly not being used to going out. ‘The shop we started to help people with basics seems to have slowed down now everyone can get to the shops themselves, but we still have a few people using us for bits and pieces. “There have been quite a few new faces coming in, as well as our regular clientele returning.” Jakie also told us, “At the moment we can't offer any music, and quizzes would be tricky with the current social distancing measures in place, unless we had an outside quiz… now there's a possibility…maybe garden bingo as well! “We are working on a bottle bar for the garden so anyone in the back garden doesn't have to keep going into the bar area. We will be carrying on with the takeaway service as quite a few people have found it useful and will hopefully continue to do so.” Jakie added, “We would like to take this opportunity to thank all Clay and Jakie Spencer welcome their first postlockdown customer those who helped us through these trying times and to reassure everyone that we will be doing our utmost to make sure they feel to The Carpenters Arms safe and comfortable at the Carpenters during their visit.” It may have been Independence Day in America but July 4 2020 was also a day to celebrate for anyone in Stewkley who likes to pop to NHS SPITFIRE FLYPAST their local for a drink. On Saturday 18 July as part of a nationwide flypast of NHS hospitals After the enforced closure on March 20, due to the worldwide over 4 days in July, a Spitfire PL983 on route from Stoke Mandeville Covid‐19 pandemic, the Carpenters Arms was once again permitted Hospital to Milton Keynes University Hospital skirted Stewkley. to open its doors, although anyone doing so will find a number of changes put in place to comply with the new regulations. The picture below was taken by Lee Walden between Stewkley and Hollingdon. Apart from having to give their name and contact details for Track and Trace, visitors can only sit with members of their own household and one other household, and this must be in groups of no more than six. Standing or sitting at the bar is no longer permitted and visitors should remain seated except when using the Also in Grapevine: ● p3 Playing Again ● p5 Reared by Izzie with love ● p6 Bunt Scott’s Thoughts On... ● p7 The great Stewkley Pong THE GRAPEVINE: NEXT ISSUE ON OR ABOUT 1 SEPTEMBER 2020. DEADLINE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS & ADS: 15 AUGUST 2020 Contact: [email protected] To advertise: email or call 242137. For editorial: email or call 240350. Page 2 Stewkley Grapevine August 2020 VILLAGE DIARY SVCC UPCOMING FIXTURES Saturday 1 August Great Brickhill Away 13:30 Saturday XI AUGUST Sunday 2 August Kimble Home 14:00 Friendly XI Mon 3 Book Club – via Zoom, 8.30pm Saturday 8 August New Bradwell Home 13:30 Saturday XI Tue 4 Stewkley Walkers’ resume Sunday 9 August Drayton Parslow Home 13:30 Friendly XI Wed 5 Refuse: blue tops and food bins Sunday 16 August Mursley Away 13:00 Friendly XI Wed 12 Refuse: green tops, garden and food bins Sat 15 VJ Day 75th Anniversary of VJ, War Memorial, 10.55am Saturday 22 August Milton Keynes CC Away 13:30 Saturday XI Sat 15 Deadline for submissions to Grapevine Sunday 23 August Haddenham Away 13:30 Friendly XI Wed 19 Refuse: blue tops and food bins Sunday 30 August Flitwick Home 13:00 Friendly XI Mon 24 Play Around The Parishes - CANCELLED Sunday 6 September The Occasionals Home 13:00 Friendly XI Wed 26 Refuse: green tops, garden and food bins Sunday 20 September Beds Farmers Home 13:00 Friendly XI SEPTEMBER Sat 19 A Thankful Harvest, Stewkley-wide Sun 20 A Thankful Harvest, Stewkley-wide SAVE THE DATE WHAT’S ON IN AUGUST Decorate your front gardens or community spaces with the theme BOOK CLUB A THANKFUL HARVEST Monday 3 August Saturday 19 September to Sunday 20 September 8.30pm via Zoom Entries to Rev Donna ‐ 01525 240 589 Please contact Greg on 240487 for information [email protected] Book to discuss: The Last Dance by Victoria Hislop By 11 September (Book for September: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler) STEWKLEY WALKERS from Bridget Watson Welcome back. We are looking forward to resuming our group walks Lunch (optional): Bring your own picnic lunch, rug/fold up chair and meeting socially following lockdown. Due to Covid‐19, there are Leaders: Malcolm and Margaret Phone 07985 064705 to book a some changes to the way walks are organised to maintain social place. distancing and to keep each other safe. Firstly, there are restrictions on the size of groups, so you must book Monday 10 August and Monday 24 August your walks in advance, by contacting the Walk Leader. Knolls Wood Circular 4 miles Secondly, members must book their own table for a pub lunch, if Meet at The Globe Inn, Leighton Buzzard (LU7 2TA) at 10am. This applicable, in advance. The contact details are in the listings below pretty walk follows the river Ouzel across flood plain meadows then as well as the time to book for. continues to Knolls Wood. No stiles. Dogs on leads welcome. There are toilet facilities unless stated otherwise. WALKS PROGRAMME FOR AUGUST 2020 Lunch (optional): The Globe Inn. Phone 01525 373338 to book a table (outdoors if possible) for 12.15pm Tuesday 4 August and Friday 7 August Leader: Bridget Phone 07756 326350 to book a place Whipsnade Circular 4.5 miles Wednesday 19 August Park at the Chilterns Gateway Centre on Dunstable Downs, Whipsnade Road, Dunstable, (LU6 2GY) where Alice will meet you Caldecotte Lake Circular 4 miles at 10am. Car parking: Free for National Trust members/£3.50 for Meet at the Caldecotte Pub and Grill, Bletcham Way, Caldecotte, non‐members. The route crosses fields and wooded areas, and via Milton Keynes (MK7 9HP) at 10am. The walk is fairly level on flat the Whipsnade Tree Cathedral, with wonderful views on the way hard‐surfaced footpaths around the lake and nearby area. back to Dunstable Downs. No stiles. Well‐behaved dogs on leads Lunch (optional): at the Caldecotte Pub and Grill. Phone 01908 welcome. 366188 to book a table (outdoors if possible) for 12.15pm Lunch: Snacks can be purchased from the serving hatch at the cafe. Leaders: Alice and Bridget Phone 07905 759120 to book a place. Leader: Alice Phone 07905 759120 to book a place. Thursday 27 August Wednesday 12 August Stewkley Circular 4 miles Tiddenfoot Round 4 miles Meet at Stewkley Recreation Ground, Soulbury Road, Stewkley, (LU7 Meet at Tiddenfoot Waterside car park (SP912239) near the OHN) at 10am. Mostly level walking across fields. Several stiles. southern end of Mentmore Road, (LU7 2AE) at 10am. NB No toilets. Possibility of cattle and sheep in some fields. Regret no dogs. NB No toilets. The walk takes in the park and then over a new route opened up to Grovebury, down to the Grove and back along the canal. No stiles. Lunch (optional): Bring your own picnic lunch, rug/fold up chair Fairly flat walking other than Grovebury Hill. Regret no dogs. Leaders: Chris and Greg Phone 01525 240487 to book a place. Stewkley Grapevine August 2020 Page 3 PLAYING AGAIN - STEWKLEY CYGNETS PRE-SCHOOL from Shelagh Gallacher Cygnets returned in June after the setting had been thoroughly cleaned and we had a good sort out of all the activities available to make sure they were Covid‐19 ‘safe as far as they could be’. Our numbers have been very depleted with not all parents choosing to send their children back. The children are in a social bubble and are thoroughly enjoying being back with their friends and the staff team. DESIGN FOR 2021 VILLAGE HALL SHOW PROGRAMME Competition entries to choose a design for next year’s show were selected as follows: First prize: Cathy Hart Second prize: Niamh Dooley Third prize: Chloe Bucktrout Cathy’s design will be used for the front cover. However, when judging the entries, Diana Sheldon so liked the others that some elements from Niamh and Chloe’s designs will be incorporated elsewhere in the programme. NOT PLAYING THIS YEAR from Stewkley Players ROAD WORKS AHEAD Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Stewkley Players Committee has Buckinghamshire Council has advised of the following road works: ruled out any activity for the remainder of 2020 which means that Mursley Road, Stewkley – approximately 400m north west of Old sadly there will be no production this autumn. Leighton Farm to Plough Cottage (Friday 31 July to Friday 7 It was decided that even if restrictions were relaxed to allow August). amateur dramatics to take place, the logistics of staging a Patching using a daytime road closure between 7am and 7pm. production this year would be impossible. The group will review the situation at the end of the year with the hope that a production can be staged in the spring of 2021 if it is email: [email protected] safe to do so.