THE VILLAGE NEWS SEPTEMBER 2020 EDITION

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

1 – COVER 2 – PARISH COUNCILLORS 3 – STAFF & LOCAL COUNCIL 4 – WORKING GROUPS & COMMITEES 5 – REVEREND MANDY 6 – ST EDMUNDS CHURCH 7 – LOCAL NEWS 8 – LOCAL NEWS Cover photo courtesy of Dave Boyle – Stranger on the shore 9 – SUMMER CLUB 10 – BELL RINGERS 11 – MARSH, BIRD RINGERS & CLEAN UP REPORTS 12 – YOUTH CAFÉ Newsletter renaming 13 – GREENER GROWTH 14 – FUN AND GAMES 15 – FUN AND GAMES 2 Although the Kessingland parish Council produces the 16 – 2020 SUNFLOWER newsletter it is bigger than us, it links the community as a COMPETITION whole. With this in mind we wanted it to have a name which 17 – AFRICA ALIVE! reflected this. During August we took suggestions for names 18 – BOYLE’S BAKES / then put a poll on Facebook to let the community vote for their SUBMISSIONS favourite. With a landslide win, getting 52 votes, was ‘The

Village News’. Other entries included ‘The Kessingland Herring’

with 12 votes, ‘Kessingland Village Post’ with 10 votes and

‘Kessingalanda’ with 5 votes. All getting 1 vote each were ‘This month in Kessingland’, ‘The quiet place’, ‘Kessingland Community News’ and ‘The Hub’.

Thanks to everyone who submitted names and voted.

Welcome to our newest ‘Village news’ contributors – Africa Alive!

UPCOMING MEETINGS

th Barclays bank, Kessingland. Taken Full council – Wednesday 9 September 2020 in 1953 on Coronation Day

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Your Parish Councillors

Chairman Vice Chairman Stephen ‘Sid’ James Dave Boyle The Anchorage, Beach Rd, 19 Smith Crescent, Kessingland NR33 7RW Kessingland NR33 7TZ Tel: 01502 740521 Tel: 07707201300 Email: sjames@kessingla Email: dboyle@kessingla ndparishcouncil.org.uk ndparishcouncil.org.uk

Councillor Councillor Barry Burden Martin Dunne 24 Heritage Green, 14 Fishermans Way, Kessingland NR33 7UP Kessingland NR33 7NY Tel: 01502 742442 Tel: 01502 741945 Email:bburden@kessingla Email:mdunne@kessingla ndparishcouncil.org.uk ndparishcouncil.org.uk

Councillor Christine (Chris) Cook 35 Catchpole Close, Kessingland NR33 7TL Tel: 07592555345 Email:ccook@kessingland parishcouncil.org.uk Councillor Councillor Billy Nicholls Brian Kite 141 Lloyds Avenue, 27 London Road, Kessingland NR33 7TT Kessingland NR33 7PN Tel: 07584168200 Tel: 01502 742345 Email:bnicholls@kessingla Email: bkite@kessinglan ndparishcouncil.org.uk dparishcouncil.org.uk

Councillor Councillor Alan Green Ian Graham 18 Fishermans Way, 196 Lloyds Avenue, Kessingland NR33 7NY Kessingland NR33 7TU Tel: 07789644645 Tel: 07985462200 Email:agreen@kessinglan Email:igraham@kessingl dparishcouncil.org.uk andparishcouncil.org.uk

Councillor Councillor David Mottram Bob Saunders 38 Kipling Close, 48 London Road, Kessingland NR33 7NZ Kessingland NR33 7PW Tel: 07377624686 Tel: 07901530770 Email:dmottram@kessin Email:bsaunders@kessingla glandparishcouncil.org.uk ndparishcouncil.org.uk

Councillor Kessingland Parish Council Newsletter Team Julie McLean Parish Council Offices For any queries, feedback 43 Field Lane, Kessingland 1st Floor, Marram Green or requests please contact NR33 7QA Hall Rd, Kessingland the team. Tel: 07539696904 NR33 7AH David Mottram: dmottra Email:jmclean@kessinglan Tel: 01502 744367 m@kessinglandparishcou dparishcouncil.org.uk Email: ncil.org.uk clerk@kessinglandparish council.org.uk 2

Your County & District Councillors & Parish staff

District Councillor Letitia Smith 24 Holystone Way, NR33 8FP Tel: 01502 512862 / 07596812358 Email: Letitia.smith@eas Tsuffolk.gov.uk

County Councillor Michael Ladd 4 Pier Avenue, IP18 6BX Tel: 01502 724337 / 07714597994 Email: Michael.ladd@su Ffolk.gov.uk

Parish Clerk & RFO Neil Coleby Tel: 01502 744367 (during office hours) Email: [email protected]

Assistant to the Parish Clerk Shelley Hogg Email:deputyclerk@kessinglandparishcounc il.org.uk Tel: 01502 744367 (During office hours)

Cleansing Operatives

Ruth Orris & Niall McLean

Yellow zone, East Community Partnership

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YOUR COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS

Allotments Planning committee

Whilst Kessingland Parish Council make recommendations to Council as to what they feel is If you are interested in allotment’s please appropriate for Kessingland and in accordance with the contact Councillor Billy Nicholls on 07584 Kessingland Neighbourhood Plan, decisions are made by East 168200 or email: Suffolk District Council. [email protected] If you would like to see what planning applications are being considered/have been approved a link can be found on the parish council website or you can go to the East Suffolk District Council site:- https://publicaccess.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/online-applications/

Village, beach & marsh clean up groups Kessingland Events Group (KEG)

Cllr David Boyle runs the village clean up group Kessingland Events Group is a working group of the which is now meeting again on Mondays & council but brings together interested individuals and groups within the village to work together on Fridays under revised guidelines. Marsh meets promoting and running village events. Please see our are back for routine maintenance and surveys. website for more information and the date of the next meeting. For more information contact: Contact David on 07707 201300 or [email protected] [email protected]

Highways The beach

Our Beach Wardens are: If you notice something wrong on the highway, you can report it at:- Cllr Stephen (Sid) James on 01502 740521 https://highwaysreporting.suffolk.gov.uk/ email: [email protected]

Cllr Martin Dunne on 01502 741945 email: [email protected]

Roadworks Room bookings

For the most up to date information on Rooms are available to rent at Marram Green roadworks locally and across Suffolk please go for meetings, conferences, learning events & to: https://one.network/custom/suffolk/ or activities to improve the health & wellbeing of https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/roads-and- the community. If you are interested in booking transport/roadworks/roadworks-in-suffolk/ a room here at Marram Green, contact the Parish Clerk on 01502 744367 or If you’re travelling further afield, information [email protected] can be found at: https://www.roadworks.org/

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From the Rectory: Revd Mandy writes about The Christian Faith and Relationships

In my lifetime, I have travelled to many places around the world, I have engaged with many nationalities, cultures and faithful people, from all walks of life. No matter where I have been in the world, I cannot recall anyone who has never heard of Jesus. Most people have heard something about Jesus and, truth be told, whatever they’ve heard or seen, sadly, so very sadly, has given some of them a reason to form an unpleasant understanding of Him and the Christian faith. Their perception or limited understanding of God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and Christians generally, I might argue has been distorted and blemished. In today’s media coverage, and increasingly across social media, perhaps more so here in the , I think most of us would agree that Christianity, and subsequently, Jesus, has an image problem. As the Rector of this benefice, (, Kessingland and Rushmere) which has a huge diversity in age, culture and where people are in their faith, in their belief in God; I am called to try and address that. As a person who has answered God’s call to minister to ALL His people, I conclude I can only do that through building relationships with you all. Relationships matter because they help break down fears, stereotypes, myths, assumptions, pain and anger. Relationships are formed by speaking kindly to each other and about each other. Relationships are formed, by interaction with each other, which unhappily since March 23rd has not always been an option or very simple. So it’s important to build healthy relationships, to support each other through confusing times as well as happier times simply by talking to each other rather than about each other. Relationships are not buildings, or conferences, or theology or doctrine. While these all have important value and purpose, something much simpler, and the very backbone of the Christian faith is the power of human relationships and the human relation with God. For many today, the story of God, leading up to the time of Jesus, is very confusing, however the story of God is easily understood and available to us all through the power and mystery of the person Jesus, • coming to people at Christmas, • Embracing people from all walks of life, • and forming relationships with people by His presence and engagement in His ministry. Jesus spoke to people in a language they could understand by telling stories, and He was clear that we should build relationships based on love and forgiveness with all around us Listen Imagine Empower Celebrate The future of the Christian faith will take many shapes, forms and turns. This is inevitable because change is constantly taking place and at a pace more rapid than at any point in human history all around us, through technology, medicine, and migration; so why should the church be any different? Well the Church isn’t any different, the church has been evolving, changing, since the very first Christian church was founded. As people of this time, we are weaving our way through this inevitable path of change. The truth of the Christian faith is that Christians seek to be inspired by Jesus and the difference He made to the world, through the power of loving relationships. Jesus had no telephone, or social media, which may be why the faith spread and grew so quickly around the world; a faith that is still growing and increasing and is the largest faith in the world today.…(perhaps this is not what the media or social media may portray!) Jesus directs us all to “Love one another as I have loved you” how can that be an image problem?

If you would like to talk about the Christian faith you can e-mail me at the address below. God be with you.

Revd Mandy. [email protected]

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St Edmunds Church

HELP! Do you have any unwanted bulbs? St Edmunds church would like to plant bulbs on two banks in order to produce more colour in Spring. Any donations are gratefully received.

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Local news

Kessingland FC mens team kicked off their debut season on Saturday 15/08 with a 4-2 friendly loss at home against Whitehorse, a 4-0 friendly loss at home against Town A on 22/08 and a 5–1 loss at home against Crusaders on the 29/08. Well done to the team, a lot of work has gone into getting a team running in the village again. Kessingland FC will be competing in the District League, Division 2. This is the 18th tier of English football. Kessingland FC under 9’s also played their first game this month at home to & , well done!

Lowestoft Town FC had three friendlies during August, an 8–0 win at home to Waveney FC, a 5–1 defeat away at Gorleston and an abandoned game due to serious injury at home to Bowers & Pitsea. The Trawler Boys are competing in the Southern Premier Central League. This is the 9th tier of English Football.

Argos sadly announced this month that they will be ceasing production of their iconinc catalogue. The company is moving to online only to cut costs. More than 1 billion copies have been made since its launch in 1973 (pictured). By the end of January 2021 the book will no longer be printed, however they will still release a print version of their yearly Christmas gift guide. Did you know you can now view all of the old catalogues on the Argos website, hours of nostalgia! The link for this is below.

http://dev.argosbookofdreams.co.uk/

Six radio stations in and around our region will soon be rebranded, Hits Radio owned by Bauer Media acquired the stations in 2019. Most relevant to our area is The Beach, The Beach started broadcasting in September 1996 and it has been voted the ‘Eastern region radio academy station of the year’ three times. The other stations who form this rebrand are Norfolk based KLFM, North Norfolk Radio and Radio Norwich, Town 102(Suffolk) and Dream 100 (Essex).

An update from the WI

Our President, Margaret Parker, has kept the Institute up to date with emails and each member has received phone calls from committee members to keep up morale and check any requirements. During Lockdown, Pauline Shipley has led keep fit activities for 15 minutes each weekday afternoon in her cul-de-sac, which also provided a chance for social interaction. Meanwhile, indoors, Sheila Youngman and Karelyn Smithson have worked with East Suffolk PPE volunteers making hats, scrubs, bags and face coverings. Sheila Woodcock has also made face coverings for neighbours, family and office workers at King's Hospital, while Sue Green has made 74 syringe driver bags for James Paget Hospital. Several members have knitted and crocheted hearts for patients, their loved ones, and local care home residents to enable them to feel closer together. WI members love to keep busy and will be pleased to meet again in the autumn.

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Some very sad news this month came in the announcement that Sam’s Café at Marram Green will not be reopening, thankyou to all the staff who gave us some cracking evenings and a consistently high standard of service during its term. However, on a positive note the Sam’s Café in Bevan St has now reopened. Access trust are looking into possible relocation options in Kessingland.

A rare Sowerby whale was found washed up on north beach, Lowestoft on Saturday 22nd August. Sadly, the juvenile female whale, measuring 3.86 metres, struggled in out of habitat water. A pair had been spotted off the Norfolk coast days before and just hours before the female washed up the male had been returned to the sea after washing up in Caister. The whales are more accustomed to water deeper than the comparatively shallow .

From Monday 24th August East Suffolk Council started their parking prices reduction scheme, starting in and rolling out across East Suffolk in the coming weeks. 70% of car parks will see a reduction or freeze on prices in an effort to attract shoppers and streamline parking tariffs. Many areas will now offer free, 30 minute parking. , Beccles, , , Kirkley, , Lowestoft, Melton, , , Southwold and Wrentham will all also be rolling out the scheme.

You may recall a few weeks ago the sudden appearance of a cruise ship off Kessingland beach. The Arcadia had moored up due to COVID impacting the travel industry. The Arcadia is now moored up in nearby Southwold. She was built in 2005 and was christened by Dame Kelly Holmes at Southampton port. She weighs 84,342 gross tonnes, measures 938 feet and has room for 1,904 passengers and 880 crew. She has 952 cabins across 7 decks as well as a further 4 decks with no cabins. P&O cruises who operate the Arcadia have expressed their gratitude to Suffolk’s ports for their support.

Happy Birthday to a nations favourite – Colin the caterpillar! The popular cake turns 30 this year, most people will have had a Colin at some point in their life and the cake still proves popular, M&S report sales of over 450,000 a year! Did you know it takes over 8.4 tonnes of sweets each year to decorate him!

The first Colin in 1990 Modern Colin

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Kids Summer Club

On the 6th, 7th and 20th of August Kessingland Parish Council and other kind volunteers from the community and Kessingland FC hosted the kids summer club. Sadly the final day due to take place on the 21st had to be cancelled due to dangerously high winds.

The days were all well attended and the kids all had fun and represented themselves well. Games such as beat the keeper, croquet, tennis, basketball, jenga, rounders, obstacle courses and a water fight all took place. Thanks to all who helped and attended, a special thanks to Morrisons Pakefield who kindly donated drinks and snacks for the children.

Photo’s taken from the various days, children enjoying croquet, jenga, tennis, beat the keeper and soaking the adults in a water bomb battle!

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Kessingland bell ringers

If you live in Kessingland there is a good chance that you are accustomed to the sounds of the church bells ringing. They can be heard every Sunday between 10:10-10:40 calling people to church and on a Thursday evening the bell ringers have their practice sessions between 19:45-21:00. They are also available for weddings. At 98ft the tower is one of the tallest in Suffolk. The church dates back to the 15th century.

View from up in the tower A bell ringer in action below the belltower

Did you know there are only three occasions where the church bells will be rung for a funeral? These occasions are to mark the death of a monarch, the death of a rector or the death of a bell ringer. On these occasions the bells will be rung ‘half muffled’ which means that one side of the clapper has a piece of leather on it to muffle one strike, this is also done on Rememberance Sunday. A church tower can have between 3-16 bells although most commonly they hold 6 or 8. St Edmunds church 6 has bells.

Bells were first authorised for use in Christian churches in around 400AD, by around 600AD they had become common in monasteries in Europe.

This diagram shows all the parts of the bell and it’s structural surround. From below, as shown in the photo above, the ringer will pull down on the rope to swing the bell.

The bells can also be ‘chimed’ to make a more intricate tune, this is done by a series of smaller pullies which then chime a smaller hammer against the bell rather than the bell swinging.

Of the 6 bells in St Edmunds tower, only one original remains. The number 2 bell which was cast in 1617. The most recently added bell is the number 1 bell which was cast in 1960 and hung in 1961. It was named Andrew as a tribute to Prince Andrew.

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Kessingland marsh, Bird Ringers and clean up reports

BIRD RINGERS

In July, 115 birds were captured at Marsh Lane – 99 new birds that we subsequently ringed (N) and 16 already ringed (R). Biometrics were recorded for each bird (age, sex, wing length, weight etc) and the data submitted to the British Trust of Ornithology database.

Blackbird – 2N, Blackcap – 23N + 4R, Blue Tit – 5N + 2R, Bullfinch – 2N, Chaffinch – 1 N, Chiffchaff – 27N +2R, Dunnock – 6N +2R, Garden Warbler – 2N, Goldfinch – 2N, Grasshapper Warbler – 1N, Greenfinch – 2N, Great Tit – 5N + 1R, Lesser Whitethroat – 1N, Long Tailed Tit – 3R, Robin – 4N + 1R, Sedge Warbler – 1N, Song Thrush – 2N,Treecreeper – 1N, Whitethroat – 3N and Wren – 6N + 1R.

MONDAY MARSH GROUP

Just general maintenance has been completed down the Marsh, path clearance, monitoring and a couple of surveys as we are still in the last few weeks of nesting bird season, we also have been keeping an eye on the three Rowan trees we planted earlier. Unfortunately, only one seems to be thriving, we are still monitoring the other two and will report more next month. As from the 1st Sept we will get the conservation work underway starting with brush cutting the area around the logs and the small meadow area, we will then rake up the cuttings and add to our hay compost, the bird boxes will be cleaned out ready for next season and then some tree work. A new area will be brush cut to try and enhance more regrowth and make a more diverse site.

CLEAN UP UPDATE

Fridays have been well attended in the last month with an average of 6 litter pickers out most mornings. The path and alley team have been clearing up around the village but there is still a lot to do. The Monday beach litter pickers have been a bit thin on the ground owing to other commitments but there have been a couple out the most weeks. More volunteers are always needed, just email Cllr David Boyle on [email protected] or give him a call on: 07707 201300.

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Kessingland youth café

Kessingland Parish Council is delighted to be able to formally announce the dates for our youth café trial.

The youth café will be operating at The Hub, Francis Road on the following dates:

Wednesday 9th September – 16:00-17:30 for 10-14 year olds / 18:00-19:30 for 15-18 year olds

Wednesday 16th September – 16:00-17:30 for 10-14 year olds / 18:00-19:30 for 15-18 year olds

Wednesday 23rd September – 16:00-17:30 for 10-14 year olds / 18:00-19:30 for 15-18 year olds

Wednesday 30th September – 16:00-17:30 for 10-14 year olds / 18:00-19:30 for 15-18 year olds

The youth café will be open to ALL children of those ages, it is free to come along and everyone will be given the same opportunity to attend. There will be comfy seating, a large tv and music, free wifi, a pool table, board games, art and craft material and football or basketball will be available outside on the muga.

During the trial we will be providing free drinks and snacks.

The sessions will be laid back with an open atmosphere, there will be a range of things going on to choose from, however if you want to relax and use the wifi that’s fine too! No pressure, no negative behaviour just a safe and welcoming place to come along. We will of course have certain expectations around behaviour but nothing unreasonable will be asked of anyone.

There will always be at least 3 adults on site, all of which will be DBS checked. There will always be a first aider present and safeguarding measures in place.

Due to the ever changing regulations around COVID we may need to adapt on the night to meet these requirements but we are prepared for this.

All youths attending will be required to complete a sign in sheet with some contact details on and will need to read and agree to our behaviour and expectations policy.

Please remember this is a trial, a lot of work has gone in to get this far and its success depends on you as much as us. We are committed to this project with the long term goal of having a permanent youth café in the village.

We hope to see you soon!

Claire David Julie Sam Tammy

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Greener Growth

It’s been a busy few week’s at the Community Wildlife Garden with lots of planting going on and all the fruit, vegetables and herbs are growing very well. Feel free to have a look around and sample the fare, or find a little spot if you want to plant your own vegetable or wildflower…

Some photos of the wares on offer and how some of the old playpark equipment has been cleverly repurposed. Also please be aware there is a wasp nest behind the old swings.

Also, along with the insect hotel and bird boxes, a new hedgehog hotel has also been installed, very kindly donated by Helen Sinfield, a very big “Thank You” to you.

Our first “official” event was held in August with Tilly the Tailspinner in the Big Chair telling stories to the children. It was a great success and “Thank You” to everyone who came along to listen on such a beautiful sunny day. More events are being planned for the future so watch this space.

A selection of pictures taken on the day, the children and adults all enjoyed Tilly’s entertaining stories.

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Fun & games

Movie pictogram’s – Guess the movies using the picture clues

-E

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Fun and games 2

Name the 17 cartoon characters in the pictures below

To submit or request the answers to any fun and games please email [email protected]

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2020 Sunflower competition

The first annual sunflower competition was well received in the village with several people submitting their sunflowers. Congratulation to our top three. Special thanks to Alison Jones for making the cupcakes.

1st – Paul Eastough measuring in at 3.65m. (Cupcakes and Amazon voucher)

2nd – Narrowly missing out on 1st by 3cm was Beatrice Watson’s sunflower at 3.62m! (Cupcakes)

3rd – Megan Watson coming in with her 3.13m sunflower. (Cupcakes)

Wooden spoon goes to poor Jeanette Bradfield who lost her head just days before the measure in!

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Africa Alive!

We are delighted to announce that Africa Alive! will now be giving us monthly contributions, we will receive reports and news and from next October’s edition a ‘photo of the month’ from the attractions resident photographer. This is fantastic news as the park is one of Kessinglands major attractions.

Africa Alive! Animal News

As for everyone in Kessingland, it has been a very strange year! I think we are all craving a return to normal, not new normal, just normal. The period of relative quiet and calm at the beginning of lockdown, when the Park was shut and we were operating on a skeleton staff of keepers, a maintenance man and myself, moved on to the mad rush of preparing to open in July. July had many challenges as everyone adapted to the COVID precautions, unisex toilets, one way systems and social distancing. It has not been easy as the Park was not designed with any of this in mind so I am first to admit it has not been perfect but everyone has tried their best for our guests and we appreciate everyone’s patience. Our operation has had to change considerably, we had to cancel a lot of events including the ever popular Mighty Zulu Nation dance troupe to save money. We have not been able to run the road train or have our animal feed talks because of social distancing concerns and there has been an almost complete change to our catering experience with simplified menus and outdoor eating. And we have had a lot of guests! Nearly double what we expected for the month. That said we have a lot to make up for after being closed for so long. The last couple of months have been busy with lots of births in the Park. Most notably we were delighted when our king colobus monkeys had a baby at the beginning of July. The youngster is doing well and Burt and Ebony are being exemplary parents! 15th June saw a superb starling hatch and the chick is now nearly ready for fledging. This is great news for Africa Alive! as this is the first time a chick has been completely parent reared. Our blesbok (a type of African antelope) have been breeding well, with female Surf giving birth to a female calf and Coral giving birth to another female calf all in the space of ten days! Both calves are doing well and join a male calf that was born in February. Staying with antelope, our female nyala ‘Quaver’ gave birth to a female calf towards the end of July. June saw the birth of two male Somali sheep to add to our flock and we also welcomed 12 black cheeked lovebird chicks to our large lovebird group in July plus 13 white faced whistling ducks hatched throughout July and August. A few zoo transfers have taken place over the past couple of months. We sent a group of meerkats (also known as a ‘mob’ or ‘gang’) to a zoo in Berkshire and we transferred ‘Hex’ our female serval to Marwell Zoo. We received two common barn owls in July from Colchester Zoo and these birds will form a part of our ‘Amazing African Animals’ presentations.

Gary Batters Managing Director of Zoos (Acting) Zoological Society of East Anglia

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New! ‘Boyle’s Bakes’!

Each month your Parish Council Vice Chairman Dave Boyle will be giving you one of his beloved recipes to try out, this months its his ‘Lasagne in a crockpot’. We would love to see your attempts, email [email protected] to have your bake shown in next months newsletter!

Ingredients: 1 kilo of beef mince (I use 5% fat mince) 2 small onions (chopped) 300g mushrooms (chopped) 1 tin of chopped tomatoes 1 tablespoon tomato purée salt and pepper to taste tablespoon of Italian spices 2/3 cloves garlic

Fry all above ingredients in frying pan and then leave to cool.

200g Grated Cheese of choice Lasagne sheets

Spoon a layer of the sauce into the crockpot (I have a 2.4 ltr crockpot) then a layer of lasagne sheets, 40 g of cheese, then repeat 2 more times. The last layer out the remaining 80g of cheese on top. Put on low heat for approx 2 hours or until cheese has melted. Serve with salad or chips/ wedges. Serves 3/4 Enjoy.

Best Regards, David Boyle

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