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RaTHE bbiter Issue 269 March 2020 RaTHE bbiter All the regular features plus • THE BEGGARWOOD SURGERY • HOSPICE WOODLAND WALK • TREE-MENDOUS RECYCLING and much more The Community Newsletter for Hatch Warren, Beggarwood and Kempshott Park The Rabbiter - March 2020 /RRNLQJIRUDWUXVWHG ORFDOEXVLQHVVIRU\RXU QH[WKRPHSURMHFW" :LQGRZV 'RRUV &RQVHUYDWRULHV 2UDQJHULHV *DUDJH'RRUV *XDUDQWHHG:RUN *UHDW3ULFHV )LQDQFH$YDLODEOH &DOOULSWRQZLQGRZVFRXN LQ J V W R D V N H % ï ï ï ï ï :K\QRWYLVLWRXUVKRZURRPLQ&KLQHKDP" ï ï ï :HKDYHORWVRIH[DPSOHFRQVHUYDWRULHVZLQGRZVDQG GRRUVZLWKIUHHSDUNLQJDQGDGHFHQWFXSSD 4XRWHç5$%%,7(5èIRUDSUHIHUHQWLDOTXRWH Printed on recycled or sustainably sourced paper using ecoprint-system4 by Greenhouse Graphics. Hampshire’s only EMAS accredited print center. 5DEELWHU$GYHUW5LSWRQ:LQGRZVLQGG The Rabbiter - March 2020 THE /RRNLQJIRUDWUXVWHG EDITORIAL Spring seems to have arrived early. There are daffodils fl owering in my garden, seeds Rabbiter INSIDE THIS ISSUE sprouting in the propagators and the birds are getting busy building their nests. ORFDOEXVLQHVVIRU\RXU THE Hopefully the weather is starting to improve and so it is a great time to go for a walk. 5 HATCH WARREN WI The Health Walk meets at 11am on the fi rst and third Wednesday each month at Ra SWAG SNIPPETSbbiter QH[WKRPHSURMHFW" the Café in the Park. The walk lasts about an hour and afterwards there is time for a COUNCILLOR’S UPDATE cup of tea at the café – or join the Community Lunch on the fi rst Wednesday for a 6 WHAT’S ON delicious lunch (eg: jacket spuds, cheese, beans, salad and a cup of tea/coffee for £4). BEGGARWOOD BOOKWORMS 7 BREATHE EASY The Farleigh Wallop Estate is surrounded by beautiful landscape and woods – the :LQGRZV 'RRUV RESTAURANT REVIEW bluebells are always a stunning display. On 5 April there is the chance to walk through THE NEW BEGGARWOOD SURGERY &RQVHUYDWRULHV 2UDQJHULHV the woodland and raise money for St Michael’s Hospice – see page 13 for details. 8 BASINGSTOKE CIVIL SERVICE *DUDJH'RRUV Local Elections are scheduled for Thursday 7 May when we will be voting for RETIREMENT FELLOWSHIP three councillors to represent us on Basingstoke and Dean Borough Council. Sadly 10 OLD DOWN AND BEGGARWOOD WILDLIFE GROUP *XDUDQWHHG:RUN Councillor Terry Reid is standing down as a Councillor and she will be greatly missed. 12 PROBUS HEARS ABOUT A big thank you to Terri for all the help and support she has given residents over BIRDS AND PLANES *UHDW3ULFHV the last 10 years – she will be a hard act to follow! Terri is not retiring and she will TREE-MENDOUS RECYCLING )LQDQFH$YDLODEOH continue to be involved in a number of local initiatives including the Camrose Centre, 13 KEMPSHOTT CONSERVATION GROUP Hatch Warren Community Association and the Community Lunch at the Café in the ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPICE FARLEIGH WALLOP WOODLAND WALK Park each month. PUT A SPRING IN YOUR STEP Building work is progressing at the top of the estate and the new pub, the Holly AND GET HEALTHY! Blue, is looking good. The Holly Blue is a small butterfl y and the fi rst blue butterfl y 14 PHILLIPS SOLICITORS to emerge in spring. It can be found in gardens and is very fond of holly and ivy for CAFÉ IN THE PARK dinner. The current roadworks on the A30 will provide an entrance to the new 16 CHILDREN’S CORNER development on Houndsome Fields. More developments are probable in the area 17 PEOPLE LOVE LIVING IN BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE and SWAG are busy monitoring the planning applications and keeping everyone HATCH WARREN BEGGARWOOD informed of proposals. Currently they urgently need a Chairperson to carry on the CYCLING CLUB great work – can you help? – see page 5 for more information. 18 COMMUNITY CENTRE Beggarwood Bookworms goes from strength to strength. Books are read, discussed 19 THE WARREN 20 SAINSBURY’S and new friendships made. Five members of the group recently enjoyed a visit to the 21 SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING cinema to see Little Women – a great fi lm which follows the story of the March girls 22 RABBITER CONTACTS from Louisa May Alcott’s much loved book. The March meeting will be on 25 March 24 CLASSIFIED ADS and the book being discussed is The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. 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Afterwards members join in a ‘fishy quiz’ and finished ANAEROBIC DIGESTER the evening with a get to know one another session for all our Odour emissions from the digester have gone from bad to new members to get to know everyone. A very enjoyable evening worse in the last few months with local residents from all was had by all. over Hatch Warren and Beggarwood reporting the “rotting Our outings team have put together a very interesting schedule for cabbage” smell. Biogen the operators installed a new biofilter this year starting with a trip to the Create Show, a visit to the ‘Mary last Autumn in an attempt to address the problems, but this Rose’ and the AGM at Portsmouth in March, where the speaker certainly appears to have not succeeded. The up to date will be Ben Fogle with his talk on his trips to far flung places. We situation at the time of writing this was that the operators will also have a trip on the Basingstoke Canal, visit Ashe Park and had installed a temporary bypass to try to put an end to garden and end the year with the musical ‘White Christmas’. Some the smells, and were working with the Environment Agency members will be going to see ‘Riverdance’ in April to find a solution. Only the Environment Agency have the HCFWI have a pop up talk at W.I House on being a Refugee and power to close the plant, and I understand that, after years welcome Nick Bailey from Gardeners World with a cream tea of pressure and appeals to them, they are treating this with event for members to enjoy. some degree of seriousness and had sent their national Our next meeting will be 5th March at 8 p.m. when we will expert down to the digester to investigate. welcome back Deborah Wheeler ‘Paint a silk scarf or card’. We GOLF COURSE meet at Hatch Warren Community Centre on the first Thursday At time of writing there was still no confirmation of the date of the month at 8 p.m. For more information please contact our President Lynette on 07824 535868. the application will go to the Borough Council’s Development Control committee We look forward to meeting new ladies, so why not come and join us for an evening, you will be made most welcome. BEGGARWOOD PARK CONSULTATION The consultation has now closed and Borough Council SWAG SNIPPETS (South West Action Group) officers are now looking at the responses prior to coming up with some new proposals for the park. There are more THE FUTURE details on the Borough Council website. The South West Action Group (SWAG) is dedicated to “inform and influence” on major planning and development ST MARK’S SCHOOL PARKING proposals for the south west and west of Basingstoke and the I’ve received further complaints from local residents re parking surrounding villages of Dummer, North Waltham and Oakley. issues around St Mark’s at school run times. I contacted our Sadly, its future is now in doubt as it needs a new Chairperson local Community Safety Officer who has been very proactive to lead. and has attended on a number of occasions. He reports Although the massive housing developments of north that he has spoken to a number of drivers on the scene. Manydown, Hounsome Fields and Basingstoke Golf Course He has also spoken to parking enforcement who make the are already, or will soon be underway, don’t for one moment point that they have 6 officers to cover the whole lot of the think it will stop there.