November 2017

Sutterton Roundabout services approved n Monday, 9 October, OBoston Borough Council’s planning committee unanimously approved the proposed development of new services at the Sutterton new roundabout that will include a services Truckstop, a McDonalds restaurant and a Starbucks as well as an Esso petrol station. While it will bring forty-five full- White, recently received a letter time jobs to the area there is fear it Thank you from Sutterton Surgery thanking all will affect the Little Chef and the bingo players for their donation Burger King which have been of £200 in memory of his wife, trading for some years on the other to bingo Sylvia. side of the roundabout. The money went towards a According to lincolnshirelive players £1,679 Spirometer which helps to people living and working near the f you are new to the village diagnose severe respiratory disease area raised fourteen objections, you’ll probably be wondering and avoids the need for patients to I go to hospital. including concerns over loss of why there are so many cars agricultural land and fears that the If you’d like to play bingo on a parked outside the village hall on roundabout is already busy. Monday night just turn up by There were also concerns over a Monday night. It’s for the very 6.45pm to buy your book and a pedestrian access to the popular weekly bingo. place will be found for you. Eyes development. Village hall chairman, Alan down at 7pm.

 

football roundup Leam Dawson however made a Saturday, 16 September Sunday, 17 September fantastic save to his right getting Woodhall Spa Res 2 v Sunday 1 v down low and pushed the ball Fosdyke Res 2 United Sunday 10 The game started at a fast pace on round the post. . A seemingly terribly first game for the wet zippy surface and both After a half time team talk the new Sunday side but not teams were pinging the ball around Fosdyke started brightly and played unexpected against the side that but could not control it well. further up the pitch. Woodhall usually wins this league. That Kyle The home team had a few however scored a scrappy goal ten Reed managed to score at all was attacks early on but some good minutes into the restart but within an achievement in itself and their tracking back by the Fosdyke five minutes Fosdyke were level. heads never went down. midfield of Beecham, Melson and Mark Lovelace taking his chance Collins along with the two wingers very well making it 1- 1. Saturday, 23 september of Martin and Bristow and also the Fosdyke started peppering Fosdyke 4 v back three of Jake Baxter, Stephen Woodhall’s goal and some good Boston College 4 Melady whose was playing his first goal keeping and last ditch competitive game in over four years defending kept Fosdyke at bay. Saturday, 30 September and Scott Ekins Fosdyke defended The Fosdyke midfield were Leverton Sheepgate Res 3 v very well as a team and chances dominating and chances were Fosdyke Res 3 were limited. coming thick and fast. Andrew Fosdyke ground out a 3-3 draw. Fosdyke had plenty of Needham who came on as a Leverton’s keeper had a great possession first half but only substitute shaved the post with his game and pulled off more saves mustered two shots on target all low drive within minutes of joining than you might see in half a dozen half. the game. games. Some of them world class, Woodall spa had a penalty Woodhall, though, scored a even two penalties! awarded on the thirtieth minute counter attack goal from nothing, Two goals again from Mark mark as Beacham was adjudged to catching the Fosdyke defence out. Lovelace which makes it five in have handled the ball in the area Fosdyke however were level four for the veteran striker, one but had there been video two-minute later as Lovelace being a last-minute penalty and one technology it would have clearly scored at the back post making it from Ashley Davis gave us a share shown the Fosdyke midfielder no three in three for the thirty-eight- of the spoils. more than a yard away from the year-old striker. player who dinked the ball resulting Fosdyke still kept going but Sunday, 1 October in hitting Beacham hand which was Woodhall somehow kept the Fosdyke Sunday 2 v protecting his face. visitors at bay. Queen Athletic 5

2 Goals from Ryan Bristow and Fosdyke came from behind twice performances by Jamie Clark, Jake Michael Clarey helped to soften the to take the spoils from a very good Baxter, Danny Bakes and new blow. and organised Boston College signing Dom Mason kept College at Reserves. bay and some good counter Before they knew it Fosdyke attacking football from Joe Martin, Saturday, 7 October were 1 -0 down and were well off Sam Melson, needham and Bristow F.C. Wrangle 4 their game but gradually grew into along with Clarey and Lovelace Fosdyke 3 the it and some good defending kept the college on the back foot. and counter attacking got them on Fosdyke keeper Leam Dawson Fosdyke Res 6 v the front foot. didn't have too much to do but Swineshead Institute 3 A great team performance and a They levelled just before half made some fine saves when called thoroughly well deserved and time through a David Clarey header upon. overdue win. to make it 1-1 at the break. All three points deservedly went Man of the match went to Boston College then snatched a to fosdyke making it four games Andrew Needham. quick goal straight after the restart unbeaten. Scorers were: Scott Ekins but Fosdyke found themselves level Man of the match goes to new (Penalty) Bottom left hand corner again within minutes as a Ryan signing Dom Mason followed by a giving the keeper no chance; Bristow’s corner was superbly close one from Jamie Clarke and Joe Martin with two very well headed in at the back post by Joe Martin. taken goals, one of which he turned Andrew Needham who has scored the Swineshead defence inside out; two headers in two games. Sunday, 8 October Mark Lovelace one left foot driller; Fosdyke pushed for a winner Fosdyke Sunday 2 v Sam Melson with a Superb twenty- and a quick free kick, again from Pinchbeck United 5 five-yard curled shot straight into Ryan Bristow was brilliantly The Sunday side looked set to hold the top right bin; Andrew Needham controlled by Mark Lovelace who on to an off-the-mark two-goal lead with a back post header who rose then lobbed the keeper making it that surprised the visitors but they like a salmon above everyone else. nine goals in six games for the were just too strong for the home ageing Striker. side and tempers frayed with one Fosdyke defended very well at red card. Goals came from Ryan Sunday, 8 October the back and some outstanding Bristow and Andy Needham. Fosdyke Sunday 6 v Cowbit Athletic FC Bulls 3 First win for the Sunday side with goals from Ryan Bristow, Michael Clarey, Nicholas Farmer x2, Josh WILLS & LASTING POWERS OF Faulkner and Kyle Reed. ATTORNEY For a professional and sympathetic service telephone Saturday, 14 October Fosdyke 2 v Coningsby Reserves 2 01205 355229 Until the last few minutes it looked P Legally qualified advisor - solicitor (non-practising) as if the first team were going to pull off their third win of the season Home visits – including evenings and weekends at no extra but it wasn’t to be. P cost saving you time and money

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the Fenney Mysteries ell, we didn’t receive any Wfeedback from any of our readers about the Fenney Mysteries so we have decided to rest the series for the time being unless we get a request to start it up again. Let Terry know on 01205 260 275 or [email protected].

4 Boston Saturday Spalding Sunday FOOTBALL League football Football League tables roundup table as of 15 October extra dIVISION 2

delete trick or treat dIVISION 3 f you are escorting your Ichildren around for Trick or Treat on Halloween please give some consideration to the elderly people in the village who might find it difficult to get to the door quickly. Unless you’ve spoken to them beforehand it would be best to avoid knocking on the doors of our senior residents. Santa s surprise ’ hat’s the social club’s WSecret Santa Draw all about on Saturday, 25 November? Well, it’s when those who want to particpate in this fun event see who they have to give a present to on Christmas Eve when the club has it’s traditional pre-Christmas Day drink. With a budget of around £10 you are obliged to buy someone a present while someone else buys you one. Whist winners inners of the social club’s WWhist Drive on Saturday, 7 October, were Sue Epton and Jane Bristow (114) with runner’s up Gary Britchford and Mary Baldwin (110) The previous month’s winners were Clive Rhodes and Pauline Fish (122) by 11 clear points to Norman Raynor and Karl Fawcett..

5 hese powerful and challenging Pop-In Lunch Christmas Fayre Twords were written by hanks to everyone who ill be held in the village hall as Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi. Rumi Tsupported the recent Pop-In Wusual on Saturday 25th was a 13th-century Persian Muslim Lunch on Tuesday, October 24. November - -we are busy planning poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi The next Pop-In will be announced for this to be the biggest and best mystic. His writings have touched shortly yet, so please make a diary note people of all faiths and none. I offer you these words for consideration Harvest Festival and reflection, why, because they he Harvest Thanksgiving touch so much of what we are TService at All Saints was well supposed to be about in the Church attended, and it was a great joy to of God. It matters little really who see a good number of folks there – wrote these words, or what the no doubt summed by a vigorous writers own particular religious bell ringing from Fr.Paul. background was. The truth of the The Harvest Lunch and auction matter for me as your new Vicar is which followed the service was, that these words should almost be again, well attended and about 50 our Parish Mission Statement. people enjoyed a good hot lunch As your new parish priest I look and the opportunity to bargain with back over my exciting thirty one auctioneer Jim Gott who presided years of ministry and I realise that over our annual produce auction. this is what I have been preaching The event raised about £600 for all along. “Come, Come whoever much need church funds, and more you are”, and I would say to the importantly was a good opportunity people of this parish and village, for fellowship. These events don’t The View From wherever you are on your spiritual happen by themselves and so a big journey there is a place for you at THANKYOU go to our small but The Vicarage All Saints, Fosdyke. I am ready and dedicated team of contributors and "Come, come, whoever you are, eager to listen to your story, to your helpers. Wanderer, worshipper, lover of experience of life, and to use my Thankyou also to Father Paul and leaving, skills and experience to help you Maggie for their unstinting support Ours is not a caravan of despair. deepen your spiritual awareness. and work in the parish. Even if you have broken your Maybe its years since you set foot vows a thousand times inside a Church, that matters little, It doesn't matter but what does matter is that you Come, come yet again, come" allow the invitation to speak to you. When Rumi says come, come, whoever you are, he is extending a Sunday, 29 October profound invitation. Whoever you All Saints are! It is a declaration of welcome to the full range of experience, to Patronal Festival the whole of the self, and the other, Group Service to the “all of it,” to things, to us, to 10.30am each other, as we are. Rumi doesn’t with our friends and neighbours say, just those of you who have All from and Kirton your lives sorted out, come on in. Only you happy people, come Saints Monday, 12 November along. Only the wealthy or the Fosdyke smartest or the most successful. Sung Holy Only sunny blue-sky days. Rumi Churchwardens: doesn’t say, you’re too greedy, too Jon 01205 260672 slow, too fast, too little, not Terry 01205 260408 Communion 9.30am enough, too much – go away. He doesn’t sort people and experience Sunday, 26 November into the worthy and the unworthy, saved and unsaved, into sheep and Sung Holy goats, to use the biblical metaphor, though of course the Bible also Communion teaches us to love our neighbour. 9.30am This declaration to come

6 whoever you are, even if you’ve a community of prayer called into broken your vows a thousand times being by God and is open to is a call to accept ourselves and also anyone, regardless of their age or fosdyrectory to accept others for who they are. experience. It invites people to It is a call into a community of deepen their sense of discipleship, acceptance and love. To be able to their life of prayer and their accept and be accepted by others in experience of their faith. As we religious community is a powerful know, prayer is at the heart of our life-altering experience. All of us being as Christians; it should want that. Some of us have been undergird our whole lives and see wounded by communities that shut us set time aside to worship God us out or rejected us for who we and also find time to be with God are or what we believe. To accept and to listen for his voice in the each other with our differences, our scriptures and in the needs of quirks, and our humanity is a truly others and the world we live in. remarkable and life changing thing. In speaking about prayer, the As your pastor and priest at All Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Saints, I say Come! Come and Welby, has said: ‘If we want to see listen to what I have to say in my things changed, it starts with sermons, you might be very prayer. It starts with a new spirit of surprised indeed. One of my great prayer, using all the traditions, heroes of the faith is Archbishop ancient and modern. When it Desmond Tutu, he sums up so comes, it will be linked to what has much for me when he states “It is gone before, but it will look through weakness and vulnerability different – because it is a new that most of us learn empathy and renewal for new times. God’s compassion and discover our soul.” created community is perfectly Desmond Tutu, God Has a designed for its time and place. It Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our almost always comes from below. Time It comes from Christians seeking A Complete Coaching for Christ.’ Confidence Service Here in the Life Coaching, NLP, Hypnosis Creating Your Future Techniques TM Claire & Mike Burrow, BHSAI(Reg’d) we have an opportunity and a 07711642247 01205 260232 responsibility to play our part in [email protected] www.sunsetsql.com/nlp seeking to renew the whole community of greater Lincolnshire, transforming the lives of all the people God has given us to love and care for. This hope and endeavour will form an important part of our prayers as the pilot stage progresses, ahead of the planned Community full launch of the community at t has been a great encouragement Pentecost next year (20th May to hear that a large number of I 2018). BHSAI (Reg’d) Freelance Riding people attended the recent launch If you are interested in finding Instructor Teaching all levels Arena Hire. Horse Owner Certificate Courses. of the pilot stage of the Community out more about the Community of Claire Burrow, BHSAI(Reg’d) 07711642247 01205 260232 of St Hugh. The launch event, St Hugh, please see the information [email protected] www.sunsetsql.com/riding which took place in the magnificent and resources published on the setting of Stow Minster, offered diocesan website, call the diocesan Neighbourhood Policing Team people an opportunity to hear more Mission Team (01522 50 40 50) or 01205 722002 PC Appleby - 07500 920446 about this new community, to send an email to [email protected] share in worship together, and [email protected] PCSO Williams [email protected] pledge to take part in this pilot In the meantime, may we pray PCSO Corssen-Davies phase and ongoing shared for one another and for this exciting [email protected] PCSO Smyth discussion, prayer and discernment. new community, and may we take [email protected] The Community of St Hugh encouragement from the life and is a community called to legacy of St Hugh, who we will Just £12 a year will get you an pray in, with and for the remember as a diocese on 17th advert in the Fosdyrectory. Diocese of Lincoln. It is November. Ring Terry on 01205 260275 for Bishop Christopher more details.

7 Now then, me duck ello again! Chris from the RSPB’s Frampton Marsh nature Hreserve here again with your monthly look at the best in local wildlife. This time, as we move ever closer to winter, I thought we could look at some of the ducks that come to us in the winter. tail, in which two feathers are much This area is a haven for ducks world population winters in the UK, longer to make a spike, their “pin during the winter. Summering in with up to two-thousand five- tail”. Pintails hold an important part the Baltic, Russia and Scandinavia hundred at Frampton Marsh. It just in the history of the RSPB as our they escape the icy weather there shows how important on a global first employees were paid to guard and come to our comparatively scale RSPB reserves can be, and their nests up in Scotland. milder shores. Possibly the most why we have to protect our Generally this is a much less obvious here at Frampton Marsh wetland areas. Teal are small ducks, common winter visitor. Up to sixty are the wigeon. Big plump ducks, much smaller than most others. can be found on the reserve at any the males have grey bodies with a Females have the brown one time. pink front, a chestnut head and just camouflage that many ducks sport. A fourth duck to mention is the a hint of green eyeshadow! The Males have grey bodies, a fancy red shoveler. As with most ducks, the females are delicately patterned and green head and a yellow bum! females are again brown. Males reddish brown. They do make a They are often to be found at have a dark green head, white body lovely noise too, a whistling “wee- Frampton Marsh dabbling around and chestnut sides. But the most ooo”. Importantly over ten percent in the small ponds or flooded fields, distinctive feature of both is the of the world population winters in looking for seeds from grasses and the UK, with up to eight thousand other plants. birds being seen on the RSPB So some big numbers there. The nature reserve at any one time. third duck I’d like to mention is Unlike many ducks, they are often nowhere near as numerous. Pintails not to be found on the water, but are big ducks, but one that looks like to graze the grassy fields like slim and elegant. Yes, females have sheep. the brown camouflage, but males The UK is similarly important for are grey, with a white front and a another wintering duck, the teal. chocolate brown head. Their most Up to seventeen percent of the impressive feature however is the

Pintail, courtesy Neil Smith 8 huge bill, seemingly quite out of proportion to the rest of the bird. They use this to shovel food off the surface of the water. The final winter duck to look out for is the goldeneye. No, not just the name of a James Bond film. The film is named after the house of Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming. Which in turn was named after the bird. Ian Fleming was a keen birdwatcher and there are references to this through his books. Even in the name of his hero. He picked the name because it was the name of the author of a book on birds! This goldeneye has indeed got a strikingly yellow eye. The males have black and white bodies, a dark green head and a Goldeneye, courtesy Neil Smith white ‘tear’ under the eye. Females are... not just brown! They have grey bodies, with brown heads and a white collar. You can find up to a dozen of these at Frampton Marsh. So if you are coming to pay us a visit (and do so, its great for a nice walk here), keep your eyes open for these ducky delights!

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FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL US ON 07776 010488 Wigeon grazing, courtesy Ben Hall (rspb-images.com) 9 of one local establishment have gone home after an evening there with their clothes stinking of bonfire ban Bonfires? with the premises smelling the next o doubt there are times when a bonfire is necessary although day as if we’re still in the time of recycling waste as compost or in the brown bins that are cigarette smoking in public places N with a stench not unlike stale fags. collected every fortnight by Boston Borough Council’s bin men is Quiet revolting and antisocial. And a better proposition. that latter word is enough to have We hope that no one wants to If you have to light a bonfire the police on your doorstep. fall out with their neighbours either choose a time that is less likely to Lighting a bonfire is not against by upsetting them with smoke affect your neighbours. A sunny the law but please be considerate to billowing across their garden or by Sunday afternoon, for instance is your neighbours. Smoke can travel them having to go round to not the best time to fog out your a great distance and can be complain about the smoke. neighbour and we hear that patrons unpleasant for the whole village Fosdyke Social Club

Saturday, 4 November whist drive 8pm gh Thursday, 9 November Open Mic Opens 8pm - music 8.30-11pm gh Saturday, 11 November beetle drive 8 pm gh Saturday, 18 November quiz 8 pm Chicken/fish/scampi and chips supper. Members £5.50, guests £6 gh Saturday, 25 November secret sant a draw 8 pm For bookings and inquiries contact Jane Bristow 01205 260455 10 MINUTES OF FOSDYKE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH AT treasure 7.30PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE ROOM Present: Cllr. J. Cropley Chairman hunt success Cllr. D. Glenn Vice- Chair he social club’s Treasure Cllr.C. Cropley THunt set by Sue and Cllr. M. Pitt arrived @ 7.45pm Malcolm Epton proved popular. Cllr. M. Cooper BBC 1 member of the public The roads around Fosdyke, 65/17 Apologies for absence and the reasons given Frampton and Kirton providing Apologies were received from Cllr. Mrs. Wright. Cllr. Brookes participants with an enjoyable 66/17 Declarations of Interest in accordance with the requirements of the jaunt, both in their cars and out, Localism Act 2011, and to consider any written requests for dispensation in relation to members finishing back at the club for a Disclosable pecuniary well earned BBQ and drink. interests. Final winners were Pauline Fish None were received and Ronnie Wicks who now have 67/17Draft Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday July 4th to be approved to set next year’s Treasure Hunt! as the minutes It was proposed by Cllr. Glenn seconded by Cllr. C. Cropley that the minutes be signed as a true harvest record. 68/17 Matters Arising supper There were no matters arising he social club’s annual 69/17 Matters for the Police There were no matters for the Police THarvest Supper on Saturday, 70/17 Correspondence 28 October, proved as popular Coastal Path – Fosdyke has not been consulted because the footpath is already as ever and the auction well established in afterwards raised over £200 for Fosdyke. Lloyds Bank -Fosdyke Friendship Club the upkeep of the playing field BBC – Elector Register update facilities Grant Thornton Conclusion of Audit Merchant Navy Day Fosdyke PCC – Thank you for donation BBC a map of Fosdyke to help with amenity grass cutting BBC Planning Application B/17/0246 Proposed replacement of guttering to listed building at The Old Vicarage, 1 Bell Lane, Fosdyke, PE20 2BS No Objections 71/17 Financial Matters The following items have been paid from July 4th 2017, No monies have been received Cheque No. Payee Details Amount 210 Community Lincs Insurance 215.47 211 Malc Firth Landscapes Grass Cutting 96.00 212 KE Dawson Grass Cutting 48.00 213 Malc Firth Landscapes Grass Cutting 48.00 £407.47 72/17 Defibrillator The grant application forms have been completed . 73/17 Information Boards at Fosdyke Bridge Discussion took place regarding the information boards at the Bridge, Cllr. Glenn is to obtain details about having them refurbished, it is hoped that if they can be restored it will help promote the village. 74/17 Amenity Grass Cutting The Clerk is to prepare the tender forms and information. 75/17 Pruning of the Christmas TreePage 2 of 2 Cllr. Glenn is to arrange the pruning of the Xmas Tree. 76/17 Items for discussion at a future meeting The Information Boards Grass Cutting Review of the Newsletter There being no further business the meeting closed at approx. 8.20pm The next meeting will be on Tuesday October 3rd 2017 at 7.30pm in the Village Hall Committee Room

11 just one night o apologies for banging on Heckington-based rock covers band Stuck With Nothing , well actually only Nabout the Open Mic night at three-quarters of the band - singer Dave Brackley, drummer Sean Searl and the social club. It’s been running bassist (but not this night) Andy Tymens. Tony Niccol, their lead guitarist, was away on a course so unable to attend though he often comes on his own. now for almost five years and they’ve had a multitude of talent through their doors. If you’ve not been to Fosdyke’s monthly live music event you.re missing out. Next one is on Thursday, 9 November. Open from 8pm. Here’s a few pictures of acts at October’s Open Mic night.

Phatt Knappii (Terry Martin, Martyn Hayes and Liz Martin) hosts of Open Mic.

Alice Kat, her first visit and she intends to come to the next one. She’s a DJ on Boston’s Endeavour FM radio. Her show is from 7-9pm on a Thursday. She came to the Open Mic straight after her show finished. She had invited Phatt Knappii onto her show and had interviewed them the previous week, when they had also played a couple of acoustic songs. She was interested in the Open Mic so they invited her along. 12 Chris Clark from -based Chris (Kit) Tinsley from near Sleaford Glass Onion , who have supported makes the occasional appearance at Status Quo in their day, has been Fosdyke’s Open Mic and came along promising to come to Fosdyke’s this time with Chris. After they both Open Mic for years. He finally made did a solo set they joined forces it in October. Worth the wait! mixing originals and covers.

Andy Tymens soloing with his folky songs.

Kiya Brown has supported Fosdyke’s Open Mic for almost as long as they Karen Clare is becoming a regular have been running and now attends and after fronting a couple of rock other open mic events in the area. cover bands has gone back to her Her unique voice has to be heard to country and western roots. be appreciated.

13 Preparing for next year here may be some colour left in the garden, Tespecially from the Michaelmas daisies, if the weather has been reasonable. Nerines will be in flower and if you’re lucky there may be some roses to take into the house. There wrapped up before transporting can often be beautiful days in November, but there’s no doubt that them and plant as soon as possible. it can sometimes be a dreary month Protect tender and newly Before the real winter weather this woody material is to have a planted trees and shrubs from frost sets in we must take advantage of bonfire, but although a fire can be and cold winds. Bitter winds any good spells to crack on with the cheery and satisfying, it’s a terrible damage foliage by dehydrating it, work if we’re not to fall behind in waste of material that can be and strong winds in freezing the spring. Many people regard this recycled in the garden. Therefore if temperatures can cause more harm as the end of the gardening year, you can, invest in a garden to plants than a severe frost on it’s but it is really the beginning. Work shredder. There are many different own. Use a windbreak made from done now can save a lot of time makes available, they will all shred netting supported by posts. and effort when spring comes up all the woody material into fine Evergreen shrubs and hedging around. pieces which can be used as a plants are more prone to wind Tidying borders by clearing mulch or they can be mixed with damage than deciduous ones, so away old stems and dead foliage other composted material to make these are the more important ones and lightly forking over the ground the best compost material you’ll to protect. Smaller shrubs and around plants will transform the ever have. newly planted ones can be appearance of the garden, making Bare rooted stock of most protected from frost by packing it neat for the rest of the winter. deciduous trees and shrubs will be straw or bracken round them, and Leave a few plants like Sedum and available now and can be planted holding it in place with netting. some ornamental grasses uncut, as throughout the dormant season Polythene can also be used for frost on these plants looks stunning. (that is until march), whenever soil temporary protection, but it must During all this clearing up you conditions allow. There are cheaper not touch the foliage of evergreen will inevitably generate a lot of container-grown plants, but do plants as any moisture condensing material, most of which can be check out the root systems before out on the polythene will freeze and composted, but some of the woody you buy to ensure that they have damage the foliage. Support the material will take a long time to rot been lifted with care and aren’t polythene by nailing it onto a frame down. The usual way to get rid of dried up. Make sure they are well of cane.

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relatively settled period of weather has seen many farmers Martin’s ADtakingI aGdvantagEe and Smaking Tgood prEogressR with poS tato and sugar beet harvests. It was nice to get the sugar beet harvested from Farm around our house this year without too much mud spread down the lane. A constant stream of tractors and trailers seems to be million tonnes of animal manure flowing up and down the A17 at the moment carting a variety of and slurry. All this could be produce from vegetables to sugar beet. Although the majority of digested to make biogas. 1 tonne of these trailers are carting vegetables for our consumption there is an food waste can produce three- ever-increasing number carting biomass crops for AD Plants hundred kilowatt hours of energy (Anaerobic digesters) mainly in the form of maize. and the total food waste for the UK could provide 350,000 homes with Anaerobic digesters were be left to decay in the open air and electricity. initially designed to take food and release methane which contributes The problem is that there is not green waste and recycle it into low to global warming to instead enough money available to make cost renewable energy. Waste is contain it, use micro-organisms to the AD Plants economically viable diverted from landfill and digest it and capture the gas. It has by using waste alone! This is incineration reducing carbon the potential to solve many issues because the yield of gas from waste emissions with the added benefit of including the use of two million is very low. Slurry from cattle and producing a highly nutritious tonnes of sewage sludge, pigs only produces fifteen to fertilizer which can be spread back approximately eighteen tonnes of twenty-five cubic metres of gas per onto the fields. In principle it is a food waste which would normally tonne of material. Crops grown brilliant solution to use food waste be landfilled and the potential to specifically for biogas produce and sewage which would normally use some of the one hundred much higher levels with grass silage

Planting the sorrel crop 16 potential to produce approx. machinery used to harvest the crop 22,000 tonnes of potatoes. An along with the weather conditions offshore wind turbine can produce at the time of harvesting (normally an average of four megawatts so wet) increases the soil compaction compare a single concrete base and massively. Also, maize is from the turbine in the middle of the ocean sub tropics and requires higher to 450 hectares of land for one fertiliser inputs when grown in this megawatt it’s a no brainer to me. country which can end up in the The National Farmers Union are water courses following heavy estimating that by 2020 between rainfall. We are not talking about 100,000 and 120,000 hectares will poor quality land either as maize be required to grow supplementary requires prime arable land for crops for AD Plants. successful production. The other issue with growing I am a strong believer that our maize for biogas is that the way in valuable land should be used to which maize is grown can lead to grow food whether that is producing 160 – 200m3 per tonne increased soil erosion, compaction vegetables, cereals or animal and maize up to 230m3 per tonne. and potential water pollution. Due products and not for so called Potatoes are even higher with up to to the nature of the crop, it is slow environmentally friendly biogas or 400m3 per tonne. to germinate and establish in the even solar panel farms. The most obvious problem is spring so ground cover is slow and that land normally used for growing then once harvested in the autumn crops for human consumption are the land is normally left bare until being taken up for biogas crops. the following spring. A paper in the For instance, an AD Plant with an journal soil use and management output of one megawatt requires reported that in the south west 75% for hire for a 20,000 to 25,000 tonnes of maize of maize land was found to have Family per year accounting for 450 – 500 degraded structure resulting in hectares of land. To put this into Celebration more water run-off. This can lead to or a perspective 500 hectares has the more localised flooding and water Children’s pollution. The size of the Party puzzle solutions with room for a bouncy castle Ring for price Yvonne on 01205 260781 gh BINGO Every Monday Doors open 6 pm for eyes down at 7 pm Strip of six books £5 Alan (260654) will find you a seat!

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17 book explains how the races have Liz Wallder’s all evolved from men, after the Book Review Great Wars, with different BETTER! The Sword of Shannara mutations happening to each redit where it’s due. The by Terry Brooks splinter group. The group that Cminutes of the September became dwarves lived meeting of the parish council underground for untold years in which would have been cold, dank, dark, conditions in approved at the October order to stay alive and then emerged half-blind. meeting are available at their “That terrible memory had website which you can reach imbedded itself in generations of from the fosdyke.org.uk site. Dwarfs, leaving them with an That’s more like it! See Page 11. instinctive fear of unlighted, confined places that they would FOSDYKE PARISH COUNCIL never completely overcome.” http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Fosdyke/ I think it is a nice touch to have Clerk to the Council, Mrs. W. DePear Ferry House, Old Inn Lane, Fosdyke Bridge, Dwarves afraid of caves and of Boston, Lincs PE20 2DE being underground. 01205 260609 The book rushes along with lots [email protected] Councillor Martin Pitt Tel. 01205 260378 of adventures and I found it hard to Councillor Denis Glenn Tel. 01205 260615 put down; as I ended each chapter Councillor John Cropley (Chairman) Councillor Chris Cropley Tel. 01205 260226 I had to read the opening of the Councillor Terri Wright Tel. 01205 260497 next one just to find out what had happened. BOSTON BOROUGH have read many Terry Brooks On the down side I was COUNCILLORS for FOSDYKE Ibooks before and always flabbergasted that the book Councillor Aaron Spencer Tel. 01205 460394 found them very enjoyable but contains brothers and fathers and Councillor Mike Cooper have never read the Shannara men everywhere (it is mentioned LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY that one young elf does have a series from the beginning. This COUNCILLOR for FOSDYKE fiancé waiting for him at home) but Councillor Mike Brookes Tel. 01205 820616 year when I was on holiday I I had to wait for page 417 (out of found the first three books in a 664) for a female character to turn charity bookstore and snapped up. And then she is not a great them up for three whole pounds. character. She’s there to get herself Terry Brooks has admitted kidnapped and for someone to fall himself that he wrote this series of for and that’s it. No other female is books after reading the Lord of the mentioned, not even as a sideline. I Rings trilogy and it shows. Like the realise that the book was written in J.R.R. Tolkein stories there are the 70s and there are strong female dwarves, elves, goblins, mysterious characters in Brooks’ later books druids, foreboding mountains, a but I was still surprised. break up of a fellowship, secret Despite this I did really enjoy quests and a lot of magic. Instead of this book and I’m looking forward getting rid of a ring there is a search to part two- The Elfstones of for a sword; the similarities are Shannara. endless. There are also lots of differences. One example is the Copy Deadline If something has happened to you or a friend, or is going to happen, we want to hear about it. So, contact Terry - preferably via email: [email protected] or phone: 01205 260275 or knock on the door or post your info through the letter box 6 Whitecross Gate no later than 14 November