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Sarah Howard is a landscape photographer whose big Cotswold views have also featured on 16, 17 Catching Autumn’s Colours – Sarah Howard our front covers, capturing the changes in the seasons from snowscapes 29 Community Business Awards to harvests. She has shared a collection of hints on how to catch nature’s colours at their best. 31 Recycle Yourself – Nicholas John September brought a new school year/back to work edge with some key 46, 47 A Feast for the senses – Feastival review by Richard Price issues being highlighted for the autumn. Any time now the Parish Council will be moving into the new Community Hub - the result of a really positive 50 A Festival of Books – Richard Kemp ‘can do’ decision to take an opportunity and make it happen, the Hub and 51 The Nomadic Novelists – Adam and Barbara Fox everything it will bring together will add a new dimension to the village. In no time we will be wondering how we did without it! Along with local road 54 Cotswold Befriending works, which include the installation of superfast broadband technology, the Local Transport Review starts local consultations to identify the issues and priorities important to Bourton and the North Cotswolds for the future – REGULARS hmm, any clues as to what those might be? 18-21 News from some of our Local Schools There is lots going on in October’s magazine too, with some world class music coming (snap those tickets up quickly!), some exciting clothes and 21 Book Reviews from Borzoi Books lifestyle shopping experiences, fish and chip suppers, quizzes and bingo 24 Small Business Rates Relief by Ian Sloan – Robb Eden on Tax fundraising socials, the Apple Day Festival (you are invited to bring your little pips!), antique valuations, computer courses for carers, poetry and Batsford 25 Dates for Local Authority meetings, Blood Donor sessions Arboretum dressing in its best seasonal colours. Take your camera with you News from Cotswold District Council and, inspired by both Mike and Sarah I hope you’ll enjoy making the most of October’s visual delights! 26 Bourton Parish Council meeting in September At the end of October European Summer Time officially ends and our clocks 27, 28, 42 Community Pages - Badger Cull; Cotswold AONB news; Read Easy all go back an hour – after a busy month, ending with half term, we will all need the extra hour in bed! 29 Business Awards; Mortgages for local affordable homes Best wishes, 30 CrimeStoppers; Villager bus Jenni Turner 32 Church Services Editor 33 – 40 LOCAL EVENTS & EVENTS DIARY With over 40,000 readers across the North Cotswolds, we are delivering the 41 Reports from North Cotswold Rotary Club & Northleach Lions four community magazines to letterboxes in Stow on the Wold, Moreton in 43 Clubs, Societies, Associations & Charities listing (always a Work In Marsh, Bourton on the Water & Chipping Norton and the villages that use Progress!) them as centres - Broadwell, Adlestrop, Oddington, Bledington, Icomb, Church Westcote, Nether Westcote, Wyck Rissington, Lower & Little Rissington, Great 44 Club Notices Rissington (part),Maugersbury, Nether Swell, Lower Swell & Upper Swell, Lower 45 Cinemas & Regular Events Slaughter, Naunton, Notgrove, Sherborne (part), Clapton on the Hill, Donnington, Condicote, Longborough, Bourton on the Hill, Temple Guiting, Guiting Power, 48 Village Halls Batsford (part), Blockley, Todenham, Aston Magna, Draycott (part) and Over Norton 63 -66 News from local Sports Clubs in Bourton on the Water, Chipping Norton, Moreton in Marsh, Stow on the Wold, Chipping Campden, Paxford, Shipston on Stour, Great Wolford & Little Wolford, 67 Local Business Directory Little & Long Compton, Whichford, Heythrop, Chadlington, the Wychwoods, Northleach, Burford, Kingham, Churchill and Salford. With many thanks to all our many contributors this month, including: Our Next edition is for November 2014 Mike Boyes, Caroline Doran, Robert Dutton, Christabel Hardacre, Nicholas The copydate is 15th October, 2014 John, Jan Marley, Richard Price. Cover photograph: Our cover photo© was taken by Mike Boyes in Abbotswood. Contact Bourton Times on: See pages 10 and 11 for more of Mike’s stunning autumn photography. Extra copies of Bourton Times are generally available in Bourton Visitor Information Centre, The Motoring Museum, Dial House Hotel, the Surgery, and 07789 175 002 the clinics. [email protected] www.bourtontimes.co.uk Material published in this magazine is copyright; the Editor may give permission for copy to be reproduced for some purposes. The opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor or any member of the team. The magazines are produced and delivered almost entirely by volunteers. 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