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If this is the case, then we have a fabulous recipe for you this month with it being Valentine’s Day on 14th February. Cook, eat, enjoy and let us know if it works it’s magic! Waitrose have written a great article this epic adventure which is raising for us about food traditions, see page money for local charities. They have had 30. We might just have to make the trip to deal with horrendous storms, power up to Olney in North Bucks to see this failures, sea sickness and blisters upon Pancake Race for ourselves; it sounds blisters upon blisters. Keep up the good like a lot of fun. work buoys and hopefully next month we will be able to celebrate their arrival And finally on the food theme, we have a in Antigua. fantastic competition for you this month; a three course meal for two at the Beech Unlike Antigua, we have colder weather House in Beaconsfield, see page 33. forecast for us over the next few weeks, Remember, you have to be in it to win it and even a hint of snow, so whatever so get entering. you are doing and wherever you are going stay warm, stay safe and stay At the time of writing the Bucks Buoys smiling. are doing incredibly well in their row across the Atlantic. You may remember Helen that last year we featured regular articles [email protected] about their plans and preparations for 07947 349134 This magazine is distributed to Wooburn, Bourne End, Flackwell Heath, Marlow, High Wycombe and West Wycombe We also distribute a magazine to Beaconsfield, Burnham, Penn, Tylers Green, Gerrards Cross, Amersham, Chesham and Aylesbury For magazines email [email protected] For website email [email protected] Whilst every care is taken to ensure accuracy, the publishers cannot accept responsibility for any errors, omissions or claims made by advertisers or endorse companies, products or services. This publication, its contents and advert designs are owned by hiya bucks. Any copying or reproduction in part or full is strictly forbidden without our prior consent. hiyabucks.com | 3 Contents ... Theatre & Entertainment ..........06-13 26 Health & Wellbeing ....................14-24 Beautiful Buckinghamshire ..... 28-29 8 10 28-29 32 For this December’s month's competition competition winner turn to Janet Barrett page 33 To advertise in this magazine Editor Helen Gerrish email find us on instagram Digital Natalie Gerrish [email protected] or call 07947 349134 Contributors Matt Batsman like us on facebook Design Julia Roblett Print Hartgraph Litho follow us on twitter 4 | hiyabucks.com Countdown to a new council for BUCKINGHAMSHIRE The new council (launching April 2020) will deliver the whole range of local services currently delivered by the five current councils as a single organisation. For most people there will be no change to the day-to-day services they use, like bin collections, social care, libraries and parking. Getting in touch with their local council will be more straightforward because from 1st April residents will only need to contact one council for all of these services. Residents will be able to access information, advice and support on a range of topics near where they live or work through a network of 17 local Council Access Points (CAPs). These will offer a face-to-face contact point at the heart of the local community – usually in a library or a council office in one of the county’s main towns. The current council main offices located in Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Amersham and Denham will become ‘access plus’ points, geared up to handle more complex enquiries. In addition, 16 Community Boards will be set up across the county to help the new council build strong links with local communities and respond to local needs more effectively. Buckinghamshire Council councillors will work closely with local people and community organisations to understand the key issues affecting their local area. Each board will be made up of local people, town and parish councils, community groups, police and healthcare organisations who will focus on finding solutions to local issues. These local issues could include improving facilities for young people, tackling social isolation of older people or helping to set up a community bus. All of the current elected members from the five existing councils will continue serving their communities until the councillors elected to the new Buckinghamshire Council in May take up their posts. Leader of the Shadow Executive that is paving the way to the new council, Councillor Martin Tett, said: “We’ve come a long way in the last few months and the five councils are working really hard to create a brand new council – a council which our residents, councillors and staff can all be really proud of. The next few months is all about making sure we are ready for April and residents know how to find out about the new council and where to go if they need us. As one council from April, our focus will then be on how we can improve services for our residents.” For regular news and updates, including on Twitter and Facebook (@DeliveringBucks) visit www.shadow.buckinghamshire.gov.uk hiyabucks.com | 5 Wednesday 19th February 2020 Dance To The Music is a sumptuously beautiful, 7:30pm glamorous dance show created, directed and choreographed by ex Strictly Come Dancing professional Kristina Rihanoff. Kristina is excited to tour the show with even more fabulous costumes, stunning vocals and breathtaking choreography. With over 15 styles of dancing performed to To book tickets please visit the biggest hits of every Wycombe Swan Theatre, St. Mary decade, Dance To The Street, High Wycombe, HP11 2XE Music is the ultimate family Box Office01494 51200 show which can be enjoyed www.wycombeswan.co.uk by all generations. 6 | hiyabucks.com Roses from my Garden by Nick Knight OBE In a career marked by longstanding relationships with Alexander McQueen and John Galiano, Nick Knight’s constant desire to experiment, push boundaries and challenge his audience has led him to take up a new subject, the classic rose - but expressed in an entirely new way. The resulting series, Roses from my Garden, has seldom been exhibited or published. This body of work is inspired by Knight’s fascination with nature in general, and more specifically with the rose as an enduring symbol of beauty. Photographed on an iPhone, the digital images are then enlarged and filtered through software that uses AI to infill the space between pixels, calling to attention the painterly qualities of the blossoms themselves. The resulting images are no longer photographs, but rather, digital representations of photographs. 28th March – 25th October 2020 Coach House Gallery, The Stables, Waddesdon HP18 0JH www.waddesdon.org.uk/roses Pippa Shirley says, “We are immensely excited to be exhibiting this series of photographs by Nick Knight, which not only capture the intense, dream-like, evanescent beauty of a flower which is found in countless gardens, but also challenge our assumptions of familiarity. These are so much more than photographs of roses. Their scale is overwhelming”. Image credit: Nick Knight, Saturday 12th October, 2019 Hand-coated pigment print © Nick Knight. Courtesy of the Artist and Albion Barn @WaddesdonManor @waddesdonmanor_nt AYLESBURY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HP18 0JH waddesdon.org.uk hiyabucks.com | 7 www.atgtickets.com/aylesbury* ❝ There is a way to be good again ❞ From London’s west end, The Kite Runner is an outstanding and unforgettable theatrical tour de force and it's coming to Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd February. Based on Khaled Hosseini’s international bestselling novel, this haunting tale of friendship spans cultures and continents and follows one man’s journey to confront his past and find redemption. Afghanistan is a country on the verge of war and best friends are about to be torn apart. It’s a beautiful afternoon in Kabul, the skies are full of colour and the streets are full of the excitement of a kite flying tournament, but no one can foresee the terrible incident that will shatter their lives forever. ✸✸✸✸✸ “The best page-to-stage ✸✸✸✸✸ “The Kite Runner ✸✸✸✸ “Just show since War Horse…. a is a truly contemporary the ticket!” spellbinding production’’ cultural phenomenon…..” Metro The Stage The Sunday Express Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd February Box Office: 0844 871 7607* | Groups Hotline: 0844 871 7614 Access Booking: 0844 871 7677* (*Bkg fees apply. Calls cost up to 7p per minute plus your phone company’s access charge) @thewaterside1 aylesburywatersidetheatre aylesburywaterside.theatre 8 | hiyabucks.com In Spring 2020, Bourne End Bridge Club will run an 8-week course that they hope will encourage bridge players to start playing at the club level. This should appeal to the many bridge players in the local area who are familiar with duplicate bridge, understand a bidding system and want to progress to being a Duplicate Bridge Club Player.