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~ We’ve had some lovely weather over the last week or so, let’s hope it continues for our delivery run in a weeks time. The front cover this month was taken mid June on the canal at Rowton Bridge. It’s of The President, one of the oldest working steam narrowboats on route to the Canal Festival in Chester. Steam Boat President was built in the Fellows, Morton Clayton Yard in 1909. Steamers usually worked ”fly” , that is day and night on the canal system, usually between London and the Midlands. Cargoes carried included tea, spices, wool, cheese, soap and sugar. Steamers could only carry 18 ton compared to 25 on horse drawn barges, but were powerful enough to tow several unpowered barges known as “butties”. Thank you to David Cummings, for the photo and the info about the narrowboat. Also thank you to Rachel Evans who snapped this shot on June 15 on Egg-bridge, Waverton facing towards Christleton and Chester and to Paul and Jo Sugarman who spotted this Cormorant on the canal. See you next month, Julie
The A41 is delivered free each month to homes and businesses in Littleton,Waverton, Rowton, Christleton, Aldford, Saighton along the A41 and distributed in Huxley and Tattenhall. Local voluntary groups and organisations may submit notices and articles, free of charge. The A41 Magazine Julie Coxall, West View, Whitchurch Road, Christleton, CH3 6AF Telephone 07709 697082 email westviewpublications@gmail.com Disclaimer. The opinions and views expressed in articles and advertisements published in this issue of The A41 are not necessarily the views of the Editor. All details are correct to the best of my knowledge. Every effort is taken to ensure accuracy in this magazine, however I cannot accept any liability for any error, inaccuracy or omission that may have occurred.
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Starting with the flowers, there are many to choose from and one of my favourites are Phlox paniculata varieties which can reach up to 1m tall so are great for the back of a border. Some are scented and one of my favourites for scent is Phlox paniculata Prospero with lilac heads of flowers. Phlox like a moist soil in sun or light shade and do poorly in free draining soils. Day lilies or Hemerocallis are good in July with long strap like leaves and heads of lily flowers both large and small lasting a day. The Stella varieties are usually buttercup yellow with multiple flowers heads on each stem. Good for moist soils.
Those gardeners with free draining soil can grow Coreopsis, a long flowering plant with bright or primrose yellow daisy flowers that go well with Achillea which also likes a free draining soil. Growing climbing roses and clematis together can give a stunning picture in summer. The rose and clematis in the photo are grown up a pyramid support. There are many varieties of clematis so go for any large flowered varieties such as The President or Nelly Moser. Net strawberries and put straw under the flowers and berries to keep them off the soil. Make sure they are well watered in hot weather to keep production going. Keep picking vegetables such as peas, beans and courgettes to keep more coming. If plants set seed, they stop producing more edible fruit so keep on picking! If you would like to visit gardens for ideas, I suggest you look out for gardens open under the National Gardens Scheme where all proceeds go to charities including Marie Cure Cancer Care and Macmillan Cancer Support. Cogshall Grange near Northwich is open on 13th July and is a contemporary garden designed by Tom Stuart-Smith in the landscape of a late Georgian house. A walled garden, herbaceous borders wild flower meadow and woodland. Delfan and Millheyes both at Little Neston are open on 20th July so why not visit both and have an afternoon in beautiful gardens.
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Although the British summertime does not official start until the 21 of June, our nation has had record high temperatures in May and weeks of sunshine across the beginning of June. And (if forecasts are to believed) the blazing hot early summer is set to hold out for nearly 100 days with above-average temperatures forecast for each of the next three months. Throughout the year we all lead busy lives, meaning it is more important than ever to take some time out and relax. Out of all the seasons, summer is the one that allows us to make the most of the outdoors, whether it is to relax in the garden reading your favourite novel or topping up your tan at the beach. But not all of us Brits just enjoy relaxing in the heat, a majority of us see the summer season as a time to go on walking weekends, enjoy festivals, start up an outdoor hobby, such as football, horse-riding, or rowing. Others enjoy the warm weather to take their dogs on longer walks and keep themselves active. Many of us also see summer as the time to go on a holiday with family, friends or a partner to have a solid week or so enjoying time away from the office in an idyllic place to suit them. According to the most recent government statistics, UK residents made 56.5 million visits abroad last year and the top destinations we are choosing this year are, Spain, France, Greece, America, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Croatia and Thailand. It appears we are keen to travel all over and explore other cultures and destinations. Another large part of the summer is the menu. In Britain we are open to a diversity of different types of summertime meals, from a Great British BBQ and fish and chips to enjoying Greek salads and Spanish Tapas. Whatever your desired choice of food is, the warm weather gives you the perfect chance to eat outside and explore new meals. Although summer has only just begun, time passes too quickly when you are enjoying yourself, so make the most out of the most exciting season of the year!
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une and July is the most active time in the breeding season for spotting these fast moving birds. In the Chester area sand martins are usually the first to arrive from their wintering sites in Africa, closely followed by swallows house martins and swifts. Sadly sand martins are now very scarce, although efforts are being made to encourage them with an artificial nest site at the RSPB Burton Meres Reserve. They have sandy brown upper wing colour with white underparts and short tail. Next to arrive from their wintering grounds in South Africa are swallows, which are probably still the most numerous of this group of migrants. They have long angled wings and deeply forked tails, which helps to identify them. Their upper parts are a dark metallic like blue, with a red face and throat. They also fly very fast, and like house martins swoop low over water to catch insects. Good places to see this behaviour include the Shropshire Union Canal and Christleton Pit. Both swallows and house martins build nests on houses, usually under the eaves, and these are painstakingly built using tiny globules of mud found nearby. The swallows nest is flatter and simpler than the house martins, and usually can be found on ledges, on which they build their open shallow capped nest.
The house martins nest however is gourd shape, with a narrow half open entrance and is usually well secured to the underside of eaves. House martins also have shorter sturdier bodies than a swallow, with jet black upper parts and white underside. They also have shorter shallow forked tails and nest in colonial groups, but don’t share the same sites as swallows and swifts. The faster, sleeker, scimitar winged swifts have a very different nesting technique, and as well as being the latest to arrive, usually in early May, build inside the eaves of buildings. They are bigger than swallows and martins, and have an almost all black colouring with a white chin. They can be heard “screeching” in the skies above their nests sites, often doing so in family groups. They are the most aerial of these species, and land only to incubate eggs and feed young. They also have specialist needs in terms of the roofs they build in, and as the type of roofs they prefer are modernised with energy saving in mind, fewer and fewer nest sites are available to them. Swifts leave their nest sites at the beginning of August, whilst most swallows and martins wait until they gather into bigger groups, and don’t leave this area until mid-end of September. Later broods are often still here in late October and have an even more hazardous journey to their wintering sites in Africa.
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thomas talk THOMAS PROPERTY GROUP - EXPERIENCES SHARED The Charity We recently had a client who had sold through us in Great Barrow. They were moving abroad and were only due back in the country the day before completion. The seller made sure everything was ready for his buyer and left his last two bin bags outside the property whilst he finished the cleaning. One of these bags contained the remainder of his clothes and the other bag full of his mother’s old clothes which were being collected with some furniture from a local charity. When visiting the office to drop off the keys for the new owner, Mr. X went into his bag to get his coat out due to the sudden rain. Only instead of pulling out his raincoat, he held a pair of large pink undergarments instead!!! It certainly brightened up everyone’s day and Rachel Thomas took the seller to the Charity shop (as he had sold his car due to moving abroad) to exchange bags quickly! Luckily the charity also saw the funny side!
The Alarm One of our most memorable sales was in Great Boughton. On completion day we gave the new owner all the keys and alarm for his new home. Unfortunately, she misplaced these details in the move and thought she could remember the code and so proceeded to type it in. Suddenly there was a sharp loud noise ringing out, yes, that’s right, the alarm had gone off. Although this was no ordinary alarm as it was connected to the police! Within 5 minutes a police car and 2 officers arrived at the scene. We received a call from a flustered Mrs. P who explained what had happened and needed us to speak to the police to confirm she was in fact the new owner and not a burglar as expected. Luckily after going through the details and verifying them whilst giving them the alarm code again to turn it off, Mrs. P was able to then move in and enjoy her new home. Popping in 2 months later with some lovely flowers for us and a good laugh about her first day adventure. The Cat Cats are well known for not settling sometimes into their new homes. Many have been reported across the country as making their way back to their original house. Just a few months ago we completed on a property in Christleton where the sellers moved to Waverton. Within their first week their cat had gone missing. Bringing in missing posters for us and local shops to put up in our windows, one of our team had the great idea of calling the new owners to see if the cat had returned to his previous home. Luckily the new owners had been visited by the cat for 3 consecutive days! Thinking it was a stray they had been feeding the little feline. Later that day both cat and owners were re-united and lived happily ever after. Well Done THOMAS PROPERTY TEAM.
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Open Farm Sunday ~ took place on a gloriously sunny 8th June and was a huge success. Over 1000 people turned up to see the farm and mill and visit our local produce fair. Thank you to all who came and all who helped. Next year it takes place on 7th June and there are plans to make the annual event even better. Our local produce fair is every Friday from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and every Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with a great range of locally made food and locally grown plants on offer, so please do include it in your weekly shopping plans. If you missed Open Farm Sunday you can book a free farm tour for 6 or more persons, or come on Heritage Open Days 11th - 14th September when farm and mill tours will take place each day. Cattle Moos ~ Our entire herd of Red Poll cattle was again tested for Bovine Tuberculosis at the end of May over two days and with the help of eight people. To everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great relief the tests were all clear, and this means that movement restrictions have been lifted and animals can be sold. A few cows remain to calve, but the animals have all had their vaccinations and the bulls will be going out with the cows at the beginning of July. The aim is that cows calve in the Spring and outside to reduce the risk of infection and disease and with the boost of the fresh grass at that time of the year. You can see most of the Red Polls enjoying their Summer from the footpath network around the farm. Crops ~ The end of May was wetter than we had hoped, but the first cut of grass for silage (Winter feed for the cattle) is safely in the clamp. For the first year for a while the barley actually looks like a barley crop at this stage, visible in fields next to The Street and Picton Lane, and the pollen & nectar and wild bird seed crops at Plemstall and on Picton Lane are growing well although later than usual. Perhaps not thought of as a crop, the poplar plantations which amount to twenty acres are currently being harvested by The Poplar Tree Company and the wood is being to Herefordshire to be used as kiln dried firewood. Two thirds of the trees are taken , allowing the remainder space to grow. The machine used cuts, trims and chops into lengths an entire tree in under a minute. Treemendous! Frackfreemickletrafford ~ If you are opposed to the threat of fracking in Mickle Trafford and the surrounding area and would like to do something about it, please come to any of the meetings being held here at The Grange Farm at 7:30 p.m. on alternate Mondays. They are be over by 9:00 p.m., and all you need to bring are your ideas and enthusiasm. There is lots of information about fracking on the Frack Free Mickle Trafford page on Facebook or on Twitter @redpollbeef. For more information about anything to do with the farm please email huw.rowlands145@btinternet.com or call 07950 963526. If you like Twitter please follow @redpollbeef for a daily dose of cattle and controversy. 48
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New Gentle DUPLICATE BRIDGE SESSIONS at the Deva Bridge Club in Christleton every Thursday evening until the end of August. Ideal for improvers or social players and only £3 for non members. For more details please contact Sara Miles on 07754 326825 TIVERTON DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB 8pm at Tiverton Village Hall, Huxley Lane (off the A49) Enjoy a summer evening with Mr Pete Evans who will demonstrate how to use “Edible Flowers” to create some exciting dishes. We will then have “tasters”, and a glass of wine with strawberries and cream and shortbread biscuits Entry £3 including raffle and refreshments. All are welcome.
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TATTENHALL ALLOTMENTS OPEN DAY 1 - 5pm. BBQ, bar, raffle, produce stall, snail racing and more. Contact Jill at The Studio on 01829 771895 for details HEARTSTART TRAINING at The Studio Tattenhall 2 - 5pm. Donations to the Tattenhall First Responders gratefully received. Please ring Jill on 01892 771895 to book. TATTENHALL GARDEN TRAIL 11.00am to 5.00pm. A great day out to explore private gardens large and small in the Parish of Tattenhall Admission by programme £6 available from The Post Office, Cat's Got the Cream, St Albans church and at the open gardens. Proceeds for St Albans Church. POPPIES PICNIC at The Flacca Tattenhall - 1 -3 pm in aid of the Tattenhall First Responders. Tickets £5 from Jill at The Studio on 01829 771895. Dress code is red. CHESTER FLOWER CLUB. 1.00pm at Christleton Parish Hall. Martin Lowe demonstrates “Perfect Partners”. Guests £5. Refreshments All welcome. CHESTER RSPB. FIELD TRIP TO ANGLESEY – SOUTHincluded. STACK & CEMLYN BAY. 8am. To see classic WEST CHESHIRE RURAL U3A 2.00pm at the starting with refreshments. seabird colonies nesting and. fishing then lotsBarbour of terns.Institute, Please call Roger onlight 01829 782237 a few Revbefore Jenny-Arthurs ondetails. “ScubaStout Diving”. Call Hilary 770516/Pete 01829 741824 for further days to check footwear and 01829 sensible clothing are essential. Water and ainfo packed advisable. Car sharing encouraged. Newcomers/beginners welcome. CHAIR lunch UPHOLSTERY & CHAIR CANING. At Burley Hall, Waverton. Learn how to restoreSee your www.rspb.org.uk/groups/chester. This is the finalteachers. event until the new01244 season starts in September. furniture under the guidance of experienced Enquiries 335308. BARROW AND LITTLETON TWINNING – SUMMER BOWLS BARBECUE 6.30pm at Barrow CHESTER FLOWER CLUB. 1.00pm at Christleton Parish Hall.&Martin LoweEVENING. demonstrates Bowling Club (weather otherwise at Barrow Hall). Cost - £12 per person, “Perfect Partners”. Guestspermitting, £5. Refreshments included. AllVillage welcome. includes a welcome drink. Everyone welcome. details contact Bettie 01244 335645 WEST CHESHIRE RURAL U3A . 2.00pm at the Barbour For Institute, starting with lightGilliatt refreshments. Email bettie.gilliatt@btinternet.com Rev Jenny-Arthurs on “Scuba Diving”. Call Hilary 01829 770516/Pete 01829 741824 for further info EATON AND HALL LITTLETON GARDENSTWINNING – CHARITY –OPEN DAY.BOWLS Gates&open 10.30am to 5pm.6.30pm Parkingatfrom 10am. BARROW SUMMER BARBECUE EVENING. Barrow Last entry Attractions – 88 acres ofat gardens, Scented RoseCost Garden, Chester Wind Bowling Club4.30pm. (weather permitting, otherwise Barrow Village Hall). - £12 per person, Band, Carriage Museum, Family history room, Katie the steam train, Falconry displays, Gun dog includes a welcome drink. Everyone welcome. For details contact Bettie Gilliatt 01244 335645 displays, Children’s bear hunt. .£6 Adults / £1.50 Children. Dogs welcome but must be kept on Email bettie.gilliatt@btinternet.com a lead. Entrance via–Eccleston/Aldford/Belgrave All proceeds to: SSAFA EATON HALL GARDENS CHARITY OPEN DAY. Gates Gates. open 10.30am to 5pm. ParkingCheshire, from 10am. B.I.R.D, & Lymphoma Research Chester,Scented Three Villages Project. Chester Wind Band, Last entryLeukaemia 4.30pm. Attractions – 88 acres of gardens, Rose Garden,
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A final thought … the success of “soccer” At the time of writing, we’re still not through the first round of group games in the World Cup, so no way yet, without a crystal football, of knowing which teams will still be taking part as your magazine drops on your doormat, with the Quarter Finals about to get underway. What we do know already though is that this tournament, despite some of the anti-FIFA protests in Brazil, is shaping up to be a huge viewing (and therefore commercial) success. If the constantly repeated television pictures of Sugarloaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer have the same impact on future tourism levels as those of the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge did, post Olympics, then it might just be that the money invested in stadiums will prove a better long term decision than the protestors believe. The television audiences for World Cups continue to grow, often eclipsing the multi-sport Olympics. Albeit judged against a pretty low bar (the figures include anybody who’s watched at least part of one game), the viewing numbers are still startling; 2.9 billion for Germany 2006, growing to 3.2b by South Africa 2010, and for Brazil it’s expected to reach 3.6b. To put that into context we’re talking virtually 50% of the whole world population! Brazil has some inbuilt advantages that will help it to achieve this level of popularity;
Firstly, audiences are always at their strongest within the “home nation” and with 213 million Brazilians to help contribute (it’s the fifth largest country by population) that’s not a bad start,
Secondly, the timing of kick-offs in Brazil plays particularly well for the preferred evening viewing slots for football fans in the sport’s key traditional hotspots of Europe and Africa, and
Finally, it’s just easier to watch these days. You no longer need to be sitting in front of a television to get your football fix. This will be the first World Cup where a significant part of the audience will be watching matches via live streaming on a mobile device!
However, that final bullet really shouldn’t be headed up “finally”. There is one other, very surprising, factor which is contributing to the sport’s growing popularity, and if it becomes a trend (and not just a spike) then the world domination of football (or should we say soccer!) is about to ratchet up yet another notch. The biggest “army” of visiting football fans in Brazil will not be English or German, and it won’t be from the neighbouring South American nations. There will be 40,000 USA “soccer” supporters following their team to Brazil, despite little chance of success (unless I’m proved badly wrong!). However, that may soon change, as the game finally seems to have captured the attention of American sports fans;
A Washington Times survey found over a third of Americans intend to watch the World Cup,
Average stadium attendances for Major League soccer are now higher than those for NBA basketball, and, most importantly,
A recent poll of the nation’s 12-17 year olds found soccer has now overtaken ice-hockey in popularity, and drawn level with baseball, if that continues the growth will be unstoppable.
A final thought … If the USA are really going to take over football (although I still won’t call it soccer!), then maybe England’s best chance of finally achieving another global sporting triumph may come through a bit of lateral thinking. If we just switch our attention to Baseball, then maybe we can attempt to wrest away a World Series title, which is only really contested by one country anyway!
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