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In the Stix
Game on!
Ready Steady Roll, the popular board game café in Sharnbrook, has new owners.
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Sara and Jo, who both live locally, took over the reins at the beginning of June and have had a flying start: “The first two weeks have been fantastic,” said Sara. “We opened on the Jubilee bank holiday and were fully booked from the Thursday to the Sunday. All the existing and new customers have been so supportive and welcoming.”
The pair confessed to knowing only a little about the café before taking on the challenge but were very keen to preserve the great space where families come to spend quality time together. Sara’s wife had visited on a few occasions with their children who absolutely loved it.
“As a family we have lots of board games at home but I need to wash up, empty the dishwasher, hang out the clothes, hoover etc and I very rarely just sit at home and play. Being at Ready Steady Roll makes you stop and play: no distractions and no excuses,” explained Sara.
Sara and Jo plan to carry on running the board game café as it has always been with the addition of offer sessions on weekdays for parents and carers of young children to meet and have coffee and cake. Messy play and baby and toddler sessions may also be on the cards!
Keep up with their news by following them on Facebook or visiting www.readysteadyroll.co.uk
Bulky Waste Collections are back!
Bedford Borough Council has restarted its Rural Bulky Waste collections. Due to the disruption caused by COVID-19, a shortage of HGV drivers, and the need to prioritise the collection of household bins, the rural bulky waste collections didn’t take place in 2020 and 2021.
The free service returned in June with collections in Bromham, Wootton, Oakley and Clapham and will continue around the rural areas of Bedford Borough throughout the summer with the last collection on Saturday 24 September.
The collections are for household waste and enable residents in the rural areas to dispose of items safely and responsibly.
are returning and will run on most Saturdays throughout the summer and into September. This is another important milestone reached in returning council services after the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Find out where and when the collection will be in your area on the council’s website at www.bedford.gov.uk/bulky.
Stop at Stagsden for your wine too!
Established in 2005, Browns of Stagsden farm shop has long been a place to pick up all your local produce from home reared meat, fresh fruit and vegetables to a wide range of artisan cheese. Now you can pick up your wine too!
The farm shop is now stocking over 200 wines from The Wine Cellar, an independent retailer based in Woburn and Olney, who offer hand-crafted stock from family-owned wineries. To make life even easier, the wines are arranged by style so you can pick up the perfect bottle to match your juicy fillet steak or speciality cheese.
Situated in the middle of Stagsden, by the church, Browns also have a licensed tearoom and garden where you can enjoy light lunches, homemade cake, fresh coffee or a refreshing gin and tonic.
What’s more, The Wine Cellar hosts tastings at the farm shop with delicious deli boards for you to enjoy alongside your wines. Follow Browns of Stagsden on Facebook to find out more. Pavenham resident and co-owner of HomeFurYou cat sitters, Martin Copland, used lockdown as an opportunity to write his first book.
‘Telling Tails – The Adventures of a Cat Sitter’ takes readers through the colourful, fragrant and chaotic streets of Jakarta and the snowcapped mountains of Nepal with both hilarious and tragic tales. The story is interwoven with three marriages and covers the heartbreak and joy of owning cats.
Martin, who had always wanted to write a book, was inspired by his wife Jules who suggested that he chronicle his happy, funny and sad moments running HomeFurYou. The book is not only for cat owners, explained Martin: “Cat lovers will totally get the joy and heartbreak of owning cats, but everyone should enjoy it as it covers all the rollercoaster moments of life. It, hopefully, inspires readers to follow their dreams too.”
Matin and Jules recently returned from volunteering work on the Poland/Ukraine border and Martin is already planning a second book based on their experiences, but with cats still underpinning the narrative. The couple helped look after refugees and their pets and were involved with animal rescue, dealing with some shocking cases. They now hope to set up an animal shelter which will house cats from Ukraine who need foster owners in the UK.
‘Telling Tails – The Adventures of a Cat Sitter’ is available to buy on Amazon.
