The Bristol Eight - February 2016 by Andy Fraser

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The Downs Recorder - Richard Bland Are the goats earning their keep? The Goats have just completed their fourth year’s work in the Gully, and I have not reported on their efforts since May 2014. Six fine Kashmir billy goats, brought from the wild herd on the Great Orme in North Wales, were introduced to an enclosure, created by Natural England around the Gully, in July 2011.

shaded areas, Harts Tongue Fern. Of the traditional limestone grassland species we found just six including Rock Rose, Madder, Knapweed and Wood Sage. The impact of the Goats was very rapidly obvious - a browse layer was established so that you could see across the site, and all the taller scrub, especially the Ash and Buddleia and much of the Bramble were heavily reduced or removed. As time went on the impact of the goats apparent love of bark also became clear as young trees began to die. In the summer they just about keep the emergent shoots down, but in winter they really earn their keep, steadily reducing the level of the scrub growth and thus steadily increasing the amount of light reaching the soil.

This year’s plant survey showed how dramatic the change has been. 45 species were found that had not been seen in 2010. Many of them were common species like Wild Strawberry, Violets Figwort, Purple Toadflax, Nipplewort, Teazel and Buttercups. But they included 25 Limestone species such as Bloody Cranesbill, Devils Bit Scabius, Dropwort, Eyebright, Vervain and This is a steep sided valley which, a century ago, Marjoram. There are still a number of species that was clothed in native limestone grassland are common in the Downs meadows that we are including many of the rarest of the Gorge species. making efforts to establish, and there have been It had then just a few old Ash trees, some Pines a number of recent efforts to assist the goats in planted as part of the beautification of the Gorge their work by removal of dead saplings and in the 1880s and one or two small-leaved Limes clearing some of the steepest areas of invasive and Whitebeams. In the past fifty years it has brambles and cotoneaster. Some large Holm become increasingly dominated by thick scrub Oaks are being poisoned because they are a including Ivy, Bramble, Privet, Buddleia, and source of acorns annually that grow rapidly and saplings of Ash, Yew, Hazel, and Holm Oak, with a shade out all other plants, and are too big for the few Black Pine saplings as well. The wonderful goats to damage. rare plants had been reduced to small fragments clinging on to the steepest slopes. The hope was In 2015 the Friends of the Downs were also that the goats would eat the scrub species, and responsible for recreating what we have called chew the bark of the saplings, so killing them, to the Victorian Steps, an old path down the Gully bring back sunlight to the steep sides of the that appears in the maps of the 1880s, but may valley, and thus enable limestone plants to be much older. flourish once more. The Downs are for people, and the management The Friends of the Downs did a plant survey in of a vast number of competing interests is 2012, identifying the trees and scrub, and we sophisticated and subtle. If you enjoy the Downs, found some 21 plant species surviving amidst the or use if for your sport, why not become a Friend? dense cover of Ivy and Bramble. The most Membership is just £10. Contact Robin frequent were Hemp Agrimony, Wood Avens, Haward at robinhaward@blueyonder.co.uk Great Willowherb, Red Valerian and, in the 117 974 3385 The Bristol Eight - 07845 986650 / 0117 259 1964 - andy@bcmagazines.co.uk

The Editor’s Small Piece Well , here we go again. Another month, another magazine, and as it is a leap year another day of winter to look forward to - if of course it ever starts in reality. A big thank you to start with, to Phil Watson who has very kindly supplied this months stunning front cover photograph. To see more of Phil’s terrific work check out the details on his advert below. This month, on p19 and 20, we feature an introduction to the history and work of Citizens Advice Bristol - a pre-cursor to what I hope will be a regular and interesting contribution from this valuable organisation. There’s a chill in the air today so despite the appearance of daffodils and posties in shorts it’s not time yet to turn the thermostat down, so wrap up warmly, put the kettle on and your feet up and have a little peruse. As well as the CAB article there is plenty of the regular stuff - a fruity Prize Wordsearch on page 33, the prize free general knowledge quiz on page 14, advice on keeping fit without letting go of your gadget (p29, books (p9), films (p35), music (p16), gardening (p24), travel tips (p26), history (p36), goats (p4) and Post-It notes (p30) . A veritable pot pourri of bits and pieces to keep you interested - hopefully. Thanks for reading, and by the time I write again the pancakes will have been tossed (9th Feb) and Spring will be in the air. Cheers, Andy the Editor

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Useful Information Contact Numbers Gas Emergencies Electricity Emergencies Water Emergencies Avon & Somerset Police Non‐Emergencies Crimestoppers Southmead Hospital Bristol Royal Infirmary Bristol Children’s Hospital NHS non‐emergency Bristol Blood Dona on The Samaritans Alcoholics Anonymous ChildLine Na onal Rail Enquiries

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Postal Services Late Post ‐ there is a late post box at the main Post Oﬃce sor ng depot on the A38 at Filton. Currently the late post is at 7pm. Local Libraries Cli on ‐ tel. 903 8572 Mon, Weds, Fri, Sat ‐ 10.00 to 13.00 and 14.00 to 17.00 Redland ‐ tel. 903 8549 Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat ‐ 09.30 to 17.00, Thurs ‐ 09.30 to 19.00, Sunday ‐ 13.00 to 16.00 Public Transport Visit the excellent Bristol City Council website www.travelbristolorg to plan out your routes in, around or out of the city ‐ whether you are planning to go by bus, train, ferry, air, bike, car or foot. Recycling and Household Waste The Household Waste and Recycling Centres at Avonmouth and St Phillips on Kingsweston Lane, Avonmouth are now open winter hours from 8.00am to 16.15 7

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Bruce Fellows’ Good Reads One Man Tango is the frank and intriguing autobiography of Anthony Quinn, star of La Strada, Zorba the Greek and countless other films. Quinn’s father rode with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa but then took the family to California where he eventually found work in movies. The young Tony gave up architecture in favour of acting but even marrying Cecil B. De Mille’s daughter didn’t bring immediate success. The book has Quinn on a cycle ride which prompts countless memories of his acting career and of the many women who shared his life. Quinn knew everyone and has great stories to tell, not just his own.

counterpoints to the stories of the three artists. Barker brilliantly conveys the fear, the horror and the absolute exhaustion experienced by all but also the strange inspiration for art that the raids occasionally produce.

Chan Koonchung, in his novel The Unbearable Dreamworld of Champa the Driver, presents a racy and, to Western eyes, disturbing portrait of modern China and its domination of Tibet. When business woman Plum persuades car mad Tibetan Champa to dump his taxi and become her paramour as well as the driver of her huge new 4x4 Toyota, Champa finally achieves the ambition of all Tibetans and visits Beijing. This is a riproaring read featuring sex, daylight-destroying clouds High flying law professor Claire Chapman has of pollution, racism, selfeverything: professional success, a beautiful immolation, dog trafficking daughter, a wonderful husband, Tom. Then after and a vibrant and booming dinner at the local mall two men in suits arrive to black economy. It manages arrest Tom and turn Claire’s life upside down. to be both funny and Joseph Finder’s fast-paced and always gripping frightening while remaining thriller, High Crimes, gives a blow by blow account surprisingly optimistic about of how Claire copes with China. hearing shocking allegations of mass-murder against her In Six Poets, Alan Bennett edits an anthology of husband and how she work by British verse giants Hardy, Houseman, defends him in court Betjeman, Auden, MacNeice and Larkin; no, no against the might of the women. Seventy wonderful poems are chosen and Pentagon. Fascinating legal in his brief biographies and comments, Bennett is as lore, black-hearted villains, endearing as ever: ‘a poem should be understandable skulduggery in high places at first hearing’, ‘how baffled one can feel in the face and an ending that comes of books.’ He drops in out of left field make this a delightful snippets, too: novel that’s impossible to Larkin said, ‘Deprivation is put down. for me what daffodils are for Wordsworth’; It’s 1940 and the artist protagonists of Pat Barker’s Houseman, author of ‘A two previous novels: Life Class and Toby’s Room Shropshire Lad’, didn’t now complete the trilogy in the magnificent know Shropshire very well Noonday. Elinor, Paul and Kit are in London, still and wrote his great work painting but this time also slogging through the prompted by a prolonged nightly air raids as ambulance drivers and air-raid sore throat. Hardy’s cat was wardens. Buildings fall and relationships crumble called Kiddleywinkempoops but like London, they soldier on. An unlovely Trot. evacuee and an even less lovely medium provide Bruce Fellows 2016 The Bristol Eight - 07845 986650 / 0117 259 1964 - andy@bcmagazines.co.uk

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with a force of 0, and force 7 (where force 6 is a strong breeze and force 8 is a gale)?

No Prize Quiz - answers on p44 1.

In which year were the following programmes first screened - Grange Hill; Blue Peter; Balamory?

Name these famous paintings and their artists -

Name the main three West African countries that were at the centre of the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak. In which century did a) the Romans leave Great Britain; b) Vesuvius erupt to obliterate Pompeii; and c) William Caxton introduce the printing press into England?

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Name these butterflies commonly found in the UK.

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Who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb, and who financed the excavation, in 1922?

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Name the countries located either side of these straits of water - a) Straits of Malacca, b) the Panama Canal, and c) the Bering Strait.

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Who were Michael Aspel’s comedy sidekicks in Crackerjack?

Name this fictional character, and in which cult TV series was her death the central plot?

Which country shares borders with Latvia, 16. Lithuania, Poland, Russia and the Ukraine?

Which city is the 2016 European Green Capital?

Which country is the largest producer of a) coffee; b) tea; and c) milk?

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Name the best selling albums in the UK in 1970. 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010.

Which animal has breeds called Dutch, Jersey Woolly, Lionhead and Silver Fox?

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Name the authors of a) Moby Dick; b) Paradise Lost; and c) Bridget Jones’ Diary.

Which nations fought each other at the following battles - Naseby (1645); Iwo Jima (1945); Little Big Horn (below - 1876); and the Galactic Civil War (2BBY to 19ABY) ?

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By what names are these entertainers better known - Stefani Germanotta; James Moir; and Marion Morrison?

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Music with Duncan Haskell Album of the month February ‘Not To Disappear’ by Daughter (4AD) Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli and Remi Aquilella have returned with a second album that expands upon debut ‘If You Leave’ and allows them to reveal their true grandeur. The sentiments are bigger, and darker, and the sonics bolder, with the combined effect landing emotional blows from the moment ‘New Ways’ kicks things off with the words “Washed out brain.” Echoes of Sigur Rós and Beach House can be found in the group’s soundscapes, which manage to sound at once desolate and bursting with emotion. Tonra’s delivery provides a similar dichotomy, a cold and detached vessel in which to carry her confessional and heartfelt words. This is perhaps best heard on ‘Doing The Right Thing’, a song from the viewpoint of somebody suffering from dementia, complete with the shattering lyrics “Then I'll lose my children/ Then I'll lose my love/ Then I'll sit in silence.” ‘Mothers’ is an equally unflinching with lines like “You will drain all you need to drain out of me” admitting to the physical and emotional cost of motherhood.

Next Step ‘Blue’ by Joni Mitchell (Reprise)

Though much less poetic, there was something in the lyrics to Daughter’s song ‘Mothers’ reminiscent of Joni Mitchell’s ‘Little Green’ and so (for no other reason) the track’s parent album is this month’s next step. Released in 1971, ‘Blue’ was the fourth album from the Canadian singer-songwriter and remains the highpoint of her remarkable career. A break-up album that set the template for future generations, ‘Blue’ is confirmation of the timeless qualities in Mitchell’s writing. The line “We don't need no piece of paper from the city hall / keeping us tied and true” from ‘My Old Man’ still sounds like a fresh statement over four decades later. Much of the album hints at the suffering she was going through having split with Graham Nash, nowhere more so than on ‘California’ and ‘A Case Of You’, and of the new love she had discovered with James Taylor, as referenced in the title track and ‘All I Want’. There is a sadness and confessional nature to ‘Blue’ which can be overwhelming at times, Mitchell is leaving nothing unsaid, and perhaps that is the other parallel with ‘Not To Disappear’ - a dedication to fearless honesty.

Gig of the Month King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard @ The Fleece, Wednesday 17th February The prolific Australian There are plenty of highlights elsewhere on the alpurveyors of psych rock bum. ‘No Care’ is a skittish deconstruction of an made one of 2015’s most afterhours encounter in which no one asks Tonra to enjoyable albums, ‘Paper dance “because I only know how to flail.” ‘Fossa’ is a Mâché Dream Balloon’, tempo-shifting behemoth which changes gear as the latest in a career that emotions deepen; that it hangs together is testament has been marked by exto the group’s prowess as musicians. The numb hush perimentation and a willof ‘Made of Stone’ closes the album, the outpouring ingness to blend genres. clearly having taken its toll on all concerned. Packed with a tunefulness to accompany their explorations of sound, it was Themes of darkness and demise dominate ‘Not to their most accomplished offering yet and the opporDisappear’ yet by being so overpowering they embolden the listener to face their own doubts head on tunity to see them perform songs from the record live should be one that is too good to turn down. Be and what could have been cloying and depressing sure to expect the unexpected - and flutes. ends up as a powerfully cathartic listen. Duncan Haskell The Bristol Eight - 07845 986650 / 0117 259 1964 - andy@bcmagazines.co.uk

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Bristol Citizens Advice

“What we do and how we can help you” writes Sue Evans, Director of Bristol Citizens Advice

enquiries from the public covering a vast range of topics – debt, benefits advice, employment rights, housing, consumer issues, relationship breakdowns and many general legal issues.

Readers may also be interested to learn that we offer advice on pensions through our government funded Pensions Wise scheme which helps people to understand the pension options available to them on reaching retirement. We also have a team of Macmillan caseworkers providing advice to anyone diagnosed with cancer in Bristol on dealing The national Citizens Advice service was set up with the extra costs that a cancer diagnosis in 1939 as a response to the huge demand for brings. advice and support created by the outbreak of World War II. During the 1940’s the service We are a volunteer-led service with over 80 delivered advice (often from a mobile office) fully trained and experienced advisers on hand on keeping chickens and growing your own to help you resolve your problems. Our vegetables! volunteers are the backbone to our service and

without their skills, loyalty and dedication we wouldn’t be able to offer the high quality of advice we do. If you’re interested in finding out about volunteering do visit our website at www.bristolcab.org.uk Our service is supported by numerous different organisations including Bristol City Council, Bristol and Wessex Waters, the Quartet Community Foundation and Macmillan Cancer Support amongst others.

Citizens Advice Bristol is one of over 300 local offices who together make up the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. We are the largest advice provider in the country, working to make society fairer by providing free, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. Our Bristol Citizens Advice was opened in 1977 in a former restaurant opposite the Odeon on Union Street. On our first morning open we dealt with 120 clients. Since then, in the last 43 years, we’ve been delivering free advice to hundreds of thousands of people in Bristol. Last year we received over 32,000

On 15th February this year, after 31 years in our offices on Broad Street, we will be moving to new premises at 48 Fairfax Street, BS1 3BL. Our drop-in will be open from 9.30am-1pm Mon-Fri. We also have drop-ins at Southmead,

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been prompted by the economic climate or are adversely affected by it, unemployment rates have risen and job security is weaker.”

Knowle West, Hartcliffe, and Easton. Visit www.bristol.org.uk for more information or if you’re interested in volunteering, you can also follow us on Twitter @CABbristol.

This was reflected in the appointment of the first paid Money Adviser and specialist Welfare Rights Worker in the early 90s.

Our history: Here’s a quick tour of our first three decades of delivering advice to the people of Bristol: The Eighties ▪ ▪

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No proper case records, everything was paper based. Enquiries were numerous - over 30,000 in 1980 – but rather less complex than they are today, with most focusing on consumer issues. We were under continual threat of closure in the early 80s, due to lack of funds and problems with premises. In 1982 Bristol City Council offered premises in the old Bank of England in Broad Street described by the Evening Post at the time as “a spacious modern building”.

Homelessness was an increasingly important issue in Bristol in the early 1990s and we built relationships with homelessness hostels and charities to help support clients.

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We crept towards the cyber age with the purchase of a single computer.

The 2000's ▪

In October 2000 we received a visit from our national Patron the Princess Royal.

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Information and case recording systems were computerised.

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We were awarded funding from national government for the first time in 2005 to support our financial inclusion work.

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In 2007 we held our 30th anniversary celebrations at Circomedia.

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Our Macmillan funded Cancer Advice Service started in 2009.

In the second half of the decade, half of all new enquiries to Citizens Advice ▪ Bristol were debt-related. We were quoted in the Evening Post as saying: “Five years ago someone with multiple debt problems was a rarity. Now it is much more common.”

The Nineties ▪

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Our 1991/2 Annual Report opens with the following line: “A huge proportion of the problems affecting our users have

2010 saw the opening of our Bristol Advice Point on Quay Street, offering drop-in advice five days a week in a far more pleasant environment. More next month from CAB

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Inheritance and the Changing Family

eﬀec vely denied their inheritance

While many of the families who seek our advice on planning for inheritance remain a tradi onal structure, there are increasing numbers of more complicated families. There are o en challenging issues to resolve when advising on succession planning for modern‐day families.

It is key that the possibility of such an eventuality is considered, and that the terms of the Will are dra ed to prevent this outcome.

Second Families As the number of second and third marriages increase, the concern for many who have children from a first marriage, will be how to meet the needs of their current spouse, while ensuring that their children are not denied their inheritance. One op on is to create a Will under which the surviving spouse is given a life interest in the estate, on the basis that the assets will eventually pass on to the children of the first marriage, on that spouse’s death. An alterna ve is to trust the surviving spouse to do the ‘right thing’, which might perhaps be to leave their estate divided between the children of each side of the family.

Unmarried Families The Intestacy Rules (which determine how an estate passes where no Will is le ) have not kept pace with the changing structure of society. The Intestacy Rules do not provide for any automa c inheritance by unmarried partners, however long the couple have lived together. A claim against the estate can be made by the surviving partner, but only if they have been living with the deceased throughout the two years to the date of death, or were receiving financial support from them. It is clearly vital that unmarried partners have created a valid Will providing for the surviving partner, and that the terms of the Will are kept up to date in light of any change in circumstances.

For advice on Wills, Trusts, Las ng Powers of A orney What happens if the surviving spouse sets up a and the new Will leaving their estate en rely to their administra on of own children, leaving out the children of their former spouse? These children may be deceased estates eﬀec vely disinherited, since some will be contact Shelley unable to make a claim against the estate. Faulkner (r), and the other members The Inheritance (Provision for Family and of the private client Dependants) Act 1975 sets out the categories of team at AMD Solicitors on those who are permi ed to make a claim against info@amdsolicitors.com or call 0117 962 1205. an estate, where they feel that the Will has not For advice on claims under the Inheritance Act made reasonable provision for them. One contact Alison Dukes on category is children of the deceased, and another alisondukes@amdsolicitors.com or call 0117 962 is those who have been ‘treated as’ a child of the 1205. marriage. Whether an adult child can make a claim for a share of their step‐parent’s estate will You can also call into one of our four Bristol depend upon their age at the me of the second oﬃces: marriage. If the rela onship began a er that child had le home, it will not be possible for a 100 Henleaze Road, Henleaze BS9 4JZ claim to be made. The child is therefore 15 The Mall, Cli on BS8 4DS

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Tax year end approaches – me for some planning By the me you read this the self assessment deadline will have past and hopefully those of you that need to file tax returns have done so. As we head towards the end of another tax year, I think it’s the perfect me to think about a li le bit of tax planning… ISA allowances have increased significantly in recent years so if you have not used the allowance this year and have spare funds, then ISA’s can be a good way of saving. There is no tax relief on the investment but the savings grow tax free. Now is also a good me to look at pension planning ‐ should you be saving more for your re rement? This is a complex area and advice should always be obtained, but pension contribu ons can oﬀer a very tax eﬀec ve savings op on. A big change this year is the introduc on of the new dividend tax rules which had previously remained unchanged for many years. At present,

dividends are paid to shareholder’s net of tax and for basic rate taxpayers there is nothing further to pay. From 6 April, the tax credit is due to be removed and dividends will then be paid gross, but with a tax free allowance on the first £5,000. If you have dividend income below this amount then you will be unaﬀected by the change, but if you have a large share por olio or hold shares in a private company which pays significant annual dividends then you should seek advise from your accountant or financial adviser before the end of the tax year. It might be appropriate to restructure your investments and in the case of small business owners, review the way that they draw an income from their business. Un l next month… If you have any par cular ques ons you would like covered, please do get in touch ‐ @wilkinsonpartners.co.uk Phil Jones is a director of local independent tax and accountancy firm Wilkinson & Partners based on Jacob Wells here in BS8.

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Experience is everything – by Carolyn the Canyon helps escape the crowds - either hike to the bottom or visit the quieter north side. Better yet, Park from C The World visit the lesser known but equally impressive Bryce How often do we hear “you’ve not got the enough experience”? Whether it’s applying for university or a job, experience is often held in higher regard than formal qualifications. I am fortunate to have had a decent education, but my past employers have all admitted it was my interesting travel background and hobbies that won me an interview. Experience is what gives you something to say for yourself. A story. A little difference among the masses. I believe the same applies to holidays. As the world seems to shrinks on a daily basis, it becomes ever easier to rack up an impressive list of countries visited, but I argue that this list means nothing if it comes with no experience. We have a choice on how we spend our precious holidays and I’d like to show the great void that exists between destination and experience and highlight some examples where I believe you can visit the same region, even to take part in the same activity, and yet have a very different experience. When we go on holiday, we tend to focus on location - where we want to go – rather than the experience – what we want to do. Of course, destination and experience are inextricably linked (you’re unlikely to have similar encounters in the Brazilian Amazon as you are in Hull, however hard you try). Having said that, you can have two families travel to the same destination and come back with very different stories.

Canyon. A massive succession of amphitheatres, Bryce is technically not a canyon but its extraordinary sandstone pillars are considered more spectacular than the Grand Canyon by many, and it is considerably easier to access and walk around. 2. Kilimanjaro is a mountain climbed by 25,000 people every single year, 95% of whom walk by one of two routes. Visualise the traffic on the narrow paths, and the crowded camp sites. This is an unfortunate result of an attractive mountain, but there is no need to compromise and follow the masses. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro via a route trodden by just 450 each year, staying in your own campsite each night. It costs no more but you’ll be pleased you went to the effort of finding the quieter route. I did this and it enhanced my experience…I saw Kilimanjaro for what it really is: wild and pristine.

3. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is not Rio that hosts the largest carnival on Below are five examples of popular travel Earth. Oh destinations that can be done in very different no. Salvador Salvador Carnival ways. This is just 5 of the dozens I have Carnival holds the encountered both first and second hand. record as the Biggest Street Party on the Planet, with more than 2 million revellers taking the designed 1. The Grand Canyon should not be missed. If 30km of streets by storm the week before Ash you’re ever in the American mid-west, you must visit Wednesday. this scar on the Earth’s surface. 95% of the 5 million annual visitors 4. Everyone has an image of Mount Everest. The flock to the great hulking mass that is the tallest mountain on Grand Canyon Earth towers with such grandeur. Trekking to Village, where Everest Base Camp is, for most, a worthy challenge they’re herded and about as high as we’ll ever venture. About onto crowded 40,000 walk to Everest BC every year – a staggering platforms to view number – and the toll this is taking on the local the spectacle population and environment is evident to anyone from afar. who travels there. (continued on p28) Knowledge of Bryce Canyon The Bristol Eight - 07845 986650 / 0117 259 1964 - andy@bcmagazines.co.uk

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A more environmentally friendly, remote, adventurous and certainly more picturesque alternative is to trek near another Himalayan Mount Annapurna giant: Mount Annapurna. Less trodden, rich in culture and dramatically beautiful, the Annapurna Sanctuary trek is a perfect alternative with around 20% of the visitor number that Everest attracts.

Avebury

5. Closer to home, as magnificent as Stonehenge is, it receives well over 1 million visitors per year. Just 20 miles to the north lies Avebury, a mystical circle of stones erected in

the same era as Stonehenge, but is much larger and has better access to the stones themselves. Avebury receives one fifth of the visitors that Stonehenge does. Those who have visited both know the difference and, whenever relatives come to stay, we’ll always walk around Avebury and save our viewing of Stonehenge for the inevitable traffic jam on the A303. Most of us have less ‘free time’ than ever, in which holiday-planning takes place. But sometimes help is needed to see a location through different eyes, so I encourage you to take the time to either scour the internet yourself for ideas, or speak to an expert – someone who’s actually been there and done that. So, next time you think about booking a holiday or some travel time, consider what you want to do, and how you want to do it, rather than where you think you should go.

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Some people find that wearing a fitness watch is a good way to track both calories and fitness, as well as hours asleep. Fitbit is one of the first of these type of trackers and reasonably Mind body and soul fitness inexpensive. It is worn like a watch, and tells the time, your heart rate, I am writing this in mid January, as I have recently how many steps you have taken, been surrounded by a lot of people on diets, and miles you have run, how many carrying out New Year’s resolutions to become fitter floors you have climbed, and hours or healthier, counting their daily steps or calorie slept. It works with an app on your intake, and I felt it would be topical to discuss all the phone. You can also input your options available to help you if you wanted to join in. food and water intake.

Mrs PC - Friendly computer training

There are many apps, some free and some not, that can be downloaded onto your smartphone or tablet If it is your mind you want to train, there are lots of to help you to improve your fitness both in body and options. I have just downloaded Fit Brains, which will help you to work on many different brain areas, mind. and tests your speed as well. You can set a daily reminder so that you keep up the training, and it will For the battle of the bulge my Fitness Pal is very effective. You basically put your details – age, height decide which areas you need to focus on. Again your and weight into the app, and it will count calories for progress is tracked in the app, and you will notice you. You have to log what you eat, and you can look that you do improve dramatically with practice. The tests start off quite simple and become more up food values on the app, so it can help you to complicated. It takes about 5 minutes to complete know how many calories are in common foods, or even branded foods and drinks. There is a database your training. Scrabble or Sudoku would also do the same job I expect. of about 5 million foods. You can even scan the barcode of foods to assess how many calories are contained in it. The app can help you set your goals In our busy world, that there is often so much and track your progress and motivate you to keep up rushing about, that we spend very little time resting our brains, which can lead to stress overload, anxiety, your diet. depression and insomnia. Spending 10 minutes As we all know, calorie counting alone is not enough daily on a guided relaxation or meditation could be the very thing that you could try to include in your to keep you in shape, and some exercise should be daily life. I found an app called Headspace, but thrown in to the mix as well. Most smartphones there are many more. It is incredibly soothing to be come with apps for tracking fitness. The latest guided into a state of tranquility. software update for iPhone included an app for health. Look for the white app with the red heart. If you keep your phone in your pocket all day long, it can then be used to track your exercise- count your steps, how many floors you have climbed and how far you have walked or run. It’s incredibly incentivizing.

Hope you may be inspired to try one of these suggestions, or to learn more about the technology you already have. Do contact me if you would like to know more, or if there are any topics you would like me to cover in future articles.

If you want to track other activities, you can use Runkeeper, Nike Fitness, Strava or many others. They will map your activity, be it walking, hiking, cycling, running etc and show you how far and fast you have travelled, and compare your workouts over time. You can also see how many calories you have burned. Freeletics is an app that was recommended to me to try. It brings a gym workout to your house. It’s free, and it gives you short movies to follow like an exercise class. The Bristol Eight - 07845 986650 / 0117 259 1964 - andy@bcmagazines.co.uk

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important and urgent. If we are doing most of our tasks because they are urgent then we are not using our time effectively and we are not giving due Important not Urgent attention to the things that are important to us. Things that are important will be those tasks or In my last article I talked about lists: the benefits and considerations that are in line with our values and ways to manage them more effectively. Maybe goals in our lives. Ideally we will be spending most of because it’s January I’ve been noticing the topic our time doing things which are important before coming up a lot recently and I’m always fascinated to they become urgent. hear about systems that work for other people.

Coaching with Anne Miller

Under the umbrella heading of ‘lists’, there are many ways of recording tasks that require action or consideration and a popular way is to use ‘post it’ notes. What’s great about this is that we don’t need to be distracted by priorities or categories; we can write just one thing per note and set it aside, to be organised later. This works particularly well if you are starting or running a project, but if you’re feeling creative there are many other uses: collecting contributions from members at a meeting or workshop or delegating tasks for example. Last week a client brought along a photograph of his desk covered with post it notes to demonstrate where he had got to in planning his business for 2016. This is a great start because it gave him an overview of all the areas to consider. With these clearly identified he is now able to consider how he wants to display them to best effect. Categorising is one option and if there are a lot, this is probably a necessary step.

Once all the post it notes have been grouped into categories, applying the urgent and/or important question will help us prioritise and allocate time slots. If there are too many things that are both urgent and important, choices will have to be made and some reconsideration also. If planning like this sounds time consuming, don’t be put off: a small investment of time now will allow a clarity that will increase your effectiveness and save you time later. How we display this collection is important too: If it looks like an overcrowded mess it will not inspire or engage you! As with any list, we will all have our preferences: don’t be afraid to experiment and find what works for you!

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The Bowen Technique Anne Brunton Is this cold and wet weather causing your dodgy knee or hip to give you grief again? Or is your sore neck exacerbated by hunching up against the rain and wind? Or has your New Year resolu on to become fi er already le you with a torn muscle? Bowen Technique might very well be your saviour! Bowen is a gentle, non‐invasive hands‐on remedial therapy. Even long standing pain may be relieved within 3‐4 sessions. As it’s such a gentle therapy, it is suitable for people of all ages and condi ons including children and babies. As the precise moves may be made through light clothing, there is no need to undress for the treatment. Bowen treats the whole body and although considered par cularly effec ve for musculo‐skeletal problems, such as back, neck and shoulder pain and sports injuries, many people also report that they sleep be er, their diges on is improved or that long standing migraine symptoms reduce. Given how common back pain is, it is not surprising that this is one of the most common presenta ons. A simple home remedy to help reduce pain in arthri c, sore or s ff joints is to dissolve a cupful of Epsom Salts in a relaxing warm bath. With this damp weather, many people will suffer the miseries of asthma and sinusi s. Bowen may help relieve the symptoms and regular treatments may also help prevent a flare‐up. An emergency move for an asthma a ack, that may be used whilst wai ng for the emergency service, is illustrated on www.relieve‐childhood‐ asthma.com

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Stoke Bishop Fruiterers Prize Wordsearch Last month it was curry components, this month we spread the shopping bag a little wider and look at fruit and vegetables as the ingredients of the prize wordsearch. Why? I hear you ask - well because the prize this month will be a lovely fruit basket kindly donated by the new owners at the Stoke Bishop Fruiterers, Sophie and Paul. You know the rules - listed below are twenty two types of fruit and veg. Twenty of them are hidden in the wordsearch puzzle - lurking forwards, backwards, up, down or on a diagonal. That means there are two fruit or veg that have gone missing. Scour the puzzle, track down the missing foods and let me know which they are. Entries need to be in by Monday 29th February - yes this is a Leap Year - to be in with a chance of winning the prize. One correct entry will be drawn from an electronic hat to determine the prize winner. Entries please by post (8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY), phone (0117 259 1964), text (07845 986650), tweet (@BS9Andy) or email (andy@bcmagazines.co.uk). Best of luck. Here’s what you are looking for:KIWI BANANA GRAPEFRUIT TANGERINE GRAPE RHUBARB PINEAPPLE RASPBERRY FIG APRICOT GREENGAGE

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CANFORD PARK FAYRE SUNDAY MAY 22nd (Sunday Family Funday) 11.00AM to 3.00PM

BOOKING CRAFTERS 3m x 3m STALL PITCHES NOW You bring your own table and gazebo. There is a small charge, discounted for charity fundraisers, towards organisation costs.

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Films with Chris Worthington The Hateful Eight Directed by Quentin Tarantino The latest film directed by Quentin Tarantino is always eagerly anticipated by fans of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, films that I watch again almost every year. As in most of Tarantino’s films the dialogue is largely based on the implacable logic of criminal minds.

alive, at least for the time being. A conversation on the relative merits of prisoners being dead or alive ensues. As the weather draws in they stop to take in a callow young man with the unlikely story that he is the new sheriff of Red Rock. They duly arrive at Minnie’s Haberdashery to find not Minnie herself but a motley crew of other travellers stranded by the blizzard. First up is Oswaldo Moseley (Tim Roth) passing himself off as an English gent turned hangman in Red Rock. He is in the company of Joe Gage, a cow poke who is allegedly visiting his mother (god help her) played by Michael Madson, the psychopathic Mr Blonde in Reservoir Dogs. General Sandy Smithers, an aging renegade from the civil war is the final member of the joyous gathering. An uneasy calm descends as they are all forced to shelter from the blizzard, drink coffee, eat stew and exchange pleasantries about the moral justification for hanging criminals and the murder of prisoners by General Smithers at the battle of Baton Rouge.

The film is set in a mountain pass in Wyoming some years after the American civil war. It was shot on 65 mm film creating a widescreen image, the shots of mountain scenery and the six horse stage coach driving through the snow are spectacular. A blizzard is approaching as a stage coach hurtles on to a stop over at Minnie’s Haberdashery. The sound of the blizzard combined with the ominous sound track written by Ennio Morricone, the composer of the music for the spaghetti westerns, suggest that things may not turn out too well. The passengers include three dead bodies on the roof of the stage coach being taken in for a bounty to the nearby town of Red Rock. The bounty hunter, civil war veteran Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson) is in good company. Another passenger, John Ruth, played by Kurt Russell is also a bounty hunter taking in one Daisy Domerque (Jennifer Jason Leigh) a dentally challenged murderer who has been kept

Events take a turn for the worse when Major Warren announces that the stew does not taste like the stew that Minnie usually makes. So who made the stew and where is Minnie? As this is a Tarantino film the answer to this and other matters can only be resolved through very considerable pain and bloodshed. The soundtrack at the end of the film includes “There won’t be many coming home” by Roy Orbison, an accurate description of the final outcome but a sentiment that The Hateful Eight certainly do not deserve. The cinematography of The Hateful Eight and some of the dialogue are brilliant. However at times the unfolding of the story line is a little plodding and introducing an ensemble cast slows down the overall pace of the film but it is a must for fans of Quentin Tarantino, westerns and civil war movies. Chris Worthington chrisworthington32@yahoo.com

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reported to have stabled his horses in Temple

History Notes - Julian Lea-Jones FRAeS Church. I wonder if the Vicar was forewarned by This series of notes on Bristol’s history started out 99 articles ago with Nick Clark for The Redland Directory magazine (now The Bristol Six), subsequently expanded by Andy Fraser to include BS9 and here in the BS8, so for this centenary article I thought I would consider something different. Although I have been researching and writing about Bristol’s history since 1979 my ‘day job’ has involved researching and developing future technologies therefore I will split this month’s article between what was and what will be. Nowadays we complain about bureaucracy and the effects on our lives, but as this small selection of early documents show when we were at war and everything was rationed instruction was given on the minutiae of daily life, from what food to cook to how not to wash curtains, (to maintain wartime blackout). I am sure that some older readers will remember the frustrations of petrol rationing back in the 1940’s, but how many will also remember that these books of petrol coupons were also used in 1979 – the time of shortages and power cuts. The wartime ‘out of work’ benefits book has small print warning that any involvement in a trade dispute will completely disqualify the claimant.

Cromwell’s harbinger or more likely just force majeure. As recently as 1825 a harbinger issued this notice to householders in Temple Parish, “you are to provide accommodation for …men and stabling for …horses” By order of CC Gevens. Also for a burgess public office wasn’t a privilege it was a duty with hefty fines for avoidance. These few examples remind us that however annoying present bureaucracy is, historically it was a lot worse.

But enough of the past, we all know that down the centuries Bristol has been at the forefront of innovation, remember INMOS at Aztec West, the 1970s ground breaking semiconductor company that at one time captured 60% of the world market for a specific type of computer memory chip. They will be most remembered for the ‘Transputer’ which formed the basis for the first super computers. Many if asked will mention aerospace – certainly, we have a roll call of firsts, all innovative, but not always commercially viable – often the price for being first in the field. To quote Terry Pratchett who said; “The future is coming down the track fast, & who knows what’s going to arrive next!” Still with Aerospace, for those amazed by Concorde, how many realise that its fuselage would almost fit through the Engine intake of Airbus’ newest plane. Also at Filton EADS & GKN have come together at the Innovation Works develop the revolutionary manufacturing process known as Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM).

Also during the war many houses were requisitioned for service personnel, I touched on this only last January, No 90, but during the Civil War Cromwell is Planes are already flying with metal parts like these that have been ‘grown’ direct from the drawings rather than painstakingly cut and machined, and this technology can be applied to anything from, planes, cars, furniture and even food, (sausages and ‘burgers from a cell culture!). Body parts, such as hip joints and even a trachea are now grown from the patient’s body scan, a perfect fit, less trauma. It is gratifying when I give STEM talks at schools, to see how many already have their own 3D printers, enabling their pupils to ‘grow’ solid objects from their 3D designs. The Bristol Eight - 07845 986650 / 0117 259 1964 - andy@bcmagazines.co.uk

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Other significant advances are in the field of Biomimetics – Engineering learning from nature. Observation of the ever-clean Lotus leaf resulted in self-cleaning windows and car windscreens.

Lastly I must mention UWE’s Robotics laboratory where they have developed robots that emulate rats and can see with their whiskers.

Emulating sharkskin can reduce the drag on future planes, needing less fuel, resulting in less CO2. Some other amazing developments: Invisibility cloak, no not Harry Potter Fiction! BAE Systems have Vehicle camouflage that, chameleon-like, mimics the background terrain even at 40KMph! How about things that you can see, feel and manipulate but aren’t really there. A convergence of technologies; haptics and laser holograms provide 3 dimensional images - tactile holograms.

This has only been a very brief mention of some of the developments that I have been privileged to be involved with. If you would like to know more go to my website http://history4u.info/technology.htm to see one of my ‘Future technology’ talks. These include some of the actual examples shown available which are available to examine and handle. Perhaps next month I will revert to more historical topics. © Julian Lea-Jones 2016

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What’s On & Community News Listings for community events, not-for-profit clubs and charitable activities are free of charge. If you have something of this nature that you would like listed please get in touch by calling 0117 259 1964 or 07845 986650, post details in to 8 Sandyleaze, WoT, BS9 3PY or emailing andy@bcmagazines.co.uk. All notices must be received by the 15th of the preceding month to guarantee consideration for inclusion. Details shown are accurate to the best of my knowledge, but dates, times & locations may change without notification. So if you are unsure, and to avoid disappointment, please contact the organiser listed to double check. Theatre, Concerts & Music West Bristol Orchestra. A chamber orchestra, playing a wide range of classical music arranged for the smaller orchestra, meets at the United Reformed Church, Muller Road on Thursdays 7.15pm.to 9.15pm. Additional string players of Grade5+ standard welcomed. Experience of orchestral playing not essential. For more info please contact the Secretary on 968 3998. 'Vocal Harmony' - an exciting contemporary choir based in Bristol. Meet new people, learn contemporary songs and have a lot of fun along the way! You do not need to read music and there is no audition. We sing modern music by the likes of Adele, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Take That, Queen, all parts are taught in call and response. We run three 10 week terms, with a performance at the end of each term. eliza@vocalharmonychoir.co.uk for more info or check out www.vocalharmonychoir.co.uk Ship & Castle Theatre Co present "Breaking The Code" at the Newman Hall, WOT, Bristol, BS9 4DR from Monday 29th Feb - Friday 4th Mar. Tickets £10 each. “Breaking The Code” by Hugh Whitemore is a play about mathematician Alan Turing who was a key player in breaking the German Enigma code at Bletchley Park during World War 2 and founder of modern day computer science. The play links Alan Turing’s cryptography with his attempts to grapple with his homosexuality. To book your tickets please telephone 07745 208639 or email

shipandcastletickets@yahoo.co.uk. The auditorium will open at approximately 19:00 for you to select your unreserved seat. Performances will start at 19:30. The choir at Horfield Parish Church, consisting of adults and children, sings at 10.00 a.m. Mass on Sundays, and once a month, also presents an evening service with more elaborate music - either a fully choral evensong or a service of readings and music. New singers are always welcome, and at present, more sopranos and altos are particularly required. For further information, please contact the Director of Music on 0117 3300792 The Mosaic Singers are a compact group and currently seek an accomplished Bass to complete a nicely balanced mix of voices. We rehearse in Stoke Bishop on Tuesday evenings, where a warm and friendly welcome is assured. Please phone David on 0797 346 0994. Bristol Bach Choir and the Liberty Brass Ensemble present Rutter’s Gloria, Poulenc’s Mass in G and Finzi's Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice. Saturday 5 March 2016, 7.30pm at Bristol Cathedral. Liberty Brass Ensemble, a group of exceptionally talented young professional musicians based in the South West, who delighted audiences at the choir’s Christmas concerts, return to perform alongside Bristol Bach Choir in the magnificent surroundings of Bristol Cathedral. In all, an evening to enthrall, entertain and challenge. Tickets: £22, 17, 14,10; students and under 25s, £5. Visit bristolbach.org.uk/ tickets or call 0117 214 0721 Bristol Choral Society and Music for Awhile present Johann Sebastian Bach “St Matthew Passion” on Saturday 12th March 2016 6.00 pm, Colston Hall, Bristol BS1 5AR. Tickets from £10 to £25. (under 25s £5.00, Seniors 10% discount). Full details at www.bristolchoral.co.uk. Book online or by phone on 0845 652 1823 Bristol Cabot Choir is delighted to welcome new members for all voice parts. Why not come and sing with us for 2/3 ‘taster’ rehearsals before a simple audition? We meet at Redland URC on Mondays at 7.30 pm More info via m.h.morse@btinternet.com, www.bristolcabotchoir.org; or Facebook. Nova Bristol’s new early music vocal ensemble invite you to ‘Passion’, our next concert on March 13th. The music is by some of the greatest European

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- 1,600 children die every day for the want of clean water. Proceeds from their stall at various Christmas Fairs have helped provide warm winter coats for In recent issues, including this month, a new not-for- homeless refugee children. profit company has been advertising to encourage local individuals interested in crafting and baking, Any profits made by the company will be donated to especially to raise funds for charitable causes, to join charity. their database. The name is Onen Hag Oll (UK) Ltd which is Cornish Celtic for 'One and All'. The biggest venture to date is raising the phoenix of the Canford Park May Fayre on Sunday May 22nd. Like me, you may have seen the ad and wondered what this new venture is all about? As well as a fundraising outlet for our local, and talented, crafters and bakers, they hope to make it a BS9 residents David and Venita Vicary have been Family Funday with fairground rides, flying frogs, fundraising for various charities for over 40 years, racing pigs, a circus juggler and a rhythm for life but on many occasions had not been able to find drummer providing entertainment for the kids. suitable events to sell home made items or promote their work or cause. They became aware that other, Many charities are equally enthusiastic fundraisers had similar problems, already supporting and so have established Onen Hag Oll to arrange the Fayre and I such events, with an emphasis on providing outlets know that David for charity fundraising. and Venita will look forward to seeing The first venture was a sing along concert with all you there. proceeds going to Wateraid - on the night they raised enough for four fresh water wells in African villages

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What’s On & Community News composers of the 15th and 16th centuries, Lassus, Victoria, Guerrero, Mouton, Manchicourt and the English 15th century composer John Browne. The music follows the events from Palm Sunday to Easter. In the stunning acoustic of All Saints Church Clifton, the concert starts at 7.30pm. Admission is by programme (£8) at the door. We hope to see you there. www.choirsites.co.uk/Nova An evening of entertainment by Avon and Somerset Constabulary Male Voice Choir on Saturday 20th February at 7.30 pm. Trinity Henleaze United Reform Church, Waterford Road, Henleaze. Tickets £7.50 including a glass of wine. Contact Jenny 9620108 for tickets or more information.

& p79, www.henleazeltc.com or contact the secretary Philip Price Tel: 07787 566246 E-mail: philpriceqs@gmail.com Lipreading class. An evening lipreading class to help you cope with your hearing loss runs in Clifton from 6.15pm to 7.45pm every Monday, term time only, at Redland Park United Reformed Church, Whiteladies Road. Fee is £6 per session. For more details email Mary Hall at lipreadingmary@yahoo.com or telephone 07790 283 939. Volunteering & Charities

Volunteers needed to support carers. Could you please help us to develop and increase our support to carers, people who are looking after an unwell, disabled or elderly family member or friend? If you are outgoing and could offer two mornings a month Fitness, Sport, Walking & Dancing to greet and give info to carers when they visit their Drop-In Healing Centre at The Friends Meeting GP Practice, or could offer two to three hours a House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, BS6 6JE. week to sit with an older or disabled person so that Thursdays from 5.00pm to 6.30pm. Run by Bristol their carer can have some time off, we’d love to hear Healing Group on a donation basis and supported from you. Full training and support provided. Please by members of NFSH The Healing Trust. Healing is contact Mike Hatch, Carers Support Centre beneficial for well-being and health, helping you to volunteer on 07503 577830 or e-mail relax and feel better. Come along and try a healing gp_volunteers@outlook.com session, everyone is welcome. For more information phone 0117 9820184. Friendship, Social and Support Groups Tai Chi – These gentle movements can ease the body, quiet the mind and restore vitality. Local friendly classes with an experienced teacher. Classes at all levels at The Greenway Centre and other Bristol locations. Why not come and find out more? Contact Karen on 0117 9424167 or email taijiworks@phonecoop.coop or see www.taijiworks.co.uk

Westbury Park WI has changed its meeting day to the First Wednesday in the month. In February we have Mark Fox-Powell coming to talk on Astro Biology and “Life on Mars”. Guests are welcome, it costs £4 per session and it is possible to be a guest 3 times in a year without having to become a member. We meet at Westmoreland Hall, Westmoreland Road, Redland from 7.30pm.

The Bristol and District branch of Parkinson's UK meet every first Saturday of the month at St Monica Trust, Cote Lane, BS9 3UN from 10am -12 noon. Carers, relatives, spouses, and people with Parkinson's - all are welcome for a social and informative get-together, with speakers from a variety of backgrounds with many diverse interests. Please join us. We also meet at The Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, BS9 4NQ every second Friday in the Henleaze Tennis Club has vacancies for players of month for an informal coffee morning from 11am. all standards and ages. Whether you are an We are a friendly and supportive bunch, exchanging established player looking for a club, someone who tactics, information and social banter! is rusty or a student come along and try us out. For further information take a look at our adverts on p75 Bristol Shambhala Meditation Group offers free meditation instruction from a qualified instructor at the Open House evening each Wednesday from 7.30 - 9.30 pm at 17 Lower Redland Road, BS6 6TB and the opportunity for a longer period of practice on the second Sunday of each month. For further information please see our website: www.bristol.shambhala.info

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well running hands-on demonstrations and activities. We also run free Saturday observing sessions at our Observatory in Failand, weather permitting, and Bristol Grandparents Support Group. Founded in often stage "Star Parties" around Bristol and at 2007 BGSG gives support to grandparents who are Tyntesfield. All details are on our website: estranged from their grandchildren due to family www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk. All welcome, held at breakdown. Family breakdown can be as a result of Bristol Photographic Society, Montpelier, BS6 5EE. separation/divorce, alcohol/drug dependency, domestic violence within the home, bereavement or The Bristol Humanists is a local group for those who make sense of the world using reason & shared family feud. We give support over the phone, via human values; who seek to live ethical lives on the email, Skype and at our regular meetings held at 9 basis of reason, humanity and respect for others; Park Grove, Bristol. BS6 7XB. Tel 07773 258270 and find meaning, beauty, and joy in the one life we more information or visit www.bgsg.co.uk have, without the need for an afterlife. We meet every month on the third Monday at 7.30pm in Laugh, Live and Learn with Bristol U3A. We have lots on offer for those who would like to make Kingsdown. Contact Margaret Dearnaley on 07986 new friends with similar interests. If you have retired 555817 (evenings and weekends only) or email bristolhumanists@gmail.com for more information. from full-time work, and want to take part in enjoyable learning with friendship and fun, we have a The Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological wide range of groups with over 100 different activities, including art, computing, languages, music, Society: On Monday 29th February at 7.45 p.m. in the Apostle Room in the basement of Clifton walking, and science. Come to one of our social Cathedral, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Roger Leech, groups - either at the Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, 10.30am on the second Thursday and third Monday Visiting Professor of Archaeology, University of in every month, phone Barbara 0117 9629331. Or at Southampton, will give a talk on "Bristol Town Houses - some thoughts post-publication" Having Browns Restaurant, by the Museum, at 10.15am on completed his lengthy study of the town house in the third Wednesday and fourth Thursday in every month, phone Jenny 0117 9043697. Please visit our medieval and early modern Bristol, Roger Leech will reflect on future directions for research. In Bristol website: www.bristolu3a.org.uk. Don't let life pass you by - make friends, learn new skills and have fun future archaeological opportunities might ensure the better preservation of the medieval and early modern with Bristol U3A! structural remains that so often reflect more on the lives of the past urban elite, but might also add to Rotary Club of Bristol – we meet at the Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol BS1 4QF at 7.00pm for our knowledge of the lives of the poor. More widely the social distinctions embedded in the houses and 7.30 pm on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays and at 12.30pm for 1.00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Mondays. vocabulary of late medieval Bristol will be seen to have a significance across England and beyond. Meetings start with a meal and are followed by a speaker. New members are very welcome – see www.bristolrotary.org or contact our Club Secretary The Bristol Branch of the ESU meets in the Apostle Room of Clifton Cathedral at 7.15 for 7.45 Martina Peattie at mpeattie@btopenworld.com for talk which ends by 9 pm. There is ample parking, more details. and entrance is £5. The aim of the English Speaking Union is to encourage friendship and global Interest Groups understanding through English. On Thursday 11th Henbury Art Club are looking for new members February Professor Raymondo Ascione, Director of for our Thursday morning club, we meet at10am till the Bristol Cardiac Centre, will be talking on noon in Southmead Library, we are a very friendly “Research for Patient Benefit in Cardiac Surgery” mixed ability group, and have our annual show in the while on Tuesday 15th March Alvin Hansen, a Henbury Village Hall every May Day. Please contact retired Queen’s messenger, will be talking on “Being Gill Dix by email. gill@dix.org.uk for more details. a Queen’s Messenger”

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What’s On & Community News Thursday evening of the month at Eastfield Inn, Henleaze, BS9 4NQ, and 10 - 12 noon every second Friday morning of the month, also at Eastfield Inn, Henleaze. If you would like to be involved please contact Lorna Tarr on 0770 245 3827. The National Trust Bristol Centre programme of Winter talks continues on Saturday 20th February at 2.15pm with Gina Merrett-Smith who will be presenting “Kew’s Victorian Gem - the intrepid Marianne North”, a remarkable botanical painter. A charge of £3 is made to members and visitors. Visit www.ntbristolcentre.btck.co.uk or call 0117 9658014 for more details. Bristol Photographic Society is now based at Montpelier Central (opposite Montpelier Station) The Society caters for all levels of photographer and meets every Wednesday evening at 7.30 throughout the year when it has a full and varied programme of courses, visiting speakers and in-house competitions. You can find out more about the Society by visiting its website at www.bristolphoto.org.uk or emailing membership@bristolphoto.org.uk The Bristol Philatelic Society meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month in the meeting room of the United Reform Church at the bottom of Blackboy Hill (Whiteladies Road) starting at 7.30 p.m. Contact 0117 956 7853. Exhibitions, Meetings, Fairs & Markets Saturday February 27th and Sunday February 28th 6pm to 8 pm : Chandos Road Community Association are delighted to present our first Chandos Window Wanderland event. Come & visit to see our area in a whole new light with magical window displays. For further details including an event map, please visit the Chandos webpage on windowwanderland.com or our event page on Facebook. No charge, just bring your camera. Refreshments available at local stores on Chandos Road. Get in the creative zone and come to a Mosaic Workshop on Saturday, February 27th - 10am to 3pm - at my studio in Coombe Dingle. No experience needed - just come and make a lovely mosaic! For more details, visit my website -

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1. 1978, 1958, 2002; 2. The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W. Turner, and The Son of Man by Rene Magritte; 3. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea; 4. 4th century, 1st century, 15th century; 5. Peter Glaze and Don Maclean; 6. Belarus; 7. Brazil, China, USA; 8. rabbits; 9. Herman Melville, John Milton, Helen Fielding; 10. Lady Gaga, Vic Reeves, John Wayne; 11. Calm, and Near Gale; 12. (clockwise from top left) Comma, Painted Lady, Brimstone, Red Admiral; 13. Howard Carter and the 5th Earl of Carnarvon; 14. a) Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra), b) Panama - both sides, and c) USA (Alaska) and Russia; 15. Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks; 16. Ljubljana in Slovenia; 17. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel 1970), Super Trouper (Abba 1980), But Seriously (Phil Collins 1990), 1 (The Beatles 2000) and Progress (Take That 2010); 18. Cavaliers (Royalists) v Roundheads (Parliamentarians) in the English Civil War; US Marines v Japanese Imperial Army in the Second World War; the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes v the US Cavalry in the Great Sioux War; and the Galactic Empire v the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars.

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