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Bank Holiday Bonanza It’s that time of year when there seems to be a bank holiday bonanza. We’ve just had Easter Monday, and now we have two bank holidays in May. Us Brits certainly like to celebrate the arrival of spring. But as a nation we’re a funny old bunch (and that’s without mentioning Brexit!) and we tend to panic at all this extra time off. What on earth will we do with it? So here is my Brits guide to Bank Holidays... We ask everyone else what they’re doing, kind of like Christmas! As a nation we get excited about the prospect of a longer than usual weekend. We make vague plans about weekends away. According to my immediate circle of friends The Cotswolds / Paris / Ironbridge / The Lake District (delete as applicable) are all ‘lovely at this time of year...’ But we will always leave it too late, or won’t agree on a destination, or discover every hotel has suddenly doubled its prices, so we never actually go.

At least one friend will remind you in bitter tones that they are a nurse / barperson / taxi driver (delete as applicable) and they will be working while you are relaxing. Sympathise with them, and maybe buy them a bottle of wine. Without these people the country would grind to a halt. Every teacher friend you possess will make a huge deal about them not actually having a holiday weekend, because they will be marking...again! Teachers do this every holiday though, because they suspect we secretly think they are all part-timers. We check the weather forecast repeatedly and rejoice equally in headlines which read IT’S GOING TO BE A SCORCHER or IT’S GOING TO BE A WASHOUT...because Brits love weather…all weather! We buy paint in anticipation of giving a room a facelift. Bank holidays were absolutely designed for repainting the sitting room! We buy bedding out plants, compost and ‘garden features’, because Bank

holidays were absolutely designed for prettying our little plot of land. We tentatively suggest a barbecue to family and friends because as well as being obsessed by weather we are also eternal optimists about it. And if it rains, we still barbecue because that’s what you do on a bank holiday in May, and well...it gives the guests something to talk about while they sip their beer, ‘Looks like it might brighten up later...’ as the hail slams into the awning. We plan a film night. When we finally face the reality that there isn’t going

to be a heatwave, and the weather is more barmy than balmy we hit Netflix or Sky Movies and dial a pizza with extra pepperoni and a large garlic bread. Because Bank holidays and carbs were made for each other. Finally, we have the Sunday blues on a Monday night. Bank holidays are gone in the blink of an eye and all too soon it’s back to work. But cheer up, it’s only four days until the weekend. Unless you’re a teacher...they’ll be marking all weekend...again!

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Ten-year-old Bob and his friend Jack have had enough of the war. It has been going on for five years. Five years of rationing (Bob doesn’t know how much more cabbage he can face) and more importantly five years of no sweets. His Dad has been gone for a long time – a prisoner of war on the continent. Blackout blinds and ‘digging for victory’ are such a part of life that Bob cannot remember a time without them. But one day Bob and Jack meet an Italian prisoner of war working in a nearby field. Naturally Bob is scared – this is the enemy. But as he gets to know him his feelings change. Bob starts to feel sorry for him and wants him to stay with them rather than in the prison camp. But ultimately the prisoner is an enemy. Can he really be trusted, or does he have another reason for seeming so nice? Designed to complement the Key Stage 2 History curriculum, this short novel combines facts and suspense in a story to keep every young reader on the edge of their seats.

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Cost Can be as expensive or affordable as you want. A ladies-only gym with a personal trainer can be expensive, but a mixed gym membership in off-peak hours brings the cost down considerably and you can still get instruction and advice from an on-site trainer. Most gyms now take membership fees on a monthly direct debit basis. Clothing Lycra isn’t compulsory, but clothes must be comfortable, and this includes your undergarments. Remember, it’s not a fashion parade and chafed tender bits will put you off exercise forever! If you’re feeling hesitant repeat to yourself, “I can do this; I want a healthier and fitter me; I have the time to do this”. This is your Mantra. Say it often enough and you will start to believe it. Don’t be put off by glum folk who say it’s all a waste of time. Mix with positive people who will encourage you and improve your self-esteem.

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The flowers of the texensis hybrids look like finely cut bells. “Etoile Rose” is a beautiful dark pink edged with paler pink and “Princess of Wales” is a beautiful rosy red. Both of these will scramble through shrubs and flower all summer. They die back in winter so can be tidied up then. Viticella hybrids produce flowers which look like little pixie hats as they open. “Minuet” has purple and white flowers suspended on fine stems while “Purpurea Plena Elegans” produces double blooms which open into little purple rosettes.

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Large-flowered clematis tend to produce a second flush in the autumn, but others like tangutica and orientalis wait to flower until then. Both of these are very vigorous and are great for covering unsightly sheds or old trees.

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Exam Stress How to come out on top It used to be thought that being a child meant living through the happiest days of your life. How times change. Now, with league tables, SATS, and GCSEs, many children are falling victim to stress. So, if you (or your children, if you’re a parent reading this) are feeling pressured, with no-where to turn, we have some great tips to help you get through exam season relatively unscathed. First a few words about stress. Stress is caused by the way our body responds to outside events, not necessarily by the events themselves. Some stress is good: adaptive stress releases adrenaline and helps us to rise to a challenge. It’s a temporary state and the body returns to normal very quickly. Problem stress occurs when the body stays in a heightened state for a prolonged period of time. It’s this type of stress which is causing problems for today’s children. Unlike when we were young and exams were end-of-term or even end-of year events, today’s child has seemingly relentless pressure to perform all year round with the result that they get very little down-time in which their body can recover from all that adrenaline.

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The offside rule has attained mythical status over the years. It states: A player is offside when the ball is kicked by a team-mate (that bit is important) if the referee thinks he satisfies all four of the following: He is in his opponents’ half of the field He is nearer the opponents’ goal line than the ball, i.e. in front of the ball

Gaining an advantage from being in an offside position - including playing a ball which has rebounded from the post or crossbar. Judging by the debates which still rage up and down the land I’m not entirely sure that FIFA has laid that one to rest. The Offside Trap

He is nearer the opponents’ goal line than the second last opponent, i.e. in front of him (The last opponent is generally the goalkeeper)

This involves the defending team collectively moving away from their goal to catch an opposition striker in an offside position.

At this point I need to make clear that being offside in itself is not an offence. He is only classed as offside if, as well as satisfying the previous three points, he is:

Clearly, this carries the danger of the match officials not spotting the infraction and the striker being left facing only the goal keeper, and a great opportunity to score.

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Walking For Fitness Most of us have grown up and lived much of our lives exposed to the standard conception of “exercise for fitness.” We are accustomed to seeing joggers, tennis players, and healthylooking people working out in gyms and thinking of their activities as the only way to get fit by exercising. And of course, they are doing just that. But there is more to exercising for fitness than the stereotypical view of the sweating, head-banded runner or the muscled weightlifter. The simple act of walking is an exercise that has numerous health benefits, and in comparison with more vigorous exercise it even comes out ahead in several areas. There are many benefits of walking for fitness. First, there are quite a few people out there who would prefer to be in the outdoors or in a large space like a mall rather than in a gym or on a tennis court, so they are naturally attracted to walking for fitness. Not everyone likes competitive sports or being in loud, sometimes unenjoyable environments like fitness clubs and gyms. For these folks, walking is great because you can walk solo and listen to music or just enjoy nature, you can walk with a spouse or friend and enjoy a conversation, and you can walk just about anywhere. Second, walking regularly will keep you physically healthy. Fitness experts and physicians agree that even a short walk can do wonders for the human body. It can strengthen the cardiovascular system by exercising the heart, and it reduces blood pressure and increases circulation. It is reasonably aerobic (increases your oxygen intake and lung capacity)

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and of course low impact - it’s easy on the feet, ankles and knees. Regular walking strengthens your muscular and skeletal systems and reduces the likelihood of arthritis and other bone and muscle disorders that come with aging. It helps to lower the bad cholesterol and increase the good, and it decrease the risk of developing type II diabetes. While it’s doing all that, walking for fitness can help you lose weight. If you’re careful to use good footwear and not to over-exert yourself, there is simply nothing about walking that is not good for your body. Third, walking is good for your mental health. It is known to improve your mood and decrease stress levels. That effect alone is priceless in today’s world, and those benefits multiply because lower stress and better mood make your body healthier as well.

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If you suffer from depression it is a healthy alternative to mood-altering medicines that can have negative side effects. The simple act of walking also increases your energy and slows the aging process, which is more good news for your mental health.

My own memories of May Day celebrations are less regal. I remember clutching a coloured ribbon attached to a maypole and weaving in and out of other children to make pretty patterns for our parents to watch and enjoy.

Just knowing that there are so many benefits to walking for fitness provides a built-in incentive to do it regularly. And knowing that it can make you healthier and more fit are good reasons to keep walking for fitness it’s a smart move.

This traditional image of May Day, which in Pagan times celebrated the completion of seeding and springtime fertility with village fetes and community gathering, has little to do with why May 1st is celebrated in Britain today, and why it is recognised internationally as a public holiday.

Committing to an exercise program comes down to one thing and that is motivation. If you want to lose fat or simply want to increase your general fitness level than a regular walking schedule could be for you.

May Day is International Workers Day, and its history is a little more colourful than the ribbons of the maypole or the handkerchiefs waved around by Morris Dancers! The late nineteenth century saw employees working 10-18 hour days in unsafe and difficult conditions. Capitalist factory owners, keen to maximise their output, kept them running as many hours as possible with a “sun up to sun down” working day. Death and injury were common. An early British Socialist reformer,

Robert Owen, campaigned for the work day to be divided into thirds, coining in 1817 the phrase; “Eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest.” By the late 1800s, Socialist movements in both Britain and the USA were working towards the same end: an eight hour working day. In 1884, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the US proclaimed that “eight hours shall constitute a legal day’s labor from and after May 1st 1886.” Without the backing of the government or businesses, this ideal was not realised, so when the day arrived 300,000 workers walked off their jobs in protest. Strikes, picket lines, beatings, shootings, rock throwing and bombings followed, and finally major progress was made in 1914 when the Ford Motor Company cut its standard work day to eight hours, whilst also doubling their workers’ pay. Amazingly, productivity increased significantly and profit margins doubled within two years. This encouraged other companies to follow suit. In the UK the Labour government declared May 1st a bank holiday in 1978 and it has been used regularly by protest groups to fight for their cause, especially for workers and their rights. In 2011 the Tories made attempts to scrap May Day and move the bank holiday to October, but for now it remains in place and an opportunity to remember the sacrifices of all those who fought to secure better working hours and conditions for us all!

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Each wine producing area of Australia grows an array of grape varieties, to create excellent wines, many of which are award-winning productions. Institutions constantly research new techniques. Australia produces and makes available, splendid wines, worldwide. With crisp, fresh, fine and elegant, rich, sweet, sparkling and more, there is something for everyone and every occasion. Voyager Estate planted their first vineyards, on the family-owned property, during 1978. The Margaret River region enjoys a Mediterranean climate, with excellent soils and biodiversity and is very suited to growing Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon grape varieties, as well as being renowned for their blend of Sauvignon Semillon. Voyager Estate farms sustainably and now, increasingly, uses organic practices. Utilising the best of modern technology, the highest quality old and new oak barrels for fermenting, Voyager Estate creates outstanding wines with character and elegance. From their range of wines I selected Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc Semillon for my white choices. Both productions have enticing bouquets of citrus and tropical fruits, which follow through to the mouthfeel and palate sensation perfectly. Having excellent textures and an easy-drinking style, I found these great to accompany fish dishes and a lot of cuisine.

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Schubert’s celebrated song cycle ‘Winterreise to words by Wilhelm Müller is presented complete in this concert as part of a tour of this programme by Robert-John Edwards, who is accompanied by American pianist Gina Kruger.

Friday May 31, 7:30- Kristi Bryson, soprano with Douglas Hollick, 1809 Broadwood pianoforte.

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Remember cheapest isn’t necessarily the best. Check an online price guide. There is lots of guidance available, but you should definitely bear in mind the total hours required. The handyman should be insured and have his own tools. Check all insurance documents carefully. Take your time, be pleasant and ask questions. Get a quote in writing to make sure you know exactly what you’re getting. Then sit back and relax while someone else takes care of your household jobs! By Tom Hancock

Founded during 2009, Gandhi Indian Restaurant has provided very impressive dining experiences for locals and visitors alike since opening and a genuine warm welcome awaits all. Gandhi is known for being one of the finest, fully licensed and air conditioned restaurants in Castle Donington, located approx 3 miles from Donington Park Race and Events Venue and also East Midlands Airport. Appetisers have a grand array and can include Samosa (Meat or Veg), Tandoori Chicken, Spicy Fish Pakora and Tikka Kebab Platter (chicken tikka, lamb tikka, sheek kebab, tandoori chicken), for 2 persons. A very good selection of Tandoori Delicacies, marinated in yoghurt based sauce, baked on skewers in a clay oven and served with salad and mint sauce are very popular, with Tandoori Salmon Fish and Tandoori Mixed Grill being regularly chosen.

Desserts offer tempting creations and with a range of teas/coffees, bring an exceptional dining experience to a close. The wines/drinks have high-quality productions, with great pairings, to accompany the cuisine, if desired. Gift vouchers are available – perhaps surprise someone special? All dietary requirements can be catered for, plus parties and events easily arranged. The function room is regularly booked well in advance and provides a very attractive area for occasions and gatherings. Takeaways and free home delivery (orders over £12 and within 5 miles radius) are offered, also. At popular times booking is (most) advisable.

Masala and Jalfrezi dishes offer further, very flavoursome, options. Traditional, Biryani, Balti and other groups of cuisine have something for everyone. Sizzling platter dishes are chef’s recommendation (and speciality), with Lamb, Tandoori Mix and Tandoori Jhinga being amongst a most impressive list of mains. Coconut Tandoori Mixed (chicken tikka, lamb tikka, tandoori chicken, prawns and shish kebab, cooked with onions, aromatic coconut, pineapple chunks, fresh green chillies and topped with coriander), proved an excellent choice. Perfectly cooked and with superb, complementing flavours, plus excellent presentation, this definitely merits ‘Compliments to Chef’. Indian Nan Breads and Parathas are a speciality, too. The brigade of very talented chefs, plus kitchen personnel, ensure all cuisine is cooked and presented with excellence.

Gandhi is a recommended restaurant – very much so. Gandhi Indian Restaurant 3-5 Borough Street, Castle Donington DE74 2LA Tel: 01332 855121 / 01332 855044 www.gandhicastle.co.uk

As always, Enjoy! Trevor Langley

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