The St Leonards & St Ives Directory - May 2017

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Directory May 2017

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Interior & Exterior Painting & Decorating French Polishing Specialist Coatings Contact David Matthews

Tel: 01202 877019 Mobile: 07740 981349

www.matthewsdecorating.co.uk

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Welcome...

The St Leonards & St Ives Directory Edition 6

Published by:

Stephen & Debbie Corney at Dorset Publications

Telephone:

01202 894397

Email:

info@stleonardsdirectory.co.uk

Copy deadline for the June 2017 edition: 15th May 2017

Disclaimer: Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that data in this publication is accurate, the publisher cannot accept any liability to any party to loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or any other cause.

The S t Leonards & S t Ives Director y does not officially endorse any advertising material included within the publication. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval systems or transmitted in any form, without prior permission of the publisher.

Dear St Leonards, St Ives, Ashley Heath & Avon Castle, Welcome to the May issue of your local Directory! Nellie, the Dorset Publications campervan enthusiastically took us to Stonehenge this month and what a trip that was.

Do read all about it inside as Nellie was quite taken with all that ‘atmosphere’. We certainly have had some good weather recently, so long may it continue I say.

The sun definitely makes a difference and allows us to get out and about. Hayden will soon be starting his Surf Life Saving on the beach again and I can’t wait. We had such a good summer last year - we had never been on the beach so much! How lucky we are to live in such a glorious area.

In the magazine this month we have some new advertisers as well as many loyal, regular ones. Can you see the new ones? They would all love to hear from you, so please don’t forget to mention us when making those important calls and bookings. It is twelve years (doesn’t time fly) since we started our first magazine and I still get excited when I hear how well ‘our’ businesses are doing! I feel quite responsible for them and the business owners most certainly appreciate you at home. Everyone wins.

The magazines are also on our overall website at www.dorsetpublications.co.uk and we have Facebook pages too. Put in the name of the magazine into Facebook and we will be there! The whole magazine can be viewed this way as well. If you have a local event please feel free to let us know and we can promote it for you. Nellie even has a Facebook page so do ‘follow’ her… I didn’t mean down the road though. If you do see her on the go, please give us a wave!

The lucky winner of the wordsearch last month was Pauline Hitchins. Well done!

We hope you have a great month of May. Best Regards,

Debbie & Stephen Corney

Useful Numbers Local Police Bournemouth Airport Village Hall Emergency Electric

101 01202 364000 07847 430815 0800 028 0247

Royal B’mouth Hosp Parish Council Bournemouth Water Emergency Gas

01202 303626 01425 482727 01202 590059 0800 111 999

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To offer honest and practical advice, to deliver quality products and to put the needs of our customers first

TREE, HEDGE & WOODLAND SPECIALISTS Tree,Covering Hedge & Woodland specialists all aspects of: • Tree Surgery • Tree Felling • Stump Removal • Hedge Cutting • Woodland Maintenance For a Free Consultation & Quotation

Contact: Ross Vermaak Tel: St Ives 01202 890363 Mobile: 07868 693389

Email: rossrhvtreesurgeons@aol.co.uk

Seasoned Logs Cut, Split & Delivered

For more information visit: www.rhvtreesurgeons.co.uk

We believe that by offering a good service, as well as a leading range of products, we will continue to build a growing list of happy customers into a successful business for today and tomorrow

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Carpet & Flooring Specialists • Hardwood & Laminate Flooring • Carpet & Carpet Tiles • Wood Sanding & Restoration • Home selection service • Free quotes and advice Come and visit our showroom to see the ranges for yourself 348 Ringwood Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9AT Open 10.30am-4pm Mon-Fri & 9am-1pm Sat

Tel: 01202 874141 Web: www.pnfl.co.uk Email: info@pnfl.co.uk

CAMERAS & BINOCULARS WANTED

By Private Collector ANY Age, Format, Quantity or Quality - Collections Of ANY Size - Lenses Of All Types - Clockwork Cine ALSO Wanted 8mm, 16mm, 35mm - BEST PRICES PAID - WILL COLLECT - ANY DISTANCE CONSIDERED Please Call Keith On

01202 862886

OAKHURST AERIALS  Digital Aerials  Freesat  Sky  Freeview  Extra TV Points  Fully Insured & Guaranteed Call Gary on:

25a Oakhurst Close, West Moors, BH22 0DF

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Get a Wow from your Worktops!

A fabulous range of stunning works surfaces, all lovingly crafted under one roof.

At R&A Fabrications we create beautiful surfaces.

Choose from nature’s highly aesthetic stone or timber; or one of the myriad of man made quartz colours available, or from one of the amazingly versatile and contemporary acrylics.

Based in Ringwood, Hampshire, we are ideally located for discerning trade and private customers in Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire and the home counties, who appreciate the quality of high specification work surfaces.

For more details take a look at our website:

Tel: 01425 475525

www.randafabrications.co.uk

Unit 4/5, Millstream Trading Estate, Christchurch Road, Ringwood, BH24 3SA

Are your automated gates an open or shut case?

We can service, maintain and repair existing automated gates of virtually any make & design.

• CAME Safe approved installers • Automatic gate installations & repairs • Regular service schedules or one off We are also fully qualified electricians and can undertake all kinds of electrical installations, inspections and repairs.

Tel: 01425 477943 1 Stag Business Park, Christchurch Rd, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 3AS www.gle-uk.co.uk

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Community News

Wessex Water Sewer Renovations

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www.wessexwater.co.uk

Information in this plan is provided for identification purposes only. No warranty as to accuracy is given or implied. The precise route of pipe work may not exactly match that shown. Wessex Water does not accept liability for inaccuracies. Sewers and lateral drains adopted by Wessex Water under the Water Industry (Schemes for Adoption of Private Sewers) Regulations 2011 are to be plotted over time and may not yet be shown. In carrying out any works, you accept liability for the cost of any repairs to Wessex Water apparatus damaged as a result of your works. You are advised to commence excavations using hand tools only.

Mechanical digging equipment should not be used until pipe work has been precisely located. If you are considering any form of building works and pipe work is shown within the boundary of your property or a property to be purchased (or very close by) a surveyor should plot its exact position prior to commencing works or purchase. Building over or near Wessex Water’s apparatus is not normally permitted.

Date: 21/02/2017 10:40 Centre: 411135.76 , 102273.09

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Small, Local, Family Business Offering Quality Handmade Fitted Furniture Showroom: Monday-Friday: 9am - 4:30pm Sat: 9:30am - 2pm

25 Old Barn Farm Road, Woolsbridge Ind Estate, Three Legged Cross, Dorset, BH21 6SP

T: 01202 821005

www.selectinteriorsltd.com

DOUGLAS HUTCHINS Landscaping & Driveways      

Patios Paths Decking Fencing Block Paving Shingle

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Fully Insured Family Run Business Personal Touch

01202 576563 07971 543323

www.landscapersbournemouth.co.uk 2 St George’s Drive, Ferndown, BH22 9EF

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ADVERTORIAL

Cloudy2Clear Announce Trusted Trader Partnership Consumer champions Which? have now joined the thousands of customers who recognise that Cloudy2Clear Windows really are a business that you can TRUST. The company which specialises in repairing windows which are steamed up, broken or damaged by replacing the panes – not the frames has received the coveted ‘Which Trusted Trader’ status after going through a rigorous accreditation process entirely focussed on customer service.

Group Managing Director Marcus McGee believes that Which? have endorsed Cloudy2Clear’s long standing

company policy of delivering the highest standards possible at all times. ‘Our service is simple. If your double glazing has misted up we can replace the glass at a fraction of the cost of a new window, in any type of frame, and with a new 25 year guarantee. But it’s not just about saving people money, although that obviously helps. Whilst a number of tradespeople perhaps don’t focus on customer care as much as they should do, we make sure we turn up when we say we will, do the job the customer requires and leave their house as clean as a whistle.

Locally Cloudy2Clear service the 6W /HRQDUGV area

DQG manager Justin Friel agrees that this approach is a major factor in his success. ‘The truth is that it’s not just the personal satisfaction that I get from doing a good job but also it makes good business sense. I get a huge amount of business from friends and family of people I’ve done work for, which just goes to show how much a little bit of effort is appreciated as both my customers and, obviously a body as nationally important as Which? now recognise.’

So, if your windows are steamed up, broken or damaged give Justin a call for a free quotation on 0800 61 21 118 and he’ll be happy to help!

Cloudy2Clear GUARANTEE All Customers That An Average Quote Will Take No Longer Than 20 Mins!!!

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Wildlife News

Talking about Wildlife...

Helping the birds Many of us will have wanted to help our familiar garden birds by putting up nest boxes for them to use in the spring. We rightly love the sight of the blue tits and robins taking advantage of our help.

But beyond our gardens, out on our beautiful heaths, there are other birds which cannot be helped by our thoughtful actions, such as putting up nest boxes.

This is because their specialist lifestyle involves nesting on the ground amongst the heather and bracken. So, these birds need our help and thoughtfulness in another way. They very much need us to think constantly about not disturbing them as they keep vigil on their eggs or chicks when we go out on the heath. We, or our dogs, only have to stray a very short distance from a path for a rare woodlark or nightjar to be scared off its vulnerable nest - quite possibly causing the bird to fail to breed successfully. A failed year is very significant to such rare birds which Nightjar

Photo: Steve Davis

Woodlark Nest - Photo: Andy Fale

can only breed on this rare habitat we are so lucky to have around us. This is why it is so important that we stick to the paths and keep our dogs on a lead from March, when the nesting season begins, right through the summer, when it ends.

None of us would deliberately destroy the nest of a robin or blue tit, but it is terribly easy to unwittingly destroy the nest of a woodlark or nightjar just by leaving the paths or not keeping our dogs on a lead in the spring and summer. If we follow the ‘heathland code’ in this and other ways, we can both protect our the special wildlife of the heath and enjoy its beauty to the full.

Read the healthland code here: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/ heathland-code

By Lesley Haskins, The Erica Trust

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K AND B INSTALLATIONS New Milton branch is now open!

Due to our success in West Moors, and thanks to the hard work of all our staff, we are proud to announce that our New Milton branch is now open. We have a more extensive range of kitchens and bathrooms to view. With numerous storage solutions and appliances on display from our existing and new suppliers.

The new showroom is located at 95-97 Station Road, New Milton, BH25 6JJ (next to The Ryder pub). The new branch is open Monday – Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday 9am-3pm and can be contacted on 01425460621. We are usually closed on bank holidays in both branches.

As we like to keep our fitting team to the highest standards we have recently completed the Impey wetroom training course. Impey is a leading wetroom specialist supplier that offers a lifetime leakproof guarantee on their wetroom systems and we are pleased to say we are now a trained Impey specialist

showroom. We have an Impey wetroom system on display on our new Milton branch.

We are also now offering multiple finance options including 0% APR options over 12 months.

Representative example of 0% APR over 12 months: with a purchase price of £3000.00, rate of interest (fixed) at 0%, deposit taken of £749.04, loan amount would be £2250.96 with 12 monthly payments of £187.58. Total amount repayable would be £2250.96.

Craig Byars, t/a K and B Installations, registered office: 254 Station Road, West Moors, BH22 0JF. K and B Installations acts as a credit broker and offers credit products from Omni Capital Retail Finance. K and B Installations is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, registration number: 775002.

Your application will be subject to a credit check using a recognised credit reference agency as part of our assessment process. Credit available subject to status, UK residents aged 18 years and over. For more information please visit: www.omnicapitalretailfinance.co.uk

0% APR finance options available

www.kandbinstallations.co.uk

Complete installation service • All building work and trades covered • Supply only Tile Supplier • Able Bathrooms • Worktop & door changes • Small jobs welcome NEW MILTON SHOWROOM 97 Station Road, New Milton, BH25 6JJ

Tel: 01425 460621

Craig Byars t/a K and B Installations

WEST MOORS SHOWROOM

135 Station Road, West Moors, BH22 0HT

Tel: 01202 861972

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Heritage News

Heritage: William Webb’s Hampshire Garden Estate Last month’s article ended with a picture of the 1927 Ashley Heath Crossing signal box, part of the Halt that William Webb pressurised Southern Railway William Webb to provide to serve his planned Garden Estate. Attracted

by Government incentives to cultivate difficult land areas, in January 1921 he bought 1500 acres of North Ashley Heath from the Somerley Estate.

His plans were twofold; to prove that the barren heathland could be made productive; and to provide homes for individuals and employees. Today the bulk of the area earmarked for cultivation forms the Moors Valley Country Park and the adjacent Forestry Commission lands, but he did use the area between the Horton Road and the

railway to create his own private estate.

He built is home there, named “Moordown”, later to become a tearooms, and subsequently the Struan Hotel. The picture shows Horton road in the 1920s; his estate office and home on the right; the railway beyond; and the current village green on the left.

From the crossing, south of the Horton Road he created 3 acre plots along St. Leonards Hill as far as the “Roman Road line”, to link with “Gipsy Bottom”, where several red brick cottages survive that had been built in the early 1900s.

Today we know it all as “Woolsbridge Road”. To the west of the marshy central area, he created 1 acre sites along Lion’s Lane. All these plots could be purchased either by builders or private individuals, but Webb wrote some fairly strict rules, many surviving today within deeds. A few sites along the Horton Road opposite his home were provided for the gentry.

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Webb developed two bungalow styles, the Hill version seen here, simple to construct by a poured concrete process, and basic timber features. Two of each survive today on those roads, but all with some upgrading.

Using the same method, Webb also provided what is said to be the shortest High Street, at least in the UK. The clock mechanism was removed some time ago, but the message “The Night Cometh” survives. To ensure his workers slept well, the clock did not strike between 10pm and 7am.

Older resident’s still refer to the convenience store as “The Forge”.

Originally one was sited here, serving many purposes as the Estate developed, not least the shoeing of horses that Webb insisted on using for his farm work. However, he did try it on once with a second-hand tractor, attempting to claim compensation from the manufacturer when it failed, more likely due to lack of maintenance.

Using the pen name “Psi” in 1928, Webb published a book “Heather Hay Houses Health”, describing all elements

of his experiment. The author has the original proof copy; another can be studied at Ringwood Library. The end chapters include “How to deal with a Railway Company” and “Church extension”, the latter a diatribe on religious matters.

Sadly, Webb died in 1931, his dream yet to be achieved, and the entire estate was auctioned off. Several local developers obtained some good deals, and the Forestry Commission purchased their lands by an intriguing “back door” deal using a local builder. A replica brass plate on the High Street commemorates Webb’s efforts. The original was found in a skip in Bournemouth in 2005, just in time for the Parish Plan project that led to the author’s beginning his local history research.

John Hawkins

Proof copy of “Heather Hay Houses Health”

by Psi, a.k.a.

William Webb

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Special Branch

Tree Surgery and Gardens • Free Quotations • Hedge Cutting • Landscaping • Logs

• Garden Maintenance • Turfing • Tree Work • Garden Clearance

BEAUTI BY LAURA

LADIES MOBILE BEAUTICIAN & BEAUTY ROOM At 51 New Road, West Parley, Bouremouth, BH10 7DP

(Previously at William Guy Hair Salon, Ashley Heath) For an Appointment or Enquiry Tel: 079 797 533 61 20% OFF YOUR FIRST VISIT IN 2017 QUOTING FL1 Shellac File & Polish £20 • Waxing from £8 to £25 Shellac Manicures/Pedicures £30 OPI Manicures £25 / Pedicures £30 Dermalogica Facials from £40 Swedish, Aromatherapy Back Massage £30 Indian Head Massage or Hopi Candles £25 Makeup Weddings & Proms POA SiennaX Spray Tans (1hr developing) £20 Lash & Brow Tinting £20 / Shaping £10 / Perming £25 Gift Vouchers Available

NPTC Qualified & Fully insured Call Alex on 01202 831170 or 07922 921538

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This event has earned its place in the Dorset events’ calendar by welcoming back charities and businesses for the sixth year running.

“This conference is special to the local charities’ community as it offers a day of variety, including listening to eminent speakers, learning from others and networking with specialist suppliers.

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Trade stands, presentations and networking opportunities bring together charities and sector suppliers to facilitate collaborative working.

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May is when honey bees start to swarm in their thousands!

Although the huge cloud of bees that usually takes to the air on a warm, pleasant day around noon is awe inspiring and perhaps a little frightening there is no need for it to be particularly so with the boys and girls of the East Dorset Beekeepers Swarm Collection Team a phone call away from helping you out.

The mass of bees can actually turn the sky dark for about twenty minutes before the old queen of a colony (who has been evicted along with about 20,000 of her old soldiers) decides to settle on the branch of a tree, a wall or a hedge.

The bees are at their most docile. No home to defend, and their stomachs full of honey, it is now a waiting game as they send out scouts to search and report back on the suitability of new homes in the locale.

And here’s where East Dorset Beekeepers come in.

The Association prides itself on the service of its swarm collections and will, in most cases be able to remove the swarm within the day. This not only helps to protect bees under threat but also supplies our beekeepers with colonies which they can go on to make thrive. In addition we appreciate we are providing a valuable public service and preventing a call out to the dreaded Pest Controller.

Swarming is a natural and fascinating phenomenon and more information along with a list of swarm collectors by local area in East Dorset can be found at: www.edbka.org.uk/help-with-swarms.php Alternatively you may wish to contact Jenny Wellman on 01202 873292.

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SPECTREK – recycling your specs Wimborne and Ferndown Lions, along with other Lions clubs, have been collecting unwanted pairs of specs which are then refurbished, cleaned and graded and prepared for distribution in third world countries where eye care is often unavailable and lens making facilities are non-existent. Over the years Lions in the UK Southern Region have collected nearly 3 million pairs.

This year Wimborne and Ferndown Lions themselves have collected 5,900 pairs and the total assembled from our area was 22,482 pairs.

Bournemouth, Southbourne and Boscombe, Christchurch, Lymington and Brockenhurst, Poole and Ringwood & Fordingbridge Lions Clubs all contributed. The club would like to thank the local opticians and doctor’s surgeries who have contributed to the collecting process.

Pictured are some Lions members with some of the collection boxes assembled outside Ferndown Upper School. *It has been calculated that the cost of the scheme (paid by the Lions) is around 5p per pair

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Last month saw the opening of the museum’s new exhibition ‘How Does Your Garden Grow?’. In this month’s article we take a closer look at the history of the walled garden here at the Priest’s House.

The garden is sheltered by brick walls dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, which mark a medieval burgage plot. A burgage was a rental property made up of a house with a narrow frontage on a long strip of land.

By the late 17th century the property was occupied by John Bowdidge, who referred to himself as a gentleman. He would probably have had use of a private recreational area.

An 18th century map shows that the area of the garden nearest the river was an orchard. The building was split into four units during the first half of the 18th century, each occupied by a different person. The outside space was more likely used for domestic chores or growing fruit and vegetables, rather than as a formal garden. It may also have been used in connection with the trades of those living in the building.

Christopher and Elizabeth King, wool and silk merchants, reunited much of the house in the mid 18th century. The garden would probably have been returned to its earlier recreational use. There is little information on the garden in the 19th century. However, a forge was operated at the rear of the building, suggesting that at least part of the outside space was functional.

The present layout of beds and lawns was developed largely by the Coles family, who lived in the building and ran an ironmonger’s shop on the ground floor, in the 20th century.

Opening times: 3 Jan-31 Mar and 1 Nov-23 Dec 2017, Mon-Sat 10am-4pm 1 Apr-31 Oct 2017, Mon-Sat 10am-4.30pm Fancy That!

1 Apr - 23 Dec Costume exhibition exploring handicraft for pleasure and employment.

How does your garden grow?

14 Apr - 30 Sep Exhibition exploring the history of gardening in East Dorset.

Family Explorers 30 May 10am-2pm £1.75 Fun activities for all the family.

Standard admission price unless indicated otherwise.

For further information and details of additional events please contact the museum on 01202 882533 or visit our website at www.priest-house.co.uk

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All Trees are Clocks Exhibition

A multi-media exhibition featuring the results of recent ecological research presented together with photography, video, sound art and will be taking place at the New Forest Centre, Lyndhurst, from 8 April to 9 July 2017.

Created by Professor Adrian Newton of Bournemouth University, All Trees are Clocks charts the results of recent ecological research undertaken in the New Forest. The title refers to the fact that ancient trees capture a record of the passage of time in their growth rings, which provides evidence of how the climate has changed over the past few centuries.

The research examines the impact of recent environmental change, particularly climate change, on the ancient woodland ecosystems of the New Forest National Park. Evidence indicates that beech woodlands are currently suffering large-scale dieback. Research suggests that such dieback could have significant implications for both wildlife and people. Similar phenomena are increasingly being observed in many other parts of the world, as a result of climate change. Is time running out for our native forests? If so, how should we respond?

In conjunction with the exhibition, and part of this year’s New Forest Arts Festival, there will be a free drop-in family workshop at the New Forest Centre on Saturday 24 June from 12pm to 4pm. There will also be a unique opportunity to see a live performance of the music specially composed to accompany All Trees are Clocks on Thursday 22 June at 7.30pm.

Tickets are ÂŁ7, available from the New Forest Centre on 023 8028 3444.

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The Adventures of Nellie

The Dorset Publications Camper Van Stonehenge. What an atmospheric place.

Did you know that henge literally means a prehistoric monument consisting of a circle of stone or wooden uprights? It is English in origin too. Well Nellie was very excited to take us to such a place. It is still unknown as to exactly what the stones were used for.

Nellie’s imagination ran riot (it doesn’t take much) and she was worried that she might be ceremonially sacrificed to the Gods at dawn. I didn’t like to remind her that she was not that young anymore and probably a little more “experienced” than those maidens offered as a reward to the gods many years ago. I think Nellie still thinks she is in her early twenties, but in campervan terms it is more like her 80’s. We all get delusional from time to time don’t we and Nellie certainly was having one of those moments.

Now Nellie is no historian, but she found out that the stones were erected about 5000 years ago! Wow that is amazing. No wonder Stonehenge is an international landmark and one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments. They are even older than Nellie! The stone circle was built in the late Neolithic period around 2500BC. This was an Era, a New Stone Age, and a development of human technology. I wonder how those people would react today with the technology we have now? Can you

Stephen tries the test of strength!

Nellie admires the impressive visitor centre image how many people it would have taken to drag those stones into place, probably on rolling wood and a pulley system? Nellie was impressed. Steve gave it his best shot, but that stone did not move as you can see!

The day we arrived, a beautiful sunny day, it was busy but not as busy as I imagine in the summer months. There were many many foreign visitors which really highlighted how popular and well known our wonderful monument is. Standing in the queue we were asked if we were Heritage members?

It may be a good sales pitch, but it did make sense to join, as one more historic trip to one of their many sites and we will have paid for the membership. Us Brits like a bargain don’t we. The money is used for a good cause too and Nellie always likes to help where she can. So, as a family, we became Heritage members. Hayden did point out, in his very serious, ‘old head on young shoulders’ manner that we should use it and not waste what we had bought… as we have done before. Very sensible. I am sure you have never done that. As newly fledged English Heritage Members (it sounds good doesn’t it) we were also given useful, informative headsets giving lots of history while we walked around. All included in the price.

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29 As soon as you get off the very well laid out bus ride to the site itself you feel something very atmospheric and mystical about the whole area. Nellie was particularly taken with the Heel Stone which sits outside of the circle a little distance away. It is rugged, made of sandstone and somewhat resembles an old man bending slightly. The sun rises from him every day. Fascinating.

You could envisage all his wisdom gained over thousands of years, all his sightings and learning. This stone commanded respect.

The stretch of English rolling countryside and feeling of space can really set those creative and imaginative juices flowing.

Were there people from outer space who knew about these stones? Nellie got the impression there was The Heel much more ‘out there’.

Stone The whole expanse of land and sky lent itself to daydreaming and pondering the meaning of life, where we came from, are there others, what will happen to us? Many were sitting gazing up to the sky.

Some were just having sandwiches.

The stones of the central cluster, brought to the site about 2500 BC, are of two types – the larger sarsens (sandstone) and the smaller bluestones. The sarsens were erected in two concentric arrangements and there is something about the layout,

The enigmatic stones themselves

The Corney-stone Family? the carefully placed heavy lintels across the vertical stones that draw you in and make you wonder what they were all about.

You can almost ‘see’ men in robes slowly putting one foot in front of another, head down, walking around the circle. The Blue Stones in the inner circle seem to have an ‘energy’ to them… or was Nellie just getting all carried away again? We know how easy that is! Then of course there are the burial mounds which all add to the atmosphere and age of this spiritually inspiring location.

In the museum there are skeletons from that time. With today’s technology, it is possible to know what these people ate, how old they were and what they did for a living.

Incredible. The whole day was fascinating.

All in all, Stonehenge is for those who wish to have some spiritual enlightenment, those who love our wonderful English rolling countryside or those who just like to have a family day out. Nellie was delighted that she visited and very glad she was not sacrificed to the Gods. The English Heritage have many places to visit and I am sure we will have fun finding other locations to visit and ponder over.

We did end the day with some good retail therapy at the Wilton Shopping Village just a few miles away… to bring us back down to Earth. It was a good excuse of course.

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Across 1 Water closet (8) 5 Set up (6) 9 Pull out (8) 10 A metamorphic rock (6) 12 Enumerating (9) 13 Fence openings (5) 14 Sinewy (4) 16 Support or vote for (7) 19 Caustic (7) 21 A vaulted recess on a building (4) 24 A language of India (5) 25 Indescribably (9) 27 A style of sleeve (6) 28 Turnip cabbage (8) 29 Acquired deservedly (6) 30 Head restraint (8) Down 1 Lament (6) 2 Rag (6) 3 Diameters (5) 4 Not transparency (7) 6 Rebels (9)

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YMCA Bournemouth and Dorset Blind Association launch local health & well-being festival YMCA Bournemouth and Dorset Blind Association have launched their Feel Good Festival taking place on Saturday 24th June at Boscombe Pier.

torches, neon paint, anything that glows!

Participants can even enjoy an unique warm up session from Clubbercise professionals in Bournemouth.

This charity partnership brings together the local community, businesses and charities for a day of fun fitness activities.

The festival opens at 11am and runs until 11pm with various free activities for the whole family from fitness sessions to kids sporting challenges. The event day will starts with HIIT training, following by family zumba, pilates, yoga and much more. Feel Good Festival is not all just about sporting activities but will be filled with stalls, charity stands and refreshments too.

Lucy Culkin, YMCA Bournemouth Business Development Manager, said: “It’s great to work with a charity which also has the community’s health & wellbeing at the centre of their mission”

The charities’ annual races will be part of the festival with YMCA’s kids’ races and 5 mile zig zag challenge which will see individuals and teams race along the seafront including the Southbourne zig zag path. In addition, Dorset Blind Association’s Bright for Sight Night run which is back for its 2nd year. People who join Bright for Sight Night Run can enjoy 5k or 10k run with glow sticks, head

“Thanks to our sponsors Parley Optometrists, Nationwide, Sainsbury and Boscombe & Southbourne Rotary Club, we are able to bring Feel Good Festival to life”. Helena, Event Fundraiser from Dorset Blind Association, said “Their kind donations mean that nearly all money raised at the Festival goes to supporting the vulnerable people in the local area”.

Please visit www.Feelgooddorset. eventbrite.co.uk to register your interest for free activities and to enter the running events.

For other information and enquiries, please contact feelgooddorset@gmail.com or 01202 712864.

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Jobs for May :-

• Keep on earthing up your potatoes to prevent the tubers from turning green.

• If you’re planted peas don’t forget that they’ll need some support from sticks or netting that they can climb up.

• With snow in April you’ll probably need to catch up with sowing crops that it was too cold for last month.

• As the risk of frost passes, tender crops such as tomatoes or peppers can either be planted out, or on into grow bags.

• Start winter greens such as cabbages, sprouting broccoli and Brussels sprouts in a seedbed for transplanting to their final positions later.

If you’ve lost seedlings or had trouble getting them started with all the cold weather don’t forget that you can always buy plants that have already been started. Buying young plants in is a great way to experiment with different varieties too - with so many types of tomato available it’s more fun to have several plants, each of different kinds, than half a dozen all the same. There’s a good plant stand at the monthly farmers market, and several garden centres or local growers nearby.

May is the time to start off that wonderfully easy vegetable - the courgette. If you’ve never grown courgettes before then I can highly recommend it as they give such a high yield from even just a couple of plants. In fact that would be my main advice - don’t be tempted to grow too many or you’ll be inundated! Plant the seeds undercover or on a windowsill from the beginning of the month.

Put two seeds to a pot, laying them on their sides and covering with about 1” of compost. They usually germinate in a week to ten days and grow

pretty rapidly. Remove the weaker of the seedlings (I always feel guilty when I do this! If it looks good I re-pot it). When the seedlings have four to 6 leaves start to harden off by placing outside during the day. Plant out after all risk of frost has passed. You can also start courgettes outside, directly into the bed in which they’ll grow but I’d wait until later in the month when the soil is a bit warmer. The plants will grow quickly, producing exotic looking yellow flowers (look out for recipes for the flowers too).

For maximum yields the plants should be harvested regularly. Tiny courgettes are very tasty, and don’t be tempted too turn your back on the plants for too long as they grow large at an amazing rate! Be careful with watering when seedlings as the stems can rot, but they’ll need plenty of water once they have grown. If you’re short of space courgettes can be grown in grow bags, planting two to a bag.

With summer in mind, don’t forget to keep planting your salad crops. As well as the traditional lettuce there are a host of other salad leaves that can be grown, and it’s usually possible to buy packets of mixed salad seeds. Get in the habit of planting some at least once a fortnight - use some of the leaves to cut and come again for tasty fresh salad, transplanting some lettuces outside and allowing them to grow on to full size.

If you planted beetroot seeds out in March or April the chances are that they’ll have suffered with the very cold weather that we had last month. Another row sown now may well give you much better results.

Fancy your own, home grown, Brussels sprouts with Christmas dinner? They need quite a long growing time, so think about starting them around now.

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It’s cold, wet, and miserable, so no wonder this is the peak summer holiday booking period. However, with the pound recently at a 32 year low against the dollar, and matching the awful rates of 2013 against the euro, this year it’s likely to be a challenge to get a decent price. The weak pound not only hits holiday spending, but hotels, car hire and more, so here are my 10 top tips for keeping costs down.

1. Pocket the perfect plastic to make the pound perform. Spend abroad and most credit cards add a 3% ‘non-sterling transaction fee’ which means £100 of euros costs £103 and some then load other charges on top. However, there are a range of specialist cards that don’t add that fee. So, you get that day’s same near-perfect rate that the banks do, in every country. My top two long term picks, as well as good exchange rates, have low cash fees - the www.creation. co.uk Everyday card and www.halifax. co.uk Clarity. Spending on these is super cheap, usually easily smashing the best bureau de change rates.

Yet only do this if you’ll repay the card IN FULL each month, to avoid the 18.9% ish representative APR. It’s worth noting if instead of spending on the card you withdraw foreign cash and spend that, you will pay interest even if you clear in full, but even with that added they’re still not that costly. For full info on top cards, and an eligibility calculator so you can see which you’re most likely to be accepted for go to www.mse.me/

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2. One hotel room can have hundreds of prices. Once you know what hotel you want, always check to see if it’s being sold cheaper elsewhere, use comparison sites www.trivago.co.uk and www.travelsupermarket.com for a wide-ranging search (and always call the hotel to see if it’ll beat the price). The difference can be £100s.

3. With car hire book it early and buy insurance elsewhere. If hiring abroad, generally early booking is cheaper, what costs £10 a day now can be £40 a day when you get there. Here’s the three key steps: a) Do a comparison to find your cheapest. I’d try www.kayak.co.uk, www.carrentals.co.uk and if needed www.skyscanner.net too. b) Check stealth fuel charges. Some try and make you pay for a full tank and return it empty - adding £80ish if you don’t drive far. The above, apart from Kayak, let you filter by fuel policy. c) Don’t fall for their insurance up-sell.

When you pick up a car they’ll often try and fear sell you up to £25/day insurance on top – to cover the large excess if you have any claims. If you’ll pay for this, instead use excess insurance comparison site www.moneymaxim. co.uk before you go and you can often @MoneySavingExpert find a policy from £2 a day. Yet if you do

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5. Speedily find the cheapest flights. The obvious start point again are comparison sites. My top picks are www.skyscanner. net, www.kayak.co.uk and www. momondo.co.uk which include most airlines and booking sites like Expedia and ebookers. Yet if you really want to slash flight costs, you need to get clever, such as using ethnic specialist travel agents and checking out airline code sharing deals. For full help see www. mse.me/cheapflights.

6. Don’t forget the good old fashion package holiday. Package holidays are where you usually get flights, hotels and transfers in one. They can still be the cheapest especially if you’re going away for 7, 10 or 14 days in a traditional holiday destination like Benidorm.

Both www.travelsupermarket.com and www.icelolly.com have comparison sites. Then once you’ve got up a price, if you want to shave a little off, you can call up other agents to see if they’ll sell you the same holiday at a cheaper price.

7. Book travel insurance AS SOON as you book the holiday. Every year people email me saying something sadly akin to, “I’m due on holiday in a few months, but I’ve just been given a cancer diagnosis and can’t go, the airline won’t let me cancel, what can I do?” The answer is ‘that’s what travel insurance is

for’. Yet many people only book it just before they go. Waiting defeats half the point of having the cover – which is to protect you in the event cancellation is needed due to illness, a death in the family or something else. Full help on the cheapest policies, including for over 65s in www.mse.me/travelinsurance.

8. Booked EasyJet – keep checking the price. If your EasyJet price drops after you’ve booked it – excluding in a sale – you can just call it up to ask for the difference back in vouchers. Jo emailed: “We got an £803 voucher... all thanks to you.”

9. Check if your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is still valid. The free EHIC means if you’re in an EU (and a few others) country you can use a state GP or hospital for the same price as a local, so if it’s free for them, it’s free for you. It’s valuable extra protection (alongside travel insurance). Yet it’s not valid for millions, this is nothing to do with Brexit, but simply that it has a valid until date and 5.3 million expired in the last year. Check yours, if it is, go to www. nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/ EHIC to get a new one for FREE (don’t Google this, you’ll find shyster sites trying to charge you to do it who add nothing to the process).

10. Be careful boozing on holiday. A final thought. If you’re going to drink on holiday (and let’s be honest, for many people that’s half what it’s about), remember this may invalidate your travel insurance claim. So, take it easy, and if you won’t take it easy, at least think about what belongings you’re taking with you! @MoneySavingExpert

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By Tim Barnes-Clay, www.carwriteups.co.uk

The Honda Civic has been around forever. It’s one of those Japanese brands that has never faded away or changed into anything else, and it’s remarkable to think it’s been on our roads since 1972.

The 2017 Civic is the 10th generation of the model, and Honda claims it wanted to bring back the essence of a practical, yet entertaining vehicle to drive. To do this, the firm has spent time re-engineering this fresh Civic from top to toe.

The all-new Honda Civic marks the introduction of two petrol units – a 1.0-litre three-cylinder ‘VTEC Turbo’ and a 1.5-litre fourcylinder power plant. The 1.0-litre yields 129PS, and will do 55mpg, while the 1.5-litre produces 182PS and 48mpg of fuel economy.

Undoubtedly, the tenth incarnation of the Civic is an improvement over the last model, handling well on the test route that we took it out on around Barcelona in Spain. And the new power units – of which we drove the 1.5-litre variant – are first-rate, with lots of keen delivery, although the 1.5 i-VTEC Turbo Sport is not as potent as its athletic body suggests.

The new ‘VTEC Turbo’ engine can be joined to a CVT automatic gearbox, but we’d recommend trying the six-speed manual gearbox as it feels excellent in the hand and gratifying to work with. It’s also to the Civic’s credit that it stays hushed and refined, regardless of the flashy undercurrent.

The design of the all-new Honda Civic has changed. The exiting model is rounder, but the new Civic is like a compact saloon. It looks wider and smoother around the nose area, and the rear has an angular, level shape. Inside, the split-dash has been replaced by a smarter design – reminiscent of the lovely 90’s Honda dashboard layouts. This is a nod to an age when the Japanese automaker made some of its best cars.

The 2017 Honda Civic will be made in Swindon, a factory that has turned out well-built cars for some time now. The British plant will be constructing the model not just for the UK, but for the whole world. This is the inaugural ‘global’ Civic, meaning it’s being made with no specific changes for regions, other than the obvious adaptations for left and right-hand drive markets.

Topping the features of the new Civic is Honda’s ‘Connect’ infotainment unit, which is companionable with Android Auto and Apple Car Play operating systems. The other headliner, in terms of kit, is Honda’s safety technology bundle, known as ‘Sensing’. It merges several bits of tech to keep you safe and sound. Features include lane keeping assistant, forward collision warning adaptive cruise control, and traffic sign recognition.

Due to changes to the structure of the Civic, the ‘Magic Seats’ that made for simple loading of big objects are now absent. Despite this, the boot still holds a notable 478-litres, so it is by no means an issue.

Honda has announced the price-tag of its up-to-date Civic, and it will start from £18,335 increasing to £27,295, depending on which trim level you want.

The all-new Honda Civic is a great effort from the Japanese firm, and brings it right into serious competition with hardcore rivals like Ford’s Focus and VW’s Golf. The way the tenth-generation Civic looks, feels, and goes means the opposition should be worried. Now we must wait for the diesel and the ultra-hot Type R to make their entrance..

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