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Don’t Forget
Mother’s Day 26th March
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Are You Ready to Maximise Your Holiday Cottage Income this Summer?
Cotswold Link talks to local holiday letting expert, Character Cottages, about what cottage owners should do to ensure they make the most of this year’s summer letting season
Honeystones, Bourton-on-the-Water
Bank Cottage, Bibury
When does the summer season start? Prices start to increase from May onwards, reaching a peak during the school holidays, which run from the middle of July until the end of August, when demand is high from families seeking a beautiful country holiday. Prices reduce a little in September, however, this can still be a popular month in the Cotswolds, with the famous towns and villages a little quieter than during the school holidays. What booking values can I expect during this time? The prices that can be charged vary depending on the size and quality of your cottage, however, a typical, well presented four bedroom cottage, capable of sleeping eight adults, could fetch over £2,000 a week in August. An important aspect of the holiday letting market in the Cotswolds is the demand for short, flexible breaks. As long as booking slots are correctly priced, owners who offer guests flexibility can typically make significantly higher profits than those who only offer week long bookings.
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Why does offering flexibility mean higher profits? Flexible break strategies typically involve splitting a week into two main time slots: a mid-week slot and a weekend slot. The key to higher profits is to ensure that the price of these shorter slots is not just a pro-rata of the weekly rate, but that they are priced according to market demand. Typically, this means that weekend rates are 70-75% of the weekly rate and mid-week rates are 65-70% of the weekly rate. During the summer, a popular property can expect to get a good mix of week long, weekend and mid-week bookings. In those weeks where there is both a weekend and a mid-week booking, the owner will earn approximately 135-140% of the weekly price! While there are two turnarounds to deal with in such a week, rather than one, owners should still make much higher profits than if they stick to the old adage of “weeks only in summer”. I am sold! What are the next steps in order to get started? If you have a characterful property finished in
a modern, contemporary style, sleeping five or more people, then get in touch! We provide a range of guidance and support, and it can take as little as two weeks to get your cottage ready to holiday let. Once the property marketing has started, many owners are amazed at how quickly the bookings start to come in!
Pearl Cottage, Blockley
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On Your Bike!
We look at a new local Community Project setup to provide cycle safety advice, training and bike maintenance
Mother’s Day
We look at the origin of this special day
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06 Cotswold Water Park shortlisted local news 08 Sarsden Washpool restoration business: 10 2 Pages of New Businesses & Services mother’s day: 12 Mother’s Day origins and recipe education 14 Can you over study? events 16 Seasonal events across our area local news
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Welcome to the March - April issue
As the weather turns warmer and Spring arrives, we look forward to a wide range of local events, news and updates. The Sarsden Washpool restoration (p8), provides a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era, whilst eye health is the order of the day on p20, as we look at the importance of optical care. Don’t forget, if you have any news, events, updates or stories of local interest, please send them to editorial@jkanorth.com and we’ll do our best to publish them for you. I hope you all enjoy this issue and I’ll see you again in May. Best wishes,
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Cotswold Water Park Volunteer Shortlisted in ‘VisitBritain’s’ Tourism Superstar Awards A volunteer from South Cerney has reached the finals of VisitBritain’s Tourism Superstar award of 2017 and the final decision rests with you, the voting public! Peter Jay, a volunteer with the Cotswold Water Park Trust for more than five years, was nominated for the award by VisitWiltshire, as someone who has shown dedication and passion, and has gone above and beyond the call of duty. With 150 lakes set in beautiful countryside, the Cotswold Water Park is situated in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and West Oxfordshire. As there is so much to do in this one area, visitors often seek help to get the most out of their visit, and this is where Peter comes in. Every Saturday, and during school holidays, Peter (and often his wife Jenny) mans the information desk at the Gateway Visitor Centre helping to answer queries about water sports, walking, wildlife, plus where to find the nearest cash machine, where your dog can go swimming, where you can buy a wetsuit, where the birthday party is, where the fritillaries are, how to get to the source of the Thames etc etc. He is an expert at gauging what people want, and then tailoring his response accordingly – when they ask about walks, he always looks at their shoes first! Peter also organises the volunteer rota for the information desk to cover all school holidays, and manages the other twelve volunteers, and happily covers off other days on the rota, especially Bank Holidays when it’s difficult to find staff. He recruits new volunteers and then will mentor them until they feel confident to work on the information desk on their own – always popping in to check they are OK when they first start. Jill Bewley from the Cotswold Water Park Trust, who manages the Gateway volunteers said “ Peter is so committed, enthusiastic, and good humoured but above all he is happy to go that extra mile to make sure that every visitor is armed with all necessary knowledge to enjoy their visit to the Cotswold Water Park, whether it is a half hour dog walk around the lake, or a full week of activities for a family of six. But he will also help those in need, such as the lost car keys, the lost phone, the lady with the puncture, the injured swan etc – he will never give up on his quest to help people, and so we feel that by him gaining this award would be our way of saying thank you for the difference he has made.” Please vote for Peter by using this link to the Daily Mirror website, and help us thank him for everything he does by voting him the VisitBritain Tourism Superstar of 2017! www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/british-breaks/vote-now-decidewho-your-9736671
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The History of Cotswold Sheepwashing and the Restoration of the Sarsden Washpool: March-Sept 2017 The Churchill and Sarsden Heritage Centre, possibly Oxfordshire’s smallest museum, is putting on a NEW EXHIBITION for 2017 and there will also be an OPEN DAY The older inhabitants of the village can remember seeing the Sarsden washpool in action, but it has been overgrown and overlooked now for many years. Happily Rupert and Amanda Ponsonby, who live at Sarsden Glebe, have been working hard to restore the pool, and research its history. There is also a connection with William Smith, who would have been able to watch the sheep being washed from his home, and in 1818 was asked to prepare an irrigation and drainage scheme lower down the Sars Brook - of interest because there are so few physical remains of Smith’s work in Oxfordshire. We plan to celebrate the OPENING OF THE WASHPOOL on Saturday 20 May 12-2pm – with a demonstration using local sheep. There will also be a talk from an expert on Cotswold sheepwashes, and an exhibition of hurdle making. Washed down with locally brewed cider and a selection of local bread and cheese, everyone is welcome.
Please contact Janie Hextall 01608 658278 / 07717 296993 or janie.hextall@btinternet.com Churchill and Sarsden Heritage Centre www.churchillheritage.org.uk
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Local Company brings Italian pizza ovens to the Cotswolds Cotswold stove company Fosse Fires are now stocking high quality Italian pizza ovens ready for summer 2017. General Manager Russell Mulligan explained the company’s decision: “We had a number of customers enquire about pizza ovens but it was something we were reluctant to get involved in. I went to a pizza party a couple of years ago, and it took forever to get up to temperature, I think we waited about 4 hours for this terracotta thing to get up to speed. It was funny but not something I was keen to ever repeat. Last summer our company went to a heating industry trade show and we found Alfa Pizza, we got talking about pizza ovens and I recounted my experience and they laughed. They fired up one of their ovens and told me to come back in 15 minutes. When we returned the oven was up to 500°C and they cooked a pizza for us in 90 seconds! We were blown away. You can cook everything on them, its not really about pizzas its about cooking with fire. I’ve had one for a while now and have cooked a three course meal on it and we did the roast potatoes on it on Christmas Day. We’ve got them in the showroom and one is under fire so come and see for yourself, if you arrange a visit, I’ll even cook an authentic Italian pizza for you.” For more information contact Fosse Fires on: 01242 620 662, email: info@fossefires.co.uk or visit the website: fossefires.co.uk
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JACQUELYNE MORISON HYPNOTHERAPY TRAINING The Hypnotherapy Practitioner Course with Jacquelyne Morison Hypnotherapy Training is designed for those who wish to become sincere and dedicated professional practitioners of clinical-analytical hypnotherapy as a psychotherapeutic and stress-trauma resolution discipline. The Hypnotherapy Practitioner Course focuses principally on Analytical Hypnotherapy or Hypnoanalysis – a psychodynamic therapeutic approach which Jacquelyne Morison has pioneered and promoted for over 20 years. The analytic approach centres on dealing with the underlying originating cause of the client’s distress by providing a deeply investigative therapeutic environment. Analytical Hypnotherapy practice means not merely treating the client’s symptoms superficially or providing a method of coping with life’s problems but actually handling cases of intense psychological malaise by resolving dilemmas naturally and effortlessly at the root of the problem. The client can thus deal with distressing conditions, such as really deep-seated fears, crippling anxieties, stubborn habit disorders, low confidence, stressful-traumatic manifestations, relationship difficulties, grief, bereavement issues and the devastating effects of childhood abuse, neglect and abandonment. Analytical Hypnotherapy can, of course, still equally be applied to relatively simple problems for which clinical hypnotherapy is popularly renown, such as weight management, smoking cessation and pain management, without inferring that hypnotherapy is a quick-fix methodology and, thereby, giving the profession a disreputable name. Jacquelyne is a wonderful teacher whose approachable, accommodating demeanour makes studying to be a hypnotherapist a life-changing experience. I wholeheartedly recommend this course for anyone seeking a stimulating and holistic approach to hypnotherapy training. Kazia Tyszka-Baxter, Mind Nurture Hypnotherapy
Exceptional Kitchens & Furniture from a local firm We spoke to Nick Reeves about his made to measure kitchen & furniture business. Whether you are looking for a truly unique kitchen or simply an island, a large project or something more modest, a study or a desk, Belfast sink unit, utility, bookcase, wardrobes and much more to fit your space, we can help, whether in pine, oak, ash, beech, cherry, maple, walnut or a painted finish utilising tulipwood or pine. Where possible, we use sustainable timber. We create kitchens designed to be functional: for example giving good access into corner cupboards with bi fold doors. Base units can be deeper than standard, which gives the benefit of more worktop space. Upper units can be taller to maximise storage space. Base units can be made to non standard heights to fit in with the clients needs Traditional proven construction methods are used in the manufacture of our kitchens and furniture. Mortice and tenon for added strength,
dovetails in drawers. Doors are a robust 30mm thick. The sides of the carcass are trenched out to give extra strength to the horizontal construction. We make our own wideboard worktops using kiln dried hardwood. So if you require an island or table with worktop of 3 metres long by 130cm wide, we can make it, alternatively we can supply granite worktops.
Why buy from us? We make and fit our kitchens to the customers requirements. We do not sub out any of our design, manufacture or fitting work and we do not make plastic style kitchens. Therefore we offer the best price possible for a unique bespoke kitchen.
The area we cover We are based in the beautiful Cotswolds, but work countrywide ...................................................................... For more details contact Nick on: 07934 976643 / 01451 810023 Email: info@onceatree.uk www.onceatree.uk Unit 2, Manor Farm, Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire. GL54 2JJ
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Mother’s Day 2017
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This year we celebrate Mother’s Day on 26 March. You may not realise, but Mother’s Day happens on the fourth Sunday of Lent and originally had religious traditions attached to it. In the sixteenth century, it was a celebration of the ‘mother church’ and people would return to the church in which they were baptised or where they attended as a child. Thus families would be reunited. This was known as going ‘a mothering ‘or Mothering Sunday. It was commonplace for the Lent fast which prohibited sweet, rich foods and meat to be lifted a little and for a Simnel cake to be shared. Years later, youngsters working as servants were given an annual day off to visit their mothers and would take gifts. This was called ‘Mothers Day.’
The celebrations of Mothering Sunday and Mother’s Day have generally
of printed
combined into one annual occasion.
greetings cards. Celebrating the day became less popular. It wasn’t until
The first official Mother’s Day was
the second World War when soldiers
organised by Ann Jarvis in 1908 in West
wanted to acknowledge their distant
Virginia as a memorial to her mum. By
mothers, that the day grew in popularity
the 1920’s however Ann had become
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disillusioned by the commercialism of the day and especially the common use
By Susan Brookes- Morris
This Mother’s Day treat your Mum to breakfast in bed! 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4 2. Place the tomatoes and the diced muffins on a shallow baking tray. Pour over 60ml of rapeseed oil and add a pinch of black pepper 3. Place the tray into the oven for 12–15 minutes, or until the tomatoes are just tender and the muffin cubes are a light golden brown colour. Remove from the oven and set aside 4. To cook the eggs, bring a large pan of water to a rolling boil and add the white wine vinegar. Adding a dash of white wine vinegar will help the eggs stay together as they cook – a canny trick for mastering the art of egg poaching 5. Crack the eggs into separate ramekins or cups, ensuring there are no pieces of shell 6. Gently tip each egg into the water. The eggs should drop
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to the bottom of the saucepan and then begin to float back to the surface
Ingredients
Older children can be trusted to plop the eggs into the water and follow the cooking instructions. Keep some spare eggs handy in case it goes wrong
240g of smoked salmon
7. Poach the eggs for 3–4 minutes and then remove from the water with a slotted spoon. Place the eggs on a plate with a sheet of kitchen paper to soak up excess water
80ml of rapeseed oil
8. Serve the eggs on a bed of smoked salmon, muffin croutons, roasted tomatoes and wild rocket. Drizzle the remaining rapeseed oil over each plate and serve Encourage your little helpers to assemble the finished dish themselves, before plonking onto a tray and serving as breakfast in bed. Breaking the egg yolk before serving is always a nice touch
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200g of cherry tomatoes on the vine 4 eggs 2 English muffins, cut into rough 1cm cubes 50g of rocket, washed 1 tbsp of white wine vinegar 1 pinch of black pepper
Government gives green light for garden village West Oxfordshire District Council has welcomed the announcement made by central government that it will contribute funding for a locally led Garden Village in an area just off the A40 and to the north of Eynsham. Government support would help deliver around 2,200 homes by 2031, as well as the facilities required to create a standalone village settlement. Cllr James Mills, Leader at West Oxfordshire District Council said, “With such a high demand for housing in this area, we believe a new garden village will be a major contribution towards providing much-needed homes in a high quality living environment. It will also unlock funds to improve infrastructure and in particular boost the case for improvements to transport links, including upgrading the A40 - good news for everyone using this route. “In addition to village facilities, such as a school and community resources, the settlement would have a science/ business park. This will lead to the creation of highly-valued and highly-skilled jobs reducing the District’s reliance on jobs in Oxford. “I want to stress that this new village is a distinct settlement and should not be seen as an expansion of the existing village of Eynsham, or in any way dependent on it. However, we will be asking the neighbouring communities for their views and contributions on many aspects of the village development from naming it to commenting and influencing its design.” Under West Oxfordshire District Council’s current draft Local Plan, the proposed Garden Village forms part of a total of 15,950 homes set to be built by 2031, of which 2,750 have been allocated as the District’s contribution to Oxford’s unmet housing need. The draft Local Plan is still subject to agreement through the Local Plan process which also includes examination by the Planning Inspector in early 2017. The announcement follows the Council’s submission of an ‘Expression of Interest’ to Government in July 2016. Currently there is no planning permission on this site and it was not included in the Council’s previously submitted draft Local Plan.
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Can you
Over Study? A recent article in the monthly journal of Nature Neuroscience reported of a study which suggests in its conclusions “…….that you should keep practicing for a little while even after you think you can’t get any better”. Immediately my mind turned to our youngsters and the many mature adults who during the coming Spring and Summer, will find themselves under the immense pressure of studying for their examinations whether they be for GCSE, A/S, A Level, College, Degree or a career qualification, the majority will feel to some extent, apprehensive and somewhat nervous. There is always the potential risk of students leaving their studying until the last minute and cramming in their revision which can lead to “burn out”.
ADVICE TO STUDENTS OF ALL AGES Preparation • First and foremost you will need some self-discipline. Turn off all your social media apps. • Prepare a revision timetable • The internet can be a phenomenal help if used properly but, if you use the internet in assisting with revision ensure that you know in advance which sites you are going to visit. Too much time can be wasted searching for information during a session and there are too many distractions. • Prioritise your studies focus on topics you have difficulty with, not those that you fully understand. • The earlier you start the better. Now is the time to kick the cramming into touch, not next week. • Make yourself comfortable, take deep breaths and relax before commencing your studies. • You need to do a little studying a lot of the time not a lot of studying over a little time. In other words shorter sessions are more productive than longer ones. • Ensure that your organised notes and text books are all in position and at the ready. • Continuously doing past exam papers are not necessarily the most productive way to learn. Consider your weak topics and search past papers, extract the questions on these weak topics (along with the answers). Attempt these questions once you have revised the topic, this will help build up your confidence.
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• The occasional session with a friend will not go amiss. Discussing ideas can help but do not divert from the topic at hand by talking about social events. You can do this after the session. The Session • Take regular breaks: say 30 minutes study 10 minute break. • Don’t be passive by just reading from your exercise and text books; write down notes, produce memory maps, draw diagrams, attempt past exam questions be active throughout your session. • Flashcards are a good method of study. Produce some to carry in your pocket and frequently refer to them. • Decorate your bedroom/Kitchen/ Corridor with short colourful notes, phrases, and formulae. • Make notes on what you have covered. Note the topics that you are now confident with and the topics that you need to revisit. After the Session • Put everything away in a neat orderly fashion. Remember you are going to need access to the work that you have done. • Relax, get some exercise go out with your friends but do not overdo it. • Above all be positive, set yourself up so that no matter what happens you can always say hand on heart that you did your best. John Harris
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Out & About n Fosseway Café Orchestra (Shipston-on-Stour U3A group) meets every Tuesday from 10.00-12.00 in Todenham Village Hall @GL56 9PL. No auditions. We can write special parts for players of 4 notes, but generally players are Grade III - VI. Total cost is £3.00 per session. 07967 423550.
n Via Fossa (Shipston-onStour U3A group) Advanced
Recorder Consort meet on Mondays @GL56 9SR. We play in 4 parts. Cost is 50p. Contact Christine on 07967 423550.
n Recorder Ensemble Beginners (Shipston-on-Stour U3A group) meet on Fridays @ GL56 9SR. Cost is 50p. Contact Christine on 07967 423550. ........................................................
4th March
n Willow weaving workshop
Rotary Club of the North Cotswolds Charity No. 1033739
10am- 3.30pm: Chedworth Roman Villa Richard Kerwood of Windrush Willow will lead a one-day workshop making willow garden supports for climbers and other flowers. £50 including materials and lunch. Booking essential on 0344 2491895. ........................................................
11th March
n Silver Jewellery workshop
Monday 12 June 2017 Naunton Downs Golf Club th
10am-3pm: Chedworth Roman Villa Find out how to make silver jewellery. As the Mother’s day is coming up, this would be a great way to make a gift for your mum or to invite her to join the workshop as well! £55 including materials and lunch. Booking essential on 0344 2491895. ........................................................
A Fantastic Value Day Out
Coffee and Bacon Bap on arrival Beer and Drinks tent on course Two course Evening Meal Over £300.00 worth of prizes Maximum handicap – Men 24, Ladies 36 Full handicap allowance All profits to Rotary Charities
What: Format: Cost: Teams of 4: Discount:
18 hole shot gun start – 1.00pm Team and individual stableford £50.00 per player But pairs and singles welcome £45.00 for Naunton Members
Mulligans for sale on the day! Email: bryan@harpfarm.co.uk Telephone: Rtn. Bryan Sumner on 01451 820869 www.NorthCotswoldsRotary.org.uk
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11th March
n Burford Orchestra Spring Concert
Burford Orchestra returns to Witney High Street Methodist Church for its annual Spring Concert, under the baton of Andrew Gray. The programme has a distinct Nordic flavour featuring Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite, which contains perennial favourites ‘Morning’ and ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’, and the evocative first symphony of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The concert kicks off at 7.30pm in rousing style with Johannes Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture, written to celebrate being awarded an honorary doctorate. Tickets cost £7 in advance and £8 on the door with £1 entry for under 16s. For info and tickets contact Helen on 01993 830559 or info@ burfordorchestra.org.uk ........................................................
11th & 12th March
n Stow Flea Market and Collectors Fair
Stalls in the famous historical St Edwards Hall in the middle of Stow selling a multitude of interesting items including - Antiques, brica brac, militaria, ephemera, art and crafts, glass, metalware, silver, jewellery, teddy bears, greeting cards, vintage items galore, beautiful powder compacts, toys and gifts. Upstairs is Isabel’s famous cafe with delicious hot or cold snacks, tea and coffee. Takes place every month - check out our facebook page ’Stow Flea Market and Collectors Fair’ plus Antiques-Atlas’ for future dates and information. From 10am - 4pm. Free Entry St Edwards Hall, Stow 07704 145099 ........................................................
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12th March
n Volunteering open morning
10.30am-12: Chedworth Roman Villa Come along for a cuppa and chat with our team about getting involved in National Trust work as a volunteer at the villa. ........................................................
17th March
n A PIlgrimage to Medieval Gloucestershire
7.30pm. An illustrated talk by Tim Porter, to include Hailes Abbey much visited by Pilgrims during the reformation. Venue Little Rissington Village Hall. Visitors welcome £3 to include refreshments. 01451 820233. ........................................................
20th March
n The Wonders Westonbirt Arboretum
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Martin Green will give a talk on Westonbirt Arboretum - 7.30pm Monday 20th March at Hailey Village Hall. Admission £2, Hailey Gardening Club members free. Tel 01993 899125 for info. ........................................................
25th & 26th March
n Matronalia at the villa
11am-3.30pm: Chedworth Roman Villa Throughout the Mother’s day weekend an expert will be sharing the beauty secrets of Roman times. You can craft your own hand-made gift and treat your mum to delicious cake in the café. ........................................................
8th & 9th April
n Art Society Exhibition
Spring
Held in conjunction with the Garden Society in the Memorial Hall, in Browns Lane, Charlbury. Charlbury is lucky to have some well-known, and also some lesser-
known but highly accomplished, artists and this is a great opportunity to see some new and innovative work. Please visit the website, www.charlburyartsociety. co.uk for further information and take a peek at artists’ new work in the Gallery Section, or email Kati Eidenbenz on secretary@ charlburyarts.co.uk. ........................................................
8th – 13th & 18th - 23rd April n Easter activities
10.30am-4pm: Chedworth Roman Villa Did Romans celebrate Easter? One way to find out is by completing a seasonal trail at the Roman Villa. ........................................................
14th – 17th April
n Cadbury’s Easter egg hunt
10am- 4pm: Chedworth Roman Villa Cadbury’s bunny has been over to this ancient site and left a trail of clues for you to find and a chocolate prize at the end! £2/ trail. ........................................................
29th April
n Children’s mosaic workshops
10.15am-12.15pm and 1.45pm15.45pm: Chedworth Roman Villa Workshop with Sadie Rowlands making mosaic shaped as a songbird. Light snack included. £17 per child. Booking essential on 0344 2491895. ........................................................
7th May
n Dawn chorus walk
5am -7am: Chedworth Roman Villa A truly memorable experience listening to the dawn chorus on a walk guided by the National Trust rangers. Light breakfast provided. £9 per person. Booking essential on 0344 2491895. ........................................................
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Windrush Bike Project Brigitte Hickman, English Teacher, and Kath Cochrane, Project Manager, first met in late 2014. Brigitte and Kath shared the conviction that getting onto a bike for short journeys can have a dramatic impact on physical and mental health, as well as wider benefits of reduced congestion, better air quality and quieter, safer streets. After 18 months of knocking on doors, making calls and raising funds they launched the Windrush Bike Project in March 2016. The Windrush Bike Project now has a full programme of work, making positive steps towards more active travel in West Oxfordshire. Bikeability cycle training Over 400 local children from the age of 7 – 13 will receive cycle training covering 3 skill levels. Brigitte, who has spent many years inside the classroom says, ‘giving children the competence and confidence to ride on today’s roads is a key life skill. Children that can walk, scoot or cycle to school will benefit from better health and better concentration; the wider community will benefit from less congestion and pollution’. Children who cycle to Secondary school will be able to complete an advanced road skills course (Level 3) giving them the skills and confidence to cycle on busier roads.
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Giving people the skills to maintain bikes. We now have base at Cogges Manor Farm offering fun and practical bike maintenance courses. On 25th March, we will launch our open workshop. Open Workshop is a community space where people can bring their bikes and repair them, with advice and support from trained mechanics. We will be open every Saturday and Tuesday (10am-2pm). We will also be busy taking in old or abandoned bikes and refurbishing them. Through the Bikeability Recycled scheme children’s bikes will be made available to school children who do not own one. Adult bikes will be used in our ‘build a bike’ courses for vulnerable or disadvantaged people, or sold to generate funds for the project. Campaigning for better infrastructure for cycling. Some people don’t cycle because they feel unsafe sharing the roads with motor vehicles. We work with the local councils to promote a proper cycling network linking homes with schools, shops and places of work. The Windrush Bike Project team is growing and includes cycle trainers, bike mechanics, volunteers and campaigners. Anyone who wants to take a step towards active travel, however big or small, please get in touch we would love to hear from you.
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Save Your Sight Most people don’t think about their eyes much until something goes wrong.
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It’s important to understand what happens to our eyes as we age. Your optometrist does so much more than provide spectacles. The following conditions are all detectable by optometrists during a routine eye examination. Cataracts These are caused by clouding of the lens inside the eye. They are not painful but vision may be smudged or blurry. Diabetics and those taking certain medications are more at risk, but in most cases they are caused by old age. Most cataracts may be treated successfully by surgical removal then replacing the cloudy lens with a clear, artificial one. Glaucoma This is a condition in which the optic nerve at the back of the eye is damaged. It is usually though not always, caused by raised pressure inside the eyeball. 99% of Glaucoma sufferers experience no symptoms until significant damage to their sight has occurred.
The risk becomes more significant once you are over 40 and it increases with age. Anyone with a family history of the disease is more at risk, along with diabetics, very short-sighted people and anyone from an Afro-Caribbean background. If detected early Glaucoma can be controlled with eye-drops, and in some cases surgery. Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) happens when the delicate ‘seeing-cells’ at the back of the eye stop working. It usually affects both eyes. The risk of getting it increases with age but poor diet, too much sunexposure and smoking are all contributory factors. You are also more at risk if there is a family history of the condition. There are two types: Wet AMD is rarer and can be treated if caught early, and dry AMD, which is currently untreatable. The progress of dry AMD may be slowed by increasing the amount of fresh fruit and vegetables consumed and by stopping smoking.
Diabetes is not an eye disease but eye problems are among its most significant complications. An optometrist will check for signs that the blood vessels of the eye are leaking or not working properly. If problems are discovered then you will be referred for laser treatment at your local hospital. Even if you are not Diabetic and your eyesight seems fine it is important to have the health of your eyes checked at least once every two years, as changes may happen without you realising. Remember… Unlike teeth, eyes do not usually hurt when there is something wrong. Generally, the earlier an eye problem is detected, the easier it is to treat. If you drive, it is your responsibility to make sure you satisfy the legal visual requirements. Book an eye examination today. You have just one pair of eyes, and they have to last you a lifetime, so take care of them.
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GARDEN VIEW
Spring has
Sprung
The other day someone said to me,
the flowers fade. If you haven’t already
‘You are so lucky…you have a beautiful
pruned your bush roses, now is the time.
garden.’
Leave about an inch of last year’s growth
I thanked her of course, but I really wanted to say, ‘Luck has very little to do with it. A beautiful garden does not happen by pure chance. It takes a bit of work and planning.’ As the spring equinox looms, the trees blossom and daffodils bloom. The garden
to encourage bushiness and lots of flowers. Shrub roses don’t need such radical treatment but would benefit from losing a third of their old, thick, woody stems. Then a bit of lifting is required. Lift congested clumps of snowdrops while they still have leaves showing.
from. Three bulbs fit nicely into an 8inch / 20cm pot and five fit into a ten inch / 25cm pot. I’ve found terracotta pots best because lilies are tall and terracotta provides enough weight to prevent them tipping over. Lilies need a well-drained open plant-
is waking up from its winter
Finally, stay on top of the
sleep and is full of promise.
weeds from the outset. If
I am excited to be out-
you leave them, weeding
side in it but I’m aware for
quickly becomes an insur-
non-gardeners it can seem
mountable chore.
ple of inches below the compost. Keep
But of course gardening is
surface of the compost looks dry. Once
daunting when everything (including the weeds) starts growing at once! So where to begin? There are three fairly simple tasks which will get you off to a flying start. Pruning is the first task. It’s time to hard prune late-flowering shrubs like Buddleia, Leycesteria and Lavateria, but only if the risk of hard frost is past. Spring flowering plants such as Forsythia and Winter Honeysuckle should be pruned immediately
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about planting things and one of the best things to plant now is lilies. If you have a bit of a slug problem like I do grow them in pots. Pots also have the advantage of protecting the bulbs. I hate slicing through them accidentally when hoeing. And pots mean you can grow
ing mixture so I use a mixture of potting compost plus a soil-less multi-purpose compost. The bulb tips should be a couin a sheltered spot and water when the the buds have formed, feed weekly with dilute tomato food until late summer. When the blooms fade, cut the stems down and place in a sheltered spot. Each spring, scrape away a couple of inches of compost and add fresh mixture, then repeat the instructions above. Treated like this your lilies will reward you for three
them even if you only have a balcony.
or four years before they need re-potting.
There are loads of varieties to choose
Rachael Leverton
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Cotswolds pubs reach finals of national competition Three pubs in the Cotswolds have reached the finals of the Publican Awards 2017, a national competition that rewards the ‘cream of the cream’ of the UK pub industry. The pubs, operated by Brakspear, are shortlisted for the Best Accommodation Operator and Best New Pub or Bar titles, the winners of which will be announced in March.
also a finalist for the Best New Pub award. For the Best New Pub or Bar Award, judges look at the design of the new venue as well as the food, drink and entertainment. The Sheep on Sheep Street was completely refurbished, to bring ‘a slice of London’ to the Cotswolds, which makes it very different to other pubs in the region.
The Publican Awards, run by leading industry magazine The Morning Advertiser , are open to pubs across the UK and are widely regarded as the ‘ones to win’. Brakspear is shortlisted for five of its pubs with rooms including the George Townhouse in Shipston-on-Stour, the Porch House in Stowon-the-Wold and the Sheep on Sheep Street, also in Stow, as well as two pubs in Stratford and Surrey. At the same time, the Sheep, which opened in June last year, is
The Best Accommodation category assesses the design and comfort of the pubs’ bedrooms, as well as other elements of the experience for residential guests including customer service and the allimportant breakfast. All Brakspear’s pub with rooms are decorated and furnished to high standards with features such as rolltop baths, super-comfortable beds with Egyptian cotton linens and Nespresso coffee machines creating a ‘boutique hotel’ feel.
For the next stage in the judging process, judges visit a number of the shortlisted pubs with members of the Brakspear head office team. There are also professional mystery pub visits and an interview in London for the Brakspear senior management team. General manager at the Sheep on Sheep Street, Anna Asimakoploulou, said “We are thrilled to be shortlisted for two Publican Awards. The Sheep is really different to most other pubs in the area; our design is contemporary and quirky and our food, including our wood-fired pizzas, more suited to the casual dining which customers are looking for. It’s great to be recognised for trying something new and we’re looking forward to showing the judges round our beautiful and very popular site.”
Medieval Manuscripts Return to Cirencester Four medieval manuscripts are coming back to Cirencester for the first time in nearly 500 years. A display of the 12th and 13th century manuscripts is taking place at the Corinium Museum from the 16th January to the 21st May. The display is a part of the Abbey 900 festival, which celebrates 900 years since the founding of St Mary’s Abbey in Cirencester. The manuscripts were all from or associated with the abbey library. Manuscripts in the library were taken with around fifty others by Henry VIII’s Commissioners at the Dissolution of the Abbey in 1539. Many of the manuscripts ended up in Hereford Cathedral and others in the British Library, Cambridge and Oxford, including Jesus College and the Bodleian Library from which those in the exhibition are to be generously loaned. De templo (On the Temple) is the Abbey’s copy of a book by Bede (673-753) and is on loan from Jesus College. It is opened to reveal a beautifully illuminated initial. The other three books are all works by Alexander Neckam who was one of the Augustinian Canons of Cirencester Abbey who later became Abbot.
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Andrew Dunning, Curator of Medieval Historical Manuscripts at the British Library tells us the importance of Neckam and the abbey. “Alexander’s work was wildly popular, even by medieval standards. (But) Alexander Neckam was not a mere exception at Cirencester. The town itself, through the influence of the abbey, became an international hub of learning and trade in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries”. James Harris Corinium Museum Collections Officer said: “The display will be the culmination of contributions from people in the community of Cirencester. With the manuscripts display we are able to help show that Cirencester was a special place throughout its entire life from prehistory through to the modern day, and not least
in the medieval period. This is a short window to view the manuscripts. This is a rare chance. I would advise they are a must see”. The display has been made possible with generous donations from the Soroptimists International, Cirencester branch, and Tanners solicitors. The Corinium Museum tells the story of archaeology across the Cotswolds with an emphasis on discoveries from Roman Corinium. A vibrant temporary exhibition programme takes place throughout the year. For more information please contact the Corinium Museum on 01285 655611 or go to www.coriniummuseum.org
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‘Free after 3pm’ parking offer across the District until 31 March Cotswold District Council will be allowing motorists to continue parking for free every day after 3pm in the Forum and Brewery car parks in Cirencester until the end of Friday 31 March.
Council supports bid to bring Tour of Britain cycle event to Cotswold District Cotswold District Council is supporting plans to bring the Tour of Britain cycle event to the area in September 2017. Meeting in January, the Cabinet agreed to contribute £10,000 to a bid for a Saturday stage of the race which would pass through the Cotswolds, parts of Tewkesbury Borough and finish in Cheltenham. CDC Leader Lynden Stowe believes that being part of such a prestigious event would be welcomed by many local residents and would also provide a significant boost for accommodation and catering providers: “The Tour of Britain is this country’s premier cycling event and attracts over a million spectators at the roadside and hundreds of thousands more following via television and online around the world. “I am sure that local residents would be thrilled to see world-class cyclists up close. Additionally, being part of the event could attract a lot of visitors who have not previously sampled the hospitality and attractions of the Cotswolds. “This is also an ideal opportunity to promote the advantages of cycling as a mode of transport – the Cotswolds has many attractive routes which encourage people to ride bikes and the health benefits are self-evident.”
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Additionally, the ‘free after 3pm’ offer will also be extended to several other car parks* until the end of Friday 31 March as follows: Rissington Road: Bourton-on-the-Water Old Market Way: Moreton-in-Marsh Maugersbury Rd: Stow-on-the-Wold Church Street: Tetbury West Street: Tetbury Commenting on the free offer, Cllr Chris Hancock, the CDC Cabinet Member for Enterprise and Partnerships, said: “We introduced a similar free parking scheme for selected car parks across
Council will save thousands on printing and mailing costs  Cotswold District Council has agreed a measure which will save taxpayers thousands of pounds on the cost of printing and mailing Council Tax, Council Tax support, Business Rates and Housing Benefit documents.  Meeting on 19 January, the CDC Cabinet agreed that they should outsource the relevant mailing services rather than retain the function in-house. A tender exercise for outsourced printing and mail provision showed that CDC and its partner council West Oxfordshire could save a combined total of £35,000 per year. The latter authority had already recommended acceptance of the outsourcing offer.  Commenting on the decision, leader Cllr Lynden Stowe, said: “We are always looking at ways to save taxpayers money and this latest initiative with West Oxfordshire will reduce our combined printing and mail-
the District during the winter months of 2016 and many retail businesses welcomed the boost in footfall. “We will ensure that signs are in place to stress that parking is free at the selected car parks AFTER 3pm. I should also add that anyone who pays inadvertently after 3pm will be reimbursed provided they contact our parking team at parking@cotswold. gov.uk with their details.” “Our aim, as always, is to provide a good deal for motorists using our car parks. We have frozen parking charges since 2010 and the introduction of a half hour tariff in all our car parks has also gone down well. This ‘free after three’ parking incentive for several car parks during the early part of 2017 is yet another example of how we are trying to balance the need for parking income (to pay for services) with requests from traders to provide parking concessions on occasions.”
ing costs for Council Tax, Council Tax support, Business Rates and Housing Benefit documents by thousands of pounds a year. This is a good example of the partnership work we are undertaking with other authorities to cut costs. The outsourcing of this function will also help to align processes across the authorities and will therefore simplify any related joint working that we undertake.  “Sometimes it is beneficial to outsource functions whereas on other occasions it makes more sense to retain greater control and flexibility via the in-house route. In this instance, we believe that there are enough checks and balances in place to justify choosing an external supplier.  “We keep all of our processes under constant review to ensure we are getting best value for money, and we are always looking for opportunities to strengthen our bargaining position.”
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Why do we change the clocks?
The
Cotswold Sky
The Cassini Mission Apologies to all readers for the misprint of the incorrect image in the previous issue of Cotswold Link regarding the Cassini Mission. Fortunately the next phase of the mission commences on 22nd April. On this day the spacecraft will take the first of its 22 orbits between the rings of Saturn and the planet. This will be a spectacular achievement, so keep your eyes peeled on the press reports and for up to date information on: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html
Illustration showing Cassini Spacecraft’s orbit of Saturn (courtesy of NASA)
The clearest images of Saturn’s rings have been released by NASA. They were taken by Cassini in its first phase of flying past the outer rings (courtesy of NASA)
These images show details as small as 550 metres, that is the height of a skyscraper on Earth. Cassini has now been taking views of the rings for the past 13 years, but the latest information derived from the images are giving the NASA research team a better understanding of the makeup of the rings. They are anticipating new surprises.
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Spring Equinox: 10. 28 hours GMT Monday 20th March. The moment the Sun crosses the equator on its journey North. On this day the whole Earth has effectively 12 hours daylight and 12 hours darkness. British Summer Time: Commences at 01.00 hours Sunday 26th March. Do not forget to put your clocks forward by one hour.
Planets
Mercury – Will be visible towards the end of March and beginning of April as dusk settles in the West. Venus – Brightly visible as the Sun sets in the West but by the end of March Venus will have disappeared from the evening sky. However it will reappear again in April, this time in the East rising one hour before the Sun. Mars – Can be observed a little higher and to the left of Venus during March and will continue to be visible in the western sky up to 23.00 hours in April. Jupiter – Rises in the East during March around 20.30 hours so by 7th April will be visible all night long. Its 4 Galilean Moons Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto can even be viewed by binoculars (held steadily) changing position each evening as they orbit the giant planet. Saturn – is for the early birds in March and April rising in the early hours between 01.00 and 02.00 hours each morning.
Meteor Showers
Lyrid: April 22nd in the East around 10 – 20 per hour. John Harris
It’s time to turn the clocks forward an hour at 1 am on 26th March. This time when sunrise and sunset are one hour later on the clock is known as British Summer Time, or Daylight Saving Time. It is believed that the concept was first proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 in an essay entitled; ‘An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light.’ Ancient civilisations had already been adopting similar concepts however by adjusting their routines in accordance with the sun’s schedules. The first official modern use of Daylight Saving Time was in Ontario in 1908, and several other Canadian cities followed. At around the same time MP Robert Pearce proposed a bill in the House of Commons based on work done by British Builder William Willett around moving the clocks eight times a year to achieve similar results. This was rejected. Germany became the first European country to introduce Daylight Saving Time in April 1916. Its rationale was that the use of artificial light would be reduced and thus there would be more fuel for the war effort. Britain followed shortly after in May 1916. Daylight Saving Time is now utilised in over 70 countries world wide although dates of implementation and clock adjustments vary. The main benefits of Daylight Saving Time are said to be: - The opportunity to make better use of natural daylight - The ability to conserve energy that would otherwise be used on artificial light - A decrease in road accidents because roads are naturally lit during the time when most vehicles are using them Some studies such as one carried out by the Belfast Telegraph also claim that the extra hour of daylight means that tourists stay out longer and spend more money - an extra £6.34 million in Northern Ireland alone. Some are not in favour though. For example, traditional dairy farmers claim Daylight Saving Time disrupts milking routines. This mainly affects developing countries as elsewhere milking is automated. Some research has also shown that there is a greater risk of people having accidents or being the victims of crime because they leave their houses in the morning when it’s still dark. Some studies have suggested that in the first few days after the clocks go forward there are more heart attacks too. By Susan Brookes-Morris
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