CotswoldLink
West Oxfordshire
Your
www.cotswoldlink.co.uk
|
Bi-Monthly Royal Mail distribution: 18,800 homes & businesses
March / April 2020
2
Your CotswoldLink
Please mention Your CotswoldLink when contacting any of our advertisers
Advertising - contact Christine: 01609 777401 | www.cotswoldlink.co.uk
Your CotswoldLink
3
inside
Your CotswoldLink
12
Garden View
We take a look at annual fiesta of colour that can be introduced into your garden in Spring
There are thousands A Good Read Special Mums of reasons to for all you 2 books reviewed We celebrate Mothers’ Day 06 08 readers out there! advertise for all with us... Next issues
North Cotswolds May / June
West Oxfordshire May / June
Dist: w/c 4th May Copy: 3rd April
Dist: w/c 4th May Copy: 3rd April
Aston Magna
Blockley
Moretonin-Marsh
Bourton-on-the-Hill
Little Compton Evenlode
Longborough
1/8 Page Winchcombe
Condicote
Chipping Norton
Oddington Broadwell
Stow-onthe-Wold
from only
£70!
Great Rollright
Little Rollright Over Norton
West Oxfordshire
Heythrop
Cornwell
Lidstone
KinghamChurchill Icomb Upper Slaughter Dean Sarsden Naunton Chadlington Wyck Bledington Taston Lower Slaughter Rissington Church Greenend Spelsbury Westcote Shorthampton Nether Westcote Notgrove Shipton-underIdbury Dowdeswell Andoversford Little Chilson Wychwood Rissington Fifield Shipton Milton-under- Ascott-underClapton-on-the-Hill Great Fawler Wychwood Wychwood Turkdean Rissington Compton Finstock Abdale Langley Ramsden Great Withington Leafield Barrington Fulbrook Taynton Asthall Hailey Windrush Little Leigh Eastington Swinbrook Barrington Crawley Chedworth Asthall Minster Lovell Coln St Dennis Witney Bradwell Village Aldsworth
Whittington
Bourton-onthe-Water
Northleach
14North Cotswolds
14
16,400 general interest: FEATURED
06 Celebrating Mothers’ Day a good read: 08 2 books reviewed events 08 Local events across the area astronomy: 10 Why the clocks go forward homes & businesses
INDEX
Bathrooms Chris Smith Plumbing Services: p Country Bathrooms: p Blinds Associated Blinds: p16 Builders & Contractors Allay Building Solutions: p Churchill Surfacing: p Garolla Garage Doors: p Hopper Roofing Services: p Oak Mill Timber Buildings: p JA Shirley Building Services: p Business Services Cotswold Sales Coaching: p Children’s Services Cotswold Tutor: p Chimney Services Cotswold Stoves & Chimneys: p Mr Sweep Chimney Services: p Cleaning Services MRK Services: p
The Laundry: p Dentist Cirencester Dental Practice: p Education Cotswold Tutor: p Davenant: p Elderly Services The Langston: p Electrical Services CDR Electrical Services: p Cotswold Aerials: p Mayday Aerials: p Flooring Chipping Norton Flooring: p Furniture Amanda Hanley By Design: p1 Bob Dadge Carpentry: p Heartwood Furniture: p MRK Services: p Garage Doors Garolla Garage Doors: p Gardening & Outdoors Churchill Surfacing: p
FEATURED
FEATURED
18,800 homes & businesses
Charlbury
Christine 01609 777401 07742 595747 christine@jkanorth.com www.cotswoldlink.co.uk
10
Burford
Shilton
Brize Norton
Elspeth 01904 709462 elspeth@jkanorth.com
10 Education & Teamwork garden view: 12 The Annual Fiesta! cotswold link: 14 Advertising Details & Index general interest: 14 All about the March Hare education
Carterton
Luke Dadge Drystone Walling: p MRK Services: p Stockwell Davies Tree Contractors: p Gifts Cotswold Frames: p Healthcare & Wellbeing Cirencester Dental Practice: p Footworx Clinic: p Heating Cotswold Oil & Gas Services: p Gas & Oil Heating Services: p Home & Interiors Amanda Hanley By Design: p1 Associated Blinds: p16 Bob Dadge Carpentry: p Chipping Norton Flooring: p Country Bathrooms: p Heartwood Furniture: p Tiles Et Al: p Kitchens & Bathrooms Chris Smith Plumbing Services: p Country Bathrooms: p
Welcome to the March - April issue
Woodentop Restoration: p Laundry The Laundry: p Plumbing Chris Smith Plumbing Services: p Cotswold Oil & Gas Services: p Gas & Oil Heating Services:p I. D Godden: p Property Maintenance Allay Building Solutions: p Churchill Surfacing: p Cotswold Oil & Gas Services: p Cotswold Stoves & Chimneys: p Garolla Garage Doors: p Gas & Oil Heating Services: p Hopper Roofing Services: p I. D Godden: p JA Shirley Building Services: p Mr Sweep Chimney Services: p Sound & Vision Cotswold Aerials: p Mayday Aerials: p Tree Surgery Stockwell Davies Tree
We welcome March and the onset of Spring with a whole host of seasonal updates and news, from why the Spring with a kitchen knife. Itforwas thought Brown hares are not indigenous to theclocks The Mad March Hare UK. They are thought to have been that witches could assume the shape stories have told about imported ward,Countless to how tobeencelebrate colour in your this of a hare, alongSpring. with the attributes of from mainland Europe ingarden the the hare. It’s a witch and trickster, agility and the ability to vanIron Age specifically as both sport for There’s also aand celebration of all special Mums thisspeed, Mothers’ Day a fertility symbol even the real ish. This circumstantial evidence was hunters and a source of food. We do Bunny. enough to condemn the poor woman have a native species of mountain hare and aEaster look at the March Hare! The hare is incredibly agile, evading to death but most of our folklore relates to the capture through hairpin swerves, flips
Contractors: p Tuition
Cotswold Sales Coaching: p FEATURED Cotswold Tutor: p
FEATURED FEATURED
The Index is a free service offered to our customers. No responsibility can be held for errors or omissions. Multiple entries included on a space available basis
01609 777401
Hares devote a lot of time to courtship hare. and leaps, often seeming to vanish Don’t forget, if you have brown news, events, orcanstoand coupling and be seen most cotswoldlink.co.uk Inany the Middle Ages, hares were linked updates suddenly. It’s a mercurial character, and to witchcraft. There is a story of a easily at this time of year. They breed ries of local interest, please send them to editorial@jkanorth. one which has inspired copious mytholquickly so became icons of fertility, and hunter who wounded a hare and ogy. Is there any other animal that by association with the pagan rituals its blood trail back to a cottage comappears andsowe’ll do our best tracked to publish them for you. I hope you often and in so many guises celebrating spring. They may even have in the woods. He discovered an old within our folklore? The hare of legend become associated with Easter though woman cooking at her stove spied all enjoy this issue and I’ll see you again inand the early Summer. is magical, in constant danger, proud, Your Cand OTSWOLD LINK wicked inventive. 14
Best wishes,
they are definitely NOT bunnies! a fresh wound on her arm which she mention Your COTSWOLDLINK Bywhen Sarahcontacting Davey any of our advertisers claimed wasPlease the result of an accident
Christine Campbell | Editor
Cotswold Link Magazine is published in good faith and the editors cannot be held responsible in any way for inaccuracies in reports or advertising in reports or advertising that appear in this publication and the views of the contributors may not be the those of the editors. Adverts and advertisers Your Cotswold Link carry no implied recommendation from the magazine or the publishers. All rights reserved. All information is appearing in Cotswold Link Magazine correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of going to press. Cotswold Link Magazine cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions.
4
Please mention Your CotswoldLink when contacting any of our advertisers
Advertising - contact Christine: 01609 777401 | www.cotswoldlink.co.uk
Your CotswoldLink
5
To a Special Mum Remembering mums of kids with additional needs on Mothers’ Day On Mothers’ Day my Facebook and Instagram feeds fill with photos. The captions declare, ‘Beautiful bouquet from my son!’ #mothersday or ‘My daughters took me to see Les Mis’ #mothersday. In spite of the fact that I have a much-loved son he will never send me flowers or take me to the theatre. Tom has Down Syndrome and is also autistic, non-verbal and has a myriad of complex health problems. I love him and I know he loves me, but I will be his carer long after my friends’ kids have left home and started their own families. This is my shout-out to other mums whose Mothers’ Day celebrations will be bittersweet. You are not alone - There are more of us than you think. Our children may all have different problems, but we understand each other’s sense of being on the outside, at the celebrations ‘normal’ families take for granted: Christmas, birthday parties, family get-togethers and Mothers’ Days. You are AWESOME - You are a full-blown superhero my friend. Your superpower is the ability to deal with situations other parents could not conceive in their worst nightmares. You might acquire
6
Your CotswoldLink
Mothers Day ’
Sunday 2 nd 2 March
knowledge and skills beyond those required by most doctors, memorising medication regimens, side effects, and how to inject or infuse the drugs. You deal calmly with your hysterical child during horrendous medical procedures. You deal with melt-downs in public toilets over hand-dryers! You encourage your child to do the things doctors assured you they would never do. You crash, you burn, and you get up and do it all again the next day anyway. You celebrate your kids’ achievements on their terms - Other parents crow about their child’s GCSE results or a grade 4 piano exam passed with distinction or a star-of-the-week award for neat handwriting. Our celebrations look different though they are no less important. We celebrated Tom signing ‘Mum’, ‘Dad’ and ‘love’ for the first time, and we definitely celebrated him taking a bath without screaming, drowning us or flooding the house! You have the best black sense of humour - ‘nuff said. We know that we laugh at things parents of typical kids would not find the least bit funny, like the weird people you meet during all-nighters in A&E departments, discovering excrement
smeared over your freshly-painted walls, or an aquarium full of dead fish because your child wanted to feed them and the only box he could reach was the small one posted through the door containing a sample of washing powder! RIP Tom’s fish! You accept, and don’t compare - You become the mum other mothers confide in because their child doesn’t walk, talk, read, or ride a bike as well as their peers. Never mind that your child is 10, nonverbal and rides a large trike because of balance issues! You accept (mostly) other parents’ rights to brag or worry about their kids even though you often feel that sense of ‘otherness’. You are special. To mothers of additional needs kids everywhere. Happy Mothers’ Day Love from, Loraine
Please mention Your CotswoldLink when contacting any of our advertisers
Advertising - contact Christine: 01609 777401 | www.cotswoldlink.co.uk
Your CotswoldLink
7
Out & About
A Good Read The Handmaid’s Tale n Margaret Atwood
You’d have to have been living under a rock over the last couple of years to have not heard of The Handmaid’s Tale even if it is just through the hugely successful TV series on Channel 4. However, the novel itself is not was first published in 1985 and appears on set text lists for English Literature courses from A Level to university degrees. Fans of the book have not been disappointed by the TV series and so this bodes well for people wanting to go the other way. Like the TV series, the novel tells the story of life in Gilead from the point of view of Offred, a handmaid to commander in the new political regime. A dystopian view of America presents us with a country where fertility levels have declined due to radiation poisoning and so Offred’s ability to reproduce means that she is forced to bear children for the upper echelons of society. Atwood uses a form of dual narrative to present the story to us, as chapters alternate between ‘night’ revealing more of Offred’s feelings and glimpses into her past, and ‘day’ showing us glimpses of day to day life in Gilead. It is hard to put your finger on what has made this novel so successful, but Atwood’s sources of inspiration may offer a clue. She has said that everything she writes about in the novel is based on events that happened at some point in history. There is nothing fantastical here, but purely the uneasiness of realising what human beings might indeed be capable of.
Third MondayMonthly
West Oxfordshire WI at 7.30pm in St. Mary’s Parish Rooms, Chipping Norton. OX7 5NT. Friendly group of Women, ready to welcome newcomers. Come and enjoy a very varied programme. For more information email wowi@oxfordshirewi.co.uk .......................................................
Various Dates n Shibashi Qigong Cheltenham
Simple, gentle exercises for good health. All ages and abilities welcome. Various days of the week, times and locations. For more details please contact Karen Soo, Certified Shibashi Qigong Instructor. Mobile: 07986 290250. shibashiqigong@hotmail.com www.facebook.com/qigongshibashi .......................................................
7th March
n Huge Jumble Bric A Brac Sale
Hailey Village Hall, near Witney. From 1-4pm. Raising proceeds for the Village Hall. Please contact Ann on 773744 if you have any items for the sale or can help on the day. Plants also required for the plant stall. .......................................................
13th March
n Rissingtons Local History Society
Lost and Found n Oliver Jeffers
‘Once there was a boy and one day he found a penguin at his door’. This is the opening line of this wonderful picture book. A very simple story but one that can’t help but draw you in emotionally.
7.30pm. The River Thames at War - a talk by Bill King - why the river was such an important strategic feature in WW2 and its role in the defence of the country. VENUE: Upper Rissington School GL54 2PL Visitors Welcome £3.50 to include refreshments. For enquiries, contact Sue Brown on 01451 820233 / spsb@hotmail.
co.uk .......................................................
Bourton & District U3A
The next 2 meetings of this group will be on Wednesday 25th March when Tom Constant will talk on “Furness Peninsula” and on Wednesday 22nd April, when Dr David Willatts will talk on “Amusing Look at Anaesthesia.” Meetings are held at 10am in the British Legion Hall, BOW. Do come and see what we have to offer. Full details on u3asites. org.uk/bourton .......................................................
Arts Society Blockley
n 16th March The art of the kimono: Japanese signs, symbols and stories
2.45 at St Georges Hall Blockley GL56 9BY. From courtesans to theatre costumes, daily wear and special occasions, wearing kimono advertised one’s wealth, rank and status. Contact Elaine Parker on 01386 840326 to book your place.
18th March
n The art of Cambodia and Vietnam From 10am at Broadwell Village HallGL56 0TL From ancient temples to colonial cities. A study day. Contact Pamela Taylor on 01386 701956 to book your place.
20th April
n The world in a grain of sand – William Blake
2.45 at St Georges Hall Blockley GL56 9BY. William Blake: poet, painter and philosopher; rebel, radical revolutionary. Contact Elaine Parker on 01386 840326 to book your place. .......................................................
News
Finding a penguin at your door is not a normal everyday occurrence, and what happens next isn’t normal and everyday either. The boy realises that the penguin is lost and is determined to help him find his home. After checking and the ‘lost and found’ and realising that no one has reported a missing penguin, he sets out to return him to the South Pole in a small rowing boat. But is the penguin really lost and will returning him to the South Pole really be what the penguin wants? This is a wonderful story of an unusual friendship and finding what is missing in life.
After 13 years as a Dial A Dogwash franchisee I have regrettably had to retire from the business with immediate effect. I was hoping to be able to continue after my riding accident but have been advised...
By Willow Coby
8
Your CotswoldLink
Please mention Your CotswoldLink when contacting any of our advertisers
Having an event?
Email us your event details to: christine@jkanorth.com and we’ll publish it for you. Magazine distribution dates are on p14.
28th March
n Hailey April Talk
n Burford Orchestra Spring Concert
St Mary’s Church, Witney. The programme opens with Beethoven’s Leonora Overture (no. 3) and concludes with Schubert’s 9th symphony (‘the great’). Tickets cost £9 with £1 entry for under 16s and are available online from TicketSource or on the door. Contact info@ burfordorchestra.org.uk or Sarah on 01993 883490 for information. Doors open 7pm, refreshments available. .......................................................
4th April
n Burford Singers – Bach St John Passion
7.30pm, Church of St John the Baptist. Burford OX18 4RY Burford Singers with John Stainsby - Christus Alison Rose – Soprano James Neville – Counter-tenor Laurence Kilsby - Tenor Freddie Long - Bass Canzona Leader: Theresa Caudle Conductor: Brian Kay Tickets reserved at (£25 – sold out), £20 (limited), £15, unreserved £10, children and students half price Online booking at www.burfordsingers.org.uk/box-office/ Booking in person for unreserved only at Mad Hatter Bookshop High Street, Burford .......................................................
17th April
n Hailey Easter Bingo
Hailey Village Hall, Middletown, Hailey, OX29 9UA. Doors open 7.00pm, eyes down 7.30pm. Great prizes. Refreshments available. Everyone welcome. Ring Dawn on 01993 776471 for info.
22nd April
A talk on “Can Americans Garden?” by Timothy Walker, former director of Oxford Botanic Gardens. 7.30pm Hailey Village Hall. Members free, Non members £3 Tel 01993 899125 .......................................................
26th May
n French Market
The Popular French Market is Coming back to Moreton-inMarsh, High Street, on Sunday 26th May from 10am to 4pm You’ll have the chance to explore a variety of stalls selling traditional French foods, including: a large variety of French cheeses, cooked meats, breads, pastries and, of course, crepes; art and crafts including retro art prints, classic French advertising and hand-crafted gifts; fashion and accessories like real leather handbags and purses as well as a range of hats and scarves; and of course toys, games and music to please all age groups. For further information: info@franceathome.com .......................................................
Minster Lovell History Club
Fourth Monday - Monthly Minster Lovell History Club Varied programme of speakers and trips out Refreshments/raffle/gossip 7pm at St Kenelm’s Hall, Minster Lovell (easy parking) March 23rd - The Civil War in Oxfordshire - Stanley Jenkins April 27th - Chedham’s Yard Eric Morley May 18th - Trip to Sulgrave Manor June/July Trip to Chedham’s Yard and Wellesbourne All enquiries to Graham 01993 775262 or grahamkewprints@ gmail.com .......................................................
...I am no longer fit enough to carry on. I would like to thank all my past customers for their support and wish them well in the future.
Please note: the editors cannot be held responsible for any changes to events listed. Please contact event organisers directly. All events correct at time of going to press.
Advertising - contact Christine: 01609 777401 | www.cotswoldlink.co.uk
Your CotswoldLink
9
The
Education & Teamwork
Cotswold Sky
Congratulations to The Cotswold School in reaching the
Why we put the clocks forward for British Summer Time On the morning of Sunday 29th March at 01.00 hours clocks will be adjusted to British Summer Time (BST) by being advanced one hour. It is an annual ritual when we welcome longer lighter and more pleasant evenings. BST stays with us for 7 months until the last Sunday of October when we revert to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Origins Changing the clocks to give more daylight during the evenings was first proposed by William Willet in 1907. His original idea was to advance the time by 20 minutes a week during April giving a total of 80 minutes additional working time and reversing this by 20 minutes a week during September. The principle was not introduced until the enactment of the Summer Time Act 1916 (Daylight Saving Time) when Daylight Saving Time (DST) was declared between 21st May and 1st October 1916, this was in order to save energy and help the First World War effort. It proved so popular that it was eventually called British Summer Time and this seasonal practice has been kept throughout the years with 2 exceptions.
BST during the Second World War In the autumn of 1940 the clocks were not put back so we stayed one hour ahead of GMT during the winter months. The clocks were then advanced by one hour in the spring of 1941 giving British Double Summer Time. This practice continued throughout the war.
the winter months. This did not last because lighter evenings mean extended darker mornings during the winter months which can be problematic in the far northern areas of the UK.
Diary
semi–finals of the Gloucestershire Rugby Schools Cup. Sadly they were beaten by Marling School, Stroud. Although disappointed by their experience the team will have become more bonded and supportive with each other, not only in the sport of rugby but also with other elements of life including study. It is easy to envisage teamwork in a team sport but more difficult to visualise in what is an apparently individual based competitive environment such as education, so how can teamwork play a part in education? We are all members of different
March – April Throughout both months Venus will be seen each evening shining vividly making its way from a south west position towards a more westerly position as the weeks go by.
teams whether we are a teacher, parent or pupil. Education and teamwork is a means of ensuring that we are all pulling in the same direction.
From a Teacher’s Prospective All teachers are under pressure to produce the best out of each and every pupil that they not only teach but others whom
20th March
The Vernal Spring Equinox occurs on 20th March at 03.49 hours GMT. This is considered first day of spring when the Sun is overhead at the equator and the length of day and night are approximately equal everywhere on Earth (Please note that meteorologists use 1st March as the first day of spring)
they come in contact with, within the school. By working as a team teachers can share views, lesson plans, set objective targets and support other teachers to attain their shared objectives. The teacher will also be a part of other teams that include their tutor group, any additional out of classroom activity group and gaining the support of parents.
At around the same time of the Spring Equinox, look towards the south east between 04.00 – 06.00 hours and observe Jupiter very close to Mars and Saturn will be observed to the left of these two planets. 20th March – 30th April Saturn, Mars and Jupiter continue to hug the morning sky in the south east Mars eventually lagging behind the two gas giants. (Below) Morning Sky in the South East: 05.00 20th March
BST from 1968 – 1971 It was argued that it would be better to continue with BST throughout the year and was trialled between February 1968 and October 1971. During this period BST was referred to as British Standard Time so as not to confuse people during
10
Your CotswoldLink
29th March – British Summer Time begins, put your clocks forward 1 hour. John Harris
Please mention Your CotswoldLink when contacting any of our advertisers
From a Pupil’s Prospective Football, Rugby, Cricket, Netball, Hockey, Athletics, Swimming, Choir, Music, Dancing …… we could go on each activity produces a team; even though it may be called by another name such as a club, it is a group of youngsters feeling as though they belong to a group of friends. Some pupil’s may feel that they do not belong to a team and it is these that will need the additional help to bring them into a team of friends that will give support. These pupils may have a disability, a specific syndrome or suffer from shyness. It can be difficult to bring some of them into a team of friends but with patience they may eventually see that they are not alone and that others do care for them.
From a Parent’s Prospective Parents need to feel as though they belong and although most may not feel suited to paying an active part in the school’s PTA they all belong to an integrated part of the school team which endeavours to benefit their youngsters.
Conclusion A team can be defined as a group of people (the size of the group need not be defined) working together towards a common goal. The process will include motivation and an end product of enjoyment. Bear in mind that it only takes 2 people to form a team with one helping and supporting the other to make a good team. John Harris
Advertising - contact Christine: 01609 777401 | www.cotswoldlink.co.uk
Your CotswoldLink
11
GARDEN VIEW
An annual fiesta I’ve always loved an annual. From Bunty to The Blue Peter Annual, they were crammed full of interest and fun. As I grew older my taste in annuals has become more horticultural. One little pack of seeds is now my gardening equivalent of the Beano - a brief shelf-life and packed with colour. Hardy annuals are the most obliging. They don’t need a propagator or a greenhouse, or even a windowsill; all they need is a sunny spot and some well-drained soil. Just sprinkle the seeds in the ground and you can look forward to a fiesta of summer colour for very little work. The choice of plants and hue is wide. If blue is your thing try a soft shade of love-in-a-mist, or a vivid blue cornflower, or the most gorgeous tiny phacelia. For pinks try a fluffy clarkia or delicate godetia. Nasturtiums span the colour wheel
from cream through yellow and orange to deep red. Annual doesn’t mean small either. Both larkspurs and amaranthus are tall and elegant, and cleomes which also provide height probably only need to be planted once as they are prolific self-seeders! Look around your garden for gaps in beds and borders which are in a sunny spot and well-drained. Don’t plant when it’s cold or the soil is wet and sticky. Wait until the weather is mild and soil is damp and crumbly, then fork it lightly to break it up. Use a rake to create shallow furrows, sprinkle the seeds over and rake them gently in, raking across the furrows to cover them. Bigger seeds like nasturtiums can be pushed into the soil a couple of centimetres deep and 10-15cm apart. Label the area so you know what should come up.
The biggest enemy of the newly-planted hardy annual seed is the domestic cat! They love a patch of freshly raked soil, and will happily do their business in your handiwork and then kick up all your seeds without a second thought. Thwart the moggies by laying twiggy pea sticks over the area (and particularly twiggy and thorny prunings will do!). Remove them with the shoots are big enough or stand them up and use them to support the taller annuals. Thin them out a little to one plant per 10cm and water them if the weather is very dry. You don’t need to feed them, they flower best when the soil is not rich. Food and manure will favour leaf production whereas we’re after flowers and lots of them! Happy gardening. By Rachael Leverton
Promote your business or service to over 18,800 homes and businesses from only £45 per issue More details on p14 Call Christine on: 01609 777401 cotswoldlink.co.uk
12
Your CotswoldLink
Please mention Your CotswoldLink when contacting any of our advertisers
Advertising - contact Christine: 01609 777401 | www.cotswoldlink.co.uk
Your CotswoldLink
13
There are thousands of reasons to advertise with us... 1/8 Page
Next issues
North Cotswolds May / June
West Oxfordshire May / June
Dist: w/c 4th May Copy: 3rd April
Dist: w/c 4th May Copy: 3rd April
Aston Magna
Blockley
Bourton-on-the-Hill
Moretonin-Marsh
Little Compton Evenlode
Longborough
from only
Condicote
Oddington Broadwell
Winchcombe
£70!
Stow-onthe-Wold
Great Rollright Little Rollright Over Norton
Chipping Norton Cornwell
Heythrop
Lidstone
KinghamChurchill Dean Sarsden Naunton Chadlington Wyck Bledington Taston Lower Slaughter Whittington Rissington Church Greenend Spelsbury Westcote Shorthampton Nether Westcote Notgrove Shipton-underIdbury Dowdeswell Andoversford Little Wychwood Chilson Rissington Fifield Shipton Ascott-underMilton-underClapton-on-the-Hill Great Fawler Wychwood Wychwood Turkdean Rissington Compton Finstock Abdale Langley Ramsden Great Withington Leafield Barrington Fulbrook Taynton Asthall Hailey Windrush Little Leigh Eastington Swinbrook Barrington Crawley Chedworth Asthall Minster Lovell Coln St Dennis Witney Bradwell Village Aldsworth Icomb
Upper Slaughter
Bourton-onthe-Water
Charlbury
Northleach
North Cotswolds
Shilton
Cleaning Services JB Window Cleaning: p2 MRK Services: p13 The Laundry: p4 Dentist Cirencester Dental Practice: p6 Education Cotswold Tutor: p10 Davenant: p10 Elderly Services The Langston: p11 Electrical Services CDR Electrical Services: p7 Cotswold Aerials: p15 Mayday Aerials: p7 Flooring Chipping Norton Flooring: p5 Furniture Amanda Hanley By Design: p1 Bob Dadge Carpentry: p2 Heartwood Furniture: p3 MRK Services: p13 Garage Doors Garolla Garage Doors: p3
The Mad March Hare
Countless stories have been told about the hare. It’s a witch and trickster, a fertility symbol and even the real Easter Bunny. The hare is incredibly agile, evading capture through hairpin swerves, flips and leaps, often seeming to vanish suddenly. It’s a mercurial character, and one which has inspired copious mythology. Is there any other animal that appears so often and in so many guises within our folklore? The hare of legend is magical, in constant danger, proud, wicked and inventive.
14
Your CotswoldLink
homes & businesses
Christine 01609 777401 07742 595747 christine@jkanorth.com www.cotswoldlink.co.uk
Brize Norton
Carterton
homes & businesses
Bathrooms Chris Smith Plumbing Services: p7 Country Bathrooms: p7 Blinds Associated Blinds: p16 Builders & Contractors Allay Building Solutions: p13 Churchill Surfacing: p12 CN Glass: p1 Garolla Garage Doors: p3 Dovecote Windows & Doors: p2 Hopper Roofing Services: p13 Oak Mill Timber Buildings: p3 JA Shirley Building Services: p15 Business Services Cotswold Sales Coaching: p11 Children’s Services Cotswold Tutor: p10 Chimney Services Cotswold Stoves & Chimneys: p15 Mr Sweep Chimney Services: p4
18,800
Burford
16,400 Index
West Oxfordshire
Gardening & Outdoors Churchill Surfacing: p12 Luke Dadge Drystone Walling: p12 MRK Services: p13 Mustoes Haulage: p4 Stockwell Davies Tree Contractors: p13 WHC Hire Services: p13 Gifts Cotswold Frames: p9 Healthcare & Wellbeing Cirencester Dental Practice: p6 David Brookes Foot Health: p11 Footworx Clinic: p11 Heating Cotswold Oil & Gas Services: p7 Gas & Oil Heating Services: p2 Hire WHC Hire Services: p13 Home & Interiors Amanda Hanley By Design: p1 Associated Blinds: p16
Brown hares are not indigenous to the UK. They are thought to have been imported from mainland Europe in the Iron Age specifically as both sport for hunters and a source of food. We do have a native species of mountain hare but most of our folklore relates to the brown hare. In the Middle Ages, hares were linked to witchcraft. There is a story of a hunter who wounded a hare and tracked its blood trail back to a cottage in the woods. He discovered an old woman cooking at her stove and spied a fresh wound on her arm which she claimed was the result of an accident
Bob Dadge Carpentry: p2 Chipping Norton Flooring: p5 Country Bathrooms: p7 Heartwood Furniture: p3 Tiles Et Al: p3 Kitchens & Bathrooms Chris Smith Plumbing Services: p7 Country Bathrooms: p7 Laundry The Laundry: p4 Plumbing Chris Smith Plumbing Services: p7 Cotswold Oil & Gas Services: p7 Gas & Oil Heating Services:p2 I. D Godden: p4 Property Maintenance Allay Building Solutions: p13 Churchill Surfacing: p12 CN Glass: p1 Cotswold Oil & Gas Services: p7 Cotswold Stoves & Chimneys: p15 Dovecote Windows & Doors: p2 Garolla Garage Doors: p3 Gas & Oil Heating Services: p2 Hopper Roofing Services: p13
with a kitchen knife. It was thought that witches could assume the shape of a hare, along with the attributes of speed, agility and the ability to vanish. This circumstantial evidence was enough to condemn the poor woman to death Hares devote a lot of time to courtship and coupling and can be seen most easily at this time of year. They breed quickly so became icons of fertility, and by association with the pagan rituals celebrating spring. They may even have become associated with Easter though they are definitely NOT bunnies! By Sarah Davey
Please mention Your CotswoldLink when contacting any of our advertisers
I. D Godden: p4 JA Shirley Building Services: p15 Mr Sweep Chimney Services: p4 Sound & Vision Cotswold Aerials: p15 Mayday Aerials: p7 Sport & Leisure Cotswold Archery: p9 Cotswold Riding: p9 Tree Surgery Stockwell Davies Tree Contractors: p13 Tuition Cotswold Sales Coaching: p11 Cotswold Tutor: p10 Weddings Cotswold Marquees: p9 Windows CN Glass: p1 Dovecote Windows & Doors: p2 The Index is a free service offered to our customers. No responsibility can be held for errors or omissions. Multiple entries included on a space available basis
Advertising - contact Christine: 01609 777401 | www.cotswoldlink.co.uk
Your CotswoldLink
15
www.cotswoldlink.co.uk