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Local businesses Take Top Spot in the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2021 Now in their 8thyear, the hotly contested Muddy Stilettos 2021 Awards have come to a close, with 27 brilliant local indie businesses winning the coveted lifestyle awards across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Readers of the award-winning Muddy Stilettos lifestyle website (www.muddystilettos.co.uk) have been nominating and voting in their thousands for their favourite independent businesses across 27 different lifestyle categories – from Best Destination Pub to Yoga/Pilates Studio, Boutique Stay to Wedding Venue – and shining a light on the most creative, unique indie businesses. 75,000 businesses were nominated across the country with 752,000 votes cast in total as part of this much coveted national lifestyle awards, making it the most popular Muddy Awards to date. Free to enter, all the winners of Bucks & Oxon Awards have been announced on today on www.bucksoxon.muddystilettos.com/awards The list of Bucks & Oxon Winners are as follows:
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ART GALLERY: Darl-E and the Bear (Woodstock) FAMILY ATTRACTION: Blenheim Palace (Woodstock) GARDEN DESIGNER: Nicholsons (North Aston) BOUTIQUE STAY: The Lamb (Burford)
MID OXON JEWELLERY STORE: Charlotte Berry (Oxford)
SOUTH OXON BAR: Tipsy Mercer (Abingdon) BOOKSHOP: Mostly Books (Abingdon)
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LOCAL PRODUCER (FOOD/DRINK): Nettlebed Creamery (Nettlebed) PHOTOGRAPHER: Devine Times (Abingdon) FLORIST: The F Word (Wallingford) CHILDREN’S BUSINESS: Mrs Bun (Wallingford) YOGA/PILATES INSTRUCTOR: Santosha (Wallingford) Muddy Stilettos Awards always creates a real sense of community spirit and are a great way for customers to say ‘Thank you’ for what has been an incredibly difficult past 18 months for many small businesses. Hero Brown, founder and Editor-inchief of Muddy Stilettos adds: “I set up these awards 8 years ago to give local lifestyle businesses a chance to shout about how brilliant they are. After a year of multiple lockdowns and hardships, it’s been an honour to showcase the most awesome lifestyle businesses across Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire, in partnership with our local sponsor Lightfoots Solicitors. The response to this year’s Muddy Awards has been unprecedented – thousands (and thousands) of people voted giving such a fantastic boost and a well-deserved ‘Pat-on-the-Back’ to so many. I hope it will make give them greater confidence to growth their business knowing that they have the stamp of quality that the Awards provides and great local support’ The full list of Muddy Awards 2021 Winners is available at Muddystilettos.co.uk/Awards
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Combe Mill in Steam Sun 19th September 10.00am to 5.00pm
Country Crafts & Skills at the Mill. Demonstrations of Quilting, Spinning, and Handmade items, Crafts, Jewellery, and lots more, with Morris Dancers in the afternoon. Late 19th Century Watermill and Workshop that once served the Blenheim Palace Estate. Restored Waterwheel, Historic Tower Clock. Steam and water powered machinery . Make a
poker in our Dual Blacksmiths Forge. Take-away Ploughman’s Lunch and snacks from the Riverside Tea Room, to enjoy in the picnic area by the River Evenlode. Millie-the-mill-cat trail for the children to win a `Millie` badge. Adults £8.50, Concessions & Children £7.00, under 5s free, Family Ticket discount 10am to 5pm Combe Mill Society: 01993 358694. www.combemill.org
Leafield Garage Sale Sunday 12th September sees the return of the annual Leafield Garage Sale from 10am to 1pm. A village wide with normally over 20 garages, as well as car boot pitches where you can pick up a whole selection of pre-loved items from bikes to furniture to clothes and games. Teas, coffee, cakes and as well as maps will be available on the village green, which has amazing views out over to the ridgeway. Join us for an enjoyable day out.
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Cotswold Sky During the months of September and October the planet Saturn can be observed relatively easily. Look towards the south and you will notice it making its way across the sky from the east towards the west as the night progress’. To its left and a little higher you will notice the planet Jupiter, but more about Jupiter in a future article.
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Meteorite Showers: The Southern Taurids peak 10th October commencing 10th September through to 20th November - viewing conditions favourable. Look high towards the South East. Orionids appear over a one week period and peak 21st October viewing
“You too can be a Hero”
When I was at school we looked up to others and thought “I want to be like them, they are my heroes”. Those heroes were famous sports personalities, pop stars, media personalities, artists ……. the list goes on. Then as we matured into adulthood we found our famous heroes were not as pure of character that the media’s exaggerated stories lead us to believe. Progressing through life our concept of a hero, changes, persuading us to look at others we have met and the influence they made on our journey in life. Inevitably minds return to our schooldays and thoughts of our past teachers cross the mind and suddenly they no longer appear so horrid at all (I hope).
You don’t need GCSE’s to be a Hero Horror of Horrors a teacher telling me that I do not need any GCSE’s? Sadly, many of our youngsters struggle with the academic life of schooling and even more regrettably today’s educational system is based more on examination results than honesty.
To be a Hero you need Honesty Can a teacher be a hero? yes of course they can, they are not famous don’t hit the news headlines, but they have to lead by example as do many other virtuous folk in society. It does not matter who or what you become in future years you can become a hero to someone provided you have amongst other qualities a streak of honesty.
Who was my Hero?
Facts about Saturn
Image courtesy of NASA •It is a gas giant and mainly consists of the same gases of the Sun i.e., hydrogen and helium. However; it does not have the necessary mass to create the nuclear fusion required to generate the heat and light of a star. •Diameter – 72,000 miles (Earth’s diameter is 8,000 miles) making it the second largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter being the largest. •It is estimated that 764 Earth’s could fit inside the ringed planet. •Saturn is 9.5 times further from the Sun than Earth. •The length of one day on Saturn is an amazing 10 hours 32 minutes compared to our much smaller Earth which takes 24 hours. •One year on Saturn i.e., the time it takes to make one orbit around the Sun is 29.5 Earth years. • According to NASA Saturn has 82 moons 29 of which are awaiting confirmation of their discovery and naming. •Saturn has 7 large rings mainly composed of billions of water-ice and rocky particles whose sizes vary from grains of sand to house sized lumps. Astronomers still debate how they were formed.
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conditions inhibited by full Moon. Look high towards the North East. Mercury Unobservable during September. From 17th to 31st October look low towards the East at 06.30 hours you will observe Mercury at its brightest on the 25th October. Venus Difficult to observe in the evening twilight until the latter 3 weeks of October. Look towards the horizon in the south west. Spectacularly close to the Moon on the 9th October. Mars In September Mars lies too close to the Sun and remains unobservable during October. Jupiter Jupiter is the more dominant planet as it follows Saturn across the southern skies throughout September and October very good for observing. Saturn Lies to the right Jupiter and lower down throughout both months giving an excellent opportunity to observe both planets either by binoculars or telescope.
Like many youngsters I went through my school life wanting to be one of many famous footballers and cricketers only to discover as I matured that the real heroes of my life were around me. They were there to help when needed and one who stood out amongst many others was my scout master known to all as “Skip”. He had no academic qualifications but was a war hero who happily carried out his daily work as an Electricity Meter Reader. Mr John Lebeter went out of his way to voluntary help hundreds of youngsters who passed through his Scout Group. His honesty and enthusiasm shone like a beacon to all those around him.
Today’s Heroes There are thousands of volunteers around the country helping make life for others easier and more enjoyable. They are here living amongst us, and will all admit that they themselves have flaws and are far from perfect, but they carry out their duties with pure honest intentions. My message to all youngsters is to stride on in life and become a Honest Hero. John Harris
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