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BOOO! Sorry but it’s the Halloween edition, we all need a scare at Halloween. I’m sure like everyone we will be glad if the only scare we get this October is an over enthusiastic child at the door rather than another 5pm briefing like last year. I for one am hoping everyone goes all out with their decorations and costumes and has double the fun for last year, in a socially distant way possible of course! Whilst we’re in the spooky spirit, everyone’s favourite play area Stay & Play have bought back their annual Halloween disco. Play, Sweets and a costume disco, could it get any better! Find their advert for more information. We need to say a big sorry this month to all our avid puzzlers. Their were major misprints on both the letterlogic and wordsearch last month. We can only apologise for any time wasted and assure you all of this months have been triple checked!! Thank you for all your kind and light-hearted messages!

This month we have replaced our Gardening article with a piece about keeping Pets safe around Bonfire night. Please wish all of our furry little family well from all of us.

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Gone Fishin’ Getting started with fishing My son loves to be outdoors spending time in the countryside. I told him how my dad and I used to have fantastic fun on our fishing trips to the various rivers and lakes around the area where we lived. This caught his interest and he asked if we could go fishing. Sounded great me! Luckily we have a small angling-supply shop in our village, so we popped in to look around and get some advice. The staff were very knowledgeable and talked us through the equipment choice for a good quality, but reasonably priced starter set. This consisted of a nice rod suitable for float fishing and spinning, a good quality reel to go with it (don't forget to get some fishing line and ask if the staff can fit it for you!), some floats and hooks for maggot fishing and some lures for going after pike and perch. A few other bits and bobs and we were ready to catch our first whoppers for under £100. By this time the staff knew we were novices, so they weren't surprised when we answered their, "Have you got your licences?" question with a puzzled look. It turns out there are a number of rules and regulations you need to obey if you want to go fishing and stay on the right side of the law. In England and Wales anyone aged over 13 needs a rod fishing licence. It's free if you're 16 or under and about £30 per year for an adult. In Scotland you just

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