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Pet owners are famously free with their cash: nothing’s too expensive for a beloved dog, cat, budgie or Vietnamese pot-bellied pig. It’s taken a while for the technology industry to notice, but now they have and there are all kinds of high-tech gizmos for your furry or feathered friends. )RUJHW DXWRPDWLF SHW à DSV DQG anti-bark collars: the new wave of pet tech includes health monitors, cameras and even exercisers. The star of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show or its pet division at least - was Voyce, which is essentially D ÀWQHVV WUDFNHU IRU GRJV ,W isn’t cheap - it’s around £200 for the collar and another £10 per month - but the pitch is that by monitoring your dog’s activity, breathing, heart rate and calories it’ll give you early warning of any potentially dangerous and expensive health problems. Voyce will go on sale later this year, and it’s entering a market that’s already looking a bit crowded: in addition to Voyce there are SHW ÀWQHVV WUDFNHUV LQFOXGLQJ Fitbark (around £60) and Whistle (also around £60). If you think that’s a bit odd, wait until you hear No More Woof: the £50 No More Woof '

gadget promises to convert doggy brainwaves into human speech. Don’t expect to engage in scintillating conversation with your ShihTzu, though: the repertoire is currently limited to “I’m hungryâ€?, “I’m tiredâ€?, and “who are you?â€? The developers say that No More Woof is a work in progress, though, and early sales of the device will enable them to make it smarter, more useful and - we hope - more comfortable. We can’t imagine our own dog putting up with a No More Woof headset for more than a few seconds. Another way to get an insight into your pet’s life is to shell out for an Eyenimal camera. The Petcam is available for cats and dogs, attaches to your pet’s collar and records whatever he or she sees; you can then transfer the footage to your computer. Expect to pay around ÂŁ60. Some pet gadgets appear to be practical jokes, but the GoDogGo is perfectly serious: its Automatic Ball Thrower is a ÂŁ99 gadget based on the automated tennis ball machines that tennis players use in training. The GoDogGo will happily hurl tennis balls 5 to 10 metres, exercising your dog while you sit back and

relax. Have you ever wished you could take your pet bird for a walk? The people behind the Feather Tether hope you have, because their ÂŁ12.99 bird harness means your bird can go wherever you are without fear of injury or “the tragedy of Ă \ DZD\VÂľ 7KH KDUQHVV FRPHV LQ Ă€YH VL]HV DQG D UDQJH RI colours. If you can’t always be with your pet, Petcube might be the answer: it’s a smartphonepowered gadget which contains a wide-angle camera and microphone for streaming KLJK GHĂ€QLWLRQ YLGHR DQG audio to your iPhone or iPad. There are speakers and a low-intensity laser pointer to transmit your voice and amuse your cat respectively. It’ll cost around ÂŁ160 when it goes on sale in May. If you don’t have a pet, the iPhone/iPad app also enables you to log into other people’s public Petcubes (with their permission) and annoy their pets instead - and if it’s just the laser pet toy you want, the Frolicat Bolt automatic laser toy is currently ÂŁ20.01 on Amazon. ,PDJHV OHIW WR ULJKW 9R\FH Ă€WQHVV tracker for dogs, Eyenimal Petcam, GoDogGo Automatic Ball Thrower, Petcube

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By James Baggott, editor of CarDealerMagazine.co.uk

It’s one of the most iconic car shows in the motoring calendar, and this year the stars were out in full force in Detroit.

benchmark’ in the segment. We’ll have to wait and see about that – but there’s little doubt they’ve got the looks spot on.

As the covers came off the cars in Motor City, we were treated to some key new model introductions and not just from the home American brands.

Toyota FT-1

The Europeans, Japanese and Koreans were all out in full force too with some stellar debuts of key cars for the UK market. Here’s our pick of the new models.

Mercedes C Class This is big news for one of the most competitive sectors in the UK market. Meet Mercedes’ new C Class, a FDU WKDW¡OO WDNH WKH Ă€JKW WR LWV bitter rival, and better selling, BMW 3 Series. Merc has worked wonders in the cabin – the quality is stunning and will make German rivals sit up and take notice. The manufacturer says this is WKHLU ÂśPRVW DJLOH DQG HIĂ€FLHQW car ever’ and will be a ‘new '*

This bonkers crazy concept was created by Toyota’s sandal wearing Californian design team – but don’t fear, it’s no hippy machine. The FT-1 stands for ‘Future Toyota’ and while it is said to be a spiritual successor to the iconic Supra and 2000GT it’s really designed to show the maker’s future design direction. There’s no word on what’s under the bonnet at present, but rumour has it it’s likely to be a traditional combustion engine with high output.

BMW M4 / M3 Nothing gets car fans excited quite like an M-badged BMW and Detroit had not one, but two of them. The M4 is the new name in the line-up – the coupe version of the performance car. There’s a new M3, now a saloon only, and both share a new sixcylinder turbo-charged unit

IRU WKH ÀUVW WLPH %0: VD\V emissions and fuel economy are 25 per cent better, though, so don’t mourn the V8’s death for too long. The new 2 Series Coupe was shown off in Detroit too – but it stole little of the limelight‌

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Porsche 911 Targa It’s a name synonymous with the 911 and has accounted for 13 per cent of all sales of the legendary model – and now it’s back. The looks won’t appeal to everyone, but the crazy roof mechanism on the 911 Targa will make grown men weak at the knees. The rear glass dome hinges back for the roof

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panel to slot underneath in a beautiful fashion. We’re just not quite sure why you’d want one over a convertible.

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not yet anyway), but the design cues shown off on this concept will feature heavily on the next TT. The Shooting Break concept is powered E\ WKH Ă€UP¡V H WURQ K\EULG transmission that boasts 650Nm of torque and 400bhp – easily enough to see it hit 60mph in 4.6 seconds!

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Hobbies Home Brewing Revival

by Ted Bruning

And as soon as you’d managed to escape, guess where you’d head... However, these days it’s more to do with lifestyle, and home brewing guru Nigel Sadler puts it down to what he calls the Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall effect. Chelmsford-based Nigel runs a training company called Learn2brew and says he’s seen interest in home brewing skyrocket in recent years. “Crafts in general have a much wider appeal now than they used to,â€? he says. “Home brewing, home winemaking, and home cidermaking have really taken off. Partly it’s because there are now so many microbrewers that people have the chance to try many different beers and are getting generally more interested in the whole subject. Partly it’s because TV chefs and lifestyle presenters like Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Heston Blumenthal are encouraging a have-a-go attitude.â€? To that combination has to be added the miracle ingredient of the modern age: the internet. Twenty years ago, Boots – the only national retailer of home brew supplies – reluctantly decided to pull out of the market. Then WKH PDLO RUGHU Ă€UPV TXLFNO\ followed by the independent shops, discovered internet trading. The whole craft took off again; and now Wilkinson, the 400-strong high street discount chain, has taken up where Boots left off. So now it’s easy to get start-

ed. And at entry level, it’s an easy craft to pursue: you don’t need anything more than a EUHZLQJ EXFNHW ZLWK D WLJKW Ă€Wting lid, a kettle, and a brewing kit comprising a packet of ready-hopped malt extract and a sachet of yeast. If you just follow the instructions you’re pretty much bound to get a more than passable beer for your efforts. But be warned! Once you’ve started it’s hard to stop. It’s perfectly possible to bump along at this most basic level for ever and be perfectly VDWLVĂ€HG %XW EUHZLQJ LV D seductive business, especially if you’re the type who enjoys browsing the market and sampling different beers. From brewing with kits you venture into trying your own recipes then before you know it you’ll have graduated from using malt extract into buying whole grains. It can be a sociable hobby, too. The local home brew shop (where there is one) tends to turn into a bit of a social centre, as specialist shops so often do; and in most areas there’s a home brewing club that holds troubleshooting sessions and competitions. There’s a UK Craft Brewing Association as well, which holds its own competition; so one day you PLJKW ZHOO Ă€QG \RXUVHOI EHLQJ crowned national champion... and toasting your triumph in your own beer! ‡ 7R Ă€QG RXW LI WKHUH¡V D KRPH brew shop nearby, visit www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk or www.homebrewshops.co.uk

! . Maybe it’s the rubbish they put on the telly these days. Maybe it’s because it’s expensive to go out. Who knows? One thing’s for sure, though: crafts and hobbies are making a big comeback. Not unnaturally, if you’re going to spend all your evenings and weekends honing your amateur expertise, you want the end result to be something that you can be proud of. And nothing beats beer really, and that’s why home brewing is enjoying a great revival. In days of yore, the main reason why people brewed their own beer was that they were either broke or miserly. Hobbyists who brewed their own would gloatingly tell you how little their beer had cost compared to the price of a pint in the pub. “You’d have to be mad to pay that much� they would cry, before forcing you to drink some of the stuff. '

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Collecting rare and interesting objects is a great way to spend your leisure time and, with any luck, you may even PDNH D SURÀW ZKHQ \RX ÀQDOO\ sell your collection on. It’s up to you whether you choose to collect conventional items or whether you start a completely new and original collection of \RXU RZQ <RX ZLOO ÀQG SOHQW\ of bizarre examples online to give you inspiration. So what should you collect? If you’re short of ideas right now, don’t panic. Just read on and see what appeals to you. Philately – or stamp collecting – is going through a bit of a crisis at the moment, with only the rarest items attracting the interest of serious buyers. However with fewer and fewer stamps actually in use these days, there may come a time when the pleasure of collecting stamps is matched by the ÀQDQFLDO UHZDUG LW EULQJV Fifty years ago children used to be keen collectors, but nowadays young enthusiasts are a rarity. That doesn’t, however, mean that numbers are declining: the Royal Philatelic Society of London claims that its membership has increased recently and there are a number of thriving stamp collecting clubs throughout the UK. Thimbles are available

at reasonable prices and they can be easily kept and displayed. The earliest known thimble dates from the Han Dynasty (206BC - 202AD) in China. In the UK, thimbles made from cast brass were in widespread use by the 14th century. Not all thimbles are suitable for sewing. Some, made of early Meissen porcelain or even gold - were given as keepsakes and in the 19th century thimbles were even used to measure spirits.

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Pope Francis seems happy about the forthcoming bank holidays.

He is, after all, the man who decides the date of Easter. This year it’s on 20 April – which is almost as late as it can be and means that we have four Bank Holidays (Good Friday, Easter Monday, the Spring Bank Holiday – except in Scotland – and the May Bank Holiday) within the space of six weeks. So if you like your precious days off well spread out, you might ask the Pope: why is Easter so late this year? And he’ll tell you the following: “The date is calculated thuswise. The ancient Jewish feast of Pesach or Passover, for reasons best known to ancient Jewish people, falls on the full moon on or immediately after the vernal equinox. The Last Supper was held on Passover, or so it says in the New Testament; the &UXFLĂ€[LRQ WRRN SODFH RQ WKH following Friday; so ipso facto the Resurrection – which is why we have Easter – was on WKH Ă€UVW 6XQGD\ DIWHU WKH IXOO moon that followed the vernal equinox. Which this year happens to be on 20 April. Geddit?â€? Got it. But the dates of public holidays have always been

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This fun-packed cruise visits historic riverside towns including Andernach, Rudesheim, Koblenz and Boppard, where you’ll see the Rhine in Flames festival. Originally held to celebrate the grape harvest, this spectacular pyrotechnics show features an illuminated flotilla of riverboats and curtains of fire, bathing the scene in a magical glow.

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Coach Breaks departing from Uxbridge, Ruislip & Slough Babbacombe & Cruise to Hidden Cornwall 5 DAYS HALF BOARD

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by Pippa Greenwood

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snails at bay. Once you have dug over the whole bed, then it’s well worthwhile adding a general fertilizer. If you notice that the soil is on the heavy side, I suggest incorporating plenty of bulky organic matter and grit. Similarly, if the soil is excessively dry, then you could try to improve its texture by incorporating large quantities of any good bulky organic matter. Once the plants DUH LQ SRVLWLRQ ÀUP WKH VRLO thoroughly and do take care not to compact it if it’s on the heavy side. Regular watering is essential and if the ground is not already quite moist, you should water the plants in well. Check them regularly for signs of any pests or diseases as it will be much easier to stop something in its tracks if you start to take action early on in the season.

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A visit to any nursery or garden centre at this time of year will reveal a brilliant array of herbaceous perennials. Right now they might be small and not look particularly enticing but just take a look at the illustration on the label and you will see that these small plants have great potential. They’re also great value, usually somewhere around the £1.50£2.50 mark. It’s essential that newly planted perennials are given that little bit of extra tender loving care. Small plants such as these are more likely to be prone to any weather extremes and even plants in larger pots should be well established. When you ease the plants out of their pots, if you see a really plentiful supply of roots that usually means you have purchased a good plant. Check the plant labels to see the ultimate spread of the plant. For the best effect you *

It’s also essential to plant at the correct depth. With herbaceous perennials you need to make sure that you place the plant in the ground to the same depth that it was in the container and although you may decide to mulch the soil afterwards, do remember not to mulch right up to or over the crown of the plant, as this is likely to lead to poor growth and maybe even dieback. Weed control is essential and you can either hoe regularly between the plants to prevent the weeds causing competition or you can use a deep mulch or perhaps even place squares of landscape fabric or black polythene around each plant. Do remember however, if you use polythene, rain will not be able to penetrate through it and so the plants are more likely to suffer from drought. With landscape fabric this is not a problem. I’m a great fan of copper-impregnated and coated fabrics as these help to keep weeds and slugs and

Pippa loves growing gorgeous veg and wants to persuade you to as well; visit Pippa’s website www.pippagreenwood.com for the ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ veg growing system where she will send you garden ready plants and weekly advice and tips emails, making veg growing easy, productive and fun.

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Sat 5th April Ickenham & Swakeleys Horticultural Society Spring Show Ickenham Village Hall, Swakeleys Road. Entrance from 2.30pm

Exhibits featuring spring bulbs, owers, shrubs, pot plants and early vegetables. Additionally there are sections for handicraft, cookery & wine and photographic classes. There will be Junior competitive classes in all three sections for horticulture, cookery and handicraft - together with a display from our local junior school’s gardening club. New members are most welcome: For further information on the Society and its events please visit our website: www.ickenham-horticultural.org.uk

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Forthcoming Events Apr 10th, 11th, 12th, 7.30pm for 8pm “The Curse of the Pharaoh’s Tombâ€? St Mary’s Church Hall, High Street, HareďŹ eld, UB9 6BX. Tickets priced ÂŁ9.50 from The Box Office 01895 253346 or janscurr@hotmail.com

Apr 7th to 12th - FREE TO ENTER Art Exhibition ‘Brushstrokes with Sue’ Cow Byre, Manor Farm, Bury Street, Ruislip. HA4 7SU. Parking at St Martins approach car park, HA4 7BD. All are welcome. wwwbrushstrokeswithsue.co.uk

Brought to you by HareďŹ eld Amateur Dramatic Society. Between 1947 and 1951 Britain came to a standstill at 6.45pm and switched the radio to get engrossed in Dick Barton’s adventures. Barton, with his loyal cohorts, Snowy White and Jock Anderson were modern day musketeers of radio’s ďŹ rst all-action serial. In our tongue-in-cheek production, this adventure takes Barton from the clock face of Big Ben to the pyramid of ancient Egypt. The time is 6.45pm and this is the Light Programme!

Tue 15th and Mon 21st April Both events start at 7.30pm Plant Sale & Talk by Bob Brown St Lawrence Church Hall, Bridle Road, Eastcote.

Sat 26th April, 10am-12pm Plant & Seedling Exchange and Coffee Morning 106 Evelyn Avenue, Ruislip.

Members mini talk - all welcome.

Hosted by Margaret McIntosh.

Sun 27th April, 10-4pm Are you interested in playing Bowls? Come along to our Family Open Day all ages welcome. We have a thriving Junior section. Refreshments .

Fri 25th April Ickenham Festival Bollywood Night Vyners School Hall For details call Doug on 01895 633217 or visit www.IckenhamFestival.org.uk

Iver Heath Bowls Club, Church Road, Iver Heath, Bucks, SL0 0DH. For further information please call Brian Carter on 01753 817794 or Betty Helmsley Hon. Secretary on 01753 651775.

Starting in May Sing and Sign - Britain’s favourite Baby Signing Classes Thurs 1st May at Futunity UK, Uxbridge Town Centre Fri 2nd May at The White Bear, Ruislip Suitable from 6 months. FREE TASTERS IN APRIL! Contact Cathy 07712 047 621 cathyseddigh@singandsign.co.uk or visit singandsign.co.uk

Sun May 4th, 5:30pm - 7.00pm Mediation Taster Class - Increasing Your Self-Esteem Ickenham Village Hall Free classes, booking required, 020 8574 3699 or 020 8578 8625 or www.brahmakumaris.org/uk

May Bank Holiday - Mon 5th May, from 10am Sponsored Walk in aid of the ‘Pets As Therapy’ Charity Black Park Country Park, Wexham, Nr Slough. Everyone is welcome, with or without a dog. We do request that dogs are on a lead for the actual walk. Contact Walk Organiser on 01753 531584 for further details and a sponsor form.

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