Inside Bollington, Prestbury & Tytherington Issue 72

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january - february 2020

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bollington, prestbury & t y t h e r i n g to n 2019 was quite a year for us with a graduation, a wedding and finally a house move!

The idea to ‘downsize’ swept over us when we rented a small cottage in Anglesey for new year and loved it. When we came back to a house with rooms that weren’t used, full of ‘stuff’ not people, we started taking more interest in For Sale boards! Funnily enough we stumbled across exactly what we wanted very quickly, so the process of selling ours was soon under way. Not something I’d repeat in a hurry! Sorting and getting rid of stuff we’d acquired over 20 years was a challenge (but a very satisfying one) and everything went remarkably smoothly until the last few days. I can’t recommend having two vans parked up outside, with all your worldly goods packed in them, when there is still every possibility the chain might collapse completely. But we hung on in there and all was well.

So… goodbye 2019 and hello 2020, a new decade!

Wishing you all a healthy and happy new year.

What’s INSIDE this month 4 Diary of a Geeky Knitter 7 In Touch 12 running & mental health 15 prairie planting 18 simply books book club choice 20 The Walk

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22 Real Life Motoring 25 Recipe 26 Puzzles 29 Children’s Activities

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30 Just 4 Kids 33 INSIDE Guide 36 Puzzle Solutions 37 Useful Numbers 38 Classified Index

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Diary of a geeky knitter Seeing more in your craft Recently, I pulled together an issue of Crochet Now in which the pattern collection theme was called ‘Music in Stitches’. Everything inside the magazine was somehow inspired by music. Some were literal interpretations of the theme, such as a favourite song that inspired a blanket design. Others though were a little more creative and played instead with how music and crochet are more alike than you realise. Where musical notes flow into one another to create a finished piece of music that can invoke emotions like happiness, sadness, or passion, crochet can have a similar effect. Individual stitches can flow and play over one-another to create stunning textures that inspire you, or colours can be used to create warmth, coolness, or even emotional response depending on the story or intent behind that design.

Now if you aren’t as big a crocheter or knitter as I am, this might be a very strange idea to process.

But many of you reading this might find that two or more of your interests that, on the surface appear very different, might in fact have more in common than you realise. Perhaps that explains why you like those things after all!

This isn’t supposed to reveal any huge philosophical revelation (as I clearly love to attempt in this column about knitting and geeky things…) but it was just something that occurred to me as I was deciding what to write about this month. Now that we are in a new year following the bustle of one of the more fun (and sometimes stressful) periods of time, self-care and me-time is at the forefront of my mind. Connecting two of my interests in this way is somehow a comforting thought that plays into this self-care mindset. I’m not entirely sure how, or if this would even work for everyone, but seeing the links and connections in things I enjoy, like music and

crochet, enhances the enjoyment of both pastimes, particularly when enjoyed together in a meditative way.

Perhaps this isn’t the same for you, and I’ve not quite worked out how to connect knitting to my enjoyment of video games, but sometimes it’s nice to just stop and let your thoughts wander to little realisations that give you pleasure. And then of course share those inane thoughts with your friends who patiently read your article, wondering what on earth is she on about…

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BADMINTON & SOFT TENNIS A friendly and active 50+ group meets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning at Macclesfield Leisure Centre to play badminton and soft tennis. The group is looking for enthusiastic players, who will be warmly welcomed. We start our new year on Friday 3 January.

Ring Peter on 01625 423764 or Ian on 01625 269266 for more details.

ANNUAL SINGING DAY Sing with St George’s Singers on 18 January when they hold their annual Singing Day at St George’s Church, Poynton, led by their outstanding musical director Neil Taylor and accompanied by one-man orchestra-at -the-keyboard, Pete Durrant. This year the chosen work is John Rutter’s Requiem. The Singing Day is a great musical event but it’s also a great social event, renowned for the friendly atmosphere and wonderful home cooked food. Contact Gillian Banks on 01925 213949 or email stgeorgessingingday@gmail.com but don’t delay as this event will sell out.

Both events can be also booked at www.st-georges-singers.org.uk

NORTHERN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA IN THE NEW YEAR The Northern Chamber Orchestra’s first Macclesfield concert of the New Year sees them joined by the marvellously talented Scottish percussionist, Colin Currie. He plays an entertaining work by contemporary Viennese composer Kurt Schwertsik, whose works are characterised by his particular exploration of tonality, musical irony and humour. Also on the programme are Dvorják’s Serenade for Strings, in five movements; the glowing harmonies of Delius’ Two Aquarelles; and the undoubted masterpiece that is Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.

The performance takes place at The Heritage Centre in Macclesfield as part of a season that also includes concerts featuring guest soloists Benjamin Powell (piano) and Anthony Marwood (violin). The concert is also performed the previous night in Manchester, with the Mozart replaced by works by Grieg and Stephen Barlow.

Formed in the late 1960s, the Northern Chamber Orchestra is one of the country’s top chamber orchestras.

The orchestra holds its main concert season in Macclesfield’s Heritage Centre, is the Orchestra in Association at Manchester’s Stoller Hall, and performs regularly in Buxton and other venues around the North of England.

Tickets are available now from the Stoller Hall’s website. Tickets start at £13, are £5.50 for students and under 18s go free. Visit www.stollerhall.com for tickets.

The concert takes place on Saturday 18 January at The Heritage Centre, Macclesfield, 7.30pm

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CANDLELIT CONCERT OF LIGHT CLASSICS Come and enjoy an evening with the musicians of Epiphany string quartet, with keyboard and soprano.

Epiphany is an innovative music group of professional classical musicians who love improvisation and creativity.

Members of Epiphany believe that music has a role not just to entertain, but also to enhance the quality of life itself by bringing space into our fast paced, hectic lives, relieving stress and bringing new perspectives.

Epiphany regularly take their music into the community. They have performed in many venues throughout the UK, Europe and beyond, and including many public spaces, the streets and in shopping centres. They have also worked extensively with disadvantaged groups including recovering alcoholics and drug addicts, those with special educational needs and asylum seekers.

Epiphany will be treating us to a mixture of classical pieces, including well-known and well-loved ones, as well as some of their signature improvisations. Their concerts always end with a beautiful musical ‘Blessing.’

The concert will take place at Pott Shrigley Church on Wednesday 22nd January, 7.30pm Tickets £10, including glass of wine/prosecco/soft drink and nibbles.

Available from: David Swales, 01625 575846 Mary Currell, 01625 573735, marycurrell61@btinternet.com www.epiphanymusic.org.uk

BOLLINGTON CHAMBER CONCERTS Many knew what a treat was in store, because it was a welcome return for the Alandale Trio after only nine months: they gave the first Sunday morning coffee concert in February. Many who heard them then were eagerly back for two different works – possibly the greatest ones written for string trio.

Composers often see the string quartet as their most daunting challenge: to produce music of intimacy and power in the wake of so many outstanding forbears – Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms to name but five. Often, it’s quartets that most reveal a composer’s innermost soul, but writing effectively and plumbing depths with just three players is possibly even more of a challenge.

Almost needless to say, the playing was truly outstanding. String quartets have enough repertoire and opportunities to make it their career and almost their entire life. The members of the Alandale Trio also have busy lives in the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, but their ensemble was as perfect as any long-established quartet, and the rapport between them a delight for the eye as well as the ear. The audience was treated not just to the musical personalities of two great composers, but to those of three remarkable string players Andrew Harvey, violin, Alex Mitchell, viola, and Alexander Holladay, cello – who seemed to enjoy every minute and relish each other’s virtuosity and opportunities to shine.

In just under a month Bollington will welcome the return of an outstanding quartet – the Sacconi – playing more Beethoven and a pinnacle of the repertoire, Schubert’s Death and the Maiden. The concert opens with the 15-minute Quartet by acclaimed contemporary composer Helen Grime, showing that the happy partnership between composers and quartets (and receptive audiences!) continues to thrive. And make sure you have two more coffee concerts in your diaries, on 26 January and 7 June 2020.

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Running and Mental Health There are many barriers as to why people do not exercise and I spend a huge proportion of my job as a running coach trying to break down these barriers.

We know that taking up a sport like running has a huge amount of physical and psychological benefits, as is widely reported, but what happens if you just can’t get out of the front door due to anxiety and depression?

Starting something new, especially later on in life is a big deal and anxiety levels can go off the scale just at the thought of doing something that you may already think you are not very good at. People can even experience feelings of low self-worth for not trying something that is deemed to make them feel better.

can run. And these thoughts aren’t gender specific to women, I have the same emails from men as well.

A lot of people run to lose weight so that they can start leading the life that they want to; “when I’ve lost that weight, I will be happier, look like someone else, live a different life.”

A great deal of time can be wasted comparing ourselves to others, when in fact we should be looking at what we have achieved already. Comparison to others can lead people to experience even more anxiety and it can be a very lonely and destructive road to go down.

Learning to run and sticking to running is hard, we live in a world of instant gratification, where we get results quickly, lose weight quickly, smash our 5k time quickly.

Sometimes we need to just slow down, breathe and work with the body we’ve got right now. A small shift in attitude towards starting something new, like running, is so beneficial as you’ll appreciate not only the physical benefits, but also the impact on your mental health.

Looking after your mental health is just as important as physical health, learning to self-care and be kind to yourself can only be a good thing.

Join a supportive running group - find a group that says it’s ok to be slow and it’s ok to walk when you need to. A group like this where you will always be supported, no matter what your speed is, may be the difference between failure and success.

I receive a lot of emails from people saying they won’t start running until they’ve lost some weight or can run 5k already. The perception is that we need to be really good at exercise before we even start or we just shouldn’t do it.

In my experience there seems to be a message that until you have the body of someone who exercises then you can’t exercise. A common theme in my email communication from prospective clients is “I’ll be the obese one!” I’ve never met that person, they don’t actually exist, only in the head of the nervous wouldbe runner who just wants to give it a go to see if they

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Confidence - taking up running later on in life can give you confidence that you never knew you had. You may even achieve goals that you never thought were possible.

I will to I can - running enables you to go from I will to I can, starting at one point, in most cases zero, and becoming adept at that goal, gives you the belief that you can meet new challenges. This enables you to build up a healthy relationship with running so it becomes less of a chore to get out of the front door.

Prairie Planting - part 2 Prairie gardens are a recent trend in garden design and mark a shift towards more natural looking, low maintenance perennial beds and borders. Part 1 of this article covered how to plant a prairie garden. This time I’m going to take a closer look at some of my favourite plants for this style of garden.

Possibly the most iconic prairie flowers are the Coneflowers – Echinacea and Rudbeckia. These are closely related plants with large daisy flowers with prominent central cones. Echinaceas come in a large range of colours but particularly pinks and whites.

“Rubinstern” (“Ruby Star”) and “White Swan” are old favourites but there are so many new varieties available as well. Echinaceas need good drainage in winter to do well. Most Rudbeckias are hardier but come in shades of yellow mostly (except the tender, and usually biennial “Hirta” types which are also red and bronze). Rudbeckias will tolerate colder, damper conditions. Best for the prairie are “Goldsturm”, “Deamii” and “Little Henry”.

tops of the stems off in late spring to encourage them to bush out rather than up. Old varieties like Autumn Joy and Brilliant have large heads or pink flowers. One of the brightest coloured is Red Cauli. There are lots of new varieties coming out with bronze or chocolate coloured leaves. The only pest to watch for is vine weevil grubs eating the roots in winter – check the plants are well rooted in late winter.

Bergamot (Monarda) have aromatic leaves smelling of Earl Grey tea and unusual and striking flowers on top of stems between 2 to 4ft (60-120cm) tall depending on variety. They are ideal for a prairie planting because they spread to form large mats of leaves quickly covering the soil. I add lots of compost at planting time and give a really good feed each spring. Their one drawback is the tendency to get powdery mildew (white powder on the leaves) in late summer. This doesn’t kill the plants but can cause leaves to drop off. Chemical fungicides can be used to prevent this, but I find improving the plant vigour and soil moisture is usually enough. Don’t mulch Monardas! There are lots of varieties and colours including Gardenview Scarlet, Pink Supreme (short) and Violet Queen.

Ice Plants (Sedums) make ideal plants for the natural garden: they are tough, drought tolerant and form good sized clumps. They come in a range of heights from ground hugging mats to knee-high with large cauliflower-like heads. The taller ones can become topheavy if grown in rich soils so it may be best to take the

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Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum) is another easy plant for the prairie with mid-high stems clothed in bee-friendly flowers. The variety Dropmore Purple has a really natural look and is ideal. Beware that Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia) is a different plant and some of these can be invasive.

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Talking of invasive plants, be very careful if planting Cirsiums in the garden – these are the thistle family, and some are really pernicious weeds. However, the Purple River Thistle (Cirsium rivulare Atropurpureum) doesn’t invade and doesn’t seed and the tall rich flowers look great in the prairie garden.

No prairie planting is complete without grasses and among the best and toughest is Moor Grass (Molinia).

These come in a range of heights from 2ft (60cm) up to 6ft (180cm) and will grow in dry or very moist soils and are really hardy. The shorter ones are ideal for windy places. My favourite short one is Moorhexe and for a tall one I love the see-through stems of Transparent. Some like Windspiel take on brilliant colours in autumn.

Other grasses for this style of garden are Panic Grass (Panicum) which never ceases to move in the breeze and Feather Grass (Calamagrostis) with large flower heads in late summer. These are some of my favourites, but you can include all sorts of plants in a prairie planting. You might want to try Mullein (Verbascum), Veronicastrum, Gay Feather (Liatris), Masterwort (Astrantia), the list is endless!

Janet and I run Special Perennials, website www.specialperennials.com We sell at Plant Hunters’ Fairs throughout the season. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 2020. We will be at the Plant Hunters’ Fairs at Bramall Hall, Stockport on Sunday 5 April 2020; The Dorothy Clive Garden, TF9 4EU (4 miles south of Bridgemere) on Sunday 12 & Monday 13 April; Cholmondeley Castle, Malpas SY14 8AH on Sunday 26 April and at Adlington Hall, Macclesfield on Sunday 10 May. All gardens offer half price or better entry for these special event days. Please see www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk for full details of these and other fairs.

simply books book club choice I’m starting this time with a work of non-fiction. The Salt Path

by Raynor Winn is part-travelogue and part-memoir. Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, they lose their home and livelihood. Scammed by a close friend they are left with not much more than the clothes they are standing in and no source of income. Impulsively they decide to walk the 630-mile South West Coastal Path – from Somerset via Lands End to Dorset. Living wild and free – but penniless and at the mercy of the sea and sky – they discover a new, liberating way of living. This is an astonishing (and inspirational) story of two people dragging themselves from the depths of despair along some of the most dramatic landscapes in the country, looking for a solution to their problems and along the way finding themselves. Met with kindness and hostility – often in equal measure – it’s a remarkable journey, underpinned by the love and care that Raynor and Moth share for each other.

Simply Books

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Station Eleven by Canadian author Emily St John Mandel is one of the most intriguing and compelling post-apocalyptic novels you will ever read. One snowy night in Toronto famous actor Arthur Leander dies on stage whilst performing King Lear. That same evening a deadly virus touches down in North America. The world will never be same again. Twenty years later Kirsten, an actress in the Travelling Symphony, performs Shakespeare in the settlements that have grown up since ‘the collapse’. The story hops back and forth between the days immediately preceding ‘the collapse’ and its aftermath two decades later – painting a mesmerising picture of a world disoriented by devastating loss but where beauty and culture still strive to find a place. This is one of most unsettling and thought-provoking books I have ever read – in the end not so much about the apocalypse itself as about memory and loss and the power of art to bring a broken society together.

And for the children…two highlights this Christmas are Meerkat Christmas by Emily Gravett - follow Sunny the meerkat as he travels the world in the search of the perfect Christmas – and The Crayons’ Christmas by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers – an hilarious interactive book with letters, games, ornaments, a poster and even a pop-up Christmas tree - perfect for the festive season!

BOLLIN VALLEY AND QUARRY BANK MILL Walk description: This is a circular walk out through Styal Village, across fields to the edge of Manchester Airport and returning along the Bollin valley through Quarry Bank Mill. It is mainly easy with 3 short steep climbs along the Bollin Valley pathway.

Distance: 4.25 miles circular from Quarry Bank Mill (SJ835830), or 6 miles starting from the Twinnies Bridge Car Park at SJ840821 – the western end of The Carrs.

Map: OS Explorer 268 Wilmslow, Macclesfield and Congleton Start: Quarry Bank Mill National Trust Car Park.

Alternatively, the walk can be extended by 1.75 miles by starting from the Twinnies Bridge Car Park* see note at the end.

Leave the car park along the adjacent path and exit through the Main Entrance building. Because you are heading away from chargeable areas, explain that you are going out through the Village. Cross the road and take the pathway diagonally opposite leading towards Styal Village, keeping to the left of the fence alongside the Apprentice’s House kitchen gardens. The young apprentices, both boys and girls, employed in the Mill, came from poor houses or work houses in Liverpool and some as far from home as Hackney and Chelsea.

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After a day’s work, they had to attend school and help in the kitchen garden, a hard life.

The path remains straight crossing over one track separating two fields, until you reach Styal Cross by Norcliffe Chapel. This medieval cross remained a stub until it was relocated and then restored in 2010. Keep straight on to the row of cottages ahead and turn right between these and their neat front gardens. All the cottages in the village were built by Samuel Greg for his workers, offering a scullery kitchen and two bedrooms.

The path reaches the road where you go straight across to the stile into a field. Keep to the right of the wall and follow the path up to a gateway ahead. Keep straight on across the next field heading for a gate next to a white cottage. This leads on to a track for about 100 yards where you turn left through a small gate and walk out alongside new fencing. At the end of the fencing, keep in a straight line to a main gate leading out from the field. Here, a short path heads over a stile and on to Holly Lane.

Turn left and follow the winding road to a T-junction.

Turn right as far as the sharp bend to the right, cross before the bend and head for the private road to the left, signposted as the Orbital Cycleway and Laureen’s Ride. Keep on this road, formerly Moss Lane, until you reach the perimeter security fence of Manchester Airport. Follow this track round to the left, and walk to the endless sounds of aeroplanes taxiing, landing

or taking off. After the path eventually follows a ‘dog leg’ bend, take the gap in the fence in the left, turn left up a small pathway and arrive at a flat grassy area where you could enjoy a lively and very different but memorable lunchtime picnic watching the planes.

From here you can see both runways, the main terminals and servicing hangars as well as the hospitality building housing the Royal Concorde. The airport was first known as Ringway from 1935 until 1938 when it became known as RAF Ringway during World War 2, and after the war expanded rapidly.

Terminal 1 opened in 1962, the first wide bodied Boeing 747 appeared in 1970, and in 1982, the main runway was extended by passing over a new tunnel route for Altrincham Road from Wilmslow. In 2001, a second runway was built and in 2010 Emirates landed their first “big one”, the A380.

Returning to the track, turn left and walk 100 yards before going left down towards the Bollin Valley. After the second gate, take a path down to the left and go through a wooden gate on to the river trail. Go left and head along this delightful woodland route all the way back to Quarry Bank Mill. When you reach the first river bridge, ignore it and head on past open fields where rare cattle breeds are grazed in the summer. This path is a little uneven and can be muddy in places so take care along it. Eventually you reach the woodland on a good path, leading up to Giant’s Castle, and a steep flight of steps up and down but with rest benches part way.

After the descent, cross over the Giant’s Castle Bridge and head up to a further climb over another river cliff.

The Walk

As the path flattens out down by the river, you reach Oxbow bridge. Cross here and turn left until leaving the river meander on the left. Bear right until you join the river closer to the Mill grounds. Cross over the small Kingfisher Bridge and then bear left up the wide path which has a flight of steps up the middle. Where it levels out at the top, take a pathway to the right which leads you past the expanded and developing garden area.

The path bends left past this area and leads to the road going down to the Mill. This magnificent 18th Century Mill was first built in 1784 using water power from the Bollin and became a busy cotton factory close to the cotton capital of Manchester. As the Industrial Revolution gathered pace, the Mill was expanded in 1860. Before then, it had acquired a Boulton and Watt steam engine to power the machinery when river levels fell. This NT owned working museum is well worth a visit or alternatively return another time but stay and enjoy the cafe and the shop, before returning up to the car park by the steps and winding accessibility pathways. *If you prefer to extend your walk, you can begin from the Twinnies Bridge Car Park at SJ840821 – the western end of The Carrs. From there take the path past the toilet block (now closed), over a river bridge next to the road, and stay inside the road before taking the second turning to the left. The path goes straight up to a gateway and continues in a straight line as far as Quarry Bank main car park where you pick up the earlier guided route. To return from the Mill, head up the path from the courtyard where small tables and chairs are set out. Keep above the fencing and follow the good path along the River Bollin. Where it divides go right along the river bank and join the outward pathway by the bridge, and return to the car park.

Marple District Rambling Club organises up to nine walks each week on Thursdays and Sundays. For more information, either ring our Chairman, Sue Gilmore on 07775 620398, or our Membership Secretary, Claude Prime on 0161 483 8596.

Alternatively, you could visit our website on www.marpleramblers.org to learn more about our Club’s programme of walks, socials and walking holidays.

Electric Vehicles

The very clever Kia e-Niro is pointing the way towards the immediate future of personal and private transportation. But let us not get ahead of ourselves here as this is not a review of the e-Niro just yet, rather a rumination regarding the practicality of electric vehicle travel right here and right now.

range for the time spent charging. Turns out they’re not all the same... Checkout the What Car? EV charging guide online and look for rapid chargers rather than just fast on Zap Map.

TIP 1 - download Zap-Map

Take a good look next time you see an EV charge point at the services. They all look the same, don’t they?

Now look closely at the charging cables available and you’ll notice that some have a Type 2 charger (capable of charging from 7 kW to 22 kW, fully charging an EV in 3-4 hours) on one side and a Chademo on the other and yet others have a CCS (rapid DC units which are at least 50 kW and will charge the majority of EVs to 80% in around 30-60 minutes) and Chademo charger. Which to choose? It’s different for some EVs (Nissan, Renault, Mitsubishi and Tesla) but generally and from my own experience with the Kia, it’s the CCS type charger that you need when looking to maximise recharging.

Before going anywhere, you absolutely must download the fantastic Zap-Map app which is compatible with both Android and IOS and is packed full of invaluable features. Without going into detail, you input your own EV information and then have access to a UK-wide charging point map (constantly updated) currently showing over 6,000 charging locations and 19,000 connectors. There’s also a superb route planning feature that you can customise to your own required specifications. Believe me when I say that this superb app helps extinguish any doubts regarding range anxiety.

Tip 2 - know your charger Familiarise yourself with the type of charger you need to find on the journey so that you can access maximum

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Tip 3 - maximise recharging

Tip 4 - don’t charge to 100% Don’t waste time charging twice at a charge point (one 45 min charge followed straight away by another) trying to get the battery up to 100%, as it takes longer than just finding another charge point as and when you need it. Most, if not all, EV manufacturers recommend

that charging to 80% rather than 100% will help extend the real-world lifespan of the EV’s battery pack. Indeed, Tesla themselves recommend charging to 100% only if a longer journey is to be undertaken. And then there’s the time it takes to fill the final 20%, which takes longer to complete relative to the first 80%. So, charge to 80% and off you go.

Tip 5 - use more than one app Download and register with several of the most popular EV charging apps available on either IOS or Android, allowing yourself the luxury of choice when it comes to charging your chosen EV. You really don’t want to be wasting time trying to set up the correct app and payment card on the journey itself. Try out Zap Map, ChargePoint, PlugShare, Polar Plus, Pod-Point and Electric Highway.

Whether we like it or not the electric vehicle revolution is here to stay. Prices will come down, range will increase and charging times will reduce, but until they do, take on board the advice given and carry on enjoying the drive. It’s going to be an electrifying journey.

Where will you go?

Martin Hall writes www.motormartin.com a ‘real life’ motoring blog that focusses on the car itself rather than lap times, a blog to see if the car you want is good for shopping or commuting, a blog that recognises that ‘real life’ motoring should also be fun on the bends.

Bacon and Mushroom Risotto

A tasty and simple New Year supper Preparation: 10 mins Cooking time: 30 mins

Method

Serves: 4

1. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and fry the onion and bacon gently for 5 mins to soften. Add the mushrooms and cook gently for a further 5 minutes until they start to release their juices. Stir in the rice and cook until the rice begins to look translucent.

Ingredients ■■ 1 tbsp olive oil ■■ 1 onion ■■ 8 rashers streaky bacon, chopped ■■ 250g chestnut mushrooms, sliced ■■ 300g risotto rice ■■ 1 litre hot chicken stock ■■ Grated parmesan to serve

2. Add the stock, a ladleful at a time, stirring well and waiting for most of the stock to be absorbed before adding the next ladleful – it will take about 20 mins for all the stock to be absorbed.

3. Once the rice is cooked, season and serve with the grated Parmesan.

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quick crossword Across 1 Outskirts of a city (7) 5 Follow orders (4) 10 In good physical shape (3) 11 Rotor blades that power a plane (9) 12 Ogle (3,2) 13 Clothes-maker (6) 15 Rounded paving stone (6) 17 Gentle bell-like sound (6) 18 Castle tower (6) 20 Ceremony, celebration (5) 23 Skittish, highly-strung (9) 24 Admiration (3) 25 Celtic stringed instrument (4) 26 Spotty infectious disease (7)

down 2 Disentangle, release (5) 3 Abhorrence, disapprobation (12) 4 Increase, improve (5) 6 Sandra _______, Speed actress (7) 7 Woollen thread (4) 8 Crime, infraction (7) 9 Unhesitating, resolve (12) 14 Small falcon (7) 16 Nightclub doorman (7) 19 Chart, diagram (5) 21 Delete, abolish (5) 22 Netting, tracery (4)

sudoku How to play Sudoku Fill in the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 box, contains the numbers 1 through to 9 with no repetition.

You don’t need to be a genius. These puzzles use logic alone.

Watch out! Sudoku is highly addictive.

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Solutions on page 36

Children’s Activities

Things to do with pre-school kids

monday

Trinity Tots at Holy Trinity Hurdsfield 9.30-11.00am Free play, craft activities and song time. Refreshments include tea, coffee, juice and toast. 197a Hurdsfield Road, Macclesfield. Contact 01625 424587 melissa@hthmacc.com Open The Door... to Sensory Rhymes Time & Bubbles 10.30am The Hope Centre, Park Green, Macclesfield. Drop in £3.

For more information contact Ruth 07553566070 or visit www.openthedoor.org.uk Rugbytots Make your child’s development more fun with Rugbytots.

Sessions: 9.25am 2 – 3 ½ years, 10.05am 3 ½ -5 years, 11.05am 2-3 ½ years at Bollington Civic Hall. Find out more at www. rugbytots.co.uk or contact Alick on 0345 313 6720 or Email alick@rugbytots.co.uk Free tasters subject to availability.

Tuesday Praise & Play 9.30-11am Term time only. St Oswald’s Church, Bollington. Contact Beverley on 01625 500970 or beverleynxn@aol.com Rugbytots Make your child’s development more fun with Rugbytots.

3.55pm Reception & Year 1, 4.50pm Reception & Year 1 at Macclesfield Leisure Centre. Find out more at www.rugbytots.co.uk or contact Alick on 0345 313 6720 or Email alick@rugbytots.co.uk Free tasters subject to availability.

Open The Door ... to BabyTime 11.00am Tytherington Family Worship Church. More information www.openthedoor.org.uk Facebook Open The Door or Ruth 07553566070.

thursday Jolly Bollys 10-11.30am Bollington Community Centre, Ovenhouse Lane. Please call 01625 378 081 or email hurdsfieldchildrenscentreadmin@cheshireeast. gov.uk for more information Stay & Play 1.30-3pm Hurdsfield Children’s Centre, Hulley Rd, Macc. For ages 0-5 with parents/carers. Please call 01625 378 081 or email hurdsfieldchildrenscentreadmin@cheshireeast.gov.uk for more information.

Rugbytots Make your child’s development more fun with Rugbytots.

9.30am 2-3 ½ years, 10.10am 3 ½ -5 years, 11.05am 2-3 ½ years, 11.45am 3 ½ -5 years, 4.00pm Reception & Year 1 at Macclesfield Leisure Centre. Find out more at www.rugbytots.co.uk or contact Alick on 0345 313 6720 or Email alick@rugbytots.co.uk Free tasters subject to availability.

Friday Rhyme Time 10-10.30am Bollington Library. Free but children must be accompanied by an adult. Tel 01625 378 266.

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Saturday

Open The Door... to PlayTime 9.30-11.00am Tytherington Family Worship Church. More information www.openthedoor.org.uk Facebook Open The Door or Ruth 07553566070

Dads’ Group 10-12noon Hurdsfield Children’s Centre, Hulley Rd, Macc. Drop-in play session for dads and male carers. Monthly meeting so please call the centre 01625 378 081 for dates and more information.

Rhyme Time 10-10.30am Bollington Library. Free but children must be accompanied by an adult. Telephone 01625 378 266

Rugbytots Make your child’s development more fun with Rugbytots.

NCT at Fun4all 10-12 noon Fun4all in Macclesfield. Under 1’s free, 1 and 2 year olds £1 and 3+ usual rates. Contact bumpsandbabies@eastcheshire-nct.org. uk, telephone 0844 243 6115, and see our Facebook page ‘Friends of East Cheshire NCT’ for more information and other events.

Compiled by Clare Blackie email: c.blackie@insidemagazines.co.uk

8.10am 2-3 ½ years, 8.50am 5-7 years, 9.45am 3 ½ -5 years, 10.20am 2- 3 ½ years, 11.40am 3 ½ -5 years, 12.10pm 5-7 years, 1.05pm 3 ½ -5 years at Macclesfield Leisure Centre. Find out more at www.rugbytots.co.uk or contact Alick on 0345 313 6720 or Email alick@rugbytots.co.uk Free tasters subject to availability.

If you run a local activity for young children and email would like to be included on this page please uk es.co. agazin nsidem c.blackie@i

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selected events in your area

Friday 3 January

Thursday 16 January

Badminton and soft tennis group, Macclesfield.

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Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society The Flowers of the Drakensberg Mountains – illustrated talk by Judith Lovelady. Visitors welcome (£4) Details from Steve Osborne 01625 879087 or www.wilmslowguild.org The Guild, 1 Bourne St, Wilmslow SK9 5HD 7.30pm

Thursday 9 January Would you like to meet new friends? Thursday Group is a social group for unattached people of mature years, with several activities run by the members every week. These include walking, dancing, badminton, theatre and restaurant visits. For more info see www.thursdaygroup.co.uk or ring Bill on 07505 076838, or just come along to new members night on the first Thursday in each month where you will be met by group members.

The Bulls Head Pub, 30 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, SK9 3EW 8.30pm

Saturday 11 January Open Day with Cheshire A Cappella We’re looking for new singers (ladies only!) and would love you to come along and sing with us for a day. We’ll assess your vocal range, then we’ll all learn a song together. Free of charge, lunch provided! Email: cheshireacappella@gmail.com or call Elspeth on 07521 101409 to reserve your place.

Morley Green Club, Mobberley Rd, Wilmslow SK9 5NT 10am to 4pm

Tuesday 14 January East Cheshire Association of the National Trust Lecture – Mick Jagger slept here – Barbara Foster Brookdale Club, Bridge Lane, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 3AB 2pm

Wednesday 15 January Lunchtime Concerts. A piano recital by Rose McLachlan.

Light lunches available from 12 noon. Concert performances commence at 1pm. Admission by programme £6 Tel. 01625 586713 www.alderleyedgemethodistchurch.com aemcchurchoffice@gmail.com Alderley Edge Methodist Church, Chapel Road, Alderley Edge SK9 7DU

Thursday 16 January Bollington Horticultural Society. A Partnership with the Alpine Garden Society. Bob Worsley with the story of cyclamens, hepaticas and snowdrops. Members £1.50. Non-members £3 Bollington Community Centre 7.30pm

Saturday 18 January St George’s Singers annual Singing Day Led by musical director Neil Taylor and accompanied by one-man orchestra-at-the-keyboard, Pete Durrant. This year the chosen work is John Rutter’s Requiem. The Singing Day is a great musical event but it’s also a great social event, renowned for the friendly atmosphere and wonderful home cooked food. Contact Gillian Banks on 01925 213949 or email stgeorgessingingday@gmail.com St George’s Church, Poynton

Saturday 18 January Northern Chamber Orchestra with Colin Currie, percussion Playing the music of Viennese composer Kurt Schwertsik; Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings; Delius’ Two Aquarelles; and Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Tickets start at £13, £5.50 for students and under 18s go free. Visit www.stollerhall.com for tickets.

The Heritage Centre, Macclesfield, 7.30pm

Wednesday 22 January Candlelit Concert of Light Classics by ‘Epiphany’ string quartet with keyboard and soprano. Tickets £10 including wine and nibbles available from: David Swales 01625 575846 vicar@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk Mary Currell 01625 573735 marycurrell61@btinternet.com Pott Shrigley Church 7.30pm

Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25 January Steel Magnolias - A hilarious and touching comedy drama For tickets call 0161 302 2302 Brookdale Theatre, Bridge Lane, Bramhall Curtain up 7.45pm

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Saturday 25 January

Thursday 6 February

Stockport Symphony Orchestra Bruch Violin Concerto soloist Martyn Jackson Shostakovich Symphony No 7 “Leningrad” Conductor Rob Guy www.stockportsymphony.co.uk Tickets available at the box office, online or on the door £15 full price/£13 concessions/students £5/accompanied children under 16 free Stockport Town Hall 7.30pm

Would you like to meet new friends? Thursday Group is a social group for unattached people of mature years, with several activities run by the members every week. These include walking, dancing, badminton, theatre and restaurant visits.

For more info see www.thursdaygroup.co.uk or ring Bill on 07505 076838, or just come along to new members night on the first Thursday in each month where you will be met by group members.

The Bulls Head Pub, 30 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, SK9 3EW 8.30pm

Tuesday 28 January Macclesfield Group of the Family History Society of Cheshire.

History from Local Sources a talk by Ian Doughty. This talk explores the historical possibilities from family memorabilia and local media Open to the public, and admission is £2 for members and £3 for non-members including refreshments. For more details please contact macclesfield@fhsc.org.uk Salvation Army Hall, Roe Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6XD 7.30pm

Saturday 1 February History Wardrobe presents: Bad Girls in Bonnets Jane Austen’s guide to being brazen; a bold, brash and beautiful celebration of Austen’s wicked women, and a truly revelatory look at clothes & crime in the eighteenth century – an era when stocking-theft or silk smuggling carried serious consequences.

With fabulous original costume items, criminal history and readings from the outrageous Miss Austen herself.

Tickets £10, reserve over the phone 01625 374000 or pick up in person from Macclesfield Library Macclesfield Library, Jordangate, Macclesfield, SK10 1EE. 11am

SATURDAY 1 & SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY Mind Body Spirit Event 50+ Exhibitors including 30+ workshops, talks and demonstrations of mediumship – all included in the entrance fee of £4 or £3.50 concessions, full / weekend pass £6/£7 in advance or £1 more on the door.

FREE PARKING, FREE MAGAZINE, FREE RAFFLE ENTRY www.rosemarydouglas.com Masonic Guildhall, Stockport, SK1 3UA

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Tuesday 11 February East Cheshire Association of the National Trust Lecture – Doorstep Crime Awareness – Paul Unwin Brookdale Club, Bridge Lane, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 3AB 2pm

Thursday 13 February Wilmslow Guild Natural History Society Wild Britain- part 2 – illustrated talk by Brian White.

Visitors very welcome (£4) Details from Steve Osborne 01625 879087 or www.wilmslowguild.org The Guild, 1 Bourne St, Wilmslow SK9 5HD 7.30pm

Saturday 15 February Barnby Choir Singing Day led by Keith Orrell Programme: George Shearing, Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare To book contact Ann Elphick on: a.elphick@virginmedia.com Wilmslow Methodist Church, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AR 10am

Saturday 15 February Prestbury Choral Society’s Annual Singing Day Simon Mercer will guide us through the ever popular classic, the Haydn Nelson Mass, concluding with an informal performance. Simon’s passion, sympathetic and empathetic teaching style, great patience and experience, as well as a lively sense of humour, continue to ensure great success and satisfaction among the members of his choirs. So, whether you sing in a choir already or would just like to give it a go, do come and join us. You won’t be disappointed and it will be such fun!

Musical scores will be provided and the fee for the day is £20. Register online at www.prestburychoral.uk or telephone Cynthia for more information on 01625 828875.

United Reformed Church, Chapel Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 1PR

Wednesday 19 February

Saturday 29 February

Lunchtime Concerts Charlotte Hoather / soprano and George Todica / piano Light lunches available from 12 noon Concert performances commence at 1.00 pm Admission by Programme £6.00 Further Information: Tel. 01625 586713 Tel. 01625 584410 Tel. 01625 584367 www.alderleyedgemethodistchurch.com aemcchurchoffice@gmail.com Alderley Edge Methodist Church, Chapel Road, Alderley Edge SK9 7DU

Stockport Symphony Orchestra. Mendelsohn: Overture A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Mozart: Piano Concerto no 25. Stravinsky: Rite of Spring. Conductor and soloist Peter Donohoe. For more information please check the website www.stockportsymphony.co.uk Tickets available at the box office, online or on the door £15 full price/£13 concessions/students £5/accompanied children under 16 free Stockport Town Hall 7.30pm Free car parking available 4pm-midnight

Thursday, 20 February Bollington Horticultural Society AGM and Chrysanthemums Trevor Lawrence, from Chrysanthemums Direct will talk about how to grow, propagate and produce fantastic blooms.

Members £1.50. Non-members £3 Bollington Community Centre 7.30pm

Friday 21, Saturday 22 and Saturday 29 February Hazel Grove Musical Festival 93rd Season www.hazelgrovemusicalfestival.org.uk

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Saturday 22 February Bollington Chamber Concerts: The Victoria Quartet Haydn Op 76 no 4 ‘Sunrise’ Kodaly no2 Brahms Op 51 no 2 in A minor Tickets £19 Book online at www.bollingtonartscentre.co.uk/victoria Phone 01625 576402 or 574435 Bollington Arts Centre 7.30pm

Tuesday 25 February Macclesfield Group of the Family History Society of Cheshire.

Wagon’s West a talk by Ian Cameron.

Three Cheshire brothers converted to Mormonism in its early years in England and in about 1850 set off for the US with their families, heading for Salt Lake City on sailing ships and on wagons crossing the Great Plains, with three entirely different outcomes.

Open to the public, and admission is £2 for members and £3 for non-members including refreshments. For more details please contact macclesfield@fhsc.org.uk.

Salvation Army Hall, Roe Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6XD 7.30pm

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Christmas Tree Collection 11th & 12th January We collect and recycle your tree

You donate to East Cheshire Hospice

We collect from these areas:

CW12, SK9, SK10, SK11, SK12 & WA16

Arrange your collection at:

www.echtrees.org.uk

For more information call 01625 708939

Main Sponsor:

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@ECHtrees #ECHTrees

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useful numbers Churches Bollington United Reformed Church Bollington Christian Life Church Prestbury Methodist Church Quakers St Oswald’s Church St Gregory’s RC Church St Peters Church Prestbury Tytherington Family Worship

Schools 01625 613029 01625 578100 01625 424361 01625 562109 01625 422849 01625 572108 01625 827625 01625 615195

pharmacies I Rowlands & Co The Village Pharmacy, Prestbury

01625 574401 01625 829216

Dentists Bollington Dental Practice Prestbury Road Dental Practice

01625 574609 01625 432300

Doctors Bollington Medical Centre Hope Cottage Surgery, Prestbury

01625 462593 01625 827319

01625 421000 0161 483 1010 111

Leisure Centre Bollington Leisure Centre Macclesfield Leisure Centre

01625 574774 01625 383981

Libraries Bollington Library Prestbury Library Macclesfield Library

01625 378266 01625 827501 01625 374000

Police Non Emergency

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Post Offices West Bollington Post Office Tytherington Post Office

01625 572025 01625 572138 01625 572021 01625 572037 01625 572767 01625 422192 01625 422192 01625 383000 01625 383033 01625 384071 01625 466414 01625 610220 01625 426138 01625 827898

Travel Bus & Train Times National Rail Enquiries Manchester Airport

0871 200 2233 0345 748 4950 0808 169 7030

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Hospitals Macclesfield Hospital Stepping Hill Hospital NHS Non-Emergency

St John’s Primary School Bollington Cross Primary Rainow Primary School St Gregorys’ Catholic Primary Dean Valley Community Primary Beech Hall School Little Griffins Nursery Mottram St Andrew Primary Prestbury C of E Primary Bollinbrook Cof E Primary Marlborough Primary School Tytherington High School All Hallows Catholic High School Fallibroome High School

01625 572378 01625 869042

Electricity – Power Loss Gas – Emergency Water – Faults, United Utilities Environment Agency Floodline

105 0800 111 999 0345 672 3723 0345 988 1188

Helplines Alcoholics Anonymous Al-Anon Childline Citizens Advice Bureau Crimestoppers Directory Enquiries National Dementia Helpline RSPCA Samaritans

0800 917 7650 020 7403 0888 0800 1111 03444 111 444 0800 555111 118 500 0300 222 1122 0300 1234999 116 123

Other Bollington Town Hall Bridgend Centre Bollington Arts Centre Bollington Veterinary Centre

01625 572985 01625 576311 01625 573863 01625 572999

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