Aboutfram issue12

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Issue Twelve Look no further than aboutfram, the local magazine that packs a Suffolk punch!

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36 Carving a niche

We chat to Dan Woodside over coffee at The Dancing Goat Café

We learn why the Lettering Arts Trust is carving out such a reputation

6 Out and about

42 Bedding down

A round up of local events

Tuck in your garden and offer a helping hand this winter

12 Sock it to ‘em Geraldine Clarke knocks our socks off with the latest fashion trend

14 Locks & lashes Indulge yourself with soothing lavender and replenishing oils

18 New shop on the block Why the old butcher’s shop in Earl Soham is feeling Fine & Dandy

24 Get the look Fur-lined cloaks, sharp suits and sparkling sequins; we’ve got it wrapped

28 about town We bring you the latest news about town

30 Willows and warblers Habitat rich and species diverse, The Framlingham Mere is a haven for wildlife

48 That’s the spirit We share a tipple or two of warming winter liqueurs with DJ Wines

54 about taste Dishes to please, tastes to tease and places to seize on this winter

56 Mead spice poached pears A comforting winter pud with layers of warmth and spice

59 Competition time You chance to win a fabulous Illuminated Star Sign from Argent & Sable

62 A fresh start An early morning walk through the woods at Great Glemham is a great way to start the day.

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In issue 12 of aboutfram we prepare for the colder months ahead and after a bracing walk, hunker down with a warming liqueur.

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Rufus Owen Rufus Owen is an experienced property and interiors photographer based in Suffolk. about interiors pg 18 rufus@rufusowen.com M: 07891 937167

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The coffee house The Dancing Goat is synonymous with the start of, and possibly the reason for, the café revolution in Framlingham. We meet with Dan Woodside, the man behind the cappuccino, and ask him why he decided to turn his home into a café.

Dan moved to Framlingham with his partner Wendy and their two small children in the late nineties. Having worked and lived in London for many years they were looking for the rural idyll, and after a few months on the road in an old campervan in Europe they found themselves drawn back to the quiet market town of Framlingham, which felt back then like a truly hidden gem. Initially they rented a space overlooking the market hill, where they would gaze longingly at the imposing 4

townhouses opposite, and so, when the ‘For Sale’ board went up at No.33, they were first in line.

Dan is a decorative artist by trade and Wendy an artist and art teacher and so together, with their combined creative vision and skill, they took on the task of transforming what was a wonderful but dilapidated old property into a family home.

As we chat over coffee upstairs, I find myself rather taken by their beautifully serene sitting room that perfectly

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showcases their exciting collection of artwork, including a fabulous copy of a Vermeer that Wendy has just completed.

It seems so far removed from the hustle and bustle and clink of coffee cups below and I am curious to know how the idea of creating a café came about.

“We used to enjoy having a drink sitting out the front of the house, especially in the late afternoon sun. It is such a great spot for watching the world go by and so we thought, why not share this with others and open a café?” Dan’s profession meant that he was working away from home, sometimes for many months at a time, and so the café was also a means of providing a secondary income and allowing him to spend more time with the family. Digging a little deeper, Dan reveals that his career has allowed him to travel worldwide and that he has been involved in several major

restoration projects such as the gilding of the ‘Crimson Drawing Room’ at Windsor Castle and the decorative ceiling in the entrance hall of the National Gallery.

The Dancing Goat served its first pot of tea in 2001 and is now well established as part of the fabric of Saturday mornings and sunny afternoons in Framlingham. It has a reputation for wonderful food, delicious cakes and great coffee and working in the café has become a rite of passage for many local teenagers. Their own children are now grown up and the question on the tip of my teaspoon is whether the café will be a home fixture for future generations.“One of the them is touring with Ed Sheeran and the other has just done work experience at a coffee estate in El Salvador, so you never know.” Well I for one hope the goat keeps on dancing for many years to come. @dancinggoatfram 5

out & about

December 2nd-11th The Snow Queen Come and enjoy the Co-op Juniors Christmas Spectacular at Snape Maltings 3rd Leiston Christmas Fair Festivities around the town 12 noon - 5pm 8th Scratch Choir A Ceremony of Carols. Sing Britten’s most festive piece accompanied by a professional harpist.

Mince pies and mulled wine included!

11am The Red House Aldeburgh 6

9th Quiz Night To help support Henry and Sam on their Kathmandu-it expedition.

Teams of 8. Parham Village Hall 7pm.

Call 07860 499462 to book 10th Debenham LCFC Christmas Bazaar Christmas Stalls, Santa’s Grotto, refreshments Leisure Centre 10.30am-2.30pm Vintage Festive Market Woodbridge 9.30am-4pm

10th-2nd Jan Double Street Windows Advent Calendar Enjoy the 12 days of Christmas with these magical window displays along Double St, Framlingham

21st A Mummer’s Midwinter Night’s Dream Celebrate the winter solstice with Rendham Mummers. 6.30pm Rendham Knoll

17th Father Christmas sails into Snape A wonderful festive spectacle as Santa arrives aboard a Thames Sailing Barge 3.15pm Snape Maltings

27th-29th Festive Falconry Meet graceful hawks, elegant owls and fearsome falcons in flight at Framlingham Castle. 11am

19th The Broadside Boys A welcome return to this folk duo at The Sweffling White Horse

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January 10th-21st Stoat Hall Set in Tudor times this hilarious spoof from Pat Whymark and Julian Harries is a spoof-tastic treat. Seckford Theatre 7.45pm 14th Live music from the Twisty Turns This warm patchwork of country, folk and bluegrass with put some rum in your punch.

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February 15th Glemham Hall Wedding Open Day Wander through the Great Hall, gardens and Marquee, speak with our wedding planners and view our showreel!

11am-3pm 27th 80s & 90s Disco Dance the night away to your favourite grooves. Ufford Park 27th Ninebarrow Breathtaking vocal harmonies and melodies with a wide-range of traditional folk songs.

Everyman Folk Club, Riverside Centre, Stratford St Andrew

11th Valentine’s Tribute and Dinner A night to remember with 3-course dinner, live music and disco.

Ufford Park

18th Live music with Hot Raisin Two ladies, two guitars, one very lovely sound – don’t miss it!

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13th-17th Knights and Princesses Polish your armour and dust off your tiara at this fun family event at Framlingham Castle 11am-3pm

24th An evening with Steve Tilston One of our most celebrated songsmiths returns to the Everyman Folk Club.

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14th Forest fun-family morning A family morning with the Suffolk Wildlife Trust at Foxburrow Farm. 10.30am-12.30pm

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Handbags & gladrags It would have been an enormous fashion faux pas a few years ago (and I was guilty of committing it) but now it is absolutely fine; in fact, encouraged. Being one who wants to be stylish but really does love to be comfortable this latest development is one I embrace with a huge hug and a kiss: wear your socks with your high heels (or flats) and let those socks be seen. This has the potential to transform the little black, or red, party dress, both currently hanging in my wardrobe, waiting in anticipation of the winter party season. Socks are patterned, spotted, woollen, silk and my favourite, fishnet ankle socks; gorgeous. I think that I will pair orange socks with my black heels and fishnets with my yellow kitten patents; I am hoping that this will be effortless, easy style that will not cost me a fortune.

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To enhance the comfort and glamour of the season even further, I have found myself this season’s must have essential elegant sweater to ease the walk from the car to the party and to brave the chill for champagne on the patio. Cold, damp days and evenings are my favourite times to glam it up; red satin, cool cream faux fur and smooth pearls make work on a grey day so much more fun and come the evening bring out the sparkles, the textures and the lip-gloss as much as possible; you will brighten the room.

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We visit interior designer Debi Squirrell to find out why Brook House, the old butcher’s shop in Earl Soham, is feeling Fine & Dandy.

Located in the heart of Earl Soham, Brook House played an important part of village life in the late 1800s, when the butcher’s shop at the front would have been buzzing with tittle tattle and the latest village gossip. Although the outbuildings have long since been converted, the shop was still in use until about twenty years ago, and many of you may recall that John Hutton Butchers traded from here for over ten years before relocating a few doors up. Now, behind the Victorian red-brick façade, you find a welcoming family home with white washed walls, pretty painted furniture and an assortment of vintage treasures and quirky contemporary pieces that perfectly showcase Debi’s individual style.

Debi only moved here a year ago, and in that time she has totally transformed the property, peeling back the carpets to expose gorgeous old floorboards, opening up the original fireplaces and rediscovering little corners of its past. “The old shop sign at the front had been covered over and so I stripped back the layers and layers of paint until I could see the writing start to appear.

It was quite magical to finally reveal the crackled patina beneath.” It has been reinstated above the huge shop window where braces of pheasants, rabbits and the finest cuts would have proudly hung, but now, if passers-by steal a glance inside, they will see that the counters have been replaced by a warm and welcoming space.

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Debi decided to make this front room her kitchen/breakfast room and knocked through to the room behind to create a lovely light-filled family area where painted dressers display mismatched crockery, a fireplace is stacked high with logs and a scrubbed pine table entices you to linger over a cuppa. “I love watching the world go by, especially in the mornings, and the view out across to the village allotments is wonderful.�

The other room at the front is set slightly back from the road, screened by a small garden, and in here deep sofas hug a central fireplace that is home to a wood-burning stove and pale blue walls reflect the light that pours in through the sash windows and bounces off the large mirror on the far wall.

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a woodburner at its heart, and you can imagine winter nights curled up in here with a good book and a bottle of red.

Moving upstairs you discover four wellproportioned double bedrooms that Debi has brought back to life, decorating the walls in heritage blues, greys and creams, exposing the ornate fireplaces and revealing the rich oak floorboards. Her eye for vintage finds and the ability to mix these with modern classics brings eclectic charm to every room and the whole property exudes effortless style and elegance.

As well as being a family home, Brook House also hides a secret in the back garden. In the outbuildings that were once part of the butcher’s premises, Debi and her new business partner Mandy have set up a small shop. The two met at book club and soon realised that they shared a love

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of interior design, sourcing beautiful and interesting items – between them they have bought, renovated and sold over twenty houses – and the desire to run a shop and interiors emporium. These outbuildings in Debi’s garden offered the perfect opportunity to realise that dream and so in October this year they opened the doors to Fine & Dandy. Stepping inside I am greeted by the comforting smell of fresh coffee and am soon wandering around, mug in hand, exploring this Aladdin’s cave. Shelves are lined with a colourful range of leather handbags, gloves and scarves, luxurious woollen jumpers snuggle up to one another on the rail and one wall is dedicated to a selection of high quality pre-loved clothes, including once-worn glittering party dresses, never-worn business suits and the all too familiar pair of shoes that you just

had to buy because they were in the sale, even though they never really fitted!

Moving through to the home emporium, a solid wooden table to the centre is laden with gifts such as pretty bud vases, wooden trays, chopping boards, tealights and candles. A painted cupboard is stuffed with cushions and cosy throws and the tiled walls are hung with over-sized clocks, decorative mirrors and a collection of original pencil and charcoal drawings. Both Debi and Mandy have an excellent eye for design and their flare for unusual gifts and stylish items promises new discoveries on every visit, so make sure you drop in soon as I guarantee you too will leave feeling as I did, fine and dandy.

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Youthful expression A new class dedicated to teenage girls has arrived in Framlingham.

Train Body Brain is a unique programme of classes that aim to improve the mental wellbeing of teenage girls. Developed by personal trainer, Wendy Mclennan, the classes are a powerful combination of high intensity interval training with positive affirmations and mindful meditation.

Wendy’s own experience bringing up teenagers has shown her how important it is for them to feel empowered during the pressure-cooker adolescent years, and consequently enabled her to tailor-make the classes to be exactly what the girls need: helping to tune out self-doubt and negativity, focusing instead on self-love and empowerment; looking after your body and brain and alleviating anxiety, depression and other mental health illnesses that so many young people face today.

Find out the answers to these and many other burning questions in this collection of short stories, verses full of appalling rhymes, play scripts that will never get produced and endless cheap jokes, brought to you by local author John Brooke. John, who has spent many years writing and publishing academic papers and tedious technical documents, has now published this amusing tome entitled ‘Son of Eat My Shorts’ – an enjoyable read and great gift, it is also raising money for a good cause as all royalties will be donated to the Red Cross.

Order on Amazon: Kindle £1.99, paperback £4 or email john.brooke@ redbarn-suffolk.uk for a signed copy!

Celebrating in style!

This year we welcomed Urban Vintage to town, and although many of you may think that this is a new business, Urban Vintage is in fact celebrating its 10th birthday. Established in Ipswich in 2006, owner Dan’s vision for a high quality menswear fashion outlet came to life with a 1000 sq ft store in the heart of Ipswich, before moving to larger premises in December 2009 and going on to win UK’s Best Young Fashion Store title at the prestigious Drapers Industry Awards. So to find out what’s in store, why not swing in and say hello...

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Keeping you posted!

After 20 years as postmaster and a familiar face to us all, Roger Tripp has decided it’s time to give Framlingham Post Office a makeover, closing on Friday December 30th and opening again on Tuesday January 17th 2017 whilst the work is done. With so many rural post offices closing their doors for good, this is doubly good news for Framlingham – be sure to pop in and give it your stamp of approval!

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Framlingham girls are champion trailblazers Framlingham College girls’ hockey teams have achieved a sensational feat this season becoming Suffolk Champions at every age group available, confirming their position as one of the dominant forces in schools’ hockey. Moreover, Framlingham has three current England Internationals, Abby Gooderham (U18) represented her country at the European Cup and Rose Winter and Molly Redgrove who both represented the U16 team in international matches this year.

The Under 11 girls will now go on to represent the East of England at the IAPS National Finals and the older girls hope to add to these achievements and reach the National Finals at the Olympic stadium for a fourth consecutive year.

Framlingham College Headmaster, Paul Taylor added, ‘We are so proud of all the girls and staff involved. This is an exceptional achievement.”

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Once referred to as ‘The Great Lake beneath the Castle’, Framlingham Mere is now a rich habitat for a diverse range of wildlife and vegetation that is carefully nurtured by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

Covering an area of just over thirty acres, the Mere is as iconic to the people of the town as the magnificent castle that is reflected in its still waters. Once believed to have been created at the end of the 12th century, possibly when they were digging out the earth to form the castle defences, evidence now suggests that the Mere is actually a natural feature and may date back as far as the ice-age or even earlier. During the 13th century it would have been a much larger body of water than it is today and small ships that had made their way from the coast along the River Ore would have moored here to unload their cargo. It is owned by Framlingham College and the

Church but has been managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust since 1988 and they are responsible for maintaining the site and looking after the abundance of wildlife that thrives here.

The reserve is a lowland wetland site and is best known for its sedge beds and grazing marshes, which provide the perfect conditions for such rarities as marsh marigolds, delicate ragged-robin, lady’s smock and yellow flag irises. Birds such as green and common sandpiper and snipe can sometimes be seen picking their way along the muddy shallows and out on the open water you may spot teal amongst the more 31

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familiar mallards, or the startlingly white silhouette of a little egret fishing alongside its more sombre and slightly more menacing cousin, the grey heron. Those with a keen eye might also be rewarded with a flash of blue as a kingfisher dives for a minnow or a trail of bubbles as an otter slips through the water, and in the scrub along the edges of the path look out for warblers; the flick of a whitethroat’s tail, a blackcap or even a garden warbler. This haven, which is believed to be home to nearly 300 species of plants and 80 species of birds, is managed naturally by allowing cattle to roam free from around Easter time to autumn and it is their grazing that sustains the delicate balance of plant and animal life.

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nutrients were being carried in the streams and waterways that fed the Mere, causing green algae to bloom and therefore depleting the oxygen levels. As the Mere slowly filled with mud and silt the wildlife also suffered as the food chain began to break down and key species gradually disappeared. The Mere would often dry out completely in the height of summer allowing scrub to invade the water meadows and some of the ancient willows began to crack and split open. The Suffolk Wildlife Trust knew that something had to be done quickly to save the reserve and so in 1999 they began a major restoration project. With the help of Framlingham College and the Environment Agency and funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, they removed over 40,000 tonnes of accumulated mud and set up a reed-bed silt trap where the River

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Ore joins the Mere. They also pollarded the surviving willows to stop them splitting, planted new ones and improved access for visitors with new paths and bridges. Once the water levels had been restored and the quality of the water began to improve, the wetland wildlife responded and soon the natural equilibrium was resumed once more.

The Trust continues to make improvements and in the last year they have added some new boardwalks to help visitors navigate the wettest parts of the reserve, repaired bridges and widened gateways. The Mere has always been an important part of the town and I can remember school trips as a child when we would arrive armed with jam jars and buckets in the hope of finding some frogspawn, tadpoles or glossy stag beetles.

The Suffolk Wildlife Trust runs a brilliant

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The ability to leave our mark, to carve letters into stone or wood, has defined the civilised world for centuries, and The Lettering Arts Trust aims to preserve these timeless traditions for many more to come.

Based over at Snape Maltings, The Lettering Arts Trust is an independent charity that was founded in 1988 by Harriet Frazer. She had difficulty finding a craftsman who could help her create a fitting tribute for a family member.

Eventually, through friends, she found a letter carver and sculptor who created exactly what she had in mind, and realising that there was little awareness of the incredible skills of these artists, set up Memorials by Artists to enable the public to commission beautiful hand-made memorials. Over the following decade, as the register of lettering artists expanded

and their line of work evolved, the charity also began to champion this traditional art form and set up a series of training programmes, workshops and exhibitions.

In 2012, in recognition of this broadening remit, they changed their name to The Lettering Arts Trust and today this wonderful charity is carving out a reputation as a centre of excellence for the lettering arts.

Harriet only retired last year, leaving her work in the capable hands of Sarah Harrison, who meets me at The Lettering Arts Centre – their shop and gallery – to explain a little more about the charity and 37

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the invaluable work they support. “Our mission is to raise awareness of Britain’s rich heritage in the lettering arts and to pass on these precious skills to tomorrow’s artists.” This is certainly being brought to fruition on the day I visit as a Lino Cut Workshop is taking place and the gallery is buzzing with creativity. It is a fabulous space and these popular workshops allow people to try their hand at calligraphy, letter design and lino printing and are a vital way of engaging with the public and educating them about the work of the trust. They also host regular exhibitions here, and until 23rd December you can visit the ‘Christmas Showcase’, which brings together a collection of beautiful pieces from leading designers and makers.

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The other important work of The Lettering Arts Trust is in running their Apprenticeship and Journeyman schemes.

These are the cornerstone of the Trust’s commitment to ensuring that these ancient skills are passed from one generation to the next and they have been a huge success. Established by Harriett in 2002, the apprenticeship is a two-year programme which allows the successful candidate to spend time working alongside a master carver, learning their ancient craft and its techniques. Typefaces designed for printing are rarely satisfactory when carved in stone, so most lettercarvers design their own letterforms. Some have a signature style and others never make quite the same letters twice, but the design, layout and spacing of the letters are the most important factors in any inscription. Positions are highly sought

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after, with candidates coming from a wide range of backgrounds; graphic designers, stone masons and sometimes students straight out of school, such as Stuart Buckle from Framlingham. His apprenticeship was with Gary Breeze, one of the country’s leading lettercarvers, whose work includes the Bali Bombing Memorial at Horse Guards Road, London and Christ Church Cloister fountain in Oxford, and fourteen years on the pair continue to collaborate on major commissions.

The Journeyman scheme was launched in 2014 and is designed to provide bespoke training to experienced students and established carvers who are looking to focus on a particular area. The training takes place in the studio of a master carver and lasts from two to six months, allowing them to not only learn the finer nuances of this art form, but also to gain an

understanding of the range of works commissioned and how to manage a workshop. Last year the Trust also set up the Harriet Frazer Bursary, a flexible fund that will be awarded to students and professionals to help with the purchase of specific equipment or the cost of training.

Although I have visited the shop at The Lettering Arts Centre many times before, I admit that I was totally unaware of the charity’s amazing work. Little changed since the ancient Greeks carved their scriptures in stone, the art of lettering is fascinating, a constant thread through time that will hopefully allow mankind to have the final word.

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Table for two A feeding station can be a great way to attract a variety of birds as different species eat different things. If you don’t have the space a simple window feeder can also be very effective and gives you a bird’s eye view of the action. Or why not make your own from recycled plastic bottles or jars hung up with ribbon (try Pinterest for inspiration).

Grub’s up Mixed bird seed is a great all-rounder. Look out for varieties with a high proportion of sunflower seeds, flaked maize and peanuts rather than those bulked out with split beans, dried rice or corn. Goldfinches and siskins will soon be regular visitors if you put out Nyjer seeds; great spotted woodpeckers, tits and greenfinch are partial to peanuts, and robins and blue tits love mealworms. Crushed apples, grated cheese and the odd mince

pie make a tasty treat but be careful with leftovers such as cooking fat, anything salty, milk or leftover porridge as these can be harmful to birds.

Bath time Even when it is freezing outside birds love to bathe as it keeps their feathers clean and in good condition. An old saucepan lid or shallow container will do, but why not have fun and treat them to something more extravagant – there are hundreds to choose from. Remember to de-ice after a frost.

Helping the birds in your garden is very rewarding and you will soon become familiar, if not a little competitive, as to who comes visiting. Involve the whole family and make sure you take part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch on the 28-30th January 2017. www.rspb.org.uk is a great source of information.

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Bedding down December is the darkest month, the time of the lowest ebb, the nadir. As the year moves towards the winter solstice the garden shuts down; its demise is inevitable and out of our control. But this is not the time to scrape mud from your boots and put them away, not yet, as there is still much to do and December gardening has its own special pleasures. So wrap up and set to, cutting down bedraggled looking plants, clearing debris away and giving the bare soil a blanket of well rotten manure or homemade compost. As Christmas approaches, bring evergreens, berries and coloured stems into the house to make it glow.

As we head into January the seed catalogues start dropping on the mat; the perfect excuse to hunker down by the fire

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December Continue planting roses and shrubs if weather is favourable Examine stored dahlias. If they are shrivelling, plunge in tepid water for the night, dry and replace in peat or vermiculite

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Come February, at last the days are getting longer and the garden is starting to stir.

The first flower I look for is the snowdrop.

I started planting these a few years ago and now there are thousands under trees and shrubs in our garden. These brave little plants take on whatever the weather throws at them and they never fail to lift my spirits as the gardening year begins again.

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Intensely fruity, smooth and full of flavour, DJ Wines’ fruit wines and warming liqueurs will definitely lift your spirits this winter.

On a damp grey afternoon in November, I take a trip over to meet Derek Jones at his winery in Monk Soham to find out how someone who had never made a drop of wine before goes on to produce over 10,000 bottles in less than five years. Derek started his career managing dairy farms down in the West Country and moved to Suffolk in 1985 to take up the position of Head of Food and Agriculture at Otley College. With his knowledge and years of training he helped set the exam syllabus for the Food and Drink Sector and also ran a successful cheese-making business, but unfortunately various factors conspired against him and in 2010 he found himself without a job. After being unemployed for two years and being

told by his partner Carol that he was turning into a grumpy old man, Derek knew he had to get out and find something new.

Derek explains that it was whilst he was wandering the aisles of the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival that the idea first started to grow. He heard on the grapevine that Kemp’s Wines was selling off some of their wine-making equipment and so, after a few phone calls and some negotiation, he bought the lot, lock stock and barrel.

A retired farmer offered him the use of one of his farm outbuildings in Monk Soham and in January 2012 DJ Wines was founded.

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to specialise in fruit wines, and inside the winery wooden crates are stacked high with bottles of his raspberry, gooseberry, rhubarb, redcurrant, strawberry and blackberry wine.

Derek explains that he makes his wine by hand, without the use of chemicals and from fruit grown in the UK, the majority being purchased from DC Williamson, a family-run fruit farm over at Manningtree.

The fruit is hung in mesh nets to allow gravity to squeeze the juice out and this is then poured into vats before yeast is added.

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a little beet sugar is added to balance the sweetness – and it is then filtered and bottled, only being labelled just before it leaves the winery. Because the fruit Derek uses arrives frozen, he can produce wine all year round, upping supply when he knows he is exhibiting at food festivals or county shows. Now, in late November, the chill from the concrete floor of the winery is beginning to creep through the soles of my boots and so I am more than ready to try one of his new fruit liqueurs.

Just one sip of Derek’s sloe gin and the soothing warmth transports me back to cold days at the point-to-point, where a slug from a hip flask is the only way to survive the biting March wind. Liqueurs should be warming, rich and luscious and Derek’s range, which includes strawberry and raspberry liqueur, sloe gin, cherry

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brandy and bramble whisky, do not disappoint. To make these gorgeously smooth fruity liqueurs, Derek pours neat, high strength spirit over the fruit juice or whole stoned fruit and then lets it infuse for anything from six months to up to two years. Once ready it is filtered and bottled, and lined up along the tasting counter, the liqueurs have an amazing depth of colour, each one with its own distinctive aroma and flavour. We also sample the Monk’s Mead, which he makes by fermenting honey from bees that have gathered nectar from heather along the Suffolk coast. Beautifully golden in colour, it is popular as a dessert wine, although Derek confides that he prefers to drink it with a fine quality cheese. In 2014 he also launched Damport; a fortified Damson wine that started life as a happy accident, and is now one of his best-sellers.

With a growing audience and regular demand from local suppliers, Derek is now looking to increase production and in the new year plans to replace his vats with new stainless steel tanks. He is also thinking of producing a sparkling summer wine and an iced cider wine, a speciality from Quebec that is made from the juice of frozen apples and drinks like a fine Muscadet. Warmed through, I drive off wondering if Derek might ever need a chief taster, and smiling to myself agree that if so, I’d be there like a shot!

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Dishes to please, tastes to tease and places to seize on this winter Easy as pie

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This season sees the longawaited return of the Farmcafe handmade hot pies on the menu at The Sweffling White Horse, one of Suffolk’s cosiest pubs, with two wood-burners and warm cheer. Warmed in the wood-fired range in the public bar and served with a buttered chunk of locally made ‘huffer’ bread, these delicious pies are made even more tasty when paired with the pub’s mulled wine, spiced cider or warm spiced apple juice.

recently opened as a new Village Shop and Café in Rendham with the main aim of serving local communities. The 300 year old barn has been transformed into a beautiful destination with wood-burning stove, serving locally roasted coffee, Italian hot chocolate, all day breakfasts, homemade cakes and light lunches from its own kitchen, made from locally produced meat, bread, eggs and milk.

The licensed shop stocks fresh produce and a range of Suffolk favourites as well as locally made jams and marmalade

Ufford Park Hotel is launching a new food map to highlight that nigh on all the dishes on the restaurant and bar menus are made with ingredients sourced within East Anglia. With an award-winning breakfast and seasonally changing menus, it comes as no surprise that locals and hotel residents alike are enjoying dishes such as pan-fried chicken breast served with a mushroom & tarragon cream sauce and jam sponge pudding served with vanilla custard. Yum!

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David’s roots in the county go deep, and he can’t imagine being or working anywhere else. Aside from his hunting spoils, local producers provide him with all the good things he relies on to make his menus. “I get pretty much everything I need in the way of poultry, bread, meat and fish, and I know exactly where it all comes from,” he says with a smile, “essentially, I buy from my friends.” Then there’s his own two-acre smallholding where chickens cluck around in their enclosure between the neat fruit cages, small orchard and pristine polytunnel which, thanks to the help of Alex – his stalwart friend and gardener, provide eggs, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes and salad. Any extras are bottled, pickled or frozen for later in the year; chickens get the leftovers. It’s a satisfyingly complete cycle of growing, cooking and eating. “See what I mean?” says David, “Suffolk has everything you need to make the best rustic English food, right here.”

Hunt duck – shoot duck – pluck duck – eat duck ingredients serves 2-4

2 duck breasts 250g mixed mushrooms, preferably wild, sliced 1tbsp rapeseed oil 2 knobs of butter 1 garlic clove, crushed Bread Parsley, to garnish

Season the duck breasts well on both sides, heat a little butter and rapeseed oil in a pan over a medium heat. Place the breasts in the pan skin side down for around 4 minutes or until nice and golden. Turn and cook for a further 4 minutes.

1 Remove the duck and rest for a good 10 minutes. Timings may vary depending on breast size.

2 While the duck is resting fry the mushrooms in the juices and add a little more butter. Once the mushrooms begin to soften add the garlic and cook for a minute or two longer, add the chopped parsley and season to taste.

3 Toast a nice chunky slice of bread and butter, pile the mushrooms on top, slice the rested duck breast and fan on top of the mushrooms.

4 Serve with your favourite ketchup or chutney.

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There are certain things that we eat that are so special. Special because they are seasonal and not available, unless there is a surplus of these fine creatures in the wild.

Wildfowl is a term we use to include all the various ducks we can shoot, namely teal, wigeon, mallard and pintail, plus occasional tufted, pochard and gadwall.

Each species has its own unique flavour, caused mainly by its chosen diet. A ‘dabbling’ September teal who has been guzzling on harvest grain will taste totally different from a ‘diving’ tufted duck that eats small molluscs, snails and worms found in the mud.

Wild duck is not only delicious but also nutritious and healthy.

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Luscious pears with a hint of spice and drizzled in a sweet mead syrup make the perfect warming winter pudding.

Mead spice poached pears Ingredients 6 medium ripe pears 1 cinnamon stick 1 vanilla pod Zest and juice of one lemon 500ml of DJ Wines’ Monk’s Mead Method Carefully peel the pears, leaving the stems intact, and then scoop out the core from the bottom. Cut a thin slice off the bottom to allow them to stand upright. Place the peeled pears into a bowl of water mixed 2 tsp of lemon juice to stop them discolouring.

Find a saucepan that will allow the pears to fit snugly side-by-side and then add the mead, cinnamon stick, vanilla pod and lemon zest.

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Bring this poaching syrup up to simmering point.

Drain the pears and then add to the syrup making sure that they are all fully covered – add more water if necessary. Bring to the boil and simmer for twenty minutes or until the pears are tender.

Remove the pears and then pour away 2/3 of the syrup and heat the remainder for another 10 minutes until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Taste, and add sugar or honey for sweetness if required.

To serve, pour the syrup over the spiced pears.

Serve with a sprinkle of chopped hazelnuts and accompany with ice-cream or a dollop of crème fraiche.

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Shop, Eat, Drink, Meet, Relax A beautifully restored Suffolk barn is the newest place in the area to get your local milk, bread, eggs, meat and essentials and relax in our warm café.

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round & about

A fresh start Now I am the first to admit that I am not really a morning person. Every day I curse the alarm, hitting the off button in disbelief before turning over, wrapping the duvet around me in defiance and promising myself just five more minutes. So it was with some reluctance that I agreed to do an early morning walk for this issue of the magazine, and why I am still half asleep as I fumble with my hat and wellies in the car park of the Woodland Trust over at Great Glemham whilst Sarah and Kerry, both larks I discover, are looking distinctly bright and breezy!

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is perfect for either a long dog walk or just a quick blast of fresh air before settling down to a day in the office. Now that the evenings have well and truly closed in, getting up and out early might be the only opportunity we get to see daylight during the winter months and is, so I am reliably informed, a great way to start the day.

Once I have caught up, we turn left out of the car park and follow a wide track through the trees. The dogs, Skipper, Frank and Woody, bound ahead through a carpet of autumn leaves and we soon arrive at a swathe of open grassland where the frost still lingers beneath the hedgerow. With a selection of well-marked paths to choose from we decide to head in a vaguely circular direction and a small bridge takes us across

round & about

a stream. We then walk along the side of more mature woodland where ash, oak, maple and silver birch fight for supremacy.

Managed by the Woodland Trust, the reserve is a mix of young and ancient woodland and there are five ponds that provide a rich habitat for local wildlife.

We soon come across one of these ponds and the terriers enjoy racing around it in an impromptu game of tag and, whilst we are preoccupied trying to take arty photographs of a dead oak tree, one of them gives us the slip. We are forced to set off in hot pursuit, whistling and calling as we try to track him down, eventually emerging on to a beautiful ride that offers sweeping views in both directions.

We soon spot the naughty hound ahead and reunited, follow a path that leads us through a spinney where some of the

older trees are sporting coats of mossy green. The screech of a jay signals the way ahead and a raised boardwalk brings us out on the home straight. As we wander back we notice several benches that bear commemorative plaques, and agree that it must be lovely to be able to come to this serene and peaceful place to sit and share your thoughts with a loved one.

With the sound of ‘Skipper... Skip…

Skipper’ still ringing in my ears, I am now well and truly awake, and as the sky above turns from watery grey to the palest of blues I feel myself warming to this early morning adventure. And who knows, perhaps tomorrow I will get off to another fresh start. www.woodlandtrust.org.uk

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Carley Hill Hair 29 Market Hill Framlingham. IP13 9AN T: 01728 621068 www.carleyhill.co.uk Framlingham Pharmacy 32 Market Hill Framlingham. IP13 9AY T: 01728 723477 www.cooperspharmacy framlingham.co.uk Felicity Pryor Herbal Creams T: 07711005929 Sarah Remington T: 07834 394168 www.sarahremington beauty.co.uk

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Photography credits Dominic Whiten Coastal Creative Photography www.coastalcreative photography.co.uk Rufus Owen www.rufusowen.com Bob Foyers www.foyers.photography

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