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captures the essence of summer and this issue we bring you details of several nostalgic events being held locally. I’m fascinated by their history and what they tell us about country life through the decades. In their own quiet way they symbolise our desire to be connected and to celebrate a place that is special to us with people who share our love of it. Living in the countryside, it's easy to stay close to nature but there’s always more to learn. This season, why not take time to study the lovely world of ladybirds, discover our beautiful local gardens or visit the extravaganzas that are Pershore Plum Festival and Malvern Autumn Show? Foodie, farmer or garden lover, it’s all there on your doorstep, waiting for you. Remember you can access Life in the Village wherever you are by following us on twitter @lisalambon or visiting lifeinthevillage.co.uk where you’ll find our four magazines in digital format, three new competitions and a great range of money saving offers. Until next time,

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Contents Summer 2017

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Competitions & Offers 9 Competition Win one of ten pairs of tickets to RHS Malvern Autumn Show 23 Competition win a makeover or Aveda products worth £100 with Graham West Hair Design 59 Competition win one of five family tickets to the spectacular historical re-enactment at Spetchley Park Gardens 63 Money Saving Vouchers Choose from a range of offers

16 Pershore Plum Festival with Angela Tidmarsh 29 Badsey Flower Show with Adrian Barradell 25 Bredon Boat Races with Elaine Cantle 41 Autumn Inspiration with Diana Walton 43 Beautiful Dumbleton with Vicky Hardwick 45 Fladbury Walkabout with Steve Curtis 49 2017 Port Street International Fayre with Kim Dunn 50 Cotswold Keeper 53 Overbury Street Market with Andrew John 55 71st Great Comberton Flower Show with Suzanne Hamilton

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10 A Loveliness of Ladybirds with Wendy Carter 21 Aveda Inspired Colour Correction with Graham West 27 Local Policing with Superintendant Kevin Purcell 30 Belle House Chicken Liver Parfait with Steve Waites 34 Make an Entrance with John Lannen 39 Caring for Your Pets with Registered Vet Nurse Jo Lewis 56 Crème Brulee and Strawberry Granita with Steve Waites 61 Life in the Village on Twitter 65 Index

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Malvern Autumn is the last food, horticulture and nostalgia show of the season. A celebration of the best seasonal food and gardening, the event draws around 65,000 visitors over two days and hosts a range of interactive features including:  An RHS Flower Show  The spectacular UK National Giant Vegetables Championship  Home Grown classes  Cooking demonstrations with celebrity chefs  Vintage Village with fashion, homewares and classic cars  Crafts, art, animals and more. It’s a great day out for all the family – from toddlers to teenagers and big kids too! Tickets are now on sale. Advanced tickets are priced at £16 for adults and £5 for children. Tickets are available on the gate at £20 for adults and £7 for children. Family and group tickets are also available. For information on ticket prices please visit www.malvernautumn.co.uk or call 01684 584 924.

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Cream-streaked ladybird PHOTO Wendy Carter

Seven spot ladybirds hibernating PHOTO Harry Green

A loveliness of Ladybirds With their vivid colours and gossamer wings ladybirds are one of the simple pleasures of summer. Wendy Carter of Worcestershire Wildlife Trust offers a beginner’s guide.

he birds were singing, the sun was shining and I was watching bees on the plum blossom in my garden earlier this year when something on the ground caught my eye. I looked more closely and at the bottom of the fence post, almost hidden by grass, were several small bundles of around 200-300 sixteen-spot ladybirds. Typical for many ladybirds, these little chaps and chappesses had spent the winter huddled together in large groups; in my garden they’ll have probably hidden in the nooks and crevices 10

of the fence but elsewhere they’ll use logs, leaves and bark. Sixteen-spot ladybirds feed on mildew but when you find a good number of other species too it’s usually because there’s an aphid colony somewhere nearby; the aphids won’t last long once the ladybirds find them. For this reason, ladybirds are great friends to us gardeners and their presence is testament to a healthy space that is working for both gardeners and wildlife. Perhaps one of the reasons why we all view ladybirds with such affection is that they’ve been with us since childhood. Almost all of us can recite ‘ladybird, ladybird fly away home...’ and

I’ve no doubt that most of our younger selves could name a ladybird before we could identify pretty much anything else. Kids tend to seek out their bright colours and I, for one, would invite them onto my hand and giggle as their wee legs tickled my skin. Is it any surprise, then, that the collective noun for ladybirds is a loveliness? Ladybirds also helped many of us to learn to count. As a child I was taught to recognise what kind of ladybird I was looking at by counting the spots on its wing cases. That’s often true but, with 46 species of ladybird in the UK, there are always a few exceptions to the rule…

Seven spot ladybird PHOTO Wendy Carter

Cream-streaked ladybird PHOTO Wendy Carter

Know your ladybird The seven spot The most common native ladybird that you’ll encounter is the seven-spot. They’re pretty easy to recognise – seven black spots on their red wing cases are relatively easy for us to count, even on a fast moving beetle. As with many other species of ladybird, this red and black colouring is a warning to potential predators; yes, it doesn't seem quite right but our beloved ladybirds are toxic. Toxicity is an effective method for Nature to use so there are very few predators or parasites associated with ladybirds (although birds that feed in flight are a visible exception).

A couple of years ago I discovered an aphid colony on the golden feverfew in my flower bed. The flowers had already gone over by this point and I was fascinated by the comings and goings of ants that were farming the aphids for their honeydew. As I sat and watched, a couple of ladybirds arrived on the scene with hungry intent in their eyes. Over the course of the next fifteen minutes or so, I observed them make their way towards the aphids only to be ‘beaten’ back by the ants, determined to protect their honeydew. But more ladybirds arrived and a meal was finally eaten; all in a day’s work, it seems, for the inhabitants of my garden. 11

Sixteen spot ladybird PHOTO Wendy Carter

Sixteen spot ladybirds huddled PHOTO Wendy Carter

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One of the reasons why we all view ladybirds with such affection is that they’ve been with us since childhood. Almost all of us can recite ‘ladybird, ladybird fly away home...’ and I’ve no doubt that most of our younger selves could identify a ladybird before we could identify pretty much anything else… they also taught many of us to count...

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Sixteen spots and more The sixteen spot ladybirds I found earlier this year are creamy-buff with black spots. Just to confound you, although they’re called sixteen-spot, they can actually sport between thirteen and eighteen spots. They also have a black line down the centre of their back – where their wing cases meet. Sixteen-spots are much creamier in colour than the bright yellow fourteen-spot ladybird, which also has a black line down the centre of the back. However, the spots on the fourteen-spot are often fused to make long rectangular marks, which can also help you distinguish it from the similarly bright yellow 22-spot ladybird. The orange ladybird Confused by spots yet? Let’s talk colours. The rather obviouslynamed orange ladybird is, yes you guessed it, orange. This time the spots are white and they can have between twelve and sixteen of them. These ladybirds are found on trees rather than in your flower bed but they

hibernate in leaf litter and under branches so you may come across them if you’ve got mature trees or if you walk in woods or tree-lined lanes. Until recently, orange ladybirds were considered to be an ancient woodlands species but they’ve become much more widespread on specimens of sycamore and ash throughout the countryside, most likely because our increasingly warmer and wetter weather provides more mildew for them to nibble on. Cream-streaked ladybird If you’ve got a few conifers in your garden, there’s a chance you may come across creamstreaked ladybirds. These beautiful beetles can be yellow, orange or pinky in colour with anything from four to 20 black spots but the tell-tale identification is the cream streaks down their wing cases. They’re relatively easy to spot when they’re wandering about on the bark of a conifer but can be really tricky to spy when they’re resting on the buds!

22 spot ladybird PHOTO Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography

Orange ladybird PHOTO Pete Smith

Seven-spot ladybird lava PHOTO Wendy Carter

Helping ladybirds So we know that ladybirds are great for your garden but why exactly is that? It’s because these chubby little beetles are actually ferocious predators that like nothing better than munching their way through any aphids that may be trying to set up home on your plants. Ladybirds emerge in the spring, mate and lay their eggs – often in the middle of aphid colonies so that their young will have something to eat when they hatch. It’s estimated that the spiky alien-looking larvae can eat thousands of aphids before pupating (in just three to six weeks). It makes sense, then, to do what you can to encourage them into your garden:  Put away your chemical bugkillers; ladybirds will do this job nicely for you once you’ve

attracted them to your garden.  Plant umbels As well as eating aphids, adult ladybirds also feed on pollen and are particularly partial to yellow and white flowers like fennel, angelica, wild carrot, cosmos, calendula and coreopsis.  Try companion planting to encourage aphids away from your prize blooms whilst still allowing them in your garden as ladybird fodder. It’s not an exact science but it is worth trying planting borage near strawberries and tomatoes, which will attract bees; planting garlic and chives under roses, which is believed to keep aphids and black spot away; planting nasturtiums among vegetables, which will not only attract aphids away from them but is also believed to repel ants and whitefly.  Try to leave an area of your garden wild to give ladybirds plenty of safe places to lay their eggs; if you have space for a few logs you’ll also be providing them with nooks and crannies to hide away in for the winter.  Pop up a bug hotel Ladybirds like to hideaway in nooks and crannies during winter so why

Fourteen spot ladybird PHOTO Amy Lewis

not make your own bug hotel from old pine cones bundled together in a box or by putting a mixture of dead stems, leaves, pine canes and short bamboo cane in a box with slatted entrance for ladybirds and other beneficial insects. For full details please download our factsheet www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/ sites/default/files/ creature_features.pdf Find out more For more details about ladybirds and other beetles please visit our website and browse our Habitat Explorer and Species Explorer under the Wildlife tab. Click on Animals and our Invertebrates section will help you identify a wide range of species. www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/ wildlife/species-explorer/ animal/invertebrates/beetles Gardening for wildlife For practical tips on welcoming garden friendly bugs into your garden, download the range of free factsheets on our website. Please visit www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/ gardening-factsheets

Seven spot ladybird with ants & aphids PHOTO Wendy Carter

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Lower Smite Farm, £15. Booking essential 01905 754919  Monday 24th to Sunday 30th July – Evesham Wildlife Week. Discover what’s wild about Evesham with walks and a week of wildlife activities for all ages throughout the town and surrounding nature reserves.  Monday 24th July 11am-3pm – Go Wild in Abbey Park, Evesham  Wednesday 26th July 4.30pm – Big Bug Hunt at The Almonry, Evesham. Standard

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Pershore Plum Festival Quadruple award winner of Worcestershire’s Best Tourism Event and Festival, the Pershore Plum Festival returns from 2nd July to 28th August. Think Pershore, think purple, think plums!

ershore town will be going plum crazy this summer by turning purple to celebrate the fruit that made it so famous. The Pershore Plum Festival is unique and quirky, packed with events and activities to suit the whole family. The Pershore Yellow Egg plum was discovered in Tiddesley Wood by George Crooke in 1827 and to celebrate its 190th anniversary there will be many plummy events and activities to enjoy throughout the Festival.

Sunday 2nd July, Plum Blossom Sunday & Race Evening at The Angel Hotel, Pershore Celebrate the start of the 2017 Pershore Plum Festival by attending the free Plum Blossom Sunday event from 12noon, where you can appreciate some of the finest young entertainers 16

in the area, culminating in the crowning of this year’s Plum Princess. At 7pm, and new for this year, an evening of filmed horse racing in the Angel riverside garden marquee is certain to complete your plum day. All profits go towards this year’s Plum Festival. Tuesday 1st August, The Angel Hotel Pershore Plum Festival Evening Races at Worcester Racecourse, WR1 3EJ The festival resurrects prestigious local racing history courtesy of Worcester Racecourse. A purple themed evening packed with Victorian and Edwardian antiquities and the revival of many horse races which celebrate the famous Pershore plums. Wednesday 9th, 16th & 23rd August, Plum Coach Tours

With the help of the Evesham Vale Tour Guides and Dudley’s Coaches the Pershore Plum Festival is delighted to offer a unique experience for plumlovers of all ages with a guided tour of beautiful Georgian Pershore and its famous fruit. Back again for this year is a visit to an orchard where you can pick your own plums. To book your seat call 01386 792206. Thurs 24th August 999 Bike Nite Join all facets of the emergency services and the South Midlands Bike Club for the spectacular 999 Bike Nite. Held throughout Pershore there is something for all the family. All bikes, mopeds, motorbikes, scooters, choppers, combinations and trikes are welcome for a night of fun, excitement and plenty of plum fun and drink…

Saturday 26 to Monday 28 August, Bank Holiday Festival Weekend Over the long weekend, enjoy a three day extravaganza of purple plum fun. Join The Angel Hotel for its Big Plum, Beer, Food and Music Festival, visit Plum Alley which will be bustling with plum products, tastings and entertainment and don’t miss the excellent yellow and purple shop windows. Sunday brings the family fun day where all ages can enjoy the Pershore Plodders 10K run, the Plum Pooches in the Park Dog Show, a plum craft market, children’s entertainment, an open air plum praise service and new for 2017, especially for our younger cyclists, the Plum Pedal Push. Plum Festival Fayre Day on Bank Holiday Monday is a fun day out for all the family with attractions and entertainment including classic and vintage cars, an award winning famers’ market, boat trips, arts and crafts, children’s activities and a food village. For more details contact Angela Tidmarsh 01386 565373 or info@pershoreplumfestival.org.uk, join on social media or visit www.pershoreplumfestival.org.uk Pershore Plum Festival @PlumFestival pershoreplumfestival 17

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ne of the Vale’s bestloved village summer shows promises a dazzling mix of live entertainment this year. The highlight in the main arena at the 2017 Badsey Flower Show will be a breathtaking display by ‘Pedal Power versus Parkour’ which is a combination of stunt cycle skills and parkour fitness with elite athletes pushing their abilities to the limits. This demonstration promises to deliver some amazing entertainment for all ages. The show will also include a fly -past by an RAF memorial

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2017 Port Street International Fayre

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Port Street, Bengeworth, Evesham, Sunday 2nd July 2017, 10am-5pm

Kim Dunn invites you to dress up and enjoy a vibrant day in Evesham.

ollowing the amazing success of our two previous events, Port Street Fayre is set to expand this year and be better than ever. The date is set for Sunday 2nd July from 10am to 5pm. The fayre is a genuine local event open to residents and visitors, with the theme of ‘international fayre,’ and all are welcome. New for 2017, the fayre is expanding into Workman Gardens, at the bottom of Port

Street, next to the river. This will be the ‘Kids Zone’ with bouncy castles, a climbing wall, stand up paddle-boarding on the river and lots more. We will host one stage at the bottom of Port street, by the Angel Vaults, with a variety of live acts throughout the day, and a second stage at the Swan Inn with entertainment focussed there throughout the afternoon and evening. There will be a wide variety of

food available along Port Street, plus attractions and stalls including street entertainers, exotic animals, fire eaters and dancing troupes. Now a tradition, the Big Wheel at the top of the street is well worth a go as it provides a great view of the event and the town. Totally free to come and visit, the 2017 Port Street International Fayre will be a great community event and we hope you can pay it a visit. Remember to dress up...

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‘Roe Deer’ Adam Tatlow’s work as a Gamekeeper enables him to observe Cotswolds wildlife first hand. He keeps a photographic diary of his year and sells some of his images as limited edition prints and greeting cards online and at the following outlets locally: Beckford Stores Main Street Beckford Tewkesbury GL20 7AD Vale Wildlife Rescue Station Road Beckford Tewkesbury GL20 7AN Broadway Gun Shop Kennel Lane Broadway WR12 7DJ

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Photos: Left Overbury on Street Market Day courtesy of Sarah Farnsworth. Below enjoying a treatment & the duck pond,

Join us on Saturday 8th July 10am–12noon

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Andrew John invites you to enjoy this annual fundraiser in a picturesque setting.

ow in it’s 39th year, Overbury Street Market is a popular annual event taking place on the second Saturday in July. Set in our beautiful Cotswolds village, it never fails to draw a big crowd. With only two hours available, trading is always brisk and fun. This year, on Saturday 8th July, the colourful banners will be flying as usual to welcome visitors from 10am until 12 noon. Plan to have a late breakfast because the first thing you will be faced with is the irresistible Bacon Buttie stall. There will be a wide variety of

stalls on Church Row including ‘Going for a Song’ which will be bursting with bargains and Anne’s Pantry, filled with scrumptious homemade cakes which are guaranteed to sell out quickly. Arrive early to buy the best lemon drizzle cake, marmalade, and delicious Overbury Lamb reared on Bredon Hill. There will also be a huge selection of books, cds and toys plus a bottle tombola. It’s a great chance to source locally grown garden plants and take part in an excellent raffle which is traditionally drawn to close the market at 12noon. Refreshments, including ice cream, are available in a delightful adjacent garden with relaxing musical entertainment. Children can access another beautiful garden close by in which to enjoy

themselves. We offer something for everyone and an enjoyable start to your weekend. Car parking and entrance are free and situated within only a few yards of the market making access easy for all. In the event of bad the event is relocated to the Village Hall. Overbury Street Market is run to raise funds for various community organisations in Overbury and Conderton, mainly St Faith’s Church, the Village Hall, Friends of Overbury School and the Cricket Club. We always welcome local stall holders and offers of help so if you are interested please ring Andrew John on 01386 725229 or email aj@apsjohn.net. Find Overbury village by satnav using GL20 7NR. www.overburyestate.co.uk 53

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71st Great Comberton Fruit & Flower Show Saturday 26th August 2-5pm

Download an entry form for fruit & flower classes online

Suzanne Hamilton invites you to ‘A Day at the Races’.

ur traditional show is held in the idyllic setting of Great Comberton’s Brailles Orchard, overlooked by Bredon Hill and our ancient church. The centrepiece is the historic marquee with its fiercely competitive classes for wine, fruit, vegetables, art and crafts, cookery and children. This year we are celebrating our 71st event with the theme, ’A Day at the Races’ so look out for

the ladies in their race attire and race themed classes in the marquee. Classes are open to all so please get involved. You can also enjoy a fabulous selection of quality village and craft stalls and plenty of games and activities from our infamous egg throwing championship to plank plodding, Ed’s Punch and Judy and the Google treasure hunt. The novelty dog show starts at 2.30pm and classic cars are judged during the afternoon.

This year’s children's fancy dress is "my favourite book character" - it's free to enter and there will be prizes for all. A wide range of refreshments will be on offer including WI teas, a BBQ and Village Bar. The day ends with an auction of exhibits so you can take home some prize winning produce. If you have a classic car from any era then please bring it along and enter it for “the car our judge would most like to take home.”

Entrance Adults £2.50, Children Free 2pm - 5pm Saturday 26th August Free Parking Schedules & details at www.theflowershow.org.uk or call Suzanne Hamilton on 01386 710466 55

Crème Brulee & Strawberry Granite Crème Brulee is the ultimate accompaniment to luscious, summer berries; prepare ahead and all you’ll have to do is top with a caramel crust. Try teaming it with Strawberry Granite, a lovely choice for a summer wedding or dinner party. INGREDIENTS CRÈME BRULEE 500ml double cream 1 vanilla pod 100g caster sugar (plus extra for the topping) 6 free-range egg yolks 100g white chocolate (melted) or to taste

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METHOD CRÈME BRULEE  Preheat the oven to 170°/Gas 3  Pour the cream into a saucepan. Split the vanilla pod lengthways and scrape the seeds into the cream, simmer  Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, beat the sugar and egg yolks together in a large heatproof bowl until pale and fluffy  Bring the cream back to boiling point, add the white chocolate to the cream and then pour it over the egg mixture, return to the pan and whisk continuously until thickened (this indicates that the eggs have begun to cook slightly), do not let this boil at this stage  Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into a large jug, and then use this to fill ramekins or moulds to about two-thirds full, then chill them.  When ready to serve, sprinkle one level teaspoon of caster sugar evenly over the surface of each crème brulee, then caramelise with a chefs' blow-torch. METHOD STRAWBERRY GRANITE  Mix all three ingredients together and freeze  Keep forking every 45 minutes in the freezer until frozen  Garnish with fresh strawberries or edible dried rose leaves

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WIN ONE OF FIVE FAMILY TICKETS FOR THE SPECTACULAR RE-ENACTMENT AT SPETCHLEY PARK GARDENS Will you be one of five lucky winners? Entering is easy; just visit www.lifeinthevillage.co.uk by Friday 28th July 2017 Prizes: 5 x Family Tickets (2 adults & 2 children) for use on 12th or 13th August 2017

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Watch over 300 re-enactors from ten periods of history live, drill and slug it out in mock battle scenes this August. With a wonderful atmosphere, it’s fun for all the family. Learn how Greek Hoplites, Viking Warriors, Tudor Doctors, English Civil War protagonists, Napoleonic Musketeers, WW2 Tommies and the German Wehrmacht lived, cooked, fought and socialised. Admission £8 adults, £3 ages 5-16, under 5s free. Family ticket (2 adults & 2 children) £20. Tickets only available on the day. Sorry but no 2 for 1 offers, HHA passes or concessionary rates at this event. Terms & Conditions: One entry per household. Competition closes Friday 28th July 2017 and the winner will be informed by Friday 4th August 2017. Tickets will be held for collection on the gate. Prize not redeemable for cash. Judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into. By entering this competition you agree to be contacted in future by Life in the Village and Spetchley Park Gardens Charitable Trust. Your information will not be shared with any third party. You can unsubscribe at any time by emailing unsubscribe@lifeinthevillage.co.uk

Join us 10am - 4pm 12th & 13th Aug It’s a great day out for all ages!

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