Life in the Village - Cotswold Edge - Early Spring 2016 by Lisa Lambon

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Contents Competitions & Vouchers 23 Competition with Belle House, Pershore 37 Competition with Life in the Village 59 Competition with The Roses 62 Your money saving vouchers

Local Life 13 Welcome 20 Sport Relief with Chris Warren 24 On the blossom trail with Henry Prudden 31 Cycling made easy with Adrian Johnson

Enter our three new competitions online

34 Garden design with Richard Mercer 41 Choosing a tree surgeon with Tim Coppin 47 Asparamadness with Henry Prudden 49 Home safety tips with Steve Owens 60 Life in the Village on twitter 65 Index

Regulars 14 Wildlife: Spring Wings with Wendy Carter 17 Aveda inspired hair with Graham West 27 Hats off with milliner Bobbi Heath 33 New season at Coughton Court 42 Light + longevity with John Lannen 45 Behind the scenes with Caroline Lawrence 51 Policing with Supt. Kevin Purcell 54 New exam framework with Dr. Tony Evans 56 Hot Chocolate Fondant with Steve Waites

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Hello... … and welcome to a brand new season. After the winter that never was - how odd it is to long for frost - it’s time to savour the vivid green months of spring. Nature is about to remind us all of its incredible power so whatever it is that makes you feel connected to it - walking, cycling or getting out in the garden - take time to enjoy the freshness of the world over the next few weeks. Our aim, between these pages, is to offer you a slice of country life, locally. This issue, we brinig you expert advice from a range of local professionals, news, events, three great competitions and a selection of money saving vouchers. Remember that you can access Life in the Village wherever you are by visiting www.lifeinthevillage.co.uk and joining us on twitter at www.twitter.com/@lisalambon. If you’re new to social media don’t let that put you off - you don’t even have to sign up or tweet yourself. Simply access our twitter feed on your pc, tablet or mobile by visiting our website where our daily updates are displayed on every page. If you’re working on a new local project we’d love to know about it - maybe we can help it gain ground? Please get in touch by tweeting me, completing the contact form online, calling 01684 773135 or emailing lisa@lifeinthevillage.co.uk. Your next printed magazine will be with you from late April. Meanwhile, grab yourself a cup of tea, put your feet up and settle down for a while. I’m sure you’ll find something to inspire you. Until next time,

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PHOTO: Brimstone Wendy Carter

SPRING Wings Butterflies are one of the great delights of spring. Wendy Carter of Worcestershire Wildlife Trust introduces a range of early risers and offers suggestions on how to attract them to your garden.

ho can fail to love spring? Birdsong in the air, buds on trees and flowers poking through the soil, insects on the wing. The natural world is waking up and, providing our seasons have got their timing right this year, it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be long before our butterflies emerge and paint some colour into our lives. Some of our butterflies are fussy so-and-soâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; their

PHOTO: Orange-tip male Wendy Carter

PHOTO: Orange-tip Wendy Carter

caterpillars will only eat certain plants. This dependency leaves them especially vulnerable in our changing landscape. With the exception of a few species that have very specific requirements, this is something we can all help with when thinking about what to plant in our gardens. First Up - Brimstones One of the first butterflies to brighten our spring days is the brimstone. Usually seen in ones or twos, they wake from their winter slumbers in March and go searching for food and mates. These butter-coloured flutterers (males are much brighter yellow) have spent winter hanging, hidden, amongst evergreen leaves like ivy. Once they’ve emerged, they need energy sugars from nectar-rich flowers

in gardens, hedgerows and woodland rides - to give them the power to find a mate. If you can, watch a pair spiralling high into the sky in display flight before descending to mate on a perch. The female lays eggs on either common or alder buckthorn; the caterpillars will hatch from May and nibble their way through the leaves until they pupate. The whole cycle begins again in late July when fresh adults emerge. Find Orange-Tip Eggs Each season I try to set myself a challenge...and spotting the eggs of orange-tips is just that! You’d think it was easy, orange-tips favour plants like cuckoo flower or garlic mustard and their eggs, being orange, should stand out. However, they’re rather small

PHOTO: Orange-tip egg Wendy Carter

and, as the precious eggs hatch into cannibalistic caterpillars, there’s usually only one egg per flower head. Once you’ve got your eye in, it gets easier but you sometimes need to (gently) check the underside of a lot of flowers. Of course, it’s the orange tips of the male’s wings that give them their name (female wing tips are grey-ish) – the colour of the eggs is just a coincidence! Holly Blues Holly blues have a wintery connection – the newly emerged spring butterflies lay eggs on holly flowers; the summer generation on ivy! These butterflies spent winter as a pupa, having spun a fine silken girdle to attach themselves to their pupation site on or near the

PHOTO: Holly Blue Margaret Holland

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Plant grape hyacinth, primrose... honesty, lavender, scabious and verbena as the seasons tick by. Try buddleia, fuschia, sedum, michaelmas daisy and ivy too.

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ground. On the wing from early April, they will often catch your eye as they flutter along around

head height. At first glance, you may confuse them with a common blue butterfly but they’re easily distinguished by the silvery underside completely lacking in orange spots. The females have a broad black border on the uppermost side of their wings – but as they almost always rest with their wings closed this is something you’re unlikely to see! Planting for Butterflies Over the next couple of issues we’ll look at where to go to spot butterflies but, for now, let’s bring it closer to home. What about that garden of yours? Perhaps you’ve got space for a tree or maybe you’ve only got room for a window box? Think ‘butterfly border’ – if you plant for butterflies you’ll be helping

other wildlife too. You’ll need a sunny spot and the more plants you grow, the more nectar you’ll provide. Aim to have flowers throughout as many months as possible; try grape hyacinth or primrose early in the season and how about honesty, lavender, scabious and verbena as the seasons tick by. Buddleia is brilliant (you can get dwarf versions) and can be followed by fuschia, sedum, michaelmas daisy and ivy. Don’t forget to include some food plants for caterpillars nettles in an unused corner or nasturtiums around your veggies, for example. Finally, if you can bear it, leave the ivy-covered wall untrimmed to provide shelter for hibernating butterflies and moths.

PHOTO: Orange-tip eggs on Garlic Mustard Rosemary Winnall

PHOTO: Brimstone Janet Packham

PHOTO: Orange Tip eggs on Garlic Mustard Rosemary Winnall

PHOTO: Orange-tip female Wendy Carter

PHOTO: Orange-tip male, Vicky Nall

PHOTO: Orange–tip male, Wendy Carter

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PHOTO: Brimstone larva on Alder Buckthorn Rosemary Winnall

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 Butterflies: a talk by Roger Umbleby on Wed 2 March, 7:30pm 10:00pm at Bournheath Village Hall, Bromsgrove, B61 9LA.  Tiddesley Wood Log & Wood Chip Sales, Sat 5 & Sun 6 March 10:00am - 1:00pm Tiddesley Wood, Pershore, WR10 2AD.  Naturalists' Question Time with a panel of local experts, Tues 15 March 7:30pm - 10:00pm Wulstans Hall, Pershore, WR10 1EB.  Snake’s-head Fritillaries at Cricklade North Meadow & Upper Waterhay, Malvern trip. Tues 19 April 9:00am - 4:00pm. Cost £10.  Dragonflies of Worcestershire, Wed 20 April, 7:30pm - 10:00pm Bishop Allenby Hall, Barbourne, Worcester, WR3 7HS

PHOTO: Holly Blue larva on ivy just before pupation Rosemary Winnall

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On the Blossom Trail No matter what your mode of transport, this spring why not explore the enchanting local Blossom Trail.

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oin us from Thursday 3 March as Coughton Court opens its doors with a new art exhibition, a programme of family events and our beautiful gardens set to burst into a kaleidoscope of colour. A wealth of stories and characters continue to fill this family home. Come and explore its turbulent history through a range of interpretation and welcome talks, or join one of our taster tours on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday mornings. 2016 marks 100 years since Courtenay Throckmorton was killed fighting in WW1 and 70 years since Coughton Court came into the care of the National Trust. To commemorate both events we have commissioned artist Jennifer Collier to create a piece of art which will grace the dining room table from

Dates for your Diary April. Made of paper flowers constructed from copies of documents, maps and leaflets relating to Coughton, it is based on the idea of a ‘Farewell to Arms.’ For Easter, we’ve teamed up with Cadbury’s to create some fun family events so join us for an exciting outdoor trail around our beautiful grounds. The Jigsaw Festival also returns for its third year, thousands of jigsaws were donated last year, raising over £5,000 for conservation work here. If you have any jigsaws taking up precious space, we’d love to take them off your hands! For full details and opening times please call 01789 400777 or visit our website below.

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hink for a moment about Evesham Police Station, a typical base on my patch, situated in arguably one of the most pleasant areas of England. From it, you can look out over the River Avon, Bredon Hill, a field of Asparagus, and newly planted Christmas Trees. It’s a great place in which to live and work, with a lengthy agricultural history that has made it the multi-cultural town it is today. You might be forgiven for thinking that a police officer’s lot in the Vale of Evesham is a crime free one and indeed, our area enjoys a very low crime rate. Rooting through the archives there recently served as a reminder, that when it comes to crime, things change and yet forever remain the same. The archives include a crime report from 95 years ago of a house burglary in Hampton. A mackintosh (no, not the apple kind!) and a velour hat were stolen. The offender was caught and sentenced to 3 years in Borstal. Almost a century has passed since that incident but it’s not so different from the crime reports we receive today. Criminals will always look for the easiest target and the best gain.

So as we move into spring and the gardening/cycling/ caravanning season please bear in mind the vulnerability of your garden sheds, outbuildings and equipment. The harsh fact is that if you don’t take care of your belongings, a criminal will be sure to have it away without a second thought. Most victims of burglary are concerned that they have been specifically targeted or watched. However, most burglaries are opportunistic. Burglars choose premises that have little or no obvious security, seem to be unoccupied, have easy, unobserved access to the side and rear and/or offer them the chance of gaining entry without being seen or heard. It’s possible to dramatically reduce your risk of burglary by taking simple security measures to deter criminals and remove some of these opportunities. The best way to approach your home security is to start from the boundaries and work your way into the centre, treating each area as a layer, until you reach the targeted contents. This is known as the 'onion peeling principle'. Although the layers differ for each household, generally they can be broken down into boundaries, outbuildings,

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levels will be in 2016, and for the A-Levels in 2017. The first subjects to be reformed include Art & Design, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, English Language, English Language and Literature, English Literature, History, Physics, Psychology and Sociology. Further subjects will be introduced over the following two years. The main features of the new qualifications are as follows: The main form of assessment will be by examination. Other types of assessment will only be used where there is a need to test essential skills.  The courses will no longer be divided into modules and there will be no external exams in January.  AS and A-Levels will be assessed at the end of the course. AS assessments will typically take place after one year’s study and A-Levels after two.  AS and A Levels will be

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Belle House Famous Hot Chocolate Fondant Pudding INGREDIENTS 200g good quality dark chocolate (minimum 70% cocoa solids), broken into pieces 200g unsalted diced butter plus extra to grease ramekins cocoa powder to line ramekins 110g caster sugar 4 eggs 4 egg yolks 60g plain flour, sifted crème fraiche, vanilla ice cream or cream to serve MUST BE PREPARED AHEAD These fondants must be prepared 2 hours ahead of cooking but can be made 2-3 days before and frozen. Cook from frozen or, if you prefer to defrost, leave them out at room temperature.

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