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April 2016

Advertiser Essential shops & services with everything you need all wonderfully local!

Inside this month: K9 Doggy Day Care Centre Bowling Club Open Evening MO: Training & Consultancy Regent Cinema: Movies For You Brighton Coach Trip: Book Your Seat Drivers Corner: What Is Advanced Driving Orafric Jewellers: Massive Stock Clearance Alison Davis: Alidar Inspirational Meditation Karoliina Saunders: Does London Fashion Week Amego Theatre Presents: High Society 20th - 23rd Promoting local business, trade and services.

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Kathy Webster I am a full-time artist at ‘Dotty Dog Art’, based in Faringdon, where I paint commissioned pet portraits.

My dotty paintings have been delivered world wide, including the Czech Republic, Australia, America, Canada and Thailand.

I studied art and design at Swindon School of Art and Design and went on to study Graphic Design at West Herts College.

Over the years I have worked in publishing, typography and graphic design.

I am passionate about art and animal ‘kindness’ and love to work with bright, bold paints to create fun and cheerful paintings to brighten up your walls and make you smile. www.dottydogart.co.uk

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Join us on a wonderful day out raising money for Faringdon Health Centre Friday 27th May 9:00 Market Place Departure 5:00 Return From Brighton Enjoy the sights of Brighton £30 per person Including Brighton Pavilion Choccywoccydoodah The beautiful shopping lanes in the Old Town Cafes, pubs & restaurants something for everyone

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WHO’S NEXT?

Call Trish: 01367 820060 Cowleaze Farm, Woolstone, Oxon SN7 7QS Email: thedogstudio@live.co.uk

Business Update

March has been an eventful month for many businesses across the UK. Digesting the pros and cons of remaining or leaving the EU (more on that later), the dilemma and calculations for many small businesses who find themselves paying the new living wage and deciphering the Government’s budget. The good news from the budget is the rise to the small business rate relief threshold from £6,000 to £15,000. This would mean that many of the businesses in Faringdon town centre will now be paying little or no business rates.

The Chamber of Commerce held its AGM at the beginning of the month, followed by a well-attended presentation that was open to all business people in the town. Titled “Faringdon – Destination or Dormitory”, Keith Slater, a retail consultant and director of the Oxfordshire Town Chamber Network gave an interesting presentation on the struggles retailers face in smaller towns along with solutions that can be implemented to overcome them. A fantastic example of just one of our unique and niche businesses in Faringdon, Geo4D, gave an insight into the work they do. Our hosts, The Sudbury House, then told us about their plans for 2016 which can only attract more people to our great town. Finally, the developers of the 4&20 site gave an update on the progress of their project; spades going in the ground in the next few weeks and hoping to complete by late autumn. So you could be topping up your local Christmas shop from Waitrose or Aldi this year.

Following a marked interest from local businesses and the public in general, there will be a debate on the EU referendum at the Corn Exchange in the evening of Friday 3rd June. Further details to follow next month.

Many of the shops in the town centre will be staying open late, giving another opportunity to the people who work out of town chance to see what is on offer in Faringdon.

Keep your eyes pealed for more information.

Are you looking for a new activity, something to keep you fit & active?

How about meeting and making new friends?

Then why not come along to one of our

OPEN CLUB NIGHTS Bowls is a sport for all ages!

Fresh air, exercise and social events, all for less than £2 per week membership (special rates for under 16’s) Starting on Friday 22nd, April from 6pm you are invited to come along to one of our weekly Open Friday Nights where you can have at go at this intriguing sport.

We provide Free Training, Coaching and Equipment loan to get you started (just wear flat shoes) But you don’t have to wait until 22nd, April to find out more about the club. Friday night is Club Night and you are welcome to come along any Friday from 7.30 pm to see what we have to offer.

Faringdon Bowling Club (est. 1911) Gravel Walk, SN7 7JN (we are close to the mini roundabout at the junction with Lechlade Road and Gloucester Street) For more details of the open nights or membership in general please call Membership Secretary, Trevor Durrant on 01793 330564

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The Regent Cinema Wednesday 6th April - "Brooklyn" (12A) An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.

Director: John Crowley Writers: Nick Hornby (screenplay), Colm Toibin (novel) (as Colm Toibin) Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen Domhnall Gleeson Matinee Club @ The Regent Cinema, The Corn Exchange, Faringdon. Doors open 12.30pm, film starts at 1pm. £4 Single Entry. £24 Annual Membership (min. 12 films). Free tea/coffee.

For more information and tickets please contact Faringdon Community & Tourist Information Centre on 01367 242191, emailtic@faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk or visit www.faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk/faringdon-cinema Friday 22nd April - "Carol" (15) An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman.

Director: Todd Haynes Writers: Phyllis Nagy (screenplay) Patricia Highsmith (novel) Stars: Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson Blockbuster Nights @ The Regent Cinema, The Corn Exchange, Faringdon.

Doors open 7pm, film starts at 7.30pm. £4 Adults. £3 Under 18s. £10 Family ticket.

For more information and tickets please contact Faringdon Community & Tourist Information Centre on 01367 242191, emailtic@faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk or visit www.faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk/faringdon-cinema

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0 0 0 1 Most people have heard of single malt whisky and bourbon but not many have come across rye whiskey, which is a pity as it is a complex, fresh, spicy drink, full of character, that is a delicious alternative to other styles of whiskies. This is the oldest type of whiskey to be made in America and the USA is still where it is most commonly known (although not exclusively, as we shall see). Historically, it was the Germans who brought a rye distilling tradition to the USA but Scottish and Irish immigrants also turned to the easily cultivated rye as a replacement grain for barley. Rye was mainly produced in Maryland and Pennsylvania and was the dominant whiskey in the USA for many years but prohibition from 1920 to 1933 meant people had to drink whatever they could get hold of and that was most likely to be smuggled Scotch and Canadian whisky, ultimately leading to a change in the tastes of American whiskey drinkers.

Whilst bourbon must have a mash bill of at least 51% corn for rye, it has to be a minimum 51% rye. The actual percentage of rye is often greater than this and to it, is usually added corn or wheat, along with some malted barley to aid fermentation. Rye is a grain that brings a distinctive spicy bitter sweetness to the whiskey, along with fruit, richness and softness. It is very full bodied and has a warmth which stays with the palate in a very pleasing way and is full flavoured in a way that has been compared to Islay malts.

In recent years there are signs of a possible renaissance of rye whiskey and this may be partly because of the modern whisk(e)y drinkers desire to find new flavours and partly due to renewed interest in whisky cocktails, as the Old Fashioned Manhattan and the Sazerac are all intended to have rye included in them to be at their best.

Although originating in Maryland and Pennsylvania, nowadays a good proportion of rye whiskey is made in Kentucky, including the iconic Michter’s brand that started in Pennsylvania in 1753 and Rittenhouse Rye from Heaven Hill – both of which I can thoroughly recommend along with my all time American rye favourites to date, the High West rye whiskies from Utah.

100% rye whisky is notoriously difficult and expensive to produce but when a producer is brave enough to do so the results can be spectacular. There is a small Californian producer who distils 100% rye whiskey but the 100% rye most easily available in the UK is the stunning Millstone Rye created by Patrick van Zuidam at the family distillery in Holland. This rich, velvety smooth whisky has a wonderful mouth feel and flavours of fruit, honey, vanilla and spicy pepperiness combine to give you a true impression of just how special rye can be.

Fran Thomas Arkwrights Whisky and Wines 01793 765071

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NATIONAL PET MONTH, 01 April to 02 May 2016.

I have added extra comments and my own opinions National Pet Month’s Top 10 Tips are: 1. Think carefully before getting a pet and learn about its special requirements.

Work/life/home balance; doggy-day care?;child friendly; allergies; special needs of husbandry; talk to breeders and seek advice from other responsible owners and your veterinary practice. Ownership costs will be significant; many Practices offer Pet Health Plans to spread the typical costs. Purchase bone fide puppies, preferably not imports – ask to see at least one or two generations of sire and dam. Be prepared to be questioned by good breeders – at the base of that will be the welfare of the puppy and living his or her entire life in one responsible, knowledgeable home. Going on holiday with your pet? Also learn about possible poisoning risks, such as chocolate, grapes and their derivatives, lily flower pollen, chewing gum xylitol..…

2. Ensure your pet is sociable and well trained.

So many ways to work together with your pet to make them a responsible citizen, starting early and ongoing. Many local dog training clubs and also schemes through, for example, the Kennel Club.

3. Provide a nutritious and well balanced diet.

Essential for welfare and on-going good health. Many information sources available to research and all veterinary practices have expert access to many quality pet food manufacturers. I’ll also throw in raw meat diets into the mix!

4. Provide suitable housing and bedding.

Allows regular checks on your pet, especially for maggots if in warm/hot weather when rabbits are kept. Handle with respect and in a loving, skilled manner and always feel comfortable to approach your Practice for impartial, open advice and reassurance.

5. Clean up after your pet and worm it regularly.

This gives so much bad press – maybe it’s not pleasant [ part of Top Tip 1] – but makes so much sense and shows responsibility to others. Worming according to pet lifestyle and age composition in the family household. Do not give dog spot-on's to CATS unless the packet specifically says that the products licensed to do so.

6. Protect against disease. Your vet can provide you with advice.

Vaccination according to best, current practice – parasite protection, skin or gut; travelling abroad. Vaccinations related to cats, dogs, ferrets and rabbits typically. Kennels require Kennel cough vaccination in addition to full vaccination; vaccinated cats are much preferred in Catteries.

7. Prevent unwanted litters and neuter your pet when appropriate.

Charities are still overwhelmed by avoidable, unwanted litters; litters brought in from other countries with diseases incubating inside them. Early spay of kittens now regularly carried out before adoption and by veterinary practices.

8. Groom your pet regularly.

This allows regular inspection, close-up, of feet, undersides, ears and teeth; some cats need more patience!

9. Control your pet and ensure it is properly identified.

Being socially aware and responsible to others, yet mindful of your pet’s own welfare needs and safety. Be aware of the yellow lead/collar/coat of newly rescued dogs – dogs who will feel threatened by too-close approach from anyone until they get their confidence back. Or even those dogs recovering from infectious disease, like Kennel Cough, where nose-to-nose close contact can be one way of contracting the disease – the owner is satisfying the recovered dog’s welfare needs but IS being responsible towards other dogs and their owners. Microchipping is now compulsory. Failure to comply, even to keep up-to-date records, attracts a BIG fine.

10. Take out pet insurance for dogs, cats, rabbits and horses to cover against unexpected veterinary fees and third party liability.”

Many ways to get advice through comparison sites or, better still, get your facts from FCA-authorised veterinary practices, who can talk in depth about their nominated pet insurer. Look for life-long policies.

Looking forward to your company next month.

Robert Elliott 21-23 High Street, Stanford In The Vale, SN7 8LH 01367 710595 Thanks for reading this.

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Fully qualified and dedicated dog handler Jade, giving your friends the exercise and care they need to have a happy fun filled play day.

No need to leave them alone at home any more, its worth your dogs happiness, to have the company of friends and be cared for all day long.

Drop your loved ones off, before work from 7am and pick them up after work, till 7pm in the evening.

Beautiful inside relaxing areas and outside exercise areas, to give your friends the best possible stay and play day.

Call: 01367 820060 Cowleaze Farm, Woolstone, Oxon SN7 7QS Email: thedogstudio@live.co.uk

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K9 Care Centre Doggy Day Care Found yourself having to go out all day, having a four legged friend who’s use to you being there? The last thing you want, is to lock him up all day on his own, finding things shredded and destroyed, due to pure boredom!

Adam and Trish at the Dog Studio in Longcot have created a well constructed, safe place for your pooches to come each day, from 7 in the morning, to pick up, until 7 in the evening.

A lovely young lady, Jade is with your friend from the moment they are dropped off, she is fully qualified having a city and guilds advanced qualification in animal management, with 8 years experience caring for dogs, under her belt.

She loves the dogs and it is very clear, the feeling is mutual as the dogs are happy and bouncing around rain or shine.

The dogs have three different play and rest areas, depending on the weather, a very large field to have as much exercise as required and a warm indoor area for their rest times.

Jade is able to train or help with problem personalities if need be, the dogs are socialised and are provided with lots of TLC and daily activities for all day fun.

You will find that on picking up your friend, they will be pleasantly tired out, you will not need to walk or exercise them, just put your feet up and relax, what a pleasant end to your day?

For your little ones, the puppies have a special puppy pen area, made safe for each puppy to relax and sleep, limiting the time if any, spent with the adult dogs.

Adam and Trish are both at hand on the property. Adam with the Hydrotherapy, Trish and her team of groomers in the attached Dog Studio doggy parlour, so if your little one is due for a grooming, book him in and when you pick up, will look incredible!…

Give your friend, for only £15 per day, the best well cared for entertaining day you can, when your not there, whether its a five day week or a must go to event on your calendar.

Your dogs will be in the best care possible.

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Parenting is an adventure with a guidebook that you have to write yourself. Families come in all shapes and sizes and navigating through the ups and downs can be tricky sometimes.

We’d like to help. We are Milly and Olivia and together we are MO Training and Consultancy, based in the Rookery at 35, Marlborough Street, Faringdon. We run parents’ evenings to support our work in primary and secondary schools where we teach students and train staff, and we train foster carers and adopters in Swindon. The things we talk about include attachment, behaviour, communicating compassionately, consent, safer relationships, sexual health, alcohol and other drug use, emotional Wellbeing, mental health, and internet safety.

We are offering monthly informal sessions in the warm, friendly atmosphere of the Rookery on a Friday evening. Our aim is to support local parents and carers by providing an understanding of child and adolescent development, communicating effectively with children and young people, and creating strategies that support a peaceful and positive family life.

The sessions will start at 7pm with refreshments available until 8pm from the Rookery Coffee Shop. We are offering these sessions on a PAYF (pay as you feel) basis. The sessions link together, although there is no obligation to come to every one as it is not a formal course - there will be no need for writing and we won’t set any homework.

The sessions will look at: 1. What are your tricky bits and your hopes for your 2.

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Leafy Greens!

This is the perfect time of year for beautiful leafy greens. The weather is warming, bringing a certain carefree sweetness to anything growing right now. It's rather lovely to see vegetables ready to harvest having come through this rather miserable winter. But just take a meander through the allotments or peep over a neighbour's fence at what might be peeking through the dark brown earth. It's miraculous I always think.

When I cook, I often ponder at how incredible the world of food is. We have so much variety. Tastes, textures, colours, shapes. It's fantastic really. And as Spring becomes us, we start to see this variety we love, become larger. So try to branch out and cook a little differently. Add a touch of lemon, or smoked garlic. Stir greens in to a risotto or a chunky vegetable soup. Or roast wedges of Spring vegetables.

Floret cauliflower and slice in to halves. Throw in to a baking tray with sprouting broccoli and thickly sliced red onion, dowsing with some good olive oil or rapeseed oil. Season and roast for 15-20 minutes. Sprinkle with some grated cheese, like a hard ewe's milk cheese, then roast for another 5 or so minutes. Serve with poached fish or your favourite Faringdon sausages.

But I'm rather partial to a touch of cream and when the weather is a little chilly, bake something warming.

I've chosen to use a ewe's milk cheese here. It's bang on in season at the moment.

Take some cauliflower, broccoli and red onions.

Cut everything in to even sized pieces, placed into an ovenproof dish.

Add some oil and toss the vegetables to coat and season.

Roast for 15-20 minutes until just tender.

Stir through a couple of handfuls of spinach leaves and also 100g blanched Spring greens.

Mix together 250ml double cream with 100g grated ewe's milk cheese, 2 tbsp grainy mustard and generous seasoning.

Pour over the vegetables then scatter with a little more cheese and around 25g breadcrumbs.

Bake for approximately 15 minutes until bubbling and crunchy.

Serve straight from the oven with roast chicken, black pudding sausages or an oversized piece of gammon!

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Drivers Corner!

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Advanced driving is “planned driving” that makes safe and efficient use of road space.

It is confident and decisive driving where you are: Brighter evenings: British Summer Time is on the way and the weather is starting to improve. Many of us will now be driving to or from work directly into strong sunlight. To improve your visibility in bright conditions it is important to keep your windscreen clean and free from streaks and smears. Make sure your washer bottle is topped up at least once a week, and that the washer jets are aimed correctly. You should also check the condition of your wiper blades as they will perish and tear over time.

You should also make sure that you can use the visor to block out the bright sun when it is low in the sky, without obscuring your view of the road ahead. See if adjusting your seat will help with this, but of course, only do it while you are parked up safely!

Foggy Mornings: As the weather is still changeable, we might encounter fog or mist as we travel around the county, especially in the mornings or in the evening. Whilst it might seem obvious to most of us to switch on the lights as darkness falls, many will neglect to do this when the days are dark or cloudy. It’s also useful to use lights if it is raining in order to be seen. Even if you think you can see perfectly, can other drivers see you? Many modern cars have daylight running lights, which are a great idea – but don’t forget that they tend only to be fitted at the front of your car, from behind you might still be completely dark. If you are driving in a line of cars and you are the only one with no lights on, you might be invisible, and turning vehicles might mistake you for a gap in traffic! (Crunch) A common problem at this time of year is the incorrect use of fog lights. Some drivers put their fog lights on if it is raining, or if fog is forecast later in the day or at some point along their journey. I am sure there are people who switch their fog lights on in January, and don’t turn them off until May! This causes dazzle for everyone around them, and is every bit as dangerous as not using your lights at all. As a rule of thumb, use your fog lights as you would use your wipers in the rain. Once the fog has gone, turn your fog lights off. If you enter another patch of fog you can turn them on again.

Look for the indicator lights on your dash board, and remember that you have switched them on.

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Spring is glorious and has truly arrived. It is a season of dramatic change.

Plants find it easy to make changes and once again a new flower begins to bud. For people, change can be hard. There is often a subtle, sometimes unconscious, old pattern that holds us back from exacting a new choice that sleeps in our mind.

Do you ever think that you will start that diet next month? Or look for a new job when the market changes? Or go to that class when the evenings get lighter?

There is always an objection to be found; a barrier to put up and brakes to apply. Have you noticed that as you get older the more fixed certain things become?

Changing habits, no matter how small, can help you to stay young and healthy. You could decide to walk a regular route in a slightly different way or brush your teeth starting at a different place. The little changes ignite seismic shifts.

Change for me is about growth. I believe that when we stop growing we stop living. That is why I invest in courses to learn new skills, develop as a person and serve my clients more knowledgeably, effecting the change they already want to make.

Like you, I understand that the busier I become, the more important it is for me to be strong and healthy. If I ask my client to eat well then I must do the same. If I ask clients to think about the areas of life that are causing them stress, then I must also examine my own triggers. Authenticity and alignment are core to my daily life. My practice and my professionalism are of utmost importance.

My practice is all about change. I help women to change their lives so they can have a baby, reduce pain and avoid responding to stress in a negative way.

The Landmark Forum has a change agenda and is leading the next Women’s Health Café to effect change in your health, relationships and work.

Come along. Wednesday 6th April 6-9pm, at The Rookery.

Call me to book a space: Rachel 07917 411 552.

a specialist firm dealing with Private Client work including Wills • Estate Administration • Lasting Powers of Attorney and all aspects of residential property and conveyancing work such as Sales • Purchases • Remortgages • Shared Ownership Development Transactions • Land Transactions • Property Investment Angel Wilkins LLP, The White Barn, Manor Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8NE Tel: 01235 775100 Fax: 01235 775101 Email: neil@angelwilkins.co.uk - amanda@angelwilkins.co.uk - suzy@angelwilkins.co.uk - elizabeth@angelwilkins.co.uk www.angelwilkins.co.uk Angel Wilkins LLP is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority: SRA number: 524327

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Selby Lowndes Family law solicitors

Experts in Divorce Family and Children law Chambers & Partners Legal Directory Oxford Faringdon Swindon Cirencester Cotswolds

Free First Interview Fixed Fees Available

0845 521 2071 www.slsfamilylaw.co.uk contact@slsfamilylaw.co.uk Selby Lowndes Solicitors LLP, 3 Ram Court, Wicklesham Lodge, Faringdon, Oxon SN7 7PN

Healthy Tips!

Does Carbohydrate Become Body Fat? Why Do Carbohydrates Make You Gain Weight?

When you eat food, the body digests the macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Anything it can’t digest, like alcohol or fibre or toxins, either pass right through or, if it makes it into the bloodstream, gets filtered by your liver. If you eat more fuel than your body needs the body is forced to store this excess - we are all very efficient at fuel storage!

Every type of carbohydrate you eat is eventually converted to a simple form of sugar known as glucose. All the bread, pasta, cereal, potatoes, fruit juices etc. that you consume eventually end up as glucose. While glucose is a fuel for our body, in excess it’s quite toxic, so the body has evolved a way of getting it out of the bloodstream quickly and storing it in your cells.

The liver and muscles store some excess glucose as glycogen. This is done when your pancreas, sensing an abundance of glucose in the bloodstream after a meal, secretes insulin which makes glucose enter muscle and liver cells. However, once those cells are full, the rest of the glucose is converted to fat.

So when we eat too many carbohydrates, the pancreas pumps out insulin - but if the liver and muscle cells are already filled with glycogen, their cells start to become resistant to the effects of insulin.

Since the glucose now can’t get into the muscle or liver cells, it remains in the bloodstream. The pancreas senses there’s still too much toxic glucose in the blood and pumps out even more insulin, which over time causes the insulin receptors on the surface of those cells to become resistant.

If we continue to eat high carbohydrate diets and exercise less, the degree of insulin resistance increases. Unless we take steps to reduce carbohydrate intake and increase exercise, we can develop several problems.

1. Intake of refined carbohydrate is enormously stressful to the body.

Raised levels of blood glucose can cause inflammation. This inflammation leads to stress which causes the release of the cortisol hormone shutting down fat burning in the body.

2. Constant high intake of sugars raises insulin which inhibits the fat-burning enzyme lipase, preventing stored fat to be burnt easily.

So as you eat more sugar, less fat is converted into energy and you continue to get fatter.

3. Insulin resistance not only prevents sugar from entering muscle cells, it also prevents amino acids from entering. So now you can’t maintain your muscles and, as your body gets confused thinking there’s not enough stored sugar in the cells, signals are sent out to start to cannibalising your precious muscle tissue to make more sugar! So you get fatter and lose muscle.

4. Not getting the sugars into the cells leaves your energy levels low, which makes you hungry for more carbohydrates and less willing to exercise.

5. When your liver becomes insulin resistant, it can affect the thyroid which further slows your metabolism.

6. After your body converts carbohydrates into glucose, any leftover fuel gets converted into glycogen. Your liver and muscles store glycogen as energy and quickly turn it back into glucose when it’s needed. Glycogen tends to make muscle tissues hold onto extra water, making the number on your scales go up!

So when you cut back on carbohydrates, you might lose weight rather quickly. You’re using up all of your glycogen storage, forcing your body to release extra water.

Reversing the negative effects of eating a diet high in carbohydrates will improve your health and well being. Exercise has a major impact on improving insulin sensitivity since muscles burn your stored glycogen as fuel during and after your workout. Muscles that have been exercised burn glycogen off and make room for more.

Richard Marfell – Wellness Coach 07800636004 Richardmarfelluk@gmail.com

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2 SHEEP STREET, HIGHWORTH

01793 297668 "Highworth Salon does London Fashion Week.

Salon owner Karoliina Saunders had the honour of being invited to join the Label.m Art team in styling hair for the catwalk shows at this seasons London Fashion Week.

LFW, one of the most important dates in the fashion calendar, brings together 83 designers from around the globe showcasing AW16 collections to UK and international press.

Karoliina said - "This was such an amazing opportunity for me. I got to work alongside some of the best session stylists in the industry creating hair for established fashion designers such as Rohmir and House of Mea"

D.S THOMAS Garden and Fencing Services Seasoned logs The atmosphere backstage was absolutely electric. At times we were so busy you felt like you didn't have chance to breath. We had to make sure each of the models hair was perfect before they hit the catwalk. At times the models only had 10 minutes to be dressed with hair and makeup done before they were back on stage. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the experience. "

Terry Norman-Thorpe 07725893880

Call Derek Thomas 01865 739341 or 0789021045 Email: d.sthomas@tiscali.co.uk

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BATHROOM SHOWROOM Open to the Public & Trade

For your dream bathroom Let us help!…

T:01367 242666 faringdon@activeplumbingsupplies.co.uk Unit A&B, Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7DS

In 2013 Alison Davis started running meditation classes and workshops from a studio in the garden of her home in Shrivenham.

Alison has been very pleased with the level of support she has received locally and how the business has developed more widely in her response to her client’s requests. She now covers meditation, relaxation, meditative art, Chakra dancing, self healing, visualisation and more. She has produced 5 CDs including a CD for teenagers helping with exams and life post school.

Alison has been benefiting personally from mediation for over 30 years living in both India and Hong Kong, developed her interests in a number of adjacent fields.

Once she decided to bring her experience and benefits to others she qualified at both the British School of Meditation and the British School of Chakra Dancing, to add to the Reiki Master she achieved in India.

“I felt that I had benefited so much over the years from all that I have learnt and practised, that I knew this would be relevant for others and that gave me the confidence, to establish the practise at Shrivenham” said Alison.

Having started with basic classes in meditation and breathing techniques, Alison soon realised that people’s needs were broad and different. “Having been approached by people who needed help through illness, stress, bereavement and to de stress, I realised I needed to widen the classes and workshops I offered. A class run for a daughter struggling with exams led to the creation of the Teenage Meditation CD which has proved very popular.

Thus age has proved no barrier to what we can do together, as I now have male and female clients of all ages.”

In order to bring the best out of all who attend workshops, we focus not only on meditation techniques and knowledge with a strong emphasis on breathing but also on developing artistic creativity. This requires no basic talent or skill and maybe achieved through dance, art, drawing or creating a vision board, connecting us to our own energy through visualisation, colour, chakra and much more. Alison is always delighted how people can surprise themselves with what they can do.

Coming from a military background Alison has always donated all monies raised from her work to Future for Heroes www.f4h.org.uk a charity chaired by her ex-army husband to help service men and women re-enter civilian life, an issue close to her heart. Alison said “having always wanted to help people to find that to be able to do it through the dual lens of those attending the events and those being helped by F4H through monies raised, is especially rewarding.” These feelings are echoed by those who attend, a typical quote from a recent workshop and class ‘I came to the session with an open mind and totally enjoyed it, I learnt so much’, ‘the whole day from start to finish was a joy and I thoroughly appreciate the individual meditations, chakra painting and the delicious lunch’.

Why don’t you come and experience it for yourself in this beautiful peaceful setting in Shrivenham?

Alison Davis DipBSoM alison@alidar.co.uk www.alidar.co.uk

01793 780750

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This year’s release of Bordeaux wine has drawn huge expectations as it has everything suggests that 2015 will be a great year, some claiming that it may well be one of the greatest ever!

There has been huge anticipation about the potential of the 2015 Bordeaux vintage as well as the wines from several other regions in France. The weather conditions were close to ideal for Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhône last summer. Hours of sunshine and average temperatures were the highest since records began (Getty).

The proof will be reported once the first tastings of the ‘primeur’, or ‘raw’ 2015 Bordeaux get underway, officially the beginning of April. Many of the prized Chateaux invite wine experts and traders from all over the world for advanced tastings from the end of March.

Denis Dubourdieu, Professor of Wine at the University of Bordeaux and one of the most successful winemakers of Bordeaux is quoted: ‘I don’t think there can be any doubt.

This will be an exceptional year, in line with memorable years like 2009 and 2005. Everything about the growing year was perfect and from what I’ve seen at the wine making stage and in the barrel later on, this is going to be a wonderful vintage.’

The vines flowered early in warm sunshine; the tiny grapes appeared perfect in dry weather; they turned purple in ideal conditions of slight drought in mid-July; they expanded and ripened in warm, dry August with a little rain; and they were harvested in a dry autumn with cool nights.

The 2015 vintage of claret (red Bordeaux) will not be mature for 3-4 years, but not for up to 10 years or more in the case of the leading and most expensive chateaux.

The vintage’s reputation will be made in the interim by the scores granted by the leading wine critics.

A great vintage for 2015, to be claimed a fifth time in the recent 16 years implores the question: Is global warming providing exceptional Bordeaux years more regularly?

It would appear so, however some people fear that climate change will alter the character of Bordeaux wines, making them more powerful, fruity wines lacking the austerity and finesse of their predecessors. Time will tell.

Donna Den Boer Wines 01367 241169 / 07919 241881

Unit 14 Faringdon Business Park

, Oxon SN7 7SR

Sales - Service - Repair Tel 01367 243577

Authorised Service Dealer

Free Local Delivery All Types Of Mowers & Chainsaws Serviced

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Out and About Date

Event

Venue

Time

Contact

Charge/info

www.faringdonfolly.org.uk

Adults £3, 11-16yrs £1 U11s free

Sun 3rd

Folly Tower Open

Folly Hill

11am 5pm

Sun 3rd

15 minute club

The Swan, Park Road

8.30pm

theswanatfaringdon@yahoo.co.uk

Free

Tue 5th

Quiz Night

The Swan, Park Road

8.30pm

theswanatfaringdon@yahoo.co.uk

Free

Wed 6th

“Brooklyn” 12A

Regent Cinema

12.30pm

01367 242191 Tic@faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk

Single £4 Annual £24

Wed 6th

The Landmark Forum for The Oxfordshire Community

The Rookery, 35 Marlborough Street

6pm 9pm

01367 244811

Wed 6th

“Confessions of a Military Occupations Psychologist”

Friends Meeting House, Lechlade Road

Thu 7th

Community Bus to Lechlade Garden Centre

Depart Market Place

Thu 7th

Talk: Unusual edible plants to whet your appetite!

Thu 7th

Jennie 01367 710308 Karen 01367 241707

Free

1.15pm

www.faringdoncommunitybus.co.uk/trips

£4

Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, Uffington

7.30pm

Pamela 01367 820251 Parrottspreene@aol.com

Visitors £2.50 Raffle £1

Folk Night

The Swan, Park Road

8.30pm

theswanatfaringdon@yahoo.co.uk

Free

Fri 8th

Refugees Welcome - Public Meeting

Corn Exchange

7.30pm

Reggie Norton reggienorton@talktalk.net

Free All welcome

Sat 9th

Annual Senior Citizens Party

Faringdon Community College

4pm 6pm

Sandra 01367 242456

Sat 9th

Live Music: Teddy White Band

The Swan, Park Road

9pm

theswanatfaringdon@yahoo.co.uk

Free

Wed 13th

Faringdon Shed

Woodwork Classroom at FCC

7pm 9pm

01367 244410

Free

Thu 14th

Faringdon & District U3A AGM and talk by Local Historian

Corn Exchange

2.30pm

Thu 14th

Folly Card Craft

Jubilee Room, Pump House

7.15pm

Sat 16th

Queens Birthday Saturday Food Market

Market Place

10am 1pm

Competitions and Fun For The Children

Sat 16th

Wantage & Grove Lions Bingo

Grove Village Hall

6.45pm

Prizes & raffle

Sat 16th

Afternoon Club Sale

Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall, Uffington

2pm

Ann Smith 01367 820511

Sun 17th

Folly Tower Open

Folly Hill

11am 5pm

www.faringdonfolly.org.uk

Adults £3, 11-16yrs £1 U11s free

Mon 18th Thu 21st

Side Effects

Buscot Theatre, Buscot House

Starts: 7.30pm

Gates 6pm Tickets: Hare in the Woods

£10

Wed 20th Fri 23rd

High Society

King Alfreds Academy Theatre Wantage

Doors 7:30

Tickets: Hare in the Woods www.wegottickets.com/AmEgos

Thu 21st

Queen’s 90th Beacon Lighting

Market Place Faringdon

7:30pm

Local Stalls, Entertainment, Refreshments and Shops Open Late

Join us to celebrate!

Thu 21st

5 Course Tasting Menu

Restaurant 56, Sudbury House

01367 245389

£65 per person

Thu 21st

French Folk Night

The Swan, Park Road

8.30pm

theswanatfaringdon@yahoo.co.uk

Free

Fri 22nd

Bowling Club Open Club Night

Bowling Club Gravel Walk

6pm

Trevor Durrant 017930330564

Free

Fri 22nd

“Carol” 15

Regent Cinema

7pm

01367 242191 Tic@faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk

Adult £4, U18s £3 Family £10

Sat 23rd

Music for Springtime

All Saints’ Church, Faringdon

7.30pm

Julia Burn 07867 515899 Julia@theburns.name

Adults £10 U16s £5

Sat 23rd

Live Music: White Noise

The Swan, Park Road

9pm

theswanatfaringdon@yahoo.co.uk

Free

Sun 24th

Duck Race

Milletts Farm, Frilford

2pm

Thu 28th

Community Bus to Newbury

Depart Market Place

1.15pm

www.faringdoncommunitybus.co.uk/trips

£8

Fri 29th

Faringdon Country Market

Corn Exchange

9.15 am 11am

Fri 20th

From Guns and Roses to Hearts and Flowers

Stanford Village Hall

7.30pm

01367 718268

Tue 26th

Quiz Night

The Swan, Park Road

8.30pm

theswanatfaringdon@yahoo.co.uk

Peter Smith 01367 241241 www.faringdondistrictu3a.wordpress.com

Free Subs £25 Visitors £5

Free entry

Free

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Local Events Date

Event

Venue

Every Day

Faringdon Home Library Service

Books to your door!

Every Sun

Easy Cycling

Under the Town Hall, Faringdon

Every Mon, Tue & Wed

Free One to One IT Help

Every Mon

Time

Contact

Charge/info

Sheena or Jane 01367 240311

Free

11am

Cycling at a gentle pace, Families welcome. No on gets left behind

Free

Faringdon Library

2:30pm 4:30pm

Faringdon.library@oxfordshire .gov.uk

Free

Button Bicycle School Of Sewing

Rookery

7:00pm

Buttonbicycle@gmail.com

Every Mon

Lunch Box Singing

Faringdon Library

1 - 2pm

Sheena 01367 240311

Free Open to all

Every Mon

Sing and Sign Classes

Old Town Hall

9:30-10:30am

www.singandsign.com

Reserve place on website

Every Mon

Bridge Club

The Old Crown Coaching House

6.45pm 10.15pm

Françoise Stacey, Secretary of the Club: 01367 241813

£2 per person Free tea/coffee

3rd Mon

Faringdon WI

Corn Exchange,

2pm

Denise Monk dmamg@talktalk.net

1st Tue

Junior Book Club

Faringdon Library

3.45- 4.45pm

Sheena 01367 240311

1st Tue

Farmers Market

Market Place, Faringdon

Until 1pm

01367 710445 Sheena 01367 240311

Ages 8-11 yrs

Every Tue

Coffee Morning

Faringdon Library

10:00am 12:00

Every Tue

Baby & Toddler Sensory

The Pump House Project

10:30am 11.30am

www.babysensory.com

Every Tue

Whist Drive

The Old Town Hall

2:30pm

Sylvia 01367 242007

Just turn up

Every Tue

Pub Quiz

The Prince of Wales, Shrivenham

9pm

www.powshrivenham.com

£1 per person.

Cash prizes

Every Tue

Ferndale Wives Choir

Ferndale School

7pm

Every Wed

Open Coffee House

Great Coxwell Reading Room

10:30-11:30am

Sylvia Athawes 01367 241179

Everyone welcome

Every Wed

Kelmscot Craft Fair

Kelmscott Morris Hall

12-5pm

01367 253103 kelmscott.org.uk

Free

Every Wed

Community Coffee Morning

The Pump House Project

9.30am 11.45am

info@thepumphouseproject.co. uk

Every Wed

Slimming World

United Reformed Church

7:30pm

Louise 07717 681939

£4.95

Every Wed

Walking for Health

Leave from Old Town Hall

10:30am

www.faringdon.org/walking-andcycling.html

A slower or faster walk available

Every Wed

Faringdon Shed

Woodwork Classroom at F C College

7pm - 9pm

0845 4740142

Free

Every Wed

Community Singing Group

The Pump House Project

11.45am 12.45pm

info@thepumphouseproject.co. uk

£2 per person

1st Wed

Open Mic Night

Horse and Jockey, Stanford in the Vale

9pm

Info@horseandjockey.org

Free

1st Wed

Buckland WI - Speaker and meeting each month

The Memorial Hall, Buckland

7pm

Libby Calvert 01367 870803

Non members £4 incl. refreshment

2nd Wed

Follies Dollies WI

The Old Town Hall

7:30pm

Becka 07841 431219 Years 1 to 13

Free

Just turn up

Every Wed in term

Maths Homework Club

Faringdon Library

3pm - 4:30pm

faringdon.library@oxfordshire.go v.uk

1st & 3rd Wed

Faringdon Youth Project Drop-in Sessions

Faringdon Library

4pm - 5:30pm

faringdon.library@oxfordshire.go v.uk

Free

1st & last Wed

The Knitting Group

Horse and Jockey, Stanford in the Vale

7pm

ruth@thelittleknittingcompany.c o.uk

Free

1st Fri

Book Club

Faringdon Library

6pm - 7pm

All welcome Jenny Howard-Jones 01367710382

Tea & coffee available Goods orders taken

Sheena 01367 240311

Free

Every Fri

Country Market

Corn Exchange

9:15am 11.00am

Every Fri in term time

Rhymetime

Faringdon Library

10:30am - 11am

Every Sat

Family History Sessions

Faringdon Library

Every Sat

Faringdon Farcycle cycle ride

Leave from Market Place

9:00am

01367 240311

Call to book a 1 to 1 slot

01367 241142

11-12miles or 25-35 miles

2nd Sun

Great Coxwell Teas

The Reading Room, Great Coxwell

2:30pm - 5pm

Tea, Coffee and delicious cakes available

Last Sun

Messy Church

United Church, Faringdon

4pm - 5:30pm

Free

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Experts - local services The Veterinary Surgery of Robert Elliott

Court Cattery

As an independently run family practice, established in 1994, we are able to combine traditional standards with modern techniques and selected high-quality equipment.

We aim to provide high quality care in an especially warm and friendly environment.

E-mail: enquiries@vets-surgery.com www.vets-surgery.com

Stanford-in-the-Vale FAB now ICC & Vale licensed Established in 2000 Family run – Short or long stays; Medical management service available on enquiry.

Veterinary Care provided by the adjacent Robert Elliott Veterinary Surgery you are always welcome to arrange a first-time visit E-mail: sam@vets-surgery.com www.court-cattery.com

01367-710595

01367-711952

Ohm Electrix Electrical services and Installations Fully qualified and insured electrician.

All types of domestic work undertaken, from small jobs to garden and garage power, to full rewires.

Commercial and Solar PV work also catered for.

Friendly, professional service from a local company.

Contact us to discuss your needs, and get a free, no obligation estimate and advice.

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Phone: 07879 013359 Mail: Ohm.Electrix@Gmail.com www.ohm-electrix.co.uk Registered with the NICEIC domestic installer “part P” SCHEME

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Chickens & Poultry Feed Self Storage Rooms for Business and Home

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01367 240880

All at unbeatable prices Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ

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Open Mon-Sat 8am-12 noon Closed bank holidays Tel: 01865 821537 or 07759551946 www.mjhodgkins.co.uk New Barn Farm, Longworth, OX13 5ED

JOE PEARCE PLASTERING 07709960598 - jplasterer3@gmail.com All internal plasterwork, Traditional lime plastering External rendering & specialist finishes

Tom Wheeler Comprehensive

Window Cleaning Service Inside and Out! Also: Patios, Conservatories Gutters, Fascia Boards

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Faringdon Based Call Tom: 07762 380733

House and Animal Sitting

Every Wednesday in term time 7pm – 8.30 pm.

If you need someone to help look after your animals £2.50 per session or home whilst you’re away. I’m happy to help out. Ferndale School Hall, Bromsgrove, SN7 7JF. Singing for anyone I have a car and am happy to travel between who loves to sing. No experience needed. Everyone Faringdon and Woodstock twice a day. If you’d welcome. A wide range of songs from musical theatre, classical prefer me to stay over, that could be arranged too. pop, folk, through to jazz. Led by Louise Woodgate I charge £10.00 per visit or £40 per stay over. professional singer and singing teacher.

For further information call 01367 242222 07890 539 877 natsplayer@hotmail.com or email genewebb@rocketmail.com

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Experts - local services M.Y. Garden Services

Qualified gardener with over 20 years of garden/estate maintenance. 路

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Stone work - walls/repairs, pointing, concreting etc

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Winter - leaf collection, painting, some plumbing/building work

Home and business support Windows 10 Upgrades Desktop, laptop,server support and installs Virus removal and repair Free advice - no fix, no fee Based in Faringdon

Fully insured and excellent references on request Tel Mike on 07957867951 or 01793 976709 email mrdyates@yahoo.com

We do all types of tree work including pruning, planting and felling, as well as hedge trimming and stump removal.

gregg@allseasonstrees.com

www.allseasonstrees.com

Call Gregg on 01865 430536 or 07823 332247

www.lisamoore-photography.com

lmoore965@btinternet.com

For all enquiries & Appointments

Call Sam 07766 867667 samhairdressers@hotmail.co.uk

Den Boer Wines Quality wines, tastings and events

Personal Training - Sports Massage Core Conditioning Weight Management - Nutritional Advice Tel:07990892575 or 01367 243956 Email: Simon@ellis950.fsnet.co.uk Web: positive-energy.co.uk

www.denboerwines.com Tel 01367 241169 Mobile 07919 241881 Email: donnarogers @denboerwines.com

SERVICES Nash Motor Vehicle Services LTD

Michael Nash 01367 240082 07889 197046

Independent All makes of car servicing & MOT testing

nmvs72@gmail.com Park Road Faringdon SN7 7BP

Short/Long Distances Business Accounts Driver Hire 4/7 Seaters

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TREE SURGERY Parkfield Tree and Garden Care Fully Insured

07826842959

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Yogabear Adults classes Saturday from 8am - 9:45am Childrens classes 10am - 11am at the Pump House Project, swan lane, Faringdon.

Call Deborah 07875633923 or emailinfo@yogabear.org.uk

Do you want a garden spring clean for your own easy maintenance?

Call Angela at Matrix Gardening 01367 821056

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Today’s hackers are more innovative than ever. Rather than just running up charges on your credit cards, they are looking to extort money in exchange for the “safe” return of your private or corporate information, or access to it.

These more innovative hackers hold information as ransom. They request a payment against the threat of blocking your access to, or making public, sensitive correspondence, photos and files held on the computers you use at work and at home. When the “hacker” is in receipt of the “ransom” payment, he (she) usually follows through on the promise so as not to endanger the potential of future ransom payments.

Hackers can identify profitable targets from online profiles, company websites, and public records. Their research will often include more intrusive tactics such as intercepting email correspondence, eavesdropping at public Internet locations, and accessing online accounts.

A main collection point for hackers to collect data seems to be e-mail; from where they can gather enough information about you and your business from simple eavesdropping on your e-mail traffic. In many cases, they will gather your password information and access not only your computer systems, but also the pass-worded systems that you might use – including, of course, bank accounts and credit card accounts.

The more they learn about you, the more dangerous their actions can be. Most “low key” ransoms are currently set below £500.00: an amount that it is cheaper to pay than argue about. However, if access is gained to corporate data banks, then the stakes multiply exponentially.

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How might you mitigate your risk?

1. Keep your personal data to yourself. Avoid giving anyone the opportunity of developing a personal profile on “you”.

2. If you employ staff at any level encourage them to follow these principles. Your corporate data is vulnerable to the accidental actions and inactions of your staff.

3. Never send bank details, passwords, etc. by e-mail. Encrypt your e-mail communications that contain sensitive information to minimise any possibility that intercepted mail might be read.

4. Avoid clicking on links from incoming e-mails; especially if you do not know the source. The source of e-mails can easily be masked, so take care. Look at the address carefully.

5. Your e-mail account is the gateway to your information – account statements; password reset processes, and more. Ensure you use e-mail account passwords different from your e-commerce website passwords.

6. Consider using a secure e-mail facility (RPost for example).

For more information, please contact nick.elwell@BGi.uk.com or call 01367 246130

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