TN Ucovered February 2014 Issue

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FEBRUARY 2014 Hello and welcome to our February issue

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COMMUNITY 4 Community News STYLE - WEDDING SPECIAL 10 Make it a Day You’ll Never Forget 13 Forget Me Nots HOMES 16 Light Fantastic 18 Get the Look: Red Hot Homewear GARDENS 22 Winter Perfume Plants HEALTH AND BEAUTY 26 Cupid’s Arrow CHILDREN AND EDUCATION 28 February Half Term

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it is more than just coincidence that we are continuing with our wedding theme from last month.

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This time though, we are looking at everything a bride-to-be and her groom need to think about when planning their wedding – from save the date cards to their honeymoon, there’s lots to think about!

Volunteering and charity fundraising also continue in this issue with plenty of well deserving local charities or groups either needing your help or participation in fundraising, so if you have already broken your New Year’s resolutions, it’s not too late to make another!

Have a fabulous February and we will be back again next month, The TN Uncovered Team

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Leisure Centres Transformed During 2013 a number of the Freedom Leisure Centres in the area experienced disruption due to major re-development and all but one, Uckfield, is now complete. At the time of going to press we were told Uckfield’s pool would hopefully be ready to re-open early 2014 but we will keep you informed.

Here we outline some of the improvements and new facilities available at each site.

Crowborough - A £3.2 million investment 1) New entrance lobby, glazing and reception.

2) New cafe with a wider selection of products.

3) New offices and studio.

4) Refurbished wet change village area 5) Refurbished swimming pool hall with competition diving blocks.

6) New Sauna and Steam room 7) Enlarged and refurbished gym featuring a multifunctional rig, 20 metre sprint track and additional cardio vascular machines.

8) New indoor cycling, Mind & Body, Activity and Energy studios.

9) New changing facilities.

10) New roof covering and insulation to address leaking and condensation issues.

5) Additional and refurbished studio facilities including a cycling studio with Myride+, a virtual ride system taking cyclists through locations such as the Alps and Mont Ventoux.

6) Enlarged and refurbished high-spec changing facilities.

7) Re-installed flume 8) Soft play with new equipment and an extended seating and under 5 area.

9) Improvements to the bowling alley, a new pool table and amusement machines.

Uckfield - A £700,000 facelift 1) New entrance lobby and glazing.

2) Improved accessibility and flow around the reception desk.

3) New reception and café seating.

4) New glass screening around the cafe area to separate it from the pool.

5) Refurbished wet change village area

with improved facilities for disabled users.

6) Improved wheelchair access to the swimming pool and wet changing facilities.

7) Refurbished changing facilities for outdoor games fields users including separate changing room for school parties.

Hailsham - A £3.2 million investment 1) New entrance lobby, glazing and reception.

2) New café seating area.

3) New enlarged gym to provide 100 workstations 4) Queenax Training System, a multifunctional training frame allowing climbing, swinging, hanging, jumping and stretching exercises.

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Apply today for the Police & Crime Commissioner’s

Safer in Sussex Community Fund “The Safer in Sussex Community Fund provides financial support to local projects that tackle crime and improve community safety. I welcome applications from all local groups and organisations that can demonstrate how they are tackling the issues in their area that support the priorities set out in my Police & Crime Plan.

Here is some further information about the criteria for funding and how you can apply.

I look forward to receiving your applications.”

Katy Bourne

Does the project:

Actively and directly address the priorities in the Commissioner’s Police & Crime Plan? Help prevent crime and/or increase crime detection? Address specific crime issues affecting young and/or vulnerable people? Reduce the risk of people becoming involved in crime and/or aiding social inclusion? Provide education on community and/or personal safety? Seek to secure funding from other sources?

Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner The Fund will not support projects that:

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Fund criteria Before submitting an application, please consider the following criteria

× Are made on behalf of commercial and profit-making organisations × Are based and/or delivered outside Sussex × Support general youth provision and/or social activities × Require on-going funding (such as staffing costs) and none has been identified × Are a statutory duty of others, such as street lighting or road repair

How to apply: Applications can be submitted online or in writing at any time and funding will be allocated quarterly. Awards of up to £5,000 are available for local projects that meet the fund criteria.

Decision making process: Applications will be considered by representatives from the Office of the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner to ensure they meet the fund criteria. A final decision will be made by the Police & Crime Commissioner.

To find out more about the Police & Crime Commissioner’s Safer in Sussex Community Fund Call 01273 481561 Visit www.sussex-pcc.gov.uk, Tweet @sussexpcc or go to www.facebook.com/SussexPCC 6 - COMMUNITY PAGES

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Community News appropriate, including the Health in Mind interventions. The Health in Mind service is provided by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust with Turning Point.

Call 0300 00 30 130 (Local call rate from a BT landline.)

On Thursday 6 February, Time to Change, England's most ambitious programme to end the stigma and discrimination faced by people with mental health problems, is holding a national Time to Talk Day aimed at getting more people talking about mental health than ever before.

The helpline is available on Monday to Friday 5pm – 9am and 24 hours at weekends and bank holidays. Call 0300 5000 101 (Local call rate from a BT landline.)

Southdown East Sussex Community Links Service An individually tailored support for people with mental health needs and/or autism throughout East Sussex, to engage and participate within their community. www.southdownhousing.org Community Links, Southdown Supported Employment, 2 Bell Lane, Lewes, BN7 1JU Tel: 01273-405822

East Sussex County Council Supporting People Health in Mind The Supporting People programme is part This is a service in East Sussex for anyone of the Adult Social Care department. It experiencing emotional or psychological pays for housing support services that difficulties. Health in Mind has effectively help people to live independently, including The Time to Change programme bridged the gap between you visiting those with mental health problems. is run by the charities Mind and your GP and accessing Psychological www.eastsussex.gov.uk/supportingpeople Rethink Mental Illness, and Therapies by placing a Primary Care B Floor, North Block, County Hall St Anne's funded by the Department Mental Health Worker, a mental health Crescent, Lewes, BN7 1UE Tel: 01273 482805 of Health, Comic Relief and professional, in each GP surgery across the Big Lottery Fund.

East Sussex. They can advise on the most This information was obtained through appropriate treatment for you and can the East Sussex Community Information Mental health problems are common - facilitate access into which ever service is Service www.escis.org.uk but nearly nine out of ten people who experience them say they face stigma and discrimination as a result and this can be even worse than the symptoms themselves. Here is what is available in Wealden if you are looking to discuss mental health issues and get support.

Sussex Mental Healthline This is a telephone service providing support and information to anyone experiencing mental health problems including stress, anxiety and depression in East Sussex. The service is also available to carers and healthcare professionals.

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Weddings have changed considerably since April 1995 when civil marriages in England and Wales were permitted to take place somewhere other than a register office. Scotland and Northern Ireland followed suit in 2002 and 2004 respectively.

These locations, known as ‘approved premises’ include attractive and romantic venues such as castles, stately homes and even museums so you can have your dream wedding in a

stunning and unusual setting.

To find approved premises in your preferred location look at www.weddingvenues.com.

A popular option is to get married overseas.

Many travel companies include special wedding packages covering everything from flowers to registration documents, but if you decide to do it yourself then you need to ensure your marriage will be recognised in Britain.

Celebrate your 'Special Day' at Arora Hotel.

The Longley Suite is a unique setting for your wedding reception for up to 150 guests with access to the Fountain Terrace.

The Palm Suite is ideal for more intimate receptions and caters for up to 60 guests.

We are also licensed to hold Civil Ceremonies.

Now offering Silver, Gold & Platinum packages.

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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has a webpage detailing this information which can be found at www.fco.gov.uk/en/ travelling-and-livingoverseas/births-marriagesdeaths/marriage-abroad Some details need to be confirmed very early in the wedding planning. Your choice of date and venue go hand-in-hand as many popular locations are fully booked up to two years ahead.

Research the latest trends by browsing wedding magazines to get inspiration and keep a scrapbook of all your ideas. Civil ceremonies allow a very modern take on wedding vows; you can write your own vows using poems, speeches or write from the heart. As long as there is no religious content, almost anything is allowed, but will need to be approved by the registrar.

that your outfit can be transported easily and is cool enough to be comfortable in tropical climates. This also applies to the groom’s suit; thick, dark wool on a beach in the Maldives is not a good choice!

Transport to the venue can be in almost any style you wish from buses, limousines, horse-drawn carriages and even motorbikes and hot air balloons.

Whether you choose a traditional white wedding gown, or something a bit different, try on as many designs as possible as your preferred style may not actually suit you. Another factor to consider is the likely weather on your wedding day.

Once you’ve established the date you can send out your first batch of wedding stationery; "Save the Date" cards. This relatively new custom ensures your invitees don't inadvertently book their In Britain this can never be holiday at the same time. For extra originality you can now buy guaranteed, but if you’re travelling overseas check ‘Save the Date’ fridge magnets!

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For the perfect country venue in Sussex, choose historic Rowfant House for your wedding day. With its own adjoining chapel, two licensed civil ceremony rooms and our elegant wood paneled 'Great Hall' for your wedding breakfast and evening celebrations, we really can offer you everything in one place!

As we are set in 22 acres of beautiful lawns and woodlands, with our own private lake, there will be no shortage of fantastic opportunities for your wedding photographs and video.

To discuss any aspect of holding your wedding at Rowfant House, whatever your individual needs, please contact our Events Team on 01342 714869 or email info@rowfanthouse.co.uk

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Allow yourself plenty of time to get to the venue Many wedding venues have strict rules on the use as there is nothing worse than being held up in of confetti so ask what is permitted and make sure all attendees know the rules. Perhaps you will be a traffic jam on the way to your own wedding. able to use fresh or dried real flower petals rather than paper shapes. Decorating your venue can set Photographers and videographers are important people at your wedding as they provide a record any mood you wish, from fun to romantic. Popular modern choices are balloons which can be of a day that has a tendency to disappear in a created into the most amazing archways and blur. Modern photography includes candid shots of the wedding party rather than the stiff garlands. Candles lend a romantic atmosphere but may not be permitted in some locations. and formal line-ups of the past.

Once again, book well in advance especially if you are getting married on a Saturday in the summer. Disposable cameras placed on the reception tables also provide more fun for you when the films are developed.

When it comes to flowers, you can really go to town. Modern floral creations are spectacular and a good florist can create a masterpiece for you to carry which can also include crystals and beads. If you have chosen a fresh flower bouquet you can now have this beautiful creation preserved for posterity. Many companies professionally dry and frame the flowers for you.

Creative female photographer offering all day wedding photography including full copyright of the images for just £595 or £795 with a large 30 page album. Contact me to check your date is available and claim your free wall art.

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If your chosen venue forbids the use of traditional candles there are plenty of battery operated LED ‘candles’ and fibre-optic lights to choose instead. Your wedding cake is one of the major talking points at the reception. Traditional tiered cakes are still popular but more modern versions can be works of art and very personalised. Another option is to have a number of beautifully decorated small cakes placed on a tiered display tray.

Music adds to the atmosphere of your entire day from the moment you enter the wedding venue to the evening party. If you hire a DJ for the evening give him a playlist well in advance of the day and don't forget to include music that will appeal to all generations. Why not include a note with your invitations asking all attendees to request one special song each and then send these requests to the DJ? With your hair and make-up don't try anything radically different on this special day. Consider taking a make-up lesson or book a professional makeup artist to assist you. Your hairstylist will have lots of advice and don’t forget to have a trial run with your hair decoration if you are having one.

Planning your wedding can be extremely stressful if you allow it to be. If it all gets too much then consider hiring a professional wedding organiser who will deal with all your requirements leaving yourelaxed and happy to enjoy your special day.

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Forget Me Nots Snap Happy Guests - Vintage Style Disposable Camera, www.gingerray.co.uk, £4.99

Wedding Favours - Seed Packet with Doily Wedding Favour, www.wildflower-favours.co.uk, £1.85

Confetti - Wedding Love Poem Vintage Confetti, www.gingerray.co.uk, £2.99 Save the Dates – Wedding Stationery, www.petal-pray.co.uk, from £1.75

Thank You Gifts Personalised Small Wooden Wedding Crate, www.plantabox.co.uk, £22.95

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'BOU BT U J D If possible, you should design your lighting scheme at the earliest stages, when planning how you will use the room and where the furniture will be grouped. Once you have worked out how you will live in the space, you can ask yourself where you will want light, how much you will require at what times, and what effects you wish to create.

Lighting isn’t just a practical ‘When lighting any room it’s thing, it’s psychological, essential to design a scheme too, reinforcing our sense so that light comes from of security, comforting us, more than one source or and sending out signals direction,’ says Sally Storey, of welcome, vitality and design director of John Cullen warmth. Because of this, Lighting. ‘You can layer lighting it’s worth ensuring that any effects in the same way that lighting scheme is truly an interior designer layers flexible, adapting at the touch of a switch to your mood, fabrics and textiles.’ the time of day, and the way Professionals divide light into in which you use each room. four main types: general light, which gives good overall lighting; task light, to brightly illuminate a specific area such as a worktop or reading corner; accent lighting, which highlights features such as pictures, shelving or architectural detailing; and atmosphere lighting, which sets the mood, from a dramatic mix of light and shade to mellow pools of light in different areas of the room.

If you’ve ever felt that a room is boring, bland and lifeless, the chances are that it’s not your furnishings that are to blame, but your lighting. Poor lighting flattens and dulls, while clever lighting can give va va voom to the simplest of decorative schemes.

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In short, lighting can make or break a room, says Katherine Sorrell

Most rooms require three or four of these types, provided by a combination of downlights or spotlights on the ceiling, track lights, floor-level or wallmounted uplighters, wall washers, floor or table lamps, and special shelf or display lighting.

Of course, we can’t all start from scratch when redesigning our lighting, so if you’re looking for a quick upgrade on a budget, you could just spend a few pounds replacing main light switches with dimmers, and plug in a selection of table or floor lamps at strategic points, enabling you to layer the lighting and emphasise special features.

With these fundamentals in mind, forward planning and creative thinking are the keys to designing a lighting scheme.

Think of it as painting with light, creating washes and filling in with highlights and lowlights. Each room is your blank canvas, but with imagination and a little effort it can become a work of art.

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HOMES Baileybridge provides a turnkey solution for owners of residential properties.

We take a Client’s idea, develop this into a ‘plan’, produce the drawings, take it through the Council’s Planning & Building Regulations Department if required and carry out the building and refurbishment work, or we provide just any part of this process.

Our workforce is employed by the Company. Our architects are Members of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT).

Interior Design Architectural & Structural drawings Refurbishment & extensions Home entertainment & automation – Lutron/Crestron Kitchens Bathrooms Bespoke carpentry including Parapan

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Tina of Chez Soi Interiors has extensive experience in all aspects of soft furnishings.

Most of her work comes through word of mouth, with customers local to the Ashdown Forest area. From small blind to the complete design of a house, she prides herself on giving a proffesional, one-to-one service. Highly experienced, Tina can offer help and recommend styles, fabrics, etc.

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This Valentine’s Day, inject a little love into your home with our pick of the best RED hot accessories. Warming, energising and of course, passionate, red is the colour of the moment for adding a bit of spice to your life.

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Winter Perfume Plants

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The winter months can be a little lacklustre in the garden, sometimes even a bit gloomy.

However carefully you plant your flowerbeds and borders, the number of brightly coloured plants for winter performance is rather limited.

But one of the most important ingredients in a winter garden is perfume – it’s certainly something which can transform my mood in an instant. So think scent, as there are a few really brilliant winter perfume plants and there’s a good chance that they’ll be readily available in garden centres and nurseries right now.

The Witch Hazels or Hamamelis are one of my favourite winter flowerers.

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With their unusual oriental-looking yellow, orange or bronzy-red spidery flowers on bare branches they look stunning.

But of course looks are not everything and the perfume of the witch hazels is what really makes them such an asset - sweet, spicy and wonderfully good at wafting around the garden. Various colours are available, in shades of brightestorange through to rich burgundy. Wintersweet or Chimonanthus is another recommendation.

The branches are covered with creamy to yellow coloured multipetalled flowers with a seriously sweet perfume.

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Like the witch hazel it’s quite slow growing and doesn’t need a huge amount of space.

This means it’s a perfect choice for the smaller garden, but make sure you consider carefully where to plant it, so that you can enjoy every aspect of its display.

If you like a bit of variegated foliage then try the Daphne odora ‘Aureo-marginata’, which has classic purple-pink clusters of flowers, a very strong perfume and leaves which are typically green and leathery but with a bright yellow leaf margin. It can be a little temperamental, but after its first year a Daphne generally settles in well and you won’t regret buying it.

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The Viburnums may be a shrub you think of as a summer flowering plant, but go for varieties such as Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ and the bright pink, trumpet-shaped flowers not only look good but also provide your garden with a sumptuous perfume.

Planted in a sheltered spot, it won’t let you down.

Mahonias with their holly-like leaves can be a trifle spiky but when they are in flower their brightest yellow spikes are really eyecatching and Mahonia japonica produces one of the sweetest perfumes you could wish for right from the middle of winter to early spring.

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If you prefer one with more upright flowers, go for Mahonia x media ‘Charity’.

Mahonias are good in part shade or full sun.

Another favourite of mine is the winter flowering honeysuckles. They are not as showy as their summer flowering relations, but definitely a plant I’d hate to be without.

The bare stems are covered with small white-cream flowers which produce a tremendously sweet, spicy aroma both night and day.

And finally, don’t forget the Sarcococcas or winter box.

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With their small, pretty but inconspicuous flowers they may not instantly leap out and draw attention to themselves, but the perfume of those tiny flowers is tremendous and really strong, making them a great winter flowering shrub that I’d recommend you try.

By Pippa Greenwood

Make 2014 the year you start Growing Your Own Vegetables!

Visit Pippa’s website www.pippagreenwood.com select the vegetables you’d like to grow and you’ll receive garden ready vege plants PLUS every week Pippa emails you hints, tips and advice about your chosen veg.

From just £39 for up to 66 garden-ready plants, 6 packets of seed and the weekly emails. For a limited time you can also order onion sets, garlic andseed potatoes, again with Pippa’s advice.

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HEALTH AND BEAUTY

It’s that time of year when everyone is talking about that four letter word ‘Love’.

How about learning to love YOU first?

When you first hear the word ‘relationship’ you may automatically think I am talking about a lover, a partner or spouse.

But relationships are more than this. We have relationships with all those around us, friends, family, the shopkeeper from the local shop who hands you your newspaper each day, and many others.

If I asked you to create a circle with ten layers in it, each one numbered by how important you are, compared to other people,

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She wanted to feel that she was an equal partner in a particular relationship.

She realised that she was putting herself at the back Let me give you an example.

You have been in a relationship of the queue in every circumstance. I helped her for many years, so you would to appreciate her own worth. place yourself on the same That she was “worth it”. circle as your partner. But in Everyone is important, a social situation you feel no matter who they are. inferior to the opposite sex, reluctant to join in She found it helped her conversations, worried to open up and to allow that everyone will laugh others near her for future at some incorrect comment relationships, whether you may make. for friendship or a sexual relationship.

A client recently came to see me for treatment to help with So how about starting gaining a new perspective on today, building that positive her relationship with herself. relationship that you need We looked at a variety of to have with YOU first, right situations she faced and now. Cupid is sharpening she described herself feeling up his arrows for a perfect like “the small child hiding shot at life. behind the parent’s legs waiting to be spoken to”.

I wonder where you would place yourself in comparison to them?

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CHILDREN AND EDUCATION

February Half Term Deemed ‘the worst school holiday’ by many parents, due to lack of cash after the craziness of Christmas and the damp dark days putting paid to outdoor activities, the February half term break is fast approaching (17th – 21st for most of our local schools). But don’t dread it, as we uncover, there are plenty of free and purse-friendly activities that will keep you and your little ones busy all week: Get Lost: Let their imaginations run wild and get lost in a book, by taking advantage of your local library. Signing up is completely free and during school holidays, many libraries run free workshops and activity days, so it’s certainly worth popping in to check what’s going on in yours!

Exciting Adventures: Grab the popcorn and get on down to the cinema for a few hours of adventure and mischief that you’ll all enjoy. Bag bargain seats by doing your online research first, as many cinemas offer discounted child tickets during school holidays, starting from just £1.75.

Splashing Around: Drizzly days don’t have to mean staying in, instead pack your swimming bags and head to your local pool for some family fun that will not only boost their swimming skills,but also tire you all out too.

Park Play Date: Meeting up with other Mums and their kids is guaranteed to be a fun and free way of spending a half term afternoon. Take advantage of dry days and head to the park to let the little ones (and their mums!) let off steam.

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ADVERTISER INDEX Accountants, Dixon & Company, 30 Business Opportunity, Bartercard, 7 Mobile Car Valeting, P & B Mobile Valeting, 30 Nursery School, St Richards Pre School, 28 Pre-School, Broad Oak Pre-school, 28 Bar, Tilleys (The Portable Bar People), 10 Driveways, Resin Drives, 48 Landscaping, Katsura Gardens, 24 Reclamation Yard, BDL Holdings Ltd, 21 Tree Care, Bartlett Tree Experts, 25 Tree Surgeons, Global Tree Care, 1 Tree Surgeons, Global Tree Care, 24 Chiropractic Clinic, Watkins Chiropractic Clinic, 27 Blinds, Blind Design, 3 Building & Maintenance, Reg Mardlin, 20 Conservatories, Icon Roofs Ltd, 25 Curtains & Blind, Chez Soi Interiors, 17 Curtains and Soft Furnishings, Florence Landais, 19 Domestic Fuels, Geo Boorman Fuels, 24 Electrician, G & J Electrical Installations, 20 Electrician, T W Electricals, 20 Furniture Restoration, Clint Allen, 19 Garage doors, Ashdown Garage Doors, 20 Plumbing, KJ Parsons, 20 Property Refurbishment & Construction, Baileybridge Property Refurbishment & Construction, 17

Roof & Gutter Cleaning, Tilley & Co, 17 Swimming Pool Maintenance, Principools, 20 Dog Walking & Pet Sitting, Amanda Wilde, 30 Leisure Centre, Freedom Leisure, 5 Outdoor Pursuits, Blackland Farm, 29 Photographer, Boudoir- Me , 11 Photographer, Alexis Roberts Photography, 12 Segway Experience, Segway Unleashed, 9 www.mantramagazines.co.uk

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