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Gill Greenwell has all the Easter inspiration you need for decorating your home in her Interior Design article, while Dorothy Glen shares some interesting facts about snakes in her Wildlife Matters feature.

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8 Cover and leave to chill in the fridge overnight, along with the remaining maltesers.

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C Creating reating a no-excuse no-excuse culture culture Have you ever found yourself saying, “I need to be more disciplined”? Most people have, if they are honest. A good, simple definition of discipline is “to keep showing up and consistently following through with the things you want or need to do”. For example, work tasks, chores, studies, training, goals, diet, responsibilities, etc.

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Our positive and negative selftalk impacts our discipline, as it directly impacts selfconfidence, which then affects self-discipline.

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I do appreciate that on a miserable, grey winter’s day it might be the last thing on your mind, but UVA rays can still seep through clouds and cause damage to your skin, even in dull weather. Up to 90% of skin ageing is caused by sun damage and this can easily be avoided with a little planning and preparation.

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unlike many where you have to re-apply throughout the day.

It might cost a little more but you use less for each application.

The range has something for everyone, including children whose skin is incredibly vulnerable. This year they have a new SPF 50 spray, which you can spray anywhere on your body – great for tips of ears, hair lines and bald spots. It can also be sprayed over makeup without leaving any residue.

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Starting with the birth of the second child, it is natural that your elder child will need time to transition from being sole focus to sharing their parents’ attention, and the younger will need to find their place in the pecking order of family life.

But how can you help them get along – no matter what age you are dealing with?

Firstly, lose the labels. Avoid falling into the trap of stereotyping your children, no matter how gifted they may be in a certain area. Every child will flourish in different elements of life, be that academia or creativity, but while praise and acknowledgement of achievements are important, try not to let any comparison between siblings creep in.

Allow all children to be fully themselves and loved for who they are, not what they can accomplish, and you will see rivalry play a much lesser role in their natural squabbles.

Do not let one child become ‘the favourite’, especially around extended families – make sure all family members know that this is not tolerated in any way.

Setting this boundary from day one could be your saving grace!

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it” statements, which leave both parties frustrated and anxious.

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S Stay tay o out ut o off it it Remember that their conflict is not yours. They do not need you to ‘solve the problem’ but rather to teach them how to move through an impasse in a way that leaves everyone feeling happy and calm.

Ultimately, remember the golden rule: ‘It’s a win/win or everybody loses’ and the ultimate aim of any squabble is for both parties to feel seen, heard and valued – not for everyone to get things the way they want them!

Kids will always want to play power games and indeed they are an important part of family life. Just make sure the little things never turn into big things, then you are winning all the way home!

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Time travelling T ime travelling aatt tthe he Jet Jet Age Age Museum Museum Travel can be geographical, across the county or around the world. Or it can be back in time – and not in a Dr Who way!

I’m sitting in the cockpit of a 50-year-old Trident airliner, surrounded by period analogue instruments – including the pioneering blind landing system developed by locally-based Smiths Industries 60 years ago.

Later, I sit in the original red cabin seats, shut my eyes and I’m back on a 1970s BA Shuttle, landing in foggy darkness after a Belfast to Heathrow flight.

I’m 20 again, transported back in time and that flight could have been on this very aircraft…

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ing day out, packed with opportunities to ‘time travel’, as I did.

I’d lived in Gloucestershire for a decade before discovering this treasure, and appreciating its volunteers’ dedicated work to celebrate Gloucestershire’s aviation heritage and inspire youngsters to choose aviation careers. And all for the cost of a voluntary donation and a tasty snack in its cosy café.

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I spoke with a former Vulcan pilot who now volunteers. That took me back to the early ‘60s and watching high-flying Vulcans cross childhood’s perfectly blue skies.

Inspiring Inspiring adults adults and and cchildren hildren alike alike Another time, I learned the fascinating story of the Trident’s history and painstaking restoration. If you’re very lucky, you might even meet someone who flew Gloster’s first jets in the 1950s. Who knows what’s possible on your day out? Or the aviation future a visit could inspire for the kids.

I waited years to discover the museum. It may not be as big or well-known as Brooklands or Duxford, but it’s on our doorstep and it’s an aviation gem. If you haven't visited yet, don’t leave it as long as I did.

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Shopping around for the best deal is still available, but it’s a cartel between the providers and one energy company is going to charge the same unit price as the next one. Looking for a better tariff has been a popular alternative over the years, but there’s now an obligation on the energy providers to check you are on the best version for your usage, such that there is little mileage left here either.

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The government suggested that we should all have a smart meter for our gas and electricity consumption and that, as a result, our costs would go down. What a nonsense! A smart meter doesn’t save you money – it simply tells y ou h o w m uch you a re sp e nd in g . I f y o u w an t to save, you have to change your behaviour and then the smart meter will tell you how successful you have been. The concept of using modern technology to help control costs is good, but it’s not the solution on its own.

Will there be ‘winners’ out of the debacle? The energy companies for sure, but hopefully not manufacturers of woolly jumpers or hot water bottles as we resort to other means of keeping warm. Nobody wants that, but we have to think about how we manage our daily actions in the face of such an aggressive hike in basic prices.

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On the pitch he captained Gloucestershire for six-and-ahalf years in the 1980s when they twice went close to winning the county championship, was part of two Lord’s cup final-winning teams in the 70s and played alongside four of the county’s all-time greats – Mike Procter, Zaheer Abbas, Courtney Walsh and Jack Russell – while also taking almost 1,000 first-class wickets himself in a 20-plus year playing career.

Off the pitch he stepped seamlessly onto the international stage in 1997 when he was appointed England’s chairman of selectors, a position he held for 11 years and a period which embraced that never-to-be-forgotten Ashes triumph in 2005.

He was deservedly awarded an OBE for services to cricket on the back of that success but there’s been controversy for Graveney along the way too, most notably when he was part of Mike Gatting’s rebel tour to South Africa in 1990 when he was very much in the line of fire as the tour’s player/manager.

That was obviously a tough time for Graveney but it’s fair to say that over the years there have been many more highs than lows for the former leftarm spinner and he’s done an awful lot for cricket at all levels, particularly his support for former cricketers in his past role as chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Assoc-

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Talk to Graveney for just a few minutes and it’s easy to see why he’s held so many highprofile roles over the years.

He’s obviously intelligent – he is a qualified accountant – and he’s a good, positive communicator, although even he admits that it was an awfully long time ago that he made his county championship debut for Gloucestershire at the age of 19.

That was on Saturday 5th August 1972 – a time when Ted Heath was Prime Minister, Leeds United were the best football team in the country and Donny Osmond was top of the UK singles charts with Puppy Love.

And it was something of an inauspicious start for Graveney because he finished wicketless in that game at Cheltenham against Lancashire, a Lancashire side that included the great Clive Lloyd.

A few days later he was centre stage again, this time against Derbyshire. Again it was at Cheltenham but this time he was the hero of the hour as he

took five second innings wickets to set up a winning run chase.

That got the 6ft 4in Graveney up and running. His tall, upright bowling action, extracting any spin and bounce that a wicket may offer, was already in evidence and he was offered a one-year contract at the end of the summer “for the princely sum of £900,” he laughed.

Almost half a century later, he continues to be a familiar face around the club because he was voted onto Gloucestershire’s Executive Board in 2020 and has played an important role not only in the recruitment of new head coach Dale Benkenstein, but also in attracting high-profile overseas players to the club such as Australian opening batsman Marcus Harris and Pakistan pace bowler Naseem Shah.

Graveney, of course, is the son of former Gloucestershire captain and seam bowler Ken, and the nephew of Tom, the majestic batsman who also captained Gloucestershire and played 79 Tests for England.

Tom Graveney had retired from county cricket a couple of years before David started playing for Gloucestershire, but although they never played against each other at first-class level, David does remember bowling to his uncle in one particular game.

“It was in 1986, my benefit year,” said Graveney. “We were playing a game at Sheepscombe. It’s a lovely ground.

“Tom was nearly 60 and hadn’t played for years and years. I was bowling at him from the pavilion end, he blocked my first ball and then the next one he hit high over the sightscreen, much to the amusement of all my team-mates. He did it so easily too.”

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Adders, with a striking dark zig-zag down their backs, are our only venomous snake here in the UK. Males emerge from hibernation in March and can be seen basking in the sun to s tore ene rgy fo r ma ti ng when the females emerge in April.

Males then engage in elaborate ‘dances’ to fight for access to females.

Rather than laying eggs, the females incubate their young internally (thought to be an adaption to a cooler climate) and birth live young in late summer. Adders won’t bite unless provoked – do look out for them basking, and keep dogs on leads.

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True. Snakeshead fritillaries are one of the UK’s most exotic-looking wildflowers. Blooming in late April, their nodding flowers do look a little snake-like, and their chequerboard pattern is reminiscent of scales.

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Slow worms are recognisable as lizards because they blink, whereas snakes don’t have eyelids. They also have no neck region behind the head like snakes do. Like many lizards, they can shed their tails as a defence mechanism. The tails continue to thrash, distracting the predator, and another eventually grows in its place.

Now you can enjoy showing off these interesting facts and impressing your friends!

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S Seasonal easonal ttouches ouches And now for the fun bit – add some seasonal cheer to your table with some Easter bunny style decor. Create your own bunny ear napkins and personalised place-cards decorated with baby rabbits or chicks.

I love Mrs Alice’s Bo-Peep lambs and the cute ‘Bunny in a Carrot’ from The Danes. Check out Etsy or Pinterest for more ideas. Happy Easter!

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