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Happy New Year to you all! We hope you were able to enjoy a bit of a different Christmas and connect with family and friends in one way or another. January can be a tough month for many as we recover from the festivities of Christmas – and this year is even more strange as we continue to live with lockdown restrictions. Laura Nicklin has some great gadget suggestions to help you beat the January Blues, while this month’s Delicious Dish is a big serving of comfort food in the form of Snowdon Pudding. If you’ve been thinking about making some New Year’s Resolutions, why not make some eco-friendly ones this year? Both Gill Greenwell and Louise Williams have great ideas in their Interior Design and Save the Planet articles. Roberta Smart has dedicated her feature to finding fun in our ‘new normal’, while Al Hidden has got us excited about planning our next winter break – whenever that may be – in his Holidays & Travel article. Happy reading!
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4 Pour into the pudding basin then cover with a disc of greaseproof paper, then a piece of pleated foil. 5 Either place on an inverted heatproof plate inside a pan or, as I did, just use the steamer part of a saucepan set. 6 Add a little water to the pan, cover and steam for 1½ hours, topping up the water as necessary. 7 Carefully turn out and serve with custard, cream or ice cream. Tip: Tip: This freezes well so you could pop a couple of slices in the freezer for an easy pudding another week.
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Slow trains Slow trains across across snowy snowy Switzerland Switzerland The iconic Hans Hilfik erdesigned Swiss railway clock on Andermatt station clicks to 11:54. Pack ed with excited tourists, the red and whiteli veried Glacier Express pulls out. As we watch, serenaded by clanging warnings and flashing red lights, it rattles over the Gotthardstrasse level crossing and starts its gravitydefying switchback climb towards the snow-shrouded Oberalp Pass and, 177 km later, St. Moritz. But we’re not on board, even though, like its passengers, we started in Zermatttt and will enjoy Calandabräu and delicious local Capuns overlooking the icecovered St. Moritzersee tonight.
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swap sides to photograph the ever-changing winter wonderland. What’s more, you’ll get a greater sense of the real Switzerland served by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn and Rhätische Bahn’s narrowgauge trains. Best of all – with careful timetable planning – you can hop on and off to explore places that Glacier Express passenger s only see fleetingly from their seats. Steaming coffee and scrumptious Vanill-Schnäggu pastries from Bäckerei Zuber on Brig’s Bahnhofstrasse? A stroll around snow-bedeck ed Andermatt or Hospental? Or how about visiting Filisur ’s curving Landwasser Viadukt where trains emerge from a sheer cliff face to cross the Glacier Express ’s towering architectural poster child? And then, shortly before To advertise call 01242 510500
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Finding Finding ffun un iin n our our ‘new ‘new normal’ normal’ 2020 was, well, interesting wasn’t it? I wonder what 2021 has in store? Whatever it may bring one thing is for certain, family has never been more at the forefront of everybody’s minds than it is right now. And across this year I hope to bring you inspiration, comfort and uplifting ideas to help you navigate the ups and downs of family life in our ‘new normal’. January finds us in the depths of winter, looking yearningly at the horizon for any signs of spring; grabbing any bright sunny weekends with glee as a chance to go outdoors and feel free. Our children have had a lot to cope with over the past year and are probably feeling a certain amount of grief and sadness around the limitations we are all living under. So how can we make the days more special and memorable, in a good way? Finding fun is easier than you might imagine if you allow your own inner child to take the lead from time to time: think back to when you were a
kid – what did you love to do to get excited and let loose? Dancing maybe? What about having a regular dance party in the living room on a Friday night? You can all choose favourite songs to put on your Spotify account and push back the furniture to really have a wild time, get sweaty and laugh as you take turns to ‘Lead the dance’. Let little ones teach you how to floss, or simply jump around like a loon before collapsing in a heap on the sofa and having gigantic cuddles!
Get a Get artisitic rtisitic a and nd a adventurous! dventurous! Den building is always great fun and can keep young and older kids alike ent ert ai ned f or hours using furniture, blankets and accessories to create a house within a house! If they are feeling artistic they could create ‘Keep Out’ signs or other fun details like ‘This Way to the Castle’ or ‘Secret Dungeon’ for example. If The Local Answer
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you can share a fun adventure story around the den building you can all use your imaginations to build castles, forts, wizards lairs, fairy grottos – whatever your heart’s desire and it is all free! Togetherness has never been more important so letting your kids learn about what interests you, as well as you being willing to take an interest in their passions, can lead to some amazing adventures. Playing music together is such fun, from simple recorder tunes to full on band rehearsals depending on what you have handy. Instruments are available cheaply these days and there are so many online tutorials to help you learn together. Whatever you decide to do, do it together and make memories of closeness, love and laughter that will hopefully overshadow the difficulties we are all navigating these days. I wish you all a very happy new year and a wonderful January. Take care and stay safe! Page 15
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We all know what a human hospital is like, and can picture family and friends receiving the care they need. But what happens in a veterinary hospital is more of a mystery for many. As a vet, admitting people’s fur babies is common and can be for a whole range of reasons. These include, among many others, fluid therapy for severe vomiting or diarrhoea, infections that benefit from intravenous antibiotics and conditions that need further investigation not possible during a consultation. Whilst the vast majority are back home within a few days, for owners the thought of being separated from their poorly pet can trigger a whole onslaught of emotion. In the hope of providing reassurance, here is a little insight into what happens when your pet spends the night with us. Of course there can be great variation depending on the practice and reason for admitting your fluffy friend, however the principles remain the same. Firstly, an intravenous catheter is placed in the leg and often a blood sample taken. This is usually welltolerated when the patient is conscious, with a little distraction by way of head rubs.
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So what should our financial resolutions be for 2021? Top of the list surely has to be establishing financial stability. Not as easy to deliver as it is to say, and it’s relative for each of us, depending on our own individual financial circumstances. But having a budget for our personal expenditure is a great place to start. If 2021 turns out to be another major challenge, we want to be in as strong a position as we can be to cope. So what will Money Matters resolve to do this coming year? We’ll start with trying to keep you informed and entertained through the monthly ramblings on a variety of topics. We’ll look for as many positives as we can within our messages. And we’ll see what we can do to promote local businesses, which probably need our support more than ever. Oh yes, and of course, we’ll still do the lottery, just in case one day it could be us. Whatever you do, have a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
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