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W elcome Welcome ttoo S eptember September As the weather gets cooler and the nights start to draw in, you may be ready to cosy up and settle in for the autumn. This month’s Delicious Dish is a hearty, family dinner that is ideal for warming you up at this time of year. Gill Greenwell is also getting ready for the change of season with her interiors article – check out her suggestions for adding extra warmth underfoot by investing in a new rug. Lots of you will have recently enjoyed watching the Olympic Games in Tokyo and cheering on our athletes. In his Looking Good, Feeling Great article, Will Mbanga looks at how sport and fitness can affect our mental health and what we can do to relieve pressure on ourselves. Don’t forget to enter our Cover Competition! If you’re a keen photographer and would like the chance to have your photo on one of our 2022 covers, check out the details inside. There is also the Small Business Support survey that we’d really appreciate you filling in. Details are under the Delicious Dish and you’ll have the chance to win a £50 voucher.

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IIngredients: ngredients: 650g potatoes, peeled and chopped into chunks 600g salmon fillet, skinned and cut into large chunks 350g leeks, trimmed and cut into thin slices 2 sticks celery, finely chopped 425ml milk 25g butter 3 tbsp plain flour A few sprigs of flatleaf parsley, finely chopped

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3 Bring the milk to the boil in a small pan. Melt the butter in another pan, add the flour and cook for one minute, then remove from the heat. 4 Gradually whisk in the milk. Return to the heat, sti r and simmer for a couple of minutes until the mixture has thickened. Add the chopped parsley, and salt and pepper. 5 Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/gas mark 4).

6 Fold the salmon into the celery and leeks then add the sauce. 7 Divide among four ovenproof dishes. 8 Mash the potatoes with the milk and half of the cheese. Spoon over the filling then sprinkle on the remaining cheese and bake for 20-30 minutes until golden. 9 Serve with seasonal vegetables.

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G Gloucester loucester D Day ay 2 2021 021 For the past 377 years the good people of Gloucester have been commemorating and celebrating the lifting of the Siege of Gloucester of 1643, one of the most memorable and celebrated stances to have taken place during the English Civil War. The Cathedral City and Port of Gloucester shone out like a flaming beacon of hope to all those who valued Parliamentary Democracy and was adamant in its defiance of despotism. Because of Gloucester’s heroic action we have a constitutional Monarchy and democratic Parliamentary system that is the envy of the world.

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Come and join us on Saturday 4th September as we celebrate the Mock Mayor meeting the real Mayor of Gloucester. This was originally a tongue in cheek message of defiance to Charles II who reduced the city boundaries because his father,, Charles I, failed to take Gloucester during 1643.

E Entertainment ntertainment & Parades Parades There will be many stalls along the four gate streets with local charitable, auxiliary, political and faith groups raising awareness and much-needed funds to carry on contributing to life in our great city. Please support them and, perhaps, find out how you can play your part in shaping the future of Gloucester. There’s entertainment during the day outside B&M in Southgate Street – 10:00 Gospel Choir; 11:20 Mock Mayor meets the real Mayor of Gloucester; 11:40 Bygonz Pipe, Drum and Hurdy Gurdy music of

Yesteryear; 12:00 Gloucester Strings Ukulele Group; 13:00 Bygonz Pipe, Drum and Hurdy Gurdy; 13:20 Gloucester Swing Dance; 14:20 Civic Party take the Salute; 14:40 Pride. The two annual parades through the four gate streets are also a great spectacle for visitors. First up at 11am is The Mayor of Barton’s Parade then later, at 2pm, The Gloucester Day Parade takes place, headed by the Civic Party, Community Groups and Veterans.

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world – now re-open after Covid – mak es it possible to walk between Germany, Switzerland, the USA, Scandinavia, Venice and other iconic locations in minutes. Meanwhile, tiny trains spiral through two-storey Alpine landscapes; cruise ships navigate Scandinavian ports, and space shuttles rub shoulder s with Vegas amid ‘North America’s ’ 10,0 0 0 miniature trees. Maybe you admit to a life of anoraks, windy platform ends and flasks of Bovril (or the Teutonic equi valent)? Or perhaps you just want a great day out in one of Europe’s chicest cities? Either way, Hamburg’s Miniatur Wunderland hits the spot. The brainchild of entrepreneur s Gerrit and Frederik Braun, and Stephan Herrttz, has been a sure-fire winner for kids of all ages since 20 01. Guided by two young nephews, we fir st visited in the late noughties. To advertise call 01242 510500

Lik e millions of other s we were captivated. Now, 20 years, 7,0 0 0 square metres, nearly 30 0,0 0 0 tiny inhabitants, 1,040 trains, 10,0 0 0 vehicles and over €35 million later, this is one of Germany’s top visitor attractions.

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M Mind ind g games ames – fflexing lexing our our mental health muscles mental h ealth m uscles What a great summer of sport! Of course, the easing of restrictions and opening up of society has been welcome, as has some sunshine every now and then! Many of you have had a few months back at the gym or taken out a new membership to help you get fit again. More on that later – but first, some thoughts on an essential part of our wellbeing journey, recently highlighted in elite sport. Over the past few months, the prominence of Mental Health in elite athletes has been highlighted, initially by Naomi Osaka withdrawing from the French Open, along with other highprofile athletes like Olympian Simone Biles, and former England cricketers Jonathan Trott and Marcus Trescothick, who are starting to be brave en ough to put their hand up and say “I tried, but I’m not OK and I need a break”. Just because they are elite athletes, many of us ‘mere mortals’ have taken up the position “man up and don’t let people down – you get paid to do that”. But what we’re forgetting is the hours of training, pain and sacrifice they endure to bring us joy. To put some context to this, if you’re mentally unfit as a gymnast and doing double-twisted vault dismounts at high speed and get it wrong, you will not “walk that off”. The fact that she and other elite athletes did their time preparing, have had an additional year’s wait for the Olympics with all the challenges of lockdown, lost funding, had limited or no access to proper

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training, etc. makes their efforts all the more impressive. Mental Health in sport is a big issue and isn’t like getting the ‘willies’ where, with a good mental toughness program, you can switch competitive anxiety off and focus for an hour or two.

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focus on yourself instead of others. Ultimately, only you have control of your own fitness, strength and overall wellbeing, so try not to let other people’s opinions get in your way. You may not be able to run as far as you did pre-lockdown, or lift the heavier weights in the gym, but be kind to yourself. We’ve all had a turbulent 18 months and some of us haven’t done as much exercise as others. If you focus on improving yourself instead of comparing your results to others, you’ll probably improve more quickly and be happier while you exercise. Celebrate the small wins like knocking two seconds off your 5km run time, or doing ten squat reps instead of eight. Unless you’re training for the Paris Olympics, you have time – your physical and mental health will thank you for not rushing.

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Aq quart uart iinto nto a p pint int p pot ot September greetings to you all. I hope you are looking forward to the autumn colours arriving, and bringing out your cosy clothes ready for nights snuggled up on the sofa with marshmallow-topped hot chocolate. This month I’m following up on my article for August – ‘Breast is best, or is it?’ – which appeared to ruffle a few feathers. I am most grateful for those who took the time to email or message me to share your views on the subject. I am thrilled that there are people in the world willing to stand up and fight for what they believe – as a life coach this is my mission, to give people their voice and have it be heard!

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truly started the conversation. A few mothers who have indeed chosen not to breastfeed reached out to me to thank me for speaking for them, as it is so rare that anyone does so. It is indeed a contentious topic and, as a breastfeeding mother myself, one which was hard for me to write, but which I felt had to be written. The angle of my article was to focus on those mums who may feel pressure to breastfeed, despite perhaps not wanting or being able to. It was by no means an anti-breastfeeding article, but I couldn’t cover every single angle of the conversation in the limited space I have – it really is like trying to fit a quart into a pint pot. If you were offended because you are a breastfeeding advocate, that was certainly not my intention. However, I find it reassuring the article helped highlight your support for all women and their babies. And to all my readers who To advertise call 01242 510500

routinely thank me for my articles and say how useful and interesting they are, I thank you too. We are so proud of all our content here at The Local Answer and will not shy away from touching on sensitive topics, knowing that praise and criticism is vital for a healthy world and to encourage action in our readers.

IItt is is so so hard hard to to please please everyone e veryone a all ll of of the the time time So, this September you get a little ‘behind the scenes’ of being a feature writer and an understanding of how hard it is to please everyone all of the time. I have been blessed to write this column for six years and to be a life coach for over ten. It is my greatest joy to share my thoughts with you all and I hope to continue to do so for many years to come. Thank you so much for reading The Local Answer and please, have a fabulous September! Page 17

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Feeding Feeding Gloucester Gloucester Food provision has been a vital part of the Council’s efforts since the start of the pandemic. Many volunteers stepped up to help households that were shielding or suffering financial problems at the time of the first lockdown. Much other help has been offered since. There was a very successful pilot scheme of the holiday activities and food program back in the Easter school holidays, where children were given ‘Free School Meals’, food bags with recipe ideas, as well as activity bags. This enabled a similar scheme in the summer holidays within which over 2,600 Gloucester children and their families were given four days of meals each week during the month of August, thanks to a partnership between The Venture: White City, Gloucestershire Gateway Trust, the GL4 Community Interest Company, Gloucester City Council, Thomas Franks Feeding Communities, The King’s School, Gloucester and other community partners.

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