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W elcome Welcome ttoo M arch March As we move from winter to spring, for a lot of us, life will start to get that little bit easier. The evenings will be lighter, the weather will be warmer (hopefully!) and new life will be popping up in the form of spring flowers and baby animals. Life may still be tough, but these little things are sure to bring a smile to our faces.

Many of you will be desperate to hug your friends and family, and while we can’t help on that front, perhaps our cute front cover stars will give you hope that a hug isn’t too far away.

Our March editorial content is full of useful ideas from DIY skincare and beauty tips, advice to help you start a vegetable patch, bathroom interior suggestions, and a simple but tasty and impressive recipe to treat your mum this Mother’s Day. There is also an important message from Roberta Smart to remind you that you are doing great and to celebrate the little wins. Whether you’re a parent or not, those little victories can help to keep your head up in these tough times.

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2 Place the fruit and caster sugar in a saucepan and gently heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Continue to cook gently for five minutes.

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With the available technology, owning an infrared sauna is now more affordable and less hassle than a traditional steam sauna.

Infrared saunas are becoming a common wellness tool around the world and have been used in different formats by cultures all over the world for generations. Having a sauna in the home is becoming the Northern Hemisphere equivalent of a pool in the garden in the Southern Hemisphere!

The proven benefits range from reducing inflammation and pain, and strengthening the cardiovascular system, to revitalising dermal cells for healthy skin. If I win the Euromillions, that’ll definitely be going up in my attic!

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a trap that many of us fall into with respect to our fitness regimen.

Workout W orkout with with intention intention Of course, getting the mileage in or ‘grinding out’ the reps in your garage gym are necessary elements in your fitness journey.

However, intention is key – if every rep, mile, effort and workout is accompanied by an intense focus to develop good form and to improve your movement quality (focusing in the moment) you will have achieved so much more than just hitting PBs. Some tips for participating in an online fitness class as a beginner to intermediate enthusiast: • Focus on correct technique – speed, tempo and weight can come later. Conditioning is secondary to safe technique.

• Familiarise yourself with the equipment – get your saddle height sorted! Also, If you don’t have the equipment, no problem – a good program

will enable you to follow along using bodyweight variations.

• Online training is not a competition (unless it is one!) Work at your own pace and don’t try to keep up with the trainer/online fitness masochists; be conscious of the cues from your own body.

• Be mindful of your breathing.

Some trainers will make a recommendation, otherwise just focus on slow steady breaths – in through the nose, out through your mouth.

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• Depending on the type of online platform you’re training on, you don’t have to have your camera on, but please remember to mute yourself during the training!

• If you can’t keep up, focus on your form until you’ve built the confidence and fitness to get after it.

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D DIY IY S Spring pring C Clean lean Perhaps many of us have been a little lazy over the last few months being in lockdown away from our normal routine?

Why bother making the effort when often no one is there to appreciate it?

It is never too late to kick start a good beauty regime. Very often when we look good, we feel good; so let’s start with some basics, which are easily done at home and should become part of your beauty routine.

Feet F eet Feet are often neglected, yet they are our foundation so even if they are out of sight, they should be pampered regularly. If you are missing a regular visit to the podiatrist, why not invest in one of the many foot care products on the market?

These products gently remove hard skin and are easy to use.

Scholl foot care system runs on batteries and gently removes dead skin, making your feet feel as smooth as silk.

Nail clippers might help with those tough nails, and a good soak in warm water will soften up the toughest areas. Also consider leaving a cream on overnight under a pair of light socks. You might not be apply-

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Body Body Wash Wash Statistics are showing that we may not be showering as frequently while we’re homebound as when we were going to work every day! I hope this is not the case, but if you have been neglecting your wash routine, here is a little recommendation.

I love Australian Bodycare Tea Tree Oil Skin Wash so much that I buy it by the litre. It is brilliant for removing any bacteria, and I love the f h smell of tea tree. If you it a little strong, just kn does not linger after y have bathed or showered.

With so much hand washing at the moment I prefer to use this product as it does not strip the skin but is stil incredibly effective. If you prefer a citrus aroma you can now find this with all the same benefits.

Scalp S calp Heating, hats, and winter conditions often leave us with a flaky itchy scalp.

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There are so many good scrubs out there which will gently do the job. You can always rely on Liz Earle for good natural ingredients. Don’t be tempted to use the same body scrub on the delicate skin of your face and neck, as they might irritate sensitive skin.

Spring is around the corner so let’s get ready to be the best we can be!

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C Celebrate elebrate the the little little wins wins Remember the story of the Tortoise and the Hare? Well, I am thinking that right now, we are pretty much all in ‘tortoise mode’ and I want to remind you that this is perfect.

Gone is the striving to win the race. All bets are off. Right now we are pretty much focused on simply getting through each day with our sanity intact, and that is a full time job!

I wanted to reassure you that it is perfectly acceptable to feel like you have achieved literally nothing in your day; it is ok that your kids are not progressing in leaps and bounds in their maths assessments; and it is most definitely totally appropriate that you are seriously questioning all of your intimate relationships right now.

Everyone feels flat and unmotivated and is it any wonder?

People, these are not normal times, so let’s release our attachment to normal yardsticks, shall we?

This March, let us instead focus on welcoming spring, finding small moments of bliss

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amid the chaos, and measuring our lives in ‘glasses of water consumed’, ‘cups of tea drunk hot’ and spring flowers spotted on our daily walks rather than money earned or grades achieved.

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This month I want to offer you the permission to attain your lowest benchmark and be happy. I urge you to celebrate little wins: teeny-tiny-wouldn’tusually-count-but-right-now-give -yourself-a-trophy little wins!

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You win! Had a domestic day and cleaned the bathroom? You win! Enjoyed a calm family dinner? Managed to navigate homeschooling, online learning and play referee to three under tens and survived? You win big time!

Different times call for different approaches and you are doing an amazing job. And if you are flying solo, you too are commended for your resilience, courage and commitment to staying safe under very trying circumstances.

So many of you cannot see your beloved family and friends right now and I want to acknowledge you. Living alone can be a wonderful, freeing experience but it can also be lonely and difficult, so please know that if this is you, I see you, you are noticed and not forgotten.

To all the warriors staying the course this spring, you are honoured and recognised, and I am so very proud of you all.

Until next month, stay safe!

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Sadly, CKD is a progressive, incurable disease but there are many things that can be done to help manage it, so regular vet checks are important as your cat gets older.

The kidneys have a number of functions that include filtering blood and balancing electrolytes, so when they are not working properly, a range of symptoms can occur.

W What hat tto o llook ook out out for for Both the symptoms and progression of this disease can vary between individuals but common things you might notice in your puss include weight loss, lethargy, increased thirst and urination, and loss of appetite. If you are concerned about these things then best to book a check over.

CKD is diagnosed with a blood test and urine sample. These blood tests can pick up other complications such as changes in potassium levels and anaemia, which are commonly associated with CKD. High blood pressure is also a frequent finding. Dilute urine indicates that the kidneys are struggling to do their job, therefore urine samples are helpful to check both concentration and other urine abnormalities.

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Whilst this disease is a difficult diagnosis to be given, many cats will live with it for a long time with a good quality of life, especially if picked up early and managed well.

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T The he Budget Budget Dear Mr Chancellor, I appreciate it can’t have been an easy year for you, but it hasn’t been much fun for any of us.

When you announce your Budget plans at the start of March, please don’t make it any more difficult than it has to be.

I’m sure that you will headline your announcements with further support for businesses in the current pandemic and rightly so. I’m equally sure that you must be tempted to start making us all pay for that support through increased taxes. But please resist the temptation to do too much too soon.

Rumour has it that you are planning some changes to tax on people who sell their businesses. You restricted that year, much to the disappointment of many, and there is no need to make it worse this time around.

Most of us who end up selling our businesses do so as part of our retirement plans and have made contributions to your piggy bank over many years in the business taxes we have paid. Please don’t be tempted to do anything aggressive.

There are also suggestions that you are going to be rotten to those who save for later years via a pension scheme. We are already encouraged to take the pressure off your state pension commitments by saving for ourselves in later years. Please don’t make it unattractive by withdrawing tax relief on contributions.

You seem to think that small businesses run as limited companies are drawing an unfair tax advantage. Most of them do it because it affords them protection from personal liability, not because of the tax savings. You have upset this group by excluding them from your pandemic support packages. Please don’t hit them again with unnecessary tax increases.

You can put the price of beer and petrol up if you must, but just a word of warning – you’ve closed the pubs and told us to stay off the road!

Whatever you do, Mr Chancellor, all our businesses and the entrepreneurs behind them need support at this time, not more taxation.

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The scene’s soundtrack is a song we heard dri ving down the Quiberon Peninsula from Plouharnel and Carnac’s mystical standing stones, via sleepy Portivy harbour.

But this time, there’s just another pile of ironing in front of me and France Gall sings, not from car speakers, but our lounge stereo. We may be locked down, but that magical afternoon is evoked in exquisite detail by a stunning seascape on the wall.

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Maybe you’re adept with paints and brushes and can crafftt your own artistic travel masterpiece? Or perhaps you’d rather someone else captured that image of Manhattan’s sk yline, the Alps or a deserted Thailand beach that unfailingly fuels your wanderlust.

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The The breathtaking breathtaking Côte Côte Sauvage S auvage For years we couldn’t decide which of myriad seascape photos we’d ask Cheltenham artist Jilly Hamilton to interpret on canvas. Our favourite Shetland beach? Norway’s coast somewhere north of Hammerfest.

Or the romantic world’s end bleakness of Patagonia’s Beagle Channel and Isla Navarino? As it happens, it was Brittany’s breathtaking Côte Sauvage that finally prompted our decision – just before the pandemic arrived – and helped keep us sane through lockdown.

The timing was perfect. Now, a year after ’k eywork er ’ and ‘social distancing’ entered our vocabulary, this image k eeps reminding us that we will travel again. Lockdown or not, whether you do it your self or commission travel-inspired art, unique paintings of favourite places really help when you’re stuck at home with a world to explore.

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