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Now that it’s officially summer, it’s time to get outside and grill. What’s that? You’re new to grilling? You’re afraid to light a barbecue? Well, have no fear. It’s not as complicated as it looks

Paul Blyth

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Wendy Carter Glynis Dray Amelia Hanson

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the colour of summer

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What do you buy for the man who already has enough socks on Father's Day?

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A relaxing walk through Droitwich and Hadzor

celebrating the magna carta

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home & garden

If you want to baste your meat or vegetables, do this last. That way the sugars in your marinade or sauce won’t have time to caramelize or burn

A Beginner's guide

to the barbeque

Now that it’s officially summer, it’s time to get outside and grill. What’s that? You’re new to grilling? You’re afraid to light a barbeque? Well, have no fear. It’s not as complicated as it looks.

If you’re thinking about buying a barbeque, we’ll

Despite what some fervent grillers say, one isn’t necessarily superior to the other. There are pros and cons to both grilling methods, so it’s really your call! Here’s a rundown of some of the pros and cons:

break down the pros and cons of charcoal and gas

Charcoal Barbeque - PROs

grills. For those just finding their way around a

B There’s

grill, we’ll follow up with some of the first steps to throwing some food on the barbie. And for those who are already all fired up, we’ve got a feast of barbeque tips and tricks.

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Which Barbeque to Use? Charcoal or Gas?

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a full range of prices: inexpensive

grills are easy to find, and upscale models are available too

B Gets very hot (which can also be a con if you're not careful!)

B Smoky flavour every time you grill B You get to play with real fire!

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Seafood always goes down well at a barbeque. Just make sure it's cooked properly so it doesn't come back up!

Gas barbeques are easy to clean and more convenient

Get Your Grill On!

after grilling should do. After you

to be manually lit and

(or "How to Use your Barbeque")

grill your last meal for the summer

preheated for a minimum of 20

If you’re using a charcoal grill, empty

minutes (usually much longer)

the ashes from your last grilling

Cons

B Needs

B Cleaning is more complicated due to ashes

B Tough

session.

Both types of grills need to be

to

keep

a

constant

temperature

preheated before you start cooking.

Gas grills turn on easily (make sure the lid is open while you’re lighting

Gas Barbeque - PROs

the grill!). To light your charcoal grill,

B Easy to clean

you’ll need a chimney starter. Please

B Has the option of smoky flavour or not, with use of wood chips in a smoker box

B Convenient CONS

BA

more complicated grill means

more parts that can break

don’t light your charcoal with lighter fluid! It seems like a quick fix, but it can make your food taste “chemical.”

Let the gas grill heat up for at least ten minutes, and your charcoal grill for at least twenty.

After your grill is preheated, use a brass-wire brush to scrape the

to prevent rusting over the winter. (If you don’t have one of those brushes, you can use some aluminum foil to do the trick).

Once your grill is clean, oil the grate by grabbing an oiled paper towel with some long tongs, and wiping it over the bars. You’ll need to use an oil with a high smoking temperature, like canola oil.

Now that your grill is hot and the grate is clean, your food won’t stick to it as much, and you’re likely to get those classic grill lines!

What to grill Sure, everyone knows steaks and

charred goo and gunk off of the

burgers can go on the grill, but did

pricier than charcoal,

grate. You’ll need to give it a good

you know that it’s also great for

though inexpensive models are

scrape at the beginning of a grilling

sandwiches and pizza? Here’s a list of

available

season. Then, during the grilling

ideas to get you started:

B Typically

season, a quick brush before and

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or fall, leave the grease on the grate

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Get that smokey flavour every time you grill with a charcoal barbeque

The art of barbequing has extended beyond just burgers

B Truly GRILLED grilled cheese.

B Vegetables

are easy to grill, just

pick your favourite vegetable and

“packet”… the husk! It’s perfect for throwing on the grill!

during grilling protects the flesh

sweet onions wrapped

appetizer or party food. which

Barbeque Tips and Tricks To

avoid

losing

juices

during

turning, always flip your meat or

in bacon would make a great

vegetables using tongs or a spatula, rather than a fork.

isn't

as

B Beef tenderloin sandwiches with a garlic mayonnaise topper sound like a great lunch for a lazy summer day.

B Pork chops and caramelized onions are simple to make on your grill!

should flip each item once during the grilling process.

in water for a while, then throw them onto your charcoal and cover the grill, or if you’re using gas, put them into your smoker box following the manufacturer’s instructions.

To infuse grilled foods with herb essence, toss herbs directly onto the charcoal while you’re grilling or, if you’re using a gas grill, soak the herbs in water, putting your food on top of them.

If you want to baste your meat or vegetables, do this last. That way

press

the sugars in your marinade or sauce

down on burgers or chicken (or

won’t have time to caramelize or burn.

Whatever you do,

don’t

anything) with a spatula while they’re grilling! This squeezes out the juices

So there you have it, by now you

and once they’re gone, they’re gone!

should be salivating at the thought of a

If you’re bored and need something

delicious barbeque, so get grilling!

Teriyaki Beef Kebabs are

to do with your hands, learn to juggle

seriously tasty, especially if you

(but not too close to the grill, please!).

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hardwoods but not treated lumber!)

and place them on the grate before

Try to limit the flips. Ideally, you

complicated as you might think

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is a firm fish with a

from overcooking and falling apart.

B Corn on the cob comes with its own

B Grilled

wood chips (hickory, oak, or other

for grilling. Leaving the skin on

prefer yours on a stick.

pizza,

Yum!

naturally high fat content – perfect

B Vegetable kebabs are better if you

B Grilled

For great smoky flavour, soak some

B Salmon

give it a try!

B Grilled

make your own teriyaki sauce!

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Their free, tailormade, home appointment service has proven to

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we recognised the fact that people were buying off the

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CHOICES

I

want them all but know you can’t have them all!

remember when I was a very young child, I was

The choices start with whether you want to visit

having tea with my parents and some visitors and

a small group of village gardens, almost a town of

on the table was a plate of delicious looking cakes

gardens or just one!

– but I was told I could only have one! It was such

a dreadful choice that I had to disregard so many I

The small group is in the village of Eckington near

liked, I can still remember the occasion!

Pershore. Here you will find four diverse gardens

There are some equally difficult choices for

riverside parking and picnic site.

garden lovers over the weekend of June 6th and

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Sometimes in life there are just too many choices and you

set in or close to the lovely village of Eckington with

7th, designated as the National Gardens Scheme

Two of the gardens are on Manor Road – Brook

“Festival Weekend” to raise awareness of the

House, a one acre open cottage garden with

NGS that raises millions of pounds each year for

herbaceous borders, vegetables and a koi pond

nursing and caring charities. The difficulty is that

surrounded by rockery, and Court Gate Cottage,

there is such a wide choice of gardens to visit in

a lovely thatched cottage with a courtyard and

Worcestershire that it would be impossible to visit

the rest of the garden divided into “rooms” and

them all unless you were a Time Lord! So visitors

including a small wildlife pond, a summer house

have to make a choice!

and a vegetable garden.

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The other two gardens are on or close to the road to

its own, The Barton in Berrow Green near Martley,

the Combertons, the first being Mantoft (previously

could easily be overlooked – but it shouldn’t be! This

The Croft), which is a magnificent thatched manor

half acre cottage garden is full of colour with roses,

house with formal walled garden with fish pond,

clematis and other climbers decorating trellises and

topiary and dew pond (with ducks and geese), hedges

pergolas, a small courtyard and a vegetable plot

and stone paths, a gazebo overlooking the garden

enclosed by terracotta decorated walls.

and a new dovecote. The other is Nafford House, a two acre mature natural garden and wood with slopes to the River Avon. There are formal gardens

Two other gardens, open on Sunday 7th only are also worth a visit, Birtsmorton Court near Malvern

around the house and a magnificent wisteria.

and Hiraeth in Droitwich.

At £5 entry fee, making it only £1.25 per garden, this

There’s just so much to see and so many wonderful

is excellent value for money. But if your choice is even better value for money, in terms of the number

gardens to visit over the Festival weekend it’s really difficult to decide where to go. But ultimately, the

of gardens, why not try Pershore Gardens, where

choice is yours, but whatever you choose you can

you can explore about 20 gardens in the town, of all

be assured a warm welcome and some fabulous

shapes and sizes for the same amount!

gardens.

This group includes tiny courtyards, walled gardens, gardens that sweep down to the River Avon and even a Primary School garden!

There is a real danger with such choice and value for money that the garden that opens all weekend on

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PROPERTY

WHAT IS HELP TO BUY? Help to Buy makes new build homes available to all home buyers (not just first time buyers) who wish buy a new home, but may not be able to get the mortgage deposit required by some mortgage products but who could otherwise be expected to afford the mortgage. Up to a maximum of 20% of the purchase price is available to the buyer through an equity loan funded by the Government through the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).

HELP

TO

H

BUY

elp to Buy is available in the UK from house builders registered to offer the scheme. The Scheme is due to run until 2020 unless all of the funding is taken up.

This enables you to take out a mortgage on which you make repayments in the normal way. Your mortgage lender is likely to require that you contribute a deposit and your mortgage and deposit must cover a combined minimum 80% of the total purchase price. The rest of the purchase price will be paid for with an equity loan from the HCA. As a result of providing this assistance, the HCA has an entitlement to a share of the future sale proceeds equal to the percentage contribution required to assist your purchase. For the first five years of Help to Buy home ownership there is nothing for you to pay on the amount that the HCA contributed to your purchase.

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PROPERTY

After five years, the equity loan will be subject to a fee of 1.75% per annum on the outstanding amount of the equity loan. From the fifth anniversary of the loan this fee will increase each year by the increase (if any) in RPI plus 1%.

When you sell your Help to Buy home (unless you have chosen to repay your equity loan earlier), you must repay the Help to Buy assistance from a share of the sale proceeds. So, if the HCA assisted your purchase with a 20% contribution, your repayment will be 20% of the total market value when it is sold.

Following the purchase you can choose at any time to make voluntary part repayments of the Help to Buy assistance at the prevailing market value.

The minimum voluntary repayment is 10% of the market value at the time of repayment.

The Agency’s entitlement to a share of the future sale proceeds is secured through a second charge on your home. This is done in the same way that your mortgage lender will secure its lending through a first charge on your home. Although, if you buy through Help to Buy, you will have a mortgage for less than the full purchase price of the property, you will be the legal owner with 100% title to your home.

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NATURE NOTEBOOK

Red Mason Bee, female.

Photograph by Rosemary Winnall

30 Days wild You may remember reading about ‘My Wild Life’ in the April issue – a campaign to make you stop and think about what wildlife and our natural environment mean to you. Throughout June we’re asking you to take one more step and do a Random Act of Wildness every day.

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his shouldn’t be too onerous and could be

could even try to identify it - if you’re tech-savvy you

as relaxing as sitting in the garden (with

could upload a photo to www.ispotnature.org to tap

a cheeky glass of wine) and listening to

into a range of experts, or you could even look in

the sounds of nature that make the world

back copies of Worcestershire Now!

tick over. How about stopping and listening to the birds on your way to work – or counting how many

Don’t let bad weather stop you; I bet you’ve forgotten

different songs you can hear. What about going for

what it’s like to pull on your wellies and splash in

a walk in the countryside with friends; enjoying the

puddles. How about feeling the grass beneath your

view and looking for wildlife as you go. Why not just

feet again? If you already feed the birds, try them

talk to someone about what you do for wildlife or

with a different food. Why not stay out until twilight

how great it makes you feel.

– what’s the last bird to stop singing? How about staying up late to spot night-time wildlife in your

Natural processes underpin our air quality, water

garden or local area? How many butterflies can you

supply and much more and access to nature helps

count on a walk? Why not follow a bumblebee on its

people to recover from illness more quickly. So this

busy journey collecting pollen? Look out of the train

is your chance to make your excuses, get outside

window rather than read your book. It’s not hard to

and do something wild!

allow wildlife to infiltrate your life – and you’ll feel all the better for it!

Worcestershire has some fantastic countryside and some truly beautiful spots – great for wildlife and for

Sign up for your free 30 Days Wild pack full of ideas

people too. But in order to fit 30 Random Acts of

www.wildlifetrusts.org/30DaysWild

Wildness into your busy schedule, you’ll probably need to look closer to home too. If you’ve got a garden, why not assess how wildlife-friendly it is and make it even better? You can download our wildlife gardening factsheets from www.worcswildlifetrust. co.uk/gardening-factsheets.

If

you

don’t

have

a garden, head to your nearest park or local greenspace. How about looking under stones or plant pots until you find an insect you’ve never seen before (don’t forget to gently replace the stone). You

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HEALTH & BEAUTY

COLOURS OF SUMMER Bright and bold colours are here for the Summer. Check out our favourite beauty products which will brighten up your Summer.

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Four shades in harmonies of pink or coral with

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father'S DAY GIFT GUIDE

t’s nearly time to celebrate all the things you love about your dad, but what do you buy for him if he already has enough socks?

need updating? Is it time he started looking after his apearance? Or would you like him to smell like a secret agent? If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions then Worcestershire Now can point you in the right direction for the perfect present.

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2 Sofa Organiser. £19.95. House of Bath.

3 King for a Day Dad Mug. £2.50. Sainsbury’s.

Is he always losing the remote? Does his wardrobe

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1 Elemis Daily Moisture Boost. £29.

4 Optic stripe effects t-shirt £12 Smart shorts in beige £20. M&Co. 5 Sausage Dog Towels (set of two) by Linea. £15. House of Fraser.

6 Who’s the Daddy - 5 puzzle set. £7. Sainsbury’s.

7 007 Aftershave. The Perfume Shop

Visit M.Leach, jewellers For that special Father’s Day Gift

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or your Father’s Day gifts look no further than M. Leach, the jewellers. Based on Worcester Road, Link Top, Malvern, they offer plenty of unique, one-off items and stock a wide range of jewellery, gifts and watches.

Owner Mike Leach said customers can currently take advantage of some very good deals on Seiko watches as they are offering up to £50 discount on current retail price. The shop is a registered Seiko elite dealer and stocks the whole of the company’s range from every day wear to sports watches, including a large range of Seiko’s latest solar-powered watches.

The business has an extensive range of other gifts for men including a selection of cufflinks, tankards, hip flasks, pens and pocket watches. Mr Leach said: “We’ve got lots of nice things in stock from established manufacturers who only deal with independent jewellers so we have something different to the high street. The prices are excellent.”

M Leach Jewellers has more than 25 years’ experience in repairing and refurbishing watches, clocks and jewellery and Mr Leach, a qualified horologist (a watch and clock repairer), offers a personal service, carried out on site. They also offer an engraving service for gifts and trophies so choose that ideal gift for Dad and personalise it with a message or his name.

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FOOD & DRINK

CRISP DUCK

and watermelon salad Serves 4

Method

B 3 duck breasts, skin on B Groundnut or sunflower

1 Place a frying pan over

oil for deep-frying

B 450g/1lb watermelon,

peeled, deseeded and cut into 3cm/1.-inch cubes

This is one of my favourite London restaurant dishes, which I’ve adapted from the classic served at E&O in Notting Hill. On paper, it sounds a little odd, self-conscious even. But those great dumb pink watery cubes not only add texture and tropical cool, but soak up the flavours too. Crisp duck, cool watermelon. Nice.

Tom Parker Bowles is an award-winning food writer. He writes a weekly column for the Mail on Sunday and is Food Editor of Esquire magazine. His first cookbook, Let’s Eat, was published to critical acclaim in 2012, and he is also the author of Full English (2009), which won The Guild of Food Writers’ Award for Work on British Food. His latest book ‘Let’s Eat Meat’ is out now.

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B 100g/3.oz red radishes, thinly sliced

B 40g/1.oz bean sprouts, rinsed

B 2 handfuls of watercress, thick stems removed

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the duck breasts, skin-side down, for 3–4 minutes, until the skin is golden and crisp.

Transfer to a board and leave to cool. To make the dressing, mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside.

2 Cut the duck breasts into

B Large handful of fresh

2.5cm/1-inch cubes. Heat

B Large handful of fresh

in a deep pan to about

B 4 spring onions,

of bread turns golden in 30

mint leaves

coriander leaves sliced diagonally

B 50g/1.oz unsalted

cashews, dry-roasted

4–5cm/1½–2 inches of oil 170°C/340°F, or until a cube seconds; alternatively, use an electric deep-fryer.

3 Deep-fry the duck in three batches, until crisp, about

Dressing

2–3 minutes. Drain briefly on

B 1 tbsp fish sauce B 2 tbsp lime juice B 1 tbsp dark soy sauce B 2 bird’s-eye chillies,

kitchen paper. Mix together

B ½ tsp palm sugar

dressing, toss lightly, and

finely chopped

(or caster sugar)

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a medium heat and cook

the watermelon, radishes, bean sprouts, watercress, herbs, spring onions and cashews. Add the duck and serve.

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THE TALBOT INN AT KNIGHTWICK Glance upstream as you cross the River Teme at

Meetings and conferences are well catered for with ample

Knightwick, and nestled at the foot of Ankerdine Hill

parking, free WiFi and function rooms which cater for two

you will see the 15th Century Talbot Inn, owned and

to eighty people.

managed by Annie Clift and her family for over 30 years.

The eleven comfortable en-suite rooms are good to use as

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a base for fishing on the Teme, walking the Worcestershire

gardens strewn with tables and benches where you can

The Teme Valley Farmers Market is held here on the 2nd

dine in the sunshine.

Sunday of every month. Started 17 years ago - making

here is a tap room with pool table and juke box; a traditional lounge bar with a fireplace that burns ‘whole trees' in the winter and a contemporary Garden Room with patio doors that open out

onto the green banks of the river. You will find the beer

Food is served all day, starting with the award winning breakfast from 7.30am. The lunch and dinner menus are

Way or other well worn paths or just coming to have a quiet break to enjoy the tranquillity of Elgar’s favourite river. Dogs are also very welcome at The Talbot and are allowed everywhere except the main restaurant, and beds, bowls, towels (and biscuits!) can be found if needed.

it one of the 1st in the country – approximately 30 local artisans come to showcase and sell their products.

eclectic and ever changing, created with a passion for food

Central to the community The Talbot is host to the local

and a love of traditional ingredients. The dishes celebrate

British Legion, morris dancers, riding clubs, folk nights

local, sustainably grown produce; wild food foraged from

among others and this year it was the Polling Station. It also

the fields and hedgerows, and of course vegetables and

raises money for many local charities including Malvern

salad from the kitchen garden.

Lions, Midlands Air Ambulance and St Richard’s Hospice.

With an ethos of being self sufficient where possible, The

Above all The Talbot is a place to make new friends or

Talbot boasts its own on site Teme Valley Brewery, makers

meet old ones for a delicious supper; or if you prefer, a

of “This”, “That” and “T’Other”, the distinctive brews sold on

quiet corner of the Worcestershire countryside where you

tap at the bar. The second weekend of June and October

can sit with a beer and let the world pass you by and if you

see The Flying Pig and The Green Hop Beer Festivals. Each

don’t believe us come and see for yourself!

has its own theme and offers a wide range of real ales and ciders from independent micro breweries, live music from

The Talbot at Knightwick

excellent local bands and noodles or pulled pork rolls from

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WORCESTERSHIRE WALK

Start/Finish: The walk starts/ends at Droitwich Library in Town Centre.

Public Transport: The nearest railway station is at Droitwich. Regular buses arrive at Droitwich (next to Library) from all around. Please check timetables.

Parking: There is large town centre car park (Fee payable). There is also street parking further out of the town centre.

O/S Maps: Landranger 150/Explorer 204 (recommended) Distances: 7 miles (Shorter circular walk to Hadzor only - 3 miles).

Time: 3-4 hours for main walk. (2 hours for shorter walk).

Refreshments: Take picnic or support local shops, cafes and pubs.

Terrain: Wheelchairs and pushchairs can do 3 mile canal walk from Droitwich to Hanbury Wharf, beyond point 8 and back (see sketch-map).The main walk is semi-rural with kiss-gates, stiles and some necessary lane walking. Boots are advisable due to uneven sections and the potential for mud. Poles are useful.

History: The walk leaves the salt centre of Droitwich with buildings like ‘ The Raven Hotel’ and the ‘Brine Baths’ created by Salt Baron John Corbett. There are several churches en route, Hadzor Hall (not accessible to the public). a Roman Road and several sections of canals to walk. This is a very pleasant walk reaching a few ‘moderate’ heights with good views on a clear day.

1: From library, walk towards ‘Raven Hotel’ provided in

3: Pass covered reservoir, go through small metal gate

19th century by Salt King, John Corbett of Chateau Impney,

then kiss-gate, aiming towards right of ‘Hill Top Farm’.

along with Brine Baths, Worcestershire Hotel, Lido Park

Cross stile, take footpath to lane. Walk left along Newland

and Salter’s Hall as his legacy to townsfolk of Droitwich.

Road to footpath on right. Cross stile, (M5 beyond hedge

Pass ‘Saltworkers’ sculpture that explains what made him

on left, Malverns on right) passing trig point (272 feet

rich! Cross to Saint Andrew’s Road. At pedestrian lights,

OD) to stile in corner. Walk straight on passing Newland

cross A38 to Corbett Avenue (named after salt king),

House Farm, through gate, across field to stile.

left down Lyttelton Road. Shortly you will see entrance to aforementioned ‘Lido Park’. Turn right along edge of park crossing ‘Elephant and Castle’ bridge (these heraldic symbols feature in salt king’s family crests). Walk up to St. Peter de Witton Church.

2: Take footpath to left of church lych-gate (noting dovecote on left). At ‘pedestrian lights’, short walk goes left, along to corner, across footpath to Hadzor, left through village and down lane to point 9 on main walk. Main walk crosses to Dovecote Road, right along Charlecote Road to footpath on left. Turn left for 10 yards

4: Beyond Coppice turn left towards M5 then left again beside motorway, down steps and beneath bridge. Walk along right verge for ¼ mile to parish of Oddingley. Turn left, walk to junction with Trench Lane. Turn left for 100 yards.

5: Take footpath on right to stile. Cross paddock using gaps in electric fencing (dogs on leads) to top right corner.

Turn right along footpath, crossing canal tunnel, take footpath on left (just before railwaybridge). Walk parallel to canal, crossing several stiles between paddocks, to track. Join canal over stile. Walk to Shernal Green Bridge.

to footpath opposite into ‘close’. Keep uphill across next

6: Cross bridge turning immediately right along paved

road to footpath leading to main road. Turn right for 30

drive to kiss-gate, following Wychavon Way to corner in

yards to footpath on left opposite Brantwood Road. Walk

lane. Turn right passing lovely old buildings as you enter

up footpath, left uphill to Holly Close on right. Go up this

historic hamlet of Hadzor.

Close for 20 yards to footpath on left (between houses)

7: Shorter route follows lane to point 9. Main walk goes

over stile to water-tower on Yew Tree Hill.

right for 150 yards to small gate. Follow Wychavon Way, turning left twice, down track to Hanbury Road.

8: Turn left along old Roman Road to gap onto Droitwich Canal towpath. Cross canal at ‘Gateway Park’ and at M5 Canal Tunnel.

9: Short walk joins. Proceed beneath M5 rejoining canal down ramp. At Vines Park cross two swing bridges.

10: Cross Hanbury Road, up Gurney’s Lane to High Street, right to St. Andrew’s Street, left to Raven Hotel. Library on right.

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WORCESTERSHIRE PAST

CELEBRATING MAGNA CARTA

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Eight hundred years ago Magna Carta changed the course of history. It was the first document in which an English King was forced to recognise the limitations of power over his subjects.

agna Carta is a significant document not

managed to dictate a brief will. Currently on loan to the

only to the people of Worcestershire and

British Library, his will is usually on display in Worcester

the British people but also on a global level.

Cathedral Library and will return in September 2015. It is

It was fundamental in the process of change

the earliest original royal testament. John requested: "I

which has led us to ideologies of freedom, democracy

will that my body be buried in the church of St. Mary and

and equality in the modern world. The charter was

St. Wulfstan of Worcester". His tomb is near the High Altar,

implemented to curb the autocratic royal power of King

the marble effigy is said to be a likeness of King John and

John, who reluctantly agreed and sealed the Magna Carta

is the earliest remaining royal effigy in England. It has both

at Runnymede in June 1215.

St. Wulfstan and St. Oswald in miniature beside his head.

Some of King John's favourite hunting grounds were in

To celebrate the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta there

Worcestershire at Kinver and Feckenham. He visited

is a varied programme of events at Worcester Cathedral

Worcester Cathedral on many occasions and prayed at

during 2015 around King John, Magna Carta and Liberty.

the shrine of St. Wulfstan, who he helped to be canonised.

These include an exhibition; talks by King John’s tomb; a

When in the city King John would have stayed in Worcester

series of free lunchtime concerts and a ticketed concert

Castle. After the terrible fire of 1202 which had damaged

all inspired by and reflecting the concept of Liberty. The

the whole city of Worcester he ordered the rebuilding of

programme also includes a series of LiberTea talks (with

the cathedral’s great gatehouse (now Edgar tower).

tea and cake!) on the subjects of Suffragettes, the Battle of Evesham and Slavery. From September 2015, relics from

In 1213 King John ordered the monks to elect the

King John’s tomb including his thumb bone and fragments

Chancellor of the Exchequer Walter de Gray as the

of his clothing, as well as his original Will, can be viewed

new Bishop of Worcester. During the civil war at the

by appointment in the Cathedral’s medieval library which

end of John's reign, the city of Worcester had declared

houses one of the world’s most important collections of

for the rebellious barons. But on 17th July 1216, one of

medieval books and music. To commemorate the 800th

John's loyal lieutenants, broke through the defences at

anniversary of King John’s death and burial in Worcester

Worcester castle and then captured the town. The gold

Cathedral there will be a King John conference in April

on St. Wulfstan's shrine was melted and used to pay a 300

2016 and performances of Shakespeare’s King John

mark fine. John's last visit to Worcester was on 16 August

beside his tomb.

1216, ordering the citizens to make a payment so that alms might be given to the poor.

To find out more about these events visit www.

Just before his death in Newark in October 1216, John

Cathedral Chapter Office on 01905 732900

worcestercathedral.co.uk or call Worcester

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Extra care is becoming an increasingly popular choice for those

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BROMSGROVE FESTIVAL 2015

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The 2015 Bromsgrove Festival will run from Saturday 13th June to Sunday July 19th.

he Festival has a long and successful history

In partnership with Bromsgrove District Council,

and 2015 will be its 55th year of existence.

the Festival will also promote a series of events

It is also the second year of the Festival in

on Bromsgrove’s newly refurbished High Street

its new format since, last year, the Festival

on the four Saturdays during the Festival period

moved back from its recent fairly narrow classical music programme to its traditional approach of a much wider range of events. Whilst it kept, and indeed increased, the high quality classical music for which the Festival was well known, it added in 2014 a wide range of theatre, art, poetry, literature, dance and craft events. It also broadened out the musical events on offer to include opera, folk, jazz and other genres.

The 2014 Festival was judged a great success.

Feedback from event organisers, who saw increased attendances, and audience members was almost

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not covered by the Carnival and the Court Leet procession. These include a day of street theatre, a day of dance, and, as a finale to the Festival, an exciting day of percussion. All these events will be aimed at a younger, broader audience with a view to increasing participation in the arts in Bromsgrove. The partnership is also backing a high profile dance event at Artrix on the opening day of the Festival.

Thus, the 2015 Festival programme will include a

unanimously positive. In light of this, the Festival

significantly greater number of events than last year

committee has had no hesitation in organising the

with an even wider range of activities. The exciting

2015 Festival in the same wide ranging, high quality

programme will offer over a hundred activities

community based format.

during the five week period of the Festival.

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BATTLE PROMS PICNIC CONCERT The ever popular Battle Proms Picnic Concert will return to Ragley Hall on Saturday 15 August 2015, the 70th anniversary of V-J Day, for an exceptional evening of sublime classical music, carefully choreographed Spitfire and cavalry displays, dramatic cannon

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he Battle Proms takes much of its historical inspiration from the Napoleonic wars, which came to a conclusion 200 years ago at the Battle of Waterloo when Napoleon’s rule as Emperor

of the French was ended. As well as marking this 200th anniversary the Battle Proms team are also planning to celebrate 75 years since the Battle of Britain and 70 years since V-J Day, when the Second World War finally

fire and a stunning firework finale. The

ended with the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945.

concert takes place in a picturesque

These key historical events will be marked with a number

setting overlooking the lake, providing a dramatic backdrop for our many pyrotechnic displays!

of additions to the programme including The Battle of Britain Evening Gun Salute, honouring this pivotal air campaign and end of the war itself, as our gunners herald the arrival of the Grace Spitfire with a volley of shots from a vintage 13 Pounder field gun.

For more information or to book tickets visit www.battleproms.com.

Competition For your chance to win a one of six pairs of tickets to The Battle Proms simply fill out the entry form with the

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Geraint Bowen, Artistic Director of the Hereford Three Choirs Festival, rehearses with the Festival Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra.

Photo credit: Derek Foxton

Hereford celebrates 300th birthday of the Three Choirs Festival The Three Choirs Festival 2015 takes place in Hereford 25 July – 1 August, and marks 300 years of the oldest classical music festival in the world with a celebratory programme of cathedral services, concerts, walks, talks and exhibitions, involving guest artists from around the world and musicians from Worcester and Gloucester as well as from Hereford.

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he main evening cathedral concerts represent the

The Opening Service will include music by Purcell and Handel

festival’s extraordinary longevity with great works

that would have been well known to the festival’s early

taken from that 300-year period, including Bach’s

participants and audiences. A new Evening Service setting by

St Matthew Passion, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis,

Bob Chilcott has been commissioned for the Three Cathedral

Sir Arthur Bliss’s Morning Heroes, the Verdi Requiem,

Choirs and community choir The Gathering Wave will premiere

Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, Lux Aeterna by the Welsh

a new work by Pete Churchill. Other concerts include a late-

composer William Mathias, and the first ever performance

night jazz series at All Saints Café.

in a Three Choirs Festival city of Olivier Messiaen’s vast orchestral work Turangalíla-Symphonie.

There is also an extensive Three Choirs Plus programme of music, drama, art, craft, dance and more.

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment accompanies the Three Cathedral Choirs in the St Matthew Passion while

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the other evening concerts will feature the Three Choirs

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Festival Chorus and the Philharmonia Orchestra.

or info@3choirs.org

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JUNE Thursday 4th From Hartlebury to Heaven Worcestershire County Museum Hartlebury Castle Hartlebury Nr. Kidderminster DY11 7XZ Contact: 01299 250416 Cost: £16 Talon - The Best of the Eagles Swan Theatre The Moors Worcester WR1 3ED www.worcestershirelive.co.uk Cost: £20 Friday 5th Friday Angel Place Angel Place Worcester WR1 3QN www.worcestercitymarkets.co.uk Cost: Free The Elgar Birthday Concert – Of Hills & Heaven Elgar Birthplace Museum Crown East Lane Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6RH www.elgarmuseum.org Cost: £10 Saturday 6th Throckmorton Air Show Long Lane Throckmorton Worcestershire WR10 2JH www.throckmortonairshow.com Cost: £10

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Ladies Day – Jump Racing Worcester Racecourse Pitchcroft Worcester WR1 3EJ www.worcester-racecourse.co.uk Cost: Various Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th Open Garden Day Ralph Court Gardens Edwyn Ralph Bromyard Herefordshire HR7 4LU www.ralphcourtgarden.co.uk Cost: Adult £7.50 Child £4 Sunday 7th Evening Scenic Specials Severn Valley Railway Number One Comberton Place, Kidderminster DY10 1QR www.svr.co.uk Summer Market National Trust Croome Near High Green Worcester WR8 9DW Contact: 01905 370009 Tuesday 9th Discovering Microscopes Worcestershire Wildlife Trust Wildlife Farming & Education Centre Lower Smite Farm Worcester WR3 8SZ www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk Cost: £10 Thursday 11th The Blues Band – 35 years and back for more Huntingdon Hall

Crowngate Worcester WR1 3LD www.worcesterlive.co.uk Cost: £21 Friday 12th Shakespeare at the Castle – Love’s Labour’s Lost Worcestershire County Museum Hartlebury Castle Hartlebury Nr. Kidderminster DY11 7XZ www.whub.org.uk Cost: Adult £14 Child £7.50 Summer Eve Soiree Hanbury Hall & Gardens School Lane Droitwich Spa WR9 7EA Contact: 0121 453 2898 Cost: £20 Friday 12th & Saturday 13th The Gondoliers Norbury Theatre Friar Street Droitwich Spa Worcestershire WR9 8ED www.norburytheatre.co.uk Cost: Adult £12 Child £6 Friday 12th – Sunday 14th Royal Three Counties Show Three Counties Showground Malvern Worcestershire WR13 6NW www.threecounties.co.uk Cost: Adult £17.50 Child £5.95 Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th A Knight’s Tale Forge Mill & Bordesley Abbey

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Needle Mill Lane Riverside Redditch Worcestershire B98 8HY www.forgemill.org.uk Cost: Adult £3 Child £1 Saturday 13th June – Sunday 19th July Bromsgrove Festival 2015 Bromsgrove Town Centre Various Venues www.bromsgrovefestival.co.uk Sunday 14th Winchcombe Walk with Evesham Ramblers Winchcombe Library Car Park Back Lane Winchcombe GL54 5PZ allaboutwalks@gmail.com Cost: £1 parking Festival Evensong Worcester Cathedral Chapter Office 8 College Yard Worcester WR1 2LA www.worcestercathedral.co.uk Cost: Free Monday 15th – Thursday 18th Magna Carta 800th Anniversary lunchtime concert series Worcester Cathedral College Yard Worcester WR1 2LA jandavies@worcestercathedral.org.uk Cost: Free Wednesday 17th Phil Mackie, BBC journalist:

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Reporting from Syria The Studio, The Hive Sawmill Walk The Butts Worcester WR1 3PB www.worcester-amnesty.org.uk Cost: Free Wednesday 17th Mid-Summer Run Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb Shelsley Walsh Worcester WR6 6RP www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk Cost: Free Friday 19th – Sunday 21st Songs from the Balkan Heartlands Farncombe Estate Broadway WR12 7LJ www.farncombecourses.co.uk Cost: Non-residential £201 Saturday 20th A Celebration of Worcester’s Talent Swan Theatre The Moors Worcester WR1 3ED www.worcesterlive.co.uk Cost: £12.50 Sunday 21st Father’s Day Lunch & Cruise Severn Leisure Cruises The Boathouse Waterside Upton upon Severn Worcestershire WR8 0HG www.severnleisurecruises.co.uk Cost: Adult £25 Child £15

Acorns Triple Run Three Counties Showground Malvern Worcestershire WR13 6NW events@acorns.org.uk Cost: £20/£22 Thursday 25th – Sunday 28th The 30th Upton Jazz Festival Upton upon Severn Worcestershire WR8 0HB www.uptonjazz.co.uk Cost: Adults £28 - £33 Saturday 27th 4000 Years of Keeping Secrets – Dr Mark Baldwin Huntingdon Hall Crowngate Worcester WR1 3LD www.worcesterlive.co.uk Cost: £13.50 Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th Folk Festival Jinney Ring Craft Centre Hanbury Road Hanbury Bromsgrove Worcestershire B60 4BU www.jinneyring.co.uk Cost: £16 (advance) Child £7 Sunday 28th Hagley Scouts Event in the Park Hagley Hall Hall Drive Hagley DY9 9LQ hagleyramblerscout@btinternet.com Cost: Adult £7 Child £3.50

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