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Hello duckies

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T’S November! “Crows are approaching and wounded leaves fall to the ground.” And so too do we, but that might have something to do with our collective and insatiable appetite for Vodka Martinis.

Anyhow and anyway, welcome to another bumper edition of the G&D. Come take our hand as we not so much tiptoe through the tulips but pull on our parkas and brave the season of howling winds, hard frosts, icy temperaments, and absolute misery.

As usual we’re in over our heads and at the thick end of things this month but we’re still determined to deliver the goods and supply you with the best read in town.

So why not take the butcher’s bone out of the cupboard, switch on the halogen lamp and pour yourself another china cupful of gin. It’s time to huddle down for the winter in that stale old fleece and reacquaint oneself with the perverse pleasures of daytime TV. The weather outside is frightful so it’s perhaps best to stay

wrapped up nice and warm like a pig in a blanket for the duration.

Christmas will soon be upon us and we all know what a riot that is. All that festive frivolity can take it out of a person you know. So sit still, shut-up and recharge your batteries while you can.As usual enjoy the read and let the G&D be your guide in all things. There are far worse gods to have you know.

Anyway, until the next time keep it real and don’t go giving people a raw deal. It always comes back to bite you on the butt.

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ROWNED ‘Best Garden Centre in Wales and West’ for the past six consecutive years, the combined garden centre, farm shop and restaurant at the Old Railway Station in Three Cocks near Brecon, certainly puts on an impressive show at Christmas time. Incorporating a ‘Polar Express’ theme this year the viewing and shopping experience offered is fantastic with a wide range of Christmas gifts, decorations, lighting and trees displayed beautifully within a journey through scenes from the animated Christmas favourite. The displays are inspiring and offer an abundance of ideas of how to display your Christmas decorations at home this year.

Manager, Katie Eckley said “We are very proud of our Christmas department this year which is bigger and better than ever! We have relocated it to a larger building which includes a new Grotto for Santa and our largest product range to date. Our creative staff have created an array of amazing displays which will give you great ideas to replicate at home.

“We also put lots of time and effort into making our grotto experience extra special this year! Our grotto is open to children of all ages and is packed with excitement including Santa’s reindeer and a short winter walk before meeting Santa, having a chat and receiving a suitable toy and delicious sweets!

“Santa’s first visit to the garden centre this year is during our Santa’s Grand Arrival

event on Friday, November 24. The event was a great success the past three years and is the perfect way to start the festive season when Santa arrives on his sleigh at 6.30pm. We also have a disco and bouncy castle arranged and our Railway Restaurant will be serving a festive menu until 7.30pm.

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There are pocket types available, where the blade folds into the handle until you need to use it, which are handy for carrying around routinely.

If you are hard-pruning overgrown shrubs, loppers are invaluable. Some versions come with extendable arms for those branches which are just out of reach, and they are ideal for cutting out old congested wood from inside thorny shrubs such as berberis and roses, but they are also good for reducing the size of large branches you have already cut off with the saw, to make them more manageable to take to the your local recycling centre.

Long-reach pruning Pole pruners are also useful when it comes to shrubs that are too tall to reach and the ground's too uneven to safely place a ladder. These are basically secateurs attached to an extendable pole, operated by a trigger at the PA Photo/Handout.

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S you begin to rake leaves, trim shrubs and shape trees in the garden in autumn, we look at essential tools to help you get the job done quickly.

So, are you ready for the great garden tidy-up, when you empty pots of wornout summer bedding, prepare your lawn for winter, trim hedges and rake leaves?

There are a range of tools which will help you make light work of the most arduous jobs.

Invest in pruning tools Some pruning can be done in the autumn to get rid of dead wood and help shape shrubs and trees for the following year. Secateurs are essential for this job and there are two types, anvil and bypass.

The anvil works on the principle of a sharp blade cutting down on to an anvil, but the cutting blade needs to be kept really sharp for it to be effective. Bypass secateurs work whereby a sharp curved blade bypasses a curved cutting plate, severing a branch without much effort.

You shouldn't be trying to cut a branch with a diameter thicker than 1cm (0.5in) with secateurs. Any thicker and you

gardener's end of the pole. You may not be able to cut as accurately as you'd like, but it won't matter if the trees or shrubs are vigorous.

Rake it up If you have plenty of trees, you're going to need a decent lawn rake to gather up the leaves which have amassed on your lawn or in your flowerbeds. If not dealt with, leaves can harbour pests and diseases over winter and could leave you with a shed load of problems next year.

Use either a wide fan-shaped springy metal rake for the job or a similar plastic version. The important thing is that the rake achieves a good span of the area and preferably has forks which curve inwards at the end, to allow a maximum sweep. Make sure your rake has a strong, long handle.

If you want to scarify your lawn, a springtine rake is ideal for the job as it will remove moss and thatch as you rake, allowing new shoots through in spring. You may also want to make use of a garden fork to make holes in the lawn to aerate it and reduce compaction, and fill the holes with sharp sand to aid drainage.

Mow away problems Lawnmowers can help reduce prob-

lems with leaves on the lawn, if you just raise the blades and mow the grass, the leaves should be chopped up and collected in the grass box, ready for composting.

If your grass edges have become out of control and invaded by weeds, the perfect tool for tackling rough areas is a brushcutter, a bladed tool which will tackle long grass, brambles, weeds and nettles.

Trim hedges Give your hedges a trim before the winter months, but make sure you leave enough greenery for birds to nest in and be careful where you trim in case you disturb any wildlife. Electric hedgetrimmers do the job if you have a power source handy and aren't prone to cutting through cables, but there are equally good battery-powered hedgetrimmers on the market, which provide just as good a cut and some recharge within half an hour.

Blow leaves away If you have a larger area, use a leaf blower to direct leaves into a pile before bagging them up for the compost bin or to make leaf mould, which can be used as a mulch on beds and borders.

Talking of mulching, if you have a lot of garden debris which you want to break down, such as thick twigs and logs, it might be worth investing in a shredder which will munch thicker clippings into an ideal mulch for your plants, but don't put in seeding weeds, spiny prunings or diseased plants. The disadvantage of these is that they are pretty noisy, so the investment may not go down well with the neighbours.

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Get down to earth with Monty Don

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ONTY Don loves apples. He has around 60 different types at his garden in Longmeadow, Herefordshire, growing in various forms - some are big trees, others stepovers, or smaller trees.

They are among the most popular fruits in this country and yet people have a fear about growing apples, says Monty in his latest book, Down To Earth.

"They somehow feel it has to be a big tree, but it doesn't.

You can grow stepovers or espaliers, you can grow fans or cordons. You can train the fruit to fit your space," he explains.

"People also get very worried about what are actually quite trivial afflictions. It could be a bit of mould on a leaf or a bit of bitter pit on the apple, but by and large apple trees are robust. They don't need much looking after."

Some people are also confused by rootstocks, he observes. "It's moderately complex because all apples are grown on a different rootstock, so the roots of one tree are joined at the graft to the trunk and branches of another tree.

The root dictates the size and vigour and shape of the tree, and the bit above the root dictates the fruit.

"So you could have my favourite eating apple, Jupiter, as a dwarf, a cordon or a great big tree, but you'd need a different rootstock for each of them.

"All you need to know is, I want it to be this big, my garden is this size, what rootstock do you have? And a good garden centre should be able to tell you."

Monty's tips for apple-growing beginners Find a sunny spot Apple trees need sunshine and good drainage. Don't grow grass right up around them. Clear the grass for at least a 1m radius around them until the trees are as big as you want them to be, then you can let the grass grow back up to the trunk. Grass will take a lot of moisture and nutrients they need.

Plant more than one "Some apples are self-pollinating, but you should always plant more than one.

There are eight groups of apples, which are numbered solely on when they produce their flowers. Number one is the first to blossom, and number eight the last.

"If you have two apples, one from group one and one from group eight, they won't blossom at the same time and if they don't blossom at the same time, they can't cross

pollinate. Either have two of the same group or one from either side, so if you have a group three apple, you should either have another from group three or one from group two or one from group four.

"The earliest apples start blossoming at the beginning of April and the latest blossom at the end of May, but the flowers have to be open at the same time to pollinate."

Learn how to plant new trees "Dig a wide hole no more than one spade's depth deep, loosen the hole and the sides, but don't add manure or compost.

"Plant the tree slightly higher than it is in the pot or, if it's bare-rooted, slightly above soil level, so it's on a tiny pyramid. Firm it in well, so it's planted in a slight cone, not a well, because more trees die from being over-wet than too dry.

"Water it well, stake it and mulch it thickly with either garden compost or wood chippings, to keep the weeds down and the moisture in. You don't add compost to the hole because you want the roots to grow out into the soil. If you put compost into the hole, the roots will stay and curl around and become almost pot-bound. Roots need to grow horizontally as quickly as possible.

"Most feeding roots are within a spade's depth and horizontal. They don't go down, they go sideways."

Know when to prune "If you prune hard in winter, you will get lots of shoots coming back and none of those shoots will have any fruit on them. If you want to reduce the size of the apple tree, do it in summer. If you want to stimulate it to grow bigger, do it in winter.

"Almost all apples produce their fruit on spurs and the spurs only develop on wood when it gets to two or three years old."

Get inspired about varieties at Apple Days "My advice is to go and taste as many different varieties as possible, see what they look like. Use it as an experience to extend your knowledge about what apples look and taste like. When you go to the supermarket, you're just not going to have that opportunity. Then, if you find an apple you really like that you can't buy in a supermarket, that's the one to grow."

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If you’re partying this Christmas then follow Santa and paint the town red From oxblood to tomato the many hues of red are definitely in style

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ROM tomato to crimson, lipstick to oxblood, no matter what you call it, the catwalk consensus is that red is the colour of the season.

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A4B - acting for the Borough Theatre A

4B or Acting4theBorough was formed almost ten years ago and is the reincarnation of the Borough Theatre Management Committee, a group created when Monmouthshire County Council originally refurbished the theatre in the late 1980s.

With the theatre in a state of disrepair, the authority, under pressure from politicians like Alan Breeze, agreed to fund its refurbishment, if local support could be found to run the updated venue.

An appeal for help went out to the community and local theatre companies along with people like Les Townsend and ballet legend Sylivia Fencott immediately agreed to form a committee to work in partnership with the council and the Welsh Arts Council.

Together they saw through the refurbishment project and established and looked after the strong core of volunteer workers, many of whom are still actively involved with the theatre today.

Under the ‘management’ of the BTMC, the theatre grew from a venue used largely by local amateur groups, to one which began to attract successful professional companies, with the Welsh National Opera’s touring productions and Hull Truck Theatre Company among the regular visitors.

As the theatre grew more successful it became obvious that professional management was needed if it was to continue to thrive and the BTMC campaigned to employ initially a professional manager and later professional technical, marketing, box office and front of house staff.

As the professional team took over, the BTMC’s management role decreased and almost ten years ago, with plans afoot to hand over the management of the theatre to a charitable trust in order to protect its long term future, it was decided to reconstitute the committee as A4B, which would not only be an umbrella group, representing and supporting the thriving amateur community based at the Borough Theatre, but would also raise funds to support the continued development of the theatre.

For the past seven years, A4B has also run a successful theatre awards scheme, which recognises the best in local amateur theatre.

Following a difficult few years, which has seen the deterioration of the theatre’s auditorium and the failure of the theatre’s trust and its eventual decision to hand the theatre back to the control of Monmouthshire County Council, A4B is now working closely with its partners at the local authority to ensure the survival and improvement of the theatre and the group is looking forward to the exciting developments ahead.

“It looks like it’s up to the community to step up to the plate and help save the Borough Theatre for a second time,” said A4B chairman Liz Davies.

• To find out about the exciting volunteering opportunities available at the Borough Theatre email TraceyThomas@monmouthshire.gov.uk

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Keep your Christmas lights safe

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HRISTMAS isn't Christmas if the house and tree aren't festooned with sparkling fairy lights, but Christmas tree lights can be dangerous, and a potential fire hazard.

Ashley Martin, public health project manager for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), says: "If you have old lights, seriously consider buying new ones which will meet much higher safety standards.

"Please remember - accidents need not happen, you can protect yourself and your loved ones from injury by following RoSPA's safety advice for a safe Christmas." RoSPA has the following advice for enjoying twinkly lights in safety: What you should think about when buying your Christmas lights: Look for safety marks e.g. BS Kitemark.

Buy from a reputable store.

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There’s no time like Christmas in Crickhowell

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RICKHOWELL has a particular charm and allure as winter and the festive season approaches. At the best of times the perfect destination for shopping, browsing or just lingering over a warming drink or meal, the town epitomises the magic of Christmas.

Both the gallery and the downstairs retail area at CRiC are showcasing beautiful original gifts and seasonal inspiration in the tempting array of paintings, prints, ceramics, textiles, gifts, Welsh products, books and cards. To start off the season of festivity, the oriel cric gallery is hosting an exhibition entitled “Time for Tea” (11 Nov. – 10 Dec.) in the CRiC Studio. Alongside the paintings, ceramics and textiles; Jennifer Collier will share items from her fantastical world, where every exquisite detail is made, folded and manipulated from paper. Jen-

nifer has led the way in the upcycling revolution in art and craft.

This will be followed by the popular annual “Christmas at CRiC” exhibition from 15 November onwards. Suzette Pratten said, “We are delighted to once again welcome members of the Royal Watercolour Society of Wales to the gallery. Sheila Edwards, Alan Young, Rhian Symes and Glenn Ibbitson are amongst the distinguished watercolourists who will be showcasing the possibilities and luminosity of the medium in their paintings.

The gallery would like to extend an invitation to friends old and new for midday mulled wine and mince pies on 18 November.

To get a head start on Christmas shopping or just enjoy the gallery’s hospitality.

Late night shopping in Crickhowell A highlight of the local festivities annually is Late Night Shopping on 7 December when the town can be seen and enjoyed at its best. The independent

High Street traders will be welcoming visitors to the town with something for everyone and a Christmas Fair in the Clarence Hall will offer an exceptional collection of handcrafted gifts, eye catching decorations and a tempting array of artisan foods at more than 25 stalls. This an ideal opportunity to come and enjoy a delightful evening out while getting a head start on your plans for memorable Christmas celebrations.

Music, choirs, complimentary mulled drinks and a wonderfully welcoming atmosphere abounds. CRiC’s Christmas

tree decorating competition has become a very popular addition to the evening.

With celebration at the heart of these events, Crickhowell has to be an unmissable destination in the coming months.

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Pylonman has issued his message to help prevent accidents on and around Bonfire Night as well as other celebrations such as Diwali, New Year’s Eve and Chinese New Year.

Bonfire organisers are being urged to ‘look up - look out’ to check for power lines and electrical equipment when planning events and to keep bonfires and fireworks well away from them.

Pylonman’s message is simple: “Safety is a number one priority for WPD, so always stay vigilant and carry out some quick checks to your surroundings so everyone stays safe when displays take place.

“Smoke and heat from bonfires and fireworks can cause damage to electrical equipment and may affect power supplies causing wider disruption.”

The superhero adds: “It’s important to have fun but it’s also important that you don’t hurt yourself or others, so make sure you follow my simple rules and the Firework Code.”

Pylonman’s rules are: Use fireworks OUTDOORS in a clear area away from buildings and vehicles Always read the label instructions before igniting fireworks A responsible adult should supervise all firework activities. Never give fireworks to children Wear safety glasses when igniting fireworks Light one firework at a time and then quickly move away Never relight a ‘dud’ firework.

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Adventures on the southern coast walk L ANDMARKS can be very frustrating because they often take hours to disappear from view, if you are a cross country walker writes NIGEL HEATH.

And so it was the day after my friend Peter Gibbs and I set out to follow the coast to coast route and Somerset's mighty Mendip Hills transmitter came into view.

But surely the 192 miles coast to coast walk runs from St Bees, Cumbria, across the Lake District, the Pennines and Yorkshire to Robin Hood's Bay, readers might point out.

Yes this is true but we were following the alternative coast to coast path across southern England from Weston-super-Mare on the Bristol Channel to Dover.

Ahead of us lay a wonderful 283 miles trek across magnificent country packed with sights of interest, though quiet water meadows and ancient woodland, traversing limestone and chalk downs and encountering many picturesque villages and bustling market towns along the way.

But all that lay in the future as we topped the first of many hills ranges and saw the pencil slim Mendip Transmitter in the distance ahead of us.

We were now following the West Mendip Way from Weston to the medieval market town of Wells with its magnificent Cathedral built between 1175 and 1490 and here we picked up the East Mendip Way to take us across the hills to Shepton Mallet.

And it was only when that 293 metre high transmitter finally slipped below the horizon on a golden autumn afternoon that we truly felt we were on our way.

Just outside Shepton we stopped beside some cottages at the edge of a field and were pondering the route when up popped a villager who had been gardening behind a wall and pointed out the way.

It was the first of many small kindnesses shown to these gentlemen of the road by those we happened to meet along the way.

A days walking through gentle, rolling Somerset countryside brought us to the army town of Warminster and from there we skirted the southern edge of Salisbury Plain by way of a series of prehistoric hill forts to drop down and stay in the Wiltshire village of Heytesbury at the end of the tranquil Wylye Valley.

Then followed a wonderful days stroll through quiet meadows beside the river Wylye and far from the madding crowd namely the busy main road linking Warminster with Salisbury on the hillside above us.

On this morning we were sitting outside St Marys, Wylye enjoying a coffee when a local told us of an impoverished village Jack the Lad who went off to seek his fortune.

Apparently on returning in a coach and four and finding his mother and sister in paupers graves, he ordered the local stone mason to build them a fine tomb but then went off to the Napoleonic wars without paying!

Gazette and Diary Magazine We were now on the Imber Trail which neatly links the East Mendip Way with Salisbury and stopped for the night in Wilton a small town of rich heritage dating back to Saxon times and where carpets have been made since the 18th century.

From here it was a short walk into Salisbury and we jostled with crowds of tourists wandering through its ancient streets and clustering around its 11th Century Cathedral like bees around a honey pot.

It was all a little disconcerting but only served to enhance the sense of peace which followed as we strolled away from the city through quiet water meadows.

We had now reached an important milestone as we were beginning the Clarendon Way which passes from Wiltshire into Hampshire and runs for 25 miles over the low hills of the Test Valley to link with Winchester and its ancient cathedral.

Another two glorious days walking along quiet lanes, through undulating countryside dotted with woodland and small villages brought us out in a clearing above Winchester and we paused to check our map.

A family wandered into view clutching a single sheet map of a local walk and were obviously lost. "Excuse me. Can you tell us where we are?" asked the mum. "Yes, You're in Hampshire," Peter replied. "But don't worry I'm sure we can help," he quickly added.

After exploring Winchester, visiting the cathedral and staying overnight, it was time to hit the trail again. We picked up the River Itchen, east of the city and followed it to the watercress beds at Alresford, site of the famous Watercress Line and so on to wooded Selborne, home of the Rev Gilbert White, one of the nation's first naturalists.

Here we broke our journey and returned refreshed in the spring to walk on to picturesque Hazelmere and the start of The Greensand Way which runs105 miles across the Surrey Hills and on to Kent, the Garden of England.

I was surprised at how wooded Kent was and that we were able to walk for miles through orchards without meeting a soul.

It was on this section that we passed through the Chartwell Estate, home to Sir Winston Churchill from 1922 until his death in 1965, and I fell into a deep ditch hidden by long grass and ended up tortoise like on my back with my rucksack underneath me.

Thank goodness there was no water in it!

It was also on this section that we got soaked in a sudden down poor and fled to the shelter of a nearby railway station to put on dry clothes. Peter said it gave a whole new meaning to the phrase: "change at Pluckley."

We caught our first glimpse of the sea on a chalk escarpment at Adlington and followed The Saxon Shore Way through Hythe, Sandgate and Folkestone and along the top of those famous white cliffs, passing its moving memorial to 'the few,' and so on to Dover But my abiding memory of those last 70 miles was passing two small boys in a country lane one evening.

"Where you going Mr?" one asked. "All the way to Dover," we replied. There was a pause. "Yer Joking aint yer Mr."

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Christmas comes early at AbbeyCwm-Hir

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VISIT to The Hall at AbbeyCwm-Hir near Llandrindod Wells, and a c.80 minutes drive from Abergavenny, is a unique and remarkable Christmas experience.

“Five of us from the village spend the month of October decorating all 52 rooms for Christmas opening from November 1 to January 6,” says owner Paul Humpherston.

“All 52 rooms will have their own Christmas tree and decorative theme.

Examples of trees/rooms are The Crystal, The Teddy Bear, The Rocking Horse, The Chess, The Music, The Transport, The Phantom of The Opera and The Casino,” he said.

“This year will be the most refined and sophisticated in all of the ten years we have dressed the house for Christmas.

“The tours are within a true family home and family atmosphere.”

Tours cost £16pp, £14 pp for groups of eight or more, and for return visitors and children up to 12 £5 pp.

To book a tour please phone 01697851727 or email info@abbeycwmhir.com The website is www.abbeycwmhir.com Gift vouchers are also available

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Create the perfect mood this Christmas with Amphora Aromatics' home aroma range

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ROM festive and warming Orange & Clove through to refreshing Citrus Tonic and Sparkling Wine & Pink Grapefruit, Amphora Aromatics' home aroma range of natural aromatherapy candles, reed diffusers and incense sticks instantly transform a room - creating the perfect way to relax and unwind or put family and friends in party mood this Christmas.

Passionate about the power of aromatic scent to enhance wellbeing, Amphora Aromatics' all-natural, clean burning, 20 and 40-hour pot candles are formulated from 100% plant wax from sustainable sources. The range also includes mini fragrant candles, available in colours to complement each scent - from floral and relaxing Rose and Jasmin to sweet and uplifting Mandarin and Vanilla.

Subtly fragrant reed diffusers absorb fragrances through natural reeds, creating a gorgeous ambience.

Or, for a more intense aroma, Amphora Aromatics incense sticks come in sleeves of 15.

Prices: £5.50 for a 20-hour candle; £9.50 for a 40 hour candle; £13.50 for a natural reed diffuser and £9 for a refill. A sleeve of 15 incense sticks is £3.

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Amphora Aromatics has also created specific blends to promote relaxation and wellbeing, available in the reed diffuser range. Choose from Love & Peace, Relaxing and Meditation. Comments Woody Evans, director at Amphora Aromatics, one of the UK's largest suppliers of essential oils and aro-

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The house will again be decorated in all 52 rooms for Christmas from 1st Nov 2017 to 6th Jan 2018. Each will have their own Christmas tree and individual decorative theme.

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A cracker of a Christmas quiz!

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ADING wearily through the freshly fallen snow and dressed as a slightly unhinged and sullen Father Christmas, the Custodian of the Chronicle archive TJ Butters, huffs and puffs like a decrepit and particularly slothful reindeer as he pulls a sledge made of smoke and illusion containing the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.

As the three occupants of the sledge drunkenly abuse the Custodian for his lack of speed, they shout out the following questions whilst jeering, ‘I bet you don’t know the answer to this one either you bloody half-wit.’

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B: What fate befell the character now known as Good King Wenceslas?

C: In 1851 what did turkey replace as Queen Victoria’s Christmas dinner?

D: Where can you find the snowflake cluster?

E: What image adorned the first American Christmas card?

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What the Dickens is going on in Abergavenny’s Cibi Walk?

“DECK the halls with boughs of holly, tis the season to be jolly. So don we now our gay apparel,” and head on down to Abergavenny’s Cibi Walk where Christmas has come early this year. Some might say too early Writes TIM

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So what the merry hell is going on?

Well take a walk through Aber’s arcade and the answer will quite literally hit you in the face like a cold wet trout.

The Chronicle has been inundated with queries, and they’re not all from a disgruntled gentleman called Ebenezer, asking why the Dickens the Christmas decorations have been put up outrageously early this year.

Have the party planners got prematurely carried away with the Christmas spirit?

Take for example the towering Christmas tree standing rather awkwardly like an unwanted guest at a party, slap bang in the middle of the popular precinct?

Decked out like a festive filly with an array of gaudy baubles, never has a tree looked so apologetic for its existence.

And then there’s the assorted decorations and the massive wreath sitting pretty over the heads of everyone who leaves and enters this winter wonderland.

It’ll probably make a perfect perch for a wandering wartinfested witch to park her broom and cackle like a blood-crazed banshee this

A sight for sore eyes: The lonely shepherd wondering why on earth he’s gazing at an Xmas tree in October!

Halloween.

That’s right! Halloween! It hasn’t even happened yet.

The legions of the undead have yet to walk the earth, curdle the milk and annoy

the cats, but already this most ancient of Celtic festivals is being denied it’s rightful place in the calendar by a tsunami of tinsel and tack.

One disgruntled visitor to Aber’s fair alleyways and avenues barked, “I’m all for feeling festive but it’s not even December yet for god’s sake. Putting up a tree in October makes a mockery of both Halloween and Xmas. What next I ask, zombies strutting about in Father Christmas suits singing the Little Drummer Boy and the First Noel?”

It’s a fair point and one well made.

Yet another dismayed visitor explained, “I came to Abergavenny to see if I could get a Zombie nurse or maybe Harley Quinn outfit for a popular Halloween blood fest in Merthyr me and the girls always attend, but seeing those decorations and that tree killed my bad girl vibe completely. “Instead of feeling all ghoulish and wicked I began to feel a little festive and warm. Not that I’m complaining, it’s jut the wrong time of the year and I was trying to get my mindless zombie head on in preparation for the Halloween weekend. To be honest seeing that Xmas tree really threw me. I didn’t know if I was coming or going. So I just went” One gentleman of a more religious persuasion added, “I love Christmas but everything has its time and place.

When festive decorations are put up in October is it really a celebration of the birth of the Christ child or something else? I ask your readers this - Have we forgotten the real season for the season?”

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Take simple steps to keep your home Co2 safe W checks With the company heating homes and powering businesses right across Wales and the south west of England, Wales & West Utilities is urging householders to take simple steps to make sure their gas appliances are fitted and working correctly and to fit an audible carbon monoxide alarm, if they haven’t already.

Carbon monoxide poisoning causes an average of 40 reported deaths every year in the UK, along with 200 people hospitalised and 4,000 visiting A&E and, to reduce this figure, the company is urging people to take five simple steps: • Get all your gas appliances safety checked annually by a Gas Safe Registered Engineer • Keep your eye on your appliances: Flames on your cooker and boiler should be crisp and blue, and there shouldn’t be sooty black marks on or around the appliance • Make sure you have an audible Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm: it might save your life • Know the signs of CO poisoning: a headache is the most common but also dizziness, feeling sick, tiredness & confusion, stomach pain and shortness of breath. The symptoms are flu-like without the high temperature • Save the National Gas Emergency Number 0800 111 999 in your phone and call it immediately if you smell

gas or suspect the presence of CO. Clive Book, Head of Emergency & Metering Services at Wales & West Utilities said,“We want to make sure that people are ready for winter and keep themselves and their loved ones gas safe.

“These steps are simple but can be life-saving. Badly fitted and poorly serviced gas appliances can cause leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide poisoning.

“We urge everyone to look at their appliances and make sure they’re ready before the winter months set in, when more and more people start to use their gas central heating.

“Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, poisonous gas which can be emitted by faulty appliances powered by any fuel that burns, including gas, coal, oil, petrol and wood.

We make over 1,000 visits to properties where evidence of carbon monoxide is present.

The symptoms from inhaling it include headache, dizziness, vomiting and shortness of breath. Sometimes people have ‘flu-like’ symptoms, but without the high temperature.

“Now is the time to take the necessary steps to look at gas appliances and we urge everyone to do so – it may save your life.”

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Abergavenny’s War documented in new book

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LTHOUGH only a small town, Abergavenny and her inhabitants played a pivotal role in World War Two. From the retreat of Dunkirk, across the sands of El Alamein, to the final push on the killing beaches of Normandy, soldiers from the Abergavenny area were present, doing their bit and giving it their all to put an end to Hitler and his twisted regime.

These soldiers’ tales are as engaging as they are varied, and for

the first time you can read all about them in a new book called ‘Abergavenny’s War.’ Over the years Chronicle journalist Tim Butters has conducted a series of in-depth interviews with veterans who fought in different theatres of the conflict.

The engaging recollections in the book range from, amongst others, a soldier who helped liberate the notorious Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, an officer who remembers the chaos and confusion of Dunkirk,

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Britain, the Gateway To Wales was irrevocably changed by World War Two. Tim explained, “The Second World War was the defining point in modern history. It changed everything.

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PUBLIC HOUSES

TheBellatSkenfrith

Award winning Hotel and Restaurant

Christmas Parties from £38 per person

Christmas Day

Four-course festive lunch with all the trimmings £70

A Taste of the Wild Game, Fish and Wine Tasting Dinner

New Year’s Eve

Champagne or Cocktails with canapés on arrival, three-course dinner, fi reworks and bubbly at midnight £85

Friday, 1st December 2017 at 7pm Working in conjunction with Paul Heading of the independent wine merchant Tanners, we’ll be popping some interesting wines all selected to complement Head Chef Joseph Coleman’s local game menu with seven mouthwatering courses. £80 per person and special rates for D,B&B

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A problem shared with Diamond Home Support

Let the team at Diamond share your load

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o you have an elderly relative who is struggling with domestic chores and is increasingly relying on you for help? Are you finding it difficult to provide that help and support? Do you feel guilty and overwhelmed?

Then let Diamond Home Support share your load.

Diamond Home Support opened an office in Abergavenny in 2014 and its Home Assist Service has already transformed the lives of many elderly clients and their relatives. This service provides vital support for the elderly and less able in a friendly, caring and professional manner with the company challenging the preconceptions of domestic care by providing a client-led rather than a company-led service. “our workers are thoroughly vetted and are chosen more for their personality, ethos and attitude than anything else. They are given plenty of time between appointments, so there is never the need for visits to be cut short in order for the worker to be on time for their next appointment. The same worker visits each week, month or fortnight, allowing the client and the worker to build trust and develop a relationship,” said a spokesman for the company.

“Loss of independence is humiliating and frustrating, and we therefore aim to make the experience as friendly and personal as possible.

“All potential clients are visited in their own homes so that we can talk them through the service, explain exactly how things work and answer any questions which they may have. “ We encourage relatives to be present at this visit so that they can satisfy themselves that their family members are not pushed into signing up for our services if they are unsure as to whether or not it is right for them. “ We respect the fact that each individual, however old, frail or disabled, has the right to consider the pros and cons of our services before signing on the dotted line and, to this end, we are happy to visit more than once should that be necessary.

“We appreciate that people lead busy lives and often nd it difficult (if not virtually impossible) to provide the amount of support which their elderly relatives require.

“This leads to stress and guilt, with relationships becoming fractured and sometimes damaged beyond repair. Don’t suffer in silence; pick up the phone and let us help,” she said.

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Dining in style with Wiltshire farm foods

OUR new Christmas Menu has arrived Our team of chefs have been busy creating a brand new, perfectly selected Christmas Menu.

With customer favourites such as Roast Turkey and Christmas Pudding, plus introducing our delicious new Christmas Trifle and Christmas Cake, you can enjoy some seasonal flavours to get you feeling festive.

Order our Christmas Selection Pack TODAY and receive a FREE Christmas Tea Towel W ith 7 tasty main meals and 4 delicious desserts, the Christmas Selection Pack is a great way to try our Christmas Menu for just £35.99.

Plus, as a little extra present from us, you’ll also receive a FREE Christmas tea towel worth £4.50 with every Christmas Selection Pack ordered. If you don’t fancy the Selection Pack, all the meals

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and desserts featured are also available to be ordered individually, so you can create your very own Christmas Menu. Whichever you choose, we’ve got Christmas covered.

Our service is simple from start to finish. Ordering is easier than ever, whether on our website, or over the phone. Go online or call us for a free brochure to enjoy at your leisure. Delivery is free, with no contracts, and no commitment.

Once you’ve received your order, meals are quick and easy to prepare and can be cooked straight from the freezer in either a microwave or an oven To place your order, call your local team at Symonds Yat on 01600 892855 We look forward to helping you enjoy a taste of Christmas.

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*Christmas Selection Pack available to order from 16th October 2017 up to and including 2nd January 2018 or while stocks last.

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DISCOVERY SPORT

ADVENTURE. IT’S IN OUR DNA.

MONTHLY PAYMENTS FROM £399 PLUS DEPOSIT AND OPTIONAL FINAL PAYMENT Get behind the wheel of the Discovery Sport and discover our most versatile compact SUV to date. Featuring Narvik Black exterior enhancements, rear privacy glass and 20 inch five split spoke Gloss Black alloy wheels. HSE Black offers a more striking exterior, emphasising the assertive and confident stance of the vehicle. With a generous loadspace of up to 1,698 litres and the clever 5+2 seating, call us to book a test drive and experience the great indoors in style.

Book your test drive today.

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Javel Estate, Three Cocks, Brecon LD3 0SL

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Discovery Sport HSE Black 180 (5+2 Seat) Automatic PCP Representative Example On the Road Price* Finance Deposit Allowance

£42,105.00 £1,500.00

Customer Deposit

£10,250.00

Total Amount of Credit

£30,355.00

Purchase Fee (incl. in optional final payment) 36 Monthly Payments

£10.00 £399.00

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£21,344.00

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Duration of Agreement

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6.9% APR

Interest Rate (Fixed)

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*The model shown is a Discovery Sport HSE Black 180 (5+2 Seat) Automatic with optional Firenze Red metallic paint (£640) at an On the Road price of £42,745 Retailer name is aistrading style name on FCA register Likes Land Rover a trading styleofoflegal Walters Automotive Limited who is acting as a credit not a lender. iswho acting as a credit broker broker and notand a lender.

Official Fuel Consumption Figures for the Discovery Sport range in mpg (I/100km):Urban 27.7-51.4 (10.2-5.5); Extra Urban 38.7-67.3 (7.3-4.2); Combined 33.6-60.1 (8.4-4.7). CO2 emissions 190-123 g/km. Official EU Test Figures. For comparative purposes only.

Real world figures may differ.

Representative Example relates to a Discovery Sport HSE Black 180 (5+2 Seat) Automatic. 6.9% APR Representative available on new Discovery Sport HSE Black 180 (5+2 Seat) Automatic models registered between 1st October to 31st December 2017 at participating Retailers only. With Land Rover Freedom Personal Contract Purchase you have the option at the end of the agreement to: (1) return the vehicle and not pay the Optional Final Payment. If the vehicle has exceeded the maximum agreed mileage a charge per excess mile will apply. In this example, 14p + VAT per excess mile up to 4,999, or for excess mileage of 5,000 or more, a charge of 28p + VAT will apply to each excess mile above the maximum agreed mileage. If the vehicle is in good condition (fair wear and tear accepted) and has not exceeded the maximum agreed mileage you will have nothing further to pay; (2) pay the Optional Final Payment to own the vehicle or (3) part exchange the vehicle subject to settlement of your existing credit agreement; new credit agreements are subject to status. Representative example is based upon an annual mileage of 10,000 miles. Credit is subject to status and only available to UK residents, aged 18 and over. This credit offer is only available through Black Horse Limited trading as Land Rover Financial Services, St William House, Tresillian Terrace, Cardiff CF10 5BH. We can introduce you to Land Rover Financial Services to provide funding for your vehicle. We may receive commission or other benefits for introducing you to the lender.

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Honda announces new addition to its popular CR-V range cruise control, Bluetooth® hands free telephone (HFT) system, reversing camera, city brake active system and

make for a great ending to 2017 for drive and manual transmission.

Honda in the UK. The S Plus provides Available in White Orchid Pearl, Cryscustomers with approximately £1,500 of tal Black Pearl, Polished Metal Metallic features for free, aligning with Honda’s and Passion objective of supplying products of the Red Pearl, highest quality, at a reasonable price for the S Plus utmost customer satisfaction.” petrol model will be priced at £23,500, with the diesel model priced at £24,500.

Both of the Cars, Vans & Motorcycle (Free Retest) stated Servicing & Reairs all makes prices inOld Hereford Road, Abergavenny clude a saving offer of £3,000.

PCP monthly price plan for petrol is MOT 36 instalTrade Centre ments of Motorcycle and Car MOT Supporting Monmouth £299 and Show 2011 £309 for Servicing and Repair Church Lane, Govilon, diesel.

Church Lane, Govilon, NP7 managing director of 9RP Dave Hodgetts,Monmouthshire Monmouthshire NP7 9RP Telephone Abergavenny Honda UK commented; “This special Tel: Abergavenny edition CR-V is a fantastic addition to the 01873 831696 world’s bestselling SUV line up, and will 01873 831696

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ONDA UK has announced the addition of a new variant to the popular CR-V line up.

Expected to arrive in dealer showrooms from the start of November, the S Plus special edition will offer customers additional features and styling for less.

On top of the standard features, the S Plus has a dynamic and stylish appearance with the following new exterior features; body coloured front and rear aero bumpers, tailgate spoiler and stylish running boards, giving the S Plus a sporty but yet mature look.

Based on the S Navi grade, the new S Plus model includes the following as standard; climate control dual auto A/C,

Lee Jowitt AUTO REPAIRS

• Servicing • MOT’s • Tyres • Diagnostics

FULL RANGE OF VEHICLE REPAIRS We now also offer servicing and repairs for Hybrid Vehicles

TEL: 01873 859100

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PETS’ CORNER

Good-fur-nothing allergies drive terrier barking mad

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KIN allergies are incredibly common in domestic pets - probably more common than in humans. We call it ‘atopy’ and it can significantly affect a pet’s quality of life if left untreated say the experts at Abbey Vets.

Pets don’t seem to get the traditional hay fever signs we associate with allergies, but respond in patterns depending on their species. Though there are exceptions, cats seem to get thinning fur, with red ulcers and scabs on their necks; and dogs often nibble their toes, face and bodies and have recurring ear infections.

This brings us to our case of the week - ‘Mouse’. Mouse is a young Jack Russell who is rather cheeky and very lucky to have landed on her feet.

She was rescued by her owner Tegan and, when she came in to Tegan’s life, was having an allergic reaction to flea bites.

Tegan sorted this out with excellent flea treatment and medication. Because the allergic reaction was already underway, she was attacking her own skin and drugs were needed to shut off her body’s dramatic response to the fleas.

This worked a treat! However...

As time went on it became clear that Mouse was itchy even without the fleas - nibbling her toes each night. It was annoying for her and she was causing her skin to become sore and infected. Tegan brought her to us and we investigated

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Visit our dedicated Small Animal Team

The annual Petplan Veterinary Awards are open now for 2017!

You can nominate your favourite members of our team if they have impressed you this year. Entries can be made online or you can pop in to any of our branches for an entry form.

Fireworks cause misery for thousands of pets and their

DON’T FORGET ABBEY EQUINE owners every year.

If you’re dreading this Bonfire Night, give us a call to see if Experts in Health we Equine can help.

Abbey Vets Abergavenny branch St Arvans Chambers, Hereford Rd, Abergavenny NP7 5PR Tel: 01873 852391

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with special foods and tests.

Mouse will always have allergies because there is no cure, but at least we now know why she is itchy. With a bit of thought we have changed Mouse’s lifestyle to reduce her exposure to what she’s allergic to, and we’ve found a safe way to manage her itch long term - hopefully minimising the number of drugs she’ll need in the future.

Curing pets isn’t always possible, but we hope that we will make life as easy as possible for both Mouse and Tegan!

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