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Lucy Zirins

Live Lunch at Salisbury Arts Centre

Gardening with Pippa Greenwood

Climbing the Walls

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Redlynch Guides is Recruiting!

The lively Unit of enthusiastic girls (aged 10 to 16) has vacancies for more girls who might like to experience Guiding.

The girls do a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities, which in the last 12 months have included putting on a variety show, a “Ready Steady Cook” competition, SCUBA diving and a midnight hike.

Redlynch Guides meet once a week in term times at the Methodist Church Hall at Woodfalls.

Leaders are also required. No experience of Guiding is necessary.

If you think you might be interested, why don’t you give me a ring?

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A week or two in this perfect location will give you the chance to really appreciate all that Croatia has to offer. Whether it’s walking the historical streets of Split or Trogir, sunbathing by the beach or pool, canyoneering the Cetina river or swimming at the Krk National Park Waterfalls there’s something for everyone.

• Trogir town is a UNESCO World Heritage Centre • visit Split by boat • waterbus services: no need to rent a car!

• sleeps 7: 3 double bedrooms • 3 mins walk to Okrug Gornji beach • modern kitchen & large lounge • air-conditioning in all rooms • wifi, ipod speakers and tv/dvd player • 2 balconies with stunning views • only 2.5 hours from London to Split For more information call Melanie Tinson on

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A few years ago I bought a book called Getting Things Done by David Allen. The irony of not having made it past chapter two isn’t lost on me. Page 1 should have been “How to get to the end of this book”.

Now, procrastination can’t always be dealt with by saying to yourself ‘just get on with it’. No amount of self-criticism is going to make you good at finances for example, if you are number blind. And actually if there is something you know you are really rubbish at, you should be finding someone else to do it, not beating yourself up about your tardiness.

I started 2016 with exactly that realisation. I can’t do DIY and my husband can, but hates it so is a bear to live with while he’s doing it, so I’ve been making good use of our advertisers. DIY of course is generally less money (although actually not always) but is always more time.

And if you are over 41, you are half way through the average UK life expectancy. You can always work a bit harder to make more money; you can’t make more life though.

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Live Lunch: Lucy Zirins 9 April, 12pm to 12pm • Salisbury Arts Centre Box Office: 01722 321744 • www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk Award winning country-folk singersongwriter Lucy Zirins will be playing two sets solo over lunch at the Salisbury Arts Centre. Live Lunches are a series of free gigs in the relaxed Cafe Arts Centre.

praising the album for it’s “modern folk-tinged country” sound and Lucy’s vocal delivery. In November 2015 Lucy released “What’s in Front of Me”, a six track follow up E.P to “Chasing Clocks”.

London based singer-songwriter Lucy Zirins hails from the small town of Burnley, Lancashire. She picked up the guitar aged 12 after inheriting one from her late Uncle and began songwriting early on.

Lucy has received a number of accolades including being picked by the PRS as one of their “Class of 2010” for her promise as a young UK songwriter at just 18 years old. She was a UK Country Radio songwriter finalist in their 2014 awards and has been nominated for the British Blues Awards in various categories both as a songwriter and artist for the past 4 years, winning in 2013. Lucy continues to tour in both solo, duo and band formats and begins work on her next studio album this year

Her first album “Chasing Clocks” debuted in 2013 to good reviews and airplay from national BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 6, with respected country magazine, Maverick Magazine saying: “There are not too many debut albums as promising as this” (4 stars) and R2 Magazine

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And Another Thing...

by Tom Hughes Follow Tom @groomsdaybook Where to take my beloved for a much needed break? Tenerife for some early sun? Or how about springtime in Paris? Or maybe somewhere nearer home....?

“Southport? In March? But Tom, I thought we were going to Paris?”

“Did you know Southport’s Lord Street is the inspiration for the boulevards of most romantic city in the world?”

“Oh, for a horrible minute I thought you meant we were going to -” “Southport, that’s right. We can take Olly on the beach. Go for a stroll along Southport Pier?”

“You know how to spoil a girl, don’t you?”

“Come on, grab your coat, better take an extra layer, best take an umbrella too.”

“Anything else?”

“A flask of Bovril? Oh and a woolly hat.”

In no time at all the Mondeo Ghia was within striking distance of the classiest seaside town north of Liverpool (and south of Blackpool). I parked up on the coast road and after leaping acrobatically to catch my airborne umbrella, shouted over to Sarah.

“Have you got any change for the machine?”

“What!? The wind, I can’t-” She shook her head, no change.

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No matter we could pay via mobile phone. Thirty minutes later I was in the newsagents changing a five pound note.

“You can pay by mobile mate.”

“Unfortunately I failed my computer programming A-level, so can I have five pound coins please?”

At last, we were ready to explore.

“So you see, the design of this street, with its wide thoroughfare, is just like the boulevards of Paris. It is said that Napoleon III lodged just off Lord Street, in 1834 I believe, and that gave him the idea-” “Tom, as fascinating as this is, can we just get out of the rain?”

“Here let’s go down this side alley and get our fortune told.”

“I’ll tell you what Tom, you go and get your fortune told, I’m going into Russell & Bromleys.”

Refusing to be dissuaded, I popped my head through the beads hanging across the door and sat down in Madame Sylvia’s bijou front parlour, with Olly sat quietly on my knee. She took my hand in hers which was of course the signal for me to start giggling.

“I would say that you are quite a happy-go-lucky person. Always smiling.”

“Well fancy you knowing that?” I beamed.

“Now, you haven’t got a younger

brother have you?”

“No.” “Older sister?”

“No. I have a younger sister and an older brother.”

“Yes I thought so.” Well done Madame Sylvia, right on the money again! Leaving Madame Sylvia’s armed with the knowledge that my fortune was on its way, I met Sarah coming out of the shoe shop.

Eventually, we battled our way across the coast road and found our way to Southport Pier. “Tom look at it, it’s sheeting down.”

“It’s OK darling worry not, we can take the train.”

And there, coming into the tiny station on the shortest bit of track known to man, was a real live proper train.

“Is this the right train for the end of Southport Pier?”

The exhausted driver looked at me like he hadn’t heard that joke for hours.

“Ninety pence please.”

At the other end of this pile of Victorian Iron we discovered a seedy amusement arcade and tatty cafe which had been refurbished completely and replaced with, er, a tatty cafe and seedy amusement arcade.

We decided to sit out the storm with a restorative cuppa.

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moustache barred our way. “Sorry sir, no dogs in the cafe.”

We all looked down at Olly, now soaked and shivering with the cold.

“It’s OK, he’s a guide dog.”

The little Jobsworth’s eyes narrowed.

“Well where’s his harness and tunic?”

“It’s his day off.”

“His day off?”

“Yes. Do you wear that tunic on your day off?”

“Er, no.”

“Well neither does he, now excuse us.”

After our greasy Eccles cake and stewed tea we decided to head home. I made a dash for the train but it had already gone.

“Blast! What time is the next one?”

“I’m not sure but I think I can see it now, you know that one there, at other end of this pier?”

We returned to our Mondeo Ghia only to find a nice shiny yellow parking ticket stuck onto the windscreen.

“I thought you bought one?”

“I thought you paid by mobile?”

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Downton Cuckoo Fair 2016 The Downton Cuckoo Fair is an ideal one-day family event, held on the greens in the picturesque village of Downton, six miles south of Salisbury on the Ringwood road.

Although the first fair dates back to 1249, it has been re-established in its present form since 1979 and always takes place on the May Bank Holiday Saturday. This year the Downton Cuckoo Fair is on the 30th April.

A highlight of the fair will be the crowning of the Cuckoo Fair Princess, which takes place outside The White Horse Inn and signals the official opening.

This is followed by a colourful procession, beginning at the Bull Hotel and consists of the Downton Band, the Princess, Maypole dancers, Morris dancers and many others. There are four Maypole displays throughout the day, the first taking place directly after the procession.

Freshly cooked lunches are prepared in seated areas by some of the best cooks in the village. For those who prefer to savour all the fair’s events whilst eating on the move, there are numerous outlets for barbequed sausages, burgers and bacon rolls.

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RECIPE

Chicken In Red Wine Serves 4

This is a quick, easy and flavoursome way to serve chicken. Use a full-bodied red wine such as a Burgundy for the best flavour, although there is no need to buy a really pricy one!

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Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the chicken chunks and fry for 4-5 minutes, turning frequently until golden brown all over. Transfer to a plate with a slotted spoon.

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Add the button mushrooms and shallots to the pan and fry for 5 minutes until just beginning to brown. Add the garlic and fry for a further minute then return the chicken to the pan and stir in the red wine, stock, tomato puree and bay leaf.

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Bring to the boil then reduce the heat, cover and simmer gently for 25-30 minutes or until the chicken and onions are tender.

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Blend the cornflour and 2 tbsp water to a smooth paste then stir the paste into the pan.

Simmer gently for further 2-3 minutes, stirring all the time, until the liquid has thickened. Serve with sautéed potatoes and steamed green beans and garnish with parsley sprigs.

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Gardening to encourage those vital pollinators and other good wildlife (hedgehogs to eat the slugs) features this year. Wild flowers, as well as looking lovely, are important for bees who pollinate fruit bushes and veg plants. You can buy wildflower seeds and learn about pollinators from the ‘Bees Knees’.

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