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Look good, feel good

27 Whats on?

12 Your family

30 Out & about

24 Your garden

49 Your home

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Features 6 International left handers awareness day 11 Choices that help keep your kids healthy, and keep

you sane!

12 The Welton soap box derby 2017 18 Off to university 23 Bring back the buttonhole 33 Local fashion designer turns

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38 Scotch whisky day 40 Book sales soar in support of

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44 Flight chic 47 Britain’s waterways - come and explore 52 Top tips for barbeque perfection

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International left handers’ awareness day Sunday 13th August Left handers day history

All change for lefties

On 13th August 1992 International Left-Handers Day was launched. It is an annual event when left-handers everywhere can celebrate their sinistrality and increase public awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed. This event is now celebrated worldwide, and in the U.K. alone there have been more than 20 regional events to mark the day in recent years – including left-v-right sports matches, a left-handed tea party, pubs using left-handed corkscrews where patrons drank and played pub games with the left hand only, and nationwide “Lefty Zones” where left-handers creativity, adaptability and sporting prowess are celebrated, whilst right-handers were encouraged to try out every day lefthanded objects to see just how awkward it can feel using the wrong equipment!

In days gone by left-handers may have been forced to use their right hand (at school for example) but nowadays the world is becoming a friendlier place. Tools such as scissors, tin openers, vegetable peelers, knives and tape measures are all available for the non-righthanded.

These events have contributed more than anything else to the general awareness of the difficulties and frustrations left-handers experience in everyday life, and have successfully led to improved product design and greater consideration of our needs by the right-handed majority – although there is still a long way to go!!

Though being left-handed might once have been considered a disability, today’s lefties refuse to let it hold them back. “I may be left-handed,” says one, “But I’m always right.”

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Around 13% of the world’s population are left-handed and since 1976, sinistromanual people over the world have been celebrating their ‘right’ to be left handed!!

Left-handedness is controlled by the right side of the brain, which means that lefties are likely to be creative - excelling in music, the arts and media. They are also inclined to be good at ball sports and at anything requiring hand-to-eye co-ordination.

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Choices that help keep your kids healthy, and keep you sane!

Whether starting infant school or in the last year at university, your kids and their health are a top priority.

After all, if your kids are healthy, it’s less stress for you, too.

Food first It’s no surprise that the core to good health, for adults and children, is a colourful and varied diet based around a rainbow of fruit and vegetables, pulses, nuts and seeds and good quality fatty fish, and limit meat, sugar and alcohol intake. Choose organic where available to limit pesticides and other chemicals. Plan ahead with batch cooking, involve the kids in food preparation and save the more complicated recipes for the weekend.

Always check with your GP or other health professional to get the correct diagnosis for any childhood ailment.

With chronic conditions such as eczema, consider working with a nutritionist to devise a diet audit, excluding common triggers such as wheat and dairy for a few weeks and gradually reintroducing to see if symptoms persist or subside.

Immunity Growing children, especially those who don’t eat a varied diet, sometimes don’t get enough vitamins A and C. It’s also difficult to get enough vitamin D through food alone. That’s why the Department of Health recommends that all children aged six months to five years are given vitamin supplements containing vitamins A, C and D

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every day to support immune health and more.

Probiotic supplements have been well studied in children with emerging evidence to suggest they can support a healthy immune system, with potential to reduce infectious illness, sick days, and medication-use including cold and flu drugs as well as antibiotics prescriptions.

Eczema Probiotics have further benefits in reducing the severity of skin issues such as eczema and atopic dermatitis.

Specific strains of good bacteria including L Rhamnosus GG, have been indicated for both the prevention and treatment of eczema in infants and children. Look too for an organic fish oil supplement providing omega 3 essential fatty acids to help reduce inflammation.

Nutrition Fussy eating can disrupt an otherwise happy household.

Exposing your children to a wide array of colourful foods from an early age and having an ‘always try’ policy whereby everyone must try something before rejecting.

Topping up with a good quality children’s multivitamin can reassure parents during the transition from fussy to foodie.

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The Welton soap box derby 2017 Origins of soap box racing The Soap Box is a youth soapbox car racing program which has been run in the United States since 1934.

World championship finals are held each July in America.

Cars are unpowered, relying completely upon gravity to move. The Red Bull soapbox race is an international event (often televised) in which amateur drivers race homemade soapbox vehicles.

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Saturday 15th July will bring the 4th consecutive Welton Soapbox Derby. Each homemade dream machine is powered by nothing but gravity and sheer courage!! In previous years, there has been, a fire engine, a helicopter, a narrowboat and a ‘living room’!

This is a great family focussed event. In addition, this year will see a new and extensive shopping village on the park area; food and beverage outlets, and children’s entertainment. Not forgetting award winning real ales from The White Horse and live bands throughout the day and into the night for winner’s celebrations.

Street entertainment will start from 11:30am and racing begins, at 12:00pm!

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Based in the sleepy village of Welton, Northamptonshire, the true spectacle of racing machines will congregate to compete in a timed downhill race. With a starting grid of 45 teams , and over 70 drivers, this year is building up to be another huge success.

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25g raw almonds, whole or ground

You will need a 25 x 30cm baking tray lined with baking parchment.

Alternatively you can make them as muffins in a muffin tin.

250g cooked beetroot, chopped 65g almond or buckwheat flour

Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F.

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Off to university?

The chicken or the egg?

The importance of critical thinking for students.

Heading to uni?

If you are heading to university this autumn the best piece of advice I can offer (having been both a student and a lecturer) is:

Learn critical thinking now, before you start.

If you don’t, it becomes a bit of a chicken or the egg kind of situation. You will be expected to research and provide valid arguments for your lecturers, but you will not have had the experience of researching.

You will probably be tempted to use the internet. The internet is the most important advancement since the wheel, but as Henry VIII once said: “39.6 % of facts on the internet are made up”.

Fake news?

The problem of fake information is such an issue that Facebook recently took advertising space in newspapers advising people on how to spot it. They basically boiled it down to ‘check the source is valid and think about the likelihood of what it said actually being true’. This can be a problem in itself because often there is a truth, or at least part-truth, at the core of the fake fact to make it convincing. The only way to avoid the pseudo-science and fake news on the internet is to think about it logically. You need to take a step back and look at what you are seeing rather than take it at face value.

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Let me give you a very quick example. There is clear evidence that the moon landings were faked because the flag the astronauts planted is rippling. Ah-ha proof!

Because no air means no rippling! Think about it though and obviously, the flag would flap as it was wiggled and pushed into the ground. See how easy a fact becomes proof of something else?

Use your library My advice is occasionally just to use a good, oldfashioned, library. Woven into the carpet of the Gungahlin Public Library in Canberra is a great piece of advice for students. It reads: ‘Google can bring you back 100,000 answers; a librarian can bring you back the right one’ Neil Gaiman.

Your lecturers and librarian teams will have chosen your reading carefully, so you should probably read it.

The answer is egg by the way. Dinosaurs laid eggs and were the evolutionary ancestors of the chicken, so the egg came first. The chicken went on to a career crossing roads.

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Win a ÂŁ40 BBQ meat pack from Onley Grounds Farm Shop Producers of award winning Onley Oak

Northamptonshire grain fed beef, the beef reared on the farms has gained a high reputation and is supplied to local restaurants, catering outlets, high end catering establishments countrywide along with the upper class grills on the world famous Cunard cruise ships. Suppliers also to a renowned michelin star restaurant and popular wedding venues in the area, you can be sure the BBQ meat packs are no exception to high quality and you can purchase from the shop. Located in the heart of the countryside just off A45 between Daventry and Dunchurch the shop opens 10-4 Thursday to Sunday, CV23 8AJ. Tel 07546 222624.

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4. Check Twitter Moments and Trending content. Tweeting popular content will guarantee you extra followers 5. React to your notifications. Thank those who shared your content. Say “Hi” to your new followers. Always have the last word!

If you are struggling with content ideas, then feel free to download this eBook – 75 ideas of things to post www.green-umbrella.biz/post75 Ideally you should spend no more than 30 mins a day on Twitter. It is easy to get distracted on this platform, therefore set a timer, or just be aware of the “Oh this is shiny syndrome”

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11-12TH NOVEMBER 2017 NORTHAMPTON WINTER FOOD FESTIVAL

AN EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED! FOOD & DRINK STALLS AND STREET FOOD + MANY OTHER ATTRACTIONS Demonstrations from some of the county’s leading chefs 20,000 copies printed and distributed in late October to homes and businesses in Northamptonshire, including copies for festival entrants EMPORIUM PUBLICATIONS Icon Environmental Innovation Centre, Eastern Way Daventry, Northants NN11 0QB

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Showcase your business in the The Northampton Winter Food Festival guide Northampton Winter Food Festival, a premium event for Northamptonshire, now in its second year, takes place at The County Cricket Ground on November 11th and 12th. Created by the team behind the highly successful Towcester Food Festival, it is a celebration of artisan food and drink with up to 100 stalls, chef demonstrations, tasting workshops all undercover and a street food market.

We are working with the organisers as their official media partner once more, to supply the official food guide.

With the run up to Christmas, this quality event guide is being hand delivered to; Brixworth, Boughton, Chapel Brampton, Church Brampton, Cogenhoe Duston - Old and New, Earls Barton, Great and Little Houghton, Moulton, Pitsford and local businesses in late October. This A5 colour magazine will be full of local businesses and information on the participants and events to be held at the festival.

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Bring back the buttonhole!

Simple and sophisticated, funky or fantastic, it would be a joy to see buttonholes worn again…

First buttonhole The name of my flowery business ‘Garden Gate Flowers’, came about because of my obsession with making buttonholes as a child.

I was lucky enough to have my own little growing patch in the garden and grew mainly rows of clarkias, stocks and radishes! One day I asked my Dad what I should do with all the flowers – that was after filling ever spare vase to go in our house – he suggested I could make a buttonhole for him. I did! But I didn’t stop there…I made buttonholes for every neighbour and relative – on a daily basis - using my flowers and adding foliage and more flowers from other parts of the garden, and then went out on my little pink bike to deliver around the village throughout the summer holidays!!

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My skills and interest in different flowers grew and grew…but there are only so many buttonholes that village folk could cope with…so I started leaving them in little egg cups full of water on the table at our ‘Garden Gate’ where we sold eggs and other gluts of veg! They all disappeared and money, mostly half pennies (old money!), were duly donated in the ‘honesty box’ which sat on the table.

if it was my Dad aka The Buttonhole Fairy) because it cemented my lifelong passion for flowers and rather aptly provided the name for my business!

Join the campaign Last June, Garden’s Illustrated magazine started a campaign to ‘Bring Back the Buttonhole’. ‘It would be a joy to see buttonholes once again worn as daily accessories, rather than just for weddings and parties.’ says Charlie Ryrie, (Gardens Illustrated, June 2016) I couldn’t agree more and always wear a buttonhole to compliment my outfit whenever possible, and make one for my husband too. A few little flowers gathered together and tied with a pretty ribbon makes a perfect little birthday gift for a man or women…and of course you could always make them for friends and relatives around the village!!

If you would like to have a go at making one and join the campaign, you will find instructions on how to make and wear a buttonhole, on the Blog page on my website www.gardengaterugby.co.uk I’d love to see a photo of your buttonhole! Please send to me via the website or email to: sue@gardengaterugby. co.uk or post on my Facebook page: gardengaterugby

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Trivia Sudoku • Small team of RHS • RHS qualified qualified gardeners •• Female Bordergardener and lawn care and • Border and lawn care maintenance and maintenance • Rose and fruit tree • Pruning and general pruning tidy up work • Hedge trimming •• Garden Pruningplanning and general and design tidy up work Service •• Consultation Hanging baskets Contact us Contact Us E: kim@beautiful-borders.co.uk

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What’s on?

A full list of events over the forthcoming months is available on our website www.villageemporium.co.uk/events/ willow weaving, pottery & gardening. For Third Wednesday of the Noticeboard ages 5 - 12. Every Wednesday during month Your Cafe – Braunston.

A community cafe in High Street, open Wednesdays to Fridays from 10am to 4pm and from 10am to 1pm on Saturday. The café is run by volunteers. A wide range of teas, coffees and lovely cakes.

Every Tuesday of the month Daventry Photographic Society - Open to all with a variety of members and a wide range of abilities. Competitions, presentations, guest speakers and field trips. Suitable for any adult with an interest in photography, regardless of level of expertise or type of equipment.

Meet every Tuesday at 7.30pm at Mayfield Sports Club, Royal Star Drive, Daventry.

NN11 9FZ. Come along for a week or two as our guest to see us in action. www. daventryphotographicsociety.co.uk or call Roland Puleston Jones on 07818 252498 for more information.

Daventry Women’s Institute - Come along at 2.00pm to the Methodist Church Hall, Golding Close, Daventry NN11 4FB. Contact Jackie Dodd 01327 700272 email davbabe@supanet.com

Grandborough Farmers Market 6th July, 3rd August, 7th September Held in St Peter’s Church 10am -12.30pm.

All locally sourced produce. Choose from fresh vegetables, meat, fish, cakes, bread, plants and more. Enjoy a refreshment break with one of our home made cakes, cheese scones or even a bacon or sausage roll.

July/August Rural Courses Green Acres Farm Rural Enterprise CIC - Catesby Road, Staverton, NN11 6JP. Sunday 2nd July - willow weaving, Sunday 16th July - willow weaving. Craft & cookery club for children, come along and learn some new skills including cookery,

August - 8.30 - 3.30, £45 per child ( lunch Included). To book email info@ greenacresfarm.org.uk telephone 01327 703313. Fees are payable on the day and include all materials, lunch & refreshments. Café dates – Fri 7th July, 21st July, 18th August.

Open Garden June to September Priors Marston Manor – The Green, Priors Marston, Warwickshire, CV47 7RH. Visitors welcome Mon-Thur only (excl BH). Home-made teas for group bookings only. Admission £5.00, children free. Call 07934 440949 email whewitt15@yahoo. co.uk . Partial wheelchair access.

July, August, September Harlestone Church - Sunday afternoon Teas, 2-5pm. A chance for you to walk round the lovely village of Harlestone and come and see the pretty Church.

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What’s on Sunday 9th July Braunston Open Gardens in

Thursday 20th July Daventry & District U3A –

aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. 11am6pm. Enjoy a wide variety of gardens, afternoon tea & homemade cake.

Canal side gardens, revived allotment & garden plots, various sized back gardens as well as a large Victorian walled garden.

Buy an entry programme from the Village Hall or any of the participating gardens.

Greta Palmer returns to talk about Indian elephant regalia ‘Dressed to Impress’ at Daventry Community Centre, Ashby Road, Daventry.

U3A is an organisation for any ‘third-ager’ no longer working full time or bringing up a family. 2 - 4pm

Ten gardens in the historic villages of Long Buckby & Long Buckby Wharf. Varying in size and style, from courtyard & canal side to cottage garden. Water features, pergolas, garden structures, chickens & pigs, but the stars are definitely the plants.

Our award-winning local museum will also be open. Teas & plants for sale at Lawn Cottage 1pm - 6pm. Combined admission with Mill House £5.00, children free. Full or partial wheelchair access to all gardens, except 4 Skinyard Lane.

July Tuesday 4th July 30 Bird Charity Clay Pigeon Shoot – Weddington Farm, Hambridge Road, Bishops Itchington. In aid of Galanos House Royal British Legion care home.

6pm – 8pm, bbq & refreshments, fibre wads only, entrants must be a member of an association (eg BASC, PULL). Prizes 1st,2nd & 3rd plus ladies prize. Entry £15.

Call Robbie 07795320588 for more details.

Saturday 8th July & Sunday 9th July Crick Scarecrow & Music Festival – Follow the Crick scarecrow treasure trail, enjoy the bbq/ beer tent whilst listening to free music all day and don’t miss the fabulous Vikings Of Middle England & other family friendly attractions. Approx 1 in 12 of the festival programs will have a *winning lucky number* ~ will it be yours?? See our FB pages for further details” Mini farm, live music, beer tent, raffle & much more….

12pm – 5pm. Free parking.

Saturday 8th July Bugbrooke Church Fete - A traditional fete which takes place on the Millennium Green next to the car park by the church. The fete is on from 2pm to 5pm. There will be a Rose Queen and attendants, sideshows, raffles, children’s races and the duck race.

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Sunday 23rd July Long Buckby Open Gardens -

Sunday 9th July Ravensthorpe Open Gardens - 1.30 - 5.30pm. Combined admission £5.00, children free.

Home-made teas at village hall. 4 gardens - 33 Guilsborough Road, Mill House , Ravensthorpe Nursery ,Wigley Cottage ( partial wheelchair access ) all proceeds to NGS

Monday 17th July Upper Nene Villages U3A Group present - ‘The Life and Times of the Culworth Gang’ by David Hewitt. The story of a notorious Northamptonshire gang that terrorised people for 30 miles around. 2.00pm.This friendly local group meets at Bugbrooke Sports and Community Centre, usually on the third Monday of the month at 2.00pm, and nonmembers welcome as guests. No meeting in August. Enquiries to 01327-340954 or visit https://u3asites.org.uk/upper-nene.

Saturday 29th July Daventry Ukulele Group Daventry Methodist church, Golding Close Nn11 4fb. Concert 2pm- 5pm. Free Admission. Retiring Collection. In Aid Parkinsons Uk (Local Group)

Saturday 29th July & Sunday 30th July Cold Ashby Open Gardens Weekend - 2pm till 6pm. Gardens open, tombola, plants & vegetable stalls.

Homemade jams & cakes & delicious

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What’s on cream teas. £3.50 admission, children free. Off A5199, 1 mile from junction 1 of the A14

August Thursday 17th August Daventry & District U3A - Derek Blunt takes us on a tour of Northamptonshire’s towns and villages with his presentation, ‘Squires & Spires’ at Daventry Community Centre, Ashby Road, 2 - 4pm U3A is an organisation for any ‘third-ager’ no longer working full time or bringing up a family. 3rd Thursday of the month.

Sunday 20th August Scarecrow Trail, registration forms

Villages, registration forms available at The Peep hole or Long Buckby Newsagent. Visitors can view the exhibits in the afternoon followed by a Grand Auction and drawing of the 2017 Buckby Feast Raffle

Saturday 26th August Summer Fete – Galanos House, Banbury Rd, Southam CV47 2BL 01926 812185. Homemade cakes, preserves, crafts, food, raffle etc. Fun for all the family, come along at 2.30pm.

Sunday 27th August Garage Sale around Long Buckby proceeds to Bucky Feast Fund, registration forms available from The Post Office or Long Buckby Newsagents

and maps available at The Peephole or Long Buckby Newsagents, all proceeds to Buckby Feast Fund

fudge, jams and chutneys with plenty of games for the children and a fun dog show - plus delicious homemade teas in front of The Manor. There is even a human fruit machine! Free parking and toilets available on site. Adults £2.50, children and senior citizens £1.00, children under 12 are free.

All proceeds to the Church. Email sue. sherman@tsp-uk.co.uk for more info.

Saturday 9th September & Sunday 10th September 20th Harpole Scarecrow Festival. 12-5pm. £2 per adult.

Weekend includes music, workshops, different foods, donkey rides, double decker bus, kids activities and stalls.

Sunday 27th August & Monday 28th August Fairy House Trail - Upper Wednesday 23rd August Quiz at Long Buckby Football Club in aid of Buckby Feast, pre booking of teams essential, registration forms available at The Peep Hole or Long Buckby Newsagents, keep an eye on the website for more information

Saturday 26th August Long Buckby Feast Produce and Craft Show at The Community Centre for Long Buckby and Surrounding

Harlestone, Northampton. 11-4pm.

Take a stroll around the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside and view over 50 handmade fairy houses. Model railway, Lego street, children’s quiz, fairy merchandise, teas and fairy cakes!

September Sunday 3rd September Winwick Country Church Fete and Fun Dog Show - A great afternoon out for all the family 2pm - 5pm. Over 60 Stalls and attractions including arts and crafts, cakes, plants,

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Come to The Barn for a warm welcome A perfect place to meet friends and family, or just by yourself. Relax and enjoy the peaceful surroundings, set in the heart of the country, but only a mile from the A5.

Normal opening times 10-5pm, 7 days a week

Serving breakfast, morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and of course cakes!

Call us on: 01327 349911 email us at: eat@thebarnrestaurant.net See our web-site: www.thebarnrestaurant.net

Visit us at: The Old Dairy Farm, Upper Stowe, Northamptonshire, NN7 4SH

The Old Dairy Farm Centre is home to a range of independent shops.

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Local fashion designer turns down the bright lights of London Exclusive collections

Small and unique

Since opening her fashion studio in Long Buckby, Nina has quietly beavered away producing what she refers to as ‘dressy daywear and one off wardrobe pieces’. Those ‘go to’ items we all need when we want clothing that’s just a bit different from what’s out there on the high street.

Part of the reason Nina has been successful is because she has chosen to stay small and unique. Her focus is always on the woman herself and how she wants to feel and look in what she wears. Women want quality clothing that’s different from anything else they’ve seen and they also want help and advice on how to find a style that suits them.

Her studio, where she designs and commercially produces her clothing exclusively for her own customers, has occasionally caught the eye of other boutique owners and Nina has been asked to supply the high street on more than one occasion. More recently though, she was asked to supply a much higher end, designer clothing outlet in London.

After giving the matter much thought, Nina graciously declined the offer to grow and expand her label to a bigger market. The reason she explained, was that she would need to move to a factory and start producing clothing on a bigger scale. She by far prefers to stick with creating small one off collections keeping them purely for both her online and walk in customers some of which travel from all over the country and are dotted around the world.

There is also some merit in keeping a business unique to its own roots rather than turning it into yet another national high street brand. Local people enjoy having the prestige of a business that identifies with a rare kind of unique quality and Nina believe this forms part of the backbone of a local community. It’s been grown in their back yard and they want to keep it exclusive to them’.

Nina’s clothing is a collection of daywear and special wardrobe pieces made from luxury quality fabrics sourced from Italy.

Her studio is always welcoming and inviting and walk in customers can visit and see what’s on the rails and what’s in store for the next season.

To contact Nina email ninawornham@gmail.com or visit the web site at www.ninawornham.co.uk

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‘The Furrow’

The traditional bar offers a range of beautifully cared for Ales, & Fine Wines. Lunch available daily or Tea & Coffee.

Three barns, in the large garden, open daily from 12.00, with a fabulous range of retro & vintage furniture, plants,flowers,collectibles & Antiques.

Thursday Evening - Italian Menu Friday Evening - Tapas Saturday Dinner - see website for Menus.

Sunday Lunch

The Plough Inn Everdon

Open Daily from 12.00-11.00pm

Bespoke Vintage Weddings.

Please look at our website or contact us anytime

The Plough offers within a beautiful environment, high quality, freshly prepared food, using local & Seasonal Ingredients – In particular, our own home produced Lamb, Everdon Beef & Sausages.

Please call 01327 361606 or 07866789737

Live Music Events, please see website www.theploughinneverdon.com

Friendly, family-run business offering good quality fresh fruit and vegetables. Come and get your 5-a-day and see the farm animals.

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CELEBRATE YOUR NEXT FAMILY EVENT WITH SEDGEBROOK HALL

What better place to get your family together than Sedgebrook Hall; with our landscaped lawns and numerous banqueting suites to suit every kind of event. Whether it’s a baby shower, family reunion or celebrating the life of a loved one, our packages are infinitely flexible and are created bespoke for each and every event.

Located in an ideal central location for many main transport routes, Sedgebrook Hall can provide not only a space for you to celebrate but also offers accommodation onsite too, for those looking to enjoy a weekend break away.

Our menus include afternoon tea, hot and cold buffets and seated meals, so you can be sure there’s something to take your fancy as you spend time with friends and family.

For more details and a bespoke quote, contact the events team at sedgebrookevents@sedgebrookhall.co.uk or call us on 01604 821666 (option 3).

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Scotch whisky day Why not enjoy a wee dram on Thursday 27th July to celebrate... and discover a little more about the amber nectar with our facts below.

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whisky when it sold at auction in Hong Kong for $628, 205 in 2015. The luxury decanter contains 6 litres of whisky and stands 28 inches tall.

For countless people around the world, nothing says relaxation after a long hard week like a glass of good whisky. And although drinking in the middle of the week is not something we’d normally recommend, you could probably make an exception just this once, on Scotch whisky day.

The water of life

Liquid gold

The angels’ share

The export of whisky generates a healthy £125 a second for the Scottish government. Just under 38 bottles of whisky being exported from Scotland every second. Laid end-to-end, the 99 million cases of Scotch exported each year would run the distance between Edinburgh and New York – six times.

Single malt, several casks It’s a common misconception that single malt whisky is the product of one cask. In fact, it is the product of a single distillery and may actually come from several casks therein.

Whisky galore!

Scotland is home to more than 20 million casks of maturing whisky. That’s almost four for every person living there.

Dram expensive A crystal decanter of Macallan Imperiale ‘M’ whisky scooped the prestigious title of world’s most expensive

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Whisky in Gaelic reads ‘uisge beathe’, which means ‘water of life’.

Whisky stored in barrels gradually evaporates at an approximate rate of 2% a year. This is referred to as the famous ‘angels’ share’.

Local heroes The reason so many distilleries rely on local employees – often generations of families – is because it’s reckoned that such workforces produce crucially consistent styles.

Three’s the magic number Scotch whisky can only be called Scotch whisky when it has been left for a minimum of three years to age in casks, in Scotland. Some casks hold whisky for considerably more time than this though.

The art of blending Blended whisky came about at a time when single malt whisky was considerably younger and more harsh than it is today. Blends consist of anywhere from 15 to 50 individual whiskies, testament to the blender’s art.

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Book sales soar in support of Air Ambulance as the past gives life to the present Fund raising Book sales for The History of Rugby Radio Station have raised over two thousand pounds and counting to support Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance.

The book, published by developers of the old mast site Urban&Civic, to preserve the vibrant heritage of the former Rugby Radio Station site, has captured the hearts of the town with its historical account of the radio station where over 800 Rugby locals worked during its time in service.

The semi autobiographical memoir, written by local historian and former radio station manager Malcolm Hancock, recounts Malcolm’s 38 years of experience working at the site as well as the groundbreaking first transmission to Houlton, USA in 1927, stories about NASA, Concorde, ‘Messages to Mars’ and the life-saving work of the station during WW2 and The Cold War.

Citizen of the year Due to the success of the book, Malcolm Hancock was a finalist for Citizen of the Year at Rugby FM’s 2017 Pride of Rugby Awards, which took place last Friday, which recognizes individuals whose selfless efforts have left a lasting impression on the lives of others and those who have made a significant contribution to improving life in Rugby borough.

With all monies raised from the sales of the history book donated to Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and each life saving mission costing the Air Ambulance £1,700, Malcolm Hancock has allowed the charity to take on one more life saving mission in support of Rugby locals.

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Jo Payne, senior fundraising manager for Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance, comments; “I am thrilled to see the book has generated so much interest in the history of Rugby Radio Station, such an iconic feature and represents so much to all of us that live (and fly) in the area. We are so pleased that the proceeds from the sale of the book have been donated to keeping our team saving lives by road and air across the region and would like to thank everyone involved”.

“We are nearly home” With Malcolm Hancock adding, “I am so very pleased to hear that sales of my book on the History of Rugby Radio Station are going so well. The iconic “we are nearly home” 820ft high masts will now not be forgotten!

I am also thrilled that, with the help of Urban&Civic, all the proceeds of the book are going to another worthy endeavor, the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance.

I was surprised and honored to be nominated as Rugby Citizen of the Year but, I am sure, that other locals were much more deserving and congratulate Joanne Finney on her win”.

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Flight chic

There’s no need to compromise style for comfort on a flight You might be thinking should we really be worrying about what we wear on a flight. We shouldn’t worry too much but by the same hand we don’t want to look like we are set to clean the house or tend to the garden while on public display. Comfort doesn’t have to compromise style. Read on for a couple of helpful hints and tips.

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Great Plains have a Breton Stripe dress within their SS/17 collection. When on English soil team the dress or tunic with some of our grey leggings, denim jacket and a scarf supplied by A Postcard From Brighton. While up in the skies unpeel your jacket and at times you could even use your scarf as a light blanket covering if you need a little nap. When you exit the plane and you immediately feel the woosh of warm air be sure you have removed your leggings and voila you have a sundress on arrival!

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Keep jewellery to a minimum. Jangly metallic necklaces will be a bit of a bother through security and it becomes uncomfortable after a while even though it seemed a good idea when you started getting ready on the morning of your travel day. Your scarf could be more of a necklace feature, if you half the scarf, roll around and twist the separate halves create a more binding effect, put around the neck and tuck the one end into the loop.

Personally I could only ever consider flatties, whether we are talking plimsoles, fashion trainers or sandals especially as having experienced long delays at airports.

Open a magazine or scroll down Instagram or Facebook and we sometimes see our celebrity favourites in heels as they go through the airport, that’s ok if you have an entourage of groomers and preeners styling you ready to be chauffeured comfortably to your next destination.

Take these Lolly’s Laundry pyjama trousers and team with a cute little cami or a tee. A cami will give an extra dose of luxe. Finish the look with a scarf or long open shirt provided you are a taller woman and this will look so on point.

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A jumpsuit without any awkward fastenings that you can roll down from the top for extra convenience is ideal. Layer over a little jacket, add scarf and plimsoles or sandals and this will complete this style perfectly.

If you have long hair, wear up or braid to keep it neater and out of the way. Less is more when it comes to make up, a lick of mascara, subtle bronzer and lip balm will feel a bit cleaner and more natural for travel.

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Britain’s waterways – come and explore There are more than 2,000 miles of waterways around Britain, so why not make the most of them?

Take a stroll From a relaxing amble after Sunday lunch at one of the many canal side pubs, to a full day’s hike, Britain’s waterways offer numerous opportunities for walking.

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Beetroot Chocolate Brownies These little beauties are moist and have a deep richness of velvety chocolate that melt in the mouth with each bite

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25g raw delicious almonds, whole or aromatic ground You based will need a 25 x 30cm baking tray lined with baking These herb marinate infuses theparchment. chicken Alternatively you can make them as muffins in a muffin tin.

250g cooked beetroot, chopped breast and adds a depth of flavour, combined with the creamy Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F. 65g almond orthis buckwheat flour is a beautiful dressing dish sunny Saturday afternoon treat 2 tsp baking powder

Place the almonds in a food processor and blend until finely ground.

Serves 2 6 tsp of Orgran egg substitute 45 minutes Marinating over night 3 hours 6 tsp of water

50g raw cacao powder

Add the beetroot and process until it is almost a puree but with a little Method texture.

Ingredients 60g triple zero stevia

In a bowl make up the egg substitute to replace 3 eggs. Orgran needs 2 and leave for 3and hours or water overnight. tsp per egg. So measure outin6 fridge tsp Orgran 6 tbsp

2 portions of chicken breasts - cut into 60g coconut or agave syrup large cubes Zest of 1/2 lemon + juice for the salad 3 crushed garlic cloves Handful thyme leaves chopped 1 tbsp olive oil 100g cherry tomatoes, halved 50g cucumber - cut into chunks 25g radishes, sliced 50g spring onions Handful fresh mint, roughly chopped Handful flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped Handful fresh coriander, roughly chopped 2 tbsp tahini 4 tbsp crème fraiche Season with sea salt and black pepper to taste

• Mix together the cubes of chicken breasts with the

Blend in flour, baking powder raw olive cocoaoil powder lemon zest, and thyme, and garlic.

• Toss to coat meat with marinade, cover with cling film • Thread the chicken onto skewers and grill or place

In separate bowlon combine the stevia, syrupminutes and egg mixture and beat barbecue for 12/14 - turn and brush with together until smooth. remaining marinade every few minutes.

• Make up the salad by mixing together the tomatoes, cucumber, radishes, onion, mint and parsley and season to baking personal Pour the mixture into the traytaste. or muffin cases and bake for 35 minutes. Ensure it is together firm in thethe centre but crème still a bitfraiche, sticky by placing a • Mix tahini, lemon juice skewer in the middle. and coriander and pour into little pot to serve with dish.

Allow to cool fully before eating. If cooked in a baking tray allow to Stir in beetroot mixture.

cool before cutting into squares.

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Top tips for barbeque perfection Gas or charcoal?

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Gas barbies certainly have their place as they are very convenient and the temperature is more controllable but the flavour of a lumpwood charcoal bbq is second to none. If you choose a slightly larger charcoal barbecue you can light the coals on one side so it enables you to move cooked food to the side to keep warm while other meats are cooking. It is also vital to have space so you can move the food out of the way, especially if you get too much dripping fat which create flames and no one wants cremated food!

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