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Welcome to The Village Emporium

5 Look good, feel good 11 Your garden 19 Your home 37 Out & about 52 Whats on? 61 Your family 62

Recipes

42 Tasty summer salad Smoked haddock and prawn 53 fishcakes 62 Terrine of summer fruits

Brain teasers 6, 16, 20, 24, 30, 34, 56, 61, 63, 68, 72 4

Hopefully by the time you settle down to read our latest issue the rain will have disappeared and it will truly be time to fire up the BBQs and enjoy some outdoor living. This issue is packed with ideas for the summer, yummy recipes and two great competitions to enter. To all our readers and advertisers have a wonderful summer and thank you for your continued support.

Ali & Clare Features

8 Sweet feet for summer 10 Daily Bread & Workbridge café 12 Garden toys for summer fun 14 Self seeders 60 Ten everyday ways to reduce plastic waste 35 Wedding on ‘the cut’ 40 Shop, eat and explore at Rushden Lakes 46 Sale smart 48 Best foot forward – Norton Junction 36 Red Tractor sets it’s sights on the future 54 The Buckby feast 60 Clear skin solutions 70 Helping your dog in the summer heat

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9 Win a free Bowen Therapy session 42 Win a BBQ meat pack

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weeks later, I have taken none. After the intensive month I would highly recommend BEMER. Steve and Carla are extremely professional, educated and friendly. I have been able to use this therapy as a big step up in my recovery, and I am truly thankful for that. I came to BEMER to take away my back ache, and ended up with something much much better. It took away my need for prescription pain killers. Scott, Daventry I had a lot of stress over the last three and half years and in August 2018 I had a heart attack. I still had sensations in my chest and the doctor said it could be anxiety or

angina and said to use my nitro spray if required. I clearly was sceptical about trying Bemer - would it effect my heart? Would it give me a bigger problem? I decided to give it a go. My first 8 minutes, I was aware of a slight tingling in my lower back into my buttock. I have now had many sessions since January 2019 and I can honestly say that I don’t give my heart a second thought. I will continue to have sessions because my body and mind are doing well. I would recommend Bemer Vascular Therapy because it’s like having an insurance policy that is paying you a dividend every day. Rob, Daventry

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Sweet feet for the summer Tip-top condition We’ve kept them hidden in shoes and boots all winter, but when summer comes it’s good to put on a pair of sandals or flip flops, or perhaps even walk around with bare feet. So, how can we make sure our feet are in tiptop condition and feel confident about showing them off to all around us? If you have a lot of rough and hard skin, foot conditions such as athletes foot, fungal nail infection, an ingrowing toe nail, calluses, corns or verrucas, a session or a number of appointments with a chiropodist or podiatrist is recommended. The terms are interchangeable, but strictly in the UK, ‘Podiatrist’ is a reserved title meaning that it can only be used by those registered with the Health Professions Council. Inside the profession, chiropody is used to suggest the routine processes of foot care, whilst podiatry is indicative of the higher skills and academic levels.

Regular maintenance tasks Cutting your toe nails short. The use of clippers is generally recommended. Nails should be no more than a couple of millimetres over the edge of your toe.

It’s good to soak your feet in a bowl of warm water and use a foot scrub or lotion to get them clean and feeling smooth and silky. Various tools and devices are available to help you file hard and crusty skin to make it smooth. At home and at a beautician’s this is likely to be a pumice based product. A chiropodist is more likely to use a blade. Apply moisturising cream daily and massage it in well, including between the toes. Let it dry before putting on socks or tights, as persisting dampness can cause fungus or athletes foot. Once a week, gently push back your cuticles with a cuticle stick to keep your toes healthy. If you want to beautify too, you can apply polish to your toe nails. Some polishes have nourishing qualities. Make sure you remove traces of any previous polish with an appropriate remover. Ongoing measures for foot health include putting your feet up after shopping sprees or long walks, and making sure shoes fit properly to prevent blisters or crushing of toes. Our feet keep us going so look after them !!

Next, file your nails using an emery board. File them so they are smooth, neat and square.

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Call 01327 700 033 for an appointment www.centralpodiatry.co.uk Central Podiatry, 2 Egerton Close, Drayton Fields Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 8PE Jo Bricknell, BSc Hons Podiatry PGCTHE MChS HCPC

Win a free Bowen Therapy session. When we are struggling with back pain, neck pain and musculoskeletal pain, it interferes with our daily life. Even the simplest tasks become difficult to manage. Back pain has such an impact on our lives both at work and at home. Therapist Sue Jaycock at Choosewellbeing, Daventry offers therapies to help relieve aches and pains, stress, tension and related issue. Enter the competition for the chance to win a Bowen Therapy session and try this super technique out for yourself. This therapy is gentle yet effective and is suitable for all ages.

Deadline for entries August 9th 2019. By email to takepart@villageemporium.co.uk and pop your answer in the subject box, providing telephone number and home address in the body of the email, or by post Suite 4, Wayside House, Braunston, NN11 7HB.

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Daily Bread offer Fairtrade and Organic products which are 100% vegetarian with most being vegan as well. We also offer a large range of gluten-free products. We support local food and we are members of Made in Northamptonshire a group that supports local food suppliers. We have a long standing and strong commitment to Fairtrade principles and products. We also are committed to stocking as much organic and local produce as we can, as well as offering a really wide range of gluten free and vegan products. All of our produce is suitable for vegetarians.

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Daily Bread have an Environmental plan which highlights plans regarding plastic use. Daily Bread think they can credit Sir David Attenborough (at least partly) with starting something that will change the way their co-operative works for many years to come, and they hope that, as with endeavours in the past like organic foods and fairly traded products, they will be counted among the first to bring to the business world a ground breaking change that will better our whole industry. Daily Bread have looked at drastically overhauling their packaging, and are carefully investigating new, more biodegradable packaging options. It is their hope that one day the items they pack, as well as what they sell pre-packed from other companies, will have for more sustainable and eco-friendly packaging, and that the waste they as a company produce will be reduced to a fraction of what it is today. Very recently they have made a big step in this area having discovered a material called Natureflex, which is similar to the plastic bags they use in that it is flexible and transparent, but which is actually made from wood pulp and is completely biodegradable. They now do refills of many cleaning products in the shop.

The Old Laundry, Bedford Rd, Northampton NN4 7AD Open Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5.30pm Saturday 8.30am - 5.00pm The co-operative has a commitment to give away a percentage of its annual turnover to causes outside of the co-operative, with particular reference to educational projects in developing countries. We also support projects in and around the town of Northampton, such as Northampton Soup, and the Hope Centre, which works to relieve poverty and tackle the causes of homelessness.

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On the same site as Daily Bread is the Workbridge coffee shop and garden centre where you will find great service and tasty food in a friendly and relaxed environment. This award-winning coffee shop, offers customers a relaxed break away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Offering favourites, such as freshly prepared sandwiches, paninis and jacket potatoes, and some of the tastiest cakes and coffee in the town! The delicious homemade cakes they sell in-store can be made to order for any occasion throughout the year. Workbridge was set up more than 35 years ago to offer a vocational pathway for people with mental illness, learning disabilities or brain injuries to gain skills and build confidence. The philosophy behind Workbridge is to provide people with an opportunity to work as part of a team in a genuine work environment, including their coffee shop, kitchens, workshops and office. Friday 9am–3:30pm Saturday 9am–3:30pm Sunday 10am–3:30pm Monday 9am–3:30pm Tuesday 9am–3:30pm Wednesday 9am–3:30pm Thursday 9am–3:30pm Phone: 01604 872770

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Self-seeders! I’m constantly looking at and photographing flora and fauna and watching closely how things change with the seasons. Constant observation of plants, colours and textures, which grow well together along the hedgerows and fields, is what inspires my designs as a florist and a gardener. I walk along the Ashlawn Cutting most days with my dog, and last July, when everywhere was scorched to a crisp and prematurely dried and gone to seed, standing tall behind the dried grasses were beautiful pink spires of Rose-Bay Willow-Herb. That day, I was seeking ideas for a ‘meadow’ style entrance arrangement to a marquee for a wedding. As you know I love to forage, so I couldn’t resist an armful of grasses and some stems of rose-bay willow-herb to take home to experiment with…. Pleased with my selection I headed home for a spot of ‘flowering’ in the garden. Delighted with the mock-up, I duly photographed, sketched and made some notes of preferable garden flowers I could substitute to make the whole thing look more suitable for a wedding. Just then I noticed a welcome cooling breeze (it was a boiling hot day!) which created a beautiful movement to my arrangement, but horror of horrors it was also gently wafting wild grass and flower seeds across my garden!!! I needed to remove the arrangement pretty quickly and keeping it all together was going to be the best way of efficient ‘seed dispersal limitation’. Suffice to say it required 2 people, a king size sheet, lots of pegs and a green wheelie bin strategically positioned!! Despite its beauty as a striking wild plant, the common rose-bay willow-herb or fireweed is often referred to as a pioneer plant – one of the first plants to colonise a barren area, particularly after a fire has burnt the ground.

During the Second World War and the following years the spires of magenta flowers were commonplace amidst the ruins and cleared bombsites; hence the name it was given at the time – bombweed. Fireweed or bombweed flourished amid the rubble and ashes attracting birds and insects back into these decimated areas. Apparently the seeds can lay dormant for years until the soil is agitated…so I guess I’ll have to wait a few more years to see if my garden becomes colonised by this beautiful but unwelcome garden visitor… The Rose-Bay Willow-Herb Fairy On the breeze my fluff is blown; So my airy seeds are sewn. Where the earth is burnt and sad, I will come to make it glad. All forlorn and ruined places, All neglected empty spaces, I can cover – only think! With a mass of rosy pink. Burst then, seed-pods; breezes, blow! Far and wide my seeds will go! Cicely Mary Parker Sue x Garden Gate Flowers Tel: 07933736988 E-mail: sue@gardengaterugby.co.uk www.gardengaterugby.co.uk gardengaterugby

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Garden toys for summer fun Fun at home You don’t always need to leave home to have some summer fun with the children. If you invest in some great garden toys you can keep them busy for hours, and ensure they get some fresh air and exercise. Traditional toys such as swings and slides remain popular. There are many different sizes and styles available, so do make sure that you pick carefully to match the age of the children that will be playing on them, and to ensure they are robust enough.

On the beach? Give them a sense of the beach by buying a sandpit. Designs vary from simple circle shaped pits, to shaped items like shells, right through to luxury wooden models, with seats and built-in sunshade. It can be useful to have one with a lid to protect the sand from wet weather (and curious cats!!). You can buy special play-sand to ensure it is clean, safe and non-toxic, and ideal for making sand castles with. Or perhaps you might prefer a play table that incorporates a sand area and water play?

from very cheap, simple single ring designs, to those with multiple rings, rigid sides, and even incorporate slides and other activities. Ease of inflation is an important consideration when you have excited children waiting to play. Other toys that can help kids have fun with water in the garden include sprinklers, and of course water pistols, or as they are more commonly known these days ‘Supersoakers’. An empty sand pit or paddling pool can also double up as a ball pool.

Equipment ideas If you only have a small garden or limited budget, do not despair, there are still many choices. How about a boules or skittle set, skipping rope, slingshot, hoola hoop, some blowing bubbles or a small play tunnel? If you’ve not room for ball games requiring lots of space try something like swingball. Or you could let the little ones do some garden role play by buying some play ‘mini garden tools’ Whatever you buy, always check age guidelines and look for quality marks.

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Wedding on ‘the cut’ Newlyweds Heather and Ben opted for a more unusual way of heading to their wedding reception after falling in love with the canals when they hired ‘Malvern’ from Union Canal Carriers for their first ever holiday together.

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They fell in love with ‘the cut’ from the moment they first arrived at Union Canal Carriers. It’s a holiday that ensures you step away from the ever accelerating treadmill and pressures of modern life – the peace and quiet, the countryside and wildlife, even towns and cities are different via the canal. They were thrilled with the way Union Canal Carriers were so open to the idea of using the day boat for their wedding day and helped them turn it into reality, also suggesting Heather and Ben look into having the ceremony at St Peter’s Church at Wolfhampcote.

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35 close family and friends attended and fully embraced the idea. Some of the female guests were concerned about footwear given that they had to walk along the canal side, up a bank and over a stile to get to the church! Heather and Ben came up with the idea of designing little drawstring bags in which their guests could carry their ‘dancing shoes’ for the evening. The words ‘for the road not taken’ were stencilled on the bags in homage to a favourite poem which seemed apt for the journey they have been on and which lead them to each other.

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The Boat Inn at Stockton hosted the reception. Sue and Matt at the Boat Inn were incredible. They decorated the tables and the barn to perfection and made them a gorgeous cake of cheese for the reception, the food was fantastic.

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The best thing about a canal based wedding is that everyone slows down… guests really get the opportunity to engage with each other – whether on the boats, walking the towpath or working the locks. Their guests loved the novelty of it all! They also got an insight into the unique heritage of the canals.

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Heather and Ben did the very popular Warwickshire Ring taking in 90 + locks in total having a great week with lovely weather! They went back to Braunston and up the North Oxford to Sutton Stop, then the Coventry Canal to Tamworth, Fazeley down into and through Birmingham and then Grand Union back down the Hatton Flight to Braunston.

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Heathers parents got married in August 1953 so her dress was 66 years old when she wore it. Heathers mum passed away in 1997 and wearing the dress felt like a very special way to feel her presence on the day. Heathers mum would have been amazed that the dress would be worn again and that it would get to have a trip on a canal boat!

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Red Tractor sets its sights on the future A strengthened farm inspection regime and £1.5m advertising campaign are vital to securing the continued loyalty of shoppers as we move towards Brexit, says food assurance chief. It has been nearly two decades since the Red Tractor farm assurance scheme was established. Created in 2000 to reassure consumers that food was safe and responsibly produced, it now inspects more than 46,000 farm business and some of the largest food processors in the UK. More than £14bn of food & drink is now Red Tractor assured, providing consumers with a guarantee that it is British, traceable, safe and farmed with care.

The first pillar is a risk-based approach to farm inspections, focused on those members who require more support in achieving the standards 365 days a year and those that present a risk to the integrity of Red Tractor. New ‘Modular Standards’ were also announced as part of the plan to expand the breadth of the Red Tractor offer. Today, Red Tractor has a robust set of core standards that ensures that food is responsibly produced and affordable but we recognise that some consumers demand more, for example, organically produced, animal welfare focused or environmentally enhanced.

Since its creation in 2000 and through the continual development of its standards, Red Tractor has brought British farmers on a journey, such that today we can claim that Britain has some of the highest standards in the world. The scheme has evolved using science and evidence and is now presented with challenges and opportunities presented by leaving the European Union.

Red Tractor says that it aims to offer that broader choice. The move should also enable Red Tractor to simplify labelling, enabling consumers to make a more informed choice. The final piece of the puzzle is the most exciting and tangible for British farmers; a £1.5m advertising campaign designed to educate shoppers about the benefits that sit behind the logo.

The challenge is what role it can play in a market which could potentially be flooded with cheap food produced to lower standards, undermining the hard work done by the UK’s agriculture industry. The opportunity is that there is no better time to reinforce what the logo stands for and why consumers should trust the tractor.

The campaign broke last autumn on mainstream TV in programmes like Emmerdale and Hollyoaks. It was created by Mackinnon & Saunders, the artists who brought you, among other things, the Fantastic Mr Fox. It was repeated this spring and will be again later in the year.

Preparing for change As part of its evolution, last autumn Chief Executive Jim Moseley set out a three-pillar plan to establish Red Tractor as the flagship of British food & farming.

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Shop, eat and explore nature at Rushden Lakes If you were discussing some of the most spectacular landscapes across, `England`s green and pleasant land`, Northamptonshire would probably not be one of the first places mentioned but as someone who has lived, worked and walked across much of the county for the last forty years, I would say it is one of the nation`s `real gems`. Several years ago I walked The Nene Way, a long distance path following the course of the River Nene, from Northampton, then on to Thrapston and Oundle. The river Nene meandered its way through beautiful Northamptonshire countryside, stunning wetland landscapes, picturesque country villages with charming church spires and areas of thriving wildlife habitats. The Nene Wetlands around Rushden had for many years seen a number of industrial and leisure activities take place including iron ore mining, gravel quarrying, brick manufacture, water skiing and it also had a very successful dry ski slope, for many years. After these ventures became uneconomical or exhausted of their mineral assets, the area reverted back to nature with a string of small lakes and ponds straddling the river Nene like a necklace and seven small wetland nature reserves were established. Today the area has witnessed a pioneering project, the first in the country with the partnership of a Nature

Reserve and Retail Shopping development with several big brand fashion names at the gateway to a 41,000 acre Nature Reserve on their doorsteps. What is so unusual and pioneering about this development is that several retail giants are working alongside Wildlife Trusts to create a totally new shopping experience with nature at its heart. You really wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know you were next to a large retail shopping development as you stand on the boardwalk looking out over the water. In Summer migrant breeding birds include Sedge, Reed and Cetti`s Warblers. Dragonflies and Damselflies can be seen skimming over paths and water all summer long. Butterflies such as common blues, small coppers and Marbled whites are a real delight to spot. In Winter over 20,000 birds, including Bittern, Lapwings, Gadwalls, Wigeons, Pochards, Tufted Ducks and Great Crested Grebes, find a home amongst the wetlands and other habitats range from wildflower meadows, ancient woodlands and flooded gravel pits. The Nene Wetlands is a unique square mile of habitats, managed for both wildlife and people! I went for a short twenty minute walk around the `Nature Loop Walk ` skirting Skew Bridge Lake and as delighted to come across a series of fourteen wooden sculptures

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highlighting the wildlife to be found in the reserve and a nod to its industrial history. The sculptures are made of good strong wood and are very tactile, the children I saw were keen to explore them, sitting on or climbing over many of the sculptures, much to their delight. I would love to have walked more of the wetlands but `retail therapy` and lunch was also part of the day, so I headed back across the Boardwalk to find refreshment at M&S, which I must say was very well prepared and reasonably priced. From my table I could look out over the water of `First lake`. Delightful! I am not much of a shopper but I did spend a short time in the comfortable retail surroundings and managed to secure a new pair of shoes and trousers at very competitive prices. I will return to Rushden Lakes to explore the 2.5 hours `Travellers Trail` which guides walkers as Higham Ferrers. Looking at the map there are seventeen different named lakes including Higham Lake, Dragonfly Lake and Heron Lake hugging the fringes of the River Nene. Rushden Lakes Shopping Centre really does offer the Nature lover and Shopper the best of both worlds.

Jim Davis The Travel Locker www.thetravellocker.com Twitter: @thetravellocker Facebook: thetravellocker Jim Davis is a retired Northamptonshire secondary school teacher. Having worked as a freelance journalist for many years, he now writes a travel blog. He is available to write blog reviews for attractions, hotels and restaurants across the Midlands. Please contact him directly at thetravellocker@outlook.com

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Win a BBQ meat hamper Onley Grounds Farm Shop and Butchery specialise in all quality meats and fine artisan foods. The beef from their farms has gained a high reputation and is supplied to local customers, restaurants and catering outlets as well as high end catering establishment. With the BBQ season now in full swing, you could win one of the following; Big Davids BBQ pack is 4 sausages, 4 burgers, 4 lamb koftas, 4 x 4oz rump steaks , 4 pork loins and 4 drumsticks ( priced at £19.99 ) or Little Pauls BBQ pack of 4 sausages, 4 burgers and 4 lamb koftas and 4 x chicken drumsticks ( just £9.99 ). Send us the total amount of chickens you can find (including the one here ) hidden in the magazine. The first winner will be drawn at random from all correct answers to win Big Davids BBQ pack and the second will win Little Pauls BBQ pack. Winners will be required to collect their prize from Onley Grounds Farm Shop and Butchery. The winners will be selected on July 28th. Open Tuesday and Wednesday 12- 4 Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9 - 5 Sunday 9-4 Onley Grounds Equestrian Complex Onley Grounds Farm, Willoughby, Rugby CV23 8AJ Tel 07546 222624 E mail shop@onleygroundsfarmshop.co.uk Deadline for entries 9th August 2019. By email to takepart@villageemporium.co.uk and pop your answer in the subject box, providing telephone number and home address in the body of the email, or by post Suite 4, Wayside House, Braunston, NN11 7HB.

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Tasty summer salad – great for BBQs Ingredients 400g black beans, drained 2 large handfuls baby spinach leaves, roughly chopped 500g heritage tomatoes, chopped into large chunks ½ cucumber, halved lengthways, seeds scooped out and sliced on an angle 1 mango, peeled and chopped into chunks 1 large red onion, halved and finely sliced 6-8 radishes sliced 2 avocados peeled and sliced 100g feta crumbled Handful of herbs (reserved from the dressing) For the dressing Large bunch mint Small bunch coriander Small bunch basil 1 fat green chilli deseeded and chopped 1 small garlic clove 100ml extra virgin olive oil or rapeseed oil 2 limes zested and juiced 2 tbsp white wine vinegar 2 tsp honey Method Make the dressing by blending all of the ingredients in a food processor (or very finely chop them), saving a few herb leaves for the salad. You can make the dressing up to 24 hrs before serving. Scatter the beans and spinach over a large platter. Arrange the tomatoes, cucumber, mango, onion and radishes on top and gently toss together with your hands. Top the salad with the avocados, feta and herbs, and serve the dressing on the side.

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Sale smart

Forward thinking If you know what’s happening next or have an idea you’ll know certain prints and colours will seamlessly (sorry not sorry pun intended) roll into next season.

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I’m talking leopard print again. Yes really! More leopard! So as long as fabrics are reasonably transient, buy into the print in the sale and use now and later. This goes for colours too – spice and golden yellow hues for example.

If you want to rummage and seriously rummage give yourself decent time. Don’t try and find a bargain quick time. Decipher and comb through the offerings in a busy retail space with time on your side. When you make your selection and reap the benefits of the savings.

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If you particularly love a certain designer then what better than to buy that label for less!

Do try before you buy. A good reason for this is because the retailers returns policy may not be so flexible on sale items. The other thing is it’s a faff when you have go return!

You can multi-purchase that brand or feel rather pleased and virtuous of the saving you’ve made.

Price drops If you see drastic price cuts and you like what you see plus it fits (very important) then go for it! Sales are pretty short lived retail phases, soon enough the stores will soon fill with new with full ticket prices.

Out of season On the odd occasion, you might double take and see something from a previous season. Seeing a heavy blazer or fluffy knit in a summer sale is weird but if it’s a potential good piece to own then don’t be in the moment. You won’t wear said garment at the time of purchase but you’ll be

Happy shopping Enjoy your “me time” shopping. It’s fun after all! Get those bargains that are waiting for you. Make good choices! I hope that gave a helpful snippet of advice. My next written piece will be about the next seasonal offerings in the fashion sphere . Enjoy the Summer! Until next time. Anna xx

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Best foot forward - Norton Junction Northamptonshire offers a surprising variety of landscapes from the rolling hills in the north, to the scenic vistas and amazing woodlands in the south. If you add the Grand Union Canal with its many towpaths, quaint little villages that are secreted in history it is no wonder that they call this county the “Hidden Cotswolds”. NORTON JUNCTION – BALLOON WALK Distance: Approx 4.2 miles Dog friendly. Difficulty: Moderate Norton is a quaint picturesque village with a population of about 400, set in beautiful countryside in the middle of Northamptonshire. This walk is just over 4 miles and incorporates a lovely walk along the Grand Union Canal. Spot the cute houses at Norton Junction and enjoy the sights of the open fields and Weltonfield Marina. We challenge you to spot the classic car collection! It has not been proven, but apparently Norton was the birthplace of patron saint of Ireland, St Patrick! Google “Norton, St Patrick” and you will see the proof for yourself (if you believe everything you read on the internet). History fact: Norton has an entry in the Domesday Book, but the Parish has been occupied as far back as 2000 BC by the “Beaker People”. THE ROUTE: You can find step by step photo instructions, along with a detailed map of this route on www.adventuregeek.co.uk/ ag01

With All Saints Church behind you, turn right down the main road. Cross the road and head down the lane on your left. You will now walk about 1.2 miles along the quiet county road, and skipping over the cattle grids before you reach the main road. Take care crossing over and follow to the bridge that takes you onto the canal. Remember to check out the views behind you, it is rather amazing! Did you know? In 1993, the 145 mile unbroken Grand Union Canal walk opened between Little Venice in London and Gas Street Basin in Birmingham, and incorporated Norton Junction. Turning right onto the towpath continue until you reach the pretty brick bridge. Take the steps to the right of the bridge and cross to the other side of the canal. Whilst you are there, check out the cute house at Norton Junction. If you have kids, then they may be interested in finding the geocache which is hidden nearby. Cross the 2nd bridge then take a left turn which leads you to Weltonfield Marina. This particular footpath is very peaceful in any season, so take a moment to enjoy your surroundings. At Weltonfield Marina you will exit at bridge and then follow the footpath signs. Don’t worry, it may feel that you are going through someone’s garden, but rest assured this is a public footpath (just ignore the washing line!). (photos on the main map to show the route). As you pass the barns then check out the classic car collection! Some of my Adventure Geekers were rather impressed, although all I could see was lots of old rusty

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Following the map, you will now walk in the direction of the footpath signs which will lead you around the outskirts of two fields, and then you will emerge onto the quiet country road.

Your photo challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to take a photo that includes a reflection. For each Adventure Geek walk we will challenge you to take a photo and upload to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #AGPhotoChallenge

The rest of the walk is nice and easy. Turn left and simply follow the road, wave to the cows and sheep in the field and take care again crossing the busy Long Buckby road. De ja vu? Yes, you are correct. You will complete your walk into Norton with a steep and long incline which is good for the heart rate! As you exit the country road, turn right and you will be back at the church in no time. We hope you had a lovely walk. Take time to visit All Saints Church, and also the White Horse Pub. If you get a chance then I would recommend to try the awesome fish and chips that is located next to the pub. (Note, it is closed on a Monday).

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A full list of events over the forthcoming months is available on our website www.villageemporium.co.uk/events/ Next Meetings

Thursday 18th July Daventry & District U3a.

Saturday 29th June to Friday 30th August Discoveries from Daventry and Beyond.

Speaker: Saffron Summerfield ‘When Birds Sing’ A digitally Illustrated Talk with her own recordings of Bird Songs. How can a tiny bird like our Wren sing 25 notes a second? What is happening inside a bird’s brain when it sings? Daventry & District U3a meet on the third Thursday of every month 2pm - 4pm at Daventry Community Centre, Ashby Road. For people who are no longer in full time employment who want to keep on learning and socialising.

Piece together the past in Daventry Museum’s archaeology exhibition featuring artefacts found in the local area. You can create mosaic patterns and dig for buried treasure on the Saturday open days! Opening times: 9.30am to 1.30pm Tuesday to Friday, and 10am to 4pm Saturdays. Daventry Museum, 3 New Street, Daventry, NN11 4BT. Free to visit.

July and August Buckby Village Market

4th July - Strawberry Fayre, 11th 18th July - Gifts for teachers 25th July and through August - Various children’s activities Local produce and breakfast cafe every week. Long Buckby now has an artisan bakery and cafe run by a local brother and sister, a cafe with a New Zealand flavour, shortly a deli run by the Northamptonshire Cheesemakers and a wedding dress shop. We still have the proper butchers 2 supermarkets etc. The High Street is alive and well in Long Buckby. No empty shops here! 9am-11am Long Buckby Community Centre NN6 7QB

July and August Green Acres Rural Enterprises Staverton

Pottery courses, willow weaving courses which include a homemade lunch, refreshments and materials. Gift vouchers available for course bookings call 01327 703313 or email info@greenacresfarm.org.uk

July, August and September Harlestone Church Sunday afternoon Teas.

Once again we shall be serving Teas in Harlestone Church on Sunday Afternoons in July, Aug and September. 2-5pm A chance for you to walk round our lovely village and come and see our pretty Church.

Friday 12th July & Friday 16th August GranPart Meeting

GranPart support group for grandparents that are denied access to their grandchildren for various reasons. Come along and chat to others in similar situations over a cuppa and cake. Monthly meetings: 10-30am till 12-30pm Manning Watts House Garners Way Harpole NN7 4DN

July events Sunday 7th July Preston Capes Garden Festival

Six Gardens Open – Lovely Village Gardens and large formal country gardens with far-reaching views. 2pm – 5pm. Craft display by local residents. Local archaeological display. Plant sale – cake sale and other stalls. Teas and licenced bar in the Village Hall. £4 Entry - Free Parking, toilets in the Village Hall

Thursday, 18th & 25th July Cottesbrooke Hall Garden Tour

Evening tours with Head Gardener Craig at Cottesbrooke Hall, Cottesbrooke, NN6 8PF from 6.30-9pm. Tickets : £20 per person. Glass of wine on arrival A chance to have your horticultural questions answered.

Thursday 11th July Speakers’ Corner Ravensthorpe

The Diplomatic Life - Behind The Glamour. Paul Davies at High Street NN6 8EP. Pre book £5 or £6 on the night.-includes tea and coffee. 7 for 7. 30pm. Paul Davies life as a career diplomat with an interest in complimentary therapy is no contradiction! Paul will share his stories of diplomatic life behind the glamour in embassies and consulates such as Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.

Saturday 13th July The JuditSingers

Songs from the Musicals and more!” Music from Abba to Adele, The Beatles to Bernstein & many more led by professional soprano Judit Felszeghy. 7.00pm at St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Preston Capes & afterwards in the Village Hall. Tickets £10 for adults, children free, incl glass of wine or soft drink & nibbles.

Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th July Crick Scarecrow Weekend

A fun packed weekend for all the family with live music, mini fun fair, inflatables, craft stalls, charity stalls, face painting, refreshments located in and around the village. Check out all the fabulous scarecrows. Programmes from Crick Post Office with all the details or facebook crickscarecrowfestival.

Saturday 20th July Handlebards Travelling Players

Performing William Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ in the Gardens at Cottesbrooke Hall. Gates open at 5pm for picnics to be set up and for the gardens to be explored.Performance starts at 7pm until approx 9pm.

Saturday 20th July Activities at St Peter & St Paul Church, Weedon

30th anniversary of opening of the Chapter House: open from 10.00am, refreshments, displays, items for sale, a,quiz around the church and churchyard.

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What’s on August events Saturday 10th August Concert at St Peter & St Paul Church,Weedon

Northampton Male Voice Choir and accompanying entertainment - 7.00pm. Please buy tickets in advance. Or tickets available on the door. (includes refreshments)

Thursday 15th August Daventry & District U3a

Saturday 20th July Ravensthorpe’s Beer Festival & Family Day

Ravensthorpe playing field, 2pm – 11pm. Selection of locally sourced beers & ciders, gins, wines & lagers, plus food & music. Children’s entertainment is free & includes two bouncy castles, face painting, welly wanging, 3-legged race, penalty shootout & more. £5 for adults, children free. All proceeds to Ravensthorpe Memorial Playing Field Charity. Have a great day out & help support the upgrade & repair of the children’s play area.

Members only summer social meet on the third Thursday of every month 2pm - 4pm at Daventry Community Centre, Ashby Road. For people who are no longer in full time employment who want to keep on learning and socialising. Monthly meetings with speakers and also loads of extra interest groups to try.

Saturday 17th August All Saints’ Church Lilbourne

Cakes & produce stall on The Green 10.00am

Thursday 22nd August Sulby Open Gardens

2pm - 5pm featuring the butterfly gardens, and ponds. Entrance £4, children free, homemade teas available, plants, produce apple juice for sale as available. The Story of Sulby Gardens - booklet

on the history of Sulby Hall, Husbands Bosworth Aerodrome, the Polish resettlement Camp. Stout footwear recommended.

Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September The 43rd Alderton Art Festival

Proceeds to Saint Margaret’s Church. Inside Saint Margaret’s Church there will be an exhibition & sale of over 200 paintings by more than 30 local artists & a People’s Choice Award for the favourite picture. Admission £1. Live entertainment, craft stalls, white elephant, second-hand books, tombola, grand raffle, home produce, and other attractions. All-day bbq & refreshments, homemade cakes & draught beer from the famous Towcester Mill Brewery. Saturday 10.30am to 5.00pm, & Sunday 10.30am to 4.00pm. Free parking. Artists, crafters & stallholders: some places are still available.

September events Saturday 7th September Daventry Flower & Vegetable Show

Saxon Room, Daventry Leisure Centre -. Open to Exhibitors 09.30-11.00am to enter produce and the General Public from 1pm-4pm when admission will be free.

Saturday 20th July Crick Village Market

Crick Primary School 10am-Noon. Raising funds for local village causes. Stalls, food, gifts, cards, crafts and much more. Coffee & teas served. Free parking

Saturday 27th July Elation Community Voices Summer concert

Songs through the Decades’ is on at Long Buckby Baptist Church, Market Square, NN6 7RR, at 7.30pm. Tickets on sale from mid-June at The Peephole Gift Shop, Long Buckby and Daventry Podiatary Clinic, 14a High Street Daventry. Ticket prices are adults £7.00, concessions £6.00 & children free but do require a ticket.The choir will be singing songs from the 1930’s to the present day, so come along and help them raise money for this year’s charity Daventry Dementia Cafe. The choir recently presented a cheque to last year’s charity Northampton Hope Centre for £4500.

Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September The 43rd Alderton Art Festival

Sunday 28th July Braunston Open Gardens

11am-6pm. All funds to Macmillan Cancer Support. Entry £5. 12 gardens open. Refreshments, programme, plant sale, second hand garden equipment, parking at the Village Hall, NN11 7HW

Painted by Tony Maycock, photograph James Rudd Photography

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The Buckby Feast Feast History 1280 - 2019

2019 Line up of events

The Long Buckby Feast was revived in 2007. The aim is to raise money for Long Buckby charities from organised events which take place around the August bank holiday.

Produce & Craft Show, Saturday 17th August All classes open to all residents of Northamptonshire; Certificates for 1st and 2nd prizes and medals for the best in each class. The show is open to the general public in the afternoon followed by the grand auction at 4.15pm Long Buckby Museum which is based within The Community Centre will also be open from 2-4pm

The history of the Long Buckby Feast dates back to the early middle ages: in 1280 the village was granted a Charter for a Market and two Fairs or Feasts, one in May and one on St Lawrence’s day (August 10th). Buckby Feast Day was traditionally celebrated in the market place by local residents who would dress the market place with bunting and host a variety of stalls. In 2007 when the feast was revived over 1,500 people attended and numbers have continued to increase every year. In 2016 the feast was moved to the sports field where there is more space. In 2007 The Feast raised over 5k, which lead to the formation of a charity, called The Buckby Feast Trust. Since 2008, Buckby Feast has expanded the events in the weeks surrounding the Feast Day, these events are continuing to grow and raise more money every year. Local Residents, Organisations and business all continue to support the Feast Committee generously with their time and donations. These events simply bring the village together and go on to support local good causes. In 2015 the Buckby Feast organising committee took the decision to make the Feast Day celebrations (usually on August Bank Holiday Monday) a biennial event.

Buckby Feast week 2019 There will be NO Feast Day this year! There will be the usual fundraising events from Saturday 17th August – Wednesday 28th August

Scarecrow trail, Sunday 25th August This year’s theme is pantomimes & nursery rhymes, fairy stories & fables. Local residents and business all get involved in this and its becoming an extremely popular event for families. Scarecrow maps will be on sale on the day from the market square and the trail will be open from 10-4pm Garage sale, Sunday 25th August Its back following the huge success of the garage sale in 2017, local residents will be opening up their garages for what promises to be the best year yet! The garages will be open from 10am, maps will be on sale and there will also be refreshments available in various village locations. We expect this event to once again exceed all expectations with visitors, so arrive early to bag the best bargains. Quiz, Wednesday 28th August at Long Buckby Football club, teams sell out for this event so early booking essential Buckby Feast raffle, tickets will be available from The Peep Hole Craft Shop, 4 High Street, Long Buckby. The Raffle this year will be drawn on Wednesday 28th August 7.15pm just before the quiz commences. Top prize is £150 and there will be a number of other generous local prizes donated . Full information of all the events www.buckbyfeast.org.uk or The Buckby Feast Facebook Page. For information of how to get involved, donate raffle prizes etc contact sarajelley@yahoo.com

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A terrine of summer fruits Ingredients 215 fl oz (425 ml) sparkling rosé wine 2 oz (50 g) caster sugar 2 x 0.4 oz (11 g) sachets gelatine powder 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 12 oz (350 g) small strawberries 8 oz (225 g) raspberries 12 oz (350 g) blackcurrants, redcurrants and blueberries – 4 oz (110 g) of each or any other combination you like.

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Method Remove the stalks from fruit and halve the strawberries if they are big. Mix the fruits together gently to avoid bruising them in a large bowl. In a small saucepan heat half the rosé wine till it begins to simmer, then whisk the sugar and gelatine into it. Make sure that everything has dissolved completely before adding the remaining wine and the lime juice. Then pour the liquid into a jug and allow it to cool. While that’s happening, lay the mixed fruit in one of the loaf tins – arrange the bottom layer with the smallest,

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Helping your dog in the summer heat Serious risk Heat stroke is a serious risk for dogs in the summer because they can’t lose heat through their skin as we do. Even on a warm day, if they can’t seek out shade or water to cool down, they can suffer irreparable organ damage, which is often fatal.

Signs & symptoms Rapid breathing, heavy panting, lethargy, agitation or disorientation, drooling, vomiting and/or diarrhoea, fitting/seizures.

Preventing a disaster Being aware that your dog is very susceptible to heat stroke is a major factor in preventing it. You should make sure that: They aren’t locked inside the car on a warm day. Your dog has access to shade, and plenty of cool drinking water. You don’t over-exercise them, or take your dog out during the hottest part of the day.

What to do!! If you suspect your dog has heat stroke you need to cool it down without making them too cold once the panting has stopped. Seek help from a vet as a matter of urgency,

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Dogs in hot cars A car can become an oven very quickly even when it doesn’t feel that warm. When it is 22°c outside - within an hour - the temperature in a car can reach an unbearable 47°c. Never leave a dog in a car, even for a moment. “Not long” is too long. If you see a dog in distress inside a car, official advice is to dial 999 immediately and ask for the police. A dog in distress in a hot car is an emergency and the police will advise you what to do based on the situation. Depending on the severity of the situation, the police may attend and break into the car to gain access to the dog, or they may advise you to do this. If you decide to break into a car without proper justification, this could be classed as criminal damage and you may need to defend your actions in a court. Call the police using 999 and tell them what you intend to do and why. Take pictures and/or videos of the dog in distress and the names and phone numbers of witnesses.

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