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Welcome

anuary & February, what a hard couple of months these are. No sign of spring just yet and this time of year the country is once again facing it's gravest threat. We the British people must stand strong and united in the face of such a unrelenting invasion! A new varient? No. We are, of course, talking about the couple of days every year, when the entire country loses every fibre of common sense over —snow. For years, us Brits have been portrayed as a bunch of hopeless ninnies who are incapable of functioning as a society as soon as but a single snowflake falls from the sky. And sadly, it’s all true. We behave as if it’s the first time we’ve ever had snow. Will we get the car out? How will we get to work? Headlines like ‘big freeze’ and ‘deep freeze’ lead us to believed we are in for another Little Ice Age. It’s snow shovel and winter coat time, not Doomsday. What puzzles me is that, as the years go by, we are no more prepared for winter weather than we were in previous decades. We still have the usual debates: will they/won’t they grit the roads (with snow forecast it should be a given, but it’s not), will the snow bring traffic to a halt (yes, always), will school boilers be up to the job (no, never), do we need to get our mittens and woolly hats out (only if we face up to the fact that it IS winter)? We need to remember that we live in the Northern Hemisphere - it’s winter and it’s cold. It might snow. You might need to scrape frost off your car and wear your big coat. Congratulations to our Winston winner Jay and to Katie and Rebecca who Andrew Corrie found Bear in Linstock.

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he Second World War changed the look of this little corner of England for ever. Three large airfields were built – at Silloth, Kirkbride and, further north, at Anthorn. Work began on the aerodrome at Silloth in 1938; the site being chosen because of its remoteness from what were expected to be the main operational airfields further south. In April 1940, No. 1 Operational Training Unit of Coastal Command was established there. Its job was to train bomber crews and the Lockheed Hudson was the plane chiefly used. A bombing range was built on the sea banks near Mawbray. Low flying exercises took place over the Solway, using targets placed in the water, and gunners trained using drogues, huge windsocks, towed by old Fairey Battle bombers. There was a continuous stream of young men, most in their early twenties, who passed through the base for training. They came from all parts of the Commonwealth, many from Canada. The toll on these young pilots was high, many crashing into the Solway

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off Silloth, which (sadly), became known locally as ‘Hudson Bay.’ The movie “A Yank in the RAF” came out in September 1941, some months before America entered the war. Tyrone Power plays an American pilot who gets a job ferrying bombers from Canada to England. In London, he meets an old flame, Betty Grable, who is working as a show girl in the West End. He joins the R.A.F. to impress her and becomes a bomber pilot. Later, he is transferred to a fighter squadron and

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takes part in the evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk. Many of the flying sequences were filmed at Silloth although the contributions of the big Hollywood stars were obviously filmed in the studios there. There is much more about both World Wars in the book “A Century Around Silloth,” available from my website: p3publications.com, Winters in Silloth, Bookends in Carlisle and Tullie House shop.

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here is an old saying ‘If you look after the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves’ which means if you concentrate on saving small amounts of money, you’ll soon amass a large amount. I was recently reminded of this saying when talking to a dear friend of mine who very recently lost his mother. It turned out his mum loved a bargain. The family would tell her to treat herself and not worry about finding a bargain, but she was old school and never changed. I remember having a conversation with her myself years ago about one particular shopping trip. A certain supermarket had a voucher offer, and if you were canny enough and used the voucher in conjunction with foods that had been reduced (the yellow stickers!) you could end up with the supermarket owing you money, and that actually happened to my friend’s mum. It was the ultimate shopping trip for her. I think soon after this, the voucher offer ended! It brought to mind memories of my own grandmother, she too was

old school. Rather than buy a loaf of bread from the corner shop, she would get the bus with her free bus pass, and go five miles to a large superstore for her bread as it was cheaper to buy from there. Maybe we can all learn a lesson from these ones. I know I can. For example, if I needed a pint of milk and there were two shops even side by side, a large superstore and a small corner shop, I know for a fact that I would pay the extra and go in the small shop as the thought of going in a large store for a pint of milk is exhausting! Maybe in future I will think twice.

As you probably know from reading my column I am not one for wasting food and love it when I find a recipe that uses leftovers. I recently made this Ham, Cheese and Potato Pie using some leftover ham I had. Boil 350g new potatoes in salted water until tender but still firm (about 10 minutes). Leave to cool then slice. Heat your oven to 200c/180c fan or gas 6. Unroll 375g ready rolled puff pastry and put on a greased baking tray. Spread 100g crème fraiche on to the pastry, leaving a 2cm border around the edge. Season with salt and pepper. Layer the potatoes, 50g sliced ham, and 125g brie cheese over half of the pastry seasoning as you go. Fold over the other half of the pastry and seal the edges. Trim with a knife. Brush the pastry with milk, make a few cuts in the top, and bake for 35-40 minutes. Leave to cool for 10 minutes and serve with bread and salad. Jane ferguson

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ello 2022! Whatever this new year has in store for me, I am starting the year full of positivity. 2021 was certainly very challenging for a number of reasons, but it did have some good bits too. My absolute highlight was a recent visit to Tromso in the far north of Arctic Norway for a weekend packed full of winter activities. The weekend saw us feeding reindeer, engaging with the local Sami indigenous people, seeing the Northern Lights, but the best bit for me was setting off through the snowy landscape on a sled being pulled by husky dogs, with my husband as the musher!! A beautiful setting, with so many fabulous memories. 2021 saw my best year to date, my business is now 4 years old. Happy birthday to me. I’ve acquired a lot of new clients during the course of the pandemic, and all clients who have travelled have done so in the knowledge that I’ve been there for them from start to finish. They’ve loved being able to travel, spending time with family and loved ones, reconnecting with family members, and creating those special memories. Yes, the form filling and the

tests are a hassle, but I’ve made it as stress free as possible for everyone. Thank you for your support during what has been a difficult time with the constant changes to advice, red lists, and a new variant emerging. A new year makes me think about how I might do things differently. I want to focus on making my travel business more sustainable. The pandemic has made us all think differently about things. Travel has to be responsible and it has to be sustainable if the industry is to have any future at all, and I very much want to be part of that. There are many ways of doing this, from thinking about how we travel when we go on holiday, to where we stay on holiday, supporting local community

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Great Books on Gardening

Happy gardening! WITH GARDEN EDITOR David Fletcher MCIHort

uch is the plethora of books on gardening and the environment there is surely something for everybody. In fact, some of my favourite books on gardens, trees and the history of gardening might even appeal to those friends of yours who couldn’t really be described as horticulturally inclined! Gardening trends come and go, but awareness of the natural world and the place of gardening in it has risen in recent years. Gardening is big business in the publishing world, and the list of new titles is almost endless. The big names are generally those that populate our TV screens, but I think there are a few gems that stand out – some of which have been around a while. I was recently asked if I had a favourite gardening book. Perhaps someone wanted to buy me a present, or perhaps they needed a good recommendation; I couldn’t tell at the time, but it got me thinking… To say that one of my favourite gardening books has been around a while would be an understatement! ‘The Gardener’s Labyrinth’ was first published in 1577! It could be described as the first practical gardening book written in the English language. It is a marvellous exposition of how the Elizabethan Garden came of age, and its author Thomas Hill

career as a painter was halted by poor eyesight, Jekyll became the foremost garden designer of her age. It can be argued that her influence is so enduring that it informs how we think about gardening today. Most famously she collaborated with Sir Edward Lutyens the architect, creating over 400 gardens and wrote 15 books. The books are filled with describes in some sixty-nine chapters the purpose of the book as photographs she took and developed herself. being: ‘Instructions for the choice Probably her most celebrated of seedes, apt times for sowing, setting, planting and watering, and book is ‘Colour schemes for the the vessels and instruments serving flower garden’ which is an astonishing work first published by to that use and purpose’ The original title page features a Country Life in 1908. I can highly recommend this book as a guide woodcut of a small formal garden. to combining colours and creating The garden features a central borders that have never in my knot surrounded by a series of opinion been improved upon. geometric flower beds. I was so Lastly, I would like to recomtaken by this picture that I have used it as an insignia for a previous mend an old favourite of mine by Robin Lane Fox entitled ‘Thoughtful business I ran. Gardening’. Robin Lane Fox might It is an extraordinary book for many reasons: firstly, it really does be known to you if you read the Financial Times as he has written describe gardening in a practical a weekly gardening column since way, and secondly as a historical the 1970s. I like it because it is document it provides a wonderful witty, well written, and as the title insight into the Elizabethan age. suggests thoughtful. I also like it It was republished in 1987 entitled ‘The Gardener’s Labyrinth: because I don’t actually agree with him sometimes; but he always manThe first English gardening book’. ages to provoke in a good way. It is It features some beautiful illustrafilled with personal anecdotes and tions and is well worth reading. references to art and literature. Travelling in time to the So serious gardener or not a few Victorian age, the legacy of ideas for Christmas holiday reading. Gertrude Jekyll cannot be As always, Happy Gardening. underestimated. After an early

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Winter – A great time to plant new trees! LOCAL ARBORIST ANDREW EDGAR [ORCHARD TREE SURGERY & MAINTENANCE] SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE AND TIPS ON CARING FOR TREES AND SHRUBS

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