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Contents

AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2020

Good news from our region

12 Bungay Bitesize - celebrating Peace Year in 1945

14 Make do and mend - how to give longevity to our textiles

17 The wonderful world of beekeeping

19 Gospel from The Saints 31 Smart money secrets - flight or holiday cancellations

32 How to reinvent your living space

35 Fashion - jump & play! 37 Canine communication with Julia Collins

39 WIN ÂŁ100 M&S voucher 41 How to boost your immune system

43 Time to take care of your tootsies!

44 Walking for health around Bergh Apton

47 Falcon Meadow - The Great Bungay Duck Race with a difference

48 Action for insects with Norfolk Wildlife Trust

51 Norfolkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Knitters and Stitchers

53 Exercise your brain cells with our crossword

54 Find a local business or service in our directory

51 21 Delicious recipe for glutenfree chocolate pavlova cake

22 Memories of Brockdish 25 Qigong, the ultimate in selfhealing

27 How Diss U3A can help you discover new interests

28 On your plot - blooming marvellous summer gardens

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It sseems fair to say that none of us could have predicted how our local community, the economy, the country, and most of the world would change so dramatically in the space of a few months. Our local businesses have really suffered during this time, and I urge you to continue to support your local trades people, shops and services through this difficult period. Please pick up the phone and get the local economy moving safely again. I’m proud to say that during lockdown we were able to promote nearly 300 local businesses for free on our poplar website. Those who were able to continue to offer a local service to the community safely got a free listing online, and we know from speaking to them that many gained work from our kind offer. As the famous saying goes ‘every little helps’ and we were thrilled to be able to help in this small way. If you run a local business and you need help ‘bouncing back’, do give us a call for a friendly chat as we continue to Royal Mail deliver door to door to 61,000 magazines in Norfolk and Suffolk. That number remains the largest circulation of any magazine in the whole of East Anglia, so we are most definitely the local people to talk to for advice on how to get your business flourishing. Sending everyone love, hope and don’t forget…we are all in this together. Keep safe and well and look after each other. We’ll be back in the autumn.

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Good News from our region LOOKING OUT FOR YOU! Cecil Amey Opticians and hearing care specialists are delighted to announce they have finally been able to open all nine of their practices across Norfolk and Suffolk. During the Covid 19 crisis, five members of the Amey family manned the practices, p , seeing g

emergency patients, dispensing or repairing the broken glasses of key workers and others in need, as well as organising 1000s of contact lenses to be delivered. Emma Amey says: “We were very proud to be able to operate during lockdown as a family business, business with our three adult

children working in the company. We were able to see many patients with urgent problems, including those that were referred to us from the hospital, and help hundreds of our patients and dozens from other opticians who were unable to offer their services d during the lockdown period. We also received tremendous support frrom many of our suppliers, with d donations of PPE and in-store signage. “Fortunately, as the government g guidelines have changed, we are n now able to see our patients again fo or essential eye and hearing care b by pre-booked appointment only. W We have strict hygiene measures in n each practice to protect our p patients and staff, and operate w with a closed door, appointment o only policy in the immediate fu uture. We look forward to w welcoming all our patients back in nto practices, so please do call and make an appointment, we w will be delighted to see you.”

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CARING BEAUTY Belated congratulations to Bressingham Beauty Salon, which celebrated its 2nd birthday on 25 March…just as lockdown began! A frustrating time for them, as their beauty treatments have become a real hit with many people in the community and further afield. But owner Joanne Heale stayed positive, and she and her partner, who are good friends of Bressingham Church, hosted a charity event in their stunning private landscaped gardens in aid of the church. Joanne said: “I am someone genuine who enjoys making people smile and giving them fresh confidence in themselves, and hosting the charity event enabled me to bring something positive to the community.” Fingers crossed Joanne’s salon will be open again very soon.

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BAGS OF CHEER The village of Redlingfield, in Suffolk, has gone the extra mile during the past few months to take care of the community. Each resident has received a ‘Cheer Up Bag’ of goodies and presents put together by a group of local volunteers, designed to make them smile and feel better about life in these challenging times. Parish Clerk, Janet NormanPhilips, said: “A group of people in the village decided it would be a really nice idea to create goodie bags to cheer people up. We thought at first that we would just do them for the elderly or vulnerable or families of key workers, and then we realised this was the majority of people in the village – so it didn’t seem fair to exclude people.” The ‘Cheer Up Bags’ contain a wide range of items, including: games, toiletries, sweets, flower, vegetable and bird seed, drinks

and a stress ball. All delivered in a recycled brown paper carrier bag, along with a greeting card and newsletter. More than 60 of the bags have now been delivered around Redlingfield. Janet Norman-Philips added: “We want to thank everyone who helped or donated; Suffolk Community Action, Mid Suffolk District Council, Redlingfield church and Redlingfield parish council, numerous villagers, businesses like Bruha Brewery and The Handyman, and a host of other online businesses and eBayers.”

STUDENTS TAKE THE INITIATIVE The Maddermarket Theatre University of East Anglia students have chosen to support the Maddermarket as part of ‘Students Saving Our Theatres’; a nationwide student-led fundraiser for theatres battling against the impact of COVID-19. Over 20 drama societies from universities across the UK launched the fundraising initiative on Monday 15 June, which runs for five weeks.

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Good News Students will complete a weekly challenge, with the aim of raising as much money as possible. The fundraiser will culminate in a virtual scratch-night on YouTube showcasing student talent nationwide. All the money raised will be donated to the chosen theatres. By choosing the Maddermarket, UEA students are celebrating the close relationship they have with the theatre. They regularly bring their talent to productions created by the Maddermarket, as well as taking advantage of the theatre’s commitment to developing young people by launching their own projects and companies there. In recent years the Maddermarket has been the first rung on the ladder for shows on their way to critical acclaim

at the Brighton, Edinburgh and Prague Fringe Festivals. Jez Pike, Artistic Director of the Maddermarket, says: “This initiative is typical of UEA students; innovative, proactive and caring. Along with serious talent, these are the qualities they consistently bring to the Maddermarket. We provide a stepping-stone for them into the arts industry and the accessibility of the Norwich arts scene is often a chief attraction to students looking to study in the city and contribute to our cultural economy.” Donations to the ‘Students Saving Our Theatres’ campaign can be made online via CrowdFunder https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/ students-saving-our-theatres-1#start, and the fundraising efforts can be tracked on social media. Facebook: Students Saving Our Theatres Instagram: @studentssavingourtheatres Twitter: @ saveourtheatres ‘Students Saving Our Theatres’ Norwich contact: z.callow@uea.ac.uk The Maddermarket Theatre contact: emily.youngs@maddermarket.org

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Celebrating PEACE YEAR R IN 1945 5 Local Historian Christopher Reeve steps back in time to explorre Bungay’s historyy

he Town Council and representatives of other organisations planned three days of events this year, from 8-10 May, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of ‘Victory in Europe’ – the end of the Second World War on 8 May 1945. Due to restrictions imposed by the pandemic, most of these events have been cancelled, but we hope that on 15 August there will be an appropriate commemoration of VJ Day. My parents were married in Bungay in 1938, and my mother suffered the acute anxiety of giving birth to her first two children in an atmosphere fraught with danger. She kept a daily diary, recording the effects of war on the home front, and international hostilities. They reveal her growing feelings of relief in the spring of 1945, when it seemed that victory for Britain and her allies was imminent. But it was slow in coming, and she complains on 4 April: “One is all keyed up to think of the cessation of hostilities, and then expectations fizzle out.” Reports in newspapers were also pessimistic, declaring that victory could cause little joy, with ongoing shortages of food and possible famine in Europe, bomb damage, and the continuing war with Japan. Then, on 30 April, my mother writes: “Mussolini has been taken and executed by Italian patriots. He was shot and then hanged upside down and the crowds spat on him.” The promise of peace was becoming more likely, and on 7 May she relates: “We have been expecting the announcement of victory ry y on the wireless all day. On the three o’clock news the German Minister made a speech saying they surrendered on all fronts. The evening is so still

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and quiet – one cannot realise that it is the end of hostilities and that the war is really over; no more black outs, no more anxious listening for sirens, no more fear of rockets and invasion.” On 8 May she writes: “We went into town to look at the decorations, a breeze was waving all the victory flags on the buildings. Went in the church for a while to kneel and say thank you for victory. Heard Mr Churchill make the official announcement of victory at 3pm. He didn’t sound very exuberant, but perhaps he likes fighting best! Spent the afternoon getting a bonfire ready. I had a cigarette today – the first for five years! “I made a Hitler dummy and we burned it on the bonfire – it was a lovely blaze! In the evening there was a wonderful display of fireworks from the Flixton aerodrome.” She also mentions that the church bells were ringing and they heard a cuckoo calling for the first time, as if he, too, was celebrating g victory ry. Unfortunately y there were no full-scale celebrations in the town, due to the conditions and food shortages, so the Town Trust made plans for a programme of festivities in June 1946.

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I have been a beekeeper for eight years. It’s like learning a new language as you try to work out what stage the colony is at, look for diseases or pests that need treatment, if they are getting too crowded, or if there’s honey to be taken — and every now and again you may need to feed them. I love to watch the bees coming in and out of the hive and just listening to the gentle hum emanating deep within. As a result I think I have developed a deeper appreciation, awareness and understanding of nature. In Britain we have around 250 different species of bees and the vast majority are solitary, mining, or bumblebee, but as a beekeeper it’s the western honey bee that fascinates me the most. At the height of the season there can be as many as 60 to 70 thousand bees in a single hive, or colony, and in that colony there are three types of bee; the queen, workers and drones. The drones are male and their only job is to mate with a virgin queen, after which they die. The queen is the single most important bee in the hive and her sole purpose is to lay eggs; up to 2,000 a day. The only time she ventures outside the hive is when the colony decides to swarm, or she goes on her mating flight, when she mates with up to a dozen drones. She receives a package of sperm from each drone and this has to last her whole life; up to 5 years. When she lays an egg she chooses whether to fertilise it, or not. A fertilised egg will produce a worker, or it may go on to produce another queen, while an unfertilised egg will produce a drone. The vast majority of bees in a hive are worker bees (female) and they do a huge range of tasks — housemaid, nurse, builder, queen attendant,

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any of the walks I enjoy in and around The Saints incorporate close encounters with churches of numerous kinds. With the exception of St Nicholas, each ‘Saint’ boasts a church, presiding over the cottages, houses and farms.

‘The Saints’ is a group of 13 villages situated between the rivers Blyth and Waveney, close to the Norfolk border. Referred to in times gone by as ‘up the parishes’, The Saints are classed under either South Elmham or Ilketshall. Elmham derives from the Anglo-Saxon for ‘hamlet where the elms grew’, Ilketshall from ‘Hall of Alfkethill’. Take even a cursory peek and the cool, church interiors will whisper their story. How vital these pretty little churches must have been in centuries gone by, the beating hearts and social centres of The Saints’ agricultural community. As I tramp ancient footpaths, I sense the presence of long gone villagers, and when carol services warm church interiors with candlelight and goodwill, I’m sure our unseen neighbours celebrate with us. Buildings and landscape tuned to the past make The Saints a very special place to enjoy. A particularly enigmatic treasure is South Elmham Minster, hidden in the ‘bandit country’ between St James and St Cross. Beguiling and charismatic, encircled by woodland, it rests well off the beaten track. For a little enlightenment, here’s the ‘History Bit’; Under South Elmham we have: All Saints, St Cross (Sancroft St George or Sancroft), St James, St Margaret, St Mary (Homersfield), St Michael, y St Nicholas and St Peter. Flixton is also usually grouped with The Saints. Those that come under

Ilketshall are: St Andrew, St John, St Lawrence and St Margaret. The majority of villages in The Saints have a church, and there are as many as Ipswich and more than Cambridge, Chester or Leicester! Norwich has 36 medieval churches — more than any other city in Britain — originating as village churches before their congregations merged with the city. It is said that had The Saints possessed a major river, defensive point or significant market town, this area could well have developed as Norwich did. Now, here’s the reason for the ‘History Bit’. South Elmham takes its name from the Deanery of South Elmham, all of whose land was owned by the Bishop of East Anglia. In subsequent years, the Bishop of Norwich built a summer retreat here. South Elmham Hall soon became a luxurious retreat for wealthy, medieval bishops, notorious for its well stocked deer park. When a Great Hall, chambers and a private chapel were added, lavish wall paintings — remarkably similar to some in Norwich Cathedral — were also commissioned. The chapel ruins’ location is thought to be that of an original Anglo-Saxon Minster. In addition, enclosure or earthwork remains encircle the site. Some believe the enclosure remains were created when the chapel was built. Even greater sceptics wonder if the chapel ruins themselves were constructed to feed the rage for pilgrimages in the 13-1400s. A link with East Anglia’s Christian past would certainly have enhanced the bishops’ importance! The ruins, whatever their true origin and purpose, never fail to fascinate. So there is plenty to see here wiith hin our slleepy, saiintlly countrysiide.

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436 kcal / 39g carbs per serving INGREDIENTS 6 large egg whites Pinch of salt 300g golden caster sugar 50g finely chopped dark chocolate, 55% cocoa solids minimum 20g good cocoa powder (we use Green & Black’s) 1 heaped teaspoon cornflour 1 teaspoon wine vinegar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract TOPPING 400ml double cream, whipped Fresh fruit — we used 250g of raspberries and 150g of strawberries Sprigs of fresh mint Dark chocolate chips or about 10g dark chocolate METHOD 1. Line the base and sides of a 23cm round springform cake tin with baking parchment. Preheat the oven to 180°C. In a large, spotlessly clean bowl, whisk the egg whites and salt at medium speed until the soft peak stage. Add the sugar a tablespoon at a time, whisking each in thoroughly. Once done, check the sugar has dissolved; if it still feels gritty, whisk a little longer. 2. Mix the cocoa powder and cornflour, then sift onto the meringue. Add the chopped chocolate,

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3. Spoon the meringue into the tin and spread gently to the edges, making it as level as possible. Pat with a spatula to make some characteristic meringue ‘spikes’ around the edge. Bake for about 70 minutes, then turn off the oven and leave the meringue inside to cool completely – you can do this overnight if you like. 4. When ready to serve, open the tin and remove the pavlova cake, gently peeling off the paper from the bottom and sides. If it cracks, don’t panic – whipped cream will cover any damage! Place on a serving plate, and top with the cream. Pile with the fruit, then use a vegetable peeler to ‘grate’ chocolate over the top, or scatter with choc chips. Finally, add sprigs of mint. The cake will keep overnight in the fridge, though the meringue will soften – but we find no one minds! The Pennoyer Centre’s staff and volunteer BakeForce make delicious cakes for the café, which won the EDP Norfolk Food & Drink “Best Baking” Award. The café, in Pulham St Mary, will be re-opening this summer as soon as regulations allow… www.pennoyers.org.uk www.facebook.com/pennoyercentre 01379 676660. The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, Norfolk, IP21 4QT

LOCAL HISTORIAN

MEMORIES OF BROCKDISH Local historian, Dennis Cross from Diss, shares with us his fascinating collection of old postcards, focusing on a different village in every issue. This time, we take a walk down memory lane in Brockdish.

The Village Stores, 1912, with a vintage car outside. Mr Lovack Hart was the shopkeeper. The store is now a private house. The road up the hill leads to Thorpe Abbotts and Scole.

A view of Brockdish Street and villagers in 1910. The pop pulation was 389. On the rig ght is the former Greyhound pub.

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The Street, 1910, with villagers outside the Post Office. Mrs Mary Robinson was postmistress. The Post Office is now a private house.

St Peter and St Paul’s church is a flint structure wiith sttone dressiings. It is Earlly Engllish h sttylle, wiith chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch, and an embattled tower containing 6 bells.

Looking towards Harleston, this 1908 postcard shows the United Methodist Chapel on the left, which is now closed. On the right is the King’s Head pub, which is still open today. James Goodwin was the landlord at this time.

Dated 1903, this postcard shows an image of the Waveney at Brockdish.

Brockdish Rectory in 1912. The Reverend he viillage rector. Wilson White was th

The Norfolk Postcard Club meets Th egularly in Trowse in Norwich and new re members are very welcome. Meetings m ave currently been suspended. ha De ennis is also the author of several local history books that can be purchased by co ontacting him direct.

This postcard from the mid-1920s shows a class picture of pupils at Brockdish Public Elementary School. Formerly the village poorhouse, the building was adapted in 1843 and enlarged in 1897. There were 96 children at the school.

If readers have any local postcards of Diss or the surrounding villages, please get in touch with him after 7pm on 01379 651897. ©

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igong is a fundamental pillar of Chinese medicine and is classed as a form of internal exercise; which is any combination of slow, considered movements with breath and mental engagement. Another example would be yoga. Qigong is, quite simply, the ultimate self-healing technique. By learning to manipulate qi around the body, you rejuvenate and energise, lower the heart rate and blood pressure and support the immune system. If you’ve done a martial art or tai chi, the wide stance and relaxed, flowing movements of Qigong may be familiar. Qigong forms the basis of all martial arts, so before trainees learn how to fight, they will always study it. It was invented as ‘dynamic meditation,’ to allow Taoist masters to keep their muscles relaxed, supple and strong after hours of sitting meditation, but without breaking their focus. Its roots can be traced back to the 8th century BCE, that’s 10,000 years ago. By the 3rd century BCE, this practice had crystallised into the beginnings of Qigong as it is today. Despite its ancient roots, it’s as relevant to modern life as it has been for millennia. What are the benefits of Qigong? Many people exercise to improve the way they look, or to boost heart and lung health, but Chinese medicine says that while aerobic exercise does work those organs, it simultaneously taxes them. Qigong, on the other hand, works the muscles and nourishes all the organs but, crucially, doesn’t strain them. It boosts your oxygen uptake and circulation, but while

your body is relaxed. This builds your capacity to store and generate your reserves of qi. Who is Qigong best suited to? In a word, everyone! According to Chinese medicine, your organs control the entire health of your body. This includes, among other things, your muscles, fascia, bones, body fat and any tendency towards weight imbalance. Look after your organs and you’ll see a knock-on positive effect with all your health. Qigong will give you stamina without stress and tone without pain. As you do the exercises, you’re balancing the whole body and, because they’re so gentle, they also suit older people, those recovering from illness and anyone else with physical or energetic limitations. Just because it’s gentle, don’t underestimate its power and efficacy. Are there any reasons Qigong might not be right for me? No, it really is suitable for everyone, you can even do a form of it if you are bed bound. As with any new exercise, if you’re concerned, you could ask your GP before you start. Just begin gently and go at your own pace. I am hosting regular Qigong sessions on Instagram @katie_brindle. There is also a wealth of information in my book, Yang Sheng – the Art of Chinese Self-Healing.

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Well, there’s the garden to re-vamp, your life story to write for your doting grandchildren, some DIY perhaps. Or have you done all that? So it might be time to consider the U3A — which stands for the ‘University of the Third Age’. Please don’t stop reading, some misguided person came up with this title about 30 years ago! ‘University’ puts people off; rest assured we are nothing like a university. Consider this, how many gatherings can you walk into, be greeted warmly, introduced to members, offered tea or coffee, listen to an interesting talk and then mull over a list of over 40 interest groups? If you like what you see you can join the Diss U3A for just £14 per year. This includes access to all interest groups, our Thursday meetings and any other events on offer. Diss U3A members form interest groups covering a huge range of topics; as wide as they desire. Everything from Art and Birdwatching to Jazz Study and Metal Detecting, from Petanque and Philosophy, to Singing and Scottish Dancing. If you can’t find a group to suit you, ask to start one up. We’re quite flexible. No qualifications are

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Claim from your credit card provider Credit card payments between £100 and £30,000 are covered under Section 75 of the Consumer Rights Act. This means that when you don’t get the service you paid for your credit card provider is jointly liable and you can reclaim costs from them. To start a claim, contact your credit card provider direct. Claim from your debit card provider For flights and hotels booked by debit card, you may be able to claim a refund via the Chargeback scheme. This also applies to credit card bookings of under £100. As with Section 75, chargeback can be used to reclaim cash for goods and services you didn’t receive. But unlike Section 75, it’s not a legal requirement, so there’s no guarantee you’ll get your money back. To start a Chargeback claim, you need to contact your card provider within 120 days of the transaction. It’s a tricky time for consumers, airlines and the travel industry. However, if you have not received what you paid for and, like many, can’t claim under your travel insurance, hopefully the above tips will help you get your money back.

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Art

ENGAGING WITH THE PLACE WE CALL ‘Home’ Art writer Kristy Campbell looks at how to reinvent your living space in a time of great change.

his year seems to have taken a run and a jump into a very different dimension to the familiar everyday existence most of us are used to. Whether your schedule involves hitting the road first thing, or simply gearing yourself up to be productive in another room of the house, finding your day-today activities restricted has likely changed your relationships with the intimate spaces between the walls we call ‘home’. The objects in our homes say a lot about our characters, as do the symbolic items we have on our desks at work – these suggestive tokens lessen the need to reshape the entire communal surrounding. I wonder how the meanings of these personal objects have evolved now that we are so much better acquainted with them? You might find that family heirlooms provide too much escapism to enable you to focus on your work, or that you hadn’t read as many of your books as you’d thought; is now the time to do that? Personal spaces can also be quite emotional – not something

that we are necessarily used to associating with the work side of our brains. I’ve begun deliberating things about my personal environments that I didn’t notice so much dayto-day, such as the layout of furniture and its functionality, how the seating is angled and whether it caters for long periods of sitting. You may have found yourself occupying new areas of the house, rather than the kitchen or living area, and spreading activities to use the room’s potential. How we engage with a space and our work in a space depends on how the space makes us feel – you might attempt to reinvent your surroundings to best match your needs. Friends of mine have reported on how they have found sharing a space with a partner, and how they have managed to accommodate their working habits or needs in their home spaces. One example is an office in a wardrobe (pictured)! This stowaway office lives safely behind the wardrobe doors, enabling one’s mind to reenergise away from officeresembling resources.

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Essential practical equipment that we take for granted in the office has led to crafty ways to increase the screen height of laptops, and keep our bodies comfortable for long periods. Screens stacked on books, angled on ring-binders, and chair seats with an abundance of cushions. This is where our personalities really come in to play… and to the rescue. Some people are setting up entire workspaces every day in order to gain some structure, while others are converting spare bedrooms into temporary offices so they can close the door at the end of the day. In work video calls, pets and children and a whole host of unconsidered pieces of wall art and family photos seem to end up in the background of business meetings. There really is no fixed way of designing and furnishing a space. Bringing the outdoors in is a fantastic way to make your home feel fresh and bright, particularly if you don’t have a garden, and if the sun can’t find its way into your workspace. We’ve currently got two tall vases of red and yellow tulips in our living space, whose composition is so clean and spreads the happiest glow about the room when the sun pours in. It’s been important to keep the living space looking alive and welcoming, because it has become the hub of our daily activities. As the summer arrives, our windows are open and we’re slowly making our way outside. But while we are still hesitant, we must remain focused on keeping our interiors fresh and comfortable. Design trends polluting our social feeds and television

screens entice us to purchase material items to give our space a new look. There are plenty of ways to reinvent these spaces without going out or breaking the bank. Structured Simplicity is the kind of aesthetic that follows a spring clean – furniture is spaced out and lightweight, surrounded by minimal and unfussy decorative objects to produce a space for a calm atmosphere. Soft Tropics relies on fruity bold colours and big framed prints. Scale is key to this style – let their explosive flavours saturate the space. Finally, Nordic Retreat is a wood fusion; earthy, heavy pieces assemble in a space, it’s a geometric expression in an abstract arrangement. Lots of ‘make-shift’ is happening at the moment, so this could be the time to pick up a new skill or craft – paint a wall or decorate a canvas and give your space a fresh lick of ‘you’. Finding an authentic way for your environment to reflect you will create increased enjoyment in your experience of being home. Remember to stay safe, and stay positive. Kristy Campbell Kristycamp17@gmail.com www.axisweb.org/p/kristycamp Instagram @kristycamp Photographers – Marzban Kapadia Instagram @i_am_marz Emma Jones Instagram @she_quilts

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n an article I wrote fo or the Village People websitte a few months ago, I promissed to explain ‘The Reunion’ in this printed Summer issue. The fourth pillar of Jan Fennell’s Am michien® Bonding, The Reunion, iss a vital component in giving g the right signals to our dogs in order to enjoy clear understanding. Quite simply, (forgive the repetition) dogs are hardwired to ascertain that leadership exists and the pack hierarchy remains intact. Therefore, every time you are parted from your furry friend, be it to nip next door for a gossip over a coffee, or into the bathroom for one minute, if your dog has not been able to follow, your reappearance constitutes a ‘reunion’ and they will seek confirmation as to the status quo.

The alphas — or leaders of a pack — always invite interaction. Subordinates do not approach them. This is the important principle we need to follow. When you reunite with your dog, do not make eye contact, speak or in any way acknowledge them. Once they resume a relaxed demeanour, call your dog to you and you can make as much fuss of them as you like. Alternatively, if your dog is quiet, relaxed and ignores your return, well done. He is so secure in the knowledge of your leadership that nothing happens. A relaxed you and a relaxed, secure pooch! Dogs often launch into paroxysms of excitement upon reuniting with their owners. Contrary to human interpretation, this is NOT delight caused by your reappearance, but rather anxiety as to who is in charge. Ignoring, as described above, can be difficult for some people because it feels diametrically opposed to the effusive greetings we

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WALKING FOR Health BERGH APTON Reviewed by Dougie Dingwall, Volunteer Co-ordinator at Central Norfolk Walking for Health

Walk Information Meeting Place

Bergh Apton: Village Hall car park, Cooke’s Road, Bergh Apton, Norwich, NR15 1AA

Wheelchair/ Buggy Friendly

Nearest Telephone

Use Mobile

Grid Reference

OS MAP OL 40: TG307015

Walk Length (Miles / Km)

3.4 Miles / 5.3 KM

Approx Time Required

1 hour 20 minutes

Footpath Type / Quality

Country lanes and grass, dirt field footpaths, 60% firm. One long uneven rural footpath.

Gradients

Moderate

Steps/Stiles

Seating On Route

No, but plenty of grass.

Specific Hazards For This Walk

Traffic on country lanes, no footpaths. Two sharp right bends — walk on the left around these.

Parking / Parking Charges

Village Hall car park, please park courteously away from the hall.

Nearest Cafe

If open — Green Pastures Plant Centre & Farm Shop, Mill Road, Bergh Apton. NR15 1BQ.

DIRECTIONS From the car park, turn left, keeping the village hall on your left. Pass the Old Post Office on your right and turn first right into Dodgers Lane. Walk up this country road, passing Pond Farm on your right (the pond on the left opposite the buildings). As the road turns sharp right at the cottage with two large old apple trees, turn left into the farm track. Keep to the left, following the left path with the directional finger post with a ‘4’ on it.

Local walks Ignore the right hand bridle path, this is the Grade 1 route. Follow this grassy farm track for around ½ mile, after which the track rises slightly towards a bushy tree and a seat on the left. At the top of the rise you will see a church tower on the horizon. After a short distance, turn right at the next farm vehicle track, which is marked by a post, before walking under the electricity wires and almost opposite a large pylon on your left. Follow this winding track down the hill to the end, passing a small copse of trees on the right near the start. On reaching the road, turn right and walk up to a T-junction. Turn right towards the church. After passing the church take the turning on the left into Wellbeck

Road, taking great care of traffic on the corner. Walk down the hill for approximately 50 metres and look for a wooden gate on the right set back in the hedge just before the recycling centre. Go through this gate and follow the grass track through a few trees into a field. Continue along this track, ignoring a track on the left to the recycling centre, and where the paths branch take the right hand fork up towards the top corner of the field. Follow around to the left past a pump house and continue passing the sculpture of dancing figures to a gate. Go through the gate and turn right. Follow this track, turning left and right and then continue until you get to the road junction where

the interesting village sign is. Go straight over and continue down towards Threadneedle Street / Cookes Road junction. Turn right at the T-junction and return to the village hall. Please note that all of our group walks are cancelled due to the current social distancing guidelines. Please check and adhere to the latest rules before attempting this walk. Mapping: Copyright Ordnance Survey 2020. Photography supplied by and copyright of Verity Bullock 2020

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Laura Myatt, from Falcon Meadow Community Trust, is delighted to announce a virtual alternative to the local event of the year

f someone had told you this time last year that you wouldn’t be allowed to stand closer than two metres from someone in a supermarket, it’s unlikely you would have believed them.

Yet here we are, and the changes we have seen in our lives over the past few months have been enormous. For a close-knit community like Bungay, it’s been tough to accept that the events that bring us together are no longer possible, for the short term at least. So this summer, the crowds that throng the banks of the river at Falcon Meadow’s Great Bungay Duck Race will, quite rightly, not be there. We know this event is the highlight of Bungay’s social calendar, and we wanted to find a way to run it safely....because we still want you to enjoy it! We can’t have our usual Duck Race, but, like the Premier League, we can have a crowdless one.

despite the hardships Go to www.falconmeadow.org.uk they have been facing, to buy your duck and win a prize remain committed to helping our cause. Thank you to all of them for cheering us up! What’s more, proceeds from your £2 ticket will secure nearly seven square feet of Falcon Meadow, our beloved community space. After an incredible response to our appeal earlier this year, supported by many Village People readers, we have just £1,500 of the original loan to pay off, and with your support we believe we can do it. This means the meadow will be home for even more flowers, insects and wildlife that everyone can enjoy. So, go to www.falconmeadow.org.uk, buy your duck, cross your fingers and get streaming for all of the fun and none of the sunstroke!

So this year, Falcon Meadow Community Trust is delighted to invite you to join us for what we believe may be the world’s first Socially Distanced Duck Race! The premise is simple: from 1 July onwards you can visit www.falconmeadow.org.uk and secure yourself a virtual racing duck online for £2. You can buy as many ducks as you like, so you could have one representing each member of the family to add to the tension. The deadline for buying your ticket is Sunday 9 August. Shortly after that, you will be able to go to our website to stream footage off th he race and d watch h as your duck k battlles to be first across the finish line. Should your duck win, you can choose from a range of prizes donated by local food shops who,

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Nature

Action for Insects: THESE LITTLE THINGS MATTER By Robert Morgan, Norfolk Wildlife Trust Reserves Officer

e don’t know how many species of insect exist on earth. Estimates run at an astonishing 10 million, with less than onetenth of these categorised and assigned a scientific name. They form more bio-mass than all other terrestrial creatures put together and are vitally important to the health of the planet. Insects are separated from other invertebrates by having six legs, a head, thorax and abdomen, with most species also having wings. Insects are incredible, some are beautiful, others fascinating, but all of them are important. They are pollinators of flowers, prey for other animals, and act as predators and parasites for regulating the ecosystem. Many insects also break down organic matter, which is vital for soil health and, as a consequence, all other living creatures – including us. Compared with other invertebrates, they are relative newcomers, evolving only 450 million years ago. Some, like dragonflies, have remained the same since the earliest dinosaurs roamed the earth. But insects are now in a human induced crisis, numbers are dropping at a staggering rate, and in the UK alone an estimated 41% of species are facing extinction. Loss and fragmentation of habitat, climate change and light pollution are factors, but more significant is the damage done by chemicals

used for treating livestock and the millions of gallons of pesticide sprayed each year on our crops. A report commissioned by the Wildlife Trusts highlighted the real and lasting knock-on effect of this drastic decline; it refers to ‘insect apocalypse’ and ‘broken ecosystems’. Anecdotally, many of us older folk remember having to constantly clean the dead insects from our car windscreens in summer, but that’s rarely the case now. Norfolk Wildlife Trust, in partnership with other county Wildlife Trusts, is launching ‘Take action for insects’. The project attempts to promote better protection and consideration of insects, particularly relating to their role in our own wellbeing. You can help by obtaining a free downloadable guide of information and support you may need to start helping insects where you live. This summer, why not spend some time enjoying the wonder and beauty of insects? Even a small garden can produce surprises, and with a little effort and exploration it’s amazing the insect life that can be uncovered during a stroll around your ‘plot’.

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Bee in city centre, credit Paul Hobson

Buff tailed bumblebee and poppy, credit Chris Gomersall

Comma butterfly, credit Scott Petrek

Common blue damselfly, credit Ross Hoddinott

Hummingbird hawkmoth, credit Derek Moore

Marmalade hoverfly, credit Sam Hockaday

Red Admiral butterfly, credit Nick Upton

Ruby-tailed wasp, credit Trevor Round

Seven spot ladybird, credit Jon Hawkins

Wasp beetle, credit Neville Yardy

My favourite garden insect is the imperious emperor dragonfly, it can often be seen hawking flies; its wings fizz and crackle as it scoots past your head. On a warm muggy night, you can try placing a white sheet on the lawn with a bright lamp on it; you will be astounded by the array of moth species living in your garden. Search among your flowerbeds for butterflies and bees, and perhaps set aside a small area of the garden for nectar rich native wild flowers. There are butterfly and bee identification sheets available on the Norfolk Wildlife Trust website, along with lots of other information about helping our insects to recover, because these little things really do matter.

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meet like-minded people and share skills and ideas at the monthly Open Days. There are special events twice a year, where visitors join members to raise funds and find out more about our work. We also have stalls at many local events such as the South Norfolk Show, the Dementia Fair at the local hospital and village fetes. Sadly, the coronavirus outbreak has meant our groups and resource centres have had to close for the time being, but we know our members are keeping in touch with each other and many are making items needed by hospitals and care homes at the moment. To find out more, go www.norfolkknitters.org.uk, or call me, Linda Brown, on 07884 295905, or email norfolkknitters08@gmail.com

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CLUES ACROSS

CLUES DOWN

Cone round the obstruction on a solitary occasion (4)

Statistic showing the state of the nation’s economy (9)

Pour ale there around the heavenly fire (8)

See from quite a long way off (6)

Drama of the 50s and 60s (7, 4)

State of the most supreme rapture, and happy in it (7, 6)

11 None too clear idea of what is happening (4)

Read this to discover your true liability (3, 5, 5)

12 Case for dried beverage from the East transported (3, 5)

Critical situation and decisive moment (6)

13 Some snake bites are, you are dead before you breathe in (2, 6)

Routine inoculation or emergency injection (3)

15 Fellow met with skin all red from the wind (4)

10 Don’t ask how much — it is much as you would expect (5, 4)

16 Ultimate possible sporting achievement (5, 6)

14 Such journalistic convolutions and turns do tire one (6)

18 Of James the First and his times (8)

15 Sound of the old witch’s laugh as she rides on her broom (6)

19 Orpheus with this made trees and the mountain tops that freeze, bow their heads (4)

17 Deity found lurking in the rushes with a pipe (3)

LAST ISSUE’S SOLUTIONS ACROSS: 7) Particle, 8) Open, 9) Spine, 10) Abiding, 11) Plump, 13) Ecology, 16) Running, 17) Smite, 18) Sneaker, 20) Along, 23) Asti, 24) Ephesian. DOWN: 1) Carp, 2) Stuntman, 3) Ice, 4) Setback, 5) Bold, 6) Sennight, 12) Loudness, 14) Limbless, 15) Sneerer, 19) Aria, 21) Neat, 22) She.

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