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Foster Care Associates (FCA) is running a campaign to recruit new foster carers called ‘what are you waiting for?’ Inspired from the moment in 1994 when co-founder Jan Rees OBE, experienced what she calls ‘her light-bulb moment’ after reading an article on fostering. This led to her lifechanging decision to care for young people in need.

Jan continues: “Foster care is not without its challenges, which is why the support services provided by a fostering agency like FCA is so integral to carers, however I would also describe it as the best job in the world! Throughout our 21 years of caring for children and young people in need we have never lost sight of what made us begin our journey – we call it care without compromise.

“We’re 100% committed to changing the lives of children and young people across Norfolk and Suffolk and our foster carers are at the heart of everything we do, but we need more. No matter what age you are, whether you apply as a single person or a couple, or have your own birth children, as long as you have a spare room and are able to nurture and support, you could become a foster carer.

“I hope someone reading this today will find their lightbulb moment and decide to enquire about becoming a foster carer – what are you waiting for?”

Foster carers with FCA receive frequent visits and contact from a dedicated and qualified social worker. Support is also

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Ongoing training, a financial allowance, access to carer support groups and organised family activities are all contributing factors as to why FCA placements are 22% more stable than the national average.

We’d really like to hear from anyone that is considering fostering. For more information on becoming a foster carer call us on 0800 023 4561.

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Step one: unfold yourself from chair or sofa.

Step two: relax remote control grip, switch laptop off. Ditch the to-do list, leave unticked the emails, the phone calls, the unfixed drip of the tap tap tap. Step three: head for the door, ignore the washing up, the calendar on the wall – the weeks scrawled full – and don’t forget forget your mobile. Aim for the wide open. Retreat.

Away from the streets (bypassing the one way and the out-of-town shops) until the roads become lanes become tracks becomes the right path and you’ve reached that point. Far enough to stop, stand still, reset. That’s the art of the great outdoors – the next steps are all yours.

Did you Know ? Previously Creative Director at The Poetry Trust, Dean now works as a poet and workshop leader in Norfolk & Suffolk deanparkin.co.uk

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We follow up with Clemmy, to see how she got on at the London marathon back in April.

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With Wimbledon upon us, hopefully good weather as the cricket season is well under way, lots of people are getting on their bikes across the region. I hope to be at some of Charlie’s cricket matches but my sister, his Auntie Heidi, and I apparently don’t understand what’s good form when watching and supporting Charlie when he plays. Standing at the boundary, while enjoying a chilled cider and cheering for him apparently isn’t the done thing and we were subsequently told that we were embarrassing... who would have thought it? The amusing moment when your 14-year-old son tells you that cricket is a civilised sport and that we have to promise to act in the correct manner if we would like to watch him play. No more cheering and clapping quite so loudly.

One of our stories leads on very nicely from that to the extremely talented David Wolstenholme from Norfolk. He crafts the finest English willow

an interesting story idea for us, a life story, regional history, events, interesting collections, hobbies, artists? If it interests you and it’s in or about Suffolk or Norfolk, let us know. You may see it featured in YLM. Enough of my rambling on, sun hats on, sun cream on, keep safe in the sunshine if we get any. Take care, love Wendy

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part from my family and closest friends, the people who see most of me, week in and week out, are my work colleagues. During my forty hours each week (I had to put that in) and over the years, I have grown very fond of many of my colleagues.

At BBC Look East and BBC Radio Norfolk, we have a large number of people who have worked in the same place for well over ten years . Now don’t get the impression that all we do, all day, is gossip.

There’s some serious work taking place and deadlines to meet each day. In fact it’s funny, many years ago, when I worked at BBC Radio Norfolk, working to hourly news bulletin deadlines (and sometimes half hourly) I often thought what a cushy life the TV lot had. They seemed to have so much time on their hands they even had time to read the papers (research of course)

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Over the years the number of staff has been cut back, and I can honestly say we don’t have much spare time during our working day. I often feel I have an easier working day than many of my office mates.

At least I get a break on most days. The reporters however often work well over their ten hour day, rarely get a break, and often drive many miles to their story too. Back in the 1980’s when I was a reporter and presenter at Look East, I do remember one day driving to Northampton General Hospital to do an interview, before driving back to Norwich to present the programme. One thing, we do now have now days, is a Cambridge office and various radio stations we can send material from. That does make life a lot easier.

On the other hand, as most reporters can edit their material “out in the field” that can present another pressure.

Pictures can be gathered much closer to the time a programme is transmitted and sent digitally back to us (as long as all the equipment works and a mobile

signal is available) I am largely office based so I do have a chance to chat to colleagues. I evitably over the years, we share the highs and lows of our lives. I often think that when a family tragedy occurs, returning to work is a reminder that life goes on even though it feels as if everything has come to a standstill at times of intense pain or grief.

As well as the tragedies we have seen lots of babies and grandchildren born and marriages taking place. One colleague went on holiday with her boyfriend to New York a few years ago. When she got there all was revealed. Her ‘intended’ had planned their wedding to take place that very week in Grand Central Station. The immediate family all popped up too, how romantic! (He even produced a ring which fitted..some feat indeed) I feel fortunate that generally most people get on with each other at work (some even socialise too. I am sure they must talk about all the office!) I wonder whether it’s a trait of a working life that involves different shifts and unsocial hours, but there are many firm longstanding friendships established not to mention a significant number of marriages in the office.

Over the last couple of years the BBC Radio Norfolk “gang” from the 80s have met in London, us Norfolk lot very accommodating to the former colleagues now working in the Capital. The first reunion came after more than twenty years, but it seemed like only

“One colleague went on holiday with her boyfriend to New York.When she got there all was revealed. Her ‘intended’ had planned their wedding that very week in Grand Central Station.

The immediate family all popped up too, how romantic!”

yesterday. We just carried on where we had left off, all those years ago.

Plus the odd remark about whether time had been kind to us with our looks.. the women that is!

So although at times I wish I could be a lady of leisure, I can’t deny I still have a spring in my step as I enter the office (apart from the 0500 starts..ooo my knees!) I wonder what delights/dramas and stories are in store for the day, not to mention the latest family sagas from my colleagues too. ●

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lot of my trade is wordof-mouth and people coming here. A cricket bat is a personal thing, not like a TV that you can buy and up comes the picture. A cricket bat is a feel thing. Every piece of wood is different. You can make ten bats and they’ll all feel different, with different balance points and pickup points. I try and shift the weight to make them feel the same – that’s hopefully the sign of a decent bat maker.”

Pick-up is lifting the bat from the ground to take a stance, balance is maintaining that stance.

After all, cricket matches can last all day.

“We’re only a small company. I always believe that if I do a decent job for someone, they’ll tell four people; if I do a bad job, they’ll tell forty. So I make sure I’m happy with every bat that goes out, and I’ve got high standards. Players come in the shed and we get them to feel the bat, have a swing with it. And I say to use it for two or three weeks and if they’ve got any problem, to come back and I’ll alter it for them.”

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The first mention of a cricket bat is from 1624. An inquest was carried out after a fielder was killed. The batsman had tried to prevent him from catching the ball, instead catching his head with the bat. Originally bowlers used to bowl underarm and the bat was therefore shaped more like a hockey stick. It may be that the ancient game was first played using shepherds’ crooks.

In the 1770s the bat became roughly parallel with a maximum width of 4¼ inches, as remains to this day. Until the 1830s cricket bats were onepiece willow. Then, with increased breakages and shock as the ball travelled faster, bat makers started to splice in separate handles, later introducing spring inserts of whalebone and then India rubber. In the 1860s the laws changed to allow overarm bowling, with the blade of the bat gradually lightened and shaped, developing into what we know today.

“The only regulation for a cricket bat’s dimensions is the width: tall players use a longer bat, longer blade, longer handle.

I can make a 2lb, 15oz bat feel like 2,10 depending on where the weight is. The feel is key to everything: that’s the difference between coming in and having a bat made for you and buying one on the internet.”

The cricket bat is traditionally made from the English Willow, Salix alba var. caerulea, and the art of making cricket bats by hand is known as pod shaving. David explains that the strength of the bat comes from the wood’s texture of long straight straws – if you’ve got the puff, you can blow bubbles right through them. He demonstrates the weight quantities he’s talking about with a couple of rubber handle grips that don’t weigh anything in your hand but tip the scales at 4½ ounces.

With his meticulous attention to detail and eye for the wood, he’s

like a cross between a Savile Row tailor and a Chippendale – a cabinet maker, that is, he keeps his clothes on.

“Take Olly Stone [Northants], I know his balance point, his weight and everything, so he can ring me up from ten thousand miles away and say ‘Dave, I need two bats’ and I can make them identical to what he’s got in his bag right now.”

Another of David’s customers is Mignon du Preez, South Africa women’s captain.

“She was in India for a time. I’m quite good friends with Harbhajan Singh [Indian International]. He and Mignon talked about bats and he mentioned my name. She got in contact, we sent her a couple of bats and she liked them. It’s lovely to have someone of that stature.

She’s coming over next year for the World Cup and we’re putting her up.

We’re going to have an Open Day and she’ll put on a clinic and hopefully bring some of the others from the South African team. She’s got her own brand with us. It’s kind of cool.” “‘Who’s that: Tendulkar?’ and he said ‘yeah’! We’re talking about the best batsman to ever walk the planet!”

He won’t be so cool when he heads off to India this summer with Harbhajan Singh and hopes of breaking into the lucrative Indian market. He claims not to be much of a cricketer himself – in fact, he used to be a professional speedway rider – so, how did he get into the bat business and why Norfolk?

“My father was a prison officer, he’s retired now. I was born in Sheffield but Dad’s parents had brought him down here for holidays at Yarmouth and he asked for a posting to Norfolk and started work at HMP Wakefield, staying in a flat above the officers’ mess, coming home every weekend. Then when the houses were built, we all moved down. I was four so I am sort of local by now, though still a Sheffield Wednes-

day fan unfortunately!

“Later on, Dad and I, we used to play cricket against the Police and the RAF on a Thursday night. I was never any good, to be honest. I was riding speedway for Hackney on a Friday night. In 1991 I signed for Sheffield and they raced on a Thursday night so that was the end of my cricket playing. I’ll go to the local game but I haven’t really got the time now. I’ve got responsibilities!

“With modern technology computerized machinery - the handicraft goes out of the equation; it’s all about mass production. I don’t have that. The guy who taught me how to make cricket bats said to me: ‘David, spend an extra ten minutes on a cricket bat and you’ll make it look a million dollars’. That man was Tim Keeley (master bat maker at John Newbery of Ashburnham, East Sussex).

“I had my own business in Norwich at the time, making speaker cabinets. I was having some machinery fitted and I asked the engineer where he was going next and he said Newbery.

I wasn’t playing cricket a lot then but I said ‘send me a bat’ and he did. I then went down to see Tim and we got on so well, playing golf together, and I asked him to teach me how to make bats just because, as a woodworker, it’s nice to know how things are done. I had no intention of taking it up. Then one day he rang me to come and give him a hand – he said he had some very important players coming.

‘Who’s that: Tendulkar?’ and he said ‘yeah’! We’re talking about the best batsman to ever walk the planet. I went down and did some work on the machinery – Tim’s fantastic with his hands but not so good with the machines, to be honest.

“I sell 700 to 1000 bats a year, more adults than kids, but we’re having a purge on getting the

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youth stuff now. We’ll have a bit of a shop with bats hanging up, pads and gloves here so people can come in, sit down, have a coffee and a chat. Not everybody wants a custom-made bat, they want to come in, pick one up and go. I’ll still be doing the custom-mades – it doesn’t matter who you are, if you want a custom bat, I’ll give you the same attention whether you’re the best in the world or me, the worst in the world. That comes from my own background as a sportsman, having had the opportunity to see the other side of equipment, that you don’t normally see.

“I like people to come here so I can show them what’s involved: three hours working on one piece of wood. I’ve been making bats for seventeen years.

This season we’re trying to build the business to a higher level, building brand awareness and getting more customers in. We’ve got some great players on board: four or five county players and nine out of eleven Norfolk players. Minor county players get part-sponsorship but if they move up to major county and national level they get offers of sponsorship from the big firms and move, so fair play to them.

“As for the women’s game, we’ve been working with Mignon to produce a different bat for women’s cricket – we press them slightly differently with the ball being slightly smaller. Men are bowling at 90mph, Tymal Mills at 94, whereas the women are bowling 73, 74, so the bats don’t take as much hammering as the men’s. We’re going to do a junior range for girls too, to perform a bit better than a men’s bat, which is a fraction harder.”

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“The bat hitting the ball should sound like two coconut halves knocked together,” David explains as he starts going through the bats with a sounding mallet: leather on willow indeed. ●

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nternational fibre artist, Catherine Redford, is returning to visit Debenham, Suffolk in July this year. Whilst brought up in the Northwest of England, her parents moved to East Anglia and Catherine married her husband Steve at the church in Sproughton, where her father still lives. She is now based in Naperville, near Chicago in the United States. Catherine is a teacher, speaker, making multiple TV appearances and has recently been finalizing a book to be published next year.

She will be running a quilting class on 5th August at Debenham Community Centre helping to raise funds for the Blossom Charity.

I caught up with Catherine to find out about her life and learn a little about the world of quilting.

Catherine describes herself as the ‘middle child,’ with an older brother and a younger sister. She learnt to knit and sew at an early age and kept her family’s Barbie Dolls and Action Men well dressed.

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She didn’t have what I would imagine as a conventional start to becoming a fibre artist and quilter.

Catherine was a very clever young girl and after completing her education in the North of England she went to University to study for a degree in Food Science. She met her future husband Steve there and knitted him a long ‘Doctor Who’ style striped scarf which he wore stylishly wrapped around his neck as he cycled around campus.

Catherine found that making needlepoint pictures gave welcome relief to the chemistry and microbiology courses demanded for her degree, propping up her text books in front of her while she stitched.

She married Steve soon after graduating and they now have four grown-up children and two grandchildren, with one more recently announced on the way.

They settled into life in London where Catherine maintained her love of needlepoint and design and was starting to win competitions for her work. She had been teaching cross-stitch and just had her first pattern accepted for a publication when a strong sense of adventure led the family overseas.

In 1995, they moved to the USA. Initially her time was spent settling the young family into life in America – a huge change from living in London. She missed doing her embroidery work and started to look for alternatives. In America quilting is hugely popular and Catherine decided to give it a go. She joined a class at Stitches and Stuffing in Naperville which she loved and quickly realised there was a lot more to learn.

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uilting in America has its history in the 1600s with the early settlers. The word derives from the Latin culcita meaning a stuffed sack. From being a purely utilitarian piece, it has now become an art form and it is estimated that there are more than 16 million active quilters in America.

As she developed her skills, Catherine started to write a blog about her work and was finding she was gaining a small following. She

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showed me some of her work.

Initially, she started teaching classes at Pieceful Heart Fabrics in Lisle, just 10 minutes from her home and found that she really enjoyed it. Hearing about her life today to where she started I asked about what it was that made the transition from local teacher to becoming well known across America.

Catherine mentioned a class she attended with Phil Beaver in 2005. She was challenged to take her art further and started creating more of her own original pieces.

“I am someone who responds well to a challenge.”, she smiles,” I’m grateful for Phil’s words."

Catherine’s daughter is a graphic designer and so helped her develop her website and her business. She has developed lectures and classes that are original. She still has a strong British accent despite having spent more than 20 years in America.

“I’m the only one in my family retaining my accent. I guess in a way it makes me a bit different to all the other teachers. They say that a British accent to an American is like a French accent to a Brit!”

“My style could be described as ‘eclectic’ but I am known best for my originality and innovation”

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hatting to Catherine, I can see that she has a friendly, enthusiastic and amusing style that connects well with her audience. I personally don’t know much about quilting but in the UK it is growing in popularity.

The quilters’ guild was established in the UK in 1979. In August the Festival of Quilts in Europe will be held at the NEC Birmingham with over 300 exhibitors.

I asked Catherine how she would describe her quilting style. She replied that “After taking many different classes locally, my style could be described as ‘eclectic’ but I am known best for my originality and innovation when completing my projects, particularly in the realm of free-motion quilting and embellishment.”

Catherine will be teaching the modern style known as ‘Improv Piecing’

in her original class, ‘Happy Scrappy Improv Quilts’ at Debenham.

Catherine pays an active role in her local community as a member of her local quilt guild, Riverwalk Quilters Guild, where she has served as program chair, vice-president, co-chair of ‘the Gathering’ committee, and also a two-year term as president. She is also a member of the Fiber Art Divas, an art group that meets at Naperville Art League and of PAQA, the professional art quilt group. In 2012 she co-founded the Naperville Modern Quilters Guild to further explore the modern quilt aesthetic and now continues to teach as well as speaking at Guilds around the country and of course, continuing to learn.

In 2013 she was invited to appear on Quilting Arts TV and has since taped several segments on various topics. She is a regular contributor to Modern Patchwork magazine and is the author of two Modern Machine Quilting QATV workshop DVDs. She is a strong believer in creativity. On her website she writes, "I believe we all have an innate need to create in some sphere of our lives, being made in the image of a creator, God. Quilting is my outlet of choice.

I share my love of quilting as an inspiration to others and have found that as I pass on the knowledge I have gained on my journey I learn more tips and techniques that take me still further.”

I had never considered quilting as an art form until I met Catherine and saw her work. It is stunning. ●

To find out more about Catherine, catherineredford.com For those of you interested in finding out about her workshop please contact Katie at the Blossom Charity via 01379 678483 info@theblossomcharity.co.uk

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endy Smith is a line judge at Wimbledon and this will be her 35th appearance at the Championships.

To ensure Wendy is ready for Wimbledon she will, along with all the line judges, need to have judged in at least one other grass court tournament in the weeks preceding the number one Championships hosted in London. Judges are graded based on experience, allowing them to be placed on different lines of the court from nearside by the umpire to the far side.

She has appeared on many of the different courts at Wimbledon alongside all levels of player. The players themselves would need to have faced off in previous tournaments on grass courts: British players visiting Nottingham, Manchester, Eastbourne and Queens just to qualify for Wimbledon. Even a first round loss can bring in a ÂŁ23,500 payday. These players have limited

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sponsorship, often with no backing from the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). There’s certainly no free gifts, accommodation or cars like the top seeds receive.

Earnings may be what a player survives on as Maria Sharapova did when she first arrived on the scene. Tennis is not only a great sport to be involved with but for some it’s their job, their career. The winnings from one tournament may well be spent on the travel and other expenses attending the next competition.

the crowd were disgusted with his attitude. It wasn’t what they’d come to expect after the likes of previous countrymen Lleyton Hewitt, Pat Rafter and Mark Philippoussis Hopefully his verbal and physical behaviour, for which he has received numerous fines, will change as he matures, as he is a very exciting player to watch.

Wimbledon is one of the few tournaments that doesn’t take world rankings as the seedings because the different surface encourages a different style of play. Novak Djokovic from Serbia is the one to watch as “Johanna Konta, an Aussie export far as Wendy is concerned as he might just he grass courts at Wimbledon are alnow flying the GB flag, could prove have the edge on Andy Murray. ways in immaculate condition. Some to be a difficult opponent, one which The womens title is more open; if Wilmay say the courts at Queens may be seeded players may want to avoid.” liams (Serena) is injury-free she might go far, slightly better quality but they certainly don’t Johanna Konta, an Aussie export now flying take the same level of pounding. The serving the GB flag, could prove to be a difficult oppospeeds at Wimbledon are approaching 150 nent, one which seeded players may want to mph and that tends to leave a mark. avoid. Another one to watch is Garbiñe Muguruza from Spain.

Two weeks from the finals day however, the grass was Wendy fears that we will not see a British Ladies Champion for some time. amazingly back to its luscious green for the Olympics in 2012 Essentially the winners will have been monitoring every– some sort of horticultural wizardry at play. There are big thing they do in the months leading up to any tournament fines for racket throwing (as well as general bad etiquette) which might damage the turf. Wimbledon winners are autofrom exercise to nutrition to mental health. The chance of matically enrolled into membership of the All England Club winning millions may come down to a ball missing a white line by millimetres and the calls made by the line judges. New but in 1981 when John McEnroe won, this was delayed due to technology in the form of Cyclops (service line) and Hawkeye his courtside histrionics. In 1983 he won again and this time (instant replays) has been introduced over the years and conthe honour was awarded. tinues to improve, despite accuracy of 92% provided by their John McEnroe was of course famous for his ‘you cannot be serious’ catchphrase but was only ever recorded as swearing human counterparts. Hopefully this won’t stop the McEnroes of tennis from emerging. We don’t want to lose the character once, despite the abuse he levelled at umpires and judges. of the game as tech advances.

Some of today’s players have become a little more vulgar.

Nick Kyrgios from Australia was booed off stage at Wimbledon 2015 after a visible lack of effort. Even the Aussies in

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How did you become a Wimbledon Line Judge?

Although I was a keen player, part of the Suffolk Junior Team, you can’t just apply to be a line judge without successfully completing a rigorous training programme. I attended the Benson & Hedges Championship being held at Wembley Arena in 1979 as a spectator and the Professional Tennis Umpires Federation (PTUF) had an advert asking for people to take up officiating.

At that time the PTUF did not cover Wimbledon so it was not until 1982 when I started judging.

“As the tournament progresses and the matches are of greater importance, the nerves increase.

Once you have had your first call, the nerves settle down. Until the next session anyway.”

Can anyone then become a judge at Wimbledon?

The selection process begins in December each year and everyone, regardless of how high a grade they are, cannot assume they will be selected. We all go through the same selection process. I only heard in March this year that I had been selected for the duration of the 2016 Championships. The higher the grade you are is in direct proportion to the amount of matches you appear in. I am the highest grade of line judge so I am there from when the first ball is struck to when the last ball lands!

Do the rules of the game change much?

Every January, as a chair umpire, I am informed of any rule changes for the coming year from the International Tennis Federation (ITF). As a chair umpire you need a far better knowledge of the rules as you are in total control of the match, the players and your fellow line judges. The judges are informed as and when they attend tournaments during the first couple of months of the year.

Is it easy work?

We are human and we do make mistakes, if only players would understand that. Any line judge is lying if they said they never had any difficult situations. One particular memory that sticks in my mind was a men’s Quarter Final, Centre Court, Pat Rafter versus Andre Agassi. Agassi walked to the other side of the court after Rafter served an ace and swore loud enough for not only us, the line judges to hear but also those in the Royal Box, and the ball boys and girls. I hoped that one of my fellow line judges who were nearer to the umpire would go and report this to him but no one moved. So I had to walk from the back of the court, along the base line and up to the umpire’s chair and inform him of what Agassi actually said. The crowd, it seemed, were mainly Agassi supporters because you should have heard the boos when the umpire announced a warning for audible obscenity. But this is all part of my role as a line judge.

What has been your best year?

Which matches are you assigned to?

When you are a line judge you do one hour on court and one hour off court. Every day you are assigned to a different court and you are on that court until the order of play for that court is completed. The ladies play for the best of three sets and the men’s matches are best of five. When you are a chair umpire you will chair one, two or three matches a day, and you are on the court for the duration.

Difficult to answer. I was selected to be a line judge at both the Olympics and the Paralympics in 2012: something that some may never have the opportunity to do. I was also on the line when Andy Murray won Wimbledon, as well as the year before, when he lost. On both of these occasions I shook hands with the Duke of Gloucester as we were presented to him at the end of the match.

Are you still an active player of the game?

What’s the order of service if you’re not on court?

I always like to have a total break from tennis so that I am well rested and focused when I go back onto court. I’ll have a sandwich and cup of tea or coffee. When rain stops play the officials’ area does get very crowded with over 300 people to cater for.

You’re limited as to where you can go as around the grounds you are amongst the spectators who are looking for shelter too.

How do you feel about line judging now you’re up for your 35th year?

It is something I feel really proud and honoured to have been able to do. It is very tiring and demanding but you get the sense of real achievement when you complete the tournament. Even after all these years I still get that excited feeling when I walk through the gates on the first morning. It gives me a real buzz.

I still feel nervous though – and that’s a good thing. You are always under close scrutiny with television, radio, mobile phones no matter which court you are assigned to. You are under the watchful eye of millions. As the tournament progresses and the matches are of greater importance, the nerves increase. Once you have had your first call, the nerves settle down. Until the next session anyway.

I have people bending my ear and twisting my arm to start playing again. I have a racket in the loft so I may well dust off the cobwebs and come out of retirement. Watch this space! ●

Wendy also runs The Pightle Barn at Middlewood Green, Stowmarket, IP14 5EU. For all your catering, craft and florist supplies (and more!) contact her or one of the team on 01449 711014 or visit their website www.wandmsmith.co.uk

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fficial outfitters Ralph Lauren have designed new uniforms for the umpires, line judges, ball boys and girls to mark the 130th Wimbledon championships.

The brand replaced the traditional purple and green with navy when they took over as the outfitters in 2006. Much eyebrow raising ensued.

“These stylish designs perfectly match the timelessness and elegance of the Championships and continue to define the classic Wimbledon look.” — David Hewitt, head of retail at the All England Club.

The umpire and line judges are not permitted to take off their ties or roll up their sleeves. They must be traditional and inconspicuous at the same time. It’s the spectacle.

The pinnacle of a player’s career. Like the Football World Cup or Ascot, the world stops to watch Wimbledon even if they’re not big tennis fans.

The players of course have to adhere to a strict dress code of pretty much all white – unlike the colourful outfits we see at other tournaments like the Australian Open which include tanks and mesh. High level brands are introducing cooling innovations built directly into the material.

Current bad boy of tennis, Nick Kyrgios sports some interesting attire. Serena Williams has also been one of the leaders in daring tennis fashion. Andy Murray continues to help test new clothing which lowers the surface-level temperature of the skin, after signing a four-year contract with Under Armour. Expect the world of clothing to become increasingly tech savvy over the next decade. This will of course mean new kits for us and the kids to keep up to speed with the Joneses.

The all white kits required by Wimbledon players allow some tolerance towards colour but not much. For example, white means white – not off-white or cream. Only one single trim of colour is permitted and it must be less than one

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centimetre wide. Any coloured underwear that may be visible during a match, even due to perspiration, is not allowed. This stems back to sweat being deemed unsightly and to be hidden as much as possible. It’s these rules and traditions that keep Wimbledon at the forefront of tournaments. Players who disregard the line of appropriate apparel are asked to change, like Roger Federer, who in 2013 took to court in orange-soled shoes.

One might think that appropriate wear is demonstrated rather well below, although at the time this Ted Tinling design, made for Gussie Moran for Wimbledon 1949, caused quite a stir with lace panties on display. ●

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ON YER BIKE June: Official month of the bike You don’t have to be Sir Bradley Wiggins or Victoria Pendleton to jump on your bike and reap the benefits. The feeling of the wind blowing through your hair, the freedom, with hundreds of cycling clubs up and down the country and over three million of us getting on our bikes in the UK. You may enjoy the quiet bike ride on your own, or going out with a cycling club, what could be better than a family bike ride and the children racing ahead, free wheeling down the hills? Taking a picnic with you, stopping at a cafÊ; my favourite option is finding a lovely country pub with a beer garden and having a pub lunch and a cold drink.

Norfolk and Suffolk are beautiful counties and cycling is the perfect way to explore the winding lanes and market towns. What are you waiting for? Discover some events to get involved in after the turn.

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Diss Cyclathon

“Any keen cyclist will tell you the best cycling is along the quiet country lanes of Norfolk & Suffolk and the best café stops are in our fine market towns.”

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une 2016 looks set to be one of the biggest days of cycling Norfolk and Suffolk has ever seen with Diss Cyclathon on Sunday 19th June 2016.

It’s a day which will celebrate all the best things about cycling in Norfolk and Suffolk and show off the counties in all their pedalling finery.

Alan Franks, event organiser, said “Diss, being on the border of two of the finest cycling counties anywhere in the country is the perfect place to have a day to celebrate everything that’s great about cycling in Norfolk and Suffolk. We think we’ll have something for everyone – from the youngster getting to grips with their first bike to the most lycra-clad, carbonfibred enthusiasts. We’re also running the whole day

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on a not-for-profit basis with funds going to support local cycling and to the East Anglian Air Ambulance – two great causes.”

The event will be based in the beautiful Mere-side park in Diss but will be going far further afield with a 100 mile Sportive that will take in nine market towns.

Neil Collins, Sportive organiser from Diss Cycling Club, said: “Talk to any keen cyclist around here and they will tell you the best cycling is along the quiet country lanes of Norfolk and Suffolk and the best café stops are in our fine market towns. We’ve combined the two in this Sportive which starts and finishes in Diss, but runs through Harleston, Beccles, Bungay, Loddon, Long Stratton, Wymondham, Attleborough and Thetford with beautiful countryside in between. What more could

you want? “We’ve had a lot of interest already and are hoping to have riders from every club across the two counties as well as many individuals. It’s easy to enter – just go to www.disscyclathon.org there are also shorter 25 mile and 50 mile routes.” Asked what sort of bike people should have to ride a 100 mile Sportive, Neil said “There are plenty of bikes out there which cost eye-watering amounts but, to be honest, they make very little difference and almost any road bike with drop bars will do perfectly well.

The more you spend on a bike the lighter and stronger they get but unless you’re trying to be the next Bradley Wiggins or a velodrome poser you’re better to save your money and spend it on some good quality cycling shorts.”

Angela Sykes from Diss Cornhall and member of the Diss events committee said,

“We’re really excited about Diss Cyclathon.

Diss is a fantastic market town and we’ll be taking it over for a day with everything cycling and lots more beside.

As well as trade stands; there will also be lots of refreshments – with a large supply of coffee and cakes for all those hungry cyclists.

We’re hoping that cyclists will bring along their families to enjoy the day with a fun fair, music, a beer tent and much more. There will even be some short guided rides for those who want to get out on the road but don’t quite feel up to the Sportive.

Experienced riders from the Cycling Touring Club (CTC) will show them the way.”

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WOMEN ON WHEELS The Blossom Team get on their bikes

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recently visited Southwold to meet the the Blossom Charity team launching a Women on Wheels (WoW) cycling event due to take place on Sunday 10th July. Joseph, from Cycle Suffolk, asked them to be involved, as he wanted the first WoW cycling event held in Southwold to be a fun event that would appeal to all women.

WoW, in partnership with Cycle Suffolk, is an initiative which organises mass participation femaleonly cycle rides putting a strong emphasis on the fun-friendly and inclusive aspects of cycling. As our team bravely stood in the pouring rain on Gunhill they certainly did not look like professional cyclists, but with their individually designed bicycle decorations and head gear,

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their big smiles suggested that they were having fun despite the weather!

The event has two distance options, 8 miles and 17 miles. The longer route having the added incentive of a tea and cake stop at the Shadingfield Fox. As I chatted with the team I discovered that whilst some are keen cyclists, there were some novices planning to enter.

Novice Hannah told me that she was entering after attending a six-month programme, ‘Being the best you’, at the start of 2015 and still has some coaching support from the charity. “The programme has helped me immensely with my whole life. Teaching me things about myself and totally rebuilding my confidence. I want to help raise funds for the charity that has made such a huge difference to me, so it can help others too.”

Katie Nice, who joined the organisation as an apprentice earlier this year, is also planning to participate. As part of their recent training in Cambridge, the team decided to try tandem cycling. She said that she liked cycling as you can chat and have fun as you cycle and it has great health benefits. Katie isn’t able to join in the Great East Swim but she plans to enter the cycle ride and has high expectations that her mum will cycle too. In fact, the team at WoW encourage mothers and daughters to enter. If you are aged under 16 and cycling with an adult, you go for free!

Tamara Hunt from the Blossom Charity explained, “When

Joseph first contacted us we thought: what a great idea. It fits so well with the philosophy of Blossom Charity and as a team we all like challenges and hope we can encourage others to join in. Southwold is such a beautiful venue and we are looking forward to helping promote the event.

We hope women who enter will want to help raise funds for the Blossom Charity.“ Many of you will have read about last year’s Great East Swim and in 2016 a much enlarged team will be braving Alton Waters.

However, the Blossom team acknowledge that not everyone fancies an open water swim, so WoW provides a different challenge and one that they anticipate will be the start of an exciting partnership with the town of Southwold for many years to come.

This is one of a few events that the team at Blossom are organising this summer to help raise funds.

Apparently Wendy and Willow are planning to enter so it’s worth entering just to see them both in action! ●●

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British Flowers Week is Monday 13th June to Sunday 19th June, putting the spotlight on a blooming national industry. You may be wondering why we need British Flowers Week. Well, with large scale growers continuing to send their cut flowers into our wholesale markets, British growers struggle against the global cut flower production with supermarkets offering only a limited variety of home-grown stems.

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“It is a very hard, demanding and dangerous job. It is the second most dangerous occupation to deep sea arctic fishing. This means proper training is essential which is best done on recognised college courses.”

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It is getting to the time of year when we get telephone calls from young people wanting to be tree surgeons; some still at school and others coming to the end of their studies at college.

I thought it might be a good idea to outline what is required to be a qualified tree surgeon – not just a man with a chainsaw!

It is a very hard, demanding and dangerous job. It is the second most dangerous occupation to deep sea arctic fishing. This means proper training is essential which is best done on recognised college courses.

We are fortunate in East Anglia, there are two good colleges (Easton and Otley) as well as independent fully qualified instructors. Learning the basics ‘on the job’ can be dangerous as one can pick up bad habits acquired over the years.

Each piece of machinery used and every procedure has a set qualification. Every qualified operator will carry a card a bit like a driving licence detailing their qualifications.

Because of the dangers and risk of felling a tree on property, insurance is a must. No insurance company will cover an unqualified person.

Since we have some large contracts, we carry £10 million public liability.

This poses a real problem for trainees when they are encouraged to get work experience while on their courses. There are not many situations they will be allowed to get experience without full qualifications other than with employers that may not be fully insured.

Training is an ongoing process; most of the qualifications only last about three years and refresher courses must be taken regularly.

To obtain all of the qualifications as a fully trained climber can take up to three years.

The team always has at least two operatives, one on the ground and the climber. The ground man’s job is to direct the climber and safely bring down the timber on ropes, block and tackle. The climber will always have at least two ropes attached to the tree and his harness. The chainsaw is also attached to his harness (you wouldn’t want that dropping on your head!).

It is a fantastic job in the summer but imagine all those cold wet days through the winter, very little will stop the work. We don’t work when there is deep snow – we cannot clean up properly; no climbing with heavy rain – too slippy, or when the wind is above 30mph – too dangerous.

Never when there is a thunder storm, chainsaws are lightning magnets.

This poses a problem in the autumn gales – you can be sure we will get called out in the middle of storms.

Feeding a tree surgeon is a bit of a mission – reckon on at least 5000 cals/day, high protein and lots of liquid, especially in the summer. Good guys are incredibly fit; never hire an overweight tree surgeon!

For expert advice on this, or any other issue, 01379 668638 or treesurgeons-norfolk.co.uk

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GARDENING RAMBLINGS

KEEP “Don't cast a clout till May is out”

Wotcha!

How are yer diddlin?

Good I hope. Cor blast me, that were a rum old April wonnit? I spuse the only thing you kin say about it is it were ‘seasonal’! It did get up to 16C on a couple o’ days, but didn’t make the 22C we had on 15th April last year. And that Siberian-esque wind didn’t do much t’ encourage yer out in the garden did it?

We had that massive thunderstorm on the 14th, which chucked down hail and rain and put 18ml in me rain gauge. It reminded me of me mum who used to hate April! Like she said, one minute the sun would be shinin’, next minute it could be rain, hail or snow!

As I write, we’re into May and still nothin’ much is moving at the allotment. Won’t do till we start getting’ warm nights. And with the old sayin’ ‘Don’t cast a clout till May is out’ still ringing true, it’s going t’ be a tidy bit o’ time ‘fore it do. You’ll be reading this in June, o’ course, and I don’t want to spoil it fer yer but we have had snow in June before! Last year, June didn’t get above 25C but July burst in on the 1st with 32C. Oim behind wiv me chitting this year. ‘Chitting’, I said, not chatting! I usually chit me

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dwarf and runner beans before sowing them in pots. It then guarantees me practically a 100% germination. I use a couple of old office trays, lay wet newspaper in the bottom, place the beans on that and then also cover wiv wet newspaper. I keep the trays indoors on the kitchen floor in areas where the heating pipes run underneath and the seed chits (shoots) in no time. The newspaper must not be allowed to dry out of course.

I’d like t’ say that project camomile lawn at The Vine Church Hall in Eye has reached a ‘mile’ stone, but I can’t. In fact its more of a ‘cameo’ lawn at the moment, ie dramatic scene. It’s the Chinese! That’s who I’m blaming anyway, as that’s where the first packet of seed came from. The second packet (Chamaemelum nobile) is from Suffolk Herbs, and is obviously a different variety. Previously, I’ve raised my own plants from the seed and potted them up, but I’m going to sow the Suffolk Herbs seed (1,000 of them!) direct into the ground. I’ll mix them with silver sand as the seed is like dust and the sand will aid even distribution.

I spuse we’ve soon got to make up our mind whether we’re ‘in’ or whether we’re ‘out’.

Me dad allus bemoaned the fact that Dutch lettuce growers got subsidised on their heating bills and we didn’t.

YER HEEL Newmarket Nights

DOWN BOR

President de Gaulle never had a problem saying ‘non’ to British entry and neither do I. I have a long memory!

I will never even buy a golden delicious apple (coxs are much better anyway!) which me daughter finds hilarious (having studied French and German at uni!).

Dew yew keep on troshin, and remember, June has fathers day in it (19th) and the longest day (20th), but what is the longest month?

A: September of course.

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Top organic plants to help you through the summer

YouTube make up tutorials have become very popular over the past few years.

Aloe Vera

This can be used as an anti-inflammatory. It can be used as a poultice to help reduce swelling and it can also be used in tea.

Lemon Grass

Lemon grass has a plethora of health benefits from helping to lower cholesterol, unclog pores and fight infections and also acts as a natural insect repellent, this is a must-have item in your medicine kit.

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Comfrey

Rosemary

Rosemary is a great herb to help boost your immune system and can also be used as an anti-infammatory. You can infuse rosemary with oil and apply it to the affected area, alternatively you can also make rosemary tea, using either fresh or dried rosemary- place a sprig into a tea pot and voila!

The most talked about at this moment is the timeless classic look of Adele, British Music Icon

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One of the best natural remedies to help soothe your frazzled skin. You can take the aloe vera leaves and peel back the skin to reveal the gel and apply this directly to the affected area.

TOP TIPS

Any premium or chemist cosmetic can create this look.

Here’s what you’ll need: Hydrating moisturiser Primer to give radiance Medium coverage foundation Highlighter pen for the eyes Concealer where needed Face powder Brow gel / Brow powder Natural coloured cream shadow Cream / mid brown eye shadow Gel or liquid eye liner (black) Knot free eyelash clusters in short & medium Volumising mascara

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Work on the eyes first and then apply your base products.

(This allows you to clean under the eyes with remover) Curl your eyelashes, apply your mascara then place the false ones on top with a pair of tweezers.

Duo Clear eyelash glue is great to use as its white on application but dries clear. Just allow it to become tacky before you pop the lashes on.

This will make it easier for you.

If you find it tricky to apply liquid or gel liner use a pencil first then go over the top.

Brow mascara is a great way to add colour, shape and definition quickly.

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browsing around

From Persian paint to permanent make up, the eyebrow has made its place in history

ighbrow, lowbrow, browbeaten and beetle-browed. The importance to our lexicon of these little lines of keratinized protein cannot be understated. And as with hem lines and trouser widths the ideal brow is constantly changing according to fashion.

Currently the trend in eyebrows has swung completely from the overplucked lines of the 1970’s to the full caterpillar as sported by Cara Delavigne or the ‘power brow’ with its nod at fifties film icons. And no more shall be said of the ‘Scouse Brow’.

Each to their own, I say.

Trends aren’t new; the concept of passing fashions has been around for thousands of years. And that applies to eyebrows. In the modern era, we’ve cycled from the painted, stylized Hollywood looks of the ‘20s and ‘30s to the more natural arched looks of the ‘40s, ‘50s and gradually building to a crescendo of Brooke Shields overload in the ‘80s. And

that’s in less than 100 years. The same thing happened in some ancient civilisations, too.

To write about the “ideal eyebrows of ancient China” would be like trying to say “the ideal jeans in America”. There’s just been too much variation. During the Tang period, for instance, women in the court of Emperor Wu were encouraged to paint their eyebrows qingdai, or a lustrous shade of blue-green. It seems to have been an indigo paint that originated in Persia, and was prohibitively expensive. In the Qi dynasty, however, a different look prevailed: “immortal moth” makeup, where the eyebrows trailed like

and an essential part of make-up artistry

the long tails of moths. And every so often, short, thick eyebrows would show up in paintings of court ladies for a decade or so, possibly because they got bored of painting moth-tails on their faces every morning.

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Women in Ancient Greece were just as keen on cosmetics as their modern counterparts but it seems that the substance of choice for making your Greek eyebrows stand out was soot. Ovid refers, in typical scathing fashion, to fake eyebrows that you could “take out of a box” and glue on to your face. How prescient he was.

The Greek historian Herodotus, claimed that when a family’s cat died, everybody in the household would shave their eyebrows in mourning. However Herodotus may have been telling porkies as he also wrote with great conviction that griffins exist and live in Europe. I’ve yet to see one.

COMING SOON There has even been © The Empress of China by Hunan Television eyebrow-based slander; it was rumoured that ladies of fashion in England and France in the 1700s made false eyebrows of mouse skin and stuck them to their faces, but the British Library believes there’s no truth to it at all. Perhaps the British Library hadn’t read Herodotus.

Now there is a smorgasbord of eyebrow delicacies to choose “Even the common from as the fully formed eyebrow is bang on trend. There are or garden eyebrow powder and wax palettes with ready-made templates; inditint has evolved vidual brow hairs glued artfully into place; and semi-permanent into a seven-step make up or cosmetic tattooing – a practice which again origiritual to include nates from the Far East. waxing, plucking, Even the common or garden eyebrow tint has evolved into a threading, tinting seven-step ritual to include waxing, plucking, threading, tinting – and three other – and three other things. things.”

The choice you make is dependent on your needs – and existing hairs. For the young and full-follicled the High Definition process (tinting etc) is a good choice for more, well, definition.

And those who are skilled enough can brush in and wax into place in the comfort of their own homes. But if you are older and your brows either don’t exist, or have lost their moth-like tails, it is semi-permanent make up you require. You are never too old to have beautiful eyebrows. They truly frame the face – and when they’re right, can refresh your features and lift the brow without the need for surgery. The ‘tattoo’ will fade over 12-18 months but if you have grown tired of peering at where your eyebrows used to be, through your specs, it might be the best investment you make this year. If that doesn’t appeal you could always set your mouse traps. ●

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Pimms & Pudding Charity Auction Saturday 25 June 2016 7.30pm @ St Edmunds Hall, Hoxne IP21 5AN

Tickets ÂŁ10 includes glass of Pimms and a yummy pud!

Come and join our fabulous auction in aid of The Blossom Charity, a charity that enables women to be the best they can be. We will have lots of exciting lots for you to bid on! Follow us on Facebook to see the latest auction items

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Louise Thompson Play. Make. Create.

A creative mum of two boys with 16 years experience in ‘Early Years’ and Education.

Play. Make. Create. sessions provide fun art & craft activities for kids during the holidays and for your birthday party or event. If you can’t get to a Play. Make. Create. workshop why not order a ‘Craft Bag’ to do at home?

The Next session, ‘All about the Love’, is in February half term, spaces are limited so booking is essential. Come and play!

Charlotte Nicolls The Camargue Cafe A warm welcome awaits you at The Camargue Cafe where Charlotte and Sherry will serve you delicious homemade meals, snacks and refreshments. Situated within the award winning Valley Farm Equestrian Leisure facility, The Camargue Cafe also offers workshops for adults and children throughout the year, give them a call for more details.

Katie Nice Portrait Artist

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They have supported the businesses on this page and would love you to do so too.

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I am a wife and mum of two with a real passion for producing high quality portraits of different scales/ styles for my clients. My approach is relaxed and very realistic from the outset in terms of what can be achieved within different budgets.

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The Dream On team discover the magic of being tidy!

It’s been a very busy day at the Dream On offices. I’m calling it Project Sort day!

As we have an office space that has to be flexible, the team all have their own pink boxes. At the end of each day we all have to pack up our laptops, pens, papers, notebooks etc. as the space could be used for a workshop, an evening event (scarf tying skills this week), a make-over day or just as office space.

Now at the end of each day, I’m sure each of us has the intention of neatly tidying away our papers. But as you know there is a big difference between intention and reality.

So today we had to call time as so much time was being wasted looking for a document between the pink boxes, when the document should have been filed away.

I sat with Clare in the team for a while as we were finishing off the year end accounts. When I asked a question and I watched as she started to sift through the box, I decided we needed to do something about this.

We are all as bad as each other. The boxes have to fit on a shelf and often we each only do a sort out when either we can’t carry the box because it is too heavy or it wont fit on the shelf anymore!

I don’t know about you but for me there is nothing more satisfying than doing a sort out as it feels like you have reclaimed con-

trol. Even when the to-do-list feels very long, the fact that everything is in order makes the list feel a lot more do-able.

Nicki, our graphic designer is by far the most organised in the team. Recently she has been doing a Project Sort in her home. She has been working under the guidance of Marie Kondo, the Magic of Tidying.

Marie is a Japanese organising consultant.

She has written four books which are bestsellers worldwide. Her services command a huge waiting list in Japan. I haven’t read her book although Nicki has studied it and she has put the guidance into practice. One of the things Marie Kondo recommends is sorting by category. so if for example you sort your DVD collection, you pull all the collection together and sort it rather than tackling the DVDs in each room at a time. We decided to do this with notebooks at Dream On. As Esther dug into her pink box, she discovered not one or three but ten! I also discovered a huge collection of notebooks. I buy them because they are pretty. I don’t think that I’ve got many at home already. There is nothing like a new notebook when you start it very neatly. I find I tend to keep mine as they might have notes on them that maybe useful at a later date. In total across the whole team we discovered 48 notebooks. We have sorted them with some put back into workshops material stock and we’ve left a couple each in our boxes.

It’s clear there will be many benefits of Project Sort: ✔ Peace of mind (we haven’t missed anything) ✔ Save time (we waste so much time searching) ✔ Save money (we don’t need to buy any more notebooks!) ✔ Create space (we aren’t blessed with spare room as we grow at Dream On) ✔ It’s motivational (once sorted we hope to feel re-energised) Anyway we have decided to be brave. The bins of Dream On now have a fine collection of used notepads in them. I think I possibly don’t need to buy another notebook for at least two years, maybe longer.

We all now have the intention to keep our boxes sorted, of course that won’t happen but at least for the next few months we will be more organised.

“Recently our graphic designer has been doing a ‘Project Sort’ in her home under the guidance of Marie Kondo, the Magic of Tidying.”

Words by Bridget McIntyre The Blossom Charity

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buying a PROPERTY at auction

Think before you bid

I am looking to buy a property and have found one I am very interested in which is for sale at auction. I know very little about buying a house in this way and feel unsure as to whether it is a sensible idea, or something best avoided. Are you able to offer any advice?

A. Buying property at auction can be seen as an exciting prospect but it is important to do your homework before entering the auction room.

One advantage of purchasing property at auction is that the process is usually quicker than a standard purchase. On acceptance of the successful bid, the deposit is paid (usually 10% of the purchase price) and completion then typically takes place within 28 days.

Another attraction is that often people find they are able to purchase

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On the other hand, you need to consider why the property may have been put into auction, rather than on the open market.

There can be many reasons why some property is put up for auction, for example, where property has been repossessed, where the property is in need of substantial repair, or if the seller requires a quick sale.

Once you have scoured the property supplements and auction catalogues and you know which property you are interested in, there are a number of important factors that you will need to consider carefully:

carefully and ask yourself: Is there anything that stands out immediately which could deter you from proceeding?

“you need to ensure that you have a mortgage in principle before attending the auction.”

Instruct your Legal Adviser

Financing the Purchase

It is a good idea to contact your solicitor as soon as possible, so that they can review the auction pack and report to you in good time before the auction. This will then allow time to investigate anything unusual or onerous which may affect your decision to proceed.

Consider how you will finance the deposit and purchase.

Usually a deposit will be payable upon the acceptance of successful bid at the auction (10% of the purchase price). The balance is then payable on completion, which is usually 28 days after exchange of contracts.

This means that time is of the essence, so if you are funding the purchase by way of a mortgage, you need to ensure that you have a mortgage in principle before attending the auction. The mortgage advance will need to be available in time for completion, or you could face financial penalties. ●●

Inspection

It is important to inspect the property thoroughly before the auction.

Ideally, you would do so along with your surveyor so that they can advise you of the state and condition of the property and any structural defects. Many properties are sold at auction because they are in a poor state of repair. If you are aware at the outset that work will need to be undertaken at the property, then it may be prudent to also have a builder view the property to advise you as to the likely cost of any essential works.

Auction Pack

Contact the Auctioneer to request the Auction Pack. These are usually available at least two weeks before the auction.

The quality of Auction Packs can vary but ideally they should include: the title to the property; a plan of the property; standard searches; auction special conditions of sale; replies to standard enquiries; contract and form of transfer, together with any ancillary documents relating to the property, such as relevant planning permissions.

Study the Auction Pack

For further advice on buying a property at auction, please contact the property team at Steeles Law on,

Initial Budget

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You will need to consider an initial budget to cover the preliminary costs of going to auction. There are a number of initial costs that you will be responsible for before you have necessarily even placed a bid.

These include surveyor’s fees, mortgage application fees and solicitor’s fees. You will need to be prepared for the fact that although you may incur these costs at the outset, you may not necessarily be the successful bidder on the day of the auction.

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FASHION

Think of style icons that appeal to you and there will probably be a few of them.

Look at what they wear and why it appeals to you

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4. if you receive styling advice MAKE SURE THAT PERSON unders ta ndS your lifes t y le. Some t imes friends are swayed by st yles that suit them, their shape, their colouring, even their budget and not yours

5. If your “other half” offers advice, bear in mind that he is probably not the next Giorgio Armani!

What’s the secret?

When women visit Dream On, we are often asked to help in finding their own look.

I thought the readers of YLM might like to know what I think are the 10 secrets of finding your own style…

Make sure you are not continually buying basically the same outfit.

The sign of a good dresser is someone who continually tweaks their style

Experiment Like anything else it takes time and a little effort to find your style.

You are not going to walk into a shop and find the perfect outfit for you every time. Give yourself time to try on different styles and have fun 6. Trust your instincts, and wear what makes you feel like the best version of you 8. Find the colour tones that suit you 7. Don’t wear

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things that are uncomfortable…how many itchy cardigans did it take for me to decide that I really did not like that feeling? Clothes that hurt because they are too tight are really not for you. Now the only note of warning to this is not for you to now buy clothes that are too big for you.

They may feel more comfortable than the tight ones but they are not flattering and the quickest way to add pounds

10.

My final note is…at the end of the day, they are just clothes. We can change them, take them off and replace them. On another occasion I did some work with a local children’s hospice, working with the mothers who spent about 99% of their time caring for their children. They were strong women who dealt with difficult situations without batting their eyelids but when I showed them how a pretty floral scarf could change a plain outfit, one lady said “Oh no, I couldn’t wear that, what would people think?” Well, to be honest my only thought was that they were amazing women!

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Check that the rules you have about certain styles are still valid. Are you sure that skinny jeans won’t suit you? I recently helped a lady on a Makeover Day and the first thing she said to me was that she didn’t like strong colours, skinny jeans were too young for her and she didn’t like pattern. I knew a pair of slim trousers would look great on her so we tried them with a lime top and she loved them so much she bought them. I ended up showing her how her rules had stopped her trying so many outfits

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Memory Tree Words by Sue Johnson

Perhaps

I shouldn’t admit this in writing, but honestly, I am so glad that it’s over!

And though it pains me to say it, Dad would have been right: my daughter and I surely needed our heads testing as we prepared to walk the 10-mile route of the St Elizabeth Hospice Midnight Walk 2016 amongst a psychedelic sea of orange and green t-shirts.

We joined the maelstrom of eager walkers mustering at Portman Road in readiness for the start; dance music being pumped out from the stage was bouncing off one of the stands adding a distorted echo to the ‘80s tunes. Some of the neon-clad gathering responded enthusiastically to the invitation of the lithe young dancers (who were obviously a good deal fitter that any of the rest of us) to strut their stuff with a dance routine intended to get everyone limbered up for the main event. Others of us decided that we were going to be stretched quite enough by the 10 miles ahead of us, without using up valuable energy in the pre-walk warm-up!

Then, amidst the thunder of samba drums and a cloud of bubbles, a whistle blew and the excited crowd of more than 2000 spilled out onto the street, two streams heading in opposite directions, 5-mile greens to the left and 10-mile oranges to the right. And what a spectacle we made too. While the orange tide rose all along the early miles of the route we were greeted by cheering families waiting in their front gardens for us to pass; crazy car drivers leaned on their horns for much longer than was sociable and wound down their windows yelling encouragement as they drove by.

Reaching the first of two water stops Sarah and I knew that this personal challenge was for real; we remained determined, but the pace was blistering. Eventually conversation all but dried up as we concentrated on putting one increasing sore foot in front of the other. Round us other walkers were beginning to ask, “Are we nearly there yet?”

By the time we entered the grounds of the Hospice we had completed 7.5 long miles. The atmosphere became strangely heavy and a kind of reverent hush brooded over us as we paused beside the Memory Tree. There was something very beautiful about the hand-written message tags that were lovingly tied to the branches amidst twinkling fairy-lights. Some of us were grateful for the darkness, which gently covered our remembering.

Leaving the Hospice behind us, with our feet burning in our shoes and legs like lead we gathered ourselves for the final stage of the journey. Encouraged by kindly marshals who assured us that it was downhill all the way from here on in, we decided not to call a taxi after all!

“Encouraged by kindly marshals who assured us that it was downhill all the way from here on in, we decided not to call a taxi after all!”

The finishing line was the most wonderful and welcome sight to behold, and three and a half hours after we started, Sarah and I crossed it together.

It was a precious moment. All around us little clusters of orange t-shirts hugged and congratulated one another; our medals had been well and truly earned. And now it was time to go home.

Reflecting on our slightly bizarre night out, I am reminded that not everything we do that’s worthwhile is necessarily fun; some events in life can be painful, but that doesn’t mean they are without value, and sometimes, well, sometimes what starts out as a loss can be translated into a gain. ●

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“The atmosphere before the race was buzzing.

There was so many people around and in good spirits.”

We

last caught up with Clementine Ardley-Forder in the March issue, before the big day. On the 24th April 2016, The London Marathon Clemmy ran 26.2 miles her number was 36895. Clemmy ran the London Marathon to raise money for Children’s Liver Disease Foundation. CLDF provides a wide range of services for families, friends and young people who are living with a childhood liver disease.

Gus is Clemmy’s brother and her inspiration for under taking this huge challenge, Gus is awaiting a liver transplant. CLDF have supported the family from the very start and is currently.

We asked Clemmy all about her experience and here are her responses.

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RUNNING ON STRONG What time did you arrive at the start of the race?

Would you share what was special about the date of the marathon for you?

The marathon was an amazing day. It meant so much to me in many different ways, to raise awareness for Children,s Liver Disease Foundation, to run it on behalf of my brother and a challenge for me.

I got to Greenwich Park around 8:45. I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I got there. Lots of queues and people around. I wanted to get there in plenty of time so I could soak up all the atmosphere.

Can you describe the atmosphere before the race started?

How much money did you you raise for your chosen charity?

I can’t believe how much I raised for Children’s Liver Disease Foundation. I have raised £5,625.39 to date. I still have donations coming in. I am just so overwhelmed with everyone’s kind donations. My target for the fundraising was £2,500 so I have completely smashed that!

The atmosphere before the race was buzzing. There was so many people around and in good spirits. I was very nervous but I was excited to get started.

When I got into the runners area everyone was sharing stories of why they are doing the marathon.

Who came along to support?

How was the weather?

The weather was really good actually. I was worried, as 10 days before the marathon it was forecasted to snow. However, the rain and snow held off. The morning of the marathon it was raining until 7:30am but by 8:30 it was lovely sunshine.

Once the race had started it began to cloud over. I quite liked it when it was overcast as I didn’t get too hot.

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My mum Donna and fiancé Alex along with my friend Olivia supported me. They were Amazing. They managed to pop up around seven times while I was running which was lovely! (I think they did something like 13 miles walking around London that day!) My uncle was at mile one with my sister Leah and my cousins were at mile 19 cheering me on. Unfortunately, my brother was unable to come and watch me, he was hospitalised as his liver was deteriorating.

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What was the hardest part of the marathon?

Once you get your head around it you just find it in yourself to do your best and that’s what I did. The hardest part of the whole marathon experience was not having my brother there.

Was it overwhelming how many people were running the marathon?

Yes, it was so overwhelming. When you watch it on TV you think “Wow! that’s a lot of people,” but when you are there with everyone it is breath-taking how many people are there. And so many people supporting.

What was the furthest you had run before the marathon itself?

The longest run I went on during my training was 20 miles.

Apart from the finish line, did you have a favourite part of the marathon?

Tower Bridge has to be one of my favourite parts of the marathon. Going over there was just magical with all the noise from the crowds! I really did enjoy it all. All the way around the marathon you see funny costumes, people who cheer you on and beautiful sights.

Who do you think won a medal for the best outfit?

There were so many funny costumes and outfits but one of the best one was the rhino suit. I think there were seven rhinos running of different running abilities and they all with different names!

How long did it take you to recover from the marathon? What hurt the most?

The day after the marathon I could hardly walk! I rolled out of bed. I knew I would ache but that was something else. About 2-3 days after I started feeling a bit more normal. My quads and calves hurt the most!

Are you glad you did it?

I am so glad I did it. I wanted to raise money and awareness for the charity and that’s exactly what I did.

I would definitefly run it again however, I think I need to rest my knee for a good time. Maybe in 3-4 years time, so watch this space.

What’s your next challenge?

Was there a point when you thought, I can’t carry on? and what got you through that?

There were two points in the race that I thought I wouldn’t be able to go on. The first time was at mile six, someone in front of me slipped on a water bottle and fell over and there was a bit of a group collision which I got caught up in and I fell on my knee, the one I recently had operated on. I was in a fair bit of pain but I carried on and thought to myself, “I can’t go out now I have worked so hard and people had been so generous with their donations I couldn’t give up.”

The second time I thought I couldn’t go on was at mile 24. I was trying to get through to my mum, Alex and Olivia on the phone to tell them I was pulling out because I was in so much pain, but I couldn’t get through to them. A quick phone call to my brother Gus sorted me out, he told me I couldn’t give up and to keep going and how proud he was of me.

My next challenges are the Great East Swim on the 18th June in aid of Blossom Charity and the Race for Life 5k run on Sunday 19th June. ●

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ALL DAY, EVERYDAY Weekend Wildlife Walks There’s so much to see and hear at Minsmere: splendid woodland, wetland and coastal scenery, rare birds breeding and calling in on their migrations, shy wildlife like otters, the booming call of bitterns in spring, beautiful bugs and colourful wild flowers in summer. Whenever you visit, you’ll find plenty to enjoy. Choose an idyllic walk or head to the coastal lagoons to see and impressive variety of birds. Be sure to keep an eye on the reed beds too.

Maybe you’ll catch a glimpse of a shy otter?

Minsmere Reserve, IP17 3BY Members Free Adults £8 | children £4 01728 648281 | rspb.org.uk

county as part of Suffolk Open Studios - opening their doors to the public at weekends, so you can have a look behind the scenes and see them in action.

Come and visit us to see a wealth of art and craft, and the inspiration that goes into creating it. There will be twelve Artist Trails around the county. Here the artists will open their own studios for the same weekend/s and provide easy to follow maps so that visitors can move comfortably from one artist to the next. suffolkopenstudios.org

Thurs 2ND - Mon 6TH Red Rooster We’re kind of particular about our music, which is why we’ve only got the finest R&B, Americana, blues, roots and country musicians on our bill. We believe that the highest quality of music and style is what keeps the party going ALL DAY, EVERYDAY throughout the day and into the night. On Pick Fruit at Wheldon our travels around the world on the hunt Pick your fruit is a great activity for for the best musicians new and old, we bored kids and helps them understand kept on coming back to the deep south of America. It’s passion and love of not how to appreciate where food comes just rhythm and blues, Americana and from. The PYO year begins in May with country music, but for food and drink, asparagus and moves on to strawberries, raspberries, peas and beans. We grow good times, and more importantly life, a wide range of vegetables including made us stop, think and start enjoying things just a bit more. lettuces and sweet corn. Early autumn Euston Hall, Thetford, IP24 2QH brings plums, apples, pumpkins and 4pm | Wknd. £42.50 | SAT £35 blackberries. We have our own cold 01842 766366 | redrooster.org.uk stores that allow us to keep our apples

and pears until the spring. Throughout SUN 5TH the winter and into the spring we also harvest our own cabbages, cauliflowers, Junior Rangers broccoli, leeks and other vegetables that Monthly sessions for 6 - 12 year olds are all available in our farm shop. exploring the nature reserve through Wheldons Fruit Farm, CO10 0QE exciting and educational games and 10am - 5pm practical activities. Parents are asked 01787 374322 to stay for the first session but are free wheldonsfruitfarm.co.uk to leave after that. People with limited

mobility please contact organiser in Until 30th June advance. Please book online.

Blakenham Woodland Gardens Knettishall Heath, IP22 2TQ A delightful combination of traditional 10:30am | £2 English woodland and many exotic trees, 01473 890089 | suffolkwildlifetrust.org shrubs and flowers planted over a period

of 50 years.

SUN 5TH From early daffodils and drifts of bluebells to rare magnolias and camellias the Open Farm Sunday garden offers an ever-changing pattern Visit our farm to discover how food of colours and scents throughout spring is produced and how farmers look and early summer. after the environment. Get close to the Little Blakenham, IP8 4LZ machinery, touch the animals and meet 10:00 | £3.00 - children half price the people actively involved in farming.

07760 342131 Enjoy a tractor and trailer tour, a leisurely blakenhamwoodlandgarden.org.uk riverside walk or get busy in the children’s

activity barn. Refreshments available.

Every Weekend in June Shotford Hall Farm,Harleston, IP20 9QT Suffolk Open Studios 11am | Free This year in June there will be around 02476 413911 | farmsunday.org 130 artists and makers around the

Tues 7TH Dancing in the Streets Expect your favourite songs made famous by The Four Tops, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and many more.

Theatre Royal, Norwich, NR2 1RL 7.30pm | £8 - £27.50 01603 630000 theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk

Sat 11TH StowBlues FestivAL StowBlues will be bringing its annual dose of Americana blues once again to Stowmarket. Organised in partnership with BBC Radio Suffolk, the Museum of East Anglian Life is proud to present a day of fantastic live music. Also available for the day will be onsite catering from The Osier cafe as well as a CAMRA bar, stocked to the brim with real ales, ciders, lagers and wines.

Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket IP14 1DL Noon - 10pm | £5 01449 612229 eastanglianlife.org.uk SAT 11TH Botanical & Wildlife Painting Join professional botanical and natural history artist, Ruth Wharrier, on this enjoyable and supportive workshop looking at a range of botanical drawing and watercolour techniques. The emphasis will be on botanical & wildlife observation, accuracy and seasonal plant material. All abilities will be catered for with individual tuition. Ruth is a very experienced tutor who has run many successful workshops for us. The centre at Carlton Mashes offers an inspiring setting with enviable views out across the marshes and reed beds. For botanists, Carlton Marshes is one of the very best places in Suffolk for the sheer variety of plants. Not suitable for people with limited mobility. Not suitable for wheelchair users.

Carlton Marshes, Lowestoft, NR33 8HU 10am - 3pm | £25 01473 890089 wildlifetrusts.org/reserves/ bradfield-woods Sat 11th & Sun 12th Gislingham Plant Sale, Garage Sale & Art Show Jean and William Kemp will be holding their annual plant sale outside the village hall. Donations of plants welcome.

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marquee. Pick up a local grown plant for after the workshop. For ages 1-5. Price your garden. includes one child plus one Village Hall & Church, Norwich Puppet Theatre, NR3 1TN Mill Street, IP23 8JX 10am | £12 10am - 5pm | Free 01603 629921 | sophiefox.com 01379 783608 Thurs 16th

Sun 12th Tippett & Britten I Dinghy Sailing & Canoeing The Heart’s Assurance contains both The SESCA Club will be running a personal solace following a close friend’s series of monthly, Sunday afternoon, suicide and universal grief at a world at ‘Have a Go’ sailing sessions for potential war, while in Ian Bostridge’s nuanced new members. SESCA is a small, family performance Winter Words too seems orientated water sports club based at a complex and bittersweet threnody Lackford Lake, 5 miles NW of Bury St for lost innocence. Part of Aldeburgh Edmunds. The Club’s sailing season Festival 2016 runs from the last weekend in March Snape Maltings Concert Hall, until early November with safety boat IP17 1SP cover every weekend. The Club also 7.30pm | From £16 runs RYA (Royal Yachting Association) 01728 687110 sailing courses and coaching sessions tickets.aldeburgh.co.uk/Online/2016for members. A mixed fleet of dinghies is festival-tippett-britten-I available for hire to Club members, so it Thurs 16th - Sun 19th is not necessary to own your own boat if you want to sail.

Guardian Angels - The Musical: St Edmundsbury Sailing Sanditon Productions & Canoeing Association, The company presents a show full of Lackford Lake, IP28 6HX songs, ballads and anthems with book 2pm - 4pm and lyrics by Chris Brindle and music westsuffolksailing.org.uk by local composers Fern Teather, Vicky Clubb, Daniel J Rutter and David Booth.

Tues 14th & Wed 15th New Wolsey Studio, St. Georges Street, IP1 3NF The Gruffalo’s Child 7:45pm | £10 Join the Gruffalo’s Child on her adven01473 295900 | wolseytheatre.co.uk turous mission in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the much-loved Fri 17th picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. One wild and windy night Music and Food Evening with the Gruffalo’s Child ignores her father’s Jesse Barrett & Jordan Smart warnings about the Big Bad Mouse and Jesse Barrett (percussion) and Jordan tiptoes out into the deep dark wood. She Smart (wind) form a duo that draws on follows snowy tracks and encounters an array of wind and percussion instrumysterious creatures – but the Big Bad ments to create a highly improvisaMouse doesn’t really exist... does he? tional and richly textured sound world, Songs, laughs and scary fun for children influences such as Albert Ayler and aged 3 and up and their grown-ups, in the Don Cherry to Mildford Graves and Paul hugely popular show that’s toured Britain Motion blend with musical traditions and the world! from West Africa, India, Japan and the Theatre Royal, British Isles.

Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1QR The Cut, Halesworth, IP19 8BY Times vary 7:15 | £20 01284 769505 | tallstories.org.uk 0300 3033211

info@newcut.org | newcut.org Wed 15th Sat 18th Little Tots: Dressing Up Shop The fancy dress box is filled to the brim The Great East Swim with hats, dresses, feather boas and Set in the beautiful Alton Water resermore! Come and get dressed up in the voir, this peaceful part of the world is enbest shop in town! Artist Sophie Fox’s joyed all year round by walkers, cyclists playful workshop will transport you into and wildlife spotters. Enjoy the unspoilt a magical multi-sensory world. With outdoors and discover award winning music, songs, light and lots and lots of beaches as well as a group of swimmers materials to get messy with. Ticket price raring to dive into their open water chalalso includes a free cup of tea or coffee lenge. Without lanes or lengths, swimto enjoy with the other parents before or mers are treated to an adventure and

new sense of achievement over a variety of challenging and rewarding distances.

There is often a festival atmosphere at Great Swim events, as thousands gather in their wetsuits at the water’s edge, from open water novices to Olympic champions. The principal distance is one mile, although many of the Great Swims now offer half-mile, two miles and 5k waves.

Throughout the day a variety of cultural and sporting attractions, along with an opportunity to taste some of the county’s finest produce in the farmers market, will be available alongside the swim for the whole family to enjoy.

Alton Water Park Stutton, IP9 2RY greatrun.org/great-swim/great-east-swim

Sat 18th Live Music with Hannah Aldridge & Lilly Hiatt Folk/Americana singer-songwriter all the way from Nashville, Tennessee, via Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Supported by Lilly Hiatt, also from Nashville.

The Pennoyer Centre, Station Road, Pulham St Mary, IP21 4QT 6:45pm | £12 01379 676660 pennoyers.org.uk Sun 19th Free Falcon Cruise for dads on Father’s Day Treat Dad to a day at the Museum of the Broads and a trip on Falcon at no cost to yourself. Sssh, we won’t tell! Normal entry and Falcon charges for other family members.

The Museum of the Broads, The Staithe, Stalham, NR12 9DA 10am - 4pm Adults £3.50 | Children £2.50 01692 581681 museumofthebroads.org.uk Thurs 23th - Sat 25th FISHER YOUTH THEATRE GROUP presents: Gargantua A blockbuster of a play that sounds unlikely for the stage. It isn’t far from the story of Godzilla or Men in Black. It certainly has a bit of both in it and more! The show depicts a giant baby that begins its life the size of an adult, the birth of the said baby, the feeding of the baby when it’s the size of a house, the collection of the baby by military helicopters, a now church-sized baby in a military facility and finally a nuclear explosion. It’s a comedy, dipped in a grotesque fantasy of GARGANTUAN proportions. Grim at times, at others heart-warming, sometimes sweet and at other times foul but it

is irresistibly funny, wacky and dynamic.

The Fisher Theatre, NR35 1EE 7.30pm | Saturday matinee 2pm | £8 01986 897130 fishertheatre.org

Fri 24th A Midsummer Nights Dream Shakespeare’s classic tale of love, fantasy and reality. Directed by Jeremy Young.

Ditchingham Hall, Norwich Road, Bungay, NR35 2JX 7.30pm | £6 - £13 01493 717707 | ditchinghamestate.com Wed 29th & Thurs 30th Royal Norfolk Show The Royal Norfolk Show is the largest two-day agricultural show in the country.

Hosted by the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association to promote the image, understanding and prosperity of agriculture and the countryside, the show has been part of the fabric of Norfolk since 1847.

Experience the thrills and spills of the Grand Ring or shop until you drop at over 650 retail stands selling everything from fashion to farm machinery You can also watch some of the country’s top show jumpers, including Olympic medallists, as they compete for the prizes, and meet growers, farmers and scientists, learning about new technologies and the skills needed for tomorrow’s agriculture Norfolk Showground, NR5 0TT 8am each day royalnorfolkshow.rnaa.org.uk

coming soon sat 30th - sun 31st July The Old Buckenham Airshow Where else can you see the greatest pilots flying the most valuable and iconic aircraft in existence whilst enjoying gourmet food, one off beers, hundreds of classic cars, military vehicles, rides in Monster Trucks and Tanks, flights in executive helicopters and a nuclear missile on the lawn? Just in case none of that does it for you we also have extensive shopping, entertainment from a WWII icon and, if you fancy it, we’ll let you take control of an aviation icon (with an instructor, of course). The kids will also be happy with our huge funfair. There is also the small matter of the parties all weekend and the all new 453rd Bombardment Group Museum.

Old Buckenham Airfield Abbey Rd, NR17 1PU 01953 860806 oldbuck.com

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