All About WOTH FebMar 2017

Feb/March 2017 Issue 69

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Contents

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8 years!

We’re celebrating eight years in business! Since 2009 we’ve published hundreds of articles and thousands of listings about local events and groups meeting across our area. I’d like to say a big thank you to everybody who has helped us, from the dedicated volunteers telling us about their work, to the people who deliver the magazine through your letterbox, to the local businesses who advertise in the magazine.

There’s lots going on in the area during February and March, Spring is nearly here!

20 Enjoy Local 6 Competition Cottage in the Wood 9 Community News 10 Business News 12 & 13 Flicks in the Sticks 16 Theatre: Cinderella 18 St David’s Day Concert 20 Local Groups 24 The Nest Recipe: Mushroom Soup 28 Love Music 32 Local Walk 34 Green Fingers 36 Wellbeing: Helping Others 40 Business News & Classes 41 Legal Advice: Separating 43 Our Lizzy’s Recipe: Almond Biscotti 44 Notice Board 46 & 47 What’s On 48 Theatre News & Competition 50 www.facebook.com/allaboutmalvernhills www.twitter.com/allaboutlocal www.allaboutmalvernhills.com

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Sascha McDonald - The Editor Cover Photo West Malvern.

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DESIGN & PRODUCTION: Sascha McDonald (owner & publisher) Colwall WR13 6QN sascha@allabout-local.com 01684 252242 | 07906 573352 ADVERTISING Tina Palmer - 07952 591031 tina@allabout-local.com EDITORIAL & DISTRIBUTION: James McDonald - 01684 252242 james@allabout-local.com All About West of the Hills is distributed to 7,000 homes & businesses every 2 months CONTRIBUTORS Bridget Evans, The Nest, Satya Robyn, Orme & Slade, Our Lizzy NEXT BOOKING & COPY DEADLINE Mon 13 March for the April/May edition

Whilst every care is taken to ensure accuracy, the publishers cannot accept responsibility for loss, damage or omission caused by error in the printing of the advert. All artwork is accepted on the strict condition that permission has been given for use in the publication. Adverts are accepted under the understanding that descriptions of goods and services are fair and accurate. All About Magazines does not endorse any advertising material included within this publication. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or transmitted in any form - electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise without prior consent of the publisher. All About Local Magazines Ltd is registered in England and Wales Company No. 7200758

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Enjoy Local 1. CAFE AT THE STOREs EVENTS Café at The Stores in Colwall has a busy line-up of music evenings this February and March.

On 11th February there’s an evening of love songs celebrating Valentine’s Day while on 25th February there’s an Americanthemed food night with music provided by Vo and Tyler.

For details of tickets pop into the café or call (01684) 540976.

2. bosbury FARMERS MARKET Bosbury Farmers Market and Coffee Morning has been a popular fixture for over 10 years. Taking place on the third Saturday of the month, there’s local produce to buy and tea or coffee and biscuits on offer as well as a friendly welcome.

Taking place between 10.30am and Noon, it’s on Saturday 18th February and Saturday 18th March at Bosbury Parish Hall.

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things to enjoy local During Feb & March

3. WALKS The Malvern Hills District Footpath Society has a busy programme of walks this February. From a circular walk around Hollybush on the Malvern Hills, to a leisure walk along the River Severn and a trip to Little Hereford, there’s also a talk scheduled about the Air Ambulance at Lansdowne Methodist Church Hall on Wednesday 15th February.

New members are welcome, you can find out more at www.mhdfs.org.uk

4. LEDBURY POETRY FESTIVAL SALON Would you like to find out more about poetry? The Ledbury Poetry Festival Salon comes to The Master’s House in Ledbury on Thursday 16th February. These events include readings, interviews with guest poets, a chance to read and chat about poetry and have an informal and friendly feel. Hosted by Chloe Garner who is Artistic Director of Ledbury Poetry Festival, entry is £5 which includes a glass of cider and starts at 7pm.

For details email director@poetry-festival.co.uk

5. WEST MALVERN GARDEN & NATURE CLUB The West Malvern Garden and Nature Club welcomes Brian Draper on February 21st, when he’ll be giving a talk titled ’Where to Watch Wildlife along the River Severn’. The meeting starts at 7.30pm and entry costs £2 for members and £3 for guests, including refreshments. On March 21st the Club holds it’s Annual General Meeting at 7pm (for members only) which is followed by a talk at 8pm which is open to everyone. Peter Garner will be exploring the Natural Wonders of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

The Club meets at the Village Hall in West Malvern and welcomes new members and visitors.

For more ideas and local events: www.allaboutmalvernhills.com

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Win a £40 voucher* for food in the newly refurbished ‘1919 Restaurant’ Be the first to experience 1919 Restaurant & Bar. Enter this competition to be in with a chance to win £40 to enjoy the newly refurbished destination restaurant. 1919 is the new restaurant and bar at The Cottage in the Wood, which is currently undergoing complete refurbishment to restore ‘The Main House’ back to its Georgian glory. The project is part of a £2.5 million refurbishment plan and will honour the property and the surrounding location’s history, including links with literary greats and good friends C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, and the composer Edward Elgar.

Set in the Malvern Hills, the theme of the redesign is based on the era the building was built and the nature that surrounds it. With soft Georgian grey, stunning nature-themed aesthetics, classic modern chandeliers and mirrors to reflect the spectacular views over the Malvern Hills will be incorporated into the redesign of the restaurant.

In the bar the design will create cosy, colourful and eclectic areas, with deep blue bookcases stacked with literary classics, design books and more. Georgian green walls will be adorned with old photographs of the local area, an image of Elgar and a contemporary painting of a traditional Malvern gas lamp by a local artist.

Enter now to be in with a chance to win £40 to enjoy at 1919 Restaurant & Bar, by answering the following question: What is 1919? a. The name of the new Restaurant & Bar at The Cottage in the Wood b. The year the composer Elgar stayed at The Cottage in the Wood c. The name of one of the hotel’s bedrooms Email your name, postcode and phone number to reception@cottageinthewood.co.uk,

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News

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteers are needed to work as mentors for a small children’s charity. Mentorlink supports vulnerable and distressed children and young people facing difficulties that affect their education and motivation to learn. The charity is keen to recruit mentors from the business world.

If you’d like to find out more, email enquiries@mentorlink.org.uk or call (01299) 822336

LEDBURY SWIMMING POOL MASTER’S HOUSE EXHIBITION Over the past few months, volunteers have been translating leaflets at The Master’s House in Ledbury into different languages. From Welsh to Spanish and from French to Polish, the work makes it much easier for visitors to appreciate this fine building and helps turn it into a visitor destination.

To celebrate the culmination of The Translation Project, an exhibition of the translated materials is being held from Thursday 30th March until 15th April. The exhibition is a celebration of all the languages used in the area and places the history of the Master’s House into the context of wider European events over the centuries.

The refurbishment of Ledbury Swimming Pool continues. The building on Lawnside Road is undergoing major work to modernise the changing facilities as well as a larger gym and exercise studio.

With the roof now on, the scaffolding has been coming down as finishing touches are put to the interior of the building. The work is partly funded by £500,000 of National Lottery Money awarded by Sport England and is due to be completed in April.

For information and opening times call 01432 383499 or email ledburylibrary@herefordshire.gov.uk

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Business News WYKEHAM GARDENS Wykeham Gardens plant nursery is gearing up for Spring! Based in Leigh Sinton, they offer a range of shrubs, perennials, bulbs and annuals and is run by husband and wife team Rachael & Andy Mahy.

‘For this season we’re expanding the number of shade-loving plants as well as plants for rockeries’ explains Rachael. ‘There’s plenty of renewed interest in rockeries at the moment and we’re able to advise on the best plants to use, chosen from our collection.’

As well as the nursery, Rachel and Andy run a garden design and maintenance business, and advise this is a good moment to re-design borders or move a bed. ‘We are looking for a trainee to join us’ continues Rachael, ‘offering the chance to learn more on the landscaping and maintenance side of the business.’

The plant nursery is situated at Crowcroft House Farm in Leigh Sinton (WR13 5ED) just off the A4103 on the edge of the village towards Cradley.

It re-opens at the end of February on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10am until 5pm and on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays from 11am until 4pm. For more details call (01684) 578381 or visit www.wykehamgardens.com

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NEW CHEF AT THE COTTAGE IN THE WOOD The Cottage in the Wood and 1919 Restaurant has a new chef. Mark Redwood comes to the hotel from Gloucestershire, where he previously worked at The Old Passage, a well-known restaurant next to the River Severn.

Mark joins the Cottage in the Wood as they prepare an extensive refurbishment of the restaurant which is part of a £2.5 million makeover at the hotel in Malvern Wells.

Mark is a champion of local produce and has spent January seeking out and talking to local producers of food and drink.

‘I’m really looking forward to getting stuck in and creating menus that will match the modern and vibrant new 1919 Restaurant’ he says. ‘I want to help put The Cottage in the Wood on the map as a real foodie destination.’ www.cottageinthewood.co.uk 01684 588860

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LB PHYSIOTHERAPY After 30 years of working as a senior NHS physiotherapist across our area, Lawrence Baker is setting up his own practice. ‘Based at Colwall Surgery, my aim is to offer a convenient local service’ says Lawrence, ‘which offers a prompt assessment, diagnosis and treatment of your condition.’

As the physiotherapy team leader at Malvern Hospital, Lawrence set up Worcestershire’s first advanced orthopaedic spinal assessment clinics and worked with leading clinicians and orthopaedic consultants to treat a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions across Worcestershire.

As a Chartered Physiotherapist he offers advanced assessment, diagnostic skills and treatment, whether it’s for a sports injury or a longer term condition. He is a member of the McKenzie Institute and as a qualified acupuncturist he can offer pain relief as well as advise on strategies to reduce pain and improve mobility.

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You can arrange an appointment with Lawrence at Colwall Surgery, or if you prefer he can arrange to visit you at home. With portable equipment including ultrasound and a combination therapy unit, he can offer diagnosis and treatment in the comfort of your home.

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Feature

flicks in the sticks Programme for the next six months

Flicks in the Sticks goes from strength to strength. The regular film evenings in local village halls show a wide variety of films and take place each month in Colwall and Bosbury. Run by dedicated teams of volunteers, with support from the organisation Arts Alive, they have just published details of their screenings for the first part of this year.

Forthcoming Films:

BOSBURY

21st April - Our Little Sister (2015, cert PG, 128 mins)

Flicks in the Sticks Bosbury takes place at Bosbury Parish Hall. Films start at 7.30pm and the entrance fee is £5 for adults. Wine and nibbles are available and with a broad range of films this year, there should be something for all tastes.

Forthcoming Films: Friday 17th February – The Magnificent Seven (2016, cert 12A, 130 minutes) Friday 17th March – Girl on a Train (2016, cert 15, 116 mins) Friday 21st April – Arrival (2016, cert 12A, 116 mins) Friday 19th May – Ghostbusters (2016, cert 12, 128 mins) Friday 16th June – Hell or High Water (2016, cert 15, 100 mins) COLWALL Flicks in the Sticks Colwall takes place at the village hall on Mill Lane. The doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Prices are £4 for adults and £2.50 for 16 and under and refreshments are available.

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10th February - Black Mountain Poets (2016 /cert 15 / 84 mins) 10th March - The Man who knew Infinity (2015, Cert 12a, 114 mins) 31st March - The Dressmaker (2015, cert 12, 119 mins)

12th May - Golden Years (2016 / Cert 12A / 96 min)

Supper Specials There will also be film showings at Colwall on 9th and 30th June, the details of which are still to be confirmed. Flicks Colwall is also holding two ‘Supper Specials’ on 24th March and 14th July with advance booking required. For details, email FISColwall@outlook.com

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Theatre

cinderella - a fairytale Colwall Players and Young Colwall Players present a ‘dazzlingly original take’ on one of the best loved tales of all time.

have a slight twist to the Disney or pantomime versions. Instead of a fairy godmother, we’ve got an ensemble of birds - they are a benevolent presence. The play is exciting, full of heart and spirit.’

When Ella’s mothers dies, she is brought up by her devoted and loving father who teaches her the names and calls of the woodland birds that surround their home. But when her father marries again, Ella’s peaceful life is turned upside down by a host of new and unpleasant relations. It appears her only allies are the feathered friends who roost in the trees, but they are no ordinary birds...

The youngest member of the cast is nine years old and during rehearsals, the entire cast has contributed plenty of ideas and creativity. Without giving too much away, some of the highlights include amazing puppetry and the chopping off of toes! ‘This is the first production of The Colwall Players 30th anniversary year’ continues Claire, ‘and is a great way to start the celebrations!’

Written by Sally Cookson and Adam Peck, this version of the classic tale was first performed in Bristol in 2011 before moving to London’s Unicorn Theatre in 2013 to huge critical acclaim. ‘I love this version’ says Claire Farley, the Director.

‘I thought it would be the perfect play for a cast of mixed ages and a great opportunity for younger members to take the lead. This story of Cinderella is inspired by the Brothers Grimm so is a bit darker than most, the characters

Performances are on Thursday 16th, Friday 17th & Saturday 18th February, 7pm at Colwall Village Hall. The advisory age for the audience is over six years old.

Tickets are available from the Colwall office of John Goodwin Estate Agents on (01684) 540300. For more information about Young Colwall Players, please contact Claire: claire@perfectcircletheatre.com

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Events

st david's day concert Back by popular demand, Cradley Church once again hosts a concert celebrating St David’s Day. Musical entertainment on the afternoon is shared by Worcester Male Voice Choir and the harpist Shelley Fairplay.

After completing a degree in music, Shelley completed a Master’s in performance on the harp at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2006. She has played with various orchestras, performed as a solo artist in Wales and around the UK, and today teaches harp to players at all levels of ability.

As ever, Shelley will perform a diverse range of pieces. Last time she played in Cradley, the concert included a Welsh Medley, The first movement of Handel’s Harp Concerto, The Minstrel’s Adieu to his Native Land, Baroque Flamenco and Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off! The Worcester Male Voice Choir formed 30 years ago and holds regular performances both locally and further afield. For this concert they will be performing a mixture of traditional

Welsh folk songs. Last year’s selection included Ar Hyd y Nos, Calon Lan, Cwm Rhondda and well-loved pieces including Some Enchanted Evening, When I Fall in Love and The Lord is my Shepherd.

The St David’s Day Concert takes place on Sunday 26th February, 3pm at Cradley Church. Tickets cost £15, which includes refreshments, and are available from The Cradley Butcher, The Red Lion Inn, or call (01886) 880529 or 880402.

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Local Groups

contact details West Malvern West Malvern Irish Dancers Contact: Ruth (parent) 01684 568613 or Rose (tutor) on 07976 914686 West Malvern Royal British Legion Club Contact: 07985 133691 West Malvern Baby & Toddler Group Contact: Naomi on 01684 899048 Meditation in West Malvern Contact: 07816578815 or email malvernmeditation@talktalk.net West Malvern Social Club Contact: 01684 576732 or visit www.westmalvernsocialclub.org.uk West Malvern Garden and Nature Club Contact: 01684 568474 West Malvern WI Contact: Pauline Striplin 01684 568317 www.facebook.com/WestMalvernWI

Cradley Cradley Sports Club Contact: 01886 880081 or visit www.cradleysportsclub.co.uk Cradley, Storridge & Mathon Royal British Legion Supports ex-service personnel Cradley Small Business Breakfast Contact: Miles Meager 01886 880964 or email milesmeager@mi-frame.co.uk Cradley, Mathon & Storridge Art Group Meet at Storridge Village Hall at 2pm.

Storridge WI Contact: Joan Prosser on 01886 880813 Cradley WI Contact: Maureen Sullivan on 01886 881045 Storridge Parish Church Contact: 01886 880348

Mathon Mathon, Cradley & Storridge Tennis Club Contact: Mrs Pat Pugh on 01531 640682 or Bob Hamilton on 01684 540836 Mathon Parish Church Weekly services in the three Parish churches.

Malvern Hills & Ledbury Malvern Hills Freecycle Contact: www.freecycle.org Ledbury Children’s Centre Contact: 01432 383840 Ring & Ride Contact: 01531 635503, 9.30 - 12.30 Mon - Fri Citizens Advice Bureau Contact: 01684 563611 for Malvern or Ledbury 01432 377599

New

Ledbury Short Mat Bowls For details contact Jen Welch 01531 631272

The Hills Bridge Club Contact: 01684 540486 or visit www.bridgewebs.com/hills Malvern Hills Lions Club Contact: Dave Jeavons on 0845 8337439 or email malvernhillslions@gmail.com or visit www.malvernlions.org.uk Malvern Hills Badminton Club Contact: Lynne on 01531 632751 or David 01531 635780 or goto www.malvernbadminton.net Take Two a friendly Social Club for Singles over 45s For details please contact Christine 01684 564368 or Sylvia 01684 562487 Ledbury & District U3A Contact 01531 633637 or visit u3asites.org.uk/ledbury/groups

Bosbury Bosbury WI Contact: Sue Sharples on 01531 640029 Bosbury Church Adults’ Choir Contact: Kate Cheetham 01531 641829 or email cheethamkj@gmail.com Bosbury Parish Church Contact: www.bosbury-church.org Bosbury Bellringers Contact: Frank Seabright on 01531 640252 or email frank@seabrightsolutions.co.uk Bosbury Beaver Scouts Contact Helen 01531 640371 helengadsby@hotmail.com The Bosbury Players Contact: Gill Andrews (Secretary) 01531 640410

Mathon WI Contact: Margaret on 01886 880824

To promote your group: email sascha@allabout-local.com or call 01684 252242.

More info on each group available on the website: www.allaboutmalvernhills.com

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Colwall Colwall Pre-School Contact: Jane or Sandy on 07580 355359 or email wellsandandwychepreschool@hotmail.com Colwall Cricket Club www.colwallcc.org.uk Colwall Greener Contact: Robin on 01684 540 284 or visit www.greener.colwall.info Colwall Orchard Group Contact: Helen Stace on 01684 540569 or visit www.colwallorchardgroup.org

Do you have leaflets to deliver? we can help!

Colwall Rotary Club Contact: Alan Torbet on 01684 899227 or visit www.colwallrotary.org.uk Colwall Probus Club Contact: Jim Speedy 01684 541024 or email jim@jspeedy.wanadoo.co.uk Colwall Bell Ringers Contact: Robin Riches 01684 541240 Colwall Village Playgroup Contact: Rachel Huckle 01684 541142, rachelkara@hotmail.com Colwall Golfers Contact: Derek Turner on 01684 540318 Colwall Ladies Club Contact: Trish Shaw 01684 541613 trishshawclc@gmail.com Colwall Village Society Contact: Mary Clayburn on 01684 540486 The Chasers International Men of Steel Cricket Team Contact: Jon 01684 252858 or 07804 544623 Wyche & Colwall Horticultural Society Contact: Joan Wright 01684 541102 Colwall Players Contact: www.colwallplayers.org Colwall Mothers’ Union Contact: Dorothy Lockyear on 01684 540608 Colwall Wings WI Contact us at colwallwings@gmail. com or visit our website www.colwallwings.co.uk

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From ÂŁ35 plus VAT per 1000 We can hand deliver to up to 42,000 homes and businesses!

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Recipe

HEARTWARMING MUSHROOM SOUP Fry the butter and garlic cloves until soft, then remove the garlic cloves.

Add the thinly sliced mushrooms and dry fry until evenly cooked.

Mix in the stock, herbs and potato and leave to cook gently with a lid on for about half an hour. Whizz in the liquidiser, season to taste and serve with a swirl of cream.

Ingredients 500g mushrooms (any variety) 100g butter 8 whole fresh peeled garlic cloves 1 tsp. of dried mixed herbs or ½ tablespoon of fresh herbs, eg. parsley, thyme, rosemary 1 large peeled potato chopped in to cubes (or leftover cooked potato) 1.75 litres of chicken/vegetable stock Salt and freshly milled black pepper Single cream (to garnish)

To vary, you can add a bit more butter, or use a pre-made garlic butter and different kinds of mushrooms.

This recipe was kindly provided by Neil from The Nest near Ledbury, a Family Friendly Deli Cafe serving local and Artisan produce. You can find The Nest on the Hereford Road, a few miles outside Ledbury.

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Love music

Recorder allsorts If you are an enthusiastic recorder player, Recorder Allsorts needs you!

come and sing

This local group of musicians meets to practise and perform recorder music, with an emphasis on pieces from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Malvern Festival Chorus is hosting a Come and Sing workshop in Great Malvern Priory with a bit of a ‘Feast’ theme. Everyone is welcome to join them at Great Malvern Priory on Saturday 11th February to bring some cheer to a dark February Saturday.

‘The clear sound of the recorder can be beautiful to listen to’ says Grenville Sheringham who has been with the group for many years. We welcome players of any ability’ continues Grenville. ‘If you have been playing by yourself for a while, this is a great opportunity to play with other instruments.

We choose our pieces based on the ability of the group. Players might only have played descant recorder, but might be thinking ‘I could play the tenor or treble recorder’ and start to branch out. We play garklein, sopranino, descant, treble, tenor and bass recorders.’

The group gives three or four short performances a year. If you are interested in playing with Recorder Allsorts, they meet weekly at Colwall Village Hall. Contact Grenville on (01886) 832558 or via email, grenvillesheringham@gmail.com

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You’ll be able to gorge on a menu of Parry’s Jerusalem and Hallelujah choruses by both Handel and Beethoven, as well as much-loved choruses from works by Haydn, Brahms, Mozart, Fauré and Rossini.

The workshop will be followed by a short concert featuring the works covered during the day, so if you prefer to be sung to rather than to sing, come and experience a very different kind of ‘Feast’ in a glorious setting.

More details can be found on Malvern Festival Chorus’s website at malvernfestivalchorus.co.uk

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Local Walk

Ledbury Town Centre Heritage Walk

By Carl Flint This circular walk around Ledbury uncovers the considerable heritage Ledbury has to offer.

The walk will delve into nooks, crannies and alleyways not often observed and which Ledbury has in abundance. Although the distance covered is not great, it will be impossible just to walk this route without recourse to absorbing and reflecting on the architecture and history that is just around each corner. So be prepared to spend two hours and quite possibly up to three hours undertaking this fascinating walk.

The walk can be started at any convenient point.

So if arriving by car it is probably best to park in St Katherine’s car park which is the main town centre pay and display car park next to St Katherine’s Hospital and the Master’s House.

This is the QR code for the church carillon. It really makes this a real 'talking book'. If you scan the code with your phone you can hear the Ledbury Parish Church carillon and see pictures of the interior of the church which relate to the church tour section in the text.

To download the full details of the walk, please visit our website allaboutmalvernhills.com and choose Walking on the Malvern Hills & in Malvern under the ‘Local Life’ tab.

Tinsmith’s Alley From: ‘Walks in and around Ledbury - A Pictorial Guide to Ledbury’, by Carl Flint.

Available from The Three Counties Book Shop, Ledbury Books and Maps, The Map Shop Upton, Malvern Book Cooperative, Malvern Hills Gallery, Malvern TIC, Malvern Priory, Malvern Link Post Office, Waterstones Worcester & Worcester Cathedral Bookshop.

For further information, updates and comments please contact Carl at info@malvernwalks.co.uk

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Gardening

green fingers Spring is just around the corner and Bridget Evans from Cave’s Folly Nursery in Colwall says it’s time to prepare your garden.

It is a great comfort to know that Brexit hasn’t changed the regular cycles of nature and the routine jobs in the garden are still the same! This time of year can be cold and miserable, but the signs of Spring are starting and in a few weeks the sun will gain some warmth and the ground will explode with life.

It is time to sow seeds in the greenhouse or on the windowsill and to prepare the soil outside for direct sowing in the borders and the veg garden.

Sowing seeds early indoors is a great way to increase the flowering time of annuals or the yield of vegetables.

Damping off (seedlings collapsing and dying) can be a problem especially when raising seeds in the house. There are several causes including high humidity, low air movement, thickly sown seed or unclean seed trays and modules. All these conditions are easily rectified by cultural controls. Always harden plants of for a couple of weeks before planting out and avoid frosts.

Plant annuals undercover in modules, such as Cosmos, Cornflower, Larkspur, Nemesia or Zinia to gain longer flowering period in the borders.

Vegetable plants such as broad beans, mixed salad leaves, lettuce, brassicas and peas can be raised early. Tomatoes can be sown in February only in a frost free greenhouse.

dress with compost • You can still plant bare-root hedging, roses, fruit trees • Cut back Cornus and Salix to the base (leaving 2 or 3 buds) • Prune summer flowering deciduous shrubs such as Buddleja, Lavandula, Santolina, Hydrangea and Lavatera In the vegetable garden: • Seed beds need working down and a general fertiliser such as blood fish and bone added to the soil • Add a mulch to tree and cane fruit to retain the moisture during the summer • Plant garlic cloves If you have not sown any seeds before why not have a go this Spring? After 38 years in horticulture I still marvel at the miracle of tiny seeds developing into plants of all shapes and sizes.

Bridget

If you have a small garden, why not try going upwards? Grow some exotic annual climbers to go up the fence or through an existing conifer or shrub. Climbers such as Rhodochiton atrosanguineus with its long pink pendulous flowers, or another South American plant Ecremocarpus scaber with red, pink or orange tubular flowers.

There is plenty to get on with outside too: • Clear perennial weeds and hoe regularly. A few minutes each week will keep them under control before the season gets into full swing • Divide old woody perennial clumps and top

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You can find Caves Folly Nursery on Evendine Lane in Colwall, WR13 6DX 01684 540631 | Open from: 9 March 2017 Thu - Fri 10 - 5 | www.cavesfolly.com

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It’s time to prepare for the Spring...

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Well Being

feel better by helping others

By Satya Robyn

w

hen people first come to a Buddhist service here at the temple, we often ask if they’d be happy to help wash up after our post-service cup of tea. This introduces them straight away to the culture of the group here, where we encourage everyone to muck in and help each other out.

We encourage people to be kind to each other because it is a good thing to be kind to each other, but there is also a happy side-effect to helping others. Helping others makes us feel good and brings us many other benefits.

We all know the feeling we get when we have been of use to someone. This weekend we organised a surprise birthday party for a friend and this took a fair bit of work. When we saw their shocked and happy face, it was all worth it – at the end of the day we were exhausted but we felt great. We can find pleasure from helping people out in smaller ways too – giving them directions when they look lost, or being courteous when we’re driving and slowing down to let them out of a junction.

Helping others also connects us to other people and to the broader community, and it stops us from feeling isolated. It can be a great way of getting to know people. It’s also a good way of learning about ourselves – both by paying attention to the person we’re helping, and by noticing our own reactions as we help. I have felt inspired recently by someone who is coping with a very difficult situation with great grace, and I also learnt something about setting boundaries when helping someone who wanted ‘endless help’.

How can we begin to practice helping others?

1. Smile and say thank you. Give a genuine smile to the woman at the check-out or the man you pass walking on the hills. If you really enjoy

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your meal, ask your waiter to pass on your thanks to the chef. These small acts don’t take much time, but might change someone’s whole day.

2. Send out some love. Identify someone who needs some support at the moment, and spend five minutes sitting quietly and sending out love towards them. This is called ‘metta practice’ – who knows whether it has any effect on the person you’re holding in mind, but it’s good practice for us, and it can’t be doing them any harm!

3. Send a letter or give something away. If you’re wondering how an old friend is doing, write and ask them. Send your niece a card. Buy an extra pack of biscuits when you go shopping and give them to your friend or someone you feel grateful to.

4. Perform one random act of kindness a week.

If your neighbour mentions she’s having trouble keeping her weeds down, offer her an hour’s weeding or pay for someone to come in. Give five pounds to a Charity. Send your mother-in-law some flowers.

5. Offer to volunteer. A variety of organisations who do great work use volunteers – we have regular volunteers here in the temple garden, or you could help a child with their reading, or pick up litter. See what opportunities are available.

Enjoy your helping, and let me know how you get on – satya@satyarobyn.com.

Satya Robyn is a psychotherapist, a writer and a Buddhist Priest. She runs the Amida Mandala Buddhist Temple in Malvern with her husband.

Find out about seeing her as a therapist at www.create-space.org

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As a Clinical Psychologist, she is trained in many different types of both short term and long term therapy (including CBT) and chooses the therapy type that best meets a client’s needs.

Dr Abigail works across the ages with a range of difficulties which includes, but is not limited to, anxiety, depression, divorce, over eating, chronic pain, fatigue, burnout, self-esteem, and relationships. Her therapy is professional, practical and sensitive and she offers her clients a personalised plan towards recovery and wellness.

Working two days in the NHS in adult mental health, Dr Abigail has now started practicing privately Thursday mornings and Friday evenings at the Centre for Wellbeing in Malvern. Weekly or fortnightly sessions are currently available.

For more information see doctorabigail.co.uk or speak with Abigail directly about your needs on 07835 177 251.

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Legal advice

A GUIDE TO SEPARATING - by Lucy Webley A breakdown of your relationship, whether you have children or not, is often one of the most emotionally complicated and stressful times of your life.

If you find yourself facing a separation from your partner, whether you are married or not, then early legal advice can make all the difference to the outcome.

Lucy Webley is a family law solicitor at Orme and Slade, with 20 years experience. She is a member of Resolution (the national association of family solicitors). Lucy will guide you through every step of the process and aim to secure settlements without the need for Court.

In order to get divorced or to dissolve a civil partnership, the following must apply: • your marriage must be legally recognised in the UK; • you have been married for over a year; • and one of you must live in England or Wales.

Having sent a petition to the Court setting out your reasons, (provided your spouse does not object) a decree nisi will be granted by the Court. This means that there is no reason why the divorce cannot go ahead. Following that a decree absolute is applied for which legally ends the marriage. There is usually no need to attend Court. A financial settlement will need separate consideration, whether your assets are large or small. Just because you are divorced that won’t resolve financial obligations. It is always best for both of you to consider and agree upon a sound financial settlement. This will give you peace of mind for the future. If agreement is not possible, either by negotiation or formal mediation then the Court can assist as a last resort.

If you simply lived together, different considerations will apply. Here, it is particularly important to take legal advice if you have children together or own property. For disagreements involving arrangements for children, the Court always has to look at what is in the best interests of the child.

In the majority of separations, arrangements can be negotiated successfully between the parties or through Mediation. If not then an application to the Court can be made.

For further information or to make an appointment please contact Lucy Webley on 01531 632226 or lcw@ormeandslade.co.uk

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Notice Board 15th borderlines film festival Herefordshire, Shropshire, the Welsh Marches, and now in Malvern!

Friday 24 February – Sunday 12 March 2017 some of the best films from all over the world, many of them before their UK release Box Office (01432) 340555

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three counties art history group Medieval Sienese Painting - A Series of 9 Illustrated Lectures by Alice Foster M.A.

the master's house, ledbury Tuesday 4th April 10am-Noon – Tablet Training Course 7pm-9pm: Herefordshire in the Great War – a Talk

Monday afternoons, Hospitality Suite, Malvern Theatres. Spring Term 2017, 6th Feb to 3rd April.

A course on Medieval Sienese art underpinned by the work of Duccio, Simone Martini, and Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti.

Ledbury For contact details see website threecountiesarthistory.org.uk

25th annual pancake race at Storridge Village Hall on Sunday 26th February Please arrive by 2pm, races begin at 2.30pm.

Prizes for everyone – hilarity promised!

There will also be a tombola, cakes and produce. Bring the family for a wonderful time

£1.50 per person, raising money for The Haven Breast Cancer Support in Hereford

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Cradley Singers Presents:

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At Bosbury Church 1st April – Newent, performed with Saturday 8th April at 7.30pm Newent and District Choral Society 8th April – St Michael and All www.cradleysingers.corg.uk Angels Church, Ledbury For details ledburychoral.btck.co.uk

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Notice Board Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society Monday, 6th February Nick Macer, owner of Pan Global Plants, talks about 25 years of obsessive plant hunting on botanical expeditions to twenty countries Monday, 6th March Gravel Gardening with Derry Watkins who started Special Plants Nursery thirty years ago from a derelict barn and its fields.

Meetings at Colwall Village Hall, start at 7.30pm, with complimentary refreshments available from 7pm. Annual membership, due in January, is £12 and visitors pay £4 per meeting.

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Wednesday 8 February Carpet Bowls at Colwall Village Hall from 2.30pm.

A weekly club open to all.

For details call Sue on 07789 408180

Monday 6 March Gravel Gardening with Derry Watkins at the Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society 7.30pm at Colwall Village Hall

Saturday 11 February Ken Appleby’s Saturday Night Love Songs at Café at the Stores in Colwall, celebrating Valentine’s with love songs, champagne and chocolates!

Tickets £10 from the café (01684 540976)

Saturday 11 March Cabinet of Curiosity an exhibition in the Panelled Room at The Master’s House in Ledbury of intriguing objects and the poems inspired by them, created at local workshops Continues until Friday 24th March

Friday 17 February Bosbury Flicks in the Sticks presents The Magnificent Seven (cert 12A) director Antoine Fuqua gives modern vision to the classic story 7.30pm at the Parish Hall, entry £5 for adults

Friday 17 March Bosbury Flicks in the Sticks presents ‘The Girl On The Train’ (cert. 15), Doors 7pm at Bosbury Parish Hall Tickets £5

Tuesday 21 February ‘Where to Watch Wildlife along The River Severn’ with Brian Draper at West Malvern Garden and Nature Club, 7.30pm at West Malvern Village Hall £2 members £3 visitors with refreshments

Saturday 18 March Farmers Market and Coffee Morning at Bosbury Parish Hall, 10.30am until Noon, a chance to buy local produce and enjoy a chat over a hot drink on the third Saturday of each month

Sunday 26 February Sounds Like Fun! Sunday Sings at Canon Frome Court on the fourth Sunday of each month from 2pm to 5pm For details contact Ros (01684) 576681 www.soundslikefun.org

Sunday 19 March Designer-Maker Craft Market at Elmslie House, Malvern, from 10.30am until 4.30pm For further information see www.elmsliehouse.co.uk

Sunday 26 February The 25th annual Storridge Pancake Race Fun for all the family at the village hall! Arrive at 2pm, £1.50 per person Raising money for The Haven Breast Cancer Support

Sunday 19 March Daffodil Sunday 2pm - 5pm Enjoy a great display of daffodils in the beautiful gardens of Madresfield Court (WR13 5AH) Please note, event is sometimes cancelled due to poor weather

Sunday 26 February Roderick Williams (baritone) and Iain Burnside (piano) perform Schubert Die Schöne Müllerin (D.795) at Malvern Concert Club, 3pm at Malvern Theatres Tickets from (01684) 892277, malvern-concert-club.co.uk

Sunday 26 March The Monthly Market at The Fold in Bransford, 11am until 2pm, a chance to see meet and buy from local food makers and producers www.thefold.org.uk

Monday 27 February A tour of the Master’s House Ledbury at 10am. Organised

by The Friends of the Master’s House, a chance to gain an insight into the architecture and history of this beautiful 15th Century building. Places must be booked, details from 01432 383499, another tour on 15 March

Thursday 30 March Frigg, the fizzing Finnish Fiddle Group play at St Peter’s Church, North Malvern, with a playing workshop for all string players beforehand. Tickets £15 for concert/£11 for workshop www.wegottickets.com

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Summer School Coordinator Needed Summer School coordinator required for a new and exciting summer school in July 2017 located in Malvern, Worcestershire. All aspects of the summer school needs to be addressed including coordinating transport, host families, English lessons and cultural day trips for up to 30 students mostly from Asia. Flexible hours and to join a growing and fun team located in Church St in Malvern. Summer school experience essential as is close attention to detail, diligence and positive attitude required. Potentially future projects for the right candidate.

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Theatre News

English Touring Theatre in association with Nica Burns, Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Paula Marie Black presents the Shakespeare Globe’s Production of

Nell Gwynn

By Jessica Swale Winner of the 2016 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. Jessica Swale’s blissfully funny Nell Gwynn embarks on its first ever UK tour, direct from critically acclaimed, sell out runs in the West End and at the Globe Theatre.

1660 Drury Lane. Charles II has cast off London’s drab, puritanical past with a love of all things loud, French and sexy. A young Nell Gwynn is selling oranges for sixpence in London’s burgeoning West End theatre scene unaware of who is in the audience one fateful night.

Jessica Swale’s warm-hearted, bawdy comedy tells the story of an unlikely heroine, who went from lowly orange seller to win the adoration of the public and the heart of the King.

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Starring Olivier Award nominated actress Laura Pitt-Pulford, Nell Gwynn is brought to the stage

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Nell Gwynn will be appearing at Malvern Theatres from Tuesday 14th to Saturday 18th March. Tickets are on sale at the Box Office 01684 892277 and online at malvern-theatres.co.uk

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