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C o n t en t s

4 Editor’s Comments...

7 Love Singing?

9 Cloudy 2 Clear Windows - Service With A Smile!

10 Health & Beauty

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10 Cambridge Weight Plan - My Story by Paula Atkins 16 Hugless Douglas Live On Stage 22 Gardening in February £25 25 WIN Buckingham Garden Centre Competition

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Welcome...

February ISSUE 2015

........With Christmas now a distant memory and New Year’s resolutions slipping a little, the days are getting longer, 2015 is well underway - it’s February already!

If, like me, you wish you’d hibernated for most of January, a very warm welcome back to our bright, vibrant and handy little magazine!

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, so for extra Brownie points with that special someone, why not think outside the box? Take a romantic country walk, share a lovingly home-cooked meal, spend time just being together – because if they’re ‘the one’, that’s what they’ll value most.

Until next time………

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Love singing?

Come and join a new contemporary choir

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A new contemporary choir, focusing on Soul, Motown, Blues and Pop, starts on 25th February, with weekly sessions every Wednesday evening 7pm–8.30pm at The Village Hall in Akeley, Buckingham.

The choir is coached by professional singer, songwriter and vocal coach Sophie Garner who is a very experienced performer and songwriter. Sophie began her career as an actress, performing with the National Youth Theatre, where she worked with award winning comedy writer and actor Matt Lucas and the late great Lionel Bart, composer of Oliver!

Sophie was the very first singer to perform on the main stage at London’s O2 Arena beating BonJovi by a week!

She has released four albums to date, and has recorded and performed for the BBC, ITV and radio. Some of Sophie’s memorable performances have included supporting The Sugababes, McFly, Will Young and performing for the French President and his wife, Carla Bruni. “...and God, she can sing...” John Harris, The Guardian “A singer who brings every song vividly to life...” Dave Gelly, The Observer “One of the most stylish British vocalists...” Clive Davis, The Times

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He a l th & Be a ut y

My Story...Paula Atkins During my time at school, I was never overweight; far from it. I was the ‘sporty one’ taking part in everything that was offered from Athletics to Netball to Hockey to Rounders and anything inbetween. This was until, during a game of netball aged 18, I significantly injured my knee. My sport ceased, my eating increased!

After major knee surgery I hoped that a return to the sports that I so desperately missed was on the cards, I was however to be disappointed. From that moment on, food became my pleasure, my release. I had swopped running around a sports field for eating; anything that I could find that would make me feel ‘happy’ again.

In 2008 I married my boyfriend of 8 years wearing a size 14 wedding dress. I remember feeling really pleased that I didn’t need the 16! Three months later we had the amazing news that we were expecting our first child. This was to me, like a green light to literally eat anything and everything in sight. I put on 4 stone during the pregnancy justifying it to myself as ‘baby weight’ as I was after all ‘eating for two’. If I’m honest, the amount I was eating, I could have fed 8!

On April 1st 2009, our first son Charlie was born.

Talk about love at first sight! He was perfect in every way and weighed a very healthy 8lb 8oz. I on the other hand, weighed a very unhealthy 15st 5lbs.

News of this weight shocked me and I reassured myself that the scales within the doctors surgery were obviously super sensitive as there was no way I could have possibly been that heavy.

Twenty-one months later on January 2nd 2011, our second son Josh was born. My weight during this pregnancy had remained steady, in fact, after his delivery, I hadn’t put on any weight at all…I had managed to eat ‘normally’ for the entire 9 months! I was amazingly proud of myself.

Over the next three years, we faced many health battles with our youngest son. At the tender age of just 3 months, he was diagnosed with epilepsy. This was our first ever experience of the illness and to say it was/is a rollercoaster, is an understatement. I would turn to food as a ‘coping’ mechanism each and every time Josh was admitted to hospital and again, try to justify it to myself.

The turning point for me came when a friend told me that she had started ‘Cambridge Weight Plan’. I

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had previously heard of the diet as Before my mum was a consultant when it was known as ‘The Cambridge Diet’.

My friend explained that it had developed somewhat, with a greater choice and with my agreement, booked me in for my first appointment.

I can honestly say that I turned up to this appointment with absolutely no intention of seeing the diet through, after all, how could I possibly feel full consuming such a small amount. As my consultant, Jacqui, was talking to me and taking me through the health questionnaire, I remember laughing to myself that there was no chance I would be back as the chances of me actually finding a product that was palatable let alone enjoyable, was almost none existent. I even said to Jacqui not to expect me back but that I would try. And I did.

I was pleasantly surprised! Amazed actually. Not only did I enjoy the shakes, I even found myself looking forward to having them! And not because of feeling hungry either, in fact, hunger didn’t really ever factor. My first weigh in loomed and I was ecstatic to learn that I had lost an unbelievable 9lbs in 7 days. I was so shocked I had to check that the reading was right! How was it possible?!

It wasn’t long before I reached my first stone loss.

And then my second and third ticked along. Before I knew it, Jacqui was writing 5 STONE LOSS on my record card, I think I had tears in my eyes and big goofy grin on my face! Yes, I still had over a stone to go but never in my wildest dreams did I think I would have been able to get so much weight off, so quickly and so ‘easily’. Yes it took commitment. Not once in the entire time did I ‘cheat’ or go off plan. For me, it just wasn’t worth it. Seeing the numbers I was getting each week was enough, and so much more satisfying than food!

The comments from friends and family have been very motivational too. Another way of ‘keeping me focused’. My mum said, very early on, that once I had achieved my goal, whatever that was, that she was treating me to a shopping trip to kit me out with a new wardrobe.

‘Where have you gone?’ has to have been one of my favourite comments, it gave me a real sense of pride and accomplishment. My energy was back too.

Playing with my boys has been so much easier and more enjoyable. Bouncing on the trampoline to have Charlie say ‘mummy, I like it now your tummy isn’t so big, you never bounced with us before’ literally

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bought tears to my eyes. I had missed out on lots of memories, all because of being overweight.

Instead of ‘mummy is tired and she needs a sit down’ the boys now get ‘right what are we playing next?’ My happiness is clear, you can literally ‘see the happiAfter ness’. The best way of describing my journey is like my dimmer switch has been turned up. I had never realised what a huge impact being overweight was having on me and how self-conscious I was. Now, as I slip on my size 10 jeans for a night out, I don’t need any encouragement to go out and have a good time. No longer to I feel like the short fat one!

All I can say from here is thank you. Thank you to my friend for introducing me, thank you to my husband and ever supportive family, thank you to Jacqui for always being there when I’ve needed you and thanks to Cambridge Weight Plan for helping me change my life! I am now an Independent Cambridge Weight Plan Consultant and am loving the opportunity of helping people achieve 'the possible' and lose their weight too. I couldn't be happier.'

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MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, MBACP. •I am a registered Psychotherapist with over 20 years experience, the last 18 years being in private practice in this area.

•I work with a broad range of people from many walks of life including: - Some who are deeply unhappy, without knowing why.

- Some who cannot break out of abusive patterns of behaviour which are damaging to themselves or others.

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Hugless Douglas is a huggable, lovable young brown bear who wakes up one morning in need of a hug. He tries to find the perfect one, but none of them seem quite right. After all, there are so many different hugs to choose from. But Douglas soon discovers that there’s only one hug that will do - a big bear hug from his mum!

Packed full of family fun and happy hugging, Blunderbus Theatre Company will be showcasing their brand new show “Hugless Douglas” at the Roxburgh Theatre, Stowe School, Buckingham on Monday 16 February 2015 at 2pm.

Hugless Douglas will be coming to Stowe on Monday 16 February 2015 2pm, Roxburgh Theatre, Stowe School, Buckingham, MK18 5EH Ticket Bookings:

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Little Cubs aged 3 - 7 years old will love this heartwarming tale, but grown-up bears will have lots of fun, too. Join Douglas in his happy new show, full of laughter, sing along songs and plenty of opportunities to join in! Established in 1998, the magical minds at Blunderbus have been creating enchanting theatrical experiences and providing lasting memories for children and their families all around the world.

They perform for over 200,000 children each year, touring to theatres, arts centres, schools and festivals across the UK and to the exotic climes of Malaysia, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore with critically acclaimed shows such as “How to Catch a Star”, “The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark” and Giraffes Can’t Dance”. The talented team behind Blunderbus lovingly design and handcraft every single puppet, prop and piece of scenery on-site at their company base in the heart of Sherwood Forest. Their dedication and love for their craft ensures that each show is wonderfully unique and brings children’s imagination to life.

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The Garden in February Setting out your stall

˚ With spring fast approaching, there’s never been a better time to start thinking about successional planting of your flowers and vegetables, says Buckingham Garden Centre’s Chris Day. If you caught the flurry of gardening programmes in the television last month then I’m sure many of you will be all fired up to make your garden even better this year. Sumptuous wide borders brimming with luxuriant flowers and productive vegetable beds crammed with delicious produce may look great on the screen, however, translating it to your own garden needs a bit of planning.

The key to a successful garden is as much about the choice of plants, the varieties of crop and, most importantly an understanding of successional planting.

Simply put, succession planting - following one crop with another is the most important tool for

maximising a garden's yield.

Creating a detailed succession plan now eliminates the guesswork of what and when to plant later on in the season.

So, let’s start in the vegetable plot.

Get started by making a list of all the vegetables you want to grow and developing an understanding of their individual growth habits and preferences.

Catalogue descriptions and seed packet instructions offer each vegetable's vital statistics, including when to first plant in spring, how many days the variety takes to reach maturity, how much space it requires, and if it is frost-tolerant.

Consider, too, how long each vegetable is productive. Some crops, such as Radishes and Rocket, have a harvest period of just a few weeks.

Carrots, salad crops, and other vegetables with an intermediate maturation time may be sown in spring and again in late summer for autumn and winter harvests. Others, including Tomatoes and Peppers, are long-season crops that bear continuously, while Brussels sprouts, Sweetcorn,

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and Pumpkins remain in the ground for several months but only bear at the end of their season.

Create a planting schedule

Assembling all of this crop information into a planting plan is a bit like putting together a giant jigsaw puzzle of the garden. Simplify things by drawing a spring, summer, and autumn diagram of each area. Begin plugging vegetables into the diagram, with early, quick crops followed by long-season ones. Be sure to note the approximate date each crop needs to be sown or transplanted and when the expected harvest date is.

Vegetables that belong to the same plant family (such as Cabbage, Cauliflower, and Kale) share pests and diseases. It's wise to keep in mind what family a vegetable belongs to and avoid planting one member, say tomatoes, in the same spot where they or a cousin - Peppers, Aubergines and Potatoes - grew in the previous 2 or 3 years depending on your crop rotation.

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Manage same-crop successions by sowing small amounts of seed or transplanting a few seedlings at regular intervals, either in the same bed or at different times in various parts of the garden.

Sowing small rows of leafy greens every 10-14 days, for instance, ensures a consistent supply for salads rather than a big glut all at once.

Simultaneously planting varieties that mature at different times, such as early, middle, and late-maturing brassicas, is another way to extend the harvest time of a single crop.

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Variety selections are also important when planning how to use the harvest in the kitchen. For freezing, grow varieties that produce a concentrated harvest - such as cordon Tomatoes, French Beans, and Broccoli varieties that form one large head of crop per plant - and can then be pulled to make room for a new crop. For continuous harvests, choose varieties that yield consistently over a longer period, including Runner Beans, bush Tomatoes, and Broccoli that produces side-shoots for weeks after the main head is harvested. Climate, weather, and growing conditions affect variety choice and succession

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timing, too. In spring, lengthening days and warming temperatures encourage vegetables such as Spinach to bolt quickly.

Sowing heat-tolerant varieties helps to extend their harvest early in the year, but it is less important in autumn, because the vegetables last longer in cooler weather. When buying seed or plug plants, think about the potential challenges crops will face - high summer heat, humidity, cold springs, heavy soil, and early frosts - and choose varieties that will perform best in your garden and the season you want to grow them in.

In the flower garden, perennials and bulbs hold the key to effective successional planting. Spring bulbs make great under plantings peering through the bare soil with their display weeks before surrounding herbaceous perennials stir into growth.

So, make sure you plant spring blooming bulbs in the autumn so they are to first to bloom in late winter or early spring. Use Snowdrop, Crocus and Daffodils and other bulbs that are early bloomers.

Remember if you missed the boat last autumn, pots of bulbs are available from the Garden Centre to help infill the gaps you may have. Plant a mixture of early and late blooming varieties of these bulbs, plus Tulips and Hyacinths in the middle of the bed to ensure colour until the herbaceous perennials begin flowering.

Plant Pulmonaria, Lupins and Aquilegia (pictured top right) and other late spring to early summer perennials between the flower bulbs. Place the shorter plants in the forefront of the bed so their foliage and flowers disguise the dying bulb foliage while adding fresh colours to the garden. Plant the taller plant varieties, such as Delphiniums, in the rear of the bed to add further depth to the garden.

Next place mid-summer flowering plants between the bulb plantings, as they will begin reach full-size and blooming once the bulbs have gone completely dormant. Choose varieties such as Achilleas, Poppies or Echinacea.

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The greenery of the early-summer flowers softens the edge of the bed while these taller plants bloom.

You are best to mix in late summer and autumn perennials such as Michealmas daisies (Aster), Rudbeckia with the early summer perennials in the front of the bed for useful late colour. Use Heuchera, border Dianthus and other short plants in this area.

Finally, also add tall late summer and autumn flowering perennials to the back of the bed.

Choose varieties such as Japanese Anemone or named varieties of Phlox.

Or choose plants with attractive seed heads to add winter interest to the garden, such as Monarda, Echinacea (pictured left), Rudbeckia, Sedum and Solidago.

Top Tip

Never underestimate your bed of roses as you can capitalise with early colour before they bloom, in between flushes of blooms and at the end of the season. Plant Dwarf Narcissus ‘February Gold’ and Grape Hyacinths along the front edge of your rose bed. Do set a few Alliums such as ‘Purple Sensation’ for May and early June colour as well as a some ground-covering Geraniums. Scatter sow a few seeds of Nigella ‘Miss Jekyll’ (Love-in-a-mist) to carry on the colour and provide interesting seed heads for the late summer and autumn.

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Sun 1 Feb - Comedy Night Buckingham Old Town Hall 7.30pm - tickets £12.50 (over 18s only) on sale at the Information Centre, Old Gaol

Wed 4th Feb - Theatre Show 8PM / ROXBURGH HALL / £12 / £8 Students house presents Gate Theatre and Beckie Darlington with GROUNDED by George Brant. Grounded is a gripping, compulsive new play that flies from the heights of lyricism to the shallows of the work day existence. ★★★★ The Guardian, Time Out; The Herald; Financial Times; The Independent; The Telegraph; The Times; The Sunday Times Winner of a Fringe First Award Tue 10th Feb Buckingham Art For All (Bafa) Annual General meeting – We at BAFA believe I short AGMs, giving us more time for other things to do and explore. Bring sketchbooks and pencils!

Buckingham Well Street Church from 8pm to 10pm www.buckinghamartforall.co.uk

BUCKINGHAM CAMERA CLUB EVERY WEDNESDAY Buckingham Camera club meets at Padbury Village Hall 8:00 to 10:00pm Wed11th Feb Speaker: Micki Aston—The Americas. This gifted photographer is well known to many of us on Facebook where she shows her creativity daily. £5.00 on the door to visitors, refundable should you join.

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Thur 12 Feb - Talk on "The Way Parliament works" by John Bercow MP and Speaker of the House of Commons - 6.30pm - Buckingham University, Chandos Road - free entry

Sat 14 Feb - St Valentines dinner and a show with Michael Buble tribute act - Villiers Hotel - 7pm details and tickets from Villiers Hotel phone 822444

Sat 14 Feb till Sat 21 Feb "Aylesbury Vale Remembers" WW1 Exhibition by local schools Buckingham Old Gaol

Sun 15 Feb - Stowe through the archives - explore the stories of Stowe through archive documents pre-book on www.stowehouse.org

Tue 17 Feb - Pancake Race - Parish Church green 11.00am - all welcome- more details from 01280 816426

Wed 18 Feb - Childrens activities at Buckingham Old Gaol - Pancake

Fun - cook, eat and play - 1.30pm3.30pm - more details from 823020 or www.buckinghamoldgaol.org.uk

Tue 24 Feb - Concert "From Baroque to Beatles" by students of Stowe School - Radcliffe Centre, Buckingham - 7.30pm - charitable donations welcome - tel: 820230

EVERY MONDAY Dance School Stepbystep Ballroom and Latin Dancing with Jean Conway Winslow CofE Combined School, Winslow Call Jean 07855546406 Jazzercise 7.30-8.30pm @ Winslow CofE Combined School, Winslow, 07900 987230 or jazzercise1@hotmail.co.uk Ceroc dance class 7.45- 10.45 at Buckingham Community Centre.

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EVERY MONDAY (term time only) Adstock Village Hall, Church End, Sing and Sign, Baby Signing classes for babies from 6 weeks to speaking.

Booking is essential Helen 07906 055591 EVERY MONDAY/THURSDAY Buckingham & Stowe Running Club. Please see our website for more information http://www.buckinghamrunningclub.com or email buckinghamrunningclub@hotmail.co.uk EVERY TUESDAY Jazzercise 7.30-8.30pm @ Bourton Meadow Academy, Buckingham, 07900 987230 or jazzercise1@hotmail.co.uk

EVERY WEDNESDAY Jazzercise 7.30-8.30pm @ Winslow CofE Combined School, Winslow, 07900 987230 or jazzercise1@hotmail.co.uk

Heart Strings Community String Orchestra 8-10pm at the Chantry Chapel, Buckingham.

Violinists, violists and cellists of all standards welcome.

Call Rachel on 07789 050257.

EVERY WEDNESDAY Buckingham Camera club meets at Padbury Village Hall 8:00 to 10:00pm Wednesday 11th February 2015 Speaker: Micki Aston—The Americas. This gifted photographer is well known to many of us on Facebook where she shows her creativity daily. £5.00 on the door to visitors, refundable should you join. Full programme details: www.buckinghamcameraclub.co.uk EVERY THURSDAY Zumba Gold (Latin-inspired dance-fitness) class 14:00pm - 14.50pm Swan Pool, Buckingham (class is not on Swan Pool timetable) 07919962307 or info@zumbabuckingham.co.uk

Jazzercise 7.30-8.30pm @ Bourton Meadow Academy, Buckingham, 07900 987230 or jazzercise1@hotmail.co.uk

SATURDAYS/TUESDAYS Chrgd NRG Dance Classes at Calvert Green community hall for children 10am to 11am,Saturdays at Steeple Claydon Methodist Church for children 2:30 to 3:30 and 3:30 to 4:30pm Tuesdays Steeple Claydon Methodist Church 7 to 8pm for children Tuesdays 8 to 9pm for adults currently £2 per session per person for any more info, please phone Sheree Bird, artistic director, on 07754 870052 or e-mail chrgdnrg@btinternet.com

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