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Get Puzzled

Watering & Wellies

Mum’s the Word

Keep On Running

St Faith’s

Recipe of the Month

Home Focus

Test yourself with this month’s crossword

What’s a geocache? There’s one hiding near you!

Inspiring young people....

Encourage wildlife to you garden

Local runners raise over £13,000!!

Dinner, picnic or lunch box filler

How to ‘dress’ your wardrobe...

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Month six and nearly half way through the year. What do we have to look forward to this month? Well for a start June contains the longest day of the year, which must mean it’s the official start of summer. Summer means strawberries and not just any strawberries but the delicious, super sweet British kind and what’s more you can pick them yourself! Holidays, barbecues, Pimm’s, fish suppers & ice creams on the beach, the list is endless! Adding to the list of outdoor summer activities for us this year is geocaching! Our friends introduced us to it and it’s a really fun way to enjoy some family time out and about. For those of you that don’t know what it is, turn to Mum’s the Word on page 12 to find out how to get involved! All these opportunities to get outdoors couldn’t have come soon enough. We are deep into the bathroom project I mentioned last month and what could have been a simple lick of paint and some new towels, has turned into new electric’s, re-plastering and a skylight since Simon got heavily involved! Only another 10 days to go….please get me out of here! Finally, did you know that June is also National Smile Month. What better reason do you need to pop a happy face on? Smiling has so many benefits. It lowers stress, improves your mood, makes you more approachable, boosts your immune system, it’s free and smiles are contagious! So, whatever you are doing this month make sure you do it with a smile, as Marilyn Monroe said, ‘A smile is the best make up a girl can wear’

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My Month as a Mum In the last month I have discovered another great activity that you can do with the family. It’s perfect for the summer time, so I just had to share it with you. Have you heard of geocaching? I hadn’t, but when our close friends suggested it and explained what it was all about, I couldn’t wait to try it with the children. Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunt game using GPS-enabled devices. Basically, you navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at the location. There are millions of these hidden all over the world and 4,327 in Gosport alone!! There might be one near you right now. Sometimes they are hard to find, you may need to hunt in bushes or up trees but if you persevere it is worth it. The children (and adults) got so excited when we located them! To get started just download the geocaching app and create a free account.

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St Faith’s

LEADERS OF THE NEXT GENERATION St Faith’s Church has always had strong links with Lee Infant and Junior schools. You may remember a recent article where I interviewed Darren Nickerson, the Junior school headteacher. A short while after, Darren suggested I return to interview some of the children. I was delighted to accept and arrangements were made for me to interview the School Council representatives.

playground accessories such as new footballs and also suggested bigger classrooms! Anna thought break times should be extended. Sophie Gorman wanted more playground equipment while Sophie Vail wanted more things added to the existing play trail/obstacle course. What with better litter bins etc. I’m sure the list of great ideas could have been endless given more time!

Arriving at the school I was met by one of the children, Daniel Reid. He led me to where the council was meeting and introduced me to the teacher, Sally Graham and the other class representatives: Ella Stroulder, Sophie Vail, Amber Bonage, Katie Bethwaite, Anna Fleury, Sophie Gorman, George Scott and Izobelle Claridge (see photo).

I was also interested to know if there are any special projects the Council were working on and discovered that Comic Relief Week was taking centre stage at the time. The children had discussed ideas on how to promote interest and had suggested selling red noses and other accessories, organising events for the week and writing to the head about the possibility of having a school assembly devoted to comic relief.

Sally explained that ‘The School Council’ comprises of children elected by their classmates, can convey suggestions and ideas from themselves and their peer group for the head and staff to consider. Having discovered how it works, I was invited to ask the children whatever I wanted to know. I thought I’d begin by asking about the changes they would like to see. The answers were many and varied. Ella was concerned with the plight of children who seemed to be alone at playtimes and needed befriending, by asking if they wanted to join in a game or suggesting jobs they could do. Amber wanted napkins to be provided for hot dinners. George hoped for better 16

It was the children’s enthusiasm for and willingness to be involved in these things that really impressed me. They had recently decided on a national and local charity that the school should adopt and support. Each class through their council rep had been asked to suggest and vote for two worthy charities. Their suggestions were then counted by the teacher rep and the two most popular selected. This year the school had chosen to support the Brain Tumour Charity as their national cause and the Royal Navy Association as their local one. The goal now was to organise what needed to be done and then jointly, write a letter to parents asking for their support.

School Councils have been operating for several years, especially in secondary schools. This was my first experience of seeing one in action at a primary school and Sally Graham was clearly pleased with the work so far and their plans for the future. I am sure that under her caring guidance much will be achieved and the children will look back on their experience of representing the school with pride. Hopefully they will continue to be actively and positively involved in their communities and workplaces throughout their lives.

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Home Focus

HOME FOCUS Dressed up to the nines Styling up our homes has never been such a big part of our lives in recent times so it makes sense to look at how we display one of our most often used items - our clothes. We used to relegate them to a standard double wardrobe and hope that everything would fit with a shove and a squeeze, and then the surplus would have to be stowed in the under-bed drawers. But now, with such an array of affordable, and flexible, storage options open to us, anything is possible. Creating a beautiful dressing area shouldn’t be too difficult if you plan it beforehand. Have a look at what clothes, bags, shoes and boots need to be put away. Consider which ones you’d like to display. After all, if you have any investment pieces such as designer handbags or purses, it makes sense to use them as room décor as well. If you have loft space, rotate your pieces by season and vacuum pack what you don’t need. This should save a good deal on space required, allowing the clothes on hangers and in drawers room to fall and sit nicely.

If your children have flown the nest, or you are lucky enough to have a spare room, consider turning it into a dedicated dressing room. You don’t need to pack everything into a master bedroom and it’s far nicer having your clothes and cosmetic products laid out so that you can easily see what you have. It makes getting ready in the mornings a quicker, and more pleasurable experience, as well as using the space in your home more economically. After all, a dressing room will get used at least once a day. A spare room, on average, gets used a couple of times a year.

But think about what you want to hang before you purchase. Wooden ones take up more space but are generally long lasting and cope well with heavier items such as jeans or suits. Velvet covered metal ones are light weight and a good option for hanging items which have a tendency to slip off. Plastic ones can be colourful but perhaps it’s better to look for alternatives to reduce our dependency on this material? If you decide to go for a ‘store’ look in your dressing room, you will probably opt to have door-less cupboards. Only go for this if you know you can keep the contents inside tidy! Grouping your clothes together by type, and then by colour is a pleasing, and logical way to organise your collection and will also look neat in the room.

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Watering and Wellies

NURTURING NATURE How to encourage wildlife into your

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When there is an absence of nature, our souls will struggle and the land will feel like a sad place. But when the birds fly in, singing their happy songs, and the bees can pollinate the flowers, I guarantee you’ll start to find a connection that many of us have lost. A garden doesn’t just have to be about plants. It’s totally OK to grow a wilderness or cottage style garden if it suits you. Or a manicured, Italian style space can also work well. Whatever your choice, there are things you can do to make sure that you encourage ittle birds and animals into our open spaces once again. It’s not hard to do either. Remember that looking after a garden should be a journey. Every gardener worth his salt knows a garden is never finished and encouraging in wildlife is a similar thing. But with a few tweaks and additions, you can create a beautiful haven for our feathered and furry friends. If you build it, they really will come. So let’s get started. HEDGEHOG HOSTELS Sadly, hedgehogs are struggling with less than 1 million left now in the United Kingdom. But we can make a big difference to save these little animals. If you have neighbours then that’s where your efforts will be rewarded. Hedgehogs need to be able to roam far and wide in search of food, mates and nesting areas so if green spaces are linked together, hedgehogs can survive. They only need a 13cm square hole to get through, so create this between your fences to allow them a tunnel to go from garden to garden. Add log and leaf piles for them to hibernate in and

attract them to your garden by keeping your these little birds instead. The RSPB website garden diverse with a wide variety of habitats has useful tips on nesting boxes. Visit such as ponds, log piles, hedges and a good www.respb.org.uk for further information. variety of different plants. MOTHS AND DRAGONFLIES BEE HOTELS Attracting moths to your garden is reasonably You may need to do a bit of research on the easy and as they are also declining in perfect environment for your particular bee numbers it is worth doing our bit to requirements, but in essence, tubes or reeds encourage them back. Loss of habitat is likely are used to allow solitary bees to lay their to be partly to blame so our gardens can eggs. The reeds you use must be free of help, particularly for those of us who like a splinters inside, have the end closed and messier garden with flowering weeds for allow moisture to exit. Reeds, or rolled up nectar and an abundance of old stems and paper, tend to be better than drilled wood as leaves under which they can hide from they can be easily replaced each year, predators. If you stop using pesticides then reducing the chance of spreading disease. moths and their caterpillars will thank you as Make sure there is an overhanging roof so they are badly affected by these chemicals. that the nesting bees stay dry and out of the Nectar-rich and night-scented plants such as wind. nicotiana, evening primrose, honeysuckle and jasmine will be welcome additions to attract BIRD BOXES moths in. The species you attract into your garden will Dragonflies can be a little harder to attract, depend on the location, type of box and the but with four main elements present you can size of the entrance hole. Give this a little be successful. You need sunshine, places for thought before you commit to a purchase. If them to land, food and water. you want a blue tit, then ensure the hole is 25mm in diameter, and up to 45mm for As they are cold blooded, dragonflies like to bask in the warmth of the summer sun so the starlings. bigger the sun trap in your garden, the better. A box for a tit should be placed between 2 Give them somewhere they can perch to and 4 metres up a tree or a wall. Avoid warm up - twigs, shrubs and grasses are strong sunlight and wind where possible. By perfect for this. The more insects you have in tilting the box slightly forward, any driving your garden the better as this is what they rain will hit the roof and bounce clear. prey on for food. Nestboxes are best put up during the autumn since many birds will check them out during Dragonflies lay their eggs under water so if this time. Tits will start to seriously you have a pond with reasonable plant cover investigate nesting sites during February and that the insects can rest on to lay their eggs March so if you’re a little late in sorting out a then all the better. box during the autumn then you can catch Annie Gardner

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Occasionally we are asked why we, at GosVegas Running, don’t consider becoming an official running club. It’s easy to answer. Locally we are blessed with four fabulous running clubs right on our doorstep and each of these can meet most runner’s needs through their England Athletic affiliated status. Some of the benefits of these clubs include licenced Run Leaders and Coaches, discounts on race entries and ballot places available for races such as the wonderful London Marathon and many others. GosVegas Running began soon after Absolute Running opened their doors at Stoke Road back in 2012. It came about as an idea to give the local running community a hub. It would be somewhere people could meet other runners, share experiences in a social environment, find fitness classes and/ or sports therapy and occasionally treat themselves to some new running shoes or accessories. The weekly after work on run a Wednesday became the 545 Run Club and the long Sunday social run became The Breakfast Club. These continued when Absolute Running closed their doors in 2017 and rebranded as Alton Sports. The 545 Run Club and The Breakfast Club offer a no pressure introduction to anyone who may be thinking of taking up running. Whilst we have qualified coaches amongst us, we do not coach or time your runs but offer support and friendship in a safe and friendly environment, (egos are left at the door!). A great number of our runners belong to affiliated clubs but choose to join one of our free weekly runs when they can fit it into their schedule. Often, the inexperienced runners will see the ‘normal’ club runners and be inspired to join a club themselves. In those early days, Absolute Running comprised a small team of Mum, Dad and Son (the real runner). Since becoming GosVegas Running, the ‘real runner’ has joined the Royal Navy and is working for a 24

living. Mum and Dad have day jobs but also belong to ‘Team Yellow’ otherwise known as Gosport Road Runners (GRR). GRR meet twice weekly at Gosport and Fareham Rugby Club. The running club forms the nucleus of our article this month, as having recently been involved in raising and distributing funds to local charities, I felt compelled to let a wider audience know how much good our club (and others) do for their community. Every November Gosport Road Runners organise and manage the Gosport Half Marathon which is respected by runners and considered to be a well organised, friendly and value for money event. There are not many races of this size and reputation that give so much for so little (less than £20 to enter) but what perhaps people don’t realise is how much of that entry fee goes to good causes. I certainly didn’t and I’ve been a club member for over 10 years!

Club members are invited to bid on behalf of local causes and charities who they believe will benefit from some financial assistance. These bids are considered by the Half Marathon Race Committee and the lucky recipients are invited to a presentation evening at the Rugby Club. I requested funds for our landlords at the Rugby Club who, like Gosport Road Runners, do a lot more for their community than some might think. They needed funds for an ID card laminator so that parents could see, at a glance, the credentials of those coaching their youngsters. The request was approved and I attended the recent presentation evening where the Lady Mayor, Diane Furlong, was guest of honour and also a recipient on behalf of her sponsored charity. What a fabulous evening. Race Director Dave Kitching opened proceedings with, ‘We are Gosport Road Runners. We run a lot. We run for fun, fitness and friendship. We run 5K and we run Marathons at home and abroad’, a perfect summary.

We were entertained by local operatic songstress Jennifer Parker - Lummis (also a Gosport Road Runner) and 4 young dancers who will be representing their country in a forthcoming dance World Championships. They blew everyone’s socks off with the quality of their dancing and passion and we all hope that they enjoy the World Championships whatever the outcome. They certainly found many new admirers on the evening and the club were delighted to know that we could help them with their kit and travel arrangements. Keep an eye out for Timestep Academy of Dance and in particular, Louis, Dior, Lottie and Hannah.

evening! How good is that? To everyone who enters the Gosport Half Marathon, a heartfelt ‘thanks’. Not only did you enjoy a well organised run but you helped do this too. It doesn’t matter who you run with or even if you prefer to run solo. As someone said to me the other Sunday while we were running with The Breakfast Club along Gosport’s Golden Mile...’isn’t the running community great?’ It certainly brings people together. So if you have been inspired by the sporting achievements of others and think that this may be your time to get involved, either pop into Alton Sports Gosport and speak to me or check out your local running club websites for information on how you can take those first steps. Gosport Road Runners: information@gosportroadrunners.org.uk Stubbington Green Runners: stubbingtongreenrunners.net Fareham Crusaders: farehamcrusaders@gmail.com Bayside Tri: contact@challenging.events Article written by Nick Carter GosVegas Running Alton Sports Gosport

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Ingredients: 500g packet ready roll puff pastry 1 egg 1 onion 400g tub passata ½ green pepper 2 tablespoons cooking oil 2 tablespoons tomato puree Pepper and salt Teaspoon oregano 5 thinly sliced mushrooms 4 slices of ham chopped 250g Grated Mozzarella cheese

Ideal for a lunchbox filler, picnic or afternoon snack, this twist on a traditional pizza turns this dish into something that resembles a blend of a Cornish pasty and savoury pastry. Serve with a crisp green salad for a larger meal. Equipment: Flat tray, covered with baking parchment Method: To make the pizza sauce, chop the onion and pepper finely and put in a pan with the oil on a medium heat. When the onion is soft add the passata and the tomato puree, stir in well, add the oregano, salt and pepper and leave to simmer for 5 minutes. When cooked take off the stove and leave to cool. Take the puff pastry and roll onto a floured surface about 3-4 mm thick. Cut into 12 equal squares. Beat the egg in a cup and brush the squares. Spoon the tomato sauce diagonally along each square, add the sliced mushrooms and chopped ham. Finally top with a handful of mozzarella cheese. Pull in the opposite corners of the square and squeeze them to seal in the filling. Place on a baking sheet. Brush the outside with egg and bake on the middle shelf in the oven until pastry is golden brown and cooked underneath.

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