Big Voice Whiteley August 2015 by Big Voice Directories

August 2015 | Issue 89 | ÂŁ1.50 where sold

AUTO biographies Mitsubishi Shogun

OVER THE HEDGE

In Caspian Close

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HOUSE AND GARDENS

HEALTH, BEAUTY & LIFESTYLE

Planning Matters

Over the Hedge

Check out this months round up of planning applications in and around Whiteley.

Relationships and Money

Is this like oil and water? Jessica McGregor Johnson takes a look at how to manage this tricky subject.

This month we’re peering over the hedge to a lovely garden in Caspian Close.

MOTORING

CHILDREN, PETS & EDUCATION

Tim Barnes Clay takes a look at the new Mitsubishi Shogun. Is it still a living legend? Read on…

In the heat

Some useful tips from our friends at Heathside Vets for our furry companions this summer.

Swimming lessons

Auto Biographies

We want your garden! Email us your pictures

If you’ve got a local Good News story we’d love to hear

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Habit is what keeps you going” said Jim

Ryun, an American Athlete. It got me thinking that many of us who have set our goals and wishes at the beginning of the year may be finding that now the summer is upon us, and willpower is lowering as we think of slipping into Autumn, that those things we fervently set out to achieve in January may be sliding from our grasp. And perhaps the reason is that we either weren’t committed to doing what we decided all those months ago, or we didn’t get into the HABIT of making that thing happen. Indeed a decision we made last year as a couple was to incorporate a fresh juice into our diet, at least once daily. We enjoyed blending fresh kale from the garden, including thick broccoli stems which would ordinarily end up on the compost, various fruit and other vegetables and chucking in copious amounts of ginger which sent Sean's hayfever packing (an unexpected, but very welcome result!). With the cleaning of the blenders and juicers, and the extra bit of organisation needed to make these each day it would have been easy to stop eventually. But once it became a habit it’s tough to break. So even when we have days out we make sure that we get our juice and do you know, if you look out for them there are juice bars popping up everywhere. So we grabbed one recently in Hyde Park at a festival, in a little street in Ibiza on a holiday and even the kids join in now, despite what can seem a very dubious mix sometimes! If there’s something you want to do, or your resolve has slipped, get started again and we’ll hear no more excuses! Much love until next month Coralie and Sean x

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Auto biographies Naturally, the Mitsubishi keeps its go-anywhere, selfassured and powerfully built presence. This is characterised by its short front overhang, upright windscreen, strong high flanks, flared wheel-arches and rear-mounted spare wheel. These are all key Shogun styling cues that underline its mud-plugging aptitude.

The Mitsubishi Shogun is not only a giant of a 4x4, its cabin feels solidly screwed together and comes crammed with luxury features. As well as improved sound deadening, SG4 trim brings leather seats, Bluetooth, a tyre pressure monitoring system and a five-speed automatic gearbox.

Staying inside the cabin of the Shogun, its multifunction display has reams of information available. This includes a barometer and an Indeed, standing next to the altitude gauge, indicating that this is Shogun makes you feel pretty a vehicle that has motoring ability stretching way beyond a farmer’s small. The vehicle is field. enormous and looks rather intimidating to drive. But The seats are comfortable and once you haul yourself into the cabin, turn the key, select supportive, and the large glass area provides first rate views of the road ‘Drive’ from the automatic gearbox and get rolling, any or rugged ground around you. Rear seat space is colossal, and load unease evaporates. FAST FACTS  Price: £37,489 capacity seems immeasurably big.  Max speed: 112mph By no means is the brute  0-62 mph: 11.1 secs PROS ‘N’ CONS always a delight to drive on A third row of seats can be popped  Combined mpg: 33.2 Pulls well √ the road though. Sure, it’s up too, turning the Shogun into a Off-road ability √  Engine: 3200cc 4 cylinder 16 seven-seater. This is convenient if easy to point the Shogun Spacious √ valve turbo diesel you’re taking a group of friends into down a motorway and stay Visibility √  Max. power (bhp): 194 On road there, but any cross winds do the rough or you’ve got a posse of  Max. torque (lb/ft): 325 manoeuvrability X knock you about a bit. That’s children you need to drop off at  CO2: 224 g/km school. no surprise as it’s a tall vehicle – and because of that Away from the much commented you can also forget tearing around In 1982 Mitsubishi Motors bends on country roads, unless you luxury soft-roaders, heavy-duty Corporation launched a brand new workhorses such as the Shogun have like lots of lean. breed of vehicle: a 4x4 which was carved out a unique niche in the tough enough to go where others feared to tread, yet enjoyed the sort Instead, the new Mitsubishi Shogun market where ability and is about muscle and ruggedness. The dependability matter first and of sophisticated specification more foremost. top of the range Long Wheel Base normally associated with top end saloons. More than thirty years later (LWB) SG4 model, on test here, pulls Since a price decrease in July 2013 like a train with its 3.2-litre, the Shogun is a living legend. 194bhp,four-cylinder diesel engine. Shogun sales have gone from 0-62mph arrives in 11.1 seconds and strength to strength. With its new The 2015 Mitsubishi Shogun has a design and improved specification, bold new front end, distinguished by top speed is 112mph. More a deeper more integrated grille and importantly it has low-ratio gearing the Mitsubishi Shogun now offers chic LED daytime running lights. The and a differential lock to make sure even better value for money. you’ve got the best chance of design changes for this year represent a progressive evolution of getting it out of even the most the hard-hitting Japanese off-roader. challenging of non-tarmac situations.

New Mitsubishi Shogun

By Tim Barnes-Clay www.carwriteups.co.uk

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Important Phone Numbers COMMUNITY Citizens’ Advice 01329 237121 Community Association 01489 881190 Fareham Borough Council 01329 236100 Meadowside Leisure Centre 01489 577464 Rotary Club of Whiteley 07599 937252 Town Council 01329 835019 Whiteley Church 07760 771667 Whiteley Community Centre 01489 880041 Whiteley Guide and Brownies 01489 885748 Whiteley Scout Group 07808 301176 Winchester City Council 01962 840222 Police 101 or emergency 999 RSPCA 01329 667541 Victim Support 0845 3899528

First Bus Service 023 9286 2412 Hampshire Highways 0845 8504422

HEALTH Alcoholics Anonymous 0845 7697555 Dental Helpline 0845 0508345 Whiteley Dental Practice 01489 564203 Doctor’s Surgery 01489 881982 NHS Direct 111 NHS Smoking Helpline 0800 0224332 SCHOOLS Cornerstone CofE Primary School 01489 660750 Henry Cort Community College 01329 843127 Whiteley Primary School 01489 881601 Whiteley Pre-School 01489 565717 TRAVEL Coastguard 023 8032 9486 National Rail Enquiries 08457 484950

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Remarkable Relationships Jessica McGregor Johnson is an international speaker, guide & mentor and author of “The Right T-Shirt, Write Your Own Rules and Live the Life You Want”. She helps people who are at a crossroads in their life discover themselves anew and identify the kind of person they want to be whilst living the life they chose. You can read the first two chapters of her book here http://www.jessicamcgregorjohnson.com

Relationships and money. Oil and water? Money can be a key problem of communication in relationships. It brings to mind the problem of oil and water – they simply do not mix. However you can shake them up and the oil will be held in suspension which is a way of mixing the two together. Equally you can mix relationships and money – you just need a particular way to do it. Six key points to remember: 1. Make decisions ahead of time. This may sound like a no brainer but for many the opportunity to have ‘that’ conversation passes and then

neither want to bring it up so it goes unmentioned until you hit a problem. Better to have the conversation before you get to that point.

had joint money but when we started to have our businesses in different countries we split it up. It was only then that I realised what a stress having joint money was. It wasn’t 2. Make the decision – joint or that either of us were spendthrifts – separate money. This is a key we weren’t. But we did have question and one to be discussed different priorities. By being openly and honestly. And openly and individually responsible for our honestly is the magic ingredient here. money it made it easier. If one side has a strong opinion and does not listen to the other then This was not about both earning further down the road you will find equally – we have and do subsidise resentment creeping in. each other. But once that money is in our individual accounts it is our I have had both in my current responsibility how it is used. relationship – in the beginning we

3. Have a joint account for joint expenses. This makes life so much easier – especially if you do not agree totally with each other how money is used. By having a separate account for joint expenses that is paid into by both parties, if both are earning, you both know that the ‘survival’ level of money is taken care of. The amounts you pay in may be equal or may be pro rata depending on the level of earnings. It is an agreement between you both. 4. Always talk about any debt you want to take on. Ensure that both of you are on the same page. By agreeing all debt up front, and who is responsible for paying it back, you avoid arguments. This is also true for credit cards. Talk about how you want to manage credit cards – do you want them paid back at the end of each month or are you both ok with having a certain balance on your cards? If you are ok with a balance

on your credit cards, how much? At what monetary level does a purchase need to be discussed beforehand? This will help you build trust around debt. 5. What kind of savings do you want to have? Firstly decide what saving you want to be doing. Is it just long term, as in pension, or do you want a fun savings account for those lovely holidays or new car? How are these accounts managed? If you have separate accounts are your savings separate too? Think about what you want to do with that money ahead of time. 6. Acknowledge that you may have different ideas about money. That does not make either one of you wrong but it is important so that you can work out the best way to work together. I have seen in these kinds of relationships that individual accounts often work better. Have a

joint account for joint expenses, an agreement how you manage the debt, the savings etc and then an agreement that with what’s left over it is up to the individual what they do with it. The saver may want to save the spender may want to spend – and that’s fine. Neither is right or wrong – it is up to the individual. We all have different ways of looking at things and money is a very emotive issue for many. By talking about things up front and honestly you stop a lot of grief before it can even get going. You can mix the oil and water of relationships and money and catalyst to do that is communication. Follow the key points above and you will be going a long way to getting rid of one of the most contentious part of relationships And – you get to live even more happily together.

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Does your PC seem slow? Maybe even noisy? Well these could be a couple of many signs that suggest the hard drive could be at the end of its life. If you’re running Windows 7 or higher we recommend changing the hard drive for a solid state drive (SSD).

Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. If you are running any of these two operating This upgrade will significantly increase the systems and haven’t already noticed, take speed of your PC even from when it was a look in the bottom right and you should new. see a windows symbol, click on this to ‘reserve your free upgrade’. Assuming your PC is still working we can clone the original drive onto the SSD so However not all is good, Microsoft have This is a drive that uses flash memory as a the computer will be exactly as it is now, announced that you will say goodbye to means of storing and accessing data, just much faster (can deliver speeds of up Windows 7 gadgets, Windows media much like computer RAM but still behaves to 100 times faster than a hard drive) and center and Hearts (card game). Also in the same way a Hard Drive does. Unlike more reliable. If you would like more Windows 10 won’t be able to play DVD’s other storage devices such as the original information on SSD drives or would like to and so will require a separate software hard drive in your PC, an SSD has no upgrade your PC please call us and we package, like VLC Player. moving parts, which gives it advantages arrange this for you. such as; accessing stored information MUCH faster, produces no noise, often Windows 10 will be here sooner than first Brought to you by Hypersonic much more reliable, and consumes much expected. Microsoft have said it will be less power than the traditional hard drive available on July 29th as a free upgrade for

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How to be Heat Responsible

Paws for thought (sorry couldn't help myself) for our furry friends as the weather (hopefully) starts to heat up and our thoughts turn to day trips to the beach, woodland walks and summer promenades. What would it be like doing all these fun things in a fur coat; of course our furry friends just keep going, happy to please, they don't know that heat kills. Yes HEAT KILLS...I've seen it and it is avoidable. With thought and consideration overheating can be prevented. I don't just mean 'don't leave your dog in the car', that is the most obvious one (or is it? Because people still do!), how about walking the dog before the day heats up, early morning and/or after the heat of the day has subsided. Dogs love paddling pools especially in a shady part of the garden; and have you thought of making an iced treat? Simply fill a balloon with water and freeze...et voila, having first removed the balloon, dogs love them. Of course we mustn't forget rabbits and guinea pigs, they cannot cool down as effectively as dogs so they need plenty of shade and water to help them; and how about a frozen carrot to munch on? On a less than flavoursome note whilst we are on the topic of rabbits...FLY STRIKE! A rather unpleasant summer hazard that can be avoided by twice daily checking of bunny bottys; preventative products are available from your vet, however if you find maggots veterinary attention is advisable. Cats and horses with white noses and ear tips are prone to sunburn and yes you've guessed it, a sun block applied to these areas can help to minimise the risk of cancerous changes. So with a little thought we can enjoy summer knowing our furry companions are enjoying theirs...any one for a carrot lolly?