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I love old cars! I’ve driven a 1991 Nissan Figaro for 18 years! My Dad has a 1936 Morris 8. I’ve got my eye on a BMW 1993 Z3! Even as a teenager I had a poster of a car on my wall! I love the smell, the look, the tone of colours! You’ll find lots of different cars this month at Stokes Bay for the annual Gosport Rotary Club Vehicle Rally & Fun Day. Whether you’re into cars or fun this is for you!
Are you nosey? Do you love art? This months Open Studios is for you! Our talented local artists open their studios and show their wares. Check out Rob Turner’s advert inside.
Lots more local events listed inside prompting you to get out and about!
CHOCOLATE COURGETTE CAKE
Have you got a glut of courgettes? We’re here to help you use them up with this months recipe! It’s for Chocolate Courgette Cake by Lazy Kat Kitchen. It’s delicious and doesn’t taste of courgette at all! Plus it’s vegan! Perfect!
Louise Courtney’s article on herbal health is about the wonderful benefits of lemon balm. Read about the numerous benefits on page 32! Don’t forget you can now book an appointment with her at her newly opened clinic.
This month Rita talks about annuals that are currently in Crescent Garden. One of them is a
favourite of mine, Ammi majus. Tall, willowy and flowers for ages! It looks great grown between perennials. I grow mine in amongst dahlias and euphorbia.
Inside you’ll also find the gardening guide, Gosport Runners news, the RSPCA summer event details, sudoku, plus lovely advertisers, news and much more!
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CHOCOLATE COURGETTE CAKE
This recipe is by Hannah at the lazycatkitchen.com In her words ”It is incredibly moist, soft, chocolatey and very, very more-ish!” We agree! It’s a vegan recipe with gluten free option.
Wet ingredients
• 200g /1¼ cup sugar
• 80ml / 1/3 cup neutral oil
• 60ml / ¼ cup plant milk (I used soy)
• 240g /1½ (tightly packed) cup coarsely grated courgette
Dry ingredients
• 65g / 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ¾ tsp baking soda
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• 210g/1¾ cups all purpose flour or GF all purpose flour mix
• 100g vegan dark chocolate, chopped (optional)
• 1 tbsp ground flax seeds (GF version only)
Method
Set the oven to 175°C/350° F. Grease a 1kg/2lb cake tin with a bit of oil or line it with a piece of baking paper.
In a large bowl mix all the wet ingredients together. If using vegan block or coconut oil, melt it and allow it to cool off before using. Place a sieve over the bowl with wet ingredients and sift cocoa powder in. Fold it into the wet ingredients until well combined. Next, sift in salt, both baking agents and flour in 2 batches, folding each batch gently into the wet ingredients.
Fold in chocolate chunks if using and, only if using GF flour mix, ground flax seeds. Finished batter should be thick, not pourable. Transfer the batter into a baking tin. If making a gluten-free version of the cake, allow the cake to sit in the tin for 5 minutes before baking. Bake for approximately 42-45 mins. Let the cake cool down completely before removing from the tin and slicing.
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AUGUST IN CRESCENT GARDEN
Photo credit: Rita Rundle
slightly poisonous to cats, dogs and horses, but not to birds or people. It has been used medicinally for centuries in China and was used mixed with honey in Europe in the 13th century for various skin complaints. Even today a powder called Aatrillil is made from its ground up seeds and used to treat some skin diseases.
Several annual plants are grown in the garden for a summer display. These are plants whose seeds germinate in the spring, produce flowers in summer followed by seeds in the autumn, die when winter arrives and need to be planted again the next year. They are good for filling gaps between the permanent plants which are there year after year.
One such plant making a great display in front of the fountain is Ammi majus, commonly called laceflower. It is making a lovely frothy show of delicate white blooms around the more sturdy perennials growing there. Ammi is a member of the Umbelliferae family, therefore related to plants like celery, carrot and wild cow parsley and consequently has the same plate shaped spread of tiny flowers at the top of delicate stems familiar from those plants. It has a wide distribution in the wild through southern Europe, North Africa, west and central Asia. It is thought to be originally native to the Nile valley. It grows well in bright sunshine and well drained soil. The flowers are rich in nectar and pollen, so attract bees and other pollinators. The seeds also attract small birds and are especially loved by goldfinches. The plant is generally disease and pest free, but can be
Another annual growing amongst the Ammi is Cosmos. Although this flower comes in many shades of pink, red and white, we have chosen to grow only white ones and in the original shape in keeping with our rule of having no plants in Crescent Garden introduced into UK after 1850; no modern double versions with frilly petals for us! Cosmos is native to scrub and meadowland in Mexico with some species spreading into USA and South America. It is also widespread in the high eastern plains of South Africa where it was introduced in contaminated horse feed during the Boer War. The Spanish brought it to Europe and gave it its name from the Greek, Kosmos, meaning ‘orderly arrangement’; the flower was like the universe was thought to be in the 16th century with an orderly arrangement of petals round the glowing yellow centre of stamens. In keeping with its native distribution it enjoys plenty of sun and well drained soil, not too rich in nutrients. If the soil is too rich it will produce large leafy plants, but very few flowers. Each flower last only a few days, but more are produced from June until the first frosts, especially if the plants are dead headed regularly. The flowers attract pollinators and the seeds provide food for birds. Not many pests attack Cosmos, but young plants may need protection from slugs and snails. Parts of the plant have been used in traditional herbal medicine in Mexico and Africa. Modern research shows significant antibacterial properties in the plant and it is also an ecofriendly ingredient of cow feed as it reduces methane production in the cows by 26%!!
The other annual planted in Crescent Garden this year is the corn cockle, Agrostemma githago. This is another plant whose name is from Greek; agros means field and stemma is garland and it is indeed a pretty plant adorning meadows. It is in the same family as pinks and, like them it enjoys full sun and well drained soil. It is native to the British Isles and is mostly seen these days on roadsides, waste ground and other disturbed areas. In the 19th century it was very common as a weed in wheat fields (hence its name), consequently it is now present in most temperate countries in the world, taken there in loads of wheat. With the advent of modern intensive mechanised farming it has been almost eliminated from cultivated fields and survives only outside them. It has a 5 petalled pink flower with delicate black lines in each petal and between each petal projects a green spine from the sepal behind it. You can have a good look at these flowers amongst the Ammi in the bed to the left in front of the
fountain in Crescent Garden. Although it has been used in folk medicine for centuries every part of the plant is, in fact, poisonous, though modern research indicates that the plant has a possible use in combating cancer and high cholesterol.
It's a bit late for growing these annuals in your own garden this year, but how about getting some seeds and trying them next year.
Rita Rundle
Crescent Garden, Crescent Road, Alverstoke alverstokecrescentgarden.co.uk
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• Deadhead dahlias to encourage further blooms. You may need to stake them too
• Prune and train wisteria
• Prune climbing roses and rambling roses once they've finished flowering (unless they’re repeat-flowerers, if so, leave them).
• Deadhead your lupins and faded perennials
• Take fuchsia cuttings
• Trim lavender after flowering
• Pick herbs and everlasting flowers for drying
• Trim & feed handing baskets
• Trim conifer hedges, evergreen hedges and topiary
GREENHOUSE
• Damp down the greenhouse floor every morning on hot days
• Pick off the lower leaves from tomatoes to allow light and air to reach the fruits
• Sow parsley in modular trays
• Keep watering!
• Sow winter lettuces in pots
• Order garlic ready for planting in autumn
• Set up a capillary matting system to ensure
plants have enough water if you're away
• Sow salad leaves, basil, marjoram, borage, chives, coriander and dill
• Plant up pots with 'Paper White' narcissus bulbs for fragrant indoor displays this Christmas. Super organised!
• Sow spinach, florence fennel, rocket, mizuna, mustard greens, turnips and more!
• Harvest tomatoes, cucumbers and chillies regularly to encourage more fruits to form
VEG PLOT
• Pile more earth around cucumber stems to allow new roots to grow at a higher level
• Lift onions once their tops die down
• Sow salad leaves and spring onions
• Grow a crop of spuds for Christmas
• Transplant well-rooted strawberry runners
• Keep an eye on your brassicas for butterfly eggs and caterpillars - pick or wash them off
• Lift marrows into the sunshine and rest them on bricks to ripen
• Remove plants with signs of tomato and potato blight immediately to prevent spread
• Prune summer raspberries
• Sow beetroot, carrots, coriander, radish, salad onions, turnip, chard, Chinese cabbage, spring cabbage, chicory
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WHAT’S ON
SOLENT ART SOCIETY
Saturday 17 to Monday 26 August. 10am - 5pm daily at the Royal British Legion shop, 155 High Street Lee on Solent. A wide selection of paintings, prints, crafts and jewellery on view and for sale. Free entry, all are welcome.
SHORE LEAVE HASLAR MEMORIAL GARDEN OPEN DAY
14th August 11am - 1pm. Free entry, donations gratefully accepted. Crafts, plants, produce for sale, homemade cake, drinks. Walk around the peaceful garden. Please park in main Haslar site.
HAMPSHIRE OPEN STUDIOS
17-26 August hampshireopenstudios.org.uk
Annual art trail where the visiting public can meet artists in their studios and galleries. Entry is free.
ANCHORED IN GOSPORT'S BESPOKE HIGH STREET MARKET
Saturday 31st Aug 10am-4pm Discover unique traders, live entertainment, and local delights!
GOSPORT CATS PROTECTION
Sunday 18th August 11am-5pm At the Stubbington Ark Summer Fayre. Monday 26th August 10.30am-4pm At Stubbington Fayre & Donkey Derby.
STUBBINGTON FAYRE & DONKEY
DERBY Stubbington Recreation Ground. Monday 26th August 10.30am-4pm. An afternoon of fun! Free event.
STUBBINGTON ARK SUMMER
EVENT 18th August 11am-5pm. The Stubbington Ark Animal Centre.
Stalls, food and drink, entertainment, dog show, raffle and kids activities!
BRENDONCARE GOSPORT CENTRE COMMUNITY OPEN DAY
Tuesday 20 August 12-3.30 pm
The Anchorage, Willis Rd, Gosport PO12 1LZ
Join us for some summer fun and find out about our volunteer-led clubs for older people. Free entry. Tombola, raffle, bacon/sausage baps, tea & cake, book stall, games and more. All proceeds to The Brendoncare Foundation.
ALVERSTOKE BOWLS CLUB
Situated in Gosport Park. We meet Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday 2pm. Monday & Friday 6p.m.
An Old English Bowls Club. Friendly and informal, we welcome new members. Contact us at alverstokebowls@gmail.com or come to a session.
GOSPORT JAZZ CLUB - AUGUST
Gosport & Fareham Rugby Club, Dolphin Cres, Gosport, PO12 2HE 8-10.30pm 14th Acoustic Jass.
28th Otis B Driftwood Showband M £10 G £12 - book early 023 9242 9302 gosportjazz.org.uk gjcreserve@gmail.com
CROFTON PROBUS CLUB
Lunch Meeting last Wednesday of the month. Retired gentleman missing the camaraderie of the workplace? Meet others from a range of industries and professions. Come along to a trial meeting. 07508 711 299 or morton.wouter@gmail.com
THORNGATE MEMBERS BAR
QUIZ every 1st & 3rd Saturdays of month. £1 to sign in £1 to play. Teams up to 6 followed by card bingo. gosportcommunityassociation.com Thorngate Halls, Bury Road, Gosport PO12 3PX
OPEN MIC NIGHT
1st Sunday of the month. Members Bar Thorngate Hall, Bury Road. 2:30-5:30pm. Join in or just come along and enjoy the evening.
MONTHLY COFFEE MORNINGS
Every 4th Tuesday of the month* 10.30am Alverstoke Parish Centre, Green Road, Alverstoke alverstokeparishcentre.org.uk *not Dec
FRIENDS OF STANLEY PARK
Monthly litter pick first Sunday of the month 1011am Meet in The Alverbank Hotel car park. We provide pickers, bags, gloves and smiles!
CROFTON GARDENING CLUB
August 26th. Bank Holiday Monday Table on the Field at the Stubbington Fayre. Lots of top-quality plants for sale at reasonable prices
LEE HIGH STREET MINI MARKET
Saturday 7th September 10am-3pm High St, Lee on the Solent
Pop along and support your Lee on the Solent High Street by visiting the various local stalls, selling their wares alongside fabulous independent High Street shops and businesses.
SPITHEAD ARTS LECTURE
24th July 7pm. Bay House School, Alverstoke Olafur Eliasson – Playing with Light. This talk will cover many of his projects and will examine his underlying philosophies. Lecture by Ian Swankie a Londoner with a passion for art and architecture.Membership £40 per year, or come along as a guest £7, refunded if you decide to join. www.spitheadarts.co.uk
COMMUNITY GROUP
PHILOSOPHICAL FRIENDS
Local Life Coach Alison Allsopp has set up a local community group for people to come together to share ideas and discuss life’s big questions in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Alison volunteers her time. All are very welcome. It’s free, just pop along. We hear more about Alison and the group...
THE VALUE OF PHILOSOPHICAL THINKING IN EVERYDAY LIFE
I am a teacher, trainer and career-long advocate of an approach to teaching and learning in Education called Philosophy for Children (P4C) promoted by the national charity SAPERE. P4C is a way of encouraging children and young people to ponder, puzzle, question, listen and share their thoughts and ideas on life’s big issues to help them make sense of everyday life and learn from the views and perspectives of others. After stepping down from my charity role with SAPERE after 12 years in 2022, having worked with and trained hundreds of pupils, teachers and schools in P4C nationally, and in the local Gosport area, I wanted to keep my passion and belief in ‘philosophical thinking’ alive and find a way to involve other people in the local community where I’ve lived and worked most of my adult life. It was a conversation with my grown-up daughter and a friend who enthused about the idea of setting up a new style of local discussion group that made me think I could bring ‘philosophy’ to everyday lives. We both rallied round a few
interested people. Gosport Museum and Art Gallery kindly offered a free space and in September last year six people turned up for our first go at philosophical enquiry. Prompted by a story called the ‘Giving Tree’ by Shel Silverstein, we quickly settled into asking, choosing and discussing the question ‘What genuinely do we need to be happy in life? Since then, we’ve met every month to talk together and have built a collaborative community where people’s ideas are valued and appreciated. Each month, we’ve tackled some of life’s big questions such as ‘Do you have to be old to be wise? How much is our identify influenced by people around us? Is it worth taking risks? Is social media a good or bad thing? Should love be unconditional?
The word ‘Philosophy’ generally conjures up an image of academic and Greek philosophers, but ‘Philosophical Thinking’ is more practical and is open to everyone to think more deeply about issues common to us all in life in a caring and collaborative way. It helps people to think for themselves and make sense of the world.
This is what ‘Philosophical Friends’ members say about their experience
‘It is important to stop for a moment to think about the simplest things in life, like the meaning of the word ‘love’, ‘A great way to take on board new ideas and fresh perspectives on life’. ‘A well-facilitated forum where you can say as much or as little as you wish. ‘It is nonjudgmental - and that’s exactly how I feel about all group members, everyone has such interesting things to say’, ‘A tremendously supportive, open and engaging group dynamic.’
We would love to grow the group and welcome new members, reconvening after the summer break on September 11th, 2024, and then every second Wednesday of the month at the Gosport Museum and Art Gallery 10.30am-12.30pm. If you would like to find out more, please email me alisonallsopp23@gmail.com
MELLOW OUT WITH MELISSA
I am fortunate to have plentiful bunches of Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) popping up all over my garden. Often mistaken for mint, it belongs to the same botanical family and contains the wonderfully pungent and aromatic oils that account for many of Lemon balm’s medicinal properties, of which there are numerous! This is one of my favourite herbs to use in practice because it is so versatile and effective. It is a fine example of the beauty of herbal medicine by which one plant has a wide range of uses and applications whilst being very safe and gentle. The combination of volatile oils, tannins, rosmarinic acid and flavonoids means that Lemon balm has an affinity for the nervous system, brain, heart, immune system, digestion and skin. It is a thymoleptic (mood enhancing) herb, that lifts the spirits and protects the heart, both physically and emotionally, from the effects of long-term stress and grief. Lemon balm calms anxiety, alleviates restlessness and over-excitement, and helps to relieve depression with tearfulness.
It is a beautiful herb to use with children who may have trouble with sleep, nightmares and over-activity. It is frequently included in remedies for digestive upset and constipation as it helps to relieve wind, ease painful colic and improve gut motility. Rosmarinic acid has a neuroprotective effect and helps to raise levels of dopamine in the brain thus improving cognition, memory and reducing agitation and aggression. It is often included in remedies for dementia patients and can be used to help with nicotine craving and other withdrawal effects.
The tannins in the herb account for its anti-viral properties. Based on a wealth of research, I use Lemon balm internally and topically to treat the herpes virus (cold sores and shingles) and reduce the incidence of outbreaks. Fresh herb is best, and fresh Lemon balm makes a soothing herbal tea. It is lovely on a warm summer’s day or evening as an iced tea. So, if you have some Lemon balm growing in your garden I invite you to give this herb a try, with 1 teaspoon of chopped leaves and infuse for 5-10 minutes. Keep covered while infusing to trap the fragrant and powerful aromatic oils. For a more tailored application using tincture and tea, you can also come and see me at my new clinic based in Leeon-the-Solent, details can be found on my website www.wildsidehealth.co.uk
Nb. While Lemon balm is a gentle herb, please consult a qualified medical herbalist before internal use (especially with the tincture and if you are taking other medications) and for use with children and babies. Use cautiously with hypothyroidism and glaucoma.
VEHICLE RALLY AND FAMILY FUN DAY WHAT’S ON
Gosport Rotary Club is gearing up for the Vehicle Rally and Family Fun Day in Stokes Bay in August.
The Vehicle Rally and Family Fun Day is one of the busiest days of the year in Stokes Bay.
This year’s event takes place on August Bank Holiday Monday, August 26th.
Now in its 70th year, the playing fields at Stokes Bay host a display of scores of vintage vehicles from across the region. Such is the event's reputation, that the owners of a range of impressive vehicles head to the south coast each summer especially to take part in the show. But you don't have to be a petrol-head to enjoy the event. This is a family day by the Solent - and the sun normally shines brightly! Besides the array of gleaming car, bikes and trucks, there will be a feast of entertainment including a samba
band, a petting farm, Juggling Jake's circus skills, a range of different stalls, plus refreshments.
All proceeds from the day go to the Mayor of Gosport's charities and Gosport Rotary Club's Benevolent Fund.
If you would like to enter a vehicle, then please email: sec.gosportvehiclerally@gmail.com for more information.
The Rotary club is also looking for volunteers to help on the day, and also with the set up the day before. If you have a couple of hours’ free time, we would love to see you!
The fun starts at 10am and runs until 4pm – see you there!
Admission: £3 for adults - children go free!
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OUT AND ABOUT WITH GOSPORT ROAD RUNNERS
An event that is always popular in June every year is the Purbrook Ladies 5-mile race. It’s a friendly ladies only event that attracts both competitive club runners and beginners looking to challenge themselves over the rolling countryside hills of Purbrook Heath. It attracts over three hundred runners and supports the Rowan Hospice.
It is always well supported by Gosport Road Runners and is looked upon as a social event as well as a race. For the second consecutive year the winner was Nikki Moxham who is one of our club members.
JOINING
Gosport Road Runners is a club for runners of all abilities, from those happy to do short distances to those who run marathons and ultras.
On club nights we offer routes of 3, 4, or 5 miles, in groups of various paces and on Tuesdays there is usually the option to try interval/speed training. On Monday mornings and over Public Holidays we offer hill training starting and finishing at the ‘Oast and Squire’ restaurant in Fareham.
If you are thinking of joining then you would be more than welcome to just come down and run with us before deciding if it’s the club for you.
If you are new to running then we operate a
beginners course which follows the NHS Couch to 5k programme which is led by our club coaches. Actual start dates will be posted nearer the time, so if you would like to start or get back into running keep an eye on the website.
We’re a friendly club and give plenty of support to all our members – in fact, we’re well-known locally for the high level of encouragement we give to not only our own runners in races but to other competitors as well.
There’s no pressure to enter races or to take part in any of the club’s events - whether it’s the monthly 5km time trial, the annual club 10km or the summer relay (to name a few), but if you do, you can be sure that you’ll be given plenty of support.
All new members are encouraged to come along on Tuesdays and Thursdays for a few weeks before deciding whether to pay up and join, so you’ve nothing to lose by getting in touch and trying us out. Email any of the club’s committee members whose details are on our website to find out more.
FOR OUR MEMBERS WE OFFER:
• Subsidised England Affiliation (EA) where members enjoy the benefits of affiliation, such as discounted race fees and discounts at most sports retailers.
• Free fun events with Prizes – e.g. Club Relays, Treasure Hunt, Christmas Raffle.
• Opportunity to Compete in Hampshire Road Race League Races and to qualify for awards in our Championship Races.
• Significant Opportunity for all members to receive quality awards for Running Achievement and Performance.
• Benefit of a Club House.
• Subsidised Travel on the ferry when competing in Hampshire Road Race League races on the Isle of Wight.
Our Purbrook Ladies Team
• Subsidised entry to Clarendon team Relay Marathon.
• Subsidised social events
LESSONS IN RUNNING
“Consistency matters more than individual moments of brilliance for progress. Have ambitious but achievable goals. Enjoy the process as much as the outcome. Sometimes just getting out of the door and starting is all that matters. Doing things as a group can make it so much easier than striking out alone”.
SOME FORTHCOMING EVENTS:
• Tuesday 6th Aug - Club Time Trial - Stokes Bay
• Sunday 11th Aug - Hart 4 Relay
• Sunday 18th Aug - Summer Club Relay –Stokes Bay
• Saturday 31st Aug - Bushy Park, Parkrun, Teddington, London (Parkrun Tourism
Hill Training on the May Bank Holiday
If you would like to know more about our club and all our activities, please refer to our website gosportroadrunners.org.uk
Illustrious, Daedalus Drive, Lee on the Solent PO13 9YA
99b Mays Lane, Stubbington PO14 2ED
212 Hunts Pond Road, Locks Heath PO14 4PG
Illustrious, Daedalus Drive, Lee on the Solent PO13 9YA
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Monday 26th August
Stubbington Recreation Ground 10:30am - 4 pm
ENTERTAINMENT - LIVE MUSIC
INTERACTIVE BUBBLES - DRIVING CLUB
BUSKERS - GOSPORT BRASS BAND LUNA ACROBATICS - STALLS - EATERIES AND MUCH MORE!
• Extensions
• Loft conversions
• General building services
• Groundworks / Brickwork
• UPVC windows & Conservatories
• Property maintenance
• Property renovations
• New Builds
• Roofing
• Flat Roofing
