Two years ago, I wrote, “Keep safe and think of those sunny days to come – things will improve, and that begins when you have to stay indoors with your loved one to celebrate Valentine’s Day!”
During that awful lockdown, we were forced to change so many of our regular habits and routines. Now, things have improved and, although it can be wonderful being together, indoors, for Valentine’s Day, it’s still lovely to be taken out for a gorgeous candle-lit romantic meal (don’t you think, Chris?) It was a very sad start to 2023 for my sister Paula and I when we lost our Mum, Sue, on New Year’s Day. She had just turned eighty and had bravely lived with several challenging health issues for many years. A multitude of fabulous memories of our times together remain. And, finally, the French author, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, wrote, “Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction”.
Claire x
First of all, I hope you all managed to survive ‘Blue Monday’ – the name given to the third Monday of January when everyone is said to feel down in the dumps... and not the old New Order hit. The day is said to be the most depressing one of the year, but actually it started off as a PR stunt designed by companies to promote their feel-good products and services. Certainly, at first glance there’s not much to celebrate at present with many people suffering from seasonal colds, flu or COVID, coupled with the wintry weather and harsh economic situation. However, I reckon it’s time to look forward to brighter times around the corner. Daylight hours are gradually growing and there are more and more events coming on-stream. I think the best thing to do is to keep warm, hunker down at home or meet up with friends and look forward to spring! Andy
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Preparing beds before sowing begins in spring is one of the most important jobs this month. In doing so, you'll help to aerate, drain, and warm the soil.
When digging over, be sure to incorporate plenty of homemade compost or composted manure. Alternatively, give beds a dressing of organic matter, then cover in plastic for a few weeks to reduce weeds and warm the soil. If you have clay soil, spread a mix of organic matter and grit over the surface and dig it in to open the structure. Take care walking on compacted soil; lay wooden planks to walk on, or even consider creating raised beds. It is possible to sow crops such as broad beans along with early peas (under cloches), parsnips and garlic, but only do so if the ground is not frozen or waterlogged. A good idea for sowing peas is to use lengths of plastic guttering: half fill them with good quality seed compost and sow the seeds about 2inches apart, cover with compost, water, and keep in a light spot under cover. Once the seedlings have grown to about 3 inches, make a shallow drill and slide the contents of the guttering into the drill. Make sure they are firmly bedded and water in. Other crops that can be sown outdoors (watch the weather and make a judgement) are turnips, rhubarb crowns and grape vines. Make sure that you have got all your seed potatoes by the end of the month and that
they are spread out in a seed tray, or in egg boxes, in a light, cool room where they can “chit” (sprout shoots) before being planted out. If the “chits” look pale and spindly, the room is probably too warm or too dark. Other jobs for February include:
• Make sure winter cabbages, cauliflowers and broccoli are netted against hungry pigeons.
• Prune autumn raspberry canes by cutting right down to the ground and then mulch.
• Feed and mulch fruit trees and bushes.
• Rake your compost heap with a fork to aerate it, add water if it seems dry and then re-cover it to keep it warm.
• As they are still dormant, bare-rooted fruit trees can still be planted.
• Force rhubarb – cover with a bucket when you see the crown start to shoot.
• Sow seeds indoors e.g., tomatoes, leeks, lettuce, Brussels, sprouting broccoli, spinach. The main problem at this time of year is a general lack of light, so a cheap solution to prevent leggy, drawn seedlings is to cover a piece of cardboard with aluminium foil and place it to the north side of the seed tray, thus reflecting extra light onto the seeds.
Cambridgeshire Renovations & Maintenance is a new company that has been formed by local man Sam Calladine to tackle all domestic building jobs.
Sam started the company last December to offer a general building service to people throughout the county.
He said: “I can carry out all types of general building work; literally anything and everything. There’s nothing better than carrying out work for someone, be it on their bathroom or living room or doing an external job, and seeing a smile on their face and knowing how happy they are with my work when it has been completed.
“My interest in building work started when I was a young lad and I used to help out my uncle Geoff and I have been doing it all my working life. So far business has been good although recently things have slowed down a bit because of the general economic climate, however I love what I do and eventually would like to expand into commercial work.”
Sam is based in Whittlesey and after leaving college worked on a number of local building projects including the conversion of The Hero Of Aliwal public house to Whittlesey Veterinary Centre before starting his own business.
Cambridgeshire Renovations & Maintenance can be contacted on 07802 430583; Email: cambridgeshirerenovations@gmail.com; or on Facebook and Instagram.
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February is the season of love and romance – but it is also a key date for fraudsters aiming to steal your money, as well as your heart.
Romance scams involve people being duped into sending money to criminals who use language to manipulate, persuade and exploit their victims. These requests can involve criminals claiming they need money for emergency medical care or for transport costs.
Signs your friend or family member may be involved in a romance scam:
1) They may be very secretive, or very sensitive, about their relationship or provide excuses for why their online partner has not video called or met them in person.
2) They may express very strong emotions and commitment to someone they have only just met.
3) They have sent, or are planning to send, money to someone they have not met face-to-face. They may take out loans or withdraw from their pension to send money.
How users can stay safe from romance scams:
• Be suspicious of any requests for money from someone you have never met in person, particularly if you have only recently met online.
• Speak to your family or friends to get advice.
• Profile photos may not be genuine, so do your research first. Performing a reverse image search on a search engine can find photos that have been taken from somewhere, or someone, else. No matter how long you’ve been speaking to someone online and how much you think you trust them, if you have not met them in person, it’s important that you do not:
1) Send them any money, take out a loan for them or transfer money on their behalf.
2) Allow them access to your bank account.
3) Provide copies of your passport or driving licence.
4) Invest your own money on their behalf or on their advice.
5) Purchase and send the codes on gift cards from Amazon or iTunes.
6) Agree to receive and/or send parcels on their behalf (laptops, mobile phones etc.)
If you think you have been a victim of a romance scam,
When the calendar flips into February it feels like the start of the year is complete. For many, January can be a challenging month: setting new goals, ambitions and resolutions feels a very positive start to the year but the month is often also associated with difficult days, sometimes referred to as ‘Blue Monday’, as the excesses of the festive season catch up with us. It is undeniable that current circumstances mean these feelings can be exacerbated, whether due to cost-of-living challenges at home or world events.
I do hope that, rather than feel blue, you joined the Samaritans in celebrating Brew Monday – a chance to check in with friends, family, neighbours, or colleagues to see how they’re doing and share a cup of tea – rejecting the thinking that the calendar decides how we feel. So, into February and 2023 is well underway and milestones like Valentine’s Day, school half term, and Shrove Tuesday are looked forward to. There’s also Black History Month, World Cancer Day, Random Acts of Kindness Day and National Love Your Pet Day among many more, including the less well-known National Pizza Day.
Speaking of things to look forward to, I’m due to enjoy a visit to the new Youth Club building in Littleport that has been completed and started to invite groups to do some taster sessions. It will be great to see the result of several years of hard work by Littleport Parish Council and speak to some of the young people who are benefiting.
It will also be good to see the progress on the Ferry Project’s nine new permanent emergency units for street homeless people, after work started last month. The units should be ready to occupy by the end of May. I was delighted to open some units for the project in Wisbech last year and it was amazing to see what this kind of intervention can do to help turn people’s lives around. Of course, I should also mention looking forward to the revamp of March town centre, a oncein-a-generation activity that will rejuvenate the town thanks to Future High Streets funding. The ongoing works will be challenging over the coming months as work continues around the Market Place with resurfacing and reconfiguring of the car park, widening of the northern footway, new and repaired benches and bollards, and new electric vehicle charging points. However, as the saying goes, ‘no pain, no gain’ and I’m sure the disruption will be worth it.
There is potential for more grant funding to support organisations and charities in the constituency with the recent Sport England Small Grants Programme, which has increased the awards it can make to £15,000 for community organisations, charities and not-for-profit companies. There’s also the £3 million Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund, which supports the modernisation and improvement of village halls, offering grants of between £7500 and £75,000. Find out more: https://www.sportengland. org/funds-and-campaigns/our-funds/small-grantsprogrammehttps://acre.org.uk/platinum-jubileevillage-halls-fund/
While it’s the beginning of the year, many of us will be thinking about the positive changes we need to make to our lives, such as losing weight, drinking less alcohol, stopping smoking etc. But what about keeping your relationship with your PC happy and healthy?
Strengthen your digital security
First on the list is to take the time now to start changing your passwords FOR EVERYTHING, making sure you have a different one for every account. Use a mixture of upper and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols to create unique passwords. Two factor authentication adds an extra layer of security. This is usually a combination of something you know and something you have. The thing you know is often a pin number. The thing you have might be a unique token generated each time you log in. This is used in addition to your username and password. Most importantly, make sure you have informed your email provider if you have changed your mobile phone number (make sure they have your mobile number NOT a landline) or alternatively email address as these are used if your account is hacked, or you have forgotten your password.
Make back-ups of your photos, videos, and music
If your device gets lost, damaged or stolen, you run the risk of never being able to retrieve the
irreplaceable documents stored on it. To save music, photos and documents, discs, memory sticks and removeable hard drives will suffice. However, it is worth using some sort of cloud storage. Do remember though that if you want to make your back-ups one hundred percent fail-safe, it is important to have both physical and online copies saved.
Keeping screenshots, images and shortcuts to files on your desktop can make finding things almost impossible. To get the initial abundance of apps out the way, create a folder on your desktop named ‘Old Desktop’ and transfer all your clutter into it. Your desktop will immediately look cleaner and more manageable. From there, you can go through the folder in your own time and put all the files in their rightful place, perhaps even sort out other folders whilst you are at it.
If your PC still runs on coal, or even worse, Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8 (which died on January 10th, 2023), now is the time to upgrade to Windows 10 or even better 11. As we’ve mentioned time and time again, continuing to use Windows 8 or older on the public internet is very much like going out in public with a virus and coughing on people. And sadly, we all know where that can lead...
Arecent addition to the museum archive is the order of service sheet for the dedication of a war memorial in County Hall to employees of the Isle of Ely County Council who lost their lives in the Second World War.
The memorial is at the head of the stairs in the main entrance hall and is a heavy cast bronze plaque designed by Isle of Ely Council Architect, Mr R D Hodson. It has a laurel wreath top centre and an English rose in each corner with the memorial inscription ‘The path of Duty: the way to Glory.’
In a simple, brief but dignified, service the memorial was dedicated on Wednesday morning, February 2nd, 1949, by Rev. H. M. Hallidie-Smith, Rector of St. John's Church.
The four names honoured on the memorial are Keith Cecil Barrett, Ronald Henry Coles, George Melton Hargrave and Mary Joan Wild. Corporal Keith Cecil Barrett was serving in the Royal Engineers and died on August 31st, 1943, and is buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar. Leading Aircraftsman Ronald Henry Coles, RAF, died on April 17th, 1942, and is buried in Kandy War Cemetery. Sergeant Pilot George Melton Hargrave, RAF, died on September 28th, 1943, and is buried in Upwell, and Mary Joan Wild, WRNS, serving at HMS Cabot, Bristol, who died on September 1st, 1943, is buried in Wimblington. Relatives of the four victims were present along with staff members.
Mr F Ritchie, organist at St John's, accompanied a male voice quartet, all council staff members. The ceremony began with the hymn ‘God, our help in ages past’ and a reading, ‘The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God.’
Chairman of the Council, Alderman Leonard Childs, released a Union Jack to unveil the memorial and Rev Hallidie-Smith followed with prayers. The ceremony concluded by playing the National Anthem.
Following the ceremony, relatives and staff of the council laid flowers beneath the memorial. March Museum wish to acknowledge the willing help of FDC staff in providing access to photograph the memorial.
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March Lions Club, with the help of the Rotary Club of March, raised £800 for good causes by taking Santa’s sleigh on a tour of the streets of March throughout December.
The money will be shared between Parkinson’s UK and Young People March, with the group also collecting food for March Foodbank.
March Lions also spent days at Sainsbury’s and at Tesco with the sleigh, where it raised more than £1000 for club funds which will be used throughout the coming year to support local organisations.
Lions Club press officer James Martin said: “On behalf of all involved in the sleigh, we would like to give a big thank you to everyone that continues to support us.”
Photo: courtesy of March Lions Club
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Local men have the chance to get involved in Men United in Song 2023 and support Prostate Cancer UK.
Launching in March, the popular pop-up singing project will give forty-plus local men the opportunity to take part.
Working over nine weeks towards a fantastic live performance at Peterborough Cathedral in May, they’ll learn to sing, meet new people, challenge themselves, perform live on stage and raise money for a much-loved and very important charity. No previous experience is necessary, and Men United in Song kicks off with introduction sessions on Thursday, March 2nd (6.30pm-10pm) and Friday, March 3rd (6.30pm-10pm) at Peterborough’s John Mansfield Campus PE1 4HX when volunteers can meet the team and some of the other men who’ll be taking part with those taking part being asked to register first for a timeslot.
Men United in Song rehearsals will be at the John Mansfield Campus from 7.45pm on Thursday evenings, starting on Thursday, March 9th, with the charity event at Peterborough Cathedral at 7.30pm on Friday, May 5th.
For further information or to register for one of the introduction sessions visit peterboroughsings.org.uk, email menunited@peterboroughsings.org.uk or call (01733) 425194.
Planned changes to the layout of March Broad Street will reduce traffic wating times and keep vehicles moving more freely, claim planners. The £7.8 million scheme to transform the road layout is being delivered through Cambridgeshire County Council's March Area Transport Study (MATS), funded by a combination of a £4.2million investment from MATS and £3.6million from the March Future High Streets Fund programme. It aims to:
• increase capacity for future anticipated growth in the town
• offer a more open, social and pedestrian-friendly environment
• increase traffic flow through the town centre, reducing standing traffic
• reduce pollution
• revitalise the public realm of the town
• and bring back into focus key historic points of interest
The plans will see the existing traffic lights at the northern end of Broad Street removed and replaced by a new mini roundabout. The historic March Fountain would be moved to a new location with the northbound carriageway removed and made into a pedestrianised area and the southbound lane converted to two-way traffic. The planners say the changes will dramatically improve travel times and ensure a consistent flow of traffic through the town to not only ease congestion but also reduce pollution.
The proposed changes have been heavily criticised by some residents and have led to the formation of opposition group Save March amid fears of its negative impact on business and traffic in the town.
Pictured: The proposed plan looking south down Broad Street
A new March Riverside Wellbeing Walk has been launched to give people the chance to get out for a stroll and chat in a welcoming group. The walks have been launched by Fenland District Council's Active Fenland team as part of the Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Cambridgeshire and Peterborough scheme. They are free and there’s no requirement to commit to joining in every week. Cllr Sam Clark, Fenland District Council portfolio holder for leisure, health and wellbeing, said: “The walks are a chance to get out with likeminded people and have a stroll in company, a bit of a natter and perhaps make some new friends. “Getting out in the fresh air is great for wellbeing, as is a good chat, and we hope as many people as possible will join in.”
The circular walks, with a volunteer leader, will last around an hour depending on the pace set by walkers on the day, road crossings and rest stops along the way. The walk is all on paved ground, but some parts of the pavement are uneven. Anyone interested in attending is encouraged to sign-up online with Ramblers in advance, but this optional. Sign up via: https://beta.ramblers.org.uk/ wellbeing-walks-sign-up
Full details of the March Riverside Walk and a map can be found at: https://bit.ly/3IFelif
Fenland District Council has published a draft budget that for the fifth consecutive year will again see no rise in its element of Council Tax. Residents are being asked to have their say on the authority’s draft budget and business plan, which sets out the council’s priorities for the coming year.
In a typical year the council empties three million bins, cleans 210 square miles of town centres and open spaces, answers 78,000 telephone enquiries and determines 1300 planning applications. You can view the draft budget and business plan and take part in the consultation at: https://www. fenland.gov.uk/yourviews2023
Paper copies of the documents and consultation will also be available to study, without an appointment, at the council’s customer services centre at Fenland Hall, County Road, March. The consultation ends on Friday, February 3rd.
A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a way of telling the world who you trust to look after you and your affairs if you aren’t able to make decisions about your own affairs.
There are two different types of Lasting Power of Attorney, one that covers your financial affairs and the other that deals with medical and welfare decisions.
We can all probably see the necessity to give someone else the power to manage our finances if we aren’t able to do so. It means that bills will be paid, benefits and income can be managed and if necessary, property could even be sold to pay for care.
But the benefits of an LPA for health and welfare aren’t as immediately obvious to the majority of people.
It seems that the general view is that an LPA for health and welfare is only useful when someone is gravely ill. The assumption is that the medical staff will discuss the decisions that need to be made around life sustaining treatment with the family. The question that often comes up is “Why do I need to give someone specific permission to have that conversation?”
An LPA for Health and Welfare does not just cover the last months, weeks, or days of our lives. It can enable our chosen attorney to make decisions for us when we aren’t able to about where we live, what we eat, who we see, even what non-urgent medical treatment we receive if we can’t make those decisions for ourselves. For instance, if you lose capacity and can no longer live safely in your own home a decision will need to be made about where you will live. The local authority might become involved in this process and if specialist care is needed, they might propose that you be placed in a care home far away from your family
and friends. If you have appointed an attorney, they can challenge this decision on the basis that it may not be in your best interests. They can point out that you would benefit from regular visits from those that you are close to, visits which might not be able to take place if you were moved a long way from your home.
You may also have strong feelings on the type of medical treatments you do not want to receive. You might prefer to try alternative therapies rather than mainstream medical treatments. Again, your attorney can discuss these options with the medical staff to ensure that you get the treatment that you would prefer.
If you have strong feelings about the type of care or medical treatment that you would want then appointing an attorney is the best way to ensure that decisions can continue to be made as you would choose, when you can’t make them yourself.
If you’d like to talk to us in more detail about Lasting Powers of Attorney, please email Cath Collins at cathcollins@vinelaw.co.uk or call on (01945) 898090.
The company specialises in providing a range of building solutions from concept to completion, handling everything clients require, from surveys and initial designs through to planning and construction drawings and building regulations.
The Doddington-based business was formed in 2018 by Rebecca White, who graduated from Leicester’s De Montfort University in 2012 after completing her RIBA accredited BA (Hons) degree in architecture.
She has more than fifteen years’ experience as a specialist in residential design, from extensions, refurbishments and alterations to small and largescale new developments.
Rebecca (34), who is married with two young sons, said: “Most of my work is predominantly for homeowners, although I can assist businesses. The majority is in the Fenland area although I currently have contracts in Ipswich and London. There is
really no geographical limit to where I can take on work, as much of it can be done from my office, particularly when dealing with new builds. “Work has included single storey extensions, garden rooms, replacing conservatories; basically providing more space for family life. I aim to help people achieve their home improvement aspirations.”
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We are looking forward to welcoming the next generation of Welder Fabricators into TVS Interfleet!
Working in partnership with the College of West Anglia, we are offering Engineering Operative Apprentice (Level 2) positions across our Market Deeping and Wisbech sites. The apprenticeships will commence in the Easter term 2023, with interviews commencing in February/March 2023.
Apprentices will attend one of our Wisbech or Market Deeping sites for their on-the-job
training, with day release to the College of West Anglia’s training site in Wisbech.
During the apprenticeship, you will learn how to interpret technical drawings, enabling you to use the welding and fabrication skills you will develop over your apprenticeship.
For more information and to apply for the apprenticeship, or our other vacancies, please visit,
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odiatrists are health care professionals who have been trained to prevent, diagnose, treat and rehabilitate abnormal conditions of the feet and lower limbs. They also prevent and correct deformity, keep people mobile and active, relieve pain and treat infections. They can give you and your family advice on how to look after your feet and what type of shoes to wear. They can also treat and alleviate day-today foot problems. Our clinical team can provide advice and treatment if you have painful feet, thickened or discoloured toenails, cracks or cuts in the skin, growths such as warts, scaling or peeling on the soles, or any other foot-related problem. We can assess your feet and also prescribe orthoses, which are tailor-made insoles, to help to relieve arch, foot or heel pain. An orthotic device goes into your shoe to help to re-align your foot, take pressure off vulnerable areas of your foot, or simply to make your shoes more comfortable. Even if your feet are generally in good condition, you might consider having podiatry treatment to have the hard skin on your feet removed, toenails clipped, to find out if you’re wearing the right shoes or just to check that you’re looking after your feet properly.Podiatrists can also help with more complex foot problems including preventing, diagnosing and treating injuries related to sports and or exercise. Heel pain is a common occurrence and a debilitating condition we treat regularly. In most cases the pain is caused by some form of mechanical injury caused by small repetitive injuries that occur at a rate faster than the body can heal them. Heel pain can also be caused by lower back problems or inflammatory joint conditions. Your podiatrist can assess your feet, diagnose your problem and make recommendations for self-care at home, plus provide a clinic-based treatment plan to help solve your problem.
We have appointments available during the week, evenings and Saturday mornings for your convenience.
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As February arrives, very often everywhere looks very dull and nothing much seems to be growing when suddenly, on a sunny day, small shoots come up and the bright yellow flowers of coltsfoot appear out of nowhere. There are no leaves visible other than tiny, purplish scale like leaves up the stems of the flowers. Early insects soon find the blooms and a patch of coltsfoot can be buzzing with insects. The flowers close at night when the pollinators are not flying and a cold night could affect the flowers adversely.
Once pollinated, flowers produce fluffy white seed heads with light ‘parachutes’ that are distributed by the wind. The ‘parachutes’ carrying the seeds are very light, almost seeming to defy gravity, so they distribute widely and will grow more or less anywhere and on any soil. Coltsfoot arrived in Gault Wood by this method. As well as seeding easily coltsfoot spreads with white fleshy underground roots.
When the seed heads have gone the plant disappears completely in a few days. Several weeks later the bluish green leaves will appear – initially they are downy both sides but the top down soon wears off. They are quite large, with sharply jagged edges and are hoof shaped, which is how the plant got its common name. As time passes the leaves become more numerous and larger easily being 10cm or four inches across but occasionally being double that size. By late summer it is hard to imagine that a patch of large leaves with downy undersides are anything to do with the bright yellow flowers in early spring. This way of flowers appearing early and separately from the leaves gave the plant the old name ‘son before father.’
The hoof shaped leaves were dried and smoked in pipes for the relief of asthma and juice from the leaves was regarded as a cough cure. The scientific name Tussilago comes from the Greek tussis, which means a cough.
A plant which similarly produces early flowers and late leaves is butterbur, Petasites hybridus. It seldom occurs in eastern parts because it prefers wetter conditions and is usually found beside rivers and streams. The flowers are short, rather stout and look like round, pinkish mauve, brushes. The leaves are much larger and fleshier than coltsfoot possibly growing to one metre or three feet across. On no account should these leaves be collected as they have no known uses apart from wrapping butter to keep it cool in the days before refrigeration.
Next Gault Wood Work Party is on Saturday, February 4th at 10am. If you'd like to support our work at the wood as a volunteer, please contact the Woodland Trust using this email: volunteering@woodlandtrust.org.uk
Alternatively, you might like to support the Nature's Calendar project, which focuses on phenology, which is the study of plant and animal reaction to climate change. Nature's Calendar (woodlandtrust.org.uk)
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A great family and budget-friendly, one-tray brunch dish; guaranteed to put a smile on everyone̛s face (including the washer-uppers!)
Method
• Preheat your oven to 200˚C/Fan 180˚C/Gas 6. Tip the potatoes into a large, non-stick roasting tin and spray with low-calorie cooking spray.
• Sprinkle over the oregano, mix well and roast for about 30 minutes or until the potatoes are starting to brown. Add the onion and mushrooms and cook for a further 15 minutes or until the potatoes are browned and tender.
• Make 4 wells in the vegetables and crack an egg into each of them. Add the tomatoes to the tray and return to the oven for 5 minutes or until the eggs are cooked to your liking.
Many people like to have a glass of wine by itself –nothing wrong with that.
Others obtain great enjoyment in finding wines that accompany a lot of cuisine and foods. It is true to say that certain wines (and other beverages) pair with numerous dishes particularly well. White wines accompany fish and seafood (amongst others), whilst reds are very much favoured towards red meats, steaks, and casseroles, amongst many more dishes.
Amandla Sauvignon Blanc (12% vol), from South Africa, I found to be crisp, with an enticing bouquet and very good flavours of fruits coming through, for the mouthfeel and palate’s delight. A most popular white wine. Sauvignon Gris (12% vol), from France, is a further, impressive white wine production. Refreshing and most acceptable, using the lesser-known grape, Sauvignon Gris, this wine gives white fruits, for the mouth’s pleasures. Staying with white wines, Loin de L’oeil (12% vol) I class as an excellent ‘pleaser’. This French wine has a good bouquet, which leads to flavours of juicy fruits (hint: tropical), for the tastebuds.
Red wines hold a very respectful position with wine lovers. Albarossa (13% vol) originates from Italy and the grape variety (from 1938) is named after the town of Alba, Piemonte. This smooth production has an abundance of juicy and ripe, red fruit flavours. Amandla Shiraz-Zinfandel (14% vol) has arrived from South Africa. A new favourite, with many, this has a hint of spiciness, with its flavour of juicy red and dark fruits. Powerful and rich, for mouthfeel and palate. Is rum a favourite? Certainly, a great number of spirits are hugely popular. Doorly’s Fine Old Barbados Rum (40% vol) is aged for five years in American white oak casks. The expert method and process of production shows through, to give
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a splendid, pleasurable nose, which is followed by the wonderful taste. Wallow in the aroma, colour, and rich flavour of this delectation. I located these productions at a Waitrose store. Some are in their ‘Loved & Found’ range, which utilises lesser-known grape varieties, to great advantage, and are very much worthwhile seeking out.
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Abba Voyage (afternoon show)
Mamma Mia! The Party (afternoon show)
ONLY 10 LEFT Sun 5th February £103
ONLY 4 LEFT Sun 12th February £169
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – The Musical (afternoon show) ONLY 14 LEFT Thurs 16th February £60
Kew Gardens and the Orchid Festival Sun 19th February £46
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (both parts) Weds 22nd February £140
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption Of Thomas Shelby (afternoon show) ONLY 14 LEFT Sat 25th February £57
The Mountbatten Festival of Music (afternoon show)
ONLY 18 LEFT Sat 11th March £80
Wicked (afternoon show) Sun 12th March £79
Brick Lane Music Hall: St Patrick’s Day (includes afternoon tea) ONLY 11 LEFT Thurs 16th March £75
Sewing for Pleasure, Creative Crafts & Fashion and Embroidery Shows Sat 18th March Adult £33 Child £29
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical (afternoon show)
Thriplow Daffodil Event & Country Fair
ONLY 1 LEFT Sun 19th March £77
Sat 25th March Adult £30 Child £27
Tottenham Hotspur FC Stadium Tour Sun 26th March Adult £53 Senior £51 Child £45
The Lord’s Tour Sat 1st April £58
Silverstone Interactive Museum
Legoland
Windsor Leisure Day
Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of the Dubliners
Sun 2nd April Adult £42 Child £35
Thurs 6th April Adult £59 Child £54
Thurs 6th April £31
Sat 8th April £52
York Shopping/Leisure Day Weds 12th April £27
Oxford Leisure Day Sat 15th April £28
Camden Markets
Sun 16th April £30
Bakewell Market & Judith Mary Canal Boat (includes 2 course meal) Mon 17th April £55
Anglesey Abbey, Gardens & Lode Mill Weds 19th April Adult £38 Child £31 NT Member £24
Bakewell & Matlock Bath
Wroxham Barns & Southern Comfort River Trip
Sat 22nd April £26
Sun 23rd April £32
Windsor Castle Thurs 4th May Adult £58 Young Person £49 Child £47
London for King Charles III Coronation Sat 6th May £39
Blickling Estate Sun 7th May Adult £39 Child £32 NT Member £24
Sister Act (afternoon show)
Weds 10th May £65
Chatham Historic Dockyard Sat 13th May Adult £46 Senior £45 Child £42
Southend-on-Sea
Titanic – The Musical (afternoon show)
RHS Garden, Wisley
Ain’t Too Proud (afternoon show)
RHS Chelsea Flower Show
The Bodyguard (afternoon show)
Chelsea FC Stadium Tour & Museum
Sun 14th May £30
Weds 17th May £60
Sat 20th May Adult £43 RHS Member £30
Thurs 25th May £70
ONLY 18 LEFT Sat 27th May £125
Weds 31st May £68
Sat 3rd June Adult £59 Senior £51 Child £49
Bressingham Steam Museum & Gardens Sun 4th June Adult £34 Child £32
Matilda (afternoon show)
Weds 7th June £77
Agatha Christie’s Prosecution for the Witness (afternoon performance) at County Hall, London
Thurs 8th June £74
Black Country Living Museum & Dudley Canal and Caverns Sat 10th June Adult £54 Senior £52 Child £45
42nd Street (4pm show)
Sun 11th June £86
Annie – The Musical (afternoon show) 14th June £62
English National Ballet Cinderella in the round at the Royal Albert Hall (afternoon performance) Sun 25th June £100
RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
Marsham Court Hotel, Bournemouth – 5 days
Sat 8th July £65
ONLY 11 LEFT Sun 9th July £448
Yorkshire Air Museum and Allied Air Forces Memorial Sat 15th July Adult £37 Child £32
Whitby Leisure Day
Aspects of Love (afternoon show)
Sun 16th July £31
Weds 19th July £86
We Will Rock You (afternoon show) Thurs 20th July £81
Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey) Weds 26th July £58
Tower Hotel, London – 4 days
ONLY 14 LEFT Fri 28th July £321
Scarborough Leisure Day Thurs 3rd August £27
The Telford Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort – 5 days ONLY 20 LEFT Sun 6th August £430
Liverpool FC Tour and Museum Sat 12th August Adult £51 Senior £47 Child £42
The Princess River Cruise Experience (includes 2 course lunch) Sun 13th August £48
Skipton & Canal Boat (includes 2 course meal) Weds 16th August £62
The Wizard of Oz (afternoon show) Thurs 17th August £87
Chatsworth House and Gardens
Sat 19th August Adult £43 Child £39
RHS Garden, Harlow Carr Sun 20th August Adult £38 RHS Member £28
Hutton Le Hole (Ryedale Folk Museum) & Thornton Le Dale (Bangers & Cash)
Greenwich Leisure Day
Weds 23rd August £37
Sat 2nd September £31
Cirque: The Greatest Show (afternoon show) Sat 2nd September £60
Twickenham Stadium Tour and World Rugby Museum Sun 3rd September
Adult £54 Senior £49 Child £46
Phantom of the Opera (afternoon show) Weds 6th September £75
Grease the Musical (afternoon show) Thurs 7th September £69
Buckingham Palace Royal Mews & State Rooms
Thurs 14th September Adult £73 Young Adult £59 Child £55
Cannon Hall Farm Sat 16th September £35
National Memorial Arboretum
Sun 17th September £26
The Drifters Girl (afternoon show) Thurs 21st September £68
Ramsey Park Hotel, Isle of Man – 6 days Sat 23rd September £602
Everybody’s Talking about Jamie (afternoon show) Weds 27th September £55
Alfie Boe Fri 6th October £92
Battersea Power Station and Lift 109 Sun 8th October Adult £52 Child £47
Mrs Doubtfire (afternoon show)
Leyburn & Masons Gin Distillery
Natural History, Science and Victoria & Albert Museums
Thurs 12th October £75
Sat 14th October £56
Sun 15th October £31
Crazy for You (afternoon show) Weds 18th October £76
The Deep Sat 21st October Adult £41 Senior £40 Child £37
The Play That Goes Wrong (afternoon show) Sun 22nd October £66
RAF Museum, London Sat 28th October £30
The Postal Museum & Mail Rail Sun 29th October Adult £44 Young Person £42 Child £40
Regent Street Motor Show/London Leisure Day Sat 4th November £31
Leeds Christmas Shopping/Leisure Day Sat 18th November £27
Bakewell Christmas Market
Sun 19th November £25
Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market/Shopping/Leisure Day Sat 25th November £27
Nottingham Winter Wonderland/Shopping/Leisure Day Sun 26th November £24
York’s St Nicholas Fair/Shopping/Leisure Day Thurs 30th November £27
Meadowhall Shopping Centre
Sun 3rd December £25
*Thursford Christmas Spectacular (Long Sutton departure) Mon 4th December £76
*Thursford Christmas Spectacular Thurs 7th December £76
Stratford Upon Avon Victorian Christmas Market/Shopping/Leisure Day Sat 9th December £26
Lincoln Christmas Market/Shopping/Leisure Day
Sun 10th December £25
*Thursford Christmas Spectacular (Long Sutton departure) Sat 16th December £79
*Thursford Christmas Spectacular Sun 17th December £79
Carols at the Royal Albert Hall (afternoon concert)
Sun 17th December £89
Hogwarts in the Snow Sat 30th December Adult £78 Child £66
Shrek the Musical (afternoon show) Sat 23rd March 2024 £76
Whether you’re unemployed and looking for work, or you want to take the next step in your career, finding the right job can sometimes feel like a job in itself. Christians Against Poverty (CAP) runs job clubs through local churches across the UK and we’ve used our experience to put together some top tips to help you on your search.
Getting rejected is always disappointing when applying for jobs but try not to take it personally. There are lots of reasons why the company might have made this decision that are completely out of your control. Be brave and keep putting yourself out there. Hand out CVs at places you’d like to work, even if they’re not actively advertising vacancies. Remember, businesses need reliable, skilled and hard-working people like you, and often you just need to be in the right place at the right time!
Make the most of social media While you’re casually scrolling through Facebook or Twitter, you could also be on your way to finding a new job. The world is now more digital than ever, so why not make the most of it by following some regional accounts like your local Jobcentre Plus or local businesses?
Sign up to email alerts (from a job-based website)
If finding a new job feels endless and overwhelming, why not sign up to get email alerts from a job-hunting site like Indeed or Linkedin? You can choose to receive alerts about any specific
roles you have experience or interest in, and you can upload your CV and qualifications directly so potential employers know who you are and why you’re a great candidate for the job.
Take some time to write down your top skills. If you’re not sure, talk to your friends and family. Do they think you’re particularly organised, creative or detailoriented? Do you work best with a team, or are you really good at focusing for long periods of time alone? Think about the experience you already have and what skills you used in past jobs.
Once you’ve written down a few key skills, have a go at coming up with some specific times you’ve demonstrated these skills. Have you gone above and beyond in your old job, led a project, or overcome a particular challenge? Think of some examples that are as unique to you as possible, then build these into your personal statement and CV.
When you’re finding a new job, you might feel like you’re repeating yourself on application after application. This isn’t a bad thing. Using the same
personal statement for cover letters, application forms and even during interviews shows you’re able to give concise and specific examples of your skills and strengths – and it saves time too.
Say it out loud
Knowing – and being able to tell people – what you’re good at builds confidence. Don’t let the first time you say your strengths out loud be in an interview.
Don't do it alone
Churches around the UK run job clubs, where you can be part of a supportive community of likeminded people, receive one-toone coaching, and gain the vital skills you need to find work. Visit capuk.org/help to see if there’s a CAP Job Club near you.
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) is a UK charity working with more than 580 churches to deliver debt help, budgeting guidance, support to find work, life skills groups and more. Visit capuk.org to find out more.
Perhaps it exacerbates our loneliness, or maybe society’s expectations weigh heavy on our shoulders. What am I going to get my partner? What are they going to get me? What if one of us forgets? What if I can’t afford it?...
What, actually, is Valentine’s Day? Valentine’s Day is a Saint Day, celebrating the Christian martyr, Saint Valentine. When I looked him up, I was surprised to see that he is also the patron Saint of asthma and beekeepers. So why is Valentine’s Day celebrated by everyone, not just Christians? And why is it about romantic love, rather than asthma or beekeeping?
The simplest and least cynical of these answers, is that everyone loves love. What more wonderful thing is there to celebrate than those fuzzy warm feelings we humans have towards each other? For arguments’ sake, let’s forget about the historical reasoning, and look at Valentine’s Day as a celebration of love. Maybe then we can shed those feelings of dread.
Love does not have to be romantic. Love can be the affection you feel for a friend or family member. Love does not have to be shown
with jewellery, flowers, or champagne. Love is kindness, compassion, and interest. And we can show those virtues all year round if we choose to.
Me? I love my dogs! On Valentine’s Day, I will take them for a nice long walk, and give them a treat, but that is something I do for them every day because I care about them. On Valentine’s Day I will also send messages of love and appreciation to my friends, but this is also something I do most days.
Love is consistency. The greatest gift you can give those you love is to listen to them, care for them, and be there for them all year round. But if you’re looking for something extra special, remember meaningful gestures don’t need to cost the earth. Why not go for a nice walk, write someone a letter or poem, or pick them flowers from the garden?
Perhaps this Valentine’s Day is particularly difficult for you. You may be reminded of someone loved and lost. Don’t be afraid to reach out for support from those who remain in your life, and of course, the wonderful Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.
It’s only one day, and I will be thinking of you all.
The East Anglian Game & Country Fair will take place on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd April 2023 at the prestigious Euston Estate, just off the A11 at Elveden, home to The Duke and Duchess of Grafton.
We welcome world class events and attractions to the show each year. Main Arena displays confirmed for this year’s show include The Tigers Army Parachute Display Team with a spectacular display, The Squibb Freestyle Motorcross Show performing breath-taking jumps and stunts midair AND returning due to popular demand, the Horseboarding UK Championships where speed, agility and bravery are all required! Audience participation is encouraged to spur on the competitors and provides great entertainment for all the family.
We have a fantastic line up of more free events to watch in the main arena and across the show including the much-loved British Scurry and Trials Driving Championships, Lowestoft Dog Agility Display Team, Gun Dog displays, fishing demos with World Champion Fly Caster Hywel Morgan, the hilarious Sheep Show, traditional ferreting demonstrations with Simon Whitehead, live craft demonstrations and much more!
Join in and 'have a go' at a range of country activities from clay shooting with John Bidwell’s High Lodge instructors or enter the 40-bird re-entry shooting competition for men, women and juniors. Fly fishing and coarse fishing on the Black Bourn River, ferret racing, archery and axe throwing.
Try the air rifle range, enter your dog into the pet dog show, join in with your dog at the K9 Aqua Sports pool or watch the Landrovers take on the off-road 4x4 course.
There are over 350 shopping stands with a wide variety of products from fashion and footwear to gun makers and fishing products. Children’s activities, traditional fun fair, food and drink hall with Game Fair Country Kitchen, craft and gift marquees and much more. If you are interested in exhibiting with us, trade stand application forms can be downloaded from our website.
Please do take a look at our show highlights video; encapsulating what a fun family day out the show is, with something for everyone, including your dog! https://youtu.be/ejPoo3qy9dA
Advance discounted 2023 tickets are available to buy online at www.ukgamefair.co.uk or by calling the ticket hotline number 01263 735 828 Adult £19, Children (5-16 Yrs) £7.50 and Family (2 Adults & 2 Children) £50. (Discounted ticket offer valid until midday 17/04/23). After this time tickets are available to buy on the gate at the 2023 on-theday rates. (A small booking fee applies to phone orders). Under 5's are free and car parking is free for all.
VIP memberships and camping weekend tickets also available at discounted rates if booked in advance. Visit our website for more information.
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Kicking off February is an unmissable animated adventure for Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, hitting screens on February 3rd. Puss (Antonio Banderas) embarks on an epic adventure to restore his lost lives, but he will be needing some help on the way from his former partner and nemesis: the captivating Kitty Soft Paws (Salma Hayek).
The final instalment of the blockbuster Magic Mike film franchise set in the world of exotic male dancing bursts onto screens on February 10th. In Magic Mike Last Dance, Mike (Channing Tatum) is hoping for one last hurrah, as he heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can't refuse and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, he soon finds himself trying to whip a hot new roster of talented dancers into shape. An action-packed return for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania on February 17th, Superheroes Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures, and embarking on an adventure that pushes them beyond the limits of what they thought was possible, this is one not to be missed!
Our new campaign Explore: The Wider World of Film kicked off this January and has brought some exciting new directors, award winners, documentaries, and the best of British and independent film to the big screen. This continues through February bringing us Enys Men – February
6th and All The Beauty And The Bloodshed (doc) –February 13th.
Enys Men (15): Mark Jenkin – BAFTA award-winning director of BAIT – brings to the screen a mindbending Cornish folk horror (with English subtitles). Set in 1973, the story takes place on an uninhabited island just off the Cornish coast where we follow a wildlife volunteer’s daily observations of a rare flower... and witness a horror unfolding as we explore what is real and what is a nightmare.
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed follows activist Nan Goldin’s epic and emotional story, showcasing rare footage of her fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the OxyContin addiction crisis. Directed by Academy award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, the film interweaves Goldin’s past and present, the deeply personal and the urgently political.
Event Cinema
ROH Live brings Rossini’s comic opera The Barber of Seville to The Light on February 15th with heartmelting serenades, ridiculous disguises, and a fairy tale ending waiting just out of reach.
NT Live brings Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello on February 23rd, an extraordinary new production directed by Clint Dyer with a cast that includes Giles Terera (Hamilton), Rosy McEwan (The Alienist), and Paul Hilton (The Inheritance).
More blockbuster films coming your way including Dungeons and Dragons, Shazam! Fury of The Gods, and Super Mario Bros
Book your tickets and find out more by heading over to: wisbech.thelight.co.uk
Unusual, fascinating and sometimes amusing, by the author of ‘Wisbech’s Secret Princess’, Chris Donald
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I have left the Church, after due examination, I mean as a Clergyman only… my reasons concern only myself. I shall be obliged to you therefore if you will omit the title rev.” So wrote Thomas Clarkson to his friends.
Thomas’s father had been a vicar, and a good one. So, Thomas set out to become a vicar too and hopefully as good as his father. He went to Cambridge University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and was ordained as a dean at Winchester. The next step was to become a vicar, but It never happened. After all this studying and hard work, he never concluded his studies. What stopped him from taking this last step?
Well, in 1785, at the age of twenty-five, he found out about the slave trade and all the unbelievable horrors and ghastly atrocities that went with it. From then on, all his life would be devoted to this single cause, abolishing the slave trade, more than anything else. He set out to get as much support as he could. There were some in the Church of England who wanted to help but there was only one religious group that supported him one hundred percent and they were The Religious Society of Friends, often known as Quakers.
Thomas said: ‘These people had been then long unanimous upon this subject (slavery). Indeed, they had placed it among the articles of their religious discipline. Their houses were of course open to me in all parts of the kingdom. Hence, I came to a knowledge of their living manners, which no other person, who was not a Quaker, could have easily obtained.’
He started a committee to get this terrible trade stopped. It consisted of Church of England, Methodists, Baptists but, again, mostly Quakers. But there were other things that concerned Thomas.
He, together with his brother, John, was also a firm believer in pacifism and finding other ways of
settling disputes other than war. They started the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace. Many church people supported it but, as always, it was only the Quakers that were one hundred percent behind it.
Clarkson was often seen with Quakers which was unusual for an Anglian clergyman. He was so impressed with Quakerism that he wrote a book about them. Well, not just a book but three volumes containing a massive one thousand, three hundred and thirty-three pages. It goes into every detail about them, their beliefs, their dress and their way of life. It stands as an interesting look at how the Quakers were at the beginning of the 1800s. He said of the book… ‘I think it will do good.’
It was his belief that the slave was no different to any other person. Just because the colour of his skin was different didn’t make him or her any less important. He also carried this thought through to men and women. He did not understand why women were treated differently by society and by the church at that and it wasn’t till 1928 that women were given the vote and then in 1994 that the Church of England had its first female vicar.
He was also opposed to the death penalty as a way of dealing with some criminals and it wasn’t until more than one hundred years after his death that the state finally got rid of this.
But, Clarkson, although often seen with Quakers, remained with the Church of England, was married and attended services at the church. He never lost his Anglican faith but, interestingly, he had his last say at his funeral in Suffolk.
The funeral embraced both the Church of England and also the Society of Friends in its service.
And yet… in 2011 a play was put on at the Angles Theatre in Wisbech called ‘Nine Parts a Quaker’, which is exactly how Clarkson had described himself.
For people who have lost partners through bereavement. Come along and join us every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month; midday at Hot Pots Cafe – The Cricket Club, Burrowmoor Road, March PE15 9RS. Membership £5/year. For more details contact 01354 656181 or 01354 654169.
Meets on the first Thursday of each month in March Town Hall. Lunch is served at midday followed by the film. £15 per person. Tickets are available from Paninis.
Coffee Morning. The Friends of March Library hold a coffee morning at March Library on the last Saturday of every month from 10 30am to 12 noon. Hot and cold drinks plus biscuits cost 50p and we also hold a raffle. All profits are spent on/by March Library. Do come and join us. For more details contact Maureen Malvern on 01354 658247.
Family workshops for all to be involved in. Meets every second Sunday of the month in the car park for the nature reserve Rings End PE15 0BE. Conservation for all 9.30am-12 noon.
There is a meeting at the Rookswood Club on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 7pm to discuss the nature reserve management and events. All are welcome (please check Facebook for any last minute changes to venue). Please call Hayley on 07962 337988 for more information.
Meets at March Community Centre on Tuesdays 4.30pm5.45pm and 6.15pm-7.30pm and Wednesdays 10am-11.15am then Elm Primary School or Emneth Central Hall Wednesdays 7pm-8.15pm. For availability please contact Peter on 07905 601585 or email: pabamullins206@ntlworld.com
Meets every Thursday afternoon 2-4pm at March Library. Membership fee is £25 for 12 weeks paid quarterly. For details contact March Library on 03450 455225 and your details will be forwarded to them.
Hockey Club
Training is every Thursday at Neale Wade School. 6pm-7pm Juniors, 7pm-8pm Adults. All abilities welcome. Find us on Facebook – March Town Hockey Club or visit www.marchtownhockeyclub.co.uk for more details.
For people in their third age; retired or not in full time employment. Meets on the second Wednesday of each month at the Braza Club, Elm Road, March at 2pm. There are a range of activities available in groups run by U3A members. New members are very welcome. If you would like any more information please email march.u3a.enquires@gmail.com
Meets on the first Wednesday of every month from 2-4pm in March Library Meeting Room. A wide variety of speakers on both family and social history research. Everyone welcome. For more details contact Wendy on 01354 650932.
Meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm in March Town Hall. New members always welcome. For more information visit marchlions.org.uk or call 0345 833 5101.
At The Braza Club, Elm Road, March PE15 8NZ. Meets every Wednesday night 7.30-10.30pm with 1:1 personal tuition available. Every 3rd Friday in the month dance with top line groups and DJs. For more info call Andrew and Donna on 01354 776229 or Terry 07979 442920.
Meets every third Monday of the month at St Peters Hall Wisbech from 7.30pm. Please call Yvonne on 01945 581360 for more information.
Whyte (Club Secretary) on 07979 887110 or pop in and visit us.
Meets each weekday at Manor Leisure Centre Whittlesey and George Campbell Leisure Centre March please come along and join us all abilities welcome (must be able to swim at least one length). Please contact swimatmarlins@gmail.com
Meets every Tuesday 5.30-7pm for swim training at the George Campbell Leisure Centre. All abilities welcome. £4 per person. Please contact Martyn for more details 01354 460000.
Burrowmoor Road, March PE15 9RS. Cricket for adults, ladies and juniors including All Stars & Dynamos (From 5 to 15 years). Regular social events and bar open most evenings. Telephone 01354 652029 or visit www.marchtowncricket.com for more information.
