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Changing Lives in Nepal

We trust you are all making the most of the current world situation and are managing to keep safe and sane.

Last year has been an extremely tough and challenging year for everyone and the Alain Rouveure Galleries and the Alain Rouveure Nepal Fund have not escaped it, but we are soldiering on.

2020 marked my 40th anniversary of regular travels to my beloved Nepal. I arrived mid February and two weeks later ended up trapped under total lockdown, unable to escape and make plans for 7 months.

For all the Friends who follow and support my continued social work in Nepal, l want to reassure them that the 19 children under our care have always been safe, even after the schools and colleges were ordered to close. Those lucky enough to have relatives went to stay with them whilst those who had no-where else to go stayed with us in Etay village. The lovely family-run Namo Buddha Boarding School remained the safe place they call Home. l was able to keep those beautiful souls busy by running classes, decorating classrooms and gardening, going on long walks and creating happy memories by having our daily ritual of cooking breakfast and eating together. Only for this joy l am grateful to the lockdown.

I was safe, for sure, thanks to my many friends and to the kindness of the Etay Community. I was glad to participate in farming duties and surprised many by showing that a 65 years old man can still break stones and bend down to plant rice, but nothing had prepared me for the psychological battering.

The worse was after the video call to loved ones was over and to remain unable to protect my livelihood in the UK.

affected the Galleries and predict uncertain times ahead. This has affected our small charity by being unable to organise essential fund raising events and for missing out on essential additional contributions from visitors to the Galleries, the Coffee Shop and the Gardens. Everything went dead on 16 March...

All was able to proceed according to plan with all school fees and maintenance paid for this year. So far the funds available for the Pati, our important Earthquake-resistant Community Building project in Etay village, have allowed substantial building work to go on with many antique windows being restored and thousands of bricks laid, right until the dreaded lockdown when contractors had to abandon tools and evacuate.

As l mentioned before, a Pati is not a government building. It is entirely the responsibility of the Community of villagers of any caste. The building, in construction as it is, is used regularly for official meetings and gatherings. It also functions as a resting place for passing travellers and pilgrims.

Life under lockdown soon became particularly difficult in the densely populated cities. All forms of transport whether public or private were banned and all access roads blocked. With all businesses closed, citizens unable to work, pay for their rent or buy food, thousands of families started to escape by foot at night to reach out to relatives in rural areas.

Etay is not a rich community but it is on an ancient route to a Holy place, itself on an important short cut by foot over the mountains down to southern regions of Nepal. With some of our children l went to clear the building site and over several nights and days we welcomed hundreds of people of all ages to take refuge in it. Members of our Community donated firewood, water and food to the very scared and exhausted refugees, in accordance to the Pati’s true purpose.

None of us can remain insensitive to the hardship many experience in our still beautiful world. During my 7 months under lockdown l have had my fair share of ups and downs.

When in doubt, I look at the amazing work we have already achieved in Nepal and see the results of the support we are together able to give.

I clearly see it in the eyes of the children we care for and l so wish you could too. l thank all who already make regular donations. You truly are Earth Angels.

Last year was tough in raising sufficient funds and I would like to appeal to you, hoping for more support on our continued journey. If you would consider passing the good word of the charity’s work to friends and relatives, we would be eternally grateful. Regular donations, even small, make an enormous difference to a small charity like ours. We would like to remind you that we have no expenses, administration or else, and that all contributions are put to full use.

You may support The Alain Rouveure Nepal Fund Lloyds TSB 30 95 75 - account 222 38668 By being UK registered, we benefit from Giftaid.

To Donate Online search for The Alain Rouveure Nepal Fund on totalgiving.co.uk We may live in uncertain times right now but l remain positive.

Together we are making a huge difference where it matters. We truly are.

Like for many independent businesses, the endless lockdowns and restrictions in England for “non essential” business like ours have of course severely

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Local businessman changing lives in Nepal

We get an update from Alain Rouveure as to what 7 months in Nepal was like and how you can support his charity

Mother’s Day

A look into the history of Mother’s Day

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Garden View

How to make sure you have the right garden tools

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02 Local man changing lives in Neal local news: 06 Buttercross Ladies lead the way! general interest: 08 The History of Mothers Day local news 08 Local Cafe provides lockdown support local news: FEATURED FEATURED

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10 Tools of the Trade astronomy: 12 A Space Craft Launch education: 13 Chill out & stay positive! cotswold link 14 Advertising Details & Index

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Welcome to the March - April issue In this issue we welcome Spring with a look at the key tools you’ll need in the garden (p12). There’s also a glimpse into the amazing work being done by Alain Rouveure in Nepal and how you can help to change lives there (p2). We also look at the history of Mother’s Day (p8) and how a local Cafe provided lockdown support (p8).

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BUTTERCROSS LADIES PROBUS CLUB LEADS THE WAY! PROBUS is an organisation for retired/ semi retired PRO-fessional and BUSiness people. It is non-political. The Buttercross Ladies Probus Club was formed in 2006, so we are now celebrating our 15th year. There are only a few Ladies Probus Clubs in the area compared to those for Men. Over the years we have grown from a coffee and chat morning to regular monthly meetings with interesting speakers followed by lunch. Amongst our membership are volunteers, doctors, nurses, company secretaries, teachers, a welfare officer, bank manager, radiographer, sales manageress, operating manager and administrators, so good conversation is guaranteed!

We are a friendly club with members sitting at different places at each meeting, enabling us to get to know a variety of people. There is a good relationship with the local Men’s Probus

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Clubs and we join one another for outings, holidays, dinners, AGMs. Lockdown has made us re-think the way we operate. Some members live alone and have missed the friendship which Probus offers. We are now leading the way by holding our monthly meetings via Zoom with success.

Future meetings are:SERV (volunteer rapid response medical transport scheme) The BBC World Service Thames Valley Police Swan Upping The People of the Titanic Obviously we plan to return to our well-tried meeting format as soon as possible, including our lovely outings to places of interest, gardens and the theatre..

If you are looking for friendship with like-minded interests do contact our President: Lilian Wetherald.

Email: 1943@gmail.com Telephone (daytime) 01865 300523 or Jacquie Pearce-Gervis: Email: email@jpg19.plus.com

Photo above: the Founder Members.

Left to right: Denise Ridgers, Mary Rouse (Social Secretary), Pat Dudley Ward-Ward, Eileen Burdon, Sheila Harris, Muriel Baker (Vice Chairman), Valerie Windsor (Founder and 1st Chairman), Janet Turner

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LOCAL CAFE HELPING TO KEEP KIDS OCCUPIED DURING LOCKDOWN

Cotswolds based bakery and tearooms, Huffkins, has launched a new initiative to help keep children entertained at home. #HuffkinsAtHome offers a range of free printable activity sheets aimed at children aged 3-11 years.

Bourton and District U3A

The next 2 meetings of this group will be on Wednesday 24th March and will be a talk by Paul Clark on the subject of “Human Rights Monitor in Palestine and Israel” and on Wednesday 28th April when the talk will be by Timothy Brain on the subject of “Floods of Gloucestershire 2007. Both meetings are at 10.30 and will be via Zoom. Connection details will be available nearer the time.Although we are unable to hold meetings as a result of the Covid restrictions, it is proposed to hold monthly Zoom meetings until we are able to meet as a group once more.

For full details and information about the special interest groups please see our website: www.u3asites.org.uk/bourton

Celebrations of mothers and motherhood can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held festivals in honor of the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele, but the clearest modern precedent for Mother’s Day is the early Christian festival known as “Mothering Sunday.”

Once a major tradition in the United Kingdom and parts of Europe, this celebration fell on the fourth Sunday in Lent and

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Adventure Trail sheets are also available, to make daily outdoor exercise more fun. Children are encouraged to look out for things on the ‘map’ on their local walks and tick off what they see.

In keeping with what this Cotswolds brand is known for, Huffkins has also shared some tasty recipes, including Rocky Road and Triple Chocolate Brownies. Suitable for older children to complete with minimal supervision, or as a fun ‘messy play’ activity for younger children with a responsible adult. The recipes have been simplified for home baking and allow children to choose their favourite ‘star ingredients’. Huffkins have confirmed that more recipes will be added soon.

Josh Taee, Managing Director of Huffkins, said: “Lockdown has been tough on everyone, but we know it’s extremely difficult right now for parents, who are juggling home-schooling with working from home or day to day chores. #HuffkinsAtHome has been created to try and ease some of that burden. The simple activity sheets can be easily printed at home and should help to keep the kids occupied for an hour or two each day.”

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History of Mother’s Day

For younger children, including those of pre-school age, a range of colouring-in and spot the difference sheets are available. Each colouring-in sheet also includes additional activities of varying difficulty and effort, such as spelling, writing and maths tasks, suitable for primary school aged children.

was originally seen as a time when the faithful would return to their “mother church”—the main church in the vicinity of their home—for a special service.

Over time the Mothering Sunday tradition shifted into a more secular holiday, and children would present their mothers with flowers and other tokens of appreciation. This custom eventually faded in popularity before merging with the American Mother’s Day in the 1930s and 1940s.

Huffkins is an award winning brand with bakery and tearooms locations throughout the Cotswolds. Due to the current national lockdown restrictions, they are able to offer takeaway service but cannot welcome dinein trade as normal. The brand also offers a range of bakery goods and luxury gifts online, but this has been temporarily halted, due to severe flood damage caused to their main bakery and distribution centre over the festive season.

Taee continues: “The flood was awful timing for us given that we’ve also had to limit our tea room service due to lockdown. But we’ve always been inspired by the amazing community spirit in the Cotswolds. So while things are a little quieter for us, we decided to use our time to help people and give something back. #HuffkinsAtHome is just one of the ways we’re doing that. We hope that children can return to school very soon. In the meantime, if the activity sheets and recipes prove popular, we’ll continue to launch new ones regularly and will also continue it during future school holidays.”

For further information, please visit www.huffkins.com/huffkins-at-home or see their Instagram page www.instagram.com/huffkinscotswolds

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GARDEN VIEW

Tools of the Trade The right tools make gardening easier, and in my opinion you should buy the best you can afford then look after them so they will last many years. But which tools are essential?

Gloves - Gardening is hard on the hands.

Weeds, roots and digging are brutal on the skin. Buy a thick, good quality multi-purpose pair to begin with. Make sure they fit. My first pair were too large and cumbersome. I was so naive I didn’t realise they came in different sizes...much like gardens...and gardeners!

Secateurs - The task of pruning comes around with alarming regularity, so a good pair of secateurs is one of the most used items in my garden tool kit. Find a pair that feel good to hold, are wellbalanced and easy to operate with one hand. Keep them clean and sharp and they will serve you well for many seasons.

Trowel - Useful for hand weeding, dividing smaller plants, planting, potting on, and seed sowing.

Hand Fork – A hand fork is essential for breaking up compacted soil. Sometimes it’s easier to use than a trowel and is less likely to damage roots in more densely planted areas or when separating smaller plants.

Spade –You can’t dig large areas without one. As with hand tools, I prefer stainless steel. Keep it clean, with a sharp edge for digging, planting, and edging beds. Choose one that feels right for your height.

I like a comfort handle for my hand tools but make sure to choose tools where the shaft of the handle and trowel (or fork) are one unit, not welded or rivetted together, as they are not as strong and snap with repeated use. I choose stainless-steel tools because they are rust resistant.

Fork - A stainless-steel fork is great for stony soil, and for breaking up compacted earth. It’s also good for lifting shrubs without damaging the root system too much.

Watering can - A large watering can is great, but very heavy when full so if you have arthritis or not much upper body strength choose a smaller watering can that you can handle easily and make a few more trips to the tap. A rose allows for a gentle sprinkler effect on tiny seeds and seedlings. You can use a hose if you garden a larger area. Choose a multitasking one with misting and sprinkler attachments

Perform a Spring Clean Once you have your gardening tools ready to get to work, it’s time to go outdoors for a spring inspection.

Winter, freezing temperatures, and everything related to the cold season can leave a mess in your garden. So, you need to get out and assess damage from winter to see how much work you need to get done for your garden to look in good shape.

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What should you be looking for?

Start by answering the following questions: Are there any hardscaping elements, such as the walls, fences, benches, etc., that have been damaged or broken during the cold season?

Is there any cold, ice, or snow damage on the plants in your garden?

Dutch Hoe - Weeding is a necessary task (and a somewhat relentless one during the growing season). The Dutch hoe has a shallow angled blade with a front cutting edge for keeping weeds down between seedlings and established shrubs and plants.

Ground rake -. Use this for breaking down the soil to that fine tilth gardening books go on about. Use the wide head and teeth to open and level the top surface of the soil, then use the back of the rake to firm it down. It makes seedsowing easier and more likely to produce healthy seedlings.

Are there any beds that you’ll need to clean out?

Is there any evidence of animal burrows from animals like skunks, chipmunks, moles, or rabbits?

Is there any deer damage on the woody plants in your garden?

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Captivate The Children, Show Them A Space Craft Launch The use of computer technology in the form of education as turned the world upside down, but there is more to education than passing examinations. We need our children to be more broadly educated whether it be by looking at nature, becoming interested in the arts of music and craft or as in this article expanding our knowledge on what other events are taking place on planet Earth and outer space.

The information on how to watch a live space launch is available on the internet.

Once seen it may ignite that spark of enthusiasm in a future hobby or even a career in space flight, astronomy or satellite communication.

Information can be obtained from the following sites to mention but three: www.nasa.gov/nasalive www.spaceflightnow.com www.space.com/space-calendar. html

Good Luck, I trust that viewing a launch will bring some joy to many youngsters who find it difficult to occupy their minds with something of interest.

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DIARY Vernal (Spring) Equinox occurs at

09.37 on Saturday 20th March.

This is when the Sun crosses the equator on its journey towards the Northern Hemisphere. On this day there are affectively 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness almost everywhere on Earth.

British Summer Time occurs on Sunday 28th March – Don’t forget to put your clocks forward by 1 hour.

Super Moon The full Moon on the evening of Monday 26th of April is known as the Full Pink Moon. Well worth showing the children.

Mercury Difficult to spot during the month of March and the first few weeks of April. May be seen at the end of April in the evening sky to the right of a setting Sun. Venus Not observable during the months of March and April.

Mars The most observable of the planets during this 2 month period but its brightness is beginning to fade. Look high in the south west at around 19.00 hours at beginning of March and watch it over the weeks move further westwards. On Saturday 17th April at around 21.00 hours, it will be seen very close to a crescent Moon.

Jupiter and Saturn Following their historical encounter during the month of December both Jupiter and Saturn will now appear in the early morning dawn. You may catch a glimpse of first Saturn rising followed by Jupiter from the second week in March if you look towards the south east.

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A Good Read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson First published in English just over a decade ago this Swedish thriller – the first of a trilogy – was a huge hit. It was a time when Nordic Noir was just starting to take off in this country and remains a classic of the genre. So I was interested to see if it stood up to a re-read 12 years later, and it certainly does.

Mikael Blomkvist is an investigative journalist but a recent article about the wealthy Swedish financier Wennerstrom has landed him with a two month prison sentence for libel. But while waiting for his sentence to begin Blomkvist receives an unusual job offer from millionaire industrialist Henrik Vanger. He wants Blomkvist to investigate the murder of his great-niece, Harriet, forty years earlier. He takes the job, moving to the island where the Vangers live. He ends up turning to computer hacker Lisbeth Slanader for help, a young woman who has no tolerance for others, society, or the law.

What appears to be a simple thriller on the surface offers so much more.

From corruption in Swedish society to attitudes towards women in Sweden, this evocative novel is satisfying, if violent. As a reader you feel part of the action as you move with the characters from Sweden to Hebdy Island. Here, more than in many other novels, the geography of Sweden feels like a character in its own right and the mood of the characters and the pace itself cleverly switches as we move from one to the other. For me this was the most satisfying part of this exemplar of the Nordic Noir genre.

The Werepuppy

by Jacqueline Wilson Mickey has four sisters, and three of them are older than him. He doesn’t get on with them and is frequently teased. Then on night his parents go out, leaving the three older girls, Meryl, Mandy, and Mona, in charge. Delighted to have the house to themselves the girls decide to watch Savage Snarl a scary werewolf movie. And it really IS scary.

Even the older girls think so.

But for Mickey it has a lasting effect: he becomes scared of dogs. Unsure what to do, his mum decides that the only real solution is to buy Mickey a puppy of his own! Dragged to the dog rescue home Mickey would rather be anywhere else until he encounters one puppy who bites his younger sister’s finger. Could this be Mickey’s very own werewolf – or werepuppy!

Wolfie, as he is called, is no ordinary puppy and turns out to be the best pet that any boy could ask for!

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Chill Out & Stay Positive We have been in lockdowns and received more than our fair share of stress and perhaps still wondering and worrying how to get away from the present problems that may be submerging us into another crisis. Here are 10 positive tasks we can do:

1 Watch something funny – Laughter is the best medicine that relieves physical tension, reduces stress. So, turn on and enjoy your favourite comedy.

2 Stop Multitasking – It is said that Napoleon would never multitask he always concentrated on problem at one time not allowing any outside interference. In modern day parlance do not text or speak on the phone while watching the tv. Discipline yourself by taking one task at a time. Multitasking increases the production of stress hormones (cortisol and adrenaline)

3 Get a Colouring Book – Colouring helps you chill out because it is very difficult to focus on other tasks when you are doing it.

4 Have a banana - When we’re stressed out our blood pressure tends to rise but the potassium found in bananas can help to regulate this. Stress can also leave us feeling drained, but bananas give you a replenishing energy boost that will get you swinging from the trees again!

5 A spoonful of honey - Mother nature’s delicious treat has compounds that reduce inflammation in the brain which can help improve a low mood.

Bee happy… (sorry, couldn’t resist).

6 Listen to Music, Sing and Dance - Music can help build self-esteem, lift your mood and reduce anxiety.

7 Watch a nature documentary - Not only are David Attenborough’s dulcet tones particularly soothing, but nature documentaries can also sprinkle our minds with mood-lifting wanderlust and highlight the sheer scale of life which can in turn help us gain perspective of our own lives.

8 Breathe ‘Pranayama’ style - This yoga method requires you to breathe through one nostril at a time (inhale through the left by blocking the right, exhale through the right by blocking the left, repeat for 3 minutes) to relieve stress. Weird but wonderful!

9 Drink hot water - Learn from the tradition of Chinese healing and drink a cup of good, clean hot water. It may not be as delicious as a hot chocolate, but it will cleanse your system of toxins that have accumulated in the body and may be causing tension.

1 0 Support someone else - Moving your attention outside yourself can help take the pressure of the stresses in your own life and supporting others can also give you valuable insight for how to redress your issues. Seeing the impact, you make in that person’s life will also boost your self-esteem which in turn, can help de-stress.

Many more ideas can be found by looking at: www.ditchthelabel.org/101-ultimate-ways-chill-reduce-stress/ John Harris

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Has your teenager lamented ‘WHY do we have to study Shakespeare? It’s BORING! Perhaps that was also how you felt when you were in school?

In a world of amazing modern writers why do we still teach Shakespeare?

Rich language - Shakespeare loved language and played with it, subverting it, changing nouns into verbs, verbs into adjectives, and connecting words never previously used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and even inventing completely new words. Scholars estimate that Shakespeare invented at least 1700 of our common modern words. Phrases from his

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Our language would be poorer if not for the bard. Few other writers have ever matched the beauty of Shakespeare’s language. His soliloquies and monologues are some of the most eloquent every written.

Complex characters - Shakespeare understood people. His heroes were not cardboard cut outs, but nuanced human beings, capable of the full range of emotions. He also wrote great parts for women (though they would most likely have been played by men in his time).

Themes – Shakespeare’s themes as relevant today as they’ve ever been: love, loss, treachery,

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honour, tenderness, anger, despair, jealousy, contempt, fear, courage, and wonder. He questions morality, politics, war, wealth, and death.

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