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Spears Travels: On the move

We look at the relocation and expansion of this popular Travel Agent in Northallerton

Santa Sunday

This festive favourite returns for 2019

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Spear travels moves and expands FEATURED

Northallerton Library events FEATURED

Kiplin Hall Origami Local events this Winter Festive Christmas Quiz

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Garden View

All about bedding plants and pots this time of year

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Santa Sunday returns

Made By Mummy Markets FEATURED

Bedding Plants & Pots

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The Transit of Mercury

Advertising Details & Index

Welcome to the Winter issue We welcome Winter and the approaching festive period with a wide range of local updates and news, including the return of Santa Sunday in Northallerton (p15) and our seasonal family Xmas Quiz (p14). There’s also exciting news of the expansion and relocation of Spear Travels (p6).

Don’t forget, if you have any news, events, updates or stories of local interest, please send them to editorial@jkanorth.com and we’ll do our best to publish them for you. I hope you all enjoy this issue and I’ll see you again in Spring.

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SPEAR - NORTHALLERTON’S AWARD-WINNING TRAVEL AGENCY SUPERSTORE Spear Travels, the award-winning independent travel agency in Barkers Arcade in Northallerton has recently moved to much larger premises after twelve years in its previous location. The travel agency has only moved a couple of doors up the Arcade, but the store has more than doubled in size!

Manager Sue Farndale says. “It is wonderful to have more space and a private seating area where we can discuss our clients’ travel plans and find the perfect trip for them.”

The official opening was conducted by Northallerton Mayor, John Forrest and the team of Sue, Mel, Nicola, Lynne and Katie welcomed existing and new clients at their opening event.

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Last November, Spear won their 5th consecutive British Travel Award, this time for ‘Best Independent Travel Agent in the UK’, holding the record for the most consecutive wins by a UK travel agent. The British Travel Awards are the only industry awards voted for by the general public and Spear’s latest success set a record for winning this award 5 years’ running. The Awards are voted for by over 2 million members of the public and are sponsored by the Daily Mirror.

As an independent travel group, Spear’s strength is being able to offer holidays from the largest range of travel companies rather than being tied to specific tour operators. The company specialises in tailor-made holidays and long-haul travel but offers the complete range from package holidays, family breaks, winter sports, cruise, rail, adventure, honeymoons and weddings, city breaks and more.

The team of travel consultants at Barkers Arcade are very knowledgeable as they are experienced and well-travelled and can often speak from personal experience about resorts and destinations. Over the last couple of years they have travelled to South Africa, the Caribbean, USA, India, Mexico, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Cuba and various European destinations as well as undertaking cruise ship visits.

“We love what we do and take great pleasure in finding the ideal holiday for our clients. Do call in and see us!” says Sue Farndale.

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Northallerton Library Events Saturday 9 November, 10.30am -12noon – Scribble Set - an experimental art workshop for adults.* Wednesday 13 November, 10am – 1pm - Information dropin sessions with Action on Hearing Loss. Whether you’re just noticing hearing problems or have lived with them for years, Action on Hearing Loss can answer your questions and give you the information you need to take control. They can help if you’ve noticed that a loved one can’t hear as well as they used to, or you want to find out how you can support someone with hearing loss or tinnitus. Chat to Action on Hearing Loss Information Officers and pick up expert factsheets, leaflets and other publications. For more information about Action on Hearing Loss visit actiononhearingloss.org.uk Tuesday 26 November, 10.30am-12noon – Northallerton Library Poetry Group. Are you interested in reading, discussing or even writing poetry? Or maybe you know nothing about it but feel you would like to find out more?

If so, come along to our new poetry group at Northallerton library. You are welcome to bring along a favourite poem if you have one. No previous knowledge required. Writing your own poems will not be compulsory. The next meeting dates are on: 17 December and 28 January 2020.

Wednesday 27 November, 10.30am-12noon – Memory Café - a monthly reminiscence session delivered by Dementia Forward – Health and Social Care Services. For more information contact Janice on 03300 578592 This session’s theme is: Wartime memories.

Saturday 7 December, 10.30am -12noon – Scribble Set - an experimental art workshop for adults.* Wednesday 18 December, 10am – 1pm - Information dropin sessions with Action on Hearing Loss. Whether you’re just noticing hearing problems or have lived with them for years, Action on Hearing Loss can answer your questions and give you the information you need to take control. They can help if you’ve noticed that a loved one can’t hear as well as they used to, or you want to find out how you can support someone with hearing loss or tinnitus. Chat to Action on Hearing Loss Information Officers and pick up expert factsheets, leaflets and other publications. For more information about Action on Hearing Loss visit actiononhearingloss.org.uk Tuesday 17 December, 10.30am-12noon – Northallerton Library Poetry Group. Are you interested in reading, discussing or even writing poetry? Or maybe you know

nothing about it but feel you would like to find out more?

If so, come along to our new poetry group at Northallerton library. You are welcome to bring along a favourite poem if you have one. No previous knowledge required. Writing your own poems will not compulsory. The next meeting is on 28 January 2020.

Wednesday 18 December, 10.30am-12noon – Memory Café - a monthly reminiscence session delivered by Dementia Forward – Health and Social Care Services. For more information contact Janice on 03300 578592 This session’s theme is: Christmas is coming.

Saturday 21 December, 10.30am-12noon – Christmas Jingles. Come along and celebrate the season with Promoting Yorkshire Authors and the Northallerton Library community and staff. They will share music, poems, books and stories.

Enjoy free mince pies, tea and coffee. Bring the little ones too, as Promoting Yorkshire Authors have already written to Santa Claus to ask him to drop off some presents!

Saturday 11 January 2020, 10.30am -12noon – Scribble Set - an experimental art workshop for adults.* Other Services Home Library and Information Service at Northallerton Library – did you know that the library provides a free home delivery service to people who cannot leave home, carry books or visit the library themselves because of ill health, disability or age? This is also available for carers who find it hard to get out of the house because of caring responsibilities, and the children of people who can’t get to the library. People can also receive the service on a temporary basis – perhaps when recovering from an operation. The library can supply books in ordinary or large print and audio books on CD or cassette. Books are selected at the library and delivered once a fortnight by volunteers. Books and audio books can also be requested free of charge. If you would like to find out more about the service or know someone who might benefit from this service please contact Northallerton Library tel: 01609 533832 or email: northallerton.library@northyorks.gov. uk or speak to staff or volunteers in the library during your visit.

Northallerton Library, 1 Thirsk Road, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 1PT, Tel: 01609 533832 northallerton.library@northyorks.gov.uk www.northyorks.gov.uk/northallertonlibrary

Retreat from the pre-Christmas rush at Kiplin Hall and Gardens this Winter.

Enjoy a tranquil and beautiful display of origami doves and boats made from old maps. Visitors will be able to make their own paper ornaments to take home or add to our display. Kiplin Hall was built by George Calvert, who went on to found Maryland in the USA. Our paper creations are inspired by the two ships, The Ark and The Dove, which carried colonists from England to Maryland in 1632. Seasonal refreshments will be served in the Tea Room to keep you warm and inspired. This is the final chance to see Kiplin Hall and Gardens this year before the winter closure.

Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures.

Standard Admission Applies - Kiplin Hall and Gardens, between Northallerton and Richmond

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Out & About 23rd November

24th November

n Concert Mowbray Singers with Strings Attached “John, George - and Tony” 7.30 pm on Saturday St Oswald’s Church, Sowerby. F​ amous and popular choruses by Bach and Handel, together with two concertos by Vivaldi with guest guitar soloist Adrian Bramley, are on the programme for The Mowbray Singers and Strings Attached concert.

Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring and Sheep May Safely Graze, Handel’s “Largo” and See The Conquering Hero Comes together with his best-known coronation anthem Zadok The Priest are just some of the Baroque delights in this concert.

If you want to know more about us have a look at our website (www. mowbraysingers.co.uk) and come to the concert. Tickets are £7,(16s and under, free) and are available from White Rose Books, Thirsk, choir members or at the door. ........................................................

n Husthwaite Village Christmas Market Husthwaite Village Hall YO61 4PY 11.00am – 3.00pm All you want for Christmas at Husthwaite Village Market Shop and browse at our popular quarterly market to help start your festive season shopping! Decorations, wreaths, gifts and stocking fillers! Candles, arts and crafts, cards, books, jewellery and beauty products. Even a pair of socks from Husthwaite’s very own Beacon Alpaca! Order your favourite Christmas bird and more from Husthwaite’s free range, organic Farm Gate Farm shop.

See what’s on offer at the Rare Breed meats stall. Of course you will need those little extras like cheese, honey, pies, pastries, oils and sweet treats, not to mention a selection of gins and a bottle or two of Husthwaite cider. Don’t forget a treat for the dog! Everything you need for the festive season! The Apple Tree Café will be serving up delicious home-made hot and cold food, beverages, mince pies and a little festive cheer!! Charity number 1013186 ........................................................

23rd November

n Christmas Wreath Making Join Wensleydale Railway’s very own Helen Ashworth on a very special wreath making train carriage! Helen will guide you through how to make your very own wreath using a wide range of foliage collected from around the Yorkshire Dales along our line.

The workshop will begin at 10am and will be located in the Leeming Bar Community HUB’s lovingly restored and transformed train carriage, situated on Leeming Bar Platform.

Tickets are £25 pp and include: • Wreath making supplies and tutorial • Glass of mulled wine and a mince pie There will also be other refreshment available to purchase on the day.

Please remember to bring gloves and secateurs.

Places are limited. To book tickets please give us a call on 01677 425805 (and save the booking fee!) www.wensleydalerail.com ........................................................

29th Nov – 1st Dec

n Thirsk Christmas 2019 Weekend Plans are already underway for Christmas in Thirsk for 2019 and we will bring you more information soon. www.christmasinthirsk.com ........................................................

30th November

n Copt Hewick Grand Christmas Fair and Tree Festival.

11am to 4pm Artisan craft stalls, Christmas wreaths, cards, decorations, cakes, Santa’s grotto, refreshments and more in the Village Hall. Christmas tree festival and competition in the church. Santa will arrive on his horse-drawn sleigh at 12 noon. ........................................................

What’s On at Downton Abbey (PG) Friday 22 Nov 14:30 Sunday 24 Nov - 14:30 Sunday 24 Nov - 19:30 The Goldfinch (TBC) A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy Upper East Side

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family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Friday 29 Nov - 14:00 Sunday 1 Dec - 15:30

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Various Dates n THE POLAR EXPRESS™ TRAIN RIDE AT WENSLEYDALE Join us at The Polar Express Yorkshire for a magical Christmas Experience. We are the ONLY licensed Polar Express in Yorkshire. This Christmas experience is unlike any other. Brought to you by the organisers of the number 1 voted Polar Express in the World, Wensleydale Railway hosts The Polar Express Yorkshire new for 2019. Your journey begins just like the 2004 Motion Picture where The Polar Express will pick you up to take you to the North Pole. You will get to meet all the characters from the film including the conductor, the singing chefs, the hobo and of course the main man himself Father Christmas.

You and your family, hopefully dressed in PJs, will experience and fun filled theatrical adventure as you make your way to the North Pole. Throughout your journey you will tangle with the Caribou, see the magic of the Northern Lights and have the story of The Polar Express told you by the singing Chefs. Don’t forget to have a bite of your cookie and authentic Hot Chocolate before arriving at the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.

Once you arrive back at the station your journey is not at it’s end far from it. Next you will get to experience Santa’s Workshop where you can write a letter to Santa, check if you are on the naughty and nice list and buy a little souvenir of your experience. There may even be a little surprise in the workshop to, you will just have to wait and see. yorkshiredalesthepolarexpressride.com ........................................................

13th December

n Winter Concert Northallerton Woodwind will be presenting their 10th Anniversary Winter Concert on Friday 13th December 2019 at Kirby Hill Church, Kirby Hill, Boroughbridge starting at 7.00pm. Raising funds for Kirby Hill Church.

CBeebies Hansel & Gretel (U) The show is an adaptation of fairy-tale classic Hansel and Gretel and will again feature many of CBeebies’ most popular talent, including, for the first time - Waffle the Wonder Dog! Audiences will also get a chance to see exclusive, additional content specially-made for the cinema.

Tickets are £7 with under 18s free and available from Margaret 01423 325405 or Marcia 01423 323712 ........................................................

17th December

n Christmas Carols, Songs & Words With The Mowbray Singers in Sowerby Methodist Church at 8 p.m.

The choir’s short programme will mix well-known and popular Christmas carols and songs, in famous arrangements, with some beautiful pieces that may be less familiar to the listener - a programme to enhance the season’s joy! Admission is free with a retiring collection in aid of the charity” The School for Joy: Bethlehem” ........................................................

North Yorkshire Music & Arts Diary 23rd Nov A Concert of Baroque Favourites Mowbray Singers St Oswald’s Church, Sowerby YO7 1JG. 7:30pm For ticket information please contact via: www.mowbraysingers.co.uk 23rd Nov Craig Ogden and Miloš Milivojevi? classical virtuosi Richmondshire Concerts Influence Church, Richmond DL10 4AS. 7:30pm Tickets from £1 to £16 rsconcerts.org 26th Nov The multi award-winning Barbican String Quartet play Haydn, Janacek and Schubert Skipton Music Christ Church, Skipton BD23 2AH. 7:30pm For ticket information please contact via: 01756 799912 www.skiptonmusic.org.uk 30th Nov Choral performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor Ripon Choral Society Ripon Cathedral, Ripon HG4 1QS. 7:30pm Tickets from £20 to £23 01423 525954 www.riponchoralsociety.org.uk

Good Liar (15) Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself ... See full summary » Friday 27 Dec - 19:30 Saturday 28 Dec - 17:00 Sunday 29 Dec - 19:30

Tuesday 24 Dec - 11:00 Many more events online: forumnorthallerton.org.uk

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InFocus Family Christmas Quiz Relax and chill out, these assortment of questions are for the young and not so young. You may not even agree with all the answers but the quiz is for all of the family to participate and enjoy.

Good Luck, Wishing All a Happy and Joyous Festive Season – John Harris

1. Where did the Nativity take place?

2. What is a baby reindeer called?

3. Who wrote the song White Christmas?

4. Including Rudolph how many reindeer pull Santa Claus’ sleigh?

5. In which 2 Oceans can you find a Christmas Island?

6. Which English leader banned Christmas in 1647?

7. What are the gifts that the Three Wise Men gave baby Jesus?

8. In what language does “Feliz Navidad” mean “Merry Christmas”?

9. In the 17th Century Cristmas cake was made to be eaten by

21. What in the UK was traditionally mixed into the Christmas pudding to bring good luck to the recipient?

22. In what pantomime do Robin Hood and Maid Marion appear?

23. What phrase does the Giant in “Jack and the Beanstalk” use when he can smell Jack?

24. Who is the Patron Saint of Children?

25. The following letters represent each of the words in the title of which carol “OIRDC”

what day?

26. Who was Mummy seen kissing in the famous Christmas

10. The Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, London is an annual

song?

gift from which nation?

27. “O tidings of comfort and joy” are lyrics taken from which

11. Which Country introduced Christmas trees as a celebration of

carol?

Christmas?

12. Which Christmas Carol starts its second verse with “Christ by highest heaven adored”?

13. What is the time difference between Lapland, Finland and the UK in December?

14. What did Santa Claus win in 1964?

15. Which rock singer starred in the film “Merry Christmas Mr

28. “Nadolig Hapus” means Happy Christmas in which language?

29. In which country is Santa Claus known as “Pere Noel”?

30. What is a female turkey called?

31. What was the name of Tiny Tim’s father in “A Christmas Carol”?

32. Which Nobel Prize winning author wrote King George V’s Christmas broadcast in 1932?

Lawrence”?

33. In Dickens’“A Christmas Carol” what is Scrooge’s first name?

34. One may have an “Aperitif” before the Christmas dinner,

16. Which was the first country to issue a Christmas postage

what does this mean in the original Latin?

stamp?

35. Which English Victorian cook wrote the definitive Christmas

17. In which year was the Queen’s first TV Christmas message?

18. Which “Happy Days” actor starred in the 1979 movie “An

cookbook?

20. Who created a Christmas pudding for Waitrose in 2010 with a

36. On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me?

37. What famous event took place on Christmas Day 1914?

38. Who was crowned King of England on December 25th 1066?

39. Who composed “The Christmas Oratorio”?

40. How many ghosts are there in Christmas Carol?

whole orange inside?

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American Christmas Carol”?

19. What alcoholic sauce is usually served with Christmas pudding?

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Santa Sunday This year Santa Sunday returns to town on Sunday 1st December, 2019.

Santa will be welcomed into the town on his sleigh from midday ready for all the good boys and girls to visit him in his secret grotto in the Town Hall with free entrance and a free gift for each lucky child. J oin us on the High Street for a fun day from 12-4pm where there will be the 3 wise men’s Camels, entertainment acts throughout the day getting us into the Christmas spirit, scrumptious food stalls ready to feed your appetite, fairground rides and much more.

Why not do a spot of Christmas shopping, grab a mulled wine and join in on the activities with the whole family!

We hope to see you there, so wrap up warm and stay tuned for more updates.

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Winter Made by Mummy Market Sunday 24th November 1pm - 4pm

The Golden Lion Hotel, High Street, Northallerton A curated market place of over 30 stalls selling handcrafted and homemade goods.

Customers can expect galleryquality arts and crafts made with love. Traders are largely women running small businesses at home from across Yorkshire and the North of England.

Unique gifts including clothing, soft furnishings, jewellery, candles, fine art prints and originals, woodwork and much more. Made by Mummy Markets only take place twice a year, a truly unique destination for your Christmas shopping. Support small businesses this festive season right in the heart of the bustling Northallerton High Street!

07811 190 193 www.madebymummymarkets.com

A Good Read

Enchanted Palace

n Rosie Banks

It is clear from the minute you look at this book who it is aimed at. A pink and sparkly cover welcomes young readers into the world of ‘The Secret Kingdom’. This is the first instalment of this successful series of books that follow the adventures of best friends Ellie, Summer, and Jasmine.

King Merry needs their help. His wicked sister, Queen Malice is plotting to destroy the kingdom and turn it from a joyful place, full of unicorns, fairies, and mermaids, into a dull and dreary land, making everyone as miserable as she is.

As the book begins, the three friends are helping their teacher run a stall at their local jumble sale. As they are packing up, they find a strange-looking locked wooden box. Too late to sell it they take it home with them to try and open. What happens when they do shows them a world they never knew existed: The Secret Kingdom.

Can Ellie, Summer, and Jasmine, solve the riddles that will let them save the Secret Kingdom from the Queen? Join them on an adventure of a lifetime, riding on the backs of the royal swans and rainbow slides.

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GARDEN VIEW

Pots of Cabbage!

November can be a bit of a grey, miserable month. My kids would call it ‘meh’.

I like to inject some colour with winter bedding plants. A cheerful pot by the front door can make you smile on the gloomiest morning.

Obviously, the choice of plants for winter is not as large as during the summer months but there are enough varieties around to make very attractive combinations for pots. My favourite plant for winter pots has to be the ornamental cabbage. These robust beauties come in wonderful colours including cream, pink and purple – with either attractive frilly or very spiky leaves. They pair beautifully with winter-flowering pansies and hardy cyclamen.

Try planting three pots of different sizes using a colour scheme which co-ordinates with the cabbages. Plant a 50cm / 20inch pot with four large ornamental frilly cabbages surrounding a central spiky one, to give some height to the display. Then choose a smaller pot (38cm

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/ 15inches) and plant one frilly ornamental cabbage surrounded by pink and purple winter-flowering pansies. Finally plant a small pot (25cm / 10inches) with a mixture of hardy cyclamen and white pansies. The resulting display will give you pleasure through November, December and January.

Tips Select a frostproof container because these pots need to withstand wintery conditions. The most dependable pots are made of fibreglass, lead, iron, heavy plastic, or stone. Most terracotta will crack in cold temperatures, but some glazed varieties are frost-proof.

Use a good general-purpose compost.

There are mixes specifically made for use in containers, which provide the essential drainage that plants living in pots need.

Make sure you place plenty of drainage material in the bottom of the pots.

A good compost will contain enough slow release fertiliser to maintain the plants for several weeks during autumn

and winter. If they still going strong as winter turns to you can give them a bit of a feed, but by February or March you will want to think about replanting your pots with spring bedding.

Think about gravel – I like to use a layer of gravel over the soil of my winter pots for several reasons. It gives the planted pots an attractive finish, keeps rain from splashing back on to the plants, provides some insulation for the soil and reflects light and warmth in any winter sun thus creating a little microclimate in which the plants will be happier.

Water them! The plants will need moisture around their roots so water as needed unless the soil in the container is frozen. Do not water frozen pots because the plants are unable to absorb the water.

Happy gardening,

By Rachael Leverton

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Yorkshire Sky The Transit of Mercury By coincidence Remembrance Day coincides with the rare event of Mercury aligning itself directly between the Sun and the Earth. This is referred to as a transit and last occurred on May 9th 2016 and will not occur again until November 13th 2032.

In astronomy terms the transits of both Mercury and Venus are spectacular astronomical events from which early astronomers worked out the size of the Solar System and the distances of the Earth from the Sun. This was done by timing how long it took the inner planets to cross the Sun and then apply the timing with other known data.

However; you need to be warned NOT TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN.

The transit can be observed safely only: 1 If you have an approved solar filter fitted if using a telescope.

2 “Or by projecting the Sun’s image through a small telescope onto a securely-held shaded piece of white card, located at a correctly focused distance from the telescope eyepiece” (courtesy of Astronomy Now).

3 Alternatively the safest way of all will be by using the internet.

There will be numerous sites projecting the transit live.

Timings: Transit commences at 12.35pm and is midway across the Sun at 3.20pm and will still be in transit at sunset which occurs at around 4.30pm.

Diary Winter Solstice – Sunday 22nd December 04.19 hours this is the shortest day and the longest night of the year but from this day on the days gradually get lighter.

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The Planets Mercury

The transit of Venus occurs on November 11th. Following the transit Mercury can be observed early mornings above the south eastern horizon during November eventually disappearing by midDecember.

Venus

Venus is very prominent during the early evening during November culminating on the 24th November at around 16.00 – 17.30 hours low in the south west within close proximity to Jupiter, Venus being the brightest by far. The planet continues its journey during December being very bright but setting at the relatively early hour of 18.00 hours.

Mars

Mars rises early during November and December at around 5.00 hours and can be observed easily in the south east skies from between 06.00 and 07.00 hours.

Jupiter

Jupiter can be seen early evenings in the south west to the upper left of the very bright Venus during the first 3 weeks of November. From the 24th November their positions will have changed with Jupiter being to the lower right of Venus.

Jupiter sets at 17.00 hours during December.

Saturn

Saturn is easy to identify during November following Jupiter but the beautiful planet sets early between 18.00 and 19.00 hours.

By December it is to the upper left of Venus and sets around 18.00 hours.

May I take this opportunity of wishing all our readers A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year – John Harris

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