The Fuddler April 2012

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Hi everyone and once again a huge welcome to another packed edition of your Fuddler!

As always please don’t forget to look carefully at those all important messages from our advertisers because without a doubt ‘Whatever you are

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We hope you all enjoy the Easter holidays and we look forward to seeing you again next month.

If you decide you would like to advertise with us, all of our contact details are on page four of each issue.

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We are pleased to offer our special lunchtime menu in addition to our new Spring restaurant menu.

With Spring just round the corner, isn’t it time you considered replacing those doors and windows?

Or maybe a new conservatory to enjoy. Don’t compromise on style call into our showroom and see our stunning range of doors and windows including “The Composite Door”.

No window or glazing job too small.

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Every family has a history let us find yours

Our family tree research packages start at £60 and include a family tree chart, genealogical report and birth and marriage certificates which authenticate the research.

These Packages make a lovely unique gift for birthdays and anniversaries.

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Please visit our website at ancestryresearcher.co.uk or contact us by telephone on 07748012877/email theancestryresearcher@gmail.com

You may recall that in our February issue we carried the story of Ampthill man, Bob Butcher , who was planning a charity trek to the Sahara Desert in Morocco. Bob has now completed the trip and returned to the UK. Bob says, “ It was the most exciting and memorable experience you can imagine. Four days in the desert , crossing both very rocky and sandy terrains , including some massive sand dunes up to 100 metres high all under a perfect blue sky and with temperatures up to 30 degrees C really brings it home to you how vast the Sahara is. And we only saw a very small part of it.”

“There were thirteen trekkers in our group , a team leader and a Berber guide. Everyone was raising money for something, so the charities will have benefited by thousands of pounds overall.”

“Thanks to the generosity of my family, friends, neighbours, the Committee and members of the Wingfield Club Ampthill, and work colleagues and associates, I have raised in excess of £2000 for Cancer Research UK” “I would like to thank everyone for their kind donations. If anyone would like to make a donation the just giving web page will be open for another week or so at www.justgiving.com/ robert-butcher01004”

Be warned there are hills to climb!

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Call Anna for further details 0777 1855 785

Ampthill Town Band celebrates Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee by commissioning ‘The Ampthill Suite’. This is new composition, by trumpet player and band member Joe Morris, reflects the landscapes, history and culture of Ampthill in a contemporary style.

Written for Brass Band, the Suite comprises three movements, each linked to Ampthill’s heritage. The first movement, The Great Park, reflects the grandeur and diversity of Ampthill Park. The second, Aragon, celebrates the splendour and eventual tragedy of Ampthill’s connection with Katherine and the Spanish Court. Movement three, King’s Wood, portrays a jovial Henry VIII in happier times, ending the suite on a note of optimism.

The premier performance, introduced and conducted by the Composer, takes place on Saturday April 21st, 2012 in the Methodist Church, Ampthill. Come along to join the band’s contribution to the Jubilee Celebration. Programmes on the door - £5, children free. Half of the proceedings will go to the Parkside Hall Fund.

Local lass undertakes charity parachute jump! See page 16 for more!

To Let

Sharman Law S O L I C I T O R S Incorporating Sharman & Trethewy

The Solicitors who care for you, your family and your business 88 Dunstable Street, Ampthill Telephone: 01525 750 750 1 Harpur Street, Bedford Telephone: 01234 30 30 30 Email: mail@SharmanLaw.co.uk Website: www.SharmanLaw.co.uk

AMPTHILL TOWN CENTRE LOCATION A SUITE OF 2 SELF CONTAINED OFFICES WITH SHARED WELFARE FACILITIES AND PRIVATE PARKING x Convenient Town Centre location x 422 sq feet N.I.A x Rent £625.00 pcm inclusive of Rates and

Utilities x Private Parking x Shared Kitchen and Welfare facility x Gas Central Heating Please telephone 01525 403333 for further details or request to view

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LORD DEE’S PONDERINGS I was fondly recounting the time when I had explained to the late great Check-It-Out and my old mate Duster that smoking was futile and therefore it was time to give it up.

The assembled company then asked what was the point of having a smoking jacket.

Such impertinence.

ALL BRICKWORK AND REPAIRS PLUS REPOINTING No job too small Please ring Joe 01525 404334

Across: 1 Aptly, 4 Keeps, 10 Panacea, 11 Dhoti, 12 Otter, 13 Giraffe, 15 Need, 17 Sheer, 19 Ochre, 22 Oslo, 25 Fairest, 27 Lapse, 29 Odour, 30 Cruised, 31 Aster, 32 Heist

Down: 2 Pinot, 3 Lucerne, 5 Elder, 6 Proffer, 7 Spoof, 8 Cadge, 9 Sited, 14 Idol, 16 Eros, 18 Heinous, 20 Collude, 21 Afoot, 23 Stuck, 24 Seedy, 26 Eyrie, 28 Poses

Ciao

A BRIANISM

I left the tortoise on the trampoline it will keep him amused for a fortnight.

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Call in today to view the extensive range of stoves and fireplaces, now including the UK's finest range of woodburning stoves from Clearview 1, Bedford Street, Ampthill, Beds Tel: 01525 841199 www.ampthillfireplaces.co.uk Mon - Fri: 10am - 5pm Sat: 10am - 4pm

An even bigger and better Ampthill Fireplaces!

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AMPTHILL PLASTICS CELEBRATE THEIR 1ST YEAR IN AMPTHILL!!

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x Underground drainage x Paving inspection chambers x Sand, cement, plaster, tools,

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Electrical Contractor Domestic and Industrial Your local Electrical Contractor All types of testing and certification undertaken

FREE QUOTATIONS NICEIC Approved Contractor Working with Ampthill Town Council 11 Cedar Close, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2UD

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(Answer at the bottom of the page if it doesn’t!)

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Down: 1 Tenth of a dime (5) 2 Purify (6) 3 Small rings (8) 4 Lucidity (7) 5 Marmalade (7) 6 Fettle (9) 9 Viva Voce (4) 14 Mountebank (9) 16 Cogitate (8) 18 Assign (8) 19 Division (7) 21 Profanity (4) 23 Grade (6) 24 Disseminate (4)

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Across: 7 Incontrovertibly (9) 8 Besom (5) 10 Jeopardize (8) 11 Sojourn (6) 12 Forthwith (4) 13 Sanction (8) 15 Harbour (7) 17 Swathe (7) 20 London hill (8) 22 Extra (4) 25 Veneer (6) 26 Small children (4,4) 27 Tenet (5) 28 Endured (9)

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BOSCH CLASSIC WASHING MACHINE

Lots of other machines in stock from £99.00 1200 spin speed Also fully reconditioned & guaranteed Repairs - servicing to German built quality Delivered and installed to existing washing machines, tumbles pipe work FREE dryers, dishwashers and Old machine removed electric cookers £150.00 BILL JONES 07763 668 500 When you advertise in The Fuddler - you’re on line too at www.thefuddler.com!

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Specialists in all aspects of PLASTERING. Also a HANDYMAN SERVICE Available.

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1st assessment FREE 45 mins lessons ALL AGES

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Benedictus of the ‘9Tails’..........

Time seemed an eternity in that cold store room and Benedictus began to wonder if he would ever find freedom again….he was hungry and afraid. Then, quite suddenly the opportunity of escape arose. The formidable gentleman entered the store room, the door slamming loudly behind him as he did so obviously looking for something in ernest because papers from the shelves went flying every where as he searched.

Benedictus seized the moment and positioned himself in the shadows by the door ready to whiz through once it was opened again. The formidable

gentleman must have found what he was looking for and swung open the door and left the room … followed by Benedictus.

But disaster struck….in his haste Benedictus got his tail caught and as he went through the door he was not quick enough and it slammed trapping his back leg….the pain, oh the pain…

Bennie let out a pitifully cry.

On hearing this the formidable gentleman immediately turned round.

Bennies heart sank….not only was he trapped but the formidable gentleman was coming towards him with a face like thunder. Benedictus closed his eyes and waited for the worst. But, to his surprise the formidable gentleman opened the door releasing Bennie’s leg. The formidable

gentleman bent down to pick him up. He held Bennie close to him and began to gently stroke him. Benedictus was confused.

He slowly and bravely opened his eyes….to see the formidable gentleman smiling down at him …kindness written all over his face. Tucking Bennie under his arm the formidable gentleman trundled off into the kitchen where there was a roaring fire and carefully placed Benedictus down on the mat….

Many weeks passed and Bennie found happiness in the home of the formidable gentleman. His leg slowly got better and Bennie was able to show his talents in ‘mice hunting’ which always pleased the formidable gentleman. They became firm friends and this little cat changed the life of that

gentleman…for now he had something to care for…

However, time does not stand still and Benedictus’s patience was about to be rewarded. One evening in the late autumn, the sky was clear save one lone star which seemed to sway very gently in the easterly breeze.

Benedictus knew it was time to once again find the Golden Key. He looked round the kitchen his heart was heavy. He did not want to leave…but he knew he must. As he was let out for his nightly run by the formidable gentleman Benedictus paused once more to look up at that kindly face and he knew in that moment he would never see him again. He sped off into the night… and the unknown …. into time itself…

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Skip and Helen welcome you to

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May Bank Holiday Sunday BBQ from DISCO

6th May

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Live music with OUR KEV

Sun 3rd June

Disco + Karaoke

Monday 4th June

BBQ and Afternoon Street Party

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Free WiFi

The Wingfield Club Limited 37 Church Street Ampthill MK45 2PL Office: 01525 841736 FFi Open 09.00 to 12.30 Affiliated to the C.I.U.

Managed by the community for the community Free WiFi Pop in this April 2012 and have a look, if you like what you see fill in a membership form.

Its £10 annual fee plus £3 for C.I.U. card which allows access to all C.I.U. clubs in England, Wales & Scotland. Ask at the bar

We’re across the road from St. Andrews Church with a large free car park for members and their guests. We cater for Weddings, Birthdays, Christenings and Wakes and support local charities with free facilities.

Large Lounge Bar

From April We’ll have the SKY Ultimate Package & For the 2012 – 2013 Football season Luton will be premiered on our 5’ x 5’ Projector screen in HD In our large lounge

Your membership allows you access to the CHEAPEST BAR in AMPTHILL Automatic invitation to all its social functions plus preferential rates for hiring rooms

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Don’t forget Town Hall Antiques in Woburn.

A wide variety of Antiques, the biggest stock of Moorcroft around and always quirky things.

If you’re looking to sell antiques speak to Elfyn 01525 290950.

Market Place, Woburn, Beds. MK17 9PZ Open Every Day email: elfyn@townhallantiques.co.uk

With Jimmy The Voice JTV has been very kind to everyone this month and left some Easter eggs out on the stairs ...

Happy Birthday ‘Hayleyweeney’ for the 26th April!

By Julio Van Peebles 1) Why don't we have Easter trees?

2) If a team of stalkers were to play football and one went for the ball, would they all go?

3) How can you be 'full of yourself ?'

4) Is the grass really greener on the other side?

5) Do people at NASA ever say "come on, it's not rocket science is it?"

Julio’s Top Tip: Never check the depth of the water with both feet !!

Love from everyone!

10th APRIL This is very, very nice of him but we don’t think that this is a possibility!

But, what do you think?

Happy 90th Birthday Mum

Happy Birthday to Bob for 8th April

(Gwen Short) love from all the family xxx

Norman Mole

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FLITWICK

Ampthill Methodist Church, Chandos Road Mondays 5.30pm and 7.30pm Tuesday 9.15am Your consultant is Tammie 01525 841092

Flitwick Cricket Club, Next to Flitvale Garden Centre Wednesdays 4pm, 5.45pm and 7.30pm Your consultant is Diane 01234 741334

I absolutely, totally refuse to ask my phone to remind me to get some milk, or whether I have any appointments.

My friend’s husband is so silly that he went to the pound shop and asked for a price list.

When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.

All work and no play makes a normal day for a working mother.

If you accidentally get a tan while working from home, report in sick and stay in bed till the tan’s gone.

That was not a romantic clinch. Don’t you know anything about the Heimlich manoeuvre?

Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk past again.

Anti ageing creams are the triumph of hope over experience.

On average a car driver will swear at least 32,000 times in their lifetime of driving.

If you wish to retain privacy in a railway carriage, beckon to passers by from the window, Happiness comes through doors you didn’t know you left open.

1. ‘Fiacre’ is the Patron Saint of whom?

2. In which sport would you find a ‘Waggler’?

3. In which year was the song ‘Summer Is Icumen In’ written?

4. Where would you find a ‘Lateral Moraine’?

5. A ‘Den’ is the collective noun for which creature?

6. If you suffered from ‘Doraphobia’ of what would you be frightened?

7. Instant mashed potatoes were invented in which year?

8. Where in England is a place called ‘Maggots End’?

9. At what age was Mozart writing Minuets?

10.A Knight who led men into battle was called what?

1 Gardeners, 2 Fishing, 3 1240, 4 Glacier, 5 Snake, 6 Fur, 7 1962, 8 Essex, 9 Six, 10 Banneret

Babs went to see her doctor as she had two bright red ears. The doctor asked what had happened. Babs explained that as she was ironing a shirt the telephone rang with a call asking if she had been involved in any accidents and did she want to claim compensation.

Unfortunately instead of picking up the phone she accidentally picked up the iron and stuck it to her ear.

‘Oh dear’ said the doctor, ‘But what happened to your other ear?’

‘The wretch called back. But at least now I’ve got a claim.’ replied Babs sensibly.

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BEER & SAUSAGE FESTIVAL

CANCER (June 22-July 23) It would appear that after the full moon you will be able to achieve a lot of things that you have been wanting to do for some time.

CAPRICORN (Dec 23-Jan 20) Finances are looking pretty good right now so why not enjoy your newly found good fortune and perhaps plan an exploration of travel.

LEO (July 24-August 23) After a sticky patch there is every indication that you are heading for good fortune. Keep thinking in a positive light

AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb 19) Now the apparent confusion in your life is drawing to a close you will be able to forge ahead with the plans that you have made.

VIRGO (Aug 24-Sept 23) Your planetary aspects seem to indicate that your love life is heading towards a particularly positive time.

Happy times are indicated.

PISCES (Feb 20-March 20) When you are very busy it is easy to overlook the important things in life.

Take care not to ignore good advice from friends and family.

LIBRA (Sept 24-Oct 23) Travel seems to be at the forefront of your mind just now. Perhaps you are planning to escape from it all or maybe just jetting off to enjoy things

ARIES (March 21-April 20) The one thing that seems so near may actually be so far away. But if you trust your instincts you will probably find that all will turn out well.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 22) With spring in the air will it mean good times ahead for you? The outlook seems confusing in the astral world, but there is one strong thread.

TAURUS (April 21-May 21) With your ever generous heart be careful not to let people take advantage of you. And in particular beware of accepting advice.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23-Dec 22) And so you can if you wish. The only barriers that are there are self created.

Think positive and al will ultimately be well. Go for it.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Don’t be fooled by someone offering an over easy solution. Listen to your inner self and take your own counsel.

Then all will be well.

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Homemade food served in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere x Home made Italian Food x Vegetarian Dishes x Birthdays

x Parties x Special Occasions x Seats up to 80 People

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EASTER 2012 What a cracking time of the year, We hear the local children cheer, And as the children get egg-cited, They can choose from our egg-cellent deals which have all been highlighted (blue and yellow stickers).

With Easter eggs from just a pound, A great eggs-ample of the great deals that can be found.

With chocolate chickens or are they hens, All free range of course, you know, not kept in pens.

Also Easter gifts out on display Eggs-citing ideas to make Easter a special day.

I would also like to remind we have 3 Cadburys crème eggs for just £1, Another good eggs-ample of the eggs-traordinary offers that can be found.

So now there’s no egg-cuse for you not to visit You will find our offers quite egg-quisite.

Oh and I would like to say to our meerkat friend, Who has been ill, so I hope you’re on the mend.

I’ve been reading your tales of when you’ve been out and about, So watch out watch out there’s a meerkat about.

(Meerkat’s musings page?)

Happy Easter FROM YOUR LOCAL NEWSAGENT MARTINS 17 CHURCH STREET AMPTHILL 01525 404096

Dunstable Street Ampthill

Tel: 01525 403319 email: engineandtender@live.co.uk Engine & Tender - Bar

Superb Value Quality Food Served Monday to Friday 12.00 - 2.00 Plus ... GREAT EVENING MENU Served Monday to Thursday 5.00 - 8.00

DISCOUNT MOTs IN AMPTHILL Plus ... Ÿ Servicing and repairs for all types of vehicles Ÿ Free local delivery and collection Ÿ Bodyshop Ÿ Tyres and exhausts Ÿ Courtesy car available Ÿ Discounts for Pensioners Ÿ Vehicle recovery service We are a family run business who have been working in the motor trade for over 40 years

Total Fleet Care Unit 5, Vass Industrial Estate, Station Road, Ampthill, MK45 2RB

Telephone: 01525 405055 Mob: 07821 179619 / 07891 282689 Web: www.totalfleetcare.com

Choose from 10 dishes from an incredible £5.00 each!!

Please ring or pop in for more details

OPEN MIC NIGHT

Thursday May 3rd Please pop in for details

MAY DAY BBQ

Join us Monday May 7th

Sunday 22nd April

QUIZ NIGHT - Cash Prizes!

THURSDAY NIGHT IS ... ALE NIGHT £2.50 a pint!

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TRY BEFORE YOU BUY (DARTS ONLY)

- Darts & Accessories - Pool / Snooker Cues & Equipment - Chess - Backgammon - Playing Cards - Dominoes - Cribbage

The Frog Racing Night is back by popular demand, raising money for Ampthill Festival.

Those of you who have been before will know what a great night it is …. and the frogs are just pretend! Those of you who enjoy a little flutter can bet on each race and/or buy a frog for just £1 (with a 1 in 8 chance of winning £5!)

All will be explained on the night!

Tickets are £7.50 which includes a light buffet and as there is no licensed bar please bring your own favourite tipple. **Those of you with local businesses have a great opportunity to promote your business on the night by sponsoring a race for £25 or a table for just £10.

The event is at Parkside Hall and starts at 7.30.

To get your tickets please contact Belinda on 07880 734148 or Jill on 07840 932930 or just pop into the Cottage Bakery on Dunstable Street.

If you would like to promote your business with sponsorship just give Belinda or Jill a ring. **Remember Festival Dates for your Diaries: AmpRocks Friday 29th June; Proms in the Park Saturday 30th June, Gala Day 1st July.

We also have a very warm welcome for any volunteers who want to help with all or any of the above. Ring Jill Rose on 07840932930/ p.rose13@ntlworld.com and keep checking our website: www.ampthillfestival.co.uk

Special Offers: Free soft cue case worth £14.50 with any 50/50 cue.

Free unicorn dart leather wallet worth £5.50 with any £50.00 purchase.

Free repointing service worth £5.00 and dart points worth £0.40 with any £30.00 puchase on darts.

Come visit our shop or buy online Opening times: Mon - Fri: 9.00 - 17.00 Sat: 10.00 - 15.00 www.aspubsports.com Burgoine Business Center 117 Clophill Road, Maulden, Bedford, MK45 2AE

01525 862319

Can you believe it we're 2 years old this April!

A big thank you to everyone for your ongoing support and for voting us South Beds CAMRA pub of the year 2012.

Russell & the team 36 Dunstable Street, Ampthill Telephone 01525 634857

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T Butlin Building and Plastering Est 1987

www.timbutlinbuilders.co.uk

For your extensions, renovations, alterations, Upvc fascias / soffitts, guttering, block paving and all plastering.

Tel: 01525 405670 / Mob: 07778 680393

Also offering:

Impressions Female decorators All aspects of painting and decorating.

With female finesse to make the most of your home Tel 01234 751282 or 01525 405670 / Mob: 07944 710179

On the 25th August this year, local lass Donna Elmore is taking part in a sponsored Skydive in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of her Dad Michael (Eddie) Elmore of Queens Road Ampthill. Donna’s target to be raised is £1,000 and all the money will go to Macmillan as she has funded the jump herself. As she says ‘I know times are hard at the moment but with CANCER now touching 1 in 3 people, this is a fantastic cause! To pledge anything you can afford, please go to www.justgiving.com/Donna-Elmore.

Thank you for any support you can offer, it means a lot to me!’

AMPTHILL OPEN GARDENS (part of the 2012 Ampthill Festival)

CALLING ALL AMPTHILL GARDENERS! It’s not too late to join other Ampthill residents and open your garden on the afternoon of Sunday 24 June 2012. Now’s the time to get going on the garden - deadheading, dividing, seed sowing and generally tidying up.

And, if you enjoy that, why not join us this summer, the third year of this event, and show off your garden to like-minded people? Gardens can be any size or shape, any style or design and you don’t have to worry about the odd weed!

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Alice Springs to Well 35 on the Canning Stock Route 1976 Day 5 It really did feel better on the way back. We knew the state of the track and we had not got lost. A serious point here, I had got lost on several occasions in the past when the map and reality did not agree, but my training, fairly basic, “Army outward bound”, always stressed one point. “trust your navigation aids”, e.g. Map and Compass! But as mentioned back in The Fuddler, November 2007, the combination of unreliable instruments and human frailty can let you down! ( I should point out that on the occasion mentioned in Nov 2007, the instrument, a compass, was not faulty, but iron ore in the ground was altering the apparent direction of magnetic north!).

Anyway, when you get irrefutable proof that you are where you meant to be, it does aid confidence. I probably said this before, a quote from a 17th Century Dutch (or maybe Portuguese), navigator; “It is better to not know where you are, and KNOW you don’t know where you are, than to think you know where you are and be WRONG” I really love that, it is so true! I know it sounds a bit like AL Gores “There are things we know that we know we know…” But there is also a lot of truth in that if you actually think about it SO we had irrefutable proof that half way through our trip, we were where we thought we should be. What Gerry and I did NOT realise was that his wife Jan had, after 4 days of radio silence decided that we were at least broken down in a defunct vehicle with no form of communication and water running out fast, There are several alternative scenarios varying from painful injuries to being dead that could be crossing her mind. She had by this time booked a twin engine aircraft, (single engine would not have the range), to follow our planned route and look for evidence. Jan did not share her concerns with Jean who was happy to have me out from under her feet for a while! But we did try to get in touch by radio one last time, we stopped by one of the rare sights, a bit of high ground with a tree more than ten feet high, throw the aerial over it and started calling nearby cattle stations, now these stations are all over the place but probably not manned all the time and not closer than 50-100 miles, the idea was to get a message back to Alice by bouncing it from station to station. It seemed to work for a while but after a couple of bounces, we had a call from the Flying Doctor Service asking if this was an emergency? Well of course, for us this was not an emergency, so we said we are fine, hoping they would relay that onward. Using RT appropriate language which failed to mask a degree of intolerance, we were told to clear the airwaves and shut up. Feeling a bit hurt and not wishing to make an exhibition of ourselves, we went all Aussi Bloke and opened a can of beer before finding that dumped tuck we passed the day before and scavenging some treasure, Water tanks, Maps and the air filter cleaning instruction label.

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Birthday greetings to Roger for the 7th April

Here’s a little more whimsy from one of our readers:

‘I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself.’

Oh Dear! But thanks!

Happy Birthday Choc for 5th April!

And that’s the darn thing of it!

With Howie The bandage was wound around the wound.

The farm was used to produce produce.

The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

We must polish the Polish furniture.

He could lead if he would get the lead out.

The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

I did not object to the object.

There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

They were too close to the door to close it.

The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

After a number of injections my jaw got number.

I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

Happy Birthday Martin B. for the 22nd

Happy Birthday Rocketman for the 9th April

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Statement on TV: ‘These are real people - they are not actors’. (So now we know that actors are not real people.)

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Up in ‘the’ Smoke Just to reassure you; that’s you... yes you who’s reading this now, The Fuddler’s favourite contributor, sorry Arthur it’s not you my old mate, is still going to keep going even though he has moved away from his country residence and returned to the metropolis. I do very much miss the dulcet tones of my peers however, and of Lord Dee himself come to that, even the odd gripe and groan from Old Father Time himself, I hope you wound yourself up an hour a week or so back, now I’m not

there to wind you up in person ...... mind those coins! I also miss the misadventures of my old sparring partner Chef Ordinaire, what with him chasing tins of soup down the high street, mistaking rats for hedgehogs and parking his stunt cycle in hedges whilst he inspects the tarmac close up with his pound shop glasses.

The local watering holes are not quite the same here as they are in Fuddler’s World.

The local barmaids are certainly not in the same mould as Amms, Bootsie and Fluffy and do not have the likes of Lovely Louise,

’Itchin Rich and the Gnome running the establishments.

When I do pop back though, I often meet up with my colleague who compiles the Ramblings from the Bench and I enjoy hearing tales from long ago about local rugby and cricket over a beverage or two, often interrupted by ex-landlord who likes to have his penny’s worth before going off mumbling to himself about what his dog might have got up to at home in his absence. But above all I miss the banter and wit from Fuddles himself, although he has allowed me to join him on the occasional paper round delivering this comic to the villages which gives me the opportunity to stock

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So fear not one and all, this award winning column will still be appearing for some time to come and watch out for those coins tipping over as it is a sure sign that Mammoth Man’s about, no!...eh?...toodle pip.

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