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Hello everyone and once again a huge welcome to this sunny springtime edition of your Fuddler! We very much hope you will enjoy this very busy issue - there’s lots of stories inside, local information plus the usual fun and nonsense and of course
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LORD DEE’S PONDERINGS
Having made excellent progress in the grounds in the glorious weather of late, I took the opportunity to attend an appointment and it struck me that one really does notice a great deal more when being driven. On reaching my destination I duly thanked the gentleman who drove the Park & Ride bus. And Birthday felicitations to Sir Howard for the 6th.
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Annual Charity Golf Day
19 September 2019 - Pavenham Park Golf Club MK43 7PE
Golfers
Local Businesses
£80 for individual entries £320 for team entries
£100 to sponsor a hole Opportunity to donate raffle prizes
Coffee & bacon rolls on arrival 18-hole shotgun start competition Three-course evening meal & prize-giving
Hole sponsors can post their signage around the tee.
For more information about St John’s Hospice at Moggerhanger, visit their website at www.sueryder.org For more information about the arrangements for the day and to enter as an individual or as a team, please contact:
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With The Duchess of Troll Reflections in the Dewpond.
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The Five Old Friends, Rabbit Bob, Dapper Charlie, Charlie, Ten Acre and Sam Ilex along with the Mrs Sam nattering and enjoying each other's company, and the fascinating countryside as the bus travelled to the last of fourteen villages from Flitwick to Biggleswade. The village of Broom sits on the edge of its neighbour Biggleswade with the River Ivel winding through the fields. Crops long harvested in the fields edging up to the twisting country road. The village has a pubs village hall, and a small green with a mixture of housing, a well balanced place. The Old Boys peering through the window at the men climbing up ladders with reeds, to the Thatchers working at the towards the ridge of the roof. Sam Ilex remarked that the old Granddad didn't travel out this far, when he was a Thatcher, nor did his uncle, their work they liked to keep to their neck of the woods. Wondering if the reed used was from Norfolk or nowadays from abroad. Even today it is hard work, just as it was in Granddad's day, and finishing the day with a pint at the pub. Most country workers popped in the local for a chat, as many could be working alone all day, some walking miles in the fields, and a step or two to get home. Ten Acre had been given his nickname, affectionately by the fact he could be heard anywhere in a ten acre field, his real name long forgotten. Must have been exhausting during the last hot summer working anywhere on the land, on building sites, or those Thatchers on the cottage roofs. If the thatch is of reed it will not need a thatch for at least 50 years, straw less, maybe 30. The bus waiting for a car to finish crossing the narrow bridge over The River Ivel, it's water tumbling through the lock, just newly renovated, guarded by a statue. The road turns a sharp right past Jordan's Mill, now a place to visit and have a meal. Most rivers had a mill alongside, it is a wonder they all made a living grinding corn for flour, there were hundreds once upon a time in Bedfordshire, of course wind and later on steam mills littered the riverbank. Every river itself not only provided a means of transportation of goods and people, a barrier to invasion, as many had wet boggy fen land that run for miles, hard to cross, and in different locations stilts were used to get about, or above the water a wooden walkway. It was a long time before drainage strategies helped to contain the problem. The highly sort after eels and freshwater fish, some earning a living, by license, others by poaching. The country dwellers felt that the wildlife belonged to everyone not just the landowners, so throughout time have hunted and fished for food to feed the family. As Sam Ilex reflected one of his namesake in the 1735, as told by Joyce Godber in her History of Bedfordshire the story of two ducks offered for sale in Carlton, shot at Harrold Bridge by Hollis and another. The rector's wife recognised the ducks as hers. Appealed to Sir Rowland Alston, who agreed that the live and dead ducks were much alike, that might be from same brood. He sent for the alleged offenders, who said they must be guilty as they wouldn't have come without a warrant. Hollis said he had shot the ducks, no sign of them being shot. Sir Rowland Alston said Mr Farrer, who was on the Bedfordshire commission of the peace, was visiting next day and would confer with him. And as Joyce Godber writes the end of the story is unknown. Wonder if he did serve time, or got away with it, but most importantly who kept and who ate the two ducks. Waste not want not! The journey continued past the mill, with the River Ivel temporarily running along side the road, with its steep banks, aiding the water to run faster. We will all have to find out more about the River Ivel, and have a walk along its banks. This is ideal walking country, peaceful and uninhabited, were the thoughts of the Five Old Friends and The Mrs Sam. Ten Acre spotted someone tending the field behind the Jordan Mill, does my heart good that someone loves the fields as much as me, he commented. Quickly in sight came the huge structures of the wind farm. Tall and proud the sails turning slowly on this lovely Autumn sunny day to feed the turbines to produce electricity. A wonderful sight, they might not be as romantic as the watermill, or indeed the windmills of the past, but are more useful in today’s energy requirements. Under the bridge to Biggleswade. D.O.T.
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FARMERS MARKET
The Farmers Market in Woburn is held on the third Sunday of every month from 10.00 - 2.00 at The Pitchings in the village.
Don’t forget The Charter Market in Ampthill every Thursday and Flitwick Market on Fridays!
With Jimmy The Voice This month JTV has sent us this picture of 2 lovely Easter eggs pictured on the these boxes. - JTV reckons there’s one on the top of each box or inside each box at the back ...
... we can’t work it out! We reckon that both eggs are on the bottom of each box! But what do you think?
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By Julio Van Peebles Julio’s worries and useless facts: 1) Did you know that Duck billed platypus do not have a stomach? 2) How fit exactly is a Butchers dog? 3) Did you know that there are currently 83 stones visible at Stonehenge? 4) Has anyone ever been called William Nilley? 5) Did you know that you are not allowed to mow your lawn in France after 7.30 on weekdays or on Sunday afternoons? Julio’s interesting ‘Pie’ fact: Did you know that the most expensive pie was filled with Japanese Wagyu beef fillet, fine wine and had gold leaf pastry. It was served at the Fence Gate Inn in Lancashire and cost £1,024 a slice!!
3rd April - Hiya Sis Birthday Greetings! xxx
Congratulations to Hannah and Jamie on the arrival of the gorgeous Eli Edward on 12 March. With love from proud Grandparents, Lanie and Chris and Great Grandma Jean xxxx
April 26th Happy Birthday Hayley Rose
Love from Ampthill xx 12th April A very Happy Birthday to Mary
Love Tony xxx
EN E S V! T S A N O
WEDNESDAY QUIZ FROM 8.00pm
APRIL 23rd ST GEORGE’S DAY
Our highly popular quiz starts each Wednesday at 8.00 sharp. There’s no charge and we can probably even find you a pencil! We have a regular guest quizmaster each week including H & Miri, Malcolm, JVP and many others - if you would like to be a quizmaster please speak to Richard and add your name to the rota! Everyone welcome
Celebrate with a pint of Bombardier!
THIS MONTH’S CHESS PUZZLE Here’s another one! Can you help? As always, it’s white to play and checkmate is achieved in just two moves. If you can work out how please pop in and show us, and maybe enjoy a pint of our finest!
EASTER WEEKEND Hopefully, weather permitting, we will be firing up the Barbeque please ask Richard for more details.
WEDNESDAY 1st MAY - OPEN AT 7.00am! After watching dancing in our great park come and enjoy breakfast served from 7.00am. Then we are open all day for shenanigans!
FRIDAY MAY 3rd - LIVE MUSIC The return of ‘ENZO’ with his Dire Straits and Guitar Legends evening - from 8.00ish
TUESDAY EVENING DARTS TEAM Come and support your local in house men’s darts team on a Tuesday evening - there may even be some ‘Toad in the Hole’ played!
SUNDAY LUNCHTIME NIBBLES You are invited to enjoy your Sunday lunchtime drink with more bar snacks than you could shake a stick at!
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I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific. It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it. My friend’s husband is so silly that he studied for a blood test - and failed. I’ve been on a Vodka diet - I’ve lost three days already. You realise you are getting out of shape when you can’t pull the supermarket shopping trolleys apart. Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect. One way to prevent conversation from being boring is to say the wrong thing. Try computer dating - you might meet someone nice if the computer doesn’t turn up. Don’t ever take a fence down unless you know why it was put up. Plastic surgery is something that makes you look ten years scarier. (Wearing a toupee makes you look 30 years sillier) I would never say boo to a goose. I am not a coward but I realise it would be largely pointless.
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We are delighted to bring you yet more of your brilliant photos of The Fuddler as it travels the world! This month on the left we have David with his copy at Coogee, New South Wales, Australia and below is Ian with his Fuddler out in the Arizona desert! Many thanks for those and if you are going away don’t forget to pack your Fuddler too! Please send your photos of a Fuddler being read away from home to martin@thefuddler.com
36 Dunstable Street, Ampthill Telephone 01525 634857 3500+ Ales from April 2010 THE PERMANENT BEER FEST SOUTH BEDS CAMRA PUB OF THE YEAR 2014 GIANT EASTER EGG AND EASTER BUNNY RAFFLE We have a giant Easter Egg with 1 kg of chocolate plus an Easter Bunny to be raffled in aid of Keech Hospice and Ampthill Lions Charities. Draw takes place at 8.30pm on 17th April
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Here comes that egg-citing time, so let's get eggs on your mind. Yes Easter will soon be here We have loads of eggs I would like to make that clear. Big ones medium ones small ones too We have plenty for you to choose. In my eggs-perience they do sell well, But which ones you choose, only you can tell. But you must be quick while we have plenty Cause it won't be long before our shelves will be empty. We also have a special eggs-tra deal on crème eggs, They're going so fast you would have thought they have grown legs. A box of 48 would have cost you £31.20, which will give you plenty, But you can buy them for now just 24 pound So now that's got be the best price around. And we will also chuck in six eggs for free, That sounds like an egg-cellent deal to me... And don't forget those bags of mini eggs too, I've ordered in loads for you, They did sell out very quick last year That's why I have so many bags now here, And they are still only one pound, So you better buy many to make enough for them to share around. So crème eggs, golden eggs, mini eggs too, These are to name just a few, Great displays you'll find in store But don't go yet I want to tell you more. Easter toys, Easter hats, chirping birds, and Easter gifts out on display So please don't miss but what ever you buy and take away, I'd just like to say happy Easter day to everyone And I do hope you’ll all have some fun, And our shop is open Easter Sunday at the normal time For those little things that have slipped your mind Happy Easter
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EASTER SERVICES AND EVENTS 2019 IN THE AMPTHILL AREA COME AND JOIN US Palm Sunday - April 14th - ARISE - Easter Prayer Trail in Kings Arms Garden, Ampthill - 2.00 - 4.30pm Good Friday – April 19th - Walk of Witness through Ampthill starting inside St Andrews Church at 10.00am, stopping at the Market Square and Ampthill Methodist Church and ending at Ampthill Baptist Church for Hot Cross Buns and Tea or Coffee. Easter Sunday – April 21st – 5.45am - Sunrise Service near Katherine’s Cross in Ampthill Park Ampthill Baptist Church Maundy Thursday – April 18th Agape Supper with communion at 7.30pm Easter Sunday - April 21st - All age service at 10.45am Ampthill Church of England – St Andrews (Services at St Andrews unless shown otherwise) Palm Sunday - April 14th - Procession to Church with palms starting at 9.15am at the Market Square followed by Sung Eucharist at 9.30am. Holy Communion at 11.15am at St Michaels, Milbrook Holy Communion at 11.15am at St Lawrence, Steppingley Holy Week Monday April 15th - Compline and Readings at 7.30pm Tuesday April 16th - Compline and Readings at 7.30pm at St Michaels, Millbrook Wednesday April 17th - Compline and Readings at 7.30pm at St Lawrence, Steppingly Maundy Thursday - April 18th - Solemn Eucharist and stripping of altars at 8.00pm Good Friday - April 19th - 1.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm hourly devotions with music and reflections Easter Eve - April 20th - Easter Vigil at 7.00 – 10.00pm Easter Sunday - April 21st - New light followed by Eucharist at 8.00am Festal Eucharist at 9.30am followed by Easter Egg Hunt Holy Communion at 11.15am at St Michaels, Millbrook Holy Communion at 11.15am at St Lawrence, Steppingley Hymns and Readings for Easter Day at 6.30pm Ampthill Methodist Church Easter Sunday – April 21st - Easter Family Service with communion at 10.30am Flitwick Catholic Church - Sacred Heart, (Serving both Flitwick and Ampthill) April14th - Palm Sunday Mass at 9.00am April 18th - Maundy Thursday at 8.00pm Good Friday - April 19th Good Friday Service at 3.00pm Stations of the Cross at 7.00pm Easter Saturday – April 20th - Easter Vigil at 9.00pm Easter Sunday- April 21st - Easter Sunday Mass at 9.00am (Please confirm these times on our website www. sacredheartflitwick.co.uk)
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The Ampthill Literary Festival, under the auspices of The Ampthill Festival, will take place at Parkside Hall on 27th April 2019. Details can be found on www.ampthillfestival.com, and tickets can be purchased from Eventbrite under AmpLiterary and from No.14 in Ampthill. Vintage Be will return, by popular demand, with an extended menu to feed the body, whilst our guests provide a cornucopia to feed the soul. A short, locally based film “Car Keys” will be premiered, with Robert Daws and the team behind this project in discussion thereafter. Robert will also chair a discussion with local authors Anthony Lowery and Adam Croft. Claire McGlasson will speak about The Bedford Panacea Society, on which her debut novel “The Rapture” is based. Ruth Hogan returns to present prizes awarded for the writing competion ( please see our Facebook page for more detail) and share her latest book with us; and hopefully also ”premier” some fabulous boots. Journalist and novelist Allison Pearson will discuss her hilarious and thought provoking books “I Don’t Know How She Does It” and “How Hard Can It Be?” which investigate the challenges of developing both family and career. “The Antipoet” will entertain during the day. These innovative performance artists are gaining in reputation and will bring a further new dimension to our festival. Our workshops include a session at Ampthill Library for under 9s, a session for adult writers and children’s story telling activities. Tickets for these will be limited. We hope to achieve another joyous day, akin to 2018, celebrating the written and spoken word. The bookshop will be open and there will be the chance to get copies signed where appropriate. The bar will again, we feel sure, be an area alive with discussion of the delights on offer. The Ampthill Literary committee look forward to welcoming everyone, especially all those who have so wonderfully supported our “Beer and Books” and quiz evenings throughout the year, the proceeds of which go towards supporting this festival. It is our hope that the whole day will inspire and entertain new and returning aficionados. “The Friends Of Ampthill’s Christmas Lights 2019 series of fundraisers got off to a brilliant start. Our sold-out general knowledge quiz with hot cooked supper at The Cross Keys, Pulloxhill was very keenly contested and we have a new name on the ‘champions’ board. Superb prizes very kindly donated by The White Hart Ampthill, Waitrose and Partners Ampthill, Tesco Flitwick and many individuals helped boost the amount raised to a magnificent £496-50. We would like to recruit more people to join our organising committee – just three more meetings this year – and welcome extra helpers for switch-on Sunday which this year will be Sunday November 17th with stalls, funfair and entertainment to enjoy before the town’s incredibly popular icicle lights go live at 5pm. Crowd control remains a concern, and although Church Street will again be closed to vehicular traffic between 2.30pm and 6.00pm, more marshals are needed in the town centre. If you wish to volunteer or would like more information please contact Donna Searle on 01525 404355 or Richard Holden on 01525 403141.” Richard Holden The Friends Of Ampthill’s Christmas Lights.
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After a lecture on British Post-modernist painting with its tendency to Brutalism, followed by the March presentation on Caravaggio, the Bad Guy of Renaissance Art, genius or murderer, it’s time to switch to something completely different – Wallpaper – its origins and development. Wallpaper has a fascinating history, replacing fresco painting and rooms hung with tapestry or curtains and regarded unfairly as the Cinderella of the Decorative Arts – ephemeral, inexpensive, found in stately mansions and humble tenements. Wallpaper required the manufacture of suitable materials, papers and adhesives, the invention of large machine printing presses, and the desire of the public to find papers that reflected their wealth or their personalities. Who hasn’t spent hours poring over books of papers to find that just-right pattern for their walls. This is a subject for everyone’s taste as we encounter Modernist or Contemporary designs that go well in our decorating schemes. Move house – the first thing to make the house your home is to change the wallpaper ! The presentation will be at Aspley Guise village Hall on Thursday 25th April. Non-members are always made welcome. The illustrated talk will be given by Jo Banham, hugely experienced curator, with National museum and gallery experience. The talk starts at 7.30 p.m. Meet at ARA club Manton Lane Bedford MK41 7PF. Thursday 18th April at 7.30 pm Ken Davies, ‘Rutland Water Ospreys’ - Ken, a member of the Osprey conservation team, tells us more about these magnificent birds and the Rutland Water Osprey conservation programme. Suitable for Experts and Novices, RSPB membership not essential. Entrance fee, group members £1 Guest £2 annual group membership £5. Reg. Charity No. 207076, more info www.rspb.org.uk/groups/bedford
All About Us .... Have you wanted to paint but lacked the confidence or are you an experienced artist who wants to experiment with a new and exciting medium? Then visit the friendly, helpful Houghton Conquest Art Society. We produce an extensive yearly programme of art techniques ranging from pastels, watercolour, pen & ink, pencil, clay modelling, acrylic paint/inks, paper making, lino printing, calligraphy, portraits, plaster casts and printing. The evenings consist of a basic demonstration with a hands-on approach so it is possible to gain experience and also produce a piece of art. We also have Saturday Workshops. The “Big Paint” is where we enlarge a famous painting and divide it into sections to copy, then the sections are joined together like a jigsaw. We meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of every month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at Houghton Conquest Village Hall. Individual annual Membership is £20, £35 for a married couple and £10 for a junior. On Sunday May 5th 2019 we hold an Art Exhibition and sale of work in the village hall and the Tea Room serves delicious refreshments. Full details and dates of our programme and events are on our website www.houghon-conquest-art-society.co.uk. where you will also find details of who to contact to get involved or find out more. Don’t forget - if you have missed an issue - you can catch up at www.thefuddler.com
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casserole dish. Sprinkle 75 gm of the sugar over mixed with the mustard powder. Then pour the milk over, cover and cook in centre of oven for 45 minutes. Remove the gammon and place on a shallow oven proof dish. Then thicken the sauce with corn flour and water mixed to a paste. Pour the sauce over the gammon, sprinkle the remaining sugar over and place under a hot grill to finish. Serve with lashings of green salad.
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With DGS Suddenly we find ourselves waking to the sound of birdsong, smelling spring flowers, admiring the revival of our trees and shrubs after Winter. April brings us all these thrills and much, much more for the practising accountant. For it is Tax Time ! The time when accountants come out of their gloom of winter hibernation and into the delights of double entry, excel spreadsheets and annual tax returns. The prospect of April 5th brings colour to the cheeks and a spring in one’s step. Self assessment beckons with all its interesting, budding branches of tax allowances, tax rates, P60’s, pension provisions, personal allowances and of course payment of tax. Oh, this joyous, uplifting time. April provides for those quiet, unassuming accountants amongst us a chance to come out of our winter shells and the chance to learn a new script……….. “Oh to be in England, now that the 2019/20 Budgets here” Lets toss away the encumbrances that bind us to the formality of accountancy practice……… Away with the necktie, braces and waistcoat………. On with the open neck check shirt, trendy chinos and loafers. So, now for an audience……….who will be the next unsuspecting individual to fall under the power of tech speak and the conjuring computer. Good morning ! Are your tax affairs up to date?
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The world of counselling/psychotherapy is a very different place to what it was even ten years ago! Neurological science has provided insights that when combined with the best of other approaches provides a fast and effective solution focused therapy (SFBT) that is embodied in Human Givens. Treatment does not just mean sitting and endlessly talking, it is also about effectively understanding the issues and providing lasting realistic change. Therapy thoughts Ͳ Coaching Coaching forms a part of a therapist’s work load. So often when it comes to "that wedding speech", "the presentation at work", "the dread of social functions" or the dropping feeling in your stomach that stops you nailing the moment in sport, we really struggle (the list goes on). When that feeling overtakes us we often rationalise it, by saying "our nerves are no good", "I am not mentally strong enough", or even "I am not good enough". The truth is that the part of our brain that protects us from danger has perceived a threat in those situations and has switched on at the wrong time and is over protecting us. Coaching comes in to help recognise, understand and overcome this process. That debilitating feeling that arises in these situations is not because there is something wrong with your mind it is often because your mind is working a little too well.
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NOW OPEN Come and discover Ampthill’s rich history and learn about the towns association with Henry VIII and why Kit Williams chose the town as the hiding place for the treasure of his 1979 book Masquerade. The museum occupies part of the top floor of Ampthill Fireplaces showroom in Bedford Street and is open 6 days a week. Admission is free
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Little words Big meanings Adult explanation of who we are to an eight year old. ‘We are fifty per cent of our Dad, and fifty percent of our Mum and we are one hundred percent ourselves.’ Eight year old replies ‘That’s 200 percent.’ An adult asking an eight year old for the meaning of ‘deserted.’ Reply came after much thought, sweetly given ‘Is it a pudding you give away?’ The young lad watched, fascinated, as his mother smoothed cold cream on her face. ‘Why do you do that, Mummy?’ he asked. ‘To make myself beautiful,’ said his mother, who then began removing the cream with a tissue. ‘What's the matter?’ asked little Johnny, ‘Giving up?
April’s Host - with Henrietta Wainsworth. On April 15th 1802 a brother and sister were taking a walk around Glencoyne Bay, Ullswater in the Lake District. Little did they know this was to be the catalyst for one of the most beautiful poems in the English language which still resonates today. In fact in1995, when a poll was conducted by BBC4 Bookworm programme, to find the Nations favourite poem, it came fifth. On that walk over two hundred years ago, William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy came across a ‘long belt’ of daffodils which they found awe inspiring - these would of course have been wild daffodils as seen in April. Later, Dorothy wrote the following in her journal....... “I never saw daffodils so beautiful they grew among the mossy stone about and about them; some rested their heads upon the stones as on a pillow for weariness and the rest tossed and reeled and danced and seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them over the lake.” It was this journal account that gave Wordsworth the inspiration for his famous poem which was written sometime between 1804 and 1807. Wordsworth himself states that he wrote the poem in1804, after all he should know! How the time span of three years came about is a little puzzling; however, a clue may lay in the fact that the poem was first published in 1807 in ’Poems in Two Volumes,’ making 1807 the more notable date. Surprisingly, the two lines which Wordsworth himself said were the best two lines of the poem....... ‘They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude’........ was in fact a contribution by his wife Mary. Wordsworth revised his poem in 1815 and changed a few of the words to give us the poem we know today. Mary’s two lines were never altered cementing Wordsworth generosity in acknowledging these lines to his wife. Apart from being a beautiful spring flower the daffodil stands tall in other ways. It is the national flower for Wales and is worn on St David’s Day (1st March). It is also the emblem of the Marie Curie Nurses as it symbolizes ‘rebirth and new beginnings.’ In England it has a long association with Lent and is often referred to as ‘the Lent Lily.’ However, one remembers the humble daffodil it does herald the beginning of spring and lifts the spirit as it dances away in the breeze to look forward to, hopefully, a glorious summer. © Henrietta Wainsworth
Happy Birthday Yatesy for the 7th April
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By Henry Flagstaff Gladys has been very kind and popped to the library for me as I have been taking turns to walk the cat. Anyway, knowing that I enjoy James Patterson’s novels she triumphantly returned clutching a book entitled ‘7th Heaven’ by the aforementioned author who co-wrote the tome with Maxine Paetro.
A series of arson attacks had broken out in San Francisco and it was up to Detective Lindsay Boxer and the team to find the culprit. But as the main cover said ‘How do you catch a deadly fire starter when the trail has gone cold?’ Absolutely gripping stuff, believable characters and a brilliant twist at the end! I shall find more!
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Birthday greetings to Roger for the 7th April
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KINGS ARMS PATH GARDENS, AMPTHILL These beautiful gardens are open on the last Sunday of the month from January until October from 2.30 until 5.00pm Adults £1.00 admission under 16’s free Plants for sale. Refreshments available. A Good Nights Sleep. Sleepless nights are never welcome, but keeping animals at anytime will entail at some point involve lost sleep. Dogs teething, snoring so loud that one's partner gets blamed, cats deciding your pillow is the best sleeping spot, and unless you cover up your pet bird, they will sing or talk all night, or the dog that sneaks into your bed, which is much better than theirs. Wonder how many pet owners get injured falling out of bed because the dog has took over the bed. One friend his pet guinea fowls
broke his marriage up, the wife heard him coming in late, very late, once too often, as the noise of the birds woke her up. How many times does your adorable cat wake you up to go out or come in, or frighten you by tapping on the window to be let in. So as pet owners we dream of a decent night's sleep. The barking began, didn't stop, so Sam Ilex got up to investigate. No one about, must have been a late homegoer. Outside light on. Back to bed. Since Sam Ilex "could sleep on a washing line" soon back to sleep, snoring as always! Barking
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attempted to leave the scene, however the two faced each other, no gravel flew, the Fox rolled over onto its back, the farm dog inspected the prone Fox, having a good sniff. The pair having displayed no interest in each other went their ways. The Fox crying as it hurried under the hedge the farm dog turned round walked back up the drive, to continue its late night walk. None of us couldn't wait to tell the late night time antics of the farm dog to the farmer and his wife. But wait we will, back to hopefully a restful rest of the night ! D.O.T.
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With Lauren Louella Boughalls
Greetings to everyone and welcome to another picture poser! Very many thanks to everybody who had a go at last monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenge and congratulations to John, Piers, Sue, Mick and everyone else who correctly identified the photograph as the lovely village of Millbrook. Now once again one of our readers has been kind enough to send in this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s picture challenge which we are delighted to bring you rather splendid old photograph of a lovely scene in Fuddlerland. Many thanks for sending this one to us! But do you recognise it and where it might be?
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Here we delve more into the whimsical, wacky and interesting world of Montgolfier: I am reading General Chuck Yeager’s book and found the fastest he ever flew was 31 miles per second. So he could go from Land’s End to John O Groats in 2 seconds under half a minute. Try beating that on your bike. Driving out of Fuddlerland into the next county my petrol light came on so I thought I would stop at a petrol station on the Leighton Buzzard by pass. I got there and the garage had disappeared from the face of the earth - there was just a metal fence enclosing where it used to be. Driving back even the Police station had disappeared there was just a wooden fence. I filled up at another petrol station and on leaving I passed a sign saying ‘Exit - see you soon’. I hope it would be longer than that. At least 250 miles. We see the Lloyds Bank black horse on the TV ads and when I see him in his stable he always comes and leans his head over the door to be stroked and I have a chat with him. I went into a roadside restaurant for a breakfast. When I left I wrote in the Visitor's book: ‘Look after your chef he fries the best plastic egg in the country’. You see lots of twin lambs in the fields but none are identical. Other than human beings the only other creature to have identical twins is the Aardvark. We see archaeologists using ordinary tooth brushes on digs. Why don’t they move with the times and use electric ones? Perhaps they would need long extension leads.
Happy Birthday to Peter for the 15th April, from your younger brother!
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Episode 71 ........ Trains, Planes & Automobiles (and boats) Pt. 2 Harris On the 1st of February my lady friend turned over the calendar to see our location for that month, then called me straight away. "Oh dear" she exclaimed, "I think our calendar picture project has hit a snag". "Why's that" I asked"? February's location was a beach on Harris in the Outer Hebrides, neither of us had never been to the Inner Hebrides, that alone the Outer ones. This was going to take some planning. So after a fair bit of research I managed to book a rail journey from London Kings Cross direct to Inverness ... a journey of just a few minutes under 8 hours. However, the part of the journey from Newcastle to Inverness goes through some truly beautiful country. We had a night booked in a pretty reasonable hotel along the River Ness. After a good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast we took the Scotrail crosscountry train from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. 2 hours and 30 minutes later we had arrived in the Kyle, again passing through some really wonderful country. But this was nothing to what awaited us soon. We had to get the coach from the Kyle next morning, that would get us to the ferry in Uig on the far side of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides. After a nice meal in the Hebrides Hotel and another good night's sleep, we gathered our stuff together and made for the coach stop. The previous afternoon we popped into the local library, where a very nice and helpful lady printed off the coach timetable, for the return leg, and sold us our coach tickets. She also looked up the coastguard information to see if the ferry was scheduled to sail, it was, but the weather could change quickly. With only one coach running and one ferry sailing
per day, it was vital our connections were made. There was a comedy moment when the coach turned up at the Kyle, as the driver said there would be a short 10 minute break here. The coach had originally left from Glasgow earlier that morning. An elderly man got off and told the driver he was going for a stroll. "I will leave in 10 minutes ... on time" he informed the man. Just on 10 minutes an elderly lady came out of the onboard restroom and sat down. The driver sat down, closed the doors and set off. "Oh dear", the lady exclaimed, "I've lost my husband". As we went round the turning area and were about to hit the road, the totally oblivious missing husband appeared and the driver stopped to let him on. I'm not totally sure the driver would have turned back to get him. Nowadays you get to Skye via a large road bridge. The geology of the island was completely alien to me, truly spectacular, and it looked like Lord of the Rings could have been filmed there, with mountains, lakes and coves round every corner. We arrived in Uig a couple of hours later to find out the ferry was there and was sailing on time. We purchased our tickets and in no time we were in open water heading to the Isles of Harris and Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. We arrived another 2 hours later and after nearly 2 and a half days we arrived at our destination. We were spending 2 days and 3 nights and after spending 1 day getting our picture on a truly magical beach in the West of Harris, and a further day in Lewis, we set off on the Monday morning to do the return journey. We had no idea where the March location will be, so watch this space. "Lochaber no more, Sutherland no more, Lewis no more, Skye no more" The Proclaimers ... to be continued
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