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As always, August plays host to the British Firework Championships, which is always an exciting event for our waterfront. Make sure you get there early for the good spots, relax with the family and enjoy the show!

This month we have compiled an August Days out guide, so you have no excuse to get out and enjoy the summer holidays. Turn to page 18 for exclusive vouchers off exciting attractions.

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August 2017

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Just Storage

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Mindful Chef Recipe

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Reader Response

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Family Law Company

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Plymouth Citybus

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Ed Buckingham

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Achievement Training

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Youth Day

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Plymouth Pavilions

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Healthy Summer

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Adults £12, Children £8, Family (2+2) £32. 3pm in the quad. Under 3s go free. Please bring picnics, rugs and low-back chairs . Booking highly recommended. To book call 0845 450 5157 or visit www.quantumtheatre.co.uk.

Saturday 19 August

HANNAHS SUMMER FETE Don’t be late, for Hannahs Summer Fete! Featuring live music, games, art activities, entertainment and the perfect opportunity to see the exhibition. Fancy dress welcome!

The Quad. FREE Entry. 10am til late. Live music from 1pm.

Don’t miss these other magical family events including, The Wonderland Treasure Hunt, Flamingo Croquet, Mad Hatter’s Arty Tea Parties, Print Making Workshops, Charm Bracelet Making.

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You may see a different colour bus along your street from 30th July...

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lymouth Citybus are investing £3.5m in sixteen brand new double deck vehicles to run its ever popular and growing 21 and 21A route. The route which is now four years old has seen growth, enabling big investment in new vehicles.

Running from Plympton to Barne Barton via the City Centre the new buses will be decorated in a brand new design. Currently RedFlash, the route will now become ‘Spark’ with a two tone metallic grey and red paint scheme.

The buses in technical terms are state of the art Enviro 400 City buses, with a distinctive glass staircase alongside a range of other new features.

Built in the UK, from manufacturer Alexander Dennis, Plymouth Citybus Managing Director Richard Stevens put the vehicle spec together at their head office.

One of the main features for the new buses is that they are carbon certified, reducing the number of greenhouse gases produced, making them ten times cleaner per passenger than a diesel car.

USB charging points for each seat are to be introduced for the first time, coupled with free Wi-Fi and executive seating; passenger comfort has been put to the top of the list when specifying the vehicle build.

Richard Stevens said: “The latest investment will

significantly increase our capacity on the Barne Barton to Plympton routes as the new vehicles can carry 108 passengers, seated and standing, which is more than the RedFlash buses.

The current buses working the route, branded as RedFlash will be cascaded to service 42’s, providing newer and bigger buses for the routes that serve Derriford Hospital. The 42 routes currently use single deck vehicles.

Richard continued, “Transferring the RedFlash double deckers to the No 42 services will also mean we will be able to carry more passengers, on newer buses in greater comfort.”

This £3.5 million investment comes after a period of continued annual vehicle investment, now reaching £15 million in the last four years, replacing half the company’s fleet with either new buses or alternative fuel Gas buses, the first in the South West.

Buses is just one area in which the company is investing. To keep in line with its vision of ‘Being the provider of choice, employer of choice and investment of choice’, Plymouth Citybus are investing in its people and the community it operates.

Within the last 12 months they have scooped a number of local and national awards. Being one of the first companies nationally to be accredited Investors in

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People Gold against the new standard really shows its commitment to the 550 staff who work at Citybus.

“Our success as a business is entirely down to the fantastic dedication and commitment of the whole Citybus team” “Our success has been achieved due to improved productivity and a total obsession with delivering a quality service, making sure every journey is taken care of,” said Richard.

Nationally the company was shortlisted at the bus industry ‘Route One’ awards in November and came second at the National Transport Awards for Bus Operator in October 2016, whilst bucking the national trend when it comes to passenger growth in bus services.

Locally in 2016 they were awarded Large Business of the Year at both the Herald Business Awards and Devon Chamber of Commerce Awards.

Being a good community partner is one of the company’s values, which it invests heavily in.

Recently launching its new schools project, seeing 150 children from across the city visit the depot at Milehouse to show them how the company works and what employment opportunities are available once their education has finished.

Last year Plymouth Citybus carried in excess of 17.5 million passenger journeys across Plymouth and East Cornwall, where in 2015 they expanded, taking over ex Western Greyhound routes and safeguarding jobs.

Current passenger satisfaction is at 90%, a survey undertaken by independent body Transport Focus each year.

Ten of the fleet are also fitted with real-time passenger satisfaction machines, where passengers press the face that reflects the journey they have just taken. In the past year over 850,000 reactions have been collated via the machines with the current score standing at 93% satisfaction.

mobile phone. This will enable singles, returns and day tickets to be purchased this way, so there is no more need to try and find cash to travel.

Mark Collins Head of Commercial and Marketing at Plymouth Citybus said;

“We pride ourselves on being at the forefront of innovation, not just in our sector, but as a whole” “We like to be first. Contactless will be a first for bus travel in Plymouth, our Gas buses, which were launched this year are the first in the South West and Spark will be the first carbon certified buses in the area”.

Always wanting to be at the forefront of innovation there are some exciting plans in the pipeline.

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Plympton What’s On Guide Thursday 31st August

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Bat Walk Take a walk on the wild side with Saltram Rangers and the Devon Bat Group as they introduce you to the wonderful nocturnal world of bats. Listen to an interesting introduction to bats before walking around the park and gardens at night. As well as learning the unique calls of these furry little friends you’ll get to use bat detectors and listen out for them!

8pm-10pm Saltram

Love Summer Festival Located in Newnham Park in Plympton- Love Summer Festival is a high quality festival experience in Devon for the whole family. It features over 100 DJ’s in 4 venues across all genres, together with a Live Stage and full Children’s Entertainment Program. The Festival also offers a diverse range of Artisan Food Traders and Magical Glamping all at amazing value for money prices. They even have proper flushing toilets!

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Open Mic Night The open mic nights are held every other Sunday, alternating with the Brook Inn’s quiz nights. Whether you want to play, or just listen to the music, it’s best to get there early.

7:30pm-11pm The Brook Inn

Sunday 27th August Monday 28th August

Family Fun Dog Show Gables will have a stall selling Gables Farm merchandise and lucky dips. There will also be a fun family dog show with categories such as the best fancy dress, the handsomest dog and dog most like it’s owner. Entry to the competition is £1.50 10am-4pm Kitley Estate, Yealmpton

Wednesday 23rd August

Feel Better With a Book Enjoy the power of great novels, stories and poems read aloud in a small friendly group.

10:30am-12pm Plympton Library

Jazz and Ale Festival With music from Dave Hankin Big Band and Franki Capri from St Austell Brewery, a PIMMS and Champagne tent, hog roast and range of food stalls, it’s the perfect way to end the summer holidays! Be spoilt for choice with live jazz, local ale, and lots more. £10 a ticket including a welcome drink 2pm-10pm Boringdon Hall

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AUGUST DAYS OUT Stuck for something to do this month? Why not take advantage of these exciting local attractions.

Choose your favourite, or try them all! Rip off a voucher and make the most of a sunny day with the family.

ADVENTURE SEGWAY: Assemble the whole family this Summer and glide with us on a multi awardwinning adventure on board your own all terrain Segway. We’ve got a whole load of fun lined up!

Discover a place of stunning natural beauty and follow the thousands who have taken the step to a more adventurous discovery. Following your one-on-one training with an instructor head into our Segway Skills assault course. Navigate through a series of precision based challenges, slaloms, ramps, balance beams and limbo! Then before you know it – you’ll be gliding on a safari unlike any other. Choose from two routes.

Discover our original Coastal Expedition or effortlessly climb to the summit of Mount Edgcumbe Country Park and discover the most captivating sights on our Wildlife Expedition. Whether you like your thrills wild or mild, you’ll find your level of fun here!

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GO APE: Everyone has a Go Ape spirit waiting to be unleashed! Located in Haldon Forest, Exeter; this is Go Ape’s most southerly Tree Top Adventure which, after a quick safety brief, you’re free to explore. With two to three hours up in the trees, take in the incredible panoramic views as you fly through the air on a Tarzan Swing. Experience the thrill factor of zip wires which will whizz you from one hilltop to the next, one stretching to 230m! The longest crossing is a butterfly-inducing 16m across, while the Log Balance is one of the most popular obstacles amongst the Go Ape tribe. All you have to decide is hands on, or off? If you prefer your feet firmly on the ground, you can bring a picnic and explore the forest by foot, or give it a go on a mountain bike! As long as you are 10 years or older, you can come and monkey around in the trees at Haldon Forest.

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The award-winning BUCKFAST ABBEY Education Department will be running half-day children’s clubs throughout August. The sessions are aimed at children aged 8-11 years with a focus on art and drama and an emphasis placed on themes connected to Buckfast Abbey. There will be games, crafts, stories and drama activities, with plenty of opportunities to learn new skills in the safe and beautiful surroundings of Buckfast Abbey.

The Education Department was recently awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge in recognition of the department’s aims to make learning an active experience for children. The accolade is presented to those offering an outstanding learning environment for children.The Summer Fun Holiday Club sessions cost £15 per child, per session or £12 per session for multiple bookings. The cost includes mid-morning refreshments.

The Grange Restaurant will also be offering kids meals for £2.50 throughout the summer holidays.

Love mud. Love life! THE BEAR TRAIL located in Collumpton is an exciting outdoor adventure trail, that provides space for children (and adults!) to run, jump and climb. There are a series of obstacles which involve stepping across bear infested mud pits, tumbling through the bear tunnels and climbing bear mountain!

This fun and friendly environment has been designed to encourage teamwork and imaginitive play in children.

The site consists of a muddy course for the adventurous types with stepping stones across mud pits and nets across rivers, but don’t worry- there is a path for bears who don’t like getting their paws wet! After a well needed wash off, you can head to the Bear Cave Cafe for a traditional wood fired pizza- or pick a spot at the picnic area and tuck into a packed lunch. The Bear Trail is dog friendly, so your furry friend can enjoy some sun, and The Bear Trai also offer birthday packages. Mud washes off, but experiences stay forever!

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his swim saw over 100 participants who set off from the beach at Firestone Bay with the swim to Drakes Island and back around 1.5km in distance.

The swim was slightly delayed due to the late departure of a HMS submarine from Devonport Dockyard, but once the Submarine had passed by Drakes Island the swimmers set off for the first of two Buoys set down at each end of the Island.

The sea conditions were good and although there was a breeze coming from the South the shelter of the Bay meant that the surface of the sea was still relatively calm, and it was not long before the first of the swimmers were back clambering over the Boulders and heading towards a warm cup of tea and a breakfast burrito kindly supplied by Jim and his staff from Victuals Café.

Although the swim was a challenge rather than a race, the first five swimmers were all keen to achieve good times. Ben Proctor being first home followed by Gavin who beat his Dad Steven for the first time and James who was on Holiday from the Midlands just beating Jack to the finish area.

Swimmers then came in at a steady flow with the majority back around the 30-40 minute mark. The delayed start meant that the Tide was now pushing out and the last of the swimmers really had to battle against the pull away from the finish line.

David Squires from the Chestnut Appeal said “It’s a great swim for anyone new to an organised Open Water Swim. We had a great range of ages from 74 to 13”.

In 2016 the swim raised over £8,000 for the Chestnut Appeal for Prostate Cancer an amount that helped the charity provide the very latest in equipment for faster diagnosis of prostate cancer now in place at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.

At a cost of £105,000 the Ultrasound - MRI Fusion Scanner for Targeted Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer is the first of its kind in the region. The Chestnut Appeal hope that soon they can announce the arrival of a second Scanner in the East of the region and it is their aim and with the support of the public to install others in Torbay and Truro as and when funds allow.

David Squires from the Chestnut Appeal said “‘The charity would like to say a huge well done to everyone who took part in the 2017 Drakes Island swim as well as all our Volunteers who worked tirelessly throughout the event’

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Black bean & grilled corn lettuce tacos 1. Preheat the oven to 200C / gas mark 6. Cut the sweet potato into fries (skin on) Place in the oven for 20 mins.

2. Finely slice the red onion. Dice the tomatoes. Cut the base off the gem lettuce to separate the leaves. To make quick pickled onions; place the red onion in a bowl with the apple cider vinegar and a pinch of sea salt. Stir and set aside.

4. Remove the husk from the corn, rub with oil, Heat a griddle pan on a medium-high heat and cook the corn on the cob for 10-15 mins until golden and softened.

5. Drain the black beans. Heat a frying pan on a lowmedium heat. Add the beans, ground cumin, smoked paprika and half of the chipotle paste. Cook for 5 mins.

6. To make the coconut chipotle sauce; dissolve the creamed coconut with 40ml boiling water and mix with the remaining chipotle paste.

Corn on the cob, gem lettuce, red onion, 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp smoked paprika, 240g black beans, 2 tomatoes, 2 tsp chipotle paste, 300g sweet potato, 30g creamed coconut, 4 tsp oil

7. Spoon the spiced black beans into the gem lettuce leaves, and top with the grilled corn, diced tomatoes and pickled red onions. Drizzle with the coconut chipotle sauce and serve alongside the sweet potato fries.

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7 Summits

By Ed Buckingham

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magine having the chance to climb the highest mountain in the world. Imagine being the First and only Cornishman to date to climb Everest. In 2011 on the 21st of May for 20mins after nine hours of climbing I stood on, “Top of the World.”

Lying on the sofa feeling sorry for myself after fracturing my foot playing football eating copious amounts of pringles and chocolate digestive biscuits. I was watching a Wish You Were Here program following a charity trek going up Kilimanjaro. Something triggered in my mind that appealed to me. This would be a lifechanging moment for postman Ed Buckingham.

Kilimanjaro would be the catalyst for a journey that would take me to the highest mountains on each continent conquering peaks such as Aconcagua, Denali, Everest and Vinson at the first time of asking.

For a postman coming from his native origin of Cornwall a huge and potentially fatal catalogue of ventures. Besides the logistics and the cost there is the severe altitude and climatic conditions to consider.

swimming. In a small way this is trying to simulate what it is like climbing with a lack of oxygen.

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Not celebrating but proudly showing the St Piran’s

Everest was the biggest hurdle in terms of the magnitude in height and depleted lack of oxygen.

Entering into, “The Death Zone” you are seriously on borrowed time and a race against dying! Once that was conquered I wanted to complete the other two continents of Australasia and Antarctica becoming the first Cornishman to do so.

My biggest achievement is getting back safely and returning to day to day life and work. For that I am extremely grateful for. Coming back down is harder taking into account the dehydration, sleep deprivation, lack of food and lack of oxygen. One small mistake can prove fatal. It is when you learn about your mental strength. I was recognised by the Cornish Gorsedh for Exceptional Endeavour in 2013 for raising my St Piran’s on Everest.

In between funding and getting myself to the final two continents I have raised money for the British Heart Foundation, authored a book and started speaking about Everest and Antarctica. It gives me great pleasure speaking to groups or going into schools. Besides my equipment that fascinates the pupils I am now using virtual reality and nose clips more commonly used in

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Pharmacy

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SUMMER If you’re busy planning for your summer holiday, chances are you’ve got your spending money sorted, bought some new holiday clothes and packed your tourist guide. What you may not have thought to pack is plasters, painkillers and compression socks, but these could prove vital.

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he last thing anyone wants on their summer holiday is to get ill. But in the lead up to a holiday, it can be easy to spend more time thinking about the latest season’s fashion, getting the best exchange rate or making sure that the pets will be well looked after.

with you in your first aid kit just in case you have a stomach bug. These will stop you from getting

It may not seem important at the time, but having a quick chat with your pharmacist before you go away can help to avoid some of the most common illnesses that can spoil your holiday. Read on to discover what advice Leyla Hannbeck, head of information services at the National Pharmacy Association, has to offer on how to stay healthy this summer.

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) happens when a blood clot forms in one of the body’s deep veins. This tends to happen when a person has been inactive for a period of time, as blood collects in the lower parts of the body, particularly in the lower legs.

STOMACH BUGS People often suffer with diarrhoea and sickness on holiday because they have consumed contaminated food or water. Follow the simple rule ‘cook it, boil it, peel it or leave it’ while you’re on your holiday.

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DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS

Every year, DVT affects one in every 1,000 people in the UK, but there things you can do to reduce your chances of getting it. For example, when you’re on a long journey, try to do leg and calf exercises every half hour or if try and walk around. Make sure that you wear loose clothing from the waist down and ensure you are drinking plenty of water to keep yourself hydrated.

“a quick chat with your pharmacist before you go away can help to avoid some of the most common illnesses that can spoil your holiday”

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Pharmacy tips: If you’re worried about DVT, ask your pharmacist about compression socks.

TRAVEL SICKNESS: Your pharmacist can give you advice on available remedies as well as giving tips on how to prevent travel sickness, such as ensuring there is good ventilation and encouraging children who suffer with travel sickness to look out of the window instead of playing games or reading books, as this can make it worse.

Pharmacy tips: Alcohol should be avoided while taking travel sickness tablets and the tablets may interact with other medicines you may be taking, so ask your pharmacist for advice on the best product for you.

SUNBURN Sunburn is something that you should definitely not have to suffer with on holiday. Visit your pharmacy before you go to make sure that you have the correct sunscreen for your holiday. It is recommended that an adult wears a sunscreen with a rating of at least SPF15 and for a child, SPF30. It will of course depend on where you’re travelling to so ask your pharmacist for advice.

You should apply sunscreen liberally before going out in the sun and make sure you reapply it every couple of hours throughout the day. Also, try to stay in the shade when the sun is at its strongest between 11am and 3pm. If you do get sunburn, cover the area immediately to prevent further damage. A cool shower can also help, as can applying After Sun. If your skin

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