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LincolnshirePride August The number one counTy magazine

Welcome to August’s Lincolnshire Pride in which we preview the 2013 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, the country’s largest eventing competition right here in the county.

Elsewhere we enjoy growing, picking and cooking with herbs, and enjoy time in the garden cultivating stunning wild flower lawns.

With our homes and gardens section providing tips for ensuring your home looks great and suggestions for where to enjoy summer dining, we offer our best wishes for a great month!

Enjoy!

Horse

House

Herbs

High Society

A preview of the 2013 Burghley Horse Trials event with dressage, cross country, and showjumping.

Ideas for using fuchsia and on trend floral prints, plus, look round a contemporary family home.

Rediscover the pleasure of growing, picking and using herbs this summer.

We’ve advice, tips and recipes.

Enjoy events from across the county including six pages of exclusive pictures from this year’s Lincolnshire Show.

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Meet The Number One Team...

We’ re looking at home interiors in this edition - if you could create your dream home, what would it be like?

Zoie Wilkinson

Julian Wilkinson

Rob Davis

Sales Manager

Publisher & Managing Director

Executive Editor

“my ideal home would be a georgian property. The architecture is lovely, and in neutral colours they always seem to look stunning!”

“i’d like my home to be a rural retreat in the middle of nowhere, nice and peaceful, but with a modern interior and plenty of gadgets.”

“i’d love a traditional, ivy clad farmhouse with high ceilings and plenty of character... oh, and a lovely big farmhouse kitchen with an aga!”

Emily Rippin

Mandy Bray

Jayne Broughton

Sales Executive

Customer Care Manager

Group Sales Manager

“i like Victorian town houses, so my dream property would be a large place, in town, with a modern interior and the odd vintage flourish!”

“i’d love a trendy London crash pad, high above the city overlooking the Thames for the odd weekend away!

“i’ve always wanted a barn conversion, a super sleek home with modern shiny surfaces and huge open plan spaces.”

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Executive Editor: rob Davis. Customer Care Manager: mandy bray. Accounts Manager: sue bannister.

Sales Manager: zoie Wilkinson. Sales Executives: charlotte aiken, Jo Leadbitter, rachel Jones, emily brown, emily rippin, elaine hall, sami millard, Lauren chambers. Sales Support: Lorraine bashforth. Distribution Manager: Paul Dixon.

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THE EVENT The 2013 Lincolnshire Show This year’s Lincolnshire Show attracted over 60,000 people, with a day of exceptional weather on Wednesday and a slightly cooler Thursday with showers just about holding off until the end of the show. Visitors enjoyed the usual entertainment plus a royal visit from HRH The Countess of Wessex. “The entire Show team would like to thank everyone involved especially our visitors, who came and made the day so special.” a spokesperson for the show said. “The atmosphere was brilliant and fun was had by all, young and old!”

Words and Photos: Rob Davis.

A parade of livestock is one of the show’s proudest traditions.

Jayne Broughton, Mandy Bray and Emily Rippin Pride’s finest, taking a break to pose for a photo!

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THE EVENT The Emily Howard, age 12 and granddaughter of Chief Steward Robert Howard, presented the Countess of Wessex with a posey.

2013 Lincolnshire Show

Thursday’s guest of honour was HRH The Countess of Wessex.

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The Pride team handed out thousands of copies of our lovely magazine

Nigel Brown, President of the LAS.

Driving classes were judged in the main ring.

The Children’s Area was as exciting as ever!

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THE EVENT The

2013 Lincolnshire Show

Olivia & George Jackson enjoyed a day out with the grandparents!

Lincs FM provided a live entertainment stage.

Maude’s The Jewellers in The Mews.

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Day two of the show included the Schools’ Challenge.

Parade of the Hounds.

Pimms flowed in the Chatterton’s Marquee.

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THE EVENT The

2013 Lincolnshire Show

The Show is a chance to preview the latest agricultural technology.

The show’s youngest visitor was just two weeks old... adorable!

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A GREAT PLACE TO DINE ON THE EAST COAST

The Barley Mow

If you’re enjoying a family day out on the East Coast this summer, we insist you stop at Friskney’s Barley Mow for a bite to eat! It’s a superb country pub restaurant using the best local ingredients

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RESTAuRANT OF THE MONTH

Our starter of home-made fishcakes and bruschetta.

The Barley Mow offers a traditional place to enjoy high quality food.

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or families enjoying Lincolnshire’s East Coast or for those who want to enjoy the genuine taste of Lincolnshire, we recommend The Barley Mow. It’s a restaurant on the A52 just ten minutes or so from the hustle and bustle of Skegness, but its provision of high quality dining goes way beyond what you’d expect from a building that looks like a village pub.

It’s to owner Jayne Cividin that the success of the restaurant can be credited. The original part of the building dates back to the early 1700s, but has been extended with a large dining room on the Sea Lane end of the building and an orangery to the rear of the building, providing a total of 70 covers.

Jayne arrived at the venue 15 years ago and set about modernising the restaurant’s provision of food whilst ensuring the charm of the building remains.

“It was a coaching inn originally.” says Jayne. “So its original remit would be to be provide a comfortable place to relax and good, hearty food for travellers.”

“Not much has changed in that respect, but the best pub restaurants now have to offer good food, with local ingredients, used in simple but flavoursome dishes.

They also need to provide a good wine menu and real ales, quality soft drinks, and quality tea and coffee for when ladies who want to enjoy a coffee morning.”

That’s definitely what The Barley Mow provides; diners can choose from lunchtime and evening à la carte menus with a good choice of main courses in the daytime plus ciabattas, light snacks and main courses pub favourites.

Evening dining provides an expanded number of starters, main courses and grill options and a range of pub-made dessert options.

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Sample M enu £ STARTERS Chicken Liver Pâté £4.95 chicken Liver Pâté with red onion and sultana marmalade and toast.

Sautéed King Prawns With chilli, garlic, red onion & white wine in a filo pastry case.

£7.25

£ MAINS Garlic Mushrooms Leek & spinach stuffed field mushroom port & blue cheese sauce, potatoes & salad.

£10.95

Pork £12.95 slow roasted belly pork spring onion mash, cider, apple & rosemary sauce & vegetables.

Chicken £13.50 Pancetta wrapped chicken breast stuffed with sun-dried tomatoes & sage butter with a creamy marsala sauce.

Cod Steak £14.95 Panfried cod steak topped with pan fried leeks, pancetta and melted cheese.

£ PUDDING Pavlova meringue with orange and seasonal soft fruits.

£4.95

£ OPENING TIMES Tuesday to Saturday:

12-2pm 5.30pm-9pm

Sunday:

12-5pm

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Diners can also take advantage of dining promotions like Lunch for Less, which offers two courses for just £12 or three courses for £15 from Wednesday to Saturday, and Tea for Less from Tuesday to Friday from 5.30pm at £12 and £15 for two or three courses.

A traditional Sunday lunch menu provides dining at £10, £14 and £18 for one, two or three courses with a choice of three roasts and five main courses.

The restaurant provides everything from speciality bread and olives with dips to full à la carte dining. During our visit a bruschetta starter with rocket and red onion salad was summery, fresh and colourful, a light and breezy starter with salad leaves grown, of course, in the fields all around the restaurant.

Main courses at the restaurant really do show off Lincolnshire’s best produce beautifully; we enjoyed the venue’s slow-roasted belly pork - one of The Barley Mow’s most popular dishes - with spring onion mash and apple & rosemary sauce. Other options we’d recommend include Grimsby-sourced cod steak, herbcrusted rack of Lincolnshire lamb and pan-fried duck.

The venue’s steaks are all Lincolnshire reared and have been hung for 21 days, with a choice of four sauces, and

side dishes from seasonal veg to salad and hand-cut home made chips. As you’d expect, The Barley Mow’s desserts are also home made, and include our meringue and a delicious chocolate brownie.

To accompany, there’s a choice of 30 bins of wine and with wood burners, stripped pine floors and low beamed ceilings, it’s a really nice environment in which to dine, too.

The restaurant caters for functions and weddings and there’s a large marquee to the rear of the property available for bigger events.

Local suppliers include Boston Sausage, Smith’s Smokery just down the lane from the restaurant and numerous local veg suppliers who exploit the rich silty farmland all around The Barley Mow. With great value, a great environment and genuine care & attention paid to each meal, there’s lots to enjoy at The Barley Mow. It’s probably the best place to dine on the East Coast, and offers a genuine taste of Lincolnshire, whilst at the same time providing the tradition, warmth and informality you’d expect from a truly great traditional pub restaurant.

THE BARLEY MOW in Friskney, near Skegness

Sea Lane, Friskney, Boston, Lincolnshire PE22 8SD To book a meal call

01754 820883

From Lincoln: The Barley Mow is ideally situated on the A52 at Friskney just 13 miles from Boston, 10 miles from Skegness and 22 miles from Alford.

www.barleymowfriskney.co.uk barleymowfriskney@sky.com

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OUR NEW SUMMER MENU IS NOW AVAILABLE MONDAY & TUESDAY EVENINGS

Homemade Curry & Drink Night £9.95pp

THURSDAY & FRIDAY EVENINGS

Steak, Cake & Wine Night £32 per couple

FRIDAY LUNCHTIME SPECIAL Haddock, Chips & Peas £7.50pp

Riby Road, Stallingborough Nr Grimsby, N/E Lincs DN41 8BU

Tel: 01469 561302 www.stallingboroughgrange.com

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A GREAT PLACE TO DINE IN WOODHALL SPA

The Village Limits Quality, fresh local ingredients and a great provision of pub restaurant food. Woodhall Spa’s Village Limits is a definite recommendation for those seeking a relaxed meal out this month...

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RESTAuRANT OF THE MONTH

Left: Bitter Chocolate Tart.

Right: Haggis - Billy’s mum is from Ayrshire!

W Right: Steak-lovers are very well provided for with a variety of high quality grill offerings.

oodhall Spa’s Village Limits is not only one of Lincolnshire’s most well-thought of pub restaurants, it was also the ultimate engagement present. The restaurant has been owned by Billy and Sonia Gemmell since 2006 and has had lots of time and attention lavished on it in order to create a friendly, traditional country restaurant which prizes quality, attention to detail in its food and above all, the use of local ingredients.

Billy and Sonia Gemmell were both brought up in the area and had visited the restaurant on numerous occasions for meals - not least on the night they became engaged, when they celebrated with parents. At that stage Billy, a chef by profession, had extensive experience working in various restaurants. He had also worked for the previous owners, and that night found out that they wanted to move on.

The couple took over the restaurant and have since completed a six figure refurbishment. The bar and restaurant areas have been transformed, the exterior smartened up and new menus implemented.

Today, diners can have the choice of an à la carte menu which runs from 12-2pm, Tuesday to Saturday, and from 6.30-9pm Monday to Sunday. This comprises around nine starters, nine desserts and somewhere in the region of 25 main courses including a grill selection. There’s also a dedicated Sunday lunch menu, and a specials board with around four other supplier-led options.

Upon taking over the business, Billy quickly allied himself with Tastes of Lincolnshire - stating that he shares the scheme’s passion for using local produce and promoting Lincolnshire’s best food producers.

That’s why he’s won a Tastes of Lincolnshire Award for the past seven years consecutively in addition to numerous accolades for the restaurant’s eight letting rooms.

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Sample M enu £ STARTERS Garlic Mushrooms £5.75 sautéed mushrooms on toasted ciabatta with a creamy garlic and stilton sauce.

Poacher Rarebit £5.50 Famous local Poacher cheese rarebit with caramelised red onion.

Haggis £5.95 grilled field mushroom with ayrshire haggis and a whisky & mustard sauce.

£ MAINS Fillet Steak £21.95 Prime fillet steak on a bed of wild mushrooms topped with melted stilton.

Grilled Fillet of Grimsby Haddock £10.95 Topped with prawns and crayfish in a lemon, caper and parsley butter.

Lincolnshire Sausages £9.75 Lincolnshire sausages and mash with onion gravy and home made onion rings.

£ PUDDING Chocolate Tart £4.95 bitter chocolate tart with Dennett’s caramel ice cream.

Panna Cotta Vanilla panna cotta with vodka infused blueberries.

£4.95

Lincolnshire Cheeses including cote hill and Poacher.

£5.95

£ OPENING TIMES À LA CARTE:

12-2pm 6.30-9pm

SUNDAy LUNCh: 12-2pm CLOSED MONDAy LUNCh

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“We’re lucky really.” says Billy. “We’re a traditional, intimate pub restaurant but because we’re near to so many large hotels in Woodhall Spa, we’re on many really good suppliers’ delivery routes. We have fresh fish delivered from Grimsby each day, and vegetables from NHP of Conningsby, meat from Peterborough Game and Hanson’s Traditional Butchers who are very good.”

Billy’s employment of local ingredients in his dishes is spectacular, from simple but well-implemented starters like our daily home made soup; Roast Parsnip and Apple, to more imaginative dishes like our Ayrshire Haggis with Whisky and Mustard Cream Sauce.

We’re usually dubious of menus that are too comprehensive, but all of Billy’s dishes are prepared freshly to order with sauces, desserts and speciality breads all created in-house.

What’s more, the restaurant’s dining room is light and comfortable with a bar whose original beams and great atmosphere, create a great environment that equal’s Billy’s provision of high quality food.

Our main course options were an 8oz fillet Lincoln Red cross steak, which we opted to have rare, and Goat’s Cheese, Confit Tomato and Caramelised Red Onion Tart.

“The restaurant had a good reputation for food before we took over.” says Billy. “But we wanted to build on that, and definitely take advantage of the local ingredients the county has to offer. Good food doesn’t need to be complicated, but it does need to be created with care and respect, and all of our customers tell us that we provide real satisfaction rather than a pretentious menu.”

Our dessert options included a delicious Vanilla Panna Cotta with Vodka infused Blueberries, and for chocoholics, Bitter Chocolate Tart served with a quenelle of Robin Dennett’s Salted Caramel Ice Cream.

So, for spectacularly satisfying Lincolnshire food, a taste of the countryside and to rediscover the joy of local ingredients, there are few places like The Village Limits - definitely worthy of our recommendation this month!

THE VILLAGE LIMITS in Woodhall Spa

Stixwould Road, Woodhall Spa LN10 6UJ. To book a meal call

01526 353312

From Lincoln: Leave the city via the A158 signposted Skegness, after 20 miles, take the B1191 signposted Woodhall Spa/Thornton.

After approximately seven miles take the third exit on the Stixwould Road roundabout.

www.villagelimits.co.uk info@villagelimits.co.uk

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All Things Bright & Beautiful... ...high quality pub restaurant dining that’s perfect for a long, hot summer!

Early Bird dining at The Queen’s Head this month; from 6pm-9.30pm you’ll enjoy a choice of main courses and a selection of puddings with after dinner coffee for just £13.95 per head... perfect for a long hot summer!

Just off the A17 at Sleaford, NG34 9NU Call 01529 305743 or see www.thequeensheadinn.com.

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Sample Dishes

CATCH OF THE DAy...

Fresh fish, fresh ways to use fish - this month we look at how the county’s restaurants are taking advantage of the availability of fresh fish from Grimsby...

Photos: Rob Davis

Prawn and Crab Meat Timbale The Finch Hatton Arms, Ewerby, near Sleaford.

01529 460363, www.thefinchhattonarms.co.uk

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Scottish Salmon Fillet with Red Pepper Salsa.

The Red Lion, Bicker 01775 821200, www.redlionbicker.co.uk >> Salmon Fillet with Mushroom Ragout.

The Old Palace, Lincoln 01522 580000, www.theoldpalace.org 26

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SAMPLE DISHES

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Fillet of Wild Seabass with SaďŹ&#x20AC;ron Potatoes, Sprouting Broccoli and Buerre Blanc.

The Bell at Coleby, near Lincoln 01522 813778, www.thebellatcoleby.com

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Pan Fried Scallops at The Green Room.

The Lincoln Hotel Lincoln 01522 520348, www.thelincolnhotel.com

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Pan-fried Fillet of Tilapia on Sofrito Potatoes with Lime, Chilli and Pineapple Salsa.

The Red Lion Inn, Caythorpe 01400 272632, www.redlioncaythorpe.org.uk 27

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TheWineCellar Soft fruity reds, and light crispy whites! This month Stamford Wine Cellar’s Blake Johnston recommends beautifully light summer wines, perfect for barbecues and picnics!

Suaterreau, Sancerre Rouge £14.99.

Sancerre produces a small amount of red wine using the Pinot Noir grape, think Burgundy-ish. A soft summer red, you could even drink it chilled, perfect for summer evenings!

The Wire Walker Pinot Noir £12.99.

Another Pinot here, and it’s my summer red grape of choice.

This New Zealander is wonderfully fruity; with very little tannin, it’s one for BBQ pork, or charcuterie, and fantastic with duck and other fatty meat.

Berry Bro’s & Rudd, Rosé £7.99.

Berry’s Rosé is a firm favourite amongst staff and customers here; soft and fruity, with a fresh clean finish and at £7.99 per bottle it’s a good quality quaffer for the summer months.

Villa Wolf, Sylvaner 2009 £8.99.

This refreshing white is as unique as it is fabulous. A lesser known variety, offering tart green apples on the nose, with a soft creamy palate. Reminiscent of dry cider, great for summer!

Villa Wolf, £8.99 Gewurtztraminer.

This slightly spicy, zingy white wine is great with curry, but a little restricting as it’s also very refreshing, with lovely citrus flavours, an excellent aperitif when something a bit different needed!

This month’s features wines are recommended by: The Stamford Wine Company, 17 St Mary’s Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 2DG Tel: 01780 489 269 www.thestamfordwinecompany.com.

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FAST Food, FRESH, WITH

HERBS 15 minute food with healthy herbs, perfect for speedy and sublime summer suppers...

Photos & Food Styling: Alice Jarrett-Kerr, www.freshlivingherbs.co.uk.

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Recipes

with Herbs

Salmon & Mint

Fishcakes with Chicken dill dip Serves Four Preparation: 15 minutes Chill/Cook time: 12-14 minutes Ingredients: 700g potatoes, diced 300g salmon fillets 1 medium eggs 1 bunch spring onions, sliced 20g dill, chopped 1 tbsp mint, chopped 200ml tub half fat crème fraiche 2 tbsp garlic mayonnaise (50g) 1 tbsp oil

herby Pasta with Chicken and Asparagus Serves Four Preparation: 10 minutes Cooking: 10 minutes Ingredients: 300g pasta shapes 1 tbsp olive oil 300g boneless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips 230g bunch asparagus, trimmed and cut into three 150g low fat cream cheese 25g chives, snipped 25g parsley, chopped

Chives and parsley are the perfect combination as the grassy freshness from the parsley works well with the subtle onion flavour from the chives.

This is a light, summery recipe which is low in saturated fat and high in protein.

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Cook the pasta in boiling water for 10 minutes until tender, drain and return to the pan.

Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the chicken and asparagus for five minutes, add the cream cheese and herbs with 75ml water and cook for one minute. Stir into the pasta, season to taste and serve.

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For an additional twist on this summery supper, try using garlic and herb soft cheese for a quick infusion of garlicky flavour.

These fishcakes make the most of the classic combination of dill and salmon and the addition of mint provides extra zing. The ‘dill-icious’ dip really adds the finishing touch to the dish. This recipe is high in omega three and is also a good source of protein.

Cook the potatoes in boiling water for 10 minutes until tender, drain and allow to cool.

Meanwhile, poach the salmon and eggs in boiling water for 10 minutes, cool. Flake the salmon and chop the boiled eggs.

Mash the potato and stir in the salmon, egg, spring onions, half the dill and mint, season.

Shape into eight fishcakes and chill for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix together the crème fraiche, mayonnaise and the remaining dill and set aside.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the fishcakes in two batches for three to four minutes each side until golden. Serve with the dill dip and a green salad.

Alternatively, try using lightly smoked salmon fillets for extra flavour.

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herb Marinated

Lemon Chicken with Tabbouleh Serves 4 Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking: 25 minutes You’ll need 2 lemons 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

25g chopped fresh parsley 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts, scored (500g) 200g bulgar wheat 4 tomatoes, diced (280g) 1 tbsp chopped fresh mint

Delicious and filling, this is a low salt meal, also low in saturated fat! Fresh parsley and mint with the zingy lemon make this full of flavour.

Preheat the oven to 200oC, gas mark 6. Mix together the zest and juice of one lemon, the oil and one tbsp parsley.

Add the chicken and marinate for 10-15 minutes.

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Meanwhile, cook the bulgar wheat in a small saucepan with 200ml water, Simmer gently covered for five minutes. Cool with the lid on.

Place the chicken in a small roasting tin and roast for 25 minutes. Mix the tomatoes, remaining parsley, mint and juice of the remaining lemon into the bulgar wheat and serve with the chicken, pouring over the left over juices.

Mediterranean Thyme &

Minestrone Soup Serves Four.

Preparation: 10 minutes.

Cooking: 15 minutes.

Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped (170g) 1 carrot, diced (170g)

400g chopped tomatoes 600ml vegetable stock 75g macaroni pasta 2 tbsp thyme, chopped 400g can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed ¼ savoy cabbage, shredded

This recipe has two servings of your five-a-day, is low in saturated fat and is also a good source of protein. Remember to use the leaves and the young stem of living thyme for extra flavour.

Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onion and carrot for three or four minutes. Add the tomatoes, stock, macaroni, thyme and beans and bring to the boil, simmer for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add the cabbage and cook for a further two minutes until tender. Serve immediately with crusty bread.

You can mix it up with this recipe by adding any vegetables you have to hand. Courgette, aubergine, carrots and peppers work particularly well. Meat lovers can also add bacon.

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Recipes

with Herbs

Substitute chicken for pieces of courgette and vegetarians will love our pepper and basil kebabs too...

Chicken Kebabs with Tomato & Basil Compote Serves Four.

Preparation: 10 min.

Cooking: 20 min.

Ingredients: 500g boneless chicken breasts, diced

2 tbsp basil infused oil 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar 25g basil 6 tomatoes, halved 1 garlic clove, chopped 1 red pepper, diced

These Chicken Kebabs with a Tomato and Basil Compote are perfect for a summer party. The basil gives the compote a lovely peppery, spicy flavour and a fabulous aroma. This recipe is low in fat, and provides one of your five a day of fruit and veg!

Preheat the oven to 200oC, gas mark six.

Mix together the chicken, one tbsp each oil and vinegar and Âź basil, shredded, season and marinate for 10 minutes.

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Meanwhile, place the tomatoes cut side up in a small roasting tin, sprinkle with garlic, remaining oil and vinegar and basil, roughly torn, season and roast for 20 minutes. Mix roughly with a spoon to break up the tomatoes.

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Thread the chicken and peppers onto four skewers and place under a preheated grill for 15 minutes, turning occasionally until cooked throughout. Serve with the tomato and basil compote.

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Autumn Risotto with Sage, Chestnut and Butternut Squash Serves Four.

Preparation: 10 minutes.

Cooking: 30 minutes

pot of living sage 1 onion, chopped 500g butternut squash, diced 300g risotto rice 75ml white wine Ingredients: 350ml veg stock 1 tbsp olive oil 200g pack whole 20g chopped fresh sage + 4 large whole chestnuts 50g Parmesan, grated leaves, from a

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Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the whole sage leaves for one minute until crispy, drain on kitchen paper and reserve.

Add the onion, squash and chopped sage and fry for five minutes. Add the rice and cook for a further minute.

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Add the wine and reduce by half, stir in the stock gradually, keeping the pan covered and cook very gently for 25 minutes.

Add the chestnuts five minutes before the end of cooking. Stir in the Parmesan and season to taste. Serve garnished with the fried sage leaves.

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For a tangy twist replace the Parmesan with some grated Blue Cheshire Cheese.

Mint Smoothie with Cranberry Zing Serves Two. greek yogurt Preparation: 2 mins. 2 tbsp chopped fresh mint, from a Ingredients: living pot of mint 600ml light 1 tbsp clear honey cranberry juice 100g fat free A quick and easy low sugar smoothie.

Mint adds a refreshing twist. Place all the ingredients in a large jug and blend with a hand blender. Pour into two tall glasses.

Add a handful of fresh or frozen raspberries for even more zing!

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Recipes

with Herbs

For a variation on this recipe, try replacing the prawns in this dish with cooked chicken breast...

Thai Prawn & Coriander Noodle Salad Serves Two. Preparation: 10 minutes.

Cooking: 5 minutes.

Ingredients: 150g rice noodles 1 red pepper 200g cooked, peeled tiger prawns

½ bunch spring onions, sliced 20g coriander, roughly chopped Juice of one lime 1 tbsp soy sauce 2tsp Thai ďŹ sh sauce 25g unsalted peanuts, roughly chopped

Coriander is one of the most aromatic herbs and has a distinctive citrusy flavour. This quick and easy recipe is a perfect midweek dinner for two and is also low in saturated fat and contains one of your five a day. Coriander is a versatile herb and is known for aiding digestion, freshening breath and may even help you sleep better.

Cook the noodles in boiling water for five minutes, drain and cool.

Mix in the pepper, prawns, spring onions and coriander.

Whisk together the lime juice, soy and fish sauce and toss into the salad, scatter over the peanuts and serve.

For variation on this recipe, try replacing the prawns in this dish with cooked chicken breast.

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PARAPHERNALIA

How to Use Herbs

There's nothing like the taste of herbs picked fresh from your own garden! They're so easy to grow, whether in beds, borders, containers or on windowsills. Many herbs can also be grown all the year round and will save you the expense of buying from the supermarket. We look at some of the most popular herbs you can easily grow yourself!

ROSEMARy Essential with roast lamb

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SWEET WOODRuFF An often forgotten herb

The Dark green aromaTic FoLiage oF rosemary has a muLTiTuDe oF cuLinary uses.

This shrubby eVergreen is iDeaL For a sunny herb garDen anD eVen surViVes in Poor soiLs, reQuiring Very LiTTLe mainTenance.

sWeeT WooDruFF can be a VaLuabLe aDDiTion To The garDen, ParTicuLarLy shaDeD garDens. sWeeT WooDruFF herb Was originaLLy groWn For The Fresh smeLL The LeaVes giVe oFF anD Was useD as a kinD oF air Freshener.

sow rosemary seeds from march to may, in pots or trays on the surface of moist seed compost and cover with a sprinkling of finely sieved compost. Place in a propagator at 16 - 20c (60F) or seal inside a polythene bag until after germination.

in moist soil, it can spread very quickly and can become invasive in the right conditions. it is often recommended that you plant sweet woodruff ground cover in an area that you would not mind seeing naturalised by sweet woodruff.

THyME The most useful kitchen herb iDeaL For sTeWs, sTuFFings anD bouQueT garni. The aromaTic, eVergreen Thyme WiLL groW aLmosT anyWhere in conTainers, rock garDens, borDers, anD eVen cracks in PaVing. iDeaL For creaTing LoW, maTT Forming grounDcoVer.

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PARAPHERNALIA Herbs

SAGE Essential herb for the Sunday roast The soFT bLue-green LeaVes oF sage are iDeaL For aDDing Their rich FLaVour To meaTs anD sTuFFing. makes an aTTracTiVe PLanT in The PerenniaL borDer.

CHIVES Perennial member of the onion family This herb is unDemanDing anD easy To groW, reTurning year aFTer year, anD aTTracTing bees anD buTTerFLies To iTs PreTTy Pink bLooms. chiVes are an essenTiaL aDDiTion To The herb garDen. Their LeaVes anD eDibLe FLoWers make Them inDisPensabLe For garnishing PoTaTo saLaD, souPs anD oTher saVoury Dishes.

BASIL Half-hardy annual essenTiaL For auThenTic iTaLian cuisine, This sWeeT basiL is one oF The mosT PoPuLar VarieTies, WiTh a sTrong scenT anD DisTincTiVe Fresh FLaVour.

Try groWing basiL on The kiTchen WinDoWsiLL or in conVenienT conTainers ouTsiDe The back Door. sow basil seed from February to June, or sow throughout the year for indoor cultivation out of season. sow seed on the surface of free draining seed compost and cover with a light sprinkling of compost or vermiculite.

For more information on how to grow herbs visit www.thompson-morgan.com and click on their how to grow herbs page.

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Barbs Mehew Area 28 Chairman, Vicky Moore Boston Chairman and Liz Balderston Boston Chairman 2012/13.

THE EVENT Boston Area 28 Ladies Circle Boston Ladies Circle organised this year’s Area 28 Handover at The Poachers Country Hotel, Boston. Boston and Holbeach Ladies Circle member Barbara ‘Barbs’ Mehew officially took over the role of Area 28 Chairman from fellow Boston and Sleaford Ladies Circle member Michelle Chapman and Barb’s chosen charity for 2013/14 is the Multiple Sclerosis Society. The night was attended by 60 ladies, as Area 28 Ladies Circle consists of seven Circles; Boston, Bourne and District, Holbeach, Sleaford, Spalding, The Deepings and Woodhall Spa and District.

Words and Photos: Rob Davis.

Barbs Mehew, Michelle Chapman and Ruth Curry.

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THE EVENT Boston

Area 28

Irene Ellis, Vanessa Duke (Vice Chairman The Deepings), Michelle Chapman, Barbs Mehew, Ruth Curry (Current National President), Nikki Boersma and Jacqui Chapman Area 28 President 2012/13.

Simon Green Round Table Area 26 Thames South East President and Master of Ceremonies for the evening.

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The Forum can provide treatments which will improve any smile!

THE FORuM DENTAL STuDIO

The Perfect Smile Crooked and discoloured teeth can really dent your confidence - but a beautiful smile can make you feel like a million dollars. Gainsborough’s Forum dental Studio promises they can improve anyone’s smile, with high quality virtually pain-free dental care...

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HEALTH & BEAuTy The

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f you’ve seen TV’s numerous makeover shows, you’ll already know the most dramatic element of the makeover is always the creation of a perfect smile. No matter how bad your teeth, no matter what the problem, modern dentistry can improve anybody’s smile with high quality dental care.

Leading the way is Gainsborough’s Forum Dental Studio. The modern purpose built £1.2m studio was established in February 2008 by Dr Keith Jackson.

The Forum is a family run practice using the best materials and cutting edge elective and cosmetic dentistry techniques to create great smiles for the whole family.

“Everyone would like the perfect smile.” says Practice Manager Olly Jackson. “It conveys confidence, it makes us feel good. What’s more, nobody is ‘beyond help’ - we can improve anyone’s smile with state of the art methods that are more comfortable, more affordable and more achievable than ever.”

The studio is a Denplan practice, meaning they offer affordable payment plans for ongoing regular private dental care and interest free payment options for larger treatments. The Forum also specialises in treating nervous patients and has sedation options for those who are especially anxious.

“Everyone would like the perfect smile; The Forum can improve anyone’s teeth with state of the art methods that are comfortable, and affordable...”

Whitening If you’re looking to brighten up your smile, one of the easiest ways is a whitening treatment. This is designed to undo the discolouration that everyone suffers from in everyday life, especially those who smoke, or drink tea, coffee and red wine.

The Forum offers patient examinations, scale & polish treatments and cosmetic & elective dentistry from their studio on Gainsborough’s Vanessa Drive. For more information call 01427 615117 or see www.theforumpractice.com

Many unregistered practitioners in salons offer cut price teeth-whitening with weak bleaching. However, only dentists are licensed to work with the proper grade of whitening products, so consumers should exercise caution. Currently at a discounted rate of £199, The Forum offers an effective and professional tooth whitening procedure that, unlike the high street operators, guarantees the results for a great price.

It’s a pain free, 2-3 week treatment that delivers genuine confidence.

Perfect Smile

Repairing Your Teeth For those with chipped or broken teeth, dental crowns can restore the look, shape and strength of your teeth.

The Forum also provides veneers that last up to 30 years and can repair more extensive damage.

The Forum also offers a state of the art implant service that proudly boasts a 100% success rate.

They use only the best materials available on the market (Astratech) and every patient is guaranteed a fantastic dental experience.

“They are a very popular and foolproof way of replacing missing teeth, and the results are nothing short of amazing.” says the practice’s owner Dr Keith Jackson. “Implants have been proven to increase eating and speaking ability, increase self confidence... and best of all, they cause no discomfort whatsoever!”

Correcting Crooked Smiles Traditionally, correcting misaligned teeth meant wearing metal braces, and whilst conventional orthodontics are available at The Forum, the practice’s Invisalign system has become the most popular way to achieve straight teeth with clear custom aligners which, little by little, move teeth into the desired position.

“Invisalign starts from around £1,800 and delivers fantastic results,” says Olly. “The system requires visits to the practice that are stress-free and as its name suggests, it is almost completely unnoticeable.”

“Celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Cheryl Cole and Katherine Heighl have been wearing their Invisalign retainers whilst on camera and no one could tell. I feel this is testament to how good this system really is!”

Affordable and Comfortable Dental Technology If you’ve not visited the dentist for a while, it really is time to rediscover the level of care and the range of treatments that are on offer.

The Forum is one of a new breed of dental studios offering high quality treatments and a range of affordable and effective ways to improve your teeth.

No matter how self-conscious you are of your smile, there’s a way for The Forum to improve it, giving any patient a new found sense of confidence that will last for years to come.

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“I found the confidence to always smile thanks to The Forum...!”

A dental studio for the 21st century, and a team which really cares. The Forum provides regular checkups to ensure dental health plus a range of dental services to improve any smile.

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We we provide the highest quality dentistry using the best materials in a state of the art £1.2m practice... but our job isn’t just to fix teeth, it’s to give people confidence, and make them feel good about their smile.

State of the Art Dental Studio

Vanessa Drive, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 2UQ Telephone: 01427 615 117 | www.theforumpractice.com

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Tooth Whitening • Crowns • Veneers Implants • Orthodontics • Invisible Braces Interest Free Payment Plans via Denplan Private Dental Plans for Regular Dental Checkups and Hygiene Appointments...

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HEALTH & BEAuTy

The Eye Care Centre

Left: Katie Eastwood of The Eye Care Centre shows off the firm’s range of frames for children - durable and stylish!

Above: The practice is based on Spalding’s Sheepmarket.

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ood eyesight is something we need at any age, but as the children go back to school, it’s especially important that youngsters can clearly see the teacher’s whiteboard, their work and that they have good eyesight for sports.

“Children are never too young to have their sight tested.” says Geoff Eastwood. “Youngsters aged eight and under should have annual check-ups to ensure their eyes continue to develop correctly.”

Common childhood sight conditions such as a squint and amblyopia (lazy eye) can be treated more successfully if detected early enough, whilst long or short sightedness can be corrected with spectacles or contact lenses.

EyE CARE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILy

Back to School

This month Geoff Eastwood of the Eye Care Centre in Spalding highlights the importance of ensuring children go to school with good eyesight...

For more information: Visit The eye care centre, sheep market, spalding, Lincolnshire Pe11 1bh. alternatively, call 01775 722141 or see www.eyecarecentrelincolnshire.co.uk.

Essential for Learning Good vision during a child’s early years can also help them fulfil their academic potential, as visual learning accounts for 80 per cent of the whole learning process. “The Eye Care Centre specialises in providing sight tests for children from just three years of age with sight tests based on animals, rather than letters to make the experience fun.” adds Geoff.

Fun Frames for Youngsters What’s more, the days when wearing glasses meant being teased at school are long gone; The Eye Care Centre has a choice of over 100 frames from names like Jump, Whizz and Edge. Colourful and durable, children are always really excited to wearing them.

Sight is an indicator of good general health and a way to ensure children perform their best at school, so ensuring you have an optician you trust, one who works well with children, is essential. To ensure your child achieves at school, we believe there’s nobody better to care for your child than Spalding’s Eye Care Centre.

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THE EVENT Eden Hall’ Launches New Treatments Over 50 VIPs joined Eden Hall recently to welcome the arrival of Aromatherapy Associates at the day spa. A selection of four taster treatments were offered during the evening whilst Bellinis and canapés were served to a room full of relaxed and content guests. The brand joins the spa to offer a wide range of new face and body treatments to promote wellbeing naturally. Nerys Chell, Eden Hall’s Managing Director said; “It was a great way to launch Aromatherapy Associates at the spa and start the beginning of what we believe will be a long-lasting relationship with the brand.”

Louise Riby, Global Head of Sales Aromatherapy Associates.

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THE EVENT Eden

The spa held a special evening for VIP guests and media to launch its Aromatherapy Associates treatments.

Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Launches New Treatments

Left to Right: Carston Hanston Wood, Head of Marketing for Aromatherapy Associates, Louise Riby, Global Head of Sales Aromatherapy Associates, Sara Wait, Assistant Therapy Manager Eden Hall and Nerys Chell, Managing Director, Eden Hall.

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WeLcome home

The Light Side

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Crescent House is a curvaceous dwelling with four bedrooms, two en suites, a swimming pool and lots of natural light.

crescenT house, near bosTon

KAREN ANd CHARLES CAMPIoN HAVE CREATEd A ModERN, SWISH LooKING PRoPERTY JuST A FEW MINuTES FRoM THE ToWN oF BoSToN. WITH A GENTLY CuRVEd ExTERIoR, IT’S oBVIouS WHERE CRESCENT HouSE GETS ITS NAME FRoM...

Photographs: Savills and Rob Davis.

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rescent House is the king of futuristic buildings; the kind of swish modern architecture you’d see on TV’s Grand Designs - but with a twist!

The property is located just near Boston so far from being in the middle of a built up area, the family in this trendy house enjoy great views over open Lincolnshire countryside, and loads of natural light thanks to expansive floor-to-ceiling panels of glass.

What’s more, it’s a property crafted by the area’s very best tradespeople, with well-known local names.

“We wanted something totally original, not something that was a pastiche.” says Karen. “Sam did a great job of interpreting our brief, and in fact the finished building was moreorless identical to his original sketch - we hardly changed a thing.”

Crescent House was designed by Lincolnshire architect Sam Culling.

Arranged over two floors, the curved building has a steel structure created by Adkins of Boston around which dense aircrete Thermalite blocks have been laid by local builder Sam Pesterfield. Over the property, a multi-layer Marmorit silicone render incorporating tiny polystyrene beads allowing the skin to ‘flex’ to

It belongs to Karen and Not only is it pretty, Crescent House also soaks up loads of Charles Campion, both of natural light, creating a warm, efficient property with low whom are born and raised Lincolnshire people, and energy costs, plus a real feeling of spaciousness and luxury... serial property developers.

Crescent House is the couple’s 16th property avoid cracks. To the south-facing rear of the property development project - but their first new-build bespoke timber glazing units were created by T Clarke. and began when the couple came across the plot in Not only is it pretty, Crescent House also soaks up 2002. The site was a former pig farm, not especially loads of natural light, creating a warm, efficient glamorous, but with great views and a decent sized property with low energy costs. plot once the crewyard was cleared. Next to the A decked area created by Charles himself blurs the property was a farmhouse which, once renovated boundary between indoors and outdoor areas. in 2003 provided the family with a temporary home.

Meanwhile bright white walls are unmolested by Karen and Charles enlisted the help of Lincolnshire skirting boards or cornices and there’s a bespoke architect Sam Culling and told him they wanted to suspended staircase created by superb local create a contemporary, light open plan family home. architectural joiner Beale and Fairchild.

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WELCOME HOME

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The propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; s huge glass aspect makes it warm, light and economical to run... the house has four bedrooms, three reception rooms and a large office...

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WELCOME HOME

The property has four bedrooms with two en suites. Downstairs has warm tiled floors thanks to the under floor heating.

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Swinesheadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Colin Luesby created the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kitchen with veneered walnut cabinetry and cream Corian with integrated Bosch appliances and a separate utility room.

crescenT house, near bosTon Photo: Savills and Rob Davis.

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WELCOME HOME A beautiful trendy kitchen has been created by Paul Trevor of Swineshead’s Colin Luesby, with cream, Corian surfaces and veneered walnut cabinetry.

Naturally technology is inconspicuous, with a concealed dishwasher and integrated Bosch double ovens, warming drawers, microwave and induction hob. A separate utility houses a US-fridge freezer and laundry equipment plus loads of additional storage.

The kitchen has a family area and integrated study to enable the whole family to remain together at tea-time, and there’s a separate dining room and formal sitting room beyond which is a heated indoor swimming pool.

On the opposite wing of the property is a large games room/study, with a separate office area and storage above a double garage, affording anyone who runs a business from home ample room.

The first floor features a large hallway beautifully lit by the double height entrance vestibule, with a curved staircase. The hallway is illuminated at night by moonlight sparkling off a reflective mirror pond which projects its reflections over the ceiling, creating a shimmering effect. There are four double bedrooms, and two really enormously proportioned en-suites as well as a large family bathroom and large walk in closets.

Outside, the family keeps chickens, they’ve created raised vegetable plots, and there’s also a summerhouse and pond area with a quaint bridge. The space and views over open Lincolnshire farmland provide a lovely change of pace, but our eyes were still firmly fixed on the dramatic 30m curved building and impressive expanse of glass.

“It’s a clean looking, practical and easy to run family home with lots of space.” says Karen. “We’ve been delighted with it, but we’re keen to start a new project.

We’re not sure what, yet, but we’ve really enjoyed our first building project so perhaps we’ll build on the experience we’ve gained here.”

Crescent House may not be the typical Lincolnshire property, but it doesn’t look out of place even in a little village like Antons Gowt. What’s more, it has so many features that make it a pleasure to live with day to day, from a well-equipped kitchen to the bedrooms’ balconies, the expanse of natural light, the generous decked area and the wealth of built in storage.

It’s undoubtedly a property that’s different, but not gratuitously so. Boston’s best have come together to ensure Crescent House is well-thought out, well-implemented and made by a team of craftspeople who have enjoyed the chance to create something truly unique... and the result is a really gorgeous country home!

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Crescent House, Antons Gowt, Boston Guide Price: £595,000 style: Contemporary country home in a village location designed by local architect and created by local craftsmen. receptions: Family kitchen, dining room and formal sitting room. Separate games room/office. bedrooms: Four with two en suites.

other features: Heat recovery ventilation, swimming pool, study, summerhouse.

Guide Price: £595,000 estate agency: Savills, olympic House, doddington Road, Lincoln, LN6 3SE. Telephone: 01522 508908.

Website: www.savills.co.uk.

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Main: Designer manuel canovas advocates pairing traditional textures such as gustave in rose - used to cover this antique chair - with contrasting materials used for cushions; Joseph in pomme sophie in rose indian, Victor and (front) marius in menthe and Louis in cyclamen.

HOuSE & HOME

In the Pink...

Whether you opt for huge swathes of bright raspberry pink, or the odd magenta highlight, cheerful, feminine and vibrant magenta is truly on trend...

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HOuSE & HOME

Sandersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Option 11 Kantu wallpaper in magenta. Sofa covered in Orlando Weaves canvas, floral scatter cushion and curtain in Varese. Statement chair covered in Brianza cerise velvet.

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HOuSE & HOME

Main: Maycott print

by Sanderson employed in curtains and floral scatter cushion.

Pink/ivory Lamorna shown here with duck egg/rose wallpaper.

Above: Clarke and Clarke’s Nostalgic Prints range is a charming collection of vintage inspired printed cotton fabrics. Floral scatter cushion Nancy in Chintz.

Additional scatter cushions in Heather Wildflowers and daisy in Raspberry. Curtains Nancy in Chintz.

Throw Paisley Rose in Heather.

Each of our featured designers are available from the county’s leading independent soft furnishings specialists for stockists, see over.

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Main: clarke and clarkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bukhara is a stunning collection of embroidered linens, stripes and jacquard.

The inspiration comes from ancient Persia, where traditional ethnic patterns are combined with rich, bold colours. shown here is a sofa in mitra berry, scatter cushions in zari and bukhara.

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HOuSE & HOME

Manuel Canovas 2013 collection’s Sara, Samina, Kazan and Sultan collections.

Chair in Foch Rose, curtains Voyage en Chine, cushions in Champs Elysees and Nura.

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couple of years back, the owners of a Grade II listed cottage angered their neighbours by painting their property bright pink. The disgruntled neighbours returned from their relaxing holiday to discover the house they look at each morning, when they open their curtains, has metamorphosed into a bright magenta.

Another couple, in May this year, returned from their honeymoon to discover the groom’s brother had decided revenge is a dish best served cold and had taken revenge for a prank played on him some six years earlier, by painting his house bright pink with yellow spots, mimicking the 90s character Mr Blobby.

We’d certainly recommend employing pink shades with a bit more restraint - if only to ensure good neighbourly

or familial relations - the bride in particular was reluctant to see the funny side. However, it remains the case that the beauty of the colour pink is its versatility; it can be as gentle and soft, or as bright and vivid as you wish.

A flat bright pink in a fuchsia shade (Fired Earth’s Eton Mess, Little Greene’s Mischief) will add energy to a room. Mix it with rich, pastel pinks and paint wooden floorboards in a soft white that will brighten and freshen the space and mitigate the shock of the bright modern use of the colour.

A softer look can be achieved with dusty pink, which is calmer and suits large, bold floral fabrics and textured patterns. Equally powerful is the use of different shades of pink, mixed and matched for a cheerful on trend look that’s less formal.

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GP&J Baker’s Marwood features curtains in the company’s Willoughby fabric, sofa in pink Luna, cushions in Luna, Rushford, Mersham Leaf and foot stool in Rushford.

One of the tricks that the colour has up its sleeve is its ability to complement other colours; in a bolder scheme, it looks good colour blocked with retro orange shades in a teenager’s bedroom, and if such a dramatic use of colour blocking is a turn off, you can colour small sections of a stark white kitchen with candy pink, apricot and orange.

In more traditional rooms, pink can work just as well to lift the starkness of a white room - traditional prints which combine pink with floral patterns to channel an on trend 1950s Cath Kidston look.

Softer shades of pink pair well with sage and duck egg blues against warm creamy white shades for a grown up scheme or chocolate and glistening gold colours in a more whimsical, theatrical setting.

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The design rule to remember about decorating with pink - any pink - is to break it up with different colours to achieve balance.

The best colours will always depend on the intensity of the pink you use and the look you want to achieve.

In kitchens, achieve a retro look with soft vintage pink, blue and mint. Enamelware and floral patterned mug will complement retro styled appliances and gingham linens.

In living rooms, bright raspberry tones with lime and mismatched cushions with a variety of textures and patterns break up single colour sofas, whilst patterned sofas can look good with the addition of colour blocked cushions with contrasting colours.

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Chair in Foch Rose, curtains Voyage en Chine, cushions in Champs Elysees and Nura.

Conversely, modern room schemes can use bright pink to offset hard metallic silvers and even charcoals & blacks. Vibrant fuchsia, stone, off-white and black are perfect bedfellows in a boudoir - stick to simple patterns and shapes and it’s not as girly as you might think.

It’s easy to dismiss pink as a colour more suited to a teenage girl’s room rather than a ‘grown up’ colour choice. In fact, pink can be perfectly mature as well as garish. Utilising the design skills of one of the county’s interiors specialists will create a cohesive look with collections of wallcoverings and fabrics from the best names and will provide the expertise needed to create a beautiful bespoke room no matter what your property.

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Vibrant fuchsia, stone, off-white and black are perfect bedfellows in a boudoir - stick to simple patterns and shapes and it’s not as garish or as girly as you might think...

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Meanwhile bedrooms can benefit from a layering of different textured fabrics with tactile silks, velvets and heavy linens colour blocking bright fuchsia at the foot of your bed. Cool white bedroom schemes with bold floral prints cheer up an otherwise stark scheme, and with stripped floorboards and fluffy tactile rugs, add warmth and luxury. Let walls do the talking with a paper with a soft-pink print acting as a backdrop for all-white furniture and home accents.

Osborne & Little’s Shiaz wallpaper from SS2013 collection, with Ibis and Oriole fabrics.

Cammacks; Wide Bargate Boston PE21 6RU. Tel: 01205 362300, www.cammacks.co.uk.

Elizabeth & Stevens; Great North Road, Markham Moor DN22 0QU Tel: 01636 822000, www.elizabethandstevens.co.uk.

J&L Ball; 16 North Street, Stamford PE9 1EH. Tel: 01780 481416, www.jandlballinteriors.co.uk.

Lees; 222 Victoria Street North, Grimsby DN31 1BJ Tel: 01472 353 251, www.leesfurnishers.co.uk.

Laura Ashley, Browns and The Wool Room at Marshalls Yard, Beaumont Street , Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21 2NA. Tel: 01427 810706 www.marshallsyard.co.uk.

NGI; High Street, St Martins, Stamford PE9 2LF. Tel: 01780 766 899, www.ngidesign.co.uk.

Oldrids; Downton Furniture Store Boston, Gonerby Junction.

Tel: 01205 350505 / 01476 590239, www.oldrids.co.uk.

Simply Chic; 07825 598016, simplychicinteriordesigns.co.uk.

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The team you can trust, with wills & trusts...

A Trust is a legal arrangement dating back to the middle ages, yet it still has implications for families today.

A Trust is a legal arrangement whereby one group of people (trustees) is responsible for looking after money and property from which another group of people (beneficiaries) can benefit.

current spouse/partner against the wish to provide for children of a previous relationship. In other circumstances a Will trust may help preserve some of the family assets from care home fees.

Trusts originated in the Middle Ages, when Knights went on Crusade and needed somebody who could look after their land and property whilst they were abroad.

Trusts, whether created during a person’s lifetime or by will also offer a solution where there is a family member who, due to disability is unable to earn their own living or to manage their own affairs. They also offer a means of protecting someone who is suffering from a mental illness.

Today a trust is a flexible device which can fulfil a number of functions. It can be used to protect the vulnerable (such as young children, or people who are mentally disabled.) It can also be a useful tax planning tool.

Trusts can be created by Will. Trusts can also be established during a person’s lifetime. For example, a company pension scheme may pay a substantial lump sum if an employee dies before reaching pensionable age. Many people are now planning ahead and setting up a trust to receive this money, so that it can be applied for the benefit of their whole family.

Last but not least, if you are buying a house with someone you are not married to, having a Trust Deed which records how much each of you is contributing and what each of you will be entitled to when the property is sold, can be vital, to avoid a later dispute.

With branches in Boston, Grantham, Horncastle, Lincoln, Newark, Sleaford, Spalding and Stamford, Chattertons Solicitors is one of the leading law firms in Lincolnshire and across the East Midlands offering an extensive range of legal services and independent financial advice.

The firm has been established for over 200 years and is Authorised by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority, SRA No. 44948 and Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

In other cases, a person who has been successful in business may wish to give assets away during their lifetime with a view to reducing the amount of tax that is payable on their death.

Often they prefer to put such assets into a trust, to be administered for the benefit of their family, rather than handing large sums outright to their children and grandchildren.

Chattertons Solicitors have a specialist trusts team able to guide clients through all manner of trust and tax related issues. Victoria Charlesworth, a solicitor with nearly 25 years’ experience has recently taken over as head of the team from Claudia Riordan, who remains a consultant with the firm.

Victoria is also assisted by Vicky Reeds, another solicitor who has chosen to specialise in this area. All three can provide advice tailored to you and your family’s needs and can be contacted at our Stamford office on 01780 764145.

These are only a couple of examples of cases where lifetime trusts can be beneficial. In the case of Wills, an appropriate trust can provide a means of balancing the needs of a

Contact Victoria Charlesworth or Vicky Reeds on 01780 764145 or visit the firm’s website at www.chattertons.com.

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It costs around £1.3m each year to keep the Air Ambulance operating in the county.

THE EVENT Helicopter Ball at the Petwood Hotel The annual Helicopter Ball took place recently to raise funds for the county’s Air Ambulance.

The service operates throughout Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, and flies over 1,000 missions each year, funded by charitable donations with no funding from EMAS or the NHS. The service is a boon to those who suffer injury as a result of equestrian, agricultural or RTC incidents as the helicopter can reach casualties quickly and easily, providing a smooth flight back to one of the county’s hospitals in the event of spinal trauma.

The event is designed to raise money for the Air Ambulance.

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The event was held at the Petwood Hotel.

The Ambucopter flies around 1,000 missions each year.

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IN THE GARDEN

Growing Wild...

Whether you’re looking to declare turf war on lacklustre lawns or create something less formal, like a chamomile lawn or wildflower meadow, This month we’ve tips for troubleshooting grotty grass and suggestions for going wild for flowers...

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eatly clipped and impeccably edged or ragged and wild with jewelled speckles of wild flowers, it’s likely your lawn will be the centre of your garden. Whilst there’s a likelihood that you’ll retain a certain area of formal lawn, wildflower lawns have also become popular thanks to the increased profile of conservation issues.

Maintaining a Formal Lawn If your lawn is looking lacklustre, Michael Hix of Sleaford’s Four Seasons Garden Centre recommends three-in-one products like Evergreen Complete (£8.99/80m2). These will feed, de-weed and control moss with results visible in just seven days. It’s also really easy to apply, with a hand-crank spreader for smaller lawns, or via a walk-behind applicator for larger ones.

Starting from Scratch Alternatively, start from scratch with turf or seed.

Turf is more expensive (£130 for 36sq yd) and labour intensive, but immediate. Seeding is much cheaper (£15 for the same area) and requires more aftercare.

Seeding also allows you to choose a more utilitarian and less ‘luxurious’ lawn variety, and is certainly better for larger areas.

Creating Wild Flower Meadows Of course, your grass needn’t look formal and manicured; wild flower meadows attract loads of wildlife, they’re relatively easy to maintain and suit rural properties beautifully, with huge explosions of colour

Opposite/ Above: Go Wild and plant a wildflower meadow - they’re low maintenance and perfect pollinators. Chamomile flowers and poppies are great elements for a meadow. Above: Grass seed is better for larger areas or whose who want to choose a more hardy variety of lawn.

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A hand-crank spreader is the best way to economically distribute grass seed or wildflower meadow seeds. throughout the summer. August is the ideal time to seed areas with wildflower mixes - you can sow them in March or April, but many seeds need the cold winter months to break their in-built dormancy.

They will therefore not germinate in their first year from a spring sowing.

Making it Easy Choose a mix from an independent seed retailer; Boston Seeds provides 20% and 100% seed mixtures which include only native varieties such as a bee and butterfly mix that comprises 26 varieties including oxeye daisy, borage, scabious and bird’s foot trefoil, a mix created with the RHS’s Perfect Pollinators list in mind.

Autumn-sown seeds generally germinate and establish quickly, although some will not come up until the following spring.

A wildflower area doesn’t require any additional watering or feeding. This could alter the natural balance of plants in the area. They don’t need mowing, either, although if you wish to cut a path through your meadow, this can be tackled more easily with a strimmer.

Herb Lawns Whilst grass lawns have the disadvantage of requiring regular mowing, feeding and edging. In sunny areas where foot traffic is light or mower access is difficult, Chamaemelum nobile, micro-clover (e.g: white nanouk) or Creeping Thymes can be used to provide a lower maintenance alternative to grass, especially on banks or slopes.

Main: Cornflower, oxeye daisies and poppies are all ideal for those looking to attract butterflies and bees. One of the best pollinators in a wildflower mix is Scabious (right).

A wildflower meadow needs no mowing, feeding or watering... what’s more, autumn-sown seeds generally germinate and establish quickly, although some will not come up until the following spring...

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GARDENING

IN THE GARDEN

Jobs for August

£ The flowers on some plants have already finished flowering. If you ‘dead head’ them regularly, it helps the plant thrive and flower more. Sometimes you will even get a second or follow-on flowering, which means that you can enjoy scent and colour in your garden even longer.

Both annuals and many perennials flower much better if the dead flowers are regularly removed. On some varieties such as lupin, delphinium, Geum, Alyssum and Alchemilla a second flowering or follow-on flowering can then occur, given favourable conditions.

£ Now is a good planting time for Madonna lilies (Lilium candidum). The bulbs of colchicum and autumn-flowering crocuses (such as Crocus kotschyanus, pink flowers, and C. speciosus, lilac) need to be planted in August. Plant Colchicum 10 cm deep, Crocus 6 cm deep.

£ If the grass is growing well, the blades remain succulent and the lawn is easy to mow. You can now give lawn feed one more time. After this, only give special nitrogen-free autumn fertiliser. The grass must be able to ripen before winter in order to be more frost-resistant.

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£ REVESBy COUNTRy FAIR

£ MCFLy AT MARKET RASEN

, What s On... £ MCFLy VISIT RASEN

£ STEAM & VINTAGE

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market rasen rocks - and for conclusive proof of this, visit market rasen racecourse on 17th august and 31st august for rasen rocks - the venue’s summertime live music events.

The first market rasen rocks event on 17th august features radio 1’s scott mills. he will be performing a DJ set from the grandstand after the day’s racing with prices from £13.50-£25.

Then, on 31st august, it’s all about you as mcFly, supported by The Vamps, will perform songs including Five colours in her hair, obviously and room on the Third Floor. Tickets are from £17.10 to £29, £8/under 18.

The racecourse is also hosting its raF benevolent Fun Family Day on 4th august with a spitfire flyover and lots of family fun. www.marketrasenraces.co.uk Tel: 0844 579 3009

2013 will be the 28th rally organised by Lincolnshire steam and Vintage rally, and will take place at the county showground on saturday 17th and sunday 18th august. 1,700 exhibits and 80 acres of bygone farming machinery creates a real insight into the farming industry in previous years.

Look out for two special concerts this month from 12 choristers from the choir of Trinity college. held at Tetney’s church of st Peter & st Paul on 30th august and Louth’s st James’s church on 31st august, both start at 7pm. soloists in their own right and studying for degrees in non-musical disciplines, the students’ official duties within cambridge include singing three anglican services a week, as well as singing for events within Trinity college and highprofile concerts around the country.

The choir also frequently gives radio broadcasts live on bbc radio 3.

The two concerts will also involve the audience as they present a programme consisting of works from the cambridge liturgy - as well as close-harmony arrangements of popular classics from michael Jackson to the beach boys! www.trinitycollegechoir.com

www.lsvr.org

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Fun for the whole family...

Grimsthorpe Festival 2013... £ ChOIR OF TRINITy COLLEGE

A SuPERB LIVE MuSIC ANd SPoKEN WoRd FESTIVAL IN THE GRouNdS oF BEAuTIFuL GRIMSTHoRPE CASTLE...

£ REVESBy FAIR

£ RAFBF AIR ShOW

enjoy the very best in country sports this month as the revesby show returns to the country estate with equestrian entertainment, from showjumping through to dressage, with shire horses and carriage driving too!

Where else can you this month see a Lancaster taxy run, the avro Vulcan, Trig aerobatic Team and The blades?

The raFbF air show takes place at east kirkby on 3rd august from 10am. www.lincsaviation.co.uk Tel: 01790 763207

revesby’s dog events including a terrier show, dog agility, gun dog scurry, exemption dog show and novelty classes.

There will also be clay pigeon shooting, archery, fishing, vintage cars and bygones, vintage tractors, oil engines, fairground and a flower show too!

With over 250 trade stands, plus the 2013 revesby sporting challenge and a busy main ring programme, there’s lots to see at revesby, just a few miles north of boston, towards horncastle, with admission £9/adults, £2.50/children. www.revesby-country-fair.co.uk Tel: 07831 533375

£ 1914 RE-ENACTMENT Join Lincoln castle on a journey through the past. Take a glimpse back in time and explore life at home and on the front during World War i. infantry displays, war poetry, wartime food, plus an exploration of women’s contributions to the war effort and Forgotten Voices - men and women reading original letters to and from the trenches. admission from 10am, £6/adults, £4.50/conc. www.visitlincolnshire.com Tel: 01522 553354

Fun for the Whole Family! The August bank holiday sees the return of the Grimsthorpe Festival in the grounds of Bourne’s Grimsthorpe Castle.

Taking place on 26th August from 12 noon, Main Stage will feature an amazing lineup of anything from rock to indie, whilst the Show Ring stage takes in the traditional and contemporary folk genres and the Acoustic Stage has solo bands and artists with a more mellow persuasion.

In addition, there’s a Spoken Word stage with live performances of poetry, prose and comedy, children’s area and the Grimsthorpe Beer Festival, plus side shows and workshops for festival-goers to enjoy throughout.

Tickets £8/adults, £6/conc, £4/children.

For ticket information call 07711 705604 or see www.grimsthorpefestival.co.uk.

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Right of Way – Protect your Land

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f members of the public, such as a rambling organisation, can show that they have crossed over your land, along the same route, for upwards of 20 years without interruption, permission, secrecy or force, then such route can be presumed to be a dedicated highway, a public right of way.

The classification of the highway will depend on how the route has bee used by the public, for example with vehicles on foot or on horseback.

It is possible to stop the dedication of a highway, if during the 20 year period you stop the public rights being established by erecting a notice on the land. This notice

must be visible to users of the route and state that there is no intention to dedicate the route as a highway. The problem with this though is that notices can be removed or become illegible due to graffiti, or confusion may arise if notices are placed next to “public footpath” notices.

Section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980 can provide further protection. You can lodge with the appropriate council (1) a map of the land on a scale of not less than 6 inches to 1 mile, and (2) a statement indicating what ways (if any) over the land you admit to have been dedicated as highways.

Within 10 years of lodging the plan, and every subsequent 10 years, you must provide

a statutory declaration that no additional way (other than specifically indicated in the declaration) has been dedicated as a highway since the date that the map was lodged or since the date of the last declaration.

Section 31 (6) however will not help where an individual is claiming a private right of way by prescription nor will it void rights that have been presumed dedicated by the 20 year use already.

Despite this, Section 31(6) is a helpful mechanism to protect future rights of way and would be a worthwhile farming management exercise and I would be happy to help in this regard.

Thinking of Buying or Selling Agricultural Land?

CoNTACT HELEN BARToN ouR LoCAL ANd TRuSTEd LAWYER SPECIALISING IN ALL ASPECTS oF AGRICuLTuRE LAW I am an Associate at Andrew & Co LLP, and a member of the Agricultural Law Association, specialising in agricultural property matters, including both the buying and selling of agricultural land, advising on farm business tenancies, and dealing with voluntary registration of the land at the Land Registry. I can also advise on commercial development issues on farms, such as option agreements, conditional contracts and alternative uses of the land such as for renewable energy.

I was born in Lincolnshire and have always taken a keen interest in agricultural matters from a young age, spending school holidays at my grandfather’s farm, walking the fields and helping with lambing at Easter and with the cattle in the dairy.

I enjoy outdoor activities and the majority of

my time away from the office is taken up with competing in equestrian activities.

I have instigated sponsorship through Andrew & Co LLP of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust Annual Dinner at the Lincoln Hotel for the past two years, and this is alongside the sponsoring of the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society’s Spring Lecture held at the Lincolnshire Showground.

Andrew & Co LLP have a longstanding connection with the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society, being their honorary Solicitors.

I am based at the accessible Lincoln office but I am also available for meetings at our Newark office or indeed at any other location on the farm or otherwise to suit the client.

Working with farmers through the generations

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ON THE FARM

BARRy POSTON At this year’s major farming shows, farmers were greeted with slightly improved weather and an improvement in growing conditions. Barry Poston took time out for a catch up with his farming friends...

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t the time of writing, in late June, most crops seem to be maturing some 10-14 days later than normal. This is due to the much reported - cold and wet season which is anticipated well into July and August.

Probably the most noticeable crop affected is the green pea crop grown for freezing and canning. I cannot remember a season so late to start harvesting or vining.

The pea crops look very well and no doubt there will be a ‘concertina’ affect. With our four harvesters completely flat out in South Lincolnshire I would like to apologise to all road uses for any hindrance as these large machines move around. Due to last year’s poor crop the processors’ stores are very empty and they will be very keen to get the new season’s pea crops in.

sophisticated stores of last year’s old potatoes who were able to store them until the end of June.

This year’s crop looks particularly well and I get the impression that more acres have been planted which may cause an over supply and consequent lower prices.

The sugar beet crop has also improved immensely and most crops were just about meeting in the rows by the time of the Lincolnshire Show. However growers are still unhappy with the prices being offered for the 2014 crop and negotiations are still taking place.

The two major agricultural events in Lincolnshire (the county show and Cereals) were very well attended. However it’s sad that the organisers have decided to move the Cereals event to Hertfordshire which will entail a long journey for Lincolnshire farmers.

Most other crops, despite the slow spring growth, now look very well. The wheat crop has filled out considerably and in July it looks fairly clear of leaf and ear diseases. However reduced acres and pulled up crops will mean there could be a 25% reduction in overall yield.

I recently had the opportunity to see a new anaerobic digester being constructed near Spilsby. There are now several in Lincolnshire with most of them having maize as their main feedstock, however pig slurry and general council waste can also be used.

Growers that were able to store last year’s potatoes were well rewarded with better prices than for many years. The early potato crop lifting starts off in Jersey and then moving to Pembrokeshire and East Anglia. These crops were also late in maturing and consequently helped those growers with

Sowing maize in April gives an excellent opportunity to remove blackgrass and to those farmers with this weed as a problem, it can be a great help. Considerable capital is required to set up these plants and one hopes the output will enable these enterprises get their money back.

Words: Barry Poston

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ON THE FARM

with Barry Poston

Anaerobic digestion projects mean farm waste from animals, and crops like maize, will be increasingly used to meet the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; s power needs...

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Stamford is home to The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials which, each year, brings in the region of £20m of revenue into the area and attracts over 160,000 people.

It’s one of three Grand Slam events alongside the Rolex Kentucky & Gloucestershire’s Badminton Trials and it’s one of the top events in the world, meaning astonishing entertainment for those seeking world-class equestrian entertainment...

Words: Rob Davis. Pictures: Kit Houghton.

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xperience the thrill of world-class equestrian entertainment as the area’s four-star four day eventing competition returns to Stamford.

chance to also compete for the coveted Grand Slam of eventing comprising Burghley’s event, the Rolex Kentucky and Gloucestershire’s Badminton Horse Trials.

This year, the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials returns to the county for its 52nd year and will host around 80 horses and riders, keen to walk away with a £60,000 prize - an increase of £5,000 on last year - plus the

For spectators, that means the chance to enjoy world-class riders, and four days of country pursuits, shopping and socialising right here in the county...

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It’s easy to take the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials for granted - it’s something that comes around each year, an enjoyable late summer pastime - but consider for a second how lucky we are to host such an event.

Attracting over 160,000 spectators, it’s a major international sporting event, as well as a huge county show with masses of media coverage and seven full-time members of staff in the Horse Trials office, preparation for the event runs throughout the year, becoming increasingly industrious in the last month or so.

“It’s definitely an all-year round task, and everyone in the office is up to speed with routine administration tasks at the beginning of the year.” says Elizabeth Inman, Director of The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials.

“There are numerous outline meetings with contractors; planning and allocation of qualifiers for the Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse classes; marketing and PR; invitations issued to tradestand exhibitors and much more besides. Then, in May the opening of the box office signals the start of our busiest time.”

Above: Last year’s winner was New Zealander Andrew Nicholson on Avebury. Left: Zara Phillips will not be competing in this year’s event following the announcement of her pregnancy.

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over four days, with a total prize fund in the region of £220,000 and the chance to go on to compete for the Grand Slam at Kentucky and Badminton, completion of which will allow the winner to walk away with $350,000 and the prize money from each of the events too.

The Trials attracts the best riders in the world with Andrew Nicholson winning for the second time in 2012 and William Fox-Pitt winning at Burghley on no fewer than six occasions. Past competitors include HRH The Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips - the event is a family affair too, as daughter Zara Phillips is a regular competitor, though her entry has yet to be confirmed for the 2013 Trials.

Wednesday 4th September sees a horse inspection whilst gates open from 7.30am on Thursday for the first of two dressage days.

Designed to test the poise of the animal, its obedience and the relationship between horse and rider, the dressage stage of the competition sees competitors performing a series of movements which are awarded marks between one and ten. These are averaged and shown as a percentage before being multiplied by one and a half to bring scores in line with the other two disciplines in the Trials. Judges are looking for energy, steadiness and to see that each horse is regular and rhythmic in its paces, calm and obedient.

Thursday is also regarded as an unofficial ‘ladies day’ at the Trials. With over 600 retailers, there’s plenty of choice for those seeking specialist kit or shopping in the Rural Crafts, Country Living and Burghley Lifestyle areas.

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“Every year the variety of shopping on offer at Burghley just seems to get better. The selection and diversity never ceases to dazzle and we are especially proud that the shopping combines with the Trials themselves to give our visitors such a treat.” says Elizabeth.

Saturday is the event’s most popular day as competitors tackle The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials’s cross country course. Taking place in the park, this spans approximately four miles and comprises 33 fences taking competitors around 11 minutes to complete it’s an intense part of the Trials and a true test of horsemanship.

Meanwhile the event’s second ring is, on Thursday, home to Pony Club Team Jumping and on Friday the Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse Finals and the British Bred Sport Horse Stallion Parade.

Finally, Sunday sees the competitors completing the third phase of the competition, a show jumping course of nearly 600 metres, with an allowance of 93 seconds.

The course is designed to see whether horse and rider are fatigued from the previous day and tests suppleness, jumping ability and obedience.

Knocking down an obstacle or a first refusal incurs four penalties and is enough to damage a competitor’s chances of winning the competition, whilst a fall or error eliminates horse and rider from the competition altogether.

Dressage and show jumping both take place in the Main Arena and on Thursday there is also a fascinating Dog Display by the Defence Animal Centre (DAC), whilst on Sunday a HOYS Racehorse to Riding Horse qualifier and a Parade of Foxhounds take place before prizes are awarded at approximately 4.00pm.

The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials may be a major international sporting event for equestrian enthusiasts, but despite its standing and the excitement of its spectators anyone can enjoy the event, regardless of whether they’ve a good knowledge of eventing.

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There’s an immense sense of pride amongst the event’s team of organisers, each of whom express how privileged they feel to work on the Trials. In the week or two leading up to the event they work 16 hour days at least, running on pure adrenaline, but the event’s reputation makes it all worthwhile.

“As well as being one of the world’s greatest events of its type, The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, also offers our visitors much more than world class equestrian sport.” says Elizabeth.“Over 600 selected trade stands, seven specialist pavilions, and the Burghley Food Walk offers an unrivalled shopping experience.”

Burghley House is one of the country’s finest properties of its age, a beautiful backdrop to such a superb event.

Whether you’re a first timer, or a Trials veteran, this September it’s time to go back to Burghley and reacquaint yourself with the four star event that offers a truly five star day out.

Above: Kate Hicks during the cross country round.

Right: andrew Nicholson completing the show jumping element of the competition.

Top/Left: the event has over 600 selected trade stands.

For information and bookings, visit: www.burghley-horse.co.uk or call: 01933 304744.

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PROVISIONAL

TIMETABLE Equestrian action spanning four days and the three disciplines of dressage, cross country and show jumping...

£ WEDNESDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 4.00pm: First Horse Inspection in Main arena.

£ THURSDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 7.30am: Gates open.

8.00am: Members only: breakfast served in Member’s Enclosure.

9.00am: Shops open.

9.00am: Dressage begins in Main arena.

9.30am-5.00pm: Pony club team Jumping in Ring two.

12.30pm: Dog Display by Dac in Main arena.

£ FRIDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER

Anyone can enjoy The Burghley Horse Trials, regardless of whether they possess a knowledge of eventing...

7.30am: Gates open.

8.00am: Members only: breakfast served in Member’s Enclosure.

9.00am: Shops open.

9.00am-5.00pm: Dressage in Main arena.

12.30pm: Dressage display by Ferdi Eilberg in Main arena.

9.00am: Dubarry burghley Young Event Horse Finals in Ring two.

12.30pm: british bred Sport Horse Stallion Parade in Ring two.

£ SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 7.30am: Gates open.

8.00am: Members only: breakfast served in Member’s Enclosure.

9.00am: Shops open.

11.00am-5.00pm: cross country.

£ SUNDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER 7.30am: Gates open.

8.00am: Members only: breakfast served in Member’s Enclosure.

9.00am: Shops open.

9.00am: Final Horse Inspection in Main arena.

9.00am: bSPS Sports Pony Final in Ring two.

10.30am: Show Jumping (in reverse order) in Main arena.

12.00pm: Racehorse to Riding Horse (HoYS Qualifier) in Main arena.

2.00pm: band Display in Main arena.

2.30pm: Show Jumping (Final 20 competitors) in Main arena.

3.45pm: Parade of Foxhounds in Main arena.

4.00pm: Presentation of Prizes in Main arena.

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Middleton Hall Golf Club extends a warm welcome to Golf Societies seven days a week.

We have a range of competitively priced options to choose from or we can tailor a package to suit your specific requirements.

OPTION 1 Tea or Coffee with either Bacon Roll, Teacake or Croissant, 18 Holes of Golf.

Weekdays £25/pp, Weekends & Holidays £30/pp.

OPTION 2 Tea or Coffee, 18 Holes of Golf, Fresh Baguette with a choice of fillings and Chips.

Weekdays £28/pp, Weekends & Holidays £34/pp.

OPTION 3 Tea or Coffee & Bacon Roll, 18 Holes of Golf, A choice of Ham Egg & Chips, Chicken Pie, Chilli Con Carne or Sausage & Mash with Onion Gravy.

Weekdays £30/pp, Weekends & Holidays £36/pp.

OPTION 4 Tea or Coffee with either Bacon Roll, Teacake or Croissant. 18 Holes of Golf.

Traditional Roast Dinner with seasonal vegetables. Dessert & Coffee.

Weekdays £36/pp, Weekends & Holidays £40/pp.

If the society comprises 30 or more players an option for a traditional Roast Carvery Dinner with seasonal vegetables, selection of Desserts and Coffee with mints is available.

Weekdays £38/pp, Weekends & Holidays £42/pp.

OPTION 5 Tea/Coffee with either Bacon Roll, Teacake or Croissant, 9/18 Holes of Golf, Baguette, Chips and Salad Garnish. 18 Holes of Golf, Traditional Roast Dinner with seasonal vegetables, Dessert and Coffee.

Weekdays £48/pp, Weekends & Holidays £54/pp.

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THE HERB GARdEN

Fresh from the Garden Grow them, pick them, enjoy them - herbs are delicious in summer salads and other dishes too. their delicate scent will enhance any garden and their medicinal qualities are truly unique...

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he appeal of herbs quickly becomes apparent to even the most inexperienced gardener; they’re easy to manage, generally prolific in their growth, hardy and of course, useful.

Maintaining a herb garden is back in vogue, and the county’s resident experts are Peter and Christine Bench.

The couple were both raised in the county and live between Grantham and Oakham, moving to their former farm house - Grade II listed and built in 1790 - back in 1976 to pursue self-sufficiency.

Peter’s mother, Nancy Bench, still plays an active part in the running of what became the family’s thriving herb nursery. She is also the author of The Healing Garden.

The Herb Nursery has five acres of nursery, garden and woodland, with 40 types of mint, 20 types of rosemary, 17 types of oregano, seven types of basil and 50 different types of thyme.

Above: the herb nursery supplies common and rarer varieties of herbs, and has a ‘sales area’ with 95% of the plants on offer propagated and grown on site.

Left: a large glasshouse is home to the site’s pelargoniums whilst a second glasshouse has walled borders with the couple’s collection of thyme.

Right: Peter and christine came to the Grade II listed farmhouse in 1976 and have nurtured the five acre site to include a wild flower meadow designed to encourage bees - nature’s natural propagators - and birds & butterflies.

Peter and Christine have 40 types of mint, 20 types of rosemary, 17 types of oregano and over 50 different types of thyme! They specialise in growing herbs but also have a number of cottage garden plants, wild flowers and over 80 different types of pelargoniums...

Using Herbs EASY PEASY PESTO: Rip off a large handful of basil and grind in a pestle and mortar with 50g cooked pine nuts, 50g of parmesan and two garlic cloves. alternatively, whizz the above in a food processor. Purple basil makes the best pesto but any variety will add a fresh high summer taste to roasts.

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The Herb Garden

5 Mint

varieties of

Mint is one of the most useful, prolific and easy-to-grow varieties - it’s also perfect for winter dishes!

Above: the couple’s knot garden has three types of interwoven box, and is a ‘posh’ showcase for different types of oregano. beyond it is a ‘secret’ garden - a peaceful place with herbaceous perennials

Russian Mint

This month, pot up indoor raised Basil, Oregano, Parsley, Rosemary, Sage and Thyme to harden them off before you plant them outdoors...

Right: Purple flowering sage Salvia officinalis bicolor can be pruned after flowering, then dried to use over winter. Sage needs a well-drained fertile soil in a sunny spot. If your soil is a little heavy, dig in some grit before planting.

Spearmint flavoured, good culinary mint, resistant to rust with beautiful white flowers.

Pineapple Mint Pretty variegated variety of mint which grows to 24 inches.

Great for adding colour to winter dishes.

Swiss Rococo Mint Used commercially for flavouring chewing gum and other mint confectionery.

Bowles Mint otherwise known as apple Mint, with large hairy leaves makes superior mint sauce.

Buddleia Mint

Using Herbs CHAMOMILE TEA: For a naturally relaxing, calming drink to help you sleep, rinse chamomile flowers with cool water, add two tablespoons of chamomile flowers to two cups of boiling water then mash up with two thin slices of apple. Next, strain into two cups and add honey to taste.

Grown for its large buddleia-like pink flowers, especially attractive to bees and butterflies.

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Herbs are tough little plants especially ideal for container growing. Some, like mint, are so prolific that they’re best kept confined to containers, and fragrant herbs are a great way to cheer up a terrace...

Above: the five acre nursery offers advice for beginners and experts, as well as common and rarer herb varieties.

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The couple are well placed to give advice on herb husbandry and how to use each one but advise, generally, ensuring herbs are grown from plants, which will be ready to eat in as little as 20 days, with average growing times of 20-40 days depending on the variety.

“The right levels of temperature and watering vary from herb to herb, but are vital for a healthy plant.” says Christine. “Basil prefers a warmer climate and likes to be watered frequently, whereas coriander is watered sparingly. Plants taste best when they are strong and healthy; some herbs are gently brushed

which helps them grow more compact and stronger, and when it comes to pest control, natural predators are the best way of keeping pests such as aphids and whitefly at bay.”

Herbs are tough plants and are also ideal for containers, window boxes and kitchen window sills. Most will proliferate quite voraciously; mint, for example, is best grown in pots rather than borders as it spreads quickly.

“Consider quirky planters, like old buckets, wellington boots, and raised beds separate from the rest of your garden.” says Christine.

Grow thyme, sage, rosemary, tarragon and oregano in full sun, but remember that other herbs such as basil, rocket, sorrel, parsley and chervil prefer partial shade.

Herbs grown for foliage (mint, chives, lovage) need a cutback after flowering to encourage more shoots.

Woody herbs (thyme, lavender, sage, rosemary) need a

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The Herb Garden

Far Right: the couple’s ‘secret garden’ is a place for quiet contemplation.

light prune to keep their shape and to prevent them from becoming too woody. Do this after flowering or in August and September, and mulch moisture loving herbs to prevent them drying out.

“It’s tempting to pot up herbs in order to keep them growing over winter, but not all will keep growing well, even if brought indoors.” says Christine.

“Chives and mint need a period of latency, while others - basil and coriander for example - don’t like the low light levels of a British winter. Parsley does, however, well indoors, as does oregano; pot up in gritty compost, and keep in a well-lit and airy spot.”

As winter approaches, dry out bay, mint, rosemary and thyme, hanging sprigs in a well-ventilated, dark place, you can protect them from dust by wrapping muslin cloth around them. They’re ready then crisp to the touch but not brittle; stored in an airtight container they should last for a year.

Right: christine and one of the gardens feline friends, who’s presumably a big fan of catmint, catnip or cat’s claw...

Using Herbs PERFECT POTATOES: chop two sprigs of fresh rosemary and two garlic cloves, then use olive oil to roast. add lemon juice to make the best sautéed potatoes you’ve ever tasted.

Season with salt and cracked black pepper after frying.

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Right: the two main cultivars of this herb are curly parsley (Petroselinum crispum) with ruffled leaves and Italian parsley (Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum) with flat leaves.

In general, flat-leaf parsley has a more robust flavour, while the curly variety is associated with decoration. Some claim that curly-leaf parsley has no flavour or, conversely, that it tastes more bitter, but it really depends on the particular plant, its growing conditions, and age. both kinds of parsley may be used in cooking and when substituting one for the other, taste to determine the flavour and adjust as desired. think, too, about the texture that would work best in your dish.

Healthy Herbs Many herbs have long been used as health remedies and in homeopathic medicines, Peter’s mother Nancy has written a book, The Healing Garden on the subject... £ Chamomile: a soothing herb that is believed to have anti-inflammatory properties. It is also used for its mild sedative effect. chamomile tea is one of the best ways to relax before bedtime so that you will get a good night's sleep. £ Mint: Peppermint, in particular, is used to calm anxiety, treat headaches, and nausea.

It is also used in some chest rubs used for cold treatment. £ Lavender: assists with burns, antiseptic, used as a stress reliever, good for depression, aids skin health and beauty.

£ Basil: a powerful antispasmodic, antiviral, and antibacterial herb which can soothe upset stomachs. £ Rosemary: antiseptic and antibacterial which cleanses and detoxes the body.

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Right: Practically anything can be requisitioned as a planter like these bricks. old kitchen colanders and enamelware provides good drainage for herbs, and hanging baskets are ideal for a ‘cascading’ hanging herb garden with shade loving herbs on the lower tiers.

Peter and Christine’s Herb Nursery is located just off the A1 at Thistleton, between Oakham and Grantham. Open seven days a week from 9am-6pm. Call 01572 767658 or see www.herbnursery.co.uk for more information.

Using Herbs A THYME-LY INTERVENTION: thyme is one of the best herbs for drying and storing; it’s really easy! the herb is a great marriage with pork. In the winter, we recommend blending it with mustard, salt and garlic to make a rub for pork loin.

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The Wish List with Andrew Michael’s jewellers

Breitling Starliner Bi-Metal ladies watch with diamonds £8,320.

Hublot gents and ladies watch; above is Big Bang with rubberised strap, steel and diamonds £10,200.

Below/left is Ferrari Unico limited edition watch £19,600.

tHE WISH LISt

Gents Mille Miglia XL Chrono by Chopard in rose gold, limited edition £17,510.

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tHE WISH LISt With...

Andrew Michael ’ s Jewellers, Newark

Breitling gents Transocean Unitime £8,380.

Chopard Imperial for ladies in rose gold with diamond £19,570.

visit andrew michael’s Jewellers at 38-39 Stodman Street, newark, nG241aW. alternatively call 01636 679638 or see www.andrew michaels.co.uk.

For quality watches and jewellery andrew Michael’s Jewellers has served Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire for over 30 years. they are an authorised agent for high-end watches, such as those featured here, from brands including breitling, chopard, Hublot, tag Heuer, bell and Ross, Graham and Raymond Weil. andrew also has a comprehensive stock of pre-owned timepieces, most of which can be viewed online at www.amjwatches.co.uk.

Valuations, adjustments and refurbishing can all be performed in-house by a team of experts headed up by Richard atkins and in-house goldsmith Geoff Rose. “our reputation is centred on tailored advice to suit each customer and unique personal service to guarantee complete satisfaction with every purchase.” says andrew.

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THE FASHiON PAGES

Beach Bright

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<< £ SUMMER NEONS These pleated chiffon print floaty dresses will liven up any holiday wardrobe, ideal for both night and day.

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his month’s selection of bright summer come via designer Brian Rennie’s Basler brand. Available at many of the county’s independent fashion retailers, the brand is best known for its traditional nautical look, but its current collection is a good deal more vibrant.

The designer says that his formula for success: authenticity and originality.

His principles: femininity and preference for colour and details, highest quality as well as optimal combinability.

Fashion by Brian Rennie underlines the personality of quality and style-conscious women, regardless of age, clothing size or nationality... they’re real clothes for real women!

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£ LOVE ON THE ROCKS neon colours work so well together whether they are worn for a casual day at the beach or a busy day at the office.

£ STONED LOVE Look how alive a stone outfit can look with a touch of neon green.

<< £DESIGNER SUNGLASSES FRAMES Tiffany £216/dior £243, o’Briens opticians 01652 653 595, www.obriensopticians.co.uk

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>> £ PINK SUNSHINE These beautiful colourful dresses would brighten up anybody’s day.

£ STOCKISTS Anne Wilkinson 4 Saltergate, Lincoln Ln2 1dm 01522 526752 20 Grove St, Retford, nottinghamshire dn22 6JR 01777 703148 www.annewilkinson.co.uk.

Fenwicks market St Leicester, Le1 6de 0116 255 3322. jane young Chain Lane, newark, nottinghamshire nG24 1aU 01636 703511 www.janeyoung.co.uk.

Rachel 8 victoria Street South, Grimsby dn31 1dp 01472 359655.

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<< ÂŁ SUMMER HOLIDAY What could be more perfect to wear for that moonlight dinner on the beach than this cerise and orange dress.

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>> £ ORANGE CRUSH Stand out in the crowd with this bright orange outfit.

£ STOCKISTS Anne Wilkinson 4 Saltergate, Lincoln Ln2 1dm 01522 526752 20 Grove St, Retford, nottinghamshire dn22 6JR 01777 703148 www.annewilkinson.co.uk.

Fenwicks market St Leicester, Le1 6de 0116 255 3322. jane young Chain Lane, newark, nottinghamshire nG24 1aU 01636 703511 www.janeyoung.co.uk.

Rachel 8 victoria Street South, Grimsby dn31 1dp 01472 359655.

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Ple ate d chi ffon pro vides a floaty fem inin look for thi s dress - gre at for cru ise e s!

Perfect for on-sho re day trips, these raspber ry and cyan separates are cool and comfortable...

>> ÂŁ MAIN IMAGE This silk dress in a beautiful turquoise and cerise colour will certainly turn a few heads on holiday.

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THE FASHiON PAGES

ÂŁ STOCKISTS Anne Wilkinson 4 Saltergate, Lincoln Ln2 1dm 01522 526752 20 Grove St, Retford, nottinghamshire dn22 6JR 01777 703148 www.annewilkinson.co.uk.

Fenwicks market St Leicester, Le1 6de 0116 255 3322. jane young Chain Lane, newark, nottinghamshire nG24 1aU 01636 703511 www.janeyoung.co.uk.

Rachel 8 victoria Street South, Grimsby dn31 1dp 01472 359655.

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The best of

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he only private hospital facility in Lincolnshire, where profits are returned to the NHS for the benefit of all local NHS patients. Patients enjoy privacy and individual attention whilst having the reassurance that The Bostonian is adjacent to the sophisticated services of The Pilgrim Hospital, with its expert diagnostic and emergency medical and surgical facilities.

H Award Winning Sleep Apnoea Service Please visit our website to view the full range of services we offer

www.the-bostonian.co.uk Comfort & Peace of Mind The Bostonian is the private wing of Pilgrim Hospital and is set in its own grounds and gardens. There are 19 en-suite single rooms with digital TVs and telephone. Our dedicated housekeeping team ensure continually high standards of cleanliness and hygiene.

Professional Expertise Almost any condition can be treated at The Bostonian by our dedicated team of professionals – most of our Consultants live only minutes away.

We welcome self referral and provide 24 hour medical cover.

Range of Payment Options Available We deal with all the major insurance companies and also offer Fixed Price packages for the uninsured.

The Bostonian Private Wing, Pilgrim Hospital, Sibsey Road, Boston, Lincs PE21 9QS Telephone: 01205 360606 / Facsimile: 01205 311442 www.the-bostonian.co.uk • ISO 9001:2008 accredited

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THE WEddiNG ALBuM

THE WEddiNG ALBuM

Sally Mayfield & Austin Ryan This month’s bride and groom met by the light of the misty moon and opted for a ‘bright and beautiful’ theme for their wedding with red bridesmaids’ dresses, blue suits, and cheerful flowers & wedding cake... photos: Contact:

darren Garwood Photography 07962 713177, www.darrengarwoodphotography.co.uk

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THE WEddiNG ALBuM

Austin referred to his ‘ a wful’ ’ rather than ‘ l awful’ wedded wife - last minute material for the best man’s speech!

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fter moving to London from my home here in the county, I started a working in a pub called the Misty Moon back in 2006.

Austin was working there too. We clicked right away and I was soon swept off my feet!

We had been with one another for about six years and had just bought a house together. After a week of moving in and starting a new chapter together, with just the two of us stood in the middle of our blank canvas of a house, Austin popped the question. It was just perfect!

The first decisions were ‘where and when.’ Austin comes from London originally but we both decided to have the wedding right here near to where I grew up.

I had quite a search for my dress, but as soon as I clapped eyes on the one I wore on the day I knew it was the dress for me.

It was a strapless sweetheart mermaid lace dress over beaded embroidery with a Mandarin neckline sleeveless lace jacket.

I work in the vintage fashion trade and loved the 1940s Hollywood glamour feel to the dress and I felt amazing in it!

We both have big families and many close friends so it was important for us to have everyone there. In the end the whole day was such a memorable one. We had two best men who gave a wonderful, but unusual speech. The speech had a hilarious last minute addition which alluded to Austin vowing to his ‘awful’ - rather than ‘lawful’ wedded wife!

Wedding planning does test your patience at times but generally it was quite enjoyable. Saying that, I don’t think we’d want to be planning another wedding any time soon though!

We are honeymooning in Bali in a few weeks time. To be honest we’re still on a high from the wedding. We’d like to thank both sets of parents - Tracey & Colin Mayfield and Kathleen & Pat Ryan - for all their support as well as our families and friends for making our day so special.

The day itself was amazing. The ceremony was to be held outside and we were convinced all morning that the weather wouldn’t hold, however when the time came around the sun was shining and it was a moment I’ll never forget, I don’t think either of us could stop smiling throughout!

We’d also like to thank our amazing wedding planners Pauline and Sam, who were wonderful - and our fantastic photographer Darren Garwood. It was a superb day, so memorable, made really enjoyable by our wonderful friends and family.

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MW’s X5 and Land Rover’s Discovery are two models that are luxurious, spacious and desirable. However, the two large SUVs have always followed different paths. Whilst the Discovery has always boasted superior off-road ability, BMW has, instead, prioritised on-road comfort and a more car-like driving dynamic.

With a new X5 due in showrooms this year, the respective remit of each model is now even further apart. Whilst the Discovery has conceded defeat in respect of a sporty drive, leaving that to its Range Rover Sport sibling, BMW will provide a more X5-like X5, with greater luxury, greater sportiness better handling and even greater economy.

To aid economy further, and to further underline the car’s on-road delineations, road-going low resistance tyres, an eight speed gearbox, stop/start technology and brake regeneration technologies are all standard across the range.

Also standard in all but the base model is four wheel drive which also provides, on the centre screen, a 3D real-time display of the system, giving details of incline and trajectory. Whilst that seems like a dramatic improvement in the car’s off-road systems though, there have been far more improvements in its on-road and ‘school & supermarket run’ systems, proving that BMW anticipates the model will keep its tyres clean.

Currently, there’s a real trend towards engine downsizing - the sizable forthcoming Ford Mondeo will offer a tiny 1.0 engine for example - and the X5 range will start off with a 2.0 turbo engine, badged sDrive 25d, the car will be the only X5 with two wheel drive, and will return 50.4mpg, which is pretty impressive for a car of its size.

All versions are equipped with a new electronic power assisted steering. An Active Steering system is also available which varies the level of assistance and adjusts the steering input required for any given manoeuvre. This reduces the steering effort needed when parking while guaranteeing maximum feedback for the driver at speed.

With seven seats optional across the range, that means the model will be even better for the in-town the school run; frugal and capacious, with a modest £42,590 price tag.

Speaking of parking, the cars new Parking Assist feature not only measures parallel parking spaces but will also steer the car into spaces, accelerating and braking automatically. In addition, there’s a 360° view

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The X5’s plush cabin has two additional design package options - the mocha nappa leather of ‘Design Pure Experience’ is shown here - it’s a £1,700 option though.

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camera to try to ease the burden of parking a vehicle that’s some five metres long and two metres wide.

Also helping mums on the supermarket run is a new split tailgate with fully automatic opening and closing, and for really keen shoppers the two seats in the rear can be lowered into the floor, whilst the middle row of seats feature a 40/20/40 split to create a huge load area with 120 litres more space than before.

The BMW X5’s new Parking Assist feature not only measures spaces but will also steer the car into them, accelerating and braking automatically, easing the burden of parking a vehicle that’s nearly five metres long and two metres wide...

BMW X5 From: £42,590 On Sale: Now, with first deliveries November 2013.

Engine: 2.0t, 3.0V6, 4.4V8.

Fuel Economy: 2.0 4x2, 50.4mpg (combined) Equipment: Leather seats, parking sensors, cruise, climate, eight speed auto gearbox.

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Once on the move, there’s a Driving Assistant feature as standard which warns drivers of impending collisions, whilst the optional Driving Assistant Plus provides ‘next generation’ adaptive cruise control which can maintain a set distance from the car in front, accelerating and braking automatically. The system is so intuitive that it can maintain your position in a queue of traffic up to 25mph without the driver’s intervention.

The cabin is typically BMW, and follows the same layout as most of the brand’s cars with as few buttons as possible and an easy-to-use iDrive controller dial working the ventilation, entertainment and sat nav systems. The system can also provide internet access and access to Facebook and Twitter, should you wish.

A mocha colourway has been introduced with Fineline Pure textured wood, that has a matt finish rather than the glossy wooden veneers of existing executive cars.

The result is a smart, contemporary interior that’s a great place to spend time.

The car’s £42,590 starting price is pretty good value for a large SUV. Seven seats and four wheel drive push up the price tag by two or three thousand, but even then it’s easy to make a case for the car.

Best of all though are the frugal engines. Performance figures have yet to be released for the 2.0 engines but for a car of the X5’s size to achieve 50mpg and emit less than 150g CO2 is impressive and will make the car a good prospect both privately and as a company vehicle. The most modest X5 will probably reach 60mph in seven seconds and 140mph flat out, which is plenty of power for most drivers.

Prices for top of the range X5 models rise to £60,000, but performance figures only increase marginally so our recommendation is to stick with small engined four wheel drive variants. In doing so you’ll enjoy leather, climate and climate controls, all round parking sensors and automatic transmission as standard, making the X5 pretty good value for its class.

Clearly a car to complete the school run in comfort, rather than a ‘proper’ off-roader, there’s no way the X5 could hold a candle to a Discovery off-road, but it will represent a sharper, more driver-focused car when first deliveries take place later this year. More than 1.3m X5 models have been sold so far, and the improvements of the new model should mean BMW shifts a few more...

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“Performance figures have yet to be released for the smallest 2.0 engine but for a car of the X5’ s size to achieve 50mpg and emit less than 150g CO 2 is impressive and will make the car a good prospect, both privately and as a company vehicle...”

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