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WELCOME

o the people of Lincolnshire, we salute you. From the NHS and front line workers and carers, to those stocking our shelves and making sure our county continues to run, and even to those staying in isolation, we’re all doing our part to support each other in such uncertain times.

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We believe our role in this crisis is to spread positivity, keep morale up and support our local area. With that in mind, we have nothing but good news, interesting reads, activities for those in isolation and plenty to add to the diary for the future.

In regards to the continuity of our printed magazine, you will certainly see us on the shelves and through your letterboxes once more when it’s safe to do so. This month’s edition is free to read online. The app that we’ve been working so hard on has just been released on the App Stores, so you have yet another way to read Pride wherever you are and at any time. To support local businesses, our loyal advertisers have benefitted from free advertising in this edition as well.

After nearly two months of isolating, we’ve had time for reflection. This county does a fantastic job of supporting itself whether that’s dining locally, buying local, fresh produce, visiting grand properties that reflect the history of the area, or attending fantastic local events. With that in mind, we’ve features that reflect on what makes Lincolnshire, well...Lincolnshire.

We also have some exciting new additions to the county like a beautiful vineyard now producing its own wine, and a fantastic WWII museum that really gets to grips with what life was like for Lincolnshire in wartime Britain.

Best wishes and good health,

Julian Wilkinson, Managing Director, Pride Magazines Ltd.

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CONTENTS NEWS & EVENTS

HOMES & GARDENS

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WELCOME HOME We welcome you to a beautiful home in the Wolds.

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SUMMERTIME BLUES Renovate your home this summer with beautiful blues and white hues.

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A MODERN GARDEN We visit

NEWS The best ‘good news’ stories from across Lincolnshire.

HIGHLIGHTS 16

IN VINO VERITAS We raise a glass to Ovens Farm in the Wolds.

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KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

Lincolnshire’s only Huf Haus to tour the incredible gardens.

To help to put things into perspective, we reflect on life in wartime Lincs.

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125 YEARS OF NATIONAL TRUST

LADIES & GENTLEMEN

From Belton House to Gunby Hall, we tour the beautiful properties that make up the National Trust in the county.

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WEDDINGS Karoline and Ashley tied the knot at Irnham Hall.

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FASHION Comfy, stylish clothes from

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Betty and Co for those stuck indoors.

DINING OUT We reflect on some of the very best restaurants we’ve had the pleasure of dining in.

THE HIGH LIFE

RECIPE If you’re wanting to cook at

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home, try this healthy, seasonal dish of fennel and salmon.

144 MOTORS Million pound motors.

past few years of the Lincolnshire Show.

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NEWS & EVENTS

Fresh Local Boston Food Delivery BOSTON BUSINESS YUMMY WILL DELIVER FRESH LOCAL FOOD TO YOUR DOOR BOSTON Brand new food delivery service Yummy is set to open in Boston before rolling out across the whole of Lincolnshire and the UK. This new business comes from the owners of Lincolnshire Pride! They will deliver fresh, high quality meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, bread and bakery goods, sourced from the local independent shops.

You simply choose your favourite shops and select your items to create one ‘basket’ using the Yummy App. Complete your order, then they will pick up from all of the shops, pack and deliver all of your items together, right to your doorstep.

Yummy is the idea of Boston businessman Julian Wilkinson, owner of Lincolnshire Pride magazine and the number one wedding website in the UK, www.ukbride.co.uk.

He’s a keen advocate of supporting local retailers and

food producers, but also a fan of the convenience that online shopping provides, so he combined the two!

Julian and his team have partnered with names like

Kids to the Rescue!

CHILDREN ACROSS LINCOLNSHIRE PAINT RAINBOWS TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPIER...

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Mountain’s Boston Sausage, Carl Dunham Butchers, East Lincolnshire Seafood, The Kirton Flower Shop and Shephard’s Bakery, to name a few. Many more will be joining

as this service is rolled out across the county and eventually country. n You must register your interest in Yummy at www.yummy.co.uk to use this service.

HOLBEACH Thousands of children are drawing rainbows and hanging them in their windows to help brighten up people’s days and lift spirits during the coronavirus pandemic.

Mum of two, Zoe Blanchard, from Holbeach encouraged her children Klay and Paisley to get involved.

With self isolation and social distancing highly advised by the Government, the kids in Lincolnshire are trying to look on the bright side.

“I explained to them that because the nasty virus is making people poorly, rainbows make people happy and will make people smile if and when they walk by,” says Zoe.

Across the county you’ll see bright rainbows in windows attracting attention, and older generations are getting involved too with knitted and crocheted rainbows.

If you have children, we encourage you to join in this lovely idea to bring a smile to people’s faces and to get your kids keeping positive and doing something fun!

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LINCOLNSHIRE Michael Scott took up his appointment as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 2020 to 2021 by FaceTime link from his home, making his Declaration to Nicola Howe, a Lincolnshire Justice of the Peace.

Given the Government’s advice to stay at home, the Queen’s Remembrancer, the Senior Master of the Queen’s Bench Division of the High

Court, had advised that incoming High Sheriff ’s could read their Declaration to a Justice of the Peace by phone or video link, the only time this has ever happened since the first High Sheriff was installed in Lincolnshire in 1060AD. The High Sheriff promises to ‘well and truly serve the Queen’s Majesty in the Office of Sheriff of Lincolnshire.’

Lincoln City Helping NHS THE KITMAN AT LINCOLN CITY FC IS PUTTING THE WASHING MACHINES TO USE, WASHING CLOTHES FOR THE NHS WORKERS DURING THIS CRISIS...

A school and a cafe in Lincoln have been working around the clock to deliver free hot drinks and meals to those most vulnerable in the community during the Coronavirus crisis.

Café Shanti in Clasketgate in Lincoln has been helping to prepare and distribute hot drinks and meals to people living on the streets in Lincoln, most exposed to the virus and without any support. They are making soup, bread rolls and pasta pots.

Washingborough Academy Primary School have also been helping with staff making and delivering hot meals to people over 70, living in villages nearby the school.

Both the Café and School are wanting to ensure that the homeless and most vulnerable individuals are safely fed to ensure they stay as healthy as possible.

LINCOLN The kitman at Lincoln City FC is offering to do laundry for NHS workers who are working throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

Terry Bourne said that with the club’s industrial-sized machines out of use after the season was suspended, he could collect and return laundry.

“No football game would be able to take place at the ground if we didn’t have an army of NHS workers,” says Terry.

“A lot come voluntarily on a Saturday afternoon or Tuesday night and give their time up so we can enjoy watching and working at Lincoln City.”

THIS YEAR, the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway (LCLR) is celebrating its 60th anniversary of becoming the first heritage railway in the world to be built by enthusiasts on a greenfield site. More steam engines were on display than anywhere else in the British Isles recently to celebrate its success.

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Sheriff from Home

Café & School Helping the Vulnerable in this Time of Crisis

NEWS In Brief BOSTON

HELP FOR CHILDREN

These unusual times can be especially worrying for children.

Resources are available to support those who are concerned, such as ‘Kiki the Worry Monster,’ a book written by ten year old schoolgirl Erin Smith to help children to manage their worries.

Erin was referred to wellbeing service Healthy Minds Lincolnshire by her mum, who was concerned about her daughter’s worrying.

The book features tips and advice Erin learned throughout her sessions.

Healthy Minds helps children work through worries and low moods.

Erin’s book is available to read on the LPFT website.

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WELL VALE HALL, ALFORD, LINCOLNSHIRE

£1.5M

This magnificent Grade II* Listed Hall occupies a spectacular private setting with exceptional riverside and lakeside views and has been described as the ‘hidden gem of Lincolnshire’. The spacious accommodation, dating back to the 17th Century, extends to some 17,500 sq. ft and includes seven grand reception rooms, seventeen bedrooms, fourteen basement rooms and a housekeeper’s apartment. The property is further complemented by a wonder ful 3,200 sq. ft Coach House and three-bedroom detached Bungalow. 6 acres (STS).

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OAK TREE BARN, BRANSTON, LINCOLN

EPC Rating: Exempt

£699,950

Oak Tree Barn is a wonderful five-bedroom barn conversion located in a stunning rural position, just six miles from Lincoln City Centre. The accommodation and outbuildings, in excess of 3500 sq. ft, includes a family kitchen and breakfast room with a beautiful vaulted ceiling, three further reception rooms, four double bedrooms in the East Wing and a guest bedroom in the West Wing. Externally the property is surrounded by grounds nearing 2.3 acres (STS) which include a courtyard, al fresco dining area and formal lawn gardens.

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ASHLEA, HOUGH-ON-THE-HILL, GRANTHAM

£950,000

Ashlea is an impressive four-bedroom country residence located in the beautiful conservation village of Hough-On-The-Hill. The accommodation, nearing 3,100 sq. ft, offers a family kitchen, stunning vaulted garden room, lounge with feature fireplace, formal dining room, home office, four bedrooms including a master suite and three bathrooms / shower rooms. Externally, the property is situated within 1.5 acres (STS) of formal lawns and benefits from a versatile basement terrace, elevated entertaining areas, detached double garage and uninterrupted views.

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LION HOUSE, BRATTLEBY, LINCOLN

£599,950

Lion House is a wonderful Grade II Listed five-bedroom residence located in the highly regarded conservation village of Brattleby. The accommodation includes a beautiful family kitchen with utility, formal dining room, spacious sitting room, four bedrooms and two well-appointed bathrooms. The property is complemented by The Brew House, a versatile, detached one-bedroom annex offering a spacious and immaculately presented interior. Externally the property is surrounded by landscaped gardens and a spacious double garage.

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THE LINCOLNSHIRE VINEYARD

Wine in the

WOLDS

Looking across the Harrington countryside, in the idyllic Lincolnshire Wolds, Simon White’s five acres of vines look a little bare right now, but soon they’ll be heaving under the weight of a glorious crop. This month we discover more about the art of viticulture and the craft of winemaking, raising a glass to a bold new market for the UK...

Images: Dean Fisher, Simon White.

THE LINCOLNSHIRE VINEYARD

THEY SAY THAT EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING. But in this case, the lining is more of a pale gold colour accompanied by elegant aromas of passionfruit and rose petals. I certainly don’t want to make levity of climate change - it’s perhaps the most serious issue affecting the planet today - but it has had quite an unexpected and not altogether unpleasant side effect.

Both the UK and France, alongside the rest of the world, have warmed up by about a degree or two over the last century.

That means that the traditional climate of wine producing regions like Champagne has increased beyond its usual temperature range, meanwhile, a traditionally cooler England now has a climate akin to France’s most prestigious wine producing region.

Both because of climate change and the up and coming talents of Britain’s fledgling wine industry, we’re now producing some pretty epic wines which rival the best that traditional producers like France can make. Our cross-channel chums begrudgingly acknowledge the fact, too. In wine there is truth, so claimed Erasmus… although that particular truth is probably a bit uncomfortable for our cross-channel chums, so expect them to drink to it with only a certain degree of enthusiasm.

On the plus side it means producers like Louth’s Simon and Bridget White, owners of Ovens Farm in the Wolds are going to fare better and better over the coming years both from the fruits of their labours and from the fruit of their vines.

Simon is talking to me from his winery with his five-acre vineyard, comprising some 6,000 vines, stretching out before him. He’s flanked by three gorgeous spaniels - Pippin, Nutmeg, and Molly - plus one bottle of his 2018 Bacchus. It’s a phone interview, thanks to the great lockdown of spring 2020, which is why I’m speaking to him from my study and why only one of us has a glass in our hand. The late afternoon sky is blue, the moisture has run steadily off the vineyard all day, there’s a crispness to the air and, as Simon reports, there’s only the slightest risk of frost.

“Believe it or not the French are actually buying up land in England to plant vines on,” says Simon, who seems remarkably cool-headed about the possibility of a French invasion such as the one planned in 1759.

“Taittinger has invested in 200 acres of land in Kent. One of the winemakers of Pomerol (home of Pétrus) has purchased land in Sussex. Most British wineries are based in the south of the county - particularly prominent in Sussex and Kent - although there are two or three in Lincolnshire, about nine in Yorkshire and even one as far up the country as Scotland.”

There are 658 vineyards in the UK and about 75% produce sparkling wines. The UK’s most commonly planted grapes are Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier - the three constituent grapes of Champagne, which the UK produces in all but name, as the French region enjoys Protected Designation of Origin (PDO).

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The next most popular grape in the UK is Bacchus, a German hybrid which suits Lincolnshire especially well. Bridget is a Lincolnshire lass born and raised. The three generations of her family who farmed in the county were based in Frampton near Boston in silty soils rather more suited to potatoes and brassicas.

Simon and his family meanwhile settled in Ludborough and Yarborough when his father was an advisor for chemical company ICI. It’s a happy coincidence that not only is the village of Harrington an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty damn near equidistant from the couple’s families, but it’s also stunning wine making land with sandy loam soils at the top of the vineyard running down to heavier clay and a microclimate well-suited to their enterprise.

The family farm in Boston is on 1,500 acres of silty excellence. In Louth the couple farm 50 acres and just five of those are given over to winemaking, meaning it’s a small enterprise. But actually, that suits the couple fine.

Simon has worked on farms in Zambia and Ukraine, as well as the UK.

Establishing a vineyard is commercially difficult as it takes at least four or five years for vines to yield a decent winemaking crop.

The couple moved to the property in 2014 with a view to establishing their vineyard, and Simon and Bridget planted their Bacchus and Solaris vines in 2015. This yielded their first harvest in 2017, with a small run of 2,000 bottles, well-received but limited in terms of the volume available to customers.

That provided an opportunity for the couple to experiment with different yeasts, and consequently produce wine with different profiles, honing a combination to create three separate batches, blending them to taste. If one particular variety of yeast produces an especially stunning wine from a particular year’s harvest, he’ll also produce a Reserve batch.

2018 was Simon and Bridget’s first harvest, and yielded 10,000 bottles, so last year was the first year of large volume production.

2019’s harvest is still in the tanks and owing to poorer weather, will comprise about 8,000 bottles worth. Winemaking is a bit like comedy in the sense that it’s all in the timing.

Establishing a vineyard is difficult as it takes four or five years for vines to yield a decent winemaking crop...

Top/Left: A bottle of Ovens Farm is best enjoyed with local Lincolnshire produce.

Left & Above: The beautiful grapes are harvested by volunteers who have an interest in viticulture (and free wine!).

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THE LINCOLNSHIRE VINEYARD

That timing has to be expertly managed in conjunction with the weather and the amount of foliage on the vines. Which means a quick science lesson.

Photosynthesis translocates sucrose molecules (naturally made sugars) into the grapes which grow on the vines. As the fruit ripens, this sucrose is changed - hydrolysed - into glucose and fructose.

As these sugars in the grapes rise, the acidity in the fruit drops. That acid is essential as it preserves the wine during the fermentation process, when yeast feeds on the sugars and converts them to alcohol. The acids also provide the wine with a myriad of different characteristics from flavour to colour.

As we write, Simon is taking a break from his pruning. Grapes are produced on new growth, so cutting back old growth means the vines put all of their energy into producing fruit. Leaves of course are solar panels to produce foliage and fruit.

The secret, Simon has discovered, is to remove about 80% of the previous season’s growth, ensuring sufficient foliage for photosynthesis, but sufficiently few leaves in to make the canopy manageable but also to ensure moisture isn’t held in the crop, which would suffer in damp conditions.

vineyard and by May and June foliage production is prolific.

“We control foliage throughout the season as it makes it easier during harvest if the vines are neat and accessible,” he says. “We use three wires to encourage their growth upwards, and during Wimbledon we tend to see the vines flowering, which looks especially beautiful. It’s at this stage that controlling the canopy of leaves also enables the sunshine to get to the grapes, ripening them until harvest.”

Table grapes typically have a 25% sugar content, but winemaking grapes have only 21%, which is why they taste a little sharper.

Once pruning is completed, usually in late spring, sap rises in the vines and they become less brittle, enabling Simon to tie them to the fruiting wire around a metre above ground ready for new buds to appear in April. Frost is a danger at this point, but happily cold air runs off Ovens Farm’s

As harvest comes around, Simon and Bridget put out messages on social media inviting Lincolnshire folk to cross something off their bucket list and help with the harvest. This necessitates around eight days over the six-week period, with Ovens Farm’s Solaris grapes harvested first, followed by Rondo (red grapes), then Bacchus and finally Pinot Noir.

Keeping an eye on how the harvest is progressing is key to ensure the right balance of sugar and acidity for the winemaking process.

Above: Enjoy a bottle between you on a warm summer afternoon in your garden (in isolation!).

Left: Simon enjoying the fruits of his labour.

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As harvest comes around, Simon and Bridget put out messages on social media inviting Lincolnshire folk to cross something off their bucket list and help with the grape harvest...

Above: The stunning vineyard in Louth with panoramic views of Lincolnshire to match the beautiful lines of vines.

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great fun and Simon and Bridget put on a super buffet lunch of Lincolnshire produce - and a glass of Ovens Farm wine of course - as well as bunging volunteers a couple of bottles to take home.

A gentle touch is necessary since damaged grapes not only lose juice - the whole point of growing them - but they oxidise and turn sour. From collection buckets into 300kg bins, Simon de-stems them using a machine and transfers them into ‘the crusher,’ a machine which sounds delightfully Roald Dahl. But it is in fact merely a large stainlesssteel cylinder with a rubber bladder. Once the door is sealed, air is pumped into the bladder and expands to squash the grapes and very gently squeeze around 1,200 litres of juice out.

The process takes around two and a half hours and Simon expects around 650 litres of juice per 1,000kg of grapes which is pumped to the winery’s fermentation tanks.

These are chilled to slow down the fermentation, ensuring the wine will have delicate top notes. Heat is carefully controlled, and CO2 is taken out of the tank, and once the sugar has been converted, and the yeast has fallen to the bottom of the fermentation tank, it’s left to settle for three or four days.

Spent yeast is ‘racked off ’ twice over winter and used as fertiliser.

Simon and Bridget sit at the kitchen table to taste and perfect their blend along with an independent consultant who also writes their tasting notes. The winemaker then uses a plate filter to remove any stray yeast in the suspension, and the sterile, almost-finished product is sent to be analysed at a specialist lab for alcohol content, food safety standards and shelf life.

Once the wine has been given the green-light (a formality, but a necessary one) it is sent through a secondary filtration process which is fine enough to strip even bacteria out.

TASTING

NOTES Bacchus Pale gold hue. Aromatics of cut grass, complexed with lime blossom.

The palate has notes of citrus fruits, hedgerow herbaceous character and a hint of green pepper to the finish. Dry, crisp, and clean palate with good structure and a long finish.

Partner this wine with a goats cheese or a Feta, herby dishes, particularly with basil and coriander, or partner with grilled sardines or mackerel.

6 x 75cl £84, 12% ABV

Solaris Pale gold in colour, this wine has elegant aromas of passion fruit and rose petal.

The palate gives a fruit forward rush of delicious, juicy, grapey character, with citrus notes lingering on the finish.

It can only filter white wine as it’s fine enough to strip the colour from red wine. By the time the couple bottle that year’s vintage, it’s taken roughly a year to produce the wine, so Simon and Bridget’s wines are ready for sale just in time to begin the whole process again with the following year’s harvest.

wine and shipped in tankers like those used for petrol ready for bottling in the UK. Mass market wine producers also add higher levels of sulphur to protect it from oxidation and extend their products’ shelf life. And it’s that which results in everyone’s arch nemesis - the hangover.

A case of Solaris will set you back £72 for six, or £12 per bottle at the cellar door. Of course, you can pick up a bottle of wine in a supermarket for under a fiver. Granted it’ll taste as rough as you’ll feel from the ensuing hangover, but beyond the obvious importance of supporting local farmers and food & drink producers, why spend more than that on wine and are Simon and Bridget profiteering? No. Simon produces a bottle for £12, of which £2.23 is duty, £2 is VAT, and £6 of growing, winemaking, and bottling costs.

So, beyond the argument that you’re not buying a product which has travelled around the world, beyond the fact that you’re supporting a fantastic local producer, even beyond the fact that you’re putting Lincolnshire on the map in Britain’s brave new world of wine producing excellence, and beyond the delicious citrus notes of Simon and Bridget’s wines, you should also emerge headache free… we’ll definitely drink to that!

Supermarkets often sell wine as a loss leader.

Grapes can be produced cheaply in huge quantities around the world, turned into

n Simon and Bridget own Ovens Farm Vineyard based in Harrington. Their wine is sold at the cellar door and online at www.ovensfarmvineyard.com.

Bright acidity, but balanced well with fruity depth of flavours.

Partner with spicy Thai dishes; or try with prawns or lobster.

6 x 75cl £72, 12.5% ABV During this isolation period, they current offer free delivery! Ovens Farm also hosts cheese and wine tastings, so give them a call on 07919 320290 to arrange a visit (when thing are a little more back to normal!).

Top/Right: Simon enjoying a glass with Molly the spaniel. Below is a fabulous crate of wines that our team have thoroughly enjoyed!

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SCHOOLS & COLLEGES

Schools & Education Suthers School

Stamford Endowed Schools

“Providing an inspiring education, for life...”

“Providing an inspiring education, for life...”

The Suthers School is Newark’s newest secondary school, which was established in September 2017 by the Nova Education Trust to serve the communities of Newark and its surrounding area.

The school’s uniquely character-centred approach means that personal development is ranked alongside academic preparation and through its extended day the school guarantees access to a broad range of enrichment opportunities. This includes the chance to participate in nationally-recognised programmes, complete additional qualifications and compete in a range of sports.

“The Suthers School has at its heart the absolute conviction that young people deserve an education that excites and en28

thuses,” says Head of School, Andrew Pettit. “Our ‘work hard, be kind’ philosophy, together with our unique approach to character development means that there is something very special about The Suthers School.”

“In short, we aim to deliver a highly academic, enriching curriculum and to empower the young people of Newark to do more than they ever thought possible.”

The pupils moved into their newly-completed school building at Fernwood, Newark, after the Easter holidays.

To register your interest in The Suthers School and for further information for upcoming open events, contact is below. n For more information, visit www.suthersschool.co.uk or call 01636 957690.

The Stamford Endowed Schools, situated in one of the safest, friendliest and most beautiful towns in Britain, pride themselves on nurturing their pupils to become Stamfordians.

together for Sixth Form. This ‘single-gender academic and mixed co-curricular’ approach provides the best of both, in a world where the journey is considered just as important as the destination.

This means the school shapes the pupils to become a vibrant and lively community of individuals, who are thoughtful, curious, independent thinkers, with an instilled passion for learning and discovery.

The provision of exceptional co-curricular and academic opportunities at the Schools gives students the freedom and responsibility to develop into independent and considerate young adults, who are prepared for the 21st century boardroom, whatever and wherever that may be.

At Stamford Endowed Schools, the three independent schools work closely to provide a first-class education to pupils aged between two and 18 through a ‘diamond structured’ model.

What this means is that boys and girls learn together in the co-ed nursery and Junior School, before splitting until the age of 16, and rejoining

Stamfordians leave the Schools equipped and excited to shape their own futures, supported by their lifelong network of friends and mentors from the wider Stamford community. n For more information visit www.stamfordschools.co.uk or call 01780 750311.

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WE’LL MEET AGAIN

Keep Calm, WE’LL MEET AGAIN With the country on lockdown, social commentators were quick to point out that ‘we survived the war, didn’t we,’ and to implore a sense of Keep Calm and Carry On. For a crash course on how we survived the war by keeping the home fires burning, we visit one of Lincolnshire’s most impressive museums: Freiston’s We’ll Meet Again!

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. It’s a phrase synonymous with a sense of British moxie during the war, and it enjoyed a renaissance when it was stuck on everything from a mug to a tea towel a few years ago.

It enjoyed a resurgence this spring, too, when the country entered lockdown and we were implored on social media to call upon our latent wartime grit and face Coronavirus with British stoicism.

Of course, one must wonder how people today, accustomed to a very comfortable lifestyle, would cope back then, being shut away in our own homes without FaceTime, broadband internet and online shopping, multi-channel TV and central heating.

Life on the home front during the war was harder than being shut up in our considerably more comfortable homes in the 21st century.

Just ask Paul and Linda Britchford.

Main: His Majesty King George VI visiting the 617 ‘Dambusters’ Squadron at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire. Our county was one of the most important in the war efforts which is why this museum is such an asset. Right: Paul and Linda Britchford, avid historians and owners of the museum.

Paul has been curating his collection of wartime memorabilia from the age of eight, listening to his grandfather’s stories from the ARP home guard and coming into possession of his badges. Over the years he amassed a huge collection of memorabilia which has grown and grown. From 2009, he and Linda were soon invited into schools to give talks and eventually became peripatetic history teachers.

In August 2017 the two found a permanent home for their collection - and established a place for both schools and private visitors to view not just military artefacts, but those from the homefront too.

We’ll Meet Again, on land adjacent to the nature reserve of the RSPB at Freiston, near Boston, has two elements.

It’s home to artefacts from the start of WWI to VE Day and beyond, but also items our parents and grandparents may have owned.

My eight year old son was especially confused by a washboard and typewriter, wondering how the latter would connect to wi-fi. The younger generation, eh?

May was supposed to represent a national commemoration of VE Day, and we were gearing up to give the museum’s activities a glowing recommendation. Then...

It was especially galling for Paul and Linda who had to close prior to one of the most relevant events for the museum, and prior to revealing their newest addition, a Virtual Reality Lancaster simulator that will give every visitor the chance to fly the famous 31

Despite the precious nature of their collection, Paul remains resolutely of the opinion that history is most easily passed on when it can be touched, picked up and experienced...

Below: Open for business? This is the museum’s display of wartime groceries you’ll see Colman’s Mustard, Oxo, Horlicks and Rowntree’s cocoa.

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aircraft, feeling the vibrations of the four Merlin engines, engaging with authentic controls and experiencing the sights and sounds with sophisticated 3D graphics for state-of-the-art realism.

A bit of a cloud has been cast over what should have been the couple’s most successful season for the museum but also the chance to engage with the national consciousness surrounding VE Day commemorations.

“We’re worried,” says Paul. “We’re hoping that we’ve built up enough of a reputation to ensure that people will return once the Coronavirus outbreak has subsided but it’s pretty heartbreaking that on the cusp of VE Day and our second anniversary we’re forced to shut our doors. We’ve put heart and soul into the place not to mention a

huge investment of our own money, and despite having a collection that’s priceless in its importance and all owned by us, we’ve gifted it to Lincolnshire so that it will be available to future generations. If, then, the museum were to fail it would be a huge monetary loss, but also a sentimental loss for us both, too.”

Despite the precious nature of their collection, Paul remains resolutely of the opinion that history is most easily passed on when it can be touched, picked up and experienced.

That’s because in his previous career he worked in a school for blind children where tactile learning was important. With a few exceptions, you can touch and feel many of the museum’s exhibits. Despite inheriting the Davis disposition towards clumsiness my

son was delighted to be given a WWI rifle, to feel its weight, try pointing it, to feel its smooth stock and look down its muzzle.

“But why shouldn’t he?” asks Paul when I enquire as to whether that’s wise given the precious nature of the collection. “If he can’t feel it, see how heavy it is, touch something with that connection to the soldier who lived or died because of it, he won’t experience history as fully as he should.”

“I make a point of only collecting items which have a story because you’re not only passing on knowledge about the objects but about the people who have interacted with them; in this case, survived because of them or died beside them. It’s social history at its most relatable, and I can maintain this philosophy because it’s my collection.”

Relatable is a word that keeps cropping up in our conversation. Indeed, it’s perhaps the biggest selling point of the museum. Many wartime museums major on combat, on shooting bullets. Paul prefers to pass on experiences that are closer to home, like the role of the Home Guard in Lincolnshire.

Even the location is prescient in this respect.

We’ll Meet Again is very much in the sticks, but there’s a reason. In the First World War when the sea came right up to where the museum now stands, there were pillboxes and anti-aircraft placements.

16 of these structures now surround the museum, and as part of a visit to the museum you can see anti-aircraft gun mounts, and the searchlight position which was disguised as a sweet shop, complete with

a fake sign that read ‘chocolate, cigarettes, ice creams.’ There are ammunition stores and there’s a rest station for soldiers, with their graffiti still visible.

Built and used in WWII as a coastal defence gun battery, Freiston was also the site of one of the earliest airfields of the Royal Flying Corps from 1916, where magnificent men in their not quite so magnificent Sopwith Camels would engage Fritz in the odd Dogfight, what what...

Linda is equally keen for the museum’s exhibits to be relatable, and loves curating its Home Front displays. From a grocer’s shop displaying still familiar brands like Oxo Cubes and Colman’s Mustard to a washday display with mangles and possers, We’ll Meet Again has the power to inspire nostalgia in the old... and to baffle the young.

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Right: Paul and Linda took their passion for collecting memorabilia and for educating children and made their collection available to everyone at their museum in Freiston. The couple were planning to mark VE Day but will incorporate commemorations into their third anniversary instead.

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“War didn’t happen just in Ypres, or on the shores of Dunkirk, but right here in Lincolnshire. And as the horrors unfolded, life back home had to continue...”

As uncomfortable and as inescapable and as important as it is to acknowledge the tragic losses and reality arising from the impact of Two World Wars, We’ll Meet Again deftly and respectfully points out two realities.

Firstly, war didn’t happen just in Ypres, or on the shores of Dunkirk, but right here in Lincolnshire. Secondly, as the horrors unfolded, life back home had to continue.

“There are lots of really good museums and sites to learn about war in Lincolnshire - in Bomber County - but all focus on our aviation or military heritage,” says Linda.

“What we wanted to do, again in the interests of relatability, is to teach children but ensure adults, too, remember that at home people held their ration books close as they visited their local grocer; that they dug for victory; that their fathers would be off fighting and that their grandfathers would look out over the Wash, cautious that Zeppelins or the Luftwaffe would be planning an attack.”

“It’s also important to us to be able to tell real stories about real people,” says Paul.

“My favourite item in here is a jumper knitted by Andrew Dickinson from his POW camp during WWI, where he was placed following his part in the Somme. He picked apart pairs of Red Cross underpants and used barbed wire as knitting needles!”

“We so very much wanted to be a part of commemorations in May - we had live singers and a Spitfire flyover planned - but it’s not to be,” Paul adds. “But in the spirit of Keep Calm and Carry On, there’s Armed Forces Day in June and then our third anniversary in August. We’ll have to postpone our events until then. We’ll host VE Day, but it’ll now be known instead as Virus Eradication day!” n As soon as lockdown is lifted, pay a visit to We’ll Meet Again, to enjoy wartime nostalgia and poignant artefacts from the era. Based at Shore Road, Freiston, Boston PE22 0LY, and open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10am. Call 07903 529614 or see www.wmamuseum.co.uk.

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Protecting History’s

FUTURE From protecting Britain’s history and heritage to supporting its flora and fauna, the National Trust has been there for us, ensuring the great story of this little island (as well as its natural beauty) is cherished for generations. This month, we’re returning the favour as we reflects on 125 years of this incredible cause...

Images: Jonathan Scrimshaw & National Trust.

“We all want quiet, we all want beauty and we all need space. Unless we have it, we cannot reach that sense of quiet in which whispers of better things come to us gently...”

OUR COUNTRY MAY BE IN quarantine, but that doesn’t mean we can’t all come together in celebration. The National Trust celebrates 125 years this year, and although we can’t visit the properties, we can recognise the Trust’s significance especially to Lincolnshire.

The National Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley to care for historic places, areas of beautiful countryside and to provide access to green spaces for everyone.

Luckily for Lincolnshire and its abundance of historic homes and gardens, a great deal of our heritage and beauty has been preserved by this wonderful organisation for 125 years.

“We all want quiet,” Octavia exlaimed when the Trust was founded. “We all want beauty and we all need space. Unless we have it, we cannot reach that sense of quiet in which whispers of better things come to us gently.”

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Since public gatherings and events aren’t on the cards for a while, the National Trust has decided to celebrate by improving accessibility to areas for wellbeing and the opportunity to make all visitors to these places welcome.

Although you can’t visit these properties, you can put your feet up, grab a cuppa and take a tour through the pages of this feature...

Belton House For families, this is an amazing place to go for the day to enjoy the beauty of nature, experience history and discover adventure.

But what is the story behind this great country house and how did it fall into the hands of the National Trust?

Belton House is a Grade I listed country house. It was built in 1685 to 1688 for Sir John Brownlow, who hired first-class craftsmen to create a series of rich and opulent interiors which ranked with some of the finest Baroque decoration in the country.

Opposite Page: Octavia Hill, one of the three founders of the National Trust. This Page: The Orangery at Belton filled with exotic plants.

In 1690, Sir John Brownlow was granted permission to enclose an area of 1,000 acres into a deer park. Close to the house were a series of more formal gardens, including canal ponds and symmetrical walks that were introduced by the landscape gardener Andre Le Notre. By the end of the 18th Century, these formal parterres had been removed and the canal ponds filled in.

Over the years, Belton House was passed through the family tree and in the late 19th Century, the 3rd Earl Brownlow spent most of his time and money restoring the house, entering the 20th century in a good state of repair and presentation.

Unfortunately, with the introduction of income tax and death duties, the finances of the Brownlow family were severely affected.

At the beginning of World War One, like many other British landowners, the 3rd Earl Brownlow offered his house and park to the government for war service. In 1914, the house and park were used as the assembly 42

point for the 11th Division before becoming the home depot and training ground of the Machine Gun Corps in 1915.

The site was closed and cleared of any kind of war paraphernalia in 1920, which is when it was returned to Lord Brownslow.

There are now plaques and inscriptions that can be followed from the South Gate of Belton Park to the Memorial Gate, allowing you to walk in the footsteps of the fallen when we’re all out of isolation.

The years that came after World War One were difficult for owners of great estates, with household staff soon realising there were easier and better paid jobs outside the gates of the great country houses.

“Belton House holds over 400 years of incredible family history and family collections from portraits and silver plates to royal candle sconces and guilded cups...”

This led to thousands of houses of great architectural value being demolished.

Thankfully Belton House escaped this fate.

Following World War Two, the Seventh Baron attempted to retain the house and estate by opening to the public. A large playground

Above: The winding staircase of well-preserved Belton and the beautiful library you’ll find there too.

Right: Grantham House.

was built in the nearby woods to attract families to the house as a tourist attraction.

However, the financial difficulties were too great that in 1984, the house and gardens were donated along with most of its contents to the National Trust, which opened Belton House to the public and still does to this day.

If you choose to wander the halls of Belton House, you will be amongst 400 years of collections by one family, from English portrait collections including work by Wissing, Kneller, Soest and Dahl, or Elons collection of silver show plates, from royal candle sconces to guilded cups.

Walk the libraries filled with collections historic Italian and Russian books and tracts on legal, agricultural and political matters.

Belton has become a popular destination for families looking for outdoor fun activities, with seasonal trails and the National Trust’s largest outdoor adventure playground. It’s definitely one for the calendar after the current situation has passed.

Grantham House Grantham House is a historic gem tucked away from view of passers-by surrounded by seven acres of walled gardens stretching down to the River Witham.

A beautiful townhouse built in 1380, it is one of the oldest houses in Grantham. This is a house that spans the centuries and retains reminders of all of them.

The house was remodelled in the 16th Century to form the elegant Elizabethan building it is today, with all work completed in 1574 as seen on the date stone on the chimney stack.

In 1735 the house was also given a Georgian façade on the south frontage giving the building two faces; one of Tudor and one of Georgian. The mix of these two eras is prevalent throughout the property.

One feature that can still be seen from the 13th century is the doorway in the garden wall keeping the house’s original style intact.

Inside Grantham House you can see from the mix of architectural styles spanning the centuries that the house has been gradually rebuilt over the years and each change can still be seen today.

The history of this house isn’t fully known.

From the end of 15th Century to the beginning of the 17th Century, the house was owned by a family of wealthy wool merchants.

The Hall family formally named it Hall Place. A member of that family was Arthur Hall, an Elizabethan scholar well known for 43

Explore the Orangery at Belton House, to see all sorts of exotic plants and to experience a slightly warmer climate!

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“The Air Ministry ordered Gunby Hall’s demolition in WWII. The owners lobbied this receiving criticism, but they argued Hitler was detroying too many beautiful buildings without us adding more...”

translating Homer’s Iliad. In the time that the family lived in the property, they welcomed important visitors including Cardinal Wolsey on his last journey north and Henry VII’s daughter Princess Margaret Tudor, who lodged at Hall Place in 1503 on her way up the Great North Road to Scotland, following her marriage by proxy to James IV. After Arthur Hall died in poverty, it passed through a few hands before being acquired

by Sir Richard Cust the 2nd of Pinchbeck.

In the year of his death, his widow Anne Brownlow then succeeded Belton House.

Over time, the house was eventually acquired by the National Trust who have leased the property to a private owner who is linked to the original Hall family. Grantham House is open for guided tours, giving you access to the ground floor of the house and the gardens.

To have access to this secret hidden gem, you can book a tour with the National Trust and enjoy 30 minutes walking around a part of history. Despite being so close to the town centre, its great to see this property has retained the ‘Country Residence’ in which is was created.

Gunby Hall Situated on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds near Spilsby, surrounded by 100 acres of parkland you will find Gunby Hall.

This incredible property has the feel of a townhouse in the styling of Christopher Wren. When Octavia Hill spoke about 46

peace, quiet and tranquility, I have a firm belief she was referring to Gunby Hall.

Gaining its name from previous owners of the land and manor house which stood before it, Gunby Hall was built from red brick and stone dressings.

Initial construction was completed in the year 1700 for Sir William Massingberd with interiors of the house mainly being made of wood-panelling. Alongside the Hall, there are eight expansive acres of the most well kept and beautiful Victorian walled gardens.

Over the years Gunby Hall has been vastly extended; once in 1873 and again in 1898 to include the North Wing and Clock Tower.

The house was passed through the generations until it came into the hands of Sir Archibald Montgomery Massingberd.

In 1943 Archie with his wife Diana faced their greatest challenge. The Air Ministry had ordered the felling of the trees and demolition of the house.

Archie lobbied to prevent this, calling it an ‘act of vandalism.’ He was widely criticised for being unpatriotic and simply pointed out that Hitler was already destroying too many beautiful buildings without The Air Ministry adding more. The point was finally won, and Gunby Hall was saved.

Because the Hall had been saved, Archie and Diana decided they were going to offer the entire estate to the National Trust.

Because of the fight of Sir Archibald Montgomery Massingberd, his wife Diana and the National Trust, people can enjoy

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Gunby Hall today, and explore all three floors of the house full of interesting collection items that once belonged to the Massingberd family, and the gardens that have been cared for to this day to keep the experience alive.

Woolsthorpe Manor The home of arguably the most famous historical figure in Lincolnshire, Woolsthorpe Manor was just a typical Lincolnshire farmhouse built in the 1600s. This is where Isaac Newton grew up and made some of his most important discoveries.

Newton’s family were farmers; his father was a successful sheep farmer and landowner.

When his father died, his mother remarried and decided to move away from the manor.

Isaac Newton was left behind to be raised by

his maternal grandparents for the remainder of his childhood.

Instead of following in the footsteps of his father, Isaac had his own ideas for his future; first to study at King’s School in Grantham and then to Trinity College in Cambridge.

During his life it was apparent that Isaac Newton was never meant to be a gentleman farmer. Approaching his 17th birthday, his mother decided it was time for him to come home and help by running the estate back in Grantham.

He was tasked with guarding the sheep when his mind drifted off, focused on designing waterwheels,

The Fall of Tattershall Tattershall Castle has been destroyed by Royalists and left to decay in the 1900s. Luckily, a handful of people worked to preserve it for us to enjoy today.

Tattershall

CASTLE TATTERSHALL IS A CASTLE THAT ISN’T A CASTLE...

SO WHY THE NAME? Tattershall is the survivor of war and decay. It’s one of the earliest and finest examples of medieval brickwork. It was built in 1231 by Robert De Tattershall.

It was Lord Cromwell though in 1433 that carried out most of the work commissioning the Great Tower, Stables, Kitchens and Guardhouse. Cromwell chose brick as it was a rare material; the Castle the cutting edge of fashion.

Upon Cromwell’s death, the Castle passed into the Crown’s possession.

Charles Brandon turned it into a Tudor Palace intalling a tiltyard for jousting.

During the Civil War, the Royalists attacked Tattershall Castle and a huge part of it was destroyed. Only the Great Tower was left intact and unscathed.

After the King’s defeat, parliament ordered its demolition. The Earl of Lincoln appealed and thanks to his pleas, the Castle was left alone.

Top/Left: Explore the gardens of Gunby.

Top: Discover the fascinating history of Newton’s time at Woolsthorpe.

so much so that he failed to notice the flock wandering off !

In 1665 when the plague hit, Newton came home to Woolsthorpe Manor where he did some of the most revolutionary maths and physics of his age. By the age of 24, he had questioned an apple falling from a tree, split light into rainbow colours and tried to solve the system of the universe.

To this day, Newton’s Chamber has been set up to reflect the time when Isaac worked away to answer the questions posed to him in life. This is the room in which he used a prism to split light into rainbow colours.

Above: The National Trust ensures everything is maintained and looked after with a team of volunteers and employees.

Left: Tattershall Castle hosts all sorts of events as well.

You can even look through the window at the very apple tree which inspired his thinking on gravity and caused him to ask the question: “Why do apples always fall straight down to

In 1693 the last Earl of Lincoln died.

With the Castle abandoned, it became derelict. Window glass fell, floors collapsed and the ground floor was used as a cattle shed - far from its grandeur and beauty of the 1500s.

In 1911 Reverend Yglesias contacted Lord Curzon to help save the Castle.

Curzon bought it, reinstated fireplaces, restored the buildings and excavated the moats. Over 16,000 bricks were used to repair every turret. The Castle officially open to the public in 1914.

When Lord Curzon died in 1925, the Castle was bequeathed to the National Trust in accordance with his will and has remained open ever since.

Curzon’s rescue effort promoted the first piece of conservation legislation in the world, shaping the future by protecting the past. The Ancient Monuments Consolidation and Amendment Act formed the basis of protection laws that helps charities like the National Trust to conserve buildings forever, for everyone.

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Right: The secret Monksthorpe Chapel is hidden near Gunby Hall, another National Trust Property. Above: Sir Isaac Newton. Top: National Trust properties really are fabulous places for picnics and serenity from the gardens of Gunby to the turrets of Tattershall! Make sure you visit once out of self isolation.

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the ground?” which brought the conclusion that there must be a power that draws them.

The National Trust have made it possible to allow everyone find the answers to the same questions Sir Isaac Newton did from the apple falling off a tree to splitting light into a rainbow of colours.

Woolsthorpe Manor allows visitors of all ages to immerse themselves in science and test Newton’s theories of optics and light, gravity and motion itself.

Monksthorpe Chapel Tucked away in the tiny hamlet of Monksthorpe, you will find a small chapel built to look just like a barn. Built in 1701, Monksthorpe Chapel was designed in a way to avoid attention of the Church of England in a time when non-conformists could be imprisoned and even face torture.

The chapel was created in the form of a farmyard barn with a thatched roof. The design even stretched to include an escape hatch above the pulpit so that the preacher

might make a hurried exit. The Chapel was renovated in 1847 when the thatched roof was replaced with tiles and the vestries were added.

The Church was built on land given to the worshippers by Hugh Ayscoghe of nearby Halton Holegate. The Chapel is surrounded by trees, set in the middle of an acre of ground only approachable by a narrow country road. Upon his death Hugh was buried underneath the pulpit and his gravestone can still be seen today.

In the small graveyard, you will find many interesting graves, including that of John Dowse. He was a minster in the early 20th century, writing the first history of the chapel and those of veterans of the Normandy landings in WWII. Outside the chapel there is a baptistry where believers had full immersion baptisms with the water taken from a nearby dyke. It was used up until 1972 when the chapel was made redundant, but was rescued from decay

by the East Midlands Baptist Association and passed into the care of the National Trust in 2001.

Great thanks goes to the National Trust but also to ‘The Friends of Monksthorpe,’ a group of volunteers who formed in 1991 upon the rediscovering of the chapel by the Baptist community. They reopened the chapel and services could begin once again.

Anyone can visit this gem perfectly hidden out of sight. It is kept locked, although you can get the key from the National Trust Café at Gunby Hall to allow you walk through the Chapel as well as the graveyard.

There are many amazing features to go see such as the harmonium that was used in the 1800s, the view from the balcony and even the war memorial near the entrance.

It’s clear to see how much the National Trust has kept alive for us to cherish for years to come, so when the world is allowed outdoors again, support the National Trust and celebrate 125 years of its existence!

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VITAL LEGAL ADVICE FOR THOSE SUPPORTING THE MOST VULNERABLE DURING COVID-19 Chantal Ul Haq-Weedon, Solicitor in the Court of Protection team at Wilkin Chapman.

With social distancing measures making face-to-face contact impossible, ways are being found to ensure peoples’ wishes are being met and professionals are being supported which includes the use of Skype, WhatsApp and Facetime.

Here I have highlighted some of the issues that families, individuals and professionals might face when supporting those that lack capacity during the Coronavirus pandemic and what action they could take: Statutory Wills: During this uncertain time, there has been an increase in people making a Will. It is just as important for someone who has lost capacity to make a Will too, and I can assist you to apply for a Statutory Will (a Will approved by the Court of Protection). A Deputy (appointed by the Court) or an Attorney (appointed by the individual) can make this type of application.

Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA’s): Now is a time when more people than ever will be considering the need to plan for the future. What happens if you or a loved one gets

coronavirus? Who will manage the finances or make decisions about life-sustaining treatment? If you want this to be a family member or friend, rather than a doctor who doesn’t know you, now is the time to consider getting an LPA in place.

“During this uncertain time, there has been an increase in people making a Will.

It is just as important for someone who has lost capacity to make a Will too, and I can assist you to apply for a Statutory Will” Business LPAs: Similarly, if you have a business, you may wish to also consider a business LPA to ensure someone is in place to continue running the business if you were unable to do so temporarily. This will protect the operation, enabling the business to continue and the staff to be paid.

No matter what happens, you will be leaving a legacy for the generations to come, and a business LPA will enable you to do this.

Deputyship Order: If someone has fallen very ill and lost capacity, there may be the need to make an application to the Court of Protection for a Deputyship Order. Normal Deputyship applications take between six to 12 months and the current situation will increase that delay. However, urgent Deputyship applications can be made for health and care decisions. To avoid this option (which is more time consuming and costly than an LPA), make an LPA today.

During this current situation, the Court of Protection team at Wilkin Chapman solicitors, is still very much ‘there for you’ – we will guide you through the options open to you with sensitivity and the very best knowledge and care.

For further information contact Chantal Ul Haq-Weedon on 01522 515011, chantal.ulhaq-weedon@ wilkinchapman.co.uk or visit wilkinchapman.co.uk

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Marcus Franklin presents his locally sourced confit belly pork with caramelised apples and shallot jus at Ye Olde Red Lion, Bicker.

FOOD & DRINK

Local Chefs

Showcase their Talents We’ve missed dining in our favourite restaurants so much so that we’ve decided to feature Lincolnshire’s top chefs and their top dishes from sea bass to salmon...

This feature is like Marmite; you’ll love it or hate it. Those who love it will be getting excited for a time where we can enjoy these delicious dining experiences once again. Those who hate it just miss it a little too much to bare.

It’s tough work, but over the years, our hard work has paid off. We now have a huge collection of information and photographs of what can be expected at Lincolnshire’s very best bistros, gastropubs, a la carte restaurants and eateries.

We’re somewhere in between. As much as we adore looking at beautifully crafted dishes, we would love to taste them too!

We’ve looked back over the past year of visits and have compiled a selection of our favourites, in the hope that when the lockdown is lifted, you have a good idea of where to head first, whether you’re into a Sunday roast or fine dining is more your preference.

Each month, we usually have the particularly difficult job of visiting one of our recommended restaurants, interviewing the chef, taking photos and sampling around six dishes. I know what you’re thinking - how do we do it?

Below are the chefs responsible for the fabulous creations you’ll see throughout this feature. >>

Below: Some of the county’s most talented chefs, Fuel Tank’s Chris Ansell; Steph Barker of The Cross Keys Grasby; Marcus Franklin of Ye Olde Red Lion; Shelina Burford of The White Hart Hotel, Boston; Tom Hall of The Petwood Hotel; Michael Prescott, Head Chef of The Griffin Inn, Irnham; Mark Hines, Head Chef at The Black Horse, Gosberton Risegate; Tom Niblock, Head Chef of The Thatched Cottage Restaurant, Sutterton; David Bukowicki, Chef at Barnsdale Lodge.

“We would love to be able to visit each and every one of these restaurants right now. When we’re out of lockdown, let’s back Lincolnshire’s chefs and dining rooms. We’re proud of our county and our people, and the phenomenal strengths and talents that they possess...”

This Page: The Thatched Cottage Restaurant, Sutterton presents belly pork with celeriac mash.

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Fillet of Sea Trout with a lemon & dill dressing at The Fuel Tank based at Engine Yard at Belvoir Castle, home of chef Chris Ansell.

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Sea Bass with warm crushed new potatoes, Hollandaise sauce, kale and peas at The Black Horse, Gosberton Risegate, courtesy of Chef Mark Hines.

Steph Barker, Head Chef of The Cross Keys Inn, Grasby serves up a lamb shank cooked to bewitching perfection over 12 luxurious hours.

OUR FEATURED RESTAURANTS

Barnsdale Lodge ’s Chef David Bukowicki presents pan fried fillet of hake with rosemary gnocchi,Jerusalem artichoke and red onion.

Please note, featured dishes are representative examples of our featured chefs’ skills... the menus of our featured restaurants change often, so dishes remain subject to availability. Check each restaurant’s website prior to your visit for a fresh menu to avoid disappointment.

Barnsdale Lodge Hotel: Exton, Rutland, LE15 8AH, 01572 724678, www.barnsdalelodge.co.uk.

The White Hart Hotel’s Shelina Burford offers this prawn & crayfish ravioli and saffron consommé served with garlic king prawn.

The Black Horse: Gosberton Risegate, Spalding PE11 4ET, 01775 840995, www.theblackhorse-gr.co.uk.

The Cross Keys Inn: Grasby, DN38 6AQ, 01652 628247, www.crosskeys-grasby.co.uk.

The Fuel Tank: Engine Yard at Belvoir Castle NG32 1PA, 01476 247059, www.engineyardfueltank.co.uk.

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The Griffin Inn: Irnham, NG33 4JG, 01476 550201, www.thegriffinirnham.co.uk.

The Petwood Hotel: Woodhall Spa, LN10 6QG, 01526 352411, www.petwood.co.uk.

Tom Hall at the Petwood serves up beer-glazed chicken breast with sprout leaves, bread sauce foam, roast cauliflower & cauliflower carpaccio.

The Thatched Cottage: Sutterton, Boston PE20 2EZ, 01205 461006, www.thethatchedcottage restaurant.co.uk.

The White Hart Hotel: Boston, PE21 8SH, 01205 311900, www.whitehartboston.com.

Michael Prescott presents this glazed pork belly, champ mash, apple chutney, crackling and sage at The Griffin Inn, Irnham.

Ye Olde Red Lion: Bicker, Boston, PE20 3EF, 01775 821200, www.redlionbicker.co.uk.

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In The KITCHEN This healthy, seasonal dish with the punchy freshness of fennel and the clean taste of salmon mixed with creamy cannellini beans is the dish we all need right now...

SALMON & FENNEL with cannellini bean mash Preparation Time: 10 minutes. Cooking Time: 20 minutes. Serves Two. Ingredients: One large or two small fennel bulbs, two and a half tbsp olive oil, two Alaskan salmon fillets, skin removed, one small leek, finely sliced, one garlic clove, crushed, 400g can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed, 150ml vegetable stock, half a lemon, zest and juice Preheat the oven to 200ËšC, gas mark 6. Trim the fronds from the fennel and set aside, then cut the bulbs into thin wedges, removing any tough pieces of core.

Toss the bulbs with one tbsp oil, season with salt and pepper and spread the wedges out on a baking tray. Roast for roughly 10 minutes.

Brush the salmon with a tbsp oil, season, add to the baking tray and roast for a further 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, heat the remaining 1 tbsp oil in a saucepan over a medium heat. Add the leek and garlic; cover and sweat gently for five minutes.

Add the beans and stock; simmer uncovered for two minutes, then squeeze in the lemon juice. Roughly crush with a potato masher or the back of a fork.

Divide the mash between plates and top with the roasted fennel, salmon, lemon zest and a sprinkle of fennel fronds.

Recipes & Dishes: Find thousands of recipes online at www.waitrose.com/recipes.

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Wine of the Month

The spirit of summer Rutland distillery creates wonderful summer drinks

Ovens Farm, Bacchus, Louth, Lincolnshire. £12 / 75cl / 13%

Multum ‘Gin’ Parvo is the local distillery providing another reason to look forward to summer afternoons in the garden.

The firm’s mission statement is simple; to provide beautiful gin from a beautiful county.

Strawberry and Rutland Lavender gin must be the most wonderful flavour ever created by a local distillery, but the firm’s Earl Grey & Rutland Honey gin is also worth a look (and a sip). n £call / 40cl / 40% ABV

A wonderful white, and it’s local, produced in one of the most northerly vineyards in England.

Pale gold hue. Aromatics of cut grass, complexed with lime blossom.

The palate has notes of citrus fruits, hedgerow herbaceous character and a hint of green pepper to the finish.

Dry, crisp, and clean palate with good structure and a long finish.

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3. Created in Kent, Hush Heath’s Balfour has a great mousse, summer fruit flavours and is regarded as one of England’s most exclusive pink fizz options; £38.99 / 75cl / 11.5%.

2. Predominantly Pinot Noir, with Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier too, Nyetimber is produced in West Sussex.

Red fruits but with lavender and anise to create a more complex flavour profile; £34.99 / 75cl / 12% ABV.

3. Produced in East Sussex, Ridgeview is as dry as they come, a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier with raspberry, strawberry and redcurrant flavours; £35 / 75cl / 12%.

Partner this wine with goats cheese or feta; herby dishes, particularly with basil, or coriander; or grilled sardines or mackerel. n 07919 320290, www.ovensfarm vineyard.com.

The Perfect Partner for your Pimm’s: Cucumber Spirit!

A Great British Spirit, master distillers English Spirit have created the perfect partner for your Pimm’s, using sugar beet vodka and fresh cucumber.

Fresh, fragrant, crisp cucumber on the nose, with a hint of white pepper.

Silky smooth on the palate, with a honey-dew melon finish. A great partner to Pimm’s, but you can also serve it one to one with tonic and crushed ice; or use its as a great base for a Martini; see www.englishspirit.uk. £38 / 50cl / 42%

n Our featured wines are available from the best local independent wine merchants, supermarkets and online, prices are RRP and may vary from those stated.

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WELCOME HOME

Oasis in the

WOLDS With its lake and small island, beautiful gardens and kitchen of abundance, you would be forgiven for thinking Holton Grange Court was an oasis in a beautiful sea of green fields and farms. Owners Geoff, Bev and family discussed their favourite features of the property in this edition...

Holton Grange Court is a spectacular family home. This fabulous barn conversion boasts six double bedrooms, four reception rooms and nearly two acres of beautiful grounds.

Geoff, Bev and family have been the proud owners of Holton Grange Court for seven years. Over their time here, the owners have passionately renovated and extended the property and in fact doubled the size of the house.

Holton Grange Court stands in an elevated position and exudes contemporary modern living. You reach the magnificent six-bedroom property by way of a long entrance drive passing a paddock, lake and triple garage upon entrance.

The property was originally a stable built in the early 1900s and was tastefully converted to living accommodation. Even though the current owners have extensively renovated the property to an ultra-high specification, many of the original features have been retained to keep the integrity of the building including the original mezzanine floor and a three-tiered stone staircase.

“When renovating the property, we didn’t want to disturb any of the original features,” says Bev. “It is lovely to think of the history of the property which makes the barn special and unique.”

You enter this amazing house via a large front entrance porch. A large solid timber

door welcomes you into a room with high vaulted ceilings and windows to the side allowing light to ooze in.

A talking point of the property is the exceptional and modern open plan kitchen and dining room designed by Sarah Anderson.

A large range of units painted in an attractive grey finish with chrome handles and marbleeffect quartz worktops with matching central island is a kitchen lover’s dream. It comes with built-in Neff appliances including a large larder fridge, high-level double oven, plate warmer and Bev’s favourite appliance, her Zip electric boiling tap.

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with log burner and a large wooden surround.

The room opens out to a sunroom or dining room, benefitting from fully glazed walls with bi-fold doors opening completely to the side, giving access to the central courtyard.

The beautiful barn features four reception rooms including an exceptional large day room with vaulted ceilings and exposed timber beams, a study with featured cast iron, a well-proportioned lounge with vaulted ceilings, exposed roof beams and very large windows with sliding doors leading out onto the south-facing terrace and a dining room with the original 1900 stone staircase.

Out of the six double bedrooms, two have ensuites with the master bedroom also leading to a dressing room. The family bathroom is spacious featuring a four-piece suite including a twin person jacuzzi bath and a large walk-in thermostatic shower unit with multiple jet outlets with a fantastic rainfall shower head attachment.

The property also includes a detached office and gym with the potential for further conversion. The barn is magnificent with everything you could ask for and more for a family home. However, you have only seen half the beauty of this property if you haven’t stepped outside.

“We were attracted to the property by the views and the beautiful open countryside surroundings.”

The large and impressive lawned area leads down to a woodland beyond where there’s a lake featuring a bridge to a central island.

The family have taken full advantage of the lake and own a small rowing boat which the children would play in when they were younger on a summer days.

“I love sitting in the hall lounge looking out onto the garden, watching the wildlife. We have rabbits, pheasants, foxes, squirrels and even baby deer. It is glorious to sit and watch.”

HOLTON GRANGE COURT, TETNEY Location: 10 miles from Louth, 16 miles from Market Rasen.

Bedrooms: Six bedrooms, two with en suites and walk in dressing rooms.

Receptions: Four, including the open plan kitchen and dining room and living room.

Other Features: Office, gym, lake, island, modern design.

Guide Price: £825,000.

Find Out More: Masons, Cornmarket, Louth LN11 9QD. Call 01507 350500 or see www.masons-surveyors.co.uk.

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OVERCOMING THE GREATEST EVER PLANNING CHALLENGE I T M AY S E E M I M P O S S I B L E T O B U I L D A N Y T H I N G U N D E R PA R A G R A P H 7 9 , B U T A S S T U D I O 1 1 A R C H I T E C T U R E E X P L A I N S , A L L I T TA K E S I S S T Y L E A N D F L A I R . . .

There are 217 paragraphs in the National Planning Policy Framework (2018), but one of them is particularly significant for people wanting to build their own home in the countryside or on the coast – the (in)famous Paragraph 79.

in these cases,” says Kris Baxter of Studio 11 Architecture.

Essentially, it sets out the stringent criteria for any homes proposed to be built in a rural area – and while gaining planning permission under Paragraph 79 can be a badge of honour for architects, it can be a frustrating and nearimpossible task for the uninitiated.

They also require a thorough understanding of local plannning policy, good working relationships with the relevant officals, an appreciation of the area’s vernacular architecture, and a genuine commitment to sustainability and sympathetic landscaping.

“Entrusting control of your project to a team of specialists is the only realistic path to success

“Planning applications made under Paragraph 79 are probably the most difficult you’ll ever

“You need to be prepared to compromise, because Paragraph 79 projects are totally and completely bespoke, and require an exceptional and unique approach to design.”

come across,” says associate Johnathon Gower.

“Any proposal has to be truly outstanding or innovative, has to raise the level of design in rural areas, needs to reflect the highest standards of architecture, and should significantly (and sensitively) enhance the location. No matter how impressive, a generic design simply won’t receive approval – your project needs to set trends, not follow them.”

Studio 11 Architecture has a proven track record of successful building projects across Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, and enjoyed success in gaining approval for Paragraph 79 and other challenging properties in rural areas. Kris, Johnathon and their experienced team can maximise your budget, ensure the design is fully compliant with all planning requirements – and help create the home of your dreams.

“Taking on a Paragraph 79 project isn’t for the faint-hearted, but the rewards of having a completely unique home in a beautiful setting can be amazing,” says Kris. “Just remember that the road to success may be just as bumpy, long and windy as the singletrack road leading up to your new property!"

For a free consultation about your project and further information, please contact the team at Studio 11 Architecture today. n

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Summertime

BLUES According to the song by Eddie Cochrane, there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues... but this month’s choice of blue fabrics and wallcoverings is a veritable panacea for your home...

Each of our wallcovering and fabrics brands are stocked by local interior designers who can create bespoke furnishings for your home...

Top: Jane Churchill fabrics on cushions, Marley, Enmore, Calla, Brock, Lyra, Ellwood, Silvan, Rydall. Chair in Brock.

Top/Right: Lotus wallpaper in Indigo by Harlequin.

Right: Philippine Wallpaper designed by William Yeoward for Designers’ Guild.

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Top: William Yeoward fabrics & wallcoverings for Designers’ Guild.

Bottom: Florian fabrics

by William Yeoward for Designers’ Guild.

Left: Clarke & Clarke, curtains in Glenmore Denim, sofa in Caledonia Navy, footstool in Loch Denim. Cushions in Aviemore Denim; Loch Denim; Glenmore Denim.

Above: William Yeoward Delcia.

Local Suppliers...

Anelise Home: 01522 530400, www.anelisehome.co.uk.

Delcor: 01780 762579, www.delcor.co.uk.

Elizabeth & Stevens: 01636 822000, www.elizabethandstevens.com.

Lees Furnishers: 01472 353251 www.leesfurnishers.co.uk.

Right: Harlequin Parapet Indigo from the firm’s Textured wallpaper collection.

Top/Right: Zoffany Colmea lamps; Cushions in Zoffany Cassia.

Richard Sutton Interiors: 01472 268377, richardsuttondesigninteriors.com.

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MORRISS & SHAW

Enjoy a Place in the Sun INVESTING IN QUALITY IS NEVER A MISTAKE, AND CHOOSING TO EXTEND YOUR HOME WITH SLEAFORD-BASED MORRISS & SHAW WILL ENSURE YOU ADD VALUE AND SPACE TO YOUR HOME IN TIME FOR A LONG HOT SUMMER...

A SUCCESSFUL INVESTMENT is one that gives great returns; financially, certainly, but in the case of a new orangery or garden room, also in terms of quality and making your home a better place to be.

Extending your home and giving yourself more space means entrusting your home to a professional like Chris Shaw, whose 19 years in the industry have yielded an eye for craftsmanship.

As a bespoke joiner specialising in the design and construction of bespoke orangeries, from planning to completion, he can assist in the creation of a new space for your household that will add both intrinsic but also financial value to your home.

“A well-designed orangery should be a space that you can use all year round, one that blends well with your property and suits your family as much as your property.”

“It’s spring now so this is a great time to commission a bespoke orangery, one that will enable you to enjoy your garden even if the temperatures aren’t quite comfortable enough to spend time outdoors yet.”

“There’s still plenty of time for design, planning and construction of your room in time for mid-summer so you could be enjoying a temperate, bright space to extend your summer days even if your home is a listed property or one that’s located in a conservation area.”

“Because we offer a turnkey service I liaise with all of the building, landscaping and interior design trades, and because our orangeries are constructed in our studios, installation is far faster and less disruptive.”

“Working with budgets of between £20,000 and £130,000 also enables us to add more functional space to your home creating, for instance, a living kitchen in period properties to replace smaller darker kitchens, or new reception rooms to accommodate modern family life.”

“We use quality ironmongery, thermallyefficient glazing and electrically-deployed roof vents to make sure that every room we create is bespoke, beautiful and functional too.”

Find Out More: Morriss & Shaw Garden Houses is based in Sleaford and work across the whole of the UK. Call 01529 300609 or 07832 344046, or see www.morrissandshawgardenhouses.com.

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Danish Dreams Works from the Royal Copenhagen factory continue to be collected in great number, with buyers continuing to purchase figure groups from this European heavyweight in large number.

Looking at the Post Modern design and style associated with the pieces commonly seen at our three Lincolnshire salerooms, one would assume the history of the Royal Copenhagen factory was a recent one.

Nothing could be further from the truth as you have to go back to 1775 to find its starting date.

The chemist Franz Heinrich Muller is credited for its creation and with his 50 year monopoly gave the factory a firm footing. By 1779 its finances were the responsibility of the Danish Royal Family when it was rebranded as the Royal Porcelain Factory.

It was indeed Royal links which assumed the more famous designs of the company with the most famous Floral Dancia pattern pieces being made as gifts for Catherine II of Russia.

With the familiarity of the green three wavy line mark and the post modern later pieces being made in association with the likes of Georg Jensen and the Holmegaard Glass works, it is somewhat a surprise that Royal Copenhagen has been in existence for the thick end of 260 years producing elegant tableware and high class and large pieces which would grace any sideboard throughout Europe from the Royal Family downwards.

Production has remained in rude health since its inception. Bing and Grandahl added a collectable edge to the works with the introduction of their Christmas plates in 1895, with moulds being destroyed, so more could not be made. This led to a large collecting field which has continued along with the popularity of the more traditional figures, animals and birds we see today.

The large horse illustrated proves the skill of the factory. A rare, enormous piece which proves the ability of Royal Copenhagen; a work immensely difficult to fire at such size and an object which has been produced that classically illustrates the modernist pieces associated with the factory in recent times, it sold recently at our Grantham Rooms for £360.

Objects are now produced under the name Royal Copenhagen at sites in Thailand. What hasn’t been lost from this Far East move is the quality, craftsmanship and modern design associated with this magnificent factory, which continues to attract buyers in large number who collect nothing other than this most famous of names. n Find Out More: Craig Bewick is an antiques specialist with Golding, Young & Mawer: The Bourne Auction Rooms, Spalding Road, Bourne PE10 9LE, 01778 422686; The Grantham Auction Rooms, Old Wharf Road, Grantham NG31 7AA, 01476 565118; The Stamford Valuation Office, The George Mews, Station Road, Stamford PE9 2LB, 01780 751666 or The Lincoln Auction Rooms, Thos Mawer House Station Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln, LN6 3QY, 01522 524984. Alternatively, see www.goldingyoung.com.

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GARDENING

A Grand Design

Fit for a King Paul and Joy King have never been the kind to follow the flock, moving all around the country to enjoy their next Grand Design.

They’ve settled in Lincolnshire in a 12 acre sanctuary filled with unique trees and flowers, a vast array of wildlife and their very own flock of Jacob sheep...

Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

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DOGS. CATS. GOLDFISH MAYBE. But Jacob sheep?

It’s not your usual pet, albeit the chosen variety for couple Paul and Joy King in Grantham.

The Jacob Sheep This is British breed of domestic sheep that’s black and white and is often multi-horned; they can often have as many as four horns!

Their flock of black and white sheep is not the only thing that separates them from the flock.

Joy and Paul moved to the county 10 years ago when they discovered Wildwood, a Huf Haus (one of only 250 in the UK and the only one in Lincolnshire).

“We’re both from Yorkshire, meeting for the first time in Sheffield,” says Joy. “Work took us to Nottingham and then onto Chester, Surrey, Northamptonshire and finally Oundle.”

“We’ve always lived in old historic homes, so in complete contrast, our Oundle home was featured in Grand Designs and thoroughly modern. We fell in love with the modern way of living and wanted more land to create our own little oasis, which is when we came across Wildwood.”

They had found their perfect home but they had a long way to go to get their dream garden too. There was no real garden attached to the property, just hard landscaping and fields.

“We decided to get sheep as a means of cutting 12 acres of land and they’ve become a devoted hobby for the both of us every since! This will be the first year we’ve not had lambs. We occasionally show them and we headed up the East Anglia branch of the Jacob Sheep Society.”

While the sheep happily munched away in the fields, the garden was looking a little plain. However, soon after they had started working on Wildwood’s garden, they experienced one of the worst winters reaching lows of -17ºC which destroyed almost everything they had planted.

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“We learnt a wise lesson in the garden that year, which I will dispense for your readers,” says Joy. “When you start on a new garden, simply live in it for a year. Don’t touch a leaf or petal. Get to know what the soil is like, do your homework on various plants and discover what naturally grows in your green space before planting a seed.”

Although I couldn’t be there in person - I type this from my self isolation station at home - Joy took me for a ‘tour’ of the garden anyway.

“We exit out of the back door of our home to be greeted by an abundance of tulips in spring and very colourful flowers throughout the year. This leads on to the rockery, a drier area with plants such as yuccas.”

“From the rockery, we follow the stone steps passing camassia, fritillaria and bluebells at this time of year. Our collection of unique trees includes a purple catalpa, snowdrop tree, heptacodium, magnolia and golden rain tree. The more mature trees include a Turkish oak, red acer, Chanticleer pear, hop hornbeam and various ashes.”

Above: Joy has been working on her beautiful garden alongside husband Paul for 10 years now.

Paul is in charge of mowing the grass and feeding the chickens, and Joy resides over the rest!

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Main: We simply can’t do a feature on Joy and Paul’s beautiful garden without first mentioning their incredible home!

To discover more about these prefabricated houses, visit huf-haus.com.

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“When we pass the arboretum, we reach the south border filled with all sorts of treasures that are visible from the house, including a deep red hydrangea and martagon lilies that have taken 10 years to grow from seed!”

“Throughout the garden, I’ve had a huge problem with soil as, a problem I can imagine many Lincolnshire gardeners face. It’s wet, heavy clay in winter and like concrete in the summer! It’s especially tricky since the house has been dug out to a basement level on one side so there’s just rock underneath really.”

“We turn the corner from the south border to the vegetable beds. The lettuces are coming up this morning and we had swiss chard and spinach last week. I’ll be sowing sweetcorn later. We also have a potting shed in this part of the garden and our much loved chickens and geese.”

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“I’ve had a big problem with soil, which is a problem that I imagine a lot of Lincolnshire gardeners face. It’s wet clay in winter and concrete in summer!”

The latest project the couple are working on is a meadow. Joy has just discovered pyramid orchids growing at one end of one of the fields, so they’ll leave it to flourish.

Welcoming wildlife to the garden is very important to the Kings as well, incorporating a brash pile for animals from bugs to birds to make their home. They’ve also got a few spiky regulars that they welcome to the garden each year.

“We spotted quite a few hedgehogs in the garden one autumn. We took a particularly small one named William to Caddington Hedgehogs - a local hedgehog sanctuary so he could survive through winter.”

“We picked him up as well as three females for them to make their home in the garden.

I’ve stopped using all kinds of slug repellent and pesticide because of it, and peculiarly my hostas are not being attacked by slugs; I wonder if my spiky residents have something to do with it!”

There is so much more of Joy and Paul’s garden to be discovered, and unfortunately their open event with the National Gardens Scheme will not be going ahead this year due to obvious reasons.

We’ll keep you updated on when you can see all the joys of Wildwood next year!

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BUTTERFLIES

Earning Their

WINGS Butterflies are fascinating creatures that we should be starting to see more of this summer. This month we’re discovering why the species is so special, what butterflies you should be able to spot and looking at some particularly rare ones...

Words: Sami Millard.

AT A TIME WHEN WE are being encouraged to spend more time in our homes, a way to look after our mental health is by spending time in our gardens. Gardens across the UK have already started waking up to spring and a new addition is the majestic butterfly.

Many butterflies have already started to come out of their winter hibernation from the dry cracks in rocks or protected tree hollows to welcome in the new season and be the first to show their wings. You may have even spotted some of them exercise their wings during the sunnier days in early spring. Soon, all of the freshly emerged butterflies will open their wings for the first time and take flight.

The sight of brightly coloured butterflies gliding across the garden or feasting on flowers is a welcome sign that the warmer months are coming and everything is about to be green and colourful again. Brimstone butterflies are the first to be seen each year.

They have bright yellow-green markings on the wings which makes them hard to mistake for anything else, and they are usually seen feeding on buckthorn plants.

You should be able to see newly emerged orange tipped butterflies - the males are easily identified by the orange tip on the forewings.

It’s very hard to miss the peacock butterfly with its bold red colour and four beady ‘eyes’ on its wings. These markings are to deter predators and the peacock even creates a

hissing sound as protection. Keep a look out for blue markings at the edge of the wings as you might be mistaking a peacock for a tortoiseshell butterfly.

We spoke to Richard Fox, Associate Director of Butterfly Conservations, in early April when we had a bout of warm weather.

“There are a surprising number of species of butterfly which are going out of hibernation already,” says Richard. “In just the last few days we have had recorded sights of brimstone, peacock, small tortoiseshell and red admiral all getting active as the weather is warming.”

“There’s so much life waking up for spring in our gardens and outdoor spaces and many of us might have a bit more opportunity to explore them than usual,” says Julie Williams, Chief Executive at Butterfly Conservations.

“It’s proven that time in nature can have beneficial effects on your mental health.”

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Right: The orange tip butterfly covered in a dusting of pollen. Above: Small tortoiseshell butterfly.

Top: The swallowtail butterfly. Main: Probably the most recognisable and the one you will most likely spot out in the garden, the peacock butterfly.

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Butterflies are such a special yet vital creature that also happens to make our world a little more colourful.

The distinct patterns and colouration of each species and the dainty fluttering of their wings through our gardens and parks is a welcome sight, but importantly, they drink nectar from blossoming flowers, accidentally pollinating other flowers to keep our green spaces flourishing.

Like bees, butterflies pick up pollen while they sip a flower’s nectar. They fly off to other plants carrying the pollen with them, helping to pollinate the plant species.

is part of what makes watching butterflies so fascinating.

When a butterfly first emerges with wings crumpled you will often see the butterfly hang with its wings down, pumping the wings to straighten them out.

The lifespan of most adult butterflies is about two to three weeks but varies greatly among species. In their lifespan, the female butterflies must find a mate and the right plants on which to lay their eggs to begin the butterfly life cycle all over again.

It is said that around one third of the food people eat relies on the work of pollinators such as butterflies so we need to do all we can to keep them in our ecosystem.

As summer starts to arrive, many butterflies start to disappear and it’s time for some of the most beautiful butterflies to shine. This includes the swallowtail, black hairstreak, large blue, marsh fritillary and the glanville fritillary.

The life cycle of a butterfly is truly amazing, each following the same four life stages; the egg, the caterpillar, the chrysalis, and finally the magnificent adult butterfly. Each stage is unique to each species of butterflies, which

Sadly, the butterfly populations are at risk due to environmental pressures like habitat loss. Fortunately, we can all take small actions that can help ensure the survival of the butterfly race.

One way to do this is to create butterfly habitats and bug hotels in your own garden, with three key factors that allow butterflies of all varieties to thrive; food, water and a safe space to lay their eggs.

Each different variety of butterfly chooses different plants to lay their eggs on and different plants to feed on but with a little research, each one of us can help keep these sun-loving creatures alive.

By creating more butterfly-friendly gardens, you are helping to restore the species. Some species can be helped by simply taking care when choosing garden flowers and selecting ones that help them flourish.

Introducing flowers such as bluebells, lavender, primrose or red campions will help the butterflies flock to your garden, enjoying the sunshine sheltered from the wind.

If you have a garden to enjoy, why not plant some butterfly-friendly plants of your own and see these beautiful creatures flutter through your gardens for years to come.

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1. The Camberwell Beauty This pretty little chocolate butterfly visits from Scandinavia very occasionally, first spotted in London in 1748. It was so unexpected that is was named the Great Surprise for a period of time.

2. Swallowtail This poor butterfly is suffering badly. Milk parsley, on which its larvae mainly feed, is now becoming increasingly rare because the fenland areas on which it grows are being drained for agriculture, and because of the use of agricultural weedkillers.

3. Adonis This beautiful bright blue butterfly is also in decline.

This is largely due to the sheep numbers dropping due to economic pressures and rabbit populations as a result of myxomatosis; coarse grasses now replace what they fed on and what the Adonis feeds on.

4. Large Blue The remarkable life cycle of this butterfly involves the larvae dropping from wild thyme to be picked up by red ants and carried back to their nests where they feed on ant grubs. As this occurrence is rare, the species is therefore very rare.

10 RARE BUTTERFLIES TO LOOK FOR IN YOUR GARDEN

5. Monarch You will have most likely heard of this butterfly. It’s rare in the UK but common in America. It’s mostly known for travelling incredible distances from Canada to Mexico, one of the greatest natural phenomena in the world.

6. Essex Emerald So this is more of a moth, but the Essex Emerald is so rare that it is presumed extinct. The last time it was spotted was in Essex in the 1990s. They hide themselves by attaching plants to their bodies. The question is are they extinct or are they just good at hiding?

8. Silver Washed Fritillary This beautiful spotted butterfly was declining towards the end of the twentieth century, but it has seen a rise in numbers recently! It’s more common further south but there have been sightings around these parts so look out for them in your garden!

You may be used to seeing the peacock butterfly bless your garden with its bright colours and unique predator deterring spots, but what about this collection? This is a handful of some of the more difficult to spot species. It’s worth clarifying that these species are not particularly in danger, but they are rare to be spotted in Britain...

9. White Admiral The butterfly has seen rapid decline in recent years. They lay eggs on honeysuckle in shady areas and are often confused with purple emperors. They are found nectaring on bramble flowers usually in rides and clearings. Sometimes it doesn’t have a blue trim.

7. Purple Emperor This very bright butterfly can be seen in the treetops of well-wooded landscapes where it feeds on aphid honeydew and tree sap. It’s elusive and a lot more common further south and very rare round these parts of the country.

10. Speckled Yellow This is actually a common moth in the UK but it’s not often spotted around these parts. It’s often found in woodland but you will also be able to find them in scrubby areas. They like to feed on wood sage mainly.

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WEDDINGS

The Look of Love For childhood sweethearts Karoline and Ashley, they had dreamt about their wedding day since the beginning. It certainly lived up to their expectations at the beautiful Irnham Hall, celebrating with friends and family under twinkling lights and decorative wisteria...

Photographer: SM Photography, www.stevenmitchellphotography.com.

For Karoline and Ashley, their wedding day was something they had always dreamt of. They began their journey together as childhood sweethearts aged 17 when they met at a friend’s birthday party, and hit it off instantly. At that age little did they expect they would be having the most beautiful wedding day together with all their wonderful friends and family.

WEDDING SUPPLIERS KAROLINE AND ASHLEY

“When it came to my wedding dress, I had a good idea of what I wanted, looking for something bodycon and lace. I ended up with a dress that was half lace and half a beautiful material.”

“My family have a tradition where we go to Cyprus every year,” says Karoline. “Ash joined us last year and on the 28th May he hired out one of the best wedding venues in Cyprus where he popped the question. It was an amazing set up and such a beautiful location.”

“I didn’t want to be engaged for a long time, I wanted to get married straight away so we booked our venue first, then our photographer and videographer and we got married on the 28th July; all planned in three months.”

“As we have both lived in Spalding our entire lives, we wanted to keep our wedding venue local too. When we first went to see Irnham Hall it was breathtaking and I just instantly knew that it was the one.”

“I had envisioned something completely different. I’ve grown up with horses so I expected to get married in a barn conversion.

However, seeing our venue for the first time was everything I had dreamt of.”

“There were horses in stables on the grounds of the house so it was perfect really. The owners of the house Leila and Jamie were amazing. They were involved throughout the whole planning process and made it all so easy for us.”

Wedding Venue Irnham Hall, 01476 550244, www.irnhamhall.co.uk.

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“I knew what I was looking for but just could not find the dress anywhere. I hunted through three different bridal shops when I finally found a dress I loved. One of my friends told me to try on a lace jacket over the top and it completely brought my bandeau dress to life. I wore the jacket for the church and the daytime photographs but took it off for the evening reception. This transformed my dress later and made it look like I had a brand-new dress on.”

“The most memorable moment of the day was when I started to walk down the aisle.

Ashley was crying so much when he saw me.

I tried my hardest to keep my tears in, but I was just so happy and couldn’t stop smiling.”

Ash and I sat together in the evening, looking around at all our friends and family dancing.

It was an overwhelming feeling to see them all celebrating our love for each other.”

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“My advice to other brides sit back and take it all in.

The day goes by fast! Try to appreciate it all. It was the happiest day of my life but it was over so quickly!”

“It took us back and made us thankful for everything we have and how lucky we are.

Our first dance was one of my favourite moments of the whole day. It was amazing to dance as Mr and Mrs.” “The entire day was incredible. My advice to other couples getting married would be to just sit back and take it all in. Before you know it, the day has been and gone. It was the happiest day of my life, but it was over and done with so quickly.”

“Try to enjoy everything, the run up to the big day, the planning and if you want something that makes you happy get it if you can. You only get married once so make it everything you wanted it to be with no regrets.”

The couple had an incredible wedding day followed by an incredible honeymoon in Europe.

“We finished our wedding celebrations with an amazing 10 days in Santorini, Greece.

The views were breathtaking; it was the most picturesque place I have ever seen.”

“The sunsets and the buildings were like something I have never seen before. It was beautiful. We relaxed, drank wine, and enjoyed our time as newlyweds, which is exactly how we wanted to spend our honeymoon.”

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COMFORTS You may be in isolation but there’s no reason why you can’t do it in style!

Instead of ball gowns and bespoke suits, this month we present outfits that are a little more comfortable from designer Betty & Co...

This This Page: Page: Colourful Colourful patterned patterned blouse, blouse, £45. £45.

The blonde model wears a suede cardigan (£70), simple, neutral top (£45) and light grey comfy trousers (£80) to finish the look. The brunette model sports a cardigan (£90), striped top (£45) and navy trousers (£80) that tie at the waist as seen on this image.

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On this page, the blonde model wears a beautiful teal pullover (£80) and navy trousers with an elasticated waist (£80). For a look that’s a little less casual, the brunette model wears a gorgeous cashmere cardigan (£115), printed blouse (£85) and navy trousers (£115).

Betty & Co can be found at House of Fraser and John Lewis.

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On this page, the model’s cardigan (£80) goes together effortlessly with the matching baby blue top (£45) and floral printed skirt (£80). On the opposite page, the model is positively pink with a beautiful pink blouse (£80) that allows the punchy floral trousers (£80) to really stand out.

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Top/Left: Denim jacket (£115) and dress (£105). Top/Right: Navy jacket (£90), blouse (£70) and chino trousers (£90). Bottom/Left: Top (£45) and trousers (£105). Bottom/Right: Striped summer dress (£90). Opposite: White pullover (£80), white top (£20) and trousers (£80). Blouse (£55) and trousers (£70).

You can find all featured products online at www.johnlewis.com or www.houseoffraser.co.uk.

This page: Fuchsia cowl back dress in luxe stretch crepe, £840

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SUMMER BEAUTY

Falling for Florals THIS MONTH WE’RE TAKING INSPIRATION FROM AN ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN TO SUGGEST SUMMER COSMETICS WITH A FEEL GOOD FACTOR AND SOME GENTLE FRAGRANCE TOO...

1. Summer Daydreams from Diptyque...

Telling the story of daydreams, says the blurb. L’Ombre dans l’Eau from Diptyque is a new limited edition perfume with floral scents. It is said to evoke ‘a calm river, a summer slumber under a weeping willow...’

Combining the floral intensity of roses with the acidulated accents of blackcurrant leaves and buds. £98 / 100ml.

5. All White, Day or Night...

We adore The White Company and its clean, crisp, fuss-free approach to style, as well as the quality of its products. Enjoy a little bit of White Company luxury every day with the brand’s bath and shower gel and body lotion in Flowers scent.

The company says it has ‘uplifting notes of just-picked jasmine, rose, neroli, lavender and geranium.

Just lovely...! £15 / 250ml.

2. Cheek to Chic...

New from Nars is Overlust. This trio of powder blushes provide gentle warm colour, while gel-to-powder highlighters provide a pearlescent shimmer on top. Shimmering Champagne, golden bronze and rose bronze highlight shades, and soft rose, nude peach and dusty mauve blushes, £46.

3. YSL’s Hot Shot...

Pure Shots is YSL’s new range of serums, from Night Reboot, Light Up, Y-Shape and Lines Away. The serum is lightweight in texture and robust in performance, for lighter, softer, healthier looking skin, £59.

6. A Corrale that’s more than just OK...

Great news for anyone with frizzy hair to heat up and money to burn.

Bagless vacuum cleaner brand Dyson has supplemented its Supersonic hair dryer with its new Corrale hair straighteners. Justifying the eye-watering price of £399 are corded and cord-free use and flexing plates to better gather hair. n

4. Rose Hydration...

For English roses seeking a little hydration around the delicate skin of the eye area comes Rose Hydrating Eye Gel from pure beauty specialists Fresh. Rosewater, cucumber and HLA based, £34.

n All our beauty products are available from local independent stockists unless otherwise stated, please note that prices stated are RRP and may vary according to retailer.

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From a cleaner to a celebrity shoemaker, Jimmy Choo’s career is one of hard work, style and elite clientele. Style icons from celebrities to royalty, musicians to heads of state have all fallen head over heels for Jimmy Choo...

Jimmy Choo is now a household name, associated with glamour, luxury and most iconically, shoes.

Jimmy Choo Yeang Keat was born in Penang in Malaysia in 1948.

Jimmy’s father was a shoemaker and Jimmy was immersed into the world of shoemaking from an early age. He made his first shoe - a pair of slippers - when he was just 11 years old.

“When I first started, my father wouldn’t let me make a shoe,” recalled the designer. “Instead, he told me to ‘sit and watch, sit and watch.’ I did just that for months and months.”

Jimmy moved to London in the early 1980s to study at Cordwainer’s Technical College, now part of the London College of Fashion.

He worked in restaurants and often took work as cleaner in order to pay for his studies.

In 1983, Jimmy graduated with honours and chose to remain in England, opening his first shop in Hackney in 1986 in an old hospital building. Jimmy designed custom-made shoes, an idea that spread like wildfire, and it wasn’t long before Jimmy’s craftsmanship and designs were noticed by the fashion world.

Jimmy had an eye for detail that no one else seemed to offer and in 1988, British Vogue featured Jimmy’s shoes in an unprecedented four-spread feature.

Jimmy Choo soon became the darling of the celebrity world and his shoes were particularly patronaged by Diana, Princess of Wales.

handmade pairs of shoes per week. Tamara Mellon, Accessories Editor of British Vogue magazine approached Jimmy about partnering to create a line of ready-to-wear footwear for the global jetsetter. In 1996, Jimmy co-founded Jimmy Choo Ltd with Tamara Mellon and his niece, Sandra Choi.

The company quickly established its brand as the height of glamour with fashionable designs and exceptional Italian craftsmanship. The first Jimmy Choo store opened in 1996 on Motcomb Street in London and the brand went global.

“The lightbulb moment was when Princess Diana first stepped on to the red carpet wearing our shoes in 1997,” says Sandra Choi.

The image of Princess Diana emerging from her car in a powder blue mini dress with matching Jimmy Choo slingbacks was shared around the world, cementing Jimmy Choo shoes in the hearts, minds and on the wishlists of women everywhere.

By the late 1990s, Jimmy Choo had stores in Los Angeles and New York and a lineup of adoring Hollywood celebrities that included Julia Roberts and Renee Zellweger.

The television program ‘Sex and the City’ increased the shoes iconic status. Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw has a Cinderella moment in season three whilst running for the Staten Island Ferry exclaiming “I lost my Choo!”

Featuring heavily in the programs, the Jimmy Choo shoe became a status in popular culture.

“With no man in sight, I decided to rescue my ankles from a life of boredom by purchasing far too many pairs of Jimmy

Despite the rise of his popularity, Jimmy was still a very small operation, producing just 20

Three Things You Didn’t Know About Jimmy Choo...

HIS FIRST STORE WAS A HOSPITAL Choo’s story really is one of rags to riches.

His very first shop was in the former Metropolitan Hospital in Hackney in London, selling bespoke handmade shoes under the name of Lucky Shoes.

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HE IS A TEACHER AND LECTURER TOO As a devout Buddhist, he places great emphasis on education and shares his trade secrets to a select group of pupils. He has been awarded an OBE and the Malaysian Dato title for his services.

77 PAIRS WERE MADE FOR LEGALLY BLONDE 77 custom Jimmy Choo shoes were designed and made especially for the film Legally Blonde 2. Reese Witherspoon (Elle Woods in the film) wisely added to her contract that she would keep all 77 pairs after filming!

Main: The worldrenowned master shoemaker, Jimmy Choo holding one of his latest designs.

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Choo shoes,” Carrie Bradshaw proclaimed in one of the episodes.

The huge success of the womenswear oriented brand led to a menswear collection which launched in 1999.

By the turn of the century, Jimmy Choo’s footwear was available at high-end retailers including Harrods and Saks Fifth Avenue and the brand chose to expand to handbags and other accessories.

International expansion continued with Jimmy Choo securing locations in the premiere luxury shopping destinations of the world’s most prestigious cities including Sloane Street and Bond Street in London, Avenue Montaigne in Paris, Via Condotti in Rome, Madison Avenue in New York, Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, and Ginza in Tokyo.

Even though the brand was reaching heights every designer dreamed off, all was not well in the background. Jimmy and Tamara were at odds with one another which became one of the most fascinating rifts in the history of the fashion industry.

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“Jimmy Choo wanted to go back to his roots, making bespoke shoes for individual clients and walk away from the global fashion brand...”

Jimmy didn’t think bigger was better and longed for the days when he was back in his shop in Hackney making a small number of customised footwear for specific clients.

In 2001, Jimmy sold his half of the company to Robert Bensoussan of Equinox Luxury Holdings for the eye-watering amount of $30,000,000.

Since 2001, parts of the company have been sold and acquired. In 2014 Jimmy Choo became the first luxury footwear brand to go public, and about 25% of the company was sold giving it a market capitalisation of about $870,000,000, and its latest sale was in July 2017 when Jimmy Choo was acquired by the fashion brand Micheal Kors.

Sandra Choi is still creative director of the company and her shoes are a favourite of Michelle Obama and the Duchess of Cambridge.

Sandra Choi has let slip than she owns at least 600 pairs of shoes in her own private collection!

“I remember moments in life by the shoes I had on,” says Sandra. “For example, the first time I met my husband, I was wearing tan sandals with studs.”

Today, Jimmy Choo has returned to his roots and is the owner of a small boutique in London, which services as the headquarters for the exclusive Jimmy Choo couture line.

Jimmy hand crafts a small number of pairs of shoes each week and trains a select group of students on how to make high-end footwear.

Over 24 years Jimmy Choo has grown from a modest start up to a global and iconic brand. Jimmy Choo is a pioneer in the fashion industry and most certainly A-List approved.

SUMMER SHOES

The Lance

The Romy

The Annie

One of Jimmy Choo’s most iconic heels, the Lance has been a red carpet regular, £595.

The classic pump, Jimmy Choo includes this in every season in a plethora of styles, £550.

This retro-inspired heel is reminiscent of old Hollywood and is simply glamorous, £525.

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CHOO FITS

The Ivy Choo’s classic sophisticated slingback pumps are best represented in the Ivy, £495.

If you’re looking for the very best Choos, we’ve picked a handful of the most iconic styles from the brand that will make you fall head over heels in love...

The Bing You can see a princess attending a ball with these slip-on style bling pumps on, £750.

The Baily

The Alia

The Love

It’s the glitz and glamour of pearls and crystals that makes Choos so recognisable £1,995.

Layered in Swarovski crystals, the Alia should belong in a glass display cabinet, £2,995.

These glitter dégradé fabric pumps cut a little higher on the foot for more coverage, £550.

All of our featured shoes are available online and at selected retailers. Visit www.jimmychoo.com for more information.

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THIS MONTH: REFLECTING ON THE LAST FEW YEARS OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE SHOW...

Unfortunately, the event of the year - the Lincolnshire Show - has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus. We’ve been attending the show for 18 years and it breaks our heart that we can’t see all our lovely readers this year. To make up for it, we’re reflecting on the past few years of the show and some of the highlights. Thanks for always supporting us and coming to say hello - see you next year!

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A High Profile Attendance at the

Lincolnshire Show 2019 THE LINCOLNSHIRE SHOW is the main event in our calendar.

The annual show is always incredible but it’s with deep regret that this has been understandably cancelled this year due to the pandemic. Instead of getting upset about it, we’re reflecting on the last four years of the Lincolnshire Show!

We’ll start with last year when the sun was shining and we had a few celebrity appearances! BBC Look North showed up to the 2019 event and Peter Levy was there, shaking hands and meeting fans. We also saw money saving expert Martin Lewis giving out advice! Of course, the 2019 Lincolnshire Show also featured fantastic local suppliers of food, drink, gifts and the like, phenomenal main ring entertainment and attendees looked fabulous in tweed jackets and lace summer dresses. Our dress code for the 2019 event was cobalt blue dresses complimented with an Aspinall neck scarf. Thank you to everyone who came to see us!

Photos: Rob Davis, Lincolnshire Pride. Call 01529 469977 or visit www.pridemagazines.co.uk.

Celebrating the RAF at the

Lincolnshire Show 2018 THE 2018 EVENT celebrated 100 years of the Royal Air Force in so many spectacular ways. We met the Red Arrows who call Lincolnshire home, we saw the RAF Falcons skydiving with trails of red, white and blue smoke and there was even a dedicated Aviation Zone for kids to learn all about the fantastic work of the Air Force and climb in the cockpit themselves.

Main ring entertainment included all the necessary flypasts for the themed show including of course the Red Arrows, the Spitfire and the Dakota. We also saw an incredible motorbike show from Broke FMX daring to reach new heights on two wheels. In addition to the fabulous performances from the the main ring, we saw live cookery demonstrations in the Lincolnshire Kitchen, the very best animal shows and horse jumping, over 600 local suppliers showcasing their wares and of course plenty of Pimm’s and G&Ts! Photos: Rob Davis, Lincolnshire Pride. Call 01529 469977 or visit www.pridemagazines.co.uk.

The Best of Agriculture at the

Lincolnshire Show 2017 THE 2017 SHOW really was a celebration of what our county is best known for and what the Lincolnshire Show best showcases - agriculture and farming. There were sheep shows, livestock shows, horsejumping and every other kind of horse show you could think of including the much loved Shetland Pony Race! Broke FMX also made an appearance in 2017.

You could also enjoy ice cream, cakes and all sorts of treats from over 600 suppliers and stands at the show, as well as seeing professional chefs knock up a meal at the Lincolnshire Kitchen. The food provision at the Show is always absolutely fantastic, and they cater for kids in mind too! Speaking of kids, the agricultural ring featured beekeepers, wood carvers and all sorts of incredible shows and displays including birds of prey, educating children (and their parents!) on countryside pursuits. The Aviation Zone was also teaching kids plenty about the county, as well as the Main Ring.

Photos: Rob Davis, Lincolnshire Pride. Call 01529 469977 or visit www.pridemagazines.co.uk.

A Jolly Good Horse Show at the

Lincolnshire Show 2016 WHAT A THROWBACK! The Lincolnshire Show 2016 seems a distant memory now yet it was just four years ago! So much has changed and happened with the Show in that time, including our own cover style and marquees. Of course, all the staple shows remained the same from agriculture to the floristry tent to arts and crafts. Some of the usual suppliers we still see at today’s shows were showcasing their wares back in 2016 as well.

The weather was not on our side this year, but the sunny moments made it all worth it. The horse shows were spectacular with showjumping and dressage being the highlights. We also enjoyed seeing all the hounds from a hunt in the main ring in 2016. One thing’s for sure - the flow of Champers has remained consistent! We hope you enjoyed this Show throwback and hopefully next year’s is bigger and better than ever after such troubling times.

Photos: Rob Davis, Lincolnshire Pride. Call 01529 469977 or visit www.pridemagazines.co.uk.

MILLION POUND MOTORING

MILLION POUND

MOTORING Good news for anyone adverse to retaining their money or their sanity. Four Great British motoring marques are keen to flex their engineering know-how with no-holds-barred hypercars of the sort which make most sports cars look like mere family runabouts...

Words: Rob Davis.

“Whilst million-pound motoring may seem a mere triumph of excess, manufacturers can use the development of such cars’ technology as the bedrock for their future models...

WE BRITISH DO SOME THINGS REALLY WELL. Sunday lunch, for instance. Small talk pertaining to the weather. Sarcasm, and its common bedfellow, understated indignation.

That’s what four highly esteemed and very British manufacturers have set out to find out, each designing million-pound hypercars for extremely well-heeled customers.

We’re also good engineers. Very very good engineers, but only for small-scale, very specialist applications. The Germans can design and build things en masse really well, hence good mass-market cars hail from brands like BMW, Audi and Mercedes.

Lotus has created its Evija hypercar thanks to a huge investment by parent company Geely - Chinese motoring brand in its own right - which also owns Volvo and its Teslarivalling sub-brand Polestar, as well as the London Taxi Company.

But when those companies try to build hypercars - small volume, specialist vehicles which playfully pinch the bottom of the rules of physics - they’re all a bit mainstream, boring.

The logic, we suppose is that development cash invested in the Evija, the world’s first all-electric hypercar, will yield technology which can filter down to more commercially mainstream models.

Conversely the British can do it, but we’re largely hopeless at manufacturing things in large quantities. Hence we can design Dyson vacuums; the Arm chips which power the iPhone, or the Savile Row suit, which though beautifully designed remains bespoke, never to be replicated in large quantities like today’s fast fashions.

Evija produces 2,000ps of power (equivalent to the combined output of over 28 Ford Fiestas) and reaches 200mph. It has a range of 250 miles and is the world’s most powerful production car. Just 130 will be made, with a price of £1.7m each.

Happily, then, hypercars play right to our strengths. A supercar by definition is a couple of hundred thousand pounds worth of turbocharged motor car produced in quantities of hundreds, rather than thousands.

As supercars has become catnip for oligarchs and footballers, they’ve become rather more ubiquitous and so a new breed of car, hypercar, has emerged to reinstate a class of high-end car that is characterised by rarity and boundary-pushing engineering.

Internationally, products from a British brand are seen as more exclusive than massproduced goods from even the most credible German brand, and cars like Bentley’s £176,000 V12 Continental GT convertible or Aston Martin’s £225,000 DBS Superleggera are pretty phenomenal. But what could a car maker do if they had an unlimited budget, if no holds were barred?

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Never one to be outdone, Aston Martin’s Valkyrie uses a Cosworth-developed 6.5 litre V12 engine producing 1,160bhp with a hybrid assistance motor. Only 150 cars will be produced, and the firm will use the Valkryie as a sister car to its Valhalla, expected to make an appearance in 2021, with a V6 engine and greater dependence on electric drivetrain technology.

For now, the Valkyrie will set you back around £2m depending on specification.

It’s the latest in Aston’s flagship ‘V-Car’ releases; Valkyrie, Valhalla, Vanquish, Vulcan, Virage... models which reflect at their respective time of design and production the very pinnacle of engineering prowess from the company.

An hour and half away from Aston’s Gaydon HQ , the folks at McLaren have been working on its Speedtail. For a cool £1.75m, this 4.0 V8 engine hypercar is also supplemented with an electric motor.

MILLION pound MOTORING Lotus Evija Cost: £1.7m Engine/Motor: Four independently controlled motors, one per wheel, 500ps per motor, totalling 2,000ps.

Performance: 0-60mph: three seconds.

Top speed 200mph.

Uniqueness: 250 mile range, production run of just 130 cars.

Cabin: Controlled via smartphone, remote control of climate, carbon fibre seats covered in Alcantara.

Aston Martin Valkyrie Cost: £2m-£3m per configuration.

Engine/Motor: 6.5 litre V12 1,000bhp, with Rimac motor for extra 160bhp.

Performance: 0-60mph: 2.5 seconds.

Top speed 250mph.

Uniqueness: Track and road versions available, production run of 150 cars.

Cabin: Custom built driver’s seat 3D printed to suit owner.

McLaren Speedtail Cost: £1.75m Engine/Motor: 4.0V8 twin turbo with electric motor, 1,035bhp.

Performance: 0-60mph: 2.5 seconds.

Top speed 250mph.

Uniqueness: Teardrop glass roof.

Cabin: Milled aluminium, three seats.

Bentley Bacalar Cost: £1.5m Engine/Motor: 6.0W12 petrol.

Performance: 0-60mph: 3.5 seconds.

Top speed 200mph.

Uniqueness: Production run of 12 cars.

Cabin: Two seat roadster, Riverwood veneer, three ‘portfolios;’ Classic, Collection, Coachbuilt. n

Top/Left: Lotus’s Evija uses an all-electric drivetrain to produce the equivalent of over 28 Ford Fiestas!

Bottom/Left: The McLaren Speedtail utilises the firm’s F1 engineering heritage, distilled into a road car.

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Power output is a combined 1,035bhp, and the car has a top speed of 250mph in case you’re on a track and have an overdeveloped sense of hubris.

Looking like a concept car, a teardropshaped glass window floods the three-seater cockpit with light whilst cameras replace conventional side mirrors.

And finally, a snip at just £1.5m, Bentley’s Bacalar cares not for the consumption of fossil fuels and has no hybrid component to its drivetrain. There’s an uprated, twin-turbo version of its 6.0 W12 engine generating 650bhp. Less than the other hypercars here, but still somewhat muscular.

Whilst the other cars major on raw power, Bentley is instead intending the Bacalar to position itself in terms of its luxury. Its yellow paint is specific to the Bacalar and uses ash from rice husks to shine through with a 90%

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pigment platelet, an eco-friendly and very metallic type of metallic paint. Still, yellow?

Really, Bentley?

Elsewhere there’s 5,000 year old Riverwood veneer, matching luggage, and a quilted pattern to the upholstery that consists of nearly 150,000 stitches. Bacalar is also the first car to be produced in the world’s first certified carbon neutral factory for luxury car production. Garish yellow paint aside, the Bacalar will prove the ultimate expression of Bentley, with just 12 examples of the coachbuilt GT due to be produced.

Exclusivity comes at a price but with a new demographic of oligarchs, footballers and rappers showing off their supercars in London as well as canny collectors of automotive legends plus the commercial necessity of ongoing innovation at all costs, could we see many more hypercars in the future? That, it seems, is the million dollar question. n

These million pound motors will appeal to automotive collectors as well as oligarchs...

Below: Aston Martin’s Valkyrie marches out.

Right: Bentley’s £1.5m Bacalar. Only 12 cars will be made!

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Oh hell yes. This is what we’ve been missing. A Land Rover Defender the way it was always meant to be. Following the hugely popular response to its longer, five door sibling, the shorter, three door model reaches showrooms... and we are not disappointed with its evolution!

WE WEREN’T EXPECTING THAT. When the first test vehicles of Land Rover’s Defender were released to motoring journalists, we expected epic off-road ability, practicality and a rather more modern, more civilised ownership experience.

What nobody expected, though, was that the car would be so civilised on-road, that it would be epic fun to drive, and that its on-road manners weren’t compromised by but if anything enhanced by chassis and all of its off-road kit.

At launch we saw the 110 model - five doors and five metres in length, with up to seven seats. Now though, there’s a new 90 model which, at around half a metre shorter, should be better around town and shaves a metre off the car’s turning circle making it potentially easier to use off-road too.

With three doors, arguably it lacks the practicality of the 110, but its packaging may suit those who don’t have kids or rear passengers, and the 90 will be even more fun to drive. We’re almost inclined to suggest that for driving pleasure, it’ll match a go-kart-like Mini Cooper.

Whilst air suspension is standard on the 110 model, the 90 can have conventional springs. Should budget allow though, we’d suggest speccing it optionally. We’d also

A modest engine will help keep your Defender budget in check, which is a good thing because whilst the three door 90 is £5,000 cheaper than the longer five door 110 model, prices start at £40,290.

plump for the steel wheels, not the alloy ones if you’re going to be venturing off-road, or at least fitting the smallest wheels and fattest tyres possible.

Even the standard car, with a 2.0 Ingenium four-cylinder engine, badged P200, is brisk enough. Hardly a sports car but with plenty of cruising ability on-road and torque off-road. We’d eschew the larger P240 or the two petrol units, a P300 and P400 mild-hybrid.

A plug-in engine will follow and whilst that might sound off for a car which is supposed to be as rufty-tufty as its forebear, we think it’ll actually be a good fit, with instant torque and much better fuel economy. The mild hybrid doesn’t offer a great enough incentive for owners, but the plug-in might be worth waiting for unless you need your Defender now, now, now.

As standard there’s a heated windscreen, 360° parking aid and 3D surround camera, heated and semi-powered front seats plus power windows, mirrors, air con, cruise control and navigation, so the 90 is very well-equipped. Stepping up to S spec provides part-leather seats and alloy wheels, plus a leather steering wheel, giving Defender a little more car-like feel.

We’d opt to add that air suspension, trade the very wide centre console for a third seat in between driver and front passenger, turning the 90 into a six-seater and add adaptive cruise control via the Driver Assist pack.

Never missing a trick to upsell, upsell, upsell, there are other packs - Urban; Country; Adventure; Explorer - to specify, plus the usual contrast roof and so on.

We’d keep it simple. The 90 looks smartest when it’s not been gussied up, and our favourite colours are the Pangea Green and Santorini Black.

Inside, there’s a smart Acorn beige or Khaki green colour scheme, both of which look great with a rough-sawn walnut veneer.

“The Defender may not be basic anymore, but by golly it’s well-equipped, capable and engineered to last. It is very much a Land Rover for the 21st century...”

Both schemes lift the cabin in terms of light but whilst the 110 is available with a glass panoramic roof, the 90 can only have a fabric sunroof. Forget it.

For around £45,000, then, a more sensibly specced lower-end Defender will offer a surprising amount of luxury and decent off-road manners.

But of course, the car also features all-wheel drive, low-range gears, Terrain Response off-road software, plus epic ground clearance

and the ability to wade through water nearly a metre deep. Add to that a more modest length for in-town driving, plus a look more faithful to the original Defender, and the 90 could present a more compelling prospect than the longer 110.

The Defender may not be basic any more, but by golly it’s well-equipped, capable and engineered to last. A Defender for the 21st century it may be, but it’s also a car with a formidable breadth of ability and in more basic form, it’s decent value too. n

LAND ROVER DEFENDER 90 Price: £40,290; order now.

Engine: D200 2.0 200hp, four-cylinder diesel.

Drivetrain: Auto gearbox, all wheel drive, high/low ratios.

Performance: 0-60mph 9.6 seconds (est); 109mph top speed.

Economy: 32.2mpg (combined).

Equipment: Navigation, cruise, air con, heated seats. n

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