Lincolnshire Pride July 2016

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JULY 2016

LINCOLNSHIRE’S NEW LUXURY HEALTH SPA

INSIDE LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE FOR HIGH QUALITY HOMES

Louth’s Patrick Hagan reflects on 90 years spent in the town...

Great Days Out for Gardeners...

SUMMER FUN

Enjoy a grand day out and raise money for charity with a day out at an NGS Garden...

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Eating Out in July

The Green Man, Norton Disney & Farndon’s Boathouse

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MATT WARMAN

Local MP on future of the county following the EU Referendum Page 156

Most Famous Our fascinating A-Z of people LOCAL STORIES

JULY 2016

with Lincolnshire connections...

This Month: Heavy Horses in Spilsby and Sleaford’s Giant Tortoises...

FASHION

Summer style with Sutton Bridge’s Cindy’s Page 126

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JULIAN WILKINSON MANAGING DIRECTOR & PUBLISHER

ROB DAVIS, EDITOR 01529 469977, editor@lincolnshirepride.co.uk

LincolnshirePride JULY 2016

LINCOLNSHIRE’S NEW LUXURY HEALTH SPA

INSIDE LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

COVERING LINCOLNSHIRE AND NEWARK ON TRENT

THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE FOR HIGH QUALITY HOMES

Great Days Out for Gardeners...

SUMMER FUN

Enjoy a grand day out and raise money for charity with a day out at an NGS Garden...

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£ 33 . 7 0

Eating Out in July

The Green Man, Norton Disney & Farndon’s Boathouse

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MATT WARMAN

Local MP on future of the county following the EU Referendum Page 156

Most Famous LOCAL STORIES

Our fascinating A-Z of people with Lincolnshire connections...

This Month: Heavy Horses in Spilsby and Sleaford’s Giant Tortoises...

FASHION

Summer style with Sutton Bridge’s Cindy’s Page 126

COVER PHOTO

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This month sees the UK making a big decision about the future of the UK in Europe. The referendum takes place a week after we appear in shops, so as well as hearing the thoughts of Matt Warman, MP for the constituency most affected by the presence of Europe in terms of its influence on agriculture and immigration, we’ll also look into our crystal ball, too, and predict what will happen in the county in the event of both in and out votes.

Elsewhere, we’re recognising the efforts of Spilsby’s Northcote Heavy Horse Centre, a charity desperately in need of funding to continue its work, and we meet Adrian Graham and his rather unusual menagerie of giant tortoises.

Also in this edition, we’ll meet Lincolnshire’s male midwife who’s really delivering on his promise of caring for patients, and we’ve an A-Z guide to Lincolnshire’s most famous people.

This month we’re paying a visit to Norton Disney’s Green Man, then to Newark’s Farndon Boathouse on our food and drink pages. With tips for creating a beautiful home from Lincoln’s G H Shaw and summer fashions from Cindy’s of Sutton Bridge, we hope there’s plenty of content this month from across the county.

Best wishes for a wonderful month, Rob Davis, Editor

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LincolnshirePride JULY 2016

LINCOLNSHIRE’S NEW LUXURY HEALTH SPA

INSIDE LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

COVERING LINCOLNSHIRE AND NEWARK ON TRENT

THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE FOR HIGH QUALITY HOMES

Great Days Out for Gardeners...

SUMMER FUN

Enjoy a grand day out and raise money for charity with a day out at an NGS Garden...

Page 94

£3 .7 0

Eating Out in July

The Green Man, Norton Disney & Farndon’s Boathouse

Page 50

MATT WARMAN

Local MP on future of the county following the EU Referendum Page 156

Most Famous Our fascinating A-Z of people LOCAL STORIES

with Lincolnshire connections...

FASHION

Summer style with Sutton Bridge’s Cindy’s Page 126

This Month: Heavy Horses in Spilsby and Sleaford’s Giant Tortoises...

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July 2016

Good news from across the county as well as our comprehensive What’s On guide for July, brought to you by the Pride team each month.

Interesting people from across the county with Lincolnshire’s MALE MIDWIVES and Louth NONAGENARIAN Patrick Hagan.

Our FOOD & DRINK pages this month include a visit to The Green Man in Norton Disney and to Newark’s Farndon Boathouse.

This month’s HOMES AND GARDENS pages feature home furnishings from G H Shaw and a look at some NGS Open Gardens.

Sleaford’s Adrian Graham comes out of his shell to introduce his quirky menagerie of giant ALDABRA TORTOISES.

Our FASHION AND BEAUTY pages include summer outfits from Cindy’s of Sutton Bridge and a trip to Lincolnshire’s newest luxury spa.

Is it better to travel than to arrive? Certainly in this month’s recommended MOTORS - a cute convertible and practical Land Rover.

Boston & Skegness’s MP MATT WARMAN looks at the issue of Europe and how it will affect the county, post-referendum...

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County News Poppies art installation now on display at Lincoln Castle “We are delighted to present the poppies at the recently restored Lincoln Castle as part of their tour of the UK!” Jenny Waldman, Director of 14-18 Now...

Yvonne Bodger is named as 810th Mayor of Lincoln...

Lincoln’s new Mayor was sworn in last month at the Guildhall. Yvonne Bodger described it as a privilege to take on the role.

Yvonne moved from Spilsby to Lincoln in 1966 and over the past 50 years, she’s spent her time volunteering for various hospitals, schools and playgroups in the county in addition to directing the YMCA. She’s also a councillor for both the city and the county council.

Her plan as Mayor is to raise money for the Great British Heart Foundation, taking over Andrew Kerry, previous Mayor who raised £4,000 for LIVES.

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Lincoln visitors will have a chance this month to see the iconic poppy sculpture Wave, by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper, at Lincoln Castle as part of the installation’s UK-wide tour, organised by 14-18 Now. Lincoln was chosen to host Wave by 14-18 Now, the arts programme for the First World War centenary, as it was a major centre for the manufacture of weapons and munitions during the conflict.

In particular, the city was responsible for the development of early tracked vehicles resulting in the world’s first operational tank, first used in action in 1916.

Wave is one of two sculptures taken from the installation

£3.5m refresh for Skegness’s Tower Gardens Pavilion...

Public consultation takes place, as Pride goes to press, on transformation of coastal landscape

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red – poppies and original concept by artist Paul Cummins and installation designed by Tom Piper. The installation was originally at HM Tower of London in 2014 where 888,246 poppies were displayed, one to honour every death in the British and Colonial forces of the First World War. The installation has been recreated in the grounds of Lincoln Castle and utilises around 10,000 of the ceramic poppies from the original installation. Entry to the Castle grounds is free, charges will apply for the other castle attractions. n Wave can be seen at Lincoln Castle until 4th September 2016.

The castle grounds are open each day from 10am to 5.30pm Skegness’s Tower Gardens Pavilion could enjoy a £3.5m refresh if plans to transform it into a ‘community hub’s are successful.

As Pride goes to press the Skegness community is being consulted on plans to create a facility which will provide locals and holidaymakers facilities like a tourist information centre, an art gallery, and high quality tea room, as well as toilet, community enterprise units and offices for Skegness Town Council.

It could also house a children’s day nursery and a multi-use space for exhibitions and community events.

The consultation will see a planning application submitted

by July, with the potential for work to begin as early as Autumn 2016, with completion around spring 2019. n See www.towergardenspavilion.co.uk.

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Send your press releases and county news to: Features Editor via tilly@pridemagazines.co.uk.

Authorpe Teen set for the National Dance Finals

Lincoln Castle Receives Regional Architecture Award

Teen dancer Joseph Tobin from Authorpe has just qualified from regional heat at Cleethorpe Dance Festival, and is set to take on national competitors...

Following Lincoln Castle’s recent renovations, it has managed to scoop a regional architecture award praising the successful scheme to improve facilities...

Authorpe’s young dancer Joseph Tobin, 17, has qualified for the national Dance Master UK grand finals, which will be held in Blackpool Opera House.

The dancer goes to Franklin College, and was one of the many competitors who took part in the regional heat at the Cleethorpes Dance Festival recently.

He had some tough competition, but Joseph managed to win first prize with an incredible score 94 out of 100 marks. n Lincoln travellers have benefited from faster, more frequent trains on a Saturday to and from Nottinghamshire, thanks to the new timetable.

A new direct Lincoln to London train service will begin in 2019 too. n Lincoln man hoped to set a new World Record.

Simon Kent, 51, attempts the most amount of press-ups in a minute on his knuckles.

Simon has already achieved 12 World Records and has survived cancer too.

n Tattershall students at The Barnes Wallis Academy have competed in front of the biggest names in sport for their Summer Cup, including Dame Kelly Holmes and Lord Sebastian Coe. This year, double Olympic medallist Roger Black MBE will be attending and cheering students on.

Not only is he going on to the national competition, but he’s taking five other trophies with him.

He won the highest score in ballet and highest score in duet at the festival.

Joseph was happy he had won the trophies, but the personal highlight for him was being given the opportunity to take part in the grand final of the elite Dance Master UK competition which starts when Pride goes to press. n Bourne welcomed Bargain Hunt last month. Anita Manning presented the show with local auctioneer and fellow Bargain Hunt expert Colin Young presiding as auctioneer. n Grantham saw a visit from the Flying Scotsman last month. The iconic steam train was heading southbound from York to the capital.

n Mablethorpe was the site of a stranding of a five-metre long Minke whale last month. It has been removed from the shores and weighed between one and two tonnes.

n The Chinese city of Tangshan has just named part of a memorial garden the ‘Lincoln Garden of the United Kingdom,’ in recognition of twin status between the two places. They have been joined since 1988.

Lincoln Castle has recently won an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) East Midlands.

The industry body holds an annual ceremony that praises and celebrates a year of architectural excellence and achievements.

The Castle was praised for its nine successful schemes designed to improve its facilities as well as the attention to detail and quality of work carried out.

Lincoln Castle’s renovation scheme involved introducing a new vault for the Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest the only place in the world where they can be viewed together.

It also introduced a Medieval Wall Walk, with accompanying audio guide and included the renovation of the Victorian

Prison, previously closed to the public for decades.

There were also a number of archaeology discoveries made during the works, including an internationally important Saxon sarcophagus.

There’s a new castle shop and café too, offering souvenirs, gifts and refreshments.

“The quality and attention to detail exhibited by the winning schemes was outstanding,” says Lucy Plumridge, regional jury chair.

“Every scheme suited its end users perfectly, creating a sense of place and an aspirational environment.”

The winning buildings in the East Midlands will go on to be considered for the national awards later this year.

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County News Gainsborough welcomes Time Team’s Carenza Lewis Carenza Lewis leads the BBC’s Time Team dig in Gainsborough to find evidence of the past...

Gainsborough hosts Time Team’s Carenza Lewis as the archaeologist leads a four-day dig to unearth the evidence of life before a 50-year-old housing estate was built in Middlefield.

She began the excavations on the estate in uphill Gainsbor-

ough with a trench on the lawn in front of the Hillcrest Early Years Academy.

All 240 pupils at the Heapham Road nursery and school were involved in the project, which will see families taking part in supervised small excavations.

160 years of experience joins law firm JMP Solicitors Nine new members of staff have joined law firm JMP Solicitors recently, offering an even higher level of professionalism and help within the law sector...

Leading law firm JMP Solicitors has announced nine new names will join it’s headquarters based at the Autumn Park Business Centre on Dysart Road in Grantham. The newcomers have over 160 years of legal experience between them.

Highly regarded commercial lawyer, Sonia Braybrook, joins to head up the Business Services division having spent many years in Westminster as

an in-house lawyer for the Department of Transport. With just over 30 years experience in property/land transactions, knowledgeable, Alan Carley leads the conveyancing team.

Alan joins JMP Solicitors from Grantham practice, Fraser Wise & Co. n For more information on their high quality services, call 01476 565295 or visit www.jmp-solicitors.com.

THE BOOK CLUB Discover local Lincolnshire books that are available at Kay Books Online...

A Day Above Lincolnshire, Christine Nowell

This is a wonderful collection of aerial photographs of the county. Lincolnshire can boast some of the most picturesque landscapes in the country and certainly the biggest skies. These 129 pages reveal surprising details, from parish churches along with the Lincoln Cathedral to aircraft, boats, windmills, wildlife and scenery, £12.99.

Lincolnshire Natives and Others, John R Ketteringham

This is volume three about those who appear, at some time in their lives, in Lincolnshire.

Learn about the likes of Nicholas Parsons, Jim Broadbent, Margarent Dickinson, Jonathan Kerrigan, John Hurt, John Hassall and many more and their connections to the county, £8.50.

Interwoven Strands, Peter Criddle

Right up until the Second World War, central government had little to do with the management of local affairs in our small market towns. In the absence of civil servants, local government officials, educational administrators, stipendiary Court officers or country bankers, it was country solicitors who were on hand to fulfil these roles, £10.

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Tennyson Poems

Tennyson, born at Somersby, Lincolnshire, in 1809, was the first Poet Laureate to be recorded performing his own work. With this in mind, the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology is celebrating his bicentenary by re-issuing recordings of his Lincolnshire dialect poems on CD, £4.95.

Iron in the Blood, Frederick John Pope

For over 40 years Bob Oakes, alias Fred Pope, has worked his magic with metal, crafting it into everything from classic architectural ironwork to contemporary sculpture. Though his mother came from Devon, he was adopted to a family in Derbyshire and now resides near Welton, Lincolnshire, £9.99.

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www.mountandminster.co.uk

The Old Parsonage, Glentham A charming Grade II listed four bedroom stone cottage with a pretty south facing walled garden. Carefully and lovingly maintained, the gardens are a source of pride for the current owners, with landscaping to provide pretty paths, an ornamental fish pond, flower beds filled with colour during the spring and summer with mature shrubs and trees throughout. Accommodation briefly includes kitchen breakfast room, dining room, sitting room, utility room, shower room, 4 bedrooms (1 ensuite), family bathroom and garden room, single garage.

Guide Price: £345,000

Hilton House, Kexby A stunning Georgian home situated in an attractive village. The property has been sympathetically renovated by the current owners, matching contemporary style with period features. Formerly a wheelwrights and grocery store, this elegant property has, since 1975, been enjoyed as a residential dwelling. Accommodation briefly includes: kitchen breakfast room, drawing room, living room, dining room, 4 bedrooms (1 ensuite, 1 dressing room), family bathroom and attic room. Outside, there are two gardens predominantly laid to lawn and a variety of outbuildings including a garage. EPC: D. Guide Price: £395,000

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Ralph Wyrley-Birch James Ward Lincoln Lincoln

Gethyn Evans Lincoln

Bob Bickersteth London

Milly English London

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A-Z

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The

of Lincolnshire’s People

THIS MONTH WE’RE CELEBRATING LINCOLNSHIRE PEOPLE. LINCOLNSHIRE HAS PRODUCED A WEALTH OF HISTORIANS, SCIENTISTS, EXPLORERS, POLITICIANS, PIONEERS AND INVENTORS, WHO HAVE MANAGED TO ACHIEVE INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL CAREERS. DISCOVER THE PEOPLE Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN TO BE YELLOWBELLIES...

A is for Anderson...

B is for Banks...

Joseph Banks 1743 - 1820

Who was he? Sir Joseph Banks was a British naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain Cook’s first great voyage and held the position of President of the Royal Society for over 41 years.

Sir Edmund Anderson 1530 - 1605

Who was he? Sir Edmund Anderson was the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas under Elizabeth I. Anderson sat as judge at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots and Sir Walter Raleigh. He was known for being a strict judge.

Sir Edmund was born in Flixborough in North Lincolnshire, and attended Lincoln College.

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He is credited for introducing many species of plants, and 80 species bear his name.

Banks grew up in Lincolnshire and it’s here where his interest in nature began, having explored the countryside as a boy.

C is for Cameron...

D is for Davenport...

Samantha Cameron 1971 - Present

George Davenport 1783 - 1845

Who is she? Samantha Cameron is current prime minister David Cameron’s wife and businesswoman. She’s also the elder daughter of Sir Reginald Sheffield, 8th Baronet.

Samantha grew up on the 300-acre estate of Normanby Hall, five miles north of Scunthorpe. She met David after becoming best friends with his sister Clare.

E is for Elsey...

Charles Elsey 1882 - 1966

Who was he? Elsey was a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer born in Baumber, Lincolnshire.

He was one of the dominant racing figures in the North of

Who was he? Davenport was an English-American sailor, frontiersman, fur trader, merchant, postmaster, US Army soldier, Indian agent, and city planner.

Left: A coloured engraving of a plant discovered by Joseph Banks.

Above: Samantha Cameron.

England for over thirty years in a career which lasted from 1911 until 1960.

Charles Elsey trained the winners of six classics and numerous major handicaps and was the Champion Trainer in 1956. He also attained the rank of Captain in WWI.

Davenport was born in Lincolnshire starting life as an apprentice, then moving on to a job at sea.

The present-day city of Davenport in Iowa, is named after him.

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Main: Joseph Banks, naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences.

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F is for Fletcher...

Alfred Ewen Fletcher 1841 - 1915 Who was he?

Alfred Fletcher was a British journalist active in the labour movement.

Born in Long Sutton, Fletcher became a teacher before moving into journalism as editor of the Barrow Vulcan.

He moved to London in

the 1870s, and in 1878 worked for the Daily Chronicle, becoming its editor in 1889.

The newspaper documented the New Unionism movement, and supported Irish Home Rule.

G is for Gore...

Charles Gore 1729 - 1807

Who was he?

Gore was born in Horkstow Hall in North Lincolnshire, and was a British artist.

He married well and travelled throughout Europe and knew royalty, Goethe and Johann Zoffany.

After, he became editor of the New Age, then a Christian Socialist magazine.

He attended Westminster School before working with his father's brother in a London trading company.

“SIR ISAAC NEWTON WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SCIENTISTS EVER AND A KEY FIGURE IN THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION...”

In 1751 he married Mary, born Mary Cockerill, whose wealth meant that Gore did not need to work again. After his father died he moved with his family in 1759 to Southampton, where

H is for Harrison William Harrison 1728 - 1815

Who was he? William Harrison was an English instrument maker, the son of John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer.

Harrison was born in Barrow-upon-Humber but moved to London to assist his father in developing the chronometer. It was a practical working solution to the problem of determining longitude at sea.

I is for Isaac

Sir Isaac Newton 1642 - 1726

he spent his days creating watercolours of naval scenes at the Portsmouth shipyards. He designed his own cutter, which he named Snail when she was launched.

His social circle included Duke of York, Duke of Gloucester and Duke of Cumberland, who were all brothers of King George III. In 1775, Earl Cowper married Gore's daughter Hannah. This was commemorated with a painting by Johann Zoffany, commissioned by Gore.

Main Image/Opposite: Hannah is top left and the prospective groom is the standing figure on the right.

Who was he? Newton was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution.

He was born on Christmas Day at Woolsthorpe Manor, educated at King’s School in Grantham and was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge.

J is for Jim...

Jim Broadbent 1949 - Present

Who is he? Jim Broadbent was born in Holton cum Beckering in Lincolnshire.

He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for ‘Iris’ and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for ‘Moulin Rouge!’

He’s also played parts in Cloud Atlas, Bridget Jones’s Diary and the Iron Lady.

Main Image: Jim Broadbent is Professor Slughorn in the Harry Potter franchise.

Roundels: Sir Isaac Newton and the Harrison H4 Marine Chronometer.

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K is for King...

King Henry IV 1367 - 1413

Who was he? Henry IV was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413 and asserted the claim of his grandfather, Edward III, to the Kingdom of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire.

Shakespeare depicted one of his history plays about the King, written in 1597 in three parts, named after the King himself.

It was an extremely popular play with the public and critics.

L is for Lane-Claypon...

Janet Elizabeth Lane-Claypon 1877 - 1967

Who was she? Janet Elizabeth Lane-Claypon was an English physician. She was one of the founders of the science of epidemiology, pioneering

N is for Nathaniel...

Nathaniel Dickinson 1601 - 1676

Who was he? Nathaniel Dickinson was an early English immigrant

M is for Margaret...

the use of so-called cohort studies and case-control studies.

Margaret Thatcher 1925 - 2013

Born in an affluent Lincolnshire family, she was privately educated and entered the London School of Medicine for Women in 1898.

Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the patterns, causes, and effects of health conditions in defined populations.

to America. Dickinson was born in Billingborough, Lincolnshire.

He married widow Anna Gull and they had at least twelve children, the first five of whom were born in England.

Dickinson held several public offices in Wethersfield in

“KING HENRY IV, ALSO KNOWN AS HENRY OF BOLINGBROKE, WAS BORN AT BOLINGBROKE CASTLE IN LINCOLNSHIRE...”

Connecticut, serving as town clerk, deacon, deputy and jury member throughout his life.

Nathaniel was buried in Old Hadley Cemetery, where there is a memorial and plaque.

He was the first Dickinson to ever live in America.

Above in Roundel: Janet Elizabeth Lane-Claypon.

Left: King Henry IV.

Right: Margaret Thatcher, first ever female prime minister of Britain.

Who was she? Margaret Thatcher was a British stateswoman and politician who was the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Conservative Party. She was the longest serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and is currently the only woman to have held the office.

She was born in Grantham and raised in the flat above her father’s grocery store on North Parade near the railway line.

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O is for Ormond...

S is for Storer...

Q is for Queen...

Queen Elizabeth II 1926 - Present

Who is she? Our glorious Queen Elizabeth II, has recently turned 90, and the whole of the country has celebrated the milestone.

Anne Butler, Countess of Ormond 1360 - 1397 Who was she? Anne Butler, Countess of Ormond, was the first countess to live at Kilkenny Castle, Ireland. She grew up in Grainsby, Lincolnshire.

Anne and husband, Earl of Ormond hosted King Richard II. King Richard showed his favour to them, by acting as godfather to their second son, named Richard in honour of the king.

Who was he? Arthur Storer was America's first colonial astronomer. He came to Maryland from Lincolnshire. He was among the first observers to sight and

She’s not from Lincolnshire, but she has visited the county on several occasions. The Queen visited Burghley House in 2012,RAF Cranwell in 2009, Lincoln Cathedral in 2000 and she also opened Lincoln University in 1996.

“THE COMET BECAME KNOWN AS STORER’S COMET, UNTIL EDMUND HALLEY PREDICTED THE COMET’S RETURN, THEREFORE RENAMING IT HALLEY’S COMET...”

Robert Peake the Elder 1551 - 1619

His observations of the great comet of 1680 are mentioned twice in Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. A planetarium bearing Storer’s name is located in Prince Frederick, Maryland.

Who was he? Robert Peake was an English painter active in Elizabeth I’s reign and James I’s reign, born in Lincolnshire.

He was appointed picture maker to Prince Henry and sergeant-painter to King James I.

His observations of the comet are considered the most accurate with the exception of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.

Between 1590 and 1625, he specialised in painting brilliantly coloured, full-length costume pieces that are unique to England at this time.

R is for Rhodes...

William Barnard Rhodes 1807 - 1878

Who was he? William Barnard Rhodes was a New Zealand businessman, pastoralist and politician. He was born in Lincolnshire, but took up a

record data about a comet that passed over Patuxent skies in 1682.

Storer’s work shows up in a number of Newton’s writings.

The comet became known as Storer’s Comet, until Edmund Halley later predicted the comet’s return; thereafter this celestial marvel was known as Halley’s Comet.

P is for Peake...

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Arthur Storer 1648 - 1686

career at sea at an early age.

Rhodes established his base of operations in Wellington in Australia and the extensive farming ventures he established became profitable.

Before long he bought out his partners in Sydney, and he became known as one of the richest people in Wellington.

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“BETWEEN 1590 AND 1625, ROBERT PEAKE SPECIALISED IN PAINTING BRILLIANTLY COLOURED, FULL-LENGTH COSTUME PIECES THAT ARE UNIQUE TO ENGLAND AT THIS TIME...”

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T is for Tennyson...

Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 - 1892

Who was he? Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire. He was born into a middle-class line of Tennysons, but also had a noble and royal ancestry.

Tennyson was a student of Louth Grammar School for four years and then attended Scaitcliffe School, Englefield Green and King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth.

He then went on to study at Trinity College in Cambridge.

He was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria’s reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. He wrote famous poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade.

It was in 1850 that Tennyson reached the pinnacle of his career, finally publishing his masterpiece, In Memoriam AHH, dedicated to Hallam. Later the same year, he was appointed Poet Laureate, succeeding William Wordsworth.

As source material for his poetry, Tennyson used a wide range of subject matter ranging from medieval legends to classical myths and from domestic situations to observations of nature.

The influence of John Keats and other romantic poets published before and during his childhood is evident from the richness of his imagery and his descriptive writing.

He also handled rhythm in his poems masterfully. He reflects the Victorian period of his maturity in his feeling for order and tendency towards moralising.

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U is for Uniform...

V is for Valentine...

Sir Valentine Browne n/a - 1589

Who was he? Sir Valentine Browne, of Croft, Lincolnshire, later of Ross Castle, Killarney, was an English pay official, victualler and treasurer of Berwick, and politician.

Edith Smith n/a - 1924

Who was she? Edith Smith was the first woman police officer in the United Kingdom with full power of arrest based in Grantham.

He was appointed Surveyor General of Ireland in 1559 by Queen Elizabeth I, later appointed Auditor of the Exchequer.

Her duties were to deal with cases where women were involved. She was concerned mainly with cases involving prostitutes who were attracted there by the nearby army base.

X is for Executioner...

W is for Weightman...

William Weightman 1813 - 1904

Who was he? Weightman was born in 1813 in Waltham, Lincolnshire. He migrated to the United States at the age of 16 in 1829.

Weightman amassed a large fortune through shrewd investments, derived from his manufacturing enterprise, estimated at $51.8 billion in 2014 adjusted value.

He purchased hundreds of acres of farms in what is now North Philadelphia and built whole neighbourhoods of middle-class housing, serviced by streetcar lines.

William Marwood 1818 - 1883

Who was he? William Marwood was a hangman for the British government. He developed the technique of hanging known as the ‘long drop.’ He was originally a cobbler of Church Lane in Horncastle. The long drop technique ensured a prisoner’s neck was broken instantly at the end of the drop, resulting in the prisoner dying of asphyxia while unconscious. This was considered more humane than the slow death by strangulation.

Marwood hanged 176 people in his time as a hangman including many at Lincoln Castle.

Y is for Yarborough..

Earls of Yarborough 1837 - Present

Who are they? Earl of Yarborough is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1837 for Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Baron Yarborough. The Anderson-Pelham family descends from Francis Anderson of Manby, Lincolnshire.

He married Mary, daughter of Charles Pelham of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire.

Left: Powers & Weightman, chemical manufacturer owned by William Weightman.

Roundels: Whistler’s Mother, Zephaniah’s granddaughter, and William Marwood.

Z is for Zephaniah...

Zephaniah Kingsley Sr. 1734 - 1792

Who was he? Kingsley was born in Leake in Lincolnshire, going on to become an affluent British merchant, a loyalist during the American Revolution and one of the seven founders of the University of New Brunswick, Canada’s oldest English language university.

He was the father of slave trader and plantation owner Zephaniah Kingsley Jr and the grandfather of Anna McNeill Whistler better known as Whistler’s Mother in the painting ‘Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1’ by her son James McNeill Whistler.

Their grandson Charles Anderson assumed the additional surname of Pelham and represented Beverley and Lincolnshire in the House of Commons. The family seat is Brocklesby House, near Immingham, Lincolnshire.

The heir apparent is the present holder’s son George John Sackville Pelham, Lord Worsley.

He will be the ninth Earl of Yarborough.

Image: Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough and wife of Charles Pelham, fourth Earl of Yarborough.

“ZEPHANIAH KINGSLEY THE GRANDFATHER OF WHISTLER’S MOTHER...”

Main: James McNeill Whistler, great grandson of Zephaniah.

‘Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter.’

Inset: University of New Brunswick today.

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A COLLECTION OF LINCOLNSHIRE MUSEUMS...

If you would like to delve deeper into the lives of the many illustrious Yellowbellies, the wealth of museums across Lincolnshire are well worth a visit...

Museum of Lincolnshire Life This museum collection is a varied social history that reflects on the culture of Lincolnshire and its people from 1750 to the present day. n 01522 782040, www.lincolnshire.gov.uk.

North Lincolnshire Museum The museum has interactive exhibits and covers archaeology, nature, the Victorian era, and war time. It is housed in the former Frodingham vicarage. n 01724 297055, www.northlincs.gov.uk.

The Collection The Collection is the county museum and gallery. It is an amalgamation of the Usher Gallery and the City and County Museum; it displays a mixture of art and history. n 01522 550965, www.thecollectionmuseum.com.

Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre is an aviation museum in East Kirkby. n 01790 763207, www.lincsaviation.co.uk.

Boston Guildhall Built in the 1390s, Boston Guildhall is a testament to the wealth and influence of the Guild of St. Mary, at a time when Boston’s power as a centre of trade was second only to London. It is also home to the town’s museum collection where displays and exhibitions breathe life into the stories that are told.

n 01205 365954, www.bostonguildhall.co.uk.

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- THE LINCOLNSHIRE MIDWIFE -

Call the Midwife Across the UK there are over 26,000 midwives, but only 180 of those are men. In fact, before 1983, men weren’t even allowed to take on the role. Times are certainly changing though, just ask the thousands of women each year who put their trust in Lincoln County Hospital’s male midwife, Darren Clawson...

From agony to ecstasy. Childbirth is one of the most terrifying, wonderful, dramatic and yet most commonplace events we go through.

The last time I’d set foot onto Lincoln County Hospital’s Nettleham Ward, it was to take home my wife and our new baby, George. The care we’d received from every single member of staff was exemplary, and we couldn’t praise every single member of the team highly enough.

Last month, exactly five years to the day, I walked back onto the ward - albeit for a slightly less life-altering purpose - and up onto the fifth floor (the delivery ward), past the very room where I’d become a father.

I remarked to Darren how I’d felt when, at ten to two in the morning, suddenly a whole room of consultants, midwives and students - and my wife - emptied, leaving me alone with my new baby, in almost reverential silence.

“Yes. Thats what it’s like,” he says.

“From agony to ecstasy, with every emotion in between. No birth is ever the same.”

Born in the city himself, Darren Clawson helps to deliver around 3,800 babies each year in Lincoln County Hospital’s.

The delivery suite comprises of a 10 bedded environment with a pool room and two operating theatres.

Thankfully it’s a relatively quiet time during my visit, but on weekdays, when elective c-sections occur - two or three a day - it can get really busy.

There are over 26,000 midwives in the UK but just a tiny number of them are male.

“WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE - AS IT TENDS TO ON A BUSY MATERNITY WARD DARREN IS DEFINITELY THE MAN YOU WANT IN YOUR DELIVERY SUITE...”

It’s estimated that there are fewer than 180 men working in the profession, - just 0.6%.

But when push comes to shove, as it clearly does if baby is to make an appearance, Darren is definitely the man you want in your delivery suite... not that he’s anything but modest about his part in the hospital’s provision of maternity services.

“We’re a team here, and I love the job but I work only as part of a wider team,” he says.“Every day is unique, but it is absolutely exhausting, physically and emotionally too.

You’re meeting someone for the first time at the most worrying, exciting, emotional time, in their life. If they’ve never had a baby before, they’ve no idea what to expect.

But even if it’s a couple’s second or third child, every birth is unique.”

“The role has changed beyond belief from when I started out. There are two extremes - straightforward births have become shorter, with new mums coming in, giving birth and being discharged in as little as >> 25

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>> four or five hours - a really short amount of time.”

“More problematic births and poorly mums can involve a longer stay - several days, and lots of one-to-one care. It’s diverse, which is what keeps the job challenging.”

Darren is a Ward Co-ordinator, and is currently acting as Ward Manager. That means he’s working under the direction of the inpatient services matron and his role combines both caring for the mums and babies, but also managing the ward and ensuring everyone on the ward is on their toes to deliver good patient outcomes.

“Babies don’t work to timetables so we can never quite predict when they’ll make an appearance. It’s unpredictable, which is why good communication is essential.”

“You have to develop an intimate relationship with mum very quickly. A mum who’s in labour can feel vulnerable so you have to give them the care they need at that moment, but also proactively try to anticipate how their needs might change as labour progresses.”

respect and some patients can really teach you something about human nature.”

“BECAUSE IT’S SUCH AN EMOTIONAL TIME, PATIENTS CAN REALLY TEACH YOU SOMETHING ABOUT HUMAN NATURE...”

“It was one of those births that you see which takes you by surprise and reminds you of the specialness, that you’re privileged to be a part of.”

“Because it’s such an emotional time, you gain an incredible insight into what people are like. Cases do stick in your mind in that

“Five or six years ago a patient gave birth and their new born baby, was displaying what seemed to be evidence of some special needs.”

“When the siblings came to see the mum and baby, the parents shared the news with such love and affection, and I remember thinking that the family would be the best, the most loving parents for that child, that if a child ever had special needs, it was that family who would love and care for them the most.”

“The secret of being a good midwife, I think is to walk alongside them during the journey,

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an award-winning MALE MIDWIFE

With over 26,000 midwives in the UK and just 180 or so male midwives in the profession, Lincolnshire is unique in having produced two, including Lincoln’s Darren Clawson and Nottingham midwife Josh Downey.

Born in Sleaford, Josh is 25 years old and currently works in Nottingham.

He qualified three years ago in the profession. This year he was nominated for the second time in the Nottingham University Hospital and Express Transit Midwife of the Year competition.

Nominated by patient Diane Shepherd of Arnold in February, Josh’s patient said:

reassuring them but making safety the priority at all times.”

“Once you’re happy a mother and baby’s clinical needs are met, you can then try to accommodate their preferences, then consider their comfort. You have to be warm, but that clinical professionalism and care has to come first, it’s at the very heart of what we do.”

Darren has been working in nursing for 30 years. He enrolled in nurse training back in 1984. After working in Lincoln Hospital for a short period he then undertook RGN training and integrated into community nursing. Darren commenced midwifery training in 1998 and finished in 2000.

“My first experience of the career was whilst working with for the charity ‘Youth with a Mission,’ (YWAM) an inter-denominational, non-profit, Christian organisation.”

“I wanted to do something of value, so I went on a three month placement in 1996.”

“The facilities were so different from in the Western world, with general nurses rather than those specialising in, for instance, maternity.”

“Whilst out there working as a general nurse, I delivered my first baby, and it was a

real lightning bolt moment. I came back to the UK and began my midwifery training in 1998 with a view to going back out there, and worked for the next five years or so splitting my time between nursing and midwifery.”

“I did make it back out to Mozambique in 2001 for a three months period. I’m due to retire at 55, and I’ve no idea what I’ll do, but going back to Africa is a possibility.”

“I’ve been working for two years, full time, on Bardney ward, but I’ve been working part time since 2000. I’m already seeing mums returning for their second or third baby, and even mums whom I’ve delivered, having babies of their own.”

“It really is an incredible job, and I really wouldn’t do anything different. As a career, the energy, the pace and the team make it a really rewarding job. But to deliver babies into the world and to be able to look after mums and to be able to walk alongside them through the whole experience goes well beyond just a job, it’s a real privilege.”

“We do have to issue that word of caution to all of our new mums though... we don’t do returns!” n

“Josh was my midwife and even though he had other patients to look after too, he kept me calm and relaxed, he explained everything that he was doing to help and I felt like someone was listening to me and doing something.”

“Josh restored my faith in hospitals and proves that there are brilliant caring and considerate midwives. I hope he is on shift when I go in to have my next baby.

I felt very relaxed and cared for knowing he was looking after me. Nothing is too much trouble for him, he goes out his way to make sure you feel safe and cared for and he is brilliant at cheering you up.”

Josh was also nominated in 2014 and says: “It’s a busy place to work, but we're always in control.”

“It is a very busy job, but you come in ready and it’s nice to know you are going to be doing what you are trained for all day.”

“It’s nice to care for women and be appreciated and for them to feel safe with you. I'm pretty well received by all the women here despite being the only male... and it is nice to stand out!”

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Main: A photograph of Pat during the World War. Inset: The beach Pat landed on, on D-Day.

90 Years for Queen &

COUNTRY LOUTH’S PATRICK HAGAN CELEBRATES HIS NONAGENARIAN BIRTHDAY AS THE QUEEN CELEBRATES HERS. PAT FOUGHT FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY AS A COMMANDO IN THE ROYAL MARINES, RECEIVING THE LEGION D’HONNEUR FOR HIS BRAVERY AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL. PAT HAS LIVED A FULL AND HAPPY LIFE, ALWAYS REMEMBERING THOSE WHO FELL BESIDE HIM...

Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

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- TALK WITH PRIDE -

Lincolnshire residents have recently celebrated a momentous milestone for the monarchy; our Queen has reached the age of 90. Over the past month, her life has been celebrated, and so has her love of horses, her dedication to the Commonwealth and international affairs, and her deep involvement with the Navy, Army and Air Force.

90 is an incredible age to reach for anyone.

It’s sad to know all nonagenarians have had to experience a World War, and none more so than former marine Patrick Hagan.

Louth man Pat Hagan used to run the fish and chip shop Mr Chips in the town. In 2014, the restaurant was ranked one of the top 50 fish and chip shops in the country. But he has accomplished a great deal more than that.

Up until recent years, no one knew of Pat’s wartime experience, including his wife, for which he was awarded the Legion D’Honneur, the highest award for bravery in France. Pat turned 91 in May, so we visited him to wish him happy birthday and to discover his story.

Pat was born in 1925, in the fish and chip shop he would own in the future. In 1939, when he was just 14 years old, war was declared. Two years later, he joined the Royal Marines at the age of 16.

“It was 1942 when I joined and I was sent to a training camp called Lympstone in Devon,” says Pat. “The Sergeant was the first man to welcome me asking sternly, ‘what did you join for?’ to which I replied ‘a holiday, Sergeant!’

It’s safe to say the first thing I learnt was to not anger the Sergeant!”

“At Lympstone we marched regularly; it was all about discipline. You had to be disciplined.

You had to shave daily and cut your hair short.”

Pat spent six months here before being moved to Dolditch, another camp.

“The conditions here were absolutely terrible.

The sanitation and the food was in the same area. You were sleeping in dust and impetigo was very common. You often saw people with blue markings on their faces, something to try and heal the condition.”

After spending enough time at Dolditch, Pat volunteered for commando training spending

two months in Wrexham, before being taken to Achnacarry in Scotland.

“My first experience of Achnacarry wasn’t pleasant. The train dropped myself and the other men training to become commandos off. I questioned where the transport was to get us to the camp, to which the Sergeant replied ‘you’re wearing it’ referring to my boots.

We had to speed march seven miles to the camp with our very heavy backpacks and our rifles. Speed marching basically consisted of periods of fast running and of marching.”

“When we arrived, we were exhausted and soaking wet from the heavy rain. We didn’t go into the camp instead marching along the side. The Sergeant showed us graves with each stone stating why the man had died.

“I TOLD THE SERGEANT I WAS THERE FOR A HOLIDAY. IT’S SAFE TO SAY THE FIRST THING I LEARNT IN THE ROYAL MARINES WAS TO NOT ANGER THE SERGEANT!” All of the messages involved an error like ‘looking over the turret instead of around it.’”

“The rest of my experience at Achnacarry was just as hard. The conditions were far better that Dolditch; the food was good and there was plenty of it. It’s just the training that was very rigorous.”

“I spent a week learning how to shoot with both hands with a Tommy and a pistol.

I was given a box of ammunition and I had to learn to shoot in every position. I was trained by two ex-policemen named Sykes and Fairburn. They were marvellous men, experts at shooting and at training.”

After three months in Scotland, Pat was issued with a green beret, and was officially a commando, one of the most elite men in the Royal Marines. He finished training and joined Four Commando Brigade as a headquarter’s signalman.

“On D-Day, it was nothing like I expected.

We were dropped at Ouistreham in France.

The wind was blowing tremendously. I jumped, landed in water, looked up and I was under the boat. My equipment was dragging me down. A hand suddenly pulled me out back onto the ramp of the boat.”

“When I finally managed to get off the boat,

LT. PHILIP ANTHONY WELLESLEY COLLEY Another Louth man Philip Colley was an office in Four Commandos. They were comrades through their connection to the county. On D-Day, Philip was on the landing craft next to Pat. Philip took one step off the boat and machine gun was fired. A bullet hit him in the heart and killed him instantly.

In memory of his friend, Pat placed a memorial bench outside the library in Louth which is still there today. Pat makes sure Philip’s bench is looked after and makes sure he will always be remembered, alongside all the other victims from across the country.

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- TALK WITH PRIDE -

“I SPENT 83 DAYS IN SALLENELLES AND I ONLY HAD ONE WASH DURING THAT TIME SO I WAS FILTHY. IT’S THE REASON I TAKE VERY LONG SHOWERS EVERY MORNING NOW..!”

I ran down the beach picking up equipment as I went from the fallen soldiers. There were many bodies lying lifeless on the beach, one, I remember, without a head.”

“I fought my way off the beach with Six Commando Brigade. Once we’d made our way off the beach, we were on a minefield, walking around the edge. We fought our way through the countryside until we got to Bénouville.”

Pegasus Bridge was in Bénouville, crossing the Caen canal. A unit of Glider infantry of the British 6th Airborne Division, was to land, take the bridges intact and hold them until relieved.

“When we got to the Pegasus Bridge, we saw a group of Germans, and we saw the airborne division. We worked with them to reinforce the bridge. The owner of a local café offering us a drink and declining it because we were going across the bridge to get to Sallenelles, a small village near the coast, to guard the bridge head on the north side.”

“I spent 83 days in Sallenelles and I only had one wash during that time so I was absolutely filthy. We all had athlete’s foot too from not being able to wash and from sleeping in our boots in case the German’s attacked at night.

It’s because of those 83 days as to why I have very long showers every morning to this day!”

“I remember one time in those 83 days, I had a really good friend called Harry. Harry dug a trench about two metres deep and we were looking out for Germans from there.

You could hear the mortars coming and I managed to get down in time but he was hit.

Myself and a couple of other lads put him on two stretchers on a Jeep; he was still alive.”

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“I gave him a very precious item from my survival pack - dark chocolate - in the hope he would be able to eat it once recovered.”

“I also gave him my morphine, his own morphine and another friend’s morphine.

Unfortunately, he never recovered and I visited his grave 40 years later.”

The war in Europe was declared over, but the war wasn’t over for Pat. He was sent to the Far East after they’d dropped the atom bomb to guard Hong Kong from the Chinese who were trying to get in.

“We used to swim most mornings in Big Wave Bay, and Jeeps were two a penny there.

We went down to the Bay one time in a Jeep and a Gurkha jumped out with a knife.”

“He said that it was his Jeep and we let him have it; we didn’t have much chance against a Gurkha with a knife!”

When he arrived back home in 1947, he worked in Grimsby as a deckhand, trying to earn enough money to buy his father’s business, the fish and chip shop he was born in.

“I bought it for £500, gradually extending it until it seated 300 and I worked hard at it for a very long time. My son eventually took over, but later on he became very ill and had to have a serious operation. It was too big to sell so we closed the fish and chip shop.”

“I met my wife, Christine, at church. We were both widows, and I saw her at the Catholic church I attended. I plucked up the courage to introduce myself one day and we’ve been happily married since 1978.”

Pat has not only survived a World War, but he has fought for his Queen and country. In his retirement, he has received the Legion D’Honneur at the Royal Albert Hall, the highest award in France for bravery, he’s met Prince Phillip, the Queen, the Princess Royal, Prince Charles and Camilla.

He’s an incredible man and we wish him a happy 91st birthday.

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LIFE THROUGH NINE DECADES

Queen Elizabeth II

Patrick Hagan

1930s - The Queen was between the ages of four and 14 in the 30s, living in Buckingham Palace.

1930s - Pat and his family moved from Louth to Grimsby when Pat was around the age of six.

1920s - The Queen was born on 21st April in 1926, at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair.

1940s - This was a big decade for the Queen. After months of begging her father to let his heir pitch in, Elizabeth, then an 18-year-old princess, joined the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II. She also married the Duke of Edinburgh in 1947 and Prince Charles was born in 1948.

1950s - The Princess Royal was born in 1950, and the Queen was coronated in 1953.

1960s - Prince Andrew was born in 1960 and Prince Edward was born in 1964, the fourth and last child of Queen Elizabeth.

1970s - She had her Silver Jubilee marking 25 years as Sovereign.

Top: The Pegasus Bridge in Bénouville.

Main: The Commandos Division.

Pat is the second stood up on the right.

1980 to 2016 - The Queen had a Golden Jubilee, her Diamond Jubilee, and finally makes history by becoming Britain’s longest serving monarch.

1920s - On 6th May 1925, Pat was born in the fish and chip shop in Louth.

1940s - Pat joined the Royal Marines in the 40s, experienced many hardships and fought for his Queen and country. He helped to secure Pegasus Bridge and defend the allied bridge head from German invasion. He also protected Hong Kong after the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan.

1950s - Pat worked extremely hard as a deckhand to get enough money to buy his father’s business.

1960s - Pat bought his father’s business, and became locally known as Mr Chips, after the name of the shop.

1970s - Pat met his wife Christine at church, marrying her in 1978.

1980 to 2016 - Pat crosses paths with the Queen, her husband, and other members of the royal family and is awarded the Legion of Honour for his bravery in the war.

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What’s On...

Find out What’s On this month with events taking place in different venues across the county. Summer is a great time to experience Lincolnshire’s incredible live performances and outdoor events...

BAKING ON THE BATTLEFIELD

Sunday 3rd July Spend a day at Manor House Stables and learn what cooking looked like during the First World War. You will look at what soldiers ate while they were in the trenches and on the front line.

01526 378717, www.manorhousestables.co.uk

LUNCHTIME CONCERT

Tuesday 5th July A Lincolnshire International Chamber Music Festival lunchtime concert, from pianist John Paul Ekins. He’s performed across the world and has won many awards.

The event is at the Lincoln Drill Hall.

01522 873894, www.licmf.org.uk

OLIVER! BY BLAZE YOUTH THEATRE

Wednesday 6th July Blaze are selling out to rave reviews with past productions ‘Les Miserables’ and ‘Sweeney Todd.’ This year, the team will present Lionel Bart’s Musical version of the Charles Dickens’ tale Oliver Twist.

01507 600350, www.louthplaygoers.com

ROMEO AND JULIET

Thursday 7th July The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live cinema season includes Shakespeare’s tale of forbidden love. Richard Madden and Lily James are Romeo and Juliet and Sir Derek Jacobi is Mercutio, in this screening held at the South Holland Centre in Spalding.

01775 764777, www.southhollandcentre.co.uk

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BOMBER COMMAND TALK

Thursday 7th July Paul Robinson is a retired air vice-marshal and will give a presentation on the importance of Bomber Command to our history. It’s held at the Elysium Gallery in Lincoln. Also, see Terry Mellor’s unique aviation sculptures.

Battle Proms...

01522 792511, www.elysiumgallery.co.uk

- OUTDOORS -

BATTLE PROMS

Saturday 9th July A summer celebration with music, Spitfire, cannon, cavalry and fireworks.

Pack up a picnic and join Burghley House for an exceptional evening of classical music and dramatic displays.

Buy tickets from the Stamford Arts Centre.

01780 763203, www.stamfordartscentre.com

MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Thursday 28th July Since Illyria’s first production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1992 they have won no fewer than four international theatre awards, and still perform Shakespeare to their original brief - using the First Folio script with just five quick-changing actors sharing all the roles between them.

The performance will be held in the grounds of Lincoln Castle.

Bomber Command Talk...

STAMFORD BRASS

Saturday 9th July This is a summer concert of pure brass classics and favourite tunes presented by Stamford Brass at the Stamford Corn Exchange, £11/adults, £10/concessions, pre-drinks in theatre lounge start at 6.30pm.

01522 782040, www.lincolncastle.com

01780 766455, www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk

01780 782254, www.sacrewell.org.uk

01522 824563, www.strumminstevejackson.com

THE WIZARD OF OZ

Saturday 30th July Click your heels together and dance down the yellow brick road as Immersion Theatre proudly presents an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, a magical family show at Sacrewell in Peterborough.

BAILGATE BUSKING FESTIVAL

Saturday 9th July Enjoy the sights and sounds as a range of buskers create a backdrop in Lincoln’s historic Cathedral Quarter. The Lincoln Castle walls and the cobbled streets of Bailgate reverberate to the sound of acoustic music of all styles.

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CINDERELLA

Saturday 9th - 10th July Harlequin Theatre Academy presents its latest production of Cinderella, an enchanted show full of larger than life characters and well loved classic songs like The Prince is Giving a Ball, Ten Minutes Ago, Impossible and more.

01205 363108, www.blackfriarsartcentre.co.uk

The Bard...

ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE

Sunday 10th July An interactive evening celebrating 400 years of The Bard. Watch your favourite scenes come to life through performances and impress your friends with your acting skills at Louth’s Riverhead Theatre.

01507 600350, www.louthplaygoers.com

WEST SIDE STORY

Monday 11th - 12th July The world’s greatest love story takes to the streets in this landmark Broadway musical

by New Youth Theatre. Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet is transported to modern-day New York City, as two young lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs.

01476 406158, www.guildhallartscentre.com

FIFTY SHADES OF BEIGE

Wednesday 13th July Returning after a critically acclaimed, total sell-out tour, the Grumpies are back to knock some sense into the nation. Comedian Jenny Eclair will be joined by fellow recruits Susie Blake and actress and singer Kate Robbins.

08448 542776, www.bathshall.co.uk

- HIDDEN ENGLAND -

EASTON WALLED GARDENS

Sunday 3rd - 10th July Join Easton Walled Gardens for their sweet pea week. Every year they raise hundreds of sweet pea plants from seed in the greenhouses. You can find 100 types of heritage, modern, striped, flake and bicolour sweet peas. They are on canes, drums and wigwams throughout the pickery, vegetable and cottage gardens.

01476 530063, www.visiteaston.co.uk

DODDINGTON HALL

Tuesday 12th July Join Cutting Garden florist Rachel Petheram, of Catkin flowers, for one of her popular workshops held at Doddington Hall. Make a hand-tied bouquet of flowers for the home or to give as gifts.

01522 694308, www.doddingtonhall.com

Iris Week at Easton...

BURGHLEY HOUSE

Wednesday 27th - 31st July The Burghley Film Festival returns this year with five days and nights of fabulous films alongside their best of British BBQ. On Wednesday, watch Harry Potter on the big screen, Rom-coms on Thursday night, action on Friday including James Bond, musicals on Saturday, and action on Sunday.

There are daytime Disney films shown everyday.

01780 752451, www.burghley.co.uk

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What’s On...

- NGS OPEN GARDENS -

2 MILL COTTAGE

Market Rasen LN8 6NN Saturday 2nd July A garden of several defined spaces, packed with interesting features, unusual plants and well placed seating areas, created by garden designer Jo Rouston.

FENLEIGH

Spalding PE12 0QY Sunday 3rd July Quirky areas for easy maintenance.

A fish pond dominates the garden surrounded with planting. Seating and two permanent gazebos if the weather is inclement. Patio with pots and raised beds and BBQ area containing ferns and acers.

DUNHOLME LODGE

Lincoln LN2 3QA Sunday 10th July Spring bulb area, shrub borders, fern garden, topiary, large natural pond, wild flower area, orchard and vegetable garden.

EAST MERE HOUSE

Lincoln LN4 2JB Sunday 17th July Two acre formal country garden, recently redesigned by Angel Collins, surrounding a stone farmhouse. Box edged borders planted with grasses, perennials and seasonal bedding.

YEW TREE FARM

Spalding PE11 4EP Sunday 24th July A lovely country garden with large herbaceous and mixed borders surrounding the well kept lawns.

Large wildlife pond with two bog gardens, woodland garden and shaded borders containing many unusual plants.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Wednesday 13th - 16th July From the producers of last year’s Evita and following their sell-out 2012 production, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom Of The Opera’ returns to Lincoln Drill Hall. The event features Music Of The Night, All I Ask Of You and of course, The Phantom Of The Opera.

01522 873894, www.lincolndrillhall.com

LADY SINGS THE BLUES

Friday 15th July Lady Sings the Blues presents the music of Billie Holiday chronologically through the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s using many of the original arrangements. It is the closest that any of us will ever get to hearing that tremendous repertoire performed live.

01476 406158, www.guildhallartscentre.com

68 WATTS LANE

Louth LN11 9DG Sunday 31st July Exotic borders, raised island, long hot border, ponds, stumpery, developing prairie style border. Conservatory, grapevine, a garden full of colour.

Munitionettes...

GREEN FIELDS BEYOND

68 Watts Lane...

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Saturday 16th July Thousands of actors and participants will line the streets of Lincoln, leading parades and outdoor promenades on Lincoln’s High Street and Steep Hill. The day will culminate in a major outdoor arts performance at Lincoln Castle as the sun sets. The event plans to bring the community together to remember the history of Lincoln’s munitionettes.

Green Fields Beyond is part of Lincoln’s 100th anniversary commemoration of the events of 1916. The name is taken from tank regiment motto Through Mud and Blood to the Green Fields Beyond.

07718 695 736, www.visitlincoln.com

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CLEETHORPES CARNIVAL

Saturday 16th July The Cleethorpes Community Carnival Parade will see local communities, businesses and charities coming together to entertain thousands of people lining the four mile route from Sidney Park to Meridian Park Arena.

01472 695477, www.cleethorpescarnival.co.uk

THE DREAMERS

Saturday 16th July The Dreamers are in town for a night of classic 60s hits. Alan Mosca & Bryan Byng of Freddie & The Dreamers fame are joined

by The Temple Brothers, the UK’s tribute to the Everley Brothers, to perform all the favourites at the Stamford Corn Exchange.

BISHOP GROSSTESTE GRADUATION

Wednesday 20th - 21st July The highlight of the academic year for BGU - a very special day for the Graduates and their friends and family who will be there to support them in Lincoln Cathedral.

After the ceremony, the University’s Samba Band will lead everyone to the campus to be greeted with Prosecco, strawberries, balloons and music.

01522 527347, www.bishopg.ac.uk

Friday 15th - 17th July Stamford Town Meadows will host the genre-spanning Stamford Music Festival this summer.

SCOOT TO THE WATERFRONT

Organised by the Market Square Group, the festival is being held on the Meadows from Friday the 15th July to the 17th July.

Saturday 16th July Scoot to the Waterfront includes live music, dealer stalls and a ride out through the city as well as trophies for the best scooters. Look out for all the different scooters across the city and go and see the stands, entertainment and, of course, scooters along the Brayford Waterfront through the day.

The Friday night will have a jazz and blues feel whilst Saturday afternoon will be a showcase for new singers and songwriters.

Saturday evening will particularly appeal to fans of folk music with The Tin Pigeons, local folk band, booked to play. The event finishes on Sunday with a slightly more classical style.

01522 545711, www.visitlincoln.com

OUR ART

Monday 18th July - 6th August A collection of work created by participants of Stamford Art Centre’s regular adult art classes. Visit to take a look at their work; the exhibition may inspire you to join a class.

LINCOLN BEACH

Monday 18th July - 3rd September Lincoln city centre will see the return of Lincoln BIG’s sandy beach in the summer holidays. From 18th July, children will be able to enjoy the beach and fairground rides in the city centre, while parents can relax in the complimentary deckchairs.

01522 545711, www.lincolnbig.co.uk

- MUSIC -

STAMFORD MUSIC FESTIVAL

01780 766455, www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk

01780 763203, www.stamfordartscentre.com

Stamford Meadows...

Mercury....

MERCURY

Saturday 23rd July Winners of the National Tribute Awards 2013, Mercury have established themselves as one of the world’s most authentic tributes to Queen. The show includes classics like Bohemian Rhapsody and many more.

08448 542776, www.bathshall.co.uk

Other acts already booked on the weekend’s bill include folk act Frumenti and classical guitarist Steve Bean.

“We are aiming to cater for a range of musical tastes, from folk to funk, from country to classical, from rock to rhythm and blues and a lot more in between,” says Market Square Group Director Paul Kennedy.

Ticket prices vary for each day.

01832 281 274, www.marketsquaregroup.com

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What’s On...

SOME ENCHANTED EVENING

AN EVENING WITH MATT FORD

01427 676655, www.microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk/tac

01775 764777, www.southhollandcentre.co.uk

Saturday 23rd July Touring again with a brand new show featuring talented performers bringing you best loved songs from hit Broadway and West End shows. A magical musical experience in Gainsborough’s Trinity Arts Centre.

UB40...

- LINCOLN CASTLE -

Friday 29th July Alongside eight of the UK’s top jazz musicians, courtesy of the Gary Stevens House Band, Matt Ford will enchant you with ballads from Sinatra, Crosby, Bennett, Monro and more in Spalding.

André Rieu...

UB40 AT LINCOLN CASTLE Saturday 9th July

Enjoy an outdoor evening of music with The legendary voice of UB40 in the historic grounds of Lincoln Castle.

Join Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue with their greatest hits for a spectacular summer evening of music.

The group will play a selection of their famous hits of the 1980s and 1990s in this unique venue, including their reggae classics like Red Red Wine, Falling in Love With You, Kingston Town and I Got You Babe.

The performance follows a programme of busking in Lincoln’s Cathedral Quarter providing a great day of music all round in historic Lincoln.

UB40 will be touring the world and Lincoln Castle is just one of the many venues on the tour. Live Promotions are the organisers for the concert.

01775 768661, www.livepromotionsconcerts.co.uk

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ANDRÉ RIEU MAASTRICT CONCERT

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BACK THE YEARS

01780 763203,

01427 676655, www.microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk/tac

Saturday 23rd July Known to millions as ‘The King of Waltz,’ André Rieu is one of the world’s most popular artists. His Maastricht concert includes 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra.

It’s the most anticipated cinema screening of the year at Stamford Arts Centre. www.stamfordartscentre.com

CRAFT MARKET

Saturday 23rd July Lincoln’s Craft Market at Lincoln’s Cornhill offers bespoke, and beautifully hand-crafted ornaments, jewellery and pottery that is available to peruse and purchase at this intimate market, all at reasonable prices.

01522 545458, www.lincolnbig.co.uk

Saturday 30th July Fab 1950s and swinging 1960s show hosted

by DJ and broadcasting legend David Hamilton, plus live band The Fugitives and sensational singers, Ash Denver and Tiffany Girls at Trinity Arts Centre in Gainsborough.

DRAGON BOAT RACE

Saturday 30th July Enjoy a day on the Brayford Waterfront and enjoy a series of Dragon Boat races on the water from local teams to raise money for charity. There will also be activities along the waterfront so come along and make it a family day out supporting local charities.

01522 545711, www.lincolnbig.co.uk

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- FESTIVALS -

NK WALKING FESTIVAL

Saturday 9th - 17th July A nine day festival of walks throughout the Lincoln and North Kesteven area suitable for all ages and abilities. The NK Walking Festival showcases opportunities to enjoy the great outdoors.

01522 694353, www.1life.co.uk/nkwalkingfestival Doddington sculptures...

DODDINGTON SCULPTURES

Saturday 30th July The sculpture exhibition at Doddington Hall & Gardens represents one of the largest art exhibitions of sculpture in the country.

Work by more than 75 leading sculptors from across the world will feature including 450 original and inspirational pieces.

01522 812512, www.doddingtonhall.com

HECKINGTON SHOW

Saturday 30th - 31st July Heckington Show will feature thrilling displays

by Poldark’s Atkinsons Action Horses and Backdraft Wheelie Fire Engine intertwined with sport and show jumping. This year also has a children’s Activity Zone, Shire horses, rides and hundreds of trade stands. Discover living history including a WWI display, a health and beauty zone, and a firework concert.

01529 461823, www.heckingtonshow.org.uk

Heckington Show Wheelie Truck...

LINCOLN MYSTERY PLAYS

Sunday 3rd August The Mystery Plays have their origin in the 10th century and the Lincoln version has become a significant part of the religious and communal culture of the county.

Performed in the Lincoln Cathedral cloisters, Lincoln Mystery Plays tells the story of the Bible in a unique way first devised to help teach the illiterate masses and reinforce faith. Though they are more than just a religious story but a commentary on the difficulties, pain, sorrow, strengths, and weaknesses of human existence.

01522 561600, www.lincolnmysteries.co.uk

BASTON IN THE BLITZ

Saturday 6th - 7th August A 1940s-themed weekend event on Saturday 6th August and Sunday 7th August featuring all-day live musical entertainment, military and home front living history displays, vintage military and civilian vehicles.

Re-enactors in period uniforms and civilian costume will also be dotted around the village of Baston, in addition to many vintage trader stalls, vintage rides and amusements.

There’s also a Punch & Judy show, a full range of catering and a licensed bar.

01778 561148, www.bastonblitz.org

TRIUMPH TR FESTIVAL

Friday 15th - 17th July Founded in 1970, The TR Register is one of the most successful car clubs in the world. Owners of any Triumph TR sports car gather for a weekend of socialising, food and drink at the Lincolnshire Showground.

01522 522900, www.lincolnshireshowground.co.uk

PUNCH AND JUDY FESTIVAL

Friday 29th - 30th July Experience traditional Punch and Judy shows on High Bridge, the Lincoln beach on City Square and in the Lincoln Castle grounds during the festival as you visit Lincoln. Just visit one booth or do a tour of all of them around the city.

01522 545711, www.lincolnbig.co.uk

Triumph TR...

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The Battle Proms at

BURGHLEY It’s back to Burghley next month as the annual Battle Proms Concert returns with its stirring blend of classical music, audience participation, cavalry display and Spitfire display.

Pack up a picnic and enjoy one of summer’s most enjoyable outdoor events...

Words: Rob Davis.

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- BURGHLEY BATTLE PROM: SATURDAY 9TH JULY -

Burghley House’s grand Elizabethan architecture will once again play host to the opening night of the UK’s premier picnic concert series, and one of the Pride team’s favourite annual events. That’s right, The Battle Proms is returning to Stamford on Saturday 9th July 2016.

“Last year the ever popular picnic concert saw a record breaking crowd of over 7,500 invade the grounds at Burghley House for an exceptional evening of sublime classical music, carefully choreographed Spitfire and cavalry displays, dramatic cannon fire and a stunning firework finale,” says organiser Emma Dexter.

“It’s all part of the Battle Proms experience, and it’s becoming more and more popular year on year, so we’re encouraging people to book early and ensure they don’t miss out on

GREAT FUN FOR A GREAT CHARITY The Battle Proms will once again be raising funds for their charity partner Combat Stress: the UK’s leading mental health charity for Veterans.

No. 4 and will be performed by the New English Concert Orchestra, conducted by Douglas Coombes.”

“We’re also welcoming an old favourite in the form of the vivacious, curvaceous and utterly delightful Rockabellas, with toe tapping tunes and vintage vocals to get the audience into the party spirit before the concert begins. The whole evening will once

“THERE’S A SLIGHT CHANGE THIS YEAR, WITH THE EVER POPULAR BATTLE PROM CAVALRY DISPLAYS AT THIS YEAR’S CONCERT DRESSED IN FULL WWI REGALIA, AS WE COMMEMORATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME...” the best ticket prices for what is always a fabulous summer event.”

There’s a slight change this year, with the ever popular cavalry displays dressed in full WWI regalia, as we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.

There will also be an evening gun salute from an original 13 pounder WWI field gun in honour of all those who fought at the Somme, which will also herald the arrival of the Grace Spitfire, flown by Carolyn Grace, the UK’s only female Spitfire Pilot.”

“Carolyn will perform a breathtaking display to the opening pieces of the Orchestral performance, which this year will include Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance

again be hosted by Pam Rhodes – a compère beyond compare who many know from her work on Songs of Praise and Anglia TV.”

Once again, Pride has teamed up with the Battle Proms to provide six readers with a pair of tickets each, allowing you to enjoy this very English spectacle.

Simply answer the following question: What famous battle will this year’s cavalry display commemorate? Send your answer by Thursday 30th June with your name and address to editor@pridemagazines.co.uk. n The Battle Proms take place on Saturday 9th July at Burghley House. Tickets £37/adults; advance. £42/adults on the day. Group discount for 10+ visitors. Call 01432 355416 or see www.battleproms.com.

Last summer the generous audience at Burghley House donated over £6,300 on the night and helped the Battle Proms to raise more than £45,700 over the course of the summer.

To date the Battle Proms has raised over £240,500 for Combat Stress and will be supporting them again in 2016.

VIP PACKAGES Back by popular demand is the Battle Proms Gift package – two tickets to the Battle Proms plus a voucher for a delicious bottle of Rosé Prosecco and delectable selection of handmade chocolate truffles, chilled and waiting for collection on arrival at the concert. The perfect gift for someone who deserves to celebrate summer in style, and all sent immediately by email making it a great last minute gift too!

If you know someone who deserves to be REALLY spoilt, you could even book a picnic for them to collect on arrival, and save them the shopping, cooking, carrying and washing up too!

The Little Picnic Company (whose picnics are anything but little!) offer a range of hearty, fresh and delicious picnics starting at £46 for a picnic for two including wine. www.littlepicniccompany.co.uk/battleproms

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- HEAVY HORSES -

A Happy Retirement If you love horses, you’re bound to enjoy the thrill of jousting and acrobatics taking place later this summer as part of Spilsby’s Northcote Heavy Horse Centre’s medieval entertainment. For the animal welfare charity, though, it’s of crucial importance for ensuring the centre can continue to care for its rescue horses...

The crash of lances, the thunder of hooves.

It’s a spectacle bound to thrill the 500 or so visitors to a Lincolnshire animal welfare charity this summer.

“Some of our horses come to us because they’ve been abused or neglected,” says the centre’s Terena Bolam. “Others come through the owners’ personal circumstances.”

But there’s a catch. Keeping the centre in operation means an annual bill of around £50,000, and the charity is in crisis.

But for Spilsby’s Northcote Heavy Horse Centre, its medieval tournament and banquets are more than just an opportunity to open the door to tourists. The events are crucial for the charity’s finances, perhaps even the difference between survival and closure.

Established in 1988 by Keith and Ruth Sanders, the charity was established when the couple took on their own horses and ‘accidentally’ fell into the caring role, providing a retirement home for horses who would otherwise be put down.

The site covers five acres and is currently home to 13 horses plus a goat, a couple of alpacas, and three new residents in the form of birds of prey.

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“KEEPING NORTHCOTE IN OPERATION MEANS A BILL OF AROUND £50,000 EACH YEAR, SO THE CHARITY IS IN CRISIS...”

Main Image: Terena Bolam is keen to ensure Spilsby’s Northcote Heavy Horse Centre can continue to offer heavy horses a safe place to which they can retire.

“We don’t rehome our horses - we don’t have the time to inspect potential new homes,” she says. “This last year has been incredibly hard, with some of our horses having ongoing health problems and some really big vet bills recently.”

“We raise our funds through visitors, opening four days a week in July and August, and every Wednesday at other times.

On a good day and in season we have about 20 visitors, so it’s the summer months and especially our summer events that we depend on to make our money.”

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- HEAVY HORSES -

In addition to fighting for funding, the centre is desperately short of labour, too.

Apart from Terena, the centre operates entirely with help from volunteers.

“My husband Geoff and son Kirk are a great help,” says Terena. “We settled here about 17 years ago and met Keith.

We’ve always loved horses but we soon realised that not only would the centre close without help from volunteers, but the breeds we have here could be lost forever too.”

“We’ve four breeds here at the moment; British Percheron classic Shires, and a really rare Suffolk Punch - of which there are fewer than 500 left in the UK. We mostly home native breeds but we do have a Belgian Draft horse too.”

“Heavy horses tend to be up to 17 hands, but our largest is 19 hands and weighs double that of a thoroughbred. They can pull about three times their own weight and live to an average of 25 years old.”

“Heavy horses used to be the powerhouses of agriculture and industry, which is why it’s so sad that, with the exception of a few still Right: Rider Lee on Harvey at last year’s medieval jousting event. The summer programme is essential to ensure Northcote can continue to operate.

Left: Terena with the charity’s oldest resident, Bonnie who’s a grand 47 years old. No teeth, but plenty of spirit!

Below: The days will feature birds of prey and equine gymnastics.

Right: Terena prepares for this summer’s events.

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used as working horses, mostly to promote business like breweries, we’ve lost all but a handful of our working horses.”

“We have no idea how long they will live but make a commitment to care for each one in their retirement. Our miniature Shetland Pony Bonnie is 47 years old! She doesn’t have any teeth left, and she moults a great deal, but she has a terrific personality and is very loving!”

Terena’s days are long, and caring for the charity’s horses means a seven o’clock start, seven days a week. Mucking the horses out, picking the fields and ensuring each has fresh water takes until lunchtime, at least,

“TERENA CARES FOR THE CHARITY’S HORSES, WHICH MEANS A SEVEN O’CLOCK START, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK...”

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and in the winter, the horses have to be turned out again. That’s in addition to managing the estate, looking after visitors and catching up on all of the charity’s office work.

“We’re never in profit. All of our money goes back into the charity, and though we’ve very good vets - James Street Veterinary Centre in Louth - the financial pressures are enormous.”

“We’re expecting about 400 visitors next month for our Medieval Tournament and jousting event. We host a summer fête in late June, too, and we depend very heavily on those events, and on donations and legacies, in order to continue operating.”

“We’re always desperate for volunteers who share our desire to create a home for life for our retirees. Our horses are incredible animals and we want to ensure their survival, health and comfort for as long as we possibly can.”

MEDIEVAL days

out

Summer Fête, 26th June: Family fun day with birds of prey, stalls, dog agility and more.

Medieval Banquet Dinner and Jousting, 16th July: A great evening of entertainment, food and merriment! You’ll be provided with a full dinner and dessert whilst watching our jesters and more! Must be booked in advance.

Medieval Tournament, 21st August: Medieval riding skills, acrobatics, archery, dog display and fire-eating. BBQ and stalls.

n Donations of time and money are always welcome to Spilsby’s Heavy Horse charity.

Northcote Heavy Horse Centre is also open Monday to Thursday in July/August. Admission £5/adults.

Visit Northcote Heavy Horse Centre, Spilsby PE23 5PS. Call 07899815960 or visit www.northcotehorses.com.

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The Taste of

SUMMER It’s a case of plus ça change at Farndon’s Boathouse as Chef Patron Dan Garner takes exclusive charge of the contemporary looking restaurant near Newark. Look out for a season of live music, artisan pizzas and riverside indulgence at this stunning restaurant that’s not just a pretty place...

Images & Words: Rob Davis.

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- EATING OUT -

meet the CHEF ANDY COLEMAN, HEAD CHEF, FARNDON BOATHOUSE

Food Experience: Raised in Nottinghamshire, 28 years experience, joined Farndon Boathouse in September 2015 having worked previously alongside Dan Garner.

Plus ça change; the more things change, the more they stay the same, goes the proverb.

Take Farndon Boathouse, for example.

It’s enjoyed the talent of Dan Garner as Head Chef since its creation eight years ago.

Dan created the place alongside four codirectors, but in April 2016, he took sole ownership of the restaurant.

You won’t notice; he’s still in the kitchen working alongside new Head Chef Andy Coleman, meaning the same exceptional standard of contemporary cuisine will leave the restaurant’s kitchen.

Likewise, a mini-makeover has preserved but tweaked the restaurant’s industrial/rustic styling, with the same stripped floors and exposed beams and industrial ventilation ducts.

“THE DECOR IS FUNKY, THE FOOD IS CONTEMPORARY, THERE’S AN EXTENSIVE CHOICE OF IT AND IT’S A LIGHT, MODERN PLACE TO DINE...”

New additions include a timber-clad contemporary fireplace, new wall logos, a lick of paint inside and, during our visit, a spruce up of the al fresco dining area.

You can’t blame Dan and the team for retaining pretty much everything that makes Farndon Boathouse such a great place to eat. The decor is funky, the food is contemporary, there’s an extensive choice of it and it’s a light, modern place to dine with a good programme of live music all summer long.

Andy’s appointment will allow Dan to build up his newly acquired Dry Doddington traditional pub restaurant, The Wheatsheaf, and a third restaurant which opens this >>

Food Wisdom: “The secret to good dining is to make everything fresh and keep things simple. It’s better to create a dish with five elements done really well, than ten elements which have been rushed.”

Food Heaven: ”Pizzas cooked in our wood-fired oven.

Simple, enjoyable, summer comfort food!”

Food Hell: “I hate chain restaurants that buy in, then just reheat, poor quality food.”

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>> month on Newark’s waterfront, in what was The Moorings but will now be known as The Water’s Edge.

Despite now having three restaurants though, Dan will certainly be at Farndon Boathouse on Saturday 23rd July when the place invites 400 people to enjoy The Garden Party - live music, paella, a barbecue.

Musical acts at this year’s live gig include Reggae on the Rocks and 90s band The Happy Mondays’ Bez.

Even if you don’t make it to The Garden Party, you can enjoy Farndon Boathouse’s

OPEN FOR BUSINESS Lunch Monday to Saturday, Noon - 3.00pm.

Dinner Monday to Saturday, 18:00pm - 21:30pm.

Sunday Sunday lunch from noon.

Sunday Sessions from 7.30pm.

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- EATING OUT -

on the MENU À LA CARTE MENU,

Starters

Wood Fired Breads, Balsamic and Olive Oil & Roasted Garlic £4.50

Pan Fried Shetland Scallops, Morcilla Iberica, Browned Onion Purée, Chorizo with Tomato Salsa £12.95.

Main Courses

Swordfish Niçoise Salad, Baby Gem, Green Beans, Tomato, Olives, Boiled Egg & Anchovies, Balsamic Dressing £16.50.

Pavé of Beef, (Pink Only!)

Dauphinoise Potatoes, Spring Greens, Pancetta & Baby Onion Jus £15.95.

riverside location all summer long, with its sheltered outdoor seating area and decking overlooking the Trent and the UK’s largest inland marina.

Inside there’s space for a hundred covers, served by no fewer than ten chefs. Bread, petit fours and other elements are all made in-house, and an outdoor wood fired pizza oven installed last year means that in addition to the main menu, there’s a choice of six ‘gourmet’ pizzas.

These supplement a choice of 11 starters, four sharing boards, including seafood and antipasti, ten à la carte main courses, plus ‘gourmet’ burgers, and five steak options.

There’s a choice of five desserts, petit fours options, an artisan cheese board, plus a choice of three associated dessert wines.

À la carte dining is good value given the standard of food, with starters circa £6 and main courses around £16, but early diners can enjoy even better value evening meals from 6pm-6.45pm for just £15.95/two courses, £18.95/three courses.

Lunchtime dining is also available, as is a dedicated and more traditional Sunday lunch provision. The Sunday Sessions provides live acoustic menu and dining from 7.30pm afterwards. There’s also a programme of live music and events throughout the year, from The Garden Party this month, to Ladies Day at the Races on Sunday 14th August and Brunch & Bubbles in September.

With a wealth of local suppliers - Farndon Farm Shop, The Fruit Basket at West Bridgeford, daily deliveries of fish from Grimsby and the best Derbyshire Lamb, plus Nottinghamshire pork and locally reared beef - there’s a good deal of care and attention expended on every course.

With an impressive contemporary look to the place, and a robust menu offering plenty of choice, plus the option to turn a meal into a really entertaining night out, courtesy of regular live music from jazz to pop to reggae, Farndon Boathouse is more in tune with what diners expect than ever, hitting the right note, every time.

Thai Fish Bowl, White Fish, Salmon, Mussels, Prawns with Rice Noodles in Thai Spiced Coconut Broth £16.95.

Pizza

Chicken ‘Caesar’ Garlic Base, Chicken, Parmesan, Croutons, Gem, Anchovies, & Caesar Sauce £9.95.

Burger

The Wild One, Wild Boar & Chorizo Burger with Onion and Smoked Cheddar Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato, Red Onion £14.95.

NB: Featured dishes are subject to change.

n Farndon Boathouse is based off Wyke Lane, Farndon, Newark, Notts, NG24 3SX. Tel: 01636 676578, or see www.farndonboathouse.co.uk.

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From run of the mill village pub to desirable dining destination, the transformation of a rural Norton Disney boozer, The Green Man, is now complete. Heading up the kitchen and front of house is a formidable team in the form of Matt Kerekes and Becky Pinfold. It’s one of the newest and best dining venues in the county...

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- EATING OUT -

Reputation is everything when you run a restaurant. Word of mouth can carry a good pub restaurant far and wide, as is proving the case for Becky Pinfold and Matt Kerekes.

The couple took over Norton Disney’s Green Man six months ago, and their reputation for excellence, which preceded them as the former managers of Fulbeck’s Hare & Hounds, has followed them to their newly refurbished dining room.

It’s the couple’s first tenancy, but they’ve managed many other pubs in Lincolnshire before, with Matt in the kitchen and Becky at front of house. Matt is from Hungary, and came to the UK in 2006 where he met Becky. The two ran a series of pubs in the Vale of Belvoir before settling into Fulbeck, near to Becky’s family home in Coddington.

From 2012 to 2016 they ran the place very well as a slightly more relaxed sister pub restaurant to The Brownlow Arms.

In 2016 though, the place was sold by its owner, and with the owner of Norton Disney’s Green Man approaching Becky and Matt, the couple decided to take the plunge and take on the licence.

The place was structurally sound, but was a mere village boozer. The couple brought new furniture to the venue and embarked on a very effective refurbishment which has ‘Farrow & Balled’ the place. A sage green colour scheme, coir carpeting, rough-sawn tables and Lloyd Loom-style chairs were introduced in place of the large screen TV for sports and dated pantiles were banished.

meet the CHEF MATT KEREKES HEAD CHEF AT THE GREEN MAN, NORTON DISNEY Food Experience: Came to the UK in 2006, worked at The Chequers, Woolsthorpe, The Gregory Arms, The Welby in Arms and Winthorpe’s Lord Nelson before managing the Hare & Hounds at Fulbeck from 2012-2016.

The result is a really pretty country pub restaurant, and if the place’s visual makeover has worked well, the same degree of effort taken to transform dining in the pub will prove even more popular.

Matt has created superb menus, with lunchtime dining from Tuesday to Sunday, noon until 2pm (3pm on Sunday) as well as evening dining from Monday to Saturday.

There’s a lunchtime menu with four starters, 11 main course options and four desserts.

During evening service a menu >>

Food Wisdom: “Create a menu which will offer universal appeal, one that any diner will love.”

Food Heaven: “Becky’s steak sandwich! Fillet steak, cooked pink and prepared with love!”

Food Hell: “There’s no such thing as a bad ingredient, just poor preparation!”

Opposite: Thai spiced crab cakes with sweet potato purée and Asian slaw.

Top: Pan roasted chicken breast with rösti potato.

Above: Ham hock and Stilton terrine with Piccalilli.

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>> of slightly more complex dishes provides a choice of eight starters, seven à la carte main courses plus seven pub classics. These include steak frites, Green Man burger; and haddock & chips. Lunchtime diners also have a choice of five sandwiches, whilst both daytime and evening diners can also opt for one of five daily changing specials.

Local suppliers include Ruskington’s Mel Ward Meats, Moorcroft Seafoods and Winster - a supplier of organic veg. Pork pies are sourced locally for the lunch menu’s ploughmans, supplemented by local cheeses, and there’s a good range of local ales from breweries like Stamford’s Adnams.

Diners are spoilt for choice not just in terms of dishes, but in terms of where to eat, too.

The main restaurant has about 25 covers, with the snug adding a further 10 covers and the bar provides 22 slightly more casual places to enjoy Matt’s dishes.

Our recommendation though, is to enjoy the spaces that Becky has created outdoors

OPEN FOR BUSINESS Lunch Tuesday to Saturday, 12 noon to 2pm.

Dinner Monday to Saturday 6pm to 9pm.

Sunday Sunday 12 noon to 3pm.

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- the terrace area has really been tidied up under the couple’s ownership, with cushions and blankets provided and solar powered lights too.

A paddock at the back of the restaurant provides additional al fresco dining, albeit without waitress service, and is ideal for families with children or dogs.

The Green Man is just the kind of local pub everyone would love to have in their village, but with a quality restaurant element, its appeal goes much further and much wider.

Already, Matt and Becky report that diners are coming from Boston, Grantham and Newark, and that comes as little surprise.

With nice presentation, a skilful blend of flavours, and some really pretty places to eat, the excellent dining options are the proof in the pudding (and starters and main courses) of The Green Man’s reinvention.

In its previous life, as a village pub, it may have been underwhelming, but now Matt and Becky have transformed it into one of the area’s best pub restaurants, we think it’s well worth the journey.

“MATT AND BECKY’S TRANSFORMATION OF THE GREEN MAN HAS CREATED ONE OF THE AREA’S BEST PUB RESTAURANTS, WE THINK IT’S WELL WORTH THE JOURNEY FROM LINCOLN, NEWARK OR GRANTHAM...”

Top: Matt and Becky have totally redesigned the interior of the pub restaurant with a fresh colour scheme, rough sawn pine tables and coir carpet.

Right: Sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce and walnuts.

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on the MENU FROM THE EVENING À LA CARTE MENU

Starters

Ham hock and Stilton terrine with Piccalilli £6.50 Thai spiced crab cakes £6.95.

Asparagus with hollandaise and crispy egg £6.95.

Main Courses

‘Open faced’ spiced Mediterranean vegetable lasagne £11.95.

Pan roasted chicken breast with rösti potato and creamy mushroom tarragon sauce £13.50.

Single muscle rump steak with melted Stilton and dauphinoise potatoes £16.95.

Desserts

Sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce and vanilla ice cream £5.95.

Apple, pear and fig crumble with vanilla custard £5.95.

Lincolnshire Poacher & Colston Bassett Stilton cheese plate with fruit chutney and biscuits.

NB: Featured dishes are subject to change. n Booking is recommended at The Green Man, Main St, Norton Disney, LN6 9JU. Call 01522 789804 or see www.thegreenman-nortondisney.co.uk.

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Something Fishy

FROM SALMON TO SEA BASS, LINCOLNSHIRE’S CHEFS CONTINUALLY IMPROVE THEIR FISH DISHES. WE LOOK AT THE BEST THE COUNTY HAS TO OFFER AT SOME OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS THIS MONTH...

PRAWNS & PASTA

The Brownlow Arms in Grantham presented seafood linguine with crayfish, prawns, salmon and mussels. The Brownlow Arms still offer classic haddock and chips in addition to a more formal fish dish.

01400 250234, www.thebrownlowarms.com.

n The Comfy Duck in Grimsby’s Oaklands Hall Hotel offered a fish dish that comprised of warm smoked and cured salmon with roasted butternut purée and stout jelly.

n Supreme Inns in Bicker provided us with an exquisite starter. It featured a trio of pan fried scallops with butternut squash purée and dill.

Hotel Supreme is part of Green Welly Inns which includes the Red Lion Inn and the Poacher’s Country Hotel, the group’s main wedding venue.

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The presentation of all the dishes served by the Lincolnshire Chef - Steven Bennett - at the hotel is immaculate, and it tastes as good as it looks.

01472 872 248, ww.oaklandshallhotel.co.uk.

n THE SEBASTOPOL offer the highest provision of fine dining, like this starter of home-cured line caught mackerel with beetroot, horseradish, dulse and miso gel.

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ITALY a flavour of

San Pietro in Scunthorpe is a Mediterranean restaurant and hotel. Starters include scallops and prawns, and their main courses feature crab and octopus.

Duck; 01472 872248, 01724Comfy 277774, www.sanpietro.uk.com. www.thecomfyduck.com Chef: Pietro Catalano of San Pietro.

A TRUE CLASSIC

The Petwood Hotel in Woodhall Spa is a true gem in Lincolnshire, with outstanding restaurant facilities and the talents of Philip Long. This fish dish is a grilled fillet of seabass with a salsify puree, scallop and coriander potatoes.

01526 352411, www.petwood.co.uk.

The Chequers at Weston presented a pan seared salmon fillet with tomato arancini balls on samphire and spinach.

01406 370407, www.thechequers.pub.

01507 578577, www.thesebastopol.com

n Featured dishes are representative examples of our featured chefs’ skills... the menus of our featured restaurants change frequently so fish dishes are subject to availability. Check each restaurant’s website prior to your visit for an up-to-date menu.

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STUNNERS 5 STUNNING REDS...

Cabernet Sauvignon, Chateau Ste Michelle, USA, £16.95 Chateau Ste Michelle is the oldest winery in Washington State.

Ripe fruit, elegant mineral notes and a soft mouthfeel. Cassis and other berry fruit flavours are balanced with a hint of spicy oak all the way through to the harmonious finish.

5 WINNING WHITES...

Campogrande, Orvieto, Italy, £11.39

Antinori released their first wine under the Santa Cristina name in 1946.

Since then Santa Cristina has been a byword for quality and value in Tuscany. Floral and fruity notes, particularly pineapple and banana, medium-bodied, with a round, delicate finish.

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Devil’s Staircase Pinot Noir, N/Zealand, £18.95

Cotes du Rhone, France, £10.95

Conde Valdermar Finca Alto Cantabria, Spain, £14.89

Babylon’s Peak Swartland, South Africa, £14.75

This New Zealand wine is bursting with flavours of black plums, blueberries and bramble fruit. It will leave you wanting more!

The Devil’s Staircase wines are inspired by the winding road leading from Queenstown to Kingston along the shores of Lake Wakatipu.

This deliciously different white Rioja is a successful blend of modern fruit and traditional oak ageing: lemony, smoke and vanilla scented, with subtle aromas of peaches and apricot, and beautifully balanced.

George Dubceuf ’s Grenache, Syrah and Mouvedre Rhone has aromas of raspberry and black cherry, with a dusting of white pepper; smooth yet lively on the palate, with a juicy fruit character leading to a savoury finish.

This mix of Rhône varieties produces a wonderfully textured wine, its natural richness supporting apricot, floral and musky aromas, while still finishing neat and dry. Babylon’s Peak’s wines have a vivid purity, that belies Swartland’s hot climate.

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Barbecues, picnics, al fresco lunches or afternoons in the garden... we’ve summer stunners to accompany all of the above.

Wine writer Harish Khanderia presents the very best wines for high summer you’re ever likely to come across, from robust barbecue wines to all things light and beautiful...

Words: Harish Khanderia. Photos: Rob Davis.

Morellino Di Scansano, Tuscany, Italy, £15.99

A Tuscan superstar, with an intense colour, full bodied, a generous flavour with hint of blackberry and blackcurrant on the nose and an attractive spicy aroma. 100% Sangiovese grape, 14% alcohol, and perfect with smoky barbecue flavours.

Naturalys Viognier, Gerard Bertrand, France, £12.79

This Languedoc’s intense bouquet displays white flower scents: acacia, hyacinth and orange tree flowers. Crisp and fruity, smooth, it offers pleasant flavours of honeysuckle, ripe pear, but also peach, orange tree flower and citrus. Crisp and lively with a good length.

Bush Vines Pinotage, Swartland, South Africa, £14.89

A medium wine with dark berry fruit, well-structured, medium tannins and a beautiful balance. The wine is made in a classic, traditional style with a good balance between oak and fruit. Enjoy with carpaccio, venison and richly flavoured meat dishes.

Gruner Veltliner Terrassen, Kamptal, Austria, £18.95

Schweiger is a small, family-owned producer based in the Kamptal region, home to Austria’s most famous and highly regarded dry wines.

From the area’s terraced slopes, this is a savoury, serious style, with extra layers of spice and concentration.

Three

CHEERS A TRIO OF TIPPLES FOR YOUR SUMMER BARBECUES Crossbill 200 Special Edition Gin, £84.99

200 years old. Yes, 200! One of only 200 bottles made, this is simply the best that gin can be with juniper from a single 200-year old bush.

Fynbury’s Rhubarb & Strawberry Cider, Rutland, £3.50

Summer in a glass! The sweetness of the strawberries combines with the sharpness of rhubarb to give a unique taste of the English summertime.

Favola Prosecco, Italy £12.95

The best Prosecco you’re likely to taste. A fresh, fragrant and fruity Prosecco with aromas of pear and apple. Off-dry and lively with an attractively crisp finish.

n Our featured wines are available from Lincolnshire’s best independent wine merchants, prices RRP and may vary from those stated.

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Let There Be

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- HOMES -

AS WE’RE IN THE MIDST OF SUMMER, THE HEAT CAN BECOME A LITTLE UNBEARABLE FOR US BRITS. A WAY TO ENJOY THE SUNSHINE AND THE COOLNESS OF FRESH AIR, IS WITH A CONSERVATORY, WHICH IS JUST PART OF WHAT THE OLD RECTORY IN AUNSBY HAS TO OFFER. OWNERS JACKIE AND MIKE CHEETHAM ENJOY THE SUMMER SUN IN THEIR KITCHEN AND CONSERVATORY LIVING SPACE, BRINGING THE OUTDOORS INSIDE...

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Summer is a strange season in the UK. We’ve endured a rainy and miserable winter, longing for some sort of sun, but when it shows, us Brits tend to dislike the uncomfortable high temperatures.

One way to enjoy the sunshine in comfort, is a conservatory and that’s just what the Old Rectory at Aunsby offers.

Current owners Jackie and Mike Cheetham carried out the extension when they moved to the property several years ago.

“We’re originally from Yorkshire, but moved to Rutland in 1996,” says Jackie. “We’ve moved three times since then, gradually

“THE KITCHEN AND CONSERVATORY LIVING SPACE IS WHERE WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME...”

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venturing further north. We chose Aunsby firstly because of the property; it’s a large and spacious home with plenty of light. We also liked the location as it’s rural but only a few miles from Sleaford, the A1 and Grantham.”

“We also didn’t have to do a great amount of work when we first moved in; the previous owner was a builder and he completely renovated it. We’ve added the conservatory from Vale, fitted the cabinetry in the office and built the outbuilding.”

The kitchen features fitted appliances, marble floors and doors that lead first to the rest of the house, then the conservatory, the pantry, and a utility which leads to a cloakroom.

“The kitchen and conservatory area is where we spend most of our time. Because the kitchen opens up onto the conservatory via large double doors, it’s like an open plan

Top Left: The extensive gardens are largely laid to lawn and look over panoramic countryside views.

Top: The kitchen features fitted appliances and marble floors that lead through to the conservatory.

Main: The conservatory/orangery looks over the garden and keeps the family warm in winter with underfloor heating and cool in summer when it’s a little too hot to sit directly outside.

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living space. It’s great for us, our two dogs and our cat, but it’s also ideal when we have the whole family round. We have quite a large family so in the summer, the kitchen and conservatory and the patio outside provides space for everyone comfortably.”

It’s not just useful for summer. As there’s underfloor heating, Jackie and Mike can enjoy the conservatory all year round.

There’s a dining hall with a large bay window and wood floors. A wood fire separates the lounge and the dining hall so you can see it on both sides - quite a unique feature.

“The outbuilding is currently used as a workshop for my husband who makes furniture as a hobby, a studio too for my artwork, and as a wood store and shed.”

There’s a big driveway leading up to the house, a pond at the end of the garden and

the grounds cover just under an acre. Most of the garden is laid to lawn but there’s a pergola and planting in the centre of it.

“The home has very high ceilings so it feels very spacious; not stuffy,” says Mike. “It’s a very light house, with big windows in almost every room, but also with the conservatory and other main rooms south-facing.”

“It makes it quite a warm and bright family home and its rural location provides panoramic views over the countryside and of the church next door, and great country walks if you’re a dog owner.”

“We’re leaving the house after staying in it longer than we have any property including both our childhood homes. Now we have a little more time on our hands and children have moved out, we’ve found a property that we can work on as a project, renovating it ourselves.”

The Old Rectory, Aunsby

Location: Sleaford four miles, Grantham 11 miles.

Style: Modern home which welcomes light airy spaces and large living areas.

Receptions: Five, currently arranged as a conservatory, dining hall, lounge, study and garden room.

Beds: Four bedrooms, four bathrooms (three en-suite), three with fitted wardrobes.

Other Features: Outbuilding used as a carpenter’s workshop, an art studio and a wood store/shed.

Guide Price: £795,000.

Find Out More:

Estate Agent: Moores Estate Agents, Grantham.

Tel: 01476 855618.

Web: www.mooresestateagents.com.

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The Best of British

Vintage & retro products for your home, garden or to give as a gift.

We’ve vintage postboxes, bronzes and inspirational gifts... and see us!

Come E+S xxx

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Telephone: 01636 822000 | www.elizabethandstevens.com

Open daily Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm. Just off the A1.

Free parking. Please call us if you are making a special journey.

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DAIRY Words: Rob Davis.

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- LINCOLNSHIRE HOMES -

For those seeking a place in the country, a converted former farm cottage near Branston will provide a practical layout, plenty of space, plus the potential to give the house their own unique style...

The perfect country property would provide plenty of space, rural style but also a practical layout to suit a modern family.

It would also provide space to expand and the opportunity to introduce your own sense of taste and style, perhaps to expand or redevelop.

This month’s property tip-off is a gorgeous converted dairy house near Branston. Its exact year of origin is unknown but we do know that it was extended later in its life, probably in 1886, and those works added a graceful Victorian frontage.

“It’s a property that stands very well,” says James Ward, who’s marketing the house on behalf of estate agency Mount & Minster.

“The fabric of the building is in good order with, for instance, new double glazed sash windows and a conservatory, both added about 10 years ago. It provides ample scope to design your own country home with a sound starting point and plenty of space.”

Arranged over two floors, there are three reception rooms, a sitting room, dining room and a generous snug-come-study.

There’s a large breakfast kitchen too, with Raeburn and solid pine cabinetry, as well as a utility room with suspended drying rack and cellars under the newer part of the house.

Main: The property sits on nearly six acres and has paddocks and stabling for horses. Arranged over two floors there’s three reception rooms and five bedrooms with an en suite.

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>> Upstairs, the house has five bedrooms, including one en suite, and a large family bathroom too.

The property is owned by agricultural firm L T Bichan, and was one of the cottages on its farming operation nearby, when the current owners moved to the house in 1964.

The business converted entirely to an arable operation in 2001, with its dairy herd sold

“THIS IS AN ENVIABLE COUNTRY HOME THAT’S BEAUTIFULLY POSITIONED, WITH PLENTY OF SPACE AND A PRACTICAL LAYOUT...”

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and materials like the dairy buildings’ York stone requisitioned and installed at Branston Lodge to create the house’s terrace.

The surrounding farmland is still in use but the house itself benefits from its own stableblock with four boxes and a tack room, as well as paddocks with a water supply, so not only can its new two-legged occupants settle straight in, so too can its new equine residents.

Also in the grounds are formal gardens, with mature horse chestnut trees, and formal planting schemes with magnolia, cherry, rhododendron, camellia and laburnum, with a walled courtyard, and a large vegetable garden too. There’s also a separate two-bedroom annexe with new bathroom and kitchen, useful for creating a holiday let,

for use as accommodation for older members of the family, or for living in during a renovation project of the main house’s interiors which, whilst habitable and in good order, would benefit further from some modernisation.

In doing so, the next owners of this former farmer’s cottage, will have an enviable country home that’s beautifully positioned, with plenty of space and a practical layout.

If there’s such a thing as the perfect country home, this is most certainly it! n Branston Lodge is currently on the market with Mount & Minster for £795,000.

The agent is based on Eastgate, Lincoln LN2 1QA. Call 01522 716204 or see www.mountandminster.co.uk.

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BRANSTON LODGE near LINCOLN Location: Lincoln 6.5 miles, Wragby 10.7 miles.

Style: Former farm estate cottage with Victorian faรงade.

Bedrooms: Five with one en suite.

Receptions: Three, currently arranged as sitting room, dining room and snug/study.

Guide Price ยฃ795,000

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Unsurpassed Quality, Affordable Craftsmanship Bespoke Kitchens, Bedrooms and Bathrooms - full project management and free quotations

Peter Jackson Cabinet Makers Ltd Devereux Way, Horncastle LN9 6AU

Tel: 01507 527113 W: www.peterjacksoncabinets.co.uk E: info@peterjacksoncabinets.co.uk

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This Page: Hornbeam, Burnham Market, £775,000.

Below: The beautiful setting at West End, Burnham Overy Staithe £695,000.

PROPERTY PASSIONATE ABOUT

THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO INVEST IN A HOLIDAY HOME IN NORTH NORFOLK - THAT’S THE VERDICT OF PROPERTY EXPERTS HELEN MILLIN, EMMA MASON AND KIRSTY WAINWRIGHT. TOGETHER, THE THREE WOMEN HAVE CREATED A NEW ESTATE AGENCY IN NORTH NORFOLK...

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For many, buying a second home is very much a dream. But now could be the time to leave traditional buy-to-let behind and invest in a holiday let on the North Norfolk coast.

With the lettings market for holiday cottages growing year on year and the future looking bright in respect of property prices and demand for high quality cottages, there is no better time to buy.

“People are very much looking for a holiday cottage to stay in that is equal to or of a higher standard than their property at home and a sound investment in the right property along the North Norfolk coast will provide you with a great income, plus somewhere fantastic for you to enjoy holidays in too!” said Emma.

After the recent tax changes, the Government has been more lenient on a small corner of the buy-to-let market, namely holiday lets. The changes announced in the budget to tax relief for interest do not affect the furnished holiday lettings tax rules, which is great news, if you are looking to invest in a second home for you and your family to enjoy, but are also looking for a great return on your investment too.

Luxury holiday lettings agency, Barefoot Retreats has recently branched out and launched a new estate agency business called Barefoot Estates from its office in Thornham, just 18 months on since Emma Mason and Helen Millin founded their original business.

“We have expertise in property sales and have extensive property development experience so this is a natural progression for us. We are delighted to be extending the range of services that we now offer under the Barefoot brand and to be joining the East Anglian estate agency community,” said Helen. The appointment of Kirsty Wainwright as a Director completes the team.

Less than three months old and now with eight properties on its books, the first of which sold in a week, Barefoot Estates are making their presence known in the local North Norfolk property market.

Barefoot Estates offer a fresh and innovative approach to property sales, with three clear objectives; to help clients achieve the best price for their properties; to do this in as short a period of time as possible and very importantly to build and nurture a close client/agency relationship throughout, whether you’re a purchaser or a seller.

Barefoot Retreats, who offer laid-back luxury holiday cottages along the North Norfolk coast have seen an increase in demand for their luxury cottages.

“Your property must be available for at least 210 days of the year and has to be let for at least 105 days. But the advantage of owning a holiday let in North Norfolk is that you can also enjoy time there, something you can’t if you invest in a traditional buy-to-let,” added Helen.

“Whether you’re looking to buy a holiday let, a home or want to add to your investment portfolio, we offer an all-inclusive service through Barefoot Estates,” said Kirsty Wainwright, Director.

As a purchaser you will benefit from a free handyman and cleaning service when you buy a property through Barefoot Estates, ensuring you can settle in as quickly as possible to your new home.

Barefoot Estates also automatically provide a holiday rental forecast providing you with the figures you need to support any potential mortgage application and illustrate what you could achieve in terms of rental return from letting out a holiday home.

“PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR QUALITY HOLIDAY COTTAGES TO STAY IN AND A SOUND INVESTMENT IN NORTH NORFOLK CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A GREAT INCOME...”

Between 2011 and 2014, the number of nights booked in self-catering accommodation, according to figures presented by Visit England, grew from £6.68 million to £6.72 million which certainly looks to continue.

“If you want to invest in a holiday home, North Norfolk will provide you with tremendous opportunities. It also pays to think of the type of property that might let most easily. Consider one bedroom cottages and love nests that will let all year round or lets that are large enough for several families or friends to holiday together for instance properties sleeping 12 to 16 people can generate as much as £4,000 a week in high season,” said Helen.

They also pride themselves on their levels of customer service, ensuring that they deliver what they promise and continually keep you updated on the progress of your sale.

If you do purchase a second home and are intending bringing your second home to the holiday rental market then Barefoot Retreats will help you every step of the way, recommending local architects, contractors and builders to carry out works whilst also co-ordinating and overseeing the furnishing of the property to ensure that it is up and running as soon as possible to provide a return on your investment.

If you are looking to purchase a holiday home in North Norfolk, or if you already own a holiday home and are looking to sell and want to promote what the rental return would be for your property, to increase its saleability, then please contact Kirsty at Barefoot Estates and she will do the rest! n For more information on Barefoot Estates, call 01485 512638 or visit www.barefootestates.co.uk.

Alternatively, email sales@barefootestates.co.uk.

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HORNBEAM, BURNHAM MARKET If you are looking for a spacious property, then look no further. With 3913 sq.ft. over 5 double bedrooms, 5 ensuites, 4 reception rooms and a double garage, Hornbeam offers a fantastic amount of space. This property is screaming out for someone to continue the successful holiday lettings or to turn it into a B&B. This lovely property is located in the trendy village of Burnham Market and is ideal for enjoying the vibrancy of village life, the sun, sea and sand and rock pools at the local beaches of Brancaster, Wells-next-the-Sea, Holkham and Old Hunstanton and the fantastic bird and wildlife which can be seen in close proximity at the RSPB reserves in Titchwell and Snettisham.

The house opens up onto the entrance hall where you have a large space for

Burnham Market HORNBEAM,

Reception Rooms: Three; sitting room, dining room, conservatory.

Bedrooms: Five, all with en suites.

Features: Constructed in 2004, wood burning stove, underfloor heating, enclosed garden.

Area: Close to Wells & Holkham.

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entertaining, perfect for dinner parties. Off the spacious hallway you’ll discover a beautiful kitchen/diner and large conservatory.

The separate seating area is a great place to have pre-dinner drinks and there are doors leading out onto the lovely enclosed garden which catches the sun all day. A further sitting room with large wood burning stove offers an alternative place to relax. On a winter’s evening, snuggle down, light the fire and enjoy good conversation. The ground floor is heated with individually zoned water borne underfloor heating.

A stone’s throw away from glorious North Norfolk coastline with open spaces and the best coastal walks, renowned restaurants and hotels. Burnham Market is the perfect place to shop, dine or simply revel in being part of the traditional village atmosphere. n

Below: Hornbeam is a good rental prospect and a modern, low-maintenance character cottage.

Right: The Chapel is a Grade II listed conversion.

OUR FEATURED PROPERTIES FOR SALE ARE GOOD LONG TERM INVESTMENT PROSPECTS, WITH POTENTIAL FOR USE AS A RENTAL PROPERTY AND AS YOUR OWN HOLIDAY HOME...

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WEST END, BURNHAM OVERY £695,000 STAITHE WEST END dates back to 1791 and is part of a superb conversion of a Grade II listed water mill in an enchanting setting in Burnham Overy Staithe.

Developed and renovated with much sympathy by the National Trust in the early 1990s into a collection of smaller properties, this end of terrace property with far reaching views, is set over three floors. There’s an attractive dining room/hallway, with French doors opening onto the pretty enclosed walled garden, a galley-style kitchen, double bedroom and bathroom.

THE CHAPEL, HIGH STREET, THORNHAM

OIEO £575,000

The Chapel is a beautifully sympathetic conversion of a Grade II listed chapel located in the heart of the sought after village of Thornham. Converted and renovated by the current owners to a high standard, this property is currently let out as a luxury holiday retreat, which provides a regular income to the owners.

The spacious ground floor is open plan and the character features including some original wood panelling upstairs, blend seamlessly with some contemporary and retro styling downstairs.

THE CHAPEL, Thornham Reception Rooms: One. Bedrooms: Three, with family bathroom.

Features: Grade II listed former chapel.

Galleried landing, underfloor heating, Area: Brancaster three miles, Burnham Market eight miles.

Also features a spacious sitting room with wood burning stove mezzanine level with vaulted ceiling, and beach just 20 minutes walking distance away.

With high ceilings and some large sash windows, this property is light and bright throughout. The Chapel boasts a galleried landing with three bedrooms served by a family bathroom. In addition there is a separate utility room/shower room downstairs.

This relaxed luxury retreat is close to the beach and all the eateries/pubs that make Thornham a fabulous holiday destination.

The Chapel has underfloor heating with thermostats in each room which warms the oak and natural stone floors. n

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4. Dresser A quirky Emma Bridgewater print in mustard, duck egg and black colourways £87/metre (137cm wide).

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- HOMES WITH G H SHAW, LINCOLN -

Bespoke furnishings create a more cohesive looking home. They better suit the scale and size of your living space, and ensure your home looks designed rather than just furnished.

Unlike many interior designers who offer samples and images of products on a mood board for a design fee, Lincoln’s G H Shaw are a one stop shop for high quality home furnishings where you can see, touch and try, with all of the advice, design and support you need to create a totally unique look for any room in the home.

1. BESPOKE SOFAS Depending on your budget, you can either choose a sofa from leading British names Duresta, or Tetrad who offer all sorts of designs and options.

Alternatively choose from one of our hand crafted sofa or chair designs made for you in Long Eaton where we work closely with small workshops to ensure any request for different sizes, different cushion fillings, fabric, leather, piping or studding can be met.

2. CUSHIONS As the strong trend for plain colours and textures continues on upholstery, accent cushions become a really important way of injecting colour into your room scheme.

Choose from leading design houses Colefax & Fowler, Jane Churchill, Mulberry, G P & J Baker, Romo, Sanderson, Zoffany and Vanessa Arbuthnott who all have fabulous designs.

3. CHAIRS Statement chairs in different shapes and designs offer a room a more individual look away from the matching three piece suite.

Alternatively upcycle an old chair by reupholstering it in a designer fabric for the ultimate quirky of out of the attic look.

4. WINDOW DRESSINGS Choose from handmade curtains, poles, blinds and pelmets, a bespoke window dressing can be designed to suit any size window in your home. Even tricky bay or shaped windows can be dressed easily with the correct track or pole hardware, elements which are just as important as the fabric.

5. BESPOKE RUGS More homes now have hard floors or tiles in much of the downstairs areas, so choose bespoke Sizal carpets with contrast coloured tapes from Alternative Flooring, or a new collection of Vintage inspired patchwork designs offering a traditional

design with a more modern twist. For a more traditional look choose Persian design Garous rugs in pale colours.

6. CUSTOM FLOORCOVERINGS Consider bespoke floorcoverings in 100% wool with high end carpets from names including Jacaranda, Alternative Flooring, Ryalux, and Ulster Carpets many of which are suitable for underfloor heating. Consider also using the same carpet in all of the rooms requiring carpet with the emphasis on texture rather than just another plain colour.

7. STAIR RUNNERS Treat your staircase as a focal point of your home with one of the superb stair runners from Roger Oates or Hartley and Tissier which also suit winding stairs. Consider the finishing touches available like stair rods or stair clips, in either chrome or brass to customise the look further.

8. BESPOKE FURNITURE Tables, sideboards or bookcases, TV cabinets, wardrobes and beds; G H Shaw have ranges of furniture you can customise, including choosing colour, size, and finish. We source from all the top English and European Fairs to find unique items that you’re unlikely to find elsewhere.

9. PAINT AND WALLPAPER As stockists of paints from Little Greene Paint Company, Sanderson, William Morris, and Zoffany choose a totally unique shade to suit your home and choose from a range of different finishes like flatter distempers or oil eggshell paints to suit period properties. Consider a feature wall in wallpaper from Linwood or Andrew Martin who have some very unusual designs that will give your home an individual look.

10. AND FINALLY... As well as larger items, G H Shaw have a lovely selection of mirrors, lighting, ornaments, clocks and pictures to complete your room. Once you’ve made all of your larger design decisions, you’ll be able to source all the finishing touches you need to turn your house into a home all under one roof.

Main: Whitewood from Linwood Fabrics which takes inspiration from one colour block printing, Whitewood is printed onto soft, tumbled English Linen for beautiful curtains, blinds, upholstery and bedspreads.

Left: Arrabella bespoke sofa hand made for G H Shaw in Long Eaton, available in any fabric or leather, any size, or as a corner unit. Right: Samode and Samba 100% wool carpets and rugs from Jacaranda.

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COMBINE TIMELESS NEUTRAL SHADES WITH STRONGER COLOURS AND COMBINE DIFFERENT FABRICS WITHIN A COLLECTION FOR CONSISTENCY...

Top: Sofa in Theo Dark Aqua F4200/11 and curtains Silk Charcoal F4207/02 from Colefax & Fowler. Right: Scatter cushions from a selection available from Colefax & Fowler. Below: Beautiful trimmings and fabrics from a selection from Romo.

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This Page: Roger Oates stair runner and bespoke rug in 100% wool from a wide selection available.

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G H SHAW: HOME TO BESPOKE FURNISHINGS in LINCOLN

“G H Shaw is Lincoln’s oldest home furnishings studio, established in 1860 and run today by the 5th generation of the Shaw family, brothers David and Tim and sister Wendy Harrison. The firm on Lincoln’s High Street has three floors of inspirational high quality furnishings, with lots of scope for creating bespoke items.”

Left: Sofa, chair and stool in fabrics from the Birds and Beasts collection from Vanessa Arbuthnott.

Above: Manuel Canovas bespoke window treatment and cushions. Curtain in Bordeaux Ciel, cushions in Gordes, Nimes, Marmande, Mireval and Verdon.

Right: Modern vintage rug from a selection available in different colours and sizes from Louis De Portiere.

“The firm offers a free consultation and measuring service, and plenty of guidance and support for your projects from start to completion. We don’t charge a design fee and don’t impose our ideas on clients, preferring to offer advice where required following a home consultation and we can create mood boards if clients prefer to see a scheme in front of them.”

For more information visit G H Shaw on 126 High Street, Lincoln LN5 7PP or look out for our new website coming soon www.ghshaw.co.uk

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- THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME -

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GARDENERS ALL OVER OUR COUNTY ARE HOSTING OPEN DAYS THROUGHOUT JULY WITH AN AIM TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY, SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH OTHERS, AND LET THE LOCALS ENJOY THE TRANQUILITY OF THEIR GREEN SPACES...

Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

FENLEIGH, SPALDING

ince its foundation, the National Gardens Scheme has donated over £45 million to nominated charities.

Now backed by new president Mary Berry, the scheme in Lincolnshire has gone from strength to strength with new gardens opening from Spalding to Scunthorpe.

2 MILL COTTAGE, MARKET RASEN

Saturday 2nd July, 12 - 5pm 2 Mill Cottage in Market Rasen is a garden of several defined spaces. It’s packed with interesting features, unusual plants and well placed seating areas, created by garden designer Jo Rouston.

You can still see the original engine shed, a working well and raised beds using local rocks. There’s also a small pond, clipped boxes, alpines, roses, summerhouses and a water feature.

A box and lavender hedge leads to the greenhouse and the herb garden. The most interesting feature about this garden is the woven metal and lonicera nitida ‘Baggeson’s Gold’ tree seat which resembles a sofa.

Admission, £3

Mill Farm, Caistor

MILL FARM, CAISTOR

Saturday 2nd - 3rd July, 11am - 4pm This is Lincolnshire Pride’s featured garden this month, and it offers three acres with many diverse areas. The frontage is formal with shrubs and trees. The rear, a plantsman haven. There is a peony and rose garden, wildlife ponds, specimen trees, vegetable area, an old windmill adapted into a fernery, alpine house and a shade house with a variety of shade loving plants. There are a number of herbaceous beds.

Sunday 3rd July, 10am - 5pm Set in four acres including a two acre paddock, Fenleigh has a lot to offer. There are many quirky areas for easy maintenance, a fish pond that dominates the garden surrounded with planting, and plenty of seating.

There are two permanent gazebos if the weather is inclement. You’ll also find a patio with pots and raised beds and a barbecue area containing ferns and acers, in addition to a small wooded area, polytunnels and corners of the garden for wildlife.

Admission, £3

Admission, £3

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FOTHERBY GARDENS, LOUTH

Sunday 3rd July, 11am - 5pm Start your visit at Shepherds Hey, a small garden packed with unusual and interesting perennials. Its open frontage gives a warm welcome, with a small pond, terraced border and steep bank side to a small stream. The rear garden, with colour themed borders, takes advantage of the panoramic views over open countryside.

Along Peppin Lane is Woodlands, a lovely mature woodland garden with many unusual plants set against a backdrop of an ever changing tapestry of greenery. Its a peaceful garden where wildlife can thrive and the front garden is a crevice area for alpine plants. There is a Plant Heritage collection of Codonopsis and the nursery gives visitors the opportunity to purchase plants seen in the garden. There’s also an award-winning professional artist’s gallery here that is open.

2 Mill Cottage, Market Rasen...

Pink Clematis

East Mere Lane, Lincoln

Complete your visit at Nut Tree Farm. The garden is just over an acre and enjoys stunning views of the Lincolnshire Wolds.

A sweeping herbaceous border frames the lawn and a double wall, planted with seasonal annuals, surrounds the house. From the raised terrace, a rill runs to the large pond. As well as a raised vegetable garden, there is a prize winning flock of Hampshire Down sheep in fields surrounding part of garden, and locally made honey is for sale.

Combined admission, £4

48 Westgate, Louth

48 WESTGATE, LOUTH

Sunday 3rd July, 11am - 4pm 48 Westgate in Louth is a large town garden of one and a half acres. Hidden away behind the high Georgian facades of Louth is this great example of a town garden with trees, herbaceous borders, two small ponds, a fern and white garden, and formal vegetable parterre. This garden offers wonderful views of Louth’s church spire, and it has been remodelled over the last five years.

Admission, £3.50

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Dunholme Lodge, Lincoln

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DUNHOLME LODGE, LINCOLN

Sunday 10th July, 11am - 5pm Dunholme Lodge is a very large three acre garden. You’ll see the spring bulb area, shrub borders, a fern garden, plenty of topiary, a large natural pond, a wild flower area, an orchard and a vegetable garden if you decide to pay a visit in July. This open garden is in the grounds of the RAF Dunholme Lodge Museum, and the War Memorial is also a feature of the grounds.

Admission, £3.50

68 Watts Lane, Louth

68 WATTS LANE, LOUTH

Wednesday 13th & 31st July, 11am - 4pm This garden has an interesting transformation story after being turned from a blank canvas in the early 90s to the vibrant, colourful and full garden it is today.

It’s now a lush, colourful, exotic plant packed haven, and it’s like a whole new world on entering from the street. Visit this garden to see exotic borders, a raised island, a long hot border, ponds, a stumpery, and a developing prairie style border. There’s also a conservatory and a grapevine, and intimate seating areas along the garden’s journey.

Admission, £2.50

EAST MERE LANE, LINCOLN

Sunday 17th July, 11.30am - 5pm This two acre formal country garden is quintessentially British, after recently being redesigned by Angel Collins. The garden is surrounding a stone farmhouse. You’ll see box edged borders planted with grasses, perennials and seasonal bedding, lawns, ornamental trees, a crab apple avenue and a beautiful small rose garden.

There’s plenty of parterre planted with rosemary, lavender, santolina and alliums.

Visitors can also see the large kitchen garden with raised vegetable beds and young fruit trees on the farm yard walls. Further into the garden is a wildflower meadow.

Admission, £3

PEAR TREE COTTAGE, LOUTH

Sunday 17th July, 11am - 4pm Pear Tree Cottage is situated in the heart of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The garden which surrounds the house on three sides, is an oasis of bright colour within the delightful village of Goulceby.

The balance of perennials and annuals ensure a vibrant display throughout the seasons. There’s a number of very productive fruit and vegetable plots and various greenhouses lie alongside the borders which only serves to add to the verdant atmosphere within the garden.

It’s the location of a campsite for glamping and there’s a pub near the garden. There’s also a furniture showroom offering bespoke services called Workshop in the Wolds, worth a visit.

Combined admission with the Stables, £5

“IT’S A LUSH, COLOURFUL, EXOTIC PLANT PACKED HAVEN, LIKE A WHOLE NEW WORLD ON ENTERING FROM THE STREET...”

THE STABLES, MARKET RASEN

Sunday 17th July, 12 - 4.30pm The garden at the Stables has been developed over the last 15 years and it’s now an enviable place to sit, relax and look at a variety of trees, shrubs and plants. Some of the plants you’ll find in the garden are rare finds too.

Yew Tree Farm, Spalding

most plants to become established rather quickly. The many seats around the garden are intended for use.

There is some covered seating and tables if it’s needed for the day. It’s a wonderfully rural setting, in the quiet hamlet of Ranby in Market Rasen.

The garden is not really visible from the road and often surprises people who see it for the first time. You’re welcomed by a much admired foxglove gate. Homemade teas are available on the day.

Combined admission with Pear Tree Cottage, £5

There’s statuary and sculptures in the garden.

Because it’s south facing and it’s extremely fertile, there’s well drained soil which helps

THE NATIONAL GARDENS SCHEME in

numbers

1927: This is the year the National Gardens Scheme was established.

45,000,000: This is the amount of money the scheme has raised since it was first established.

9: The amount of charities the National Gardens Scheme supports.

3: The number of partnerships the Scheme has; the National Trust, the RHS and the Garden Museum.

80: The number of pence raised in every pound to the chosen charities.

3,800: The number of gardens open for the NGS across England and Wales.

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2 Mill Cottage, Market Rasen

A NEW PRESIDENT

Yew Tree Farm, Spalding

Yew Tree Farm, Spalding Yew Tree Farm, Spalding

“THERE ARE TWO MAGNIFICENT YEW TREES THAT TAKE PRIDE OF PLACE IN THE GARDEN, ALONGSIDE AN ORGANIC VEGETABLE PLOT AND ORCHARD...”

The Great British Bake Off star Mary Berry has very recently been appointed president of the National Gardens Scheme in March. She takes over from Joe Swift, the presenter of BBC’s Gardener’s World.

YEW TREE FARM, SPALDING

Swift had the role for six years after replacing Zac Goldsmith MP, who ran for London mayor.

Sunday 24th July, 11am - 5pm A lovely country garden with very large herbaceous and mixed borders surround the well kept lawns. There’s a large wildlife pond with two bog gardens, woodland garden and shaded borders containing many unusual plants. A mulberry tree forms the centrepiece of one of the lawns.

There’s a stunning annual flower meadow that has a real wow factor. Two magnificent yew trees take pride of place in the garden, alongside an organic vegetable plot and orchard, under planted with a wildflower meadow.

Admission, £4

GUNBY HALL, SPILSBY

Sunday 7th August, 11am - 5pm Eight acres of formal and walled gardens.

There are old roses, herbaceous borders, a herb garden, kitchen garden with fruit trees and vegetables. Greenhouses, carp pond and sweeping lawns. Gunby Hall was Tennyson’s Haunt of Ancient Peace. The house was built

by Sir William Massingberd in 1700.

Admission, £6 Children, £6

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Despite being known for her baking, Mary is just as passionate about horticulture.

“We are delighted that Mary has agreed to become our President,” says George Plumptre, Chief Executive of the NGS. “Having supported us by opening her garden for well over 20 years, it would be hard to imagine anyone more suitable.”

Visitors to her garden admire the stunning rose walk, herbaceous borders, beautiful pond, wild flower meadow and the kitchen and cutting gardens. The TV baker, who is also an RHS ambassador, offers guests afternoon tea.

“I know it gives such pleasure to so many,” says Mary Berry after the appointment. “I am very honoured to be the new President.”

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WOLDS The Oasis in the

The Lincolnshire Wolds is a beautiful rolling landscape, hardly comparable to the desert.

However you would compare Mill Farm in Caistor to an oasis, a striking burst of colour carved into its simple green surroundings. Owners Helen and Mike Boothman are devoted to their three acre patch of land after transforming every element into beauty...

Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

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Mill Farm is by far one of the best gardens in the county. Its many rooms and sections are on par, or perhaps better, than those you’d find at the Chelsea Flower Show, and there aren’t many gardens that make the Lincolnshire Wolds look dull in comparison.

One acre is a large area to fill, but three acres doesn’t seem possible. The variety is incredible. As you enter the garden, to the right you’ll find formal parterre planting full of tulips on our May visit. To the left, you’ll see quite a unique element to the garden.

“We moved into Mill Farm in 2002,” says Helen, “and when we first came here, the place needed some serious work doing to it.

We renovated the property first, and then began tackling the garden. I can’t count the amount of skips we had to use to clear it.”

The seated patio area looks over the extensive scenery, past the herbaceous borders.

Making your way from here, further down the garden, you reach a parterre-style vegetable patch, next to a summer house, another seating area to enjoy the view.

Helen and Mike Boothman are the owners of the garden, and are responsible for turning what was once a rubbish tip full of bed springs, wire and broken sheds, into the oasis in the Wolds it is today.

The couple were never that passionate about gardening before they moved to the property, but now they’re devoted to it.

They’ve scrapped holidays, and decided to spend their time and money on something they’re truly passionate about.

“After joining the Hardy Plant Society and after attending more and more of their events, the more my interest started to grow.

I’m an avid plant collector now, and I try to visit as many private nurseries as I possibly can; they have the best and rarest finds.”

“The old mill provided us with plenty of potential. We could fill it with potted shady plants, and it’s a great feature as you walk through the garden to get to one of the seated patio areas.”

“There are seating areas for 35 people. We like incorporating areas to allow people to relax and take in the view of the garden, and of the landscape. You can see the Cathedral on a clear day.”

Making your way across from the vegetable patch, you find the alpine shed, full of little potted plants of all varieties.

Further on, there are some more colourful borders and an interesting water feature.

Following the borders, you reach a room. It’s quite formal with a pergola centrepiece.

“The views across the garden are incredible.

On a clear day, you can see the Cathedral...”

Above: Helen spends as much time in the garden as she can and is responsible, alongside husband Mike, for turning what was once a rubbish tip, into the show garden it is today.

Top: The shady plants inside the mill.

Main: The borders leading to the shade house, woodlands and formal rose garden.

Main/Opposite: The parterre style planting at the very front of the house welcomes you.

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On from here, there’s a shade house full of shady plants, and a woodland area with a bridge leading onto the open fields.

“The woodland area is my favourite area.

It’s so peaceful and it gives you the chance to escape from the stresses of everyday life.”

Past the woodland, shade house and water feature, Mike and Helen have taken a more relaxed approach. This takes the form of a meadow rolling down the hill, with benches to enjoy the view. It’s also home to Kevin the cockerel and nine other chickens.

“We’ve tried to incorporate many walkways and seating areas around this area, but we’re looking to develop it further. Mike retires in September from his job as an engineer. It’s something we’re both looking forward to, because it means we can work on the garden as a team. I’m the boss when it comes to gardening, so I decide on design and Mike works on the maintenance and structure.”

“The woodland area is my favourite area.

It’s so peaceful and it gives you the chance to escape the stresses of everyday life...”

Helen is the treasurer and the assistant county organiser for the National Gardens Scheme. The couple’s open day is on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July. They offer homemade teas and cakes from 11am until 4pm, and 150 people usually show up.

“In addition to NGS, we open our garden for the Lindsey Lodge Hospice. A brass band will join us for music in the garden and it’s a great event for charity. We also open our garden to the public every Friday, Saturday and bank holiday. It’s nice to see people enjoying the space we’ve created after so much effort has been put into it and we feel it would be a shame not to share it.”

Above: Helen’s favourite area of the garden is the woodland, with a bridge that leads to open fields.

The couple’s Labrador pup, named Willow, gets full use out of the garden.

Main/Opposite: There are so many little collections of plants and pots for you to observe on your way around the garden.

Left/Opposite: The windmill is a great feature with a walkway through it that leads to a patio seating area. n Mill Farm is based at Grasby, Barnetby. For more information see www.millfarmgarden.co.uk

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n e d r a G e In Th SIX FLOWERS FOR JULY JULY IS THE IDEAL MONTH TO PLANT OUT SUMMER BEDDING PLANTS. WE’VE SIX IDEAS FOR THE BEST WAYS TO ADD COLOUR TO BORDERS...

1. Begonias Best planted outdoors after frosts. Begonias typically grow to 15cm-50cm, and thrive in both sun and partial shade. Working well in borders, containers and hanging baskets, they should be started off indoors, then planted out in late spring.

2. Geraniums A true staple for an English country garden, Geraniums are one of the hardiest flowers, suited to hot conditions and dry soil, flowering all summer long.

Available in a range of pink, lilac, burgundy and apricot.

3. Cosmos One of the biggest incentives for filling your borders with Cosmos is the number of bees and butterflies the flowers attract. The species’ love of hot conditions and poor soil make them an ideal candidate for summer borders, and a staple for your pickery.

5. Sweet Peas A classic cottage garden favourite with annual or perennial varieties.

Plant in early summer 1cm deep in pots or directly into the ground. Support them on frames and train them over arches, and deadhead regularly once in full flower to encourage more flowers.

6. Antirrhinum 4. Californian Poppies Sow this hardy annual into beds and borders, and watch as it prolifically self-seeds. Colours range from yellow to orange.

An easy going flower, they’ll thrive in poor soil but will flower well in full sun, and should be cut back after flowering.

Antirrhinum - better known as snapdragons - flower between July and September.

Sow in spring then plant out in early summer, or grow them in container pots.

n Our recommended Garden Centres in Lincolnshire are Johnson’s Garden Centre on Wainfleet Road, Boston 01205 363408, and Downtown Garden Centre at Downtown, Gonerby Junction, Grantham 01476 590239.

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Nature

NOTES

July is a great month to see honeysuckle, the hummingbird hawkmoth and many birds.

Richard Owens tells us more about each species...

Ferocious

FEMALES

Tawny owls defend their nests ferociously. Eric Hosking, wildlife photographer, is known for having lost an eye when he approached a nest.

Following the mini heatwave back in May, then arctic storms, we find ourselves well and truly in barbecue season as we enter July.

As the sun goes down and nightfall sets in, we should sit back and enjoy the amazing nocturnal wildlife that the county has to offer.

Those of us fortunate enough to live near a woodland may hear tawny owls, but I’m fairly sure most of us will encounter the low flying antics of our native bats. No need to duck though; if they come near as they hunt by echolocation so they will easily be alerted to your presence and will simply go around you.

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Elsewhere in your garden, it’s really important to keep your feeders full throughout the summer months. Although natural food like insects and caterpillars will still be in abundance, so will the local bird population.

Most chicks will have fledged by now, boosting numbers. Some species, such as the tree sparrow may already be on its second brood. These breeding periods are obviously vital to all bird species so please remember to feed a mixture of nibbles for our delightful feathered friends.

Our county’s gardens are great places for wildlife, in particular for many of our insects.

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BIRDFEEDERS:

Your Questions Answered

Q. What is the best type of food to provide in my garden?

A. The RSPB’s advice is to fill your birdfeeders with seed mixtures. The better mixtures contain plenty of flaked maize, sunflower seeds, and peanut granules, and you can buy these mixes from your nearest garden centre.

Above: The hummingbird hawkmoth using its proboscis to get nectar.

Top/Opposite: Honeysuckle, is a nectar rich plant, great for attracting bees and butterflies.

Left/Opposite: Lupins are very popular with pollinators at this time of year.

Far Left/Opposite: The tawny owl.

However it’s not just the flowers that are of the utmost importance to the bees & butterflies; our shrubs can be great too, in particular the nectar rich honeysuckle.

If you have the shrub, keep an eye out for the migrant hummingbird hawkmoth who will have flown here from Southern Europe.

It will be a special and unmistakable moment if you do see one.

Its flight is a very distinguishing feature; it can be seen hovering over flowers, and feeding with its long curly proboscis. It flutters its wings so quickly that it can appear orange as it flashes its hindwings. They’re grey in colour with a black and white tail.

The caterpillar feeds on various species of bedstraw, so the female adult moth will lay her eggs on the buds or the flowers of these plants.

In July, there are some plants that I would thoroughly recommend for the pollinators, if you like to see bees and butterflies around the garden.

Buddleias, dahlias, lavender, lupins and eryngiums are all great plants for attracting wildlife into your garden at this time of year.

n Richard Owens, has spent his career promoting bio-diversity within the world of turf and he is the former UK Golf Course Conservation.

Q. What is the best way to feed the birds in my garden?

A. Bird tables are suitable for many species and most foods, nut feeders with a steel mesh are the only safe way to feed nuts to wild birds, and homemade devices are also a great way to feed them.

Half-coconuts and tit bells filled with fat, bird cake and other foods can be hung from your bird table.

Q. What birds should I expect to see in my garden?

A. The most likely visitors to your garden are starlings, house sparrows, blackbirds, blue and great tits, robins, greenfinches and collared doves. In many gardens dunnocks, song thrushes and chaffinches will hop around on the ground below the bird table if you’re lucky.

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THERE ARE MANY CREATURES WHICH LIVE AND THRIVE IN LINCOLNSHIRE, FROM THE SEALS AT GIBRALTAR POINT TO THE PHEASANTS AND WILD DEER YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE EVERY DAY. GIANT ALDABRA TORTOISES HOWEVER, ARE RATHER LESS COMMONPLACE SIGHTS. THERE ARE 17 IN THE COUNTY, CARED FOR BY SLEAFORD’S ADRIAN GRAHAM...

Words and Images: Tilly Wilkinson.

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As a journalist, I’m quite privileged to see so many interesting things and to be a part of so many interesting activities. Over the past year I’ve had tea with a monk in his Japanese garden, I’ve spoken to Bill Oddie about Birdfair, and I’ve explored parts of Lincolnshire I’ve never known about before. Last month however, I didn’t quite expect I’d be tickling a giant tortoise’s tummy.

Samson is a giant Aldabra tortoise weighing in at 28 stone. He’s 27 years old, around 1.2 metres in length and he still has another 20 stone to gain. Samson is one of 31 tortoises Adrian Graham owns and cares for at his home in Sleaford.

Adrian has cared for tortoises ever since he was a child. At the age of four, he discovered he was allergic to cats and dogs. As most four year olds do, he pleaded with his parents for a pet, and they offered him the choice of a tortoise or a fish.

Adrian opted for the tortoise, and he’s loved the animals ever since.

He originally comes from the south coast but came to Lincolnshire two years ago purely to provide more space for his ‘creep’ (the collective noun) of tortoises. Adrian wanted to give them more security and more land.

“I’m devoted to them,” says Adrian. “They’re such incredible creatures and I’m very lucky to own so many. I consider them pets and I plan to keep them for as long as they live, which will most likely be longer than I will.”

Adrian started to collect average-sized Sulcata tortoises, a different kind to the Aldabra giants with a sandy coloured shell. The Sulcata come from mainland Africa on the edge of the Sahara, so they’re used to a dry and hostile environment.

He now has 14 Sucatas alongside 17 Aldabras, a much larger, rarer and darker

“SAMSON IS A GIANT ALDABRA TORTOISE WEIGHING IN AT 28 STONE. HE’S 27 YEARS OLD, AROUND 1.2 METRES IN LENGTH AND HE STILL HAS ANOTHER 20 STONE TO GAIN TO BE FULLY GROWN. HIS GIRLFRIEND BONNIE IS THE SAME AGE, WEIGHING IN AT 21 STONE...” coloured tortoise. Adrian came across the giant Aldabras in the mid-eighties on a visit to Chester Zoo, and later discovered you can privately own them as pets. They were a little harder for him to get his hands on compared to the Sulcata.

“The tortoises come from an island called Aldabra in the middle of the Indian Ocean. It’s a harsh environment and the most southwesterly part of the Seychelles,” says Adrian. “Extremely isolated, Aldabra is almost untouched by humans.”

“This makes the Aldabra giants very rare. The Conservation Parks on Mauritius incubate some of their eggs and limited numbers are sold, to people across the world, with the money raised from the sales going back into Aldabra Conservation projects.”

Adrian is trying his hardest to make the lush grassy fields we’re very fortunate

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to have in the county, into the harsh landscapes of Aldabra.

“It’s great for the tortoises to be able to graze on the grass in the fields, but they’re adapted to much more hostile conditions.

“The problem with placing them in an environment they’re not used to that’s also quite comfortable, is they start to become lazy. They don’t need to look for their food or risk starvation, as they would in the wild, because it is always there for them.”

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he largest tortoise, Samson, is very slow moving and can’t get anywhere very fast; a result of having food in front of him all the time, in his former ownership.

“I want them to have to find their food to survive and to live in the environment they’re used to. Currently, they’re eating the grass to stock up for winter. They can live for 12 months without food.”

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aturally, I was interested to see if they’re ever aggressive. I don’t like the idea of losing fingers when I’m lying in the grass up close to their faces, trying to take a photo.

“They’re not aggressive at all,” says Adrian. “They’re just defensive. The Aldabras are really calm and will just hide in their shells if you approach them quickly or if they feel threatened.

The Aldabra’s are an island species and have no natural predators. They have evolved, over millions of years, to have no sense of feeling threatened.

Whereas the Sulcatas are a mainland species and can be a little more defensive, they have slightly more ‘armour’ to protect themselves from predators.”

Bonnie, Samson’s girlfriend, is the largest female, weighing in at 21 stone and the same age as Samson. The rest are all sorts of shapes and sizes. The smallest is the same size as Samson’s head!

“It’s good to have quite a large number of them. I feel they’re more sociable and more comfortable this way, and the smaller tortoises seem to look up to the larger ones and respect them.”

No one in the UK or Europe has managed to breed Aldabra tortoises.

“There are so many different factors in breeding tortoises,” says Adrian. “The climate, the diet, the ecosystem, the temperature, the mate, everything has to be perfect. I only know of a few other people across the whole of the UK who have tortoises too.”

“Most Aldabra giant tortoises are kept in zoos. My animals are involved in research studies, which could help to solve any problems that arise in populations across Britain. Diseases are often very hard to spot. If something does arise, it’s usually too late by the time it becomes visible.”

“It’s often hard to know whether the hatchling is male or female until the animal is in its teens.”

Adrian will be at the Lincolnshire Show as Pride goes to press with around eight to ten Aldabra giant tortoises.

“I have a fenced area at the show for people to see the tortoises. I don’t know

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Top/Right: Zippy, the smallest tortoise and Samson, the largest sharing a Dandelion leaf together.

Top: Adrian with Samson.

Above: Galaxy, one of Adrian's two Shetland ponies.

Left: Bonnie, the largest female being fed by Adrian.

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ALDABRA INFORMATION Description: The Aldabra giant tortoise is one of the largest land tortoises in the world, although the Galapagos tortoise species may be larger.

The size may be due to the lack of predation and isolation over many thousands of years. They are dark grey to black in colour with a highly domed, thick carapace. They have long necks, which helps with food gathering.

Diet in the Wild: Aldabra tortoises are mainly grazers that feed on grasses and woody plants. However, they will eat meat when it is available and sometimes the carcasses of dead tortoises.

Status: The Aldabra tortoise was one of the first species to be protected to ensure its survival. Charles Darwin and other notable conservationists, along with the governor of Mauritius, set aside a captive breeding population on Mauritius.

History: These tortoises are the remnants of a larger group that once lived in the Indian Ocean. There were 18 different species, but hunting by sailors and the predation upon eggs and hatchlings by introduced species such as rats, cats, and pigs, forced them to become extinct except the Aldabra.

“HIS GOATS HAVE THE SAME LOVING AND EXCITABLE PERSONALITY AS DOGS DO, BUT ADRIAN EXPLAINED THEY ARE MORE CHALLENGING TO MANAGE, EATING THEIR WAY THROUGH ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING..!” who I’m taking just yet, but Zeus will definitely come. He has a habit of standing really tall and lifting his head as high as he can when someone approaches!”

Adrian doesn’t open to the public but he hopes to in the future.

“I need to develop the site a little more before anything like that happens.

I want to turn the sheds into an indoor centre for the tortoises so they can be kept in a controlled environment and can possibly breed, and I’m definitely open to adding to my collection, getting more Aldabra tortoises. They’re just so hard to find.”

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Adrian cares for his collection of animals full time. He doesn’t just care for tortoises. The tortoise lover has more pets that he’s welcomed this year.

Galaxy and Mally are his Shetland ponies, Jack & Jill and Harry & Larry are his adorable pygmy goats, he has a Cayuga duck, several hens, a cockerel, a flock of sheep, a turkey, fish, finches, and a giant rabbit.

His goats have the same loving and excitable personality as dogs do, but Adrian explained they are more challenging to manage, eating their way through anything and everything, if given the chance!

Habits: The Aldabra tortoise is the largest animal on the atoll. It fills a similar role to the one occupied by elephants in Africa and Asia. As with elephants, they are the main consumers of vegetation and will noticeably alter the habitat during their search for food. Tortoises have been known to knock over small trees and shrubs to obtain nutritious leaves. This makes pathways and clearings within the forestlands for other animals.

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Main: The Cathedral is one of the stops on the Visit Lincoln tour bus tours.

Below: The Cathedral choir.

Opposite: Jesus Christ Superstar in 2015.

Special Events at Lincoln

CATHEDRAL Following the amazing success of the Magna Carta 800th anniversary celebrations, Lincoln Cathedral is delighted to announce another exciting year of events rich in culture and entertainment; there’s something for all the family!

Lincoln Cathedral starts an exciting launch into summer with a lecture in the Wren Library by David Natzler, Clerk to the House of Commons on 17th June, to discuss the 700th Anniversary of the 1316 parliament, which took place in the Chapter House of Lincoln Cathedral and the cathedral precincts.

It then welcomes Lincoln’s own Colin Walsh, Organist Laureate, to grace the Father Willis organ and demonstrate his musical mastery on 16th July.

Over the next year, the Cathedral has a number of musical events such as the return of the annual performance by the Halle on 23rd September, sponsored by Lincoln 114

College and featuring director: Sir Mark Elder and world renowned violinist: Elena Urioste. Handel’s Messiah performed by the county’s very own Cathedral Choir and the Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra will follow on 19th November.

Lincoln Cathedral is proud to be hosting, for the first time, the famous children’s animation ‘The Snowman’ by Howard Blake and Raymond Briggs. There will be three performances throughout the day on 17th December for what promises to be a fun and festive afternoon for all the family.

Not only will there be ticketed events but also free exhibitions such as ‘War: Past, Present & Reconciliation’ running through

to September. Here you’ll be able to discover the story of war through the ages and the history of the iconic poppy. On view will be the ‘Books of Remembrance’ listing every soldier from Lincolnshire killed during World War One. Normally stored in the Cathedral’s Wren Library, this fascinating insight into the lives lost is usually only available to view on request.

Whilst the Cathedral is introducing reserved seating to our events, visitors will still be able to purchase tickets on the night (where available) but for those eager to get tickets as soon as they can, you are now able to book your tickets online through the building’s website, www.lincolncathedral.com. n

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Future Events at Lincoln Cathedral...

MYSTERY PLAYS

Jesus Christ Superstar - extra performances released...

Following the success of the 2016 Jesus Christ Superstar show, selling out in less than six hours, Lincoln Cathedral is delighted to announce that they will be releasing an extra performance for Sunday 28th August.

Alexandra Schimmel, Events Manager, is delighted the Cathedral has been granted an extra night’s licence for the show, which is fabulous news: “We’ve had so many enquiries from people who were disappointed not to be able to get tickets for the second year running,” she added.

“It’s been fantastic to receive so much support from the local community.

We hope this extra performance will enable more to see what promises to be another stunning show.”

With a company comprised completely of volunteers, over two hundred local people will once again join together to produce this legendary rock opera; involved in every aspect of planning, rehearsal and performance, on stage and behind the scenes.

“The Cathedral and the cast and crew, are very excited to have the opportunity to showcase this fantastic spectacle once again.”

“Without the generosity of our sponsors such as Branston Ltd, Siemens and ACS Metals, we wouldn’t be able to produce this showstopper. Last year’s event received acclaim and coverage both locally and nationally, and we hope this year’s will be even bigger.” n Tickets will go on sale on Friday 15 July.

Jesus Christ Superstar - Facts & Figures... n Of 200+ cast members, 24% came as family members. n A staggering 66% of 2015’s cast had little or no theatre experience with 47 cast afforded a first time dramatic opportunity. n The youngest cast member is six and the oldest is 84. n The 2016 company has nationalities from all around the world including American, Italian, Spanish & Polish.

From 3rd to 13th August

Open-air theatre rooted in a novel, dramatic way for the ordinary medieval man in the city's street to make sense of the mysteries of scripture. Through their humour and humanity they make for an entertaining evening under the stars.

HALLÉ ORCHESTRA Friday 23rd September

Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.

Violin: Elena Urioste.

Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel.

Glazunov: Violin Concerto.

Beethoven: Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral.’

HANDEL’S MESSIAH

Saturday 19th November

Performed by Lincoln Cathedral Choir and the Lincolnshire Chamber Orchestra.

THE SNOWMAN

Saturday 17th December

Featuring a live production of ‘Walking in the Air’ with orchestra and soloist. Tickets on sale from 1st August. n For further information and to book your tickets visit www.lincolncathedral.com or call 01522 561644.

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Main/Below: Images

by Kristina Willoughby of KKG Photography.

PLANNING YOUR

WEDDING Lincolnshire is lucky enough to boast a wealth of local expertise in the wedding world. From florists to photographers, the county has so many talented and passionate people ready to help you organise your day.

Words: Tilly Wilkinson.

Your wedding day shouldn’t simply be the happiest day of your life, it should also be one of the most individual too.

Whether you choose a ‘theme’ or simply a colour scheme, there’s no reason not to make your exercise your sense of creativity. However,when it comes to photography, floristry, 116

decoration and so on, some advice from experts will help you to explore the options available to you, as well.

This month we’re asking a few experts about the current trends for 2016/2017 weddings, and finding out what questions you should ask your supplier in order to create your big day. n

PHOTOGRAPHER KKG Photography Who are you? “KKG is a personal photography firm, run Kristina Willoughby, offering quality photography for your wedding, at affordable prices. We offer a bespoke service, so if one of our packages doesn’t suit you, we can provide a personalised quote tailored to your needs.”

What should brides-to-be ask you during a consultation?

“Brides should ask questions like, ‘can I see samples of your work,’ and, ‘have you been to my venue before.’ Brides need to ask what images they will receive, and if this

is limited, whether there’s an option to purchase more. It’s also important to like them so ask questions to find this out.”

What are the latest trends you've seen in photography?

“More and more brides are asking for natural shots, they don’t want formal photos. I still advise brides to have formal photos, because when they relax, you can get the perfect natural photos.” n For more information, please call 07760 557888 or visit www.kkgphotography.org.uk.

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THE FLORIST, Scented Occasions

THE CAKE ARTIST Dawn Blunden, of Sophisticake Who are you?

“Sophisticake, based in Woodhall Spa, offer incredibly beautiful and delicious cakes, designed to your exact specifications.”

What should brides-to-be ask you during a consultation?

“Brides should ask for tasters or rather expect tasters as it’s so important that their wedding cake tastes as good as it looks.”

“Also, ask to see examples of the cake makers work like photos and reviews from previous clients.”

What are the latest trends you’ve seen in the wedding cake industry?

“The trends I’m seeing are softer colours coming in like pale pinks, peach, lilac and greens.”

“Lustres are also still popular again, softer in appearance than gold and silver leaf, some based on the trend towards The Great Gatsby themed weddings with their glossy luxury.”

“The internet plays a huge part in giving brides endless ideas of cakes so when they visit for a consultation and tasting they come along with great ideas for their cake, ideas that result in a totally individual one that really reflects the personality of the couple getting married.” n For more information, please call 01526 351777 or visit www.sophisti cake.co.uk.

Who are you? “At Scented Occasions we aspire to create the look you imagine, for your perfect day. We pay very close attention to your wants, your desires, and your needs. We listen, brainstorm, and troubleshoot. But most importantly, we just want to make the process as painless as possible, and ultimately help you plan a perfect day!”

What should brides-to-be ask you during a consultation?

“Once I have a consultation booked I ask my brides to make a little scrap book of ideas, colour swatches and pictures of arrangements they like, colours and styles.”

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anywhere so you need to make sure they are the right florist for you. The flowers are in most pictures so need to be perfect and the look you desire.”

What are the latest trends you’ve seen in wedding floristry? “The trends are forever changing. The use of bird cages and Martini vases for the centrepieces is slowing down and bright vibrant arrangements are coming back for the modern bride.” n For more information call 07858 903833 or visit www.scented-occasions.co.uk.

“Brides should always ask to see pictures of previous weddings the florist has done as professional pictures can be taken from

LINCOLNSHIRE Wedding Venues Abbey Farm Weddings, Woodhall Spa, 07795 396979, www.abbeyfarmweddings.co.uk Dower House Hotel, Woodhall Spa, 01526 352588, www.dowerhousehotel.co.uk Doubletree by Hilton, Lincoln, 01522 565180, www.doubletree3.hilton.com.

The Granary, Boston, 01205 290840, www.elmsfarmcottages.co.uk The Inn at Woodhall Spa, 01526 353231, www.theinnatwoodhallspa.co.uk.

Kenwick Park Hotel, Louth, 01507 608806, www.www.kenwick-park.co.uk.

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

Oaklands Hall Hotel, Grimsby, 0844 387 6312, www.oaklandshallhotel.co.uk.

The Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa, 01526 352411, www.petwood.co.uk.

The Poachers Inn, Boston, 01205 290310, www.poachershotel.co.uk.

San Pietro, Scunthorpe, 01724 277774, www.sanpietro.uk.com.

Toft House, Bourne, 01778 590614, www.tofthotelgolf.co.uk.

Washingborough Hall Hotel, 01522 790340, www.washingboroughhall.com.

San Pietro

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VENUE STYLING With Lola Rose

Who are we? “We are a family business called Lola Rose Venue Dressing & Chair Cover Hire - we have been dressing weddings, events, parties and corporate events for many years.

We love our job and pride ourselves on our attention to detail and offering a friendly and professional service. We provide chair cover hire or can transform and dress your whole venue to create the wedding or event of your dreams.”

When do I need to book your services?

“As soon as possible, since dates do get booked up and it avoids disappointment.”

What other services do you offer? “We dress chairs but also offer a bespoke venue dressing service; this includes a consultation and then you can add whatever you would like including: table centrepieces, flowers for the venue but also for all your wedding party, drapes, top table and cake table swags, candelabras, letterbox, sparkly lights, topiary trees, ceiling lights, sparkly trees, dance floors, LOVE letters and much more.

We are happy to source items for brides too.”

What type of chair dressing hire do you provide? “We have Lycra and polycotton chair covers in a variety of colours and sizes (white, ivory, navy, pink, even zebra print!) White lycra covers are the most popular and versatile as they fit most chairs – they are also the most inexpensive.

We have 100s of different colour sashes and hoods in organza, taffeta, silk, lace and hessian.

We can add flowers, broaches, frills to your sashes too.”

What colours would you recommend for dressing my wedding? “Everyone has a preferred colour but if a client is struggling to make a choice we would recommend the following: champagne, gold, white, ivory - creates an elegant, timeless look and always works beautifully.

Silver/grey creates a sophisticated look.

Sage or green is useful for bringing the outside in. It’s soft but fresh especially against white covers. Classic navy blue is another option for a smart, popular and stylish look, whilst a classic scheme is dusky pinks – ideal for country, vintage and romantic themes.”

Top: White and ivory schemes with gold floral chair decoration.

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Above: Tables can be themed according you your favourite songs.

“Champagne, gold, white and ivory all help you to create an elegant, timeless look and always works beautifully no matter what the theme of your wedding...”

What is the difference between organza, taffeta & silk? “Organza is a soft fabric which creates a light floaty sash - this is the least expensive of all sashes and is the most popular.”

“The taffeta sash always looks stunning - it is stylish and classic and the colours are more vibrant.

Silk sashes are similar to the taffeta but they are shiny and have a softer fall. We can provide top table and cake swags in matching fabrics.”

What do we do next if we are interested in booking you? “You can arrange an appointment to meet us - we offer a free no obligation consultation at your venue to share ideas and show you products.

We meet at the venue so that you can see the actual chairs dressed and look at the room layout and its soft furnishing colours and work

together to talk about how we can transform the room for your special day. Alternatively, we are happy to arrange everything via email and telephone.”

How many weddings and events have you dressed? “We have dressed 100s of weddings in hotels, marquees, village halls and country houses we also dress the chairs for church services too.”

“We have a wealth of experience and knowledge and know the staff at many of the Rutland, Stamford, and Lincolnshire venues.” n Lola Rose provides venue styling and chair cover hire.

Call 07944 655995 or visit the firm online at www.lolarose-venuedressing.co.uk or on Facebook at Lola Rose Venue Dressing and Chair Cover Hire.

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Bespoke & Made to Measure Suits by a Savile Row Tailor, Andrew Musson

Andrew J Musson Bespoke Tailor of Lincoln

CALL TODAY TO ARRANGE AN APPOINTMENT FOR A BESPOKE OR MADE TO MEASURE SUIT. 39 High Street, Lincoln LN5 8AS

Tel: (01522) 520142 info@andrewjmusson.com www.andrewjmusson.com

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The King & I Images: KKG Photography, 07760 557888, www.kkgphotography.org.uk.

meet our COUPLE Meet Lauren and Rob King from Louth. Lauren is the North East Lincolnshire Council’s Children’s Health and Commissioning Lead while Rob is the general manager of surf equipment brand Northcore.

The couple met whilst working in sports development at East Lindsey District Council. The couple were together for 10 years before he finally proposed.

They were on holiday in Cyprus at a hotel looking onto the ‘Walt Disney’ castle, Saint Hilarion, when he popped the question.

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Themed weddings are usually hard to pull off, with the fear of it looking tacky or over the top, and themes can be hard to stick to.

However, Lauren and Rob from Louth opted to give their day a musical theme and on this occasion, it worked perfectly.

“Rob and I went on holiday to the north of Cyprus,” says Lauren. “We were on a balcony overlooking Saint Hilarion Castle, the inspiration for the Disneyland Castle.”

“It was very romantic and of course, I said yes. Immediately after, I asked him if it would be alright if I just went ahead and planned the whole wedding!”

“I danced until the age of 27 and have a passion for musicals and performing so I wanted that to be the key theme to the wedding day. Rob helped with big decisions like the venue and with suit hire, but aside

from that, I had free reign over the rest of the planning.”

“I felt the need to keep the suppliers I used to the local area. It’s important to support local businesses.”

“For the venue, we needed somewhere that catered for more than 100 guests. The Brackenborough Hotel’s Tennyson Suite in Louth was our answer. It was theatrical, glamourous, modern and suited our needs perfectly, providing ample space and opportunity.”

“We had a year to plan the day and I started immediately. I fell in love with my wedding dress which I found at the Bride and Groom of Grimsby.”

“I had an evening dress too from Red Carpet Ready in Lincoln. The girls were absolutely incredible there, I keep trying to >>

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find events and excuses to go back and buy another! It just so happened that one of the ladies in the shop also married a ‘king’ and sang at her wedding. The flowers were from Kay’s Flowers in Fotherby and I cannot recommend Kay enough. The flowers were so delicate and so beautiful.”

“To keep with the theme, we had sheet music everywhere, music from our favourite musicals playing in the background and a Hollywood glam theme for the room with big feather centrepieces.”

“Because our married name was to be King, I themed a lot of it on ‘The King & I’ with royal thrones, and on arrival to the venue all guests were asked to collect there show tickets from the box office and were seated at a table based on our favourite musicals like ‘We Will Rock You,’ with the top table as ‘The King & I’.

“When it actually came to the day, all of the planning, work and effort we had put into it was worth it. It was the best day of our lives and we are already considering renewing our vows!”

“The best part was seeing everyone with a smile on their faces and up dancing to the wonderful voice of James Barlow, the wedding singer. We wanted to make sure everyone had a good time and remembered our day.”

“What we felt was really important was taking 10 minutes out of the day as husband and wife, going for a walk in the grounds, and looking back on the wedding, watching our nearest and dearest laughing and smiling. It was a good way to just to remember it all.”

‘’One of the best decisions we made, was to have the wedding filmed and we can’t thank Wedding HD enough for capturing our special day so we can relive it over and over.”

“They worked so well with our photographer Kristina from KKG. Kristina, John, Natalie, Rob and I had so much fun capturing these moments and we can’t thank them enough for putting us at ease and providing an award winning service!”

“For our honeymoon, we went to Jamaica for two weeks. We went on sunset cruises, swam with dolphins, visited waterfalls and got up to loads of other fun activities.”n Photographer: KKG Photography.

Contact number: 07760 557888.

Website: www.kkgphotography.org.uk.

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“I wore a day dress and an evening dress from Red Carpet Ready. I sang in the evening too, sticking to the musical theme of the day...”

Top: Lauren and Rob’s cake was simple yet glamorous with flowers and jewels surrounding it.

Main: The couple went for a musical theme with two royal thrones for king and queen and a striking black and white colour scheme.

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Stunning Bridal Boutique in Woodhall Spa 2016 Stockists of Justin Alexander, Allure, Ivory & Co and more To book an appointment call 01526 268030 or go to www.theivoryroombridal.co.uk Goodyear House, Tattershall Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincs, LN10 6QJ

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Colour & Style for Any

OCCASION From summer parties to weddings and holidays, Sutton Bridge retailer Cindy’s has a wealth of beautiful, colourful outfits and all of the accessories you need to attend any occasion in style.

To prove it, we photographed the retailer’s lastest fashions in the beautiful gardens of The National Trust’s Peckover House...

Words & Images: Rob Davis.

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- FASHION -

Opposite Page: Catherine wears a red Zeila tulip dress and jacket £498 with poppy hat £115, clutch bag £29 and necklace £59. Ann wears a Zeila royal blue dress and jacket £479, royal blue and white hatinator £195, necklace set £49 and royal blue bag £59.

Main: Catherine wears a Frank Lyman bright print dress £189.

Top: Frank Lyman mandarin print dress £169, bolero £79, hat £125, black bag £59.

Above: Lebek print top £35, gilét £65, mint jeans £79, necklace & bracelet £25.

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The sun will shine as you’re reading this, but things weren’t so certain as we hosted this month’s fashion shoot. A gloriously sunny day was sandwiched between one with overcast skies and one with pouring rain. Our oasis of good weather was sufficient to showcase some beautiful summer outfits for any occasion from Sutton Bridge retailer Cindy’s at the National Trust property Peckover House, just over the border in Wisbech. Many thanks to the team who made us welcome and to Cindy Marritt and her team, who chose some lovely outfits!

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Opposite Page, Main Image: Frank Lyman print top £149, Michele white trousers £79, necklace £30.

Opposite Page, Small Image: Catherine wears a Lebek mint stripe top £35, mint skirt £49, necklace £21 and white bag (shown below) £59.

This Page, Main: Catherine wears Frank Lyman maxi dress in black and white £call, with necklace £31.

Top: Ann wears a Michaela Louise maxi dress £195.

Necklace £49, earrings £19.

Above: Ann wears a Michaela Louise black and white dress £145, short sleeve jacket £99, black and white hat £135 and necklace £15.

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- FASHION Main: John Charles dress and jacket £775, matching hatinator £229, with ivory clutch £29.

Small image: Catherine wears a John Charles dress and jacket £849, matching hatinator £165, necklace £35, bracelet £15 and earrings £9.

Find Out More: All of out items are available from Cindy’s, Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge PE12 9SA. Tel: 01406 350961. www.cindysfashions.co.uk.

Many thanks to David Chapman and the team at National Trust property Peckover House; garden open this month Saturday to Wednesday, 11am-5pm.

The house can also host weddings, too.

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Newark’s Andrew Michael’s Jewellers was established over 35 years ago, providing luxury jewellery and high-end watches.

Of all the brands the retailer has championed, Breitling has always remained the brand for which it’s most well-renowned, and now, that reputation has been cemented with the creation of a unique Breitling boutique area - perfect to showcase the firm’s new Exospace B55 smartwatch...

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- LUXURY WATCHES -

this space WATCH

Left: Breitling Chronomatic Diamonds, stainless steel watch with mother of pearl and diamond dotted bezel, £10,500.

Right: Breitling Exospace B55 smartwatch, in Grade V titanium and Bluetooth connectivity £5,540

Andrew Michael Jewellers has cemented its reputation as the area’s leading independent specialists in high end watches for over 35 years. Last month, though, saw the completion of a Breitling boutique unique anywhere outside of London, to allow the jeweller to really specialise in its flagship brand.

“We’ve over 180 Breitling watches ranging in price from £1,920 to £16,000 and an area dedicated to our Chopard and Mont Blanc brands too,” says specialist Richard Atkins.

Working alongside both Andrew and Sam Michael Jones, there’s little the company doesn’t know about high end watches, with names like Breitling, Houblot, Tag Heuer, Bell & Ross and Ball, all in stock.

May sees the creation of a boutique area in store, which, with the exception of the brand’s Bond Street studio, has the largest collection and the greatest expertise across the whole of the UK. “We really do know

“WHETHER YOU’RE SEEKING YOUR FIRST WATCH, OR YOU’RE A KEEN COLLECTOR, OUR IN-STORE EXPERTS CAN HELP TO GUIDE YOU...”

Below: Breitling 1884 stainless steel gents’ watch £6,370.

our stuff, and have a dedicated blog with over 80 reviews on the site for expert commentary,” says Richard.

“Whether you’re seeking your first watch, or you’re a keen collector of the brand, we’ve an expert in store who can guide you through the purchase of both gents and ladies watches. We have access to watches up to £150,000 in price including rare special editions and new models like the Exospace B55, which connects to your mobile phone to provide extra functionality.”

“If you’re looking to experience the pleasure of owning a luxury watch, it’s definitely the right time to call upon our expertise,” says Richard. n Andrew Michael’s Jewellers is based on Stodman Street, Newark, NG24 1AW. Call 01636 679638 or see www.amjwatches.co.uk.

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CRYSTAL TEARS OIL With Crystal Tears oil extracted from the Pistacia Lentiscus tree, the Manuka Doctor Cashmere Touch Serum promotes the delay of skin ageing thanks to the firming and rejuvenating supreme oil crystal tears.

It’s cashmere-like fragrance creates an inviting luxury feel to the skin, the use of manuka honey injects a ray of youthfulness to the skin, £29.99.

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OUR BEAUTY BLOGGER, JOHN ROHNAN-WHARFF, THIS MONTH LOOKS AT SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE INGREDIENTS MAKING THEIR WAY INTO YOUR SKINCARE REGIME...

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The NIOD Low-Viscosity Cleaning Ester uses omega rich avocado and isolated sugars to pull away dirt, grime and pollutants. Skin is left deeply cleansed and hydrated thanks to its water-free formulation from this next level cleanser from NIOD, £30.

VITAMINS FOR THE SKIN

Zelens high potency vitamin Power Drops target a multitude of skin concerns from skin imperfections and ageing skin to restoring the skin’s protective barrier, £125.

CREATING A REAL BUZZ

Warm, aromatic and sensual. The ultimate Silver Bee Venom Face Mask from Heaven already has a big celebrity following. It uses patented Abeetoxin™ to ensure firm, tighten and restore skin. No bees are harmed in the making of this outstanding face mask, £55.

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SUMMER SKIN

Boosters: Do you have a hectic lifestyle?

Work outdoors? Take in a little too much summer sun?

Recharge and enhance your skin care regime with these Clarins ‘Boosters.’

Simply add 2-3 drops of your chosen Booster to your favourite beauty cream for a personalised beauty boost.

Repair, Energise or Detox with Clarins Boosters, £30.

n John Rohnan-Wharff is a beauty and makeup blogger, who reviews and rates products at www.mr-wharff.com.

All products available from good independent local stockists unless otherwise stated, prices are RRP.

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It’s time to

RELAx

Lincolnshire has a brand new, £4.5m leisure club and spa with the latest facilities and treatments designed to help you relax. Based at Kenwick Park, ClubSpa is due to be completed as Pride goes to press, but the estate’s Gemma Leafe afforded Pride an exclusive preview of the health, fitness and wellness venue, which opens early June...

Words: Rob Davis.

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- BRAND NEW SPA -

Is there any greater luxury than a day spent at a spa? A pick-me-up you can enjoy all year round, a day spent relaxing with no children or husband, with none of the hassle of airport travel, and without the need to take a whole week off, pack or unpack.

“I can’t think of anything better,” says Gemma Leafe of Kenwick Park. She’s showing us around a brand new, £4.5m luxury Leisure club and spa, due to open in early June.

“People really enjoy taking a day out, visiting a spa with their partner or best friend. It’s like a holiday without the hassle. Our last leisure club closed in 2014 following a fire, so it’s taken a couple of years to build a completely new one, but the result is a ClubSpa that’s bigger, better and offers far more facilities than the one it replaces.”

Kenwick Park used to be a private estate, and dates back to 1797. Set in 320 acres, the country house was destroyed in the war and was rebuilt in 1946. In the mid-1980s it was redeveloped into a hotel, with a leisure club added in 1994. 2014 saw the complete destruction of the spa following a fire caused by an electrical fault.

“The past two years have been spent examining all of the new spa trends and have allowed us to start again from scratch, creating what we think will be the best spa facility in the entire county.”

At the centre of the new ClubSpa will be a 20m heated swimming pool, with a three metre spa pool and additional outdoor hydrotherapy pool on a dedicated terrace.

“A DAY AT A SPA IS LIKE A HOLIDAY WITHOUT THE HASSLE,” SAYS GEMMA LEAFE AS SHE SHOWS US AROUND LINCOLNSHIRE’S BRAND NEW £4.5M LUXURY SPA...

Opposite: Day spa packages will start from £37.50/afternoon, or £75/all day, midweek.

Twilight packages are available too.

Above: The pool hall will have a timber roof, separate spa pool and outdoor hydrotherapy pool. There’s a choice of four thermal areas.

Exploring Lincolnshire’s Newest Luxury Spa Kenwick Park’s new £4.5m state of the art spa will provide a pool with spa, four temperature areas; sauna, steam room, tepidarium, ice room plus foot spas and ‘feature’ showers.

On the first floor, are ten treatment rooms including a ‘his and hers’ room, plus a nail bar and rasul (warm

mud) temple.

Treatments are powered by Elemis and OPI nailcare, with a range of men’s treatments and treatments suitable for pregnant women.

A technogym with resistance equipment is located on the ground floor, and above the gym is a fitness studio

and spinning studio.

Lounge areas and changing facilities are located on both the ground floor and first floors.

Outside are tennis courts and the 34 bedroom hotel, 2, 3 or 4 bedroom Scandinavian lodges alongside the Kenwick Park 18 hole championship golf course. n

A thermal spa suite will offer four different heat and ice experience rooms, and a state of the art gym will provide members with the opportunities to improve their fitness all year round.

On the first floor is a calming relaxation room, rasul mud temple and ten treatment rooms plus an exercise studio and spinning room. A timetable of fitness classes will soon be announced and additional facilities will include an all-weather tennis court. >>

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>> Spa treatments at ClubSpa will include everything from Elemis’s ‘taster’ deep tissue back massage and facial, right up to the company’s new Garden of England Rose Restore Massage which uses a trio of rose, camelina and poppy seeds as part of a bespoke moisturising massage. In addition, there’s a range of anti-ageing treatments; a sweet vanilla wrap is ideal for sensitive skins and includes a coconut scalp massage.

“We’ve ensured that people can mix and match their spa treatments to create a luxurious bespoke spa experience,” says Gemma.

“As with our previous spa, we’re also providing a range of membership options with both five or seven day packages and single or joint memberships, to enable access to classes, our spa facilities. Some of our packages even include access to a personal trainer to make it even easier to achieve your fitness goals.”

“We’re really excited about the new facilities, and as we approach completion, we’re really looking forward to opening the doors to ensure everyone can enjoy some pampering!” n

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“WE’VE ENSURED THAT PEOPLE CAN MIX AND MATCH THEIR SPA TREATMENTS TO CREATE A LUXURIOUS BESPOKE SPA EXPERIENCE...”

Right: The main pool is adjacent to the spa area.

Below: The first floor relaxation lounge.

Below/Right: The ground floor lounge and sauna.

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- BRAND NEW SPA -

our four favourite

PACKAGES

INTRODUCING FOUR WAYS TO ENJOY KENWICK’S NEW £4.5M CLUBSPA Mini Spa Retreat (4 hours): £49 Use of spa plus 1 x 25m treatment (massage; mini-facial; mini-manicure or pedicure), plus brunch or afternoon tea. Mon-Thurs 10am-2pm/2pm-6pm.

Spa Day (8 hours): £75 Use of spa plus a treatment to the value of £40, two course lunch or afternoon tea.

Mon-Thurs 10am-6pm (Fri-Sunday £85).

Twilight Spa (4 hours): £49 Use of spa plus 1 x 25m treatment (massage; mini-facial; mini-manicure or pedicure), plus dining.

Thurs 5.30pm-9.30pm.

Overnight Spa: £150/person Two course spa lunch, use of spa, treatment to the value of £40, gym and tennis court.

Accommodation in lodge plus three course dinner, bed and breakfast.

n Membership 01507 601852 membership@kenwick-park.co.uk.

For more information on Kenwick Park’s ClubSpa packages, call 01507 353003 or visit www.clubspakenwick.co.uk.

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Our patients leave us feeling

THRILLED with their new smile

“IMPLANT TECHNOLOGY IS AWESOME BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON DOING THEM.” Paul Elliott, Grantham Principal dentist Colin Sutton has successfully placed hundreds of dental implants since 2000. He has an excellent reputation for providing dental implant treatments, including single implant crowns and full implant-retained bridges and dentures.

He offers a complete service from assessment, implant placement, bone grafting and sinus lifting, to creating your crown, bridge or denture. Our practice is a leading implant centre in Lincolnshire and we have invested in training and technology that allows us to provide a number of implants systems, so we can offer what’s best for you.

One satisfied patient, Paul Elliott, wrote a fantastic testimonial that is featured in full on our website at www.dentalhealthcentre.co.uk. He said: “I would recommend for anyone to see Colin, he’s meticulous and really knows his business.

“I have a seven-tooth bridge secured onto four implants. I call them ‘my teeth’ because that’s how they feel. I can eat anything I like and my teeth blend in absolutely superbly. I’m delighted.”

The Dental Health Centre Grantham is one of very few dental practices to have invested in a 3D dental CT scanner. Our state-ofthe-art scanner makes implant treatment, safer, quicker and more accurate for our patients and makes us one of the most technologically advanced dental clinics in the area.

If you would like to find out more, please visit us for a free, 30-minute initial consultation with Colin Sutton.

The Dental Health Centre, 3 Avenue Road, Grantham, Lincs, NG31 6TA. www.dentalhealthcentre.co.uk

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Purveyors of Luxury Eyewear Since 1979

43/44 Wrawby Street, Brigg, North Lincolnshire DN20 8BS Tel: 01652 653 595. Web: www.obriensopticians.co.uk

Call for an appointment or pop in to view our latest designer eyewear.

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- HEALTHCARE -

Consultant-Led Clinics in

STAMFORD Peterborough’s Fitzwilliam Hospital has always provided convenient access to high quality, consultant-led care, and from this month, patients will have access to consultations and follow-up therapies from an outreach clinic in Stamford too...

A new outreach clinic will open in the town of Stamford from this month, initially offering orthopaedic consultations and physiotherapy, with other consultants soon to commence clinics at the surgery too.

Orthopaedic consultant, Emyr Chowdhury, has been based at Fitzwilliam Hospital for over nine years.

“It’s a good hospital, well run, offering an excellent patient experience for both inpatients and outpatients.”

“In orthopaedic practice we benefit from a sophisticated imaging suite with a dedicated MRI scanner, CT scanner plus conventional x-Ray and ultrasound facilities for swift diagnosis. That’s in addition to a state of the art theatre suite and onsite physiotherapy department.”

“Because we specialise in elective rather than acute work, it’s a more relaxed environment, less fraught, resulting in a better patient experience.”

“The addition of an outreach clinic makes it even more convienient for our patients in Lincolnshire and the surrounding area.”

Follow-up care is more convenient too, with access to courses of physiotherapy treatments which typically last six weeks in the case of a joint replacement and for other conditions, can last six months or even a year.

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The hospital also offers NICE-sanctioned therapies such as acupuncture to alleviate chronic pain, for example.

“Another benefit of the Fitzwilliam is the access we have to consultants in over 80

“THE FITZWILLIAM HOSPITAL AND ITS OUTREACH CLINIC BOTH DELIVER CONSULTANT-LED HEALTHCARE...” speciality areas,” says Emyr. “Our consultants have sub-specialisms, which means even in the discipline of orthopaedics we can seek

the advice of our colleagues to provide the best patient experience possible.”

A total of five orthopaedic consultants will host outreach clinics three times a week, ensuring unprecedented convenience for patients.

Patients can be referred privately or on the NHS. Private - Self funding and insured patients can access appointments in as little as 72 hours and can self refer for some specialities.

Please contact the hospital’s Service Advisor on: 01733 842304 for more information.

NHS Patients can be referred on The Choose & Book through their GP. Please contact our NHS Office on: 01733 842333 for details.

“The Fitzwilliam is now able to offer the best of both worlds, with the reassurance of state of the art facilities and consultant-led care in Peterborough, with the convenience of a local outreach clinic to ensure the most highly-skilled care possible.”

FITZWILLIAM HOSPITAL - Quality Consultant-Led Care...

“Fitzwilliam Hospital is one of the area’s leading independent hospitals with a reputation for delivering high quality healthcare treatments and services since 1983. The hospital is situated in the quiet landscaped grounds and provides services for both private and NHS patients.”

“The hospital is an Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence and offers a full range of Orthopaedic procedures including spinal assessment and pain management. “Our Consultants and nursing staff are highly experienced and have your care and comfort as their highest priority.”

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Stamford Clinic MEET YOUR

ORTHOPAEDIC CONSULTANTS

Emyr Choudhury Hip & Knee complex primary and revision surgery (Pictured).

Rupert Clifton Knee surgery in particular primary and revision total knee replacement.

Araz Massraf Primary and revision hip and knee joint surgery, hip resurfacing, hip and knee arthroscopy, sport hip and knee injury.

Richard Hartley Primary/revision knee arthroplasty, knee ligament reconstruction and forefoot surgery.

Andrew White Shoulder & elbow surgery (including arthroscopic, sports injuries and joint replacement surgery).

For more information or to book an appointment please call our Hospital Service Advisor on 01733 842304

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A Child-Centred

EDUCATION

WOODHALL SPA’S ST HUGH’S SCHOOL PROVIDES A CHILD-CENTRED EDUCATION DESIGNED TO CREATE WELL-ROUNDED CHILDREN WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE BEST QUALITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOLING...

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- INDEPENDENT EDUCATION -

The leafy town of Woodhall Spa is home to an independent school whose modern facilities and teaching methods bely the beautiful Victorian building in which it is situated. Established for over 90 years, and with 186 day and boarding pupils, from the age of 2-13, class sizes are small, comprising 13 pupils on average.

However, St Hugh’s School’s small class sizes and good ratio of teaching staff to pupils aren’t the school’s only benefits.

“Our Forest School is integrated into the curriculum at all different ages,” says Sharon Sinnott. “We take children outdoors, to learn experientially.

They approach ‘risky’ activities - like climbing trees and starting campfires - in an appropriate way, anticipating risks but mitigating them with responsible behaviour, helping them to develop a sense of independence, confidence, but also responsibility.”

Pupils at St Hugh’s also benefit from an education in which IT is interwoven throughout the whole Common Entrance curriculum.

quality teaching provided at the school.

“The two-year project will see a restructuring of lessons and will potentially change the way the curriculum is delivered,” says Gavin.

“Our Forest School is integrated into the curriculum...”

Director of Studies Gavin Sinnott is responsible for introducing tablet computing into lessons, exploring new subject areas like coding and introducing QR codes that can be scanned by pupils to set up their devices for the day’s lessons.

St Hugh’s is the only independent school, and one of just a handful of schools nationally, to embrace Visible Learning, a system of ongoing assessment of teaching methods designed to improve the existing high

“It’s based on the findings of pedagogic theory pioneered by Australian Professor John Hattie, who will look at the work teaching staff are doing at the school and offer independent analysis of teaching methods.”

Pupils are taught subjects like languages from an early age. Loire Valley-born Magali Clayton, teaches French to pupils from the age of two years, to ensure they are communicating to GCSE level by year eight.

This demonstrates the school’s commitment

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to achieving excellent academic education leading pupils to attend the area’s best independent schools in Lincoln, Stamford and Oakham.

Beyond the academic though, pupils are encouraged to become well-rounded individuals - for instance, over 160 instrumental music lessons are taught each week, with many boys and girls playing three instruments, and 80% of pupils playing at least one.

The school’s swimming pool and new all-weather sports surface ensure sports are given good precedence at the school.

Meanwhile, all students sign-up to a self-determined ‘pupil promise.’

“It’s an ethos created by the pupils themselves, a sort of contract that they adhere to,” says Richard Goodwin. “It’s a way of ensuring pupils take responsibility for their own behaviour and is central to the overall St Hugh’s philosophy.”

“That philosophy is to ensure pupils are responsible, well-rounded and thoughtful individuals who are academically, but also socially successful, and confident. In other words, equipped for life.”

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“OUR ETHOS IS TO ENSURE PUPILS ARE ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL BUT ALSO CONFIDENT & THOUGHTFUL IN OTHER WORDS, TO ENSURE THAT THEY’RE EQUIPPED FOR LIFE...”

Right: 80% of pupils leave St Hugh’s School with the ability to play at least one instrument.

Below: Teaching staff like Natalie Wallis, Head of Early Years, benefit from equipment like these LearnPad tablets.

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- INDEPENDENT EDUCATION-

Why Choose ST HUGH’S A REPUTATION FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BACKED UP BY EXCELLENT FACILITIES & PASTORAL CARE St Hugh’s School has unsurpassed facilities like its 32 acres of grounds, heated indoor swimming pool, numerous sports pitches and new all-weather artificial sports pitch.

Boarding facilities include ‘ad hoc’ provision whilst catering manager Lee Wilson creates varied, nutritious meals for pupils to enjoy.

With music and drama integral to the school’s ethos of producing pupils who thrive in terms of confidence as well as academic achievement, St Hugh’s School is a school which really does equip pupils for life.

n For more information on St Hugh’s School, located on Cromwell Avenue, Woodhall Spa LN10 6TQ call 01526 352169 or see www.st-hughs.lincs.sch.uk.

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COOL MINT

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- MOTORS -

THE NEW VERSION OF BMW’S MINI HAS HAD ITS TOP CHOPPED OFF JUST IN TIME FOR SUMMER FUN. IT’S A FOUR SEATER CONVERTIBLE THAT LOOKS VERY CUTE INDEED, IT’S ALSO QUITE WELL EQUIPPED AND REASONABLY FUN TO DRIVE...

BUT IS IT MORE A CAR TO BUY WITH YOUR HEART THAN YOUR HEAD? Words: Rob Davis.

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It can’t have escaped your notice, that summer is here. Clothes are becoming skimpier, meals are becoming a bit more salad-ey, and if you’re anything like me, you’ll already be suffering the torment of convertible envy.

On a roasting hot day, when you’re trickling through a Lincolnshire market town, on the way to the farm shop, what finer vehicle could there be than a convertible?

The thing is, such models make better second cars because whilst it’s a pleasure to take advantage of sunny days, and whilst the UK has, pro rata, the largest percentage of convertible car drivers in Europe, there are still so few sunny days that many are reluctant to be stuck with a convertible as their main car all year round.

Ideally, then, your preferred convertible car would be a second car. Something less practical, something frivolous. In an equally frivolous colour. Something with a sense of fun. Something that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

That’s where Mini’s new convertible offering comes in. The previous generation Mini was ergonomically haphazard, and hardly the dinky, cheap little car that the original 1960s version represented.

Thanks in part to BMW’s backing, prices for even a hard-top Mini begin at £14,000, which is Focus, rather than Ka or Fiesta money, and there’s still an extensive options list to raid before you gain an acceptable specification. Meanwhile, the convertible Mini range begins at £18,475 - exactly the same money as a desirable Mazda Mx5.

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The diesel version commands a further premium, at £20,225, whilst the Cooper S is £22,400 and the sportiest John Cooper Works is £26,630 - which, with a few options, puts it close to roadsters like the Mercedes SLC and Audi TT.

For that you get four seats - just - and a 1.5 litre, three cylinder engine. The manual petrol version reaches 129mph, completes the 0-60mph dash in 8.8 seconds and returns 55.4mpg combined.

Our preferred car is the 1.5 diesel automatic model, which is slightly slower - 121mph, 60mph in 9.9 seconds - and more expensive, at £21,495, but achieves 72.4mpg.

Beware though, you’ll be raising the options list whichever model you plump for. Electric windows, an electric roof, DAB radio, air conditioning and a reversing camera are

Above: It’s a four seater - just - but the new Mini Convertible is better suited to those who dislike shopping... because there’s no room for bags in the rear!

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standard, whilst seats are clad in half-leather.

Diesel models gain, in addition, Bluetooth, sat nav, a front seat armrest and cruise control.

You’ll pay extra on both cars for leather seats, auto lights and wipers, a Harmon Kardon hi-fi, heated seats, climate control, front parking sensors (rear ones are standard), park assist and adaptive cruise control.

Add a few choice options, then, and your Mini will soon become as expensive as similar cars from Mercedes and Audi.

What those cars don’t have, though, is the bug-eyed Mini’s charm and sense of fun.

Granted, colourful wheels, body graphics and the more garish shades of paint like our Caribbean Aqua Metallic are cost options, but they, and the Mini itself, have proliferated the trend towards customising your new car.

The only real disadvantage of the Mini Convertible, aside from being stuck with it in the months when our climate is more dubious, is the Mini’s small rear seats and teeny weeny boot. The car itself may be fashionable, but if you’re a keen shopper, this is not the car to carry home your spoils after a heavy day shopping, or even a trip to Waitrose. That’s OK, though, if the Mini Convertible is your second car. As a weekend prospect, it’s likely to bring a smile to your face.

Build quality is BMW-like and the car’s revised dashboard has yielded a more successful compromise between its fun retro look and day-to-day usability.

Essentially, the Mini Convertible is exactly what it appears to be; an impractical, frivolous retro car, for those who have the backup of a ‘proper’ car, with more room as well.

Mini Convertible Cooper Diesel 1.5

Price: £21,495 (Cooper D Auto).

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Equipment: Electric windows, mirrors and roof, DAB radio, rear parking sensors, half leather seats, sat nav, cruise, Bluetooth, rear camera.

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Is there such a thing as an ‘average’ person?

There is, according to Land Rover, and he or she - spends 15 minutes each day looking for stuff they’ve lost.

That’s the reason Land Rover has now incorporated a new feature called Tile into its newly updated Discovery Sport.

The Sport was only launched in 2015, but was improved almost immediately after launch, with the firm replacing its ageing 2.2 diesel with a newer Ingenium 2.0 engine which has proved cleaner and more frugal.

One facelift in such infancy would be surprising, but this month, another update to the Discovery Sport sees new safety features, an improved infotainment system and four new paint colours.

So, Tile. It’s a Bluetooth based advanced tracking app. Fasten a little token to your keys, handbag, wallet, child or dog, and your mobile phone - and the Discovery Sport’s infotainment system - will be able to identify then track each token. The system can guide you, via sat nav, to where you left your wallet, or sound a 90db alarm on the token to help you find lost items.

A gimmick? Maybe, maybe not. The system does, however, extend even further the functionality of a new technology system which is entirely touch screen - no fiddly central controllers - with Quad-Core computer processors, the first time such computing power has been used in a car. The system’s SSD sat nav is faster to use, and the new infotainment system has Apple CarPlay and integration with Android phones too.

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Other technology making its debut on the Discovery Sport include a Lane Keep Assist system, which will counter-steer the car if you venture out of lane, Intelligent Speed Limiter, and a Driver Condition Monitor which will detect if you’re drowsy at the wheel.

The 2017 model provides a new Graphite design pack, with the ubiquitous grey wheels, grey mirrors and grey roof. Best of all, these are improvements to an already formidable model, which is especially impressive given the breadth and quality of competition in the Discovery Sport’s class. We’d have a Sport in preference to both a Q5 and a BMW x3.

The ‘proper’ Discovery is still on sale, a larger, more upmarket model, but also a model which is looking a little dated.

Above: The 2017 model year Discovery Sport vastly improves on Land Rover’s infotainment system.

The cars two ‘extra’ seats fold into the boot.

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Essentially the Sport is a new, and re-badged Land Rover Freelander, though the new model is a Discovery in the sense that it offers seven seats, lots of standard equipment, and is utterly formidable off-road. However it still lacks the ‘proper’ Discovery’s air suspension, riding on springs, and its low-range gears for serious off-roading.

cash, avoid big wheels and sports suspension, and keep the most compliant ride.

If you’re tight for budget, opt to spend the money on a 360° camera, parking assistance and adaptive cruise control. HSE Luxury models are lavishly equipped, if your budget is more generous, though.

All Discovery Sports offer cruise control, auto lights and wipers, a heated front screen and power windows. Our recommendation is to step up from SE to at least SE Tech to gain sat nav, front parking sensors, and power tailgate. Higher-spec models are mostly about body styling and larger wheels, so we’d save

Whether you’ll take advantage of the new Tile system is debatable, but remember that these are improvements to a vehicle that’s already pretty perfect. If you’re in the market for a luxurious family car that’ll handle medium duty off-roading with aplomb, this is certainly the car for you.

That’s not much of a problem though you’re unlikely to reach the Sport’s limitations in our part of the world, and there’s a motorway-friendly dynamic when you’re not up to your bumpers in mud.

There’s really no SUV that can touch the Discovery Sport off-road, and on road, it’s better than ever. Seven seats mean it’s an ideal vehicle for the school run, and with the Ingenium engine returning over 53mpg, it’s frugal enough, too.

Land Rover Discovery Sport Price: £36,350 (SE Tech).

Engine: 2.0 TD4 Automatic (180hp) Economy: 44.8mpg (urban), 60.1mpg (extra urban), 53.3mpg (combined).

Top Speed: 117mph, 0-60mph 8.4 secs.

Equipment: DAB radio, sat nav, heated seats, keyless entry, front and rear parking sensors, cruise control, power tailgate, seven seats.

More Information: Duckworth Land Rover, London Rd, Kirton, Boston PE20 1JH, 01205 722110, or Racecourse Garage, Willingham Rd, Market Rasen LN8 3RE, 01673 842101.

See the dealership’s website at www.duckworthlandrover.co.uk.

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- MATT WARMAN, MP FOR BOSTON & SKEGNESS -

IT’S A BIG MONTH FOR MATT WARMAN, MP FOR BOSTON & SKEGNESS, AS IT’LL SEE THE BIRTH OF HIS FIRST CHILD. DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF JUNE’S EU REFERENDUM VOTE, SHE’LL GROW UP EITHER IN A UNITED, OR A DIVIDED EUROPE. WHICH WOULD MATT PREFER, GIVEN THE EFFECT OF EU IMMIGRATION IN HIS OWN CONSTITUENCY?

Unlike other MPs you knew the area well before you were selected as the Conservative candidate.

Does that give you a better insight into local issues than peripatetic MPs who come to their constituencies from elsewhere?

I was very lucky that all my wife’s family lives in Lincolnshire, and my father-in-law was a long-serving teacher at Boston Grammar.

That meant that I already knew big chunks of the constituency even before my predecessor announced he was going to stand down - my wife and I went to school together, so I had almost 20 years of experience of the issues that matter in Lincolnshire. Crucially I’d seen how this area, in particular, has changed.

That said, I’d also spent 15 years working for The Daily Telegraph, writing about technology - I think what matters for Parliament is that MPs understand what matters to their constituents and why, but also that there is a diversity of backgrounds and real experience of the world outside Westminster.

So, I’m sure that local knowledge counted for a lot when the public were selecting their next Conservative candidate at the open meeting we held in October 2014, but I also don’t pretend that the job hasn’t been a huge learning curve!

VOTE IT’S TIME FOR EU

TO CAST YOUR You’re younger than most MPs and come from a technology background – does that mean you’ve a better insight into issues like rural broadband and its impact on local businesses?

I might be younger than the average, but I’m certainly not the youngest – in May 2015 new MPs such as the SNP’s 20-year-old Mhairi Black or the Conservatives’ 27-yearold William Wragg meant the feel of the House changed significantly. While of course different generations see the world differently, if I’m honest what’s struck me about Parliament most has been the way in which so many different backgrounds often share surprising and diverse interests, in issues from fishing to broadband or from immigration to national security.

Broadband, nonetheless, is a huge issue and I do come at it from a perspective not just of knowing how frustrating people find slow

“I HAD ALMOST 20 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE OF THE ISSUES THAT MATTER IN BOSTON; I’D SEEN HOW THE AREA HAS CHANGED IN THAT TIME...”

Interview & Photos: Rob Davis.

broadband in my largely rural constituency, but also because my previous job writing about the future of technology meant that I’m now keenly aware of what the web will enable for the future.

It’s in rural areas where the potential benefits are greatest – driverless cars, for instance, will make our roads safer, and they will be with us sooner than many people think.

Similarly, being able to connect people’s home appliances to the web could save them money on electricity – but those connections won’t happen without broadband.

How much time do you spend in Westminster and in the constituency? Does an additional career path afford MPs better insight and make for a richer government?

I was very clear at the election that I wasn’t going to carry on with my previous job at the Telegraph if I did get to be the Member of Parliament, but at the same time I think one of the things that damages Westminster is if MPs simply live in a ‘London bubble.’

I’m keen to continue to take a real interest in the hugely important issues that I used to write about, whether it’s Google or cybercrime, and to keep talking to as many audiences as I can about why they matter.

I think that’s especially important as technology changes people’s jobs and careers. >> 157

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- MATT WARMAN, MP FOR BOSTON & SKEGNESS -

>> The main challenge of a rural Lincolnshire seat, however, is always going to be geography – when Parliament isn’t sitting I try to spend as much time as I possibly can in the constituency because that’s where the people who elected me are. It’s vital that MPs are in touch, accessible and open. I try to get as many people as I can to visit Westminster too; almost the first thing I did after the election was to write to all the schools in the constituency to invite them to see Parliament in action.

How do you spend your spare time? You’re renovating a property too, how’s that progressing?

Do you see the area as having good potential for new housing, business growth and general change, like the new Quadrant development?

My own house project is taking a while – but we’ll get there! I was in B&Q in Boston buying paint the other week and I think a couple of people who recognised me thought it was kind of astonishing that Sunday afternoons for MPs aren’t always that different than everyone else’s, which sometimes means balancing work and DIY. There’s a bit of a rush because we’re due to have our first baby at the end of June, so I think that will take up a lot of time for the foreseeable future outside work. I’ll be cross if I don’t get out on to the Marsh to pick my own samphire though!

What issues do you see as most relevant to building a better Boston and how are you tackling each one?

I was elected on a positive platform, saying I believe Boston is a great town with a bright future. So where there are real challenges, I want to seize them as opportunities to make changes for the better.

A growing population means there are pressures on public services, whether that’s schools or hospitals or housing or transport – lobbying with other Lincolnshire MPs for better local government funding generally has already got our councils an extra £12m, for instance, and I think we all know that much of the public sector has suffered from inefficiencies that private businesses wouldn’t tolerate.

“THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IMMIGRATION HAS PUT PRESSURE ON LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE & PUBLIC SERVICES IN BOSTON...”

Locally, of course, immigration has been a huge issue, and one that is often frustratingly misreported. A tiny percentage of migrants get others a bad name, and some people lose sight of the fact that Boston’s unemployment and crime are, compared nationally, overall very low.

Is the outcome of the EU Referendum more relevant to Boston than the rest of the UK - given that the town’s population has doubled in the past ten years as a result of migration, but its infrastructure hasn’t?

There is no doubt that immigration has put pressure on local infrastructure and public services, perhaps more so in Boston than many other towns, and personally I take every opportunity to highlight this to Ministers.

We need to grab hold of the challenges, though, and it’s my job to get, for instance, our police force the resources and powers they need, and to help the council work on community cohesion by tackling things like anti-social behaviour and street drinking.

Across my constituency, however, broadband and the state of the roads are vital issues, as is the need to help the Skegness tourist economy grow and to extend the season so more people can come and visit.

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One of the nice things about the project, though, is the chance to talk casually to local businesses about how they’re doing, and so I hear first-hand the unvarnished truth about how positive people are. I went to the Boston Business Awards and the Skegness Business Awards, and both were buzzing with excitement. Projects such as the Quadrant housing development, which starts a Boston distributor road, will make a huge difference, and they’re driving local growth.

Top: Boston’s population has doubled during the past decade, putting local infrastructure under strain.

Above: Skegness’s mixed economic base of tourism and agriculture means Brexit implications for its economy.

However, we are not the only area with high levels of immigration, and this is not the only issue of national importance when it comes to voting on our future membership of the EU. I’m absolutely clear that migration policies over the last decade and more weren’t made with the best interests of Boston in mind, but I’d say to voters that the

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referendum is too important to use it as an opportunity to take revenge on previous poor policies.

The economic impact of Brexit would be enormous and unpredictable - there’s a lot to dislike about the EU, but I think our best chance to reform it comes from within.

Ultimately I agree with Theresa May that leaving won’t mean the sky falls in, but it is a huge gamble; it might pay off, but I think it’s irresponsible to take that chance because it puts people’s jobs, homes and livelihoods at risk.

Has an influx of migrant workers made leaving the EU a single issue debate for local voters? What other dimensions are there to the debate, and what are the implications of those to us, locally?

Immigration is of course an important issue in this debate locally, but residents have also raised issues about the effect of Brexit on our economy and trade, implications for our local farming industry, national security and sovereignty. I think it is an unprecedented achievement within the UK’s negotiation to secure exemption from the central, damaging tenet of ‘Ever Closer Union.’

It will also make a significant difference locally that foreign nationals will, under a renegotiated position, have very different entitlements to benefits than those UK citizens who have paid in to our system.

With regards to security, I attached great weight to the fact that known Eurosceptic, Theresa May, backed the deal that the Prime Minister brought back from the EU in February, believing that we will be safer within the EU. We have recently seen former MI5 and MI6 heads reaffirm this. In an age where, sadly, we face ever evolving threats to our security, European co-operation is a key weapon. An ‘out’ result would also undoubtedly cause years of economic uncertainty while the terms of our exit are being drawn up. We don’t know what this period will look like, and I don’t agree with those who think that severe economic shock is a price worth paying. >> 159

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- MATT WARMAN, MP FOR BOSTON & SKEGNESS -

>> does not require people to be in love with Brussels bureaucracy: we need to be clear-headed about both the benefits of EU membership and the absolute need to reform Europe too.

If we did vote to leave the EU, would Boston’s Eastern European population slowly return to their former countries – could there even be a mass exodus?

If we were to vote to leave, we would activate a mechanism called Article 50, which gives us two years to negotiate our new relationship with Europe, no doubt including agreements on free movement.

During that period we would have to work out whether foreign nationals would have to apply for visas, for instance, or would be granted indefinite leave to remain, or some other arrangement. I would point out, however, that it is very likely that any future trade deal with the EU should we leave would include terms on free movement, as is the case for countries like Norway, so leaving is not the silver bullet which some believe will solve the issues related to immigration which we have seen locally.

Do you think relations are favourable, or strained, between indigenous Bostonians and migrants, and if it’s the latter, how do we achieve better cohesion?

I do understand the frustrations that many people feel about the impact of immigration locally, and I recognise that further integration would be beneficial for both locals and new communities.

“THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT NOBODY CAN BE CERTAIN OF THE EXACT EFFECT THAT LEAVING WILL HAVE ON ANY SECTOR...”

I think it’s unlikely there would be a mass exodus, in part because most migrants work here, many have children in local schools and so on. But I do think there would be huge uncertainty, and I think the message it would send to local people would be challenging for our diverse communities to deal with.

spending money in the region. For me, the prime tensions are around how communities interact with each other.

Lincolnshire has always attracted migrant workers, whether they have come from elsewhere in the UK, Ireland, Southern Europe or now Eastern Europe, as there are more jobs than can be filled locally, in particular in our agricultural sector where this workforce is important.

While fewer people might result in a lessening of pressure on rents, for instance, those jobs and those contributions to our local economy are absolutely vital, and the sudden shock of changing people’s attitudes to Europe would have a particularly profound effect on Lincolnshire.

How dependent on the Eastern European population is Boston’s economy? For instance, a buy to let market, and its agricultural sector? Would Boston’s economy survive now, without our migrant population?

These migrants will also contribute to our local economy through paying taxes and

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But it’s certainly true that local businesses – many of whom tell me they rely on migrant labour – would struggle if it were not available.

The key point to emphasise is that a sensible approach to our local and national economy

That is not to say that there aren’t excellent examples of communities working together already, and this is especially apparent to me when I visit schools. I would like to see a Boston we can all enjoy, and I know that community leaders of many different nationalities share this aim. Many visitors see the publicity the town attracts and then when they arrive they’re really surprised at how lovely it is, and they realise that negative headlines seldom tell the full story.

The challenges are very diverse, too: small amounts of very serious crime need to be tackled in very different ways to anti-social behaviour, for instance.

So while I welcome the police appointing an officer specifically to deal with migrant issues, the work the council is doing on rogue landlords and street drinking is hugely important, but so too are events like Park Fest and the Boston Big Gig which will bring communities together.

What will the impact on the farming sector in the area be as a result of staying in, and conversely, if we leave the EU?

The short answer is that nobody can be certain of the exact effect that leaving will have on any sector.

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The politically neutral House of Commons Library, however, have estimated that leaving the EU will probably reduce farm incomes, as the Government would be unlikely to match the current level of support many farms receive from the EU and the Commons Agricultural Policy.

You’ve said we need better measures on migration levels – what system could serve as a more favourable alternative to the one we have now?

I said recently to the Immigration Minister in Parliament that we need to do better at tracking variations in public service needs across the UK, and the aim now has to be to work out what that means: at the moment there are three measures, at least, of Boston’s population, and the Home Office is working on how to measure that better so that resources can be allocated. But it’s difficult and it will take time.

What impact would leaving the EU have on the UK in a wider context? How would trading and neighbourly relations with the EU be impacted?

What about implications with the US (i.e.: TTIP) and the middle east – does a remain vote mean we’re better placed to participate in global politics?

While we could, of course, negotiate our own trade deals with individual countries if we were to leave, which might benefit the economy and local businesses in the longer term, this would take many years and result in economy uncertainty in the meantime.

Switzerland, for example, took nine years to negotiate its equivalent trade deal, but we will only have two unless the remaining EU nations agree to permit Britain a longer period. We must remember that the EU’s Single Market is our biggest export market, (44%), so leaving would put this at risk.

The US have also confirmed that we would not be at the front of the queue for negotiating a deal with them. Ultimately, I would argue we are stronger for pooling our resources with global partners because that makes Britain more secure, economically better off and able to use our combined economies to secure deals that are better for all of us. n

IN OR OUT: what

happens next?

According to Sir Alan Duncan MP, writing in the July edition of our sister magazine, Rutland Pride.

It’s Friday, 24th June, and we’ve voted to REMAIN in the European Union: Firstly there will be a sight of relief.

At the moment there’s a lot of economic activity which has been suspended pending the result of the referendum, and that will resume.

The referendum has already cost us billions in terms of lower economic activity. A lot of businesses are suspending decisions. Everyone must accept the result, it will have resolved the issue.

Next, David Cameron and his team must be allowed to properly govern with the whole European question having been settled and finished.

I’m totally against the single currency. I think the balance we have of stricter border controls and our own currency plus the guarantee for the protection of the City of London and a guarantee of no close ties to the Union are good for us.

I also think given the problems Holland and Merkel are facing the European Union will probably change in the future anyway, more in our favour, and more in line with our preferred model.

In the future, I think our relationship with Europe will naturally become easier but the thing that should really come out of the referendum is that we should be in a position to show more courage and stronger leadership in trying to shape it as a less dominant force in the face of each individual country. n

It’s Friday, 24th June, and we’ve voted to LEAVE in the European Union: If the referendum proves a vote to leave the European Union, we’ll invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which then triggers two years of negotiations, two years of working out how we leave.

So a vote for Brexit is really just a vote to leave in principal.

We could have a situation where Parliament says we don’t want to leave in a particular way. It’ll be constitutional anarchy… at best.

Over the next two years, we’re likely to see a collapse of the pound, a turbulent stock market and we’ll have at least two years of extraordinarily difficult negotiations. None of the Brexiteers yet know what they’ll want or need to negotiate.

Europe will be resentful, and there will be costs. n

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Crosswords CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Test your lateral thinking skills with this month’s Cryptic Crossword. Each puzzle has a set of perplexing clues to unravel, and as every lover of logic knows, the frustration is all part of the fun!

ACROSS

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CRYPTIC ANSWERS

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1. My attempt to keep quiet (4) 2. High-flyer is circling around Rugby (6) 3. Put off toilet cleaners (10) 4. Library books stored here? Loads! (6) 5. Cob (small 11), one unknown to the Spanish teachers (8) 6. Barrow by rail, shortly to return (4) 7. Exercise with Greek character (doctor) and artist (one of the Shadows) (8) 8. Voice in Bottom’s head — where did it come from? (4) 13. Pan right next to oven (5) 15. Confirming 11 is outside college at university (6,4) 16. Finally reduced map collection (5) 18. Under pressure to serve up 26s (8) 19. Leaves, perhaps, as neat movers also lower knickers for the audience (8) 22. Cricketer that’s second out — Wayne, the night watchman? (6) 23. Flower given to a French model as they leave the stage (6) 24. Capital of Czechoslovakia (not new or very fresh) (4) 25. Capital of Czechoslovakia (this one’s also not new or very fresh!) (4) 27. Bucket down at start of 13th hole? (4)

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