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Editor’s Letter The shops are full of chocolate and spring is just around the corner - it must be Easter soon! Downton’s annual Easter Egg Hunt takes place on 21st April in Downton Moot where 3,000 eggs will be hidden in the sunken lawn for local children to find (see p.14 for info). Salisbury Cathedral are also hosting an array of family activities over the Easter holidays - visit www. salisburycathedral.org.uk to find out more. Another important date which we mustn’t forget is Mothering Sunday on 30th March and if you fancy a flip, get your frying pans ready for Shrove Tuesday on 4th March. I absolutely love pancakes but I normally have to celebrate on a different day due to Salisbury FC having a home game pretty much every year on pancake day. Oh it’s not me who chooses a cold damp evening of ‘come on you Whites’ over pancake heaven - and there was me thinking the way to a man’s heart was through his stomach! Put your feet up, plan your pancake fillings and enjoy reading your SP5 Magazine!
Inside this issue Legal Matters - Separation ................................... 4 Life Begins .................................................................. 6 Book Review .............................................................. 8 What’s On .................................................................12 Baking - Apricot and Apple Strudel ................16 Health - Hiatus Hernia..........................................18 The Better Life - Green with envy ....................20
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Legal Matters
LIVING TOGETHER, BREAKING APART
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hat is the legal position for unmarried couples going through family breakdown? It is a sad truth of modern life that the New Year brings with it one of two peak periods for family breakdowns. This year has been no exception. However within that there is an increasing number of people who are inadequately served by the existing law. This group of people often find themselves in a state of limbo, uncertain of their rights and without the funds to have those rights determined in court. They are those who have chosen not to marry. There are varying situations that these families may find themselves in. Often they will have purchased property together and therefore both contributed towards the deposit or home improvements and items within the house. Alternatively the house may be in the name of only one of them or it may have been purchased before the relationship started. With the fall in house prices, the property could even be in negative equity. They may have had children together or may have children from previous relationships or marriages. With the advent of the banking crisis in 2008 and the long recession which had followed it, their earnings may have been squeezed. One or both of them may have lost their job.
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Finding themselves in the situation whereby the relationship has come to an end and life in the home has become intolerable is difficult enough. If they were married then there are a whole series of joined-up laws which can help them move on. In the case of those who are not married, certainly as far as ownership of the family home is concerned, the position is governed largely by principles of property ownership. If the other person’s name is on the deeds, do you have any right to be there at all?
Whitehead Vizard are here to help, offering you independent and clear legal advice right from the start. If you have questions concerning what may happen if you decide to split up or are facing up to someone else’s decision to break up, please do not hesitate to contact Tim Clayton on 01722 412141, or email him... tc@whitehead-vizard.co.uk 60 High St, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 2PQ
And what if one party wants to sell the property and the other doesn’t? The parties will face potentially lengthy and certainly expensive Court proceedings for a Judge to decide the matter. What about the children? Who decides who they are to live with and who will have a say in their upbringing? What about pensions? Can an unmarried partner make a claim against the other’s pension? There are things that can be done. But it is fair to say the situation is more complicated than it would be if you were married.
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Life Begins
Life Begins When did you last do something impulsive? away to join the circus. He is still working with Cirque du Soleil as a performer at their Florida base.
It sometimes pays to follow your instincts... Author JK Rowling reportedly decided to write the first Harry Potter novel after an idea for the story occurred to her when she was travelling on a train from Manchester to London. Following a painful divorce, she completed the book as a struggling single mum on state benefits, becoming a multimillionaire within a staggering five years. Yusuke Funaki had a good job as an engineer in Tokyo. By chance he saw a performance by the world-famous circus company Cirque du Soleil and was so inspired by the performers that he decided to learn the gymnastic ropeskipping techniques he had seen in the show. After a few years of practice he abandoned engineering and literally ran
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The link between these two individuals is their willingness to follow an impulse, taking up new activities that – given their backgrounds and relative inexperience in their chosen fields - were far from guaranteed to result in success. It takes a certain kind of courage to risk everything in order to follow a dream, especially when we know it might fail. Most of us, at some stage in our lives, have done things that we have regretted at a later date - a new hairstyle or a tattoo, a weird auction lot that seemed too good to ignore… sometimes our spur-of-themoment choices seem so out of character it’s almost as though someone else has taken over our minds. “Did I really do that?” you ask. A study of the brain shows why we feel this way. The emotional mind, based in the limbic system, is separate from the intellectual mind, which is
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found in the prefrontal cortex. While the primitive, emotional part of our brain makes rapidfire decisions about things we like, dislike, hate, love, fear or want, the intellectual and more logical mind is geared to making deliberate and rational conclusions at a slightly slower pace. Therefore when you allow your emotional brain - known as the amygdala - to guide your actions, you’re likely to end up doing something that your rational self would prefer to avoid. We tend to associate impulsivity with youth and it’s true that young people are probably more likely to follow their impulses when making key decisions. In time, however, most people discover how to regulate these urges in order to function as an adult. Mature people tend to suppress their emotional responses, using the knowledge they have acquired, backed up by logic and reason, when considering a set of options. While no-one would doubt the benefits that knowledge and experience can bring, something is perhaps lost in this process. Impulse and risktaking are closely linked with creativity, and there’s a danger that we may ignore the creative impulses that (as J.K. Rowling and Yusuke Funaki discovered) have the power to change the course of our lives.
By middle-age, many of us have ceased to follow our instincts, relying almost exclusively on the tried and trusted methods that we learned in our formative years. In order to stay safe and minimise risk we base our actions – including where we go, who we see, what we eat – on things that feel safe and familiar, but does sticking with what we know actually inhibit brain development? The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives (www.dana.org) is a non-profitmaking organisation of more than 300 leading neuroscientists in America, committed to making the public aware of the progress and benefits of brain research. According to the Trust: “The brain wants to learn. It wants
to be engaged as a learning machine. That means stepping out of the same old routines and trying something new and different.” When individuals settle into routines that are repeated automatically from day to day, the brain activity required for those activities decreases. That means that we tend to carry out familiar actions on autopilot and consequently our minds receive very little stimulation. When the brain encounters something unfamiliar, it creates new neural pathways that help it to understand and master that new object or challenge.
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Book Review
March On
Now the weather’s improving and spring has almost sprung, it’s time to head outside and explore the great outdoors. OK, so this might be taking the month of March a tad literally, but how about taking it literary? Here are some of our top tips for great reads about epic journeys.
A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson
Walking, Henry David Thoreau
Far from being a stroll among the bluebells, the Appalachian Trail is a two thousand mile route that goes right the way along the East Coast of North America, from Georgia to Maine. Bill Bryson’s hilarious account of all the things that will kill you along the way will have you longing for a bit of adventure. This is a trek that’s a journey into the wild. Some don’t make it alive. Rest assured, if the bears don’t get you then the poison ivy will.
According to Thoreau, in order to find happiness, we just need to spend more time outdoors. More specifically, not only do we need to constantly reconnect with nature but we need to be moving and discovering and taking long afternoon walks. As a writer he took inspiration from his surroundings and revelled in the wild and the free. Here he did his greatest thinking and he remains a hero among environmentalists and fans of American literature alike.
Walking Home: A Poet’s Journey, Simon Armitage Most walkers complete the Pennine Way by going South to North but Simon Armitage decided it would be more poetic if he did it the other way around. He made the 256 mile journey from Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish border to his native Yorkshire, and the village where he was born. True to form, Armitage decided not to look like he was on a Duke of Edinburgh expedition but to wander as a lonely troubadour, penniless on the Pennine Way and give poetry readings in village halls, churches and pubs. It’s packed with Northern soul and would be best enjoyed with a pint of stout in a pub. 8
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Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doris Pilkington, Nugi Garimara In 1931 the Australian government dictated that all Aboriginal and mixed race children should be removed from their homes and put into settlements to assimilate into white culture. This is the true story of three little girls who followed the rabbit-proof fence 1000 miles across the harsh Australian outback, all the way back home. Doris Pilkington’s mother was one of those girls and here she tells her mother’s remarkable survival story. It’s an absolutely unbelievable account of the human spirit and its resilience.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce This is an extraordinary story that begins with the most ordinary of objects: a letter. Harold Fry receives a letter from old flame and dear friend Queenie, who is now in a hospice and facing her mortality. Harold writes her a reply but then on a whim, decides he must walk the 600 miles to hand deliver it to her, leaving his wife upstairs doing the housework. It’s such an amazing and heart-warming story. Will Harold reach Queenie in time?
The Hobbit, J R R Tolkien If there’s one thing in life that hobbits enjoy more than anything, it’s comfort. From the sanctuary of his hobbit-hole, Bilbo Baggins is plucked by the wizard Gandalf and taken off on an extraordinary and most unexpected journey, deep into Middle Earth. Accompanying Gandalf and his band of thirteen dwarves, the world’s most reluctant hero must help them raid the treasures of Smaug the Magnificent, a dangerous dragon. Written for Tolkien’s own grandchildren, it’s the prelude to The Lord of the Rings and a fantastic odyssey into the unknown.
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Fun for Families at Easter Salisbury Cathedral is running fun activities for families and children during the Easter holidays in April. For more information visit their website: www.salisburycathedral.org.uk or call 01722 555120.
Seedy Sunday - 9th March, 2-4pm in the Memorial Hall, The Borough, Downton SEEDY Sunday gives gardeners and allotment holders, novice or experienced, the opportunity to buy or swap seeds and plants. You can bring your spare seeds and plants and swap them for others. If you don’t have any seeds to exchange please still come - there will be plenty for all. (Small donations welcomed). ‘More Veg’ (a company that sells seeds in small quantities – ideal for the small or new grower) will be there. We will also have some seed potatoes, ready chitted, and onion sets that are resistant to ‘neck rot’ for sale. To continue the theme of sharing spare items, we have a RECYCLING CORNER for your unwanted gardening magazines, books, flowerpots and tools you wish to swap or buy for a small donation. For NEW growers there will be ideas
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Help and support for people who care According to the last census, there are 47,608 people in Wiltshire providing care and support to a relative, child, partner or friend who would not be able to manage on their own. There are many reasons why someone may not be able to cope unaided including physical or mental disability, old age, long-term illness, special educational need, eating disorder or a problem with drugs or alcohol.
In 2013, Bassets helped support the Dog’s Trust, the Trussell Trust, Salisbury’s Morning Star, the Amesbury Museum, The Unit, Salisbury’s Community Choir, the Wiltshire Blind Society, the Pantry Partnership and the Salisbury and South Wilts Dyslexia Group along with many more! As an independent and family run Sales and Lettings agent, Bassets understand the importance of giving something back to the communities in which we work. As a result, at the end of 2013 Bassets were awarded the Cecil Jackson-Cole award at the National Estate Agency of the Year event in recognition for the time and financial help we provide to local causes. Each year Bassets have a budget designated to communities activities and local charities. If you run or help run a local charity and would like our help, whether that’s needing a helping hand at a local event or a little extra help financially please contact kerry.stack@bassets.co.uk.
Downton Easter Egg Hunt Easter Monday 21st April - 3,000 eggs to find! The eggs will be hidden in the Sunken Lawn in Downton Moot. The fun starts at 11am (gates open at 10.45am) and is for all children 11 or under. Please bring your own bag or pot for collecting the eggs. Entry is £2.50 per child to include refreshments. For adults there will be tea, coffee and cakes available plus a Bring and Buy PLANT SALE. No dogs or unaccompanied children please! Proceeds to the Downton Moot Preservation Trust
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It is estimated that 3 in 5 people will become a carer at some point in their lives. The problem is that most people will not identify themselves as such – people simply consider themselves as a spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent or friend doing what they would be doing anyway. Many also mistake the word ‘carer’ with those providing paid care work in a residential home or domiciliary agency capacity.
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Cake and Bake Apricot and Apple Strudel Layers of light and crispy filo pastry wrapped around a sweet fruit filling makes a delicious pud that tastes just as good warm as cold. Serve with tangy crème fraiche, thick Greek yogurt or vanilla custard
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Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5. Peel, core and finely chop the apples and place in a bowl with the lemon zest, apricots, breadcrumbs, mixed spice and 3 tbsp of the Demerara sugar. Mix well.
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Place 2 sheets of the filo pastry, slightly overlapping, on a large greased baking tray. Brush them liberally with some of the melted butter then arrange 2 more sheets on top. Brush with more butter and top with the last 2 sheets.
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Spoon the apple mixture along one long pastry edge, leaving a 3cm border. Sprinkle over another 3 tbsp of Demerara sugar. Fold in the two short ends of the pastry then roll up loosely from one long side to enclose the filling, making sure the seal is underneath. Brush the pastry all over with any remaining melted butter and sprinkle over the rest of the Demerara sugar.
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Bake in the preheated oven for 35-45 minutes or until the pastry is crisp and golden. Check after 25 minutes and cover loosely with foil if the pastry begins to go too brown. Serve warm or cold dusted with icing sugar.
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Hiatus Hernias By Alison Runham
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hernia occurs when part of the body bulges through a weakened or damaged wall of muscle or tissue. 1 in 10 people will suffer from a hiatus hernia, where the stomach is the culprit, bulging through the hiatus (a gap in the diaphragm that allows the oesophagus to pass through). If this area is weakened or damaged (herniated), the upper part of the stomach can sometimes bulge through and sit above the diaphragm, forming a hiatus hernia. But not all hiatus hernias are the same: Over 90% are sliding hiatus hernias - the upper stomach pushes up through the hiatus, under the oesophagus. Paraoesophageal (rolling) hiatus hernia - the upper stomach pushes up through the hiatus beside the oesophagus. It usually requires surgery and causes more pain than a sliding hiatus hernia. Mixed hiatus hernia - both sliding and rolling characteristics are present. Extremely rare. Smokers, women, overweight people and over 50s are more prone to hiatus hernias and they’re more prevalent in the Western world, possibly due to unhealthy low fibre diets. There isn’t always an obvious cause, but common causes are: • Persistent / violent coughing or sneezing • Persistent / violent straining on the toilet or vomiting • Heavy lifting • Pregnancy / delivery • Sudden bending or straining to reach something
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Sometimes hiatus hernias are symptomless, but symptoms are: • pain in the left side of your chest or just under the ribs – this can be severe • acid reflux (heartburn) • physical sensation of your stomach pushing upwards • shortness of breath • sometimes nausea, belching, loss of appetite, discomfort when eating, difficulty passing stools Hiatus hernia symptoms can be mistaken for chest or heart problems and vice versa, and occasionally a hiatus hernia can become strangulated, requiring urgent attention. So if you have symptoms, always see a doctor – or visit A&E if you’re suddenly in great pain. Unless your doctor suspects a strangulated hernia, they usually won’t refer you for surgery immediately (if at all). Instead they’ll suggest ways to improve symptoms and prevent aggravating the hernia.
Treatment • Lifestyle / Diet changes - lose excess weight and give up smoking. Avoid eating late in the evening or before lying down. Small, light meals are best. Certain foods are inclined to cause heartburn, so if affected avoid them: alcohol, caffeinated or fizzy drinks, peppermint, spicy or fatty foods, onions, garlic, citrus and tomatoes.
• Sleeping – avoid sleeping flat, preferably by raising the head of your bed; using lots of pillows may put more pressure on the abdomen. • Painkillers – usually antiinflammatories e.g. ibuprofen, or opioids like co-codamol or co-dydramol, depending on your symptoms. • Antacids and alginates – to soothe the stomach and reduce acidity. • Proton Pump Inhibitors – e.g. Omeprazole, to reduce the production of stomach acid. • H2 receptor antagonists – e.g Ranitidine, to block histamine and so reduce stomach acid. If these steps fail, or there are concerns about damage to your stomach or oesophagus, then surgery will be recommended usually by Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication (LNF). This is keyhole surgery carried out under general anaesthetic, which puts the stomach into the correct position and tightens the diaphragm around the oesophagus, using part of the upper stomach. It’s a common, simple, low-risk operation – so don’t be put off.
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The Better Life
Green with Envy
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ur Better Life has always been about cooperation. We try to work with nature and the seasons; we swap produce and ideas with neighbours and friends. It’s never about competition... usually. “You must come and see our new place,” a friend of ours simpered. “We’re still renovating, but the garden is looking lovely.”
In fairness, they’ve been renovating for months and months now and there’s no sign of the house surrendering yet. Anne was very keen to go, principally because she likes looking around other people’s houses - when they’re in, I hasten to add. The garden was, to my emerald eyes, spectacular. They had six chickens, each one a different breed and with its own pedigree, a humungous vegetable plot with three types of potato already in the ground
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and enough fruit trees to have made 48 litres of cider last autumn. By way of a contrast, we once harvested five sweet potatoes that wouldn’t fill a saucer and managed a mug of juice from a bag of foraged apples.
conservatory. I tend to think everything is pot-bound, but sometimes I am right. It’s also a good time to check the drainage and keep a watchful eye on the temperature. It may only be March but it can be pretty toasty in there on a sunny day.
We were given a whistle-stop tour of several fruit bushes and raspberry canes, a nod to the concrete pond (rectangular) and a visit to the earthworks soon to become a solar array. They also showed us where the water butts will sit and how they plan to follow our example, by linking them to a Rainwater Hub up the wall under the main drainpipe.
4. Generally, get busy. This covers a multitude of activities - everything from checking car boot sales for new old tools to turning over the veg patch and planting out onions and beans.
I was quiet on the drive home, thinking about what we could do with more space. Anne, ever the practical one, knew just how to harness my ambitions. She drew up a list of things we need to do in March and April for our own little eco-paradise:
I smiled then, remembering how we’d agreed a tomato growing competition: Gardner’s Delight vs. Sweet Million - our conservatory vs. their leaky greenhouse.
1. Take up more grass, so we can extend the mini-meadow to make it a midi-meadow. We’ll also need more fine sand for the 50 / 50 mix before we sow last year’s wildflower seeds and it’ll be a chance to delve into a traditional seed catalogue to diversify. 2. Spread the love by spreading the compost. Plus, this year I really want to look at doing something with seaweed. Incidentally, the ‘love’ does not extend to weeds. 3. Tend to the plants in the (world’s smallest)
Naturally, we popped into a garden centre on our way home - for tea and cake. “While you were looking at their wood store,” Anne caught me daydreaming, “Stephanie told me how much they’d been inspired by our garden.”
And I recalled those words of Robert Louis Stevenson: “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” Mainly, it had to be said, because it was written in the seed catalogue.
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Gardening
A Touch of the Orient
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s the new gardening year is under way, is it time to embark on a new era in your garden? It can be really refreshing to have a change of style, not necessarily in your whole garden but perhaps you could create a different and contrasting feel in a small part of your plot to the rest of your well-loved garden? The Japanese style is largely very simplistic and aims to create a relaxed, calm environment. In any garden you’re going to need walls, fences, pathways and so forth, and if you use natural materials such as wood or of course bamboo, they blend in better with the surroundings of an existing or a newly planned garden and instantly help to create that oriental feel. Provided the surface is made
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relatively slip-proof, a small bridge can be created quite easily using a simple plank of wood, allowing you to cross over an existing or new pond or other water feature. Stain the wood an interesting colour: perhaps even bright Japanesestyle red if you’re feeling daring. Thinking of water, why not create your own ‘deer chase’? All you need to set up is a source of water powered by a pump, then allow the water to pour out from a bamboo spout and then into another hollowed out piece of bamboo. As the weight of the water increases in the hollowed out bamboo it causes it to tip and to swivel around slightly. Once filled up it then tilts downwards and pours its water into the basin or bowl beneath. When empty it clunks back into
position. If you want something even simpler, then buy some wide diameter bamboo canes, hollow one out, cut the end at an angle and simply create a trickling water spout. Provided you fix everything up with a pump, the water can then be recycled around from the bowl or basin and back into the trickling pipe. Gravelled areas raked into simple patterns resembling waves or entire circles also help to create a Japanese feel. These can take up the majority of the garden space, be a relatively small area or perhaps link your existing garden into the Japanese ‘room’ that you have created. Concentric rings of raked gravel or sand look particularly dramatic if you place a sizeable, interestingly shaped
boulder, stone or specimen plant in the centre of the middle circle. When it comes to plants there are several which instantly help to evoke that Japanese effect. The so-called Japanese maples with their intricately divided leaves epitomise Japanese gardens and many will turn brilliant shades in the autumn. Japanese azaleas too can be used to great effect and can bring in some of those really bright colours which look so good for the relatively simple garden surrounding them. Pine trees may be too large for most gardens, but you can gradually bend the stems of a smaller one to create a bonsai effect. Of course, if you’re a collector of bonsai then most of these trees actually enjoy spending the summer outside in
a garden and provided they are kept adequately maintained, will look great in your Japanese garden. A trip down to your local garden centre is bound to supply you with a few oriental-themed containers. Plant one or two of these up with a small acer, camellia, miniature azalea or miniature bamboo and you will really help to complete that oriental touch. Visit Pippa’s website www. pippagreenwood.com for a great range of gardening-related items including ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ veg growing system, electronic cat and fox deterrents, lots of slug controls, Pippa’s favourite weeding tool, and many other useful garden items.
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Technology
Garden of Delights
How tech can take the grunt out of gardening
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square metre. Lawns aren’t the only places where technology can make life easier. Battery power has reached the point where it’s good enough for seriously demanding garden tasks. Black & Decker will happily sell you battery-powered chainsaws, pruning saws and loppers. The batteries deliver plenty of oomph - the chainsaw will power through up to 150 3.5cm branches before it runs out of puff - but boffins have yet to invent a device that ensures we remember to charge the power tools before we actually need them. More modest gardening can benefit from gadgetry too. Hozelock’s auto-watering system sticks a timer onto your tap, turning it on and off at the times you program, and options range from a simple sprinkler to an entire micro-irrigation system. Some timers even have rain sensors that mean they won’t turn on the tap if the weather forecast turned out to be overly optimistic. Not all gardening gadgets need electricity to function. The iconic Leatherman multi-tool isn’t exactly cheap, but its products and their many imitators - offer
a huge range of tools in one handy gadget. For example the Leatherman Charge AL includes two kinds of pliers, a knife, a saw and a serrated knife, a wood and metal file, wire cutters and wire strippers. If you find gardening is, literally, a pain, it’s worth taking a look at the range of gardening tools made by Radius Garden, whose slogan is “Garden more. Hurt less.” The odd-looking tools have been designed with ergonomic grips to make them more comfortable and less likely to aggravate repetitive strain injuries, and the range includes trowels, forks, transplanters, weeders and cultivators. Expect to pay around £9 for each individual tool or around £30 for a set of four. You might also want to consider a device such as Fiskar’s Weed Puller (currently £25), which is designed to remove weeds without using chemicals or wrecking your lower back: it’s a long L-shaped stick containing deep-reaching stainless steel claws that effortlessly grab weeds by the roots. It might not be an exciting robot mower but anything that helps with a hard day’s weeding sounds like a great gadget to us.
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Community Talkabout
Venue: Woodfalls Methodist Church Hall. Time: 10am - coffee/ tea & biscuits, 10.30am - listen to a 'talk about' an interesting topic. Aim to finish by midday. Tel: 01725 511164.
Tiny Tots Toddler & Baby Group
Held every Wednesday (during term time). Venue: Radnor Village Hall, Bodenham. Time: 9.45am to 11.45am. £1.50 per family. Lot’s of activities and fun. Call Suzie on 07704 23012 or Vanessa on 01722 504457.
Downton Country Market
Every Friday. Venue: Downton Memorial Hall. Time: 9.30am to 11.00am. Plants, cut flowers, crafts, savouries and sweet food, vegetables and eggs. Homemade jams, marmalade, honey, chutneys. Tea, coffee, homemade biscuits.
Accord Social Group
Every Monday. Venue: Upstairs at The Cathedral Hotel, Salisbury. Time: 8pm. We are a friendly group of single over 50’s who organise meals out, visits to the theatre, City Hall, occasionally dances etc. For more info contact Jeanne on 01722 322022 or Alan on 01722 327665.
Downton Evening WI
Meetings are held on the third Monday of each month. Venue: Sherwood Room, Wick Lane, Downton. Time: 7.30pm. For more info contact Iris Lawes on 01725 511553 or Edna Pike on 01725 511332.
Redlynch & District WI
Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month. Venue: Morgans Vale & Woodfalls Village Hall. Time: 2.15pm. Contact Val on 01725 510850.
Odstock, Nunton & Bodenham WI Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month. Venue: Radnor Hall, Bodenham. Time: 10.00am. For further info contact Elizabeth Cutter on 01725 511870.
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Every Wednesday in term time. Venue: Downton Baptist Church, South Lane, Downton from 8.00pm to 9.30pm. £5 per session, £3 concessions. All ages from 13+. We are a friendly choir singing a wide range of music from Jazz, pop to showtunes. No experience necessary. For more info email Kate at Keedgar@aol.com.
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History
What happened in... ...March 1994? to happen but six people were killed and over 1,000 injured.
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9th: The IRA fired five mortar bombs from a car in the car park of the Excelsior Hotel at Heathrow. Two of them landed on the northern runway, which was closed for ninety minutes. None of the bombs exploded. 12th: A photograph claimed by Marmaduke Wetherell to be proof of the existence of the Loch Ness Monster was proved to be a hoax. 23rd: Whilst flying a Russian Airbus over Siberia, pilot Yoroslav Kudrinsky thought it would be a good idea to let
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his twelve-year-old daughter have a drive, according to taped conversations on the flight deck. He then handed over the controls to his sixteen-year-old son, who accidentally turned off the automatic pilot and the plane crashed, killing all 75 people on board. 27th: The Eurofighter, named Typhoon, made its first flight in Manching, Germany. Development of this aircraft began in 1983 and it was designed to be in service until the midtwenty-first century. Initially a collaboration between the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy production was delayed by political issues and eventually France withdrew from the project. It was not used in combat until the intervention in the Libyan conflict in 2011. Controversial TV tycoon Silvio Berlusconi’s right-wing coalition won the Italian general election and he began the first of four terms as Prime Minister.
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