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Welcome... to the 15th edition of The Apsley & Bovingdon Local Directory, the sister directory of the Tring, Berkhamsted, Chesham, Amersham, Beaconsfield, GX & Farnhams, The Chalfonts Local Directory and Missenden & Hazlemere The cold winter mornings and the scraping of frost off the car windows must mean it is December….. already? The end of the year is here with Christmas just around the corner. It comes around so fast!

We have been busy as usual with a new magazine launching this month in the Missenden & Hazlemere areas. We sponsored the Christmas Fayre at Dr Challenors High School for girls which took place on Sunday 22nd November 2015. It was a fantastic, well attended event and we even got to meet TV presenter, Fern Britton, who opened the event (see picture below of Fern with Raj & Nisha from The Local Directory).

Now to the serious business of Christmas. Whilst the online retailers will be doing a roaring trade over Christmas, why not buck the trend and go local? From Christmas trees to handmade toys there are lots of local traders in your high street and many advertise in our publications, just take a look. There are also many local celebrations including school nativities, carol services and even midnight mass. Christmas is a time for the local community to come together, no matter what religion or faith, to celebrate and give thanks. This is even more important now than ever with recent terrorist attacks across the globe.

So will it be a white Christmas? After such mild weather over the past few months it is surely going to get very cold. The last official white Christmas was in 2010 when we also had snowfall before Christmas. There are suggestions of a hard winter to come, but we have heard that before.

No matter where or how you are spending the holidays have a very Happy Christmas and New Year from all of the team at The Local Directory. See you in 2016, take care and be safe.

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Great Missenden and Angling Spring Wood A wonderful opportunity to combine a stroll round Prestwood Nature Reserve with a lovely walk in the surrounding area.

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This walk starts in the picturesque village of Great Missenden, START: Nature Reserve car park, home of thePrestwood Roald Dahl Museum. There is a gradual ascent Grid ref SU 866 991 toDISTANCE: reach the5.8 wooded hilltops to the west of the village from miles, with c110m of ascent where thereAare fine views back across the valley of the river TERRAIN: moderate walk, with the main climb Misbourne. at the start. Can be muddy in places.

Four stiles Distance: 21⁄2 miles (allow 11⁄2 hours) MAPS: GreatOS Explorer 172 and Chiltern Society 12Line trains from Start: Missenden Station (Chiltern REFRESHMENTS: The Polecat and Kings Head pubs London Marylebone). There is parking at the station and car at point 8 on the map. Otherwise, picnic Hatches parks in theReserve village.

Lane in the Nature Hughenden Refreshments: There several pubs and a tea Valleyroom in the Valley PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Bus 48are (Great Missenden-High Wycombe-Lane End). There are stops near point 3 village. on the map and on either side of the crossroads just Access Information: There is a fairly long but gradual climb south of point 8. up a quiet farm road as far as Angling Spring Farm and then level walking until descending from the same farm on return.

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1. Exit the car park onto the road, turn left and then left again into Perks Lane. Walk up Perks Lane for c600m, going past a footpath on the left on a sharp right-hand bend.

2. As the lane nears the top of the hill, turn right into Longfield Wood. Follow the white arrows on the trees through the Wood, staying on the main path for c1,500m until it meets a tall wood and wire stock fence on the left.

Continue along this fence line until it meets a driveway and the brick gateposts of a large house. Follow the driveway until it reaches Hatches Lane.

3. At the lane turn right and after c50m take the footpath on the left. Follow it uphill, to 1 the left side of the copse. At the brow of the hill, continue in the same direction and look for the field gate in the hedge line ahead.

Continue through this gate into the next field, heading for the far right corner. Go through 2 the kissing gate and turn right towards the lane. Once on the lane turn left.

4. At the end of Pipers Lane head directly across the road junction and through the footpath gate behind the Cockpit Road sign. Follow the path across the field and through the hedge line. In the next field, with the hedge on the right, continue to the footpath marker post in the corner. Here, cut straight across the corner of the field towards the gap in the hedge line. Do not go through the gap, instead turn left and follow the edge of the field with the hedge on the right.

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5. After c250m two footpaths join from the right. Take the second of these paths heading through the kissing gate. Ignore the path joining from the left and continue down, then up the hill to a kissing gate. Go through it and at the path junction continue straight ahead between two fences to a road.

6. Cross the road and follow the lane to Copes 3 Farm. At the end of the drive go between the brick pillars and take the path to the righthand side of the gate. Follow this path over a stile and through a kissing gate, continuing with the fence line on the left over a further two stiles. Once in the woods, head straight up the hill with the fence on the left, ignoring other paths, to the next road.

7. Cross the road and then turn left on the pavement. Continue past Hare Lane on the right and after 200m turn right into Shepherds Gate. The footpath starts from the left-hand side of the driveway straight ahead.

Go through the kissing gate and follow the path into a field. At the path fork take the left path diagonally crossing the field. At the track turn right on the bridleway. Continue to a kissing gate on the left, go through it and follow the perimeter of the field and wood for c400m. Then take the gate on the left into the woods. At the first path junction turn right to meet a road.

8. Cross the road into the woods. Follow the bridleway waymarks and keep to the lefthand edge of the woods for 250m. Just

From the front of the station turn left to Station Approach and walk downhill past shops to turn right into the High Street. Follow the High Street, past the Roald Dahl museum on your left until, having left the shops behind and almost opposite Missenden Abbey, you see a road on your right (Whitefield Lane) signposted ‘The Misbourne’. 1 Turn right through a small housing estate and, ignoring side roads, go through the tunnel under the railway, and then past the junction with Trafford Road on your right. 2 Continue uphill along a lane, signposted as a bridleway, ignoring the footpath on your left. Look out for Gipsy House on your right, formerly the home of Roald Dahl.

After half a mile, at the top of the hill where the road ends, bear left to go past Angling Spring Farm.

Soon the path curves right and shortly after enters woodland. Ignore the first footpath on your right

before the dell, take the first footpath on the left and follow it all the way to a road.

9. Cross the road and turn right, passing in front of the Polecat Inn. Take the footpath on the left at the end of the Polecat car park. Head across the gravel to the paddock beyond and through the kissing gate in the far right-hand corner. Then follow the telegraph poles down the hill, heading to the far left corner of the field. Go through the kissing gate onto Perks Lane. Turn right and head down the hill back to the nature reserve car park.

but at the second, at the point where the bridleway swings sharply left, go through a gate on your right.

3 Follow the path through the wood. When you emerge from the wood turn right at the path junction alongside the edge of the wood for a short distance, then turn left to follow the path alongside a hedge of across Interest and through more Points kissing gates fields, until Prestwood: The name has Anglo-Saxon origins 4 and means priest-wood. you reach a road at Prestwood. 4 It was formed as an Ecclesiastical District in 1849 from parts of Great Missenden, Hughenden and Hampden.

Major industries were based on agriculture and furniture making. This part of the Chilterns was famous for its cherry orchards and in the 19th century Londoners took day trips to see the spring blossom.

5 Peterley Manor Farm: Farm shop, nursery and pick your own.

Turn right along this road for a short way, taking care as you follow the bend, until you reach a cross roads where you turn right to go down the drive to Andlows Farm, signposted Chiltern Heritage Trail. 5 Continue past the farm buildings on your right, and into Angling SpringHelen Wood.

At a junction of paths, 6 Lodge saw the advert asking for volunteers to design walks for the Chiltern Society via Hughenden bear sharp right uphill, ignoring the path straight Valley Residents’ Association. While researching potential routes, it was a Angling pleasant surprise to findFarm ahead of you. When you arrive at Spring footpaths she had not previously walked. She hopes that this route has managed to capture some of the go down the lane which takes you back into Great stunning views in the area round Prestwood Nature Missenden Village.Reserve.

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2. Miracle On Evergreen Terrace is the title of a special Christmas episode of which TV show?

3. In an animated TV special that was first broadcast in 1965, who was feeling depressed because Christmas had become too commercialised?

4. Made into TV films broadcast at Christmas in 2012, 2013 and 2014, which comedy star wrote the children’s books Mr Stink, Gangsta Granny and The Boy In The Dress?

5. Diamonds Are For Heather, Miami Twice and To Hull And Back were all titles of Christmas special episodes of which TV sitcom?

6. Who played the title character in The Runaway Bride, the 2006 Doctor Who Christmas special?

7. Who read out the first Royal Christmas Message to be televised?... King George V, King George VI or Queen Elizabeth II? 8. Which EastEnders character was murdered on Christmas Day in 2009?

9. In the 2013 Christmas TV advert for John Lewis, what did the hare get the bear as a Christmas present?

10. Where in London did Elisabeth Beresford take her children for a walk one Boxing Day when one of them pronounced the name of this place wrong, giving her the inspiration for a group of TV characters?

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The Tech Trends For 2016

Te c h n o l o g y

What Will Everybody Be Talking About?

In many ways 2015 has been an in-between year, with many firms offering slightly updated versions of products they launched last year – so, for example, Apple replaced the iPhone 6 with the iPhone 6S, Samsung updated the Note 4 to the Note 5 and so on. Bigger things are coming in 2016 - so what will be hogging the hightech headlines? Let’s find out.

WEARABLE COMPUTERS We’ve seen these already, of course, but devices such as the Apple Watch and Android Wear watches were just the first steps. Wearables are getting smarter, their batteries better and their apps more useful, and increased competition means they should get a lot cheaper too. And wearables aren’t just for showing off or for going to the gym: they can help monitor chronic medical conditions too.

WIRELESS CHARGING Some smartphones already charge wirelessly, as do some smartwatches, but this year should see wireless charging become more mainstream: Intel’s new PC processors support it, and there’s a good chance Apple will throw its weight behind it too. The longpromised wire-free world might not be too far off.

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music and movies are being streamed over the internet, usually as part of subscription services such as Netflix or Amazon Prime. That trend will continue in a big way this year, with streaming firms investing heavily in new programming - so for example Amazon is spending millions to bring the Top Gear trio back to TV on its service. You’ll also see some TV channels going streamingonly, and rival channels appearing on the BBC’s iPlayer.

SMARTER DIGITAL ASSISTANTS Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana and Google Now are already pretty clever, but they’ll get smarter still this year. Apple, Microsoft and Google are spending big money on hiring artificial intelligence experts, and the goal is to make Siri and Google Now so familiar with your routine that they’ll show you the information you need before you even need it. Their voice recognition will improve too: it’s already good, but if you’ve got a strong accent you’ll know that there’s still a lot of room for improvement.

SMARTER THINGS The Internet of Things has been massively hyped, but it should start to deliver on its promises in 2016. Smart plugs, smart lights, smart cameras, smart TVs, smart locks… if it’s possible to connect it to the

internet and control it from a phone, somebody will do it. The automated home might just be on its way, a mere 90 years after it was first predicted.

PRIVACY WORRIES The problem with letting your digital assistants organise everything is that your digital assistants end up knowing everything about you and possibly sharing that information with marketers or other third parties. The more we let our devices organise our lives and our homes, the more likely a really big privacy scandal is likely to strike.

AD BLOCKING Trouble’s brewing on the internet over advertising.

Invasive ads and privacyinvading advertising trackers are making some websites unusable, and more and more of us are blocking those ads - which means the websites aren’t making any money. This issue has been bubbling under for a few years but now that ad-blocking tools are available on mobile devices - something that wasn’t the case until the end of this year - it’s going to be a really big deal in 2016.

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Marmalade and Mustard

Glazed Gammon Serves 6-8

Ready in 2 hours 45 minutes, plus cooling

Recipe

Glazed gammon is a Christmas favourite – delicious hot from the oven as a festive supper or served cold as part of the Boxing Day buffet!

Place the gammon joint in a large deep pan with the onion, carrot, bay leaves and peppercorns. Pour over enough cold water to cover the joint.

Ingredients: • 2.5kg smoked gammon joint

Bring to the boil then skim off any scum from the surface using a slotted spoon. Reduce the heat, cover and leave to simmer for 1� hours, topping up the water level as needed.

• 1 onion, peeled and quartered • 1 large carrot, peeled and chopped

Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4. Lift out the gammon from the pan and place in a foil-lined roasting tin (discard the cooking liquid). Leave to cool for 10 minutes. Cut away the skin from the gammon, leaving a thin layer of fat and score the fat into diamonds. Stud the scored fat with the cloves in an even pattern.

• 2 fresh bay leaves, plus extra to garnish • Few black peppercorns • 1 tbsp whole cloves • 3 tbsp shredless orange marmalade, warmed

Mix together the marmalade, honey, mustard and sugar and spoon all over the gammon fat. Roast in the oven for 40-45 minutes, basting regularly with the glaze and pan juices until the fat is golden. Serve hot or cold garnished with fresh bay leaves and orange wedges.

• 2 tbsp runny honey • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard • 3 tbsp light soft brown sugar • Orange wedges, to garnish

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JULIE WALTERS FROM BIR MINGH A M TO BROO K LY N

When Julie Walter started out in showbiz, they said she wasn’t the ‘Hollywood type’. Now, aged 65, she has appeared in more than her fair share of blockbusters: from Mamma Mia to Harry Potter, and in upcoming film Brooklyn, she plays matriarch to a group of young, Irish women who hope to better themselves in America.

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Oooh, I just love it,” she cries. “’Not my daughter, you b***h’. Ooh, it’s magic! I get people shouting it at me the odd time.

That was one of my favourites,” giggles Julie Walters, talking about her most famous line from the Harry Potter movies. In true Walters style, she is brimming over with wit and warmth. Humility is also a common trait of hers, and the actress is surprised that people recognise her on the street, even after a decade of playing Mrs Weasley in one of the biggest franchises of all time.

But Walters is a phenomenon in herself.

In 2008, she was awarded a CBE for contributions to drama, and has been a cornerstone of British made theatre and film, earning a Laurence Olivier Award and BAFTA along the way. But it was her performance back in 1983 in Educating Rita for which she is most famously known. Originally playing the role onstage before immortalising on film the plight of Rita, a bright and ambitious working class woman who aims to better herself at Open University. Under the tutelage of Professor Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) she strives to overcome society’s and 18

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Walters admits that the film, for which she was nominated for an Oscar, opened up a lot of doors that would have otherwise remained closed:

“Hollywood didn’t know what

to do with me, they weren’t very interested. I was working class, not the most attractive, English actress; I wasn’t exactly the Hollywood type.”

In her latest outing, Brooklyn, she plays Mrs Kehoe, a waspish landlady who runs a boarding house in 1950’s Brooklyn for single, young Irish girls who have recently emigrated. Based on Colm Tóibins novel of the same name and adapted for screen by Nick Hornby, the film is sentimental without being saccharine and Saoirse Ronan’s performance as lead heroine Eilis, a young Irish girl who finds herself torn between her family in Ireland and a new life in America, is intelligent and moving.

“It was only three weeks filming, and there was such a lovely atmosphere and Saoirse is wonderful in it. Just majestic. I would be very surprised if she wasn’t featured prominently during awards season,” says Walters, whose own performance has been described as ‘glorious’ by critics. Her role is brief but vital, overseeing Eilis’ transformation from timid country girl to sophisticated American woman.

The plot is particularly poignant for Walters whose own mother migrated from Ireland to the UK at the same time: “She emigrated much younger with her family and I believe it’s a story that affects us all.” She may have proved her worth to Hollywood but Walters has remained a Brit through and through, and for that, she is truly treasured.

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Dacorum National Trust Association

Have fun while supporting the work of the National Trust. Join your local National Trust Supporter Group and enjoy day trips to National Trust properties and other interesting places, pub lunches in convivial company, evening and afternoon lectures on a wide variety of topics.

The fee for 2015/16 is £10.00 for the first member and £5.00 for each additional member at the same address. National Trust membership is not required. Contact John Battye (phone: 01442 874338, e-mail: jdbattye@hotmail.com for more information on how to join.

Dacorum University of the Third Age

For people who are retired or semi-retired. There are fun filled opportunities for thinking, playing, making and doing and, above all, finding new social contacts

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Contact Judy Baldwin on 01442 211289 or members@u3adacorum.org.uk

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We have guaranteed places for runners who can raise sponsorship for WAVES. If you are interested please contact us for an application form

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WE NEED YOUR HELP! Do you live in Bucks and would you like to volunteer and take part in a rewarding and unforgettable experience?

Host Families for Children from Belarus Host families needed for children aged 10-12yrs from 29/6 – 27/7.

We organise a daytime activity programme for them avoiding hosts needing to take leave to look after the children. Typically families host for 2 or 4 weeks

The MPS Society supports children and young adults affected by rare genetic lifelimiting diseases.

Why? The heavy radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl reactor

If you join our team of volunteers you will be able to help us give some of these children and their siblings a great time, please email us at mps@mpssociety.org.uk

disaster in 1986 still affects Belarus’s food chain and environment, causing health issues. The break allows the children to eat and live in a clean environment boosting their immune systems and general health. By hosting you can make a real difference to their lives and have fun too!

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Every Wednesday 6:30pm - 9:00pm Here at the BEL CAFE 146 High Street Berkhamsted Phone: 07761 154846

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TRING LIONS CLUB

The Lions Club of Tring presents Carol Singing on Christmas Eve in the Forge Car Park, Tring.

A great traditional way to start the family Christmas celebrations or to fill that difficult gap before the children’s bedtime!

Start time 6.30 pm, Finish 7.15pm Music from the Vale Symphonic Windband.

Look out for a possible appearance of Father Christmas.

A collection will take place for a local organisation.

Everybody welcome.

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DACORUM COMMUNITY CHOIR 'the friendly choir' *new members always welcome* *no auditions* *daytime rehearsals*

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we meet on Tuesdays in term time between 9.45 and 11.15, at the Church of the Resurrection, Henry Wells Square, HP2 6BJ full details on our website www.dacorumcommunitychoir.org or speak to Dianne on 01442 874988 Registered charity no. 1145821

DISCOVER THE JOY AND BENEFITS OF GROUP SINGING. IT’S CHEAPER THAN THERAPY!

We meet on Tuesday evenings 7.45-8.45pm term time only. At Wilstone, nr Tring. Enthusiasm and a sense of humour are the only requirements Phone Jo Woodbridge for more information

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Dacorum Communities For Learning is a local charity that offers adult learning courses at various locations throughout Dacorum.

Our courses include Tablets, iPad, Laptop, Microsoft Office Packages, Arts & Crafts, Languages, Digital Photo Editing, Web Design, Level 2 Food Hygiene & Safety and First Aid. Tel 01442 251930, E Mail admin@dcfl.org.uk, Website www.dcfl.org.uk

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Made of Harder Stuff ‘Bonkers Brash’ will be circumnavigating Britain by cycling, running, swimming and kayaking for 28 days!

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Water Mill House.............................. 5 Local Directory................................. 4 Pet Care & Vets Barking Mad..................................... 9 Bespoke Furniture Dream Doors.................................... 7 Plastering Building / Property Maintenance A Merson Plastering......................... 9 Britton Roofing............................... 28 Upholstery Doors, Windows & Conservatory Richardson Upholstery................... 11 Buckingham Double Glazing.......... 13 Cloudy2Clear.................................. 27 Swan Windows................................. 3 V.S.F Ltd............................................ 2

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Flooring & Furnishing

CRC Flooring................................... 11 Hemel Blinds..................................... 7 Herts Flooring................................... 7

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All adverts are printed in good faith. Whilst all reasonable care is taken to ensure the accuracy of the information in this magazine, the publishers also accept NO responsibility for the accuracy of statements & opinions expressed by contributors or advertisers, for any loss arising from nonpublication of any advertisement, for the contents of the adverts, the services provided by the advertisers or for any errors or omissions in either the editorials or advertisements published.

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Health, Beauty & Wellbeing

Manor Pharmacy.......................14/15

SALES EXECUTIVE REQUIRED We Provide: • Good Rate of Pay • Excellent working condiions • 16 ~ 40 hrs a week available • Highly team orientated • Full training given

You Will Need: • Sales Experience (preferred) • Good knowledge of the local area • Ideally within easy reach of Amersham • Good admin & computer skills

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Cloudy2Clear Windows – Service With A Smile!

It’s been a crazy few months for Cloudy2Clear Windows. The company which specialises in repairing windows which are steamed up, broken or damaged by replacing the panes – not the frames has grown rapidly as homeowners take advantage of their services.

Manager Paul Case feels that it’s all about service.

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Cloudy2Clear service the Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead areas & Paul is finding that his approach

is a major factor in his success.‘The truth is that it’s not just the personal satisfaction that I get from doing a good job but also it makes good business sense.

I get a huge amount of business from friends and family of people I’ve done

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So, if your windows are steamed up, broken or damaged give Paul a call for a free quotation on 0800 61 21 118 and he’ll be happy to help!

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