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14th February is Valentine’s Day, a festival which has been celebrated in the United Kingdom for centuries, with the giving of flowers and cards to lovers becoming commonplace in the 18th century. The original story of St Valentine is one shrouded in layers of myth. Valentine was a 3rd century Christian martyr, whose life is obscure but has been embellished by legend. One such tale told how St Valentine clandestinely performed marriages for Roman soldiers, who were banned from matrimony at the time. As romantic as this is, it is entirely unsubstantiated – Roman soldiers at the time were actively encouraged to marry! Leaving aside the world of romance, February marks the start of the transition between winter and spring. The official flowers of February are the violet and wild primrose – both of which can be seen in hedgerows at this time of year – so look out for them when you are out and about! Falling on 28th February this year is Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day. Shrove Tuesday marks the final day before the fasting season of Lent, and as such was traditionally the last day on which perishable rich foods such as dairy products and meat could be eaten. The tradition of using up these foods evolved into a more secular festival, celebrated by the eating of pancakes and communal games such as pancake tossing and pancake races. So whether you are exchanging romantic gifts or eating pancakes be sure to wrap up warm as the cold spell is upon us! Till next time. If you have any views or feedback on The Local Directory publications please do contact us - email us at info@ localdirectoryltd.co.uk, many thanks for reading. Bu

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CHILTERN SOCIETY WALKS Lacey Green, Parslow’s Hillock and Lily Bottom

Prestwood walk

A gently undulating route linking two attractive villages with historic pubs. This walk takes you from Lacey Green (with its landmark windmill) along the ancient track known as Grim's Ditch to Lily Bottom Lane. There is an optional detour to Parslow's Hillock and the Pink and Lily pub which has associations with the poet Rupert Brooke.

A gently undulating route linking two attractive villages with historic pubs. This walk takes you from Lacey itshours). landmark Distance:Green 2 ½ miles(with (allow 1½ Extra 1 milewindmill) for pub detour.along the ancient track known as Grim’s Ditch to Lily Bottom Lane. There With Helen Lodge Start: Kiln Lane, Lacey Green (opposite the Black Horse pub). Road-side parking near the Black Horse bus service from High is pub. an Limited optional detour toWycombe. Parslow’s Hillock and the Pink A wonderful opportunity to combine a stroll round and Lily pubdescent which associations with poet Access Information: Short fromhas Kiln Lane to the valley bottom, thenthe a climb Prestwood Nature Reserve with a lovely walk in the back up to Lily Bottom Lane. Another descent towards the end of the walk from 4 to 5 on Rupert Brooke.area. surrounding the map. The rest of the walk is fairly level.

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START: Prestwood Nature Reserve car park, Refreshments: Pubs in Lacey Green at Parslow's Hillock. Gridand ref pub SU 866 991

Distance: 2 miles (allow 1½hours). DISTANCE: 5.8 miles, with c110m of ascent Extra 1 mile forA pub detour. TERRAIN: moderate walk, with the main climb Route:

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Lily Farm

Heath End Road Hatches Wood

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at the start. Can be muddy in places. Walk along Kiln Lane until you leave the Lily Bank Farm to reach a minor road called Windmill 1 surfaced road and meet a crossingFour path.stiles Lily Bottom Lane. 3 Turn right here to Lower W PH Either turn right along the bridleway and MAPS: OS Explorercontinue 172 and the Chiltern walk. Society 12 then immediately left to follow it down to 2 REFRESHMENTS: The Polecat and Kings Head pubs rejoin Kiln Lane in the valley below or, for a If you wish to visit the pub at Parslow's at point 8 on the map. Otherwise, picnic Hatches more gradual descent, continue walking Hillock, turn left for about half a mile to Lane in the Nature down Kiln Lane keeping with it as itReserve curves reach a road; the Pink and Lily pubHughenden is on 2 right to meet the crossing bridleway. Valley Valley left. It was made famous by the war PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Busyour 48 (Great Missenden-High 3 Follow the bridlewayWycombe-Lane uphill alongside End). There poet Rupert Brooke who frequented it are stops near point 3 Grim's Ditch and you notice World War. onwill the mapyou andare on either before side ofthe thefirst crossroads just PH North 0 0.5 1km walking in a slight hollow with trees on south of point 8. Lacey raised banks on either side. This is an To continue the walk from 3 follow the 0 ½ mile Green ancient earthwork believed to date from lane for another half a mile, taking the before the Saxon period. second path on your right, opposite a bridleway. 4 Descend through woods to Continue along this path, which can be the valley and there turn right along Kiln 1. Exit the car park onto the road, turn left and 5. After c250m two footpaths join from the muddy in places in winter or after rain, for Lane 5 to follow it all the way back to your then left again Lane.point Walk Perks right. Take the second of these 0 paths heading about a mile until it descends slightly byinto Perks starting in up Lacey Green. Lane for c600m, going past a footpath on the through the kissing gate. Ignore the path left on a sharp right-hand bend. joining from the left and continue down, then 0 2. As the lane nears the top of the hill, turn right up the hill to a kissing gate. Go through it and into Longfi eld Wood. Follow the white arrows at the path junction continue straight ahead 26 on the trees through the Wood, staying on between two fences to a road. the main path for c1,500m until it meets a 6. Cross the road and follow the lane to Copes tall wood and wire stock fence on the left. Farm. At the end of the drive go between the Continue along this fence line until it meets a brick pillars and take the path to the rightdriveway and the brick gateposts of a large hand side of the gate. Follow this path over 1 house. Follow the driveway until it reaches a stile and through a kissing gate, continuing Hatches Lane. with the fence line on the left over a further 3. At the lane turn right and after c50m take two stiles. Once in the woods, head straight the footpath on the left. Follow it uphill, to up the hill with the fence on the left, ignoring the left side of the copse. At the brow of the other paths, to the next road. hill, continue in the same direction and look 7. Cross the road and then turn left on the for the field gate in the hedge line ahead. pavement. Continue past Hare Lane on Continue through this the right and after 200m turn right into 2 gate into the next field, heading for the far right corner. Go through Shepherds Gate. The footpath starts from the the kissing gate and turn right towards the left-hand side of the driveway straight ahead. lane. Once on the lane turn left. Go through the kissing gate and follow the 4. At the end of Pipers Lane head directly across path into a field. At the path fork take the the road junction and through the footpath left path diagonally crossing the field. At the gate behind the Cockpit Road sign. Follow track turn right on the bridleway. Continue to the path across the field and through the a kissing gate on the left, go through it and hedge line. In the next field, with the hedge follow the perimeter of the field and wood for on the right, continue to the footpath marker c400m. Then take the gate on the left into post in the corner. Here, cut straight across the woods. At the first path junction turn right the corner of the field towards the gap in to meet a road. the hedge line. Do not go through the gap, 8. Cross the road into the woods. Follow the instead turn left and follow the edge of the bridleway waymarks and keep to the leftfield with the hedge on the right. hand edge of the woods for 250m. Just

Walks in the Chilterns

Start: Kiln Lane, Lacey Green (opposite the Black Horse pub). Road-side parking near the Black Horse pub. Limited bus service from High Wycombe.

Access Information: Short descent from Kiln Lane to the valley bottom, then a climb back up to Lily Bottom Lane. Another descent towards the end of the walk from to on the map. The rest of the walk is fairly level.

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Lily Bottom Lane

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Birchmore Wood

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Great Kingshill

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Refreshments: Pubs in Lacey Green and pub at Parslow’s Hillock.

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Walk along Kiln Lane until you leave the surfaced road and meet a crossing path. Either turn right along the bridleway and then immediately left to follow it down to rejoin Kiln Lane in the valley below or, for a more gradual descent, continue walking down Kiln Lane keeping with it as it curves right to meet the crossing bridleway. Follow the bridleway uphill alongside Grim’s Ditch and you will notice you are walking in a slight hollow with trees on raised banks on either side. This is an ancient earthwork believed to date from before the Saxon period. Continue along this path, which can be muddy in places in winter or after rain, for about a mile until it descends slightly by Lily Bank Farm to reach a minor

before the dell, take the first footpath on the North left and1km follow it all the way to a road. 9. Cross the road and turn right, passing in front of½the milePolecat 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 through3the kissing gate onto Perks Lane. Turn right and head down the hill back to the nature reserve car park.

road called Lily Bottom Lane. continue the walk.

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Points InterestHillock, turn If you wish to visit the pubof at Parslow’s Prestwood: The name has Anglo-Saxon origins left for about halfanda means milepriest-wood. to reachIt awasroad; formedthe as an Pink and District in 1849 from parts of Lily pub is on yourEcclesiastical left. It was made famous by the Great Missenden, Hughenden and Hampden. Major industries based on agriculture and war poet Rupert Brooke whowere frequented it before the making. This part of the Chilterns was first World War. furniture famous for its cherry orchards and in the 19th century Londoners took day trips to see the spring blossom.

3 follow the lane for To continue the walk from Peterley Manor Farm: Farm shop, nursery and pick taking your own. the second path on your another half a mile, 4 Descend through woods right, opposite a Helen bridleway. Lodge saw the advert asking for volunteers to walks for the Chiltern Society via Hughenden to the valley and design there turnAssociation. right along Kiln Lane 5 to Valley Residents’ While researching potential routes, it was a pleasant surprise to find follow it all the way back to your starting point in footpaths she had not previously walked. She hopes that this route has managed to capture some of the Lacey Green. stunning views in the area round Prestwood Nature Reserve. Map: Glyn Kuhn

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The Chiltern Society is a local charity with 6,800 members. It is one of the largest environmental groups in England directly associated with the conservation of some of the country's finest protected landscapes. The objective of the charity is to care for the Chilterns, to encourage people to explore this beautiful landscape and to conserve it for future generations. It has over 400 active volunteers who protect the Chilterns' heritage landscapes, buildings and rivers, maintain Chiltern footpaths and bridleways, publish footpath maps, lead walks, cycle rides and photographic trips, and do conservation work on ponds , commons and woodland. For details of the charity’s work and its programme of walks, cycle rides and conservation groups open to all www.chilternsociety.org 01494 771250

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in 2,000 men will experience anorexia, becoming preoccupied with weighing as little as possible via excessive exercise and/or starving themselves. It usually develops at age 16 or 17 but sometimes, as young as 7. Bulimia Bulimia sufferers alternate between binge eating and purging by inducing vomiting or using laxatives, and 90% are female. It’s more common than anorexia and usually develops at around 18 or 19. Binge eating disorder (BeD) BED affects around 5% of adults, compelling them to eat large amounts of food very rapidly. It affects both sexes equally, usually developing between 30 and 40 years old. eating Disorder not otherwise Specified (EDNOS) Some people may have some but not all of the symptoms of a specific eating disorder, so they receive an EDNOS diagnosis. Diagnosis anD TreaTmenT Doctors and healthcare professionals use internationally agreed criteria to diagnose eating disorders, normally using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) or International Classification of Diseases (ICD). They ask patients about their weight, self-image and relationship with food. But how do you know someone needs to be referred for diagnosis? Often, people with eating disorders will be in denial or try to hide symptoms, but they may: • Skip meals or claim they’ve already eaten/will eat when they’re out. • Only eat tiny/low-calorie meals. • Claim they’re fat when they’re

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for 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire. Miller meanwhile set about busying himself on both the small screen and the stage – a performance alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in Frankenstein at the National drew particularly effusive praise – eventually coming to rest in the U.S where he has been playing a modern-day Manhattan-based version of Sherlock Holmes. It was during the filming of Elementary – now in its fifth season – when Miller received the postcard that announced the arrival of a sequel that has since sent fans of Boyle’s iconic 1996 black comedy into raptures. “I got it here in New York,” says the 44-year-old. “It said: We’re going to have a go at T2 and will send you a script when we have one soon. I got the script and thought it was pretty good and I heard the other guys liked it too. That was a matter of months before we started. It was a pretty quick process for me.” And though more than two decades have passed since we last saw Miller as the amoral con-man Simon ‘Sick Boy’ Williamson, it was business as usual for Boyle and his boys as soon as they hit the set. “It’s very much the same; it’s about rehearsals and preparation,” he reveals. “Danny flew out to New York to visit me with the script and we sat down and read through it and we’d talk about it and I’d give him some ideas and then he’d go back to the writer and incorporate those - or just his ideas from hearing you read it out loud.

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Volunteer Mentors Required New Leaf offers support to short-term offenders returning to Bucks, Berks and Oxon. We need volunteer mentors who will listen to and support offenders for at least 12 weeks after release. For more information please email anne@newleafproject.co.uk or ring 01844 202001 New Leaf, Townhill Barn, Dorton Road, Chilton, Aylesbury, HP18 9NA Do you belong to a local club or group? Are you responsible for booking speakers to fill a number of slots throughout the year? Why not arrange for a Rennie Grove Hospice Care Ambassador to visit and talk about the work that Rennie Grove does in your local community? Our Ambassadors are all excellent speakers who give their time on a voluntary basis to help spread the word about the charity. There’s no charge for an Ambassador talk; however, Rennie Grove needs to raise £7.2 million each year to help the thousands of local families who need us - so we do ask groups to consider a small donation to cover travel expenses and contribute towards patient care. To find out more about Rennie Grove and to download an Ambassador booking form, visit www.renniegrove. org/support/community-groups/book-an-ambassador-talk or call 01442 890222. We look forward to hearing from you! To advertise please call 01494 725878 or

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THE CHILDREN’S SOCIETY NEEDS YOU! The Berkhamsted Fundraising Committee raises over £10,000 a year to support abused and neglected children in this country. Our Secretary is retiring and the committee needs a new volunteer. Please can YOU help? Ring Ann on 01442 864968 to find out more. Reg. No. 221124

LEY HILL FLOWER CLUB

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Berkhamsted Artisans, Arts & Crafts Market (3rd Sunday of the month) 10am to 2pm. The Town Hall, 196 High Street, Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4 3AP Through the double doors above Chez Gerard on the High St. Lift access at back. If you would like a stall contact Claire - Mob: 07968 627 179; Email: berkhamstedmarket@hotmail.co.uk; website: www.greatmarkets@vpweb.co.uk/

Tring Farmers Market (alt Saturdays) Come see us at Church Sq, High St, Tring every fortnight on a Saturday morning from 9am - 12:15pm Tring Farmers Market has established a reputation as a really friendly shopping experience and its refreshment stall offers you the facility to sit and enjoy a mug of coffee or tea and a delicious hot bacon roll with your friends! For more info see: www.tringfarmersmarket.co.uk

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