Love Local Magazines - Forest of Dean Jan'19

Forest of Dean January 2019

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Resolve to tell the world!

Hello and welcome to the 1st edition of Love Local Magazines for 2019. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year. I find the new year always starts so well with New Year’s resolutions and lots of positive thoughts. However, if you are anything like me, by the time February comes, the resolutions have fallen by the wayside and are a distant memory. However, this year I have decided to eat well and get fit, but more importantly, give up smoking.

So, if there are any hypnotists out there who could help me please get in touch!

Getting fit – or at least fitter - is easier to stick to when others are doing it too. And whether it’s walking to work instead of taking the car, going for a bike ride, playing games in the garden or doing some exercises in the comfort of your own home, activity which

fits in with friends and family is definitely more motivating. It can be hard though, especially after a full day’s work in dark and cold January, but I am determined to make a difference this year. Everyone says moving a bit more and eating a bit less is the way to do it but with lots of Christmas goodies left over its going to be hard.

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Frost and snow prevent outdoor gardening activities, but equipment can be overhauled and plans made for spring. Yes, now is the ideal time to review your garden over the last year and make a list of what has worked, what you have enjoyed and what you disliked. Based on that you can plan new projects and changes.

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Let the colour scheme and shapes of the plants echo the house and include pelargoniums and salvias or elegant drifts of lavender. It all starts with planning and preparation. Consider the whole garden, keep it simple and put everything in balance, then create true harmony and use colours to great effect such as pink for love and blue for calmness. Draw your ideas on paper and work on your plan for the garden, siting the trees, shrubs and plants that you’d like to keep and introduce new projects.

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How to keep your pets warm this winter

As winter deepens and the weather starts to bite, it’s important to make sure our pets are warm and comfortable to avoid illness and distress. Even those animals with thick, furry coats are susceptible to the cold, so what can we do to help our dogs, cats, and rabbits stay warm this winter?

Keeping your dog warm and cosy

A warm dog coat offers protection from the winter cold, and as temperatures drop, even dogs with the thickest fur will benefit from the extra insulation when exercising or playing outside.

A fleece-lined inner layer with a waterproof outer is a good choice, particularly if the two layers can be detached and used individually as the weather dictates.

Making sure your cat is warm this winter

It’s more difficult to ensure your cat is warm in the winter given their independent nature, but they have a natural inclination to find warm places.

That’s why it’s advisable to provide a cosy shelter in your garden, to reduce the likelihood of them sitting underneath cars or in other warm but dangerous places.

Protecting your rabbit from the worst of the winter weather

If your rabbit is spending the winter in 6

an outdoor hutch, you’ll need to provide additional protection from the elements.

Siting their hutch away from the cold winds and driving rain, providing extra bedding, covering the hutch with a blanket and their run/outdoor area with tarpaulin, will all help to keep them healthy and safe.

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Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until pale and creamy. Beat in the lemon zest then beat in the egg yolks, one at a time. Sift over half the plain flour and fold in, then fold in the lemon juice and milk. Sift over the rest of the flour and fold in.

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Holy Wellington Boots Ronnie lifted his forehead from the steering wheel and prodded Uncle Graeme’s shoulder.

Graeme spluttered awake.

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“Nope, we’re out of petrol,” Ronnie replied. “Turns out your car doesn’t run on fresh air after all.”

The ladies of the Women’s Institute were expecting Graeme in half an hour for a talk on success and being in tune with the universe. Graeme had decided over Christmas to pursue a career as a professional motivational speaker. He’d bagged this, his first gig, after the gentleman booked to demonstrate flower arranging had to cancel due to allergies. This, Graeme claimed, was just more evidence of the universe working in his favour.

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The fact that he’d lost his driving licence was not an obstacle. It was a gift from the universe claimed Graeme because all successful people were chauffeurdriven. Ronnie considered it a bit rich that the universe was taking all the credit when he was the one doing all the driving.

“The village is two miles up this road.

If we run we could make it?”

“Run?” Graeme spluttered. “It will hardly give the right impression if I arrive out of puff.” He shook his head. “They need to see me as I am, a hugely successful man.”

Ronnie looked at his map for clues.

“Found it!” he said, pleased with himself.

“A footpath cuts across that field, we could walk it in twenty minutes.”

“I’ll just get my wellies,” Ronnie said,

climbing out of the car.

“Aren’t you the proper little boy scout!”

Graeme declared, following him.

“It’s just common sense,” Ronnie replied.

“My shoes are leather-soled and bespoke.”

He presented his toe in the manner of a portly ballerina. “Do you not think if we were to ask the universe,” he continued, “it would indicate that I should wear the boots?”

Ronnie sighed; once more Graeme and his universe had ganged up on him. He handed the wellies to his uncle, who stared at them indignantly.

“I’ll never get so much as a toe in these!”

He thrust them back at Ronnie. “The universe has other plans for my feet.

Let’s be off.”

After a weekend’s rain the verge was soft and boggy, but just ahead was a public footpath sign. The clouds above them cracked open and a weak shaft of sunlight picked out something on the ground.

Sitting neatly, waiting for them, was a pair of wellington boots. They looked exactly Graeme’s size.

were a mirage.

“We have a problem.” He held the boots up like binoculars, while two rubber soles remained on the ground. “Their bottoms have fallen off.”

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“Hand me the boots, dear boy,” Graeme said, wobbling on one foot.

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Winter Colour Happy New Year to you! Despite the winter weather, with planning and strategic planting your garden can still look gorgeous, with colourful plants to add interest to your plot.

Dogwoods or Cornus are great winter stem-colour plants. Planted in a moist sunny spot, the crimson-red stems are stunning during winter, plus in autumn you’ll get red and purple foliage. To keep these colourful stems coming, cut them back to ground level in late spring every alternate year.

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and have stunning coloured winter stems.

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The ghost bramble, Rubus cockburnianus, a relative of the standard bramble, has arching white stems that look great in winter sunshine. In summer it produces sprays of small purple flowers.

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Snowdrops in single and double forms look great planted in drifts or naturalised on a grassy bank. Buy ready-to-flower snowdrops in pots now, plant them out, and then plant them ‘in the green’ in a month or two’s time, when you can get the bulbs, complete with leaves, ready for planting by mail order.

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• Regulate hormones that control appetite and sleep patterns.

• Help control weight.

• Release endorphins that ease pain.

• Improve bowel function and prevent constipation.

By improving your physical health and preventing falls, exercise can increase your longevity too. However, exercise can do a lot more than that.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Benefits

“If exercise were a pill, it would be one of the most cost-effective drugs ever invented,” says health promotion consultant Dr Nick Cavill. That’s true because the benefits of exercise go way beyond simple ‘fitness’.

Physical Health Benefits

Research has proved that regular exercise can actively help to prevent disease and debility. It can:

• Lower blood pressure (in turn lowering risk of stroke, heart attack, heart failure and kidney disease).

• Increase muscle mass and strength, bone strength, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility and balance, helping to prevent strains, injuries, falls, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.

• Help prevent some cancers and diseases, including colon and breast cancer, Alzheimer’s and Type 2 diabetes.

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Exercise can: Improve your mood, self-esteem and sleep patterns Exercise can improve sleep patterns and release endorphins that can lift your mood and increase your energy levels.

By improving your fitness and appearance, and giving you goals, routine and a sense of achievement, it can also increase your self-esteem.

Improve your mental health

Poor sleep can contribute to physical health issues and depression, anxiety, poor memory and concentration. Exercise can improve your sleep and is proven to help alleviate anxiety, stress and mild to moderate depression. Just 10 minutes of brisk walking can increase mental alertness, energy and positivity while increasing your activity from zero to exercising three times a week can reduce your depression risk by almost 20%.

Give you ‘time off’

Some of your exercise should make you out of breath, but you can also do

more relaxing forms of exercise like tai chi, Pilates and yoga. Any exercise can give you time to focus on you, rather than your everyday concerns.

Get you outdoors

Research has proved the benefits of ecotherapy and being active outdoors.

Getting outside to enjoy some fresh air and sunshine is great for your mental and physical health, helping you produce the Vitamin D essential for absorption of calcium and good bone health.

Improve your social life and family life – and have some fun!

Exercise can be fun, and by joining exercise classes or activity groups, you will also benefit from the positive effects that socialising and friendship can have on your health and wellbeing. Team sports can bring a sense of belonging and motivation, while becoming fitter may help you to take part in more family activities.

Zumba, tennis, rowing, boxing, karate, netball, Pilates, dancing… there are many types of sport and exercise, so try out a few to find something you really enjoy.

LOCAL EXERCISE CLUBS & CLASSES ACTIVE BALANCE CLASS Mondays, 10.30am - 11.30am, Goode Courte, Lydney. £3. Tel: 01594 812399 BREAM RUGBY SOCIAL CLUB Tel: 01594 562320 BREAM SPORTS CLUB Tel: 01594 563094

CINDERFORD BOWLING CLUB Tel: 01594 542004 COLEFORD BOWLS CLUB Tel: 01594 839417

GENTLE COUNTRY WALKS 3rd Thurs/month, 10.30am, Orchard Trust Smallholding, Upper Stowfield, GL17 9PD Fully accessible. Tel: 01594 861359 LYDNEY BOWLING CLUB Tel: 01594 842962 LYDNEY CRICKET CLUB Tel: 01594 842765 LYDNEY GOLF CLUB Tel: 01594 842775

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LYDNEY TOWN A.F.C Tel: 01594 844523 LYDNEY RFC Tel: 01594 842479

LYDNEY YACHT CLUB Tel: 01594 842573

NEWNHAM CLUB Social & sports club. Tel: 01594 516379

OVER 50S WALKING FOOTBALL Sundays, 3pm, The Angus Buchanan Recreation Ground, GL16 8DS. Facebook: Angus Buchanan Rec Walking Football SILVER STEPS ACTIVE BALANCE GROUP. Mondays from 10.30am, Woolaston Memorial Hall. ‘Drop in' class, referral not needed. £3/session.

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SPACE TO DANCE Fridays, 1.30pm - 3pm, Yorkley Community Centre. Dance in a safe space to whatever music you like/BYO. £3. Tel: 01594 564654 TAI CHI Wed, 10.30 - 11.30am, Hanover Court, Cinderford, GL14 2LQ Celia Large: 01594 824276.

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Your local EVENTS GUIDE MOSCOW DRUG CLUB 18 Jan, 7.30pm, Cliffords Mesne Village Hall Back by popular demand.

Think 1930's Berlin cabaret!

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VIOLIN AND PIANO RECITAL 20 Jan, 3 - 5pm, Church of St Mary the Virgin, St Briavels, GL15 6RG Husband-and-wife duo Richard Ormrod and Mary Hofman. Part of the "Beethoven in Wales" project; incl. new work by Rhian Samuel. Approx. £15 (WVM Members £12; Students £2); interval refreshments.

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DICK BRICE AT FOREST FOLK CLUB. 20 Jan, Doors 7.30pm for 8pm start, The Orepool Inn, Coleford, GL16 8LH. £7 on the door. 01594 833833

SEVERN BORE 22 - 24 January, Various times, Minsterworth Use one of the car parks (do not park along Church Lane). www.severn-bore.co.uk

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK 26 Jan, 2.30pm; 25 26 Jan & 2 Feb, 7.30pm, May Hill Village Hall Tickets: Adults £8, Under 16's £5. Anne Seymour 01452 830081 or www.ticketsource. co.uk/may-hill-players.

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FARMERS MARKET 1st Sat/month, 9.30am 1pm, The Pavilion, St. Briavels. Produce, patisserie, fish, pies, etc.

Yorkley Mend & Repair Café returns

Starting on 12th January, Yorkley's Mend & Repair Café returns to The Community Centre, Yorkley, Bailey Hill, GL15 4RS and will be held every second Saturday of the month between 11am and 1.30pm thereafter.

Why throw away your broken, damaged or worn our items if you can get them fixed by a team of skilled repairers? You can take in your furniture, toys, tools, electronics, household appliances, clothing, textiles and more to be mended. Repairs are free, but donations are welcome and the occasional charge is made if replacement parts are needed.

Please phone or email before turning up at the café to let them know what needs repairing to ensure they have the right tools. Contact Andrew Worsley on 01594 562396 or email Andrew@earthy.f9.co.uk.

The café also welcomes anyone who would like to become a repairer or mender.

During the sessions, the centre’s café is open for drinks and light refreshments.

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The Life List

A Quantum of Porridge

I give you James Bond, our quintessentially British hero and a cultural icon since the 1950s.

He is getting on a bit though, so maybe his adventures need updating?

Dr Know-It-All – 007 scares himself witless with internet health searches.

From Russia with Loaf – Bond goes to extraordinary lengths, and a Moscow bakery, for Borodino bread.

Cold fingers – James purchases some thermal gloves. Critics give it a thumbs-up.

Thunder…bald – 007 heads off a problem and keeps it under his hat.

You Only Sieve Twice – Bond wows the Bake-Off judges with his signature gun bake.

Diamonds Are For Heather – James buys an expensive birthday present.

Live and Let Diet – 007 tries the 5/2 eating plan.

The Spy Who Loved Mead – Bond gets

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The Man with the Swollen Thumb – MI6’s 007 tries his hand at DIY. OMG.

For Your Eyes Only Need Reading Glasses – Bond looks into the small print.

Octo-pushy – James excels on Countdown but lacks humility.

Never Say Nebuchadnezzar Again – Bond impresses historians at a party until he confuses the Babylonians with the Egyptians.

A View to a Killer Investment – James bites off more than he can chew with Bitcoin.

Tomorrow Never Dines – 007 contemplates a 24-hour fast.

(Stow on) The Wold Is Not Enough – While holidaying in Gloucestershire, Bond takes an additional day trip to Cheltenham.

Dye Another Grey – A Bond film with a darker tone.

Cappuccino Royale – An over-generous barista makes 007’s day.

Sky fallout – James rushes to make a cable TV payment before the footie match starts.

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