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023 8026 6388 Hello and Welcome When my birthday approaches, as it did recently, I hold back from buying myself anything for at least 6 weeks before the day.

Then part of my treat afterwards is to go out and treat myself to something new.

So, I went to a shop recently that was having a sale and chose two items for myself which totalled £49. While queuing I saw the most gorgeous handbag costing £50. My daughter was really encouraging me to buy it (mainly because she would borrow it I think), but I didn’t feel I could justify it – I do have plenty of handbags. However when I went to pay for the first two items, the assistant told me they’d both been reduced so the total was now just £20.

I was relating this tale to my husband afterwards and explained how, now I’d saved £30 on the first two items, I could have the handbag because £50 minus the extra £29 I’d saved is only £21 and the handbag was easily worth £21.

He did try to argue the point. I heard him say something about “you didn’t have £30 more to

spend” and “the handbag was not £21, it was still £50 which is a lot for a handbag”. But I was using the ‘woman’s logic’ method of arithmetic so I know my sums are right. Ladies: practice this maths method before you go to the summer sales. Men: don’t waste your breath debating the point, you’ve lost, and never more so than when it comes to handbags and shoes.

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In the glory days, Peugeot shifted 7.7 million 206s and the iconic 205 before that found 5.2 million homes. The 207 wasn’t quite so successful but now the French firm is confident the all-new 208 can bring back the glory days and sales success to its dealers once again.

However, things are a lot tougher these days.

Back in 2001, there were just 16 rivals in the B segment in which the 200 series models compete. Fast forward ten years and now there are 27 direct rivals vying for car buyers' cash.

But Peugeot is confident its new challenger can tackle the market leading Ford Fiesta head on.

Aimed squarely at the sector sales leaders, the French firm hopes its cute looks, competitive pricing and higher spec than rivals will be enough to tempt buyers to turn French.

Sales of the 208 will ultimately make up a third of Peugeot dealers' volume too, and in 2013 the firm targets to shift 45,000 units, so there's some serious weight on this little hatch's shoulders.

So what’s so good about it? Firstly there's an impressive choice of engines. There are five petrol units and five diesels to choose from and with sales expected to be split 50/50 between the fuel types that comes as little surprise.

We tried the petrol 1.6-litre 155bhp, diesel 1.6-litre HDI with 115bhp, and the 1.2-litre three cylinder petrol. The diesel was excellent, but our pick has to be the characterful 1.2-litre with 82bhp and 118Nm of torque. It's both great fun to drive yet economical too, returning

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62.7mpg on the combined cycle and emitting just 104g/km.

On the road it's really rather good. Dynamically, it's composed and even in the lesser powered models it's good fun to chuck around bends.

The ride quality is impressive, but we did find the steering a little light in town.

The driving position is unusual, with a small steering wheel that can be tricky to position without obscuring the clocks but it’s not a showstopper. Overall, it drives like a little French hatch back should do - and we mean that in a positive way!

The sales clincher is really on the spec sheets.

Peugeot has aimed for all trim levels to be just that little bit better than Fiesta - and in this market that's vital.

The most popular trim, taking 40 per cent of sales, will be the Active. As standard on this model you have that all important air con, a touchscreen display, 15-inch alloys, cruise control, Bluetooth with audio streaming and USB. There are plenty of options too, notably sat nav.

Overall, we can't help but like the 208 and it's clear there's a very good car in there waiting to escape (that'll be the GTI).

Priced from £9,995, the new 208 goes head to head with key rivals from Ford and Vauxhall. So, if the market appreciates its funky new looks and tech advances then Peugeot have a winner to join the ranks of previous successful models.

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Crop Circles Mischief Makers or Aliens?

As summer draws to a close, this is the best time to go out and see what delights the Andy Goldsworthys of the skies have left us to marvel at this year.

Actually, crop circles “appear” around the world throughout spring, summer, and autumn – whenever and wherever there’s a standing crop.

But with a fair chance of decent weather and the kids on holiday and needing some diversion, August may be the right month to go and see one, perhaps as part of a day out in the country which might include a pub lunch and a couple of hours in a traffic jam on the A303 (because an awful lot of crop circles “appear” in the Stonehenge area).

I say “appear” in quotation marks because of course the contentiousness about them is how they’re made, or more especially who or what they’re made by: freak weather, outer space visitors or human pranksters.

Crop circles have been reported sporadically since the 17th century, and the first investigation of their cause, in Surrey in 1880, put them down to “cyclonic wind action”, extraterrestrials having not yet been thought of. From the 1970s, though, they were reported more and more often, attracting more media attention and more theories about their origin.

I needn’t go into detail, but by 1991 there was a large body of opinion that they were the work of UFOs or their occupants.

Unfortunately for the UFO theorists, in that year a couple of blokes called Doug Brewer and Dave Chorley claimed to have made most if not all of them using nothing more sophisticated than a plank and a length of rope, and were more than happy to be filmed doing so. Since then there have been crop circle

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competitions and manufacturers including Nike have used their logos rendered as crop circles in advertising. There’s even a group called Circlemakers that specialises in creating ever more intricate patterns and, like Doug and Dave, is happy to be filmed doing it.

But it takes more than a video of a couple of guys with a plank and a length of rope to convince the UFO theorists and although I don’t wish to be disrespectful of sincerely-held views it always seems a bit strange to me to favour a theory you can’t prove over an alternative that can be demonstrated, filmed, and repeated on demand. The UFO theorists – who, given their refusal to believe the evidence of their own eyes, ought to be called the “sceptics” in this case – can point to lots of oddities and anomalies that suggest that Doug, Dave and their successors didn’t create all of the crop circles in the world; but then, we don’t know who painted all of the paintings in the world, but that’s no reason to suggest that extraterrestrials did.

I raise the subject of paintings deliberately, because I don’t really care whether it was a couple of blokes or alien astronauts: my point is, crop circles are beautiful and they serve no practical purpose - to me that makes them art.

Anyway, believe what you want to believe. But if you’re having one of those Dunkirk-spirit makethe-best-of-the-recession “holidays at home” this summer, just Google one of the million or so regularly-updated websites devoted to the subject, choose a crop circle near you, and visit it. You’ll love it. Who needs art galleries?

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Short Story The Battenberg Relay The sugar on the last slice of Battenberg cake twinkled in the afternoon sun.

Kevin licked his lips and glanced round. On the patio, Dad was distracted trying to find a picture on the portable TV so that he, Uncle Mick and Granddad could watch the men’s 400 metre relay.

As Kevin reached up to take the cake, his mum appeared from nowhere and slapped the back of his hand.

“Hands off, Auntie Ivy wants that,” she said. With silver tongs she lifted the slice of yellow and pink sponge wrapped in marzipan and placed it carefully on a tea plate.

“But she’s had two pieces already,” Kevin whined.

“You shouldn’t be counting. I can’t trust you with this, where’s Francis?”

Francis was about to help himself to a fistful of crisps.

Mum thrust the plate into his hand and pointed him in the direction of Ivy. Auntie Ivy was sprawled asleep on a lounger at the far end of the garden. Francis sullenly took the plate and, as Mum turned her back, he winked at Kevin and gave the cake a long wet lick. Grinning, Francis set off across the lawn.

Cousin Hannah intercepted him waving a Swing Ball bat. “Play a game with me Francis, Robin’s rubbish.”

Little Robin threw down his bat and stuck out his bottom lip.

“I didn’t want to play anyway.”

“Take this to Auntie Ivy for me then.” Francis handed the tea plate to Robin, and picked up the bat.

Wiping his nose on the back of his hand, Robin walked unsteadily in Ivy’s direction. A curious wasp circled the plate, upon which Robin panicked and tripped over the hosepipe sending him and the cake sprawling across a pile of grass cuttings.

Cousin Lucy, witnessing the fall, came running over.

“It’s for Auntie Ivy,” Robin sobbed. “And I’ve ruined it.”

“Never mind, go and find your mum, I’ll take it to Ivy.” Lucy said turning the cake over to the clean side.

Meanwhile, Michael from next door, who was only

there because he was hoping to see Lucy, was sitting on the bench swing wearing shades and sipping from a can of Top Deck.

He beckoned her over. She grinned and squeezed in next to him, still clutching the plate.

Robin’s wasp however, was still in pursuit and now found itself unable to choose between the cake and Michael’s drink. Making an error of judgement it landed with a buzz on Michael’s top lip.

Michael, losing the cool he had spent all afternoon creating, sprayed a shower of pop all over himself, Lucy and the cake. Mortified, they both ran off in opposite directions to find napkins.

Kevin had been sat by the garden wall squashing red spider mites and watching the progress of the Battenberg cake, now abandoned on the chair. With a furtive look round, he picked it up and inspected it. No one was looking. The cake was all his for the taking.

The sponge was covered in dried grass, a fine mist of pop and a swirl of lick and he realised to his dismay that he no longer wanted it.

“Auntie Ivy,” he called holding the plate out to her. She opened one eye.

“Kevin, is that my cake? You took your time,” she said, awkwardly pushing herself upright. She didn’t even glance at the cake as she picked it up and swallowed it in one huge mouthful.

At that moment, with almost uncanny coincidence, there was an explosion of cheers from the crowd sat around the portable TV, making Kevin jump out of his guilty skin.

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HAMPSHIRE HERITAGE A Breath of Fresh Air No one could accuse our English weather of being predictable. After six weeks of rain and wintry cold, it changed overnight in late May to Mediterranean sunshine only to revert to rain and wind a week or so later.

However, trapped indoors by the cold, wet spring, when we do have a few good days, many of us are now eager to be out in the fresh air . So this month I’m going to suggest a couple of places to catch up with the great outdoors.

A high spot First, a Hampshire high spot – Old Winchester Hill. Its name is misleading, because it isn’t in or near Winchester.

It’s beside the Meon Valley about 2 miles SE of Warnford. It’s a National Nature Reserve of 156 acres, managed

by Natural England. At its summit, Old Winchester Hill is 646 feet high. At the top there’s an Iron Age hill fort and some Bronze Age burial barrows that date to about 4,000 BC. It’s a great place for bucketfuls of fresh air and good – though in places steep – walking. It’s also possible to enjoy a gentler and almost completely level walk on ancient turf (so kind to the feet) if you stay beside the main bridleway.

The views in all directions from the summit of the hill amply repay the effort of getting there.

The reserve’s unspoiled chalk downland is a good place for birds, butterflies and wildflowers, especially orchids. Fly, Bee, and Frog Orchids all occur. Green Woodpeckers favour the many anthills,

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and Kestrels hang in the updraughts of the hill, seeking voles. Many other birds may be seen.

The reserve (OS grid reference SU643205) is signposted and reached by a narrow lane that leaves the A32 at Warnford, almost opposite the George and Falcon pub.

The reserve is open to the public free of charge. It has no facilities other than a car park and an information hut.

In addition to the main car park, there is a three-bay parking and viewing area for disabled people about ¼ mile south of the main car park. A further ¼ mile south is an entrance to a car park for limited-mobility visitors.

This allows an Easy Access trail to be followed for about a third of a mile. The trail has several resting places and viewing points. In order to pass through a locked gate to reach the disabled parking area, a RADAR key is necessary (http://www.radar-shop.org.uk/). http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/ designatedareas/nnr/1006115.aspx Back to sea level My other suggestion could hardly be more different – Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve at Hill Head, near Fareham.

The reserve, which is at sea level, consists mainly of a series of shallow lakes near the mouth of the river Meon at Hill Head. Six quite widely dispersed viewing hides provide good views not only of birds but if you are lucky of other wildlife, including fox and roe deer. ‘Darters Dip’ has been created to attract dragonflies. The walks between the hides provide fresh air and exercise. The reserve is child- (but not dog-) friendly. A family ticket

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The Friend of Botley Road Cemetery present a variety of displays and exhibitions this year to include: August 10th and 11th – Romsey at Work – 10am to 4.00pm at Romsey Town Hall A variety of photographs from Romsey’s past to include Will’s Nursery, and The Jam Factory. Tea and Coffee available.

September 9th - Heritage Open Day at Botley Road Cemetery 10am to 4.00pm Come and explore this lovely Cemetery with its unique Italianate and Anglican Chapels and its wide variety of Trees. Also on display will be books from the Hampshire Genealogical Society, U3A and LTVAS to browse or buy. If you are looking for a lost ancestor who might be buried at the Cemetery, then our burial records might help you. There will also be a guided walk by our local historian pointing out interesting graves of past residents of Romsey.

Remembrance Day 9th November – 2pm at Botley Road Cemetery.

For the past 2 years ‘The Friends’ of Botley Road Cemetery have held a Service of Remembrance for the 18 Commonwealth War Graves from WW1 & 2. Poppies and Crosses will be laid by schoolchildren and the local clergy will be in attendance as well 2 Military Historians, so come and join us.

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There is a modern reception centre that includes a well-stocked gift and book shop, toilet facilities, and a café serving snacks and light meals. Entry to the visitor centre and café is free, and some of the reserve is overlooked from a public viewing area near the sea front, where parking is also free. The seafront road has excellent views across the Solent to the Isle of Wight. Yacht races are often taking place. It is a popular spot at weekends.

Just across the road from the visitor centre is Hill Head harbour, a picturesque yacht basin. When the tide is in, a flotilla of ducks awaits food expectantly, but you are asked not to feed bread, which is not good for them. The visitor centre sells small bags of an appropriate seed for feeding to the ducks. The road here is busy and close by, so do be careful with young children.

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local groups Romsey Flower Arrangement Society Second Wednesday of the month. North Baddesley Village Hall 7.00pm Welcomes new members info@wessexandjerseyflowers.co.uk

Romsey Job Club Trying to find a job? If you live around Romsey, why not drop in to our Job Club on a Wednesday morning between 9.30 and 12.30? We can’t offer you a job, but we can offer you help in finding one. You can browse for jobs on our computers , prepare your cv If you need to brush up your IT skills, we can help you with that as well.

All in an informal setting, with a cup of tea or coffee.

We’re at Company House, Romsey School, Greatbridge, SO51 8ZB. Ring 01794 522106 for more information

Romsey W.I. The Crosfield Hall Annexe, Broadwater Road, Romsey, SO51 8GL Every fourth Wednesday in the month commencing 7.30pm. Visitors will be warmly welcomed. We have sections for Crafts, Darts, Walking, Scrabble and outings.

We also have trips to the theatre. alan.coltsrd@o2.co.uk Romsey Sea Cadets Romsey Sports Field, Southampton Road, Romsey Wellow Flower ArrangEment Society SO51 8AT Meetings held fourth Monday in the month at Plaitford Tuesdays for 12 – 18 year olds or Village Hall at 7.30 pm New members welcome.

Thursdays for 10 – 18 year olds Tel: Sonia on 01794 322205 or Liz on 01794 322263.

Activities and competitions in every area include sailing, rowing, canoeing, swimming, 5-a-side Romsey Modellers, football, shooting and camp craft. 01794 514387 Ampfield Village Hall, 3rd Wed in the month. 8pm – romseyseacadets@gmail.com 10pm We are a plastic modelling club catering for all modelling genres and skill levels from beginners to well NOMADS music and drama group seasoned gurus. For more information please see www. NOMADS meet every Friday 8pm, Woodley Village romseymodellers.co.uk Hall, School Road, Romsey. We have been part of the Flower Arrangement Classes/ local community for 35 years and new members are Workshops. welcomed. New members needed for our Summer Woodley Village Hall, School Road, Romsey. show, all ages welcome. Come along or phone Rachel: Mondays 1.30 - 3.30pm 023 8049 8955 or Clare: 01794 523578 - for more 1st & 3rd Monday - Beginners information.

2nd & 4th Monday - Intermediate Romsey Open Gate Stroke Club Everybody Welcome Contact: Denise 02380 741299 or A social club for anyone who has had a stroke, we meet Sandy 01794 511335 for details. every Tuesday at The Abbey Rooms 2.15pm Welcomes new members Tel: 0845 3033 100 Romsey Sub-aqua Club.

Club night is Tuesday evening at Stanbridge Earls School ROMSEY ARTHRITIS HYDROTHERAPY GROUP 7.30 - 9 pm. Come dive and snorkel with us! We offer Help soothe Arthritic joints, helping to relieve pain in try-dives and training and welcome new members. the Hydrotherapy Pool. Join us as a member for £5 (Note: for security reasons at the School please contact per year. Weekly sessions are subsidised. Transport is us before coming along.) Email: info@romseysac.com not available, but sessions are held locally. For further Website www.romseysac.com information contact Mrs Linda Hill 01794 323838 WOODLEY & CRAMPMOOR FRIENDSHIP CLUB Woodley Village Hall, School Rd, Romsey 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month, 2pm Braishfield Flower Arrangement Society Meet on the fourth Thursday of the month at Braishfield Village Hall 7.30pm. New members welcome. Tel: 01794 368259 / 02380 731162

ROMSEY HEARING CONCERN 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of the month 2 to 4 pm Appletree Centre, Romsey (behind Romsey Library) The clubs’programme has a wide variety of activities, which includes speakers, social events and outings.

Visitors and new members are very welcome to visit this friendly club, whose aim is to minimise the restrictions of deafness. You do not have to be deaf to visit or join us, South Hants Historical Aviation Society you just need an empathetic approach to people with a The Conservative Club Romsey First Wed in the month hearing loss. We are always looking for help, so if you are 7.30pm. Welcomes new members. interested please contact Anne Gale on 02380735858, For more information visit www.shhas.co.uk. alternatively email hearingconcernromsey@gmail.com.

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Meditation as a way of prayer Every Friday 11am to 12pm starting 4 May 2012. An opportunity to explore and experience the stillness and silence of contemplative prayer. Wisdom Centre, Romsey, Hants SO51 8EL. 01794 830206. reception@ wisdomhouseromsey.co.uk. www.christian-meditation. org.uk TEST VALLEY CROQUET CLUB Test Valley Croquet Club play from April to September at Hunts Farm Sports Ground, Timsbury. Founded over 10 years ago the club is thriving, informal and friendly.

All the club's facilities and equipment are available to members and their guests every day between April and September. New members of any age or experience are always welcome. Go along to a "mix-in" at 2pm on either afternoon to "have a go" or to watch, or make contact with Julie Gale, Secretary 01794 501043 or the John Smith, Captain 01794 340341 if you are only able to play in the evenings and at weekends WELLOW TEA DANCE Wellow Village Hall from 3pm to 5pm every second Wednesday in the month except August.

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The ‘Monarch’s Way is a 615 mile walking trail following the supposed route of King Charles’ II escape from Oliver Cromwell after his defeat at the battle of Worcester in 1651.

The church of All Saints was built in 1855.

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On entering the village from the south, drive past the Wheatsheaf Pub and park in the village hall car park (Post Code SO51 0PN) located just past just past the recreational ground on the right. Note that this walk can be muddy.

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Leave the car park and turn left down the pavement towards the pub.

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Cross Common Hill Road and turn left into the pub car park. Walk through the car park to the right hand corner at the rear of the building.

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Go through the kissing gate into a field and turn right along the field boundary.

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Cross a stile into a second field and continue along the right hand boundary.

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At the far end of the field, turn left for thirty yards and cross another stile into a field.

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Head slightly diagonally left to a visible stile in the field boundary. Cross the stile

and the small footbridge beyond.

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Follow the footpath left and emerge into a large field. Turn right along the boundary line towards woodland.

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Walk uphill and cross the stile in the corner of the field. Go through the wooden kissing gate into the woodland.

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Follow the clearly defined footpath along the side of Hilliers Arboretum.

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Go through a wooden kissing gate and turn right walking between fences.

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With a locked wooden farm gate to your right, cross the stile on your left to enter Ampfield Wood.

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The footpath opens out to a grass track.

Ignore the footpath merging from the left, Keep straight ahead.

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At a crossing of tracks, turn left along the gravel track.

Ignore a track merging from the left, keep straight ahead.

At a crossing of tracks, turn left along the signed bridleway.

At a crossing of tracks, go straight ahead along the signed bridleway towards open ground.

At a ‘T’ junction, turn left for a few yards, then turn right to go through a wooden gate signed both as ‘The Monarch’s Way’ and a bridleway.

Follow the left hand fence-line across a large field. At the far end of the field, ignore the track going straight ahead towards farm buildings, but turn right to follow the signed bridleway.

After just a few yards, turn left along the signed bridleway into woodland.

Go through a wooden double gate and

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follow the bridleway along the left hand fence-line.

Go through a wooden gate to emerge onto a lane.

Turn left along the road.

Follow the lane back to Braishfield. Ignore the turning on the right, follow the lane round to the left.

On entering the village, turn right into the recreational ground adjacent to the last house on the right. Walk across the grounds to the village hall opposite and your car.

Thanks to local resident Mrs J Brace for this walk. We were pleased to donate to her requested charity for this feature. If you have anything you’d like to contribute you could raise money for your charity of choice too.

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