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THE HOUR OF GLORY
and later for the Father. But I must say that All of us are still surprised about the he is talking of the hour of glory for all celebration of Easter 2020. Coronavirus those who will lay their lives down for their suddenly pushed everyone into lockdown brothers and sisters to the glory of God. and like a tortoise we all went into our shells for protection, to save the NHS, to save lives The Glory Jesus seeks from the Father is and to stop the spread of the virus. We knew to be able and willing and to give his life in less then about the enemy we were hiding death for the salvation of man. And actually he died for the salvation of man. No greater away from than we know today. love than this: for a man to lay down his Easter is the centre of Christian celebrations. life for his friends. A grain of seed can only We had to celebrate it in a unique form- bear much fruit if it falls into the ground, Easter at Home. Individuals had to worship dies and germinates and grows. This Jesus God in the Risen Lord in each individual’s did for everyone. Our life since the advent unique manner. To celebrate Easter Triduum of coronavirus has in some ways revealed alone was something unimaginable but yet the great need to lay down our lives for each the Risen Lord was fully present and his other - rallying, supporting, encouraging, mission of reconciling humanity to himself praying. In doing this we follow Jesus in was fully enacted. seeking our glory and the glory of the Father. Thinking of this year’s Easter celebrations and what it calls our minds to, my mind is filled with the words of the Lord Jesus himself: The hour has come for the Son of Man to be gloried… Father glorify your name (John 12:23ff). Jesus here talks about the hour of glory; first and foremost for himself
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Good news - some Church doors are open for us this Easter to worship. I urge you to enter and see the face of the bruised and risen Christ as we celebrate Easter 2021.
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To celebrate the completion of training at RAF Halton, flypasts will take place, weather permitting. At press date, flypast dates have not been agreed.
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Cholesbury-cum-St-Leonards History Group
Closes 28 March See page 6 for more information.
Kimble & Ellesborough Hort'l Society Coming Soon - Save the Date!
• Open Garden for Scannappeal - Sun 23 May - see details page 3 • Tour de Rennie Grove - Sat 12 June • Askett Open Gardens - Sat 3 July - see details page 3 • Chilfest - Fri 9 & Sat 10 July • Wendover Youth Centre event Mon 12 July, Wendover Evening WI see page 15 Tue 13, 7.30pm via Zoom • Thames Path Mighty Hike for Macmillan The Charity PACE is the topic. See also page 13. Cancer - Sat 17 July Tue 6, 8pm, via Zoom 21st Century Cottage Gardens, with speaker Sally Gregson. She will examine how our concept of cottage gardening has changed over the centuries and how it seems to be developing in the 21st century. kehs.bucks@outlook.com
To celebrate our re-opening we’re offering a reduced full adult membership just £40pm for the first 2 months Included is: our new “Welcome Back to Tennis”offer, run by Club Coach, Roy Knight, and starting on 29th March 8 days of fun activity of daytime and evening coach drills and cardio sessions for all ages and abilities, plus lots of organised tennis sessions. For more information, contact Gill at office@haltonuk.com or 01296 623453 haltontennis.co.uk Wendover News April 2021
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Tennis resumes 29 March, see advert below. Fri 16, online, contact for access details A Fresh Look At Wycombe, with speaker Rest & Reflect Julian Hunt, founder of the Centre for Bucks From 29 March, Lindengate is changing its Studies. Contact: Richard Leat 01494 758784 opening times to allow people to visit later in the day, see page 4. Bucks Historical Association Wed 21, online, contact for time UK Astronomy Festival Mike Farley, Researcher and Archaeologist 1-30 April Exploring England’s Shipping and Trade in National charity UK Astronomy will be the Medieval Period. Please register your hosting its first ever Online Astronomy interest by emailing: secretarybucksha@ Festival, including a host of guest speakers gmail.com. and aimed at beginners to inspire them to go out and look up! To see a full list of the Pace Big Walk festival line up please visit: www.facebook. Sat 24 This year’s Pace BIG Walk routes will be com/ukastronomyevents. circular routes taking in woodlands, parts Chiltern View Market of the Icknield Way and the Ridgeway Trail. Fri-Sun weekly, Chiltern View Nursery HP22 5GX All routes start and finish in Wendover So many stalls! See advert page 7. at Wendover Memorial Hall and there is a choice of 18m, 12m, 6m or The Easter Superhero Mile routes. There is something Sun 4 April to suit all ages and abilities. Sign up at See advert below for details of Easter https://thepacecentre.enthuse.com/cf/ Services in Wendover. bigwalk2021.
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EASTER CHURCH SERVICES St MARY’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Good Friday: open for private prayer Easter Day: book online for services at 6am, 9am & 10.30am Check website for further details: stmaryswendover.org
St ANNE’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, AYLESBURY ROAD
Triduum Service information is on the website Easter Day: Mass at 9am. Limited places, first come first served streamed at https://youtu.be/y0PbPKfu4J4 Website: aylesburycatholicchurches.co.uk/index.php/st-annes
WENDOVER FREE CHURCH, AYLESBURY ROAD
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Events • Astonbury Music Festival, Aston Clinton - Sat 14 Aug • Rennie Grove Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge - Sun 12 Sep • Friends of Wendover Library Golf Day - Thu 7 Oct • Virtual Herts 10K and Half Marathon - Sun 10 Oct
Open Garden at Dundridge Manor
Sun 23 May, 2pm to 5pm, Dundridge Manor, Oak Lane, St Leonards, HP23 6NN This is an opportunity to wander around an informal farmhouse garden. Dundridge is an old Tudor farmhouse, on a site with a Saxon moat once owned by Henry VIII. The Duchess of Salisbury is said to haunt the house. Entertainment will be provided courtesy of clarinet group Allsorts. Refreshments available to purchase throughout the afternoon. Tickets £6 in advance only from https://scannappeal.org.uk/event/ dundridge-manor-open-garden-2/ or by phone on 01494 734161 Notes: Well behaved dogs on leads permitted and partial wheelchair access to the garden. To open our gardens safely, we’re limiting visitor numbers and have allotted two entry times. Please arrive within 30 mins of your entrance time and not before your entry time. You’re then welcome to stay until closing time. Please follow government guidance and current social contact limits at the time of the event.
Askett Open Gardens
Askett is having an Open Gardens day in aid of Rennie Grove Hospice Care from 1pm to 5pm on Saturday 3 July 2021. Askett is a Conservation Area village lying in a beautiful setting just below the Chiltern Hills. There are 15 Grade 2 listed buildings in the village including The Three Crowns public house which will be open. 8 gardens of different size, design and planting will be open all within easy walking distance, with teas served at two of them. Admission is Adults £6, Couples £10, families £15 for entrance to all gardens. There will be free parking, a plant stall, tombola and a junior ecostall. Dogs on leads are welcome and there is wheelchair access.
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The village through road will be closed so it is recommended to come along the B4009 and turn off for Askett from the north side rather than the A4010. For latest visitor information visit http:// askettvillage.co.uk/about-askett/open-gardens-2021/. 2021
WENDOVER MUSIC 2021 Season of Concerts
All 2020 season tickets are valid for 2021 (please see our website for 2020 refunds). We are pleased to advise that we are now able to stream our events online so you can watch from the comfort of your own home. Tickets available from our website only soon.
2021 dates for your diary
All at St Mary’s Church commencing at 7.30pm (restrictions permitting) 5 June - Mini Mozart (daytime) and London Handel Players (mixed ensemble) 10 July - Samuele Telari (accordion) and Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano) 16 October - Steven Osborne (Piano) TBC October - Timothy Ridout (Viola) & Tom Poster (Piano) To be rescheduled - AGM & Leo Popplewell (Cello)
Streaming tickets £12.50 per device per concert (available to buy soon from website only). Concert tickets £20 (students £5). AGM tickets £10 non season ticket holders. Mini Mozart £6 per child (adults free) or £10 for 2 siblings Season tickets £75 (students £15) - includes AGM and reserved seating area in Nave. All purchased tickets for individual concerts for the 2020 season will be accepted for the revised dates so no need to re-book.
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Spring has arrived at Lindengate
At Lindengate, we have been busy planting wildflowers, kitchen garden vegetable seeds, digging the beds and enjoying the return of our resident ducks back to our 5 acre therapeutic gardens and wildlife haven. Come and see for yourself, taking in the sights and sounds of Spring, sitting in one of our many sheltered areas and taking a moment for yourself.
Five Ways to Wellbeing. • Be Active • Give to others • Take Notice • Keep Learning • Connect with Nature If you are unable to visit during this time, why not take a look at Lindengate@Home for activities that can be enjoyed at home, to maintain health and wellbeing. From 29 March, we are open Monday & Wednesday 4.30 – 6.30pm and Saturday 1.30 – 4.30pm. Take a look at our website for full details and other ways that you can look after your wellbeing. www.lindengate.org.uk
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Proposed Wendover Cycleway Routes Survey
The council has secured £500K from HS2 for sustainable travel improvement and wants your views. Residents are able to view, and comment on proposals for three cycleway routes in Wendover on https:// yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/highwayprojects/wendover-cycleways
“We want to encourage cycling for shorter journeys around Wendover by developing the cycling network. The cycleway proposals we have made will improve access and make it easier for cyclists to get around the town. We plan to install road markings and signage along each route to guide cyclists and make sure all road users are aware of The survey runs until Sunday 28 March cyclists. 2021. The three proposed cycleway routes will: “In addition to £500K from HS2 - the council • create a link from the current Amber has added a further £60K to ensure the Way cycle route on Aylesbury Road to improvements are fit for purpose and meet the Railway Stations local need. We have talked with local groups • improve the Amber Way cycle route about how we can improve the cycleway in between the Halton Lane junction and Wendover, now we need residents to get Castle Park Road junction involved and tell us what they think about • provide a link to the schools on Wharf the proposals.” Road. The council is also inviting residents to offer The council's Cabinet Member for Transport, any feedback they have to planners. More Nick Naylor, is encouraging both cyclists and information about this and the proposals non-cyclists to give their views and says: can be found on the council’s website
www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/wendovercycleways. To give your view on the proposals either
• complete the online feedback form https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace. com/highway-projects/wendovercycleways • email on hitmailbox@buckinghamshire. gov.uk • write to: Highways Infrastructure Projects Team, Wendover Cycleways, Buckinghamshire Council, Floor 7, Walton Street Offices, Walton Street, Aylesbury, HP20 1UY To get a printed version of the feedback form, please phone on 0300 131 6000 or email on hitmailbox@buckinghamshire. gov.uk.
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Chiltern View Farmers Market
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Pop in to Chiltern View Nursery to get your supplies You could also treat yourself to a hot snack in the Chiltern Brew Café Find us at - Chiltern View, Wendover Road, Aylesbury, HP22 5QX DUE TO AN AMAZING TURNOUT & HIGH DEMAND WE WILL NOW BE RUNNING OUR FARMERS MARKET EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY & NOW SUNDAYS! * To register your interest for our farmers market please email info@chilternviewnursery.co.uk*
Schools Kindling skills with CWA Bushcraft!
The students at CWA have worked hard this year during Bushcraft lessons. The subject embodies Forest School principles and develops hugely important life and employment skills. The students have been busy building and maintaining an outdoor classroom that has become a huge part of their self-guided work. This time of year, a typical day starts out with a fire. Students use the fire for warmth, cooking, and several traditional crafts. We then get to work with whatever we need to do which might be fixing a roof, sorting out drainage or looking for a plant species for a specific purpose. Skills that we need are learned along the way, sometimes through teacher direction or sometimes by student led discovery. Sometimes the students just enjoy being outside, we learn to appreciate the seasons and learn about our immediate environment. We are looking forward to more signs of spring and some dry weather so we can get some different projects up and running.
Older students use the skills from Bushcraft and apply them to their Duke of Edinburgh award. This year our sixth formers will be attempting the gold award. Duke of Edinburgh organisers have told us we are the first special school in the country to ever enter students for this top-level award, so we are hoping to break the mould for the special schools sector and see our students earn qualifications that will be with them forest of their lives! Paul Coffey Head of Wendover Campus, CWA
John Colet School Governing Body
We are looking for new governors to help oversee the strategic direction of the school. There has obviously been massive disruption to learning, despite all those online lessons, and the students have missed out on the clubs, sports and social side of education. Practical subjects have really suffered. There will have been no traditional GSCE exams for two years so there are big issues of catch up and missed curriculum as well as student mental health and well-being. Even if we have vaccinated “normality” again by September, the effects of the last two years will be felt by students for many years. As a governor, you can help to steer the school and get the best education and experience for the students.
We are looking for new parent governors and will also co-opt people who bring specific skills, for example in audit and finance (accountancy or bookkeeping). Governors are all members of the Full Governing Body that meets typically three to four times a year. We also ask each governor to support one of the two sub committees: Curriculum that looks at what is taught and how the students are developing, and Finance and General that looks after the money and is building new facilities like the long-awaited canteen and new sports facilities. Meetings are usually on Tuesday evenings, during term time and start at 7pm. We try to finish by 9pm. Papers are available online before meetings. If you would like to discuss these roles with a current governor, please get in touch with Mrs Claire Rawlinson, Head of Finance and Business and we will arrange a call or email response if its just a quick question. Our next full meeting is in June where we will appoint new Governors, so please let us know by 14 April if you are interested. If you are a parent or carer, please let us know your child’s name and form. Dr J Savin, Chair of Governors John Colet School
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Schools Chiltern Way Academy World Book Day!
This year on Thursday, 4 March, Chiltern Way Academy celebrated World Book Day. Staff and students participated in a series of book-centred activities including dressing as their favourite book character and decorating their class doors as book jackets. Ethan Bowers in year 7 made a particularly strong effort with his costume of The Iron Giant. The form group 8MW also stood out with their spectacular door jacket for The Hunger Games. A big thank you to staff and students who helped to make it an amazing and memorable day. Shelby Camman, Head of literacy, Chiltern Way AcademyWendover
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Local charity asks for help to reopen their doors
Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity have welcomed the plan for reopening of nonessential shops from the government and are working to reopen all of their Charity shops on Monday 12 April.
“It was a huge relief to see the roadmap out of the cycle of lockdowns and we hope that progress continues as expected. Our shops are such an important part of how we generate income to fund hospice care and the seven months of enforced closures has played a huge part in the £1,000,000 income deficit we are facing as a Charity,” says Lily Caswell, Head of Retail.
£750,000 worth of man hours to the Charity each year. We could not do this without them.”
Volunteering offers an opportunity to gain new skills, meet new people, experience something different, as well as giving back to your local community. Lily goes on to say, “There is a whole range of skills that you can gain as a volunteer such as customer service, always feel appreciated by the team. You merchandising, and working as part of a team. really should try volunteering, it’s a great “The benefits to volunteering are endless, way to meet new people, have fun and feel not only can it help you develop your career like you are giving something back.” by gaining valuable experience, it’s also a The Charity have nine shops – Aylesbury great way to build confidence, resilience and Furniture Showroom (Broadfields), connect with other people.” Aylesbury High Street, Aylesbury (Walton
But over the past year many of their volunteers have stepped back from their roles and the Charity are in desperate need Andrew volunteers at the Charity’s Furniture of new volunteers to be sure they can run Showroom in Aylesbury and explains why he chose to volunteer. “I wanted to do their shops from April. something useful to help society. I really Lily adds, “Volunteers provide essential enjoy volunteering as it’s a varied role and support to the work of Florence Nightingale you never know what is going to happen Hospice in many ways and provide at least next. I enjoy interacting with people and
Court), Buckingham, Chinnor, Haddenham (Bradmoor Farm), Thame, Wendover (see photo above) and Winslow and are looking for volunteers to help in each shop. To find out more, please visit the Charity’s website at: fnhospice.org.uk/volunteer or email volunteering@fnhospice.org.uk.
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HS2 update HS2: The Future
Your Parish Council is working to get the best HS2 mitigation it can for Wendover. We will continue to do this but we also see an important role for the WPC into the future. We’ll be there, helping the community get through the building of HS2. We’ll also be encouraging all of the regulators to keep this project firmly in order. Annoyingly WPC has been denied any place in the HS2 Schedule 17 (S17) planning process. We will not be allowed to fulfil our usual planning role as Statutory Consultees. Buckinghamshire Council are saying no to our involvement while the Minister for HS2 seems to think consultation is still possible. If BC are right there will be no opportunity for the community's voice to influence the S17 planning applications.
It’s a Burden HS2 gives Buckinghamshire Council a really big job. Not only must they act as the LPA, using the limited powers that Parliament left them with, but they must also ensure that HS2/EKFB stick to the laws of the land when it comes to Highways, Environment and Construction Safety. In addition to all of that they are expected to ensure that the project follows its own set of rules. They were published and presented to Parliament and they became part of the High Speed Rail Act. A Burden Shared BC were not given an adequate budget to undertake this policing role. Without doubt BC will need every one of us to help. Reporting HS2’s faults and misdemeanours will probably fall to the community. Below I’ve outlined the channels that you can use to find out about HS2 or to register a complaint about the construction. The Parish Council is there to help you but its vitally important that we all use the HS2/EKFB/BC systems. These public access points are audited and numbers of complaints should trigger remedial action.
Complaints and Questions go to... The HS2 Helpdesk team all day, every day of the year on: Freephone: 08081 434 434 Minicom: 08081 456 472 Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk Not happy with HS2 Enquiries response? Email: complaints@hs2-cc.org.uk Buckinghamshire Council Highway & Traffic Issues Pot holes, mud, flood and blocked drains contact www.fixmystreet.com Buckinghamshire Council Policy and Actions Bucks have a HS2/EWR Working Group. You can contact them EWRANDHS2@buckinghamshire. gov.uk
Buckinghamshire Council. Responsibility for Enforcement. Or contact your BC Councillor. It’s important to get all of the processes right as our community is approaching a transition in its Tom Walsh dealings with HS2 and its contractors. With the Chairman of Wendover PC Planning Committee first S17 planning application for Wendover now and Lead on HS2 being considered at Buckinghamshire Council (BC), our Local Planning Authority (LPA), the railway goes, for us all anyway, from theoretical Information on HS2 activities is available at: to very real. https://hs2inbucksandoxfordshire.commonplace.is
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It is impossible to avoid the presence of • campaigning for appropriate compensation HS2 with so much happening all around us. & support for residents Alongside the Parish Council, Wendover HS2 continues to work on Wendover’s behalf to Problems & our solutions seek effective mitigation solutions to the 1. NOISE - We have uncovered that half of Wendover will suffer from excess noise, with HS2 plans & works. trains every two minutes during the day with We are collaborating closely with noise above WHO levels at night, causing sleep Buckinghamshire Council and with many Parish disturbance - that’s not what HS2 promised! Councils from Little Missenden up to Aylesbury to combine our mitigation efforts. This “stronger We believe a retained cutting (with neartogether” joined-up approach is tackling issues vertical sides) & arched barriers will ensure affecting not just Wendover, but all surrounding noise levels remain as promised. villages up and down the line, to try to bring 2. WATER – Our expert reports indicate that about meaningful change to HS2 plans. up to 25-30 million litres of water per day Here is a reminder of who we are, why we – that’s the equivalent of 12 Olympic sized exist, and the mitigation plans we have swimming pools – will be diverted from developed and are fighting hard for. We cannot the Wendover Arm Canal and the Weston do our important work without your support & Turville Reservoir, flooding Stoke Mandeville involvement as we seek to achieve our mission: & Aylesbury. Achieving the greatest amount of meaningful mitigation against HS2 damage for Wendover & surrounding villages
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Consists of concerned residents, local councillors and passionate engineers who have come together on a voluntary basis to investigate the detail of the current HS2 plans - we have uncovered what we believe to be serious issues around noise, water, traffic, the effect on the visual environment and local communities, affecting Wendover & surrounding villages.
We believe restoring, replanting & screening will protect the visual beauty & long-term future of the AONB. 5. COMMUNITY - Wendover’s infrastructure is being threatened by HS2 works and in order to continue attracting visitors, businesses & residents, it is vital to protect the charm & character of our thriving market town We believe HS2-funded improvement works can off-set some of the harm done to Wendover’s unique village atmosphere.
Help us to do what’s right for Wendover Buckinghamshire Council have the critical role of reviewing HS2 planning submissions and demanding adequate mitigation from their designs.
This is the only opportunity available to us to prevent traffic misery for everyone in the local area, save the reservoir & canal, We believe the North Cutting can be re- ensure households in Stoke Mandeville & designed to prevent damage to the aquifer Aylesbury are safe from flooding, protect the beauty of our AONB, Wendover’s unique & flooding in Aylesbury. village community and prevent households 3. TRAFFIC – We have uncovered that there suffering from ongoing noise disturbance. could be 800+ HGV movements a day on the We have very little time left as planning A413 during construction – that’s 5x more submissions have started to come in. YOU than previously declared that we should can help in two ways: by clicking on our expect – and increased congestion after the website www.whs2.org to complete our viaduct has been built. noise survey and by writing to our county We believe the construction planning should be Councillors www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk, to modified and the A413 be re-aligned to prevent ask them to support our mitigation solutions. future traffic misery & unnecessary delays.
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4. ENVIRONMENT - HS2 construction plans • providing practical & evidence-based pose a serious threat to the outstanding natural beauty of Wendover and the mitigation solutions surrounding area. • communicating, consulting & lobbying
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We engage with many stakeholders (below) - government departments, NGOs, charity organisations & the local community in order to achieve our objectives.
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guidance to visitors and picking up litter. We could do with some extra help so please contact me on richardbirch60@yahoo.com if you'd like to join our local group of helpers. If we have enough people it means going round at the most twice a month from May till September. If you prefer to go once a month and would like some company For those of us able to access Zoom we have we can arrange that too. continued our meetings remotely with a variety of speakers, discussions and quizzes. The Limitations on events mean that we shall not committee have regularly organised teas in their have a Plant and Produce Market this spring but gardens for small groups of six particularly when we shall schedule one for the autumn so please pot up some perennials for BBOWT as you do the weather was fine. your gardening. Our Christmas party was a particular highlight. Richard Birch, BBOWT Chilterns Group During this recent lockdown each committee member has been ringing several ladies a Wendover Cricket Club month to make sure that we keep together With a packed fixture list across all ages, as a community, especially for those without Wendover Cricket Club’s junior section hopes to computers. This has been greatly appreciated. return to training at both grounds after Easter, although subject to final confirmation by the Members who enjoy rambling have planned and England Cricket Board. Similarly the senior teams led some excellent walks through the beautiful will also start pre-season nets and the club is set Chilterns countryside. They have catered for to welcome all its players back for the new season. those who prefer short excursions on the flat to One exciting development for 2021 is the those who are more adventurous! introduction of a dedicated girls section as part A small group of keen gardeners have been of the ECB Dynamos programme (registration is renovating and maintaining the garden by the via the ECB from 22 March). The club has always twinning stone at Wendover Library and the been open to boys and girls but there will now be stone planter outside Istanbul restaurant in the girls only training on Sunday mornings for 8 to 11 High Street. year olds. In addition to players, the Club requires support from parents to assist and is asking those In early December, the committee baked interested to contact them at wccjuniorscontact@ Christmas cakes, slices of which were packaged gmail.com. with chocolates and cards into festive bags for each member. These were duly delivered by All other junior/senior playing enquiries to Father Christmas and his two elves (our president, Jonathan Seabrook jseabrook@talktalk.net Sheila, her husband, Steve, and committee or via the website www.pitchero.com/clubs/ member, Val). Another bag is planned for Easter. wendovercricketclub. Jonathan Seabrook Although we haven’t been able to meet for our regular monthly meetings at St Anne’s Hall owing to the pandemic, the ladies of the Wendover Evening WI have remained very busy during this past year.
Our fiftieth anniversary is in June so a party with a golden theme is being organised for the summer. Hopefully, weather and lockdown rules permitting, we will be able to celebrate in style and enjoy a delicious tea outside on the grass. Our next meeting is on Tuesday 13 April at 7.30pm via Zoom. Featuring speaker Lacey Bonham, the topic is The Charity PACE. Interested in learning more about this local charity? Please contact Sheila on 07743 133963 for the meeting link.
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We shall start welcoming people again at 9.30am on Wednesday 14 April. Full facilities will build up over the first week as the staff and volunteer team gets into action so please check online at bbowt.org.uk before you come. All other local reserves continue to be open and free to use though please be careful how you park.
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We also had another Zoom evening at the end of the month. Rather than just quizzes this time, members were invited to do their party pieces. More than forty folk joined in which is almost half of the membership. Apart from being very enjoyable it was great to see everyone again. Once again thanks go to Belinda and Peter Horn.
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HS2 and Wendover Cricket Club Wendover Cricket Club (WCC) is, like many other businesses, organisations and residents in Wendover, directly and adversely affected by HS2. In our case at least we have the promise of having something to show for our pain when it eventually comes to fruition.
Three years ago it was hoped to provide two grounds at Tring Road but the landowner’s plans changed and now it will be an “equivalent relocation” of the ERG. That’s not a like-for-like replacement as HS2 originally hoped, but a new facility equivalent to ERG but built to Vegetation has already been removed on the road WCC will still need to use the Witchell modern standards – both the cricket leading to the Ellesborough Road ground ground, which is currently primarily used ground itself and the clubhouse, A year was spent trying to get a funding for junior cricket – training and matches – nets and other facilities. Unfortunately, agreement and just as it had been agreed, as well as the Village Cup competition. As the “safeguarded area” included in the HS2 came up with a cunning plan to keep the a consequence of losing the Ellesborough HS2 Act is on the small side but we won’t club at the ERG in September 2018. A silent Road ground, a Witchell storage facility know what’s achievable until we are able year had passed when WCC managed to get a will also have to be installed to enable the to engage our designers and they tell meeting with the contractor EK who broke the ground to be maintained. us. However, the aim of WCC is that the news of the plans for a 5m high retaining wall new facilities will contain everything one along the ground. WCC’s protests fell on deaf Despite the promise of a good deal from HS2, would want for cricket – changing rooms, ears as did all requests for information, until a WCC has suffered at the hands of HS2 from kitchen, bar, clubroom, officials’ room, etc. new HS2 contact was provided in March 2020 the outset of the project since 2017. Lengthy and instead of an old-style scorebox, an and monthly engagement meetings began. delays, u-turns, lack of communication and electronic remote scoreboard. Thanks to the support and actions of Rob information until recently, long delays in Butler MP, HS2 announced earlier than might being reimbursed significant sums of money The immediate challenges include getting have been the case on 29/07/2020 that WCC ... the list goes on. HS2 to allow WCC to engage its design was to be relocated after all. team and start work now, getting quotes HS2 had always advised that dates were But because the railway was “full speed and the designs approved so they can be ‘cast in stone’ and the initial critical one was ahead”, the new ground wouldn’t be ready submitted for planning, limiting any delays the projected loss of the Ellesborough Road in time and WCC would have to temporarily HS2 cause to a minimum and in due course, ground (ERG) on 1/06/2019. Despite the relocate somewhere for 1 or 2 seasons. reaching agreements with other clubs on urgency required to get on with building the It was essential therefore that planning the grounds we might be able to share in new ground, HS2 continually dragged its the new ground started ASAP but the old 2022 and 2023 – at least 3 will be needed feet. The location written into the HS2 Act funding agreement had to be tweaked and for 4 youth teams and 3 senior teams. is on the arable field behind the vets in Tring agreed. Work progressed on this over the Road on the edge of Halton. Although HS2 last 6 months and agreement had just been WCC and all its members now look to would fund the works, it was up to WCC to reached when it all went quiet. As Wendover HS2 to live up to their previous promises engage a design team and build it. It takes News goes to press, the agreement has been and do right by the people of Wendover. a new cricket square 18 to 24 months to abandoned and a new funding process will Time will tell but regular updates can be established, so to have met the original be agreed sometime in the future. So, if HS2 be found on www.pitchero.com/clubs/ June date, construction would have had to don’t reconsider or make rapid progress, wendovercricketclub and for any specific start by September 2017. Spoiler Alert: This Wendover_News_2015_update4 13/08/2015 15:09WCC Pagemay 1 have to relocate elsewhere for an information, please contact Jonathan did not happen! Seabrook at jseabrook@talktalk.net. additional season (2 to 3 seasons).
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Bill Chapple, Cabinet Member for the Environment and Climate Change, presented the new Strategy to the full Council last month. Some ways in which they plan to reduce emissions are to: • Explore the potential for renewable energy generation projects on the council’s land, for example, developing a solar farm). • Ensure council new buildings are as low carbon as possible • Conduct feasibility studies for the installation of solar car ports at appropriate parking sites • Enhance and support sustainable tree management practices, aiming to plant over 500,000 trees.
reduction based on more recent 2018/9 emissions. The Council wants to work in partnership with local residents and community organisations to reduce carbon emissions, providing help and funding through local Community Boards. Whilst it is pleasing to see the Climate Strategy we would like the actions listed to quickly become more specific and with measurable results. We also know, as do Bucks Council, that they need to work a lot faster than 2050 to reach ‘net zero’. Climate Action Wendover has spent the last year mapping out potential ways for our community to lower our carbon emissions and we believe from our data a 75% reduction is feasible by 2030 if we all work together. More to follow on this.
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We are seeking to recruit a number of Local Would you like to be part of a fantastic & Community Representatives to sit on the floral new fundraising initiative for Florence CCSG, which is independent of HS2 and the Department for Transport. The Group Nightingale Hospice Charity? meets three to four times a year, in either Being confined to our homes for much of Birmingham or London (when attending the last year, we know that lots of you have physical meetings) and also virtually.
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We are looking for individuals, streets and communities to open their gardens for a day or two between May and August this summer. So whether your garden is small or large, urban or rural, traditional or modern, please get in touch to find out more at fundraising@ fnhospice.org.uk or call Claire on 01296 429975.
For more details about these exciting opportunities and how to apply, please click on the links below. If you have any questions about the CCSG or about becoming a Local Community Representative, you can also contact: community@hs2.org.uk. Applications close on Friday, March 26, 2021. If you have a question about HS2 or our works, please contact our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434 or email hs2enquiries@ hs2.org.uk.
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We will support you to ensure that all Open A Rennie Grove supporter is compiling an Gardens are Covid-19 secure and comply with anthology of short written pieces from people any government restrictions in place at the around the world to document the pandemic. time. The proceeds from the sale of the anthology will be donated to Rennie Grove Hospice Care HS2 in the Community to help fund the charity’s care for local people Applications are open for residents across with life-limiting illnesses. Phase One and Phase 2a of the HS2 route to become Local Community Representatives. Jan Moran Neil has already collected over As part of the Construction Commissioner Steering Group (CCSG), you will represent your community, share and communicate a range of experiences and perspectives as Britain’s new high-speed railway is built, and also help to monitor the performance of the Independent Construction Commissioner (ICC).
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that the idea of a pandemic thoughts historical referrals to the hospice at home service than document occurred to me. ever before during the pandemic as it tries to help relieve pressure on the NHS and keep “I felt it had to be for a charitable cause so patients at home with their loved ones. that contributors were passing their lockdown time in both a productive and helpful way.” With its community fundraising activities affected by restrictions, Rennie Grove is You don’t have to be a writer to send in a looking to develop alternative ways of raising submission. The aim of the anthology is to funds and Jan Moran Neil’s anthology project capture people’s feelings and experiences of is a perfect opportunity for supporters to get the pandemic, and create a historical record. involved, stretch their creative muscles and help raise funds for a local charity. Jan Moran Neil said: “Two restrictions: keep your submission under 200 words and don’t Submissions close on 31 March. If you’d like mention the word ‘unprecedented’!” to be involved, send your submission to info@ janmoranneil.co.uk. Jan is the founder editor of the writers’ anthology Rhyme & Reason, which raised over Wendover Community Car £60,000 for Rennie Grove since 1991, until the The Wendover Community Car, which has magazine ended production in 2018. been off the road for just short of a year, Jan’s mother fell ill in 2000, and was cared for returned to service on Monday 15 March. by the charity’s nurses until her death in 2001. The volunteer drivers have been vaccinated. The Car helps local people who need a little Rennie Grove Hospice Care’s hospice at home assistance to get about. Contact is on the service provides care for people in their usual number, 01296 317769. Website: own homes. The charity has received more wendovercommunitycar.org
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Tribute: Liz Youens, MBE Wendover News featured Liz Youens in Jan 2021 to honour her MBE. This followed on from her original Local Face in Oct 2011. There has been a huge outpouring of grief since she died most unexpectedly in Feb 2021. Jane Dunkley, neighbour to Liz for over 50 years writes: My lovely friend little Lizzie and her husband Dick were the most lovely neighbours and always there for advice and help. We are a close community, so we are all very upset. Lizzie tended her large garden all by herself and decorating the fence opposite with fantastic floral hanging baskets, all grown from seed, supplying tomato and cucumber plants every year and trying strange new wonders like auberginetatoes. Always a doglover, after Dick died, they became her life. When lockdown happened she no longer attended dog classes or out at 5.30am to the pool as she had every day for so many years. She came in a bubble with us and I saw her most days. She was also an amazing knitter by hand and machine zipping back and forth at a rate of knots and churning out the most fabulous clothes which used to hang on a rail just like in a shop. Fiercely independent and very eco-conscious, Lizzie installed solar panels for water and electricity. Such a pity she isn’t able to get her MBE in person. Pat Lesingham writes: My family and I made so many happy memories over the years with Liz and her family. She helped my husband run the Lifesaving Club at Green Park which led to our families patrolling the Upper Thames at Reading, Wallingford, Marlow and Henley for Thames Rescue Service. We provided crews for special events, especially during the school summer holidays when there was no Lifesaving Club, including
and gave her time unconditionally. She will be missed by everyone who knew her. Graham Howard
Concrete Canoe races at Thorpe Park, Dragon Boat racing, Traditional Boat racing at Henley and at the Royal Regatta, crews for St John Ambulance. I am still shocked and saddened by her unexpected death. Rest in Peace, Liz, we all miss you.
• Oh no. She was my son's lifesaving teacher at Green Park until lockdown. A very encouraging and supportive lady. She will be missed. Joanne Garlick
Tributes from Facebook: • So sad, I've known Liz for a long time. I used to work with her at Foam Engineers in High • Liz taught me nearly everything I know about Wycombe. Sadly missed. Susan West water safety and swimming. She has helped so many people and is so loved within the community. She will be truly missed. Sarah Hobbs, Wendover Pool Trustee • Such sad news, helped me learn to swim back in the 80s and was such a big part of WSA when the pool opened. David Elliott • What a remarkable legacy Liz has left. Nearly • Such sad news, Liz was such a great every if not all of the lifeguards at the pool ambassador for the Wendover pool and were trained by Liz and guided through the water safety, she taught all our girls for qualification facilitating the ongoing viability Rookie Lifeguarding. Niamh Burton and success to provide such a wonderful and safe asset to our community. Liz will be • This is really sad news, her commitment truly missed by the Wendover Swimming to opening up for the early morning community. Thoughts are with her family. swimming sessions at 5:30am, cleaning Thank you for your unwavering support. and administration of the Wendover pool Justin Craig, former Trustee, Wendover Pool and her dedication towards Swimming Life Saving training she truly deserved her MBE • I met Liz at Green Park and Aylesbury award. Thoughts are with her family. Chris Ducks. She was always there whatever Minall
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VALP Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan reaches been keen to keep the public informed, and ELAINE MACWHIRTER Chartered Physiotherapist involved, the whole way through this very new milestone Pilates and Tai Chi Instructor The Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan (VALP) is reaching its latest phase, as further Hearing Sessions have been scheduled for midApril. The sessions follow the completion of a public consultation, which ran from December to early February on the Further Main Modifications to the plan.
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Tribute: Pauline Pope Pauline Pope, a well-loved maths teacher, passed away peacefully on the morning of Tuesday 2 March 2021 at Wycombe Hospital. She had taught Mathematics for around 45 years across various schools in the country including John Colet School from 2003-2017. Towards the end she was doing supply and 1-2-1 tuition. She was also a valued private tutor outside of school. Tributes from Facebook • Pauline was a treasure, a real force of nature. Her friendship was greatly appreciated and her integrity, industry and loyalty were sources of strength for those that knew her and worked with her. I valued her counsel very much and her humour was never far away even when she herself was under pressure. Her passing will leave a big hole in a lot of lives. Steve Chappell • She helped me massively in school not only with maths work but massively with confidence too! What a lovely lady she was. Katie Jayne.
• She was an amazing tutor, teacher and an missed by all of the staff she worked with inspiration. Jack Luckey. and all of the pupils she supported over • She was an absolutely amazing teacher the years. Amy Passaro, Head of Maths. and definitely helped me a lot at Colet • Mrs Pope was an inspirational, challenging when I needed it. Liam Murray. maths teacher. She always made sure I did • I’ll never forget mine and Mrs Pope's my best and got the highest grade possible. maths tuition sessions. She’s the reason A proper traditional teacher. George Perry, I passed maths and I’m forever grateful former JCS pupil. that she didn’t give up on me like a lot of • Before Mrs Pope taught me, I never teachers did. Sophie Mitchell. demonstrated a particular affinity for • Totally loved this lady! Definitely going to mathematics. That all changed when she be missed and such a huge personality. became my teacher. Her unique teaching Kelly Louise. style and patience improved my maths Tributes from John Colet School skills and confidence to the extent that I • Pauline was such a valued member of spent my GAP year at John Colet School the John Colet Maths department over as a Learning Assistant and Key Worker the 14 years that she worked here. She based in the maths department. This only had a wonderful gift of being able to happened because of Mrs Pope. Abbie encourage and inspire all pupils no matter Law, former JCS pupil. their age or ability through her passion • I believe it was as a result of Mrs Pope's for Mathematics. She was fantastic to help, encouragement and patience that I work with as well: sharing her wealth of passed my Maths GCSE, and many other knowledge and experiences along with students probably felt the same. Connor her brilliant sense of humour. She will be Byford, former JCS pupil. Thinking of selling your old BOOKS AND POSTCARDS? I offer a local service buying interesting things on paper:
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Women in Charity Awards The winners of the first Buckinghamshire Women in Charity Awards were announced 8 March by local charity Community Impact Bucks during an online award ceremony marking International Women’s Day. Established to raise awareness of the many inspirational initiatives led by and involving women in the county, the Women in Charity Awards recognised outstanding work and effort in four categories: Outstanding Leadership, Trailblazer, Outstanding Volunteer and Young Charity Woman of the Year. The winners and highly commended for the categories are: Outstanding Leadership in the Charity Sector: Winner – April Benson, Director of Services, Aylesbury Women’s Aid; Highly commended – Caroline Bennett, Director of Fundraising and Communications, Pace; Highly commended – Charlie Powell, CoFounder & General Manager, Lindengate Mental Health Charity Trailblazer in the Charity Sector: Winner
– Hannah Asquith, Chief Executive, Youth Concern; Highly commended – Sheila Bees, Director, Grow Together; Highly commended – Rebecca Bennett, Volunteer Director, Open House Micklefield CIC & Hills Café Outstanding Volunteer: Winner – Shanthi Priyalatha-Wortmann, Director, Women’s Cultural Arena; Highly commended – Fiona Phimester, Volunteer Fundraiser, MacMillan Cancer Care; Highly commended – Sue Severn, Chairman, Watermead Parish Council Young Charity Woman of the Year: Winner – Georgia Grou, Health Delivery Officer, Wycombe Wanderers and Sports Education Trust; Highly commended – Charlotte Lawrence, Attain Project Manager, Transitions UK; Highly commended – Vaibhavi Shah, DreamSai Milton Keynes The judging panel consisted of women who all have extensive experience of working with charities and communities in the county, and bring years of experience and insight to the judging process.
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Double bereavement to brain tumours leads to high profile charity appointment Brain Tumour Research, based in Milton Keynes, has appointed a new Director of Fundraising and Supporter Care. Jason Rigby, 50, from Hungerford, Berkshire, joined the organisation in March as Brain Tumour Awareness Month gets underway. Previously Director of Fundraising and Communications with Children with Cancer UK, Jason also has extensive experience in the commercial sector including at Mitie, Carphone Warehouse and Vodafone. Jason has very personal reasons to join the fight to find a cure for brain tumours. He has experienced the double tragedy of losing his father and brother to glioblastoma, an aggressive and inoperable form of the disease. “We all go through tragedy but I feel that this appointment gives me the opportunity of a lifetime to turn my experience into something positive and to make a difference to a cause that is so dear to my heart,” said Jason.
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Jason’s father Andrew Gardner died in June 2019 at the age of 73. He left a wife Pat, with whom he ran an upmarket clothes shop in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, for many years. Some 30 years earlier Patrick, Jason’s only sibling, was just 17 when he passed away having undergone surgery and treatment.
others who have been touched by this cruel disease.”
Jason added: “I was 19 when Patrick died. He was the quiet, intelligent one and I was the older brother who was always looking out for him. I can remember being called to the hospital where he was lying with a tube helping him to breathe. When he died, there was a sense of relief that his suffering was over.
Brain Tumour Research is the only national charity in the UK singularly focused on finding a cure for brain tumours through campaigning for an increase in the national investment into research to £35 million per year, while fundraising to create a sustainable network of brain tumour research centres in the UK.
“It seemed almost unbelievable for Dad to be diagnosed with the same type of tumour 30 years later. It’s hard to imagine the pain Mum has been through, having to bury her son and then losing her husband to the same disease when they should have been enjoying their well-earned retirement. Sadly, my family is not alone. Brain tumours are indiscriminate and can affect anyone at any age. I consider myself privileged to be able to work to help other families who have been affected and I look forward to making a difference in memory of my father and my brother and on behalf of the many, many
Chief Executive Sue Farrington Smith MBE said: “Jason joins at a challenging time. Thanks to our loyal supporters and a restructure of the team we remain confident in our ambition to extend our network of Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence in the UK. Our vision is to find a cure for brain tumours and we look forward to getting back on track with our growth strategy while recovering the £1 million which was lost to research because of the pandemic.”
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The Friends is not a religious group. Members are people from all walks of life who wish to see the fabric of our lovely landmark Parish Church maintained for the appreciation of future generations. Since its inception in 1994 funds from the Friends have contributed to a number of repairs, including that of the Chancel roof, restoration of the tower spire, guttering, downpipes, stonework repair, etc. (and work on the Nave roof will soon be needed).
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Wendover Swimming Pool can run public sessions in Tiers 1, 2 & 3. Please book online before you come to the Pool, as numbers are limited. Please check our Facebook page for information and updates before you come. The Wendover Swimming Pool is easy to get to - it’s in the middle of the schools campus on Wharf Road. Our social media team posts variations to normal opening hours on our Facebook page. Want to volunteer? Email trustees@wendoverswimming.org.
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Waddesdon Manor grounds open for local walking UK Astronomy Festival - online, see page 2 Easter, see advert page 2 for details of Church Services in Wendover Breast Friends Aylesbury - Breast Cancer Support Group, contact for details Kimble & Elles Horticultural Society, via Zoom, see page 2 Many shops and services re-open. Wendover WI online meeting, see pages 2 & 13 Virtual VALP sessions, by invitation, see page 21 College Lake Reserve re-opens, see page 13 Wendover Art Club, contact for meeting details Legacy Fairs Antiques & Collectors Fair, Wendover Memorial Hall, see advert page 4 Cholesbury-cum-St-Leonards Local History Group, online, see page 2 Wendover Local Produce Market, Manor Waste Bucks Historical Association, meeting online, contact for time and access details, see page 2 Pace Big Walk, see page 2
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John Lingley Fitness Training, see website for details www.aspirationsfitness.com Cat Booker Fitness classes, times vary, see website for details Jodie Digby Fitness courses, times & locations vary, see website for details JAZZERCISE classes to suit you. www.jazzercise-uk.com. BML Personal Training classes, see website for details - www.bmlpersonaltraining.com Simply Walk - locations vary, book online to confirm location & availability Hatha yoga - all classes online due to the pandemic, please contact for details YogaBellies Classes, online during the pandemic Pilates, online & outdoor. Times & costs vary, see website for details Tai Chi & Qigong Classes, online, Tue 10-11am, Wed 4-5pm. Beginners Mon 2-3pm, 6.30-7.30pm. Water Babies, Chilterns MS Centre pool,contact for details Martial Arts Classes with ZKS, St Anne’s Hall (Tue) or ZKS HQ, The Cabin, Chiltern View Nursery Adult & Teenager Yoga Classes, St Anne’s Hall. Contact Sarah to book or for online class details. Yoga classes with Zest Yoga, online or limited size outdoor classes. Contact to book. Zumba® and Zumba® Gold classes: private studio or locations in Chivery or Wendover. Rest & Reflect, Lindengate HP22 6BD - M/W-16.30-18.30, S 13.30-16.30. info@lindengate.org.uk Kunda Dance Mon, Slow Flow Fri - classes online, contact for details Badminton Club. 19.45-21.45 Mon, beginners 18.45-19.45 Fri, John Colet School (term time) Hartbeeps Music Classes for children, term time, Wendover Guide Hut HP22 6HH The Rotary Club of Wendover & District, meetings online, usually 2nd Wednesday Badminton Club for over 18s, £6, (Sep-July, no BH’s) Green Park Sports Centre HP22 5NE Monkey Music, term time, Wendover Guide Hut HP22 6HH, see advert page 10 Thames Valley Police at Wendover Community Library Perform drama classes. 4-7 year olds 4-5pm 7-12 year olds 5.05-6.05pm. Wendover Memorial Hall. Sparrowhawks Netball Training, John Colet School - contact the club for details IMAGEZ Camera Club, sessions being run remotely - contact the club for details Aylesbury Choral Society online rehearsals, see page 14 for details Nia Classes - Wed 12.00-13.00, Fri 18.30-19.30, Balance Studio, Halton Tennis Centre Wendover & Halton Cycling Club, Wed 18.30 local mtn bike, Sun 08.30 local mtn bike Zumba with Nikki, Mon & Thu 1815 Halton School, Sat 0930 Chiltern Way Academy Wendover GTAG (Give Tennis Another Go) at Halton Tennis Centre, Thu 7.30-9pm, Sat 4-5.30pm Wendover Weekly Market, Manor Waste Fun Dog Training, contact for location details and booking Dramarama - drama classes for school years 3 & 4, term time, Wendover Guide Hut HP22 6HH Taekwondo for ages 5 and up, John Colet School Amazing Donkey Youth Club for 10-14 year olds (term time only), Wendover Youth Ctre Market at Chiltern View Nursery. Weekly through the summer. See advert page 7. Nordic Walking, contact Ridgeway Walking for more information & location details Cycle Rides with Aylesbury Cyclist Touring Club, locations vary
John 07747 604155 www.catbookerfitness.co.uk www.jodiedigbyfitness.uk 07900 987230 Emma 07969 433351 www.buckscc.gov.uk/simplywalk www.lizbrownyoga.co.uk alice@yogabellies.co.uk www.physioandpilatesinbucks.com www.yangshengtaichi.com chasetheball@waterbabies.co.uk www.zksmartialarts.co.uk sarahyoga@sky.com, www.sarahyoga.co.uk annabel@zest-yoga.com Roxanne 01296 623683 01296 622443 www.lindengate.org.uk www.happywellyoga.com www.wendoverbc.org/ www.hartbeeps.com
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Local Face: Matthew Routledge Matthew is a Buckinghamshire boy having been born in High Wycombe and lived in Seer Green. After school, Matthew initially worked for a Merchant Bank but then persuaded his father to let him follow in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps of working in property, qualifying as a Chartered Surveyor in 1992. Matthew has a great passion for reading, especially history. He also enjoys supporting Wasps though this is not so easy since their move to Coventry. His interest in photography started when he was given a Box Brownie. He was 8 and a photographer friend taught him to develop black & white pictures. He has now moved over to digital photography and loves the flexibility this gives. His pursuit of family genealogy has taken him to the 1500s on his wife’s side and lead miners in Allendale in Northumberland on his own. His main career started looking after property for British Waterways and he then moved into management positions with his patch including the Wendover Arm. To be nearer to work Matthew and family moved here in 2002. He had met Andrea at school when they were 16 and they have now been married for 32 years. When Hannah was born she was baptised and the family Christian commitment strengthened. When they arrived in Wendover within only two days they had joined the congregation at St Mary’s. Matthew became involved in Home Groups and Junior Church and taking groups to Spring Harvest and Youth Camps. He then started leading services and preaching.
Matthew also has a son, Jonathan, and both children went through local schools. Hannah is now a nursery teacher in Brighton. Jonathan has lived in Oregon with his American wife for the past 2 years.
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Before he arrived in Wendover, Matthew had been asked if he thought he had a vocation but he dismissed the idea. By 2006 Matthew had become a visiting lecturer (6 weeks a year) at Warwick University which is where he had done his Masters in Engineering Management. In 2007 he had moved on to CBRE which was “named a World’s Most Ethical Company” for the seventh year in a row in 2020. This led to a lot of international work, especially in the tech sector, finding offices for companies such as Google in the UK and across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia. The work was very interesting but not fully satisfying. There had to be more to it than just making money. In a general conversation with Rev Peter Louis about 3½ years ago, the subject of vocation came up again. Matthew was in St Mary’s one Sunday morning, praying about the idea of vocation, when Paul Moring stood up to speak about that very topic. Matthew paid full attention. He hadn’t even realised that it was vocations Sunday. It was
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time to explore this idea more formally so he spoke to Vicar Sally Moring who referred him to the Deanery Vocations Advisor, Rev David Wales in nearby Weston Turville. The rigorous process had begun. Matthew had a series of meetings with Caroline, Diocesan Director of Ordinands, to explore his vocation. He also had to write essays and visit different churches to widen his experience of the Church of England. In 2018 he left CBRE and in February 2019 was appointed chaplain (2 days a week) to the MHA Care Home in Aylesbury whose ethos is caring for the spiritual needs of their residents as well as mind and body. Nominally Methodist, the residents include a range of people of different ages including young people with debilitating illness or life-changing accident and a range of faiths including none, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish. In June 2019 Matthew attended a 3-day Session in Ely organised by the Bishops’ Advisors’ Panel (BAP). This was a group of people exploring if vocation really was the right way forward. Matthew found it a very positive experience and he was recommended for training at Ripon College near Oxford which involves weekly evening classes, weekends and an Easter School to support distance learning, a BA qualifiation and ordination as Deacon in Summer 2022 in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Matthew will then start his curacy for another period of at least 3 years to ensure a breadth of experience during which he expects to be ordained priest (2023). He should be deployable in his own right by summer 2025. If practical, he will stay living in Wendover, otherwise we will have to wish him well in a new place.
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Local Elections Are Taking Place On 6 May 2021
If you are passionate about your local community, Wendover Parish needs you. Councillors make a huge difference to the quality of life of our Parish & surrounding villages and to how local issues are dealt with. We need people from all backgrounds and experiences who reflect our communities to put themselves forward for election. With so many things happening in and around the Parish, the Parish Council has much to do to help ensure Wendover remains the vibrant, welcoming & successful market town we all know and love. Perhaps you have innovative ideas for Wendover or concerns about a specific issue and want to do something about it. Maybe a special project, which is close to your heart, which you would like to promote. Being part of a team looking at speeding issues or managing HS2 impacts or improving the outside spaces. Perhaps you simply wish to play a bigger part in your community and help those in need. These, and many more, are all fantastic reasons to put yourself forward to become a Councillor for Wendover Parish.
What Do Councillors Do? Local (parish and town) councils and councillors are passionate about their communities and seek to make a difference by helping improve their residents’ lives, in both small and big ways. Local councils run numerous services, depending on the size of the council. Many you will see day-to-day, but some are less known. These include supporting the setting up of dementia-friendly groups, floral arrangements around the village, creating neighbourhood plans, maintaining streetlights, awarding grants, establishing youth projects, managing allotments and open spaces, maintaining footpaths, public seating, and litter bins. A councillor’s role can include developing strategies and plans for the area, helping with problems and ideas, representing the community, working with other local community groups, reviewing decisions and talking to the community about their needs and what the council is doing.
standing, excellent councillors who have helped make Wendover and the Council successful and productive. Wendover Parish Council needs YOU to volunteer and support the community, in which you live, work and thrive! Apply now! The deadline to submit nomination forms is 4pm on Thursday 8 April. For more information, please visit www. wendover-pc.gov.uk/council-elections and follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ wendoverparish where we will be posting updates throughout the election period including videos from Councillors around the country explaining why they became Councillors.
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• Wendover Free Church continues to meet online and and can be contacted as shown below • St Anne’s Mass - Sunday at 9am and Tuesday at 10.15am • St Mary’s offers different ways of gathering online, please use the contact details below
Wendover Free Church – 01296 622354 wendoverfreechurch.org.uk St Anne’s Roman Catholic Church – 01296 290545 aylesburycatholicchurches.co.uk/index.php/st-annes St Mary’s Church of England – 01296 696136 / 623123 stmaryswendover.org 32
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