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welcomejuly contents forward yaxley hub gazette health & beauty Welcome to the July issue. 5 Broadway Bowls 22 Hapi Hemp Hope everyone is enjoying the glorious sunshine, apart from 5 Yaxley Library 24 Perfect Nail working I have been busy in my garden, weeding, planting, enjoying 5 Sing for Life 24 Renew You Feature BBQ’s and keeping my fluids up with the odd Gin and Tonic! 7 Lakeside Healthcare 7 Yaxley & Holme WI money matters This month we have an update from the new District Councillor 7 Yaxley Singers Sally Howell, Sally will be updating us monthly. If you have any local 9 Church News 26 Mortgage Interest Tax Relief events coming up, please let me know and I will add them onto the 9 Folksworth Art Club What’s on Guide. 11 Frog Life stay safe 13 Parish News Please remember to support your local shops and tradespeople, if 13 Councillor Sally Howell 28 Burglary Prevention you do use the services of anyone in the magazine, please tell them you found them in the Gazette. young gazette handy numbers Whatever awaits you in July – and the rest of the year – be kind to 15 Local School News 29-31 Handy Numbers yourself, do the things that make you happy. what's on PUBLIC DEFIBRILLATORS Warm summer sun, Shine kindly here, 16 Local Events Claypole Funeral Directors, Main Street PE7 3LZ 17 Dinosaurs are Coming! Co-op, Bentley Avenue PE7 3ZT Warm southern wind, Duck & Drake Main Street Yaxley PE7 3LY Blow softly here. gazette home & garden Farcet Club, 1 Cross St, Farcet PE7 3DE Farcet Post Office, Main Street PE7 3DB Green sod above, 19 Med Magic Farcet Primary School, St Mary’s Street PE7 3AR Lie light, lie light. Fen View Museum, Peterborough Rd, Good night, dear heart, pets & wildlife Good night, good night. 20 Great Fen 21 Wildlife Trust time out 23 Puzzles Contact us ADVERTISE Farcet PE7 3AZ by Mark Twain YOUR BUSINESS 18 Ferndale Yaxley PE7 3ZW T: 01733 757342 IN YAXLEY GAZETTE Holme Village Hall, Short Drove Holme PE7 3PA Le Fleur E: [email protected] Lakeside Healthcare, Landsdowne Road PE7 3JL Facebook www.yaxleygazette.co.uk FROM JUST Locks and Shades, 39 Mere View Industrial Boutique Estate, Yaxley PE7 3HS £20PM Printers, 90A Peterborough Road, Distribution: Adrian Kisby. T: 07592 833464 design Farcet PE7 3BN workflow Queens Park Pavillion (not 24hr defibrillator), NEXT ISSUE DEADLINE: 11 JULY Daimler Ave, Yaxley PE7 3AU Useful Contacts [email protected] Rec Pavilion, Middleton's Road, Yaxley PE7 3LR Yaxley based orist Churches The Farmers, Broadway, Yaxley, PE7 3NT Weddings Occasions St Peter’s Church The Old Cemetery, Farcet PE7 3AY Funerals Seasonal Corporate Rev Sarah Hare - [email protected] 01733 248690 / 07498230858 The Royal British Legion, 210 Broadway, Laura Ashley [email protected] 07939 449 255 Peterborough PE7 3NR Deliveries Available Yaxley Methodist Chapel - Main Street Rev Vivienne Smith Yaxley Fire Station, Main Street,Yaxley PE7 3LB [email protected] / 01733 259 631 07821 558346 Defibs 07534 195 326 www.le eurboutique.co.uk [email protected] facebook le eurboutiqueonline District Council - Huntingdon DC 01480 388 388 Doctors (Yaxley) 01733 240 478 Foodbank [email protected] 07579 825 798 Library (Yaxley) 0345 0455 225 Parish Council (Yaxley) 01733 241 958 Pet Nutrition Adviser 01733 753 055 Personal Training David Sanders LCGI MinstLM Group Fitness Police (non emergency no.) 101 Martial Arts FOR BOTH Yaxley & Farcet Covid Support Network 01733 794 513 JUNIORS AND ADULTS Peterborough City Hospital 01733 678 000 Specialising in: MMA NHS Direct call (or visit www.111.nhs.uk) 111 Anglian Water 0345 791 9155 Muay Thai Station Bridge Vets 01733 615 447 Strength & Conditioning North Hunts Community Car Scheme 07795 542 084 aj@kingdom-fitness.co.uk www.kingdom-fitness.co.uk The Yaxley Gazette is sourced and published independently by local people and is not on the back of any large organisation or society. Views and opinions written in this magazine may not necessarily reflect those of the publisher. The Yaxley Gazette cannot be held responsible for unsolicited material. All artwork and design is the copyright of its respective owner. Reproduction of any part of this publication is strictly prohibited unless prior permission is given by the publishers. Yaxley Gazette | July 2022 | T: 01733 757342 | E: [email protected] | www.yaxleygazette.co.uk 3

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yaxleyhub YAXLEY BROADWAY BOWLS CLUB YAXLEY LIBRARY Summertime is SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY bowling time Events in Yaxley Library Science events on offer within the For continued safety of customers library, please look out for more It seems only yesterday our season opened with the President vs. Captain and staff, please be aware our information in the library and on game on a bright Sunday afternoon in early May. special events are ticketed, and our Social Media Platforms. July is now upon us, so why not give a game of bowls a try at one of our ’open attendance limits are still in place. Adult Events - These are free sessions’ and join us any Saturday morning (sometime between 10 - 1pm) this Children’s Events events, donations welcome. month, young and old, returning to the game or a complete novice a warm Please be aware that Storytimes and Scrabble – Every Monday from 3pm welcome awaits. Rhymetimes are taking a break after Games Group – Alternating All we ask is you have a pair of ‘flat soled’ shoes, we can provide the rest. the dates below. Lego Club will be Tuesday’s 2 – 3pm The Platinum Jubilee Cream Tea was, running as normal unless we have a EngAge in the Afternoon (Adults despite the weather, a fun afternoon, different activity on this morning. Only) (Her Majesty seemed to enjoy it!) big Storytime –Fridays 10.30 – 11.00am Wednesday 13th July 2 – 3pm thanks to all those who gave their time, - July 1st, 8th,15th Mystery Quiz An enjoyable effort and kitchens to supply the food Rhymetime – Tuesdays 10.30 – afternoon of testing your (and indoor games and quizzes at such 11.00am – July 5th, 12th, knowledge with a variety of short notice) ,Lego Club – Every Saturday 10 – questions from the Library Quiz Our link up with U3A has been a great 11am – 50p per child Masters. success, welcoming several newcomers Special Events Wednesday 10th August 2 – 3pm: to the game on Wednesday afternoon Summer Reading Challenge: This Yaxley Countryside Volunteers between 1-3. (Tea and biscuits included!) year's Summer Reading Challenge Come and hear about how our (There is still a chance to take part is called Gadgeteers, please keep a volunteers work together to throughout July) look out for how to take part and improve the environment within For more information, please visit the events that are happening in the the village. local U3A website: Summer Holidays. You can register This is a free event; donations www.peterboroughu3a.org.uk to join the challenge mid July, you are welcome to help provide for You will find full details of the U3A programme and how the Yaxley Bowls will need to read 6 books over the refreshments. Advance booking is experience can be booked. summer holidays to receive a medal. required as spaces are limited, please There will also be a variety of collect your ticket from Yaxley Library. For more information call Mike 07368914353 or visit www.yaxleybowls.co.uk Free event, donations are welcome to help provide for refreshments. The Friends of Yaxley Library Join us for a Coffee Morning – Date to be confirmed!Why not come along and meet the members of this friendly group and library staff. Find out all the ways you can support your library, for example, by raising money and helping at Library events. Please pop into the library for more information. Sing For Life AGE UK Age UK will be regularly holding a drop in session once a month on a Tuesday 1.30pm – 3.30pm. Come along for a friendly, informal chat and find out how to access services and support. Launching in September, Sing for Life will sign up 40-plus local women to CARD FREE LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP take part in a ten-week pop-up singing project, working towards a fantastic live performance event at The Cresset this November, supporting Sue Ryder Did you know that you can now use the library without having a card? Thorpe Hall Hospice. Go card free and get: n Instant access to our online services You’ll learn to sing, meet new people, challenge yourself, perform live on n Reserve items from any library stage AND raise money for this much-loved local charity – almost £10k n Use our self service machines with your digital barcode last year! Absolutely no previous singing experience is needed, just a n Save on plastic use. willingness to step outside your comfort zone, get stuck in and give it a Simply download the Spydus Mobile app from your app store, log in go… it’s all about the journey! with your library card number and PIN to access your digital barcode. For more information ask a member of staff. New Bus Passes & Renewals Is your Bus Pass due to expire soon? It can be renewed online up to six weeks before it expires. If you or someone you know needs help doing this, we can assist them at the library – they may need to book an appointment. For more information please contact us on Tel: 0345 045 5225, E-mail [email protected] or pop into Yaxley Library. There’s NO audition and NO big red buzzer, so if you’re looking for a Library Information challenge and you’d like to know more, get in touch NOW… there's a whole We always welcome new library members and it’s free to join – just bring new world waiting! ID with your name and address. It only takes a few minutes to get your new library card. “Loved, loved, loved every minute of it! Thank you so much!” Monday 3pm – 7pm Tuesday 9.30am – 5.00pm “Such a great experience and it has been so enjoyable. Thanks to all Wednesday Closed Thursday 9.30am – 5.00pm those who made it possible and to the lovely people I have met along Friday 9.30am – 1.30pm Saturday 9.30am – 1.30pm the way!” You are now able to reserve books from our Spine Partners Peterborough and Suffolk for a charge of £2 per book. To reserve an Adult book from a “Wow… such an amazing, fun, project… I feel so proud to have taken part, I library within Cambridgeshire the charge is 50p. Renew/request books: loved every minute!” 0345 045 5225. As always Items can be returned to any open library in Cambridgeshire or Peterborough. For more information about Sing for Life or to register, Look out for news on www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/library visit www.peterboroughsings.org.uk, email info@ peterboroughsings.org.uk or call 01733 425194. FACEBOOK/Cambridgeshire Libraries Facebook page or search for us on Twitter or Instagram Yaxley Gazette | July 2022 | T: 01733 757342 | E: [email protected] | www.yaxleygazette.co.uk 5

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yaxleyhub YAXLEY WI Safeguarding Our Patients Pauline Brown We take the safeguarding of GP Leads and team supportive element for families We didn't have a speaker in May as we our patients very seriously and work closely with and individuals that need it, discussed resolutions followed by an Lakeside, as a Partnership, has them, and other encouraging them to make things auction which thanks to the generosity a dedicated safeguarding team professionals, better within the home.’ of our members went very well working to help vulnerable and including health Linda, the newest member of We also held a competition for the 'Miss at-risk patients. Our safeguarding visitors, school the team, said: ‘In my previous Ireson Cup' (a late member) and in view nurses and social experience getting GP surgeries of the Jubilee the theme was a piece workers. involved in safeguarding had of royal memorabilia, and many varied Head of been a real challenge so when entries were received with the winner Safeguarding, I saw this job it was a lightbulb being Gaye Davies. Alison, has been a moment of “Wow, Lakeside is There will be no meeting in July as nurse, midwife and health visitor. doing what everyone should be members have an outing to a Moroccan She said: doing” and I wanted to be part style garden with coffee & cake included ‘We provide services for of that. The first few weeks have so fingers crossed for a dry day! around 172,000 patients across been a dream and I have been Visitors are very welcome Lakeside practices. We offer a really welcomed to the team.’ HOLME WI Alison McGuinness, President Due to the extensive 70th Jubilee Patient Participation Group’s Annual General Meeting Celebrations we have moved our monthly meeting back a week to avoid Our PPG’s AGM will take place on Tuesday 12th July at 6.30pm in the Health Education Room. clashing with the celebrations. At the All patients are very welcome to attend. time of writing we are still to hold our June meeting. However, members Helen makes a valued Return to Nursing have been busy in May knitting for Ukrainian families and we also held a Helen Bigginton is a valued member of our team, having retrained under the Return to Nursing scheme. She Social Canvas evening. This was on an first qualified in 1998 but left the profession eight years later. Since then she had associated healthcare roles evening in May and basically you paint including care assistant and hospital phlebotomist. She said: ‘I enjoyed it but decided to take the plunge and a picture over about 2 hours whilst sign up for Return to Nursing.’ sipping tea, or something stronger if needed. The subject chosen to paint The 12-week Anglia Ruskin course combined virtual study sessions and practical study days. Helen also was called Hare in the Moonlight, and shadowed the nursing team and had regular appraisals and assignments. She said: ‘It was quite intense but absolutely no previous experience was definitely the right move. I am now looking at doing further courses to expand my skillset. The nursing is needed. Yes, believe it or not, no and practice team here really supported me throughout and I couldn’t have done it without them!’ experience is needed, as Carol, our lovely tutor, talked us through how yaxley singers to get started with the background and then paint the hare itself. It was a YAXLEY SINGERS ENTERTAIN AGAIN!! lovely evening and surprisingly, despite all 20 people attending and painting Yaxley Singers were given the warmest ‘Jubilee’ welcome at The Yaxley Welcome Club today. As part of the same picture, everyone’s painting the entertainment to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee, afternoon tea was served to all, a raffle was held, a was different. Some went for a slightly Royal Jubilee Hat competition was judged and a performance by the Yaxley Singers ended in a combined different background or colours, so it was good to see everyone’s choir/audience participation. Comment was made how much interpretation of the picture. everyone had enjoyed the day. Thanks go to the Club members Our June meeting is planned as a for providing a wonderful afternoon and to Marjorie Richardson jewellery making demonstration. and the singers for the entertainment.” Anyone wishing to contact us please email [email protected] Yaxley Gazette | July 2022 | T: 01733 757342 | E: [email protected] | www.yaxleygazette.co.uk 7

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inspire ST PETER'S CHURCH has not been an easy one. It has been a delight You are very welcome to join us at any of our and joy for me to go back into schools in this services. Dear Friends term and to welcome schools and organisations With every blessing for this month I have just come home after taking some things into church again. Happy Holidays when you get around the village to various homes and it was there! Rev Sarah 01733 248690/07498 230858/ wonderful to see all the Jubilee decorations As we move into July, we are making a change to [email protected] around the village. Every street that I went our service pattern. Our 10:30am contemporary down, there was something different there, service will continue at this time every week and christian aid appeal some very inventive and innovative decorations our traditional service will happen twice a month including life size Her Majesty the Queens in at 8:30am and twice a month at 4:30pm. Our Thank you to everyone who has contributed various locations, one of which made me jump! service pattern will look like this: to the Christian Aid appeal for the victims of (It was very realistic!) So much has gone into the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month: drought-stricken Zimbabwe, on behalf of St preparations both local and national to make the 10:30am Contemporary Service (All age on 1st Peter’s Church. To date £806 (Gift Aid included) Platinum Jubilee celebrations so special so well Sunday of month and Opening the Bible on the has been donated via the online ‘e-envelope’ done everyone, it has been an amazing weekend. 3rd Sunday of the month.) and a further £130 was given in other ways. It feels to me as if this has lifted people after the 4:30pm Traditional Service of Holy Communion Every pound will make a difference to someone’s previous 2 years which have been very difficult in 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month: life, both in terms of practical aid but also many different ways. 8:30am Traditional Service of Holy Communion by enhancing their sense of confidence and This morning I had a conversation with a few 10:30am Contemporary Service of Holy hopefulness in facing the future. If you would different people who all hold a variety of Communion with groups for children from ages still like to donate, please go to: envelope. positions in schools, and we were marvelling that 3-11 christianaid.org.uk/envelope/john-harper-St- there is only one-half term left of this school year! 5th Sunday of the month: peters--Yaxley By the time you read this, we will be in the final 10:30am Combined Service with Holy Your support is greatly appreciated. few weeks of this school year – not sure where Communion John Harper that has gone but well done everyone, I know it YAXLEY METHODIST CHAPEL folksworth art club What a wonderful time we have had in our community so far Art Club Exhibition this Year. The word community is translated from Latin and means an inspired fellowship, a group's pleasure in sharing Folksworth Art Club have been busy preparing for an exhibition in common experiences. And we have certainly being doing that St Helen's Church, Folksworth to celebrate the Queen's Platinum haven't we? Jubilee. The church was a hive of activity as members of the During the wonderful Yaxley Festival the Village was buzzing. Art Club set up the I read that 31,000 people attended over the weekend. What exhibition, while others a way to showcase our Village and the Community working were busy arranging together to make it so successful. I saw one of the Volunteers flowers for the Flower leaving home at 6.45 on the Sunday morning to help clear up Festival being held in following the Saturday!! there at the same time. We were all pleased Then the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations with bunting with the result and now and flags decorating houses and Street parties around the hope the public will Village. Although the wind was cold the sun came out in the also like visiting our afternoon to shine so that residents could enjoy themselves beautiful church and and on Main Street the Three Horseshoes added to the party the exhibition. atmosphere with music encouraging people to get up and For more information contact Cherry Hadley (01733 244258) dance. or Andy Goodfellow (07507 304 326). These events offered some normality to our lives. So important for our mental health following the lockdowns we had experienced. This was our Village Community at its best. What can we do for the rest of the summer months? What can we do next as a community to share this fellowship? Watch this space! Our Chapel has been part of the Yaxley Community for 163 years. It is a cosy, welcoming place. Why not come and meet us at one of our Sunday Services at 10.30. If you want a prayer said for yourself, your family, friends, or a situation and don't feel comfortable coming through the door, we have a post-box by the door and we will include your prayer in our service. YAXLEY METHODIST CHAPEL Main Street (Opposite Keepsakes) Minister: Rev'd Vivienne Smith MA m 01733259631 / 07854575336 k: [email protected] k [email protected] F @Yaxleymc F @PeterboroughMethodistcircuit Yaxley Gazette | July 2022 | T: 01733 757342 | E: [email protected] | www.yaxleygazette.co.uk 9

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yaxleyhub Ah, it’s sunny July at last – the sky is blue, the air is warm and your But long term trends definitely show the weather getting warmer. The Met neighbourhood smells delightfully of suntan lotion and barbecue. Office reports that the decade 2011-2020 was 0.5 °C above the 1981-2010 Of course, being British, we understand that our summers are never a average and 1.1 °C above the 1961-1990 average. Good for UK leisure, glorious succession of hot dry days and long evenings. Indeed, it has but not for other countries that are already too warm, nor for the planet even been known to rain sometimes. But let’s forget about the weather generally. for a moment and focus on the climate – the difference being that the Furthermore, six of the top ten wettest years have occurred since 1998. weather is what actually happens to you, while the climate is what weather The average temperature of course depends on where you live. The further becomes when people start analysing it. north you go the colder it gets, right? Well, yes, but not directly because The other difference is that climate is almost predictable, but weather most you’re north – England has vineyards at the same latitude that Canada has certainly isn’t. polar bears. You probably think that July and August are our best summer months, but The skies above us are a battleground where four sets of weather fight for you’d be wrong. A key finding of a report issued by drinks brand Pimm’s supremacy: Western Scotland gets its from the Maritime Polar region (cold showed May scoring more hours of sunshine (194 hours) on average than and wet); Eastern Scotland and the North of England get theirs from the any other ‘summer’ month, followed by July (183 hours), June (180 hours) Continental Polar (cold and dry); Wales and the West Country are at the and August (172 hours). Not only does sunshine decrease in August, but mercy of the Maritime Tropical (warm and wet); and East Anglia and the rainfall is highest in August too. May is the driest month, with an average South of England bask in the Continental Tropical (warm and dry). Hence rainfall of 54mm across Britain, followed by July (58mm), June (60mm) and the hottest day on record was at Cambridge Botanic Garden, East Anglia then August with 67mm. at 38.725 °C (July 2019), while the coldest was 30th December 1995 at The good news though is that you are less likely to find your garden Altnaharran, Sutherland (-27.2 °C). parasol being blown away in the summer, as January is the windiest month of the year. So let's all enjoy this year’s barbecues! The Froglife Trust is thrilled to announce that cultures and identities. The thanks to National Lottery players, The National trainees will be supported by our Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded a £248,399 Reserve Warden and Trainer on all grant for their ‘Transforming Lives: Froglife elements of reserve management Trainees’ project. including surveying for wildlife and land management duties. The Kathy Wormald, Froglife CEO said “this is a fantastic opportunity to trainees will spend a day a week encourage people from different backgrounds that are new to conservation at each of the three reserves that into the sector. We know that there are many barriers to people from lower Froglife manages for wildlife in socio-economic and diverse ethnic backgrounds and we hope that the Peterborough; Hampton Nature Transforming Lives project will help to break these down and breathe new Reserve, Boardwalks and Thorpe life into the conservation world.” Meadows and Eye Green. The project will be working with up to fifteen aspiring conservationists Chantel Carr- Reserve Warden and Trainer (aged 16+) over three years. Each year the trainees will complete a comprehensive nature conservation training programme to equip them with the knowledge, skills and experience required to work as a Reserve Warden. The nature conservation sector is the least diverse sector out of all of the Eye Green Nature Reserve charitable sectors, and the UK cannot save nature unless we have the buy-in of all communities living here. Froglife is working hard to ensure the For more information please visit: www.froglife. sector reflects the UK’s diversity. org/transforming-lives-froglife-trainees/ These trainees will reflect those under-represented in the sector and the project will provide an opening for individuals from all backgrounds, Yaxley Gazette | July 2022 | T: 01733 757342 | E: [email protected] | www.yaxleygazette.co.uk 11

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yaxleyhub SALLY HOWELL - DISTRICT COUNCILLOR My first month as a an event that once again drew and Protection Committee, plan is to arrange regular surgery Huntingdonshire District Councillor tens of thousands of visitors to Licensing Committee, Corporate sessions in both parishes soon and has been an extremely busy one, Yaxley. This is a project that I Governance and as Vice-Chair of I will publish details of dates and coinciding with the return of Yaxley have been heavily involved with the Overview and Scrutiny Panel times in the Yaxley Gazette and in Festival, since 2013 and I was extremely (Performance and Growth). I their online group when venues are honoured to help open the festival hope to add to this portfolio with agreed. with Councillor Stephen Ferguson, appointments to outside bodies In addition to my new where I can advocate for residents responsibilities at the local authority Chair of Cambridgeshire of both Yaxley and Farcet. I’ve also had a change in my work County Council, Dr. This month I have attended parish life, taking up a position with Nik Johnson, Mayor of council meetings in both Yaxley and the NHS, working on a project the Cambridgeshire Farcet and intend to continue this dedicated to the promotion of and Peterborough where dates do not clash with my positive mental health. This is an Combined Authority district council duties. I have also area that I care passionately about and Shailesh Vara, started to receive communications and I hope to share details of a very Member of Parliament from residents and am actively exciting new project in my next for North West helping them address queries and update. Cambridgeshire. problems that fall under the remit In the meantime you can of district council, also helping contact me using Sally.Howell@ My personal signpost to other organisations and huntingdonshire.gov.uk. appointments at agencies where appropriate. My District Council include the Licensing YAXLEY PARISH COUNCIL Parish News HelenTaylor, Parish Clerk, Yaxley Parish Council Parish Sports Programme need to book, just drop in ! View area. This isn’t pleasant for anyone to come across. Please be a responsible dog The Parish Council has commissioned the Community Litter Pick owner, clean up after your dog using dog bags Active Lifestyles team at Huntingdonshire and dispose of these bags in the numerous District Council to put on weekly multi sport Our first group Community Litter pick was bins dotted around the village. Yaxley has sessions for primary age children during held at the end of May with several families over one hundred public litter bins, there is the school holidays. These will be held on a taking part. Areas littered picked included no need to discard your dog poo bags in this Wednesday morning on Middleton’s Road the Recreation Ground, Main Street, Queens manner, nor do we want to see them hanging Recreation Ground 10am to 12 noon and will Street, Broad Drove and Middletons Road. as an ornament from trees. It is an offence run for 6 weeks starting on 27th July. To book The next event will be held on Monday 25th to not pick up after your dog, Officers at a place please email [email protected] or July 2022, meet 9.30am at the Pavilion on the Huntingdonshire District Council can issue a call 01733 241958. Recreation Ground. fixed penalty, to report a persistent offender please call 01480 388302. With a little bit more Skate Board Sessions Bulky Waste Collection care we can make the village a better place to work and relax. For the older youths we are in talks with There will be a free domestic bulky waste Cambridgeshire County Council and Lets Go collection on Saturday 2nd July 2022 at Queens Parish Council Vacancies Skate to develop skateboarding coaching Park Car Park between 10am and 2.00pm. sessions to be held July/August. This will Domestic waste only, NO ash, soil, bricks, Ever thought of becoming a Parish Councillor? include 1 hour new/beginners sessions as rubble, stone, gravel, concrete, sand, paint or If you care about where you live and are well as intermediate sessions. The sessions are trade waste. Electrical items will be accepted. passionate about your community, we need being funded through Living Sports and are you. Currently there are three vacancies on the being run across 4 different areas across the Middle Ground Repair Café Parish Council. If you interested and would like District and the Parish Council are delighted to learn more about the role then contact the that the new skate ramp facilities in the The next Repair Café will be on Sunday 3rd Clerk who can put you in touch with a Member Recreation Ground have been chosen for this July 2022, 1pm to 3pm in the Pavilion on the for an informal chat. You may just be the exciting project. Recreation Ground. If you have anything at person the community needs! home that is broken or not working like it Monday Morning Coffee Club should please get in touch and our team of friendly repairers will try and help, all items Since moving to its new home of Queens Park must be prebooked. Hall on Daimler Avenue, the Monday Morning Coffee Club has grown in numbers. Its success Dog Fouling could be down to the delicious homemade cake our wonderful attendees have been Unfortunately, there have been a number sharing. Open every Monday 10am until 12 of incidents when our Grounds Team have noon, the sessions attract young and older burst dog poo bags whilst strimming. These members who enjoy a chat and a cuppa. No bags have been thrown into the long grass, particularly in the hedge rows and against walls, particularly in the Meadow Walk/Mere Our office is open 9.30am – 2.30pm, Mon – Fri. Postal address: Yaxley Parish Council, 50 Main Street, Yaxley PE7 3LU Call: 01733 241 958 Email: [email protected] or for venue bookings, email: [email protected] FACEBOOK Yaxley Parish Council yaxleyparish.org.uk 13 Yaxley Gazette | July 2022 | T: 01733 757342 | E: [email protected] | www.yaxleygazette.co.uk 13

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younggazette Jubilee Fun HOLME C of E PRIMARY ACADEMY Here at Holme C of E Primary Academy, we have been really busy! We are enjoying the much better weather now Our Year 1 and 2 class have been learning all about tables, which were bought recently out and love having the opportunity to spend our plants. They have really enjoyed their experiment of the money raised from the Tesco blue tokens. The lunchtimes and our PE lessons on the school field. where they placed white flowers into coloured The lovely Foxes have been learning all about space, water. The children were amazed at how the white children of Holme School sang a jubilee version of the universe, and our solar system as part of their petals changed to the same colour as the water Wheels on the Bus, as well as The National Anthem astronomy science topic. They have all been enjoying because it was absorbed through the stem. Owls along with the organ backing track, they read some reading Cosmic by the Author Frank Cottrell-Boyce have also been learning about the Mitzvah in RE and Jubilee facts and completed a Dance through the and will be continuing this into the second half of the have enjoyed learning all about this Judaism unit decades’ performance. The children and families had term to support them with writing their own science through the eyes of our child character ‘Zoe.’ a wonderful time, and it was lovely to see everyone fiction stories. In History, they have been learning Our EYFS children have been learning about how come together to support this event. about the Early British Empire from the late 1500’s to look after our planet. The children have enjoyed Looking ahead, we have a whole school trip to find to the Victorian era. For Geography, our focus has reading stories around the theme of ‘recycling.’We out more about locally sourced food and how it gets been on New Zealand’s physical geography, climate, have made a big wall art picture following on from to our plate as well as our KS2 performances and and biomes. They have also been creating their own our learning on the ‘Rainbow Fish.’We have been Sports Day. We are excited to see what the rest of Andy Warhol style screen printing masterpieces as taking advantage of the lovely weather, looking for the year holds for us. part of our printing topic in Art. Finally, we must also mini-beasts and exploring nature. Mrs King, Mrs Ferrara and the small but mighty mention the amazing year 6 Foxes, who have been We have recently enjoyed having our families into school Holme Team super focused and have worked so hard towards their to celebrate the‘Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.’This was so recent SATS tests. special as it was the first time, in a few years that we were story-boarded Our Year 3 and 4 class, have been writing our own able to invite so many people into the school grounds to in the students’ adventure stories. They have been exploring the celebrate together. We had an inflatable obstacle course, sketchbooks. legend of Robin Hood, which they have thoroughly we played traditional garden games such as hoopla, splat Teachers interviewed enjoyed. In Geography, they have been learning the rat and marble run. We also had a range of hoop by RAPS were Arts lead about Western Europe and have learnt about cities games as we as a tennis area set up. The children Irene Goldsmith, and such as Paris and London and they have made were very excited to use the brand-new table tennis Helen Avory the Design comparisons between them. In Art they have been & Technology Lead at making their own Ancient Greek reliefs out of clay Fourfields based on the Greek template ‘The Parthenon.’ The Happiest Primary School FOURFIELDS Richness in the Arts and Design Technology creates Fourfields has an the happiest primary school in the U.K. extensive art gallery of framed student work, Fourfields are extremely proud to have reviewed complete with information a glowing accolade following a visit from RAPS about the artist, the media (Researching the Arts in Primary Schools) to look at and the name of the piece. our fantastic provision of Arts and Design. A blog Art is promoted across the whole school; some of has been published in www.artsprimary.com which the work includes, experiment with texture and showcases how talented our children are. colour, block printing inspired by Andy Warhol, colour mixing, marbling and creating silhouettes to RAPS said “Fourfields is a great example of how make pictures inspired by the Great Fire of London. the arts-richness of a school can flow through As well as topics around the rainforest, animals in every child, teacher, and senior leader, and out which children create collages and mono printing. through the school gates. Head teacher Sue Blyth is an opera singer with a professional background We also have a whole green-screen wall, perfect for and a penchant for unleashing her vocal cords in corridors and classrooms. the various film making projects that we had seen Chvilodaucccachreeeprtsed Here at Brightfields, we come with a vision that DAY NURSERY & MONTESSORI SCHOOL each of our children will be supported in becoming curious, resilient, happy and thoughtful learners! ○ FREE hours pre-school education; We are managed by the Early Years Alliance and we are committed to providing flexible, , and -year-olds funded places affordable and quality childcare; to children aged between 2 & 4 years old. ○ Established for years  Spaces Available for September 2022 for children aged 2 years+ ○ FREE Montessori education  2, 3 and 4 year old funding accepted (including HMRC Extended Hours) ○ Freshly home-cooked meals Information on fees can be found on our website  Location: Within the grounds of Farcet Primary School Open Mon–Fri, am– pm | Call us to arrange a visit  This link is to our main Pre-school website where an enquiry form/link can b Broadway, Yaxley PE NT | www.li tleacorns-daynurse y.co.uk be found https://www.eyalliance.org.uk/bright elds-pre-school 15 Yaxley Gazette | July 2022 | T: 01733 757342 | E: [email protected] | www.yaxleygazette.co.uk 15

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LOCAL ARTIST EXHIBITION Sing For LifeART STUDIO & CREAM TEAS Sat. 9th & Sun. 10th July 2pm – 5pm Launching in September, Sing for Life will sign up 40-plus local women to take @ THE RED GARAGE, 54, Chapel St., YAXLEY PE7 3LN part in a ten-week pop-up singing project, working towards a fantastic live performance event at The Cresset this November, supporting Sue Ryder Thorpe The Art Studio @ The Red Garage is bursting with original art works; Hall Hospice. many styles, many canvas sizes, suiting many tastes. The majority of paintings are in oils. BROWSE or BUY. £25 - £200. Vote for your You’ll learn to sing, meet new people, challenge yourself, perform live on stage favourites. AND raise money for this much-loved local charity – almost £10k last year! Absolutely no previous singing experience is needed, just a willingness to step ABOUT THE ARTIST: Sandra Harper began oil painting in 2010 and outside your comfort zone, get stuck in and give it a go… it’s all about the journey! at every opportunity has a paintbrush in her hand. It has become an important part of her life to try capture the wonder of the natural There’s NO audition and NO big red buzzer, so if you’re looking for a challenge and world, the complexities of the human face and images that explore you’d like to know more, get in touch NOW… there's a whole new world waiting! the meaning of life. Inspiration comes from a wide range of sources and she’s continually exploring content, size, technique and style. This “Loved, loved, loved every minute of it! Thank you so much!” September she has a solo exhibition in Stamford Art’s Centre. Currently “Such a great experience and it has been so enjoyable. Thanks to all those who she belongs to Peterborough Art Society, exhibiting in their June made it possible and to the lovely people I have met along the way!” and Autumn exhibitions and to Peterborough Artists’ Open Studios “Wow… such an amazing, fun, project… I feel so proud to have taken part, I loved opening at the Red Garage this July. every minute!” If paintings aren’t your thing why not come for a Cream Tea in the For more information about Sing for Life or to register, visit www. garden. Donations & profits for Christian Aid. peterboroughsings.org.uk, email [email protected]. uk or call 01733 425194. More info: Sandra & John Harper m 688923 k [email protected] www.artharper.com Do you know your Deinonychus from your Ankylosaurus? These are just two of the many dinosaur models that will be at Peterborough Cathedral from 18th July to 3rd September as part of the Natural History Museum’s touring exhibition, T.rex: The Killer Question. To help answer that killer question - was T.rex a ferocious hunter or a mere scavenger – visitors will be able to compare the mighty T.rex with other dinosaurs. The Ankylosaurs was a plant-eating herbivore rather than a meat-eater and the shape of its body is adapted to this. The Deinonychus was both plant-eating and carnivorous, so it looks a bit more like a T.rex. Many of the models in the exhibition are animatronic, so will be roaring and moving as you look around. There is also a full-size T.rex skeleton is on show. Entry to the exhibition is by timed ticket. The tickets are £6 for children, £8 for adults or £25 for a family (2 adults and up to 3 childrenor 1 adult and up to 4 children). They are on sale via www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/t.rex. Photos: Natural History Museum Don’t miss it. It’s going to be ROARsome! 17 Yaxley Gazette | July 2022 | T: 01733 757342 | E: [email protected] | www.yaxleygazette.co.uk 17

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gazettehomes&garden Mediterranean Magic If you can’t get away this year, how about creating your own Mediterranean hotspot in your garden? Even if you do manage to escape to the sun for a week or two this year, you’ll still have the rest of the summer at home and a little slice of Italy, France or Greece outside your back door will bring happy memories flooding back. The first thing to do is to choose the sunniest spot available – it’ll not only make sitting out there more enjoyable, but will also mean that you can install some serious sun-loving plants too. Painting the nearby house, shed or garage wall with white masonry paint will help to create the right atmosphere and look. At the same time it will help to reflect our sunlight – often a bit washed-out compared to more southern climes – so providing a stronger light for the type of plants that appreciate it. Mediterranean gardens often make full use of the walls and any other vertical surfaces, so put up hanging baskets, pots and wall baskets, and cram them full of plants. Plants in pots are a must and if possible choose stone or terracotta containers. If you want to make brand new pots look more weathered try painting them with a solution of plain yoghurt, as this will help to encourage rapid colonisation by mosses, algae and lichens. Any new hard landscaping such as wall, paths or patios and terraced surfaces will look best in natural stone, and there are now also terracotta tiles available that are suitable for use in the garden. Terracotta tiles can also have a storage-heater effect too – after a long, hot day they will have absorbed a good deal of heat and this will then be released gradually in the evening. Add interest to a vertical surface by planting a vine. They have attractive leaves and there are plenty to choose from that will fruit well in our climate. You may not be able to create your own vintage but the vines will look particularly authentic when draped with a few bunches of grapes. Glazed tiles, wall-hangings and even the odd ornament or two can also add to the Mediterranean look, but make sure you choose items that won’t be instantly bleached by the sun. Try growing your own oranges or lemons. With our generally milder winters, some gardeners are even managing to keep these plants outside all year round with only the minimum of protection. Growing your citrus tree in a good- sized terracotta pot means that you can move it into a more protected spot if necessary. With their wonderful silvery grey leaves and their often rather untidy or gnarled shape, olives too are a plant well worth considering. Olives are best grown in a large container unless you have a warm garden and a very well-drained soil, as they hate winter wet. Yaxley Gazette | July 2022 | T: 01733 757342 | E: [email protected] | www.yaxleygazette.co.uk 19

gazettepets&countryside Providing a personal pet care Upcoming Events service for your furry family BRILLIANT BEES AND WONDERFUL WILDFLOWERS, • Dog Walking SATURDAY 9TH JULY 10 am to 12.30 pm • Pop In and Play visits for puppies & dogs Saturday 9th July – 10am-12.30pm. We absolutely love wildlife - and bet you do too! Wildlife Watch is here • Holiday Help in your own home for cats, for primary-age kids that can't get enough of exploring the great outdoors. In July we are heading out to beautiful and historic Woodwalton Fen NNR to take a guided walk spotting and recording butterflies and small animals, and chickens day-flying moths. We will also make a butterfly feeder to take home. £5 Wildlife Trust BCN Members, £7.50 Non-members. Accompanying adults free. Contact Sophie on 07956795439 DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES OF THE GREAT FEN E www.happy-days-pet-care.com e SUNDAY 17TH JULY - AM OR PM SESSIONS. Join dragonfly expert, Henry Stanier, on a guided walk of Woodwalton Fen NNR to learn the basics of identifying these amazing insects. Henry will also reveal a few fascinating insights into their lives along the way. £8 Wildlife Trust BCN members, £10 non-members. ROTHSCHILD BUNGALOW OPEN DAY – HUNTINGDONSHIRE HISTORY FESTIVAL SUNDAY 17TH JULY – 10AM-4PM. Come and visit the historic Rothschild Bungalow as part of the Huntingdonshire History Festival, and enjoy lemonade and cake while you are there. Between 12pm and 3pm, we will also enjoy a special appearance by some time-travelling Victorian entomologists who will help you look for insects, just as Charles Rothschild would have done 100 years ago! This event is free to attend. Donations welcomed. Look out for our weekly Summer Sessions in August too, covering all sorts of wildlife exploration for families where we’ll be examining minibeasts under the microscope with the Zoology Museum of Cambridge, dissecting owl pellets, building bucket ponds to take home and much more! Unit 6 Malting Square, Broadway Shopping Centre, Yaxley PE7 3JJ Cosy Ca INDOOR BOARDING CATTERY Family Run Fully Licensed Mon to Sat: 10am-12pm & 2-4pm Manager: Shannon Sanders T: 01733 241640 /Cosy Cat Boarding Cattery D&A Sanders Petcare Specialist YOUR LOCAL PET SHOP we stock everything a pet would want from Chicken feed to Dog Food David Sanders LCGI MINSTLM VNA Veterinary Nutrition Advisor Tel: 01733 753055 E-mail: [email protected] www.yaxleypetcare.co.uk Unit 6 The Maltings, Broadway Shopping Centre PE7 3JJ 20 YaYxalexyleGyaGzaeztteett|eF|ebJurulya2ry02202|2T|: 0T1: 703137373573547234|2E|: iEn:fion@[email protected]|kw|wwww.ywa.xylaexylgeaygzeatztet.cteo..cuok.uk

gazettepets&countryside Prepare for a Jubilant July in the Great Fen celebrating Rothschilds Bungalow Wildlife Trust the wildlife and heritage of Woodwalton Fen NNR! Well, who can blame us? It’s an incredible place! Not visited Purple Emperor butterfly – Guy Pilkington before? This is your chance. Bring your children for Wildlife Watch, join a dragonfly training workshop or guided walk yourself, or explore inside historic Rothschild Bungalow. Or do it all! You’ll fast become a fan of the Fen as soon as you’ve visited. Do remember Ugg Mere Court Road is still closed so plan for the diversions and approach from Upwood/Bury direction only. Please remember that pre-booking is essential for events, Banded demoiselle damselflies – Mark Tyrrell and they will need to be booked online. Please visit www. wildlifebcn.org/events or call 01487 710420 for more information. Thank you for supporting The Wildlife Trust BCN as we work for a Wilder Future across our counties. In Britain there are 57 native species of orchid, some surprisingly common and widespread, while others are sought after rarities found only in a few select places. It's easy to see how the commonly found beautiful bee orchid, Ophrys apifera, gets its name - with petals shaped and coloured exactly like a visiting bee, the aim of the mimicry is to attract passing male bees thus aiding pollination. The natural world has countless examples of intricate insect- plant co-evolution but this particular one has culminated in an exceptionally beautiful deception. The bee orchid exploits male bees by promising them the one thing they value more than a good meal - the flowers' passable impression of a stripy female bee, complete with furry body, outstretched wings and an irresistible female scent means that passing male swill make a beeline for these floral decoys and attempt to mate, gaining nothing but pollen in the time it takes to realise his mistake. The poor male will soon be duped again, spreading the orchid’s pollen to the next flower he lands on in search of the elusive female his senses tell him exists. However, these orchids self-pollinate so the deception is not really required. Found in open grassland such as chalk grasslands and banks, woodland rides and pastures, bee orchids like a bit of disturbance; they may crop up in disused quarries, sand dunes, Bee Orchid by Laura Downton spoil-heaps, roadsides, railway embankment and even waste ground in towns. They can behave like rampant weeds, appearing in large numbers on disturbed chalk grasslands and can also occur on lawns, sometimes many miles from the nearest wild colony. Once known as the \"humble bee\" orchid, other common names include bee-flower, dumble dor and honey-flower. Ophrys comes from the Greek word meaning eyebrow (according to Roman natural historian Pliny the Elder it was used by womenfolk to darken their eyebrows). www.wildlifebcn.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/bee-orchid ORCHID SURVEYS Bee orchid, Henry Stanier Every summer orchid surveys are undertaken by the Wildlife Trust's Research and Monitoring team across nature reserves in Beds, Cambs and Northants, from chalk fragrant orchid and lizard orchid, early marsh and southern marsh orchid, white helleborine and man orchids. In Bedfordshire the monitoring focuses on rare man orchid and musk orchid as these species are only found on or near Totternhoe NR, classified as endangered and on red list status for England. Surveying is a painstaking process, requiring a methodical and meticulous approach: individual plants are tagged to follow them through the season, map location and habitat type and record flowering and fertilisation rates each year. In previous years the Trust have experimented with caging plants to protect them from grazing, this works against sheep and rabbits, but not against invertebrates - in damp years slugs and snails can be a problem. Key areas of the site are searched and small flag markers put out for each plant, someone follows on with tags, GPS & clipboard and replace the flag with a plant tag, recording plant details including species, flowering/fertilised/not, damaged/eaten, habitat, slope, aspect. These checks are done on set days in Feb/Mar (man orchid rosettes), late May/early June and again in early July. Last year good numbers were recorded www.wildlifebcn.org/blog/wildlife-trust-bcn/great-year-orchids Yaxley Gazette | July 2022 | T: 01733 757342 | E: [email protected] | www.yaxleygazette.co.uk 21

gazettehealth&beauty 15% OFF using code healthyg15 Mums celebrate three years in business selling CBD products and a national creditation! Two mums whose passion for improving their a lump after waking in the middle of the night health led to them starting their own business in late June 2017 with a pain in her right breast selling CBD products have celebrated three years – which a biopsy at Peterborough City Hospital in business. Friends Samantha Day and Lorraine Clark had confirmed was stage both experienced struggles with their health, three cancer. both physical and mental, and found that CBD products helped them and now their business, Sam at the end of her After eight rounds Sam Day with Lorraine Clark hapihemp, is going from strength to strength chemotherapy treatment. of aggressive nationally & can now be found in various small chemotherapy, the 5cm many people in America, yet at this time CBD retailers. tumour shrank and, in wasn’t as readily available as it is now. I had tried The determined duo have put their hearts and early 2018, Samantha a small bottle I had found in a shop but the taste souls into growing their business - which now had a lumpectomy made me gag so it was put to the back of the sells CBD capsules, CBD drinks, CBD topicals, and four weeks of cupboard!\" CBD oils and CBD patches - and have shared their radiotherapy. stories in the hopes of helping others. Sam amd Lorraine didn’t want to create just CBD And they have recently been included in the Her determination to try anything to help her get oil – they wanted to create something with a CBD: Recommendations for Good Practice guide well saw her start to take CBD oil drops every day. more holistic approach. published by the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society, a guide to what the society considers \"Very quickly, I felt Lorraine added: \"At this time there were not many to be a good CBD product, one of only 20 UK the benefits. It was topical CBD products available either, we had companies to have made the list. incredible. I was experienced first-hand how effective they were Former PA Sam had battled breast cancer in like a new person. and we are both passionate about the power of 2017, which left her with low moods and extreme The dark cloud had essential oils. So for us CBD and essential oils was tiredness, to the point where she could barely finally been lifted,\" a no brainer!\" bring herself to get off the sofa. “Within days of she said. taking CBD, my energy levels were boosted, and hapihemp is now thriving and was even chosen my low moods disappeared – it felt like I had a Meanwhile, as one of the top 30 leading female-led CBD rebirth. Lorraine had been companies in the UK in 2020 by news site, Sam had spent a decade dogged by debilitating battling her own Cannabishealthnews.co.uk. health problems, from endometriosis, a hormonal issues. hysterectomy, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and By 2017, Lorraine Lorraine said: \"We are extremely proud of all sleep apnoea. \"None of the medication seemed to decided to have a Sam with hapihemp CBD Oil our products, everything we sell goes through work,\" she recalled. \"My laptop was my lifesaver, hysterectomy, but vigorous testing and we believe in everything we as I started researching ways to help myself and while recovering, she contracted a viral infection do. We sell all sorts of CBD oils and teas, which are came across CBD oil. But, much as the reviews which left her bedbound in hospital for seven blended with rosemary, chamomile and lemon were good, I was just a bit too scared to actually weeks and the sense of panic returned. It was balm, making them even more calming.\" try it.” then that Sam suggested she try CBD oil, and Then, in another devastating blow, Sam found despite early scepticism, Lorraine agreed. And Sam claims that the oil has helped her to move on from her health ordeal and focus on \"Sam was just so passionate about it – it the future. She said: “Since I started taking CBD completely won me over,\" she said. \"It didn’t oil, people have stopped seeing me as a poorly hit me straight away, but after a few months, I person and started seeing me as a working mum.\" felt a lot calmer and was sleeping much better. I had read a lot about how CBD was helping so www.hapihemp.co.uk E @hapihemp Q hapihempuk 22 Yaxley Gazette | July 2022 | T: 01733 757342 | E: [email protected] | www.yaxleygazette.co.uk

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