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January 2015

Inside this month:U3A: Come And Join UsA Little Nibble: Blood OrangesNew Years Eve Parties: Party! Party! Party!The Lost Boys: Help For Heroes Banger RunYolanda’s: Modern Style Bistro With A TwistFaringdon Coffee House: Wonderful New MenuBook Review: A Distant Prospect - Lord Berners


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This Month’s CoverKim HaskinHas been painting funny-lookinganimals since childhood, butdidn't try doing it for a living until2009 after a couple of successfulexhibitions in the south east ofEngland. Since then her paintingshave been published (byWashington Green and Art

Marketing) and sold as originals around the world.She paint’s a range of animals, especially chickens,British birds, dogs and of course cats. Also enjoyspainting still life pictures that feature jam (inparticular half-eaten doughnuts and jam tarts).Kim’s paintings are availableas originals and prints, andwelcomes discussions aboutcommissions.Currently living in Leeds, UK.

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"Happy New Year to all our readers. Here it is, 2015.What are your objectives for the coming twelvemonths? Who will win the general election?Will Faringdon's Neighbourhood Plan see the light ofday this year? How will our Market Place look nextChristmas? Will there be more of the same orsomething new?

Since our last article, the Faringdon CommunityBall rocked The Sudbury House and raised nearly£2,000 for local charities. It was a great night withdelicious food, some fantastic prizes and lots of floor-filling entertainment from Dancin' Easy ofCheltenham. We will soon be planning the eventfor 2015, so if you are involved in a charity and wouldlike a piece of the action or would just like to help withputting on an event this town will be proud of, pleasecontact [email protected]

There is no formal Chamber of Commerce meeting thismonth, but we are hoping to join up with ourcolleagues across the Thames in Fairford and Lechladefor their annual awards dinner on Friday 30th Januaryat The Crown of Crucis, Ampney Crucis. Please [email protected] you are interested in joining us. Wishing you all a prosperous 2015."

In the recently refurbishedsurroundings of Sudbury House Hotelthe Christmas festivities were started

as the assembled members gathered withnervous anticipation for our very first Christmas

Quiz. Breakfast was consumed as we each gave our60 second pitch, and prepared for the challengeahead of us. Jonathan Russell of Rees Russellaccountants set out the rules and in groups of two orthree we applied our brains to the history of Christmasfrom 1526 to the present day. In a fiercely competitiveatmosphere the fifty questions were answered (orguessed) with Steve Chamberlain and LawrenceHarrison emerging as clear winners and recipients ofthe prize of a bottle of wine each, kindly donated byJonathan. Our sincere thanks go to Jonathan fororganising a splendid way to get into the festiveseason.Rounding off the morning it was announced that wewill be holding a special meeting in March 2015 tocelebrate the 10th anniversary of the club.Our next meeting will be held on Monday 5 January2015, at Sudbury House Hotel from 07.30 – 09.00 am.


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Whether you require 24 hour nursing care, a short break oryou’re recovering from an operation, you’ll find just thecare you need at The Grange.

In the serene setting of what was originally a 17th centuryvicarage, you’ll benefit from the kind of considerateattention our dedicated staff are noted for. We cater to allspecialised needs and many of our rooms are en-suite.

Although a restful place, there’s no shortage of activities.Live entertainment is often the order of the day and manyof our activities take place in the garden.

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Fran Thomas Arkwrights Whisky and Wines

1000Lets Talk about Whisky

I prefer New Year resolutions to involve doing somethingpositive rather than giving something up, so, with this inmind, I thought I’d suggest a positive resolution for whiskylovers to make this year and that is to go and visit a distillery

– or, if you’ve already done that, then to go and find somenew ones to visit. This is because, for me, distilleries and thepeople who create whisky are the very heart and soul of theamber nectar, and visiting them brings whisky to life in somany ways. Although the malt whisk(e)y productionprocess is basically the same in all distilleries by visitingdifferent ones you’ll get to understand how the influence offermentation time, still shape, cask type etc result in thevast variation of expressions that exist and you’ll also hearsome wonderful stories from the unique characters to befound in the whisky world.

Whether or not you’ve visited a distillery before, always ofinterest are the ‘farm size’ distilleries, as you will be able tosee all of the various processes in a compact space and thiswill make it much easier to follow the flow of what happens.Arran is one such distillery, as you can stand in the middle ofthe production area and see the mash tun, the washbacks,the stills, condensers and spirit safe all without moving fromthe spot. Add to this a tasty dram to sample at the end ofthe tour, a decent café, friendly tour guides and the chanceof seeing an eagle and you have the complete package!

Or for a more local experience then take a run up to the newCotswold Distillery at Stourton, near Shipston-on-Stour.There, not only can you see the whole whisky makingprocess in one area but you will also be able to find out howgin is made and see the beautiful Holstein still where the ginis produced using a unique recipe that includes locallygrown botanicals. There’s no whisky to try as the spirit onlystarted being produced in September but there is ginavailable to taste and the team are very friendly andknowledgeable, which makes for an interesting and relaxedvisit.

With distilleries in so many countries nowadays, and newones opening all the time, then once you embark on visitingthem it becomes an ongoing journey of discovery. Thecaptivating mix of that wonderfully unique smell that youonly get at a distillery, the beautiful wood and copper, theage old processes, the scenic locations you may nototherwise visit, the social history that is tied up with whiskymaking, and the sharing of a dram and a joke with some veryinteresting characters becomes quite addictive – take myword for it!


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I think just about everybody in Faringdon knows what theFaringdon Coffee House is about: great cakes, specialistcoffees and teas, and a wide ranging menu where you canget hot soup on a cold day, or warm up in the morning witha cooked breakfast and toast.

Yes, we all know theCoffee House, tuckedbehind the PortwellBench in theMarketplace – or dowe? Just as the Benchhas undergone atransformation overthe last few months,so has another ofFaringdon’s greatinstitutions, as newowners Samira andSayed make their markon the eatery.

While the friendly newhosts have kept the look and feel of the Coffee House, andthe traditional menu with all the favourites we have come tolove, they have also made a few additions – most notablytheir extensive new menu of the finest Lebanese cuisine.The centrepiece, a platter for two, lets you sample a varietyof different dishes from the grill accompanied by salads

breads and dips.

The Faringdon Coffee House

Hailing from Australia, where a large Lebanese communityhas influenced the eating habits of many a Sydney-sider, Ican genuinely say that this is some of the best Lebanesefood I have ever sampled. Thestuffed vine-leaves and the falafel,made from lightly spiced chickpeasshaped into patties and fried, areobviously freshly made, and thetabouleh, a parsley based salad,hummous and other vegetarianoptions are light and fresh. Chickenwings and lamb kofta stylesausages come straight from thegrill, and the chicken breastmarinated in yogurt and spicesserved as a kebab wrapped inbread, simply melted in your mouth.As I was working I didn’t feel asthough I could sample theLebanese wine or beers that wouldgo well with tastes and flavours of the platter, though wedid get to finish the meal with coffee and a sweet bite ofbaklava, a pastry, dripping in sticky sweet syrup andpistachios – superb!Samira and Sayed’s new menu is an exciting new addition tothe cuisine available to the diner in Faringdon, which willhopefully soon be offered in the evenings. It is reasonablypriced, and the portions are generous, simply put, theplatter was all that Lebanese food ought to be – asumptuous combination of flavours and textures, with thefreshest ingredients, lightly spiced and cooked to perfection,all served at leisurely pace, so you can relax and enjoy yourmeal.

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The Lost Boys are a team of three friends fromFaringdon and Lambourn Gary Franks, Robin Julianand David Humphreys, who undertook theHelp for Heroes Banger Run in 2014.Ex-soldier Gary Franks signed the team up in January.The challenge was, to source a vehicle that would get acrossEurope and over the alps several times, on the way to LakeComo in Italy.The vehicle could cost no more than £250, and was to be decorated in a Brits on Tour theme.The Lost Boys team, opted to transform a Volvo Estate, into a Routemaster Bus, this was bought for only £205.Day 1, they were one of 25 teams that set off August 29th from Dover, driving down through France andLuxembourg to camp on the first night. Day 2, saw them climb Route 500, through the Black Forest, it was rainingso much that day, that the camp site was flooded, with several teams finding old ski lodges to take refuge in forthe night. Day 3, was Klausen and Furka passes. Day 4, were San Bernadino pass and the "car killer" Stelvio Pass.Of the 25 cars, a few broke down with overheating issues, or burning brakes,-sadly one team's chariot, had aterminal failure on day 2, forcing them to scrap the old girl and take to a hire car, to complete the challenge.All the teams made it, for the end of run dinner and party, then broke up to head home.Our team returned, via the Nurburgring for a couple of laps on the way back.The Lost Boys team, individually targeted to raise £500, but netted £2834.The whole run was targeting £30,000 - and pulled in £38,057!!

“Watch out for us next year!” Gary Franks.Visit the Banger Run website www.bangerrun.comJoin us on facebook www.facebook.com/TheLostBoys2

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Faringdon Help For Hero's Banger Run, will be running again in 2015.

Please watch this space for more information…Good luck Gary and the team.

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Wednesday 7th January - Belle (12A)Matinee Club @ The Regent Cinema, The Corn Exchange,Faringdon. Doors open 12 noon, film starts 12.30. £4

Single Entry. £24 Annual membership (min. 12 films). Freetea and coffee. For more information and tickets pleasecontact Faringdon Community and Tourist Information

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Friday 23rd January - Pride (15)Blockbuster Night @ The Regent Cinema, The

Corn Exchange, Faringdon. Doors open 7pm, film starts7.30pm. £4 Adult. £3 Under 18s. £10 Family ticket. Formore information and tickets please contact Faringdon

Community and Tourist Information Centre on01367 242191, email [email protected] or

visit www.visitfaringdon.info/cinema

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Yolanda’sModern Style Bistro Food With a Twist!

Tel: 01367 240578 or 07551005704 1 Bromsgrove, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7JF

The Prince has abdicated!.......John Brown left his former position at The Prince of Wales, in Shrivenham, to open his own restaurant,with his wife Yolanda, in Faringdon.

Yolanda's Bistro is set in a beautifully preserved, listed haberdashery store, with wooden panelling liningthe walls and floors, quality shelving showing off the old singer sewing machines, bobbin boxes, clocks,ornaments and old radios. There is a very cosy and relaxed feel as you walk in. The building is doubledstory with the first floor offering a superb view of downstairs, you may alsochoose to enjoy your meal from the first floor.

Wednesday night 7pm, we walked into Yolanda's to a warm welcome fromCharlie, our waitress, who showed us to our table. We chose a bottle of Redfrom the wine list, a French Cabernet Sauvignon, Le Sanglier de la MontagneReserve, which was very pleasant and what a price at £14.50! We settled downto make our choices from the menu.

From a wide choice of nine starters, including the specials board, we chose Moules Mariniere cooked inwhite wine, garlic & cream with a touch of tomato and the Pan Fried King Prawns in chilli, soy and ginger.

This Moules Mariniere was not your run of the mill mussels, they were cooked toperfection, soft and in the most amazing sauce, a spoon was a definite must for theremaining sauce all served with a warm crusty loaf. The Pan Fried King Prawns werevery refreshingly light with a bite of chilli. I have to admit not being able to take veryhot food, so they were just right for me.

The main course followed with just the right amount of time for the starters to settle. My partner ordered theVery Slow Roasted Belly Pork served on a mustard mash with vegetables of the day and a shot of jerk sauce.Chefs plating has to be mentioned as it really was a work of art. The portion was very good, the pork soft andjuicy and to top the pork, crisp crunchy crackling, the vegetables were done to perfection and the jerk sauceextremely flavoursome.

From the specials board I chose Mediterranean Spiced Fresh Cod Loin with Batata Salteada. Beautifully plated, I really don't know howJohn does it! The fish was delicious, topped with pan seared Moroccan sundried tomatoes and black olive crust, served on a bed of

new potatoes, with vegetables of the day. A real treat.

I’ll let you into a secret. I’ve not long returned from a holiday to the Algarve Portugal, where I ate fresh fishcaught that day, in a quaint fishing restaurant by very experienced chefs. John’s fish dish knocked the spots oftheirs! Fish lovers, Yolanda's is the place to dine! Maybe it's from 12 years working in Madeira where Johnmastered his sea food skills.

A table upstairs ordered a sirloin and Rib eye Steak. Couldn’t resist having a peek as they came out of thekitchen and I have to say, that they’ll be my choice for next time. Good size portions, topped with cherrytomatoes and mushrooms accompanied by fries and salad garnish, very muchworth mentioning.

With just the right amount of time between courses our desserts were then served.For my partner, a Raspberry Pavlova. This was light and fresh with the sharpness

of the raspberries complimenting the sweetness of the meringue. Just how he likes his sweets.For me though, as I like my sweets chocolaty and delectable, I chose the Chocolate Melt in the MiddlePudding served with fresh cream. This was the perfect sweet to finish a superb meal, warm, gooey andnot too much to wish I hadn't had it. Just lovely!

With that we went over and sat at the bar where we were joined by John, his wife Yolanda and friendswith a glass of wine. John is a very travelled, experienced Chef, he takes pride in what he presents to you,and serves value for your money. I would very much recommend Yolanda's Bistro as a relaxed, qualityplace to dine. You won't be disappointed.


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Blood Orange Curd

There are very few ingredients these days that are aroundonly in their original season. We can now buy tomatoesanytime or cucumbers and spring onions all year round.Hence the name, spring onion! January brings the promiseof a little colour with the arrival of the blood orange and thislittle burst of citrus can set the heart of any recipe racing.

Grown in the Mediterranean, the blood orange sports arather rich coloured shell. It can vary in its shade but mainlya lovely red tinge will be reminiscent of what is inside.

Slice the fruit open and reveal a juicy, rich red fruit.Ooooooo! It's making my mouth water as I type!

This delicious orange lends itself to many dishes. It isfabulous cut in to wedges and thrown in to a simple saladwith roasted beetroot and shaved goat cheddar. Stir zestand juice through a hedonistic mix of mascarpone anddouble cream with a touch of icing sugar and pour over abiscuit base for a luxury cheesecake. Or squeeze in to thepoached, beautiful pink stems of rhubarb coming this waysoon. It is truly stunning. Actually, if you are celebrating,squeeze a couple of oranges in to a glass and then pour oversome bubbly. That is something else!

But to preserve the wonderful colour and vibrancy of ablood orange, transporting them through on into the spring,some orange curd is just the ticket. And it's so easy, foranyone to do!

Zest and squeeze the juice from 4 blood oranges and placein a pan. Just a pan, don't worry about it! If you are though,use a Bain Marie. So! Add 200g caster sugar and 125g butterto the pan and put over a low heat and warm until the buttermelts. Whisk 3 large eggs and another egg yolk together andsieve in to the orange mix. Keep over a low heat and cook,stirring constantly until the mixture starts to thicken andconsequently coats the back of the spoon. Remove from theheat then have a big spoonful just to make sure it tastesgreat! In fact you may want to adjust the zingyness with alittle more juice. Fill sterilised jars to the brim then seal. Thenspoon on to warm toast, flaky croissant or sandwich in to afluffy sponge.


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The beginning of a new year brings with it an opportunity tolook at things refreshed, with the openness of tryingsomething, well – new! One of the great things about wineis the personal discovery of different varieties.

According to Karen MacNeil’s Wine Bible, there are around5,000 different wine grape varieties, 150 of which are ofcommercial significance. To add confusion to the matter,there are roughly 24,000 different names for the varieties ofwine grapes as some varieties are called something else inother countries or regions; a classic example being Shiraz inAustralia and Syrah in France.

With such choice, where to begin?One ‘new’ variety that has recently registered on myradar is the Portuguese variety, Castelão. This varietyhappens to be Portugal’s most common red winegrape variety, liked for its hardiness and adaptability.It was first noted in the Douro (port territory) in 1531,being referred to under other names such asTrincadeira or Piriquito to name a few. As mentioned,it flourishes in a wide range of environments; fromthe arid regions of Southern Portugal to thedamper west side of the country. Its versatilityextends to that of the wine it produces; still redwines, fortified wines such as port to rosé andsparkling wines. Dependant on region, the winescan be anything from lighter, pale reds with highacidity to deeply coloured, full bodied red winespacked with a mixture of forest fruits.

A good example of this variety as a still red isproduced by the Cooperative of Santo Isidro dePegoes. It was founded in 1958 and is made up of140 different growers and has access to over1100 hectares of vineyard. It is located in theTerras do Sado area of the Setubal Peninsular.This coastal area benefits from mineral rich sandysoils and cool Atlantic winds.Cintila Red 2013Deep ruby in colour, with pronounced aromas offorest fruits; raspberries and blackberries with a hint ofviolets. On the palate, this wine is dry, with a mixture of darkand red fruits. It is medium bodied with wellintegrated, smooth and subtle approachable tannins.Available by the glass in The PA.

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Join Debbie and Stuart

Wednesday31st

New Year'sEve Party

Live Music withthe AK-POETS

Free entry10:00 - 2:00am

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COME AND JOIN US FOROUR NEW YEAR PARTY

New Years Eve Dinner DiscoA celebration of 2014 and a cracking start to 2015!

The OvertureOaked Smoked Salmon served with rocket, lemon & brown breadGarlic Mushrooms (V) mushrooms in beer batter, drizzled in a garlic &chive sauceSpare Ribs barbecued marinated spare ribs in Thai SpiceHot and Sour Chicken Soup with lemon grass, chilies & herbsMixed Thai Starter chicken satay, spring roll, prawn in blanket,spicy puff & fish cakeSpicy Puffs spicy minced chicken, potatoes & onion wrapped in Thai pastry

The Main EventLamb Shank served with mint gravy, vegetables & mustard mash potatoes10oz Rib Eye Steak served with vine tomatoes, Portobello mushrooms &chipsSalmon in a White Wine & Dill Sauce with vegetables & potatoesTamarind Duck roast duck Thai style with tamarind sauce & crispy seaweed,served with riceRed Pork Curry served with jasmine ricePrawns with Asparagus in oyster sauce, served with jasmine riceChilli Chicken stir fried with fresh chilli & basil served with jasmine riceGreen Vegetable Curry (V) served with jasmine rice

The FinaleChocolate Roulade with double creamLemon Cheesecake with double creamCremé BruleeSticky Toffee Pudding with double creamCheeseboard - ‘The Classics’Cheddar, Stilton & Brie, served with grapes, apple, celery & a choice of biscuits

£45.00 per adultServing Dinner from 7.30pm until 9.30pm

Party until the wee small hours with ourdynamic new DJPre-request your favourite songs, music & messagesincludes New Years Eve hats, balloons and decorations.

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New Years Eve - 31st December 2014

Six course tasting menu with arrival drinksand canapés to start and a glass of

champagne at midnight. Relax in the GardenLounge after dinner or if you prefer join thedancing in the main restaurant to see in the

New Year.To book or for further information please call

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Crown Inn FaringdonHeather and Richard would like to

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Sincere greetings for the New Year to you, dear reader and to your Family, wishing a very happy and healthy yearto you and your pets.As I write, to catch early deadlines, Children in Need has had the big televised finale; I have also been supporting some of myspecial animal charities across the World in readiness for Christmas and to take advantage of matching funding. Charities nearerto home will be supported by the Practice and many generous clients and members of the public who call in to the Surgery onour Open Morning. We have been supported by a huge number of businesses and individuals, donations of prizes and raisingfunds through cake and coffee sales. I wish to publicly recognise the hard work and creativity of my brilliant members of Staff inmaking this all come true.These essential funds are for Oak & Furrow (wildlife rehabilitation, collecting and advising oncasualties that include birds of prey), the National Animal Welfare Trust (specialise in older catsand dogs as well as other species, near Hungerford), Sunshine Cat Rescue in Faringdon and myclosest charity, Labrador Rescue Trust (LRT). As a Family, over the years, we have fostered andadopted 10 Labrador Retrievers one way and another, either through the LRT or privately as areflection of the clinical and welfare work that we do. Every dog has been so different, challengingin different ways, according to their physical or medical conditions when first presented.Taking you on a longer journey in support of larger black animals, I took part again in the annualGive to the Max Day in Minnesota, where matching funds are publicly provided to support theEducation section of the North American Bear Centre dollar by dollar. Black bears need humansto reach out to families, communities, trappers and hunters to clearly demonstrate that they respect our species and we shouldtheirs. The centre is amazing and the researchers concerned,Dr Rogers and Mrs Sue Mansfield, are inspirational.Both have featured on documentaries screened across the World many times. http://www.bearstudy.org/Research work involves radio-tracking to determine territories and track movements, recording weights of bears coming to thefield station, and walking with bears for up to 14 hours at a time to collect detailed information on behaviour and food choices.While walking with bears, Mrs Mansfield recorded data with a handheld computer running CyberTracker software and a videocamera. Her video footage of intimate bear behaviour has been featured in the BBC's 'Bearwalker of the Northwoods' and 'TheBear Family and Me. As the Wildlife Research institute’s principal biologist, Dr Lynn Rogers, Ph.D., has spent over 42 years learningabout wildlife and sharing his information with the public. Using airoplanes, vehicles, and snowshoes, he has radio-collared andtracked over 100 bears in the vast forests of north-eastern Minnesota, studying some bears for as long as 22 years. By 1975, DrRoger’s bear study was ranked as one of the four top studies of large mammals in the World.

“Worldwide, the media carries his information to over a hundred million people each year. 1005 people from 7 countries donatedto the WRI on Give-to-the-max Day on the 13th November this year. Over half a million peoplevisit the North American Bear Centre's educational web site: www.bear.org The most recentdocumentary about his work, “The Man Who Walks With Bears” went on air over 70 times onanimal Planet TV channel since 2001.

“As people learn more about Black Bears, they become more tolerant. Today, people are allowingBlack Bears to repopulate parts of North America where bears have not lived for over a century.”Through one of the very well-known insurance companies, again in North American, anyone canregister and vote on the Aviva Community Fund charity website. The idea is to use your pot ofvotes for your choice from a wide variety of worthy causes, into semi-finals then finals, for thetop charities to be given financial support from this fund, in ranking, until $1,000,000 has beenused up. Each finalist gets $5,000. On top of that is the broker-supported grand prize of$100,000. As I write, we’ve voted-in two semi-finalists - a local wildlife rescue charity and aneducational outreach programme concerning Black Bears called “Be wise about bears” aimed

at schools. We started all this activity through supporting the Wildlife Research Institute in this way a few years ago, so that’s howwe discovered the work that’s being done by the WRI and by Lily-the-Black-Bear fans all over the World. Very sadly, one researchbear, Hope, Lily’s daughter, was shot by hunters during the “open season”.New Year…. all those resolutions to make and break, and thoughts of a Spring and Summer holiday – with the dogs perhaps?New and more secure changes to all new Pet Passports issued after 29th December 2014 will be in place.Positive, permanent ID with a microchip, up-to-date vaccination against Rabies , a compulsory waiting period of 21 days post-vaccination, all EU passports to be issued by an official veterinary surgeon trained and approved by the AHVLA and finallytreatment for human health purposes against a tapeworm called Echinococcus, within 1 to 5 days of reaching UK sovereignterritory. Flea and tick, and by inference, sand fly, protection has been “officially” dropped – for dogs, the diseases carried by ticksand sand flies are extremely serious and the major hidden problem for veterinary practices in the UK – yes, we are all getting casesof these diseases now – so you are urged to start prevention treatment from about one week before travel and every month yourholiday lasts on the Continent, using licensed collars or spot-on applications from yourveterinary practice. Passports will also be in a new, more-secure format that includeslaminated strips, the passport number on each page and vet details to improve traceability. With the Rabies vaccine, no dog should be under the age of 12 weeks atvaccination, so the minimum legal age for puppies ENTERING the UK is 15 weeks.On a more relaxed note, thanks for your company and enjoy the New Year, keep in touchwith your own veterinary practice for advice and appointments whenever needed.Good health, happiness and prosperity throughout 2015.

Robert Elliott 21-23 High Street, Stanford In The Vale, SN7 8LH 01367 710595

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We all love to talk about foodso what should I eat?

Even the most experienced and respected experts innutrition and human health cannot always agree on whatyou should eat. Finding a sustainable eating plan that willkeep hunger and cravings at bay and nourish your body canbe difficult.

So are there any principles that can help to identify whatworks so that you can be lean and healthy for life?

Avoid eating food that doesn’t taste good.With so many healthy delicious foods to choose from weshould never have to eat food we do not like. To achievesustainable fat loss it is important to consistently eat and livein a way that allows you to create an energy deficit with onlyminimal hunger.Assuming you are not living on junk food, you have a massivelist of foods you can eat whilst trying to lose fat. Open up totrying new delicious foods, there’s no need to refuse to eatentire food groups. Hating all vegetables, not liking proteinor being fearful of fat can create challenges whendeveloping sustainable healthy eating habits. Try new foods!Foods you disliked as a child may now taste great as an adult.Use spices and herbs to add flavour to your meals.Experiment and you will always find something you will love.

Avoid eating foods that you find difficult to stop eatingonce you have started.Everybody has some food that they have a hard time puttingdown. If you start eating something and cannot stop thenyou are likely to feel guilty about your lack of self-control.Remove these foods from your diet. It is for the best! Do notkeep these foods in the house. Face up to your foodweaknesses, resolve not to eat them, and find other foodsthat you can eat in moderation when you need a treat.

Avoid foods that you find difficult to digest.Food sensitivities are common and many people live theirlives never feeling 100%.Identify which foods you think make you feel a ‘bit rubbish’and remove them from your diet for a set period of time, andtrack how you feel.

Avoid foods that you feel you might be addicted to.People feel addicted to junk foods that contain sugar, wheat,processed fats or all three. Eating these foods can lead tothe release of substances in the gut which affect receptorsin the brain and so we learn to associate junk foods withpleasure or stress relief. But in reality these foods are theones that raise blood sugar quickly and spike insulin, so weget hungry again quickly and want more. Plan meals aroundprotein, quality fats and vegetables because thiscombination keeps blood sugar steady, avoiding spikes ininsulin, helping you to avoid hunger and food cravings.

Avoid Food that isn’t actually real food for your body.Choose not to eat foods with a long list of ingredients or thatcontain artificial flavours and colours. Make a commitmentto yourself to eat in a way that is best for your body. Choosewhole foods over processed junk. Remember what real foodtastes like. It will make you feel energized, full but neverbloated.

Keep to the above guidelines and hunger, food worries, guilt,and obsessions go away. Good food is amazing enjoy it!


So 2015 is here and now is the time to set yourself a new goal,so why not put your name down for a local race. Whetheryou are a novice looking for a challenge or a seasonedcampaigner seeking a spring personal best, there are plentyof events to choose from within easy reach of Faringdon.Here are a selection of our favourites from spring through toearly summer.Whilst the roads are icy and the fields are muddy organisedroad races are rare – for it is still the cross-country season.The first local race in the spring is probably the Carterton 10kwhich sets off from the leisure centre and does a doubleloop around the town. There is a single loop 5k alternativefor the less energetic. The date hasn’t yet been confirmed,but last year it was on Sunday 16th March. Checkhttp://www.better.org.uk/leisure/carterton-leisure-centre/for details.

The White Horse Half Marathon on 29th March sounds like itcould be death by a thousand hills, but it is run totally in our

wonderful “vale”; setting off from Grove and continuingthrough the picturesque villages of Denchworth, Lyford

and Charney Bassett. It couldn’t be flatter, so it’s a perfectchance for a personal best, but for that reason the raceusually fills up very fast. At the time of writing there were

still spaces – go tohttp://www.whitehorseharriers.org/halfmarathon.html

to avoid disappointment.

The same cannot be said of the Highworth 5 mile race on12th April; the last mile takes in the climb up into the town

from the Coleshill Road, but don’t forget that the first fourmiles are almost all downhill!

Go to http://www.highworthrunningclub.co.uk/ to enter.

If a big town race is your bag, then the Oxford Town & Gown10k on 10th May is well supported and organised and alwaysattracts a big crowd of runners – around 4,000 last year. Thecourse is flat as it winds its way around the historic streets ofthe city centre and the race finishes in the University Parks.Register at http://www.townandgown10k.com/oxford/

Just across the border in Gloucestershire, the Fairford 10kwill be held on 31st May this year and is a relatively flat andvery friendly village race. Entry details aren’t available at thetime of going to press.We’ll be back later in the year with a further instalment ofsummer and autumn events to wet your running appetite.In the meantime, if you are interested in joining theFarRunners, we would love to see you. We are a sociablebunch and cater for ALL ages and abilities. We meet at the OldTown Hall at 6:30pm on a Tuesday and 7pm on a Thursday. Wealso meet at the Leisure Centre at 9:30am on Sundays. Ourearly morning group meets on a Thursday at 6am (again at theOld Town Hall).

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A Distant Prospect by Lord Berners

This book is a sequel to his previous autobiography, ‘First Childhood’, and is similarly set out in shortchapters. It takes the reader from the time Gerald (Lord Berners) left Elmley, his Preparatory School,through to his time at Eton. It is the late 1890’s and he is at the beginning of his teenage years (a phrasenot yet invented).Arriving at Eton (in Windsor) and saying goodbye to his mother, he reflects on the time she left him atElmley when ‘I had felt like a fledgling abandoned by the mother bird. Now I was eager to return andconfront the new life that was before me.’ And so a somewhat more self-assured Gerald starts the nextchapter of his life.Like his first book his memories are recalled through the people who were then important in his life.Gerald’s house Matron, (Dame, Hag or Mrs. Elton) encouraged boys who had artistic tendencies to go

and chat with her in her sitting room. It was she who allowed him to have access to the Dining Room piano. This not onlyhelped him socially but also enabled his development in music, Wagner in particular. We meet Marston: ‘so intelligent, sowitty, so erudite (and) mature’ and Deniston: ‘he was certainly remarkably good looking’ and particular about his dress. As inprevious friendships, they each in turn delight and disappoint.There are details of the timetable at Eton and some of the rules, rigidly imposed, plus the ‘illogical Eton terminology’ where‘absence’ meant roll-call. This information I found very helpful as it enabled me to put him into a defined context andenvironment.Gerald’s time at Eton had mixed blessings; success at learning seemed to be hampered because of ‘the effect Eton had on mycapacity for work’. In his view ‘more importance had come to be attached to organised games than to scholarship’. After successin passing the Entrance Examination for Eton he remarked that ‘this was my swan-song as far as examinations were concerned’.Socially, however, there is more reward as he realised that ‘I was at least intelligent and amusing enough to hold my own amongpeople who are not entirely obsessed by sport and athletics.’Adolescence is a time of sexual awakening and Gerald was no exception. His Housemaster suggests he does not ‘makeundesirable friendships’. During the time when he is giving piano concerts to Upper members (older boys) and enjoyinggreater intimacy with them there are ‘cynical grins and mysterious hints’. Curiosity leads him to meet ‘Windsor tarts’ – fortalking to only. Convalescing after a bout of rheumatic fever, there is a possible expos'e too. We also gain some insightinto how Gerald saw himself socially, as part of ‘country life’, and how he and his parents related to each other.I feel this is a ‘meatier’ book – perhaps necessarily so – witnessing Gerald’s maturity. The sense of humour though is still veryevident. As he leaves Eton, what is the Distant Prospect?Janet Deane, U3A FAB Group Leader This book is in print and is also available at the Library


Out and AboutDate Event Venue Time Contact Charge/info

Wed 24thChristmas Eve Carols

and Mince Pies children will bemaking Crispy Cakes for Santa

Crown Inn, Faringdon 8pm Heather or Richard Free

Thu 25th CelebrateChristmas Day in style Sudbury House 01367 241272 Adult £70

Children £35

Mon 29th New: Mission Fitness UK GroupFitness Class every Monday

Pump House Project,Swan Lane, Faringdon 7-8pm Graham or Hayley on 07427183364 /

07828267070 £5 per session

Wed 31st New Years Eve Gala Dinner inthe Brasserie. Sudbury House 01367 241272

Wed 31st

New Years Eve PartyJames Bond

Shaken Not StirredMiss Money Penny Bucks Fizz

Crown Inn Faringdon 8 till late Heather or Richard Free

January

Wed 7th Belle (12A) The Regent Cinema 12noon www.visitfaringdon.info/cinema £4

Wed 7th Community Choir in Faringdon Ferndale House School,Bromsgrove, SN77JF

7pm -8.30pm 01367 240618

Thu 8th Folly Car Craft Pump House 7.15pm R. Church 01367 240885 £5

Thu 8th Talk by Bill King on 'The Riverat War'. Corn Exchange, Faringdon 2.30pm Sylvia Bowley 01367 241296

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Fri 9th Baby Reflex workshop Watchfield Village Hall [email protected]

Sat 10th Christmas Tree Recycling byRotary Faringdon Market Square, From

9am www.helenanddouglas.org.uk Donations

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Wed 14th Community Choir in Faringdon Ferndale House School,Bromsgrove, SN77JF

7pm -8.30pm 01367 240618

Wed 21st Alan Nix Evacuees duringWorld War Two

The Old Town Hall,Faringdon 7.45pm £5

Fri 23rd Pride (15) The Regent Cinema 7pm www.visitfaringdon.info/cinema Adult £4U18s £3

Fri 30th -Sat 31st

The Snow Queen - A winter’stale

Faringdon Junior SchoolSat 2:30 and 7:20 7.30pm www.faringdondramatic.org.uk Adult £8

U16s £6

February

Fri 6th - Sat7th

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Regular Events

Every Day Faringdon Home LibraryService Books to your door! Sheena or Jane 01367 240311 Free

Every Mon,Tue & Wed Free One to One IT Help Faringdon Library 2:30pm -

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Every Mon Faringdon Baby and ToddlerSinging

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Every Mon Lunch Box Singing Faringdon Library 1pm -2pm Sheena 01367 240311 First taster session. Free.

Open to all

3rd Mon Faringdon WI Corn Exchange, 2pm Denise Monk 01367 240443 £33 per year [email protected]

1st Tue Farmers Market Market Place, Faringdon Until 1pm 01367 710445

1st Tue Coffee Morning Faringdon Library 10:30am -11:30am

[email protected] Free

Every Tue Quizzzz Portwell Angel 7:30pm 01367 [email protected]

£1 per person per gameWinner takes proceeds

1st Tue Junior Book Club Faringdon Library 3.45pm -4.45pm Ages 8-11 yrs

Every Tue Whist Drive The Old Town Hall 7.30pm -9.30pm Sylvia 01367 242007 Just turn up

Every Tue Tone-n-Tots The Pump House Project 11am -12am www.tone-n-tots.com

Every Wed Walking for Health Leave from Old Town Hall 10:30am www.faringdon.org/walking-and-cycling.html

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Every Wed Slimming World United Reformed Ghurch 7:30pm Louise 07717 681939 £4.95

1st Wed Buckland WI - Speaker andmeeting each month

The Memorial Hall,Buckland 7pm Libby Calvert 01367 870803 Non members £4 incl.

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Every Wed Open House - Coffee Great Coxwell ReadingRoom

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Every Fri Country Market Corn Exchange 9:15-11.00

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Every Fri interm time Rhymetime Faringdon Library 10:30am -

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2nd Fri Uffington Messy Church Thomas Hughes MemorialHall, Uffington

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Every Sat Family History Sessions Faringdon Library 01367 240311 Call to book a 1 to 1 slot

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Last Sun Messy Church United Church, Faringdon 4pm -5:30pm Free

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Ever wondered what the U3A is?….

The name indicates that after the first age of childhood, thesecond age of work and raising a family, then comes TheThird Age when you are free to get together to followinterests for which previously you have had no time!

Have you retired from full-time employment?

Are you looking to stretch your mind, extend your social life,and have a lot of fun?

Faringdon U3A offers a programme of daytime educational,creative and leisure activities in a friendly and informalatmosphere. Come to one of our monthly meetings whichtake place at 2:30pm on the 2nd Thursday of the month inthe Faringdon Corn Exchange. We start with a welcomefrom the Chairman, a few notices, then the main eventwhich is usually an interesting speaker, or performance,followed by refreshments and a chance to meet groupleaders and socialise generally.

Interest groups include Astronomy, Blues and Roots, Books,Bridge, Cinema Goers, Circle Dance, Computer & Tablets,Cryptic Crosswords, Embroidery, F A Berners, Family History,Folk Dancing, Foreign Language Films, French, Gardeners,German, Golf, Croquet (summer) History, Holidays, Italian,Jazz, Mah Jong, Music, National Trust, Photography, Poetry,Quilting , Quizzing, Rambling, Recorder Consort, Science &Technology, Scrabble, Spanish, Strollers, Sunday Lunch,Theatre Goers, Wine Appreciation, Yoga…

Any one who is no longer in full time employment may join,the fees are £18 per person or £30 for two at the sameaddress. Further information from Sylvia Bowley (Chairman)01367 241296

U3ATHE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE

Faringdon & District U3AThursday 8th January at 2.30

CORN EXCHANGE, FARINGDON

A Talk by Bill King on 'The River at War'. Why theThames was such an important strategic feature inWorld War 2. It's role in the defence of the countryand a description of the way the industry along the

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