Ledbury Focus October 2019

The Feast is Over
article & photos by Geraldine Woods-Humphrey

October, when the air is thug,’ she told me, ‘Are you sure you brambles. This though is easy to
scented with the soft must really want it?’ I assured her I did recognise, its name gives it away.
of decay, when morning mists and true to my expectations, Max It’s a bird of scrub and to hear its
creep up the valleys writhing Graf rushes down a bank and over song from the hawthorn in spring
between the hills and cobwebs the gabions festooned in single thrills the soul. I’m full of
hang from the trees in strings, white flowers in summer making a admiration that such a tiny bird
elfin pearls left behind after a glorious display loved by me and made the epic journey from sub-
night of revelry. October, the the bees. Saharan Africa to arrive here in April.
summer is over its harvest eaten It certainly needs all the energy
or stored away ready for harsher The bank is steep, the soil thin, it’s those blackberries could give it for
times ahead, but there is glory in difficult to cultivate and keep tidy, the long trip back in October.
nature’s swan song as the trees’ impossible to mow. I could plant it
once green canopy is shed in with dwarf conifers and juniper, The blackberries are hard,
reds and golds. create a tapestry of greens but where unpalatable withered things now,
would the whitethroat be then? Not neither use to man nor beast and
In September I watched, from a in front of my window for sure. I’ve darkness is closing in on the world,
bedroom window, a whitethroat left the bank to go native, planted shortening the days, heralding winter.
enjoy blackberries made plump by things like Max Graf and Michaelmas But before then, Halloween, the
the rain, sweetened by the sun. The daises that will stand up to the time ancient Celts lit bonfires
bramble has entwined itself amongst bullying wild grasses and ‘weeds’ warding off evil spirits (the ghosts
rosa Max Graf on a ‘rewilded’ bank and the reward has been wildlife, of the dead returning to earth), and
in front of the house. I remember up close and personal. celebrated Samhain.
when I bought it many years ago
from a rose nursery now sadly closed. The whitethroat, one of those little With luck my little whitethroat will
The owner questioned my wisdom brown warblers so difficult to identify, arrive safely in Africa where it will
at such a purchase. ‘This rose is a chose the plumpest blackberries, as stay until, hopefully, it will return to
it flitted through the rose and my wild bank next spring.
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Dedicate a festive light to
someone special

Lights of Love services and events near you

Worcester Cathedral, Friday
22nd November, at 2.30pm
and 7pm
Pershore Abbey, Thursday,
28th November, at 2.15pm
St Richard's Hospice,
Worcester, Thursday, 19th
December at 7pm

Make a donation to support hospice care;
dedicate a light and let your memories shine

www.strichards.org.uk/lightsoflove
Tel: 01905 958262

Sponsored by

St Richard's Hospice, Wildwood Drive, Worcester WR5 2QT

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A Celebration of Light and Love

St Richard’s Hospice is Residents are invited to make a 7pm, Droitwich, Droitwich Spa
inviting local people to donation to support St Richard’s Methodist Church , Droitwich
remember and celebrate their care, dedicate loved ones' names Spa, WR9 8AN
loved ones in the charity’s in the Books of Remembrance
annual Lights of Love campaign. and let memories shine this Tuesday 10th December:
Christmas. 7pm, Great Malvern Priory,
Each year St Richard’s adorns a Malvern, WR14 2AY
Christmas tree at St Andrew's The Lights of Love services and
Spire, Worcester, with lights events are free to attend and open Thursday 19th December:
dedicated to loved ones, as well to everyone. 7pm, Carols at St Richard’s
as recording their names around Hospice, WR5 2QT There will
the tree and in books of Lights of Love Services & be a sign language interpreter at
thanksgiving. Events the Worcester Cathedral
November afternoon service.
Ledbury Focus Friday 22nd Novmber:
2:30pm and 6:30pm for 7pm, Visit www.strichards.org.uk/
Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, lightsoflove for more information
WR1 2LA and to dedicate a light to a loved
one or call the fundraising team
Thursday 28th November: on 01905 958262. If you
2:15pm, Pershore Abbey, Pershore, dedicate and donate online you
WR10 1DT will have the added benefit of
your message being displayed on
December the online Christmas tree.
Wednesday 4th December:
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Ledbury
Tennis Club

On a bright sunny first day in Chris Marlow: chris_marlow@ Chris on the email address given
September, the champion-
ship finals were played. Members hotmail.com. above if you are interested.
had entered and been part of
Knock Out and Round Robin The course has been over- Sunday 29th September
events to reach the final stage
over the summer months. subscribed, and will commence The Club’s Open Mixed

All were treated to an outstanding in September. Tournament from 1pm to 5pm -
display of tennis at all levels.
The last week in August we had a £10 per couple, tea included. This
County Championships Tennis Camp at the Club for is open to everyone - you do not
We are very proud of Katy and Juniors. Fifteen young people have to be a member of the Club.
Sally Lewin and their continued aged 5 and above were treated to Please contact Ruth Blair if you are
success at County level. Last high quality coaching. interested: ruth-blair1@hotmail.
week was County Championships co.uk
at Manor Park.
Interested in Junior Coaching?
Katy - 3rd in Open Ladies singles.
Katy and Sally - runner up in Open The new term started on Friday photo: some of the participants in
Ladies Doubles, and Sally - winner
of U16 girls singles consolation / 13th September. Please contact the Club Championships
runner up in U16 girls doubles
and also U18 mixed doubles

Tennis opportunities for All!
Adults over 35
We have been given funding from
the LTA to run a series of tennis
coaching sessions with our Coach,

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Ledbury in Bloom
celebrates 13th
Gold in a row!

At a ceremony on Thursday nurtured some young plants for us but she will need help. LIB could
5th September 2019, at that we have used around Ledbury. desperately do with more helpers
Dunchurch Park Hotel & The winning display was from both on the streets and with the
Conference Centre in Rugby, the Bromesberrow St. Marys Primary, paperwork. Someone to run our
Deputy Chairman of Ledbury some of whose pupils come from accounts would be very useful as
In Bloom, Christina Vass, Ledbury, and Busy Bees won an our Treasurer is stepping down -
accepted a Gold Award from award for a beautiful journal of no floral knowledge is necessary.
The Heart of England in Bloom. their efforts” Tina continued. “A We hope to break everything into
“This award has been hard won display of their work will be installed easy pieces that can be done by
this year. I am accepting it on in the LTC window next week. This an individual or a group. Come
behalf of the small group of year was a real struggle with many along to our next meeting on
dedicated volunteers who have friends, neighbours and loyal towns- Monday September 30th at 7:30pm
done so much to make Ledbury folk responding to the late call.” in The Community Centre if you
look as ‘Blooming Beautiful’ as think you or your group could help
it has for some time. I must also For some time now Tina has also with something like a flower bed
thank Ledbury Town Council had to lead the team due to the as U3A do, or co-ordinate the
who took the decision to put the continuing ill health of Chairman volunteers from your desk.”
provision of the hanging baskets Clive Gunn. “I have still done some
out to tender with such fabulous of the paperwork behind the scenes Volunteers gathered yesterday to
results and all our sponsors.” but I haven't been able to pull my hear the news, raise a glass and
weight in the field” he reports. share a celebratory cake, secure in
With changes to the assessment “With the future still uncertain I the knowledge of a job well done!
guidelines this 13th Gold was never have decided to stand down as “Finally, I would like to add my
as certain as it looked despite Chairman and just be Publicity thanks to all our sponsors whether
greater community involvement. Officer. Tina will continue as corporate or private; we need and
“Thanks to the schools that acting Chairman until the AGM thank you for every penny.”

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Hazel Dormouse - photo courtesy of Terry Whittaker

In winter, many animals struggle to survive.
It’s hard to find enough food to eat and hard
to survive the bitterly cold, wet weather. One
solution that nature has come up with to help
with this problem is hibernation.

Hibernation is a bit like sleeping. In fact, hibernating
animals may look just like they are sleeping, but
hibernation is actually much more than this.
Hibernating animals are able to slow their bodies
right down: they can slow their heartrate and breathing
down, and also lower their body temperature. For
example, a hedgehog will slow its heartbeat down from
190 beats per minute to just 20 beats per minute
when it hibernates. Its body temperature will drop
from 35˚C to just 10˚C!

Discover a Wilder Hibernating animals do this so that they use less
Herefordshire with energy and so can survive for many weeks without
Herefordshire Wildlife food. Before going into hibernation, many animals
Trust this October will eat and eat and eat! They do this to make them-
selves as fat as possible before hibernating. This fat
Heading for will give them energy during the winter. If they don't
Hibernation eat enough, they will run out of energy before spring
arrives.

In the UK, only three species of mammal hibernate:
hedgehogs, bats and dormice. Some insects hibernate
such as bumblebees, some butterflies and ladybirds as
well as amphibians: frogs, toads, newts and reptiles:
grass snakes, adders, slow worms.

Many people think that squirrels hibernate because

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October Events

Bug hotel - photo courtesy of Autumn Lecture: Cuckoos & Corncrakes – a
Mathew Roberts guide to the wonders of birdsong
Date: Friday 4th October
in reality, they are collecting and storing food to eat Time: 7.30pm
over the winter.
A Guide to the Wonders of Birdsong with Tweet
Badgers don't hibernate either, although they do of the Day authors Stephen Moss & Brett
spend more time underground during winter and Westwood. A lively and entertaining show that
they sleep for longer than at other times of the year. will open your ears to the fascinating world of
This helps them to save energy, but it isn't actually birdsong, brought to you by Springwatch veteran
hibernation. and lifelong naturalists.
Venue: Shirehall Hereford, HR1 2JB
Hibernating animals need somewhere sheltered where Cost: £15 per ticket www.herefordshirewt.org
they won't be disturbed all winter. You can help your
garden wildlife by leaving piles of logs and leaves in UK Fungus Day
corners of the garden where species can spend the Date: Saturday 5th October
winter undisturbed in your home-made ‘hibernaculum’.
Please be aware, however, that wild animals will not A day celebrating all things fungi with the
differentiate between your wildlife log-pile and a Hereford-shire Fungus Survey Group.
soon-to-be lit bonfire. Always check bonfire piles, or Venue: Queenswood Country Park &
move and remake them before lighting, to allow Arboretum, Dinmore Hill, HR6 0PY
wildlife to make a quick getaway! Cost: free (please note car parking is ‘pay &
display’)
You can also create bug hotels. The simplest design
is a plant pot filled with lengths of hollow bamboo Spoon Carving Workshop
canes – or you could build a high rise with lots of Date: Saturday 12th October
nooks and crannies for small invertebrates to shelter Time: 10am to 4pm
within.
Lean the basics of green woodworking and
Ledbury Focus master the axe, knife and crook knife. At the end
of the day you will have produced a spoon as well
as relaxed in a beautiful woodland, eaten lunch
cooked over an open fire and meet some
interesting new people.
Venue: Queenswood Country Park &
Arboretum, Nr Leominster, Herefordshire HR6
0PY
Cost: £50 www.queenswoodandbodenhamlake.org

Adventure Club
Date: Tuesday 29th October
Time: 9am to 2pm/4pm

Autumn inspired adventures in woods, including
campfire cooking, fire lighting, den building,
using tools, games, seasonal crafts and more!
Venue: Queenswood Country Park &
Arboretum
Cost: £22/£17 www.queenswoodandbodenham
lake.org

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Hedgehog - photo courtesy of Jon Hawkins

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Into the woods: Spooky Lantern Trail
Date: Wed 30th & Thursday 31st October
Time: 4pm to 6pm


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Date: Wednesday 30th October
Time: 1:30pm to 3.30pm

Open session with a range of activities and crafts

suitable for children of all ages. No booking

required.
Venue: Queenswood Country Park & Arboretum
Cost: £2 per child, under 2’s go free, pay at Visitors

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1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
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The Master's House

October 2019 Programme

Tuesday 1st October : 4.45pm to 5.45pm Tuesday 15th October : 4pm to 6pm
Ledbury Library Readers' Group Introduction to Emails
A friendly book group held in Ledbury Library for Learn how to set-up an email account, and how to
enthusiastic readers. Read one selected title a send and receive emails and attachments. Laptops
month then meet to discuss it. Free will be available for you to use. Provided by
Fastershire. 16+ years Free tickets
Wednesday 2nd October : 10am to 12 noon
Master's House Guided Tour Tuesday 15th October : 7.30pm to 8.30pm
The Friends of the Master's House will be hosting a Herefordshire's Home Front in the Second World
detailed guided tour of this beautiful 15th century War
building, once part of the medieval St Katherine’s Eighty years after the start of the Second World
Hospital in the centre of Ledbury. War, author Bill Laws looks at life on the Home
Free tickets (donations gratefully accepted) Front: Land Army girls and Timber Jills, Ledbury’s
POWs and Rotherwas’ Canaries, homesick
Friday 4th October : 7pm to 9pm evacuees, and finding a fitting uniform! Books will
Home on the Move – Book Launch and Poetry be available to buy on the night. Tickets £4
Salon @Ledbury Books and Maps
Featuring poets Margaret Adkins, Jim Dening and Saturday 19th October : 10am to 12 noon
Jacqui Rowe, this event launches a new poetry Ledbury Young Writers' Group
anthology called Home on the Move: Two Poems Fun and creative writing workshops for young
Go on a Journey. For more details see www.poetry- people, led by professional writer Sara-Jane Arbury.
festival.co.uk. £5 (Tickets on door) Advance booking is essential, visit www.writingwest
midlands.org to reserve a place. 8-13 years
Monday 7th to Saturday 12th October £7 per session
How to Borrow Library eBooks
Bring in your tablet or smartphone and find out Monday 21st October : 10am to 4pm
how to borrow library eBooks and eAudiobooks Decorated Alphabets of the Middle Ages
using the BorrowBox app. It is a quick and easy way Spend a day with calligrapher Caroline Owen-
to access hundreds of the latest bestselling titles, Thomas learning to draw or trace eye-catching
completely free! Join the library online at alphabets, and the techniques of how to paint them
herefordshire.gov.uk/jointhelibrary. Free drop-in using gouache. All materials will be supplied.
16+ years Tickets £48 (including materials)
Tuesday 8th October to Saturday 2 November
Life in Herefordshire During the First World War Friday 25th October : 7pm to 8.45pm
This exhibition explores life in Herefordshire Will ye not come home, brother, home to us again?
during the First World War in 1914-1918, with While John Masefield was away at sea, his younger
stories about people who lived in the county and brother Harry travelled East, becoming a tea planter
those who went to war. Free in Sri Lanka. Caroline Magnus, Harry’s
granddaughter, tells Harry’s story from his Ledbury
Friday 11th October : 11am to 12.30pm childhood and relationship with the poet, to his life
A Good Read? Readers' Group in Sri Lanka. Free tickets
Bring along a book you have read, share your
thoughts and perhaps a short snippet from the book
in this friendly and informal readers’ group. Free

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requests for private tours for groups of 10 or more
people on Wednesdays, 10am to 3pm. Tours last




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Telephone: 01432 383499


Email: [email protected]

Tickets will be available 6 weeks before the event.
Tickets that have not been collected the day before
the event, unless otherwise advised, will be
reallocated.

LEDBURY LIBRARY OPENING TIMES

Monday 9.30am to 4.30pm

Tuesday 9.30am to 6pm

Wednesday Closed

Thursday 9.30am to 4.30pm

Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm

Saturday 9.30am to 12.30pm

Sunday Closed

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SUDOKU TRIVIA (answers on page 78)

Fill in the grid so that each line, each row and 1. The guilder was the former currency of which
each 3 x 3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9 European country?
without repetition.
2. Which of the four major tennis championships
51 is played on clay?

36 4 3. A pug is a breed of which domestic pet?

25 9 7 4. Which European capital city is known in its
native language as Praha?
72 86 3
5. What colour beret is worn by members of the
84 Royal Marines?

1 64 25 6. Which northern English city was known in
Roman times as Deva?
2 9 87
7. Calcio is the Italian word for which sport?
8 39
8. Which outdoor sport is played at Lord’s?
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9. In terms of area, what is the largest country in
South America?

10. What does the ‘MI’ in ‘MI6’ stand for?

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CROSSWORD (answers on page 78)

12 3 45 ACROSS
67 8 1 Electrical measure (3)
11 12 4 Measure of electrical current (3)
9 10 6 Lack of belief in God (7)
13 15 22 9 Con ____, musical direction meansing
16 'with vigour' (4)
14 11 Bound (4)
19
17 18 21 13 Expanding (9)
20 14 Covered with fine hair (5)
25 15 Face guard (5)
23 17 Military officer (9)
24 20 Shout (4)
21 Mixer with whisky, for example (4)
23 Most smart (7)
24 Legume (3)
25 Lamb's mother (3)
DOWN

1 Crown jewles item (3)
2 Principal (4)
3 Suspicious, cautious (5)
4 Word of agreement (4)
5 Sudden sharp explosive sound (3)
7 Possible to endure (9)
8 Oily feel (9)
10 Drive away, parry (7)
12 Beached, marooned (7)
16 Flat dish (5)
18 Bone of the arm (4)
19 Parrot-like learning (4)
20 Annoying bark (3)
22 Generation (3)

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Effective Treatment
for Anxiety

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trauma or threatening situations so to work well to release these
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you feel less stressed and more confident. A mineral that is often deficient and that can be used
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De-stress points: is Magnesium. Stress seriously depletes magnesium
The de-stress points are located on the forehead and levels so it really is essential in treating this problem.
the middle of the head. When these points are held, I will often test clients using Kinesiology muscle
the stress response is diluted. These points are testing for deficiencies and recommend the
physiologically wired into our stress and fear response supplements they can use in order to help.
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The Ledbury and Colwall Children’s Society
Committee

invite you to

Flowers and Flavours

A Ladies’ lunch with canapé and flower demonstrations

presented by Kelly and Sarah
at The Burgage Hall, Ledbury
on Wednesday 6th November 2019

10.00am Coffee and biscuits
10.30am Kelly’s Christmas canapé demonstration

12.15pm to 1.15pm Lunch
1.15pm Sarah will demonstrate how to make beautiful Christmas

arrangements sourced from the garden

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Accountants Billy Russell Floor Care 43 Entertainment 43
Chestnut Accountancy Ltd 14 Friends of the Dymock Poets 28
Greendawn Accounting Ltd 79 Oven Clean 32 The Market Theatre
Leadon Valley Accountancy 65 Professional Oven Cleaners 8
The Practice 33 Farm Shop
46 Clothing 46 Little Marcle Farm Shop
Aerials, TV & Audio
Aardvark Aerials Hardy Etc Ltd
John’s Aerials
Lezlee Designs 67 Coal Merchant 29 Fencing 67
77 A W Parker Ledbury Fencing & Paving 15
Architectural Services 21 14
Josh Thomas Design House 30 Financial Services
Community Services 19 Mortgage Hub Expoert Ltd
Auctioneers 1st Class Care Services
Smiths of Newent 55 Age UK 18 Florist
Ledbury Ring & Ride 52 Mango Florist
Bathrooms & Kitchens 12 St Richard's Hospice
B & B Services
Culina Balneo Computer Maintenance 24 Funeral Director
Dream Doors
John Shaw 80 J B Computers 34
Martin Weager 2 Ledbury Funeral Services
Conservatories, Doors & 71
Building & Construction 11 Windows 13 Furniture
A & T Jones 10 ClimateRite Lock Stock & Barrel 17
Clover Conservatories 38 61
D & M Building Construction Clover Conservatories 35
Dave Conway 8 Garage Doors
Ledbury Construction Ltd Malvern Glass
Mick Kitchin Builder 63 Shane Howells Ltd 57 Active Security UK Ltd
35 Steamy Windows 27 Garolla Roller Shutter Doors
Building Supplies 65
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Car Hire
Ledbury Private Car Hire 46 The Shop at Bromsberrow 10 Alfa Tech 74
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Colin McCarthy Driveways & Paving
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9 Ledbury Fencing & Paving 67 A J Roberts 37
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Ledbury Carpets & Interiors Pave Your Way 33 Ben Andrews Tree Surgery 60

Cleaning Services 43 Edgehogardens 33
Bliss Cleaning Services Education & Courses 40
Diamond Cleaning Services Ann Cam Primary School 10 Foliation Ltd 21
17 Green Waste Club 15
44 Eastnor Pottery 43 Hawthorn Landscapes 10
74 Friends of the Dymock Poets 24 J P Mower Services 39
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77 Electricians Newent Plant Centre 38
Acorn Electrical Services 4
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B & B Services 80 Town & Country Maintenance 77
71 Tree Surgeon
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Gyms & Sports Clubs Steamy Windows 27 Orchard View Kennels 32

Edge Fitness & Therapies 47 Pet Passion Pet Sitting 18
Hardware & Tools Loft Ladders Woodlands Country Cat Hotel 71
Access 4 Lofts 4

Ledbury Tools & Fixings 45 Plastering & Tiling
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B & B Services 80 Guy Tustin 14 Plumbing & Heating
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Fusion 77 B & B Services 24
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Furnishings Pave Your Way 33 Ledbury Tools & Fixings

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Culina Balneo 2 Pet Care St Katherine's Hall 14
Dream Doors 11 Country Cats Cattery 50 Veterinary Practices 26
John Shaw 10 Creative Canines 79 Leadon Vale Vet Centre
Martin Weager 38 Dawn’s Dog Grooming 39

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