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Buckden Roundabout
December 2018
Children’s activities
Storytime
Come along to our Tuesday storytime
for pre-school children. This
fun session runs every Tuesday from 2.15pm during term time. The
dates for December are Tuesday 4
th
, 14
th
and 18
th
.
Saturday craft club
Join us on Saturday 8th December for a festive themed craft
.
50p
per child.
Lego club
There will be no Lego club in December. We will start again in Janu-
ary, look out for dates in the library.
Christmas trail
We’ll also be running our popular Christmas trail in the library from
Saturday 1
st
December. Find all the pictures to get a sweet treat!
Winter Mini-Reading Challenge
If your children enjoyed Mischief Makers, they may like to take part
in the Winter Mini Reading Challenge, based on the book ‘There’s a
yeti in the playground’. Starting on Saturday 1
st
December and fin-
ishing on Friday 11
th
January, the challenge will be run through the
Winter Mini Challenge website (ready on the 1
st
December). To take
part, children simply read three books of their choice, then add each
book to their Winter Reading Challenge website profile and leave a
short book review. The Reading Agency will also have a whole host
of fun activities, quizzes and reading recommendations, plus an
exciting new competition. Copies of ‘There’s a yeti in the play-
ground’, as well as many other titles by award winning author Pam-
ela Butchart, are available to borrow from Cambridgeshire Libraries.
Find out more in the library.
Regular activities
Engage in the Afternoon - Cromwell and Christmas
On Wednesday 19
th
December, 2pm – 3.30pm, local historian John
Davies talks about Christmas during Cromwell’s regime. A festive
talk with a difference! Pick up your free ticket from the library.
Knit Lit
Do you enjoy knitting and a good book? Our friendly group meets on
alternate Fridays. In December Knit Lit meetings are on Friday 7
th
and 21st from 8pm. Knitters of all ages and abilities welcome!
Researching your family history?
Come along to the library where
you can access Ancestry for free and if you need some help, we can
book you an appointment with one of our volunteers.
Concessionary bus pass
Applying for or renewing your bus pass? We can help you at the
library, no appointment necessary.
Village Hall, Burberry Road, Buckden
Tel:
0345 045 5225
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/library
Tuesday
10.00 am to 1.00 pm
2.00 pm to 5.00 pm
Thursday
2.00 pm to 5.00 pm
Friday
5.00 pm to 8.00 pm
Saturday
10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Closed Monday and Wednesday
Village News
Offord and Buckden Angling Society (OBAS)
The Offord and Buckden Angling Society was formed in the early
1800's, and until 1959 benefitted from the Great Northern Railway
Station at Offord which, being only 100 yards from the club's water
on the River Great Ouse, provided easy access to anglers from the
north and south of the country. Some of our members remember
travelling on the train with their grandparents and fishing for Chub
alongside the great Dick Walker.
Today, the club has access to approximately seven kilometres of top
class fishing on the River Great Ouse, located between the Grafham
Pumping Station at Offord Cluny and continuing along the river down-
stream, almost to Brampton. Whether you're looking for a still water,
a fast-flowing stream, a small intimate river or one that's wide, lan-
guid and deep, OBAS have it. The river is well populated with all types
of fresh water fish notably Barbel, Bleak, Bream, Carp, Chub, Dace,
Gudgeon, Perch, Pike, Roach, Tench and even Zander. Incredibly
Catfish and more unusually Sea Trout are two species that have also
been reportedly caught in the past.
OBAS Membership
Adults £25.00, OAP 65+ £10.00, Disabled £7.50, Junior -17 Free
Members are entitled to fish all sections and now night fishing is al-
lowed on all sections as well. Our annual membership runs for 12
months from 16
th
June but note that the ‘Close Season’ applies to
present OBAS waters as of June 2018.
Membership books are available from the following;
Gt Paxton Community Shop; Offord Village Stores; Ouse Valley An-
gling, St Neots; Stanjay Sports, Godmanchester; St Ives Tackle, Wy-
ton; bailiffs on the bankside at the river. Day tickets also available.
For more information please contact the Secretary, Val Jolly (Tel:
01480 811125) or Howard Fieldhouse (Tel: 07824569111)