June 2024

3 Buckden Roundabout June 2024 Buckden Roundabout Team Editors - Articles & Events Ian Carter and Alec MacAndrew Email: editor@buckdenroundabout.info 33 Beaufort Drive, Buckden, PE19 5YU 07515 737636 Webmaster Alec MacAndrew Email: webmaster@buckdenroundabout.info Proofreading and editorial assistance Lesley MacAndrew Advertisements and Payments Fiona Shirley Email: adverts@buckdenroundabout.info Distribution Co - ordinators Wendy Thelwall, Lesley MacAndrew, Patricia Ford Contact this email for info: Email: distribution@buckdenroundabout.info Front Cover The cover photo this month was provided by Alec MacAndrew and as ever we are very grateful. We are looking for more photos and paintings of any kind that we could use as a front cover. We especially need photos and paintings of autumn scenes, and of events in the village. We should be grateful for photos (or even paintings!) of the coro- nation celebrations in the village. Please note that photos should ideally be in portrait format and should be a minimum of 2400 x 1700 pixels. More is better! All advertisements and non - advertising material are printed in good faith. Neither the Buckden Roundabout nor the Buckden Parish Council can accept any responsibility for the content of the advertisements, the services provided by the advertisers or any statements made in the advertisements or non - advertising material. No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored with- out the express permission of the Editor of the Buckden Roundabout. THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ALL MATERIAL FOR THE JULY EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON MONDAY 10th JUNE HOWEVER, SPACE IS ALLOCATED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, BASIS. IT IS REGRETTED THAT ANY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED. June Production Dates Production dates for the July Edition of the Roundabout are as follows: Copy deadline: Monday 10 June Proof Reading Friday 14 June Copy to Printers Tuesday 18 June Distribution Thursday 27 June Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your District Councillor 5 Church News 6 - 8 For your Diary 9 - 10, 12 Village News 11, 16 - 18 Bees and other pollinators 13 School 14 Buckden Community Events 15 Advertisements & Classifieds 2, 19 - 24 June 2024 The weekend of the deadline for the submission of articles for this edition of Buckden Roundabout finally resulted in a peri- od of sunny weather, albeit a rather short period as it is rain- ing again now as I write this! We are moving into the summer months when we start to see more events taking place around the village - principally the out door events. In June we are blessed with several events in and around the village. A cream tea in Diddington (page 10); ‘ A Summer Floral Dream ’ in St Neots (page 19); the Wizard of Oz in Offord (page 10); Offord Goes Wild (page 12); and finally Buckden Open Gardens (page 12) and Buckden Proms (page 15) on the same day! In July we have Buckfest. Tickets are selling fast but there are a few still available and they can be purchased either from Buckden Village Club or Gilbert ’ s on the High Street. Also in July we have the Kimbolton Country Fayre see page 19 for details on how to purchase discounted early bird tickets. On top of those one off events, we have the Buckden Farmers & Craft Market once a month at The Vine (page 15) as well as all the local societies that meet on a regular basis. Details of those societies and dates can normally be found on the ‘ For Your Diary ’ pages. So much choice! So little time …. Please remember to visit the Roundabout website. As well as every edition from 2013 onwards available to see, there are often articles there that we could not fit into the print edition, as well as information that arrives during the month. The online edition of the magazine is in full colour: www.buckdenroundabout.info This month ’ s editor - Ian Carter Editor ’ s Page