March 2020

Buckden Roundabout

March 2020

Buckden Roundabout Team

Lead Editor - Articles & Events

Ian Carter, Email:

editor@buckdenroundabout.info

33 Beaufort Drive, Buckden, PE19 5YU

07515 737636

Proofreading and editorial assistance

Wendy Trattner

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

Webmaster; magazine and photo editor

Alec MacAndrew

Email:

webmaster@buckdenroundabout.info

Front Cover

The front cover this month shows snowdrops in Buckden and

was provided by Alec MacAndrew. As ever we are very grate-

ful.

We are looking for more paintings of any kind that we could

use as a front cover. We can photograph them if you only

have original artwork. We are also keen to get images (photos

or paintings) of the village and surrounding areas in prepara-

tion for future issues. Please note that images 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 Buck-

den Parish Council can accept any responsibility for the con-

tent of the advertisements, the services provided by the ad-

vertisers 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 APRIL EDITION IS NO

LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON TUESDAY 10TH MARCH.

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.

March Production Dates

Production dates for the

April Edition

of the Roundabout are as follows:

Copy deadline:

Tuesday 10 March

Proof Reading

Friday 13 March

Copy to Printers

Tuesday 17 March

Distribution

Thursday 26 March

Contents

Buckden Parish Council

District and County Councillor

Village Notices

Church News

7-9

For Your Diary

10, 15, 17

Buckden Gardeners Spring Show

11-12

Buckden Wildlife

Village News

18-19

School and Pre-School News

Sport

14, 21

Advertisements & Classifieds

16, 22-28

March 2020

I wish I could say that Spring is in the air, but, as I write, Storm

Dennis is continuing where Storm Ciara left off, and is batter-

ing the UK. Hopefully, by the time you read this, there will

have been a positive change in the weather. At least the

daffodils are opening and will be everywhere in time for the

Buckden Gardeners Spring Show. Let’s hope the winds don’t

flatten them all. We are getting a fantastic show of snow-

drops this year, and because they are so close to the ground ,

they seem to survive the strong winds well.

Talking about the Buckden Gardeners Spring Show, why not

consider entering? You can find the Show schedule on pages

11 and 12 of this issue.

We also have the next in our regular series of articles about

wildlife in Buckden by Mark Ward (page 13). This month’s

article reflects on the amazing season for fungi late last year,

when several rare species were spotted in Buckden. Mark also

touches on the need to keep some areas in the village “wild”

for the benefit of wildlife and remarks on rare winter visitors

and early spring flowers.

We have an article about a local lad made good, Buckden’s

own England Rugby Union star, George Furbank (page 14).

Imagine making your England debut in Paris against France

and then following it up against Scotland at Murrayfield.

There is much more to read about in this edition, so it’s time

to get cracking.

Please remember to visit the Roundabout website. There are

often articles there that we could not fit into the print edition,

as well as information that arrives during the month:

http://

www.buckdenroundabout.info/

This month’s editor - Alec MacAndrew

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