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Buckden Roundabout

September 2019

Village Notices

FRIENDS IN DEED

Our Summer Tea Party was held in Jane Shepard’s garden on

the day before

the UK’s hottest

day on record -

just as well we

had three gaze-

bos and some tall

trees to keep eve-

ryone in the

shade!! 43 people

attended and

enjoyed the deli-

cious home-made

cakes and tea. Our grateful thanks to Brenda Steadman who

organised the party, to Jane Shepard for kindly hosting us in

her garden, to our members who baked the cakes and to all

those who helped out beforehand and on the day, particularly

the ‘kitchen crew’ – all very much appreciated by our guests.

The

next Community Café

will be on

Wednesday 11th Sep-

tember in the Living Stones Room at St Mary’s, 2.30 to 4pm

.

It is open to all and we look forward to

welcoming you there. If you require

transport, then just call us on the Transport

Coordinator’s phone listed below but do

give us a couple of days’ notice.

Talking of transport, we would like to thank our dedicated

team of volunteer drivers who take people around the local

area for a variety of medical and dental appointments, and

some social events, when family or friends aren’t available

and public transport is not an option. It should be noted that

Buckden Surgery has its own scheme for surgery appoint-

ments.

A date for your diaries - the

Friends in Deed AGM

will be held

in Buckden Village Hall on

Wednesday 23rd October at 7pm

.

We look forward to welcoming you there.

For help or information contact:

Coordinator: Jane Scott 07810 006598

Requests for transport: Andy Scott 07914 669967.

Please leave a message and include your contact details.

The Huntingdonshire Local Group of the Wildlife Trust invites

you to their first indoor meeting of the autumn on

Wednesday 11

th

September 2019 at 7.30pm

.

This illustrated talk about Goshawks will be given by Conor

Jameson, who has worked for the RSPB and BirdLife over 25

years. Conor has written for The Guardian and BBC Wildlife

and is a columnist for the RSPB magazine ‘Natures Home’.

The talk will tell the story behind Conor’s well known book

‘Looking for the Goshawk’, which took him to some unex-

pected places at home and abroad in search of this mystery-

shrouded bird of prey. Originally found in the UK, the gos-

hawk was persecuted to extinction in the late 19

th

century but

re-introduced in the late 1960s. Conor will expand upon the

turbulent history of the Goshawk, including how it lives,

where it lives and why it might be missing from our lives.

Anyone who is interested is most welcome to attend.

Meetings are held at Brampton Memorial Hall, Thrapston

Road, Brampton, PE28 4TB starting at 7.30pm. Booking not

necessary.

For more information please contact Alistair Grant

(

alistairrgrant@hotmail.com

or 07775365507).

Part of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Registered Charity No: 1000412

Monday Club Strawberry Tea

It poured before and it poured afterwards, but we were so

lucky on Monday 29

th

July when we held the Monday Club

Strawberry Tea in Betty Millard’s garden.

The sun shone all afternoon and we sat under three gazebos

which were there to keep us in the shade rather than out of

the rain! The gazebos had been looking a bit sorry for them-

selves after the torrential downpours of the two previous days

but perked up when they saw the sunshine and our cheerful

band of ladies.

Twenty-six members and 3 helpers enjoyed strawberries,

scones, jam, cream and a cup of tea! Everyone seemed to

thoroughly enjoy themselves.