Five Valleys Directory - March 2016

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The Five Valleys Directoryincorporating Stroud community

Enjoy those Easter eggsChocolate is officially good for you!

First Steps to Feng Shuifrom Vanilla Moon

10 YEARS OF PROMOTING LOCAL BUSINESS!

plus Easter cup cakes, St Patricks Day, Bee Nice . . . and much more!

Jeff WilsonPortrait and Wedding

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Stunning 18th century building complete with stonewalls and oak beamed ceilings.

Large south facing beer garden is perfect whiling away the hours on a sunny aernoon

and in winter you can cosy up next to roaring log res

tel: 01285 760371www.butchersarmsoakridge.com

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Be free of niggling aches and painsLive a full and healthy life!

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Welcome to the March edition of you local magazine and to what is a busy month on the calendar with Mothers Day followed by the lovely Easter break. More importantly though is that (astronomically speaking) the first day of Spring falls on 20th March although (so Im told) mete-orologically in the Northern hemisphere Spring begins on 1st March. All I know is that its a time most of us look forward to and when everything seems to wake up.

If you feel in need of help with your Spring cleaning then we have lots of local services on offer inside this months mag-azine, window cleaners, house cleaners, carpet cleaners, help with plumbing, elec-trics, general household maintenance. You name it, its all here so lets help sup-port our wonderful businesses by making sure we use them! Catherine

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Welcome to the March edition of you local magazine and to what is a busy month on the calendar with Mothers Day followed by the lovely Easter break. More importantly though is that (astronomically speaking) the first day of Spring falls on 20th March although (so Im told) mete-orologically in the Northern hemisphere Spring begins on 1st March. All I know is that its a time most of us look forward to and when everything seems to wake up.

If you feel in need of help with your Spring cleaning then we have lots of local services on offer inside this months mag-azine, window cleaners, house cleaners, carpet cleaners, help with plumbing, elec-trics, general household maintenance. You name it, its all here so lets help sup-port our wonderful businesses by making sure we use them! Catherine

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We travel to anywhere in the UK

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Kitchen knives, scissors, garden tools and most other blunt instruments!

Restoration of old shears a speciality

Quotes Worth Quoting

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th century philosopher)

He who seeks problems will always find them, or, if not, invent them. (Chinese proverb)

I dont know if God exists, but it would be better for his reputation if he didnt. (Jules Renard, French author).

Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information. (John Erskine, author)

Insanity is doing the same thing while expecting a different result (Albert Einstein)

I dont believe in God, but I miss him. (Julian Barnes, writer)

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With over 30 years experience, here are just some of the jobs that I can do to help you improve and maintain your home.

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that obviously helps. Many tradespeople have struggled since last year and I honestly feel that during the good times a minority perhaps didnt focus on customer care as much as they should have done. We make sure we turn up when we say we will, do the job the customer requires and leave their house as clean as a whistle. I often get comments back from customers on how they really didnt expect that sort of service which, in a way, is very sad for the service industry as a whole. Cloudy2Clear service Stroud and the surrounding valleys and

Paul is finding that his approach is a major factor in his success. The truth is that its not just the personal satisfaction that I get from doing a good job but also it makes good business sense. I get a huge amount of business from friends and family

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For the cakes

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STINCHCOMBE MANOROur home is your home

We are a small family run Home set in the heart of the Cotswolds. The Home is agrade 2 listed Manor house built 1836 .We have an excellent reputation for

supporting individuals with dementia and enduring mental health needs. Theproprietors have over 25 years experience working in this field.

We make a commitment to provide a home for life for people from diverse and often challenging backgrounds.

We are a 36 bedded nursing / residential home, with a popular sunflower cafe designed tea room, a drawing room overlooking the paddock and adementia friendly garden room leading out to thesensory garden following through to the maturegardens. You can also take a stroll through thereminiscence shopping area, following through topromenade along the beach and then rest in theorangery, or have a new look in the hairdressers/barbers area.The home accepts each person as an individual with aholistic view of their care, with their needs upmost inall we aim to achieve. We operate a rigorous staffselection process to ensure that you or your familymember feel safe and secure when moving in to thehome. We aim to ensure that their own feelings andmemories are paramount in the mood of the homeensuring that a person feels stress free, happy andsettled in their new surroundings.Areas of the home have been designed to promotecontinuous opportunities for stimulation, reminiscenceand dementia friendly activities for all encouragingintegration, participation and socialisation.

Person centred The Manor goes the extra mile to make it homely,from personalising individuals bedrooms to the softfurnishings you will find in our drawing room andgarden room. We are forefront in enabling residentsto lead fulfilling lives. Staff have achievedexceptional results both in dealing effectively withphysical illness and with reducing and managingaggressive and abusive outbursts.Facilities Stinchcombe Manor offers a homely, stimulatingenvironment, over two floors. Wet rooms throughout the home Parker bathroom for those relaxing times Sensory garden Garden room where we bring the outside to theinside for those rainy days

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St. Patricks Day

Beannachta na File Pdraig oraibh!

Which, roughly translated, is St Patricks Day blessings upon you all.

March 17th is St. Patricks Day. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland (both Northern Ireland and Eire). You may be surprised to learn though that he wasnt Irish at all. He was English!

So how did an Englishman become the symbol of all things Irish?

Patricks early life was the stuff of a boys own adventure. He was kidnapped as a teenager and sold as a slave in Ireland. There he worked as a shepherd, in harsh conditions, for six years. Then one night, so the story goes, he heard God speak to him and tell him it was time to escape. This he did and he travelled back to Britain by boat. Once there though he was recaptured and returned to slavery. But Patrick didnt give up. He escaped again, this time successfully, and journeyed through Europe before he finally settled in a French monastery, where he trained to be a priest. Then he returned to Britain.

One night he heard voices calling him back to Ireland. He decided that his

mission was to convert the pagan Irish to Christianity. First though, he resumed his studies in France and was eventually made a bishop, whereupon he finally returned to Ireland.

The High King of Tara was the most powerful man in Ireland and was initially angered by Patricks arrival, but the bishops quiet confidence in his faith won him over and the

King gave Patrick permission to preach Christianity around the land.

St. Patrick is famous for having used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity, There is one stem but there are three leaves on it. So it is with the Blessed Trinity. There is one God but three persons stemming from the same divinity.

Hes also famous for having banished snakes from Ireland though in fact this story is symbolic. The snake was a symbol of paganism and was therefore banished only by way of being replaced with the Christian cross.

Patrick died on March 17th, 461AD and is believed to buried in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.

Today St. Patricks Day is celebrated enthusiastically even by people whove never set foot on the Emerald Isle. Its a chance for everyone to celebrate their love of Ireland and all things Irish.

Why not join in the celebrations. Order a green beer, a Guinness or an Irish Whiskey in your local Irish pub, then raise your glass and shout Slinte...thats cheers to you and me!

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The whole month of March marks National Bed Month, the annual awareness event started in 1990 by The Sleep Council that aims to highlight the importance of a great nights sleep for our physical and mental health, relationships and overall well-being. Sadly, only two-thirds of the population are able to regularly enjoy a good nights sleep. Thats because, according to the BBC, about a third of the population in the UK suffer from insomnia, a sleep disorder in which the sufferer regularly has difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep for long enough to feel refreshed the next morning, despite having ample oppor-tunities to do so. The nations health is suffering as a re-sult of insomnia, suggests the Great British Sleep Survey (commissioned by Sleepio), and it is becoming a serious medical issue that should be taken seriously by the NHS.

The methods employed by local Hypnotherapy Practice Changes Welcome have a great track record for helping people with insomnia. Utilising Solution Focused Hypnotherapy, people can learn to function, think and feel in a much calmer and more relaxed way. By going in for the kind of positive thoughts, interactions and activities that promote the production of feel good brain chemi-cals like serotonin, we can build positive patterns of thought and healthy habits that allow us to cope with those aspects of life, which can keep us awake at night. Both directly and indirectly Changes Welcome has already helped to improve the lives of thousands of people. This is achieved through proven ther-apeutic strategies, designed to cultivate effective habits, so people can better deal with all of the challenges that do exist, which were probably the cause of the insomnia in the first place.

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First Steps to Feng Shui We have the Chinese to thank for Feng Shui, an ancient phi-losophy that helps to harmonise everyone with their surround-ings and can be applied to both home and office environ-ments. Feng Shui helps teach people how to improve their interior design and create a more balanced and relaxing space

by focusing on the energy that is given off by each room.

Clutter There is probably only a very small majority that can honestly say that they have no clut-ter in their house. Clutter does not always have to be on show, overcrowded drawers and cupboards add to the clutter too. So one of the first steps is to focus on the clutter and have a good clear out of everything you no longer like in your house.

Air and Light We all know the benefits plenty of fresh air and sunshine have on our health, but both fresh air and natural light are two essential elements that make up the good feng shui en-ergy that all homes should not be without. In the spring and summer opening the win-dows is not a habit we have to be reminded to do, but when the colder weather comes round it is less tempting to do so. Open your windows and curtains and let in air and light

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Basic Feng Shui Elements The five Feng Shui elements consist of wood, fire, earth, metal and water and when plac-ing these elements (together or separately) around your home they will work towards helping you achieve a balanced and relaxed energy that will bring many benefits to your life

Keep an eye on the energy in your home Have you ever walked into a room and in-stantly felt the energy drain out of you? That might be due to the negative energies being projected from both the occupants and the room. So if you walk into a room in your home and the feeling is not one that portrays healthy and happy take a look around and see if you can spot the cause. These are only the first few steps towards a Feng Shui home. If you would like to know more about Feng Shui Vanilla Moon have a guest blog on our website www.vanillamoon.biz from Feng Shui expert Sarah who is currently in the Cotswolds.

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Albert Einstein supposedly declared that, If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. There is much debate over whether the great man actually did make such an assertion as he was a physicist after all, not an entomologist, but whether he did or not, its a scary thought.

Theres no doubt about it, honey bees and bumble bees are of enormous agricultural importance. It is estimated that more than a third of the worlds crop production relies on these bees. Without them were in trouble and they are in decline. Pesticides, loss of habitat and disease are all thought to be playing a part.

Bees are fascinating and beautiful creatures and as gardeners we can play our part in their continued survival. Its simple: bees need flowers for sustenance, flowers need bees for survival and gardeners need flowers to garden!

First its important to think ahead and provide flowers for bees throughout their lifecycle, which runs from March to September. Here are some suggestions.

Spring Bluebells, bugle, flowering cherry, forget-me-not (Myosotis), hellebore and rosemary are all good spring plants.

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The main thing is to keep it simple: a few flowers for each part of the bee life cycle and no overly fancy varieties. Im not saying that you shouldnt grow double flowered dahlias if thats what floats your boat, its just that Mr Bee would appreciate a few single flowered varieties thrown into the mix. Lets make this the year we all be nice to bees: our future may depend on it!

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FRI 4TH - Vintage & Collectors Fayre runs 10am -3pm in Town Hall, Nailsworth with free entry and charity donation.FRI 4TH - Womens World Day of Prayer Service starts 2pm at the Church of the Holy Spirit, Paganhill with all welcome. The Service is followed by refreshments in the Maypole Hall.SAT 5TH - Cheltenham & District Orchid Society will hold their Annual Show at Churchdown Community Centre, GL3 2JH from 10.30am -4pm with plants for sale (including alpines), potting demonstrations, refreshments, etc. Details Jan 01452 616387.SAT 5TH - Coffee Morning runs 10.30am -12 noon in the John Wesley Room, Randwick with all welcome.SUN 6TH - Mothering Sunday - Choral Evensong takes place 4pm at All Saints Church, Uplands with all welcome.SUN 6TH - Churchdown Book Fair runs in Churchdown Community Centre, Parton Road, Churchdown GL3 2JH from 10am - 3.30pm with admission at 50p and home made refreshments. More details from Terry Sims on 01452 546879.MON 7TH - ME Support Group starts 11am at The Canteen with more information from Richard on 07814 223567.MON 7TH - Antique & Collectables Fair runs 8am -4pm in St. Laurence Church Hall, The Shambles Stroud with free entry.TUES 8TH Brimscombe & Thrupp WI meet again at 7.30pm in Brimscombe & Thrupp Social Centre with visitors welcome.WED 9TH - Stroud Shambles WI meet in the Congregational Church Rooms, Bedford Street from 10.30am -12.30pm with visitors/new members welcome and more details available from 01453 751686.THURS 10TH - Mothers Union Meeting starts 2.30pm in the John Wesley Room, Randwick.SAT 12TH - A new Exhibition Birds Eggs Effect opens at Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth at 10am. More details 01453 837537.TUES 15TH - SAT 19TH - The Cotswold Players present The 39 Steps by John Buchan at Cotswold Playhouse. Performances start 7.30pm and more details available from cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk or call the Box Office on 0333 6663366 for ticket availability.WED 16TH - Stroud Gardening Club will meet at 7.30pm in The Congregational Church Rooms, Bedford Street for their Spring Bulb Show. Visitors welcome, refreshments and raffle.WED 16TH - Stonehouse WI meet at 7.30pm at Stonehouse Community Centre. More details from Jai Carr 01453 765656.THURS 17TH - Your Musical Memories Club meets again at 2.30pm in Strouds Subscription Rooms with a lovely afternoons entertainment of music from yesteryear. Tickets 6 to include tea and biscuits and more details available from 01453 760900.THURS 17TH - Stroud Local History Society will meet at 7.30pm in St. Laurence Church Hall, The Shambles for John Canton - Strouds First Scientist by Mr Barry Harrison. Visitors always welcome.FRI 18TH - Shambles Open Air & Indoors Market runs from 8am -4pm with many stalls of food, arts & crafts, collectables etc.FRI 18TH - Music will be played at Ruskin Mill, starting at 8pm, by The Furrow Collective. A new take on traditional songs by a quietly classy young folk band. Tickets 15/12 from 01453 837537.SAT 19TH - Shambles Markets runs again from 8am -4pm.SAT 19TH - Fiona Eadie will be telling more Enchanting

Stories, enthralling tales and elaborate lies at 10.30am at Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth at a cost of 4 adults/3 children/10 families.SUN 20TH - A Pop-Up Print Workshop: Mad March Mark-Making will run from 11am - 4pm(drop-in) at The Museum in the Park for ages 5+. This is a free event, with donations. Contact 01453 763394. TUES 22ND - Cheltenham & District Orchid Society will meet again at 7 for 7.30pm at St. Johns Church Hall, Churchdown for Members Evening, although visitors will be most welcome. FRI 25TH - Good Friday- Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel will host a Tribute Night to the Bee Gees. Meet and greet from 7.30pm with dinner served at 8pm. 27.95 per person. Contact 01454 263000.SAT 26TH - There will be a Spring Flowers in Watercolour Workshop taking place at Stroud Subscription Rooms with Rita Dee. Times are 10am -4pm and more details available from 01453 760900.SAT 26TH - MON 28TH - Drop in Family Fun: Easter Bunny Museum Trail at Museum in the Park. Another free event. 01453 763394.SUN 27TH - British Summertime Begins.SUN 27TH - Easter Day with Services around the area churches.MON 28TH - Easter Monday. There will be a Plant Fair and Flower Show taking place at Maisemore Village Hall, Church Road, Maisemore GL2 8JE. Opening times are 10am (plant sales) and 12 noon -4pm general public. Admission is 3 for adults, with AGS Members and accompanied children entry free. There will be refreshments, plant sales and an all day tombola. www.alpinegardensociety.net/groups/Cotswold-and-Malvern.SUN 3RD - Churchdown Book Fair runs again in Churchdown Community Centre, GL3 2JH from 10am -3.30pm. Entry 50p. MON 4TH APRIL - Antique & Collectables Fair runs 8am -4pm in St.Laurence Church Hall, The Shambles, Stroud with free entry.For bookings and further details telephone 01452 812166 or 01453 755788.TUES 5TH - Cainscross WI will meet again in St.Matthews Church Hall, Cainscross at 7.15pm for a Members Cheese & Wine Evening.More details on this, and forthcoming meetings, available from Mary Jarrett on 01453 762812.WED 6TH - Nailsworth & District Flower Arrangement Society will hold their Special Open Day at Wycliffe College with Mr Bob Brown of Cotswold Garden Flowers in the morning and National Demonstrator Nick Grounds in the afternoon with his demonstration called Palimpsest. Tickets to include a two-course lunch are 32 each and available now from 01453 758496/01453 835752.This is a special day and the Club will meet as usual in the Town Hall, Nailsworth on Wednesday 13th April at 7.30pm for a Demonstration by Sharon Dower In the mood for.

Details may change, so please check before setting out.To list your events/activities for April, please contact Mary on 01453 762812 as soon as possible, thanks.

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