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Sunday, 31 January 2010
You Need Handsso use the PULL PUSH driving technique
One of the most important techniques of learning to control a motor vehicle is the use of the steering wheel.
In order to turn left and right correctly and not cut corners or go too wide, the good old pull push to feed the wheel became the rule of the day.
Everyone thinks they have good steering skills mainly in a going forward position.
It is also important how you hold the wheel and must also be how you turn the wheel.
We all know it is easy to become sloppy when steering, such as holding a cigarette, eating a sandwich and holding the gear lever. Again it must be said to take a grip on the wheel when taking one hand off the wheel to change gear.
It takes 2 to 3 seconds to recover from any problem occurred by sloppy use of the wheel. With so many sudden surprises which occur now while driving a sloppy control of the steering wheel could result in major problems.
A driver is high risk by having a sloppy approach to driving, using the hand for instance at the bottom of the wheel in the six o'clock position. With all drivers taught to use 10 to 2 position on the wheel and both hands being used, many trainers now favour a quarter to three lower stage on the wheel, being lower can be less tiring on long journeys and more balanced within the centre of the wheel, while giving an ideal grip.
With power steering on modern vehicles steering becomes much lighter to use and no brute force is needed to turn the car, it is easy to bring in palming, underhand sweep.
The choice of methods in steering depends on the size of the steering wheel, the turning circle of the vehicle and the number of turns from lock to lock on the wheel.
So it is important to sit firmly in the seat with your back firm which gives you a good anchor point. When you see drivers sitting so forward mainly because they are more nervous (of course a hazard if the airbag deploys) allow themselves too sacrifice any stage of control for the vehicle.
And yes it is a major problem if the hands pass over the twelve o'clock position, even though holding the wheel at twelve o'clock whilst reversing can be most comfortable.
To cross over the hands, in my opinion, is very bad practice, as we must be aware of any airbag deployment, which can result in your hands being thrown back into your face causing major injury.
Also keep our thumbs up on the wheel rim. If you grip the wheel with fingers and thumbs around the wheel rim, it will result in fingers and thumbs being broken in the event of an accident. By keeping the thumbs up on the outside of the steering wheel rim, your hands can be pushed off the wheel by the airbag, preventing any added injury to your fingers.
So using a number of steering methods is a very bad practice.
We must keep to the pull push method of feeding the wheel.
There is much more and better car control by pull push in steering movements.
Much has been said recently in relaxing the pull push method, but experience has shown me the old methods are best, and this will reduced the work load with our hospital specialists.
No holding the gear level - eating - drinking and most important no holding a mobile phone and talking to friends or texting.
Driving safely - is not multi-tasking.
In order to turn left and right correctly and not cut corners or go too wide, the good old pull push to feed the wheel became the rule of the day.
Everyone thinks they have good steering skills mainly in a going forward position.
It is also important how you hold the wheel and must also be how you turn the wheel.
We all know it is easy to become sloppy when steering, such as holding a cigarette, eating a sandwich and holding the gear lever. Again it must be said to take a grip on the wheel when taking one hand off the wheel to change gear.
It takes 2 to 3 seconds to recover from any problem occurred by sloppy use of the wheel. With so many sudden surprises which occur now while driving a sloppy control of the steering wheel could result in major problems.
A driver is high risk by having a sloppy approach to driving, using the hand for instance at the bottom of the wheel in the six o'clock position. With all drivers taught to use 10 to 2 position on the wheel and both hands being used, many trainers now favour a quarter to three lower stage on the wheel, being lower can be less tiring on long journeys and more balanced within the centre of the wheel, while giving an ideal grip.
With power steering on modern vehicles steering becomes much lighter to use and no brute force is needed to turn the car, it is easy to bring in palming, underhand sweep.
The choice of methods in steering depends on the size of the steering wheel, the turning circle of the vehicle and the number of turns from lock to lock on the wheel.
So it is important to sit firmly in the seat with your back firm which gives you a good anchor point. When you see drivers sitting so forward mainly because they are more nervous (of course a hazard if the airbag deploys) allow themselves too sacrifice any stage of control for the vehicle.
And yes it is a major problem if the hands pass over the twelve o'clock position, even though holding the wheel at twelve o'clock whilst reversing can be most comfortable.
To cross over the hands, in my opinion, is very bad practice, as we must be aware of any airbag deployment, which can result in your hands being thrown back into your face causing major injury.
Also keep our thumbs up on the wheel rim. If you grip the wheel with fingers and thumbs around the wheel rim, it will result in fingers and thumbs being broken in the event of an accident. By keeping the thumbs up on the outside of the steering wheel rim, your hands can be pushed off the wheel by the airbag, preventing any added injury to your fingers.
So using a number of steering methods is a very bad practice.
We must keep to the pull push method of feeding the wheel.
There is much more and better car control by pull push in steering movements.
Much has been said recently in relaxing the pull push method, but experience has shown me the old methods are best, and this will reduced the work load with our hospital specialists.
No holding the gear level - eating - drinking and most important no holding a mobile phone and talking to friends or texting.
Driving safely - is not multi-tasking.
Mike Daniels and AcciDON’TD.S.A. Registered Instructor, Awarded Highest Grade 6
January 31st is national Bug Busting Day, and NHS Suffolk is offering advice on beating head lice.
Many parents worry about their children having head lice but the fact is that most children will at some point be exposed to them whether at nursery, school or simply playing at home with siblings or friends. Head lice are very good at keeping hidden and often go undetected for some time so it is important that regular checks take place when washing your children’s hair. Another myth is that they are attracted to dirty hair – this is definitely not the case! - lice have no preference and will nest wherever they can.
There are two options for treating head lice – lotions or The Bug Busting treatment method. Either way it is important to remember that neither will stop re-infection if head to head contact is made again with someone with head lice.
By taking part in Bug Busting Day you can help to prevent the spread of head lice. By having one day where parents look for head lice and then treat successfully it means that there will be fewer opportunities for lice to circulate amongst children and their families.
If you are interested in taking part do have a look at the Bug Busting Day website at:
www.chc.org
Or at www.onceaweektakeapeek.com
Friday, 29 January 2010
NHS Suffolk embraces National Apprenticeship Week 1st – 5th February 2010
NHS Suffolk is embracing apprenticeships as one method to encourage young people to consider a career in this diverse organisation.
We aim to create 8 apprenticeship training places across NHS Suffolk for 16-18 year olds in areas as diverse as Estates and Facilities, Pathology and Business Administration. This is a small start but we hope to have these young people on board before the end of March and to build on this in future years.
The County Workforce Group is working with NHS organisations across Suffolk to plan their workforce to ensure that staff have the skills required to deliver high quality patient care. A crucial part of this work is to ensure that young people join the NHS to take it forward in the 21st Century.
As part of National Apprenticeship Week NHS Managers will receive information to help them identify how Apprenticeships can bring added value to their staff teams either by allowing existing staff to gain nationally recognised qualifications or by developing training placements in their staff teams.
A significant number of staff are currently undertaking apprenticeship programmes and NHS Suffolk is planning a county wide awards ceremony due to take place in the summer to celebrate the achievements of learners. The winners of various categories will go forward to a regional award ceremony that is due to take place in November.
Anyone interested in taking part in any of these initiatives please contact:
apprenticeshipteam@suffolkpct.nhs.uk
For more information about NHS Suffolk visit www.suffolk.nhs.uk
Respecting the past, shaping the futureWaste blight has its sights set on Suffolk – “come clean”, urges SPS
Environmental campaigners have said a resounding “no” to the county council’s waste strategy for residual waste disposal after describing the policy as one that would potentially significantly damage vast areas of Suffolk countryside and harm the tourism industry.
Suffolk Preservation Society says Suffolk County Council’s ‘Waste Core Strategy’ is “fundamentally flawed” as it fails to give the public sufficient information to make informed judgements on the future of residual waste disposal in the county.
The society has also warned against introducing incinerator plants, saying the power station-style buildings, used to burn residual waste, would result in significant noise and air pollution as well as forcing the installation of more pylons across the countryside.
“We believe the strategy is fundamentally flawed by what it is not telling us,” said Simon Cairns, SPS Director. “How can we be asked to endorse a document that allocates large sites in rural locations for unspecified processes? Doing so may result in the approval of large scale incineration of the waste left over after other treatments.
“We’re urging the county council to come clean and let the public know what exactly they are signing up to. Let’s not become the dustbin of the east.”
As part of its strategy, the county council has identified four sites for incineration plants – Eye Airfield Industrial Estate, the former sugar beet factory site at Sproughton and the highways depot and Masons Quarry, both at Great Blakenham. Each would deal with over 100,000 tonnes of residual waste, which cannot be recycled or composted, every year.
“Landfill is now financially unattractive with a tax of £72 per tonne, and it seems that incineration plants are becoming an increasingly lucrative alternative for disposing of waste while producing energy at the same time,” added Mr Cairns. “However, although these plants may be cost-effective for operators, we believe that it will be the environment and people of Suffolk who will ultimately pay for their introduction.
“The buildings are huge edifices, with tall stacks producing a plume of emissions. Furthermore, they will need pylons to distribute the electricity to the national grid and will also be floodlit at night, impacting adversely on local communities causing light pollution for miles around.
“We also object to the strategy’s dependence on road transport to and from the sites, which will result in thousands of HGV movements pounding through the county and further afield. The potential noise and smell pollution, intrusion on the county’s tranquillity and visual and landscape impact may well blight Suffolk communities for years to come.”
However, SPS says the county council strategy is unclear. The site allocations and technology are treated as independent issues. So the community does not know what size or type of plant would materialise on any of the sites – and hence its impact is unquantifiable.
Mr Cairns added: “The proposed large Eye airfield site is of particular concern. It falls within sensitive open countryside remote from the supply of waste, and most people in the area appear to be unaware of the potential impact this plant would deliver to their doorstep.
“Now in our 80th year, we as a Society have launched an awareness campaign to highlight the implications of incineration plants which could adversely affect the quality of life of so many people in Suffolk.
“We are focused on helping people understand what they could face in the future – before it’s too late.”
Thursday, 28 January 2010
HighTide Season 2010
We’re delighted to exclusively announce Season 2010, HighTide’s fourth year of work.
But first, we’d like to recap on a magnificent Season 2009, and thank you for your support. In March, Stovepipe opened in London as a site specific production with the National Theatre and Bush Theatre. The Sunday Times listed it as one of the Ten Best Theatre Productions of the Decade, and it is currently nominated for Best Off-West End production with WhatsonStage.com. In May we premiered Lucy Caldwell’s Guardians, Jesse Weaver’s Muhmah, and Lydia Adetunji’s Fixer in the 2009 HighTide Festival. Both Fixer and Stovepipe will open in Australia in March 2010 as part of the National Playwriting Festival.
Ditch by Beth Steel
Britain in the near future. Much of the country is underwater and the government has been reduced to a group of fascist strongmen. In a rural outpost of the state, the men struggle to control their women prisoners, and to retain a semblance of civility in the face of the encroaching wilderness.
Stark and unforgiving, but shot through with a sense of humanity, Ditch is a clear-eyed look at how we might behave when the conveniences of our civilisation are taken away, and a frightening vision of a future that could all too easily be ours. Richard Twyman directs.
Lidless by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
Fifteen years ago, Alice was an interrogator in Guantanamo. The pills she took at the time mean she can’t remember what she did. Fifteen years ago, Bashir was a prisoner there. Dying of liver failure, he can’t forget what she did. One day, he visits her.
Lidless, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's devastating first play, won the 2009 Yale Drama Series Award for Playwriting. A work of extraordinary intelligence and finely-balanced sensibility, it marries the implacable logic of a Greek tragedy with an all-too-modern setting. Steven Atkinson directs.
"Lidless is an extraordinary and original attempt to show the enduring strain on the victims of the U.S.'s deployment of torture at Guantanamo." David Hare
Moscow Live by Serge Cartwright
A state-run English-language TV station in Moscow. On Richard Hunt’s first day as acting producer, Milosevic dies. A simple story of an evil man dying unmourned may not be so simple after all.
Moscow Live is based on Serge Cartwright’s experiences in a Moscow newsroom. A very funny but deadly serious look at how truth and news are rarely the same thing, and how individual motives interfere with both. It is a thrilling, thought-provoking and razor-sharp debut. Jonathan Humphreys directs.
They will premiere as part of HighTide Festival 2010, in Halesworth, Suffolk from April 29th to May 3rd. The full programme will be announced March 1st on www.hightide.org.uk when tickets go on sale online and through our box office: 0207 566 9767.
Next month we look forward to announcing the HighTide Genesis Laboratory and our Research and Development Studio, and the HighTide Ensemble. In the meantime, please do visit our brand new website.
We do hope to see you at the festival and best wishes for the New Year,
Steven and Sam
Artistic Directors
HighTide
Queen's Head at Bramfield
Sunday Lunch at the Queen's Head
This weeks Sunday Lunch (31st January) roast is "Bramfield Organic Meats" beef served with home-made Yorkshire pudding, roast "Wakelyns Farm" organic potatoes, real gravy and fresh vegetables all for only £9.50
Bramfield Organic Meats is located at Brights Farm about half a mile from the Queen's Head, the meat is carefully prepared by our village butcher KW Clarke before being cooked and enjoyed in the village pub. That really is local food!
To book a table give us a call on 01986 784214 or email us
Queen's Head
The Street, Bramfield
Halesworth IP19 9HT
Real benefits to cutting back on salt
Healthy Ambitions Suffolk is encouraging everyone in the county to boost their health by cutting back on salt in the run up to National Salt Awareness Week.
Taking place between 1 and 7 February, the week aims to encourage everyone to eat a healthier diet by reducing their salt intake. The benefits are well worth the effort, and will help increase a sense of wellbeing while cutting the risk of developing illness and serious disease.
A high salt diet can not only lead to high blood pressure but also osteoporosis, stomach cancer, kidney stones and stroke. Each year, more than 150,000 people in the UK have a stroke, and its estimated that there are three million people in the country with some form of osteoporosis, costing the NHS an estimated £2.3 billion annually.
Through its healthy eating campaign, Healthy Ambitions Suffolk is asking people to always check food labels for salt content and avoid products with high levels of salt. By checking the label for nutritional information you can compare different brands and choose those that are lower in salt and fall within the recommended daily intakes of a maximum of 6g a day for adults and between 2g and 6g for children, depending on their age.
Sally Hogg, head of health improvement partnerships at NHS Suffolk, said: “Making small changes to the way we buy and consume our food can result in real benefits for the whole family. Simply being more aware of the salt content in the food we buy, and buying those products with less salt, can make a huge difference to health and wellbeing."
“And if you add salt while cooking your food, why not try other flavourings such as herbs and spices instead? By making small changes, your palate will soon adjust and you won’t even notice the fact you’re not using as much salt."
“Its very important to get the balance right, and we should all be looking to eat a healthy diet which includes plenty of starchy foods like bread, rice and pasta, at least five portions of fruit and vegetables and a moderate amount of meat and dairy each day.”
For more information about Salt Awareness Week, visit www.actiononsalt.org.uk
c.1890Homersfield Mill was quite small and was mainly constructed of weatherboard over a brick base with a pantiled roof with a lucum extending over the bridge. The mill house was under the same roof as the mill and was nearest to the road. Before the 1800s both the mill and house would have been thatched.
Mill dam c.1900
Mill and mill house c.1900Extract from manorial administration accounts 1467-1468
New millstone at Yarmouth - 53s 4d
Loading and cartage - 3s 4d
Damming the pond 4 days at 4d - 1s 4d
New spindle - 2s 7d
Carting timber to the saw pit and to Homersfield Bridge - 1s 4d
Sawing 2 men 10 days at 8d - 6s 8d
4 cart loads of straw at 1s 8d - 6s 8d
Nails for weatherboards and laths - 2d
New millstone at Yarmouth - 53s 4d
Loading and cartage - 3s 4d
Damming the pond 4 days at 4d - 1s 4d
New spindle - 2s 7d
Carting timber to the saw pit and to Homersfield Bridge - 1s 4d
Sawing 2 men 10 days at 8d - 6s 8d
4 cart loads of straw at 1s 8d - 6s 8d
Nails for weatherboards and laths - 2d
Waterwheel axle (left) and main drive c.1927And the said John Aston, his Executors, Administrators or Assigns shall during the said term keep in good and tenantable repair the said Water Mill, Floats, Gates, Wheels, Coggs, running and going Gears, Dams, Banks, Flood-Gates, Sluices, Posts, Pales, Rails, Fences and Glass windows and the lead thereof being allowed rough timber for the reparation of the same And shall fetch all such Materials as shall be wanted for the repair of the said Premises during the term And shall and will Yield up at the termination of this Agreement the Said Water Mill in a going and working condition with one pair of stones at least in use he the said John Aston, his Executors, Administrators, or Assigns being allowed by the said Sir Robert Shafto Adair his Heirs or Assigns or by the incoming tenant a reasonable and fair value or recompense for whatever addition shall have been made to the running and going gears mentioned in the Schedule annexed…
Articles of Agreement set out for when John Aston rented the mill and land from Sir Robert Shafto Adair, Bart from year to year at £80 per annum commencing 11th October 1848.
Schedule of the Machinerey &c. belonging to Sir Robert Shafto Adair in Homersfield Mill
One pair of Mill Stones, Water Wheel and Shaft, Pit Wheel, Counter Wheel and Shaft, Wallower Nut, one Stone Nut, four Drums and Straps, One Jumper with all the brasses belonging to the above.
John Asten was the son of Robert Asten, miller at Harleston School Lane postmill.
When the water was low a traction engine was used for power - threshing by day and milling by night.
In July 1970 Homersfield Mill House was on the market for £7,900. The property consisted of a hall, 2/3 reception rooms, exceptional kitchen, laundry, 4 bedrooms and a bathroom. Outside was a spacious garden with over 100 yards of river frontage.
Tailrace and millpond 11th April 2004Kirby's map 1736
1320s: Bishop of Norwich let the mill for £4 6s 8d
1444-1445: Building cost for a new mill were £4 13s 9d
1467-1468: Repairs were carried out for £3 15s 5d
12th March 1776: Reg Harvey, miller, insured his household goods for £50 and mill utensils & stock for £150
February 1830: An advertisement appeared in the local press for a journeyman miller
Pigot's 1839: Robert Harvey 1844: David Green, corn miller
11th October 1848: John Aston rented the mill from Sir Robert Shafto, Bart., for £80 on an annual basis
11th October 1870: Charles Smith rented the mill for £100 per annum from Sir Robert Shafto's Flixton Estate
1892: Charles Smith provided refreshment at the mill to the Church Rogation Perambulation
1900: Charles Smith, miller, landowner and church warden. Owned several bakeries in the surrounding area
13th June 1901: Charles Smith died as a bachelor at the age of 75
1901: Miss R. Gower inherited the mill from her uncle Charles Smith
1902: H.W. Hadingham, farmer had wheat ground into wholemeal flour
1912: Miss R. Gower. Mr. Nunn (employee) delivered flour by horse and cart
1916: Messrs Woods, Sadd, Moore & Co Ltd., also at Loddon steam roller mills, Harleston steam trefoil mill, Lowestoft & Yarmouth
c.1922: Mill ceased to operate due to breach in riverbank upstream
c.1924: Ground floor of mill used for village whist drives as there was no village hall
1927: Mill and house demolished
1994: Site owned by Mr. L.P. Hammond
For more history about these mills and many others, please visit - www.norfolkmills.co.uk
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
On Sunday 9th May the East Anglian Dragon Boat Festival returns to Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad in Lowestoft for what promises to be the best year yet!
The Festival is a not-to-be-missed opportunity for companies, organizations, clubs and groups of friends to test themselves in a totally different way, whilst promoting their organisation to a large local audience and raising money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) or the charity of their choice.
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices provides vital support for children and young people in the area with life-threatening illnesses, and they offer help varying from music therapy to bereavement counselling. Not only will your entry help support such a worthwhile charity, it is also a fantastic team building opportunity - what better way to really get to know what makes your colleagues and competitors tick!
Credit AK Event Photography
Teams of up to 11 people are invited to take part in the spectacular racing, all the dragon boats and racing equipment are provided and no previous experience is required - just plenty of team spirit and enthusiasm!
Up to 50 teams from all over East Anglia are expected to take part in this year’s Festival, many of them new and many returning annually to join in the fun. One of the companies taking part for the first time last year was the UK’s largest self catering holiday company, Hoseasons Holidays, which has its head office in Lowestoft. Such was the enthusiasm from the staff for joining in last time around that the team had more crew volunteers than places – it was a case of a paddle off to select the first team!
Other keen Festival supporters include solicitors, Birketts LLP, who have offices in Norwich and Ipswich. Victoria Cole, Marketing Co-ordinator, comments: “We find taking part in this event great for team building, as well as raising the company profile and getting our name out there. The staff enjoy a great day out, whilst knowing they are making a difference to EACH by their charity fundraising”. With trophies not only for the top three crews but also for the top mixed crew, the best-dressed crew and the crew that raises the most money for EACH, there really is something for every team to aim for!
There will also be plenty of activities on the bankside to entertain teams and spectators between races including Chinese lion dancing, funfair, street entertainers, children's activities, bar and catering.
For further information and to make sure you are on the starting line on 9th May please call Gable Events today to request an entry form on 01780 470718 or visit www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk/eastanglia
The Festival is a not-to-be-missed opportunity for companies, organizations, clubs and groups of friends to test themselves in a totally different way, whilst promoting their organisation to a large local audience and raising money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) or the charity of their choice.
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices provides vital support for children and young people in the area with life-threatening illnesses, and they offer help varying from music therapy to bereavement counselling. Not only will your entry help support such a worthwhile charity, it is also a fantastic team building opportunity - what better way to really get to know what makes your colleagues and competitors tick!
Credit AK Event PhotographyTeams of up to 11 people are invited to take part in the spectacular racing, all the dragon boats and racing equipment are provided and no previous experience is required - just plenty of team spirit and enthusiasm!
Up to 50 teams from all over East Anglia are expected to take part in this year’s Festival, many of them new and many returning annually to join in the fun. One of the companies taking part for the first time last year was the UK’s largest self catering holiday company, Hoseasons Holidays, which has its head office in Lowestoft. Such was the enthusiasm from the staff for joining in last time around that the team had more crew volunteers than places – it was a case of a paddle off to select the first team!
Other keen Festival supporters include solicitors, Birketts LLP, who have offices in Norwich and Ipswich. Victoria Cole, Marketing Co-ordinator, comments: “We find taking part in this event great for team building, as well as raising the company profile and getting our name out there. The staff enjoy a great day out, whilst knowing they are making a difference to EACH by their charity fundraising”. With trophies not only for the top three crews but also for the top mixed crew, the best-dressed crew and the crew that raises the most money for EACH, there really is something for every team to aim for!
There will also be plenty of activities on the bankside to entertain teams and spectators between races including Chinese lion dancing, funfair, street entertainers, children's activities, bar and catering.
For further information and to make sure you are on the starting line on 9th May please call Gable Events today to request an entry form on 01780 470718 or visit www.dragonboatfestivals.co.uk/eastanglia
Looking for something to do at half term? Then visit RSPB Minsmere nature reserve, near Westleton, or the RSPB Wildlife Information Centre at Snape Maltings, to enjoy family fun and discover some wonderful nature on your doorstep.
The theme at Minsmere each day from Saturday 13th to Sunday 21st February 2010 is Homes for Wildlife, focusing on how you can attract wildlife to your own garden. This event is free, with no need to book.
RSPB spokesman, Ian Barthorpe, said, “We’ll show you how to attract a wide range of interesting creatures to your garden, including hedgehogs, lacewings, bumblebees. There’ll be short walks every half hour to discover some of Minsmere’s wildlife and learn what squirrels, birds and other animals use to make their nests.”
On Thursday 18 February, you can make you own nestbox and take it home to provide a nesting place for blue tits or great tits. The nestbox kits are ready for you knock in the nails. Costs are £8 per child, or £5 for RSPB Wildlife Explorers, and advance booking is essential on 01728 648281. Sessions run every half hour from 10.30 am to 2.30 pm, and places are limited.
At Snape Maltings, visitors can help to make our Big Picture. This is event is free, and runs from 10 am to 4 pm daily from Sunday 14 to Sunday 21 February.
Ian Barthorpe continued, “Here’s your chance to paint, draw, stick on or write a poem about the types of wildlife and countryside that you care about, highlighting how important it is to protect them for the future.”
The RSPB speaks out for birds and wildlife, tackling the problems that threaten our environment. Nature is amazing – help us keep it that way. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a registered charity: England and Wales no 207076, Scotland no SC037654.
RSPB Minsmere is open daily. The visitor centre opens from 9 am to 5 pm. The RSPB Shop is open 10 am to 5 pm. The tearoom is open 10 am to 4.30 pm. Entry to the visitor centre is free. There is a charge for non-members to use the nature trails and birdwatching hides.
The RSPB Wildlife Information Centre at Snape Maltings is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only until April, plus daily from 13 to 21 February. Usual opening hours are 10 am to 4 pm.
Queen's Head at BramfieldBook your table now for Valentines
A delicious 2 or 3 course menu served Saturday 13th dinner and Sunday 14th lunch and dinner
Menu
Valentines
Saturday 13th (dinner) & Sunday 14th February 2010 (lunch and dinner)
RAMEKIN OF OLIVES £2.75
Starters
Tomato & roast red onion soup with home-made bread
Smoked salmon with creamy fresh dill and mustard dressing
Smoked chicken breast, brie & mango salad
Grilled dates wrapped in bacon on a mild mustard cream sauce with home-made bread
Mushrooms baked in local cream & garlic “au gratin”
Main Courses
Spaghetti with pesto, garlic mushrooms, pine-nuts and grilled goats cheese
Honey grilled “Blythburgh” free-range pork chop with Chinese spice sauce served with parsnip and potato mash and fresh vegetables
Whole fresh sea bass roasted with olive oil, garlic, cherry tomatoes and fresh rosemary served with salad and a choice of chips or new potatoes
“Emmerdale Farm” Darsham rump steak with grilled tomato & mushrooms served with salad and chips
Norfolk free-range chicken, British bacon & leek crumble served with salad and a choice of chips or new potatoes
Roast local lamb with roast “Wakelyns Farm” potatoes, gravy and fresh vegetables (Sunday lunch only)
Puddings
Assiette of Amanda’s scrummy puds to share
Any 2 Courses £17.95
3 Courses £21.95
Saturday 13th (dinner) & Sunday 14th February 2010 (lunch and dinner)
RAMEKIN OF OLIVES £2.75
Starters
Tomato & roast red onion soup with home-made bread
Smoked salmon with creamy fresh dill and mustard dressing
Smoked chicken breast, brie & mango salad
Grilled dates wrapped in bacon on a mild mustard cream sauce with home-made bread
Mushrooms baked in local cream & garlic “au gratin”
Main Courses
Spaghetti with pesto, garlic mushrooms, pine-nuts and grilled goats cheese
Honey grilled “Blythburgh” free-range pork chop with Chinese spice sauce served with parsnip and potato mash and fresh vegetables
Whole fresh sea bass roasted with olive oil, garlic, cherry tomatoes and fresh rosemary served with salad and a choice of chips or new potatoes
“Emmerdale Farm” Darsham rump steak with grilled tomato & mushrooms served with salad and chips
Norfolk free-range chicken, British bacon & leek crumble served with salad and a choice of chips or new potatoes
Roast local lamb with roast “Wakelyns Farm” potatoes, gravy and fresh vegetables (Sunday lunch only)
Puddings
Assiette of Amanda’s scrummy puds to share
Any 2 Courses £17.95
3 Courses £21.95
Archive Film Shop
Archive Anglia TV Sale
2010 is here and we thought that you might need a little something to beat the January blues... So we're offering a fantastic £5 off a whole range of Archive Anglia TV DVDs at www.timereel.co.uk!With selected DVDs at half price, and £5 off our Anglia at War 3 DVD boxset - you'll find the perfect bargain and a bit of nostalgic entertainment to enjoy on the cold, dark evenings.
The Way We Were - Were £9.99, now £4.99
Take a look back at 100 years of family film with Anglia TV's popular series, The Way We Were.
Each of the DVD volumes recalls how aspects of daily and family life have changed; from schooldays to workdays, and all those special moments in between.
Watch fragments of old home movies and hear poignant interviews with the people who appear in them.
For over twenty years, the familiar theme tune to Anglia TV's much loved series, Bygones, was a common sound in homes across the region.
Bygones' popular hosts, Dick Joice and Eddie Anderson, explored lost aspects of East Anglian life; traditional methods of farming or fishing, steam engines and vintage cars, and the lives of the characters that make East Anglia such a unique place.
Now, you can once again gather around the TV set and reminisce about rural life with the Bygones Specials... DVDs now only £4.99 each.
Here was the News 1960 Part 1 and Part 2 - now half price!
In 1959, the only source of news from your area was the local paper - until the launch of Anglia Television brought regional news to television sets for the first time.
From flooding to fashions, see the first year of local television news broadcasting in East Anglia on Here was the News 1960 Part 1 and Part 2.
50% off, now just £4.99 each!
Anglia at War: The Complete Collection, is the definitive look back at East Anglia in World War II. Now the popular Anglia Television series is available as a three DVD boxset, containing every episode, originally broadcast in the 1990s.
Now at only £19.99 for a limited time only, this must-own boxset is also a real bargain! (Please note postage on this title is £3 - UK Mainland only)
But be quick, these offers won't be around for long...
A very Successful Bungay Taekwon-do Club at the East Anglia inter-club competition, held in Wellingborough Jan 24th 2010click image to enlarge
Bungay do well in the 2010 Eastern Interclub Tournament!
Bungay Taekwon-do club has had a great start to the tournament season of 2010.
20 students from the club travelled the 110 miles to Wellingborough in Northamptonshire for the Eastern Region GTUK Inter Club Challenge and gained a whole host of medals in all divisions leading to another brilliant 2nd place, the 3rd such placing in 3 years! Wellingborough (the host town and a club triple the size of Bungay) won the competition whilst Cambridge, Kettering, Roade, Northampton, Raunds and Grange Park all finished below Bungay in the league table.
Bungay achieved 21 medals including 10 golds, 7 silver and 4 bronzes and 1 family doing especially well with Nidge (gold destruction and silver sparring), Suzi (gold sparring), Logan (gold sparring and silver patterns) and Kal Bedingfield (gold sparring) all reaching the podium whilst Sophie (gold sparring) and Jenna Akerman (silver sparring) also did really well ending up in the final together after several tough bouts. Other winners were Will Everson (gold sparring and bronze patterns), Edward Parker-Jervis (gold patterns and bronze sparring) Tom Raven (silver sparring) Andy Hibbins (silver sparring) and little Rudy Larter in his 1st ever competition (bronze sparring).
The black belts of the club did superbly as well with Fiona Larter (gold sparring and patterns) Lianne Hatcher (silver sparring and patterns) and the club instructor Clinton Gillett (gold patterns and bronze sparring) rounding off the event.
Martin Sloan, Ryan Hatcher, Rory, Persia and Petitia Larter all competed really well but narrowly missed out on the medals, often gaining the most gutting position of all 4th.
The club is recruiting for new students at the moment so if you want to get fit for the new year come along to Bungay High school on Tuesday or Thursday evenings from 7pm or contact Clinton Gillett on 01986 892140 for further details. The youngest students in the club are 7 years old and there is no upper age limit.
Click here for link to more photos
Location: Bungay High School
Main Instructor: Mr Clinton Gillett (4th Degree)
Training Times:
Tuesday: 7-8pm
Wednesday: 4-5pm
(school students only)
Thursday: 7-8.30pm
Tuesday: 7-8pm
Wednesday: 4-5pm
(school students only)
Thursday: 7-8.30pm
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Queen's Head at Bramfield
Queen's Head raises £163 for the Halesworth Community Nursing Care Fund
Amanda and Mark of the Queen's Head would like to thank all customers and staff who bought a ticket for the December prize draw.
The Halesworth Community Nursing Care Fund supports terminally ill Halesworth surgery patients and their families within the community by providing nursing care and equipment.
Amanda and Mark of the Queen's Head would like to thank all customers and staff who bought a ticket for the December prize draw.
The Halesworth Community Nursing Care Fund supports terminally ill Halesworth surgery patients and their families within the community by providing nursing care and equipment.
EXCELLENT PITCHES BUT NO HEAT
I've just returned to my desk to complete this week's Musings following a stroll over Eaton Park in Norwich. It brought back happy memories of many games, both as a player and spectator, on the excellent natural grass pitches where older readers will remember Norwich Exiles, Norwich Grasshoppers and Norfolk Wanderers (as well as Norfolk CHA) playing their home matches. Less happy will be the thoughts of the concrete floored and unheated changing rooms in the middle of the park!
Your attention please!
§ I take this opportunity to remind you of the Rioja and Roll Evening to be held this coming Saturday (30 January) at 7.30pm in Tibbenham's Barn, Weybread. If you cannot attend – or even if you can – the organisers would be delighted to receive a prize for the raffle. If you are not coming but can help with a prize would you please give Irene Bicker a call on 01379 853475.
§ It is still not too late to kindly offer Promises for the Auction of Promises to be held on Saturday 13 March. I would be delighted to hear from you.
Now for the very busy last weekend and what a weekend it was for indoor hockey with our three teams all doing well in their respective ways in national events. Pride of place must go to the U18 Girls in the club championship in Sheffield where they reached the semi-finals despite a series of injuries including, sadly, a broken arm for Jazz Bartlett and a broken hand for Bryony Lund. Coach David Brook was extremely grateful for the assistance of Dr Jenny Blyth on the bench. This was a fine effort by the squad and augurs well for the future. Meantime the Ladies' 1sts, under coach Nick McAllen, were without three of their team who were in Sheffield (no thanks here to England Hockey for this clash of events) but they still won their concluding two games in Croydon to finish a highly creditable third in Division 1 of the national league conceding just eleven goals in eight games.
Some further 80 miles to the south the U18 Boys' squad, under coach Stuart Peters, competed well and learned a lot in their club championship finishing with one win from their four games in Eastleigh. This experience will be extremely beneficial to the squad for next season. The club can be proud of the efforts of our three indoor squads under their dedicated leaderships.
Outdoors it was dull and overcast at Weybread last Saturday where the Ladies' 6ths went down narrowly to Herlings before the Men's 4ths played well to secure a 2-2 draw with Dereham 3rds with goals by Tom Hart and Alex Slater. The Ladies' 2nds were next up and after getting back to 2-2 eventually lost 4-2 to St Ives although I have to confess I was distracted for a considerable part of the game trying to get the temperamental scoreboard to work properly after the recent cold weather! I returned with a new battery for the remote control (it was only a partial success) to see the Men's 6ths push league leaders Felixstowe 2nds all the way in an exciting game before losing to two late goals after missing at least one good chance ourselves.
Away from home the Men's 5ths returned with a useful point after their 0-0 draw against Dereham 4ths while the Ladies Development won 4-0 at North Walsham to stay eight points clear at the top of their league and the Ladies 5ths secured their sixth successive win (and fourth successive clean sheet) by beating Old Buckenham 2nds 4-0. Meantime the Ladies' 4ths went down 3-1 against Watton 3rds; the Men's 2nds had a remarkable 7-4 win at Broxbourne, thanks in no small part to five goals from Martin Fields, to keep in touch near the top of their league and the Men's 3rds beat Gorleston 4-1, with two goals apiece from Matt Brand (24 now for the season) and Gavin Cole, to maintain their unbeaten record and top spot in their league. Unfortunately the Men's Veterans were forced to postpone their match away against Shefford and Sandy due to injuries including a broken hand sadly sustained by Roger Kent while playing the previous week. Frankly the future of the Veterans side is not looking too good especially if we are unable to honour our away matches despite the hard work of skipper Simon Bardwell.
This Saturday the Ladies 3rds, who had an excellent 5-1 win away against Watton 2nds last Saturday, and the Men's 2nds have top billing at Weybread with the Ladies playing Panthers (12.30) and the Men entertaining Harpenden (2.15). Please see the Home Page of the website for a full list of this Saturday's matches. Good luck to all our teams.
News and comments in brief
§ The decision of the coaching committee to cancel the Men's Club training session on Mondays due to lack of support (both numerical and financial) has not been well received by those members now affected. If you would like the session reinstated please contact Jordan Ball on 07769 202771.
§ You may have seen the splendid new trophy cabinet in the clubhouse kindly donated, with all the new furniture, by Janet Reader. If you have any trophies at home associated with the club please bring them along one weekend – after cleaning them!
§ Congratulations to ex-Magpie Richard 'Ratty' Alexander on his selection for the England team to play in the FIH World Cup beginning on Sunday 28 February in Delhi.
§ Last Sunday the Men's 1sts had a very encouraging 4-1 away friendly win over Southgate as part of their build-up to the league resumption on Sunday week.
With kind regards and best wishes
Mike Denham 01603 506925 MDenham975@aol.com 26/1/10
Monday, 25 January 2010
Alerter
All you ever wanted to know about
being a retained FireFighter in Suffolk
being a retained FireFighter in Suffolk
Workshop fire in Blundeston...And you just know that when that little black thing shakes itself to bits and wakes the dead, you'll nearly croak with surprise.
That's what happened late on Monday afternoon. I was just locking the door to my office, trying to balance all sorts of things when my alerter did it usual pace-maker stopping trick. Luckily, and because I'm writing this, the surprise didn't actually make me croak!
Run to the car, pull out into the early rush-hour traffic and what seems an all too leisurely drive to the fire station behind someone doing barely 20mph. You know they haven't made it out of 2nd gear...
I'm second in and pick up the drivers tally and learn we're off to Blundeston, a village just to the north of Lowestoft, famous for its connections to Charles Dickens and its prison!
As we pull off the main road and head towards Blundeston we can see a pall of smoke rising lazily above the village - so it's a job...
I pull up behind White Watch on Lowestoft South 01 and run a length of 70 to them so that they can top up from our 1800 litres (400 gallons). Mel and Shambles don BA and approach the workshop from the opposite side to the BA crew from White.
It seems that the fire was in a workshop attached to the rear of a bungalow. The blaze totally destroyed the workshop and its contents but was stopped before it could take hold of the bungalow.
We lit the pumps up like Christmas trees because there's is little if any street lighting, trying to throw as much light as possible on the incident. Portable lighting was set up at the rear of the bungalow to enable everyone to see what was happening. Early on we were warned that they may be asbestos present so dust masks were worn and the fire kit of the BA wearers was backed ready to go off for specialist cleaning and/or to be destroyed.
And with the fire extinguished and all the gear stowed we headed back into Lowestoft stopping off to get fuel at Tesco's. While filling up our gallant crew tried helping a damsel in distress who couldn't start her car but were singularly unsuccessful.
Back to Normanshurst, top up the water, wash the pump and finally back home two hours after I'd planned to be there...
– IAN CARTER (www.accessiblewebsites.co.uk)
www.alerter.co.uk
HighTide announces it is to recruit an Ensemble who will work across the company’s 2010 Season
Today, HighTide’s Artistic Director Steven Atkinson announced that the leading new writing company HighTide will enter its fourth Season of work with a new emphasis on creating an Ensemble of actors who will collectively realise three new HighTide productions.
The HighTide productions are Ditch by Beth Steel, Lidless by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig and Moscow Live by Serge Cartwright, which will all receive their World Premieres at HighTide Festival 2010 in Halesworth Suffolk on April 29 2010. These productions will transfer across the UK later in 2010. The Ensemble will rehearse these three plays in tandem throughout April, and beyond these plays the Ensemble will receive personal development training and work with HighTide Resident Playwrights and Directors-on-Attachment on Research and Development projects in the Genesis Laboratory, HighTide’s new Studio based at the Tabernacle in Notting Hill.
The Ensemble will be jointly directed by Steven Atkinson (HighTide’s Artistic Director), Richard Twyman (Associate Director of the RSC Histories Season) and Jonathan Humphreys (National Theatre Staff Director). The Ensemble will work with takis (Design), Matt Prentice (Lighting), Christopher Shutt (Sound), Tom Mills (Music), and John Tucker (Voice), to collectively produce the HighTide productions and artist development work in 2010.
Throughout 2010, there will be a flexible approach to actors working in the Ensemble. The underlying principle is that each member commits to acting in a production at HighTide Festival 2010, and they are then offered opportunities to get involved in HighTide’s other work, including the Genesis Laboratory in the Tabernacle, Notting Hill, HighTide Readings, Artistic Residencies at the Aldeburgh Music in Snape Maltings and transfers of the HighTide Festival 2010 productions. Becoming a member of the Ensemble requires a commitment to its principles, rather than one based on availability or experience.
Principles of the Ensemble:
- The Ensemble exists primarily to offer actors the priceless incentive of consistent and regular activity, aware that acting is a craft that needs to be honed and practised above all else. It will offer an environment that engenders trust and the freedom to play; through regular work.
- The Ensemble offers access to the next generation of theatre directors and writers, and thus the opportunity to forge lifelong relationships;
- The Ensemble will receive focused training from theatre industry leaders on their acting skills through the Genesis Laboratory Research and Development programme.
"HighTide’s unique in that we have a single design team that works across all our shows. That sense of identity and quality is integral to our work, and I wanted to extend that to how we work with actors. The 2010 Ensemble will be a family, and we will work to the common aim of rehearsing and opening three new world premieres at the same time, and then continuing to develop and perform these plays in 2010. It’s a unique challenge to everybody at HighTide and that sense of teamwork is what makes our shows quite unique."
Steven Atkinson, Artistic Director
Directors of the Ensemble
As HighTide’s Artistic Director, Steven Atkinson has produced three Seasons of acclaimed work, which have included collaborations with the National Theatre and Bush Theatre, and Stovepipe, which the Sunday Times listed as one of the Ten Best Theatre Productions of the Decade. He will direct this Season’s production of Lidless, following his 2009 production of another American World Premiere Muhmah (HighTide Festival 2009).
National Theatre Staff Director Jonathan Humphreys (Gethsemane, The Pitman Painters, All's Well That Ends Well) makes his HighTide directing debut with Moscow Live.
Richard Twyman directs Ditch, following his triumphant Royal Shakespeare Company production of Henry IV Part II as part of the RSC Histories, which he Associate Directed and which won Olivier Awards for Best Revival, Best Ensemble and Best Costume.
Casting the Ensemble
We are open to receiving unsolicited CVs from actors to join.
For further information please contact Greer at casting@hightide.org.uk
Please visit www.hightide.org.uk for more information
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