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Leighton News
June 2021 · Number 347
Village people
Pat Poole’s ‘Did you know?’
Dogs of Leighton
This issue
is sponsored by
Brian and Jean
Underhill
What a pain in the back! Village grapevine
Apologies this issue is a little bit late but I have been laid up in bed
with a bad back! My tensor fasciae latae has been very agiated and
caused my lower back to seize up, in case you’re interested. Really
painful and debilitating – in fact this is the longest time I have ever
had off work for illness. So I am looking to switch to a standing desk We all wish Robert Orr of The to race meetings at weekends. She
which will hopefgully improve my terrible posture and mean no Bothy a steady recovery after a left home and Welshpool High
more delays to the Leighton News ;-) long spell in hospital recently. At School at 16 (1999) and went to
this particular time with so many Newmarket to do an NVQ course in
Many thanks to Brian & Jean Underhill for sponsoring this issue and
restrictions in hospitals it must horse racing. Alannah got a visa to
thanks also to Lesley Cookson, and Ian & Annie Corke for their kind
have been very difficult for you all. work in the US a few years later and
donations to the newsletter. Thanks to Yvonne Wood for this month’s
Welcome home Rob, we send you spent many happy years working
cover photo of Leighton Church. If you have a photo you think would
and the ever youthful and stylish Pat in California. During this time,
make a good cover please email it in.
our love and support, along with the she gained a trainer’s license so
We have an opening for some advertising in the Leighton Directory whole Meade family. was qualified for many extra roles.
so if any local business would like to improve their profile please get Alannah came back to the UK last
in touch. The newsletter goes to over 250 households each month. Thank you to Martin Dyson for his year to get married to Josh (another
expertise recently needed at the Ex-pat Alannah Holloway pictured trainer) at Rowton Castle. Recently
If you can sponsor an issue or donate to help with printing costs
Village Hall repairing a faulty door. with two-month-old Oliver in a lot of the US horse racing has
please do get in touch editor@leightonnews.com Thanks as always Tennis court update
Kentucky. Alannah was a very early relocated to Kentucky so Alannah
to all volunteers and contributors who helped with this issue. The Village Hall has registered with
Thank you to everyone who keeps patron of the Baby & Toddler group and Josh have now bought a house
the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA),
all the many village amenities going at Leighton Village Hall. On Long in Louisville. Until motherhood,
which will provide insurance and
Dave McCourt The Old Cable House in these hard times. We have never Mountain her nearest neighbours Alannah was still addicted to the
access to a booking system.
Editor needed them more or appreciated all ran a racing yard which Alannah practical side of galloping several
However the LTA have had an issue miles a day. She thinks she’ll be back
the work done month in, month out often visited as a baby. By the time
adding our information for the last to work in a few weeks time!
Submission deadline for the June issue: 23 June. to keep everything ticking along. she was 13 she was riding some of
Join the newsletter mailing list here: http://eepurl.com/hrlRJ9 year, so hopefully next month we
their horses and traveling in wagons
will have details and links that can
be shared!
ADVERT One Year ago I was rushed to
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Leighton News At Leighton Church gate
you to my neighbours Teresa
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If you’ve got a story, an idea for the newsletter, or would like and Simon. It was 6am and
Call in and you will be surprised Call Rachel on 07779 329464.
to help out we are always happy to hear from you… I managed to press Teresa’s
to find that the Post Office van mobile number, and quickly
Email: editor@leightonnews.com Plans are still progressing for the
has EVERYTHING that’s on offer they got in to the house
Web: www.leightonnews.com Leighton Art Show but obviously
in a town Post Office but with no and organised everything.
Get in touch due to Government regulations we
Leighton Village Hall parking problems and no hassle. Many may know Teresa is a can’t finalise a date or venue yet.
If anyone has had a new arrival
Tel: 0785 410 3058 radiographer at Welshpool and However, don’t let that hamper your
in their family, new neighbours
Email: leightonvillagehall@gmail.com Newtown hospitals. Thanks creative flow – get painting those
or any announcements at all
Web: www.facebook.com/LeightonVillageHallPowys to family, friends, neighbours pictures, sculpting those sculptures
then please do get in touch as we
would love to share in your news. and the Long Mountain WI and perfecting those prints.
Community Council
for helping with my recovery. Anything goes – photography,
Web: www.fordenwithleightonandtrelystancc.co.uk Also if you know of anyone who
Leighton is a fantastic caring textiles, poetry, collage, abstract
doesn’t receive a copy but would
County Councillor village community where I have or representational – just start
like one, please contact either
Linda Corfield. Tel: 01938 580725 lived for 36 years, 20 on my formulating some ideas and using
Dorothy Schofield Tel: 555436
Email: cllr.linda.corfield@powys.gov.uk own. Dorothy Schofield. your imagination! Watch this space
or Laura Poole 556911.
for further details next month.
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A circumnavigation catherine’s
of the British Isles
Michael Bennett of Overhill tells us about his
journey around the UK following retirement.
Quiz Corner!
Motorsports
1 Which iconic car, launched in 1959, was
Stage 4 – Wold Newton be with a full gale blowing off the North Sea. In fact designed by Sir Alec Issigonis?
From Anderby we continued north over the Humber in December 2013 a storm surge did untold damage
2 What colour was the first prototype of
Bridge and into ‘God’s Own Country’ taking great care to destroying the road we had taken three years earlier
antics of the few Puffins that enthralled us. We recalled this car?
skirt around Hull following an earlier and embarrassing and washing away a number of grazing sheep. Today, it
the time we had dropped anchor in Newtown Creek on 3 Which seaside town is known as the
incident in which I had ventured into my very first (and is understood, access is restricted to walking and cycling
the Isle of Wight and gone ashore to wander around birthplace of British Motor sport?
last) McDonald’s demanding to know where they kept in what is now a nature reserve.
the nature reserve. We were met, accosted would be
the cutlery. Bridlington proved to be a most pleasant town with 4 In which year did the first motorbike race
a better word, by two lady twitchers enquiring which
Wold Newton lies a few miles inland between its well kept harbour and grand buildings fronting the take place on the Isle of Man? 1907, 1913,
birds we had seen that morning. We were flummoxed,
Filey and Bridlington, ideally situated for excursions shore, but the real interest was the railway station or 1922?
caught out masquerading as twitchers. We had little or
along that coast. As time was not of the essence we bedecked with floral hangings, lovingly restored, neat, 5 What does ‘TT’ stand for in reference to the
no interest and stumbled for suitable words, but were
stayed 18 nights; however commitments demanded we clean and tidy, redolent of when it was built in 1846. Isle of Man?
thankfully saved by their suggestion of “just the usual?”
return home for seven of these taking the Punto and Bempton Cliffs is renowned for bird watching and 6 Who has won the most Isle of Man TT races?
We later learned that whilst the “usual” referred there
leaving the Land-Rover with the caravan, for which the although not ‘twitchers’ we did develop sufficient John Mc Guinness, Joey Dunlop, or Michael
to the Redshank, mention of it at Bempton was unlikely
kindly site owner charged a mere £5, giving a lie to the interest to purchase a decent pair of binoculars from Dunlop?
to give us any credibility if we employed that ruse in an
Yorkshireman’s pecuniary reputation. the RSPB information cabin. However, I could not resist
endeavour to hide our pathetic lack of knowledge. 7 How many bronze replicas (for finishing
Spurn Head had always held a fascination jutting turning the tables and taking a photograph, not of the
Flamborough Head and area provided much exercise within 110% of the winner’s time) has local
out into the Humber Estuary and we considered it sea birds, but of the motley collection twitchers – a
in descending the many steps to gain the shore to North bike racing legend Mike Cookson won?
well worth giving it a ‘coat of looking at’. It was very fraternity to which we must now belong with these
Landing where a handful of fishing vessels haul out. 8 Who came third in the Monaco Grand Prix
interesting to see first hand how the sea had shaped newly acquired binoculars around the neck! The most
Blessed with fine weather we walked and climbed the 2021 and what team does he drive for?
this part of the coastline and visiting it on a fine day in common seabirds were Guillemots and Gannets tightly
cliffs as one picturesque scene after another opened up
April one could only imagine how inhospitable it could crammed onto the narrowest of ledges, but it was the 9 When did the 70 mph speed limit on
at every twist and turn, and rise and fall of the path.
motorways become law in the UK?
A day excursion to Scarborough lived up to
expectations but reminded me that a bearded 10 In which year were driving licences first
gentleman should not attempt candy floss walking introduced in the UK?
along a windy promenade. North of Scarborough lies Answers on the back cover.
Robin Hood’s Bay and the descriptively named Boggle
Hole. Folklore states that a boggle is a small cave
dweller. Whatever; it provided a pleasant two and a half
mile amble from Whitby returning more smartly across
the sands to beat the incoming tide.
Whilst in these parts it would have been rude not to
100 club winners
take the train from Pickering to Whitby on the North May 2021
York Moors Railway, and in so doing we were able to
1st prize £35 – Mrs Eleanor Hamer, No. 68
tick two boxes as the timetable allowed plenty of time
2nd prize £25 – Mr Gordon Hellilwell, No. 28
to explore Whitby, it’s harbour and of course the Abbey.
3rd prize £10 – Mr & Mrs Pat Poole, No. 105
Although the goths were in evidence, thankfully there
were no sightings of The Count. On returning, we Drawn and certified by Sally Williams, The
undertook the mandatory viewing of Goathland, aka Woodlands, Leighton on 21 May.
Aidensfield of ‘Heartbeat’ fame, it being interesting to
‘Hope you’re all well’.
recognise some of the locations made so familiar by the
Chrissie Walton.
series. The next stage provides a surprise encounter
with a cartoon character.
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Lanes of wildflowers VilLage people
1 What’s your name and where do you live? 7 Would you rather
Danielle Allison. I live at Oak Villa. read a book or
2 What brought you to Leighton (and when)? watch TV?
I have lived in Leighton since I was born in 1998. I like both. I currently
3 Tell us a bit about what you do for a living? recommend Selling Sunset and
I’m an esatte agent at McCartneys in Welshpool. Money Heist on Netflix.
The property market is very busy at the moment 8 What is your favourite drink?
and houses are selling very well. A cup of tea.
4 What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? 9 Just for fun:
What are your hobbies? a) What are your favourite biscuits?
Spending time with my family and our dogs. Chocolate digestives.
5 What do you like about living in Leighton? b) Marmite: love it or hate it?
The beauty of it. I love living in the countryside. Hate it.
6 Who is your role model? Who do you admire? c) Who was your childhood famous crush?
My parents for giving me and my sister Jaye, the Justin Bieber (ands still is).
Rebecca Wragg Sykes of Pentre laments the cutting of roadside verges in Leighton. This has been a hot topic best life.
lately with much criticism of Powys County Council on social media for mowing wildflowers in full bloom.
One of the most wonderful things Scientists believe that, as well as
DOGS of Leighton
about living in Leighton is that, decades of pesticide use, one of
barely five minutes drive from the the key reasons for the ‘insect
bustling centre of Welshpool, it is armageddon’ is massive habitat
an oasis of greenery and calm. What loss. In the UK, 97% of natural This is Harvey who lives with Yvonne
makes that possible is the richness wildflower meadows have been Wood and family at Trem-Y-Foel.
of the landscape surrounding lost in the past 90 years.
us. While it’s mostly pasture and There are so many ways to
managed forest plantation, certainly help wildlife in our gardens, and
beautiful in their own way, there are many people are recognising
wilder parts too, including deeply- how rewarding it is to do one
cut lanes edged by hedgerows of the easiest: stop mowing.
burgeoning with nature. Whether you set aside your
All elements of the earth’s whole lawn or just a patch, the
ecosystem are important for human insects will thank you. But we
survival, and insects are in many can do more. There is increasing
ways foundational, pollinating not local action across the country
just wild plants but the crops we to deter councils from regular
rely on. Sadly, a widely recognised mowing of roadside verges.
ecological crisis has crept up on us, Perhaps we might consider a
shown by plummeting numbers “No Mow May” campaign (when
of insects across the world: who wildflowers are so important
remembers the clouds of spattered for pollinators) for Leighton? Or
bugs on the front of your car after even better, limit that mowing lovely lanes, and it will help save the
a long drive? to twice a year, and stop entirely insects we rely all on.
That abundance that we took the use of sprayed weedkiller which Photos show the mowing earlier
for granted has vanished, with can be seen all along the walls up this month, and what was lost (rich
serious implications. But we may the lane from the school. The beauty wildflowers including vetches), as
be able to – as individuals and a of the wildflowers will be there for well as some of the weed spraying
community – do something to help. all of us every time we walk in our by a wall near the school.
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Village Hall update
The Village Hall (as a regulated building) is allowed to At school pat poole’s
did you know?
open for organised groups only. At Alert Level 2, up to
30 adults are now allowed inside the premises (there is
Some photos of the goings-on at Leighton School recently…
no maximum on the number of children).
All adults and children over the age of 11 have to
wear masks, adhere to the two-metre social distancing
rules and follow the COVID guidelines within the hall.
Risk assessments have to be completed by the groups
and also the Village Hall. Each group has to provide a
list of attendees and their contact details so the hall can TOASTS OF THE NAVY
store for 21 days for Track and Trace. Leighton Parent, Baby & Toddler Group Monday Our Ships at Sea
Birthday parties and functions are still not allowed Every Tuesday from Tuesday 7 June 9.15—11am. Tuesday Our Men
indoors or outdoors with the exception of wakes and Wednesday Ourselves
See Leighton School Baby & Toddler Group
wedding receptions. Thursday A Bloody War or a Sickly Season
Facebook page
It has been a joy to see Cosmic Cheer (cheerleading Friday A Willing Foe & Sea Room
group) return to their four sessions per week and Sally Sally Gartells Academy of Dance Saturday Sweethearts & Wives
Gartell’s pre-school ballet has now started again on Pre-school Ballet (may they never meet)
a Thursday morning. We are looking forward to the Every Thursday from 9.25—10am. SPACES AVAILABLE Sunday Absent Friends
return of the popular Parent, Baby & Toddler Group See Sally’s website or Facebook page.
on a Tuesday morning after half term.
Please note that guidance is frequently updated Cosmic Cheer A MICKEY FINN
by the Welsh Government so please check the Village Meeting in the hall 4 times per week A Mickey Finn is a drink that has been drugged, usually
Hall Facebook page for the latest information: to render a person helpless so that a crime can be
See Cosmic Cheer Welshpool Facebook page
www.facebook.com/LeightonVillageHallPowys committed. It is named after the owner of a sleazy Chicago
establishment, the Palm Garden Restaurant and Lone Star
Saloon, located on Whiskey Row.
Church Services Taking its name from a scruffy palm in a pot next to the
reception desk, the place was a haven for pickpockets and
petty thieves, mostly trained by Finn himself.
Sunday June 6
9.30am Holy Communion, Leighton
TIME FOR A NEW BOILER? One of Finn’s favourite methods was to lace drinks with
chloral hydrate (knockout drops) and then fleece his
Sunday June 13 We are now able to carry out unconscious victims before dumping them in the street
3.00pm Holy Communion, Trelystan essential and non-essential outside. Unsurprisingly, the Palm Garden was soon closed
work. If you are due your down in 1903, although Finn escaped jail and found work as
Sunday 20 June
annual service please be a barman again, where he passed his techniques on to other
11.15am Morning Worship, Leighton assured that we will contact unscrupulous vagabonds.
you shortly, or you are
Sunday 27 June
welcome to contact us. So don’t leave your drink unattended anywhere: you never
11.15am Holy Communion, Leighton know who’s watching.
3.00pm Service of the Word, Trelystan
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WI litter picking From Leighton to Adcote
Val Lewis writes about the Ladies of Long Mountain WI who have Talented gymnast Elizabeth Wilkey has been offered a place at the prestigious Adcote School.
been out this month litter picking around Leighton, along the Hope
Here is a break down of what Elizabeth had to do to gain Cosmic Cheer very quickly and has learnt several
Road and across Long Mountain…
her scholarship to Adcote Girls School: different skills whilst part of the group.
We live in a beautiful area with wonderful scenery, views and ● She was requested to submit a two-minute floor ● A school report and reference from you completed all
hedgerows. It is such a shame that so many people don’t seem to
routine. This would usually be done on site at Adcote the information requested by Adcote.
care and just throw rubbish out of their car windows or just drop it in
but due to lockdown she had to create the routine ● The final part of the process was the interview with
the hedge. Even worse is the dog poo in plastic bags, hanging in trees
herself and her sister Rose recorded it for her. In the head mistress. Elizabeth asked some questions
and bushes. Some of our members have even had huge piles of waste
this routine Elizabeth demonstrated all the various during this time as well as replying to those that were
fly-tipped on their land. So the ladies of the Long Mountain WI have
gymnastic skills she can do such as a straddle to asked of her.
decided to tidy up our Long Mountain by doing a litter pick as our first
handstand, front walk over and back handspring to As part of Adcote School Elizabeth will be training
activity this year. We have enlisted the support of Powys Council and
name a few. in gymnastics twice a day and taking part in many
have been dodging the showers to get out there and start sprucing up ● We had to submit a reference from her gymnastic competitions which are both held at Adcote and other
the neighbourhood. Let’s hope people notice the difference and take
coach at Maldwyn Dragons along with a recording schools. Elizabeth lives and breaths gymnastics which is
their litter home in future.
of her floor routine at the Welsh National Gym why we believe this school is going to be perfect for her
Lesley Cookson organised and co-ordinated the event. Spire that Elizabeth took part in 2019. We also sent a moving forward.
Top right: Karen Mulcahy and Val Lewis recording of Elizabeth completing a difficult move – We would again like to thank all the staff at Leighton
Middle right: Jackie Rickards and Lesley Cookson
the straddle to handstand. School for all their help and support, we are leaving
Below: Ally Clarke and Lynda Brennan
● We also submitted a reference from Hayley at the Leighton a year earlier than we would like but feel this
Below bottom: Jane Tibbott, Deb Evans, Liz Leigh and Elaine Newson
Below right: Dot Breeze and Sue Jones Cosmic Cheer cheerleading squad as Elizabeth moved is such a great opportunity for Elizabeth we must take
up through the different competition teams within it with both hands. Vicky Lewis, Elizabeth’s mum
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Leighton dairy diary
Fraser Jones of Lower Leighton gives us an
I am happy to announce and welcome to our team
update about what’s been happening on the farm.
four new members. Firstly, we have Geoff Higgins
from Montgomery, who will work alongside Rob in
the running of the dairy. Geoff comes with a wealth
Hi Everyone. Finally, we’re allowed inside pubs and
of knowledge in dairy farming, having worked in
normal life is starting to resume. Fingers crossed we can
the industry all of his working life. We also welcome
all start to enjoy the things we have all missed so much.
The weather has been trying, going from a prolonged
Edward Watkins, a young lad from Welshpool. Although
new to dairy farming, he is already proving to be a keen
Severn Hospice’s new café
period of dry weather and cold nights to consistent rain,
member of the team. With its tasty paninis and savouries, delicious cakes
causing a considerable headache with maize planting
We then finally welcome Sophie Owen from Berriew, and coffees and range of teas, Severn Hospice’s new
going slow and a delayed drilling date, which in turn will
who works one day a week to fit in with her college Cafe Refresh is proving to be a big hit with customers.
cause a late harvest. First cut grass silage was taken just
studies, and Oliver Vaughn from Kerry who works part Since it opened its doors last February for
before the rain set in, and although yields were small
time on the weekends as he still attends school. The takeaways, the cafe has welcomed a steady stream
the analysis has come back excellent, so hopefully the
hope is, by having these new members on our team, our of visitors, from the hospice’s patients to passers-by
cows will appreciate the good quality forage. I am now
staff can enjoy a better work/life balance. and now that lockdown restrictions have eased, inside
hoping for some dry weather to take the second cut of
As you already know, myself and Claire got engaged seating is available as well as on the outdoor patio area.
silage and to finish the maize planting.
pathway around the bund so that local residents could last year, and I’m excited that we have set a date and are The cafe is in the hospice’s new building at Bicton,
The Dairy use it to avoid having to walk down the main road getting married on 3 June at Garthmyl Hall. Hopefully Shrewsbury which is also home to day services, a
The cows are performing well and milk yields continue through the ‘S’ bends, as in my opinion it is extremely the weather will be kind to us! number of therapy rooms including creative and
to rise. This is a result of the investments we have made, dangerous, having been the scene of previous accidents. complementary therapies and the offices of the Hospice
which brings plenty of satisfaction that our targets are I have experienced a near miss myself whilst walking
Racing
Some of you might already know, but I have a love for at Home nurses and Outreach and Day Services teams.
being achieved. None of this would be possible without with my family one weekend, where a speeding Staffed by baristas and volunteers, the cafe has
motorist had no chance of stopping, causing us to racing cars. This year I am competing in the Caterham
the dedication of all staff members, and it is a credit to already established itself as an important part of the
take to the hedge. A big thank you to the community 270R British championship, although in previous years
each and every one of them that we are in this position, hospice community and aims to break down commonly
council and school for your support, and hopefully we we have raced throughout Europe (but this year is just
and my sincere thanks goes to them all. I am very proud held views of what a hospice is about.
will have the pathway completed soon for the benefit around the UK). I am racing with LFP Motorsport, who
that we have such a keen and enthusiastic team that are Refresh is open from 8am on weekdays and 9am
of everyone. Above is a picture of a section of the path look after my car, doing all the set-ups and preparation
always trying to do the best job possible. on Saturdays and 10am on Sundays. Details of menus,
already completed. so we can be as competitive as possible.
We are well on with our separation shed, with the special offers and opening hours can be found on the
The championship consists of seven weekends, and
roof having now been completed and the internal work
News our race weekend consists of three days. Friday is a cafe’s facebook page @RefreshatSevernHospice
started. We have also started to prepare the site ready So pop in, we’d love to see you.
We have been recruiting again, this time for people test day to try and get the car in the optimum setup
for the final two forage storage sheds, so hopefully
to work at the new dairy. After interviews and trials, ready for Saturday’s qualification. We then have Race
when the dry weather returns, we can start work
1 on Saturday afternoon and a second race on Sunday,
erecting these.
with Sundays starting position being the result of Race
Pathway 1. There are 30 drivers in this year’s championship.
We have been busy building a pathway around the soil Caterham racing is renowned for its close racing with
bund that separates the farm from the school. After the ‘tow effect’ being effective, meaning you have cars
meeting with Rachel Tibbott, who approached me swapping places every lap causing plenty of excitement.
regarding a forest/vegetable garden area for the school, Our first round at the beginning of May was at
I was pleased to be able to help by providing the ground Donnington, and Saturday’s torrential conditions saw
for this. me qualifying in P8 and finishing Race 1 in P10. In Race
We are so fortunate to have such a lovely school 2 the sun came out to play which saw me finishing P6,
in our village, and it’s important that the community although I was running P3 for a long time.
support it in every way possible to ensure its future. For anyone that is interested, you can watch all races
To make accessibility easier it was decided that I would live on the BRSCC or Caterham YouTube channel. Next
create a pathway up the bund for the school to access stop is Knockhill (Scotland) on the 11,12 and 13 June –
the ground where they will have the forest / vegetable wish me luck! And if any companies want to sponsor me
garden. I also asked the community/school if they would there’s always room for more branding/advertising on
be supportive of an access from the tennis courts to a the car, so please get in touch! All the best, Fraser.
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National Garden Scheme:
Powys gardens open for charity
June 2021
Gardening is made up of anticipation,
disappointments and surprises. I’ve experienced
all of these emotions in the last few weeks. We
inherited a wisteria when we moved here, and it’s
thrived and grown along a dry- stone wall. Some store for you. Lesley is working hard creating new
years looking amazing and others not so good. This beds whilst battling against inclement weather and
year it was professionally pruned, we cut down boggy ground. By July when they open their garden,
the honeysuckle that was smothering it and for everywhere is going to look lush and I’m looking
the first time you could see the structure of the forward to seeing the produce in her (very) big
branches as they climbed along the wall. It was polytunnel. We have a lot of gardens open in Powys
going to be beautiful. Then we had frost after frost in June, for a full list please visit www.ngs.org.uk
and not a single bloom! At the moment it is still necessary to pre-book,
Surprisingly however the apple blossom has but this may change as restrictions are lifted.
been the best it has ever been, and the honeybees Gardens Open in your area in June:
are loving it. Likewise, who knew that leaving a ● Tremynfa, Llanymynech SY22 6LA
purple sprouting broccoli plant to go to seed would Sat 19 & Sun 20 June 1.00–5.00, teas
turn out to be an absolute favourite with the bees? ● Gorsty House, Hyssington SY15 6AT
The plant is literally buzzing! If you’ve the space it Sun 20 June 1.30-5.30, teas
is well worth doing this to attract the pollinators. ● White Hopton Farm, Sarn SY16 4EN
I had really been looking forward to visiting Fri 25 June 10.00–4.00, teas
one of our new gardens in May (Cwm Farm) ● Escairangell, Machynlleth SY20 9QG
and planned to go with a couple of friends. Sun 27 June 12.30–4.00, teas
Unfortunately, for us, we left it too late to book and ● Hurdley Hall, Churchstoke SY15 6DY
the tickets were all sold. But what great news for Sun 13 June 11.00–5.00, teas
Michael and Gemma, the sun shone for them and
I’m told they had an excellent day. There is clearly From feedback we have had from garden owners
a hunger from the public to get back out and visit and from head office it seems that our gardens
places outdoors where they know they will be safe. are being very well supported with lots of visitors
I did have a sneaky preview however of one wanting to come. Do keep checking our website for
of our new gardens whilst I was delivering the latest guidelines and ticket availability. Don’t
posters and leaflets. What a surprise Llys Celyn leave it too late like I did!
in Llanwnog turned out to be. You’d never guess Sue McKillop Assistant County Organiser
from outside the gate what a large garden is in sue.mckillop@ngs.org.uk
Answers: Catherine’s Quiz Corner
1 The Mini 2 Orange 3 Bexhill–on–Sea 4 1907
5 Tourist Trophy 6 Joey Dunlop 7 19 8 Lando Norris for
McLaren 9 1967 after being trialled from 1965 10 1903
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