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<strong>Estuary</strong> <strong>LIFE</strong> Group Publication<br />
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and Limebrook U3A – the<br />
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these clubs.<br />
Limebrook U3A<br />
Limebrook U3A is the newest U3A group in Maldon and is growing<br />
fast. It is for people who have retired from employment but certainly<br />
not from life. We have monthly meeting at WMCC which feature a<br />
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Our interest groups meet regularly and range from walking to fl ower<br />
arranging, and from local history to petanque with many other interests<br />
in between.<br />
If you are interested in joining us either visit the website at www.<br />
limebrookU3A.org.uk or phone 01621855883 for more details.<br />
Blackwater Judo Club<br />
The Blackwater Judo Club (Maldon) started its life at West Maldon<br />
Community Centre in 1996 run by volunteers as a community Martial<br />
Arts sport, initially for children ages 6 to 15 inclusive, and soon<br />
became a success because of the cost to train each week on a “only<br />
pay for the days attended” and the calm and pleasant surroundings.<br />
It wasn’t long before watching parents soon requested a senior<br />
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We have been at the centre for 16 years and have seen the club grow<br />
from strength to strength with a membership of 160 from 6 years to 66<br />
years of age.<br />
The cost is just £2 per person per attendance with a subsidy for 3 or<br />
more from the same family attending, plus an annual membership<br />
currently £10.<br />
Our record goes before us with many awards won at competitions<br />
to personal award such as “AEJF club of the year”, “Maldon Mayors<br />
Award”, Heart for SX Heroes award” for our charity work and two gold<br />
accreditations from Essex County Council for being “a well run club”<br />
plus many more.<br />
Our mission statement is simple “An affordable Martial Arts club<br />
instructed by volunteers, for all with no discrimination for anyone<br />
wishing to take part”.<br />
For further information contact John Pegram 6th Dan on 07966-824496<br />
or johnpegram2004@googlemail.com<br />
APRIL 2012 CONTENTS<br />
Town Mayor’s Blog 4<br />
Moot Hall News 6<br />
Read & Simpson ‘Ruby’ 7<br />
Pawz Outdoors<br />
(Dog Obesity) 8<br />
Courtyard Clinic<br />
(Neck & Shoulder Pain) 9<br />
Maldon & District CVS 10<br />
Property 17 - 20<br />
Garden <strong>LIFE</strong> 23<br />
What’s On & Leisure 24 - 26<br />
‘Fat Chance’ by Lucy Brown 27<br />
*NEW* Web Offers 28<br />
Competitions 28<br />
Wedding Feature 30 & 31<br />
Animal <strong>LIFE</strong> 32<br />
Gourmet <strong>LIFE</strong> 34 - 37<br />
Recipes 36<br />
Bodybuilding. Why? 38<br />
‘Dunno’ Book Review 43<br />
Quality Solicitors FJG<br />
(Forced Marriages) 45<br />
The Dawn Barge 47<br />
Your Directory 49 - 50<br />
Gold List of Advertisers 51<br />
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Local Matters & letters... have your say!<br />
We want to hear your views, so please get in touch with your thoughts,<br />
frustrations, observations and stories. Our contact details are on page 44.<br />
Town Mayor of Maldon’s Blog<br />
14th - 24th June 2012<br />
The Town Mayor of Maldon is Cllr. Peter Stilts<br />
and his wife Jeanette supports him as his<br />
Mayoress. Jeanette is also a Town Councillor.<br />
On Thursday the 14th June the Mayoress<br />
along with the Town Clerk went to Judge the<br />
communal garden entrees for Maldon in Bloom<br />
this had been postponed from Monday due to<br />
the weather. It was impressive to see the high<br />
standard of work being made.<br />
On Friday the 15th the Mayoress and I attended<br />
the presentation of the glass bead to the Maldon<br />
District Chairman at the library and listened to<br />
the children signing the national anthems of the<br />
different countries which will be taking part in the<br />
Olympics.<br />
We then went into the Town Hall for the very<br />
hard job of judging the high standard of art work<br />
by children of the town for the Maldon in Bloom<br />
competition.<br />
On Saturday the 16th we attended the Garden<br />
Party at St Peter’s Care Home and it was lovely<br />
to be given a tour of the home by the new<br />
manageress.<br />
We then had a dash from there to the Moot Hall<br />
balcony to watch the procession of “Mariana<br />
the Mighty” go down the High Street. We were<br />
asked to join the back of the procession which<br />
we did and had the pleasure of the crowd also<br />
walking with us to the Prom Park where the<br />
presentation of the glass bead was made to<br />
‘Mariana’.<br />
On Thursday the 21st June I presented the<br />
Mr Michael Bardo – 2nd place in the Best Front<br />
Garden category<br />
certifi cates to all the “Maldon in Bloom” winners<br />
and it was so nice to see so many people turn<br />
up for the awards ceremony and especially the<br />
children who had made pictures and gardens.<br />
Best Community Garden<br />
Maldon Blackwater U3A - Best Community Garden –<br />
the corner of New street/Fambridge Road<br />
St Francis RC Primary School – Sadd’s Cup for Best<br />
Nursery/Infant School project<br />
My thanks go to Bobby who is chairperson of<br />
“Maldon in Bloom”, the committee and town<br />
council staff in getting everything done.<br />
We had the pleasure of starting a new tradition<br />
by presenting the “Sadds Cup” to the best<br />
overall infant/primary<br />
school. St Francis’s<br />
School was this<br />
year’s winner.<br />
I later learnt that, ironically, the building now<br />
occupied by St Francis’s School had formally<br />
been the Sadds family home.<br />
Friday the 22nd the Mayoress and I attended a<br />
Cream tea in aid of the RNLI and Air Ambulance<br />
and despite the rain just before it opened the rain<br />
stayed away whilst we sat on the lawn having<br />
our cream tea.<br />
In the evening we attended another brilliant<br />
production of ‘‘Shakespeare in the Park’’ by the<br />
“Mac Theatre”. To see Shakespeare produced in<br />
a 2012 setting made it all the more enjoyable.<br />
On Saturday 23rd I opened St Marys Church<br />
fete, it was so nice to see the small family run<br />
stalls provided for both the children’s as well<br />
as the adult’s entertainment. Also I attended<br />
the talk on the history of the church given by<br />
Stephen Nunn, my Deputy Mayor.<br />
A rubbish town!<br />
I recently visited friends in Kent and (unusually<br />
for me) remarked on how pretty and tidy their<br />
town was. Since I’ve returned, I keep seeing<br />
rubbish. Everywhere!<br />
I’m not talking about rubbish that may have<br />
blown out of a bin or been accidentally dropped<br />
on the way to the tip or something. I’m talking<br />
about the wilful, disrespectful and inconsiderate<br />
disposal of rubbish.<br />
Only yesterday I saw someone throw a takeaway<br />
bag out of their car window whilst travelling on<br />
the bypass. As I passed, I saw that it was a<br />
middle-aged lady. Disgraceful, and no example<br />
to our children. I’m seeing it everywhere and it<br />
seems that people just don’t care.<br />
I don’t buy into ‘there aren’t enough bins’. Keep<br />
the rubbish then – until you DO see a bin. Sure,<br />
the council can put more bins about but at what<br />
cost, and to whom?<br />
Please, let’s take responsibility for our own<br />
rubbish and maintain a town we can feel proud<br />
of. Look around today - you’ll see what I mean!<br />
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Maldon Moot Hall News<br />
Summer visits<br />
Make a date this summer to visit Maldon’s most historically important building. It is a unique 15th<br />
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You can uncover layers of the Town’s social history. On the ground fl oor the Common room and<br />
Mayor’s Parlour lead to a prison cell. The 19th Century Court Room and Jury room has the quiet<br />
authority of local justice until the early 20th C.<br />
On the third fl oor the Council Chamber and Munement room houses historic artefacts. The rooftop<br />
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The Moot Hall is Licensed for Civil Ceremonies, the only Town Centre venue. For booking<br />
information details call the direct line 07938 999068.<br />
The Moot Hall is in the High Street, Maldon Essex CM9 5PF. The<br />
nearest car park is a short walk from the High Street.<br />
The Friends of the Moot Hall is a Charity and welcome you on<br />
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The Moot Hall is a Grade One listed building and can not be<br />
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Ruby Birthstone of July<br />
Rubies are one of the four Cardinal Gems, along with sapphire,<br />
emerald and diamond.<br />
They are the red variety of the mineral corundum, one of the hardest on<br />
the planet, second only to diamond, rating 9 on the Moh Scale. All other<br />
colours of the same mineral are known as sapphire.<br />
Its name is derived from the Latin ‘ruber’ meaning<br />
quite literally ‘red’. Its colour is the result of<br />
the presence of chromium. It is chromium,<br />
however, which is also responsible for the<br />
scarcity of the gem occurring in large sizes.<br />
The presence of chromium at the ‘birth’ of the<br />
gem is the reason for the multitude of fi ssures<br />
inside the crystals inhibiting their growth.<br />
All natural rubies have imperfections in them – particularly their rutile like<br />
needle inclusions known as ‘silk’. It is these inclusions by which a gem is<br />
identifi ed as a ruby and which distinguish them from any other simulant or<br />
substitute. Some rubies display a three or six-pointed asterism or ‘star’<br />
(see picture below) which, when the stone is cut as cabochon, chase<br />
across the stone when it is moved. It is a feature which increases such<br />
a stones value. As with diamonds, cut; colour; clarity and mass directly<br />
infl uence the value of a ruby.<br />
Only in the early 19th century was it discovered that rubies are part of the<br />
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Rubies have always been held in high esteem in Asian countries. They<br />
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fortune to the structure of buildings and relationships.<br />
Rubies are regarded as a symbol of devotion, honesty and valour.<br />
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Dog Obesity<br />
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There are many reasons a dog can become overweight, for example they<br />
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and insuffi cient exercise. Obesity seriously increases the chance of your<br />
pet having heart problems, diabetes, breathing diffi culties and arthritis.<br />
Once your pet is overweight it becomes a vicious circle - their activity level<br />
decreases, making it harder to loose the pounds. It’s easy to fi nd yourself<br />
in this situation as living with your pet, seeing them everyday small weight<br />
gains can go unnoticed.<br />
If you think your dog is<br />
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Consult your vet if you are unsure. If you do fi nd that your pet is carrying<br />
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Cut back on the quantity at meal times - no extra tit bits and if your dog is<br />
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Neck and Shoulder pain<br />
This month we are going to take a look<br />
at mechanical shoulder pain<br />
Have I got a ‘Frozen Shoulder’?<br />
Frozen Shoulder, also called Adhesive<br />
Capsulitis, is a painful condition. It results in a<br />
severe loss of motion in the shoulder. It may<br />
follow an injury, or it may arise gradually with no injury or warning and most<br />
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The shoulder is made up of three bones: the scapula (shoulder blade), the<br />
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amount of slack, loose tissue, so the shoulder is unrestricted as it moves<br />
through its large range of motion.<br />
In frozen shoulder, infl ammation in the joint makes the normally loose parts<br />
of the joint capsule stick together. This seriously limits the shoulder’s ability<br />
to move, and causes the shoulder to freeze. The cause of frozen shoulder<br />
is largely a mystery. One theory is that it may be caused by an autoimmune<br />
reaction. In an autoimmune reaction, the body’s defense system, which<br />
normally protects it from infection, mistakenly begins to attack the tissues of the<br />
body. This causes an intense infl ammatory reaction in the tissue that is under<br />
attack. Frozen shoulder may begin after a shoulder injury, fracture, or surgery.<br />
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We are located in the heart of Maldon adjacent to the White Horse car park<br />
and our team aim to provide the best possible care in pleasant surroundings.<br />
If you wish to discuss an injury or treatment, please contact us.<br />
How is it treated?<br />
Treatment of frozen shoulder can be frustrating and slow. Most cases<br />
eventually improve, but the process may take some time. The aim of treatment<br />
is to decrease infl ammation and increase the range of motion of the shoulder.<br />
Osteopathic treatment is a critical part of helping you regain the motion and<br />
function of your shoulder. Treatments are directed at getting the muscles to<br />
relax using techniques to stretch the joint capsule and muscle tissues of the<br />
shoulder. You will also be given exercises and stretches to do as part of a<br />
home program. You may need treatment for three to four months before you<br />
get full shoulder motion and function back.Your doctor may also recommend an<br />
injection of cortisone to get the infl ammation<br />
under control. Cortisone is a steroid that is<br />
very effective at reducing infl ammation. If your<br />
progress is slow your Doctor may offer you<br />
manipulation under anesthetic<br />
Biceps Tendonitis.<br />
Fortunately Biceps tendonitis and rotator cuff<br />
problems are far more common than frozen<br />
shoulders and with treatment, usually resolve<br />
more quickly.<br />
Symptoms<br />
Patients generally report the feeling of a<br />
deep ache directly in the front and top of the<br />
shoulder. The ache may spread down into the<br />
main part of the biceps muscle. Pain is usually<br />
made worse with overhead activities. Resting the shoulder generally eases the<br />
intense pain but can cause aching and discomfort.<br />
The arm may feel weak with attempts to bend the elbow or when twisting the<br />
forearm into supination (palm up). A catching or slipping sensation felt near the<br />
top of the biceps muscle may suggest a tear of the transverse humeral ligament.<br />
How Rotator Cuff injuries differ.<br />
The symptoms of frozen shoulder are primarily<br />
shoulder pain and a reduced range of motion<br />
in the joint. The range of motion is the same<br />
whether you are trying to move the shoulder yourself or someone else is trying<br />
to move the arm for you. There comes a point in each direction of movement<br />
where the motion simply stops, as if something is blocking it. At this point, the<br />
shoulder usually hurts. The shoulder can also be quite painful at night. The<br />
tightness in the shoulder can make it diffi cult to do regular activities like getting<br />
dressed, combing your hair, or reaching across a table.<br />
Treatment for Biceps tendonitis has similarities to that of Frozen Shoulder<br />
and is directed at reducing the infl ammation and pain, increasing the range of<br />
movement and gradually strengthening the shoulder with directed home exercise.<br />
Hot and cold therapy as described in previous articles will help to reduce pain<br />
and promote healing.<br />
If you would like further information please contact The Courtyard<br />
Clinic for a free orthopaedic assessment on 01621 842750 or visit our<br />
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A Selection of Volunteering<br />
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Marshalls for local fundraising event<br />
Volunteers are need on Saturday 1st and<br />
Sunday 2nd September to help with an<br />
annual local fundraising event in Heybridge.<br />
Roles will include helping the committee<br />
members, setting up stalls - helping with<br />
on shore events - selling raffl e tickets -<br />
helping with the BBQ etc. Volunteers will be<br />
needed throughout the day from 8am - 8pm;<br />
volunteers can help out for a few hours<br />
during this time, or for as long as desired.<br />
Funding Database volunteer<br />
Maldon and District CVS are looking for a<br />
volunteer to provide admin support. The role<br />
will involve:<br />
• Managing excel spreadsheets and updating<br />
information as needed<br />
Maldon & District CVS<br />
Young Carers Celebrate Diamond Jubilee<br />
On June 8th a group of local charities and businesses joined to host a special day for families<br />
with carers, including young carers. The event, supported by the National Lottery, was held at the<br />
Museum of Power and invited local families to take part in a<br />
free day of games, competitions, activities and a street party -<br />
to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, offering an opportunity<br />
for disadvantaged families to be part of the national<br />
celebrations.<br />
The day was supported by volunteers and staff from the<br />
Museum of Power, Maldon and District Community Voluntary<br />
Service, Action for Family Carers, Essex and Suffolk Water,<br />
Tesco, Saint FM and Viking Community Transport.<br />
ABOUT THE CVS: Maldon & District Community<br />
Voluntary Service aims to promote any charitable<br />
purposes for the benefi t of the community in the<br />
district of Maldon. We support voluntary and<br />
community groups, offering services like funding<br />
advice, training support and advice on legal and<br />
constitutional issues. We also operate a Volunteer<br />
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Join Canine Partners Tea Party<br />
at Green Island Gardens<br />
The Essex Satellite of Canine Partners, a charity that provides highly trained assistance dogs for people<br />
with disabilities, has announced it will be holding a tea party at Green Island Gardens, Colchester from<br />
2 - 5pm on Saturday 18th August.<br />
Set in twenty acres of beautiful scenery, Green Island Gardens<br />
(pictured below) is the perfect backdrop for a quintessentially British<br />
afternoon tea party. Guests will be served delicious food from the<br />
Vintage Tea Company including sandwiches, cakes, cupcakes and<br />
scones.<br />
They will also be joined by local people who are the fortunate recipient<br />
of a canine partner, including Barry O’Connell from Clacton on Sea.<br />
Essex Community Fundraiser Lindsay Hurrell comments, “This event<br />
will be a wonderful afternoon out for all the family in an amazing<br />
setting, with a delicious afternoon tea.<br />
I would like to thank Mr & Mrs Edmond of Green Island Gardens for<br />
kindly allowing us to host this event in their beautiful gardens, which<br />
isn’t normally open to the public on a Saturday. You will be able to<br />
fi nd out more about the charity and how we help people with physical<br />
disabilities within Essex and the region.<br />
Tickets cost £13 including afternoon tea and entry into the gardens,<br />
which can be found at Ardleigh, Colchester, CO7 7SP. For tickets or<br />
further information please contact 0845 2090750.<br />
Canine Partners is always looking for volunteers, fundraisers and<br />
puppy parents from the local community, please www.caninepartners.<br />
org.uk for further information.<br />
Please also consider saving your used stamps to help raise funds for<br />
Canine Partners<br />
Green Island Gardens, Park Road, Ardleigh, CO7 7SP<br />
About Canine Partners:<br />
Canine Partners is a registered charity that assists people with<br />
disabilities to enjoy a greater independence and quality of life<br />
through the provision of specially trained dogs, whose well-being is<br />
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canine partner. The dogs are carefully matched to the applicant’s<br />
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They are trained to help with everyday tasks such as opening<br />
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Maldon Town Hall Rolls Out<br />
The Red Green Carpets!<br />
Q: When did Maldon Carpet Bowls Club start?<br />
A: Maldon CBC started in January 2012 with an introductory evening.<br />
This was a great success with over 30 people turning up to try out the<br />
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The fi rst weekly club night was on 2nd February.<br />
Q: So what’s happened since then?<br />
A: Club nights have been run on Thursday evenings at the Town Hall<br />
from 7-9pm and we have had on average 20 people per session.<br />
Starting with two carpets with one borrowed from Maldon (outdoor) Bowls<br />
Club, we recently procured a third allowing for up to 24 people to play at<br />
one time.<br />
Q: So who can be a member and what do they need to<br />
do to join?<br />
A: Anyone over the age of 18 is welcome to attend. There is no annual<br />
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No special equipment or clothing is required although we ask that suitable<br />
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Q: How can people contact the club?<br />
A: They can contact Paul on 07989 748266, or Ivy on 01621<br />
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Q: What happens on a club night?<br />
A: A typical evening session starts with bowls at 7pm.<br />
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£275,000 STAMP DUTY PAID £325,000 £198,000 NEW INSTRUCTION<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Two double bedrooms<br />
* Close to anchorage<br />
* Conservatory<br />
* No Chain<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Detached Three Double Bedroom House<br />
* Sought after Avenue location<br />
* Two reception rooms<br />
* Offi ce/workshop/shed<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Semi-detached<br />
* 3 double bedrooms<br />
* Two reception rooms<br />
* New bathroom suite<br />
West Mersea<br />
East Road<br />
* 1/2 Acre plot (STS)<br />
* Four Bedroom Detached Bungalow<br />
* Spacious Accommodation throughout<br />
* Excellent Annex potential<br />
£160,000 £550,000 PRICE REDUCTION £400,000 OIEO<br />
Asheldham<br />
Asheldham Hall is an imposing Grade II listed residence with<br />
origins dating back to c1700. With mature (approx) 2-acre<br />
gardens (sts) the home offers substantial accommodation plus<br />
self-contained staff quarters/annex and a detached one bedroom<br />
cottage in the grounds. Located in the rural village of Asheldham,<br />
with Southminster train station being 1.3 miles away.<br />
Guide Price £1,500,000 - £2,000,000<br />
Call: 01621 856000<br />
Maldon<br />
This stylish 4 bedroom townhouse offers access to Maldon’s<br />
High Street, Hythe Quay and Promenade Park. Set over 3<br />
floors, the home has a modern kitchen/diner, cloakroom,<br />
lounge, family bathroom plus Master bedroom with en-suite<br />
shower-room. There is a compact courtyard-style rear<br />
garden plus parking and integral garage.<br />
£285,000<br />
Call: 01621 856000<br />
An impressive example of a Family Home located on a superb half acre (STS)<br />
plot Roseland Lodge has been thoughtfully extended over the years and offers<br />
unique design and spacious accommodation throughout highlights include THREE/<br />
FOUR DOUBLE BEDROOMS WITH EN SUITE TO MASTER, LOUNGE 21’ X 19’,<br />
UTILITY/BAR, ANNEXE POTENTIAL,GARAGE 22’ X 18’, WORKSHOP 18 X 14’ &<br />
EXTENSIVE MATURE GARDENS TO FRONT AND REAR.<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Two bedroom end of terrace house<br />
* Kitchen/Diner<br />
* Lounge 12’82 x 8’8”<br />
* Gas central heating<br />
EAST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Detached four bedroom house<br />
* Three reception rooms & separate annex<br />
* 1/3 acre gardens with rural/estuary views<br />
* Adj to nature reserve & site of SSSI<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Detached four double bedroom house<br />
* Avenue location close to the beach<br />
* Detached double garage<br />
* Self contained lodge/offi ce/games room<br />
£320,000 £290,000 £350,000 £339,995 NEW INSTRUCTION<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Three dbl bedroom detached bungalow<br />
* Three reception Rooms<br />
* Conservatory<br />
* Cul-de-sac position<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Detached four bedroom house<br />
* Dining area/snug<br />
* En-suite to Master bedroom<br />
* Off road parking<br />
£370,000 £285,000 OIEO £360,000<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Detached family house<br />
* Four double bedrooms<br />
* Spacious open plan Kitchen/diner<br />
* 90’ Rear garden<br />
West Mersea<br />
Fairhaven Avenue<br />
Cold Norton<br />
Detached property in approx 2.5 acres (sts) of mature gardens<br />
offering impressive accommodation: 27ft kitchen/breakfast room,<br />
5/6 bedrooms, walk-in shower room, open plan living room and<br />
conservatory, 24ft Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom and<br />
laundry area, self-contained 1 bed bungalow annex with private<br />
garden, 34ft workshop and feature fish & wildlife pond.<br />
£750,000<br />
Call: 01621 856000<br />
Purleigh<br />
On the market for the first time since it was built by the<br />
current owners is this 3 bedroom detached home, with superb<br />
open countryside views and offering lounge, dining area, 26ft<br />
kitchen/breakfast room, ground-floor cloakroom and study,<br />
substantial driveway to the front with room for horsebox/trailer<br />
e.g. To the rear is a 180ft garden backing onto farmland.<br />
£395,000<br />
Call: 01621 856000<br />
* Three bedroom detached Bungalow<br />
* Minutes from the beach<br />
* Beautifully maintained garden<br />
* Substantial plot 131’ x 65’<br />
Blackwater Estates are proud to present this FANTASTIC THREE BEDROOM<br />
DETACHED BUNGALOW , situated on a substantial (131 x 65)plot, located on a sought<br />
after avenue and positioned within a few minutes walk of the beach, further highlights<br />
include Conservatory, spacious Lounge 15’11” x 14’, wet room, beautifully presented<br />
established rear gardens incorporating various lawned areas , decking area and raised<br />
pond, off road parking for multiple vehicles and Garage 18’ x 10’.<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Five bedroom Semi-detached house<br />
* Enclosed heated swimming pool<br />
* Three reception rooms<br />
* Two conservatory’s<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Link detached four bedroom house<br />
* Kitchen/diner<br />
* Fantastic unspoilt views<br />
* 8 years remaining on NHBC<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Charming three bed detached house<br />
* Prime Avenue position<br />
* Two reception rooms<br />
* Sun room & Utility<br />
£315,000 £220,000 £279,995 £325,000 OIRO £ 334,995 PRICE REDUCTION<br />
SALCOTT<br />
* Three bedroom link detached cottage<br />
* Refurbished Kitchen & Bathroom<br />
* 1/2 acre paddock<br />
* Two stables & large workshop<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Detached three bedroom house<br />
* Close to all amenities<br />
* Off road parking<br />
* Cul-de-sac position<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Four bedroom semi-detached house<br />
* Refurbished Kitchen & Bathromm<br />
* Close to beach & local amenities<br />
* Impressive rear garden 145’ x 32’ approx<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Detached four bedroom family house<br />
* Village centre<br />
* Conservatory<br />
* Rear garden 65’ x 52’ approx<br />
WEST <strong>ME</strong>RSEA<br />
* Detached four bedroom family home<br />
* Three reception rooms<br />
* Conservatory/Utility room/off road pkg<br />
* No onward chain.<br />
Burnham-on-Crouch<br />
In a private mews, this 4 bedroom detached house won<br />
a design & conservation award. With access to the River<br />
Crouch and Burnhams’ High Street, the home offers dual<br />
aspect lounge with feature fireplace, kitchen/diner with oak<br />
cabinets and granite surfaces, study, cloakroom, utility room,<br />
en-suite shower to Master, garage and approx 50x30ft garden.<br />
£365,000<br />
Call: 01621 856000<br />
Southminster<br />
Well presented 3 bedroom detached bungalow offering<br />
lounge, modern kitchen/breakfast room, dining room,<br />
conservatory, family bathroom plus 2 bedrooms with en-suite<br />
showers. There is a private rear garden of approx 60ft in<br />
depth and to the front is a blocked paved driveway with<br />
parking for numerous vehicles.<br />
Guide Price £250,000 - £280,000<br />
Call: 01621 856000<br />
8 Kingsway, 34a Barfield Road, West Mersea, Essex, CO5 8QT<br />
Mob: 07760 628 829 Fax: 01206 386309 info@blackwaterestates.co.uk<br />
www.hetheringtons.co.uk<br />
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Features of the park<br />
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Was £129,995<br />
NOW £119,995<br />
WOODLANDS Woodlands 1932<br />
•• 22 bedrooms<br />
• • 2 Master bathrooms en-suite<br />
• • Double Family glazed Bathroom with Jacuzzi bath/TV<br />
• • Gas Under central floor heating heating<br />
•<br />
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Was £164,995<br />
NOW £154,995<br />
WOODLANDS 6<br />
• 2 bedrooms<br />
• 2 bathrooms<br />
• Separate utility room & study<br />
• Double glazed<br />
• Gas central heating<br />
• Large open plan lounge<br />
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• Extra Large UPVC decking to<br />
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Was £194,995<br />
NOW £184,995<br />
WOODLANDS 18<br />
• 2 bedrooms<br />
• 2 bathrooms<br />
• Modern styling throughout<br />
• Range master cooker<br />
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• Fully furnished<br />
• Plenty of storage<br />
• Large UPVC decking to<br />
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Was £204,995<br />
NOW £194,995<br />
WOODLANDS 19<br />
• 2 bedrooms<br />
• Master en-suite<br />
• Family bathroom with<br />
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• Under floor heating<br />
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• Large UPVC decking to<br />
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Was £149,995<br />
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• Large open plan<br />
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• Double glazed<br />
• Gas centrally heated<br />
• Fully furnished<br />
• Vaulted ceilings<br />
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Garden Life By Christine Robson<br />
I am focusing on a tree again this<br />
month. The Pryus-ornamental<br />
pear. I have not come across many<br />
of these during my gardening life<br />
which is surprising given that they<br />
will thrive in any reasonable garden<br />
soil, and best of all in full sun. The<br />
one shown in the photo is Pryussalicifolia-pendula.<br />
It can reach<br />
20ft when fully grown but the one<br />
shown here has been exceptionally<br />
well manicured and is kept to a<br />
manageable size. You will see from<br />
the photos that it has narrow silvery<br />
leaves and clusters of creamy white<br />
fl owers which appear in April. These are followed by small extremely<br />
hard pears which are completely inedible!<br />
Any pruning that needs to be done should<br />
take place in the wintertime removing any<br />
dead or damaged wood at this time.<br />
Pruning<br />
Early fl owering perennials such as<br />
paeonies, lupins, aqualegias, should be<br />
deadheaded but do not remove the foliage<br />
until late September. To make a border<br />
look tidier cranesbill geraniums can have<br />
all the foliage cut back - they will still have<br />
a second fl owering. It is not too late to prune Rosa Canary Bird, Ribes,<br />
(ornamental currant) or Fatsia Japonica. Prune Ribes by reducing all<br />
stems which have produced fl owers this season by about half and one<br />
or two very old stems at ground level. As for the Fatsia, well what can I<br />
say! Such a small plant does grow very quickly into something almost<br />
unmanageable but it doesn’t seem to to mind how you prune it. Not for<br />
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Regulars<br />
Maldon Country Market<br />
Town Hall, Maldon CM9 4RL. 9am -<br />
11.45am Thursdays until 20th Dec.<br />
General Retail Market<br />
Butt Lane Car Park, Maldon CM9<br />
5HD. 9am - 3pm Thurs ‘til 20th Dec.<br />
Antique and Collectors Fair<br />
The Quaker Hall, Butt Lane, Maldon<br />
CM9 5HD. 9am - 4pm First Saturday<br />
of the month until 1st Dec.<br />
Maldon’s BIG Sing<br />
The Plume School, Fambridge Road,<br />
Maldon CM9 6AB. 7pm Mondays ‘til<br />
9th Jan 2013. Enq: 01375 512292.<br />
Burnham Farmers’ Market<br />
Carnival Hall, Devonshire Road,<br />
Burnham-on-Crouch CM0 8EF. 9am<br />
Third Sunday of the month until 16th<br />
Dec. Enq: 07932 627574.<br />
Quiz Night - Row4AReason<br />
The Jolly Sailor, Heybridge Basin CM9<br />
4RS ‘til 28th Aug. Enq: 01621 854210.<br />
06/07/2012<br />
Olympic Torch Relay<br />
08:57 - 09:50. Runners travel along<br />
Holloway Road, Heybridge to the<br />
Causeway, up Market Hill, past Moot<br />
Hall then into Fambridge Road, past the<br />
Upper Plume towards Mayfl ower Drive,<br />
where it will leave at 09:50hrs. www.<br />
london2012.com/olympictorchrelay<br />
Bewick’s Live Music Jam Night<br />
20:30. The Bewick Suite, The Swan<br />
Hotel, High Street, Maldon. CM9 5HW.<br />
Cost: £3. www.patrick-higham.co.uk<br />
07/07/2012<br />
Mini Model Railway Exhibition<br />
All Saints’ Church, Purleigh, CM3 6QJ.<br />
Chelmsford Model Railway Club will<br />
exhibit fi ve to six layouts. Refreshments<br />
available. Enq: 01621 828806 / 850739.<br />
Junior Rangers Overnight Camping<br />
Mersea Island. £40. For kids 8yrs+.<br />
High wire, caving, camping etc. Booking<br />
essential. Enq: Louise Flavell 07931<br />
594785. louise.fl avell@maldon.gov.uk<br />
Heybridge Basin Regatta<br />
Heybridge Basin CM9 4RS. Enq:<br />
Carol Lawson 01621 857757 www.<br />
heybridgebasinregatta.co.uk<br />
Beeleigh Abbey Gardens Open Day<br />
Beeleigh Abbey, Abbey Turning, near<br />
Maldon CM9 6LL. 3 acres of spacious,<br />
peaceful gardens. House not open<br />
to garden visitors. 10.30am - Last<br />
admission 15:30pm. T: 07779 223321.<br />
Little Totham Village Fete<br />
Little Common, Little Totham, CM9 8JQ.<br />
14:00hrs. Stalls, games, pony rides,<br />
refreshments. Enq: 01621 891660.<br />
Clive Smith - ‘Aspects of Music’<br />
Maldon United Reformed Church,<br />
Market Hill, CM9 4PZ. 15:00 - 17:30hrs<br />
‘Heavenly Bodies’. Facts and stories<br />
behind famous scores. 01621 856503.<br />
Jazz Evening at RHS Hyde Hall<br />
RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Creephedge<br />
Lane, Rettendon, CM3 8ET. 7pm -<br />
10pm. Wickford Rotary Club event.<br />
Prepare for all weathers. Booking<br />
essential. 01245 402103).<br />
08/07/2012<br />
Beautiful Baroque<br />
Layer Marney Tower, Colchester CO5<br />
9US. 12:00 - 17:00. English and<br />
continental baroque music, choral and<br />
instrumental, secular and sacred, sung<br />
and played. Enq: 01206 330784.<br />
Hydrogen Barge<br />
The Hythe, Maldon. CM9 5HN. 8pm<br />
acoustic concert of song, music and<br />
stories by Robin and Bina Williamson<br />
on board the Thames Sailing Barge,<br />
Hydrogen. Enq: 01621 7788254.<br />
09/07/2012 - 16/07/2012<br />
Art Course<br />
Friends Meeting House, Butt Lane,<br />
Maldon CM9 7HD. 13:30 - 16:00. Ink,<br />
paint and pastel to create artworks<br />
of Essex - coast, country and town.<br />
Booking advised: 01621 779618.<br />
10/07/2012<br />
Maldon & Dengie Ramblers Walk<br />
Purleigh: Recreation ground car park,<br />
CM3 6PT at 10am. A six mile walk.<br />
Enq: 01621 858071 or 01621 856176.<br />
Morris Dancing<br />
Hythe Quay, CM9 5HP. 20:00hrs. Enq:<br />
01268 747869 or 01621 330385.<br />
11/07/2012<br />
Morris Dancing<br />
The Chequers, Wickham Bishops CM8<br />
3NN. Dark Horse and Alive & Kicking<br />
sides. www.maldonmorris.org<br />
12/07/2012 - 21/07/2012<br />
Open Art Exhibition<br />
Maeldune Heritage Centre, Market Hill,<br />
CM9 4RL. Tues - Fri 1pm-4pm, Sat<br />
10am-4pm. Closed Sun/Mon. Exhibition<br />
of various media. Enq: 01621 851628.<br />
12/07/2012<br />
Maldon Lunchtime Concert<br />
David Kirby & Peter Hewitt. United<br />
Reformed Church, Market Hill, Maldon.<br />
CM9 5PZ 12:30 - 14:00. Works for<br />
clarinet and piano, including Brahms<br />
and Poulenc. Feel free to bring lunch.<br />
Disabled access. T: 01621 858178.<br />
Plume Sch Summer Music Concert<br />
Plume School, Fambridge Rd CM9 6AB<br />
19:00hrs. Enq: 01621 854681.<br />
Maldon & Dengie Ramblers Walk<br />
Ulting: Lay-by car park opposite Doe’s,<br />
CM9 6QH 7.30pm. 5 mile eve walk.<br />
Enq: 01621 858071 or 01621 856176.<br />
13/07/2012 - 17/07/2012<br />
Woodham Walter Festival Weekend<br />
Including Flower Festival at St Michael’s<br />
Church from 13th-17th July. Art Show<br />
at the Village Hall from 13th-16th July,<br />
St Michael’s Church, Woodham Walter,<br />
CM9 6RJ. 10am - 6pm. 01245 222370.<br />
14/07/2012<br />
Opera in the Orchard<br />
Wickham Hall Lane, Wickham Bishops.<br />
CM8 3JJ. 10th anniversary concert ‘La<br />
Traviata’ with full orchestra and opera<br />
by Garden Opera Company. Camping<br />
available for Sat. 01621 856503.<br />
Blackwater Barge Match<br />
River Blackwater. Pat: 01621 851147.<br />
All Saints’ Church Table Top Sale<br />
All Saints’ Church, Maldon CM9 4QE.<br />
9.30am - 1pm. Enq 01621 853238.<br />
Maldon Choral Society - ‘The Mikado’<br />
United Reformed Church, Market Hill,<br />
Maldon CM9 5PZ. 7.30pm. Gilbert and<br />
Sullivan’s popular opera conducted by<br />
Dr Gillian Ward Russell. 01621 856503.<br />
Quiz Night<br />
West Maldon Community Centre,<br />
Sunbury Way, Keeble Park, CM9 6YH.<br />
£3.50- 8pm. Teams of 6-ish. Bring own<br />
drinks/glasses/nibbles. 01621 840951.<br />
14/07/2012 & 15/07/2012<br />
Marsh Farm Teddy Bear’s Games<br />
Marsh Farm Country Park, South<br />
Woodham Ferrers CM3 5WP. Adult £9,<br />
child £7.50, under 2s free. 10am - bring<br />
teddy to take part. Enq: 01245 321552.<br />
15/07/2012<br />
Maldon Triathlon<br />
Promenade Park, Maldon. CM9 5JQ.<br />
750m Swim/28km Cycle/ 5km Run or<br />
1.5km Swim/45km Cycle/ 10km Run.<br />
www.dengieevents.co.uk<br />
Maldon & Dengie Ramblers Walk<br />
Purleigh: Purleigh Roundbush lay-by off<br />
B1018, CM9 6NN 10am - 6 mile walk.<br />
Enq: 01621 858071 or 01621 856176.<br />
Summer Fete<br />
Woodham Walter primary School, The<br />
Street, Woodham Walter, Maldon. CM9<br />
6RF. Opening by football freestyler<br />
Jeremy Lynch - former Britains Got<br />
Talent fi nalist, who will demonste his<br />
amazing skills. Archery, penalty shoot<br />
out, face painting, bouncy castle, spin<br />
the bottle etc. Raffl e, tombola - win a<br />
barrow of booze! Refreshments, cake<br />
and BBQ! Flower festival an art show<br />
in village. 07754 537510.<br />
Tower Tour - Layer Marney Tower<br />
Colchester CO5 9US. 2pm. 01206 330784.<br />
17/07/2012<br />
Morris Dancing<br />
The Du Cane Arms, Great Braxted CM8<br />
3EJ. 8pm. Enq: 01268 747869.<br />
19/07/2012<br />
Maldon & Dengie Ramblers Walk<br />
Wickham Bishops: Wickham Bishops<br />
Village Hall car park, CM8 3JR at<br />
7.30pm. 5 mile evening walk.<br />
Enq: 01621 858071 or 01621 856176.<br />
20/07/2012 - 31/08/2012<br />
Beeleigh Abbey Gardens Open Day<br />
Details as per 7th July.<br />
20/07/2012<br />
Comedy Club<br />
Crowne Plaza Resort Colchester - Five<br />
Lakes, Colchester Road, Tolleshunt<br />
Knights, Maldon. CM9 8HX. 7.30pm<br />
Live stand-up comedy. 01621 868888.<br />
‘State of the Union’<br />
With David Hughes - Oak Room at Blue<br />
Boar Hotel, Silver Street, Maldon CM9<br />
4QE. 8pm. Boo Hewerdine & Brook<br />
Williams (duo). Enq: 01621 856503.<br />
Essex Wildlife Trust Glow Worm Walk<br />
Smythe Hall Car Park, Church Lane,<br />
Stow Maries. 20:30 - 23:00. Annual<br />
visit to Stow Maries Halt to observe<br />
these amazing creatures. Booking req.<br />
Walk is one mile. Enq: 01621 740687<br />
21/07/2012 & 22/07/2012<br />
Embroidery, Patchwork and<br />
Quilting Exhibition<br />
All Saints Church, Purleigh CM3 6QJ<br />
Adult £2.50 kids free. Sat 10 - 5pm, Sun<br />
12:30 - 4.30pm. Demos, sales, stalls.<br />
Refreshments. 01621 850739/826988.<br />
21/07/2012<br />
Southminster Show<br />
King George V Playing Field,<br />
Southminster. CM0 7EW. Enq: Mrs<br />
Watts 01621 772197.<br />
Concert<br />
By Colchester Community Band<br />
The Centre, The Congregational<br />
Church, East Street, Tollesbury. CM9<br />
8QD. Refreshments available for the<br />
interval. Tickets available on the door.<br />
22/07/2012<br />
Maldon & Dengie Ramblers Walk<br />
Langford: Fisherman’s car park by<br />
canal bridge, Langford. CM9 6LL at<br />
10am. 6 mile walk. Enq: 01621 858071.<br />
Living History Day<br />
Layer Marney Tower, Colchester CO5<br />
9US. 12:00 - 17:00. Step back in time<br />
- Tudors brought to life. 01206 330784.<br />
23/07/2012<br />
Invitation to View - Beeleigh Abbey<br />
Beeleigh Abbey, Abbey Turning, near<br />
Maldon, CM9 6LL. Tours at 10:30 and<br />
14:00. Must book! 01206 573948.<br />
23/07/2012 - 31/08/2012<br />
Go Wild at Marsh Farm<br />
Marsh Farm Country Park, South<br />
Woodham Ferrers CM3 5WP. 10am.<br />
Fun wildlife related activities and games<br />
through the holidays from pond dipping<br />
and minibeast hunts to scavenger hunts<br />
and wildlife quizzes. Activities change<br />
each week. Enq: 01245 321552.<br />
24/07/2012<br />
Maldon & Dengie Ramblers Walk<br />
Heybridge Basin: Daisy Meadow car<br />
park, Heybridge Basin CM9 4RS at<br />
10am. 12 mile walk. Enq 01621<br />
858071 or 01621 856176.<br />
Morris Dancing<br />
The Fox & Hounds, Tillingham, CM0<br />
7SU. 8pm. Enq: Jim Murphy 01268<br />
747869 or Fran Bing 01621 330385.<br />
26/07/2012 - 18/08/2012<br />
Painting and Photography<br />
Exhibition<br />
Maeldune Heritage Centre, Market Hill,<br />
CM9 4RL. Tues - Fri 1pm-4pm, Sat<br />
10am-4pm. Closed Sun/Mon. Malcolm<br />
Brown and Ian Birch. 01621 851628.<br />
26/07/2012 - 30/08/2012<br />
Soldier School<br />
Combined Military Services Museum,<br />
Station Road, Maldon. CM9 4LQ. 11:00<br />
- 12:30. £4 p/session. Every Thursday.<br />
26th July: Drill and Induction,<br />
2nd Aug: Camoufl age & Concealment<br />
9th Aug: Map Reading,<br />
16th Aug: Survival Skills,<br />
23rd Aug: Sit in a real tank,<br />
30th Aug: Passing out Parade, with<br />
parade certifi cate.<br />
Children to be accompanied by an adult<br />
during sessions. Enq: 01621 841826.<br />
26/07/2012<br />
Walk your way to London 2012<br />
Walk 4 - Elms Farm Park, Heybridge,<br />
Maldon. CM9 4PX 11:00 - 12:30.<br />
Takes in Elms Farm Park, The<br />
Blackwater Rail Trail and Beeleigh<br />
Falls. 4th in series. 01621 854477.<br />
Maldon & Dengie Ramblers Walk<br />
Purleigh Roundbush: Meet at<br />
Roundbush, Purleigh CM9 6NN at<br />
7.30pm. 5 mile evening walk<br />
Enq: 01621 858071 or 01621 856176.<br />
Dark Horse Morris Dancing<br />
Hythe Quay, Maldon. CM9 5HN 8pm.<br />
Enq: www.maldonmorris.org<br />
28/07/2012<br />
Richard Leach’s Seven Stars of Jazz<br />
Wickham Bishops Village Hall, Church<br />
Road CM8 3JR. Enq: 01621 853626.<br />
Second Hand Market<br />
Town Hall, Market Hill, Maldon. CM9<br />
4RL 09:00 - 15:00. T: 01702 544063.<br />
Maldon & Heybridge Horticultural<br />
Society - Summer Show<br />
United Reformed Church, Market Hill,<br />
Maldon. CM9 5PZ. 50p. 11am. Enq:<br />
Gillian Coppen 01621 858556.<br />
The Importance of Being Earnest<br />
RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Creephedge<br />
Lane, Rettendon, CM3 8ET. 7pm-9pm.<br />
Oscar Wilde’s comic masterpiece.<br />
Booking req. Prepare for all weather.<br />
Supper avail. £15.95. 01245 402103.<br />
28/07/2012 - 29/07/2012<br />
Essex Craft and Design Show<br />
RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Creephedge<br />
Lane, Rettendon, CM3 8ET. Adult £7,<br />
child (5 - 16) £3.50, incl. gardens and<br />
show. 10am - 5pm. Buy art or crafts<br />
and meet the artists. T: 0845 2658071.<br />
29/07/2012 - 04/08/2012<br />
Maldon Carnival Week<br />
Maldon High Street and Promenade<br />
Park. 29th - Crowning of the Carnival<br />
Court, Prom Park. 4th Aug - Carnival<br />
procession - High Street, events in<br />
Prom Park. Enq: John 07710 800764.<br />
29/07/2012<br />
Fambridge Yacht Haven Triathlon<br />
North Fambridge. 1.9km Swim/90km<br />
Cycle/18km Run. www.dengieevents.co.uk<br />
Historical Walk with Stephen Nunn<br />
Maldon Ale Trail. Meet at West Square,<br />
Maldon CM9 4BS. 10am. By Fitsteps,<br />
with local historian and author Stephen<br />
Nunn - historic and present-day<br />
hostelries. T: 07960 168859.<br />
Maldon & Dengie Ramblers Walk<br />
Maldon: Meet in Butt Lane car park<br />
CM9 5AD. 10am. 11 mile walk<br />
Enq: 01621 858071 or 01621 856176.<br />
30/07/2012 - 03/08/2012<br />
Roaring Lions Activity Camp for Kids<br />
08:30 - 17:30. Ormiston Rivers<br />
Academy Burnham-on-Crouch CM0<br />
8QB. 6-16 yrs. Experienced, qualifi ed<br />
staff, fl exible hours for working parents,<br />
Ofsted regulated and awarded Green at<br />
the recent RAG assessment! Amazing<br />
fun and activities! 05603 454781.<br />
31/07/2012<br />
Maldon & Dengie Ramblers Walk<br />
Woodham Mortimer: Hurdlemakers<br />
Arms car park CM9 6ST. 10am - 6 mile<br />
walk and 4 mile walk at 13:15hrs.<br />
Enq: 01621 858071 or 01621 856176.<br />
Morris Dancing<br />
The Royal Oak, Hazeleigh CM9 6PE.<br />
8pm. 01268 747869 or 01621 330385.<br />
01/08/2012<br />
Bewick’s Live Music Jam Night<br />
Stingrays. The Swan Hotel, High<br />
Street, Maldon. CM9 5HW. £3. 8:30pm.<br />
www.patrick-higham.co.uk<br />
03/08/2012 - 05/08/2012<br />
Flower Show - RHS Hyde Hall<br />
Creephedge Lane, Rettendon, CM3<br />
8ET. 10am - 5pm. Range of plants<br />
from specialist nurseries. Exhibitors will<br />
have fl oral displays to inspire visitors.<br />
04/08/2012<br />
Bradwell Flower and Dog Show<br />
Bradwell Village Hall Playing Field CM0<br />
7QJ. Enq: Theresa 01621 776588.<br />
Steven Miller Piano Recital<br />
‘Impressionism’, Maldon United<br />
Reformed Church, Market Hill, CM9<br />
4PZ. 7.30pm. BBC’s ‘Young Musician<br />
of the Year’ Finalist pianist Steven Miller<br />
with The ‘French’ Recital. 01621 856503.<br />
05/08/2012<br />
Friary Walled Garden Open Day<br />
White Horse Lane, Maldon, CM9 5FW.<br />
10am-4pm. Maldon & Heybridge<br />
Horticultural Society. 01621 741234.<br />
Museum of Power - Bikemeet<br />
Museum of Power, Langford. CM9 6QA<br />
10am. Classic, historic and race<br />
motorcycles. Trial riding display.<br />
Miniature steam train rides. Museum<br />
open with working steam engine and<br />
historic machinery. Tea room. 01621<br />
843183 www.museumofpower.org.uk<br />
Farm Day - Layer Marney Tower<br />
Layer Marney Tower, Colchester CO5<br />
9US. Noon - 5pm. Fun on the farm<br />
- scarecrow making (bring his own<br />
clothes), mini animal petting area,<br />
tractor rides etc. 01206 330784.<br />
Blue House Farm Open Day<br />
Blue House Farm, North Fambridge<br />
CM3 6GU. £2 for parking, free if on<br />
foot or arriving by train. Noon - 5pm.<br />
The annual nature reserve open day<br />
with lots of activities. 01621 740687.<br />
06/08/2012 - 10/08/2012<br />
Roaring Lions Activity Camp for Kids<br />
See entry in previous column.<br />
09/08/2012<br />
Maldon Lunchtime Concert<br />
Young Musicians, United Reformed<br />
Church, Market Hill, Maldon. CM9 5PZ.<br />
1pm - 2pm. Annual concert of young<br />
musicians. Coffee/tea from 12.30pm.<br />
Bring lunch - come and go as you wish.<br />
Disabled access. Martin 01621 858178.<br />
‘She Stoops To Conquer’<br />
Dot Theatre Group, Museum of Power,<br />
Hatfi eld Road, Langford, CM9 6QA<br />
6.30pm. The fi rst time that Dot<br />
Productions have come to this venue.<br />
Tea room open. 01621 854477.<br />
11/08/2012<br />
Tollesbury Wick History Walk<br />
Tollesbury Wick Nature Reserve 10am<br />
- 1pm. 2 mile walk viewing evidence of<br />
2000 years of the reserve’s history led<br />
by local historian Stephen Nunn. 01621<br />
741351.<br />
12/08/2012<br />
Waterside Triathlon<br />
Bradwell Waterside, Bradwell-on-<br />
Sea. CM0 7QY. 800m Swim/43km<br />
Cycle/10km Run or 1.6km Swim/82km<br />
Cycle/20km Run or 2.4km Swim/121km<br />
Cycle/30km Run. Cycle Only<br />
available. www.dengieevents.co.uk<br />
It’s Showtime<br />
Purleigh Halt, Barons Lane, Purleigh.<br />
CM9 6PF. 10-5pm. Olde Tyme vintage<br />
rally, fun day for the family. Classic cars,<br />
motor cycles, steam, tractors, crafts and<br />
stalls. Dog Display, trailer rides, Suffolk<br />
Punch Heavy Horse, farm animals and<br />
petting, owls, donkey rides, music,<br />
refreshments. Enq: Tony 01621 852336.<br />
<strong>ME</strong>RSEA EVENTS<br />
Summary events only - refer to passport<br />
for all events - available at http://www.<br />
estuarylife.co.uk/passport-2012.pdf<br />
6TH JULY<br />
Mersea Island Young Players ‘Little<br />
Shop of Horrors’. MICA.<br />
20TH JULY<br />
First Friday Barn Dance Club - MICA<br />
8pm -11pm with John Leyland calling<br />
the dances.<br />
21ST JULY<br />
Dawn Barge - end of Jetty 10- 4pm.<br />
Big Picnic. Lunch - Mersea Beach<br />
HW. Good Luck Wave - 2pm.<br />
22ND JULY<br />
Packing Shed Open day - noon to<br />
5pm (last boat out at 4.30pm).<br />
4TH AUGUST<br />
Dawn Barge - end of Jetty 10- 4pm.<br />
Flower Festival E Mersea 11 – 6pm.<br />
5TH AUGUST<br />
Five Parishes Show, Fingringhoe<br />
Ranges, Langenhoe CO5 7LX.<br />
Packing Shed Open day - noon to<br />
5pm (last boat out at 4.30pm).<br />
SATURDAY 11TH AUGUST<br />
Horticultural society Summer Show.<br />
MICA. Open to the public 1.30pm to<br />
prize-giving (4pm - 4.30pm).<br />
ACTIVITIES AFLOAT<br />
Topsail Charters<br />
departing from The Hythe, Maldon.<br />
Birdwatching walk and sail, October<br />
27th & 28th. Blackwater Barge<br />
Race from Maldon - July 14th. Day<br />
Sails - July 15th, August 26th. Midweek<br />
Lunch Sails - July 19th, August<br />
2nd, September 17th. Eve Sails: on<br />
request. www.top-sail.co.uk<br />
Viking Saga Pleasure Boat Trips<br />
Weekends and school holidays<br />
Departing from The Hythe, Maldon<br />
1 ½ hour Two Island Cruise. Northey<br />
and Osea Island.Charter available.<br />
www.vikingsaga.pafweb.net<br />
Seal & Bird Watching on Merlin<br />
Departing from Burnham-on-Crouch.<br />
Six Islands Cruise - July 1st & 14th.<br />
Foulness Cruise & Walk - Aug 5th.<br />
Charter available. Enq: 01268 491540<br />
Seal Watching on Lady Essex<br />
Departing from Burnham on Crouch.<br />
Dates and times on application.<br />
www.LadyEssex.com<br />
Ferry - Burnham to Wallasea Island<br />
Until October 2012. W/ends during<br />
term time, daily during school<br />
holidays. Enq: Mark 07949 940297<br />
Canal Trips on Elver<br />
From Heybridge Basin - 1 hour trips.<br />
Daily 11.30, 13.00, 14:30 and 16.00.<br />
2-hour sunset cruise to Beeleigh.<br />
Dates and times on appication.<br />
www.basinpleasureboats.co.uk<br />
Canal Trips on board Caffel<br />
From Paper Mill Lock. Victoria also<br />
available for charter.<br />
www.papermilllock.co.uk<br />
Canal Trips on Blackwater Rose<br />
From Sandford Lock Sundays - STA/<br />
weather. Charter available.<br />
www.blackwater-boats.co.uk<br />
Rowing Boats from Heybridge<br />
Available some weekends - check in<br />
advance. Unsinkable - for up to 6.<br />
www.basinpleasureboats.co.uk<br />
Hands-on Sail/Boat/Canoe etc<br />
Multi Activity Fun Days for over<br />
9s - July 26th, Aug 16th. Canoe<br />
Days: June 8th, July 27th, Aug 17th.<br />
Family Days - 2 adults 3 children.<br />
RYA sailing taster days and other<br />
RYA courses available.<br />
www.essexoutdoors.com<br />
Fellowship Afloat<br />
Tollesbury. Multi activity week for<br />
9-12yrs - Aug 4th - 10th. Multi<br />
activity week for 13-16yrs - Aug 11th<br />
- 17th. Sailing Taster Days for 9yrs+<br />
- July 28th, Sept 15th. RYA courses,<br />
dinghy sailing, power boating.<br />
www.fact.org.uk<br />
Regattas, Races & Events<br />
7th July - Heybridge Basin Regatta -<br />
www.heybridgebasinregatta.co.uk<br />
14th July - Blackwater Barge Match<br />
- www.sailingbargeassociation.co.uk<br />
25th Aug - 1st Sept - Burnham Week<br />
www.burnhamweek.org.uk<br />
1st September - Row4AReason -<br />
Enq: Vicky Brooks 01621 854210<br />
22nd September - Maldon Regatta -<br />
www.maldonregatta.co.uk<br />
Assoc. of Model Barge Owners<br />
Meets 2nd Sunday of each month<br />
10am at the model boating lake in<br />
Promenade Park. Enq: Mrs Beryl<br />
Watts 020 8657 5662.<br />
MALDON MAJOR EVENTS<br />
Heybridge Basin Regatta<br />
7th July<br />
www.heybridgebasinregatta.co.uk<br />
Opera in the Orchard ‘La Traviata’<br />
14th July<br />
www.operaintheorchard.co.uk<br />
Blackwater Barge Match<br />
14th July<br />
www.sailingbargeassociation.co.uk<br />
Southminster Show<br />
21st July<br />
Enquiries: 01621 772197<br />
Bradwell Flower and Dog Show<br />
4th August<br />
Enquiries: 01621 776588<br />
Maldon Carnival<br />
4th August<br />
www.maldon-carnival.co.uk<br />
It’s Showtime<br />
12th August<br />
www.itsshowtime.org.uk<br />
Burnham Week<br />
25th August - 1st September<br />
www.burnhamweek.org.uk<br />
Mangapps Steam Weekend<br />
25th - 27th August<br />
www.mangapps.co.uk<br />
Maldon Oyster & Seafood Festival<br />
31st August<br />
Enquiries: 01621 856503<br />
Row4AReason<br />
1st September<br />
Enquiries: 01621 854210<br />
English Wine Festival<br />
1st & 2nd September<br />
www.newhallwines.co.uk<br />
Heritage Open Days<br />
8th & 9th September<br />
www.heritageopendays.org.uk<br />
Maldon Regatta<br />
22nd September<br />
www.maldonregatta.co.uk<br />
Burnham Illuminated Carnival<br />
29th September<br />
www.burnham-carnival.co.uk<br />
Maldon Art Trail<br />
29th September - 6th October<br />
Enquiries: 01621 856503<br />
Guy Fawkes Night and Fireworks<br />
3rd November<br />
Enquiries: 01621 856503<br />
St Agnes Fountain<br />
December<br />
www.stagnesfountain.co.uk<br />
Santa Trains<br />
Weekends in December<br />
Enquiries: 01621 856503<br />
Call Maldon Tourist Centre on<br />
01621 856503 for more info.<br />
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At least that’s what I thought and<br />
so would most of you I suspect.<br />
So, if someone told you that<br />
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45 minutes 2 - 3 times a week<br />
- enjoying pleasant conversation<br />
plus a relaxing ‘massage’ and, at the<br />
end of it they’d lost 9lbs plus 4 inches<br />
off their stomach, 4 off their hips and 2 off each leg plus got fi rmer, my guess is<br />
that you’d think “Yeah, right!”<br />
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I’m a no nonsense kinda gal – I say<br />
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Truthfully I’m surprised by them. Not<br />
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start with (humour me here please). During<br />
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from being fit and active when I was younger and I’m sure that helped and, I do eat<br />
a healthy diet but even so, the results are amazing. I had expected only to use it<br />
as a supplement to my own regime – to maybe kick start and motivate me to get<br />
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promoting Collagen and Elastin production and, firming saggy<br />
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I felt an occasional ‘pinch’ as the rollers worked on me and I might have winced<br />
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The closest place to have it done is Tiptree – at Heaven Scent, which is where<br />
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As I’ve said before, a good healthy diet plus exercise will ensure you maintain a<br />
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Wedding Feature<br />
Picture Perfect<br />
Photography is an extremely important part of your wedding planning. Once<br />
the big day is over, you will want your memories preserved for a lifetime.<br />
Professional Photographer Robert Scott, BA Hons.,owner of Pure Feather<br />
Wedding Photography, suggests 6 simple steps to fi nding the right one!<br />
I know I’m being a bit biased as I’m a Wedding Photographer, but once the food<br />
is eaten and the champagne is drunk, the only thing left to remind you about<br />
your special day are your wedding pictures. Finding the right photographer can<br />
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1. RESEARCH! Ask your friends and family for recommendations! Wedding<br />
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3. Once you have decided on the style of photography and narrowed your<br />
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to feel at ease with them.<br />
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• Cocktail piano or jazz band to play through<br />
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• Five piece dance band to get the party going with a swing.<br />
Beautiful music for your perfect day!<br />
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Confetti also has offers and competitions and a<br />
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4. LOOK through a complete wedding in the past year, not just key images<br />
selected by the photographer. This will give you an indication on the style and flow.<br />
5. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, for example:<br />
• Will you be the photographer attending our day?<br />
• What does the price include? for example: CD’s images and printing. Always<br />
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• Are you insured? Do you carry spare equipment, what if you are ill?<br />
6. Finally - to look your absolute best you may want to consider your skincare<br />
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Image by Chrissie Westgate, Mersea Mermaid Images, www.merseamermaid.co.uk<br />
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Zoo News<br />
Francois langurs join collection<br />
A pair of male and female francois langurs joined the zoo’s collection in<br />
May 2012. The male arrived from Twycross Zoo and the female arrived<br />
from Howletts Zoo later in the month.<br />
After a settling in period, the pair were united<br />
and settled in well with each other and their new<br />
surroundings. They can currently be seen housed<br />
temporarily in the old L’hoest monkey enclosure within<br />
the Chimp World exhibit. It is hoped that in the future,<br />
the pair will become a successful breeding pair and<br />
allow the zoo to contribute to the conservation of this<br />
important species.<br />
The francois langur is listed as endangered on the<br />
IUCN Red List. Found within Southern China, extending towards the<br />
Red River in north-eastern Vietnam, they inhabit semi tropical forest and<br />
well sheltered rocky areas and typically live above 230 metres. Francois<br />
langurs have a distinctive pointed, tall crest of hair on their heads, with<br />
white lines from the corners of the mouth, across the cheeks to the ears.<br />
This species of langur does not have cheek pouches and instead make<br />
use of a bulging stomach which collects slow-to-digest food; typically<br />
leaf matter. Threats posed to this species in the wild arise from habitat<br />
loss and fragmentation due to changes in agricultural practises, leaving<br />
an isolated population and causing lack of genetic variability. The<br />
species also faces threat from hunting, both for food for the production of<br />
traditional medicines.<br />
The pitter patter of heavy Rhino feet will be heard<br />
soon at Kingdom of the Wild! The zoo are proud<br />
to confi rm that Emily, one of their white rhinos<br />
successfully conceived in December through a<br />
natural mating with their male white rhino, Otto.<br />
This will be Emily and Otto’s fi rst calf! Keepers<br />
were alerted to the pregnancy through the fact<br />
that not only was Emily missing monthly cycles<br />
but there was an observational change in her<br />
behaviour. Emily usually charges around the<br />
paddock playing with Zamba, the youngest rhino, Picture: Helen Wildin<br />
however keepers noticed that she had become more<br />
conservative, staying with the females within the group and showing a<br />
grumpy attitude towards Otto. The pregnancy was confi rmed through<br />
faecal samples, measuring Emily’s hormone levels.<br />
The fi rst fi ve months of a rhino’s pregnancy are the most delicate but<br />
Colchester Zoo are happy that Emily has now passed this stage and<br />
hope the pregnancy is as smooth as it can be for Emily as a fi rst time<br />
mum. Rhino’s have a 16 month gestation period resulting in Emily being<br />
due around June or even July 2013 if she ends up being over a month<br />
late similar to Colchester Zoo’s fi rst white rhino calf, Zamba.<br />
The white rhino is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN red list. Colchester<br />
Zoo are happy to be part of conserving this magnifi cent species and are<br />
proud to be having success with the current breeding programme.<br />
Appeal for Homes<br />
Suffolk and Essex Small Animal Welfare is a registered charity devoted to the welfare<br />
of needy animals - many abandoned, some victims of accidents, most need a<br />
home. Volunteers devote hours looking after them until owners are found. Those<br />
who can’t be homed are fostered or become permanent SESAW residents.<br />
Albie & Beano,<br />
1 year old<br />
Lurchers, need<br />
to be family pets<br />
(not working).<br />
Bella is a beautiful,<br />
affectionate and gentle<br />
3 year old cat who<br />
absolutely hates other<br />
cats, so must be the only<br />
cat in the home.<br />
Jack I lived with his<br />
previous owners all of<br />
his life (about 9 years)<br />
until they moved. He<br />
needs to be the only<br />
pet and loves people, walks and<br />
cuddles.<br />
12 year old Jem lost his<br />
owner and would like a<br />
home with someone who<br />
is retired and who would<br />
like a bed companion (or<br />
sofa companion!). He still enjoys<br />
gentle walks.<br />
Panther is a beautiful 4<br />
year old neutered male.<br />
He’s in a foster home<br />
because he wasn’t coping well in the<br />
cattery. We’d like to home him in<br />
Hadleigh ASAP. He’s soft natured,<br />
doesn’t like change and sometimes<br />
hides somewhere quiet. His foster<br />
mum loves him and we’re sure his<br />
new owner(s) will, too!<br />
Felix is about 4 years old<br />
and a stray. He’d like a<br />
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is a lockable cat fl ap so<br />
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and stay safe indoors at night.<br />
Ray is about 3 years<br />
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Pepsi was kicked out<br />
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Amber is a Persian X<br />
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Poppy is a Border Terrier<br />
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We have a number of<br />
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Seasonal Recipe<br />
Steve Chase FBII - Head Chef, The Hare and Hounds, Layer Breton<br />
Mersea Rarebit on Toast<br />
Ingredients - Serves 4<br />
The white and brown meat from a 2kg crab, separated<br />
60g Butter<br />
50g Mature Cheddar Cheese<br />
100ml Best Bitter I normally use Adnams<br />
1tsp English Mustard<br />
2 lemons, 1 juiced and the other quartered<br />
600ml Milk<br />
60g Plain Flour<br />
4 Egg Yolks<br />
1 splash Worcestershire Sauce<br />
4 slices Whole meal bread<br />
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with black pepper. Refridgerate.<br />
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We probe John Fisher following his interview last month with Emine Saner at The Guardian<br />
Bodybuilding. Why?<br />
Jodie Marsh’s recent publicity and an MP’s son’s ambitions have raised the profi le of bodybuilding lately...<br />
We asked John Fisher, 49 - former British<br />
Bodybuilding Champion and Mr Universe<br />
contender, who currently coaches at Old<br />
Iron Works Gym “What’s the appeal - how<br />
did you get into it?” He replies:<br />
“It’s defi nitely more popular - I’ve<br />
noticed it and it’s clear from the<br />
enquiries I get. Boy bands and pop<br />
stars like Justin Bieber are favouring<br />
a more muscled look and it IS an<br />
infl uence. When I was younger, being<br />
skinny was the thing”.<br />
So we asked John, given the trend to<br />
be skinny when he was younger, what<br />
made him get into bodybuilding.<br />
“A friend called for me - I was only 16<br />
and hadn’t seen him for weeks. I was<br />
shocked - he looked good, his physique<br />
had changed a lot. I went along to the<br />
gym with him one day and was hooked.<br />
The rest, as they say, is history!”<br />
Indeed! John loved the gym so much<br />
it became a second home – with him<br />
training every day for 90 minutes at a<br />
time and within 6 months, his physique<br />
had changed considerably. After 12<br />
months, the gym owners and customers<br />
began encouraging him to compete,<br />
so in 1980 John joined the English<br />
Federation of Body Builders and<br />
competed in his fi rst area competition –<br />
leading to national level 3 years later.<br />
We asked John what his parents<br />
thought of his transformation...<br />
“Mum wasn’t happy - mainly with my<br />
dietary requirements and all the eggs I<br />
was eating! Back then, any more than<br />
2 eggs a day was supposedly bad for<br />
you and I was eating 6 a day”.<br />
We appreciate the effort that went into<br />
training, but how did John go from<br />
being a skinny 16 year old to competing<br />
internationally in such a short time.<br />
There must have been help - both<br />
coaching and, let’s not avoid the issue,<br />
steroids. So we asked John...<br />
“Hard training. 6 days a week - twice a<br />
day in the 3 months before competition.<br />
It was gruelling and relentless workouts<br />
John Fisher - British Champtionships<br />
1886, aged 23<br />
and I still train the same today!”<br />
So you didn’t take steroids?<br />
“Well, it was a problem for me because<br />
it wasn’t something I wanted to do but<br />
to compete at such a level - even more<br />
so today - it is a necessity. However,<br />
the use of steroids should be managed<br />
wisely and I was very fortunate to<br />
receive good advice and if there is one<br />
thing I would advise anyone looking to<br />
use steroids, it would be ‘less is more’.<br />
I would say that drugs are only 5% of<br />
building an amazing physique. It takes<br />
3+ years to get a competitive physique<br />
and too many young guys use a gym for<br />
a few months and then take steroids,<br />
not realising that the muscle you build<br />
naturally, is yours to keep forever - with<br />
work of course! Steroids are taken by<br />
professionals to improve the fi nal look”.<br />
What about coaching, you must have<br />
had help in the beginning, surely?<br />
“I learnt a lot from magazines and trying<br />
different training techniques, which I<br />
use today with clients and I was lucky<br />
enough to encounter Albert Beckles<br />
– famous professional bodybuilding<br />
champion and current day judge, who<br />
appeared in Pumping Iron with Arnold<br />
Swarteznnegger. I trained with him<br />
on-and-off for nearly 5 years, when he<br />
lived near my home in Harrow and that<br />
training was invaluable”.<br />
Albert in fact invited John to train with<br />
him in the States, so in 1984 John<br />
headed out to San Fernando Valley<br />
in California, where he trained with<br />
Albert for 5 months before returning<br />
to compete in his fi rst British Senior<br />
Championship in 1985.<br />
John stopped competing after the 1990<br />
Mr Universe competition in Barcelona<br />
but never ceased training and has<br />
trained over 200 clients, from beginners<br />
to competition level, with several<br />
winning at regional and national level.<br />
Jodie Marsh has had an awful lot of<br />
fl ack in the past. What do you think of<br />
her physical progress?<br />
“I think she’s done really well<br />
considering she’s spent a relatively<br />
short time in the sport.”<br />
Are you getting more enquiries from<br />
women as a result?<br />
“Yes. Not enough women use weights<br />
when exercising. They just use cardio<br />
equipment which makes them fi tter but<br />
doesn’t change their tone or shape.<br />
Also, if you don’t have good muscle<br />
strength and tone, as you get older your<br />
muscle withers and doesn’t support<br />
your frame properly. Weight training<br />
also increases bone density, which is<br />
what you want as you get older.”<br />
Surely some women are scared of<br />
turning into massive freaks though?<br />
“That would never happen and doesn’t<br />
happen - unless they’re using steroids.<br />
What women achieve with weight<br />
training is a good, shapely physique.<br />
Remember that bodybuilders have to<br />
remove all body fat before a show to<br />
display their muscle defi nition better. If<br />
you were to look their bodies between<br />
shows, they would look very different”.<br />
But they don’t have to work out 90<br />
minutes a day, 6 days a week, surely?<br />
“To achieve and maintain a nice toned<br />
shape, I would suggest 3 workout<br />
sessions (1 hour each) a week<br />
minimum. It’s a lifestyle choice, as with<br />
any diet and exercise regime.<br />
What advice would you give to our<br />
young male and female readers who<br />
might be considering bodybuilding?<br />
“I wouldn’t advise any form of weight<br />
training before the age of 16, as their<br />
bones are still growing and haven’t<br />
strengthened. For those over 16, I<br />
would say defi nitely go for it because<br />
it’s good hobby and healthy lifestyle”.<br />
And what advice would you give<br />
to those youngsters considering<br />
competitive bodybuilding?”<br />
“Anyone wanting to compete should<br />
train 5 - 6 days a week for 90 minutes<br />
a session, stick to a healthy diet and<br />
anything is achievable”.<br />
Why did the Guardian approach you?<br />
“They wanted an older, experienced<br />
bodybuilder/instructor and a younger<br />
one to talk about its increased appeal<br />
and what drives us to do it.”<br />
So, what does drive you to do it?<br />
“It’s just part of me and I can’t imagine<br />
not doing it; I get a buzz from it, I feel<br />
better and am in good shape.”<br />
Would you compete again?<br />
“Never say never but time is running out<br />
for me. There are shows for 50+ year<br />
olds and I’m always being encouraged<br />
to consider it, but... “<br />
So we may see you on stage again!?<br />
“Never say never”.<br />
_____________________<br />
John is offering free diet and training<br />
advice by email to readers during July<br />
- email him at john@xtremetrainng.<br />
co.uk or contact him via his website at<br />
www.xtremetraining.co.uk.<br />
He also has a <strong>LIFE</strong> Web Offer for<br />
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Sunday Teatime<br />
Would you like to come to tea on Sunday 15th July?<br />
Each month, Maldon Baptist Church holds a bring-and-share tea.<br />
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If you would like to book a<br />
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Sunday 15th July 2012 - 11am to 5pm<br />
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‘Dunno’ is a novel by Peter Inson – an <strong>Estuary</strong> <strong>LIFE</strong> correspondent. A review of ‘Dunno’ follows and Peter is offering a signed<br />
copy of the novel as a competition prize (see page 28).<br />
‘Dunno’ Review - by Margaret Boreham, school librarian for 18 years - now retired<br />
This is a story that takes place over several months in the life of a teenage<br />
boy, Jon who lives in a world where security and love are absent. He has no<br />
father fi gure and lives miserably with his totally inadequate mother.<br />
He is a failure at school and unlikely to achieve at anything in life. He does<br />
not seem to have any friends, spends a lot of time on the streets. He truants<br />
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violence. Small wonder then that, when we meet him, Jon has become<br />
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way of shutting the bastards up.<br />
The subject matter of the book is tough, and it uses some equally tough<br />
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ordinary everyday situations that have the power to redeem. The writing<br />
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it is not condescending to young people and can or even should be read<br />
equally by both adults and teenagers alike.<br />
The author is a retired Head Teacher and it is evident that he draws<br />
on his experience to present this story which is very true to life. It is a<br />
straightforward narrative that will appeal to teenagers and adults alike. The<br />
author exposes the communication gap between adults and young people<br />
and how misunderstandings so often occur.<br />
It also highlights how teenagers want to be treated and understood with<br />
respect, and how adults perceive that<br />
helping disaffected young people is<br />
frustrating and problematic.<br />
There is a stark realism and honesty<br />
about ‘Dunno’ that has quite a hard<br />
hitting impact which, I suspect,<br />
many teenagers will recognize and<br />
enjoy. It should be a compulsory<br />
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By QualitySolicitors FJG<br />
Forced Marriages and the<br />
proposed change in the law<br />
A forced marriage is not the same as an arranged marriage. In<br />
an arranged marriage whilst the family take the lead in selecting<br />
the partners, the couple have the free will and choice to accept or<br />
decline the arrangement. A forced marriage is one where one (or<br />
both) the parties are forced to enter into a marriage against their will.<br />
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Forced marriages are an abuse of human rights, a form of violence<br />
against both men and women and, where it affects children, child abuse<br />
and, where it affects those with disabilities, abuse of vulnerable people.<br />
An estimated 8,000 young women each year are forced into marriage.<br />
The pressure put on people to marry against their will can be physical,<br />
emotional and psychological.<br />
Under the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007, which came into<br />
force in 2008, the Court can make an order for the purposes of protecting:-<br />
(a) a person from being forced into a marriage or from any attempt to be<br />
forced into a marriage; and<br />
(b) a person who has already been forced into a marriage.<br />
This Act applies where a person (A) is forced into a marriage if another<br />
person (B) forces them into a marriage without full and free consent. It<br />
does not matter whether the conduct of (B) which forces (A) to enter into<br />
a marriage is directed against A, B or another person. A Forced Marriage<br />
Protection Order (FMPO) can contact such prohibitions, requirements<br />
and restrictions as the Court considers appropriate. By way of example, a<br />
Court can make an order:-<br />
Billericay I Central London I Chelmsford I Clacton I<br />
Colchester<br />
• to prevent a forced marriage from occurring;<br />
• to hand over passports or travel documents;<br />
• to stop someone from being taken abroad;<br />
• to stop intimidation or violence;<br />
• for the local authority where appropriate, the police and legal<br />
representatives of the person to be protected to have access to that<br />
person;<br />
• for the return of the person to be protected;<br />
• for the disclosure of whereabouts of a person<br />
The Court Order can apply within the jurisdiction of England and Wales or<br />
abroad, in certain circumstances. When making a FMPO the Court has to<br />
consider various factors before making an order e.g. the need to secure<br />
the health, safety and well being of the person to be protected.<br />
The Court has to take into account a person’s wishes and feelings in light<br />
of their age and understanding. Under the present law the Court must<br />
attach a power of arrest to one or more of the provisions of the Order<br />
unless it considers that in all the circumstances of the case that there is<br />
adequate protection without such power. The breaching of a FMPC is<br />
currently contempt of Court and punishable by up to two years in prison.<br />
At the moment, forcing someone to marry is not a criminal offence but<br />
under the Government’s recently announced proposals this will change<br />
and it will be a criminal offence to force someone to marry. This will then<br />
mean that a person guilty of the offence of forcing another person to marry<br />
will be tried through the criminal Courts and, if convicted of the offence,<br />
will have a criminal record and could face a period of imprisonment.<br />
There is concern amongst lawyers practising in this fi eld that the change in<br />
the law will mean that fewer people will be willing to apply for the FMPO as<br />
potentially this could mean that their parent or other relative could be sent<br />
to prison and have a criminal record for forcing a marriage to occur.<br />
For further information please contact Charlotte Knappett a solicitor<br />
at Quality Solicitors FJG on 01245 890110 or email familylaw@qsfjg.<br />
co.uk. Alternatively visit our website www.qsfjg.co.uk where details<br />
of our other office locations and services can be found.<br />
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The Dawn From<br />
Steve Marfl eet - Friends of Dawn Barge<br />
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The fi rst 6 sailing dates have nearly<br />
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With the interest and enquiries to date,<br />
I don’t think it will be long before we<br />
have completely sold out so if you’re<br />
thinking about it, you need to be quick!<br />
In addition to the sailing dates we have<br />
sold 2 days of private charters. The<br />
tickets are £85 per person for the day<br />
including a seafood lunch sponsored by<br />
Sal and Chris of Mersea Oyster Bar.<br />
Tickets are available from Marfl eets in<br />
the High St, West Mersea. On sail day<br />
we meet at the end of the jetty where<br />
the launch Lady Grace will pick you<br />
up and take you out to Dawn. It will<br />
also come and collect you later in the<br />
afternoon when the trip has fi nished.<br />
With the dreadful weather over the past<br />
weeks, it has been challenging trying to<br />
do the fi t out jobs on Dawn to prepare<br />
her for her fi rst sailing voyage. With the<br />
support of a team of up to 10 members<br />
of the Trust and all the Friends of Dawn,<br />
the painting and varnishing work was<br />
completed just in time to bend on all<br />
the sales. In fact the large head sail<br />
was hanked on by me and one other<br />
hanging on to the fore stay, whilst<br />
balancing on the winch struts in 20mph<br />
plus wind strength!! We eventually<br />
succeeded, not bad for a couple of guys<br />
well the wrong side of 50. Unlike the<br />
previous day, the weather was kind to<br />
us when we had our fi rst charter sail on<br />
17th June. The graceful old lady pushed<br />
herself slowly out of her mud berth<br />
where she has been resting for the<br />
winter months. The sun broke through<br />
the clouds on a typical Essex day out<br />
on the water: perfect!<br />
We motored towards Osea Island<br />
then turned towards Brightlingsea<br />
where Dawn could have her sails set<br />
for a gentle cruise. Guests enjoyed<br />
a seafood lunch as they watched<br />
the landscape changing. Gerard, the<br />
skipper, allowed guests to take the<br />
helm with the sails set. The men all<br />
showed willing to try their hand at<br />
steering 60 tons of barge under sail,<br />
not quite as easy as it may look and of<br />
course, no brakes! They all enjoyed<br />
the experience and we returned to<br />
Mersea later in the afternoon. We later<br />
received a very nice letter from one<br />
of our fi rst guests, thanking us for a<br />
wonderful day out and mentioned we<br />
are lucky to have such an experienced<br />
skipper as Gerard Swift.<br />
it’s worth a watch. Griff sailed at West<br />
Mersea in the 1960’s when his father<br />
had a boat. He actually commented<br />
during the programme how wonderful it<br />
was to see West Mersea and how little it<br />
has changed over the years.<br />
With more people on the Island and<br />
further afi eld, looking to help or join The<br />
Dawn Sailing Barge Trust, contact can<br />
be made via our membership secretary,<br />
Dave Haslam. His email address is<br />
healeydriverdave@gmail.com and<br />
telephone number is 01206385273.<br />
The Trust would like to help educate our<br />
young citizens by offering guided tours<br />
when Dawn is back in her mud berth.<br />
We can show groups of youngsters how<br />
goods were carried at sea years ago<br />
and explain a little history of the barge.<br />
With Health and Safety regulations,<br />
we can only invite youngsters who are<br />
fully supervised with qualifi ed teachers<br />
and group leaders who will have the<br />
necessary responsibility for all the<br />
HSE compliance to allow accompanied<br />
children on board. The Trust is not able<br />
to take responsibility for youngster’s<br />
actions whilst on board. Any group that<br />
would like to visit the barge, please<br />
write to Marfl eets (Dawn Barge), 49<br />
High St, West Mersea, Colchester, C05<br />
8JE. We hope to be able to arrange<br />
suitable times, subject to conditions.<br />
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On behalf of the Trust, we would like<br />
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Heaven Scent 01621 817863<br />
Jardiniere Florists 01206 382597<br />
J K May Funeral Service 01206 382235<br />
Marshlands Photographic 01621 860543<br />
Paul J King Funeral Directors 01621 844442<br />
Sally-Ann Haberdashery 01206 386565<br />
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Mersea Gallery 01206 384438<br />
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Blackwater Fuels 01621 868868<br />
DJ French 01621 842587<br />
Energy Stream 01206 383965<br />
Essex Plumbing & Building 01621 858414<br />
Gary Freeman 01621 854807<br />
G & M 01206 212913<br />
KDR Plumbing 07887 520035<br />
Electrical Contractor - Steve 01206 385210<br />
Mick Hasler 01206 384222<br />
Paul Brennan Contractors 07710 432591<br />
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Sun Inn - Feering 01376 570442<br />
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China Kitchen 01206 386363<br />
Coast Inn 01206 383568<br />
Il Principe 01376 571906<br />
Intimo-fresco Restaurant 01621 843197<br />
Maldon Pie ‘n’ Mash 01621 842859<br />
Malones Diner 01621 840007<br />
Unique Fish Bar 01206 386773<br />
Waterfront Café 01206 386061<br />
SKIPS<br />
Cooks Skip Hire 01206 728138<br />
Heard Environmental 01277 372431<br />
SOLICITORS<br />
Fisher, Jones, Greenwood 01206 835230<br />
SOLID FUEL<br />
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STORAGE<br />
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Little green storage 01376 561352<br />
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Ace Services 07411 731257<br />
IJK Private Hire 01206 385984<br />
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Basic Website Design Offer 07848 039392<br />
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Blackwater Leisure Centre 01621 875963<br />
Blackwater Medical Centre 01621 876760<br />
Broomfi eld Hospital 0844 8220002<br />
Colchester Council 01206 282222<br />
Emergency Services 999<br />
Essex County Council 0845 7430430<br />
Essex County Hospital 01206 747474<br />
Heybridge Parish Council 01621 852471<br />
Longfi eld Medical Centre 01621 876433<br />
Maldon Citizens Advice 01621 841195<br />
Maldon District Council 01621 854477<br />
Maldon Tourist Info Centre 01621 856503<br />
Maldon Town Council 01621 857373<br />
Mersea Island Medical Practice 01206 382015<br />
Non Emergency Police 0300 3334444<br />
River Bailiff 01621 875837<br />
Tiptree Parish Council 01621 817030<br />
West Mersea Dental Practice 01206 384504<br />
West Mersea Town Council 01206 382128<br />
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