February 2022

3 Buckden Roundabout February 2022 Buckden Roundabout Team Editors - Articles & Events Ian Carter and Alec MacAndrew Email: editor@buckdenroundabout.info 33 Beaufort Drive, Buckden, PE19 5YU 07515 737636 Webmaster Alec MacAndrew Email: webmaster@buckdenroundabout.info Proofreading and editorial assistance Wendy Trattner Advertisements and Payments Fiona Shirley Email: adverts@buckdenroundabout.info Distribution Co - ordinators Wendy Thelwall, Lesley MacAndrew, Patricia Ford Contact this email for info: Email: distribution@buckdenroundabout.info Front Cover This month ’ s lovely cover is taken from a beautiful painting by Heather Greenway. As ever, we are very grateful. We are looking for more photos and paintings of any kind that we could use as a front cover. We can photograph paintings if you only have original artwork. Please note that photos should ideally be in portrait format and should be a minimum of 2400 x 1700 pixels. More is better! All advertisements and non - advertising material are printed in good faith. Neither the Buckden Roundabout nor the Buck- den Parish Council can accept any responsibility for the con- tent of the advertisements, the services provided by the ad- vertisers or any statements made in the advertisements or non - advertising material. No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored with- out the express permission of the Editor of the Buckden Roundabout. THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ALL MATERIAL FOR THE MARCH EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON THURSDAY 10th FEBRUARY . HOWEVER, SPACE IS ALLOCATED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, BASIS. IT IS REGRETTED THAT ANY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED. February Production Dates Production dates for the March Edition of the Roundabout are as follows: Copy deadline: Thursday 10 February Proof Reading Friday 11 February Copy to Printers Tuesday 15 February Distribution Thursday 24 February Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your District Councillor 5 Church News 6 - 8 For your Diary 9 - 10 Village News 11 - 12, 19 - 21 Biodiversity and Flooding 13 - 16 The Needingworth Fire 17 - 18 School & Pre - school 22 Advertisements & Classifieds 23 - 28 February 2022 As I am collating this edition of the magazine in early January, there is still a degree of uncertainty regarding COVID and the prospect of any additional preventative measures. Some clubs, societies and activities are pressing ahead as nor- mal and some are choosing to act more cautiously and wait and see what happens. I ’ d would advise checking with the organisers of each event closer to the proposed date as to whether or not they are proceeding as planned. We have another interesting article from Richard Storey, albe- it from slightly further afield, regarding the Needingworth Fire of 1847. It can be found starting on page 17. The centre pages (p. 13 - 16) this month have been provided by Buckden Parish Council as they endeavour to keep residents up - to - date with activities, decisions and works that the Parish Council is involved in on behalf of the village. They plan to produce 3 or 4 of these articles a year and they will be in addi- tion to the normal PC information found on page 4. Please remember that the Roundabout is your magazine, and we want to include articles that are of interest to the whole community where possible. To that end, we are always looking for ideas for articles to include in the Roundabout, and are always willing to support local clubs and societies by providing information re what they do and how to participate. If you have an idea for an arti- cle, want to submit an article for publication or want to sup- port and promote the club or society that you are part of, please do contact us using the editor email address that can be found below. Please remember to visit the Roundabout website. As well as every edition from 2013 onwards available to see, there are often articles there that we could not fit into the print edition, as well as information that arrives during the month. The online edition of the magazine is in full colour: www.buckdenroundabout.info This month ’ s editor - Ian Carter Editor ’ s Page