January 2025

18 Buckden Roundabout January 2025 Village News January 2025 Happy New Year to all library users! And for those who have not yet ventured in, how about a New Years resolution for 2025 to join and use your local library? It ’ s easy to sign up - just pop in with some identification (showing your address) to register for your free Cambridge- shire library card so that you can use our services. It would be great to welcome you! As well as a wide range of books for adults and children, you can find free WiFi at your library, public access PCs, printing and photocopying, quiet space to work, postage stamps for sale, and local information... or you could try one of the activi- ties below … Just Draw After a great December start, we are continuing this informal, self - led monthly drawing club for adults every second Friday, and our next meet is on 10 January from 5 until 6.30pm. Materials will be provided, along with suggestions and items to draw, then it's over to you to doodle or sketch away with oth- ers doing the same. A mindful experience allowing you to fo- cus on one thing and simply relax at the end of the week. No particular skill or experience required, and no obligation to display or share what you do...unless you wish to of course! £1 per person – tea, coffee and biscuits will be available. Places are limited so booking is essential either at Buckden library, emailing StNeots.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or calling 0345 045 5255. Our first Engage in the afternoon talk for 2025! The Fascinating World of Honey Bees and Beekeeping - Wednesday 26 February at 2pm Beekeepers from the Huntingdonshire Beekeepers' Associa- tion, based at Hinchingbrooke Country Park in Huntingdon, will provide an informative and hopefully humorous insight into the world of the honeybee and beekeeping. With the aid of a demonstration beehive, a range of beekeep- ing equipment, honey and wax, find out why honeybees dance, what they say when they bump into each other, why they vote to choose a new home, how far a hive of bees fly in a day and lots of other extraordinary facts. Booking is now open either at Buckden library, emailing StNeots.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or calling 0345 045 5255. Watch out for our next Engage event coming up in May - Royal Air Force Photographic Reconnaissance – booking will open nearer the time. Terrific Tuesdays Our Tuesday morning Duplo and games for the under 5s con- tinues between 10am and 1pm every Tuesday in our children ’ s library with the usual selection of jigsaws, Orchard games, building blocks and soft toys. Rhymetime restarts on Tuesday 14 January at 2.15pm and will run every Tuesday afternoon until Easter (excluding half term – 18 February ). Rhymetime is perfect for pre - school aged children (including babies), supporting language and literacy development, as well as learning essential skills for communicating, such as turn taking and joining in. No need to book for either of these sessions - just drop in to meet up with other families. Children need to be accompanied by an adult. Super Saturdays Saturday morning Lego Club (all ages) and Family Board Games Club (over 3s) continue this month from 10am until 12.30pm . Just turn up if you ’ d like to take part - children under 8 do need to be accompanied by an adult please. Don ’ t forget … … we can help if you need to apply for or renew your bus pass , we have free copies of the Hunts Post each Thursday after- noon on the library counter for you to collect and we have first and second class stamps on sale too. Opening hours: Tuesday: 10am – 1pm, and 2pm – 5pm Thursday: 2 – 5pm Friday: 4 – 7pm Saturday: 10am – 1pm Village Hall, Burberry Road, Buckden Tel: 0345 045 5225 www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/library Dragons, Damsels and Demoiselles Sex and Violence in the Insect World The Huntingdonshire Local Group of the Wildlife Trust is pleased to welcome Steve Cham on Wednesday 8 th January at 7.30pm at Brampton Memorial Hall . This talk will focus on the fascinating behaviours of dragon- flies, damselflies and demoiselles in and around the home counties. Steve has been fascinated by dragonflies since childhood and is currently a member of the British Dragonfly Society (BDS) conservation group. He has previously been the county re- corder for Bedfordshire as well as being the National Co - Ordinator for the BDS recording scheme. Steve ’ s main interest is in the behaviour of this group of insects and this will be illus- trated by his talk. Everyone is most welcome to attend. Booking is not neces- sary. The charge is £4.00 and payment is by cash or card. We meet at Brampton Memorial Hall, Thrapston Road, Brampton, PE28 4TB. For more information please contact Tim – 07941 261346 or timpfryer@googlemail.com). Part of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Registered Charity No: 1000412