July 2023

3 Buckden Roundabout July 2023 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, Lesley MacAndrew 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 The cover this month is an image taken at Buckfest in 2022 by Alec MacAndrew. Buckfest continues to raise significant funds for local charities. We are looking for more photos and paintings of any kind that we could use as a front cover. We especially need photos and paintings of autumn scenes, and of events in the village. We should be grateful for photos (or even paintings!) of the coro- nation celebrations in the village. 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 Buckden Parish Council can accept any responsibility for the content of the advertisements, the services provided by the advertisers 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 JULY EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON MONDAY 10TH JULY 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. July Production Dates Production dates for the August Edition of the Roundabout are as follows: Copy deadline: Monday 10 July Proof Reading Friday 14 July Copy to Printers Tuesday 18 July Distribution Thursday 27 July Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your District Councillor 5 Church News 6 - 8 For your Diary 9 - 11 Neighbourhood Watch 10 Buckfest 12 - 13 Village News 14, 16 - 18 School and Pre - School 15 Advertisements & Classifieds 2, 19 - 24 July 2023 After a somewhat dreary April and May, it is a refreshing change to see sunnier skies and warmer temperatures starting as we hit June. It was a similar story last year, but hopefully we don ’ t quite reach the 40 degree days we saw in July 2022. It ’ s July and it ’ s Buckden, and that means the return of Buck- fest for another year. In 2022, it was awarded the best festival in Cambridgeshire for the 6th year in a row! It ’ s always a great day and it raises a lot of money for some very worthwhile causes. With the amounts anticipated to be raised this year, the total raised by Buckfest since it started will top £100,000! Buckfest is not the only event in the village over the summer months as various clubs, societies and organisations put on events. Details for many of these events can be found within the ‘ For Your Diary ’ pages, but adverts for events appear throughout the magazine. If you get a chance, please pop to Buckden library. A couple of members of our team have put together a display all about how we produce and distribute Buckden Roundabout every month. As we say very often, this is your magazine - we are merely the current custodians of the process. I ’ ve been in- volved, along with many of the current team, for 10 years - and I love it! We ’ d love more people to get involved in helping us put this magazine together, whether that be through submitting arti- cles, helping with the administration of advertising or with the monthly distribution. The posters on display in the library pro- vide information on what we do! If you are interested in getting involved, please contact us using the details below and one of the team will be in touch! 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