March 2021

3 Buckden Roundabout March 2021 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 The photo on our front cover this month shows a sunset over St. Mary ’ s Church and was taken by David Pickett. We are looking for more paintings of any kind that we could use as a front cover. We can photograph them if you only have original artwork. We are also keen to get images (photos or paintings) of the village and surrounding areas in prepara- tion for future issues. Please note that images 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 APRIL EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON WEDNESDAY 10TH MARCH . 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. April Production Dates Production dates for the April Edition of the Roundabout are as follows: Copy deadline: Wednesday 10 March Proof Reading Friday 12 March Copy to Printers Tuesday 16 March Distribution Thursday 25 March Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your Councillors 5 Village News 6 - 7, 13 - 14 Church News 8 - 10 Bedford Level Experiment 11 - 12 For your diary 15 Library and pre - school 16 School 17 Where in Buckden is this? 18 Advertisements & Classifieds 18 - 24 March 2021 At the time of writing it is just a few days before we are ex- pecting an update from the Prime Minister regarding the plans for exiting lockdown, coupled with a recent statement that this should be the last lockdown we have to endure. One of the major reasons that the Government is able to start considering the removal of lockdown restrictions is the suc- cess of the vaccination program with news today that the tar- get of reaching the top 4 priority groups by February 15th has been successfully met. A large part of that success is down to the organisation by the administrators of the vaccines at the myriad of centres around the country. For Buckden folk, this was organised by our local surgery at somewhat short notice, and with great success! We were contact by a reader, Gren Gutteridge, who said this: “ I want to thank all of those involved in organising the vac- cinations at Little Paxton surgery. I had my jab a week ago and was quite emotional as I sat for my required 15 minutes after the vaccination. The organisation was magnificent and the behaviour of the volunteers and Healthcare Staff helping us through was exemplary. It was faultless! “ I have not heard anything to contradict this praise, and join in the thanks and congratulations, passed on from many I have spoken to. 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: www.buckdenroundabout.info This month ’ s editor - Ian Carter Editor ’ s Page