October 2023

3 Buckden Roundabout October 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 This month's cover shows a goldfinch on a teasel and was taken by Peter Sharpe. 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 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 NOVEMBER EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON TUESDAY 10TH OCTOBER 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. October Production Dates Production dates for the November Edition of the Rounda- bout are as follows: Copy deadline: Tuesday 10 October Proof Reading Friday 13 October Copy to Printers Tuesday 17 October Distribution Thursday 26 October Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From your District Councillor 5 Church News 6 - 8 For your Diary 9 - 11 Wildlife News 12 Village News 13, 15 - 17 St Neots Paper Mill 14 School and Pre - School 18 Advertisements & Classifieds 2, 19 - 24 October 2023 As I put the finishing touches to the October edition (and this editorial is normally the last thing I do every month I am ed- iting) it is unseasonably warm! It is not reaching the very hot temperatures we had in the first few days of September, but it is still in the mid twenties Celsi- us which is 6 or 7 degrees higher than the historical average. I am grateful to work in an air - conditioned office! I expected the hot/warm spell to be broken by the rainfall we had last Sunday - and that was some rainfall! At 3pm in the afternoon I had to put lights on so dark was it getting. And then, for about 20 minutes, I experienced rain, hail and wind for the ages. Driving down my road shortly afterwards it looked like a very localised tornado had swept through such was the debris and standing water. My poor dog, who is nor- mally quite indifferent to weather, was terrified by the huge hailstones hitting the front and back of the house simultane- ously! If you look across at page 2, you will see the details for our Christmas Cover competition! As well as seeing the winning entry on the cover of the December issue, there are some great cash prizes! There is still time to get your creative juices flowing as the deadline is not until later this month on Octo- ber 20th. The only real criteria we have is that it needs ideally to be portrait as it is for the cover. Things to look for in this edition are some quite alarming data from the Buckden Speedwatch Team (p4); news about the cycle path through Brampton to Huntingdon (p5); wildlife news about frogs and toads (p12); and an interesting article on the St Neots Paper Mill (p14). 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