September 2022

3 Buckden Roundabout September 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 front cover shows the Valley at sunset with the tower of St Mary ’ s Buckden in the background and was taken by Amy Harrison. 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 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 OCTOBER EDITION IS NO LATER THAN 4.30 pm ON SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 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. September Production Dates Production dates for the October Edition of the Roundabout are as follows: Copy deadline: Saturday 10 September Proof Reading Friday 16 September Copy to Printers Tuesday 20 September Distribution Thursday 29 September Contents Buckden Parish Council 4 From Your District Councillor 5 Church News 6 - 8 For your Diary 9 - 10 Village News 11, 12, 14, 15, 17 Help the planet 13 Pre - school 16 Advertisements & Classifieds 18 - 24 September 2022 Many of the organisations and societies that make Buckden such a great place to live depend on volunteers. I am thinking of examples like our Parish Council, our Village Hall Trust, our Almshouses, Buckfest, the Friends of Buckden Towers, Guides and Scouts, The Patients Association, the Village Club and even this magazine. All of these are run completely by volun- teers. Think of how much poorer a place Buckden would be without these things. So this month, I am focusing on requests from several organisations for help. First, this magazine is in urgent need of an assistant to the Advertising Manager. Without the income from adverts this magazine would not exist. See the box at the end of this piece. Next, see the advertisement on page 20 for volunteers to as- sist in a number of roles with girl guiding in Buckden. What a fantastic way to give back something to our younger resi- dents. (Also see the article on page 12 describing Buckden Scouts recent trip to Switzerland.) On page 21 you ’ ll find an invitation from Aragon Singers to join the choir, and a plea for people to join the Buckden Village Club committee. There are many other examples of voluntary and community participation spread throughout the magazine. In fact, it ’ s amazing how many organisations, clubs and societies thrive in Buckden and rely on volunteers. I ’ ll mention just two more— Friends In Deed are looking for volunteer drivers to ferry peo- ple to hospital and other appointments, and the Parish Coun- cil has three vacancies. 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 - Alec MacAndrew Editor ’ s Page Advertising Manager Assistant We are looking for an assistant to work with our Advertising Manager, Fiona Shirley. Your Roundabout is run 100% by vol- unteers. For more information please contact Fiona at adverts@buckdenroundabout.info