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RUTH’S CUSHION.

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Issue no. 307 OCTOBER 2013

Panser News

PAMPISFORDS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

Important insert re LOCAL PLAN consultation College Farm Shop, Bees, Crows, CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY, Hadrian’s Wall, Atlantic College AND MORE.........

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October 2013

Thu 3 7.30pm Panser News Meeting Nonsuch

Thu 10 7.15pm Parish Council Meeting Village Hall

Sun 13 2.00pm Autumn Air Show Duxford IWM

Mon 14 5.00pm End of Local Plan Consultation

Sat 19 10.00am Nature Reserve Tidy-up

Bring loppers, saws and thorn-proofs! Nature Reserve

Mon 21 7.30pm

WI Meeting

Harvest Supper & Food bankWear

Pink

Village Hall

Tue 22 8.00pm Pampisford Society

Business and Social Village Hall

November 2013

Mon 18 7.30pm WI Meeting

Cambridge Women's Aid Village Hall

Tue 26 8.00pm

Pampisford Society

History of Punch and Judy by John

Savill

Village Hall

OCTOBER BIN COLLECTION DATES

Green/Blue—7th, 21st and November 4th

Black—14th and 28th

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Village Hall matters ……..

Did you know that ….

the hall is run by a committee, on which all

regular hall users are invited to be represented.

EDITORIAL We are very grateful to Katy Ellis who stepped in at short notice to edit

our September Panser News. It is hard to believe from her writing style

and editing skill that her teen-age years are about to begin this month!

Congratulations Katy and have a Very Happy Birthday!

Katy is in year 8 at school and enjoys making videos on nature and the

family pets. She would like to become a Classicist or a writer/journalist

one day.

October is when other Pampisford teenagers will be moving into a new

stage in their lives. Congratulations to all those going on to further edu-

cation or University. Best wishes and good luck to Maisie, Anna and all

youngsters about to embark on pastures new. Take care and share with

us some of your experiences when you have time.

It does you good to have a laugh

When standing in line at a bank, a customer developed a very loud case of hic-

cups. By the time he reached the teller’s window, the hiccups seemed to have

got worse. The Teller took the customer’s cheque and proceeded to run the

computer verification of his account. After a minute she looked up from her

terminal with a frown and said that she would be unable to cash his cheque.

“Why not?” the customer asked incredulously

“I’m sorry, sir” she replied but our computer indicates that you do not

have sufficient funds to cover this amount. As a matter of fact, she continued

“our records show your account is overdrawn in excess of £5000”

“It can’t be” he cried. You have to be kidding!”

“Yes, I am” she answered with a smile, counting out his cash. “But you

will notice that your hiccups are gone!!!!”

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Pampisford Bee News Rob Brett 22nd October It is a dull and slightly drizzly morning in Pampisford, but quite warm enough for the bees to be busy and actively foraging. And they have one thing on their collective minds. There is a lot of Ivy in flower around Pampisford at the moment and the bees are tumbling out of the hives to harvest this slightly musty-smelling but important nectar flow, which is a very useful late source of honey stores to help their colonies get through the winter. One can learn much from watching the bees at the entrances to their hives and, when there are a lot fly-ing, by looking up and looking for the main directions of traffic. At the moment the bees are departing and coming in from all directions; but earlier in the summer with good weather and big flows of nectar and pollen, it is like Heathrow approach with the bees streaming in and heading off single-mindedly in a particular direction - towards some unknown source, somewhere around Pampisford. Or perhaps much further afield. It is a remarkable fact that the range of a bee colony's foraging can extend to 38 square miles or about 3.5 miles in any direction around the hive. So my bees could well be feasting from the flowers of an enthusiastic but unsuspecting gardener in Duxford, Babraham or Hinxton. After a dreadful winter, which many colonies around the country did not survive, this year has been a good one, and some colonies built up very strongly and produced very large numbers of bees, and volumes of honey (of which I have plenty to sell!). One of my hives reached a record height of seven ‘storeys’ filled with well-mannered bees, all offspring of a particularly productive queen. Each year is different and unpredictable, but we always hope that the weather will be kind and that bees will be healthy. This is almost the end of the beekeeper's year, and after ensuring that the colonies have enough stores and one has done enough to control the varroa mite (and the viruses they carry, which are still the main problem for honey bees) there is little to do except read and learn more about them. With much concern about the threats faced by all bees - honeybees, bumblebees, and wild pollinators - it is worth thanking all those in the village with gardens that do propagate and encourage plants of all sizes that provide good nectar and pollen. It is good to understand how much bumblebees and other pollinators depend on these flowering plants in gardens, particularly in areas where surrounding fields of arable crops are effectively ‘green deserts’, or may only provide resources for a short time. A very good book about bumblebees was published this year and serialised on Radio 4 recently - 'A Sting in the Tale' by Dave Goul-son, founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust - which opened my eyes to the lives of all these other bees, and what we all can do to help conserve them and the habitats the bees depend on and the plants (including food and energy crops) which in turn depend on them.

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BREWERY ROAD PROBLEM

Over the last few years much loved pets and other animals have been killed in

the lower section of Brewery Road and Town Lane. Now there have been two

accidents involving cars and vans, with people injured and taken to hospital, in

the past month. Both times vehicles were damaged while legitimately and cor-

rectly parked in lay byes. One has certainly been hit by a car trying to avoid an-

other vehicle coming in the opposite direction far too fast and the second appar-

ently had the same cause. As a village we have been offered the chance to

have a team trained to do spot checks on speeding cars under police guidance

but only two of us, both in this section of road, volunteered to help.

Is there anything else we can do about it? Writing “ S LOW ” on the poor sur-

face will not do much good. I fear.

Maggie Richardson

Blythe Brett from Town Lane is available for baby- sitting. Please ring 01223 833378 or 07763124235.

PAMPISFORD CHURCH BELLS DIARY

In August the bells were only rung once, on the 7th, by visiting

ringers.

There was ringing before Harvest Festival on 22nd September.

The following day, visitors rang for an hour.

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NEWS FROM THE CHURCH Once again our apologies for the fact that our Service details were omitted from the front of last Month’s Panser News – all due to a technology/communications problem I am afraid!

This last Sunday we celebrated the Harvest (see photos on front cover)with a joyful Service, led by the Rev Dr Peter Graves (formerly of Wesley Chapel in Cambridge and Central Hall Westminster). After the Service we all enjoyed tea in the Village Hall and our thanks go to Michele and to both her helpers and the providers of sustenance! It was nice to see additional numbers at the Service and appreciation is also expressed to both those who donated produce and those who helped to decorate the Church so beautifully.

Our October Songs of Praise Service, scheduled for 20 October, has had to be cancelled due to the current interregnum and accompanying difficulties – the next one will now possibly be held in March next year.

It is appropriate at this stage to remind you of the Annual Remem-brance Day Service, commemorating the fallen of two World Wars and other conflicts, which will be held on Sunday 10 November – this will be taken by Ju-dith Wright. We shall have our usual outdoor remembrance accompanied by The Last Post at the end of the service.

In December the Annual Children’s Christmas Party will take place on Saturday 7 December – more about this elsewhere in this Panser News. As Christmas approaches we shall have 2 Carol Services in the Church. Our usual afternoon Candlelit Service (to coincide with the Evening Service in Bethlehem) will be at 4 pm on Sunday 22 December. In addition there will be a Candlelit Christmas Carol Service organised on behalf of the Cambridge District Bell-Ringers on Saturday 14 December at 6.30 pm. Further information on this Ser-vice will appear elsewhere in the Panser News

Apart from the special Services mentioned above we are grateful to Ju-dith Wright, Rev Jessica Martin, Rev Phil Sharkey and others who are helping to keep our regular Services running during this period of interregnum. Colin Richardson 839091

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The Pampisford Children’s Christmas Party

The 4th Pampisford Village Children’s Christmas party will be held on Saturday, Decem-

ber 7th between 2pm and 4:15pm.

This annual event has seen increasing numbers of children attend each year which is

great! However, for both safety and practical reasons we are having to cap the number of

children to a maximum of 25 and an age limit of 3 - 12.Places will be allocated on a first

come first served basis.

Fun activities include craft making , party games and food and - best of all: Santa’s visit

(if he is not too busy that day - I must give him a ring and book him early his year......)

The Pampisford Parochial Parish Church Council has always supported this event finan-

cially but with the large numbers of children attending we are asking for a small finan-

cial contribution of £5 per child towards the afternoon.

To book your place please call Michele Upton on 01223 832305 and leave a message

with your child/children’s name(s) and ages and hobbies/interests.

Look forward to seeing you on the 7th!

Dear Panser News Hello! We’re James and Kristen, the new owners of Black-bird Cottage, otherwise known as no. 12 High Street. We’ve just moved to \Pampisford from central Cambridge, where James works at Jesus College as a Research Fellow in Mod-ern Literature, and Kristen is completing a doctorate on the culture and history of the American Civil War. James origi-nally comes from Glasgow, and Kristen is from near Presteigne in the Welsh borders. We’re excited to explore our new neighbourhood as Autumn draws in, and we look forward to becoming part of the community here. Thank you to those who have already made us feel welcome: we hope to meet more of our new neighbours soon!

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ATLANTIC COLLEGE Hello, I’m Maisie from no.2 Town Lane – I’ve turned 18 and finished at my 6th-form college (not your normal kind!) in June, and wanted to tell you a bit more about my experience. The United World College of the Atlantic (also known as UWC Atlantic College, or just ‘AC’ to its inhabitants) isn’t your conventional British boarding school - on the south coast of Wales, nestled in a secluded chain of small villages be-tween Cardiff and Swansea, lies an 11th Century castle: the focal point of a cam-pus which has been the 2nd home of thousands of 16-18 year olds from around the world for over 50 years. Not a place for the faint-hearted, nor should it be; it provides a very special kind of educational experience. Approximately 350 young people from over 90 dif-ferent nations and from a wide spectrum of socio-economic backgrounds, cul-tures and beliefs, attend the college each year. They are selected on personal merit, irrespective of race, religion, politics and the ability to pay, with the ex-plicit aim of fostering international understanding. The concept of bringing to-gether young people from around the world, to live, work and serve together in this setting is very special, and the friendships that are forged here, plus the opportunities to learn from each other, I know resonate throughout the lives of all who are lucky enough to attend. The college education is all centred on its founding principles: to use education as a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable fu-ture. This is no ordinary mission, but then, this is no ordinary place. In fact, AC is part of a global education movement of similar ‘United World Col-leges’ – I could have attended a school of identical ethos in any of 14 countries, including Swaziland, India, US, Norway, Bosnia and China! I suspect that, for a fleeting moment, many of the new arrivals experience mo-ments of doubt, as they are deposited at the gates of a medieval castle, wel-comed by a crowd of delighted second years covered in facepaint, wearing na-tional dress and banging pots and pans. In no time at all, however, the warmth of the welcome provided by the second year students banish all anxieties, and new students embark upon one of the most transformational journeys that they will ever make. It can be tough at times, but the unique combination of a rigorous academic and social lifestyle, and a loving and supportive family of peers and staff makes it worth it. Alongside completing the IB (International Baccalaureate, the movement’s al-ternative to A-levels), students enjoy an extensive extra-curricular programme that focuses on service and helping the local and global community. You can train to be a lifeguard, help with lambing in the spring, work with dementia pa-

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CAROLS A future date for your diary, if you enjoy singing carols

in a full church with choir and organ. Special Carol Service on

Saturday 14 December at 6.30. More details in next months Panser News.

100 CLUB

AUG No 197 A Killander SEPT No 175 B Moore

No 21 B Gysin No 14 P Churchman

No 15 A Killander No 1. B Moore

Christmas Issue Front Page Special Have you a photo or illustration which would make an eye-catching front page for the December issue? Pampisford at Christmas or in the snow perhaps.... the choice is yours. Items to Peter Murton at peterguy@mail.com please.

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BOOK WORDS

As a book group we read a broad range of authors and here are a few that have caught

our interest recently.

The Panser Book Group doesn’t usually go in for detective novels (apart from

anything by Kate Atkinson) but the recent discovery of Donna Leon’s series has

led to interesting discussions and provided much good reading. Set in Venice

and revolving round a gentle detective called Guido Brunetti, the stories bring to

life an array of colourful characters and evoke the relaxed beauty of the city and

its waterways. Brunetti has a loving family and descriptions of the mouth-

watering food prepared by his wife holds in momentary suspense the strange and

evil goings on that his latest case dredges up.

Try “THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS”, “ABOUT FACE”, or “DOCTORED EVI-

DENCE” for a taste of Donna Leon. You may be surprised how good they are.

Another very good read set in Venice is by John Berendt. It is called “THE

CITY OF FALLING ANGELS” and it tells the story of the disastrous fire that

destroyed the Fenice Theatre. In Intriguing detail makes this book engaging and

involves bizarre although strangely appealing individuals, hardly believable

sometimes. However, the story is true and the more fascinating for it.

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tients in local care-homes, work with many different charities, or learn to dive and focus on marine conservation and monitoring (that was my service). On top of this, students organise many activities and events throughout the year in line with the college mission – I was one of 9 students who shaved their heads for charity in my first year, and the International Show which we open to the public in march is always a favourite, a chance for all national groups to share a piece of their culture through music, performance and dance. It has been hard to leave – UWCs allow students to grow and develop in ways they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. But attending the college isn’t the be-all and end-all – in fact the point of the experience is that it is just the beginning. We don’t fulfil our mission statement through service, nor through the extra-curricular programme, nor through living in our international microcosm. Rather, we gain the skills during our time in the arms of the UWC family to go out into further education, employment and communities, and to strive to share what we learn with others to contribute to the path to peace and a sus-tainable future, whatever field we find ourselves in. I’m off to Uni today (going on to study Conservation Biology and Ecology), but if you know of any 15/16 year olds who think this kind of place might be just their cup of tea, (and I strongly recommend they consider it), then the college web-site provides a much broader picture, along with student diary blogs and other useful information at www.atlanticcolleg.org.

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Corvid Confusions

Picture in your mind a field on a rainy, overcast day in the middle of nowhere. In

a film there would probably be the sound of a crow. But when the director orders

the sounds of a crow, he probably isn't meaning a Jay. Or a chough, or a magpie.

Yes, these brilliant birds are all members of the crow, or

Corvid, family.

That film director is probably talking about the crow-crow, you know, the

black one. But do you know that there are several black crows? Choughs

(pronounced 'chuff'), magpies and jays have more than one relation in the same

family. The rook is a crow but is seldom found solitary, being quite a chunky

bird with a greyish beak. The carrion crow and the jackdaw look fairly similar,

but if you look closely you'll see subtle differences in the jackdaw's plumage. The

carrion crow is probably the crow that the director is talking about, giving off

that ear-piercingly eerie screech, while the jackdaw prefers to cackle mali-

ciously. No wonder, then, when a group of crows - which can often exist of these

three types of crow or more - is called a murder of crows.

However, there's still a couple more crows before we can set the record

straight. The hooded crow won't bother us much down here, as it is resident only

in the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Ireland and parts of Northern Scotland, but,

for the record, is grey and black. What would the Queen do without her precious

ravens? They too are members of the crow family, the big, bulky baddies of the

bird world, and legend has it that bad luck will fall if there are no ravens to guard

the Tower.

So, hopefully you'll be able to distinguish these canny corvids from one

another, and maybe even tell a pompous film director that he must be more spe-

cific when ordering the call of a crow.

Katy Ellis

RAVEN JACKDAW CHOUGH

MAGPIE CROW JAY

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from Wickstead and arrange for it to be installed. The cost is £86.50, excluding VAT and

delivery and installation. The 100 Club have kindly offered to cover £86.50. JM will

work out the full cost for the next meeting.

b. Babraham Road Hedge cutting – HF reported the hedge will be cut shortly.

c. Low hanging branches in Church Lane Rec – AW, AJ The walnut tree is in a

private garden. We need to check with the SCDC tree warden if we can remove the low-

est branches with the permission of the owners of the tree as it is in a conservation area.

d. Tree preservation Orders – AJ reported a number of suggestions have been

made and this process is ongoing.

e. Resurfacing of Brewery Road – PD reported that the contractors feel they have

done a good job, however, the PC does not agree and is unhappy with the quality of the

road and the amount of reparation done. TO suggested we contact Ms.N Debham who is

head of Local Infrastructure and Street Maintenance at the Country Council. AW to do

this.

f. Macdonalds litter bins? Clear up possibly – off A505, underpass to solopark.

One idea proposed was to take Claude Abi-Gerges around Pampisford and work out

what could best be done. We have a grounds man who collects our litter and a problem

with the litter bins in the recreational grounds. They sometimes fill up with water and are

not cleared of litter. We need better covered bins that are visible.

g. Planting of Bulbs + poppies for 2014 – OWL. The PC would like to follow up

with this with Chris O’Conner.

h. Spinney clear up day 19th October – JM will organise.

i. Complaint re over grown hedges + request to farmers & AT. AW and JM went

out and cut the greenery but the farmers need to be contacted to cut the hedge along

White Horse end of Brewery Road properly.

15. Acre membership £36, who can have access to website? NZ to check this as we are a

member already. AGM Tuesday 24th September 4.45-8.15pm, and there was no volun-

teer available to attend.

16. Parish Clerk /Financial Officer – NZ expressed her wish to have her load lightened

by sharing some of the work she is doing.

17. Meeting South Cambs liaison meeting, 2 councillors Cambourne Monday 1st Octo-

ber 6.30 – 8.00pm [topic suggestions by 13th September] AW and NZ volunteered to go.

18. Correspondence by post: War memorial Trust bulletin, Cambridgshire Local Plan –

Consulatation Extended to 14th October 2013, Quarterly Vacancy Survey from Office for

National Statistics, Clerks & Councils Direct Newsletter, letters from villagers.

19. Date of the next meeting is on Thursday 10th October 2013.

Village Hall Trustee Meeting

Chairman’s Report from the Village Hall Management Committee was read out by AW

and was received well.

Treasurer’s Report in the form of a summary of the finances of the Village Hall Manage-

ment Committee was received earlier, when discussing the boiler. The finances of the

Village Hall are in good order.

Any other matters regarding the Village Hall. None except a letter to Mrs. Killander to

keep her informed of the chimney that needs repair. Beryl Penny will be obtaining 3

quotations for the work.

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There is money available for building the cycleway from Whittlesford Parkway station

to Granta Park. No details yet. There is a major scheme for safety improvement to add

traffic lights where the cycles cross the A1301 at the north end of the by-pass.

6. Planning Applications: Application for Tree works C/11/40/077 41/13. Re: 5 Church

Lane, felling of cherry tree and small crab apple tree. The PC accepted that trees some-

times needed to be felled and requested that new trees could be planted to make up for

the loss. Discussion on the progress of the White Horse was limited as we have not yet

received any planning application from the new owner. The retrospective planning appli-

cation from Eastern Counties Leather for the signs at their entrance on London Road was

refused, so the signs need to be taken down.

7. Finance: Community Account as of 30 July 2013: £4050.28, Money out £1004.11,

Money in: £0 Bills: CGM £80.86, Carter Jonas J B Will Trust No 4 Account £5,

HMR&C for 6th July to 5th October 2013, £2.20, ACRE £20.52, Grounds man: (no

timesheet), Clerk: £167.88. Receipts for summer village picnic £34.90 to Anna Rehfisch

and £13.75 to Michelle Upton to be paid out from the Jubilee Fund, Rubbish bags for

Gary Oglesby for litter collection £14.97, to be paid to AW. Res. as of 28 Jun 2013:

£10,481.13, with interest earned of £1.31.

8. Local Plan Consultation – Final Chance to express your views on by 5pm, Monday

14th October 2013. There was a lively discussion about building so many houses on the

Green Belt, increasing the size of Sawston village by 15% and the consequent issues

mentioned by Tony Orgee (above).

9. Blocked drains in Brewery Road had been extensively discussed in the Open Forum

above. NZ to enquire at Anglia Water about who to contact and ask about their survey

and diagnostic work on the drains.

10. Progress on renaming the notice boards – AW said they will be done next Wednes-

day so Pampisford will be spelled correctly on both notice boards!

11. Sealmaster - noise item. - AW sent a letter in July requesting that the notification

emails be reinstated. Nothing much happened as a result of the letter. Last week there

were long burns, a lot of noise and some smoke. So AW called by telephone to try to get

a positive response. Dr. Southern is retiring and the secretary is on leave so the emails

got forgotten in the changes. Dr. Southern promised to re-instate to emails to warn local

residents of upcoming burns. AW agreed to send them another formal letter to enquire

about their longer term plans to reduce the impact of their activities on local residents.

12. Picnic Table progress for Jack Ellis who lived all his life in Pampisford and we are

grateful for all donations. JM indicated the current prices were £354 for the picnic table,

£18 for brakets to fix it down, £55 for delivery. The plaque needs to be found and one

suggestion was to engrave a verse of one of Jack’s poems about Pampisford countryside

on the plaque in steel. If anyone has ideas please contact the PC. We are looking for

donations towards this project and have already had an offer from the 100 Club, for

which we are very grateful. Jacks family will make a donation but we are looking for

other donations to cover most of the cost for a lovely picnic table in the Brewery Road

recreation grounds.

13. Village Hall update on boiler meeting – GB said the boiler is already installed and

working well.

14. Environment:

a. Playground progress on repair to see saw seat. JM will order the seesaw seat

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Hadrian’s Wall Walk – 2013 Clive is interested in Ancient Civilisations. This year he decided to explore the fortifica-

tion built by the Romans which stretches from the Solway Firth through Carlisle 73

miles east across England to Newcastle. Here is his story.

The morning of the 21st August saw a cool day and high grey cloud in Carlisle. This

was the start of the “Best of Hadrian’s Wall” walk although it took a full day and a half

of walking to actually find some stonework. All of the Wall Masonry is missing at both

Carlisle and Newcastle, as the terrain is flatter, allowing the removal of sections of the

wall for building work in earlier times.

I made an overnight stop in Manchester and the following day arrived early in Carlisle.

After making contact with the owners of the Guest House I drove east to see some of the

sights by car. The weather was good and I visited Lanercost Priory, the Roman Army

Museum, Poltross Burn Milecastle and the Birdoswald Roman Fort. These done, I re-

turned to the Guest House, for a quiet evening.

Day One of the walk was pleasant, the only stonework of note was a “folly” on the out-

skirts of Carlisle, (distance covered 11 miles) arriving at Sandysykes Farm House, just

west of Walton, at 12H45.

Day Two was a long haul, (15 miles) but the weather remained clement and cool, good

for walking. Arriving at Caw Gap, I phoned and asked for a lift from the owners of the

Saughy Rigg Guest House. It was formerly a working farm that had been abandoned,

and then renovated into a B&B.

Day Three, a lift back to Caw Gap, and a walk to Housesteads Roman Fort, then a short

walk to Vindolanda, via the well known Crindledykes Limekiln. Vindolanda was an ex-

perience. (see website: www.vindolanda.com). At the end of the day, another lift back to

Saughy Rigg, (distance covered 6 Miles).

Day Four, on the Military Way, the Mithraeum (Temple of Mithras), and Great Chesters

Fort, which has a small museum with some recovered Altars, and Statues. Distance cov-

ered 11.5miles. The total distance walked was 43 miles.

The last night was spent at the Green Carts Farm, with dinner at The Crown Inn in Hum-

shaugh. The following day I caught the AD122 bus back to Carlisle. This bus travels

between Carlisle and Newcastle every day of the week in Season so walking Hadrian’s

Wall walk can be done in sections.

Weather was mostly cloudy, with morning mist on two days which burnt off later. A

total of three wrong turns, not too bad. Also there was a Cartographer’s error on the map

I was using, missing out Turret 35A.

I was very fortunate that the weather

remained dry and one piece of advice

I was given was not needed. It was to

walk West to East, so when it rains, the

rain is on your back and you can still

see your map.

Clive A. Jones

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LETTER FROM ANN OF COLLEGE FARM TELLING US ABOUT HER SHOP Dear Panser News I started in the poultry business over 40 years ago producing Free Range Eggs and rearing Chickens and Turkeys for the table. The busiest time of year would always be at Christmas time making sure every-one had their Christmas dinner. As time moved on, rather than investing more in the table birds, I decided to con-centrate on the Free Range Egg side of the business. The hens in our flock are a breed called 'Lohmans'. They lay a quality brown egg with a good shell and tend to lay the majority of eggs in the early morning. The Lohman hens have various combinations of caramel and brown feathers and I find them a very inquisitive and friendly bird to look after. The young pullets (name for a young hen) come to us at about 16 weeks old. Having them at this age allows them to settle in and gain weight before they start their laying ca-reer. For many years I have sold Free Range Eggs at the farm gate but now the small Farm Shop also stocks home grown and fresh local pro-duce. Free Range Eggs are the best seller. You may have also seen our Free Range Eggs in local shops and markets. Different seasons bring different produce. For example in the spring time we sell vegetable plants. Select varieties of potatoes are available all year round; at the moment, this seasons 10Kg and 25Kg bags of potatoes are available. Soon we will be harvesting the pumpkins ready for Halloween. The Farm Shop also stocks regional produce including Preserves, Chutneys, Dressings, Biscuits, Rapeseed Oil and Apple juices to name a few. Also stocked is Pampisford’s very own honey produced in the village. Basket ware is also stocked in the farm shop. Here we also sell hay and straw that is grown on the farm suitable for the small-est guinea pig to the biggest horse. Ann Fordham, College Farm, Beech Lane, Pampisford Telephone: 833183

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DRAFT PAMPISFORD PARISH

COUNCIL MINUTES (REVISED)

Meeting: 12th

September 2013 Chairman: Aureole Wragg Clerk: Nina Zealey, Tel: 833037

Present: Aureole Wragg (Chair), Graham Berridge, Heather Fordham, Anne Judd,

Justin Marsh, Nigel Upton, Tony Orgee (DC) 8:40 pm, Peter Topping 9:39 pm and Nina

Zealey (Clerk).

Open Forum : Malcolm Kane came to share his views on the drains that run down

Brewery Road and his recent experiences of their being blocked and spilling out near his

property because of large deposits of solidified fats oils and grease (FOGS) and other

unsavoury items disposed of in the sewage system. The drain that runs along Brewery

road seems to get blocked about 2 or 3 times a year and this is becoming a village prob-

lem. Anglia Water does not seem to be good at communicating local problems with the

village and when they do communicate, it is very impersonal. We need a meaningful

contact at Anglia Water to co-operate on this issue. We also need articles in the Panser

News from time to time to keep the village informed. The Parish Council will continue

to monitor this issue.

MINUTES OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING.

1. Apologies: Peter Draper for personal reasons.

2. There were no declarations of interests with regard to items on the agenda.

3. Sign and approve minutes dated Thursday 11th July 201, signed by GB and AW.

4. Matters Arising from the Previous Minutes: None.

5. Reports by County and District Councillors. TO (DC) reported that he was focussed

on the Local Plan, with a deadline for comments extended to 14th October. These com-

ments can be submitted at www.scambs.gov.uk/local plan or emailed to

ldf@scambs.gov.uk or call 03450 450 500. The turnout at the exhibition on 2nd Septem-

ber was high. Babraham discussed how to invite people to an open meeting to provide

help on completing the forms. TO felt there is a strong case for opposition, as two of the

building sites proposed are in the Green belt. There is a lot of concern about traffic on

the narrow Babraham Lane and the difficult junction with the A505. There are transport

issues and the risk that the medical centre will be forced to reduce their current facilities

to provide extra doctor’s rooms. The new houses will be too far away from the centre of

Sawston and this will increase the need for parking space, which is already at capacity.

There are many issues related to traffic, educating additional children, medical services,

parking, and other facilities such as the drains, recreational spaces etc. The current build

out rate is very slow. Will the developers foot the bill for some of these infrastructure

needs? Peter Topping (CC) reported for the County Council it has been relatively quiet

over summer. Road resurfacing has been ongoing. The PC expressed how unhappy they

were with Brewery Road, which is very rough, noisy and hard to cycle on. Cycling: