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1 Badingham ECHO December 2015 January

2 BADINGHAM DIARY Village Quiz Tue 1st December White Horse 8pm Maypole Wed 9th December Christmas Meal Carols at the Pub Thu 17th December White Horse 6pm WI Thu 17th December Village Hall 7.30pm Christmas Draw Fri 18th December White Horse 8pm Charity Concert Sat 19th December Church 7pm Christingle Service Sun 20th December Church 10am Live Music Tue 22nd December White Horse 7.30pm Crib Service Thu 24th December Church 4pm New Year s Eve Disco Thu 31st December Village Hall 7.30pm Village Quiz Tue 5th January White Horse 8pm Maypole Wed 13th January Village Hall 8pm Family Service Sun 17th January Church 10am WI Thu 28th January Village Hall 7.30pm Village Quiz Tue 2nd February White Horse 8pm Pop-Up Shop & Café at Carters Lodge Check for opening times Tuesday Teas pm I m always grateful for your contributions: stories, memories and cover pictures. So, please start scribbling! Don t forget to let me know if you want to make a request for help or ideas or need publicity for an event. The copy deadline for the next Echo is: 15th January Please send news, articles etc to: Tish King T: (home from work 6.30ish) Brick Kiln Farm, Badingham, IP13 8LE BadinghamEcho@gmail.com 2

3 Notes from the Editor Is New Year a good time for tough resolutions and deprivations? No, far better to start 2016 by giving yourself a pat on the back. Thanks to everyone who has given their time and/or muscle to support our community. There are lots of ways you can lend a hand - you will find contact details throughout this magazine. A team of people give their time to put the Echo together and deliver it to your door. Thanks too to the regular contributors who help fill the pages of the Echo. If you have a memories, recommendations or a story you think our readers might like to share, please get in touch. Good luck to the team as they open the doors of the new Pop-Up Shop and Café - I look forward to visiting soon. The Church Christmas Coffee Morning was a good chance for a catch-up with neighbours - and I came home with a beautifully wrapped Tombola prize ready to open on Christmas Day! At the Village Hall AGM plans were presented to extend and partition the Hall to provide a dedicated area for Playschool, making the main Hall available for other groups during the week. Much fundraising will be needed - your ideas will be welcomed. Hope to see you on one of the events listed in our Diary - Best Wishes and Good Health for 2016, Tish The ECHO is produced for the villagers of Badingham by the Badingham Community Council Registered Charity No The Editor s decision on whether or where to place material is final. While every effort is made to check information published, the BCC does not endorse the accuracy or reliability of any article or advert within the magazine. E.O.E. 3

4 BADINGHAM How this year seems to be flying by! Senior Citizens Lunches The BCC funded a lunch at the White Horse Pub for our more senior residents of Badingham. The first in September was attended by 27 people and in October 13 people came. There was a great deal of chatter, laughter and meeting of friends, old and new. The BCC were thrilled at the response to this new initiative. Many, many thanks to Mark & Lisa who provided fantastic food on both occasions. The BCC have received many words of thanks such as: an excellent meal in good company ~ a generous gesture ~ delicious lunch ~ a much appreciated lunch with fellow locals in such a friendly, informal occasion ~ we appreciate the effort you (the BCC) give to keep us pensioners happy it s working Seasonal Gifts The BCC will be delivering Gifts to all who have let me know they are these gifts are always greatly appreciated by the recipients. If you ve just had a birthday, it s not too late to be added to the list - just give me a call. Annual Meeting On Thu 12th Nov the BCC held their AGM in the Village Hall. This year the meeting was well attended. Ideas, suggestions and questions were put to the BCC - some could be addressed at the meeting, others the BCC will take on board and discuss at future committee meetings. Thank you to everyone who attended - the meeting ended with wine and nibbles. Badingham Community Council Sonja Russell President / Secretary Rita Ruffles Vice-President Pauline Skevington Chairman Shirley Easton Vice-Chairman Gerry Newman Treasurer Pauline Philip Goldsmith, Jackie Price, Roger Pyke, Tish King, Wynne Willey 4

5 Send us your news, thanks and anything you want to get off your chest! Regarding the dog mess in the area, I live down Mill Road and we are still seeing dog mess on the grass verges and also on the footpaths through the fields. We have two dogs and are worried that all dog walkers will be thought of as letting their dogs mess anywhere. Debbie & Duncan, Millmead House Geoff James has asked me to thank all the people who lent a hand to move him about the pub at the BCC Lunch THE MAYPOLE CLUB - BIRTHDAY PARTY A Great Big Thank you to Gillian and Mandy, for such enjoyable evening with fun and laughter with the Sizewell Gap members. The dancing proved exhausting and muddles at times, everyone got there in the end! Thank you to all the Members for the lovely food. Love Sonja xx Yesteryear memories Tanya is looking for photos of Badingham shops from days gone by. Can you help? Rita has passed on a photo of the last shop which closed - the one by the church. Tanya also has a photo of Watson s shop beside the Village Hall. Does anyone any have photos of other shops - up at the Bowling Green and by Pound Corner? What are your memories of the shops? Speaking for myself, I was always more than a little scared of Mrs Desborough! 5

6 The White Badingham Badingham White Horse seems to be here to stay, thanks to the local support of our regulars and our extremely hard working team. Thank you all Just to keep you all up to date with what is happening in the festive month here is our program: 1 st to 23 rd December Why not come and join us for your Christmas party? Our Christmas party menu is available, please pop in or call for your copy of the menu and pre order form Tuesday 1 st December Village Quiz 20:00 22:00 Proceeds to be donated to E.A.C.H Thursday 17 th December Carol Singing to start at 6pm with minced pies & mulled wine/cider (supported by Earl Soham Brewery) Bar: 17:00 to 23:00 - No food will be served this evening Friday 18 th December Christmas Draw 20:00 All proceeds will be donated to Badingham Village Hall improvements (All draw prices will be greatly received) Tuesday 22 nd December Live Music from 19:30 with The Mojo Mechanics & The Occasionals Bar: 17:00 to 23:00 - No food will be served this evening All funds raised during the evening will be donated to the INK Festival 2016 The INK Festival started at the White Horse Pub when Emma Struthers, Rachel Maclusky and James Holloway met one summer evening over a drink and decided to run a festival for new writers/writing with a connection to East Anglia to develop short (less than 30 minutes) plays 6

7 Christmas Eve: Thu 24 th December Bar: 17:00 to 23:00 - Food: 18:00 to 20:00 Full Menu only Christmas Day: Fri 25 th December Bar: 12:00 to 14:00 Sit down meal at 13:00 to 17:00 Pre-booked menu only Boxing Day: Sat 26 th December Bar: 12:00 to 16:00 Food: 12:00 to 15:00 Full Menu Sun 27 th December Normal Opening hours: 12pm to 10pm Food: 12pm / 3pm & 6pm sittings Mon 28 th & Tue 29 th December Closed *************************************************** New Years Day Fri 1 st January Bar: 12:00 to 16:00 Food: 12:00 to 15:00 Full Menu only Saturday 2 nd January Normal Opening hours Bar: 11:30 to 15:00 Food: 12:00 to 14:00 New Years Eve Thu 31 st December Lunch Bar: 11:30 15:00 Food: 12:00 14:00 Evening Bar: 17:00 20:00 Sit down meal at 18:00 to 20:30 - pre-booked menu only then to Village Hall 60 s /70 s Disco at Badingham Village Hall 19:30 to late 60 s/70 s fancy dress is optional Tickets from the pub, 5 each All proceeds will be donated to Badingham Village Hall improvements Please come and support your village *************************************************** Sunday 3 rd January Normal Opening hours Food 12:00 / 15:00 / 18:00 sittings Mon 4 th & Tue 5 th January Closed Wed 6 th January Normal opening hours Again, thanks to everyone who has and who are supporting the pub. We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 7

8 Enterprise Badingham - End of Year Report Pop Up Community Shop Huge thank you to every one for donating items and time towards the setting up of the Pop Up Community Shop, at Carters Lodge, Low Street. Karen, Sue and myself were delighted with such great offers and support. It s been such a pleasure to meet new villagers and get busy together on what we hope will be a useful and helpful asset for our village community. We have had fun and games getting the Pop Up ready for the 17th November and by the time villagers read this article we would have completed the trial Pop Up. We very much hope to be in a position to start developing the permanent shop with the view to open in the New Year. We are delighted to announce that the shop has been selected for being supported by our Local Councillor s (Carol Poulter) Community Enabling Grant. Carol came along to listen and learn more about our ideas for the Community Shop and has been of great encouragement to us. This we are very grateful for and having some of the grant will enable this project to get off the ground. I hope that as many villagers as possible have visited the shop and all had a chance to offer suggestions for the permanent shop and had a chance to try some of the delights on offer. Please do keep an eye on the web site and further leaflets through your doors for news on the opening of the permanent shop. Macmillan Coffee Morning We are delighted to say we raised over the morning, thank you to all that came along and supported this very worthwhile charity. A great morning eating cakes, drinking tea and coffee and having a go at the raffle! We hope to have the next one in 2016 at Badingham Community Shop, at Carters Lodge. Rix Oil Syndicate We are delighted to say this raised this year which has directly put into assisting in developing the Community Shop. Big thank you to all that take part in buying their fuel this way. Badingham Community Gardens Well, this has been a blooming good year! With half a freezer full of blackcurrants, plenty of raspberries and vegetables. The blackcurrants are being turned into jam and sold to raise funds for the shop start up. The rosehips from the edible hedge turned into syrup. Plenty of fun has been had with plenty of families and individuals enjoying the peace and pleasures of gardening in these gardens. We even managed to get some of the flowers in the cut flowers boarders into our Church this year! If any villager wishes to join us, we still have space to create a few more plots and you would be very welcome. 8

9 Badingham Bees The bees are happy, we have sold some honey this year! The bees have been busy, we are building up the colonies and hoping to increase production next year and supply the village community shop. All that is left to say is Thank You all for getting involved in these community projects and hope you have enjoyed them. Hoping that 2016 will see the Shop up and running on a regular bases and that our community continues going from strength to strength. Tanya BADINGHAM POP-UP SHOP & CAFÉ Come and enjoy a taste of the future! Badingham Bees honey and jam Community Gardens chutney Jean Kelk s famous marmalade Meat from village co-op smallholders Local artwork from Gill Bedson, Sonja Russell and Marion Clayton Jenefer Woodhead s Christmas Wreaths Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea - cordial for the children Selection of homemade cakes Soup and bread when open at lunchtime Check the village website for opening times: Give a classic car for Christmas! Morgan 4/ Triumph Stag Jaguar XJS MGB Roadster Jaguar XK8 Hire an iconic Classic Sports Car and make your loved one s dreams come true with the ultimate Christmas gift To buy a Gift Voucher contact Big Sky Classic Car Hire info@bigskyclassiccarhire.co.uk 9

10 Roger from 1 Myrtle Cottage is one of the drivers of a new minibus providing hospital transport from Badingham to Ipswich - details below The Hour Community Hospital Transport Service is designed to get you directly and conveniently from your door to Ipswich Hospital and back. Our 9-seat minibus serves residents of Framlingham and the surrounding villages, including Badingham. It runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and is fully wheelchair accessible, so you can just sit back and let our experienced drivers get you to and from hospital safely and in good time for your appointment. We also operate a regular programme of days out, so you can enjoy places or events less easily reached by public transport. Please register with us to find out more and access these services. Telephone

11 Join us at our Crib Service Christmas Eve 4pm Thursday 24th December 2015 Probably one of the most magical services of the year, do join us if you can to hear once again how God gave his son to the world. The service lasts about 30 mins and we follow it with warm fruit punch and a mince pie and a chance to share with one another just a few moments of fellowship at this very busy but most special time of the year. If you know someone that would like to be involved in dressing up to help illustrate the story or who plays an instrument or who would like to take part in some other way please contact Ann , don't be shy, get in touch. A date for your diary - last year s Beetle Drive was a lot of fun so we hope to repeat it in 2016, probably on Friday 11th March 2016, watch the next February / March 2016 Alde Link / Echo for details. BADINGHAM CHURCH FAMILY SERVICES Family services take place in Badingham Church on the 3rd Sunday of each month at 10am, lasting about 30 mins and followed by tea, coffee and biscuits. The services are very child-friendly and we hope carry a message for us all. 20th December 17th January Christingle service Kings Do join us if you can - everyone is very welcome 11

12 Framlingham Ladies Choir Christmas Concert Saturday 19 December 2015 St Clare's Catholic Church at 7.30pm Entrance 5.00 including refreshments A MESSAGE FROM THE CHURCH WARDENS SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, BADINGHAM The end of yet another year is approaching and we would like to thank everyone who in some way has helped to keep our church looking lovely and in good repair through A big thank you to the team who keep the churchyard looking tidy throughout the season, to the team who keep the church clean, not just for weddings, funerals and christenings but throughout the year, and to the team who keep fresh flowers in the church, to the people who keep us in good repair and the people who do many other jobs quietly and unseen. Visitors to the church often comment that it is obvious that our church is loved and cared for. Thank you everyone - your efforts are very much appreciated. May we take this opportunity to wish all Badingham residents and those they hold dear a happy Christmas and a peaceful new year. Victor Warne and Robert Foster, Church Wardens Badingham Church Christmas Sale and Coffee Morning As always this was a very busy and enjoyable morning, the smell of bacon rolls, coffee and warm mince pies permeating the air. A huge thank you to all our helpers for their hard work both on the day and before, to everyone who donated gifts, raffle prizes, cakes and in many other ways, and to all those who came along on the morning to support us. We made for the church of which 10% will be sent to help with the refugee crisis. Ann Foster 12

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14 The Maypole Club We warmly welcome all new and old residents and visitors to our meetings. We meet every second Wednesday in the month, 8pm at Badingham Village Hall. Want to find out more? Call Gillian New website: denningtonvillagehall-sportsclub.org Read about Dennington s plans to raise money for the refurbishment of their village hall. It includes a calendar of events and booking forms for the hall and sports facilities THE PERFECT GIFT Have you often thought you really must write down the stories your mother, father or a grandparent are always telling? At We Write Your Stories we capture a person s life and memories in small, softcover books that will become treasured family keepsakes. They make a wonderful gift to mark milestone birthdays, retirements, wedding anniversaries - or just because it s something you d like to give. We also offer a special wedding package for a couple s big day. Prices start from 295 We Write Your Stories Nick & Jen Woodhead, Mill Road, Badingham, IP13 8LQ Please visit or ring us on for a no-obligation chat 14

15 The Nursery School at Badingham Village Hall, IP13 8JS Providing Quality, Affordable Day Care for children aged 3 months to 5 years Open every day, Monday to Friday Offering flexible hours between 8.30am pm We accept grant funding for 2, 3 & 4 year olds Holiday Clubs available For more information about Holiday Clubs or for your child to join Playschool please contact Michele on / m.cole9@btinternet.com BADINGHAM STAY & PLAY Parent and Toddler Group at Badingham Village Hall Tuesdays 9.30am til 11.30am term times 2 a family to include craft activities, music and snack 15

16 Whist Drive In February, we re planning to hold another Whist Drive to raise money for Parkinson s UK 15th February at 2pm at Badingham White Horse with thanks to Lisa & Mark Tickets 5 includes Afternoon Tea Prize Draw As before, we will be holding some practice sessions. If you would like to join in, please let me know. Rita Raising funds for Badingham Church & Brikama Nursery School in the Gambia Local students will perform musical pieces and carols Admission free 16

17 A warm and friendly welcome awaits you on the 4th Thursday in the month at the Village Hall 7.30 pm December 17th - Christmas Evening January 28th - February 25th - The Story of a Suffolk Bevin Boy - Barbara McElroy Foraging - Vivia Bamford For further details please contact Joan Overett Introducing Fred.\ Holidays formerly Susan Hampshire Travel For all your travel arrangements call Sally on ABTA and ATOL bonded DG Carpentry & Joinery Daniel Grimwood Contact: Tel: or 17

18 BADINGHAM NATURE DIARY Paul Collins shares his noteworthy nature sightings - let us know if you spot something exciting in Badingham. 3 Sep Holly blue butterfly Female, at rest with open wings 23 Sep Hen harrier Flying north; only second I ve seen in Suffolk in last 30-odd years 26 Sep Golden plover Flock of Oct Golden plover Flock of Oct Cormorant Flying east 4 Oct Skylark Five at High House Farm 4 Oct Siskin In alder trees 14 Oct Jay Five along Old Hall Road; unusual to see so many together 18 Oct Blackcap Either late summer visitor or migrant from continent heading west Firewood & Kindling Suppliers We also carry out: Tree Work, Hedge Cutting, Grass Cutting, Timber Extraction, Firewood Processing and Log Splitting NPTC Qualified & Fully Insured Phil: Mob: or Lee: E: info@kindlewood.biz 18

19 Tables of up to six people ( 2 per person) Proceeds to local organisations December 1st E.A.C.H. January 5th - Village Hall Fund February 2nd F.O.D.S. PRIVATE CARER Available for occasional or regular care of the elderly /disabled Local Trained to NVQ2 Contact Gavin Read GENERAL BUILDER / PAINTER & DECORATOR Honest & Reliable Call or me for a quote Tel: Mob: gav_read@hotmail.co.uk 19

20 Where s Santa? There are lots of opportunities for you to see Father Christmas before he sets off on his Christmas Eve rounds. Did you see the lights on his sleigh after we left the Crib Service last year? Friday 4th December: Fabulous Framlingham Christmas Festival - Santa arrives by horse and carriage at 6pm; late night shopping until 9pm Saturday 5th December: Christmas in Saxmundham starts with a lantern procession at 3.30 followed by carols and mulled wine Sunday 6th December: Heveningham Christmas Market includes a Santa Hell Run, 10-2 Saturday 12th December: Aldeburgh Christmas Lights Celebration- Santa arrives at 2pm, fireworks on the beach at 5.30 Sunday 13th December: Santa sails to Snape Maltings on a Thames barge, to be met by his elves, at 2pm 20

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22 BADINGHAM NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH Sonja Russell, Head Co-Ordinator Tel: It s hard to believe that Christmas has come around again. Now darker nights are upon us we would like to encourage everyone to think about simple measures of deterring crime. Please help yourselves by not advertising that your homes are empty and open to light fingers (thieves). Don t leave your home in darkness use lights and radios on timers, or just leave lights on. This will cost you only a few pence compared to an insurance excess of maybe hundreds of pounds. It amazes me that many people don t seem to bother. You all have a choice: Close it, Lock it, Check it or Lose it! Your Christmas presents and property are valuable, so DO IT! SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE: BADINGHAM Sat 10th October - a black Mercedes Vito van reg no. L7 FEC was seen in Carrs Hill area. Two white men were seen walking around the property and a neighbour was suspicious of their behaviour. The men got into their vehicle and made off after which, the neighbour kindly checked outside the property and came to me so we could report. The owners were out (dog in the house barking). The vehicle was seen twice more that week in Badingham. I ask everyone to keep an eye open. Have you seen this vehicle? Do you know who it belongs to? Please inform the police 101 quoting 295/10/15 and tell them it has been reported three times - mention Sonja Russell, NHW. SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOUR: FRAMLINGHAM 27 September, pm in College Road. Incident of a man driving slowly near two young teenage boys; asking them if they wanted sweets and acting inappropriately. Driver: white male, short, chubby build, years, collar length white/grey hair, bad teeth, wearing blue tropical shirt and orange shorts. Vehicle: light green/ silvery MPV - may have had a roof rack. This man has got to be caught. Did anyone see anything untoward happening? It s a busy time with school children going home. Did you see this vehicle? Did you get the Registration Number - most important! Does anyone know this man? If you have any answers, please contact Suffolk Police on 101 and also to speak to Framlingham Police - mention NHW (Badingham)... then let me know

23 OTHER INCIDENTS Laxfield 30 October Burglary in High Street. Two people wearing balaclavas forced entry to the shop at approximately 3.35am and stole a quantity of tobacco products. If anyone noticed anything or heard anything suspicious, please call Bury St Edmunds CID on 101 and quote ref 37/11901/15 or call Crimestoppers on Farnham September B1094, sand or dirt put into heating oil tank causing problems with heating system Huntingfield 25 September 1-2pm entry to property in Holland Rise by forcing ground floor toilet window. Cigarettes and lighter emoved from lounge. Thorington 26 September, overnight. Attempted theft of tractor from farm - unable to start tractor. Theberton 28 September, overnight. Burglary at a home near B1122 Leiston Road. Entry via an insecure door. Cash and alcohol stolen. Saxmundham 28 September Burglary in Church Street at 1.29pm. Forced entry to shop, cigarettes and tobacco stolen. Westleton 2-6 October, Blythburgh Road - orange Belle cement mixer stolen from building site Bruisyard 4-10 October, Low Road - entry to property by forcing ground floor bathroom window. Middleton 4 8 October, Fordley Road - entry to property by forcing rear kitchen door. Rendham 7 October pm, Bruisyard Road - entry to property by forcing rear window and jewellery stolen. SCAMS There is a long list of scams where people are being tricked out of money or their computers are being infected with viruses. These include: fake holiday scams, bogus parcel delivery s, online pharmacies, dating, gambling fake Lottery wins, hoax charity appeals, scam messages from HMRC, fake tax rebates, get rich quick schemes, sham sport and concert tickets, false inheritance claims. Please continue to be suspicious of out of the blue s and door step callers. Report to Action Fraud or Trading Standards on All have a great Christmas and New Year - Lock up your Properties! Sonja 23

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25 Montpellier to Hillman on Foot by Brian Garratt Continuing Brian Garratt s memoir of his walk (aged 67) across France in 2004 in an attempt to reach Hillman - a German fortification captured by the Suffolk Regiment on D-Day - for the 60th anniversary. Day 7 Started walking at 9.00 with the prospect of an easy walk ahead, the day off had helped enormously so in spite of the patching up, things were looking good again. Reached Grand Combe at a nice enough little town but because of the name you expect so much more. Unfortunately there was no campsite so it was another hotel. Day 8 Started walking at 8.00 through nice countryside and reached Genolhac at 2.00, only to find the campsite not yet open, so why are all the signs up! I do not need an unnecessary detour. I go to a hotel and am given a one room annexe which looks fine. I later find that I have never encountered such a cold bed - and I am used to camping on the ground! I woke up at 2.00 in the morning, shivering from head to foot. I bet no one had used this bed since the previous holiday season and it had never been aired. I climbed out, put all my clothes on and climbed back in. Why did I not get my sleeping bag out of the rucksack and lay it on the top? I guess my brain must still have been asleep. Day 9 At 7.00 I walked across to the hotel only to find it shut. Now when anything in France is shut it is not just shut, it is also shuttered, barred and bolted at every door and window - a sort of Fort Knox mentality. So, standing in the telephone kiosk opposite, I rang the number plastered across the front of this hotel, and rang and rang. My passport was in there, and having lost one once on a trip to Amsterdam I was not prepared to lose a second one. At 8.30 someone sauntered up to the hotel and opened the door and I was away - reaching Villefort at for a large 'plat de jour'. This is great walking country all round here and is certainly worth a couple of weeks holiday by itself. I walked on, high above the lake to reach Prevencheres at Another campsite not yet open - pity, so it s more B and B. Day 10 Started walking at 8.30 climbing very steeply, it begins to snow as I get higher, this carries on for the rest of the day. I am aiming for a place 18 km away, reaching this at only to find a very rundown village. The only person in sight was a woman standing in the doorway of a dilapidated hotel, I ask the way 25

26 to the campsite and the woman without seemingly moving a muscle replies there is no campsite. Is the hotel open? No. A cup of coffee? No. A glass of water? The woman shrugs. This is the only movement she has made. I walk on, the name of this place - Luc! On reaching Langogne, after another 12 km, there are hotels on each side of the road with 'For sale' notices on them. I walk to the centre and get the best hotel in town, possibly not the best economic choice, but I don't care. Day 11 Buy a thicker shirt at the market as I am now at a much higher altitude. Start walking at 9.30 and reach a fishing lodge at Chapearoux This I had booked by telephone 25 km ahead complete with ETA, all in French of course, pretty clever I thought! Later, dinner consisted of five courses; a tasty soup to start with, followed by a very good mushroom pie on a bed of salad, but I was not prepared for what came next: I have never seen such an awful piece of meat, it looked like something that had been squashed on the road and then scraped up and carefully placed in the centre of my plate, I nibbled at the vegetables around the outside before they became soaked in blood but to have eaten any of the rest would have brought a good meal straight up again. Day 12 I had some high remote countryside ahead today, my landlady sent me off with a delicious packed lunch. She had been so kind and helpful throughout and thankfully had not been upset by my rejection of the main course at the previous evening s meal. I am sure this had been a special delicacy and should have been treated as such. Setting off at 8.30 on another very steep climb, I reached the high ground after an hour or so with distant views in all directions. Very good walking country again, arriving at Saugues at Day 13 Another Monday. Heaven help anyone who needs anything today. France is shut on Mondays, in fact I don't believe anyone even gets up - I am sure they all sleep through until Tuesday. Started walking at 8.30, a nice stop at St. Arcons d Allier, reaching Langeac at Camping again - that's better! TO BE CONTINUED Advertising Rate Card Thanks to all our advertisers who support the Echo s printing costs Each year 6 issues of the Echo are delivered by Annual costs (6 issues): hand to every household in Badingham and to Full page advert: Half page advert: Smaller adverts: members of the Community Council who live close by. Please contact the Editor if you would like to advertise your business or service Villagers can advertise items for sale free of charge 26

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28 SLEEP WELL FLEXIBILITY FEEL GOOD ENERGISE For a list of local yoga teachers/classes tabithaevans@ranworthwalk.freeserve.co.uk or look at the Suffolk News part of her Yoga website: 28

29 TW Tree & Gardening Services All Aspects of Tree Surgery plus * Hedges Trimmed * * Rough Areas Strimmed * * Garden Rubbish Cleared * Sophie Mobile Hairdresser Qualified hairdresser using professional products in the comfort of your own home To book an appointment please phone: Haircuts from 10 Shampoo and Blowdry or Set from 10 Colours on consultation Perms from 50 Hair up from 15 Farming Calendar There s always a good feeling when you can see the new crop coming up on the row. Orderly green shoots are a great sight a diversion from gloomy news as farm prices continue to tumble. Christmas is on hold! One load of field beans has been sold for human consumption which gives a premium over the other which will go for animal feed. One field had a much better start and was less under attack from the pheasants, pigeons and rooks. You may notice all the beans, knocked out when we tried to harvest, coming up in that field of wheat and how the birds are not in the slightest bit interested in eating them now! We have some new chickens but only two have decided to start laying. We thought they were hasty starters but, three weeks on, the others are still dragging their feet The older ones were very excited when they had the remains of the pumpkin at Halloween. Now they are eating the peelings from the windfall apples. Their mash must be tasty, because the dogs are always trying to stick their heads in the bucket, but the hens do like something different to peck at - just like those pesky pheasants. 29

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31 REGULAR VILLAGE EVENTS 3rd Monday each month Call Edward rd Sunday each month Tuesdays Call Lola Badingham Church 10am Approx. 11am Low Street 1st Thursday each month Call for venue nd Wednesday of month Alternate Tuesdays Mon to Fri 1st Tuesday of month Tuesdays Tuesdays 3rd Tuesday each month 4th Thursday each month Village Hall 8pm Approx 10.30am Village Hall Village Hall - see advert White Horse 8pm Village Hall 9.30 to 11.30am Carters Lodge 3 to 4.30pm White Horse 7.30pm Village Hall 7.30pm BADINGHAM VILLAGE HALL Our Village Hall is available for hire daytime, evenings and weekends. The spacious hall has a wooden floor, kitchen and bar areas, with tables and plenty of seating A separate room is suitable for small meetings To hire the Village Hall please contact: Michele Cole m.cole9@btinternet.com Village Residents Others Main Hall 6 per hour 8 per hour Committee Room 5 per hour 6 per hour Both Rooms 8 per hour 9 per hour Day Rate 60 per day 70 per day All cancellations must be made a week ahead of the booking to avoid charges Table, chairs and crockery available for separate hire Contact Sonja

32 Dr Dan Poulter MP Member of Parliament for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Should we legalise cannabis? Over the last few months, a new system has been introduced to allow members of the public to petition Parliament by e-petition. Under this new system a petition with more than 100,000 electronic signatures may be put forward for debate in the House of Commons and I was recently pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to one of these debates on the controversial subject of the legalisation of cannabis. As an NHS doctor working in mental health, I am unable to support the legalisation of cannabis not only because of my medical experience but also on the evidence evaluated by the Royal College of Psychiatrists which outlines both the mental and physical health problems associated with cannabis use. Although there is currently a de facto decriminalisation of the possession of cannabis in many parts of the country, the legalisation of cannabis is a very different matter to decriminalisation as legalisation would provide a legitimacy to the supply of a substance which we know to be physically and mentally harmful. The Royal College of Psychiatrists has made clear the strong link between cannabis use and poor mental health, especially in young people. A study of 1600 Australian schoolchildren aged 14 to 15 found that children who use cannabis regularly have a significantly higher risk of depression than nonusers. Adolescents who used cannabis daily were five times more likely to develop depression and anxiety in later life. Contact me on or 32 There is also growing evidence of a link between cannabis and physical health problems. New research has found that the cannabis plant contains cancer causing materials that can damage peoples lungs. In this country we have long taken measures to discourage cigarette smoking and it would be inconsistent to legalise the supply of cannabis given the increasing evidence of the harm it causes to physical health. However, an important issue that I raised in the debate is the growing evidence from around the world which supports the use of cannabis and cannabis products in the treatment of people with chronic pain and its medicinal use for palliative care. I believe that there is a case to review the law to better facilitate the research and use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, but this is quite a different matter to supporting the legalisation of the drug. I valued the opportunity to bring my medical knowledge and experience to bear in this important Parliamentary debate, and it is important to remember that most countries in the world have not legalised cannabis. I remain unconvinced that l egalising the supply of, and access to, a substance that is harmful to both physical and mental health would be a good thing for people in Suffolk or for this country. I should like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a happy Christmas and a harmonious and healthy New Year. daniel.poulter.mp@parliament.uk

33 BELL RINGING The Bell Ringers meet for practice every Thursday evening at 7.30pm at Badingham or Dennington church and would welcome new members. Just turn up (Badingham on odd-numbered Thursdays) or give us a call Mike Bostock Smith Ole Jenson Badingham Church Bring & Buy Books All welcome to borrow or buy for a small donation Money raised in aid of local charities and the up-keep of our church DO YOU ENJOY BOOKS & READING? Badingham Book Club meet every third Monday at each others houses at 3pm Call Edward or Caroline on if you would like to come along Horse manure WELL ROTTED FREE if you want to fill your own bags Why not donate to East Anglian Air Ambulance or Freedom Charity (freedomcharity.org.uk) Also available: ALPACA Manure 1.00 bag can go straight on your garden LINDSAY lindsay.maclusky@btopenworld.com Suffolk Links Loes Our local demand responsive transport operates in the area bounded by Yoxford, Earl Soham, Hacheston and Saxmundham, between the hours of 07:00 and 19:00 Monday to Saturday. Call between 08:15 and 16:00 (Monday to Friday) up to seven days in advance to book your journey. Journeys can be to anywhere in the served area and can connect with other public transport, e.g. 'buses in Framlingham to Woodbridge and Ipswich or trains at Saxmundham to Lowestoft or Ipswich. 33

34 LOCAL TRANSPORT Service 118 Eye, Stradbroke, Laxfield, Framlingham, Ipswich Monday Friday (Schooldays only) Stradbroke 07:28 Ipswich, OCM 17:15 Laxfield 07:36 Otley College 17:35 Pound Corner 07:42 Framlingham, White Horse 17:59 Badingham, White Horse 07:45 Badingham, White Horse 18:10 Framlingham, Bridge Street 07:55 Pound Corner 18:13 Otley College 08:19 Ipswich, OCM 08:43 Service 482 Framlingham, Diss Monday Friday Ipswich, Old Cattle Market (service 118) 13:45 Framlingham, White Horse 10:20 14:50 17:40 Badingham, White Horse 10:30 15:00 17:50 Pound Corner 10:33 15:03 17:53 Laxfield 10:40 15:10 18:00 Stradbroke 10:51 15:21 18:11 Eye 11:10 15:49 18:30 Diss 11:35 15:55 18:45 Diss 09:10 13:30 16:30 Eye 09:25 13:55 16:45 Stradbroke 09:44 14:14 17:04 Laxfield 09:55 14:25 17:15 Pound Corner 10:02 14:32 17:22 Badingham, White Horse 10:05 14:35 17:25 Framlingham, Bridge Street 10:15 14:45 17:35 Ipswich, OCM (service 118) 11:23 Service 121 Stradbroke, Woodbridge, Ipswich First and Third Tuesday of the Month Sch No Sch Stradbroke 09:20 Ipswich, OCM 13:40 14:10 Laxfield 09:30 Woodbridge, Turban Ctr 14:07 14:37 Badingham, Church 09:39 Melton 14:12 14:42 Badingham, White Horse 09:40 Sweffling 14:58 15:28 Sweffling 09:59 Badingham, White Horse 15:03 15:30 Melton 10:25 Badingham, Church 15:03 15:30 Woodbridge, Turban Centre 10:30 Laxfield 15:08 15:33 Ipswich, OCM 11:03 Stradbroke 15:18 15:48 Suffolk Link Loes Our local demand responsive transport operates in the area bounded by Yoxford, Earl Soham, Hacheston and Saxmundham, between the hours of 07:00 and 19:00 Monday to Saturday.To book your journey call between 08:15 and 16:00 (Monday to Friday) up to 7 days in advance. Journeys can be to anywhere in the served area and can connect with other public transport eg buses in Framlingham to Woodbridge and Ipswich or trains at Saxmundham to Lowestoft or Ipswich. 34

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36 BADINGHAM DIRECTORY Emergency Services Use your grid reference if possible Dial 999 POLICE - Framlingham Fire Station, Saxmundham Road Dial 101 Staffed by volunteers on Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri 9am - 1pm DOCTOR Pembroke Road, Framlingham DENTIST Framlingham Dental Surgery VET - Castle Vet Group Pepperwash Lane, Framlingham VET- Framlingham Vets Station Road, Framlingham Neighbourhood Watch Sonja Russell Play School Michele Cole Primary School Dennington High School Thomas Mills, Framlingham Church Revd Jonathon Olanczuk Library Bridge Street, Framlingham White Horse Pub Lisa & Mark Groceries Emmetts, Peasenhall Window Cleaner Ed Parker Milk Dairy Crest Newspapers Patricks of Framlingham DIY Materials Framlingham DIY Taxi Service Country Cars Fresh Fish Van Spencer Wightman Parish Council Sue Piggott Parish Recorder Victor Warne Community Council Pauline Skevington Enterprise Badingham Tanya Newton Maypole Gillian Upton Womens Institute Joan Overett Badingham Echo Tish King Country Cars Your Local Friendly Service Call us now for Shopping - Stations Airports Lakeside - Ipswich Don t drink & drive call Country Cars 36 BED & BREAKFAST COLSTON HALL Badingham en-suite, TV lounge, wholesome farmhouse breakfasts, ground floor rooms - plus self catering holiday cottage