April issue

Downton DirectoryTheThe April 2011

Issue No. 20

Your LOCAL independent magazine covering the SP5 postcode South of Salisbury

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Inside this monthMake a change for lifewith Downton Leisure Centre

Pedal for Poverty withThe Trussell Trust

Spot the Ladybird and WIN £20!

WIN a family ticket to The National Motor Museum, Bealieu (see pg 20)

and much more!

Hamptworth GundogsThe Estate is located in the New ForestNational Park and provides the perfectenvironment for training any breed ofgundog in a relaxed atmosphere. The

Hamptworth Gundogs training team bringtogether over 50 years combined

experience in the training, trialling,testing and field working of gundogs.

Specialising in retrievers and spaniels, theteam can also train HPR's and other

breeds for shooting, stalking and hawking.

A range of training opportunities andfacilities are offered, from individual andgroup lessons right through to residentialtraining and finally field experience on the

Estate driven and walked up days.

Situated on the glorious Hamptworth Estate

“All of our courses are run in a relaxed and friendlyenvironment, enjoyment being our highest priority”

Individual Lessons Group Training Residential & Refresher Training

For more information and to book please contact Nick Gregoryon 07799 316037 or call the Estate Office on 01794 390700

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Hamptworth GundogsThe Estate is located in the New ForestNational Park and provides the perfectenvironment for training any breed ofgundog in a relaxed atmosphere. The

Hamptworth Gundogs training team bringtogether over 50 years combined

experience in the training, trialling,testing and field working of gundogs.

Specialising in retrievers and spaniels, theteam can also train HPR's and other

breeds for shooting, stalking and hawking.

A range of training opportunities andfacilities are offered, from individual andgroup lessons right through to residentialtraining and finally field experience on the

Estate driven and walked up days.

Situated on the glorious Hamptworth Estate

“All of our courses are run in a relaxed and friendlyenvironment, enjoyment being our highest priority”

Individual Lessons Group Training Residential & Refresher Training

For more information and to book please contact Nick Gregoryon 07799 316037 or call the Estate Office on 01794 390700

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Congratulations to Ivy Whaton from Downton who won last month’s draw by fi nding the

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Special Features...4 Making a “Change for Life”8 Colour Confi dence - Home & Interiors12 Pedal for Poverty with The Trussell Trust 16 Books to raise a smile19 Stars Appeal - packed year of events20 Kids Corner plus Monthly Competition28 Local Writer - “Mum without a Mum”32 Local Clubs, Societies & Organisations33 What’s On36 Gardening: Spring Clean your Garden!40 Technology: Goggle Box or Google Box?44 Useful Telephone Numbers46 Index and Puzzle Solutions

Dear Readers,Welcome to the April issue and we have some exciting news for you this month. We have recently acquired a sister publication called the SP4 Magazine which is delivered monthly to homes in the SP4 postcode north of Salisbury. For local businesses, we are offering further discounts to promote your services in both magazines.

You will have seen our new “Kids Corner” over the last few months and we have been running competitions with fantastic prizes. This month will regrettably be the last competition due to the low number of entries we’ve been receiving. It’s the old adage “use it or lose it” unfortunately, in the same way that we need to support our local businesses to ensure that they are still around in years to come.

Happy Mothers Day to my wonderful and much loved mum and have a great Easter everyone!

Best wishes,

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Downton Leisure Centre has shown its commitment to the government’s Change4Life campaign by investing

£40,000 in new gym equipment to help keep the local community active and healthy. The leisure centre is creating opportunities to get fi t whatever your age or fi tness level. Making a change4life is a commitment to building a more active lifestyle and combining it with a balanced diet. With the brand new equipment and support from helpful and friendly staff, the leisure centre is ready to help you build an active routine incorporating nutrition and exercise. They create a specifi c programme designed around you and your goals and mix it with many other ways of keeping active. Carol Tanner of Downton made a change for life in 2010 and lost over 9 stone, and even completed a 400 mile charity cycle ride across the UK in October last year. She now runs 10km and other races competitively.“I was determined to get fi t and more active and the staff at the Leisure Centre gave me the support and motivation I needed to stick at it.”

The Centre offers extensive group exercise programmes with sessions that are designed for all ages and abilities including studio cycling, aerobics, kettle bells and abs back and core. The facility also has two indoor tennis courts and a multi-use sports hall for football, badminton and basketball.

It is now even easier to keep the whole family active this Easter with a holiday programme for children between 5-15 including a whole range of activities from Archery, Badminton, Cricket and even Kayaking (held at Calshot Activity Centre).

There is also plenty to keep your kids active during term time. Multisports sessions provide the opportunity for 5-11 years to take part in informal coaching sessions, ranging from football, tag-rugby, cricket, badminton, hockey, netball and many more. Teenzone sessions allow 11-15 year olds to use the gym after school whilst being supervised by our fi tness instructors. Junior studio cycling and junior circuits are also a great way to stay fi t and healthy.

To make your change for life, call the centre on 01725 513668 or pop in and see us on Wick Lane, Downton, SP5 3NF.

For further info please seewww.downtonleisurecentre.co.uk

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Former school field, Church Hill, Lover

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This season’s most fashionable colours for interiors are strong and bold: daring blacks and metallics, vivid citruses and a

range of sorbet-like Fifties shades. Yet colour can be complicated: stray away from safe neutrals and who hasn’t ended up in a fog of indecision? Our guide to using colour will help you avoid clashes and select the shades that work best for you.

Colour is a hugely dynamic tool, affecting the way we feel in a powerful, albeit often subconscious, way. And we each have our own feelings about colour, so that one person’s warm and intimate room is another’s nightmare of brash, clashing shades. All of which makes using colour a rather daunting undertaking. But never fear: there are some simple guidelines to follow.

Painting a room a new colour is a quick, easy and inexpensive way to introduce a fresh look. If you’re not sure where to start, there’s a wealth of inspiration to be found in books or magazines, and the paint manufacturers themselves can be a great help, whether in the form of brochures showing their colours in action, a website with the facility to paint a virtual room or colour cards that demonstrate which colours work best together. If you’re wary of using too many different colours, but would nevertheless like to introduce some contrasts, a good rule of thumb is that darker and lighter shades of the same colour are always good together (simply look vertically up and down the paint charts).

So far so good. Then, to narrow your choices down, you’ll want to consider the colours of your existing furnishings, the practicalities of how you live (darkish colours are useful in a busy hallway which might suffer from knocks and mud splatters, for example) and the architecture of your property. The latter informs not just the suitability of certain colours – perhaps historic colours for older properties, for example – but also their shades, as you may be able to get away with bolder and/or darker colours in large and light rooms.

Another consideration is where to put

which paint colours. Bear in mind that hallways, stairways and landings are linking areas; when you stand in them you may be able to see a number of different rooms, so you should consider how their colours will work together. As a general guideline, restful colours, such as pale blues, lilacs and pinks, often work well in bedrooms, and bolder shades in dining rooms: red is a classic choice, in particular. In a hallway you could make a strong statement with a vibrant colour that introduces the house to visitors, or opt for something paler that will maximise the sense of space. Conventional colours for bathrooms are watery blues and greens, but there’s no reason why you shouldn’t opt for something completely different. Colours for living rooms should generally be chosen to work around the existing furnishings – you might pick a colour from a favourite cushion, vase or painting, for example; and the same goes for kitchens, where you’ll already have cabinets and worktops that will dominate a scheme. Finally, in children’s bedrooms and playrooms you’ll probably want to use a mix of fun, bright colours that are lively and stimulating.

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Experimenting with paint colour is essential, as it can be diffi cult to get it right fi rst time. Always paint sheets of white card with your chosen samples and tape them up around a room, to observe in different lights (what looks like a lovely purple in daylight, for example, can become black after sunset). In a living room you’ll want the colours to work in both daylight and artifi cial light, whereas in bedrooms and dining rooms it is more important that they look attractive at night-time. Take care with colours that are on the edge between two different shades, as these change more than any others in different light conditions, and while this can be dramatic, it may not be quite what you expect. And be careful to buy the right undercoat – it really does affect the end result.

If the thought of colour everywhere just sounds a bit too much, there are several ways in which it can be introduced in more subtle ways. You could paint just one wall a strong shade, for example, with the others in co-ordinating neutrals. Or how about some beautiful wallpaper, an oversized stencilled motif or easy-to-apply wall stickers? Alternatively, keep walls white or very pale and add colour elsewhere. Changing a duvet cover or a tablecloth, for example, will instantly transform an otherwise neutral bedroom or dining room, while new cushions, vases and pictures will do the same for a living room. Get handy and paint a chest of drawers or a side table, or make a loose cover for a sofa or chair: think laterally and this is where, for not too much effort and expense, it’s possible to ring the changes and make colour work creatively for you. It’s as simple as black and white.

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The Fordingbridge Summer Festival, organised by the Rotary Club of Fordingbridge, will take place

16th July 2011, at the Fordingbridge Recreation Ground. The Festival is one of their main fund raising events.Proceeds from this community based Festival go to Rotary charities/projects including locally; the Avonway Community Centre lunch club (also supporting their Christmas lunch and providing Father Christmas), the Towns Christmas lights, older people’s day out to Exbury Gardens, disabled children’s trip to Rotary Kids Out at Paultons Park, prizes for local schools and youth speaking competition, school trips for disadvantaged children, ad hoc student grants and the Rotary Citizen of the year award. The Rotary Club of Fordingbridge as a result of last year’s

festival were also able to make donations to the Sandleheath Sea Scouts, Fordingbridge Air Cadets, Hampshire Air Search and Rescue, Fordingbridge Army Cadet Corps and the Cleft Lip programme on the Lombok Island of Indonesia.The Summer Festival also gives many local Clubs, Charities and Organisations the opportunity to take part and raise money for themselves.The Ducks will be racing again this year with fantastic cash prizes, corporate ducks will also be available.Tickets will be on sale in Fordingbridge from1st May, for more information, purchase a duck ticket or make a donation, please go to www. FordingbridgeSummerFestival.org.uk.Come along and have a fun day out for all the family!

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Things are growing fast at the Trussell Trust at the moment. We’re on target to launch our 100th UK foodbank in April and we’re looking at having fed 3,500 people in the local area in the past year. We’re excited that we’re stretching to meet the increasing need for our services, but we urgently need more funds to underpin the growth! A simple way to help this happen is for people to join our events and get sponsorship. We’re holding a ‘Pedal Against Poverty’ spin-bike event at the Downton Cuckoo Fair on 30th April in partnership with Downton Leisure Centre. We did this last year and the idea is that people sign up to ride a static spin-bike raising £1 for every minute that they’re on the bike. Whether you sign up

Pedal against poverty at the Downton Cuckoo Fair!


for 5 minutes or 5 hours is up to you! There will be at least two spin-bikes so people can challenge a friend to a race, or you can just hop on and see how far you can go - we’ll be setting an overall target distance soon to give everyone something to aim for (last year we did a virtual cycle tour of our UK foodbanks). We’d love anyone and everyone to sign up and have a go, or turn up on the day – last year participants ranged from politicians to school pupils.

We’re also holding a ‘Ladies Night’ on 6th May at The Trussell Trust in Salisbury where we’ll be selling the designer and vintage clothing donated to our shop plus lots of free pampering opportunities, jewellery making classes, mocktails, raffl e etc. Tickets cost £3 to include a free mocktail and cake.

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April Fool’s day: a time for practical jokesand having a laugh at the expense of others. Luckily, there’s no need with our top ten humorous books - great for giving and guaranteed to tickle the funny bone (no itching powder or whoopee cushions required).

Simon’s Cat by Simon TofieldFor anyone who has a cat, Simon Tofi eld’s animations, based upon a mischievous cat’s antics pre-meal time, are hugely funny. From screen to page, nothing is lost in this collection of comic strip drawings, which will have feline fans everywhere grinning from ear to ear.

F In ExamsThe Best Test Paper Blunders by Richard BensonThe clock is ticking and you haven’t got a clue what the right answer is. Either that, or you fancy blagging an A* with your hilarious wit. Here is a collection of wrong (but very amusing) answers taken from test papers on a number of subjects.

1000 Unforgettable Senior Moments by Tom FriedmanDon’t be put off by the fact that the author only managed to remember 246, you still get value for money with this hilarious collection of anecdotes, from when Jimmy Carter left the codes he needed to launch a nuclear missile strike in his suit jacket pocket (at the dry cleaners) to the time Emerson forgot Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s name (at Longfellow’s funeral). It’s nice to know you’re not the only one, isn’t it?

The Life of Fly by Magnus MuhrYou may think that the life of a fl y must be fairly dull, buzzing around and getting swatted all the time, but Swedish photographer Magnus Muhr has shown the world

otherwise. This collection captures what they really get up to: from sunbathing and sports to performing their own version of Riverdance.

The Book of Bunny Suicides by Andy RileyIt’s a hard life being a rabbit, and the long, dark days result in a great many taking their own lives. Always keen to come up with a more memorable way to end it all than their hundreds of siblings, here we see the methods favoured by the likes of Flopsy and Peter. Have tissues at the ready.

A Simples LifeThe Life and Times of Alexandr Orlov by Aleksandr OrlovHerein lies the history of the nation’s favourite meerkat. From escaping the Kalahari desert and enduring a war with Mongis Khan, we learn of how Aleksandr and his family made their name by fi nding ‘cheep insuranz deels’ for the people of Great Britain. Fully illustrated and hugely entertaining for any Compare the Meerkat fan.

The Tommy Cooper Joke Book compiled by John FisherCrammed full of tricks, one-liners, jokes and wit from the great comic, this book is a delightful and fun collection. Recounting the time Tommy’s friend drowned in a bowl of muesli (due to a particularly strong currant) and culinary advice such as how to prevent rice from sticking (cook each grain separately), this title is sure to have its readers in stitches.

NEW RELEASE 101 Things to Do Before You’re Five by Sally NortonOut now in paperback, this hilarious book captures all those disgusting and awful things we do when we’re small. A great gift for new parents, and indeed anyone who was ever young and stupid enough to share the dog’s dinner.

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The Stars Appeal has announced its jam-packed 2011 events list. All funds raised from these events will benefi t local

people by funding many charitable projects around the Hospital, including a new Family Accommodation unit for local mums and dads whose babies have been born premature or critically ill. With the exciting and varied programme the Appeal team are hoping the events will be a great boost to helping them with their fundraising to make life better for local people in Hospital.Dave Cates, Director for the Appeal said: “Our events raise vital funds and awareness and help to fund projects that make life better for thousands of local people in Hospital. We hope that our brilliant supporters will join us for one or all of our events this year to help the Stars Appeal achieve even more.”Kicking off the major events over the Easter weekend, Wilton House will be holding an Easter Egg Hunt, April 22-25.Teddies are being urged to get ready for a Teddy Bear Parachute Jump at Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday May 14. Last year 350 teddies felt brave enough to take the plunge

Packed full year of Stars Appeal Events...

and raise money for the Caring 4 Kids campaign. Appeal President Lord Pembroke is again hosting the annual sponsored Walk for Wards on Sunday June 19, and on August 14 Supercars will once again be heading to Wilton House where some of the fastest, rarest and most valuable cars in the country will be on show.Moving into the second half of the year and the events keep coming. Thursday October 6 is the All Day Auction with Spire FM and the Salisbury Journal in aid of the Stars Appeal Pembroke Unit fund. Last years lots included a ride in a Bugatti Veyron, all auctioned live on Spire FM with funds helping local people in Hospital. This year the Appeal offi ce is asking anyone who can donate a ‘lot’ to get in contact by calling 01722 429005.The Rockbourne Fair, a three day Christmas shopping fair, takes place at Salisbury Racecourse on October 19-21. Over 3,500 people are expected to attend.The Appeal has also secured bonded places for some of the most renowned running events in the country, including the Bath Half Marathon (March 6) and Great South Run (October 30).For information on any of the above events and many more, please call Gemma Heath on 01722 429005, email [email protected] or log onto www.starsappeal.org.


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Easter Holiday Activities at BeaulieuDuring the Easter holidays younger visitors to Beaulieu can join in a Hare-Brained Easter Trail. Look for the hares, fi nd the answers to the clues and collect a sweet treat at the end of the trail. From Friday 22nd to Monday 25th April every child will receive an egg-citing chocolate treat from the Easter Bunny in Palace House. For further information visit www.beaulieu.co.uk or call 01590 612345.

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Greyhound Rescue West of England (GRWE) would like to thank

Salisbury’s shoppers for their generosity at last month’s street collection. Four-legged ex-racers raised a total of £180.35. GRWE press offi cer Stuart Parslow said the charity was deeply grateful for the contributions.“It proves again that we are a nation of animal lovers – and also how engaging GRWE dogs are. It’s a fantastic total considering we live in such diffi cult times, the people of Salisbury have been so generous.”

The money collected will go towards rehabilitating unwanted ex-racing dogs, as well as rescuing lurchers and greyhounds found straying or handed in to pounds. “GRWE is staffed completely by volunteers, which means the money goes straight into caring for the dogs.” Stuart explained.

Volunteers and their dogs will be out-and-about again this month. On Saturday 23rd April they will be at the Tesco Store, Southampton Road, Salisbury and on Saturday 30th April they will be at the Downton Cuckoo Fair where greyhound goodies will be available to buy at the stand so please stop by to say hello and browse.

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I’m not messed up and I’m not whining as day to day life is pretty darn good. More than good in fact. I wake up each morning

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My husband thinks I cook like Nigella, my four year old loves me most of the time, in between hating me more than cold sprout sandwiches, and the baby, well I’m clueless what the baby thinks of me, apart from seeing a bottomless mug of milk on legs. I sail throughout the day barely needing to lift a fi nger in order to get the children dressed, fed, washed and entertained. Oh no, that’s what my husband thinks. Silly me. My day, as you know, is a frenzied tornado of activity just to end up with a house that looks much the same as when I woke up, hence why my husband thinks its so easy. Nothing ever looks any different.

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Downton Evening WIMeeti ngs are held on the third Monday of each month at 7.30pm. Venue has now changed to the Band Hall, Gravel Close, Downton. 18th April - A Tudor Kitchen, Ms Emma Shelley. For more informati on contact Edna Pike on 01725 511332.

Redlynch & District WIMeeti ngs are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 2.15pm, Morgans Vale & Woodfalls Village Hall. 13th April - Annual Meeti ng. Trading Table: Easter Biscuits. Contact Val on 01725 510850 for more info.

Odstock, Nunton & Bodenham WIMeeti ngs are held on the second Monday of each month at 10.00am, Radnor Hall, Bodenham. 11th April - Talk: ‘Double your Beauty’ - Demonstrati on. Speaker: Mrs S. McNicol. For further informati on, contact Elizabeth Cutt er on 01725 511870.

Alderbury WIMeeti ngs are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 2.15pm at Alderbury Village Hall. Visitors are most welcome. £3 admission for non-members, includes refreshments.

Longwater Tai ChiThe soft fl owing movements of tai chi and chi gung can be practi sed by people of all ages and abiliti es. The low-impact exercises are excellent for health and healing. Classes and half day weekend workshops held in Downton Memorial Hall. Classes also held in Wilton,

Fordingbridge and Salisbury. For beginners informati on please call Jane Launchbury or Patrick Foley on 01725 514546 or visit www.longwatertaichi.co.uk.

Avon Valley Archaeological Society (AVAS)6th April - Breamore: The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery and other fi eldwork. Speaker: David A. Hinton, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, University of Southampton. Meeti ng fees:- Members £1, Visitors £3. Annual subscripti on:- Adult £10, full-ti me student £5. Enquiries to the Chairman, Mark Vincent, 01425 473677 or The Hon Secretary, C.W. Atkinson, 01722 326978.

Accord Social Group 50+ SinglesWe are a friendly group of people who meet up weekly at The New Inn, New Street in Salisbury and regularly organise meals, theatre, walks, garden visits etc. For more informati on contact Ann on 01722 338256 or Alan on 01722 327665. Please note we are NOT a dati ng agency.

Brian Whitehead Social ClubWick Lane, Downton. Bingo every Thursday evening at 7.30pm. Functi on Room and Skitt le Alley available for hire. Weddings, Funerals, Birthday Parti es, Training Days all catered for. Bar available aswell as coff ee and tea making faciliti es. Secretary: Jane Evans - 01725 514841. Offi ce: 01725 513710. Evenings - call 01725 512162.

Redlynch Social ClubFrom 1st April our new opening ti mes will be 4pm on Fridays and 5pm Monday to Thursdays. Saturday and Sundays 12pm. New members welcome. Bingo every Monday evening at 7.30pm. Come and watch Sky Sports or join our regular Quiz evenings. £1 per player in support of Help for Heroes. For further info call 01725 511281.

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Easter Family Fun TrailSat 16th - Mon 25th April, 10am - 5pmOld Sarum, Castle Road, SalisburyThis Easter celebrate the launch of HOP, the latest animated fi lm from Universal Studios. Take part in the ulti mate Easter egg hunt for your chance to win a real golden egg! Can you crack our clues to complete this ‘egg-citi ng’ trail? English Heritage members free. Tickets available to purchase on the day. Tel. 01722 335398 for further info.

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April is all set to be another busy month – both in Westminster and in the constituency, with my House of Commons Defence Select Committee duties again due to take me out of the country early in the month.It is part of the privilege of carrying out Parliamentary and constituency duties that one suddenly becomes in great demand and engagements are impossible to confi ne to daylight hours – as my recent night out with Salisbury Street Pastors and my participation in Alabare’s sleep-out amply demonstrated! As a result, I am looking forward to taking the opportunity to spend a couple of days of quiet time with my family over Easter.I received a large number of representations on the subject of the forestry review, from people in the south of the constituency who enjoy their proximity to the glorious New Forest. I hope that the 300 or so people who took the trouble to write to me – by far my largest postbag on any single issue - feel pleased that their advice has been heeded.Democracy has done what it is meant to do – namely, function as a two-way conversation - and that is something we should all feel satisfi ed about. What went on was a consultation in its truest form. The people made their views known and through myself and my colleagues, their efforts have been rewarded.At a time when we are spending £120m a day, just to service the interest on our national debt, there had to be more compelling ways to save £200m (over ten years)!My advice surgeries, which take place most weeks, continue to be well subscribed. Being available to my constituents is very important to me. Unfortunately, there is never enough time to accept every one of the dozens of kind invitations I receive each week – much as I might like to. But, when constituents come to me needing to discuss the problems that face them in their individual lives, I make it a point never to be ‘too busy’.I am holding a bumper pre-Easter surgery this month and my offi ce is always happy to make arrangements for me to visit constituents in their homes or contact them by telephone to discuss pressing matters of concern.I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a peaceful and joyful Easter.

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Tools of the tradeBefore you tackle your garden, have a quick sort through your tools. Give them a clean, decide what needs to be replaced and scrub off any rust, before rubbing on a little vegetable oil to keep them in tip-top condition. Check your mower and hedge trimmer to see if any blades need sharpening or replacing and throw away any old chemicals cluttering up your shelves, which may even present a health risk.

Throw out the old plantsStart by removing dead annuals or plants showing any sign of disease, and pull up invading weeds - but don’t add them to your compost bin. Any bulbs which have fi nished fl owering will need deadheading, but don’t remove the leaves as they will provide the energy for next year’s growth. Some shrubby plants with woody stems, such as buddleia and lavender, will need to be pruned in order for new blooms to appear on the freshly-cut branches.

Clean your deckingBarbeque season is just around the corner and if you are doing a bit of entertaining, you’ll want your decking to scrub up well. Start by picking a dry day and go over the wood with a stiff broom or multi-purpose

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Patios, paths and rough edgesA little touching up here can make the world of difference. Start by trimming overhanging grass from the edges of your patio, pathways and borders, and check to see if any stepping stones have sunk below ground height – if they have, raise them so that loose soil won’t cover them when it rains. Brush off any old leaves from your patio before giving it the once-over with a pressure washer. If you don’t mind a bit of graft, scrub with a specialist path and patio cleaner. Finally, pull out any invasive weeds from the gaps between the patio stones, and lift up encroaching moss.

Bring your grass up to scratchIf all the trudging around in mud hasn’t done your garden any favours, it’s well worth investing in a lawn fertiliser, which will make your grass lovely, thick and green – as well as preventing weeds and moss from forming. If you have a real problem with the latter, fi nd a feeding product which incorporates weed-killer. At this time of year, aeration is also important: you don’t need any


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Be house proudDon’t neglect the exterior of your house. Wash your windows, and if they have wooden frames, you may want to give them a fresh lick of paint. Clear out dead leaves from the guttering and check that nothing is blocking the soakaways. Throw away any old children’s toys or clutter, and remove cobwebs.

Treat garden furniture To prolong the life of your garden furniture, it will need a yearly service to remove any rust spots and prevent against decay. Your wooden furniture will benefi t from a good rub down and coating of varnish or teak oil. To remove rust spots, scrape away with a steel wool pad, and use a dry paintbrush to remove particles left on the surface. Finally, apply a waterproof sealer, in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

Prepare the soil If you plan to grow some fruit and veg, purchase a soil-testing kit from your local garden centre. Once you know what kind of earth you’re dealing with, you can improve its quality by adding various nutrients. Beds and vegetable patches will benefi t from the removal of stones, twigs and plant debris, a good dig, and the addition of some organic matter such as rotted-down horse manure and a layer of mulch.

Get growingThe weather is warming up and now is the ideal time to cultivate some seedlings. Start off with some tomatoes, sunfl owers, salad leaves and chillies, and place them somewhere warm, ready for the sun when summer comes. Clean all your old pots with a scrubbing brush, re-plant your window boxes and, fi nally, sit back and enjoy!

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So why on Earth would you want such a thing? The short answer is choice: depending on the system you choose, you can access video on demand from every broadcaster you can think of, rent videos, watch YouTube or catch up with people on Facebook from the comfort of your sofa.

There are three main kinds of connected TV kit:There are connected TVs, such as Sony’s Bravias, Panasonic’s connected Viera sets, Samsung’s Internet@TV and LG’s SmartTVs. There are set-top boxes such as Apple’s Apple TV, Internet-enabled Blu-Ray players and Google TV devices such as the Logitech Revue. And then there are games consoles: Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii. Of the three options the consoles are the most limited: they’re designed for gaming fi rst and foremost, so any TV-related features are pretty basic. In the case of the Wii you get access to BBC’s iPlayer, and that’s about it.

TVs and set-top boxes are much more interesting, but there are big differences between different fi rms’ offerings. Apple TV does YouTube and iTunes movie rentals but not services such as iPlayer or LoveFilm; Microsoft’s Xbox 360 offers Sky (if you’re a Sky subscriber) but doesn’t offer iPlayer

or YouTube; top-end Samsung TVs offer not just Facebook but video chat using Skype; Google TV devices offer CNN and all the major UK catch-up services such as 4oD and ITV Player, not to mention regional variations including uTV’s uPlayer.There are also important differences in the way TVs and set-top boxes handle your existing media, such as home movies. Sony equipment, Windows PCs and other devices can communicate via the DLNA standard (Digital Living Network Alliance,

a standard for transferring media between different bits of kit), but the Apple TV can only access your content if it’s on a PC or Mac running iTunes. If you don’t fancy

leaving your computer running all the time, then the Apple TV isn’t for you.

If that sounds enormously complicated, that’s because it is: we’re in the very early stages of connected TV, and as a result there are lots of competing visions of the future. You’d need to be pretty brave to drop £1,000-plus on an Internet-enabled TV when it’s not entirely clear which technology will triumph. That doesn’t mean you can’t join in the fun now, though: set-top boxes and connected Blu-Ray players give you the fun of connected TV without the expense of a whole new set. An Apple TV is £99, Logitech’s Google TV-powered Revue should cost around £200 and an Internet-friendly Blu-Ray player such as Samsung’s BD-C6900 is around £250 online. If you buy one of those and Internet TV t u r n s out to be a passing fad, at least you’ll still have a top-end player for your Blu-Ray discs.

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