December 2017 FOSDYKE PAROCHIAL CHARITIES CHRISTMAS DOLE THE CHRISTMAS DOLE WILL BE GIVEN OUT ON Thursday, 21 December, 2017 at 12.00 in the VILLAGE HALL ANYONE WHO HAS NOT RECEIVED THE DOLE PREVIOUSLY BUT CONSIDER THEY MAY BE ELIGIBLE SHOULD APPLY IN WRITING GIVING THEIR DETAILS AND REASONS TO THE ADDRESS BELOW BY MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER, 2017. Clerk to the Trustees, DENIS GLENN, 3 OLD MAIN ROAD, FOSDYKE, BOSTON, LINCS PE20 2BU New applicants must have been resident in the parish for at least two years on 1 December when they apply. The Trustees will consider applications, giving full details, from persons who are retired or in receipt of benefits. Only one application per household will be considered and the applicant must not have a spouse or partner in full time employment. The decision of the Trustees will be notified to new applicants by telephone prior to 21 December. F osdyke is reeling from the tragic news of the death of one of its own sons, Gary Johnson, who was born in Fosdyke and lived in Bell Lane with his brother. Gary, was a keen and conscientious motorcyclist who travelled safely on a daily basis to his place of work in Donington. On Monday, 13 November, Gary was in collision with a car on his way to work and he subsequently died of his injuries. Gary will be remembered as a quiet. unassuming, hard working, law abiding man, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. We send our sincerest sympathies to his brother, Chris, and sister, Kim, and to his extended family. Rest in peace, Gary. village in shock B oston’s radio station Endeavourfm have been playing one of Phatt Knappii’s songs and recently DJ Alice Kat invited the band along for an interview and to play a couple of acoustic numbers. Alice (pictured front left) also came along and performed some of her songs at the social club’s Open Mic night in October. The band are also taking bookings for next year and have an Radio interview for local band hour-long set of their own material which they plan to play at festivals. They will still be playing their bread and butter 80’s cover at pubs and parties. Contact [email protected] for more details.
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December 2017
FOSDYKE PAROCHIAL CHARITIES
CHRISTMAS DOLETHE CHRISTMAS DOLE WILL BE GIVEN OUT ON
Thursday, 21 December, 2017at 12.00 in the
VILLAGE HALLANYONE WHO HAS NOT RECEIVED THE DOLE PREVIOUSLY BUT CONSIDER THEY
MAY BE ELIGIBLE SHOULD APPLY IN WRITING GIVING THEIR DETAILS AND REASONSTO THE ADDRESS BELOW BY MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER, 2017.
Clerk to the Trustees,DENIS GLENN, 3 OLD MAIN ROAD, FOSDYKE, BOSTON, LINCS PE20 2BU
New applicants must have been resident in the parish for at least two years on 1 December when theyapply. The Trustees will consider applications, giving full details, from persons who are retired or inreceipt of benefits. Only one application per household will be considered and the applicant must nothave a spouse or partner in full time employment. The decision of the Trustees will be notified to new
applicants by telephone prior to 21 December.
Fosdyke is reeling from thetragic news of the death of
one of its own sons, GaryJohnson, who was born inFosdyke and lived in Bell Lanewith his brother.
Gary, was a keen andconscientious motorcyclist whotravelled safely on a daily basis tohis place of work in Donington.
On Monday, 13 November,Gary was in collision with a car onhis way to work and hesubsequently died of his injuries.
Gary will be remembered as aquiet. unassuming, hard working,law abiding man, and will begreatly missed by all who knewhim.
We send our sincerestsympathies to his brother, Chris,and sister, Kim, and to his extendedfamily. Rest in peace, Gary.
village in shock
Boston’s radio stationEndeavourfm have been
playing one of Phatt Knappii’ssongs and recently DJ Alice Katinvited the band along for aninterview and to play a couple ofacoustic numbers.
Alice (pictured front left) alsocame along and performed some ofher songs at the social club’s OpenMic night in October.
The band are also takingbookings for next year and have an
Radiointerviewfor localband
hour-long set of their ownmaterial which they plan to play atfestivals. They will still be playingtheir bread and butter 80’s coverat pubs and parties. [email protected] for moredetails.
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Hello again! Chris from the RSPB’s Frampton Marsh naturereserve here again with your monthly look at the best in local
wildlife.
Do you feed the birds? If so, youaren’t alone. Surveys have shownthat nearly half of all UK adults feedthe birds in their garden. Anythingfrom a few crumbs from the toasterto full-on buffet of specialistfeeders. In fact, it has beensuggested that feeding the gardenbirds is the UK’s biggest leisureactivity. Some people take it toquite extraordinary lengths. HarryRedknapp recently revealed that hespends over £2000 a year onfeeding the birds in his garden.
Now, we can’t all do it to thatscale. But even a little bit of help forour feathered friends can havereally very positive effects. Wintercan be a tough time for many birds.So the bit of food you put out reallycan be a lifeline. But what are thedo’s and don’ts of feeding?
Well, let me start by exploding acommon myth. Bread really isn’t agood thing to feed to birds. OK,yes, they like the taste. Now I likechocolate (trust me, I really likechocolate!), but if I ate only that I’dend up rather ill. Bread fills up thebird’s stomach, but doesn’t givethem the nutrients they need tosurvive. A few crumbs off the plateat the end of the meal will be fine,but not entire loaves. Certainly notif they have started to go mouldy,you can give them some nastydiseases that way.
So no bread. But how aboutsome fat? Granny always used toput out the fat from the Sundayroast. That is fine, isn’t it? Well,sorry, no again. Fat does providelots of energy. But the stuff fromthe roast is the wrong sort. It is toosoft, and will smear itself over thebirds’ feathers, ruining them. Also,the meat juices it will contain will
go rancid, again giving them a nastyupset. But many other kitchenscraps can be used, such as bruisedapples or cheese that has gone a bithard. Check out the RSPB websitefor lots of suggestions.
Rather than scraps, you maydecide to buy one of the manycommercially available birdfoodsout on the market. There is lots ofchoice, including locally producedfrom Vine House Farm, near
Deeping St Nicholas. The key thinghere is that quality beats quantity.Birds really can tell the differenceand will far prefer coming to agarden that has good quality food,rather than one that puts out oodlesof cheaper stuff. . Cheap bird foodis often bulked out with wheat orbroken dog biscuit, which the birdsdon’t like and will only attract rats.Cheap peanuts can be even worse,as they might be infected with afungus that actually turns the nuttoxic! So quality bird food isdefinitely a worthwhile investment.
One thing you may notice is thatdifferent birds will like differentfoods, and indeed different placesto feed. Goldfinches have soft bills,and so prefer softer seeds like husk-free sunflower seeds or nyger seed.Blackbirds prefer to feed on fruitdown on the ground. Blue tits loveto dangle acrobatically from ahanging feeder. So variety of offerwill mean you have many morebirds coming into your garden.
Feeding the Feathered Friends
Courtesy Nigel Blake, spb-images.com
Courtesy Chris Gomersall, rspb-images.com
Now, if you were having friendsaround for dinner, you wouldn’tserve it on dirty plates, would you?The same principle applies tofeeding birds. Pretty though theycan be, often their table manners
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Courtesy Ben Hall, rspb-images.com
Courtesy Chris Gomersall, rspb-images.com
aren’t up to much. Bits of food getdropped everywhere and they dosometimes, er, perform othernatural activities shall we say?Which means bird feeders andtables can get pretty mucky, apotent breeding ground for all sortsof nasty diseases. Not good for youor the birds! So every week or two,give everything a jolly good scrubwith mild disinfectant. That way,no upset tummies for anyone.
Talking of dropping food,sometimes the birds drop wholeseeds, which then start growing inthe spring. Not always what youwant in your neat garden. To stopthis happening, before you put itout, put the seed in a microwave
and zap it for 30 seconds or so. Itsterilises the seed, so no chance ofit growing.
Finally, one reason people don’tfeed birds is because they areworried about attracting othervisitors. Rats, mice and squirrelswill eat birdfood. But if you onlyput out enough to last the day, thefirst two shouldn’t bother you asthey prefer the cover of darkness.Or, to deter all three, mix somechilli powder in with the food. Theywill hate the taste, but birds don’tmind it. You can also get cages tofit around feeders which can helpkeep squirrels off. Or larger birds,not everyone wants to feedpigeons!
Courtesy Nigel Blake,rspb-images.com
the FenneyMysteries
You might be interested toknow that Jane Crane, who
has written several of the FenneyMysteries for Fosdyke Magazinehas recently been given a three-book deal with Londonpublishers Aria.
Jane is a part of the Spalding-based writing group, Red WineWriters.
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It’s easy to use. All you need toenter is twenty words and theirclues and the app does the rest.Save two pdfs (blank with questionsand answers and send [email protected]
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Dave Bristow and John werethe social club’s Whist Drive
winners on Saturday, 4November. Jane Bristow andNorman Raynor were second..
Winners of the Domino Drive onSaturday, 28 October, were DavidBristow and Gary Britchford withBarbara Spinks and Mary Baldwinrunners-up
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the plants are now in their dormantphase, but also, with the leavesnow off, it’s easier to see what youare doing. It’s also easier to identifydead and diseased wood, whichcan then be cut out. Considershredding the prunings rather thanburning them, they make a terrificmulch, or can be added to thecompost heap to rot down mixedgreener material. If your garden ismostly laid to shrubs and lawn, sothere isn’t much bulky material forthe compost heap in the summermonths, keep a pile of shreddingsto mix in.
I have found 2017 to be auniversally terrible year forblackspot on roses. Presumably thisis related to the overall dampnessthat we’ve suffered. No matter whatthe mould resistant species, allroses seem to have eventuallysuccumbed. All the spraying anddesperate removing of affectedleaves appears to have been in vain.Early action in the plants growthcycle would seem to be the bestopportunity to combat thisproblem. You can spray roses witha winter wash, as with fruit trees, tokill off any remaining blackspotspores on the plant and in the soil.First, clear away all old foliage onand around the roses as the sporescan be transferred from the leavesto the soil. Spray the soil around thebushes as well as the rosesthemselves. Then cross your fingersthat it’s done the trick.
December is not a completely bleak month for colour in thegarden. Plants like the winter flowering heathers and jasmine
should be in flower throughout the month. Witch Hazel and Irisunguicularis are others that can be relied upon to cheer upDecember days in the garden. There should be berries on trees andshrubs if the birds haven’t eaten them all.
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There is still plenty to dooutside, although the pace of workcan be gentler now. There is notthe urgency with which thingshave to be done in the spring andsummer. With borders tidied up,it is an ideal opportunity to giveborderline-hardy plants such asPenstemon protections againsthard frosts. As the years go byand our winters become milderand nurseries breed more robustplants, many, including Penstemon,that were once always lifted forwinter protection now happily stayoutdoors all year round. But theyare not immune to the harshestweather, so it is well worthcovering them as winter enters itscoldest phase. The easiest way ofdoing this is by covering the plantswith a cloche, either glass or plastic.More utilitarian cloches can bemade with plastic sheeting
ColourfulDecember
stretchedover wire
frames. Alternatively, usehorticultural fleece or a layer ofstraw held in place with peggeddown netting.
Winter pruning of fruit trees is asatisfying job to be undertakennow. It’s a good time to do anymajor pruning of ornamentaldeciduous trees, not only because
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It was another busy Open Mic at FosdykeSocial Club on Thursday, 9 November.
There was barely time to fit in all the acts!If you’ve been promising yourself a visit why
not go along to the next one on Thursday, 14December, from 8pm?
great Night!
Dancing as well assinging at November’sOpen Mic!
Open RoadKiya Brown
Karen Clare
PhattKnappii
Tony Nuccoll
An end-of-evening jam
Castro’s Catflap
Fosdyke resident JamieWadlow runs Cowbit
Athletic FC and on Saturday, 19May, 2018 is holding a charityevent titled "Cowbit vs the Stars"as his team will be taking on anall star Celebrity team in Aid ofSave the Children UK. It will beat Peterborough United's ABAXStadium.
He already has a full team ofcelebrities and is appealing to localbusiness to get involved withsponsorship.
He is offering free tickets to theevent and photos with thecelebrities. He is looking for ahandful of sponsors, to be able tosupport the event with fundsbetween £200-£500.
was set up by The Reverend BBeridge in 1907 to promoteeducation (including religiouseducation in the doctrines of theChurch of England) of personsunder the age of 25 in the areacomprising the parishes of Fosdykeand Algarkirk.
This trust now has three newTrustees and invites applications forsmall educational related grantsfrom residents within the twoparishes stated above.
Application forms are availablefrom the Diocesan Trustee. TheVicar of Kirton, Algarkirk andFosdyke, the Reverend Paul FBlanch at Kirton Vicarage, PennyGardens, Kirton, PE201HN Tel01205 624128.
Christmas FayreWell, the elves and various
other of Santas helpershaving been working hard all yearto help create an even bigger andbetter Christmas Fayre than lastyear. Our Vicar, Father Paul, will beopening the event, so it’s a goodchance to come along and meet the
new vicar, as well as torelieve your pockets ofsome of that troublesomecash - -meet yourneighbours, have a bite
to eat, meet Santa, and have a jollygood chinwag. Details of theChristmas Fayre are in the posteron the back page of this newsletter.
Confirmationand refresher
courseThis course begins at The
Vicarage in Kirton onThursday, 7 December, at 2pmand will meet each Thursday untilChristmas for Part 1. Course Bookswill be provided. If you areinterested or just curious – pleasecontact a PCC member in the firstinstance or The Vicar of Kirton,Algarkirk and Fosdyke, theReverend Paul F Blanch at KirtonVicarage, Penny Gardens, Kirton,PE201HN Tel 01205 624128.
Messy ChurchIt sounds disgusting – bit it is a
way for young people toexperience church, and locally – itis growing at our sister church inAlgarkirk. If you would like moreinformation, please ask Fr. Paul orone of our churchwardens.
Pop-In LunchesResume in January 2018.
Provisional date booked isTuesday, 9 January. Margaret andthe Pop-In team would like to thankeveryone who has helped byattending the lunches or workingwith the team to produce them. Agreat big thank you is due. We run
these lunches to promote a sense ofcommunity spirit in the localvillages and to provide muchneeded funds to keep our churchgoing for the benefit of thecommunity we serve.
Garden of RestAt this time of year, it is natural
to think of our departed lovedones, and to leave tributes atgravesides. Please consider thevolunteers who look after theGarden of Rest for us in their freetime, and dispose of unwantedmaterials in the bins provided.THANK YOU.
ChurchCleaning
We like to keep our churchclean, neat and tidy - a fit and
proper place for worship. This is noeasy task, and we like to thank allthose who have cleaned thebrasses, maintained our linens etc.,and of course the wonderfulBelinda who has made such a greatjob of cleaning this lovely buildingon the very small pittance that wecan afford to pay. Thank youBelinda, on behalf of us all.
HappyChristmas
On behalf of Fr. Paul, Terry, Jonand the Church Council of All
Saints Church we would like tothank our very many supporters inthe parish and to wish one and all avery happy Christmas and apeaceful, prosperous and fulfillingNew Year 2018.
Churchwardens:Jon 01205 260672
Terry 01205 260408
AllSaints
Fosdyke
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Four pages ofChurch newsand gossip
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The View FromThe Vicarage
What is Christmas all about?When you get on the
bathroom scale in the morning, youmay be hoping that it registers asmaller number than the day before- you may even be hoping thatyou’ve lost weight. It’s the quantityof mass in you, plus the force ofgravity, that determines yourweight. But what determines yourmass?
That’s one of the mostfrequently asked, and most-hotlypursued questions in physics today.Many of the experiments circulatingin the world’s particle acceleratorsare looking into the mechanism thatgives rise to mass. Scientists at thefamous CERN facility as well as at avery interesting place calledFermilab in Illinois, USA are hopingto find what they call the “Higgsboson.” Higgs, they believe, is a
particle, or set of particles,that might give othersmass.
The idea of oneparticle giving anothermass is a somewhatcounter-intuitive. Isn’tmass an inherentcharacteristic ofmatter? If not, howcan one entity impartmass on all theothers by simplyfloating by andinteracting withthem?
So theScientists in Cern,Switzerland claim
they havenow gotthe
evidence they need to prove theexistence of what is called the“Higgs boson”, the basic buildingblock of all matter, and thereforeeverything in the universe.Journalists like to call it “The GodParticle”, the origin of everything.
We could perhaps rewrite theChristmas Day Gospel from St John‘s Gospel - Chapter 1 as follows:
In the beginning was the Higgsboson:and the Higgs boson was theGod particle.Through it all things came to be,not one thing had its being butthrough it.All that came to be had lifethrough it ...I could go on, and if you are the
kind of person who really puts a lotof store by modern science, thenno doubt this is very exciting. If youare the kind of person who believesthat science has all the answers andhas made religious belief andreligious explanations of the worldunnecessary, then no doubt youmay even feel vindicated. Assomeone said to me the other dayin Fosdyke Church, I used to attendthis church as a boy, then I grewup! The inference being thatreligion has no credible place in agrown up world.
Yes, all this is important stuff, asure example of the extraordinaryingenuity of humanity informulating such theories andmaking such discoveries.
But let’s not miss the wholepoint.
Scientific discovery is one thing.It gives explanations, causation, butit does not uncover motives andpurposes.
When I changed that readingform St John Chapter 1, I had tomake some very subtle changes. Ihad to get rid of the word “with”,and change the “he”s to “it”. I hadto remove all idea of relationship,all idea of dependence, all sense ofhope. I had to remove the personaland make it completely impersonal.I had to remove all sense ofpurpose, and substitute themechanical..
If science is to be an explanationof everything, then we have to dowithout any sense of meaning or
purpose in the world. If we lay bearthe mechanism, then all that is leftis machinery.
The Gospel reading tells a verydifferent tale. It tells us not how theworld came to be - neither does thebook of Genesis for that matter -but it tells us that the universe haspurpose, the Word has meaning,and that such things as love, andloyalty, honesty and integrity, thepowers that bind us togetherthroughout our lives, the forces thatconfirm our deep intuition of theimmortality of the soul, the valuesthat underpin our hope in a greaterand almighty power, these aremuch more than merely themovement of genes, but the forcethat gives life and light to theuniverse.
When we hear the words “In thebeginning was the Word” - whenwe celebrate the Christmas story inall its beauty and charm - we arebeing told that life has a purpose,The Word has Meaning, andhowever important the Boson maybe (and it is) what binds the worldtogether is not a particle but aloving heart. The very heart of aloving God who send us his onlySon as the best gift we will everreceive!
Please join us for our Festival ofLessons and Carols at Fosdyke, AllSaints on Sunday 17th December at6pm. Also a very special invitationto be with us on Christmas Eve at9pm for the Christmas Eve Mass ofthe Nativity.
Every best wish for Christmasand the New Year,
Your friend and priest,†Father Paul
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Earlier in the autumn, I wasenjoying my favourite day-off
activity, which is to browse incharity and second-hand shops. Icame across a slim volume ofpoetry by a man called ShaneJagger. I would like to share one ofhis poems with you:
At Christmaswe give each other
small gifts
So why at this time?
Itreminds us
a child was bornwho would grow up
amongst ordinary peopleand by his coming into this world
would bring an extraordinary great giftof news
TheReal
could beapproached
without intermediaryby
all mensimply by the means of love
This is why we gift each other atChristmas
if we rememberI was – and am – struck by the
authenticity of this man’sresponse to the birth ofJesus. It might be quitepossible to debatewhether he has got thetheology of theincarnation perfectly‘spot on’. But what Iam hearing is aresponse from theheart that is genuine,
and that, to me,gives voice to aninstinctive
‘experience’ ofChristmas. I donot know his faithbackground. I doknow that he was
born in1960,
Sharing a poem
worked in the fish markets in Hull,and from the late 1970s until hisdeath earlier this year, lived in theScottish borders.
Reading Shane’s poem, got meto thinking: how would I describethe meaning of Christmas in just afew words? And I wonderedwhether I should set myself the taskof trying to write a description, orto draw a picture, or to take a photo(I’m afraid, writing music is beyondme!) as I make my ownpreparations to celebrate the birthof Jesus this year? And if I setmyself this task, would you perhapslike to join me? Wouldn’t it bewonderful if, across the Diocese ofLincoln, in our own ways, in ourown voices, we were able toexpress something to ourselves –and to others – of what Christmasreally means to us?
For the Feast is a feast for allpeople; the celebration of the givingof God’s very self to the world inlove; a giving that invites aresponse from us all.
May you know God’s blessingand love this Christmas, inwhatever circumstances youcelebrate it!
Bishop NicholasP.S. And if you want to send me
your words or your picture, orwhatever else your response to thebirth of Jesus might be, please do!
We are most grateful to BesharaPublications(www.besharapublications.org.uk)for their kind permission to reprintthe work of Shane Jagger here.
On St Andrew's Day - ThursdayNovember 30th Fr Paul will
be in Church for Noon Prayers andtherein after, every week in AllSaints Parish Church at the sametime. (Emergencies and funeralspermitting) This simple butreverend worship service lastsaround 15 minutes.
This is a wonderful opportunityto prayer, be silent and also anopportunity for parishioners tomeet with Fr Paul for a chat, advice,spiritual direction or whatever theneed may be.
On certain days we hope to offeryou coffee and cake!
Please join us if you can – weare not only open on Sundays.
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Liz Martin has beenwandering the streets of
Fosdyke with her camera all yearand has chosen her favourite
Fosdyke calendarfor 2018
photos to create a full colourFosdyke calendar for 2018 withthe intention of giving any profittowards All Saint’s church repairwork.
Calendars are A4 and cost £10each. There is a limited number soplease contact Liz on 260275 if youwould like one.
Saturday, 25 November
ChristmasFayre
2pmat the village hall
Thursday, 7 December
Confirmationand
RefresherCourse
7pm
Sunday, 10 December
HolyCommunionfor Advent
9.30am
Sunday, 17 December
VillageCandlelit
CarolService
6pm
Sunday,24 December
CandlelitServiceof the
Nativity9pm
(aka midnightmass for earlysleepers andpartygoers)
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FOSDYKE PARISH COUNCIL http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Fosdyke/
Clerk to the Council, Mrs. W. DePear FerryHouse, Old Inn Lane, Fosdyke Bridge,
Councillor Aaron Spencer Tel. 01205 460394 Councillor Mike Cooper
LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTYCOUNCILLOR for FOSDYKE
Councillor Mike Brookes Tel. 01205 820616
Liz Wallder’sBook Review
Enemy of Godby
Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwall writeshistorical novels and this is
no exception: it’s the secondbook of a trilogy all about thewarlord Arthur, his love forGuinevere and his quest to makepeace all over England. A storywe’ve all heard before, but, asever, Cornwall puts his twist onthings, making it all come tolife..
Derfel is the narrator of thisstory; a lowly warrior who, as inmost of Cornwall’s books, is large,blonde, kind and good, even whenplaced in terrible situations. Hebecomes Arthur’s friend andconfidante and tries to get him totake on the throne that is there forthe taking.
Guinevere is a power crazy,intelligent woman who realises thatas she can hold no actual power ofher own the only way she can ruleis through the man she is marriedtoo and when she realises thatArthur won’t take on the kingship,looks for a man who will.
Lancelot is a preening buffoonwho likes to prance around, oftento be found polishing his armourbut at any sign of a fight suddenlyhas pressing engagementselsewhere leaving other men tofight for him.
Merlin is portrayed as a randyold goat that prances around, allmystic and shaking human bones atone moment then trying to getsome pretty maiden into bed thenext.
I’m a fan of Bernard Cornwalland found this a very exciting bookto read- it’s full of sword fights andmagic and battles, horrificallyportrayed as Cornwall doesn’t shyaway from spurting blood andbeheadings but warriors always dieas heroes with dignity and holdingtheir swords to the end.
I’m just coming to the end of thethird book where Arthur and Derfelare old men (in their fourties!) but Ienjoyed the humour in “Enemy ofGod” more. I loved reading aboutArthur and his knights when I wasyoung and Cornwall certainlymakes all those stories come alive.And adds more blood.
Thursday, 14 December
Open MicOpens 8pm - music 8.30-11pm
Saturday, 2 December
XMAS MEAL8pm
FosdykeSocial Club
Saturday, 16 December
xmas quiz8 pm
Chicken/fish/scampi andchips supper.
Members £5.50, guests £6
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Sunday, 24 December
secretsanta draw
8 pm
Saturday, 9 December
whist drive8 pm
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David Plum from The Ship raised£250 for the Poppy Appeal by
dressing as Dr Frank N Furter fromThe Rocky Horror Show.
Friday, 15 December
XMAS draw8pmgh
Tammie Ryan won theBeetle Drive at the social
club on Saturday, 11 November,with Dave Baldwin second andMary Baldwin third.
beetle winners
things you doto raise money
Fosdyke’s three football teamsare appealing to the children
of the village to return any ballsthey find.
While every effort is made tolocate lost balls, they aren’t cheapafter all, there are often occasionswhen they just can’t be found, yetindustrious youngsters seem to beable to find them!
lost balls
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Dave eventually raised £250 andwhile we considered putting thephoto on the front page we decidedit wasn’t appropriate! It’s on theopposite page. But you can makeup your own mind about that. Oneteam got into the spirit of things asyou can see in the photo above.
Once a fortnight The Ship holds a Fun Quiz Night. On Monday,30 October, it had a
Halloween theme and questionmaster, Dave Plum, dressed asDr Frank N Furter from TheRocky Horror Show, to raisemoney for the Royal BritishLegion Poppy Appeal.
unusual for her husband to displaysuch enthusiasm about anything, atleast in public. Not that anyone elsewas in the restaurant.
"What's the Dover sole like?" heasked as if he'd not noticed herembarrassment.
"It is rather good," she admitted."And nicely presented."
"Hello?""What?" They looked at each
other, then around the room. Theywere still alone.
"You didn't say that did you?"Don asked. Betty's head stopped inmid shake.
"I did! You heard me!" Therewas mixed hope and excitement inthe voice.
"Who is this?" Don demanded,jumping up from the table as if hisspeed would enable him to catchthe speaker.
"Alistair Campbell. Lord of GlenNevis."
Don spun round. The voice hadbeen directly behind him.
"Sorry. I can't manifest visually,and it takes a great deal of etherealpower to allow you to hear me. Just
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Yet when Donald and BettyArkwright booked in one Fridaynight only one other room wastaken and the occupants had, bythe accounts of the pretty youngreceptionist, gone into Glenrith forfish and chips.
As full-time assessors, on thisoccasion representingBartholomew's Guide to the Hotel'sand Restaurants of the Highlands,the Arkwrights led a nomadic anduneventful life traveling the lengthand breadth of the UK onfreebees.Whether it was becausethey looked so much the archetypalassessors, and therefore couldn'tbe, or because they were such anunassuming couple, their identitieshad never been discovered bythose they where assessing.
They'd never had children, and,despite their ever changing scenery,locations, and different people theymet, they kept themselves verymuch to themselves.
Donald kept a little notebook inthe inside pocket of his suite jacketand, whenever no one else wasaround, scrawled copious noteswith a lead pencil, which he lickedevery few words, while Betty hadinvested in the latest technology,well it had been twenty yearsearlier, with a dictaphone tuckedinto her closely clutched handbag.Back in their room they woulddiscuss their findings, and agree ona rating for the currentestablishment.
The Golden Griffin had it's ownagenda however. For one thing youwould never see a local eithereating or drinking there. Unlikeother hotel bars in the area it wasn'ttreated as a "local" by anyone. Had
Just off the main road from Fort William to Inverness the GoldenGriffin should have been a popular and, in the holiday season,
thriving hotel and restaurant. It's two AA symbols belied the talentsof a remarkable chef whose culinary delights should have packedthe tables every night.
the Arkwrights been a little moreoutgoing they might havediscovered earlier why The Greff,as the locals called it, wasn't thepopular haunt it ought to be.
They had met all manner ofowners and managers, so theCameron family, the receptionistwas the youngest, seemed no moreor less unusual than any other.
"This roast beef is exquisite,"Donald remarked kissing his thumband finger before draw into the airwith a "Wmumph."
"Don!" Betty blushed. It was
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in case your not sure yet, I'm whatyou would probably call a ghost. Idied back in '92. That's 1192.Poison."
Don has collapsed back into hischair, bum on seat but legs akimboover the arms. Betty's bottom jawwas virtually resting on her amplebreasts, but that could have beendue to her bra straps being tootight.
Despite their self-inducedsheltered life they accepted whatwas before them and reactedaccordingly, with Betty just gettingthe edge.
"What do you want Alistair?" sheasked.
"Lord, if you don't mind.""My apologies." Somehow she
managed to curtsy despite beingseated, but destroyed the momentwith an impatient, "Well, Lord ofGlen Nevis?"
For a moment the room seemedto crackle with some primevalterror and Donald thought his wifemight have pushed the spirit too farand there was a chance he wouldenjoy his dinner all over again albeit
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in a sudden rush of vomit, but alarge burp seemed to ease his fears,both in respect of his stomach andthe atmosphere.
"So you felt it too?" The sourceof the voice had moved yet thereremained an echo in its previousposition.
"That feeling wasn't your doingthen?"
"No. It's been plaguing me nighon 700 years. You can help medispel it."
Donald shivered. "How?" asked Betty. His wife,
he decided, was coping far betterthan he was.
"Well it's like this . . ."
They reached The Gate, about twomiles on from the Greff, at 7.30 thefollowing evening, in plenty of timefor their meal. The surroundingswere pleasant enough but both ofthem were unable to stopthemselves making judgmentsdespite this being a purely socialvisit. Neither could remember thelast time they'd had a meal out justfor the pleasure of it. It was a
strange experience for them.Had they been on duty, so to
speak, then the restaurant foodwould have been given areasonable rating, but the serviceneeded a lot of improving.
At 10 o'clock, over two liquorcoffees, Betty unscrewed the topfrom the pewter bottle that hadbeen exactly where the spirit said itwould be; under a floorboard intheir room at the Greff.
It took only a few moments forthe atmosphere to change.Following a feeling of surprise, thatcaught the other dozen or socustomers as much as Donald andBetty, a feeling of love, tendernessand unbridled passion overoad allother feelings. Yet it lasted such ashort time that gasps and moans ofdisappointment, when it dissipated,left many embarrassed faces.
So it was that Alistair Campbell,Lord of Glen Nevis, well at leastback in 1192, was reunited with hissweetheart of the clan McKenzie.Seems Shakespeare had heard thestory but decided to use Venice forthe backdrop. What of the GoldenGriffin? Well, having lost itspurpose, the minor demon that hadbeen conjured to keep Campbellfrom escaping the building returnedto wherever it came from and thehotel began to prosper. Indeed,following the publication ofBartholomew's guide it was themost sought-after restaurants in theWestern Highlands.
And Donald and Betty? They'ddiscovered two things. It could befun to eat out, and they had a skillat communicating with ghosts. Itwas the start of a new career.
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