Staffordshire
With over 70 traders signed up to join us at the next Uttoxeter Makers Market you are in for a real treat with an absolute show stopper of an event especially tailored just for you lovely folks in Staffordshire.
Exactly 130 years ago in Poland, an eye specialist called Dr L. L. Zamenhof, published a slim book detailing the structure and vocabulary of a wholly new language which he did not give a name. The pen name Zamenhof chose was Doktoro Esperanto—and people who started learning the new language simply called it by the “surname” of its author, Esperanto.
More Europeans are holidaying in east Devon, according to Susanne Westgate, co-owner of West Pitt Farm near Tiverton. With her partner, Adrian, she took over the holiday business 12 years ago, and has witnessed a steady increase in bookings especially from overseas.
I’ve had what feels like endless weeks of peering out of the windows to our garden and yearning for a few precious hours, free of the last of the winter chills, to spend pottering outside.
So, the festive season is long gone and you did the responsible thing by not caving into the children’s demands to getting a kitten or a puppy for Christmas. Well done you! The stress on an established pet at Christmas is enormous, let alone on a new puppy or kitten. And the added pressure on you? Well let’s not go there.
2nd April would have been Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, a milestone date being celebrated this year by International Children’s Book Day.
Are you looking for a new hobby? Would you like to learn to play a brass instrument? Maybe you have played before and would like to play again? Want to find out more?
Featuring indoor bowls, dominoes, board games, cards, darts and more. Special taster sessions and refreshments are available.
Join in this years Dougie Mac 5K event on Sunday 9th April at Wedgwood Estate at Barlaston.
I don’t know about you, but I spend most of winter looking forward to spring. The start of lighter evenings and warmer temperatures all appeal to me far more than central heating, woolly sweaters and warm boots.