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14th April ‘Wool I Never’ knitting for beginners at The Old Tea House, Winchcombe, demonstration of needle felting by Gretel Parker at Winds of Change Gallery, Winchcombe, 21st April the BIG knit at St. Peter’s Church where everyone can join in whilst being entertained by ‘Shepherds Crook’ who will be performing English villlage songs. Plus much more! For further information on workshops and demonstrations please visit www.windsofchangegallery.co.uk

The Walk is registered with the British Walking Federation (BWF) and the International Federation of Popular Sports (IVV). Entrance £5 Adult, under 16 yrs £3. (£2 IVV stamp only option no badges etc), Family and Team rates. See website for full details and registration document. http://www.hawkdean.co.uk Entrance Includes Guide book, Quick reference guide IVV stamp, enamel Lapel Badge (22mm) and Cloth Badge (60mm) awarded on completion. Additional medal award £1.50 Start Times Route Age Limit Years 07:30 – 09:30 40 Km 14 see rules 07:30 – 09:30 30 Km/Trail runners 10 see rules 07:30 – 10:30 20 Km 8 see rules 10:30 – 12:30 10 Km 6 see rules 10:30 – 12:30 6.5 & 7 Km No Limit All routes must be completed by 17:30 hrs. The 7 Km is an alternative route without styles, and is suitable for sturdy pushchairs but not wheel chairs. Participants should carry water, light refreshments, small individual first aid kit (to deal with blisters, small cuts etc) and ware suitable clothing.

All money raised from this event goes to the Cotswold Care Hospice: caring for patients and their families with life limiting illnesses and providing end of life care. Your local Hospice enables people to die at home, surrounded by their families, with dignity. All our services are free of charge but we need to raise £2.3 million each year. Isla McLean, Senior Events Manager, Cotswold Care Hospice Burleigh Lane, Minchinhampton, Glos GL5 2PQ T: 01453 886868, Web: www.cotswoldcare.org.uk For further information of location see – Woodchester Mansion

http://www.bathlitfest.org.uk/

The Bath Literature Festival is at the centre of local, national and international debate featuring some of the most intelligent, creative, and cutting edge thinkers alive today.    

‘There were passionate questions and comments from the audience who were clearly engaged and buzzing.  This was live!’

Artistic Director James Runcie, is an acclaimed novelist, documentary film-maker, TV producer, theatre director and journalist. 

In its seventeen year history the Literature Festival has hosted Nobel and Booker Prize winners such as Doris Lessing, Margaret Atwood, Kazuo Ishiguro, Hilary Mantel and Howard Jacobson; leading political thinkers from Tony Benn and Tariq Ali to Anna Politkovskaya and Eric Hobsbawm, poets ranging from poets laureate Andrew Motion and Carol Ann Duffy to Wendy Cope and Simon Armitage, and humorists from Garrison Keillor and Terry Pratchett to Steve Bell.

The Festival is strongly connected to the city and its people. With events taking place in historic buildings throughout the town, we have a special opportunity to match architecture and theme.

The festival is a celebration of Gloucestershire, its landscape, its art, its music, its food and drink, its culture (both contemporary and traditional) and of course, its people. It’ll feature the very best local performers in music, comedy, poetry, children’s acts and performance arts, alongside headlining acts from across the country, hosted over a Main Stage, Performance Tent and Exhibition Space. In addition there’ll be Real Ale and Cider, locally sourced food and a large craft market. Exhibitions and performances from local clubs and arts groups and much much more. Tickets Festival tickets are priced extremely affordably . Adult ‘3 day weekend’ ticket £40, with camping (up to 4 nights) extra £20, U18’s are half price, children aged 5 years and under receive free admission, caravan/camper van pass £20. Times The Hullabaloo Festival 2012 is divided into 2 main sessions ‘Daytime’ and ‘Evening’ and 1 ‘Late’ session, each day. The sessions that are available to you will vary depending upon the type of ticket purchased: ‘Daytime’ session – 11am to 7pm ‘Evening’ session – 7pm to 11pm ‘Late’ session – 11pm to 2am

This friendly walking festival offers 17 guided walks for all abilities, with knowledgeable guides who can give you an insight into the countryside.

For 2012 the Walking Festival includes:

• An insight into life in and around Sudeley Castle in Tudor times where Queen Katherine Parr is buried.
• Walk the Windrush Way from Winchcombe to Bourton-on-the-Water through the hills passing the remains of ‘lost’ medieval villages en route.
• Find out about Winchcombe’s military history during the two World Wars.
• Walk to Longborough, a pretty ‘Walkers are Welcome’ village in the hills near Stow-on-the-Wold.
• Walk part of the Cotswold Way with the National Trail Officers and gain an insight in how the trail is managed.
• Walk part of the new Holst Way from the Holst Museum in Cheltenham with one of the route’s originators.
• For the more energetic why not try orienteering on Cleeve Common, the highest point in the Cotswolds. Suits all ages.
• Visit a Roman Villa, beautiful villages nestling in valleys, identify wild flowers, learn about birdsong or learn about Winchcombe’s historical past.

Booking early is essential to ensure places!
 

Wondering what to get a mother, grandmother or godmother as a special treat for Mothering Sunday on 18 March 2012? How about a sumptuous cream tea on the terrace in one of Gloucestershire’s most beautiful gardens? In addition to scones and clotted cream, delicious sandwiches and home-made cakes, there is an ice cream tasting provided by local artisan maker Just Rachel. Mouth-watering flavours include treacle toffee and cream, sloe gin and damson. Visitors will also have an exclusive preview of the exhibition of sculpture and paintings on show at Mill Dene in 2012. The creator and owner of the garden, Wendy Dare, will give a short talk about how she and her husband Barry found the old Mill and its garden and created it over many years. Guests are invited to roam the garden taking in the charm of spring or just while away an afternoon with family and friends. As a parting gift, visitors will receive a pot of seedlings (Unwins Sweet Pea ‘Barry Dare’), a rich red variety named for Mill Dene’s owner. Open from 2pm to 5.30pm. Cost: £15.50 per person, booking is essential. Wet day provision is in place!

Winchcombe Town celebrates its now annual wassail at Hayles Fruit Farm on Saturday 28th January.

The celebrations will be led by Happenstance Border Morris side and will involve singing, dancing, a wassail king and queen and much cider!

The trees are honoured for what they provided last year and ‘toasted’ with bread drenched in cider. There is also an offering made to the robin, the guardian of the tree.

The event is free and will start at 3pm, finishing with a torch lit procession at approximately 5pm.

Saturday 28th & Sunday 29thApril at 2.15pm
The Corinium Museum takes part in the Cotswold District Council Rural Cinema Scheme, showing a film once a month. Film titles are released approx. 4 – 6 weeks in advance. To find out which film will be showing contact the Corinium Museum or see our poster in the window.
Cost: £4.50, £3.75 (Concessions and season ticket holders). Booking recommended. Tel: 01285 655611

With Elizabeth Poraj Wilcynska
Phenomenology of landscape is the use of sensory experience to view and interpret an archaeological site. Landscapes are multimodal – information is received through multiple senses and processed simultaneously. Belas Knap long barrow was excavated in 1860 and 1929 and then restored by the ministry of works in 1930. Beyond basic geology and topography little has been recorded about the area around the site. This lecture will explore the results of a three-year sensory investigation at Belas Knap. Project themes include – perceptual mapping, acoustic archaeology, rock-art and lighting, art work produced in response to place.
Liz Poraj-Wilczynska is an artist and archaeographer who trained as an archaeological illustrator and has worked on archaeological sites throughout the county. In recent years she has broadened the scope of her work, overlaying archaeology with photography, painting, personal experience and social perspective. Liz investigates sense of place and presence using insights to interact with the ghost landscape of the past.
Cost: £5.50 or £5 to season ticket holders. All lectures are from 7 – 8.30pm (this includes time for questions). Finish times may vary. Booking is advisable. Tel: 01285655611