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10303783_10152354873204654_551479941973086446_n-w500-h500Thank you to Evanda Greenwood for her write up of the farm visit last week (you will remember Jane Barnes spoke to us last year, telling us all about the life of a dairy farmer’s wife):
‘Anyway, Farm visit was great. Jane Barnes was a great host and we all ambled across the fields to see all of the cows. The Barnes’ have roughly 300 acres and the art of dairy farming is extremely technical to say the least.  It was a lovely evening and we all thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt so much.’
‘They have about 130 milking cows in the herd, most of them being pedigree Ayrshire and these need feeding twice a day.’
To quote from the Farm’s website, “They produce 725,000 ltrs of milk per year and it  is sold on contract to Clawson Dairies to be made into Stilton Cheese.  The aim is to send 2000 ltrs of milk to the dairy everyday.  It’s collected by a tanker lorry and taken to Clawson to be pasturised before its made into cheese.”‘
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Not sure of the significance of the time picture – maybe Evanda can explain?

May-bake monthly meeting – vegetables

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Sort out your favourite vegetable recipe (sweet or savoury) and bake it for the next vegetabes-w500-h500monthly meeting on 21st May.  You will be able to share your baking with members, as well as sampling lots of new, innovative ideas which you can then try out on friends and family.

Don’t forget to bring a copy of the of the recipe (or, ideally, several copies) so these can be pegged up for other members to take home to try out for themselves.  We’ll be putting digital copies on the website, too, after the meeting.

Members will also be able to have fun in teams and take part in one of our popular quizzes.  This, too, will be on the theme of ‘vegetables.’   Time to dig deep now to brush up on those unusual facts.

Colour makes a difference

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Jo Round, image consultant, was the speaker for last Wednesday’s April meeting.  Evanda Greenwood, Committee Member, reports, ‘The main thing Jo focused on was that “colour makes a difference” and that was what she concentrated on really.’
‘She got some ladies up and swatched them in colours that didn’t suit them then changed them to “their colours” and we had to see if we could get it right.  It was very interesting!  Also she said that there are dominant colour “types” – light, deep, warm, cook, clear and soft and depending on one’s complexion.  The colours should match.
Jo concluded, “Clothes and makeup are a form of communication and should be representative of who you are”.  We should always dress appropriately for any given occasion’.
Click to find out more about Jo Round at Creative Confidence.
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Dairy Farm Visit – last chance to book tonight

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The next social event is for the Dairy Farm Visit which is on 7th May 2014.  It begins at 7pm and finishes around 9pm with refreshments. There is a walk up the fields to see the cows grazing etc, and then around the farm buildings to see the baby calves and the milking parlour. Jane would recommend wellingtons, as there’s always plenty of cow poo about!   It is £5 per person payable at tonight’s monthly meeting.

The postcode for SatNav’s is LE14 2PS. Plenty of car parking in the farmyard which is right at the end of Church Lane.

Skittles evening – meal choices needed now!

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For those coming to the skittles night next week at Kibworth (Railway Arms) can you please let Evand Greenwood, Social Secretary, know if you are going to be eating.  She needs to let the publican know as soon as she can. You can choose from:
Veggie lasagne
Meat lasagne
Sausage and mash
Gammon (with EITHER egg or pineapple)
Shepherds pie
You can have either chips or jacket spud with your choice (apart from the saus and mash)
The food is usually around £5 and it’s lovely!
7.00pm The Railway Kibworth.
Reply in  the next couple of days to: evandacg@gmail.com

Magical Motown evening out

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Members and guests of Market Harborough WI danced to their heart’s content last night at De Montfort Hall, Leicester.  The touring show, Magic of Motown, provided non-stop entertainment and music to dance to from start to finish of the show.  We copied the dancers and singers as they performed (or tried to!).  We were whowed by their glittering costumes, too.

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Leicester Hedgehog Rescue

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Colleen Powell, founder of Leicester Hedgehog Rescue, enthralled members last night with a very amusing account of how she has grown to love hedgehogs and set up the rescue service.

Hedgehogs have been around for many thousands of years.  Today’s modern environment is still proving a challenge to these small creatures as they struggle to adapt.   I was going to list some facts that Colleen shared with us but have just stumbled across this link to some fascinating hedgehog characteristics that you may wish to check out.

Colleen delighted members by bringing along a hedgehog that is used to humans.

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She also brought along some hedgehog goodies and details of ones to sponsor.

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Change of plan for May meeting – felting

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The Committee recently took the decision not to offer felting at the May monthly meeting.  Constraints on the length of time it would take for members to make an item using felt unfortunately does not fit into the time available.  However, the good news is that we will be offering a wet felting session, led by Leicestershire Craft Centre later this year.  You will be able to book your place as normal with any event on our social programme.  Payment will be necessary by the monthly meeting in the month before.  More details to follow once finalised.

A May Day Bake is now planned for the May meeting – click the link above for more details.