Sixtyplusurfers the online magazine for over 60s    January  2012
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Montagu Arms Hotel

Win a 2-night  break for 2 people at  the Montagu Arms in the New Forest

GE Digital Camera

Win a stylish black GE J1470S Digital Camera in our Celebrity
Odd One Out competition

Crowne Plaza Otel

Win an overnight stay for two at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nottingham

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Diamon d Jubilee Chess Set

Write the Star Letter for Sixtyplusurfers and you could win HM The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Chess Set

James Martin Food Processor

Send us your Best 'Amusing Photograph'  to our Chat & Socialise page and you could win a Luxury Hamper of James Martin's goodies including a Silver Food Processor, a Soup Blender and a Spice Grinder
 

Money Savers
 couple calculating their bills

Retirement Nation and how to manage
Annuity top tips
Autumn statement
2011 - Annus Horribilis for the
over 55s
 
Body Maintenance
 
  lady exercising on the Step360   
Step360 - the next step in total body fitness

A whole new world for 'So you think you can dance' finalist Kirsty Swain

Banish those Winter Bugs
 Pet Care
 Caring for your dog
 Caring for your
 dog
 How to train your
 dog
 Virgin Atlantic's
 Pet Travel
 Winter warning -
 danger to your
 pets on the road
Homes & Gardens
 Couple doing DIY            
2012 - the year
Brits want to do
DIY together


Living with
parents hits
'Kidults' where it
hurts

whatvacuum.com
- the new independent voice of everything floorcare website
 Retirement

retired couple keeping fitOver 60s keeping fit

Facing the future over 50

Attitudes towards the over 50s are changing

The best way to enjoy retirement

 Personal Health
 eating chocolate

 
 The Truth about
 Chocolate
 Brushing up
 your smile
 Difflam -
 offering a
 3-pronged
 attack on sore
 throats
 
  Music
 Frank Sinatra

 Win Frank Sinatra: Best of the Best 2CD Box Set - we've got five to give away
Jo Birchall releases 'Don't Let It Go To Your Heart'
Listen to Noah Stewart's music video
 
        The Sixtyplusurfers Team:

   
Murray Jacobs, Editor phone 0208 440 3340
   Jenny Itzcovitz, Features Editor 0208 866 3686

              Shoshana Yossef, Technical
                  Melissa Braiden, Admin
             Kitty Jacobs, Admin & Letters
 
                       Contributors

                  Phil Vickery   -  Cookery 
                  Simon Fine    -  Books
       Dr Heather Currie     -  Health
           Dominic Knight    -   Hypnotherapy
                 Tim Moore     -   Publishing
 
        Home Page for Sixtyplusurfers
 THE Online Magazine for the Over 60s

      Welcome to the January
       issue of Sixtyplusurfers!

       New Year's Couple
   
                   
        Happy New Year !

Welcome to the January issue of Sixtyplusurfers. We've got lots of interesting articles for you to read, informative videos and plenty of fantastic free to enter competitions.

This month we have
Fourteen new competitions   for you to  enter,  with  some great prizes  including:  a GE Digital Camera; Two holiday competitions -  a two night break at the Montagu Arms Hotel in the New Forest and an overnight stay for two at the Crowne Plaza in Nottingham,  a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Chess Set; a James Martin Food Processor, and lots more.....

We've got lots of helpful articles by our team of experts, covering  finance, saving money, fitness & health, food & drink, gardening,  fashion, beauty & hair care, entertainment, homes, computer problems, travel, holidays, book reviews, leisure activities, retirement, crafts & hobbies.

And don't forget  we have our own page on Twitter so you can find out what's coming up:

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So if you want to get the latest information about Sixtyplusurfers,  then visit:
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Do read the January issue of Sixtyplusurfers -  it's crammed full of interesting articles, features, lots of instructive videos and loads of competitions.
          
        Best wishes,

         
Murray Jacobs, Editor 

And if you'd like to contact me, then you can reach me by email at murraysixty@hotmail.co.uk                  

                   Contents 

                    Health Section
Body Maintenance - Step360 - the next step in total body fitness; A whole new world for 'So you think you can dance' finalist Kirsty Swain; How to avoid diabetes and reverse diabetes2; Banish those winter bugs.
Health Matters - Diabetics can live medication free at the Obsidian Retreat;  Steamed-up Specs wiped out for good; ThermaCare Wraps relieve pain; Can't hear what's on the TV?
Food & Drink -  Watch  Phil Vickery on video where visits Padstow in Devon and shows you all about their Coastal Cuisine;  Tasty recipes  including  Loseley Bread and Butter  Pudding; Pan-fried Pollock with lemon and breadcrumbs; Marinated Chicken; Carrot Cake for Diabetics.
Personal Health - The Truth about Chocolate; Brushing up your smile;Difflam - offering a three-pronged attack on
sore throats; HRT- what is the latest news; Improve your mood during the winter; Warming Apple and Sultana Sauce with Creamy Porridge.
 

                   
                       Living Section
Entertainment
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Win 'The Debt' DVD starring Helen Mirren - we've got three to give away
; Win 'Look Back in Anger' starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson - we've got three to give away; Watch Sherlock  on BBC One; Shaun Evans stars as Endeavour; Watch the new version of 'Titanic'; Wild at Heart.
Music - Win Frank Sinatra: Best of the Best De Luxe 2 CD Box Set - We've got five to give away; Jo Birchall releases 'Don't Let It Go To Your Heart'; Listen to Noah Stewart's music video; Global Sounds at the Birmingham Symphony Hall; The Puppini Sisters release 'Hollywood'.

Homes & Gardens
- 2012: The year Brits want to do DIY together; Living with parents hits 'Kidults' where it hurts; Whatvacuum.com  - the new independent voice of 'everything  floorcare' website; How to get a good night's sleep; Celebrate the environment  with the Sky Planter.
Retirement - Over 60s keeping fit; Attitudes towards the over 50's are changing; The best way to enjoy your retirement; Facing the future over 50.
Crafts &
Hobbies -  Win a Flexi-Vision Floorlamp from the Daylight Company; Rachel Allen teams up with Kerrygold to launch the Community Cookbook; Make a Teacup Candle; Make a Bandana for your Pet; Tim Moore looks at the eBook revolution and its effect on publishing; Revitalise your ornaments with Plasti-Kote.
News & Book Reviews - Win Oginov - the new puzzle from Drumond Park; Blow away your blues with a steam train ride; Book reviews: 'The House of Eliotl' by Jean Marsh;  'Everyman's England' by Victor Canning; 'Panda Back from the Brink' by Zhou Mengqui; Inverawe Season Cookbook.
Pet Care - Caring for your dog; Training your dog; Virgin Atlantic's Pet Travel; Winter warning - danger to your pets on the road.
Travel & Holidays -   Win an overnight  break for two at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in  Nottingham; Holiday with the family at  Bunn Leisure;  Coastal Wales is Lonely Planet's best in travel.
 Shopping & Gifts - Win SIX half bottles of Champagne; Tell your story with MyWayY Films; Vintage gifts from the Gifted Penguin; Hey, That's My Fish Gone; Diamond Jubilee gifts.

                
               
     Advice Section

 Fashion  -  Fashion ideas for January; Femine fashion from Kaliko; Winter Warmers from Damart; Stylish fashion from  Minuet Petite; Emma Plus for the larger woman; Country chic from Bianca.
Beauty & Hair Care  -  Find out how Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, looks great at 64; Win Lulu Time Eau de Toilette - we've got four to give away; New Year's beauty resolutions; We answer your beauty questions; Stress busting top tips for 2012
Computer & PhoneTips - Your computer questions answered;  A Mouse that is fit for life; How to solve your network problems; Burnside provides an easy answer to communication.
Money - Retirement Nation - how to solve your money problems; Annuity top tips; 2011 - Annus Horribilis for the over 55s.
Friends  - Details of websites we like; and a great competition for you to enter! - You could win a Bananagram game - we've got five to give away.

   Mobility   
               
  
  bath for the disabled
                        Bathing Aids                     
Walking Aids

              Sleep Advice           

   Health Matters     
    Lady at the Obsidian Retreat
Diabetics can live medication free they make a visit to the Obsidian Retreat

Steamed-Up Specs wiped out for good

Can't hear what's being said on the TV?

How to avoid diabetes and reverse diabetes2
Banish those Winter Bugs

   Computer & Phone Tips

    computer problem
        Your computer questions answered
A Mouse that is fit for life
       How to troubleshoot your network problems Burnside provides an answer to communication     

                         Our  Friends                                
           Bananagrams

   
   Win the Bananagrams  game - we've got five
                           to give away
.
   
 Chat Prize - Send us your best 'Amusing Photograph' and you could win a a luxury hamper of James Martin goodies, including a Silver Food Processor, a Soup Blender and a Spice Grinder. 
           Plus - links to all our favourite websites.

         
      
            Contact Murray Jacobs by email at  
                  murraysixty@hotmail.co.uk  
                   or phone 0208 440 3340  

      or Jenny Itzcovitz at  jennyitz@hotmail.com
                   phone 0208 866 3686

 

                 Chat and Socialise 
     
   couple at computer  


Join the Sixtyplusurfers
Chat & Socialise page and make new friends.

Include your profile, talk to other readers on the message board, send in your photographs, start up your own blog,  join a group,  or  reply  to some of  our discussions.

To encourage you to join in with the fun on the
Chat & Socialise page, this month we're giving away a Luxury Hamper of James Martin goodies, including a food processor, a soup blender and a spice grinder.

Just send your most 'AMUSING PHOTOGRAPH' to  our Chat & Socialise page. For more information on how to enter the competition visit the
Friends page.  
 

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 Castle Cover                                
Castle Cover is an over 50s
 insurance specialist based
 in  Poole,   Dorset   in  the
 United  Kingdom. Founded
 in   2006,   they  now   have
 over 280,000  policyholders
 and a 300  strong workforce
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They are one of the few independent over 50's insurance brokers in the country. So not only will you get the personal touch, but you'll also benefit from their strong relationships with six top insurance companies - including AXA, Legal & General and RSA.

Castle Cover can also find an excellent competitive policy for you on your motor and home insurance if you require an over 70 insurance or over 80 insurance policy. We can provide you benefits on your policy designed specifically for your age group.

 Competitive Insurance from Castle Cover
 
              
               
Beauty Lulu
Win Lulu Time Eau de Toilette - we've got four to give away

Camilla, Duchess of
Cornwall looks great at 64
New Year's beauty resolutions
We answer your beauty questions
Stress busting top tips for 2012
 
          Entertainment The Debt DVD
 Win 'The Debt'
 DVD starring
 Helen Mirren-
 we've got 3 to
 give away
 Win 'Look Back
 in Anger' with
 Kenneth
 Branagh
 
Watch Sherlock
 on BBC1
 Watch 'Titanic'
 Shaun Evans
 stars as
 Endeavour

 
        
   
Shopping & Gifts
  Lady with champagne   
Win SIX half bottles of
Champagne


Tell your story with MyWay Films
Vintage gifts from the Gifted Penguin
Diamond Jubilee gifts
 

 
 Travel                 
 
 Bunn Leisure       
Win an overnight break  at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nottingham
Bunn Leisure
Coastal Wales
awarded prize


 

              Food and Drink                            Phil Vickery 
 Watch Phil  Vickery's  Video  he goes to
 Padstow and shows
 you all about their
 Coastal Cuisine
 
Healthy Recipes:
 Loseley bread and
 butter pudding
 Pan-fried Pollock with
 lemon & breadcrumbs
 Herb marinated
 chicken
 Carrot cake for
 diabetics

 
News & Book Reviews
Oginov puzzle

Win Oginov - the
new puzzle from Drumond Park
Book Reviews:

'The House of Eliot' by Jean Marsh
'Everyman's England' by         
Victor Canning     
'Panda Back from the Brink' by Zhou Mengqui

 

 
 Crafts & Hobbies Lady using Flexi-Vision reading lamp

Win a Flexi-Vision Floorlamp
 from the Daylight Company
Rachel Allen launches the Community Cookbook
Make a teacup candle
Make a bandana

 

    
 
Fashion Ann Harvey Camel Shirt                        

Fashion ideas for January


Feminine fashion from Kaliko

Stylish fashion from Minuet Petite

Winter warmers from Damart

Country chic from Bianca

 
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