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Here Comes Summer -
And A Cool Dessert
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With the sun bursting forth, our culinary inspiration is
turning towards lighter, more refreshing food. Desserts
which need minimal last minute preparation are the order
of the day now (so that we can spend maximum time
relaxing, hopefully outdoors, with our friends).
Here, fresh from the Fruisana Kitchen, is an unusual and
truly delicious recipe for ice cream. By using Fruisana
Fruit Sugar instead of ordinary sugar, you will find
that the flavours are accentuated and you will also have
a slightly softer ice cream, which is easy to scoop and
serve.
If you don’t have an ice cream maker, simply put the
mixture into a large, covered, container and remove from
freezer to stir every half hour, until frozen.
A refreshing dessert which would be lovely after a spicy
main course.
Recipe for Avocado, Ginger And Lime Yoghurt Ice-Cream
Serves: 12
Ingredients:
2 large eggs
40g Fruisana Fruit Sugar
½ tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp corn flour
225ml milk
75ml double cream
300ml Greek natural yoghurt
1 ripe avocado
Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime
2 balls of preserved ginger, very finely chopped~
Method:
1. Place the eggs, Fruisana and vanilla essence in a
bowl and whisk until fluffy. Mix the corn flour with
enough milk to make a smooth paste. Stir into the egg
mixture with the remaining milk and cream.
2. Place the bowl over a pan of simmering water and cook
until a thick sauce forms. Remove from the heat and
allow to cool.
3. When cold, mix together the custard and yoghurt.
4. Cut the avocado in half and remove the stone, then
remove the flesh from the skin. Mash the flesh to a
purée with the lime juice.
5. Stir the lime zest and ginger into the yoghurt,
together with the avocado mixture.
6. Pour into an ice-cream machine and churn to the
required consistency, this will take about 25 minutes.
Store in the freezer until required. Remove from the
freezer about 20 minutes before serving.
Fruisana Fruit Sugar is pure fructose, which is a
natural constituent of many fruits and vegetables.
Unlike artificial sweeteners, fructose has no
aftertaste. As well as being perfect for use in hot and
cold drinks, it can be used for all manner of recipes.
Fruisana offers numerous health benefits to slimmers,
sportsmen and women, and non-insulin-dependent
diabetics. It has a low GI (only 19), and makes for an
excellent recipe ingredient for anyone following a low
GI diet.
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What
are you doing on 4th & 5th July?
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Join in the family fun at this year’s Cotswold Show,
Cirencester Park, 9am – 6pm
Spectacular arena events, countryside
pursuits, food village, ancient crafts and traditional
entertainment for the children will all be waiting for
you at this year’s Cotswold Show. And if you’re after a
little retail therapy there’s more than 200 trade stalls
to tempt you. From wax jackets and wellies to
hand-crafted gifts and home accessories.
From breathtaking motorcycle stunts to horse and plough,
hi-tech harvesters and Victorian fairground rides, there
really is something for everyone to see and do. And
don’t forget dogs are very welcome and can join in the
fun too.
The Royal Artillery Display Troop, Flying Gunners
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Feats of sheer courage and skill will astound you as the
20 man motor-cycle team display precision riding at its
best. You’ll see some of the fastest crossovers in the
world today, with closing speeds of up to 80-90 mph.
Horses, Dogs and Ferrets!
Returning to the show this year is the
amazing Horse Whisperer, Gary Witheford and his son
Craig, our celebrity dog psychologist, Amy Hatcher as
well as the amazing Cheshire Dog Display team. There’s
lots of ‘have a go’ dog events for your best friend to
enter, including Terrier & Lurcher racing, and don’t
miss The British Association for Shooting and
Conservation Queen Anne Cup final on Sunday.
Food and Fun
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Watch age old skills come alive in the Traditional
Working Countryside Area as craftsmen and women
demonstrate their skills in the Traditional Working
Countryside Area, then take a stroll around the
fantastic Food Village, crammed with producers from all
over the UK, tempting both your tastebuds and your
purse.
To Book:
Online at
www.cotswoldshow.co.uk
and SAVE 20%
Advance tickets
Family (2 adults/3 children 3-14)
£19.20
Adults ages 15+ £8
Children 3-14 £2.40
Under 3s & dogs FREE
Gate tickets
Family (2 adults/3 children 3-14)
£24
Adults ages 15+ £10
Children 3-14 £3
Under 3s & dogs FREE
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Great
Days Out With The Red
Lion Inn And Olive
Branch Pubs |
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There’s never been a
better time to celebrate
the best of the glorious
‘shires’ English
countryside than in the
middle of the promised
lovely summer weather.
And both the Red Lion
Inn at Stathern in
Leicestershire and the
Michelin-starred Olive
Branch pub in Clipsham,
Rutland have a great
deal to offer by way of
super days out in their
localities with
gastronomic excellence
at the end or middle of
the day.
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There’s a handout of
local walks available
from the bar at the Red
Lion Inn, so you can
choose a 1, 2 or 3 mile
ramble through the
lovely sweeping
countryside around the
Red Lion in the
beautiful Vale of
Belvoir. Or you can
choose your own walks around
Stathern and to the top
of Toffs Hill where
there are fabulous views
of the fields and
hedgerows of this
gastronomically renowned
region.
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With luck or a
bit of careful planning
the Red Lion Inn will be
open for a welcome-back
drink, lunch or dinner
at the end of your
stroll.
Their recent
award for ‘Best Local
Produce Menu’ is richly
deserved as the Red Lion
Inn is proud of its
lengthy and enduring
relationships with its
valued local suppliers
and has now established
their very own kitchen
garden at the bottom of
the car park for the
freshest-ever fruit and
vegetables for their
menus.
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Over at their sister
pub, the Olive Branch in
Clipsham, Rutland
(Michelin Pub of the
Year 2008), there’s a
completely different but
just as interesting day
out on offer, with a
visit to the famous Yew
Tree Avenue just around
the corner from the pub
in the centre of this
pretty traditional
Rutland stone village.
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This unique topiary of
around 150 yew trees
once formed the carriage
drive to the old
Clipsham Hall and was
begun in 1870 by Amos
Alexander, their Head
Forester.
The avenue of
interesting shapes that
includes animals, people
and objects offers a
tranquil and gentle
stroll down the paths of
history before returning
to the Olive Branch pub
for welcome refreshment,
lunch or dinner.
And don’t forget to ask
at the bar for a list of
their famous speciality
country cocktails such
as Pimms and Strawberry
Vodka to celebrate the
lovely sunny days of
summer or a glass of
traditional ginger beer
for the children.
For details of opening
times
or to see a selection of
lunch or dinner menus
visit:
www.theolivebranchpub.com
in order to plan the
best day out of summer
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Coalbrookdale Festival
Celebrates Birth of Industrial
Revolution
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Ironbridge Gorge,
Shropshire: Saturday 25 and
Sunday 26 July
Visitors to the Ironbridge
Gorge Museums on Saturday 25 and
Sunday 26 July can join in a
weekend of special events at the
Coalbrookdale Festival
celebrating the tri-centenary of
Abraham Darby successfully
smelting iron with coke in 1709
– the discovery that started the
Industrial Revolution.
The site around the
Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron
will be alive with activity as
visitors watch spectacular
iron-casting demonstrations, see
a new contemporary cast-iron
sculpture exhibition, enjoy fun
science experiments, chat to
experts about the amazing
history of the area and even
have the chance to have-a-go at
iron casting.
The Coalbrookdale Festival
will start on Saturday, 25 July
with the grand reopening of
Abraham Darby’s Old Furnace,
following renovation to its
cover building and improved
interpretation and access for
all visitors.
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The centre-piece
of the celebrations will be the
open-air iron casting in front
of the Old Furnace; these
sessions will be the first time
since the 1920s that hot metal
has been poured in front of the
Furnace.
Visitors on Saturday can
also design and make their own
cast-iron plaques using the
scratch-block technique at a
cost of £10 per person.
And on
Sunday they will be able to
watch a series of plaques being
made celebrating Coalbrookdale’s
place in the history of iron
making, which have been designed
as part of a project with the
Coalbrookdale Community Centre.
The Festival will also
explore the unsung hero of the
Industrial Revolution, the
working horse. On each day
visitors will be enthralled by
watching a vet explaining how
the anatomy of the heavy horse
has evolved with the help of
Anne, a huge Shire horse. They
will also be able to meet two of
her stable mates and find out
more about the past, present and
future of the Industrial
Revolution’s ‘original horse
power’.
Open from 10am - 5pm,
entry into the Coalbrookdale
Festival is free but activities
will vary over the weekend and
some carry a fee; the usual
museum entry charges will also
apply.
More information
Please contact the
Visitor Information Centre on
01952 884 391 or log onto
www.ironbridge.org.uk.
The event is part of the West
Midlands’ Celebration of
Imagination –
www.acelebrationofimagination.com
The work of the Ironbridge
Gorge Museum Trust and the
Coalbrookdale Festival are
supported by Advantage West
Midlands, European Regional
Development Funding, the
Heritage Lottery Fund,
Renaissance West Midlands, E.ON
UK and the Edward Cadbury
Charitable Trust.
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It’s Going to be a Long Hot Summer. So Make the
Most of it by Getting the WHOLE Family out and
about with Wheelfreedom
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Giles Donald and Henry Cheape,
Directors of Wheelfreedom
If you have a friend or family
member with mobility problems, planning a
spontaneous outing with them isn’t usually an
option. However thanks to Wheelfreedom, a
pioneering wheelchair hire company, you can now
get a wheelchair delivered the following morning
and get the whole family out and about.
Wheelfreedom offers an innovative
short-term and long-term wheelchair hire
solution for people who are having difficulty
getting around because of illness, injury or
lack of mobility through old age.
Wheelfreedom was set up by two
university friends; Giles Donald and Henry
Cheape after finding through personal experience
how difficult it can be to hire a wheelchair for
a family member. Their idea was simply to fill
the gap left by NHS provision with a high
quality, low cost alternative.
Just call up Wheelfreedom and they will deliver
a lightweight foldable wheelchair to your door
anywhere in the UK the following morning - and
you can keep it as long as you want for an
affordable weekly charge. No deposit is
required and if anything goes wrong with the
chair they offer a free next day replacement
service.
Says co-founder Giles Donald
“People sometimes find they’re at a loose end
when a family member becomes less mobile, they
have to make compromises and build their lives
around that person, or leave them out of certain
activities. Wheelfreedom makes it possible for
families and friends to enjoy these activities
together at an affordable price, without having
to leave anyone behind.”
“Often people hire for a short
period – perhaps only for a few weeks – but end
up keeping the wheelchair for a lot longer or
even permanently because they become so used to
the new found freedom and independence.”
concluded Giles.
As well as providing an essential
service, the pair attribute the success of
Wheelfreedom to good old fashioned values,
excellent service and value for money. The
company has recently branched out into other
mobility products such as bath lifts and
scooters.
Wheelfreedom aims to get people
back to their normal lives quickly and
affordably. The company delivers on-demand
anywhere in the UK. They always have a large
stock, which means there is never a wait.
Wheelfreedom provides nationwide next morning
delivery for all of its mobility solutions, and
offers weekly rates of just £12 per week for
their lightweight wheelchair. This price drops
to £6 per week after 12 weeks for long-term
hire, with no deposit required. After a year,
customers have the option to keep the mobility
device they’ve been renting at no extra cost.
Wheelfreedom operates throughout
the UK, offering reasonable rates and convenient
delivery and pick-up services for wheelchairs
and other mobility devices.
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To
hire a wheelchair or for more information please
contact: Wheelfreedom on
Freephone: 0800 0258 005,
Email:
enquiries@wheelfreedom.com
or visit
www.wheelfreedom.com
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New, Easy to Use Golf
Performance Package
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The new and unique Miracle Box®
Golf Performance Package is sure
to give golfers a distinct
advantage over their playing
partners from the three discs
that encompass Bio-mechanics,
Strength & Flexibility and Mind
Control. The Performance Package
looks at these three key, yet
often ignored factors, and with
the help of specialists offers
an easy to use state of the art
golf training aid.
Created by expert fitness
consultants with the help of
professional golfers, the Golf
Performance Package consists of
2 CD’s and a DVD. The first disc
assesses your body’s
bio-mechanical weakness and
generates customised exercise to
remove problem areas and help to
improve your performance. Easy
to use, this system can be used
in the comfort of your home (or
office) in a few minutes each
day, and will help to improve
your distance, get rid of your
hook or slice and prevent
injuries.
The second disc is a unique
Strength and Flexibility DVD.
Designed by top fitness
professionals the DVD contains
amazing virtual images that
demonstrate how to gain strength
and flexibility where you need
it most, all without the need
for gym memberships and
expensive equipment.
The third disc is Miracle
Golf: Achieve the perfect
game with hypnosis, a CD by
experienced hypnotherapist and
golfer Theresa Dawson (dip.hyp)
FICHT, which shows how to
re-programme your unconscious
mind to forget the limiting
beliefs that you have imposed on
it in the past. The
Miracle Box for Golf. RRP
£29.99.
More information
The Miracle Box
can be contacted on
07977
471919, on the web at
www.themiracleboxforgolf.com
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Visit Windsor Castle & Take Afternoon Tea
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Enjoy a leisurely visit to Windsor Castle, the
largest and oldest occupied castle in the world
and one of Her Majesty The Queen’s official
residences. Then, relax and enjoy a delicious
afternoon tea nearby including finger
sandwiches, fine cakes, homemade scones and
freshly brewed tea or coffee.
Windsor Castle is one of three official residences of The Queen
and has been home to the Sovereign for over 900
years. The Castle is the largest inhabited
castle in the world and the oldest in continuous
occupation. The imposing towers and battlements
of the Castle loom large from every approach to
the town, creating one of the world's most
spectacular skylines.
Marvel at the magnificent State Apartments,
which house some of the finest works of art from
the Royal Collection, including paintings by
Rembrandt, Rubens, Gainsborough and the famous
triple portrait of Charles I by Sir Anthony van
Dyck. Between October and March, the semi-state
rooms are also open.
Then enjoy a delicious traditional afternoon tea
for two in The Castle Hotel, just a short stroll
from the castle itself. Relax in the Pennington
Lounge or Windsor bar as you are served a
selection of finger sandwiches, a variety of
fine cake and homemade scones, preserves and
clotted cream, all served on a silver tiered
stand. Freshly brewed tea or coffee and service
is also included.
When can I go?
Windsor Castle is open daily March
to October
09:45-17:15 (last admission 16:00)
November to February:09:45-16:15 (last admission
15:00
As a working Royal palace, the Castle is
frequently used by The Queen for State
ceremonies and official entertaining and opening
arrangements may change at short notice. Please
check opening arrangements.
Most public areas at Windsor Castle are
accessible for wheelchair-users, including the
State Apartments. Wheelchairs can be borrowed,
free of charge, from the Visitor Centre.
However, they cannot be pre-booked and must
remain in the Castle grounds. There is also
wheelchair access available for
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July
2009