Kelly’s heroes are the night shift of the apricot army!
This month I’ve been on the trail of apricots. They’re my favourite summer fruit but finding really sweet and juicy ones is sometimes hard.
Remembering Motty at the Crown & Sceptre
He was often to be seen holding court in a corner of his favourite pub, the Crown & Sceptre at Briden’s Camp.
First Venice, then the Leighton Buzzard road goes green!
It’s said that life copies art, so maybe that’s the reason a stretch of the Leighton Buzzard road looks like it’s had a brush with a can of green paint this week
Now, how about we celebrate a thousand years of Piccotts End!
Last weekend’s street party was such a success that many residents are saying ‘let’s have another one next year!’ It’s a lovely idea and judging by the popularity of the Coronation event, with nearly 100 villagers, families and friends in attendance, would be well supported. The trouble is, we’ve had a Jubilee and a Coronation in the space of a year, what’s left to celebrate?
Road testing 8am breakfast at The Red Lion
You’d have been lucky to find anywhere open for breakfast before 9am in these parts. And if you want the full English you’d either have to cook it yourself or go to a motorway service station. But all that is changing as cafes, pubs and restaurants…
And the Christmas No 1 is…No 5!
Piccotts End is aglow with Christmas lights at this time of the year. It’s always worth a trip down the road to see who’s put on the most spectacular show. From colourful tree arrangements to a modest festoon nearly everyone is joining in the Christmas spirit.
Introducing Kelvin, the village ‘vagabond’!
Piccotts End is teeming with musical talent, including Jane and Simon Lillystone on the classical front and contemporary composer Paul Borg. Alongside them I’ve discovered another musical maestro living below the village radar. You rarely find him at home…
Meeting Alf, the man behind the wall
There is always a new tale about Piccotts End you’ve never heard before. At this week’s Harvest Festival I chanced to meet Alf Holland, the man behind the wall. The wall in question is the one that surrounds Park View Farm. Alf has been its owner since 1988…
Daffodils and a brush with The Duke
The village daffodils have put on a great show this year, including many planted by residents in our Daffodil Day last December. They will take a couple of years to get established but have already added to some colour to the verges. Hopefully we’ll be able…
Now the Old Town has more coffee shops than Seattle!
It’s all change in the Old Town as the new year welcomes a flurry of new shops. From having just a few, there is now an abundance of coffee shops. There’s The Hive at the bottom, the Tea Tree up the hill, Artichoke in the middle, to the newest, Old Town Coffee…