July 2024
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Dear Readers and Advertisers
We have lots of Summer sports to keep us entertained and glued to the TV. The UEFA European Football Championships hosted in Germany this year are fully under way now with the final being on 14th July. Tennis Championships at Wimbledon from 1st July - 14th July. British Grand Prix at the Silverstone Circuit 7th July and the Summer Olympics hosted in Paris from 26th July - 11th August. So there is something for everyone.
This months wordseach competition prize is AFTERNOON TEA FOR 4 PEOPLE courtesy of PIPPA at WHITE FINCH BAKERY and TEA ROOMS located at MEOPHAM PICK YOU OWN in MEOPHAM. To win this prize turn to page 14 and solve the puzzle. Entries close on the 14th July.
This months wordseach competition prize is AFTERNOON TEA FOR 4 PEOPLE courtesy of PIPPA at WHITE FINCH BAKERY and TEA ROOMS located at MEOPHAM PICK YOU OWN in MEOPHAM. To win this prize turn to page 14 and solve the puzzle. Entries close on the 14th July.
The winner of the fantastic prize worth £190 courtesy of HANGLOOSE ADVENTURE located at BLUEWATER, GREENHITHE is DEBBIE HOGG of LONG-FIELD. The missing word being SUNSHINE.
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15th July is St Swithin's Day. It takes place each year, and according to traditional folklore, whatever the weather is like on St Swithin's Day - whether rain or sunshine - it will continue for the next 40 days and 40 nights. But where does this legend come from and is there any truth to it? Swithin was a man born in or around the year 800. He became Bishop of Winchester. Unlike other religious figures, he asked not to be buried in a prominent place within Winchester Cathedral, but outside in a simple tomb "where the sweet rain of heaven may fall upon my grave". The legend says after his remains were moved inside there was a great storm and it rained for many weeks after. According to the old saying, if it rains on St Swithin's Day it will rain for the next 40 days. If St Swithin's Day is dry, the next 40 days will also be dry. No one takes the prediction literally - in fact, few take it seriously! - and there is definitely no statistical evidence to support the claim. Weather experts say that since records began in 1861, there has never been a record of 40 dry or 40 wet days in a row following St Swithin's Day. So while we might not like 40 days of rain and 40 days of sun sounds fun, neither is likely to happen!
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