Wendover News

19/12/2024

18/12/2024

Chiltern Railways announce Festive Timetable
Customers travelling with Chiltern Railways are advised to check their journeys and allow extra time ahead of travelling this festive period. Services are expected to be busy and trains will finish earlier than usual on different days between Saturday 21 December and Wednesday 1 January inclusive. Customers should book tickets ahead of travelling using the Chiltern Railways website or app.
Full details on: https://wendovernews.co.uk/news/chiltern-railways-announce-festive-timetable/
and
https://press.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/chiltern-railways-announce-festive-timetable-1

18/12/2024

Below is an update from J Brown Funeral Services Ltd about the missing goats from Kew Little Pigs Farm Ltd.

PLEASE SHARE‼️

Please spread the word and help us get the other two goats back! We want all the goats back for Christmas and we need everyone’s support to get them back, please share and tell as many people about this as we found the two goats through social media and we believe we can do it again!

17/12/2024

Rotary Club of Wendover and District will be in Weston Turville with the Santa ecoSleigh this evening, 17 December.

🎅🏼Santa Sleigh in Weston Turville🎅🏼
Tuesday 17th December

This evening Santa and his happy helpers will once again be visiting homes in Weston Turville. If you home is in one of the roads in the map below then look and listen out for us from 5.30pm. We will be visiting Middlefields, New Road, Brook End, Wheelwrights and roads in between.

This year we are raising funds for the 14th Vale of Aylesbury Sea Scouts (of Weston Turville) and the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity - please do donate if you are able. Donations by cash and card are appreciated 😊

13/12/2024

A41 Waddesdon

If you have timed tickets to visit Waddesdon Manor this weekend please ensure you allow plenty of time to complete your journey as delays are expected.

24-hour traffic management will be in place on the A41 in Waddesdon this weekend at the insistence of HS2.

13/12/2024

12/12/2024

Hi Everyone! 🎄🎄

We are now CLOSED for the season! We have given a small handful of Christmas Trees to the Goat Centre, which they are going to sell over the next few days for £10! All funds raised will go towards the Animals at the farm!🎄🎄

We have had an AMAZING year with record breaking sales! We will be placing our 2025 order in January and we will make sure we will have enough to carry on till the 14th-15th December next year! 🎄🎄

We will be at The Bucks Goat Centre on a permanent basis from now on!🎄🎄

Open next year from the 22nd November (for the early birds) then all the way till the 15-16th December with fresh deliveries coming weekly! 🎄🎄

2025 prices are also staying the same✔️

Thanks to Everyone that comes every year and thanks to all our new customers too! ❤️

Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Harry and the Team! 🎄

Please post your beautiful tree photos below 👇

12/12/2024

Goats have been stolen again from Kew Little Pigs Farm Ltd. If you have any information please contact the police.

Our hearts are shattered as we share the news that our beloved goats have been stolen once again. We can't believe this has happened to us for the second time. Last night, they were taken from our farm. We are reaching out to ask for your help in spreading the word throughout our local area. Any information or support would mean the world to us during this incredibly difficult time. Thank you for your kindness.

https://kewlittlepigs.com/blogs/news/devastation-as-our-beloved-goats-are-stolen-overnight

12/12/2024

The last date for ordering Christmas Fayre from Kings Farm. is 15 December.

12/12/2024

The Further Adventures of Peter Pan – The Return of Captain Hook.

The panto season has begun and this year, on Tuesday night, we saw Peter Pan flying-in from Neverland to the Aylesbury Waterside.

Years have passed after the legendary demise of Captain Hook. However, it transpires that Captain Hook is still alive and wants his ship and crew back. Tinkerbell is trying her best to make Peter aware of Hook’s intention, but he takes some convincing. Will Peter, Tinkerbell, Emily, (Wendy’s great, great-granddaughter) and Ethel Mermaid manage to thwart his evil plan?

Bradley Riches, best known for playing James McEwan in Netflix’s Heartstopper, is well cast as the endearing Peter Pan and gave an excellent performance. Mark Moraghan (Coronation Street, Holby) plays the villainous Captain Hook with typical pantomime menace.

Leanne Garretty sparkles as Tinkerbell. Performing on skates throughout the show, whilst delivering her lines and singing, is pretty impressive!

Andy Collins, a familiar star of every pantomime in Aylesbury over the years, takes on the role of ‘Smee’ – a loveable halfwit who becomes the slave to Hook, but is eventually crowned Ship’s Captain at the end of the show.

In the second half, continuing the tradition at the Waterside, Andy led the singing of the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ and, as usual, when the toilet rolls were mentioned, they were thrown into the audience with Andy trying his best to retrieve them. Each time he would get close to them they were flung somewhere else. He was wearing a wet suit at the time and looked so hot I thought he was going to combust! He got his revenge afterwards – still wearing the wetsuit, he was harnessed and flew over the audience with a nerf gun, seeking out those who had prevented him from retrieving the toilet rolls. A soak fest ensued with lots of audience members firing back with water pistols that suddenly appeared from nowhere.

The only thing missing for me in this pantomime was a ‘Dame’. There was always great banter in the past between the character played by Andy Collins and ‘La Voix’ which used to have me in stitches, especially when it was obviously unscripted. However, it is still a great night out even though it starts with quite a bit of singing and dancing and takes a while to get into the actual story,. Included are well known songs and TikTok hits (that’s what I was told – I don’t do TikTok!) The scene changes are seamless, and the settings are stunning. The costumes are beautiful, including those worn by the children in the cast, and the gymnastic display performed by the ‘nitwits’ (Captain Hook’s crew) was very cleverly done.

I went along with two other adults and an 11-year-old boy. It was his first panto. He thoroughly enjoyed it and talked about it all the way home which I think is a good indicator of a great panto.

Wynne Byford

Peter Pan is running at The Aylesbury Waterside until Sun 5 January. Book your tickets now and don’t forget your waterproofs!

Ahoy panto lovers! The Further Adventures of Peter Pan: The Return of Captain Hook is setting sail for Aylesbury in 2024!

12/12/2024

Christingle this Sunday at St Marys Church, Wendover.

Its Christingle at 3pm on Sunday! Come and connect, create and celebrate with lots of things to make, refreshments to enjoy and a Christingle to light. See you there!!!

10/12/2024

Discover Bucks Museum opening times are shown below.

🎄⏲ Check out our Christmas opening hours! Both the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery and Museum are open extra days over the festive period, so if you need a break from the holiday hustle (or just want to escape the house!), we’ve got you covered with plenty of festive fun! 🏰✨ Come make some magical memories with us this Christmas season! 🎅

✨Discover Bucks Museum & Roald Dahl Children's Gallery Christmas Opening Hours:✨
Wednesday 18 - Saturday 21 December OPEN 1OAM - 4PM
Sunday 22 December OPEN 12PM - 4PM
⛔Monday 23 - Friday 27 December CLOSED
Saturday 28 December OPEN 1OAM - 4PM
Sunday 29 December OPEN 12PM - 4PM
Monday 30 - Tuesday 31 December OPEN 1OAM - 4PM
⛔Wednesday 1 January CLOSED
Thursday 2 - Saturday 4 January OPEN 1OAM - 4PM
Sunday 5 January OPEN 12PM - 4PM

10/12/2024

From midday tomorrow, 11 December, a new telephone system is to be introduced to cover all three practices in the Westongrove Partnership.

09/12/2024

Join Wendover Parish Council for a magical evening of traditional Christmas Carols around the tree with the Chinnor Silver Band!
On this Friday, 13th December on Manor Waste – arrive between 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm to join in the festive singing.

🎶✨ Join us for a magical evening of traditional Christmas Carols around the tree with the Chinnor Silver Band! 🎄🎺

On this Friday, 13th December on Manor Waste – arrive between 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm to join in the festive singing. 🌟🎤 We've got the lyrics covered, so no excuses not to sing your heart out!

Let's gather under the twinkling lights, fill the air with joyous melodies, and make unforgettable memories together. See you there for an enchanting night of Christmas cheer! 🌟🎅

06/12/2024

Thanks to The Chilterns Weather Alerts for the latest weather update.

Hi guys

⚠️STORM DURRAGH IS ON THE WAY NOW⚠️

Winds will now start to increase hour upon hour.

Red warnings in the west, Amber and yellow warnings elsewhere.

Here in the chilterns, we will see damaging winds of up to 60mph! Thats fairly damaging considering we are on the hills. 70mph in very exposed places.

The media are not hyping this one up for nothing. Its actually going to be reasonably bad.

Please use the live wind predictor and see what the winds are doing in live time

https://veryweather.co.uk/ukweathermap.html

Much more to come on this storm as it arrives in the next few hours.

We will both be braving the elements selling the trees tomorrow, so we will remain open and will be blowing around down at the Bucks Goat centre in Stoke Mandeville. Santa's grotto also opens tomorrow 🎄🎄🎅

Team
CWA

06/12/2024

Festive music with Wendover Choral Society

06/12/2024

Are you a Mum who wants to help other Mums?

Nest Aylesbury Vale local charity supporting families with children under 5 are looking for volunteers to help in a variety of ways.

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