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We asked Eric to tell us a little more about the photograph and himself… The photo was taken during last winter using an iPhone. It was at the Amwell Nature Reserve near the Bittern viewing point. It was not long after a heavy snowfall, but before it fell off the trees. It’s actually a colour image; it’s just that there is very little other than black and white.
My wife Janice and I have lived in Stanstead Abbotts (actually St Margarets) for nearly 14 years, having moved from Cheshunt. We are both retired; I was a structural engineer and Janice a social worker. We love the village and everyone around us is so friendly; it’s a great place to live. I spend a great deal of my time walking and chasing balls of various sizes (golf, tennis, padel etc.).
Thank you to Eric for kindly letting us use this striking and wonderfully wintery image.
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We asked Nick to tell us a little about the image and himself…
‘The photograph was taken on the village green in autumn, facing north with the sun behind me, so probably a Sunday morning dog walk when I usually go down to Rye House and back.
We moved from Ware to Cresset Close over 30 years ago – we were the third family to move into what was then a new estate. We moved to the Granary in 1999, the last to move into the original phase. I sit on St Margarets Parish Council and also East Herts District Council, representing Ware Trinity on behalf of the Green Party. I’m a self-employed building services design and project manager with long term clients mostly in London. I’m designing my own ground source heat pump for my own home.’
Thank you to Nick for letting us use this stunning image.
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If you haven’t already sent in your entry for our Summertime ‘Flash Fiction’ Writing Competition, it’s not too late!
We have extended the deadline to 11th July, so you still have a little bit of time.
Email entries to threevillagesmagazine@gmail.com and please state in your covering email how you are connected to the three villages.
We look forward to reading the entries and, with local author Annette Hannah, deciding on the winner.
The winner will be revealed and their fiction published in the September Issue of The Three Villages Magazine! They will also receive a free signed copy of Annette Hannah’s latest novel, Lottie’s Little School of Dance (which is due to publish in August 2023).
We have teamed up with local author, Annette Hannah, to run a ‘flash fiction’ writing competition this summer. Annette’s latest book, Lottie’s Little School of Dance, is due to publish shortly. It follows Lottie as she starts a new life in Bramblewood (a setting inspired by our local area of the three villages). To mark Annette’s new book coming out, we thought we would invite our local writers to pick up a pen or boot-up their laptops and get writing! There are just a few rules…
Gary moved to the three villages along with his family in September 2020 and in his spare time has taken some lovely photographs of the area, including this winning image.
We asked Gary about his photography and here’s what he said: ‘I have been into photography ever since I can remember and have spent a lot of my time doing big game photography in Zimbabwe which was never dull, and I’ve got a lot of stories that I laugh at now but were certainly not funny at the time. Photography around the UK is different, and dare I say it, more interesting, in the way there are clear cut seasons and the amazing variation of photography you can experience just in one place over a year. The historical side is also captivating, and something we never had at home – and I do now and again get a shot of squirrel falling out a tree.’
Thanks to Gary for letting us use this enchanting photograph on our cover.
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Thanks to Greg for letting us use this lovely photograph.
Issue 5 of The Three Villages Magazine will be published at the start of March at all the usual places. It will include the last Our Historic Churches instalment, important information from the Parish Councils regarding the upcoming elections; and a feature on local animal charity, ALFS. We are also looking forward to showing you our new sports section, which will become one of our regular items.
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