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Meet hearing dog pup Marnie!
You can sponsor her training and help a deaf person give
their love, live their life, and reconnect. Learn more at
www.hearingdogs.org.uk/puppy
The Grange • Wycombe Road • Saunderton
Princes Risborough • Buckinghamshire • HP27 9NS
T 01844 348100, Text Relay 18001 01844 348100 (deaf and hard of hearing), F 01844 348101,
E [email protected], W www.hearingdogs.org.uk
Registered charity in England and Wales no: 293358 and in Scotland no: SC040486 Royal Patron HRH The Princess Royal
HOLTSPUR VETERINARY CLINIC
01494 689992
5 Holtspur Parade • Heath Road • Beaconsfield • HP9 1DA
Monday-Friday 8.30am-10.30am, and
Monday and Thursday 3.30-6pm
• A local clinic with professional and friendly staff caring
for your family pets
• Consultations available by appointment Monday to Friday
• Full routine services including seasonal healthcare offers.
• Access to an in-house lab, full hospital facilities, Xrays,
ultrasound, endoscopy and advanced skills in surgery,
dermatology and medicine.
• Joining our growing Healthy Pet Club can save you
10% on ALL products and services, spreading basic
healthcare payments over 12 months.
If you would like more information about our clinic
please do give us a ring or call in for a visit.
We look forward to welcoming you.
(Ample free car parking outside the surgery)
South Bucks Branch
General Enquiries
01494 564026
Charity Number: 243352
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COMPOST HEAPS
Ol Donyo Lengai in Tanzania is a volcano
standing proudly above the Serengeti
plains of East Africa. To the Masai
tribesman this mountain is their spiritual
home which also gives life to many
animals. But it may surprise you to know
that some animals have different types of
meaningful mountains of their own.
One such is my compost heap which stands just as
high, proportionally, and gives just as much life to
insects and other garden animals as Ol Donyo Lengai
does to the Masai tribesman. But there are obvious
differences, for I’ve built this compost heap with one
or two unusual ideas in mind, though I have made
absolutely sure that my compost mountain is a giver
of life to many creatures in the Millstream Fork wildlife
garden.
Dead and rotting vegetation starts a whole process
of regeneration and new life. As leaves and
other vegetable matter are broken down, it is the
microscopic animals such as bacteria that begin the