Our Highlights for Bank Holiday Weekend 🗓️

Good morning, Wycombe!

It's the Wycombe Pulse. Your local newsletter that is champing at the bit for the Summer bank holiday.

Check out the highlights from this week's edition:

• Family Fun Day at the Cricket Club 🏏

• Carnival party at the Snug 🥳

• Interactive late-night bat walk in Funges Meadow 🦇

Plus a smorgasbord of bank holiday madness, live music, kid's activities and much more.

Bank Holiday Fun

• Sunday Funday at High Wycombe Cricket Club on Sunday 25th August from 1-5pm -- it's free entry for this event with bouncy castles, music, sweets, face painting, glitter tattoos and hair braiding. Food and drinks are available to buy, with the brilliant VS Wood Fired pizza in attendance as well as Caribbean food 🎉

• 10th Birthday Bash at Wrights Meadow Centre on Saturday 24th August from 12pm-12am -- Wrights Meadow are celebrating their birthday with a family fun day featuring live music and performances, special beers and ciders, face painting, magician, inflatables, BBQ and much more. Tickets can be bought in advance or on the door.

• Bank Holiday Sunday at The Snug on 25th August from 5pm-late -- it's carnival vibes with local reggae band XCS alongside a Caribbean food specialist and DJs at the after party.

• Hazlemere Fete at Hazlemere Community Centre on Monday 26th August from 12-5pm -- it's free admission to the 162nd Hazlemere Fete and there's plenty on for the whole family. From a dog show and jazz band to classic cars, fairground rides and a 'meet the alpacas' experience, you'll be spoilt for choice! 🥳

• Beech Tree Hazlemere celebration weekend on 24th-25th August -- celebrating one year since their reopening, the Beech Tree will have giant bouncy castles, happy hours and BBQ as well as Planet Abba performing live in the Beer Garden on Sunday.

• Green Man Beer Festival at the Green Man on Sunday 25th August from 4-6.30pm -- tasty ales and gins are on the menu in Prestwood this Sunday. The whole family is welcome -- you can also expect face painting, bouncy castle and a sweet stall as well as live music 🍺

• Our House Summer Day Party at Magnolia Park on Sunday 25th August from 1-10pm -- a daytime party on Magnolia's terrace overlooking Hughenden Valley with house DJs and food. Over 21s only!

• Polecat's Summerfest at the Polecat Inn on Sunday 25th August from 12pm onwards -- expect BBQ, drinks, a bouncy castle, balloon entertainer and even live music from 7pm.

• Soraya Ray live at the Le De Spencers Arms on 25th August from 2-4pm -- this local teenager has really made a name for herself on the live music circuit and isn't to be missed 🎶

• The Groove Generation live at The Dashwood Roadhouse on 25th August from 3-5pm -- playing funk, soul and R&B, you might want to bring your dancing shoes 🕺🏻

• Ear Candy live at the Antelope on Sunday 25th August at 5pm -- followed by a bit of Sunday night karaoke 🎤

• Magdy live at The Front Room on Sunday 25th August from 4-6pm -- free entry and small plates, cocktails, wine and beer on offer too. We've been enjoying his IG videos -- what a performer!

Up for a short drive?

• PaddleFest at the Bounty Pub in Bourne End on Monday 26th August -- celebrate the finishers of the Big Paddle Thames Challenge as they cross the finish line at the Bounty's annual party! There'll be a live band, raffle, face painting, food and drinks on offer.

• Beaconsfield Country Fair on Monday 26th August 11am to 4.15pm -- Beaconsfield's annual fair held on Windsor End in the old town is not to be missed with a plethora of different food stalls, children's entertainment, dog show, music, classic cars, and plenty of other games and attractions.

• Henley Country Craft Show at Stonor Park from 23rd to 26th August -- the UK's biggest craft show is in town with over 200 indie stall holders, as well as a food and drink hall, street food for lunch and plenty of family friendly entertainment. Did someone say petting zoo? 🐏

Entertaining the Kids

• Kids Decoupage Workshop at Patch, The Old Library on Thursday 22nd August from 1-3pm -- the team at Create Your Happy are hosting this decoupage workshop for children where they can decorate rockets and butterflies. Tickets are £7.50 each 🚀

• Family Ranger Day, River Explorer on the River Wye on Tuesday 27th August from 10am-12.30 -- join the Chiltern Rangers on one of their amazing family events, perfect for kids aged between 5 and 11. You'll be unlocking the secrets of the river and its surrounding habitats 🦦

• Discover & Make: Mosaic Madness at Wycombe Museum on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th August, various times -- you can make your very own mosaic coaster as well as learning all about Wycombe's mosaic history (did you know we had a Roman villa?!)

• Walter's Cabinet of Curiosities at the Roald Dahl Museum on Friday 23rd August -- Walter from the Natural History Museum Tring is visiting with a mini museum of objects from the NHM collection for you to handle, explore and inspect. You'll even be able to craft your own mini museum at the end to take home! Session times at 11am, 12 and 2pm and suitable for kids aged 5 and up.

• Babes in the Wood Forest School at Wycombe Museum on 22nd August from 10-11.30am -- a taster session for this well established and much loved forest school for kids aged between 18 months and 5 years old. Expect exploring, cooking, singing, crafting, building and lots of mud!

• Mini Mermaid Family Workshop on Wednesday 28th August at 9.30-11.30am -- head to the Walled Garden to learn how to make your own mini mermaid. Recommended for ages 6+ 🧜🏻‍♀️

Food, Drinks and Entertainment

• Couples' Board Game Night at Tabletop Republic on tonight, 22nd August from 6.30-10pm -- an evening of classic and contemporary board games awaits. A great way to make new like-minded couple friends plus the ticket includes a bottle of wine/non-alcoholic alternative 🎲

• Salsa & Bachata Social Night at the Mad Squirrel on Friday 23rd August from 8pm-12am -- Latin Shine are hosting this free social night which includes introductory classes to both salsa and bachata as well as social dancing! 💃

• Afternoon Tea at the Bricklayers Arms on Saturday 24th August from 12pm -- described as a 'homemade tower of goodness', it's just £20 for 2 and you get an arrival drink to boot.

• Bitter Root live at The Dashwood Roadhouse on Friday 23rd August from 8pm -- playing pop, rock, blues and Americana!

• Yoga Brunch at Peterley Manor Farm on Sunday 25th August from 9am-12pm -- it includes a 75-minute yoga practice, 45-minute meditation, and sound relaxation all in the yurt, followed by a nutritious brunch. Check out the menu 😋

Something a little different...

• Fang-tastic Bats at Funges Meadow on Saturday 24th August from 8-10pm -- lead by Ranger John from the Chiltern Rangers, you'll learn all about the mysterious world of bats and even get to identify different species using a bat detector 🦇

Sports Day

• Wycombe Wanderers vs Rotherham United on Saturday 24th August at Adams Park -- kick-off is at 3pm ⚽️

Community Notes

• Campaign to save the Derehams Inn -- The Derehams was the last remaining pub in Loudwater before it was sold in 2021 and allowed to become dilapidated, but the Derehams Inn Community Group are campaigning to acquire and re-open the pub as a valuable local amenity. Emma Reynolds MP recently voiced her support and you can become a member of the group for just £5 🍻

• Hills Café -- did you know that this not-for-profit community café in Micklefield has a FREE community larder to help anyone in need? They also welcome donations if you want to pay it forward.

• Call for submissions for Buckinghamshire Culture Conference 2024 -- Bucks Culture are inviting local artists, creatives and cultural organisations to submit two images on the theme of 'cultural collaboration' for inclusion in an exhibition during their 2024 conference on 7th November. The deadline for submissions is 14th September.

Where In Wycombe Am I?

Where might you find this bucolic paradise? Hint: it's behind locked gates...

Last week’s answer: I was at the Buddhist Shrines just off Ragmans Lane on the way to Little Marlow. Yes, we know it’s in an ‘SL’ postcode but we thought you’d forgive us as it’s in spitting distance of Handy Cross.

Weather In Wycombe

Through gritted teeth and fraying restless kids, we’re wondering what will end first — the summer holidays… or the summer?

We’re praying it’s not the summer. 

Friday

☁️ 21°C - 💨 21 mph - ☂️ 20% chance

Saturday

🌧️ 19°C - 💨 13 mph - ☂️ 70% chance

Sunday

🌤️ 18°C - 💨 14 mph - ☂️ 10% chance

Bank Holiday Monday

🌤️ 21°C - 💨 11 mph - ☂️ 10% chance

Thanks For Reading

We hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s bumper edition of the Pulse! There’s a lot going on over the bank holiday and plenty to look forward to.

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Until next Thursday…

Steph
Publisher and Editor, Wycombe Pulse