Free Bacon Butties and a Pop-Up Winter Spa 😋

Good morning, Wycombe!

It’s the Wycombe Pulse. The local newsletter that’s like a Christmas stocking but, instead of gifts, it’s filled with local news, events and other interesting titbits.

No clementines at the bottom though.

Here’s some of what this week has to offer:

• Brand new art exhibition at the Wheatsheaf 🖼️

• New winter spa pop-up at Peterley Manor Farm 🛁

• Free bacon butties for Dads and their kids at St Andrew’s Church 🥓

Plus more Christmas markets than you can shake a stick at, sound baths, a pop-up Santa’s Grotto under the Guildhall, festive food truck night, history talks, loads of kids’ activities, and much more.

This Week’s Highlights

• RESET Wild Spa Winter Residency at Peterley Manor Farm opens on Friday 6th December - a unique outdoor wellness experience featuring cold water therapy and a wood fired sauna to help you reconnect with nature this winter season 🛁

• Crystal Reflections: Art and Crafts Exhibition at The Wheatsheaf from Monday 9th to Tuesday 31st December - a unique pop-up art exhibition, FREE entry, by 3 local female artists at this beautiful historic building in the centre of town. It’s open Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11am-5pm 🎨

• West Wycombe Festive Fayre Food Truck Evening at the Walled Garden on Friday 6th December from 5-9.30pm - drop by the Walled Garden on your way to the Festive Fayre with Bombayish and El Bocadillo for Indian and Spanish delights 🥘

• “A Rare Meeting of Music, Poetry and Art” Lecture by The Arts Society at The Hub on Monday 9th December at 10.30am - Can we appreciate art through music? Can music be a visual experience? All this and more will be explored by pianist and composer Stephen Baron and Margueurite Duncan-Sutherland 🎼

• Après Ski and Alpine Wine Tasting at Peterley Manor Farm on Friday 6th December at 7pm - a unique supper club complete with alpine cheeses, cosy vibes and delicious wines, picked by alpine wine specialist Tim Killen ❄️

• Sound Bath & Relaxing Meditation at Hazlemere Memorial Hall on Friday 6th December at 7.30pm - experience deep relaxation and wellbeing with soothing sounds 🔔

Christmas Markets 🎄

• West Wycombe Festive Fayre on Friday 6th December from 5-9pm - late night shopping, stalls, food, entertainment and more.

• Christmas Craft Fayre at All Saints Church on Saturday 7th December from 10am-3pm.

• Christmas Market at Polecat Inn, Prestwood on Sunday 8th December from 12-6pm.

• Prestmas at Prestwood Village Hall on Saturday 7th December from 4-9pm - the village’s annual Christmas celebration is back with craft stalls, festive food and drink, live performances and fun and games.

Festive Crafting Workshops

• Holly Foraging in Common Wood, Penn on Saturday 7th December from 10am-12pm - create your own natural Christmas decorations by coming and cutting your own holly or have it cut for you in exchange for a donation to Friends of Common Wood.

• Christmas Wreath Making at Micklefield Community Centre on Saturday 7th December at 10am - just £15 for this wreath making workshop with Nature’s Jewels, all equipment and freshly gathered foliage supplied.

• Make Your Own Christmas Door Wreath at Wycombe Rugby Club on Friday 6th December at 7pm - Easely Does It are hosting this wreath making workshop for your front door. Everything is provided and the bar will be open!

• Bauble Marbling Workshop at The Walled Garden on Saturday 7th December at 1.30pm - make beautiful baubles with Toni from Easely Does It.

• Christmas Wreath Making Workshop at The Walled Garden on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th December at 4.30pm - please bring secateurs and gardening gloves!

Where to get your Carol Fix this Week…

• Heath Singers Christmas Concert 2024 at Christ Church Flackwell Heath on Friday 6th (7.30pm) and Saturday 7th (4pm) December - kick off the festive season with this local ladies choir singing carols and festive favourites 🎶

• West Wycombe Chamber Choir Christmas Concert at St Lawrence Church on the hill on Saturday 7th December at 7pm - Christmas favourites plus audience participation!

What’s on for the Kids this Week?

• The Shepherds’ Nativity Adventure at Union Baptist Church on Saturday 7th December from 2-4.30pm - like Elf School, but better! And FREE. An afternoon of fun, crafts and games based on the Christmas Nativity story.

• The Grinch and Mrs Clause Meet & Greet at TGI Fridays on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December from 11am-1pm - tickets include a drink, main, dessert, activities and the meet & greet.

• Wonderland Pop-Up Grotto under the Guildhall on Saturday 7th December from 10am-4pm - WycombeSanta is back in his pop-up grotto this Saturday and ready to meet everyone. He’ll also be making his way around Wycombe on his sleigh over the next couple of weeks - check out the event listings to see when he’s in your area.

• Elf Workshop Breakfast at Spindle & Thread on Sunday 8th December at 10am - join the elves for a morning of festive fun, including present wrapping, toy making, cookie decorating and looking after reindeers.

• A Christmas Carol at Elim Hope Church Lane End on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December - a FREE family-friendly immersive experience for all ages based on the classic Charles Dickens tale.

• Grotto and Festive Family Bingo at Cedar Park School on Friday 6th December from 5pm - meet Santa, take part in the family bingo, and enjoy the Christmas Escape Room.

• Gingerbread House Workshop at Carrington Junior School on Saturday 7th December from 10am-3pm - children age 7+ are invited to this 5-hour workshop with Rachel’s Creative Cooking Company.

And for Parents…

• Dads and Tots at St Andrew’s Church on Saturday 7th December from 9-10.30am - a chilled, FREE, morning for dads and their kids with good chats, coffee, bacon butties and a quick ‘thought for the day’.

• Mummy & Me Christmas Afternoon Tea at JB’s Bar & Café on Tuesday 10th December from 11am-1pm - this ever-popular event where kids go free is back for Christmas!

• ‘Man and Child’ Bushcraft at Penn Meadow Farm on Sunday 8th December 10.30am-1.30pm - email [email protected] for more details on this outdoor play event for dads/guardians and their kids, and to book this FREE event. Expect a fire lighting workshop, rope swing, rope ladder making, s’mores and more! 🪵

• Mamma Baby Sound Bath at Hughenden Village Hall (Small Hall) on Wednesday 11th December at 4pm - deep calm and relaxation for mothers and their babies in this judgment-free zone 👶🏻

• Christmas Photo Scene Sessions at The Walled Garden on Saturday 7th and Friday 8th December - capture the magic of Christmas with some festive family photos. Session price includes an online gallery with 3 different prints included 📸

Fun for the Grown-Ups

• Adult Only Farm Fun Night at Odds Farm Park on Wednesday 11th December from 6-10pm - rediscover the joy of childhood at Odds with an evening of food, silent discos, giant indoor soft play, mini golf and even outdoor adventure play! There’s Christmassy activities to enjoy as well.

• Christmas Party at Air Raid Shelter Café and Tea Room on Friday 6th December at 7pm - enjoy a festive buffet and entertainment from May Blossom.

• Girl Gang Bucks Mixer at Magnolia Park on Saturday 7th December from 1-3pm - meet new friends and join the girl gang! Tickets include food and a glass of fizz.

• Live Music with Rosie Holiday at The Crown Penn on Friday 6th December at 8pm.

• Cabaret & Karaoke by Drag With No Name at O’Neill’s on Friday 6th December at 9pm.

• Georgia Michel live at the Mad Squirrel on Saturday 7th December from 8pm.

• A Tribute to UB40 at Cressex Community & Social Club on Saturday 7th December from 7.30pm.

A Spot of Culture

• “Verulamium to Silchester, via Hedgerley?” Talk by Nigel Rothwell at Hedgerley Memorial Hall on Wednesday 11th December at 8pm - a talk on the Roman presence in the Chilterns and South Bucks, LiDAR, and Roman Roads, by geologist Nigel Rothwell and hosted by Hedgerley Historical Society. Zoom link is also available if you can’t attend in person.

• Screening of ‘Monsieur Lazhar’ at National Film and Television School on Saturday 7th December at 7.15pm - join the Beaconsfield Film Society for this screening. French/Arabic with subtitles 🎬

Sports and Activities

• Wycombe Wanderers vs Reading at home on Saturday 7th December with kick-off at 3pm and vs Swindon Town at home on Tuesday 10th December at 7pm ⚽️

• Wycombe Wanderers Women vs Penn & Tylers Green away at French School Meadow on Sunday 8th December at 2pm.

• High Wycombe RUFC vs Bletchley at home on Saturday 7th December 🏉

• High Wycombe Belles Women RUFC vs Windsor Women away on Sunday 8th December at 2pm.

• Parkrun (5km) near the Lido, Wycombe Rye on Saturday 7th December at 9am and Junior Parkrun (2km) near Pann Mill, Wycombe Rye on Sunday 8th December at 9am 🏃🏻‍♂️

• Ladies Fun Par 3 Charity Competition at Wycombe Heights Golf Club on Saturday 7th December, teeing off at 10am - 18 holes on their short course, tickets include teas, coffee, mulled wine, mince pie and lunch. All proceeds to Hearing Dogs plus Christmas clothing and sparkles are welcome! ⛳️

Fancy trying something new..?

Business News

The Three Horseshoes Pub in Flackwell Heath has had a complete refurb and re-brand and is due to reopen this Saturday 7th December from 4pm. We’re excited to check it out and wish the team the best of luck!

Local favourite Kappad has won the “Best Indian Restaurant in Buckinghamshire” award at the EuroAsia Curry Awards. Very well deserved!

Community Notes

Are you aged between 13 and 25, or know someone who is? Please consider joining the new youth advisory board of the Youth Enquiry Service - Wycombe and help promote the youth voice of our town. Find out more here.

The Chiltern Rangers are looking for people to join their Green Thursday sessions - this is a great starting point if you’ve never volunteered with the Rangers before or aren’t sure where to start. There are conservation tasks for all abilities and ages, and the sessions take place every Thursday from 10am-1pm with pick-up from and drop-off back to the Lido car park.

Where in Wycombe Am I?

Where might you find this historic poster showing the tolls payable by the Victorian market traders in the area?

Last week’s answer: I was on the new(ish) cycle path linking Bassetsbury Lane with London Road at the pedestrian crossing near Lidl. Have you spotted the handwritten poster strapped to a tree on the path marking the crash site of a de Havilland Mosquito plane? It crashed here in 1944 on a return mission from Normandy after the pilot became disorientated in the low cloud. Anyone interested in aviation history will likely know that a huge majority of all the Mosquito aircrafts’ structural components were actually made in High Wycombe during the Second World War at the furniture factories our town was famous for. I wonder if there’s much appetite to have a more official commemoration for the crash, especially given the town’s relationship to the Mosquito…

Weather in Wycombe

There’s nothing like a Yellow Weather Warning to kick the weekend off… 🥴

Friday

🌤️ 8°C - 💨 8 mph - ☂️ 80% chance

Saturday

🌤️ 6°C - 💨 21 mph - ☂️ 70% chance

Sunday

🌤️ 6°C - 💨 16 mph - ☂️ 20% chance

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Steph

Publisher and Editor, Wycombe Pulse