🐷 🎭 Peppa Pig Ticket Giveaway

Good morning, Wycombe!

Easter holidays are on the horizon — and I'm still going out in gloves. Spring, where are you? 🥶

It’s another jam-packed edition this week. A few highlights:

🐯 From Bucks to Sumatra - a talk on 8 years of wildlife conservation
🦀 Crab Feast is back
🌻 A brand new flower farm opening

Plus we’ve got a family ticket bundle to Peppa Pig at the Swan to give away, all the Easter holiday fun you can imagine, a sausage making class, loads of live music, and more.

Editor’s Highlights

🌝 Pink Moonlight Swim

📍Wycombe Rye Lido | 🗓️ Weds 1st April, 8.30pm
Lane and general swimming under the full pink moon in the open-air heated lido.

🎷Catch 22 Curated Jazz Jam: Northern Soul

📍The Front Room | 🗓️ Sat 28th March, 7pm
Live jazz band MLN Ensemble reimagines dance hits and deep cuts from the Northern Soul era, plus arcade and board games all night.

📝Flash Fiction Writing Workshop

📍Wycombe Museum | 🗓️ Sun 29th March, 1pm
A creative writing session led by Costa Novel Prize-winning author Claire Fuller, inspired by the Truth or Folly exhibition of local myths and legends.

🎯 The Churchill Cup

📍EJ Churchill Shooting Grounds | 🗓️ Fri 27th & Sat 28th March, 9am-4pm
A top-class shooting competition designed to challenge even the keenest of shots. Expect entertainment and top prizes.

🍄 Flavour-Led Foraging & Feasting

📍Oxmoor Farm | 🗓️ Sat 28th March, 9.30am
A guided foraging walk through the woods learning about wild fungi and flavours, followed by seasonal small plates, Neapolitan pizzas and wild dips back at the barn.

🐷 WIN 4 tickets to Peppa Pig's Big Family Show at Wycombe Swan!

We've got a family ticket bundle (2 adults + 2 children) to give away for Peppa Pig's Big Family Show at Wycombe Swan on Saturday 4th or Sunday 5th April! 🎉

🎭 Brand new show with baby Evie Pig's first-ever live appearance
🎶 Songs, dancing, and (obviously) muddy puddles
👶 The perfect first theatre trip for little ones

To enter: just reply to this email with your name. That's it!

The small print:

• Four show times to choose from — Sat 4th at 1pm or 4pm, Sun 5th at 10am or 1pm

• Competition closes Monday 30th March at 8pm

• Winner drawn and contacted Tuesday 31st March

• Tickets must be claimed by Wednesday 1st April or we'll redraw

Rather not chance it? Grab tickets via Wycombe Swan 🎟️

Performances

🎼 West Wycombe Chamber Choir Spring Concert
📍St Lawrence Church, West Wycombe | 🗓️ Sat 28 March, 7pm 
An evening of classical music featuring Rachmaninov, Fauré, Vivaldi, Tallis and more.

🎭 Please Do Not Touch The Artwork
📍West Wycombe Village Hall | 🗓️ Thurs 26th to Sat 28th March, 8pm 
Four short comedies by The Masque Players of West Wycombe set in an art gallery, featuring heists, bickering security guards, talking masterpieces, and a very awkward life drawing mix-up.

🎶 Far Out Live Acoustic Music Show
📍The Front Room | 🗓️ Tonight, 8pm 
An evening of live acoustic sets from 11 local performers including Kayleigh Simmons, Sepia Tone Folk Collective, and Maz Marron.

🎺 Bisham Concert Band Afternoon Tea Concert
📍Stokenchurch Centre | 🗓️ Sun 29 March, 3pm 
An afternoon of live music with refreshments and a raffle included.

Foodie Fun

👨‍🍳 Sausage Making Masterclass
📍Peterley Manor Farm | 🗓️ Tonight, 6–8pm
Join head butcher Alex for a hands-on session covering mincing, seasoning, filling and twisting, using free-range local meat, with a welcome drink and sausages to take home.

🦀 The Crab Feast
📍La Luna Ceylon | 🗓️ Sat 28th March, 12–10pm
A full four-course seafood blowout (starters, main, sides and dessert), followed by a DJ party till 2am.

🇦🇫 A Taste of Afghanistan
📍 The Full Moon, Little Kingshill | 🗓️ Tonight, 6.30pm 
A lavish spread of authentic Afghan dishes with a welcome drink included.

🍖 Butchers Sunday Roast
📍Peterley Manor Farm | 🗓️ Sun 29 March 
A sharing board of high-welfare, locally sourced roast with seasonal sides, goose-fat potatoes and proper gravy.

🔍 Family Fun Finder

🐣 Kids Easter Crafting Workshop
📍Patch | 🗓️ Tues 31 March, 10.30am & 1pm
Children aged 6+ can join Create Your Happy to make embroidered cards and spring animal egg hats.

🦁 Discover & Make: Mighty Lions
📍Wycombe Museum | 🗓️ Tues 31 March & Weds 1 April
Craft a lion inspired by Wycombe's iconic red statue and discover the town's other lion connections. Ages 4–11, £4.75 per child.

🌱 Easter Family Day with Grow Together Bucks
📍Back Lane Allotments, Wycombe Marsh | 🗓️ Mon 30 March, 10.30am 
An Easter hunt, seed box making and compost exploration, followed by pebble painting and nest building. Free community fun!

🐣 Easter Egg Hunt
📍 The Full Moon, Little Kingshill | 🗓️ Mon 30 March–3 April, 12–2.30pm 
Kids follow clues to hunt high and low for eggs, plus a free dessert with every kids' main meal.

🌱 Little Farmers Easter Edition
📍Peterley Manor Farm | 🗓️ Today to Sun 12th April 
A farm-themed messy play pop-up in the Dutch Barn for toddlers and children up to 7, with sensory trays, mud kitchens, paint stations and water play.

🐰 Easter Trail & Cafe
📍 Flackwell Heath | 🗓️ Sat 4 April 
A free village trail for all ages, ending at the Methodist Church with hot cross buns, tea, coffee and a prize for every completed trail.

👀 Looking for even more Easter fun? Check out the latest on the blog: 16 Easter Activities in High Wycombe

🎱 Family Bingo Night
📍 Holmer Green Sports Association | 🗓️ Fri 27 March, 6.30pm

🚂 High Wycombe & District Model Railway Society Open Day 
📍11 Duke Street | 🗓️ Sat 28 March, 10am–3pm 
Layouts, test tracks, pre-owned sales, and a working scale model of West Wycombe Station in its final years of steam. Bring your own models for a health check too.

🛍️ Sales and Markets

• Indoor Car Boot Sale | Hazlemere Community Centre | Sun 29th March, 9.45am-2pm

• Marlow Spring Festival | Liston Court Gardens | Sat 28th March, 10am–4pm

• Jumble Sale | Stokenchurch Dog Rescue | Sat 28 March, 10–11.30am

🫂 Support Groups

🧠 Neurodivergence in Women
📍 Wycombe Air Park  | 🗓️ Today, 6pm
A free session exploring how hormones impact the neurodivergent brain, why so many ND women are misdiagnosed, and practical strategies for navigating hormonal shifts.

🚶‍♂️The Proper Blokes Club High Wycombe Launch
📍Meet at High Wycombe Train Station  | 🗓️ Mon 30th March, 6.30pm
The launch of a free, weekly walk and talk group for men.

💙 Monthly SEND Café
📍 Adams Park Stadium (Executive Box 6)  | 🗓️ Tues 31 March, 10am
A relaxed drop-in hub for parents, carers and professionals to connect and access SEND education advice and support.

📸 MenSnap
📍Patch | 🗓️ Mon 30 March, 7pm
A men's group using photography to explore mental health, led by a psychotherapist and photographer.

Get Creative

🏺Adult Pottery Painting
📍 Chequers Parade, Prestwood | 🗓️ Fri 27 March, 7pm
A relaxed evening of pottery painting for adults, starting with a glass of Prosecco.

🌸 Tea for Two Flower Workshop
📍 Hughenden Village Store & Coffee Shop | 🗓️ Today, 6pm
Create your own teacup floral arrangement.

🎨🍷Sip & Paint
📍 HGSA | 🗓️ Weds 1st April, 7pm
Paint your own Cherry Blossom masterpiece with step-by-step guidance, music, and drinks from the bar. No experience needed.

🕺 Entertainment

• Drag Bingo | O’Neills | Tonight 8pm

• Race Night Fundraiser | Longwick Village Hall | Sat 28th March, 6pm

• Luna Cortez Drag Show | Bricklayers Arms | Sat 28th March, 8pm

• DNB Junction | The Flint Cottage | Sat28 March, 12pm–midnight

Quiz Nights

• The Mad Squirrel | Tonight | 8pm

• Belle Vue | Tonight | 8pm

• The Crown Penn | Tonight | 7.30pm

• Merletto Lounge | Fri 27th March | 8pm

• Growing Hope Quiz Night at St James' Church, Downley | Fri 27 March | 7.30pm

Sports and Activities

⚽ FOOTBALL

• Wycombe Wanderers vs Port Vale at home on Sat 28th March. KO 3pm.

• Wycombe Wanderers Women vs Woodley United away on Sun 29th March. KO 2pm.

🏉 RUGBY

• HWRUFC vs Wallingford away on Sat 28th March.

🏃🏻‍♂️ RUNNING

Run Club x Slohaus Wild Spa at Peterley Manor Farm on Sun 29 March, 8–10am — a 5–8km group run through the farm followed by sauna and cold plunge recovery. Max 8 spaces, book via Slohaus Spa. 🏃

Regular runs: Parkrun (Saturday, Rye Lido, 9am) | Junior Parkrun (Sunday, Pann Mill, 9am) | Risborough Run In The Park (Sunday, Wades Park, 9am).

🗓️ Dates for your Diary

🌾 Pann Mill Open Day
Pann Mill, The Rye | 10th May
Come down to meet the millers, watch the mill grind local wheat, and buy its fresh ground flour! Plus local stalls and refreshments.

🚨Air Raid Shelter Open Day
Hamilton Academy | Sat 9th May
The recently restored WWII air raid shelter at Hamilton Academy opens for a public look-around.. All welcome, plus pop-up cafe and crafts.

Business News

Marlow Studios moves into its new HQ 🎬

Marlow Studios has acquired Marlow International as its new HQ — putting the team right next to the 90-acre development site and moving things firmly from plans to reality. One to watch. 👀🎬

Run a local business? You can list it for free in the Wycombe Pulse directory — already home to 250+ local businesses. 📋

Community Notes

High Wycombe Community Board Meeting at Totteridge Community Centre on Tuesday 31st March, 6:30pm — open to all, with updates on local projects and details on how you can get involved.

🌱 Community & Climate Cafe at Patch on tonight at 7:30pm — talk on growing your own food, covering soil health, seed saving, and a seed planting activity to take home.

The Rumour Mill…

We've heard that High Heavens Reuse — the tip shop run by South Bucks Hospice — might be closing, and honestly? It would be a real loss.

It's the perfect home for things that aren't broken but you want rid of. The furniture that's too good for the skip but too bulky to lug to a charity shop. Good for the environment, good for bargain hunters, good for the hospice. We really hope this one doesn't go. 🤞

The Wycombe Wordle

Six guesses. Five letters. One Wycombe connection. Let me know if you get it!

🟩 Right letter, right spot
🟨 Right letter, wrong spot
⬜ Not in the word

👉 [Play here]

That’s a wrap for this week’s Pulse!

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