IN PRAISE OF SNOWDROPS By the time you read this article, you will have almost certainly seen and admired your first garden snowdrop of the year. In local parklands and woodlands, many come into flower at the end of January, and in these dark days the snowdrop brings much needed

FLAMINGOBOY I’ve been writing children’s books for a few years now which started in our garden. Illustrated by my children my first book came together after I decided to capture a moment in their lives writing a story about our adventures in our garden and the secret land that we

EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY The museum’s first temporary exhibition this year will be ‘What a Wonderful World’ a photographic exhibition by local amateur photographer, Peter Hagger. Today almost everyone in the UK has a camera as part of their mobile phone but when were cameras invented and what do the earliest photographs

WALK & TALK 4 MEN Walk & Talk 4 Men is a simple concept that gives men the opportunity to talk in a relaxed comfortable environment whilst taking in the beauty of the local countryside. We are pleased to say that the Nature Reserve at Little Paxton has become our adopted

NATURE'S CHANGING YEAR It’s New Year and spring is in the air. For us, it is still only halfway through winter, but things are stirring in the world of nature. In the last few days I have seen both collared doves and wood pigeons displaying in our garden. Robins are

NEW ACTIVITIES AT THE PRIORY CENTRE Grants and Reduced Hire Fees to Encourage New Activities at the Priory Centre St Neots Town Council has refreshed its hire fees and launched a new grant scheme to help expand the community offering at The Priory Centre, St Neots. Community centres play a

COLOURFUL TIMES ARE AHEAD! With Christmas over, and the prospects of weeks more of winter ahead, it’s reassuring to see signs that spring is not too far away. If the winter is turning out mild, you’ll probably see the first tangible signs in January - green shoots popping up everywhere

BUILDING ST NEOTS January is often a time of new beginnings, new projects and since the covid-19 pandemic struck we have been talking about ‘building back better’, a phrase apparently coined by the United Nations in relation to disaster relief in 2015. Thinking about this phrase reminded me of all