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Welcome to The 50+ Show Magazine and Show Guide for The 50+ Show in London in July 2014. We hope that you have a positive, re-energising and inspirational day out at The 50+ Show this year.

The 50+ Show takes place in London in July, in Exeter in September, in Glasgow in October, next February in Birmingham and in Manchester next May. In this magazine you’ll find features on finance, health and more. Please take the time to tell us what you thought of The 50+ Show and of this magazine and be in with a chance to win £25 in M&S vouchers, by taking our quick online survey questionnaire before 25 July.

We hope that you’ll tell us what you thought of the show - we really do read every single questionnaire that we receive back. We’d love to read your feedback to help us make the show even better next time.

On behalf of the whole organising team, we hope that you enjoy both this 50+ Show Magazine and The 50+ Show in London!

4 50+ Show floor plan

6 50+ Show A-Z of exhibitors

Where to find the exhibitors you are looking for!

PROGRAMME & PERFORMER PROFILES 8 Show programme and information

At-a-glance programmes for Thursday to Saturday...

20 Competitions and show offers

26 Featured exhibitor profiles

50+ SHOW PHOTO & WRITING COMPETITION34 Photo competition winners and runners-up

42 True stories: Grandma Lizzie by Beth Browning

46 1969 Ford Mustang Sportsroof

48 How to make easy changes that will help protect your heart health

52 How to remain active with arthritis

TRAVEL54 Six reasons why you should stay in a hostel on your next trip

56 The legendary Silk Road: A train journey like no other...

MONEY MATTERS58 Getting the most out of your retirement income

60 DIY and Save - Top 3 DIY projects

GARDENING62 Get your daffodils planted for spring

50+ AWARDS 201464 The full list of shortlisted nominees - winners revealed on Thursday!

MOTHER OF THE BRIDE...66 Avoiding a fashion faux-pas

PUZZLE67 A mega-Sudoku to test your brain!

Robert McCaffreyEditor

To keep your eye-balls fit and to mark the World Cup, we have hidden a number of footballs throughout these pages - more than 10 but fewer than 20. Can you find them ALL? Page numbers are given on the Puz-zle Page - but that still might not help you find them all!

On-line survey address:

http://propubs.polldaddy.com/s/50-plus-show-london-2014

The 50+ Show Magazine 3 July 2014

Visitors are advised to satisfy themselves as to the bona fides of the exhibitors prior to finalising any transactions.

CONTENTS

SHOW PLAN


50+ Show D19

Abbeyfield E12

Accendo Markets C25A

Action on Hearing Loss F28

Acumag F15

Adjustamatic Beds E7

Advantage Healthcare E13

Age UK F1

Akromion Hospital C16

Alzheimer’s Research UK D12

Alzheimer’s Society C25

ATG Tickets B27

Arthritis Research UK F5

Avantis Wealth D16

Balaeric Outdoor Holidays B9

Bergs International A15

Berkeley Parks D23

Blood Pressure UK Health Zone

Bowel Cancer UK C24A

British Heart Foundation D8

British Telecom C9

Cancer Research UK Health Zone

Casada Health & Beauty Ltd D20,F18

Central America Revealed C4

Christies Care Ltd E1

Churchill Retirement Living B12

Clarus Medical Travel B19A

Coach Monthly C2

Collette B22

Country Cousins F9

Croatia Dental Art C15

Cultural Breaks C1

Daish’s Holidays A9

Dental Implant Point C18

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Musical B29

Dom Lekarski Medical Center C20

Dominican Republic Tourist Board B30

Donna Bella New Look New You C12

EnjoyLifePlast B17

Experience Holidays A11

Food Sensitivity Test C7

Forest & Ray C10

Fortina Spa Resort - Malta D6

Girlings Retirement Rentals C11

Good Life Guide, The F27

Gran Canaria Spa, Wellness and Health B15

Green People C8

Guide Dogs E35

HF Holidays C31

Household Cavalry Museum A2

Houses of Parliament A5

i - the concise quality newspaper D18

Insulated Solutions E23

International New York Times D17A

Isle of Wight C33

Israel Ministry of Tourism C29

JSJ Products G3

KCO Beauty B11A

Locked Up Monitored Security F29

Love & Lily B10A

Lyric by Phonak E9

Magic Massage G1

Magic Massage Therapy B10C

Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council C26

The 50+ Show Magazine 6 2014

Exhibitors

The 50+ Show Magazine 7 2014

Marie Curie Cancer Care F24

Massage Therapy F23

Mobile Massage Company D9

Moon Beever Solicitors F12

New Smile Dental Tourism C17

Nikken C19

Oakdale Beds G7

Pain Free Potential E29

Panasonic A10

Pancreatic Cancer Action E28

Pensions Advisory Service,The E15

PDS Hygiene - Bio Bidet F4

Perfect Profiles Dental Clinics E2

PHO University Dental Clinical Centre

St Panteleimon B16

Polish Medical Tourism Promotion

(Consortium PALiLZ, EUCP, AMEDS) D1

Prestige and Homeseeker Park and Leisure Homes P3

Proback Clinics F32

Promedica24 D17B

Prudential C9B

Ramblers Worldwide & Adagio Holidays B26

Regional Science and Technology Center C14

Retirement Today Magazine B8

River Cruise Line, The A12

RNIB E5

Royal Air Force Museum A1

RSPB C24

Saga Holidays B14

Shakespeare’s Globe A3

Signature Smiles Dental Clinic, India B19

Silver Travel Advisor B23

Sole Mates F16

Specsavers F8

Sri Lanka Tourism B5

St Anthony’s Hospital F10

Stately Albion P1,P2

STC Switzerland Travel Centre B4

Sterling Metropolitan Police E34

Stressless D16A

Sun Park Living B25

Tavistock Dental;

The Home of Calm & Caring Dentistry G6

Tempur D17

The Pass/Great For Groups B6

Thornton & Baines E10

TLH Leisure Resort C5

Tingdene Parks Limited E21

University of the Third Age F6

West London Cognitive Disorders Treatment and

Research Unit G4

Wood Green, The Animals Charity F14

Woodland Trust E16

WSL, Will Writing Services London E31

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Travel Seminar Theatre

10.15 - 10.45 The Dominican Republic Off the Beaten Path Gustavo Candelario, Dominican Republic Tourist Board

11.00 - 11.30Hilary Bradt: Wild Adventures and Extreme Pub-lishing, Silver Travel Advisor

11.40-12.10 Saga Holidays & CruisesLouise Batty, Saga Holidays

12.20-12.50An Introduction to the World of River CruisingPaul Sharp, The River Cruise Line

13.00-13.30Step into a world of discoveryTony Maniscalco, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays & Adagio

13.40-14.10Torquay – no longer Fawlty. Voted Top Seaside Destination!Heather Hunt & Heather Jewell, TLH Leisure Resort

14.20-14.50Revealing the ABC and the 3Rs of Travel to Central AmericaJeremy Snelling, Mercator Travel

15.00-15.30Walking – A different view on some familiar placesElizabeth, HF Holidays

15.35-16.05Active Retirement Community Experience: I am not a pensioner on holiday. I am a SunRockerSun Park Living, Lanzarote

10.15-10.45AMAZING AGEING: How to build & maintain psychological wellbeing.David Buswell, Author of ‘Amazing Ageing’

11.00-11.30Investing for Retirement? New strategies for doing better with your pension, investments and savings.Rod Thomas FCA, Avantis Wealth

11.40 - 12.30 MONEY MATTERS PANEL SESSION

12.50-13.50Using small cameras for big resultsProfessional Photographer Hugh Hastings

14.00-14.50GARDENING QUESTION & ANSWER TIMEChaired by John Negus, Horticular Speaker and AuthorGeoff Hawkins, Gardening ConsultantNeil Hever, Head Gardener, Hever Castle

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10.20-10.50How to remain active and doing the things you doDavid Fisher, Arthritis Research UK

11.00-11.30It takes a society to fight dementiaJulian Lloyd, Alzheimers Society

11.45-12.15End of Life Care ChallengesSimbiat Longe, Marie Curie Cancer Care

12.30-13.00Blood Pressure; You’re going down!Clare Farrand, Blood Pressure UK

13.20-13.40Managing hearing loss and tinnitusEmma Holmes, Action on Hearing Loss

13.50-14.20Your Heart is your HealthDr Syed Ahsan, St Anthony’s Hospital

14.30-15.00Become a Dementia FriendAlzheimer’s Society, Dementia Friends Cham-pion speaking

15.10-15.40Tips for good Bowel Health and ScreeningErnie Gray, Bowel Cancer UK

10.10-10.40How to trade the stock marketMark Kimsey, Accendo Markets

11.10-11.40Courier fraud prevention Sue Grimmer & Jim Egley, Sterling Met Police

12.00-12.45Which? Consumer Rights: Know your travel rights. Amanda Diamond, Editor, Which? Consumer Rights and Chris Warner, Lead Lawyer, Policy, Advocacy & Enforcement, Which?

13.10-13.40Pension Changes and Retirement PlanningJem Blok, Prudential


15.10-15.40How Lasting Power of Attorney can protect youPolly Banwell, WSL Ltd., The Willwriting Specialists

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Cookery Theatre

10.20-11.05CARIBBEAN FEASTwith TV Chef Richard Fox

11.30-12.15INDIAN SUMMER DININGwith Executive Head Chef Rajinder Pandey, Mint Leaf Restaurantwww.mintleafrestaurant.com

12.45-13.30RISOTTO MADE EASYwith Chef Neil Sheppeckchefneil.net

14.00-14.45GOURMET PICNICwith TV Chef Richard Fox

15.15 - 16.00COCKTAIL MIXOLOGY MASTERCLASS - ‘Mojito’Javed Sidah, Mint LeafRestaurant

Dance Floor Activity Zone

DANCE WITH LONDON SWINGDANCE SOCIETY AND LINDY HOP SHOP

10.30-11.1520s CHARLESTON

11.45-12.30JIVE

13.00 - 13.45LINDY HOP

14.15-15JIVE

15.15-16.00LINDY HOP

13.15-14.00BALLET BODY SCULPTUREKirsten McCarron

14.15-15.00EXERCISE & FITNESSwith MEDAU Movementwww.medau.org.uk

10.00-10.45LETTING GO OF TENSION AND STRESSNaz Khakoo, Samsara Mind & Body

11.15-11.45KEEP FIT!Samantha Campbell

12.00-12.45NIA TECHNIQUELove your body and love your life. Dance to holistic health and fitness with Dorit Noble, Nia White Belt Trainer/Black Belt Teacher

15.15-16.00RELAX & RESTOREValerie Hartwich, Samsara Mind & Body samsaramindandbody.com

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10.15-10.4550+ FASHION SHOW

11.00-11.30ABBA CHIQUEAn ABBA Tribute Duo

11.40-11.55L.A SHOWGIRLS




14.00-15.00THE 50+ AWARDS (see page 64)

The Voice UK 2014 finalist

SALLY BARKER at 3.15pm

Sally Barker - the Voice that made Sir Tom Jones crySinger-songwriter Sally Barker, fresh from her flawless perfor-mances on prime time TV (including a duet with her mentor Sir Tom Jones) in concert. The Poozies lead singer Sally, who has supported Bob Dylan and Robert Plant, presents songs from her repertoire including her album ‘Another Train’ and YouTube favourites ‘Dear Darlin’ and ‘Walk on By’. “I have to say you sound amazing” (Will.i.am). “Sally changes the atmosphere in a room when she sings” (BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans). “You sang so beautiful that it got to me” (Sir Tom Jones). www.sallybarker.co.uk

What’s on the catwalk...Fashion show featuring real models, professionally styled and choreographed by Mandy White of White Event Management.Clothes supplied by Gerry Weber - Westfield and Bonmarché.

A special ‘Fashion on a budget’ fashion show will also take place on the catwalk each day.

Executive Head Chef Rajinder Pandey, who was part of the original opening team for Mint Leaf in Haymarket in 2003, returned in 2013 after travel-ling through India and gaining experience working in several fine-dining restaurants. Pan-dey credits renowned Indian chef and entrepreneur Sanjeev Kapoor, who stars in long-running Asian cookery show Khana Khazana.Mint Leaf invite you to enjoy a contemporary dining experi-ence with modern Indian cui-sine and exceptional cocktails served in elegant and stylish settings in their Haymarket and City restaurants. See more at www.mintleafrestaurant.com

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10.15 - 10.45 Active Retirement Community Experience: I am not a pensioner on holiday. I am a SunRockerSun Park Living, Lanzarote

11.00 - 11.30Choosing your first CruiseAlan Fairfax, Silver Travel Advisor

11.40-12.10 Saga Holidays & CruisesLouise Batty, Saga Holidays


13.00-13.30Rovos Rail - the most luxurious train in the world and their destinationsEdward Mitchell of Rovos Rail

13.40-14.10Torquay – no longer Fawlty. Voted Top Seaside Destination!Heather Hunt & Heather Jewell, TLH Leisure Resort

14.20-14.50Wellbeing and Walking - How countryside walks are good for body and soulLaura, HF Holidays

15.00-15.30The Dominican Republic Off the Beaten Path Gustavo Candelario, Dominican Republic Tourist Board

15.35-16.05Revealing the ABC and the 3Rs of Travel to Central AmericaJeremy Snelling, Mercator Travel



11.40 - 12.30 GARDENING QUESTION & ANSWER TIMEChaired by John Negus, Horticular Speaker and Author


14.00-14.50MONEY MATTERS PANEL SESSIONChaired by Dr Rob McCaffrey, 50+ Show DirectorMark Carroll, Financial Ombudsman ServiceRepresentative from The Pension Advice ServiceRepresentative from Thornton & Baines

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10.20-10.50Tips for good Bowel Health and ScreeningChris Stubbs, Bowel Cancer UK

11.00-11.30How to remain active and doing the things you do, Michael Clarke, Arthritis Research UK


12.30-13.00Let’s drive early diagnosis for pancreatic cancer Ali Stunt, Pancreatic Cancer Action

13.10-13.40Healthy eyes are happy eyesMatthew Athey, RNIB

13.50-14.20Managing Hearing Loss and TinnitusEmma Holmes, Action on Hearing Loss

14.30-15.00Dementia Research in the HeadlinesDr Laura Phipps, Alzheimer’s Research UK

15.10-15.40All of the issues that come with varicose veins, Professor Ian Loftus, St Anthony’s Hospital

10.30-11.00Courier fraud prevention Sue Grimmer & Jim Egley, Sterling Met Police

11.10-11.40Which? Consumer Rights: Know your travel rights. Amanda Diamond, Editor, Which? Consumer Rights and Chris Warner, Lead Lawyer, Policy, Advocacy & Enforcement, Which?



14.10-14.40Pension Changes and Retirement PlanningChris Rainbow, Prudential

15.10-15.40Legacies of Love; A Lasting Gift to AnimalsEllen McKendry, Woodgreen, The Animals Charity

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15.15 - 16.00COCKTAIL MIXOLOGY MASTERCLASS - ‘Cosmopolitan’Javed Sidah, Mint LeafRestaurant




11.45-12.30JIVE

13.00 - 13.45LINDY HOP

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14.15-15.00KEEP FITSamantha Campbell

10.00-10.45NIA TECHNIQUELove your body and love your life. Dance to holistic health and fitness with Dorit Noble, Nia White Belt Trainer/Black Belt Teacher


12.00-12.45NIA TECHNIQUEDorit Noble, Nia White Belt Trainer/Black Belt Teacher

15.15-16.00KEEP FIT Cheryl Burns

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Celebrity guestBOBBY DAVRO at 3.15pm

BOBBY DAVROA man of many talents - comedian, impression-ist, game-show host and actor - Bobby soared to fame in the 1980s with TV shows such as Bobby Davro On The Box and Bobby’s Sketch Pad, before joining the BBC to makeRock With Laughter among other hugely popu-lar shows. He made his straight acting debut in EastEnders as the loveable rogue Vinnie Monks, and has also appeared on Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Dancing On Ice.



Featured chef!Neil is a self-taught chef, taking inspiration from the restaurants he has worked in. Each summer, he manages restaurants at events such as Royal Ascot, The Open Golf, Hampton Court Flower Show, Lord’s Cricket Ground etc. He has been the General Catering Manager for Opera Holland Park, Gypsy in the Field Festival, and most recently the Brasserie, and Champagne and Seafood restau-rants in the Olympic Park.

He has worked with Albert Roux, and cooked for or served Her Majesty The Queen, David Cameron, John Major, Richard Branson, Sir Tim Rice, David Atten-borough, Tony Blair, Peter O’Toole, Chris Evans and Will Carling, amongst others.


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10.15 - 10.45 Torquay – no longer Fawlty. Voted Top Seaside Destination!Heather Hunt & Heather Jewell, TLH Leisure Resort

11.00 - 11.30Choosing your first CruiseAlan Fairfax, Silver Travel Advisor

11.40-12.10 Life as a TV Travel Broadcaster, John Carter (former presenter of Wish you Were Here and The Holiday Programme), Silver Travel Advisor

12.20-12.50Saga Holidays & Cruises - Louise Batty, Saga Holidays

13.00-13.30Step into a world of discoveryTony Maniscalco, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays & Adagio

13.40-14.10Planning for that holiday of a lifetimeJackie Appleton, Experience Holidays


15.00-15.30The Dominican Republic Off the Beaten Path Gustavo Candelario, Dominican Republic Tourist Board



11.40 - 12.30 GARDENING QUESTION & ANSWER TIMEChaired by John Negus, Horticular Speaker and Author


14.00-14.50MONEY MATTERS PANEL SESSIONChaired by Dr Rob McCaffrey, 50+ Show DirectorMark Carroll, Financial Ombudsman ServiceRepresentative from The Pension Advice ServiceRepresentative from Thornton & Baines

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10.20-10.50Tips for good Bowel Health and ScreeningChris Stubbs, Bowel Cancer UK

11.00-11.30The effect of Menopause on body and mindDr Panay, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

11.45-12.15Let’s drive early diagnosis for pancreatic cancerAli Stunt, Pancreatic Cancer Action


13.10-13.40Healthy eyes are happy eyesMatthew Athey, RNIB

13.50-14.20Managing Hearing Loss and TinnitusEmma Holmes, Action on Hearing Loss

14.30-15.00How to remain active and doing the things you doDavid Fisher, Arthritis Research UK

15.10-15.40Dementia Research in the HeadlinesTim Parry, Alzheimer’s Research UK

11.10-11.40Dementia research at West London Cognitive Disorder Treatment and Research unit, The TOMMORROW studyGenevieve Morrison, West London Cognitive Disorders Treatment & Research Unit


13.10-13.40Pension Changes and Retirement PlanningChris Rainbow, Prudential


15.10-15.40Legacies of Love; A Lasting Gift to AnimalsEllen McKendry, Woodgreen, The Animals Charity

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15.15 - 16.00COCKTAIL MIXOLOGY MASTERCLASS - ‘Bramble’Javed Sidah, Mint LeafRestaurant




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13.00 - 13.45LINDY HOP

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14.15-15.00KEEP FITSamantha Campbell

10.00-10.45LETTING GO OF TENSION AND STRESSNatalie Joe-Smith

11.15-11.45KEEP FIT!Cheryl Burns


15.15-16.00RELAX & RESTOREValerie Hartwich, Samsara Mind & Body samsaramindandbody.com

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Celebrity guestANITA HARRIS at 3.15pm

ANITA HARRISAnita Harris has had a breath-taking career spanning over fifty years which started when as a 15 year old she was spotted on a London ice rink. She was then whisked away to Las Vegas to appear, three times a night, in a top revue.

Returning to the UK, she went on to work with The Cliff Adams Singers, appear in two Carry On films, grace the top of the pop charts, become a pantomime legend as Peter Pan, star in Cats in the West End for 13 years and feature in 7 Royal Command Performances.

Anita is currently presenting her new one woman touring show, Curtain Up, Light the Lights!!!



Featured chef!See the talented Chef, Mr Richard Fox, at The 50+ Show Cookery Thea-tre. Richard is an award-winning writer, beer and food writer, cook book author and TV chef presenter. Richard’s expertise in the world of food and drink has made him a favourite personality for hosting and demonstrating at gourmet events around the world. He has appeared on UKTV Food, Saturday Cooks on ITV, The Good Food Show on BBC Radio 4, to name but a few. Richard is currently touring the country performing cooking dem-onstrations on the theme of ‘Love Food, Hate Waste’. Grab a copy of his book entitled ‘How to be an eve-ryday kitchen magician’ – ‘fabulous feasts for almost free’!


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COMPETITIONS and show offersABBEYFIELD - E12Visit the Abbeyfield stand E12 and enter their free prize draw to win one of 15 retro sweet hampers by simply filling in some short details.

BALAERIC OUTDOOR HOLIDAYS - B9Win an all inclusive luxury walking holiday at the fabulous Biniarroca Country Hotel on Menorca for 2 people including flights. Just fill in a small form which you’ll find on their stand B9 and they will announce the winner on the last day of The 50+ Show.

BLOOD PRESSURE UK - HEALTH ZONEVisit Blood Pressure UK in the Health Zone for your chance to be entered in to a free prize draw to win a new M6 Comfort Automatic blood pressure monitor worth £99.95, so you’ll be able to monitor your blood pressure at home too.

BOWEL CANCER UK - C24Come and find Bowel Cancer UK on stand C24 and enter their good bowel health competition to WIN a beautiful pink leather handbag by Linea at House of Fraser worth £90! Bowel Cancer UK is determined to save lives from bowel cancer by raising awareness of the disease, providing information and education and campaigning for best treatment and care.

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION - D8Visit stand D8 to join FREE Heart Matters membership service, offering information and support that encourages a heart-healthy lifestyle and also get your FREE copy of ‘Grow some-thing to eat every day’. Packed full of great ideas and practical advice, this book helps make growing your own food enjoyable and introduce an active way to make sure you get your 5-a-day.

CHURCHILL RETIREMENT LIVING - B12Be in with a chance of winning 2 tickets to Les Miserables with an overnight stay in a London hotel and £100 spending money. Simply visit the Churchill Retirement Living Stand B12 near the travel theatre and fill out a prize draw form. Whilst there why not also find out more information about Churchill Retirement Living’s beautiful apartments. Are you on Facebook? If so, like our page by 31st July and be in for a chance of winning an ipad mini! Likes will be recorded from Thursday 10th July until Thursday 31st July 2014.

COUNTRY COUSINS - F9Visit the Country Cousins stand and enter into a prize draw to win a £50 Love2Shop voucher.

DENTAL IMPLANT POINT - C18Give yourself a chance to win a full implant surgery, a teeth whitening kit or a consultation in London with panoramic x-ray. Come and register with DENTAL IMPLANT POINT at stand C18 and get 15% off your next laser treatment as well. 1 x Implant Surgery Includes: Consultation, Treatment Plan, 1 x Implant + Abutment + Crown with 10 years guarantee. This prize is trans-ferable and valid till 31th of December 2014 (worth £1500) 2 x Home Teeth Whitening Kit Includes: Spa Dent Home Kit 3in1, 2 x Dental Consultations in London Includes: Consultation, Pano-ramic X-ray, Treatment Plan. These prizes are transferable and valid till 31th of December 2014 (worth £500). Laser Treatment Discount Includes: Anybody who registers with us gets 15% off from the next laser treatment. This offer is transferable and valid till 31th of December 2014 (save £135)

ENJOYLIFEPLAST - B17To be in with a chance to win £4000 worth of the EnjoyLife-Plast Laser assisted face and neck lift package (Laser assisted face&neck lift operation and Radisson Blu hotel İstanbul accom-modation). Visit the EnjoyLifePlast stand B17 and fill in a small form. The winner will be announced on the last day of The 50+ Show.

GREEN PEOPLE - C8Visit the Green People on stand C8 in order to receive 25% discount on beauty products.

FOREST & RAY DENTAL PRACTICE - C10We will be providing free consultations from their experienced and practicing dentists, and you can even book an appoint-ment to our Bloomsbury dental practice right there at the show! Those who book their appointment at The 50+ Show will get to participate in their sweepstakes, and can win a £300 voucher.

GIRLINGS RETIREMENT RENTALS - C11Win a Kindle Fire tablet! Visit Girlings at Stand C11 and pick up a copy of their free to enter *prize wordsearch. Simply find and fill in all the words (some related to Girlings, some to the Kindle Fire) and return the wordsearch to them; either on the day or send via freepost (address on the form), to reach them by 21 July 2014. The lucky winner will be the first correct entry drawn on that day.


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HF HOLIDAYS - C31Win a break for two with the award winning experts HF Holi-days, to enter simply visit the HF Holidays Stand C31 and enter into a prize draw. The prize consists of a three night Country House Break for two adults at any of HF Holidays’ 19 Country Houses around the UK,full board accommodation, an OS map and detailed guidebook to the area. The holiday is to be taken before 30 November 2014 and excludes Christmas and New Year holidays and is based on two adults sharing a twin or double room. HF holidays also have special show offers for first time guests on holidays at their UK Country Houses:£100 off 7 night holidays or £50 off 3or 4 night holidays.This offer is valid on any holiday at their UK Country Houses that is booked by 30th August 2014.

i - THE CONCISE QUALITY NEWSPAPER - D18Visit i at stand D18 and enter their free prize draw to win a Kin-dle Fire HD by simply filling in some short details

LOCKED UP MONITORED SECURITY - F29All Customers ordering the latest and sleekest wireless security system for their home or business will receive a keypad with 3 key ring swipes worth £190. Also enter into a prize draw: one customer will receive 5 years live operator security and safety monitoring. All order numbers will be put in a hat and one lucky customer will receive 5 years monitoring worth £900.

MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE - F24First Prize - The Trove (£2000 value): Turn all the treasured memories about a loved one into a dazzling Treasure Trove, a high-quality, premium, full-colour, professionally designed hard-back book that links to a website bursting with family videos, photographs and reminiscences. 25 copies of the finished book are also included. Second Prize - The Keepsake (£500 value each): Compile your memories, or recollections about a loved one into a full-colour, professionally designed paperback book that also integrates video, audio and images online. 10 copies of the finished book are also included. For full details of the prizes visit: www.legacy.mpowrpublishing.com/packages.html (The Keepsake and The Trove).

MEDQUEST.EU - D1Fill out a registration form to be entered into our website system. The first 500 entries will receive a MEDQUEST.EU cotton bag. By 1st Dec 2014, some of our 50+ Show entrants will be invited to experience a free week stay in one of our many beau-tiful medical spas (invitations wil be sent electronically). At the end of your stay, you will be asked to write a review about your spa experience to be posted on our MEDQUEST.EU website.

MOON BEEVER SOLICITORS - F12Visit the Moon Beever stand F12 and enter into a prize draw for the chance to win £100 of M&S vouchers.

NEW SMILE DENTAL TOURISM - C17Visit the New Smile stand and pick up a voucher for 10% off treatments at their clinics in Zagreb and Split.

PAINFREE POTENTIAL - E29Loved ones and friends treated too for free when you rent or buy an APS Therapy machine! Visit their stand to find out how APS Therapy machines help the body to heal naturally; reduc-ing and alleviating pain and enhancing energy. Free individual teaching, treatment plans and extra sets of electrodes for up to 2 family and friends, worth £120.

PERFECT PROFILES - E2Visit the Perfect Profiles stand E2 and enter into a prize draw for a chance to win £500 worth of dental treatment vouchers. Simply tell them which year David Van Day entered ‘I’m a Celeb-rity, Get me out of here.’ David Van Day will be on the stand on Saturday 12th July between 12 & 4pm come along and meet him and discuss how he found having a dental implant treat-ment with Perfect Profiles.

PDS HYGIENE - F4Visit PDS Hygiene on Stand F4 in order to receive 10% discount on the Bio Bidet wash and blow-dry electronic bidet toilet seats.

REGIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE - C14You are invited to visit stand C14, Medical Center Visus from Starachowice. Visit the stand and fill out a short survey. Every day they will choose: First Prize: Free stay for Perioperative Patient and caregiver (a perioperative stay). Second Prize: Free stay for the Patient (a perioperative stay). Third Prize: catalog of Poland on pendrive.

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SAGA HOLIDAYS - C14London 50+ Show attendees can visit the Saga stand A14 and enter a prize draw to win a £250 voucher off a future Saga Holiday or Cruise. Saga will also have some special show offers available including two in ten go free on their Continental Christmas Markets Cruise departing December 16th 2015. Plus collect your £25 per person discount voucher off future Euro-pean and River Cruise Holidays and £50 per person discount voucher off future Worldwide Holidays.

SILVER TRAVEL ADVISOR -B23Silver Travel Advisor – Taste of Glacier Express competition with Switzerland Travel Centre.Visit Silver Travel Advisor on Stand B23, for travel information and advice for the over 50s, and you and a partner could win a trip of a lifetime on the Glacier Express, one of Switzerland’s finest panoramic rail adventures across the Alps! The thrilling journey, narrated at your seat, takes you through wild natural landscapes and over breath-taking peaks. The prize includes re-turn flights for 2 from London to Zürich, rail travel and 2 nights’ bed & breakfast accommodation.

SUN PARK LIVING - B25Retirement Complex offers one lucky visitor the chance to win a fortnight in the Canary Islands, flights and accommodation included. The winner and a friend will spend two weeks in a self-service and self-catering apartment in a private gated community resort on the glorious island of Lanzarote. Sun Park Living are also extending an exclusive offer to come and enjoy Sun Park Living, for any number of weeks, between July and September 2014, for only 150EUR/ week (2nd person goes free!). And if you, or your over50s friends and/or family are visit-ing the island, visit them, at the Sun Park Living Lanzarote Stand B25, and get a FREE DAY PASS, worth 8€, to spend the day in the wonderful company of the Sun Rockers, participating in the activities, and enjoying the pools, gardens, free wi-fi, honesty bar, large screen cinema and more!

THORNTON & BAINES - E10Visit the Thornton & Baines stand and enter a competition to win a trip for two to Paris.

TLH LEISURE RESORT - C5Visit the TLH Leisure Resort, stand C5 for your chance to win

one of three prizes – 2 nights dinner, bed and breakfast at TLH Leisure Resort in Torquay, to include use of the fantastic range of leisure facilities and nightly entertainment.

WIELICZKA - D1Visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine Health Resort stand (D1) and enter into a competition to win one of the following prizes: - 2 vouchers for a two-day stay in Grand Sal **** Hotel with 3 hours of underground treatment, for two people- Salt-based cosmetics-Tickets for visiting the Tourist Route of the ‘ Wieliczka’ Salt Mine-Tickets for visiting the Miners’ Route of the ‘ Wieliczka’ Salt MineTo enter simply give the stand staff your details to add to their mailing list, put your full name on one of their lottery tickets and place it in the basket. The competition will take place on each day of the show.

WOOD GREEN THE ANIMALS CHARITYVisit Wood Green, The Animals Charity at stand F14 for the chance to enter their FREE raffle! For the duration of The 50+ Show they will be taking entries for the chance to win one of two brilliant prizes. The winner of the first draw will receive two tickets to their magnificent 90th Anniversary Gala Dinner, which takes place on the 13th November at their Godmanches-ter Centre, Cambridgeshire. The winner of the second draw will receive two tickets to an exciting Classic Stadium Tour of White Hart Lane. The lucky winners will be contacted the week after The 50+ Show and the prize will be sent in the post.

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CLARUS MEDICAL TRAVELStand B19A

Clarus Medical Travel specialises in providing packages of high quality, bespoke medical care and short breaks for individuals and couples looking to access a range of healthcare services in the beautiful country of Lithu-ania. Our medical travel options offer a viable alternative to the increasing cost of healthcare in a number of countries, including UK. We offer a range of healthcare services including dentistry, plastic surgery, health diagnostics, rehabilitation and a range of spa and wellness facilities.

Telephone: 0044 794 0557 552/00370 611 60133Email: [email protected]: www.clarusmedicaltravel.co.uk/

Featured exhibitorsBRITISH HEART FOUNDATIONStand D8

Change your life with Heart Matters – the FREE membership service from the British Heart Foundation, offering information and support that encourages a heart-healthy lifestyle. As a member, you’ll get: a membership pack that includes a tape measure & recipe folder, our bi-monthly Heart Matters maga-zine, access to our online healthy eating tools, community discussions and support emails, and support from our friendly Heart Matters helpline. Join Heart Matters for FREE at stand D8 and get your free copy of ‘Grow something to eat every day’.

Telephone: 020 7554 0000 Email: [email protected]: bhf.org.uk/heartmatters Greater London House, 180 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 7AW

COUNTRY COUSINSStand F9

At an age in life when familiarity and routine are wholeheartedly embraced, home is where you want to be, whatever it takes to maintain your precious independence. That’s why 24-hour, private, live-in care, through Country Cousins is becoming a popular and more affordable choice for those elderly or disabled people who can no longer cope with living at home. A live-in, caring ‘Cousin’ will provide continuity and companionship, with all the comforts of home, where life can go on with a reliable normality.

Telephone: 0844 209 2646Email: [email protected]: www.country-cousins.co.uk9B Piries Place, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1EH

CENTRAL AMERICA REVEALEDStand C4

Central America Revealed – part of ATOL-protected, independent Tour Operator Mercator Travel – pro-vides tailor-made travel & small group tours to Central America with high-quality, personalised service at value-for-money prices. The 7 different Central American countries combine Adventure, Beach, and Culture with Reef, Ruins and Rainforest - offering a rich mix of wildlife; natural beauty; ancient ruins; colonial history; colourful local culture; activities like white-riv-er rafting and zip-lining; plus fantastic beaches and world-class diving/snorkelling/surfing.

Telephone: 01932 424252Email: [email protected] Web: www.centralamericarevealed.co.uk

DENTAL IMPLANT POINTStand C18

Dental Implant Point is a private dental care provider, offering affordable dental treatments in London and Budapest. We spe-cialise in implantology, laser and cosmetic dentistry. Over three decades experience with immediate solutions 18000 implants have been inserted to date, success rate: 99.6%.Come and register with us at The 50 + show on stand C18 and win over £2000 worth of dental treatment and if you book your consultation you’ll get 15% off your next laser treatment as well.

Telephone: 0044 7955856298/0036 303391884Email: [email protected]: www.dentalimplantpoint.co.uk2B Golders Green Rd, London NW11 8LH, United Kingdom, Hegedüs Gyula utca 91,1133 Budapest, Hungary

DENTESTETICAStand D1

DENTestetica Dental Clinic was estab-lished in 2003 in Cracow, Poland. The clinic offers a full range of dental diagnostics and treatments including: Completely painless procedures - Computer Controlled Local Anaesthesia, Conscious sedation, nitrous oxide sedation, Beyond POLUS® teeth whitening. Digital panoramic X-Ray, 3D Computer Tomography, Microscope root canal treatment, Aesthetic dentistry: composite fillings, full ceramic (Zirconium): veneers, crowns, bridges. Advanced periodontal and soft tissue micro-surgery treatment, Dental implants, Guided Bone Regenera-tion procedures.

Telephone: 0048 887 05 05 01/0048 887 05 05 83Email: [email protected] Web: www.dentestetica.com21 Kamienna Street, Fronton Office Center, 4th floor, 31-403 Cracow, Poland


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DS INSTYTUTStand D1

DS Instytut is a prestigious aesthetic medicine and cosmetol-ogy centre located in the centre of Warsaw. The exceptional quality of Institute lies in the wide range of treatments per-formed by experienced, well-educated doctors, cosmetologists and physiotherapists with fluent English. It is a place that everyone arriving to Warsaw should visit! No matter what brings you to Warsaw – an important business meeting or holidays – it’s the place where you can feel young and beautiful again.

Telephone: 0048 22 629 05 47/ 0048 22 622 13 81Email: [email protected]: www.dsinstytut.plAl. Ujazdowskie 24, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland

FAMILY DENTISTRY “SQUIRREL”Stand D1

In the “Squirrel K” we do treatment for the whole family. This friendly dental practice employs 11 dentists and 9 well quali-fied nurses. The range of treatment includes: family dentistry, aesthetic dentistry, endodontics, prosthodontics, dental surgery and orthodontics and offers a range of services in the seaside city of Gdańsk. If you visit us, our quality will be reflected in your smile.

Telephone: 0048 697071083 Email: [email protected] Web: www.wiewior-ka.pl137 Hallera Street, Gdańsk 80-416, Poland

DENTISTRY CLINIC BELLASTOMAStand D1

Our dentistry clinic Bellastoma provides highly specialized services for: conservative den-tistry; esthetic dentistry (modern fillings, porcelain crowns and veneers), root canal treatment in microscope, prosthet-ics (crowns, bridges, prosthesis), implantology (specialists in immediate loading), oral surgery. Our clinic is provided with first class diagnostics equipment (computer tomography). Bellastoma is also conducting operations in general anesthesia: microsurgical and implantological procedures, comprehensive treatment of patients with injuries in the maxillofacial region, and regular dental treatment for patients who are afraid of the dentist. Telephone: 0048 513 192 922 Email: [email protected] Web: www.bellastoma.pl87 - 100 Torun, UL. Szosa Chelminska 84/86, Poland

ENJOYLIFEPLASTStand B17

EnjoyLifePlast is a cosmetic and plastic surgery firm that offers boutique service, based in Istanbul. EnjoyLife-Plast team caters to customers who are interested in cosmetic surgery and we connect them with highly qualified, trustwor-thy cosmetic surgeons, who are constantly searching for new, less invasive surgery techniques that are efficient, safe and effective. We provide each client with a totally personal service. We guarantee the results of our work. No hidden extra costs and affordable fixed pricing. Email: [email protected] Web: www.enjoylifeplast.co.ukEsentepe Mah. Büyükdere Cad. Oyal İş Mrk. No:108 Kat.9 D.912 Gayrettepe Sisli /Istanbul, TURKEY

GIRLINGS RETIREMENT RENTALS LTDStand C11

Win a Kindle Fire tablet! Visit Girlings at Stand C11 and pick up a copy of our free to enter* prize wordsearch. Simply find and fill in all the words (some related to Girlings, some to the Kindle Fire) and return the wordsearch to us; either on the day or send via freepost (address on the form), to reach us by 21 July 2014. The lucky winner will be the first correct entry drawn on that day. *Terms and conditions apply.

Telephone: 0800 525 184Email: [email protected]: www.girlings.co.ukGlanville House, Frobisher Way, Taunton, SomersetTA2 6BB

FOREST & RAY DENTAL PRACTICEStand C10

In our clinic we have general and cosmetic dentists, orthodon-tists, and Master Implantologists/oral surgeon - experts in eve-ry field ready to treat our patients. You can save up to 30% on your treatment without lowering your expectations of quality when you choose Forest and Ray. In our central London dental practice near Holborn station you can meet our dentists seven days a week and they handle even the most difficult cases.

Telephone: 020 3199 0172Email: [email protected]: www.forest-ray.com8F Gilbert Place, Bloomsbury, in London, WC1A 2JD.

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MANCHESTER CENTRALFriday-Saturday29-30 MAY 2015

EXETER WESTPOINTFriday-Saturday19-20 SEPT 2014

Britain’s BIGGEST exhibitionfor the active over-50s!

GLASGOW SECCThursday-Saturday9-11 OCT 2014

www.50plusShow.com

BIRMINGHAM NECFriday-Saturday13-14 FEB 2015

KCM CLINIC SAStand D1

KCM Clinic is a private comfortable and highly specialized Hospital. It provides services in the scope of: plastic surgery, cosmetic and aesthetic medicine, dentistry, bariatric proce-dures (weight loss surgery) and Gynecologic laparoscopy. KCM Clinic takes care of all travel arrangements, including transport and accommodation in one of our unique partner hotels. Since 2006 we are focused on international patients, providing pro-fessional all inclusive service together with attractive prices.Telephone: 0048 533 375 111Email: [email protected] Web: www.kcmclinic.pl KCM Clinic S.A., ul. Bankowa 5-7, 58-500 Jelenia Gora, Poland

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENTStand A5

Tours of the Houses of Parliament offer visitors a unique combi-nation of one thousand years of history, modern day politics, and stunning art and architecture. Both audio tours and ‘Blue Badge’ guided tours include the route taken by the Queen at the State Opening at Parliament plus the Lords Chamber, Commons Chamber and 900 year old Westminster Hall. As an optional extra, tours can be followed by a delicious afternoon tea in the Terrace Pavilion overlooking the River Thames.

Telephone: 020 7219 4114Email: [email protected]: www.parliament.uk/visiting Westminster, London SW1A 0AA

LONDON OLYMPIAThursday-Saturday23-25 JULY 2015

You can enjoy your break free of the obligations thatcome with owning your own property abroad and ourreasonable rental charges will mean that you do notneed to re-mortgage or raise extra finance to fundyour lifestyle at Sun Park Living Resort.

Sun Park Living Resort is a gated community thatis closed to the public during the week, and open toeveryone only on Fridays. It is this day that all the SunRockers in Lanzarote have the chance to gettogether to socialise and make new friends over acup of tea or coffee. The event is a very popular one,held ongoingly every week. Do visit us during SocialFridays at Sun Park Living, is held each Fridaybetween 10.30am and 2pm, at Calle Janubio 3,Playa Blanca.

Our rates are simple and transparent, quotedrates are in Euros per self-catering and self-service apartment (second guest goes free!):• Tasters week €250 per week• 4 weeks stays and longer, significantlydiscounted, at: €156 per week. (Minimum stayrequired, term and conditions apply)

Rates Include: • Rate is per apartment (over 50’s x 2)• All utility bills included • Complimentary Wi Fi - British/German Satellite TV• In room Safe• Luggage Store• Resort Parking• General Upkeep of the common areas

and maintenance • Rate is fixed not seasonal

So all you need to do now is to check availability atSun Park Living’s website, book your flight and letus know when you are arriving!

www.sunparkliving.com Tel. +44 (0) 161 408 3360Mob. +34 620 172 318

This is a lifestyle concept that is exclusively for those over50, the ‘Sun Rockers,’ the name we have chosen forthose who are now in semi or fully retirement, and intent

on having fun and making the most of the time that their hardwork has bought them! Unique in Europe, this is the place forthose who want to share their extended breaks under the warmsun with other like-minded people. These masters ofreinvention are starting out again, on a well-deserved life ofleisure. They make every minute count. And for those on theirown, Sun Park Living is the perfect way to make sure that theynever feel lonely. Days are filled with sun and laughter and thewarmth of new friendships, as everyone enjoys the time theyspend at the resort. Making the choice to spend your extendedbreak at Sun Park Living Resort offers the best of both worlds,the excitement and relaxation of a holiday environment, and thefeeling of safety and security, that a friendly community and ahome-away-from-home can offer, where many friendships aremade that last a life time, and a lot of fun and entertainment ishad.

As a ‘Sun Rocker,’ every guest is invited to make their markand to bring their special talents and touches to the community.In this way, just like a large extended family, everyone hassomething to offer and to enjoy in the company of other ‘SunRockers’.

The ‘Sun Rockers’ community makes full use of all the resortfacilities and can explore new activities or just spend timeenjoying things they never seemed to have had the time to doback home. You only need to take a look at the extensivetestimonials and videos posted on the website and facebook(www.sunparkliving.com/video andhttps://www.facebook.com/sunparkliving)

So, if you think that you might have something to offer to ourcommunity, or if you would just enjoy being one of the gang inour unique holiday destination in the sun, and if you would like toenjoy a home from home with the ‘Sun Rocker’ element, whereyou can be yourself without the stresses and strains of everydaylife, we are waiting to meet you! The community initiates all ouractivities, including further refurbishments and decorations, allinspired by our community. Activities that our ‘Sun Rockers’enjoy include impromptu al fresco dinners as they watch the sungo down on another perfect day, listening to laughter ringing inthe air. For the green fingered there is gardening or thoseaspiring to ‘living like a local’ there are Spanish lessons. There isretail therapy, nights out at the movies and group walks, sosomething for everyone. Your only complaint is likely to be toomuch choice!

Since our ‘Sun Rockers’ are usually so full of energy there istennis on a hard court, a sand volleyball, a mini golf and petancaarea. To cool down afterwards there are salted water poolssurrounded by wonderful mature gardens. The activities onoffer are very affordable or free of charge, and nothing iscompulsory - except enjoying yourself.

The Sun Park Living Resort is a no strings attached resort.You will not be bombarded with sales pitches, nor is this a time-share in disguise. You will not have to sign any kind of contractand there will be no hidden extras such as unexpectedmaintenance bills. We are simply a new way of enjoying anextended break in the sun that is affordable, flexible and risk-free.

Fun in the Sunstarts with Sun Park Living.

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Featured exhibitors


MEDQUEST.EU MEDICAL TOURISM SERVICESStand D1

Poland’s combination of well-trained doctors, modern hospi-tals, low prices, and proximity to the most European countries has made it a popular medical-tourism destination for many EU residents. MedQuest, a medical tourism facilitator with a unique, multi-property Online Reservation System, provides satisfying healthcare experiences in Poland to those seek-ing spa getaways, alternative therapies or world-class medi-cal treatments. Visit us and learn about the EU Cross Border Healthcare Directive and UK citizens’ rights to seek healthcare in the European Economic Area.Telephone: 0048 22 241 2000 Email: [email protected] Web: www.medquest.euAndrzeja Soltana Street 12/62, Warsaw 01-494, Poland

POLISH MEDICAL TOURISM PROMOTION CONSORTIUM (PAIiIZ, EuCP, AMEDS) Stand D1

The consortium’s activities are addressed to potential patients, insurance companies, governmental health departments, medical tourism providers, business organizations and trade associations, interested in bringing patients from UK, Russia, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and USA to Poland.

Telephone: 0048 22 334 9962Email: office@polandmedicaltourism.comwww.polandmedicaltourism.comEuropean Center for Enterprise, 34 Kopernika Street, 00-336 Warsaw, Poland

MARIE CURIE CANCER CAREStand F24

Marie Curie Cancer Care is the UK’s leading end of life care charity. The charity provides free nursing care to people with a terminal illness, either in their own home or one of the charity’s nine hospices. Currently 1 in 2 of our Marie Curie Nurses or 4 of our Hospices are funded by Gifts left in Wills . All Marie Curie services are completely free of charge. Come and meet us on stand F24 or for more information visit www.mariecurie.org.uk

Telephone: 0800 716 146 Email: [email protected]: www.mariecurie.org.uk89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP

MEDICERS LIMITED COMPANYStand D1

We offer a wide range of expertise as well as primary health care under a contract with the National Health Fund and pro-vide private visits.

Telephone: 0048 22 744 31 50 Email: [email protected]: www.medicers.plMEDICERS Sp. z o.o., ul. Tużycka 31, 03-863 Warszawa, Poland

NEW SMILE DENTAL TOURISMStand C17

NEW SMILE Dental Tourism - premium Croatian dental clinics in Zagreb and Split. Born of a desire to offer standardized, qual-ity and affordable dental care, implementing the latest techni-cal and academic advances while retaining personal touch. We offer certified, English speaking professionals, top quality service, latest technologies and materials, low cost dental ser-vices in all kinds of treatments and personal trip coordinator. If you wish to combine pleasant holiday in Croatia with dental treatment visit: www.newsmile.hr

Telephone: 00385 98 944 1267Email: [email protected] Web: www.newsmile.hrVinkoviceva 21, Zagreb 10000, CROATIA

LYRIC BY PHONAKStand E9

The Lyric hearing aid offers natural sound quality, is 100% invisible and can stay in the ear for months at a time. So with no batteries to change and no removal necessary you can sleep in it and even shower it – letting you completely forget you have a hearing loss! To find out more about this revo-lutionary product developed in Switzerland please visit us on stand E9. Lyric is available through hearing centres throughout the UK and Ireland: to find your nearest provider visit www.phonak-Lyric.co.uk

Telephone: 0845 619 4750Web: www.phonak-Lyric.co.uk

Live-in care in your own surroundings.

Contact us on 0844 209 2646www.country-cousins.co.uk

Your Home. Your Lifestyle. Your Choice.

If now’s the time to talk, we’re always happy to listen.


50+ Show

PRIZE QUIZ

EACH DAY!TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!

Participate in our

Prize Quiz & Win tickets to

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS

Are you a brainiac or perhaps Britain’s next mastermind? Come along and test your knowledge.The Quiz will take place each day from 3.15-4pm in Seminar Theatre One The lucky winner will be rewarded with a pair of tickets to DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS THE MUSICAL kindly donated by ATG Tickets. Tickets are available for Monday to Friday performances and are to be used by 30th September and are subject to availability * Terms and Conditions apply. Please note that places at the quiz are offered on a first-come, first-served basis and only a limited number of places are available.

Visit www.laterlife.comthe leading over 50s web site

Packed with useful information, informativemonthly articles, later life guides, self-assessors, competitions and offers, all

specifically aimed at those of us over 50.

And when you visit be sure to enterThe LaterLife Challenge 2014.

There are great prizes to be won.

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RETIREMENT TODAY MAGAZINEStand B8

Visit our stand and receive a complimentary copy of Retirement Today magazine. Fantastic show offer, subscribe today and re-ceive 12 issues of Retirement Today magazine for only £9.99, plus a free gift. Plus enter our competition for a chance to win a place on a residential weekend course, with 2 nights accom-modation and full board at Dillington House, one of Somerset’s most beautiful houses. (terms and conditions apply).

Telephone: 01296 632700Email: [email protected]: www.retirement-today.co.uk

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL PLANNINGStand C9B

At Prudential Financial Planning we can help you review your finances and plan for a more secure future. We offer a profes-sional service that is backed by the strength of Prudential, which has been providing financial security for 165 years. The Prudential Financial Planning service is tailored to your individual circumstances. One of our Partners will meet with you face to face, in the comfort of your own home, or wherever you’d prefer.

Telephone: 0800 000 000 Web: www.pru.co.ukLancing, BN15 8GB

ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUMStand A1

With two great sites in North London and Shropshire, the Royal Air Force Museum provides a free, fantastic day out for the whole family. On display, across our two sites, are over 175 historic aircraft from around the globe, together with other artefacts and memorabilia such as uniforms, medals, RAF vehi-cles, paintings and missiles – all complemented by interactive kiosks and booths which bring the world of aviation to life. For further info please visit : www.rafmuseum.org Telephone: 020 8205 2266 Email: [email protected]: www.rafmuseum.orgGrahame Park Way, Colindale, London, NW9 5LL

SIGNATURE SMILES DENTAL CLINIC, MUMBAI INDIAStand B19

Signature Smiles Dental Clinic in Mum-bai, India, provides professional dental services, personalized to meet your needs, using state of the art technology. With a team of qualified & experienced clinicians, they offer all dental treatments under one roof, in a comfortable ambience.In-house lab support enables accurate restorations with war-ranty, in the least possible time. A popular name in Dental tourism, they help you plan the treatment before your travel and assist you with accommodation, airport transfers, sightsee-ing etc.Telephone: 0091 9920356557/0091 9769267884 Email: [email protected],Web: www.signaturesmiles.in

SILVER TRAVEL ADVISORStand B23

Are you over 50 and love to travel? If the answer is yes, visit silvertraveladvisor.com or meet the team at Stand B23! Silver Travel Advisor is a travel advice and reviews site full of infor-mation about all kinds of holidays. It’s free to register and join in, and every month there is a holiday prize draw. A team of friendly advisors can answer your travel questions and you can share your own experiences too.

[email protected]/o Age UK, 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA

SONOMED ULTRASOUND AND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING CENTREStand D1

SONOMED Centre provides the local market with services in the field of conventional radiol-ogy and diagnostic imaging, especially ultrasound in its full range – ultrasound conventional examinations and procedures measuring blood flow in Doppler technique. Fine-needle biopsies monitored by ultrasound view, CT and MR imaging consultations are carried out here as well. The enterprise has been on the market since 2003. Recently, telemedicine services have also been added.Telephone: 0048 604 557 551 Email: [email protected]: www.sonomed.opole.pl45-056 Opole, 18/10 Kośnego St.,Poland

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THE PASS MAGAZINE/GREAT FOR GROUPSStand B6

The Pass is a free group travel magazine circulating to over 11,000 group travel organisers. The magazine is packed full of fresh ideas for group trips, family days out, coach trips and top tourist attractions in the UK. Published eight times a year, The Pass is the Official Media Partner for Great for Groups North in North West and Great for Groups South in the South East which is organised by our parent company – Metropolis Business Media.

Telephone: 020 8253 8631 Email: [email protected] www.the-pass.co.uk

THORNTON & BAINES ESTATE PLANNERSStand E10

At Thornton and Baines all your estate planning needs will be managed to ensure you and your loved ones have peace of mind. We are specialists in Will Writing, Power of Attorney, Fam-ily and Personal Trusts and Inheritance Tax Planning. We will take time to listen to you, many say a lost art form these days. Our unique charging structure places us firmly ahead of our competitors. Visit our stand for a chance to win a trip to Paris.

Telephone: 020 7183 0136 Email: [email protected]: www.tabifa.comImperial House,15-19 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6UN

WESTERN HOSPITAL OF JOHN PAUL IIStand D1

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by Beth Browning

Nineteen year old Lizzie sat in a faded green armchair, tears streaming down her face, as she looked at her baby son, almost four months old. She kissed the top of his fair head tenderly as her mother came quietly into the room.

“There, there,” said her mother, squeezing her shoulder, “it might not be so bad.”

“Oh, Ma,” Lizzie’s voice trembled, “don’t you know the date; it’s the 15th May.”

“Oh, lord, I’m sorry Lizzie. I’d forgotten, what with all the preparations for An-thony and yourself. Best not to dwell on it love,” she said, hurrying from the room so as to hide her own tears.

Lizzie gently caressed the side of her son’s face with her finger, murmuring, “I do love you little one and I will come and see you whenever I can. You will have playmates at Auntie May’s and I know she will be good to you.” Anthony gurgled and smiled as if in reply. She heard the rumble of the cart outside and hugged him close once more.

“The cart’s here. Now have you got everything?” asked her mother, as Lizzie handed over her precious son.

The tears welled up once more, “So like his father,” she muttered as she started to put on her coat and fumbled for the second sleeve. Her hand shook as she pinned on her hat and smoothed down her coat of dark blue wool. A coat bought as part of her wedding outfit.

Was it only a year ago that her girl-friends from the finishing section of the linen mill where she worked were crowd-ed into her small neat bedroom? They all earned good money, their work was hard and you didn’t get paid if it wasn’t perfect. Their finished boxes of hankies

or sheets were for export to the topmost shops in London. How her friends envied her that morning as they helped her dress for the church. Many of their boyfriends had been called up the year before in 1914 but Alex being a teacher and having a weak heart was exempt. The girls gig-

gled when one said how lucky Lizzie was having a handsome young man to curl up with that night. They pinned on her cream hat carefully, so as not to disturb too many of the auburn curls they had arranged around her pretty face.

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down to the parlour. It was nearly time to walk to the church a few turnings away. Several family members gasped at their first sight of the bride in her lightweight wool blue two piece dress and coat with its cream lace trim. Her bouquet of cream roses from her aunt’s garden finished the outfit off nicely.

All were startled, as there came a frantic knocking at the front door and her mother hurriedly opened it. There stood Annie, Lizzie’s future sister-in-law and bridesmaid, who pushed her way through the crowd, in floods of tears, and gasping for breath. “Lizzie, Lizzie,” she’d cried. “Come quick, it’s Alex!”

Alarmed, Lizzie picked up her skirt in one hand and held on awkwardly to her hat with the other. The girls ran down the two turnings to where a crowd of people stood around a front door. A shout went up of “Here she is!” and they parted to let Lizzie through. Lizzie’s hand went to her mouth as she saw the inert figure of her beloved Alex sat on the stairs, leaning against the banisters in his new suit, look-ing as white as if he’d seen a ghost. His mother moved to her side, took her in her arms. “He’s gone Lizzie love, he’s gone,” she said, shocked and bewildered.

“No, no, he’s just unwell,” she replied disbelievingly. “He was short of breath yesterday as he chased me around the rose bushes in the park threatening to tickle me until I cried.”

“Oh Lizzie,” said his Mother, as the doctor arrived, followed by the priest to confirm what she knew in her heart was true. They stood, just holding each other for a long while.

***The priest had watched as Lizzie

placed her wedding bouquet on Alex’s grave. The bitterness in her face obvious, “God has his own plans for each of us,” he said.

“Plans, is that what you call it? More like torments I would say!” She’d turned away as the priest winced.

When the baby was born most people were kind. They knew that young Lizzie was not one of those ‘fast’ girls and that no one would have turned a hair at an ‘eight month baby.’ If only the wedding had taken place. Fate had been so very unkind to her.

The carter, John O’Leary, a family friend, placed her case in the cart and helped her into the seat next to his, her red eyes downcast. She was determined

not to look back. Her mother had stayed inside with the baby hoping that would make the parting easier for her.

“Off we go to the big city,” said John, cheerfully. They turned out of the leafy road with its houses of two up and two down. “It’s three miles to the city outskirts and another one after that, to your new home, so not too far away. A new job and a new start, your Ma said.”

“Aye I’m to work for a man in his for-ties, a librarian whose wife is bedridden and her illness is slowly getting worse. I shall take care of the sick woman and the house. They have no children, though the wife had borne four sets of twins but all had died. I know that the priest meant well when he found me the job. After all I’ll have my keep and a wage, so I’ll be able to support little Anthony.”

A while later they turned into a road, where the houses were larger than her own home and with front gardens. They stopped at number three, where James McCartney stood waiting and smiled warmly. Lizzie looked around, then re-turned his smile, sighing to herself, ‘What will be, will be.’

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True story by Gabriel McNeil

The gate rattled shut and her bag slid across the hall, “I’m home,” she sang.“In here,” I called from the study and my lovely, twelve year old daughter ap-peared on the threshold with a radiant smile, eager to tell me all about her trip.

“Run upstairs and put the heating on, and bring down my duvet and pillow.”

She galloped upstairs without another word, leaped the last few steps on the way down, and wrapped me up warmly. Like a sheep on its back, I had been lying for six or seven hours on the floor of my unheated, north-facing study unable to get up, the phone on the kitchen wall a continent away, the dogs shut in the din-ing room.

“Now phone Becky’s dad. They should be home.”

He arrived five minutes later, family doctor and family friend, and helped me up to bed. He’d be back later with some tablets and would take Brigid home with him to have tea with Becky.

The tablets did not work. I lay as still as I could on my left side. The slightest movement and the whole room wheeled and turned like a waltzer.

Next morning the call of nature became so desperate that I had to slide from the bed like a seal and flop along on all fours to the bathroom where I was sick in the bowl first. Then I crawled back to bed. I could not sit up or eat though com-mon sense told me I had to try. I had two children to look after.

In the evening I heard my nine-year-old son came home from his tennis trip. I called him to me, said I was having an early night, and listened to his excited chatter about his week away, sparing him at least one night’s anxiety.

I lay day after day on the edge of the bed on my left side, the only way to hold the dizziness and nausea at bay, while the children got themselves out to school and learned how to cook simple things. They brought friends in to play and

carried on as normal, just as I had asked them to. During the day I could convince myself that I would get better soon even when the tablets were changed and they still didn’t work and the days dragged because the spinning world meant I couldn’t read or watch TV to pass the time.

When the children were at school I would try to sit up, stand up and take a step. Each attempt ended in vomit and exhaustion, but I kept trying.

In the dark I thought of Patricia Neale, wife of Roald Dahl, and her twenty-two years of lying in bed after a stroke while her children grew up and left home. Could I take twenty-two years of this?

My doctor called often. “You’ll get over this. You really will.” Brain scans followed and told me that I didn’t have a tumor or MS, but the crippling nausea and dizzi-ness continued. I lay in bed while the sun shone and the showers fell and listened to the dogs racing round the house in pursuit of the cat.

After some weeks my son had another tennis trip and my wonderful GP and his wife took my daughter on holiday with them the same week. So, screwing all my courage to the sticking place, I seal dived out of bed, came downstairs on my bot-tom and managed to get into the kitchen by shuffling along the wall. Standing upright had a shocking effect on my hearing and I wondered whether from now on I would have to make a choice between being able to walk and being able to hear.

The view from the kitchen window was obscured by a tower of dirty dishes balancing higgledy-piggledy in the sink, the new cooker had scorch marks that I knew would never come off and the

deep fat fryer was a Davie Crocket hat. (The cat had obviously been using it as a place of refuge from the dogs.) I man-aged to get the back door opened and teeter out to the bin where I dumped the deep fat fryer before I succumbed and crawled upstairs to bed. Lying there with the world spinning and the vomit rising

in my throat, I realised that I had made progress.

Next day I managed to strip the bed and stuff the bedding in the washing machine. Remaking the bed, however, defeated me and I had to lie on the mat-tress with no sheet or duvet cover for the rest of the week. Next day I was unable to get up.

But the following day I decided I would try going down to the village. There was a wall all the way down that I could hold on to. I lurched along, unable to hear the birdsong from gardens or the noisy traf-fic, which seemed terrifyingly near.

Then I saw Maureen who lived round the corner coming towards me smiling. She too needed the wall for support, her MS now seriously curtailing her life. We laughed as we inched past each other like a couple of drunks while my new neighbours scowled behind lace curtains. I lived in a village where couples papered over the cracks and single parents were considered to be the root of all social problems.

Maureen’s courage inspired me. That evening I found that by wearing sun-glasses and using only fairy lights I could watch TV without the picture scrolling endlessly.

So by the seventh day when the children came home I was down stairs to meet them.

It would take a bit of time to get really

“Standing upright had a shocking effect on my hearing and I wondered whether from now on I would have to make a choice between being able to walk and being able to hear.”

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well because I had lost over a stone in weight in under three weeks. My hearing returned to its former faulty 50% but I had learned to treasure it, having sampled total deafness.

Gradually the labyrinthitis left me.There were relapses but they were bearable because I knew

they would end. I learned to control it because I got to know the signs and instead of falling down, I would lie down on the floor in a darkened room ‘til the spell passed. This sometimes meant turning off the cooker half way through making a meal or hav-ing to abandon a trip or a meeting at the very last minute. (Once

I had the car keys in my hand and was walking out the door when a bout threatened.)

Twenty-two years have passed since that first, sudden and devastating attack of labyrinthitis and my children are now grown up into fine adults. I am fit and well and it seems the more my hearing deteriorates, the more the hearing aids im-prove. I have only recently become the lucky owner of a BAHA (a bone anchored hearing aid which enables people with middle ear disease to hear through the mastoid bone).

How lucky am I?

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From our first meeting, I liked Mr McNicol. A small, dapper man whose permanently bent back and ruddy complexion bore testimony to his many years as a forester in the rugged terrain above Tyndrum, a robust little village at the edge of the Scot-tish Highlands. Here was a man who was used to tackling the vagaries of the weather – and now, in later life, was tackling head-on the challenges of old age and a fast-changing world. That good old Scots word feisty was invented for people like Mr McNicol. He lived a solitary life, his parents and his only sibling having pre-deceased him. When I asked him how he came to be so fit and healthy at the age of 85, he replied, with a cheeky grin – “Never married. No woman wore me out!” This, followed by a hearty chuckle, as he enjoyed his own humour.

We went shopping together. He wore a neat checked shirt, a tie and V-neck woollen pullover in moss green, and he brought a large rucksack into which he would pack his purchases, for ease of carrying, to leave a hand free for the stout stick which sup-ported him. An independent man in every way, he was enter-taining company on our car journey to Stirling, when I learned a great deal about the type and condition of the various wind-ravaged tracts of woodland which we passed. He spoke about trees as though they were his lifelong friends and companions – as indeed they had been.

His needs for a solitary festive season were few, but public-spirited – for besides a healthy variety of root vegetables for the daily home-made soup which sustained him, and a small chick-en for Christmas Day, there were several boxes of shortbread and chocolates for his neighbours, and as a special festive treat, a DVD for himself, which he told me – without a trace of self-pity – he would sit down and watch after the Queen’s Speech. It was a tale of World War II bravery – “better than all that reality rub-bish that’s on TV nowadays” he declared stoutly.

I was always instructed to leave him to wander through the supermarket with his trolley, unaided. “You have yourself a cof-fee, dear, and I’ll see you at the check-outs.” But I used to watch from afar his determined progress, stooped over the trolley as he carefully compared prices before selecting his items, stopping to read the signs above each counter, choosing his route through the shelves with a curious gaze at all the goods on offer. He nev-er seemed to notice the other shoppers who thronged the aisles. Clearly, he was a man who neither needed nor expected much from other people. He was solitary but contented – an unusual combination - happy in the isolation of his own company.

When he finally approached the check-out, he had, as always, a supermarket employee by the arm – usually a young, blonde, female assistant, whom he had commandeered to assist him in

his progress through the ‘self-service’ check-out. (I don’t think he understood the concept!) His companions were always charmed by this little bent man, and did as he bade them, carefully pack-ing his rucksack and feeding his crisp notes, always fresh from the bank, into the mouth of the machine which he seemed to regard as an alien, but necessary, thing in his simple existence. That done, he shouldered the rucksack, declining all offers of help, and tapped his way cheerfully back across the carpark with his stick, to my waiting car.

On our homeward journey, he exhibited no signs of tired-ness, but chatted easily about his past life and his plans for the week ahead. “I always go for a good long walk in the morning. It keeps my joints from stiffening up. And then I make my lunch-time soup – you can’t beat a bowl of hot home-made soup when you get in.” I smiled, thinking that Mr McNicol’s generation were a tough lot – we won’t see their like again.

I was honoured to be allowed to be invited into his neat little house, when we got back, where everything was where it should be, and only a few faded photographs decorated the tiny living-room. He asked me to empty his rucksack onto the work surface in the kitchen, so that he would not have to bend his already curved back to unpack his shopping. That done, he handed me a £5 note, as always – which I tried to decline - as always - but he insisted this was ‘Royal Voluntary Service rules’, so that I finally had to agree to put it into my charity box. Finally, he rooted around in a supermarket carrier bag and produced a box of Ferrero Rocher, with a flourish. He grinned broadly as he handed this to me and said “You have a Happy Christmas, lass, and perhaps you’ll take me shopping in the New Year.” I nod-ded, shook his offered hand, and left, feeling both humble and privileged. What a great old chap!

I was actually thinking about him several days later, wonder-ing how his solitary Christmas had gone, as I sat by the fire, enjoying the peaceful aftermath of too many days of socialising, over-eating, and entertaining. It would be great to believe that I might be so self-contained and comfortable with my own com-pany, in twenty years’ time – but I doubted it. As I glanced at the newspaper on my knee, an announcement caught my eye:

“Suddenly, at home, on Sunday 22nd December, Ian McNicol, 6 Marshall Crescent…”

Oh no! I pictured him alone in his little house, as involuntary tears wet my cheeks. He never saw Christmas, never gave these gifts to his neighbours. Mr McNicol left the world quietly, as he had lived in it. It is probably how he would have liked his story to end. v

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2014 sees the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang so it is appropriate to display an example of one of its earlier incarnations.

2XTZ605 (its genuine US number plate) was built in Dearborn, Michigan on December 9th 1968. It is however a 1969 model, somewhat larger, wider and more aggressive in appearance than the previous year’s shape.

The Mustang was supplied to a dealer in San Jose, Cali-fornia and remained in the state. The last registered own-er was Kazuo Watanabe located in Carpinteria, ten miles south of Santa Barbara. The car was imported into the UK in 2012 and now has its home in Bookham, Surrey.

Originally specified with an FMX automatic transmis-sion, this unit was exchanged for a 4-speed manual gear-box at some stage which enhances both driver involve-ment and acceleration. Performance: top speed 125mph approx., the 0-60mph sprint takes around 6 seconds.

The engine is a 351 cubic inch (5.7 litre) Windsor unit, so called as it was built in Ford’s Windsor, Ontario plant in Canada. Power output was rated at 250hp. After the up-grades detailed below this figure will rise to approximately 290hp.

The originally specified paint colour was Lime Gold Metallic, which it still currently sports but this will change when bodywork and a repaint are undertaken over the coming months. Likely new colour will be Champagne Gold Metallic with a period-correct matt-black bonnet.

Work performed so far this year includes new leaf springs for the rear suspension, custom-made in the UK, a complete new manifold and exhaust system, new higher performance automatic-choke carburetor, a new, larger air intake, new air cleaner, valve covers, power steering hoses, chrome alternator, starter motor, ignition and distributor system plus radiator grille and headlight housings.

Apart from the scheduled bodywork and paintwork the following improvements are also planned:

Engine bay detailing, a braking system upgrade, three-point safety-belts, complete new wiring harness, new mirrors, body chrome fittings, sound rubber weather-stripping throughout, internal door panel upgrade, cen-tre console, original style radio, instrument gauges and matching dashboard veneers.

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Simples!

All fat is bad isn’t it?Although all fats are high calories (energy), some types of fat are better for our heart than others. It’s saturated fats that can in-crease your cholesterol, specifically ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol, which increases the risk of fatty deposits forming in your arteries. Unsatu-rated fats, meaning monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, are a better option and can help lower ‘bad’ cholesterol.

Saturated fats are:Butter, lard, palm oil, coconut oil/cream and ghee. They are also in dairy products and meat (eg, chicken skin or fat around a chop).

Unsaturated fats are:Olive, rapeseed, sunflower, corn and soya oils. The oils in fish such as mackerel, herring, pilchards, salmon, fresh tuna and sardines. The fats in nuts like almonds or walnuts.

So what can I do?Choose low-fat dairy products and lean meat and replace things such as butter and ghee with olive, rapeseed, corn and sunflower oils. You might also think about eating fewer crisps, pastries, takeaways, cakes, biscuits and ice cream as they’re often high in saturated fat. Whichever fats you use, remember they are all high in calories, so aim to only use a little.

What about cholesterol?Some foods such as prawns, liver, and eggs contain cholesterol, but this doesn’t seem to affect cholesterol levels in most people. It’s the excess cholesterol you produce as a result of eating too much saturated fat that is more important in terms of your heart health. Eating food like prawns and eggs is fine as part of a balanced diet as long as you

How much is too much salt?The most you should have in a day is 6g, which is about a teaspoon. Most of us have more than this as we’re used to foods tasting a certain way. Try to cut down gradually, don’t add salt to your food, use herbs instead and always check the salt content of ready-made food you buy.

How can I tell if food is high in salt?If the nutrition label shows more than 1.5g of salt per 100g, then it is high in salt. If the label shows 0.3g or less per 100g, then it is low in salt. Traffic light colours on pack labels can help you see at a glance if a product is high in salt, fat, saturated fat and sugar.

What about fruit and veg?Eating five portions a day helps to reduce your risk of heart disease. A portion is 80g but use a handful as a rough guide. Fresh, tinned (in water without added salt or sugar), frozen, juiced and dried all count. If you’re feeling uninspired, visit bhf.org.uk/heartmat-ters for a portion guide, recipe ideas and on-line videos to get the whole family cooking.

I enjoy a glass of wine, do I have to stop?Not as long as you stick to the recommended amounts. Men should not regularly drink more than 3-4 units a day, woman 2-3 units a day. A pint of lager, beer or cider is around two and a half units. A 175ml glass of wine is around two units and a single pub measure of spirits is around one unit. If you are not sure visit bhf.org.uk/heartmatters and use our handy alcohol unit calculator.Try one of Heart Matters’ heart-healthy reci-pes – Roasted red onion and fennel soup – ideal to heat you up after a cool winter walk.

We are forever being told to eat a healthy balanced diet, but what does this mean? Most of us know we should be eating plenty of fruit and vegetables but do you know which fats are better than others or how much salt you are eating? Heart Matters, the free information and support programme from the British Heart Foundation, is here to tell you how to make some easy changes that will help protect your heart health.

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Roasted red onion and fennel soup

Prep time: 15 minutesCooking time: 55-60 minutesServes: 2

Ingredients:2 small red onions, sliced1 small fennel bulb (about 175g/6oz total weight), trimmed and thinly sliced1 clove garlic, crushed (optional)2 tbp olive oil1 tbsp red wine vinegar4 tbsp red wine (or additional stock)½ tsp dried thyme450ml (16fl oz) home-made or reduced-salt vegetable stockFreshly ground black pepper, to tasteSmall fresh thyme sprigs, to garnish (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/ gas mark 6. Put onions, fennel and garlic (if using) into a small, non-stick roasting tin; add olive oil and toss to coat vegetables. Roast in oven for about 35 minutes or until vegetables are softened and tinged brown at the edges, stirring once.

2. Remove from oven and transfer mixture to a non-stick saucepan. Add red wine vinegar; cook over a medium heat for 1 minute, stirring. Add red wine; bubble for 2-3 minutes or until almost all the wine has evaporated, stirring. Add thyme and stock. Bring to the boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes.

3. Remove from heat; season to taste with black pepper. Divide soup between serving bowls; serve immediately, garnished with fresh thyme sprigs (if using).

COOK’S TIPS• Use ½-1 tsp chopped fresh thyme in place of the dried thyme.• Roasting the vegetables before simmering the soup adds an extra rich-ness to the flavour.• Serve with crusty French bread, if you like.

Roasting the vegetables before

simmering the soup adds an extra richness to the flavour

For more heart-healthy recipes join Heart Matters. Visit bhf.org.uk/heartmatters or call 0300 330 3300*. When you join, you’ll get a free welcome pack with the latest issue of Heart Matters magazine, a recipe folder to start collect-ing heart-healthy recipes and a tape measure to check if you’re a healthy shape. As part of the on-going free support, you’ll get the magazine sent to you every two months and access to online tools like our recipe finder, free email support and online community.

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It’s never too late to make a fresh start, and that applies to be-ing active too. So why not set yourself a challenge this year and do something you can be proud of, writes Sarah Brealey of Heart Matters, the free magazine from the British Heart Founda-tion (BHF).

Regular physical activity can help to keep your heart healthy and boost mental wellbeing. It also reduces your risk of heart and circulatory disease and many other conditions, such as diabetes and certain cancers. Exercise is also a great way to keep your weight in check, espe-cially if combined with a healthy diet.

Get startedIf you have health problems or it’s been a while since you’ve done any exercise, check with your GP before starting a new exercise regime. For many of us, both

time and money are short, but don’t worry – some of the most popular physi-cal activities can be easily worked into your daily routine and require also no equipment. For walking, all you need is comfortable footwear, although water-proof clothing is useful. For running, a decent pair of trainers is a wise invest-ment. If cycling takes your fancy, check your bike over before you hit the road, or take it to a bike shop for a service.

Set realistic goalsSet realistic, achievable goals for each week gradually increasing the distance or time spent on your activity. Think about when you’re going to exercise and mark it in your diary or calendar. Many people who are new to exercise try to do too much, too soon, and become injured or discouraged, so take it easy. Don’t forget to start your activity slowly and build up gradually and cool down at the end of your routine. And remember – a setback is not a defeat, so if you have a bad week, pick yourself up and keep going.

‘Exercise and eating healthily has made a big difference – I feel much better these days. It took a heart attack for me to change – my advice is don’t wait until you have one.’


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It’s never too late to make a fresh start, and that applies to being active too. So why not set yourself a challenge this year and do something you can be proud of, writes Sarah Brealey of Heart Matters, the free magazine from the

British Heart Foundation (BHF).Regular physical activity can help to

keep your heart healthy and boost mental wellbeing. It also reduces your risk of heart and circulatory disease and many other conditions, such as diabetes and certain cancers. Exercise is also a great way to keep your weight in check, especially if combined with a healthy diet.

Get startedIf you have health problems or it’s been a while since you’ve done any exercise, check with your GP before starting a new exercise regime. For many of us, both time and money are short, but don’t worry – some of the most popular physical activities can be easily worked into your daily routine and require also no equipment. For walking, all you need is comfortable footwear, although waterproof clothing is useful. For running, a decent pair of trainers is a wise investment, if cycling takes your fancy, check your bike over before you hit the road, or take it to a bike shop for a service.

Set realistic goalsSet realistic, achievable goals for each week gradually increasing the distance or time spent on your activity. Think about when you’re going to exercise and mark it in your diary or calendar. Many people who are new to exercise try to do too much, too soon, and become injured or discouraged, so take it easy. Don’t forget to start your activity slowly and build up gradually and cool down at the end of your routine. And remember – a setback is not a defeat, so if you have a bad week, pick yourself up and keep going.

Have something to aim for Training for an event is a great way to stick to your exercise goals – especially if you’re raising money for a good cause. How soon you’ll be ready for your first event depends on your fitness and what you’re aiming for. Most beginners can work up to running 5km in eight or nine weeks, and if you have ambitions to run further, training for a half marathon can be completed in three to six months. Allow about 12 to 18 weeks to train for a 50-mile bike ride.

Help from your heroGraham Bowley, 70, a retired printer from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, started exercising for the first time after having a heart attack in 2011.

‘Exercise and eating healthily has made a big difference – I feel much better these days. It took a heart attack for me to change – my advice is don’t wait until you have one.

For more inspiring stories, the latest research and tips for keeping healthy join Heart Matters - BHF’s free support service offering information that encourages a heart-healthy lifestyle, whether you or someone close to you has a heart condition or a risk factor such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure.

Join Heart Matters for free at bhf.org.uk/heartmatters or by calling 0300 330 3300*

(Call cost similar to 01 or 02 numbers. Lines are open 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday).

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Have something to aim for Training for an event is a great way to stick to your exercise goals – especially if you’re raising money for a good cause. How soon you’ll be ready for your first event depends on your fitness and what you’re aiming for. Most beginners can work up to running 5km in eight or nine weeks, and if you have ambitions to run further, training for a half marathon can be completed in three to six months. Allow about 12 to 18 weeks to train for a 50-mile bike ride.

Help from your heroGraham Bowley, 70, a retired printer from Ilkeston, Derbyshire, started exercising for the first time after having a heart at-tack in 2011.

For more inspiring stories, the latest research and tips for keeping healthy join Heart Matters – BHF’s free support service offering information that encour-ages a heart-healthy lifestyle, whether you or someone close to you has a heart condition or a risk factor such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure. When you join, you’ll have a free welcome pack with the latest issue of Heart Mat-ters magazine, a recipe folder to start collecting heart-healthy recipes and a tape measure to check if you’re a healthy shape. As part of the ongoing free sup-port, you’ll get the magazine sent to you every two months and access to online tools like our recipe finder, free email support and online community.

Join for free at bhf.org.uk/heartmatters or by calling 0300 330 3300*.

* (Call cost similar to 01 or 02 numbers. Lines are open 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.)

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Follow our exercise diary and you might be surprised how many minutes of activity you clock up each week, says Ruth Ganthony from the British Heart Foundation.

We should all try to be active every day and aim to build up to a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise every week. By this, we mean an activity that makes you feel warmer, breath harder and makes your heart beat faster, but you should still be able to talk. It’s simple to build up to 150 minutes and many of us will already be doing it without realising.

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Work out with housework 20minsVacuuming is a repetitive, rhythmic movement, involving large muscle groups such as the legs, shoulders and arms. You’ll need to put some effort in for this to count as moderate-intensity exercise; on the plus side, you could burn nearly 90 calories and have spotless floors.

TUESDAYSet your wheels in motion 20minsCycling is an aerobic activity, and it builds stamina and strength. If you don’t have your own bike, you can either take advantage of the Cycle to Work scheme, purchase second-hand bikes from as little as £20 from local newspapers and classi-fied ad papers or hire a public bicycle like Barclays Cycle Hire in London. For added motivation, sign up to a BHF cycling event. Visit bhf.org.uk/heartrides or call 0845 130 8663.

WEDNESDAYRelease your inner child 25minsUse a visit from young relatives as an opportunity to get activity and have fun. You could play badminton in the garden or fitness com-puter games such as Wii tennis. You’ll get fit and, no doubt, entertain the kids.

THURSDAYJoin an exercise class 20minsExercise classes are a great way to get ac-tive. Exercising with others will motivate you and you’ll get to meet new people, too. You could join a step aerobics class –

just 20 minutes burn 250 calories – or why not join a dance class? Visit bhf.org.uk/HMdance.

FRIDAYHit an ace 20minsWhy not pick up a racket for a singles or doubles match? To find somewhere to play, check out your local park or sports centre as many have courts available – you might need to pre-book though. If you need someone to play with, ask if there’s a tennis club you can join. Don’t forget to warm up with some stretches first.

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Take a supermarket stride 25minsIf your local shop is within walking dis-tance, march your way there. Or, why not get off the bus a stop early or park a little further away from the shops to incorpo-rate a brisk walk en route? Don’t forget that pushing the trolley round and carry-ing shopping bags are strength activities – making your muscles work harder.

SUNDAYGet your green fingers ready 20minsGive your heart a work out by doing some gardening. Mowing the lawn will help you build up your stamina and keep your body flexible, plus, being outside can help to improve your vitamin D levels and boost your mood.

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How to remain activewith arthritis Joint pain can sometimes be dismissed as an in-evitable part of ageing; something that we just have to put up with as we get older.Arthritis Research UK believes that this shouldn’t be the case. At this year’s 50+ show they’ll be talking about what we can do to help improve the health of our joints and muscles and here, the health promotion team at Arthritis Research some advice on the role that exercise and diet can play.

There are ten million people in the UK who are living with the pain and stiffness that is caused by musculoskeletal conditions. Osteoarthritis is the most common musculoskel-etal condition in older people. Around a third of people aged 45 years and over in the UK, a total of 8.75 million people, have sought treatment from their general practitioner for osteoarthritis. It can occur in different parts of the body, causing pain and stiffness in the knees, hips, feet, ankles, hands and wrists. Everyday things, like walking, standing, work-ing, driving, playing with the grandchildren and gardening can all become more difficult. But there is hope for people who are living with joint pain and stiffness as there are a num-ber of things that can be done to help to strengthen the joints and relieve pain.

Below are a couple of examples of simple exercises that you can do at home or at work for osteoarthritis of the knee:


Exercise:You may think that having arthritis and joint pain means that you need to rest up and avoid physical activity, but in fact exercise is important for people with arthritis because keeping the joints supple will help you to reduce your pain and stay active. Strengthening and stretching exercises are particularly important as they stop joints stiffening up and help to keep them in the right position. You can try a range of exercises such as cycling, Pilates and yoga that cater for every type of mobility and severity of arthritis.

Step onto the bottom step of stairs with the right foot. Bring up the left foot, then step down with the right foot, followed by the left foot. Repeat with each leg until you get short of breath. Hold on to the bannister if necessary. As you improve, try to increase the number of steps you can do in 1 minute and the height of the step.

Knee squatsHold onto a chair or work surface for support. Squat down until your kneecap covers your big toe. Return to standing. Repeat at least 10 times. As you improve, try to squat a little further. Don’t bend your knees beyond a right angle.

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Weight Loss:Weight loss can also play an important factor in helping to take care of your joints. Because of the way joints work, the pressure in your knee is five to six times your body weight when you walk, so even a small weight loss can make a big difference.Aside from keeping active, below are sev-eral easy and healthy ways to help you lose weight. Cut down on fat – Fat has twice as many calories as the same weight of starch or protein and most people eat far more fat than they need, so it’s important to cut down on fat. Cut down on sugar – Sugar contains only calories and has no other food value so you can cut down on sugar without losing any nutrients. You can use dried fruit, like raisins, to sweeten cereals and puddings; unlike sugar and artificial sweeteners, they also provide vitamins and minerals. Eat more fruit and vegetables – The World Health Organisation recommends that you eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day. This is to make sure your body receives the important nutrients that it needs to maintain good health and to protect it during the stress of disease. It’s been suggested that antioxidants in fruit and vegetables may help to protect the joints by mopping up some of the chemi-cals that cause inflammation. Choose more vegetables or salad to help fill your plate but lower your calorie intake.

Diet:Although there are no diets or dietary sup-plements that will cure your arthritis, some people do find that a change in diet can improve their symptoms and help to reduce the symptoms of arthritis. Some vitamins and minerals have been proven to help musculoskeletal conditions.

CalciumCalcium is important for maintaining healthy bones. Calcium deficiency increases your risk of osteoporosis, which is particu-larly common in women after the meno-pause. Many people with arthritis also have a risk of developing osteoporosis. The best sources of calcium are dairy products such as milk, cheese, yogurt; calcium-enriched varieties of milks made from soya, rice or oats; and fish that are eaten with the bones (such as tinned sardines).

Vitamin DVitamin D is needed for the body to absorb and process calcium and there’s some evi-dence that arthritis progresses more quickly in people who don’t have enough vita-

min D. Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin because it’s produced by the body when the skin is exposed to sunlight. Where possible, going outside and exposing your arms and face to sunlight is the best way to get vitamin D. From June to August just 15 minutes is generally enough. Don’t allow your skin to go red and take care not to burn.A slight deficiency of vitamin D is quite common in winter, so you can also get it from your diet (especially from oily fish) or from supplements such as fish liver oil. However, it’s important not to take too much fish liver oil. If you’re over 60, dark-skinned, or don’t expose your skin to the sun very often and are worried about a lack of vitamin D, you should discuss with your doctor whether a vitamin D supplement would be right for you.

IronIron is important in preventing anaemia and many people with arthritis are anaemic. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to help treat arthritis help the pain and stiffness of arthritis but may cause bleeding and stomach ulcers in some peo-ple, leading to anaemia. Stopping NSAIDs or taking another drug alongside them to

protect the stomach may fix the anaemia, but taking iron supplements will replace the iron your body lost through taking the NSAIDs. The other main cause of anaemia in arthritis is anaemia of chronic disease, which often occurs with rheumatoid arthritis and similar conditions and doesn’t improve with iron supplements. Good sources of iron are red meat; oily fish e.g. sardines; pulses e.g. lentils and haricot beans; and dark green vegetables e.g. spinach, kale and watercress.

Although diet, exercise and weight loss can’t cure arthritis, they can help to relieve the pain and help you to stay active. If you are living with pain, try making a few small changes to your daily routine. More information and advice is available on daily living with arthritis at www.ar-thritisresearchuk.org/50plusshows or you can visit the Arthritis Research UK stand (stand number F5).

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Six Reasons...WHY YOU SHOULD STAY IN A HOSTEL ON YOUR NEXT TRIP

People of all ages are welcome in hostels

The facilities

Hostels can feel like a home from home. A lot of them have living areas so after a day sightseeing, you can get away from your bedroom and relax on a couch, use a computer, watch a film on the big screen, have a swim in the pool or find a quiet corner and have some alone time. Some hostels will have a communal kitchen, so you can cook if you like or you may be lucky enough to get a great deal were a delicious breakfast is included.

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A FREE Breakfast served up in a boutique hostel in Bali…delicious.

My favourite thing about staying in hostels is meeting new people. You never know who you are going to meet and where in the world they will be from. I have made many friends along the way from a meeting in a hostel. I have found out about places to visit, tips for eating, shopping and things to avoid in a matter of minutes staying in hostels.

Right: With new travel friends– on our way down the Great Wall of China.

I love to travel solo and really enjoy group travel experi-

ences, adventures and expeditions. I’ve returned from

travelling around the world and I’m still rambling on

about it! Telling my stories and sharing my memories.

I’m an eternal wanderluster!

travel blog: www. www.robinsonrambleson.co.uk

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Some hostels will inevitably have a younger crowd but it is cer-tainly a myth that people over the age of 30 don’t stay in hos-tels. They certainly do! It’s great when there is a mix of people from all over the world, of all ages and backgrounds. It makes for interesting conversation over a coffee in the kitchen or a drink at the bar. Age is just a number when you are travelling.

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Good locations

Great location

Who says Hostel staying can’t be luxurious?

4A lot of hostels tend to be centrally located if staying in a city. This is great news for exploring. Chances are the staff will know all the best ways to get around. You will often find that some staff in the hostel will be travelling themselves and can recom-mend places to go with a fresh pair of eyes.Even if the hostel is not in the centre, public transport will be close and save time, money and effort hiring a car and trying to park.

5There is no doubt about it if you have a budget or just want to spend your money on enjoying the destination rather than the inside of a room…then hostels are great value. Whether you choose a single dorm bed or a private room you will save some serious pennies. This is great news if you are hoping to travel further for longer or extend your weekend break to a nice long weekend without spending more on accommodation.

Great value

Some hostels are stunning and have design factors that some bou-tique hotels would be jealous of. Most hostels will have private rooms so you can have your own space with en suite bathrooms too. You can find fresh white linen sheets, flat screen TVs and even some toiletries can be provided. One hostel I stayed in recently in London even had a memory foam mattress and I had an amazing nights sleep.

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Luxury roof top terrace in a hostel in Busan, South Korea

Dinah Holland from Silver Travel Advisor had the train trip of a life-time aboard the Silk Road Explorer a 13 day journey across three of the ‘stans’ of Central Asia: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, with Noble Caledonia.

The Silk Road started in the second century AD and continued until the 13th century reaching its peak in the 11th and 12th centuries when goods, not only silk but porcelain, paper, tea, lacquerware and spices made the journey from China to the West whilst gold, silver, ivory, lapis, coral, wool and fruits did the journey in reverse, finishing in present day Xi’an. For my journey, we were a group of 16 English speakers, and we formed our own group with our own English speaking local guides. There were three different standards of compartment on the train including those with private shower and wc. The train staff was mainly Russian or Uzbek and service in the restaurant car was swift and friendly and the food was surprisingly good considering the restricted space for its preparation.

We flew to Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, via Frankfurt. Our local guide, Gozel, was a gem, a 58 year old woman who spoke excellent English,

wore beautiful Turkmen long dresses with elaborate embroidery, and gave us all the relevant information about the places we visited with just the right amount of humour. Turkmenistan is 80% desert and the remainder of the country is a bizarre mixture of ancient ruins and dazzling white marble. The ‘stans we visited gained independence in 1991 with the fall of the Soviet Union and Turkmenistan was ruled by President Niyazov who called himself Turkmenbashi (leader of the Turkmen) until he died of a heart attack in 2006. But not before he had undertaken a complete rebuilding of Ashgabat in white marble and scattered golden statues of himself throughout the city, which was scrupulously clean, not a scrap of litter anywhere. Bus stops contained a closed air conditioned room with TV…. Vagrants in London would love that. The weather was glorious, temperature of 27 degrees, and all the white marble was blinding in the sunshine.

Most of our train travel was by night and Day 4 found us in Mary (pronounced Mah-ri) where we arrived early in the morning. A small minibus took us half an hour’s drive to Merv. Although now almost totally in ruins Merv was once known as “Queen of the World” and was one of the great cities of the Islamic world. It was a major city on the Silk Road

until it was destroyed by Chinggis (we know him as Genghis) Khan in the 13th century. From now on we were to visit many of what we came to name the Five Ms: mausoleums, minarets, mosques, ma-drassas (Islamic schools) and museums. And I could add “maidens” for there were groups of local visitors, pretty girls with long dark hair and wearing beautiful long dresses with elaborate embroidery.

Next day found us in Bukhara, Uzbeki-stan where we were to stay the night in a hotel, a shower at last! We met our new guide, Timur. He spoke good English but I was thankful for the copy of the Lonely Planet guide book on Central Asia which had been kindly supplied by Noble Caledonia and which filled in the gaps in information! Bukhara was very interesting with most of the centre full of madrassas, minarets, a massive fortress and a charm-ing plaza built around a pool shaded by trees including a mulberry tree dating back to 1477. Covered bazaars housed hundreds of shops with fairly persistent owners. So different to Ashgabat, where we saw neither other tourists nor indeed any shops. Next stop was Khiva, a 45 minute bus ride from Urgench where our train had arrived overnight. A chilly day in contrast to the warm (28°C) days we had experienced so far. Khiva is built within a walled city,


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every building a mass of blue tiles and mosaic. There were vendors everywhere selling bags, scarves, pottery and lots of fur hats. After lunch at the last Emir’s summer residence we returned to the town and climbed steep steps up a tower for superb views of the town and its walls.

Back to the train for a 14 hour over-night journey to Samarkand where we stayed two nights in a hotel - another very welcome shower! Alexander the Great, in the 4th century BC said “Every-thing I have heard about Samarkand is true, except that it’s more beautiful than

I ever imagined.” Founded 2750 years ago, it was located on the crossroads of the Silk Road leading to China, India and Persia. Destroyed by Chinggis Khan in the 12th century it was rebuilt by Timur (Tamerlane) a century later.

Day 10 and we left the hotel at 7 a.m. to return to the train. We were to have a morning travelling through the coun-tryside, very pleasant to see the views of farms and agricultural land, herds of goats, some donkeys, people working in the cotton fields and even a few horses, almost the first time we had travelled by day. Our coaches met us and we drove

up to “the mountains” which was in fact to a village in the hills where we were to see local people, drink tea, nibble biscuits and watch a mock wedding and local dancing. The owner of the house and garden where we were visiting was a splendid 80-year-old woman with 12 children and 69 grandchildren! A good job they don’t celebrate Christmas….

Next day we arrived in Tashkent, capi-tal of Uzbekistan. Flattened by a massive earthquake in 1966 it was rebuilt with Russian aid and Russian workers who were given free housing on completion of

the rebuilding. It is a huge sprawling city with many impressive modern buildings and shops. But the most impressive and important item in Tashkent is the 7th cen-tury Osman Quran, said to be the world’s oldest copy of the Koran on display, and well protected in the Moyie Murbarek Library Museum.

Back to the train which left at 9 p.m. for Kazakhstan to see its greatest archi-tectural monument and “most important site of pilgrimage” (according to Lonely Planet). The Yasaui Mausoleum was built in the late 14th century for the first great Turkic Muslim holy man and is known for

its vast 2000 kg metal cauldron for holy water. It was so cold we were back on the train by midday for a hot coffee and the train stayed there until 4.30 when it left for the 888km journey to Almaty. Kazakhstan is about the same size as the whole of Western Europe so we had a long journey to make.

Day 13 and time to go home. We left the train to be met by our local guide, though Timur was still with us. First visit was to the Russian Orthodox Cathedral, largest all wood building in Central Asia and dripping in bling. What a difference from the austere mosques we had seen throughout the two previous countries. Lunch, best meal so far away from the train, then for some reason back on the bus to wind our way up a nearby moun-tain to a height of 1700m to see a speed skating rink. By now it was snowing! What a change from the lovely weather we had had earlier in the journey. Everything in Kazakhstan was much pricier than in the other countries and we were aghast that a bottle of wine would cost US$40. How-ever the train Tour Director was there and complimentary wine appeared! Together with speeches and thanks all round for an excellent journey with some amazing sights to be remembered for many years to come.

Did I enjoy the Legendary Silk Road Train? Most definitely. Would I take an-other train trip? Absolutely. In fact I have already sent off for information on Noble-Caledonia’s train journey from Romania through Bulgaria, Turkey and on to Iran. Now that will be an amazing journey. It’s not until 2015 so I will have to start sav-ing up for it now...

This article is brought to you by:www.silvertraveladvisor.com the UK’s only dedicated travel information and advice website for the over 50s.

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MONEY MATTERSTop tips for getting the most out of your retirement income 1. A retirement income is like fuel for your car – knowing where you want to go will help determine how much fuel you need. Get a state pension statement and review any statements you may have had from your pension provider to help you understand where you stand.A state pension statement gives you an estimate of the state pension you may get when you reach your state pension age, based on your National Insurance record as it stands when the statement is

produced. It includes simple information that will help you understand what effect further qualifying years may have on the amounts shown on the statement. Contact the Pensions Service at: www.gov.uk/state-pension-statement to get a statement. If you have a pension of your own or through your work, you should also contact them for information about how much is in your pension pot and a forecast of how much your savings are likely to be worth when you retire. Your pension provider can also tell you what

other benefits your pension has, for example whether it includes a form of life insurance. If you have more than one pension make sure you get statements from all your pension providers. If you want to talk through what you get back, give us a ring on 0845 601 2923.

2. Don’t leave anything out - Trace lost pensions. If you have lost contact with an old employ-er’s pension scheme you could be leaving out some of your money.

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If you are not sure how to find any of your money you can talk to us or contact the Pension Tracing Service who can help you to find a lost pension. The Pensions Trac-ing Service should be able to provide you with the current contact details of your scheme. You can use their tracing service by telephone, post or online. The Pension Tracing Service has access to many pen-sion schemes’ contact details and makes them available to the public, on request. To contact the tracing service call them on 0845 6002 537, complete the online form at www.gov.uk/find-lost-pension or write to them at; Pension Tracing Service The Pension Service Tyneview Park, Whit-ley Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE98 1BA

3. Beware of early access schemes. These are sometimes called Pen-sion Liberation Plans. Contact is often initiated by firms offering to help you do pension reviews and they can look legitimate. Watch out for anyone who claims to be able to release pension cash as a loan or lump sum before the law allows. The perpetrators often work alongside ‘introducers’ or ‘advisers’ who try to entice the public with spam text messages, cold calls or website promo-tions into transferring their existing work-place or private pension with the promise of being able to release a portion as cash before the age of 55. The remainder of the funds is likely to be invested in highly dubious and risky, unregulated invest-ment structures, often based overseas. Although it may be tempting to release cash from your pension early, schemes presented to you, particularly if you are under age 55, are unlikely to be legitimate and you will incur a large tax penalty and possibly lose all your money. If you are unsure about any financial services that contact you in this way, check to see if they are registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (www.FCA.ORG.UK). If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. If you think you have been a victim of a pension liberation fraud or if you have information regarding pension liberation fraud, contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040.

4. If in doubt, check it out. Don’t be worried, or put off by jargon. If there is anything you don’t understand about your workplace pension, ask questions and if in doubt call us on 0845 601 2923. Our website has a series of fact sheets which explain key pension topics such as death benefits, taking a small pension pot as a lump sum and transferring a pension.

5. Make sure you receive every-thing you’re entitled to. If you have already retired and are strug-gling to make ends meet, you may be entitled to some extra support. Contact the Pension Service or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

6. Check out the rest to get the best. When approaching retirement, shop around for the best pension deal you can get for your money. If you have health problems, you may be able to get more for your money. For help with choosing an annuity, try our online planners at www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk/online-tools.

7. It is easy to take an unexpected turn, make sure you are prepared for the journey of life no matter where it takes you. If things change for you and you need to rethink when you retire either due to ill health or changes in circumstances, give us a ring and we can help guide you through the things you need to think about.

8. Get independent advice. For free independent advice and guid-ance about saving for retirement, or if you believe something has gone wrong with your pension, please call us on 0845 601 2923. Alternatively, you can write to us

at The Pensions Advisory Service, 11 Bel-grave Road, London, SW1V 1RB. You can also send us a message via our website - www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk or web chat with one of our team.

Since 1983, The Pensions Advisory Service has been helping people understand pensions. We provide independent guidance and informa-tion on all types of pension plans. If something goes wrong with your private or workplace pension, we can help with that too.

We are a not for profit organisation and our services are free, independent and impartial. We don’t sell anything and our staff and volunteers are high-ly trained and experienced pensions specialists. We deliver our service in a number of ways: telephone helpline, written enquiries, online enquiries, web chat and our website. We also act as impartial mediators in pension disputes involving occupational, per-sonal and stakeholder pensions. Our website and leaflets cover all aspects of UK pensions.

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3 of the Most Popular DIY Projects

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DIY enthusiasts are never quite satisfied with their homes, always looking for the next opportunity to modify or improve. But for those who have never made a foray into the DIY realm, it can be difficult to know which pro-jects are most suitable for beginners, and what projects will render the most notable improvements, especially if you are preparing a house for sale.

This aspect of DIY is so obvious that many people don’t even consider it DIY, but the difference between a professional paint job and a thoughtless paint job can be huge.

Whether you are refreshing radiators, transforming windows or completely re-designing a room with an exotic new coat of paint, painting is a simple way to have a big impact with minimal cost and effort.

When painting, always move furniture away from areas you intend to paint and cover carpets and furniture with dust sheets to prevent paint splattering. Paint in brush strokes going up and down, never side to side. This ensures an even coat and smooth finish.

If painting around a door frame, window or skirting board ‘cut in’ the paint. This involves very slowly and care-fully painting around the item so you achieve a clean line finish. If you are not confident, you can cover the window or door frame with masking tape, paint and then remove the tape once painting is finished.

Kitchens and bathrooms are fertile ground for DIY. They have the advantage of having the essential components (bath, shower, sink and toilet in bath-rooms, and units and sink in a kitchen) already installed. This means that a big impact can be made merely by changing the aesthetic elements, such as kitchen cupboard doors, tap fittings and tiles, to create a completely new feel.

Such a makeover is easily accom-plished and there are a wide range of new looks you can achieve, either by sourcing curious vintage pieces from your local architectural salvage shop, at car boot sales or from antiques dealers, or simply by visiting IKEA to achieve a more modern look.

One of the simplest and most effective ways to transform any room is to reassess your soft furnishings. Removing carpets and fitting slatted flooring or restoring

beautiful Victorian floor boards can look spectacular and create a strong sense of space when coupled with an attractive rug.

Sewing new cushion covers is very simple and the only cost is fabric and thread. Re-upholstering a sofa is no job for an amateur, but it is relatively inex-pensive and can change the feel of a room. You could also consider replacing curtains with blinds and covering painted walls with exciting new wallpaper. You could even source your own images and have them printed onto bespoke wallpa-per. The opportunities are only limited by your imagination.

There are plenty of other DIY projects that beginners can consider, from install-ing homemade bookshelves to designing and framing your own artistic prints to be displayed on your walls. Search the web, looking at websites such as Pinterest, for inspiration for things you can achieve yourself.

1. A lick of paint

3. Splash out on new furnishings

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Plastering Course student Deborah Hatton is a classic example of how women are exceptional learners and can put the guys to shame. Throughout the time that Debbie was with us on the Essentials Plastering Course we were amazed at how effortless she made plastering look. Debbie remained calm, composed, in control and what was amazing was how clean she remained at the end of the day. Debbie looked as if she had simply done a day’s shopping down King Street.

This approach meant that Debbie produced exceptional work and we are in no doubt that this will continue through to her work when she retires with her husband Max to France.

Here is what Debbie had to say about her experience at The DIY School.

“I booked the Plastering Course and my husband the Bricklay-ing Course for Garden Walls, as we are planning on renovat-ing our retirement home in France. Before arriving at The DIY School I was very apprehensive about what I was letting myself in for. I shouldn’t have worried. As soon as I arrived I was made to feel at ease from being greeted by the delightful Molly the receptionist, to meeting the guys I would be training with and our very patient trainer Mike.”

“The first day was a bit challenging as it was putting up plasterboard but I was given great advice by Mike and also lots of encouragement from the other men on the course. Once we started on the plastering it became great fun and I can honestly say I looked forward to each day. From learning to plaster walls and ceilings (without any landing on your head), to repairing and making the mix.”

“I can thoroughly recommend this course to other Ladies as once you have got through the door on the first day you will en-joy yourself and also learn a great skill that will save you money!”

Images above: Debbie during her plastering course at The DIY School. Left: DIY School students and Debbie pose with their certificates after completing a course.

THE DIY SCHOOL Plastering Course Student Debbie shows how women always do excellent plastering.

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Get your daffodils planted for next spring

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You would be hard-pushed to find a more beautiful or traditional

sign that spring has arrived, than a dazzling display of golden Daffodils. Planted in autumn, these vibrant flow-ers burst into action around March, heralding the onset of spring. However, different varieties bloom at varying times between January and May.

Daffodils are very easy to grow and require very little care after planting. The bulbs are also extremely winter-hardy and will grow in a wide range of climates. As a general rule, you should plant bulbs one and a half times the depth of the bulb, in full sun or partial shade, between September and Octo-ber; this allows for proper root development.

To enjoy your own golden display next year, you need to start planting your daffodil bulbs over the next few months. It couldn’t be easier. In fact, the only difficult part is choos-ing the variety of daffodil you would like, as this beautiful flower comes in various colours, shapes and sizes.

Do you know your large cup from your miniatures? If not, then read on to discover all you need to know about daffodils.

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Above:Daffodil ‘White Lion’ - Luxurious folds of soft yellow and lemon petals.Daffodil ‘Birma’ - Bright golden blooms with deep orange trumpets are carried high on tall stems.Daffodil ‘Tahiti’ - Flamboyant soft yellow petals with ruffled copper centres are sure to warm your heart.Daffodil ‘Golden King Alfred’ - Traditional, large trumpets on tall, sturdy stems.Daffodil ‘Dick Wilden’ - A blaze of golden petals with frilly centres.Daffodil ‘Pink Pride’ - Pretty pink-yellow trumpets that deepen to rose pink as they matureDaffodil ‘Cheerfulness’ - Rosettes of soft yellow rounded petals.Daffodil ‘Spellbinder’ - Large trumpets open greenish-yellow, maturing to white, against a backdrop of lemony yellow petals.Image from: www.vanmeuwen.com

Daffodil varieties:

Large cup The varieties classified as large-cup or trumpet daffodils usually have one flow-er per stem, and the cup (or corona) is about one-third the length of the petals. In trumpet types, the cup is longer than the petals. They are reliable bloomers each spring, and often increase in spread and amount of bloom from year to year.

DoubleThese daffodils are undoubtedly the show-stoppers of the daffodil world. Not content with a single row of petals, they have multiple rings of petals or tufted cups full of frills. Flower colours may be yellow, white, peach, pink, bicolour, or mixed. Many are so packed with pet-als that they almost look like miniature peonies.

MiniatureA beautiful and popular variety of daf-fodil which is not just small in stature but in every aspect of appearance. Despite their diminutive look they are as hardy as their larger counterparts, but minia-ture Daffodils can be overwhelmed if planted next to large flowers or bushes. Baby Moon, Golden Bells and Hawera are among some of the most popular miniature varieties.

Split CoronaThese fancy-looking flowers are so-named because the trumpet part of the daffodil is split. The result is a beautiful frilly flower that is equally as hardy as the more standard varieties. It comes in an array of colours such as yellow, pink, peach and orange.

ScentedAlthough most daffodils have some scent, there are a few varieties that are unmistakably more fragrant than others. Of these, the most scented types are Sil-ver Chimes, Curlew, Sweetness and Quail. But remember to check the flowering times of these varieties, as they can be as varied as January to May.

Small CupSmall-cup daffodils have all the same qualities of large-cup and trumpet daf-fodils, with the exception of the size of their cups. To be classified as a small-cup daffodil, the cup must be less than one-third the length of the petals. Most small-cup daffodils bear only one flower per stem. Blooms may be yellow, white, pink, or bicolour, and some are fragrant. Popular small cup varieties include: Bar-rett Browning, Merlin and Queen of the North.

3 Spring flowers for your garden

Cool Wave PansiesThe best trailing pansies, with exceptional overwin-tering performance and the first pansy to blossom again in spring.

Iris ReticulataDwarf wild iris pops with deep, wild purple or blue - a welcome contrast to many of spring’s pastel flowers. Cut a clutch of the iris to put in a vase and take the pleasing fra-grance of this early spring flower inside.

Primrose Husky AppleblossomA super variety to choose to overwinter and pro-duce fantastic colour early springtime. Produces stunning, graduated pink flowers with a small yel-low eye.

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Choose something beautiful, but practical As well as sitting in the pews beaming with pride, as the mother of the bride you’ll be called upon to perform lots of hosting duties on the big day, so make sure you choose some-thing stylish but comfortable that’ll see you all the way through to the end of the evening do.

Consider the colour White is a big no-no; you don’t want to look as if you’re trying to upstage the bride! Black is contro-versial, too; in some cultures it’s thought to cast a bad luck omen over the marriage and can even be seen as making a statement of disapproval. Choose colours that compliment the bridal party and bridesmaid dresses, but don’t upstage them in terms of formality. If possible, co-ordinate with the mother of the groom to avoid colour clashes in the all-important wedding photos or worse still, both mums turning up in the same dress.

Think tasteful Your daughter’s wedding isn’t the time to show off acres of cleavage or bring out the leopard-skin and six inch stilettos. Avoid anything too tight or revealing; the dress should fit you like a glove to give an elegant look.

Accessorise well Pick shoes, bags and gloves that match the outfit. A hat is traditional, although these days fascina-tors are becoming more common and can look very stylish if matched correctly. As for jewellery - choose something classy, elegant and simple that complements the outfit. Neutral colours or silver/copper tones can work beautifully.

With these simple rules in your head, you can’t go far wrong. Kaleidoscope (www.kaleidoscope.co.uk) features a special Mother Of The Bride section for some more inspiration, from floaty to floral print to beaded dresses, and with 24-hour shopping online and speedy delivery, why not take the stress out of shopping for the perfect outfit for the big day?

Mother of the bride Avoiding the fashion faux-pasBeing the mother of one half of a wedding party is a happy and emotional occasion, but it’s also one steeped in confusing fashion etiquette rules that can be easy to get wrong. The mother of the bride (or groom) outfits should be stylish, elegant and timeless, as well as muted enough to not upstage the happy couple. Follow our guide to getting it right on the big day, and avoid any family fashion faux-pas.

Featured items: 23T155 - Floaty Dress (£69) 15E699 - Floral Print Dress (£49) 25H490 - Together Georgette Print Dress(£69) This article was downloaded from http://www.freefeatures.com.

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