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Dear Readers,Its finally June and what a month it will turn out to be. Our country has been preparing for this historic occasion for months, even years so that local communities can come together and celebrate

Her Majesty The Queens Diamond Jubilee and 60 years on the throne. There will be street parties, concerts, fireworks, music, and so much more. Its a time to rejoice and be part of this unique and unforgettable period in history.

We have several Jubilee events on our special Whats On pages this month but there will be lots more happening where you live. Village noticeboards are also a good place to look if youre still undecided on what youd like to do.

Bassets Estate Agents have had reason to celebrate recently too having won a National Award voted for by the public. Its a fantastic achievement and you can read more about it on page 6.

Dont forget that Wimbledon starts this month too which means long hours spent sat in front of the television doing NOTHING..... bliss!

Have a fantastic month - until next time....

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When Michelle Silvester decided to leave her managerial position with the Halifax, she was taking a huge risk. Her career dream, however, had long been to combine her passion for animals with her love of the outdoors. Hence, with the support and backing of her family, LeoBo Pet Daycare Solutions (LeoBo) was born.

Michelle has always owned a variety of animals - her current menagerie includes 3 kittens, a rabbit, a budgie and a variety of cold water fish. Indeed the trading name LeoBo stems from a combination of the names of her first 2 cats, Leo and Bo who, under Michelles loving and devoted care achieved the astounding ages of 21 and 16 respectively; this being despite Bo needing daily insulin injections for diabetes.

Much as it is a labour of love, LeoBo is not merely a hobby. Michelle has used her years of business experience to run the service with an efficiency that dispels any worries her clients may have about leaving their beloved pets in her care.

Firstly Michelle set out to study for a Diploma in Animal Care which she passed with Distinction. She is also a qualified Canine and Feline First Aider and an ABC Accredited Canine Hydrotherapist.

Secondly, Michelle designed pricing schedules and service contracts so that her clients know exactly what they can expect, and when, from LeoBo.

Michelle has public liability insurance with NARP (National Association of Registered Pet Sitters) which ensures that she operates within a code of conduct and

also covers loss, damage or bodily injury to third parties of up to 5 million and cover in respect of injury, death or treatment requirements of up to 5,000 per animal for the animals in her care.

Founded in 2008, LeoBos reputation has spread and Michelle now employs 2 further staff members to help her with the animals. All are like minded individuals with animal welfare as their core priority; all are police checked and covered by LeoBos comprehensive insurance and professional standards. The team consists of Michelle, Kim, who is currently studying a Diploma in Animal Care and having recently covered maternity leave at the Newton Tony Dogs Trust and having worked with her mum who runs the Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital is more than qualified to work with animals and David - the latest recruit, an ex-military dog handler and also a volunteer dog walker at the Dogs Trust.

Details of the dog walking and pet sitting services provided in Salisbury are as follows, and can be tailored to a clients exact requirements; dog walking, canine hydrotherapy (at a centre in Newbury), cat daily feeding, rabbit & guinea pig daily feeding, bird, hamster, mouse, reptile & amphibian daily feeding.

LeoBo believe that your pets deserve the best and therefore will only take your dog(s) out on a one-to-one basis; they will never be mixed with other customers dogs.

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ensuring water is replaced with fresh water upon return, cleaning up any accidents, home security check, bringing in the post, administering medication and daily recording of your pets activities.

Having always owned cats, Michelle knows how stressful it can be, both for you and for them, when leaving them in a cattery; You spend your whole holiday worrying whether they have settled in yet - theres no place like home! LeoBo visits your cat in its own home thereby minimising the stress plus your cat will receive loads of cuddles to reassure them that all is ok. For this service clients can choose from 1 visit a day of 20 minutes or 2 daily visits totalling 40 minutes.

LeoBo also provides Hydrotherapy through their Top Dog centre in Newbury. Hydrotherapy is gentle exercise

in water heated between 26 and 300c, with a skilled qualified therapist. As water is used it provides stress free support to muscles and joints yet it is more intensive exercise than in air.

A dog will lose muscle 3 days post-operative. It is therefore a good idea to treat dogs pre-op to build up muscle in advance as post-op it will be at least 10-15 days before they are able to do hydrotherapy and recovery could, therefore, be much slower.

Various non-operative conditions also benefit from hydrotherapy and, as pet insurers now recognise hydrotherapy as a complimentary

therapy, the cost of the initial treatment should be covered by most good policies.

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The awards were announced by Phil Spencer, the TV property expert at a lavish luncheon & ceremony at the Hilton Park Lane London attended by 550 of the UKs top estate and letting agents.

Phil Spencer said The ESTAS are the most important and valuable awards in our industry. To win a national award requires a lot of hard work and total dedication over a very long period of time.

The results of the competition were determined by research carried out amongst customers who are asked a series of questions about the service they have received from their agent. Over 450 estate agents entered and over 33,000 votes were received making it the biggest consumer survey of its kind in the property industry.

David Clayton, Managing Director of Bassets, told us Being voted second best estate agent across the whole of the UK is a fantastic achievement and very fitting given that it is our 10th Anniversary this year. This award means so much because it is our clients who have rated us not a judging panel. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional levels of customer service and, as this award shows, we are clearly getting it right!

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Light the Beacon!

As part of the national Jubilee celebrations, over 4000 Beacons will be lit throughout the country culminating with the Queen lighting hers in Central London at 10.30pm. Downton will therefore be lighting its Millennium Beacon. The beacon will be lit by Malcolm Dean as a thank you for all his hard work in initiating and organising the village festivities on Saturday 2nd June.

You are invited to meet at the Beacon site on the corner of Moot Lane and the High Street, Downton at 8pm where there will be music and jollity until the beacon is lit at around 9pm. Please bring your own chairs and refreshments.

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Party in the Village!

To celebrate Her Majestys 60 years, Downton will play host to a whole day of festivities on June 2, beginning with a carnival parade and street party and ending with fireworks lighting up the skies with plenty of fun and entertainment in between.

At around 7.45pm, the village will be treated to an aerial display by a Harvard, used to train pilots during WWII.

An evening concert starting at 8pm in the Memorial Gardens promises to entertain us with the attendance of seven Queen Elizabeths - one to represent each decade of her reign and the last our present day monarch. Audiences can also expect songs from great musicals like My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Annie, Cats, Mamma Mia and Les Miserables and iconic pop tunes ranging from Thriller to Candle in the Wind. The X-Factor and Britains Got Talent also feature together with excerpts from the Famous Five and Harry Potter.

Tickets for the evening entertainment are available from Hale Newsagents, Beverleys Cakes, and Pets Pad.

Prices in advance: 7.50, concessions (OAPs and 16s and under) 4, family ticket (maximum 5 to include no more than 2 adults) 20.

Prices on gate: 10, concessions 5, family ticket not available.

Have a BIG Lunch!

The Big Lunch is a very simple idea from the Eden Project. The aim is to get as many people as possible across the UK to have lunch with their neighbours in a simple act of community, friendship and fun.

Last year on Sunday 5th June the best part of two million people took part in The Big Lunch. In 2012 The Big Lunch falls on the same weekend as The Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrations on Sunday 3rd June and as announced by Buckingham Palace The Big Jubilee Lunch will be a part of the main programme of events over the central weekend of the Diamond Jubilee. A record number of people are expected to take part. Why not be one of them!

A Big Lunch can be anything from a few neighbours getting together in the garden or on the street, to a full blown street party with food, music and decoration that quite literally stops the traffic.

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Since starting in 2009, thousands of Big Lunches have taken place in all kinds of communities across the UK and the best part of a million people get involved each year.

TV and radio celebrities and top chefs from all around the UK are getting behind The Big Lunch initiative where they live and have included Carol Smillie, Lynda Bellingham, Boris Johnson, Barbara Windsor, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and James Martin to name but a few.

This year The Trussell Trust in Salisbury are working together with the Big Lunch team to encourage people in and around Salisbury to hold Big Lunches and ask everyone to Bring a Tin for their nearest foodbank too.

Why not get involved and host your own Big Lunch on 3rd June to celebrate the Queens Jubilee? Its a brilliant way to get your street together to share food, have fun and help foodbanks too! You could even do a bit of fundraising... To find out more visit www.trusselltrust.org/big-lunch or www.thebiglunch.com. You can also email [email protected] or call 01722 411244.

Make a Weekend of it!

Churches across Salisbury have teamed up to host a weekend of special events to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee.

The Big Jubilee Weekend, which is being organised by 22 churches throughout the city, will involve a party hosted by the Bishop of Salisbury, a lunch aimed at bringing neighbours and communities together, and a community day of action, helping residents with painting and decorating, gardening or cleaning.

The day of action will see more than 300 people from local churches going out in teams on Saturday, June 2, to help the elderly to the disabled, while in the evening the Bishop of Salisbury, Nicholas Holtam, will host a party in the grounds of Salisbury Cathedral School with live music and a barbecue.

And on Sunday, June 3, churches all over the city will host Big Lunches (see Have a BIG Lunch!). For more information on Salisburys weekend of events email [email protected] or visit thebiglunch.com.


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Width is the crucial issue in hallways, and unless youre prepared to do some substantial building work and remove a wall, youre probably stuck with what you have. To increase the feeling of space in a narrow hallway, use pale colours and add large mirrors (ideal for checking your reflection just before you leave the house, too). Keep the space as clear as possible by adding only the most essential items of slender storage furniture, and using the full height of your walls rather than encroaching on floor space. If, on the other hand, you have a large and spacious hallway lucky you! Think of it as an extra living space and make the most of it by adding a sofa or chairs, bookcases or a writing desk. For plenty of inspirational ideas, see Hallways, Corridors and Staircases by Leslie Geddes-Brown, with fabulous photography by Christopher Drake (Ryland, Peters & Small, 25). Whatever the size of your hall, consider it as a linking room and make sure your choice of decorative schemes works well when doorways to other rooms are open. If you have chosen a pale colour scheme for the walls, woodwork could be slightly darker for interest. Halls that see a lot of wear and tear could be painted with an extra-tough paint, or clad with tongue-and-groove panelling, tiles or hard-wearing wallpaper.

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Halls and stairs are high-traffic areas, so ensure that your flooring is non-slip, durable, resistant to dirt and simple to clean if you can mop it, so much the better. Stone, ceramic or quarry tiles, or colourful Victorian encaustic tiles, are all easy to care for, while solid wooden boards or parquet require only some regular polishing or waxing. Cheap wood laminates may not last too long in such a well-used space. Lino or vinyl can look impressive, too, especially when laid in patterns. Carpet, however, is more problematic as youll need to choose a colour or pattern that wont show the dirt and make sure that it is suitable for a hallway: an 80:20 twist classified for heavy domestic use is often the best.

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Most people store a variety of things in their halls, from coats, scarves and hats to phone books, buggies or vacuum cleaners. The type of storage you choose is always best moulded around what you need to store, how much space it will take and how frequently you need to access it. The main choice is between built-in, hidden storage or open, display-type storage. The former is best when space is tight slender floor-to-ceiling cupboards with plain doors, (perhaps painted the same colour as the walls, or even mirrored to maximise light) ranked along one wall, will hold masses yet be hardly noticeable. On the other hand, you could make a statement with an eclectic selection of free-standing cupboards, sideboards, tables, benches, dressers, baskets, shelves and so on. If necessary, fit hooks or pulleys high up on walls to hold

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Take a defeated Amazon Queen forced to marry the victorious Duke, four star-crossed lovers, the warring King and Queen of the Fairies, a group of very coarse-acting factory workers trying to put on a play, a mischievous bunch of fairies led by the prankster Puck, all on a Midsummers Night, and you have a recipe for mirth, mayhem, mystery and plenty of magic. Let the fun begin!

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Benjamin Grosvenor, the outstanding 19-year-old pianist who played at the First Night of the BBC Proms last year in a sold-out Royal Albert Hall, has been confirmed as one of the headline performers appearing at this years Farley Music Festival. Recently listed in the Daily Telegraphs Top 10 Britons of 2011

(in the company of Adele, the Duke of Edinburgh and David Cameron), Benjamin has already been featured in two BBC television documentaries and has played in the

USA, Singapore, Japan and Germany in performances that have been broadcast widely around the world.

Running across five evenings from 19th to 23rd June, this years Farley Music Festival also features local favourite Philip Lawson, who retired as senior baritone and principal arranger from the Kings Singers in February this year. Philip will be performing in the Festivals Jubilee-themed closing concert, along with Audrey Palmer, who has sung Mother Abbess in the Sound of Music in the West End. International opera singer Simon McEnery will direct this special

evening which celebrates British music from opera to musicals, oratorio to popular song, Purcell to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Handel to Coward.

Elsewhere in the just-announced programme is a mid-summer-themed evening of Mozart and English music for which the musicians include Andrew Wickens (clarinet, baritone, bass), the vicar best known for being series consultant to Rev, the highly acclaimed BAFTA-winning BBC2 comedy series.

This will be the 11th season of Farley Music which was originally conceived to give concert experience to promising young musicians as well as to generate much-needed income to support the charming Wren-style church in Farley. Over recent years the musical scope of the Farley Music Festival has been widened, but this years programme still includes solo piano performances from two brilliant young Royal Academy of Music students Karim Said (Jordan) and Aya Kawabata (Japan) as well as the headline-grabbing Benjamin Grosvenor.

This years Farley Music Festival runs from 19th 23rd June and all the concerts all take place in All Saints Church, Farley. Tickets are available from the Salisbury Playhouse (priced 15) or via [email protected].

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Here Comes The GrillsSome of the most useful gadgets are the simplest. Frosty Ice Tankards (5.95 each) are ideal for keeping beer cold on warm days: simply keep them in the freezer until its time for a can and theyll keep it nice and frosty. Dedicated wine coolers will do the same for your Chenin Blanc.

While your guests enjoy their drinks, you can give them something to look at too. Strings of while, blue or multi-coloured LED lights cost around 20 for a walls worth, and as theyre solar powered theres no need to run electrical cables or worry about the electricity bill. Youll find an enormous range of solar lights from deck lights (15 for four) and post lights (around 15 for ten) to lanterns (9 for ten), coach lamps (11 for two), colour changing table lights (15 for one) and faintly horrible illuminated animals, fairies and insects.

This being Britain, the evenings cool down quickly, so inevitably there are stacks of patio heaters to choose from, including wall-mounted halogen heaters (around 180), free-standing electric

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A great tan is essential for summer. We all know however that spending hours soaking up the suns rays is a definite no-no. Its no surprise then that more and more of us are opting for the safe option and getting a golden glow courtesy of one of the many at home fake tanners that are on the market.

Its not always easy to achieve the results youd hoped for though - most people have an orange disaster tale to tell. Thats why weve compiled a definitive guide to fake tanning. Its just in time to help you look beach-ready and gorgeous and it goes a long way to prove that with careful preparation, the right products and an hour of your time, you can successfully be transformed into a bronzed goddess.

Step one - The right productIf youre new to self-tanning or have pale skin, its a good idea to start with a gradual tanning product. The result is fairly subtle which means its forgiving of

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A Fun Day Out For All The FamilyThe Fordingbridge Summer Festival, organised by the Rotary Club of Fordingbridge, will take place Saturday 21st July 2012, at Fordingbridge Recreation Ground. The Festival is one of their main fund raising events.

Proceeds from this community based Festival goes to Rotary charities and projects including the Avonway Community Centre Lunch Club (also supporting their Christmas lunch and providing Father Christmas), the Towns Christmas lights, older peoples day out to Exbury Gardens, disabled childrens trip to Rotary Kids Out at Paultons Park, prizes for local schools and youth speaking competition, school trips for disadvantaged children, ad hoc student grants and the Rotary Citizen of the year award. As a result of last years Festival the Rotary Club of Fordingbridge were also able to make donations to the Fordingbridge Air Cadets, Hampshire Air Search and Rescue, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance and the Fordingbridge Day Care.

The Summer Festival also gives many local clubs, charities and organisations the opportunity to take part and raise money for themselves.

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A lawn is an essential part of most gardens, but how can you make sure yours look good?

Feeding a lawn is essential to ensure it looks lush and green. A poorly maintained and inadequately fed lawn is far more likely to be invaded by moss, weeds and is prone to disease. Choose a lawn fertilizer formulated for the specific needs of the grass at this time of year ; nitrogen is constantly being removed by mowing so it needs to be replaced. Phosphorus, potassium and iron also help to promote and maintain top quality growth. The precise amount of fertilizer that your lawn requires is determined by soil type, frequency of irrigation or rainfall, frequency of mowing and whether clippings are left on the lawn.

If youre happy using chemicals on a weed problem, its easiest to use a product containing both weed killers and a fertilizer. Applying these together ensures rapid grass growth to fill in the gaps left by the dead weeds. If you have time, there is a marginally better effect if you feed the lawn with the spring feed then wait two weeks before applying the weed killer.

Small infestations of weeds can be removed effectively by hand.

A proprietary moss killer should take care of moss, but follow the instructions carefully to ensure that they have been thoroughly killed before you attempt to rake them out. If living moss is raked out the problem becomes worse. Once you have raked the dead moss out, the overall effect of all the bare patches may make you despair, but if you keep the lawn well fed (and over-seed if necessary) it will soon green up.

Regular mowing is essential. A lawn left for too long will soon lose its good appearance and when finally cut, you may wonder if it will ever look right again. If cut frequently, so that only small amounts of grass are removed at any one time, it should grow dense and green - try to remove up to 30% of the grass growth at a single mowing. When the weather starts to warm up, the frequency of cut will be noticeably greater. However, if the weather is dry and the lawn isnt well watered, growth rate will be correspondingly slow. If the grass is to be well walked on or used as a playing surface then the cut should be kept to -1 inch. If you want a show lawn that

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Wednesday 6th June is the 68th anniversary of D-Day, which means very few of the 350,000 Allied soldiers and sailors (and I dont know how many airmen) who took part are still with us to commemorate one of the most momentous battles of World War II.

D-Day, it seems, hasnt been celebrated as it should. The focus of Britains military commemoration has always been Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday, when we mourn the dead of both world wars, as we should. But D-Day was a different battle and should be marked in a different way.

The courage of the 200,000 naval and 160,000 army personnel who set out for Normandy on that stormy Tuesday is worth celebrating for itself. They faced 59 German divisions, approaching 700,000 men, who had spent four years digging themselves in and converting every beach on the French seaboard into a death-trap of landmines, barbed wire, tank traps, machine guns and artillery. To the soldiers, Operation Neptune must have seemed like an enormous gamble on their life.

Of course, the odds werent as long as seemed. Those 59 German divisions were scattered over France, Belgium, and the Netherlands and the prolonged bombing of their communication lines made rallying quickly impossible. German high command was expecting an invasion to be launched in the obvious place, the Pas de Calais. A huge army remained there long after it was clear that the Normandy landings were no mere diversion. Many of the thin cordons of troops along the Norman coast were conscripted Poles and Russians, never trusted by the Germans (rightly, as most of them deserted quickly and many Poles turned up at Arnhem on the Allied side). The German forces had been rendered negligible by a long campaign of attrition and thanks to Hitlers paranoia and indecision, command of the ground forces was divided and virtually paralysed.

For their part, the Allied commanders enjoyed overwhelming air and naval superiority. They had gained valuable experience of amphibious

operations in North Africa and Italy, and had dedicated two years to planning and reconnaissance. They had the attackers advantage, concentrating their armies, while forcing the defenders to disperse theirs. Eisenhower, Montgomery and the rest had good reason to feel nervous, but confident.

It cant have seemed like that to the men in the landing craft, though. Their prospects of victory as an army might have been better than fair, but so were their personal prospects of injury or death.

In the event, the mainly British, American, and Canadian invaders fared surprisingly well. The next two months were an arduous slogging match, but only 4,400 Allied lives were claimed out of 150,000 4,400 too many, but at 3%, rather better than the Somme. Indeed to a soldier of the Red Army, with memories of Stalingrad and Kharkov (the largest tank-battle in history), D-Day must have seemed not much more than a skirmish.

But D-Day is important for more than just its scale and what it achieved towards the downfall of Nazi Germany. D-Day should stand as a beacon for democracy against totalitarianism. Totalitarian regimes may appear strong, but they are hollow. Willing confederations of free men and women uniting their energy, intelligence and courage towards a common goal are always stronger than a people that only obey orders. Tuesday 6th June 1944 proved that, and we should celebrate the day not with the wreaths and silences of Remembrance Sunday but with fireworks and a joyous chorale.

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D-DayNormandy Invasion, June 1944. A convoy of Landing Craft Infantry (Large) sails across the English Channel toward

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Major Minors - Music Class for babies & ToddlersHeld every Monday in term time at the Memorial Hall, Downton from 9.30am - 10.30am. 4 per first child and 2 for siblings, siblings under 6 months are free. Sessions are drop in, no need to book, & include refreshments and time to chat. For more info call Antoinette on 01725 511855.

Tiny Tots Toddler and baby GroupHeld every Wednesday (during term time) at Radnor Village Hall, Bodenham from 9.45am to 11.45am. 1.50 per family. Lots of activities and fun. For more info, call Suzie on 07704 23012 or Vanessa on 01722 504457.

Downton Country Market9.30am - 11.00am every Friday at Downton Memorial Hall. Downton Country Market is a busy, happy place to come on Friday mornings. There is a lot of different produce on sale to choose from. A vast array of plants, cut flowers, crafts, savouries and sweet food, vegetables and eggs. Home-made jams, marmalade, honey, chutneys. Special days like Easter, Mothers Day etc.... Mrs Downton has a stall relevant to that day. You can enjoy tea, coffee and home-made biscuits while chatting to friends or making new ones.

Accord Social Group We are a friendly group of people who meet up weekly on a Tuesday evening at 8pm at The New Inn, New Street in Salisbury and regularly organise meals, theatre, walks, garden visits etc. For more information contact Jean on 01722 322802 or Alan on 01722 327665.

Downton Evening WIMeetings are held on the third Monday of each month at 7.30pm in the Band Hall, Gravel Close, Downton. 18th June - Garden Meeting. Hostesses: The Committee. For more info contact Iris Lawes on 01725 511553 or Edna Pike on 01725 511332.

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Heat the butter in a saut pan or deep frying pan. Gently cook the shallot for about 5 minutes until it starts to soften and becomes translucent. Add the garlic and cook for another couple of minutes.

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I used to think that when the kids left school theyd be self-sufficient grownups and I wouldnt have to worry about them anymore. Hah! Let me tell you about my mornings.

Three days a week my son, who is 19, goes to college less than 20 miles away. But the free bus winds around every village and takes an hour and a half. He has to catch it at 7.30, which means leaving the house at 7.25. Now if that was me Id be up at 6.30 to give myself plenty of time for breakfast and a shower. But not my son. In his opinion, breakfast and a shower are for wusses and he can put off leaving bed until 7.20. Which is all well and good, if he can make it.

But for a teenager, waking up is hard to do. So he sets his alarm to go off three times at five-minute intervals between 6.40 and 6.55. And if the first blast isnt enough to drag him back from dreamland, it certainly does the trick for me. Im wide awake, waiting for the second blast and the third. The wait between blasts is bad enough, but what comes next is worse.

He inhabits the attic; the parental bedroom is directly underneath. I can hear everything. Or rather, I cant hear anything. I cant hear him heave himself reluctantly out of

bed. I cant hear him stumbling around looking for something clean to wear among the piles of dirty clothes. I cant hear him trudge down the attic stairs to the bathroom. I cant hear the bathroom door open and close and the bolt slam home.

Im on a knife-edge. Is he going to make it or isnt he? If he misses the free college bus hell have to take two ordinary buses, pay more than 5, and be late. Eventually I cant bear it any more. I dont actually have to get up my office is all of three paces from the foot of our stairs; but I cant stick it out. I rap tentatively on his door. Only now hes 19 and a man I cant bawl him out for the lazy idle git that he is. Instead, I have to say something neutral like: Everything under control up there? I still receive the same old teenage mouthful back, though.

Now I know perfectly well that I should let him stew. If he cant get up in time for the free bus, then let him pay. Hes a grown man now and ought to take the consequences of his own actions, or rather, inactions. Hell never learn otherwise. But its easier said than done. I challenge any parent not to look at that great hulking thing looming in the doorway and not see an image of their little boy aged four.

Not that this kind of sentimentality would find much favour with him. He insists that hes grown up and can do all the things that grownups do. He drinks, he smokes, he stays out all night and we cant stop him. Not that we would want to. But I cant help thinking that his claim to adulthood would have a little more credibility if he embraced the downsides, too. Like picking up his dirty laundry more frequently than every fortnight. Like washing up occasionally. Like vacuuming his bedroom and even changing his sheets.

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