Bursting with green foliage in the warmer months, the beer garden at the Dolphin is a lively place to sip a glass of something. Food is simple but packed with flavour and includes pub favourites and tempting desserts such as homemade blackberry and pear crumble and a Belgian waffle with toffee-banana sauce and double cream ice cream – all to be enjoyed outdoors.
Why we love the Dolphin: its vibrant atmosphere has us excited for summer, and it has a hearty Sunday roast with your choice of beef, lamb, pork, chicken, baked vegetable and mixed nut patty, or a spinach and mushroom pie with roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, cauliflower cheese, braised cabbage, roast carrots and parsnips and stuffing – phew!
Barbers and hairdressers reopened as part of the next phase of the government’s roadmap. People waited outside Celly’s hair salon, The Boss Barber, My Style Barber Shop and New Image barbers as they grabbed their first opportunity for a trim in months. George Ikley, 24, was one of them. He said: “I have a funeral on Wednesday that I have to go to, so I wanted to look smart. The last time I had a haircut was in December, it’s not been too bad because I’ve trimmed it every so often, but I wanted it done properly.
PILES of charity donations are going to waste because people are ignoring pleas not to dump them outside charity shops. In the latest incident of flytipping half a dozen bags of clothing were left at the RSPCA shop in Havelock Street even though it has been shut for weeks due to the pandemic. Richard Clowes, chief executive of Oak and Furrows Wildlife Rescue Centre which runs the shop said: “It’s not just our shop it’s happening to lots of them around Swindon and the country. Unfortunately, there are two sorts of donors, one being people who want to give us items to sell, and then there are other people who are leaving them there because we’re closer than the tip.
Over 20,000 people have received the Covid-19 vaccine at Stoke Mandeville Stadium. The hub, which was launched in the middle of January is next door to Stoke Mandeville Hospital, and is one of many centres giving out the jab to Buckinghamshire residents. The milestone jab was conducted on Saturday, March 6. In a brief Facebook post by the Aylesbury South East Conservatives that was published on Sunday, March 7, they said: “Super Saturday up at the vaccination hub, where the 20,000th vaccine was given. “Amazing team effort from everyone Healthwatch Bucks.” The Aylesbury Conservatives then posted on Facebook: “Fantastic that the Stoke Mandeville stadium hit 20,000 vaccinations at the weekend.