THE RIGHT NOTES BUT..... NOT NECESSARILY IN THE RIGHT ORDER!

As an amateur self-taught horn player in a couple of local orchestras, I have often played the right notes and quite often in the right order (but not always). To hear me play come to concerts by the Wolverton Light Orchestra or The Open University Orchestra, both in Milton Keynes, England.

Next Concerts:-                              
OUO Friday October 17th 13.00 in Old Lecture Theatre, Open University. Free entry.
          Programme will probably include :
Bizet, Prelude to "Carmen";
Borodin, In The Steppes of Central Asia;
Borodin, three Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor";
Bizet, Items from L'Arlesienne suite .
WLO Saturday October 18th in Newport Pagnell

My other interests include :
beekeeping (I am a BBKA Senior Judge for honey shows and have over 30 years experience with bees),
basketmaking (I make willow baskets, useful rather than arty),
skepmaking (especially reproductions of period pieces such as 17th century skeps),
natural history (I used to be a biology teacher years ago) and
languages (try me in French, German, Russian, Spanish or Esperanto).

Contact me, Martin Buckle, using the contacts page , to comment on this site, to book me for a talk to your club, or to judge your honey show or ask for a skep. Anywhere within about 80 mile radius of Milton Keynes, England. (Or if you are paying the fare, worldwide!)

 Website last altered/updated on August13th  2008

NEW ADDITIONS:
-about the basketmaking festival at Vallabregues
-pictures of wicker skeps in the beekeeping section.
-clooming skeps

NEWTON WHERE?
"I bet that name looks good on a honey jar label!"

You will find several websites about Newton Blossomville when you do a Google search. The village is in the northern end of Buckinghamshire, England, now part of Milton Keynes, although it is in the countryside well outside the "New City" area. About 250 of us live here in about 90 houses. The name means "New Farm belonging to Blosseville".
The Blosseville name comes from Normandy in France  - the story is that the village was given to one Duc de Blosseville by King William I.  We have visited Blosseville sur Mer and one or two people from there have visited us, including some whose family name is still Blosseville.