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  Sixtyplusurfers Competitions 

      Kodak printer prize   
   Enter the Celebrity Odd One Out
  competition & win a Kodak Printer

Digital Camcorder prize
Sixtyplusurfers  Chat & Socialise page
  prize - Win this great Video Camcorder


Win a break at the Dog Inn

Win a Break at the Dog Inn,
in Wingham, Canterbury

      An 80s Summer CD prize     
Newsletter  prize:  Win 'An 80s Summer'
CD from EMI Gold


Lismore Hamper prize
Star letter prize: Win this Lismore Hamper
 from Inverawe Smokehouses
 

Money Savers Saving money on Council Tax bills
 Real help with
 your Council Tax

 Pensions  'Perfect 
 Storm' looming
 NS & I increases
 interest rate
 Credit card costs
 still increasing
Entertainment Jenny Agutter in' Monday, Monday'                
 
 TV programmes:
 
Jenny Agutter stars
 in new comedy
 'Monday, Monday'
 Torchwood  -
 Children of Earth
 Taking the Flak
 Secret Caribbean
 with Trevor
 McDonald
 Wimbledon  Finals
Body Maintenance   Lady using Painaway pen    
 

 Win a Pain Away

 pain relief pen

 Good digestive
 health with Prune
 Juice

 Manuka Honey

 Advice on keeping
 fit  and healthy
 
  Pet Care Pedigree dogs
 Thinking of
 getting a Pedigree
 Dog?

 Kitten care
 Canine collection
 kit for your car
 Keeping your dog
 cool in the heat
Home Comforts Betty Driver             
 Win a James Martin
 Executive Table
 Blender

 
Betty Driver
of
 Coronation Street
 uses an Aid Call
 personal alarm
 Eradicil helps you
 wash clothes at low
 temperatures
 hygienically
 Keep your cool
 with a LEC fridge or
 freezer
Personal Health Anita Ellis, Nutritionist
 Expert Summer
 Health Tips from
 Vitabiotics - by Anita
 Ellis, Registered
 Nutritionist
 Kristoph Thompson
 advises on Exercise
 In Your Garden
 
'Cooking for Good
 Health' by Alpro
 Soya - we have 5
 copies of this new
 book to give away
 
Blueberries are good
 for you
Health & Fitness Help:Blood Pressure              
 Win a month's
 supply of
 Help:Blood
 Pressure

 supplement
 Delicious diet
 products
 Pollen extract
 good for
 menopause

 

  Home Page for Sixtyplusurfers
                 Online Magazine

Welcome to the July issue
 of Sixtyplusurfers!
           
Sixtyplusurfers lady in the garden

It's July and we're all enjoying the lovely Summer! And to stimulate your interest we've  got lots of seasonal features for you.

Plus we've added a new page -
Health and Fitness so do take a look and get some suggestions on how to stay fit and keep well.


And we have
SEVENTEEN for you to enter, with some great prizes, including a Kodak Digital Camera; a Video Camcorder; a Pain Away pain relief pen; a Break at the Dog Inn; a Kodak Printer; a Lismore Hamper; a Blue Chintz Tea Set; a Mosaic Kit; and lots, lots more.
....

 
This month in our Money Savers page, we have advice on cutting your Council Tax bill  and another  feature with advice on Pensions.

We've got lots of helpful articles by our team of experts, covering  finance, saving money, fitness & health, food & drink, gardening, DIY, fashion, beauty & hair care, entertainment, homes, computer problems, travel & holidays, book reviews, leisure activities, retirement properties, crafts & hobbies.

And don't forget  we have our own page on Twitter so you can follow what's new:

Twitter

 So if you want to find out the latest News about Sixtyplusurfers,  then visit:
www.twitter.com/Sixtyplusurfers 
                       
So do read our July issue of Sixtyplusurfers because we've got articles and features for everyone.
          
        Best wishes,
   
Murray Jacobs Editor 
 

And if you'd like to contact me, then you can reach me by email at murrayhj@live.co.uk

 

                Contents

                
               Health
Section

Body Maintenance -  Win a Pain Away pain relief pen; New source of supply of Manuka Honey at a sensible price; Good digestive health by drinking prune juice; Advice for older people on keeping fit and healthy.
Food & Drink -  Watch 
Phil Vickery on video  and see   him  cooking another delicious dish; Get your FREE cookery book from Alaska Seafood; Tasty recipes  including Salmon and Halloumi burgers;  Ten minute Turkey with peas and leeks, Stir-fried veggie Fajitas; Sausage Skewers.
Personal Health
-  Kristoph Thompson advises on exercising in your garden or local park; Anita Ellis of Vitabiotics gives Expert Summer Health Tips; @Cooking for Good Health' by Alpro Soya - their new book is out now and we have 5 copies to give away; Blueberries are good for you.
Health and Fitness - This new page is all about keeping fit and healthy, with features on: Lowering your blood pressure; Exercises to help you avoid DVT on your plane journey; Delicious diet products from Exante Diet; Study confirms pollen extract may help menopause sufferes; Avoid deep vein thrombosis on long plane flights.
 

             Entertainment Section
Entertainment - Find out what's  on TV with  full  details of all the new programmes for July.
Competitions
 - Because   we know    you all  love  entering  competitions, we are  offering  more great  prizes this month.
Travel - Affordable Holidays with a difference; Holidays in the Ionian Islands; The Charr's the Star in the Lake District; Great ideas for your summer holidays with DFDS ferries.

Gardening & DIY
- Gardening jobs for July; Growing edidble plants in a pot; Starting a new vegetable patch; Slug proof plants; 7 easy to do DIY jobs.
 

                Living Section
Summer Fun - Days out with the Red Lion Inn and the Olive Branch pub; How to get the WHOLE family out with the help of Wheelfreedom; Visit the Cotswold Show at Cirencester; Enjoy a cool ice cream dessert .
Home Comforts
- Competition for you to a James Martin Executive Table Blender; Betty Driver of Coronation Street fame uses an Aidcall personal alarm; Eradicil helps you wash your clothes at low temperetures;  Keep your cool with a LEC fridge.
Retirement - Win a Kodak digital camera; Why do I need a Will? Inexpensive will writing service; Bodrum - perfect place for a retirement property;It's never too late to learn something new - Octogenarians take up power boating and cross the Channel.
Crafts & Hobbies -  Win A Mosaic Kit and make your own table top; It's never too late to enter the writing game; Things to make this month - a Raspberry Cupcake, Pressed Flowers, A Mosaic table top.
News & Book Reviews - Take A Passage To India Cruise and get a 10% Sixtyplusurfers Reader Discount; Jenny Itzcovitz    reviews some of  the  latest  books; See the recycled Art Trail in South Devon.
Pet Care - Looking after your kitten; Thinking of buying a dog with a pedigree?; Canine Collection Kit to keep your car clean; Keeping your dog cool in the Summer heat.
 Shopping & Gifts
- Win a Blue Chintz Tea Set from Kuati
;The Gift of Life from Homebase; The Royal Mint creates a new coin that's fit for a King; Set the trend with Harveys and Lemonade.
 

          Advice Section
 Fashion-  Fashion tips for July; Win a pair of  Sunglasses from Polaroid; Tan through your swimsuit with Kiniki; Summer fashion from Damart.
Beauty & Hair Care - Win romantic nail lacquer from Zoya; How to look glamorous in your sixties like Helen Mirren; Barry M makeup takes you back to the 1980s; Advice on rosacea on your skin from Bharty Vyas.
Computer Tips - Answers to your  computer problems; How to use your digital camera; A New way to download Music for FREE and Legally; Don't get caught by Phishing Scams.
Money - Get real help with your Council Tax; NS & I increases Interest Rate; Pensions 'Perfect Storm' is looming for the unprepared; Credit card costs are still on the increase.

Friends  -
Details of websites we like; and TWO great competitions for you to enter.
 

      Our  Friends Aggie MacKenzie
 

 Two great
 competitions:
 First :
 Win a Video
 Camcorder
 and Second:
 Aggie MacKenzie's
 new book 'Ask Aggie'

 

 Our favourite
 Websites


 

 

             Chat and Socialise
 
     
       Lady chatting on computer

Join the Sixtyplusurfers
Chat & Socialise page and make new friends. Include your profile, talk to other readers on the message board, send in your photographs, start up your own blog,  join a group,  or  reply  to some of  our discussions. The reader who  submits the best  profile this  month will win a really great VIDEO
CAMCORDER. So click on Chat & Socialise and join in the fun!

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   Recommending a friend Sixtyplusurfers  
If you enjoy our website, then why not recommend a friend. Tell them to visit Sixtyplusurfers and also get them to sign up for our newsletter - just go to:
sixtyplusnewsletter@hotmail.co.uk

Computer & Camera Tips man at keyboard
Your computer

questions answered
Downloading
music free
How to use     your digital       camera

 Food and Drink  Phil Vickery         
 TV Chef Phil  Vickery's latest
 Video recipe.

 
Healthy Recipes:
 Salmon & Halloumi
 Burgers
 Turkey with Peas
 & Leeks
 Stir-fried Veggie
 Fajitas
 Sausage Skewers
 
Free recipe book
 from Alaska
 Seafood
Crafts and Hobbies  Woman writing a book          
 Win a Mosaic Kit
 from the House of
 Crafts

 
It's never too late
 to enter the writing
 game

 Things to make:
 Mosaic table top
 Raspberry Cupcake
 Pressed Flowers

 News & Book  Reviews Passage to India Cruise 
 Take a Passage to
 India cruise - 10%
 discount for our
 readers
 
Book reviews:
 
Phil Vickery
 'Seriously good
  gluten-free
   cooking'
  Aggie MacKenzie
  'Ask Aggie'
 Summer Fun   Ice Cream Dessert        
 Here comes
 Summer-
 Ice cool dessert!

 Days out with the
 Red Lion Inn

 Getting the WHOLE
 family  out with the
 help of Wheelfreedom

 Visit the Cotswold

 Show and enjoy fun  
Retirement Win this Kodak digital camera                       
 
Win this Kodak
 digital camera

 Why do I need a
 will? Will writing
 service
 Not too late  to
 learn something
 new:Octogenarians
 power boating
Gardening & DIY
Digging a new vegeatable patch Starting a new
 vegetable patch
 Slug proof plants
 Gardening jobs for
 July
 Growing edible
 plants in pots
 7 easy DIY jobs
Fashion Kaliko spots blouse
   Win A Pair of
   Sunglasses
   from Polaroid 

 
Summer Fashion
  from
Damart

  Fashion advice for
  July

 
  Tan through your
  swimsuit with Kiniki

 Minuet Petite for
 the smaller woman
 BeautyHelen Mirren
 Look glamorous in
 your sixties just like
 Helen Mirren

 
Win romantic nail
 lacquer from Zoya

 
Barry M makeup
 takes you back to
 the 1980s

 Advice on rosacea
 from Bharti Vyas
   Travel Ithaca - Ionian Island Holidays                
 Affordable holidays
 with a difference
 Holidays in the
 Ionian Islands
 The Charr's the star
 in the Lake District
 Ideas for your summer holiday
 Advertising  - To  advertise   in  our online  magazine Sixtyplusurfers, you can  phone the advertising department on this number: Tel:   020 8440 3340
or send us an email to: murrayhj@live.co.uk
The Sixtyplusurfers Team:
Murray Jacobs, Editor; Jenny Itzcovitz, Features Editor; Shoshana Yossef, Technical; Melissa Braiden, Admin; Kitty Jacobs, Admin & Letters

Contributors

Kris Thompson       -  Fitness
Phil Vickery           -  Cookery
Carol Driver           -  Travel
Bharti Vyas            -  Beauty
Elizabeth Bailey    -  Writing
Aggie MacKenzie  -  Home Care
Anita Ellis              -  Nutrition