Good morning, Wycombe!
After a somewhat rambunctious weekend at Pub In The Park last week, we’re heading straight back into the fray with FrogFest XTRA this weekend. At least there’s the soft landing of a Bank Holiday and Half Term. Three cheers for no school runs 🙌🏼
FrogFest isn’t the only reason to leave the house this week:
🍕 Street food lunch at the Walled Garden
🧘🏻♀️ Meditation in the Peterley yurt
🍻 Beer festival in Holmer Green
Plus half term fun galore, two guided walks, Morris dancing, Picnic on the Pitch at Adams Park, and plenty more.
If kids' party planning ever feels like a part-time job, this new local business is about to make your life easier.
Colibri Sweet Brush is run by a High Wycombe mum of two who's just moved here from London — and she's doing something brilliant: combining professional face painting with gorgeous homemade celebration cakes, all in one booking.
One supplier, no juggling: just happy kids and a stress-free party.
🎨 Professional face painting for children's parties & events
🎂 Bespoke celebration cakes, dessert tables & sweet treats
✨ Wedding cakes and special occasion orders also welcome
📍 Based in High Wycombe — brand new to the area and taking bookings
🚀 (Watch this space — a full party planning service is coming in the next few months!)
Give her a follow and be among the first Wycombe families to discover her work.
Editor’s Highlights
📍 All Saints Parish Church | 📅 Sat 23 May, 7.30pm
The Orpheus lads team up with award-winning Amersham Band for a night of show tunes, pop classics and traditional choir numbers — all in aid of Blind Veterans UK.
📍 Hughenden Manor | 📅 Weds 27th May, 11am
A free, friendly 2.7-mile led walk through the Chilterns countryside, with a garden tour and a special guest from the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project sharing what makes our local chalk streams so special.
📍 The Yurt, Peterley Manor Farm | 📅 Fri 22nd May, 6.30pm
Mindfulness teacher Kelly of Room 478 leads a gentle evening in Peterley's yurt — breathing exercises, guided meditation, optional journaling and tarot/angel cards, and herbal teas.
📍 Oxmoor Farm | 📅 Sat 23rd May, 6pm
Expert birder Jon Mason leads you through ancient Chilterns woodland at dusk to hear blackbirds, goldcrests and yellowhammers in full voice — then it's back to The Barn for seasonal small plates and Neapolitan pizza.
🥳 Entertainment
🎶 Morris Dancing at Hughenden
📍 Hughenden Manor | 📅 Sat 23rd May, 11am & 12pm
Fiddlesticks North West Clogs bring bells, hankies, sticks, and live music to Hughenden's gardens — and you're invited to join in.
🍺 Holmer Green Beer & Music Festival
📍 Holmer Green Sports Association | 📅 Sun 24th May, 1–8pm
The 26th annual festival is back — live music, loads of ales, wine, prosecco, Pimms and cocktails, plus food traders, bouncy castles, kids' craft stalls, model train rides and an ice cream van.
🎤 Front & Centre
📍 The Front Room | 📅 Tonight, 8pm
High Wycombe's newest open mic night showcasing local talent.
🫖 Indian Themed Afternoon Tea
📍 Wright's Meadow Centre | 📅 Sun 24th May, 2pm
A classic English afternoon tea with a gentle Indian twist — spiced teas, fragrant blends, sweet treats and a mini bottle of prosecco included.
🪵 Kraft Village Closing Down Sale — Everything Must Go
Robert Bishop has spent 25 years turning trees into treasure. After 12 years at Kraft Village, he's retiring — and the whole gallery is going with him.
Hundreds of one-of-a-kind pieces. All at clearance prices. When it's gone, it's gone.
🖼️ Artists' paintings & framed nature photography
🪵 Hundreds of woodturnings in native & exotic woods
🏺 Raku-fired ceramics
🥚 Egg craft & lacework
🎨 Batik greeting cards & gifts
📍 Kraft Village, Grafton Street, HP12 3AJ
🗓️ Mon, Tue, Fri & Sat — 9am to 5pm
🌞 Sundays — 12 to 5pm
🏖️ Bank Holiday Monday — 12 to 5pm
❌ Closed Wednesdays & Thursdays
💰 At least 20% off all marked prices — many reduced further
🅿️ Free parking on arrival
Robert will be there throughout — ask him about the wood, the process, the story behind any piece.
👉 Browse some of the collection at kraftinwood.com
🔍 Half Term Fun Finder
🔴 Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Trail
📍 Hughenden | 📅 From Sat 23 May
Hunt for ten Mega Evolution Pokémon across this trail, with creative and physical challenges at each stop.
🎵Sound Shop – Live!
📍 We Make Wycombe Hub | 📅 Sat 23rd – 30th May
Free hands-on music workshops for children — try strings, brass, woodwind and percussion with Chiltern Music Academy. Plus performances and a music trail.
🪆 Discover & Make: Victorian Toys
📍 Wycombe Museum | 📅 Tues 26th & Weds 27th May
Kids aged 4–11 can make their own string-powered Jumping Jack puppet and explore Victorian children's toys at the museum.
🎭 Peter Pan: A Mini-Musical
📍 Prestwood Creative Hub | 📅 Weds 27th–Thurs 28th May, 9:30am–3:30pm
A two-day half-term musical workshop for ages 5–14, with singing, dancing and acting — culminating in a performance at 4pm on Thursday.
🎨 Child & Parent Still Life Art Workshop
📍 We Make Wycombe Hub | 📅 Weds 27th May, 1pm
A free, calm creative session for kids aged 7+ and their grown-up, using mixed materials to create still life artwork you take home.
🌿Kids Nature Crafting in the Yurt
📍 Peterley Manor Farm | 📅 Tues 26th–Fri 29th May, 9.15am
Nature crafting for little ones aged 3–7 — nature wands and headbands, seeds to plant, and bug hotels to take home.
🥣Breakfast Bonanza
📍Christ the Servant King Church | 🗓️ Tues 26th May, 9-11am
Breakfast plus toys for older and younger children and crafting.
🧘🏻♀️ Wellness Moments
🚶🏻♂️The Proper Blokes Club
📍 Outside High Wycombe Railway Station | 📅 Every Monday, 6:30pm
A free weekly walk and talk group tackling men’s mental health one step at a time — just ordinary blokes getting active, chatting openly, and helping each other.
🧠Neurodivergence & The Ways We Cope
📍Patch | 🗓️ Tonight, 6.30pm
A warm, science-led community session for neurodivergent adults exploring the coping strategies, habits and patterns we develop to survive, and what happens when they stop serving us.
🔮 Wycombe Wellness & Psychic Fayre
📍 West Wycombe Village Hall | 📅 Sun 24th May, 10am–4pm
Haunted Blessings are back with their biggest fayre yet with psychic readers, mediums, Reiki, crystals, jewellery, spiritual gifts and refreshments. Free entry.
🧵Hexagonal Patchwork Workshop
📍 Refresh The Marketplace | 📅 Sat 23rd May, 10.30am-4.30pm
Learn to make beautiful hand-sewn hexagonal patchwork with Melanie — all materials provided, no experience needed, and you'll leave with a finished cushion cover or placemat.
🎼 Did you know that there are free lunchtime concerts every Monday at All Saints Church from 1.10-1.50pm? I’m reliably informed that they occasionally even play host to world class musicians who come in for a practice run before playing at the Royal Albert Hall the following weekend. Definitely worth checking out…
Quiz Nights
The Crown Penn | Tonight | 7.30pm
Belle Vue | Tonight | 8pm
Sports and Activities
🎾 TENNIS
HW Lawn Tennis Club has a home fixture this weekend..
🏏 CRICKET
🏃🏻♂️ RUNNING
🏃 Rebellion 10km
📍 Marlow Rugby Club | 📅 Mon 25th May, 9:30am
A trail run through local woodland and along the Thames towpath, finishing with a Rebellion pint cup and a free beer.
Regular runs: Parkrun (Saturday, Rye Lido, 9am) | Junior Parkrun (Sunday, Pann Mill, 9am) | Risborough Run In The Park (Sunday, Wades Park, 9am).
🗓️ Dates for your Diary
🎨 Marlow Art & Crafts Society Exhibition
📍 Liston Hall, Marlow | 📅 Fri 29th – Sun 31st May
A lovely excuse for a day out — Marlow's Art & Crafts Society are showcasing original artwork, ceramics, pottery, crafts and more across three days. Free entry, card payments welcome if something catches your eye.
🎭 Open Air Theatre: The Tempest
📍 Wycombe Museum | 📅 Sun 5th July
Unbound Theatre bring Shakespeare's final masterpiece to the museum gardens in a brand-new adaptation — Prospero, shipwrecks, magic, and revenge, all for £6.
Community Notes
Thank you to everyone who sent in their Wycombe photos — I’m working through them now and whittling down to a shortlist for social media. Absolutely loving what’s coming in. There’s still time if you haven’t sent yours yet 📸
🧠 Dementia & Brain Health Drop-In
📍 High Wycombe Library | 📅 Today, 10:30am–1:30pm
A friendly, informal drop-in for anyone wanting to learn more about dementia or brain health — whether you're living with dementia, a carer, or just curious.
The Wycombe Wordle
Six guesses. Five letters. One Wycombe connection. Let me know if you get it!
🟩 Right letter, right spot
🟨 Right letter, wrong spot
⬜ Not in the word
That’s a wrap for this week’s Pulse!
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