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This week’s Scoop is packed with 80s parties, mariachi nights, local markets, family-friendly workshops, golf tournaments, wellbeing events, back-to-school ideas, and a powerful reminder to embrace the season of saying “no.”

Here’s what we got for you today:

• Things To Do: Events Listings

• Kiddies Scoop

• Local Business & Town News

• This Week’s Top Deals

• Last Week’s Most-Viewed Links

• Weather: Best Days = Friday, Saturday & Sunday

• Mind, Health & Fitness: “The Season of Saying NO”

• Extra Sprinkles, Just For Fun: “Don’t hesitate, just do it”

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Things To Do: Events Listings

🎭 Arts & Entertainment Events

• Tropicana Nights

  📅 Friday, 5th September, 8pm 📍 BEAM

  Step back into the neon-bright 80s with TROPICANA NIGHTS - The Ultimate 80s Party! Think leg warmers, acid-wash jeans, and disco lights as the DJ spins the biggest hits from Madonna, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran and more.

  🎟 £15 - Info HERE

• Noche Mexicana

  📅 Friday, 5th September, 7-9pm 📍 Dog & Whistle Pub

  Spice up your evening with the vibrant sounds of a live mariachi band, authentic Mexican street food, and irresistible happy hour cocktails - a fiesta not to be missed!

• Short Course In Watercolour

  📅 Friday, 12th September (for 4 weeks) 9:30-12:30pm 📍 Courtyard Arts Centre

  Their Short Course in Watercolour returns this Autumn. Over 4 weeks you will be guided through different processes to give you the very best start on your watercolour journey or the extra boost you need if you have already started.

  🎟 £72 - Info HERE 

🏰 Family & Community Events

• The Business Lounge Hertford Meet-Ups

  📅 Monday, 8th September, 9:30-11:30am 📍 BEAM

  A meet-up for female business owners at any stage of their business journey - from start up to an established business. It’s a safe space to connect and support each other, a listening ear for those working on their own whilst juggling work with family, other jobs and life!

  ☕️ Pop over for a coffee - free drop in session.

  ℹ️ More info HERE

• Hertford Food Swap

  📅 Saturday, 6th September, 10:30-11:30pm 📍 BEAM

  Free event where you barter your bakes, cakes & home grown bests with others.💵 Your produce is the currency!

• Makers & Bakers Farmers & Craft Market

  📅 Sunday, 7th September, 10am-3pm 📍 The Corn Exchange

  Hertford’s monthly market showcases a handpicked selection of local talent - from artisan bakers and jewellery makers to artists, homeware designers, and more.

• 2025 Rose Ladies Open

  📅 5-7th September 📍 Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel & Country Club

  A ladies professional golf tournament on the LETAS Tour, a 54 hole tournament (5th-7th) including a pre-tournament Pro-am (4th).

  🎟 More info & free tickets HERE

🌱 Health & Wellbeing Events

• Pilates in the Field with Studio 281

  📅 14th September, 11-2pm 📍 Tewinbury Farm

  Tewinbury Farm and Movement Studio 281 invites you to a calm, late-summer morning of movement, sound, and seasonal food under the open sky. A chance to slow down, reset, and enjoy a few peaceful hours surrounded by the beauty of the farm. 🌿

  🎟 More info & tickets HERE

• The Great Big Walk For Herts

  📅 Wednesday, 17th & Saturday, 27th September 10-4pm 📍 Brocket Hall

  Take part in a guided half marathon walk through the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside. Enjoy breathtaking views, friendly company, and the feel-good factor of knowing every pound you raise will be doubled. More info HERE

Kiddies Scoop

• Toddler Tuesday

  📅 Tuesday, 2nd September 10:30-11:45 📍 Hertford Museum

  Crafts, activities, stories & sing-along - under 4’s type of fun!

  🎟 Info HERE

• Little Acorns - Getting to know Herbs

  📅 Wednesday,r, 9:15-10:30 📍 Van Hage Garden Centre

  A fun, hands-on gardening activity for pre-schoolers. Children will explore herbs through touch and smell, plant basil seeds in decorated pots, and enjoy simple nature crafts. All materials and take-home worksheets provided.

  🎟 Info HERE

Local Business & Town News

👮 New Safety Measures for Hertford’s Night-Time Economy

Police, councils, and local partners have introduced new initiatives to help people feel safer when enjoying Hertford’s nightlife. The improvements are part of the government-funded Safer Streets project, which focuses on tackling issues such as drug use and violence against women and girls in the town centre.

Key measures include upgraded CCTV, digitally enhanced cameras at Gascoyne Way car park, plain-clothed police patrols and free anti-spiking kits for venues. Police and Crime Commissioner Jonathan Ash-Edwards said the measures are designed to both deter crime and give residents confidence that safety is a top priority.

🚌 End of the Road for the 395 Bus Service

The long-running 395 Hertford & Ware circular bus will be discontinued at the end of August after nearly 100 years in operation.

From September, the service will be replaced by an extended 323 route, running every 30 minutes Monday-Saturday and hourly on Sundays. The new route will link Sele Farm with Fanham Common, Hertford bus station, Hertford North, and Pinehurst, as well as continuing to QEII Hospital in Welwyn Garden City.

💥 This Week’s Top Deals

Weeknight Escape Menu at The Cowper Arms 👀

Enjoy two courses from just £22.95 every Monday-Thursday from 5 pm onwards. Midweek indulgence never looked (or tasted) so good. Menu HERE

📈 Last week’s most-viewed links

1. 🚜 This past weekend’s Cineworld movie deal took top spot, where all films were only £4 😮

2. 🍦 Hertford Scoop’s Instagram Page

3. 🚜 The Pop Up Farm (located in Hertfordshire at Junction 9 of the M1). That’s right! This has been in the top 3 for two weeks in a row :)

⮑ You can catch last week’s Issue 16 here.

🌦 Hertford Weather: 2 Sept - 8 Sept 2025

TLDR: Best days = Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

🌦️ A typical early-September romp - some sulky skies, breezy moments, polite showers and sporadic sun. Just right for keeping you guessing with your wardrobe choices!

Mind, Health & Fitness

🔇 The Season of Saying “NO”

Summer often comes with a rush of yeses. Yes to barbecues, yes to last-minute trips, yes to one more happy hour before the sun sets.

It’s joyful, but also draining. By the time September arrives, many of us are running on empty, smiling on the outside while quietly craving space to breathe.

That’s why the shift into autumn is such a gift. If summer is about expansion, autumn is about refinement. It’s a season that invites us to pause, reset, and practice one of the most powerful, and often most difficult, forms of self-care: saying no.

Learning to set boundaries doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a practice, shaped by hard lessons, uncomfortable moments, and the slow realisation that caring for yourself isn’t selfish - it’s essential. Boundaries aren’t walls; they’re guides. They help us move toward what truly matters.

So what might it look like to embrace no this season? Maybe it’s declining another extracurricular for your child, passing on an “extra” work project, or choosing a quiet night at home instead of another social commitment.

👉🏼 That’s not letting people down - that’s choosing preservation over depletion.

Here’s the reframe: saying no doesn’t close doors. It clears the path to deeper yeses - the ones aligned with your energy, your values, and your goals. Over time, people will come to trust that when you say yes, it’s wholehearted and intentional.

As the leaves let go this autumn, perhaps it’s your turn, too. To release the guilt, to honour your limits, and to choose yourself 🙏🏼

Extra Sprinkles

Whether it’s back to school, back to Uni or just back to the WFH office - lunch ideas can get surprisingly challenging. So this week we’ve got you covered with fuss-free, nutritious and fresh ideas for the little ones (and maybe some left overs for us big ones too!)

5 Non-Boring Packed Lunch Ideas 🌯

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Just For Fun

Don’t hesitate, just do it 👊🏽 (See below and you’ll know why :))

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