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OCTOBER <strong>2015</strong><br />
<strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
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Contents<br />
<strong>October</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
52<br />
18 HEARTH & HOME<br />
John Graham-Hart finds homes<br />
with beautiful fireplaces<br />
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IT’S OCTOBER<br />
What’s going on near<br />
you this month<br />
TAKE A LOOK<br />
A run down of <strong>Wealden</strong><br />
school open days<br />
FAMILY VALUES<br />
A spacious family farmhouse<br />
GET THE LOOK<br />
Fabulous home accessories<br />
from <strong>Wealden</strong>fairs.com<br />
BEAUTIFUL BEDS<br />
Be inspired by our pick of<br />
beds and accessories<br />
HILL HOUSE<br />
A refurbished fisherman’s cottage<br />
in the heart of Hastings Old Town<br />
1114 <strong>supplement</strong><br />
111<br />
120<br />
135<br />
139<br />
141<br />
143<br />
145<br />
KITCHENS & 148<br />
BATHROOMS<br />
10 pages of ideas and trends<br />
153<br />
URBANE WARRIOR<br />
Helen Barton styles<br />
men’s accessories<br />
155<br />
LIPSTICK LOVE<br />
Jo Fairley slicks on the latest<br />
shades and formulations<br />
WEALDEN HEALTH<br />
& BEAUTY<br />
Healthy tips to keep you<br />
looking and feeling fantastic<br />
OPTICAL INSIGHT<br />
Solve your eye woes<br />
FOOD SUPPLEMENT<br />
17 pages of autumnal<br />
temptation<br />
NO SHRINKING VIOLETS<br />
Sue Whigham explores<br />
the unsung autumnal<br />
garden heroes<br />
159<br />
165<br />
165<br />
166<br />
88<br />
BRILLIANT BULBS<br />
Jo Arnell gets prepped for spring<br />
THE GREEN GODDESS<br />
Penny Kemp explores the hedgerows<br />
WORK, REST & PLAY<br />
WT takes a look at the boarding<br />
facilities at three local schools<br />
WHAT’S ON?<br />
Find out...<br />
COMPETITION<br />
Win an overnight stay for<br />
two, plus dinner at Dale<br />
Hill Hotel & Golf Club<br />
FABLES FROM THE FARM<br />
Jane Howard’s latest instalment<br />
INTRODUCING...<br />
Meet the sellers online at<br />
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A sympathetically refurbished Grade II listed country house merging modern In a tranquil setting, a charming Grade II listed farmhouse amid beautiful<br />
convenience with period ambience • CSCA •No Onward Chain• 3 Receptions • gardens and grounds • No Onward Chain • 1/2 Reception Rooms • Kitchen/<br />
Conservatory • Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Master Bedroom • 5 further Bedrooms Breakfast Room • Conservatory • 4/5 Bedrooms • Playroom • 3 Bathrooms •<br />
• Family Bathroom • Garage • Tennis Court • Outbuildings • About 3.6 acres Attic Room • Substantial Barn • Double Garage • Tennis Court • About 7.7 acres<br />
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Harrietsham Guide Price £800,000 Etchingham Guide Price £750,000<br />
An expansive triplex apartment in this prestigious building with roof top terrace A Grade II 18th century cottage in quintessentially English cottage gardens,<br />
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Breakfast Room • 3 Bedrooms • 3 Bath/Shower Rooms • Lift • Conservatory • Shower/Utility Room • 4 Bedrooms • Bathroom • About 1,880 sq ft • Garage<br />
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Offers in excess of £995,000<br />
Goudhurst<br />
An attractive Grade II Listed family home<br />
5 bedrooms, 2 reception rooms, 2<br />
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terrace and feature pond.<br />
Guide price £1,650,000<br />
Goudhurst<br />
Family house on the edge of the<br />
pretty village<br />
6 bedrooms, 5 reception rooms, 4<br />
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swimming pool. In all about 3.9 acres.<br />
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Catsfield<br />
Impressive country house with farreaching<br />
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7 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms, 4<br />
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pool. EPC rating F. In all about 7.2 acres.<br />
Guide price £750,000<br />
Goudhurst<br />
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Guide price £1,500,000 Guide price £2,500,000<br />
Benenden<br />
An architect-designed contemporary family house<br />
6 bedrooms, 4 reception rooms, 3 bathrooms. Spectacular<br />
countryside views. EPC rating C. In all about 1.65 acres.<br />
Goudhurst<br />
A spacious and beautifully presented country house<br />
5 / 6 bedrooms, 5 reception rooms, 5 bathrooms. Tennis Court.<br />
Landscaped gardens and grounds. EPC rating E. In all about 16 acres.
Near Tenterden. Kent - £875,000<br />
A handsome Georgian farmhouse with far reaching views. Drawing<br />
room, dining room, study, utility/shower room, master bedroom<br />
with en-suite dressing area and bathroom, three further bedrooms,<br />
nursery/bedroom 5. Heated pool. Gardens approx. 3/4 acre.<br />
Outbuildings and Heritage style double bay garage.<br />
Fairlight, East Sussex - £625,000<br />
A charming period property on a quiet country lane surrounded by<br />
farmland. Accommodation includes living room, kitchen/breakfast<br />
room, 3 double bedrooms. Detached 2 storey outbuilding with<br />
office, workshop and storage. Garden and paddock approx. 1.2<br />
acres. Stables and pond. Rear courtyard. EPC G<br />
Iden, East Sussex - £625,000<br />
A well presented detached period cottage with light filled stylish<br />
accommodation. Set off a quiet country lane yet on the edge of the<br />
village the accommodation includes sitting room, garden/dining<br />
room, study, kitchen and utility room, 4 bedrooms. Heritage style<br />
double garage. 1/2 acre garden. EPC F<br />
Udimore, East Sussex - £585,000<br />
In a quiet location with stunning views, and versatile<br />
accommodation: Living room, study, dining room, kitchen, and 2<br />
bedrooms. The ground floor has additional self-contained living<br />
room with kitchenette and bedroom and shower room. Cottage<br />
garden and outbuildings. EPC F<br />
Rye, East Sussex - Prices from £335,000<br />
A new development offering a mix of high specification 2 and 3<br />
bedroom apartments in the centre of Rye which will be fully fitted<br />
and ready for occupation. Parking. Predicted EPC rating B/C.<br />
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Camber, East Sussex - £650,000<br />
A new light filled contemporary style 4 bedroom house on a no<br />
through lane only 300 yards back from Camber Sands. Living<br />
room, kitchen, family room, utility room, one bedroom with ensuite,<br />
three further bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Loft room. Off<br />
road parking and detached single garage. Large garden. EPC B<br />
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HARPERS AND HURLINGHAM<br />
GOUDHURST £1,695,000<br />
Stunning barn conversion • Three receptions<br />
• Kitchen/breakfast room • Six bedrooms (two<br />
ensuite) • Approx 4 acre gardens • Detached one<br />
bedrooms annexe • Garage • EPC: D<br />
Cranbrook School Catchment Area<br />
SANDHURST £1,595,000<br />
Spacious Listed detached Oast • Five receptions<br />
• Kitchen/breakfast room • Walk in pantry and<br />
utility • Six bedrooms (two ensuite) • Detached triple<br />
garaging • Approx 1.3 acres • EPC: n/a<br />
Cranbrook School Catchment area<br />
BENENDEN £1,500,000<br />
State of the Art Family home • Open plan kitchen/<br />
dining/living space • Two further receptions • Sound<br />
proof cinema/music room • Five/six bedrooms (two<br />
ensuite) • Approx 2 acres • EPC: H<br />
Cranbrook School Catchment area<br />
GOUDHURST £1,295,000<br />
Impressive Village property • Three receptions<br />
• Kitchen/breakfast room • Utility room • Five/six<br />
bedrooms (two ensuite) • Outbuilding with room<br />
above • Enclosed gardens with pool • EPC: n/a<br />
Cranbrook School Catchment Area<br />
Harpers&Hurlingham<br />
The Cornerhouse, Stone Street, Cranbrook<br />
01580 715400<br />
www.harpersandhurlingham.com<br />
London offiCe: KenSingTon 020 7938 2311<br />
Lettings Team<br />
Sales Team<br />
Chez Charlie Janey Jane Cathy Jane Sarah Debbie Catherine Caroline Dianne Helen
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Residential Sales Sales • • Management and and Lettings Lettings<br />
01580 242700<br />
wealdproperty.net<br />
SOLD<br />
Tunbridge<br />
Wells, Kent<br />
Guide £325,000<br />
Two bedroom mid<br />
terrace Bungalow with<br />
planning permission<br />
granted for a three-bedroom<br />
house increased<br />
in size by approx 30%.<br />
Superb location.<br />
SOLD<br />
SOLD<br />
Marden, Kent<br />
OIEO £800,000<br />
Equestrian Property: A<br />
delightful 4 bedroom<br />
farmhouse set amid approx.<br />
6 acres of charming<br />
gardens and paddock,<br />
stabling for 2/3 horses<br />
and planning consent for<br />
a 2 bedroom annexe.<br />
High Halden, Kent<br />
Guide £425,000<br />
A modern and beautifully appointed, five<br />
bedroom detached family home.<br />
Rural Woodchurch,<br />
Kent<br />
Guide £925,000<br />
Historically significant<br />
five bedroom, Grade II*<br />
Listed Brightling, Hall House with East an Sussex<br />
adjacent OIEO two £475,000<br />
bedroom<br />
annexe RENOVATION and various OPPORTUNITY – Two/three<br />
outbuildings bedrooms with sitting scope in a for refurbishment.<br />
stunning rural idyll.<br />
Fairlight, E Sussex<br />
Guide £2.3m<br />
Unique seven bedroom,<br />
Grade II Listed period<br />
farmhouse. Set in 17 acres<br />
Warehorne, nr Ashford,<br />
commanding unparalleled<br />
Kent<br />
Guide £510,000 views, separate three bedroom<br />
semi-detached oast, outbuildings period<br />
An elegant four bedroom<br />
property.<br />
ripe for conversion & high<br />
spec equestrian facilities.<br />
SOLD<br />
SOLD<br />
UNDER OFFER<br />
STC<br />
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2 Windmill Oast, Windmill Farm,<br />
Rolvenden, Kent TN17 4PF<br />
Residential Sales • Management and Lettings<br />
Rural Benenden, Kent<br />
Guide £750,000<br />
A handsome, detached Grade II Listed period<br />
family home with four double bedrooms.<br />
Benenden, Kent<br />
Guide £795,000<br />
A four bedroom, detached family home being<br />
adjacent to the picturesque village green.<br />
01580 242700<br />
wealdproperty.net<br />
Goudhurst, Kent<br />
Guide £895,000<br />
A rare building plot of approximately 2.1 acres in<br />
North Road with planning consent.<br />
SOLD<br />
SOLD<br />
SOLD<br />
Goudhurst, Kent<br />
Guide £995,000<br />
Planning permission granted to build a new five<br />
bedroom Eco House with 5 stunning acres.<br />
Rushlake Green, East Sussex<br />
Guide £1,250,000<br />
A handsome and beautifully appointed six<br />
bedroom 16th Century farmhouse.<br />
Udimore, nr Rye, East Sussex<br />
Guide £1,500,000<br />
A magnificent seven bedroom house with<br />
stunning panoramic views over countryside and<br />
the sea.<br />
2 Windmill 2 Windmill Oast, Oast, Windmill Farm,<br />
Rolvenden, Kent TN17 4PF
savills.co.uk<br />
1<br />
IMMACULATELY REFURBISHED PROPERTY<br />
boughton aluph, kent<br />
Ashford 3.7 miles; Canterbury 10 miles; Tenterden 15 miles<br />
ø lovely country lane setting ø planning to extend ø 3 reception rooms ø 4 bedrooms ø 3<br />
bath/shower rooms ø 2 bedroom annexe ø stables ø shepherd's hut ø summerhouse with<br />
hot tub ø in total about 6.2 acres ø EPC=D<br />
Guide £1.795 million Freehold<br />
Savills Cranbrook<br />
2<br />
BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED HOME<br />
brookland, kent<br />
Rye 7.5 miles; Camber Sands 9.2 miles; Ashford International Station 13.4 miles<br />
ø well proportioned rooms ø 4 reception rooms ø kitchen/breakfast room ø 4 bedrooms<br />
ø 3 bathrooms ø lovely gardens ø about 1.4 acres ø further 30 acres available by<br />
separate negotiation ø EPC=E<br />
Guide £1.2 million Freehold<br />
Savills Cranbrook
Ruckinge Guide price: £545,000<br />
Character Detached Farmhouse offering scope for updating • Sitting Room with<br />
open fireplace • Four Bedrooms • Gardens approx. 0.39 of an acre • Timber<br />
Outbuilding 9.7m x 5.7m • Semi-Rural Location with fine views enjoyed out across<br />
the Romney Marshes • Ashford Int. station approx. 7 miles distance • EPC: E<br />
CRANBROOK OFFICE 01580 712 888<br />
West Farleigh Guide price £725,000<br />
Detached barn conversion with four bedrooms • Elevated position with<br />
far reaching countryside views • Floodlit Soft Track manege, stables &<br />
paddocks • Detached garage converted into an office suite • Surrounding<br />
gardens with ample off road parking • EPC: C<br />
PADDOCK WOOD OFFICE 01892 832 325<br />
Paddock Wood O.I.R.O £750,000<br />
Detached with four/five bedrooms • Flexible internal layout with large attic<br />
room • Attached one bedroom annex • Abundance of character and charm<br />
renovated to a high standard • Detached cart barn garage and driveway • NO<br />
CHAIN • EPC: Exempt<br />
PADDOCK WOOD OFFICE 01892 832 325 MAYFIELD OFFICE 01435 873 999<br />
Mayfield Guide Price £650,000<br />
Detached newly constructed bungalow • Walking distance to the High<br />
Street • Open plan living area • Kitchen with integrated appliances • Master<br />
bedroom with en suite shower • Three further bedrooms • Bathroom with<br />
separate shower cubicle • Under floor heating • Gardens & terrace • EPC: C
Country Houses<br />
www.hobbsparker.co.uk<br />
Brook, Nr Wye<br />
£1,275,000<br />
Period farmhouse and freehold cottage, gardens,<br />
fields, outbuildings, in all about 8 acres including<br />
a large farm building (about 7,000 ft²).<br />
Nr Wye<br />
£1,300,000<br />
Fabulous Kent long barn conversion on the North<br />
Downs - 2 miles from the village of Wye. 6 beds, 4 rec,<br />
3 bay wagon lodge, heated pool. About 1.40 acres.<br />
Tenterden<br />
£925,000<br />
Beautifully refurbished & extended 5 bedrooms (2 ensuite)<br />
family house, superb open plan kitchen/diner/family<br />
room. Further details on request. EPC Rating D<br />
Smarden<br />
£799,950<br />
A superb 6 bedroom family home converted from<br />
an American style oast house including 1 bed annexe,<br />
4 bay wagon barn. In all about 2 acres.<br />
Rolvenden<br />
£795,000<br />
Refurbished & extended home, open plan kitchen/dining/<br />
living room, sitting room with lantern light. Delightful<br />
gardens, far reaching views. In all about 0.5 acre.<br />
Charing<br />
£795,000<br />
Well appointed detached family house, integral selfcontained<br />
annexe, wonderfully established gardens<br />
within walking distance of station and village centre.<br />
Hobbs Parker Estate Agents LLP<br />
Tenterden 01580 766766 Ashford 01233 502222<br />
01580 766766
01580 761650<br />
www.philberts.co.uk<br />
TENTERDEN O.I.R.O £400,000<br />
4 bedroom detached brick built property offering<br />
the opportunity for improvement and modernisation,<br />
spacious rooms with plenty of natural light. Integral<br />
garage, ample off road parking, sought after<br />
location, walking distance to the High Street.<br />
ENERGY RATING: D<br />
LOWER RD, WOODCHURCH O.I.R.O £450,000<br />
4 bedroom detached property having undergone<br />
extensive modernisation and re-modelling throughout.<br />
Large open-plan family living and entertaining<br />
areas, separate formal lounge, country style kitchen<br />
boasting new cooking range, separate dining area,<br />
utility area, WC, off road parking and private rear<br />
garden. Viewings come highly recommended.<br />
ENERGY RATING: D<br />
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HOUSE OF THE MONTH by John Graham-Hart<br />
1.<br />
Hearth & Home<br />
John Graham-Hart locates properties with fireplaces...<br />
As an ex-pat brat raised in the tropics, coming home on leave<br />
was always a thrill. The helmeted bobbies and red double<br />
deckers, the gold-topped fresh milk, cakes without ants,<br />
the last swallows gathering on the telephone lines and all around<br />
the wonderful scents and gold leaves of autumn. But, to me, leave<br />
meant one thing above all others – my grandfather’s inglenook.<br />
To me having a fire in a room – any fire in any room – was extraordinary<br />
and an inglenook seemed to house a bonfire. I would be allowed to help<br />
lay it and then carefully apply a match and there I would sit, as close as<br />
fussing parents would allow, and gaze into the flames for hours on end.<br />
Even today, it seems that a space without a fireplace is a space without a<br />
heart, a space without a focal point around which to gather. Indeed our word<br />
‘focus’ comes from the Latin focus meaning a fire or hearth. Perhaps we are so<br />
drawn to firesides not only for the warmth but because, when all is said and<br />
done, we are diurnal animals and around us the night has always been dark and<br />
full of terrors. The dancing light speaks to us not only of comfort but safety.<br />
Fires and fireplaces come, of course, in all shapes and forms from<br />
imposing inglenook to elegant Adam, from cool Contura to the<br />
humble ‘50s glowing bars but they all have the power to draw, to<br />
mesmerize and turn a collection of purposeless walls into a room.<br />
So this month we went looking for houses with fireplaces to<br />
really write home about and which will truly come into their own<br />
as the evenings draw in. Luckily, in the Weald we are blessed with<br />
an enviable range of architectural styles each with their own take<br />
on how best to provide a room with its all important focus.<br />
1. Marsham Farm<br />
Where? Marsham Farm is in an<br />
elevated position on the outskirts of<br />
Fairlight, surrounded on three sides by<br />
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sea views to the south and Rye Bay to<br />
the east (Google Maps TN35 4ED).<br />
What? For sale is both a handsome<br />
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standing in 17 acres of grounds, fields and<br />
paddocks as well as a separate oast with a<br />
master bedroom suite and two further double<br />
bedrooms. On the ground floor of the main<br />
house is a drawing room with a fine and<br />
unusual fireplace of carved Baltic pine, a<br />
dining hall, study and large kitchen/breakfast<br />
room. On the first floor there is a master<br />
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further double bedrooms, two with their own<br />
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Outside there is a barn with stabling<br />
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manege, an office/studio, garaging and two<br />
attractive agricultural outbuildings with<br />
potential for conversion into additional<br />
accommodation or holiday lets.<br />
How much? Marsham Farm<br />
and its oast are on the market at<br />
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2. Old Cloth Hall<br />
Where? Old Cloth Hall is in<br />
a rural setting on the edge of the<br />
historic market town of Cranbrook<br />
and within the High Weald Area<br />
of Outstanding Natural Beauty<br />
(Google Maps TN17 3NR).<br />
What? A magnificent Grade II* listed<br />
country house originating from the<br />
15th century when Cranbrook’s great<br />
broadcloth industry was at its peak, Old<br />
Cloth Hall is a treasure trove of period<br />
features, with leaded light windows<br />
and fine timber, oak panelling, superb<br />
fireplaces and even some original wattle<br />
and daub. Accommodation includes<br />
a drawing room with an outstanding<br />
inglenook, a family room, garden<br />
room and kitchen/breakfast room.<br />
Upstairs there is a master bedroom suite<br />
with a dressing room and bathroom and<br />
five further bedrooms, one with an en<br />
suite bathroom and another with an en<br />
suite shower room. Outside are double<br />
and triple garages – the latter includes a<br />
games room, gym and shower room – as<br />
well as a pool and timber pool house<br />
and a stable block with three stables.<br />
How much? Old Cloth Hall<br />
is priced at £2,650,000 and is with<br />
Jackson-Stops in Cranbrook. Call 01580<br />
720000 or visit www.jackson-stops.co.uk<br />
3. Kilndown House<br />
Where? Kilndown House is in<br />
an elevated position with spectacular<br />
views, in Kilndown, just to the<br />
southwest of the attractive village of<br />
Goudhurst (Google Maps TN17 2SG).<br />
What? An impressive, Grade II listed<br />
mid-Victorian country house designed<br />
in the Gothic Revival style by Richard<br />
Cromwell Carpenter – responsible<br />
for both Lancing and Hurstpierpoint<br />
schools – and now for sale along with its<br />
two-bedroom coach house. Along with<br />
its internal and external Gothic arching<br />
and its trefoil mullioned windows, the<br />
property’s superb fireplaces are a major<br />
feature. Accommodation includes an<br />
elegant drawing room and dining room,<br />
a sitting room, study, morning room<br />
and kitchen/breakfast room and cellar.<br />
Upstairs there is a master bedroom<br />
with en suite bathroom and five<br />
further bedrooms, one with an en suite<br />
bathroom. Within the four acres of<br />
lovely grounds there is a rose garden,<br />
orchard, extensive York stone terracing,<br />
a swimming pool and a triple garage.<br />
How much? Kilndown House is<br />
on the market with Savills in Cranbrook<br />
and is priced at £2,600,000. Call 01580<br />
720161 or visit www.savills.co.uk.<br />
4. Giles Farm<br />
Where? Giles Farm is on the edge<br />
of the pretty Domesday village of<br />
Pluckley (Google Maps TN27 0SY).<br />
What? A Grade II listed farmhouse<br />
with about four-and-a-half acres of<br />
land, Giles Farm is awash with period<br />
detail, including exposed timbers<br />
and ‘Dering’ arched windows unique<br />
to the Pluckley area. On the ground<br />
floor there is a drawing room with<br />
an inglenook, a dining room with<br />
an impressive carved Bethersden<br />
marble fireplace and beautiful oak<br />
staircase, and a kitchen/breakfast<br />
room with glazed doors to the garden.<br />
On the first floor there is a master<br />
bedroom with en suite bathroom<br />
and three further bedrooms, one<br />
with an en suite bathroom. The<br />
attractive grounds and gardens<br />
encompass both ornamental and<br />
wildlife ponds, terraced areas, a<br />
paddock, a stable block with three<br />
loose boxes and a large modern barn.<br />
How much? Giles Farm<br />
is on the market at £800,000-<br />
£850,000 and is with Warner Gray<br />
in Tenterden. Call 01580 766044<br />
or visit www.warnergray.co.uk<br />
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to reserve a space on the tours in advance...<br />
Ashford School Ashford<br />
01233 739030<br />
www.ashfordschool.co.uk<br />
Visits to Bridge House Pre-<br />
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Friday 9 <strong>October</strong>. Wednesday<br />
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November. Friday 20 November.<br />
Friday 4 December.<br />
Battle Abbey School<br />
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Saturday 14 November 10am-12noon.<br />
Call for information on visiting the<br />
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843252 www.bedes.org<br />
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Saturday 3 <strong>October</strong>.<br />
Beechwood Sacred Heart<br />
Tunbridge Wells 01892 532747<br />
www.beechwood.org.uk<br />
Whole School Open Day:<br />
Saturday 10 <strong>October</strong> 9.30am-1pm.<br />
Nursery & Prep School Open Day:<br />
Tuesday 8 March 2016<br />
9.30am-12noon.<br />
Whole School Open Day:<br />
Saturday 12 March 2016<br />
9.30am-1pm.<br />
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www.bethanyschool.org.uk<br />
Open Morning:<br />
Wednesday 7 <strong>October</strong> 9am-11.30am.<br />
Bricklehurst Manor School<br />
Wadhurst 01580 200448<br />
www.bricklehurst.co.uk<br />
Open Day:<br />
Saturday 3 <strong>October</strong> 9.30am-12noon.<br />
Claremont 01424 751555<br />
(Nursery/Prep in Baldslow) / 01580<br />
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Open Days:<br />
Saturday 3 <strong>October</strong> 9.30am-12noon.<br />
Tuesday 6 <strong>October</strong> 9.30am-12noon.<br />
Saturday 5 March 2016 9.30am-12noon.<br />
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Saturday 21 May 2016 9.30am-12noon.<br />
Tuesday 24 May 2016 9.30am-12noon.<br />
Cobham Hall<br />
Gravesend 01474 823371<br />
www.cobhamhall.com<br />
Open Morning:<br />
Saturday 3 <strong>October</strong>.<br />
Cranbrook School<br />
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www.cranbrook.kent.sch.uk<br />
Open Day:<br />
Tuesday 10 November (Sixth<br />
Form Open Evening 6-8pm).<br />
dulwich Prep School<br />
Cranbrook 01580 712179<br />
www.dcpskent.org<br />
Open Morning:<br />
Thursday 8 <strong>October</strong>.<br />
Frewen College<br />
Northiam 01797 252494<br />
www.frewencollege.co.uk<br />
Visit the school website ‘contact<br />
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Holmewood House<br />
Langton Green 01892 860006<br />
www.holmewood.kent.sch.uk<br />
Visit the school website ‘overview ><br />
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Junior King’s Canterbury<br />
Sturry 01227 714000<br />
www.junior-kings.co.uk<br />
Open Morning:<br />
Saturday 3 <strong>October</strong>.<br />
Junior’s day Nursery<br />
Tonbridge 01732 365188<br />
www.juniorsdaynursery.co.uk<br />
Call for information on<br />
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Kent College Canterbury<br />
01227 763231 (Senior)<br />
01227 762436 (Junior)<br />
www.kentcollege.com<br />
Senior School Open Morning:<br />
Saturday 3 <strong>October</strong> 9am-12.30pm.<br />
Sixth Form Open Evening:<br />
Tuesday 6 <strong>October</strong> 6-8pm.<br />
Kent College Pembury<br />
Tunbridge Wells 01892<br />
822006 www.kent-college.co.uk<br />
Senior School Open Mornings:<br />
Saturday 3 <strong>October</strong> 9.30am-1pm.<br />
Tuesday 6 <strong>October</strong> 9.15am-1pm.<br />
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9.15am-1pm. Thursday 5<br />
May 2016 9.15am-1pm.<br />
King’s Rochester<br />
Rochester 01634 888590<br />
www.kings-rochester.co.uk<br />
Open Days:<br />
Saturday 3 <strong>October</strong> 9.15am-12pm.<br />
Saturday 27 February 2016.<br />
Saturday 7 May 2016.<br />
Lancing College<br />
Lancing 01273 452213<br />
www.lancingcollege.co.uk<br />
Open Mornings:<br />
Saturday 3 <strong>October</strong>. Saturday 30<br />
April 2016 for entry to Third Form<br />
(Year 9) and Lower Sixth (Year 12).<br />
Marlborough House School<br />
Hawkhurst 01580 753555<br />
www.marlboroughhouseschool.co.uk<br />
Whole School Open Morning:<br />
Friday 9 <strong>October</strong> 10am-12noon.<br />
Mayfield<br />
Mayfield 01435 874642<br />
www.mayfieldgirls.org<br />
Open Days:<br />
Friday 20 November. Thursday 10<br />
March 2016. Tuesday 19 April 2016<br />
The Mead School<br />
Tunbridge Wells 01892 525837<br />
www.meadschool.info<br />
Open Day:<br />
Thursday 8 <strong>October</strong> 10am-12noon<br />
& 2.15-3.15pm.<br />
Mr Noah’s Nursery School<br />
Iden Green 01580 240642<br />
www.mrnoahsnurseryschool.co.uk<br />
Call for information on<br />
visiting the nursery.<br />
Northbourne Park School<br />
Betteshanger 01304 611215<br />
www.northbournepark.com<br />
Open Mornings:<br />
Saturday 3 <strong>October</strong> 10am-12.30pm.<br />
Saturday 27 February 2016<br />
10am-12.30pm. Saturday 7<br />
May 2016 10am-12.30pm.<br />
Rye Studio School<br />
Rye 01797 228434<br />
www.ryestudioschool.co.uk<br />
Call for information on<br />
visiting the school.<br />
Sackville School<br />
Hildenborough 01732 838888<br />
www.sackvilleschool.co.uk<br />
Call for information on<br />
visiting the school.<br />
Saint Ronan’s School<br />
Hawkhurst 01580 752271<br />
www.saintronans.co.uk<br />
Call for information on<br />
visiting the school.<br />
Sevenoaks Preparatory School<br />
Sevenoaks 01732 762336<br />
www.theprep.org.uk<br />
Call for information on<br />
visiting the school.<br />
Skippers Hill Manor<br />
Preparatory School<br />
Mayfield 01825 830234<br />
www.skippershill.com<br />
Open Morning:<br />
Tuesday 6 <strong>October</strong> 9.30-11.30am.<br />
Spring Grove School<br />
Wye 01233 812337<br />
www.springgroveschool.co.uk<br />
Open Morning:<br />
Tuesday 6 <strong>October</strong> 9.30-11.30am.<br />
St Edmund’s School<br />
Canterbury 01227 475600<br />
www.stedmunds.org.uk<br />
Open Morning:<br />
Tuesday 6 <strong>October</strong> 9.30-11.30am.<br />
St Lawrence College<br />
Ramsgate 01843 572931<br />
www.slcuk.com<br />
Junior School Open Day:<br />
Friday 2 <strong>October</strong> 10am-12noon<br />
or 1.30-3pm.<br />
Senior School Open Day:<br />
Saturday 3 <strong>October</strong> 10.45am-2pm.<br />
Sutton Valence School<br />
Sutton Valence 01622 845206 (Senior)<br />
01622 842117 (Prep) www.svs.org.uk<br />
Senior School Open Mornings:<br />
Saturday 26 September. Saturday<br />
3rd <strong>October</strong> (Sixth Form only).<br />
Saturday 7 November.<br />
Prep Open Morning:<br />
Friday 2 <strong>October</strong><br />
University of Kent<br />
Tonbridge 01227 764000<br />
www.kent.ac.uk/tonbridge<br />
Call for information on<br />
visiting the university<br />
Vinehall School<br />
Robertsbridge 01580 883090<br />
www.vinehallschool.com<br />
Open Morning:<br />
Friday 2 <strong>October</strong> 9.30am-12noon.<br />
Walthamstow Hall<br />
Sevenoaks 01732 451334<br />
www.walthamstow-hall.co.uk<br />
Call for information on<br />
visiting the school.<br />
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Previous pages & above: Leading from the hall – which is the heart of the house – is the traditional farmhouse kitchen, the original and oldest part of the<br />
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<br />
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This page: The sitting room stretches the entire depth of the house with leaded windows on three sides. Painted in subtle tones of pale blue and yellow,<br />
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This page: From the sitting room, stairs lead up to Pennybridge’s two further floors Above left: A day bed nestles into an alcove on a landing<br />
of such old houses, Pennybridge surprises. In the 1920s it<br />
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The Garden Room however – which also leads off from<br />
the hall – is where Jilly and Peter spend a great deal of <br />
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Left & top left: Two of the children’s beamed bedrooms Above: The master bathroom<br />
The Burnets have not changed any of the bathrooms since<br />
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Expecting it to be quite dark with low ceilings,<br />
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This page: The master bedroom at the south end of the house has a wonderful colonial feel with lots of old mahogany furniture bought off the set of Room<br />
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This page: Beyond the kitchen is Jilly’s office from where she and her friend<br />
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Beyond the kitchen is Jilly’s office from where she and <br />
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The Garden Room is where Jilly and Peter spend a great deal of their time. With<br />
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Pennybridge has 55 rolling acres of grass pasture but<br />
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This page: An old farm building that was once a dairy and stable has been sensitively restored to create additional living space, with many of the original<br />
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This page: Pennybridge has 55 rolling acres of grass pasture but the house is set in a beautiful, blowsy cottage garden looking across the lawns to the swimming pool<br />
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Hill House<br />
Words: John Graham-Hart Photographs: David Merewether Styling: Lucy Fleming<br />
Linda Carter’s Hastings retreat has provided her and her family with a<br />
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Filled with finds that she has tracked down at French brocantes over the<br />
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Previous pages & this page: The downstairs space is now a living room and<br />
kitchen with a small bathroom off the kitchen<br />
Someone once said that one can never be too<br />
rich, too thin – or have too much space in<br />
which to express oneself. It may have been<br />
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If you’ve space by the barrel-load, you’re laughing.<br />
Big spaces are not only generous in that they offer the<br />
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miss here or a little indulgence there really doesn’t<br />
matter, the grand design still triumphs. Smaller<br />
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creativity and are about as forgiving as a rattlesnake.<br />
So faced with a fisherman’s cottage in Hastings<br />
offering what was effectively a grand total of four<br />
modest rooms Linda had her work cut out. Her<br />
treatment of her family’s main home, under an hour<br />
away, had already been a serious success and the<br />
property had featured in a previous issue of <strong>Wealden</strong><br />
<strong>Times</strong> (www.wealdentimes.co.uk/house/wt136a) but<br />
this was an entirely different animal and called for<br />
a completely different approach and skill set.<br />
Linda is one of the Three French Hens, three<br />
Francophile old school friends who have set up a<br />
business sourcing brocante home and garden<br />
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Above left: A neat expanding table that seats four tucks conveniently under the stairs Above right: On the wall is a clever French find that has allowed Linda<br />
to indulge in her passion of displaying every-day objects: an old pair of cupboard doors backed with chicken wire<br />
collectables and selling them at the regular sales at<br />
Silcocks Farm Shop in Tenterden. “We are all creative<br />
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home-making with a style leaning towards the nostalgic<br />
and eclectic,” she says. “One friend, Mandi, lives a<br />
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has a daughter there so they are well placed to trawl<br />
the French markets, brocante sales and vide-greniers.”<br />
Unfortunately, their love of the markets and talent<br />
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when their own houses could take no more of their finds<br />
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is testament to her own eye. Although a 20 th century<br />
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of their previous lives. It’s the perfect setting for her.<br />
If there is one unifying theme that runs through<br />
Linda’s home it’s that whereas we might hide<br />
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Linda went for white walls and French grey woodwork throughout including the floors. The<br />
grey has worked particularly well on the downstairs floors. They had been painted so many times<br />
before that the grain and imperfections had been, literally, glossed over which had left a lovely<br />
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away the apparently uninteresting paraphernalia<br />
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own up – I pinched the idea from Bill’s in Lewes,”<br />
admits Linda. Pinched or not, it was a great idea.<br />
However, although this concept worked well in<br />
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This page: In the kitchen, Linda took out all the high units which opened out the room dramatically. “We were only going to use the cottage as a holiday<br />
home so we really didn’t need all the kitchen storage of a home kitchen,” she says. Cost was a consideration and so the old pine surfaces were given a new lease<br />
of life with a coat or two of Farrow & Ball black floor paint<br />
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“It was exactly what we were looking for,” says Linda.<br />
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Above left: For the bathroom, off the kitchen, Linda has sourced a dinky little bath which does the job perfectly, fitting neatly into the space available Above<br />
right: The staircase in the centre of the living room leads to the two upstairs bedrooms<br />
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This page: The two bedrooms are two more cool white and bright spaces,<br />
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E<br />
Enlivening hand & body<br />
wash, £24, <strong>Wealden</strong>fairs.com/<br />
blendcollective<br />
Bathe in Bliss<br />
Stylish bathroom finishing touches...<br />
WT Kitchen & Bathroom Feature<br />
Inside Out bathroom<br />
cabinet, £395, 0121<br />
224 7728 www.<br />
redcandy.co.uk<br />
Cube electric towel<br />
warmer in chrome, £295,<br />
0845 470 2427 www.<br />
frontlinebathroooms.co.uk<br />
monogrammed Ravenna<br />
velour bath robe, £95,<br />
0845 602 9050 www.<br />
thefinecottoncompany.com<br />
teal wire basket, £12, set<br />
of two ceramic shells,<br />
£24, 02392 469400<br />
www.tch.net<br />
<br />
Beautifully designed<br />
and crafted<br />
kitchens.<br />
Marion John Design Award Finalists 2014<br />
HAND<br />
CRAFTED IN<br />
TBF<br />
ENGLAND<br />
●TRADITIONAL<br />
EST 2003<br />
●<br />
RB E S P O K E F U RN IT U<br />
www.collinsbespoke.com<br />
For a free design consultation contact us<br />
01233 822595<br />
info@collinsbespoke.com<br />
Showroom opening soon but visitors to the workshop are always welcome, of course!<br />
KITCHENS<br />
BEDROOMS<br />
& BATHROOMS<br />
01892 723083<br />
www.traditionalbespokefurniture.co.uk<br />
UNIT 2, THE COPPICE, PETTERIDGE LANE, MATFIELD, KENT TN12 7LP<br />
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THE BATHROOM SHOP<br />
Independent bespoke bathroom specialists<br />
k Bathroom installation<br />
k Sanitaryware, modern and traditional<br />
k Taps and showers, modern and traditional<br />
k Shower enclosures and bath screens<br />
k Fitted and free-standing furniture<br />
k Radiators, modern and traditional<br />
k Bathroom tiles supplied and fitted<br />
k Accessories and toiletries<br />
k Robes, towels, bathmats etc…<br />
11 East Cross, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6AD k Telephone: 01580 763207<br />
www.the-bathroomshop.co.uk<br />
BathroomShop<br />
@TheBathroomShop<br />
Tel: 01732 464450<br />
www.badgerbathrooms.co.uk<br />
8/9 Tubs Hill Parade, Tubs Hill, Sevenoaks, TN13 1DH<br />
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Project Management<br />
Design<br />
New Build & Refurbishment<br />
Installation & Conversion<br />
During <strong>October</strong> we will be hosting a Bathroom Brands SALE with up to 50% off premium brands<br />
including Burlington, Britton Bathrooms and Clearwater Baths.<br />
15 Stone Street | Cranbrook KENT | TN17 3HF | Telephone: 01580 714242 | www.capitaltocoast.com<br />
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This<br />
wonderful<br />
en suite bathroom has<br />
been cleverly fitted into attic<br />
space and features a roll-top<br />
bath, chic basin on an oak base<br />
made by the homeowner. To keep<br />
the space light and welcoming the<br />
original timbers and floorboards<br />
have been painted white<br />
www.wealdentimes.co.uk/<br />
house/wt144b<br />
WT Kitchen & Bathroom Feature<br />
Small Spaces<br />
We’ve revisted our archives and picked a handful of our<br />
favourite bathrooms in restricted and unusual spaces.<br />
Take a look online at www.wealdentimes.co.uk to read<br />
the full features behind each image...<br />
Images: David Merewether<br />
This<br />
roll-top bath<br />
from the Albion Bath<br />
Company (below) is made from<br />
an amalgam of a self-reinforced cast<br />
resin and mineral mixture - in short,<br />
reconstituted stone - with a chemical glaze.<br />
The result is a bath which retains heat<br />
and which is under half the weight<br />
of an original cast-iron bath.<br />
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house/wt128b<br />
Here,<br />
an antique rolltop<br />
bath is positioned<br />
next to a washbasin with<br />
scallop shell shaped soap insets.<br />
The pipework beneath has been<br />
covered with muslin drapes,<br />
and above the basin, hangs a<br />
vintage bevelled mirror.<br />
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house/wt127b<br />
An<br />
elegant<br />
family bathroom<br />
is tied together with<br />
shades of powder pink<br />
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co.uk/house/<br />
wt144a<br />
This<br />
whole<br />
bathroom has been<br />
modelled around the<br />
homeowner’s magnificent<br />
William Holland copper<br />
bath which the company<br />
sold on eBay as a second<br />
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Urbane<br />
Warrior<br />
Chunky knits, soft leather gloves and a quilted jacket<br />
are all you need to take on the elements...<br />
Photographs: David Merewether Styling: Helen Barton and Jennifer Stuart-Smith<br />
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Black leather wallet, £135, Ostrich 2 Love www.wealdenfairs.com/ostrich2love; Gant dot socks, £13, Jeremy Hobbs Fine Menswear, Surrey<br />
01932 865700 www.jeremyhobbs.co.uk; Pro Design brown frames, £175, Gant black frames, £120, Linda Pope Opticians, Hawkhurst<br />
01580 753744 www.lindapopeoptician.co.uk; Kent men’s folding pocket comb, £8.50, organic shea butter, £4.99, The Original Cowboy<br />
moustache comb, £9.99, Golden Pumpkin men’s hand cream, £8.99, Ville De Fleurs www.wealdenfairs.com/villedefleurs; navy silk<br />
bowtie, £15, Profuoma suede navy belt, £39, County Clothes, Tenterden 01580 765159 www.countyclothesmenswear.co.uk;<br />
Lapis cufflinks, £25, Victorious Bee www.wealdenfairs.com/victoriousbee; men’s merino sheepskin gloves, £39.99, Snugrugs<br />
www.wealdenfairs.com/snugrugs; Sinistre frames in ‘Espadon’ 2016, £299, RockOptika www.wealdenfairs.com/rockoptika<br />
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QUALITY CLOTHING AND A PERSONAL SERVICE<br />
New season Country Sports Wear,<br />
Fashion and Work Wear in now<br />
With the autumn/winter season<br />
drawing closer, we are pleased to<br />
be able to offer our new ranges<br />
of BARBOUR classic, country and<br />
contemporary ranges of clothing.<br />
With probably the widest selection<br />
in the southeast, please visit our<br />
Canterbury and Reigate stores.<br />
Swattenden Lane | Cranbrook | TN17 3PS<br />
01580 713189<br />
www.charityfarmcountrystore.co.uk<br />
As well as a smaller collection<br />
of contemporary BARBOUR, our<br />
Tenterden store is now pleased<br />
to be stocking ranges of R M<br />
WILLIAMS QUALITY footwear and CLOTHING clothing. AND A PERSONAL SERVICE<br />
Established in 1932, the name<br />
is synonymous with quality<br />
crafted boots and accessories.<br />
Please visit our new website at www.countyclothesmenswear.co.uk<br />
for an update on our brands and stores.<br />
19 St. Margarets St,<br />
Canterbury,<br />
Kent CT1 2TH<br />
Tel: 01227 765294<br />
Follow us<br />
CountyClothes<br />
2 East Cross,<br />
Tenterden,<br />
Kent TN30 6AD<br />
Tel: 01580 765159<br />
6 High St,<br />
Reigate,<br />
Surrey RH2 9AY<br />
Tel: 01737 249224<br />
One of Seiko’s longest serving elite agents.<br />
We are here to provide that special gift and cover<br />
all your Jewellery and Repair needs.<br />
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96 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JB.<br />
Tel. 01580 763 155<br />
www.whitesjewellers.co.uk<br />
info@whitesjewellers.co.uk<br />
96 High Street, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6JB. 01580 763 155<br />
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Shoffel waistcoat, £279.95, Pennine socks, £17.95, Chris Potter Country Sports,<br />
Tunbridge Wells 01892 522208 www.gun.co.uk; brown wool scarf, £35, Romney<br />
Marsh Wools www.wealdenfairs.com/romneymarshwools; Brakeburn canvas bag,<br />
£33.95, Toggi boots, £129.95, Joules feathered hat, £39.95, Charity Farm<br />
Countrystore, Cranbrook 01580 713189 www.charityfarmcountrystore.co.uk;<br />
Vega frames in ‘Blue Turtle’ 2016, £299, RockOptika<br />
www.wealdenfairs.com/rockoptika<br />
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Barbour Torbay navy crew neck jumper, £89.95,<br />
Barbour Nelson essential crew neck jumper, £69.95, The<br />
Golden Fleece, Rye 01797 224271 www.wealdenfairs.<br />
com/thegoldenfleece; Paolo Vandini brown leather shoes,<br />
£89, Hackett flannel shirt, £149, Jeremy Hobbs Fine<br />
Menswear, Surrey 01932 865700 www.jeremyhobbs.co.uk
We have moved to the<br />
centre of Sevenoaks,<br />
thank you for your<br />
amazing custom that<br />
has allowed us to grow.<br />
The Clever Dresser<br />
continues to source<br />
the best in Fashion<br />
Helmut Lang<br />
DVF Diane Von<br />
Furstenberg<br />
MILLY New York<br />
McQ McQueen<br />
Tom Ford<br />
AG Jeans<br />
Rebecca Taylor<br />
Rebecca Minkoff<br />
Frame Jeans<br />
Zoe Karssen<br />
Duffy<br />
Muubaa<br />
CleverDresser<br />
6 Bank St. Sevenoaks,<br />
Kent TN13 1UW<br />
01732 453 002<br />
www.thecleverdresser.com<br />
THE CLEVER DRESSER<br />
BOUTIQUE<br />
STYLISH SHOES FOR STYLISH FEET<br />
Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm<br />
15 High Street, Westerham, Kent. TN16 1RA<br />
01959 565644 or order online at:<br />
www.manukashoes.com<br />
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Made With Love<br />
New Autumn/Winter<br />
Yarn in stock<br />
Bespoke Floral Designs<br />
for all occasions<br />
Mobile 07977 142447<br />
contact@sissinghurstflowers.co.uk<br />
www.sissinghurstflowers.co.uk<br />
hoop<br />
92 High Street, Tenterden<br />
01580 388011<br />
www.hoophaberdashery.co.uk<br />
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Retailer of<br />
the year <strong>2015</strong><br />
Irresistable fashion jewellery and accessories<br />
Buy online<br />
Host a party*<br />
Become a stylist<br />
Contact<br />
Rachel Carson<br />
Independent Stylist<br />
07967 808092<br />
www.stelladot.co.uk/rachelcarson<br />
dressing undeniable beauty<br />
www.odyl.co.uk<br />
01580 714907<br />
*A pop-up shop in your home or place of work at coffee mornings, lunches, afternoon<br />
teas or evening events. Hostesses have the opportunity to receive free and discounted<br />
jewellery.<br />
It is illegal for a promoter or a participant in a trading scheme to persuade anyone to<br />
make a payment by promising benefits<br />
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Hunter Outdoor waxed jacket in Olive, £45, Charity<br />
Farm Countrystore, Cranbrook 01580 713189<br />
www.charityfarmcountrystore.co.uk; Gant Greenwich twill<br />
tattersall check shirt, £99, Jeremy Hobbs Fine Menswear,<br />
Surrey 01932 865700 www.jeremyhobbs.co.uk<br />
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Wool lined suede moccasin slippers, £35, Romney Marsh Wools www.wealdenfairs.com/romneymarshwools;<br />
Dubarry leather plaited belt, £55, Chris Potter Country Sports, Tunbridge Wells 01892 522208 www.gun.co.uk; Kent extra small moustache &<br />
beard comb, £2.99, ‘Uplifting & Toning’ aftershave spritzer, £8.99, ‘Golden Pumpkin & Sandalwood’ aftershave balm, £12.99, ‘Lavender &<br />
Hops’ pillow spray, £9.99, Ville De Fleurs www.wealdenfairs.com/villedefleurs; Atlas frames in ‘Greengage Crumble’ 2016 £299, RockOptika<br />
www.wealdenfairs.com/rockoptika<br />
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Linda Pope<br />
F.B.D.O<br />
From our new<br />
autumn collection,<br />
organic cotton<br />
& wool cardigan<br />
£59.90<br />
facebook.com/LindaPopeOpticians<br />
Rye Road • Hawkhurst<br />
Telephone. 01580 753744<br />
5 Stone Street, Cranbrook,<br />
Kent TN17 3HF<br />
Tel: 01580 714156<br />
www.spicecranbrook.co.uk<br />
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No 6, The Colonnade, Rye Road,<br />
Hawkhurst, Kent TN18 4ES - 01580 752118<br />
12 High Street, Rye, East Sussex TN31 7JF - 01797 224 369<br />
Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm www.cordeliajames.com<br />
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Flower&Glory<br />
Weddings • Events • House & Garden<br />
The new Limited Edition Harris Tweed<br />
Murdo and Stuart Jackets are here<br />
Gorgeous flowers for weddings, funerals & events - and everyday.<br />
Unusual decorative objects for the house &<br />
garden - for that lovely finishing touch.<br />
Stockist of Neom Luxury Organics<br />
Home Fragrancing & Body Products.<br />
12 Blacks Yard, Blighs Meadow, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1DS<br />
Tel: 01732 743419 www.flowerandglory.co.uk<br />
Tel: 01797 224271<br />
16 Lion Street, Rye, E.Sussex TN31 7LB<br />
e: shop@thegoldenfleece.co.uk<br />
w: www.thegoldenfleece.co.uk<br />
@goldenfleecerye<br />
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at Eves<br />
20% Promotion<br />
Throughout <strong>October</strong><br />
Eves of West Malling<br />
84a High Street,<br />
West Malling, Kent<br />
ME19 6NE 01732 845303<br />
www.evesofwestmalling.co.uk<br />
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‘Blenheim’ plaid trousers, £35, Blue Blancmange<br />
www.wealdenfairs.com/blueblancmange; Ibex tan leather belt,<br />
£39, Jeremy Hobbs Fine Menswear, Surrey 01932 865700<br />
www.jeremyhobbs.co.uk; Musto tweed trousers, £260, Chris<br />
Potter Country Sports, Tunbridge Wells 01892 522208<br />
www.gun.co.uk; Barbour ‘Canterdale’ quilted<br />
jacket, £129, The Golden Fleece<br />
www.wealdenfairs.com/thegoldenfleece; Barker wing tip<br />
brogues, £215, County Clothes, Tenterden 01580<br />
765159 www.countyclothesmenswear.co.uk;<br />
grey baby Alpaca socks, £8.95, Alpaca Wardrobe<br />
www.wealdenfairs.com/alpacawardrobe<br />
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cashmere and silk knitwear<br />
Concept<br />
Hair<br />
salon<br />
Knitted Poncho<br />
Jumper £90<br />
Ladies Shopping Evening Wednesday 14th <strong>October</strong> <strong>2015</strong> 6-8pm<br />
Enjoy a glass of champagne whilst browsing the new Autumn/Winter<br />
collections and an opportunity to meet all the Cashara team!<br />
10% discount on the evening plus a goody bag to go<br />
5 High Street, Tenterden TN30 6BN<br />
Telephone 07966 033000 Email sales@cashara.co.uk<br />
Shop online at www.cashara.co.uk<br />
50 High Street, Tenterden 01580 762 564<br />
Book online at www.williamcharleshair.co.uk<br />
or through our facebook page<br />
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Fynch Hatton grey knitted jumper, £129, Tumble & Hide<br />
leather coin purse, £25, County Clothes, Tenterden<br />
01580 765159 www.countyclothesmenswear.co.uk;<br />
Portcurno shorts, £30, Blue Blancmange<br />
www.wealdenfairs.com/blueblancmange;<br />
beige baby Alpaca socks, £8.95, Alpaca Wardrobe<br />
www.wealdenfairs.com/alpacawardrobe<br />
Never miss an issue of <strong>Wealden</strong><br />
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interactive iPad edition
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Highly Skilled Therapists using the<br />
Best Quality Products in everything we do.<br />
Offering a Huge Variety of Treatments<br />
To Both Men and Women.<br />
Stalwart Wellness provides a unique setting nestled in the grounds<br />
of a private residence in Tenterden offering:<br />
n Pilates classes<br />
n Corporate wellness<br />
n Yoga classes<br />
n Private lessons<br />
For more information and details on the classes please go to<br />
stalwartwellness.co.uk or contact info@stalwartwellness.co.uk<br />
or 07779 670502<br />
Stalwart Wellness Tenterden Kent<br />
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Bespoke non-surgical<br />
treatment packages for a<br />
fresher, brighter you in <strong>2015</strong>!<br />
Combining the latest in non-surgical aesthetic<br />
treatments including thread lifts, mesotherapy,<br />
laser treatments and more.<br />
Contact us to book a no obligation<br />
FREE aesthetic consultation on 01580 762323.<br />
Woodbury Clinic<br />
149 High Street<br />
Tenterden<br />
Kent TN30 6JS<br />
www.woodburyclinic.co.uk<br />
Dr Jaimini Vadgama<br />
BDS Hons (Lond) PG Cert MFDS RCSEd<br />
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finish. Whichever you choose, lips will feel very smooth and<br />
hydrated – and the colour (or at least the tint) really goes<br />
the distance. The lipstick is enriched ‘with the signature<br />
Burberry blend of tea, lavender and rosehip’. And of<br />
course, being Burberry, the packaging’s as sexy as it gets –<br />
etched with the Burberry check, and with a very satisfying<br />
magnetic ‘snap’ as it clicks into place. The only challenge?<br />
Choosing which of 28 shades to indulge yourself with, from<br />
suits-everyone nudes to Burberry’s classic Military Red.<br />
TIP: For lipstick to look its best, lips must be super-smooth.<br />
Never pick at flakes, but lightly scrub them with a D-I-Y<br />
sugar scrub. Just put a dot of olive oil on your finger, and<br />
a few grains of caster sugar, and then rub in a circular<br />
direction. Remove with a wet flannel (resisting the urge<br />
to eat the lip-buffer!), and follow with lashings of balm.<br />
Lipstick<br />
Love<br />
Josephine Fairley slicks on the latest lip colours…<br />
Illustrations: Susanne Hayes<br />
Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet. £8.99. If you like a lip<br />
look that lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts (and lasts), this is<br />
your baby. (And strong lips are such a great look, this winter.)<br />
It delivers va-va-voom from the get-go: seriously strong,<br />
intense colour with – yes, the name lives up to it – a velvet<br />
finish, in 10 shades. It’s incredibly lightweight, and doesn’t<br />
deliver that sensation that you’re wearing someone else’s lips,<br />
and they’re slightly too small – which is all too often the case<br />
with a long-last lip product. You want to get the application<br />
right – but with the sponge tip, that’s quite easy. Just apply<br />
– and forget about it, till you catch sight of your lips in the<br />
mirror at lunchtime, and realise that yes: that vamp is you.<br />
LIP TIP: To stop lipstick getting on your teeth, pucker lips<br />
and pull your index finger through. The excess lipstick<br />
that gets on your teeth will come off on your finger.<br />
For once this season, being a loudmouth is a good thing.<br />
Vivid reds and deep burgundies abound – and I’m<br />
embracing them. I’m not ashamed to say that I take<br />
make-up seriously: I’ve seen skilfully applied foundation make<br />
a woman appear 10 years younger, and strategically placed<br />
blush and highlighter create cheekbones where, to the naked<br />
eye, there were none. But of all the make-up options out<br />
there, lipstick is the one that makes the quickest difference,<br />
often cheering up you (and your looks) with a single swipe.<br />
The past 18 months have been a ‘vintage’ season<br />
for fab lipstick launches. Here are the products which<br />
have put a massive smile on my face (if you get my<br />
drift), along with some of my favourite-ever ‘lip tips’.<br />
(Note: as with shoes and coats, I always think it pays to<br />
trade up and invest in a more luxurious lipstick: there<br />
genuinely is a difference in texture/finish – and a lipstick<br />
you love can last you years, even with regular use.)<br />
Burberry Kisses Lipstick, £25. Lipstick-phobes, this<br />
one’s for you. Because this is so utterly comfortable, you<br />
barely notice there’s anything there till you look in the<br />
mirror. It’s super-lightweight, super-moisturising and very<br />
‘buildable’ – meaning that you can go for a light, sheer<br />
wash of colour, or a vampy pout with a luscious, luminous<br />
Estée Lauder Pure Color Envy Shine Sculpting<br />
Lipstick, £24. What I really, really love about this<br />
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do you have a particular<br />
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In a world full of powders,<br />
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Traditionally, Matcha green<br />
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The colour of Matcha very<br />
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The Optician<br />
Optometrist Tanya McKie from Linda Pope Optician<br />
How often should I have my eyes tested and how much does an eye test cost? It is<br />
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What kind of issues is the optometrist looking for in an eye test? An<br />
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do my chances of having eye problems increase with age and can they be lifestyle<br />
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Eye yoga<br />
<strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong>’s resident yogi, Julie Simpson<br />
does yoga have a role to play in the overall health of our eyes? Yoga is<br />
all about balance: the balance between mind and body, between using and<br />
resting, and between stretching and relaxing. This applies just as much to<br />
our eyes as to other parts of our bodies. Hunching up in front of a computer<br />
and peering at a lit screen needs to be balanced with getting up and moving<br />
around the room. Likewise with resting, as well as exercising, the eyes.<br />
How can I rest over-used eye muscles while sitting at my computer? Relax<br />
your neck and shoulders, rub the palms of your hands together to create<br />
warmth and close your eyes. Place your fingers on your forehead and your<br />
warm, cupped hands over your eye sockets to block out the light and imagine<br />
breathing the velvety darkness into your closed eyes, allowing the warmth<br />
and energy from your hands to flow through and soothe you. When you are<br />
ready, slowly take your hands into your lap and gently open your eyes.<br />
Is there an exercise that can help strengthen the muscles that focus the<br />
eyes? Relax your neck and shoulders and stretch one arm out in front of you at<br />
shoulder height forming a loose fist with your thumb pointing up. Squeeze your<br />
eyes shut, then open and focus on your thumb for 2 breaths. Squeeze the eyes<br />
shut again, bending the elbow and bringing the thumb half-way to your face,<br />
open the eyes and focus again on your thumb for 2 breaths. Finally, squeeze the<br />
eyes shut, bring the thumb a few centimetres from the end of your nose, open<br />
your eyes and focus on the thumb for 2 breaths. Repeat the exercise 5 times.<br />
For more exercises, there’s a great video of Paul McCartney<br />
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The Medical View<br />
Jackie Kinch, Operations<br />
Manager at<br />
Scanloc Ophthalmology,<br />
Benenden Hospital<br />
What is a cataract and are they an<br />
inevitable part of ageing? Cataracts are<br />
not something that grow in the eye, but<br />
a gradual clouding over of the eye lens.<br />
This can occur over many years and just<br />
gets progressively worse. The clouding is<br />
a natural process, generally brought on<br />
by advancing age, but it isn’t inevitable<br />
and the exact reasons why some people<br />
suffer them and others don’t aren’t clearly<br />
known. Most sufferers are aged 65+, but<br />
congenital cataracts can appear much earlier.<br />
What is the procedure to remove a<br />
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Phacoemulsification is the most common<br />
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lens, before the liquefied lens<br />
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anaesthetic, applied via eye drops, and<br />
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do you offer any other procedures to<br />
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Benenden Hospital? The Ophthalmic<br />
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S13 A Taste of <strong>October</strong><br />
Four local chefs (plus WT’s very own<br />
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Prep the kitchen and get autumn inspired with the<br />
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Spiced plum chutney<br />
Makes 4 x 500g jars Prep time: 15 mins Cooking time: Around 1 hr<br />
• 1kg plums<br />
• 2 red onions<br />
• 5cm piece of ginger<br />
• 2 apples<br />
• 2 red chillies<br />
• 1tsp Chinese fivespice<br />
powder<br />
• 1tsp paprika<br />
• 1tsp coarsely crushed<br />
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• 1tsp salt<br />
• 400ml cider vinegar<br />
• 450g granulated sugar<br />
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1. Halve and stone the plums, then chop them into quarters.<br />
2. Peel and coarsely chop the onions, ginger<br />
and apples, chop the chillies, with seeds,<br />
and tip all into a heavy bottomed pan.<br />
3. Add the spices, salt, vinegar and sugar. Bring all to<br />
the boil. Simmer until the mixture takes on a jammy<br />
consistency, stirring regularly to avoid sticking.<br />
4. Spoon into warm, clean, sterilised jars and label.<br />
Note: this is just as delicious made with<br />
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Small pork pies with quail’s eggs<br />
Makes 6 pies Prep time: 40 mins Cooking time: 40-60 mins<br />
For the hot water crust pastry:<br />
• 200g plain flour<br />
• 40g strong white flour<br />
• 50g unsalted butter<br />
For the filling:<br />
• 6 quail’s eggs<br />
• 1 onion, very<br />
finely chopped<br />
• 350g pork loin,<br />
finely chopped<br />
• 100g unsmoked streaky<br />
• 100ml water<br />
• 1 tsp salt<br />
• 60g lard<br />
bacon, finely chopped<br />
• small bunch of sage,<br />
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• sea salt and freshly<br />
ground black pepper<br />
• 1 free range egg, beaten<br />
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Grease a 6 hole muffin tin.<br />
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4. Roll the pastry out and cut into 6 x 6inch<br />
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circles for the lids and set them aside.<br />
5. For the filling, cook the quail’s eggs in a<br />
pan of boiling water for two minutes then<br />
refresh in cold water, and set aside.<br />
6. Put the onion, pork, bacon and sage into a bowl, season<br />
well and mix until well combined. Spoon a little of the<br />
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egg in the centre and spoon over a little more filling.<br />
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Roasted butternut squash,<br />
feta & couscous salad<br />
Serves 6 Prep time: 15 mins Cooking time: 1hr<br />
• 1 butternut squash<br />
• 1tsp vegetable bouillon<br />
• 150g couscous<br />
• 100g pine nuts<br />
• 200g feta<br />
• small bunch of coriander<br />
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Cube the butternut squash,<br />
leaving the skin on, and roast in the oven with olive<br />
oil and seasoning for approximately 40 minutes.<br />
2. Mix approximately 300ml boiling water with a teaspoon<br />
of vegetable bouillon and pour over the couscous.<br />
Add a little more water if necessary to make sure the<br />
level of water is just covering the couscous. Leave to<br />
stand for 10 minutes and then fluff up with a fork.<br />
3. Roast the pine nuts in the oven for<br />
approximately 8 minutes.<br />
4. Cut the feta into cubes and roughly chop the coriander.<br />
5. Place the couscous onto a flat plate, top with<br />
the butternut squash, feta and roasted pine<br />
nuts. Scatter with coriander leaves.<br />
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Autumn apple and<br />
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Serves 6 Prep time: 15 mins<br />
Cooking time: 25 mins<br />
• 200g self-raising flour<br />
• 1 tsp baking powder<br />
• 1 tsp cinnamon<br />
• 50g wholemeal flour<br />
• 100g golden caster sugar<br />
• 2 eggs<br />
• 125ml semi-skimmed milk<br />
• 4 tbsp sunflower oil<br />
• 2 Bramley apples, grated<br />
• 100g sultanas<br />
• 2 tbsp Demerara sugar, to sprinkle on top<br />
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WT <strong>Food</strong> Supplement<br />
A Taste of <strong>October</strong><br />
Six local foodies get cooking with five tasty ingredients...<br />
Claudia Colwell from Bloomsburys Biddenden shares<br />
a Sunday lunch option for vegetarians: Roasted<br />
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• 2 butternut squashes<br />
• toasted seed/nut mix (flaked almonds, sunflower, sesame &<br />
pumpkin)<br />
• 2 aubergines<br />
• 250g Greek yogurt<br />
• 100ml pomegranate molasses<br />
1. Preheat oven to 180°C and place two whole<br />
aubergines onto a tray and bake for 30 minutes<br />
in the top shelf or until the aubergine is starting<br />
to blacken and its <strong>inside</strong>s are soft and steamy.<br />
2. Swish open and scoop out the flesh with a spoon<br />
into a good sized bowl and allow to cool.<br />
3. Using a colander drain off excess liquid from the pulp then<br />
add the Greek yogurt and the pomegranate molasses, a<br />
crushed garlic clove and a tablespoon of fresh lemon juice.<br />
4. Peel, de-seed and chop the butternut squash into two<br />
by one inch pieces and place on a baking tray and roast<br />
with some coconut oil and a pinch of pink Himalayan<br />
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WT <strong>Food</strong> Supplement<br />
The Queen’s Inn Hawkhurst’s Head Chef<br />
Sally-Anne Day explains how to create<br />
Pan seared scallops with sweetcorn<br />
puree and chorizo crisps<br />
• 6 large scallops<br />
• 1 corn on the cob<br />
• 6 slices of chorizo<br />
• 100ml double cream<br />
• 1/2 lemon<br />
Rosemary Shrager talks us through her recipe for<br />
Pear & ginger jam<br />
• ginger: 3cm piece of<br />
fresh, finely chopped and<br />
5 pieces of stem, finely<br />
chopped<br />
• 2kg pears, peeled, cored<br />
and cut into 1/2 cm dice<br />
• rind and juice of 2<br />
lemons<br />
• 500ml water<br />
(approximately)<br />
• 1kg sugar<br />
(approximately)<br />
1. You will need a piece of clean muslin cloth.<br />
Into this put the fresh ginger with the rind and<br />
the pips of the lemon. Tie up with string.<br />
2. Put the pears and juice of the lemon into a<br />
saucepan with water and the bag of muslin<br />
and bring slowly to heat and simmer for 15<br />
to 20 minutes or until the pears are soft.<br />
3. Now add the sugar and stem ginger to the<br />
pears and cook for a further 50-60 minutes<br />
or until it’s at setting point, skimming the top<br />
of the jam as you go. It is important to stir<br />
occasionally so it doesn’t catch on the bottom.<br />
4. Now when it is done squeeze as much out of the<br />
muslin as possible to gain all the lovely ginger flavour.<br />
5. To test whether the jam is done the temperature<br />
should be between 104oC and 107oC. I put a spoonful<br />
of the jam onto a cold plate I’ve had in the freezer;<br />
if it ripples it should be set, but if not simmer for<br />
a little longer. When it is done put into sterilised<br />
jars. You should have around 2kg in weight.<br />
For the sweetcorn puree:<br />
1. Cut the corn off the raw cob and sweat<br />
on a low heat in a little butter.<br />
2. When softened add 100ml of water and the<br />
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For the chorizo crisps:<br />
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3. Spoon some warm sweetcorn puree onto<br />
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into a line on the centre of the plate.<br />
4. Sit the three scallops along the puree, lean the<br />
cooked chorizo crisps against each scallop, spoon<br />
over the leftover juices in the pan and serve.<br />
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WT <strong>Food</strong> Supplement<br />
The WT team resident health guru Helen gives an<br />
insight into how to create indulgent yet nutritious<br />
treats with her recipe for Raw chocolate truffles<br />
• 10 soft medjool dates<br />
• 150g pecan nuts<br />
• 1 heaped tbsp raw cacao powder<br />
• 1 tbsp organic virgin coconut oil<br />
• desiccated coconut/chopped almonds for rolling the<br />
truffles in!<br />
1. Put the nuts in a food processor and blitz<br />
until they reach a fine consistency.<br />
2. Add in the dates, cacao powder and coconut oil and<br />
combine in the food processor to make a smooth paste.<br />
3. Take small amounts of the paste and roll in<br />
your hands to make small(ish) truffles.<br />
4. After placing your desiccated coconut<br />
or chopped almonds in a bowl, roll each<br />
truffle around until fully coated.<br />
5. Pop them in the fridge to set, before<br />
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Nicole Parry from Frankie’s<br />
Farmshop spices up autumn<br />
with Roasted butternut<br />
squash in a chilli, garlic<br />
& rosemary cream<br />
• 2 butternut squashes<br />
• 250ml cream<br />
• 3 sprigs rosemary<br />
• 1 chilli with seeds<br />
• 8 cloves squashed garlic<br />
1. Deseed and reserve the seeds from the<br />
butternut squashes. Slice the squashes into<br />
chunky pieces with the skin on,.<br />
2. Finely chop the rosemary & chilli.<br />
3. Toss the butternut squash pieces in chilli and<br />
rosemary and cover with the cream. Season.<br />
4. Roast at 180oC for one hour until soft<br />
and oozy, caramelised and unctuous.<br />
5. Clean the seeds and roast with salt for<br />
ten minutes at 180oC for garnish.<br />
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The team at Dale Hill Hotel & Golf Club<br />
in Ticehurst talk us through their deliciously<br />
light recipe for Pistachio Macaroons<br />
• 125g almond powder<br />
• 150g icing sugar<br />
• 25g pistachio paste<br />
• 100g fresh egg whites<br />
• 150g caster sugar<br />
2. Pass the almond powder and icing sugar through a fine sieve.<br />
3. Mix the other 50g of fresh egg whites with the pistachio paste.<br />
4. Mix the dry ingredients with the egg white and pistachio<br />
paste and then fold the mix with the Italian Meringue.<br />
5. Pipe individual macaroons onto a lined baking<br />
sheet and then proof them for 30 minutes before<br />
cooking at 140oC for 8-12 minutes.<br />
1. Make an Italian Meringue by gently heating 50g of<br />
fresh egg whites, 150g caster sugar and 50ml water,<br />
ensuring the water and sugar reaches 116oC.<br />
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With thoughts turning to autumn I thought<br />
I’d mention a few shrubs and trees which<br />
are invaluable for the quieter time of the<br />
gardening year whether it be for the promise of scented<br />
winter flowers, stem colour or their evergreen leaves.<br />
Some of these plants aren’t particularly unusual and I<br />
spot a few of them planted up outside supermarkets as<br />
ground cover and then hacked into submission so that<br />
they become quite unrecognisable. I feel quite a pang<br />
when I see the state they are in. This needn’t happen!<br />
First off is one of these poor mistreated plants and is one of<br />
a large genus of hardy, ornamental plants. One of the main<br />
attributes of the cotoneasters is bright and brilliant autumn<br />
colour combined with bee friendly flowers in mid summer.<br />
Cotoneaster horizontalis was introduced from Western<br />
China by the intrepid Père David in 1870. Its branches grow<br />
in a herringbone pattern and it’s perfect for planting on a<br />
bank or up against a shady wall. The contrast between its<br />
leaves in their autumn coats and bright red berries is quite<br />
glorious. And of course in the winter the skeleton looks quite<br />
architectural especially with a light dusting of frost on it.<br />
Another plant I would choose would be Cornus mas. The<br />
joy of this plant, also known as the Cornelian cherry, is that it<br />
is very densely branched and in February they come alive with<br />
masses of small yellow flowers which grow directly from the<br />
branches. There is a very choice cultivar called ‘Golden Glory’<br />
which is pretty vigorous and has an upright habit. Its fruits,<br />
which are edible but a little acidic, are large and the flowers<br />
bright. Plant this against a dark backdrop. It’s quite something<br />
to see a tree covered in a mass of flowers at this time of year.<br />
Azara microphylla was introduced from South America<br />
and can be a bit battered in a cold winter so is best<br />
planted in a sheltered, slightly shady spot. I like it both<br />
for its dainty leaves and the promise of its tiny scented<br />
flowers that appear, like Cornus mas, on bare twigs.<br />
The next plant is so well known that you would probably<br />
wonder why mention it but it is such a key evergreen plant<br />
in borders, grows vertically when given a comfortable wall<br />
to lean against and is an all round good egg. It grows in any<br />
old soil or aspect and responds well to pruning although<br />
routine pruning is really not necessary. Those of you who<br />
have visited Great Dixter at Northiam will have seen a<br />
large specimen of Euonymus fortunei ‘Silver Queen’ in<br />
the Long Border. It always looks good and its new leaves<br />
in spring are a rich creamy yellow which eventually mature<br />
into green with a showy creamy white outer margin.<br />
Salix udensis ‘Sekka’ is a Japanese clone of S. udensis and<br />
it is one of my favourite plants. Also known as the Dragon<br />
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wonderful rich yellow autumn colours. And then there are<br />
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Cotoneaster horizontalis as a wonderful<br />
backdrop to Cyperus vegetus<br />
I think that I’ve written about coronillas before but<br />
every garden should have one. They are members of the<br />
Leguminosae family (peas) and Coronilla valentina subsp.<br />
glauca ‘Citrina’ is particularly pretty with its soft yellow<br />
flowers. Make sure you plant in a sunny sheltered position<br />
and that you don’t move the plant once its established.<br />
They really don’t like it. The leaves are pea like, rather fleshy<br />
and a bluey green but the joy is that the fragrant flowers<br />
continue for a hugely long time – from winter through to<br />
early summer. There is a variegated form with creamy white<br />
leaves. Its not the sort of plant that will go on for a lifetime<br />
but it is worth growing for its scent in the depths of winter.<br />
Coronilla valentina is another plant rather like<br />
Cotoneaster horizontalis which is under appreciated. It’s<br />
just fabulous in a semi shaded corner or in a container<br />
and gives a tropical feel to the garden, although it<br />
originates in Japan rather than south of the equator.<br />
Fatsia japonica is a really good looking plant with huge<br />
polished dark green palmate leaves. In <strong>October</strong> creamy<br />
white panicles of spherical flowers appear followed by large<br />
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of cultivars with interesting extras. ‘Murakumo-nishiki<br />
has leaves with a central yellowy-green blotch and the<br />
better known ‘Variegata’ has white tipped leaf lobes.<br />
A good friend of mine has a wonderful specimen of my<br />
next plant and there was almost an international incident in<br />
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Bulbs take up such a small amount of space in the border,<br />
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to do their tatty dying back out of sight behind the shed.<br />
Cultivation<br />
Most early flowering bulbs originate from countries that have<br />
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Middle East, where they’ve adapted to survive cold winters<br />
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rains before disappearing again. Imagining them in their<br />
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free draining position and will not enjoy sitting through the<br />
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reason it’s advisable to plant<br />
your tulips late – and as late as January has been<br />
known without any ill effects. The colder conditions<br />
should kill off any spores before the bulbs go in.<br />
Bulbs that will spread and naturalise well<br />
For a natural effect, throw handfuls of bulbs about at random,<br />
and then plant them where they land. Carpets of spring<br />
bulbs look wonderful beneath trees and in grass - but if<br />
you’re growing in lawns, make sure you don’t mind waiting<br />
six weeks before cutting it. Crocuses and narcissi are well<br />
known for spreading themselves around, enjoying the edge of<br />
woodland and meadow situations. Snowdrops will colonise<br />
and naturalise readily too, but if you’re just starting out, plant<br />
them ‘in the green’, which means not planting dry bulbs in the<br />
autumn, but bulbs with foliage on. They can be dug up and<br />
divided from existing clumps, or bought as container plants<br />
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Containers<br />
Extend the flowering period and cook up a pot full of bulb<br />
lasagne by layering bulbs that flower at different times in a<br />
container. Three tiers works well, and it’s worth choosing<br />
different types - some short, some tall and not too many<br />
tulips, as they’re quite leafy and planting too many will<br />
fill the pot with foliage. Bulbs also work well in mixed<br />
containers with pansies and other spring bedding.<br />
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Bulb planting tips:<br />
Planting depth - will vary according to the size of the<br />
bulb, but planting at a depth of three times the height<br />
of the bulb is about right. In mixed borders plant<br />
bulbs really deep to avoid slicing through them once<br />
you’ve forgotten where you planted them …<br />
To lift or not to lift...<br />
This will depend on how much time you have, how often you<br />
replant your borders and the type of bulbs you’re growing. If<br />
you’re planting in blocks of colour, it can be useful to lift<br />
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“Snowdrops, Crocuses and<br />
narcissi are well known for<br />
spreading themselves around,<br />
enjoying the edge of woodland<br />
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your bulbs and store, labelled, in a dry place for the summer.<br />
You can then plant out summer bedding in their place,<br />
as they do in many public spaces, replanting them in the<br />
autumn. Tulips especially don’t like sitting in damp ground<br />
and may do better when lifted. But let’s face it, life’s a bit too<br />
short for all this, even if it does mean losing a few bulbs.<br />
Squirrels<br />
So cute, until you see them sitting on the fence, laughing<br />
and eating their way through your bulb collection.<br />
Chicken wire buried just under the soil on top of<br />
susceptible bulbs (rodents of all kinds especially like tulips<br />
and crocuses), is a solution, but remove it as the foliage<br />
starts pushing through. This is a very good method for<br />
protecting bulbs in containers, but harder to achieve<br />
in open ground. There are other, more violent options<br />
available to combat pesky rodents, but I don’t recommend<br />
them unless you’re utterly desperate, or a good shot.<br />
Tatty dying foliage<br />
After your bulbs have flowered, don’t remove their leaves<br />
while they’re still green; let them die back naturally. Bulbs<br />
gain their strength from their foliage, helping them grow and<br />
produce new flowers next year. Photosynthesis continues for<br />
weeks after the flowers die and is vital to the following year’s<br />
flowers. Dying foliage can be hidden (bulb leaves never die off<br />
prettily) with low spreading plants, like geraniums, alchemilla<br />
mollis, forget-me-nots or wallflowers as companions, which<br />
will grow up and cover the leaves. Grow smaller narcissi like<br />
‘Tete a Tete’ or ‘Thalia’ in borders, as the huge ‘King Alfred’<br />
style daffodils, have lots of foliage that flops about looking<br />
unsightly, (or stands neatly tied up in a knot, but looking<br />
just as unsightly) once the majestic flower has finished.<br />
Every year I think that perhaps I have enough bulbs,<br />
and then I remember how unreliable some of the most<br />
gorgeous tulips are and how I don’t grow that indestructible<br />
red one (it’s just a bit too tall and, well, red), and then<br />
the catalogues arrive and after that, strangely, it seems<br />
that I definitely need just a few more… oh hang it,<br />
let’s get out there and plant a spring spectacular.<br />
Contact Jo for border designs, planting<br />
and garden advice call 01233 861149 or email<br />
jo@hornbrookmanor.co.uk.<br />
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The<br />
Green<br />
Goddess<br />
Penny Kemp<br />
shares her tips for<br />
taking care of the<br />
natural world....<br />
FreeImages.com/MaareLiiv<br />
Cookery and recipe advice dominate our media.<br />
The Great British Bake Off is back on our TV<br />
screens and last month we saw a new Celebrity<br />
Masterchef. Magazines and newspaper <strong>supplement</strong>s give<br />
advice on new ways to cook everything from artichokes<br />
to yams and research shows that we can’t get enough of<br />
new recipes and celebrity chefs telling us how to cook.<br />
We are encouraged to buy fresh and local, use farmers’<br />
markets and be aware of the distance our ingredients<br />
have travelled to get to our dinner plates. An analysis of<br />
Sunday dinner ingredients found that in some instances a<br />
journey of over 30,000 miles had taken place to put our<br />
meal on the dinner table. French beans from Kenya, lamb<br />
from New Zealand and pineapples from the tropics were<br />
some of the foodstuffs that comprised the typical Sunday<br />
roast. When asked why people had chosen each particular<br />
ingredient, price and convenience were the answer. Yet<br />
often the truth is, when chosen on a like-for-like basis,<br />
farmers’ markets are cheaper and there are alternatives nearer<br />
to home to those Kenyan French beans. And you could<br />
even go out and about and forage your own ingredients.<br />
Autumn is a perfect month to forage the hedgerows.<br />
Blackberry and apple crumble comes to mind for the<br />
perfect Sunday desert. British apples are in abundance<br />
and blackberries can be foraged from most of our<br />
hedgerows. My friend is editor of Bushcraft Magazine and<br />
runs courses on foraging and mushroom identification.<br />
Knowing which mushrooms are edible is very important<br />
and I would strongly advise that anyone contemplating<br />
mushroom foraging takes advice from an expert. You will<br />
be surprised at the number of edible mushrooms that can<br />
be found and how delicious they are. A giant puffball is<br />
a delight and field mushrooms are so different to those<br />
found in our supermarkets. Even the humble stinging<br />
nettle makes a great soup and the invasive weed ground<br />
elder tastes as good as spinach. Cow parsley pie with wild<br />
garlic was another delight introduced to me together<br />
with elderberry wine, when I was invited to a dinner,<br />
comprising many ingredients that had been found for free.<br />
Have an enjoyable day out, find a foraging course<br />
and then start to enjoy delicious meals for very little<br />
cost and the freshest ingredients you can find.<br />
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ARE YOUR CHILDREN<br />
seizing life’s adventures?<br />
Let them be confident, creative<br />
and capable with an adventurous<br />
education at Ashford School<br />
Scholarships are available for entry into Years 5, 7, 9 and 12<br />
Pick up the phone and speak to us at Ashford School<br />
01233 739030<br />
registrar@ashfordschool.co.uk<br />
Adventurous Learning<br />
www.ashfordschool.co.uk
Boarders at Ashford School<br />
enjoy a game of air hockey<br />
Work, Rest & Play<br />
WT finds out about what’s been done to enrich the boarding facilities at three local schools...<br />
Ashford School: “Boarders at Ashford School come from<br />
across the world and start at age 10. As there is no Saturday<br />
school it gives boarders – and staff – a chance to indulge<br />
their passions and to become better culturally aware.<br />
A packed programme of activities is planned to<br />
run throughout the year which includes full use of<br />
the school’s facilities. There’s Scuba Diving in the<br />
swimming pool, Fitness in the gym and Basketball<br />
in the Sports Centre. There’s even a Korean Cooking<br />
Club which is educating both staff and students.<br />
Ashford’s excellent location means boarders enjoy a wide<br />
variety of trips. Canterbury is just half an hour away by train<br />
and is a regular on our boarders’ choice of visits. London,<br />
of course, is only 37 minutes by High Speed train which<br />
means there is always an opportunity to pop up for a theatre<br />
trip, Christmas shopping or a visit to a museum or two.<br />
There are regular activities during the week,<br />
particularly for younger boarders. Juniors enjoy Fun<br />
Tuesdays which can feature anything from bowling<br />
to cinema, paintballing to pizza-making evening.<br />
Director of Boarding Mark Single said: “Weekends are a time<br />
for relaxing, exploring and doing a little more of what you<br />
enjoy. We keep our boarders busy and they have a significant<br />
input into the activity and visit programme. If they don’t<br />
like it, we change it; if they love it, we do more of it”<br />
Ashford School is a coeducational independent boarding and<br />
day school in East Hill, Ashford, Kent. For more information<br />
call 01233 625171 or visit www.ashfordschool.co.uk.<br />
Claremont’s school timetable includes activities<br />
such as music, drama, art and sport and boarders<br />
are encouraged also to put forward their own<br />
club ideas if they are not already included<br />
Claremont School: “Claremont Boarding House, located<br />
in the heart of historic Battle, opened its doors to fifty UK<br />
and overseas students in September <strong>2015</strong>. This facility offers<br />
state of the art facilities, a full programme of activities and<br />
exclusive learning opportunities to prospective students.<br />
As well as the full academic programme on offer, the<br />
school timetable includes activities such as music, drama, art<br />
and sport. In addition, there is an extensive range of clubs<br />
that take place including horse riding, golf, gymnastics,<br />
swimming, kickboxing, tennis, rock band, trampolining,<br />
singing and other activities such as the Duke of Edinburgh<br />
scheme. Boarders are encouraged also to put forward<br />
their own club ideas if they are not already included.<br />
Weekends give boarders the chance to enjoy various <br />
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extra-curricular activities and organised excursions. These may<br />
vary by season but include trips to London and other large<br />
towns and cities, theatre and cinema trips, beach outings, trips<br />
to local golf courses and equestrian facilities, participation<br />
in competitive sport matches and private sport lessons on<br />
request. All students are also able to use the well-equipped<br />
common room and ICT at the boarding house and have<br />
weekend use of the extensive sport and music facilities at<br />
the Senior School including football pitches, tennis courts,<br />
swimming pool, badminton courts and a fitness gym.”<br />
Claremont is a co-educational Nursery, Prep, Senior &<br />
Sixth Form School which has been established on its<br />
magnificent 100 acre site in St Leonards-on-Sea since<br />
1945. 01424 751555 www.claremontschool.co.uk.<br />
Saint Ronan’s School: “Saint Ronan’s has a long, well<br />
established boarding history (since 1883), with the entire<br />
top floor of our magnificent Tongswood House dedicated<br />
to the boarders. However, boarding today is a far cry from<br />
the all boys, full boarding model that existed in yesteryear.<br />
We offer flexi boarding for girls and boys from Year 4<br />
upwards. Children can stay all week or part of the week.<br />
They can book in at the beginning of term, or on an ad<br />
hoc basis (subject to places). It is very popular and is often<br />
oversubscribed. We have a resident Housemaster, Matron<br />
and gap student and these three, along with duty staff,<br />
run boarding with the emphasis on fun and friendship.<br />
Saint Ronan’s recognise that wind down<br />
time is just as important as activities<br />
Tongswood House and grounds provide a magical<br />
setting for boarders to let their hair down at the end of<br />
a busy day and experience companionship with other<br />
pupils who are not necessarily in their year group. In the<br />
winter, activities range from Dodgeball to Sardines, in the<br />
summer swimming or tennis. The wind down includes<br />
a hot drink and snacks in the ‘Snug’. Boarding is great<br />
fun and helps maintain the unique and very special<br />
atmosphere of Saint Ronan’s… and the children love it!”<br />
Saint Ronan’s is a co-educational day and boarding<br />
school for boys and girls from 3 to 13, set in 247 acres<br />
of <strong>Wealden</strong> countryside in Hawkhurst, Kent. Find out<br />
more by calling 01580 752271 www.saintronans.co.uk.<br />
Dulwich Prep School<br />
Cranbrook<br />
Independent day and flexible boarding school for boys and girls aged 3 to 13.<br />
Space to breathe, time to grow.<br />
Open<br />
MOrning<br />
Thursday 8th october<br />
For details and to book a tour please contact registrar@dcpskent.org<br />
01580 712179 www.dcpskent.org<br />
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NURSERY & PREP SCHOOL<br />
Baldslow, St. Leonards-on-Sea 01424 751555<br />
OPEN MORNINGS<br />
9.30am – 1pm<br />
Senior School & Sixth Form<br />
Saturday 10 <strong>October</strong><br />
Nursery & Prep School<br />
Friday 9 & Saturday 10 <strong>October</strong><br />
or by appointment<br />
SENIOR SCHOOL & SIXTH FORM<br />
Bodiam, Robertsbridge 01580 830396<br />
Full, Flexi and Weekend Boarding options<br />
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THE WORKING ARTIST<br />
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What’s On In <strong>October</strong><br />
Willow & White Events<br />
Vintage<br />
& Antique<br />
Brocante Fair<br />
at<br />
Kent County Cricket Club<br />
Old Dover Rd, Canterbury,<br />
Kent CT1 3NZ<br />
Sunday 18 th <strong>October</strong><br />
Sunday 15 th November<br />
Sunday 20 th December<br />
Telephone 07856 432212<br />
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Sat 24 Oct – Sun Nov<br />
Children & Family<br />
10.30am-4.30pm<br />
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Thurs 1 - Sat 31 Oct<br />
Bedgebury Pinetum &<br />
Forest, Bedgebury Road,<br />
Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2SJ<br />
Friends and families can take part in<br />
this self led Superworm activity trail<br />
around the Pinetum. Children can<br />
learn about the forest environment<br />
and mini-beasts as well as completing<br />
some physical activities along the way.<br />
Info: 01580 879820 / www.<br />
forestry.gov.uk/bedgebury<br />
Sat 3 Oct<br />
Shakra Centre Canterbury Road<br />
Charing Kent TN27 0EY<br />
Scream Tea<br />
A unique paranormal event<br />
with afternoon cream tea and<br />
scones. Seeing is believing!<br />
Entry: £20 all inclusive with cream tea<br />
Info: 07531 234057 / www.<br />
shakracentre.com<br />
Sat 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 Oct 2.15-3pm<br />
Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe,<br />
Tenterden, Kent TN30 7NG<br />
Ellen Terry’s Wardrobe<br />
Take a walk through costume history.<br />
Tucked away in a storeroom at the<br />
back of Smallhythe Place is a collection<br />
of 250 theatrical costumes once worn<br />
by Ellen Terry. Join a member of our<br />
house team as they take you behind<br />
the scenes and reveal the stories behind<br />
the costumes. Booking Essential.<br />
Info: 01580 762334 / www.<br />
nationaltrust.org.uk/events<br />
Sun 4 Oct<br />
Ashdown Park, Wych Cross, Forest<br />
Row, East Sussex RH18 5JR<br />
Mushroom Forage<br />
Explore the woodland with Fungi<br />
Expert and Estate Manager, Kevin<br />
Sweet, identifying which are the<br />
best mushrooms to pick for Chef to<br />
turn into a delicious lunch. Enjoy<br />
a pre-lunch drink, three course<br />
mushroom-inspired lunch with<br />
wine, coffee and petit fours.<br />
Entry: £48<br />
Tel: 01342 824988 / www.<br />
ashdownpark.com<br />
Weds 07 Oct – Sun 1 Nov<br />
Penshurst Place<br />
SPOOKY HALF TERM<br />
Wicked witches occupy bell tents<br />
in the wild woods for spooky<br />
tales and marshmallow roasting<br />
around the camp fire. Have fun<br />
with pumpkin carving, cupcake<br />
decorating, fancy dress and creepy<br />
crafts. Suitable for the whole family.<br />
Entry: Free with house &<br />
garden admission<br />
Info: www.penshurstplace.com<br />
Sat 10 Oct 10am-9pm<br />
The Pantiles, Trinity Theatre,<br />
Tunbridge Wells Museum and Gallery<br />
PUPPETRY FESTIVAL<br />
A full day of fun and discovery!<br />
See a show, experience a workshop<br />
and enjoy street food, crafts<br />
and themed puppetry stalls.<br />
Info: www.twpuppetryfestival.org<br />
Hever Castle, Hever,<br />
Edenbridge, Kent TN8 7NG<br />
HALF TERM FUN<br />
This Half Term, treat the children<br />
to a spine-tingling programme of<br />
entertainment. There are Haunted<br />
Halloween ghostly goings-on<br />
at Hever Castle, guaranteed to<br />
thrill visitors of all ages.<br />
Info: 01732 865224 / www.<br />
hevercastle.co.uk<br />
Fri 30 Oct – Sat 31 Oct<br />
Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood,<br />
Tonbridge, Kent TN12 6PY<br />
Fireworks spectacular<br />
A magnificent fireworks<br />
display, funfair and more!<br />
Info: 01622 872068 / www.<br />
thehopfarm.co.uk<br />
Sat 31 Oct – Sun 1 Nov<br />
Scanlons Bridge Road,<br />
Hythe, Kent CT21 6LD<br />
end of season parade<br />
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch<br />
Railway at its very best with all available<br />
locomotives in service, an enhanced<br />
timetable and double-headed trains<br />
running the entire length of the line.<br />
Tel: 01797 362353 / www.rhdr.org.uk<br />
Fairs & Markets<br />
Fri 2 & Sat 3 Sat Oct 11am-4pm<br />
The Hand and Sceptre,<br />
Southborough Common<br />
WEALDEN BROCANTE<br />
Browse a fabulous selection of<br />
vintage clothes, jewellery, home<br />
and garden wares, small furniture<br />
and interesting decorative items.<br />
Refreshments are available all day.<br />
Info: www.facebook.com/<br />
wealdenbrocante / 07981 250758<br />
Sat 3 Oct 10am-3pm<br />
Vestry Hall, Cranbrook<br />
KITSCH AND STITCH<br />
VINTAGE AND MAKERS FAIR<br />
Enjoy a visit to our autumn fair<br />
featuring vintage fashion, jewellery,<br />
textiles and other vintage collectables<br />
and handmade arts and crafts. This<br />
truly is a special fair where you will be<br />
delighted by the beautiful stalls and<br />
handmade crafts. A great opportunity<br />
to buy unique Christmas gifts and<br />
support our chosen charity Hospice in<br />
the Weald. Refreshments and lunch<br />
will be available throughout the day.<br />
Entry: free<br />
Info: joy@craftedbyjoy.co.uk /<br />
facebook.com/kitschandstitchfair<br />
Wed 7 Oct 10.30am-3.30pm<br />
Barnsgate Manor Vineyard<br />
NSPCC/CHILDLINE<br />
AUTUMN FAIR<br />
An inspiring selection of original<br />
and stylish gifts including our very<br />
popular ‘Gently Used’ jewellery<br />
stall. Refreshments available.<br />
Entry: £2.50<br />
Fri 9 Oct 9am-5pm<br />
Upstairs at Juliet’s, 54 High<br />
Street, Tunbridge Wells<br />
POP-UP SHOPPING EVENT<br />
Exciting event presenting the new<br />
Poppy & Hester childrenswear<br />
collection, gorgeous flowers by<br />
The Florist Tunbridge Wells, plus<br />
gifts, accessories and homewares.<br />
Free craft activities for children<br />
with Freckles & Fire.<br />
Contact: info@poppyandhester.co.uk<br />
Sat 10 & Sun 11 Oct<br />
St Michael’s Hospice, Upper<br />
Maze Hill, St. Leonards on Sea<br />
QUILT SHOW<br />
1066 Quilters are hosting this lovely<br />
event to include a raffle, tombola,<br />
sales table and refreshments. All<br />
proceeds to St Michael’s Hospice.<br />
Entry: £1<br />
Sat 24 Oct – Sun 1 Nov 11am-6pm<br />
Powdermills Hotel, Powdermill<br />
Lane, Battle, East Sussex TN33 0SP<br />
Pure Autumn Art Fair<br />
This prestigious selected art fair<br />
showcases the brightest upcoming and<br />
more established talent. Curated by<br />
Lesley Samms, it features sixty artists.<br />
Entry: Free<br />
Tel: 01424 775511 / www.<br />
pureartsgroup.co.uk<br />
Sat 24 Oct<br />
Stone Street, Cranbrook,<br />
Kent TN17 3HF<br />
Cranbrook farmers’<br />
market<br />
A wonderful variety of stalls selling<br />
everything from beautiful vegetables,<br />
fresh and colourful, succulent chutneys,<br />
oils, gorgeous cheeses, jams and spreads.<br />
Info: 07766 753159 / www.<br />
kfma.org.uk/Cranbrook<br />
Tues 27 Oct 9-11am<br />
Hildenborough Farmers’<br />
Market, St John’s Church<br />
Centre, Hildenborough<br />
APPLE MORNING<br />
Sample many varieties of local apples,<br />
make apple juice or a baked apple, and<br />
taste loads of other goodies! Enjoy<br />
a fun filled morning for all!<br />
Info: 01732 838903 / www.<br />
hildenboroughfarmersmarket.co.uk<br />
Music and Theatre<br />
Thurs 1 Oct – Sun 4 Oct<br />
High Street, Tenterden,<br />
Kent TN30 6AN<br />
Tenterden Folk Festival<br />
A four day festival of folk<br />
song, music and dance with<br />
something for all the family.<br />
Info: 01233 626805 / www.<br />
tenterdenfolkfestival.org.uk<br />
Sat 3 Oct 7.30pm<br />
The Weald Hall, Civic<br />
Centre, Uckfield<br />
AROUND THE WORLD<br />
IN 80 MINUTES<br />
Enjoy a great performance from<br />
the Uckfield Concert Brass and the<br />
Choir of Manor Primary School<br />
Entry: Adults £8 Concessions<br />
£6 Children £4<br />
Tickets: Manor Primary<br />
School / 01825 767842<br />
Sat 10 Oct 7.30pm<br />
Memorial Theatre,<br />
Broadstairs CT10 2JW<br />
THE FROGMAN AND THE DIVA<br />
An original musical comedy by<br />
Michael Thomas with music by<br />
David Harding and Giacomo<br />
Puccini. Katapult’s wickedly funny<br />
new musical farce is a riot of health<br />
and safety madness. World premiere<br />
performance followed by National Tour.<br />
Entry: £11-£13<br />
Tickets: 01843 863701<br />
Info: www.sarahthornetheatrecompany.co.uk<br />
Sat 10 Oct 8pm<br />
Goudhurst Village Hall, Goudhurst<br />
Moonglow swing dance<br />
Revellers will be entertained with live<br />
music from Big Swifty, playing swing<br />
and gypsy jazz classics from the 20s, 30s<br />
and 40s. Conjuring up a storm on the<br />
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Groves Hall, Sutton Valence School<br />
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Congratulations to Irene Mepham who wins our September competition for a<br />
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I’ve just picked the blackberries and made the bramble<br />
jelly – which is slack as usual – but lining up the jars in<br />
the pantry serves as a real reminder that autumn is upon<br />
us. All round the farm there are plenty of changes afoot<br />
as we get ready for the wet and windy months ahead.<br />
Down in the apiary the bees are slowing down. In July, at<br />
the height of the flowering season, there will be about 50,000<br />
female worker bees in the hive – all busy collecting nectar and<br />
pollen – one queen and male bees called drones which are<br />
called upon occasionally to fertilise new virgin queens. Now,<br />
the number of worker bees will be beginning to drop rapidly<br />
to about 10,000, which will survive the winter by eating all the<br />
delicious honey collected and stored over the summer. As their<br />
services are no longer required, with no sentiment or regret<br />
the drones are now being turfed out of the hive to meet an<br />
untimely end. There’s no room for passengers in the bee world.<br />
The male wild boar are also on the move. At this time of<br />
year, solitary males travel extensively in search of females and,<br />
apart from the Forest of Dean, the wooded borders of East<br />
Sussex and Kent have the highest population of wild boar<br />
in the UK. Regular readers of this column may remember<br />
the shenanigans a few years back when Wendy, one of our<br />
Berkshire sows was – unbeknown to us – visited by such a<br />
boar. Three months, three weeks and three days later, we were<br />
expecting a litter of pedigree Berkshire pigs and were surprised<br />
when we got a bundle of stripy and spotty wild boarlets.<br />
The hens are moulting and look a right scruffy bunch<br />
– the cockerel has even lost all his tail feathers – so that<br />
means no eggs for a few weeks. Miraculously, a few days<br />
into January and only about a week after the winter<br />
solstice, they seem to know the days are getting longer<br />
again and we’ll get our first egg. Isn’t nature amazing?<br />
The sheep are also adjusting as the evenings draw in. This<br />
year’s spring lambs were weaned in August and the ewes –<br />
which are only ever fertile when the night-time hours exceed<br />
the daytime hours – are being got ready to meet the rams<br />
again on Bonfire Night. Having checked ‘teeth, toes and tits’<br />
to make sure they’re young enough and strong enough to<br />
go through another winter and another pregnancy we have<br />
now put them on very good grazing – known as flushing – to<br />
encourage optimum ovulation and ideally two lambs all round.<br />
The rams meanwhile, who have had a life of idle leisure since<br />
last autumn, are also counting down to November 5th.<br />
The cows on the other hand are now on what is, frankly, rather<br />
tired grazing. This is fine, as being Sussex cattle they have had all<br />
summer to eat good forage and are now looking slightly broad<br />
in the beam – in cattle parlance, this is referred to as being a little<br />
too fit – and it will do them good to lose a bit before they calve<br />
again in the spring. Luckily that still seems a long way off.<br />
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