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PRICELESS<br />

NOVEMBER <strong>2015</strong><br />

<strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />

The lifestyle magazine for the Weald<br />

GIFT SUPPLEMENT <strong>inside</strong><br />

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Contents<br />

<strong>November</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />

20<br />

54<br />

ON THE RIGHT TRACK<br />

John Graham-Hart finds homes<br />

near railway stations<br />

111<br />

112<br />

CHRISTMAS GIFTS<br />

Inspiring gift ideas for all<br />

the family<br />

141<br />

132<br />

WINTER VEG<br />

Jo Arnell on the delights of cold<br />

weather and harvesting winter veg<br />

37<br />

54<br />

79<br />

80<br />

105<br />

109<br />

IT’S NOVEMBER<br />

What’s going on near you<br />

this month<br />

NESTING INSTINCT<br />

A writer’s Art and Crafts chalet<br />

home in Whitstable<br />

GET THE LOOK<br />

Fabulous home accessories from<br />

<strong>Wealden</strong>fairs.com<br />

FARMHOUSE CHARMS<br />

A tour of Brick House Farm<br />

near High Halden<br />

PINES AND NEEDLES<br />

Trees, decorations and all<br />

things festive<br />

COME DINE WITH US<br />

What some of our favourite<br />

venues are doing this Christmas<br />

112<br />

125<br />

129<br />

131<br />

132<br />

LACQUER LUSTRE<br />

All dressed up, with<br />

somewhere to go<br />

PERFECT FOUNDATION<br />

Jo Fairley smooths on the latest<br />

skin treatments<br />

WEALDEN HEALTH &<br />

BEAUTY<br />

Tips to keep you feeling<br />

gorgeous<br />

ON THE DEFENSIVE<br />

Warding off coughs, colds and<br />

flu this winter<br />

FESTIVE FEASTING<br />

Festive fare from Juliet Bidwell<br />

of Juliet’s Catering,<br />

Tunbridge Wells<br />

147<br />

150<br />

151<br />

159<br />

159<br />

161<br />

PRUNE, OR NOT TO PRUNE<br />

Sue Whigham’s gentle approach<br />

THE GREEN GODDESS<br />

Penny Kemp on National Parks<br />

WHAT’S ON?<br />

Find out...<br />

COMPETITION<br />

Win places for two people on a day’s<br />

cookery course at the Rosemary<br />

Shrager Cookery School<br />

FABLES FROM THE FARM<br />

Jane Howard’s latest instalment<br />

INTRODUCING<br />

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Published by JPS Media Ltd, Kettle Chambers, 21 Stone Street, Cranbrook, Kent. TN17 3HF. Tel: 01580 714705 Fax: 01580 715983.<br />

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The views of the advertisers and contributors are not necessarily those of JPS Media Ltd.<br />

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Hurst Green<br />

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For Sale as a Whole or in 3 Lots Guide Price £2,000,000<br />

An exceptional small country estate comprising beautiful Arts and Crafts farmhouse, sympathetically<br />

converted oast house, outbuildings and land in a secluded rural location<br />

Lot 1 - Bexhurst Farm: Guide Price £1,450,000<br />

Entrance Hall • Drawing Room • Dining Room • Study • Recreation Room<br />

• Kitchen/Breakfast Room • 6 Bedrooms • 3 Bathrooms • Attached Outbuildings<br />

• Garage • Detached Office • Further Outbuildings • Formal Gardens • Kitchen<br />

Garden • Greenhouse • Paddocks • Haha • In all about 18.5 acres • EPC: F<br />

Lot 2 - Paddocks: Guide Price £ 75,000<br />

North east of the house, paddocks of approximately 6.5 acres with separate<br />

vehicular access<br />

Lot 3 - Bexhurst Oast: Guide Price £475,000<br />

Entrance Hall • Sitting Room • Kitchen/Breakfast Room • 3 Bedrooms<br />

• 2 Bathrooms • Double Garage • Greenhouse • Garden Stores • Orchard<br />

• Landscaped Gardens and Grounds of about 0.5 acres • EPC: F<br />

coming 26 January <strong>2015</strong>


Udimore, East Sussex - £520,000<br />

Well proportioned detached Victorian house. The<br />

accommodation includes sitting room and conservatory, dining<br />

room, open plan kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, master<br />

bedroom + en-suite, 3 further bedrooms. Large gardens.<br />

Summer house. Garage/store. EPC F<br />

Smarden, Kent - £985,000<br />

A stunning 16th century oak framed barn. Open plan sitting room/<br />

dining room, galleried drawing room, bespoke kitchen, utility<br />

room, master bedroom with en suite, 3 further bedrooms & family<br />

bathroom. Heated swimming pool. Pool house. Double garage.<br />

Large garden and field. About 2 acres. EPC B<br />

Rye, East Sussex - £329,950<br />

A charming Grade II listed property in the heart of Rye and in<br />

the lee of the church. The accommodation includes: living room,<br />

kitchen, utility area, dining room, main bedroom with en-suite<br />

bathroom, second bedroom, bathroom. Outside store.<br />

Rye, East Sussex - £365,000<br />

A well presented Grade II listed period cottage in the<br />

Conservation Area of the Ancient Town. The accommodation<br />

includes 25ft living/dining room, fitted kitchen, cloakroom/utility,<br />

three bedrooms. Small paved courtyard garden.<br />

Old Town Hastings, East Sussex - £865,000<br />

An elegant Grade II listed classical pavilion style house with<br />

versatile accommodation in a favoured residential area close to<br />

the country park. Accommodation includes: reception hall, sitting<br />

room, dining room, study, kitchen/breakfast room, 4 double<br />

bedrooms, studio. Garden and off road parking.<br />

RYE OFFICE 01797227338<br />

MAYFAIR OFFICE 08701127099<br />

Rye, East Sussex - £175,000<br />

A charming first floor flat, full of character located in the<br />

Conservation Area of the Ancient Town of Rye. The building is<br />

Grade II listed, and the accommodation comprises: kitchen,<br />

living room, double bedroom, additional room and bathroom.<br />

125 year lease.<br />

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Wadhurst<br />

A detached family home in a popular position, with planning permission to rebuild<br />

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Master bedroom, family bathroom, guest bedroom with en suite bathroom, 2 further bedrooms.<br />

Detached double garage. Planning permission to demolish existing house and garage and<br />

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Guide price £1,695,000<br />

Salehurst<br />

An attractive Grade II Listed house with fine views<br />

Reception hall, kitchen / breakfast room, utility room, cloakroom, dining room, sitting room, drawing room, library, conservatory. Master<br />

bedroom with en suite bathroom, 5 further bedrooms (3 with en suite bath / shower rooms), family bathroom. Gardens and grounds. Swimming<br />

pool. Croquet lawn. Walled vegetable garden with greenhouse. Double garage. Lean-to garden workroom and tool shed. Log store and wine<br />

cellar. Detached barn. Lake. Pond. In all about 3.2 acres.


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HARPERS AND HURLINGHAM<br />

SANDHURST OIEO £1,595,000<br />

Impressive family home • Four reception rooms<br />

• Kitchen/breakfast/family room • Four bedroom<br />

suites • Two further bedrooms (one ensuite)<br />

• Gardens and grounds approx. 2 acres • EPC: F<br />

Cranbrook School Catchment<br />

HUNTON £1,295,000<br />

• Elizabethan farmhouse • Four receptions<br />

• Kitchen/breakfast room • Six bedrooms<br />

• Garaging and various outbuildings • Gardens<br />

and grounds of approx. 6.3 acres • EPC: n/a<br />

Idyllic Rural Location<br />

CRANBROOK £945,000<br />

• Period farmhouse • Two receptions • Kitchen/<br />

breakfast room • Four bedrooms • Attic room<br />

• Gardens and grounds of approx 2.5 acres<br />

• Garaging • CSCA • EPC: n/a<br />

Cranbrook School Catchment<br />

RURAL HAWKHURST £895,000<br />

Planning permission for Redevelopment for<br />

• Open plan kitchen/dining room • Sitting room<br />

• Study • Boot room • Five bedrooms all ensuite<br />

• Approx 9.5 acres • EPC: F<br />

Cranbrook School Catchment<br />

Harpers&Hurlingham<br />

The Cornerhouse, Stone Street, Cranbrook<br />

01580 715400<br />

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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


www.cidproperty.co.uk 55 Cinque Ports Street, Rye TN31 7AN 01797 224852<br />

the property specialists<br />

Rye Guide Price £375,000 Rye Guide Price £395,000 Broad Oak Guide Price £335,000<br />

A stunning new built riverside town house A unique central Rye detached 4 bedroom A quiet cul de sac located bungalow<br />

www.cidproperty.co.uk 01797 224852<br />

offering flexible living accommodation with up house with an exceptional large living room, offering 3 bedrooms, double aspect living<br />

to four bedrooms, open plan first floor living private terrace garden and its own private room and a generous private garden all<br />

CAMBER<br />

RYE<br />

space and large garage and parking space, entrance oieo to a £600,000 local tavern while being within situated within walking £549,950 distance of all Broad<br />

only 5 minutes walk from the heart of Rye. a stone throw of the ancient Ypres Castle. Oak village amenities.<br />

EPC: B<br />

No Chain EPC: D<br />

No Chain EPC: D<br />

No Chain<br />

A detached 3 bedroom unmodernised house situated on The Suttons backing directly<br />

onto Camber Sands beach with uninterrupted sea views. EPC tbc<br />

A tucked away 4 bedroom Grade II Listed house with many period features, and<br />

benefitting from a private walled level garden with large greenhouse in the heart of Rye.<br />

Peasmarsh Guide Price £235,000<br />

A chalet style 3 bedroom semi-detached<br />

house with development potential to build a<br />

side extension (subject to planning) situated<br />

in the heart of the village.<br />

EPC: C<br />

No Chain<br />

ICKLESHAM<br />

Rye Guide Price £369,950<br />

£249,950<br />

A unique characterful 17th Century 3<br />

bedroom semi-detached house that has<br />

recently been renovated to an exceptional<br />

standard situated in a pleasant position<br />

overlooking the Strand Quay.<br />

EPC: D<br />

No Chain<br />

RYE<br />

Rye Guide Price £395,000<br />

£450,000<br />

A freehold Georgian Grade II listed mid terrace<br />

property providing a commercial opportunity /<br />

investment, with a well presented self-contained,<br />

upper floor 2 bedroom maisonette with stunning<br />

Romney Marsh views that currently rents out as a<br />

holiday let. Vacant Possession. No Chain<br />

A detached 2 bedroom bungalow on the market for the first time in 80 years with<br />

beautiful mature gardens. EPC: F<br />

A detached 4 bedroom house with good versatile accommodation situated on the edge<br />

of Rye Citadel. EPC: D<br />

UDIMORE<br />

oieo £499,950<br />

NEAR RYE<br />

£199,950<br />

Udimore Guide Price £425,000<br />

A charming Grade II listed period home,<br />

modernised to create extremely versatile<br />

accommodation, with 4 bedrooms and a<br />

potential self-contained annexe, with wellestablished<br />

garden enjoying stunning<br />

rural views.<br />

No Chain<br />

Peasmarsh Guide Price £375,000<br />

A set back, detached 3 bedroom bungalow<br />

presented to a high decorative standard<br />

with south-facing garden overlooking<br />

farmland situated in a quiet country lane.<br />

EPC: D<br />

Udimore Guide Price £330,000<br />

A Grade II listed 3 bedroom cottage<br />

providing character and charm with many<br />

original period features and benefiting from<br />

a generous private south facing garden.<br />

A charming well presented Grade II listed 4 bedroom detached house with attached barn<br />

conversion annexe ideal for self-contained holiday let or work from home opportunity.<br />

A mid-terrace 2 bedroom Victorian house finished to a high standard with end garden<br />

studio room benefiting from stunning views looking over Rye. EPC: E


savills.co.uk<br />

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SUPERB JACOBEAN MANOR HOUSE CURRENTLY A HOTEL AND WEDDING VENUE<br />

willesborough, kent<br />

Ashford International 4 miles; Hythe 11.4 miles; Tenterden 14.8 miles<br />

ø 5 reception rooms ø 10 bedrooms ø 10 bath/shower rooms ø kitchen ø conservatory<br />

ø detached stable block with lapsed planning ø part walled gardens ø about 2.75 acres<br />

ø 1014 sq m (10,919 sq ft)<br />

Savills Cranbrook<br />

James Lloyd<br />

jlloyd@savills.com<br />

01580 720161<br />

Guide £2.25 million Freehold


01580 761650<br />

www.philberts.co.uk<br />

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BETHERSDEN O.I.E.O. £900,000<br />

Woodlands is situated on a quiet country lane with easy access to transport links to London. The<br />

property offers extensive open accommodation on the ground floor and four double bedrooms,<br />

two with en- suite, and a family bathroom. The grounds extend to approximately 1.5 acres.<br />

www.wealdentimes.co.uk<br />

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Residential Sales • Management and Lettings<br />

BATTLE, EAST SUSSEX<br />

01580 242700<br />

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£1.85 million<br />

An exceptional and historically significant Grade II Listed Country House<br />

dating back to the 17 th Century, originally part of the Battle Abbey Estate.<br />

Set amid impressive gardens and approximately 13 acres of picturesque<br />

Sussex farmland.<br />

Marley House sits amid beautifully presented gardens and enchanting grounds<br />

of approximately 13 acres, the paddocks being ideal for Equestrian / livestock use.<br />

Situated close to Battle and all the useful amenities the town provides, including<br />

excellent schools in both the private and public sector, the site dates back to the 12 th<br />

Century as the location for the original farm to Battle Abbey. This handsome country<br />

house offers 6 double bedrooms and an attractive brick built outbuilding (formerly<br />

a squash court) situated discretely within the rear garden presents exciting potential<br />

for conversion in to ancillary accommodation as a 1/2 bedroom annexe.<br />

Ground Floor: Hallway • Drawing Room • Dining Room • Cloakroom • Boot Room<br />

• Laundry Room • Wine Cellar • Kitchen • Pantry • Garden Room / Dining area<br />

• Larder • Snug • Rear Hallway<br />

First & Second Floors: Master Bedroom with Ensuite Bathroom and Dressing<br />

Area • Five Further Double Bedrooms • Further Ensuite Bathroom • Family Bath and<br />

Shower Room • Separate WC • Approx. gross internal floor area 5,200 sq ft<br />

Gardens & Grounds: Circular Driveway • Lovingly Maintained Mature Gardens<br />

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• Courtyard • Workshop / Office • Games / Pool Room • Pump Room • Swimming<br />

Pool • Greenhouse • Potting Shed • Squash Court • Timber Barn / Garage • Stabling<br />

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HOUSE OF THE MONTH by John Graham-Hart<br />

1.<br />

On the Right Track<br />

John Graham-Hart locates properties near railway stations...<br />

For many rural communities in the 1960s, Dr Richard Beeching was not<br />

exactly a family favourite. Dr Beeching had been brought in to sort out<br />

the considerable mess that was British Railways and had come up with a<br />

plan to close down 6,000 miles of track and a staggering 2,363 stations.<br />

After growing rapidly in the 19th century, the British railway system had<br />

reached its height in the years immediately before the First World War, with<br />

a network of 23,440 miles. However, by the end of the Second World War, it<br />

was in a sorry state, soon nationalised as British Railways, and the line closures<br />

began. Hundred of villages and market towns up and down the country lost<br />

their railway stations, their inhabitants having to rely on predictably unpredictable<br />

country bus services to reach their nearest mainline stations.<br />

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Where? Chaney Court Farm is in a<br />

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the outskirts of Staplehurst, about two<br />

miles from the village station (Google<br />

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What? A handsome 1920s farmhouse<br />

in 1.5 acres with a detached two-storey<br />

annexe, a pole barn incorporating<br />

stables, and a paddock, Chaney Court is<br />

a bright and welcoming country home,<br />

and a perfect end-of-day escape from<br />

the city. Downstairs there is a sitting<br />

room with bay window and original<br />

1920s cast iron fireplace, dining room,<br />

also with original fireplace, kitchen/<br />

breakfast room, boot room and a store<br />

room.<br />

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over the surrounding fields and on the<br />

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potential for a further bedroom. The<br />

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converted in the 1990s and now offers<br />

flexible accommodation that could be<br />

arranged as three bedrooms, a sitting<br />

room and bathroom.<br />

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is priced at £895,000 and is with<br />

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2. The dower House<br />

Where? The Dower House is on<br />

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2BE).<br />

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country house built in the 1950s and<br />

designed to be a smaller version of the<br />

estate’s grand and famous manor house,<br />

the Dower House is set in the most<br />

beautiful part of the estate’s extensive<br />

gardens. Accommodation includes an<br />

elegant drawing room with three sets<br />

of French windows to the terrace and<br />

an impressive marble fireplace, dining<br />

room, library, spacious kitchen/breakfast<br />

room, a 50-foot conservatory.<br />

There are four bedrooms – including a<br />

master bedroom with a Juliet balcony,<br />

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Also part of the sale is a bothy cottage<br />

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bedrooms, kitchen and bathroom.<br />

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01732 744477 or visit<br />

www.knightfrank.co.uk<br />

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Where? Reed Place Barn is in a rural<br />

location in the hamlet of Chainhurst,<br />

less than three miles from Marden<br />

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paddock.<br />

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Wells, about a mile from the mainline<br />

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property, Saffron House pays<br />

homage to Tudor times with a wealth of<br />

exposed oak timbers while offering all<br />

the pleasures of a cutting-edge modern<br />

home. On the ground floor there is a<br />

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spacious, elegant and contemporary<br />

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On the first floor there are three<br />

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outside fireplace, outdoor audio and<br />

DMX theatre-style lighting.<br />

How much? Saffron House has an<br />

asking price of £3,000,000 and is with<br />

Knight Frank in Tunbridge Wells. Call<br />

01892 515035 or visit<br />

www.knightfrank.com<br />

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pastels by Emma Barker and striking watercolours by<br />

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Once again you are invited from Friday 20 to Sunday<br />

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Jonathan Dimbleby, HRH Princess Michael of Kent,<br />

Tony Juniper, Deborah Moggach, Tracey Thorn,<br />

Lynne Truss, Terry Wogan, and many more. Come<br />

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drinks. Admission for adults is £5, children £2<br />

and no booking is necessary. Visit www.finchcocks.<br />

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Editor’s<br />

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my ‘armchair’ has been a seat on the train and the <strong>Wealden</strong><br />

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foundations, to practical advice on avoiding winter coughs<br />

and colds. We take a look around the Whitstable home of<br />

the writer and journalist Francine Raymond and closer to<br />

WT HQ, we visit Brick House Farm at High Halden.<br />

Not forgetting Christmas, we have seasonal recipes from<br />

Juliet Bidwell, and a huge <strong>Gift</strong> Supplement including<br />

gifts that you will find at the <strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Midwinter<br />

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Enjoy your<br />

<strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong>!<br />

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Editor .................................................................................Jennifer Stuart-Smith<br />

Press, Social Media & Editorial Assistant........................................Helen Barton<br />

Design ..........................................................................................Powerful Pierre<br />

Design Team ...............................................................................Anthony Boxall<br />

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Sales Manager .....................................................................Lisa Gordon-Hughes<br />

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Above: A rustic stripped-wood table sits in the corner of the large kitchen-cum-dining room, with side cupboards painted in a strong blue to complement the<br />

colour of the ‘unfitted’ kitchen Above right: A dried Allium schubertii seed head, that Francine adorned with glass beads, hangs in the front porch<br />

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and Max. “I’d helped Jacques and his wife Saskia look<br />

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in Suffolk – whereas here you can walk everywhere.”<br />

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the house, creating a bespoke ‘unfitted kitchen’ for<br />

his mother and many other carpentry features.<br />

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Above left: Francine’s much-loved 1960s bicycle, which she bought locally, is perfect for nipping to the shops. It lives in the kitchen, propped up against a<br />

kitchen unit built by Francine’s son Jacques Above right: A still life of ‘finds’ on the scullery windowsill<br />

the house was to reconfigure the rooms, turning the<br />

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kitchen / living area with French doors leading out<br />

on to an equally considered garden. There is also a<br />

scullery area, reached via a corridor with built-in larder<br />

cupboard. Conversely, upstairs, she divided two large<br />

rooms into three bedrooms, a shower room and added<br />

a large dormer to house a new, light-filled bathroom.<br />

This light-filled bathroom holds a clue to Francine’s<br />

approach to refurbishment: a stripped-down ‘upcycled’<br />

wooden door serving as a rustic side panel to the bath.<br />

“I love to reuse things.” Other examples of Francine’s<br />

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knocked down internal walls and a garden table topped<br />

with left over Fired Earth tiles from the shower room.<br />

It’s clear that she is both practical as well as having<br />

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Above: A vase that belonged to Francine’s grandmother is the perfect container for cardoon and artichoke heads. Overhead is a wreath made<br />

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Dotted around Francine’s home are paintings, sculptures and images of hens, primarily Buff Orpingtons. The Hen<br />

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Above: A toy-filled corner includes a model boat which Francine bought for<br />

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This page: The open-plan living room and office have original Arts and Crafts windows which capture the morning sun. On the walls are paintings and<br />

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Above: The office area turns into a pop-up shop before Christmas and in mid summer when Francine opens up her house and garden.<br />

A vast shelving unit, transported from Suffolk, displays Francine’s range of books as well as decorative items and inspiring art and craft<br />

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formerly a downstairs bedroom and living room looking out on to Joy Lane<br />

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Above left: The stairs have been painted with non-slip paint, to give the<br />

effect of a carpet runner. Above right: A dormer was added on to make room<br />

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a present to her husband when they got married. She<br />

also collects children’s wooden chairs – there are three<br />

on display – and an out-sized sculptor’s plinth makes a<br />

handy display stand in the corner. The entire space is<br />

painted in the warm, yet muted ‘Sandstone’ by Dulux.<br />

Despite a magic ability to style a room -- “I’m an<br />

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more comfortable and warmer than my old house. I<br />

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The upstairs of the house is a testament to the owner’s knack for making and creating; the bedroom features a hand-embroidered headboard, armchair and<br />

window pelmet while outside on the landing is a cosy work area. Above right: a metal trunk acts as a table, topped by a driftwood tree by Martin Pammant<br />

as if Francine had little trouble settling in and making<br />

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The NGS is also something Francine is involved<br />

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“We have seven gardens already, and we are hoping<br />

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Top: A side porch full of curious succulents makes it hard not to dally on your way in or out of the house. Above, left to right: One of many fruit trees in the<br />

back garden; the hen house, built by Francine’s son Jacques and painted to match the house and outbuildings; herbs and salad plants destined for the kitchen<br />

garden with a yellow balloon during open garden week.”<br />

Francine’s garden will be open on June 12, 2016.<br />

Although she was initially looking for a smaller home,<br />

with a larger garden, it seems that Francine has ended up<br />

with the perfect plot. “My old garden was an acre, and<br />

I had 100 ducks. I didn’t want this garden to be labour<br />

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is taken up with containers, in all shapes and sizes, from<br />

agricultural watering troughs, to more elegant ‘brocante’<br />

– around a deck made from scaffolding boards.<br />

“I try and grow a few, special veg – not everything I<br />

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is important to me.” Morning and evening watering<br />

is something she finds relaxing. Further away from<br />

the house is a grass area, dotted with fruit trees, and<br />

to the side there is a metal swing chair that Francine<br />

brought with her from her old garden. “You get the<br />

nicest view from here, of just plants, trees and sky<br />

and I’ve planted roses around it, for the scent.”<br />

Following on from her knack of re-using materials,<br />

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dividers – which shield the compost area and cobnut glade<br />

– are made from roofing batten nailed at intervals to vertical<br />

stakes: “it’s windy here, so you need something that will let<br />

the wind through. Otherwise it would just get blown down.”<br />

Ingenuity and adaptability are just two of Francine’s talents,<br />

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Farmhouse charms<br />

Words: John Graham-Hart Photographs: David Merewether Styling: Helen Barton<br />

Rob and Caroline, the couple behind Brick House Farm are experts in hospitality: from running<br />

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This natural ability to make people feel welcome is evident in their home – inducing our writer<br />

to slip off his shoes, sink into the sofa and make a request for hot tea and buttered scones...<br />

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decorate the large living area at the front of the house. Above right: Light-coloured homeware and furnishings help to make the most of the natural light<br />

The Woolpack Hotel in Tenterden is one of the<br />

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Rob, Caroline and family brought the Woolpack<br />

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natural that he would have great ideas for the farm<br />

when we took it over,” says Rob’s wife, Caroline.<br />

“But I decided that this was one home we would do<br />

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Not that her previous home was at all shabby, of course.<br />

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Above: A cosy seating area next to the kitchen catches the morning sun and<br />

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Above: The bricks of a disused fireplace in an upstairs bedroom have been painted white to reflect the light – and avoid the gloominess associated with low,<br />

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out they went up, creating a fine part-vaulted ceiling.<br />

Either side of the range are units created by splitting<br />

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building. Gathering around an ottoman and the<br />

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Above: personal touches such as family photos, favourite books and paintings add interest to the carefully decorated and designed bedrooms. The whole ceiling<br />

has been painted white, where once the beams were painted black – giving a sense of light and space<br />

its elegant high-backed bench from France. In the<br />

corner stands my favourite piece, a huge and chunky<br />

distressed oak bureau and on the wall nearby is a<br />

painting of one of the couple’s daughter’s pet goats.<br />

Up an almost secret staircase, the master bedroom would<br />

be unrecognisable to the former owners. Once the wealth<br />

of beams were painted a gloomy black which brought lower<br />

a ceiling already not the highest. Now the entire room,<br />

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brickwork, is a pristine white, almost visually lifting the<br />

ceiling and creating a space of freedom and light. On the<br />

Victorian-style bed is a lovely handmade spread from Love<br />

Lane Vintage. “There was really no room for wardrobes so<br />

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door, daughter Maisie’s room is a delicate blizzard of pink,<br />

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Top: One of the outhouses at Brick House Farm is home to the couple’s daughter. The space was designed by Rob in a ‘more masculine style’, according to<br />

Caroline, or ‘modern rustic’, and incorporates salvaged wood from around the farm. A kitchen corner, sleeping area and living room are cleverly combined in<br />

an open-plan arrangement. Above left: Disused stairs have a new lease of life as shelves for plants Above right: A pretty corner of the farmyard<br />

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Above: A double bed in the lakeside shack looks over the fishing pond and paddocks containing geese, sheep and, in the far corner, pigs. There is<br />

departure from Caroline’s muted colour scheme in the shack, which features warm tones on the walls and furnishings<br />

meant that a modest-sized room now accommodates<br />

an elegant free-standing roll top bath, basin and<br />

loo, all surrounded by Rob’s tongue-and-groove<br />

panelling, while never for a moment feeling pokey.<br />

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Above: a wood stove and brightly coloured rugs keep guests cosy all year round, while the chandelier overhead adds a touch of boho glamour<br />

is the Fishing Shack on its perfect pond brimming<br />

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Above: A mezzanine bed reached via a rustic ladder, above the main sleeping area, offers a fun place for children to sleep. When not lounging around, guests<br />

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Pines & Needles<br />

A few years ago, we found<br />

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Sparkling, freshly scented<br />

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it was a real show-stopper<br />

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Here are a few of WT’s go-to shops<br />

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• ABCD Designs<br />

<strong>Wealden</strong>fairs.com/abcddesigns<br />

• Duck & Dog<br />

<strong>Wealden</strong>fairs.com/duckanddog<br />

• Fenwick Tunbridge Wells 01892<br />

516716 www.fenwick.co.uk<br />

• The Festive Dresser<br />

www.festive-dresser.co.uk<br />

• Halinka’s Fairies 01273 727642<br />

www.halinkasfairies.com<br />

• Hilly Hubb <strong>Wealden</strong>fairs.com/hillyhubb<br />

• Holsa Bee <strong>Wealden</strong>fairs.com/holsabee<br />

• Mac Creative www.maccreative.co.uk<br />

• Maisie K Cranbrook 01580<br />

715123 www.maisiek.co.uk<br />

• Spice Cranbrook 01580 714156<br />

www.spicecranbrook.co.uk<br />

• Woodcocks, Tenterden & Battle<br />

01580 761008 / 01424 772366<br />

www.woodcocksinteriors.co.uk<br />

You can find all the companies in red at<br />

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Season’s Eatings at The Curlew<br />

December Party Menu - Available Midweek<br />

Two courses £22.50, Three courses £27.50 Complimentary Bellini for bookings of 6+<br />

www.thecurlewrestaurant.co.uk 01580 861 394 Junction Road, Bodiam, East Sussex TN32 5UY<br />

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Liven up your tree with<br />

fun and frivolous creature<br />

decorations. Here are<br />

five of our favourites...<br />

From left to right: party fox terrier globe, £10.50 www.berryred.co.uk; ‘quack’ felt decoration, £4.95, <strong>Wealden</strong>fairs.com/hillyhubb; wooden hanging decorations,<br />

£5, <strong>Wealden</strong>fairs.com/holsabee; silver elephant ornament, from a selection, uk.jonathanadler.com; clip-on peacock decoration, £9, www.tch.net<br />

LET US SPOIL YOU THIS CHRISTMAS WITH A CELEBRATION TO REMEMBER<br />

festive lunches<br />

from £20.00 per person<br />

Festive Lunches<br />

FROM £20.00 PER PERSON<br />

Available throughout December<br />

available from £29.00 per person<br />

available throughout december<br />

THEMED Party Nights<br />

DANCING THROUGH THE DECADES DISCO<br />

christmas day lunch<br />

PRICES FROM £29.00 PER PERSON<br />

£69.00 CASINO per NIGHT person<br />

£29.00 £42.50 per child PER PERSON under 12<br />

Available weekends in december<br />

themed party nights<br />

dancing through<br />

the decades disco<br />

prices from £29.00 per person<br />

casino night<br />

£42.50 per person<br />

available weekends in december<br />

private party nights<br />

boxing day lunch & dinner<br />

PRIVATE PARTY NIGHTS<br />

Available £27.50 from per £29.00 person<br />

person<br />

£18.00 per child under 12<br />

CHRISTMAS DAY LUNCH<br />

£69.00 PER PERSON<br />

£29.00 PER CHILD UNDER 12<br />

new year’s eve las<br />

vegas themed party<br />

£63.00 per person<br />

BOXING DAY LUNCH & DINNER<br />

£27.50 PER PERSON<br />

£18.00 PER CHILD UNDER 12<br />

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NEW<br />

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YEAR’S<br />

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EVE LAS<br />

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PARTY<br />

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t. 01580 200 112 e. christmas@dalehill.co.uk £63.00 PER PERSON w. dalehill.co.uk<br />

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come on in...<br />

it's cold outside<br />

Join us this festive season for heartwarming food and tipples to make you smile<br />

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Festive Party<br />

Saturday 21st <strong>November</strong> to<br />

Wednesday 23rd December.<br />

Served daily from 12pm – 9:30pm.<br />

See our website for more details:<br />

www.thegoudhurstinn.com<br />

Christmas Eve<br />

Full menu available. Served<br />

12pm – 3pm, 6pm – 9:30pm.<br />

Complementary canapés and<br />

surprise cocktails served from 6pm<br />

at the bar.<br />

Christmas Day Lunch<br />

Festive fizz from 11am followed by<br />

4-course celebratory menu. Served<br />

from 12pm – 4pm.<br />

Adults £65pp, children £35pp.<br />

Bing Day Brunch<br />

‘All day’ Brunch and Bloody Marys<br />

in the bar from 11am – 4pm. Full<br />

menu available from 12pm – 4pm.<br />

Sunday 27th<br />

Select menu including seasonal<br />

specials and traditional Sunday<br />

Roasts from 12pm – 9:30pm.<br />

Mon 28th – Weds 30th<br />

Full menu available including<br />

seasonal daily specials. Food<br />

served from 12pm – 9:30pm.<br />

ursday 31st<br />

Food served from 12pm – 3pm.<br />

New Years Eve<br />

Celebratory Supper<br />

Fizz and finger food followed by a<br />

dazzling NYE Supper. Guest arrival<br />

6:30pm. Supper from 8pm. Live<br />

music till late. Drinkers welcome.<br />

New Years Day<br />

‘All day’ Brunch and Bloody Marys<br />

in the bar from 11am – 4pm. Full<br />

menu available 12pm – 4pm.<br />

Cranbrook Road, Goudhurst TN17 1DG<br />

www.thegoudhurstinn.com | info@thegoudhurstinn.com | 01580 212605<br />

Facebook: The Goudhurst Inn | Twitter: @thegoudhurstinn<br />

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Come Dine with Us<br />

As Christmas draws closer, we ask three local venues - a pub, a restaurant and a hotel -<br />

what they will be doing to give their guests a truly memorable, festive experience...<br />

Frasers, Coldharbour Farm<br />

What will you be doing to<br />

make your restaurant / hotel<br />

feel festive this Christmas?<br />

Frasers beautifully, hand-crafted traditional<br />

Kentish Oak Barn with its wealth of<br />

exposed beams makes for the perfect<br />

place to while away a few hours during<br />

the festive season. The fifteen foot real<br />

Christmas tree which is stylishly decorated<br />

forms the central focus for Christmas.<br />

The array of fairy lights and tea lights<br />

makes the atmosphere extra special.<br />

What size group can you cater for?<br />

We are delighted to welcome parties from<br />

as intimate as a couple to lively parties<br />

of 50. (Prior booking is required.)<br />

do you have any speciality<br />

Christmas dishes / drinks?<br />

Our Christmas menus are skilfully<br />

prepared in our 2 AA Rosette kitchen by<br />

the talented Head Chef Alan Egan. Our<br />

menus are designed utilising the finest<br />

locally sourced ingredients, wherever<br />

possible these are gleaned from our farm.<br />

Our ‘Frasers’ estate breast of wood pigeon,<br />

remoulade, blackberry and port reduction<br />

is a “Festive Favourite”. Our Christmas<br />

puddings were made six months ago<br />

allowing them time to mature and ensure<br />

they are rich and delectable. Frasers<br />

offers an extensive range of wine from<br />

all over the world for our customer’s<br />

enjoyment. Our house recommendations<br />

are nearer to home being sourced from<br />

the nearby Hush Heath and Chapel<br />

Down Estates. Why not enjoy a glass of<br />

Biddenden mulled cider or apple juice?<br />

When will you be putting up your<br />

tree and who will decorate it?<br />

Our Christmas tree will be in the<br />

barn from the beginning of December<br />

to ensure that all our customers<br />

experience the “Frasers Magic”.<br />

What are you wishing for Christmas?<br />

Firstly we wish all our family, friends<br />

and valued customers a healthy and<br />

prosperous Christmas and New Year.<br />

We also wish that our clients, both<br />

old and new, come and experience<br />

our renowned ‘Frasers’ hospitality and<br />

incredible food, whether it is for a<br />

cosy lunch, afternoon tea or supper.<br />

Frasers is a private guest house<br />

and restaurant nestled at the end<br />

of a private drive on a working<br />

farm near Egerton. 01233<br />

756122, www.frasers-events.co.uk<br />

Goudhurst Inn<br />

What will you be<br />

doing to make your<br />

restaurant / hotel feel<br />

festive this Christmas?<br />

We will be decorating a large Christmas<br />

tree and making the conservatory look lovely and festive.<br />

We will be serving mulled wine and festive canapés and<br />

background music will add to the cosy atmosphere.<br />

What size group can you cater for?<br />

We can cater for groups and the maximum we can seat in<br />

the conservatory is 75 but across the whole restaurant 150.<br />

do you have any speciality Christmas dishes / drinks?<br />

We are launching a special sparkling white wine in time for<br />

Christmas ‘Leslies Reserve’ at £6.50 a glass. We also have a<br />

delicious selection of Christmas menus available including a<br />

four course celebrating Christmas Lunch for £65 per person<br />

and £35 for children under 12. Every day from 21 <strong>November</strong><br />

we are also offering a festive menu which must be booked in<br />

advance. See website for details www.thegoudhurstinn.com<br />

When will you be putting up your<br />

tree and who will decorate it?<br />

We are putting up our Christmas tree on the same day as<br />

the <strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Midwinter Fair on 21 <strong>November</strong> and<br />

owner Leslie Balfour-Lynn, whose interior design expertise<br />

gave the Goudhurst Inn, including the bedrooms, its stylish<br />

interior, will also be decorating the inn for Christmas.<br />

What are you wishing for Christmas?<br />

The owners and staff at the Goudhurst Inn and Hush Heath<br />

Estate wish all their guests and diners a fabulous Christmas!<br />

The Goudhurst Inn is a pub, restaurant and hotel in the heart<br />

of the Garden of England and only a short drive away from<br />

the owner’s award-winning vineyard and winery, the Hush<br />

Heath Estate. 01580 212605, www.thegoudhurstinn.com<br />

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facebook.com/The-Chocolate-Deli-146904282570<br />

A traditional Chocolate haven filled with<br />

unique and luxurious treats...<br />

There’s a well-stocked cabinet of Hand-made English,<br />

French and Belgian Chocolates from cocoa dusted<br />

truffles and smooth pralines to classic fondant creams<br />

and rich fruit ganaches.<br />

Favours for Weddings and Corporate Events<br />

are available to order.<br />

90 High Street, Hythe, Kent CT21 5AJ<br />

tel: 01303 267236 mail: chocoldeli@gmail.com<br />

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Hythe, Imperial<br />

What will you be doing to make your restaurant<br />

/ hotel feel festive this Christmas?<br />

Whether you are looking for a festive themed<br />

getaway, delicious dining with all the trimmings or<br />

to celebrate in style with your friends and family –<br />

the Hythe Imperial are making a wonderful winter<br />

wonderland to create the most magical Christmas<br />

under one roof. Inspired by the local surroundings,<br />

our glorious hotel has stood at the heart of Hythe<br />

for hundreds of years. With our friendly and<br />

enthusiastic team to look after you, the Hythe<br />

Imperial is the ideal place to spend Christmas<br />

by the sea. Leading up to Christmas there is our<br />

Santa’s Grotto to add to the winter wonderland and<br />

Santa will be here on December 21, 22 and 23,<br />

making the Hythe Imperial his last stop before he<br />

needs to head off back to the North Pole.<br />

What size group can you cater for?<br />

Largest group is for 120 guests seated for a 3-course<br />

dinner.<br />

Do you have any speciality Christmas dishes /<br />

drinks?<br />

We are offering an amazing special Festive<br />

Afternoon Tea which will include items such as<br />

turkey & cranberry as well as smoked salmon<br />

sandwiches, mini mince pies, stollen and<br />

panettone. There is also a great drinks package for<br />

party nights<br />

When will you be putting up your tree and who<br />

will decorate it?<br />

Provisionally, 7 <strong>November</strong>. We bring a team in<br />

to look after the decorating - except the fairylight<br />

garland that goes all the way up our central<br />

staircase which will be set up by our maintenance<br />

team and front office manager.<br />

What are you wishing for Christmas?<br />

I am wishing for lots of family fun, food and<br />

frolics – Christmas is the best time of the year for<br />

me and it is all about family and friends – as well<br />

as wishing for a little bit of snow. But that’s really a<br />

big ask.<br />

Inspired by its local surroundings, the Hythe<br />

Imperial is a glorious 4-star hotel which has stood<br />

at the heart of Hythe for hundreds of years.<br />

01303 267441, www.hytheimperial.co.uk<br />

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We would like to invite you to our<br />

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8th <strong>November</strong><br />

until noon on<br />

24th December<br />

Taste our award winning still and sparkling wines,<br />

Strong Kentish Ciders and our New Special Mead.<br />

Or why not warm up with a delicious glass<br />

of our Monks Delight - mulling cider.<br />

Come and visit us at our<br />

Brewery in the heart of<br />

Tenterden. We have a great<br />

range of beers, gift packs,<br />

polypins; perfect for Christmas<br />

& New Year parties and<br />

for Christmas presents!<br />

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Saturday 10am-2pm<br />

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Opening <strong>Times</strong><br />

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Monday - Saturday<br />

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Sunday<br />

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Gribble Bridge Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8DF<br />

FOR SALES: Telephone: 01580 763867 OR email: sales@olddairybrewery.com<br />

OLD DAIRY BREWERY LTD, STATION ROAD, TENTERDEN, KENT. TN30 6HE<br />

SHOP ONLINE: WWW.OLDDAIRYBREWERY.COM<br />

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Hush Heath Estate<br />

Festive Fizz<br />

Weekends<br />

<strong>November</strong><br />

Sat- 28/ Sun- 29th<br />

December<br />

Sat- 5th / Sun- 6th<br />

Sat-12th / Sun- 13th<br />

Complimentary<br />

wine tours at<br />

11.30, 12.30, 14.30<br />

and 15.30 on the<br />

Sat and Sun.<br />

Customers<br />

will receive a<br />

complimentary<br />

glass of sparkling<br />

wine or mulled<br />

cider on arrival<br />

with a locally<br />

made mince pie.<br />

Special case offer<br />

on wine and cider<br />

for Christmas.<br />

Beautiful gift<br />

packs and gift<br />

ideas including<br />

our exclusive<br />

sparkling wine and<br />

crystal glasses<br />

gift box.<br />

FIVE OAK LANE<br />

STAPLEHURST<br />

KENT TN12 0HT<br />

Open from 11-5 for all day tutored tastings<br />

no need to book. Lots of fabulous gift ideas<br />

www.hushheath.com English Wines and Ciders 01622 832794<br />

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Chocolate, tea and treats<br />

gift bag, £15, twinings<br />

www.twinings.co.uk<br />

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Christmas taupe<br />

Billy apron, £15,<br />

ragged rose<br />

www.wealdenfairs.com<br />

See them at WT<br />

Midwinter<br />

Fair<br />

‘Hugs’ – dunk me –<br />

cookies in a tin, £9<br />

www.fenwick.co.uk<br />

Chopping Board, £36<br />

www.furnish.co.uk<br />

Hot stuff in a match<br />

Box, from £5.99<br />

inamatchbox.com<br />

<strong>Gift</strong>s for...<br />

Foodies<br />

monk’s delight<br />

strong spiced Cider,<br />

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www.biddendenvineyards.com<br />

marimekko Hauki oven<br />

mitten, £19.50 www.<br />

cloudberryliving.co.uk<br />

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set, Hubert and George,<br />

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Bespoke Kitchen mixer<br />

<strong>Gift</strong> tags, £10 for a set<br />

of 10, Fraser & Parsley<br />

01892 300711<br />

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Christmas Bay, £27<br />

www.plants4presents.co.uk<br />

silent Pool Gin, £35<br />

www.silentpooldistillers.com<br />

Hush Heath manor<br />

Pinot noir 2014, £22,<br />

Hush Heath Winery<br />

01622 832794<br />

www.hushheath.com<br />

‘Herbs’ small beech<br />

wood chopping board,<br />

£25, Culinary Concepts<br />

www.fenwick.co.uk<br />

ross & ross Homemade<br />

Bacon Curing Kit, £23<br />

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Over 40 years experience<br />

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Saturday 12 th December<br />

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Starts Friday<br />

20 th <strong>November</strong><br />

See website for details<br />

Eves of West Malling<br />

84a High Street,<br />

West Malling, Kent<br />

ME19 6NE 01732 845303<br />

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Fiona pink velvet cushion,<br />

£33, ragged rose<br />

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Midwinter<br />

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sandwood ladies shorts in<br />

sizes Xs/s/m, £30<br />

www.blueblancmange.co.uk<br />

<strong>Gift</strong>s for... Her<br />

eve taylor aroma wax<br />

Candle, £13, Purenique<br />

Beauty salon<br />

01580 753383<br />

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ruth mastenbroek Bath &<br />

shower Cream 200ml, £20,<br />

the Bathroom shop<br />

01580 763207<br />

www.the-bathroomshop.co.uk<br />

amber acorn & oak leaf set in<br />

lead-free pewter on a sterling<br />

silver chain, £39.50<br />

www.evakingston.co.uk<br />

Braintree bamboo socks,<br />

£20 for a set of four, spice,<br />

Cranbrook 01580 714156<br />

www.spicecranbrook.co.uk<br />

Beanie Hat by seeberger, £45,<br />

elizabeth rose, 01580 762406<br />

www.elizabeth-rose.com<br />

See them at WT<br />

Midwinter<br />

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Balfour Brut rosé 2010,<br />

£35.99, Hush Heath<br />

Winery, 01622 832794<br />

www.hushheath.com<br />

Midwinter<br />

Fair<br />

Peony Jewellery<br />

Box, £13.50<br />

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luxury bed socks, 100%<br />

Baby alpaca, available in<br />

Hot Pink & teal, £29.95<br />

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silver encased glass bowls by<br />

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Botanical drop earrings, £65, large Botanical pendant, £105,<br />

Botanical ring, £65, Bill Skinner, Tenterden / Otford 01959<br />

525505 www.billskinnerstudio.co.uk; 1970s necklace, £135,<br />

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/ www.eclectica.biz; Terrible<br />

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When I once upon a time interviewed the awesome<br />

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Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation, £29.50 for<br />

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This ambitiously named foundation does, actually, rather<br />

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eauty-ed sort of way, I followed instructions to smooth a few<br />

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This is something a little different: a duh-why-didn’tanyone-think-of-it-before<br />

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Acrylic Nails<br />

Hair Up<br />

Facials<br />

Gillian Spooner, a senior Sassoon trained<br />

stylist currently working at the Josh Wood<br />

Atelier in London, is now based in your area.<br />

Gillian’s superb level of expertise in cutting<br />

and styling for ladies can be brought to you<br />

by private appointment, with the benefit of a<br />

free, no-obligation consultation beforehand.<br />

For more information visit<br />

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<strong>Wealden</strong> Health & Beauty<br />

<strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> talks to Holly Levett from Duck<br />

and Dog, a luxury home and gift shop...<br />

do you follow a<br />

beauty routine?<br />

I adore the Liz Earle<br />

skincare range due to its<br />

natural ingredients. I use a<br />

combination of the Cleanse<br />

& Polish hot cloth cleanser,<br />

followed by the gentle face<br />

exfoliator. I don’t often<br />

wear make-up hence I<br />

finish my daily routine<br />

off with applying the Liz<br />

Earle daily moisturiser. My<br />

mother has always taught<br />

me from an early age the<br />

importance of moisturising,<br />

she is 63 and barely has a<br />

wrinkle on her, hopefully I<br />

will follow in her footsteps!<br />

do you have a particular<br />

product you couldn’t<br />

live without?<br />

My beauty therapist<br />

Hannah from Just Heaven<br />

in Cranbrook, introduced<br />

me to the Payot Elixir,<br />

which is a nourishing<br />

face, body and hair oil.<br />

I use this product every<br />

day as its an ultra fine oil<br />

enabling me to get dressed<br />

immediately after use. I<br />

love the scent of Myrrh<br />

and Amyris. I first used<br />

this product just before we<br />

got married so it reminds<br />

me of our honeymoon.<br />

What’s your ultimate<br />

pampering treat?<br />

As I have two young<br />

children I don’t often get<br />

the chance to have a real<br />

pamper session; I’m always<br />

busy running after them!<br />

So my ultimate treat at the<br />

moment would be a night<br />

away in The George in Rye,<br />

a proper lie-in, followed by<br />

a delicious breakfast in bed!<br />

Who’s your style icon?<br />

My style icon has to<br />

be Jessica Alba, she<br />

has beautiful olive skin<br />

and always rocks the<br />

natural look; whether<br />

she is out on mummy<br />

duties or hitting the red<br />

carpet, she always looks<br />

effortlessly glamorous!<br />

Founded in 2013, Duck<br />

and Dog is based in<br />

Tunbridge Wells, and<br />

was created to cater for<br />

Holly’s family and their<br />

busy country lifestyle.<br />

They offer a beautiful<br />

handpicked collection of<br />

soft furnishings, innovative<br />

homeware and inspiring<br />

gifts, that are practical<br />

for a bustling family<br />

home. Take a look at<br />

www.duckanddog.co.uk<br />

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Time-honoured<br />

Tincture...<br />

Sage, or Salvia Officinalis,<br />

is a herb native to the<br />

Mediterranean, with an<br />

ancient history of culinary<br />

and medicinal use. The greygreen<br />

edible plant is part of<br />

the mint family and flowers<br />

in a range of colours from<br />

blue and purple to white<br />

and pink. Historically it’s<br />

been used to treat everything<br />

from mental disorders to<br />

gastrointestinal discomfort;<br />

the ancient Egyptians used<br />

it as a fertility drug, and a<br />

sage tea has been known to<br />

cure sore throats and coughs.<br />

Use it as a garnish on salads,<br />

or season poultry and fish<br />

with it. Vegetables and beans<br />

are particularly tasty when<br />

slowly roasted with fresh sage<br />

leaves. When growing it, full<br />

sun and good drainage keeps<br />

the plant happy, so it’s super<br />

easy to look after. Pop to<br />

your nearest health food shop<br />

and grab some sage herb oil<br />

to aid with aching muscles,<br />

anxiety, stress and headaches.<br />

Plant Power...<br />

This month, we had the pleasure<br />

of trying out the Goldfaden<br />

MD Plant Profusion Collection.<br />

Harnessing the antioxidant<br />

benefits of natural raspberry<br />

leaf, comfrey leaf and white<br />

tea leaf, these delicately citrus<br />

smelling face creams enhance<br />

the skin’s appearance, keeping<br />

it soft and hydrated. Now the<br />

weather’s getting colder, delicate<br />

skin takes a battering with<br />

constant temperature changes.<br />

The Regenerative Night Cream<br />

reduces inflammation and<br />

stimulates collagen production<br />

resulting in a fresher, smoother,<br />

more radiant skin tone.<br />

We loved the Energetic Eye<br />

Cream in particular. With<br />

magazine print deadlines and<br />

a Midwinter Fair appearing<br />

on the horizon, this was a<br />

saviour for keeping the delicate<br />

skin around our eyes healthy,<br />

glowing and youthful. The<br />

Plant Profusion Collection was<br />

thoughtfully designed to create<br />

a luxurious experience, and it<br />

certainly delivers! Launched in<br />

October, it’s available online<br />

at www.goldfadenmd.com<br />

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Advanced cataract treatment<br />

from specialist consultant<br />

ophthalmologists<br />

Rapid access to expert<br />

treatment and care for<br />

private patients<br />

Ask<br />

your GP<br />

or Optician<br />

to refer<br />

you<br />

There’s no need to sit at home waiting<br />

for treatment a minute longer<br />

You can enjoy clearer sight, free of cataracts as a<br />

private patient at Benenden Hospital. The procedure<br />

is quick and painless and available without delay<br />

– in fact, you can walk in and walk out the same day.<br />

An opportunity to improve your vision<br />

Seeing clearly again is wonderful - now you have the<br />

chance to correct your eyesight at the same time.<br />

We don’t just treat cataracts, we can correct<br />

astigmatism and reduce dependence on glasses<br />

or contact lenses at the same time using our range<br />

of specialist lenses*. Our highly experienced eye<br />

surgeons can discuss the range of options to suit<br />

your needs and lifestyle.<br />

We’re specialists in cataract removal<br />

Why Benenden Hospital? We’re a Centre of<br />

Excellence having performed thousands of successful<br />

cataract procedures. Our consultants are all<br />

specialists with many years of experience, not general<br />

consultants as used by some other providers. Our<br />

safety record is second to none. Our facilities are<br />

modern and comfortable. Our staff are friendly and<br />

welcoming. And, however you choose to travel, we’re<br />

easy to find.<br />

As we’re not-for-profit, we can offer highly<br />

competitive rates too.<br />

You can be referred by your GP or Optician as a<br />

private insured or self-paying patient, NHS Choice<br />

patient, or Benenden member†.<br />

For more information or to book a consultation<br />

call 01580 242 521 (quote WT) or visit us<br />

online at www.benendenhospital.org.uk<br />

†<br />

Benenden members will need a GP referral and must contact member services for authorisation before seeking treatment on 0800 414 8100. *Benenden members who opt for a special<br />

lens only pay the additional cost incurred for the lens and additional treatment as cataract treatment with the standard lens is covered by treatment authorised as part of their membership.<br />

NHS patients only receive the monofocal lens. The Benenden Hospital Trust is a company limited by guarantee. Registered in England, number 3454120. Registered charity number 1065995.<br />

Registered offi ce, The Benenden Hospital Trust, Goddard’s Green Road, Benenden, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 4AX


On the Defensive<br />

Immunity is the balanced state of having adequate biological defenses<br />

to fight infection and disease. Here, we ask three experts to share their<br />

knowledge on boosting our wellbeing throughout the colder months...<br />

The Nutritionist<br />

Helen Ford has worked with Dr Marilyn<br />

Glenville for over eight years...<br />

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Which kinds of foods should I include to boost my immune system this winter? Lots of<br />

brightly coloured fruit and vegetables which contain an array of immune boosting vitamins<br />

and minerals like C, E, beta carotene. Eat an abundance of garlic, leeks and onions which<br />

have natural antibacterial properties to ward off infection. Zinc is also a key immune<br />

booster so include pumpkin seeds and whole grains in your diet too. Don’t forget that<br />

70% of our immune system is in our gut so ensure a daily serving of natural bio yogurt.<br />

What about breakfast? Can you suggest the perfect kick start for a winter’s<br />

morning? Porridge, either with traditional oats or try quinoa for a tasty change.<br />

Add ground nuts and seeds for added protein, fat, fibre and zinc. Some stewed<br />

apple and berries with a sprinkle of cinnamon finishes it off nicely.<br />

Name and explain your top 5 seasonal ‘super veg’ to keep the cold - and colds - at bay<br />

Butternut squash is full of beta carotene and vitamin C. Roast it or make a<br />

delicious soup. Beetroot - full of iron, vitamin C and is very versatile, roast<br />

with chilli or grate raw into salad. Kale is dark green, so rich in magnesium and<br />

vitamin C. Eat lightly steamed or sautéed with garlic for more immune support.<br />

Sweet potato - bright flesh packed full of vitamin C and beta carotene. Use in<br />

place of white potatoes or roast. Pomegranate is rich in immune boosting antioxidants;<br />

can be eaten on its own or sprinkled on yogurt or porridge.<br />

Helen is passionate about nutrition and the therapeutic power of food<br />

and loves creating new recipes. For information and to book a clinic<br />

appointment call 01892 515905 or visit www.glenvillenutrition.com<br />

The GP<br />

Dr Celia Timms is based at the Ivy<br />

Court Surgery, Tenterden...<br />

Is everyone eligible for a flu vaccination and does it guarantee immunisation from<br />

infection? The flu jab or injection is offered free on the NHS to adults over 65 years,<br />

pregnant women, children or adults with an underlying health condition or weakened<br />

immune system. These ‘risk groups’ are more likely to develop serious complications of flu<br />

such as pneumonia. The flu nasal spray vaccination is offered on the NHS to children aged<br />

2-17 years at risk of flu as well as to healthy children aged 2, 3 and 4 years and those in<br />

school years 1 and 2. The vaccine does not guarantee immunisation but reduces the chance<br />

of getting flu or if you do develop it, it is likely to be a milder and shorter lived illness.<br />

For patients suffering from colds and flu, what symptoms would require a visit to the doctor?<br />

The main symptoms of flu are a high temperature, headache, aches and pains and a cough.<br />

Healthy people usually have an unpleasant illness that gets better on its own, so the best treatment<br />

is to stay at home, keep hydrated and take paracetamol or ibuprofen. Consider visiting your GP<br />

if you are in one of the risk groups mentioned above, if you develop chest pain, breathlessness<br />

or cough up blood, if you are getting worse over time or haven’t improved after a week.<br />

Other than immunisation, are there any steps we can take to minimise our chances of<br />

succumbing to a bout of the flu? Flu is a very infectious illness. It is spread by droplets coughed<br />

or sneezed into the air. The droplets hang in the air and can survive on surfaces for up to 24<br />

hours so you should stay away from school or work until you are feeling better. Good hygiene<br />

measures help stop you catching flu or spreading it to others. Wash your hands regularly with<br />

soap and water and keep surfaces such as door handles, telephones and computer keyboards clean.<br />

The best time to have the flu jab is in the autumn (September - <strong>November</strong>). It is given every<br />

year as flu viruses change annually and is available from your GP surgery or some pharmacists.<br />

Celia studied at Bristol University and has been at the Ivy Court Surgery<br />

for 15 years. More information is available at www.nhs.uk<br />

The Remedial Therapist<br />

Christian Hindley specialises<br />

in corrective exercise<br />

and soft tissue therapy...<br />

Are there any particular forms of exercise<br />

I should be focusing on? Your choice of<br />

exercise should reflect your goals. These<br />

should be focused on overall health and<br />

wellbeing rather than physical appearance.<br />

It’s easy to assume that looking a certain<br />

way means feeling a certain way and this<br />

just isn’t the case. Choose an exercise<br />

that you truly enjoy, make the process<br />

a pleasure, and see the physique results<br />

being a bonus and not the sole focus.<br />

Problems like lack of motivation and yoyo<br />

dieting disappear and exercise becomes<br />

healthily integrated within your lifestyle.<br />

Can exercise boost my immune system<br />

and if so, why? The type of exercise<br />

one engages in reflects the physiological<br />

adaptations which take place. Any activity<br />

which stresses the central nervous system<br />

has potential to affect immunity. From<br />

this perspective, the initial response<br />

of moderate to intense exercise may<br />

suppress the immune system, but over<br />

time, once the nervous system adapts<br />

to the stress, it’s likely to have a positive<br />

impact. Stronger CNS=better immunity.<br />

Can posture affect immunity? Living<br />

in the age of prolonged computer and<br />

mobile phone use, more people are<br />

falling victim to ‘the commuter’s hunch’.<br />

Not only does this fault cause aches and<br />

pains (usually in the neck, shoulders and<br />

back), it impacts the very way we breathe,<br />

which leads to increased irritability,<br />

anxiety and a suppressed immunity.<br />

It’s important to consider these factors<br />

when choosing an exercise protocol.<br />

Christian is based at Risebridge Health and<br />

Sports Club and Crossfit Kent and Sussex.<br />

He now works on a referral only scheme<br />

and is contactable through Risebridge.<br />

01580 211775 www.risebridge.co.uk<br />

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Festive<br />

Feasting<br />

Juliet Bidwell comes up with three ‘retro dinners<br />

with a twist’ including classic festive fare of smoked<br />

salmon, beef and that old favourite – trifle.<br />

Photographs: David Merewether<br />

Baby It’s<br />

Cold Outside<br />

Step <strong>inside</strong> The Bell in Ticehurst<br />

this Christmas and New Year for<br />

Christmas parties<br />

Sunday lunch with Santa<br />

Christmas Day lunch<br />

New Year’s Eve with The Swinging Little Big Band<br />

Or simply Christmas dinner with<br />

friends and family throughout December<br />

Find out more<br />

Christmas@thebellinticehurst.com<br />

www.thebellinticehurst.com<br />

or 01580 200234<br />

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Smoked Salmon Roulade with Cucumber Salad<br />

Serves: 6 Prep time: 15 mins Chilling time: 4 hours<br />

For the pâté<br />

• 250g Smoked salmon slices<br />

• 120g Smoked salmon<br />

• 60g Butter – melted<br />

• 3tsp Lemon juice<br />

• Black pepper<br />

• 4tsp Crème fraîche<br />

• 3tsp Chives – chopped<br />

• 1 Lime – cut into<br />

6 segments<br />

• Pink peppercorns – crushed<br />

For the Cucumber Salad<br />

• 2 Cucumbers – washed<br />

• 2tbsp White wine vinegar<br />

• 1tbsp Caster sugar<br />

• 4 Dashes of fish sauce<br />

1. Place the smoked salmon, butter, lemon juice & black<br />

pepper in a food processor and, when mixed stir through<br />

the crème fraîche & chives & check the seasoning.<br />

2. Lay out the 250g of smoked salmon on parchment paper in<br />

a single layer with the edges overlapping, measuring 20cm<br />

x 27cm. Spread the paté over the smoked salmon & roll up<br />

the longer width, using the parchment to help shape it.<br />

3. Finally, wrap in the parchment and then secure the<br />

roll by wrapping it in cling film & twisting both<br />

ends. Place in the fridge for 4 hours before slicing.<br />

1. With a vegetable peeler, peel the skin & flesh off the<br />

cucumbers in long strips while discarding the seeds.<br />

Place the cucumber strips in a bowl and add the vinegar,<br />

sugar & fish sauce. Leave for an hour and then drain.<br />

2. To serve, plate the cucumber & top with<br />

slices of roulade, sprinkled with crushed pink<br />

peppercorns & serve with a wedge of lime.<br />

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Simply wonderful food<br />

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£49.50 per adult,<br />

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Christmas Day Lunch<br />

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Beef Wellington with Mushroom Duxelle<br />

Serves: 6 Prep time: 15 mins Cooking time: From 15 mins<br />

(depending on which type of fillet you opt for)<br />

Pre-heat oven to 200˚C<br />

• 750g Beef fillet or<br />

6 fillet steaks<br />

• 250ml Beef jus<br />

• 12tsp Black olive tapenade<br />

• 500g Puff pastry – cut<br />

into 12, 8 x 8cm squares<br />

• 1 Egg yolk for glaze<br />

• 2tbsp Milk for glaze<br />

• Mushroom Duxelle<br />

• 1 Onion – finely chopped<br />

• 1 Garlic clove – crushed<br />

• 100g Button mushrooms<br />

– chopped<br />

• 100g Chestnut<br />

mushrooms – chopped<br />

• 10 Sprigs of thyme<br />

– leaves stripped<br />

• 50g Butter<br />

• 1tsp Dijon mustard<br />

• 1tbsp Crème fraîche<br />

• Salt & pepper<br />

1. Fry the onions in the butter until soft, add mushrooms,<br />

garlic & thyme & cook for 15 minutes. Add the crème<br />

fraîche, mustard, salt & pepper & check the seasoning.<br />

2. Bake the puff pastry squares for 15 minutes or until golden,<br />

having glazed half of them with a mixture of egg yolk & milk.<br />

3. The mushroom duxelle and puff pastry squares can<br />

be made in advance & re-heated before serving.<br />

4. Roast the beef or fry your steaks & leave the beef to rest.<br />

5. In the meantime, spoon the unglazed puff pastry squares<br />

with tapenade & the warmed mushroom duxelle.<br />

6. Top with beef fillet & the glazed top<br />

hat and serve with beef jus.<br />

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Chapter One’s award-winning team have come up with some<br />

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favourites and exciting dishes from our renowned modern<br />

European menu.<br />

Our Chef Patron, Andrew McLeish and his team have once again<br />

created inspiring menus for Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New<br />

Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. There’s also a special three<br />

course set menu available for lunch at £24.95 per person and<br />

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“Chapter One is a world-class restaurant in the most unexpected<br />

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Winter vegetables<br />

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There is a filthy frugality about winter vegetables.<br />

Perhaps it’s because so many of them have to be dug<br />

up, rather than daintily picked from on high. You<br />

can feel it, in the dirt that gets under your frozen fingernails<br />

and the dew drop that hangs from your nose; digging up<br />

grubby root veg really puts you in touch with the earth, and<br />

our heritage – a link to the sort of food that has sustained us<br />

since the time before hairbrushes. There is satisfaction and<br />

meagre comfort in trudging muddily from the veg patch<br />

with home-grown winter fare, but don’t worry if you’ve<br />

missed your chance this year; buying them is cleaner, nearly<br />

as satisfying and only slightly less primordial. I heard Bruce<br />

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vegetables that had fallen on the ground at Camden Market.<br />

It sounded so bleak, romantic – and weirdly healthy. It<br />

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Some winter vegetables are easier to grow than others,<br />

and some, quite frankly, go beyond a challenge and into<br />

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vegetables – with varied amounts of success. We’ll skate<br />

briefly through a few of them:<br />

It might not be too late<br />

Depending on when you read this – at the dentist in January<br />

is too late – you may still have time to plant some crops.<br />

Technically these won’t be winter vegetables, as they’ll be<br />

ready for harvest in the spring and summer, but overwintering<br />

counts in my book. Peas and broad beans are very hardy,<br />

especially those selected for overwintering (try the broad bean<br />

‘Aquadulce Claudia’ and a pea called ‘Feltham First’). These<br />

will get a head start on spring-sown varieties and should<br />

be ready to harvest 4 - 6 weeks earlier than spring-sown<br />

varieties.<br />

You will still get away with sowing, or rather planting,<br />

some onion sets this month too. These are just tiny onions<br />

that will bulk up to edible size over the months, but will be<br />

ready much earlier than onions from spring-sown seed.<br />

It is exactly the right time to sow garlic though,<br />

and there are lots of interesting varieties to try<br />

that aren’t available in the shops. Elephant garlic<br />

is great roasted whole and served alongside meat<br />

dishes.<br />

Easy winter vegetables<br />

Leeks are my ultimate desert-island (or perhaps<br />

it had better be Hebridean) vegetable. Leeks<br />

are sown from seed at the bleak end of winter,<br />

or in early spring, because they take a<br />

boringly long time to bulk up – gradually<br />

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blades of grass. The only thing you<br />

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This is a form of blanching and will give the leeks a long white<br />

shank, which is the tenderest part.<br />

Kale is the best-behaved of the brassicas and deep dark greenly<br />

good for you; grow some kale and the vitamins burst from each<br />

leaf and march down the path to greet you. For winter harvests,<br />

sow in July or August. You will need to protect against the pesky<br />

cabbage white butterflies for the first few weeks, until they’ve<br />

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causes the roots to fork and fang and they end up looking like<br />

monsters from Dr Who. Parsnips are supposed to taste better<br />

after a frost, as some of the starch in the root turns to sugar, but<br />

you might need a pick axe to dig them up if the ground freezes<br />

solid.<br />

Spinach is much easier to grow in winter than in the warmer<br />

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Some varieties are hardier than others. Perpetual spinach (often<br />

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make flowers before you get a chance to pick them.<br />

Swiss Chard – I grow this because it looks so beautiful, even<br />

if no one eats it. It is similar to spinach, but the leaves have a<br />

thicker stem. In some varieties the stems are brightly coloured<br />

(‘Bright Lights’ is a good one) which brings a welcome, if<br />

somewhat startling splash of colour in the veg patch. The leaves<br />

may wither in very cold weather but, by early spring, new ones<br />

will grow.<br />

Brassicas<br />

Winters are long, but life is short, and I have made a decision<br />

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Lay down your shears<br />

Sue Whigham marvels at late-season flowers, seed heads and grasses<br />

and urges gardeners to think before pruning<br />

Last week we were having a leisurely walk in Brockwell<br />

Park, an estate set out in the early nineteenth century,<br />

complete with mansion, walled gardens and huge<br />

greenhouses, and now a park bordered by Brixton and Tulse<br />

Hill in South London. Back in the eighties I remember<br />

brief walks there with the dog between school runs and<br />

it wasn’t a place to linger. Now the elegant lido has a gym<br />

and café, there are tennis courts and a couple of fantastic<br />

playgrounds and the old greenhouses are being used by<br />

the local community. There are plenty of mature trees and<br />

there is some interesting landscaping around the duck<br />

ponds. We were admiring the grasses looking their best in<br />

the autumn sunshine when we rounded a corner and lo<br />

and behold, there was a municipal Lambeth truck being<br />

piled high with said grasses, leaving… bare earth. By now,<br />

being a public park, they might have been replaced with<br />

some sort of winter bedding but I thought at the time that<br />

it really was an example of too much tidying, too soon.<br />

So, what does need ‘tidying up’ in late autumn? I think that<br />

any herbaceous plants that have good structural qualities can<br />

be left until they collapse in a soggy heap and you’ll see when<br />

that happens. But, until then, why not enjoy the flower heads<br />

of sedums, of grasses, and the distinctive stems of border<br />

plants like phlomis.<br />

I would certainly keep raking or picking up leaves from the<br />

lawn and adding them to your leaf-mould pile as they make a<br />

good soil improver in no time at all. Oak and hornbeam can<br />

make really good leaf mould in about eighteen months while<br />

the leaves of trees such as horse chestnut, sweet chestnut<br />

and sycamore are much tougher and take longer. Shredding<br />

them with a rotary mower before adding them to your heap<br />

will speed up the process of decomposition. Anything swept<br />

up from under roses that have any sign of black spot or rust<br />

or any other pathogens should be kept well away from your<br />

leaf mould. The other clearing I would definitely do would be<br />

around succulents or any silver-leaved Mediterranean plants<br />

that have problems with wet winters and the possibility of<br />

rotting off.<br />

I’ve got a few Cotinus here (Smoke Bush), some doing<br />

rather better than others. C. ‘Grace’ has put a lot of growth<br />

on but is becoming leggy and rather unattractive in the<br />

back of a border. <strong>November</strong> is the perfect month to cut this<br />

shrub back by about a third just to ensure a more compact<br />

plant next year. I’d avoid doing that sort of pruning if it is<br />

particularly cold. I’d also have a quick check of fruit trees<br />

such as medlars and quinces, both of which have fruited<br />

well this year. The medlar has a spreading habit and really<br />

no routine pruning is necessary, just sometimes a slight trim<br />

of crossing branches or clusters of shoots improve the tree.<br />

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air circulation by thinning out the canopy a little and cut<br />

off crowded branches. As with any shrub or tree that suckers<br />

often from underneath a graft, pull off the suckers rather<br />

than cut them off – the latter will just encourage the suckers<br />

to re-grow stronger than before. I’ve been guilty of that with<br />

a lovely Crataegus tanacetifolia and with the wedding cake<br />

tree, Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ which has obviously been<br />

grafted on to something more ordinary. It’s so tempting to cut<br />

the suckers though when you have your secateurs at the ready.<br />

Late-flowering shrubs like lavateras and buddleias are<br />

pretty shallow rooted and prone to wind rock in the winter,<br />

so it’s always worth taking the shrub down a bit to improve<br />

their chances. Whatever you do, don’t prune them right back<br />

until the spring. There used to be a thought that cutting<br />

buddleias down in February was a good move but the later<br />

you leave it, the later they’ll flower and provide food for<br />

butterflies and the few remaining insects flying around.<br />

Winter is a good time to take stock and to decide whether<br />

to give that poorly performing shrub another chance. It’s<br />

difficult getting rid of a plant, even if it is a bit of a no hoper.<br />

When I worked in a nursery I would actually feel sorry for<br />

the plants that had been turfed out on to the compost heap.<br />

Some roses don’t come up to scratch or they produce flowers<br />

that are not to your taste or are just past their best. Either<br />

get them out completely or think about giving them a good<br />

prune and feed with plenty of organic material. There is no<br />

use giving space to a rose which, year after year, is prone to<br />

blackspot or similar. There are so many plants to choose from,<br />

that perform better, that it is best to start again. I think it’s<br />

the same with some shrubs that have completely outgrown<br />

their space and are wrecking their neighbours with unruly<br />

behaviour. Think about propagating anything that you<br />

particularly like before doing away with it though. All this<br />

rather depends on whether you have noticed what has been<br />

going on with your borders in the summer…<br />

I know you wouldn’t do it, but remember not to prune<br />

back at this time of year, any shrub that flowers in late winter<br />

or early spring. I used to visit a garden where each shrub was<br />

treated identically by the gardener. They were all in sort of<br />

regimental squares and they didn’t ever flower or do anything<br />

interesting. Things there have since changed for the better<br />

and the same shrubs are now looking natural and floriferous –<br />

they can be tidied, if essential, after flowering.<br />

Can I also make a plea for birches; such beautiful trees.<br />

They can be grown either as single-stemmed trees or multistemmed<br />

– and if you want a straight trunk, the time to take<br />

off a few of the lower branches is in late summer. Whatever<br />

you do, avoid pruning from early winter until very late<br />

spring, as any wounds created by pruning bleed badly and<br />

damage the tree. We have a Betula ermanii which had a lesion<br />

caused by I know not what, at the end of last summer. Sap<br />

poured out of it – manna from heaven for the local gang<br />

of hornets – so at dead of night and once the hornets had<br />

returned to their nest, we bandaged it up with old strips of<br />

sheeting and, isn’t nature marvellous, it healed itself.<br />

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Christmas Fayre<br />

FOR ALL THE FAMILY<br />

SATURDAY 14 TH NOVEMBER <strong>2015</strong><br />

10:30 am - 2:00 pm<br />

West Heath School<br />

Ashgrove Road Sevenoaks Kent<br />

TN13 1SR<br />

Santa’s Grotto ~ Raffle ~ Children’s Stalls & Entertainment ~ Handmade Craft ~<br />

Christmas <strong>Gift</strong>s ~ Seasonal Food & Drink ~ Local produce & Craft Stalls ~ Silent Auction<br />

Weddings made in Heaven<br />

at Heaven Farm.<br />

Contact Kate 01825 791 115<br />

weddingsmadeinheaven@btconnect.com<br />

The Barn, Heaven Farm, Furners Green,<br />

Near Danehill. TN22 3RG<br />

www.weddingsmadeinheaven.com<br />

Licensed for Marriage<br />

Our 100 acres of beautiful woodland<br />

and rolling hills are in the heart of<br />

Sussex offering a perfect venue for a<br />

relaxed celebration, providing what<br />

you want and when you want.<br />

a day to remember.<br />

A Charity Fundraiser<br />

All proceeds will go to:<br />

West Heath 2000 Bursary Fund<br />

Registered Charity No. 1069677<br />

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We offer a complete wedding package<br />

tailored to suit your every need.<br />

Our coordinator will provide guidance<br />

and advice to make your celebration<br />

perfect.<br />

The<br />

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Goddess<br />

Penny Kemp<br />

shares her tips for<br />

taking care of the<br />

natural world....<br />

FreeImages.com/Mark Hanson<br />

We have over two hundred National Nature Reserves<br />

(NNRs) in England spread throughout the country<br />

encompassing an area of over 94000 hectares. They<br />

were established to protect the geology, flora and fauna and help the<br />

public and educational establishments understand the importance<br />

of our wonderful natural heritage. Covering 0.7% of England’s land<br />

surface, the largest is The Wash in East Anglia and the smallest in<br />

Dorset at 0.32 hectares known as Horn Park Quarry, a geological<br />

gem known for its many fossils. Sadly, it is not open to the public<br />

because it needs to be totally protected and there is a fear that<br />

inappropriate fossil collecting would damage its rock formation.<br />

Most NNRs are managed by Natural England and the remaining<br />

by organisations approved by them such as the Royal Society for the<br />

Protection of Birds (RSPB), National Trust or Local Authority. There<br />

are thirty-seven NNRs in the South East and those that are managed<br />

by Natural England are free to enter making it a relatively cheap day<br />

out for a family.<br />

Dungeness, in Kent is one of the oldest nature reserves and is<br />

managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Its 1000<br />

hectares is especially impressive in winter where you can see hundreds<br />

of water birds on the lakes, take in the unusual but breath-taking<br />

landscape and understand why this is a site of special scientific interest.<br />

If you want to find out more go to www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/seenature/reserves/guide/d/dungeness/index.aspx<br />

Blean Woods near Canterbury is one of the oldest ancient broadleaf<br />

woodland in Southern England and covers approximately 90<br />

hectares. Managed by a consortium including the local authorities,<br />

Blean is home to an amazing assortment of wildlife and spectacular<br />

plants. There are nature trails marked out including one that has<br />

wheelchair access. www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/seenature/<br />

reserves/guide/b/bleanwoods/<br />

Lewes Down, Mount Caburn managed by the NNR in conjunction<br />

with the owners, The Glynde Estate is a chalk hill and valley of<br />

49 hectares, clothed in rich grassland, where you can spot burnt-tip<br />

orchids and sweet briar roses as well as marjoram, horseshoe vetch<br />

and other sun-loving chalk plants. Mount Caburn is the best<br />

preserved Bronze Age hill fort in Sussex. I’m told if you are lucky<br />

you might just catch sight of the peregrine falcon but I have to say I<br />

haven’t seen one and I used to live near here. To find out more visit<br />

www.gov.uk/government/publications/east-sussexs-national-nature-reserves<br />

If you want to know more about our wonderful protected landscapes<br />

visit the website below where you can find publications that cover<br />

our outstanding natural habitats. publications.naturalengland.org.uk/<br />

category/23001<br />

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Classes & workshops<br />

Tues 10 Nov 10am-12noon<br />

The Woodland Enterprise<br />

Centre, Flimwell TN5 7PR<br />

festive flower designs<br />

Enjoy a demo on how to create designs<br />

for your Christmas table with Wild<br />

Heart Floral Design, to include a coffee,<br />

cake and handout. Booking essential.<br />

Entry: £25<br />

Info: events@<br />

gardeningfordisabledtrust.org.uk<br />

Wed 18 Nov 7.30pm<br />

Biddenden New Village Hall<br />

The weald of kent<br />

computer club<br />

This evening there will be a<br />

demonstration of what can be done with<br />

Advanced Photo Editing Software.<br />

Annual memership: £10<br />

Non members: £2 per visit<br />

Info: www.wealdofkentcomputerclub.<br />

co.uk / secretarywkcc@yahoo.co.uk<br />

Sat 21 & Sun 22 Nov 10am-1pm<br />

Chartwell, Westerham<br />

Garland and wreathmaking<br />

workshops<br />

Join these workshops with Blooming<br />

Green and learn how to make your own<br />

festive foliage wreaths and garlands, all<br />

materials and refreshments provided.<br />

Entry: £45<br />

Info: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/<br />

visit/whats-on/find-an-event/<br />

Fairs & Festivities<br />

Sun 1 Nov 10am-4pm<br />

Members Lounge, Kent County<br />

Cricket Club, Old Dover Road,<br />

Canterbury CT1 3NZ<br />

Artisan & craft fair<br />

A wonderful variety of handmade<br />

and artisan gifts and wares for home<br />

and garden! Enjoy The Lime Tree<br />

Café next door for refreshments.<br />

Entry: £1<br />

Info: www.facebook/WillowandWhite<br />

/ 07856 432212<br />

Thurs 5 Nov 9.30am-3pm<br />

Benenden Village Hall<br />

Barnardo’s Charity Fair<br />

Buy all your Christmas presents in<br />

one place! Browse over 20 stalls selling<br />

a variety of goods including stocking<br />

fillers, jewellery, clothing, food and<br />

items for the home. Tea and coffee is<br />

also available. All profits to Barnardo’s.<br />

Entry: £4<br />

Sat 7 Nov 10am-2pm<br />

Victory Hall, Balcombe Village<br />

Craft, gift & local<br />

produce market<br />

Start the festive season with a visit<br />

to our Xmas Market! Find<br />

lots of unique ideas for presents<br />

and a good selection of stalls.<br />

Order your cake, turkey or game<br />

from the Balcombe Estate.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Sat 7 Nov 10am-4pm<br />

Penshurst Village Hall,<br />

Penshurst, Kent TN11 8BP<br />

Penshurst Vintage<br />

Christmas Fair<br />

Vintage homewares, clothes, jewellery,<br />

gifts, entertainment, tea parlour & much<br />

more! Proceeds to Hospice in the Weald.<br />

Entry: £2<br />

Info: www.cherishthevintage.co.uk /<br />

Facebook.com/Cherish Vintage fairs<br />

Tel: 07885 610912<br />

Sat 7 Nov 9.30am-3pm<br />

the Zion Baptist Church, High<br />

Street, Tenterden TN30 6BB<br />

A Christmas Fair<br />

Local produce, jewellery, handcrafted<br />

gifts, accessories, wooden crafts, baby<br />

gifts, ceramics, hats, handbags and much<br />

more. Plus the opportunity to win a<br />

hamper! In aid of Pilgrims Hospices.<br />

Entry: £1 Children free<br />

Sun 15 Nov 10am-4pm<br />

Members Lounge, Kent County<br />

Cricket Club, Old Dover Road,<br />

Canterbury CT1 3NZ<br />

vintage & antique<br />

brocante<br />

Eclectic mix of vintage, antique and<br />

brocante ware, jewellery, china, glass,<br />

furniture and much more. You never<br />

know what treasure you will discover! All<br />

in the wonderful setting of Kent Cricket<br />

Club in the historical Members Lounge.<br />

The Lime Tree Café is just next door!<br />

Entry: £1<br />

Info: www.facebook/WillowandWhite<br />

/ 07856 432212<br />

Sat 21 Nov 10am-3pm<br />

Cranbrook, Vestry Hall<br />

KITSCH AND STITCH<br />

VINTAGE & MAKERS FAIR<br />

Our annual Christmas Fair is a<br />

wonderful opportunity to buy unique,<br />

handmade and vintage gifts to delight<br />

What’s On In <strong>November</strong><br />

CHRISTMAS<br />

WREATH MAKING<br />

WORKSHOP<br />

Sat 5 th December<br />

2pm–4pm<br />

Hornbrook Manor Farm<br />

TN26 3TH Contact Jo Arnell<br />

01233 861149<br />

www.hornbrookmanor.co.uk<br />

PASHLEY MANOR GARDENS<br />

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CHRISTMAS GIFT SHOP<br />

Tues 24 to Sat 28 <strong>November</strong> & Tues 1 to Sat 5 December<br />

Ticehurst<br />

TN5 7HE<br />

01580 200888<br />

Who will you meet at the<br />

Rare Breeds Centre this<br />

December<br />

5th & 6th<br />

12th & 13th<br />

19th - 23rd<br />

4 Mr Wong returns with<br />

another festive adventure<br />

4 Christmas Activities in<br />

Mrs Christmas’s workshop<br />

If you are looking for present<br />

ideas, or something for<br />

yourself or your home, do<br />

come & visit; 10am-4pm<br />

(NB gardens & café not open)<br />

pashleymanorgardens.com<br />

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Booking is essential.<br />

Online booking at rarebreeds.org.uk/events/christmas<br />

Special rates for Annual Members - call 01233 861508<br />

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Wednesday 18th <strong>November</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />

Commencing at 12.30pm | Viewing 10.00am - 12.30pm<br />

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Christmas Show<br />

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Opening day 7 th <strong>November</strong> 9.30am - 4pm<br />

Runs until 30 th January 2016<br />

The Singing Soul Gallery<br />

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What’s On On In In <strong>November</strong> Xxxxxxx<br />

friends and family. Enjoy browsing<br />

the beautiful stalls featuring vintage<br />

goods, collectables and handmade arts<br />

and crafts. Festive refreshments will be<br />

available throughout the day including<br />

lunch. So come and enjoy the<br />

traditional Christmas atmosphere and<br />

help support Hospice in the Weald.<br />

Entry: free<br />

Info: joy@craftedbyjoy.co.uk /<br />

facebook.com/kitschandstitchfair<br />

Thurs 26 Nov 10.30am-3.30pm<br />

Guthrie Pavilion, Hever<br />

Castle, Hever TN8 7NG<br />

Hever Christmas Fair<br />

Enjoy 23 stalls with exciting gifts for<br />

Christmas. Refreshments are available<br />

all day. Parking and entry to the<br />

grounds is free. All proceeds to Hever<br />

Primary School and St. Peter’s Church.<br />

Entry: £3<br />

Info: www.hevercastle.co.uk<br />

Fri 27 Nov 7.30pm-midnight<br />

Ditton Community Centre,<br />

Kilnbarn Road, Ditton,<br />

Aylesford, Kent ME20 6AH<br />

Christmas Party night<br />

Join Chicory Tip and kick<br />

your festive season off with a<br />

bang! Booking essential.<br />

Entry: £12.50, over 18s only<br />

Info & Booking: 01622<br />

790195 / www.hokh.org<br />

Fri 27 – Sun 29 Nov 10am-4pm<br />

Chartwell Westerham<br />

Chartwell Christmas<br />

market<br />

Our popular market returns<br />

to help you find the perfect<br />

gifts for this Christmas!<br />

Info: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/<br />

visit/whats-on/find-an-event/<br />

Vintage Christmas<br />

After our Firle Vintage summer fair,<br />

we are excited to present Vintage<br />

Christmas! This two-day event is<br />

packed with a hand-picked selection<br />

of Vintage, Antique and Artisan<br />

quality gifts, mulled wine, jazz<br />

bands & children’s entertainment.<br />

Entry: £5<br />

Family days out<br />

Mon 9 - Sun 15 Nov<br />

Various venues, Hastings<br />

Hastings Storytelling<br />

Festival<br />

Hastings Storytelling Festival embarks<br />

on its fifth annual voyage across the<br />

high seas of storytelling, with original<br />

and traditional tales from puppeteers,<br />

musicians, artists, illustrators, authors,<br />

poets, dancers and comedians.<br />

Info: www.hastingsstoryfest.org.uk<br />

Sat 14 Nov – Sun 21 Feb 11am-3pm<br />

Into the trenches<br />

Chartwell, Westerham<br />

100 years on since Winston<br />

Churchill served at the front<br />

during the First World War. This<br />

new exhibition explores his early<br />

military career from cavalry charges<br />

to the trenches and beyond.<br />

Info: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/<br />

visit/whats-on/find-an-event/<br />

Sat 21 & Sun 22 Nov<br />

De La Warr Museum<br />

Front Row fashion<br />

Join us for our Charity Shop<br />

Challenge event! We’re on the<br />

hunt to find Kent and Sussex’s<br />

next McQueen. Tickets are now<br />

on sale for the two day event.<br />

Info: www.thisisfrontrow.co.uk<br />

At Tenterden’s Steam Railway<br />

Throughout December<br />

Booking Essential<br />

Explore the<br />

festive maze<br />

and meet our<br />

characters!<br />

Kent & East Sussex Railway<br />

01580 765155 • kesr.org.uk<br />

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Sissinghurst<br />

Castle Garden<br />

Sat 28 Nov 9am-5pm<br />

Grounds of Cowdray House,<br />

Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 0AY<br />

The country brocante<br />

winter fair<br />

Over 100 stands selling decorative<br />

antiques, inspiration for your winter<br />

home, vintage pieces, textiles and<br />

artisan giftware for Christmas.<br />

Entry: £10 before 11am £5<br />

after Children under 14 free<br />

Info: www.thecountrybrocante.co.uk<br />

Sat 28 & Sun 29 Nov<br />

9.30am-4.30pm<br />

Middle Farm, Firle<br />

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Puddings and<br />

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1-30 <strong>November</strong><br />

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Share your love of Sissinghurst Castle Garden on<br />

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© National Trust Images. Registered Charity, Number 205846.<br />

Visit us in <strong>November</strong> for a month of puddings<br />

and poetry. Get inspired with a walk through<br />

the writings loved by Vita Sackville-West<br />

and Harold Nicolson, then warm up with a<br />

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competition<br />

Win a one-day cookery<br />

experience for two at<br />

Rosemary Shrager’s Award-<br />

Winning Cookery School<br />

Fables<br />

From<br />

The Farm<br />

Jane visits the fatstock<br />

sales and tries her hand<br />

at making suasages…<br />

The home of Rosemary Shrager’s Cookery School, lies in the heart of<br />

Royal Tunbridge Wells. The School is housed within The Corn Exchange,<br />

a beautiful three-storey Regency building. Within the School we have a<br />

Domestic and Professional Kitchen, event spaces for private celebrations<br />

and corporate functions. Every aspect of the School has been personally<br />

designed to Rosemary’s exacting specifications, and no expense has been<br />

spared to provide guests with up to the minute kitchen technologies in a<br />

luxurious setting.<br />

The Gallery Kitchen is a hand built home-style kitchen made by Mark<br />

Wilkinson Furniture. The entire room occupies an airy, open-plan space,<br />

with an enormous demonstration island and fully equipped workstations<br />

with Miele appliances. It is a kitchen built to the highest specifications,<br />

designed to inspire home cooks of all abilities. It’s ideal for private parties,<br />

team building events, product launches, private chef’s Tables, filming and<br />

photo shoots. We have a course or dining experience to suit every occasion,<br />

whether it’s for a celebration or a private dinner for family and friends.<br />

Our dining room is an exquisite home styled room ideal for catering to<br />

smaller events, such as hosted meetings, company presentations or special<br />

dining celebrations.<br />

Choose from an array of one day cookery courses on offer: butchery,<br />

Italian, Taste of Asia and baking (all using locally sourced produce). The<br />

lessons are hands-on and include demonstrations and practical cookery<br />

time. Meet everyone for a hot drink, before forming small groups to cook.<br />

At the end, sit down and enjoy a three-course lunch and a glass of wine<br />

and leave with a Shrager goody bag. The one day cookery course seeks to<br />

inspire amateur cooks and budding food enthusiasts alike.<br />

For your chance to win a one-day cookery<br />

experience for two at Rosemary<br />

Shrager’s Award-Winning Cookery<br />

School in Tunbridge Wells, just answer<br />

this question: ‘To whose exacting specifications<br />

has the school been designed?’<br />

Enter your answer with your contact<br />

details* in the online form at www.<br />

wealdentimes.co.uk/competition or post<br />

to: The Rosemary Shrager Competition,<br />

<strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong>, 21 Stone Street,<br />

Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3HF by 16 <strong>November</strong> <strong>2015</strong>. There is no cash alternative<br />

and the prize must be taken before 31 March 2016. *All entrants’ details<br />

will be passed on to Rosemary Shrager’s Cookery School and <strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />

Events. Please let us know if you do not wish your details to be passed on.<br />

After a warm and honeyed summer, the<br />

agricultural show season came to a close at<br />

the end of September. These are shows for<br />

breeding stock and provide an opportunity to showcase<br />

the best of British cattle, as well as sheep, pigs, chickens,<br />

rabbits, leeks, honey, floral displays and plenty more.<br />

But that doesn’t mean it all goes quiet until next spring. Oh no,<br />

all the background work that goes into showing animals – halter<br />

training, trimming, feeding, polishing, primping and grooming<br />

is back in full swing in preparation for the annual round of<br />

Christmas Fatstock shows. These are shows where farmers exhibit<br />

beasts that are ready for the butcher rather than the breeder and<br />

the livestock is usually sold in an auction after the show.<br />

This year we are planning to go to the South East Prime<br />

Winter Fatstock Fayre at Ardingly Show Ground. Established in<br />

1869, this was originally the Edenbridge Fatstock Show which<br />

only moved to Ardingly in recent history and which has a rather<br />

illustrious past.<br />

Sir Winston Churchill, best-known as a witty, determined – if<br />

arrogant – leader of men also had a lifelong interest in farming<br />

and, from his smallholding at Chartwell, enjoyed considerable<br />

success at the Edenbridge Fatstock Show. His pigs, apparently,<br />

were legendary prize winners.<br />

So no pressure then! It won’t however just be cattle we are taking<br />

to the show. As well as classes for cows, sheep, pigs, turkeys<br />

and geese there is also a Sausage and Meat Pie-Making class!<br />

Perfect, we’re up for it.<br />

Our pigs live in about 20 acres of woodland and are truly free<br />

range. Usually we only see them in the mornings when we toss<br />

them buckets of food but right now they are filling up on all the<br />

fallen acorns and don’t bother with our evidently less tasty rations.<br />

It means that the sausages made in <strong>November</strong> and December are<br />

particularly tasty.<br />

They run around so much that they take about nine months<br />

to mature – commercial pigs are ready in about six months – and<br />

being old-fashioned breeds by then they have a fair amount of fat<br />

cover. It makes them a little stout for chops and roasts but perfect<br />

for sausages. So, we turn the whole pig including the leg, loin and<br />

fillet into sausages and just add salt, pepper and a pinch of sage.<br />

If all this sounds like we might be in with a shout for a ticket<br />

in the sausage competition there is, however, one major obstacle<br />

lying between us and success. The rules stipulate that the sausage<br />

has to be made by the entrant and as we don’t usually make our<br />

own sausages – that’s down to the brilliant Alex at Tottingworth –<br />

we’ll have to borrow the mincer and nozzles. It looks easy but of<br />

course it isn’t – and Alex has warned us that chipolatas are twice<br />

as tricky as fat bangers. So far attempts to make anything that<br />

looks remotely sausage-like have failed, there has however been<br />

much juvenile humour in the trying.<br />

Follow Jane on Twitter @coopers_farm<br />

Congratulations to Guy Matthews from West Sussex, who wins the October 159 www.wealdentimes.co.uk<br />

competition for an overnight stay in a Superior room with dinner & breakfast<br />

for two at Dale Hill Hotel & Golf Club!


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Introducing...<br />

Love Inc<br />

Working from her award-winning shop in<br />

Tunbridge Wells, Hannah Gee ensures that love<br />

is incorporated in all aspects of her business,<br />

from carefully sourcing her unique products<br />

to interacting with her loyal customers.<br />

What’s the significance of your company name,<br />

‘Love Inc’? I originally wanted to call the shop ‘Love’ but<br />

as the domain name wasn’t available I settled on ‘Love Inc’.<br />

It’s all encompassing and reflects how love is incorporated<br />

in all that we do. We try to make sure that everything we<br />

stock evokes a feeling, we definitely don’t do ordinary!<br />

What inspired you to start your business?<br />

There’s nothing I enjoy more than having a proper<br />

rummage at an antiques fair and I’ve found some absolute<br />

gems that way. I am blessed with amazingly creative<br />

friends who kept telling me to open a shop, and it was<br />

their belief in me that finally pushed me to just do it.<br />

Have you always been a creative person?<br />

Yes. I<br />

enjoy making things and I have<br />

always had a passion for interiors.<br />

At Love Inc, we call styling, playing,<br />

because that’s what it is to us!<br />

Creativity is within everyone, you<br />

just need to have fun, and not be<br />

afraid to make mistakes. I was lucky<br />

enough to be a contestant on Th e<br />

Great Interior Design Challenge on<br />

BBC2 last year and I will always<br />

grab any opportunity to be creative.<br />

Did you have any training? None whatsoever! I was<br />

blessed to grow up with parents who were great at making<br />

things with us as children, from creating our own Christmas<br />

cards to up-cycling furniture. I would encourage everyone<br />

to try different things, whether that is a new craft, or redecorating<br />

a room. There are no mistakes, only lessons learnt.<br />

sell products that I would want in my own home. I scour<br />

trade fairs, both here in the UK and abroad to bring an<br />

original edge to our interiors collection. I am constantly<br />

sourcing vintage, as it sells so quickly in our shop.<br />

What’s your favourite product from your<br />

collection? My favourite Christmas product is the red<br />

vintage car with the Christmas tree on<br />

top. Outside of our Christmas<br />

collection I love our marquee<br />

letter lights. The word LOVE<br />

sells better than anything,<br />

which obviously resonates<br />

with what we do at Love Inc.<br />

Do you enjoy working for yourselves? I love<br />

working for myself, I get to decide where our focus is and<br />

steer the direction of what we are doing. We donate 10%<br />

annually to Hospice in the Weald and our High Street shop<br />

donates 50% profit to a slum in Africa. Love Inc is my baby,<br />

and part of its ethos is making the world a better place. I<br />

have a fantastic team who are just as passionate about making<br />

the business a success and we all throw ideas around.<br />

What makes all the hard work worth it? What I love<br />

the most are the customers we have. Every time someone comes<br />

into our shop and tells me how much they love what we do, I get<br />

a huge thrill. When I started Love Inc, I was so scared no one else<br />

would understand it, as it is classic but slightly unconventional.<br />

To see that there is a movement of people who aren’t scared<br />

to break traditional interiors rules, and support charity whilst<br />

they shop is amazing. We recently won ‘Best shop front’ for the<br />

whole of Tunbridge Wells and it blew my mind, I was so proud!<br />

What influences your product aesthetic? We only<br />

sell products we love and our customers expect us to have what<br />

they can’t find elsewhere. I think the key to our success is being<br />

different but not so different that it won’t fit in your home.<br />

What is the essence of the business? Being<br />

excited about stuff, whether it’s handmade, fantastically<br />

up-cycled, or doesn’t yet exist, it has to be exciting!<br />

How do you choose and source your products?<br />

Gut instinct has a lot to do with it! It has to either make<br />

me laugh, or be something I haven’t seen before. I only ever<br />

Clockwise from above, Hanging Car<br />

Decoration, £7.50; LOVE Light Up Letters,<br />

£145; ‘Oh Happy Days’ Vintage Print, £40<br />

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