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PRICELESS<br />

JULY <strong>2016</strong><br />

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

The lifestyle magazine for the Weald<br />

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Contents<br />

<strong>July</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

22<br />

52<br />

LUCKY DIP<br />

John Graham-Hart finds<br />

houses with swimming pools<br />

106<br />

106<br />

CLUB TROPICANA<br />

Get fresh, fruity and<br />

ready for summer<br />

133<br />

128<br />

WATERY WONDERLAND<br />

Three swimming pool experts<br />

share their top tips<br />

25<br />

HOUSE-HUNTING HELP<br />

WT talks to three local<br />

property search agents<br />

117<br />

SUMMER SCENTS<br />

Josephine Fairley on this<br />

season’s light, fresh perfumes<br />

137<br />

SAVE OUR SALVIAS<br />

Sue Whigham on the colour<br />

and simplicity of salvias<br />

45<br />

52<br />

78<br />

81<br />

82<br />

IT’S JULY<br />

What’s going on near<br />

you this month<br />

MOUNTAIN FLAIR<br />

John Graham-Hart visits<br />

a surprising cottage<br />

near High Halden<br />

GET THE LOOK<br />

Country house meets cabin chic<br />

INTERIORS SUPPLEMENT<br />

Four fresh themes and<br />

an interiors book to<br />

whet the appetite<br />

KEEPING IT NATURAL<br />

John Graham-Hart on a light<br />

and bright <strong>Wealden</strong> farmhouse<br />

121<br />

122<br />

125<br />

127<br />

128<br />

WEALDEN HEALTH<br />

& BEAUTY<br />

Tips to keep you<br />

feeling gorgeous<br />

HEALTH PAGE<br />

WT on coping with food<br />

intolerances and allergies<br />

RETIREMENT – NEVER!<br />

Rosemary Shrager on her<br />

experience in India, filming<br />

The Real Marigold Hotel<br />

CLOSER TO HOME<br />

WT looks at communal<br />

living for sociable retirees<br />

TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS<br />

Sunshine Smoothies share three<br />

of their most popular recipes<br />

139<br />

143<br />

144<br />

151<br />

151<br />

CUT ABOVE THE REST<br />

Jo Arnell on growing your own flowers<br />

THE MIGHTY YEW<br />

Penny Kemp marvels at<br />

this ancient tree<br />

WHAT’S ON<br />

Find out...<br />

COMPETITION<br />

Win a night’s stay in a superking<br />

room and a five-course tasting<br />

menu at Frasers, Egerton<br />

FABLES FROM THE FARM<br />

Jane Howard on a traditional<br />

form of milk production<br />

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Email info@wealdentimes.co.uk. www.wealdentimes.co.uk copyright JPS Media Ltd <strong>2016</strong>©.<br />

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

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East Farleigh Guide Price £1,250,000 Biddenden Guide Price £1,050,000<br />

A Grade II listed former Vicarage providing over 5,500 sq ft of accommodation A Grade II listed country house amid beautiful gardens and grounds • CSCA<br />

in the Conservation Area of the village • 4 Receptions • Kitchen/Breakfast • No Onward Chain • 3 Receptions • Conservatory • Kitchen/Breakfast Room<br />

Room • Basement • 5 Bedrooms • 3 Bathrooms • Attic Rooms • Garages, • Master Bedroom with EnSuite • 5 further Bedrooms • Family Bathroom<br />

Stores & Games Room • Gardens and Grounds of over half an acre<br />

• Garage • Tennis Court • Outbuildings • Ponds • About 3.6 acres in all<br />

Boughton Monchelsea Excess £1,000,000 Marden Excess £900, 000<br />

On a quiet country lane, a Grade II listed <strong>Wealden</strong> farmhouse with uninterrupted An extensively refurbished and beautifully presented country house in a rural<br />

rural views • No Onward Chain • 3 Receptions • Kitchen/Breakfast Room yet accessible location • Reception Room • Open Plan Sitting/Dining Room/<br />

• Master Bedroom with En Suite • 4 further Bedrooms • Bathroom & Shower Kitchen • 4 Bedrooms • Dressing Room/Nursery • 2 Bath/Shower Rooms<br />

Room • Study • Home Office • Garages • Workshop • About 0.8 acres in all • Detached Office • About half an acre in all • EPC E<br />

Sandhurst Guide Price £895,000<br />

A well presented family house set on a small private development within<br />

walking distance of village amenities • CSCA • 3 Receptions • Conservatory<br />

• Kitchen/Breakfast Room • Master Bedroom Suite • 4 further Bedrooms<br />

• 3 Bath/Shower Rooms • Double Garage • Approaching half an acre • EPC C<br />

Marden Excess £700,000<br />

A fine example of a Grade II listed attached barn and oast conversion in a rural<br />

setting with lovely outlook • 2 Receptions • Kitchen • Master Bedroom Suite<br />

with Mezzanine Room over • 3 further Bedrooms • Family Bathroom • Double<br />

Garage • Gardens and Grounds of about 0.6 acres<br />

coming 26 January 2015


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Hawkhurst<br />

An impressive Grade II Listed family residence<br />

Entrance hall, 4 reception rooms, conservatory, kitchen / breakfast room, boot room,<br />

utility room, cloakroom. 5 bedrooms, 2 dressing rooms, 2 bathrooms. Attached<br />

2-bedroom annexe. Triple open bay garage. Stables and yard comprising 4 stables,<br />

tack room and feed room. Further outbuildings. Master gardens and grounds. Heated<br />

swimming pool. Fenced paddocks and manège. In all about 10.47 acres.<br />

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Horam<br />

An idyllic period property with extensive equestrian facilities<br />

Entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, family room, orangery, kitchen / breakfast room, utility room, cloakroom.<br />

Master bedroom with en-suite shower room, 3 further bedrooms, 2 family bathrooms. 1 bedroom park home. Stable<br />

block. Office. Car port. Tractor shed. Workshop / machine store. Double garage with storage above. Two storey hay<br />

barn. Games room / annexe. Gardens and grounds extending to approximately 12.35 acres. EPC ratings E and F.


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Goudhurst<br />

A beautiful Grade II Listed Georgian / Victorian family house on the outskirts of Goudhurst<br />

and within the Cranbrook School Catchment Area<br />

Entrance hall, kitchen / breakfast room, utility room, cloakroom, cellar, sitting / dining room,<br />

drawing room. Master bedroom with en-suite bathroom, 5 further bedrooms, family bathroom.<br />

1 bedroom Oast House. Detached outbuilding. Detached open-bay double garage. Gardens<br />

and grounds. Tennis court. Feature pond. Partly walled vegetable garden. In all about 1.71 acres.<br />

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Guide price £2,450,000<br />

Frittenden<br />

A beautiful Listed period house with a detached oast, leisure facilities, land and within the Cranbrook School Catchment Area<br />

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

bedroom with en-suite bathroom, en suite guest bedroom, 3 further bedrooms (2 with en suites), family bathroom,<br />

cloakroom. Detached 4 bedroom Oast house. Timber framed barn. Heated swimming pool. Tennis court. 4<br />

bay garage. Planning permission for a 2 storey extension and alterations. In all about 33.7 acres.


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Hawkhurst £650,000<br />

Charming Grade II Listed converted school house • Four Double Bedrooms<br />

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Iden Green £640,000<br />

Stunning unlisted barn conversion, detached double garage with offi ce rooms<br />

• Four Bedrooms • Ensuite • Utility Room • Cottage Garden • EPC D<br />

High Halden £795,000<br />

A stunning 16th Century Grade II listed country house set in its own private<br />

grounds • Seven Bedrooms • No onward chain • Extensive gardens and<br />

paddock • EPC Exempt<br />

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GOUDHURST £1,695,000<br />

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· Tennis court · Garaging · CSCA · EPC: n/a<br />

SiSSinGHURST £1,375,000<br />

Spacious detached country property · Sitting room<br />

· Dining room · Family room · Study · Entrance hall<br />

· Kitchen/breakfast room · Utility room · Five bedrooms<br />

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BiDDenDen £1,150,000<br />

Spacious Detached Family Home with Land · Three<br />

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Charming Grade II Listed village house · Five reception<br />

rooms · Kitchen and breakfast room · Extensive cellars<br />

· Boot room · Five bedrooms (one ensuite) · Enclosed<br />

gardens · Swimming pool · Garaging and workshop<br />

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

Boys Hall<br />

1.<br />

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Lucky dip<br />

John Graham-Hart admires homes with swimming pools<br />

One of my very few claims to fame – and hardly a riveting one at that<br />

– is that I have disported myself in the oldest swimming pool in the<br />

world. Unfortunately, my enjoyment was necessarily limited by the<br />

fact that it was entirely waterless at the time and had been for the best part of<br />

the last 5,000 years but, no matter, a disport is a disport.<br />

The pool was in the ruined city of Mohenjo-daro in the province of Sindh, in<br />

Pakistan’s Indus Valley. It was 12 metres long, seven metres wide and two-anda-half<br />

metres deep. The provincial Minister for Antiquities explained that it had<br />

probably been used for religious and ceremonial purposes. I preferred to believe<br />

it had been an early Lido, brimming with screaming kids, dusky maidens and<br />

beach balls. He seemed oddly unimpressed with my grasp of anthropology.<br />

But whatever the first use of the swimming pool was, the idea certainly<br />

caught on with the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans finding considerably more<br />

amusing things to do in pools than the odd purification. Plato felt that every<br />

child needed to learn to swim as part of a proper education. In AD 305, the<br />

Romans built an incredible pool that was over 900,000 square feet and heated<br />

by giant fires in the basement.<br />

Today, a swimming pool of your own is an enviably luxury even in our<br />

temperate climate and building your own will set you back between £20,000<br />

and £100,000. However, although the addition of an extra bedroom<br />

will positively affect the price of your house, the same is not, strangely,<br />

automatically true when it comes to a pool. Which is not, of course, great news<br />

if you are selling but cheering indeed if you’re moving and have a little aquatic<br />

disportation in mind.<br />

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1. Boys Hall<br />

Where? Boys Hall is in Willesborough,<br />

on the outskirts of Ashford (Google Maps<br />

TN24 0LA).<br />

What? An impressive grade II Jacobean<br />

house with a host of period features<br />

including gables, mullioned windows,<br />

a fine oak staircase, oak panelling,<br />

exceptional carved oak door casements<br />

and terrific fireplaces. Accommodation<br />

includes a reception hall with a handsome<br />

chimneypiece with English Delft tiles,<br />

a drawing room with a Kentish marble<br />

fireplace, a large dining room with fireplace<br />

and crested overmantle, a panelled study,<br />

bar/sitting room and a conservatory<br />

incorporating a swimming pool. On the<br />

first floor there are six bedroom suites and<br />

a seventh bedroom is served by a private<br />

bathroom. The principal bedroom is a<br />

stunning oak-panelled room with a domed<br />

ceiling and a white marble chimneypiece<br />

with intricately carved panels believed to<br />

have come from Windsor Castle. On the<br />

second floor there is another bedroom suite<br />

and two additional bedrooms and two<br />

further bath/shower rooms. Outside, in<br />

two-and-a-half acres of grounds, are formal<br />

and wild gardens, a Victorian stable block<br />

and an octagonal summer house.<br />

How much? Boys Hall is priced at<br />

£2,250,000 and is on the market with<br />

Savills in Cranbrook. Call 01580 7<strong>2016</strong>1<br />

or visit www.savills.co.uk


The Mill House<br />

WADHURST<br />

, EAST SUSSEX<br />

COTTONS<br />

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STAPLEHURST, KENT<br />

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adhurst<br />

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2. The Mill House<br />

3. Cottons Farm<br />

4. Laddingford Farm Oast<br />

dsurfing<br />

Where? The Mill House is between<br />

the coveted villages of Wadhurst and Frant<br />

(Google Maps TN5 6LB).<br />

What? A lovely, thatched grade II<br />

listed former mill house dating from the<br />

early 16th Century, the property has<br />

been lovingly improved over the years to<br />

make a superb family home. The house<br />

retains many original features and of<br />

particular note is the vaulted drawing<br />

room, historically used as an iron foundry<br />

and featuring an impressive inglenook<br />

fireplace and three sets of double doors<br />

to the terrace. Also downstairs there is a<br />

sitting room, dining room and kitchen/<br />

breakfast room with AGA. Upstairs there is<br />

a stunning, vaulted master bedroom with<br />

dressing room and bathroom. There are<br />

three further double bedrooms, one with<br />

en suite bathroom. On the second floor<br />

there is another bedroom, a bathroom and<br />

study. The 19 acres of grounds encompass<br />

a garage block with a two-bedroom flat,<br />

a two-storey studio, formal gardens, a<br />

swimming pool partly heated by solar<br />

panels and surrounded by a covered heated<br />

logia, an orchard, woodland, a machinery<br />

store and two pig pens.<br />

How much? The Mill House is on<br />

the market at £1,950,000 and is with<br />

Knight Frank in Tunbridge Wells.<br />

Call 01892 515035 or visit<br />

www.knightfrank.com<br />

Where? Cottons Farm is on a<br />

no-through-road country lane on the<br />

outskirts of the village of Staplehurst.<br />

(Google Maps TN12 0DP).<br />

What?Originally a medieval hall house,<br />

this beautiful, grade II listed and recently<br />

renovated property dates back to the<br />

late 15th Century. Accommodation on<br />

the ground floor includes an entrance<br />

DIRECTIONS<br />

From our hall office with in Stone fireplace, Street, Cranbrook a drawing proceed room out of with the town passing main Cranbrook reception School room on the left. with Upon exposed reaching timbers, the Wilsley Pound Roundabou<br />

Staplehurst and Maidstone. Continue on this road into Staplehurst and passing the village shops. At the traffic lights turn right to Headcorn, continue on t<br />

ground on inglenook the left, take fireplace, the next turning a dining on the right, room sign with posted Cradducks a feature Lane, then fireplace take the first with turning bressummer left into Chickenden and Lane. Cottons Farm can<br />

left hand side.<br />

inglenook fireplace, a light and spacious<br />

kitchen/breakfast room with pantry area,<br />

a utility room and a shower room on<br />

the ground floor. On the first floor the<br />

landing is ideal for a study. The master<br />

bedroom connects with both a Jack and<br />

Jill bathroom and a second bedroom and<br />

there are two further double bedrooms.<br />

Outside, in grounds of about two-anda-half<br />

acres, there is a stunning wisteria<br />

walk, several ponds, a well-managed<br />

vegetable garden with green house, a<br />

hard tennis court bordered with mature<br />

hedgerows, a paddock and a swimming<br />

pool with a sliding cover.<br />

How much? Cottons Farm is on<br />

the market at £1,250,000 and is with<br />

Harpers & Hurlingham in Cranbrook.<br />

Call 01580 715400 or visit www.<br />

harpersandhurlingham.com<br />

Where? Laddingford Farm Oast is<br />

close to the centre of Laddingford village,<br />

about seven miles southwest of Maidstone<br />

(Google Maps ME18 6BX).<br />

What? The property’s central barn is<br />

believed to date back 450 years. Two of its<br />

three roundels date back to early Victorian<br />

times and the third to the late Victorian<br />

era. Downstairs accommodation includes a<br />

log burner, sliding glass door to the garden.<br />

A second roundel contains a sitting room<br />

with a door to a Swedish log cabin housing<br />

an indoor swimming pool with four doors<br />

on to the garden, a roundel dining room,<br />

a roundel kitchen and a snug. Upstairs<br />

there is a galleried landing, a dressing<br />

area roundel and bathroom with stairs<br />

to the master bedroom roundel. There is<br />

also a second roundel bedroom with en<br />

suite bathroom, a third roundel bedroom<br />

and two further bedrooms. Outside, two<br />

acres of grounds backing on to farmland<br />

encompass gardens, a stable block and a<br />

studio with vaulted ceiling and a triple<br />

garage.<br />

How much? Laddingford Farm Oast<br />

is priced at £1,295,000 and is with Fine<br />

& Country in West Malling. Call 01732<br />

222272 or visit www.fineandcountry.com<br />

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What qualities do house buyers seek,<br />

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I am going through a divorce<br />

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we were unable to agree, what<br />

happens?<br />

The financial application will be filed<br />

at court. The court will schedule the<br />

matter in the court’s diary and issue a<br />

date for a first hearing, at this time the<br />

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the husband and wife for a date when<br />

they need to complete and exchange<br />

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The first hearing is known as an FDA,<br />

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The Form E is exchanged<br />

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see whether there is any missing<br />

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The normal practice is that the lawyers<br />

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of what the likely settlement would be<br />

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Most cases settle here or just after and<br />

the court makes a final order on the<br />

agreed terms. The judge sitting on the<br />

FDR is barred from the final hearing.<br />

If there is no settlement, the judge<br />

makes a directions order and sets<br />

the case down for a final hearing. In<br />

advance of the hearing bundles of<br />

papers for the court will have to be<br />

prepared and filed; barristers will be<br />

briefed and may discuss matters in<br />

conference (i.e. meetings with you);<br />

open proposals for settlement will be<br />

filed and served; and detailed costs<br />

estimates will have to be filed.<br />

At the final hearing the court will listen<br />

to evidence, grant orders and give<br />

reasons. Each spouse will be required<br />

to give evidence as a witness and<br />

be cross examined on the financial<br />

disclosure by the other spouse or<br />

their lawyer if represented. If there<br />

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Above: The light-filled kitchen once had an unreliable old Aga at its heart – since replaced by a range cooker. The kitchen units are by Howdens and are<br />

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for a major rethink of how we wanted to live.” The <br />

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Top: The couple built a two-storey extension, which has created a spacious open-plan kitchen and triple-aspect dining area with French doors into the garden<br />

Above left: Cream-painted units and pale oak worksurfaces reflect the light Above right: A luxurious, rather masculine downstairs loo area, designed by Andrew<br />

On the floor is a curious arcane symbol in yellow tape. As one finds oneself idly<br />

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points out that it is a hexagon not a pentogram. She explains that it is, in fact,<br />

an exercise pattern for Max’s fitness training for his England squad bid.<br />

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often covered in Design Forum fabric.<br />

The only major structural work the couple undertook<br />

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Above: The leather turtle and hippo were both escapees from a chalet job but<br />

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with bespoke handrail designed by Andrew, gives a taste of the chalet style<br />

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“It was wonderful to see that go,” says Martine. “It really<br />

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Above left: The landing to Oli’s bedoom, over the extended kitchen-dining area, includes a door on to the roof terrace. Plush, neutral carpets throughout make<br />

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Above: The cottage is deceptively spacious, thanks to the sense of ‘flow’<br />

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lamp and across the room on an ancient four-legged chest<br />

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Above: The main bedroom is an oasis of calm and order – helped by muted colours and the addition of an en suite dressing room and hidden cupboards<br />

is an aged oak bench. The woodburner is double-sided and<br />

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One’s first impression of the master bedroom is that it<br />

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Above left: The compact yet luxurious en suite to the master bedroom<br />

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Above: The play room and snug shares the woodburner with the ‘adults’ living room nextdoor. Hidden cupboards, built by Martine and Andrew’s carpenter,<br />

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Above: The kitchen table once belonged to Tara’s aunt Colleen and was about to be thrown out and put on the bonfire but Tara saved it. She decided to leave<br />

the top as natural wood and white-distress the legs. The kitchen chairs are Lloyd Loom by Neptune and are stocked by John Lewis<br />

Many of the pronouncements of the great American<br />

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opaque but the one I rarely enter an impressive<br />

space without remembering is simple enough. “A room,”<br />

he once said, “is not a room without natural light.”<br />

“Architects in planning rooms today have forgotten their<br />

faith in natural light,” said Khan. “Depending on the touch<br />

of a finger to a switch, they are satisfied with static light and<br />

forget the endlessly changing qualities of natural light, in<br />

which a room is a different room every second of the day.”<br />

In the Weald, we are spoiled for choice when it<br />

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particularly Tudor and Jacobean; times when the wool<br />

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homes, elegant new purpose-built properties went up<br />

and villages and towns expanded at an impressive rate.<br />

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My family was no exception and when we abandoned the<br />

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“This place is driving me nuts,” said my wife, a week<br />

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And it was hard not to appreciate her irritation. After the<br />

light that used to pour in through Victorian sashes, the<br />

dribble that the leaded lights grudging allowed through<br />

probably meant that after a month we’d all be suffering<br />

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Above: A vaulted ceiling and honey-coloured beams above the comforting cream Aga help to make the room feel light and airy. An old clock on the bressumer<br />

above the Aga belonged to Mark’s parents and was once natural wood. It was given a distressed white finish by Tara<br />

a single human activity in which one could engage<br />

without the assistance of a head torch. Try as we might,<br />

it was difficult not to conclude that we’d spent a not<br />

insignificant amount of wonga on a gloom with a view.<br />

Losing the leaded lights would have been sacrilege and we’d<br />

never get planning to increase their size or add more so the<br />

only option was to make better use of what light they allowed<br />

us. Accordingly, we ordered a tanker-full of white paint and<br />

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Tara and Mark’s farmhouse is considerably larger than our<br />

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Above: The master bedroom is warmed by the natural wood of items such as this large pine wardrobe, which was stripped of black paint, a pine dome-lidded<br />

chest and a natural oak chest of drawers. All the furniture came from antiques shops in Rochester, except the upholstered bed, which is by Hypnos<br />

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When moving from their town property, to a period country home, finding<br />

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Above: The double-aspect master bedroom looks out over the gardens, which<br />

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Above left: An ornate mirror is a feature in the classic, welcoming bathroom, where tongue-and-groove panelling adds a country cottage feel alongside the<br />

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Above: A sheltered corner makes the perfect indoor-outdoor space in which<br />

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The<br />

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scents<br />

Josephine Fairley on freshening up<br />

your fragrance collection<br />

Illustrations: Susanne Hayes<br />

I<br />

have never been one of those women who can wear a<br />

signature scent, year-round. Some of my beautiful, sensual,<br />

warm choices – which I spritz with abandon between<br />

October and April – are the equivalent of wearing a pair of<br />

black opaques on the hottest day of the year, to me. For me,<br />

summer isn’t just a time to switch to something lighter and<br />

airier: it’s the perfect excuse to add to your fragrance wardrobe.<br />

Atelier Cologne Bergamot Soleil, £90 for 100ml<br />

Cologne Absolute. The bergamot citrus fruit scent is like<br />

sunshine, bottled – and this is a gorgeous way to enjoy it:<br />

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woody finale as the sun sets on this.<br />

Terry de Gunzburg Thé Glacé, £107 for 100ml eau<br />

de parfum. As cooling and refreshing as – mais oui! – a glass<br />

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weather warms up. A ‘crisp white shirt’ of a scent, it steeps<br />

verbena with black tea and grapefruit, lavender and white<br />

florals, while another tea note – from maté – infuses the base,<br />

together with musk and mosses.<br />

Molton Brown Lily of the Valley & Star Anise, £39<br />

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perfumery’s most-loved floral notes, giving a hint-of-spice twist<br />

via star anise to take it beyond mere pretty-prettiness. The<br />

muguet swirls around magnolia and peony, in the floral heart,<br />

with touches of ylang ylang, white musk and sandalwood<br />

enhancing the staying power of this will o’ the wisp bloom.<br />

Pleasingly, being Molton Brown, it comes with a complete<br />

collection of bodycare for layering on the spring-like loveliness.<br />

Aerin Mediterranean Honeysuckle, from £88 for<br />

50ml eau de parfum. Honeysuckle’s something of a signature<br />

ingredient for Aerin Lauder: the very first fragrance she was<br />

involved with, during her time at Estée Lauder, was garlanded<br />

with this sweet, so-summery flower. This the scent of a<br />

summer garden by the beach, with sunny Italian bergamot<br />

and mandarin giving way to the richness of lily of the valley,<br />

gardenia and jasmine sambac, as well as that honeysuckle –<br />

bursting with the promise of summer to come.<br />

Marc Jacobs Rain, £38 for 100ml eau de toilette. This<br />

wonderfully airy/watery floral broke many a heart when it<br />

was discontinued a few years ago, so I’m not the only one<br />

who’s delighted it’s been revived. (Just hope that the name isn’t<br />

a harbinger of summer’s weather to come.) If you love wet<br />

grass after a late spring shower, you’ll love this: it’s got fruity<br />

flourishes, a gust of cut grass, alongside beech amber, tree moss<br />

and musk. (And the chunky bottle’s gorgeous.)<br />

Atkinsons My Fair Lily, £120 for 100ml eau de<br />

parfum. From a heritage perfume house – from London’s<br />

Old Bond Street – My Fair Lily gilds Casablanca lilies with<br />

wild chamomile, adding a so-fashionable twist of tart rhubarb<br />

alongside a deliciously-named ‘summer rain accord’ which<br />

counterbalancing the usual lily headiness. The dewy, fresh<br />

and radiant white floral tones mellow beautifully on the skin,<br />

gaining depth from vetiver and patchouli. Shimmering and<br />

sophisticated, it’s a floral to seduce even non-floral-wearers.<br />

Salvatore Ferragamo Tuscan Soul La Corte, £130<br />

for 75ml eau de toilette. One for jasmine-lovers to wrap right<br />

around their heart, this: an opulent floral inspired by Tuscany<br />

in which the heady flower is softened by a delicate almond<br />

milk, voluptuous white lily gets powdery touches from white<br />

iris, while amber and vanilla pulse softly beneath. This is a<br />

very sophisticated fragrance indeed, worthy of an engraved<br />

invitation – to the opera, a black tie dinner, maybe (if we’re<br />

lucky!) even an Italian wedding…<br />

Tom Ford Private Blend Soleil Blanc, £145 for<br />

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from ‘remote private islands where summer lasts all year,<br />

and one day seamlessly blends into the next’. Fantasise about<br />

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peppercorn, bergamot and pistachio, ylang ylang, Egyptian<br />

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The Perfume Society Eaux La La Discovery Box,<br />

£12.50 at www.perfumesociety.org Small (but relevant) blowing<br />

of own trumpet here: part of our wide-reaching activities at<br />

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ago) is to offer ‘discovery’ boxes of fragrance, featuring sample<br />

sizes and miniatures which are much-loved for travel, so<br />

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month but this contains a summer-friendly selection including<br />

Miller Harris L’Air de Rien.<br />

Much as I love wearing fragrance, however, it’s not entirely<br />

without challenges in summer. Some notes can trigger<br />

sensitivity, and scent and sunlight aren’t a great fit. It certainly<br />

doesn’t mean that you need to be deprived of the joys of<br />

wearing fragrance, over the summer months.<br />

Jo Fairley’s top tips for spritzing safely…<br />

1 Mist fragrance on to your hair – from 20-30cm away –<br />

rather than skin. Hair is a wonderful carrier of fragrance – in<br />

fact, Estée Lauder always advised perfuming the hair.<br />

2 Spritz a cotton ball and tuck it <strong>inside</strong> your bra. The heat of<br />

your body will make the fragrance rise beautifully.<br />

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3 Fragrance your clothes – but first, do a colour-check: spritz<br />

a tissue and if there’s no staining visible, your fragrance should<br />

be fine for use on any colour of fabric. Necklines, hems and<br />

collars – and the linings of clothes – are great places to spritz.<br />

4 Tie a scented ribbon around your wrist, bracelet-style.<br />

5 Spray the <strong>inside</strong> of your handbag – or your beach bag – with<br />

fragrance, for a gorgeous waft every time you reach for your<br />

purse or sunnies. (I’ve even done this to a sunhat – and I’m<br />

all for reviving the fan, which is a really sublime way to enjoy<br />

scent in the summer and taps into fragrance’s very heritage, as<br />

fan-making and perfumery used to have close links.)<br />

6 You may want to wear fragrance on your skin in the<br />

evening – after all, what’s lovelier than little puffs of something<br />

gorgeous, as you sit watching the sun set? And that’s fine: you<br />

won’t get the interaction with UV after the sun goes down.<br />

7 If it’s hot weather, think about keeping your fragrance in the<br />

fridge. A wonderfully cooling experience!<br />

Check out Jo Fairley’s www.beautybible.com<br />

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

<strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> talks to Rachel Boxall...<br />

Do you have a beauty regime?<br />

I have a very simple beauty<br />

regime, and I’m definitely a<br />

morning person. I like to get up<br />

and out as quickly as possible.<br />

The quicker the regime the<br />

closer I am to breakfast, my<br />

favourite meal of the day. I<br />

will not sacrifice it! You can’t<br />

beat jumbo porridge oats<br />

slowly cooked in almond milk,<br />

topped with seasonal berries.<br />

I love using LUSH tea tree<br />

water toner; it freshens the skin<br />

and has excellent antibacterial<br />

properties. Water is also essential<br />

and I always have a bottle on<br />

hand to stay hydrated. Over the<br />

years I feel that I have finally<br />

mastered minimal make up.<br />

Mascara, flick of black eyeliner,<br />

two in one cream cheek and lip<br />

blush. Set for the day ahead!<br />

Is there a particular product<br />

you couldn’t live without?<br />

Natural products are important<br />

to me, as I want to know exactly<br />

what I am putting on my skin.<br />

I will not go a day without<br />

LUSH ultrabland facial cleanser.<br />

It feels luxuriously thick and has<br />

a light honey fragrance. It really<br />

helps bring my skin back into<br />

balance, especially as the seasons<br />

change. I also need to take care<br />

of my hands, whether arranging<br />

floral displays or handcrafting<br />

paper decorations. LUSH<br />

salted coconut hand scrub<br />

leaves them feeling like new!<br />

What’s your ultimate<br />

pampering treat? I have<br />

recently discovered hot Hatha<br />

Yoga. It helps me to focus,<br />

unwind and most importantly<br />

stretch after a busy week. I’m<br />

also lucky to have a lovely<br />

friend, Ellie from The Beauty<br />

Aisle. She offers holistic massage<br />

and facials using all natural<br />

skincare products. A trip to her<br />

hideaway retreat in Burwash<br />

really is the ultimate treat.<br />

Who’s your style icon? I have<br />

a few people that inspire me.<br />

The first being Iris Apfel, for<br />

being bold and confident<br />

in her choices and for<br />

highlighting the importance<br />

of a good pair of round<br />

glasses. I also admire Agyness<br />

Deyn and her androgynous<br />

style. My childhood wardrobe<br />

often inspires me and I<br />

subconsciously seek similar<br />

nostalgic patterns, prints and<br />

stripes to wear as an adult.<br />

Rachel has a new independent<br />

floral design business, focused<br />

on seasonal flowers and event<br />

styling, as well as offering<br />

handmade paper flowers<br />

and decorations. For parties<br />

and workshops contact<br />

thefloweredit@gmail.com<br />

More than a meal...<br />

If you think it’s only for the<br />

birds, then you’re wrong! Millet<br />

is available in many varieties<br />

and is a staple in various Asian<br />

and African diets. In South<br />

India, Little Millet is served<br />

with Sambhar, a lentil based<br />

vegetable stew, and Ethiopians<br />

use the soft cooked ‘grain’ as<br />

baby food. It is in fact, a seed,<br />

despite having a grain-like<br />

appearance, and is an ideal<br />

alternative for those with a<br />

gluten or wheat intolerance,<br />

being non-allergenic. It acts<br />

as a pre-biotic for the gut’s<br />

micro-flora, has high levels of<br />

magnesium which can reduce<br />

the effects of migraines, and<br />

digests easily. Use it as an<br />

alternative to rice or potatoes<br />

with an evening meal or try<br />

adding ground millet flakes to<br />

homemade breads and muffins.<br />

Make a delicious sweet<br />

breakfast porridge by slowly<br />

simmering it in a pan with<br />

nut milk and a little honey.<br />

Top this with fresh or dried<br />

fruit, nuts, cacao nibs or any<br />

yummy topping of your choice.<br />

Pretty pout...<br />

This month we have had<br />

the pleasure of trying out<br />

the beautifully tinted lip<br />

balms from Lanolips. With<br />

a choice of Red Apple,<br />

Perfect Nude, Rhubarb<br />

and Rose, there’s a shade<br />

for every skin type. They’re<br />

the perfect size for a small<br />

handbag and are ideal for<br />

summer, adding a little<br />

touch of colour to a fresh<br />

face, whilst giving a healthy<br />

glow and hydrating lips.<br />

They’re rich with ultra<br />

moisturising lanolin, and<br />

contain SPF30, giving you<br />

extra protection during the<br />

summer months. You can<br />

even pop a little on your<br />

cheekbones as a highlighter<br />

and then apply on lips as<br />

needed throughout the day.<br />

All Lanolips products are<br />

animal cruelty and horrible<br />

nasties free and are available<br />

from Boots, Waitrose<br />

or www.lanolips.com<br />

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Adverse reaction<br />

In a world of instant access to endless information, it can all get a<br />

little confusing. We dispel a few myths and find out first-hand...<br />

The Allergy UK expert<br />

Amena Warner is the<br />

Head of Clinical Services...<br />

Is there a difference between food allergy<br />

and intolerance? Allergic reactions to<br />

food involve an abnormal response of the<br />

immune system. Allergic symptoms can<br />

vary from mild, to moderate, to severe.<br />

Mild symptoms can include itching, rashes,<br />

sneezing and a runny nose. Moderate<br />

symptoms vary from swelling, vomiting,<br />

stomach pains and coughing, with severe<br />

symptoms being difficulty in breathing<br />

or talking, which may lead to individuals<br />

passing out. Severe allergic reactions can be<br />

fatal, and are referred to as an anaphylactic<br />

shock, which is an acute medical emergency<br />

that needs prompt medical treatment.<br />

Intolerances are different to food allergies<br />

- they’re not caused by the immune system<br />

and are not life threatening, although they<br />

can reduce quality of life significantly.<br />

Intolerances usually affect adults, rarely<br />

infants, who are more likely to have<br />

allergy. There are no validated tests for<br />

food intolerances other than lactose.<br />

Are there any common symptoms?<br />

With a food allergy, symptoms usually<br />

arise within a few minutes of eating the<br />

offending food, although they may be<br />

delayed by up to a couple of hours. These<br />

can include rashes, wheezing, itching, severe<br />

gut pain or, rarely, sudden collapse. The<br />

rapid onset of symptoms, which always<br />

occur in response to the same food, means<br />

that most people will already recognise that<br />

the food causes them a problem. However<br />

intolerance reactions are usually delayed and<br />

symptoms may take several hours or days<br />

to appear. The most common symptoms<br />

are gastro-intestinal bloating, wind, loose<br />

stools or rashes, joint pain and headaches.<br />

If someone thinks they might have an<br />

intolerance, but is not sure what to, do<br />

you have any advice? Food intolerances can<br />

be diagnosed with the help of a registered<br />

dietitian by a process of elimination of<br />

the suspect food, resolution of symptoms<br />

and monitored reintroduction. This<br />

is often via the use of a food diary.<br />

Allergy UK offer help and advice online or<br />

over the phone so visit www.allergyuk.org or<br />

call 01322 619898 for further information.<br />

www.wealdentimes.co.uk<br />

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Nut allergy<br />

Hayley discusses day-to-day dealings...<br />

When did you first realise you had an allergy to peanuts and what happened? I can’t<br />

really pinpoint when I discovered my allergy, because it was always thought I just had<br />

asthma. As a small child I vividly remember my aunt giving me a marathon bar out<br />

shopping, but the change happened when I tried peanut butter. The next time I came into<br />

contact with peanuts was at a Christmas party later that year. I had an asthma attack and<br />

the doctor was called. Christmas was when I always suffered most due to nuts being out,<br />

and I have to be careful at parties. It has been known for someone to kiss me on the cheek<br />

and leave a lip mark having just eaten nuts!<br />

What do you do now to avoid coming into contact with peanuts? I’m obviously careful<br />

what I eat and check packets if I’m buying something different. My local Chinese restaurant<br />

know I have an allergy so they are careful with my order and my daughter and fiancé<br />

watch what they eat too. If we eat out I always let the waiter know, although sometimes it’s<br />

unavoidable if someone has had nuts on the same surface. I’ll know about it shortly after!<br />

Are you allergic to anything else/ any other nuts? I have a mild reaction to most<br />

nuts but I don’t really test! Almonds make me sick and roasted chestnuts turn my<br />

stomach. Walnuts make me itch, although I am fine with coconut. I do have to<br />

be careful with beauty products as some contain nut extract which badly affects<br />

my skin, so I use hypoallergenic cleanser, toner and foundation to be safe.<br />

Wheat and gluten intolerance<br />

Christian gives us an interesting insight...<br />

What symptoms did you have that made you question celiac disease? Celiac disease<br />

didn’t come to mind at all until much further down the line. At first I’d occasionally get<br />

pain in the lower abdomen but there wasn’t an obvious correlation between what I was<br />

consuming and the symptoms I had. Once fatigue crept in, the abdominal pain increased<br />

and the constant feeling of general unease took over, I began the search to find out what<br />

was actually going on. At that point it felt as if all food was off the menu because everything<br />

seemed to make the symptoms worse.<br />

What precautions do you take and how do you manage it? The obvious precaution<br />

is avoiding gluten, but that task is a challenge if you like eating anywhere that isn’t a<br />

specialized, quarantined facility where only you and your grain fearing friends have coded<br />

access to. Most folk think being gluten free means replacing your bread with an overpriced,<br />

over processed cardboard-like substitute, but the reality is that gluten protein is lurking in<br />

places you wouldn’t expect. Foods that are naturally gluten free are often cross-contaminated<br />

when they’re commercially processed. That’s why it’s imperative to be label savvy, or even<br />

better, listen to the advice in the next question.<br />

Do you have any advice for someone who thinks they may have celiac or an<br />

intolerance? Celiac disease and any other food intolerance force an individual to become<br />

more conscious about his or her food choices. It’s a chance for someone to reevaluate how<br />

and what they define as ‘food’. However, the mainstream response to gluten intolerance<br />

has created a huge market for speciality food-like products which imitate culturally popular<br />

‘food-items’. Gluten free alternatives for processed boxed cereals, pastas, breads and biscuits<br />

have flooded the supermarkets. Whether you choose to consume the regular version of<br />

these items or its gluten free counterpart, they are sub-optimal for fuelling a vibrant, fully<br />

functional human being. By keeping 95%-100% of your food shopping within the fresh<br />

produce aisle, you take the first step in becoming much healthier and happier beyond the<br />

management of your medical condition. In a nutshell, eat food and less food-like products.<br />

Christian Hindley is a Personal Trainer & Remedial Therapist.<br />

Contact him on 01580 211775.<br />

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Retirement?<br />

– never!<br />

The BBC 2 series The Real Marigold Hotel took a group<br />

of celebrities of retirement age to India to recreate the<br />

story of the award-wining feature film The Best Exotic<br />

Marigold Hotel. In the film, strapped for cash British<br />

pensioners move to Rajasthan to retire, have adventures<br />

and fall in love with the country and the people.<br />

The TV show, like the film, captured the imagination<br />

of many British sixty-somethings who are now<br />

considering the possibility of partial retirement in<br />

the sub-continent. We asked Weald-based super<br />

chef Rosemary Shrager, one of the celebrity stars of<br />

the programme, about her experiences in India.<br />

Photos courtesy of TwoFour Group<br />

We saw you learning to meditate and do yoga whilst<br />

in India. I’ve since read that you were very drawn<br />

the spiritual side of India and were very moved by<br />

it. Can you tell us a little more about this?<br />

Yes, this was a very special moment for me – it’s about giving<br />

myself time and a moment to reflect. I have never done this<br />

before; it has put a new dimension into my life. I do yoga and<br />

meditate on my own. I think it is so important to look after<br />

yourself. India taught me that this is not selfish but beneficial to<br />

us all. In fact, if we don’t take care of ourselves how can we help<br />

other people?<br />

One of the things that came across in the<br />

programme was that India has a different attitude<br />

to age and that older people are very much<br />

respected. Why do you think this is?<br />

They are hugely respectful towards their elders. Decisions are not<br />

made until the elders are asked. It’s all to do with their culture<br />

and attitude. They all pray together in the mornings, they eat<br />

together. This is what happened in the family with whom we<br />

were staying.<br />

The children spent a lot of time with the grandparents. What<br />

happens, whether they are rich or poor, everybody tends to live<br />

as a family. This is pure culture. I think it’s wonderful. It’s what<br />

people are used too. When we were explaining about care homes<br />

for the elderly, they were quite shocked. I found the whole<br />

experience very moving. Why can’t we do that and have more<br />

respect for our elders?<br />

It all looked great fun on telly, but what was it<br />

really like living communally with your fellow<br />

housemates? Do you think it makes sense<br />

financially and socially to join forces with likeminded<br />

people as we get older?<br />

It was fun. I had a good laugh with them. But I couldn’t have<br />

lived any longer with three of them, they would have driven me<br />

stir crazy. There is a huge point in this. Yes it would make sense<br />

financially, but what I did learn was that I need my own space.<br />

Maybe if it was the right place, with like-minded people – that’s<br />

the key – it might work.<br />

After your time living<br />

there, is retirement to India<br />

something that you would<br />

consider?<br />

No, I couldn’t live there. I loved it,<br />

in fact I could say I fell in love with<br />

India it was so special, but I could<br />

only visit for a few months. Or go<br />

back every year to visit our friends.<br />

I have too many commitments in<br />

the UK.<br />

The Real Marigold Hotel appeared<br />

on BBC TWO in January and<br />

February <strong>2016</strong>. Download it<br />

from the BBC Store for £4.99.<br />

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Closer to home...<br />

Following on from Rosemary Shrager’s ‘retirement living’ experience, WT looks at The Hawthorns, for older people<br />

who want an active and sociable retirement... but for whom India may be a touch too far!<br />

What are the benefits of downsizing to a retirement<br />

community?<br />

The Hawthorns is one of Eastbourne’s best kept secrets,<br />

where the happy retirement you’ve worked hard to enjoy<br />

becomes a reality. You never have to worry about your bills,<br />

cooking or cleaning because everything is included in a single<br />

monthly fee. It is the perfect place for retirees who want to<br />

maintain an active, independent life within the company of<br />

other<br />

like-minded retirees. With an all-inclusive arrangement, why<br />

buy when you can rent? You don’t need to tie up your capital<br />

and assets in buying another property that you can only sell<br />

back to the retirement operator at their valuation. And there<br />

are no annual service charges, maintenance or management<br />

costs, no exit fees and just 30 days’ notice.<br />

What sort of accommodation is available?<br />

Our community on England’s sunshine coast has been<br />

extensively refurbished for Summer <strong>2016</strong> and offers a choice<br />

of stylish 1-bed and 2-bed apartments, detached bungalows<br />

and studios. All rooms are spacious and neutrally decorated<br />

with high quality carpets.<br />

What makes your community special?<br />

Resident wellbeing is our first concern and our dedicated<br />

wellbeing co-ordinator creates a monthly calendar full of<br />

exciting and interesting activities. With exercise classes, day<br />

trips out, and favourites such as bridge and quiz nights, there<br />

are plenty of opportunities to participate in the programme<br />

designed to maintain mental and physical wellbeing.<br />

Tell us about the facilities on offer.<br />

Our professional kitchen team prepares freshly cooked<br />

meals daily to suit all palates. Served right to your table,<br />

you needn’t lift a finger; instead experience great food and<br />

good conversation with friends. Throughout the day there<br />

are freshly baked homemade pastries, fresh juices and fruit<br />

always available. There is a cinema, games room with a full<br />

size snooker table, and a salon providing hair and beauty<br />

treatments. Our landscaped gardens are well stocked<br />

with quiet areas as well as communal areas for outdoor<br />

entertainment. We also have our own dedicated transport,<br />

for taking residents on appointments and outings.<br />

Is living in a retirement community a sociable experience?<br />

The Hawthorns is a sociable environment and perfect for<br />

couples and singles, amongst others who have chosen a<br />

similar retirement option. There are of course times when we<br />

all prefer some quiet time relaxing with friends, family or on<br />

our own. The Hawthorns offers the space and opportunity<br />

for this, and for those wanting friends or family to stay over<br />

there is a guest suite and use of a private dining room.<br />

See www.hawthornsretirement.co.uk, or call Ian Turnbull,<br />

General Manager on 01323 342640 to find out more or to<br />

book a personal tour.<br />

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Truly<br />

Scrumptious<br />

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Sunshine Smoothies share three of their favourite recipes<br />

– so you can try making your own at home<br />

Photographs: David Merewether Styling: Helen Barton<br />

All of Sunshine Smoothies’ recipes make a drink that is more<br />

than 150ml. The fruit is picked fresh, then frozen in batches,<br />

ready to be made into a cool, refreshing drink – without the<br />

addition of ice. They use organic produce whenever possible,<br />

and home-grown too, and the juices used come from Moor’s<br />

Organics in Teynham, near Sittingbourne.<br />

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Minty Pink<br />

Makes one large smoothie (150ml)<br />

• 21g raspberries<br />

• 40g sliced apple (organic)<br />

• Sprig of mint<br />

• Blended with 6 fl oz (100ml) pear juice (organic)<br />

We have been on the Hythe beach site for over<br />

130 years, and on most days our fish counter<br />

has over 50 varieties of fresh fish and shellfish.<br />

Our highly trained fishmongers can prepare<br />

your chosen fish to your specification and our<br />

Chef makes some amazing takeaway food,<br />

which is made fresh on a daily basis.<br />

Fishmongers Opening times<br />

Tues - Fri: 7am - 3pm, Sat: 7am - 12 noon<br />

Tel: 01303 266410 www.griggsofhytheuk.com<br />

Griggs of Hythe<br />

Find us on<br />

Our ‘Brunch on the<br />

Beach’ is served from<br />

Tuesday to Friday,<br />

from 9am until 2pm<br />

and on Saturday from<br />

9am to 1pm.<br />

With picnic benches<br />

on the beach, dining is<br />

alfresco, enabling you<br />

to enjoy the beautiful<br />

views and the relaxing<br />

sound of the sea.<br />

The Old Lifeboat Station Buildings, The Fisherman’s Landing Beach,<br />

Range Road, Hythe CT21 6HF<br />

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Tours and Tastings<br />

at Hush Heath Estate<br />

Enjoy a fantastic day at Hush Heath Estate & Winery,<br />

the home of award-winning Balfour Brut Rosé. Now<br />

open 7 days a week, including Bank Holidays, from<br />

11am-5pm for visitors and wine-lovers to experience<br />

FREE Self-Guided tours and tastings. No need to book.<br />

New for <strong>2016</strong> – Free Guided Tours on selected dates<br />

(see below) Enjoy a free guided tour by one of our winery<br />

experts, 2½ hours including: A full Estate tour and winery<br />

tour followed by a tutored tasting of our award winning<br />

wines and ciders.<br />

(All 11am) Sun 31 st <strong>July</strong> & Sun 21 st August<br />

Call 01622 832794 to book your place.<br />

hush heath estate, five oak lane, staplehurst, kent tn12 0ht<br />

01622 832794 www.hushheath.com<br />

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The Tickled Trout, West Farleigh<br />

is a modern and stylish pub, with<br />

6 beautiful boutique hotel rooms,<br />

and a fabulous fish restaurant<br />

and oyster bar. We are open 7<br />

days a week for breakfast, lunch<br />

and dinner and offer a delicious<br />

and rewarding menu carefully put<br />

together by chefs who care. When the sun shines our landscaped<br />

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Bring a picnic and rugs.<br />

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Sat 9 Jul 7.30pm<br />

St Mary’s Church, Goudhurst<br />

Brass and Voices<br />

Cranbrook Town Band and Kilndown<br />

Community Choir perform an Anglo-<br />

French musical extravaganza.<br />

Entry: £8 Adults, £5 under 18’s from<br />

Goudhurst Newsagent or on the door<br />

Sat 16 & Sun 17 Jul 10am-5pm<br />

Christ Church, Kilndown<br />

Pastimes and <strong>Times</strong> Past<br />

Kilndown Flower Festival to celebrate<br />

175 years of the church.<br />

Tues 16 Jul 2.30pm<br />

Bedgebury National Pinetum &<br />

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Danny the champion of<br />

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Illyria promises a magnificent, funny<br />

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Suitable for all ages. Gates open at<br />

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Entry: £12.50 Adults, £9.50 Children<br />

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Sun 17 Jul 7.30pm<br />

Pamoja Hall, Sevenoaks School,<br />

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Lydian Orchestra<br />

Workshops<br />

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Writing and Wine Day<br />

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Maintaining your swimming pool<br />

Ben Smith, XL Pools<br />

The most important thing you can do for your pool during the<br />

peak of the summer is pay more attention to it. In particular,<br />

the way it looks. If its dirty, the water has gone cloudy or it’s<br />

starting to change colour then it generally means something is<br />

wrong. The quicker you remedy this the better. It is advisable<br />

to test your PH and chlorine daily, but if this is too onerous,<br />

weekly will do. You should also check and clean your skimmer<br />

basket and the filtration pump at this time. There are many<br />

factors that can greatly change the balance of your pool water:<br />

swimmers, heat and storms.<br />

A day of entertaining family and friends is great fun but<br />

remember that, after a day like that, your chlorine levels are<br />

going to drop. If you have had a lot of swimmers in the pool,<br />

or if it’s been an unusually hot day, it’s important to check your<br />

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the pool your pool water will turn cloudy and start to change<br />

colour. A great addition to your pool filter system is a salt-water<br />

chlorination system. It will help maintain your chlorine and<br />

chemical balance. A salt-water chlorination system will disinfect<br />

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pool and the pool area. A storm can make the pool turn green<br />

overnight. The first thing to think about is the water level.<br />

After heavy rain the water is going to be higher. If this is the<br />

case, you should make sure that you lower it to allow leaves and<br />

debris to skim into the basket. It would be better still to catch<br />

the leaves before they skim into the basket. So, spend a bit of<br />

time with your net, picking up as many as you can. Heavy rain<br />

will also cause chlorine levels to drop significantly. It is a good<br />

idea to take your water sample up to your local pool shop for<br />

testing. In addition, garden run-off can lead to phosphates in<br />

your pool which can also turn your pool green. Finally, check<br />

the clock and timer on your chlorine generator to ensure that<br />

lightning has not damaged it.<br />

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Save our Salvias...<br />

Sue Whigham on this easy-to-grow, flowering favourite<br />

They grow some marvellous salvias in the<br />

Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Late October, and<br />

in the autumn sunlight, the gardens were still<br />

full of colour. I remember, just as we were leaving,<br />

the most spectacular sight – a hugely dramatic salvia<br />

with bright blue flowers contrasting with lime green<br />

calyces. What I wouldn’t have given for a cutting.<br />

But there’s no need to travel that far to find salvias. We’re<br />

lucky to have Dyson’s Nursery at Great Comp, Sevenoaks<br />

where William Dyson grows about 250 different varieties.<br />

His range of woody summer flowering salvias was extended<br />

by James Compton’s discovery in the Sierra Madre, Mexico of<br />

a hybrid (S. jamensis) between S. microphylla, the mountain<br />

sage, and S. greggii, the autumn sage. These shrubby, woody<br />

plants are in the main hardy and have a long flowering<br />

period, sometimes right through to November. Easy to grow<br />

on well-drained sites and easy to propagate; just take a heel<br />

cutting during the summer and pop them into a 50/50 mix<br />

of horticultural sand and compost, and off they’ll go.<br />

Salvias are in the genus, Lamiaceae, the mint family, which<br />

contains at least nine hundred species with many originating<br />

in Central and South America, the Southern states of the<br />

USA and Mexico. The majority of salvias are sun loving and<br />

many grow in high mountainous regions. The name comes<br />

from the Latin ‘Salvus’ meaning, ‘whole, health and safe’ as<br />

some of the species salvias have been grown in Apothecaries’<br />

gardens for centuries for their medicinal qualities. I<br />

particularly like S. lavandulifolia, the lavender leaved salvia,<br />

not only for its leaves and its culinary uses but for the masses<br />

of mauve blossom that it throws out in the summer. Here are<br />

some of my other favourites:<br />

Salvia greggii ‘Dark Dancer’. Lovely deep fuchsia flowers<br />

on wiry stems. Perfect for a dry garden soil but again must be<br />

well drained. It’s native to the arid deserts of Mexico.<br />

S. ‘Silas Dyson’ is a pretty gorgeous hardy shrubby salvia.<br />

It’ll flower for you from June right through until November.<br />

The buds are a rich purple and the flowers are a strong<br />

crimson, fading as they mature to red. Another bonus is that<br />

the plant is very floriferous.<br />

Salvia microphylla ‘Wild Watermelon’ has grey calyces and<br />

wide lipped pink, pink, pink flowers.<br />

Salvia microphylla ‘Icing Sugar’ is a child of the popular but<br />

ever so bright ‘Hot Lips’, which grows to about three feet and<br />

has pink and purple flowers.<br />

It is easy to become a bit addicted to salvias as their variety<br />

is staggering and they have such fascinating flowers which<br />

consist of colourful tubes, sometimes soft and downy, with<br />

two lips of different lengths. The calyces that they emerge<br />

from are often as decorative as the flower, so you get a bonus,<br />

as in Salvia atrocyanea which has arching stems and long<br />

drooping flowers in a deep blue with bright green calyces<br />

and blue tinged bracts. Sounds familiar; maybe this was the<br />

mystery Brooklyn plant?<br />

Then there are the drama queens such as the purple Salvia<br />

‘Amistad’, used a lot at Great Dixter. It has large distinctive,<br />

corrugated leaves and stems run through with red but it’s<br />

the flowers that I love – small and orangey-red growing in<br />

sizeable spikes above the leaves. It is not hardy though and<br />

has to be lifted and wheeled into shelter for the winter. It’s<br />

the same with S. guaranitica ‘Black and Blue’; bright indigo<br />

flowers combine with a jet black calyx. Bliss, but lift it in the<br />

autumn, once it has flowered. Also, there is S. ‘Phyllis’ Fancy’.<br />

It has been described as hardy but I wouldn’t risk it.<br />

And we haven’t even started on the hardy perennial salvias,<br />

such a boon in the herbaceous border, and the silvery<br />

S. leucanthas – but they can wait for another time.<br />

Sue Whigham can be contacted on 07810 457948 for<br />

gardening advice and help in the sourcing and supply of<br />

interesting garden plants.<br />

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Cut above<br />

the rest<br />

Jo Arnell on the pleasure of growing your own cut flowers<br />

Imagine floating serenely down rows of beautiful blooms,<br />

pausing every now and then to pick some perfect buds on<br />

long sturdy stems – then filling the house with delicately<br />

arranged vases of flowers. Just the thought of growing your<br />

own cut flowers is a gorgeous and ecologically sound thing<br />

to do (thinking uses very little carbon), but the reality is<br />

slightly less dreamy. Growing cut flowers requires space, time<br />

and effort, if you want to get a good – and varied crop.<br />

Where to grow them<br />

A sheltered, sunny position is ideal, as blooms need<br />

protection from the wind and weather. Some flowers flourish<br />

in the shade, but most will do better in full sun – and with<br />

access to water if possible. The number of flowers you need<br />

will be an important factor when you’re deciding where to<br />

grow your flowers. Annuals, some roses and repeat-flowering<br />

plants with many blooms can easily be grown in existing<br />

flower borders – they respond well to picking, so it’s just early<br />

dead-heading. In reality you might not want to deplete your<br />

borders, so it can be worth finding a separate space. A corner<br />

of the veg patch can work well, and dahlias, sunflowers and<br />

sweet peas will appreciate the rich, well-cultivated soil.<br />

It makes sense to grow cut flowers in rows, as you would<br />

any other crop, as this will make weeding, picking, and<br />

general maintenance easier. My cutting garden has narrow<br />

beds – about a metre wide, but they’re quite long, with small<br />

paths in-between. If you choose to have grass paths, ensure<br />

that you can get the mower down them...<br />

How to grow them<br />

Soil preparation, as with the production of any other crop,<br />

is key. Clear perennial weeds and apply some organic matter<br />

(well-rotted manure/spent mushroom compost) to improve<br />

soil structure and fertility. Budget will dictate whether you<br />

start with good-sized plants that will crop in the first year,<br />

or whether you take the cheaper, longer, but ultimately<br />

more satisfying route of growing from seeds and cuttings.<br />

Once established, clumps of perennials can be divided and<br />

replanted, shrubs can be layered, or propagated from cuttings,<br />

and you will learn which annuals and biennials enjoy your<br />

conditions and happily self-sow – saving you time and effort.<br />

A general purpose fertiliser raked in at the start of the season<br />

will keep the plants fed and a mulch applied in spring will<br />

also release nutrients, retain moisture and help prevent weeds.<br />

Watch out for aphids and other pests and try to catch them<br />

early before they infest your plants. A potassium-rich feed in<br />

mid/late spring will encourage flowering and the ripening of<br />

fruit. This will be especially useful for those plants that flower<br />

repeatedly and will keep them going for longer.<br />

What to grow<br />

Much of this will be down to personal taste and you will have<br />

a good idea of the flowers you simply must include – and<br />

probably a hate list too, but don’t forget to think about the<br />

overall structure of your bouquets and arrangements. Flower<br />

arranging is similar in principle to border design. Colour<br />

schemes are important, but shapes are also key. Aim for a mix<br />

of plants that will allow you to design an effective bouquet of<br />

flowers for as long as you need. Think about shapes; spikes,<br />

larger focal points, foliage as structure and background, and<br />

fillers to soften and act as a foil or buffer in between blooms.<br />

Perennials and bulbs<br />

Grow peonies and dahlias for impact, majestic spires of<br />

delphiniums, verbascums and lupins, with Gypsophilla or<br />

Alchemilla as fillers and Melianthus for foliage interest. Bulbs<br />

are great for spring colour, but remember that you only<br />

get one stem per bulb. Peonies won’t appreciate too much<br />

hacking either, but if you cut lupins and delphiniums right<br />

to the ground after flowering/picking, they should put on<br />

another show in the autumn.<br />

Annuals and biennials<br />

Some of these will self-sow if they like you, but be prepared<br />

to grow a new batch from seed each year. Sweet peas,<br />

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closer to the time.<br />

Info: 01892 893868 / www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events<br />

Sat 16 & Sun 17 Jul 8.30am<br />

Eridge Park, Eridge Green,<br />

Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9JT<br />

Eridge Horse Trials<br />

Eridge Park will host the 22nd Eridge<br />

Horse Trials and Country Market,<br />

that has ‘Ssangyong Motors UK’ as its<br />

title sponsor. The country market will<br />

cater for all interests and tastes, selling<br />

crafts, food, clothes, gifts and farmers’<br />

produce. A licensed bar will be<br />

available for grown-ups and inflatables<br />

kids’s zone and tractor rides for the<br />

children.<br />

Entry: From £10<br />

Info: www.eridge-horsetrials.co.uk<br />

Sun 17 Jul 12-4.30pm<br />

Mercure Maidstone Great Danes<br />

Hotel, Kent ME17 1RE<br />

Mercure Maidstone Family<br />

Fun Day<br />

A day for the whole family to enjoy,<br />

and all in aid of Breast Cancer Care.<br />

With raffles, stalls, games, face painting,<br />

ice cream, a bouncy castle, a BBQ<br />

and live entertainment all day, we<br />

guarantee a brilliant day out.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Info: 0844 815 9045 / www.mercuremaidstone.co.uk<br />

Mon 18 - Fri 22 Jul, Mon 25 - Fri<br />

29 Jul<br />

Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst,<br />

Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 8JN<br />

Summer walks<br />

Join us for these walks taking in<br />

aspects of a historic estate in summer.<br />

The walks this week will focus on<br />

butterflies as part of the Big Butterfly<br />

Count, but will also touch on wild<br />

flowers, dragonflies, trees, meadows<br />

and historic landscape features.<br />

Booking not needed. Dogs on leads<br />

welcome.<br />

Info: 01892 893 868 / www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events<br />

Wed 20 & Wed 27 Jul<br />

6pm<br />

Victoria Parade & Promenade,<br />

Broadstairs, Kent CT10 1QL<br />

Summer Fireworks<br />

A firework display, plus children’s<br />

rides & games, donuts, candy floss &<br />

refreshments and late night mini golf.<br />

Live music at the bandstand.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Info: www.broadstairsfireworks.co.uk<br />

Tues 26 - Fri 29 Jul, Tues 2 - Fri 5,<br />

9-12, 16-19 & 23-26 Aug 10am-3pm<br />

Bedgebury Pinetum<br />

Forest Summer School<br />

Kent High Weald Partnership are<br />

offering a new approach to Forest<br />

School over the summer holdidays.<br />

Book in for as many days as you like<br />

and learn some fantastic new skills.<br />

Suitable for 7-12 years olds. All the<br />

money raised will go towards providing<br />

Forest Schools for children who<br />

would otherwise not be able to attend.<br />

Entry: £35 per day<br />

Info: 01580 212972 / saul.fajerman@<br />

kent.gov.uk / khwp.org.uk<br />

Fairs & Festivals<br />

at 18 Jun - Sun 3 Jul<br />

Various locations in Sevenoaks<br />

Sevenoaks Summer<br />

Festival<br />

A Community Festival featuring<br />

special appearances of ‘Show of<br />

Hands’(Folk), Gyles Brandreth, The<br />

Haley Sisters(Country), Sir Willard<br />

White(Opera), Martin Taylor(guitar)<br />

and Rick Wakeman(Pop Piano).<br />

Puppet shows and Punch & Judy for<br />

children.<br />

Info: 01732 450175 / www.sevenoaksfestival.org.uk<br />

Sat 2 Jul<br />

Pilgrims Hospices Kent CT9 4AD<br />

Summer Fair<br />

Lots to see, loads to eat, fun games,<br />

raffle, bottle tombola, plants, fresh<br />

produce, BBQ and much more.<br />

Donations of unwanted gifts, bottles<br />

and plants wanted prior to the fair.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Info: 01843 233934 / www.pilgrimshospices.org<br />

Sat 2 Jul & Sun 3 Jul 10am - late<br />

Victoria Gardens & Promenade,<br />

Broadstairs, Kent CT10 1QL<br />

Broadstairs Summer Fair<br />

Visit the best beach & seaside resort in<br />

Kent. Enjoy fair rides, children’s entertainment,<br />

game stalls, lots of crafts,<br />

boat trips and mini golf.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Info: 01227 700894 / info@leisureevents.net<br />

/ www.leisureevents.net<br />

Sat 2 Jul 1pm<br />

High Hurstwood<br />

Fete<br />

Enjoy pony rides, a magic show,<br />

bouncy castle, mini railway, fully<br />

licensed bar, BBQ, plus so much more.<br />

Info: kimberleygoodey@hotmail.com<br />

Sun 10 & 24 Jul 2.30-4.30pm<br />

All Saints, Woodchurch<br />

Cream Teas<br />

A lovely local event to be held in the<br />

Church grounds if sunny, and <strong>inside</strong><br />

the church if not. Perfect for family<br />

and friends.<br />

Info: theluffs19@btinternet.com<br />

Tues 12 Jul<br />

St Mary’s Church, Upper Lake,<br />

Battle 6.45-9.30pm<br />

BATTLE Festival Summer<br />

concert<br />

Enjoy a programme of Beethoven,<br />

Franck and Schubert. Seating is limited<br />

so book early.<br />

Entry: £5-£15<br />

Info: 07425 153608 / info@battlefestival.co.uk<br />

Sat 16 & Sun 17 Jul<br />

Eridge Park<br />

Horse Trials & country<br />

market<br />

A great day out for all the family.<br />

Come along and enjoy crafts, food,<br />

clothes, gifts and farmers’ produce. A<br />

licensed bar is available for the grownups<br />

and tractor rides will keep the little<br />

ones entertained.<br />

Entry: £10-£15<br />

Info: www.eridge-horse-trials.co.uk<br />

Sun 17 Jul<br />

Brogdale Collections, Brogdale<br />

Farm, Faversham ME13 8XZ<br />

Cherry Fair<br />

Celebrate over 400 varieties of cherry<br />

with entertainment, live music, local<br />

producers and a display of cherries<br />

like you have never seen. The Cherry<br />

Fair will be overflowing with juicy<br />

cherry varieties picked straight from<br />

the Brogdale orchards. Choose your<br />

favourite to take home and enjoy! Try<br />

before you buy – some of our best<br />

varieties will be on offer and you won’t<br />

find many of them anywhere else.<br />

Info: 01795 536250 / www.brogdalecollections.org<br />

Sun 17 Jul 11am-4pm<br />

Whitstable Castle & Gardens, Tower<br />

Hill, Whitstable, Kent CT5 2BW<br />

Summer Food Festival<br />

The Castle will be filled with an abundance<br />

of locally produced food and<br />

drink both <strong>inside</strong> and outside - available<br />

to buy or sample. The Orangery<br />

Tearooms will be open all day for light<br />

lunches, cream teas too.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Info: 01227281726 / www.whitstablecastle.co.uk<br />

Sat 23 & Sun 24 Jul 10.30am-<br />

4.30pm<br />

St Mary’s Church, Orlestone,<br />

Hamstreet, Ashford, Kent TN26<br />

2EU<br />

Flower Festival<br />

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of<br />

Beatrix Potter, books, bric-a-brac, toys,<br />

plants and a raffle will be available,<br />

along with morning coffee, ploughman’s<br />

lunches and afternoon tea.<br />

Info: 01233 732833<br />

Fri 29 - Sun 31 Jul<br />

The Hop Farm Family Park,<br />

Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, Kent<br />

TN12 6PY<br />

Chilled in a Field Festival<br />

Family-friendly dance, live music, &<br />

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and dance all night. Make the most of<br />

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activities for children and adults all<br />

day, bands, musicians, artists, theatre<br />

performances and local beer, cider,<br />

bubbles and cocktails, and mountains<br />

of street food.<br />

Entry: Adults £99, Teenagers £30,<br />

Infants £3<br />

Info: www.chilledinafieldfestival.co.uk<br />

Fri 29 - Sun 31 Jul<br />

Chilli Farm, A2 Coldred, Near<br />

Dover, Kent CT15 5AH<br />

Chilli Farm Festival & VW<br />

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Rude Mechanicals<br />

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of VWs taking part. Trikes, classic<br />

& custom cars, motorcycles, commercials,<br />

military, tractors & bygones,<br />

live music, beer and ale tent, craft and<br />

trade stalls.<br />

Info: 01227 700894 / www.chillifarmfestival.com<br />

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Fri 1, Fri 8, Sun 17<br />

Charlton Park, Charlton Place,<br />

Bishopsbourne, Canterbury, Kent<br />

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summer shakespeare season<br />

Enjoy Othello, A Midsummer Night’s<br />

Dream and All’s Well That Ends Well in<br />

this series of inspiring outdoor performances.<br />

Bring a picnic and rugs.<br />

Entry: From £8<br />

Info: 01227 831355 / www.charltonpark.org<br />

Sat 9 Jul 7.30pm<br />

St Mary’s Church, Goudhurst<br />

Brass and Voices<br />

Cranbrook Town Band and Kilndown<br />

Community Choir perform an Anglo-<br />

French musical extravaganza.<br />

Entry: £8 Adults, £5 under 18s from<br />

Goudhurst Newsagent or on the door<br />

Sat 16 & Sun 17 Jul 10am-5pm<br />

Christ Church, Kilndown<br />

Pastimes and <strong>Times</strong> Past<br />

Kilndown Flower Festival to celebrate<br />

175 years of the church.<br />

Tues 16 Jul 2.30pm<br />

Bedgebury National Pinetum &<br />

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TN17 2SJ<br />

Danny the champion of<br />

the world<br />

Illyria promises a magnificent, funny<br />

and heart-warming story perfectly suited<br />

to the open-air theatre provided in<br />

Bedgebury’s Walled Garden. Suitable<br />

for all ages. Gates open at 1pm.<br />

Entry: £12.50 Adults, £9.50 Children<br />

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Info & Booking: 03000 680400 / www.<br />

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Sun 17 Jul 7.30pm<br />

Pamoja Hall, Sevenoaks School,<br />

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Lydian Orchestra<br />

Celebrating the 40th year of this independent<br />

youth orchestra, with conductor<br />

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Entry: £6-£12<br />

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Workshops<br />

Thurs 14 Jul 7.30pm<br />

Heathfield Community Centre,<br />

Sheepsetting Lane, Heathfield<br />

Horam & Heathfield<br />

‘One of the finest Flower gardens clubin England’<br />

Enjoy this floral demonstration with<br />

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Info: 07436 158008 / www.shortcreatures.com<br />

Wed 20 Jul 9.45am<br />

Kingsgate Bay, Whiteness Road,<br />

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Introducing...<br />

Diamond Boards<br />

George Stevens tells us about his passion for<br />

music, designing and making things from wood.<br />

What inspired you to start your business?<br />

I’m a creator and have been for many years – be it music, designing or<br />

making things from wood.<br />

How did you learn such a unique skill?<br />

I undertook a two-year diploma course, followed by a three-year<br />

BSc. in Music Tech at what was originally the London College of<br />

Furniture, beginning in the late<br />

80s. My time there was spent<br />

researching and making early<br />

stringed instruments (luthiery)<br />

– lutes, early guitars, harps etc.<br />

Most of the bench work was<br />

taught by hand which gave me<br />

a great respect for good quality<br />

sharp tools and the nature of the<br />

working materials.<br />

What influences your product aesthetic?<br />

Everyone uses chopping boards and people also tend to like oak<br />

– which is, interestingly enough, a wood not commonly used in<br />

instrument making. Oak chopping boards are nothing new so adding<br />

the diamond inlay hopefully sets it aside from all the others and adds<br />

a little pizzazz. It also acts as an identifying logo.<br />

What is the essence of your business?<br />

Handmade locally by one person, in a small workshop. Cottage<br />

industries are not easy to make a living from in the digital age.<br />

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Tell us about the making process of your<br />

musical instruments?<br />

It’s not easy to say in a few sentences what people write whole books<br />

about! Instrument making is a very<br />

exacting business. Musical sculpture<br />

has the aesthetic and ergonomic<br />

requirements of furniture but also<br />

needs to sound good. Written<br />

information is only useful up to a<br />

point; the only way to really learn is<br />

to go at it hands on. This is a process I<br />

now realise is never ending. Very wellseasoned<br />

wood is required, so it has<br />

been dried to a sufficient level and for<br />

a certain length of time to be perfectly<br />

stable, sometimes under tension,<br />

which can also have significant<br />

effect on the resulting sound. Some<br />

instruments take many weeks to make<br />

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I continue to make a wide range of the early plucked instruments,<br />

in which I have always specialised, including some reinventions and<br />

innovations, using primarily UK and European woods.<br />

When did you start making the chopping<br />

boards?<br />

Specialist luthiery is quite niche but thanks to the internet, which<br />

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Unfortunately we luthiers<br />

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everyone closer to home.<br />

What’s your favourite product from your<br />

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I get the oak in different thicknesses which naturally suggests<br />

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variety of uses for chopping and serving. So I don’t have a particular<br />

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What makes all the hard work worth it?<br />

Some people have said of the Diamond Boards ‘they look too nice<br />

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I think they appreciate<br />

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because they’ve been worked<br />

by hand, individually and<br />

with real care.<br />

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