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PRICELESS<br />

OCTOBER <strong>2016</strong><br />

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

The lifestyle magazine for the Weald<br />

KITCHEN AND BATHROOM SUPPLEMENT <strong>inside</strong><br />

Inspirational Interiors • Fabulous Fashion • Delicious Dishes


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Contents<br />

<strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

54<br />

151<br />

Supplement 8<br />

22<br />

35<br />

54<br />

85<br />

87<br />

100<br />

SHED AHEAD<br />

John Graham-Hart<br />

salutes the hidey-hut<br />

OCTOBER NOTEBOOK<br />

Interesting things to<br />

do this month<br />

PRIDE, NO PREJUDICE<br />

A Georgian stately home<br />

gets a chic contemporary<br />

makeover - and a new purpose<br />

GET THE LOOK<br />

Give your house the<br />

Goodnestone treatment<br />

SWEET DREAMS<br />

A plumpelicious bedstead makes<br />

your bedroom into a luxury zone<br />

WINTER WARMER<br />

Treats to look forward to at<br />

this year’s <strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />

Midwinter Fair<br />

126<br />

128<br />

143<br />

147<br />

149<br />

151<br />

KITCHEN & BATHROOM<br />

SUPPLEMENT<br />

32 pages of inspiration<br />

for your home<br />

WHERE ENDS MEET<br />

Cosy autumn menswear<br />

for outdoor pursuits<br />

BALMY HIGH<br />

Josephine Fairley<br />

moisturises madly<br />

WEALDEN BEAUTY<br />

Susannah Hewett of Eggs to<br />

Apples shares her regime<br />

HEALTH<br />

Expert information for Breast<br />

Cancer Awareness month<br />

THE STAFF OF LIFE<br />

A sourdough masterclass<br />

with baker Emmanuel<br />

Hadjiandreou<br />

162<br />

166<br />

169<br />

175<br />

177<br />

183<br />

184<br />

FROM A TINY ACORN...<br />

Sue Whigham celebrates<br />

the mighty oak<br />

THE GREEN GODDESS<br />

Penny Kemp on upcycling<br />

LATERAL THINKING<br />

Alternative education options<br />

assessed by Sue Elkin<br />

GRAMMAR LESSONS<br />

Sue Elkin revises the key points<br />

for choosing a school<br />

WHAT’S ON IN OCTOBER<br />

Apples, art and Halloween fun<br />

COMPETITION<br />

Win a knife set worth £225<br />

from Flint & Flame<br />

FABLES FROM THE FARM<br />

For Jane Howard autumn<br />

is a new beginning<br />

102<br />

LOVE SHACK<br />

John Graham-Hart is smitten by<br />

a beach house with the X factor<br />

159<br />

SQUASH UP!<br />

Jo Arnell gets misty in<br />

her pumpkin patch<br />

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

Email info@wealdentimes.co.uk 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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Guide price £975,000<br />

Cranbrook<br />

An attractive twin roundel oast house within walking distance of the town centre<br />

4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms. Detached double garage, off-road parking,<br />

immaculate gardens and grounds. EPC rating D. In all about 0.4 acres.<br />

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Guide price £995,000<br />

Rolvenden<br />

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

5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms. Triple open bay garage with office / study<br />

above. Gardens and grounds. In all about 0.56 acres.<br />

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Smarden<br />

Attractive Grade II Listed former school house<br />

4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 reception rooms. Situated in the<br />

heart of the village. Walled garden with lawned area. Garage.<br />

Offers in excess of £995,000<br />

Wadhurst<br />

Plot with full planning permission to create an impressive country<br />

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Created for modern family living, designs provide for a unique<br />

home of up to 9,000 sq ft with a luxurious leisure complex, cinema<br />

and games room. Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In all about<br />

11 acres. Brochure with full details available. *CGI


Hastings Old Town, East Sussex - £1,395,000<br />

Grade II listed Regency Italianate villa with attached 3<br />

bedroom cottage. <strong>Kitchen</strong>, dining room, drawing room,<br />

tower room, lower ground floor with utility room and wine<br />

store. 3 double bedrooms and 4th bedroom/sitting room.<br />

Garage and secure off road parking. Large walled garden.<br />

Brookland, Kent - £925,000<br />

Lovely Grade II listed farmhouse on little used country lane.<br />

Sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, utility/<br />

cloakroom, 4 bedrooms, attic room. Single garage with<br />

office above. Parking. Garden and orchard of 1.25 acres.<br />

Beckley, East Sussex - £750,000<br />

Spacious house in rural position. <strong>Kitchen</strong>, utility, sitting<br />

room, dining room, living room, conservatory, 3 first floor<br />

bedrooms, study/bedroom 4, office/bedroom 5. Triple<br />

garage with workshop. Swimming pool. Gardens & grounds<br />

of 1.5 acres. Further land available. EPC E.<br />

Rye, East Sussex - £499,950<br />

Attached house in mews development in central location<br />

in Conservation Area. Living room, dining room, kitchen/<br />

breakfast room, main bedroom with en-suite and 2 further<br />

bedrooms. Lovely courtyard garden. Allocated parking<br />

space. EPC D<br />

Wittersham, Kent - £475,000<br />

Lovely 3 bedroom village house. Grade II listed with sitting<br />

room, dining room, home office/gym, kitchen/breakfast<br />

room, utility. Master bedroom with en-suite and 2 further<br />

bedrooms. Garden. Off road parking.<br />

Brookland, Kent - £395,000<br />

Deceptive attached period cottage with generous living<br />

accommodation on edge of village with rural views. 23 ft<br />

sitting room, open plan kitchen/dining room, utility, study,<br />

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Sissinghurst Excess £1,100,000<br />

An enchanting Grade II listed farmhouse with an excellent range of<br />

outbuildings and land in a secluded setting• CSCA • No Onward Chain<br />

• 3 Reception Rooms • <strong>Kitchen</strong>/Breakfast Room • 4 Bedrooms • <strong>Bathroom</strong><br />

• Substantial Outbuildings • About 7 acres in all<br />

Biddenden Excess £925,000<br />

A recently completed country house in a delightful secluded setting<br />

overlooking its own land • CSCA • 2 Reception Rooms • <strong>Kitchen</strong>/Diner<br />

• 4 Bedrooms • 3 <strong>Bathroom</strong>s • Double Garage • Open Bay Garage • Stables<br />

• Outbuilding • In all over 6 acres • EPC B<br />

Biddenden Excess £895,000<br />

A spacious and well presented oast conversion with leisure complex amid<br />

beautiful landscaped grounds with far reaching views • CSCA • 3 Reception<br />

Rooms • <strong>Kitchen</strong>/Breakfast Room • 4 Bedrooms • 3 Bath/Shower Rooms<br />

• Cart Lodge • Circa 2.3 acres in all • EPC E<br />

Bethersden Excess £600,000<br />

An individual village house providing 2,864 sq ft of stylish and flexible<br />

accommodation • No Onward Chain • 2 Reception Rooms • <strong>Kitchen</strong>/<br />

Breakfast Room • Master Bedroom with En Suite & Dressing Room<br />

• Bedroom 2 • Shower Room • Double Garage • 0.6 acres of Gardens • EPC C<br />

Hawkhurst Excess £550,000 Cranbrook Guide Price £525,000<br />

An expansive duplex apartment set in a prestigious development on the A delightful attached barn and oast conversion with lovely south facing<br />

popular Moor area of the village • CSCA • 2 Reception Rooms • <strong>Kitchen</strong> gardens in a convenient semi rural setting • CSCA • 2 Reception Rooms<br />

• 3 Bedrooms • 2 <strong>Bathroom</strong>s • Double Garage • Private Terrace • Shared • <strong>Kitchen</strong>/Breakfast Room • 3 Bedrooms • Family <strong>Bathroom</strong> • Garage<br />

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• Triple Bay Garage • Detached Games Room • Two Ensuites • EPC C<br />

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Heated Swimming Pool • Tennis Court • Wooded Grounds • EPC D<br />

Brookland £625,000<br />

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and paddock · CSCA · EPC: n/a<br />

Sought after Rural Location<br />

RURAL BRIGHTLInG £1,200,000<br />

Grade II Listed Thatched Barn · Three reception rooms<br />

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

(two ensuite) · Grounds approx. 1.3 acres · Detached one<br />

bedroom annexe · Garaging · EPC: n/a<br />

Stunning Far Reaching Views<br />

RURAL Benenden £1,195,000<br />

Detached Property with Acreage · Three receptions<br />

· <strong>Kitchen</strong>/breakfast room · Five bedrooms (two ensuite)<br />

· Detached building with planning permission · Approx<br />

5 acres (including woodland) · CSCA · EPC: E<br />

Tranquil Rural Location<br />

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Unique Converted Barn/Oast · Three reception rooms<br />

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High Halden • Kent Guide £845,000<br />

A beautifully presented Kentish oast house between Woodchurch and High<br />

Halden combining original character and contemporary décor.<br />

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Mersham • Kent Guide £799,500<br />

A substantial part of a period former Rectory. 4 bedrooms (2 en-suite),<br />

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Rolvenden Layne • Kent Guide £875,000<br />

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GOUDHURST £820,000<br />

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

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As 11,000 athletes from more than 200 nations battled for glory beneath<br />

the appreciative gaze of Rio’s Christ the Redeemer this summer,<br />

another equally intense contest was reaching its climax under the<br />

beady and critical eyes of an army of gnomes at the bottom of suburban gardens<br />

all over the UK.<br />

Cuprinol’s annual Shed of the Year competition had attracted a record-breaking<br />

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just somewhere downright weird.<br />

There are regulations governing sheds and their placement but, generally,<br />

planning permission isn’t required so you can build pretty well what you want.<br />

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sale price of a house but it can be an attractive extra – which means all these<br />

properties come with a useful little freebee…<br />

1. Hurst Mill Cottage<br />

Where? Hurst Mill Cottage is<br />

beautifully situated well back off a rural<br />

country road near Hothfield Common<br />

a couple of miles from Pluckley (Google<br />

Maps TN25 4LT).<br />

What? A lovely Grade II listed cottage<br />

dating from the 17th century, the property<br />

is awash with period features from Dering<br />

casement windows with stone mullions<br />

to exposed timbers and beams and brick<br />

flooring. Reception rooms include a triple<br />

aspect drawing room with direct access<br />

to the garden, a sitting room with woodburning<br />

stove and a large third room that<br />

could be used as an annexe.<br />

On the first floor are two bedrooms and a<br />

family bathroom and a separate staircase<br />

leads to a further bedroom – with access<br />

to a decked terrace - and bathroom. The<br />

landscaped gardens which lie to three sides<br />

of the house are a major feature of the<br />

property and encompass paved pathways,<br />

lawns underplanted with spring bulbs, a<br />

variety of mature trees including impressive<br />

willows, an old mill pond, a summerhouse<br />

and a studio with power and light.<br />

How much? Hurst Mill Cottage is on<br />

the market at £850,000 and is with Savills<br />

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

savills.co.uk<br />

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2. Fairfield<br />

Where? Fairfield is located on the edge<br />

of the attractive and historic <strong>Wealden</strong><br />

village of Sissinghurst (Google Maps<br />

TN17 2AR).<br />

What? An attractive contemporary<br />

property surrounded by well over an<br />

acre of beautiful grounds, Fairfield is a<br />

light, spacious and versatile family home.<br />

Downstairs accommodation includes<br />

living room with dual aspect picture<br />

windows overlooking the garden, dual<br />

aspect dining room, study, kitchen/<br />

breakfast room with French windows to<br />

the garden patio, two bedrooms and a<br />

shower room.<br />

Upstairs is a master bedroom, two further<br />

bedrooms, playroom and bathroom.<br />

Outside the gardens are mainly laid to<br />

lawn but with a lovely range of mature<br />

shrubs along with various trees and<br />

mature plants, flowerbeds and landscaped<br />

kitchen garden. There are three patio<br />

areas, two greenhouses and a Scandinavian<br />

garden lodge fitted with a central barbecue<br />

and chimney, table top and seating.<br />

How much? Fairfield has an asking<br />

price of £799,995 and is on the market<br />

with Peter Buswell in Hawkhurst. Call<br />

01580 755565 or visit<br />

peterbuswell.co.uk<br />

3. West Lodge<br />

Where? West Lodge is in a semi-rural<br />

setting on the edge of the village of East<br />

Farleigh a couple of miles from Maidstone<br />

(Google Maps ME15 0HA).<br />

What? An attractive single-storey<br />

ragstone property that was originally<br />

one of two gatehouses that served the<br />

nearby manor house, the property has<br />

been renovated and extended by its<br />

current owners who have converted a<br />

former tandem garage into a detached<br />

single storey studio. In the main house,<br />

accommodation includes a large drawing<br />

room that is open–plan to the kitchen/<br />

breakfast room, three bedrooms – one<br />

with an en suite shower room – and<br />

family room/fourth bedroom.<br />

Outside, a large paved patio with ornate<br />

cast balustrade overlooks the courtyard<br />

and studio building. The gardens -<br />

primarily laid to lawn and edged by<br />

mature trees – encompass a modern<br />

wooden chalet with power and light and<br />

a large wooden deck provides superb<br />

views over the adjacent orchards and<br />

countryside.<br />

How much? West Lodge is on the<br />

market at £850,000 and is with Fine &<br />

Country in West Malling. Call 01732<br />

222272 or visit fineandcountry.com<br />

4. West Cross<br />

Where? No 3 West Cross is set on the<br />

west side of High Street in the historic<br />

Cinque Ports town of Tenterden (Google<br />

Maps TN30 6JR).<br />

What? The property is an impressive<br />

Grade II listed Georgian town house<br />

believed to date back to 1730 with<br />

later additions. The property has been<br />

sympathetically restored over the years and<br />

is now an attractive family home with all<br />

the conveniences of modern living. The<br />

ground floor comprises drawing room,<br />

dining room and a bright south-facing<br />

kitchen/breakfast room.<br />

On the first floor are two double bedrooms<br />

and a family bathroom and, on the second,<br />

there is a master bedroom and further<br />

guest bedroom with en suite bathroom.<br />

There is also a large basement utility room<br />

which leads through to a games room. To<br />

the rear of the property is a lovely southfacing<br />

courtyard garden which has been<br />

thoughtfully landscaped with a pretty<br />

summerhouse and potting shed.<br />

How much? No 3 West Cross has a<br />

guide price range of £525,000 - £550,000<br />

and is with Fine & Country in Tenterden.<br />

Call 01580 766388 or visit<br />

fineandcountry.com<br />

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Exhibitions & events<br />

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Dance & dazzle...<br />

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<strong>October</strong>, as Magic Of Motown celebrates its<br />

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Christmas at the Spa Valley Railway<br />

starts at Eridge station where visitors<br />

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and a roaring coal fire in the festively<br />

decorated waiting room. Whilst you are<br />

waiting to board your Santa special<br />

train why not visit our award winning<br />

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or cold drinks together with either a<br />

snack or light lunch.<br />

• Saturday 3rd December<br />

• Sunday 4th December<br />

• Saturday 10th December<br />

• Sunday 11th December<br />

• Saturday 17th December<br />

• Sunday 18th December<br />

• Thursday 22nd December<br />

• Friday 23rd December<br />

• Saturday 24th December<br />

ALL ABOARD FOR A DAY OUT<br />

WITH THOMAS!<br />

Meet Thomas the Tank Engine<br />

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• Experience a ride behind a real steam engine<br />

• Shake hands with The Fat Controller<br />

• Take part in Thomas themed activities in the<br />

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DAY OUT WITH THOMAS<br />

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<strong>October</strong> 1st, 2nd, 8th & 9th <strong>2016</strong><br />

HALLOWEEN <strong>2016</strong><br />

SPOOKY SURPRISES AT THE SPA!<br />

Fright night express -<br />

Saturday 29th <strong>October</strong>!<br />

Join us as we take a ride into the unknown,<br />

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darkness on Saturday 29th <strong>October</strong>!<br />

Enter into our fancy dress competition as part of the fun!<br />

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My back pain was so bad<br />

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100 Years of Education, 1000 Years of History<br />

Battle Abbey School<br />

Sixth Form Open Evening<br />

Thursday 13th <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong>,<br />

6.30pm - 8.00pm<br />

Please contact the school for further information.<br />

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Above: Light pours into the breakfast room through two floorto-ceiling<br />

windows. The oval table was designed by Marcus and<br />

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Previous page: Julian’s mother’s piano sits at the bottom of the<br />

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Lord and Lady FitzWalter found the magnificent chandelier<br />

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Above: The cushions on the bed in Effie’s Room are covered in a GP & J Baker fabric. The painting was found at an antiques fair<br />

Above all, the designers would have one guiding principle: at<br />

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must still be a stately home – the FitzWalter family home.<br />

The designers Julian chose were Francesca Rowan-<br />

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“Right from the start Julian was very specific about<br />

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that would represent and reflect the family. He wanted<br />

it to be five-star standard but never to feel commercial.<br />

He had a very clear vision and it was great to be able<br />

to work toward such a clearly defined goal.”<br />

Also invaluable would be the continuing support and input<br />

from Julian and his wife, Sally. “We would meet regularly to<br />

talk through ideas, go through fabrics and wallpapers and<br />

look at colours. We’d also go together to Ardingly, often<br />

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thinking ‘that’s perfect for the library’ or ‘that would go well<br />

under that picture in the Lady FitzWalter suite.’ It wasn’t a<br />

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it and move on. It was a project that grew organically.”<br />

The project, start to finish, would take two-and-a-half years.<br />

Taking an early 18th century house and positioning it<br />

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but, surprisingly, it involved very little in the way of<br />

the knocking down of walls and where it has had to be<br />

done it has had the full blessing of English Heritage.<br />

The only major remodelling downstairs was the knocking<br />

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elegant and state-of-the-art kitchen capable of serving the<br />

24 guests the house is now designed to accommodate.<br />

The shaker-style units and island were custom-built.<br />

The breakfast room is a couple of steps up and through<br />

bronze and glass doors designed by Marcus. The panes match<br />

exactly the panes in the Georgian sash windows. This is a<br />

glorious, bright room, the light pouring in through floorto-ceiling<br />

windows – the perfect place to start any day.<br />

The oval table was made to order by the project’s main<br />

contractors, BW May, and the chimney piece was found<br />

in the cellar and given a new FitzWalter coat of arms.<br />

On the walls is a wonderful collection of leaf pressings that<br />

Marcus found long-forgotten in the attic, framed and gave<br />

the pride of place they deserved. They are complemented by<br />

the contemporary abstract by Luke Hannam which hangs <br />

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over the fireplace – a juxtaposition of old and new which<br />

continues throughout the house, never inappropriate and<br />

always gently contributing to the air of elegant informality.<br />

Even the rooms such as the ‘formal’ dining room are<br />

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When the old wallpaper was stripped from the walls,<br />

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Above: The walls of Henry’s Room are painted in Hague Blue by<br />

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Above left: Francesca and Marcus found the pictures in<br />

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Previous page, above: The chairs in the Games Room were upholstered by Richard Harris in Jane Churchill velvet. The cabinet<br />

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Spotlight on exhibitors...<br />

TeePea design and craft beautiful hand-made<br />

teepees. They caused such a stir at the Midsummer Fair,<br />

we had to know more about Tunbridge Wells<br />

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Describe the essence of the business<br />

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teepees that provide the perfect pop-up space for imaginative<br />

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vast metres of cut-out fabric. Once assembled, each unique<br />

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special orders for clients with a specific theme in mind.<br />

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Honestly, it is seeing how much children (and their parents)<br />

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different uses and creates memories along the way.<br />

What can we look forward to from<br />

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Stegmann House Clogs, £65<br />

Fire & Felt Ltd, fi reandfelt.com<br />

Carnival Light (large), £50<br />

Electric Pineapple,<br />

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Lip Therapy 7ml, £10<br />

Ruby Red,<br />

rubyredcosmetics.co.uk<br />

Fountain pen, £59<br />

Plooms, plooms.co.uk<br />

Unisex Sweat, £30<br />

Lounge Shorts, £27<br />

Blue Blancmange, blueblancmange.co.uk<br />

Handmade TeePea, £125<br />

TeaPea, facebook.com/myteepea<br />

Bolivia Cross Body Bag, £229.95<br />

Grandala, grandala.com<br />

Produce Candles, £21.99 each<br />

I Love Produce Candles, iloveproducecandles.co.uk<br />

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Previous page: The kitchen island and the ‘wooden’ wall that runs from the front to the back of the house were designed by<br />

Francesca and made by Hastings & Bexhill Wood Recycling from sanded, unpainted, scaffolding board. The industrial-style ceiling<br />

lights were being thrown out of a café in St Leonards. Francesca found the real ship’s porthole on a stall in Hastings Old Town. The<br />

table is from eBay and the chairs are from Dunelm. The tractor seat stools are from Strand Quay Antiques Above: The blue sitting<br />

room sofa is from made.com and the white painted chest from – as many other objects of desire around the house – McCully &<br />

Crane in Rye. Marcus Crane was Francesca’s design partner in the refurbishment of Goodnestone Park (see page 54)<br />

This issue sees something of a <strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> first -<br />

featuring two houses by the same interior designer.<br />

Why? Well, the simple answer is that the work of Ms<br />

Francesca Rowan-Plowden is in need of serious celebration.<br />

Every month, when I walk into yet another breathtaking<br />

home, I am stunned by what extraordinary flair and<br />

talent so many owners have. Exposed to creativity on<br />

such a scale, I find myself struggling not to blurt out<br />

the opinion that they should do this for a living.<br />

When I visited Francesca’s Georgian farmhouse near Rye<br />

some years ago I remember totally losing this struggle. I<br />

doubt very much if my career advice was taken seriously<br />

but others considerably more qualified than I must have<br />

expressed exactly the same opinion because Francesca has<br />

since launched Rowan Plowden Design and become one<br />

of the best professional designers south of the Smoke.<br />

Actress, TV presenter, mother of four young boys and<br />

founder of Rye’s popular Lamb Players, established<br />

when she was curator of Lamb House, Francesca is<br />

currently being fêted for her work with Marcus Crane at<br />

Goodnestone, but one of her great strengths is versatility<br />

- and little demonstrates this versatility as dramatically<br />

as placing stately home alongside holiday home.<br />

Field View, her own property on The Ridge at Winchelsea<br />

Beach, was always intended as a rental so, although she<br />

was the owner and would stay there as often as possible,<br />

it was not somewhere she could indulge herself. Rather<br />

than please one client – as she might on most projects –<br />

she was going to have to please a wide range of potential<br />

guests, none of whom she had ever even met.<br />

Francesca and her husband, wine importer Piers Plowden, had<br />

always liked the idea of a beach property. “As a child I used<br />

to spend holidays with my aunt and uncle in Nantucket,” she<br />

says. “Piers grew up in Bermuda and our favourite holiday<br />

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“We saw the Winchelsea house advertised just before<br />

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Above: The original sunroom is now used as a dining/breakfast<br />

area. The table and bench were made by the Hastings & Bexhill<br />

Wood Recycling with wood reclaimed from Hastings Pier. The<br />

steel walls lights are by Cox & Cox and the walls are painted in<br />

Farrow & Ball Ammonite Left: the chair is from Strand Quay<br />

Antiques and the sheepskin from Hunter Jones, both in Rye. The<br />

wooden stag’s head is from Eras of Style in Bexhill<br />

The woodburner is set into a<br />

central chimney that is all that is left<br />

of the original wall that separated<br />

the front and rear rooms<br />

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cushions were designed by Francesca, part of a new range she<br />

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Taber. Flanking the window are two galvanised steel nautical<br />

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Also delightfully conspicuous by its absence is any evidence<br />

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but this is a lovely wood carving from Eras of Style in Bexhill.<br />

The woodburner is set into a central chimney that is<br />

all that is left of the original wall separating the front<br />

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The fireplace is now open from both sides of the chimney,<br />

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The former garage has now been converted into a twin bedroom, games room and a bathroom. Above: The desk and chair in the<br />

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Above Left: The headboards are Rowan Plowden. Francesca bought the old painted toy box serving as a joint bedside table from a<br />

stall in Lydd. The ceiling lampshade is from Hunter Jones. The wall behind the beds is painted in Stiffkey Blue by Farrow & Ball.<br />

The hurricane lamps on the chest are from Dunelm Above right: Over the free-standing bath in the in new bathroom is a picture by<br />

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The majority of walls throughout the downstairs are<br />

Farrow & Ball Ammonite but a great feature of the<br />

ground floor is a superb ‘wooden’ wall that runs from<br />

the front to the back of the house and is clad floor to<br />

ceiling in sanded, unpainted scaffolding board, effortlessly<br />

giving the whole area a lovely beachy, driftwood feel.<br />

Pièce de résistance in the kitchen area is a stunning<br />

central island designed by Francesca, built by H&B<br />

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kitchen storage area and lit by two industrial-style lights<br />

that were being thrown out of a café in St Leonards.<br />

In one side wall is a real ship’s porthole which Francesca<br />

bought from a stall which appears and disappears Brigadoonlike<br />

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At one end of the island is virtually a wall of glass, with<br />

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Above left: Wrought-iron daybed from IKEA. Francesca designed the Roman blind, which is in Ralph Lauren fabric<br />

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Left: This flat in Cleveland Square is owned by Lulu Lytle of<br />

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out the walls of three rooms to make a wide, welcoming kitchen,<br />

installing oak cabinets and a copper-wrapped island that have<br />

stood the test of time (like fixtures in all the best kitchens). The<br />

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Left: A country house in Northumberland.<br />

“The chatelaine is a woman of great character<br />

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Colourful character<br />

We asked kitchen designers for their expert<br />

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“<strong>Kitchen</strong>s are becoming bolder with mixed<br />

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“A lot of people now want a freestanding look,<br />

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When it comes to colour, blue seems to be the<br />

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“We’ve just changed our<br />

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After years out there in the interior design<br />

wilderness, houseplants are trendy once more,<br />

and looking especially cool in bathrooms.<br />

Whether you want a jungle, or a more restrained or<br />

contemporary look, there will be a plant to help create<br />

the mood. Let’s do the Cheese plant again…<br />

Design<br />

Using one big plant (it doesn’t have to be a Monstera) in<br />

your smallest room will make a statement and provide a<br />

striking focal point. Contemporary spaces are enhanced<br />

with architectural plants like Yuccas, but if your bathroom<br />

feels a bit stark and clinical, a frothy line of Maidenhair<br />

ferns along a shelf or a tasteful update on a cascading<br />

Spider plant will soften the edges. Try a single pale orchid<br />

for restrained opulence, or the frills and fronds of a<br />

Boston fern or Kentia palm to cheer up a dull corner.<br />

Health and beauty<br />

Indoor plants not only make a room look fresher, the<br />

plants themselves bring added health benefits. Studies<br />

have shown that we feel calmer, safer and more creative<br />

in the presence of plants. Many help lower humidity<br />

levels by absorbing moisture through their leaves and<br />

some can even purify the air and absorb polluting toxins.<br />

So that’s clean, green and serene. Let’s get planting!<br />

Growing conditions and cultivation<br />

Houseplants are able to cope with varying degrees of low<br />

light. As a general rule cacti and succulents need good light<br />

and will be fine in direct sunlight. Those with dark green,<br />

tough looking leaves will manage in shade and big floppy<br />

leaves tend to need more watering. Most bathrooms are<br />

humid environments, but if, like me, you have a cold and<br />

draughty house, some plants will curl up their leaves<br />

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WT <strong>Kitchen</strong> & <strong>Bathroom</strong> Supplement<br />

in horror. Choose carefully. A potted plant is completely<br />

dependant on you, so be a kindly jailor and remember to<br />

feed and water your captives according to their needs.<br />

11 of the best bathroom plants<br />

Some like it steamy<br />

These plants have come from areas of naturally high<br />

humidity and often have either large lush looking<br />

leaves, or tiny delicate ones. Misting is also a good way<br />

of introducing moisture (for you and the plant).<br />

Swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa) - huge split<br />

leaves (not remotely like Swiss cheese except for holes).<br />

This monster is a climber and will need support.<br />

Peace lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii) - absorbs pollution<br />

and moisture from the air. Peace lilies are toxic,<br />

however, so avoid if you have small children.<br />

Boston fern - likes a moisture retentive soil and<br />

indirect light. Trim out any browning leaves.<br />

Maidenhair fern (Adantium) - small, delicate fronds on a<br />

compact plant, but needs a bit of tlc to stop it withering (I<br />

only have to glance at one). Keep out of direct sunlight.<br />

Architectural wonders<br />

Succulents, spiky cacti and palms make striking focal<br />

points in contemporary settings. Do not overwater.<br />

Aloe vera - the sap in this spiky plant can be used medicinally.<br />

String-of-beads (Senecio rowleyanus) - trailing green bobbles<br />

best grown in a hanging container in gritty compost.<br />

Air plants (Bromeliads) - these don’t need<br />

any soil at all and can be attached to pieces of<br />

wood or stone and misted once a week.<br />

The indestructibles<br />

Choose these if you’re not a nurturer, as they will put up with<br />

some neglect. For best results, be kind but don’t pamper.<br />

Cast iron plant (Aspidistra) - the name says<br />

it all. You just can’t kill this one…<br />

Bamboo (Dracaena braunii) - this is the small ‘lucky’<br />

type of bamboo that won’t take over the bathroom.<br />

Snake plant (Sansevieria) also known as ‘mother-in-law’s<br />

tongue’. It’s another succulent, so don’t overwater.<br />

Kentia palm (Howea forsteriana) - tall,<br />

elegant dark green fronds.<br />

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A month to remember<br />

Health<br />

<strong>October</strong> is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. An average of 55,000 men and<br />

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Genevieve runs Stalwart<br />

Wellness in ‘Tenterden...<br />

What are the side effects of breast cancer treatment<br />

and surgery? Breast cancer treatment is often followed<br />

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patients suffer from symptoms after surgery, radiotherapy<br />

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What happens in one of your workshops? The pain<br />

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restrictions by using gentle, non-invasive techniques that<br />

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respected for the hard-won healing that is taking place,<br />

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face many challenges, not only in getting strength and<br />

energy back, but in many cases, regaining self-confidence<br />

and learning to trust the body once more. Specialist<br />

Pilates rehabilitation equipment can be used to improve<br />

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With the use of Thera-Bands, weights, yoga postures and<br />

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What are the benefits and results that your clients have<br />

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movement. Recent studies show a direct link between<br />

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for breast cancer survivors. Along with direct strength and<br />

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Genevieve is fully qualified and experienced in Cancer<br />

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and after treatments. Being fluent in English,<br />

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One Stop Breast Clinic is consultant led. Whether you need a<br />

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diagnostics they need including consultation, mammogram,<br />

ultrasound and a biopsy if required, and all of our patients<br />

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radiologically under local anaesthetic. If this is larger or<br />

cancerous, then surgery will be required. If the cancerous<br />

tumour is particularly large, then chemotherapy or hormone<br />

blocking tablets can aid in reducing the size, making surgery<br />

possible. If a patient has significantly large breasts, there is<br />

an option for therapeutic mammoplasty. This involves the<br />

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The surgeon would begin by explaining the rationale for a<br />

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pictures, thus improving its sensitivity and the diagnostic<br />

accuracy. During the tomosynthesis exam, breasts are placed<br />

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radiologist.<br />

Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital offers a comprehensive range of<br />

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to patients in Kent and surrounding areas. for further<br />

information on the treatments provided visit spirehealthcare.<br />

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Food<br />

The Staff<br />

Above: The master at work Above right: Flour<br />

is dusted over proving loaves before baking<br />

Below: Emmanuel periodically checks on the<br />

loaves in the oven<br />

of life<br />

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

Meet internationally acclaimed baker, author of three titles and<br />

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<strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> visited The Crown in Hastings where the floury<br />

magic happens on a daily basis, picked up a few age-old skills and<br />

came away with a couple of recipes<br />

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slashed, baked and savoured. These careful hand-crafting hands belong to<br />

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Above far right: Beetroot bread proves in baskets on an<br />

old shoe rack Above right: Emmanuel mills his own flour<br />

from wheat grown in Surrey Below: The malt varies in<br />

roasting time, producing numerous beautiful shades<br />

Above: Proving baskets and baking tins line the walls<br />

Below: Emmanuel uses a special tool to slash the dough before<br />

baking, creating the crusty ‘ears’ that appear once finished<br />

Judges Bakery brought him to Hastings, and an organic<br />

offering sealed the deal. His project was to transform a<br />

conventional bakery, and introduce a wider variety of gluten<br />

filled, and gluten free products. What better person for the<br />

job than Emmanuel?<br />

Having learnt his impeccable levels of precision from<br />

working at The Savoy and Gordon Ramsay, he went on to<br />

teach, and still does. The love of teaching comes from the joy<br />

on students’ faces when they take their first loaf out of the<br />

oven, he tells me, and the look of relief that theirs has turned<br />

out like everyone else’s.<br />

The timer Emmanuel seemingly carries everywhere,<br />

bleeps, so as he rushes off to check on the beetroot bread<br />

the conversation changes to menus. Tess and Andrew are<br />

the owners of The Crown pub on All Saints’ Street and were<br />

drawn to Hastings by the ever growing creative hub here.<br />

Having started out with well-loved pub classics, the menu<br />

evolved into a simple, honest and expertly executed collection<br />

of dishes. The bar is graced with an extensive selection of<br />

locally brewed beers that can be perfectly matched with one<br />

of The Crown’s bar snacks. Taste buds tingling yet?<br />

Like so many other grand ideas, Emmanuel’s contribution<br />

to the pub started over a drink. After sharing dreams of<br />

starting his own micro-bakery, Tess and Andrew suggested he<br />

bake bread for the pub. Nearly a year later here he is, using<br />

up kitchen leftovers and dregs of kegs. ‘You can put anything<br />

in bread,’ Emmanuel explains. Potato, hummus, beer,<br />

onion and dill with smoked salmon, seaweed and mackerel,<br />

beetroot, pumpkin, liquorice, charcoal, the list is neverending.<br />

You name it, he’s tried it.<br />

‘Baking is all inclusive, anyone can do it’- Emmanuel<br />

attempts to convince me as I try my hand at kneading for the<br />

first time. His passion, however, is contagious. I’ve since gone<br />

home with a copy of his most recent book ‘How to make<br />

Sourdough’, and have<br />

spent considerable time<br />

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of the masterpieces that<br />

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There’s something<br />

about bread that’s<br />

grounding. It’s humbling.<br />

It’s a cultural common<br />

denominator. Do it as<br />

a family, it’s cheap and<br />

above all, it’s fun.<br />

<br />

How to<br />

Make Sourdough<br />

Hardback, £19.99,<br />

Publisher: Ryland<br />

Peters & Small<br />

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Food<br />

Beetroot Sourdough<br />

Ingredients:<br />

• 340g strong white flour<br />

• 8g salt<br />

• 200g coarsely grated fresh<br />

beetroot<br />

• +/- 200ml cold tap water<br />

Equipment:<br />

• 2 large mixing bowls (+/-<br />

2l capacity)<br />

• 2 small mixing bowls (+/-<br />

1l capacity)<br />

• 1 grater with a course<br />

setting<br />

• 1 pastry brush<br />

• 200g white sourdough<br />

• +/- 60ml olive oil<br />

• extra strong white flour<br />

for dusting<br />

• 1 loaf tin (500g capacity)<br />

• 1 proving basket (500g<br />

capacity)<br />

• 1 roasting tray<br />

• 1 small peel (for loading<br />

the loaf into the oven)<br />

1. In a smaller mixing bowl, combine the white flour<br />

and salt together to create a dry mix. Set aside.<br />

2. Grate the beetroot on the course setting<br />

and place in a small bowl.<br />

3. In a big mixing bowl, dissolve or break up the<br />

sourdough into small pieces in the water.<br />

4. Mix the flour (dry) mixture into the wet mixture<br />

and combine by hand until it comes together, then<br />

add the grated beetroot and thoroughly mix in.<br />

5. Put half of the olive oil in the other big mixing bowl.<br />

6. Place the sticky dough into the olive oil, allow<br />

to rest for 15 minutes, making sure it is covered<br />

with the small bowl that had the flour in it.<br />

7. After 15 minutes fold the dough lightly<br />

twice and cover with the small bowl.<br />

8. Repeat the process another three times with 15 minutes<br />

rest in between, adding some olive oil, so that the<br />

mixture does not stick to the bottom of the bowl.<br />

Remember to cover the mixture between folds.<br />

9. Allow to rest for 1 hour.<br />

10. Remove from the bowl, using a light sprinkling of white<br />

flour so the dough does not stick. Shape into a ball.<br />

11. Shape the loaves into proving baskets that<br />

have been floured, or a greased tin.<br />

12. Allow to prove for around 3-6 hours or<br />

until the dough is double in size.<br />

Above left: Tess slices some freshly baked loaves for us to<br />

nibble on Above: Chunky doorstop slices are served with<br />

butter and handmade fruit jams<br />

13. Pre heat the oven to 250C / 500F / Gas 9 on a<br />

fan setting with a deep tray at the bottom.<br />

14. Once the bread is ready for baking, turn it out of<br />

the proving basket onto a floured peel and slash<br />

the loaf with a very sharp serrated knife.<br />

15. Place the loaf in the oven.<br />

16. Add a cup of tap water on the hot bottom tray to<br />

form steam, lower the oven to 220C / 425F / Gas 7.<br />

17. If the loaf is in a bread tin, follow steps 15 and 16,<br />

remembering to slash the top of the loaf with a<br />

sharp serrated knife before placing in the oven.<br />

18. Bake for around 30-40 minutes until golden brown.<br />

19. The loaf will be baked when a hollow sound be<br />

can heard when it’s tapped on the bottom.<br />

20. Turn out of its shape and allow the<br />

loaf to cool on a wire rack.<br />

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Food<br />

Malted Beer Soda Bread<br />

Ingredients:<br />

• 170g strong white flour<br />

• 170g wholemeal flour<br />

• 30g dark malt powder<br />

• 6g salt<br />

• 4g bicarbonate of soda<br />

• 170g whole milk<br />

• 170g dark beer<br />

• vegetable oil for greasing the tin<br />

1. For this recipe you require 2 mixing bowls: 1 big<br />

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down on the big bowl can act as a lid.<br />

2. Pre heat the oven to 250˚C / 500F / Gas<br />

9 with a tray at the bottom.<br />

3. Mix the strong white flour, wholemeal flour, dark malt powder,<br />

salt and bicarbonate of soda (remember to sift if lumpy) in<br />

a small mixing bowl and set aside. This is the dry mixture.<br />

Make sure all the ingredients are thoroughly combined.<br />

4. Weigh out the milk and the beer together in the large mixing bowl.<br />

5. Mix the dry ingredients together with the wet mixture<br />

until it comes together and there are no dry lumps.<br />

6. Transfer the mixture into a greased 500g baking tin.<br />

7. Place the loaf in the oven and pour a cup of water<br />

on to the hot tray to form steam, then lower the<br />

oven to 200˚C (fan) / 400F / Gas 6.<br />

8. Bake through for 30 to 35 minutes.<br />

9. Remove the loaf from the tin and allow it to cool on a wire rack.<br />

10. If you can’t hear the hollow sound when it’s tapped on the<br />

bottom, pop it back in the oven for another 5 minutes.<br />

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waiting for pub service<br />

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Garden<br />

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Some of us get really excited about giant pumpkins<br />

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This has been to no avail, alas, but not because pumpkins<br />

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that much of a bad cook (we’ll gloss over that). No,<br />

it’s because the giant Jack-o-lantern pumpkins are too<br />

fibrous, disappointingly watery and so sadly only fit for<br />

Halloween hollowing (and then the compost heap).<br />

Luckily, however, there are lots of delicious pumpkin<br />

varieties available - both to buy and to grow,<br />

and the ever reliable, if harder to carve, winter<br />

squash is in season for much of the year now.<br />

Pumpkins and squash are in the same<br />

botanical family (Cucurbitaceae) and it can<br />

be hard to tell them apart. I’m not sure<br />

it matters unless you’re a botanist, except<br />

that it’s useful to know the difference between soft-skinned<br />

summer squash (including courgettes), and the winter types,<br />

which ripen later and have a much tougher outer skin.<br />

Pumpkins and squash come in all shapes and sizes,<br />

and many are beautiful enough to just sit about as<br />

ornaments or still life subjects - for months on end if<br />

you so choose, because they store so beautifully (but<br />

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How to grow pumpkins and squash<br />

The seeds of cucurbits are reassuringly large and easy to<br />

handle, but because of their size, each one will need its own<br />

9cm pot to grow in. If you can bear to be cruel, sow two seeds<br />

per pot and then pull out and discard the weaker seedling.<br />

Seeds can be sown directly into the ground, but are<br />

not hardy and may rot off or be eaten by pests before<br />

they can germinate. They are more reliably sown under<br />

cover in mid April and then planted out into their<br />

final positions once the danger of frost is passed.<br />

That final position might ideally be a dedicated pumpkin<br />

patch, or at least somewhere that gives<br />

them enough space to grow (when I say<br />

grow, I mean rampage untrammelled over<br />

everything). Mini pumpkins and some of<br />

the smaller squashes will climb up sturdy<br />

obelisks or arches, but larger varieties<br />

need space to ramble along the ground, as<br />

their fruits are too heavy for the stem alone to support.<br />

You may see pumpkins and squash being grown on<br />

large compost heaps (the garden at Great Dixter has a<br />

magnificent pumpkin heap). This suits them very well,<br />

as they need rich deep soil - and the warmth of<br />

the heap will also help with growth and ripening.<br />

You can also make a mound of compost on<br />

the ground and then plant into that for a<br />

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similar ‘heap’ effect. The distance between each plant<br />

should be at least 60cm, to allow for all the rampaging.<br />

Three in a bed<br />

If you are short of room, or want to maximise vertical<br />

as well as horizontal space, there is a way to grow three<br />

tender crops – squash, beans and sweetcorn in one space.<br />

This ancient American Indian technique called the<br />

‘Three Sisters’ relies on the tall growing corn to act as a<br />

support for the climbing beans, the beans then help to<br />

feed them (with the special nitrogen fixing nodes in their<br />

roots) and the pumpkin or squash plants create shade<br />

and suppress weeds with their large spreading leaves.<br />

It’s not the tidiest way to grow them (think three straggly<br />

sisters entwined together on a bad hair day), but it has been<br />

tried and tested as a companion planting technique for<br />

thousands of years and, if nothing else, definitely saves space.<br />

Feeding and watering<br />

Most vegetables that produce fruit - tomatoes,<br />

aubergines, sweetcorn - and all the cucurbits need<br />

plenty of food and water in order to successfully<br />

flower, set seed and swell into juicy edibleness.<br />

Try to keep the monstrous plant from The Little Shop of<br />

Horrors in your mind (‘FEED ME!’) as you mulch the ground<br />

around squash and pumpkin plants with compost or wellrotted<br />

organic manure, water well in dry spells and, if needed,<br />

feed with potassium rich fertiliser once the plant is flowering.<br />

The fruits are produced all along the rambling stems<br />

and will go on appearing as long as the plant keeps<br />

growing. I tend to pinch out the growing tip once I can<br />

see about five fruits appearing on each stem. This is not<br />

compulsory, but it diverts the plant into producing a<br />

few good sized fruits rather than lots of smaller ones.<br />

Harvest time<br />

Make sure that the developing fruits are cushioned as<br />

they get to maturity - either with mulch, or a light bed of<br />

straw. This will stop the side or base of the fruit coming<br />

into contact with damp ground and rotting. It will also<br />

help air to circulate and aid the ripening process.<br />

Pumpkins and squash should be ripe by the time the<br />

foliage starts to die back in early autumn. Leave them<br />

out in the sun for as long as possible, as this will ‘cure’<br />

the skin and enable the fruit to last longer in storage.<br />

Bring <strong>inside</strong> before the frosts arrive, cutting each fruit off<br />

from the main stem, but leaving a long stalk if you can, as<br />

this will also help prolong their shelf life. As mentioned,<br />

they’ll keep for ages, providing they’re stored in a dry place.<br />

For the tastiest results<br />

As mentioned, huge monsters are best saved for<br />

lanterns, as it seems to be the smaller pumpkins<br />

that are the tastiest. The sweet nuttiness of<br />

pumpkins and squash is enhanced by roasting.<br />

Bake them whole in their skins, and then scoop<br />

out the flesh, mash and mix with seasoned butter.<br />

Or chop thinner skinned varieties and butternut<br />

squash into smaller pieces, roast in herby oil (scatter<br />

sage or oregano onto the roasting tray).<br />

I tend to stuff the little ones and bake them whole, use<br />

firm fleshed butternuts for risottos and pasta dishes and the<br />

larger pumpkins for soups and for purees to put into baking.<br />

Best culinary varieties<br />

Uchiki Kuri - also called Red Kuri/Red Onion<br />

Squash, is medium sized and an attractive<br />

deep red colour. A good all-rounder.<br />

Marina di Chioggia - suspiciously weird and blue<br />

on the outside, but with tasty orange flesh.<br />

Crown Prince and Queensland Blue - more blue/<br />

green skin with orange flesh. Great roasted.<br />

Sweet Dumpling - smallish with cream and green<br />

striped outer skin, with firm orange flesh, excellent for<br />

baking. Delicata is also good for baking and stuffing.<br />

Butternut squash - widely available and actually<br />

these are my favourite and (mercifully if you<br />

end up with a glut) home grown ones taste even<br />

better once they’ve been stored for a while.<br />

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From a tiny acorn...<br />

Sue Whigham celebrates the mighty English oak tree<br />

On the first day of college we were instructed that<br />

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The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs. We were<br />

pretty horrified to see that it didn’t have any pictures. But<br />

can you imagine how huge a tome it would have to be with<br />

the section on the Quercus (oak) genus alone describing<br />

just a small proportion of the 500 species of oak?<br />

However, we’ve only two native species in the UK:<br />

Quercus robur, the English Oak, which is surely the most<br />

easily recognised native tree we have, a national emblem<br />

if you like, and the sessile oak, Quercus petraea.<br />

They’re easy to tell apart in that the acorns of Q. robur are<br />

held on a long stalk whilst those of the sessile grow straight<br />

from the stem. The other way to identify them is that the<br />

leaves of the English oak are far smaller<br />

than those of the sessile – about four inches<br />

compared to the sessile leaf which is a good<br />

six or seven inches or so. And sessile oaks,<br />

which do well in damp conditions, are<br />

mainly found in the wetter west of the UK.<br />

However, wandering down the lane<br />

by my house recently, I found sessile oak<br />

leaves in the hedge and near a pond, but the plant itself<br />

definitely hadn’t reached the dizzy heights of a mature tree.<br />

The oak is a massive feat of engineering in itself. Given<br />

some space and a lot of it, it can grow up to forty metres<br />

tall and live for hundreds of years. When young it has a<br />

growth spurt which slows down when it reaches 120 years<br />

old. This the tree does in order to extend its own lifespan.<br />

Above: Quercia rouge, one of the 500 species of oak trees<br />

“Oaks create a<br />

haven for numerous<br />

species of insects,<br />

animals and birdlife”<br />

Wandering through the woods, you’re likely to see a lot of<br />

pretty lanky ‘young’ oaks looking a bit sorry for themselves<br />

and without the fissured bark of a mature tree. This is because<br />

they’ve been fighting for light and resources all their lives<br />

and it shows, but somewhere in that same wood will be<br />

their ‘free range’ parent, so recognisable by its thick squat<br />

trunk and its lower branches growing sideways and its upper<br />

branches growing in a very distinct matrix of sturdy limbs.<br />

A large tree will compete more successfully for said resources<br />

if it rearranges itself over the years. It has to be able to cope<br />

with prevailing environmental conditions, usually high<br />

winds, and to do this it spreads its weight equally around<br />

its ‘body’ which tends to become as wide as it is high.<br />

This of course is in an ideal world and it’s rare to see an<br />

oak in a perfect ‘cloud’ shape, but the ones<br />

which have had optimum conditions and the<br />

time to create their own core strength create<br />

a very distinctive silhouette – as beloved by<br />

designers of corporate logos - in the winter<br />

months after their leaves have fallen.<br />

Oak woods create an incredible haven for<br />

numerous species of insects, animals and<br />

birdlife. The flowers, produced in early spring at the same<br />

time as the leaves, provide food for caterpillars of various<br />

butterflies including the little native purple hairstreak.<br />

The purple hairstreak’s larvae burrow into young<br />

oak flower buds and can be found in crevices of<br />

oak branches. They’re seldom seen as they tend to<br />

live high up in a tree’s canopy unless feeding off<br />

honeydew provided by aphids nearer the ground.<br />

Oak leaves are soft and break down into a hugely rich<br />

leaf mould which is home for both invertebrates and fungi.<br />

Bats roost in any loose bark they might find as well as in old<br />

woodpecker holes; all manner of creatures eat the acorns.<br />

It is an interesting fact that the acorns of Q. robur are not<br />

produced until the tree is at least forty years old with peak<br />

acorn production at twice that age. Acorns, even produced<br />

in huge numbers, are such a good food source – eaten by<br />

squirrels, mice, pigeons, woodpeckers, ponies and pigs when<br />

they get the chance - that many hundreds of thousands fail<br />

to germinate each season. They are too busy being useful.<br />

I know that there are wild boar in the local woods and<br />

maybe they are helping germination by trampling some of the<br />

acorns into the ground as they forage. It has been found that<br />

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Above: The distinctive bark of the Quercus robar<br />

rate than here due to the number of wild boar being sustained<br />

there. And in the days when a commoner had the right<br />

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Either way, acorns are pretty miraculous if you<br />

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Bluebell Nursery and Arboretum have a particularly<br />

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pretty girl playing the violin on page 5 of the prospectus,<br />

the wholesome boy in his cricket whites on page 7 and<br />

everyone in science goggles looking very alert on page 9.<br />

So what about the alternatives? Schools which swim<br />

against the tide and try to offer something quite different,<br />

usually with a strong focus on individuality, may seem<br />

like a gamble but they can work well for some children.<br />

The alternatives come in two main forms. First there are<br />

independent schools trying to break away from the norm<br />

and for these, obviously, fees are charged unless the child<br />

wins a scholarship or is assigned some sort of bursary.<br />

Then there is the new breed of ‘free school’. Such schools<br />

are part of the state education system and therefore free at the<br />

point of use as well as being free from local authority control<br />

and many of the regulations which govern their maintained<br />

sector counterparts. That allows scope for a different way of<br />

working if that’s what the people concerned want. There are<br />

now 300 free schools across England, including for example,<br />

eight in Kent and Medway and more in Sussex and Surrey.<br />

Let’s look at the independent options first. The<br />

most famous example, and certainly the most<br />

extreme, is AS Neill’s Summerhill in Suffolk which<br />

was founded by the eponymous Neill in 1921 and is<br />

now run by his daughter Zoe Neill Readhead.<br />

It hasn’t always been plain sailing. The school was<br />

severely criticised by Ofsted in the late 1990s and came<br />

close to closure in 2000. And a 1993 Channel 4 TV<br />

documentary, which showed students killing and cooking<br />

a wild rabbit, did it no favours in the public eye.<br />

The idea has always been to run a school on democratic<br />

lines. In practice that means daily councils at which<br />

pupils make management decisions, optional lessons<br />

and a strong focus on learning outside the classroom.<br />

Summerhill’s published examination results suggest<br />

that most students attend most lessons most of the<br />

time and that they are well taught. In 2015, for<br />

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“The best independently<br />

minded schools focus on<br />

rigour and firmly reject<br />

the word ‘alternative’<br />

instance 72.5% of Summerhill students passed five<br />

GCSES at A*-C including English and Maths.<br />

The relevance of Summerhill today is probably that its<br />

ideas, shared worldwide via Neill’s books have, for nearly a<br />

century, influenced other free-thinking educators and schools.<br />

It’s a case of buyer beware, with all these schools and it’s all<br />

too easy to let your liberal principles get the better of you so<br />

that your child is sold short. The best independently minded<br />

schools focus on rigour and firmly reject the word ‘alternative’.<br />

Take Hampton Court House School for example. “We<br />

don’t reject the tenets of traditional education, not at all,”<br />

says headmaster Guy Holloway, who talks to staff applicants<br />

by Skype before inviting them in for interview because he<br />

wants to be sure that they are committed readers and have a<br />

range of intellectual interests and passions for sharing them.<br />

Holloway himself teaches a history of music course, teaching<br />

is bi-lingual (English and French) in Years 1-4, Mandarin is<br />

taught to all as part of the curriculum and many pupils can<br />

chat in it. Holloway teaches a Cultural Studies course which<br />

allows for plays and novels outside examination specifications.<br />

He believes strongly that children must be helped to learn<br />

how to make the very best possible use of their time.<br />

The school achieves all this without the trappings<br />

of uniform and it’s Christian name terms throughout.<br />

“Our staff are not friends with the children but we are<br />

friendly,” says Holloway. It works. 42% of all HCHS<br />

GCSE grades were graded A or A* this year.<br />

Another example of a different way of working began with<br />

Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). He was an Austrian philosopher<br />

who applied his ideas about how human beings function<br />

and develop to a number of fields as well as education.<br />

The first Steiner School was opened in Stuttgart in 1919<br />

(interestingly, two years before AS Neill’s Summerhill).<br />

Today there are 26 such schools in England (including one<br />

in Brighton, one in Canterbury, one at Forest Row and four<br />

in London. In Britain these are fee charging schools. In most<br />

European countries they are part of the maintained sector.<br />

The emphasis in a Steiner school is on the needs<br />

of the whole child and the unforced development<br />

of a love of learning with an emphasis on artistic<br />

activity and the development of the imagination.<br />

The idyllically rural Canterbury Steiner School, for<br />

instance, has a well-equipped theatre space for musical<br />

and theatrical learning and performance which is fairly<br />

unusual in a primary or prep school. Controversially,<br />

technology is not usually used at primary level so there<br />

are no computers and tablets in Steiner classrooms.<br />

Or take the Round Square Schools Association which was<br />

founded 50 years ago on the principles of Kurt Hahn <br />

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(1886 – 1974). Hahn was a German educator who fled<br />

Germany in 1933 having spoken out against Hitler. He then<br />

founded Gordonstoun in Scotland where Prince Philip was<br />

one of the first pupils in 1934. The school was modelled<br />

on the school Hahn had founded and run in Germany.<br />

Later Hahn founded Outward Bound and the Duke of<br />

Edinburgh Award among other things. Prince Charles, who<br />

has always insisted that he loathed it and was very unhappy<br />

there, was at Gordonstoun in the 1960s. A generation later,<br />

Princess Anne’s children both seemed to flourish at the school.<br />

The Round Square / Kurt Hahn philosophy is based on<br />

six holistic learning ideals. Schools which become part of<br />

the group are committed to internationalism, democracy,<br />

environmentalism, adventure, leadership and service. The<br />

association currently has 160 members worldwide (Australia,<br />

India, USA, South Africa, mainland Europe and elsewhere).<br />

The ten English members include Box Hill School<br />

in Surrey and Cobham Hall in Kent where Radio 4’s<br />

Today programme presenter Mishal Hussain, was a pupil.<br />

In all these schools there is slightly more emphasis on<br />

learning by doing than on being formally instructed<br />

by teachers, but we’re a long way from Summerhill and<br />

much of the approach is relatively conventional.<br />

And so to those free schools. Usually launched by<br />

determined parents and teachers, they are funded directly by<br />

central government. They often have a specific focus such<br />

as being more academically rigorous, being more childcentred<br />

or meeting special educational needs. Some have<br />

been founded to meet local needs such as opening a village<br />

school where there is no longer local authority provision.<br />

Focus on a specific faith is quite common. So is the inclusion<br />

of a subject not usually taught such as Mandarin or Latin.<br />

Free schools are sometimes satellites of established schools<br />

or trusts and there have been cases of small independent feecharging<br />

schools, including several Steiner schools, applying<br />

for free school status. In theory – and often in practice – free<br />

schools are adding diversity and giving parents more choices.<br />

The Tiger Primary School in Maidstone, for example,<br />

opened in September 2012 and was one of the first free<br />

schools. Operated by Future Schools Trust it is on the<br />

site of an existing secondary school operated by the Trust<br />

which also runs another secondary school elsewhere in<br />

the town. Mandarin is taught alongside English and<br />

there is a commitment to improve numeracy. Every<br />

child is encouraged to play a musical instrument.<br />

Last year the school took possession of its new building<br />

in which learning takes place in large ‘plazas’ which<br />

accommodate the whole year group with access to plenty of<br />

technology – the space can be subdivided for smaller sessions.<br />

Unlike many mainstream schools Tiger is open from<br />

7.30am to 6pm and there’s a healthy breakfast, lunch and<br />

tea on offer to all pupils. For working parents this seems<br />

to have some of the advantages of boarding without the<br />

disadvantage. The school admits 60 children per year<br />

into Reception and is usually oversubscribed. Since this<br />

was the first new primary school to open in Maidstone<br />

for 25 years it is clearly meeting needs locally.<br />

Education in Britain is a mixed economy. In 1992,<br />

when David Blunkett was Education Secretary, he issued<br />

a White Paper called Choice and Diversity. Twenty four<br />

years later, parents really do have as much choice as they’re<br />

ever likely to given cash and locality constraints. But a<br />

really good school is not about gimmicks, slogans and<br />

whacky theories. Let Guy Holloway have the last word.<br />

“I think the key is respect for the child, commitment<br />

to continual self-improvement (for both pupils AND<br />

staff) and a strong sense that the world needs good<br />

men and women in it, who have acquired the skills<br />

to influence and lead. If these things are in place then<br />

you have a happy and transformative school.”<br />

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hamptoncourthouse.co.uk<br />

gordonstoun.org.uk<br />

roundsquare.org<br />

futureschoolstrust.com/Tiger-Primary-School<br />

newschoolsnetwork.org<br />

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Grammar lessons<br />

Education columnist Susan Elkin considers all the issues when choosing a school<br />

I’ll come clean. I’m a grammar school girl and proud<br />

of it. Today only 158 grammar schools remain across<br />

the country although Theresa May has indicated –<br />

controversially but rightly in my view – that there could soon<br />

be more. Meanwhile Kent has 33 selective schools and there<br />

are a further six in the Medway Local Education Authority<br />

area which lies within the county.<br />

Last month thousands of children took the Kent<br />

Test to assess whether or not they have the ability and<br />

potential to benefit from a grammar school education.<br />

Results will be announced on 13 <strong>October</strong>.<br />

When I was in what we now call Year 6 every one<br />

of us sat the 11 plus examination. Today it’s optional.<br />

Many families are perfectly happy with the local<br />

alternatives to grammar school so their children are<br />

not tested for selective education suitability.<br />

In principle a grammar school education is a fine thing but<br />

not all grammar schools are as good as they should be and<br />

many non-selective schools are excellent. Moreover, if a child<br />

isn’t ready for grammar school at 11, they may be different<br />

at 14 or 16 and there’s plenty of flexibility within the system.<br />

You do, however, have to make the best possible choice for<br />

your child from the options available – now. That means<br />

attending every open day/evening this term. Don’t rely on<br />

reputation which is always fickle and usually out of date.<br />

If there’s a chance to see the schools in session then grab<br />

it. Open days can be strained and contrived. If you’re there<br />

when real lessons are happening look for a well-managed<br />

working buzz. Too much silence is not necessarily good.<br />

Visit the students’ toilets if you can too. If they’re<br />

clean and pleasant it’s a sign that this is a school which<br />

takes care of its pupils and respects them. Above all<br />

talk to the current students who show you round.<br />

Listen to your child’s opinion. Sometimes they will spot or<br />

sense something you’ve missed. Ultimately though remember<br />

that they are only 10 or 11, very inexperienced and may be<br />

more worried about where friends are going than anything<br />

else. It is your responsibility as parent to make this decision<br />

on his or her behalf and the wise parent makes that very clear.<br />

Grammar schools are a great idea (excuse my bias) but<br />

they are never going to be right for everyone. We should<br />

look for and support high quality alternatives (Mrs May and<br />

colleagues, please note) and stop this destructive, emotive<br />

talk of ‘failure’ and ‘writing them off for life at 11’.<br />

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14th December <strong>2016</strong> - 10am -11.30am<br />

Sutton Valence Preparatory School invites you and your<br />

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Prepared specially for a young audience Theatre Bugs will be<br />

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What’s On In <strong>October</strong><br />

Art<br />

Throughout Oct<br />

De La Warr Pavilion, Marina,<br />

Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 1DP<br />

PETER BLAKE: ALPHABETS,<br />

LETTERS & NUMBERS<br />

Using silk screen printing Blake<br />

has created several fascinating<br />

series of works based around the<br />

alphabet related to his enduring<br />

interest in childhood innocence<br />

and nostalgia, and Victorian and<br />

Edwardian graphic illustration.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Info: dlwp.com<br />

Sat 17 Sept – Sat 1 Oct<br />

RYE ARTS FESTIVAL<br />

Rye Arts Festival is one of the<br />

top ten small festivals in Britain,<br />

providing a diverse mixture of<br />

musical, literary and theatrical<br />

events with an emphasis on quality,<br />

intellectual weight, style and fun.<br />

Info and Booking: 01797<br />

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Sat 1- Tues 11 Oct 12-5pm<br />

The Observer Building,<br />

53 Cambridge Road,<br />

Hastings TN34 1DT<br />

OBSCURED BY CLOUDS<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

Bringing together two painters<br />

who have steadily worked<br />

through the coming of the<br />

Personal Computer age,<br />

‘Obscured by Clouds’ explores<br />

the irresolvable clash between<br />

the analogue and digital realms.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Info: info@<br />

observerbuildinghastings.co.uk<br />

Sat 15 - 29 Oct<br />

WING Gallery, High Street,<br />

Wadhurst TN5 6AA<br />

5 MILLION COLOURS:<br />

MELANIE BERMAN<br />

Using entangled graffiti<br />

marks and rhythmic patterns<br />

Melanie’s paintings<br />

explore man-made traces<br />

within the natural world.<br />

Fragmented irregular coloured<br />

shapes float, dance & move<br />

before the viewer’s gaze.<br />

Info: wingartgallery.com<br />

Fri 21 Oct - Sun 20<br />

Nov 10am-4.30pm<br />

The Stables Gallery, Hall<br />

Place, Bourne Road,<br />

Bexley, Kent DA5 1PQ<br />

Textile studio<br />

exhibition<br />

Enjoy a collection of new work<br />

by member of The Textile<br />

Studio. Work includes hand and<br />

machine stitching, felt making,<br />

fabric printing, dyeing and other<br />

techniques, that reflect the makers<br />

unique approach to their art.<br />

Info: 01322 526574<br />

Sat 22 Oct – Sun 30 Oct<br />

The Powder Mills Hotel,<br />

Battle TN33 0SP<br />

PURE ARTS FAIR<br />

A selected and curated art<br />

fair showcasing the brightest<br />

upcoming and more established<br />

talent, it features the work of<br />

artists working across all fine<br />

art media including painting,<br />

drawing, printmaking,<br />

photography, sculpture,<br />

ceramics and glass.<br />

Info: pureartsgroup.co.uk<br />

Sat 22 - Sun 23 Oct 10am-5pm<br />

De La Warr Pavilion,<br />

Marina, Bexhill-on-Sea,<br />

East Sussex TN40 1DP<br />

The Sussex Guild<br />

Contemporary<br />

Craft Show<br />

For the first time designer<br />

makers of the Sussex Guild<br />

exhibit their fine crafts in the<br />

ground floor auditorium.<br />

Entry: Adults £3,<br />

accompanied children free<br />

Info: 01273 479565 /<br />

thesussexguild.co.uk<br />

Sat 29 & Sun 30 Oct 10am-4pm<br />

Hamstreet Primary<br />

Academy TN26 2EA<br />

Art Exhibition and Sale<br />

A unique opportunity to enjoy<br />

the work of a much-loved<br />

and talented Kent artist.<br />

Exhibition of paintings loaned<br />

by private owners. Also<br />

over 150 works for sale.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Info: 01233 732684<br />

Family & Friends<br />

Sat 1 - Sun 30 Oct 10.30am-6pm<br />

Hever Castle, Hever Road,<br />

Nr Edenbridge TN8 7NG<br />

Autumn Colour Trail<br />

Pick up a trail on arrival and<br />

discover the top autumn walks<br />

and colour hotspots. Besides<br />

suggesting picturesque routes<br />

through the gardens, it’s packed<br />

with interesting information about<br />

plants and trees to look out for at<br />

the height of their autumn glory.<br />

Info: 01732 865224 /<br />

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Fri 7, Sat 22 & Sat 29<br />

Oct 6.30pm-11pm<br />

The Observatory Science<br />

Centre, Herstmonceux,<br />

Hailsham BN27 1RN<br />

STAR GAZING OPEN<br />

EVENINGS<br />

Are you interested in the night<br />

sky? Have you ever wondered<br />

what it would be like to look<br />

at the stars, planets and the<br />

moon through some of the<br />

country’s largest telescopes? Well<br />

here is your opportunity.<br />

Entry: Adults £8, Children £6.15<br />

Info: 01323 832731 / theobservatory.org/open-evenings<br />

Sat 8 Oct 7.30pm<br />

Ashdown Primary School,<br />

Crowborough TN6 2NT<br />

Charity quiz Night<br />

The Royal British Legion,<br />

Crowborough Branch, presents<br />

a Charity Quiz Night with cash<br />

prize, raffle and licensed bar.<br />

Entry: £6.50, including supper<br />

Booking: Guest’s Shoe Services,<br />

5 High Street, Crowborough<br />

Info: 07884 484100 /<br />

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Sat 15 - Sun 23 Oct 10.30am<br />

Penshurst Place, Penshurst,<br />

Tonbridge TN11 8DG<br />

Spooky half term<br />

Discover the life of some of<br />

Britain’s more spooky inhabitants<br />

like bats and spiders for our<br />

Spooky Half Term pumpkin<br />

trail, before creating some creepy<br />

crafts to take home ready to<br />

decorate for Hallowe’en!<br />

Info: 01892 870307 /<br />

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Sat 22 - Fri 28 Oct<br />

Leeds Castle, Maidstone<br />

ME17 1PL<br />

HAlloween activities<br />

Join Leeds Castle for Halloween<br />

fun this <strong>October</strong> half term with<br />

a fancy dress competition at 2pm<br />

each day with prizes to be won.<br />

Included with price of admission.<br />

Info: 01622 765400 /<br />

leeds-castle.com<br />

Mon 24 – Fri 28 Oct 1pm-4pm<br />

Godinton House &<br />

Gardens, Godinton Lane,<br />

Ashford TN23 3BP<br />

AUTUMN WEEK<br />

A week of activities for families<br />

to enjoy. Including a traditional<br />

treasure hunt, garden games<br />

and children’s arts and crafts.<br />

Info: godintonhouse.co.uk<br />

Thurs 27 – Mon 31<br />

Oct 7pm-9pm<br />

The Canterbury Tales,<br />

St Margaret’s Street,<br />

Canterbury CT1 2TG<br />

CONTAGIOUS!<br />

The Canterbury Tales’ Halloween<br />

event Contagious! returns for<br />

its second year, transforming<br />

the much-loved attraction into<br />

something much more sinister on<br />

the streets of Medieval Canterbury.<br />

Entry: £10<br />

Info: canterburytales.org.uk<br />

Fri 28 & Sat 29 Oct<br />

6.30pm and 8.30pm<br />

Bodiam Castle, Bodiam<br />

TN32 5UA<br />

GHOST WALKS AROUND<br />

THE CASTLE<br />

This Hallowe’en visitors to the<br />

castle will be warmed through<br />

with a hearty meal in our Terrace<br />

Room before taking a trip to the<br />

castle to meet some of Bodiam’s<br />

lesser known residents.<br />

Info and Booking: 01580 831324<br />

Festivals and Fairs<br />

Fri 30 Sept – Sat 1 Oct<br />

Cranbrook<br />

CRANROOK LITERATURE<br />

FESTIVAL<br />

The town of Cranbrook has always<br />

embraced tradition and culture<br />

with its popular annual art show,<br />

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Detling Antiques,<br />

Vintage &<br />

Collectors Fair<br />

Up to 300 stalls in two buildings, shopping<br />

arcades, marquees & outside offering a wide<br />

range of items from ceramics, glass, vintage<br />

clothing, furniture, books, metalware, kitchenalia,<br />

postcards, pictures & much more.<br />

Sat 29th - Sun 30th<br />

<strong>October</strong><br />

Sat: Early Entry 8.30am - £6<br />

Sat: General Entry 10am - 4.30pm - £5<br />

Sun: 10am - 3.30pm - £4<br />

Kent County Showground, Detling, ME14 3JF<br />

Tel: 01636 676531<br />

www.b2bevents.info<br />

#nationaltrust<br />

Play and Display exhibition<br />

22 <strong>October</strong> to 20 November, 11am - 3.30pm<br />

daily<br />

Relive childhood memories with our charming new<br />

exhibition of paper and card toys. The collection<br />

highlights how popular, versatile and enchanting<br />

paper and card toys have been over the centuries<br />

with puppets, paper dolls, model theatres and<br />

panoramas. You can get hands on and have some fun<br />

playing with modern ones too.<br />

Call 01580 710700 for details<br />

nationaltrust.org.uk/sissinghurst-castle-garden<br />

When you visit, donate, volunteer or join the National Trust, your support helps<br />

us to look after special places such as Sissinghurst Castle Garden for ever, for<br />

© National Trust <strong>2016</strong>. The National Trust is an independent registered charity, number 205846. Photography © National Trust Images\Emma Warren.<br />

From Country Chic To Fabulous Boutique<br />

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Fashion / Gifts Galore / Homeware / Artisan Makers / Food & Drink<br />

LUXURY CHRISTMAS GIFT FAIRS<br />

11-12 Nov Tun Wells / 24-25 Nov Uckfield<br />

“A fabulous collection of Boutique Owners<br />

& Artisan Makers selling a huge array of beautiful<br />

& unique Christmas gifts & decorations”<br />

Each Fair is open 10am-4pm / £4 Entry / Free Parking<br />

11-12 Nov - Salomons Estate, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0TG<br />

24-25 Nov - East Sussex National, Uckfield, TN22 5ES<br />

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What’s On In <strong>October</strong><br />

The Contemporary<br />

Craft &<br />

Design Fair<br />

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Purchase<br />

direct from<br />

the very best<br />

makers in<br />

the UK<br />

Sevenoaks School<br />

SEVENOAKS<br />

21 - 23 <strong>October</strong><br />

12 noon to 5pm Fri<br />

10am to 5pm Sat & Sun<br />

Admission £4 • High Street TN13 1HU<br />

www.craftinfocus.com T: 01622 747325<br />

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apple fayre and music festival.<br />

Now it’s time to celebrate the<br />

written word with the first ever<br />

Cranbrook Literature Festival.<br />

Entry: Some events free,<br />

others start from £8<br />

Info: cranbrookliteraturefestival.com<br />

Sat 1 Oct 9.30am-12pm<br />

Penshurst Place, Penshurst,<br />

Tonbridge TN11 8DG<br />

<strong>October</strong> Farmer’s<br />

market<br />

With over 40 stalls offering the<br />

best local food and drink, the<br />

market is a must for anyone<br />

looking to learn more about<br />

the produce of Kent, and<br />

the people who supply it.<br />

Info: 01892 870307 /<br />

penshurstplace.com<br />

Sat 1 - Sun 2 Oct 10am-6pm<br />

Kent Life, Lock Lane, Sandling,<br />

Maidstone ME14 3AU<br />

APPLE AND CIDER FAYRE<br />

As well as the traditional<br />

process of cider pressing,<br />

enjoy live music, local produce<br />

stalls and morris dancing.<br />

Entry: Adults £9.50, Children £7.50<br />

Info: 01622 763936<br />

/ kentlife.org.uk<br />

Sat 15 Oct from 12pm<br />

The Stade Open Space,<br />

Old Town, Hastings<br />

950TH ANNIVERSARY OF<br />

THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS<br />

CELEBRATIONS<br />

Celebrate the 950th anniversary<br />

of one of history’s most<br />

famous battles with a torch<br />

light procession, fireworks,<br />

drumming and much more.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Info: hbbs.info<br />

Sun 16 Oct<br />

Bateman’s Lane, Burwash,<br />

East Sussex TN19 7DS<br />

BATEMAN’S APPLE DAY<br />

As well as exploring the orchards,<br />

you can even have a go at making<br />

apple juice with our homemade<br />

apple mill and press and meet our<br />

beekeeper to learn how the bees<br />

and the orchard work together to<br />

produce this rich autumn harvest.<br />

Entry: Adults £10, Children £5<br />

Info: nationaltrust.org.uk/batemans<br />

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Sat 22 Oct – Sun 30 Oct<br />

Rye<br />

WILD BOAR WEEK<br />

The 6th Wild Boar Week in Rye,<br />

East Sussex offers the perfect<br />

opportunity to indulge in culinary<br />

delights from the countryside.<br />

Wild Boar Week events also<br />

include walks, tours, live music<br />

and quiz nights in various locations<br />

around the historic town of Rye.<br />

Info: wildboar.org.uk<br />

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Sat 29 Oct 9am-3pm<br />

Highbury Hall, Highbury<br />

Lane, Tenterden TN30 6LE<br />

TENTERDEN BOOK FAIR<br />

15 book dealers attending with<br />

1000s of pre-loved books for<br />

sale on all subjects, for both<br />

the reader & the collector.<br />

Refreshments available all day.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Info: 01580 764395<br />

Music<br />

Thurs 6 Oct 7.30pm<br />

Hazlitt Theatre, Earl Street,<br />

Maidstone ME14 1PL<br />

The Unique Komedy<br />

Ukelele Orchestra<br />

After a string of hugely successful<br />

European Tours, the musicians<br />

from TUKUO directed by Peter<br />

Moss will once more be combining<br />

their totally unique vocal harmony<br />

blend with their own brand<br />

of typically British humour,<br />

brilliantly daring and inventive<br />

arrangements and the unbelievable<br />

sound of their miniature<br />

instrument of choice, the famous<br />

and hugely underrated Ukulele<br />

that originated from Hawaii.<br />

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Ibbett Mosely<br />

AuctIoneers & VAluers<br />

Limited Liability Partnership<br />

The Auctioneer's Next Sale Will Be On<br />

Wednesday 19th <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Commencing at 12.30pm | Viewing 10.00am - 12.30pm<br />

At Ibbett Mosely Auction Rooms, Argyle Rd, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1HJ<br />

Valuation Day - Wednesday 26th <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 11am to 4pm<br />

Crown Inn, School Road, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 5PQ<br />

Tel: 01732 456731 Web: www.ibbettmosely.co.uk<br />

125 High St, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1UT<br />

Registered in England No. 0C341637 Regulated by RICS Registered at the Sevenoaks office as Ibbett Mosely Surveyors LLP<br />

FESTIVE GIFT FAIR<br />

Everybody<br />

Welcome<br />

join us and<br />

choose<br />

your festive<br />

gifts<br />

Winchelsea New Hall<br />

Saturday 12 NOVEMBER <strong>2016</strong><br />

10AM – 3PM<br />

RIBBONS<br />

PAPER & TAGS<br />

GIFT BOXES<br />

PROCEEDS<br />

TO THE<br />

RefUrbishment<br />

of Winchelsea<br />

New Hall<br />

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HORNBROOK MANOR FARM<br />

SWEETS<br />

JAMS<br />

CHUTNEYS<br />

BISCUITS<br />

TEA & COFFEE<br />

TOMBOLA<br />

RAFFLE<br />

Wine Tasting<br />

Garden ideas, design and planting<br />

For Borders, Planting plans or full Garden Makeovers<br />

Contact Jo on 01233 861149 www.hornbrookmanor.co.uk<br />

Chocolate<br />

Cakes<br />

Children’s<br />

Clothes<br />

Cards<br />

WOOL PRODUCTS<br />

WALKING STICKS<br />

WINTER BULBS<br />

WRAPPING PAPER<br />

JEWELLERY<br />

LIGHTS<br />

PAINTINGS<br />

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POTTERY<br />

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What’s On In <strong>October</strong><br />

Entry: Adults £22, Children<br />

/ Concessions £20<br />

Info: 01622 758611 /<br />

parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/<br />

Hazlitt-Theatre<br />

Fri 7 Oct 8pm<br />

Tunbridge Wells Jazz Club, The<br />

Masonic Centre, St John’s Road,<br />

Tunbridge Wells TN4 9UY<br />

The Pedigree Jazz Band<br />

Enjoy this live jazz event with<br />

a raffle and licensed bar. The<br />

bar is also open for sandwiches<br />

and soft drinks/coffee.<br />

Entry: Members £1.50, Students £2<br />

Info: 01892 890442 /<br />

twjazzclub.co.uk<br />

Fri 21 Oct 7.30pm<br />

Groves Hall, Sutton<br />

Valence School<br />

SUTTON VALENCE<br />

MUSIC SOCIETY<br />

Classical guitarist Sean Shibe<br />

studied at the Royal Conservatoire<br />

of Scotland. He is the only<br />

solo guitarist to have been<br />

awarded a Borletti-Buitoni<br />

Trust Fellowship and is the<br />

first guitarist to be admitted<br />

to the prestigious BBC New<br />

Generation Artist Award Scheme.<br />

Entry: £12<br />

Info & Booking: 01622 863002<br />

Tours<br />

Every Sat in Oct 9.45am-11am<br />

Biddenden Vineyards,<br />

Gribble Bridge Lane,<br />

Biddenden TN27 8DF<br />

BIDDENDEN<br />

VINEYARD TOURS<br />

Learn more about the history of<br />

the vineyard and how we make<br />

our award-winning wines, ciders<br />

and juices. The tour is followed<br />

by tastings of our wines, ciders<br />

and juices in our vineyard shop.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Info: 01580 291726 /<br />

biddendenvineyards.com<br />

Mon 17 Oct 12.30pm-3.30pm<br />

Great Dixter, Northiam,<br />

East Sussex TN31 6PH<br />

BEHIND THE SCENES<br />

AT GREAT DIXTER<br />

Great Dixter gardener Rachael<br />

Dodd will take you on an<br />

afternoon’s exploration of the<br />

borders to examine the plants in<br />

bloom and give you an insight<br />

into the work that makes the<br />

renowned garden so beautiful.<br />

Entry: £45 per person<br />

Info and Booking: 01797<br />

254048 / greatdixter.co.uk<br />

Sat 22 – Mon 31 Oct 11.30am<br />

Tunbridge Wells Tourist<br />

Information Centre, The Old<br />

Fish Market, The Pantiles, Royal<br />

Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TN<br />

GUIDED WALKS OF ROYAL<br />

TUNBRIDGE WELLS<br />

Learn all about the historic spa<br />

town of Royal Tunbridge Wells<br />

on a guided stroll through the<br />

Pantiles and the historic heart<br />

of the town. Discover its 400<br />

year old history and hear about<br />

the many famous visitors.<br />

Entry: Free<br />

Info: 01892 515675<br />

/ visitkent.co.uk<br />

Sat 22 Oct from 9.30am<br />

Mote Park, Maidstone,<br />

Kent ME15 8NQ<br />

TREE WALK AT MOTE PARK<br />

A guided walk around Mote Park<br />

with the Chairman of the Mote<br />

Park Fellowship who will introduce<br />

you to some of the history of the<br />

park as well as the importance<br />

it plays in protecting some of<br />

the oldest trees in the country.<br />

Entry: Adults £2.50<br />

Info: 01622 730453 /<br />

moteparkfellowship.org.uk<br />

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November issue is 14 <strong>October</strong> <strong>2016</strong>.<br />

VOICE TRIALS<br />

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5 th November <strong>2016</strong><br />

Substantial scholarships are<br />

awarded and choristers benefit<br />

from an all-round excellent<br />

education at St Edmund’s<br />

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The Master of Choristers,<br />

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Weekdays <strong>October</strong>-3rd-21st.<br />

Autumn Tints—enjoy a trip<br />

through the beautiful Sussex<br />

countryside. Sit back and relax as<br />

you meander along the line between Sheffield Park and<br />

East Grinstead. ‘Souper Steam’- enjoy a bowl of warming<br />

Autumn vegetable soup as you travel or choose to travel<br />

in the Railway’s unique Observation Car-limited seating<br />

so booking advisable and essential for the ‘Souper Steam’<br />

The next BIG thing 28th-30th <strong>October</strong><br />

‘Giants of Steam’<br />

Train services throughout the day-two visiting engines<br />

will compliment the Railway’s fleet of larger engines.<br />

70013 ‘Oliver Cromwell’ (with thanks to NRM and<br />

Great Central Railway) and LNER B12 from Midland<br />

and Great Northern Society based at North Norfolk<br />

Railway (both subject to availability)<br />

For more information or to book<br />

please contact us. 01825 720800<br />

www.bluebell-railway.com<br />

Sheffield Park Station<br />

TN22 3QL<br />

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Jane Howard’s<br />

Fables from the Farm<br />

It’s already Christmas in the supermarkets and getting towards the end of the<br />

year on the calendar – but in farming it’s all just kicking off<br />

<strong>October</strong> already. Aaaagh. While<br />

it may seem like the year is<br />

drawing to a close, in the world<br />

of agriculture it is quite the opposite and<br />

Michaelmas, which falls on September<br />

29th, is very much seen as the start of<br />

the farming calendar.<br />

Michaelmas is named after St Michael<br />

the Archangel, the greatest of all the<br />

Archangels honoured for defeating Satan<br />

in the War of Heaven. He is seen as a<br />

protector against the dark of night, and<br />

the administrator of cosmic intelligence!<br />

So quite an interesting<br />

chap then, but on a more<br />

mundane level Michaelmas,<br />

coming around the equinox<br />

(when night time hours<br />

are the same as day time<br />

hours) is also one of the<br />

Quarter Days – the others<br />

being Christmas Day, Lady Day and<br />

Midsummer Day.<br />

Traditionally farmers expected to have<br />

completed the harvest by Michaelmas<br />

and it’s the day when rents were due,<br />

leases began and servants hired.<br />

Although we won’t be hiring any<br />

servants this year at Coopers, there is still<br />

very much a feeling that another year<br />

has drawn gently to a close. <strong>2016</strong> has<br />

been an exceptionally good year for grass<br />

and our barns are crammed with hay<br />

and straw in preparation for the cattle<br />

“Rather like dress<br />

sizes, cows get<br />

scored according<br />

to their level<br />

of rotundity”<br />

coming in when the weather changes<br />

again in November.<br />

The pigs are fat as butter (having<br />

stuffed themselves with acorns) and<br />

ditto the cattle. In terms of assessing<br />

the condition of the cows, rather like<br />

dress sizes they get scored according to<br />

their level of rotundity with one being<br />

exceptionally thin and five being far too<br />

much of a Bessie Bunter.<br />

Sussex cows are known for their ability<br />

to ‘do well’ on the roughest grazing and<br />

having enjoyed the summer grass mine<br />

are edging dangerously up<br />

the scale, but this is to be<br />

expected. And when they<br />

come <strong>inside</strong> at the end of<br />

the year, the calves will be<br />

weaned off them and they<br />

will go on a four month<br />

‘hay diet’ i.e. just hay so<br />

they slim down to calve in the spring at a<br />

respectable 3.5 or 4.0.<br />

The ewes, however, end the summer<br />

looking much plainer (thinner in<br />

farming parlance) having raised a couple<br />

of lambs that end up being almost the<br />

same size as their mothers. The lambs<br />

were weaned in August and the ewes are<br />

now on a ‘rising plane of nutrition’ to<br />

end up in tip top condition ready for the<br />

rams in early November.<br />

Unlike cows and pigs that are fertile<br />

all year, female sheep only come into<br />

oestrus when the night time hours exceed<br />

the day time hours (so, starting around<br />

Michaelmas) and traditionally the rams<br />

are put to the ewes on Bonfire Night<br />

with lambs appearing after April Fools’<br />

Day, a clever way of ensuring the lambs<br />

only come when the weather warms up<br />

and the grass starts growing.<br />

So the ewes are now grazing the better<br />

pasture and soon they will go on to the<br />

best the farm has to offer – those fields<br />

which were cut for hay and have sweet<br />

and succulent regrowth - to be flushed.<br />

Grazing such nutritious grass encourages<br />

them to produce more eggs so when<br />

they do get together with the rams the<br />

result will be more twins and triplets as<br />

opposed to singles.<br />

The other thing I love about this time<br />

of year is blackberrying and producing<br />

pots of bramble jelly. But that too<br />

must come to an end. Going back to<br />

our cosmic administrator St Michael,<br />

apparently when Satan was hurled out of<br />

heaven he fell to the ground and landed<br />

in a patch of brambles.<br />

Not being best pleased he poured fire<br />

and brimstone on the innocent bushes<br />

and apparently renews the curse every<br />

Michaelmas, so unsuspecting foragers<br />

like you and I should never pick them<br />

after September 29th. But that doesn’t<br />

matter too much as soon it will be time<br />

for the sloes and strangely the gin always<br />

seems more popular than the jam.<br />

Follow Jane Howard – and the farm<br />

– on Instagram @coopersfarm<br />

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