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PRICELESS<br />

JUNE <strong>2019</strong><br />

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

The lifestyle magazine for Kent & Sussex<br />

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

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Contents<br />

<strong>June</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

26<br />

86<br />

A FINE VINTAGE<br />

Maggie Alderson’s top three<br />

houses of the month<br />

117<br />

120<br />

PICTURE PERFECT<br />

Top insta posts from<br />

Caroline Kyriazis<br />

153<br />

138<br />

WANDER AROUND<br />

THE GARDEN<br />

Sue Whigham’s most treasured plants<br />

41<br />

52<br />

79<br />

86<br />

111<br />

113<br />

NOTEBOOK<br />

All the best events near<br />

you this month<br />

OPEN HOUSE<br />

A rambling home filled<br />

with charming character<br />

GET THE LOOK<br />

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the ‘Open House’ style<br />

HIDDEN BEAUTY<br />

An elegant Georgian townhouse<br />

decorated with artistic flair<br />

GET THE LOOK<br />

A guide to giving your house<br />

some hidden beauty<br />

LUXURIOUS CANVAS<br />

Lucy Fleming learns about LPM<br />

Bohemia’s new spectacular<br />

purchaseable tents<br />

120<br />

130<br />

132<br />

135<br />

136<br />

138<br />

146<br />

HOLIDAY VIBES<br />

Tropical beachy fashion<br />

BEAUTY WITHOUT<br />

THE BURN<br />

Josephine Fairley celebrates<br />

charcoal beauty products<br />

SUMMER STUNNERS<br />

Stock up on seasonal makeup<br />

FITTING IN FITNESS<br />

Sarah Maxwell’s fitness advice<br />

HORSES FOR HEALING<br />

Emma Rourke discusses the<br />

therapeutic power of horses<br />

HEAT WAVE<br />

Ultimate barbecue recipes<br />

EARLY HARVESTS<br />

Jo Arnell celebrates harvesting<br />

the veg patch<br />

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174<br />

CROSSING THE LINE<br />

Legal advice on right of way disputes<br />

THE GREAT OUTDOORS<br />

Hilary Wilce on forest schools<br />

WHAT’S ON<br />

Event ideas to mark on your calendar<br />

COMPETITION<br />

Win a holiday to Efteling<br />

FABLES FROM THE FARM<br />

An update from Cooper’s Farm<br />

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BATHROOM<br />

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2 Windmill Oast, Windmill Farm, Rolvenden, Kent TN17 4PF<br />

Exceptional property deserves exceptional service …<br />

BETHERSDEN OIEO £1,1,00,000<br />

A beautifully appointed, five bedroom unlisted Hall House has been stylishly extended to provide an imaginative, versatile family home designed with<br />

modern living in mind. The property also benefits from a one-bedroom annexe and is situated on the rural outskirts of the sought-after village of Bethersden.<br />

The exterior is accessed by electric gates onto a sweeping drive that leads to the house and garaging. With approximately 5 acres of gorgeous gardens and grounds,<br />

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TO LET<br />

BREDGAR, near Sittingbourne<br />

£4,000 per month<br />

A stunning example of an early, principally Georgian, six/seven-bedroom country house boasting superb country baroque architecture, set amidst a<br />

backdrop of delightfully landscaped gardens and grounds. Includes beautiful kept gardens and grounds, double garage, large store, stylishly appointed annexe<br />

(one bedroom) / office with sitting room and kitchen and there is ample driveway parking. Gardening: Obligatory garden <strong>supplement</strong> is required. Price on Application.<br />

Unfurnished – no tenant admin fees apply. EPC: E<br />

Weald Property has delivered consistent success in the Kent and Sussex rural property market since 1985.<br />

To put your property in safe hands this Summer, call Alex Norwood Hill on 01580 242700<br />

wealdproperty.net


House<br />

Month<br />

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£3,500,000<br />

A fine vintage<br />

Maggie Alderson picks her favourite character-filled properties<br />

on the market which prove newer isn’t always better<br />

The White House<br />

The dream: A country house<br />

dating from the 1950s has been<br />

lavishly refurbished throughout in<br />

contemporary style, so it looks as<br />

though it has just been built. The<br />

roof is new and all the windows<br />

have been replaced with fashionable<br />

sleek black frames and double<br />

glazing and it has sparkling new<br />

bathrooms. The kitchen/dining/<br />

family area is sensational, running<br />

from front to back of the house<br />

with a ceiling lantern and full-length<br />

windows with doors at both ends.<br />

Where: On the edge of the village of<br />

Wivelsfield Green, equidistant between<br />

Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath.<br />

Setting: An elevated position<br />

in a rural, agricultural setting,<br />

within its own grounds.<br />

Beds: 6 Baths: 4<br />

Special features: Outstanding<br />

views of the South Downs.<br />

Pleasing details: The Master<br />

Suite has a vaulted, split-level<br />

bedroom, a bathroom, a dressing<br />

room, a seating area and French<br />

windows onto a large balcony.<br />

Outside: 5.1 acres of land, with<br />

lawns, parkland, magnificent<br />

trees and a smart tennis court,<br />

terraces and entertaining areas.<br />

Time to town: From Haywards<br />

Heath to Victoria in under an hour.<br />

Agent: Savills, Haywards Heath<br />

01444 446000 savills.com<br />

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Pilgrims Way<br />

£1,895,000<br />

The dream: A substantial Grade II listed house<br />

packed with character outside and in. The exterior is<br />

a mixture of half-timbering and lovely old brickwork.<br />

Inside there are lots of lovely beams and panelling<br />

and a very impressive carved staircase. The huge<br />

kitchen/breakfast room/family room is double height<br />

and has a five-oven Aga. It manages to be both<br />

grand and cosy at the same time and would be the<br />

perfect home for antique lovers to fill with treasures.<br />

Where: In the hamlet of Thurnham, just over a mile<br />

from the sought after village of Bearsted Green.<br />

Setting: Looking out over parkland, in agricultural<br />

country at the foot of the North Downs.<br />

Beds: 7 Baths: 3<br />

Special features: The entrance gate is very impressive.<br />

Pleasing details: Amazing painted<br />

panelling in the hall.<br />

Outside: The gardens are well planted, with a<br />

feature knot garden on the large terrace. There is<br />

a tennis lawn, a swimming pool and stables.<br />

Time to town: Straight to Victoria from<br />

Bearsted in one hour 15 minutes.<br />

Agent: Knight Frank, Sevenoaks 01732 744464<br />

knightfrank.com<br />

Bishopsdale<br />

£1,350,000<br />

The dream: This is a lovely tile-hung Grade II listed<br />

country house, on an appealing L-shaped plan, with a<br />

particularly splendid central chimney. With origins in<br />

the 17th century, it has been added to ever since and<br />

recently updated to move-straight-in status, with a lovely<br />

painted wood kitchen and elegant bathrooms. The<br />

rambling ground floor with three large reception rooms<br />

and the kitchen/breakfast room is ideal for family life.<br />

Where: Five minutes’ drive from<br />

the village of Biddenden.<br />

Setting: Reached via a long private drive, the house sits<br />

in a rural idyll, with glorious views over its own land.<br />

Beds: 4 Baths: 4<br />

Special features: A very smart and spacious conservatory.<br />

Pleasing details: A really sprauncy swimming pool.<br />

Outside: 12 acres of gardens and grounds, with gardens,<br />

lakes, fields and woodland – currently used as a deer<br />

park – lawns, well-stocked borders, mature trees.<br />

Time to town: From Headcorn (13 minutes)<br />

it’s under an hour to London Bridge,<br />

Charing Cross and Cannon Street.<br />

Agent: Jackson-Stops, Cranbrook 01580 720400<br />

jackson-stops.co.uk<br />

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Notebook<br />

What to do and see near you this month<br />

Midsummer dream<br />

We are thoroughly excited for our<br />

eleventh annual <strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />

Midsummer Fair. It is set to be the<br />

biggest and best yet. Our talented team<br />

of fairies has handpicked over 250<br />

exhibitors which you will find either<br />

<strong>inside</strong> our five signature big white<br />

marquees, ‘The Avenue’ (our central<br />

stretch of tented stands) or dotted<br />

around the stunning grounds of our<br />

magnificent venue, Hole Park Estate.<br />

Visit us there from Thursday 6 to<br />

Saturday 8 <strong>June</strong> to spend a glorious<br />

midsummer day exploring stalls full of<br />

fabulous fashion and jewellery, home<br />

wares both contemporary and vintage,<br />

and gorgeous garden accessories (if<br />

you end up with too many bags to<br />

carry, our Shop and Drop tent will<br />

store them and help you carry them<br />

to your car in return for a donation<br />

to our nominated charity Crash).<br />

Even if you don’t have spending in<br />

mind, there will be delicious food and<br />

drinks to sample along The Avenue,<br />

the chance to win a pair of diamond<br />

earrings worth £795, the magnificent<br />

Hole Park to explore, and plenty<br />

of live music and free talks on<br />

creating beautiful homes and<br />

gardens. You can learn about<br />

everything from painting<br />

with Annie Sloan to financial<br />

planning with Burfields<br />

House Wealth Management<br />

and even see our very own<br />

Jo Arnell – a regular feature<br />

in our garden section.<br />

Tickets available at<br />

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Black Deer<br />

This three-day celebration<br />

of Americana is all about<br />

authenticity, real life, craft,<br />

makers, storytellers, kindness<br />

and a spirit of independence.<br />

Set within Eridge Park, the<br />

festival is a living, breathing<br />

demonstration of what<br />

Americana and country<br />

music can be, with over 100<br />

artists across six dedicated<br />

stages scattered throughout<br />

unspoilt landscape. From<br />

Friday 21 to Tuesday 23 <strong>June</strong>.<br />

blackdeerfestival.com<br />

Birthday bash<br />

Macknade is celebrating its<br />

40th birthday on Friday 28<br />

<strong>June</strong> and you’re invited to join<br />

in the celebrations! This special<br />

birthday bash on its outside deck<br />

in Faversham will have live<br />

music, cocktails and food from<br />

the new menu. macknade.com


News<br />

Meadow Gardening<br />

Discover the secrets of meadow gardening using the<br />

marvellous Great Dixter meadows as an example. You will<br />

be taken through the process of creating your own meadow<br />

and maintaining it with Head Gardener Fergus Garrett.<br />

A price of £125 per person includes slides and talks in the<br />

Great Hall and practical sessions in the meadows, as well<br />

as refreshments, lunch and a 10% discount on plant sales<br />

for attendees in the nursery on the day. greatdixter.co.uk<br />

Good food<br />

This month seven of the region’s<br />

most sought-after chefs join<br />

forces for The Ultimate Pop Up<br />

at Hush Heath Winery to raise<br />

funds for children’s charity, Tree<br />

of Hope. Thursday 20 <strong>June</strong> is<br />

your chance to sample a six-course<br />

tasting menu prepared by chefs,<br />

including Kent Chef of the Year,<br />

Will Devlin (left), star of the Great<br />

British Menu and Head Chef at<br />

Verdigris, Scott Goss, and Former<br />

Kentish Hare and MasterChef<br />

The Professionals personality,<br />

Bobby Brown. treeofhope.org.uk<br />

St Edmund’s<br />

festival<br />

This Canterbury music<br />

festival, which promises<br />

a week of rich, diverse<br />

entertainment, is from<br />

Wednesday 26 <strong>June</strong> to<br />

Tuesday 2 July. Curtis<br />

Stigers will open with his<br />

show of old-school pop<br />

with swinging jazz on<br />

Wednesday to be followed by<br />

such talents as Open Water,<br />

Richard Rozze, Derek Nash<br />

and Louise Clare Marshall<br />

stedmundsfestival.org.uk<br />

Look Forward<br />

Hospice in the Weald’s Cottage Hospice is<br />

opening this autumn. This new Hospice is the<br />

first of its kind in the UK, enabling more patients<br />

at the end of life to continue to be cared for<br />

by their loved ones. The Hospice will be run by<br />

highly skilled, trained volunteers supported by<br />

nursing staff. These volunteers will assist family<br />

caregivers looking after their loved ones in<br />

ten bedrooms that offer a home-from-home<br />

environment. hospiceintheweald.org.uk


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Woolton Farm<br />

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MOUNt EPHRAIM GARDENS • FAVERSHAM • KENT<br />

3 DAYS OF CLASSIC, LEGENDARY BANDS<br />

GLENN HUGHES<br />

FRIDAY 2ND August<br />

MARTIN BARRE celebrates<br />

FOCUS<br />

50 years of Climax<br />

Blues Band<br />

jethro tull<br />

Performed by Tull guitarist MARTIN BARRE and band, with Tull SOFT MACHINE<br />

founder member CLIVE BUNKER and Tull legend DEE PALMER Thunderstick<br />

SOLSTICE * Jackie Lynton * Zal Cleminson’s Sin Dogs * Kangaroo Moon<br />

SATURDAY 3RD August<br />

CLASSIC DEEP PURPLE<br />

PERFORMS<br />

Hawklords * Kingdom of Madness - Classic Magnum<br />

Band of Friends * The Fierce & The Dead<br />

Kanda Bongo Man * Sacred Geometry Band * Lapis Lazuli<br />

KYLVER * JUSTICE * MADELEINE SECKER * JACKIE MCAULEY<br />

Sunday 4th August<br />

WILKO JOHNSON * Sweet * Uli Jon Roth * Mung Jerry<br />

Jawbone * Martin Turner x Wishbone Ash * Leatherat<br />

StoneWire * True Deceivers * Bad Touch * The Regulars<br />

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GREAT FOOD. SPIRITS & COCKTAIL BAR. CRAFT STALLS AND MUCH MORE<br />

DAY TICKET FROM £40. WEEKEND £105. TICKETS AND FULL DETAILS ON WEBSITE<br />

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3 days of the finest blues & rock music<br />

SKINNY MOLLY * NINE BELOW ZERO * CLIMAX BLUES BAND<br />

DEBORAH BONHAM*ELLES BAILEY<br />

FEATURING EX WHITESNAKE<br />

MAAS/MOODY BAND MICKY MOODY & DR FEELGOOD<br />

GENO WASHINGTON & THE RAM JAM BAND<br />

JAWBONE * SAM KELLY’S STATION HOUSE<br />

JOHN VERITY (EX ARGENT) * LIGHTNIN’ WILLIE &<br />

THE POOR BOYS * VINCE LEE & THE BIG COMBO<br />

THE MENTULLS * A.R.T * CHRIS JAGGER GROUP<br />

ROBIN BIBI BAND * MACK * BIG RIVER<br />

BAD PENNIES * SOUTHBOUND * DR SCHWAMP<br />

Camping & Glamping, free parking Tickets & details at<br />

Great beers, ciders and wonderful food bluesonthefarm.com<br />

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Put your hand up!<br />

Volunteer for Cottage Hospice<br />

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Cottage Hospice is opening in Autumn <strong>2019</strong><br />

in Five Ashes, Mayfield, East Sussex.<br />

Volunteers will be at the heart of Cottage Hospice,<br />

supporting families to care for their loved ones.<br />

It will be a truly innovative service, providing a home<br />

from home environment in which a patient’s<br />

family are empowered to provide care at the end of<br />

life, with support from volunteers and nursing staff.<br />

As a volunteer you will need to be willing to undertake<br />

and actively participate in a wide range of<br />

practical tasks and activities, as well as demonstrate<br />

the ability to listen, support and empower loved<br />

ones to provide high quality care.<br />

Put your<br />

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If you are inspired to be a part of this new Service and<br />

want to be part of making a big difference to<br />

patients, families and family caregivers, put<br />

your hand up! Become a volunteer.<br />

Find out more on our website<br />

www.hospiceintheweald.org.uk or contact<br />

Holly Cowen, Head of Cottage Hospice on,<br />

01892 820504 or holly.cowen@hospiceintheweald.org.uk<br />

@hospiceintheweald<br />

@hospiceweald<br />

Registered Charity No.280276<br />

@hospiceweald<br />

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Interior architect Susie Pfeiffer<br />

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Previous pages: The double-height dining room retains<br />

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This page: Glass double doors lead into the kitchen<br />

After many happy years in a barn they<br />

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The dining room still retains some classic features of the original barn.<br />

With limestone flagstones on the floor and a splendid carved stone<br />

mantelpiece, this space has an almost medieval grandeur<br />

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This page: The dining room’s candle chandelier<br />

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adding to the room’s almost medieval charm<br />

Eastbourne and just three miles away from<br />

the coast.<br />

“It had been an old barn with horses<br />

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dividing walls when we took it over.”<br />

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An exciting prospect, but one which<br />

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Susie is a very successful interior architect<br />

and Stephen is a property developer, so for<br />

them it was a case of doing what they do,<br />

but with only themselves as the clients.<br />

Susie explains this to me as we sit in the<br />

wonderful double-height dining room,<br />

which still has all the atmosphere of the<br />

original building, with a candle chandelier<br />

over the huge old table, operated with<br />

a rope pulley that you let down to light<br />

the candles, then hoist up again.<br />

With limestone flagstones on the floor<br />

and a splendid carved stone mantelpiece<br />

(an architectural salvage find, like many<br />

pieces in the house), this space has an almost<br />

medieval grandeur – all the better to set <br />

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Above: Keeping the central dining space open, the<br />

first floor gallery landing wraps around the L-shape<br />

of the building. Left: A magnificent French door<br />

leads to the new master bedroom<br />

off the clean lines and glass walls of the new<br />

extension, which you can see across the garden,<br />

forming an L-shape to the original building.<br />

The dining room still retains some classic<br />

features of the original barn – as does the kitchen<br />

it opens in to, still the original one they put in.<br />

“A few years ago I painted it Farrow & Ball<br />

Downpipe and changed the handles for an<br />

instant update,” says Susie. “Now I’m thinking<br />

to paint it dark green and change the work<br />

surfaces to a mad marble – not grey and white, I<br />

like the mad ones. There are always things in the<br />

house I want to change, but I’m not wasteful.”<br />

Walking out of the dining room the<br />

opposite way you come into the other room,<br />

which has stayed the same – the original<br />

master bedroom, with a gobsmackingly<br />

fab antique French marble bath in it.<br />

The bath is so deep, they put it in at floor level<br />

and then built a platform around it – otherwise<br />

you would need a step ladder to get into it. Susie<br />

sourced the antique taps separately and had<br />

the brass drain and stopper specially made.


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Left: The new master bedroom’s reclaimed French doors<br />

have been hung to slide rather than swing open Below: The<br />

rear of the wardrobes – in padded velvet – act as a glamorous<br />

contemporary backing to the velvet-upholstered bed, whilst<br />

the original old bricks and wooden beams add antique drama<br />

Also found in salvage for this room is the wooden<br />

parquet floor. “It’s from a school gym and when it<br />

arrived, it still had the tape court markings on it.”<br />

Head back into the dining room and there is an<br />

elegant staircase up to the gallery landing and from<br />

the bottom of it you can see a magnificent French<br />

door that leads to the new master bedroom.<br />

“Originally we had the master bedroom<br />

downstairs and the living room up here, to<br />

take advantage of the wonderful view.”<br />

With two fabulous new sitting rooms in the extension<br />

(more to come about that…) this view could now<br />

be appropriated for enjoyment from bed – and that<br />

splendid double-height door is a hint of the glamour<br />

that lies within. Absolutely brilliantly, it has been hung<br />

to slide rather than swing open and the first thing<br />

you see as you walk through it is another door the<br />

same to the left, which leads to the en suite loo.<br />

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Previous pages: The kitchen was extended into<br />

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This page: The original window at the back of the<br />

house now provides a view from the sitting room to<br />

the kitchen. Artworks by local artists and an intricate<br />

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This elegant Georgian townhouse has to be<br />

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Above: In the sitting room, the grand,<br />

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Their builders converted the basement into<br />

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space, used as an art studio and workroom.<br />

The house had not been touched for over 25<br />

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This page: Artwork features prominently on the walls of the staircase<br />

the kitchen out into what had been a small half-covered<br />

courtyard. This has made the ground floor area much<br />

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with under floor heating, makes the kitchen a very warm<br />

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of the windows, an intrinsic part of Georgian architecture,<br />

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The builders initially renovated and decorated the<br />

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This page: The bed in the spare<br />

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Above: In contrast to the cool white walls in a small guest bedroom, colourful floral abstract paintings provide a splash of primary colour<br />

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witty and creative use of a famous Gainsborough painting as<br />

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The only piece of original plasterwork is in this bedroom,<br />

as the whole house had to be re-plastered throughout.<br />

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Picture<br />

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Home profile<br />

This Chichester kitchen is living amongst a<br />

very famous face in the world of house music.<br />

Nathan Duvall is one of the three members of<br />

the band Disciples (he had just returned home<br />

from a world tour when Neptune arrived for<br />

their photoshoot). While Nathan is busy making<br />

music, his wife, Leoni runs her own hamper<br />

business called Lou’s of London where she brings<br />

together personal shopping and hamper gifting.<br />

And then there’s their 12-year old, footballobsessed<br />

son, Casey. This creative household<br />

moved from Surrey to their 17th Century listed<br />

barn in Kent, which was a working farm until<br />

only four years ago. It had already been converted<br />

into a home when they bought the property,<br />

but they’ve since completely reconfigured<br />

the layout and redesigned the interior. And<br />

it all started with their Neptune kitchen.<br />

The project<br />

Leoni knew all about Neptune well before<br />

she started designing her dream kitchen; she<br />

would often pop into Neptune Wimbledon<br />

on trips to London. When it came to deciding<br />

on her own one, they pinged to mind and<br />

into Neptune Wimbledon she went. “Before<br />

we’d even moved in, I knew I’d want to start<br />

by sorting out the kitchen. Nathan took some<br />

persuading, surprise surprise, but I dragged him<br />

along and took him to the Wimbledon store so<br />

he could see why I was obsessed!” Leoni told us.<br />

They started by buying Neptune’s Seaton<br />

flagstone flooring. “That’s where it all began,”<br />

she laughed. “Then we nipped back a few more<br />

times. I thought I’d wear him down gradually.<br />

We had our complimentary design consultation<br />

and quote, but the team actually suggested we<br />

speak to the designers at Neptune Tonbridge<br />

because it would be our closest store when we<br />

moved, which was nice of them. We were wowed<br />

with it when we went. It’s huge!” By this point,<br />

Leoni and Nathan had almost settled on the<br />

Chichester kitchen and, with the help of Ellie,<br />

their kitchen designer from Neptune Tonbridge,<br />

they decided to stick with the collection they<br />

had loved from the start. “Chichester definitely<br />

stood out to me the most. I loved the light<br />

and bright colour. It made the space seem<br />

bigger but wasn’t too clinical and I liked that<br />

it had a bit of a traditional character to it.”<br />

With the Chichester collection decided, the<br />

design of their new kitchen really got underway.<br />

Like most people, Leoni had more than one<br />

or two things on her wishlist. “I wanted an<br />

island with a big Belfast sink in the middle<br />

and I loved the Everhot cookers I’d seen in the<br />

Neptune stores. Nathan wanted an American<br />

fridge with one of those water dispensers and<br />

we both wanted a wine fridge and lots and lots<br />

of storage. We have all of that – it’s hard to say<br />

it without smiling – and more storage than<br />

I could’ve ever imagined. We’ve got a larder,<br />

huge drawers, little drawers, corner carousel<br />

cabinets. I know where everything is and I<br />

can get to it all so easily,” Leoni continued.<br />

Leoni found the design process smooth and<br />

bump-free and gave high praise to Ellie, especially<br />

for how she was able to develop their ideas further<br />

and add things to the design that they might not<br />

have otherwise done. “Ellie suggested a breakfast<br />

pantry area a bit like those in the Suffolk and<br />

Henley kitchen collections that can have with<br />

their bi-fold doors. She made that work in<br />

Chichester for us. Nathan wanted to add a cooker<br />

hood too but it wasn’t easy to do. Ellie figured it<br />

out though and it makes the room feel so cosy.<br />

I honestly couldn’t fault Neptune in any way.<br />

The communication was excellent and the whole<br />

process was incredibly smooth. Even down to the<br />

tiniest detail, like how they gave us extra touch-up<br />

pots of paint because they knew how, with Casey<br />

around, there would always be a ball in sight<br />

threatening my lovely Shell-coloured cabinets! I<br />

thought that was a really considerate touch that<br />

just summed up the whole experience for us.”<br />

Life in their new kitchen<br />

What’s your favourite thing to do in your new<br />

kitchen? “Nathan says my favourite thing to do<br />

is clean. That’s partly true, but only because I<br />

love it so much! In all seriousness, I love Nathan<br />

making breakfast in it. He’s the breakfast king.<br />

It’s all he can do though if I’m honest. We<br />

also just love standing together and looking<br />

at our kitchen too – I’m not even joking!”<br />

What’s your favourite part? “The hot<br />

Quooker tap. It’s seriously a wow factor<br />

for our guests – it’s become part of our<br />

act. Everyone finds it amazing.”<br />

What could you now not live without? “The wine<br />

fridge. Let’s just say it gets very good use. That,<br />

and everything really. It’s all used and appreciated.<br />

Having the double sink is a huge help too. I<br />

literally can’t pick one thing, it’s too hard.”<br />

In each one of Neptune’s stores – including<br />

Tonbridge – expert kitchen designers, are<br />

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and help you create a kitchen that feels<br />

most like you. To find out more about their<br />

approach to design, visit their website, order<br />

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Sarah Gower from Marden had suffered<br />

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but last summer she was suddenly<br />

struck with unbearable sciatica in her<br />

leg which stopped her in her tracks.<br />

Sarah explains: “For as long as I can<br />

remember, I’ve always experienced a<br />

degree of discomfort in my back, which<br />

my osteopath at the time had put down to<br />

muscular issues, but one day I woke with<br />

the most excruciating sciatic pain which<br />

literally floored me; I could hardly move.”<br />

Over the following weeks Sarah’s pain and<br />

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her routine: “I couldn’t find a comfortable<br />

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Sarah’s GP prescribed strong painkillers<br />

but after a short while, she discovered she<br />

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More than that, Sarah didn’t think<br />

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Beauty<br />

Beauty without<br />

the Burn<br />

Josephine Fairley looks into the popularity<br />

of charcoal-based skincare<br />

I<br />

have a love-hate relationship with<br />

charcoal. You might, too, if you had<br />

a husband in the ‘biochar’ business,<br />

who makes a clever charcoal product<br />

that does double-duty as a soil improver<br />

and locks up carbon in the soil for<br />

thousands of years. (For the nitty-gritty,<br />

head over to carbongold.com. It is quite<br />

wondrous stuff, even if I wouldn’t put it<br />

on my face.)<br />

Now, many of my husband Craig’s<br />

initial experiments with charcoal were<br />

carried out in our house. In some cases,<br />

in my Magimix. Which meant that<br />

for quite some time, almost everything<br />

on the ground floor of our house was<br />

covered in a light film of fine black<br />

powder. When a journalist once asked<br />

me if I was involved in this particular<br />

venture of my husband’s, I smiled wryly<br />

and replied: ‘The only thing I can<br />

bring to this business is a damp cloth.’<br />

Going beyond the fact it’s a boon<br />

for gardeners, however, the therapeutic<br />

benefits of charcoal are rooted in<br />

tradition. For centuries it’s been used<br />

for medicinal purposes (mostly for gut<br />

problems) and for water treatment, as<br />

well as for detoxing. In the last couple<br />

of years, though, activated charcoal<br />

has become a real buzz in the beauty<br />

world. And small wonder. It’s pretty<br />

miraculous, absorbing water and<br />

drawing impurities out of the skin,<br />

gently buffing the surface to reveal<br />

fresh cells. And, counterintuitively, it’s<br />

also completely brilliant for cleaning<br />

teeth (those tiny particles, again).<br />

Bamboo charcoal, in particular,<br />

has become increasingly<br />

popular; it can be ground<br />

into super-fine particles<br />

and is a sustainable plant<br />

source, sprouting quickly from the<br />

same roots when it’s harvested. So<br />

for this edition, I thought I’d focus<br />

on some of the charcoal-based<br />

products that have most impressed<br />

me, since it came onto my radar.<br />

Try cleansing with charcoal... The<br />

Charlotte Tilbury Goddess Cleansing<br />

Ritual, £32.50, is a two-step treatment<br />

which begins by dissolving makeup<br />

and grime with a Citrus Oil<br />

Radiance Cleanse, then ‘doublecleanses’<br />

with the Purifying<br />

Charcoal Cleanse. I was<br />

worried this might be a bit<br />

gritty and grainy, but in fact,<br />

it’s wonderfully slippy and<br />

soft, perfect for massaging the<br />

mixture of bamboo charcoal<br />

and Nordic beauty peat (which<br />

can help balance skin’s pH) into<br />

the complexion. You remove<br />

it with the muslin cloth and<br />

swoosh away the last traces.<br />

The result is skin that’s really<br />

and truly clean, yet comfy with<br />

it. For a completely different<br />

style of cleansing, meanwhile,<br />

check out The Konjac Sponge<br />

Company Pure Konjac Puff<br />

Sponge with Bamboo Charcoal,<br />

£8.99, which, when dampened,<br />

lifts off make-up and grime quite<br />

astonishingly effectively without<br />

the use of a separate cleanser. The<br />

bamboo charcoal infused into the<br />

sponge – from an Asian plant that’s<br />

been used for over 1,500 years – makes<br />

this good not only for occasional spotsufferers,<br />

but (so I’m told) for helping<br />

to guard against in-grown beard hairs.<br />

Try charcoal as a face mask... Because<br />

of its unique ability to draw out<br />

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Beauty<br />

impurities, charcoal is particularly<br />

good for oily- and spot-prone skins, or<br />

for combination complexions. (If you<br />

fall into this later, very common skin<br />

category, you might want to multi-mask<br />

with something super-moisturising on<br />

the drier areas.) Brilliant for blitzing<br />

blackheads, too. So, to try: The Body<br />

Shop Himalayan Charcoal Purifying<br />

Glow Mask, £17 for 75ml, which has<br />

become one of their bestsellers (smooth<br />

it on with The Body Shop Facial<br />

Mask Brush, £8, for the most even<br />

application). Origins Clear Improvement,<br />

£22 for 75ml, is one of the gentler<br />

takes on a charcoal mask, great for<br />

clogged skins, and for oily skin that’s<br />

on the touchy side, I’d also recommend<br />

Clinique Pore Refining Solutions Charcoal<br />

Mask, £25 for 100ml, a fragrance-fee<br />

option that delivers a great deep cleanse,<br />

leaving skin matte. A product that did<br />

incredibly well in a special trial that we<br />

carried out at Beauty Bible, meanwhile,<br />

is Yes To Tomatoes Detoxifying Charcoal<br />

Mud Mask, £11.99 for 93g, a creamytextured<br />

mask which deeply impressed<br />

the testers for its power to blitz spots<br />

and breakouts. (NB: Always avoid the<br />

eye zone with charcoal masks, as they<br />

can dry this tender area of skin.)<br />

Try charcoal as a body scrub... Again,<br />

I’m a particular fan of Origins Clear<br />

Improvement Detoxifying Charcoal Body<br />

Scrub, £25 for 100ml, which is good<br />

for any (body) skin type, blending<br />

bamboo charcoal with sea salt and<br />

brown sugar, with a head-rush scent<br />

of wintergreen and clove that leaves<br />

you feeling as clean as your skin looks.<br />

The packaging for most charcoal<br />

products appears pretty ‘unisex’, and the<br />

products are eminently shareable – but<br />

a great option that’s designed for men<br />

is Man Cave Blackspice Body Scrub,<br />

£5 for 200ml, which blends charcoal<br />

with powdered pumice, black pepper,<br />

juniper and cardamom oils, alongside<br />

soothing aloe. Or for something a little<br />

different, try the Zero Skin Charcoal<br />

Body Sponge, £11.95, which looks<br />

worryingly like a lump of lava when<br />

dry, but softens to cleanse the body<br />

gently, helping to balance pH levels.<br />

Use on its own or with a favourite soap.<br />

Try charcoal on your hair... Itchy,<br />

irritated scalp? Maybe charcoal can help,<br />

here. Briogeo Scalp Revival charcoal<br />

products have become cult heroes, with<br />

an innovative range that<br />

includes Charcoal + Coconut<br />

Micro-Exfoliating Shampoo, £36<br />

for 236ml, Scalp Revival Charcoal &<br />

Biotin Dry Shampoo, £21.50 for 50ml<br />

(brilliant for refreshing hair between<br />

washes), and the Charcoal + Tea Tree<br />

Scalp Treatment, £27 for 30ml, which<br />

cools the scalp with mint, features<br />

biotin to strengthen hair, and generally<br />

offers plenty of TLC for touchy scalps,<br />

while removing product build-up.<br />

Try it on your teeth... Though<br />

your toothbrush may look black after<br />

use, your pearlies will look pearlier<br />

after three minutes’ scrubbing with a<br />

bamboo tooth powder. (Follow with<br />

your usual toothpaste.) I especially<br />

like Georganics Tooth Powder, £6.90<br />

for 60ml, from an all-natural tooth<br />

brand, which works to polish away<br />

plaque and stains very effectively.<br />

(Great for coffee- and wine-drinkers.)<br />

Last but not least, try a charcoal<br />

foundation brush. This is probably my<br />

favourite charcoal-based product of all.<br />

I hesitate to use the word ‘lifechanging’,<br />

but I am unbelievably<br />

impressed by the Guerlain L’Essentiel<br />

Foundation Brush, £38, which is<br />

treated with bamboo charcoal. In a<br />

perfect world you’d also use it with<br />

Guerlain L’Essentiel Foundation – my<br />

favourite new base for <strong>2019</strong> (and<br />

it’s going to be hard to beat, let me<br />

tell you). But I’ve tried it with other<br />

foundations, too and this brush<br />

delivers an amazingly streak-free,<br />

bare-skin finish that I’m hooked on.<br />

All without leaving a speck of<br />

charcoal on my countertops. Praise be...<br />

Jo Fairley is editor of beautybible.com,<br />

where you’ll find the results of the<br />

<strong>2019</strong> Beauty Bible<br />

Awards, highlighting<br />

winning products<br />

across more than<br />

100 categories, tried<br />

and tested by panels<br />

of real women.<br />

The Charlotte<br />

Tilbury Goddess<br />

Cleansing<br />

Ritual, £32.50<br />

Clinique<br />

Pore Refining<br />

Solutions<br />

Charcoal Mask,<br />

£25 for 100ml<br />

The Konjac<br />

Sponge Company<br />

Pure Konjac Puff<br />

Sponge with<br />

Bamboo Charcoal,<br />

£8.99<br />

The Body Shop<br />

Himalayan<br />

Charcoal<br />

Purifying Glow<br />

Mask, £17<br />

The Body Shop<br />

Facial Mask<br />

Brush, £8<br />

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Health & Wellbeing<br />

Fitting in Fitness<br />

In the first of a new series of columns for <strong>Wealden</strong> <strong>Times</strong>,<br />

personal trainer Sarah Maxwell breaks down the sometimes<br />

daunting prospect of exercise into easily manageable<br />

activities that can be slotted into a busy lifestyle<br />

Spring is turning into summer.<br />

As the days become longer and<br />

warmer, it’s time to enjoy the<br />

great outdoors, peel off the layers<br />

and slip into that little summer dress.<br />

Whilst we are slowly learning that<br />

the images of models and celebrities<br />

we’re fed by the media are unrealistic<br />

(and airbrushed!) some of us might be<br />

wanting to look a little more svelte.<br />

If that sounds like you, then here are<br />

my tips on getting the best results.<br />

Exercise outdoors<br />

The summer months are a great time<br />

to start exercising, taking advantage<br />

of the good weather and moving your<br />

workouts outside. Nature and regular<br />

exercise have a hugely beneficial<br />

impact on our mental health. Many<br />

people are deficient in vitamin D,<br />

especially in our climate, and working<br />

out in the sun helps with this and<br />

has great therapeutic benefits.<br />

Bring the kids<br />

If you have children, encourage them<br />

to join in with you. It’s also great for<br />

them to see that exercise is an essential<br />

part of a well-rounded lifestyle. If<br />

Mummy is doing it and enjoying<br />

it, then it will stick with them.<br />

Best summer activities<br />

Walking, hiking, cycling, swimming,<br />

outdoor exercise classes. Working<br />

out with friends in your garden.<br />

Many people take on a personal<br />

trainer and split the cost as it’s<br />

also a lot of fun and motivating<br />

to be with like-minded people.<br />

Already exercising?<br />

If you already exercise regularly,<br />

now is a great time to shake up your<br />

workout and try some new things.<br />

When your workout becomes routine<br />

and you’re no longer challenging your<br />

muscles, you will stop making gains<br />

and improvements. Variety is key.<br />

Help in changing<br />

your mindset<br />

If you’re not a fan of exercise, then do<br />

something you enjoy; life is too short<br />

to dread a workout and then feel even<br />

worse by not doing it. By thinking of<br />

exercise as ‘me time’ and not something<br />

that you need to do to punish yourself,<br />

you will actually enjoy it. Take each<br />

day at a time and use exercise as a<br />

reward, not a punishment. Remind<br />

yourself that every time you exercise<br />

you are giving yourself a gift of physical<br />

and mental health and moving one<br />

step closer to where you want to be.<br />

Measure your results<br />

Put the scales away! If you’re determined<br />

to lose a few pounds before the holidays,<br />

change the way you measure your<br />

results. I call weighing scales ‘the step<br />

of shame’ as they can make or break<br />

your day just by stepping on them.<br />

Instead, use a measuring tape and<br />

regularly measure your waist, your hips,<br />

your thighs, or – even better – find a<br />

pair of too tight trousers (or dress) and<br />

try them on weekly to measure your<br />

progress. It’s a much more positive way<br />

of getting into shape, particularly as<br />

muscle weighs more than fat, so you can<br />

lose inches without losing pounds.<br />

Sarah Maxwell is a multiple<br />

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Lifestyle coach and mum of<br />

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Find out more about Sarah<br />

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Sarah’s<br />

safety tips:<br />

Outdoor exercise<br />

Try to exercise in the cooler<br />

part of the day (morning or<br />

early evening). If this isn’t<br />

possible, find some shade.<br />

✣<br />

Drink sips of water every few<br />

minutes to keep hydrated.<br />

✣<br />

Wear breathable clothing.<br />

✣<br />

Be visible to drivers if<br />

out on the road.<br />

Turn down your headphones<br />

so you can hear what’s<br />

going on around you.<br />

✣<br />

If you’re going out on<br />

your own, let someone<br />

know where you are.<br />

✣<br />

Vary your route and schedule.<br />

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Health & Wellbeing<br />

Horses for Healing<br />

Emma Rourke explains how she has harnessed the<br />

therapeutic power of horses to provide equine assisted<br />

personal development through her company, Hephzibah<br />

What is Hephzibah? Hephzibah, in short, means new name, new<br />

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Book of Isaiah, who was a prophet. The significance for me is very<br />

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story, I hope, will inspire others to be able to overcome similar<br />

challenges. I am very fortunate to have helped many people who<br />

suffer addiction – your past does not have to define who you are.<br />

What issues do you deal with? I work with people on many<br />

levels, dealing with anxiety, depression, confidence, PTSD, and<br />

leadership in business. It is not always necessary to have<br />

a problem, it can be a great way to de-stress, and leave our fast<br />

paced world behind for a little while, to connect with horses,<br />

nature and yourself. The Hephzibah approach is a gentle,<br />

non-judgemental way to become self-aware and learn the<br />

tools of emotional regulation, as it is based in neuroscience<br />

and psychology. I am not a counsellor, more of a facilitator to<br />

empower people to find their own answers, and I also act as a<br />

bit of a cheerleader, with the help of my partners, the horses.<br />

How does it work? There is no short answer to how it works, but<br />

to give you an idea, horses are flight animals, they sense things<br />

emotionally and are very good at picking up where people may<br />

be hiding something. They mirror people and sense what is really<br />

going on for them, this makes them fantastic co-facilitators, as<br />

they pick up on someone’s body language and energy and will<br />

mirror back to them what they might not be saying. They are<br />

extremely forgiving and are social animals who enjoy interacting<br />

with humans. How you show up on the day is the bio feedback<br />

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can’t hide anything from a horse. Winston Churchill once<br />

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is good for the <strong>inside</strong> of a man”. I believe this to be true.<br />

What makes horse therapy better than conventional<br />

therapy? For many people, talking about their problems can<br />

be a problem in itself. Equine assisted learning can be a more<br />

natural, experiential way to explore how a person is feeling<br />

without the need to verbalise everything. It works very well<br />

as a stand-alone therapeutic intervention and also alongside<br />

more traditional therapies. It can open the door where maybe<br />

people have found other approaches more difficult.<br />

Can different horses produce a different therapeutic effect?<br />

Do you pair clients with a specific horse? Different horses offer<br />

different experiences. With equine assisted learning, the horses are<br />

at liberty, free to make a choice on who they want to interact with<br />

or not, unlike more traditional riding. It has been my experience<br />

that the horse picks the person. I have had clients who have had<br />

anxiety and one particular horse will come forward, and for others<br />

suffering grief another will choose to come forward. It is an honour<br />

to observe clients, who sometimes have very powerful interactions<br />

with the horses that have helped them, become self-aware and<br />

acknowledge the root of their pain, to allow the healing to take<br />

place. The neuroscience behind becoming more aware of what<br />

we are holding in our bodies helps people to re-frame negative<br />

mindsets and re-set the brain with healthy new neural pathways.<br />

Find out more about Emma and her horses at hephzibahuk.com<br />

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and veg for a barbecue feast that can be enjoyed by meat eaters,<br />

pescatarians and veggies alike Photographs: David Merewether<br />

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Food<br />

Sicilian Swordfish Skewers<br />

Serves 4 Prep time: 1 hour Cooking time: 8 minutes<br />

A meal on a stick! These are perfect for the barbecue as the<br />

fish holds its form. They could also be grilled or cooked on<br />

a griddle. Swordfish is meaty and lean and works brilliantly<br />

with this Sicilian inspired marinade.<br />

• 500g new potatoes,<br />

large ones halved<br />

• 600g swordfish – approx<br />

2 steaks cut 1 inch<br />

thick – I used Sankey’s<br />

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• 3 courgettes cut<br />

into 1 inch slices<br />

• zest of 1 orange<br />

For the marinade:<br />

• 1 large orange, juice & zest<br />

• juice ½ lemon<br />

• 4 tbsp olive oil<br />

• 1 chilli, finely chopped<br />

• 1 tbsp fresh chopped mint<br />

• salt and pepper<br />

1Boil the potatoes for 10<br />

minutes until just soft.<br />

Cool. Cut the swordfish<br />

into 1 inch cubes.<br />

2Combine the marinade<br />

ingredients in a bowl<br />

and add the courgettes,<br />

potatoes and swordfish.<br />

Leave to marinate in the<br />

fridge if you have time.<br />

3Skewer the potatoes,<br />

courgettes and swordfish.<br />

If using wooden skewers<br />

soaking them for 30 mins in<br />

water beforehand will stop<br />

the fish sticking to them.<br />

4Cook on a medium heat<br />

barbecue in the middle<br />

of the grill or in a hot lightlyoiled<br />

frying pan or griddle for<br />

8 minutes, turning the skewers<br />

every minute. Spoon over the<br />

marinade whilst cooking.<br />

5Finish with a grating<br />

of the orange zest. and<br />

a drizzle of olive oil. <br />

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Food<br />

Tandoori Spatchcock Chicken with Mango Salad<br />

Serves 4 Prep time: 15 mins Cooking time: 40-50 mins<br />

I’ve used a spatchcocked chicken here which, if our mini heatwave<br />

hadn’t already left us, could have been thrown on the barbecue.<br />

Instead, I cooked this curry alternative in my favourite casserole pan in<br />

the oven. Spatchcocking reduces cooking time, but this recipe would<br />

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• 1 large (1.7kg) chicken, spatchcocked<br />

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at 200°C for 50 minutes in an oven. Check that the chicken<br />

is cooked by piercing a knife between the thighs and breasts.<br />

The juices should run clear. Rest the chicken for 10 minutes.<br />

3Mix together the mango salad ingredients and once the<br />

chicken is ready, spoon over the top or serve as a side dish. <br />

For the marinade:<br />

• 4 tbsp Greek yogurt<br />

• 1 tsp paprika<br />

• 1 tsp turmeric<br />

• 1 tsp chilli powder<br />

• 1 tsp coriander<br />

• 1 tsp cumin<br />

• 2 tsp grated ginger<br />

• 2 garlic cloves, crushed<br />

• ½ tsp Maldon Salt<br />

• juice ½ lemon<br />

1Mix together all the<br />

marinade ingredients and<br />

spoon all over the chicken.<br />

You can marinate the<br />

For the salad:<br />

• 2 fresh mangos<br />

chopped/sliced<br />

• 1 red chilli finely chopped<br />

• 1 bunch coriander,<br />

leaves chopped<br />

• juice of 1 lime<br />

• 1 tsp nigella seeds<br />

• 1 tbsp olive oil<br />

chicken in the fridge if you<br />

like but it’s not essential.<br />

2Cook on a medium heat<br />

barbecue in the middle<br />

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Food<br />

Anna<br />

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Moroccan Pomegranate & Tahini Dressed Aubergines<br />

Serves 4, as a main Prep time: 15 mins Cooking time: 25 mins<br />

How to dress up an aubergine! These are amazing served by<br />

themselves or as an accompaniment to lamb or couscous.<br />

For the Tahini Dressing:<br />

• 1 crushed garlic clove<br />

• 4 tbsp fresh tahini<br />

• juice 2 limes<br />

• 1 tbsp olive oil<br />

• 4 aubergines halved<br />

lengthways<br />

1Whisk together the garlic,<br />

tahini and lime juice<br />

• 1 tbsp olive oil<br />

• 1 tsp za’atar<br />

• ½ tsp salt and pepper<br />

• 2 tbsp pomegranate<br />

molasses<br />

• 3 tbsp pomegranate seeds<br />

fresh coriander leaves<br />

• 2 tbsp toasted almonds<br />

adding olive oil and more<br />

lime if it becomes too thick.<br />

2Score the aubergine flesh in<br />

a criss-cross pattern. Rub<br />

all over with the olive oil.<br />

3Sprinkle over the za’atar,<br />

salt and pepper.<br />

4Put directly on the grill of<br />

a low-medium barbecue<br />

and cook for 12 minutes each<br />

side, turning them every 2<br />

minutes. If the barbecue is too<br />

hot the aubergines will burn.<br />

If you have a gas barbecue,<br />

you can turn up the heat for<br />

the final minute when you<br />

cook the aubergines flesh side<br />

down if you like char marks!<br />

5Remove to a serving platter<br />

to rest. Drizzle over the<br />

pomegranate molasses, then<br />

the tahini dressing. Finally,<br />

sprinkle with the toasted<br />

almonds, pomegranate seeds<br />

and fresh coriander leaves.<br />

See more of Anna’s<br />

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Early<br />

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Jo Arnell explains how you<br />

can reap the rewards of<br />

a little forward planning<br />

when it comes to the<br />

most productive crops<br />

in the veg patch<br />

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Garden<br />

The unstoppable rush of growth pushes on in the<br />

garden, as the plants race towards the solstice – the<br />

longest day, when there is maximum light. After<br />

this heady moment, growth starts to slow and nature begins<br />

to prepare for winter (I know, summer has only just got<br />

here). It’s an exciting time to be outside, but it can be hard<br />

to keep up with the tasks, too. Luckily, there are some<br />

early crops to harvest as a reward for all our hard work.<br />

Crops to harvest in <strong>June</strong><br />

Asparagus<br />

The spears start appearing at the end of April and it keeps<br />

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Asparagus is an easy crop to grow and look after, so don’t be<br />

put off by having to wait a couple of years before you can start<br />

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Broad beans and peas<br />

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in 12-14 weeks of sowing, so this is another crop that<br />

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have to be red either – there are yellow varieties and<br />

a very pretty one called Chioggia with candy striped<br />

flesh that will look amazing sliced into a salad bowl.<br />

Radishes – another quick ‘catch’ crop that can be sown<br />

in-between the rows of slower growing vegetables,<br />

such as leeks and parsnips, as the radishes will be long<br />

gone before the slow crop starts needing the room.<br />

Khol rabi – grow, like radishes between other crops, as<br />

these are amazingly quick too. You eat the swollen stem<br />

of this plant, which swells like a golf ball halfway down<br />

the stalk. It tastes like a broccoli stalk (the part that many<br />

children leave on their plates). Slice it into stir-fries or serve<br />

in a cheese sauce if broccoli stalks aren’t your thing…<br />

Leafy crops<br />

As temperatures rise and the soil starts to dry out, many leafy<br />

crops panic and rush into flower. Known as bolting, this is an<br />

annoying habit and hard to prevent. There are ‘bolt resistant’<br />

(boldly claimed on seed packets) varieties of some crops<br />

available, but the best thing to do is to avoid growing cool<br />

season plants like spinach, rocket, mustard and coriander at<br />

vulnerable times of the year. Make an early sowing of these,<br />

so that they are ready to harvest just before the hot, dry<br />

weather starts and then you can sow another batch in July and<br />

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Spinach – bolt resistant types are available, but try<br />

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Rocket – if you grow wild rocket and it runs to seed,<br />

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crop of peppery leaves to harvest for many months.<br />

Mustards – many mustards self-sow too and these<br />

are great leaves to add to both salads and stir-fries<br />

Lettuce and salad leaves – harvest any lettuces<br />

before they bolt in hot weather and sow some more<br />

in a shadier part of the plot. The most resistant salad<br />

leaves are loose-leaved lettuces like ‘Salad Bowl’ and<br />

‘Lollo Rosso’. You can keep picking these and new<br />

leaves will grow in a ‘cut and come again’ way.<br />

Herbs<br />

Coriander is notorious for running to seed almost as<br />

soon as the first leaves appear, but there is a variety called<br />

‘Cilantro’, or leaf coriander, which will just about manage<br />

to contain its enthusiasm and withstand a few harvests.<br />

Thyme, marjoram and mint should be picked while<br />

young, before they start to flower – apparently the flavour is<br />

strongest then. After flowering the sap may be slightly less<br />

<br />

Top: Short Chantenay carrots are great to grow in containers<br />

Middle: Spinach is at its leafy best now<br />

Bottom: Harvest salad leaves before they bolt<br />

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We walked through one of The Woodland<br />

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Making observations like this slow a woodland walk down<br />

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Autumn Fair at Great Dixter and the Northiam Plant<br />

Fair. We queued in the drizzle for half-an-hour at the<br />

latter, but the variety of plants on offer made it so<br />

worthwhile and there were plenty of people to talk to.<br />

The first plants to go in have been three ferns whose<br />

name is a bit of a handful. These are Coniogramme emeiensis,<br />

introduced from the holy Mount Emei in the Sichuan<br />

Province of China. They have quite spectacular tall,<br />

branched, ribbon-shaped fronds with distinctive yellow<br />

banding. My mistake, I think, was putting them in too<br />

early and the result has been that they have been lashed<br />

by the wind. They’re hardy to -15°C but I didn’t take into<br />

account howling gales. The morning ritual now is to go<br />

and check them and I see that a few croziers are making an<br />

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so should make quite a statement when they eventually get<br />

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same area. The former is named after Warley Place<br />

which was the home of the famous gardener, Ellen<br />

Willmott. They should both bulk up and make good<br />

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yellow flowers and has evergreen foliage. The heart<br />

shaped leaves of E x rubrum is bronze when new which<br />

contrasts beautiful with delicate crimson flowers on wiry<br />

stems. They are so pretty and fairy-like. Epimediums can<br />

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article about them in the latest edition of The Garden.<br />

What else has gone in there? Well, some aconites for<br />

height and late season colour, a blue comfrey that my son<br />

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leaves which are all shades of green. The flowers are star<br />

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like the epimediums I’ve mentioned. I’ve put it in a shadier<br />

part of the garden where the canopy of the oaks soon fill<br />

in and it’s a complete treasure. I can see that that’s another<br />

one which will need a visit from the watering can regularly<br />

or at least until it is well established. It is well worth a try.’<br />

The only other thing to mention is this year’s tree.<br />

It’s a large crab apple, Malus hupehensis. Why grow it?<br />

Well, it is a vigorous and very beautiful tree. From pink<br />

buds come fragrant white flowers followed by ‘cherry<br />

like’ fruits. I love it, as it has such an abandoned looking<br />

habit with branches spreading out in a rather relaxed<br />

fashion. And yes, this is another one that will need to<br />

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“There are two ways a right of way can be created:<br />

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As you may imagine, such matters can cause bitter<br />

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when purchasing a property you do not rely entirely on<br />

the information contained in the deeds. As your solicitor<br />

is unlikely to personally inspect the property, you are also<br />

expected to rely on your own inspections. Therefore, ensure<br />

that you do check the property for any signs of a right of way<br />

being exercised and do not be afraid to ask the seller if you<br />

suspect there is one – and certainly report it to your solicitors<br />

as soon as possible for them to make further investigations on<br />

your behalf.”<br />

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Legal<br />

Jill Thomas from Thomas Haywood Scolicitors draws on her professional<br />

experience to diffuse Right of Way disputes between neighbours...<br />

“An Englishman’s home is his castle... Except that one of my clients, who<br />

owned a castle, found that wasn’t really the case, because the tenant of his<br />

keep objected when he erected locked gates over the shared drive.<br />

Rights of way may have been granted expressly or may have arisen from<br />

necessity or from long use. First, I establish the physical extent of that right<br />

and the use to which it may be put (for example, whether vehicular or<br />

pedestrian). Secondly, I examine whether that right has been infringed.<br />

Undoubtedly the best way to sort out disputes is between neighbours. If that<br />

is impossible, I usually recommend mediation by a specialist property mediator,<br />

which enjoys a success rate of over 90%. If that doesn’t work, there are really<br />

only four options – putting up with the situation, self-help (which should only<br />

be employed if you have definite legal advice that you can do so), litigating<br />

or moving house. The last may not be a possibility as the dispute must be<br />

disclosed in the conveyancing transaction and most purchasers will run a mile.<br />

Often, property owners have legal expenses insurance which may contribute<br />

to their legal costs. It is worth notifying insurers at the outset, as cover is not<br />

generally retrospective and proceedings can be expensive. On the other hand,<br />

if you can’t access your property as you wish and you can’t sell it because of the<br />

dispute, you may have no choice. There’s a lot to be said for a drawbridge…”<br />

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Education<br />

The Great Outdoors<br />

Hilary Wilce explores the benefits of forest schools<br />

Not long ago, I was walking with a friend through<br />

local woods when we came across a ring of tree<br />

stumps and various hazel dens and rope swings.<br />

“Oh, it’s probably the local primary’s forest school,” she said<br />

casually as she marched on. I looked at her, astonished. This is<br />

someone who has no contact with children or education, yet<br />

she was completely familiar with the idea of a forest school.<br />

What a contrast to 20 years ago when I travelled to South<br />

Wales to visit one of the very first forest schools set up in this<br />

country. Back then the idea that schools should send infants<br />

out to play and learn in the woods was almost unheard of, but<br />

the reality was enchanting. These were children from poor<br />

estates, who had needed to be taught how to walk and run<br />

on uneven ground because their parents were too frightened<br />

even to let them loose in the local drug-infested parks. But<br />

by the time I visited them they were covered in mud, reeking<br />

of wood smoke and shrieking with glee as they made camps,<br />

collected pine cones, stirred puddles and<br />

generally behaved how small children should.<br />

Since then thousands of forest schools have<br />

been set up, in all kinds of different ways. If<br />

schools don’t have land of their own, they partner<br />

with nature trusts or nearby private schools to<br />

make use of available woodland. Universities<br />

and colleges run forest schools, and in cities, councils have<br />

set aside patches of common for local schools to use. Private<br />

set-ups have also got in on the act, offering high-end private<br />

forest school experiences for parents prepared to pay. A few<br />

forest schools are hard-core, full-time woodland institutions<br />

with no indoor classrooms to retreat to, but most schools offer<br />

something like a weekly half-day in the woods for every child.<br />

But even a weekly taster brings great benefits. Children<br />

grow in confidence, acquire new skills, learn to handle<br />

risk, learn about nature, and get healthier by being<br />

active in the woods. Very occasionally, children with<br />

severe health or behaviour problems can’t handle the<br />

weather or the freedom, but by and large schools say<br />

all their children gain from the forest experience.<br />

The biggest danger seems to be that the idea of a forest school<br />

could become watered down by the bland British education<br />

“The key thing<br />

to remember<br />

is that it’s all<br />

about freedom”<br />

machine. In Scandinavia, where the idea came from, there’s a<br />

firm view that this should be a child-led experience, where pupils<br />

are regularly turned out into the woods in all weathers, and over<br />

a long period of time, to invent, explore and imagine. If this<br />

involves risky things such as tree-climbing or penknife wielding,<br />

then so be it. Here we tend to be more cautious, keeping one eye<br />

on the weather and carefully shoe-horning forest school learning<br />

into the national curriculum framework. A sad sign of this<br />

was when Ofsted inspectors declined to label one forest school<br />

excellent, because, the inspectors said, it offered no opportunities<br />

for pupils to learn how to turn technical equipment on and off!<br />

Even worse, some schools are climbing on to the bandwagon<br />

by putting one staff member through forest school training,<br />

then advertising themselves as forest schools even though<br />

pupils do little more than occasionally walk in the park.<br />

As summer comes in, it’s worth thinking how we can<br />

replicate the benefits of forest schooling at home. The key<br />

thing to remember is that it’s all about freedom.<br />

Encourage children to go outside, make sure<br />

they’re well-equipped for cold or wet, and then<br />

leave them to it. If the possibilities of the garden<br />

or park are limited, take them to the woods, or<br />

the beach – then take a back seat as they invent<br />

and explore. Obviously it’s important to keep an<br />

eye out for safety concerns, but try your best not to fuss, forbid<br />

or instruct. Children are naturally creative. Give them the time,<br />

space and freedom to concoct their own games, to try out ideas,<br />

and then to try out other ideas when the first ones don’t work.<br />

If they seem reluctant to go outdoors, or listless when they get<br />

there, give them a nudge or two. Propose a family game of hide<br />

and seek, make up a treasure hunt, or suggest an activity like<br />

constructing a den, or drawing in the sand. You’ll find thousands<br />

of ideas for outdoor activities online. If your inner Boy Scout<br />

or Girl Guide kicks in, you could build a fire and cook<br />

marshmallows together, or pitch a tent and let older children<br />

try and sleep outside for the night (they’ll probably come in).<br />

Remember – all these things will teach children<br />

more about themselves and the world around them<br />

than any number of hours staring at a screen – and<br />

they’ll be lots healthier and happier as well.<br />

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CURTIS STIGERS<br />

A Soulful Celebration, Harry the Piano, Tippett<br />

Quartet, Open Water, Sunday Morning Salsa,<br />

Art Workshop, Cricket with the MCC<br />

A week of music, drama and much more<br />

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A ROYAL GARDEN<br />

CELEBRATION<br />

24th to 30th <strong>June</strong><br />

Visit Leeds Castle for a special week that focuses<br />

on the unveiling of the ‘Princess Alexandra Gardens’.<br />

Learn about landscape design and take special tours<br />

through newly planted areas of the gardens with the<br />

expert gardening team.<br />

CELEBRATING 900 YEARS<br />

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Summer<br />

Vintage Fair<br />

Sunday 30 <strong>June</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

11.00am - 4.30pm.<br />

adult: £6 child: £2<br />

Join us for our fifth festival of all<br />

things vintage - a day for all the family.<br />

Shop from a vast array of vintage<br />

stalls, enjoy vintage style vocals<br />

from Steve Conway and dance with<br />

the fabulous dancers from Sussex<br />

Swing. Stay and enjoy a picnic from<br />

the delicious food stalls on offer.<br />

HISTORIC HOUSE COLLECTIONS VENUE<br />

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Kent tn8 7ad<br />

01892 870347<br />

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What’s On in <strong>June</strong><br />

Sing alonga The Greatest Showman<br />

Sun 23 <strong>June</strong><br />

Rhythm of the Dance<br />

Sun 7 July<br />

Rick Wakeman - Piano Odyssey<br />

Sun 21 July<br />

Book online:<br />

whiterocktheatre.org.uk<br />

Ticket Office: 01424 462288<br />

White Rock, Hastings TN34 1JX<br />

WhiteRockTheatre<br />

@The_White_Rock<br />

@white_rock_theatre<br />

Art<br />

Sat 1 Jun 10am-6pm<br />

River Walk, Tonbridge<br />

Tonbridge Art Fair<br />

Following its great success last<br />

summer, Tonbridge Art Fair returns<br />

with even more artists this year,<br />

showing paintings, drawings,<br />

sculpture, jewellery, glass, ceramics<br />

and more. Visitors can enjoy<br />

demonstrations and a chance to chat<br />

with the artists themselves, some<br />

local and some not so local. The<br />

Fair is free to visitors and promises<br />

an enjoyable day out by the River<br />

Medway. For more details and for<br />

any artists wishing to take a stall at<br />

the fair get in touch but don’t delay<br />

as space is limited.<br />

tonbridgeartfair@gmail.com<br />

Fairs & Festivals<br />

Sun 30 Jun 11am-4.30pm<br />

Chiddingstone Castle, Hill<br />

Hoath Road, Chiddingstone,<br />

Edenbridge TN8 7AD<br />

Summer Vintage Fair<br />

Truly a festival of vintage, the fifth<br />

Chiddingstone Castle Summer<br />

Vintage Fair offers stalls to inspire<br />

you, from furniture, kitchenalia<br />

and decorative items, to vintage<br />

clothes and jewellery and more. You<br />

will also be able to enjoy vintagestyle<br />

vocals from Steve Conway<br />

and fabulous dance routines<br />

from Sussex Swing. Delicious<br />

refreshments from local food<br />

specialists are available throughout<br />

the day. A perfect family day out.<br />

Entry: Adults £6, children £2<br />

Sat 29 – Sun 30 Jun<br />

Boldshaves Garden,<br />

Woodchurch TN26 3RA<br />

<strong>Wealden</strong> Literary<br />

Festival<br />

The <strong>Wealden</strong> Literary Festival<br />

goes beyond what to expect from<br />

the usual literary festival; visitors<br />

can try their hand at bushcraft<br />

and foraging, sample amazing<br />

local produce and watch as local<br />

artists demonstrate their skills.<br />

The line-up features awardwinning<br />

nature writers, authors<br />

and conservationists, celebrating<br />

literature, art, crafts and produce<br />

inspired by the natural world.<br />

wealdenliteraryfestival.co.uk<br />

Garden<br />

Sun 16 Jun 10am-5pm<br />

Cranbrook High Street<br />

Cranbrook In Bloom<br />

Garden Safari<br />

Homemade cakes and tea.<br />

Windmill, Museum and<br />

Church Tower open.<br />

Tickets available from Pages<br />

Newsagents or on the gate.<br />

Details from Marian.<br />

Entry: £5, children free<br />

cumberland@hotmail.com<br />

Sun 16 Jun 11am-5pm<br />

Cobham Village<br />

Father’s Day<br />

Garden Safari<br />

Access to 16 gardens in Cobham<br />

and Sole Street and also Owletts<br />

if you have a National Trust card<br />

or pay an additional £4. Proceeds<br />

go to architect’s fees and the<br />

restoration of St. Mary’s Church<br />

Room, Cole Street, Cobham<br />

Entry: £5 on sale at open gardens.<br />

01474 814560 / 07557 990944<br />

/ susan@susanrowe.eclipse.co.uk<br />

Music<br />

Sat 29 Jun 7:30pm<br />

St George’s Church,<br />

Gravesend DA11 0DJ<br />

An Evening with<br />

Mozart<br />

The main work will be Mozart’s<br />

Requiem in D Minor, but this<br />

evening will also showcase his other<br />

masterpieces, including the everpopular<br />

Laudate Dominum, Domine<br />

Deus, Andante in F for mechanical<br />

organ and the sublime chorus, Ave<br />

verum corpus.<br />

Entry: £12, students £5<br />

graveshamcs.co.uk<br />

Workshops<br />

Thu 4 – Sun 14 July<br />

Romney Marsh TN28 8AS<br />

JAM on the Marsh<br />

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Garden inspiration<br />

© National Trust <strong>2019</strong> . Registered charity, No. 205846. © National Trust Images \Hannah Atwood.<br />

made at Ightham Mote<br />

Gardens, natural springs and secret glades set against a house full<br />

of stories and character. From the sweet pea walk to the vibrant<br />

herbaceous borders, make our garden your own.<br />

These are the places that make us.<br />

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Blackland Farm<br />

Outdoor Activity Centre<br />

Kayaking<br />

Canoeing<br />

Bungee trampolining<br />

Rock climbing<br />

Archery<br />

Crate challenge<br />

Zip wire<br />

Abseiling<br />

Aeroball...<br />

...and many more!<br />

PRE-BOOK YOUR TICKETS<br />

MAKING MEMORIES FOR 90 YEARS<br />

5,6,7 JULY <strong>2019</strong><br />

www.kentshow.co.uk 01622 633060<br />

Kent Showground, Maidstone ME14 3JF<br />

Come and join us for<br />

fun-filled activity days.<br />

Why not have your<br />

birthday party here too?<br />

Blackland Farm<br />

01342 810493<br />

blackland@girlguiding.org.uk<br />

www.blacklandfarm.org.uk<br />

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Top Entertainment this Summer<br />

SUN 30 JUNE<br />

WED 3 JULY<br />

The hit musical with on screen<br />

lyrics so<br />

everyone can join in!<br />

WITH<br />

SUNDAY<br />

ROAST<br />

SUN<br />

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SUNDAY<br />

WITH THE<br />

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FREDDIE MERCURY TRIBUTE<br />

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Buy tickets now at the Box office<br />

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or pick up a venue brochure for more information.<br />

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SAT 24 AUGUST THU 5 –SAT 14 SEPT MON 16 – SAT 21 SEPT MON 23 – SAT 28 SEPT<br />

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What’s On in <strong>June</strong><br />

JAM on the Marsh returns. Join<br />

the King’s Singers, be amazed by<br />

Jon Foreman’s large-scale, dailychanging<br />

beach art on the sands at<br />

Dymchurch, come to Changeling<br />

Theatre’s racy Nell Gwynn under<br />

the copper beach tree in New<br />

Romney, luxuriate in Tchaikovsky,<br />

Finzi and Paul Mealor with the<br />

London Mozart Players, or hear<br />

Bach as you never have before with<br />

Art of Moog’s Bach on Synths.<br />

Children are welcome, free at all<br />

events, and the Children’s Sunday<br />

will be full of storytelling, clowning,<br />

nature sculptures and steam trains.<br />

jamconcert.org/events<br />

Fri 5 Jul 10.30-4pm<br />

Godinton House, Godinton<br />

Lane, Ashford, Kent TN23 3BP<br />

CERAMIC Portrait<br />

SCULPTURE WORKSHOP<br />

FOR ALL ABILITIES<br />

(with model)<br />

Join Brenda Burgess for a fun,<br />

friendly, deeply informative<br />

sculpture workshop for all abilities,<br />

taking a deep look at what<br />

makes each face so unique, at the<br />

beautiful Godinton House.<br />

Entry: £70.<br />

book at brendaburgess@<br />

brendaburgessarts.co.uk<br />

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Linocut Printing Workshop - Friday 28 th <strong>June</strong><br />

In this workshop you will learn how to carve a linocut tile to<br />

produce a repeat pattern or a one-off print onto paper, fabric<br />

and greeting cards. Materials included £25.00pp.<br />

NGS Open Garden Weekend - 29 th & 30 th <strong>June</strong>, 12-5pm<br />

Belmont is pleased to support the work of the National Garden<br />

Scheme. Our Tea Tent will be open from 12.00pm serving a<br />

wonderful range of cakes and tray bakes.<br />

Lavender Workshop - Wednesday 3 rd July<br />

Lavender is considered by many as the most useful herb for<br />

several ailments and a favourite ingredient in skincare products.<br />

£30.00pp including refreshments and your own spritzer bottle<br />

of lavender.<br />

The Winter’s Tale - Friday 5 th July, 7.30pm<br />

Leontes has everything a man could want, wealth, power, a<br />

family that loves him and friends, but he is not at peace. Inside<br />

he harbours a bitter jealousy that drives him to destroy all he<br />

holds dear. Years later, in a distant country, a journey begins that<br />

may ultimately heal his pain and reunite his family. Adults £22,<br />

Ages 10-18: £12.00.<br />

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Jane Howard’s<br />

Fables from<br />

the Farm<br />

Jane awaits the arrival of eggs at Coopers Farm<br />

I<br />

mentioned a couple of months ago that I was expecting<br />

one or two of the hens to go broody and, bingo, Pam,<br />

one of our Gold Laced Orpingtons has obliged.<br />

No one is quite sure what makes a hen decide to go broody<br />

but it’s a wonderful thing if you want more chickens and<br />

an annoying habit if you want to maintain your backyard<br />

flock and keep up egg production. To overcome this, some<br />

clever bod created ‘hybrid’ hens that have had the broody<br />

business bred out of them and the idea of motherhood<br />

never enters their already very small brains. Needless to<br />

say we don’t have hybrids, oh no, I was persuaded by<br />

my daughter to buy Gold Laced Orpingtons, the Kim<br />

Kardashians of the chicken world. They are big, beautiful<br />

and blowsy (and, of course, much more expensive than<br />

any of the others on offer) and definitely see motherhood<br />

as a more sensible career option than laying a daily egg.<br />

Left to their own devices, a hen thinking about going<br />

broody will search out a safe, dark place in which to create<br />

her nest and then visit it every day to lay until she has a<br />

clutch of at least a dozen eggs. Then she plucks the feathers<br />

from her breast and sits tight on the clutch<br />

for 21 days while they develop into chicks.<br />

However, our hens are in the habit of laying<br />

their eggs in the nesting box and you can only<br />

imagine how annoying it must be when yours<br />

truly arrives every day to take them away. So<br />

there she is, broody, with a neatly plucked breast<br />

yet only one rather lonely egg to incubate.<br />

But salvation is at hand! Google ‘fertile<br />

hatching eggs’ and up come literally<br />

hundreds of egg options, from all manner of<br />

feathered friends. A wonderful online retail<br />

opportunity, with the potential to become so much more.<br />

I reckon our big girls can easily<br />

manage a dozen, (although one is<br />

always advised to give them an odd<br />

number as this can more easily be<br />

made into a perfect circle to sit<br />

on), but what to choose? Cream<br />

Crested Legbars with fabulous<br />

48 hours later a<br />

package arrives<br />

in the post with<br />

the eggs swathed<br />

in layers of<br />

bubble wrap<br />

blue eggs, Copper Neck Marrans with very dark eggs or maybe<br />

something exotic like a Sablepoot or a Polish Silkie that looks<br />

like it’s got a bird’s nest on its head. Or maybe I should go off<br />

piste and get some ducks (not convinced Pam would excel at<br />

teaching them to swim!). Aaargh, decisions, decisions! In the<br />

end I plumped for some chocolate-laced Bantam Orpingtons,<br />

which is ridiculous really, gorgeous as they<br />

are, as they won’t even lay a decent size egg!<br />

Oh well, you pays your money and…<br />

48 hours later a package arrives in the post<br />

with the eggs swathed in layers of bubble<br />

wrap. After being in transit with the Post<br />

Office, they have to be still for a day –<br />

known as setting – and then around dusk,<br />

I pop down to the hen house and slip them<br />

under Pam, who may be a little surprised<br />

at the arrival of a dozen cold eggs to add to<br />

her singleton. She soon gets them tucked<br />

under her to warm up and as far as a chicken can be, seems<br />

genuinely thrilled to have more than one to look after.<br />

For 20 days she’ll sit tight on the eggs, revolving each round<br />

and round under her so that it warms equally on all sides. And<br />

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them a bit more space to hatch out and dry off. And then for<br />

about three or four months she’ll mother them with unceasing<br />

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all her wisdom on how to be a successful hen – though<br />

history dictates that more often than not most of the chicks<br />

will be cockerels and their minds will be on other matters!<br />

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