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10 Kirstie on Fashion 

Fit Fashion 

14 A Good Read 

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18 On Your Bike 

Viv Micklefield profiles the Cyclists’ Touring Club 

22 Focus on Schools 

35 Godalming Town Council 

Autumn News 

44 Godalming Together 

48 Heritage Weekend 

8th to 9th September 2012 

52 In the Kitchen 

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56 In the Garden 

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62 Out & About 

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There’s fun for all the family at this year’s Ewhurst Parish 

Rectory ‘Wild West’ Fête. It takes place on Saturday 22nd 

September from 12 noon to 4pm in the Parish Church Rectory 

Garden. You could win a prize for your Wild West costume 

(entry 50p) or simply enjoy the spectacle of the fancy dress 

parade. Whatever your age or inclination, there’s something for 

you - from face painting, ferret racing, coconut shy, toy and 

bric-a-brac stalls, to a tombola, and cake and book stalls. Why 

not use the afternoon to learn more about the history of 

Ewhurst’s ancient and beautiful Grade I listed Parish Church? 

The Church bell tower will be open during the fête for anyone 

with a head for heights! and you will be among the first to see 

and buy the new quality history book of Ewhurst Parish Church 

which is to be launched at the fête. You certainly won’t go 

hungry, thanks to a BBQ, cream teas and the Teddy Bears’ 

cactus trail and picnic - all at family friendly prices. 

The Godalming Healing Centre extends a warm welcome to 

this year's Open Day on Saturday 22nd September from 1pm 

to 4pm at the Unitarian Chapel, Meadrow, Godalming GU7 

3JB (opposite the Esso garage). Free healing sessions are being 

offered, as well as short sessions of Reflexology, Shiatsu 

Massage and Animal Healing for a nominal charge. 

Refreshments and Car Parking is available. The Godalming 

Healing Centre is open every Thursday from 1pm to 3pm. For 

all enquiries, ring Nick on 01483 421905. 

The next meeting of Busbridge Evening W.I. will take place at 

the Village Hall on Tuesday 11th September, starting at 8pm 

when members will be joined by Elizabeth Fisher the Surrey 

Federation Chairman. The speaker for the evening will be Tony 

Forward, a Toast Master; he has entitled his talk ‘My Lords, 

Ladies and Gentlemen’. During the evening there will be a 

display of the various activities members enjoy; these include 

lunch meetings, outings arranged by a different committee 

member each month, walks taken by various members, a 

sewing group and a book club. New members and visitors will 

be very welcome, please contact the secretary Penny Howell 

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THE INDISPENSABLE GUIDE TO WHAT’S ON WHERE IN YOUR AREA 

I wasn’t quite sure how much I would enjoy the Olympics. However, after watching the 

opening ceremony, I remained glued to the television for the next two weeks. For me it just got better 

and better and now it’s all over I feel quite deflated. It wasn’t just that Team GB won a bucket load of 

medals, although that was fantastic, it was the way people behaved. Partisan, yes, but gosh how polite 

and fair are the British crowds and the vast majority of competitors from all over the world behaved 

with great dignity and sportsmanship. How refreshing. So now, bring on the Paralympics! 

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South West Surrey Masonic Centre is holding two open days 

on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th September, from 10am to 

4pm, as part of the Guildford Borough Council Heritage 

Weekend. Situated in Hitherbury Close (off Portsmouth Road) 

within a half-mile level walk of Guildford High Street, the 

Centre enjoys delightful views overlooking the water meadows 

of the river Wey. A lift from the undercroft car park provides 

disabled access to the fully licenced bar, Weybourne Lounge 

and large patio. It’s an ideal location for a 'welcome break' and 

refreshment whilst discovering some of the 'mysteries' of 

freemasonry. No booking necessary and you can find out a bit 

more by going to the website www.weybournehouse.co.uk. 

Discover quality gifts, craft & artist's works not found on the 

High Street at the 4th Godalming Independent Market on 

Saturday 29th September from 10am to 3.30pm in the 

Borough Hall, Bridge Street Godalming GU7 1HR. With 30 ever 

changing stalls there is always something new to discover. Lots 

of handmade, homemade and inspiring artist works to take 

home for yourself or maybe even get ahead on the Christmas 

shopping front! (Cannot believe I’ve just mentioned Christmas) 

For more details see Facebook for a list of stalls. Godalming- 

Independent-Market or email loretta.farrell@gmail.com. 

The Harry Edwards Sanctuary is now registering participants 

for the Bluebells Sponsored Walk on Sunday 23rd September. 

Join them in raising £10,000 for Bluebells by getting 

sponsorship to walk 5km and encourage your family and 

friends to do the same. These funds will help them to continue 

to offer their weekly support groups, healing treatments and 

complementary therapies, meditation group, talks of interest, 

exercise classes and the very popular Positive Health 

Programme that they run in collaboration with the Fountain 

Centre. The Sponsored Walk will be a fun day out for everyone 

with a chance to walk in the beautiful countryside around 

Shere and enjoy the lovely marquee, gardens and grounds at 

the Sanctuary. Visit their website www.sanctuaryburrowslea.org.uk 

to download a Registration Form 

and to pay the £5 registration fee. Or email 

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French Diary 

Another year, another visit to France for two 

weeks of sun. Well, that is always the hope 

and sadly the last few years have not 

delivered quite as well as hoped. This year 

was very different, a perfect fortnight of 

good weather. Sun at last! My return to the 

UK saw heavy rain and a car park on the 

M25. Welcome home... 

I didn’t sense much enthusiasm in France for 

an English winner of the Tour de France. 

Quelle surprise. Perhaps that partly explains 

the French president’s rather barbed 

comments to Mr Cameron regarding our 

‘rolling out of the red carpet to French medal 

winners’ early on in the games. Of course 

that was before we comprehensively 

thrashed them by 29 golds to 11 (and by 65 

medals to 34). No wonder M. Hollande also 

suggested that it was the European medal 

total that should count! 

The Entente Cordial might be slightly 

strained these days, but in 2004 it produced 

what surely must be regarded as one of the 

wonders of the modern world. The Millau 

Viaduct elegantly spans the alley of the river 

Tarn and is quite simply a towering 

achievement. Literally, given that one of its 

masts reaches a height of 1,125ft which 

makes it higher than the Eiffel Tower. It is 

1.5 miles long, and has seven graceful masts 

that look like sails, floating over the beautiful 

landscape of the Aveyron. The bridge was 

designed by French structural engineer 

Michel Virlogeux and British architect 

Norman Foster and is on the A71 Paris to 

Montpellier autoroute. It a fine acheivement 

and really well worth a visit. 

No signs yet in France of the economic 

turmoil that is said to be engulfing Eurozone 

countries. In fact, the only indication that 

times are tough was the marked absense of 

British cars. Either they were staying at 

home to embrace the Olympic spirit, or the 

high cost of a holiday over here is displacing 

them elsewhere. 

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scheduled a Positive Health Programme for people 

with cancer at Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary during 

September/October this year. It is non-residential and will take 

place over 5 days. Contact angela.savage@burrowslea.org.uk 

for more details. Their Bluebells Cancer Support Centre is also 

starting Fit for Life Exercise Classes. With funding from 

Macmillan they have been able to start a regular programme 

of exercise classes at the Sanctuary. These classes are available 

for everyone, however places are limited and you need to 

contact the Sanctuary to register your interest on 01483 

202054. 

Don’t miss this year’s Live Local, Love Winkworth - the biggest 

and best day of the year at Winkworth Arboretum, the 

National Trust property near Godalming, on Sunday 16th 

September from 11am – 5pm. As a big thank to all 

longstanding supporters, and yet to be found friends, the 

National Trust will be hosting a free open day just for the local 

community. Not only is entry into the arboretum free for this 

day, but it has organised a host of events, activities and 

displays that make for a day that is not to be missed! Explore 

the National Trusts only arboretum, entirely for free. A whole 

programme of events featuring local artists and crafts people is 

being planned for the day. Live music, falconry displays, 

archery, wood carving, face painting, children’s crafts, trails 

and much more. The garden team will be talking about their 

work caring for the arboretum, and the equipment they use – 

every little boy (and his Dad) love tractors! Or why not join in 

one of the free guided tours to unearth the secrets of the 

trees. If you have never visited Winkworth Arboretum, or have 

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walk in the woods. For further details and a full timetable of 

events for the day, visit 

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/winkwortharboretum or telephone 

01483 208936. 

I have to admit that I didn’t know until recently that 

Godalming had a Film Society, so I am very happy to tell you 

that they begin their 6th season on Tuesday 11th September. 

The forthcoming programme is rich and varied with the majority 

of films drawn from world, art-house cinema that rarely 

features on the main circuit. Films are screened at the Borough 

Hall on Tuesday evenings, mostly fortnightly. Membership is a 

snip at £30 for 18 films. The programme can be viewed on the 

web site at www.godalmingfilmsoc.org.uk (please note GFS is 

not licensed to sell tickets on the door). For membership details 

email Maria Collings at members@godalmingfilmsoc.org.uk or 

call her on 01483 422612. 

Cranleigh Decorative Fine Arts Society and Cranleigh Arts 

Centre have been invited to create a piece of art for 

permanent display at Cranleigh’s brand-new medical centre, 

due to open in October. Local young people aged 12 to 18 are 

invited to help create a series of tiles to represent Cranleigh in 

2012. Cranleigh Arts Centre along with the youngsters will 

explore the diversity of clay tiling creating a series of tiles using 

a variety of materials and finishes working together to make a 

public work for the local community to enjoy. Under the 

guidance of resident potter Penny Green participants can 

create their own unique tile in one two-hour session 

at Cranleigh Arts Centre. All the tiles will then be fitted 12 

together to make a final piece. The following sessions 


Whatever the occasion, 

we plan for every eventuality 

“ Thank you for everything - your help, 

support, guidance and amazing 

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talent for all 

the detail and organisation. 

50th Birthday Party, Hampshire 

The music was brilliant, the marquee looked 

amazing - including both the fabulous 

glowing tables and flashing dance floor. 

Without your help and patience, we couldn’t 

have done any of it. 

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Fit Fashion 

A summer of sport inspired our 

fitness themed fashion shoot, 

especially as we have a brand 

new leisure centre locally. 

After years of preparation and 

planning meetings, the Godalming 

Leisure Centre opened its doors 

on 30th July, two days after the 

start of the Olympics. 

With glass feature walls set 

against highlight shades of lime, 

orange 

and purple, it makes 

for a modern, vibrant atmosphere 

to train in. The gymnasium, with 

its cool air system, TVs, music, 

and state of the art equipment, all 

set for pumping and priming, is a 

perfect location for those looking 

for inspiration. 

Both Wey Valley and Godalming 

Swimming Clubs are already 

training in the six lane, 25 metre 

pool. Great social clubs for 

youngsters, and ‘oldsters’, who 

are happy to put in water 

mileage, in surroundings much 

more conducive for spectators 

than the old centre. 

The air-conditioned café is light 

and airy, and has plenty of 

seating, where you can view the 

teaching pool and also includes 

free WiFi access. 

The large mirrored wall in the 

dance studio will entice the 

‘Fame’ dancers at heart, complete 

with fluorescent hand weights 

used in classes including 

Bodypump, Bodybalance and 

Bodyattack alongside the popular 

Zumba and Pilates classes. 

Godalming Leisure Centre, Summers 

Road, Godalming GU7 3BH 

www.dcleisure.co.uk 

Tel: 01483 410500 

All clothes from Fitstuff, Guildford. 


Looking good in supportive 

training clothes will enhance 

your mood, and our model this 

month, Ali Bate, is an 

experienced fitness instructor 

wearing colourful layers from 

sports shop, Fitstuff in 

Guildford. 

Opened by Paul Galley in 2006, 

the shop expanded in 2009 into 

two floors selling top brands 

like Nike, Asics and Ronhill, 

with specialist Triathlete gear 

on the 2nd Floor. 

With Fitstuff specialising in 

training shoes and needing a 

new pair myself, I chose one of 

the hottest days to try out their 

perfect fit method. After a short 

burst on the running machine 

filming my ‘running gait’, Paul 

analysed my stride to choose 

two options in my size. I walked 

around, feeling a bit silly, before 

opting for the wider, comfier 

style! 

If you like a non-pushing style 

of selling, Paul is your man and 

learning of his degree in 

Biomechanics, I trusted his 

body joint knowledge. They also 

offer a 30 day exchange service 

if your shoes don’t feel as 

comfortable once you use them. 

The shop is staffed by 

experienced athletes who 

organise a running club, only 

£1, which sets off every 

Wednesday at 6pm from the 

store, where you can run at 

different levels with a sociable 

group – I always prefer any 

group training session as it 

seems to take the pain out and 

add the fun back in! Then, if 

needed, The Sports Clinic, on 

the 2nd floor, which specialises 

in rehabilitation and injury 

problems, offer a ½ hour 

runner’s leg massage for £25, 

suggested as a regular 

kirstie on fashion 

treatment to keep you injury 

free. So no excuses, let’s get 

going! 

Fitstuff, 25 Chapel Street, Guildford GU1 3UL 

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Tel: 01483‐533133 

All clothes from Fitstuff, Guildford. 

Styling: Kirstie Smillie www.kirstiesmillie.com Tel: 07773234947 Kirstie is a personal 

fashion advisor and stylist. Find your own style and enjoy fashion. 

Photographs: Anna Saverimuttu www.annasaverimuttu.co.uk Tel 01483 571119. Anna is a 

Guildford based family portrait photographer. 

Model: Ali Bate www.moonfletefitness.co.uk Ali teaches a wide range of classes from 

antigravity yoga to studio cycling across Surrey and Sussex. 


are available, Wednesday 26th September, Thursday 

9 27th September, Wednesday, 3rd October and 

Thursday 4th October. All sessions run from 4.30 to 

6.30pm. There are just 12 places for each session so do book 

early to avoid disappointment. Contact Jenny-Anne Dexter, 

Arts Centre Manager directly on 01483 278001 or email 

ctmanager@cranleighartscentre.org. 

Go for Gold was set up some years ago by Sport Godalming to 

help local youngsters achieve their dream and get selected for 

the Olympic Games. Whilst, sadly, none of the participants 

managed to achieve selection, a number were very close and 

the whole concept must be judged as a success. If you watched 

the opening ceremony you will have seen a group of young 

potentials light the Olympic flame. One of them was Adelle 

Tracey, who was selected by Dame Kelly Holmes. Adelle was 

one of the GFG athletes but it was decided in 2011 that her 

goal would be 2016 rather than 2012. However, she is very 

much one of our local stars and attended most of the 

promotional events. We will hear much more of her I am sure 

and it was a great lift to see her take such a lead role at the 

opening ceremony. I congratulate everyone who was involved 

with Godalming Go for Gold. I believe that they are relaunching 

the initiative, with a new emphasis, which again will help 

support our local athletes. 

Cranleigh Choral Society is a flourishing and friendly local 

choir and new singers, of any voice and degree of experience, 

are always warmly welcomed. Under the lively and 

imaginative directorship of Marcus Pashley and Catherine 

Beddison, they perform three concerts a year at various venues 

in the village, sometimes in conjunction with Cranleigh School. 

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Come for a rest, a holiday or make this your home 

Transfers from other homes accepted / paperwork taken care of 

Assisted Living and Day Care also available 

All enquiries contact Mr Stephen Kennedy 01306 730084 

Or write to Felday Road, Holmbury St Mary, RH5 6NL 

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Their wide repertoire encompasses the great classic choral 

works as well as more light-hearted music, such as a previous 

Summer‘s concert: Jazz ‘n’ Genesis. The highlight of this season 

will be a joint performance with Cranleigh School choirs of 

Mozart’s Requiem and Rutter’s Mass for the Children in the G 

Live, Guildford on 17th March 2013. (St Patrick’s Day, no less!) 

Their Christmas concert is in St Nicolas Church on Saturday 8th 

December and will include The Manchester Carols, a powerful 

retelling of the Christmas story by Sasha Johnson Manning and 

poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, together with some more 

traditional carols for audience participation. As well as 

rehearsing every Monday at 7.45pm at Cranleigh School, the 

society organises many social events, such as Quiz Nights. Their 

first rehearsal will be on Monday 10th September. For more 

information email secretary@cranleighchoralsociety.org.uk. 

Phone 01483 274455, or visit their website 

www.cranleighchoralsociety.org.uk. 

Now, I have to admit I am rather partial to a kipper for 

breakfast - in fact it is a bit of a highlight of the week. If you 

are of the same disposition, I can thoroughly recommend the 

ones that come from The Isle of Man. They are the tastiest I’ve 

had. The good news is that you can get them in Godalming’s 

very own fish shop, situated in Bridge Street, almost opposite 

Godalming’s very own greengrocer ‘Amylou’s’. Apart from 

Manx kippers, Alan, the proprietor has a great selection of 

freshly caught fish, well worth a visit. 

Chilworth Fête and Fun Dog Show is taking place on Saturday 

15th September at Tillingbourne School, Chilworth. 

Following on from last year’s event it is hoped this 16 

year will be bigger and better. All the fun starts at 

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The book review by Carol Farley (carol.farley@farleypart.com) 

Something old, something new, something borrowed ... but nothing blue or any 

shade of grey. Hope you find something good to read in this selection, and if you’ve 

got any suggestions of books that you feel I should be covering for future issues, 

please do let me know ‐ I’d love to hear from you (carol.farley@farleypart.com). 

The Assassin’s Cloak 

An Anthology of the World's Greatest 

Diarists 

Paperback. RRP £12.99. Non-fiction. 

Published by Canongate 

“A diary is an Assassin’s Cloak we use when we stab a 

colleague in the back“, wrote Scottish poet, William 

Soutar, which I suppose is why the published diaries of 

the famous, particularly politicians, are so popular: we 

are hoping that famous person ‘A’ is going to dish the dirt 

on famous colleague ’B’. 

The Assassin’s Cloak, therefore, seems the perfect title 

for this anthology of diary entries from many well known 

and lesser diarists of the last few hundred years. 

However, not all diarists are trying to ‘shop’ those with 

whom they worked or whom they don’t like. Most are 

simply recording their private thoughts and comments 

about the events which affect them from day to day. 

Some of those events are World Wars and some are no 

more than Lord Longford wondering how he’ll cope with 

life while his wife is on holiday. 

Initially the idea of reading just snippets from umpteen 

different diaries, many written by people I knew nothing 

or very little about, had no appeal and this book lay 

How I Live Now 

by Meg Rosoff 

Paperback. Fiction. RRP £6.99 

First published in 2004 by Penguin 

I was lent this book by one of my Book Group friends who 

had been given it as part of this year’s World Book Night 

(www.worldbooknight.org). As she handed it to me she 

said “I really enjoyed this even though it’s a bit weird”. 

It is a novel set in the present day - with a twist - narrated by 

Elizabeth (Daisy) who tells the story of her life. Particularly 

the story of how she became who she is now: the events and 

people that changed her life and made her what she is - the 

adventure, the heartache and the joy that she experienced. 

neglected for some time. Eventually, however, I started to 

read it and found I couldn’t put it down. 

Not only was it a pleasure to read, I learnt so much about 

the diarists, their times and the subjects for which they 

were renowned. 

This is the perfect bedtime book: you can read the 

shortest extract or you can read it for hours. You don’t 

have to remember from night to night what you read last 

night; you don’t have to remind yourself who the 

characters are; you just read each self-contained entry 

for what it is, and you can read as many or as few as your 

bedtime concentration allows. 

The editors, Irene and Alan Taylor, have done a brilliant 

job in choosing the entries and an equally brilliant job in 

laying out the book. It is in fact arranged by date; so, for 

example, on August the 9th there are diary entries dated 

August the 9th ranging from 1818 to 1972. There’s The 

Rev Benjamin Newton giving his views on feeding peas to 

pigs, Gerard Manley Hopkins on mackerel fishing, and 

Roy Strong name dropping about lunch at The Cafe Royal 

with Jackie Onassis who we learn, amongst other things, 

has the hands of an old woman and in conversation is a 

‘receiver’ rather than a ‘giver’. 

I’ve already read this book twice and am confident that I 

shall read it again and again. 

Reviewed by Nick Farley 

Fifteen year old Daisy thought she knew all about love. 

Her mother died giving birth to her, and then her father 

sent her away for the summer to live in the English 

countryside with her cousins that she’d never met 

before. In this novel her world is turned upside down 

many times and her perfect summer is completely 

exploded. 

I found this book imaginative and absolutely captivating. 

Daisy’s voice is bright and believable - her relationships 

and adventures were heartbreaking, painful and joyous. 

I found myself immersed in the lives of Daisy, Piper, 

Edmund and the brothers - racing through the pages 

willing for happy endings for them all. 

This is Meg Rosoff’s debut novel which went on to win a 

prize. Well done World Book Day - at least two people 

have discovered a talented writer they’d not read 

before. 

September 2012

We Are The Dead 

Poems and Paintings from the 

Great War 1914-1918 

Selected and introduced 

by David Roberts 

Jacketed hardback. RRP £24.99. 

Published by The Red Horse Press 

www.redhorsepress.co.uk 

Due to be published in October 2012 

This book landed on my doormat this week and quite 

lovely it is too. 

Most anthologies concentrate on British poetry, but the 

poems in this collection cover writing from British, Irish, 

Australia, Canadian, French and German poets, with the 

poems not originally written in English having been 

fluently translated. All the poetry included here was 

written during the conflict. The introduction by David 

Roberts is both interesting and enlightening. He explains 

that the British poets are often seen as being the 

‘authentic‘ voices of the Great War and that we might 

imagine that war poets of the First World War in other 

countries would enjoy a similar status. Apparently not. 

He states that in general non-British war poets are 

The Illustrated Guide to 

Ducks & Geese and 

Other Domestic Fowl 

by Celia Lewis 

Jacketed hardback. RRP £16.99. Non-fiction. 

Published by Bloomsbury 

Celia Lewis is an award-winning artist, a member of a 

dynamic art group and several art societies in Surrey 

where she lives. Celia also keeps hens and turkeys in her 

country garden - along with a Gloucester Old Spot pig 

occasionally - which provide her with endless inspiration 

for her watercolours, acrylics and linocuts. 

The Tales of Olga da 

Polga 

by Michael Bond 

Illustrated by Catherine Rayner 

Jacketed hardback. 

Age 5-8 years. RRP £9.99. 

Published by Oxford University Press 

Michael Bond’s guinea pig has been charming readers 

since 1971. The version I’ve chosen is a beautifully 

illustrated anniversary (2011) edition of Olga da Polga. 

unknown in their own countries and, until now, have 

been almost completely unknown in Britain. So, in this 

volume he aims to widen the understanding and 

appreciation of war and its poetry by presenting a 

significant selection from other countries. 

The poetry has been laid out beautifully with large, easily 

read type, but the thing that particularly struck me about 

this book were the paintings. Each one of the 120 poems 

has a full colour painting to accompany it - each of which 

was also produced during the war. They seem to have 

been chosen with great care and sensitivity. And, for me, 

encapsulate the feeling of the poem, representing the 

sentiments expressed therein. The publishers state that 

many of these paintings have been languishing in 

museum and gallery vaults unseen by the general public 

for almost a hundred years, so this is a chance to see 

many of them for the very first time. 

The title - We are the Dead - is taken from John McCrae’s 

‘In Flanders Fields’ which is included in this book on page 

136 and illustrated with ‘Kummel Road Flanders’ by 

Mary Riter Hamilton. 

Moving and beautiful. 

a good read 

She is also the author and illustrator of a number of books 

about chickens and pigs. Her latest subjects, in this 

volume, are ducks and geese, as well as guineafowl, 

peafowl, quail and turkeys. In this book Celia explains 

about feathers (and how to make a quill pen), eggs, 

breeding, housing, anatomy, feeding ... well everything you 

need to know including how to catch a peacock. There are 

hundreds of charming illustrations throughout this 160 

page guide on ‘how to choose them and how to keep them’. 

If you already keep a few chickens, I can guarantee that 

after reading this book you’ll be heading for the ‘useful 

websites’ section at the back to extend your flock. 

However, this book is beautiful as well as informative and 

Celia manages to capture the personality of her subjects in 

her watercolours seemingly effortlessly. Absolutely 

delightful. 

But if you haven’t read any Olga da Polga adventures 

before I urge you to pick up any edition illustrated by 

Catherine Rayner. 

Olga da Polga is a guinea pig who leaves the pet shop to 

start a new life with her owners to live in a large and airy 

hutch. It’s not long before she meets Noel the cat, Fangio 

the hedgehog, and Graham the tortoise - who quickly 

discover that Olga loves an audience. From the moment 

she arrives she tells them stories about her wild and 

exciting adventures. Although they are not always sure 

whether to believe everything Olga says, they soon 

realise that since Olga moved in life is never dull! 


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Chilworth2gether will be raising funds for their own 

particular cause or charity. There is a fun Dog Show, kindly 

sponsored by Pet Doctors Shalford, refreshments including a 

Pimm’s Tent and Tillingbourne Brewery with their excellent 

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Godalming Choral Society is one of the leading choirs in 

Surrey with over 100 active members. Their conductor, 

Michael Veazey, joined in 2007 and brings youth and vibrancy 

to the choir. The next concert will be Mozart’s Requiem, 

Haydn’s Te Deum for the Empress Maria Therese and Haydn’s 

Mass No 7 in B flat – the “Little Organ Mass”, and it will take 

place on Sunday, 9th December in Charterhouse Hall. Their 

approach to singing is organised and professional but they also 

value the warmth and friendliness of their group. They are 

looking to recruit new and experienced singers in all voice 

parts, particularly tenors and basses. They rehearse on 

Thursday evenings (7.45-10pm) at St Hilary’s School, Holloway 

Hill, Godalming and rehearsals restart on Thursday 13th 

September. For more information, contact either the 

Membership Secretary on 01483 428057, or the Secretary on 

01483 420536 or just go along on any Thursday evening. Have 

a look at www.godalmingchoral.org.uk for more details. 

Cranleigh Arts Centre is running a Street Dance Workshop for 

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on the dance floor at family parties!). It starts on Wednesday 

19th September and runs to 28th November and the sessions 

take place from 4.15 to 5.15pm. The cost is £60 for the 10 

sessions. For the adults, The Centre is holding Argentine Tango 

Classes from Tuesday 25th September to Tuesday 23rd 

October. You can learn the dance that captures the imagination 

with its beauty, passion, drama and excitement. Join up for 

evenings of elegance, where you can make new friends in a 

relaxed atmosphere and with experienced instructors. Take a 

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cool you will look at family parties, or indeed any parties!! The 

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The Old Fire Station in Queen Street, Godalming opened in 1904 

with horse-drawn fire engines, and now this beautiful landmark 

building is home to a number of artist studios. The Old Fire 

Station has been recently redecorated and is for the first time 

open to the public for a range of inspiring and creative art, craft 

and design courses for both adults and children run by tutors who 

are experienced artists and industry professionals. Do visit their 

free taster open day to be held on Saturday 15th September from 

10am to 2pm, where you can see handmade books, examples of 

embroidery and appliqué work, bunting and other vintage and 

upcycled goodies. Refreshments are provided. See 

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On your bike 

Viv Micklefield profiles the locally based Cyclists’ Touring Club 

BRITISH INTEREST IN cycling has seen varying 

degrees of participation over the years. Yet today, 

whether it’s professional sportsmen and women 

dominating the Tour de France and thrilling the 

crowds at the London 2012 Olympic events or the 

commuter and leisure cyclists amongst us, it seems 

that pedal power is becoming the way forward for a 

new generation of enthusiasts. 

One organisation that has a history of championing 

the benefits is the Cyclists’ Touring Club. Its national 

office is in Guildford, having been formerly based in 

Godalming up until 2006. An independent charity, it 

relies on its members, volunteers, grant funders and 

partners for support. First founded in 1878 as the 

Bicycle Touring Club, early members were provided 

with guides to hotels and hostelries that welcomed 

those arriving on two wheels. But it’s perhaps as the 

initiators of the first cycling proficiency scheme in 

1936, later to be adopted by RoSPA, which 

represents the early marker of its strength as a 

campaigning force that puts the interests of the 

cyclist, in pole position. 

Today, and with almost 70,000 members, the CTC 

uses its independent voice to influence policy 

makers and encourage a long term commitment to 

cycling at both a national and a local level. So if you 

are frustrated by the lack of cycle lanes or trails 

along a favoured route, are looking to use a 

combination of cycling and public transport to get to 

work, or want to make it easier for your children to 

ride to school, the CTC could be an ally. 

Serving the interests of riders and members within 

the regions is an important part of the organisation’s 

work and according to Nick Davison, Secretary of 

the West Surrey group, “The CTC is fighting our 

corner pretty well.” 


Cycling safety remains at the forefront of many of its 

campaigns, these include SMIDSY – Sorry Mate I 

Didn’t See You, which seeks to change drivers’ 

attitudes towards cyclists and the approach of the 

law to bad drivers. Although it’s recognised that 

conditions on the roads may deter some cyclists, the 

CTC’s Campaigns and Policy Director, Roger Geffen 

says there is good evidence to suggest that cyclists 

gain from ‘safety in numbers’. And with cycle sales 

predicted to reach an all-time high in 2012, and the 

Photo courtesy of the CTC 

September 2012

market set to be worth a staggering £700 million 

this year, it could be a turning point. “The 

Government now needs to seize this opportunity, 

and ensure that main roads and junctions are 

designed to be cycle-friendly.” Roger goes on to say, 

“Cycling needs to be promoted as a safe and normal 

activity for people of all ages and backgrounds, in 

order to maximise the benefits for our health, our 

environment and our wallets.” 

Doing their bit to encourage regular cycling amongst 

its members, CTC West Surrey riders enjoy a weekly 

programme of road cycling. With six of the routes 

identified by the National Cycle Network passing 

through Surrey, together with the Thames Valley 

Cycle route, the Guildford to Farnham route and the 

Guildford to Cranleigh route, rides take advantage of 

quiet lanes wherever possible and may also include 

cycling along towpaths. Nick Davison, explains, “We 

Photo courtesy of the CTC 

cover Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire as 

well. Wednesdays and Sundays are when the cycling 

is organised.” 

“On Wednesdays we have three groups that run out 

of just south of Woking. I ride in the faster group so 

we would cover typically 100 to 120km, which is 

about 70 miles. So you can cover quite a big area.” 

He continues, “The other groups will tend to cover a 

smaller area, and they are slower and cater for 

different people’s needs.” The group also has Sunday 

rides, usually based from Guildford, Farnham and 

Elstead, these are full day, varying pace rides with 

lunch and coffee stops. And there’s an opportunity 

to explore new routes by joining a ride organised by 

one of the other regional groups. Non members are 

also very welcome to participate in any of the rides. 

“The emphasis is on a friendly cycling group that 

caters for all types of people.” 

A partnership with the Forestry Commission at Alice 

Holt Forest near Farnham is an example of how the 

CTC is working to make access to cycling more 

inclusive. It’s part of a national project to extend the 

fleet of equipment available to hire, that includes 

tandems, three wheelers and adapted cycles. One 

group making the most of these facilities is Jigsaw 

School in Cranleigh, who each week visit the forest 

with up to six pupils, aged between eight and 

nineteen years. According to Sarah Brown, 

Educational Visits Coordinator, “Cycling is very good 

for their motor skills, their coordination, their 

balance, and to be able to share an exercise. And, it’s 

fun!” With both a figure of eight track and forest 

trails available, it opens up exciting new 

possibilities. “One of our pupils is in a wheelchair 

but she’s able to go round on a tandem with a 

member of staff.” 

Throwing their support behind responsible, lowimpact 

cycling has seen the CTC joining forces with 

the Surrey Hills Board. A new code of conduct 

encourages mountain bike riders to enjoy cycling 

safely in the countryside, while looking after the 

fragile woodland environment and showing 

consideration for the walkers, children, horseriders, 

wildlife and dogs who share the Surrey Hills 

with them. Ian Warby, CTC’s Senior Support Officer 


for Off Road, says, “This is a phenomenal area for 

mountain biking, in the UK, and no one can go there 

and not say they’ve had a good time.” 

“You’ve got relatively good trail conditions all year 

round because it’s a little bit sandy. You’ve got steep 

hills in places if you want steep hills, but you’ve also 

got rolling hills so it’s not going to be too hard, if you 

don’t want it to be.” Subject to funding and the 

necessary landowner agreement, Ian and the Surrey 

Hills Board are aiming to develop a designated trail 

linking Leith Hill with the Forestry Commission site 

at Summer Lightening. “The thinking behind that is 

that if you’re local you know your way round but if 

you don’t know where you’re going, you can end up 

getting very lost.” Both short and longer sections of 

the trail will be available to ride on, providing 

interest for all abilities. 

Whether cyclists choose to ride to work or to school, 

for health, touring, sport or leisure, the CTC is keen 

to help everyone to discover how cycling can change 

lives, and, their know-how is readily available to 

access. The Cycle A-way website portal is a helpful 

guide to resources, including maps, books and free 

publications for designated routes in England, 

Scotland, Wales and Ireland. So, if you are 

wondering whether permits may be required to 

cycle along canal towpaths, or, perhaps the opening 

CTC member benefits include: 

• Courses and qualifications, including bike maintenance, 

first aid, mountain biking and instructor courses; 

• Cycling advice by phone, email or on the CTC forum; 

• CTC library of information and touring sheets; 

• Insurance cover and a cycling‐related legal helpline; 

• CTC Cycling Holidays, www.cyclingholidays.org 

The CTC also provides support and information to establish 

Bike User Groups (BUGs) within the workplace. And affilia‐ 

tion is open to cycling organisations; benefits include the 

opportunity to promote events and activities on the CTC 

website. 

Useful contacts 

www.ctc.org.uk 

www.westsurreyctcda.org.uk 

www.forestry.gov.uk/aliceholt 

www.surreyhillsmountainbikeguides.co.uk 

www.sustrans.org.uk – National Cycle Networks 

www.cyclestreets.net – cycling journey planner 


Jigsaw School students at Alice Holt Forest 

times for specific forest trails, it’s a one-stop-shop. 

And still true to its origins, the CTC also features its 

national ‘Cyclists Welcome’ accommodation listing 

online. 

‘Inspire a Generation’, is a challenge we’ve heard 

plenty about in 2012. Based on its heritage and the 

enthusiasm of today’s officers and members, the 

CTC certainly appears to be working hard for 

cyclists. And who knows? Perhaps the next Bradley 

Wiggins is already out there, ready to discover the 

joys of cycling in Surrey. 

Viv Micklefield is a freelance writer based in South West Surrey. She 

can be contacted at vivmicklefield@aol.com. 

CTC West Surrey September rides 

INTERMEDIATES ALL‐DAY: 50 miles at a pace of 11 to 13 

mph. Start 9.15. Sunday 23rd Guildford Library. 

SUNDAY RIDERS ALL‐DAY: 60 to 90 miles at a steady pace of 

over 14 mph. Start 9.00. Dates: 2nd Farnham Sports Centre, 

9th and 30th Guildford Station, 16th Godalming Station, 

23rd Shalford Station. 

GUILDFORD AND GODALMING WAYFARERS: Half day rides 

at a pace of 10 to 12 mph. Start 9.30. Dates: 2nd Guildford 

Library; 16th and 30th Godalming, Waverley BC Car Park. 

FARNHAM WAYFARERS: 40 miles at a pace of 10 mph. Start 

9.30. Dates: 2nd Sunday of the month. Easy riders 18 to 25 

miles at a pace of 8 mph. Start 9.30. Dates: 3rd Sunday of 

the month. All rides from The Maltings. 

The Tour of Britain 2012 is coming to Surrey! 

Over 100 of the world's greatest cyclists will take on the 

challenge and beauty of the Surrey Hills in the decisive final 

stage of The Tour of Britain on Sunday 16 September 2012. 

Please visit www.tourofbritain.com for more information of 

the route, which finishes in Guildford High Street. 

September 2012

Les Amitiés Françaises de Waverley open their new 

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season of lectures and events on Thursday 20th 

September at 7.30pm in the Baptist Church Hall, 

Queen Street, Godalming, on the topic of the 1904 Entente 

Cordiale. On this pact future Anglo-French friendship was based, 

when both countries recognised that it was in their mutual 

interest to settle their previous differences. The Entente 

influenced war and peace throughout the 20th century. The 

lectures, in French, cover a wide range of topics, cultural and 

historic, given by professional lecturers and academics 

accustomed to speaking to English audiences. The programme of 

lectures can be found in Waverley and Guildford libraries and 

museums, or information is available from Claude Kauffmann on 

01483.300225 or email clkauffmann@btopenworld.com. 

The Ramster Autumn Fair is taking place on Tuesday 9th and 

Wednesday 10th October at Ramster, Chiddingfold, in 

support of children’s health charity Action Medical Research. 

If you are looking for great gifts for your loved ones this 

Christmas, then this event should have the answer for you! 

There will be fifty stalls selling fabulous food, unique and quirky 

gifts, gorgeous jewellery and practical paraphernalia. Entry is 

£5 and all proceeds and donations will support Action Medical 

Research, a national charity which supports vital medical 

research to help babies and children affected by disease and 

disability. The charity is currently funding research into many 

serious diseases and conditions, including meningitis, 

pneumonia and cerebral palsy. The Ramster Autumn Fair is 

open on Tuesday 9th October from 10.30am to 4.30pm and 

Wednesday 10th October from 10am to 4pm. 

Have you been watching any of the basketball at the 

Olympics? Well, if you have and have got into it, why not go 

along and support Surrey’s only premier league basketball 

team. The basketball season begins in September, so don’t 

miss Guildford Heat’s first home game of the season, which is 

on Saturday 22nd September against Mersey Tigers. Tip off is 

at 7pm at Surrey Sports Park. As always, the game will be 

action packed – with fast paced sporting action, performances 

from Heat Street 13, fun and games with the team’s mascot, 

Scorcher and plenty of crowd interaction. For further 

information or to buy tickets, visit www.guildfordheat.com or 

telephone Surrey Sports Park on 01483 689111. 

There’s a Quilt and Quatch Quilt Exhibition taking place on 

Saturday 15th September from 10am to 4pm at Elstead Youth 

Hall, Thursley Road, Elstead GU8 6DG. After a very successful and 

enjoyable first exhibition they will be once again stepping away 

from their sewing machines and putting down their needle and 

thread and exhibiting the work that has been carried out 

throughout the year. Apparently it’s amazing the amount of work 

that is achieved in between drinking gallons of tea and coffee and 

munching on lots of biscuits, oh and also generally putting the 

world to rights! You will be able to walk through the hall looking at 

the projects they have finished including quilts, wall hangings, 

cushion covers, bags, UFO’s (unfinished objects) and talking to 

them about what drives them to cut up bits of fabric and then sew 

them together again! Tea and coffee will be available, not 

forgetting some homemade cakes. There will be a sale area and 

some of the show pieces will be for sale. A new Saturday group is 

being planned so if you are interested have a word with one of the 

organisers at the exhibition. For more information, have a look at 

www.quiltandquatch.wordpress.com or e-mail 

quiltandquatch@btinternet.com. You can also call Linda 

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was the most valuable qualification a young person 

can have. Stephen said that the new National 

Curriculum would be more challenging and would 

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would “make our education more rigorous, 

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the world”. Stephen explained that arithmetic would 

be fundamental to the new Primary Curriculum. 

The UK is almost alone in Europe in not making mathematics 

a compulsory part of the post-16 curriculum - 

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compulsory because in a technologically advanced society, 

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An Autumn Concert featuring many talented singers 

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Church of St Peter & St Paul in Godalming on Friday 

5th October at 7.30pm. In recent months there has been much 

to remember and celebrate in Godalming. The concert will 

present a superb opportunity to celebrate even more. Come 

along and enjoy an evening of singing and music performed by 

many local performers. The autumn Concert is one of 

Godalming’s most pleasant annual events and it is in aid of 

Friends of St Peter & St Paul Church. Funds raised go towards 

the upkeep of the Church which is one of Godalming’s most 

historic buildings. Tickets are £5 and are available from Julian 

Hubble on 01483 424268, email julianhubble@hotmail.co.uk or 

from the Parish Office. 

Godalming & Cranleigh District NCT (National Childbirth Trust) 

is holding a Nearly New Sale on Saturday 13th October from 

11.15am to 1pm (pregnant ladies entry 11am) at the Borough 

Hall, Godalming. Members can go to the front of the queue 

with a valid membership card and entry is £1. Nearly New 

quality second-hand children’s clothes (up to age 11), school 

uniform, shoes, toys, fancy dress, books, baby and maternity 

clothes and equipment and furniture will all be available. 

Registration to sell and help will open on Monday 3rd 

September (Thursday 6th September for non-NCT members). 

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Gilbert and Sullivan production, ‘The Gondoliers’. If you enjoy 

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September with additional rehearsals on Thursday evenings in 

the New Year. Performances are at the Borough Hall, 

Godalming from 19th to 23rd February and the Leatherhead 

Theatre from 28th February to 2nd March. New members, 

including those who can help with make-up, front-of-house or 

backstage are always welcome. Membership fees are very 

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On Wednesday 26th September at 7.30pm the local West 

Surrey WaterAid support group is holding an interesting and 

lively presentation evening in Godalming to explain how the 

charity WaterAid helps people in the world’s poorest 

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its methods so effective and long lasting will be key items 

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can also ask about the activities of the local group itself. These 

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safe sanitation and hygiene knowledge to more than 130 

people in the developing world. The presentation evening is at 

the Godalming Unitarian Hall, Meadrow GU7 3JB. There is free 

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and you are promised a warm welcome and no 31 

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giving time or money to help this worthwhile cause 

28 but it’s mainly about sharing knowledge. Find out 

more at www.wateraidwestsurrey.org or ring Linda 

and Dave on 07934 839608. 

Farncombe Music Club had some great gigs in August and now 

that the refurbishment works in St. John's Church have been 

successfully completed, there is a lot of excitement about the 

new season of concerts taking place in there. The Church looks 

lighter and more spacious now. The new seating is not only more 

comfortable than the old pews but will offer increased flexibility 

too. Overall these improvements will take the Church to another 

level as a venue for concerts and prove an even better 

experience for both audiences and performers alike. On Friday 

21st September, they welcome Fragile presenting the classic and 

timeless music of Yes, the English rock band who achieved 

success with their progressive, art and symphonic style of rock 

music which often incorporated classical music. Fragile were the 

original European Yes tribute act and have been performing 

since 1998. They comprise a group of highly talented musicians 

who all have a love and deep respect for Yes music. Fragile have 

performed throughout the UK and mainland Europe including a 

series of now legendary shows with celebrated Yes and Asia 

guitarist Steve Howe. See www.yestribute.com. Tickets are £10 

in advance (£12 on door). Doors open at 7pm and the show 

starts at 7.45pm. Tickets are available through the usual 

channels: The Record Corner in Pound Lane, Godalming, on line 

at www.wegottickets.com/julianlewrymusic or call 01483 

421520 or 07769 592452. Incidentally future gigs include Beverly 

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There is a folk music session every Monday at The Star in 

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Grantley Arms in Wonersh. The Star session starts at 9pm, the 

Harrow at 9.30pm and the Grantley at 8.30pm, all players 

singers and audience are very welcome. For more information 

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Cranleigh Dance & Theatre Arts is holding an Open Afternoon 

on Monday 10th September from 2.30 until 5pm at the St 

Nicolas Church Rooms, Church Lane, Cranleigh. If you love to 

Dance, Sing and Act, come along to meet Jane Griffiths, the 

Principal, and her teachers. You will find out more about the 

various classes they run after school hours Monday to Friday 

and you can sign up for the new term which starts on Monday 

17th September. CDTA is a long-established Dance & 

Performing Arts School with around 200 students. Teachers are 

dance trained and registered with appropriate dance 

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First Aid certificates. If you can’t make the Open Afternoon but 

would like to learn more, call Jane on 01483 548252 or email 

jane@cranleighdance.co.uk. 

Surrey Farm and Food Week will be held from 15th to 23rd 

September. It is a programme of farm walks and events 

designed to help bridge the gulf of understanding between 

farmers and the public. The week, organised by Surrey County 

Agricultural Society, has become a successful and established 

feature of the autumn farming calendar. Since its launch in 

2001, hundreds of people have gone on the walks, 

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come for sport and recreation but it is the farmers 

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wildlife and beautiful to the eye. The programme of walks 

enables the public to go behind the scenes and see how dairy 

and beef cattle and sheep are managed, how crops are grown 

and how conservation measures work alongside modern 

agriculture. There is often the chance for people to taste, and 

to buy produce from the farm gate – anything from fresh ice 

cream to sausages that they have just watched being made. 

The walks themselves are free. The finale of the week is the 

Surrey County Ploughing Match & Country Fair at Loseley Park. 

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room to list all the events for the week; however have a look at 

the website www.surreycountyshow.co.uk where there should 

be a full programme of events. 

I haven’t mentioned Circle Dancing for a while, however, 

classes are still being held at the following locations. Pirrie 

Hall, Brook on Thursdays in three ten-week terms, 7.30- 

9.30pm, starting on 20th September. St Catherine's Hall, 

Guildford on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, 7.30-9.30pm and 

WI Hall, Hartley Wintney on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, 

7.30-9.30pm. Contact Lynn Frances on 01420 474881. Circle 

Dancing is a wonderful way to meet new people, get some 

exercise and relax in rhythm to lovely music. The dances come 

from all over the world (from countries as diverse as Greece, 

Bulgaria, Israel, Russia and many more) and, as the name 

implies, are done in a circle mostly holding hands. You do not 

need to have a partner or any previous experience. Why not try 

it? The music is beautiful and the sense of harmony, peace and 

well-being that comes to the circle when moving in rhythm to it 

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complicated. Beginners are particularly welcome and it is 

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thoroughly taught by an experienced teacher. 

As I am sure you will remember, Milford Hospital was saved 

from closure a year or two ago thanks largely to the 

overwhelming support of us, the people who live in the area. 

Well, the substantial refurbishment of the hospital is complete 

and it is once again fully operational as a specialist rehabilition 

and day care centre. The League of Friends of Milford Hospital 

have planned a full range of fund raising events for 2012 to 

help them provide amenities and facilities to improve the well 

being of patients and the working environment for staff at 

Milford Hospital and is always on the look-out for more 

volunteers to help them achieve this aim. You can support this 

very worthy organisation by getting a table of 4-6 people 

together for a fun quiz evening. The League of Friends of the 

hospital is holding one of their ever popular quiz evenings at 

the Wilfred Noyce Centre in Godalming on Friday 21st 

September at 7pm for 7.30pm. As usual, for your £10 ticket you 

will get a jolly good evening’s entertainment and a fish and chip 

supper (bring your own drinks). There will also be a raffle. 

Tickets are available from Jacqui on 01428 653905 and if you 

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Godalming Town Council 

News 

The year may have another four 

months to run but it’s been a busy year 

already for Godalming. Godalming 

Town Council would like to take this 

opportunity to look back over the past 

few months and to thank all the 

community organisations and their 

volunteers without whom there could 

have been none of the events and 

celebrations that we have all enjoyed. 

Over the long weekend of 2 to 5 June, 

our four-day celebrations to mark the 

Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 

were enjoyed by thousands. The 

weekend started with Godalming 

Round Table’s fantastic Town Show & 

Carnival on 2 June – the only day that 

the sun shone unabated. Rain on 3 

June did not dampen the spirits for the 

Jubilee Big Lunch and music at the 

bandstand – though as a precaution 

the Jubilee Songs of Praise was 

moved inside a packed Ss Peter & 

Paul Church. 

We were particularly honoured to 

welcome Their Royal Highnesses the 

Earl & Countess of Wessex who made 

a brief, but popular, visit to Sport 

Godalming’s Sports for All day on the 

Burys Field on Monday 4 June. The 

weather held that day and, after the 

Road Races, celebrations culminated 

in an evening of music at the 

Godalming Bandstand and finished 

with a magnificent firework spectacular 

– the applause that acknowledged the 

fantastic work of the Godalming Band 

and Flashpoint Fireworks reverberated 

round Godalming’s hills. Wet weather 

meant that Ss Peter & Paul Church 

again hosted the final Jubilee concert 

on 5 June. 

There’s not enough space to name 

and thank all the organisations and 

individuals who gave generously of 

2012 – What a Year! 

their time to make the Jubilee 

celebrations possible but we are 

grateful to each and every one of them. 

Most of them turned out again to help 

steward the Olympic Torch Relay on 

20 July. Official estimates indicate that 

27,000 people were in Godalming to 

see the Olympic Torch pass through 

the town. Godalming Town Council 

was pleased to support Waverley 

Borough Council in its organisation of 

the event and delighted that once 

again so many volunteers answered 

the call for help and ensured that the 

torch relay was fun and safe for 

everyone. 

As is becoming a tradition, August saw 

Godalming’s community organisations 

and businesses turning their attention 

to Staycation from 11 to 19 August. 

New for 2012 was a community 

archaeology project generously funded 

by the Heritage Lottery Fund; 

supervised by archaeologists from 

Surrey County Council, young and old 

alike took the opportunity to dig up 

Godalming’s past. Watch this space for 

more information on what was found 

and what it means. 

Staycation would not be possible 

without the support of the organisations 

which give their time and resources to 

make the week a success – our thanks 

go to them all. 

The Jubilee Torch Parade (Phil Kemp). 

Autumn 2012 

Dates for your Diary 

Remembrance Sunday 

11 November 2012 

The Parade marches off from 

The Burys at 10.25am for an 

Act of Remembrance at the 

War Memorial at 11am 

followed by a Service of 

Remembrance at Ss Peter & 

Paul Church at 11.30am. 

Christmas Festival & 

Christmas Light Switch-On 

24 November 2012 

Make your Christmas 

shopping easier by visiting 

Godalming’s unique shops 

and visiting craft, gift and food 

stalls in the the High Street 

and Church Street together 

with a full programme of 

entertainment. The festival 

starts at 10am with the Lights 

being switched on at 5pm. A 

special celebrity will be joining 

us throughout the day 

Town Day 

8 December 2012 

Organised by Churches 

Together in Godalming this 

event starts at 10am and 

features many local charity 

stalls in the High Street. The 

day culminates in the Blessing 

of the Crib at The Pepperpot 

at 3.30pm followed by the 

Town Carol Service in Ss 

Peter & Paul Church at 4pm. 


Cemeteries for the 21st Century 

Although Godalming’s public cemeteries date back 

to 1857, the Godalming Joint Burial Committee is 

committed to developing its cemeteries to meet the 

needs of a 21st century town. The ability for the 

residents of Godalming to select from a choice of 

burial options is key to the Committee’s 

development plans. 

Over the last four years, two of the most significant 

developments for the future of burials in Godalming 

have been the creation of a Natural Burial site at 

Eashing Cemetery and the alterations that have 

allowed for the provision of the first new graves 

since 1956 at Nightingale Cemetery. 

Nightingale Road Cemetery 

Natural Burials are designed to speed up the 

process of returning the body and its nutrients to 

the soil and to reduce the amount of artificial and 

toxic materials introduced into the ground. With 

views across the Surrey Hills, Eashing Cemetery 

already has a rural feel, which makes it an ideal 

location for a natural burial ground. In the first 

instance, 172 plots have been provided in a half an 

acre of land bounded on two sides by agricultural 

land and located in the furthest reaches of the 

cemetery. As part of the design, burial plots are 

arranged in clusters located off a meandering grass 

path. Each grave may have an associated tree 

sapling (of native plants like hawthorn, birch, hazel, 

mountain ash) planted within the burial area. Nearly 

four years after the first natural burial at Eashing 

Cemetery the sales of plots has exceeded initial 

expectations indicating that people are buying into 

the Natural Burial philosophy. 

For many years there were no plots available for 

purchase at Nightingale Cemetery; the last burial 

plot from the original 1857 cemetery plan was sold 

in 1956. However, following alterations to the 

grounds completed in 2010, a limited number of 

new grave spaces are now available for burials. 

Grave spaces at either Nightingale or Eashing 

Cemetery can be pre-purchased directly from the 

Godalming Joint Burial Committee. 

If you would like any further information about either 

of Godalming’s cemeteries you can visit 

www.godalming-jbc.gov.uk or call the Cemeteries 

Manager on 01483 523112. 

We need your help 

Don’t forget that our website www.godalming-tc.gov.uk 

is a valuable source of information to residents and visitors 

about Godalming. You can help make it even better 

by adding your local event to our events diary or 

including your business in our business directory. We 

also keep a list of local groups and organisations – check 

the list at www.godalming-tc.gov.uk/directory.htm and if 

your group is not on it then ask us to add it. At the bottom 

of every page of our website there’s the opportunity 

for you to tell us if we’ve got it wrong, please keep that 

feedback coming in. 


Planning a special event or looking for meeting 

space? Don’t forget that Godalming Town Council 

runs three community buildings all available for 

hire. 

At the centre of the town (south east corner of the 

Crown Court car park) is the Wilfrid Noyce Centre 

(pictured above). The Centre was opened in 1962 

by a local hero, Charterhouse Master, Town 

Councillor and mountaineer who had been part of 

the team that conquered Everest in 1953, Wilfrid 

Noyce. 

This Community Centre has a Large Hall (10m x 

21m), a Small Hall (6m x 7m) and a kitchen area 

and is licensed for entertainment. There is full 

disabled access and ample parking (parking 

charges payable) in adjacent public car park. For 

more information on this hall contact the Centre 

Manager on 01483 527935 or at 

wilfrid.noyce@btconnect.com. 

In the walled garden at Broadwater Park, near the 

new Godalming Leisure Centre, is the Broadwater 

Park Community Centre (pictured above right). 

Opened in 1991 this purpose-built facility has a large 

hall (with capacity for 120 people) and a small hall 

(with capacity for 50 people) each hall has a kitchen 

facility. This centre has an attractive and secure 

garden and full disabled access. There is free 

parking for 30 cars on site. For more information on 


Community Centres 

this hall contact the Centre Manager on 01483 

427980 or at godalming-bwp@btconnect.com. 

Additionally the Town Council owns and runs The 

Pepperpot. The Upper Room is available for hire – 

seating 14 people boardroom style or 20-25 for a 

lecture, there is also a small kitchen and toilets. On 

weekdays the area under The Pepperpot is also 

available for hire. 

For a private booking 

either Community Centre 

is available at £18 an hour 

for the whole centre 

(charities/voluntary 

organisations pay less and 

commercial organisations 

more) – the upper room at 

The Pepperpot costs £7 

(plus VAT) an hour. 


Your Godalming Town Councillors 

CLLR STEPHEN BOTT 

Binscombe Ward 

Acorns, The Fairway, 

Godalming, GU7 1PG 

T: 01483 420014 

E: stevebo�s@hotmail.co.uk 

CLLR DAVID HUNTER 


86 Furze Lane, Farncombe, 

Godalming, GU7 3NP 

T: 01483 421231 

E: davidmalcolmhunter@yahoo.co.uk 

CLLR LIZ WHEATLEY 

TOWN MAYOR 


1 Sol‐Y‐Vista, Frith Hill Road, 

Godalming, GU7 2EF 

T: 01483 423492 

E: lwwaverley@aol.com 

Waverley Borough Councillor 

CLLR ANDREW WILSON 


8 Dean Road, 

Godalming GU7 2PJ 

T: 01483 417607 

E: andrewgodalming@hotmail.co.uk 


CLLR PAUL ROBINSON 

Central & Ockford Ward 

39 Bargate Rise, 

Godalming, GU7 2LR 

T: 07515 891750 

E: robinson.pauljames@gmail.com 

CLLR JANE THOMSON 


The Garden Flat, Rowberry Hse, 9 

Shadyhanger, Godalming, GU7 2HR 

T: 01483 428266 

E: janethomson@hotmail.com 


CLLR SIMON THORNTON 


26 Latimer Road, 

Godalming, GU7 1BW 

T: 01483 427739 

E: simonthornton62@hotmail.co.uk 


CLLR JOY WOODHAM 


5 Twycross Road, 

Godalming, GU7 2HH 

T: 01483 420310 

E: joy.woodham23@btinternet.com 

CLLR STEVE COSSER 

Charterhouse Ward 

3 Hillside Way, Godalming, GU7 2HN 

T: 01483 414035 

E: stevecosser@btinternet.com 

Surrey County Councillor 

CLLR TONY GORDON‐SMITH 


Hill Point, Mark Way, 

Godalming, GU7 2BA 

T: 01483 424483 

E: ragsmith@waitrose.com 


CLLR JOY POULTER 


27 Nightingale Road, 

Godalming, GU7 2HP 

T: 01483 417051 

E: joy_poulter@sky.com 

CLLR STEFAN REYNOLDS 


Lynam House, 49 Peperharow 

Road, Godalming, GU7 2PL 

T: 01483 861287 

E: stef.reynolds@gmail.com 


CLLR ANN LISTER 

Farncombe & Ca�eshall Ward 

13 Woodmancourt, Mark Way, 

Godalming, GU7 2BT 

T: 01483 419574 

E: ann.lister@listavia.co.uk 

CLLR JULIE NOYCE 


19 Overbrook, 

Godalming, GU7 1LX 

Tel: 01483 429815 

E: julienoyce@btinternet.com 

CLLR ROSS WELLAND 


19 Elm Road, Farncombe, 

Godalming, GU7 3SW 

T: 01483 527445 

E: ross.welland@waverley.gov.uk 


CLLR NICK WILLIAMS 


26 Town End Street, 

Godalming, GU7 1BH 

T: 01483 239997 

E: nickatlaw@aol.com 


CLLR ANNE BOTT 

Holloway Ward 

Acorns, The Fairway, 

Godalming, GU7 1PG 

T: 01483 420014 

E: annemareebott@hotmail.co.uk 

CLLR CATHY GORDON‐SMITH 

Holloway Ward 

Hill Point, Mark Way, 

Godalming, GU7 2BA 

T: 01483 424483 

E: cmgs@waitrose.com 

CLLR PETER MARTIN 

Holloway Ward 

18 Windy Wood, Godalming, GU7 1XX 

Tel: 01483 425644 

E: peterj.martin@surreycc.gov.uk 


Surrey County Councillor 

CLLR TOM MARTIN 

Holloway Ward 

17 South Hill, 

Godalming, GU7 1JT 

T: 01483 416237 

E: tom.martin@waverley.gov.uk 



Municipal Buildings, Bridge Street, 

Godalming, Surrey GU7 1HT 

Tel: 01483 523575 

Fax: 01483 523077 

E‐Mail: office@godalming‐tc.gov.uk 

Web: www.godalming‐tc.gov.uk 

Town Clerk: Louise Goodfellow 


website hosts an inclusive directory of local 

32 organisations and businesses under the theme Love 

Local, in addition to its traditional raft of information 

about this beautiful landscape. Surrey Hills Enterprises CIC, 

which will be officially launched in September, has been set up 

to help generate funds to support the conservation and 

enhancement of the AONB and its rural economy. If you Love 

Local, come and join it. The website directory has the potential 

to offer information on everything from country walks to B&B 

accommodation and local food producers, providing a onestop-shop 

for anyone interested in the Surrey Hills AONB, 

whether they live in the area or plan to visit or holiday here. In 

order to make the directory a success, businesses of all kinds 

based in the area are invited to explore the website and see 

how they can fit in and benefit from the promotion of the 

Surrey Hills Brand as a mark of provenance, heritage and 

passion for the AONB countryside. A core of local businesses is 

already supporting the initiative, so browse the site and sign up 

to join them. For more information contact 

carrie.white@surreyhillsenterprises.co.uk.The Surrey Hills Area 

of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is one of 34 nationally 

protected landscapes in England, having equal landscape status 

and protection to a National Park and was designated as such 

on 8th May 1958. 

As always there is a lot happening at G Live in Guildford and 

there are a couple of events worth mentioning. On Friday 7th 

and Saturday 8th September, G Live are holding their very first 

beer festival. As well as beer from some of the county’s top 

independent brewers, there will also be a wide range of wine 

and spirits and even Pimms. As well as masses of drink, there 

will be some great entertainment from local bands such as 

Ukejam, Charlie Farley, Sunday Four and even an Oomph band. 

If you get a bit peckish there is a BBQ and a tasty Hog Roast. 

Tickets are £12 which include a branded glass and programme. 

You can book online by going to Glive.co.uk or call 0844 7701 

797 (10am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday) over 18’s only. The 

other event is an evening with the legend and voice of golf, 

Peter Allis. He will be regaling Guildford audiences with stories 

from his lengthy career including a question and answer 

session. The evening will be full of anecdotes, humour and the 

stories you want to hear. Peter Allis started his career as a 

young golfer with his first appearance in the Ryder Cup in 1953 

and with the single exception of 1955 he represented Great 

Britain and Ireland at this event until 1969. He has been the 

BBC’s chief commentator from 1978, and is one of the greatest 

golf commentators ever. Tickets are priced £19.50 and £17.50 

and the evening takes place on Wednesday 19th September at 

7:30pm. Book your tickets as above. 

I thought I would mention what’s been going on at Guildford 

Rugby club. With the clubhouse extension and renovations 

virtually complete, the focus has turned towards the playing of 

rugby. Having been consistently at the top end of the league 

for the last few seasons it was felt it was time to look at the 

club’s coaching structure. Two remunerated posts have been 

created, a senior club coach and a youth and mini club coach. 

The senior coach appointment has been made and goes to 

Mark Glowinkowski who is from Australia and was director of 

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Milford HARVEST FARMERS’ Market, Sunday 16th September: 

come and listen to the Godalming Community Gospel Choir, market 10am-1pm. 

Milford Churches Together will be holding an open air service with the Godalming Community 

Gospel Choir. Come and join in the service and afterwards or before, tantalise your taste buds and 

feast your eyes on a delectable array of food and other locally produced goods. 

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to go along to the supporters’ lunches and take guests. 

39 They also have a number of players who would like to 

join the club but need employment in the area. If you 

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Finally would you like your company to be involved as a club 

sponsor? They have packages starting at £350. If you feel you 

could help with any of this call John Hines on 01428 681780. It 

really is a great rugby club with a wonderful history. 

Tickets are now on sale for a gala charity concert, featuring 

the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Collingwood, at 

GLive on Thursday 4th October at 7.30pm. It is in aid of 

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families including widows and children. Concert tickets are 

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EDITION 2012 

newsletter ne newsletter ews slett ltt newsletterAUTUMN 

Who We e Are ... 

The Godalming g Toogethe 

g er Te eam is a group 

of local volunteers some of whom took on 

the task of carrying 

out t a “Market To Town 

Healthcheck” for Godalming, Far Farncombe 

and the surrounding villages of the rural 

hinterland and as a result launched their 

Healthcheck Repor Report. 

Announcing New Chairman 

AUTUMN EDITION 2012 

The Healthcheck Repor t is the culmination 

of this community led project and consists Mike Poulter Poulter, , who has lived in 

W e will introduce Graham Kimber in our 

of five dif ferent areas: Social & Community Community, 

Transport, 

Environment, Economy and Yo Youth 

each each of of which which brings brings together together the the work work of 

of 

five dif ferent groups of volunteers. 

From the findings in the Healthcheck Repor Report 

Godalming Godalming for 40 years, and and been been 

involved in many local projects 

including including the Bandstand and W atts 

Galler 

y, 

took the Chair at our July 

meeting. 

next newsletter. 

Fr om the Chair ... 

the team decided the best way for forward 

was 

to set up a Community Interest Company 

(CIC) for Godalming as this was a not for 

profit company and would bring together 

all the dif ferent organisations in Godalming 

On taking office Mike said, “our thanks 

go to Rev 

. Patrick O’Ferrall who has 

retired from the board, due to a move 

to another area. The company is 

I was delighted to offer 

fer my ser 

vices as 

Chair man, as I feel it is time to look, 

again, at the Action Plan and blue dot 

consultation, as our initial priorities are 

under one umbrella organisation. indebted to Patrick for his unstinting well in hand. T ranspor ransport 

is a big part 

of the 

The team consists of directors who belong 

to to various various local local groups, groups, Go Go Godalming, 

Godalming, 

Godalming Tr rust, Goda Godalming’ s Chamber 

energy and enthusiasm in Chairing 

the company through its star t up and 

completion of initial projects.” 

next phase and we have already received 

the first repor t from the steering group, 

specifically set up to look at this. 

of Commerce and Spor Sport 

Godalming etc 

and who are volunteers themselves, other 

individuals, as well as representatives from 

Surrey County Council, Wa Waverley 

Borough 

Council and Godalming ng To Town 

Council. 

Godalming To ogether is an opportunity 

to 

har ness the many talents and energy of 

the volunteers and organisations in our 

Farewell and thanks to Anthony 

Garcia-Deleito, but we 

welcome Graham Kimber and 

Jacqueline Springsguth. 

This leaves one vacancy and the Board 

would like to receive applications from 

interested people. 

As a town we are fortunate 

tunate to have so so 

many voluntar y groups, all doing sterling 

work, so it is not our intention to replicate replicate 

these, but fit in, with technical and financial 

initiatives where they are unable unable to cover 

. 

Lastly , I cannot complete my first newsletter 

without thanking Suzie Gor Gortler 

for all 

community to make Godalming an even 

better place in which to live and work. 

Jacqui Jacqui has has lived lived in in Godalming Godalming for for 29 

29 

years, having grown up in Far 

nham 

her suppor t in the work being done by 

GGodalming d l i TTo 

ogether th . 

Contact Us ... 

Suzie Gor Gortler, 

, 

Godalming To own Projeects 

Co-ordinator, , 

Godalming To ogether og CIC 

c/o Godalming Toown 

o Council 

Municipal Buildings, Bridge Street, 

and Esher Esher. 

She has 22 years of experience in 

sales sales sales and operational retail, the latter 

being field based based based covering London and 

the South East, and has a Masters in 

Business Business Administration. 

Our next open meeting will be in early early 

November so please look out for details in 

this magazine. 

Mike Poulter 

Chairman 

Godalming Surrey GU7 1HT 

Te elephone: 0148 01483 523575 

Mobile: 07765 693746 

Email: projects@godalming-tc.gov 

projects@godalming-tc.gov.uk 

Directors: Cllr Anne Bott; Cllr Steve Cosser; 

Michael Gibbs; Steven Haines; 

Graham Kimber; Pam Taalbot 

MBE; 

Holly y Parker; Giles Pattison; Michael Poulter; 

Jacqueline Springsguth; Cllr Jane Thomson 

As As well well as her involvement in the 

Godalming CIC, Jacqui has also been 

a member of of the Godalming T rust since 

2003. 

Jacqui says, “I hope to bring to 

the CIC a love of Godalming, 

a passion for quality customer 

ser vice, people development, 

and interpersonal communication 

Por tas Pilot Bid 

Unfor tunately Godalming was not 

successful in its application for the bid but 

plans are afoot to re visit the bid in the 

Autumn to discuss how to take some of 

the elements identified in the bid for forward. 

More news then. 

44 x R&A Registered GODALMING Company Number: & VILLAGES 7381652 

combined with leadership qualities and 

professionalism.” 

September 2012

Invasive Species ecies WWo 

orking Party 

The Godalming Toown 

own Health Heal Check 

(Godalming (Godalming Health Health Check Check Repor 

Repor t 

Biodiversity section 3.31) identified visible 

threats to the biodiversity of the natural 

environment of Godalming. These included 

cer tain invasive species, in par particular 

some of those that are known threats to 

wetland areas such as foreign crayfish and and 

mink as identified in the W Wetland 

Habitat 

Action Plan for Surrey Himalayan Balsam. 

Himalayan Balsam is establishing itself on 

the banks of the We ey and its tributaries 

and is posing a potentially serious threat to 

the areas of the Lammas Lands that are not 

grazed. 

Frances Halstead, Environmental Group 

Support 

Officer, , Surrey Gre Greenspace 

Project, Surrey Wildlife Trust 

rust ran a day 

long workshop on Thursday 

, 2 August at 

the Memorial Park where, working with 

some willing and helpful Godalming 

To ogether Vo olunteers olunteers and oth others, oth they pulled 

Himalayan balsam from the pond in the 

A great Godalming British Bake Of 

f was 

hugely popular. 

Dhruv Baker aker, , Master 

Chef Winner who judged the Bake Of 

f, 

was ver y impressed with the number 

and high standard of entries that he 

was for tunate enough, along with other 

dignitaries from Godalming, to sample 

as they judged their way through cakes, 


traybakes, scones and other delights. 

Phillips Memorial Park. 

Frances Frances also also ran ran a a sur 

sur vey in a nearby 

section of f the River WWe 

ey looking for other othe 

invasive invasive species species and and instructed instructed volunteers volunteers on 

on 

what what to to look look for for and and how how to to identify identify invasive 

invasive 

species. 

If If you you are are interested interested in in a a workshop workshop such such as 

as 

this or to help with tr trying 

ying to eradicate the 

Himalayan Himalayan Balsam, Balsam, please please contact contact Frances 

Frances 

Halstead on 07891 514574 or email 

Frances.Halstead@surreywt.org.uk 

Himalayan Balsam 

Godalming V isitor Information Centre 

The Visitor 

Infor mation Centre (VIC) 

has had a dedicated volunteer in 

Charlotte Featherstone who has been 

working working in in the the VIC VIC three three days days a a week week for 

for 

the last three months and we would like 

to thank her enormously 

mously for ever 

ything she 

has done as our first VIC volunteer and 

wish her luck as she heads back to her 

studies and university in the autumn. 

We 

e welcome Gill May who has taken a 

Tuesday 

afternoon 

noon slot as a volunteer and 

we do have some VIC volunteer spaces left 

Summer Food Festival 

In spite of the gloomy and rather wet 

summer weather the annual Summer Food 

Festival took place on Saturday Saturday, 

7 July 

and was thoroughly enjoyed by a large 

number of visitors, some of whom came 

from as far away as Chelmsford. 

to fill. If you originally made contact with 

Suzie and would still like to be considered 

for a spot, please do email her again at 

projects@godalming-tc.gov 

.uk 

It would be wonder 

ful to have volunteers 

in the VIC each day it is open and it is 

proving to be popular with visitors and 

tourists alike and Charlotte has dealt 

with with many many interesting interesting queries queries as as well well as 


those normally 

associated with a V isitor 

Infor mation Centre. 

Christmas Festival 

This year’ ’s s Christmas Festival is set to 

sparkle on Saturday Saturday, 

24 November 

star ting at 10.00am in Godalming High 

Street. Street. Santa will be visiting Godalming’ s 

Christmas Grotto on that ver y day together 

with with some ver y special celebrities who 

will be in town at inter vals during the day day. 

With a packed programme of live music 

and enter entertainment, 

a festive Christmas 

market and nd children’ children’s s activities, Godalm Godalming 

is the place to be to do all your Christmas 

Shopping. 

Moving on 

T ranspor ransport 

At July’ s Board it was was agreed to expand 

the Transport 

W orking Par Party 

to include 

representative’s s from from the original 

Healthcheck research team and the 

Chamber of Commerce. 

Amongst the items discussed discussed so far 

are public transport 

t promotion, car 

pooling, pedestrian flow in and and around around 

the town, 20’s s plenty plenty, 

de-cluttering, 

shared space and Drive Smar Smart. 

The 

Wo orking Par ty aims to produce a repor report 

by the end of of the year year. 

Anyone wishing wishing to make 

representations or comment, comment, should should 

email Giles Pattison on atombowl@ 

gmail.com 

Godalming 

Heritage Wa W alks 

The walks in June and July have 

proved to be popular with 20-25 

par ticipants on each occasion. The 

war mer weather has made them more 

enjoyable, although the July walk 

ended up in the Parish Church for 

both its histor y and as a refuge from a 

downpour! 

Although it was dr y on 4 August, 

suppor t for the Olympics considerably 

reduced numbers taking par part 

in the 

walk; however, , the small group was 

enthusiastic and they were able to ask 

lots of questions. 

The histor y of Godalming as seen 

through its buildings is fascinating and 

par ticipants on the walks have been 

surprised how much of an industrial 

centre the town was in the past, and 

how this has influenced the architecture 

and development of the town. 

In September the walks will be par 

t 

of the Heritage Open en WWeeekend 

(Saturday , 8 and Sunday Sunday, 

9 

September) and details will appear 

in the printed programme which will 

be published in mid-August and is 

available already on English Heritage 

website: heritageopendays.org.uk 

The final walk for 2012 will be on 

Saturday , 6 October at 2pm meeting 

at the Pepperpot. 

If you would like any infor information 

on 

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New members and visitors are very welcome. 

It’s time to put on your dancing shoes and go and have a jive 

at The Clockhouse 40’s Night on Saturday, 20th October at 

7pm. Tickets are £40 per person, to include supper and Live 

Music by 9 piece swing band Sticky Wicket. There is also the 

Exhibition Dancers - Charleston Jive Squad a cash bar and a 

great raffle. For tickets contact The Clockhouse manager on 

01483 420668 or call in to The Clockhouse, Chapel Lane, 

Milford GU8 5EZ. 

There is a charity cricket match on Sunday 23rd September at 

Albury Cricket Club, Albury GU5 9DB. Two local charities, GUTS 

(Fighting Bowel Cancer) are up against BRIGHT (Better research 

into gastro-intestinal health & treatment). There will be a Hog 

Roast or you can take along a picnic if you prefer. Lots of 

activities going on for the kids including face painting and 

balloon race. There is a minimum charge of £5 per family and 

tickets and further information can be obtained by going to 

www.gutsfbc.co.uk or calling GUTS on 01483 408316 or going 

to www.bright-research.co.uk or calling BRIGHT on 01483 

506313. Also if you are able to donate anything for the 

raffle/auction please get in touch. 

Actually GUTS are also organising another event on Friday 

26th October - one for the diary! It’s a fantastic evening of 

Traditional Live Jazz with the Sussex Jazz Kings. It is on at The 

Guildhall, Guildford from 7pm to 10pm and the cost is £24 and 

includes dinner and coffee. There is a licensed bar (phew!), and 

there will also be a raffle. Tickets can be obtained by calling 

Victoria Ward on 01483 408316 ext 6354 or emailing her at 

v.ward1@nhs.net. You can also do it by post (people still do it!) 

by sending a cheque payable to GUTS at GUTS Fundraising, 

RSCH, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX. 

Godalming St John’s Ambulance volunteers will be in the High 

Street on Saturday 15th September between 10am and 2pm 

demonstrating basic first aid techniques as part of their 

national ‘Save a Life September’ campaign. If you are down in 

Godalming around that time, search them out and find out 

what it’s all about. I really think that everyone at some point in 

their life should learn at least basic first aid; it really can mean 

the difference between life and death. 

To mark the 5th Anniversary of its midnight sponsored walk, 

Steps Under The Stars, Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice is seeking 

both women and men to participate in this year’s event. The 

walk, on Saturday 8th September, starts at Shalford Park in 

Guildford. There is a choice of two distances to enable walkers 

of all abilities to take part. The Gold Star route from Guildford 

to the Hospice in Farnham is 10 miles. Silver Star walkers will 

end their challenge in Puttenham after four miles. ‘Steps Under 

The Stars’ is perfect for gathering together a group of friends 

and walking under the midnight sky in memory of a loved one,” 

says Laura Moody, Events Fundraiser. “We’re pleased to be 

welcoming men on the walk this year, but for ladies who still 

want a girly night out there will be a start time just for you.” 

Last year Steps Under The Stars raised almost £90,000 and they 

hope to beat this figure in 2012. The registration fee of £16 

includes your Steps Under The Stars T-shirt, celebration 

breakfast at the finish line along with your welldeserved 

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GODALMING 

HERITAGE OPEN DAYS 

SATURDAY 8 TH AND SUNDAY 9 TH 

SEPTEMBER 2012 

THE PROGRAMME 

INTRODUCTION 

Heritage Open Days offers free access to 

interesting buildings, which are normally closed 

to the public with tours and events which bring 

local history to life. 

From its origins as a Saxon settlement through 

developing its wool trade, framework knitting, and 

leather processing plus becoming the major 

stopping point on the road from London to the 

Navy in Portsmouth, Godalming has had a varied 

history. With the coming of the railway the 

coaching trade was lost, but the town grew with 

housing for London commuters and Charterhouse 

School moved out of London to our clean air. 

Over the last millennium there have been many 

changes and there will be many more to come, 

now under the watchful eye of the Godalming 

Trust, an independent group promoting high 

standards of planning, conservation and 

regeneration in the Godalming area. They also 

facilitate the local Heritage Open Days each year. 

Please note this programme is correct at time 

of going to press, any changes will be posted 

in the Museum and the Pepperpot. 

But most importantly have a good weekend, 

there is plenty to see and do. 

For details of Heritage Open Days events around 

the country see www.heritageopendays.org 

Please open the brochure and see the other side 

for details of more properties and events. 

A BIG THANK YOU 

The organisers wish to thank the many people who have 

helped with Heritage Open Days in Godalming. 

Organised by Stephen Goddard in 

association with The Godalming Trust 

Heritage Open Days are part of a 

Pan-European event 

3 CHURCH STREET 

Nye Saunders LLP Architects 

A three storey oak framed former town house, 

just over 450 years old, jettied on two floors 

with decorative ogee curved braces. 

Tours on SATURDAY 

at 10.30am and 11.45 am 

Including “from acorn to acrow-prop” the 

compleat history of oak timber framed 

buildings in half an hour. 

FREE – TOURS BY TICKET ONLY 

Available from Godalming Museum 

01483 426510 

CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL 

One of the country’s great schools, founded 

in 1611. In 1872 they moved away from 

unsalubrious surroundings in London to a new 

site on the outskirts of Godalming. Guided 

tours including the South African cloisters, the 

Founder’s chapel, the Memorial chapel, the 

main Hall, the library and the Scholars’ Court. 


at 10.00am, 1.00 pm and 3.00pm 



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CHURCH HOUSE, CHURCH STREET 

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Dating from the Middle Ages with medieval 

and Victorian features including timber 

framing and a magnificent staircase. 


between 11.00am and 1.00pm and 

between 2.00pm and 3.30pm 

FREE - JUST TURN UP 

ST. EDMUND’S CHURCH, CROFT ROAD 

Godalming’s Catholic Church built in 1906 of 

local Bargate Stone. Being on the side of a hill 

its weather cock is slightly higher than that of 

the parish church (nearer to God?) 

Open SATURDAY after Mass 

10.30am till 4.30pm 

FREE – JUST TURN UP 

FARNCOMBE DAY CENTRE 

Originally built as a Church of England School 

in 1858 and extended with the addition of the 

clock tower in 1884. The clock is a handwound 

striking turret clock made by John Moore of 

Clerkenwell, and restored by Freddie Hill of 

Godalming in 1988 when the building was 

converted to the local Age Concern day centre. 

Open SATURDAY 10.00am till 1.00pm 

Refreshments available 


GODALMING MUSEUM 

Follow the story of Godalming and the 

surrounding area in this medieval building. 

Explore the work of Gertrude Jekyll and the 

South West Surrey Arts and Crafts movement 

and visit the fascinating local studies library. 

There will be an exhibition of paintings 

by Stephen Hornsby-Smith. 

TUESDAY to SATURDAY 


Extra opening for Heritage Open Days 

SUNDAY 10.00am till 4.00pm 

Refreshments available 


ST JOHN’S CHURCH, FARNCOMBE 

A relatively modern church built in 1849 in 

response to the rapid population growth created 

by the railway. Designed in the early English 

Gothic style by Sir Gilbert Scott R.A. 

There is a tablet in memory of John George 

(Jack) Phillips, the wireless operator on the 

Titanic, as he sang in the church choir as a boy. 

SATURDAY 10.00am till 3.00pm 


GODALMING UNITED CHURCH 

An attractive Edwardian church in a lovely 

setting by the Town bridge. Built in 1903 

as the Methodist Church who merged with 

the Congregationalists in 1977 to form 

the United Reform Church. Thus making 

the building now occupied by "Bel & the 

Dragon" redundant as a place of worship. 

Open SATURDAY 

10.00am to 5.00pm 

Refreshments available. 

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH 

BUSBRIDGE 

This small Victorian Gothic-revival church 

was consecrated in 1867. Its Architect was, 

nominally, the great George Gilbert Scott RA - 

or one of his assistants - with notable later 

embellishments mainly in the form of 

excellent stained glass windows - by Edward 

Burne-Jones and William Morris. 

The remarkable metal screen (of 1898) in 

the Chancel Arch is by Edwin Lutyens 

- who also designed the Gertrude Jekyll 

grave monument in the church yard. 

There will also be a display of early photos 

of the church and Parish Magazines. 

Open SATURDAY 9.00am till 12 Noon 

Tour on Saturday at 10.00am 

SUNDAY 10.00am till 5.00pm 

Tour on Sunday at 3.00pm 

Refreshments available. 


THE KINGS ARMS AND ROYAL HOTEL 

HIGH STREET, GODALMING 

Godalming’s premier coaching inn, where the 

mail coaches stopped. In 1698 this was the 

place to stay for Tzar Peter the Great, just one 

of the many who stayed over the years whilst 

travelling the Portsmouth Road 

Tours on SATURDAY and SUNDAY 

between 10.00am and 12 Noon. 


MANOR HOUSE, 

HUXLEY CLOSE, GODALMING 

Despite its timeless elegance the Manor House 

was built for Charles Hampton Weeks, a master 

at nearby Charterhouse, around 1890. It seems 

older as many features were rescued from 

properties being renovated or demolished. 

Items were used from Arundel Castle, Brussels 

and Wetheringsett in Suffolk. Part of the main 

staircase came from ‘an ancient house’ in 

Godalming said to be on the site of Boots the 

Chemist. After restoration over a number of 

years it is now a conference centre. 

Tours on SUNDAY 

at 1.00pm and 3.00pm 



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THE PEPPERPOT 

Built by public subscription in 1814 to replace 

the ruinous medieval structure. Designed 

by local architect John Perry, the Pepperpot 

is Godalming’s old Market House and 

Town Hall, which survived several 

attempts by the Town Council to knock it 

down for road improvements, to become 

the “trademark” of Godalming. 

Open courtesy of Godalming Town Council. 

Godalming Trust Exhibition 

Upstairs in the Pepperpot will be an exhibition 

about the work of the Godalming Trust 

Open SATURDAY and SUNDAY 




CHURCH OF ST PETER & ST PAUL 

Godalming’s parish church includes work from 

its Saxon origins via the14 th century spire up 

to the recent Octagon refurbishment. 

There will be ‘welcomers’ available to 

show you round if you wish. 

Open FRIDAY, SATURDAY and 

SUNDAY all day as usual. 

On SUNDAY there will be a TOUR OF THE 

CHURCH led by Alan Bott at 4.00pm. 


Cream teas in the Octagon on Sunday 

3.00pm to 5.00pm 

BELL RINGING 

The bell tower of SS Peter & Paul will be 

open on Saturday. Come and visit the ringing 

chamber, hear a talk about English church bell 

ringing, and see a demonstration of this unique 

and ancient art. Time permitting, there is also 

a possibility that you could have a go yourself. 

The friendly band of local ringers is looking 

to recruit new members and this is a good 

opportunity for you to come along and see 

if taking up ringing is for you. 

On SATURDAY at 2.00pm and 3.00pm 

FREE – ENTRY BY TICKET ONLY 


01483 426510 

Please note for safety reasons under 18s must 

be accompanied by a parent or guardian 

QUAKER MEETING HOUSE 

THE MINT, MILL LANE 

These buildings have been the home to the 

Quakers since the early 1700s. 

There will be a display entitled “Equality” 

Tea and biscuits available for a donation. 

Open SATURDAY 10.00am till 4.00pm 


THE STAR 

CHURCH STREET 

A mainly 18 th century house with 16 th century 

origins, it became a pub soon after the Beer 

Orders Act of 1830 when the Government 

encouraged a switch to wholesome English 

beer from the evils of Hollands gin. 


at 11.00am and 12.00noon 



01483 426510 

TOAD HALL 

OCKFORD ROAD 

Toad Hall is the lower end of a timber-framed 

open hall house dating from about 1500. 

Exposed timbers, some of them re-used from 

earlier buildings, will be pointed out during the 

tour and some of the tools used in the 

construction of the house will be described. 

Weather permitting, visitors may also walk 

round the garden. 

Tours SATURDAY at 9.30am and 10.45am 



01483 426510 

THE TEMPEST ON THE BANDSTAND 

Local company Squeaky Door bring their 

acclaimed outdoor production of The Tempest 

to Godalming's Bandstand. A vivid comical riot 

of a show that captivates both adults and 

children alike. Nobles, clowns, villains and 

elemental spirits weave an Isle of sweet airs. 

SATURDAY 5.00pm 

The Bandstand is near the Phillips Memorial by 

the river, bring your own chairs 

FREE—JUST TURN UP 

heritage weekend 

HISTORY WALKS 

Enjoy a guided history walk around Godalming 

led by Stephen Goddard. 

Lasts about one and a half hours. 

Starting from under the Pepperpot 

SATURDAY and SUNDAY 

10.30am 


GHOST WALKS 

Discover the gruesome and scary parts of 

Godalming's history on a walk around the 

town with the Rector of Godalming, 

Canon Mervyn Roberts. 

Starting from the Churchyard 

SATURDAY 4.00pm and 7.00pm 

4.00 pm walk is aimed at children, 

7.00 pm walk is for a more adult audience. 


HISTORIC BUILDINGS WALK 

Dr James Anderson will lead a walk from 

the town centre along Meadrow to look at 

the wealth of interesting buildings in this 

area. Dr Anderson has a doctorate in 

historic buildings. The walk will finish 

at the Manor Inn at approx. 12.15 

SATURDAY 11.00am 

FREE – TOUR BY TICKET ONLY 


01483 426510 

ORGANISED BY THE WEY & ARUN 

CANAL TRUST 

GUNPOWDER STORE 

STONEBRIDGE WHARFSIDE, 

A dark, wooden boarded building on staddle 

stones, the only remaining gunpowder store 

beside the Wey & Arun Canal. There will be 

displays on the history of the Canal. 

Park at Broadford Business Park, Shalford, nr 

Guildford, GU4 8EP (behind the Parrot Inn, on 

the A248 Godalming to Shalford Road). 

Open SATURDAY 

2.00pm till 5.00pm 


Also GUIDED WALK at 3pm from the 

Gunpowder store along part of the old route of 

the Wey & Arun Canal finishing at the old 

Bramley railway station. Approx 2 miles. 

Bookings for the walk from Guildford Tourist 

Information Centre on 01483 444333 or 

tic@guildford.gov.uk. 

MORRIS DANCING 

On SATURDAY we have New Esperance 

and on SUNDAY Kingston Morris 

They will be performing around the town 

between 12.00 and 5.00pm both days, 

listen out for music and bells. 

MUSIC ON THE BANDSTAND 

To finish the summer season on the 

Town Bandstand there will be two concerts on 

SUNDAY 

12.45 - 14.45 - Aldervalley Brass Band 

15.00 - 17.00 - Woking Wind Band, 

musicals, marches, film tunes & light classical. 

The Bandstand is near the Phillips Memorial by 

the river, bring your own chairs and a picnic! 

Concerts will take place in the parish church 

if weather is too bad. 

Sponsored by The Godalming Trust 


THE GODALMING TRUST 

The Godalming Trust is a voluntary 

organisation working to maintain our 

heritage and quality of life in Godalming 

and Farncombe. 

Annual subscription for a family is just £8. 

Please pick up an application to join 

in the Pepperpot during Heritage Open Days 

or in Godalming Museum or Library 

or download one from our website 

www.thegodalmingtrust.org.uk 

Charity No. 263033 

LOCAL EVENTS ORGANISED BY OTHER PEOPLE 

ORGANISED BY THE NATIONAL TRUST 

OAKHURST COTTAGE, HAMBLEDON 

Just to the south of Hambledon cricket green. 

O.S. map reference SU964380 

A National Trust owned small 16 th century 

timber framed cottage restored and furnished 

as a simple labourers dwelling. 

Open SATURDAY 

1.00pm till 5.00pm 


WINKWORTH ARBORETUM 

Far more than just a walk in the woods. 

A beautiful collection of trees and plants set in 

a dramatic hillside location offering peace 

and tranquillity, a masterpiece of planting 

surrounding a magnificent lake and wetland 

area. The National Trust's only arboretum, 

Winkworth is a wonderful collection of trees 

and plants uniquely set in over 100 acres 

of dramatic Surrey countryside offering 

stunning views whatever the season. 

2 miles south east of Godalming on B2130 east. 

The tearoom will be open. 

Open SATURDAY 



WALK AROUND GODALMING 

A 90 minute walk with the lengthsman for 

Catteshall length looking at the history of 

the town at the end of the River Wey & 

Godalming Navigations. 

Meet at Godalming Wharf 

(opposite Sainsbury’s). 

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of The Surrey Nanny Agency Ltd and A Chic Nine Months will 

be taking up a challenge to cycle 400km over five days across 

South Africa averaging 90kms each day. Funds raised by the 

challenge will support the work of REGAIN, the only charitable 

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independence of people who have become tetraplegic 

(severely paralysed) as the result of a sporting accident. To 

make a start raising the minimum sponsorship of £3,500 she is 

organising a day of fitness and pampering on Sunday 16th 

September 2012 at The Fitness Hangout in Godalming from 

10am – 6pm. The owner Jo Dandridge will be offering 

antigravity yoga and pole fitness taster sessions at the cost of 

£5.00. Bookings can be made via the website: 

www.thefitnesshangout.co.uk. On Cloud Nine treatments will 

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The Swan in Chiddingfold is holding a Beer & Wine Festival. It 

runs from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd September. On Friday it 

runs from 7 to 11pm, on Saturday from 12 noon to 11pm and on 

Sunday from 12 noon to 4pm.There’s live music on Friday and 

Saturday and on Sunday I expect everyone will be concentrating 

on drinking the barrels dry! There will be a BBQ, Pork Roast, 

Fredericks Ice Cream and lots of food for the kids. Talking of kids, 

there is face painting and lots of games including giant 

dominoes, no less. Commemorative glasses will be available and 

a donation will be made to the Chiddingfold Bonfire Fund. 

Surrey Hills Wood Fair 2012 takes place on October 6th and 

7th from 10am-5pm at Birtley House, Bramley, GU5 0LB (just 

5 miles south of Guildford on the A281). The magic of wild 

woodland and ancient woodcraft is all there to be explored at 

the Surrey Hills Woodfair. This family orientated event has 

activities and demonstrations to inspire & excite both adults 

and children – chainsaw sculpting, tree climbing, horse logging, 

bug hunts, local produce, refreshments, trade stalls and 

everything to do with wood fuel – log burners, stoves and 

boilers. Entrance: Adults £5, under 12s free. For further 

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6 cooking apples 

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6oz plain flour 

2oz caster sugar 

2oz butter 

1 teaspoon cinnamon 

1oz lard or shortening 

2oz raisins filo pastry for the top 

2oz dark rum 

1 lemon 


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with Trevor Cruickshank 

Sometimes we would spend a whole day make 

bread, cookies, cakes and biscuits. Even now 

when I bake her Apple Pie, the aroma takes me 

back to my childhood. 

From a young age I always wanted to cook for a 

living, and now I do... This is what inspired me to 

write these recipes. 

In the meantime make your pasty. In a food mixer, 

mix together flour, butter and lard (or shortening) 

until it looks like bread crumbs. Add a little cold 

water slowly until you form a ball of dough. Wrap 

with cling film and leave in the fridge for 30 mins. By 

this time your apples will be cooled enough. 

Roll out your pastry and line the bottom of your pie 

dish. Trim the edges so it looks tidy. Drain off liquid 

from the apples and place your apples in the pie 

dish. Pour the rum over the apples. Unfold your 

pack of filo pastry. Cut 4‐5 sheets into four squares. 

Scrunch each square and lay on top the apples. do 

this until the whole pie is covered. 

Brush the top with some melted butter. Pre‐heat 

oven to 180c. Cook pie for 30‐35 minutes or until 

golden brown. 

Super Chocolatey Squares 

Ingredients: 

500g dark cooking chocolate, melted 

September 2012

2 tablespoons cocoa 

25g chocolate chips 

6oz butter, melted 

8oz self raising flour 


1 large egg, beaten 

1 teaspoon bicarbonate 

Method: 

Combine all the wet ingredients into a bowl and 

lightly mix together. Sift together all the dry 

ingredients. Add the dry to the wet and hand mix 

together with a spoon. On your 11th stir add the 

chocolate chips and stir for another 11 times. 

Lightly grease a square tin and pour your mix in. 

Level with a spoon if needed. Bake at 170c for 35 

mins. Leave in the tin to cool. Cut into squares and 

serve. 

Plum & Almond Tart 

Ingedients: 

10 ripe plums 

4oz butter 

4oz self raising flour 

6oz ground almond 

1 large egg 


1 square of short crust pastry 

Method: 

Roll out pastry and line a 9inch lightly greased tart 

tin. Combine flour, butter, sugar and egg and mix 

together until light and fluffy. 


in the kitchen 

Stir in the ground almond. Pour into the tart tin and 

smooth evenly. Cut the plums into quarts and place 

on top of the tart mix. 

Bake for 45 minutes at 170c. Serve hot or cold. 

Quebec Style Blueberry Crumble 

Ingredients: 

3oz oats 

1oz chopped hazelnuts 

4oz raisins 

1oz chopped pecans 

4oz plain flour 

3oz vanilla sugar 

3oz butter 

8oz fresh blueberries 

2 tins of blueberries 

Method: 

In a bowl, rub together the oats, flour, butter and 

sugar until it looks like breadcrumbs. Mix in the 

hazelnuts, pecans and rasins. 

In an oven proof dish, add the blueberries. Then 

cover the fruit with your crumble mix. Bake in the 

oven at 180c for about 30‐35 minutes or until 

golden brown. Serve hot! 

Trevor Cruickshank runs Cruickshank’s, 100 Wey Hill, Hasle‐ 

mere, Surrey. GU27 1HS. Tel: 01428 652518. Visit 

www.TheBestChef.co.uk for more information. 


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September 2012

Kemnal House * Wey Valley House * Hatch Mill * Ridgway Court 

weeks. He did it to raise money for two great 

50 charities: Action against Hunger and the Royal 

Hospital for Neuro - disability. You can find out all 

about his walk by going to http:/eepurl.com/n/Umb. He is still 

hoping to increase the total raised so if you think you could 

help him, go to this website where you will find all the info on 

how to donate. Incidentally you may have noticed Richard’s 

New Orleans Pop-up Food Stall, which is being situated in 

various places in Godalming. Check his website 

www.laissezchef.com, or just look for the blue tent and follow 

the barbecue smell! His food is delicious. 

Greening Godalming is running a photo competition on the 

environment for adults and children to find Greening 

Godalming’s Photographer of the Year. As well as the glory of 

winning, the under 12’s winner will receive a £30 Toy Box 

voucher and the over 12’s winner will have his/her entry made 

into an A4 canvas by Snappy Snaps. The winning entries and 

other commended photographs will also be put on display in 

the Godalming Museum. The deadline for the submission of 

photographs is 4th November 2012. Find out how you can 

participate and details of what is required, on 

http://greeninggodalming.org/photo-competition. Good luck! 

Come and enjoy a charity Concert of Hope in aid of The Cellar 

in Godalming and The Seed Project in Zimbabwe at Busbridge 

Parish Church, Godalming on Saturday 22nd September at 

7.30pm. The varied programme will feature three talented 

groups of local musicians. The Luard Trio has performed nationwide 

for 18 years singing music ranging from popular shows to 

opera. Tir Eolas is a contemporary Irish folk band of recent 

graduates of the Royal College of Music. Rodborough Clarinet 


Wey Valley Society 

Where there is life still to explore 

Homes offering excellent standards of sheltered, 

residential and nursing care in Farnham and Haslemere. 

We are happy to announce that Hatch Mill is currently 

being refurbished to create 10 extra bedrooms and new 

modern living areas. All rooms will be ready by the end of 

the year. So book now to avoid disappointment. 

• All rooms en‐suite • High staffing levels 

• Warm and friendly atmosphere • Home cooked food 

• Fees that reflect charitable status 

• Regular activities including art & crafts, games, 

exercises, concerts and trips to local places of interest. 

• Active Resident groups involved with decision making 

See our newsletters at www.abbeyfieldweyvalley.co.uk 

For further information contact Louise on 

01252 712021 

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quartet are young musicians who are also members of the 

renowned Rodborough Jazz Band. Tickets at £10 for adults and 

£5 for children up to 16 years are available by telephoning 

01252 703946, or from Busbridge Church Office on 01483 

421267, or The Cellar in Crown Court, or at the door. 

Painshill Park is situated on the Portsmouth Road, Cobham 

KT11 1JE. The Park is in itself quite beautiful and well worth 

visiting; however they put on all sorts of great events from talks 

and workshops to walks and concerts. One event definitely 

worth mentioning in September is their Opera Gala with a 

sparkle which takes place on Friday 14th September. Painshill 

presents a night of opera in The Conservatory. A 

complimentary glass of Painshill sparkling wine will be served in 

the elegant 18th century walled garden before the 

performance. You will then be able to sit back and enjoy a 

selection of arias from famous operas and songs from bestloved 

musicals. The cost is £25 (Painshill members £22.50) and 

it starts at 8pm with the gates open for picnics at 6pm. Advance 

booking required. Please call the Bookings Manager on 01932 

868113. We are offering you the chance to win a pair of free 

tickets to ‘Opera Gala with a Sparkle’. Just answer the 

following question: Who wrote the music for the popular 

musical West Side Story? Please email your answers to 

info@painshill.co.uk. Other events are included in the price of 

normal admission unless otherwise stated and the Park is Open 

Daily (Closed Christmas Day & Boxing Day). Winter Opening 

Times: November to February are 10.30am – 4pm or dusk if 

earlier (last entry 3pm). Summer Opening Times: March to 

October are 10.30am - 6pm or dusk if earlier (last entry 

4.30pm). Normal Admission is Adults £6.60, 

Concessions £5.80, Children (5-16) £3.85, Under 5’s 61 


in the garden 

Plants for Late Summer Colour 

Advice on choosing the right plants for colour into the Autumn from 

Cathie at Cathie’s Gardening School, Secretts Garden Centre, Milford. 

I was allowed to write an article about 

my Gardening School last month as a 

treat so here is the article on late 

Summer colour you were expecting 

last time! 

Most gardens have some flowers in Spring, some in 

Summer and often not enough to take us into the Autumn. 

There are many plants that come into their own from 

August through to the first frosts and even then many 

more continue through the Winter. 

Anemone japonica 

These are a must for late colour and can be planted in a 

slightly shady corner too. They come in white and shades 

of pink with single and double flowers. They are not 

particularly choosy about soils but if they are happy will 

spread like mad so be warned. There are tall and short 

varieties and if you plant the white ones in a dull corner 

they appear to glow (see above right)! 

Dahlias 

Everyone knows and loves the Dahlia and they really come 

into all their glory from late Summer right through to the 

first frosts. Provided they are watered, dead headed and 

defended from slugs and snails they will reward you for a 

long season. They can either then be lifted and stored or 

left to take a chance for next year. Dahlia ‘Pooh’ has been 

my most successful, coming up every year. It’s single with 

red and yellow flowers, beautiful! 

Heleniums 

These are in the daisy family and come into their own from 

late July right into Autumn. Colours are bright reds, 

oranges and yellows and look amazing in drifts and large 

clumps. They love well drained soil but not too dry or poor. 

Rudbeckias 

Another daisy, mainly in yellow, but also other rusty 

colours. Some are suitable for the back of a border and 

others are short. They love a sunny site on well drained 

soil but do need a lot of water if planted in a pot! 

Crocosmia 

These are corms with spear like leaves and flowers in 

bright red, yellow and orange. Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ is scarlet 

and flowers through July and August. The orange 

Montbretia grows wild in Cornwall and forms a carpet of 

colour for miles; it likes most soils but preferably a sunny 

situation, another spreader! 

Echinacea 

Renowned for it’s medicinal properties, this is a beautiful 

large daisy or coneflower. They started off pink and white 

but now the breeders have produced golden, orange and 

red with lovely descriptive names like ‘Tomato Soup’. They 

don’t like clay soils but love the poor soil in the teaching 

garden and a sunny situation. We have even successfully 

grown them from seed this year too. Perfect for Prairie 

planting in large drifts. 

Eryngium 

A spiky architectural plant that loves a dry sunny situation. 

The bees are covering my ‘Silver Ghost’ in the teaching 

garden. They have been hugely successful this year despite 

the rain. 

Canna 

A touch of the tropical with large leaves and stunning 

flowers in many colours. Some have stripy and quite 

theatrical foliage. They love the sun and a good fertile soil 

that is moist ideally. These really are tender so mulch them 

well, bring them in or just buy new ones each year! 

Helianthus 

These are the perennial sunflowers and can be seen 

flowering their socks off in the teaching garden from 

August onwards. We have several varieties, the most 

prolific being Helianthus x laetiflorus, which is loved by the 

bees and hoverflies. Very tall and unfussy about soils as 

long as they are in a sunny situation. 

Asters 

Aptly named the Michaelmas daisy because it flowers from 

late August through September and October. Lovely daisies 

in mauve, pink, white, red, yellow and burgundy. They 

come in tall, short, single and double varieties. The only 

one that is troublesome is the wild one favoured by the 

bees. There are some amazing varieties on show at Secretts 

planted in the garden centre area and for sale too. 

I have suggested a few plants to brighten the garden in late 

summer but there are many more. Please ask for more 

advice if required. 

If you want to learn more, there are regular workshops and 

taster sessions at the Gardening School available for 

everyone! 

Next month I’m going to introduce you to my bees! 

If you want to learn more there are regular 

workshops and taster sessions at the 

Gardening School available for everyone! 

For further details, call 07931 925382, 

email cgs@cathiebrooks.co.uk or visit the 

website at www.cathiesgardeningschool.co.uk. 




tabletalk 

The Woolpack, Elstead 

All change (again) at The Woolpack. It 

reopened its doors in May having been 

taken over by Italian duo Gina and Gabi, 

who have a proven record elsewhere in 

Surrey and London, and now have a 10 

year lease on this once excellent pub. 

Head Chef Gina brings a southern Italian 

style of cooking to British and Italian 

dishes, while her husband Gabi charms 

as front of house. 

The menu offers a good choice of fairly 

predictable and less obvious dishes, 

most of which sound very tempting. The 

new Autumn menu starts in September, 

and there is currently a choice of four 

starters, seven mains, three pizzas, two 

salads, and a specials board with further 

choices. No shortage of puddings either, 

and I hear the tiramisu is excellent. 

A newly installed pizza oven makes my 

choice easy, and I choose the Woolpack 

Picante, with chorizo, ham, smoked 

cheese, rocket and parmesan (£10.95). 

It is huge, and rectangular, served on a 

board. And also excellent, with a crisp 

base, good and plentiful toppings, and a 

lovely, creamy smoked cheese. So big 

that I sadly could not finish it, so you 

may want to share it with someone. 

Barbara opts for the fish pie, with a 

cheesy potato topping, and full of white 

fish, salmon and a tasty white sauce. 

Marcus is tempted by Hunter’s Chicken, 

a grilled breast of chicken wrapped in 

bacon, with a cheese and smoked 

tomato sauce, served with chunky chips 

(£10.95). The large chicken breast is 

wonderfully succulent and well 

flavoured, no mean feat, and the cheesy 

tomato sauce quite delicious. Excellent 

chips as well. Both these dishes are 

served with three vegetables, all well 

cooked but slightly unadventurous. 

We ate on a Tuesday lunchtime, but 

Gina and Gabi have been pulling in the 

crowds with their themed food nights. 

Thursday is Italian night, a Steak night 

on Friday and Saturday is Fish night, 

with a selection of fresh fish displayed 

on a packed trolley of ice so you can 

choose what you want. They also have a 

popular Carvery on Sundays, with a 

number of different meats on offer. 

The pub has had a makeover, and is 

brighter and more modern than before. 

The food has taken a leap forward, and 

Gina and Gabi really want to make it 

work, which is great news for this lovely 

pub and I think likely, given our 

pleasant experience. I can’t wait to try 

the theme nights, but am told that 

booking is advised. I’ll see you there... 

SR 

THE WOOLPACK 

Milford Road Elstead, Surrey GU8 6HD 

01252 703106 

www.woolpackelstead.co.uk 

Barbara, Marcus and Stefan were guests of The Woolpack 


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I AM SO proud to have been involved in this year’s Godalming in 

Bloom Competition. It has been a resounding success and so 

much fun to have been a part of. We have received more entries 

than ever before, and the standard of gardening we have seen 

really has been phenomenal. This would be impressive in any 

year, let alone one with the with the weather we have endured. 

The drought followed by heavy rain and flooding has been far 

from ideal for both plants and gardeners! 

John and Janet Taylor at the Cornmeter have kindly donated a 

new award, The Cornmeter Trophy, which was awarded to the 

Godalming in Bloom Schools Competition: 

Rotary Sunshine Shield: Farncombe C of E 

Infants School 

Special Award: Busbridge Junior School 

Best Compost Trophy: Jennifer Snapes 

Cornmeter Trophy: Stephen Absolom 

Mayor’s Rosebowl: Gareth Addison 

Best Large Garden: Rosemary and Stephen 

Peters 

Commended: Di Drudge 

The Scarecrow Competition – Gordon‐Smith 

Trophy: Isabella Lychnos and family 

Highly Commended: Mrs Kelsey 

Rose Turk Trophy: Dawn Waters 

Secretts Award: Ann Dale 

Managed Community Gardens: Farncombe 

Community Centre 

Highly Commended: Meadrow Court 

The Writer’s Trophy: Jennifer Snapes 

The Legg Trophy: Doris Woods 

Godalming in Bloom 2012 Donated Prizes: 

Home Counties Pools and Hot tubs – £50 voucher 

and a bottle of wine 

Secretts ‐ £50 of gift tokens 

Enzorosario Hair Salon ‐ £50 voucher 

Halo Hair Company – free cut and finish 

Thompson and Morgan ‐ £40 of vouchers 

Cook ‐ £20 of vouchers 

godalming in bloom 

Special Award: Greta Edgington 

Bob Kingshott Award: Rose Turk 

Private Residences: Jo Stacey 

Chairman’s Award: Gareth Addison 

Multiple Retailers: J Gorringe and Son 

WWF Wildlife and Wildflower Trophy: 


Miscellaneous Buildings: Godalming Town 

Council 

Very Highly Commended: Godalming Police 

Station 

Barlow Roffe Swayne Trophy: The Kings Arms 

Independent Retailers: Cornmeter 

Professional Services: Nye Saunders 

Best Public House: The Sun 

Highly Commended: The Freeholders 

First Time Entry; Small Garden 

Highly Commended: Josee Allen; Jacky 

Tickner 

Commended: Anna and Nick Fosberry 

Best in Show, Stephen Absolom (whose garden is pictured). 

You can see more of Stephen’s beautiful garden in a special 

short film about Godalming in Bloom made by Nick Clarke by 

visiting ourgodalming.com. 

I am so proud to be part of my Godalming in Bloom Team, 

they are an amazing group of people. I would like to take this 

opportunity to thank our Chairman Steven Haines, Go‐ 

Godalming Chairman Simon Crowther, Dennis Amy, Corinne 

Cooper, Cathy and Tony Gordon‐Smith, Clare and John Sandy 

and our head judge Jack Morris FNVS for all their hard work. 

I would like to say a big thank you to Godalming Mayor Liz 

Wheatley and her Consort Mike Wheatley, who have really 

been fantastic! They were both on our judging panel each 

day and have been great supporters of the competition. 

Thanks also to everyone who donated a prize, your support is 

much appreciated. 

Our sponsors have been wonderful, Godalming in Bloom 2012 

was funded entirely by Cornmeter, J Gorringe and Son and 

the Guildford branch of Savills ‐ without their sponsorship the 

competition couldn’t go ahead. All three sponsors have just 

been so supportive and encouraging and we are so grateful to 

them for funding the competition. 

Beth Otway, Vice‐Chairman Godalming in Bloom 

THE WINNERS - THE WINNERS - THE WINNERS - THE WINNERS - THE WINNERS - THE WINNERS 

National Trust, Winkworth Arboretum – tickets for 

two adults and up to three children to visit the 

arboretum 

Painshill Park ‐ family ticket for two adults and up 

to four children 

Vann garden, Hambledon – tickets for two to visit 

the gardens on any open day 

Loseley House – tickets for two to visit the gardens 

Mr Fothergill’s – 20 packets of seed 

Small Garden 

Very Highly Commended: Joyce Cramp 

Highly Commended: Doreen and Robert Berry 

Commended: Michael Soul 

Allotment Competition: 

Waverley Trophy: Janet Fitzsimmons 

Jack Morris Plate: Mrs Kelsey 

Very Highly Commended: Bob Jones 

Highly Commended: Sarah and Isabel 

Gravenstede, Nicky and David Perkins, Annie 

Welch, Jo and Bob Young, Tony Bowers, Keith 

Hendry, Kevin Kerrigan, Henryk Gaska, John 

Baxter, Brian Shepherd, John Silano, Jan 

Honeysett, The Lychnos Family, David 

Aylewood, Glynis Dix, Chris and Emma 

Beswick, John and Lill Blades 

Worst Hanging Basket: Alan Weston from 

Fishman Direct (ask him about it!) 

If you would like to learn more or enter next 

year, please contact Beth on 01483 420989 

or email beth@otway.com. 

D.T. Brown – 20 packets of seed 

The Sun – six half bottles of Bernardi Pinot Grigio 

Friuli Grave 

The Star – bottle of L’Emage Sauvignon Blanc 

La Luna – bottle of Arpeggio Nerello Mascalese 

The Lime Tree – voucher for a manicure 

The Cavern at the Freeholders, Farncombe ‐ tickets 

for two to a choice of event at the Cavern 

Miracle Gro ‐ £6 of vouchers 


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THE PROFESSIONALS IN GARDEN CARE 

Free, Family Ticket (2 Adults & 4 Children) £22.00. For 

further information on events call 01932 868113 or 

visit www.painshill.co.uk. 

If you are wanting to join PETS (The Players of Elstead 

Theatrical Society) for their Bridge Afternoon at Elstead 

Village Hall on Friday 21st September – 2.15 for 2.30pm, there 

are only a couple of tables still available, please contact Sue 

Gowar on 01252 702127 to secure your place. Rehearsals are 

now well under way for their autumn production, Beyond a 

Joke, a comedy by Derek Benfield. Tickets will be available on 

line from 22nd September at www.elsteadtheatrical.co.uk. If 

you would like to be a part of PETS, they are always pleased to 

welcome new members, whether you prefer to be on stage or 

behind the scenes. Please check out the website for more 

information about PETS at www.elsteadtheatrical.co.uk, or feel 

free to join them at The Youth Club in Elstead on Wednesday 

evenings. 

Milford Sequence Dance Club will commence its 2012/13 

season on Wednesday 12th September. The Club meets on 

Wednesday evenings in Milford Village Hall from 8pm - 

10.30pm. New members and visitors are very welcome. For 

further details ring 01428 682109. 

The paintings of contemporary artist Stephen Hornsby-Smith, 

who has exhibited nation-wide, will be on show at Godalming 

Museum from Tuesday 4th to Saturday 22nd September. He 

has painted since childhood and says “This particular exhibition 

is about childhood memories travelling through Europe in a VW 

with my parents and brothers and sister. It is about childhood 

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recollection of time when my parents were most relaxed, relived 

every Xmas with a viewing of my father’s vertiginous 

panning from his cine-camera films, made to embarrass their 

grand-children. Just as the camera rolled unerringly through 

childhood to adolescence, now 40 years on, it seems as though 

I've come to have my own visual diary - my paintings, naively 

painted, partially abstract, and not trying too hard to be 

'cerebral'.” Godalming Museum is located at 109a High Street, 

by the Pepperpot. It is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 

5pm. Admission is free but donations are welcomed. The Local 

Studies library is open in the afternoons from 1pm to 4pm. 

Light refreshments are available throughout the day. Children 

are always welcome. There is a delightful Jekyll style garden at 

the rear of the museum and an excellent gift shop. Godalming 

Museum is run in partnership by Waverley Borough Council 

and Godalming Museum Trust. For further information contact 

the Museum on 01483 426510. 

I hear that Tesco is seeking planning permission to turn the 

old Wey Inn into a Tesco Express. The Wey Inn was in 

Meadrow just by the roundabout. I would have thought not a 

great location on the traffic front, and anyway I can’t think that 

we need yet another supermarket what with Waitrose and 

Sainsbury’s so close. It’s not as if they are stingy on their 

opening times! If you don’t like the idea there is a petition at 

www.ipetitions.com/petition/object-to-tesco-at-meadrowgodalming. 

Chiddingfold Village Hall Cinema is showing Salmon 

Fishing in the Yemen on Thursday 6th September, 

mentioned in last month’s issue. On Thursday 4th 

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1. From the Devil’s Punchbowl National Trust car 

park, cross a grassy picnic area to reach a 

viewpoint that offers extensive views over the 

punchbowl. Follow a wide path rightwards 

alongside the rim to reach a kissing gate and 5 

yards later turn left on a wonderful woodland 

path. Now ignore side paths for ¾ mile as the 

magnificent path descends into Highcomb Bottom. 

2. Pass through a second kissing gate and keep 

ahead to reach field gates on either side of the 

track and a line of old beech trees, now all joined 

together. After 50 yards turn right through a 

kissing gate and follow a narrower path through a 

dell where you cross a stream. Climb out of the dell 

on a broad track and pass to the left of a remote 

youth hostel half hidden behind a hedgerow. With 

a metalled lane ahead of you, turn left through a 

gate and continue on a downhill track passing by 

Gnome Cottage, surely the most remote in Surrey. 

Soon cross a cattle grid and now remain on this 

wonderful track as it leads you through beautiful 

scenery for just over ½ mile. 

3. After going round a right-hand bend soon 

followed by a left bend, pass a field gate on either 

side of the track to reach a fork. Follow the left 

fork and in 80 yards ignore a track on your right 

and press on ahead to cross a cattle grid. 

The Devil’s Punchbowl 

Despite its ominous name, the Devil’s Punchbowl is Surrey’s premier 

beauty spot and this circuit is surely the best the county can offer. 

Beginning at the rim of the punchbowl, you follow a wonderful 

woodland track down to the isolated vale of Highcomb Bottom 

which was once the home of ‘broom squires’. 

The area is a pleasure to explore and here you cross a small stream and pass by an isolated youth 

hostel before following a wonderful track with magnificent views that is shared by a section of the 

Greensand Way long‐distance path. On your return, the path leads us through a pretty dell where 

you re‐cross the stream and pass by 15th‐century Ridgeway Farm. Soon the circuit follows a 

bridleway that climbs easily through stands of pine and returns us to the Punchbowl and the end of 

this excellent walk. 

I recently did this walk, and it is one of the most pleasant I can remember. I have suggested an extension to 

the walk in the text that allows you to continue to the village of Thurslay, which offers a convenient mid‐walk 

refreshment point in the form of The Three Horseshoes. This will extend the walk by about 1½ miles if you 

choose to follow my lead! 

4. At a junction with a small tarmac lane, you can 

decide whether or not to press on to Thursley. To 

continue the smaller walk, turn left. 

If you do want to walk into Thursley, turn right 

here onto Highfield Lane (later The Street) and 

follow it past Thursley Church and many pretty 

cottages. At the end of the road, turn right onto 

Dyehouse Road and the Three Horseshoes will be 

found a few yards on your right. To return to the 

walk, retrace your steps back to The Street. After a 

few hundred yards, take a marked footpath on 

your right which takes you to the the Church. 

Follow this footpath past the graveyard, through a 

patch of trees and between fields to a lane at 

Smallbrook. Turn left here and follow the lane 

until you shortly reach a footpath on your left. 

Take this narrow footpath until it meets Highfield 

Lane again. Turn right and continue past Upper 

Highfield Farm where you now return to the main 

walk. 

Follow the lane for 45 yards before forking right 

on a downhill path beside a cottage. Soon cross a 

stream in this narrow valley and go diagonally left 

up a fairly steep, deeply eroded track to meet with 

Ridgeway Farm, which has its beginnings back in 

the 15th century. Continue ahead along a tarmac 

lane and ignore a lane to your right. Press on 


along Hyde Lane and soon pass idyllic Upper 

Ridgeway Farm and its attractive duck pond. 

5. The lane soon goes down a dip and here look 

out for a byway on your right. Opposite this to 

your left is a less easily spotted bridleway which 

you should now follow. After passing between 

banks go through a gate and press on ahead on 

the wide bridleway under power cables for 1¼ 

miles. When the rim of the punchbowl is reached 

go on ahead as the path follows the escarpment. 

Pass through a gate and under a vehicle height 

barrier and 80 yards later fork left along a broad 


track with gardens on your right. When the 

viewpoint is met, turn right and a few yards later 

the end of this splendid circuit is reached. 

Places of interest nearby 

Set in lovely countryside, Grayshott Pottery in 

School Road, Grayshott just south-west of 

Hindhead is open each day. It has a spacious gift 

shop that offers a wide range of gifts from 

Dartington crystal, jewellery, stationery, to 

cushions, candles and more. There is a café bistro 

and patio garden, where you can enjoy tea, coffee, 

soft drinks, cakes, lunches, wines and beers. 

Starting point: 

National Trust pay and display car park by the 

Devil’s Punchbowl Café. 

Length of walk: 

5¼ miles. 

out & about 

Map: 

OS Landranger: Aldershot & Guildford, 

Camberley & Haslemere. GR 891358. 

Refreshments: 

The Devil’s Punchbowl Hotel, Hindhead 

The Three Horseshoes, Thursley if you take the 

longer route. 

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haven’t seen it but apparently it is an animated comedy from 

the creators of Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run and 

features the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain and his 

enthusiastic crew who take on the cream of the pirating crop in 

a race to plunder the most booty and win the coveted Pirate of 

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it must be good. The Pirate starts at 5.30pm (doors open at 

5pm), The Angels’ Share starts at 8pm (doors open at 7.30pm) 

Tickets cost £5 on the door, or in advance from Chiddingfold 

Post Office. 

There are a number of fundraising events for Citizens Advice 

Waverley. I mentioned earlier the Haslemere Mayor’s Lunch 

on 9th September. It’s ‘Madras and Music’ at The Georgian 

Hotel, Haslemere from 12.30pm onwards. Tickets are available 

at £29 from The Georgian Hotel or telephone 01428 656644. 

And all proceeds go to local charity Citizens Advice Waverley. I 

have also mentioned this before, on Sunday 16th you can run 

for CAB. For details on how you can enter visit 

www.farnhampilgrim.org.uk. Email 

fundraising@waverleycab.cabnet.org.uk to let them know you 

are running for them so they can support you on the day. You 

can also set up a sponsorship page at 

www.virginmoneygiving.co.uk and search for Citizens Advice 

Waverley. Finally there is a Bridge Tea on Friday 5th October at 

The Band Room, Village Way, Cranleigh. Please bring your own 

table, playing cards and table cloth for tea. To reserve your 

table at £36 please contact Jo Reynolds on 01483 275288. All 

proceeds to go to local charity Citizens Advice Waverley. 

The popularity of Glenn Miller does not seem to diminish 

with the passing of time. Now The Nick Ross Orchestra brings 

the Big Band Sound of the 1940s back to Her Majesty’s Theatre 

in the West End on Sunday 30th September in a spectacular 

concert celebrating the Glenn Miller era. As a reader of 

Round&About you can book “Best Seats available” for “Sounds 

of the Glenn Miller era” for £30 (normally £37). Call the Box 

Office on 0844 412 4657 and quote The Nick Ross Orchestra 

“Round&About Magazine” (Please note this offer is not 

available on-line or in person at the Theatre Box Office and a 

booking fee applies). In addition, Round&About Magazine has 

5 pairs of tickets available for lucky winners. To be in with a 

chance of winning, simply answer the following question: In 

which year was Glenn Miller born? a) 1944 b) 1904 c) 1914. 

Send your answers by email to info@nickrossorchestra.com or 

by post to: The Nick Ross Orchestra, Bridge Cottage, 2, New 

Road, Great Barford, Beds, MK44 3LQ. Closing date for this 

competition is 21st September. 

Greening Godalming offers Energy Audits for the home and 

community buildings. Would you like to talk to an auditor 

about ways to save gas and electricity and also reduce your 

CO2 footprint ? Please contact greening.godalming@gmail.com 

to arrange a visit, at no charge. 

Yet again, we have run out of room! More Ramblings are 

available online at www.roundandaboutssh.co.uk so please 

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September 2012

spotlight 

Practical Philosophy 

– Is that Possible? 

Philosophy literally means ‘love of wisdom’. What 

does it mean to be wise? This is one of the key questions 

addressed at Practical Philosophy Guildford. 

The organisation has been offering an evening 

course in Guildford and surrounding locations for 

the last 40 years. During that time, a great many 

local residents have attended the course, the feedback 

from which has been overwhelmingly positive; 

for example one attendee said ‘I am eternally grateful 

for everything I learned, It has enriched my life 

and helped in no end of situations’. 

Having initially offered the course in schools and 

community centres, premises were acquired in 1994 

at 26a Portsmouth Road in Guildford. The course is 

also currently offered at the Museum of Farnham 

Garden Galley. 

So what does it mean to approach the love of wisdom 

practically? ’Practical’ means ‘acquired through 

practice or action, rather than theory, speculation, 

or ideals’. 

The course proceeds by considering key aspects of 

life such as: levels of awareness, how best to use 


energy, what is reason, beauty, love etc. Material is 

offered drawing from great philosophers and 

philosophies. The group is encouraged to explore 

through discussion what the subject matter really 

means in the light of each members’ experience. 

There are no ‘right’ answers, the tutor leading the 

group is also continuing to deepen his or her understanding 

and offers his or her time without payment 

(the organisation is run as an educational 

charity). 

The groups are quite small and this encourages 

open conversation. Each week participants are also 

given a practical exercise to take away observe its 

effect during the week. For example, in the first 

week it is to bring to mind the saying in everyday 

situations ‘what would a wise man or wise woman 

do now’? 

The course attracts a wide range of age groups from 

all backgrounds, being practical no academic ability 

is required and there are no exams. All that is required 

is an open mind and a willingness to participate. 

The results of the enquiry are seen in the state of 

one’s being. The goal of practical philosophy may 

be described as to be free, free to enjoy life to the 

full. 

If you are interested in the course, there are generally 

intakes twice a year, in January and September. 

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