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Your local community magazine<br />
Britain’s<br />
to 79,362<br />
local homes<br />
Great Isles<br />
PLUS RAMBLINGS, LOCAL NEWS, COMPETITIONS AND MORE...<br />
www.roundandaboutssh.co.uk<br />
JANUARY 2013<br />
GODALMING/CRANLEIGH<br />
Includes Chiddingfold, Dunsfold,<br />
Elstead, Ewhurst, Milford, Thursley,<br />
Witley & other villages<br />
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5 Ramblings<br />
Local news and charity events<br />
10 Kirstie on F<strong>as</strong>hion<br />
Style shake up<br />
14 A Good Read<br />
Carol Farley with her latest picks<br />
18 Britain’s Great Isles<br />
Alwyn Sambrook surveys Britain’s outer reaches<br />
24 Family Focus<br />
Healthy mum equals healthy family<br />
27 Focus on Senior Living<br />
40 On the Road 18<br />
Claremont Landscape Garden<br />
46 Health & Fitness<br />
Look after your liver<br />
50 In the Kitchen<br />
Winter warmers<br />
54 In the Garden<br />
Se<strong>as</strong>onal Workshops<br />
62 Out & <strong>About</strong><br />
Odiham & Dogmersfield<br />
64 Spotlight<br />
SurreySave Credit Union<br />
65 Cl<strong>as</strong>sified<br />
71 Competitions<br />
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BACP Accredited counselling<br />
psychotherapist, offering daytime and<br />
evening appointments to individuals and<br />
couples.<br />
Telephone - 07903 140704<br />
www.godalmingtherapypractice.counselling.co.uk<br />
Lucie Howell<br />
Counselling can be hugely beneficial for a<br />
wide range of emotional and personal issues.<br />
I have a particular interest in anxiety and<br />
relationship related problems.<br />
Telephone - 07791 844670<br />
www.luciehowell.co.uk<br />
Stella Goddard<br />
Working with you to strengthen and<br />
empower you. This then gives you renewed<br />
hope and vision for your future.<br />
Telephone - 07727 863274<br />
www.stellagoddard.com<br />
Louise Thom<strong>as</strong><br />
I am a counsellor with a particular interest in<br />
working with depression,anxiety disorders,<br />
suicidal ideation, loss and bereavement. I am<br />
available for evening appointments.<br />
Telephone - 01252 332432/07772 396016<br />
Dr Joanna Phillips<br />
I am a Clinical Psychologist providing<br />
individualised psychology services<br />
(including CBT) to children, young people<br />
and their families.<br />
Telephone - 07583 101323<br />
www.bluebird-psychology.co.uk<br />
Louise O’Connell<br />
I am a qualified Integrative Counsellor<br />
Psychotherapist. There are many benefits from<br />
having the opportunity to talk safely and openly<br />
about yourself and what's on your mind.<br />
Telephone - 07775 746354<br />
www.louisecounselling.com<br />
Dr Lynsey Hart<br />
I am a Clinical Psychologist working with<br />
adolescents and adults to overcome a wide<br />
range of difficulties, including depression,<br />
anxiety, adjustment to life events and relational<br />
problems.<br />
Telephone - 07977 270282<br />
01483 418245 - theeaves.org.uk<br />
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Stefan Kelly<br />
As a psychotherapist and professional<br />
business manager, I bring extensive<br />
commercial and clinical experience to my<br />
work with clients.<br />
Telephone - 07884 058824<br />
www.godalmingtherapypractice.counselling.co.uk<br />
Esté Grobler<br />
I am a counselling psychologist who works<br />
with adults and children from the age of 5. I<br />
specialise in working with the mind-body<br />
link, mindfulness, and trauma.<br />
Telephone - 07518 131329<br />
www.grobler.biz<br />
Sally Stevenson<br />
I tailor my approach to individual needs. I offer<br />
both long and short term work to individual<br />
adults. I am available for evening <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong><br />
daytime appointments.<br />
Telephone - 07787 154 057<br />
www.sallystevensoncounselling.co.uk<br />
Tracy Pinder<br />
BACP accredited integrative counsellor<br />
providing short-term or long-term<br />
counselling. Experienced in working with<br />
survivors of rape and childhood sexual abuse.<br />
Telephone - 01483 268564<br />
www.tracypindercounselling.co.uk<br />
Elise Goodier<br />
I am a humanistic counsellor offering both<br />
weekday and Saturday appointments. I<br />
specialise in anxiety, low self esteem,<br />
relationship issues and addiction.<br />
Telephone - 07971 338964<br />
www.elisegodier.co.uk<br />
Jo Whelan<br />
I am a Psychotherapist working with<br />
individuals and couples seeking to resolve<br />
personal issues or difficulties, and those<br />
facing transition and change.<br />
Telephone - 07952 156 897<br />
www.jowhelantherapy.org.uk<br />
Carolyn de Ferrars<br />
I am an Integrative Counsellor who works<br />
with people with a wide range of issues. I<br />
have a special interest in working with<br />
teenagers and their problems.<br />
Telephone - 07970 635436<br />
www.therapysurrey.com<br />
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Are you a qualified therapist looking to join our professional body? Call Bridget Walford for more information.
I thought I would start off this month’s ramblings with a<br />
message we received from Ian Coult, Chairman of<br />
Trustees, The Clockhouse, Milford. I quote, “On behalf of<br />
my fellow Trustees, I would like to thank the readers of<br />
<strong>Round</strong>&<strong>About</strong> for your kind support to The Clockhouse<br />
during 2012. We never take your support and generosity<br />
for granted for it is vital to our success in our mission to<br />
alleviate those twin evils of old age – isolation and<br />
loneliness. Whilst it is often the c<strong>as</strong>e that healthcare<br />
cannot fix the failings of the body, we can <strong>as</strong> a society<br />
help older people to avoid loneliness by involving them in<br />
community activities, making it e<strong>as</strong>ier for them to bear<br />
the other problems they may have”. It is always nice to<br />
get a thank you but I am sure I speak for everyone when I<br />
say that we are delighted to give any support and help<br />
we can to such a worthwhile organisation. For those<br />
readers not already aware, The Clockhouse is situated in<br />
Chapel Lane, Milford, just along from Secretts Farm Shop,<br />
and they are open Monday to Friday with an especially<br />
warm welcome for new members. Do visit them for a<br />
coffee or lunch and take a look around. The manager,<br />
Robin Amy, can be reached on 01483 420668.<br />
In the years 1914-1918, a million young men from<br />
across the length and breadth of the British Isles, lost<br />
their lives in a pitiless conflict, the war supposed to be<br />
the “war to end all wars”. There w<strong>as</strong> scarcely a hamlet<br />
or village into which did not creep a wave of sorrow. One<br />
of these villages, a local village to our area, w<strong>as</strong> the<br />
village of West Clandon. The story of the effect this<br />
cat<strong>as</strong>trophic war made to this close knit community w<strong>as</strong><br />
almost certainly on a parallel to all the similar villages in<br />
our local area. The story of West Clandon and its grand<br />
neighbour Clandon House and the changes it had on the<br />
everyday lives of all who lived and worked in the village<br />
and the big house, is revealed in a talk to be given by<br />
Sheila Doyle at Milford and District U3A’s next monthly<br />
ramblings<br />
THE INDISPENSABLE GUIDE TO WHAT’S ON WHERE IN YOUR AREA<br />
Welcome to another year! 2012 will be remembered for a hugely successful Olympic<br />
Games, The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and one of the worst summers in living memory. So<br />
what can we expect for 2013? My prediction is that by the end of the year we might at l<strong>as</strong>t<br />
just begin to get better news on the economy and that we will enjoy a much better summer.<br />
The nation will of course be cheered by the birth of William and Kate’s baby and England will<br />
retain the Ashes. Am I being too optimistic?<br />
CHARITY EVENTS > SPONSORED WALKS > EXHIBITIONS > HAPPENINGS > FUND-RAISERS > FÊTES & FAIRS<br />
talk on Friday January 11th at 2pm in Milford Village Hall.<br />
Learn of food shortages, a Zeppelin raid, of the many<br />
comforts donated and created for the troops in the front<br />
line and of the use of Clandon House for the healing and<br />
recuperation of the battle front wounded and much<br />
more in this interesting and informative talk of a period<br />
which still looms large in most of our family histories. A<br />
period of sadness and despair, but also one of courage,<br />
intense patriotism and eventual triumph. Entrance is £1,<br />
which includes tea/coffee and cake. For information on<br />
how membership of Milford and District U3A h<strong>as</strong> the<br />
ability with its multitude of activities, to enhance the<br />
lives of the older, but still active and enquiring<br />
generation. Go to www.milford-u3a.org.uk or contact<br />
Rosemary Bryant, membership secretary on 01483<br />
421612.<br />
KOOSA Kids Ltd, a leading out of school childcare<br />
provider in the South, h<strong>as</strong> run various fund-raising<br />
initiatives throughout all the KOOSA Kids clubs this year<br />
in a bid to raise funds for their chosen charity for 2012,<br />
Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK. Make-A-Wish, b<strong>as</strong>ed in<br />
Camberley, grants magical wishes to thousands of<br />
children and young adults with life-threatening<br />
conditions. There are currently 20,000 children and<br />
young people in the UK fighting a life-threatening<br />
condition and this year alone 1,200 children will turn to<br />
Make-A-Wish to have their wish granted. The charity<br />
needed to raise £6.8 million in 2012 to achieve this.<br />
KOOSA Kids managed to sm<strong>as</strong>h their target of raising<br />
£1000 and actually raised over £2000, so well done to<br />
everyone who took part in events throughout the year.<br />
KOOSA Kids are still collecting donations on behalf of<br />
Make-A-Wish, and if you would like to donate, you can<br />
do so by visiting www.koosakids.co.uk. Donations can<br />
also be made by texting ’KKID50 £2’ or ’KKID50<br />
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The more observant readers will be aware that<br />
Marcus and I grew moustaches throughout<br />
November for something called Movember.<br />
During November each year, Movember is<br />
responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on<br />
thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around<br />
the world. The aim of which is to raise vital funds<br />
and awareness for men’s health, specifically<br />
prostate cancer and testicular cancer.<br />
The funds raised in the UK are directed to<br />
programmes run directly by Movember and our<br />
men’s health partners, Prostate Cancer UK and<br />
the Institute of Cancer Research.<br />
So we decided to give it a go, and enlisted the help<br />
of our friend Simon Thornton, Godalming’s local<br />
butcher, to form the MoVantage Team. We<br />
emailed friends, family and customers to request<br />
financial support, and also decided that<br />
<strong>Round</strong>&<strong>About</strong> would contribute £1 for every<br />
advert sold in November to the total.<br />
Well, we are all delighted to say that we managed<br />
to raise the not insignificant amount of £1,190<br />
between the three of us. So a big thank you from<br />
us to all our friends, family and customers who<br />
supported us. We even made the front cover of<br />
the Surrey Advertiser!<br />
Stefan, Simon and Marcus<br />
I can’t quite believe that we are just starting our<br />
fourth year of publishing <strong>Round</strong>&<strong>About</strong>. We<br />
always love to hear from readers, so ple<strong>as</strong>e do<br />
continue to write in with any ide<strong>as</strong> or suggestions<br />
on how we can improve the magazine. Just drop<br />
me an email to editor@vantagepublishing.co.uk.<br />
Happy New Year to one and all!<br />
Stefan Reynolds<br />
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Godalming b<strong>as</strong>ed songwriting duo Philippa Reed and<br />
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second album, ‘Songbook Vol. 2’ with a night of musical<br />
entertainment at Guildford’s Electric Theatre on Monday<br />
21st January from 7pm to 10.30pm. This is a<br />
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from Godalming College who will be performing on the<br />
night, <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> gaining vital experience in live music<br />
production. Special guests on the night include<br />
established Surrey musicians Anna Neale, Mark Nelson<br />
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The meeting of Busbridge Evening W.I. will take place at<br />
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when Rupert Matthews will give a talk entitled ‘The<br />
Ghosts of Surrey’. As well <strong>as</strong> the meetings at the Village<br />
Hall, future events planned include a lunch, a walk, a<br />
session of Mah Jong and meetings of the Sewing Group<br />
and Book Club. New members and visitors will be very<br />
welcome, ple<strong>as</strong>e contact the secretary Penny Howell on<br />
01483 415904.<br />
One of the main events at RHS Garden Wisley in the New<br />
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Saturday 12th January to Sunday 24th February. Enjoy<br />
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winter blues. Wander underneath palms and watch the<br />
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When family relationships resemble a war zone<br />
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Have an affair? Put the children in care? Pack<br />
your teenager’s suitc<strong>as</strong>e and leave both on<br />
someone else’s doorstep until teenager is 42?<br />
Buy a one way ticket to Vladivostok? Of course,<br />
maybe you could consider a better solution?<br />
Serena Burns and her colleagues, well known for<br />
their successful work within the NHS and<br />
beyond, have recently launched One Step<br />
Therapy Services to help with all of the above,<br />
working with Individuals, Couples and Families<br />
building relationships that l<strong>as</strong>t.<br />
One Step’s ethos is that relationships come first.<br />
Who w<strong>as</strong> it who said that “on your deathbed it’s<br />
not the number of hours you put in at work, or the<br />
number of designer dresses in the wardrobe that<br />
you remember”?<br />
If you don’t have food in the fridge you go to the<br />
supermarket, if your hair needs cutting you go to<br />
the hairdresser, if your car needs repairing you<br />
visit the Garage and remember to get it serviced<br />
regularly. How about doing the same for your<br />
relationships and seek therapeutic help <strong>as</strong> the<br />
norm?<br />
It just takes “One Step” to keep your<br />
relationships on track. Visit<br />
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out more about One Step or<br />
call 07786 898 446.<br />
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GODALMING, CRANLEIGH & VILLAGES R&A x 9
Style shake up<br />
New year, new you. Well it doesn’t have to be that dramatic but a few changes<br />
and additions to your f<strong>as</strong>hion and beauty routine could make all the difference.<br />
Kirstie and Hanna list some top tips:<br />
F<strong>as</strong>hion<br />
It’s so e<strong>as</strong>y to get bored with the clothes that we have,<br />
but a lot of the time we just forget what’s in the back<br />
of the wardrobe. Lack of time means we pick out the<br />
same old options and, in time, boredom creeps in.<br />
Simple Wardrobe shuffle<br />
This is a quick option to re shape your wardrobe. Take<br />
everything out and lay on your bed (that's the clothes,<br />
not you!). Shuffle your clothes into different groupings<br />
than before - all skirts together, all shirts together or<br />
go for similar colours grouped together. Just this simple<br />
process will remind you what’s in there, and show<br />
you new options to wear together. If you have more<br />
time, try on different layers. Be adventurous with new<br />
prints worn together and when you like a new look,<br />
place back in the wardrobe in complete outfits.<br />
Mix it Up<br />
Aim to mix up brands in your outfit. As tempting <strong>as</strong> it<br />
is to buy the whole outfit from a coordinated store, it's<br />
the quickest way to look bland and unimaginative.<br />
If you’re lacking inspiration, visit shops not normally<br />
on your shopping path. If M&S and Monsoon are your<br />
safety zones, think about buying an edgier cardigan<br />
from Top Shop to wear with your cl<strong>as</strong>sic trousers or a<br />
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printed blouse from Warehouse to add a fresh take to<br />
your business suit. A client of mine in her 70’s recently<br />
went for the comfort of trousers by CC, stripy top by<br />
Mint Velvet, cardigan layer by O<strong>as</strong>is and scarf by Miss<br />
Selfridge. She looked great and felt youthful with a<br />
fresher take to her look.<br />
Best condition<br />
Be ruthless with the look of fabrics. If it is really too<br />
bobbly, either invest in a De-Fuzzer from Lakeland,<br />
£4.79 or gently pick off, while watching the TV. Check<br />
buttons are all on securely, and sleeve and dress hems<br />
are in right places. A jacket with sleeves sitting too<br />
long will look too big all round - it’s so worth investing<br />
£10 on an alteration to get the levels right.<br />
Morning layers<br />
Early morning, pull out one garment you love and<br />
work from there. One statement item is normally<br />
enough to wear with b<strong>as</strong>ic layers. Have plenty of long<br />
sleeve T-shirts in your wardrobe - I find Uniqlo a great<br />
place for layers, the nearest store is in Kingston or on<br />
line at www.uniqlo.com.<br />
I love it<br />
Adored items are essential items in your wardrobe.<br />
Just a few statement pieces of clothing that make you<br />
an individual will help you define your own look.<br />
January 2013
Head for the smaller boutiques, who will stock unusual<br />
brands in small quantities. My favourites are<br />
Blush in H<strong>as</strong>lemere, Catwalk in Godalming, One Forty<br />
in Cranleigh and Ordri’s Boutique in Farnham. You<br />
may pay a bit more for something unique but it will<br />
be worth it.<br />
Beauty<br />
Central heating and harsh weather conditions play<br />
havoc with our skin, and faces and hands take a real<br />
battering.<br />
Smooth hands<br />
Untouched by harsh chemicals and free of additives,<br />
‘Rose’ hand cream by Cath Kidson, (£8) and a<br />
favourite of Hanna’s, ‘Shea Butter’ by L’Occitane<br />
(£18.50), will boost your hand circulation.<br />
Nail it<br />
Nails are an e<strong>as</strong>y way to be on trend by wearing the<br />
new colours to zap up your outfit. Try a metallic gold<br />
shade ‘Lanesborough Place’ (£11, Nails inc).<br />
Complexion lift<br />
For a tried and tested skin lift, use Liz Earle’s Cleanse<br />
and Polish Hot cloth cleanser (£14.25). The two ph<strong>as</strong>e<br />
cleanser not only removes make-up but <strong>as</strong> you wipe<br />
away, the muslin cloth dislodges dead skin cells, to<br />
give your skin a really fresh look and feel. Visit the<br />
store at 72-74 High Street, Guildford. We love this.<br />
Instant facelift<br />
For an instant up lift, choose an eyebrow reshape and<br />
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kirstie on f<strong>as</strong>hion<br />
threading session which will open up your eyes. Available<br />
in department stores and even at Superdrug (£7),<br />
a great way to remove all the little hairs that are hard<br />
to see yourself.<br />
Keep colours up dated<br />
Trend spotting for spring/summer 2013 shows a lot of<br />
designers sticking to a neutral palette for make-up with<br />
some exciting ‘pops’ of colour in orange, reds and pinks.<br />
Bobbi Brown h<strong>as</strong> captured this perfectly with her new<br />
nudes and neons range. Try her lip colour in ‘Atomic<br />
Orange’ worn with ‘Ultra Nude Eye Palette’. As Bobbi<br />
states, “it's about highlighting one feature at a time.”<br />
Face up to it<br />
BB creams were the talking point l<strong>as</strong>t year and continue<br />
to be this year. For those who haven’t tried them<br />
yet, they’re like a tinted moisturizer but with added<br />
ingredients such <strong>as</strong> antioxidants. A high street brand<br />
that rivals the high end is by Garnier, Miracle skin Perfector,<br />
SPF 15 (£9.99).<br />
Pretty Damn Good<br />
If you need a kick start, why not invest in a ‘wardrobe<br />
detox’ with Kirstie or learn some new tricks and techniques<br />
to get your face looking fab with Hanna. They<br />
both have years of experience in the f<strong>as</strong>hion and<br />
beauty industry. There are various packages to choose<br />
from when you visit kirstiesmillie.com under Personal<br />
Styling or view Hanna's bridal website at hannawildman.com.<br />
Call Call Kirstie on 07773 234947 and<br />
Hanna on 07831 353317.<br />
Portrait photographs by Rachael Lowndes. Call 07773 666725<br />
or email www.rachaellowndes.co.uk.<br />
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January 2013
describe the event by the hundreds of families<br />
9 who visit every year. For children, it's a chance to<br />
see these beautiful creatures in their natural<br />
surroundings and understand where they come from. The<br />
Gl<strong>as</strong>shouse is open daily from 10am to 4pm, Garden open<br />
until 4.30pm L<strong>as</strong>t entry to the garden and Gl<strong>as</strong>shouse<br />
3.30pm. Normal garden admission applies, RHS Members<br />
go free. In conjunction with this event, they are also<br />
holding Butterfly photography mornings on Wednesday<br />
30th January and Wednesday 6th February, from 8am-12<br />
noon. You will discover how to capture beautiful images<br />
of their tropical butterflies with expert advice. Join Adrian<br />
Davies for this morning workshop covering techniques,<br />
equipment and image processing. You will enjoy exclusive<br />
access to the Gl<strong>as</strong>shouse before it opens to the public at<br />
10am. The cost is, Members £45, non-members £56.50<br />
(includes tea and coffee). To book, Tel: 0845 612 1253. For<br />
details of everything that is going on at Wisley, go to<br />
www.rhs.org.uk/wisley.<br />
Retired professional and businessmen meet monthly at<br />
Milford Probus Club for a lunch and an interesting talk. In<br />
November, Peter Herring described the history of<br />
Winkworth Arboretum. This collection of more than 1,000<br />
specimens of shrubs and trees w<strong>as</strong> started in 1937 by Dr<br />
Wilfrid Fox, a skin specialist by profession. Some of the<br />
woodland w<strong>as</strong> felled <strong>as</strong> part of the war effort and this<br />
actually encouraged him to plant a wider selection on the<br />
original site. Free guided walks are provided on the first<br />
Wednesday of each month. The Arboretum is now owned<br />
by the National Trust and there are plans to build a new<br />
visitor centre with improved facilities. Milford Probus Club<br />
h<strong>as</strong> members from Waverley and beyond, and is open to<br />
retired and semi-retired professional and businessmen<br />
over the age of 50. They meet in Godalming on the third<br />
Friday of each month, for lunch followed by a talk on a<br />
wide variety of subjects. Wives and partners are invited to<br />
join them each year for a special lunch, and can join them<br />
for any other lunch by invitation, and for occ<strong>as</strong>ional visits<br />
such <strong>as</strong> the recent visit to Blenheim Palace. The l<strong>as</strong>t social<br />
event w<strong>as</strong> a black tie Christm<strong>as</strong> dinner. The Club also h<strong>as</strong><br />
other activities such <strong>as</strong> golf days. Prospective members<br />
are invited to attend a meeting without obligation. The<br />
next talk is on Friday 18th January and will be given by Len<br />
Thompson, author of the book "A Rough Diamond in<br />
South Africa". For more details, contact Mike Thompson<br />
on 01483 428181 or email thmmic@btinternet.com.<br />
The Chiddingfold Horticultural Society met on<br />
Wednesday 21st November for the AGM followed by a<br />
quiz. The Chairman reported that, despite the poor<br />
weather, they have had a successful and very full year.<br />
Three shows were held, six talks given and a party <strong>as</strong> well<br />
<strong>as</strong> involvement in the Village Fete and Jubilee Celebrations<br />
[their contribution being the planter and contents<br />
positioned by the forge]. The Tre<strong>as</strong>urer informed the<br />
meeting that they had made a surplus of £326 and also<br />
paid for the planter. The Chairman thanked the retiring<br />
committee members and presentations will be made at<br />
the next meeting. The newly elected officials<br />
consist of Phil Darley [Chairman], Graham Hill 16<br />
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This book is an incredible tour de force.<br />
The book review by Carol Farley (carol.farley@farleypart.com)<br />
This month’s books are a fe<strong>as</strong>t for all of the senses. I hope you find<br />
something good to read in this selection, and if you’ve got any<br />
suggestions of books that you feel I should be covering for future<br />
issues, ple<strong>as</strong>e do let me know - I’d love to hear from you at<br />
carol.farley@farleypart.com.<br />
London<br />
Hidden<br />
Interiors<br />
by Philip Davies<br />
Jacketed hardback. Nonfiction.<br />
RRP £40.00.<br />
Published by Atlantic<br />
Publishing with English<br />
Heritage.<br />
There are over 1700 sumptuous and<br />
extraordinary photographs covering 180 London<br />
locations that we wouldn’t necessarily get to see<br />
even if we could get beyond the front door. Some<br />
of the locations featured are accessible – like the<br />
marvellous Sir John Soane’s Museum, and some<br />
others can be seen during the Open House event<br />
each September, but even then some of the rooms<br />
that are shown in this truly stunning book are not<br />
ever seen other than by those who work there,<br />
Grape Expectations<br />
by Caro Feely<br />
Paperback. Non-fiction. RRP £8.99<br />
Published by Summersdale in July 2012<br />
As a lover of France and of the occ<strong>as</strong>ional gl<strong>as</strong>s of<br />
wine, I w<strong>as</strong> quite excited to read about Caro Feely’s<br />
experiences. She and her husband quit their jobs,<br />
sold their home and followed their joint dream of<br />
buying a vineyard in France - this with a toddler and<br />
a newborn baby. Sure, there are a million books<br />
14 x R&A GODALMING, CRANLEIGH & VILLAGES<br />
such <strong>as</strong> the Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular<br />
Science.<br />
Philip Davies, an architectural historian and<br />
conservationist h<strong>as</strong> written some fabulous text<br />
which I have been repeatedly dipping into -<br />
discovering more and more about the social<br />
history <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> about the buildings themselves.<br />
Extract on Lloyds Bank, 222 Strand: There is a<br />
suggestion that the original dining room w<strong>as</strong><br />
ventilated by a pair of women riding a tandem<br />
bicycle in the b<strong>as</strong>ement to power a giant pair of<br />
bellows, which forced air into the ground floor.<br />
Whilst apocryphal, it may just be true. During<br />
refurbishment, a piece of equipment resembling a<br />
bicycle w<strong>as</strong> found in the b<strong>as</strong>ement alongside a m<strong>as</strong>s<br />
of ducting, which appears to be the remains of the<br />
original system.<br />
This really is one of the most stunning and<br />
f<strong>as</strong>cinating books I’ve seen for a long time. Bill<br />
Bryson says: ‘I’m dazzled’. ‘It’s my Book of the<br />
Year and you can quote me on that’.<br />
about people buying property abroad, and I admit to<br />
having been a little sceptical to start with (yet<br />
another Brit battles against adversity abroad), but<br />
that w<strong>as</strong> soon dispelled and I quickly became<br />
embroiled in Caro’s struggles and triumphs.<br />
It’s a very personal story of how she coped <strong>as</strong> a<br />
mother of two children thrust into a foreign<br />
environment, <strong>as</strong> a woman dealing with her<br />
relationship with her husband <strong>as</strong> times got<br />
physically and mentally tough for them both, and <strong>as</strong><br />
a woman who w<strong>as</strong> used to being in a business<br />
environment. A thoroughly enjoyable and amusing<br />
read which I cantered through.<br />
January 2013
Having bought a copy of this in a previous<br />
incarnation by Calder Publications I w<strong>as</strong> interested<br />
to see the Alma Cl<strong>as</strong>sics version. What a treat it is.<br />
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Le Nozze di Figaro<br />
Overture Opera Guides in<br />
<strong>as</strong>sociation with the ENO<br />
Compiled by Christopher<br />
Stevens<br />
Paperback. Non-fiction.<br />
£12.00<br />
Published by Alma Cl<strong>as</strong>sics<br />
The Global<br />
Vegetarian Kitchen<br />
by Troth Wells<br />
Hardback. £20.00.<br />
Published by New Internationalist<br />
I know it’s not exactly a good ‘read’, except that I<br />
happen to read cookery books all the time, in fact I<br />
think it’s a bit of an obsession, but this book just<br />
happens to be a lovely book and, <strong>as</strong> it’s published by<br />
I Touch<br />
Hardback.<br />
Childrens. 3+ years.<br />
Published by PatrickGeorge<br />
It’s a beautifully produced, chunky book of 343<br />
pages now with delightful essays by Max Loppert,<br />
John Wells, B<strong>as</strong>il Deane, but also a piece on the<br />
Recitatives by David Syrus and A Selective<br />
Performance History.<br />
Those, along with several illustrations of Mozart<br />
and colour photographs of some recent, modern,<br />
productions, the Libretto (in Italian and English),<br />
notes on the text by Julian Rushton, a select<br />
Discography, bibliography, and Mozart websites,<br />
make this a superbly readable book for anyone<br />
interested in opera. This is just one of a series of<br />
opera guides produced by Alma, and I can see that<br />
I shall have to get going on my collection.<br />
a less well known publisher, I thought it thoroughly<br />
deserved a mention.<br />
The recipes in this book are beautifully<br />
photographed, the typography is clear and readable,<br />
and the recipes (from all around the world) are<br />
different yet do-able, using ingredients that are<br />
pretty much available in a good supermarket.<br />
Sure there’s a vegan nut ro<strong>as</strong>t and a vegeburger in<br />
here, but there’s also a ‘Swooning Imam’ from<br />
Turkey, Ewa from Nigeria and Gramma Cake from<br />
Russia. Am just off to make the Crunchy Garlicky<br />
Potatoes from India … they look absolutely<br />
delicious.<br />
This is one of a series of books on the five senses<br />
(the others in the series are iT<strong>as</strong>te, iHear, iSmell,<br />
iSee).<br />
True to the PatrickGeorge style of cleverly linking<br />
graphic design with the subject, they have turned<br />
fingers and hands into part of the image to produce<br />
a really fun and bright book. For example iTouch …<br />
a slimy worm (shown here).<br />
These are delightful.<br />
a good read<br />
GODALMING, CRANLEIGH & VILLAGES R&A x 15
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[Tre<strong>as</strong>urer], Margaret Morton [Secretary] and<br />
13 Sue Hill [Membership Secretary]. Phil then<br />
expressed the view that the way ahead would be<br />
to continue to improve relations with the village, maintain<br />
the quality of the shows and encourage new members.<br />
They may also get a website. After the interval for tea and<br />
biscuits they tested their general knowledge with a quiz.<br />
The next meeting, a Social Evening, will be at 8pm on<br />
Wednesday 16th January in the Village Hall, Coxcombe<br />
Lane, Chiddingfold and anyone is welcome to join them.<br />
A glamorous fundraising event w<strong>as</strong> held at Farnham<br />
C<strong>as</strong>tle in November and over £7,000 w<strong>as</strong> raised for the<br />
Surrey Care Trust. 2012 w<strong>as</strong> an important year for this<br />
leading local charity b<strong>as</strong>ed in Milford: founded in 1982, it<br />
is now 30 years old! Acclaimed songwriter and musician<br />
Sir Richard Stilgoe, who is also a Patron of the Surrey Care<br />
Trust, hosted a spectacular evening of musical<br />
entertainment performed by the GSA Singers, who<br />
serenaded their audience while they dined with some of<br />
the greatest hits of musical theatre. The GSA Singers are a<br />
dynamic company of talented young performers hailing<br />
from the renowned Guildford School of Acting and they<br />
wowed lucky ticket holders with their incredible voices<br />
and energy. There w<strong>as</strong> a real party atmosphere <strong>as</strong> guests<br />
at the sell-out event also had to sing for their supper. The<br />
Surrey Care Trust provides life-changing opportunities for<br />
people of all ages through education, training in practical<br />
skills and volunteering. The charity also runs a Crisis<br />
Grants Fund helping people facing hardship in towns and<br />
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The Fitness Hangout is a Specialist Aerial<br />
Fitness Studio in Catteshall Lane in Godalming.<br />
It opened in October 2011, and w<strong>as</strong> very first<br />
studio in the UK to offer Antigravity Yoga<br />
cl<strong>as</strong>ses. Other cl<strong>as</strong>ses include Pole Fitness,<br />
Antigravity Pilates and Contemporary Dance.<br />
It’s run by Jo Dandridge who h<strong>as</strong> worked in<br />
the fitness industry for 13 years. “I believe that<br />
fitness h<strong>as</strong> to be unique, beneficial but also<br />
FUN, which is the ethos behind the<br />
studio.Antigravity Yoga is a fusion of different<br />
techniques along with Aerial Gymn<strong>as</strong>tic, so<br />
people will flip, fly and invert in their very<br />
FIRST lesson! The Pole Fitness cl<strong>as</strong>ses are<br />
great for connecting with new friends and<br />
boosting confidence and self esteem”<br />
For more information ple<strong>as</strong>e take a look at the<br />
website. www.thefitnesshangout.co.uk.<br />
villages across Surrey. From skydiving or walking on fire<br />
to trekking the Sahara, the Surrey Care Trust likes to earn<br />
its sponsorship through some innovative and exciting<br />
challenges. Visit www.surreycaretrust.co.uk to find out<br />
about the charity’s upcoming events.<br />
We Love to Dance is delighted to announce that cl<strong>as</strong>ses<br />
for children start on Friday 11th January at Shalford<br />
Village Hall. See website for details ( google “we love to<br />
dance”) or call Rachel on 07946 363556. Also, a new<br />
daytime beginner ballet cl<strong>as</strong>s for adults starts on the same<br />
day - call to check space availability. Whether you're 7 or<br />
70, it's never too late to learn to dance!!<br />
Following widely acclaimed site specific productions of<br />
Richard III, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, this February<br />
the Guildford Shakespeare Company is returning to the<br />
18th century Holy Trinity Church in Guildford with<br />
Shakespeare’s gripping power play, Macbeth. The<br />
production is directed by Caroline Devlin who is currently<br />
nominated for best director in the Off West End Awards<br />
for her recent production of Richard III. Guildford<br />
Shakespeare Company is committed to giving audiences a<br />
complete and unique experience of Shakespeare where<br />
the venue becomes a central figure in the performance<br />
and this production promises to be no exception. There is<br />
also an eclectic events programme running alongside the<br />
production including a talk from Dr Fiona Watson on The<br />
Real Macbeth, a staged reading of Noah<br />
Lukeman’s sequel Macbeth Part II: The Seed of 22<br />
January 2013
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Italian Night - Thursdays Steak Night - Fridays Fish Night - Saturdays<br />
PLUS: Burns Night Dinner Dance, Friday 25 January. Tickets now on sale £40<br />
Includes 4-course dinner and live music from Keith Powell and David Kane<br />
The Woolpack, Milford Road, Elstead, Surrey GU8 6HD Tel: 01252 703106 woolpackelstead.co.uk<br />
Burns Night Dinner Dance at The Woolpack<br />
Haggis anyone? A<br />
warming Cock-a-<br />
Leekie maybe? It<br />
can only mean one<br />
thing – Burns Night.<br />
This month The<br />
Woolpack will be<br />
holding their second<br />
dinner dance on<br />
Friday 25th January, taking on the theme of Burns<br />
Night. Enjoy a traditional Burns Night supper,<br />
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Britain’s<br />
Great Isles<br />
Alwyn Sambrook surveys Britain’s<br />
outer reaches<br />
HANDS UP IF you’ve heard of the Ascrib Islands, or<br />
Fidra. No? How about Big Harcar, or Walney? Or the<br />
Crowlins? Hmmm, thought so. The simple fact is<br />
most of us don’t know all that much about the<br />
islands surrounding us – or even how many there<br />
are. Latest estimates reckon over 5,000, but many,<br />
admittedly, are just rocky outcrops, home to sheep<br />
or seabirds, and others inaccessible or<br />
uninhabitable. Where we can step <strong>as</strong>hore, though,<br />
there’s that distinctive sense of discovery and<br />
separation, of time ce<strong>as</strong>ing to matter.<br />
Shetland<br />
That’s true of these remote islands, nearer to the<br />
Arctic Circle than to London and first settled 4,000<br />
years ago (don’t miss the archaeological tre<strong>as</strong>ures of<br />
Jarlshof), later by the Norsemen. Scandinavian<br />
influences abound in place names and dialect<br />
(Icelandic books are sold in Lerwick) and in darkest<br />
January, when Up Helly Aa blends music,<br />
merrymaking and a burning Viking galley to herald<br />
the return of the sun. Most of the time it’s windy, and<br />
everything adapts accordingly: Shetland ponies are<br />
small for a re<strong>as</strong>on – and encountered in all weathers<br />
on distant, beautiful Unst, Britain’s most northerly<br />
outpost, or on fertile Fetlar, (very) occ<strong>as</strong>ional haunt<br />
of the snowy owl. Human resilience prevails, too:<br />
Shetland crofters are above all supreme fisherman,<br />
at home in mountainous se<strong>as</strong>. And further out, the<br />
diehards of Foula, faithful to the pre-1752 calendar,<br />
celebrate Christm<strong>as</strong> on 6th December and New Year<br />
on 13th January. In this latitude (the same <strong>as</strong><br />
Leningrad), tradition lingers on.<br />
Anglesey<br />
Known <strong>as</strong> Môn Mam Cymru (Mother of Wales) –<br />
because it produces corn for the whole country – this<br />
low, square island (highest point only 710ft) sits solidly<br />
beside the Menai Strait, linked to the outside world by<br />
Telford’s great suspension bridge. Visitors invariably<br />
make for the village with Britain’s longest name -<br />
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliog<br />
ogogoch, the spellcheck confuser – then for the great<br />
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South Stack Lighthouse, Anglesey<br />
sweeping beaches of Cemlyn, Newborough or Red<br />
Wharf Bay, before taking in the technicallysophisticated<br />
c<strong>as</strong>tle at Beaumaris, constructed by<br />
Edward I to subdue Welsh unrest. Today’s welcome is<br />
rather more peaceful – and might just include an<br />
aromatic Principality beer at South Stack lighthouse,<br />
watching a fine Anglesey sunset.<br />
Isle of Wight<br />
Many believe this homely parallelogram, moored<br />
just off Hampshire, h<strong>as</strong> been preserved under a<br />
Victorian gl<strong>as</strong>s dome. Not dull and dusty, you<br />
understand, but trim and neat and sprightly.<br />
Certainly, step off the ferry or Hovercraft and time<br />
seems to slow, helping us appreciate the ‘magic in<br />
miniature’. Look at the ex-Piccadilly Line trains<br />
clattering along Ryde’s ancient pier; at the bursting<br />
giftshops of perhaps-just-too-pretty Godshill, mecca<br />
for tea-towel lovers of all ages; at the honeysuckledraped<br />
cottages of Bonchurch, beloved of Dickens;<br />
at the Italianate excesses of Osborne House, Queen<br />
Victoria’s refuge in domesticity; and at the<br />
regiments of Triumph Heralds enjoying retirement<br />
by the sea. Ah yes, the sea: permanent backdrop to<br />
cobweb-dispelling walks on Tennyson Down, to<br />
spirited Cowes yacht races; to giddy views from the<br />
Needles Battery, and to lined-up gl<strong>as</strong>s jars<br />
containing the stripey sands of Alum Bay. There’s a<br />
lot going on under that dome…<br />
Inner Hebrides (N)<br />
On the map these ragged islands look like an<br />
explosion in a jigsaw factory. Heavily indented Mull<br />
(with a 300-mile co<strong>as</strong>tline) is the wettest,<br />
harbouring otters, dolphins and whales; Skye,<br />
changing colour with the light, unites Bonnie Prince<br />
Charlie romanticism, Faerie Flag legends and superb<br />
mountaineering in the mighty Cuillins. Fine fishing<br />
abounds on Coll, and on Colonsay – flat by<br />
Hebridean standards (unlike its celebrated beer).<br />
Get your fix of windsurfing on breezy Tiree,<br />
Scotland’s sunniest place; of spirituality on Iona, St.<br />
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The Isle of WIght The jetty at Lundy. Photo: Michael Maggs<br />
Columba’s ancient Christian stronghold; of music on<br />
haunting Staffa, b<strong>as</strong>alt-columned inspiration to<br />
Mendelssohn; and of majestic sea eagles, quartering<br />
the skies above Canna. Surprise encounters lurk<br />
everywhere – like the singing sands of Eigg<br />
(orchestrated by squeaky quartz underfoot); like<br />
West Indian beans w<strong>as</strong>hed <strong>as</strong>hore on Muck by the<br />
Gulf Stream; or Kinloch C<strong>as</strong>tle’s ghostly ‘orchestrion’<br />
on Rum, a still-working Edwardian home<br />
entertainment system awaiting its long-dead laird.<br />
Isle of Man<br />
Privileged tax-haven status; an Irish missionary and<br />
Viking warrior heritage; higgledy-piggledy<br />
landscapes; the surviving-against-the-odds Manx<br />
language; a uniquely-structured parliamentary<br />
government; its own currency and stamps; and<br />
intriguing forms of wildlife like six-horned Loghtan<br />
sheep, or tailless cats (ideal for estate agents<br />
demonstrating the roominess of holiday homes): it’s<br />
no surprise Britain’s largest offshore island attracts<br />
financiers and fun-seekers alike. Among the latter,<br />
steam train devotees rarely stop smiling. Rather<br />
f<strong>as</strong>ter speeds define the annual motorcycle TT: laprecords<br />
now averaging over 130mph are for the<br />
ultra-brave only, and probably justify local belief in<br />
the Little People. And if fairies aren’t your thing,<br />
there’s always the 1930s legend of a farm on Dalby<br />
Mountain frequented by Gef, the talking mongoose.<br />
And that’s before you reach the pub.<br />
Lindisfarne<br />
Holy Island, reached by a mile-long tidal causeway<br />
(complete with a raised safety refuge for the<br />
foolhardy) is where St. Aidan, in around 635,<br />
founded his Northumbrian community. The soaring<br />
sandstone arches of the (now roofless) medieval<br />
priory – a pilgrim destination for centuries - radiate<br />
serenity and peace, alongside the Lutyens-restored<br />
c<strong>as</strong>tle and its delightful Gertrude Jekyll garden. All<br />
around flourish seals and seabirds, best viewed on<br />
boat trips to the neighbouring (and all-absorbing)<br />
Farne Islands. Note: make sure your clothing is not<br />
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all-absorbing, though: tern guano ruins hairdos, and<br />
fulmar spit will live with you for ever….<br />
Lundy<br />
Where the Bristol Channel meets the Atlantic,<br />
Lundy’s towering granite cliffs bear the brunt of<br />
westerly gales and provide heady rock climbs. Pirate<br />
stories abound, along with orchids, Sika deer, Soay<br />
sheep and Lundy ponies – and countless birds. Over<br />
400 species are recorded, including the puffins that<br />
gave the island its original Norse name. The e<strong>as</strong>tern<br />
side is softer, with hanging woods and secret valleys<br />
guaranteed to (re)awaken the spirit of discovery.<br />
Once owned by the Heaven family, Lundy – logically<br />
– m<strong>as</strong>queraded <strong>as</strong> the Kingdom of Heaven. On a<br />
bright and breezy summer’s day, it’s highly<br />
appropriate.<br />
Inner Hebrides (S)<br />
Tucked into the Firth of Clyde and e<strong>as</strong>ily reached<br />
from Gl<strong>as</strong>gow, Bute rapidly became a Victorian<br />
holiday playground. Today’s visitors are still drawn<br />
to 19th century eccentricities like Mount Stuart, an<br />
impossibly ornate, gothic-fruit-cake mansion<br />
bo<strong>as</strong>ting the world’s first heated indoor pool.<br />
Thanks to its geology, Arran - potato-shaped like the<br />
eponymous ‘seed tatties’ cultivated here - combines<br />
a mild southern half with a wild north, and enjoys a<br />
growing reputation with ‘foodies’. Malt whisky<br />
lovers flock to Islay and its eight distilleries, those<br />
preferring a peatier t<strong>as</strong>te heading for south-of-theisland<br />
producers. Jura, home to some 200 people<br />
and 6,000 deer, remains one of Scotland’s<br />
uncompromising wildernesses. Proof resides in its<br />
giant whirlpool, Corryvreckan, merciless killer of the<br />
over-confident or under-unprepared – including<br />
George Orwell, author of 1984.<br />
Pembrokeshire Islands<br />
Nearly 30,000 pairs of noisy, knife-winged gannets<br />
squabble for space on Gr<strong>as</strong>sholm, an almost bare<br />
rock out in the Atlantic. Skokholm resounds to the<br />
unearthly cries of Manx shearwaters returning en<br />
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Tobermorey - the largest settlement on Mull Shetland<br />
m<strong>as</strong>se to their burrows on moonless nights, while<br />
on Skomer the tame, little known Skomer vole<br />
scurries over the springy turf. Ramsey hosts seals<br />
and rare, shiny-black choughs – all part of a marine<br />
spectacle relieved by the restorative calm of Caldey,<br />
whose Cistercian monks sell island-produced<br />
chocolate and perfume to day-trippers.<br />
Outer Hebrides<br />
Lewis and Harris, often thought of <strong>as</strong> separate islands,<br />
share one land m<strong>as</strong>s. Lewis centres its energies<br />
around Stornoway, the only town in the archipelago,<br />
whilst Harris reflects the colours of its mountains in<br />
its prized tweed cloth. More important to the crofting<br />
economy, though, is the machair, the gr<strong>as</strong>slands of the<br />
western shoreline. Their exceptional fertility comes<br />
from the chalk content of wind-blown sand<br />
(composed of pulverised se<strong>as</strong>hells that reduce peat<br />
soil acidity). In spring, when the machair is carpeted<br />
with rare flowers, botanists fly in – some of them<br />
landing on neighbouring Barra, on Britain’s only<br />
beach runway. Other, <strong>as</strong>-far-<strong>as</strong>-you-can-see stretches<br />
of white sand, notably on North and South Uist,<br />
attract surfers from around the world. To travellers of<br />
all kinds, the islands have always seemed enigmatic<br />
and f<strong>as</strong>cinating. According to ‘experts’, for instance,<br />
Lewis’s brooding, ageless Callanish Standing Stones<br />
might once have been a UFO b<strong>as</strong>e…<br />
Orkney<br />
In 1813 a local sailor shot the l<strong>as</strong>t local great auk,<br />
and a mystical species disappeared from Orkney<br />
(not, note, ‘the Orkneys’). Now things are rather<br />
better: one in six of Britain’s seabirds nests here.<br />
They’re best seen on Rousay (called ‘Egypt of the<br />
North’ because its oldest dwellings pre-date the<br />
Pyramids); on low-lying Sanday; and on North<br />
Ronaldsay, sharing the beach with seaweed-eating<br />
sheep whose meat, allegedly, is an acquired t<strong>as</strong>te.<br />
Prime ornithologist’s delight, though, is far-off Fair<br />
Isle (sturdy hats essential to deflect head-banging<br />
sku<strong>as</strong>) where, like so much in these islands, the<br />
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Imme<strong>as</strong>urably older are the prehistoric houses<br />
preserved at Skara Brae, complete with clay-lined<br />
stone boxes thought (by Scotland’s oldest library, in<br />
Kirkwall, estd 1683) to have been fridges. Their<br />
original users could never have imagined Orkney<br />
today, with its oil industry or scheduled flights able<br />
to link Westray and Papa Westray in under two<br />
minutes. The poor great auk could never have<br />
competed: it w<strong>as</strong> flightless.<br />
The Scilly Isles<br />
Diminutive specks in v<strong>as</strong>t oceans always f<strong>as</strong>cinate,<br />
shifting perception and perspective. Scilly’s five<br />
inhabited islands, plus 130 <strong>as</strong>sorted rocky shards,<br />
do just that For centuries protective, submerged<br />
reefs have defused the Atlantic’s malevolence,<br />
creating the shipwreck capital of the world: 18th<br />
century beads and baubles still w<strong>as</strong>h <strong>as</strong>hore on St<br />
Agnes. Look out over the crystal-blue sea, glittering<br />
in the sharp light, and the sense of secure isolation<br />
intensifies, distorting both distant scale and close-up<br />
detail. On St. Mary’s, for example, the 300-ton Logan<br />
Rock can be pivoted by hand to break matchsticks<br />
(there must be e<strong>as</strong>ier ways). Compare, too, Bryher’s<br />
Lilliputian fields (crouched behind hedges<br />
confusingly called ‘fences’) with the innumerable<br />
sub-tropical blooms of Tresco’s Abbey Gardens<br />
(‘Kew with the roof off’); or winter storm-watching<br />
at Hell Bay with the summer seamanship of gig<br />
racing. And then there’s the world’s smallest football<br />
league, contested between two clubs, Woolpack<br />
Wanderers and Garrison Gunners. On Scilly, ‘home’<br />
and ‘away’, like time itself, have little meaning…<br />
Life at the limits of Britain is not just about different<br />
ways to make a fish pie. Our offshore residents have<br />
always cherished independence and learned how to<br />
get the best out of their environment, be it remote,<br />
beautiful, gale-swept – or all three. Such places<br />
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safeguarded – and they’re all around us.<br />
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Banquo, <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> young peoples’ drama<br />
16 workshops and Burn’s Night with the c<strong>as</strong>t. For a<br />
full list of events have a look at the website.<br />
Macbeth runs from Monday 4th to Saturday 23rd<br />
February and booking for tickets is now open. They cost<br />
£10-£19.50 and performances start at 7.30pm with a<br />
Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. For full details and to book<br />
visit www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk or call<br />
01483 304384.<br />
The 2013 lecture series at the Clockhouse, Chapel Lane,<br />
Milford GU8 5EZ promises to be a great line up,<br />
especially for those intrepid men who like a bit of<br />
adventure! On Friday 15th March the lecture will be The<br />
History of Brooklands. If you like motor racing, then this is<br />
the lecture for you. A historian from The Brooklands<br />
Museum in Weybridge will be showing original film<br />
footage from the race track's heyday in the 1930’s and<br />
talking us through the inception, evolution and history of<br />
the track - the races, the cars and the drivers. Then on<br />
Friday 22nd March, Life on the Front Line; Graeme Main,<br />
front line military photographer for 'Soldier <strong>Magazine</strong>',<br />
will tell us what life is like for the men and women in the<br />
Armed Services. From leaving Brize Norton to being<br />
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line, Graeme follows this progression and captures their<br />
experiences, from the b<strong>as</strong>ics of day to day living to being<br />
at the thin end of the wedge in conflict. Then on Friday<br />
19th April: The Kruger Park: An Eden In South Africa.<br />
Experience the awesome delights of big game in one of<br />
the most famous game reserves in the world. South<br />
African born, Ludi Lochner, who h<strong>as</strong> been photographing<br />
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stories about and images of just some of the hundreds of<br />
animals which live a protected existence in the Lowveld.<br />
This should be a colourful and exciting lecture. For ticket<br />
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Home Start - Support and Friendship for families are<br />
appealing for more volunteers in the Cranleigh area. If<br />
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per week, they would love to hear from you. New<br />
volunteers preparation courses start in January and April<br />
2013. If you might be interested in helping, contact Louise<br />
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There is an Afternoon Ballroom and Latin American Tea<br />
Dance at the Clockhouse on Sunday 27th January, from<br />
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admission on the door to include tea or coffee and a slice<br />
of cake. The Clockhouse is in Chapel Lane, Milford, GU8<br />
5EZ. Contact Ann Bellamy for further information on<br />
01483 421274. All proceeds to the Clockhouse.<br />
Guildford Natural History Society organise talks on about<br />
two Thursday afternoons a month throughout<br />
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“If Momma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy!”<br />
I LOVE THIS phr<strong>as</strong>e from the American south which<br />
my American husband taught me! It is just so true,<br />
isn’t it? And I’m going to put a slight twist on it...<br />
If Momma ain’t healthy, ain’t nobody healthy! Or<br />
Healthy Mum = Healthy Family...<br />
As a mother our first priority is our kids, right? And<br />
then our spouse/partner, yes? And then... work, the<br />
dog, parents, friends, household shopping etc. Is<br />
there something else? Oh yes, ourselves.<br />
One of the mantra’s of our time is “I’m so busy” –<br />
how often do we hear ourselves and others saying<br />
that? These days when someone <strong>as</strong>ks how we are,<br />
the probable answer isn’t “fine” it is now “I’m so<br />
busy”, and yes of course we are. But...? The 'but' is if<br />
we don’t look after ourselves then we can’t look<br />
after anyone else. If we don’t eat well, stay fit and<br />
provide our family with decent food, then “ain’t nobody<br />
healthy”.<br />
So, the 'but' is that, <strong>as</strong> busy women with a myriad of<br />
responsibilities on our plate, we tend to neglect our<br />
own b<strong>as</strong>ic needs. We start to skip meals, to eat on<br />
the run, to grab packaged snacks, to get take aways<br />
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and processed food, to eat late. We think we are<br />
getting exercise because we are running around like<br />
headless chickens, but we don’t feel energised. We<br />
never seem to stop. We make excuses about our expanding<br />
waistline, our heavier upper arms – claiming<br />
its normal <strong>as</strong> we get older (it doesn’t have to be).<br />
We pour a large G & T or gl<strong>as</strong>s of wine when we get<br />
home, or once the kids have gone to bed, and that<br />
continues into the evening, sometimes even replacing<br />
dinner.<br />
Maybe you’d like to lose a bit of weight but it’s all so<br />
tiring, and the thought of cooking different meals<br />
for everyone is exhausting in itself.<br />
I understand, I really do... I’ve been there, done that<br />
but nine years ago I realised the only way we can be<br />
effective in all these roles is to look after ourselves<br />
first. All the time I talk to women who are exhausted<br />
and they say “Karen I haven’t got time to look after<br />
myself/eat proper food/get exercise/get any relaxation...”,<br />
and I have to help turn this round because<br />
if you don’t then you are short changing everyone.<br />
Very often change comes only when there is a<br />
trauma and this is true of eating changes too. A<br />
friend of mine h<strong>as</strong> four boys under 17. Two years<br />
ago she w<strong>as</strong> diagnosed with cancer. She had chemo<br />
and a n<strong>as</strong>ty operation, and while she is now fine<br />
(hopefully permanently), she discovered during this<br />
time the importance that real food plays in a healthy<br />
lifestyle. So the children now all totally appreciate<br />
the value of fresh meat, fish and vegetables – they<br />
help keep mum alive, they help keep them ALL<br />
healthy. Obviously it is better to create change without<br />
trauma. Have some fun with this – take your<br />
children to farmers' markets, farms, food festivals –<br />
let them start to develop some p<strong>as</strong>sion for real food.<br />
Eating healthy and living healthy is essential for well<br />
being – yours and your family’s - the reality really is<br />
that a Healthy Mum = Healthy Family. E<strong>as</strong>y words I<br />
know, but it honestly can be e<strong>as</strong>ier that it might appear<br />
on the surface.<br />
Do you find yourself cooking one meal for your kids<br />
and one for you and your spouse/partner? Or even<br />
one for everyone but eating things that you wouldn’t<br />
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necessarily eat if it w<strong>as</strong> 'just you'? A lot of women I<br />
talk to use the excuse that they have to cater for<br />
everyone else, and 'else' doesn’t like certain foods, to<br />
justify not eating well themselves. But how about we<br />
turn this on its head? A typical pattern I see is frozen<br />
breaded chicken drumsticks, cooked and served with<br />
Sm<strong>as</strong>h, baked beans and ketchup for the kids and a<br />
processed ready meal possibly with frozen vegetables<br />
for the parents.<br />
Processed foods and take away foods, however<br />
tempting, are not nutritious like properly prepared<br />
food. So, it’s about finding quick, e<strong>as</strong>y, ways to have<br />
real food on the table that everyone will eat and<br />
enjoy...starting with you.<br />
First of all we need to look at what you want to<br />
achieve. Now, I think it is fair to <strong>as</strong>sume that what<br />
you want is a happy healthy family...right? Well, we<br />
need to start with YOU. Put you right there at the<br />
top of the pack – the head of the house – not at the<br />
end of the list. I’m serious, because YOU are, most<br />
likely, the one that hand on heart knows what is best<br />
for everyone, and you are the one that can create<br />
that. You need to carve out time for yourself to relax,<br />
to exercise and to put some healthy eating patterns<br />
in place.<br />
And also some re-<strong>as</strong>surance and encouragement –<br />
it takes about seven t<strong>as</strong>tes of something for someone<br />
to go from 'can’t stand' to accepting (not liking),<br />
so don’t be discouraged if at first your kids<br />
don’t like certain foods. They will get used to them<br />
and whilst they are you can add other flavourings to<br />
help. Of course never force anyone to eat anything,<br />
that’s a sure fire way to fail and have them avoid that<br />
food for years! Let them try everything and expand<br />
their t<strong>as</strong>te range, it will make life so much e<strong>as</strong>ier and<br />
more enjoyable for them not to mention healthier.<br />
Get your kids involved in food preparation; they will<br />
feel much more engaged if you do. And gradually/eventually<br />
this will even become a time saver<br />
for you.<br />
In an ideal world what would YOU like to eat?<br />
Chicken, fish, lamb nicely se<strong>as</strong>oned... with fresh vegetables?<br />
Right, so we’ll have that <strong>as</strong> the core of the<br />
meal and then modify and add to it accordingly.<br />
I have hundreds if not thousands of recipes on my<br />
site at your disposal at www.aroundthetablewithkaren.com.<br />
With ALL these you can puree or chop,<br />
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And let them play with their food! Let them try different<br />
sauces and flavourings on different foods,<br />
tomato puree and natural food colourings, let them<br />
grate cheese on their vegetables... if they have fun<br />
you’ll have fun, and everyone will be eating healthy.<br />
If you personally want to lose a bit of weight, then<br />
keep your plate to the main protein (fish, meat,<br />
eggs) and vegetables and steer clear of the heavy<br />
starches (carbs) rice, p<strong>as</strong>ta, potato, bread, anything<br />
with flour in it. Gradually introduce alternatives to<br />
the heavy starches for everyone but initially just<br />
focus on you and then you can keep everyone else<br />
happy at the same time <strong>as</strong> keeping yourself happy<br />
– and if they like the results they see you will be<br />
leading by example.<br />
If you would like a chat to see about some more detailed<br />
help – maybe looking at what you are eating<br />
now and making suggestions, doing a kitchen review,<br />
having a one day intensive or coming up with<br />
tailor made eating plans each week, then email me<br />
Karen@aroundthetablewithkaren.com or call me on<br />
07595 316613 and let’s see what would work best<br />
for you.<br />
I wish you joyful eating and a happy healthy<br />
Momma!<br />
Karen Kennaby is the foodie coach & mentor for busy women<br />
who think they don’t have time to eat healthy!<br />
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afternoons. Talks start at 2.45pm and are free to<br />
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I mentioned earlier about The Surrey Care Trust’s<br />
innovative fund raising challenges. Well one event that<br />
you might like to have a ponder about is their flagship<br />
Surrey 3 Peaks event. Now in its milestone 10th year, the<br />
Surrey 3 Peaks sponsored marathon walk across the<br />
Surrey Hills will take place on Saturday 28th September<br />
2013, offering breathtaking views over 26 miles of<br />
glorious countryside. Between huffs and puffs, walkers<br />
can admire the magnificent scenery of this area of<br />
outstanding natural beauty and raise money for a<br />
fant<strong>as</strong>tic local cause at the same time. This is an<br />
opportunity for families, friends and colleagues of all ages<br />
and fitness levels to step out into the sunshine together<br />
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and tackle the peaks of Holmbury Hill, Leith Hill and Box<br />
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Surrey 3 Peaks looks set to be the biggest and best ever<br />
and participants can expect to raise lots in sponsorship in<br />
support of this impressive achievement. To find out more<br />
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01483 412751 or vicky.n<strong>as</strong>h@surreycaretrust.org.uk or<br />
visit www.surreycaretrust.org.uk.<br />
Godalming Operatic Society will be performing The<br />
Gondoliers at the Borough Hall Godalming from 19th to<br />
23rd February, and at The Leatherhead Theatre from<br />
28th February to 2nd March. More details appear in the<br />
Competition page inside the back cover of this edition of<br />
<strong>Round</strong> & <strong>About</strong>. There you will also see that by entering<br />
the Society’s competition you have the opportunity to win<br />
a pair of tickets for The Gondoliers. Incidentally, Eddie<br />
Powlesland the Society’s Publicity Officer h<strong>as</strong> written a<br />
book entitled The History of Godalming Operatic Society.<br />
In the book the story of the Society is uncovered from its<br />
early inception in the 1920’s to the present time. The<br />
book is illustrated with many inspiring photographs of<br />
productions, performers, people and places and can be<br />
ordered from the Society at a cost of £10. To order a copy,<br />
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The January Gift Fair Sale in support of Action Medical<br />
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This month, we take a look at a couple of the other<br />
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home and Retirement villages.<br />
Live-in your life at home<br />
PEOPLE OF ALL age groups need care, but this is more<br />
likely when they are at a point in their lives where they<br />
are vulnerable for one re<strong>as</strong>on or another. An elderly<br />
person leaving hospital will often need care at home.<br />
Furthermore, an incre<strong>as</strong>ing number of people are<br />
living with conditions such <strong>as</strong> Dementia, Parkinson’s,<br />
MS or Epilepsy, require constant 24-hour support.<br />
Their needs vary, from help with everyday t<strong>as</strong>ks,<br />
including dressing, cooking or shopping, to remaining<br />
part of the community and trying to lead a more active<br />
life.<br />
Whatever their circumstances, and whatever their<br />
age group, certain people who need care around the<br />
clock may decide to stay in the comfort of their homes.<br />
This is possible through ‘live-in’ care. With live-in care,<br />
a person is able to live in the comfort of their own home<br />
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own home means that you can live with your partner,<br />
continue to be part of the community and receive<br />
family and friends at home. It also means that you can<br />
retain the love and affection of your pet, and continue<br />
to enjoy your garden because it’s right there on your<br />
doorstep, come rain, snow or sunshine. It also provides<br />
you with greater flexibility , so you can eat when you<br />
wish to, and you can go to bed and get up when you<br />
want to.<br />
Depending on each person’s specific needs, live-in<br />
carers follow a bespoke personalised care plan that is<br />
developed with the person being cared for, their family<br />
members, and where appropriate, healthcare<br />
professionals. Having a live-in carer is more than<br />
simply looking after you and your home. It’s about<br />
understanding you and your needs - how you want to<br />
live your life and helping you to get the very most from<br />
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With more people choosing to remain in the comfort<br />
and familiar surroundings of their own homes, live-in<br />
care h<strong>as</strong> become a popular alternative to residential homes.<br />
Your personal carer lives with you and helps with almost<br />
everything, including personal care, shopping, cooking and<br />
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21st Century Home Support<br />
We are moving next door!<br />
From our new offices at<br />
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we will continue to provide:<br />
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Established 1998<br />
21 Church Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1EL<br />
Tel: 01483 861221<br />
Email: 21centurycare@21centurycare.co.uk<br />
Web: www.21centuurycare.co.uk<br />
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• A family owned and run business, rated <strong>as</strong> excellent<br />
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At Barchester keeping our residents happy, warm and<br />
actively engaged is paramount. From delicious, hearty<br />
meals, to fun activity afternoons, there need never be<br />
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Memory Lane at Worplesdon <strong>View</strong><br />
Worplesdon <strong>View</strong>, a brand new purpose-built 78bed<br />
care home in Guildford, is inviting the local<br />
community along to learn more about its Memory<br />
Lane community.<br />
A Memory Lane community within a Barchester<br />
care home is an environment that is adapted to<br />
make sense to the person living with dementia. A<br />
person-centred home will be an environment that<br />
helps people to feel safe and emotionally secure.<br />
Equally, it will be a home which provides comfort<br />
and a sense of belonging that also accommodates<br />
visiting relatives and friends.<br />
At Worplesdon <strong>View</strong>, we make the best out of our<br />
environment by using more ‘cues’ and couple this<br />
with appropriate support. Our Memory Lane communities<br />
incorporate person-centred design in<br />
the use of colour and cues to help individuals navigate<br />
through the home. When these cues are used<br />
carefully, they help people living with dementia to<br />
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more generally, which helps in feeling<br />
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and interest.<br />
If you are keen to understand more about dementia<br />
and how Worplesdon <strong>View</strong> can improve the<br />
lives of those living with dementia, why not come<br />
and have a look firsthand. Each room h<strong>as</strong> an indicator<br />
to <strong>as</strong>sist people in finding their own room –<br />
these can be linked to <strong>as</strong>pects of personal life history,<br />
to names and to pictures. Sometimes they<br />
are known <strong>as</strong> ‘memory boxes’. Pictorial signs on<br />
bathrooms and toilet doors are used to help identify<br />
the function of a room <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> different<br />
colours for different are<strong>as</strong> of the home to help<br />
with orientation.<br />
To find out more about dementia or choosing a<br />
dementia care home, drop by and talk to a member<br />
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to talk about all the care options on offer.<br />
For more information ring Worplesdon <strong>View</strong> Care<br />
Home on 01483 238010 or just pop in.<br />
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Why a move to a Retirement<br />
Village is good for your health<br />
FEELINGS OF ISOLATION and vulnerability are<br />
frequently a consequence of getting older, no matter<br />
how independent you are. However, recent studies<br />
<strong>as</strong>sessing the effect of a move to a specialised<br />
accommodation, such <strong>as</strong> retirement villages like<br />
Bramshott Place Village in Liphook, or Durrants Village<br />
in Faygate, reveal many positive results.<br />
According to research, 75% of residents in specialist<br />
retirement accommodation have not stayed overnight<br />
in hosptial since moving there, and 60% who had<br />
stayed in hospital said that they had found it e<strong>as</strong>ier to<br />
return home since moving.<br />
The majority of people feel happier in their new<br />
homes and are glad they made the move. With more<br />
facilities and like-minded people in a similar situation<br />
to themselves around them, feelings of isolation<br />
decre<strong>as</strong>e, leading to 92% of residents saying they are<br />
very happy or contented with improved emotional<br />
well-being. 64% also feel that their physical health<br />
improves after such a move.<br />
There are economic benefits too. The homes<br />
designed for retirement living are in general smaller<br />
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comfortable to live in. These homes usually have<br />
features especially for older people such <strong>as</strong> switches<br />
and sockets that are e<strong>as</strong>ier to reach, walk-in showers,<br />
and an emergency contact system. Apartment buildings<br />
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quality of life.<br />
Stress from worrying about maintaining the house<br />
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although this is all paid for through the service charge,<br />
economies of scale usually mean that it costs less than if<br />
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Perhaps best of all – and something that you can’t<br />
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Beales Lane, Wrecclesham,<br />
Farnham GU10 4PY<br />
01252 722967<br />
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Beritaz Care is a small group of family owned<br />
establishments providing nursing and residential<br />
care for older people in Surrey and Hampshire.<br />
We provide care in a warm, friendly but<br />
professional atmosphere in a traditional<br />
environment. All our facilities have undergone<br />
major refurbishment and upgrade in recent years<br />
and cater for modern living (eg: wi fi and internet<br />
facilities), yet, retaining the much valued<br />
homeliness and tranquillity. Whether they are<br />
independent, frail or infirm, our residents can be<br />
<strong>as</strong>sured of the best possible quality of life in the<br />
dignified environment they deserve.<br />
The owners believe the success of the operation<br />
depends on providing a level of care that they<br />
would expect for their own elderly relatives. We<br />
have been successful in creating a culture in all our<br />
Priorsfield Road, Hurtmore<br />
Godalming GU7 2RF<br />
01483 421033<br />
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Springkell House Hindhead<br />
Wood Road, Hindhead<br />
GU26 6PT<br />
01428 605509<br />
www.springkellcare.co.uk<br />
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We believe our clients deserve a quality lifestyle that respects their dignity and independence; their loved ones expect<br />
<strong>as</strong>surance and peace of mind. We provide these within a friendly yet professional caring and secure environment.<br />
The dedicated management team and well trained staff are always available to offer help and support in<br />
our homes specialising in the care of those with dementia and Alzheimer’s.<br />
The individual reputation all of these homes enjoys is a reflection on the dedication, ability and<br />
professionalism of the well motivated staff.<br />
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homes where the Residents’ need and<br />
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Wey Valley Society<br />
The Abbeyfield Wey Valley Society h<strong>as</strong> been giving high quality service to the elderly in Farnham for over 25 years.<br />
3 homes in Farnham offering Residential & Nursing Care, 1 in H<strong>as</strong>lemere offering supported housing<br />
Where there is still life to explore<br />
An Abbeyfield Gold Star Home<br />
Wey Valley House, Ridgway Court and Hatch Mill all provide registered Residential Care with Hatch Mill also providing<br />
Nursing Care. All rooms en-suite, home cooked food and a real “home from home” feel.<br />
Fees reflect our ‘Not for Profit’ charitable status<br />
NEW ROOMS AVAILABLE<br />
2012 h<strong>as</strong> seen a major refurbishment of Hatch Mill home to ensure it meets the needs of future Residents. This h<strong>as</strong> included new<br />
modern lounges & dining rooms furnished to the highest standards, a beautiful sun-lounge, a larger lift & modern Foyer. The home will<br />
be able to offer WIFI, freshly cooked food, excellent care & activities to suit all. The refurbishment h<strong>as</strong> also included an extension which<br />
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Liphook. Look out for some great bargains from<br />
26 the many stalls that are exhibiting and enjoy a<br />
catch up with friends over a coffee or light lunch<br />
served in the Champagne Lounge. Entrance is only £3 and<br />
all proceeds and donations will support Action Medical<br />
Research, a national children’s charity which helps to fund<br />
medical research into conditions affecting babies and<br />
children. Research currently being supported by Action<br />
Medical Research includes work around premature birth,<br />
cerebral palsy, meningitis and epilepsy, <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> some<br />
very rare and distressing conditions that severely affect<br />
children. Doors open from 10am to 3pm and there is<br />
ample of free parking including a special designated buggy<br />
park. For further information contact Leigh-Beth Stroud<br />
on 01403 243959 or email leighbeth@action.org.uk. For<br />
full list of stalls exhibiting visit www.action.org.uk/fairs.<br />
Les Amitiés Françaises start the new year with a<br />
programme for many t<strong>as</strong>tes, from art and literature to<br />
history and some geography (Mont Blanc); and why so<br />
many French people live in London, said now to be the<br />
city with the sixth largest French population (so our food<br />
can’t be all that bad!). They have plans for celebrations<br />
for Twelfth Night and B<strong>as</strong>tille Day, one old and traditional<br />
the other a modern revolution. The annual outing with a<br />
French flavour will be to the Wallace Collection in London,<br />
a town house with a superb collection of pictures and<br />
furniture. As usual, meetings will be held in the Baptist<br />
Church Hall, Queen Street, Godalming, most of them on<br />
Thursday evenings but with two on Monday afternoons.<br />
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The Society offers a great opportunity to practise your<br />
French and learn more about our neighbour with whom<br />
we seem to have a love/hate relationship. The first<br />
meeting, on Thursday 17th January at 7.30pm in the<br />
Baptist Church hall, is about the French of today. How can<br />
they be so different from the British in every way? Does<br />
being on an island make our temperament, outlook and<br />
history distinctive? No e<strong>as</strong>y answers! Further information<br />
available from John Petty on 01483 861974.<br />
The Wey Valley Decorative and Fine Arts Society starts<br />
its new programme with a lecture entitled “King George<br />
III: The Most Cultured Monarch, Art Collector and a<br />
Friend of America” at Shalford Village Hall on Thursday<br />
17th January at 10.45am, with refreshments from<br />
9.45am. King George may have been mad and credited<br />
with losing the Colonies but he w<strong>as</strong> also a great patron of<br />
the arts and a discerning collector. Why not come along<br />
and learn more? The Society offers a monthly programme<br />
of varied and f<strong>as</strong>cinating talks by first cl<strong>as</strong>s speakers.<br />
There are also special interest days, visits and an annual<br />
tour for members. New members and visitors are warmly<br />
welcomed. Annual Membership is £38 and visitors pay £6<br />
per talk. If you are interested, contact the Membership<br />
Secretary on 01483 564077 for more information or visit<br />
their website at www.theweyvalleydf<strong>as</strong>.org.uk.<br />
On Wednesday 23rd January at 1.45pm and 8pm,<br />
Cranleigh Decorative & Fine Arts Society is<br />
welcoming the New Year with an illustrated talk<br />
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guest speakers on themes relating to art and culture.<br />
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Godalming Baptist Church would like to welcome you to<br />
The Coffee Stop on the third Saturday each month (apart<br />
from May which is on the 25th May) at Godalming<br />
Baptist Church, Queen Street. They are open from<br />
10.30am until 2.30pm offering a comfortable place to<br />
stop on a busy Saturday, along with a cup of coffee or tea<br />
and a home made cake or biscuit. Do pop in and visit<br />
them if you are in town, there is no charge but every<br />
month they will make a donation to a different charity.<br />
They look forward to meeting you soon.<br />
Wonersh and District Garden Club would like to remind<br />
Members that in future no meeting will be held in the<br />
month of January. Due to the inclement weather in the l<strong>as</strong>t<br />
two years it w<strong>as</strong> decided to discontinue the January<br />
meeting but to hold a meeting in August, which previously<br />
had not been the c<strong>as</strong>e. The committee would also like to<br />
thank all members for making 2012 a successful year for<br />
the club. An interesting and varied programme w<strong>as</strong><br />
arranged with speakers, demonstrations, <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> the<br />
usual Spring, Summer and Autumn Shows and the annual<br />
outing (to Greys Court near Henley-on-Thames) w<strong>as</strong> well<br />
attended. After the concerns of the previous year, when it<br />
w<strong>as</strong> unclear whether or not the club would be able to<br />
continue, the club is delighted to be able to report that the<br />
membership h<strong>as</strong> now reached 40. However, there is a need<br />
to expand the membership still further and with this in<br />
mind an even more ambitious programme for 2013 is being<br />
arranged. If you are interested in joining the club do give<br />
Graham Payne a ring on 01483 893627; note that<br />
membership is not restricted to those living in Wonersh.<br />
Looking ahead, the next meeting will be held in the<br />
Memorial Hall at the new time of 7.30pm on Tuesday 5th<br />
February, when the annual ‘Snowdrop Competition’ (a<br />
v<strong>as</strong>e of 5 snowdrops) will be held, together with a talk by<br />
Mr Norman Choat entitled ‘Wild Surrey – Landscapes and<br />
wildlife’.<br />
Farncombe Music Club is starting 2013 with two<br />
absolutely cracking shows. On Friday 11th January, Aziz<br />
plus special guest Ady Johnson play at St. John's Church,<br />
Farncombe. Virtuoso guitarist and songwriter Aziz h<strong>as</strong><br />
played guitar for the Stone Roses (post John Squire),<br />
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Friday 25th January, Preston Reed plus special<br />
guest Anna Neale play at St. John's Church, Farncombe.<br />
Recognised internationally <strong>as</strong> one of the greatest guitarists<br />
in the world and a ground-breaking innovator, drawing on<br />
blues, rock, funk and jazz influences among others, Preston<br />
Reed’s v<strong>as</strong>t range of explosively original music will forever<br />
change your expectations of a guitarist. The wonderful<br />
singer-songwriter Anna Neale together with worldrenowned<br />
Senegalese virtuoso kora player Jali Fily Cissokho<br />
will be opening the show for Preston with a 40 minute set.<br />
Tickets: £12 advance, £15 door. Doors open at 7pm and the<br />
show starts at 7.45pm Tickets for both these shows are<br />
available in advance from the usual outlets - online from<br />
www.wegottickets.com/julianlewrymusic, in person from<br />
Record Corner in Pound Lane, Godalming and direct from<br />
Julian Lewry on 01483 421520, 07769 592452 or the<br />
website www.julianlewrymusic.com. Finally, tickets for Julia<br />
Fordham's show in St. John's Church, Farncombe on<br />
Saturday 22nd June are selling f<strong>as</strong>t with about half already<br />
gone in the first week of sales alone. Tickets are £20 in<br />
advance and given this concert is expected to sell out well<br />
in advance, only if there are any returns will any be<br />
available on the door - so buy now to avoid<br />
disappointment!<br />
Wonersh History Society is holding their next meeting on<br />
Saturday 19th January at 2.30pm. Jane Garrett will be<br />
speaking about the ‘Surrey Hills’ at Lawnsmead Hall,<br />
Wonersh. Tea and Biscuits will be available and everyone<br />
is welcome.<br />
Practical Philosophy, Guildford is offering a 10 week<br />
Introductory Course for anyone interested in realising<br />
their potential. This is a practical course but no<br />
academic qualifications required. You can take part in<br />
lively weekly discussions that reward and empower you,<br />
develop awareness of yourself and others and<br />
rediscover simplicity to enjoy a fresh and more fulfilling<br />
outlook on life. The fee is £75 a term, (full-time students<br />
£20 - concessions available) payable on enrolment. The<br />
course is offered at two local venues, Guildford and<br />
Farnham. Tel 01483 457769 or email<br />
sesguildford@btinternet.com. You can also get more<br />
information on www.practicalphilosophyguildford.com.<br />
Guildford courses are on Thursday from 17th January,<br />
7.30pm to 9.30 pm at St. Catherine’s House, 26a<br />
Portsmouth Road, Guildford GU2 4DJ; and Saturdays<br />
from 19th January - 10am to 12noon. At Farnham they<br />
are on Wednesdays from 16th January, also 7.30pm to<br />
9.30pm at The Gallery Farnham Museum, 38 West<br />
Street, Farnham GU9 7DX.<br />
An adventurer is aiming to fulfil a childhood ambition by<br />
walking the entire 7,000 miles of British co<strong>as</strong>tline in aid<br />
of Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance. Tom Brabham<br />
will set off on his epic challenge from E<strong>as</strong>tbourne Pier on<br />
February 5th next year, just a week after his 22nd<br />
birthday. The former Hailsham Community<br />
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Claremont Landscape Garden, the National<br />
Trust property near Esher, in Surrey, is not a<br />
stereotypical garden full of herbaceous<br />
borders and flower beds but a tranquil, 49 acre<br />
landscape garden. It is a green o<strong>as</strong>is with a<br />
variety of predominately native trees and<br />
shrubs that offer a variety of colour at different<br />
times of the year.<br />
In spring there are little pockets of snowdrops,<br />
daffodils and bluebells dotted around the<br />
garden, with Azale<strong>as</strong> and Rhododendrons<br />
providing colour in late spring and early<br />
summer. Autumn brings a pallet of autumnal<br />
colour and the bare winter trees open up<br />
stunning views in the low winter sunshine.<br />
The landscape garden is a splendid<br />
preserved example of the 18th century<br />
The play area at Claremont<br />
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Claremont<br />
One of the first & finest<br />
gardens of the English<br />
Landscape Style<br />
picturesque garden. Claremont looks<br />
beautiful whatever the se<strong>as</strong>on with its lake,<br />
gr<strong>as</strong>s amphitheatre and island with pavilion.<br />
Claremont w<strong>as</strong> created and developed by<br />
some of the greatest names in garden<br />
history, including Sir John Vanbrugh,<br />
Charles Bridgeman and ‘Capability Brown’,<br />
but it w<strong>as</strong> William Kent who had the<br />
influence over the garden we see today.<br />
The first gardens were begun in 1715 for<br />
Thom<strong>as</strong> Pelham Hollis, the Duke of<br />
Newc<strong>as</strong>tle, and later the delights of<br />
Claremont were famed throughout Europe -<br />
it w<strong>as</strong> described <strong>as</strong> “the noblest of any in<br />
Europe”. Since 1975 the National Trust h<strong>as</strong><br />
been restoring the layout following years of<br />
neglect, winning the coveted Europa Nostra<br />
award for large scale restoration in 1980.<br />
During the 19th century, Claremont became<br />
a royal estate when it w<strong>as</strong> purch<strong>as</strong>ed <strong>as</strong> a<br />
home for Princess Charlotte, daughter of<br />
George IV, and her husband Prince Leopold<br />
of Saxe-Coburg. Thus began a royal<br />
connection with Claremont which l<strong>as</strong>ted for<br />
over a hundred years, through the reign of<br />
Queen Victoria until the death in 1922 of the<br />
Duchess of Albany (widow of Prince Leopold,<br />
Duke of Albany, the fourth son of Queen<br />
Victoria).<br />
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It w<strong>as</strong> between 1922 and 1949 when the estate<br />
became divided and developed. The ple<strong>as</strong>ure<br />
grounds, which we now know <strong>as</strong> the landscape<br />
garden, were also due for development but<br />
fortunately the plan never materialised. The<br />
site remained more or less intact and after the<br />
National Trust’s acquisition in 1949 w<strong>as</strong> able<br />
to be kept in ‘cold storage’ until a generous<br />
bequest from the Slater Foundation revived the<br />
fortunes of the garden once again. What<br />
remain for the visitor today are the most<br />
important parts of the original landscape.<br />
Nearly 300 years on, the Garden attracts over<br />
160,000 visitors a year and offers a ple<strong>as</strong>ant<br />
experience for all the family that h<strong>as</strong> been<br />
enjoyed by many generations. Enjoy a gentle<br />
stroll around the lake, a brisk walk around the<br />
garden, a lazy picnic under an oak tree where<br />
Queen Victoria once played <strong>as</strong> a child, or take<br />
in the panoramic views <strong>as</strong> once enjoyed by<br />
Clive of India.<br />
During school holidays, there is always a fun<br />
trail and craft workshops to keep the children<br />
amused and a full programme of events for<br />
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everyone throughout the year. There are many<br />
hidden features to enjoy <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> the wider<br />
garden walks and a children’s play area<br />
Any visit to Claremont is incomplete without a<br />
trip to the tearoom with its freshly baked<br />
scones and coffee, tempting homemade cakes<br />
and se<strong>as</strong>onal lunches. New in 2011 w<strong>as</strong> the<br />
‘Terrace @ Claremont’ – a new outside eating<br />
area adjacent to the lake for visitors to enjoy<br />
alfresco eating away from the hustle and bustle<br />
of everyday life.<br />
Claremont Landscape Garden is situated 1 mile<br />
outside Esher on the A307 Cobham Road. The<br />
Garden is open throughout the year, Tuesday –<br />
Sunday (closed Mondays) until the end of<br />
March and then open daily April – October<br />
from 10am.<br />
Property Admission – Free to members of the<br />
National Trust. Non members £7 for Adults,<br />
£3.50 for Children, under 5’s free. Family ticket<br />
£17.50; all prices with gift aid.<br />
For further details on any of the above ple<strong>as</strong>e contact Claremont<br />
Landscape Garden on 01372 467806 or visit the website at<br />
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/claremont.<br />
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months, arriving back home in time for Christm<strong>as</strong><br />
38 2013. Tom h<strong>as</strong> been inspired by a book called<br />
“Turn Right at Land’s End” by John Merrill - the<br />
first man to successfully achieve the feat in 1978. John<br />
Merrill became the first person to walk the entire<br />
co<strong>as</strong>tline of Britain, averaging 26 miles per day with 50lbs<br />
on his back for 10 months. He climbed the three highest<br />
mountains, Snowdon, Scafell and Ben Nevis, drank 529<br />
pints of milk, ate1,511 bars of chocolate and wore out<br />
three pairs of boots and 33 pairs of socks. What’s more,<br />
he raised more than £45,000 for charity and his<br />
outstanding personal achievement earned him a place in<br />
the Guinness Book of Records. Tom is aiming to raise<br />
£3,000 to fund his trip and h<strong>as</strong> been sponsored by<br />
Timberland, Procter Healthcare and PRB Training. If you<br />
would like to sponsor him and find out more go to<br />
www.shoelace-express.co.uk,<br />
www.facebook.com/shoelaceexpress, or<br />
@shoelacexpress on Twitter. Best of luck Tom and do let<br />
us how you are getting on, <strong>as</strong>suming you will have access<br />
to email!<br />
As promised, Chiddingfold Cinema is back with a bang in<br />
2013. Over the Christm<strong>as</strong> break they have been working<br />
through the replies to the questionnaire they circulated,<br />
and they are ple<strong>as</strong>ed to announce some new features for<br />
the New Year. First, although most were happy with the<br />
regular Thursday screenings, many people <strong>as</strong>ked if films<br />
could be shown on other days of the week. They are now<br />
going to try and ple<strong>as</strong>e both groups and show an even<br />
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greater variety of movies by aiming to screen at le<strong>as</strong>t two<br />
films each month, one on their regular Thursday, and<br />
another later in the month, usually on Friday or Saturday.<br />
Secondly, they will be introducing reduced ticket prices<br />
for children younger than 15 years old. Their new child<br />
rate will be just £3 per ticket. The very popular Se<strong>as</strong>on<br />
Tickets will continue to be available but these will only be<br />
used for adult tickets for the time being. So what’s coming<br />
up? On Friday 18th January, Chiddingfold Cinema presents<br />
“Anna Karenina”. The doors open at 7.30pm and the film<br />
starts at 8pm. It stars Keira Knightley <strong>as</strong> Anna Karenina<br />
and Jude Law <strong>as</strong> Karenin. It’s a costume drama adapted by<br />
Tom Stoppard from Tolstoy's cl<strong>as</strong>sic novel, set in the high<br />
society of late nineteenth-century Tsarist Russia. An<br />
unhappily married young aristocrat leaves her older<br />
husband to embark on an affair with a d<strong>as</strong>hing and<br />
wealthy cavalry officer. Meanwhile, the seemingly fixed<br />
world around them begins to change rapidly. I have seen<br />
this film and it’s definitely worth seeing but I can say that<br />
in our party the ladies definitely enjoyed it more than the<br />
blokes! Looking ahead they will be showing Argo on<br />
Thursday 7th February. The Doors open at 7.30pm and<br />
the film starts at 8pm. I don’t know much about this film<br />
but it stars Ben Affleck <strong>as</strong> Tony Mendez.<br />
Grayshott Folk Club is f<strong>as</strong>t becoming one of the most<br />
important music venues in Surrey. If you like live music I<br />
do urge you to go along to one of their concerts and see<br />
for yourself the quality of the artists appearing<br />
there. Des O’Byrne, founder and organiser of the 44<br />
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All <strong>as</strong>pects of hard and soft landscaping<br />
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Thinking of having landscaping<br />
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successful and busy year.<br />
Driveways<br />
We can offer driveway solutions from a simple gravel drive<br />
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We excel in paving projects and only use quality stone.<br />
Whether you want a simple paved area or a reclaimed york<br />
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Landscaping<br />
We can undertake all landscaping projects. Either following a<br />
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We now offer a fully qualified and insured tree work service<br />
<strong>as</strong> William Reynolds (subsidiary diploma arboriculture) h<strong>as</strong><br />
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Wood.<br />
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Contact James or Tom<br />
01483 278343<br />
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Planting<br />
Having worked with a local nursery C.G.J Mathi<strong>as</strong> & Son,<br />
www.hedgesonline.com James can offer all your planting and<br />
hedging needs. 100s of hedges planted customers including<br />
Southampton football club.<br />
Chicken huts<br />
We can build and construct chicken huts and provide a<br />
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Out buildings<br />
We can supply and construct sheds, log stores or any other<br />
outbuildings.<br />
Looking forward to the new year<br />
We are hoping to carry on growing and constructing<br />
beautiful landscaping projects next year.<br />
As one customer commented on a recent project:<br />
" I think the garden looks great Tom, Adam and Ashley have<br />
worked really hard in some very unforgiving conditions and I<br />
really appreciate how Tom approached the job which at all<br />
times he h<strong>as</strong> sought to find a solution that is affordable and<br />
improves the final look of the garden."<br />
Laura Johnson, customer Godalming.<br />
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Your Le<strong>as</strong>e is a reducing <strong>as</strong>set. As each year p<strong>as</strong>ses the Le<strong>as</strong>e gets shorter and this h<strong>as</strong> a significant<br />
effect on the value of your flat, especially when you come to sell it.<br />
But did you know that the law gives lessees a right to force their landlord to extend their Le<strong>as</strong>e?<br />
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club h<strong>as</strong> a great knack of enticing some of the<br />
42 best musicians in the country and abroad to<br />
come to Grayshott. Des h<strong>as</strong> already set up nine<br />
gigs between January and June. Many are the pick of the<br />
contemporary Folk crop and will be travelling from places<br />
like Canada, France, Ireland and all over the UK to come<br />
and perform in Grayshott. First up for the New Year, on<br />
Saturday 19th January at 7.30pm, Pilgrims Way will be<br />
playing at Grayshott Village Hall. One of the new wave of<br />
exciting young traditional bands, Pilgrim's Way is a threepiece<br />
band from Stockport of whom Mike Harding said<br />
recently, “They are one of my favourite little bands”<br />
(Radio 2 17/10/12). The band comprises sought after<br />
Fiddle player, Tom Kitching, Edwin Be<strong>as</strong>ant on Guitar, B<strong>as</strong>s<br />
and Squeezeboxes and Lucy Wright on vocals, Jews Harp<br />
and Fiddle and their aim is to present gimmick-free<br />
English Folk of the finest kind. The trio w<strong>as</strong> shortlisted for<br />
the BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award 2012 and the Spiral Earth<br />
New Band award 2012. I suggest you get a t<strong>as</strong>te by<br />
listening to their their glorious version of “The Weaver<br />
and the Factory Maid” on YouTube. The band is supported<br />
by Charlie Beckerson who hails from H<strong>as</strong>lemere. Tickets<br />
are £12 and can be obtained in advance from Grayshott<br />
Books, The Square, Grayshott, nr Hindhead GU26 6LQ.<br />
Telephone 01428 604798 or 01428 607096.<br />
L<strong>as</strong>t year, Waverley Borough Council launched an inhouse<br />
Food Safety Course for all food businesses,<br />
individuals and organisations that handle food. Three<br />
courses were run during 2012 and all have proved<br />
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extremely popular with 48 candidates p<strong>as</strong>sing the exam so<br />
far. Taught by Peter Rose from STS Training Solutions in<br />
Farnham - who h<strong>as</strong> been nominated for the Society of<br />
Food Hygiene and Technology Trainer of the Year award -<br />
the course offers a high quality option for food safety. As<br />
a result the Council h<strong>as</strong> been delighted that the course<br />
h<strong>as</strong> delivered a 100% p<strong>as</strong>s rate so far. Food business<br />
operators have a legal obligation to ensure their staff are<br />
trained to carry out food handling duties safely. With the<br />
success of the 2012 courses, the Council is very ple<strong>as</strong>ed to<br />
announce that five day-long courses will be running in<br />
2013. The details are: Monday 4th February – Godalming;<br />
Monday 8th April – Godalming; Monday 3rd June –<br />
Godalming; Monday 9th September – Cranleigh; Monday<br />
4th November – Godalming. The course is competitively<br />
priced at £70 per applicant to include all course materials,<br />
exam and certificate. Whether you are looking to refresh<br />
your skills or are new to food handling this could be the<br />
perfect option for you. For further details, and to book<br />
your place, contact Waverley’s Environmental Health<br />
team on 01483 523393. Places are limited so best to book<br />
early.<br />
Cranleigh Camera Club’s next meeting will be on<br />
Thursday 24th January. It’s a presentation by David Boag<br />
of 'Natural Focus'. David is a well respected wild life<br />
photographer with 30 years experience across 5<br />
continents, and h<strong>as</strong> published 13 wildlife books. It will be<br />
a great opportunity to see some amazing wildlife<br />
photography. Tickets cost £5 and the evening 48<br />
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Many parents worry about how their children are<br />
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We provide a free <strong>as</strong>sessment and discuss the results<br />
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Look After Your Liver<br />
IT’S JANUARY AND we’re all thinking we better cut<br />
out the naughty snacks and reduce the alcohol. But<br />
have you really thought why you are doing this? It’s<br />
for the sake of your whole body, of course, but especially<br />
your liver.<br />
The liver is an amazing organ; if your heart is a<br />
pump and your bowels the w<strong>as</strong>te disposal plant, the<br />
liver is the manufacturing, processing and recycling<br />
centre of the body. It is estimated that the liver performs<br />
over 5,000 biochemical functions, only about<br />
200 of which are understood. It is the largest single<br />
organ in the body, weighing about 1.5kg.<br />
Let me just give you a very brief insight into the<br />
huge range of processes and activities the liver is involved<br />
in. Most people know the liver is involved in<br />
breaking down alcohol, but did you know it is generally<br />
involved in detoxification (or breakdown) of<br />
many unwanted chemicals, including drugs <strong>as</strong> well<br />
<strong>as</strong> naturally occurring chemicals such <strong>as</strong> hormones<br />
and blood cells that are old and in need of disposal?<br />
It is also vitally important in the regulation of blood<br />
sugar levels; it plays an important role in the conversion<br />
of sunlight into the active form of vitamin D;<br />
and also converts the inactive thyroid hormone -<br />
thyroxine - into the active form. The liver is also an<br />
important store of sugar, vitamins, minerals and<br />
even blood in the body. It h<strong>as</strong> an important role in<br />
digestion, helping us to break down fats and absorb<br />
our nutrients, especially the vitamins that are only<br />
soluble in fat such <strong>as</strong> vitamins A and E.<br />
Did you know that the liver h<strong>as</strong> a very important role<br />
in immune function? All blood from the digestive<br />
system goes first to the liver to be filtered before it<br />
goes round the rest of the body. Over a litre of blood<br />
p<strong>as</strong>ses through the liver every minute, where it is<br />
cleansed of bacteria, viruses, fungi, par<strong>as</strong>ites, ye<strong>as</strong>ts,<br />
tumour cells and other debris.<br />
This just scratches the surface of the various important<br />
roles of the liver, but I hope it is enough to mo-<br />
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tivate you to want to look after your liver better.<br />
When the liver is over-worked or ‘sluggish’, you can<br />
feel heavy, bloated and tired. You may even find that<br />
it aches in the right side of your abdomen or lower<br />
right hand side ribs at the back. You are likely to be<br />
more prone to headaches, and if you are a women,<br />
PMS symptoms. Your skin can look sallow and your<br />
complexion spotty.<br />
So what should you do to look after your liver?<br />
Firstly, and most obviously, try to reduce all toxic<br />
chemicals that you are in contact with, which means<br />
far more than just reducing alcohol (although that’s<br />
a good start!). Think about reducing all processed<br />
and synthetic food and drink, especially fizzy drinks<br />
and food or drink with flavourings, colourings and<br />
other additives. Try where possible to buy organic<br />
food which contains no harmful pesticide or insecticide<br />
residues. Don’t forget drugs are detoxified in<br />
the liver, so try to resist just reaching for a paracetomol<br />
every time you have a headache. The more<br />
you burden the liver with these chemicals, the more<br />
likely you are to get headaches in the first place.<br />
Also think about household chemicals, toiletries and<br />
cosmetics which contain a v<strong>as</strong>t array of synthetic<br />
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and toxic chemicals, and try to move to brands<br />
which are natural or contain chemicals that are less<br />
harsh. It is estimated each adult body contains over<br />
200 synthetic chemicals. Think about your work environment,<br />
so if you are driving all day you may<br />
want to buy an air filter unit for the car to detoxify<br />
the exhaust chemicals you are breathing in. If you<br />
work with harsh chemicals such <strong>as</strong> paints, sprays,<br />
printing, glues etc., you may want to check you are<br />
taking all possible precautions. For you it may be<br />
advisable to consult someone who can help you<br />
with an annual specific detox of these chemicals.<br />
Taking a regular sauna can be useful <strong>as</strong> we can excrete<br />
many (but not all) unwanted toxins via the skin.<br />
Make sure you also look after you bowels. As all<br />
blood from the intestines goes straight to the liver<br />
for filtering, so if the bowels are unhealthy or ‘leaky',<br />
the liver is the one that takes the brunt of this. Consider<br />
taking a regular probiotic supplement or seeking<br />
help if you have any symptoms in this area,<br />
especially if you are at all constipated, which is when<br />
we don’t p<strong>as</strong>s one or two full and formed bowel motions<br />
with e<strong>as</strong>e every day.<br />
Try and ensure you eat foods and drinks which supply<br />
the liver with the nutrients it needs to function.<br />
Most fruits and vegetables will be good for the liver<br />
<strong>as</strong> long <strong>as</strong> they have not been fried. Particularly useful<br />
are globe artichokes, grapefruit, garlic, fennel,<br />
and watercress. Beetroot and carrot are also very<br />
good. You can make or buy these <strong>as</strong> fresh juices, and<br />
if you have a juicer, a good combination is beetroot,<br />
carrot, apple, ginger and lemon - and is surprisingly<br />
delicious too!<br />
We all know we should drink plenty of water but<br />
how much? The simplest advice is to listen to your<br />
body, and drink when you are thirsty. Making sure<br />
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your urine is a pale yellow is also a good guide.<br />
Stress of all kinds h<strong>as</strong> a major negative effect on the<br />
liver. It impairs the detoxification mechanisms, and<br />
its immune function is also affected. This may explain<br />
why someone who is in remission from cancer<br />
but then h<strong>as</strong> a stressful event happen often h<strong>as</strong> a<br />
return or a ‘new’ cancer appear in the liver. So helping<br />
yourself manage your stress levels is one of the<br />
most important things you can do. Some people<br />
find yoga or meditation helps, for others walking in<br />
nature is calming. Others find counselling, herbs or<br />
homeopathy are useful. Why not try giving yourself<br />
a new stress management strategy this year? Ask for<br />
help from professional practitioners and teachers if<br />
you need it.<br />
The good news is that the liver is the organ most<br />
able to repair and regenerate (apart from the skin).<br />
So if all you do is one or two of these things, your<br />
liver will thank you for it. But don’t forget the old<br />
adage that ‘you may feel worse before you feel better’.<br />
If you do feel worse at first, it may be your liver<br />
w<strong>as</strong> really struggling before and is now taking the<br />
opportunity to do some much needed clearing out.<br />
Or it may be that you are doing too much to start<br />
with. Take it steady and it should p<strong>as</strong>s in 4-5 days. If<br />
however you are at all concerned, consult a Naturopath.<br />
Why not start the New Year on the right foot and do<br />
some gentle cleansing? Just make sure it is not just<br />
for January but is a fresh start with changes you can<br />
stick to all year long.<br />
Clare Badrick is a Naturopath, Herbalist and Osteopath practising in<br />
Godalming. She h<strong>as</strong> 16 years clinical experience. For more information,<br />
ple<strong>as</strong>e call 07531 884996, email enquiries@clarebadrick.co.uk or visit<br />
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the critic<br />
Surrey Heat B<strong>as</strong>ketball<br />
I am 10 years old and my Dad took my<br />
brother, some friends and me to a Surrey<br />
Heat b<strong>as</strong>ketball game, Surrey Heat<br />
against the Gl<strong>as</strong>gow Rocks at the brilliant<br />
Surrey Sports Park in Guildford.<br />
I am a big sports fan but I didn’t know a lot<br />
about b<strong>as</strong>ketball. The atmosphere w<strong>as</strong><br />
electric and there w<strong>as</strong> never a second of<br />
boredom. We were so fortunate that in some<br />
of the intervals we were chosen to take part<br />
in little challenges to entertain the crowd.<br />
My brother w<strong>as</strong> invited to join in a go-kart<br />
race against our friend Jacob and I got<br />
chosen to do a b<strong>as</strong>ketball challenge where I<br />
had to throw the ball into the hoop from the<br />
half way line. The crowd still cheered me even<br />
though I missed!<br />
The funniest interval entertainment w<strong>as</strong><br />
when Scorcher (the Surrey Heat m<strong>as</strong>cot)<br />
did a slam dunk running and jumping high from<br />
a trampoline!<br />
The interval entertainment enhanced the<br />
exciting game, b<strong>as</strong>ketball is fant<strong>as</strong>tically<br />
f<strong>as</strong>t with end-to-end action to keep<br />
everyone excited. I really enjoyed it and the<br />
score w<strong>as</strong> 84-78 to Surrey Heat, and I<br />
can’t wait to go again!<br />
Take your kids to see Surrey Heat at<br />
Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, it’s one of<br />
the country’s best teams, and your kids will<br />
love it!<br />
Sam Atkins<br />
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starts at 7.30pm for 8.00 pm in the School room,<br />
The Baptist Church, Cranleigh High Street, GU6<br />
8RT. For further details, contact 01483 892803.<br />
Visitors to St Nichol<strong>as</strong>’ Church in Peper Harow are not<br />
the only ones to open the door and experience a ‘wow’<br />
moment. The transformation from burnt-out shell<br />
following a dev<strong>as</strong>tating fire on Christm<strong>as</strong> Eve 2007 to a<br />
building that is light, exquisitely decorated and full of<br />
beautifully detailed stone carving h<strong>as</strong> also wowed the<br />
judges of this year’s national Natural Stone Awards. On<br />
Friday 30th November, at a ceremony in Lords Cricket<br />
Ground, Marc Wiese, from architects Purcell Miller<br />
Tritton, and Brigadier David Swinburn, tre<strong>as</strong>urer of St<br />
Nichol<strong>as</strong>, were presented with a Highly Commended<br />
Certificate <strong>as</strong> runner up in the Conservation category.<br />
“We are thrilled that the skills and expertise that went<br />
into this m<strong>as</strong>sive restoration project h<strong>as</strong> been recognised<br />
by the Stone Federation of Great Britain,” said David. “The<br />
interior of the church is so welcoming. The reconstruction<br />
w<strong>as</strong> designed to make it multi use and it is now a perfect<br />
venue for quiet or away days. The architects and<br />
craftsmen did a brilliant job retaining its history and also<br />
bringing in modern features such <strong>as</strong> solar panels.” Marc<br />
Wiese explained that three arches in the arcade between<br />
the Nave and North Aisle which were designed by Pugin<br />
had been severely damaged in the fire, requiring 95%<br />
reconstruction in new stone by stonem<strong>as</strong>on Kevin Harding<br />
from Universal Stone.<br />
Cantilena is a small chamber choir for female voices<br />
b<strong>as</strong>ed in the Horsham/Cranleigh area. Many of the<br />
singers are music teachers and most play an instrument to<br />
a high standard: all have a love of singing and a desire to<br />
tackle a wide and challenging repertoire. Since their first<br />
concert in February 2010 they have performed plainsong,<br />
medieval carols, renaissance polyphony, madrigals,<br />
romantic partsongs, music by Charpentier, Mozart,<br />
Mendelssohn, Brahms, Elgar, Malcolm Singer and John<br />
Tavener <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> Bob Chilcott’s popular Little Jazz M<strong>as</strong>s<br />
and a variety of barbershop arrangements. Cantilena’s<br />
next concert, Carols for Candlem<strong>as</strong>, celebrates the<br />
centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth with his much loved<br />
Ceremony of Carols. Candlem<strong>as</strong> w<strong>as</strong> traditionally the end<br />
of the Christm<strong>as</strong> se<strong>as</strong>on and the programme will also look<br />
back at Christm<strong>as</strong>tide with music by Rutter and settings by<br />
other composers of some of the texts which inspired<br />
Britten. The concert is on Saturday 9th February at<br />
7.30pm in the comfortable, warm and welcoming venue<br />
of Cranleigh Baptist Church in Cranleigh High Street. For<br />
more details and for ticket orders email<br />
cantilena.info@gmail.com or call 01483 275489.<br />
West Surrey Decorative and Fine Arts Society's first<br />
lecture for 2013 is on Tuesday 22nd January and is<br />
entitled 'The Dollar Princesses'. Come and hear Anne<br />
Sebba talk about the American women who married into<br />
the British and European aristocracy and whose wealth<br />
helped preserve great houses and estates. The Society<br />
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How is this for a<br />
perfect Sunday in<br />
the New Year? A c<strong>as</strong>t iron<br />
c<strong>as</strong>serole dish full of wonderful, meltingly tender<br />
beef covered in wine or beer and slowly cooking in<br />
the oven whilst you wrap up warm and hit those<br />
beautiful Surrey Hills for a good, long walk. When you<br />
return home, light a fire, open a bottle of wine,<br />
prepare a few side dishes, and before too long you can<br />
tuck into a fabulous winter warmer.<br />
Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon<br />
Winter Warmers<br />
with the Editor<br />
Julia Child w<strong>as</strong> an American chef, author, and television<br />
personality. She is recognized for bringing French cuisine to<br />
the American public with her debut cookbook, M<strong>as</strong>tering the<br />
Art of French Cooking, and her subsequent television<br />
programs in America. She died in 2004, and w<strong>as</strong> the subject of<br />
the film Julie & Julia, which w<strong>as</strong> rele<strong>as</strong>ed in 2009. This recipe<br />
h<strong>as</strong> been adapted from M<strong>as</strong>tering the Art of French Cooking.<br />
Serves 6-8.<br />
Ingredients:<br />
175g lardons<br />
3½ tbsp olive oil<br />
1½kg shin of beef, cut into 5cm cubes<br />
1 onion, sliced<br />
Salt and pepper<br />
2 tbsp flour<br />
1 bottle red wine, young and full bodied<br />
750ml beef stock<br />
1 tbsp tomato p<strong>as</strong>te<br />
2 cloves m<strong>as</strong>hed garlic<br />
½ tsp thyme<br />
1 bay leaf, crumbled<br />
20 small white onions<br />
60g butter<br />
Bouquet garni (parsley stalks, thyme, bay leaf)<br />
500g mushrooms, quartered<br />
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I have used shin of beef in these recipes, which is a<br />
very underated and great value cost. Even the sainted<br />
Delia Smith agrees. She makes a c<strong>as</strong>e for using shin –<br />
explaining for years she w<strong>as</strong> put off by its<br />
"unappealing" appearance, until she realised the<br />
connective tissue she found so unattractive would<br />
melt during cooking, adding extra flavour and richness<br />
to the sauce. "Now," she concludes in her Complete<br />
Cookery Course, "for an old-f<strong>as</strong>hioned brown stew, I<br />
wouldn't use anything else." I urge you to try it.<br />
Method:<br />
1. Preheat oven to 225C.<br />
2. Simmer the lardons for 10 minutes in water. Drain and dry,<br />
and sauté in 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a flameproof<br />
c<strong>as</strong>serole over moderate heat for 2 to 3 minutes to brown<br />
lightly. Remove to side dish with a slotted spoon.<br />
3. Heat the remaining oil in the c<strong>as</strong>serole until almost<br />
smoking. Dry beef in paper towels; it will not brown if it is<br />
damp. Add beef, a few pieces at a time, and sauté until nicely<br />
browned on all sides. Add it to the lardons. In the same fat,<br />
brown the sliced onionss. Pour out the excess fat.<br />
4. Return the beef and bacon to the c<strong>as</strong>serole and toss with ½<br />
te<strong>as</strong>poon salt and ½ te<strong>as</strong>poon pepper. Then sprinkle on the<br />
flour and toss again to coat the beef lightly. Put the c<strong>as</strong>serole<br />
uncovered in middle position of preheated oven for 4<br />
minutes. Toss the meat again and return to oven for 4<br />
minutes (this browns the flour and cover the meat with a light<br />
crust). Remove c<strong>as</strong>serole and turn oven down to 150C.<br />
5. Stir in wine and 500-600ml stock, just enough so that the<br />
meat is barely covered. Add the tomato p<strong>as</strong>te, garlic, herbs<br />
and lardons. Bring to a simmer on top of the stove. Cover<br />
c<strong>as</strong>serole and set in lower third of oven. Regulate heat so that<br />
liquid simmers very slowly for 3 to 4 hours. The meat is done<br />
when a fork pierces it e<strong>as</strong>ily.<br />
6. While the beef is cooking, prepare the onions and<br />
mushrooms. Heat 1½ tablespoons of butter with 1 tablespoon<br />
of the oil until bubbling in a frying pan. Add onions and sauté<br />
over moderate heat for about 10 minutes, rolling them so<br />
they will brown <strong>as</strong> evenly <strong>as</strong> possible. Add the remaining<br />
stock, salt and pepper to t<strong>as</strong>te and the bouquet garni. Cover<br />
and simmer slowly for 40 to 50 minutes until the onions are<br />
perfectly tender but hold their shape, and the liquid h<strong>as</strong><br />
evaporated. Remove herb bouquet and set onions <strong>as</strong>ide.<br />
7. In the same pan, heat the remaining oil and butter over<br />
high heat. As soon <strong>as</strong> you see butter h<strong>as</strong> begun to subside,<br />
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indicating it is hot enough, add mushrooms. Toss and shake<br />
pan for 4 to 5 minutes. As soon <strong>as</strong> they have begun to brown<br />
lightly, remove from heat. When the meat is tender, pour the<br />
contents of the c<strong>as</strong>serole into a sieve set over a saucepan.<br />
8. Return the beef and lardons to the c<strong>as</strong>serole. Distribute the<br />
cooked onions and mushrooms on top. Skim fat off sauce in<br />
saucepan, and simmer sauce for 1-2 minutes, skimming off<br />
additional fat <strong>as</strong> it rises. You should have about 600ml of<br />
sauce thick enough to coat a spoon lightly. If too thin, boil it<br />
down rapidly. If too thick, add more stock or water. T<strong>as</strong>te<br />
carefully for se<strong>as</strong>oning.<br />
9. Pour the sauce over meat and vegetables. Cover and<br />
simmer 2 to 3 minutes, b<strong>as</strong>ting the meat and vegetables with<br />
the sauce several times. Serve in c<strong>as</strong>serole, or arrange stew<br />
on a platter surrounded with potatoes, noodles or rice, and<br />
decorated with parsley.<br />
Brooklands Beef<br />
This is my take on a Carbonnarde of Beef, adapted from a BBC<br />
Good Food recipe. I have named it after the beer I used, which<br />
w<strong>as</strong> Brooklands Gold Star which is produced by the Hog’s Back<br />
Brewery in Tongham. It is a refreshing commemorative ale to<br />
acknowledge the racing heroes of the famous Brooklands<br />
Racing Circuit in Weybridge, who fought to win the “Gold<br />
Star” trophy.<br />
Serves 4-6.<br />
Ingredients:<br />
1¼kg shin of beef , cut into 5cm cubes<br />
500ml Brooklands Gold Star or a similar ale<br />
3 garlic cloves, chopped<br />
2 bay leaves<br />
3 tbsp plain flour, se<strong>as</strong>oned with salt and pepper<br />
2-3 tbsp olive oil<br />
250g lardons<br />
2 large carrots, sliced<br />
2 large onions, sliced<br />
1 leek, sliced<br />
1 tbsp tomato purée<br />
400ml beef stock<br />
A couple of sprigs of fresh thyme<br />
A handful of parsley , chopped<br />
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Method:<br />
1. Marinate the beef overnight in the ale with the garlic and<br />
bay leaves. The next day, drain the beef from the marinade,<br />
reserving the marinade, garlic and bay leaves. Pat the meat<br />
dry with kitchen paper and toss it in the se<strong>as</strong>oned flour until<br />
evenly coated. Shake off any excess flour.<br />
2. Heat 2 tbsp of the olive oil in a large flameproof c<strong>as</strong>serole<br />
until hot. Fry the beef in 3-4 batches for about 5 minutes per<br />
batch, stirring occ<strong>as</strong>ionally, until it is a rich golden brown all<br />
over. You may need to add a little more oil between batches<br />
but make sure it is hot again before adding the next batch.<br />
3. Remove the meat with a slotted spoon to a plate and set<br />
<strong>as</strong>ide. Don't worry if the bottom of the c<strong>as</strong>serole is starting to<br />
brown, this all adds to the flavour of the finished dish.<br />
4. Lower the heat to medium and fry the lardons in the<br />
c<strong>as</strong>serole for 6-8 minutes, stirring occ<strong>as</strong>ionally, until crisp and<br />
golden. Scoop them out with a slotted spoon and set <strong>as</strong>ide<br />
with the beef.<br />
5. Preheat the oven to fan 140C/conventional 160C/g<strong>as</strong> 3. Tip<br />
the carrots, onions and leek into the c<strong>as</strong>serole and fry, stirring<br />
occ<strong>as</strong>ionally, until they start to brown - this takes about 12<br />
minutes. Spoon in the tomato purée and continue to cook for<br />
2 minutes, stirring constantly.<br />
6. Add the beef and pour in the reserved marinade, garlic and<br />
bay leaves. Bring to a simmer, scraping any sticky bits off the<br />
bottom of the pan, then add all the beef stock and thyme to<br />
the c<strong>as</strong>serole.<br />
7. Se<strong>as</strong>on with salt and pepper and bring everything to the<br />
boil. Remove from the heat. Cover with a lid and cook in the<br />
oven for 3-4 hours, stirring once halfway through. (The<br />
carbonnade may now be left to cool and frozen for up to 1<br />
month. Add 100ml/31⁄2 fl oz more stock to the sauce when<br />
reheating.)<br />
8. When the beef is ready, t<strong>as</strong>te for se<strong>as</strong>oning and add more<br />
salt and pepper if you think it needs it. Scatter the chopped<br />
parsley over the top and serve straight from the c<strong>as</strong>serole,<br />
with creamy m<strong>as</strong>h.<br />
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48 topics for lectures in 2013 include Pugin, The Pre-<br />
Raphaelites, Charles Saatchi and Venetian Gl<strong>as</strong>s.<br />
A full programme of lectures, visits and holidays for 2013<br />
can be found on their website www.nadf<strong>as</strong>westsurrey.co.uk.<br />
For more information ring Gail Gaisford<br />
on 01483 811671. New members and visitors are very<br />
welcome.<br />
Chilworth C of E Infant School, New Road, Chilworth, GU4<br />
8NP is holding a jumble sale on Saturday 19th January<br />
from 1pm to 3pm (nice to know that jumble sales are still<br />
going!). Go along and grab yourself a bargain! Dealers<br />
entry from 12pm, cost £5. General public from 1pm, entry<br />
by donation. If you have any jumble to donate, ple<strong>as</strong>e<br />
drop it off at the school from 9am on the day of the sale,<br />
or previous day between 3pm to 4pm. Any queries email<br />
chilworthinfants@gmail.com. All proceeds to Chilworth C<br />
of E Infant School.<br />
Are you over 60? Would you like to get fit, improve your<br />
posture, balance, mobility & strength? If so, why not join<br />
a very sociable Wednesday morning keep-fit cl<strong>as</strong>s in<br />
Bramley? Age group ranges from 60-80 years of age with<br />
both women and men.They do some exercises to music<br />
(very low impact e<strong>as</strong>y to follow moves) and some<br />
balances, mobility exercises, toning and flexibility too. Go<br />
along and give it a try. If you take along your copy of<br />
<strong>Round</strong>&<strong>About</strong> you’ll get the first cl<strong>as</strong>s free! Call Gill Keitch<br />
07887 570 935 or email: gill@fitforlife.gb.com.<br />
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Open Day<br />
Thursday<br />
17th January<br />
15.30-19.30<br />
The Rotary Club of Godalming Woolsack is holding a<br />
charity film evening at 7.15pm on Friday 18th January at<br />
the Borough Hall, Borough Road, Godalming. The main<br />
feature will be ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ starring<br />
Richard Gere, and this will be preceded by a drinks<br />
reception and a showing of Godalming’s own Jubilee<br />
celebration film. Entry will be by a £10 donation per<br />
person to the Rotary Club of Godalming Woolsack charity<br />
account – all proceeds will go to this year’s President’s<br />
charities. To apply, or for further details, email<br />
contact@woolsack.org.uk, or telephone 01483 417051 or<br />
01483 421268.<br />
The popular Elstead Cinema goes from strength to<br />
strength and the recent hard work of its members h<strong>as</strong><br />
been rewarded by grants from Elstead Parish Council and<br />
lottery funding to enable the purch<strong>as</strong>e of a brand new<br />
wide screen together with a High Definition Projector<br />
and other improvements. These will be installed just after<br />
Christm<strong>as</strong> so Elstead Cinema hopes that their January<br />
showing, of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, will really<br />
enhance the cinema experience that they are able to offer<br />
to supporters and friends. They are also ple<strong>as</strong>ed to<br />
announce that the new equipment includes wireless<br />
headsets for anyone with hearing difficulties, whether or<br />
not they use hearing aids. A brief synopsis: “Salmon<br />
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in the garden<br />
One Day Se<strong>as</strong>onal Workshops for 2013<br />
Some ide<strong>as</strong> for one day practical workshops from Cathie’s Gardening<br />
School, Secretts Garden Centre, Milford.<br />
This year I thought I would get organised and plan some<br />
workshops for the coming year. It’s a cold and quiet time in<br />
the garden but Spring will be here soon, and there is always<br />
something of interest to see and do no matter what time of<br />
the year it is!<br />
Why not come and join us at Cathie’s Gardening School for<br />
something you would like to learn abou, <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> a fun<br />
sociable day out with like-minded people?<br />
January 31st : Living Willow Weaving<br />
We have been growing willow in the teaching garden for a<br />
couple of years now and now have the facilities to offer the<br />
opportunity to cut, prepare and weave your own living<br />
willow. Not only will you learn how to prune and train willow<br />
plants, they can also be propagated and woven successfully at<br />
this time of the year. You may take home any sculptures that<br />
you create.<br />
February 21st : Pruning for beginners<br />
Wisteria, Roses and Clematis cause more concern for<br />
gardeners than any other plants, so why not come along and<br />
learn how to prune them correctly? There are extensive<br />
facilities at Secretts to teach this subject <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> plenty of<br />
plants to practice on.<br />
March 21st : Propagation from seed<br />
Most people have tried to grow plants from seed but not<br />
always successfully. We can advise you on composts,<br />
containers and the skills required to raise plants from seed.<br />
Many seeds have been collected from the Gardening School<br />
and have been cleaned and prepared by the students.<br />
April 25th : Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg<br />
Always a popular workshop and h<strong>as</strong> in the p<strong>as</strong>t included<br />
building raised beds, growing vegetables from seed and<br />
tubers <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> potting up fruit and learning to prepare a<br />
cropping plan. A good fun day organised in the teaching<br />
garden and the greenhouses at Secretts.<br />
May 30th : Beekeeping for beginners<br />
Now in my third year of beekeeping, I am being encouraged<br />
to run workshops to encourage new beekeepers. This day<br />
offers you the opportunity to learn what is involved, how<br />
much it will cost, time required and anything else that you<br />
have been using <strong>as</strong> an excuse not to keep bees. We may be<br />
even able to t<strong>as</strong>te some of the honey.<br />
June 27th : Summer Pruning and Training<br />
Now is the time to prune that group of Spring flowering<br />
shrubs that cause concern for many gardeners. They include<br />
Forsythia, Weigela, Deutzia and Philadelphus. Not e<strong>as</strong>y to<br />
m<strong>as</strong>ter but very rewarding. It’s also the time to trim hedges<br />
and sculpt evergreens into fabulous shapes like ‘cloud<br />
pruning’.<br />
July 25th : Weed Identification and control<br />
We have lots of weeds and wild flowers in the teaching<br />
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garden because there are lots of people interested in learning<br />
about them, that’s my excuse anyway. Weeds come in many<br />
guises and l<strong>as</strong>t from a few weeks to many years. Here is an<br />
opportunity to learn how to recognise weeds and deal with<br />
them accordingly.<br />
August 29th : Bonsai Your Plants!<br />
This is another form or pruning and training plants to keep<br />
them small. Although it takes years to grow Bonsai plants, you<br />
have to start somewhere and this is the opportunity to learn<br />
what to do on a practical level without having to pay out<br />
thousands for a Japanese work of art! You can take your plant<br />
home with you to nurture of course.<br />
September 26th : Autumn and Winter Containers<br />
Summer bedding is always popular but many gardeners do<br />
not continue with Autumn and Winter colour of which there<br />
is an enormous choice. We will be looking at the choice of<br />
plants for the garden including pots and b<strong>as</strong>kets.<br />
October 17th : Lawn Pampering<br />
Your lawn is a plant and needs a little pampering at this time<br />
of the year. Often gardeners concentrate on their lawns and<br />
nothing else, whilst the rest of us enjoy the other <strong>as</strong>pects of<br />
the garden and have to admit to forgetting that the lawn<br />
needs attention to thrive too. We will look at mowing,<br />
aerating, scarifying and top dressing <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> feeding and<br />
controlling weeds.<br />
November 14th : Prune and propagate!<br />
This is the time of year to prune certain deciduous shrubs and<br />
propagate by hardwood cuttings from the arisings. Plants for<br />
pruning and/or propagating include Willow, Cornus, Currants,<br />
Gooseberries, Buddleja and Roses along with many others.<br />
December 5th : Garden Design for beginners<br />
I thought rather that all the Christm<strong>as</strong> panicking, we would<br />
take a day out to learn the b<strong>as</strong>ics of garden design. Another<br />
popular day where you will learn how to me<strong>as</strong>ure your<br />
garden, plot it to scale before deciding what you will create. It<br />
can be for real or purely fant<strong>as</strong>y and may lead to a whole new<br />
career...<br />
Any of these workshops can be purch<strong>as</strong>ed for yourself or <strong>as</strong> a<br />
gift and are £60 each including refreshments. Ple<strong>as</strong>e <strong>as</strong>k for a<br />
booking form and book early.<br />
If you want to learn more about gardening there are regular<br />
courses, workshops and t<strong>as</strong>ter sessions <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> voluntary<br />
opportunities at the Gardening School available for everyone.<br />
If you want to learn more there are regular<br />
workshops and t<strong>as</strong>ter sessions at the Gardening<br />
School available for everyone!<br />
For further details, call 07931 925382, email<br />
cgs@cathiebrooks.co.uk or visit the website at<br />
www.cathiesgardeningschool.co.uk.<br />
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fish-friendly desert. Sparing no expense, he does<br />
52 everything to turn the dream into reality, an<br />
extraordinary feat that requires the involvement<br />
of Britain's leading fisheries expert - who thinks the<br />
project both absurd and unachievable - until the Prime<br />
Minister's press secretary latches on to it <strong>as</strong> a 'good will'<br />
story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and<br />
embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove<br />
the impossible, possible”. I have seen this film and it’s<br />
humorous and entertaining with a great c<strong>as</strong>t; certainly<br />
worth seeing. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen shows on<br />
Friday 11th January 2013 at 7.30pm. Tickets at £5 each<br />
can be purch<strong>as</strong>ed from Batchelor’s Newsagents in<br />
Thursley Road Elstead or reserved in advance by phoning<br />
Ben Tilly on 01252 703971.<br />
Don’t forget, there is a folk music session every Monday<br />
at The Star in Church Street Godalming and at The<br />
Harrow, Compton every Wednesday, both starting at<br />
9pm. Also, every 1st and 3rd Sunday at The Grantley Arms<br />
at Wonersh starting at 8.30pm. All musicians, singers and<br />
audience welcome. Free, just turn up. It’s a really good<br />
chance to try out your talents whether singing or playing<br />
an instrument. Have a look at the website for a bit more<br />
information www.godalmingsessions.org.<br />
Wonersh U3A h<strong>as</strong> some new groups starting in January.<br />
They have gained a teacher for the Fun Choir and would<br />
welcome anyone, especially men to join. Have you ever<br />
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their new cl<strong>as</strong>ses and start a new hobby. All the usual<br />
groups continue <strong>as</strong> before. They are also very ple<strong>as</strong>ed to<br />
say that they now have internet access for their<br />
Beginners Family History meeting so they can explore<br />
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How about making a New Year resolution to get more<br />
exercise, have fun and meet some great people? Try<br />
Circle Dancing! Says Lynn Frances “These lovely dances to<br />
beautiful ethnic music will raise your spirits, give you<br />
energy and help to keep you fit. You will also meet new<br />
friends and feel a sense of community which seems to be<br />
lacking in our busy everyday lives. The international<br />
dances come from many different countries, such <strong>as</strong><br />
Russia, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria, Serbia and many more.<br />
They vary from slow and meditative to f<strong>as</strong>t and energetic,<br />
from e<strong>as</strong>y to more complicated.You do not need a<br />
partner, <strong>as</strong> the dances are done in a circle and you all<br />
attempt to do the same steps at the same time. Moving in<br />
rhythm with the music, a sense of peace and harmony<br />
comes to the circle, yet people talk of being energised<br />
too”. Beginners are particularly welcome and it is suitable<br />
for men and women of all ages. All the dances are<br />
thoroughly taught by Lynn Frances who is a very<br />
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Catherine's Hall, Guildford on the 3rd Tuesday of<br />
56 the month, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm; WI Hall,<br />
Hartley Wintney on the 2nd Wednesday of the<br />
month from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Lynn is also running a day<br />
workshop on Saturday 20th October that she is calling<br />
'Golden Oldies' because she is p<strong>as</strong>sionate about keeping<br />
alive the original dances in the Circle Dance movement.<br />
For more information call Lynn on 01420 474881.<br />
Following a very much enjoyed ‘ behind scenes’ visit to<br />
The Natural History Museum a couple of years ago, The<br />
West Surrey Natural History Society h<strong>as</strong> organised<br />
another trip on Thursday 10th January. Meet up at the<br />
information point on the ground floor for lunch (take your<br />
own sandwiches if you prefer) at 12 noon and then take<br />
the ‘Cocoon’ tour (about an hour) which is in the recently<br />
opened Darwin Centre. It’s a walk through a state of the<br />
art interactive exhibition of some of the best the museum<br />
h<strong>as</strong> to offer. Then at 3pm go to the Spirit Collection Tour<br />
featuring the giant squid and specimens brought back by<br />
Darwin. They do need to know numbers so let Alan<br />
Bowen know if you want to go <strong>as</strong>ap, preferably the week<br />
before. His number is 01483 567041. On Thursday 24th<br />
January there is an illustrated talk by Dr Nikki Gammans<br />
on ‘The Return of the Native’. She h<strong>as</strong> been working on<br />
the reintroduction of the short-haired bumblebee project<br />
since 2009. The first half of the talk will begin with the<br />
conservation and importance of bumblebees, their<br />
decline and what we can do to help. There will then be a<br />
brief introduction to identification and finally Nikki will<br />
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discuss the progress of the project of introducing the<br />
short-haired bumblebee to the UK. The West Surrey<br />
Natural History Society meets on Thursday evenings at<br />
8pm in Ripley Village Hall. All meetings are free to<br />
members. Annual membership is just £6 single or £10 for<br />
family membership. Non-members are welcome to<br />
meetings for a fee of £2.<br />
On Saturday 26th January at 7.30pm, you can go and<br />
have fun at the Outreach Group’s ‘Scottish Ho Down’<br />
with music to dance to & supper to enjoy. All welcome,<br />
so ple<strong>as</strong>e bring your friends to St Mark's<br />
Church/Community Centre, Franklyn Road, Godalming.<br />
Tickets £7.50. Bring your own drink. Ple<strong>as</strong>e give Karen a<br />
ring on 01483 418741 to book a place. They look forward<br />
to you having great time and starting 2013 with a swing.<br />
'The Idea of the Holy' is a talk by Dr Simon Wilson on<br />
Origin of Alexandria and the idea of spiritual<br />
resurrection. It will be at 2pm on Saturday 19 January at<br />
Fintry Retreat House, Brook, nr Godalming GU8 5UQ.<br />
Entrance £7 including refreshments. Contact<br />
fintry.administrator@btconnect.com.<br />
A few bits from Cranleigh Arts Centre. They have the Guy<br />
Tortora Band on the 19th January at 8.30pm. From<br />
P<strong>as</strong>adena, California, Guy Tortora is a gifted songwriter<br />
and talented guitarist. With his excellent band, they’ll<br />
perform his own brilliantly crafted songs, and some<br />
standards. Guy’s band backed Paul Jones charity gig in<br />
January 2013
2010 (with Eric Clapton, Eric Bibb, etc). "Excellent<br />
songwriting - subtle, beautiful - and lovely slide guitar"<br />
according to Paul Jones. Tickets: £17.00 (or £15.00 in<br />
advance). Beverley Craven joins them on the 9th February<br />
at 8pm. She will be performing all her hits from the 90’s<br />
including Promise Me, Holding On, Woman to Woman,<br />
Memories & Love Scenes. Beverley Craven is back on the<br />
road, playing just a handful of small & intimate venues<br />
“They’re far better suited to the confessional style of my<br />
new songs…” she says, “It’s like I’ve invited the audience<br />
back to my place!”. Tickets: £20.00 (£18.00 in advance).<br />
Tickets available from Cranleigh Arts Centre's box office<br />
on 01483 278000 or visit www.cranleighartscentre.org.<br />
There are also a couple of concerts being held at at<br />
Cranleigh School. The Merriman Concert Orchestra is on<br />
the 18th January at 7.30pm.For centuries Shakespeare's<br />
tale of the ill-fated young love of Romeo and Juliet h<strong>as</strong><br />
inspired composers to the very heights of their musical<br />
and emotional powers. The Merriman Concert Orchestra's<br />
themed programme "Love and Tragedy" features three<br />
such m<strong>as</strong>terpieces. The concert includes perhaps the most<br />
famous love theme ever written in Tchaikovsky's overture;<br />
Prokofiev's 'Montagues & Capulets', now well-known <strong>as</strong><br />
the theme music to BBC television's "The Apprentices"<br />
and the toe-tapping vitality of Leonard Bernstein's superb<br />
Broadway score for "West Side Story", which updates the<br />
story to the street-gang warfare of 1950's New York. The<br />
orchestra is also joined by the highly talented young<br />
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Vaughan Williams' beautiful p<strong>as</strong>toral concerto. Tickets are<br />
£16 (consessions £12). On the 30th January, Chris Herrick<br />
will be appearing. He is one of the world's leading concert<br />
organists and h<strong>as</strong> recorded over forty CDs for the<br />
Hyperion label. He performs regularly both <strong>as</strong> a soloist<br />
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acclaim throughout the world. Concert tours frequently<br />
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and New Zealand. He is known for his all-encomp<strong>as</strong>sing<br />
repertoire, scrupulous musicianship, and quick rapport<br />
with audiences everywhere. Christopher is a former pupil<br />
of Cranleigh School. Tickets £10 (concessions £8). All<br />
tickets available from Cranleigh Arts Centre's box office on<br />
01483 278000 or visit www.cranleighartscentre.org.<br />
Finally, comedy arrives in the form of the talented Arthur<br />
Smith. Join comedian, writer, broadc<strong>as</strong>ter and all-round<br />
British institution Arthur Smith and b<strong>as</strong>k in an evening of<br />
laughter and off the wall humour with one of the<br />
‘alternative comedians’ who shook up the world of light<br />
entertainment in the eighties and nineties. Expect an<br />
evening of sublime playfulness, crammed with jokes,<br />
anecdotes, short stories, poems, songs and readings from<br />
his recently published memoir ‘My Name Is Daphne<br />
Fairfax’ which h<strong>as</strong> won praise from literary critics. Arthur<br />
descends upon Cranleigh on the 2nd February at 8.30pm.<br />
Tickets £16, and available from Cranleigh Arts Centre's<br />
box office on 01483 278000 or visit<br />
www.cranleighartscentre.org.<br />
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tabletalk<br />
The Exchequer, Crookham Village<br />
I'M NOT ENTIRELY sure what the<br />
definition of a g<strong>as</strong>topub is these days. Is it<br />
an ordinary boozer which does<br />
extraordinary food, an excellent<br />
restaurant that just happens to be in a<br />
pub or a decent pub with average food at<br />
exorbitant prices?<br />
I would suggest that The Exchequer at<br />
Crondall Village is most probably one of<br />
the first two. This is the 'sister' pub of the<br />
Stag at E<strong>as</strong>hing and the Duke of<br />
Cambridge at Tilford. All three, however,<br />
have their own menus and their own<br />
style, which is no bad thing.<br />
It is unmistakably a pub from the<br />
outside, situated on a small country lane<br />
with deer in the fields behind the car<br />
park. Inside it is light and airy, beautifully<br />
furnished in a modern country style, with<br />
pale oak furniture, pretty chairs and a<br />
roaring stove. Although not quite<br />
December, the Christm<strong>as</strong> decorations are<br />
up, t<strong>as</strong>teful and subtle with no fl<strong>as</strong>hing<br />
lights in sight.<br />
The menu is m<strong>as</strong>sive, and with the<br />
addition of the specials blackboard, there<br />
are arguably too many choices, certainly<br />
for the main course. After much<br />
consideration, we finally make some<br />
decisions. Marcus opts for the warm salad<br />
of black pudding, crispy bacon, sautéed<br />
new potatoes topped with a poached egg<br />
and Béarnaise sauce (£6.95). It is swiftly<br />
dispatched, very generous with good<br />
ingredients and a perfectly cooked egg. I<br />
plump for the British mussels with onion,<br />
chilli and garlic in a white wine and<br />
parsley sauce (£6.50). These are amazing.<br />
Plump and juicy, in a fant<strong>as</strong>tic broth which<br />
h<strong>as</strong> a good kick of chilli and black pepper.<br />
And so to mains. From the long list, we<br />
all pick from the blackboard. Barbara h<strong>as</strong><br />
the chargrilled whole Cornish plaice with<br />
a caper sauce and buttered new potatoes<br />
(£14.95), while I choose the baked fillet of<br />
Scottish cod with a lemon and thyme<br />
crust, m<strong>as</strong>hed potatoes, curly kale and a<br />
mussel sauce (£17.95). Both fish are<br />
cooked perfectly, with excellent sauces.<br />
The kale is a touch bland though. Marcus<br />
takes the carnivorous route with the<br />
chargrilled calves liver and bacon, wilted<br />
spinach, m<strong>as</strong>hed potato and onion gravy<br />
(£15.95). Again, very well cooked and<br />
very enjoyable. All mains are very<br />
plentiful, ideal for big appetites.<br />
From a good choice of puddings,<br />
Barbara goes for Apple and Blackberry<br />
Crumble with custard. Perfectly<br />
presented in its own dish with a small jug<br />
of custard; it is demolished before anyone<br />
can proffer a fork. Marcus opts for a<br />
lighter option and h<strong>as</strong> three scoops of<br />
Meadow Cottage ice cream, made locally<br />
in Headley. Very good, and these desserts<br />
were just £3.50. I finished the wine, an<br />
excellent and sensibly priced Malbec.<br />
What a find! Fabulous food, and the best<br />
mussels this side of La Rochelle. The staff<br />
were exceptionally energetic, efficient<br />
and friendly, making this a most<br />
enjoyable lunch or dinner destination. On<br />
reflection, I don't think this is a g<strong>as</strong>tropub.<br />
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Back in March we wrote a piece on ‘Cider self-<br />
59 sufficiency’. Well, the story continues, according<br />
to Dr Nevin Stewart. “The apple crop in 2011 w<strong>as</strong><br />
exceptionally good. This year it h<strong>as</strong> been miserable<br />
hereabouts. Instead of l<strong>as</strong>t year's 48 demi johns full of<br />
apple juice, members of ‘The Scillonian Road cider cooperative’<br />
have this year only managed 6. However, it h<strong>as</strong><br />
allowed us to experiment with our ‘juice and strain’<br />
method and quantify juice yields and apple processing<br />
rates. In all, the winter and spring saw six different<br />
Breville whole fruit juicers being evaluated on a 5kg apple<br />
scale. There is a limit to how much fresh apple juice that,<br />
primarily, the ladies of our household can consume. That<br />
said we now have a quick, clean, low cost and efficient<br />
method suited to use in a domestic kitchen setting. My<br />
wife still gives me an ‘old f<strong>as</strong>hioned look’ every time I use<br />
the word ‘clean’ in connection with ‘juice and strain’ and<br />
occ<strong>as</strong>ionally points out the indelible staining on the<br />
kitchen walls! Fortunately, ‘we have come through all of<br />
that’ I re<strong>as</strong>sure her. Our cider also now h<strong>as</strong> a name. It's<br />
‘Onslow's dry’. This is in recognition of Lord Onslow' s<br />
1920's restrictive covenant prohibiting the sale of alcohol<br />
within the bounds of Onslow village, and because all of<br />
the sugars ferment making the cider very dry. The method<br />
is now attracting attention from <strong>as</strong> far away <strong>as</strong> New<br />
Zealand. This is <strong>as</strong> a result of our short three minute video<br />
that we have posted on YouTube <strong>as</strong> "Cider making made<br />
simple" by Onslowsdry. There is only one video on the<br />
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method of ‘pulp and press’ for making cider on a small<br />
scale. Time will be the judge.“<br />
Don't miss the Farmhouse Breakf<strong>as</strong>t Farmers’ Market on<br />
Sunday 20th January from 10am to 1.30pm, which takes<br />
place <strong>as</strong> usual at Secretts’, Milford GU8 5HU. The<br />
Farmers' Market Co-operative wishes everyone a Happy<br />
New Year and thanks everyone for shopping with them<br />
l<strong>as</strong>t year. “Eat breakf<strong>as</strong>t like a King, lunch like a Prince and<br />
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This walk h<strong>as</strong> been published with kind permisssion of The<br />
Odiham Society. The Society seeks to chronicle, protect and<br />
enhance the heritage, character and environment of the<br />
Parish of Odiham and North Warnborough. They publish two<br />
journals each year and run speaker evenings on local and interesting<br />
topics. At these events members meet and enjoy a gl<strong>as</strong>s of wine. Outings and a Christm<strong>as</strong><br />
evening complete a busy annual programme of events.<br />
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From car park, walk back to canal and the wide<br />
canal b<strong>as</strong>in at Odiham Wharf.<br />
The B<strong>as</strong>ingstoke Canal opened in 1794, running from<br />
B<strong>as</strong>ingstoke to the Wey Navigation for links to the<br />
Thames & London. It w<strong>as</strong> not a commercial success<br />
(except during the building of Aldershot barracks and,<br />
its nemesis, the local railways) and became<br />
incre<strong>as</strong>ingly derelict from 1950 until it w<strong>as</strong> restored<br />
by volunteers and re-opened <strong>as</strong> far <strong>as</strong> the collapsed<br />
Greywell tunnel in 1991.<br />
Climb up path to canal bridge, point A on map,<br />
where you turn left and cross the bridge. Follow the<br />
pavement p<strong>as</strong>t the Waterwitch Pub (Chef & Brewer<br />
with canalside garden, open all day) & continue for<br />
150m until you see a red post box on the right, point<br />
B. Cross the road here and walk up the steepish<br />
tarmac drive to reach the footpath ahead (to the<br />
right of the house).<br />
Follow the footpath uphill until you finally emerge<br />
through a kissing gate onto a road, point C, where<br />
you turn left and walk along the pavement downhill<br />
to the roundabout. At the roundabout, point D, cross<br />
the busy A287 carefully – underp<strong>as</strong>s available for<br />
safe crossing – and walk up the lane opposite<br />
(signposted Broad Oak). After a couple of bends the<br />
lane reaches the open expanse of Broad Oak<br />
Common. After 100m of common you’ll see a<br />
postbox on your left and a noticeboard on your<br />
right, point E, and here you turn right into lane<br />
(following footpath sign).<br />
Keep directly ahead down lane until, after 100m, it<br />
becomes a footpath leading to a footbridge and stile<br />
at point F. Cross the stile and look for the stile in the<br />
treeline opposite – not quite straight ahead but<br />
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Odiham & Dogmersfield<br />
slightly to the right – and cross the open field<br />
(usually with horses) to reach the stile at point G.<br />
Cross the stile and footbridge to enter the wood and<br />
after 10m turn right to follow the path through the<br />
wood. The footpath emerges at point H onto a drive<br />
which p<strong>as</strong>ses between 2 lodges, formerly<br />
gatehouses to the Dogmersfield Park estate.<br />
Turn left onto this drive and walk between the<br />
lodges. Keep ahead on this drive until it forks left<br />
through a gateway, point J, towards a redbrick<br />
lakeside mansion. Leave the driveway at this fork<br />
and walk straight ahead, following the gr<strong>as</strong>sy track,<br />
then footpath, up the hill. After a kissing gate, keep<br />
straight ahead on track over top of hill and down<br />
again towards Tundry Pond in distance.<br />
As you get towards the bottom of the hill you’ll be<br />
able to see the redbrick buildings of the 5* Four<br />
Se<strong>as</strong>ons hotel & spa up on your right, built on the<br />
site of the former Dogmersfield House, built by the<br />
St John-Mildmays in 1727 but later destroyed by<br />
fire. P<strong>as</strong>s through some black wrought-iron gates,<br />
point K, and after 10m fork left onto a signposted<br />
public footpath. Follow this gr<strong>as</strong>s footpath until it<br />
ends at a driveway, point L, where you turn left onto<br />
the driveway and follow it until it reaches gates<br />
where you fork right onto a short footpath towards<br />
some houses at point M.<br />
At point M, go through the kissing gate and turn left<br />
onto the public bridleway which soon bends right.<br />
After the bend, keep straight ahead towards the<br />
trees. When you reach the trees, point N, cross the<br />
canal bridge & turn immediately left down the slope<br />
to reach the canal towpath (a permissive path).<br />
Here is a lovely unspoilt stretch of the canal - thanks<br />
to the owner of Dogmersfield Park who refused to<br />
January 2013
let the canal p<strong>as</strong>s through his land, forcing a long<br />
looping detour round the edge of the estate, now<br />
providing gentle walking through peaceful rural<br />
scenery.<br />
Follow the towpath and after almost a mile you’ll<br />
p<strong>as</strong>s an open field on your right with a redbrick<br />
house visible across the field. Stay on the towpath<br />
and after the field is a wood which encloses a pond –<br />
Wilk’s Water. After the towpath crosses the feed<br />
channel between the canal and the pond, point P,<br />
turn immediately right and walk to the far end of the<br />
pond.<br />
Here, to your left, are the 3 gables of the lovely<br />
National Trust-owned ‘King Henry’s’ Hunting Lodge,<br />
in fact a folly built in 1740 by the owners of the<br />
Dogmersfield Park estate with the ornate facade<br />
hiding a cottage-style dwelling behind. The property<br />
is not open to the public, but walk up to the white<br />
gates to see the delightful garden.<br />
Now retrace your steps to the canal at point P where<br />
you turn right and continue along the towpath<br />
until you reach your start point at Odiham Wharf.<br />
Neither the publisher nor the author can accept any responsibility for any changes, errors or omissions in this route. Diversion orders can be made and permissions withdrawn at any time.<br />
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Length of walk: 5 miles.<br />
Map: OS Explorer 144 B<strong>as</strong>ingstoke.<br />
Difficulty: Moderate: gentle hills with some<br />
stiles. Paths across fields on this route are<br />
normally well used & e<strong>as</strong>y to see.<br />
Refreshments: There are a few places in<br />
Odiham but you may like to visit The<br />
Exchequer in Crookham Village, which is the<br />
subject of this month’s Table Talk.<br />
How to get there: To reach start by car: from<br />
e<strong>as</strong>tern end of Odiham High Street, turn<br />
down London Road and keep straight ahead<br />
until you cross canal bridge. Road then bears<br />
right to reach free parking.<br />
GODALMING, CRANLEIGH & VILLAGES R&A x 63
spotlight<br />
WITH ALL THE expense that Christm<strong>as</strong> brings, it<br />
could be very welcome news to some Waverley residents<br />
this New Year that an organisation called<br />
SurreySave opened its doors in 2012.<br />
SurreySave Credit Union, which w<strong>as</strong> launched nearly<br />
a year ago, is a new mutual financial service for<br />
everyone in the County, providing access to savings<br />
and loans for local employees and residents. Credit<br />
unions are owned and controlled by their members<br />
so profits are used to grow the business, or p<strong>as</strong>sed<br />
back to members <strong>as</strong> a dividend.<br />
SurreySave w<strong>as</strong> started by a group of volunteers<br />
from Waverley, Guildford, Mole Valley and Woking,<br />
who spent seven years raising local support and finance<br />
to set up Surrey’s very own credit union. With<br />
more and more members joining in Waverley, the<br />
credit union is becoming a popular alternative to<br />
other more expensive sources of credit. The maximum<br />
APR SurreySave can charge is 26.8%, typically<br />
higher cost lenders charge APRs in the hundreds<br />
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Michelle Boundy, CEO of SurreySave, said that “our<br />
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The new credit union also offers a regular instant access<br />
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Juliet Nursey, who h<strong>as</strong> had experience of credit<br />
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Mobile: 07770 553686<br />
nickwatson@paragoncleaningservices.fsbusiness.co.uk<br />
Dean Coe: 01483 425426<br />
07929 731722<br />
Damion Cooper: 01483 415680<br />
07787 928656<br />
Godalming B<strong>as</strong>ed Business – Undertaking All Electrical Work<br />
Electrical Contractors<br />
Fuse Board Changes<br />
New Build Projects / Extensions<br />
TV & Satellite / Data Cabling<br />
Testing & Inspection Services<br />
Garden Lighting / External Power<br />
Fully Qualified, Insured & ELECSA Registered<br />
Local References Available ‐ FREE QUOTATIONS<br />
HAMILTON HEATING & PLUMBING<br />
Plumbing or heating problem? Then give us a call!<br />
PLUMBING<br />
HEATING<br />
All work is guaranteed, and there are no call out charges<br />
BATHROOMS<br />
Trading over 25 years<br />
• Same day service<br />
• Immersion heaters<br />
• • Bathroom Solar hot & shower water<br />
installations • Central Heating<br />
• Hot Water Cylinders<br />
• Cold Water Storage Tanks<br />
• Radiators & G<strong>as</strong> Fires<br />
• Repairs & Maintenance<br />
• Under Floor Heating<br />
• Same day service<br />
Tel: 01428 605 268 Mob: 07910 30 40 53<br />
Expert Piano Tuition<br />
in your area<br />
• Pumps, Programmes &<br />
Valves<br />
• Central Heating Power<br />
Flushing<br />
• Solar Heating<br />
• Boiler Upgrades<br />
• Landlords G<strong>as</strong> Safety<br />
Certificates<br />
• Drainage<br />
• Boiler repair & replacement<br />
• Underfloor Heating<br />
• Central heating power flushing<br />
CITB<br />
Registered<br />
• Experienced piano teacher<br />
• All ages – beginners to grade 8+<br />
• Friendly tuition to suit individual needs<br />
• Music theory, aurals, GCSE/ A Level Music<br />
• Experience <strong>as</strong> examiner & school music teacher<br />
• CRB checked<br />
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07892 406575 iain.cooper24@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
Every effort is made to ensure the information within these pages is correct, the text printed is <strong>as</strong> supplied by the advertiser. As such readers are advised to take appropriate<br />
professional advice before using any business or financial opportunity offered herein.
• Planning Applications<br />
• Building Regulations<br />
• Contract Administration<br />
www. flowittarchitects.co.uk<br />
formerly Richard Flowitt Partnership<br />
Your Local Architects for New Houses<br />
• House Extensions • Alterations and Conversions<br />
Jersey Barn, Loseley Park, Guildford, GU3 1HS<br />
Tel: 01483 578480 e-mail: info@flowitt.co.uk<br />
Ingrid Rousseau<br />
sports therapist and kinesiology<br />
Member of Federation of HolisticTherapists<br />
Kinesiology Foundation PractitionerTraining (levels 1-2)<br />
PDT Dip.FTST & Dip.ST – IIHHT - MFHT<br />
Soft tissue injuries and rehabilitation, muscle testing kinesiology,<br />
Fitness, sports & body m<strong>as</strong>sage and swimming instructor.<br />
Telephone: 01483 426323<br />
E-mail: ingridrousseau1@hotmail.com<br />
PLUMBING & HEATING<br />
Boiler & central heating design,<br />
installation & servicing.<br />
Landlord certificates.<br />
All g<strong>as</strong> work undertaken.<br />
Heating control replacement.<br />
Bathroom design, installation,<br />
pl<strong>as</strong>tering, tiling & electrics<br />
no job too small<br />
V<strong>as</strong>t experience with problem<br />
solving a speciality.<br />
References available.<br />
free estimates<br />
Matthew Charles<br />
Landscapes<br />
Experienced, professional family run business<br />
Kevin: 07877 944087 or<br />
Barry: 01483 808319 or<br />
07450 895012<br />
Patios • Ponds • Turfing • Brick and Stone Walling<br />
Fencing • Driveways • Tree Surgery and Groundwork<br />
Friendly, Reliable and Fully Insured<br />
For a free estimate and friendly advice<br />
Tel: 07772 701214 or 01483 346994<br />
Email: landscapes_charles@hotmail.com<br />
www.matthewcharleslandscapes.weebly.com<br />
www.roundandaboutssh.co.uk<br />
cl<strong>as</strong>sified<br />
J<strong>as</strong>on Weir Landscaping<br />
& Stonework<br />
A family run local business<br />
Offering all <strong>as</strong>pects of hard and soft<br />
Landscaping and Stonework.<br />
Fully insured – Free Quotations<br />
Tel: 01483 419177 or 07976 300441<br />
Email: j<strong>as</strong>on.weir@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Web: www.j<strong>as</strong>onweir.co.uk<br />
Professional Mobile Dog<br />
Grooming Salon Operating<br />
in the GU & KT Postcodes.<br />
Fully insured, CRB checked and City and Guilds qualified.<br />
Any breed/size welcome.<br />
Tel: 07881 382564<br />
Email: info@dogpodgrooming.co.uk<br />
Website: www.dogpodgrooming.co.uk<br />
GODALMING, CRANLEIGH & VILLAGES R&A x 67
AN INDISPENSABLE GUIDE TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES IN YOUR AREA<br />
K. P. Oddy<br />
Property Maintenance<br />
�Carpentry, Pl<strong>as</strong>tering over Artex,<br />
Floor & Wall Tiling<br />
�Domestic Plumbing<br />
�All General Building & Maintenance Work<br />
�Free Estimates<br />
�25 years Experience<br />
Tel: 01483 861940<br />
Mob: 07870 893515<br />
Email: k.oddy@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Food Business<br />
Training<br />
Mike Hutchinson<br />
NO<br />
VAT<br />
Plumbing and Heating<br />
Boiler Servicing - Installs<br />
General Plumbing Works<br />
Bathrooms<br />
Call for your<br />
Landlord Cert’s<br />
FREE estimate<br />
Mob 07780 620201<br />
God 01483 422248<br />
email mikehutch@hotmail.co.uk<br />
www.mhplumbingandheating.co.uk<br />
525343<br />
Food Business Start-Up Courses<br />
Food Safety/ Hygiene Courses (RSPH)<br />
both held in Cranleigh or In-House<br />
Contact Lesley on 01483 278420<br />
www.foodproducer.co.uk<br />
68 x R&A GODALMING, CRANLEIGH & VILLAGES<br />
Arbortech Ltd<br />
Professional Tree Surgeons<br />
~<br />
Tree Pruning and Removal ~ Hedge Maintenance<br />
Stump Grinding ~ Garden & Site Clearance<br />
Trees Supplied & Planted ~ Se<strong>as</strong>oned Firewood<br />
Tree Surveys & Reports<br />
Fully Insured & Fully Qualified<br />
For a free no obligation quote or advice contact us on:<br />
Tel: 01428 749084 Mob: 07932 679730<br />
www.arbor-tech.org.uk<br />
GRAHAM FREEMAN GENERAL RENOVATORS<br />
~<br />
‐ Pl<strong>as</strong>tering<br />
‐ Tiling<br />
‐ Interior and Exterior Decora�ng<br />
City and Guilds Qualified<br />
Excellent rates<br />
Work hours from 8am to 5pm<br />
Office hours from 7pm to 10pm<br />
Call 07723 510 936 or 01483 894 351 for a free quotation<br />
FOR ALL YOUR DOUBLE GLAZING REPAIRS<br />
✷ Broken down sealed units...<br />
✷ New hinges, fire & child safety...<br />
✷ New mechanisms, windows & doors...<br />
✷ Patio door repairs...<br />
✷ Broken handles....<br />
✷ Front & back doors dropped...<br />
✷ Drafts & leaks on your windows...<br />
No call out charge. No VAT.<br />
The Group<br />
Unattached<br />
Liven up your social life<br />
Enjoy a varied calendar of social, cultural and sporting activities, including<br />
a weekly pub night, visits to the theatre, cinema, concerts, meals, parties,<br />
walks, weekends away in the UK and abroad - and much more.<br />
We are a lively and friendly group of single professional people aged 45-<br />
65 living within a 15 mile radius of Guildford. If you would like to find out<br />
more about us, phone 07855 008897 or go to www.theunattachedgroup.co.uk.<br />
January 2013
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01428 684423<br />
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Proud to<br />
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Specialising in both internal and external decorating<br />
All domestic and commercial work undertaken<br />
Offering a highly professional, reliable service.<br />
Local references available. Fully Insured.<br />
Tel: 01483 527460<br />
Mob 07808 254721<br />
Email: JeremyOrrin@tiscali.co.uk<br />
�I highly recommend them�<br />
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2011/12 TAX RETURNS<br />
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Book with Sarah now: 01483 271339<br />
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I & N Tree Services RFS (cert.)<br />
All <strong>as</strong>pects of tree work<br />
and garden maintenance undertaken<br />
• Stump removal • Hedge Cutting • Woodland Management<br />
• General garden maintenance<br />
Local company with 12 years experience<br />
24 hr Emergency Call Out • Fully Insured<br />
Ple<strong>as</strong>e call for a free quotation<br />
Call 07805 498856 or 01252 703589<br />
Did you know you are responsible for the maintenance of your trees?<br />
Not doing so may result in damage to your property or someone else's<br />
cl<strong>as</strong>sified<br />
Local family run company<br />
Services include:<br />
Hedge trimming, gr<strong>as</strong>s cutting, weeding, regular<br />
maintenance, one‐off tidy ups, fencing, landscaping,<br />
general outdoor repairs and winter leaf clearing.<br />
All rubbish taken away. Fully insured.<br />
Tel: 07925 625392 Email: ryan@puregardens.co.uk<br />
Web: www.puregardens.co.uk<br />
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AERIAL & SATELLITE SPECIALIST<br />
• Satellite Installations & Servicing<br />
• Freeview digital-FM-DAB Aerials<br />
• Reception Problem Solving<br />
• Multipoint Systems<br />
• TV Wall Mounting<br />
• Over 20 years experience<br />
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For a competitive price & friendly service<br />
ple<strong>as</strong>e call 01483 416841 or 07917 843313<br />
Email: paulbeadellaerials@yahoo.co.uk<br />
We Guarantee<br />
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PVC‐U Windows and Doors<br />
Aluminium BI‐Folding Doors<br />
Aluminium Windows and Doors<br />
G.R.P Entrance Doors & Garage Doors<br />
PVC / Timber Conservatories<br />
G.R.P Flat Roofs<br />
F<strong>as</strong>ci<strong>as</strong>, Soffits and Guttering<br />
Driveways, New Kitchens, Security Systems & Greener Gr<strong>as</strong>s<br />
Industry leader for over 40 years and highly accredited.<br />
For a free no obligation quotation contact your local<br />
representative David on 07940 570730 or freephone 0800 978 8895<br />
Daisy’s Grooming Room<br />
Professional Dog Grooming<br />
Lesley Pilbeam<br />
Professional Dog Groomer<br />
Call: 07449 180595<br />
Collection & Drop off available<br />
Charges apply<br />
Email: lesley_pilbeam1@hotmail.com<br />
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Barcroft Plumbing<br />
& Bathrooms<br />
Affordable Bathroom Installations<br />
Taps, Toilets, Radiators & Appliance Installation<br />
Plumbing Repairs & Maintenance<br />
07817 917278<br />
www.barcroftplumbing.co.uk<br />
barcroftplumbing@gmail.com<br />
Local I Friendly I Reliable<br />
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£5 discount on any return airport<br />
trip during January<br />
Terms & Conditions: £5 discount is per journey, not per p<strong>as</strong>senger. The trip must be taken<br />
before 31st January. Ple<strong>as</strong>e present this advert - no photocopies.<br />
TAXI - MINIBUS - COACH for all occ<strong>as</strong>ions<br />
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01428 683891 / 07966 173834<br />
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info@countrywaysminibus.co.uk<br />
Physiotherapy<br />
and Pilates<br />
Farnham Dene Medical Practice, Lower Bourne<br />
Springfield Surgery, Elstead<br />
01428 641321 / 07769 587218<br />
www.backtogether.co.uk<br />
70 x R&A GODALMING, CRANLEIGH & VILLAGES<br />
Do you suffer<br />
discomfort from?<br />
Corns<br />
Callus and/or cracked heels<br />
Athletes foot<br />
Ingrowing toe nails<br />
Fungal infections<br />
Thickened nails<br />
Unable to cut your nails<br />
Contact<br />
07946 663126<br />
email: harmonyfeet@gmail.com<br />
Evening and weekend<br />
calls available<br />
The Landscape Works<br />
Garden Design • Construction<br />
• Planting • Maintenance<br />
All Work Personally Carried Out By<br />
Fred Bourne Bsc HND<br />
BALI National Award Winner<br />
Phone: 01483 424870<br />
Mobile: 07830 292726<br />
Email: fredbourne@thelandscapeworks.com<br />
www.thelandscapeworks.com<br />
T - 01483 320325<br />
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W - www.tandtdigital.tv<br />
For a friendly, reliable local company specialising in all <strong>as</strong>pects of<br />
aerial and satellite installation, ple<strong>as</strong>e contact Ben or Nigel<br />
for a free no obligation quotation.<br />
Fully insured and 12 months<br />
guarantee on all work carried out.<br />
Mobile Foot<br />
Health Clinic<br />
For the treatment of foot related problems<br />
in the comfort of your own home<br />
Registered with<br />
Foot Health Practitioners SAC Dip FHPT / FHPP<br />
January 2013
WIN A DAY’S COOKERY COURSE<br />
AT FOUR GABLES FOOD ACADEMY<br />
<strong>Round</strong>&<strong>About</strong> h<strong>as</strong> teamed up<br />
with Surrey chef David Gillott to<br />
offer you the chance to win a<br />
fabulous g<strong>as</strong>tro treat.<br />
One lucky reader will spend a day<br />
at David’s cookery school, Four<br />
Gables Food Academy in Ashtead,<br />
learning culinary skills from the<br />
expert. Our winner will get to<br />
choose from a tempting selection<br />
of courses, including Dinner Party Delights, Bread &<br />
P<strong>as</strong>ta, Perfect Puddings and Fabulous Fish.<br />
For more information about Four Gables, ple<strong>as</strong>e visit<br />
www.FourGablesFoodAcademy.com.<br />
For your chance to win, ple<strong>as</strong>e answer the following<br />
question:<br />
Q: Where in Surrey is the Four Gables Food Academy<br />
b<strong>as</strong>ed?<br />
Ple<strong>as</strong>e send the answer, together with your full contact<br />
details, to info@fourgablesfoodacademy.com by the<br />
31st January 2013.<br />
By entering the competition you agree to receive periodic emails from<br />
Four Gables Food Academy. You can opt out of receiving these at any<br />
time and your data will never be p<strong>as</strong>sed on for use by third parties.<br />
TO ENTER:<br />
competitions<br />
WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS FOR<br />
WINE TASTING AT SURREY<br />
WINE SCHOOL<br />
We’ve teamed up with<br />
Surrey Wine School to offer<br />
one lucky winner two tickets<br />
to an evening of wine<br />
t<strong>as</strong>ting.<br />
Surrey Wine School opened<br />
recently, with venues in Guildford and Dorking, offering<br />
evening t<strong>as</strong>tings and Saturday events <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> four and<br />
eight-week courses for beginners and experts alike.<br />
To celebrate the opening, Surrey Wine School is offering two<br />
free places (worth £25 each) at one of its evening events. The<br />
winner and a guest can choose to attend either the Guildford<br />
or Dorking venues.<br />
The school’s Guildford events take place at Two South Hill,<br />
located at C<strong>as</strong>tle Grounds, 2-4 South Hill, GU1 3SY.<br />
The Dorking events are held at Stepping Stones, Westhumble<br />
Street, Dorking, RH5 6BS.<br />
To enter the competition, ple<strong>as</strong>e email your name, address<br />
and contact number to info@surreywineschool.com by 31st<br />
January 2013. Ple<strong>as</strong>e include ‘<strong>Round</strong>&<strong>About</strong> competition’ in<br />
the subject line.<br />
If you do not wish to receive further emails from Surrey Wine School,<br />
ple<strong>as</strong>e state this when you enter. T&Cs: Not valid in conjunction with<br />
any other offer; Prize cannot be exchanged for c<strong>as</strong>h; T<strong>as</strong>tings are<br />
subject to availability.<br />
Ple<strong>as</strong>e send entries by email to competitions@vantagepublishing.co.uk<br />
or by post to the address at the front of the magazine.<br />
Ple<strong>as</strong>e send separate emails for each competition entry. If writing in, ple<strong>as</strong>e make clear which competition you are entering.<br />
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