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We are back from our travels and yes, we had a fantastic time in Cape Town. Everything Stefan said in last month’s intro is true; the climate, food and wines are unbeatable and the South Africans are extremely friendly and hospitable. I must relate one rather amusing story. At the delightful guest house where we stayed we were asked if we would like an after dinner drink. I ordered a brandy and Angie asked for Baileys. There was a slight look of puzzlement on the waiter’s face but off he went. He returned with my brandy and a couple of bay leaves on a silver tray for Angie! We all fell about laughing including the waiter after we explained the joke. Oh and yes, Angie did get her Baileys. We hope you all have a lovely Easter. Grayshott Folk Club Saturday 1st April The Club will be featuring top folk band ‘Faustus’ who have previously been nominated for the Best Group Award in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. They have a plethora of experience and represent the best in the current vibrant English folk scene. Their new album ‘Death & Other Animals’ is already receiving critical acclaim. The gig takes place at Grayshott Village Hall, Nr Hindhead GU26 6TZ. Tickets are Adults £14/Under 16’s £7, call Des O’Byrne on 01428 607096. www.grayshottfolkclub.co.uk. All Saints Church, Tilford Art Exhibition Originally billed for 1st to 8th April, an Art Exhibition in

celebration of the 150th birthday of All Saints Church, Tilford, has had to be postponed. It will now take place alongside a Photographic Exhibition in the church on the two weekends 23rd and 24th September and 30th September and 1st October. Easter Concert Saturday 1st April 2pm A special start to the Easter season will be provided by VOX LUCIS who are a Cappella Group. There will be early music and readings for Lent, including Tallis, Byrd, Victoria, Palestrina, Lotti and others. It will be held in the church at Alton Abbey. Tickets at £7.50 each, to include tea and cake, are available from ‘Tickets’, Friends of Alton Abbey, Alton Abbey, Beech, Alton GU34 4AP. Please make out cheques to Friends of Alton Abbey and include a SAE, and a telephone number, or email address. For more information, email friendsofaltonabbey@gmail.com or call 01428 712938. New Ashgate Gallery - Views of Farnham Now to Saturday 15th April This exhibition features two artists who are inspired by the historic views of Farnham and its surrounding areas. Artists Fiona Pearce and Jan Gaska paint the town and surrounding areas of natural beauty. I have seen their work and I must say I was impressed; if you get a chance I would urge you to pop into the Gallery before the exhibition closes, entry is free. It is situated in Waggon Yard in Farnham GU9 7PS. Regain the use of your conservatory

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Boot Fair Sunday 2nd April The Rural Life Centre in The Reeds Road, Tilford GU10 2DL will be holding its first Boot Fair of the 2017 season running from 8am until 12 noon. The Boot fee remains at £6, with free entry for buyers and is organised by the Rustics in aid of the Museum. Do go along to see what great bargains can be had.

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Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre From 3rd April They are running two personalised 1: 1 learning sessions for Key Stages -4. The first is from 3rd to 7th April and the second is from 11th to 13th April. The cost is £60 per session. They are also running an A Level Revision Workshop on Wednesday 12th April from 1pm-4pm. Call 01252 792400 or email enquiries@arkellcentre.org.uk for more information. Also, go to www.helenarkell.org.uk/courses/ personalised-learning.php. for details of all the courses they run to help people with dyslexia. The Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance They are inviting local groups, clubs, societies and other organisations to book a talk (free of charge) to find out more about the work of the charity. By inviting one of their volunteer speakers to your group, you will be helping to raise awareness of their work and therefore ensuring they can be there for those who need them, now and in the future. For more information or to book a talk, contact them on 01622 833833 or email talks@kssairambulance.org.uk. Friends of Farnham Park Tuesday 4th April 7pm for 7.30pm The Friends of Farnham Park are starting their 2017 season with a talk ‘The Geology of Farnham Park’. This will be given by June Chatfield at Rowhill Field Centre, Cranmore Lane GU11 2BD. June is a well-known and highly respected author on Natural History and a fellow of the BNF (British Naturalist Association). Non-members £3. Players of Elstead Thursday 6th, Friday 7th and Saturday 8th April 7.45pm Their spring production is ‘Theft’, a comedy drama by Eric Chappell (in association with Samuel French). Eric Chappell is the BAFTA award winning creator of the hilarious television series ‘Rising Damp’. Performances will take place at Elstead Village Hall. To order tickets, visit www. elsteadtheatrical.co.uk or call 08442 329460. Minecraft at Farnham Library Wednesday 5 April 11am-12.30pm This is a fun event giving children aged 8-12 years old an opportunity to play Minecraft in the library with others. Bring your own log-in if you want to play multi-player or we can log you in to create your own world. £3, book at www. eventbrite.co.uk/e/minecraft-at-farnham-library-tickets31831726551?aff=es2.

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No Ordinary Audrey Kirstie Smillie meets Audrey Filtness, owner of Farnham’s fashion boutique Ordri. Originally brought up in the midlands of Ireland, Audrey’s grandmother and mother had fashion boutiques while Audrey studied pattern cutting before landing a job with fashion designer John Rocha in Dublin. Moving to Farnham after meeting her husband, she opened her first shop because she "just couldn't find any creative clothing". Now relocated to the idyllic Upper Church Lane, a stone's throw from where she was on Downing Street, Ordri is an exciting boutique brimming with designer goodies, sneakers, candles and unique handmade jewellery.

"I am so passionate about what I do, whether it’s on the shop floor meeting customers, or out sourcing exciting brands.” The store appeals to mothers and daughters alike and is filled with affordable basics alongside hero pieces selected with customers who want something different from the high street in mind. There are 100% cashmere knits by Wyse, silks by Rixo, Custom-Made and Samsoe Samsoe and great jeans by Ida, Oui, MosMosh and Maison Scotch. Each season Audrey likes to change the brand mix around, keeping her core looks and then adding new companies for an injection of fresh ideas for her regulars.

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FASHION || “Women's shopping habits have changed as so many work from home or when at work, it’s smart casual. Some find that difficult and that’s where we come in to help combine what they have with pieces they need.” Audrey offers an appointment only service on Mondays and her next venture is to set up a small website of key pieces, as they have being selling a lot to visitors from London and Europe using their Instagram page which can be found @ordriboutique. Over the years, as the seasons have shifted, Audrey has adjusted her buying so that during the colder months, January to March, she sells cashmere and knitwear and then with in the warmer autumn months she still stocks lighter resort pieces. Clothes are displayed with just a few sizes on view, in outfit suggestions instead of blocks of all the same piece, encouraging a mix of labels to suit a modern wardrobe of all budgets. Unique gifts on offer come from Parkminster Candles, a family-run business based near Brighton, producing amazing oils and candles, the most popular named, ‘Tomato Leaf’, and SandyBay Candles from Essex who will personalise with your name and special dates. “I love supporting and buying into small cottage industries which are usually family-run. Cabbage White Jewellery is run by a local Guildford mum, hand-making gold and silver initial necklaces as well as amazing star and thunderbolt pieces.” Audrey’s aim is to create a relaxed, welcoming store full of inspiring pieces and with a beer fridge for husbands. It’s these unique touches that will keep boutiques like Ordri high on your shopping list.

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Images clockwise from top left: Wyse cashmere jumpers from £170; Scotch & Soda sheer shirt, £84.95; Lollys Laundry printed shirt, £84.95; Mos Mosh Jeans from £89; Custommade £159 and sweater, £159.

FIND OUT MORE Kirstie Smillie is a Personal Fashion Stylist. Subscribe to her style blog www.kirstiesmillie. com for weekly updates, and email any queries to kirstie@kirstiesmillie.com or call 07773 234947. Follow on Instagram @smilliekirstie

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Beetle Drive Thursday 6th April 3pm-4.30pm There’s Beetle Drive at Farnham Vineyard Centre and all are welcome. £5 entry which includes tea/coffee and cake. Please book in advance with Farnham ASSIST on 01252 717710. Farnham & District Museum Society Evening Talks Thursday 6th April The First World War is the subject of tonight’s talk when members of the Society will look at various aspects of World War I as it affected Farnham and its villages. The talk will commence slightly earlier than normal, at 7.30pm, and will be followed (after a short interval to enable those not staying on to leave) by the Society’s Annual General Meeting. The venue is the United Reformed Church in South Street, Farnham, (please use side entrance). Non-members are very welcome - £3 per visitor. For full details of the Society’s activities, visit the website www.farnhammuseumsociety. org.uk. Make Way for Lucia Thursday 6th, Friday 7th and Saturday 8th April 8pm E. F. Benson’s hilarious 1920’s novels of the war for social supremacy between Lucia and Miss Mapp in Tilling, are here brought to the stage with all the wit, irony and humour of the originals by The Tilbourne Players. You may remember the

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in the Woods Phil Kemp talks to Wasfi Kani about bringing opera to Surrey for everyone of all ages to enjoy in the grounds of West Horsley Place. Wasfi Kani literally couldn’t believe her luck when, within a few weeks of learning that the acclaimed Grange Park Opera she had established in Hampshire was losing its home of eighteen years, a lifeline was thrown to her by the broadcaster Bamber Gascoigne, who had just unexpectedly inherited West Horsley Place near Guildford. Wasfi is the founder of two opera companies and, not surprisingly, is absolutely passionate about opera. She is determined to not just make opera accessible to all, but to introduce youngsters to musical culture at a young age. “We have a project called Primary Robins, where we give 1,800 children in primary schools half-an-hour of singing classes every week, particularly those that don’t have any music in school and with low Key Stage Two results,” Wasfi explained, her enthusiasm showing brightly in her eyes. “You don’t need to put a massive amount of effort into getting five-year-olds loving opera. In Durham, in Nottingham, in Surrey and many other places we get them singing. That is probably the beginning – the beginning of their love of music.” 14

Wasfi was bestowed with an OBE in 2001 for her inspiring work in prisons. She founded Pimlico Opera in 1989, a touring company that works with HM prisoners to produce annual co-productions with inmates. Pimlico Opera has performed to over 55,000 members of the public in prison productions working with over 1,000 prisoners since the company’s inception. During my visit to West Horsley Place, with personal guided tour of the new opera house in-waiting with Wasfi, I was keen to find out what drives her to take on seemingly impossible projects. My quest didn’t take long. “I started the opera festival from nothing in Hampshire in 1998. The lease was nearing its end and out of the blue one of our landlords decided to terminate the lease. This was in March 2015. So, there I am thinking I’m going to have to start from square one again, when I heard that Bamber has inherited this house. He is 82 and doesn’t know what to do with it,” she explained as we stood on the lawn in front of the impressive façade of the imposing 50-room country house.

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“Bamber is what I describe as a liberal intellectual. He was saying he didn’t want it to fall down, and he wanted many people to enjoy it. So when I told him that Grange Park Opera didn’t have a home and we want to move it closer to London, he got it straight away and immediately said this would be the perfect place for an opera festival.” The house and 300-acre estate has been made over to the Mary Roxburghe Trust, in the name of Bamber’s great-aunt from whom he inherited West Horsley Place, and which will provide a performance centre and a place for the study of arts and crafts.

shape of La Scala in Milan, is being built from the ground up on the other side of an enormous orchard with its snaking crinkle crankle 18th century walls, and within sight of the grand old house. The Duchess of Roxburghe’s ashes were fittingly buried beneath the foundations of the new opera house by Bamber Gascoigne’s wife, Christina, in September. “We started the build in June last year and it’s taken us about eight months to get this far,” she said, embracing with her gesticulating hands the huge skeleton of steel and concrete towering above us. “There’s about six miles of steel and 146 piles reaching a height of 19 metres. It’s all being fabricated off-site of course and is like a big Meccano set. We have one team working on cherry pickers fed by a crane who are fixing pieces of steel together.

Standing within the steel skeleton of what Wasfi describes as ‘our theatre in the woods’ you can see the enormity of the task that has been taken on. The opera house, modelled on the four-tiered horseshoe

"The site foreman Stuart talks to the factory each day ordering what pieces he needs for tomorrow, and is working to an incredibly tight schedule. The floors are on four different levels and are all precast concrete – all designed for a quick build. We’re going to be using that stage at the beginning of May when sets will start arriving! There’s a complicated technical fit-out that has to happen, but that’s all lined up.”

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I looked at Wasfi incredulously, and then back at the enormous building site which, although a hive of activity with the build teams working in earnest (including twelve carpenters dedicated just to laying the wooden floors), is still very much a stark shell open to the elements on all sides. She responded to my jaw-dropped expression with her usual breathtaking enthusiasm.

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From left: Bamber Gascoigne and the interior of the new theatre

This was quickly dispelled by Wasfi’s inspiring description of the finished theatre. “The big question was of course how we could build it to be ready in 2017. The tight deadline because of the operas and the contracts we had already committed to, projects that started over four years ago. You’re either going to do something temporary, or we say okay we’re going to do the real thing. So we designed for a quick-build to achieve just this". Commencing in June, West Horsley Place will start their first opera season which includes Jenufa by Czech composer Leoš Janáček; Wagner’s Die Walküre; and Puccini’s Tosca. The Theatre in The Woods is also hosting an evening with the Royal Ballet’s Principal Artist Zenaidi Yanowski, who dances whilst Grange Park Opera’s patron Sir Bryn Terfel sings. Visitors will enjoy a full Grange Park Opera experience. The extensive gardens, with its ancient box hedges, will welcome audiences to enjoy champagne picnics during extended half-time intervals, under canvas if the weather dictates. Dining will also be provided in the house, with its beautiful 17th century red-brick façade hiding the 15th century expansive oak-beamed residence behind, and within in its long history has entertained within its walls the good and the great, including Henry VIII. “The Grange Park Opera House, with its orchestra pit and all those tiers seating 650 people, will not just be used as a traditional opera house. I’ve always said this is a building for many people from many walks of life. I’m not just building it for rich people,” explained Wasfi earnestly. “The thing that I’m slightly fixated on is that I think it’s very difficult for young artists, and by artists I mean singers and actors, to show their work. I’ve seen for example some wacky opera going on in a London pub, young people putting enormous effort into their show. I want to give them a real stage. So if they want to come to Surrey and put on their opera, we can ticket it for them and we can market it for them, and I don’t want to make any money in the process.” I was still subconsciously unsettled by the sight of the unfinished steel and bare concrete structure in the woods, and so close to the opening of the new opera house 16

“For the interior I was thinking of going for a standard white and creamy gold décor, until someone said to me: ‘You know, it’s in the woods, so the woods need to come into the theatre’. So, we’re going for pale green and blues with a lovely painted ceiling. There will be bunches of metal oak leaves scattered across the front of the balconies, all linked by sweeping staircases.” And the exterior, not just concrete blockwork surely? Predictably for this inspired project, far from it. “The planners wanted us to do something in keeping with the house, so the outer skin is going to be an elegant and decorative brick façade to match the ancient walls of the house and gardens.” Just before my tour ended, Wasfi was keen to re-emphasise the fact that she wants to make opera accessible to all-comers. “Britain has got this thing about opera being elitist. It’s not. You don’t need to know anything about opera. All you have to do is walk into that theatre, sit down in a seat and have a load of feelings. Whatever feelings you have are the right feelings. That is not elitist. We have also been offering tickets under our Meteor Scheme to under 35-year-olds for £35 for good seats.” And my slight confusion over exactly what the new theatre is called was also quickly put to rest. “I don’t want people to get bogged down on the idea that it’s called the Grange Park Opera House, or just Grange Park. That’s why we have this other name, with it affectionately known as The Theatre in The Woods.” Phil Kemp is a freelance writer and photographer based in Godalming. www. weyriver.co.uk. FIND OUT MORE For more information about the Theatre in the Woods and Grange Park Opera's 2017 programme, please visit www. grangeparkopera.co.uk.

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‘The Enid’ at St John’s Church in Farncombe Friday 7th April Another coup for Julian Lewry Music; Progressive rock band The Enid are giving an exclusive sneak preview of their new material before the official launch show in London in late June. This warm-up show is guaranteed to be something special so irrespective of whether you are a long-time fan of The Enid or just interested in checking them out for the first time, this is an unmissable occasion in this intimate setting. Tickets £16 adv/£19 door. Tel: 01483 421520/07769 592452 or go to www.julianlewrymusic.com. For full details on these and the many other fabulous shows coming up throughout 2017, see the website and/or the respective Facebook pages where you can catch all the latest news about the shows. Jolly Fine Tuck - Pop-Up Fine Dining Supper Evenings Saturday 8th April 7pm onwards Cordon Bleu Chef Joanne Lowe – after years of offering delicious menus for family and friends has been convinced to ‘go public’ and offer her specially created supper menus at her new pop-up restaurant in Surrey. Joanne creates a whole new menu for each evening, which will always feature the absolute best of seasonal and local produce. To join Joanne for one of these exclusive evenings, tickets are available for £55pp for which you get a multi-course ‘tasting’ style menu which usually starts with canapés and

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West Surrey Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers Tuesday 11th April at 10.30pm The WSGSWD welcomes new members and visitors. Anyone with an interest in textiles whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced crafts person is welcome to come. The next meeting is in the United Reform Church, South Street, Farnham GU9 7QU on Tuesday 13th April at 10.30am and is a show and tell meeting where members and visitors are welcome to bring in and discuss their textile projects. Visitors welcome, £3 entry includes refreshments. They also have 4 or 5 spinning and weaving days each month held at Victoria Halls in Ash and the Rural Life Centre in Tilford. Full details are on www.wsgswd.org.uk.

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Western Front Association Surrey Branch Wednesday 19th April The 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge is on April 9th 2017 and to commemorate the event the Surrey Branch of the Western Front Association present: William Franklin: Remembering ‘Bungo’ - an appreciation of Field Marshal Lord Byng of Vimy. Byng led the Canadian Divisions who captured Hill 145, the high point on Vimy Ridge that was thought to be impregnable by the German army. Vimy Ridge Day is one of the most important events in the Canadian year. Meetings are held at the Day Centre, Lushington Drive, Cobham KT11 2LY and start at 7.45pm. They ask for a £3 donation to cover costs including refreshments. Full details from Andy Thompson on 01306 880960 email info@eyewitnesstours.com. The Victoria Garden Wednesday 19th April 2pm-5pm You are invited to their afternoon of Bridge with their usual delicious tea at St Joan’s Centre, off Tilford Road, Farnham GU9 8DJ. There are wonderful raffle prizes to be won. Contact Alison Gordon on 01252 793026 about reserving a table at £36 each. You need to take along your table, a table cloth and your cards. They look forward to welcoming you. More Stars than in the Heavens! Thursday 20th April 2.30pm Farnham Maltings is the venue for award-winning singer

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Farnham & District Museum Society Afternoon Seminars Friday 21st Monday 24th April 2pm-4pm The Museum Society’s monthly series of seminars on the local history of Farnham and surrounding villages continues with ‘Museum Artefacts – the Curator’s Choice’. Liz May will bring some of her favourite items from the Museum’s collection and talk about their history. Each seminar is held at the Garden Gallery at the Museum of Farnham and repeated on the following Monday afternoon to accommodate numbers. £5 per seminar - contact Pat Heather on 01252 721576 to book your place. Details of the remaining programme can be found at www. farnhammuseumsociety.org.uk.

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Farnham Wine Festival Your chance to sample some fantastic wines and raise a toast to supporting two local Farnham charities

The Farnham Wine Festival, organised by VantagePoint Events, will take place at Farnham Maltings on 7th and 8th April, with a session on the Friday evening from 7pm-11pm, an afternoon session on the Saturday from 12pm-4pm and a ﬁnal session on the Saturday evening from 7pm11pm. The festival will feature over 140 international wines, including champagnes and premium wines, alongside wine experts and producers. In addition, there will be music, entertainment, concessions, food, money off-wine vouchers and more. Local wines and producers will also feature with their own special section to celebrate the strength and diversity of wine production in this area. These will include Albury Vineyard (nr Guildford), Blackdown Ridge (Haslemere), Greyfriars (Puttenham) and Jenkyn Place (Bentley). The Farnham Wine Festival will be working with two local charities at the event in April. The two charities will be Challengers and Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care. A blind wine tasting will support Challengers and Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care will run a raﬄe, with the proceeds of each going directly to the charities. In addition, VantagePoint Events will donate money from every ticket sold. Challengers provides play and leisure opportunities for disabled children and young people aged 2-25 across Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire.

“We would like to thank VantagePoint Events for choosing Phyllis Tuckwell as one of the charities to benefit from this wine festival”, said Vanessa Beech, Corporate Fundraiser at Phyllis Tuckwell. “As the NHS/government only covers 20% of our costs, we have to raise over £20,000 a day to be able to provide all of our services, which we offer free of charge to our patients and their families. We therefore rely heavily on the support and generosity of our local community, who never fail to overwhelm us with their commitment to our cause.” Entry to each festival will be just £10 per session if booked in advance, with wine tokens also available at a reduced price when booked together. Corporate and group rates will also be available for parties and larger bookings. Steve Page, one of the organisers, said: “We are delighted to be working with such great local charities as Challengers and Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care for our first Farnham Wine Festival. At our last wine event, we raised over £1,500 for charity and we hope that we will exceed this amount in April. We urge as many people as possible to come along and not only taste some great international and local wines but also help support these two brilliant community organisations”. Tickets are available to buy online at www. vantagepointevents.co.uk or via the Maltings Box Oﬃce on 01252 745444 or in person.

“We’re delighted that VantagePoint are supporting Challengers through this year’s Farnham Wine Festival”, said Susie Jewell, Corporate Partnerships Manager. “Their support will make a huge difference to the children and young people we support as well as providing a vital short break to families.” Phyllis Tuckwell provides supportive and end-of-life care for adult patients and families who are living with a terminal illness, such as cancer. April 2017

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Craft in Focus There is lots going on as usual this Easter period. Here are some ideas for a good day out for all ages in the wider local area. Craft In Focus is delighted to be returning to RHS Garden Wisley this Spring to be staging its annual contemporary craft and design fair within the Garden. This has become one of the most popular contemporary craft events in the UK and is an event not to be missed! Craft In Focus has always been at the forefront of promoting the best of the UK’s designer makers and their events have been placed above all other shows of their kind by The Independent. The event at Wisley showcases some of the finest contemporary craftmakers in various disciplines all of whom have been selected to exhibit at this event. Visitors will be able to see and purchase fine art, furniture, interior accessories, textiles, fashion, jewellery, ceramics, glassware, sculpture and garden furniture. Craft In Focus events offer the public a calibre of exhibitor not always seen at other craft fairs and, once again at Wisley, visitors will be able to

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Easter Events From Good Friday 14th April to Easter Monday 17th April, Monkey World will be handing out chocolate Easter Eggs to the first 100 children in the park every day! Monkey World – Ape Rescue Centre is open every day from 10am–5pm. Visit the centre to see over 250 rescued and endangered primates of 20 different species. The Kids Activity Centre will be open with Easter activities running, check the website www.monkeyworld.org/events for times and information. Busbridge Lakes is a grade 2 Heritage garden renowned for its follies, grottos and magnificent specimen trees. The parkland of 16 hectares with 3 lakes, nature trails and wooded hillside with much flora and fauna is the back ground for one of the largest collections of wild waterfowl in the country. There are over 80 species of swans, geese and ducks, many endangered, as well as rare pheasants, cranes and other exotic birds. To share in the wonders of Busbridge Lakes why not visit on one of the open days in April and May. Due to licensing laws, they are now only open for six days this year so please do go and support them. www.busbridgelakes.co.uk.

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<32 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Richard Navarro Saturday 22nd April 7.30pm Richard Navarro is an extraordinary vocalist, multiinstrumentalist and composer. Evocative and uplifting, his original songs take the folk traditions of melody and storytelling and supercharge them through live looping and improvisation. The show features a chorus of local singers along with Nicholas Thurston on double bass. He performs at Farnham Maltings. Tickets £12 (£6 under 16s); pre-show dining and ticket £20.50. Call 01252 745472 or go to www. farnhammaltings.com. Haslemere Methodist Church, Saturday 22nd April 3pm Imagine being entertained on St George’s Day by a very gifted pianist and then enjoying a sumptuous cream tea; what could be nicer? Well, that will all happen at Haslemere Methodist Church, Lion Green, Weyhill, when Matthew Smith will be playing the church’s beautiful grand piano with a selection of popular, easy listening music by English composers. The cream tea will also include a variety of sandwiches and delicious cakes. Tickets at £10 are on sale now during the church’s Open Door Coffee Mornings which are from 10am to 12 noon every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - just drop in! You can also order tickets through malcolmstravel@ hotmail.co.uk and 01428 481346.

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Vivaldi Singers Spring Concert Saturday 22nd April 3pm Vivaldi Singers present their Spring Concert ‘In an English Garden’ with music to soothe and inspire, followed by a cream tea. It is on at Farnham Methodist Church, South Street, Farnham. Tickets are £15, students/under 16’s £5, under 5’s free and include a cream tea, Tickets available from www. vivaldisingers.com or email vivaldisingers@gmail.com. Conservatoire Concerts Series Saturday 22nd April This is another free concert organised by the Tilford Bach Society and will take place at Busbridge Church, Godalming. The aim of these concerts is to give music students from Conservatoires and Universities the opportunity to perform outside their music departments. The Concerts are all being held in Godalming and are free of charge with a retiring collection at the end, in aid of the musicians’ expenses. The evening features the young Khorasan Quartet from Trinity Laban, Greenwich, who will be performing ‘Shostakovich Quartet No. 6’ and ‘Mendelssohn’s op.44’. For reservations and more details, contact Suzanne Cacciottolo on 07940 013314. Memory Meadow Saturday 22nd April Local charity Phyllis Tuckwell will be holding a special

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In the Citizens Advice Waverley offices in Haslemere, Godalming, Cranleigh and Farnham there are 140 trained, expert advisers who give their time free of charge to help people solve their many and varied problems. These dedicated volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds and professions and they work, day in and day out, to help people sort out their lives. The advisers are independent of any central or local government. They give impartial and confidential help to anyone who comes to Citizens Advice and there is no charge for this service. Advisers spend an average of 18 months training and then regularly go on refresher courses to keep up to date with changes in legislation and government policy.

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<38 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Georges Yard. They will have a stall in Gostrey Meadows for the annual Duck Race where you can find out more about the work they do in Farnham with the over 60s. If you would like to help them raise money by hosting your own coffee morning or quiz etc, please do contact them on 01252 717710. Hollycombe Quarry Railway Sundays 23rd, 30th April and 7th May How’s this for a brilliant family day out! A chance to ride the Bluebell Wood Trains and experience the evocative mixed scent of bluebells and steam! Hollycombe is holding its 2017 prices at 2016 levels – enter once and your ticket is valid for unlimited return trips to Hollycombe – including all events – for a whole year! Hollycombe Steam in the Country is situated at Iron Hill, Liphook, Hants GU30 7LP. Adult £16; senior £14; child £12. Family tickets available. Apart from the railway, there are a host of lovely old fairground rides to enjoy. For more information, call 01428 724900 or go to www.hollycombe.co.uk. Cobbett’s Wey ‘The Farnham Evening Society’ Wednesday 26th April 8pm ‘Lawrence of Arabia: Excavating a Legend’ is at Farnham College, Morley Road, Farnham Surrey GU9 8LU. Neil Faulkner will contrast the legend of Lawrence of Arabia with the true story of what happened in the famous desert war of 1916 to 1918. Is the legend a myth? Was Lawrence, as some claim, a liar and a charlatan or does the legend reflect reality? Plenty of free parking. Please arrive by 7.30pm to enjoy a free glass of wine, peruse the books and get to know other members. Visitors are most welcome. (£5 if you are a member of another NADFAS group or £7). Either show up or contact: kay.roudaut@btopenworld.com or 01252 793811. Spring Craft Fair at RHS Wisley Thursday 27th April to Monday 1st May Over 170 exhibitors will offer the chance to buy direct from the best artists and makers in the UK and enjoy the beautiful and inspiring setting of the garden in spring. See all that shines at the Festival of Silver, a collection of some of the finest contemporary British silversmithing created by established and up-and-coming UK silversmiths in the Glasshouse Gallery. Normal garden admission applies. Visit www.rhs.org.uk/wisley for full details and for much more going on there. New Ashgate Gallery Saturday 29th April to Saturday 17th June The Gallery is delighted to welcome Emma Dunbar back to her much anticipated new solo exhibition. Emma paints in Hampshire and Cornwall and works mainly on board in acrylic, occasionally incorporating collage with gold and silver leaf. This group of paintings draw inspiration from daily walks and recent trips to Greece, Iceland and Austria. The Gallery is situated in Waggon Yard, Farnham GU9 7PS April 2017

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Spring Lamb

For me, spring roast lamb is probably my favourite Sunday lunch. Simon Hopkinson is also my favourite food writer. His book Roast Chicken and Other Stories was voted the most useful cookery book of all time by fellow chefs, restaurateurs and writers. Simon Hopkinson pairs his lamb with Gratin de Jabron by Shaun Hill, who runs the Michelin starred Walnut Tree Inn in Abergavenny. The perfect accompaniment is French peas, so easy and much better than plainly boiled ones! SR

Roast Leg of Lamb Ingredients: 1.8kg leg of lamb 2 x 50g tins anchovies A small bunch of rosemary 4 large garlic cloves, peeled and sliced lengthways into three 75g butter, softened black pepper 1/2 bottle white wine Juice of 1 lemon and a bunch of watercress, to garnish Serves 4-6

Method: Preheat the oven to 220C/Gas 7. With a small sharp knife, make about 12 incisions 5cm deep in the fleshy side of the joint. Insert a piece of garlic, half an anchovy and a small sprig of rosemary into each incision. Push all of them right in with your little finger. Cream the butter with any remaining anchovies and smear it all over the surface of the meat. Grind over plenty of black pepper. Place the lamb in a roasting tin and pour the wine around. Tuck in any leftover sprigs of rosemary and pour over the lemon juice. Put in the oven and roast for 15 minutes. Turn the oven temperature down to 180C/Gas 4 and roast the lamb for a further hour, or slightly April 2017

more, depending on how you like your meat. Baste from time to time with the winey juices. Take the meat out of the oven and leave to rest in a warm place for at least 15 minutes before carving. Taste the juices and see if any salt is necessary it shouldn't be, because of the anchovies. During roasting, the wine should have reduced and mingled with the meat juices and anchovy butter to make a delicious gravy. If it's too thin, a quick bubble on the hob should improve the consistency.

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Gratin de Jabron A version of gratin dauphinoise. It has two advantages over the standard method. First, preboiling the potatoes in their jackets means that there will be a potato flavour to the finished dish as well as a creamy texture.

Ingredients: 1kg maris piper potatoes 150g unsalted butter 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed salt and freshly ground white pepper 200ml milk 300ml whipping cream Serves 4-6

Method: Pre-heat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4. Wash and sort the potatoes. They need to be steamed in their skins, so it helps if they are about the same size. Steam until they are only just cooked, so they are still slightly firm in the middle. Melt, but do not brown, the butter with the crushed garlic in a saucepan. Mix together the cream and the milk. When the butter has melted, scoop out the garlic pieces and spread them around the bottom

of your baking dish so they form a buttery garlicky base layer. Peel then slice the potatoes and lay them into the baking dish. Generously season with salt and pepper and spoon over the remaining melted butter, then pour over the milk and cream. Bake for about 30-40 minutes, or until golden and bubbling.

Petit pois Ă la franĂ§aise Ingredients:

Method:

100g butter 1 large cos lettuce 6 spring onions, white part only, thickly sliced 500g frozen peas Salt and freshly ground white pepper Several mint leaves, chopped

Slice up the spring onions sautĂŠ them gently in the butter. Cut the lettuce into shreds and add them to the spring onions. Add the peas and mix together.

Serves 4-6

Season and then add just a small cup of water so the peas just braise with the lettuce and onions. Cook for just 5-10 minutes until cooked to your liking, add the fresh mint leaves and then serve.

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Chanctonbury and Steyning: A Ring with a View This walk takes you along a stretch of the South Downs with fine views all round and, after a visit to a lovely small country town, along a lower route full of interest and back over the Downs again. The going is easy over the chalk downs but you may encounter mud on the lower paths in the wetter seasons, when ankle boots are an advantage. The walk has two parts: a high road, with fine views, and a contrasting low road with many beautiful points of interest. Both towns offer good opportunities for refreshment. For full instructions, and bigger maps, please visit www.fancyfreewalks.org.

The walk 1. Go past the metal barrier at the end of the car right at the tree line. Follow this flinty path, walking park, signposted South Downs Way, on a flinty path beside a wood on your left. After 400m, you reach a uphill. At the top, at a fingerpost ignore a footpath fork by a post with blue arrows. left and, 20m later, ignore a cinder farm track right. 4. Take the right-hand fork, slightly uphill. The path Just after a gas relay station on your left, ignore a goes between concrete posts by a field on the right marked bridleway by a gate on the left and continue and enters woodland. Just 15m into the woodland, on the track. After 50m, leave the track by forking fork left on a long path downhill through the wood, left on a signed path and going through a wooden avoiding bike paths on your left. After 250m, the gate, soon passing chalk earthworks on your right. path comes to a junction where you can see over to Close by in the valley is Washington village. Rock your right a waymarker post and a wooden swing Mill (now sailless) can be seen just to the right gate. Turn right to the gate and go pointleft yourthrough feet a newThe path path of a sand quarry. Built in 1823, it appears on the it (or through the wide gap on itsonleft). village’s shield and was lived in by the composer leads down and emerges from the woods by a new John Ireland. Keep straight ahead on a steep chalky wooden swing gate,&with firstDowns view of Steyning Chanctonbury, Steyning theyour South path uphill and go through a wooden gate atAthe below. After 250m of open hillside, your path goes Ring with a View top. Keep in the same general direction up the through a wooden swing gate into woods. Keep Distance: 12½ km=8 miles easy-to-moderate walking grassy slope. You have a fine view to the left Region: over West right on a narrow but straight path. It takes you Sussex Date written: 5-aug-2010 the Weald to the North Downs. As you ascend,Author: the Hautboy through a small wooden gate on a12-oct-2016 straight route Last update: sea comes into view, near the big town of Worthing. between hedges and later an unneeded wooden Refreshments: Steyning, Washington At the other side, at the highest point on the grass, gate a trackhopefully by some allotments. On Maps: Explorer 121leading (Arundel) &onto 122 (Steyning) not needed Problems, We depend on your feedback: go over a low bank to the Dew Pond in its ring of changes? reaching a road, keep feedback@fancyfreewalks.org straight ahead and, just Public rights are restricted to printing, copying or distributing this document exactly as hawthorn. after it bends right, turn left through a barrier seen here, complete and without any cutting or editing. See Principles on main webpage. 2. Turn right away from the pond and go through down to the main street of Steyning, opposite the High hills, views, village, country town, woodland a wooden gate by an information tablet. Turn Dolls House Shop. At the time of writing this shop Brief also does “psychic readings on Fridays”. The walk left on the track, beside a cattle grid, headingIn for the Chanctonbury Ring. It is better to shiftThis left willyou continue leftoffrom here, but cannot come walk takes along a stretch the South Downs withyou fine views all round and, without after a visit to a lovely small country alongtown. a lower route up the grassy bank and walk on a parallel grassy first seeing sometown, of the of interest and back over the Downs again. The going is easy over the ridge which has views on both sides, headingfull for 5. After your visit, return westwards along the High chalk downs but you may encounter mud on the lower paths in the wetter the left-hand side of the Ring. On reachingseasons, the when Street, pastarethe Dolls House on your right. ankle boots an advantage. The walk Shop has two parts: a high road, Where with fine views, a contrasting lowright, road with many beautiful Chanctonbury Ring, you can walk on a clockwise the and street bends leave it by keeping Both towns offer good opportunities for refreshment. To circular course to obtain an overall view ofpoints theof interest. straight ahead on Mouse Lane, a name that seems enquire at the Frankland Arms, ring 01903-892220. In Steyning the choice ancient earthworks. Continue from the Ring onis the so appropriate for the small cottages that occupy wide. wide track, part of the South Downs Way (SDW), thepreviously lane. the In eastern only 100m, just 20 past the mile lastwalk thatched This walk was part of a longer km=12½ Thisgo longer walk is now available big zipper by in 10m, heading past a cylindrical tank, then through a taking gatein Sullington. cottage, diagonally left onasaa track and, combining itfork with the walkon Sullington, Chantry & the South Downs. Zip by a cattle grid. In ½ km, at a 4-way junction, keep right a hidden narrow footpath, going over a points are indicated in the guides. straight ahead. stile and into a meadow of wild grass. (If overgrown, The walk begins at the Washington car park. The nearest postcode is 3. In another ½ km or so, a track joins from the right. on120. the turn rightthe after RH20 4AZ, continue grid ref TQ 119 Buttrack careful and ! 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DISTANCE: 8 miles OS MAPS: Explorer 121 (Arundel) & 122 (Steyning) STARTING POINT: The walk begins at the Washington car park. The nearest postcode is RH20 4AZ, grid ref TQ 119 120

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