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10 Welcome to October

Here we, are heading into Autumn; school routines are getting established again and half term is just around the corner. And what a very strange year this continues to be. Obviously, the virus is causing disruption to our normal routines, and worry the world over, but I think it’s quite amazing how adaptable we humans are.

The majority of us have, even if in a begrudging way, adapted to new ways of life, different shopping routines, the wearing of a face mask in public places, and certainly different working set ups, and on the whole, an altogether more local way of life.

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Many have discovered new or forgotten hobbies and past-times; cooking, baking and gardening are amongst the most popular I believe, and having such wonderful, local suppliers and services has never been so helpful and appreciated. We remain thankful to all the key workers who continue to help us through these weird times; all the NHS staff, the many different delivery services, from post to prescriptions, our teachers, the police and fire services, paramedics and carers…. so many amazing people who selflessly carry on regardless, providing much needed services to help the rest of us, but also the shop owners and workers for the service they provide for our communities.

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And in support of everyone, the very least we can do is remember “HANDS / FACE / SPACE” So let’s all continue to do our part, and we will get thought this together!

There are not many local events taking place at the moment BUT if you do plan to go along to any advertised meetings, please do call ahead of time to confirm if they are still taking place. Things can change on an almost daily basis.

I hope you all have a good month, and do keep well, Best Regards,

Ros x

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poached pear ghosties ingredients method 1 lemon 1 vanilla pod, halved lengthways 500g granulated sugar 4 Waitrose Conference Pears 100g fresh raspberries 8 small dried blueberries (Serves 4)

1. Pare the zest from the lemon and squeeze the juice. Place in a medium saucepan with the vanilla pod, sugar and 1 litre of water then bring to a gentle simmer.

2. Peel the pears, removing a slice from the bottom so they can stand upright. Add the pears to the pan and simmer for 20 minutes then turn off the heat, leave to cool completely then chill until you are ready to serve.

3. When ready, place the raspberries on 4 small serving plates and mash with a fork until pulpy. Press 2 blueberries into each pear for the eyes then sit the pears on the raspberry pulp. Spoon over a little of the cooking syrup and serve.

cooking tip Make sure the pears are completely submerged in the liquid so they poach evenly – add a little more water as needed.

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Get more active, more often, your way During lockdown, lots of us have all come to realise how important exercise is to look after our physical and mental health. Keeping healthy has never been more important.

Elmbridge Borough Council is launching a public consultation from 15 September to 31 October to inform their new Physical Activity Strategy for 2021-2026.

The strategy will aim to tackle inactivity across the borough and focus on the wider benefits of regular exercise and participation in physical activity.

It is important for us to gather residents’ views on what factors prevent them from exercising. We can then try and break down existing inactivity barriers and identify long-term, sustainable solutions to address the root of the problem.

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ON THE HORIZON?

With Christmas being on the horizon and the possibility of long term home working and/or home schooling, now is a great time to take stock of some of the new innovations and how transformative they may be in the future.

Just remember it wasn’t that long ago when we thought the use of the webcam was for the occasional Christmas or Birthday greeting call!

The two big game console manufacturers Sony and Microsoft have been polishing off their new arrivals, at the same time the major PC component manufacturers have been working hard, with one of the major announcements being the true high performance graphics card line which will provide really spectacular realism in 4K graphics, with the arrival of the GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card, with an indicated price of less than £500.00, this really will permit the PC to be the machine for all activities.

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PERSONAL THOUGHTS ON LOCKDOWN A moth flew out of my lipstick I wasn’t really surprised I hadn’t used it for ages Being unable to socialize.

I’ve spent more time in the garden The roses are doing well, But thanks to all that weeding My knees are giving me hell!

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As the car sat in the garage The battery unfortunately died, But the RAC gave me a new one And now I can go for a ride.

As I climbed into the driver’s seat I said a little prayer, It really was a relief to find The gears were still all there!

Restrictions are being lifted But I have little urge to roam To visit pubs or make long trips After weeks spent safe at home.

But today I decided to venture out Unsure and a bit on edge, Just down the road to local shops To buy some meat and veg.

After three months in isolation This meant a change of gear, To go along a familiar route And conquer that initial fear.

I’m glad I made the effort To step out of my comfort zone, I really did enjoy the change Before returning home.

So with tentative steps now taken What should I be doing next?

“Hasten Slowly” I think’s the answer, And I trust it’s for the best.

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RESHAPING LOST LETTERS our flagship project for 2020

Lost Letters is a community heritage project to engage people across Surrey with their local history through a partnership with Surrey History Centre and the rich archives they hold. It highlights the universality of our experiences as residents of Surrey by bringing to life the lives and experiences of our predecessors and asking for a response, by letter or through visual arts, from current residents, who will be invited to take part.

It will culminate in a book, touring exhibition and an online legacy, displaying the original letters alongside some contemporary responses. Most people can relate to the key experiences and phases of life - childhood, school, love, parenting, friends, work, home, holidays, loss, celebrations - and this project will share them through the medium of letters, bringing to life some personal heritage of the people of Surrey and illustrating its importance, value and relevance for people living in Surrey today.

Collections explored include • The frank and engaging letters of Lady Mary Wallis to her friend Mary Turner that cover all aspects of living life in Surrey whilst raising a family and being married to the engineer Sir Barnes Wallis.

“May’s twins have arrived - well but rather feeble.

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• The evacuee letters of Vera Daws who was billeted from Ewell to York and writes to her family and friends to share her experiences.

• The love story of Frank and Isabel Baker of

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Mitcham who were lifelong labour supporters and committed socialists but whose relationship was strained by WW2 WW W and Isabel’s politics moving towards communism “I thought I didn’t mind you being a Communist as long as you were genuinely convinced it was right.”

• The letters of Herbert Henry Bowerman, a private in the trenches during WW1 WW W “I feel awfully weak some days, but they say it is no use going to the doctor unless you are nearly dead”.

• 10 online Lost Letters creative challenges that anyone can take part in; available here www.itsnotyourbirthdaybut.com • A buddy system at the Royal Star & Garter home where volunteers team up with residents to discuss the letters and memories and thoughts prompted by them in a 1-1 online weekly meeting; this has been very successful at keeping residents engaged and connected and part of a project they can meaningfully contribute to. One resident commented that the project has opened her world and her mind and that “it is an absolute delight being taken out of this isolated world by discussing the past and the present, it is keeping me sane!”

• The creation of inspiration boxes by our team of artists that bring the letter writers to life; they can be used as postal packages or virtual packages online to inspire written, audio or visual responses • A Mundane Memoirs challenge with www.64millionartists.com; a lot of the letters, particularly from the war periods, reference how mundanity and the everyday can help overcome uncertainty and fear at difficult times. We invited the 64 Million Artists network to contribute a 10 x 10 cm square each to reflect something mundane they had done in lockdown to help them get through it. We had over 200 artworks submitted, which will all come together to form one mass artwork. The challenge was extended with www ww ww. w koestlerarts.org.uk offering it to all UK prisoners as part of their Art Aid in-cell packs.

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I have been rocketed back down Memory Lane with the exciting revelation that the legendary Lamborghini makers of stand-out extra-special cars are in the process of raiding the super-car market with a breathtaking 200mph Lambo Huracan.

Wow-wee! The latest model, priced at £180,840,will definitely glamourise my garage if I win top prize on the pools or benefit from an inheritance from a long lost millionaire relative.

Okay it’s a whopping price - but measured against rivals in the mind-blowing supercar range it is, in my humble opinion, great value for your lolly.

The model I owned in the 70’s was the Espada, a vividly scarlet four-seat GT Coupe, a target for the gawpers and the envy of all my pals - and plenty of strangers, too.

It was my transport to Europe’s F1 venues, when I was covering Grand Prix racing for a national newspaper. And it made light work of the autoroutes, in utter comfort and blistering responses to my right foot demands, and as steady and safe as houses. Thirsty, though! But I didn’t care. It was too much of a pleasure to worry about its gulping ways.

The latest version, the Huracan, is a jaw dropper.

202 mph, 0-62 in 3.3 seconds, its 602 bhp engine and a real wail of noise from its 5.2_litre power unit at 8,000 rpm. Fuel consumption, should you be bothered to worry about, varies between 20mpg and 11.5mpg when you hoof it on the motorways, or free-to-go-for it stretches on the Continent.

If you are not satisfied with its pace, all you have

to do is drop down a gear or two in its seven-speed box and withstand being forced back into your seat, as the beast rears it head and roars away - but with complete steadiness and sureness. A real confidence boost.

There are front and rear parking sensors to dodge any bumps during parking and keep the scratches at bay, priced at £1,350 and because you can’t see much out of the back you can buy a rear view camera for £1,440. But I would not bother with the £2520 sound package because when the car is on the go, and the decibles are high, it is a waste of money.

Oh, and by the way, the Huracan’s pretty and eyecatching spectacular, but extraordinary paint job with a matt-blue finish and blindingly bright red hood, would set you back £11,250.

All in all, if you go along with every one of the considerable number of extras offered you could run up a final bill of £229,536.....

From a practical viewpoint the car is superbly turned out with a perfectly balanced chassis, which tightens its line if you lift off the accelerator, but it still gives you enough grip at the rear end to boost your confidence and trust in its behaviour.

I don’t know what his response was, if ever he drove it, but Pope Francis was given one as a prezzie. But I would bet he would enjoy a hymn or two on the car’s ultra-wonderful sound system.

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Book Reviews OCTOBER 2020

You Will Never Be Forgotten by Mary South (Haperback £12.99) I loved the imagination, insight and pitch-black humour in these short stories. Mary South plays with the possible roles of technology in our future, the emotional and very human challenges of trying to augment our lives in new ways. I loved the way she mingles the real and already-present influence of technology, from telephones to brain surgery, with situations yet to be experienced. Can our slowly evolved minds keep up with these radical leaps into the future?

The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina (paperback £9.99) This is a riveting tour of the hidden crimes and dramas on the world’s oceans. Ian Urbina spent five years, including three at sea, investigating the stories of trafficking, exploitation, illegal fishing, and many other dangerous games being played out on the open seas. He travels to nations and within organisations trying to redress the damage being done, from tiny countries like Palau fighting against illegal shark fin fishing in their territory, Sea Shepherd’s high-risk, high-speed chases in Antarctic waters, and those trying to rescue the many people trapped into slavery. A fascinating, important and astonishing book.

Flavour by Yotam Ottolengi (hardback £27) Yotam is back with ‘Flavour’, solely dedicated to vegetables. ‘Flavour’ takes Ottolenghis’s trademark style of vegetable cooking to the next level and dives into flavour combinations that let individual ingredients shine and enhance one another.

The book is broken down into three sections, Process, Pairing and Produce. It is easy to follow and the results are amazing whether you consider yourself a good chef or a good family cook.

Flavour is also beautiful, from the cover to all the sumptuous glossy photos of the recipes. A fantastic gift to treat yourself, or as a sumptuous gift for someone at Christmas.

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Inspiration!

I heard recently of a famous rock star who used to pay someone to push him on stage. He loved performing but at the last moment, flooded by the feeling of absolute fear, he would think, “Oh my God, I can’t do this”. And then the guy whose job it was, would push him on stage. The rock star would start to strum his guitar. He would feel great. And the concert would take off.

I’ve also heard of many people who, on some crazy impulse, agree to go skydiving with friends. They report staying awake the night before the jump, wondering why on earth they had said “Yes”, and spending the night imagining falling to their death.

But the next day, invariably, something strange happens. One minute, they’re paralysed by fear as they stand in the open doorway of the plane at 14,000 feet, watching the lights go from red to amber to green, listening to the countdown “3 … 2 …”. Then the instructor they’re strapped to for the tandem jump pushes them off the plane.

A second later they’re in freefall, face down, seeing the immense beauty of the earth beneath them, feeling the rush of air around them - and the fear has totally gone. People describe it as the most beautiful experience of their entire life.

Just think about it. Had they not been pushed, that moment of fear could have kept them from the most beautiful experience of their life.

Researchers have shown that fear is an interpretation by the mind of certain physical sensations: increase in heart rate, sweaty palms, fast shallow breathing, butterflies in the tummy - the very same sensations we feel when we’re excited!

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ourselves to catastrophise, we’ll experience fear. If we understand that we’re actually safe, we’re free to interpret the sensations as excitement. Think of theme park rides!

If our goals or dreams don’t scare us, they’re not big enough. When you set your heart on achieving something that gets your heart racing, you’ll know you’re on the right track. Instead of thinking “I could never …” ask yourself “What do I need in order to …?”

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Join in with Surrey Libraries online events throughout October!

Rainy day, sunny day, our online events are every day! Keep the little ones entertained with Pebble R Rhymetimes every Monday and Friday and Storytime every Wednesday in October. Our craft activities run every Tuesday and there are no special things to buy, our crafts use easy to find materials you have around the house.

The only limit is your imagination and the number of bricks you have!

All our events can be found on our Facebook page (@surreylibrariesUK) and on our YouTube channel (Surrey Libraries UK).

Keep an eye out on our social media for more activities, especially for Fun Palaces weekend (2nd - 4th October), World Space Week (4th - 10th October), Libraries Week (5th - 10th October) and Family Learning Festival (17th October - 1st November).

Children can become a super scientist with Laura as she takes you on an amazing journey to explore the mysteries of the world! Join in with these crafty experiments every Thursday of October and prepare to be amazed!

Don’t forget you can join the library—it’s free, fun and for EVERYONE! Together let’s read, create, learn and explore!

Calling all Lego fans! Grab your bricks and build, build, build. Be inspired by Georgina’s crafty and adventurous creations every Saturday of October.

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MUSIC MATTERS: 1. Jackson Browne 2. Joni Mitchell 3. Sade 4. Marvin Gaye 5. 12 years old 6. Van Morrison 7. David, Stephen, Graham, Neil.

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Wednesday 21st Oct 2020 FLAUGUISSIMO DUO Yu-Wei Hu – Baroque Flute Johan Lofving – Theorbo Georgian London was a cosmopolitan paradise for lucky artists and to the young Swedish musician, Johan Helmich Roman, it must have seemed the centre of the world.

The Swedish monarch commissioned him to bring back the latest musical trends. Roman arrived in London in 1715 and learned from the very finest masters. He also worked in Handel’s orchestra where he earned the nickname “The Swedish Virtuoso.”

The Duo offer us a musical feast from the buzzing theatres and coffee bars of Georgian London! Their programme will include music by Roman himself, Handel and other composers of the period.

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October at St Mary Oatlands Reverend Folli Olokose: vicar@oatlandschurch.org.uk / 01932 840077 Parish Office : parishoffice@stmaryoatlands.org.uk /01932 231274 / www.oatlandschurch.org.uk Oatlands Ave, Weybridge KT13 9TS

Sunday 4th October – 10am Holy Communion All Age Worship Harvest Sunday 11th October 10am Holy Communion All Age Worship (gifts of tinned food and dried goods for the Walton & Hersham Food bank would be greatly appreciated) Sunday 18th October 10am Holy Communion Service with activities for children 4pm Family Praise - All Age Service Contact Helen for details on how to take part. familypraise@ oatlandschurch.org.uk

Sunday 25th October 10am Holy Communion Service with activities for children Every Wednesday – 10.30am Service of Holy Communion Film Night Wed 21st October 7pm Drinks & nibbles from 6.30pm followed by light supper and discussion after film.

Limited numbers, please sign up via Parish Office.

Colouring Club & Kn K it Wits Wednesday 21st October 12.30-2.30pm Adult Colouring group & Knitting Club

Friday Fusion 7 - 9pm Youth Group for Yr 7 children Every Third Friday Contact Laura for details on how to take part. childrenandfamilies@ oatlandschurch.org.uk or call 07881 786309.

Men’s Curry & Chatter 30th October – 7.30pm In the Church Hall. A time of Fellowship, Curry & Conversation.

Please contact the Parish Office for further details. Small charge applies to cover cost.

Please bring your own sandwiches and pencils. Hot drinks provided.

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