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Spot the Difference!
There are 10 differences between the two images below. How many can you spot?
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James was previously Partner and Office Head of Sales at Knight Frank Cobham. A seasoned professional, he has more than 25 years’ experience, starting with James Fancy in Esher in 1998. He spent a couple of years with Curchods, Esher before returning to James Fancy to run the Esher office in 2011, which he did for five years before joining Knight Frank. After nearly eight years with KF, he made the decision to leave the corporate world and join house. Partnership in April 2024.
James currently lives with his family in West Horsley. They have recently been through a major extension and renovation project on their home, which they moved to from Cobham in 2018.
Usually commencing between 45 and 55 years old, the menopause is considered to have occurred once 12 consecutive months have passed without a period. Early onset menopause (before 45) can occur and be due to underlying health conditions or hysterectomy.
The transition leading up to the menopause is known as the perimenopause. This is the gradual process of the ovaries slowing down due to declining oestrogen levels. The time this takes can vary from as little as a few months to years; the average being four. During this time, periods are likely to become lighter and irregular. This may be accompanied by other symptoms including, but not limited to, fatigue, hot flushes, mild to moderate depression and difficulty in sleeping.
A reduction in oestrogen can lead also to an increase in body fat and a decrease in muscle
mass, bone density, strength, and flexibility. The risk of sustaining a musculoskeletal injury and disorders such as osteoporosis (i.e. reduced bone quality) also increase.
Research has shown that exercise can play a vital role in improving the symptoms and the impact of menopause, with significant improvements seen in both physical and mental health. This includes less aches and pains throughout the body, better maintenance of bone density and mood.
Our clinic hosts regular exercise classes in the barn. For further information, please contact clinic reception or for anything more clinical, ask for a free discussion with one of our chiropractors.
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September stories
This month brings us murder, mythology, meals and maturing child-fiction characters all in one month of new releases.
is good for the soul she’s currently on a private island keeping world-famous author Rosie D’Antonio alive.
Ottolenghi COMFORT
Yotam Ottolenghi
In his much-anticipated new book, Yotam Ottolenghi brings his inspiring, flavour-forward approach to comfort cooking, delivering new classics that taste of home.
A bowl of pasta becomes Caramelised Onion Orecchiette with Hazelnuts & Crispy Sage, while a plate of mash is transformed into Garlicky Aligot Potato with Leeks & Thyme.
Weaving memories of childhood and travel with over 100 irresistible recipes, Ottolenghi COMFORT is a celebration of food and home.
Published by Ebury Publishers on September 5th
We Solve Murders
Richard Osman
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life in the New Forest. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he likes his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favourite bench.
His daughterin-law Amy, however, believes adrenaline
Then a dead body, a bag of money and a killer with their sights on Amy mean an end to Steve’s quiet life.
Published by Penguin Books on September 12th
Think Again
Jacqueline Wilson
Being an adult isn’t quite what
Ellie Allard dreamed it would be when she was 14 years old. Yet this year, on her birthday, the universe seems to decide it’s time to for all that to change – whether Ellie wants it to or not. As she navigates new, exciting and often choppy waters, she’s about to discover that life will never stop surprising you – if only you let it.
No one makes such a fuss about manners quite as much as the UK, yet in a fastchanging world, no one can seem to agree on precisely what the ‘done thing’ is, either. Hanson shares his definitive guidance on how to behave in every situation.
Published by Cornerstone on September 12th
Odyssey
Stephen Fry
Beloved and multi-talented Stephen Fry follows up the bestselling Troy with a hugely entertaining retelling of Odysseus’ turbulent decadelong voyage home to Ithaca.
Published by Transworld Publishers on September 12th
Just Good Manners
William Hanson
What is the correct way to queue at the bar? Why should we care about asking for people’s pronouns? And why exactly do the English say sorry so much?
In the final book in his acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series, we follow Odysseus after he leaves the fallen city of Troy and takes 10 long dramatic years – battling monsters, the temptations of goddesses and suffering the curse of Poseidon – to voyage home to his wife Penelope on the island of Ithaca.
Published by Penguin Books on September 26th
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I hope you all had a wonderful summer. As we transition into September, there are many exciting events to look forward to at St. Martin’s. Our journey begins with the Season of Creation, running from Sunday, September 1st, through to our Harvest Festival on Sunday, October 6th. This is a time to give thanks for God’s creation and to reflect on how we can best care for our environment. On Sunday, October 13th, Bishop Andrew Watson, the Bishop of Guildford, will visit to dedicate our new stained-glass windows. If you haven’t seen the windows yet, please do come and take a look.
This autumn we are offering several courses exploring Christian faith, inviting you to join us in conversation, whatever your starting point. These will include “Hymns We Love,” an informal exploration of the background of some of our cherished traditional hymns, or for those wishing to delve deeper we will be offering “Being With,” a 10-week exploration of Christianity. Additionally, for those interested in the historical contexts of the scriptures, we will host special Saturday morning study breakfasts. Do check our website and join our mailing list to keep up to date with dates and further news. There are some special evenings lined up in the church too. We are hosting a Beatles tribute night with our friends from Horsley Live Music Club. The Counterfeit Beatles will perform an acoustic set on Friday, September 27th.
For those who prefer classical music, we are delighted to welcome the Giocoso String Quartet, invited by The Friends of St. Martin’s, to
perform in the church on Friday, October 4th, at 6:00 PM. Tickets are available via the church website or at Bishopsmead Post Office.
Looking ahead - Tenors UnLimited will be returning to St Martin’s on Friday 13th December at 7.00pm.
We look forward to seeing you soon,
Every blessing,
Renos,
Rector of East Horsley
The mindful power of music
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Dementia are neurodegenerative diseases that usually start slowly and progressively worsen, with the common early symptom being difficulty in remembering recent events, but as the disease advances, symptoms can include problems with language, disorientation, mood swings, loss of motivation and self-neglect.
For people living with AD and Dementia, music therapy can be a lifeline providing a beneficial interaction that has been shown to increase cognition and slow the deterioration of memory loss. Forms of music therapy are broad and can range from individual singing, to active participation in group music making or listening to songs individually.
Many of the activities in a class can be repeated at home offering a low-cost solution to help manage aspects of neurodegenerative diseases, especially low moods. The benefits can be great not only for the patient, but for the carer too - providing a shared activity where communication and connection is nurtured.
Val Marciano is a professionally trained vocalist and Music Therapist, training in her home country Italy and then further specialising in postpartum and community music therapy at City & Guilds in London. She has worked extensively with adults and children in a wide range of health settings and schools and has seen first hand the benefit that music can bring, strongly believing that this is a valuable way to take care of people with dementia,
creating a community around them to support their families and carers.
Val loves coming to East Horsley each week where she leads Music Memories, a free weekly music therapy class supported by St Martin’s church and volunteers.
If you think this might help someone in your family, why not give it a try.
Music Memories – the Dementia Music Therapy Group meets every Tuesday 10.30 to 11.30, in the Canterbury Rooms at St Martin’s Church, KT24 6RL
For further information, or to discuss what is involved, please contact the parish office: parishoffice@easthorsleychurch.org.uk
Val Marciano, Music Memories
Social prescribing
There are many things that can affect physical and mental wellbeing. Some of these can stem from feeling lonely or isolated, being stressed about work, money or housing issues, or learning to cope with long-term conditions. Taking on or maintaining a carer’s role can also be difficult.
Social prescribing is a service offered through a number of GP surgeries, including The Horsley Medical Practice as a way to improve wellbeing. The service helps to provide you with the tools you need to improve your wellbeing by listening, and linking you in with community groups, new activities, or pointing you in the right direction to get the help you need. Our Social Prescribers have contacts for a number of community groups, activities and resources that they can signpost you to, and most importantly, take the time to listen to what really matters to you.
Diana Rang works locally as a social prescriber, along with her colleague Jasmine Moorey, taking referrals from the Horsley Medical Centre and also meeting people in the community through other initiatives such as the Leg Clinic – a new type of integrated healthcare, held each
week at East Horsley village hall where routine treatment for common lower-limb wounds, most often suffered by patients over the age of 75, is given in a friendly, supportive and holistic way removing the focus from solely dressing a wound to allow the social element of the club to be equally valued and part of a holistic model of care.
Through her work Diana enjoys chatting to people from all walks of life to help them identify areas of their lives where they may benefit from making some positive changes to enhance their wellbeing, lifestyle, enjoyment, and connection. Alongside her part time employment she spends the rest of her week running fun seated and standing exercise classes. She is passionate about keeping everyone active to help people to live longer, feel better and prevent injury.
Any surgery member of staff or Health and Social Care Professional can refer you to the local Social Prescribing Team.
Diana, Social Prescribing
l Digital Phones, online banking, apps, broadband
l Admin tasks Bills, paperwork, utilities, phone calls
l House keeping Cleaning, tidying, sorting
l Driving Everywhere considered
l Health Accompanied medical appointments
l Shopping and errands Grocery shopping, collecting prescriptions
l Handy person Home and garden maintenance
Place a listing on this page for FREE. Tell the community about your activity, club or society by sending a few lines about who you are, where you meet and when, to: sales@thehorsleydirectory.co.uk for inclusion in the November-December 2024 issue. Please start the subject line of your email ‘What’s On...’.
The Horsley Repair Cafe will be open for business on the first Saturday morning of each month, so if you have an article of clothing that needs attention or some other item that requires coaxing back into life, then come along next time at the Canterbury Rooms alongside St Martin’s Church.
Noah’s Ark – Baby and Toddler Group Noah’s Ark runs on a Thursday morning (term time only) from 1011.30am at the Wheelhouse, 82 East lane, West Horsley KT24 6LQ. All welcome – we would love to meet you! £2 for the first child and £1 for each additional child over one For more information please contact stmarysnoahsark@gmail.com
Bookham Stamp Club Tuesday 24 September 2024, 1.30pm This month, members can compete for the Roy Gilbert Cup by presenting their displays. We meet every fourth Tuesday of the month at Old Barn Hall, Church Road, Great Bookham KT23 3PQ. Doors open at 1.30pm and displays commence at 2.15pm, new members welcome. Visit our website bookhamstampclub.com or contact Malcolm Cole 01372 457392 or Chris Lucas 01932 844454.
Bookham Trefoil Guild - Guiding for adults We meet monthly, generally at Bookham Guide Headquarters, Keswick Road KT23 4BH, Bookham (corner of Keswick Road and Durleston Park Drive). Also a pub lunch on the first Friday of the month. All adults are welcome to join us, with or without previous involvement in the Guide or Scout movements. 19 September 7.30pm Safe at Home Surrey Fire and Rescue Service, 24 October 12.30pm fund raising lunch at Bookham Guide HQ in aid of the Grange Centre, 7 November 10.30am coffee morning at Bookham Guide HQ, 21 November 7.30pm Water conservation – SES water, 13 December Christmas lunch – details tbc.
East Horsley Women's Institute at East Horsley Village Hall, Kingston Avenue, KT24 6QT at 7.30pm on Wednesday 18 September talk by Tony Strafford entitled 'The Ladies of The Tower' and on Wednesday 16 October by Colin Brown entitled 'Modern-day RNLI Operations, Equipment and Training'. Coffee or tea and cake served afterwards. Visitors most welcome and your first meeting is free of charge. Please come and join us. Email Margaret at morley.achillea@talktalk. net for further details.
The Arts Society Horsley Lovelace Wednesday 16 October “Revealing the Splendours of Egypt” by Clive Barham Carter. It’s not all about Tutankhamun! Attend a wide ranging programme of lectures on the arts. Lectures start at 10.30am and are held at the East Horsley Village Hall, Kingston Avenue, KT24 6QT. Coffee is served beforehand from 9.45am. New members are welcome. Visitors pay £5. For more information and a full programme of events please visit www.tashl.org
The Arts Society Horsley meets at the East Horsley Village Hall, Kingston Avenue, Horsley KT24 6QT. Lectures begin at 10.30am and last about one hour. Coffee and tea served from 9.45am Visitors more than welcome, £6 at the door. Breugel, the Seasons and the World Gavin Plumley, Wednesday 09 October 2024
Effingham Scouts is a local scouting group that serves the youth of Effingham. Part of the Scout Association, we offer programmes for boys and girls ranging from aged 8-18 plus adults. We promote character development, leadership, and community involvement while also learning practical skills such as camping, first aid, and orienteering, while gaining valuable life lessons in teamwork, responsibility and self-reliance Activities include litter picking, kayaking and canoeing, navigation, fire lighting along with learning about the work of Wateraid. We currently have space in our group for all ages and would like to welcome you along for a trial session. For more info, contact us via www. effinghamscouts.org.uk
Horsley Choral Society Autumn Season - Monday 2nd September Do you enjoy singing? If so, why not come and join Horsley Choral Society for the start of the autumn season on 2 September at East Horsley Village Hall (8-10pm)? We are a friendly choir numbering around 60 mixed voices, singing a wide variety of music and enjoy performing at our own concerts and other events, both public and private. We are a Leith Hill Festival Choir and no audition is necessary, just a love of music and the ability to hold a tune! We offer taster rehearsals and a very warm welcome to all voice parts For more information: email: secretary@ horsleychoralsociety.com call :07742 930574 or visit: www.horsleychoralsociety.com or come along any Monday evening to meet us.
An orchard of teddy bear delights
Local families are invited to pack a picnic and your favourite teddy bear, and head to the Village Orchard to gather for an afternoon of family fun, games and entertainment.
This community event is held each autumn for families with young children ages seven and under and this year will take place on Saturday 14th September.
There will be teddy-themed games with prizes to be won, including ‘guess the name of the bear’, ‘best dressed teddy, and ‘biggest teddy’ and this year we will also be joined by magician and children’s entertainer Andy Hiccup who promises “excitement and joy by the bucketload”. Expect a comedy magic show, a cheeky puppet show, balloon modelling, giant bubble blowing and much more.
As well as fun for your little ones, the Teddy Bears’ Picnic is a lovely opportunity to meet and socialise with other parents of young children who live in the neighbourhood, especially for families who are new to West Horsley. Tea and coffee will be served, but please bring plenty of water or soft drinks for your little ones. Please
note that children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
The Village Orchard is a cosy, secure green space maintained by West Horsley Parish Council for the use and enjoyment of all residents. It is located at the corner of The Street and Ripley Lane. The Village Orchard can be used at any time by the local communityperhaps for a simple family gathering, a birthday party or just simply to pick the fruit in the jam making season.
Tickets for the teddy bear’s picnic are limited and can be booked via www.ticketsource. co.uk/westhorsleypc
Tickets are £1 per child; adults and babies go free. Please scan the QR code to book or visit our website at www.westhorsley.info for further information. Alternatively, please contact us at clerk@westhorsley.info.
The Annual West Horsley Teddy Bears’ Picnic Saturday 14 September 2024 2.30-4.30pm in the Village Orchard
*members rate. £95 for non-members.
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Changing colours in Horsley
There is something majestic about the splendour of autumn colours that sweep across the countryside from September - and in Horsley we are fortunate to be surrounded by many trees.
The Forest is a nature reserve that lies on the edge of East Horsley, tucked in between the Drift and the railway. It is an ancient broadleaf woodland of great biodiversity. The trees give clues to its history, so do the earthworks; the bank and ditch parallel to The Drift has marked the boundary of East Horsley parish since 1036 so was probably made by Saxons a thousand years ago.
When the community acquired the first part of The Forest, the Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) were prepared to manage it but wanted a volunteer warden, and so local resident Brian Austin took on this role and with a small core of committed and experienced volunteers cut paths and cleared rhododendron.
After more than 20 years as warden, Brian Austin has recently retired, with Sally Ollett taking over as the new volunteer warden for The Forest. Sally moved to Horsley four years ago from Cobham and lives close to The Forest. Recently retired, she has been enjoying walking the village’s green spaces. She’s keen to improve the access and quality of paths which can get extremely muddy in the winter, whilst ensuring the continued protection of the wildlife in this special site.
The community purchase of The Forest was also the inspiration for the Horsley Jubilee Trail with Brian spotting that it would be possible to plan a circular route linking up the publicly owned lands round the Horsleys. Now it is a well used 9 mile circular walk through the Parishes of East & West Horsley and Effingham using mainly public footpaths and bridleways through woods and open spaces including The Forest, Effingham Common, Great Ridings Wood and the Sheepleas.
Autumn is a wonderful time to explore the trail - and routes for the Horsley Jubilee Trail can easily be found online through either East or West Horsley Parish Council websites.
For Sally Ollett: Rex Butcher
COMMUNITY CLUBS AND SOCIETIES of The Horsleys & Effingham
BEEHIVE CRAFT GROUP 01483 282038
EAST HORSLEY BRIDGE CLUB 01483 571300
EAST HORSLEY PARISH COUNCIL 07596 862569
EAST HORSLEY VILLAGE HALL (BOOKINGS) 01483 285019
EAST HORSLEY W.I. 01483 282294
EFFINGHAM COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE
01372 453684
EFFINGHAM CRICKET CLUB 07722 838566
KING GEORGE V HALL EFFINGHAM 01372 451925
EFFINGHAM & LEATHERHEAD RFC 01372 458887
EFFINGHAM TABLE TENNIS CLUB 01372 452197
EFFINGHAM PARISH COUNCIL 01372 454911
HORSLEY BADMINTON CLUB 01483 282384
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