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As I write this, the sun is shining and it feels like summer is visiting us early, although by the time you read this all could have changed. It has been lovely seeing young children out playing with balls and other things for me to chase or steal. A new favourite is to go and seek out the fishermen on the banks of the River Wey or at Frensham Little Pond, with their packed lunches not so well hidden in their small tents. Not so sure about those wiggly yellow things they have lying around however.

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Martha’s and Newlands Corner. The Ed is also promising me a trip to the seaside, either the Witterings or Climping, both within easy reach.

Sounds like there might be lots of children to play with there too I hope and the odd picnic lying around, although I’m not sure I fancy the summer salads in this edition...

On that note, the Ed and I are writing a feature on best places in the local area to walk dogs safely and pleasurably, so please email and let Stefan Reynolds us know your favourite walks for all seasons Editor & Publisher and and we will try and incorporate them in the article. If you can recommend any dog Now the weather is getting better and the evelocal magazine friendly pubs, the Ed would also love to hear nings are lighter, we have lots of excursions The produced by local planned now that I can walk a bit further. Box people for the local from you!

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We’re really enjoying the longer days and, at last, the warmer weather and are looking forward to having the first BBQ. It’s only a couple of weeks to go until the General Election; but I shan’t be sorry when it’s all over, whichever way it goes. Many thanks for all your jottings and for sending attachments in the ‘Word’ format, which has really helped. With half-term and two bank holidays coming up in May, there’s quite a lot going on for us all to enjoy.

Spring Art Exhibition by Broadwater Artists at Godalming Museum goes on until the Saturday 30th May. On show will be a variety of unique and colourful works inspired by nature, people and places. All artwork, as well as greetings cards based on their paintings, will be for sale. This friendly and informal group meets on Tuesday evenings (except first Tuesday of the month) from 7.00pm – 9.30pm September to May at Broadwater Park Community Centre in Farncombe.

A monthly tutored evening run by local artist, David Kelly, provides new ideas, help and encouragement where required and is greatly enjoyed by the members. New members are always welcome whatever their experience.

For further details contact Broadwater Artists on 01483 429509 or just go along one Tuesday evening to see what they do. Godalming Museum is located at 109a High Street, by the Pepperpot. It is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm.

Grayshott Gardeners are holding their Annual Plant Sale on Saturday 2nd May at Grayshott Village Hall from 10am to 12 noon. There will be hundreds of home-grown and reasonably priced plants for sale. Entry is free and there is parking at the hall and nearby. Refreshments available.

On Wednesday 13th May Grayshott Gardeners are hosting a lecture on composting given by gardening expert Geoff Hodge at Grayshott Village Hall at 7.30pm for 8pm. Geoff Hodge is now a freelance writer and broadcaster on horticultural topics after an illustrious career with Scotts Miracle Gro and the Royal Horticultural Society and Gardening magazine. This lecture is free to members;

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visitors £8 and members of other gardening clubs pay £5 on production of a membership card. For further information please look at the colourful and informative website www. grayshottgardeners.net email info@grayshottgardeners. net or telephone Maureen Boorman on 01428 722000.

There’s more music at The Villagers, Woodside Road, Chiddingfold during May. On Saturday 2nd, it’s the Rivals Band who last played at The Villagers over a year ago. On Saturday 16th there will be music at the football pitch, at an event called Chiddfest. The Villagers are planning a band that evening; details not yet finalised. Then on Saturday 30th, there should be a good crowd watching the Cup Final at The Villagers and afterwards there’s a disco. Finally, on Saturday 6th June, Cryin Out Loud, a favourite rock/blues band, will be back strutting their stuff!

The Sculpture Garden runs from Saturday 2nd-Sunday 31st May. In its seventh year and with over 150 exhibits in a wide variety of media, this is the largest temporary sculpture exhibition in Surrey. Exhibits are set within the beautiful gardens of Birtley House, which are not normally open to the public. It’s open daily from 11am-5pm.

Entrance is free (donations to the Community Foundation for Surrey who support local voluntary and community projects) and free parking. Refreshments available and all sculpture is for sale. There is also a children’s quiz. Some areas are suitable for wheelchairs and dogs on leads are welcome. Birtley House in Bramley GU5 0LB is just five miles south of Guildford on the A281. For further details call 01483 899513 or email sculpture@birtleyhouse.co.uk.

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With spring flowers in full bloom, warmer weather on the way, bank holiday weekends and half-term school holidays to look forward to, May is the ideal time to get outdoors, discover new locations and try new things.

This May there is a raft of activities for all the family with the National Trust as well as plenty of ‘50 things to do

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Bumblebees Bumblebees are endearing and familiar insects. Their animated behaviour and deep buzz as they fly from flower-toflower makes them a delight to watch, says Jack Hebden.

quite untroubled by them as they zoomed about their business. They happily ignored me completely.

Sadly though, our bumblebees have been declining because of changes in agricultural practices that have largely removed flowers from the landscape, leaving the bumblebees with little to feed upon. Most UK species have declined greatly in recent years, and two have become extinct in the UK since 1940.

I think that ‘my‘ decking bumblebees were Buff-tailed bumblebees which are apparently quite common. I hadn’t realised until recently just how many different bumblebees there are and some are quite rare and threatened. There are 250 different species worldwide but there are six or so that we are likely to see here in the South East.

Last summer, to my consternation, I discovered that I had obviously got a bumblebee nest under some decking and another nest in the front door porch roof. In both places there were frantic comings and goings all the time.

As it turns out I needn’t have worried and I found sitting outside watching the action fascinating and entertaining; it was like a non-stop miniature Heathrow. Those taking off quickly climbed away to a good height, at least house roof height, and then they seemed to get their bearings and head off to their chosen pollen source. I thought that their flight paths would be random but no, there seemed to be two distinct directions and they were quite different. Some went one way and some the other but they didn’t just fly around aimlessly.

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If you look at the following pictures you will, I hope, be able to identify the bees in your garden. They are so busy gathering pollen that they won’t trouble you at this time of year, but they may become a bit more of a bother in late summer when they have less work to do and are looking for mischief.

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Bumblebees of the South East – 6 Common Species Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris Queens are very large and common in early spring. Workers have a largely white tail, but usually with a hint of buff at the front margin. Yellow bands are slightly darker/dirtier than in the White-tailed bumblebee.

Early bumblebee, Bombus pratorum A small bee, often nesting in bird boxes for tits. The yellow band on the abdomen is sometimes missing in females. Colonies are very short-lived producing males as early as May. Rarely seen from July onwards.

Common carder bee, Bombus pascuorum Abundant everywhere, the only common all-brown bumblebee.

Can generally be distinguished from the much rarer Brownbanded carder by the presence of some black hairs on the sides of the abdomen.

White-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lucorum A common bee, often nesting under garden sheds. Distinguished from the similar Buff-tailed bumblebee by pure white tails and lemon yellow bands.

Red-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius Very common on chalk downland, frequently found in gardens.

Distinguished from the much rarer Red-shanked carder bee by black hairs of pollen basket on hind legs.

Garden bumblebee, Bombus hortorum A very long-tongued species preferring deep flowers (such as foxgloves, delphiniums, honeysuckle). Distinguished from the generally smaller Heath bumblebee by much longer face when viewed from the front.

For more information do visit the Bumblebee Conservation Trust website at www.bumblebeeconservation.org. Membership of the Trust costs £20 for adults.

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before you’re 11¾’ adventures like kite-flying, den-building and rock pooling. Find out more and take the ‘50 things’ challenge at www.50things.org.uk. For more information on National Trust events, visit their website at www. nationaltrust.org.uk/events.

As the evenings begin to draw out once again Godalming and Haslemere Ramblers will be starting their Friday evening walks. Walks are usually 4-5 miles long and finish at a popular local pub where walkers make the most of the hospitality; a good way to meet new friends and wind down for the weekend. New walkers are always welcome and are able to go along to a couple of trial walks before joining.

Full details of the walks and start points can be found on the group’s website www.gandhramblers.org.uk.

St John’s Church will be holding its 35th Spring Fair on the Bury’s, Godalming on Saturday 2nd May. There will be performances from the excellent Godalming Gospel Choir as well as the Godalming Town Band (both senior and youth) and Farncombe School will be giving a country dancing display. There will be a beer tent and BBQ, as well as a display of vintage cars and a funfair. Many local charities and organisations will have stalls helping them to raise funds to support their activities or to highlight their work. Entry will be from 12 noon. For more information please contact Marjorie Cawley on davidcawley@talktalk.net or on 01483 429306.

The Three Lions (Scratchers), 55 Meadrow, Farncombe, are holding their inaugural Meadrow Acoustic Festival on

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Saturday 3rd May from 12 noon to 11pm. There will be 14 acts on two stages throughout the day. Tickets only £10 each available from the pub or at http://www.wegottickets. com/event/311762. All proceeds will be going to their nominated charity for 2015, ‘Skillway’, based in Godalming.

There’s a dedicated website with full information at www. meadrowacousticfestival.co.uk Guildford Rambling Club is meeting on Sunday 3rd May at 10.15am in Elsted (Hants) for an 8 mile figure of 8 walk. The Club is also meeting at the Punch Bowl cafe in Hindhead at 10am on Thursday 21st May for a 5 mile morning walk and at 10 am on Sunday 31st May near Arundel for an 11.5 mile walk. Visitors are welcome. See www.guildfordramblingclub.org.uk for details.

May is a very busy month at RHS Wisley GU23 6QB. The Spring Craft Fair runs from Thursday 30th April - Monday 4th May, 10am-5pm. Meet some of the finest craftspeople in the UK and browse a range of contemporary and traditional crafts, which have been inspired by the beauty of the garden at this time of year. These include jewellery, wood craft, glass, pottery and ceramics, clothes and art. It’s free once you have entered the garden. There is an ‘Early Photography Morning’ on Saturday 23rd May from 8am.

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Here’s news of a new dining experience in Godalming called The Pine Cottage Supper Club. Whether you are celebrating a birthday or anniversary, the hearing of the first cuckoo or just fancy a dinner out, this might be a unique experience. Here are the information and contact details: Blog: www.snooskitchen.wordpress. com. Tel: 01483 860318 Twitter: @snooskitchen. Website: pinecottagesupperclub.co.uk.

There’s an African Bridge Tea in aid of the African Missions run by the Ladywell Sisters. It takes place on Wednesday 6th May at Ladywell Convent starting at 1.30pm for 2pm and the cost is £40 per table. Apply to Sister June at Ladywell Convent. Ashstead Lane, Godalming, Surrey, email junefmdm@hotmail.com or call 01483 419393. Knowing Ladywell Convent I suspect there will be a scrummy tea involved!

Walking for Health is a national health initiative founded by a doctor who believed that many patients would benefit hugely by walking regularly to improve their health. Supported initially by the government and NHS from inception in the 1990s until April 2012, it is now run by a separate ‘Walking for Health’ branch of The Ramblers with funding from MacMillan Cancer Support with over 600 schemes in the country. Four walk centres are available in the Waverley scheme. Regular weekly walks lasting about an hour leave from Cranleigh, Farnham, Godalming and Haslemere, the latter with three walks per week.

New walkers are always welcome and you can suit your schedule and needs. All four groups also offer 30 minute walks once a month, to encourage people who would find a full walk too much and for those who wish to build up towards the main walks. For more information go to the national website: www.walkingforhealth.org.uk. After an initial browse, use your postcode or town via Walk Finder

Grayshott Flower Club is hoping to attract new members to learn and enjoy the art of flower arranging by watching professional demonstrators and also by taking part in hands-on workshops throughout the coming year. At the next meeting on Wednesday 6th May members are invited to bring a friend with them to take part in a workshop given by Lesley Stemp entitled ‘Simply Roses’. Members, guests and visitors are asked to bring roses; the average ‘supermarket’ bunch will be perfect and a pair of scissors.

Anything else can be bought at the meeting. This workshop is free to members, their guests and visitors. It will be held at Grayshott Village Hall 7pm for 7.45pm. For more information and a worksheet telephone 01428 651956.

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Sarah Bain, a Trustee of Haslemere Museum, reflects on the Museum’s contribution to the local area and the challenges of running it.

Haslemere Educational Museum, now over 125 years old, was founded in 1888 by Sir Jonathan Hutchinson FRS, an eminent London surgeon who lived in Haslemere. By travelling widely and purchasing at auction, Sir Jonathan built up an extraordinary collection of artefacts. Having some very progressive ideas on education for the time, he was convinced that the best way people could learn was by seeing and handling objects, and wanted to make his collection Above: A view through the Natural History Gallery Below: Haslemere Educational Museum from the High Street

accessible to as many people as possible. His first museum was in an outbuilding at his private home, but his Sunday afternoon guided tours became so popular he had to move it to a dedicated site, originally on Museum Hill.

We have occupied our imposing Georgian building on Haslemere High Street since 1926, and our collections, started

by Sir Jonathan and now drawn from all over the world, are so extensive that we are sometimes, rather flatteringly, referred to as a mini-British Museum.

But if to you the very word ‘museum’ conjures up an image of somewhere children need to be on their best behaviour and adults quiet, knowledgeable and rather earnest, then read on and perhaps you will think again.

Our Collections and Special Treasures: For a start, our collections really are extensive with a staggering 400,000 objects.

It is unusual for a provincial museum to hold important collections unless their origins are local. But Haslemere Museum holds three broad categories of significant merit: Natural History, Geology and Human History: each has its own dedicated gallery.

Our Natural History collection is the largest in South East England and includes some outlandish taxidermy specimens.

These include a 3m crocodile, our mascot, a Siberian Brown Bear known as Arthur, and a Giant Japanese Spider Crab, pictured overleaf, which is 3ft high and very scary. Just as captivating, but less alarming, is our fabulous butterfly collection with specimens from all over the world.

Our Geology collection is largely of minerals and fossils. The gallery is organised on a timeline explaining topics such as the

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solar system and formation of fossils. Prize exhibits include a meteorite, a Burgess shale fossil, a Moa skeleton (an extinct New Zealand bird) and, closer to home, an intriguing 3-D model of Haslemere’s Black Down hills.

A star feature of the Human History collection is the Ancient Egyptian collection which includes a genuine Egyptian mummy.

We also have an extensive archaeological collection which includes Stone Age tools and an important European Peasant Art Collection which was the inspiration for Haslemere’s Peasant Art industry based along King’s Road in the late 19th century.

This gallery is also organised on a timeline.

But it is not just our extraordinary collections that make Haslemere Museum so special.

Education at our Heart: Our educational programme, particularly for schools, sets us apart. Actually, the clue is in our name: Haslemere Educational Museum. It reflects the importance Sir Jonathan Hutchinson placed on education and it is education which is at the heart of all our work.

So we not only have a large, dedicated Education Room but also a full-time, qualified education officer. Drawing inspiration from the collections, we have developed a diverse range of interactive educational programmes.

Our schools programme supports the National Curriculum and includes sessions on the Egyptians, the Romans, rocks and fossils, dinosaurs and modern-day invertebrates.

In addition to having 3-5 visiting school groups almost every week of term-time, our education officer organises children’s activities in the school holidays and half-terms as well as regular groups designed for the under 5’s, for children aged 5 to 11 and for those over 12.

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group, for children aged 5-11, learn through imaginative craft activities linked to key museum exhibits. For the over 12’s our HYPE (Haslemere Young People’s Exhibition) Team meets monthly.

Participants run their own curating and research projects and learn diverse creative skills such as music-mixing and animation. Activities for families include quizzes, trails and puzzles with magnifying glasses and torches available to show those extra details of our collections. We are enormously proud that our wide range of family activities and welcoming atmosphere won us the accolade of most ‘Family Friendly Museum’ in 2012.

A Gold Mine for Local Historians: For anyone interested in local history our local archive is a real treasure trove. It has wonderful collections of photographs dating back to the mid 19th century, countless old maps of the area, archive copies of local newspapers and parish magazines and extensive records of local societies. Our library has a huge collection of books, mostly now out of print, many of which were written by or about people who lived here or in the area.

As the arrival of the railway, in 1859, brought an influx of writers, artists and academics, such as Lord Tennyson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the renowned physicist, Professor Tyndall, our archive is a particularly rich source of information. So it is not surprising that we receive inquiries not only from local people, wanting to find out more about the history of the town or their houses, but also from academics. The library is open on Tuesdays when our volunteer librarians and archivists can help with research and find photographs.

Reproductions of photographs are available to order.

For those more interested in the present day, we are also home to Haslemere Visitor Information Centre which is fully funded by Haslemere Town Council. Information officers are available to advise during our opening hours on local events and amenities.

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old-world charm, making us an excellent location for meetings, exhibitions and events in the centre of town. We have two exhibition rooms, the Haslemere Room for major exhibitions and the Waverley Room for smaller ones. Exhibitions are either museum-curated to show objects not on permanent display, such as our recent Polynesian exhibition, or external exhibitions put on by artists or groups.

Our Lecture Hall, with its minstrels’ gallery, is the perfect venue for local clubs and societies to hire for lectures or public meetings. As it adjoins the Waverley Room and opens onto our gardens it is also ideal for private parties and wedding receptions.

Making Ends Meet - a Perennial Problem On his death, Sir Jonathan Hutchinson left his museum to the town and it has been run by townsfolk ever since. But, as an independent museum, we receive virtually no public funding: it is only through the generosity of generations of Haslemere people that our museum still exists.

Although we have a full-time curator and education officer, other staff are part-time and we could not offer a fraction of the exhibitions, events or services we put on without the efforts of a small army of hard-working volunteers who give their time extremely generously. Almost everything we do, from manning the reception

Events in May Plant Sale - May 9th 11am – 2pm: Don’t miss our superb Spring Plant Sale sponsored by Transform Landscapes. All types of plants from trustees’, volunteers’ and Museum Patrons’ gardens will festoon the Lecture Hall from 11am, with a splendid array for both rare plant and bargain hunters alike.

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Haslemere Festival - 15th -31st May: Haslemere Museum will host Haslemere Festival lectures and the Haslemere Art Society’s festival exhibition. Lectures include topics such as this year’s anniversaries – 1215, Magna Carta, 1815, Battle of Waterloo - the History of Haslemere and the archaeology of Black Down. www.haslemerefestival.org.uk Box office: 01428 642161.

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desk and shop, to running the library and archive, to cataloguing our collections is dependent to some degree on volunteer help.

Yet despite our constant vigilance on costs, and the amazing support of local people and businesses, every year there is a stubborn gap between our income and our outgoings, partly because, for all it offers, our building is expensive to run. So fund-raising is crucial to us. In February 2013 we launched our ‘Museum in a Million’ appeal to raise a £1.5 million endowment to plug our funding gap. To date we have raised almost £1.0 million, which is a fantastic achievement, but we still have a way to go.

But while we grapple with completing our appeal, there are many easy ways you can support us, from something as simple as attending events, or becoming a member or a volunteer, to organising a small fund-raising event for us or making us your chosen charity next time you run a marathon! However modest, all contributions are very gratefully received and help make sure our museum, which has so much to offer, is safe for future generations.

More a museum for Haslemere than a museum of Haslemere, we are also a centre for education, for exhibitions, for meetings and for research, located in one of the finest Georgian buildings on the High Street: Haslemere Educational Museum is probably Haslemere’s finest gem.

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Opening hours excl bank holidays: 10am to 5pm Tuesday – Saturday.

Admission by donation. Disabled access to public areas.

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theatre trips are arranged throughout the year; also local pub lunches, book reading evenings and regular art and craft sessions. The group will always welcome newcomers; contact the secretary on 01483 421433.

The next Cranleigh Antiques Collectors & Craft Fair is on Thursday 7th and Thursday 21st May from 7.30am – 3pm.

Entry is free and refreshments will be available. There will be something for all.

Winkworth Arboretum, the beautiful park situated in Hascombe Road, Godalming, has a Wednesday Walk on 6th May from 2.30pm to 3.30pm. Meet at the kiosk for a seasonal guided walk around the arboretum. Normal admission prices apply and the guided walk is free. On Saturday 23rd to Sunday 31st May they have organised a children’s half-term trail which runs from 10am to 4pm each day. A great way to enjoy the outdoors and have fun. Normal admission prices apply plus 50p per trail.

On Wednesday 27th May there is an outdoor adventure session for kids and mums. Running from 1.30pm to 2.30pm, there will be a bug hunt, tree and bird spotting and looking at the difference in the seasons. Each session ends with a craft activity using natural materials found on your walk. Suitable for under 5’s. Normal admission prices apply plus child £5, accompanying adults free.

On Friday 8th May, Chiddingfold Cinema presents ‘The Theory of Everything’. Doors open at 7.30pm, the film starts at 8pm and running time is approx. 120 minutes (+ 15 minute interval). Starring Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking and Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking, this widely acclaimed film won Eddie Redmayne a best actor Oscar and if you didn’t catch it first time round do try and do so now. On Friday 22nd May there is a double-header. First up is Big Hero 6, an animated comedy adventure, winner of the Oscar for Best Animation. Hiro, a gifted young inventor, forms a bond with a rotund and cuddly inflatable first-aid robot! Doors open at 5pm and the film starts at 5.30pm.

Running time: approx. 100 minutes (+ 10 minute interval).

Next up is Birdman, a comedy drama, winner of four Oscars, including Best Film and Best Director. A washed up actor, once famous for a series of superhero blockbusters, attempts to resurrect his career using the last of his money to produce, direct and star in his own play on Broadway.

Doors open at 7.40pm and the film starts at 8pm. Running time: approx. 119 minutes (+ 15 minute interval). Tickets for each film cost £5 (£3 for children under 15) on the door, or in advance via www.chiddingfoldcinema.com, or from Chiddingfold Post Office. Season Tickets are also available from both locations. For further details, especially anyone interested in volunteering to help them, please contact

Elstead Afternoon WI will hold the next meeting on Thursday 7th May at 2.15pm in Elstead Village Hall. This is their Resolutions meeting which will include an exhibition

by The Art Group and a bread-making demonstration by Di Terry, ably assisted by several willing volunteers. All visitors and new members will be made very welcome and they offer a delicious tea! For more information contact Helen White on 01252 710039.

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Milford U3A’s May meeting is on Friday 8th May at 2pm at Milford Village Hall. The Annual General Meeting will be followed by a talk from Mr. Neville Lyons – ‘The Joe Lyons Story – Food for Thought’, the inside story of The Lyons Teashops, Corner Houses and Nippy waitresses. Crickey, I think I can remember them! There is tea and cake and this month NO CHARGE! Are your bookshelves in need of refreshment? A book sale will be held at Elstead United Reformed Church on Saturday 9th May from 10am -3pm. Pop along and find new exciting books to pass the time through the summer months. They will have books for all! Lose yourself in a novel or pick up the perfect companion for your hobby - there is sure to be something for you. Take a break and enjoy refreshments before you make your final choice. If you are having a clear out and have books to spare please get in touch with Jean and Jeffery on 01252 702450 or by email at elsteadurc@ gmail.com. Book collectors and dealers also welcome.

Ewhurst Horticultural Society’s Plant Sale is on Saturday 9th May in Ewhurst Village Hall and runs from 10am till noon. There will be a good selection of plants and bedding plants can be pre-ordered with 10% discount to members - contact John on 01483 271812 or email dyball@ ewhursthortsoc.org.uk. Any spare plants/cuttings you have would be much appreciated for the Members’ Table.

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Find out about healthy nutrition with free samples of healthy food, drinks and snacks as well as round the clock cooking demonstrations. A free chiropractic assessment and a free tongue and pulse analysis are also offered.

There will be free 30 minutes seminars and workshops on a variety of topics including acupuncture, ayurveda, breathwork, stress, nutrition and well-being. The Wellness Day is raising funds for The Fountain Centre which offers complementary therapy and support for cancer patients who are receiving treatment at St Luke’s Cancer Centre at the Royal Surrey County Hospital. More info at: www. gwch.org.uk/wellness-day.

In May Chiddingfold Horticultural Society will hold two meetings in the Village Hall, Coxcombe Lane. The first is the Plant Sale at 10am on Saturday 9th May when they will sell plants grown by their members and also shrubs

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MOB - Mother of the Bride or Moment of Bewilderment!

For mother’s of the bride or groom, choosing ‘the outfit’ can be a very stressful experience with the worries of warmth, size, colour and comfort...

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A lot of the doubt stems from trying on styles that are alien to our every day life. ‘Posh’ clothing, these days, has fewer outings. Unless you are a regular at the races or have plenty of dressy evening ‘dos’, most of us are so comfortable in jeans and jumpers that tailored pastels just feel wrong. Then there’s the hat!

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“I’m worried a guest will have the same outfit” This is a concern, but there are ways to avoid it. Visit independent boutiques for your outfit as they often only buy one per size to keep it unique. They would also know who bought the other dresses to double check with your guest list. Shops like Blush in Haslemere, have beautiful exclusive brands so they are unlikely to be duplicated.

If you are buying from a high street, try and mix it up. A dress from Phase Eight, a jacket from Hobbs, shoes from LKBennett and bag from Anthropologie. All great brands but aim to make one piece your statement, maybe the hat or shoes. Just avoid buying the whole look from one place, even though it’s the easy option sometimes.

Classic dress and jacket collections, including Gina Bacconi and Condici.

Serendipity, 52 New Road, Chilworth GU4 8LU. Tel: 01483 577475.

Stunning alternatives to the classic MOB looks, including soft suiting by Isabel de Pedro.

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Sloanes, New Street House, New Street, Petworth GU28 OAS Tel: 01798 343747 Beautiful, feminine dresses with sleeves or cropped jackets, tailored plains or pretty florals.

Ordri Boutique, 38 Downing Street, Farnham GU9 7PH Tel: 01252 891555 Huge range of upper end brands, tailored separates and dresses: MaxMara, Hauber, Bernshaw.

Mulberry Silks, 14 Downing Street, Farnham GU9 7PB Tel: 01252 714171 For wear-again dresses and separates by brands including Josef Ribkoff.

Ben Vestito, 1 The High Street, Dorking, RH4 1AR Tel: 01306 898040 Superb range of accessories for that ‘wow’ factor.

Luigi, 50 High Street, Haslemere GU27 2LA Tel: 01428 651250

“Do I choose a hat or a fascinator?”

If you are comfortable in a full-brimmed hat, then the overall look will be very striking. Otherwise consider a fascinator that can stay on all day and during the meal, but avoid the very small comb and feather decoration. Guests can get away with it, but not the head table - enjoy an excuse to be more flamboyant. It’s much easier to choose your outfit first and then your hat, making an appointment with shops like The Mad Hatter in Guildford, which have a changing area for you to try on the full ensemble.

Decorated pillbox styles work well as they are dramatic but not overpowering. This style pictured by Beverley Edmondson can be made in many different colours to work with your outfit and is neat enough to stay on all day.

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“Should I change in the evening?”

This all depends on the venue. If you are staying at the venue, changing for the evening is a great idea to feel fresh and also dazzle the guests a second time around. You can also have a change of shoes for comfort and decide if you can really wear heels any longer. If you are not staying at the venue, a tailored jacket could be exchanged for a little bolero (www.edenblu.com), a change of shoe and new clutch. If you are beginning to feel the pinch (toes more than purse) buy a backup pair of ballerina pumps that roll up in a little bag (Kurt Geiger, Mia £25 or check out www.rollasole. com for lots of colour choices from £10 and even a boxed multi-pack for guests)!

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Think out of the box.

- Try not to fall into the same looks you think a MOB/MOG should wear.

- If you end up with an outfit you are not comfortable in, you won’t enjoy the day.

- Think about trouser suits or soft separates in luxury fabrics, or try a jumpsuit or culottes.

- If you are not so confident, go for a simple silhouette but have fun with the accessories.

- Start with heels but have a backup comfort shoe for later on.

- Avoid a full-on linen outfit, a jacket yes, but the dress ideally shouldn’t crease too much or you will regret it later on.

- Remember, for those with a tighter budget, a little creativity can make a huge difference: changing the buttons on a high street jacket to contrast with the dress or adding a fabric corsage to a classic clutch can make all the difference and add a unique twist.

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and garden equipment from a local nursery. This is a good chance to buy plants to fill in the gaps in your garden. On Wednesday 20th May they will hear Dr Jack Salway on ‘My Garden-as seen on TV’ which will show the Gardeners’ World team visiting Jack’s unique garden in Chiddingfold.

You are welcome to go and hear Jack; visitors fee £2.

2015 is on Sunday 10th May at 6.30pm when the guest will be the former Secretary of State for Health, the Right Hon Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone. She was a Member of Parliament from 1984 to 2005, and is now a life peer in the House of Lords. Entry is free and all are welcome. Refreshments are provided afterwards.

A couple of events from the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

‘Chestnut, Chops & Chinthurst’ – it’s easy to buy wood and meat without a moment of thought as to how it’s produced. So discover how traditional methods like coppicing and pig-pannage not only helps wildlife but also provides sustainable produce on this morning walk around Chinthurst Hill Local Nature Reserve with ranger Leo. 1.5 miles, meet at Chinthurst Hill car park, Wonersh Common Road, GU5 0PR 10.30am-12.30pm. Adults £3, children £1.

Sat 9th May. Call 07968 832504 to book. Then on the 29th May is Wild Play from 10am-3.30pm. Join the Outdoor Learn Team for woodland wild play adventures. Woodland crafts, den-building, along with traditional games are all part of this wild day out! Suitable for children 7-11. Please bring a packed lunch, booking essential. £15, call 07968 832509 to book.

Farncombe Day Centre is taking part in the Rotary Club 10km Walk at Shalford park on 10th May. If anyone would like to walk with them to raise money they would really appreciate it. Please call Annette or Wendy on 01483 426685 and they can send you a sponsor form or do pop in and see them in St John’s Street, Farncombe.

Enjoy free guided walks around the Cranleigh countryside, meet new friends and increase your fitness when you join the village’s Walking for Health scheme. They meet every Saturday and Wednesday at 11am at the Leisure Centre for walks of up to 1.5 hours and also on Thursday mornings at 10.30am for shorter walks. All welcome.

It’s not too late to get tickets for the award-winning Rushmoor Male Voice Choir concert at 7.30pm on May 9th at Godalming United Church, in aid of the League of Friends of Milford Hospital. As summer approaches, the League is looking to make further improvements to the garden areas of the hospital, including the provision of more wheelchairs to increase the number of patients who can get out. Tickets are £10 and are available from Jacquie Robini on 01428 653905. Coffee/tea will be available in the interval and there will be a raffle.

Face-To-Face at Godalming United Church, Bridge Road, is a series of conversations between the minister, Revd Paul Hulme, and a well-known guest. The talks proved to be very well-attended in 2014. The second Face- to-Face of

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The Farncombe Morning Townswomen’s Guild meets in St. John’s Church Room, St. John’s Church, St. John’s Street, Farncombe on the second Wednesday of each month from 10am to 12 noon. Their meeting this month takes place on Wednesday 13th May when the topic will be ‘Your Favourite Radio/TV Programmes - Past or Present’ for members to discuss after the main guild business.

Visitors are always welcome; just £1 entrance fee. The guild meeting either has a talk or an activity, plus a raffle and refreshments are available. In advance, their June meeting will be on Wednesday 10th June, but at time of writing the final details about the speaker were not available. If you would like more details about the guild before going to the meeting, contact the secretary Jill Bird on 01483 860917.

Godalming Evening Townswomen’s Guild meets on the second Tuesday of the month at the Baptist Church Hall, Queen Street, Godalming. The hall opens at 7.15pm and coffee is served before the meeting starts at 7.45pm. At the May meeting members will discuss the forthcoming mandates for the 2015 AGM in Glasgow, and will end the session with a three-way light-hearted quiz between members of Farncombe Morning Guild, The Trefoil Guild and Godalming Guild. A game of skittles and lunch has been arranged for later in the month and 14 members will be travelling to Glasgow in June for a short holiday and to attend the National AGM. A warm welcome awaits potential members and visitors and further details can be obtained by telephoning the chairman on 01483 415343.

Busbridge Evening WI is holding its next meeting on Tuesday 14th May at 8pm at the Busbridge Village Hall.

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‘Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) – sa musique et ses sources d’inspiration littéraires’ is the title of Emilie Capulet’s talk on Thursday 14th May at 7.30pm. It takes place in the Baptist Church Hall, Queen Street, Godalming. This is the latest event in Les Amitiés Françaises’s series of lectures in French, organised for members in Godalming, Guildford, Cranleigh, Farnham and Haslemere. Non-members are very welcome at the group’s lectures (£6 at the door). June will see a visit to Chartwell on Saturday 4th. Then on Saturday 18th, there’s a talk by Thierry Viennois on ‘Napoléon – not just Corsica...’ Appropriately on the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo! The talk will be preceded briefly by the group’s AGM. As well as a programme of lectures, members enjoy convivial dining occasions together and visits to historic houses and gardens, all with a French connection. For further information, contact John Petty, membership secretary on 01483 861974, or john.petty@ which.net and on www.amitiesfrancaises.com.

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RouteMaster London Bus and his proposed Thames Garden Bridge. Then, on Friday 15th May, you will see some unique furniture and how it is achieved when there is a visit to The Edward Barnsley Workshop. On Thursday 4th June, Kevin Karney will give a ‘perspective on civilisation’s timekeeper’ in ‘Life and Times of the Sundial’. If you would like more information on GDFAS please contact Caroline on 01428 714276 or look at their website: www.grayshottdfas.org. uk.

Pilates classes are held weekly in Hascombe, Cranleigh and Fernhurst. For more information, contact Laura on 07557 018276 or kaizen.pilates@outlook.com. Massage clinics are also available. On a personal note Angie and I are still doing our weekly Pilates classes in Godalming, which we’re pretty sure is doing us good!

The Clockhouse in Milford has a lecture on Friday 15th May. Entitled ‘The Duchess of Richmond’s Ball’, it will be given by Professor Robinson to commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo on 18th June. Tickets are £15 per person which includes a two-course supper.

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MUSIC IN THE PARK FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER 2015

Summer must be on the way as we can now announce the programme for Music in the Park 2015. You can look forward to no less than 20 concerts on Sunday afternoons, starting from 17th May. All the regular concerts take place from 3pm to 5pm at the bandstand in the Phillips Memorial Park in Godalming. Entry is free, so bring along a deckchair, a picnic, a group of friends and while away your summer afternoons listening to good music in a wonderful setting by the River Wey. VantagePoint is once again sponsoring a concert on 9th August, so please come and say hello to your local magazine team.

Saturday 12th September sees Godalming’s own ‘Proms in the Park’, starting at 5pm. Always popular, make sure you come early to celebrate the end of the season in true British style!

17th May Barlow Robbins Concert featuring Godalming Band

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varied programme this concert charts their journey from their first ever rehearsal to their award-winning success of today. The anniversary celebrations include two concerts.

The family concert (6pm-7pm) features predominantly the children’s choirs with performances from the adult choirs too. The second concert is for the adult choirs only and commences at 7.30pm. Tickets for the Family Concert are £12 for adults and £4 for under 16’s. For the Adult Concert, tickets are £15 for adults and £5 for under 16’s. Ticket price for both concerts are £18 for adults and £5 for under 16’s.

Available from www.surreyhills-choirs.co.uk. If you are interested in joining any of the choirs, contact Debbie at debbie@surreyhills-choirs.co.uk. The Chamber Choir is an auditioned choir and currently has spaces for two sopranos, a tenor and a second bass.

On Saturday 16th there is the Godalming Music Fair at Godalming Baptist Church. 20 tables of vinyl, CDs, DVDs and memorabilia in this well-located venue in Queen Street just off Godalming High Street. It runs from 9.30am - 3pm.

Free entry. Check out the Godalming Music Fairs page on Facebook.

Fancy blasting a bit of fat, losing weight and toning up with a series of circuit based games in a friendly and supportive class? Bootcamp classes are held regularly in the Godalming area, every Monday at Broadwater School at 7pm (not on bank holidays), Wednesdays at Farncombe C of E Infant School at 7pm and Saturdays at Broadwater Park, multi sports area at 10am. In May 50p from all pay-asyou-go classes will be donated to Challengers! Classes are £5 a session; friends of members get their first class free.

Surrey Hills Singing School celebrates 10 years of song with a special anniversary concert to be held at the Anniversary Halls, St Catherine’s School in Bramley on Saturday 16th May. Performed by singers past and present in a rich and

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If you are determined to have a go, you will need to prepare the bed well by digging in lots of well-rotted farmyard manure and removing all weeds. Once the soil is prepared, dig a straight trench approximately 30 cm wide by 20cm deep, then pour soil into the trench to form a mound the length of it that is around 10cm high. Position the asparagus crowns so that they are perched on top of the mound with the roots spread out either side. Set the crowns roughly 30cm apart and then cover with about 5cm of riddled soil.

Growing Asparagus from the team at Secretts Farm Shop, Milford According to Queen Nefertiti it is the “food of the Gods”…. and to the peasants in ancient England it was known as ‘Sparrow Grass’. Regardless of whether you rank as royalty or pauper, there is little disputing that asparagus is an utterly delicious and highly sought-after vegetable.

The short harvesting season typically runs from 1st May until Father’s Day in June and this only goes to heighten the excitement and desire to enjoy it while it lasts. In fact, amongst the more passionate foodies, there’s a definite tendency to gorge on it! And why not?

Perhaps the earliest reference to the crop can be found on an ancient Egyptian frieze dating back to 3000BC. There are also records of Roman Emperors commissioning Asparagus Fleets to gather the finest spears and deliver them back to the royal kitchens.

As the young plants begin to grow, you will need to keep covering the shoots with more riddled soil until the autumn, by which time the entire trench should be full. Keep the plants well watered and resist the temptation to harvest any succulent young spears that might peep through the soil.

Now the hard bit - you must continue to resist the urge to harvest for a further two years.

Instead allow the plants to form lots of ferny foliage. Each autumn cut this foliage back to around 5cm above the ground.

As you nurture your precious crop you must also keep an eye out for the pesky asparagus beetle. These little critters are 6-8mm long with red and yellow bodies. Left unchecked they can cause a great deal of damage to the plants by stripping the outer skin from the spears which in turn causes the plant to turn yellow and brown.

In the third year you can finally harvest your long awaited bounty. Cut the spears when they are about 12cm long, with a sharp

In modern times most of the world’s asparagus is produced in Peru, Mexico or the United States and in many ways it is rather a shame that it can now be found on the supermarket shelves for all 12 months of the year.

Having said that if you really want to enjoy the very best flavour and the excitement of the finest asparagus straight out of the ground and on your plate within minutes then why not have a go at growing it yourself? A word of warning though. You will need a fair bit of space in your vegetable plot or at the allotment and a good deal of patience before you see the fruit of your labours.

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If this all sounds like it requires far too much effort and the patience of a saint, then visit Secretts Pick Your Own Farm in Milford and you can experience the same wonderfully fresh asparagus without all of that hard work.

The Secrett family have been growing asparagus on the farm in Milford for 27 years. Greg Secrett, the Farm Manager says: “Asparagus is one of our favourite crops as it creates such a buzz in the Farm Shop and at the PYO where it heralds the start of the season. Despite having an area of 9 acres set aside for the crop and producing a whopping 4,000 kilograms of the crop every year, the demand always outweighs supply”.

He goes on to say: “We supply many of the top London restaurants with our other produce and they are always desperate to get their hands on our asparagus, but we never have enough for them. Surrey’s discerning food lovers and local chefs take every spear we grow”.

The varieties grown at Secretts Farm are Franklim, Boomlim and Jersey Giant, all known for excellent flavour and consistently good yields.

When asked how he enjoys his asparagus, Greg Secrett recommends boiling it for five minutes, adding lashings of butter and a good grind of black pepper. Serve on a thick slice of granary toast with parma ham and a lightly poached egg. Greg’s father, Charles Secrett, has a simpler approach, preferring to sauté in a hot pan with a generous knob of butter, a splash of water and lots of seasoning. This method allows you to stop cooking at just the point when the spears are perfectly tender with just the right amount of crunch.

VantagePoint Reader Offer For those that want the true field-to-fork experience, there is nothing that comes close to visiting Secretts PYO and harvesting the spears yourself. Secretts are offering a special offer to VantagePoint readers of £1 off per kilo of PYO asparagus. Simply bring along your copy of this article to get the deal.

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Ingredients: • 140g plain flour • 85g cubed butter • 185g Montgomery cheese (finely grated) • 5 eggs • 175ml milk • 300g asparagus, trimmed and cut in half Method: Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas Mark 4. Put the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter until it resembles bread crumbs. Add 85g of the cheese and 3 tablespoons of water and mix until the pastry forms a ball, wrap in cling film and chill for five minutes.

Grease a 20cm loose-based tart tin and line with the rolled out pastry. Chill in the freezer for a further 20 minutes then line with parchment and baking beans and bake blind for 15 minutes. Remove parchment and beans and pop back in the oven for a further 10 minutes.

In a jug whisk the eggs and milk together. Sprinkle half the remaining cheese and the asparagus into the pastry case and then pour over the egg mixture and the remaining cheese.

Bake in the lower half of the oven for around 35 minutes until the egg is set and golden brown.

Serve with a green salad and boiled new potatoes.

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Secretts PYO is open for asparagus picking on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9am until 1.30pm and the Farm Shop is open seven days a week. The start of the asparagus season does depend on the weather so it is always worth checking the Secretts website for updates before making a special trip www.secretts.co.uk.

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For September look out for the Heritage Open Weekend programme where there will be other walks.

On Saturday 16th May, Cranleigh Choral Society’s popular Summer Concert will take place in the Cranleigh Village Hall at 7.30pm. The programme features a feast of works, joyful and sad, by the great English baroque composer, Henry Purcell, including the highly entertaining and dramatic opera, Dido and Aeneas. The Society will be joined by The Harlequin Chamber Choir and Julia Doyle, Soprano. Conductor: Catherine Beddison. Tickets £12 from 07973 772812, choir members or on the door. For more information, visit their website www. cranleighchoralsociety.org.uk .

The Southdowns Group of the 7mm Narrow Gauge Association are pleased to announce the Swing Model Railway Exhibition. It takes place on Saturday 16th May from 10am to 4.30pm at Felpham Community College, Felpham, Bognor Regis, PO22 8EL. (On the A259, east of Bognor Regis). Adults £4.50. Kids go free (under 16, with fee-paying adult).

Association members, (7mm NGA, 009 Society and Gauge O Guild) £4. Refreshments will include home-made cakes, Westbourne sausage rolls, buffers bacon rolls etc. Free parking and disabled access.

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There is still space available for anyone who would like to take up circle dancing. It’s suitable for men and women of all ages and you don’t need a partner. The dances are international folk dances to beautiful ethnic music from many different countries such as Greece, Russia, Romania, Israel, Bulgaria and many more. They are done in a circle mostly holding hands and everyone attempts to do the same steps at the same time.

Lynn Frances is an experienced teacher of 32 years and runs the following classes. Pirrie Hall, Brook on Thursdays in three 10-week terms, 7.30pm-9.30pm. St Catherine’s Hall, Guildford on the third Tuesday of the month, 7.30pm-9.30pm. WI Hall, Hartley Wintney on the second Wednesday of the month, 7.30pm-9.30pm. You can contact Lynn on 01420 474881.

Interested in birds? Whether you are a beginner or expert, do join the free bird walk at Thursley Common on Thursday 21st May organised by the RSPB local members’ group.

Starting point is the Moat Pond car park, GU8 6LW; SU 899416 just off the B3001. The three hour walk begins at 9am and is approximately 3 miles. Easy walking on sandy paths and boardwalks, but unsuitable for wheelchairs. Birds they hope to see include heathland breeding birds, birds of prey, plus curlew and hobby. The site is also good for dragonflies and butterflies. Any queries to gadcom2010@ gmail.com or phone 01372 467074.

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The Wey Valley Decorative and Fine Art Society‘s next lecture by Ms Caroline Rayman, is entitled ‘The Mistress in History.’ Why not join them at Shalford Village Hall on Thursday 21st May for a fascinating look at the power, influence and role of the ‘Royal Favourite’ and the paintings they inspired from Fair Rosamund Clifford in the 12th century to more recent companions from the 20th century?

Refreshments are available from 9.45am and the lecture starts at 10.45am. The Society offers a monthly programme of varied and fascinating talks by first-class speakers.

There are also special interest days, visits and an annual tour for members. New members and visitors are warmly welcomed. Annual membership is £40 and visitors pay £6 per talk. If you are interested, contact the membership secretary on 01932 355113 or visit their website at www. theweyvalleydfas.org.uk.

I want to mention this again as it would be great to raise as much as possible for a very good cause. Over 300 musicians, inspired by a very special little girl, are coming together on Saturday 23rd May at Guildford Cathedral to raise money for local charity the Rainbow Trust. Rowan Todd, who lives in Guildford, was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was just five years old and she and her family have been supported by the Rainbow Trust throughout years of treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Rowan’s dad, Will, is an internationally-recognised composer, whose ‘Mass in Blue’ has been performed all over the world and is a well-known figure in Guildford. Under conductor Jeremy Backhouse, it will be a concert full of toe-tapping jazzy

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How long does it take to get published? Pull up a seat. It’s a long journey, says local author, Kendra Smith, whose first book, Jacaranda Wife, is out now.

Joanna Trollope once famously told a journalist – quite crossly – that it had taken her 20 years to become an overnight success. I know what she means. I am certainly not likening myself to the wonderful writer, but I can sympathise with those sentiments.

My first novel, Jacaranda Wife, is due out in April (details to come). Those acquaintances who don’t know me terribly well and whom I hadn’t driven to wanting to stab themselves in the eyes with chopsticks when I mentioned my ongoing journey – have said, ‘Oh, I’d like to write a book!’ when they’d found out about my publishing success. ‘How long did it take you?’ I’d look them straight in the eye and say, ‘Six years – maybe seven if you count the time crying’ – this certainly was a conversation stopper.

From penning my first few scribbles in 2009 to finally being published in 2015, according to my maths that’s about six years. The germ of it started back in 2003 when I picked up Allison Pearson’s fantastic novel, I Don’t Know How She Does It, and read it in about a week. I’d just had my second son, and felt the book had been written, ‘for me’. After a while, a tiny voice in my head said: ‘Maybe you could write a book too?’

However, life got in the way. I’m a journalist by profession and was juggling a toddler, a new born and some part time work at the time. After that we did a few crazy things like move out of London and then emigrate to Australia, because life wasn’t busy enough – and that’s when inspiration hit. Frustrated that my creative outlet was being used to separate my whites from my coloureds, I started to type. And type.

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children from school when the typing flowed.

My best friend at that time was the word count. Once I had hit something like 20,000 words, I suddenly realised that I was about a third of a way through a book. An actual book.

So I kept on going.

I went to a few workshops on writing and I bought about 643 books on how to write. I read them all. OK, maybe I flicked to the main bits I needed, and read all those chapters. I was lucky enough to secure an agent (from the UK) the first time round – the Aussie agents felt the book was for a British market. It did involve staying up to midnight and beyond on many nights as I made calls to the UK in a different time zone. She loved my writing, loved the book. Finding a publisher, however, proved harder.

By this time, we were planning on returning to the UK, so the book took a backseat. Replanting a whole family back to the UK after five years abroad takes supreme effort, so my writing brain was engaged elsewhere for a while. But still ‘the book’ would tap me on the shoulder at night and demand to know what was going on.

Agent #1 and I had a great relationship and she did suggest some changes. I did them; but then there was the tiny problem of an economic crisis. Publishers tightened their belts - when you’re in the business of selling anything and a vantagepointmag.co.uk

then W-A-I-T. The rollercoaster ride began: I would send out my partial chapters and then each time there was a ping on my phone, I would leap up, forgetting sometimes that I was, say, at the dentist, and check it. I had several agents ask for the full manuscript, and each time my heart soared. One agent asked for the full book after three hours. It was a high adrenalin ride.

Would this be the one?

Let me tell you, I have had some incredibly nice ‘no’s’ … but ultimately my agent, Annette Crossland from A for Authors rang and left a voicemail saying she loved it. That was it. I had someone on my side.

But, still no happy ending – yet. Annette had to then find a publisher for my shiny re-edited book. Here we go again.

Mummy was back to strapping her seatbelt onto the next ride on the theme park called ‘Getting Published.’

After a few incredibly nice no’s (I have one stuck to my office wall, it’s so encouraging), Endeavour Press said yes. So here the current journey ends. I’m delighted to say that Jacaranda Wife will be available on Amazon and other platforms.

recession is on, you’re going to go for the sure thing. Debut authors were too risky.

After a while, my agent and I parted company on very good terms. Both of us decided that I needed another steer. I then used the services of the wonderfully helpful Writers Workshop to find a mentor/book doctor, who gave me a – let me remember – 17 page analysis of my book, warts and all. There were 17 pages of how to improve my writing. But, the one shining light was that she did say, ‘You can clearly write.’ Thank goodness for that.

I needed to re-hone my novel. It was now 2012, and life with three children and a house to run didn’t stop, but I made time for the book. I would say no to coffee mornings, put off the ironing, and sit down and re-edit my book. We were back to nearly forgetting to pick up the children. The popping sound of plastic being burst on ready-meals became commonplace.

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So, to anyone who wants to know if they should write a book?

Pull your sleeves up, take a deep breath and dig in. It’s a long way to basecamp. And to answer the next question, yes, I am writing another book. The word count is flickering on a happy 20,000 at the moment.

Here’s a taste of Jacaranda Wife…

When a double dip recession hits along with a tax bill, most people tighten their belts, cancel the summer holiday and shop at Aldi. But not Katie Parkes. The 30-something mother of two from London finds herself tightening her seatbelt on a plane to Australia, where her husband has been sent to save their financial bacon. She doesn’t much like heat, can’t swim properly, hates spiders and simply wanted a rural life outside the M25.

So how does Katie cope? After all, she’s only got an absent husband, a new best friend on IVF, another baby, a Sydney yummy mummy who seems to only have eyes for her husband…. Taking the bull by the horns (or at least pulling on an old Speedo) she tackles her fear of the ocean first. Jacaranda Wife tells the story of how Katie copes on her bumpy road of discovery to a new life, new ‘her’ and new country.

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Kendra Smith has been a journalist, wife, mother, aerobics teacher, qualified diver and very bad cake baker. She currently lives in Surrey with her husband and three children. Find her on www.aforauthors. com and www.kendra-smith.co.uk or follow her on Twitter @ KendraAuthor.

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music with the power of massed-group singing. It will be an evening to remember and the organisers are expecting a full house, with all proceeds going towards the valuable work of the Rainbow Trust. Tickets, priced from £16 to £28, are available from www.vivacechorus.org and the Guildford Tourist Information Centre on 01483 444334.

St Catherine’s School, Bramley is, as you can imagine, extremely proud and honoured that The Duchess of Cornwall has agreed to take up the position of Patron of the school. Her connections with the school date back to 1885, through her great-great grandfather, the 1st Baron Ashcombe who was a benefactor and co-founder of the school. The duchess visited the school in February 2014 when she opened the 125th Anniversary Hall and the Speech Hall for 6th Form studies.

There is a folk music session every Monday at the Star in Church Street Godalming at 9pm and at the Harrow at Compton every Wednesday at 8.30pm. Also every first Sunday at the Queen Victoria in Shalford starting at 8.30pm and the Royal Oak in Sydenham Road Guildford on the third Sunday at 8.30pm. All musicians, singers and audience welcome. Free just turn up. For more information phone Kevin Gorton on 01483 415962.

The award-winning village of Grayshott nestling among beautiful countryside is a wonderful place to visit at any time, but every two years it unveils one of its best kept secrets – The Hidden Gardens. From large and

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palatial ones, to small traditional and quirky ones, there is something to attract everyone. Not forgetting home-made refreshments, treasure hunts, plant sales and a plethora of informative gardeners. Thanks must go to Grayshott Pottery who sponsor the ‘Owl hunt’ which takes place on the bank holiday weekend of 24th/25th May. In all, there are 20 gardens and two allotment sites to be viewed. Entry is £5 with children under 16 free. Programmes can be purchased on the day from St Luke’s Church Rooms, Headley Road, Grayshott GU26 6LF, and the gardens are open from 12.30pm to 6pm each day. The programme is valid for both days so take your time and view some gardens one day and the rest the day after, making more time to sample those home-made cakes or purchase yet more plants!

The 69th annual Brook and Sandhills village fête, one of the most popular and longest-running in southern England, will be held on bank holiday Monday, May 25th, from 1pm-5pm. As ever, the emphasis is firmly on good old-fashioned family fun, in the idyllic setting of the village green, surrounded by the picturesque Surrey hills, on the A286, right opposite the Dog and Pheasant Pub. This year’s event, sponsored by nearby King Edward’s, Witley, offers a host of activities and games for children of all ages, plus a large number of stalls offering all sorts of produce. The dog show always attracts wide-ranging entries and is great fun to watch, along with fairground rides, shooting gallery, hook a duck, bash the rat, face painting, name those ships, plate smashing and coconut shy. Inside the Pirrie Hall will be the usual huge selection of bric-a-brac for the bargain

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hunter, as well as many hundreds of good hardback and paperback books and children’s toys and games. Donations for these and for the tombola can be made beforehand and over the bank holiday weekend, please call 07827 337942.

Funds raised will help maintain The Pirrie Hall which is so important to the local community.

‘Pevsner in Surrey: Nikolaus Pevsner and the Buildings of England’ is the title of the May lecture of West Surrey Decorative and Fine Arts Society on 26th May. How did a German refugee from Hitler become the ‘Grand Old Man’ of English art history? The answer lies in his extraordinary one-man survey of all the architecturally significant buildings in the country, county by county. Susie Harries, biographer of Pevsner, explores what he said, rightly or wrongly, about buildings in Surrey, including churches, houses, shops, town halls and tower blocks. The Society meets in Shalford Village Hall on the fourth Tuesday in the month at 9.45am for coffee. Lectures start at 10.30am.

New members and visitors are very welcome. Details of their programme of lectures, visits and holidays for 2015 can be found on their website or for more information ring 01483 811671.

Milford Horticultural Society’s next meeting will be held on Tuesday 26th May 2015 at 8pm in Milford Village Hall.

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sites, covering 5% of the county. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be served at the interval and there will also be a raffle.

All members and guests are very welcome to attend. Talks are free for members, non-members are very welcome, a fee of £1 is payable at the door. For more information on Milford Horticultural Society, their talks, visits and shows, please visit www.milfordhortsociety.org.uk or contact Beth Otway (email beth@otway.com or telephone 01483 420989).

Cranleigh Decorative Fine Arts Society (DFAS) invite you to join them for a lecture on ‘War Artists - Paul Nash, CRW Nevinson and the Great War’ by Dr David Boyd Haycock, who specialises in the history of WWI and in particular the artists who captured the period for posterity. The lecture will be held on Wednesday 27th May at 2pm and 7.30pm at the Cranleigh Arts Centre. Cranleigh DFAS meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month, except August and December, at Cranleigh Arts Centre, to promote knowledge and appreciation of the arts through lectures and visits.

Information about membership is available on their website: www.cranleighdfas.org. Guests are welcome. A voluntary donation of £5 is suggested.

Conquest Art is having an Open Morning on Thursday 28th May at the United Church, Bridge Street, Godalming between 10am and 12pm. Conquest Art is a weekly art group for disabled people. At the Open Morning you will be able to meet the members, view their artwork and partake in tea and cake. They would love to see lots of people there.

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You are warmly welcomed to the Godalming & District Chamber of Commerce ‘Chamber Lunch Club’ which takes place each month at 1pm on the final Friday of the month.

They regularly change the venue so check Eventbright each month under ‘Godalming Chamber Lunch Club’ for the venue details and to book your place. This month it is being held at Prezzo in Godalming at 1pm on Friday 29th May. The lunch provides a very relaxed atmosphere to meet with other business owners and representatives in the area and you don’t have to be a Chamber member to attend. Everyone is welcome! Make your booking as above or contact Euan Davidson, Godalming Family Mediation, if you have any questions. Telephone 01483 339379 / 07962 476660 info@godalmingfamilymediation.co.uk The Godalming & District Chamber of Commerce represents a wide range of different sectors including retail, catering, professional services, industry and general commerce. As a group they have the advantage of a community drawing on a huge range of skills, knowledge and resources to deliver real benefits and results to the membership. See www. godalmingchamber.org for more information.

Do go along to the Bel and Dragon in Godalming for their Gospel Sunday brunch. Carol on our team has been and loved it! The Godalming Community Gospel choir sang from the mezzanine floor above while she got in the mood with a fabulous Elderbubble cocktail followed by Golden Bubble and Squeak with organic fried eggs and crispy Neal Richards Half_Layout 1 a14/05/2014 streaky bacon (you could have full Sunday10:31 roast).Page It’s a1 relaxed and family atmosphere with friendly and efficient

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staff who look to make sure you are enjoying yourselves.

The brunch is all day from 10am-9pm and the choir sings in three 45 minute sets at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. The next Gospel brunches are on Sundays 31st May and 28th June.

See more at www.belandthedragon-godalming.co.uk/ or call 01483 527333 to book.

Guildford Choral Society celebrates its 175th anniversary this year and their programme culminates in a performance of Berlioz’s ‘Te Deum’ at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 3rd June at 7.30pm. Founded in 1839, at the start of Queen Victoria’s reign, under the Patronage of Lady Noel Byron and the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, the Earl of Lovelace, Guildford Choral Society is one of England’s oldest established amateur choral societies with an unbroken history and is proud to be sponsoring this magnificent work with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jonathan Willcocks. Written originally to celebrate Napoleon Bonaparte, the ‘Te Deum’ was ultimately dedicated to Prince Albert, the Queen’s Consort.

For their performance in June, Guildford Choral Society (numbering over 150 singers) has invited The Chichester Singers, Portsmouth Choral Union and the City of London Choir to join its celebration. The children’s choir will comprise young people from Francis Holland School, from The Royal Grammar School, Guildford and the children of the Guildford High School Junior Choir, numbering some 200 young people in all. The choir performed the St Matthew Passion at Guildford Cathedral in March and it was a truly memorable evening, which Angie and I enjoyed

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Questions& Answers Hello, my name is Jo and I would like to answer gardening questions from local enthusiasts!

I live locally and have been working in horticulture for over 30 years, and as a professional gardener for over 10, so I hope I can help local people with their gardening queries.

Q: How do I get rid of perennial weeds?

A: At this time of year perennial weeds such as ground elder, stinging nettles and brambles almost seem to be growing faster than our plants. There are three main ways of deterring them... smothering, physically removing, or chemicals.

As all plants need water, air and light to grow, in theory covering them with waterproof material should kill them. The problem with that is that it can take many months, and the ground covered cannot be used during this time. We have used black plastic in the past which seems to be the most effective. Old carpet is a traditional method which works well, but there is some concern about chemicals leaching from the carpet into the soil. Another method is to use leaf mould, garden compost or farmyard manure as a mulch. This will keep light out if deep enough, and has the added advantage Q: How can I encourage wildlife in my garden?

A: The most obvious wildlife is birds. I have a bird feeder hanging in my garden all year round. It is on my rose arch so the birds have protection from my cats and feel safe to use it. Despite having a tiny garden I have lots of different birds, from long tailed tits, and woodpeckers visiting the feeder to robins and blackbirds who are on the ground hoovering up the crumbs.

of feeding the plants you want, but of course also the weeds.

I favour physically removing them by digging, although it is the hardest work. However, it is also the most rewarding, and a better work out than going to the gym.

It is very important to remove all the roots as well as the top growth, especially for bindweed as new plants can grow from a tiny bit of root.

A good tip, which my son Dan invented, is to use a claw hammer on brambles. The roots form a small knot just under the surface, and if you get the claw of the hammer under this and lever you can get the whole root out. Very satisfying, but just mind you don’t fall backwards! and Sedum. On a hot sunny day they can be covered and look amazing. The advantage of Sedum is that it is late flowering and vital for all the insects stocking up for the winter.

So, put up feeders for the birds, dig a pond, however tiny, plant nectar rich plants, sit back and watch the wildlife!

A pond, or even a small stream if there if enough room, will help encourage all sorts of wildlife. Birds need somewhere to drink, dragonflies need somewhere to lay their eggs, and frogs and toads will love it! And they hopefully will keep your slugs at bay.

Many plants attract butterflies and hoverflies. Any plant that flowers in the winter will inevitably be scented as there are few insects around and they need to be tempted to visit. Queen bees are around early, and are often the first sign of spring on my Winter Flowering Honeysuckle. Other plants which are adored by bees and other nectar-loving insects are Lavender May 2015

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A couple of

book reviews

With Beth Otway

Straw Bale Gardening by Joel Karsten

deners all the information and guidance they need to create a successful SBG, whatever their circumstances.

This is Joel’s second book on Straw Bale Gardening; an updated version of his 2013 edition containing additional information for potential straw bale gardeners. Straw bale gardening (SBG) is a revolutionary gardening method which Joel has enthusiastically perfected and trialled over the last 15 years; his passion for the subject, as well as the benefits of gardening using this technique are truly inspiring and exciting to read. Joel promises that straw bale gardeners will not need to weed their straw bale gardens – this in itself will be quite an incentive for many gardeners to give this method a try! Other benefits of SBG include greater harvests, extending the growing season, saving money; it’s an easier non-dig technique for gardeners to try.

Joel’s passion and enthusiasm for straw bale gardening is evident throughout the book, and you can’t help but feel inspired to find a local farmer, order some straw bales, and give it a try!

(Cool Springs Press, £15.99, paperback)

I love making gardening accessible to everyone and this is certainly true of SBG. The bales create immediate raised beds that can be easily arranged to suit the gardener. The height of the bales allows room for those gardening in wheelchairs, making gardening easier for disabled or elderly gardeners. A SBG can easily be created on top of concrete or hard standing, giving gardeners without direct access to the soil a new way to garden.

Straw Bale Gardens Complete is a comprehensive book, which details everything you need to know about how to create, maintain and design your own SBG. Every aspect is covered – from sourcing the bales, how to set them up in your SBG, conditioning the bales, and even making your own bales if you can’t find a straw bale source locally! There are clear instructions on planting, outlining which plants will thrive using the SBG technique, and which crops aren’t as well suited to it. There are plans and designs as well as photographs of successful gardens. This book gives potential straw bale gar-

Epic Tomatoes by Craig LeHoullier (Storey Publishing, £14.99, paperback)

The author of this book, Craig LeHoullier, is a tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange.

This is an American non profit organisation, established to save and share the seeds of heritage varieties of seed with the aim of conserving and promoting America’s culturally diverse, garden and food crop heritage through future generations.

Don’t let this put you off. Although you couldn’t purchase every tomato variety suggested at your local garden centre, you might be surprised to find that a quick internet search will help you find many of your favourites online with UK suppliers.

The ‘problem solving’ section of this book would have been greatly improved by the addition of photographs or illustrations to clearly depict every tomato problem the author identifies. Additional images would have made this section far more informative, interesting and useful for the reader, I felt.

Both seasoned tomato growers and beginners can learn a great deal from this book. With a lot of the information centred around heritage, and American varieties that aren’t as well known here, it gives a real and welcome opportunity to expand the tomato varieties we grow and the flavours we enjoy.

This book has certainly inspired me to grow some of the tomatoes the author recommends. I can’t wait to try them!

For more book reviews and monthly gardening advice, visit Beth’s website - www.pumpkinbeth.com.

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enormously. I expect that this concert will be equally as thrilling. Tickets are available from the Royal Albert Hall box office (http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/ royal-philharmonic-orchestra/berlioz/default.aspx ) www.royalalberthall.com and from Guildford Choral Society’s Ticket Master on 01494 675571 or boxoffice@ guildfordchoral.org. Guildford Choral Society will also be running coaches to London. Inclusive coach packages (including transport from Guildford, ticket and programme) will be from £45 and coach only fares will be £20. More details are available on the choir’s website: https://www. guildfordchoral.org.

The Anonymous Travelling Market (www.theatm.co.uk) is popping up at Cowdray Herb Garden (opposite the Farm shop) on Sunday 7th June from 11am-4pm. In and amongst the colourful stalls and street food will be children’s entertainment, live music (Ed Goodale, Goodness Gracious Music, The Darwins) and a family dog show (to include a fancy dress category). Whilst The Anonymous Travelling Market (TATM) is Dorset based the organisers have sourced some local Sussex stalls to liven up the day. Emma and Rae (the founders) both hate shopping so they’ve transformed the everyday, dreary experience into a day filled with fun and friends. You don’t find that in your local supermarket; come to think of it neither do you find a Uke band, a hay bale and a pint of cider! So hurry along to the quirky antics of TATM– to include barrel bug rides, swing chair merrygo-round, Emma & The Magic Bag, wood turning demos, potato head workshops and more. Adult entry £1, children

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Just a reminder that the closing date for Godalming in Bloom 2015 is Monday 8th June. There’s a link to the new Godalming in Bloom page on the new GoGodalming website: http://gogodalming.org.uk/index. php?page=godalming-in-bloom. If you would like to enter Godalming in Bloom, donate a prize or sponsor this lovely competition, please contact Beth Otway on 01483 420989 or email beth@otway.com.

Here’s a bit of news for any TOGS out there (Terry’s old gits!). Broadcasting legend and national treasure, Terry Wogan, heads for G Live on Monday 8th June, in what will be one of a handful of very special theatre appearances. He’ll be discussing stories from his long-running BBC chat show, BBC Radio 2 breakfast show and more. Tickets cost £29.50 or a Platinum Ticket is £49.50 to include one of the best seats and a two course meal in the Mezzanine Restaurant. Call 0844 7701 797 or go online to www.GLive.co.uk.

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Seasonal spring salads With hints of warm weather appearing, what better time for a lovely salad made with the best seasonal ingredients that May has to offer.

Asparagus and Feta Salad Ingredients 1 tsp sesame seeds, 150g asparagus, 50g cooked peas (cold), 200g sliced courgettes, 1 tsp sesame oil, couple of handfuls of Secretts rocket leaves, 30g feta cheese and grated zest of half a lemon.

May is the time for the best English asparagus and this recipe comes from Secretts in Milford. Look for the offer on Pick Your Own asparagus on page 30.

1. Lightly toast the sesame seeds in a dry pan and set aside.

2. Steam the asparagus for 3-4 minutes then drop into a bowl of iced water to cool. Drain and then dry using kitchen paper. Cut spears to 5cm lengths.

3. Heat a griddle pan until very hot and brush with the oil, cook the sliced courgettes until striped with dark brown.

4. Combine all the above ingredients along with the rocket leaves, feta and lemon zest. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and drizzle with oil just before serving.

Jersey Royals with Hot Smoked Salmon and Watercress Salad Ingredients 500g Jersey Royal new potatoes, 100g crème fraîche, 1 tsp creamed horseradish, juice of 1 lemon, 2 spring onions, finely sliced, 2 hot smoked salmon fillets, skinned and flaked, 1 bunch watercress, rinsed

If you can’t find hot smoked salmon use local smoked trout from Tillingbourne Trout Farm, or you could also use smoked mackerel, smoked salmon and even roast beef.

This recipe is from www.jerseyroyals.co.uk and serves 2.

1. Bring a pan of water to the boil. Add the potatoes and reduce the heat to a simmer and cook the potatoes for about 15 minutes or until tender 2. Mix together the crème fraiche and creamed horseradish. Add enough lemon juice and black pepper to taste.

3. Drain the potatoes and leave to cool slightly. Add the spring onions and salmon. Stir in the crème fraîche mix until all the ingredients have a light coating. Toss in the watercress and serve, either slightly warm or cold.

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FOOD Broad Bean and Bacon Salad Ingredients 250g shelled broad beans, 1 tbsp olive oil, 175g pancetta or bacon, 1 tbsp chopped parsley, salt and pepper.

This dish is simple and easily prepared and makes for an excellent supper dish. You can however turn it into an excellent salad side dish by adding a simple sherry vinegar dressing and serving it warm. The original recipe comes from Elizabeth Luard’s Tapas: Classic Small Dishes from Spain and serves 2 or perhaps 4-6 as a salad side dish.

1. Blanch the beans in boiling, salted water for 2-3 minutes, unless they are old ones in which case they will need 6-10 minutes to become tender.

2. Warm the oil in a small pan. Add the chopped pancetta or bacon and fry for a few minutes until golden.

3. Stir in the parsley and the beans. Put a lid on the pan and cook gently for 5 minutes. Taste and add salt and pepper as required.

Chilli and Lime Crab Salad with Ciabatta Toasts Ingredients 4-6 ciabatta slices, cut diagonally from a small loaf, 75ml extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing, juice of 1 lime, plus lime wedges to serve, 3 spring onions, finely chopped, 2 tbsp good quality mayonnaise, handful each fresh chives, deseeded and finely chopped , 1 red chilli, finely chopped, 300g fresh white crab meat, any shell discarded (from your local fishmonger or supermarket), mixed baby salad leaves, to serve.

To make this light crab recipe into a more substantial meal, toss through 400g cooked and drained pasta. This recipe is taken from www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk and serves 6.

1. Preheat the grill to medium. Put the ciabatta slices on a large baking tray, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and brush all over with the extra olive oil. Grill for about 1 minute each side, until golden. Set aside on a wire rack to cool.

2. In a bowl, mix together the remaining 75ml oil, lime juice, spring onions, mayonnaise, fresh herbs and chopped red chilli. Season to taste and set aside to infuse for 5 minutes.

3. Put the crab meat into a large bowl and gradually mix in the herb and chilli mixture to combine. Season to taste.

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The businesses and shops along the high street are supporting Cranleigh in Bloom even more this year, with plants for over 60 hanging baskets and troughs now on order, which is very exciting. They have secured more sponsorship this year too, which is enabling them to make new areas look wonderful. As a result Stocklund Square will have four large planters brimming over with plants and the war memorial water trough will be included too. A dozen other shops and businesses will also be doing their own displays including Yew Tree Vets, Broadmead Vets, The Cobblers, Carolyn Lodge, The Garage, Bramley Linen, Kelsham Dental Practice, Rawlings Butchers, The Fishman and the Handyman who will be having a wheelbarrow filled with flowers. They will also be donating hanging baskets to all the charity shops on the high street. The colour scheme this year will be lovely pastel shades of purple, blues and pinks, so it will all look really pretty and continue to make Cranleigh a lovely place to live, work and play. All the displays will be judged in the summer and Notcutts will be supporting Cranleigh in Bloom by hosting a prize giving tea party. Cranleigh Golf Club and Linden Homes have offered to sponsor areas too, so watch this space for more news.

They cannot run such a venture without volunteers and do need more help especially when all the plants arrive in May, so please do contact Gill Ford to get involved - gillmford@ hotmail.com or on 07951 608639.

Milford Probus Club’s next meeting is in June will be the Ladies Lunch at which Sarajane Bartlett will talk about the Mane Chance sanctuary which is a haven for animals,

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mainly horses, which have been cruelly treated or neglected. At the July meeting former British ambassador Stephen Day CMG will talk on ‘The Middle East: Making Sense of the Senseless’. Milford Probus is a club with monthly luncheons and various other activities for retired and semi-retired professional and businessmen over 50.

The Club has members from Waverley and beyond, and meet in Godalming on the third Friday of each month, for lunch followed by a talk on a wide variety of subjects. For more details and dates, contact Mike Thompson on 01483 428181 or email thmmic@btinternet.com. Prospective members are invited to attend a meeting without obligation. The secretary will be pleased to arrange for you to meet a member in advance if you wish.

A schools presentation has been launched to educate youngsters about life-saving charity Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance. Primary and secondary pupils can learn about how the helicopter is called out, types of missions, landing sites and major developments of the service such as night flying and blood transfusions. They can also hear about where the charity’s income comes from and obtain fund-raising packs. These provide a fascinating study subject for pupils, learning about the infrastructure of the charity from the operational side and the way in which fund-raising can have a huge impact on saving lives. If you would like to register your school to receive a schools support pack please contact the air ambulance’s community team on 01622 833833 or email veronicaw@kssairambulance.org. uk. For more information about the school presentation

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Bepton, Chilgrove and the South Downs A Norman church, a secret orchid hillside and a Bronze-Age burial site are among the surprises of this lovely walk, along with two excellent country pubs. Although this walk can be done with good walking shoes in the drier months, you will be glad to be wearing boots on two or three of the tracks. Since the few stiles on this route have left a gap, your dog can come too and can run free for much of the way. I did this walk in late February and it was muddy in places but the views from Linch Down were spectacular and well worth the trip you might make to do this walk. Both pubs also heartily recommended. Ed. This walk is supplied with thanks from www.fancyfreewalks.org, from where you can download this walk with larger and more detailed maps.

The walk 1. From the side of the car park, follow a wooden rail and a little tarmac path to go through a wooden swing-gate past a bench with views, reaching the side entrance to the church. This little church is usually open and is definitely worth visiting. Continue down a path from the side entrance to exit through a wooden swing-gate onto the approach lane. Turn right, going past a small pond, and turn left at a T-junction onto Bugshill Lane. You pass the Old Rectory and a farm and reach a junction in 400m with Bepton village on your left. Instead turn right on a signed byway.

Follow this stone-lined path for 500m. If you encounter some mud here it should soon be gone and should not return until just before the end.

As the path curves left into trees you come to a marker post on your left.

2. Turn right at the marker post, as indicated by the blue arrow, steeply uphill, in 30m going under a tall beech and a yew tree. After the yew tree you need to measure exactly 100m (150 paces). The path rises for 60m, then flattens out under ash trees. After 25m, it rises a little, zigzagging slightly left-right over roots. Immediately look for a faint path very sharp left. (In fact it is a crossing path.) The path runs straight up a long gently rising contour. Take this path, almost reversing your direction. The path becomes clearer as you proceed, although you will need to step over the debris of small fallen branches.

After 170m, your path comes into a lighter area of shrubs and curves right up to a small metal gate. Go through the gate onto Bepton Down.

Keep ahead up the sloping meadow on a faint path, but keeping just to the left of the brow of the hill so that you get the best advantage of the fine views to your left. You pass a solitary round beech about 30m on your left. The views are of Black Down and Bexleyhill. Keep following the path into the far corner where there is a large 54

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In 150m, go straight over a wide forestry track  on what may be a rather muddy patch. In just 20m, leave your straight downward path by forking right on another wide forestry track through Bepton Wood. You shortly pass a 2-way fingerpost,   confirming that this is an official bridleway. Your path descends gently, then more steeply and afterwards suddenly up again between plantations. You reach a junction of several paths by a 3way fingerpost.

4. Turn left on a signed bridleway and follow this stony path for 450m where the bridleway goes over a crossing path near a wooden gate on your left. You shortly pass notices for Sussex Wildlife Trust’s West Dean Woods and a rather worn picnic corner. On your left is a long wattle fence. After an inspirational walk, you emerge by open fields with views ahead. Tall oaks and ash trees are your escort along a narrower grassy path. Finally our path ends at a

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wooden gate beside a large metal gate. Turn right here on a tarmac lane.

5. At a road junction, veer right, signposted Chilgrove, passing Staple Ash Farm and its thatched farm house. At a sharp left bend by a drive and wooden gate, keep left, staying on the lane. Just before Yew Tree Cottage, ignore a footpath on your right. Your undulating lane goes under grid lines and curves right: avoid a footpath on the left here. At a 3-way fingerposted junction ignore a drive on the right for Brooks Farm and keep left passing several picturesque houses and cottages with their gardens. Soon the lane zigzags leftright and reaches the White Horse in Chilgrove, which is a lovely, if slightly upmarket pub.

6. After a refreshment break, continue to the main road and turn right, using the grass verge where possible. In a short distance, go over a stile on your right and turn immediately left on the grass parallel to the road. As the meadow opens out, veer slightly right to go over a stile and straight across a crop field. An avoidable stile, a drive and another stile lead you along the right-hand side of a pasture. After a line of trees, you are walking beside another pasture similarly. At the other side, go over a stile by a fingerpost and veer right onto a bridleway. At a fork with two large wooden gates, take the left fork as indicated. After a pleasant 500m, keep ahead at a diagonal crossing path by a 4-way fingerpost. Eventually, 1km after the fork, you reach the hamlet of Hooksway opposite the Royal Oak. The Royal Oak is one of the celebrated pubs of the area, more rustic than the White Horse. As well as food and drink, it has quite a history.

7. After your break, facing the pub, turn right and keep straight on avoiding a bridleway through the car park on your left. There are now three possible routes ahead. Avoid the footpath by the wooden gate on your right and the track curving off to the left and take the middle option, passing a sign for a restricted byway uphill.

DISTANCE: 10 miles OS MAPS: Explorer 120 (Chichester) STARTING POINT: The walk begins at Church Farm, Bepton, West Sussex, postcode GU29 0HX. This is approached from the village of Cocking just south of Midhurst and the day’s adventure really begins here as you follow a narrow country lane under an old railway bridge and through the best Sussex farmland to an ancient village hidden beneath the

Your path continues on a straight course, gradually uphill. After more than 1km, you reach a 4-way fingerpost: keep straight ahead, thus joining the South Downs Way (SDW). You will be following the SDW for most of the rest of the way.

Soon there are meadows visible on either side as you go under large beeches. Soon, on your left is a sign for the Devil’s Jumps, a Bronze Age monument and a short diversion not to be missed.

8. Continue along the SDW and shortly ignore a stile and footpath on your left. You are now on a beautiful wide path through a luxurious woodland of tall ash trees. The path curves right imperceptibly. Suddenly you are out of the woods with terrific views on both sides. At the end of the long meadow on your left, ignore a bridleway sharp left. The path rises with a view of Linch Down ahead. At the end of a fence, just after a 3-way fingerpost, turn left on a path that curves right down into trees. The path makes a shallow descent down the side of the hill with Didling Hanger on your left. The path becomes sunken under all beeches and ash. At a junction of paths near a meadow on your left, keep straight on downhill. The path continues between banks and you finally arrive at a drive in front of Linch Farm, through a large metal gate. Turn right and veer right on a tarmac lane, Bugshill Lane again.

After some houses, the church comes into view on your left. The lane bends left under maple and beech. Turn left on a cul-de-sac lane leading back to Church Farm where the walk began.

South Downs. Bepton’s 12th-century church is at the end of a short branch lane. There is a large space provided by the farm for visitors to the church and they welcome walkers.

REFRESHMENTS: Both these pubs are on the route.

The White Horse, Chilgrove (01243 519444) and The Royal Oak, Hooksway (01243 535257).

Image: Linch Down © Copyright Dave Spicer

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please visit http://www.kssairambulance.org.uk/ involved/atschool.

Gardens needed for visitors to enjoy. You are invited to be part of an Open Gardens charity event for The Cellar on Saturday 20th June. Following the success of last year’s event, they are looking for gardens of any size and type in the Godalming area to open from 2pm to 6pm. From the small and simple to the grand and glorious, they don’t have to be perfect. Join Godalming in Bloom and support this local charity. For more information contact Jacky Beale on 01483 423768.

On Thursday 25th June, there’s A Midsummer Evening of Classical Piano by award-winning pianist Emilie Capulet within the Great Hall at Loseley House, Guildford. It’s in aid of Shooting Star Chase. This includes private viewing of the Walled Garden from 6.30pm, a glass of Prosecco and canapés at 7.15pm and the concert begins at 7.45pm.

Tickets are £20 for adults - £10 for children (16 years and under).The music will include Gershwin, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Ravel. Emilie is a knowledgeable musician and will introduce each of the works performed.

Tickets and enquiries to Louise Healy on 01483 898539 or email louise.healy605@btinternet.com.

Aat events have a great sportive coming up on 28th June, just for ladies. This cycling event includes beautiful scenic routes, mobile mechanics and medical care, clear route marking and stops stocked with drinks, home-made cake as well as toilets on route. Starting and finishing at the Surrey Sports Park means there will be plentiful parking,

changing facilities, lockers, showers and Starbucks coffee!

The marked out route takes cyclists out through rolling Hampshire countryside on a 115km (71 mile) or 63km (39 mile) ride. The longer route is challenging enough to put experienced cyclists through their paces, while the shorter route is ideal for those new to the world of sportives!

Women of all ages and abilities are welcome.The race starts between 8am - 9am. Short course - £20 / long course - £22. http://aat-events.com/race/sportive, www.facebook. com/aatevents or @allabouttri.

Come along to the Ewhurst Big Day Out at Hurtwood Park polo ground GU6 7SW on Saturday 18th July. You will get free entry with your car and for one passenger.

As well as cars and other classic vehicles, there will be a polo match, lots of activities including water zorbs, loads of stalls including an on-site bar and food, model planes, tree cutting demos and a dance and drama production. To register your car – or any other classic vehicle - contact Jane Harry on 01483 275047 or on email geoff@ewhurstgreen. fsnet.co.uk before 8th June.

Planning permission for a new bridge just granted by Waverley Borough Council will enable more than a mile of the Wey & Arun Canal to be re-opened for use by small boats. The bridge is to be built at one of the entrances to Dunsfold Aerodrome, at the end of Three Compasses Lane in Alfold, replacing a wartime concrete causeway which currently blocks the waterway. It is part of Wey & Arun Canal Trust’s plan to revive the 19th century canal between Tickner’s Heath in Dunsfold and Fast Bridge on the A281 at Alfold, its first navigation restoration project in Surrey. It is hoped to officially re-open the restored section next year in time for the 200th anniversary of the northern part of the 23-mile long canal being declared open at the Compasses site in September 1816. Although much of the work to be carried out by contractors is fully funded, around £280,000 is still needed to complete the £700,000 restoration project. To make a donation, or volunteer to help with the finishing work, visit www.weyandarun.co.uk.

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The West Surrey Guild was started in 1979 and since then hundreds of members and visitors have enjoyed learning and practising the ancient arts of spinning, weaving and dyeing.

Members of the Guild participate in many local and national events throughout the year, demonstrating their spinning and weaving skills with a variety of wheels, spindles and looms - and inviting visitors of all ages to join in and ‘have a go’.

The picture above shows the Guild’s Millennium Tapestry, created with yarns which were spun, dyed and woven by about 75 Guild Members and can be viewed in Waverley Borough Council Offices.

Left is their 35th birthday cake, including candles, which was created using a Japanese Circle Loom and an Inkle Loom - just two of the wide variety of methods of weaving.

Visitors are welcome to join us at our monthly meetings which are held at the United Reformed Church Hall, 21 South Street, Farnham GU9 7QU on alternate Monday evenings at 7.30pm and Tuesday mornings at 10.30am.

Craft Days are held throughout the month at various loInglis Memorial, ColleytoHill, Reigate cal venues anbd visitors are invited join these too.

May 2015

Programme of Meetings for 2015: Monday Evenings May 11th - Lillian Spibey - Photography - Making the Most of Your Camera.

July 13th - Meike Laurenson - Inspirational Afghan Embroidery Oct 12th - Janet Crowther, Textile Artist - Tingle Factor Notebooks are my Buckets Dec 14th - Hilary Underwood - Spinning and Textile Crafts in Art and Representation of Tools in Use. Tuesday Mornings June 9th - Guild Members Show and Tell - Please come along and see our projects - some finished, some still in progress.

September 8th - Jane Cameron - Silk and Silk Painting.

November 10th - Jane Freear-Wyld – International Tapestry Weaver.

There is a photography workshop - Making the Most of Your Camera with Lillian Spibey on Sunday July 12th at Victoria Hall, Ash Hill Road, Ash GU10 5DN - and spinning and weaving workshops are arranged in the spring and autumn months.

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