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Focus on the children Taking the decision to divorce or separate is not an easy one and this is never truer than when children are involved. Trying to work out the family arrangements following the breakdown of a relationship is difficult with parties trying to balance financial, practical and emotional aspects. Through it all, the children must be at the centre. The policy of the Court is now one of nonintervention and parents, following divorce or separation, are left to make their own arrangements for their children. Making an application to Court is very much the last resort when parties cannot reach agreement either through their own discussion, with the aid of solicitors or in mediation. The Court will only make an order if it considers it is in the best interests of the child to do so. The Court has the power to make a Child Arrangements Order setting out with whom a child is to live and when they will spend time or otherwise have contact with a person. The order can name one or two people as persons with whom the children will live specifying the time that the child will live in each household. This means that a child may live with both parents

in their respective households following separation but the time in those households need not be equal. There is no formula to say how much time a child should spend with the other parent or how the child’s time should be divided between their parents’ respective households. This approach can make it difficult for parents to know how to proceed, but the benefit is that the arrangements made can and will be bespoke to your family. It is important to realise that there should be an element of flexibility to any agreement reached or Order made by the Court to allow for one-off family occasions, a change in circumstances and the child’s needs changing as they grow up. The key for all concerned is finding a way to co-parent going forward. Caroline Keeley: caroline.keeley@twmsolicitors.com

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|| YOUR LOCAL TEAM When you read this, the clocks will have changed and the warm weather will have arrived. That said, I remember one year watching the first Grand Prix of the season alongside a barbecue in February and then having snow in April, so I could well be wrong. Our thoughts will no doubt be turning to holidays and I am very pleased that we are working with a local travel company, Inghams, who are based in Godalming and are wellknown for ski, lake and mountain holidays. They are promoting their summer lakes and mountain breaks in this issue, so do take a look. Coincidentally, I have booked my own walking holiday this spring to Madeira, a new destination to me which has been well recommended. I will report back!

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With the lighter evenings arriving I’m enjoying achieving more in the garden, I hope you are too. This month’s jottings are full of wonderful Easter activities for all the family as well as regular clubs, meetings, talks, exhibitions and concerts for you to join in with. We are so lucky to have such a fabulous community around us, so why not try something new this month? Childhood Eczema and its Challenges Saturday 1 April 2pm The West Surrey and North East Hants Support Group of the National Eczema Society are once again organising an Information Afternoon at the Surrey Technology Centre, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7YG. Their speaker is Anne Marie Sandberg-Price, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Dermatology. She will speak about both the clinical and practical difficulties faced by families whose lives are affected by eczema. Everyone is welcome to come. There is no admission charge but a raffle will be held and donations are most welcome. National Eczema Society literature will be available. For more information please call Vicky on 01483 827668 or visit www.eczema.org. Surrey Hills Enterprises Stone Carving Courses From 4th March to 8th July A fantastic new initiative to be held by multi-award winning stone carver Simon Keeley. They will be holding courses at Birtley House Estate in Bramley, Surrey on five Saturdays, taking you through the various stages of stone carving on this course.

All the dates and information can be found at the Surrey Hills website, www.surreyhills.org/events/stone-carving-courses. Happiness - a play by Paul Mathews at The Nomad Tuesday 4th to Saturday 8th April Things are not always black and white when it comes to love and marriage. Phillipa and Christopher are due to get married in two days’ time but a family funeral leaves Phillipa wondering whether marrying Christopher will bring her the happiness her heart desires. Find out what happens in this funny and well-written play that has many twists and turns to keep you in suspense until the end. Online bookings can be made at www. nomadtheatre.com or phone 01483 284747. Nomad Theatre, Bishopsmead Parade, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 6RT. Piano Recital at Holy Trinity Church Bramley Saturday 1st April 7pm Come to a piano recital with a difference, the theme is bells! Bramley Church has six bells, which are in need of refurbishment (for the first time in over 100 years) and this concert is in support of their bells appeal. They welcome back the talented pianist Paul Guinery. Tickets at £10 are available in advance from Robertsons in Bramley High Street and at the door. If you wish to reserve a ticket call or email Stuart White (stuartwhite@waitrose.com/01483 892645). Guildford Astronomical Society Stargazing Evening Saturday 1st April 7pm-10pm Here’s hoping for clear skies for this free event at Newlands Regain the use of your conservatory

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Charlie and The Chocolate Factory Workshop Tuesday 4th to Thursday 7th April 10am-4pm Four jam packed days of singing, dancing and acting. The workshop will be lead, as always, by a West End actor from the professional production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The cost is £150 and it is held at St Teresa’s School, Effingham, RH5 6ST. For more information please visit www.guildfordfringe.com. Scattered at G Live Guildford Tuesday 4th April Capturing the imagination with its ingenious choreography and incredible set, Scattered is a great family night out for audiences of all ages and dance experience. For more information on this event and others during April, please visit their website www.glive.co.uk or call the box office on 01483 739047. Guildford Travel Club Talk: Patagonia – ‘The Last Place Man Came’ with John Harrison Tuesday 4th April John takes you on a journey to Patagonia and meets tribes who were living a hunter-gatherer existence until quite recently. The Club meets at Onslow Village Hall for illustrated

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bamber is what I describe as a liberal intellectual... he got it straight away and immediately said this would be the perfect place for an opera festival

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

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

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much flora and fauna is the back ground for one of the largest collections of wild waterfowl in the country. There are over 80 species of swans, geese and ducks, many endangered, as well as rare pheasants, cranes and other exotic birds. To share in the wonders of Busbridge Lakes why not visit on one of the open days in April and May. Due to licensing laws, they are now only open for six days this year so please do go and support them. www.busbridgelakes.co.uk. The Easter holidays herald the start of the season, with many of the wonderful local attractions in the area opening their doors for the first time this year. Our beautiful countryside and gardens are ablaze with colour from daffodils to bluebells. There is also a strong desire to consume chocolate! And to find something to amuse the children who are on a two week break from school – and then to cap it all – many places get booked up! So pop along to www. visitguildford.com and check out the Easter Events pages to find a list of all the events taking place over the Easter weekend – and pre-book where possible. For more information and advice, contact the Guildford Tourist Information Centre on 01483 444333 or email tic@guildford.gov.uk.

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My favourite cut flowers... I'd like to introduce you to some of my favourite cut flowers; these beautiful, easy-to-grow flowers don't require any cosseting. You can sow these flowers from seed this month directly where they are to flower, so there's no messing about with potting seedlings on, and no need for a greenhouse or any special kit or equipment.

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Lagurus ovatus 'Bunny Tails' is a super-hardy annual to grow; happiest when sown directly onto sandy soil, this lovely grass produces soft, silky panicles, which are green at first and fade to cream as they age. These pretty panicles, which resemble cute bunny tails, are easily dried and last indefinitely.

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<34 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Guildford Wey Valley Decorative and Fine Arts Society Thursday 20th April 10.45am Enjoy a mystery but looking for a different twist? Then please join them, in Shalford Village Hall, for their next lecture, by Leslie Primo, entitled “The Wilton Diptych” and explore the hidden meaning of this painting and what it says about England at the turn of the 15th Century. Refreshments are available from 9.30am and the lecture starts at 10.45am. New members and visitors are warmly welcomed. Contact the Membership Secretary on 01483 423090 or visit their website at www.gwvdfas.org.uk.

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The 2017 Guildford in Bloom Schools Gardening Competition Open to all schools in the Borough of Guildford. This year the theme is ‘The seaside’. They are looking for imaginatively themed gardens or novel containers. Why not pay a visit to the coast for some inspiration. The aim is for you to enjoy yourselves and have fun. Send your name and contact details to parks@guildford.gov.uk and start planning your garden ready for judging in June. Closing Date is the 26th May. For more information visit www.guildford.gov.uk/guildfordinbloom, email parks@ guildford.gov.uk or telephone 01483 444715. Regency Dinner and Pride and Prejudice Film Screening at The Lightbox Woking Friday 21st April 7pm 2017 marks not only the 10th anniversary of The Lightbox, but also the 200th anniversary of one of Britain’s greatest literary minds, Jane Austen. Guests will be invited to sample several dishes from the banquet table. After dinner, guests will round of the themed evening with a screening of the 2005 film version of Pride & Prejudice. Every guest will leave with a Regency-inspired goody bag filled with a Jane Austen novel, Regency recipes and other literary goodies. Tickets are £49 for Adults. For bookings visit www.thelightbox.org.uk or call 01483 737800. The Unattached Group (TUG) Spring Activities The Unattached Group (TUG) is a Surrey based group of about 70 single professional people aged 49 - 69 who enjoy times together including informal weekly pub meets as well as meals out, theatre and cinema trips, walks, quizzes, bridge, opera and book clubs. New members are most welcome. For more details go to www. theunattachedgroup.co.uk or call Maggie on 07855 008897. The Hundred Watt Club – Burlesque and Cabaret Saturday 22nd April 8pm Join Hundred Watt Club and Guildford Fringe Theatre Company for an evening of vintage inspired glamour, laughs and wild abandon! Glamorous, red carpet and vintage attire for both men and women encouraged but not enforced! Over 18s only. Held at the The Electric theatre, Onslow Street, Guildford. Tickets are £15.00. Visit www. guildfordfringe.com for details. April 2017

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Bridge Afternoon at Bramley Infant School Thursday 27th April 2.15pm to 5.15pm A delicious tea will be served during the afternoon with a variety of sandwiches and cakes. There will also be a raffle with goodies to be won. The cost of a table (4 people) is £40. To reserve places and for more information, please call 01483 239375 or email catherinedunstan@hotmail.co.uk.

West Surrey Decorative and Fine Arts Society ‘Trumpets Galore’ Lecture Tuesday 25th April 10.30am Trumpet player, Crispian Steele-Perkins, will talk about the history of the trumpet and its development through various stages of mechanisation. Instruments from Crispian’s collection will be shown and played. Meeting in Shalford Village Hall on the fourth Tuesday in the month at 9.45am for coffee. The lecture starts at 10.30am. New members and visitors are very welcome. For details please visit www.nadfas-westsurrey.co.uk or by calling 01483 272332.

Spring Craft Fair at RHS Wisley 27th April to 1st May Over 170 exhibitors will offer the chance to buy direct from the best artists and makers in the UK and enjoy the beautiful and inspiring setting of the garden in spring. See all that shines at the Festival of Silver, a collection of some of the finest contemporary British silversmithing created by established and up-and-coming UK silversmiths in the Glasshouse Gallery. Normal Garden admission applies. Visit www.rhs.org.uk/wisley for full details.

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1. On line application viahelp our web siteneeded. confirming name, address and other details. for pens that professional is often Melody Care has an enviable reputation Live-In Care Assistants to help share the burden. Whatever the circumstances 2. providing Submission of a detailed CV listing all previous work experience and qualifi cations. be, Melody Care will designed be there when the help isTest, needed most. 3. might Completion of a specially Psychometric which helps us to determine character, integrity and attitude towards vulnerable people. Recommended 4. Highly A telephone interview typically lasting 15 minutes. Care areinterview increasingly being recommended by health professionals and grateful clients 5. Melody A face to face typically lasting 90 minutes. whoof have at first hand the wonderful care provided by the Melody Care 6. alike Copies theexperienced carers passport, driving licence, utility bill, bank statement andteam. any “Each of your carers I have met are lovely! We all really appreciate the care package you have relevant training certifi catesshort are taken partone of the process to Another confirmwrote: their “Melody identity set up so efficiently at such notice”as wrote client recently. and status. Care have done a wonderful job of looking after mum and I know she is very fond of her carer. would also like say how accommodating haveplaces all been andhave the care mum has5 7. ICompletion of atoregistration form listing you all the they livedthat in the last received been really is excellent.” years. Thishas information then used to apply to the “Disclosure and Barring Service” to check there is no criminal record (previously known as CRB check). Melody Care also Attitude apply to theLive-In Independent to ensure carer is not Providing care takesSafeguarding a very special Authority kind of person. Melodythe Care select theirregistered carers for understanding, as well as their abilitywith to run a house and care in all regards ontheir any patience list that and would preclude them from working vulnerable adults. our clients. We also the provide extensive trainingand using our own reference in-house training depart8. for Melody Care contact previous employer a personal to verify that ment. This is to ensure each carer is up to date and fully conversant with current rules and they have provided these and that the information given is genuine and complete. regulations. Before the service begins we would always meet with our clients and their family 9. to Finally, Melody Care arrange for any additional training that needs to be done toand be determine exactly what their needs and desires might be. We then produce a detailed undertaken. Sometimes “refresher” course is required and Melody Care provide this. personal care plan so thatathe Live-In Care Assistant knows exactly what is expected of them.

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A typical day for aMelody Melody Some of the things Care do for anyAssistant client: Carecan Live-In Care w Arise and prepare the house for the day

(draw curtains, open& windows, etc) • Personal Care Support w Feed and walk any pets • Toileting, bathing, washing w and Deliver morning tea or breakfast, dressing newspaper and post in bed or to desired • Help with getting up in the location morning andwith going to bed w Prompt or assist any medication requirements at night Prepare bathroom for washing •w Overnight sleep-over or w Assist with all aspects of personal care waking night if necessary (including toileting, bathing, etc) • Meal preparation Assist with dressing and hair care etc •w Overseeing Medication Perform household duties •w Shopping, collecting (cleaning, laundry, etc) • Prescriptions or pensions w Accompany Client to shops/dentist/ • Dementia Carefriends or family doctor/hairdresser/ •w Rehabilitation aftercare at Prepare and serve lunch w home Break 14.00-17.00hrs Perform household •w Respite Care duties (cleaning, laundry, etc) • Palliative Care w Prepare and serve dinner • Help with learning, physical w Close down the house for the night and disabilities (drawsensory curtains, turn on night lights, lock doors and windows etc) • Escorted outings Run a bath and prepare bedroom •w General housework and w Assist with all aspects of personal care domestic chores and undressing, ready for bed.

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Spring Lamb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Petit pois à la française Ingredients:

Method:

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

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

Serves 4-6

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

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Grange Park Opera Various dates throughout the summer The inaugural season at the Theatre in the Woods opens 8th June 2017 but the first night is sold out. With productions of ‘Tosca’, featuring Joseph Calleja, Die Walküre and Jenufa, plus an evening with Bryn Terfel and Zenaida Yanowsky, Principal Artist with the Royal Ballet, it will be a very special summer. Booking is now open and you can see the 2017 season brochure, which includes a booking form, for dates, ticket prices and a seating plan at www.grangeparkopera. co.uk. The Horsley & Clandon Society of Arts Talks Wednesday, 28th April at 8pm The Society has a double bill this month, with two guest speakers: Julian Pooley from Surrey History Centre giving a talk on Gertrude Jekyll and David Williams on History of photography from 400BC to the Box Brownie. Held in the East Horsley Village Hall. Visitors are always welcome (£4). Refreshments are available and there is ample parking. For further information contact Mrs Robyn Cormack (Secretary) on 01483 224063. Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Book a talk about their life-saving work The Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance is inviting local groups, clubs, societies and other organisations to book Wood_Layout 16:05 Page 1 aPilgrim talk (free of charge) to 1find14/10/2013 out more about their work. By inviting one of their volunteer speakers to your group,

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you will be helping to raise awareness of their work and therefore ensuring they can be there for those who need it, now and in the future. For more information or to book a talk, please contact us on 01622 833833 or email talks@ kssairambulance.org.uk Picnic on the Pitch at Godalming Town Football Club Saturday 29th April 11am-4pm Fun for all the family. Bring your blanket, relax on the grass and enjoy a picnic whilst being entertained by some local music. Activities include fun activity inflatables, facepainters, tombola and a variety of stalls to help raise some money for Shooting Star Chase. Tickets are £20 on the door (under 14’s go free) or £15 if you book your tickets online at www.eventbrite.co.uk. Mole Valley Ramblers Spring Walk Festival Saturday 29th April to Sunday 7th May Their Group are holding nine days of walking with two or more walks every day, aiming to encourage all ages to join in and experience the Surrey countryside and exercise for healthy living. There’s something for everyone. Detailed information for each individual walk will be published on the Mole Valley Ramblers website, www.molevalleyramblers. org.uk/festival. Cats Protection Guildford and Godalming Branch. Saturday 29th April Your support would be most welcome at St. John’s Spring

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

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

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