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Haslemere, Midhurst & Petworth • July 2016

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July sees the start of the Guildford Fringe, which offers a month long programme of arts and entertainment. There is much to see and do, so please take a look at their website www.guildfordfringe.com and get involved.

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Jottings is your community noticeboard for local events and information, edited by Nick and Angie Crisell. To feature here, please email us at jottings@vantagepublishing.co.uk by the copy date shown below. Please note that space is limited and inclusion cannot be guaranteed.

I thought I would share this with you. We have recently had a bad attack from slugs, which seem extremely partial to Lupins. We read that slugs really like beer so we have sunk a few plastic cups in the ground and filled them with beer.

Well, what a success; the bar is open every night and the slugs are wallowing in it, literally! It does seem to work and the Lupins are surviving. Don’t worry; this is not the start of garden tips from the Jotters! If you are off on your family holidays later this month, have a wonderful time.

The Haslemere Fringe Festival Friday 1st Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July This is a fantastic, three-day family friendly experience which returns to Lion Green, just off Weyhill. The Fringe offers the very best in alternative and popular music, classical and contemporary dance, arts and crafts, performance poetry, zany inter-school poetry slams, drama and theatre, children’s entertainment, hysterical comedy clubs and a huge range of exciting activities.

Haslemere Town Band The band has been in existence for nearly 180 years. A few years ago they were a strong 4th Section band but unfortunately membership has dropped, although they still have a good nucleus of players. School leavers go on to uni, players move and other bands poach their best players!

New players have been slow to take their place. So, did you used to play a brass instrument or percussion? Are you learning now? Would you like to learn to play? Currently they need 2 trombone players but more importantly they have 7 empty cornet seats, including the complete front row.

They are really concerned that this November, for the first time ever, they may not be able to play at the Haslemere Remembrance Day Service in Haslemere High Street. The band meets every Thursday evening at the United Reform Church, Beacon Hill from 7.45pm-9.45pm. David Wright,

Head of Brass at Charterhouse has been their MD for the past year. Any age group and all instruments are welcome.

Any standards would also be welcome, as we know that David intends to start the Training band again in September.

They have instruments to borrow. If you are interested or would like more information, contact Sandra Margetts, Haslemere Town Band Secretary on 07708 334179 or email sandra14hurst@hotmail.com.

Cowdray Park Farm Shop Saturday 2nd July 10am-3pm There’s a Summer Tasting Day at Cowdray Farm Shop on the courtyard in front of the shop. Local suppliers will be on hand offering a chance to taste their wonderful produce. Suppliers will include: Langham Brewery, Noble and Stace chocolatiers, Upperton Sparkling Wine, Ouse Valley Preserves and Springs Smoked Salmon. In addition, Neal’s Yard Dairy, and Cowdray’s Deer Manager, Jason will also be there and they’ll be cooking up some tasty treats on the barbecue. Everyone is welcome and entry is free.

Also, it’s barbecue season at Cowdray and the team will be barbecuing meat joints, accompanied by a selection of delicious salads, on the terrace outside the Cafe. Served every Saturday, Sunday and August Bank Holiday Monday from 12pm until 3pm throughout the summer months.

Takeaways are also available. Cowdray Farm Shop Cafe is open 9am-5pm daily. For more details, email farmshop@ cowdray.co.uk or call 01730 815152.

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mayhem. This is your chance to step back in time and experience the verve and vigour of a world where lives were harsh and hearts were passionate at this unique, fun and educational day out for all the family.

As you enter the realm of the Middle Ages, prepare yourself, for you will be greeted by a sight not seen on these lands for hundreds of years, a living medieval encampment. Here in the Living History Village, the inhabitants go about their daily life with the smiths sharpening swords and axes as their good wives cook stew over steaming pots. In the battlefield beyond, harken to the call of booming cannon fire, the clash of steel on steel and experience the authenticity of the mighty battle taking place in front of your eyes.

We preview a festival of mediaeval mayhem, which takes place in Loxwood the first two weekends in August...

As with most things mediaeval, crime and punishment were a grim affair. Murderers were given the same trials as apple thieves and both usually met the same grizzly end.

Mediaeval life was a terrifying one. But nothing brings that reality to light more than the gruesome and frightening apparition that is the Executioner. Dressed in all black, wielding an axe or scythe, this fearsome arbiter of the law was once all that stood between the good folk of the realm and the gallows.

From the first moment you walk through the gates and see the sign saying ‘You are now entering the 15th Century. Laws of the year 1455 now apply. You have been warned’, you will be transported back in time in a unique, tree-surrounded seven meadow location, shielding you from the modern world outside. You can then go forward to explore the many areas full of all the wonders of the Middle Ages.

Over the bridge dwells the den of the witches and their black cauldron, so prepare to be bewildered or enlightened by their strange and arcane delights. These creatures most foul will lure and beguile you with their spells and incantations, but be brave and you may be rewarded instead with a charm or two.

This Mediaeval Festival was started by Legend Presents in 2002 at Berkeley, Gloucestershire and ran there successfully until 2007 when the site flooded. After four years of looking for the perfect site, the magical Loxwood Meadow was found and The Loxwood Joust has now been running here since 2012. Starting as a one weekend event, always the first weekend in August, it expanded in 2015 to accommodate the growing interest and is now a permanent fixture on the first two weekends of August.

Harken to the call of booming cannon fire, the clash of steel on steel and experience the authenticity of the mighty battle taking place in front of your eyes.

The Loxwood Joust is the most spectacular mediaeval festival in the land and explores the full richness of our country’s grand heritage with an unrivalled programme of mediaeval

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Nestled in the heart of the woodland area you will find the Mead Shack. Loxwood Joust Mead is the ‘Nectar of the Gods’ and this golden liqueur of poets, lovers and kings can be sampled and enjoyed whilst absorbing all this unique experience has to offer. At the main concert stage the internationally acclaimed

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Far left: A Red and Yellow Knight; Left: The executioner; Above: The falconer; Right: A girl with ribbons

Mediaeval Baebes will entice, entrance and soothe their audience with magical voices that will be heard all across the Loxwood fields, and it is here that you will also see the hypnotic belly dancers and will laugh along with the talented performing mummers.

Beyond the woodlands lies the mighty jousting arena. In the heart of the Midsummers Meadow the knights come to earn honour and valour before the watching eyes of the crowd. With the pounding of horses’ hooves as they thunder their way across the field, the magnificent fully armoured jousting knights present a fastpaced, all action jousting tournament that will always amaze and astound.

So as you venture forth, you must take your time to look around at the variety of treats in store.

When not in flight, the hawks, owls, falcons and other birds of prey, rest on their perches giving you the chance to see the hunters of the skies up close. And you cannot miss the Mediaeval Market Place where traders and hawkers vie for your attention. Traders skilled in authentic medieval techniques and products bring their wares to sell, just like peddlers of old. Try to see if you cannot hawk a bargain at Traders Row where the merchants have gathered together, bringing with them trinkets and treasures and all manner of goodies for your pleasure.

As companies of actors, wandering minstrels, the Court Jester and dance troupes entertain and delight throughout the day, ‘Sir Lancelot the Bald’ will be found resplendent in tights.

This bright character will have you in stitches with his improbable stunts and cheeky comedy. See him roll crystal balls across his head, juggle copious amounts of fire and most amazingly of all, with support from the audience, walk a rope whilst playing with some deadly sharp knives.

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Now the question to ask is have you ever wondered what mediaeval underwear looked like? If indeed they even wore underwear back in those days. And just exactly how long did it take to get dressed in all that garb? How does one tie a corset?

Why did men wear tights? And exactly what is a Coif? All this and more is answered in person by the Mediaeval Housewife, as she presents to you the dirty laundry of the Middle Ages.

Whilst exploring the abundance of all things is mediaeval, you will locate the Loxwood Tavern and a surrounding collection of foods and drinks stalls. Gorge yourselves on the many varied and wonderful foods on offer and make sure you rest a while on the hay bales scattered about whilst you take in the living history around you.

And then in the far corner of the Midsummers Meadow nestles the Children’s Kingdom. A festival within a festival, where the Mediaeval Groat is the currency, there is all manner of exciting activities from Have a Go Archery, Pelt the Peasant, Face and Wound Painting and of course the, Bouncy Castle.

Encamped within the Children’s Kingdom you will also find sword school, giving both adults and children the chance experience the life of a knight in training and more importantly learn some longsword moves. Here you will have the opportunity to test your bow skills against an exciting range of targets. Would you have been able to feed your family back in medieval times? Can you hit the 3D life-size boar and stag?

So there you have it, The Loxwood Joust is a festival like no other, one of history and discovery and everything else in between. You are welcomed to your heritage and all are invited to an exciting mediaeval day out, as history comes to life each day from 10am to 6pm. Look at our online competitions for a chance to win family tickets - www.vantagepointmag.co.uk.

FIND OUT MORE The Loxwood Joust’s unrivalled programme of mediaeval revelry, guarantees a day out like no other, takes place on the 6th, 7th, 13th and 14th August.

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<6 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Pat’s Cats Summer Fair Saturday 2nd July 10.00am - 12 noon The annual Pat’s Cats Summer Fair will be taking place in the Midhurst Methodist Church Hall. All the usual stalls will be available, gifts, bric-a-brac, books, etc and the ever popular raffle and tombola. As usual there will be a mouthwatering selection of home made cakes and marmalade to choose from. This year there will also be a beautiful selection of hand-made cards for sale - you’ll be sure to find something for every occasion. Admission 50p or a tin of cat food and this includes tea, coffee and biscuits. For further information, or if you have any items you would like to donate, please call 01730 810878.

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Surrey Hills Society From Sunday 3rd July Surrey Hills Society offers a wide ranging programme of exclusive talks, visits and short, focussed walks. All of these are designed to increase the understanding and awareness of the special landscape and features which characterise the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This month on Sunday 3rd July they will explore Farnham on their free guided walk. On Monday 4th July, come and join them on an exclusive visit to Waverley Abbey House, a charming Grade II listed Georgian mansion, followed by an exploration of the stunning ruins of Waverley Abbey. On Wednesday 20th July, they will take you to a fully hosted day exploring the history and sights of Farnham. We will discover the wonderful architecture, meet some its interesting people and learn what makes Farnham such a Surrey gem. On Saturday 30th July, there is a guided afternoon in Pixham, Dorking.

They will take you to visit the interesting Patchworking garden and walk through the gardens of Lady Wedgwood at Pixham Mill. Booking is essential to all these events. Further detail and more information on the Society can be found on www.surreyhillssociety.org or 07530 949302. In addition to their events, they also have experienced speakers who would be happy to give a talk about the Surrey Hills to your organisation in exchange for a donation to the Society. If you think that your organisation might be interested, please

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Haslemere Town Walk Sunday 3rd July 2.30pm Meet outside Haslemere Museum and learn more about Haslemere High Street and the fascinating history of the town with this guided walk by local historian Tim Winter. No need to book, just turn up! For more details contact visit www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk or phone: 01428 642112.

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West Sussex Decorative and Fine Arts Society Tuesday 5th July 2pm The lecture given by Dr Twigs Way will be Lancelot ‘Capability Brown’ – Landscape Art & Dame Nature. Tea and cakes follow the lecture and meetings are held in Fittleworth Village Hall. Coffee is available from 1.20pm.

For membership details contact Jackie Buckler on 01903 411086. Visitors are welcome for a fee of £8.

Haslemere Gardening Society Wednesday 6th July Members will complete their programme of coach outings with visits to two really special gardens in Kent. First to Marle Place Garden with enchanting tree lined avenues, rose gardens and a well stocked kitchen garden. Then to the iconic Sissinghurst designed by Vita Sackville West and her husband Harold Nicholson. This world famous garden is now

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Fernhurst Centre Are you needing help to get started with your iPad - our £20 two week course iPad - Beginners (2 x two-hour sessions) covers WiFi, Apps, downloading and uploading photos etc via ‘the Cloud’, printing and much more. Wednesday 6th and 13th July 10.30am-2.30pm. Would you like to know more about ‘The Cloud’? We are planning a new session to help you please email your interest to us at ferncent@gmail.com and we’ll get in touch with a date. Details for other courses are on our website www.fernhurstcentre.org.uk and places must be booked in advance either on 01428 641931 or email us at ferncent@gmail.com.

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P-p-p-pick up a puppy!

Emma Marchington MRCVS, of Brelades Vets in Dorking, offers advice to anyone thinking of getting a dog There is a lot to consider when getting a new dog.

Whether you have had dogs for years, not had a dog since your childhood or a first time dog owner, it is a very exciting time but not a decision to be rushed. The first things to consider are why you want a dog and how it is going to fit into your life.

Dogs can make excellent companions, be fun and loyal members of the family and get you out into the fresh air, even on the wettest and windiest of days. Everyone knows that dogs are a responsibility and your life will have to change to accommodate their needs, but there is much more to consider than that.

First is the cost. You need to look far beyond the cost of simply buying your new puppy. Most people will know to budget for monthly food and annual vet’s bills, but there are many more costs to think about. Dog insurance is certainly advisable, and you should shop around to find a good policy at a good price.

Make sure you know exactly what cover you are getting for your monthly payments and bear in mind that the cost per year is likely to increase as the dog ages. For example, you will pay a premium to have a ‘for life’ cover but it means that if a condition is diagnosed at any age this will be continued to be covered under your policy for the whole of your dog’s life, otherwise it is often excluded after the first year.

You may need to make adaptions to your car like a dog crate or dog bars, and you should certainly make sure your garden is dog proof. That means closing any holes in the fence, and making sure any gates are secure.

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will also need to consider costs of day-to-day care as as the occasional kennels or sitter when you are away on

holiday. If you are out at work during the day, be realistic about the costs of a dog walker or dog day care. Just like child care these can quickly mount up.

If you have never had the responsibility of owning your own dog before, I would recommend borrowing a friend’s dog for the weekend. This will give you a taste for the dayto-day ups and downs of owning a dog. You will have to forfeit that long Sunday morning lie-in to get up and let the dog out for the loo, but on the plus side you do get to enjoy a nice morning walk before lunch.

Puppies don’t come ready trained and, although toilet training is usually top of people’s minds, the first few months are critical for lots of other things too. Getting your puppy well socialised is key to having a confident, well-rounded dog which is good with other dogs and people, especially children - and this takes time.

It is certainly worth buying a dog training book, and making time to go to puppy socialisation classes, but this alone won’t be enough. You have to be out there with your dog, guiding it through all these new experiences. If you start to see unwanted behaviour don’t wait and allow it to become learnt, go and seek advice.

There are dog behaviourists that can do oneon-one visits to work through problems like snapping at other dogs, separation anxiety when left alone, or if you are struggling to master recall.

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There is much more to consider, but for now let’s look at that initial choice – which dog is best for you and your lifestyle. Firstly you need to decide whether you want a puppy or an adult dog – or even something in-between.

Gun dogs, for instance, are often sold parttrained at adolescence.

Your next decision is whether to have a male or female dog. This is largely a matter of personal preference and there is no right or wrong decision. There are lots of clichés and although there seems to be an element of truth in these stereotypes, in my experience it often just comes down to the individual personality of the dog.

Females are typically thought to be easier to train as a result of being less distractable while male dogs are meant to be more loving and be focused on people’s attention. Saying that, my labrador bitch is very loving but very easily distracted whilst training, so there are no hard and fast rules.

You need to think about your home and environment as a whole when choosing a suitable dog. For instance, do you have a garden or easy access to nearby outdoor space for toileting? Do you have good safe walks nearby? If you are trying to fit in a decent morning walk with your dog in the week around a school run or work, then having easy access to a local walk will be very important.

It is likely that the whole family will be sharing the day-to-day chores, and having a dog will certainly impact everyone’s life. Everyone should be on board and actually want a dog.

It can be a good idea to sit down and figure out a typical week, to make sure everyone is committed and able to do their share. It is important to have a contingency plan if an emergency comes up, as the dog will still need feeding, walking and looking after regardless.

It is good to sound out neighbours, friends or other family members for these emergencies.

Deciding on a breed is much like choosing the sex of your dog and is a very individual decision.

Some people will say that certain breeds are best suited to certain lifestyles or situations – if only it was that simple, although there is some truth in it. If you live in a flat then a Great Dane will be less suitable than a Shih Tzu. There is a lot of guidance online. For instance, the Kennel Club have a very informative breed July 2016

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People often try to match breeds with their lifestyle and family situation, but things are never that simple. Your choice will be influenced by personal tastes and perhaps your experience with dogs you grew up with. It is important to do some research, however, to make sure that the dog you’re considering is suitable for your situation. Here is a quick guide to the characteristics and needs of some of the most popular breeds.

Labradors are widely regarded as a good all-round dog equally suited to family life or working as a gun dog trained to retrieve. They do need a substantial amount of exercise but generally will settle well in-between long walks. Labradors can be prone to inherited eye, elbow and hip problems so if you are getting a puppy do make sure that both the parents were throughly checked.

Cocker spaniels are another popular family dog known to be highly sociable and intelligent. They are smaller than labradors but certainly just as lively and will spend much of their time hunting through the undergrowth when out on walks. Like a labrador, they will require a substantial amount of exercise and have a long life-span.

Dachshunds were originally bred for working: going underground or tracking game. Despite their size they still need significant walking and have a long lifespan, averaging over 12 years. They can be quiet independent and single-minded as well as being very loyal and playful. Sadly they are prone to back problems which can require specialist surgery.

Greyhounds are often exceptionally good with people and despite being quite large dogs are known to be gentle. However their instinct to chase and kill is very much in their genes, and they find it hard to resist chasing smaller animals such as rabbits, cats and even smaller dogs. It is possible to cat-train greyhounds but this requires patience and plenty of time. Many greyhounds are available to rescue after being raced, and there are specialist rescue charities that you can contact directly.

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Collies were originally used for herding, often working closely with farm animals.

They are typically extremely loyal, very intelligent, and enjoy working closely with their owner whilst being physically and mentally stimulated. There are some excellent agility classes and clubs which will be great fun for both of you.

German Shepherds were originally used for herding and flock guarding and nowadays are often used by the military and police. They are loyal, trainable and highly intelligent. They can also be prone to hip problems so make sure you do your research. They are big dogs with males averaging between 30-40kg and require a lot of exercise.

Border Terriers were also originally working dogs, used to kill vermin and go to ground. Terriers typically are tenacious and charismatic and can be feisty. That said borders tend to be one of the more relaxed terriers. They stay at a medium to small size, and are bright, energetic dogs with naturally good temperaments.

Yorkshire Terriers remain very small dogs and have a long life expectancy, often well over twelve years. They do not require exceptionally long walks and stay light enough to carry comfortably.

They often love attention but don’t let their size fool you as they are often quite bold and independent as well as being inquisitive. They can be tricky to toilet train – but so can any dog.

Getting Humphrey Humphrey was my first dog and it took me a long time to decide that I could accommodate a dog in my life. Being single, busy editing this magazine and also a councillor, I knew I would need good back-up from friends and family, which happily was forthcoming. I also needed a relaxed dog who could come with me to work and one I could leave at home at times when I was busy. Being a walker, I was happy with a dog that needed exercise and so Humphrey the black labrador joined me in September 2014 and we’ve never looked back! SR

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information centre covering over 200 breeds on their website, giving guidance on size, average exercise requirements, grooming and average life span.

If you have a breed in mind, it is definitely worth considering that some breeds have inherited illnesses that they can be more prone to. The more you know going into the decision-making process the easier it will be to identify possible problems, and the more likely you are to end up with a dog that suits you and your lifestyle.

Remember that there are many dogs in rescue centres up and down the country that are desperate for homes. Do bear in mind that with a rescue dog you do not always know their full history or what past experiences they may have gone through. Most rescue centres are very good at highlighting dogs which have issues, for example with other dogs or children. Some issues may take time to show; for example the dog may be good with people out of the house but not good when new people come into their home.

If you have young children then getting a dog brings added responsibilities. No matter how good a dog seems with kids, you are responsible for teaching your children to respect boundaries around the dog, and not leaving them alone with the dog or in vulnerable positions (for example next to the dog when you feed it).

It takes a special sort of owner with the time to dedicate to dogs which have known issues but it can be extremely rewarding to rebuild the trust and confidence of a vulnerable dog.

Realistically, though, not all issues can be fully resolved and coping mechanisms may need to be in place for the rest of the dog’s life – and this goes back to making an informed decision right from the start.

The important thing is not to rush into a decision. Enjoy researching which dog is right for you and open up a whole new exciting chapter to share with your new best friend.

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<13 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD no Briton has ever entered. Immortality beckons; all he has to do is leap off a 200-metre high cliff, repeatedly! Then next is Hail Caesar which is a comedy set in a 1950’s Hollywood film studio. Eddie Mannix makes problems disappear, and today there are plenty: the wholesome star of several waterbased musicals is unmarried and pregnant, to its director’s horror a sophisticated drawing-room comedy has just been recast with a singing cowboy, and the lead in a glossy and expensive biblical epic has been kidnapped by communists!

Tickets for each standard screening cost £5 (£3 for children under 15) on the door, or in advance via www. chiddingfoldcinema.com or from Chiddingfold Post Office.

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the team will be barbecuing meat joints, accompanied by a selection of delicious salads, on the terrace outside the Cafe.

Served every Saturday, Sunday and August Bank Holiday Monday from 12pm until 3pm throughout the summer months. Takeaways are also available. The Cowdray Farm Shop Cafe is open 9am-5pm daily.

Bramley Music Saturday 9th July 7pm Go along and hear ‘Sticking Together’ taking place in Holy Trinity Church, Bramley with Tom Hollister wielding the sticks on percussion together with Richard Saxel on piano. Tom, who is in his final year at the Royal College of Music, brings his characteristic humour and charm to an entertaining recital featuring a wide range of instruments and musical styles, together with pianistic contributions from Richard who is Head of Performance at Cranleigh School.

The charity they are supporting is the Rosemary Foundation, which provides a ‘Hospice at Home’ service. Tickets are £10 (under 18s and students £5) and are available at the door or in advance from Robertsons in Bramley High Street, or they can be reserved via Stuart White on 01483 892645, or email stuartwhite@waitrose.com. There is also a free glass of wine or soft drink in the interval! Any enquiries, contact Stuart.

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Following the popularity of the under and over 11’s classes at the Spring Show, Garden in Containers and Garden on a Plate are the Group Class titles. Come and enjoy the colours and scents of summer. Grayshott Gardeners meet on the second Wednesday of the month for garden related lectures.

For further information www.grayshottgardeners.net or info@grayshottgardeners.net New members and visitors are always welcome. The Membership Secretary is Mrs Jane Jones, telephone 01428 604449.

new ones. Also, on 12th July they will meet at a Guildford Church to identify energies within the Church and learn how these energies should be respected. On 31st July they will be manning a stand at the Rural Life Centre Tilford and encouraging people to sense energy lines. They normally meet in Godalming and you would be most welcome. They run training courses and are looking into running a Mothers and Daughters workshop in the near future. Last month one of their members gave a demonstration at Hagthornes Nurseries Open Day in Bisley to show how dowsing can be used in gardening. For further information, contact Michael Haxeltine on 01252 541639 or Geoff Mitchell on 01276 472977.

Grayshott Flower Club Wednesday 9th July 7pm A workshop with Dee Kelly will take place at the July meeting of Grayshott Flower Club. Dee will be showing how to decorate a frame using natural materials. Fresh or dried flowers, seedheads, even dried pasta can be used.

For further information telephone 01428 651956. The club meets on the first Wednesday of the month at Grayshott Village Hall; doors open at 7pm for refreshments. New members and visitors always welcome.

Liphook in Bloom Sunday 10th July 9.30am Liphook in Bloom members will be meeting at Midhurst Road car park at 9.30am ready to give all the flower beds and containers a tidy up. New volunteers are always welcomed and rewarded with a Kit Kat at coffee time! For more information go to www.liphookinbloom.co.uk or give Irene Ellis a call on 01428 723823.

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Midhurst Garden Club Monday 11th July 7pm The talk for this month is ‘Midsummer in the Garden’ and the Speaker is Janet Bligh (landscape designer) who lives locally near Petersfield. Janet has, in the past exhibited at Chelsea and has a love of ‘Hands On Gardening’. They hope

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Electric Car Our motoring correspondent, Andy Goundry, takes a look at the pros and cons Our recent feature on future motoring attracted several queries asking whether electric cars were really as limited in use as the article suggested. In part, these queries were driven by the continuing promotion of zero-emissions electric cars, not least from our Government, often promising climatic doom unless we all immediately forsake our beloved petrol (and diesel) cars and buy clean, green, electric wheels. Indeed, the Government’s stated objective is for every car on the road to be zero-emissions by 2050.

So in this feature we look at the real-world, hands-on use of electric cars in more detail, to consider whether we should indeed all jump aboard the Government’s hoped-for electric revolution.

Few things polarise motoring discussions more than the subject of electric cars. Proponents argue that they save the planet, whilst detractors raise a number of real, and imagined, drawbacks; not least the thorny question of where the electricity to power them is going to come from at a time when the UK’s generating capacity is reducing steadily, due to the EU demand for closure of the most polluting power stations.

Let’s deal with this one first. Both the UK Department of Transport and the Royal Academy of Engineering have estimated that if the UK switched to electric vehicles, electricity demand would rise about 16%. Whilst this would represent a significant increase in electricity demand, the take-up of electric cars will inevitably be gradual, and so the long-term power supply situation should be manageable – provided of course that the Government presses ahead quickly with developing additional generating capacity. In fact, the UK’s electricity supply problem is perhaps not so much one of having enough maximum capacity as managing the peaks and troughs of electricity demand such as occur when we all switch on our kettles after watching a favourite TV programme. Intriguingly,

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having a sizeable number of suitably-designed electric cars in the UK could offer the prospect of these being used to manage those peaks in demand by using the electrical energy stored in their battery packs, when parked and plugged-in, to feed into the electricity grid in times of shortage, recharging when the electricity demand - and price - was lower.

Nay-sayers also delight in reminding us that whilst electric cars may be emissions-free on the road, generating the electricity to power them just moves the emissions to the power stations. However, this ironically becomes much less of an issue as the more polluting coal-fired power stations are closed down.

And this objection also conveniently overlooks the fact that production of petrol and diesel in itself demands the use of vast amounts of electricity. In fact, some analysts believe that the electricity saved by not refining petrol and diesel would be enough to power every vehicle by electricity. So, surely, it would be far better to ‘cut out the middleman’ and use this electricity to power cars directly.

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MOTORING conventional petrol or diesel motor. Some public recharging points such as the Ecotricity network currently provide free electricity, and even if you need to recharge from your domestic supply this will still only cost around one-quarter of the cost of petrol or diesel fuel. Servicing costs should be less, too, as electric cars are generally simpler and more reliable. So, on running costs, we have a big plus for electric cars, even without taking into account any savings from their exemption from the London Congestion Charge, not to mention highly attractive tax rates for company car users.

Images, clockwise from immediate left: the Tesla Model S, ‘gold standard of electric cars’; the spacious BMW i3; the swift Golf GTE; and a pair of Model S’s recharge using their Supercharger charging stations.

demonstrated that typically batteries last at least eight years, indeed many electric car manufacturers warrant their batteries for at least that long. Moreover, batteries rarely fail without warning: their performance simply reduces gradually over a long period of time, so an eight-year-old battery may still have 80% or so of the capacity of a new one. Pricewise, new batteries do not seem to be eyewateringly expensive either, certainly when viewed against the several-thousand-pound repair bills which are entirely possible with a conventional car of similar age.

Indeed, the running costs of an electric car overall should be far less than for a

Some folk worry that they will be stranded by not being able to find a public charging point when they need one, however there are probably more than you think. As of March 11th this year there were over 10,000 charging connections available in the UK, spread over almost 4,000 locations. In a sign of how quickly the network of charging stations is developing, over 3,000 of these charging connections have been installed in the last 12 months alone. There are also often allegations that these are frequently broken and unusable, however in our testing of a range of electric vehicles, we never encountered an out-ofservice charger. Neither did we ever find every charger at any site all in use at the same time, either. More frequently, there are a row of chargers sitting empty and hopeful of customers!

One frustration, though, with finding a public charging station is that there are a number of different charging networks and charging connector types, many of which are incompatible with each other. So a good tip for anyone contemplating an electric car is to firstly identify what type of charging connector is required, as well as what maximum charge rate the car

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will accept, and then review the range of locations for this type of charger by using one of the on-line charger maps such as www. zapmap.co.uk.

On the positive front, an increasing number of charging stations are now offering multiple connection types, and some networks are also allowing customers who are signed-up to other networks to use their charging stations.

Most electric cars now offer some form of rapid charging, meaning that you can take on a useful amount of charge in as little as 30 minutes. For example, the Kia Soul EV can charge to almost 80% of capacity in that time. Be wary of cars which can only charge at a low rate, as fully charging the batteries can then take up to 12 hours, which demands considerable skill in forward planning!

The most common electric car worry, however, is the dreaded ‘range anxiety’ - the fear of running out of juice – and this can indeed be a significant issue. Most electric car models claim ranges in excess of 100 miles: the Kia Soul EV for example claims 132 miles, whilst the Nissan Leaf with a 24kW battery claims 124 miles. Beware, though, for these are idealised figures which are highly unlikely to be achieved in the real world. Factor in some motorway driving, using lights, wipers and heater or air-con and the range will drop dramatically.

For example, the Nissan Leaf we tested averaged around a 100 mile range in gentle summertime running. Motorway running however dropped this to less than 70 miles. Our Kia Soul came closer to the manufacturers figure at 120 miles between charges, although this too dropped to around 80 miles in admittedly terrible winter conditions with lights, wipers and heater all sapping that all-important range. Given better weather conditions, the range of the Kia would doubtless have increased to even closer to the manufacturers figure, making the Soul EV an interesting and more effective alternative to the market-leading Leaf. Regardless, though, whilst extended motorway journeys are not impossible with an electric car, they are hard work: plan on needing to visit every second motorway service area for a charge top-up during your journey.

If your pockets are deep enough, consider a Tesla. Their novel engineering results in a practical range of some 250 miles for their Model S, whilst their recently-announced midrange (and mid-priced) Model 3 promises over 200 miles. However, the Model 3 is for the future, deliveries into the UK are unlikely until late 2017 at the very earliest.

More practical for most of us is a ‘Range Extender. Put simply, this is a full electric car fitted with an auxiliary engine which is used purely to recharge the battery when necessary.

The increase in range will obviously depend on the size of fuel tank fitted. As an example, the stylish BMW i3 as a full electric model has a claimed range of up to 105 miles, whereas the range extender version can achieve up to 185 miles from its 9 litre fuel tank.

Another alternative may be one of the rapidly increasing number of plug-in hybrids.

T y p i c a l l y , these have a petrol engine which can power the car in the normal way, supported by an electric drive-train to provide periods of electric-only motoring.

Crucially, many plugin hybrids have low enough emissions to be classed alongside full electric cars as Ultra Low Emission Vehicles by the Government, thus sharing many of the cost benefits such as freedom from Congestion Charging.

Whilst the range of a plug-in hybrid in electric mode may be even more limited than that of most fully-electric cars, that limited range is still useful for local journeys, when a conventional petrol or diesel car is at its most inefficient.

In terms of sales, the leading plug-in hybrid model is the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, a particularly useful vehicle if you need 4x4 capability. Mitsubishi claim the electric-only r a n g e for the Outlander is up to 32

Do range limitations of this sort work for you? If they do, then great: welcome to the world of low-cost electric motoring. If, however, this is just too much of a restriction, then fear not – there are a number of alternatives.

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MOTORING miles, however we achieved only around 20 miles on electric power, a range which experience suggests is typical of any plug-in hybrid. In a sign that the motor industry views plug-in hybrids as the way to go, just about every manufacturer now offers at least one plug-in hybrid model in their range. BMW for example offer plug-in models in their 2-Series, 3-Series and X5 ranges, with more to come.

Increasingly, the more sporting plug-in hybrid models are being optimised to combine enhanced performance with good fuel economy, by using their petrol and electric power units either separately, for economy and low emissions, or together for extra performance when necessary. One of our favourites is the Golf GTE, which is virtually indistinguishable from and nearly as quick as its sporty stable-mate, the Golf GTI, when both petrol and electric power units are operating simultaneously, but able to be much more economical at other times. The GTE we sampled also averaged 20 miles of electriconly running, switching seamlessly over to petrol when the battery supply was exhausted, achieving around 45mpg overall.

supercars, however a rather more affordable alternative to them is the stunning BMW i8 sports car, branded as the world’s first sports car with the consumption and emissions values of a family saloon. The i8 can achieve 35mpg on long-distance trips, coupled with a 4.4 second 0-62 mph time – pretty impressive!

With any range-extender or plug-in hybrid, range anxiety simply ceases to become an issue. And, yet, by taking advantage of the rapid charging stations which are increasingly appearing around the country, you can grab a quick recharge whenever you pause a journey for a coffee- or comfort-break, returning to your car to enjoy a bonus of another 20 or so miles of free - or low-cost - electric motoring.

Is the situation likely to change in the future? Almost certainly electric car range will extend as battery technology improves.

Several manufacturers talk confidently of achieving a 300 mile range from mid-priced full electric cars, however this is likely to take up to10 years to achieve. For today, however, plug-in hybrid sales are growing at a significant rate, as they are for most of us the most effective compromise in providing practical green motoring.

Images, clockwise from bottom left: the stunning BMW i8; Kia’s Soul, a fun and very practical car; the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which is the current best-selling plug-in hybrid.

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The GUTS Motor Tour

Picture the scene. It is the perfect September day, with azure blue skies, a welcoming light breeze with the beautiful backdrop of the South Downs. You are surrounded by an exceptional display of over 50 examples of automotive history, from a 1912 Rolls Royce Torpedo Phaeton Tourer to a 1955 Citroen 2CV Fourgonette with much in between.

There is much laughter and automobile chatter as picnics are dispatched alongside an enjoyable glass or two.

Behind the scenes, away from this image of bucolic serenity, there is some frenzied marking of the fiendish photo quiz and a spirited adjudication on the best limerick and poem. Once completed it is prize giving and raffle time before venturing home.

This was the end of the GUTS Motor Tour 2015, which had seen these fabulous cars travel more than 50 miles through some exceptional countryside via Cowdray Park, Midhurst and finishing at the Weald & Downland Museum near Goodwood.

First started in 2002, the GUTS Motor Tour has raised in excess of £55,000 for GUTS, whose goal is to improve bowel cancer survival rates through more effective screening, detection and treatment, and by raising awareness of the disease. GUTS funds a Family Colorectal Cancer Clinic (FCCC) based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital which offers advice and screening to people at a high risk of developing bowel cancer.

They have also funded equipment and facilities to help improve the care and treatment of bowel cancer patients at the RSCH. The charity also funds research into new ways of detecting bowel cancer and into better ways of treating the disease.

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The 2015 tour raised an excellent £3,800 on the day for GUTS. Thanks go to Penningtons Manches Solicitors for sponsoring the rally plates and to the following companies who offered raffle prizes: Swain & Jones Farnham; Forest Mere Spa, Liphook; Hunters, Guildford; Forest Foragers; BeauPort Kitchens, Alton; Cowdray Farm Shop, Midhurst; G-Live, Guildford; Piazza Firenze, Godalming; Stag on the River, Eashing nr Godalming; and Grayshott Pottery. Thanks also to Cowdray Park and the Weald & Downland Museum for hosting the cars and drivers along the way, and to Godalming Butchers for providing the breakfast!

The GUTS Motor Tour really is a fabulous day out for drivers and passengers and a wonderful spectacle for all vintage and classic car enthusiasts. The majority of the cars are either veteran, vintage or classic and they usually end up with a fabulous variety of makes and models joyfully rubbing hubcaps. If you haven’t got a suitable motor to drive, you are always welcome to come along to their final destination and enjoy the cars when they arrive.

The 2016 Tour will take place on Sunday 4th September and will include a mid-morning pit stop at Stansted Park, near Rowlands Castle in Hampshire before it arrives for a late lunch at Hinton Ampner, near Alresford, Hampshire where entrants will be allowed full access to the house and its magnificent grounds, courtesy of the National Trust.

Why not join us later this year?

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<19 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD her talk will inspire you whatever the size of your garden or courtyard. Coffee is served from 7pm and the talk will start at 7.30pm. Visitors are very welcome. For more information about the Club contact Denise Skinner on 01730 814194 or at askinner3@sky.com or on the Club’s website www. midhurstgardenclub.org.uk .

Haslemere Singaround Club Monday 11th July 8pm There’s a Folk and acoustic singaround at Shottermill Club, 2 Liphook Road, Haslemere GU27 1NL. For more information, call Rob Noble on 01428 641727. www.haslemeresingaround.club.

Les Amitiés Françaises They are now on their ‘Grand Vacances’ but come September their monthly talks by French lecturers will resume. A new brochure is being prepared and will appear on their website www.amitiesfrancaises.com . Brochures will also be available in libraries and other places. Their membership includes people of all ages who have a reasonable knowledge of French. They meet at the Baptist Church Hall, Queen Street, Godalming to enjoy presentations by experienced native French speakers on many aspects of French life, history and culture. Some members join the Reading Circle which meets six times a year to discuss French books and there are also dining evenings for members and guests. If you like the sound of the group, have a look at the website and make yourself free on one

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Egdean Garden Experience Sunday 12th July 2pm to 6pm Nine gardens not normally open to the public and teas and cakes served in one of the gardens. Tickets and maps available on the day from Woodside Cottage, Nr Byworth, Petworth GU28 0JN. Tickets £5 - children under 12 free.

Proceeds in aid of St Bartholomew’s Church, Egdean.

Gibbet Hill Race Wednesday 13th July 7.30pm Entries for the 28th Gibbet Hill Race will be taken on the day, so why not join the 200 or so runners who are expected to compete in this 10k. Registration is from 6pm on the day at the Race HQ at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Weydown Road, Haslemere which is very close to the start. The route takes the runners all the way to the top of Gibbet Hill offering spectacular views and back to Lion Green going past the Royal School in Farnham Lane who are the principal sponsors. Hosted by Haslemere Border A C, further details about this run, can be found at www.hbac.co.uk or www.gibbet10k.co.uk Haslemere Museum - Dreams and The Dreamtime Thursday 14th July 7.30pm As part of the Summer Exhibition at Haslemere Museum, Pavillion Artists founder member, Peter Searight will share some of the photographs he brought back from his trip

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OUT & ABOUT Summer’s hottest destination, the award-winning Chilli Fiesta One of the original and biggest chilli festivals in the UK is at West Dean Gardens, near Chichester, an awardwinning Chilli Fiesta which is now in its 21st year. It takes place on 5th, 6th, and 7th August.

Chilli Fiesta is a hot weekend destination this summer as sizzling Cuban, Latin and salsa bands line up to perform over a three-day programme. The popular Groupo Lokito will be returning to Chilli Fiesta on Saturday night, which will close with a spectacular firework display. Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers, Joanne Clifton and Giovanni Pernice (Jo & Gio), will be giving a salsa masterclass (Sunday).

Also returning this year are old friends Son Yambu, the Big Noise Community Samba Band and local duo Steel Strum. Music on the main stage will finish at 8.30pm (Friday), 10pm (Saturday) and 5.30pm (Sunday) and live music and DJ’s will continue in the Los Amigos bar until 11pm (Friday and Saturday) and 9pm (Sunday) featuring Jason Lee, Steel Strum and TLM Rocio.

Around 25,000 visitors come to the family-friendly Chilli Fiesta to enjoy the full programme of live music, entertainment and food. Great camping facilities are on offer for the weekend in the spectacular grounds of the estate in the heart of the South Downs.

Visitors can pick up cooking tips in the Cookery Theatre with Rustie Lee, the celebrity Caribbean chef; Dean Edwards, ITV’s Lorraine Resident Chef; Paul Wayne Gregory, Master Chocolatier; and Malcolm Riley, The African Chef. On Saturday, Rosemary Moon, popular Sussex cook and food writer, will be hosting a series of food demonstrations with a surprise celebrity guest.

Sarah Wain, West Dean Gardens’ chilli expert, will be giving informal talks and tours around the Victorian glasshouses in the Walled Garden. Chilli-lovers can see around 250 varieties of chillies in the glasshouses and learn how to grow them at home. Sarah has grown 300 plants which will be available exclusively to buy at Chilli Fiesta in support of the Save the Glasshouses Appeal.

There will be a selection of bars around the site and a wide range of chilli-related foods to enjoy and set your taste buds alight.

With over 140 stalls - many new this year - there will be a great variety of quirky gifts on offer from hot and spicy foods to eat to chilli plants, seeds and produce so you can experiment with the dishes inspired by the Chilli Fiesta back at home.

Please visit the website for more information and to book tiickets - www.westdean.org.uk.

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to Australia where he saw both the coastal strip and Red Centre. He goes back to his roots as a landscape and fine art photographer, but also seeks to get a view on the different ‘foot prints’ on this huge country made by two very different cultures. You can enjoy his photographs from ‘Down Under’ and others with a glass of prosecco before the talk and explore the sculpture trail in the Museum’s beautiful garden in the interval! Tickets at £8 each are available from the Museum on 01428 642112.

Petworth Festival Thursday 14th to Saturday 30th July The Festival is sharing in the Nation’s celebrations of Shakespeare this year with a repertoire of fascinating literary and musical performances that bring the writings of the Bard to life in a truly unique way. With major organisations and broadcasters such as the BBC, British Council and Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) taking the lead in driving and supporting the School Curriculum, Petworth Festival follows suit with exciting performances that are guaranteed to educate, inspire and entertain all at the same time. The Petworth Festival provides the perfect opportunity to enjoy the best music and talent outside London at affordable prices. Adult tickets start from just £6 per person, 18 and under can often go for free. Full details of the Petworth Festival and ticket purchases, can be purchased by visiting www.petworthfestival.org.uk or by telephoning the box office on 01798 344576. For more information, become a sponsor or friend or volunteer,

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Milford Probus Club Friday 15th July Probus is a club, with monthly luncheons and various other activities for retired and semi-retired professional and business people over 50. The Club has members from Waverley and beyond, who meet in Godalming on the third Friday of each month for lunch followed by a talk on a wide variety of subjects. Guests are always welcome to join the meetings by invitation, and visits such as that to the Historic Boatyard in Portsmouth which included the refurbished Mary Rose Museum, and to the Albert Hall for John Rutter’s famous Christmas concert. Their next outing in September will be a visit to Gilbert White’s House in Selborne and to Hilton Ampner - a National Trust property. The July talk will be by a volunteer from the Air Ambulance Service and in August Martin Stillwell will describe Godalming’s industrial past. 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. For more details, go to www. milfordprobus.com or contact Mike Thompson on 01483 428181, email thmmic@btinternet.com.

Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2016 I have mentioned in separate editions a couple of Surrey organisations that have received this prestigious award.

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LOCAL MADhurst 2016: from small pub chats, mighty festivals grow From 20th to 29th August, the Midhurst Arts and Drama Festival, MADhurst, will celebrate its seventh successful year as it brings together the local community in a creative extravaganza.

Since the first festival in 2010, MADhurst has been about sparking local creativity and bringing the Midhurst community together and these two strands are beautifully woven throughout the annual festival each year, summarised in the festival motto ‘celebrating creativity, developing community’.

Like many good ideas, the MADhurst concept was born in the pub. Some time during 2009, Father Marcus Ronchetti, who had been, among other things, a founder member of the Beach Dreams Festival in Shoreham, was sitting with several people, including Ruth Benton (the landlady of The Wheatsheaf), Sean Kearney (a member of a local band called ‘Boomslang’) and Steve Morley (a Town Councillor and photographer), chatting about community life in Midhurst.

They felt there was a huge opportunity to embrace the existing Town Council carnival ethos by linking it with other local groups and activities in order to include a wider cross-section of our community.

As the friends explored this idea further with local music producer Marco Frankland and John Barrett, they were joined by David and Trina Duncan, who contributed their exceptional organisational and financial management skills.

Father Marcus Ronchetti had already been actively promoting various forms of community collaboration in Midhurst. He says: “when I arrived in Midhurst in 2007 I found a delightful town, a great church, and lots of very friendly people”.

According to Father Marcus, the lasting legacy, and in fact the point behind it all, has always been to encourage the growing relationships and interconnections among the various organisations in the town and the imaginative engagement of so many wonderful local people in cocreating a cross-community event.

The first MADhurst Festival was a great success with music, drama, dance and arts events by local groups held across nine full days and it has since grown into a hugely popular event.

MADhurst has even been noted by The Times as a reason to move to Midhurst!

Now in its seventh successive year, MADhurst 2016 will celebrate the 150th anniversary of H.G Wells and his links with Midhurst, as well as playing host to a greater number and variety of events than ever before. These will include The Horne Section as they return from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a Living History tour of the town, and a ceilidh as well as a short story competition, workshops, a variety of concerts and of course the Grand Finale Day, headlined by Willie Austin.

The Grand Finale Day, held on Cowdray Park on 29th August, will have something for everyone with a carnival procession on the theme of ‘time travel‘, featuring the fabulous Horndean Marching Band. This leads to the showground where there will be a vast array of entertainment, stalls, food, an arts and crafts marquee and seven hours of live music with headline act Willie Austen. This is the perfect culmination to a festival that started with a group of friends in the pub!

Even though on the surface Midhurst seemed fairly quiet, he found that it was in fact a very active little town, with many different clubs, groups, societies and organisations engaged in a wide range of activities.

However, surprisingly these groups rarely came together and many did not know the others existed.

From this idea, MADhurst was born.

An open meeting was held and the first MADhurst Committee elected, which included Father Marcus as the Chair. Quite quickly they also recruited some very hard-working associate members, including Jeanette Sutton and her art students at Midhurst Grammar School (now Midhurst Rother College) who developed the MADhurst logo.

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award in Surrey. The victorious Surrey volunteers work with the following six groups: Bereavement Service of the Princess Alice Hospice, Brooklands Museum Volunteers, Frensham Ponds Sailability, Spelthorne Museum, Surrey Search and Rescue, The Orpheus Centre Volunteers. These Surrey groups each receive a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service certificate signed by HM The Queen and an exclusive commemorative crystal. These will be presented by Her Majesty’s representative in Surrey, the Lord-Lieutenant Mr Michael More-Molyneux, at a series of special ceremonies.

Well done indeed to everyone involved.

Be a sport and donate blood This month is the start of a season jam-packed with sporting events, but no matter what your game is please remember to help save lives by giving blood. Blood is vital for patients in accident and emergency situations, patients undergoing surgery and receiving treatment for cancer and blood diseases, and women haemorrhaging in childbirth. Every donor can save or improve up to three lives each time they donate blood. In general, as long as you are fit and healthy, weigh over 7 stone 12 lbs (50kg) and are aged between 17 and 66 (up to 70 if you have given blood before) you should be able to give blood. If you are over 70, you need to have given blood in the last two years to continue donating. To register or book an appointment go online at www.blood. co.uk or call 0300 123 2323. It is also easy to book through mobile apps for Windows, Android and Apple devices. To download the app, search ‘NHSGiveBlood’ in the app store.

Petworth Festival Church Service Thursday 16th July 6pm Petworth Area Churches Together ( PACT) will hold their annual Festival Service on the theme of the Craftsman’s Art and Music’s Measure. Everyone is invited to help launch the Festival with this Service of Celebration, in readings, prayer and songs. The speaker is The Rt Revd. Christopher Herbert, Bishop of St Albans from 1996 to 2009. There will be musical contributions from St Mary’s Church Choir, director Matthew Cooke, and the young singers of West Sussex Vocal Ensemble directed by Lucy Mair. For more information, contact Gerald Gresham Cooke, Co-Chairman PACT, on 01798 342151 or email geraldgreshamcooke@gmail.com .

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Haslemere Sun Club Open Weekend Saturday 16th Sunday 17th July They are a naturist club holding an open weekend on the 16th and 17th of July at their club in Headley Down near Bordon. If you have never tried naturism or you have been a naturist on holiday, you would be most welcome to visit them on these two dates and enjoy their large heated open air swimming pool set in rustic grounds. Bring your picnic to enjoy on the lawns, tea and coffee will be free. There is no charge for visiting them over the two days. There will be a BBQ on Saturday evening for which there will be a charge. If you are interested contact memsec@sunnyacres.co.uk for further details.

Treve Cottage Art Show.

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Exciting new work this year, highly decorative glass; leather purses and belts made of artfully printed and patterned leather in jewel colours; trompe l’oeil paintings and batik pictures. Workshops at the weekends, free to all, in weaving, printmaking and ceramics. No need to book, just drop in between 12 and 5pm. Children very welcome. Lots to see and space to wander in.Treve Cottage, River Common, via Tillington, Petworth GU28, tel 01798 861257.

A Day in Bosham Saturday 16th July Do you fancy a magical day in Bosham? If you do, go early as the Sailing Club will be offering free taster sailing sessions with a qualified instructor, as well as sight-seeing trips in RIB’s around the beautiful harbour, for adults and older children. You will need to book at barry@colgates.biz.

Then at noon there is another new free event, a ‘light and tuneful’ concert in Holy Trinity church lasting an hour. You can book for this as well. Just time afterwards to have some lunch on Quay Meadow in the sun overlooking the water, or in one of Bosham’s welcoming cafes, before the Fete opens at 2pm in the grounds of The Manor House. This is a day out for all the family with a dedicated children’s’ corner at the Fete, as well as traditional stalls, home-made cakes and preserves, a Pimm’s tent, quality items for sale and Ocean Brass Band will be playing. If you would like some ‘invitation’ cards with all the information to give to your family and friends just email your address to Barry as above.

Alzheimers Society The Society has a Day Support Centre in Haslemere which provides social stimulation and support to those living with dementia in the Waverley area. If your life is affected by dementia and you are looking for support with Day Care in the area, they are there to help. Their friendly, experienced Day Support Manager will be able to provide information about help and support available. For further information call Elaine on 01483 642055 or email elaine.clement@ alzheimers.org.uk.

Roald Dahl’s Danny the Champion of the World Sunday July 17th at 2.30pm This Roald Dahl story adapted for the stage by David Wood, will be performed by Illyria in Bignor Park, Nr Pulborough RH20 1HG. The grounds open from 1pm so you can take a picnic and low backed seating or rugs. Tickets from www. petworthfestival.org.uk or call 01798 344576. They cost adults £9, 5-18yrs £7, 4yrs and under free. The event is cosponsored by West Sussex Decorative and Fine Arts Society, Alan and Sara Bennie, Lombard Structure, Seaford College & Equity. It should be a lovely afternoon.

Midhurst U3A Tuesday 19th July at 2.15pm The next meeting at the Methodist Church Hall, North Street, Midhurst, has Colin Snook giving a talk entitled Air Aces – A Sussex School, telling the story of three boys from the same school who forged careers in aviation: one becoming an

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They draw from their passion and own extensive travel experiences and use their knowledge and contacts to enable them to tailor itineraries specifically for their clients. Many of the properties and locations that Johanne and Pam will recommend, they will have visited themselves and will therefore recommend them from firsthand experience. They also understand that sometimes it’s the little extras that can be so important, from champagne and chocolate strawberries in your room on arrival to a private chef or yoga master for your villa - these special extras can always be arranged.

Travel Dream take pride in their clients’ loyalty and look forward to being of service to all VantagePoint readers who will enjoy monthly exclusive offers and invitations to travel events.

If the holidays we offer don’t appeal for whatever reason, simply call Johanne or Pam who will be very happy to tailor-make an exclusive and personal holiday offer for you.

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GARDENING

With Beth Otway

The Gold standard B: The colours of the fins are so good now.

B: Do you have any planting combinations that you particularly enjoy in this garden?

AS: Well, yes, there’s a thing called Catananche caerulea ‘Tizi n Test’, and it’s a sort of pale violety floaty thing, quite low.

Garden designer Andy Sturgeon was awarded a Gold Medal and the coveted award of Best in Show, for the fabulous Show Garden he designed for The Telegraph at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. I caught up with Andy Sturgeon at Chelsea Flower Show, to find out more about The Telegraph Garden.

Beth: Do you have a favourite area of your garden?

Andy Sturgeon: Well, I’ve got one – the fire pit bowl area is a favourite place to be, but my favourite view is from the front of the garden, looking right the way down to the far corner.

B: And are you pleased with how The Telegraph Garden has turned out?

AS: Yeah, there’s nothing that I’d want to be better – and I don’t think I can often say that.

B: Did you have any issues with the bronze fins in your garden?

AS: No… well we did actually, one of the fins, because of the budget some of the fins are powder-coated with a much cheaper spray on the back; I mean, it’s really good – and you can hardly tell, but some of them are only patinated on the front. We went to great lengths when we had them fabricated, we did an awful lot of drawings for this garden, and on the leg of each one it was welded on which is the front, and they did it the wrong way around. They were all wrapped up, you see, and we installed them all, they were all protected, and because we’d gone to such great lengths to make sure they didn’t get it wrong we trusted it, and when the time came, we took it all off – it was the first one we uncovered, and everyone went “ah, that looks really good” and I said “no it doesn’t, it’s the wrong colour”. We had to send it to Ipswich and get it re-done.

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AS: If you look here, you can see this is the Catananche here hanging over, you can see the open flowers and the closed flowers, and with the salvia there, and then you’ve got this low-grown plant, and then beyond the little Centaurea, slightly more pinky, so that combination, I’ve drifted it across there – that’s my favourite bit, because it was unexpected.

B: You’ve used a lot of stone and different materials in your garden.

AS: Okay. People have asked about this, because we covered it up. See the wall over the back over there. Those stones are 100mm thick, and they’re much, much taller than you can see, because there’s a lot underground. They were very difficult to put in, and they went in quite late, because of the way we had to do everything; we came in in the morning, and half of it had fallen over, and flattened the plants. So that was a challenge.

B: Had people asked you if they’d fallen over?

AS: Somehow word got out, but I’ve denied it to everyone, apart from you.

B: It looks so good though. I’m so pleased for you!

AS: Thank you very much.

B: What’s your favourite garden apart from yours?

AS: Cleve West’ garden for M&G is my favourite.

FIND OUT MORE For more information about the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, gardening advice for the month ahead, and much more besides, please visit Beth’s website at www.pumpkinbeth.com. All images by Beth Otway.

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Sensational salads It’s almost summer which means it is time for salads. There are masses of fabulous ingredients out there which will help you to create some terrific combinations. Use them as lighter starters or side dishes or go large and make them your main meal. The first three salads come courtesy of Shirlee Posner (eatsurrey.co.uk) and Secretts Farmshop in Milford.

Heritage beetroot salad with pomegranate molasses

2. Spoon the dressing ingredients straight on the salad and mix well.

3. Place on a serving dish and decorate with flowers if you have them.

Secretts sells one of the best pomegranate molasses on the market from Lebanese food importer Mymoune.

Dearer than those in supermarkets for sure, but taste is so superior its totally worth it! Since you only use it in small amounts anyway in my book, a good investment.

Chicken, Mango, Avocado and Sweet Chilli Salad This is the perfect salad to make with young tender summer vegetables. Secretts baby beetroots inspired me to write this recipe and it tastes as good as it looks. The vegetables to complement the beetroot used in this salad can be swapped and substituted depending on availability and I would make this with corn, fine green beans or baby runners too. I served this with a dollop of fat free Greek Yogurt sprinkled with sumac and a drizzle of oil. This would also work well with goat’s cheese, a selection of charcuterie or as part of a cold buffet.

Ingredients 5 medium cooked roasted beetroot, peeled and roughly chopped (use golden and red here if you like); 50g cooked broad beans; 150g cooked tenderstem broccoli, chopped; 2-3 fresh nasturtium or other edible flowers (optional).

Dressing 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses; 1 tablespoon fresh chopped chives (or other fresh herbs such as mint); 1 dessertspoon extra virgin olive oil; 1 dessertspoon red wine vinegar; 1 clove of smoked garlic, crushed; grated zest of 1 small un-waxed lemon; salt and freshly ground black pepper

Ingredients 2 handfuls Secretts mixed salad leaves, washed and spun to remove water; Juice of 1 lime; 2tsp of extra virgin olive oil ; salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 large roasted chicken breast, skinned and cut into chunks; 1 mango, peeled and sliced; 1avocado, peeled and sliced; 2 tbsp of Thai sweet chilli sauce.

Makes 2

Serves 4 Method: 1. Place the vegetables together in a mixing bowl (apart from the flowers).

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Eliza’s Tea Room kindly shared their delicious salad recipe with us. This mixture started life as a sandwich from British Sandwich Week and was so popular it was re-invented as a salad. So much so it is now going to be a regular on the specials menu during the summer. It’s easy to make, providing you have all the ingredients to hand.

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RECIPES 2. First prepare all the ingredients in the list leaving the avocado until last.

3. Put the salad leaves in a mixing bowl. Toss with lime juice and olive oil and seasoning then divide between the bowls.

4. Top the leaves with the chicken, mango and avocado and then drizzle each with a spoon of chilli sauce. Serve immediately.

Variations: Add a spoon of Thai fish sauce to the dressing and garnish with chopped mint and fresh coriander leaves oe decorate the salad with some chopped roasted peanuts.

Roasted Salmon, Butternut Squash, Prawn and Asparagus Salad

Method: 1. Pre-heat the oven to Gas 5 / 190C/ fan 170C 2. Place the butternut squash in a mixing bowl with the sunflower oil, seasoning and crushed garlic. Mix well so the squash is evenly coated and pour into a roasting tray. Place the tray in the pre-heated oven for 10 minutes.

3. Remove the squash from the oven and place the salmon in the tray and roast together for a further 1520 minutes. Once cooked remove, set aside and cool.

4. While you are allowing the roasted fish and salad to cool mix the dressing ingredients together and set aside.

5. Now wash the salad leaves and spin. Divide the leaves between 2 salad bowls and drizzle with a little salad dressing.

6. Top the leaves with the roasted squash, cooked prawns, asparagus and flake the salmon using it to top the salad.

7. Scatter with asparagus, tomatoes and coconut then pour over the remaining dressing. Serve immediately.

Other ideas...

Potato Salads

A good potato salad is often a thing of beauty. Here are a couple of suggestions, both of which can be served warm or cold:

This is a filling salad perfect for warm weather eating!

It can be made in advance and is very transportable too (keep the dressing separate though until you need it).

Ingredients 300g butternut squash, peeled and cut into chunks; 1 dessertspoon sunflower oil; salt and freshly ground black pepper; I clove of crushed garlic; 100g asparagus; I large fillet of salmon (approx 170g); 150g large cooked tiger prawns; 2 large handfuls of Secretts mixed salad leaves; 100g asparagus spears, lightly steamed; 8-10 small cherry or plum tomatoes, halved lenghthways.

Dressing 1 dessertspoon sesame oil; juice of 1 lime; 1 dessertspoon low salt naturally fermented soy sauce; 1 dessertspoon coconut sugar; pinch Maldon sea salt; some toasted shredded coconut to garnish.

Serves 2

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1. Steam or boil Maris Piper (or similar) potatoes with their skins. When tender, drain and leave to cool.

Meanwhile, finely shop shallots or onions and add to a salad dish. Add some good Dijon mustard vinaigrette and mayonnaise. Peel the potatoes and slice them medium thick. Add to the salad dish and mix well with the onions and dressing. Add chopped chives and parsley, season to taste and serve.

2. Steam or boil new potatoes in their skins until tender. Drain and leave to cool. Make a vinaigrette with wholegrain mustard, cider vinegar and olive oil.

Slice some large, sweet gherkins and good quality frankfurters. Slice the potatoes in two and mix them with the vinaigrette, gherkins and frankfurters. Season to taste and serve.

Noodle salad

This is a very quick side salad with a difference.

Cook some egg noodles and drain. Make a dressing with soy sauce and olive oil. Quickly toast sesame seeds and finely slice a few spring onions. Mix everything together, season to taste and serve.

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<32 42> JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Atlantic World Speed Record holder, another a Red Arrows Team pilot and the third, Tim Peake, who was deployed on the European Space Shuttle. Refreshments available from 2.15pm followed by talk at 2.30pm.

Circle Dancing Great exercise that keeps you fit, takes you away from the pressures of everyday life and is a great opportunity to make new friends. It is suitable for all and is run by Lynn Frances, an experienced teacher of 33 years who has built a reputation for her ability to create a wonderful atmosphere to enable participants to relax, learn and enjoy themselves. She runs classes at: Pirrie Hall Brook on Thursdays in three ten-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, 7.30pm9.30pm. Contact Lynn on 01420 474881.

Dementia Awareness Week Alzheimer’s Society staff, supporters, volunteers and people affected by dementia came together to mark Dementia Awareness Week at over 600 events around the country, including around 60 in the south east. They asked people to confront the condition head on and were touched by the notes people wrote, including this one, “Dear Dementia, I would rather not have had you, but I’m learning to live with you, with a lot of help from my friends at Alzheimer’s Society and my wife. It’s not the end of the world!” Alzheimer’s Society is here for anyone affected by the condition and

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there are lots of ways they can help you. Call the National Dementia Helpline on 0300 222 1122 or visit www. alzheimers.org.uk/DAW. Liphook WI Thursday 23rd July If you have been wondering how to meet more people within your local community? Then ladies have you considered the WI ? We are so much more than our reputation for “ Jam and Jeruselem”. To find out more, see our national website WWW. thewi.org.uk or come along to a local meeting. Liphook WI .... meet once a month for a members meeting. Over the year a selection of very diverse speakers entertain or educates us.

We also have a lunch club, a scrabble section, a play reading section and a waiting list for our popular local craft club and access to a national college for craft, art, cookery and so much more. (Www.Denman.org.uk). Their speaker for July is from the Rosemary Foundation. August in the one month of the year when we do not meet, and we will resume in September with Waitrose, how their buyers source produce and products for their stores. They meet at Liphook Village Hall, Liphook, 2 Headley Rd, Liphook GU30 7NP. On the third Thursday of the month. For more information, contact our president Maureen Truss on 01428 723836.

Wave Week Sunday 24th to Friday 29th July Wave week is back this summer, providing the local community with a week of events and activities. From Monday to Thursday the Café will be open between 1.30pm and 5pm, serving affordable homemade cakes, crisps, chocolates and other snacks, plus hot and cold drinks.

Between 2.30pm-4pm there will be a time of stories, songs and sensory activities for children aged 0-4. The cafe reopens between 7.30pm-9.30pm when there will be evening entertainment with something for everyone: a Folk night on Monday, a ‘Bake Off’ on Tuesday, a Quiz on Wednesday, and a Barn dance on Thursday (To Be Confirmed). The School of Rock Children’s Holiday Club will be running between 2pm-4.30pm. Between 2pm–4pm there will be ‘Football on the Green’ at High Lane. Youngsters aged 11-18 can join us for a kickabout and matches. All events are free except for food and beverage at the Cafe.

See www.3countieschurch.org/community. Contact 01428 653011.

Summer Holiday Fun at Squire’s Garden Centres 25th July – 31st August 10am to 4pm All Squire’s Garden Centres, except Chertsey, are running their ever-popular ‘Create & Grow’ activities for children in the Summer Holidays every Monday and Wednesday (Wednesdays at selected centres). Go along and join in the fun painting, decorating and planting. There’s no need to book; simply turn up on the day. On 25th and 27th July, you can decorate a pair of bug suncatcher wind chimes (cost £5) to brighten up your room. On 1st and 3rd August, you can plant and decorate a strawberry pot (cost £5.75) to grow your own delicious, succulent strawberries in your own personalised glittery terracotta pot. All you need is a splash of creativity, water, sunlight and a little love!

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Beritaz Care expands, adding to its portfolio of residential and nursing homes Beritaz Care, an experienced and caring family run Farnham based business is growing.

Beritaz Care already owns and runs three popular nursing and residential homes in Surrey: Robertson Nursing Home in Godalming, Ashton Manor Nursing Home in Farnham and Springkell House in Hindhead, all providing home from home quality care with warmth and understanding in a secure and happy environment. Beritaz has a wellearned reputation for providing excellent quality of care.

We believe our clients deserve a quality lifestyle that respects their dignity and independence; their loved ones expect assurance and peace of mind. We provide these within a friendly, professional, caring and secure environment.

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WALK - Peaslake Circular This is a very charming walk, with some majestic views and lovely houses guaranteed to give you house envy! The walk takes you through woods and fields with hardly any ups or downs. It is dog friendly (although there are two stiles which a very big dog may struggle with) and only the final, short section was muddy when I walked it at the end of April. SR

The walk 1. Go up the path at the left-hand side of the Inn and into a field at the back.. Stay on its left-hand side until you are level with a large house off to the left. Here turn right and walk across the field and down to cross a stile into another field. Stay on its right-hand side until exiting, to the right, over a stile and onto a road. Jink left and turn right into the mouth of Burchetts Hollow. Immediately turn left through a gate and walk out across a very large field. The path exits in the far left-hand bottom corner through trees onto a road.

2. Turn right and walk along this road, passing Oak Farm.

Take a footpath out left into and across a field, passing a small lake to reach a road. Go straight across and into another field. Stay on the right-hand side as you climb a rise and enter a fence/hedge corridor. Continue forward, dipping down then up and crossing another field to reach road opposite a large house. Go left for 20 yards and then take a footpath out right and into a field.

3. Go anti-clockwise around its edge to reach the far left-hand corner. A gate takes you into a wide grassy corridor where you turn right and follow the track down

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a dip and up. At the top, follow the path through a small gate into and across a field. You can see Dilton Farm away to your left. Go over a stile and along a short corridor to a T junction with a wide track. Turn left and walk along to turn left into the entrance to Dilton Farm.

4. Pass the wooden house and turn right on a footpath into a field. Walk clockwise around the edge of the field through into the next field. The path breaks off left, over a stile and along through an avenue of large trees. You can see Knowle Farm ahead. Near the house the path swings sharp left and you follow it, ignoring the footpath right. Pass a few houses and reach Hound House and a road. Cross (because of the blind bend) to go right for 100 yards to take a footpath left, into a field.

5. Follow the wide track half-right, out across the field until it turns right and goes through a gate at the edge of Wickhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Copse. Just inside the gate the path forks

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6. Walk out of the entrance of this car park onto the road. Turn right and immediately take the footpath on the right running above and parallel to the road. This brings you around the back of the church to a T junction with the lane up to the main cemetery. Here you turn left and drop down onto the road by Inn and the starting car park.

DISTANCE: 4.5 miles OS MAPS: Explorer 145 Guildford & Farnham STARTING POINT: The public car park in Pond Lane adjacent to the Hurtwood Inn car park. (There is another one 300 yards along Walking Bottom, the road in front of the Inn.) REFRESHMENTS: The Hurtwood Inn, Peaslake GU5 9RR www.hurtwoodinn.com Bourne Buildings May 14_Layout 11/05/2015 Page 1 any responsibility for any changes, errors or omissions in this route. Diversion orders can be made and permissions withdrawn at any time.

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<38 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Cream Tea Weekend Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July 2.30pm to 5.30pm Rest a while and enjoy a cream tea in the garden of Egdean House, RH20 1TJ. (between Petworth/Pulborough). Proceeds in aid of St Bartholomew’s Church, Egdean.

Citizens Advice Waverley The Board are looking for new unpaid volunteers to join their dynamic Trustee Board at Citizens Advice Waverley. Good communication skills and a commitment to the aims and principles of the Citizens Advice service are essential to this role. Ideally candidates will also have experience in working with the public sector and/or in an HR, legal or finance role.

An interest in digital services/social media would also be valuable. For more information about the role, main duties, personal skills and qualities and code of conduct, visit www. waverleycab.org.uk/vacancies-for-trustee-positions/.

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Haslemere Flower Club Wednesday 27th July 1.30pm They will hold their July meeting at Haslemere Hall. The demonstrator will be Jane Haas and her title is ‘Green Fingers’. Her arrangements will be raffled. The afternoon will end with tea and biscuits. Do go along and take your friends, visitors are welcome at a charge of £5.

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The Starlight Centre Thursday 28th July 7.30pm-9.30pm The Centre is holding their monthly meeting at Cowdray Hall, Easebourne. The talk and demonstration is on ‘Colour, Sound and Touch’ therapy, on a physical, spiritual and emotional level. The speaker in Katerine Louis’ who is a local practitioner. The cost is £5 on the door with a break for free refreshments. For more info call Lisa on 07920 280119 or see www.cowdrayhall.co.uk Weald & Downland Open Air Museum A voluntary group from the Museum, which works in the community to stimulate public interest in historical crafts and rural buildings, has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. The Museum’s remarkable band of 600 volunteers is its lifeblood – without them it simply could not exist as the inspirational and popular visitor attraction it is today. The volunteers engage in all manner of tasks, from interpretation to maintenance, gardening to guided tours, supporting the Museum’s theme of excellence in all that is done. Anyone interested in joining this friendly team as a volunteer is invited to make contact with the Visitor and Volunteer Services Manager at the Museum.

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Haslemere Museum - Beatrix Potter Thursday 28th July 10.30am to 1.30pm It’s the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter and to mark this very special event, the Museum is celebrating with a fun-filled morning of activities from storytelling by the Haslemere Bookshop and lots of arts and crafts too. Take part in the garden trail to find some of Miss Potter’s favourite characters hidden throughout the grounds. Afterwards why not stay and enjoy a picnic in the beautiful gardens of the Museum. Family drop-in event jointly organised with the Haslemere Visitor Information Centre, no booking needed.

Members £2 / Non Members £4. For more information contact Haslemere Museum on 01428 642112 or visit www. haslemeremuseum.co.uk.

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PROFILE Haslemere Macular Support Group by the Macular Society, PAT dogs, Citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Advice Bureau, Waverley Social Services, Sight for Surrey, the Fire Service, local library, Pony Pals, Farnham talking newspapers and the Air Ambulance. They have had talks about the Mary Rose, being brought up in a Polish war camp, and have had performances by a harpist and a local school music department.

They have also visited Canine Partners, had tea at a local garden centre, visited a local inn by the River Wey, and had a guided tour of the Watts Gallery. They also spent a couple of afternoons at the local Eye Clinic liaising with the hospital Team and spreading information about the support groups and the Macular Society to the patients.

Macular degeneration is the largest cause of visual impairment in the elderly in the United Kingdom. It causes central visual loss making reading, recognising faces, driving, and watching television increasingly difficult for sufferers. Up to 5% of people over 65 are affected increasing to about 12% over 80, and there are 70,000 new cases diagnosed every year in the UK. The Macular Society is a national charity for anyone affected by Macular conditions. They supply information, advice helplines, a telephone befriending service, counselling as well as helping to fund research. The latest exciting advances include stem cell transplants, which are in addition to the more traditional treatments. It is a charity relying on donations from the public. There are over 300 local support groups run by volunteers working independently under the umbrella of the main society. Haslemere Macular Support Group is one of these groups.

The aim of the support groups is to offer a safe environment to meet others with similar problems, exchange experiences and tips, reduce isolation by making new friends, and to learn about all the recent advances from experts in the field. The Haslemere group met for the first time in February 2014 after a request for volunteers in the local paper. Since then they have been meeting monthly on the first Friday of each month at the Haslewey Centre in Haslemere. This is a community centre with access for all, especially important as the group have visual and some have mobility problems.

They have over 30 members, and there are usually 15-20 attending our regular meetings including family and carers. The meetings have included presentations

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In December they had a very successful Christmas Lunch, with carol singers from a local primary school entertaining them while they had tea and coffee afterwards. They have had very positive feedback from the group.

As they are a self-funding group. they have had to hold several fundraising events throughout the past two years including raffles and tombolas. They have been lucky enough to secure a two day collection slot at Tesco, and collected ÂŁ471 for the Macular Society. They have also had successful applications for additional funding from the Waverley Voluntary partnership, a joint initiative between Waverley Council and Surrey County Council. Their aim is to help reduce isolation, maintaining independence, increasing awareness and preventing hospital admissions.

Haslemere Macular Support Group are planning a boat trip, hopefully in Chichester harbour, and their planned meetings for the coming year include presentations

by Sight for Surrey, computer software for visually impaired, and the Macular Society update, as well as a recital by a professional harpist.

FIND OUT MORE They are very happy to welcome new members and would welcome help running the meetings. Please contact Tricia or David at triciasturgeon@ f2s.com or dandswhitfield@btinternet.com or contact us through the Macular Society Helpline 0300 3030111.

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<42 JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD behalf of Prisoners of Conscience and to discuss Amnesty news and campaigning. They also hold an annual Write for Rights lunch where they sign cards for Prisoners of Conscience. A Prisoner of Conscience is someone who has been imprisoned for exercising his/her human rights in a non-violent way. Everyone is welcome to join them. Writing the letters has proved over the years to be very effective so the more that are written the better. Contact them on m.j.hamilton@hotmail.co.uk.

Walking for Health Walking is a wonderful form of natural exercise; simple and effective. We could prevent 37,000 deaths every year, just by taking a walk. In just a short time walking can significantly improve a person health, well-being and confidence. Walking for health offers free friendly walks. There aim is to help more people – including those affected buy cancer –to discover the joys and health benefits of walking. Your local walks in Haslemere are 40-60 min walks (about 2 miles) and leave on Tuesdays at 2.30pm, from Haslewey Community Centre, Thursday at 1pm, from the High Lane Community Centre and Saturday at 11am, from Haslemere Leisure Centre (previously known as The Herons). In addition a 30min walk on the first Tuesday of every month leaves at 3pm from Haslewey Community Centre. Walking for Health wouldn’t exist without our fantastic volunteer walk leaders, who lead health walks taking place around the country. As a volunteer walk leader, you would be helping people in your community to get active and healthy, providing vital support that they otherwise might

not get. As well as ensuring walks are friendly, safe and well run, walk leaders are also our ambassadors for walking, their scheme and Walking for Health - showing people that walking really can make a big difference to their lives. If you would like to train to be a volunteer leader our next training date is Friday 31st July at Godalming Tennis Pavilion. Please contact carolsearle@pfpleisure for more information.

Midhurst Carnival Monday 29th August The Midhurst Carnival will take place as it has in previous years on the Grand Finale Day of the MADhurst Festival – August Bank Holiday, Monday 29th August. Assembly from 10.30am – Parade starts 12 noon. To enter a float, to walk or dance or whatever in the procession, you don’t have to follow the theme but “Time Travel- where would you travel to?” is the 2016 choice because it is the 150th anniversary of the birth of H.G. Wells who lived in Midhurst and was the author of ‘The Time Machine’ They hope that the Carnival will be bigger and better than ever, whatever the weather! To take part contact Cllr Rev David Coote on 07979 221394 or david@cooteonline.com.

Butserfest Saturday 10th September The UK’s biggest Youth Music festival announces its first line up of bands for 2016. Butserfest is 10 years old in 2016 and this year’s event on Saturday 10 September will be bigger and better than ever before in celebration of a decade of

From the Ordinary to the ExtraOrdinary The Community Craft Mosaic at Haslemere Museum A new and exciting creative community project will take place at Haslemere Museum this summer culminating with an exhibition which will run throughout September.

In collaboration with Artist in Residence, Diana Birch, the project will draw inspiration from the Museum’s diverse European Peasant Arts Collection to create a fantastic collective mixed mosaic of contemporary craftwork.

days, but the tradition does go on - I cannot be the only parent who has kept cards and home-made gifts that were made by my little children as mementoes which are so special due to the care of creating and the connection of giving”

Diana Burch explained “The European Peasant Arts Collection at the Museum contains beautifully decorated household objects and intricately embroidered textiles, which shows visitors how much craft was valued in days gone by. A gift would not be bought from a shop, but worked on by hand for many hours and made special by the time and attention given to its making. These gifts of skill and care were treasured and passed on, telling a story of a special event and the relationship between the maker and the recipient. Few of us are lucky enough to receive such personal presents from skilled craftspeople these

Additionally there will be two ‘Let’s Get Crafty Together’ evening sessions for adults to be held in the beautiful gardens of the Museum where you can enjoy a glass of wine and get creative! All the decorative squares will be assembled together for the final piece - The Community Craft Mosaic which will be proudly displayed in Haslemere Museum during September.

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A series of fun workshops and drop-in activities for families will be held at the Museum during July and August for visitors to contribute to the project by making 15cm (6inch) crafted squares decorated out of anything and everything - from bits of fabric, oddments of wool and thread, through to offcuts of wood and recycling of plastics, broken jewellery and so on.

For full details of all the events and workshops taking place throughout the summer, please visit www. haslemeremuseum.co.uk.

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JOTTINGS - YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD this amazing music festival. As part of Butserfest’s 10 year anniversary plans their new website is now live and tells you all you need to know, including line-up, what’s on and most importantly how to buy your ticket. Why not take a look at www.butserfest.co.uk and sign up for the newsletter to be the first to know about those all-important future line-up announcements? Organised by East Hampshire District Council, Butserfest is the UK’s biggest and best alcohol and drug free festival. It was designed and launched specifically for young people in the area to give them access

to a great festival experience with world class music, in a safe environment. A great line up of food stalls, traders and community stalls will keep festival goers fed and entertained, making it an experience not to be missed.

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