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March 2014

CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL BUSINESS Barns Green • Billingshurst • Five Oaks • Ifold • Kirdford • Loxwood • Plaistow • Slinfold • Wisborough Green

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ell, last month I said that the extreme winds and floods are hopefully behind us. I clearly spoke too soon and, halfway through February, as I write this, they are still very much with us!

March brings with it (no, not more floods!) spring and of course Mothering Sunday.

Several of our advertisers are offering Mother’s Day promotions so why not treat your mother and make her day.

Next month’s issue is of course the Easter edition. If you are planning a special event in the community, or maybe your business is running an Easter promotion, be sure to let Village Tweet know about it!

Grahame Cover photo: A real Daffy Duck! Mallard hiding in daffodils, Wakehurst Place, West Sussex.

By darranl Food & drink Piggin Good, Hog Roasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Recipe: Teriyake Chicken with Spring Onions Queens Head Pub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jengers Craft Bakery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sumners Ponds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Health & wellbeing Billingshurst Osteopaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Care Comfort Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 AM Beauty Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Cancer Research UK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Billingshurst Leisure Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 14 Davis Foot Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Sports Injury Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Ascot Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Care and Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Billingshurst Dental Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 About the house Fowlers, Estate Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Cubitt & West, Estate Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Hallam Trim, Window Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Holly Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Brazier Driveways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Goring Road Carpets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 West Sussex Interiors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 GJ Coles Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Jef Wilson, Decorator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Hamilton Cole, TV & Satellite Equipment . . . . . . . .21 Miss Mop Domestic Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Appaloosa Upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Delta Decor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Sussex Carpet Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Billingshurst Plumbing Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Brazier Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Home Interior Painting Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Mrs Muscle Domestic Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Ovens and More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 ADC Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Pest B Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Flow-serve, Plumbing, Drainage, Heating . . . . . . . .27 Odd Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Oven Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Re-Nu Kitchens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Oak Designs, Buildings & Structures in Oak . . . . .28 All About Kitchens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Crystal Clean Carpet Cleaning Company . . . . . . . .29 Pest Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Woodpeckers House & Garden Maintenance . . . . .29 Cracknell Pitt-Draffen, Estate Agent . . . . . . . . . .OBC Equine SPR Centre’s page: Back in the saddle . . . . . . . . .36 Falcon/Willetts Equine Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Games and quizzes Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 43 Spot the Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31, 43 Last But Not Least What’s On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-46 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

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Garden Tweet!

Garden View: No one likes a soggy bottom!

John Potter Garden Services . . . . . . . . . . .

Lawns & Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sussex & Surrey Tree Services . . . . . . . . .

Andrew Gale Tree Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Clayton-Turner Trees & Gardens . . . . . . . .

HJS Land Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Clark’s Tree Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

REM Landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Village Nurseries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Features Make Your Mother’s Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Billingshurst Local History Society DVD review . . .21 Andy Ritchie – Talented Local Woodcarver . . . . . .28 Living with Laika: I know where magnetic North is .38 Computing: Taking the hard line with soft-ware . . .41 Miscellaneous Professional Services & Businesses Blooms2 Florist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Southwater Cycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Abby’s Grooming Parlour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Catherine’s Pet Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Willows Cattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Bax Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Community/Out & About/Farming/Smallholding Billingshurst Lions Club seeks new members . . . .

Slinfold Charity Fête . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Billingshurst Rotary Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Storrington Conservation Society . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Billingshurst Fire Station: Charity Car Wash . . . . .

Horsham Accordion Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Billingshurst Chamber of Commerce: Dee Blick . .

Storrington Dramatic Soc: The Importance of Being Ernest Michaela Giles’ Diary of a Smallholder . . . . . . . . .

John Nash’s Column: The Laundry . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dame Vera Lynn Trust – Easter Treasure Hunt . .

Wey & Arun Canal Society Cruises . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cranleigh Camera Club Annual Exhibition . . . . . .

Vivace Chorus: Fascinatin’ Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . .

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Blakes Chauffeur Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A-Team Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Infinity Driving School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sussex Towing Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Billingshurst Service, Repair & MOT Centre Macs Private Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The area’s longest-established, independent family firm Meet Fowlers’ people:

Keith Hutchinson

Director, Billingshurst

Keith brings our clients 27 years of experience and a record of awardwinning client care and attention.

He is a Fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents and is a Qualified Energy Assessor so can advise our clients on energy conservation.

Keith’s partner in the office is Lori, his wife. You see, Fowlers really is a family firm.

Lori too is the consummate property professional having managed offices in nearby towns and villages working with clients in Southwater, Ashington, Horsham, Arundel and Billingshurst.

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74, High Street Billingshurst RH14 9QS. www.fowlersonline.co.uk 01403 786787

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Food and drink / Private hire

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Teriyaki Chicken with Spring Onions A Super-speedy Supper for Two

METHOD

1. Heat the vegetable oil in a medium frying pan.

2. Chop the chicken breasts into bite-size chunks and stir fry them for 2-3 minutes.

3. Stir in ½ tsp sesame oil, the honey and soy sauce, and cook until the chicken caramelises.

Add in the chopped spring onions and stir fry until they begin to colour.

4. Add the lime juice to the chicken. Stir well.

Remove the pan from the heat, stirring or tossing all the time.

5. Drizzle the remaining sesame oil over the chicken and spring onion mixture, then sprinkle over the sesame seeds.

6. Serve the teriyaki chicken on a bed of noodles or rice.

Preparation time: 15-20 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes. Serves 2

INGREDIENTS 2 chicken breasts 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 tsp sesame oil 2 tsp clear honey 1 tbsp soy sauce Juice of one lime Handful of spring onions chopped into 2cm pieces 2 tsp sesame seeds

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Community / Food and drink

Billingshurst Lions Club seeks new members

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he Billingshurst and District Lions Club, which has been serving the local community for 40 years, is always seeking like-minded men and women to join them in making a difference in the community.

The Club serves the villages of Barns Green, Slinfold, Wisborough Green, Kirdford, Loxwood, Ifold, Plaistow and Rudgwick, as well as Billingshurst.

The Club gives members an opportunity to advance worthy causes, serve with friends and support the local community. Additionally it has an active social life for all members and their spouses with a variety of monthly events.

Meetings are held in the Sports Pavilion, Jubilee Fields, Billingshurst on the third Monday of the month at 8pm.

Our bookshop in Jengers Mead, Billingshurst continues to be extremely popular

and is open from 9am until 4pm, Monday to Saturday.

For more information about the Club contact Lion Alan Ridout on (01403) 871370 or call in at the bookshop and have a chat with the Lion on duty Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organisation in the world. Its 1.35 million members in more than 46,000 clubs are serving communities in 207 countries and geographical areas around the globe.

Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired, championed youth initiatives and strengthened local communities through hands-on service and humanitarian projects. For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit lionsclubs.org Photo: January senior citizens tea party. Lions David Thompson (The Mad Hatter!) and Viv Diggens plus some guests

The Queens Head, Barns Green Traditional 17th Century Village Pub Finest quality beers, ciders and wines Cask Marque Pub of Excellence Accredited in CAMRA Good Beer Guide

Finest quality, original home cooked food using our home grown and local produce (Some say it’s the Centre of the Universe)

MARCH EVENTS Sat 1st St David’s Day Menu Tues 4th Pancake Day Menu Weds 5th Live Acoustic Music Night Tues 11th Quiz Night Weds 12th Curry Night Weds 19th Live Acoustic Music Tues 25th Quiz Night Weds 26th Pie Night Sun 30th Mothering Sunday Every Friday Take-away Fish and Chips, 6.30-9pm

Chapel Road, Barns Green, West Sussex RH13 0PS. Tel: 01403 730436

www.thequeensheadbarnsgreen.co.uk

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BLAKES CHAUFFEUR HIRE

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CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN LIMOUSINES & SALOONS Over the last 30 years we have built up a reputation for good old fashioned service combined with the requirements of today’s business leaders and captains of industry.

Discretion, reliability and courtesy come as standard, whilst the Mercedes S-Class ensures your comfort in a relaxing atmosphere with true elegance and style.

Call Blakes Chauffeur Hire for your airport booking, trip into central London, to collect you from your hotel for theatre, opera or to take you to an appointment.

In-car wi-fi available

We are NEVER on time‌ we are ALWAYS EARLY! P.C.O. Operator Licence No. 00683/01/01

Booking Line: 020 8977 5761 (service available from Ifold) All quotes considered as starting and finishing in Ifold

Mobile: 07836 600706 Email: jim@blakeschauffeurhire.co.uk

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Food and drink

Bakers are Born and not Made!

eet Mark Sheath, Master Baker: Billingshurst’s recipe for success!

In 1987, at Lindsays Bakery, Potton Bedfordshire, Mark commenced his bakery career as an apprentice Baker Confectioner. Mark remembers, “I was hungry to acquire new skills and soon found myself in a new position as Commis Pastry Chef in a hotel in Essex. There I learned pastry, chocolate and patisserie skills before moving on to refine my craft in various 4- and 5-Star hotels.”

Always keen to travel Mark worked at a hotel on the Channel Island of Sark as well as working at sea for P&O on the cruise ship Oriana in 1995. “I then took a year out and baked my way around Australia!”

Returning to the UK Mark helped set up a bakery pastry section for a catering company, all products being made in house from scratch.

In June 1997 Mark married Helen and the couple emigrated to Australia for three years where their son Fraser was born.

On their return to England in 2000 Mark started working as a Development Pastry Chef for a patisserie company in Birmingham. 2002 saw the

birth of a daughter, Kirsty.

In November 2005, now living in Partridge Green, where the family still lives, Mark’s career moved up a gear with a move to Kates Cakes at Ashington as Product Development Manager. Following five wonderful years at Kates Cakes, Mark was head-hunted to work for an American Bakery business as Technical Sales Manager.

Mark brings the story up to date: “Last year I was contacted by a bakery agent who was marketing the sale of Jengers Bakery in Billingshurst. This is where I first met Barry and Jillian Sowter who have owned and run the bakery for 25 years and wish to retire.

“During the summer I started baking with Barry on Friday evenings to see what makes Jengers Bakery so special. Great tasting products combined with friendly service was the clear answer. A winning recipe!

“I would like to take this opportunity to wish Barry and Jill a happy and healthy retirement. I look forward to welcoming you to Jengers Craft Bakery, where it will be business as usual.”

Photo: Grahame Pearson

Jengers Craft Bakery Traditional Family Bakers — RETAIL & WHOLESALE BAKERY —

day 3rd March Opens for business on Mon 4 Jengers Mead, Billingshurst, RH14 9PB Tel: (01403) 784088 Opening Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8am-2pm.

Wednesday: 8am-1.30pm.

Saturday: 8am-12.30pm

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Health and wellbeing

The Care Comfort Company 1st Class Private Homecare for Retired Gentlefolk

“Making your twilight years the highlight years” We are a small family run care business and pride ourselves in providing an outstanding care service, allocating you with one of our highly recommended female carers who will ensure you remain independent, safe and content in your own home.

CARE Personal care, medication care, nutritional care, practical care, holiday, palliative care, 24-hour care - not 15-minute care!

COMFORT Cleaning, shopping, laundry, de-cluttering and organising, gardening duties, upkeep of domestic pets.

COMPANY Company of Carer in home, lunch clubs, regular outings and day trips, transport to family and friends, weekends away and short breaks.

Palliative Care. If it is a person’s desire to die at home with their family, Care Comfort’s dedicated Palliative Care Team can help your loved one achieve their wish.

Tina Montague, Registered Owner

"The Care Comfort Company provided the best possible care for my mother that we could have asked for. Sitting through the night with someone who is nearing end of life is hugely demanding both physically and emotionally. Tina and her team always had my mother’s best interests at heart and made it a priority to maintain her comfort and dignity at all times. Without their support we would not have been able to keep mum at home until her death. We will always owe them a debt of gratitude.” JF

Please call for services, trips, outings & prices: 01403 752062 Email: carecomfortco@btinternet.com www.carecomfortcompany.com

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Billingshurst Osteopaths pinpoint the cause of your condition and offer detailed treatment plans for a range of skeletal and muscular conditions including:

Back, neck and/or shoulder pain Joint and muscle pain Headache or migraine Sports injuries Pain related to motor accidents Pregnancy related pain Arthritic concerns Postural problems Babies with persistent crying, irritability and poor sleeping

Tel: 01403 786081 info@billingshurstosteopaths.com www.billingshurstosteopaths.com

A caring approach to your health

Registered Private Healthcare provider for BUPA, PPP and many more

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Community / Health and wellbeing

Slinfold Charity Fête

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linfold Charity Fête will be held at Slinfold Village Hall on Saturday 22nd March, 10am-4pm.

We are really excited to be holding our first Charity Fête to raise money for Cancer Research UK and Sussex Bowens Children’s Clinic.

We have many volunteers making beautiful items to buy and we will also have Polka Dot House (www.polkadothouse.co.uk) selling their beautiful wares. The sale is only a week before Mother’s Day and a month before Easter so perfect for buying gifts!

We are holding a raffle, with a free prize draw for everyone who buys on the day, as well as a fabulous auction at 2pm, with the opportunity to buy a ferry trip and a fantastic wine tasting! A full list of prizes is available from nclarkson@aol.com and you can also send silent bids until midday on the 22nd.

We will be serving tea and coffee all day and selling cakes to eat in or take away. For the kids, we have Lucky Dip and face painting. We also have some of the fabulous teams from Relay For

Life Horsham setting up stalls with us and visiting Bowens therapists explaining their service.

We are Nic and Sally (pictured).

Nic (on the left) lost her mum to cancer in 2012, much too soon, and is organising this event to help keep her mum’s memory alive.

Nic’s mum loved children so Sally and Nic decided to use the event to raise money for Sussex Bowens Children’s Clinic, as they work so hard to help children with Cerebral Palsy, which Sally’s son suffers from.

We would really love to see as many people as possible in Slinfold Village Hall on 22nd March – please come along to support us! We will make you very welcome.

Nic and Sally Tel: 07813 812606 Email: nclarkson@aol.com Facebook: Slinfold Charity Fête Bowen Therapy Professional Association

A Beautiful Six Room Vintage Salon

Mothers Day Gift Vouchers & Packages Now Available 10% off all Pamper Packages Semi-permanent make-up, Gel Manicure – lasts up to 3 weeks!

Lycon wax – no more ‘Ouch!’ ladies!

Luxury treatments and surroundings at affordable prices

A.M. Beauty Clinic

Established 18 years

Tel: 01403 782290 Web: www.ambeautyclinic.com 38 Station Road • Billingshurst • RH14 9SE

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Mother’s Day

Make Your Mother’s Day

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rom the day you have a baby or adopt a child, your life changes forever. People tell you this when you’re pregnant, but it’s only when it happens that you really understand what they mean.

Suddenly there’s someone who depends on you entirely. Every decision you make from now on will be based on their needs or desires.

Being a mother can be the best of jobs and the worst of jobs. For every heart-warming moment of pride and loveliness, there’s a blazing row or slammed door (but hopefully with a hug and a sorry afterwards).

Mums have to take on every role in the family: carer, teacher, agony aunt, sergeant major, personal assistant, taxi driver… and it doesn’t stop when the children leave home. Now approaching 40, I still rely on my mum for advice, friendship, help with childcare, emergency loans and the occasional kick up the backside to get things done.

It’s only as you get older, especially if you have children of your own, that you realise how your parents felt as you grew up – why they made you do your homework, go to bed, stop fighting with your brother, eat properly, save money and above all, be careful!

Mother’s Day gives us the perfect opportunity to say thank you to our mums for everything they

have done and still do for us.

It’s lovely to buy or make a card and give flowers and chocolates. You can also do something special to show you care – maybe take on a job that she hates or treat her to a day of pampering.

But this year, why not go beyond the message in the card and write a few personal lines of your own to tell your mother how much you love her. Make sure she knows that she really is the best mum in the world (like mine).

Alex Albrighton Mother’s Day is celebrated all around the world, usually in March or in May. In the UK, it is a mixture of a Christian tradition, and the celebration of motherhood that began in the USA in the early 20th century. During the 16th century, people in service would return to their home or ‘mother’ church on the fourth Sunday in Lent – Mothering Sunday.

Mother’s Day as we know it became a regular event in the 1950s, largely thanks to businesses keen to exploit its commercial potential.

The founder of Mother’s Day in the US, Anna Jarvis, eventually regretted campaigning to get the day recognised because it became so commercialised. She hated the fact that people would buy a card with a printed message rather than writing a letter.

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Billingshurst Rotary Club

hen Billingshurst Rotary Club met on 6th January it was to disperse funds to four of their favourite charities – at home and overseas.

Christmas, once again, saw members manning the Santa’s Grotto at Newbridge Nurseries for several weekends and, through the generosity of the owner Nigel Waite, who had provided all the gifts, £4,462 was raised. Nigel was there to hand over cheques for £950 to Rosie Wyer of Dame Vera Lynn Trust and £3,600 to Jayne Todd of Chestnut Tree House.

Members learned that Chestnut Tree House has been in operation for ten years and, having started with the facilities to help 30 families, they are now able to help 300 families that need hospice and respite care. Children from the Dame Vera Lynn Trust use Chestnut Tree House for respite visits. Jayne told members that Lady Sarah Clutton had given the hospice yet more land so that a sensory woodland walk could be planted.

Billingshurst and District Rotary Club members also run the annual Billingshurst Show in conjunction with the Scouts. Half the proceeds from the Show in June 2013 was £4,900 and members agreed to give £1,000 to The Children of Sumatra, and another £1,000 to the David Tilley Foundation. The Children

of Sumatra was started ten years ago when a local Sussex girl married in Indonesia, and found that many children suffered from congenital cleft lip and palate. She appealed to Billingshurst Rotarians for financial help and the £5,000 that was sent immediately started to make a huge difference.

Members were told that last year more children than ever were operated on and another 46 are being treated for TB, to get them well enough for the operation.

The charity also helps with dental work and speech therapy to give the youngsters a much better chance in life.

The David Tilley Foundation was started by a member, and his widow and son have continued the good work supporting a school in Tanzania.

Billingshurst Rotary Club now sponsor three students at the school.

For information on Billingshurst Rotary Club ring Secretary John Jones (01403) 783392 or visit www.billingshurst-rotary.net Photo: Jayne Todd of Chestnut Tree House, Nigel Waite, President Tony Priestley and Rosie Wyer of Dame Vera Lynn Trust at the January meeting at the Blacksmiths Arms, Adversane where meetings are held every Monday at 8pm

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Storrington Conservation Society

he Society is now in its 25th year, and continues to fulfil its aim of ‘Making Storrington a better place for its people and wildlife’. Amongst other things, this involves working parties of volunteers.

We meet usually on the first Saturday of each month from September to June.

We carry out tasks to improve the environment in and around Storrington. Our work includes pond care, management of trees and shrubs, removal of litter and the maintenance of footpaths. We conserve what is of value in the interests of the community.

New members of all ages are always welcome.

No previous experience is necessary, just the wish to join a group of like-minded cheerful workers, who enjoy fresh air and exercise in

achieving something very worthwhile. The equipment needed is provided.

Our main long-term project is to improve Fryern Dell for the benefit of native plants and wildlife. It is the habitat for a whole range of species, which need care and management in order to thrive.

We also have a programme of talks, covering a range of conservation topics, the most recent being on Saturday 22nd February at the Village Hall, given

by Fran Southgate from Sussex Wildlife Trust.

Our next working party takes place on Saturday 15th March at Fryern Dell, at 10am.

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Support Billingshurst Fire Fighters charity car wash

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he winter of 2014 will be remembered for its extreme wet and windy weather causing massive disruptions nationwide, with the south of the country including West Sussex receiving the lion’s share.

Your local Fire Station has been busy with calls, many due to the bad weather, and I’m sure were all hoping that March can bring us some sun… fingers are crossed!

Come rain or shine, this month we bring you our first Charity Car Wash of 2014, raising money for injured fire-fighters and their families, a great cause that needs the local communities support.

Watch the guys bring a sparkle to your car which you may not have seen for years while you can dig deep for any donations.

Please keep your eyes open for our usual banners in front of the fire station as the date has not yet been set

but it will be in March.

Once the car wash has been completed we will hopefully be welcoming some new recruits who have been undergoing training for the past few months. Does the Fire Service interest you?

Would you be interested in becoming a ‘Retained Fire Fighter’? Do you live or work within four minutes of the Fire Station? If your answer is “Yes” then this could be your new part-time career. and a very rewarding one too.

All the guys on station have other full-time employment but respond to emergency calls during the day, evening or weekends.

Pop down on Monday nights 7-9pm to find more out more details and meet the crew.

So, see you all at the March Car Wash.

Last March (see photo) we raised £937.10, lets make this one the biggest one yet!

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Billingshurst Chamber of Commerce hosts award-winning marketer at sell-out event

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n 22nd January at Billingshurst’s Community & Conference Centre 70 business-minded people were glued to their seats for over an hour when Amazon UK’s No1 best-selling small business marketing author, Dee Blick, was guest speaker of the Billingshurst Chamber of Commerce.

‘The Marketing Masterclass’, delivered by the Horsham-based writer and marketing guru, coincided with the launch of her latest book, The 15 essential Marketing Masterclasses for your small business. Each attendee went home with a signed copy.

Delivering some key essentials of her advice, Ms Blick emphasised the individual talents of small businesses, “So often, these strengths are obvious to the companies themselves yet are overlooked, but are of great interest to customers, so use them”. Ms Blick stressed that marketing is not a ‘one off’ and needs a regular commitment of time – even if it is a few hours every Sunday. She said that personalisation of materials is essential and makes them powerful. “Resist ‘cutandpasteitis’”, she stressed, and a company’s imagery – its identity, logo and the quality and style of every presentation – reflects the company itself.

“Move outside your comfort zone and do things differently”, she said. “Set goals and take calculated risks”. Ms Blick challenged the notion that in today’s cyberworld of social media, that ‘traditional marketing’ doesn’t work. “It depends on your audience”, she said, giving examples of how Facebook and Twitter may be right for some

but simple, direct mailers may be best for others.

“Be brilliant at the basics”, she said, “and see marketing as an investment, not an expense”.

Introducing the highly respected speaker, Chamber Co-Chair, Susan Venturi, said, “Dee is a star in the marketing firmament and we are lucky to have her here in Billingshurst tonight. This presentation is the first in our Chamber’s Trophy Events programme, and it is our objective that everyone goes away from each having learned something that will help their business. That is the Chamber living its strategy to provide members with an ‘extra dimension’”.

Dee Blick concluded, “I was so excited to be invited by the Chamber and to present their first Trophy Event seminar. The room was packed and the evening buzzed. The networking was incredible”.

Martin Spurrier, Public Relations Officer Dee’s book is available on Amazon at just £9.99.

“If you run a small business it could be the best tenner you ever spent.” Village Tweet Photo: Dee Blick presents her Marketing Masterclass to the Billingshurst Chamber of commerce The Billingshurst Chamber of Commerce exists to provide its Members with an ‘extra dimension’ to help them achieve objectives they might not be able to achieve alone.

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A Good Read March’s selection from book reviewer Kath Bennett My Autobiography – Alex Ferguson Everyone knows who Alex Ferguson is – controversial, yes, but without doubt the most successful football manager of modern times. On its release, this became one of the fastest selling football books of all time, with fans queuing at midnight to get their hands on a copy. Headlines were made

by Ferguson’s pronouncements on the quality of his own players and those who starred for other teams. Shortly afterwards, the book hit the headlines when readers discovered a number of factual errors in the text. Bearing all of that in mind, should you buy a copy?

If you are a Manchester United fan, then the answer is that you probably have a copy already. If not, what will you get? The book mainly focuses on Ferguson’s last seasons in charge at Old Trafford, and his final year in particular, with some detailed rundowns of key games. In between, there are chapters devoted to memorable friends and adversaries – notably Roy Keane, David Beckham, Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho.

Ferguson tells a good story, and as you might expect, he has a huge stock of anecdotes about his time in charge. He also shows an encyclopaedic knowledge of the game and offers a real insight into the scouting and signing process at a Premier League club. However, if you have read any of the articles published at the time the book was released, chances are that you have heard the best tales already, and certainly the best lines. The chapter on Keane is a prime example – the argument in the changing

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illingshurst Local History Society has produced an hour-long video recording the history of Billingshurst. The video will be shown at the Society’s meeting at the Community & Conference Centre on 13th March at 7.30pm after which copies will be for sale on DVD and Blu-ray.

Shot in high-definition the video relates the history of the village from scattered farmsteads in Roman times to the present day. It grew around Stane Street, the Roman road linking London and Colchester, later becoming the A29. This was followed by the impact of the Arun Navigation, the Wey and Arun Canal, the railway and the internal combustion engine.

Many buildings are covered, as is local industry; some companies have survived while others have disappeared into obscurity. One example is Ray Stiles’ factory in Station Road which produced the Whirlwind vacuum cleaner in the ’twenties. This ‘cleaner sweeper’ was remarkable for needing no electricity. King George V was so impressed he bought one for the Palace! The factory was given over to war work in the ’forties, and then changed ownership a number of times before eventually being demolished to be replaced by flats.

The video also looks at people past and present who have made an impact on the village, mostly for its good but one whose criminal activity led to his burial in the Convict Cemetery in Bermuda!

No history of a village would be complete without reference to the effect the two world wars had on its menfolk and Billingshurst is no exception. Particularly poignant in this centenary of the commencement of the First World War, are the numerous brothers’ names on the War Memorial by St Mary’s Church.

The video ends with a look at some of the events and activities which take place in Billingshurst today.

This video will appeal not only to local historians but also to those who live in and around the village.

The video was shot and edited by Charles Chatwin, who also narrates, and is priced at £10 DVD and £13 Blu-ray.

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A Tale of Two Dogs

Once upon a time at a caravan park near a small farm near Billingshurst… …is where Nanny and Grandad have their caravan turned and ran all the way back to the caravan, his in the winter. It is very nice there with ponds, lots of little feet hardly touching the ground. Nanny noisy geese and ducks and a warm ablutions block. grumbled to herself, “Grandad was right, I should It also has very handy woods have kept his lead on. walks. Magnus always loves GRRRRR.” going to the caravan and he A few weeks later, it was just always loves his walks in the Magnus and Nanny in the woods. woods, off lead of course, as On one occasion Nanny and Magnus had become so much Grandad had to look after Brody better at coming back when (Jaws to his family) as Anne was called. (You may remember busy that weekend. So Nanny Magnus’ adventures at the took both dogs for the walk in the beach in last July’s Village woods. Brody was a bit nervous Tweet). As they were walking, as he hadn’t been there before Nanny noticed a brick culvert Nanny put his lead on. Since he that looked very old and the seemed so well behaved she water was rushing through it very took it off later on. fast after the recent heavy rain.

Then they met another dog.

Like many dogs, Magnus had He seemed friendly and he was: developed a loving relationship Magnus and he sniffed each with his nose and rabbits so as other to check their tails. But Nanny was gazing off at the Brody would have none of it. He culvert Magnus put his head barked and barked at the dog, ‘There was Brody, looking as pleased as Punch’ down and disappeared. Nanny who turned around and chased looked up. No Magnus. Thinking him. Brody ran a little way off and the owner called he’d gone on ahead a bit she carried on to the end her dog away. Brody was enticed back to Nan (with of the path. No Magnus. She called and called. No treats) and everyone moved on. Brody ran on a little Magnus. She back tracked calling. No Magnus. She ahead and then the other dog decided to chase tried ringing Grandad . No Reception. Nanny was again. Brody ran for his life. He ran and ran. The really worried now; she hurried along the path other dog stopped, ran back to its owner and they frantically calling him. No Magnus. went off in a different direction. Nanny called and Finally she heard Grandad calling her. They called to no avail but there was no sign of Brody. finally met after trying to communicate by shouting Magnus and Nanny hurried back to the caravan across the paths. He hadn’t seen Magnus either. and there was Brody looking as pleased as Punch Together they went back to the caravan… waiting for them. “At least he had the sense to come And there was Magnus, as large as life as if he back,” said Nanny to Grandad. “Put a lead on next had retuned from a lovely stroll. Both Grandad and time,” replied Grandad. “I never take them out Nanny were very relieved and happy. They dried without a lead”. Nanny had heard that many times him and took him inside for a drink. before, so she just rolled her eyes.

“You should keep him on a lead,” said Grandad. “I At the next walk she put Brody on the lead. never take him out without a lead.” As she took Understandably, he wasn’t very keen to go for the Magnus’ training collar out of the bag for next time, woods walk, but Nanny took him anyway. He settled Nanny just rolled her eyes.

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Storrington Dramatic Society presents the classic

The Importance of Being Earnest

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hilst it is certainly important for a young man to have the quality of earnestness, is it really necessary for him to be called Ernest? This is the dilemma explored in Storrington Dramatic Society’s forthcoming production of Oscar Wilde’s famous comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest.

Young men-abouttown, Jack (Simon Berry, making his debut for SDS) and his friend Algernon (Sam Standen), are keen to woo feisty young women, Gwendolen (Emily Hale) and Cicely (Maddy Gilmore in her first leading role). But they must do battle with formidable Lady Bracknell (Angela Chapple, relishing the opportunity to release her inner Dame Edith Evans), who is adamant that they should not succeed. The two friends come up against another obstacle; the girls are determined only to marry men by the name of Ernest!

Local clergyman, Canon Chasuble (Roy Stevens), who arrives on the scene expecting merely a pleasant afternoon stroll with Cicely’s governess, the buttoned-up Miss Prism (Amanda Hislop), is surprised to receive two requests for immediate baptism. Miss Prism, meanwhile, is nursing a secret of her own. Will her revelation smooth the path to true love, or will it create yet more bumps in the road?

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intentions, while inventing any number of disreputable brothers and invalid friends along the way.

Wilde’s sparklingly witty script is full of lines that audiences will recognise; the most famous being, of course, Lady Bracknell’s horrified exclamation when confronted by Jack’s disclosure that he was found as a baby in an item of luggage – “A HANDBAG!” And Downton Abbey fans will see a great deal of Dame Maggie Smith’s Dowager Countess in the character of this relic of a bygone age still asserting her authority.

Director Sue Goble says that, with The Importance of Being Earnest on the syllabus for many A levels and GCSEs, tickets for the show are likely to sell very quickly. Priced at £8, with a student concession rate of £5, they can be obtained from the Box Office outlets at Fowlers Estate Agent in The Square at Storrington and Nisa Local in Haglands Lane, West Chiltington, or on-line via the website www.storringtondramatics.co.uk.

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illage Tweet recently talked to Andy Ritchie and being impressed with his creations Editor Grahame asked him to say a few words about himself and his work. Over to you Andy…

“When I retired seven years ago I was looking for something to do to pass the time. We visited the ‘Vivartis’ art exhibition in Wormley, and one of the exhibits was a splendid red kite made in bronze. I wondered, out loud, whether I could make something similar in wood, and received the reply, “Oh don’t be so silly!”

“Always one to rise to a challenge I set to work, and entered the result, together with a kestrel, hovering, into the following year’s exhibition. To my surprise and delight the pieces both sold on the opening day. Thus my retirement

hobby was established.

“My subject matter is all from nature – such as hummingbirds, woodpeckers, nuthatches, eagles, kites, kestrels, butterflies and dragonflies etc. I do not stain any of the woods I use – I try and pick a wood that is the right colour for the piece I am making – which precludes bluetits and kingfishers as there is no naturally blue wood!

“My ‘five minutes of fame’ moment came two years ago when I appeared on BBC’s Handmade Revolution with Paul Martin. Sadly I was not among the winners!

“I exhibit twice a year at the Appart exhibition (Vivartis’ new name) and I am happy to undertake commissions.

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which are damp but not t’s a phrase normally associated with BBC2’s permanently waterlogged, Great British Bake Off, but it’s not just cooks include the beautiful bold who go to great lengths to ensure their leaves of the Hosta, the feathery produce (pastry in this case) doesn’t end up with plumes and delectably dissected a soggy bottom, it affects gardeners too! foliage of the Astilbe, and any of the I’m not talking about sitting on wet grass, or Primulas, which are ideal for low-growing toppling over in the veg plot after too much spring colour. For potting-shed fern lovers, Osmunda homebrew, but about regalis is a favourite or the poor plants we for a splash of summer expect to grow in colour in full sun try badly-drained soil. Out Lobelia cardinalis. in the wild, a plant’s If you have a larger survival depends on garden and need to fill whether its seeds blow areas of damp soil, try into a dry rock face or a the herbaceous sticky clay soil puddle, Rodgersia which look and that’s fine because great planted in drifts, one will die while the and if you have a really other thrives. But it’s large area why not try very different in the Gunnera manicata the prickly rhubarb-like domestic garden, Gunnera manicata – children will love standing where over-enthusiastic humans buy anything under the giant leaves of its huge green that looks pretty, dig a hole and expect it to umbrella! bloom.

If you don’t have a boggy area, but would like The right plant for the right soil is as to try growing some of these plants for yourself, important, if not more so, than its tolerance to why not create one? If you dig out a ‘mini pond’ sun or shade. Studies show that plants cannot and then add an old liner or plastic sheet, pierce survive for more than just a few days if left in it several times with a fork and then put the soil standing water. It’s a little known fact that roots back in, you can plant a selection of the plants need air too… well, most plants that is. You see, above. You’ll need to make sure it doesn’t dry there’s a clever lot who have adapted over the out in the summer, so a shady location works years to thrive in such conditions and they’re best, and if you’ve only got a teeny garden, try commonly known as bog plants. I understand it’s the fly-eating pitcher plants Sarracenia. They will not the most glamorous name, unlike their provide a talking point. closely-related cousins such as water lilies, Until next month, enjoy your garden! which are known as hydrophytes.

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have run out of piglets! What a nice position to final, final warning as he suddenly decided that be in as a smallholder and so have been the 6,000 volt ‘ZAP’ from the electric fence is referring people to fellow breeders. We sold our worth the hit if he can get in with the ladies and I pregnant Middle White sow Sally to had to obtain some emergency breeders in Cornwall and I’m now contraception due to his wondering with the demand we incestuous activities. have if that was a wise move but The sheep are starting to look you can’t keep them all and we rotund as they are nearing prefer to keep our own breeding lambing and although we usually where possible. lamb outside with great success We do, however, have two sows I’m not so sure this year but apart due imminently and the juggle to from bringing them into the house find them room to give birth (or a substantial lottery win) I’m commences. With all the recent not sure where they are going to rain it is just too wet in our go.

Monty the Lemon Pyle Brahma and paddocks to risk the piglets We have a trip up north to plan one of his wives on a rare sunny day drowning when they venture out as well as I have reserved a rather which can be as young as a day old and sows nice Boer goat billy called Noah from a herd are not good at sharing bedrooms when they dispersal sale in the Midlands and by midhave a litter. So yet again the poor horses have summer I am hoping he will prove an excellent been turfed out of their warm stables, which our husband to our nanny goats. The chickens have Welsh pony couldn’t care less about, but our also started laying and the incubators are once warm blood Trakehner is definitely not happy and again packed full and whirring away – spring has been pawing at the gate! must be just around the corner… surely!

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The Laundry John Nash is a retired, well sort of retired, fruit farm manager in Kirdford who enjoys scribbling about life on the farm from the now to days gone by.

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any moons ago, when life seemed so much simpler and the sun always shone in summertime, I started my working life in farming…

Leaving home at 15 and heading straight into agricultural training I was, to say the least, not that experienced in what you girls call housework.

College had attempted to instil some form of selfpreservation in me, but I confess that the idea of washing and ironing was something that was still in its most primordial state in my knowledge.

So, when myself and a fellow student were left at our first farm employment and installed in a nearby chicken farm which included our ‘digs’, the thought of housekeeping was not at the forefront of our list of priorities.

The dairy farm we had been allocated to was a lovely place. A small herd of delightful Jersey cows, all hand-milked, a couple of bulls and a collection of young heifers growing on for replacements for the herd as the ‘old girls’ ceased their working life. Our hours were from 6.30am to around 5.30 in the afternoon with one day off each a week. On bank holidays and Christmas we all went in so that the milking could be done quickly and we could all have a few hours off during the day.

Looking back it now seems a strict and dogged workload, but at the time we regarded it as the norm and took it all in our stride especially as the pay was £2 per week all found, with overtime at a tanner an hour (that’s two and a half pence decimal).

Anyway, back to my original thread. Hand-milking cows is not the cleanest of jobs. There was always the occasional clout round the face with a delicately decorated tail and leaning against the side of the animal on colder days may have given the milker a warm shoulder, but it also imparted a smell that clung to you as a permanent fixture. Of course you very quickly became used to the aroma and failed to notice it when you too had adopted the familiar bovine pheromone. It was quite a while before it dawned on me why I was always served so quickly in the village shop as I called in for my Woodbine fix.

However, there was something far worse when hand-milking than just the animals’ scent. As we milked there was the inevitable splashing of milk that dribbled onto the inner side of the calf muscles.

The milking bucket was clamped between the

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crossed ankles of the milker to make sure that any stray kick from the beast did not dislodge the contents down the dung channel that runs beside you. As a result our jeans received a coating of rich Jersey milk twice a day. This was inclined to produce the equivalent of a double dose of starch to the lower trouser legs. When they could stand up by themselves in the corner of the bedroom was when we began to think that maybe we ought to think about washing them.

Now, removing this thick layer of solidified fats from our not too well preserved jeans called for careful thinking. No washing machines of course. So we would lay them with great care on the concrete of the yard, douse them with scalding water from the sterilizing boiler, and then scrub them hard with the stiff yardbroom.

On the whole it worked reasonably well. They shrunk a tad, but that was to be expected. They faded a little bit, but we didn’t mind.

Then came the day when I had left them just a little too long before deciding that they should receive their treatment.

The blasted stuff refused to leave the denim. It assumed the consistency of soft grease but its grip on the cloth was tight and determined.

Now, young lads left to their own devises can often be quite resourceful. In the dairy where all the milking equipment was cleaned and stored was a substance that had magical properties. I believe its name was something like Cloros, or similar, anyway, it was a cleaning and sterilizing liquid, it would even roughen concrete if used neat! Just an eggcup full in 10 galls of water would clean the milking machines a treat. We later found that it would remove nicotine stains from your fingers if you left them immersed in it till you could no longer stand the pain. Wonderful stuff!

I was feeling a trifle miffed that my first efforts had failed so I was generous, perhaps just a little too generous. I left the offending garment in the bucket along with the mixture for around half an hour. They came out immaculate. No stains, no milk residue, no colour. And no stitching.

You learn over the years don’t you. Life is one long lesson in how to grow old with as few disasters as possible. We all have had them, and now look back on some of them with a chuckle or smile. The mistakes of youth. Just think, the more you’ve made, the more of those memories you have.

Isn’t life grand!

John Nash

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ith spring well on its way (hopefully!) many of you will be turning your thoughts to the longer daylight hours and the better weather and be itching to get some extra riding in.

For most leisure riders the winter months often mean curtailing riding activities to weekends as the dark evenings and poor weather takes its toll. For those lucky enough to have indoor schools or floodlit arenas and who have been mostly schooling in the evenings will welcome the opportunity to get out and about whether that means competing or simply hacking out with friends.

Making sure yourself and your horse are brought back to full work slowly and carefully will play dividends and neither of you will want and injury due to doing too much too soon! Many owners are very diligent about keeping their horses happy and healthy but often neglect their own aches and pains; it is a very good idea to have an MOT for ourselves as riders as the way we sit and move will have a compounding effect on our horse. Pilates is excellent for horse riders and can help with body alignment and core strength, there are even classes aimed specifically at riders, ask at your local riding club for recommendations – some riding clubs do rider fitness clinics which can be great fun as well as a way of keeping fit. Swimming and cycling are also great ways to get fit and build the stamina needed for long days in the saddle.

If you are aiming to compete with your horse this summer a few lessons would be an excellent idea. As well as giving you a benchmark of yours and your horse’s level and abilities, lessons also help to build the confidence and partnership of horse and rider and give you goals to aim towards. Ask around for recommendations of good trainers and instructors. Many riding clubs offer subsidised training sessions and these are a great way to gain access to trainers who would otherwise be very expensive if booked privately. Riding club camps can also be a fantastic experience where you get plenty of tuition, the chance to try new equine activities as well as having a great social side to them with evening cook outs and the chance to relax and go over the day’s activities.

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There are many people out there who have ridden in the past but have given up to pursue a career or raise a family and are keen to return to riding.

There are several ways to go about this. The first is to find a good riding school; the British Horse Society have a list of approved riding establishments and word of mouth from the local horse community are an excellent way to find the best school for your needs. You can opt for a group or private lesson and you will be matched with a horse suited to your ability.

If you have experience of horse care and are a competent rider, even if a little rusty, but work and family commitments means you are unable to care for a horse full time then sharing may be an option. Many horse owners find themselves short of time and money and opt to have someone to share their horse to help out with this. Adverts for sharers can be found in tack shops and on horsey social networking sites. When looking to share a horse it is vitally important you are honest about your abilities and it is advisable to try the horse a few times before making finally committing yourself. Some owners are happy to let you ride in return for doing jobs such as poo-picking or mucking out; others prefer a financial contribution.

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hades of Glastonbury 2005! It’s time to slip on my crampons and jump into my waders as Laika and I attempt to negotiate the sodden woods and fields.

It really is hard going with every step an effort where the floor can slide under you, where innocent ooze can harbour a secret depth and where mud-splattered clothes are a fact of life! Laika is impervious to it all and it is for her sake that I am once more venturing away from the tarmac and into our newly formed wetlands where the oak and hazel predominate.

Yes I will tolerate her damp doggy smell, the daily washing and drying of copious towels and the monthly visits to the grooming parlour.

Visits to the woods for Laika are always more pleasurable when she finds a friend to play with and recently she spent a happy hour pursuing and being pursued by Jovis, a male black Labrador of similar age and size. The hurly-burly of the chase was intermittently interrupted by serious, dedicated games of Tug of War with Jovis cannily employing a short jerking technique while Laika stoically gripped the sticks with front legs taut in resistance and paws disappearing into the mire.

What fun and of course, I was able to make a new friend as our hounds had a wonderful work-out and a guaranteed good night’s sleep!

Well, it has been the wettest January ever recorded in

the south of England. Apparently, the reason for this mild, wet weather has been the predominance of west and south-west winds bringing mild moist air in from the Atlantic – yes, we can blame the Jet Stream for that!

Now what we need is a strong cold wind from the north, from the North Pole in fact, bringing proper winter weather and I know precisely in which direction that is! You see Laika has been taking part in a serious scientific study to ‘firm up’ (sorry) the finding that dogs have a “highly significant axial preference for north-south alignment during defecation”. Now this assertion results from almost 2,000 observations over a two-year period with dogs acting like compass needles when they need to defecate. OK, so wolves are said to use magnetic fields to navigate so why shouldn’t dogs be aware of the Earth’s magnetic North – after all, the scientists write, isn’t there lots of anecdotal evidence of dogs returning home from large distances. Now, all I have to do is to note the time of day, the weather, and where Laika’s head would be pointing if it were a compass needle – simple?!

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Download it here: http://free.avg.com.

Browse the web. Our favourite free web browser is Mozilla Firefox. It is fast, stable and offers enough add-ons to make sure it works exactly as you want it to. There are lots of versions out there so make sure you get the latest one here: www.mozilla.org.

Access your emails. Email is a must for most people these days and if you don’t want to pay over £100 for Outlook then take a look at Thunderbird (another Mozilla creation). Installation and setup is

easy, the spam filter is very good and it does not require any sort of registration. It also has lots of add-ons available so you can get this email client to do almost anything you need. It’s is also available on the Mozilla website.

Edit your photos. Digital cameras have changed the world of photography forever and many of us have more photos than we know what to do with.

And if you want to make the most of those special snaps, most editing software costs a fortune.

XnView is a great option that’s totally free! It includes effects, filters and many other features you would not expect for free. Download it here: www.xnview.com.

Step outside the Office. Microsoft Office is a very useful suite of software tools and its popularity speaks for itself. But £250 for the professional suite is not a small sum, so we suggest you give Open Office a try. It is a well-established piece of open source software and does an excellent job of replacing MS Office. You can download it here: www.openoffice.org.

We hope you find this list of open source software programmes a handy and cost-effective insight into the available alternatives to the usual paid for options.

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ADVERTISERS INDEX March 2014 A-Team Mechanics............................42 Abby’s Grooming Parlour ..................38 ADC Appliances ................................26 All About Kitchens.............................29 AM Beauty Clinic...............................10 Andrew Gale Tree Surgery................32 Appaloosa Upholstery.......................22 Ascot Care ........................................15 Bax Computers .................................41 Billingshurst Dental Practice .............17 Billingshurst Leisure Centre ........12, 14 Billingshurst Osteopaths .....................9 Billingshurst Plumbing Centre...........24 Billingshurst Service, Repair & MOT Centre...................................43 Blakes Chauffeur Hire .........................7 Blooms2 Florist .................................11 Brazier Building Solutions .................25 Brazier Driveways .............................19 Cancer Research UK ........................10 Care Comfort Company ......................9 Care and Choice ...............................16 Catherine’s Pet Services...................38 Clark’s Tree Surgery..........................35 Clayton-Turner Trees & Gardens.......33 Cracknell Pit-Draffen, Estate Agent .........................................OBC Cranleigh Camera Club.....................41

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Crystal Clean Carpet Cleaning Company.......................................29 Cubitt & West, Estate Agent................4 Davis Foot Care Clinic ......................13 Delta Decor .......................................22 Dame Vera Lynn Trust.......................39 Falcon/Willetts Equine Feeds............37 Fishers Farm Park.............................39 Flow-serve, Plumbing, Drainage, Heating..........................................27 Fowlers, Estate Agent .........................3 GJ Coles, Builder ..............................20 Goring Road Carpet Centre..............19 Hallam Trim, Window Cleaning .........18 Hamilton Cole, TV & Satellite Equipment .....................................21 HJS Land Services ...........................33 Holly Boilers ......................................18 Home Interior Painting Services .......25 Infinity Driving School .......................42 Jef Wilson, Decorator........................20 Jengers Craft Bakery ..........................8 John Potter Garden Work..................30 KB Private Hire....................................5 Lawns & Edges .................................30 Mac’s Private Hire .............................43 Miss Mop Domestic Cleaning ...........21 Moon Hall School..............................40

Mrs Muscle Domestic Cleaning ........25 Oak Designs, Buildings & Structures in Oak ..........................28 Odd Job.............................................27 Oven Rescue ....................................27 Ovens & More ...................................25 Pest B Off..........................................26 Pest Man ...........................................29 Piggin Good, Hog Roasts ...................5 Plaistow Pre-school...........................39 Queens Head Pub ..............................6 REM Landscapes..............................35 Re-Nu Kitchens .................................27 Southwater Cycles ............................17 Sports Injury Techniques...................13 Sumners Ponds...............................IBC Sussex & Surrey Tree Services.........31 Sussex Carpet Brokers .....................23 Sussex Towing Brackets....................42 Tip Top Tutors....................................40 Village Nurseries...............................35 West Sussex Interiors .......................19 Wey & Arun Canal Trust Cruises ......40 Willows Cattery .................................38 Woodpeckers, House & Garden Building & Maintenance ................29

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