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School ’s out Kids’ holiday Fun

A Day in the Sea Life

Art for All Brush up your painting skills

Behind the scenes at the aquarium

Beer Fest Fun

sussex ales on show

WIN! Tickets to the Sealife Centre We review the Sylvan Oak, Findon

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Contents 5

Welcome to July

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village News & Diary

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Your Wonderful Garden

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Art for All Brush up your painting skills

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MEET vINCENT REED 13

Meet vincent Reed Restoration Revealed

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A Day in the sea Life Behind the scenes at the world’s oldest aquarium

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school’s Out Picnic Treats for Kids

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Marguerite Patten Recipes

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The sylvan Oak

RECIPE 20

Findon’s Hidden Gem 25

sussex in season: Tasty Tomatoes

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Drink Local: Beer Fests put to the test

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Gardening: Thinking Big from the Big Plant Nursery

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Talk Money: with Claire Cook

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Mind & Body: Cures for the Summertime blues

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Welcome to July

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une may have turned out to be a bit of a damp squib but we were blessed with good weather for our summer picnic photoshoot. Our easy-to-make scones & jam recipes from sussex resident Marguerite Patten, are the perfect way to keep holiday kids busy, rain or shine (page 18). still on the school holiday, I was lucky enough to be invited to work behind the scenes at Brighton’s sealife Centre where I got a lot more up close and personal with some of the bigger fish than I’d bargained for. Read all about my aquatic adventure on page 15.

An unexpected highlight was my visit to the Burgess Hill Beer Festival, a boutique event run by our own BeerMatt.

It took a bit of persuading to get me there, but now I’m hooked (page 27).

And finally, we discovered the sylvan Oak, sussex’s hidden gem, where chef proprietor sinan Kalan, tickled our tastebuds with some exciting flavour combinations.

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Organic TLC from Oomoo Spending the day in London recently, training with celebrity hairdresser and allround nice bloke, Trevor Sorbie, was something I’d been looking forward to doing for ages.

Trevor’s initiative, My New Hair, which helps women undergoing cancer treatment to look and feel their best, has recently achieved charity status and as a fully-qualified My New Hair stylist, I like to pop back regularly to brush up on my skills.

This most-recent training session tackled the subject of aftercare. Cancer patients often have very fragile hair and sensitive scalps and learning more about how our hair and our skin absorbs many of the chemicals we put on it, has made me even more passionate about using only organic treatments in the Oomoo salon.

Many hairdressers who apply colour treatments, for example, end up with very sore hands from coming in to contact with harsh chemicals like ammonia. Since discovering Organics, a UKproduced colour system, I’ve fallen in love with doing colours all over again. The products are so gentle and produce such spectacular results, leaving everyone’s hair shiny and gorgeous every time. Best of all, it doesn’t cost any more to have an organic colour at Oomoo than a standard colour elsewhere.

20% off all Beauty Treatments every tuesday at Oomoo

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Visit Oomoo Organic hair salon at www.oomoo.biz or call 01903 745616 high street, storrington rh20 4DJ

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Open Air Beauty & the Beast

Photo evening with comes to Rusper Chris Packham in Worthing

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elevision presenter, photographer, traveller and wildlife expert Chris Packham will present an evening at the Pavilion Theatre on Monday July 12, filled with 100 photographs which create a visual journey around the world.

Chris, who is most known as a wildlife expert and broadcaster, is also an experienced photographer.

Throughout his travels and expeditions he has collected thousands of images of the people, places and creatures he has seen.

Chris has selected 100 very different images for the show which is designed to appeal to photographers, travellers and wildlife enthusiasts alike. He will talk about why he chose each picture, the process of striving for image-perfection and how we use our brains and emotions to detect the critical instant at which a photo should be taken.

One Hundred Things That Have Caught My Eye, Pavilion Theatre, Worthing. Tickets: £12.00 from www.worthingtheatres.co.uk or call 01903 206 206.

Steyning’s Own Mr Motivator gets over-50s into exercise

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ohn O’Reilly enjoyed the 50-plus sessions at Steyning Leisure Centre so much that he has now been asked by the Centre’s Management to be the man to motivate newcomers to the Wednesday morning activity session.

64 year-old John from Partridge Green explains “Sometimes it can be off putting for older people to come to a sports centre, some people feel it’s going to be intimidating with lots of young and fit people. Here it’s very relaxed without the feeling of competition, unless you want to be competitive!” The centre is full of friendly faces, and at only £3.50 for a whole morning’s activities, which include badminton, short mat bowls, table tennis and a swim, it’s affordable too. Exercise session regular Carol added, “I love to swim and enjoy chatting – sometimes there is more chatting than swimming!”

Find out more about Steyning Leisure Centre over-50s sessions on 01903 879666.

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n the 15th of August, Ghyll Manor is opening its grounds for a special open-air performance of Beauty & the Beast. Ticketholders will be able to enjoy a summer’s afternoon and evening for a production of one of the most loved fairytales. Grounds are open for picnics from 2pm and refreshments will be available throughout the afternoon and evening with the production starting at 4pm.

Book tickets on 0845 345 3426 or visit www.ghyllmanor.co.uk for more information.

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Village Diary village Diary is a great way to publicise an event in your village. Charitable & not for profit events are listed free of charge. A small charge applies for commercial listings. Don’t forget to visit www.villageliving.biz to submit your own listing online.

FARMERS’ MARKETS

SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST COURSES

Ashington Farmers’, Artists’ & makers’ market – Fri 2nd July. 9.30 – 13.30. Methodist Church, London Rd henfield – 3rd Fri of month. 9.00 – 13.00. Library car park horsham – Every sat. 9.00 – 16.00. Carfax, Town centre pulborough – Last sat of month. 9.00 – 12.00. village Hall shoreham – 2nd sat of month. 9.00 – 13.00. East street steyning – 1st sat of month. 9.00 – 13.00. High st car park West chiltington – 2nd sat of month. 9.00 – 12.00. village Hall Worthing – 4th sat of month. 9.00 – 14.00. south street square

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EVENTS sAturDAy, 3rD JuLy scavenger hunt – Beeding And Bramber pre-school playgroup starts at village hall at 10am (anticipated to finish at around 12 noon) Registration at 9.45. Tickets in advance from paper shop or playgroup £1.50/person (under 2s free) or £5/family. Refreshments available.

Friends of steyning museum Garden coffee morning Rosebank, Jarvis Lane, steyning 10.30am – 12 noon, Home made Cakes stall, Raffle. Admission £1.00. Indoors if wet. Please bring own chair. All welcome. mOnDAy, 5th JuLy charity Bingo in Aid of the mary how trust Ravenscroft Guide & Community Centre, Browns Lane, storrington RH20 4LG. Doors open 7pm, play starts at 7:30pm.

Only 50p entry. Great prizes, raffle & refreshments.

7th – 10th JuLy henfield theatre company presents “the roses of eyam”

by Don Taylor at 7.30, st. Peter’s Church and Churchyard, Henfield.

Tickets, £9 (which includes programme and soft refreshments), available from Henfield Furnishings, High street, Henfield. tel 01273 492204 sAturDAy, 10th JuLy sandgate singers present a ‘night on Broadway’ Featuring favourite melodies and songs from the shows. Rydon College, Rock Road, storrington 7.30 pm. Tickets £10 to include our traditional strawberries and bubbly. Box Office: the card shop storrington or phone 01798 813088.

10th & 11th JuLy Ashington’s first Open Gardens event 1pm - 5pm. Park and buy programme from The Recreation Ground, Church Lane (off London Road). £4 per person. Profits to st Barnabas Hospice and Ashington First Responders. enquiries: Diann 01903-893156

Woods Mill. Henfield. Friday 9th July.

10.00 – 16.00 A one-day course for people wanting to find out more about these colourful insects.

Members / concessions £23 / Non-members: £32

Discover shoreham Beach Local nature reserve Ropetackle Centre, shoreham & shoreham Nature Reserve. saturday, 10th July. 10.00 – 16.00.

Explore shoreham Beach Local Nature Reserve, designated for its rare vegetated shingle habitat.

Members / concessions £23 / Non-members: £32 Booking essential. please ring 01273 497561 or visit www.sussexwt.org.uk. parham’s 17th Annual Garden Weekend Parham Park, storrington, Nr Pulborough, West sussex RH20 4Hs Quality plants and garden products for sale, woodland craft demonstrations – and much more.

WeDnesDAy, 14th JuLy Arc Fundraising strawberry tea, steyning cricket club 3pm start with a Mad Hatters’ Hat Competition (open to gentlemen and ladies). Design your own hat and win a prize. tickets £6 from any Arc member or ring Gillian on 01903 816391. sAturDAy, 17th JuLy Art exhibition by Jake spicer stories Drawn in Haste by Night. At “Mithril” 40 Broomfield Road , Henfield. From 11am till 7pm.

New paintings, drawings and prints inspired by contemporary story tellers. With refreshments, in aid of st Barnabas Hospice. parish Fete of st. peter’s upper Beeding, st. nicholas’s Bramber with st. Botolph’s Tinker’s Court, The street, Bramber. Gates open at 11 am. Finishes 3.30 pm. school choir, live music, refreshments and lots of stalls. sunDAy, 18th JuLy Beeding in Bloom cream tea, plant and cake sale 2.30pm at “Farthings”, Henfield Road, upper Beeding: Presentation of prizes to the winners of the annual garden competition. Limited parking available nearby at the foot of the Bostal Road.

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Whether you have residential, nursing or dementia needs, our staff have the skills and experience to deliver your perfect balance of care.

An historic building like Sussexdown also offers beautiful surroundings with landscaped gardens and lovely views. This is country house living, with ongoing care for total peace of mind.

We’d love to tell you more about how we can help you and your family to arrange your care needs. Please call Sussexdown Home Manager Sue Bush on 01903 744221 for an informal chat, to order an information pack or arrange a visit.

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Your Wonderful Garden

By Louisa Bell of city and country Landscapes

Garden Treasures

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don’t know about you, but buying something for the garden – a real, living thing – is a wonderful feeling. The best plants I buy are usually from a random stall outside somebody’s house or at a National Gardens scheme open day. These plants have been grown from a cutting or a seed and nurtured and watered until they’re ready to pop on the bench with a little plastic tag saying 50p. They’re like second hand books – full of promise and wonder and the knowledge that another person has been the owner before.

We went to Chatsworth House the other day. It was an amazing garden, but my visit was made complete as the gardeners were digging up 6,000 tulips. The beds had to be ready for the summer plants and the tulips were lying on the ground, still in flower! Because of the late season, they were still blooming, and the gardeners said I could help myself. After asking nicely in the shop, I had a couple of black bin liners and filled them up with the most wonderful tulips you can imagine. They’re dug into a trench at home now, waiting for the leaves to die back, and next year will be planted on masse in the borders; my own Chatstworth tulips.

A similar thing happened at Great Dixter last month too. I was wandering around looking for umbellifers (plants that are lacy and pretty, like cultivated cow parsley). I found a couple and then the head gardener, Fergus Garrett, saw what I was after and his enthusiasm,

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matching my own, took over. Dragging me by the hand around the nursery, he pressed tiny pots of treasures into my hands and dug up things from ‘trial beds’, wrapping them in newspaper. “I don’t know what these are” he said “but I know they’re umbellifers of some sort. Try them out”. He wouldn’t charge me for them either.

Plants have been given to me by relatives and friends alike, and they are now named in their honour – ‘Theo’s rose’,’ Angela’s London Pride’ – and they’re the more special because of it. When we start a new garden we walk around and tag all the things first that are precious to the owner and it’s often the birthday and mother’s day presents that are carefully put to one side, waiting for a place in the new garden. Trees are often planted in commemoration and we ring-fence these too. If the new garden belongs to a family, I like to ask the children to plant their own trees. Last year we built a garden near the sea that belonged to a whole, big family of brothers and sisters who all used the garden during the holidays, taking it in turns to visit with their own offspring. sixteen children are visitors each year throughout the seasons, so we planted their own small orchard and each tree belongs to a different child.

A garden is such a personal thing and it’s important that a new garden belongs to its owner and, like moving house, feels like home the minute it’s finished.

That’s what I love about the garden. It’s not just the big picture; it’s the tiny seedlings, the special anniversary roses and the pot from the children that really matter. come and see us at the parham house Garden Weekend on saturday and sunday, July 9th and 10th. i’ll be happy to talk to you about your own garden and ideas.

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Art for All

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hen the festival season rolls around every year, and art trails and open houses abound, I always feel a pang of envy and not a little admiration for artists who put themselves and their work on public show.

I’m not sure I’ve got what it takes to produce great works of art or the thick skin required to show them to anyone, but what I lack in talent, I’m prepared to make up for with enthusiasm.

And there is no-one more enthusiastic about making art accessible than local artist and teacher, Lyn Bedford-White, which is how I come to find myself in her class on a sunny May morning.

Having painted since she received her first set of oil paints at the age of 8, Lyn didn’t train formally, but she firmly believes that her largely self-taught skills have helped her retain a real passion for creating art as well as encouraging other artists from beginners to more experienced recreational painters.

Lyn runs a variety of regular classes, weekend workshops and short courses in and around the steyning area which

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attract a wide range of ages and levels of experience. she tells me, “All of my classes are open to all abilities and I encourage my students to use the medium they feel most comfortable with.” Indeed, the class I attend is a real mixture of young and old, all incredibly friendly and none more so than Lyn herself, who clearly loves teaching and has a real knack for putting people at their ease.

Our project is a still life of delicately-hued orchids against a dark background and Lyn’s own version, which she shows us first, is intimidatingly good. still, taking Lyn’s advice, I have plumped for acrylics, a medium which I have used before.

The majority of the other students are using watercolours, but along with a die-hard oil painter and my neighbour with a gorgeous box full of pastels, I am the only one. It doesn’t seem to matter though, as the first step is to draw an accurate outline of the flowers in pencil, so that we can paint in the background first.

I’m more of an impressionist sketcher so this proves quite a challenge, but with a bit of muttering and rubbing

out, we all arrive at a likeness which we are more or less happy with. After a brief tutorial from Lyn on colour combinations, we spend a happy hour or so applying layers of colour onto the paper to create a richly textured background. I have to confess that when it comes to painting the flowers themselves, I do wish I’d spent more time on getting the outline right.

With the background already in place, I find myself having to make a few compromises, and Lyn catches me using some white paint to brighten up my flowers. As you can’t do this with watercolour, I suppose some might call it cheating but I choose to call it ‘artistic license’. still, for the first time ever, I am proud enough of my work to stick it on the fridge and call it art. It’s not quite ‘open house’ standard but my 4 yearold daughter declares that it’s nearly as good as one of hers and that’s high praise indeed.

Find out more about Lyn’s courses and work at www.bedford-white-art.co.uk or contact Lyn on 01903 813058.

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HELP US TO HELP THE HELPERS

WHAT DO WE DO? Until now, the Trust has worked largely in support of the local Health Centre, funding new equipment for the physiotherapy and audiology units, as well as setting up the new research library. We have also supported the Steyning Area First Responders, financing essential, life-saving defibrillators and other ‘We’ve helped many local people, thanks to The WMT’ emergency response Dr. Eric Noren Steyning Health Centre medical equipment.

WE WANT TO DO MORE. Now, we are keen to extend a helping hand to other organisations and groups within

If you run a support group or are involved with a project that might help us improve the health, welfare or quality of life of those who live in the Steyning area, We’re fully equipped to deal we would be interested with emergencies, thanks to the Wilson Memorial Trust. to hear from you.

Christine Peters Steyning First Responders Just call 01903 879391.

LONG TERM PLANS. In order to continue the Trust’s work well into the future, we are always looking for people, who might be able to give us a donation or provide a legacy. If you feel you might be just such a person, please call us on 01903 879391 or complete and return the form below.

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Vincent Reed

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he only clue to furniture and antique wood restorer vincent Reed’s former career is the guitar leaning against the wall in the corner of his office. six years’ touring as a professional musician seems an unlikely start for someone now working in such a traditional field, but vincent’s twin passions for music and antiques have often crossed paths.

Not particularly academic by his own admission, one of vincent’s first jobs, as a technician at a piano centre in Horsham saw him restoring the wooden casework of pianos, sparking an interest in antique furniture.

But a career in music was calling and after a stint at music college, vincent hit the road, his skill with a guitar taking him all over the world, even leading to a few extra parts in films. “Watch out for me in 102 Dalmations,” he tells me. Although successful, the strains of constant touring eventually led him back to his first love of working with wood.

He shows me where he first set up shop on his return; by renting just one bench in the barn he now occupies completely. “I started out by making refectory tables out of old timber,

advertising locally and selling them at country shows.” When the orders came in, a shop in Keymer followed and shortly after another in steyning.

“Things really took off then because we also landed a very big contract to restore much of the woodwork at country house, Groombridge Place, in Kent. Almost overnight, I went from being a one-man band to having two shops and a team of people on a site in Kent. spreading myself thinly doesn’t even begin to describe it,” he tells me.

More and more restoration jobs followed, and swiftly on their heels, last

year’s recession, which hit the vincent Reed operation hard. “The phone seemed to stop ringing overnight,” says vincent, “but ironically it was probably the best thing to ever happen to me.

I was doing too many different things instead of focusing on what I was good at. I had to make changes really quickly and I’m so glad I did.” vincent now focuses on large restoration projects on some of the country’s most beautiful period homes.

“Conservation is my passion,” says vincent, “and I’ve learnt so much about the techniques that joiners and cabinet-makers were using several hundred years ago. The degree of skill in traditional woodwork is astonishing, given the tools that were available at the time. sometimes we are the first to uncover woodwork or panelling in over 400 years and it’s very thrilling.”

It’s not rock and roll, of course, but I get the feeling vincent wouldn’t have it any other way. to find out more about Vincent’s services or some of the projects he has worked on, visit www.vincentreed.com or call 01273 833869.

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Chalcraft Funeral Directors circa 1870

Long established & family owned business, dedicated to making traditional funeral services as personal & special to you as possible . . .

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School Holiday Fun

A Day in the Sea Life

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here aren’t many days when I get called to help break up a turtle fight before lunchtime, but working at the sealife Centre in Brighton isn’t any ordinary job. I’ve been asked to join the sealife team for a day, helping care for the animals and finding out more about life behind the scenes of the world’s oldest aquarium.

Constructed in 1872, by famous engineer Eugenius Birch, designer of Brighton’s West Pier, the Italianate building was built at the same time as Madeira Drive and Brighton’s famous promenade. Over the years, it has been used for many different purposes; including a theatre and ballroom, which featured in the film Quadrophenia and during the second World War as an RAF station.

Exhibits in the interwar years included a chimpanzees’ tea party and a ‘real live half-woman half-mermaid’ attraction. This freakshow-style of zookeeping is a far cry from today’s sealife Centre, which houses a serious research facility, various breeding programmes and carefully thought-out displays which ensure that the fish and animals kept there are stimulated and comfortable.

I’m spending the day with Head Aquarist, Kerry Perkins, but before I’m allowed near any of the animals, I’m given a mountain of health and safety paperwork to read through and sign.

I’ve been worrying about the sharks,

but it turns out that it’s the venomous sea snakes and the foxface rabbitfish that I need to keep an eye on. Kerry is eminently qualified with a Masters in Marine science and she clearly loves the hands-on nature of her job and the opportunity to interact with the animals on a daily basis.

Our first task is to put the finishing touches to a tank display for a new octopus arriving tomorrow, from Weymouth’s sealife Centre, where there is an extensive quarantine facility.

Even so, sealife Brighton has its own back-of-house area where several new arrivals are being observed before joining the main tanks. There’s a huge catfish which has been rescued from a nightclub in Bournemouth and some terrapins which have grown too large for a domestic tank. The ten sealife centres in the uK have an important role to play in providing a rehabilitation and refuge service for aquatic pets and sea creatures who may be unable to survive in the wild.

We’re in the middle of scrubbing down the tank, filling it with stimulating toys (octopuses prefer lego apparently) and weighting down the lid to prevent any heroic octopus escape attempts, when we are called to the small turtle tank to break up the turtle fight.

Charlie, a new snake-neck turtle, who arrived a few days ago, is being bullied by some mud turtles. A small crowd has gathered, but Kerry wades

straight in and distracts the group of snapping turtles with one hand and rescues Charlie with the other. A little bit bruised, but otherwise fine, Charlie is soon resettled in a different tank where he can lick his wounds in peace.

We return to our octopus display which is being refilled with seawater pumped directly from the sea outside into a huge reservoir under the centre.

“The water quality along this part of the coast is excellent,” Kerry tells me.

“We do very little to it as we draw it in from under the sand, which acts as a natural filter and removes particles. We do have to monitor the salinity and the temperature. But the crystal-clear water quality you see in the tanks here is all natural and that makes it better for the animals because a lot of the benefi cial7569411 micro-bacteria and nutrients 0800 are still in it.”

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Onto our second task and it’s not glamorous. Wearing huge waders, we perch precariously above a huge tank of koi carp, digging out an ornamental pond which has started to stagnate.

Because we are all wearing distinctive red sealife t-shirts, the koi swarm towards us whenever we get near the water. Indeed, all day long, as I pass the various tanks, I am a fish magnet. Associating red t-shirt-wearers with food, the fish come to the front of the tanks hopefully, whenever someone wearing red gets close to them.

After our exertions, Kerry suggests a swim to cool off, but with a difference. Our next job is to remove some algae in the main tank and she means the big one with sharks in it.

I’m kind of expecting to stand on the side holding a pole or something, but there is a wetsuit waiting for me and my very own scrubbing brush.

I’m busy worrying about the sharks, but it turns out that it’s the ray with its stinging barb and the turtle with its jaws that can bite clean through a person’s arm that we need to watch out for. suited up, we slip into the water and stand on the roof of the famous underwater tunnel.

The two people in the tunnel below us clearly think we’re mad, but actually it’s

kind of relaxing. We move along the top of the tunnel, scrubbing gently and letting the fish get used to us. Dotty the zebra shark is Kerry’s favourite and indeed she’s very friendly. she keeps nudging us gently with her nose as we work, looking for attention and after I’ve got my head round the concept of a ‘friendly shark’, I give her a stroke the next time she brushes against my legs.

Jersey, the 50 year-old loggerhead turtle glides past my elbow and a jaws-alike sandbar shark takes a close interest in us too, but it’s all very amicable and I’m astonished to find that I don’t want to get out of the water when we’ve finished our tour.

For Kerry, it’s just another day at work, but it’s clearly her passion too. In fact, the care and attention taken by every member of the team at sealife is impressive – no question is too trivial; no detail to small to attend to. Before I turn in my red shirt, I take a final peek at my new friend, Dotty the zebra shark. I never thought I say it, but I’ve fallen in love with a fish. the underwater photos taken on the day are by kind permission of rob White from Brighton shark Dive. Find out more at www.brightonsharkdive. co.uk.

Dotty the Zebra shark

KIDS FOR A SQUID Terms and conditions This voucher entitles one child admission to SEALIFE Brighotn for £1 when accompanied by one full paying adult.

2) This offer is valid until end July 2010.

3) The offer is not valid in conjunction with any other offer, promotion or voucher.

4) A child is classified as aged 3-14 years inclusive, under 3s go free. 5) This voucher has no cash value, is non-refundable and non-exchangable. 6) Photocopies are not acceptable. 7) Only one voucher per transaction permitted. 8) Sea Life reserves the right to alter details/exhibits without prior notice. 9) Children of 15 years or under must be accompanied by an adult.

10) Sea Life reserve the right to refuse entry without explanation.

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18 • PICNIC IN sTYLE

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pick your Own! Kids love picking fruit and now is a great time to get them out picking their own at a nearby farm. strawberries, raspberries & rhubarb are all in season and, if you manage to get some home without eating them, our recipes overleaf will keep the kids busy in the kitchen.

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TULLEYS FARM Open every day until mid-september turners hill, crawley, West sussex, rh10 4pe

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20 • MARGuERITE BACK IN TIMEPATTEN RECIPEs

One of television’s first ‘celebrity chefs’ and legendary food author marguerite patten OBe has shared her recipes with Village Living for the perfect cream tea.

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scones from: marguerite patten’s Best British Dishes published by Grub Street Lovely fresh scones, topped with home-made jam, are a delight for tea. cooking time: 10 minutes makes 12 to 18 sift the flour and salt. If using plain flour, sift with 2½ teaspoons baking powder or with ½ teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda and 1 teaspoon cream of tartar. Make sure the spoons are absolutely level; do not exceed these amounts.

225 g/8 oz self-raising flour, but see method pinch salt 50 g/2 oz butter 50 g/ 2 oz caster sugar 150 ml/¼ pint milk

Rub the butter into the flour, add the sugar and milk to make a soft rolling consistency. Roll out until approximately 2 cm/¾ inch in thickness and cut into rounds. For an afternoon tea make about 18 very small ones. Put on to an ungreased baking tray. Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F, Gas Mark 7.

Bake the scones for 10 minutes or until they feel firm when gently pressed at the sides.

Lift on to a cooling tray.

summer Fruit Jam from: Jams, preserves and chutneys handbook published by Grub Street this is an ideal jam when only small amounts of the various fruits are available. Adjust the amount of water to the ripeness of the blackcurrants. cooking time: 25 minutes makes: 1.5 kg/3 lb jam Put the blackcurrants and water into the preserving pan, cook very slowly, pressing the fruit to extract the juice, and simmer until the skins are almost soft. Add the redcurrants and cook for a few minutes then put in the strawberries and finally the raspberries and sugar. stir over a low heat until dissolved then boil rapidly until setting point is reached. Cool slightly in the pan, stir to distribute the fruit then spoon into hot jars and seal down.

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225 g/8 oz blackcurrants 1 to 3 tablespoons water 225 g/8 oz redcurrants 225 g/ 8 oz small strawberries 225 g/8 oz raspberries 900 g/2 lb sugar

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22 • restaurant review

The Sylvan Oak Findon

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inan Kalan, chef-owner of the Sylvan Oak in Findon has a serious food pedigree. Born in Scotland to Turkish parents, Sinan started helping out in father Tony’s restaurant from an early age. In fact Tony and Sinan are quite a fixture in the quiet village of Findon, between Washington and Worthing.

The family have operated various restaurants, including an Italian and a fish restaurant, since they came to the village in 1991. The Sylvan Oak, which is very much Sinan’s baby, opened in 2005 and he has never looked back.

Talking to him, it’s clear that he relishes the opportunity to bring together his various influences, from traditional Turkish flavours to classical European techniques and apply them to fresh locally sourced ingredients.

His passion for food is such that the sunny terrace at the back of the restaurant is planted with black and green grapes grown from cuttings taken from his father’s Turkish village and he proudly shows off the chilli, tomato and borlotti bean plants which are growing along the walls of the courtyard.

The menu is certainly eclectic. On the night I dined, dishes ranged from an oriental-sounding Pork Belly Glazed with Sweet Soy & Mustard to Seared Scallops with Creamed Watercress, Melon-Ginger & Champagne Sauce. In some ways it sounds like a restaurant in search of an identity but when it comes to the eating, the flavour combinations really come together on the plate and every dish I tried worked well.

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and plumped for the King Prawns in Tempura with Lobster Bisque. The king prawns themselves, delightfully crisp and puffy, were lovely, but it was the lobster bisque which really got us going. As a luxurious dipping sauce, it was outrageously indulgent and I had to guard it closely from my dining companion who was trying to dip his bread in it. I fought him off and drained the last drop before he could sully it with stray crumbs.

The mains were equally intriguing.

A Fillet of Beef, Wild Mushroom Gratin with Blue Cheese, Polenta, Spinach

& Red Wine called to me but I can never go past duck and so it was the Barbary Duck breast with Red Cabbage, Sauteed Gnocchi & Orange Tea Sauce for me. It reads like a mouthful and it is, but a perfectly balanced one. The richness of the duck was perfectly undercut by the floral, smoky orange tea sauce. I’m embarrassed to say that I couldn’t manage a whole pudding but a few spoonfuls of Mango Cheesecake with Mango Sorbet made me resolve to save room on a return visit.

The menu is an intriguing read but the bold flavour combinations that

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sinan favours do work, because he has the skill and the passion for food to pull it off. up until now, I suspect that the sylvan Oak has been something of a hidden gem. Add it to your must-do list now, because it won’t be a secret for too much longer.

Why it Works… sinan deconstructs a couple of his favourite dishes and says, “Do try this at home. Experimentation in the kitchen can lead to greatness.”

Pork Belly Glazed with Sweet Soy & Mustard, Vegetables a la Grecque & Celeriac Puree “The sweet and sour of the vegetables a la Grecque, a traditional pickled vegetable dish, cuts through the fattiness of the pork belly beautifully. The celeriac gives the dish a traditional note and provides sweetness without overpowering the other flavours.”

Roast Ribeye, Braised Short-end of Rib Ragoutstyle with a tagliatelle of Mediterranean Vegetables and Black Olive Yorkshire Pudding “This is our take on the traditional sunday roast and when we serve it at the weekend, it’s always the first thing to sell out. It’s an Italian dish at heart. We take the rib-eye out of the joint and gently braise the short rib with vegetables and lots of red wine until it’s tender enough to shred into a ragout-style sauce. We pile it on top of the vegetable ribbons and garnish it with a Yorkshire Pudding made with black olives. The dish might be English in shape but the flavour combinations are perfectly balanced.”

the sylvan Oak offers a great value for money a la carte menu. two courses – £16. three courses – £21. some dishes carry supplements. to make a booking call 01903 873385 or visit www.sylvanoak.co.uk.

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25 • sussEX IN sEAsON

Tasty Tomatoes!

Nick Hempleman Owner of The sussex Produce Company, award winning produce store in steyning, West sussex.

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hat would summer be without English tomatoes?

Just running your fingers over the green stems and savouring the smell transports me to hotter and sunnier places.

It is such a shame then that so many tomatoes these days seem to taste of nothing at all. varieties are chosen by the supermarkets for their shape and their shelf life with scarce little thought being given to how they taste. strange, as you would have thought this was the most important thing! unlike other producers, Nutbourne never chill their tomatoes so the flavour is not lost in transit. Contrary to popular opinion, green tomatoes do not last longer once off the vine so Gary harvests his fruit only when ripe. This

ensures the tomato is at prime eating age when it reaches your plate.

The crop is also insecticide free meaning that beneficial insects are introduced to aid the natural cycle of pest and predator which keeps the plants healthy. The entire crop is pollinated only by bumble bees.

We stock seven different varieties of tomatoes from Gary and Jenny

Griffiths, down the road at Nutbourne, between storrington and Pulborough.

Popular varieties include plum tomato on the vine which I prefer to the usual round tomato (called a ‘classic’ in the supermarkets); a rare variety called ‘pink beef’ and a smaller tomato called ‘campari’ that is possibly the tastiest of them all.

We also stock their wonderful red and yellow cherry tomatoes that look great in a salad and an unusual black, variety called ’tigerella’ after the stripping on its skin. These add some drama to a salad but are best roasted on the vine to accompany a steak or grilled fish from the bbq.

Black tomatoes may look a little scary but nobody can accuse us of selecting tomatoes based simply on their looks!

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27 • DRINK LOCAL

Drink Local _The Beer Fest Test

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’ve been putting off going to one of BeerMatt’s beloved beer festivals for some time now, but after what is being referred to as ‘champagne-gate’ last month, Matt has demanded that I prove my dedication to sussex ales and accompany him and his crew to the Burgess Hill Beer Festival for a tasting session.

It’s a beautiful day at Burgess Hill Football Club and I’m worried we’re going to spend what mind be one of the summer’s only hot saturdays communing with kegs of beer in a stuffy room. I’m half right. There is a room full of kegs (alright – it is a bit exciting), but more importantly there is a well-stocked bar with lots of cold drinks and a capacious outdoor terrace for us to lounge about on.

Matt has brought together over 20 of his favourite local beers and ciders and I’m delighted to recognise a few of the usual suspects from Dark star, Hepworth & Co and Adur Brewery. I know these beers, I feel comfortable with them and with my inside knowledge I can comment fairly knowledgeably on their characteristic flavours, but that would be too

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easy. Instead, Matt has a couple of completely new brews for us to try.

I’m a bit worried that I won’t like the beers as much as I do when we’re actually in a brewery itself, where it’s easy to get carried away with the romance of it all. still, our first half pint couldn’t have a more appealing back story. It’s a special edition seasonal brew called May Queen, from Rectory Ales in Hassocks. Founded by the Rector of Plumpton in 1995 to generate funds for his three parish churches, Father Godfrey brews a couple of times a week depending on parish events. The beer has got a lovely red tint and Matt explains that it’s a Ruby Mild. I diagnose a strong malt flavour without any help from Matt and we both agree that’s it’s quite fruity with a nice bitter finish.

I must have passed the test, because Matt pulls a blinder with his second

tipple. Hooray, it’s a lovely cold cider from Appledram Farm near Chichester.

I know and love Appledram cider of old, but this variety is new to me. As well as being a sweet cider, it’s also still. I’ve never had still cider before and it’s a bit disconcerting, but the taste is wonderful – juicy, tangy and dangerously thirst-quenching. I can see a few pints of this slipping down easily in the hot sunshine like cordial, but at 7.5% alcohol, it’s deceptively strong.

I’m having such a good time twiddling the little taps on the casks and refilling my tasting glass that Matt has to drag me outside for a quick break on the terrace. He’s done it, he’s converted me. I’m a beer lover and I’m proud of it.

Find out about upcoming festival events and order your local sussex beers from www.beermatt.co.uk

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29 • GARDENING

Too good to eat

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love summer and I love barbeques – I always have some fresh home-grown herbs on hand to add extra flavour – but I also love my herbs because of the way they look. so many people consign herbs to a windowbox or a forgotten corner of the garden, which works well if you have a dedicated kitchen garden but in an ordinary garden, can look a little straggly.

My solution? I like to scatter my herb plants throughout the garden, where their unique shapes and scents can be appreciated individually. It’s easy to think of herbs as small plants which grow best in pots, but some of the most common kitchen herbs can be used architecturally.

Purple sage provides attractive bushy cover and is reasonably hardy. However, you need to be patient, as it is slow to establish itself and may take a couple of summers to really make itself at home. Rosemary is even more tolerant of drought, prefers sandy soil and needs very little attention. An annual

I like to scatter my herb plants throughout the garden, where their unique shapes and scents can be appreciated individually. prune is sufficient and in time, it can even be shaped into a robust hedge. In early summer, it flowers prettily and its bushier stems make perfect skewers for the BBQ. My favourite herb is the chive and it’s the only one that I often leave to run to seed. The chives themselves become tough and woody but each stem yields the most glorious purple flowers which look beautiful but can also be used to add interest and flavour to a salad.

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and long cool cocktails, but a word of caution: mint is invasive and within one season, a small mint plant can colonise a whole border. The solution is to sink a large bucket or container in the soil and plant your mint inside it. This should do the job, but will still need keeping an eye on. The solution? Drink more Pimms of course.

It’s not too late to plant herbs for the summer. The Big Plant Nursery has a broad range of wellestablished herb plants ready for planting out in stock now.

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30 • TALK MONEY

Talk Money

Claire Cook from independent mortgage and financial advisers Talk Money, gives essential advice...

mortgages for the self employed

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f you are self employed and looking for a mortgage, times could be tricky.

Previously you could fall back on self certification mortgages, but as these have disappeared from the market you could find things much more difficult.

Now income has to be proved, which puts you in a totally different situation to before. so, what do lenders look for from self employed people?

When you are self employed your accountant will always try and minimise your income, meaning less tax to pay.

This is fine, but now you have to prove your income to get a mortgage this can seriously impede the amount you can borrow.

sole traders and partnerships If you are a sole trader your net profit will be used as income. some lenders will use the average of the last two or three years, some will use the most recent year’s figure if this is the highest.

some people think lenders will use the gross income figures, the actual income into your company. This is not the case, the lenders will use the net income, ie the income after expenses, the amount you pay tax on. This is the figure you would normally try to minimise.

If you are trading as a partnership, the lender will use your percentage share of the net profit figures.

What about Limited companies? some individuals trade as a Limited Company which can be very tax efficient. Income is normally taken as a small salary, plus dividends. Most people in this situation just take what they need, which makes sense. They don’t take all of the profit from the company as income, they leave it there. This is fine, and makes sense, but most lenders don’t take a very flexible view on this.

Most will take literally only the money you have taken from the company as income, ie the salary and dividends. so, if your company has made thousands but you left it in the company, this will not be taken as income. so, if you are working in this way, and you know you may be looking for a mortgage soon, it might be worth speaking to a financial adviser such

as myself to chat things through. In current times, it may be worth planning how you take your income from your company. Once you are clear how lenders will view your situation, you can turn to your accountant for advice.

There are a couple of lenders who will use your profit figures, and your salary, but if we are to approach those lenders, you would need to fit all of their lending criteria, which may not be the case. Also, these may be the lenders who don’t offer the best rates for your situation. in essence, if you are a self employed person, some prior planning before your accounts are finalised can make all the difference. if you would like to discuss this with me, to see where you stand, please feel free to call me, claire cook on 01273 224667. i would be very happy to assist.

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31 • MIND & BODY

Mind & Body Chris Jones Cognitive Therapist and Mind Coach, southdowns Hypnotherapy

there is a cure for the Summertime blues Agoraphobia, or fear of being outside, can be a by-product of social phobia, depression or acute anxiety.

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ummer is a time when people should be able to get out and about, go on holiday and enjoy the longer days. For many, though, it is a source of anxiety. I deal with clients who can’t appreciate eating outside for fear of wasps, or other flying things, even birds. Also there are individuals for whom the thought of going on holiday creates a feeling of panic, due to a fear of flying. Agoraphobia, or fear of being outside, can be a byproduct of social phobia, depression or acute anxiety.

By the time that you read this there may be a new phobia created, relating to the fear of England taking penalties in the World cup. (A prize for a winning title for it!). There are so many different psychological conditions which can prevent enjoyment of what should be the nicest time of the year.

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These issues often not only affect the sufferer, but also partners and family members and so can be a source of conflict within relationships, creating even more anxiety for all concerned.

The good news is that a large proportion of these conditions can be quickly and effectively treated using Cognitive Hypnotherapy. I often get asked, ‘Will I need to keep coming back for treatment’? The answer is ‘No’.

Once the brain patterns have been changed, so that the perceived threat no longer exists, there is absolutely no reason why the original condition should return, so ex-sufferers can look forward to the prospect of many years without the summertime blues.

Chris is a Cognitive Hypnotherapist, NLP Master Practitioner and Sports Performance Mind Coach.

He became involved with mind techniques while practicing martial arts in his younger days.

He subsequently became interested in the concept of using them to help people and found that Hypnotherapy provided the ideal tools for this work. He is based in Storrington, where he works alongside his wife, Cathy (also a Hypnotherapist), who specialises in weight-loss.

Visit: www.chrisjones.uk.com or contact him on 01903 745606.

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