Ashdown Forest Living September Issue

September 2016

A ‘Hub’bub of Art Penshurst Place & the Duke of Buckingham Venison Casserole Recipe 175 years of Haywards Heath Station Abbie Throws for Gold Ashdown Park Hotel by Zoe Jobson

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Dear Residents,

Whats inside this month

Welcome to the September issue!

We hope you’re having a fabulous Summer so far and our fingers are crossed that any good weather lasts throughout the month.

In this issue we feature an interesting article about Penshurst Place and one of its most famous (or infamous) royal owners. We also bring you news about a local Paralympian who has high hopes for success in Rio. There are a lot of interesting local events happening this September and early October and we’ve tried to cover them as much as possible in this publication - if you want to be entertained you’ll be spoilt for choice!

Penshurst Place & the Duke of Buckingham

A ‘Hub’bub of Art

A poem by Sian Thomas

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Abbie Throws for Gold

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Saturday 5th November, Christian Community Church, Forest Row. 11am Back by popular demand! A specially-tailored Family Concert sponsored by the CAVATINA Trust and performed by the Magnard Ensemble, featuring Wind Quintet, Narrator and Piano. Suitable for children ages 5 and up.

Saturday 5th November, Christian Community Church, Forest Row. 4:30pm A special afternoon featuring the award-winning Brook Street Band, one of the country’s foremost interpreters of baroque and Classical music. Programme to include: Handel, Bach, Telemann and Vivaldi.

Sunday 6th November "Gala Concert", Michael Hall School Theatre, Forest Row. 6pm This year’s Gala Concert is bursting at the seams with talent and innovation: exciting soloists (Violinist Martyn Jackson and Cellist Reinoud Ford) and London’s foremost un-conducted string orchestra, the 12 Ensemble.

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Penshurst Place & the Duke of Buckingham

By Louise Peskett

We are truly lucky in this area to have so many markers on our doorstep of our country's great past.

One of the highlights, of course, is Penshurst Place, a short drive north of the Ashdown Forest which, at this time of year, comes into its own with its rooms that unlock eight hundred years of history and eleven acres of pristine Elizabethan walled gardens to admire in the (hopefully) late summer sunshine.

Plenty here, in short, to keep the most ardent heritage fan captivated.

As you stroll around enjoying the family portraits, furniture, and beautiful tapestries, however, it's easy to forget that Penshurst is as much about people as place. Indeed, its long history dazzles with characters from poet Sir Philip Sidney to Elizabeth I herself. Not all of them had fairytale endings. One past owner in particular played a part in a deadly episode of betrayal, jealousy and dirty politics, worthy of the most nail-biting conspiracy thriller. His crime? To get on the wrong side of that most ruthless of monarchs, Henry VIII. Edward Stafford, third Duke of Buckingham

The portrait of Edward Stafford, third Duke of Buckingham, in Magdalene College, Cambridge, shows a well-dressed man in his forties, draped in bright colours, copious jewels and a fur-lined cloak. The impression is every bit a wealthy man, comfortable with his place in the world and not afraid to show it. The Duke, born at Brecon Castle in Wales in 1478, owned Penshurst until his death in 1521. He was to become one of the most powerful and proud men of Tudor England and his demise is still controversial today.

His life, like the times in which he lived, started on a turbulent footing. Only five when his father, Henry Stafford, was beheaded for participating in a rebellion against Richard III, the young Duke's childhood was spent being quietly passed from relative to relative for his own protection. When Richard III's reign came to its own bloody end at the hands of Henry Tudor on Bosworth Field in 1485, however, a kinder chapter was set to open for the youngster. The victorious Henry, shortly to

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invasion of France. In 1520 he attended the legendary 'Field of the Cloth of Gold', the sumptuous two-week friendly meeting in northern France at which Henry and French King François I tried to outdo each other in displays of splendour.

Although Thornbury was the Duke's main home, his ties to our area were strong. His oldest son, Henry Stafford, was born at Penshurst in 1501.

Subsequently, in 1519 the Duke instigated one of the most glittering and expensive occasions in the house's history when he invited Henry to stay. By now, at forty years old, people called him 'Proud Buckingham' and he couldn't help lavishing £2,500, over a million pounds today, to accommodate the King and his two hundred-strong entourage in utmost luxury. The trestle tables used for this can still be seen in the Baron's Hall. It's easy to imagine them groaning with food as music played, and people drifted around in fur and jewels, talking about the fine hunting to be had in the surroundings. The Duke wanted to make an impression on Henry. As it happened, he succeeded. But the impression may not have been all to his favour.

Henry Stafford, second Duke of Buckingham

become Henry VII, insisted that the boy be brought up and educated as a member of his own family, a ward of his mother. From being made a knight of the Order of the Bath at the age of only seven, the young Duke's ascendancy was swift. By the time he reached adulthood, the Duke was a bright star of the early Tudor court, with hardly a royal wedding or reception for foreign ambassadors taking place without his attendance. 1494 sees him present at the creation of the King's son, the future Henry VIII, as Duke of York. One year later he's made Knight of the Order of the Garter. In 1501, starting to show signs of the ostentation and love of fine things that would be much commented on by his contemporaries, he attends the wedding of young Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon, turning up in a flamboyant gown worth £1,500, around just under a million pounds in today's money.

Despite the lavish hospitality, it seems that Henry and the Duke were never more than cool towards each other. On a personal level Henry preferred the company of men not born into the aristocracy, such as his powerful Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey.

It's easy to imagine Henry finding the Duke with his impeccable aristocratic connections off-putting.

The Duke had married Eleanor, sometimes called 'Alianore', the eldest daughter of the powerful northern Percy family. His four children were married into the highest nobility, making his extended family a who's who of the country's foremost earls, lords and dukes. This meant he was a natural – and, no doubt, vocal - mouthpiece for an aristocracy becoming increasingly disgruntled

A few years later, in 1509, the Duke, as Lord High Steward, again takes centre-stage, bearing the crown at the coronation of Henry VIII. He's immediately made a member of the new king's privy council and, as a mark of political power, is awarded 'licence to crenellate' – that is, fortify - his main home, Thornbury Manor in Gloucester. This he rebuilds as a formidable towered castle, meant to awe and impress. Today it still stands as a luxury hotel and wedding venue.

As befitting a man of influence in Tudor times, the Duke also pursued a military career. Already having served as a captain sent to quash the Cornish Rebellion in 1497, in 1517 he was entrusted to commandeer five hundred men during Henry's

The Great Hall at Penshurst Place, circa 1915

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by their perceived exclusion from office. The story goes that, on one occasion, the Duke was holding a bowl of water for the King to wash his hands. As Wolsey approached to use it himself, Edward tipped the whole lot into the cardinal's shoes.

For Henry, there was also the matter of the Duke's inconvenient family tree. A descendant, on his father's side, of Edward III, and his mother a sister-in-law of Edward IV, the King would have been painfully aware that this well-dressed, charismatic and successful man's claim to the throne was as strong (or as tenuous) as his own. It wouldn't help that a foreign ambassador, it's said, described the Duke as 'my lord of Buckingham, a noble man, and would be a royal ruler’.

The King would have looked at his own position. By 1520, still married to Catherine of Aragon who had given him one daughter, Mary, he still had no son or heir. Should he die, what was to stop the Duke, with all his aristocratic favour and connections, flaunted so well during that stay at Penshurst,

And time, of course, ran out. An anonymous letter was sent to the King. Witnesses to a treasonous plot involving the Duke appeared.

On 8th April 1521 the Duke was sent for. As he set off for London from Thornbury that Spring morning, he would have had no idea that his journey was due to end a few hours later in arrest and being thrown into the Tower for treason. The charges: listening to prophesies of the King's death and of his own succession, and expressing a desire to kill the King. The investigation had been spearheaded by Henry himself.

The Duke denied all charges but his fate was sealed. On 17th May he was taken to Tower Hill and beheaded. A contemporary chronicler reported that his execution was 'universally lamented by all London'. Carlos V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, said 'a butcher's dog has killed the finest buck in England'.

Edward Stafford, third Duke of Buckingham, was subsequently buried in the church of the Austin Friars.

According to Shakespeare's 'Henry VIII', the writer of the anonymous letter, which sealed the Duke's death warrant, was a disgruntled cousin. Other sources blame other members of his household.

If the Duke really was guilty of plotting an attempt for the throne or not remains a mystery.

Henry got what he wanted. The removal of a rival and, for now, the Tudor dynasty protected. Of course, it wasn't to be the last time a rival would pay for the King's insecurity on the scaffold!

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For Penshurst it meant a new era of royal ownership. Despite having beheaded its owner, Henry had fond memories of his stay and was quite prepared to enjoy it as a hunting lodge. A few years afterwards he would be courting Anne Boleyn.

Penshurst’s proximity to her family home, Hever Castle, would have been an added attraction.

Penshurst's current owner Viscount De L'Isle states,'The House, once the property of King Henry VIII, was left to his son King Edward VI and granted to my forebear Sir William Sidney in 1552. The Sidney family have been in continuous occupation for more than 460 years since.

We are very proud that it is still a family home and all of us who live and work here welcome visitors to discover the charm of Penshurst in the State Rooms, gardens, parkland and beyond.’

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A poem inspired by Ashdown Forest Sian Thomas, Poet in Residence for Ashdown Forest, which first appeared in 'Agenda: New Generation Poets'.

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At which stadium do Birmingham City Football Club play?

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A day as grey as a sieve that’s caught moss-felted trees, inevitable mud and the rags of rooks’ nests.

3: Which is the longest river in the UK? 4: Which of the Bee Gees was born first?

We used to come here all the time when I was a kid. We had picnics and spotted the place with dalmatians who stole our sandwiches and rolled in fox.

5: Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off which type of creature on stage in Iowa in 1982?

6: In which year was the decimal halfpenny withdrawn from circulation?

Now the colours have faded.

Winter storms have spread branches.

The floor is a miniature forest: twigs stick up and I’m a giant, squelching through.

7: At 234 minutes, what is the longest film to have won an Oscar for best picture?

8: In Europe, what colour denotes the easiest grade of ski slope, or ‘nursery slope’?

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I’ve no clue where I am (often the way: I leave the car park, full of confidence, with all my grown up nonchalance, till I reach the place that asks, What if you never get back?).

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I sit on the stream’s side, in cold January leaves and write about loss.

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There’s a sieve’s worth of sunlight and the trees are dripping, but the path’s turn is mine too –

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I’ve a cold bottom and the birds know who I am: I’m the mouth of the stream.

The stream stands up, climbs the hill.

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Venison casserole with mashed potatoes and braised red cabbage

By Andrew Wilson, Exec Head Chef at Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club

Venison casserole: Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 25g butter 2 onions, diced 4 fresh garlic cloves, chopped 4 rashers smoked bacon, roughly chopped 500g mushrooms 2.5kg haunch or shoulder of venison, diced ½ bottle red wine 400ml water 2 beef stock cubes, crumbled 3 tbsp redcurrant jelly salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 50g cornflour Method Preheat the oven to 150°C/130°C fan/Gas Mark 2.

Heat the olive oil and butter in a large lidded casserole dish on the hob, then add the onions and cook until softened but not browned.

Add the garlic, bacon and mushrooms and cook for a further minute.

In a frying pan, brown the venison a handful at a time and add to the casserole.

Once all the meat has been browned add the red wine, water, stock cubes, redcurrant jelly, salt and pepper to the casserole dish. Bring to the boil and stir well, then cover with the lid and place on the

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Return to the hob and cook on a low heat until the gravy has thickened – this will take about 5 minutes.

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The High Street will be full of colour, sounds and wonderful sights. There will be a promenade play, Branch Line, written by RSC Director, Robin Belfield, about the train coming to Mid Sussex linking the Festival to the Haywards Heath 175th Anniversary Celebrations.

Most events are free - however tickets are allocated due to limitations on capacity. See www. lindfieldartsfestival.com.

The Lindfield Arts Festival aims to be self-supporting and is grateful for the grants and sponsorship from local councils, the heavy costs are raised by fundraising. Friends of the Festival are highly valued and enjoy the luxury of a Preview Evening and complementary concert tickets - see website for more information.

Huggett & Browne Contraptions and the Sunday Morning Breakfast Machine Local inventors Merv Huggett of Lindfield and Pete Browne of Highbrook were commissioned by RDF Television to build a Sunday Morning Breakfast Machine for a BBC2 show called "Britain's Most Spectacular Backyard Builds". The shows presenters Piers Taylor and Sara Cox were keen to highlight the very best of Britain’s amateur inventors and their creations. Merv and Pete were filmed constructing the machine over a 10 week period from January to March this year and the final result was shown on Tuesday 21st June.

Now in it's sixth year the ever special Lindfield Arts Festival, hosted by this unique and historic village, will once again be a spectacular event, boosting art and creativity in the area.

The festival which this year runs from the 16th-18th September, attracts many thousands of visitors from far and wide, to celebrate art in all its forms.

The many family friendly activities will include graffiti workshops; learning to make your own tag; circus shows and skills workshops; various dance workshops and reading & storytelling classes as well as a Discover & Be session for the under 4s.

For grown-ups there will be evidence that the art of violin restoration is alive and well, Peter Voigt, (who’s living proof that many a good tune is played on an old fiddle, as well as concerts), talks and book readings. Also for the adults spending time watching the graffiti installation which will be part of the parade (accompanied by decorative lanterns and performers from dance and drama troupes), is sure to be entertaining and listening to Cavan Woods' talk about Jane Austen will certainly be enlightening!

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Saturday 8th October

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LAUNCH – CELEBRATION HIGHLIGHTS. A romp through the forest’s history, a soundscape of voices, a short story and a vocal ensemble, including a new round by a local composer with words from the forest’s Poet in Residence, at 2.30pm - 4.30pm. With pop-up café for refreshments from 1.30pm - 2.30pm.

Saturday 15th October ON THE FOREST. Storytelling for adults and children (10 years +) with Xanthe Gresham and Sue Hollingsworth, 7pm - 9pm.

Admission by donation on the door. Donations will be shared between Ashdown Forest Centre and individual artists.

Sunday 9th October STORY WALK. Discover the wild side of the forest on a short walk with Rachel Bennington (7 years +), 2pm - 4pm.

Thursday 13th October POETRY READING with poets Josephine Balmer, Paul Matthews and Sian Thomas, 7pm - 9pm.

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The evening also features jazz violin virtuoso (and one of the finest jazz musicians of his generation) Chris Garrick (whose admirers include Joshua Bell and Nigel Kennedy, no less!), and the sensational singer Vimala Rowe, (winner of The Indy Music Award) who has been captivating audiences all around the UK, including many great nights at the world famous Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.

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Gielgud Academy News The Gielgud Academy (GAPA) celebrated its 5th birthday in style last month. Joining the celebrations were GAPA patrons former prima ballerina Dame Beryl Grey, Scottish Ballet’s Artistic Director Christopher Hampson and former Royal Ballet ballerina Alfreda Thorogood. The patrons and parents were treated to a presentation of dance, drama and musical theatre extracts. In addition, the winners of the recent GAPA Creates 2016! choreography competition performed their pieces.

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The first train arrived at the ‘Station for Cuckfield & Lindfield’ in 1841 … that station was called: Haywards Heath! And thus a new town was born.

175 years later, the newly refurbished station will be completed and to mark this anniversary, on Sunday 18th September, a huge celebration is planned, with lots of Victorian fun for all the family as well as commemorative legacies to be unveiled.

Stepney will be at the station, there will be train rides, land trains, horse and carriage rides, children’s train station adventures, marching bands, a grand procession, films in Victoria Park, Victorian funfair and much more; a truly great day out for

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For more details contact Ruth de Mierre on 01444 453399 or Tim Briggs on 07799 643 721 www.HH175th.co.uk

The story goes that, in 1825, John Rennie’s proposed ‘direct’ London to Brighton railway was vigorously opposed by the town of Cuckfield. Lindfield also opposed the railway, so the line passed between the two, and it was named ‘Haywards Heath’; initially this was the terminus (until the line opened to Brighton) and this put the beginnings of a ‘new town’ firmly on the map.

Building began around the station immediately, with a timber merchant’s yard and a beer shop probably on the site of the later, now demolished, Liverpool Arms, and the Station Hotel (now Hayworthe House) completed by 1843. By 1887 Haywards Heath became recognised as a town.

On the day of celebration and commemoration the Bluebell’s

Photo of historic game of Tug of War in Victoria Park, Haywards Heath, in 1911.

Let the battle be joined: a historical Tug of War! The Native American Mohave people settled disputes by a tug of war and in ancient Egypt, Greece and China, it was believed the sun and moon played tug of war over the light and darkness. On Sunday the 18th there will be a Victorian 175th Tug of War to relive the tradition of seafaring men who honed their strength this way to adjust the sales while ships did battle!

Would you like to join in? Eight friends from a gym, pub or club can contact us to register - come on, ladies, that applies to you too! Call Connor Chatfield on 01444 484 129 or Tim Briggs on 07799 643 721.

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Abbie Throws for Gold

In 2012, East Grinstead girl Abbie Hunnisett entered the CP Sport Grand Prix events with the Distance Club which is a purely Paralympic event. It was in the same year, having then watched the Paralympics in London, that Abbie decided she wanted to take her throwing more seriously, and attended a talent identification event at Lee Valley set up by British Athletics. It was here she met coach Camilla Thrush and joined the Weir Archer Academy who put in place strength, conditioning, and a throwing programme to help Abbie progress towards being selected for international competitions. And Abbie has not disappointed! With the Paralympics very much the ‘thing to watch’ this September, here is a Q&A with her father Mark Hunnisett who explains more about Abbie’s achievements: What is Abbie’s background and how did she come into the sport of club throw?

Abbie was starved of oxygen at birth for a long time and the result was brain damage and cerebral palsy.

The whole of her body is affected, the right side more than the left. She has learning difficulties and cannot complete the main activities of daily living for herself, i.e. eating, drinking, washing, etc. She can’t walk unaided and mainly uses an electric wheelchair to get around. She used to suffer from epilepsy too, although luckily for the moment this seems to be in remission. She got into sport through her school Treloar (a special school) during PE one summer around the age of 12. In 2012 we watched the club throw competition at the Olympic Park and Abbie started taking her throwing seriously from then.

Since participating in the sport, what have the highlights and milestones been along the way from the beginning to now?

Abbie used to ride in the Dressage competition. She was good, having started when she was just 4 years old. At one point she was even being coached by Clive Milkins - the coach to Sophie Christiansen, the Paralympic champion and gold medallist. However changing sport direction about 3 years ago, she was picked up in her first full competitive season of Distance Club by British Athletics for the Futures Programme which was fantastic. The European Championships in Swansea in 2014 were a milestone as she wore the GB kit for the first time! Then in 2015 Abbie competed at the Olympic Park in the Anniversary Games where she set a new personal best and broke the European record to become the UK and European number one for that year. She also won Bronze at the World Championships in Doha and a Bronze this summer at the Europeans in Italy (in a combined class event) on points; these were both also great achievements. But of course, being selected for Rio tops the lot!

What does her coaching regime involve? What is the most challenging part of her training?

Abbie works really hard in training. She completes

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about 3 gym sessions a week which is a mix of weights and cardio: 3 sessions a week on her core; 3 drills sessions based around her throwing technique; she then throws about 3 to 4 times a week. But all of this depends of course on at what point she is in the season and whether she is on a taper towards a competition. She also has soft tissue massage or physio once a week too, to keep things in check.

The hardest part of her training is the throwing, as it is especially challenging for Abbie to hold onto the technical elements of her throw and be fast at the same time; it is always challenging to maintain things through the season when, from week to week, Abbie can somewhat lose things we had worked on for three or four weeks beforehand.

By which process was she selected for Rio? Rio selection is based on a number of factors, but starts about 18 months out from Rio, with performances at the World Championships and your world rankings over the 12 months leading into Rio. You don’t just have to be throwing well, but injury free and ranking high in the top 4 or 5 in the world to make selection.

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‘Drawing Changes Lives’

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The Big Draw is happening again this year. Another fun filled drawing extravaganza family event in which children and adults of all ages, who fancy engaging with their artistic side, are welcome.

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Come and enjoy a fabulous afternoon full of creativity that boys & girls (and adults!) will love.

Price £2 per adult and £3 per child. Available for ages 5 years and up. Free parking available. Venue: The Wooden Room, Wealden House, Lewes Road, East Grinstead, RH19 3TB. www.createcreatecreate.co.uk, tel: 07595 360 300.

Founded in 2000, ‘The Campaign for Drawing’, now called The Big Draw, is an arts education charity that promotes visual literacy and the universal language of drawing as a tool for learning, expression and invention. As we know, art, and that includes drawing, changes lives.

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Free and open to all, we want to bring people together through the pleasure of drawing where your imagination is unleashed! Activities will include: • • • •

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The aim is to have a go rather than creating masterpieces!

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• Large-scale artwork with Risa Moro MA – a modern take on the 1980s Tony Hart large-scale pieces of artwork made of everyday objects!

• Portraits with a difference - Cartoonist Bob Stokes will be helping artists transform their portraits into robots and other fun things.

• Electric Conductive Art with artist Jonathan Brown BA – make your drawings come to life!

• Digital Australian collaboration – Cheryl Banks (founder of The Creative Hub) has teamed up with an Australian children’s art studio and will be digitally collaborating across the world!

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Morris Dancing. Come and try a lively dance form that burns the calories, keeps or makes you fit and is great fun. Shalesbrook Morris, a ladies side, starts the practice season and welcomes new dancers.

We meet every Thursday to practise our dances and learn new ones ready for the next summer season.

At 8.15pm-10pm, Peter Griffits Hall, Forest Row. www.shalesbrook.weebly.com, Tel 01342 824961.

RSPCA Big Walkies Crawley. Dogs - get your humans and join us for the best walk ever at Tilgate Park. Big Walkies Event Village and Registration located between Tilgate Lake and Smith and Western restaurant, £10 for you and your dog. Additional dogs £5. Route 3km. To find out more about Big Walkies and details on how to register, see www.rspca.org.uk and search for walk. Walks start at 11am, Titmus Drive, Tilgate Park, Tilgate, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 5PQ.

THURSDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER Groombridge History Group. Brian Grindall presents 'The Flasher - Life in a lighthouse'. The talk will be preceded by the Annual General Meeting. Non-members welcome - £2.50. At 8pm, Groombridge Village Hall.

MONDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER

FRIDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER

HoneyLeaf Creative Writing Workshop - Through the Keyhole. Saturday morning workshops in the cosy armchairs upstairs at The Bookshop in East Grinstead with Mel Parks: £20 per workshop.

Whether you are new to writing, returning after a break, or a regular, these workshops will get your ideas and words flowing onto the page. For people who want to write stories, poems, journals, blog posts or simply have something to say. 10am - 12pm, The Bookshop, 22 High Street, East Grinstead, RH19 3AW. To book, email: hello@honeyleafwriting.com.

Sussex Family History Group, Women's Land Army - a talk by Ian Everest. 7 for 7.30pm, Bridge Cottage, High St, Uckfield, TN22 1AZ SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER

Open Air Cinema: Mamma Mia. Come sing along to Mamma Mia at our Open Air Cinema! Join us in the beautiful garden at Coolings Garden Centre to unveil your inner dancing queen and enjoy our outdoor screening of Mamma Mia. This is set to be the perfect night out and you'll be supporting your local hospice too. Adults £15. Children £10.

On the day adults £20 or children £15. At 6:30pm, Coolings Garden Centre, Rushmore Hill, Knockholt, Sevenoaks, TN14 7NN. SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER

Crowborough Bonfire and Carnival Society: Crowborough Carnival. Grand Draw, side shows, beer tent, hot & cold food, children’s & adults' fancy dress competitions, torchlight procession, children’s funfair, crowning of the 2016 Princess. Events start on Chapel Green at 1.30pm, TN6 2LB. See the Official Carnival Programme for full details including the route of the torchlit procession – available from local shops for £1.

High Hurstwood Local Food and Drink Fair Local food and drink from producers based in High Hurstwood, Buxted, and the surrounding area.

Cheese, meat, cider, wine, plants, etc. with food demonstrations and music, Great British Sausage Roll Bake Off for adults and children. 9:30am 12:30pm. The Hurstwood Road, High Hurstwood, Nr Uckfield, TN22 4AH. Tel: 07984 814273.

THURSDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER

Mid Sussex Association National Trust. Talk - the Strange History of Buckingham Palace by Patricia Wright. At 2:30pm, Clair Hall, Haywards Heath.

Open Air Cinema: Top Gun. Come enjoy the classic film Top Gun at our Open Air Cinema. Join us in the beautiful garden at Coolings Garden Centre to experience Tom Cruise in action on the big screen at our outdoor screening of Top Gun in support of your local hospice too. Gates open at 6:30pm with the screening of the film as the sun goes down at 7:30pm. Adults £15, children £10. On the day, Adults £20 or Childern £15. At 6:30pm, Coolings Garden Centre.

FRIDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER Tcha Limberger & The Budapest Gypsy Orchestra.

An evening with violin virtuoso Tcha Limberger and the incredible Budapest Gypsy Orchestra, live in Frant.

Tickets are £18 from Frant Stores, Brittens Music Shop, or online via wegottickets.com. At 8pm (doors open at 7.30pm), Frant Church, High St, Frant, TN3 9DX.

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all riders an accurate sportive time. All participants will receive a medal and there are prizes for the top fundraiser and fundraising team. The cycle is open to everyone over the age of 18, or 16 and over if accompanied by a parent/guardian who is also taking part in the event. There are toilets, parking, refreshment stops en route and medical and mechanical support. For further information please contact Kerry O'Neill or Evie White on the following details: £35 registration, registration closes 12th September. 7am - 6pm. Plumpton Racecourse, BN7 3AL. Tel: 01903 706354.

Wealden And Eastbourne Walking Festival. This nine-day walking event offers a range of walks including historical, literary, nature, short and long distance walks. For the more adventurous you can take part in the Nordic walks. You’ll find a mixture of opportunities for all ages and abilities! With over 60 free walks to choose from, make sure you walk the walks! Explore the Wealden landscape, Eastbourne, South Downs and surrounding area. Visit historic villages and gardens, amazing networks of paths, and hidden treasures within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. If you are interested in the festival, please feel free to look at our website for more details and bookings. Note: Limited spaces and bookings on some walks. FREE walks available! Other prices varied. Tel: 01892 602757, www.sussexwalkingfestival.org.uk.

THURSDAY 6TH OCTOBER Mid Sussex Association National Trust. Talk: Uncrowned King of Bath - the colourful life and times of Beau Nash (1674-1762) by Mark Perry Nash. At 7.30pm, Clair Hall, Haywards Heath.

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High Weald Challenge Trail Races. These races follow the long distance paths of the High Weald Landscape Trail, the Vanguard Way and the Wealdway. Both races start and finish in the village of Groombridge, and encompass the surrounding beauty of the Sussex countryside en route, with a small venture into the Kent countryside during the last few miles. The courses are approximately 80% off-road, and as the runners travel along the picturesque and undulating routes, they will take in a great variety of landscapes containing rolling hills, irregular shaped fields and ancient woodlands.

Runners participating in the 50km Ultra Trail race will experience the added bonus of the spectacular views from the open heathland of the Ashdown Forest, and also cross the famous Pooh Sticks Bridge from Winnie the Pooh fame. £26 for Half Marathon, £41 for 50km Ultra. 8am for 50km Ultra, 9.15am for Half Marathon. Groombridge Village Hall, Station Rd, TN3 9QX. Tel: 01825 840653.

Modern, well-equipped ceramics studio in an idyllic rural location near Groombridge. Daytime and evening classes suitable for all abilities. Tuesday Classes: morning session: 4 weeks, 13th September 4th October, 9am-12pm, cost: £120. Afternoon session: 6 weeks, 6th September - 11th October, 1pm-3pm.

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