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I hope you are all well and keeping cosy as we head into the colder winter months! I have enjoyed some lovely autumn walks this year, with my trusty hound of course! The blackberries seemed to arrive particularly early this year and I was delighted to gather several containers full, which are now safely packed into my freezer for winter treats! I also collected a large bag full of sloe berries which were in abundance this year. These are also in my freezer and I must make some time to sort them out. Apparently Sloe Gin is easy to make and very delicious, maybe I could just about get some ready for Christmas or perhaps I have missed the boat on that front ! Either way, it will be fun to give this a go! As well as berries, the acorns and conkers seem to be plentiful too, and the squirrels are happy it seems. They have been busily collecting and burying/storing them away in secret hideaways for winter feasts. I do love the autumn months. The colours and the light if caught on the right day, can be spectacular and with all the beautiful countryside around Surrey we are very lucky to be able to witness magnificent colours as the leaves change, often from our windows in many cases. November is of course a time to remember; 11th November marks the day that WW1 ended — at 11am, on 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. So let's all pause for two minutes at that point, to remember the fallen. Over recent years November has also become the month when many grow a moustache to mark 'Movember’ and raise funds and raise awareness for men’s health. I’ll be keeping an eye out for some new ‘tashes over the coming months! Keep well and please do remember: ‘Hands/Face/Space’ Wash your hands regularly, especially when you return home. Cover your face with a mask when going into public spaces and keep a good distance from others. We need to keep on with these new rituals, especially in the winter months. I look forward to being back with you for our December/Christmas issues. With Warm Regards,
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The Wildlife Trusts launch £3 £ 0 million appeal to kickstart nature’s recovery across 30% of land and sea by 2030 Restoring Surrey’s lost chalk grasslands on the North Downs Sarah Jane Chimbwandira, chief executive of Surrey Wildlife Trust, said: “We all need nature more than ever. We all need to rewild our lives to support a green recovery. By supporting our 30 by 30 target we’ll have wilder landscapes that store carbon and provide on-your-doorstep nature for people too. Our vision for Surrey is an abundance of wildlife in people’s gardens, alongside footpaths, road verges and through towns with rivers and hedgerows providing living corridors to enable wildlife to thrive.” The Surrey 30 by 30 project: Restoring Surrey’s lost chalk grassland on the North Downs Funds raised by The Wildlife Trusts’ new 30 by 30 appeal will go towards nature recovery projects that will put new land aside for nature as well as repair and link-up existing, fragmented, wild areas. The iconic Surrey landscape, which people have visited for day trips from London and further afield for centuries is suffering. Surrey has some of the fastest declining wildlife populations in England, with one third of its species now either extinct or in danger. This includes local extinctions of some bee species, such as the shrill carder bee. The most well-known places on the North Downs are rooted in the hearts and souls of local people as ‘go to’ places to visit at weekends for peace and relaxation. Many families have benefitted from this landscape for generations. But now we need to give back to this landscape for future generations. Improving the condition of this chalk ridge in popular visitor destinations as well as lesser known places such as Hackhu hurst Downs, Norbury Park and Sheepleas. England has lost more than 80 per cent of its chalk grassland which is devastating to pollinators and insects. Now more than ever we must take action, because we are facing a pollinator and insect crisis, with 41 per cent of insects facing extinction. The vision is to expand flowerrich chalk grassland and wildflower meadows along the North Downs, so they become alive with the humming of
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Book Reviews NOVEMBER 2020
Summerwater by Sarah Moss (Hardback £14.99) Sarah Moss is a masterful writer who infuses her characters’ thoughts with dark humour and insights into the challenges of modern life. In run-down cabins around a Scottish loch, several families are holidaying, or trying to, in perpetual rain. One group has kept the others awake with loud music and partying, and the sense of mounting tribalism and danger is skilfully drawn. I love Moss’s ability to capture the viewpoints of people of different ages, allowing the reader to weave their way through their ideas and voices until they finally come together in a common cause. In between are beautifully captured glimpses of local wildlife responding to the humans in their midst. A brilliant read.
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton (paperback £8.99) This is a yarn about a Brisbane boy growing up amidst poverty, violence and crime yet it is still infused with joy and humour. Dalton is a celebrated magazine journalist in Australia, known for his lyrical prose, so it comes as a shock to learn of the brutal circumstances of his upbringing but he has managed to write a wonderful coming of age novel where Eli, the narrator of the story, is just trying to follow his heart and be a good man, but life just keeps throwing obstacles in his way: a lost father, a mum in jail and heroin dealer for a stepfather. But Eli’s life is about to get a whole lot more serious when he falls in love. There is plenty of grim violence in this book but it is also a story of brotherhood, true love and the most unlikely of friendships.
The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant by Levison Wood (hardback £20) Levison Wood spent a month following the annual migration routes of Botswana’s elephants to the Okavango Delta. This book explores elephants from their very beginning and looks towards possible futures. The reader is taken on a fascinating tour of elephant evolution, biology, and their essential role in supporting ecosystems. I was astonished to read about how their family groups, behaviours and bodies are changing as a result of increasing human activity in lands that elephants have walked for millions of years. Wood takes a clear-eyed look at hunting, poaching, conservation, and possible solutions which are urgently needed to keep both elephants and humans flourishing together.
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It’s easy to be cynical and suggest that manufacturers are creating their own consumable market for their product by creating a “life cycle” for their goods. Microsoft, for example, publish their product life cycle to help customers plan better. This can be found on www.docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/lifecycle/products If you are an Office 2010 user you may be surprised to hear it is coming out of support on 13 Nov 2020. This means no updates, no support and its security will not be current or relevant. Again, you may say this is just manufacture “up-sale talk”. Do you recall very recently there was a huge discrepancy in the incorrect reporting of the daily Covid-19 Virus cases by nearly 16,000 cases? The sole reason for this inaccuracy was because Public Health England used an out dated version of Excel files to collate the figures. The version type they used only had a certain file capacity range of around 65,000 rows. Had they been using the newer file type, this figure is more than a million rows, the daily figures would have been more accurate? It was because of this discrepancy that the figures were misreported by a dramatic amount. We are not saying you have to be filling every corner of your spreadsheets to see these problems, but this was a very real situation.
Microsoft have just announced that if you are using their Office 365 product on a Mac you have to be using the macOS v 10.14 or above, to receive the updates from November onwards To ensure your Windows 10 version is up to-date go to start > settings > update and security > windows updates > then check for updates. In certain situations you may have to install earlier updates before adding the latest version. This process sometimes taking several hours to complete, so be patient! Since March we have seen a huge increase in the requirement to improve the wifi broadband coverage across your home to ensure there is sufficient coverage for all users. A range of products which are based on the mobile phone broadcasting technology called MESH, have provided an easy to install, cost effective solution, which is full expandable to cover the largest of properties. The devices are intended for user installation, so no special tools and tricks are required. As we provide full solutions, we have also “wifi’d” customers gardens, out-houses and pool rooms. Should you have a need of this nature, please do enquire for further details We support thousands of customers – why don’t we support you?
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Inspiration! Lemons? Or Lemonade? I’m just emerging from one of the worst bouts of infection I’ve ever had. After 12 days in bed, I can now escape for an hour in the kitchen without being too overwhelmed, but I do need a nap to recover from my exertions. My bed has become my refuge, my home office, my world. It’s tempting to think Great, I’m getting better, I just need to catch up and get on with my life. But there’s a gift in everything, and it would be a wasted opportunity to be really sick and not take a good, long look at the lifestyle that got me here. So I’ve been looking. I see how I’ve been ignoring warning signs, shutting out my body’s requests for sleep, warmer feet, a drink of water, food, some exercise. Once I start working, I’m like a locomotive that finds it hard to stop. That’s no excuse. I need to observe the red flags and whistles saying Stop NOW! I have resolved never again to neglect my health. I’ve been ignoring some of my core values because I was ‘too busy’. My soul has yearned to go for a walk by the sea - I could easily have done so after lockdown was over. To go swimming (really? I hadn’t realised how much I wanted that). Walking with friends. Simple things and bigger ones. They will be done, as soon as I’m well enough. I’m in clutter-clearing mode. I’ve been unsubscribing from email lists like crazy. I have a list of half-finished tasks that I need to do or ditch. Being tolerant is fine until it’s unhealthy. I also had to get over my pride and ask for help — a big thing for me. My beautiful friends and neighbours have blown my heart open with their kindness. 28 LookLocal - NOVEMBER 2020
I could have felt miserable about life handing me lemons, but even at my sickest, I was aware of how much there was to appreciate every day. Whether it was tiny improvements within me, things about my home, or the birds singing and swooping outside my windows, there was so much to savour and be grateful for. It buoyed me up through the hard times and I never felt low. What are you failing to notice in your life that could give you a little internal smile and make your day brighter, help you through a hard time? What is your Achilles heel? Where do you stop picking up your body’s subtle hints / urgent messages / cries for help? Where are you risking your wellbeing? Tune in to the whispers. Outlaw answers of “Later”, or “Soon”, or “Not yet”. Your body needs you! To our health and happiness,
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Music Matters
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1. Who at the age of 72 years old has rerecorded his iconic album, first released 50 years ago? 2. Often described as a “guitar god” and the front v rock band, man of a hugely successful heavy who recently passed away aged just 65? 3. Who told us that there are more questions than answers? 4. Whose 100th album is called “The Air That I Breathe”? 5. Who had success with a track called “The Air That I Breathe”? 6. Which member of the Holiies went onto more success with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young? 7. Which Iconic album featured the opening tracks Speak to me/Breathe? 8. John Wayne uttered the line in The Searchers in 1956. A year later it was a breakthrough hit for Buddy Holly. What was the song’s title? 9. The Searchers arrived on the scene in 1959. When did the band officially retire? 10. Who sang “Keep Searching” in 1965? Take it Easy with David Sm mith on Surrey Hills Communityy Radio every Wednesday 5pm - 7pm.
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Lunchtime Concerts Christ Church, Esher
Wednesday 18th Nov DIPHONON DUO Michael Iskas – viola Inigo Mikeliez Berrade – accordion
This young duo, from Greece and Spain respectively, met in 2015 at the Royal Academy of Music. Their pairing of viola and accordion is an unusual combination, but both instruments are able to sustain sound for a long time and vary its colour and intensity. The duo aim to take their audience on a journey through space and time, with their programme reflecting the dances, rhythms and songs from around the world. Please join us for our last lunchtime concert of 2020. This event will be available on YouTube, search ”MOTG Esher” Free admission, retiring collection, online donations via www.justgiving.com/campaign/MOTG For your safety social distancing, wearing of face masks and Covid 19 precautions will apply. We regret that we are unable to supply lunch or refreshments. Advance booking not needed For further info please contact the Parish Office:
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VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES November / Decemver 2020
Ever fancied reading the news or helping prepare it?
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A Talking Newspaper providing local news to blind and visually impaired people have various volunteer roles to fill. One of these roles can be for you, if you have an hour or two to spare each week, to help with administration, compiling the script, reading and recording on a monthly roster.
Support Residents in a local Retirement Community A retirement Village is looking for someone with good sense of humour and a patient listener on Tues/Wed/ Thurs/Fri & Sun, 10.00am-2.00pm for residents to order a hot meal by phone at lunchtime for village delivery. There will be full training and induction.
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Join in with Surrey Libraries online events throughout November! We are delighted to be open to the public again albeit with reduced opening hours and have enjoyed welcoming residents back into the libraries for browsing and safe usage of our computers. Opening hours will be extended in due course so please do check the Surrey Libraries website: www.surreycc.gov.uk/libraries. ww We are offering an extensive online bookshelf through this website where library members can download the appropriate apps to borrow eBooks, eMagazines, eAudio books and also free digitalised versions of daily newspapers. This digital borrowing resource has been expanded due to COVID restrictions and it is worth checking out it out, especially if we are subject to further localised lockdowns and our regular
customers are unable to get to the library to choose more books. Additionally, there are many online events for children including our very popular weekly Pebble R Rhyme time, Storytime, STEM projects and craft ideas as well as a Lego club and Origami club. To view all events find us on Facebook@surreylibrariesUK and subscribe to the Surrey Libraries YouTube channel. For Christmas this year, we have many seasonal f books providing ďŹ ction books as well as craft a wealth of ideas for homemade presents, and cookery books for creating festive treats. We look forward to seeing you at a Surrey library in the near future. www.surreycc.gov.uk/libraries
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