In & Around Kent Magazine May 2015 Issue by in and around Loose

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Shaun The Sheep

makes his debut at Kent Life!

FOOTBALL-MAD

An Insight to Reflexology

SCHOOLBOY BEN scores a place in world youth cup

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Contents Contents 6

6 Reflexology

May 2015

Dear Readers

8 Community News

Welcome to the May edition of In & Around magazine.

10 Gardening

Please support your local businesses. If you use an advertiser in this magazine please don’t forget to say you found them in “In and Around” magazine.

13 Technology

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14 Travel 17 World Youth Cup

Have a good month . . . Sarah, Editor

19 Local Events

20 Property

Copy deadline for next edition:

23 Local Noticeboard 25 Motoring - Mazda 3

27 What’s On

Editor & Publisher: Sarah Maberley

Tuesday 12th May

Tel: 01622 296230

29 Legal Advice

Published independently by: In & Around Kent publications

34 Recipe

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38 Index of Services In & Around Magazine is distributed each month to; Loose, Boughton Monchelsea, Coxheath, Bearsted, Grove Green, Penenden Heath, Allington, Aylesford, Ditton, West Malling, Sutton Valence, Langley, Lenham, Harrietsham, Hollingbourne, Maidstone Town Centre and Newnham Court. “Connecting local people to local businesses”

Front Cover: Kent Life, Maidstone Laurel House, 43 Earl Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PD

Days Out Feature

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Shaun the Sheep makes his debut at Kent Life!

Aardman’s internationally-acclaimed character Shaun the Sheep will make his debut at Kent Life Heritage Farm Park this summer. Shaun – who has been wowing cinema audiences this spring following the release of ‘Shaun the Sheep The Movie’ – will pay a visit on Sunday 5 July to enjoy the sights, sounds and activities at Kent Life. Visitors to the award-winning attraction will have the opportunity to see Shaun the Sheep at intervals throughout the day. Young visitors will have lots to do during their stay, including feeding the farm animals, stroking smaller animals in Cuddle Corner, tractor rides, ferret racing and more. Other activities such as donkey rides, face painting, and quad bikes can be enjoyed subject to an extra charge. Farm tickets are adults £9.50; children £7.50 (aged 3-15); concessions £8.50. Members and under-

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threes FREE. Kent Life is open from 10am to 5pm, last admission at 4pm. Kent Life is the county’s premier rural heritage experience, set in 28 acres of glorious countryside. Visitors can wander through period dressed historic buildings in the charming Vintage Village; explore the beautiful gardens, orchard and one of the last handpicked hop gardens in the country; ramble along the wildlife discovery trail and see the last working coalfired oast house in Britain. The attraction is also a real working farm, so there are plenty of animals to see, including pigs, sheep, ducks, goats, alpacas, horses and ponies. Kent Life is in Sandling, near Maidstone, just off junction 6 of the M20 or only an hour by train from London. For details visit www.kentlife.org.uk or call 01622 763936.

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An Insight to Reflexology

When I explain Reflexology to some people their reaction is “I can’t bare my feet being touched because I am ticklish!” But after just one treatment they come back for more leaving with a big smile feeling totally relaxed. Reflexology can help if you suffer from stress, anxiety, insomnia, high blood pressure and any other complaints and is a treatment everyone should have in their life. It’s amazing what you can find out from your feet. How does it work you ask? Well, there are 7,000-7,200 nerve endings in the human foot, and each of these has a reflex point that corresponds to a body part. Pressure is applied to stimulate reflex points, which will stimulate the flow of energy to the corresponding body part. This gradually helps to restore and stimulate the body’s ability to heal itself, physically and emotionally. The movements are quite precise and firm. Imbalances manifest themselves through crystals at the affected reflex point, which vary from being slightly crunchy like sugar to lumps of varying sizes. Dispersing these crystals is what unblocks energy channels, and this is done by applying firm pressure with the thumb (or fingers depending on where on the foot the reflex point is). Reflexology treatments may help couples, expecting mums, and new mums in many ways. Specialised pre conception reflexology may help couples prepare a healthy, balanced environment for conception and may encourage ovulation. It might also help you achieve a successful conception and pregnancy and encourage the natural onset of labour. (Reflexology is not recommended during first trimester of pregnancy). 6

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Reflexology can also be of great support from the second trimester of pregnancy, helping relieve all the various pregnancy related problems: digestion, heartburns, back problems, restless leg, cramps, anaemia, stress, anxiety. Reflexology can be a great ally in your preparation for the birth of your baby, as well as help trigger the onset of natural labour. After birth, reflexology can help balance the hormones, increase the production of breast milk, boost the immune system, help lift moods, prevent depression, and regulate sleep pattern. During my pregnancies I discovered reflexology the only treatment I was comfortable having and most beneficial. After the birth of my second child I completed my advanced training to be able to help others. I have been awarded VTCT Level 3 Diploma and Diploma in Preconception,Pregnancy & Post Natal Care. I’m Lisa by the way, I work part time as a mobile therapist and live in Loose. Best of all, I love my job. I love helping people so if you are looking for alternative therapy please contact me on 01622 433258 or 07736 341533. Reflexology by Lisa

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Community Feature

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Loose Neighbourhood Plan - Update

he Loose Parish Council Neighbourhood Plan (NP) is moving into a new stage of its preparation which will lead to an outline plan by December. The PC has reappointed Feria Ltd as its consultant to help take it to this stage. Feria will have an input into the work (eg public consultations) that the PC will undertake alongside its own work. The model will be that proposals and ideas from the parish will be put into a format for further public consultation from time to time. From the work undertaken so far some policy areas are emerging;- Access and Movement (eg footpaths, cycling, speed limits, parking, traffic calming, rat-runs) Landscape Protection (eg views, trees, landscapes, coalescence) and Design Quality (eg development design appropriateness, density, parking, setting, materials, boundaries, public realm issues). These ideas, as well as others, will be evaluated over the coming months with your help. Two opportunities to discuss the NP will be at the Duck Race on 25 May in the village and at the Fete on 5 September on the King George playing field.

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An important element of any NP is that it must give an opportunity for those in â&#x20AC;&#x153;hard to reachâ&#x20AC;? groups to have an input. This may be geographical like the properties in Busbridge Rd/Stockett Lane or Hubbards Lane which are on the outskirts of the parish. It may be the old or those not able to get about. It could even be teenagers. If you live in the parish and feel that you wish to, but are unable to have an input into the NP, please contact Jan Capon. The PC has a dedicated group of volunteers that give their time to help the PC with their work on this project. If you feel you would also be interested in doing so, or joining the Steering Group please contact Jan Capon at loosepc@ btconnect.com (01622 692712)

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Gardening Feature

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Dog’s Dinner Or Haute Cuisine……..?

“Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don’t realise it.” Not one of that great French actor, Gerard Depardieu’s, most famous lines, but one which de-mystifies in a couple of well-aimed sentences the ’art’ of cookery – and it applies equally well to gardening. Aside from the fact that no one has actually died as a result of getting it wrong with the ingredients when going off the gardening piste, there are lots of glaring similarities – particularly when it comes to taste, probably one of the most subjective words in the English language. Good taste is achieved by mixing the right combinations of flavours using the right techniques, be that in the pot or the border. But, just as Heston Blumenthal’s Savoury Porridge may be a snail too far for most (sane) people, the sight of garish ranks of bedding plants and overflowing hanging baskets may be a Marigold short of a disaster – it’s all a matter of personal as opposed to good taste at the end of the day! I’ve just spent a few (back breaking) days completely renovating some old herbaceous borders that I planted about 6 years ago. The beds have now become a solid mass of Rudbeckias, Astrantias, Achilleas, Delphiniums, Campanulas, Phlomis, Day Lilies, Asters, Miscanthus, Sedums, Lupins and self-seeded Knautia’s. The few weeds that have managed to survive in the tangled mass of roots are the tough cookies like ground elder and docks – the rest get eaten alive by the herbacous hordes! Last summer it was a riot of colour for months. The Border last Summer!

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anyone else when it comes to in-season plants on offer at the garden centre and if I see bare earth, then it has to be filled. The net result is a complete jumble of plants that has meant a continual (and losing) battle trying to stake some of the more needy species such as the Delphiniums; they get brutalised by armies of slugs and flop over as soon as they can. The Border now!

Like all herbaceous (or should that be hardwork?) borders, it was in need of a complete spring clean. After splitting all the clumps I’m now the proud owner of copious amounts of plants – but am struggling with the happy dilemma of how to rebuild it, not something you would have thought I should have a problem with! All the ‘recipe’ books on good planting (have a look at the RHS Encyclopedia of Planting Combinations) dictate that plants should be grouped for maximum impact – a principle I always follow in customers’ gardens but fail miserably to adhere to in my own. So now is the perfect opportunity to toe the line and rationalise the varieties of plants to increase the aesthetics… but then I get thinking about all the insects that have really enjoyed the smorgesbord of nectar flavours on offer from last year’s display and how much pleasure I got from sneaking in a new plant I hadn’t tried before. To a lot of design purists my border, stuffed to the gunwales with an eclectic mix of plants, is something that they can’t comprehend – a bit like mixing the produce from The Fat Duck and a Harvester Inn. All I will say to them is watch this space - my whimsical flair and taste for tripe and onions could mean a whole new look this year!!

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Holiday Villas – A word of caution

f you are disorganised enough to have left booking your summer holiday until now, you are probably desperately hunting through websites such as Owners Direct trying to find a villa that is free for a week in August. There are plenty of similar sites around; they offer owners a cost effective means of renting out their properties and frantic holidaymakers a supply of villas that have been overlooked by the big travel companies. But there is a growing problem with such websites; they are in effect advertising portals along the lines of Gumtree and are not regulated by ABTA or any similar organisation. Because of this, they are increasingly being targeted by internet fraudsters who masquerade as owners and steal deposits and upfront payments. Last year, some people lost thousands of pounds, not to mention having nowhere to go on holiday. Many owners have also wound up out of pocket because their villas have remained empty during the busy summer months, or they’ve felt obliged to honour the booking even though the rental money has been paid to someone else. It is often assumed that the scammers hack into the owner’s website account and then divert any enquiries to themselves, but this isn’t usually the case. Security on these websites tends to be pretty good and also the owner would normally receive an email to say their account details had been changed. Instead, how the scam works is this: the fraudster contacts a number of owners through the site with an enquiry. The owners reply to the query and in so doing provide their email addresses. He attempts to hack the email addresses; in the cases where he succeeds, he redirects any incoming emails to his own email. When a genuine enquiry comes in, he responds to it himself, takes the booking and arranges for the deposit to be transferred into his bank account. If he times it right, he can also bag the final payment. Then, a month before the holiday season gets into full swing, he empties the bank account and disappears. I must stress that such frauds are very uncommon and affect only a tiny fraction of bookings made via such sites, the vast majority of which are mutually satisfactory to both

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The Cream Of Catalunya for €4, it’s likely to be the best bin end you’ll have had in a long while. Venturing a little further within the Priorat region, follow the Siurana River upstream, to discover the hilltop town and lake of the same name. If you enjoy hillwalking or climbing, park at the bottom and ascend using one of the healthier routes. Alternatively there is a car park at the top but, beware, this can get quite full. The views from the summit are simply spectacular!

xpecting my visit, an old school friend in London approached his usual wine merchant and, knowing of my appreciation of hearty Spanish reds, purchased a recommended bottle. On arrival, I was offered a glass and was completely blown away. The wine was a Priorat, a closely guarded Spanish (or more precisely Catalan) secret for many years, only recently finding its way into UK outlets, generally at a price way above better known Spanish reds like Rioja. On the strength of that one bottle (and a few others consumed over the following weeks), I decided the origin of this spectacular wine would be a worthwhile and enjoyable destination for my ten day summer holiday. I flew to Barcelona, hired a car and drove down the Autopista to Tarragona before heading inland. The vineyards are planted on terraces on the steep mountainsides and the roads follow the terrain. Believe me, the hardest part is keeping your eyes off the striking landscapes and on the sometimes hair-raising roads. I rented an apartment in Torroja del Priorat, a largely peaceful and very family-friendly village nestled on a mountainside in the shadow of the imposing Montsant mountains; it is the home of the regulatory body of the Priorat denomination and proved an excellent base to explore the area. In Porrera, do join the friendly locals for a glass of wine outside Vinum & Co in the Plaça Catalunya in the early evening (the local Clos Dominic 2012 Priorat was superb). Gratallops, probably the most prolific of the wine producing villages, is home of the excellent Vinicola del Priorat which not only sells a wide choice of bottles, but also arranges vineyard tours. A hint: pick up an un-labelled bottle from the barrel by the cash desk

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If, like me, you enjoy sourcing local produce and cooking at home, there are plenty of small traders around to assist. For those looking for an easier life, each village has at least one eatery and the restaurant in Torroja, Cal Joc, made the most of local produce (including the fantastic wines) and comes highly recommended. For more of a fine dining experience, jump in the car and head into Tarragona (about 30 minutes’ drive). The walled old town, high on the hill overlooking the busy industrial port below, offers a wealth of treasures for both dining and indulging in the general cafe society. I can’t wax lyrical enough about how Restaurant Arcs tickled my taste buds with a freshly caught fish salad with red pepper ice cream (and that was just the starter)! For something less formal, Txantxangorri, on the main square, Plaça de la Font, offered probably the best tapas I’ve had outside San Sebastian. If you want to explore beyond the immediate region, Lleida is a 90 minute drive inland. This university town has a fascinating military history from Roman times up to the Spanish Civil War. Seu Vella, the original cathedral turned military fortress, is an amazing piece of architecture and well worth a visit. If you’d rather hit the coast, L’Ampolla (about 75 minutes’ drive south) is a pleasant, underdeveloped little harbour resort with reasonable restaurants and is a gateway to the stunning beaches surrounding the nature reserve at the River Ebro’s delta. Travelling to Spain at any time comes with some baggage of preconceptions. This trip, however, definitely laid many of those to rest faster than I could scoff the local speciality, Crema Catalana, and uncork a bottle of wine.

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Feature Feature

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Ben Scores a place in World Youth Cup Ben’s selection for the 16-man squad means not only does he get to play against the likes of Crystal Palace FC and Brighton and Hove Albion FC, but he gets to compete against team from more than 80 countries worldwide in the Gothia Cup, the World Youth Cup, which takes place each year, during the summer, in Sweden. Mr Davey said: “It is a superb achievement to get selected for the South East team but taking part in the World Youth Cup will be an amazing experience.” The World Youth Cup attracts more than 50,000 spectators to its opening ceremony, which takes place this year. More than 1600 teams are expected to take part.

football-mad schoolboy from Maidstone will soon be packing his bags to take part in the pretigious World Youth Cup. Ben Findlay (10) from Chartway Street, Sutton Valence and a pupil at Sutton Valence Prep School, trialled for the Independent School Football Association (ISFA) South East squad at Ardingly, Sussex, back in November.

He was put forward for the trials by the prep school’s football coach Tom Davey, who said: “Ben captained our unbeaten Colts A team last term. Despite playing for Maidstone United and the Maidstone District side, I felt the trials would give him the opportunity to be stretched at a higher level and would test him against the best in the region.”

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Celebrate the great outdoors at Doddington with a Bank Holiday weekend of the great outdoors. Have a go with birds of prey, arrow shooting, and bush craft fun!

The organising team for the Kent County Show is pleased to announce the main displays and entertainment for the event which takes place on Friday 10, Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 July 2015.

Visitors to Doddington Place Gardens on 3rd and 4th May will have the chance to go wild, learning the arts of bushcraft, archery and falconry, as the gardens have a spring countryside celebration day.

The star attraction on Friday 10 July will be RAF Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows. One of the world’s premier display teams will be flying above the Kent Showground to the delight of visitors.

Experience the thrill of a ‘Hunger Games’ style of life, with hands on sessions for all visitors to enjoy throughout the day. With expert trainers on hand, learn the art of survival and have interactive experiences which are unforgettable – don’t forget to take your camera!

The Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch Activity Ride will be performing on all three Show days. The ride provides a fast moving display demonstrating a high level of skill and agility from both horse and officer. Inch perfect timing, commitment, professionalism and total trust are required as horses jump through fire, a solid paper wall and complete fast crossovers. The riders remove their stirrups, tunics and saddles whilst riding their horses over a series of bush jumps.

The spectacular gardens at Doddington Place are springing into bloom, with flowers in stunning colours and arrangements, and a walk across the estate is a wonderfully peaceful treat at the end of a busy week. In addition to the have a go events, birds of prey will also be flying at 3pm in a spectacular free-flying demonstration, with the chance to see more Hawks, Owls, and Falcons in action. The tea room offers delicious homemade light lunches, homemade cakes and afternoon teas – the perfect place to enjoy a great day out! Doddington Place Gardens is open from 11am to 5pm every Sunday, Wednesday and Bank Holiday, and tickets are £6 per adult and £2 per child. For more information call 01795 886101 or visit www.doddingtonplacegardens.co.uk

Also returning to the Show will be Titan the Robot, the Pole Climbing Championships, the Sheep Show, rural craft demonstrations, live music and many interactive displays. In addition, the Show will be offer free donkey rides and a free circus workshop for the children to enjoy throughout all three days. The online ticket system is now open to purchase discounted tickets for the 2015 Show. A family ticket will cost £41 in advance or £48 when bought at the Gate. Open 8am - 6pm visit www.kentshowground.co.uk

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16th May Loose Footpath Group Walk 10am Meet at the car park at the rear of Birling Church (turn right in front of church to reach this) for a 5 mile walk to Paddlesworth (tiny Norman church). If open we can visit this unusual church. Then we move on to the Pilgrims Way – fine views of the Medway valley and return to Birling. One steady climb. GR 680605. Tel: 01622 726939

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25th May Bank Holiday Monday Loose Amenities Association’s annual Loose Duck Race will take place on Brooks Field, next to the Chequers pub in the village. Tickets go on sale at 1.00 and the first race is at 2pm. As well as hundreds of yellow ducks racing along the Loose stream, attractions include professional street theatre, children’s rides and games, coconut shy, rural crafts,

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19th May Loose Footpath Group Walk 6.30pm Evening Walk: Meet at the Chequers Pub, Loose Village, for a 4½ to 5 mile circular walk circum navigating Coxheath via Homelands Farm, Reason Hill, the Greensand Way and Clockhouse Farm.

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Mazda 3

azda has long been an unsung hero of the motoring world; other than the marvellous MX5, I can’t remember when I last drove one. Unfortunately, this is a global phenomenon – Mazda has lost almost half of its market share in Europe since 2008. This means that the 3 matters; it’s a family hatchback pitched against the likes of the Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra and, as such, it is far and away the biggest seller in their model range. The fortunes of the entire company rest on this car. When you first see it in the flesh, you know they’ve a good start. With swooping curves, sculpted profiles and panels that seem to have been shrink wrapped onto the body shell, this is possibly the best looking car in its class. This is a step change from the previous model with its bluff, chunky styling. The real improvements, though, are all under the skin. Mazda’s all new cross range platform, dubbed SkyActiv, involves lashings of ultra-high strength steel, meaning that this new car is far more rigid and considerably lighter than the previous model. Sadly, these good first impressions are not carried through into the interior. Yes, the seats are comfy, the ergonomics are sound and there’s plenty of space, but the Cyclops style instrument binnacle is ugly and hard to read, the plastics in the bottom half of the cabin are distinctly low rent and the whole thing lacks class. Everything is monochrome; there is nothing to

add any sort of wow factor and it’s all a bit of a disappointment after that svelte exterior. On the plus side, there’s plenty of kit as standard including Bluetooth and a 7” infotainment screen. This is not a car that will shift thousands of units in fleet sales and this is reflected in the range of engines. There’s just one diesel, a 2.2 litre twin turbo that boasts a relatively modest 148bhp, not to mention carbon emissions above the 100g tax break. By comparison, there is a choice of three petrol engines – a 99bhp 1.5 litre and a 2.0 litre with either 118 or 163bhp. Mazda has avoided following VW down the path of small turbo engines with big power outputs, claiming that in real world driving they don’t deliver the promised fuel efficiency. There’s another point that Mazda don’t mention; those high efficiency engines are expensive to manufacture and this is reflected in the list prices of the Golf for instance, which makes the Mazda look remarkably good value. I drove the more powerful 2.0 litre and was impressed. It’s a sweet revving unit with plenty of low down

torque and enough grunt to push the car up to 62mph in 8.2 seconds. I also managed a combined mpg of 44mpg which is none too shabby. The levels of refinement are not the best in class but they’re not unacceptable either and it’s no great hardship listening to the rasping engine note. That solid performance is also backed up by excellent handling. There are no party pieces such as ultra-fast turn in or lift off oversteer, just predictable road manners with minimal body roll, plenty of feel through the steering and good levels of grip. Unfortunately, the ride doesn’t meet those same high standards; it is jittery over small bumps and generally a little coarse, though by no means bad. The Mazda 3 is not going to knock the VW Golf off its lofty perch but its spirited performance, lively handling and seductive styling should take the fight to rest of the competition and hopefully attract some new buyers. Certainly, at the level it is priced, it makes a very good case for itself. I’ll give it the thumbs up. Car as tested Mazda 3 2.0 litre 163 £21,920 RRP

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Local Events 2nd April - 4th May Enjoy Fun on the Farm this May Bank Holiday Don’t miss your last chance to feed the spring lambs at Kent Life Heritage Farm Park, near Maidstone.The award-winning attraction will be celebrating Kentish life and traditions with Morris dancing, a May queen parade and watching children maypole dancing on the green. You can even give it a go if you feel brave enough! Visitors can also visit the period dressed historic buildings in the Vintage Village, take a tractor trailer ride around the site, hop on a quad bike, take the plunge with some water zorbing or try their luck with ferret racing. The charming 1950s-inspired Dotty’s tearoom will be serving a range of delights, including homemade cakes and oastman’s platters, and you can pick up some Kentish produce from the gift shop to take home with you. Kent Life ticket prices: Adults £9.50; Children £7.50 (aged 3-15); Concessions £8.50. Members and under-threes FREE. 3rd May Bluebell Walk in Aid of Heart of Kent Hospice The Heart of Kent Hospice invites you to join its new circular 6 mile route through the beautiful heart of Kent’s countryside when the bluebells are at their finest. The walk starts at Harrietsham Village Hall , ME17 1LE and is a perfect day out for all the family (including dogs!). At the end of the walk you will have an opportunity to visit our legendary cake stall and our new Heart of Kent Farmers Market where you can treat yourself to local produce from exceptional Kent suppliers. Hungry walkers will also be able to enjoy a reasonably priced hog roast prepared on the day by our own catering team.

brother’s incredible songs from over four decades. 7.30pm. Tickets: £18.50 (Includes £1 Booking Fee) 16th May Iron Age Power - Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery Talk by Steve Willis of UKC on the Iron Age hillforts of Oldbury (Maidstone) and Bigbury (Canterbury). Children welcomed with special make it activities during talk. Lunch provided. Then a visit to Oldbury (own transport) from 1.30 - 3pm. Make sure to wear sturdy and sensible footwear. Adults £20. 23rd May Kent Garden Show - The Kent Event Centre One of Kent’s largest Garden Shows at the Kent Showground, Detling. 23rd - 31st May Fun on the Farm: May Half Term - Kent Life A fun packed week full of activities, trails and animal encounters! Ticket Information Adult £9.50 per ticket Child (3-15) £7.50 per ticket Concession £8.50 per ticket Kent Life Members - FREE 25th - 29th May Half Term Activities - Maidstone Museum Workshops run throughout Half Term, with some being inspired by current exhibitions. 25th May - Pharoahs, 26th May - Mummies, 27th May - Heiroglyphs, 28th May - Pyramids, 29th May - Gods and Goddesses. 31st May

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How many races have you been to that begin with a train ride? Probably none ! Thats why this unique trail run had such excellent feedback last year, as 130 runners boarded a train at Maidstone West station and took the 8 minute journey up to Wateringbury where everyone disembarked and made their way to the Marina where the start is. At the sound of the horn they set off down the path which never leaves the side of the River and goes under some bridges, over others, crossing walkways and through “kissing” gates. Anyone over 6ft 2” is strongly advised to DUCK at the Barming road bridge where the tunnel underneath is particularly low! The run finishes outside the David Lloyd Club in Maidstone Town Centre where last year spectators lined the footbridge to give support to the finishers. The distance covered is approx 8.6k. We are now fully supported by the David Lloyd Club in Maidstone who are providing us with changing and WC facilities as well as a wide range of prizes and offers , the Mayor of Maidstone will be on hand to present trophies to the winners. All proceeds from this event are going to BREAST CANCER RESEARCH (so far we have raised over £3,000!).

The Beerfest UK brings the “Oktoberfest” theme to the UK with fine real German ales from across the breadth of Germany, the sounds and stirring of time-honoured oomph music with traditional drinking songs and dances to sizzling foods and entertainment to make the evening a really memorable one for all.

Registration will open at 8am for collection of race numbers and for ENTRIES ON THE DAY and are in a marquee just beside David Lloyd Health Club , from where we will begin the short walk to the station at about 9.45 in order to board the 10.00am train which will arrive at Wateringbury at 10.08 , the race will then start at the Marina at 10.20 .. Please register in plenty of time as the train will not wait or come back for stragglers.Its also FREE parking in the Market car park on a Sunday! www.runningandriding.co.uk

The festival takes place at Maidstone Market Hall, Barker Road Maidstone ME16 8LW on Saturday 30th May 2015 from 5 - 11pm. Price £12 (in advance), visit www.beerfestuk.com/maidstone.html.

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One of the higher profile divorce cases to hit the news in recent weeks was the case of Wyatt v Vince in the Supreme Court. After a short marriage, Ms Wyatt had been divorced from Mr Vince way back in the 1990â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, and Mr Vince had gone on to become a multi-millionaire. Ms Wyatt was seeking a financial settlement from Mr Vince, having brought their son up alone and with no financial support from his father. The Supreme Court overturned an earlier decision saying that she had no right to make the claim, and the matter will progress in the lower courts to establish, what, if anything, she is entitled to.

end the marriage financially, it is necessary to have a Court Order. The fact is simply ending a marriage legally, in divorce, does not end the financial claims between the parties. So long as a party does not enter into a new marriage, they remain able to claim against their former spouse. The case of Wyatt v Vince shows us that there is no automatic time limit beyond which claims are ended, this shows the importance of the advice that myself and my colleague Gail give on a daily basis, you must ask the court to end your financial claims. Often couples feel that they have no financial assets to speak of, maybe the relationship was short, they did not own any property, there was nothing to argue about. What this case shows, is that it is not just your current wealth that needs protecting, it is your future assets.

but we do strongly recommend it be drawn up by a solicitor, with both parties having the opportunity to obtain independent legal advice. Once the divorce has reached Decree Nisi stage, the agreement can be sent to the Court for the Judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approval. Neither party need actually attend Court, and the judge just requires some basic financial information to have some context in which to set the agreement. This will serve to protect your future wealth from a former spouse and ensure that when this marriage ends in divorce, there is no financial hangover. Julie Hobson is head of the family team at Gullands Solicitors and can be reached at j.hobson@gullands.com, 01622 689700 or visit www.gullands.com

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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any years ago I owned a house in Sheffield. The company I was working for went bust and the only place I could get another job was in Nottingham. Unable to afford the commuting costs and reluctant to spend 3 hours a day travelling, I decided to move into digs in Nottingham and rent out my house in Sheffield. Nowadays, I’d be known as an accidental landlord; back then I was just some bloke who couldn’t pay his mortgage. A few years later I sold the house for pretty much exactly what I paid for it; the rent more than covered the mortgage but I just didn’t want the hassle. I have often kicked myself for making that decision. I saw my house on Rightmove ten years later; if I’d have hung onto to it I’d have made a profit of over £100,000, not to mention the income I’d have received from increasing rents against a background of falling interest rates. Hindsight is a wonderful thing of course and these days I’m not a landlord, accidental or otherwise, but I do publish a magazine for landlords in the private sector, imaginatively entitled Private Sector Landlord. As a result, I’ve come to realise that landlords are some of the most reviled people in the country, almost up there with bankers and parking wardens. If you don’t believe me, just take a look at the Have Your Say section of the BBC website after they’ve run a story about Buy to Let landlords. The comments are full of abuse and vitriol from aggrieved tenants. Some of them are because the rent is too high or because the landlord has failed to fix some problem promptly enough, but most resent their landlord because their rent is being used to pay off their landlord’s mortgage… or because he makes a profit on his property… or simply because he owns several houses and they own none. This ingrained resentment has been capitalised on by politicians at both a national and local level. New regulation is constantly being heaped on private landlords – they are told how many tenants they can rent their houses out to, made personally responsible for their tenants’ behaviour and made to comply with standards infinitely more strict than those homeowners are subject to. Local councils use them as a piggy bank 32 inandaround

by applying blanket licensing schemes – landlords have to pay up to £1000 per property simply to operate. I recently read about a woman who was sentenced to 6 months in jail and fined almost £11,000 for illegally evicting her tenants: she didn’t follow due process. Alright, she broke the law but if a finance company didn’t follow due process when repossessing a car, the owner would have to bring a civil case to get their money back. Nobody would be going to prison. Here’s the thing, though. The number of households that rent privately exceeded those in social housing last year; almost 4 million. But for private landlords, that’s 4 million households that would still be living with mum and dad or wouldn’t have a roof over their heads. There’s another thing too; over half of the new homes built in the last few years have been bought by private landlords. Some may say this is a bad thing but, without them taking up the slack, many large house builders would have gone to the wall and we simply wouldn’t have the wherewithal to build all those new homes we so desperately need. I would be the first to admit that there are still rogue landlords out there but they are becoming ever fewer, partly because of greater regulation but mainly because tenants are voting with their feet. Why live in squalor when there is plenty of good quality housing out there? One last thing, it is estimated that there are over 2 million private sector landlords in the country. As oppressed minorities go, that’s a pretty large one… and they all have a vote.

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n engineer at a South African robotics company illicitly creates the world’s first true artificial intelligence. Neill Blomkamp suffers from a curse many of us would gladly bear. His debut feature, 2009’s District 9, in which a dystopian future human race holds an alien civilisation capture in Johannesburg, was a brilliant allegory for South Africa’s historical and modern racial divides. Perhaps more important to the average moviegoer, it was smart, funny, exciting and deeply affecting at an emotional level. This is all well and good, but for all the way it increased Blomkamp’s stock in the movie-scene, it also served to sharpen the knives for his ‘difficult second album,’ 2013’s far less

impressive Elysium, which was clunky, poorly paced and full of half-ideas and fantastical concepts stretched out to cover a hollow framework that stumbled around like the Tinman asking where his heart was. Simply put, Blomkamp had set the bar too high with District 9. Chappie has not been universally loved by critics; many see it in the same vein as Elysium, too nervously excited at its own premise and set-up. But this, I suspect, is a problem of perspective. District 9 was so memorable and Elysium so the opposite that a certain hypersensitivity to Chappie’s flaws overshadows what is, in my opinion, a wonderful film about a robot who can feel. The narrative is somewhat unconventional,

featuring characters that constantly keep us guessing in terms of the role they will play in the final third. The lack of depth to some of these creations betrays the broadly allegorical nature of Blomkamp’s script but, aside from a few uncomfortable lines, these metaphors are (rightly) secondary to the relationship between Chappie (Sharlto Copley) and his adopted human mother (Yolandi Visser). This relationship is just one cog in the interconnected human influences on Chappie, and the one that plays the least driving influence on the film’s plot, but it is the emotional core of the movie, what really allows us to believe a robot is alive. Our Rating ****

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