The Guide 2 Magazine November 2015

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ENTERTAINMENT The Guide 2 Your Month

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The Big Switch on Talking to Craig Revel Horwood

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FAMILY Mum’s The Word Diary

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My Amazing Family and Me

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FOOD & DRINK 17-19 46-47

The Seasonal Coffee Crawl

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The Big Foodies Feature

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SPORT Team Players: Surrey Scorchers

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Talking to Jake Ball

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The Race for 5G

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Surrey in Space

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Your Community News STILL TIME TO HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF GUILDFORD’S TOWN CENTRE

We know. It feels like public consultation on the Guildford Draft Town Centre Masterplan has been going on forever, in one form or another. But the latest bout of public pulse taking, a consultation running from 2nd October until Monday 16th of November means that there is still time to make your views heard.

The draft Town Centre Masterplan, produced by urban designers Allies & Morrison, features radical design ideas for the future of the town. It includes proposals to overhaul prominent areas such as introducing a new riverside community park, more pedestrianised

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areas, fewer cars, more cyclists and ‘streets for people’.

The document also includes options on how to manage traffic flow so that pedestrians and cyclists have better access to the town centre. It also aims to ensure the right balance of housing, business and transport development in the town. All these issues were raised through public feedback from the initial town centre vision consultation last year which helped shape the draft masterplan.

Following this consultation, the public’s feedback and ideas will help inform the

This year’s Living and Ageing Well in Surrey Awards will be taking place on Wednesday 18 November at Dorking Halls from 4pm to 6pm.

Nominations from people keen to highlight the work of others who care for the elderly closed on 7th October. So it simply remains for the winners to be drawn from nine categories transport, technology, community, carers and dementia.

final development plan for the town centre. The council will then identify what can be delivered in the short-term and test what is possible longer-term, making sure that any individuals and organisations affected by future plans are fully involved in the process. Key parts of the final Masterplan will be included in the new draft Local Plan for the borough.

What do you want ’Guildford 2.0’ to look like? Visit guildford.gov.uk and let them know.

The Living and Ageing Well in Surrey programme is run by Surrey County Council who work closely with partners in health, borough and district councils, voluntary, community and faith organisations, and local people with shared guiding principles and values: to make Surrey the best possible place to live and age well.

For further information about the project and awards on the Living and Ageing well page at surreycc.gov.uk.

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GIVE BLOOD AT THE SPECTRUM TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER | 12PM-9PM | GUILDFORD SPECTRUM

Giving blood is one of the noblest, and simplest, things we can do to help others.

Donated blood is a lifeline for many people needing long-term treatments, not just in emergencies. There is a constant need for regular blood supply because blood can only be stored for a limited time before use. Regular blood donations by a sufficient number of healthy people is needed to ensure that safe blood will be available whenever and wherever it is needed.

You can help save a life or alleviate someone’s suffering by visiting the NHS Give Blood hosted session in Spectrum arenas on the 10th November.

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PROPERTY FIRM REVEALS

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DISPOSALS PROGRAMME

More than 20 Surplus police stations around Surrey are due to receive a new lease of life as buildings for a myriad of purposes including supermarkets, residential, retirement living, office and a range of community uses including dance hall, children’s nursery and a free school.

For more information visit blood.co.uk Property specialists Bruton Knowles are close to completing a four-year programme to dispose of 21 surplus police stations on behalf of Surrey Police - many of which are located in ultradesirable Surrey locations.

Fraser Castle who is based at the firm’s Guildford office has superintended the programme and says: “We have essentially finished this programme of sales for Surrey Police, having just received planning permission for Camberley Police Station.

“We expect a positive planning decision for Haslemere Police Station on Wednesday and are about to commence the marketing exercise for the final property - Epsom Police Station.

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Woking Fire Station is giving locals an opportunity to gain valuable insight the activities of the fire service.

Members of the public can see at first hand the range of activities involved with being a modern firefighter, with demonstrations of particular firefighting or rescue skills throughout the day. The event also presents the opportunity to learn about some important fire safety messages.

Through a simple questionnaire, the fire crew can look at potential problem areas in your home and offer advice and guidance on how to reduce the risk of fire. The check also covers advice about fitting and maintaining smoke alarms and getting people to think about escape plans for their home should a fire occur. There are also displays highlighting the dangers of fire and you can take home various leaflets with simple but vital fire safety advice.

Other stations due for disposal include Esher, Walton-on-Thames, East Molesey, Epsom, Dorking, Haslemere, Cranleigh, Banstead, Camberley, Egham, Farnham, Leatherhead, Woking, Cobham, Sunbury, Lingfield, Lightwater, Frimley, Byfleet, Ripley and Ash. The stations were put up for sale by Surrey Police Authority in 2010, in an effort to make savings required by government funding cuts. Police staff were relocated to council offices and other locations.

Police and Crime Commissioner Kevin Hurley said it was ‘unfortunate’ he was unable to stop the sales which were set in motion by Surrey Police Authority before he was elected. No plans have been made to sell off the force’s headquarters, Mount Browne, in Artington, Guildford.

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Your Community News STARS HELP CHILDREN’S HOSPICE CHARITY RAISE OVER £100,000 FOR SICK CHILDREN Stars including Simon Cowell, Lauren Silverman, Tony Hadley and Dame Joan Collins were out in force to show their support for last month’s Shooting Star Chase Ball, which raised more than £100,000 for children with life-limiting conditions in London and Surrey.

The event, which took place at The Dorchester in London on Saturday 3 October, featured performances by British harmony swing group, Jack Pack, and winner of America’s Got Talent, ventriloquist Paul Zerdin – and an auction which raised a massive £77,000.

Money-can’t-buy lots were on offer to the highest bidder and included use of a private jet and lunch in France, a VIP screening of the Rugby World Cup Final at London’s Mayfair Hotel, and an evening with George Clooney.

An Afternoon Tea with Joan Collins and Julian Clary raised £3,000, while Simon Cowell donated an impromptu last lot of four ‘meet and greet’ tickets to The X Factor final, which raised £8,500. Simon, who was announced as Shooting Star Chase Vice President earlier this year, then matched the

amount the tickets raised with an additional donation.

On the night guests also enjoyed a four course meal by executive chef Henry Brosi, speeches from Vice Presidents Simon Cowell and Tony Hadley, and a presentation of artwork made by children at the hospices to Patron Joan Collins in honour of her Damehood.

Karen Sugarman, Director of Fundraising at Shooting Star Chase, said: “As always, I have been overwhelmed by the generosity and support from every one of our guests.

The Shooting Star Chase Ball is always such a fabulous night and we are thrilled to raise so much yet again. This will make a significant difference to families whose lives are turned upside-down and need the vital care and support of our hospice service.”

The total funds raised from the night is expected to exceed £100,000. Now in its 11th year, the Shooting Star Chase Ball has raised more than £1 million since its launch in 2004.

Visit shootingstarchase.org.uk for more information

TASK GROUP FORMED TO HELP REFUGEES Following the example of other councils around the county and UK, Guildford Borough Council have set up a refugee task group to look at how they can work with local people, organisations and faith communities to respond to the refugee crisis.

Initial plans include creating a register of private landlords who might have appropriate and suitable homes they wish to offer and a local fund raising drive to support national and other charities.

But with over 3,000 households already needing affordable homes across the borough, the council says it recognises that “we have to work very carefully to manage this alongside our current waiting lists and housing options for local people.”

Lead Councillor for Community Health

and Sport, Cllr Iseult Roche, explains: “We want our borough to be a supportive and thriving place for all. Ensuring that any refugees who come to our area are assisted in the best way is not a quick fix and we want to properly assess and manage their long-term needs.”

We are waiting to hear more details about the Government’s plans, but in the meantime we are pushing ahead with some of our own initiatives. These must be holistic and focus on the overall well-being of the most vulnerable refugees identified by the United Nations for protection in the UK. “Refugee families, adults and children who come to our area will require intensive ongoing support,” he continued, “with access to skills development, education

and health as well as places to live. We are also looking to coordinate a local fund raising drive to support national and other charities, so that people can donate to help meet their immediate needs and longer-term integration. Continued close working with Guildford Diocese and the wider faith communities helps us see how we could assist with their existing and new initiatives.”

There are many charities working to help the refugee crisis, but if you would like to help visit refugeecouncil.org.uk, savethechildren.org.uk or redcross.org.uk.

You can also call the Red Cross’s dedicated phone line on 0800 107 8727 for more ways to help.

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STAY SAFE! KEEP THE BURGULARS AT BAY!

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s we head into the winter months with longer and darker evenings, crime patterns show that this can be a time of increased residential burglaries. The lead up to Christmas is a very appealing time for burglars; the combination of increased amounts of valuables in people’s homes coupled with longer periods where people are away from their properties make for rich pickings. To counteract this Surrey Police is launching its annual campaign between 26 October and 15 November which forms part of a three week force focus on burglary.

Over previous campaigns we know that across Surrey the amount of burglaries that happen has significantly reduced, and that Surrey residents are helping to prevent these by securing their properties to protect themselves from burglary by ensuring doors are locked, and lights are left on.

However, even with this decrease, we still want to make Surrey a no go area for potential burglars. This can be done by local residents registering their items on Immobilise.

LOVE YOUR STUFF? REGISTER IT! Registering your belongings free with Immobilise improves your chances of getting it back if it is lost or stolen, and can also help us in tracking and catching those responsible if you are burgled.

Immobilise is an independent service that is supported

by UK police forces including Surrey Police. The Immobilise National Property Register is the world’s largest register of ownership details and links in with the police national property database when items are reported as stolen.

You can register a mix of different items including bicycles, mobile phones, laptops, cameras and game consoles.

To find out more about the Immobilise service and to sign up free, visit www.immobilise.com

IS IT NOTHING? OR IS IT THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO CATCH A BURGLAR? By working closely with the public to gain information about suspicious activity, we can increase the intelligence we use to actively hunt and catch burglars.

The partnership between the public and the police is vital to the service we can provide and extra information can make all the difference.

We would rather investigate a suspected burglary than be called when it’s too late, so if you see something suspicious in action in your street, dial 999 and let us know.

What does suspicious activity look like? It could be someone jumping over walls; hanging around a house; peering through windows or doors, someone trying to force entry, or even someone running from a scene. It could also be someone who has suddenly had an increase in possessions who appears to be quickly selling them on.

All information is useful to us, so don’t ignore your suspicions. You could have the information we need to catch a burglar, so let us know what happened, when and where, a description of the individual (age, sex, race, height, weight, clothing), and if necessary a vehicle description and registration number.

To keep up to date with our burglary activity and for advice on what you can do to help, find us on SurreyPolice

@SurreyPolice or visit www.Surrey.Police.uk

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Diwali, the Festival of Lights

On Thursday 12 November Woking will be lit up with a stunning parade of colourful lanterns to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights

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oking is unquestionably one of the most multicultural towns in Surrey. The Shah Jahan Mosque, for example, was the first purpose-built mosque in Britain.

Historically, there has long been a large tightly-knit Italian community, many of whom originated from the Sicilian town of Mussomeli. And now the town can lay claim to Surrey’s most significant Diwali celebrations – and it’s sure to be a cracking evening…

This free event, open to all, will begin at 6pm from Gloucester Square (outside the Civic Offices), before making its way through the Town Centre and ending at the H.G. Wells Conference and Events Centre. We shall give you further info about what to expect on the day, but first up, a bit of explanation about Diwali is perhaps in order.

Celebrated by Hindus, as well as Jains and Sikhs, the Festival of Lights is one of the most famous festivals in South Asia and celebrated by many countries in the region. It marks the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance. Prayers are offered before one or more deities, with most common being Lakshmi – the goddess of wealth and prosperity.

In India and Nepal particularly, it is one of the happiest holidays and a time for shopping (we feel for those of you who celebrate Diwali and Christmas six weeks apart…): people buy new clothes for themselves and their families, as well as gifts, appliances, kitchen utensils, even expensive items such as cars and gold jewellery.

And why does it take place at this time of year? Well Diwali night enters on the new moon – the darkest night – at the end of the Hindu lunar month of Ashvin and the start of the month of Kartika. In the Gregorian calendar, this typically falls towards the end of October, or first half of November each year.

So now hopefully we’ve all learned a little something. But what can you expect at Woking’s event this November? Well, a stunning display of lanterns and live Indian music, but that merely scratches the surface…

Leading the parade will be MAUK Chenda Team, a traditional Chenda Melam group, followed by local schools and community groups. In the lead up to the parade local schools will enjoy a range of educational workshops exploring a variety of Diwali traditions, with many schools and community groups creating their own unique lanterns for the parade.

The Diwali parade organisers will be presenting a short evening of Indian music, song and dance immediately after the parade.

The event at the H.G. Wells Centre will feature performances such as Kerala drumming and traditional Indian dance. This is free to attend and will be hosted by the Woking Malayalee Association with support from cultural organisation, The Art of Living, and other community representatives.

So an evening of enlightening and illuminating celebrations will be taking place in the centre of Woking. And we cannot recommend your attendance highly enough…

Find out more about Diwali Celebrations in Woking on Thursday 12th November by visiting woking.gov.uk/diwali

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These men died because they ran into the fire. Then as now the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels. But now, some 100 years after the conflict, if we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we should look up and be reminded that that capacity may well be limitless. This is a time to remember those heroes. To save for them one glance when we go to the places they can no longer go.

And when the time comes when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, we will all take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes left behind.

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few months back, drinking red wine and eating Meat the Greek, I wrote about a Highwayman. As it turns out these mobile-thieving b*stards were everywhere, and I found out about a rather dandy fellow by the name of James Whitney.

Jimbo was a 17th century butcher’s son originally from Hertfordshire. Having had a crack at dad’s job, he decided that it was a bit too much like hard work so he went off to London to seek his fortune. In the end he spent a few years committing petty crime to fund a life of Jagerbombs, snuff and bedding as many women as possible.

At some point at the age of 23, Whitney presumably woke up one morning surrounded by empty tinnies, women and Domino’s boxes and obviously thought to himself “Right! I need to get a grip of the situation.”

the King during the civil war. All the other chancers, thieves and general wrong ‘uns looked up to these twits because even in the sewer, there’s a class system. Jimbo went the wholehog with his act, covering himself with bling and always being polite even when threatening to blow someone’s brains out for their pocket watch.

By 1690 everything was going rather well. James had sorted himself with a well networked gang of about 50 or so guys who were all divided into different skill sets. Some rode out with him, others scouted out hides, and others followed rich guys and plan heists.

He even had a mole in the Surrey Magistrate’s court who kept an eye

to take the p*** so he caught up Hull about a week later, slapping him about a bit, robbing him blind and strapping him to a horse backwards before slapping it on the rump to watch him canter off over Bagshot Heath.

Of course there was one heist too many and that day came when one of his dickers revealed that a coach was carrying a chest full of bunce and was being escorted by 12 Dragoons (mounted, seriously hard soldiers with knives and all sorts dangling off them).

Instead of thinking “might give this one a miss” Jimbo went for it. Turns out the guy in the coach with the chest was the Duke of Marlborough, who was a war hero after recently giving the French a damned good thrashing. He was also as hard as a coffin nail and the sort of bloke who would never, ever surrender.

“All the other chancers, thieves and general wrong ‘uns looked up to these twits because even in the sewer, there’s a class system.”

So he popped down to Primarni and bought himself a nice suit along with a rapier (sort of sword Inigo Montoya uses in Princess Bride) and a pistol. The shopping trip wasn’t over yet; he then stole the best horse he could lay his hands on.

He was ready to be a Highwayman.

Huzzah!

Back then a lot of those first highwaymen were upper-class types who lost an awful lot of cash backing

on what was going on there. He had fencers to sell on goods; everything was great.

One day the mole at the court reported that a certain Mr William Hull was wandering about the corridors of Millmead claiming that one day he would watch Whitney ride his horse backwards. Basically this meant that he would see Jimbo hang because back in those days men who were to be hanged were taken to the gallows sitting backwards on a horse.

Jimbo couldn’t miss an opportunity

So with 40 of his crew Jimbo attacked the dragoons and the coach. A pitched battle ensued with bodies and bits of bodies everywhere.

The crew got a pasting and those who didn’t die were rounded up. Jimbo did legs and hid out at Spoons. As always at this point in the movie one of the captured men went grass to save his own neck and Whitney was soon nicked. He was hanged in December 1694.

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An Evening with Noel Fielding

29th November / New Victoria Theatre, Woking Noel Fielding (star of The Mighty Boosh and Never Mind The Buzzcocks), brings his brand of unabashed, brazenly bizarre comedy to Woking’s New Victoria Theatre for one night of weird, later this month. We caught up with Mr Fielding in last month’s edition and he had this to say about what qualities a hammer may possess to be considered posh, “a posh hammer would have to have its own maze, or maybe its own moat surrounding its house. One big monocle, or a little tweed case that it sleeps in at night”. Nuff said Noel. Nuff said.

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Best known as Don Danbury from BBC3’s cult hit sitcom How Not To Live Your Life and Johnny Two Hats from The Mighty Boosh, Dan Clark is back on the road with his critically acclaimed stand-up show – about love, death and crushing loneliness. Sounds like a barrel of laughs, right? With his signature style of upbeat, occasionally rude but ultimately heart-warming comedy, this show will leave you feeling good about life.

SoCiMa Cinema & The Boileroom have launched a socialised cinematic partnership called “Cinema Controversial” bringing thought provoking, mind challenging & discussion cinema to Guildford. This month’s film is the amazing ‘We Live in Public’ and the discussion - Spending more time in cyberspace, then with physical friends in real social places?

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Pop, fizz, whiz, bang! Café Scientifque is back for an evening of science and technology for all. Every month a speaker comes along and hosts a half hour talk on something related to science, technology and all the wonders that surround it. It could be anything and everything and always interesting. Questions posed from the floor conclude an enlightening night.

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5th – 7th November / Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Kenneth Horne and his Round the Horne family were famed for their on-air antics that drew millions to sit around the wireless on a Sunday afternoon some fifty years ago. Roll back the clock and chuckle to your hearts contents as the troupe’s tales are re-lived on stage.

For more information and tickets visit Yvonne-arnaud.co.uk

Dying to be Beautiful 11th November / The Guildford Institute Throughout history humans have sought to embellish and augment their physical appearance, vying for beauty at whatever cost. There has often been little regard given to comfort and well-being when it comes to the body beautiful and, as this talk illustrates, some fashions can be fatal.

To make a booking call 01483 562142 and for more information visit guildford-institute.org.uk

Rose Coloured Presents: Twothirtytwo, Welcome The Howling Tones, Brightlight City Belladonnas 13th November / The Star Inn, Guildford The Back Room of the Star Inn, on Guildford’s High Street is well known for its nights of rawkus rock ‘n’ roll music. Join the Rose Coloured gang for a night of quality, under the radar, music. All local, all amazing.

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Free Day Friday

6th November / RHS Wisley Back once again is RHS Wisley’s famous free Friday. Enjoy free entry and witness the autumnal elegance, bursting with the warm tones that only this season can create.

Wonder casually around the gardens safe in the knowledge that today’s excursion cost you next to nothing.

For more information visit rhs.org.uk

Fat Cow Promotions Presents: Free Recovery 6th November / The Stoke Pub & Pizzeria

Moooo! Fat Cow Promotions bring more music to the people courtesy of local rock band Free Recovery. A band that plays music that rips through your soul, like a pair of grungy ripped jeans!

For more information visit thestoke.co.uk

Autumn Photography Workshop 7th November / Painshill Park There are countless landscapes throughout Surrey that lend themselves so naturally to that of a camera’s lens. Learn how to capture the wonders of autumn at this photography workshop held at the pleasure playground of Painshill Park.

For more information and bookings visit painshill.co.uk or call 01932 868113

Sweeney Todd 10th - 14th November / Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking The demon barber of Fleet Street and his tales of razor sharp rendezvous’ gets a rendition from the Woking Amateur Operatic Society in this penny dreadful recount of this torturous tonsorium nightmare.

For more information and tickets visit waos.info

Quentin Blake: Inside Stories

18th November / The Lightbox, Woking Join the Lightbox team for a tour of their latest exhibition; none other than the inside stories of a certain Quentin Blake. Illustrator to many a child’s dreams and bedtime rading. Numbers are limited so booking is strongly advised.

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YOUR MONTH Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel ‘Best Years of Our Lives’ 23rd November / G Live Everybody knows the tune, now sing a-along, “come up and see me and make me smile”. You’ve got it, Steve Harley, the original Cockney Rebel, returns with the Best Years Of Our Lives 40th Anniversary which will reunite the surviving original band members from that seminal album.

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Capulets and Montagues 24th – 27th November / The Electric Theatre, Guildford

NT Live: Of Mice and Men 19th November / Cranleigh Arts Centre The hit Broadway production Of Mice and Men, filmed on stage in New York by National Theatre Live, comes to Cranleigh Arts Centre this November. Starring Chris O’Dowd and James Franco, this is exceptional theatre, beamed straight to the heart of Cranleigh.

Guildford Opera are performing Bellini’s retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story in this intriguing musical adaptation.

Witness the warring Capulets and Montagues and their blood thirsty encounters, whilst the famed young lovers enter into a clandestine relationship that will only conclude with tragedy.

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Grayshott Folk Club presents: The Old Dance School

20th November / Grayshott Village Hall Whether you Do si Do or Do si don’t, join the Grayshott Folk Club for a good old fashioned barn dance with the Hogs Back Band. Don’t worry if you’ve never been to a Barn Dance before; the caller will guide you gently and patiently through all the moves.

For more information and tickets visit grayshottfolkclub.co.uk

‘Babes’ in the Wood

21st November / Chinthurst Hill Chinthurst Hill’s pigs can’t talk, but Ranger Leo Jennings has plenty to chat about on this autumn walk. See how the Surrey Wildlife Trust are waging war on bracken and bramble using porcine power then perhaps collect some birch, holly and pine cones to craft your own Christmas decorations.

For more information and to sign up visit surreywildlifetrust.org

The Southern Cavalier Dog Show 22nd November / Bisley Pavillion The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel – a cute and cuddly bundle of joy if there ever was one. Make your way over to Bisley Pavilion for a day spent in appreciation of this fine four legged creature.

For more information visit southerncavalier.co.uk

Macbeth 25th November / Farnham Maltings Movie night at the Maltings! Michael Fassbender (Macbeth) and Marion Cotillard (Lady Macbeth) take the helm in this new adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy. This thrilling interpretation of all-consuming passion and ambition; set in war torn Scotland is hotly anticipated and strongly recommended.

For more information and tickets visit farnhammaltings.com

Sound the Trumpet, Pull out All the Stops 28th November / St. Lawrence Church, Chobham It’s a fair bet that most people will recognise the musical sound of trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins. He’s the man who plays the trumpet in the theme tune for the Antiques Roadshow and he’s coming to Chobham for a night of fundraising in aid of vital repairs that need to be carried out on the church’s tower.

For tickets and more information visit chobhamchurch.co.uk.

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THE GUIDE 2 YOUR MONTH Gospel Brunch

David Evans in Conversation with Darren Tunstall

29th November / Bel and The Dragon

2nd December / University of Surrey

The scenic setting of an old church is the perfect atmosphere for eating your Sunday brunch whilst accompanied by the soothing gospel sounds of Godalming Community Gospel Choir. Better still is that Brunch is served all day! Hooray!

In this special one-off event, David Evans (multi-award winning Director with credits including Fever Pitch, Shameless, Downton Abbey) will talk about his life, career and working practices, working on scripts, casting, rehearsing, and filming actors. This event offers a unique insider’s view on the industry as well as brilliant guidance and advice for aspiring actors, writers, directors, cinematographers and producers - and anyone who loves film and television.

For more info and bookings visit belandthedragon-godalming.co.uk

Northern Soul

For more information and bookings visit surrey.ac.uk/arts

28th November / Bisley Pavillion The Nightshift Club is back at the retro destination of Bisley Pavillion for one last night of true Northern Soul, reminiscent of the early days at Wigan Casino. Classic selections from the 1’s and 2’s come courtesy of DJ’s Pete Lyster, Tony Ellis and Charlie Mac. For more info visit bisleynightshift.net

Antiques & Vintage Fair

Christmas Glow 3rd December – 3rd January / RHS Wisley Enjoy the atmosphere of the festive season with the Jigantics light installations dotted around the garden in the shape of magical, giant illuminated flowers. Look out for the natural Christmas decorations around the garden, from holly wreaths to carpets of ivy. Visit at dusk as the garden opens until 5pm (last entry 4pm).

29th November / Sandown Park, Esher

For more information and bookings visit rhs.org.uk

One of our favourites here at TG Towers and a regular feature at Sandown Park, the Antique and Vintage Fair is a spectacle to behold. Bargains a-many and treasure a-plenty. Be there between the hours of 10am and 4pm for vintage joie de vivre.

Entertainment & Memorabilia Auction

For more info visit wonderwhistle.co.uk

3rd December / Ewbank’s Auction House

The excellent Ewbank’s Auction House, located just off the A3 near Guildford and Woking have an Entertainment and Memorabilia auction at the beginning of December. You never know what piece of history you may come away with.

Ideal for a special Christmas gift for that someone special in your life (or indeed yourself!).

For more information and to view the catalogue visit ewbanksauctions.co.uk

Festive Walk

2nd – 3rd December / Painshill Park The kids will come here to visit Santa, but you should come to experience one of Surrey’s finest sites. Enjoy a magical moonlit walk in the 18th century landscape garden then follow the special festive route to the amazing sparkling crystal Grotto.

Booking is essential. For more information visit painshill.co.uk

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5th December / The Boileroom Bad Juju Yoga is run by Jo Smith, a passionate yoga student teacher and lover of all things punk. The yoga taught is called Dru Yoga which is described as ‘stillness in motion’. Whilst many people see yoga and punk being at opposite ends of the spectrum, Jo likes to see it as something that bring balance and moderation into one’s life.

For more information and bookings visit theboielroom.net

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However November is the month of the light switch-on, friends, so take heart. Coming to a town near you, the following twinkly sparkle-fests will make you feel all warm and cheery on these chilly evenings…

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Woking

19th November | 6pm

19th November | From 4pm (Lights on at 7pm)

Ah Guildford – how we admire a Christmas-illuminated version of thee. Those cobbles, the tumbling landscape, and the twinkly lights; wonderful…

The newly renovated Woking town centre is something to behold, a space that reflects a thriving expanding town – so expect a fantastic spectacle when them lights start a-twinklin’…

The highlight of every Christmas Lights event is the balcony show from the Guildhall, which begins at 6pm. Singers, performers and many more will be there to entertain the crowds as the big switch-on approaches. The stars of the Yvonne Arnaud pantomime – Snow White this year, folks! - will light up the town at 7pm. Oh and just to be extra awesome, there’s a fireworks display afterwards too…

Members of the panto to be out in force for the occasion. This year is Sleeping Beauty starring none other than Katie Price.

Will she be there for the big event? Only time will tell. But either way this promises to be an exceptionally fun gathering for all the family!

Find out more by visiting woking-shopping.co.uk

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Dorking Farnham 21st November | 1pm to 6pm Farnham, you pretty so-and-so. How could we possibly love this town any more? And once it’s all lit up and even prettier, we might have to write an ode to it.

This year’s local Christmas festivities promise to be as exciting and dazzling as ever, with lots of lovely events taking place between 1 and 6pm. Located around Gostrey Meadow and East Street, seeing one of our favourite town centre’s celebrating with a fair ground and (we think it’s safe to guess) Father Christmas is all kinds of wonderful…

Find out more at farnham.gov.uk

20th November | 4pm Christmas kicks off in lovely Dorking – Grade A Surrey Hills territory, folks - with the switching on of the spectacular Christmas lights on Friday 20th November.

This year’s Dorking Halls pantomime is Cinderella, starring Eurovision Song Contest Winner and Bucks Fizz Legend Jay Aston as Fairy Godmother, so you can be fairly sure she’ll be here. Celebrate switching on Dorking’s Christmas lights from 4pm on at St Martin’s Walk Shopping Centre.

Marvellous!

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Cranleigh

28th November | 10am to 6pm

21st November | 6.30pm

Walking down Godalming High Street is just a swell experience generally, with its wealth of independent shops and cafes and lovely cobbles. So a Christmas Light Switch-on is a thoroughly enjoyable experience… with additional yuletide cheer!

As you may well be bored of hearing now, Cranleigh is claimed to be the country’s largest village – so you can expect a sizeable festive extravaganza, coupled with a sense of community. Wunderbar!

Look forward to a seasonal street market with gifts and street food and bucket-loads of entertainment, including a Santa’s Grotto and much more. This will all culminate in the switch-on of the Christmas Lights at 5pm at Godalming’s famous Pepperpot.

A programme of entertainment is being prepared along with a pop-up street food market designed to showcase local retailers.

In short – expect a wonderful family event which bring the whole community together.

More info can be found at godalmingchristmasfestival.com

Keep up to date with the latest happenings at cranleighfestivals.org.uk

Ripley 6th December | From 12pm (Lights on at 3.55pm) Well, well, we are truly spoiled for pretty towns in this area. An illuminated Ripley is a marvellous thing to behold and good gravy, this is one heck of a festive event to sink your teeth into.

Taking place along the high street and on the village green, you can look forward to 100 (!) stalls offering a wide selection of Christmas gifts, food, jewellery and everything in between, plus Father Christmas, a fairground and other entertainment such as the Chobham Rock Choir.

There is a grand procession down the High Street with Harley Davidsons, Father Christmas and a pantomime character from the New Victoria Theatre, Woking at 3.40 culminating in the switching on of the Christmas lights from the steps of Drakes restaurant at 3.55pm.

Find out more at discoverripley.co.uk

RHS Garden Wisley 2nd December | 5pm OK so it’s not precisely in our area, nor a town… but as RHS Garden Wisley is one of Surrey’s best-known landmarks – not to mention a beautiful place generally – we had no choice but to shout about their switch-on.

Watch as RHS Ambassador and author Mary Berry flicks the switch at 5pm, and then enjoy a late-night Christmas shopping evening until 8.30pm. There will be sparkling seasonal decorations, and unrivalled RHS gifts, plants and books for sale to make Christmas shopping a pleasure. Incidentally, The Wisley Christmas Shop will be open until 24th December, so you’ve got lots of time to buy lovely treats…

Find out more at rhs.org.uk

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Christmas Hamper Sizzling Saint Nicholas! Golly gosh dear reader, have we got one uber, hot like fire, hot like hot coals, the almightiest Great Christmas Hamper competition for you to get your mitts into? The answer is “yes, yes we do”.

You thought you had it good last year, but just check out the kahuna like contents of this seasonal party starter.

That’s right, one lucky winner will receive the contents of this hamper (that exceeds £500 in value) and indeed the hamper itself. Good Tidings! All you have to do is head to the online portal of The Guide 2 Surrey.com and visit the competition page whereby you’ll be asked to answer a silly, yet simple question. Good luck merry souls.

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By Alexander D’Arcy

TALKING TO: CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD Busier than a ballroom busting with glitter the size of gold bullion, Craig Revel Horwood has a schedule that would leave many of us gasping for air. In amongst the height of Strictly season, and prior to preparations for panto, Craig returns to the stage this month to play master villain and social service nightmare Miss Hannigan in the touring production of Annie at Woking’s New Victoria Theatre. We caught up with Craig to talk shop.

You come to Woking at the end of November to play the infamous Miss Hannigan in Annie. How did that role come about for you?

It was a bizarre telephone call from the producers (David Ian & Michael Harrison) who said, “oh we’re thinking about doing Annie and we would love you to do it”, and I went “oh I don’t know; children, animals…it’s not really my bag you know.”

I was thinking what could I do with it to make it different and they said “No, no we don’t want you to direct and choreograph, we want you to be in it, we want you to play Miss Hannigan” and actually I thought it was a fantastic idea.

I read the script and loved it! I hadn’t been on the boards as a proper actor for twenty years. They had seen me in panto as the wicked queen and came up with the idea for it then, so we brought it to fruition. It’s been brilliant; I’ve absolutely loved it. She’s such a wonderful character and villains are so cool to play!

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Does Miss Hannigan have any characteristics that may match yours, even if they may be on a largely exaggerated scale? Or not so exaggerated?

at the top of the leader board, but the underdog could be someone like Ainsley Harriot because he gets a lot of people on his side.

What I love about her is that she’s a desperate alcoholic, ginswigging woman who’s lusting after any man she can get her hands on and who hates children; who is prepared to get a $50,000 reward for Annie fraudulently and then kill them… I mean they’re the kind of parts you want to play aren’t they?

They’re much more interesting than the love themes.

You have to remember that 50% of the vote is from the audience and if the audience don’t vote then people like Peter Andre might not get through because they think that everybody else is voting for him. The contestants almost have to go out there and canvas like a politician.

Did Annie play any kind of part in your childhood at all?

Strictly has been running for 12 years now. Did you ever imagine its global success? How has that changed your life?

I always thought Carol Burnett was fantastic and I really like the moral of the story. People think it has a very thin story line but I completely disagree with that - I think the way it’s sometimes played on the stage traditionally, it can seem very two-dimensional, but it’s not at all!

When you consider it, these poor kids are stuck in an orphanage with this rat-bag of a woman, who is looking after them and using them as slave labour in order to get her gin supplies, whilst living off the state in the depression.

The first couple of weeks Len and I thought, “they’ll pull this, it’s terrible” and actually it just kept gaining momentum all the way through, until it was such a success by the end of the first series that they commissioned another directly after for the Christmas period. The first season was in May/June and then they rang in October and said “we’re doing another one, would you be interested in coming back?” and I said “yes” by all means.

It’s really quite bad, with no prospects for the future, so anytime they run into anyone with money they’re all clawing for it, but of course it’s never about money with Annie and that’s the beauty that teaches the children. The moral of

Ever since that it’s gone to 53 countries worldwide and broken the Guinness Book of World Records for the most produced format in the world so it’s a wonderful flag for the BBC to be waving.

“she’s a desperate alcoholic, gin-swigging woman who’s lusting after any man she can get her hands on … I mean they’re the kind of parts you want to play aren’t they? They’re much more interesting than the love themes.” the story is that it doesn’t matter who you are, love always makes it in the end.

Who in your opinion is the best professional dancer (that you’ve worked with or that you admire)?

You’ve been fortunate enough to have performed in and choreographed some of the world’s most well-known stage productions. Is there any one particular production that you would love to work on?

I really love Aljaz Skorjanec, I really admire him, love his look, love his dancing, I think he’s charismatic and his now fiancé, Janette Manrara is one of my favourites as well. She’s just a brilliant dancer and what’s brilliant about her is that she’s an all-rounder; she can do jazz, she can do tap, she can do modern, she can do contemporary, she can do ballroom, she can do Latin. She’s just phenomenal.

Well it was Gypsy but now that’s been done brilliantly, so I’ve been outdone there. I had really wanted to do that and have a bash. I loved it and I would have done it exactly the same way, but I’m delighted that they brought it back and it’s fantastic. I’m looking at new projects and hoping to make them work.

I’ve done a lot of revivals and now am wanting to do brand new stuff, to develop it, to make it live and happen and to try and get something original and wonderful out there that has some sort of legacy.

Who do you tip to win this year’s ‘Strictly’? Have you got a favourite contestant?

I think Helen George is extremely good. Peter Andre is obviously flying high at the moment because he’s up there

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RUBY WAX Following a sell-out UK tour in 2014, Ruby Wax– comedian, writer, mental health campaigner – will bring her hilariously insightful show Sane New World, based on her bestselling book of the same name, to Woking’s New Victoria Theatre on Sunday 15th November.

By Rich Lee We caught up with Ruby to talk about how, using the knowledge she has gained from her Masters Degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy at Oxford University, we can better understand why we sabotage our own sanity and how we can survive the stresses of the 21st century.

You say that humans just aren’t cut out for the 21st century. Why? Well, some of our brains are still partly caveman. Our brain still responds as if we’re in the bush and haven’t got any adaptive features to deal with so many fear levels coming in. Our brains can’t take so much information in a world where we’re bombarded by bad news and forcefed information. I can just about take in the weather then I’m exhausted. So if you have a complicated piece of machinery you need another piece of machinery that knows how to deal with it in case it breaks down.

Which is where mindfulness comes into play?

Or something else like it. I’m not an evangelist. Someday it could be something mechanical, bio-feedback, but I just kept my study to mindfulness.

Your next book, Mindfulness: A Guide to the Frazzled, comes out early next year.

What do you explore in that book further to what you already discuss in Sane New World?

Well in Sane New World, and the show, I only talk about it for the last three minutes.

It’s a comedy show. So with this book my publishers really wanted the full guide.

And I did get questions from parents,

about how to deal with babies, teenagers, children and schools. So this book outlines all those questions I was asked.

How can mindfulness be taught in schools and among young people?

It’s already in schools, it’s called ‘dot-be’.

It’s funny, but it’s even incorporated in gaming: they can still kill the guy but they can negotiate with him too. I made that up, but I know that’s where it’s going. And then with kids, there’s a whole bunch of games you can play which are fun, but that sharpen their ability to self-regulate, so they can see that this is what it feels like when you don’t flip your lid. But you’re not repressing it, you’re just noticing it. When you learn what’s coming from you, that solves a lot more problems than looking for someone you can blame.

Does mindfulness - being a branch or form of meditation - carry any stigma for some?

If they look at the science it shouldn’t. I can’t argue with people who don’t bother with that. I can’t deal with people who think, like, we were born with dinosaurs that’s not my mode of living.

Have you received your OBE yet?

Not yet but I know I am getting it. You know, once they say you’re getting it, it doesn’t really matter that I’m not holding

it. They take their time. I was impatient to find out, but I’ve got it so I’m fine.

How will you celebrate when you get it?

When I get it? I’ll probably be 250 years old! So from my deathbed I’ll say ‘thank you’!

What can people coming to your show in Woking expect to take away from it?

I’ve done it before in Woking… and I’m coming back by popular demand! It doesn’t come across as a lecture; there’s films and special effects so it doesn’t look like a lecture. But I’ve done the show so many times now people know what to expect. I take you on a hilarious tour of the brain and what happens when we start to feel a certain way, and more importantly, how to put on the brakes when it all gets too much.

They’ll really laugh but they’ll come away from the show thinking “Oh my god, I didn’t realise that’s the way my mind worked!”

Ruby Wax performs at the New Victoria Theatre on Sunday 15th November. Her book Sane New World is published by Hodder & Stoughton.

Visit www.rubywax.net for more info.

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Freeze the Atlantic

By Rich Lee What led to you forming Freeze the Atlantic (FTA) after Hundred Reasons?

Forged in the fires of the UK’s 00’s rock resurgence, Freeze the Atlantic rose from the ashes of hard rock heavyweights Rueben and Hundred Reasons, who both emerged from the North Hampshire and Surrey music scene.

We caught up with guitarist and founding member Andy Gilmour at the end of a wildly successful year that’s seen the band become one of the most talked about rock acts in the UK …

Hundred Reasons (HR) had sort of petered out, but being the sort of person who can’t just sit there scratching my arse, I needed to start something on my own. I found out my buds in Reuben had decided to stop around the same time. I’d known them for years and I’d always really rated them as musicians. When I put it to them they were both like, “that sounds like a wicked idea!”

How do you think your sound’s evolved over the two albums, Speakeasy and the self-titled Freeze the Atlantic?

I think it’s now probably louder and darker. The first album, Speakeasy, had its hard moments but very much had a slightly more pop sheen to it. The first album we tried to make as shiny as possible. Whereas with the second album there were more off-kilter ideas, and Liv’s got a very different vocal style to Chris, more gritty, so it’s a lot more of a progression down the dirty, not spotless, route. If there any cock-ups, and they work, we just go with it.

Where did the idea come from for the recent split release EP with Welsh Mathcore band the Samoans?

We’ve known and played with the Samoans for years, but it came from an off the cuff remark - they asked if we fancied doing a split? And it rolled into that, but what made it different from most split-releases was that we’re covering each other’s songs. We do one of our own and cover one of theirs. And vice versa.

Being veterans of the Surrey & North Hants music scene, what is the state of the local music scene nowadays?

Well there seems to be quite a few local bands trying their best to be heard. The public eye is definitely not as on it as it was when Hundred Reasons came out, and Vex Red and Reuben too, but that doesn’t mean there’s not a vibrant scene going on. There’s a lot of really good bands coming out of this area who are really pushing the boundaries. But it’s not about the area, though, it’s just about being a good band.

What’s your favourite venue to play around here?

I like to think that Dom from the Boileroom in Guildford is flying the flag but Barney Jeavons and the West End Centre in Aldershot are still the centre of the musical universe around here. We did a show for them last month when they celebrated 30 years. I’ve played there so many times it’s not even funny. But the Westy has a very special place in my heart. It’s not just that it’s a great venue it’s the people there.

They’re all awesome.

What plans does Freeze the Atlantic have for 2016?

The plan is to very much crack on with the third album. I’d like to think that the track on the current EP, The Floor is Made of Lava, is a good preview of what’s to come.

Finally, for anyone who hasn’t been to an FTA show before, what can they expect?

Well, a very loud rock show with a halfFrenchman shouting at you with a gritty accent!

Freeze the Atlantic perform at the West End Centre, Aldershot on Friday 11th December. Follow the band at www.freezetheatlantic.co.uk

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um’s the Word delves into November’s diary to bring you all the latest excursions, adventures and going’s on in the county this month. With Christmas just around the corner, let’s look at some not so festive events to get involved with the little ones.

RHYME TIME AND STORY TIME WITH SURREY LIBRARIES…

What to do with the little one’s when your purse strings are feeling a little thin?

Enjoy the ultimate freemium entertainment courtesy of Surrey Libraries. Rhymetime and Storytime are aimed at ages 2 – 5 (along with their parents and carers) and are a fun interactive way to encourage your children’s learning and development.

Mummies and daddies are also allowed to make friends and sing songs too!

Times and day’s may vary so by all means check out Surrey Libraries online, however here’s a guideline to ‘where’ and ‘when’ to get involved.

Rhyme Time MONDAY: Bookham, Camberley TUESDAY: Bagshot, Farnham, Guildford, Horsley WEDNESDAY: Addlestone, Haslmere, Woking THURSDAY: Epsom, Esher, Leatherhead FRIDAY: Ash, Brmley, Cranleigh, Godalming, Knaphill, Weybridge, West Byfleet

Story Time MONDAY: New Ha Staines, Walton TUESDAY: Bookham, Byfleet, Frimley Green, Weybridge, West Byfleet WEDNESDAY: Cranleigh, Woking THURSDAY: Addlestone, Ash, Camberley, Esher FRIDAY: Godalming, Guildford

For times and further details visit your local library or visit surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/ libraries

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Horrible Histories – Groovy Greeks and Incredible Invaders at G Live

Painting for Under 5’s at The Lightbox

Claremont Tree Trail

13th November

2nd – 29th November

Dress for mess and let your little Picasso’s to the test! A free for all painting session.

Explore colours, explore shapes! All materials are included and advance booking required.

Visit the gorgeous Claremont to learn about the trees in their autumn splendour on this trail around the landscape garden.

For more information and booking visit thelightbox.org.uk Little Song Birds at The Millmead Centre, Guildford Every Thursday Counting, tickling and action songs, peeka-boos, knee rides and dance a-longs! Fun and friendly music classes for babies & toddlers run by professional singer. With colourful puppets, exciting instruments, scarves, ribbons, bubbles and much more - classes stimulate all the senses whilst nurturing musicality. Join Michele de Casanove and her Little Songbirds at the Millmead Centre on Thursdays at 10.45am.

Enjoy a free trial - in central Guildford with free parking!

For more information and bookings visit nationaltrust.org.uk The Comedy Club 4 Kids Workshop at G Live 21st November Learn stand-up, pick up a microphone and feel confident in front of an audience.

During this fun session professional comics from Comedy Club 4 Kids will show participants how to write and perform comedy. Perfect for absolute beginners. Informal sharing for family and friends: 1.30pm - 2pm. Don’t forget, there is also a Comedy Club 4 Kids Show at 3pm!

Visit glive.co.uk for more information and tickets

25th – 28th November We all want to meet people from history.

The trouble is everyone is dead! So it’s time to prepare yourselves for Horrible Histories live on stage. Using actors and 3D special effects, these two world premieres are guaranteed to thrill you and your children. Historical figures and events will come alive on stage and hover at your fingertips.

Visit glive.co.uk for more information and tickets Grass at The Farnham Maltings 28th November Look down. What are you standing on?

Explore the ground and all of its wriggly inhabitants in this quirky dance show for young children. Using performance, puppetry and projection to inspire children to look closely at the world around them, to get mucky and play!

Hooray!

Visit farnhammaltings.com for more information an bookings.

For more information visit littlesongbirds.com

Toddler Tuesday’s: Making Remembrance Wreaths at Camberley Museum

Lantern Making Workshops at Cranleigh Arts Centre

10th November

14th November

Head to Camberley museum, for a remembrance wreth making workshop just in time for Remembrance Day. Free drop in session with ample opportunity for little ones to run around and get involved with some arts and crafts.

For more information visit surreyheath.gov.uk

I know we said we wouldn’t talk about Christmas in this month’s Mum’s the Word, however we really couldn’t shy away from telling you about this super lantern making workshop in Cranleigh, just in time for the Christmas light switch on.

Resident artist, Shivani Patel, will guide children through this easy to follow session. All materials are included in the price of the workshop, which costs £7.

For more information and bookings visit cranleighartscentre.org

Stagecoach Guildford’s ‘Matilda’ at The Electric Theatre

Frozen Sing-a-long at Cranleigh Arts Centre

Comedy Club 4 Kids at The Harlington, Fleet

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Roald Dahl’s classic and fantastic tale of magic and mischief performed by Stagecoach Guildford at The Electric Theatre. An all-singing, all-dancing show not to be missed.

For more information and tickets visit electrictheatre.co.uk

Don’t tell anybody, but the the festive word is about to be uttered again…

Everyone’s favourite festive sing-a-long extravaganza, Disney’s Frozen, returns to Cranleigh Arts Centre in time for the Cranleigh Christmas lights switch on!

For more information and bookings visit cranleighartscentre.org

Recommended for children 6+ (though younger may attend and thoroughly enjoy), this 60 minute show is sure to give comedy fans both young and old an afternoon to remember! The show features the best comedians on the UK circuit, giving kids the feel of a real comedy club! (Just without the rude bits).

For more information and tickets visit theharlington.co.uk

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Surrey based designer has come up with a clever solution to the classic baby memory album for new mums and dads - a beautifully designed book aimed at single sex and adoptive parents…

Their first tooth, their first smile, their first steps. For generations families have chronicled their children’s happiest milestones, and their journey together as a family, by recording photographs, lovingly scrawled pictures, notes and every kind of treasured memory and keepsake in special record books.

But while many of these children’s books cater to the traditional family, for Jesse Toksvig-Stewart, a 27-year old photographer from Guildford, none spoke to the kind of family that she belonged to.

The daughter of celebrated broadcaster Sandi Toksvig, Jesse and her siblings were raised by Toksvig and Peta Stewart. When Jesse wanted to buy her younger sister a record book that they could remember her early years with, the books on the market only recorded families containing married, heterosexual parents.

“My parents had to cross out ‘Dad’ on one side and replace it with ‘Mama’,” says Jesse. “If you cross that name out it kind of makes you feel a little bit illegitimate or odd for having to cross it out at all. We didn’t want that for my little sister. Some [same sex or adopted] families find that, while you might think you’re not that ‘alternative’, when you look at a mainstream baby book it can make you feel a lot more outside of it.”

TheGuide2Surrey.com/Family This gave her the idea for producing her own book. Calling on the skills of her friend and illustrator Kat Willott, together they created My Amazing Family and Me, a children’s record book that celebrates families whatever their makeup. What began as a simple project for her own family, led to Jesse and Kat selfpublishing the book earlier this year, under their company name Ugly Duck Books, inspired by the reception and need expressed by others within the adoption community.

FAMILY Jesse hopes that the success of My Amazing Family and Me could lead to more books and products from Ugly Duck Books that touch on similar issues affecting families. “It’s important to me because a lot of people in my family are gay. And a lot of what’s been happening with same sex marriages has all been very influential and ground breaking. So without really taking a stand I have been involved with it since a very young age. It’s what I’ve grown up with.”

My parents had to cross out ‘Dad’ on one side and replace it with ‘Mama’ Beautifully illustrated and designed throughout and full of fun ways to record a child’s formative experiences, My Amazing Family and Me offers a truly special keepsake for every family.

“We know that families come in all shapes and sizes, and some welcome new family members at ages other than birth,” explains Jesse. “So our record book works for a child of any age, as well as any gender.

“There’s also room for you to use whatever words you want to describe your family relationships. So you are free to record the way you actually see one another, and the personal names you choose to use, whether they be the traditional ones or something entirely unique.”

Jesse says her own experiences of growing up in a same sex household in Surrey rarely presented a problem. “I wasn’t ever ashamed of it or made to feel technically outcast by it. Because my parents surrounded themselves with lots of great family friends and I had a great core of friends at school who had grown up with me and made me feel comfortable.

“If asked, I’d tell people what information I thought they deserved to know. But I remember being little and having certain kids come up to me and say I was going to go to prison and so would my parents. But she’d obviously heard it from ‘older’ ears. But on the whole I didn’t have much trouble.”

My Amazing Family and Me is published by Ugly Duck Books and is available through their website www.uglyduckbooks.co.uk and Not on the High Street

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id you know the average child catches eight colds a year? If you’re drowning under a sea of tissues, here’s some official advice on treating and avoiding the spread of this common and pesky virus.

How do I keep the bugs at bay?

The bad news is you can’t stop your child from getting a cold.

Despite telling our children: “Do your coat up or you’ll catch a cold,” getting chilly won’t actually give you the virus. The only thing it will do is help the symptoms to develop, says Dr Hasmukh Joshi, vice-chair of the Royal College of GPs. Cold and flu viruses are passed on through tiny droplets in sneezes or coughs, which other people then breathe in, so teaching your child to put their hand over their mouth when coughing will help prevent it spreading through your family.

However an infected person sneezes or coughs into their hand, and then touches another object the germs can then transfer to the next person who touches it. Washing hands is therefore an

essential part of not catching colds from others.

Cold and flu viruses can enter your body through the eyes and nose, so not touching your nose and eyes will also reduce your chances of catching a virus.

It’s fair to say constant washing of hands and not touching the face is quite a hard set of rules for small children to follow, but it may help you from going down as well!

Another piece of bad (and surprising) news is that vitamin C is not actually proven to help prevent colds.

An NHS review of 30 trials involving 11,000 people concluded that, “regular ingestion of vitamin C has no effect on common cold incidence in the ordinary population”. A daily dose of vitamin C did, however, slightly reduce the length and severity of colds.

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What about the flu jab?

When should I worry?

This winter, the NHS is recommending the flu vaccine for

Dr Rob Hicks says colds aren’t usually serious, although they can be problematic for babies or a child whose immune system is compromised, as there is a risk of a bacterial chest infection.

If your child is feeding, drinking, eating and breathing normally and there’s no wheezing, a cough isn’t usually anything to worry about.

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Children over the age of six months with a long-term health condition

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Healthy children aged two and three

This vaccine is usually given through a nasal spray (sounds horrible!) In some parts of the country, primary school children between the ages of four and 11 will also be offered the vaccine and over time, all children between two and 16 will be vaccinated each year against flu using the nasal spray.

Should I give my child cough medicines?

Seek medical advice if: •

A baby aged less than three months develops a fever higher than 38°C

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Your baby or child seems to have, severe earache (babies with earache often rub their ears to show this)

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Your child complains of throat pain for longer than three or four days, or their throat pain seems unusually severe

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Your child develops other symptoms such as pain or swelling in the face or in the chest, a headache or a very bad sore throat

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Your child seems to be getting worse rather than better

No, don’t use them!

The official advice now is that children under the age of six years should not be given any cough medicines.

The MHRA is (centre of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) says: “Parents and carers should no longer use over-the-counter cough and cold medicines in children under six. There is no evidence that they work and can cause side effects, such as allergic reactions, effects on sleep or hallucinations.

“For 6 to 12 year olds these medicines will continue to be available but will only be sold in pharmacies, with clearer advice on the packaging and from the pharmacist. This is because the risks of side effects is reduced in older children because they weigh more, get fewer colds and can say if the medicine is doing any good.”

A glycerine, honey and lemon mixture is said to be just as effective for temporarily soothing the symptoms of a cough.

The NHS points out on its website: “Although it’s upsetting to hear your child cough, coughing helps clear away phlegm from the chest or mucus from the back of the throat. If your child is over the age of one, try a warm drink of lemon and honey.”

How can I treat my child’s cold?

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Get your child to drink plenty

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Use child paracetamol or ibuprofen to treat a temperature

You can also use nasal saline drops to relieve the symptoms of congestion in babies and young children.

London GP Dr Rob Hicks suggests you can also make a child’s breathing easier by raising the pillow end of their bed or cot by putting books or bricks under the legs or placing a pillow under the mattress (although you should not put anything under the mattress of a baby younger than one year old)

This article was provided to The Guide

by SurreyMummy.com For more advice on being a Mummy (or a daddy) in Surrey visit surreymummy.com

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FARMERS’ MARKETS & OTHER FOODIE EVENTS Farmers’ Markets BYFLEET FARMERS’ MARKET

FARNHAM FARMERS’ MARKET

Saturday 7th November | 9am - 1pm Plough Green, Byfleet Village

Sunday 22nd November | 10am - 1.30pm Central Car Park

RIPLEY FARMERS’ MARKET

COBHAM FARMERS’ MARKET

Saturday 14th November | 9am - 1pm Village Green, Ripley

Saturday 28th November | 9.30am - 1.30pm Hollyhedge Parade

MILFORD FARMERS’ MARKET (SECRETT’S)

GUILDFORD FARMERS’ MARKET

Sunday 15th November | 10am - 1.30pm Secretts Farm Shop car park

Tuesday 1st December | 11.30am – 3.30pm High Street

WOKING FARMERS’ MARKET

HASLEMERE FARMERS’ MARKET Sunday 6th December | 10am - 2pm High Street

Thursday 19th November 9am - 2.30pm | Town Square

Foodie Events

22nd Woking Beer Festival

Sample the best of British at Drake’s

FRIDAY 6TH & SATURDAY 7TH NOVEMBER Woking Leisure Centre, Kingfield Road Tickets from £10 available from Woking Leisure Centre

IN CONJUNCTION WITH NYETIMBER 12TH NOVEMBER Drake’s Restaurant, Ripley

Back again for two days of unfettered quaffing and spirited jubilation, the mighty Woking Beer Festival promises another round of fantastic beers and entertainment.

The festival will follow the usual format of 3 sessions over Friday evening, Saturday lunchtime and Saturday evening, with over 70 real ales to sample as well as ciders and foreign beers. And the soundtrack for this merry event? Music and rousing singalongs will be provided

by Len Rawle playing the fantastic Wurlitzer organ.

Michelin Starred Chef Steve Drake’s passion for using locally sourced ingredients wherever possible extends to the fabulous wine list at his celebrated restaurant in Ripley. Having fostered a unique relationship with the celebrated winemakers, Nyetimber English Wines, Steve and sommelier Michael Fiducia will host a special ‘Best of British’ dinner on November 12th in conjunction with Nyetimber.

On the night, representatives from Nyetimber - including its winemaker - will be on hand to introduce the wines and answer questions.

For full details visit wokingbeerfestival.co.uk For full details visit drakesrestaurant.co.uk

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With Christmas fast approaching so too is the dreaded and fairy lights in the world can’t quite take the st Fortunately for us then, Surrey’s independent co and blessed relief from the Christmas crow

Coffee Culture, Guildford Celebrating their tenth Christmas serving some of Guildford’s favourite java in Angel Gate, Coffee Culture know just how to tempt you away from the shops for a calm spell during Christmas fever. This independent coffee shop may be small on space but it’s big on character with its lovely ornate ceiling and hip and cheery décor.

Ever-changing, mouth-watering cakes, sandwiches and baguettes, and fresh locally baked bread, make for a satisfying hunger stop throughout the day, and Christmas brings their own mince pies and other seasonal goodies.

2 Angel Gate, Guildford GU1 4AE mycoffeeculture.co.uk

Carlino’s, Guildford They may be tucked a little out of sight off the High Street but to walk by Carlino’s is to miss a coffee shop that’s become beloved by locals. Why? Well, a strong commitment to the Italian way means exceptional coffee first of all.

But then there are probably the best paninis in town, stuffed with authentic Mediterranean fillings, as well as fresh pastas and homemade sauces for a true taste of sunshine in winter.

Swing by over the festive period and enjoy a mince pie with mulled wine, or coffee given that little bit more Christmas cheer with your choice of a warming dash of baileys, brandy or whiskey.

The Shambles, High St, Guildford GU1 3EX

Café Mila, Godalming

Pinnock’s, Ripley

Four years and still going strong. In fact, Café Mila has become a local institution for people drawn to its sumptuous food counter and community and artistic spirit. Here, owners Steve and Jane have built a temple to great coffee, delicious and eclectic food made fresh on the premises, a popular yoga studio as well as regular exhibitions of local artists.

Once you’ve tried Pinnock’s trademark drip-filtered coffee, you’ll seriously question drinking it any other way. Smoother than a baby’s billiard ball and packed with complex character, coffee at Pinnock’s is always an adventure. The place itself happens to be a delight too; all warm cottage comfort that’s ideal for lounging with friends while enjoying their superb homemade food.

Don’t miss their mince pies, stollen cakes and their devilishly good sausage rolls jacked up with winter herbs and cranberries. Nor should you miss their unique continental hot chocolate: thick and sweet chocolate poured into cups, perfect for dunking fresh pastries in.

As a base for soaking up lovely Ripley in all its Christmas glory, this award-winning coffee shop is hard to beat, especially with their selection of mince pies, Christmas cakes, turkey & cranberry clubs for a little extra seasonal lift.

1 Angel Court, Godalming. GU7 1DT cafemila.co.uk

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d Christmas shopping, and all the festive bunting ting out of the annual retail rollercoaster ride. offee shops are on hand to provide vital fuel wds. Heading out? Then head to these…

Dabbling Duck, Shere It’s hardly a secret: visiting Shere at this time of year is like walking into a picture straight out of Christmas past. This chocolate box village twinkles with the best of them and the cosy, toasty Dabbling Duck tea room and coffee shop is the ideal place to soak up all that bucolic bliss.

Part café, part deli, part gift shop, the Dabbling Duck -who have a sister café, the Speckledy Hen, in Shamley Greengets Christmas right with a rustic festive menu with dishes like blue cheese, pear and walnut filo pie and chicken prosciutto au vin. Mulled cider will be available alongside other Christmas treats as well as beautiful gifts and decorations for your home.

Middle St, Shere GU5 9HF thedabblingduck.uk.com

Café at One Forty, Cranleigh Oozing with character and a stunning range of carefully selected fashion, accessories, gifts and home products, it was a canny move for this unique independent department store to build a café above the shop floor.

And what a great café it is. Bright and quirky yet homely, it’s a favourite local meeting spot with a superb kitchen serving all day breakfasts, sandwiches, wonderful daily specials and afternoon tea with handmade cakes and pastries. It’s practically an excuse to go Christmas shopping for its own sake.

140 High Street, Cranleigh www.oneforty.co.uk

Primal Roost, Bagshot This fabulous coffee shop and pantry only opened this summer but has already drawn crowds of hungry admirers for their delicious and healthy paleo and primal diet inspired food and drink.

They’re kicking things up a notch this Christmas with indulgent mint hot chocolate or mocha made with raw chocolate, no added sugar, natural mint extract, coconut sugar to sweeten and pink salt. Or how about a spiced pumpkin or chai vanilla latte to warm you up? Over the season Primal Roost will also offer Christmas themed waffles, mince pies, Christmas puddings, truffles and gingerbread for kids. Come along during the Bagshot Christmas Market and Fair on 5th December and try special product samples, takeaway coffees and a live jazz band.

53 High Street, Bagshot primalroost.com

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WHERE TO EAT: BARBA

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a Luna transformed: Does Godalming’s new Italian restaurant have what it takes to win hearts, minds and appetites all over again?

It wasn’t for want of trying. For years, some of the most innovative Italian cooking in Surrey emerged from the kitchens of La Luna in Godalming, gaining that smart little restaurant a loyal local following and no small amount of national recognition. Still, the world of dining can be a fickle mistress, and if La Luna never quite dropped its standards, then customers eventually lost their taste for what owners Daniele Drago and Mark Wright had to offer in the way of modern Italian cuisine.

Where some might have shut up shop and simply sulked away, these two went back to the drawing board, remembered what they loved about the no frills thrills of real Sicilian rustic food that Daniele had known since childhood and decided to put that on a plate instead. If it meant radically refitting their restaurant around it, then so be it. Barbaracca opened its doors on the site of La Luna in September and is as different from its predecessor as pizza is to pasta..

Where La Luna was all stark blacks and whites and elegant angles, Barbaracca tries for warm Sicilian sunshine in a relaxed setting. And they’ve succeeded. A backdrop of distressed woods and Victoriana tiles, hand-decorated vintage plates, Mediterranean blues and mustard yellows effortlessly conjure the kind of family friendly trattoria you’d happily cash in your air miles to experience.

This new lease of life isn’t just evident in the food and décor.

La Luna’s loyal staff are more energised and welcoming than they’ve ever been, clearly revelling in Barbaracca’s renewed sense of itself. Daniele and his team, uniformly dressed in denim, blue gingham and facial hair, flutter between tables like kinetic moths, spilling with pride in their simpler, yet no less authentic, menus.

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ARACCA, GODALMING BARBARACCA 10 - 14 Wharf Street Godalming Surrey GU7 1NN Tel: 01483 414 155 www.barbaracca.com -------------------------Tomato & Pea Arancini Marinated Swordfish, Fennel & Capers

£4.75

£8.95 Sicilian Sausage Pizzetta £7.25 -------------------------Shackleford Pork Involtini £18.75 Rigatoni Vecchia Taormina Mushroom, Courgette & Prawn Ragu £10.50 -------------------------Classic Tiramisu £6.25 Cremoso Sundae Vanilla & Hazelnut Ice Cream, Crumbled Chocolate Bar, Biscotti, Caramel Sauce, Chopped Nuts £7.00 -------------------------Food Total for 2 = £63.45

More and more Italian restaurants are embracing tapas and Barbaracca have followed suit, making quite the noise about their selection of cicchetti; small bites to share, or hog all to yourself.

It’s an enticing proposition, inviting you to take the plunge and explore as much as you can fill up on from options across rosticceria (Sicilian hot ciccheti), antipastini (cold ciccheti with bread) and imported cured meats. Alas, only the

prices might stay your greedy hand, as for nearly £8 a pop these appetisers ask a lot.

Of course it had to be a classic Tiramisu.

Yes it’s a cliché, but then again every Italian restaurant like Barbaracca should

A reminder of just how happy a bowl of quality pasta and a few choice ingredients can make me Thankfully, they deliver in tasty spades.

A salad of marinated swordfish brought leaves of luscious fish and ribbons of translucent fennel, deftly, delicately pickled with the acid pop of capers for a sharp lift. An octopus and potato salad offered some devilishly moreish mollusc tumbled in strands of pickled carrot, fennel and onion.

surely live or die on the quality of their take on that coffee drenched, spongy pud? And theirs didn’t let me down at all, arriving as a perfect portion of lusciously layered cream and deep dark coffee and chocolate notes, with that cool freshness unique only to Tiramisu.

Golden fried risotto balls of tomato & pea arancini were more texture than flavour, and begged for a pungent aioli for dipping, but a pizzetta - a diddy pizza for one or two people - special topped with salty-sweet Sicilian sausage and friarelli (wild greens) and gooey pools of creamy mozzarella was lightspeed tasty and had me itching for more.

Local pork from Shackleford found its way into a tender mains wrapped in seared pancetta, cooked to juicy perfection and stuffed with more of that Sicilian sausage goodness, all over fragrant, savoury lentils cooked in a glossy, flavoursome jus. This is the kind of rustic Italia on a plate that validates Barbaracca’s new approach perfectly, but a generous scattering of roast potatoes, carrot and kale leant the dish the character of a hearty British roast that only added to its charm.

A pasta dish of rigatoni tumbled in earthy mushroom and sweet courgette and the tiniest of prawns sent me spinning into a blissful daze thanks to a silky rich cream sauce that sang cheerily with garlic. Not dainty, not refined, not fancy; just all kinds of delicious comfort and a reminder of just how happy a bowl of quality pasta and a few choice ingredients can make me.

Vision swimming a little afterwards, we took a breath and braced for desserts.

Barbaracca’s rise from La Luna’s ashes has brought Godalming the friendly neighbourhood restaurant it’s always needed, offering simple, sunny and scintillating Italian dishes that everyone can enjoy. That it is also one of the warmest and cheeriest places to eat in the town is a welcome bonus too, and so only time will tell if Godalming takes their local Italian to heart once more.

Your move, Godalming.

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FOODIES FEATURE Sweet Passion Cakes, West Byfleet

Artisan Patisserie in the Heart of Surrey...

With a highly experienced team of talented patissières, this little shop is a dessert lovers dream. And though it only opened its doors in July, West Byfleet has already taken the place to heart. Why? That’s possibly - nay, entirely down to their stunning range of delectable cakes, desserts, gateauxs, tarts, biscuits and cookies all baked with an artisan’s eye and passion, every day. A speciality is their authentic and traditional Hungarian cakes, like the world famous caramel and chocolate flavoured Dobos Torta.

In fact, whatever your sweet tooth yearns for, you can probably find it here alongside the warmest of welcomes.

Better still, Sweet Passion Cakes excels at crafting bespoke cakes for any celebration, be it a wedding a birthday, an anniversary or, of course, Christmas!

59 Old Woking Road, West Byfleet KT14 T:07926 160514 | sweetpassion.vpweb.co.uk

59 Old Woking Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6LF T 01932 910396 E sales@sweetpassioncakes.co.uk sweetpassioncakes

Carlo’s Trattoria, Guildford

Christmas Day Lunch Fully Booked

* a discretionary 10% service charge is added to inal bill children eat half price - see website for all menus

A Guildford institution and a homey slice of rustic Italiana, Carlo’s Trattoria has been winning the hearts and appetites of diners for nearly thirty years. The place has seen many changes in that time but one has thing always remained - a genuine passion and pride for Italian cuisine. The a la carte menu provides an extensive choice of authentic Italian dishes and is complemented by a superb ‘Specials Board’ featuring fresh fish delivered daily from Billingsgate market and the South Coast.

As a venue for Christmas parties, Carlo’s Trattoria strikes the perfect balance of elegance and friendly informality and the extended bar area is ideal for drinks on arrival or for mingling after your meal.

Newlands Corner Shere Road, Guildford GU4 8SE T:01483 224180 | carlostrattoria.com

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FOODIES FEATURE The Albany, Guildford

The Albany sits quietly above the High Street on Sydenham Road, but in the past year it has overtaken many area pubs to become an essential foodie’s pub, thanks to an agile menu full of generous twists on pub favourites and surprises from international cuisines.

As a result Christmas bookings are filling up fast but you can still treat yourselves to the new autumn menu, the Christmas menu (3 courses £25p.p.) and yummy dishes like port glazed duck breasts and grilled red snapper with grand marnier butter. A Christmas buffet menu (£12p.p.) lets you feast on mesquite chicken wings, chocolate praline profiteroles and many more sumptuous treats.

Christmas menu available.

Now taking bookings for Parties and Christmas Buffet

16 Commercial Way, Woking, GU21 6ET

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T:01483 572 410 | thealbanypubguildford.co.uk

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Dog & Pheasant, Brook

The Dog & Pheasant are flying the flag for what makes traditional pubs so magical. To step inside this roadside inn is to discover a cosy oasis resplendent in dark oak beams and timbers and a warming log fire.

10 Minutes from Guildford

Exceptional ales and wines can be enjoyed from the bar, but the Dog & Pheasant celebrates British cuisine with menus spilling over with pub favourites and British classics like Cornish beer battered Atlantic cod with sea-salted chips and lavish Sunday roasts. Meat lovers in particular are spoiled every Wednesday when they cook every steak and cut you might desire over their glorious Inglewood fireplace.

Haslemere Road, Brook, Nr Godalming 01428 682763 www.dogandpheasant.com

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FOODIES FEATURE Creams, Guildford

We can all agree that Ice cream is the ultimate treat whatever the time of year. And while it may be cold outside Creams is the hottest place in Guildford to indulge in the cool and creamy goodness of their fabulous - and vast - array of flavours and decadent desserts. Sure, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always the old favourites Vanilla, Strawberry And Chocolate, but Creams goes interstellar on flavours with the likes of Dolce Latte, Nutella & Peanut Butter, Oreo, Salted Caramel, Chai Latte and Dark Choc Chilli, all vying for your sweet tooth beneath the neon-soaked bar.

Add crazy-moreish crepes, towering sundaes, wondrous waffles and luxurious cakes to the mix and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got an ice cream parlour that blows all the others away.

4A North St, Guildford GU1 4AA T: 01483 569367 | creamscafe.com

Barbaracca

New Restaurant Now Open

10 - 14 Wharf Street, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1NN, United Kingdom

01483 414155

www.bar bar ac c a.c om

Anyone mourning the closure of the adored Italian fine dining restaurant La Luna this year should take heart.

Owners Daniele Drago and Matt Wright are back with a wholly reimagined concept that celebrates joyful, rustic Sicilian and Italian family food.

The vibrant new restaurant captures the colours of Sicily with rich mustard yellow and Mediterranean blues while the kitchen blends traditional ingredients imported from Sicily with locally sourced Surrey produce to create delicious, authentic dishes that run the gamut from Sicilian-style tapas, eight traditional pastas, fresh seafood and exquisite desserts

10 - 14 Wharf Street, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1NN T: 01483 414 155 | barbaracca.com

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FOODIES FEATURE Araceli’s, Woking

A temple to Mexican flavour and spirit, Araceli’s began life as a mobile stall in Woking’s old market. Their mouthwatering burritos, taco, nachos and achingly fresh and fragrant fillings proved such a hit with locals that owner Araceli Luke knew she had to find permanent premises. Now her restaurant on Commercial Way still caters for her loyal customer’s love for her real Mexican food, but in a warm and family friendly environment (with free Wi-Fi!).

Here you can swoon over burritos or tacos and more filled with pork marinated in orange juice with achiote and other Mexican spices and slow cooked beef brisket, alongside her family’s own recipe hot sauce. Kiss your hunger goodbye!

16 Commercial Way, Woking, GU21 6ET T:07881 657252 | aracelis.co.uk

Denbies, Dorking

One of the largest wine producers in the UK, the Denbies Estate vineyard celebrates its 30th anniversary next year.

The wines that have been produced here have helped put English wine firmly on the international wine map. But a visit to Denbies can take in a lot more than just wine alone.

Boasting two superb restaurants, the Gallery Restaurant overlooks the panoramic 265 acre vineyard, while the Conservatory Restaurant offers the perfect al-fresco dining experience all year round with a magnificent light and spacious atrium. Both offer superb dining using locally sourced ingredients.

Denbies also host unmissable foodie and shopping events, such as this November’s Gourmet Game Tasting Menu & Wine Pairing and December’s Christmas Fair and lavish Christmas Parties both shared and private.

Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking RH5 6AA 01306 876 616 | denbies.co.uk

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FOODIES FEATURE Bar Thirteen, Guildford

It’s Christmas and you’re out in G-Town, caught amid the stampede of shoppers and the stressful quest for Christmas presents. Wouldn’t you rather duck the crowds and settle in for some relaxing cocktails instead inside the stylish cool of Bar Thirteen? We know which we’d rather do!

Bar Thirteen provides the perfect oasis to kick back and chill or straight out party. From a classic Cosmopolitan, a refreshing Pina Colada to a sophisticated Whiskey Sour, let Bar Thirteen’s expert mixologists stir you up when if you’re left shaken by shopping. Their party planners are on hand to help you tailor your Christmas Party, private event and VIP table packages to include champagne & canapé receptions, gorgeous winter buffets and heart-warming, festive cocktails.

13-15 Bridge Street, Guildford T: 01483 546578 | barthirteen.co.uk

HAPPY HOUR 5 - 9PM 2 41 13-15 BRIDGE STREET, GUILDFORD 01483 546578

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The Cock Inn, Headley

Enjoy our Mid-Week Menu 2 courses £13.50 | 3 courses £17.50 Monday to Thursday, lunch and dinner 01372 377258 Headley, Surrey KT18 6LE www.cockinnheadley.co.uk

The Cock Inn nails just what a pub in 21st century Blighty can be: bitingly modern yet proudly nostalgic. Classy yet cosy, here period motifs nudge up to modern design and an ingenious layout which offers expansive dining as well as cosy, intimate corners. The cosy fire and blend of modern design with traditional country pub décor make it the perfect winter hideaway, the better to enjoy the Cock Inn’s passion for locally sourced, seasonal ingredients and classic British food.

Red Mist pubs always do Christmas right, so at the Cock Inn you can enjoy a festive 3 course party menu with delicious seasonal dishes like duck and orange parfait with a quince chutney, traditional roast turkey with sage and onion stuffing and duck fat roast potatoes, and dark chocolate and Kahlúa cheesecake. (Lunch £26.50, dinner £29.50)

Church Lane, Headley, Surrey KT18 6LE 01372 377258 | cockinnheadley.co.uk

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Bell & Colvill (Horsley) Ltd Epsom Road, West Horsley Nr Leatherhead, Surrey KT24 6DG Tel: 01483 286465

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SPORTS NEWS WHAT’S ON THIS MONTH Surrey Sports Park Squash Open 2015

Woking FC vs Tranmere Rovers

15th November 2015

24th November 2015 / The Laithwaite Community Stadium

Sunday’s usually a day of rest. It’s a day of slow-paced, lethargic movement that slowly eases you into a new week. How about something a little different come November 15th?

How about something that’s the complete opposite?

Guildford’s Surrey Sports Park plays host to the 2015 Adult Squash Open that will see players from all over the country come to compete at the sports park.

From club team players to county standard, all levels are welcome for a modest fee of £20.00: a fee that includes two guaranteed matches plus a free Technifibre t-shirt.

The shaky, inconsistent Woking have returned again at the same point as last season. After an impressive start to the season that saw the Cards win five of their opening seven fixtures, Garry Hill’s men have begun to falter and drop points too easily.

Woking’s decline mimics last season’s, but Hill will be keen to put things straight before the slump sees them slip too far away from possible promotion.

If you’re simply in it for the viewing, then it’s free to head down and watch a squash-packed day of, well, squash.

Woking host promotion favourites Tranmere Rovers at the Kingfield on, what will be a bitter Tuesday evening. But don’t let the weather put you off from heading down, because, after all, wrapping up warm, clutching a Bovril and seeing your own breath is all part of the non-league experience, right?

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Guildford Predatorz Kickboxing Club During October, Guildford Predatorz Kickboxing club competed in the Bristol Open – a tournament that sees some of the most talented kickboxers from all over Europe congregate for one weekend of action.

Spread over two days, Surrey’s Predatorz made a good account of themselves. Twelve-year-old Georgio Visoli, the previous week had won two gold medals and one silver at the Hands Down Interclub Tournament, but could only manage a first-round knockout to the eventual silver medallist this time round.

Lizzie Bell partook in the +60kg Intermediate Continuous winning gold, whilst Mary Hatton also bagged herself a medal in the -60kg Intermediates achieving a silver.

Chief instructor, Alex Kennedy, was fighting in the -84kg Continuous Division. Having taken gold some years ago, plus a silver medal last year, Kennedy was keen to keep up his winning Bristol streak and kept it up he did as he claimed gold with an impressive final win following some well-fought points.

So all-in-all an excellent two days of competing with some great results and fantastic performances. Next week they'll attempt to keep the ball rolling at the Cimac Superleague in Dorking, with hopes of coming back with plenty more medals!

If anyone is interested in trying Kickboxing they can book a free trial class through the website www.guildfordmartialarts.com or by calling 01483 568455.

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Guildford Flames vs Hull (Ice Hockey)

Jingle Jog

21st November 2015 / Guildford Spectrum

6th December 2015

The impressive Guildford Flames Ice Hockey team host Hull Pirates on the evening of Saturday 21st November at the Guildford Spectrum. With the season now in full swing, Flames will be keen on making the home advantage count when possible.

It’s getting colder, yes. The motivation to run is getting increasingly harder to find, yes. But you know you should run.

Well, Jingle Jog provides a fancy dress fun run, a Christmas fancy dress fun run to be exact, and it welcomes all the family. A seasonal 5k run/jog/walk/crawl around Frimley Lodge Park dressed as a reindeer, Santa Claus, snowman or whatever reminds you a Christmas. Sounds good, doesn’t it?

An 18:00PM start is ideal for some Saturday evening entertainment, plus the addition of Kids Go Free only makes the evening better for all, right? Thought so. www.guildfordflames.com

If this sounds like a bit of you and your family, then sign up at: www.jinglejog.co.uk

Tingle Creek Christmas Race Day 5th December 2015 / Sandown Park Tingle Creek Chase Day is one of the highlights of the Sandown Park calendar. The day combines Grade 1 racing with festive family entertainment and is the perfect day out for all the family! The two Grade 1 races are the Henry VIII Novices' Chase and the Tingle Creek Chase, both run over 2 miles.

Racegoers will be greeted by Pupils from Esher Church School singing Christmas Carols, before having the opportunity to meet Father Christmas in his Sleigh. There will also be complimentary horse drawn carriage rides running from Esher Train Station to the main entrance for racegoers to enjoy.

Pantomime performances running at set intervals throughout the afternoon in Esher Hall. They will be performing Alice in Wonderland, as a celebration of the 150 year anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s timeless classic.

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SURREY SCORCHERS:

MEET THE TEAM

ANDREAS SCHREIBER (Power Forward)

WILL NEIGHBOUR (Power Forward)

21/07/1987 / 6 ft 10 in / American/Swedish / California, United States of America

15/05/1990 / 6 ft 10 in / British / Aldershot, UK

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t the age of 28, Andreas Schreiber already has a bundle of experience having played for eight different teams all over Europe. Born in California, he moved to Taby, Sweden, at a young age and now holds dual American-Swedish citizenship.

Such is that, Schreiber currently represents the Swedish National Basketball Team.

Former Teams: Tarragona, Sundsvall Dragons, Vendee Challens Basket, Plymouth Raiders, Worcester Wolves, Oviedo, Navarra, Zornotza, Sweden (Present)

NICK SCHLITZER (Shooting Guard) 28/12/1992 / 6 ft 6 in / American / Pennsylvania, United States of America

JACOB LOVERIDGE 30/11/1992 / 6 ft 5 in / British / Chertsey, UK

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orn in Aldershot, Neighbour is a real local lad. After moving to America to pursue his basketball dream, he graduated from the University of Arkansas-Little Rock having averaged 16.3 points per game in his senior year, along with 7 rebounds and 1.1 blocks.

The 6ft 10” Power Forward turned professional last year after signing for Spanish LEB Gold side Ovideo. Neighbour has also represented GB Basketball on a number of occasions.

DJ FELDER (Power Forward) 20/06/1991 / 6 ft 7 in / AfricanAmerican / Alabama, United States of America

LEKAN POPOOLA 02/02/1981 / 6 ft 0 in / Nigerian-British

Now you’ve met the team, we’re giving you the chance to seeing the Scorchers live at Guildford’s Surrey Sports Park. We’re giving away four family tickets for a night of end-to-end action and nothing but net. All you need to do is go to: theguide2surrey.com/competitions and answer the question to be in with the chance of the tickets!

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s you should all know by now (and you best have a pretty good excuse if you don’t), basketball in our county undertook a drastic summer makeover with the launch of the new Surrey Sports Park franchise Surrey Scorchers. After an impressive start to their campaign, plus record attendances and vast media coverage, it’s all beginning to take shape. But – might I add we’re sorry for not doing this sooner – who’s in this new team we are hearing some much about?!

Well, fear not, better late than never, right? We’ve knocked up a list of the 2015/16 roster and found out a little about each Scorcher…

TAYO OGENDENGBE (Forward)

HENRY WILKINS (Shooting Guard)

15/05/1987 / 6 ft 6 in / British / Hammersmith, UK

08/10/1990 / 6 ft 4 in / British / Guildford, UK

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ayo is no stranger to the BBL and has arrived at Scorchers with a wealth of pro basketball experience. As well as the British Basketball League, the 6”6’ forward had a brief spell in France with NM2 Side, Calais Basket Cheminots.

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Surrey isn’t anywhere new for Tayo, though, who represented Guildford Heat in up until the 2011/12 season under the guidance, again, of coach Creon Raftopoulos. This time around Coach Creon named the former GB player as Surrey Scorchers captain for the season.

Wilkins went on to sign his first pro contract following his graduation, joining Danish outfit Team FOG Naestved in Denmark’s top flight pro league, before spending last season at C.B. Villarrobledo in the Spanish Primera Division de Baloncesto.

Former Teams: London Captials, Guildford Heat, London Lions, Calais Basket Cheminots, Glasgow Rocks

uildford born and bred, Henry Wilkins is sure to be a fan’s favourite in no time. The 24-year-old (depending on when you’re reading this) spent three seasons with Leeds Carnegie [now Force] whilst completing his degree.

Former Teams: Leeds Carnegie, FOG Naestved, C.B. Villarrobledo.

SURREY STORM NEWS: S

urrey Storm and England shooter Pamela Cookey has announced that she is to retire from international netball with immediate effect.

The former England captain amassed 114 caps over eleven years for the England Roses and also represented England at U17 and U21 levels. Cookey will continue playing domestically in the Vitality Netball Superleague next season for Surrey Storm.

Reflecting on the announcement, she I would like to thank everyone said who has played a part in getting me to where I am today. From all at England Netball to numerous coaches, the EIS, my surgeons Andy and Rhys and of course, Sport England for our funding.

Our sponsors have been wonderful, as have our incredible fans and supporters throughout my career. I would also like to thank all of my amazing teammates across the years and so many more I have undoubtedly missed off!

STORM SIGN MAVERICKS’ CANDAPPA

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ngland International Sophia Candappa has signed for Surrey Storm ahead of the 2016 Nebtall Superleague season.

England’s most capped attacker concluded: “I’ve really loved wearing the red dress and I hope I have been able to give back as much as I have received to the sport.

The 23-year-old signs from rivals Hertfordshire Mavericks and will challenge for Centre and Wing Attack position this season. After working through all senior International levels, Candappa has become a regular face in the England set-up and made the long squad ahead of the Sydney World Cup.

Pamela will be back in action when all eight Netball Superleague sides compete at Super Saturday in the opening weekend of the season.

Keep your eyes peeled online at theguide2surrey.com for more details.

I am extremely Following her signing, Sophia said: excited at the opportunity of joining Surrey Storm for the upcoming season. I look forward to the challenge of helping Storm in retaining the title and working with Tamsin Greenway and the rest of the team.

With pre-season well underway for Storm already, Sophia will join up with squad in the coming weeks.

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PHOTO CREDIT: STUART HAMON

JAKE BALL

Surrey’s Jake Ball, however, is a downto-earth boxer. This isn’t because he’s only recently turned professional – it’s not a sign of inexperience – but because he’s a genuinely sound guy, something of a rarity in the sport.

Ball laughed as I mentioned Fury and admitted that he doesn’t ever intend to be that kind of boxer: “The pantomime of boxing, isn’t needed anymore,” he told me, “I don’t want to be like that all.

I let my fighting do the talking and it’s worked so far.

Professional boxers tend to come hand-in-hand with an ego and an air of arrogance. Infamously, last month, boxer Tyson Fury exemplified this by arriving at a press conference before his fight with Heavyweight Champion of the World Wladimir Klitschko, dressed as Batman.

By Tayler Willson at school, all my mates were playing football and that’s what I wanted to do.

“When I got to about seventeen, though, I was called by Team GB for trial and that’s when I thought that people actually believe in me, people really do think I’m good.”

Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sports signed Ball earlier this year, exemplifying the potential he possesses. He took to the ring for the first time as a professional in September on the undercard to the

now, a fact that Ball believes has helped him incredibly.

“I’m going into the gym to prepare for a fight and my partner is a world champion, no boxer could ask for any more than that. For now, I’m not going to face anyone anywhere near the same sort of level as James [De Gale]. If I’m training at world champion level, going into the ring to a lot lower levels makes it a lot easier – I’m in my comfort zone”

While insisting that his feet remain firmly on the ground, the confidence he “Not all boxers have to be “Not all boxers have to be arrogant shows in his own arrogant and cocky. I’m a ability is admirable. talented fighter, but I’m not one and cocky... I’m an easy going fella “In five years’ time, to brag or badmouth anyone, that lets his punches do the talking.” if I’m not already a I’m not a mouthy or loud world champion, I person. I’m an easy going fella hope to be challenging for a world title. that lets his punches do the talking.”

Anthony Joshua fight at the O2 arena.

Despite going in as the heavy underdog, “I turned pro so I can win and I’m not Ball was born in Frimley and attended Ball forced the stoppage against after intending to hang around these levels Wavell School in Farnborough. Following just 25 seconds. too long. I couldn’t have asked for a his marriage and the birth of his two better start to my career – two wins out children he moved to Guildford where He then comfortably won his second of two – but I need to focus on carrying he now resides. The 22-year-old fight at York Hall on October 10th, that record on. I know what I am somewhat fell into the world of boxing further proving that Hearn was right in capable of, but I also know what I need at the age of seven when his dad giving him a chance at a professional to do to achieve it.” allowed him to tag along to a session level. with his brother at Guildford City.

James De Gale, Kell Brook and Lee Ball’s next fight in on Following numerous back-and-forth Selby are some of the world champions November 7th at Liverpool’s decisions to call it a day with the sport currently under Hearn’s careful and Echo Arena where he’s on throughout his teens for various reasons, successful management at Matchroom the undercard of the Callum it took just one phone call for his career Sports. The former, De Gale, has been Smith vs Rocky Fielding fight. to ignite, “I packed boxing in a few times Ball’s training partner for some time

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BUSINESS News NEW SPEEDY ELECTRIC CHARGER AT VINES OF GUILDFORD SMART initiative. The others are located at Reigate Hill car park, Hollyhedge car park, Cobham, and Frimley Park Hospital (two) as part of a network of almost 20 across West Sussex, East Sussex – including Brighton – and Kent.

There were 682 ‘plug-in’ vehicles registered in Surrey in March 2015 compared to 248 a year earlier, according to Department for Transport statistics. The only county with more is Hampshire with 699.

As electric car demand accelerates in Surrey, the BMW showroom and garage offer yet another piece of revolutionary technology – the ability to fully charge an electric car in half an hour…

At the end of September, Surrey County Council deputy Leader Peter Martin unveiled a new speedy charging point as it was revealed that Surrey has more electric vehicles than almost every county in the country.

It has been installed at BMW dealership Vines of Guildford and means vehicles can recharge in less than 30 minutes, instead of between three and eight hours it normally takes to top up – a huge improvement that could potentially blow up the potential market for the electric car.

The new publicly accessible rapid charger brings the total installed in Surrey to five as part of the council’s aim of promoting green travel schemes through the Travel

The news comes after the council hosted a summit last year designed to spark extra growth in electric vehicles that featured companies at the industry’s cutting edge, including Surrey-based Mercedes-Benz and McLaren.

Mr Martin said: “It’s fantastic that businesses and drivers in Surrey are accelerating demand for ‘plug-in’ electric cars so this innovative industry continues to boost our economy and the environment.”

Find out more about this important advancement, visit vinesofguildfordbmw.co.uk

SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL BACKS CROSSRAIL 2 Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member Mike Goodman has declared that Crossrail 2 is vital for a train network “unable to cope” with rising passenger demand.

The event, which also featured Boris Johnson’s Crossrail 2 advisor Daniel Moylan and managing director Michele Dix, was informed that more than 130,000 Surrey residents commute to the capital every day, with thousands going in the other direction. As a result, four Surrey train services are among the most overcrowded in England and Wales, including two of the top ten going from Woking to London Waterloo.

Mike expressed his belief that the much-discussed rail route - still in its proposition phase but with the potential to alleviate severe overcrowding that occurs on commuter rail routes by the 2030s – would benefit Surrey residents who commute into the capital.

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EDGE CASE GAMES IN GUILDFORD Guildford is well known as a town with an exceptional gaming calibre; some of the biggest names in the world are based there. The small but rapidlygrowing team at Edge Case Games are a relatively new name, but they’re aiming to make a splash with their next project.

ECG are working hard on the exciting and somewhat unorthodox concept of fully open development. They are creating a space-based sci-fi multiplayer title called ‘Fractured Space’,

and have taken the rather unusual approach of throwing open the doors to the public, giving a glimpse behind the curtain at how games are made.

This is a growing trend, and Edge Case Games are at the forefront.

With the aim of enthusing aspiring developers and offering an original prospective on the creative process, ECG are providing a worthy cause. Kudos, guys and girls.

Find out more at edgecasegames.net

CHAPTERS FINANCIAL AND SAIDSO SLASH CARBON FOOTPRINT Chapters Financial – with the help of its new online arm SaidSo. co.uk – has reduced its carbon emissions by almost a quarter in the last 12 months following certification to The Planet Mark.

Surrey-based Chapters Financial, a chartered firm of financial planners and Independent Financial Advisers, achieved a 22 per cent reduction in its comparative carbon emissions between June 2014 and June 2015, according to figures released by The Planet Mark, the certification programme operated by Planet First in partnership with the Eden Project.

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The firm, which operates from offices in Guildford and Woking, was first certified to The Planet Mark in 2011. The latest analysis shows:

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A big fall in the company’s footprint due to a 14 per cent reduction in electricity usage, which accounts for 50 per cent of the company’s emissions.

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Business travel, which accounts for 7.5 per cent of the firm’s carbon footprint, saw a 29 per cent fall in combined diesel and petrol tailpipe emissions.

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Total carbon emissions dropped 22 per cent per employee on a like-for-like basis.

So – would you like to follow suit? Find out more about The Planet Mark at planetfirst.co.uk/planet-mark. Find out more about Chapters Financial at chaptersfinancial.com

West Byfleet’s Station Approach Purchased It’s a desirable location in a town located just outside the M25 and a stone’s throw from Woking, so it’s no surprise that West Byfleet’s Station Approach has been purchased, with potential for renovation.

The town’s hub has been purchased by Altitude Real Estate Limited, who promise to “…take a holistic approach to look at how people use the town centre and then work alongside Woking Council, occupiers and local groups to generate proposals for the property, together with public realm improvements that will regenerate the heart of the town centre”, according to Altitude’s director Nigel Robson.

Find out more about the purchase and other Woking-based business news at wokingworks.com

Enterprise M3 Annual Conference H.G. Wells Conference & Events Centre Woking 11th November Enterprise M3 LEP has a bold ambition for our area’s economy: to make the Enterprise M3 area as the primary Sci:Tech Corridor in the UK, the place in the country where high-growth, knowledge-based businesses can flourish and where universities and other research facilities can successfully conduct innovative, world-class research.

To help businesses in the Enterprise M3 area get to grips with both the opportunities and challenges of the digital age, Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership is hosting its Annual Conference on 11 November in Woking - and this year’s theme is “Seizing the opportunities of the digital age”.

This conference will be an excellent opportunity for leaders from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors to find out more about the opportunities and challenges offered by the digital age and explore what their organisations can do to maximise the opportunities and overcome the challenges.

Delegates will also be able to see and experience first-hand some of the new digital innovations that are just on the horizon in the Innovation Zone.

For tickets and more information, be sure to visit surrey-chambers.co.uk

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BUSINESS EVENTS NOVEMBER 2015 CONNECT SURREY NETWORKING

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WHEN: 13th and 27th November from 8.30am WHERE: Godalming Connections (And others) COST: Various – contact Connect Surrey to find out

WHEN: Every Thursday morning from 7am WHERE: Richard Onslow, Cranleigh

WHEN: 12th November 9.30am – 11.30am WHERE: Gorse Hill Woking ENTRY: Free

If you’re a Guildford, Godalming or Cranleigh-based business you simply must attend one of the Connect Surrey networking events in the area. Taking place fortnightly at Godalming’s Manor House, this is a very well attended and regular get-together, so be sure to keep your eye on further dates.

Should your business lay elsewhere, there are also meetings at 8.30 am at Guildford’s Rugby Club, The Richard Onslow in Cranleigh and others.

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ENTRY: £10 per person A simple, cost-effective and proven way of increasing your sales through referrals.

You are welcome to join BNI for breakfast to find out more, without obligation.

At the meeting you will have the opportunity to present your business to a wide range of local business people find out more about how the BNI can increase sales for your business, meet good business contacts and have a chance to network. bni-cranleigh.org

CORPORATE FINANCE WORKSHOP WHEN: 17th November, 5pm-7pm WHERE: The County Club, Guildford COST: Member Rate: £22 +VAT | Non Surrey Chambers Member Rate: £37 +VAT

MONTHLY NETWORKING AT THE THEATRE WHEN: Friday 13th November WHERE: New Victoria Theatre ENTRY: £20 (non-Chambers members) A monthly meeting at one of the town’s most famous spots, this is informal networking at its finest. Plus you can probably peruse the theatre and cinema listings on the way out…

There will also be a finger buffet and cash bar so you won’t lack for sustenance – and don’t forget to bring your business cards! This month’s event has been kindly sponsored by Fields Car Centre. wokingchamber.org.uk

If this is your career field, then a Corporate Finance Workshop courtesy of the brilliant Surrey Chambers is always an informative and worthy event.

Speakers Alistair Brew and Will Gresty of the Business Growth Fund boast huge amounts of experience between them, with Alistair’s main role to identify and successfully execute investments while Will’s main role is to source and complete investments into SMEs in the region.

Here they will impart their wisdom to attendees, with refreshments too! surrey-chambers.co.uk

Business Biscotti is what networking is all about - meeting and forming business relationships with like-minded people; they provide an antidote to formal networking.

With no limits on who can attend, you can come and go as you like. It’s all about communication, trust and building relationships that lead to lasting and mutually rewarding business. businessbiscotti.co.uk

MEMBERS’ CHRISTMAS NETWORKING EVENING WHEN: 1st December 6pm – 8pm WHERE: SAB Miller House, Woking ENTRY: Member Rate: Free | Non Surrey Chambers Member Rate: £30 +VAT Miller Brands and Surrey Chambers of Commerce are teaming up once again to organise a festive networking event.

Hosted in Woking at SAB Miller’s UK headquarters, Miller Brands is providing lucky attendees with the opportunity to try their fantastic range of beers including Peroni, Grolsch, Castle and Miller. They will also be providing delicious canapés to accompany the drinks.

Networking with beer samples?

Merry Christmas indeed… surrey-chambers.co.uk

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THE RACE TO 5G

by Rich Lee

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he 5G Innovation Centre at the University of Surrey is the cuttingedge headquarters for the UK’s most exciting academic research project, and the leader of the pack when it comes to the global race for 5G. It’s here that the next generation of mobile and wireless technology is being birthed. And it could just change the world…

There are a lot of remarkable things about the 5GIC: the presence of the biggest heavyweights in global telecoms as partners, the bleeding-edge hardware being evolved at the site and the intellectual firepower of 170 researchers dispersed over the building’s four floors, to name just a few. But it’s the speed with which the project has taken flight that’s especially significant.

When the last leap in mobile telecommunications, 4G, made its UK debut in 2012, the University’s Head of the Institute for Communication Systems Rahim Tafazolli was already calling for the development of 5G and a radically different technology

to provide unprecedented levels of capacity and speed, one that was more energy-efficient and more cost-effective than anything that had gone before.

At the same time the Government put out the call for projects between universities and industries, requiring a minimum of £30million investment of which two thirds had to come from industry. Thanks to the University of Surrey’s academic credibility and Tafazolli’s vision and connections to industry, they won the bid and the race for 5G truly began.

Keith Robson, the Chief Operating Officer at 5GIC, has shepherded the enterprise since the beginning, bringing his expertise with industry to bear and inviting the biggest players in telecoms to get on board, raising investment in the project to nearly £75million. “There was huge excitement from day one,” he tells me. “There are very few people playing this game.

It took a year to get the partners signed up and just eighteen months to build the building.” The 5GIC’s members now include Vodafone, Huawei, EE, BBC, BT, Samsung and Fujitsu among many others, all collaborating to make 5G the revolution in telecommunications it’s promised to be.

The centre was officially opened in September alongside a fully-functioning advanced 4G network across the campus, providing researchers with scope to upgrade to fully-fledged 5G technologies. By 2018 the testbed will be able to deliver 10Gbs/per cell, ten times faster than the highest speed available over 4G.

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Communication at Near the Speed of Light When we think of the performance of network communications we most commonly think of Speed: how fast we can download data and upload it. Researchers at 5GIC have already developed a technology that enables speeds of one terabit per second (Tbps) - more than 1,000 times faster than the highest 4G speed, and filed over 15 patents. But, curiously, that’s not really the ultimate prize.

The Holy Grail for 5G communications is Latency, namely the delay between sending a signal and receiving it. Measured in milliseconds, it takes light approximately 1m/s to travel 300 kilometres. 5G aims to reduce latency to just 1m/s and even below. Whichever way you spin it, that’s super-fast and will allow for truly realtime control and sensitivity over a network.

But control of what?

As impressive as technology like 4G and fibre broadband is, when it comes to pure bandwidth the digital landscape inhabited by humans and machines just isn’t big enough for the both of us. With the commercial value of the Internet of Things estimated to reach £11trillion by 2025, we’re going to need a bigger, better network capable of handling unthinkable loads and all in realtime. In other words, we’re going to need 5G. The potential uses for the technology are only as limited as our collective imagination. Ultra high definition movies downloaded in the blink of an eye, autonomous vehicles controlled in realtime from anywhere in the world, and even the use of remote robots in surgeries or disaster zones; 5G will achieve those things and more without even breaking a sweat. After that it’s up to innovation by businesses, both big and small, and individuals to capitalise on the breathtaking power promised by the tech.

A Beacon for Industry The Internet of Things It’s easy to assume that the internet is primarily skewed towards human-to-human communication. We send messages to family, friends and colleagues via our phones over mobile broadband, consume content on websites that somebody else has created and interact over apps and games.

But behind the deafening digital chatter of people is the far larger, and arguably more crucial, binary babble of machines talking to machines from all over the world. This is the Internet of Things, of computers and electronic components sending signals between themselves via instructions, either instigated by human operators or algorithms buried in deep torrents of code.

Outside of the technology and its potential, it would be hard to overstate what the 5GIC could mean for business in the UK, much less Surrey and its place as the de facto Silicon Valley of Great Britain. Its membership and scope may be international, but Keith Robson hopes that the project will draw aspiring startups and high growth companies to take advantage of the research and supply chain surrounding 5GIC and around Guildford. He readily admits: “This is a prestige project, a beacon to say that the UK is setting its stall out to be world leaders in this innovative new technology. And it’s all happening in Guildford.”

That technology is set to make its full debut to the world in 2020, bringing unprecedented levels of connectivity to consumers and businesses and changing the landscape of communications for the century ahead.

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Surrey in

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By Joe Payne THREE YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, WHILE THIS MAGAZINE WAS MERELY A TWINKLE IN OUR LOFTIER HIGHER-UPS RESPECTIVE EYES, WE FEATURED AN ARTICLE ON THE GUIDE 2 SURREY WEBSITE ABOUT THE MAGNIFICENT SURREY SPACE CENTRE AND ITS TECHNOLOGY. Just to be clear, we don’t mean exploration in the sense of Gagarin, Armstrong and James T Kirk – we mean a far more practical application of space technology, with a strategy to “…underpin the technical development of the space industry through its advanced research programmes.” And it’s one of the leading centres of its kind in Europe; certainly an impressive feat for what began as a small start-up in a laboratory.

Back in the first quarter of 2013, we followed up with a piece about SSC’s

successful launch of The World’s First Smartphone in Space, The STRaND-1. A tech marvel completed in remarkably short time, this Android phone (a Google Nexus One, to be precise) that is circumnavigating the globe. As I type this, it’s hovering over the East Siberian Sea. In the subsequent two-and-a-halfyears, Surrey Space Centre and Sister Company, satellite manufacturers Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), have continued to be at the forefront of British space technology. So in this special techy section of The Guide 2 Surrey, let’s summarise some of our favourite endeavours of the past couple of years…

In 2014, the team announced that they are working on a four-year project called ‘Reconfigurable Autonomy’, aiming to help remove space debris and monitor spacecraft – without the potential dangers of using humans.

Using autonomous technology, intelligent robotic systems are being created to inspect, monitor and identify when spacecraft needs repairing. These systems will also have the potential to support astronauts on space missions, and to deal with space debris.

Moreover, last year also saw Surrey’s Electronics & Amateur Radio Society (the brilliant acronym EARS) successfully build and launched a highaltitude balloon into the sky. The balloon contained a flight computer with GPS tracking, temperature and pressure sensors, as well as a live radio telemetry link, camera and satellite tracker. The University of Surrey mascot, Steve the Stag, was also attached to the balloon.

Reaching heights of up to 100,000 feet, the balloon eventually burst, and parachuted back down to a landing spot in Basildon, Essex. There’s more balloon-based technological marvels a little further on too.

It’s perhaps no surprise then that in 2014 Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, Chair of Surrey Space Centre and founder of SSTL picked up a prize at COSPAR 2014’s Scientific Assembly, hosted by the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, and was identified

by The Sunday Times as one of the UK’s 20 most influential engineers.

More recently, on Friday 10th July at 17:27 UK time, DeOrbitSail was launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from SDSC SHAR, India. The satellite was part of five UK satellites launched

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into orbit, including imaging satellites manufactured by SSTL. You can see what the results were like on the separate column on this page.

A matter of weeks ago, Surrey Space Centre experiment to measure radiation levels high in the stratosphere was successfully carried aloft to an altitude of 125,000ft (38km) over the weekend 25th and 26th September of this year as part of the NASA Rad-X stratospheric balloon payload. This is more than three times higher than commercial flight altitudes, and twice the cruising altitude of Concorde. SSC has been funded by NASA to participate in this mission.The balloon was launched from the NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, New Mexico, USA, and spent about 24 hours afloat taking measurements. The payload remained at 125,000 feet for about eight hours and then it descended to about 80,000ft for the remainder of the time to collect data at different altitudes.

The payload has now been safely recovered from the New Mexico desert by NASA teams and data analysis is in the pipeline. The Rad-X mission aims to obtain crucial additional data in essence to determine whether future aircraft engineers are able to design aircraft to fly significantly higher than they do currently.

This is, in the briefest way possible, a nutshell surmising of all that SSC and SSTL have achieved in the past two years; it’s a staggering array in a short period of time. Sadly the nature of the beast means that future projects cannot be revealed; but it’s fair to say that more astonishing technological achievements are in the pipeline – and all of this is happening right on your doorstep…

1-Metre High Resolution Satellite Imagery We thought it best to give you a little flavour of the latest project that Surrey Space Centre have embarked upon. This, their latest piece of news (at the time of going to print), is yet another brilliant advancement coming from their headquarters at the University of Surrey campus in Guildford.

The first imagery has been released from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd’s DMC3/TripleSat Constellation satellite, with the imagery showing features on earth up to 1 meter in resolution. Yes you did read that correctly…

The three satellites see the Earth in a range of visible and infrared wavelengths. They fly as a train around the globe, with a separation between each platform of 33 minutes and from their altitude of 651km, the satellites can trace surface features down to one metre in a panchromatic mode (back and white), and four metres in a multispectral (colour) mode. The swath covered by an image is 24km.

The Satellites were launched alongside the Surrey Space Centre’s demonstrator satellite Deorbitsail back in July of this year. The time on the satellites has been leased to 21st Century Aerospace Technology Ltd of Beijing and the data will help with urban planning, working out crop yields, pollution monitoring and doing biodiversity assessments, among many other applications.

The new constellation is the most capable yet to come out of SSTL; and as you can see from those images, that’s rather capable indeed…

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SURREY SPACE CENTRE AT SURREY.AC.UK/SSC AND FOR MORE INFO ON SSTL VISIT SSTL.CO.UK. ALL IMAGES ARE C/O SSTL.

DMC3 1 M IMAGE OF SYDNEY AIRPORT

SSTL’S ASSEMBLY, INTEGRATION AND TEST HALL

DMC3 1 METRE IMAGE OF ATHENS

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TECHNOLOGY: VINES BMW GUILDFORD

Released in October, the BMW 7 Series is yet another technological marvel in the manufacturer’s arsenal. And this model will of course be available at the ever-brilliant Vines of Guildford…

Hugely acclaimed for its high-tech brilliance and unparalleled luxury, the new 7 series promises to be yet another win for BMW. Having written previously about the electric i3 and i8 (the latter of which won UK Performance Car of the Year 2015 and is probably the best high-end green car of all time), this time it’s the turn of a revamped classic.

And while the focus on here may well be luxury, there is still technology in abundance…

Firstly, we’ve got to shout to you about Remote Control Parking – a world first.

Now you may be familiar with cars that can reverse park themselves, but the 7 series goes one better. Using the ludicrously cool BMW Display Key you can now park the car without even being inside. Naturally, all the fancy sensors will ensure it’s parked to perfection.

Also, there’s the new iDrive system to keep up the luxury feel that’s become synonymous with this car. Basically,

there’s a three-dimensional sensor mounted within the headlining to detect hand movements that are used to control functions, including the volume of the audio system as well as answering or rejecting calls. Which is very cool.

Four-zone climate control is standard across the range, and there’s also wireless phone charging, active massaging seats and Wi-Fi browsing too. So there’s no shortage of creature comforts…

This is all merely scratching the surface of the features available in the 7 series, but what about the actually important stuff? It’s fair to say that even the large, comfort-driven saloons of today are greener. These new models are no exception, with a massive weight loss from its predecessor a notable change.

Moreover, the economy and CO2 figures in the 730d (for example) are staggering, bettering the old model by 12.4mpg and 29g/km respectively – with absolutely no effect on those impressive performance stats.

PRICE: From £64,530

ACCELERATION: 0 – 62mph: 5.6 – 6.2 seconds

ECONOMY: 54.3 – 58.9 MPG (diesel), 40.4 – 41.5 MPG (petrol)

So while the i3 and i8 are examples of the new car revolution, the 7 series has gone about an evolution in keeping with what a luxury automobile should offer in 2015. Increased economy, incredible features and peerless comfort, with a performance that has not been compromised. What more could you wish for?

GENIUSES AT WORK The level of technology at Vines BMW is astonishing. With their new charger that will fill up an electric car in 30 minutes – not to mention all the innovations of the cars themselves – it’s a dizzying acceleration of advancement.

You might think that, with that level of high-tech gadgetry, you’d need a genius.

Thankfully, that’s exactly what Vines have…

Francesca DeCozar is Vines’ most

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experienced Product Specialist – or Genius as they’ve become known.

“What we offer is a softer approach to sales, coupled with product knowledge” she explains “and as we have to know about all of the products, people often come back after purchase to find out more about what they’ve bought, so we offer a kind of security too.”

Highly motivated, enthusiastic and most importantly full of knowledge, BMW Geniuses have to keep their finger on the pulse of all the wonderful advancements the automobile giants

EMISSIONS (CO2): 127 – 159 g/km

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are making. As a result, they are often readily available, and coupled with a salesperson they can offer a service that is far more well-rounded. “A lot of the Geniuses at Vines are women, which I think helps cover a lot of bases when tailoring the car to the customer’s needs” Francesca adds.

With their exceptional knowledge coupled with gregarious personalities, a chat with a BMW Genius is an enlightening experience. Head over to Vines in Guildford to see for yourselves…

Visit the Vines Guildford BMW for more info at vinesofguildfordbmw.co.uk.

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The Ultimate Driving Machine

I AM THE REVOLUTION. THE BMW i8.

For more information or to request a BMW i test drive*, please call us on 01483 207000 or visitwww.vinesofguildfordbmw.co.uk

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Slyfield Estate, Woking Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1RD 01483 207000 www.vinesofguildfordbmw.co.uk Official fuel economy figures for the BMW i8: Weighted combined cycle: mpg 134.5 (2.1 l/100 km), CO2 emissions 49 g/km, power output (engine) 170/231 kW/hp, power output (electric motor) 96/131 kW/hp, total average energy consumption per 62 miles/100 km (weighted combined cycle) 11.5 kWh, customer-orientated total range up to 373 miles. Maximum electric range value 23 miles, common average electric range value (e-Drive only) up to 23 miles.

Figures may vary depending on different factors, including but not limited to individual driving style, climatic conditions, route characteristics and preconditioning. The BMW i8 is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that requires mains electricity for charging. *Test drive subject to applicant status and availability.

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THE GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT: PART II Contracts and Contractual Disputes (Gentlemen’s Agreements Part II) We touched on the area of Gentlemen’s Agreements back in the Summer. That article attracted an unexpected number of questions, some of which asked for further clarification on the whole area. We are happy to oblige. One of our own lawyers recently darkly muttered, “I wouldn’t enter into a Gentlemen’s Agreement with my own father!” whilst reminiscing about attempting to write up terms for payment in exchange for offering to clean his car as a child (we will look at a desire for clarity in drafting contracts shortly!). All jokes aside, the so called Gentleman’s Agreement still exists, despite all the case law suggesting the fallibility of such arrangements and is a common factor in disputes between businesses, their suppliers and their customers.

So what is a Gentlemen’s Agreement?

To recap, more often than not a Gentlemen’s Agreement will be a verbal agreement, whereby terms of a contract are agreed orally. Although oral agreements are enforceable and valid (contracts do not need to be in writing), where a dispute arises between parties to an agreement, the absence of written terms can be problematic.

Disputes are inevitable As one of the individuals who contacted us correctly pointed out, disputes can arise whatever agreement is in place. A contract, whether written or made orally, is rarely safe from the potential of parties disputing its terms and one party’s obligations to another.

However, it is generally easier to determine where a party stands when

the terms of an agreement are set out in writing and further, drafted clearly.

You have to ask yourself whether, if say a judge, an arbitrator or a mediator were required to intervene with your dispute, you would feel more confident relying on written evidence on the table, or your word against that of another.

You should also consider the damage which a dispute may cause to business relationships and the goodwill of your business. Written agreements do not have to be long and complicated and do not have to take long to prepare. A little spent now can prevent a lot spent later.

Of course, a written agreement does not always present the full story and parties may vary the terms of an agreement as matters progress. It is important to ensure records are retained of agreed variations and supporting correspondence (again…in writing!).

If a dispute needs resolving

Risk Management It is always sensible to seek advice when looking to draft terms for or enter into an agreement.

Drafting clear and effective terms will often allow disputes, if they arise, to be resolved before they escalate. Gentleman’s agreements will inevitably not cover all aspects of a deal and disputes often arise from issues which are not contemplated at the outset– hindsight is a wonderful thing…but it won’t get you your money back! An experienced legal advisor will help you to fill the gaps and incorporate safety provisions after contemplating potential future risks.

Costs of litigation when attempting to resolve a dispute can be high and in cases have the potential to escalate beyond the value of the goods or services on which the contract is based.

Disputes can be very time consuming and can be disruptive to your dayto-day running of a business. Trying to pull together evidence to support the oral terms of a Gentlemen’s Agreement can take away time better spent sourcing new customers and / or suppliers.

You should consider seeking advice from a skilled dispute resolution legal advisor if a dispute arises. Don’t wait for the situation to deteriorate.

Early intervention to ensure that the dispute is managed appropriately to reduce costs and save relations where possible is recommended.

Such legal advisors can advise on your position and likelihood of success in pursuing the dispute, correspond with the third party or their representatives on your behalf and negotiate for mediation or a settlement (of course a written settlement agreement is advised!).

James Stenning – rhw Solicitors Commercial Team james.stenning@rhw.co.uk 01483 302000

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THE STRIKIN LEXUS G NX

The luxury Striking d hybrid NX. innovativeesign meets technolog y.

NX 300h Luxury Term

36 Months

35 Monthly payments

£399.00

Cash price

£35,140.00

Customer deposit

£6,682.37

Amount of credit

£28,457.63

Guaranteed Future Value / Optional Final Payment

£19,305.00

Total amount payable

£39,952.37

Fixed rate of interest (per annum) Representative

5.64% 6.9% APR*

Representative Example

LEXUS GUILDFORD Moorfield Road, Slyfield Green, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1TB 01483 494 088

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NX 300h prices start from £29,495. Model shown is NX 300h Luxury £35,140, including optional metallic paint at £645. *6.9% APR Representative available on new retail sales of NX available over 24-42 months on Lexus Connect (PCP), up to 35% deposit and Guaranteed Future Value/Optional Final Payment. Ordered and proposed for finance between 1 October and 17 December 2015, registered and financed by March 2016 through Lexus Financial Services. Participating Lexus Centres. Other finance offers available but cannot be used in conjunction with this offer. Terms and conditions apply. Rentals based on 8,000 miles per annum. Excess mileage charge applies over contracted at 12 pence per mile. Indemnities may be required. Finance subject to status to over 18s. Lexus Centres are independent of Lexus Financial Services. Lexus Financial Services is a trading name of Toyota Financial Services (UK) PLC. Registered Office: Great Burgh, Burgh Heath, Epsom KT18 5UZ. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

The MPG figures quoted are sourced from official EU-regulated test results. They are provided for comparability purposes, and may not reflect actual driving experience.

NX 300h Luxury fuel consumption and CO2 figures: urban 53.3 mpg (5.3 l/100km), extra-urban 55.4 mpg (5.1 l/100km), combined 54.3 mpg (5.2 l/100km), 121g/km CO2 (19% BIK).

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CrystalClear Financial Services

1 Epsom Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3JT 01483 487417 mike@crystalclearfs.com www.crystalclearfs.com

Darren Stiff principal

guildford financial Tannery House, 3 Tannery Lane, Send, Surrey GU23 7EF

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01483 228 099

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E.Owen & Son Ltd EST 1946

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