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A P R I L 2012
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Welcome to the village directory Hi everyone, I must start this month by thanking those of you that have been sending in jokes for the “Wit & Wisdom� page. Emails relating to a variety of different subjects have contained a contribution of wit tagged onto the end., and a special thank you goes to Mo Charlton for sending me numerous jokes and sayings, as well as adding me to his email circulation of witty repartee. Wit & Wisdom lives on! As this magazine arrives we are about to head into Easter and our thoughts turn to time off from work (yippee), family get togethers and CHOCOLATE Easter Eggs! I’m sure that a very respectable period of time has now elapsed since Mother’s Day so I’m more than ready for my next chocolate fix. Easter tends to be the first opportunity to get out into the open and enjoy the spring sunshine, I do so hope that the weather continues to be good through the holiday period, it’s such a tonic. For those of you planning to tackle the garden, you‘ll find all the help you need within these pages, hopefully this will make it that little easier and enjoyable. You can than sit back with your Easter Eggs at hand and enjoy the fruits of your labour. As I write a thought just crossed my mind, isn’t it strange that I have no-one advertising chocolate in this magazine? I would make such a good sponsor! Have a great Easter ~ Enjoy!
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Its nice to see that the weather has reverted back to normality, but the damage has been done. The bulbs in the garden once they started emerging just carried on growing, and when the Spring Show arrived, all those lovely bulbs I had planted in pots and containers had been and gone and I had very little to enter. Don’t get me wrong, they looked really lovely on the patio, bright and cheery, but they were for the show, and my chances of winning a cup had gone (sigh). Still there was always the cookery section! The leeks are all gone now, and very nice they were too. I didn’t realise just how many dishes you could incorporate leeks. I even used them in some ham, cheese and leek stuffed pancakes in a lovely cheese sauce. A bit different to the usual lemon ones on Pancake day!! The new leek seeds are in and some are showing their little spiky seedling leaf. Grow them on until roughly the size of a spring onion. This will be around June. Lift (this is where I usually give half away), and taking a dibber make a good deep hole, about 5-6inches deep should do it, trim the roots back a little and drop a baby leek into each hole. They need to be about 9-12” apart. Fill each hole with water (don’t fill with soil), to settle the roots in. To keep the stems nice and white you can blanch them by drawing dry soil up around the stem. Personally I didn’t bother with this as I found that apart from the really rough leaves, the darker greener leaves were wonderful in soups, casseroles etc and there was very little waste. I have also put
the garden in my shallot sets and am having another go at Spring onions. My Achilles heel is Spring onions. No matter what I do they don’t seem to grow. I think this time I shall put them in a trough and see what happens. It certainly is a busy time for us gardeners, sowing, sowing, sowing. I have put my favourites in again, The Tom Thumb lettuce has been sprinkled onto some damp compost in a tray, which I shall use as baby lettuce seedlings in salads which is plenty for husband and I, but I shall also pop a few to grow on in the vege patch along with my row of Little Gem. French Breakfast radish is a must, peppery and hot, brilliant with a nice dip for lunch. Try them in a ham sandwich instead of mustard, you’ll be surprised. Its also about now that I am putting up my runner bean row in readiness for the bean plants come May. These I always sow in small pots around the third week of April and grow on in the greenhouse. When they go in the ground I interspace with a bean, ( it’s the just in case scenario). Now the seeds are in I am going to do a little revamping on the top French patio. The pergola is up and ready to take plants. I managed to get a cutting from the Blue eyes clematis which
it threw up itself I hasten to add, so that shall go in the top bed and I think maybe some climbing nasturtiums. Double usage with this one, not only do they look good, but taste good too. Try them mixed into a salad, both leaves and flowers are peppery and delicious. Bonus is that they are easy to grow and easily self seed. The Primula that I split didn’t do too bad. I think they could have been better had it not been for the silly weather that we had. I shall leave them in and hope that they improve next year, after all remember they cost me nothing. I have also got to keep and eye on all the cuttings etc that I have taken for the Jubilee sale at Recreation Ground Road in June, don’t forget to visit us even if its just to say hello. Its that time again! I don’t know, I’m sure it’s the lighter mornings that does it. Coffee time seems to come round a lot quicker, and no I’m not getting up any earlier. Now today I have a choice, either a nice marzipan bake all crispy and crunchy, or a slice of scrummy fruit cake. Am I being greedy having both?
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Perfect for a special Easter Sunday meal this indulgent dessert has a chocolate sponge base, creamy white chocolate mousse filling and a rich and dark chocolate glaze. It can be prepared the day before or made e a couple of weeks in advance and frozen.
Easter Chocolate Mousse Cake BASE • 3 eggs • 70g caster sugar • 50g plain flour • 2 tbsp cocoa powder MOUSSE • 2 x 150g bars good quality white chocolate, broken into pieces • 3 tbsp milk • 1 tsp vanilla extract • 300ml double cream • 3 large egg whites • 2 tsp powdered gelatine GLAZE • 85g plain chocolate • 20g unsalted butter • 4 tbsp double cream • Melted white chocolate and small candy coated chocolate eggs, to decorate
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Challock Memorial Hall, Blind Lane. 1st and 3rd Friday of each month From 1pm to 4pm Contact Pauline Hickson 01233 740979
THE BARN SHOP TRADITIONAL MARKET CHALLOCK 2nd & 4th Saturday of each month 10am – 2pm Contact 01233 740237
CHARING COUNTRY MARKET Charing Church Barn 9.00 -11.30 every Thurs Morning Teas & coffees available, Crafts, in season vegetables and baking. Graham attends on the 2nd Thursday of the month, to sharpen the knives,tools and garden gadgets ect. We must apologize for the date error in March copy of the Village directory. Thank you to everyone who came along on the wrong day and then returned the following week for Graham. Contact 01233 740176
EGERTON Every Friday 2 - 4.30pm Millennium Hall
ROLVENDEN - 01580 240763 Every Thursday 10am -12 noon St Mary’s Church and the Village Hall
TENTERDEN COUNTRY MARKET Every Friday 9.30am -11.30am St Mildred’s Church Hall, Church road.
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Warehorne Village Hall 10am -1pm 4th Sunday of the month Tel: 01233 733718 or Mob: 07979 905600.
WITTERSHAM MARKET Every Tuesday Village Hall 9am. - 11am Tel: 01797 270757
WYE - 07804 652156 First and third Saturday of every month on the Village Green in Wye. Tel: 07804 652156 www.wyefarmersmarket.co.uk
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EGERTON RUNNING CLUB Tenterden Museum Special Exhibition 2012: The Tenterden Folk Festival â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2nd ANNUAL BLUEBELL RUN History in the Making. Starting 6 April and running all season, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition Sunday 13th May 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the Tenterden 11am Folk Festival, celebrating the history of folk traditions in Kent with a display of rarely- 6.5k run through beautiful lanes and bluebell woodland exhibited items and events culminating in Childrens FUN RUN and family NATURE TRAIL the Festival itself in October. Details and opening times at www.tenterdenmuseum. Refreshments, medals and goodbags co.uk or ring 07702 214402. Details from Tuesday 03 April Lenham Valley Business Association Networking Meeting at The from www.egertonrunningclub.co.uk Holiday Inn Hothfield. Speaker Jon Burston www.egerton.kent.sch.uk (follow the link through Rialto IT with a presentation called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 top tips Community, Friends of Egerton School) for 2012â&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Book online or call 01622 820841.
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Wednesday 18th April The Weald of Kent Computer Club will meet in Biddenden New Village Hall at 8pm. This will be a memberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problems evening. Advanced notice of problems is always desirable, but bring along your questions in any case. Annual membership ÂŁ10 plus ÂŁ2 per meeting. Nonmembers are welcome (ÂŁ3, but first visit is free) Full details: www.wealdofkentcomputerclub.co.uk Enquiries: secretarywkcc@yahoo.co.uk Sat April 14th Pluckley Gardening Society Spring Show at Pluckley village 0UZWPYPUN ^VYRZOVWZ [V NL[ `V\ TVYL hall 10.15 - 11.45. A wide range of decorative VM ^OH[ `V\ TH` YLHSS` ^HU[ MVY `V\Y SPML classes, flowers, veg, pot plants, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competition, carved vegetable, arrangement % =PZ\HSPZH[PVU >VYRZOVWZ of flowers in yoghurt pots. Prize giving $SULO SP (OYH\ )DUP at 3.30pm Everyone welcome. For more information contact Pat Morss 01233 840686 $SULO SP %ORRPVEXU\V %LGGHQGHQ or email pluckleygardeningsociety@gmail. 0D\ SP (OYH\ )DUP com. 0D\ SP %ORRPVEXU\V %LGGHQGHQ The Biddenden Horticultural Society meets on Wednesday 25th April at 7:30pm. in the Village Hall for a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Gardeners *HSS Âś @]VUUL -LYUHUKV Question Timeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Questions can be offered on 537 4HZ[LY 7YHJ[P[PVULY 3PML *VHJO the night or in advance if preferred. Contact *VZ[ Â&#x2030; WLY OLHK PUJS SPNO[ YLMYLZOTLU[Z Audrey on 01580291624 or Lesley on 01580291931. Members ÂŁ1.50, Non Sunday 27th May COUNTRY FAYRE AT Members ÂŁ2.50. Annual membership LENHAM East Lenham Farm, Ashford Road (A20) ÂŁ5. New members are always welcome. Lenham ME17 2DP. Enquiries For Trade Stands/Craft Stalls etc. 01233 756 266 or Sjpalmer14@aol.com
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CLUBS & SOCIETIES Badminton Club Requires New Members. Previous experience preferred, not essential. First visit free. Please call Shirley Mountford on 01233 610134 or Joanne Field on 01233 613795 for more details.
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Friendly duplicate bridge every Tuesday afternoon at Little Chart Village Hall. For more information please contact Carmen Gunther on 01233 840 395. Parkinson’s UK, Ashford Branch. Meets on 1st Wednesday of every month at Godinton Village Hall, Loudon Way, Ashford. For information call Robert Gurney 01233 666577 Kennington Badminton Club, play at the Norton Knatchbull School on a Wednesday evening from 7.30 p.m.-10.00 p.m. Contact Mark Feeney on 01233 663030 or Shirley Mountford on 01233 610134. Smarden Heritage Centre - Smarden Charter Hall, Smarden. Open every Friday 9:30am to 1:30pm visit: www.smardenheritagecentre.synthasite.com Biddenden Squash Club 01580 291130 email info@biddendensquash.co.uk www.biddendensquash.co.uk Biddenden Junior Football Club - Always looking for new players 7 -18, for fun and enjoyable football. Contact Steve on 07958 447948.
Charing Scottish Dancing Beginners Club Friday evenings, Charing Parish Hall, 7.30pm. We guarantee a relaxed and enjoyable evening. But we desperately need a few younger members who might eventually with training form a small demonstration team for pub events or fetes . Do come along and bring a friend. Ring Evelyn or John Voller on 01233 713758. The Biddenden Horticultural Society Annual membership £5. New members welcome. Contact Audrey Davies on 01580 291624 or Lesley Lidgett on 01580 291931 Headcorn Bowls Club - Free coaching available to newcomers. Contact Chris 01622 858100 or David 01580 291996.
Smarden Short Mat Bowls Club We welcome new novice or experienced bowlers of all ages. We meet every Thurs. morning at 9.45am and the first Tues. of month at 7.15pm, in the Charter Hall Smarden. Contact Malcolm 01233 770572. Yoga Class Sissinghurst Friday mornings 9.30 10.45. Experienced, qualified BWY teacher. Contact Sarah Howie 01580 291594 Pilates Classes- Challock Village Hall, Wednesdays 9:15am. Suitable for all levels. Contact Victoria 07543543373 Yoga Friendly classes suitable for all levels. Mondays 9.30-10.45 in Tenterden & Thursdays 7.00-8.00pm, The Green Health Club, Charing. Call Daniela 01233 860417 or 07939870826
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Registrations now being taken for Reception and Year 3 â&#x20AC;&#x153;My child is so confident and independent since joining Reception at Ashford Friars. He really benefits from the small class sizes, the excellent facilities and the varied mix of lessons. He loves Music and Movement, ICT and is very much enjoying hockey. His reading and writing is just amazing too.â&#x20AC;? Parent, February 2012 Contact our Admissions Secretary, Mrs Jenny Garrard, on 01233 620493 to book a tour with the Headmaster or email ashfordfriars@ashfordschool.co.uk.
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Keeping your body and mind stimulated will help you to get so much more out of your later years The changes to life that retirement brings can be quite a shock, even if you have been looking forward to it. Losing the focus of going to work each day can be hard and it is easy to slip into a sedentary lifestyle. But research shows that those who keep active both physically and mentally enjoy a healthier later life. So what can you do?
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Regular exercise has a huge number of benefits: it strengthens your muscles, aiding mobility and reducing the risk of falls and conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease and osteoporosis (brittle bones). It also helps to reduce the risk of other conditions, such as diabetes and stroke. It improves coordination and balance and encourages a healthy appetite, regular bowel movements and means you are more likely to sleep well at night. It also stimulates the brain, so that you’re less likely to suffer from stress or depression. Small amounts of regular exercise or activity is better for you than a big burst of energy one day and then nothing for the rest of the week. And exercise doesn’t have to mean going to the gym - there is plenty you can do at home and while you’re out and about to keep active. At home you can tackle the garden - just a little weeding or pruning is using your muscles and keeping them flexible; and even housework is great for strengthening muscles. Try an exercise DVD at home - and ask a friend to join you to make it more fun. Walk as much as you can each day - to the local shops or library and take up some social activities that will encourage you to meet other people as well as
exercise, such as dance or arts & craft classes; or keep fit for the over 50s. And, if you have lots of energy, you could even try Zumba, which is fast-paced and fun. All these activities will keep your muscles moving and supple. Age UK (formerly Age Concern) has a nationwide programme, Fit as a Fiddle, which supports people over 50 with physical activity, healthy eating and mental wellbeing. Find out more at www.fitasafiddle.org.uk
Keeping mentally stimulated Studies show that the more you use your brain the more mentally active you’ll remain. As well as slowing down memory loss (although you’re still likely to forget things!), you can also reduce the chances of conditions such as Alzheimer’s. As with physical exercise, keeping mentally active can also help to reduce stress and depression. There are many activities that can help to keep your brain mentally agile. At home you can tackle crossword puzzles, Sudoku or chess. Maybe now is the time to start reading all those books you never had time for when you were working? It is also possible to ‘train’ your mind by using trigger words to jog your memory. Using sticky notes on the fridge will help to remind you of what you need to do that day. Joining groups with common interests will encourage you to meet and interact with new people as well as keeping your mind occupied. Try bingo; learn a new language or how to use a computer; or enrol on a cookery course. Your local council or library will have information on classes and activities for older people - just take your pick! www.ageuk.org.uk
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My clients are often worried about what it might cost to get their computer fixed, but more often, they are concerned about losing their valuable photos, music collection or work emails. It’s not until they realise these may be lost, that they start thinking about what they should have done to protect them. One of the first questions I ask is: “Do you have a backup?” and I’m no longer surprised when they answer that it’s something they have been meaning to get around to. It’s understandable that in our busy lives, we take our computer for granted. So it’s only when it goes wrong, gets stolen or it gets soaked in Ribena (yes it happened!) that we realise how vulnerable our precious data really is. It’s important to remember that computers can and do go wrong. Despite the tremendous value of technology, it’s not the same as storing your photos in a trusty old fashioned filing cabinet! ...back to the story. This kind of call is all in a day’s work for me - in my job, you have to develop a kind of “desk-side manner” and be very reassuring. I went to the lady’s office to take a look, and to give her a free diagnosis. Over the years, I have developed very quick but effective ways of identifying the likely causes of the most common computer problems. Within 15 minutes I was able to
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