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Welcome to the village directory Hi everyone, Welcome to the December issue. Where on earth did that year go? It doesn’t seem long ago that we took the Christmas decorations down and now they are about to go back up again - that will make my husband happy (not)!

Anyone reading this magazine over the years will know that I love Christmas. It’s an opportunity to be with the people you love and rekindle your inner youth. It can be stressful and expensive but, in my mind, the most enjoyable elements tend to be low cost, for example gathering together to share a laugh, play games and generally act like a kid again, add a little Dad dancing (as my son recently accused my husband of ) and we have a great Christmas. At least that’s what it’s like in my house, although I am prone to the odd thought of “Why do I do it?” when I see the perpetual pile of washing up. This year, thanks to one of our local pubs, my son is fully trained in the art of washing up and his best friend Ashley is a wiz at preparing vegetables - Happy Days!

I don’t publish in January, this is the only time I have off throughout the year so it gives me the chance to clear my mind, re-charge my batteries and attempt to start the new year with a clean slate.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, eat, drink and be merry, I’ll be ready with the hangover cures, local exercise classes and dieting options in the new year!

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Fruit Planting The garden may be quieter than usual at this time of year, and certainly not likely to be yielding vast quantities of crops, but this near dormant time is perfect for planting fruit.

by Pippa Greenwood

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You can grow fruit trees in surprisingly small spaces, training them to espaliers (so that they have several sets of horizontal arms), cordons (as single main stems grown at an angle), fans (with their branches trained in to a fan shape) or as step-overs, (trained so that they make a neat edging for a bed or border about 45cm or so above ground level). You could also use a fruit tree to create a decorative and later a wonderfully productive arch. At this time of year fruit trees are great value because they are sold ‘bare root’, lifted from a field and not container grown. I find these establish particularly well and because you usually obtain them from a specialist supplier or nursery, the range of varieties available is second to none.

You can either buy one year old ‘maidens’ and train these yourself, or if you want to save time, you can often buy trained or part trained forms.

When you are choosing fruit trees it’s essential to get them on the right rootstock as this determines the ultimate size and vigour of the tree. Apples are particularly complicated, but as a rule, for step-overs, cordons, dwarf bushes and trees in containers try the extremely

dwarfing but somewhat tricky M27 - but beware weak varieties or any tree grown on this rootstock in a poor soil as it may well fail. For bush, cordon, espaliers and half-standard try the easier to look after dwarfing rootstock M26 and for a cordon or espalier on a poor soil, for arches and for bush trees try the semi-dwarfing MM106.

You will need to choose the varieties you grow so that they can pollinate each other (if there is no suitable pollinator in the vicinity you will not get fruit) and on the basis of the taste and texture of the fruit and how well it stores and so forth. If you have space, it is good to grow apples for cooking as well as eating, or look out for those described as ‘dual purpose’, meaning they make very passable cookers as well as dessert apples.

As well as tree fruits such as apples, pears and maybe even a medlar or a plum or gorgeous gage, you could also consider some delicious bush fruits.

The great thing about these is that they take up even less space and again can often be trained into wacky shapes such as fan-trained or standard bushes, making them all the more ornamental and easier

to fit into the smaller garden.

Then there are raspberries on my rather heavy and very alkaline soil I tend to stick to the autumn fruiting varieties such as Autumn Bliss and Joan J, but on freer draining and acidic soils you can try some of the more numerous summer fruiters too.

Bare root fruit trees, bushes and canes are generally available from about November through until early March, depending on the weather, so don’t delay, start ordering or better still, planting, today.

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How To Choose A New Camera More megapixels don’t always mean it’s worth more money

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Stand-alone cameras have taken something of a battering in recent years, with smartphone manufacturers cramming ever more megapixels into their models. But even cutting-edge phones such as the iPhone 5s are limited in what they can do: there’s only so much room for a lens and sensor in a case that’s already packed with electronics - and of course they’re expensive too. Many stand-alone cameras can take much better pictures and shoot much better video, often for considerably less cash than even the cheapest camera-toting smartphones.

There are five types of cameras to consider: compacts, which are pocket- and budget-friendly models that cost from less than £100 to around £200; superzooms, which have a clever lens capable of really impressive zoom levels and cost £250 to £350; compact system cameras, which have swappable lenses but which aren’t as big as digital SLR cameras and which start at around £400; and digital SLRs, which tend to be the biggest and most powerful models around and can cost anything from £300 to several thousand pounds.

The fifth category is stand-alone video cameras, which range from £100ish to over £1,000: many digital cameras do video too, but

it isn’t their primary focus. No pun intended.

No matter what kind of camera you’re looking at, you’ll see the same numbers again and again: the camera’s megapixels, the lens size, and the lens aperture range. You might think that the camera with the most megapixels is going to be the best, but that isn’t always the case: once you go beyond around 6 megapixels you won’t notice the difference on a TV screen or in a photo print, although the more megapixels you have the bigger the resulting images will be and the more hard disk space you’ll need to store them. The figure isn’t meaningless, but it isn’t the most important consideration.

Aperture, which is expressed like this - “f/1.8” - matters more. The aperture tells you how much light the lens lets in, and the lower it is the better the camera will be in lower light such as when you’re taking shots in the evening or indoors. Some cameras can also compensate for low light problems with clever computer processing, such as Sony’s BIONZ system.

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On compact system cameras and digital SLRs the zoom is more likely to be expressed in millimetres, so for example an 18-55mm lens will do nice wide angle shots but can’t zoom in too far, whereas an 18-105mm lens will zoom much further (and cost a lot more).

Video cameras add another set of numbers to think about: the resolution and the frame rate. If you want to record true, futureproof high definition video for playback on UK TVs you’ll need a camera that records at 1080p in the European PAL format, which has a frame rate of 24 frames per second. And remember to check that the camera’s chosen video recording format - such as MP4, AVCHD - is supported by your computer’s video editing software.

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Ginger Christmas Puddings Makes 6

Ready in 1 hour 30 minutes

These fruity mini puds flavoured with stem ginger are much lighter than a traditional rich Christmas pudding and don’t need to be made weeks in advance.

Ingredients: 16

• 175g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing • 175g self-raising flour • ½ tsp baking powder • 175g light muscovado sugar • 1 tsp each ground mixed spice and ground ginger • 3 large eggs • 100g dried mixed fruit • 50g glace cherries, chopped • 50g stem ginger, finely chopped • 4 tbsp stem ginger syrup • Softly whipped cream or brandy butter, to serve

Tip For a boozy flavour, gently heat the stem ginger syrup with 1-2 tbsp of rum or brandy then pour over the hot puds just before serving.

Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5.

Butter six small pudding basins (each about 200ml capacity) and line the bases with circles of baking parchment.

Place the butter, flour, baking powder, sugar, spices and eggs in a large mixing bowl and beat together with an electric mixer for 1-2 minutes until pale and creamy. Fold in the dried mixed fruit and two-thirds of the cherries and stem ginger.

Divide the mixture evenly between the prepared pudding basins then cover each basin with a circle of greased and pleated baking parchment and secure with string.

Cover each basin with pleated foil.

Stand the basins in a roasting tin and pour in enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the basins. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until risen, firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into a pudding comes out clean.

Leave the puddings to stand for 10 minutes then turn out onto serving plates. Mix the remaining cherries and ginger with the stem ginger syrup and spoon over the puddings.

Serve with cream or brandy butter.

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Events December

20th - 30th November daily - Ashford (Kent) Art Society Autumn Exhibition and Sale of Work. , 10 - 4 (except Sunday) at St Mary’s Parish Church, Ashford.

Wednesday November 27th (7:15 for 7:30pm) The Biddenden Horticultural Society meets in the Village Hall for our last event of the year. We start the evening with our AGM followed by the Quiz and Cheese and Wine buffet. Non member tickets £5 - available by contacting Irene Orsborne on 01580 291777 or Lesley Lidgett on 01580 291931 before 23rd November.

Friday November 29 from 2pm-4pm. Hi Kent clinic for deaf and hard of hearing, Victory Hall, Hamstreet. This includes NHS hearing aid aftercare and battery supply. Phone 01227 760046 for info or visit www.hikent.org.uk

Friday December 6th - Christmas Fair, Hamstreet school. 5:30 -7pm.

Friday 6th 7.30pm & Saturday December 7th 3pm and 8pm - It’s Panto time again!

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Bethersden WI panto group present: GOLDILOCKS AND LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD In Bethersden Village Hall tickets £3.00 call 01233 822565

Saturday December 7th - 3-6pm Smarden Christmas Fair at Smarden Charter Hall. Stalls, mulled wine and mince pies, Santa’s Grotto, crafts and presents, carols and lots for the children.

Please come along and enjoy the lovely Christmas atmosphere.

Saturday December 7th - Christmas Food Fair 9.00 am - 12 noon Appledore Parish Church (TN26 2DB) Homemade seasonal foods, preserves, gifts, books, decorations, planted bulbs, cakes etc. plus handbell ringers and a visit from Father Christmas. Refreshments available all morning. Free admission and parking. Details and forward orders 01233 758285

Saturday, December 7th - St Mary Magdalene Ruckinge - Warm Up For Christmas from 11.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Hot homemade soup; Bread & Butter pudding; cakes, produce, tea and coffee.

Monday December 9th 2013 - Ashford Music Society- Piano Recital - JOHN PAUL EKINS John Paul Ekins graduated in 2009 from the Royal College of Music with First Class Honours and is now in great demand as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician. He comes to Ashford as a Recommended Artist by ‘Making Music’. He will be playing compositions by Mozart, Schubert, Britten, Liszt and Beethoven. Venue: The Norton Knatchbull

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Wednesday 29th January to Saturday 1st February 2014 SHOUT! The Mod Musical, created

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refreshments). Ashford Parish Church, TN23 1QG. Ashford Choral Society presents its annual Carol Concert. Mark Deller conducts traditional and less well-known carols with the audience encouraged to join in with some of the more familiar carols.

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31st January and 1st February 2014 Kingswood players presents the pantomime Cinderella at the Challock memorial hall, 7.30pm start and 2pm matinee and 7.30pm on the 1st February. Tickets £6 adult and £4 children. Tickets availiable from Challock post office or call 01233 740313 all profits to Kent Air Ambulance.

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Some suggest that expensive film and video cameras will produce captivating films but the real skill is in how you use the equipment you own, to create an informative or interesting film.

Even camera phones and small consumer video camcorders can produce impressive results if you work within their limitations.

Your aim should be to obtain a video camera and start practicing.

Basics Let’s leap ahead to the final result, and the most common sin: making your film too long. If you shoot a five-minute video and make your friends wait for the ‘good bit’ at four minutes in, you will have lost your audience after minute one. So, above all other rules, cut out the superfluous footage and ensure your film is just a collection of those ‘good bits’ and nothing else.

Story Your holiday video or home movie might have a simple goal - to show granddad putting up the Christmas decorations – but you should think ahead about the story you wish to put across.

Consider that old classic: the beginning, middle and end.

Perhaps granddad could be approaching the house with a

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Composition The great thing about working with video is that many of the principles of stills photography apply. So pick up any book on the subject and think about framing and composition. Keep the horizon level, try not to cut people’s heads off in the frame, keep distracting details (‘clutter’) out of the shot if possible, and keep the camera at eye level.

Light Harsh light is a videographer’s nightmare, so shooting at midday with the sun bearing down from directly above will cast unflattering shadows under the eyes of your subjects. Try to move people into softer light, perhaps in a leafy area or under some other shade. Similarly inside, be sure that people’s faces are gently lit, but also be careful that they are not silhouetted by strong backlight, such as standing against a window.

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Many wonderful videos are ruined by unintelligible audio; the Best Man’s speech that’s inaudible because the cameraman was seated next to a child rustling sweet papers. The answer to this is to move closer to the subject, or even buy an external microphone that can be positioned very near to the subject with a cable back to the camera.

Editing Editing the footage is a great way to eliminate all of those boring shots that we mentioned before. Some cameras provide an editing facility, but this can be rather fiddly, so you might want to load the footage onto a computer and edit it with a program such as Movie Maker.

Try to keep it simple - rely on simple titles, a great story with straight ‘cuts’ (rather than swirling patterns and fancy graphics), and finish off with ‘THE END’ to wind things up.

Remember, follow these simple rules and practice as much as possible, and you’ll be surprised by how impressed your audience will be.

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The Hothfield World Cinema Film Club Shows films from around the world once a month in Hothfield Village Hall, Park Drive, Hothfield TN26 1EQ. Screenings are held on the fourth Sunday of each month (except for December), and all films are subtitled in English. Doors open at 6.30pm, films start at 7pm and end at about 9pm. Entrance £5, free parking, tea and Italian espresso coffee available. For further information and details of the film of the month, please go to our website on www. hothfieldworldcinema.org.uk Shadoxhurst Flower Arrangers are a small, friendly club who meet at 7.30pm in Shadoxhurst Village Hall on the first Wed of every month except January. No experience of flower arranging needed to join, just an interest in seeing blooms displayed advantageously.

Demonstrators visit most months but members also enjoy trips & meals out. If you would like to get to know us, please call the secretary on 01233 732212.

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By adding shape and definition the extensions ‘open-up’ your peepers and leave you with pretty, seemingly lifted, youngerlooking eyes.

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salon, but on average eyelash extensions will set you back around £80-£120 for a full set, or about £65 for a half set.

Be Safe Always be sure that the staff at The Results the salon you’ve chosen are fully After you’ve had the lashes applied it is essential to not touch trained. Ask questions to gain an or wet them for a 24 hour period, understanding of the therapist’s as the glue will be still be setting. skill.

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This industry isn’t regulated, so Staying Power Eyelash extensions typically last between six and eight weeks.

Because they are attached to your own lashes they will fall off as your natural lash grows out. On average you’ll lose about 12-15 lashes every two to three weeks - that’s why salons recommend returning for touchups when needed to maintain the desired look. They’ll charge a small fee for replacing what has been lost.

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With the cost of living constantly on the rise, to find that the price of putting your future financial affairs in order has gone down is definitely good news.

Since October, the Office of the Public Guardian has reduced its fee for registering a Lasting Power of Attorney from £130 to £110. So, if you are considering making an LPA – now is the time!

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A Lasting Power of Attorney for Property and Financial Affairs is a document which, once registered with the Office of the Public Guardian, means that, should you ever become unable to look after your own financial affairs, someone you know and trust can look after them on your behalf, but only ever in your best interests.

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Keep a store of bake-it-yourself breads and savoury biscuits that can be served with cheeses, dips or fillings and combine fresh produce with foods sourced from cans or jars: my friend adds fresh chopped tomatoes or garden herbs to shop-bought dips and salsas to create an attractive, home-made look.

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You know what it’s like at Christmas. There are those events that you, your friends and relatives have planned well in advance and then there are times when what was intended as a small get-together suddenly spirals out of control. Guests bring other guests and before you know it you’re hosting an impromptu, “pop-up” party for which you are completely unprepared.

So how can you cater for unexpected arrivals over the festive season and still keep calm?

Last Christmas when hosting a gathering at short notice, I panicshopped at my local supermarket, only to find that the eight bulky boxes of ready-made appetisers that filled my fridge were consumed by as many people in as many minutes, leaving a row of empty plates and a very red-faced hostess.

My experience was typical of the dilemma we all face during the festive season. Being prepared for unexpected guests means keeping stocks of food ready to bring out at a moment’s notice, but most of us can’t afford to buy

fresh food on the off-chance that guests might drop in, nor do we have the space to store it.

A friend of mine loves spontaneous gatherings and I’ve always been amazed by his ability to conjure up a veritable party banquet with hardly any advance warning. Following my hospitality disaster last Christmas, I decided to ask him for his top tips for last minute catering.

Lack of kitchen storage space is an issue for most people, but never more so than at Christmas, when the fridge is stuffed to bursting point. His first piece of advice was to stock up on versatile grocery items that don’t need to be kept cold: tins of tuna, mixed beans, sweetcorn, dried pasta and rice, jars of mayonnaise, pesto and relish. To make the most of kitchen storage space at Christmas time, he keeps all these extras in a cardboard box under the bed.

He also advises that anything you do store in the fridge for catering purposes should be compact – so it’s better to fill the available space with cheese and tubs of

When it comes to providing drinks for his guests, his simple solution is to chill beer cans and bottles in the garden. If the weather is exceptionally cold he’ll keep them inside, cooling in a bucket of water (although he’s always careful to keep alcoholic drinks away from children).

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Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier This is the story of two people: injured Civil War veteran Inman, and Ada, the woman who waits for him. To reach her, Inman must leave his hospital bed and walk the long way home to Cold Mountain. Of course, his epic journey means he encounters many a strange character along the way. Ada, meanwhile, has her own internal struggles to contend with as she battles with her upbringing and the future that Cold Mountain represents. This brilliant and beautifully-written book is one everyone should read at least once in their lifetime.

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Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson With his hauntingly beautiful descriptions of the wild nature of America’s Pacific Northwest, Guterson’s story of a murder soon reveals itself to be one of a complex love triangle. It’s 1954 and well-respected local fisherman, Carl Heine is found dead in one of his own fishing nets. Local Japanese-American, Kabuo Miyamoto is accused of killing him. In the grip of a terrible snowstorm, the town of San Piedro is forced into dealing with its recent history, and a wave of Anti-Japanese sentiment following World War 2. To

Tom Jones once sang ‘Baby, it’s Cold Outside’, so as December descends why not curl up in front of the fire with our selection of books that will chill you to the bone…one way or another

complicate the matter, the local newspaper reporter is in love with Kabuo’s wife. If the snow falls and covers everything, is all forgotten?

In Cold Blood, Truman Capote It’s 1959 and a Kansas family is brutally murdered. This hugely controversial book focuses on their two killers: Perry Smith and Dick Hickock. Whilst there’s little doubt that the killing of a husband and wife, along with their two children, is despicable, Smith and Hickock come across as alarmingly normal and recognisable. Capote has written a very clever true crime work of non-fiction, brought to us in the style of a novel. The whole thing is a bit disturbing really...and at the same time, you just can’t put it down.

Into Thin Air, John Krakauer Sometimes the most extraordinary stories we read are those that are true. This is certainly the case in Krakauer’s account of 24 hours of hell at the top of Mount Everest. With photos documenting the scale of the ‘murderous storm’ that bore down on Krakauer and his fellow climbers, it’s clear to see why five lost their lives. Dealing with the guilt that comes from surviving such a disaster whilst others didn’t, Krakauer’s writing is incredibly compelling and the

retelling of the 1996 disaster will leave you gasping.

The Spy Who came in from the Cold, John le Carré Spymaster le Carré’s thriller has stood the test of time with reading audiences continuing to be gripped by the powerful combination of love and betrayal that would leave Daniel Craig running crying to his mummy. Set in 1960s Berlin, spy Alex Leamas is basically ready to throw in the towel. Of course, ‘one final assignment’ always spells disaster ahead. Is this really a case of ‘mission impossible’ and will he live to walk away from this one?

Frozen in Time, Ali Sparkes One for the younger readers is Ali Sparkes’ novel about two children who are ‘frozen in time’. Freddy and Polly were put into cryonic suspension in the 1950s by their father. But the experiment was only meant to be for a couple of hours; something went drastically awry. Enter Ben and Rachael, who unwittingly uncover the human ice-lollies. Suddenly it looks like the summer hols aren’t going to be so dull after all.

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