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Mediterranean Magic

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If you can’t get away this year, how about creating your own Mediterranean hotspot in your garden? Even if you do manage to escape to the sun for a week or two this year, you’ll still have the rest of the summer at home and a little slice of Italy, France or Greece outside your back door will bring happy memories flooding back.

The first thing to do is to choose the sunniest spot available – it’ll not only make sitting out there more enjoyable, but will also mean that you can install some serious sun-loving plants too.

Painting the nearby house, shed or garage wall with white masonry paint will help to create the right atmosphere and look. At the same time it will help to reflect our sunlight – often a bit washed out compared to more southern climes - so providing a stronger light for the type of plants that appreciate it.

Mediterranean gardens often make full use of the walls and any other vertical surfaces, so put up hanging baskets, pots and wall baskets and cram them full of plants.

Plants in pots are a must and if possible choose stone or terracotta containers. If you want to make brand new pots look more weathered try painting them

with a solution of plain yoghurt as this will help to encourage rapid colonisation by mosses, algae and lichens.

Any new hard landscaping such as wall, paths or patios and terraced surfaces will look best in natural stone and there are now also terracotta tiles available that are suitable for use in the garden.

Terracotta tiles can also have a storage-heater effect too – after a long, hot day they will have absorbed a good deal of heat and this will then be released gradually in the evening.

Add interest to a vertical surface by planting a vine. They have attractive leaves and there are plenty to choose from that will fruit well in our climate. You may not be able to create your own vintage but the vines will look particularly authentic when draped with a few bunches of grapes.

Glazed tiles, wall-hangings and even the odd ornament or two can also add to the Mediterranean look, but make sure you choose items that won’t be instantly bleached by the sun.

Try growing your own oranges or lemons. With our generally milder winters some gardeners are even managing to keep these plants outside all year round with only the minimum of protection.

Growing your citrus tree in a good-sized terracotta pot means that you can move it into a more protected spot if necessary.

With their wonderful silvery grey leaves and their often rather untidy or gnarled shape, olives too are a plant well worth considering.

Olives are best grown in a large container unless you have a warm garden and a very well-drained soil as they hate winter wet.

Some plants just spell out Mediterranean Magic – try geraniums and pelargoniums, aeoniums and sempervivums, rosemary, thyme, oregano and pretty well anything with silvery foliage.

Go for the brightest coloured flowers and your new holiday destination will also benefit from a subtle Mediterranean aroma too.

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Home & Interiors Double-Up Your Space

By Katherine Sorrell

When you have run out of space and it’s not possible to extend, the time has come to think creatively.

With the right approach, you may even be able to make two rooms out of one.

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Had a new baby? Children growing up? Started working from home? Every year it seems like there’s more pressure on our living space. And while it’s not always possible to move up the property ladder to a ten-bedroom mansion, there is always a way to make your current property work better for you. It’s called doubling-up – and it’s all about giving your home a new lease of life with some thoughtful rearrangements and careful additions, resulting in multifunctional rooms that are entirely practical and yet also utterly stylish.

Take a long, hard look at every room in your home and, even in the smallest of apartments, it will soon be possible to see which spaces can be modified so as to serve more than one purpose. We’re not talking about expensive extensions or complex loft conversions, but simply about making the most of what you’ve already got. Like adding a dining area to a kitchen, a home office in a bedroom or a hideaway guest bed in a living room.

The trick is to forget your preconceptions about where you live and be creative with the space.

To get the most out of every inch (vital when you need to double up on what you have), foldaway furniture is a great option to start with, whether it’s a bed, a desk or a dining table and chairs.

Next, make the most of any free wall. Peg rails and hanging rails, hooks and shelves – from high above your head to fitted across an alcove, this can be incredibly useful storage. Think high: a raised child’s bed with space beneath for a desk, sofa or play area, for example. Or could you even build a mezzanine sleeping or working space? And think low: slide a truckle bed under a permanent one, or tuck stools under a small table and magically create an intimate dining area. It’s a lateral-thinking approach that’s quick, easy and inexpensive, and that will make your home as functional and as good-looking as you could ever want, no matter what changes come your way in the future.

No room to sit down and eat? Turn a small kitchen into a kitchen/diner with a foldaway table and chairs. The table is attached to a wall with dowels, while the chairs can be hung on a wall hook, nicely out of the way.

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By raising a child’s bed you create two rooms: one for sleeping, and one below for playing, studying, relaxing or for sleepovers. The same goes with an adult bedroom – if you have high enough ceilings, consider building a mezzanine sleeping space, leaving room underneath to use however you wish.

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225g plain flour, plus extra for dusting 150g unsalted butter, diced 100g ground almonds 4 tbsp caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling 2 large egg yolks blended with 2 tbsp ice cold water 6 large fresh, ripe peaches, skinned, stoned and sliced Beaten egg, to glaze 1 tbsp pistachio nuts, chopped Vanilla ice cream, to serve

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To make the pastry, sift the flour into a large bowl. Add the butter and using your fingertips rub it into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Stir in half the ground almonds and half the sugar.

Make a well in the centre and add the egg yolks and water. Stir with a round-bladed knife to form a crumbly dough (add a little extra cold water if the mix is too dry). Gather the mixture together with your hands and knead gently until just smooth. Wrap the pastry in cling film and chill in the fridge for about 40 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas mark 6. Lightly grease a large baking sheet. Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface to a rough circle about 30cm in diameter. Transfer to the baking sheet.

Sprinkle the rest of the ground almonds in the centre of the pastry circle, leaving a 7cm border. Arrange the peach slices on top of the almonds. Fold the pastry border inwards – just over the edges of the peach slices.

Brush the pastry edge with beaten egg and sprinkle over the chopped pistachios. Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until the pastry is crisp and golden. Sprinkle over the rest of the sugar and serve warm or cold with scoops of vanilla ice cream.

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Ashford Borough Council is working alongside Kent Farmers Market Association to launch an exciting farmers’ market in the Lower High Street on the first Sunday of every month, from 10am to 2pm.

Ashford’s Town Team is inviting local traders to join the stalls, which will offer a diverse range of food, drink and culinary related products to take home or to enjoy on the day, and create a new buzz in the lower high street at weekends.

The markets will have a seasonal theme each month, with chef demonstrations and street food. There will also be FREE parking for customers for the first two market days.

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Ashford’s New Farmers’ Market Launches This Month Ashford’s brand new monthly farmers’ market launches in the town centre on Sun 6th July.

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Ashford’s newly appointed part-time farmers’ market manager Rachel Heather said: “I am so pleased to be involved in delivering this new town centre farmers’ market and I cannot wait to see the array of local producers and eager foodies at the first market day!

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Hobbies Why the Sewing Bee is Buzzing Louder Than Ever you’ll find plenty of courses available, priced from around £40 upwards. However, if you live in a rural area you may find it more difficult to locate a suitable class: www.thesewingdirectory. co.uk has a list of local classes and sewing groups which you can search by county.

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Perhaps it’s all part of the cult of nostalgia we’re experiencing at the moment, including shabby chic, home baking and handmade household accessories.

Sewing is suddenly cool again, and that vintage Singer sewing machine that your mother banished to the garage all those years ago has recently returned to reclaim its place as a must-have item in UK homes.

With TV programmes such as “The Great British Sewing Bee” commanding audiences of 2.7 million, it’s clear that sewing has once again captured the public’s imagination. Of course, the recent climate of austerity has played its part in this revival.

Although shops selling ultracheap, disposable fashion have flooded the market with low quality, mass-produced garments for many years now, customers are slowly beginning to realise that cut-price fashion can be a false economy. Making your own clothing is the answer to all those concerns about quality and durability, plus there’s no better way to express your personality

than to source your own fabrics, creating a fashion look that is unique to you.

The old-style sewing machines mentioned at the beginning of this article are available to buy on Ebay, with prices ranging from £40 to £200 (for models incorporating a table).

Alternatively you can purchase a new machine starting from around £200. As it’s difficult to predict exactly what you’ll want to make in the future, it’s best to start off with a brand that provides a basic model to which you can add accessories (allowing you to create ornate stitching or overlocking) over time.

When you’ve bought your machine the next step will be to get hold of a simple pattern and some fabric. Purchasing fabric can be expensive and as you stand there, with your brand new sewing shears poised for action, you may wish that you had someone on hand to guide you through your first attempt at making up a garment.

It’s always sensible to seek expert advice and in larger UK cities

Sewing classes are a great place to pick up valuable tips, but not everyone can afford to pay for lessons and sometimes learning at home is the only option. If you can’t get away you can always explore the many helpful, explanatory blogs and ‘how to’ videos for the beginner available on the internet, as these don’t cost anything and are almost as good as face-to-face tuition. One such blog can be found at www. tillyandthebuttons.com, with well illustrated, step-by-step tutorials on everything from ‘setting up your sewing machine’ to ‘inserting a jacket sleeve’.

Once you’ve mastered some simple techniques you’ll be amazed at how quickly you progress. You’ll find that you save literally hundreds of pounds over time when you are no longer buying clothes at high street prices and parents will particularly appreciate the economic benefits of making outfits for their children. The sewing revival may have been driven by nostalgia for the ‘good old days’, but it’s underpinned by the growing realisation that skills in tailoring and making can be of real value to cash-strapped families today.

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Hall at 7.30 pm. The topic this evening will be:- “How to get and install the free Kingsoft Office programme and use it to create a PowerPoint compatible presentation”.

Annual membership is £10 plus £2 per meeting. Nonmembers are welcome (£3, but first visit is free) Full details: http://www.wealdofkentcomputerclub.co.uk/ Enquiries: secretarywkcc@yahoo.co.uk

A l l g i g s s t a r t a t 8 3 0 p m , Ad m £ 1 0 July 1st 8:30pm £10 This event is in conjunction with FHODs & The Tower Theatre To Celebrate THE HYTHE FESTIVAL 2014 THE HYTHE FESTIVAL FUN NIGHT- -GOOD TIME JAZZ FOR EVERYONE with THE COLROSE 7 - A Feast of Music.From Ellington to Spike Jones in a party atmosphere July 10th 8:30pm £10 The UKs Top Jazz Pairing DIGBY FAIRWEATHER & JULIAN MARC STRINGLE TED BEAMENT piano TEDDY POPE drums ALEX KEEN double bass.

July 17th 8:30pm £10 The Musicians Jazz Singer - - The fabulous SARAH MOULE SIMON WALLACE piano - MICK HUTTON double bass - ROD BROWN drums

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July 24th 8:30pm £10THE LONDON JAZZ QUARTET MICHAEL COATES Canadian Saxophonist. TEDDY POPE drums CLIFF HALL piano VAL MANNIX double bass July 31st 8:30pm £10 Two leaders from THE BIG BAND world of jazz PETE LONG saxes / CHRIS DEAN trmbn & vocals TED BEAMENT piano.-- VAL MANNIX double bass- -RICHARD PITE drums

Tuesday 1st July - Ashford (Kent) Art Society Exhibition and Sale of Work. Preview 1st - 7p.m and then 10 - 4.30 daily until12th July (except Sunday).

St. Mary’s Parish Church, Ashford. All welcome. Free admission.

Wednesday July 2nd to Saturday July 12th - Ashford Art Society are holding their annual

Saturday 19th July - Stone-cum-Ebony Fete and Flower Show A quintessentially friendly village fete and produce marquee with traditional games, family races, crafts, animals, model trains and delicious home made food. Held on cricket field from 1.30pm with all proceeds going to local groups and projects. Call 01233 758560

Saturday 19th July - Friends of Woodchurch School Association Presents Woodchurch Village Fete On the Village Green -1pm – 4pm Lots of fun games and activities for all the family, arena events, Beer Tent, Pimms and BBQ For more details or to book a pitch please call 01233 860232

Saturday 19th July - Strawberry Fayre at Monypenny Rolvenden tn17 4nf Strawberry teas and many stalls 2-5pm. Contact: 01580 241 936

Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th July, from 10.30a.m. to 5p.m The Friends of St Mary’s, Orlestone (just off the old A2070 from Hamstreet to Ashford) are holding a Flower Festival. This year’s theme is very special, it is ‘Downton Abbey’. The Church will be full of displays depicting various aspects of the theme.

The refreshments will be in the Victory Hall, Hamstreet, and they, too, will be on the Downton Abbey theme.

Further details can be obtained from Angela on 01233 732833 or Wendy on 01233 732903.

What was life like in a Kent village in WW1?

exhibition in Ashford Church, The Churchyard, Ashford, from 10-00am to 4-30pm each day except Sunday, tea / coffee and biscuits are available.

Contact; Les Cursons 01233 623139.

Charing in the First World War Exhibition

Sunday 6th July 10am to 1pm - Summer Bootfair

For details see www.charinghistory.co.uk

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Sunday 20th July - Scouts Quiz - 7.30pm - at The Bonny Cravat, Front Road, Woodchurch, TN26.

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Woodchurch Community Centre Pop In For The Over 60’s Every Wednesday afternoon at the Woodchurch Community Centre 2 to 4 pm crazy golftable tennis - air hockey - bowls- chat - tea/coffee. just. sit out on the lawn an relax. woodchurchcommunitycentre.

Wednesday 23rd July - The Biddenden couk.07798566849.

Horticultural Society meets for an Evening outing to Finchcocks, Goudhurst. There will be a Dancing for Fun Come and learn a wide range of tour of the garden and a short tour of the museum wonderful dances, from 17th Century Jane Austen followed by tea and cakes. Cost £10 per person. style dances to 21st Century Ceilidh Dances, including If you would like to join us for the evening please American Contra Dance, English Barn Dance, Contra contact Irene on 01580291777 or Lesley on Waltzing and the Polka! Great low impact exercise! No 01580291931 as we will need to advise our hosts of experience or partner required! Have fun, get fitter and numbers beforehand. We will meet in Biddenden meet new people! No need to book - just turn up! Every Village Car Park at 6pm in order to arrange the usual Monday 7:45pm - 22:30pm at Hothfield Village Hall, car sharing. (Our usual in house fees are Members Park Drive, Hothfield, Ashford TN26 1EQ http://www. £1.50, Non Members £2.50. Annual membership £5 contrafusion.co.uk 01233 625 362 and new members are always welcome) Hamstreet Sports & Leisure Assoc finished their new Pavilion last year and had our opening day on the 25th Saturday 26th July - Revelation St Mary’s Event- August 2013. The ground floor can be hired for sports Toploader + James Kirby + Pip Bowers & changing which consists of male and female changing, The Family Bones - Tickets £18 advance, £20 on Showers and disabled wet room. Along with the field door / Under 16s £14 advance, £16 on door The and the multi use courts,we also have the top floor of the Churchyard, Ashford. TN23 1QG. Tickets available pavilion which consist of 2 rooms an office and a Lounge from website: http://revelationstmarys.co.uk/ / Bar, we hire this out for small functions of 60 people, Doors open 7.00pm, shows commence at 7.45pm the building has disabled access and to the first floor we and finish by 10.30pm.Bar facilities, wheelchair have a wheel chair lift. The pavilion also has a small fitted access, unreserved seats. kitchen.

Saturday 26th July until Sunday 3rd August Craft Workshop, Victory Hall, Hamstreet These are St. John’s Church, Smallhythe is staging a Flower intended to be on the first Thursday of every month.

Festival to commemorate the Fire that destroyed The plan is to open from 2pm to 5pm and for the first Smallhythe in 1514, 500 years ago. The church is open from 11am until 5pm every day with refreshments served. Sunday services are at 11.15am

Monday 28th July until Saturday 2nd August . Art Exhibition All Saints Church, St Mary’s Bay.

session on May 1 to concentrate on knitting, crochet and sewing. Furniture painting will hopefully start in the second workshop.

High Halden Craft Group - Meets every Monday (except Bank Holidays) at High Halden Memorial Hall 10.30am till 1.00pm. £3.50 includes materials, coffee and free raffle ticket For more info call 01580 291621 or 01233 85030

10am to 4pm every day. Opening Ceremony on first day at 10.30 with guest Raymond Moses. FREE 1940’s Dancing Lessons, Every Wednesday, incl. Lindy ENTRY – Refreshments available.

Hop, Charleston, Balboa & Collegiate Shag. For beginners Sunday 3rd August 10 to 1pm - Summer and improvers, at St Mary’s Church Hall, Ashford Town Bootfair Woodfchurch Scout & Guide Community Centre TN23 1QG from 7pm – 9.30pm. Cost £6.00 Tel Centre Lower Road Woodchurch Ashford Kent 01233 860564. No partner required.

Tn26 3SQ All welcome + plenty of free parking -Teas/Coffee woodchurchcommunitycenttre.co.uk Shadoxhurst Flower Arrangers are a small, friendly club who meet at 7.30pm in Shadoxhurst Village Hall Tel 07798566849 on the first Wed of every month except January. No Saturday 30th August - Smarden Village experience of flower arranging needed to join, just an Garage Sale: 9.00 – 1.00. Over 20 garage sales interest in seeing blooms displayed advantageously. to be discovered around the village. Maps, Demonstrators visit most months but members also refreshments and toilets at Smarden Charter Hall enjoy trips & meals out. If you would like to get to know us, please call the secretary on 01233 732212.

TN27 8NF along with some stalls.

Warehorne Folk Dance Club - Traditional English/ American folk dancing - meet at Kingsnorth Village Hall, Church Hill, Kingsnorth TN23 3EF every Wed 8 - 10pm £2.00 Call Edna 01233 627121 or David 01233 812935.

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High Halden Young at Heart Club meets 1st Wed each month in The Memorial Hall at 2pm. Please contact George Burford 01233 850427.

The Lunch Club Alternate Wednesdays in the Church of the Good Shepherd hall, Hamstreet at noon. If you wish to join the club phone Jennie on 01233 732766, Alison 733514 or Rosemary 732644.

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Life Begins My VCR Moment

by Kate McLelland

I remember the 1980s as a time

of tremendous change, when the growth of technology resulted in revolutionary gadgets such as the Polaroid camera, the Boombox, the Sony Walkman and the video cassette recorder.

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As a teenager I constantly nagged, begged and pleaded with my parents to buy a VCR. I was tired of hearing our neighbours boast about watching repeats of Dallas and longed to be able to record all the “juvenile and mindless” comedy programmes my parents refused to watch, so I could play them on an endless loop as soon as I got home from school.

My father loved his television, so I naturally assumed he would be eager to own a VCR, but he remained strangely reluctant to buy one. The day he finally gave in and came home with a brand new recorder, my brother and I nearly exploded with excitement. However, as soon as he unpacked the box and began to read the instructions, we realised something was wrong.

I remember watching with fascination as my normally capable father hesitated, fumbled and cursed under

his breath, trying to get to grips with this alien piece of technology. After a long struggle with the cables he gave up and decamped to the kitchen for a cup of tea, leaving my brother and I twitching with impatience. Before he’d drained his cup and returned to the lounge, we had set up the VCR and made a test recording.

That was the first time I had ever questioned my parents’ ability to do anything, and I recall feeling slightly smug about our success with the VCR. In future years as televisions, radios and other items of household equipment became more complex and technically challenging, we were simply given the manual and left to get on with it.

It’s not unusual for patterns to repeat themselves over successive generations, and I’m a little ashamed to admit that instead of continuing to embrace the new, I simply sat back and let my own children take on the role of “expert”. I therefore managed to sidestep the IT revolution completely.

Knowing next to nothing about computers never really bothered me until recently, when I agreed to babysit one of my grandchildren. He

turned up clutching a brand new tablet computer and inevitably - asked me for help.

It was then that I found myself in exactly the same position as my poor father, confounded by the VCR all those years ago.

It hurt my pride to realise that I am no longer able to keep up with new technology, and my experience made me think of all those other people of my age who haven’t yet picked up the basic principles of operating a computer. These people now have a precious window of opportunity to gain IT skills before their ability to learn is compromised by old age.

I might have been embarrassed to admit I couldn’t use my grandson’s tablet computer, but I’m eternally grateful to him for making me aware of the yawning gap in my knowledge … a gap I’ve allowed to become wider and wider over the years. I may have let things slip, but I don’t intend to waste any more time: this week I’ve signed up for a computer course at my local library.

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Have a Healthy Holiday

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You’ve booked the perfect holiday in the ideal destination.

In your dreams you’re already there, sunbathing, sightseeing and relaxing with a good book but it could turn into a nightmare unless you ensure you’ve got your holiday health covered beforehand.

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If you’re holidaying in the UK, it’s easier; food, drink, transport and healthcare are all familiar and there’s no language barrier.

You should still arrange travel insurance though, in case an accident or illness means your holiday is cancelled or cut short.

If you’re planning to go way off the beaten track or hill climbing, check the weather forecast first.

Wear appropriate footwear and ensure you take your mobile (fully charged), warm waterproof clothing and a first aid kit. Take a map too and make sure everyone knows the route (if only one person does, what happens if they’re injured and lose consciousness, or can’t walk?).

Plan walks realistically as you’ll be slower over rough terrain. These things sound simple but many deaths are caused every year by ignoring these precautions.

If you’re going to a beach that’s out of the way, check it’s safe for swimming. Concealed rocks and debris can be dangerous and the UK coast harbours creatures that

can deliver a nasty sting – check the useful guide to them here: http://bit.ly/1m9uFYJ

Holidaying Abroad Read your guidebook and information from your travel company well in advance and visit http://www.fitfortravel. nhs.uk at least 8 weeks before departure for specific precautions for your destination.

Make sure you’re aware of: • Air travel healthy and safety Newborn babies and women over 36 weeks pregnant (32 weeks if it’s a multiple pregnancy) can’t travel by air, and it’s also not advised if you’ve had a recent stroke, heart attack, surgery or trauma, or if you have a communicable disease or certain conditions affecting your ears, chest, head or cardiovascular system.

Insurance can become void if you ignore advice about preexisting conditions or conceal them, so check with your doctor.

Inside aeroplanes the air is very dry. Stay well hydrated and avoid alcohol, as this will dehydrate you and altitude increases its effects. Ask your doctor’s advice if you are concerned about DVT (deep vein thrombosis) or if you’ve given birth in the last two months. The risk of DVT can be reduced by walking, stretching, avoiding alcohol

and caffeine, and keeping well hydrated. Compression stockings may also help if fitted and worn correctly.

• Local laws and customs Beware different traffic signals and different laws particularly about standards of dress.

• Food and water safety Always wash your hands before and after using the toilet or handling food, and pack sanitizer gel or wipes in case hand-washing facilities are unclean or non-existent.

If you’re not sure the water is safe, don’t drink it or use it for brushing teeth unless it’s boiled or treated with purification tablets – otherwise stick to bottled water. Avoid ice cubes too.

Choose well-cooked, freshly prepared food where you can (especially if buying from street vendors), and avoid salads, shellfish and icecream (unless it’s from a large commercial manufacturer).

Thoroughly clean or peel fruit and vegetables.

• Health precautions Depending on where you’re going, there may be a risk of malaria and it shouldn’t be taken lightly; it can be fatal.

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Pack a supply of diarrhoea medication so it’s close by if needed.

Vaccinations Again, requirements depend on destination; check http://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk at least 8 weeks before travel to find specific guidelines for the country you’re visiting as some vaccines are given in several doses, and factor in other countries you may plan to visit on holiday. Carry proof of vaccinations – some countries will require an International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP). Hepatitis A, cholera, typhoid and DTP (diphtheria, tetanus and polio) should all be free, but you’ll have to pay for yellow fever, encephalitis, meningitis, rabies, tuberculosis and hepatitis B (unless it’s given as a combined hepatitis A and B vaccine).

Rules about prescribed medication Always take a copy of your prescription and a doctor’s letter too, including your personal details, travel dates and details of medication you’re carrying.

Your healthcare entitlements If you’re travelling to Switzerland or a country that’s part of the European Economic Area (EEA), apply for an EHIC (European Health Insurance) card which entitles you to healthcare equivalent to that provided for residents. Outside the EEA, medical care is usually dependent upon your insurance.

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Having a Shiatsu Treatment A treatment usually lasts about an hour.

At the first session, the therapist asks the patient about their medical history, lifestyle and symptoms before deciding which techniques to use. Normally the patient will lie down fully clothed on a mat or ccouch, but may sit up if necessary.

Many therapists begin by gently touching the abdomen, allowing them tto assess the body’s energy llevels and areas needing ttreatment. Then they apply p pressure to acupressure i ih b points, either by pressing with palms, fingers, elbows, knees and feet on the meridians or sometimes by rotating and stretching joints and limbs.

Efficacy and Evidence Some patients report feeling invigorated or relaxed after treatment, but while there is some limited evidence that acupressure may help to control pain and aid sleep, this may be due to relaxation effects – and there is no evidence specifically for the efficacy of Shiatsu.

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What is mediation?

People in dispute with their neighbours often find it hard to talk to them or make them understand what the problem is. Christmas can also be a stressful time with noisy parties and parking issues with people visiting friends and neighbours.

This is when Mediation can help?

Mediation provides a neutral third party to bring them together and find a way forward which is acceptable to both. Disagreements are sorted out confidentially without the trouble and expense of going to court.

Using Mediation does not mean that you have complained about your neighbour to some authority which might make the disagreement worse.

You are in control at all times. Mediators will never take action or do anything without your permission.

WHO ARE THE MEDIATORS? Ordinary people who have been professionally trained to help with neighbour problems.

They are all volunteers they do not take sides, nor do they make judgements on the rights and wrongs of the issues.

WE CAN HELP? With disputes between neighbours, loud music, noisy parties, parking, dogs barking, fences, hedges and boundaries to name just a few.

You may not feel able to talk to your neighbour about the problem – you may feel intimidated or perhaps you just do not see the point of complaining any more as nothing seems to change.

WE CAN HELP YOU If you contact us we will LISTEN to your complaint and give you the time you need to talk it through. ASHFORD MEDIATION SERVICE is an INDEPENDENT organisation and most of our services are FREE. Everything that is discussed is CONFIDENTIAL and IMPARTIAL. Ring Ashford Mediation Service on 01233 896237 (please do leave a message on the answering phone if out of hours) or e-mail: info@ashfordmediation. co.uk. Registered charity No 1065625

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Ashford Moves To Protect Its Rural Dark Skies: The Only Unpolluted Skies In The Uk South East Coastal Region Ashford has a dark secret – some of its skies in the rural part of the borough are the darkest in the south east.

A decision was taken by cabinet last month that is designed to preserve these, subject to full council adopting the document on 10th July. The Dark Skies Supplementary Plan-ning Document (SPD) considers the use of external lighting in the borough’s devel-opments while raising awareness of the impact light pollution has on the night sky, human health and wildlife.

The document sets out advice and guidance for planning applications that are submitted where lighting is an integral part of the development.

This can include anything from household security lighting to floodlit sports pitches and car parks, for example.

It is particularly important that this SPD

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exists and sits as one of the council’s local development documents because it sets out previously unspecified and context appropriate standards for light control on new applications in the borough.

Should it be adopted, planning applicants will need to demonstrate that they have considered where any external light shines, when it shines, how much it shines, the type of lighting and whether there is any possible ecological impact caused by it.

The presentation recently given to elected members by the Ashford Astronomical Society highlighted the unique opportunities that could exist for Ashford based on the quality of its night skies, so this document is a significant step forward for the borough to take.

The cabinet report details the support that Shepway District Council has given to this work. Indeed, Cllr Gerry Clarkson, Leader of Ashford Borough Council, hopes to enter into an agreement with Shepway so that they too adopt such a planning policy to protect the skies as they cover part of the Romney Marsh.

Cllr David Robey, Ashford Borough Council’s portfolio holder for development and planning, said: “This document is about recognising the value of our skies at night, and trying to prevent their unnecessary and avoidable pollution by badly designed or excessive lighting. Modern technology means that this objective can very often be achieved without losing the benefits which the lighting is intended to deliver, such as security, improved residential amenity and Highway Safety.

“In order for this initiative to be successful, it will be necessary to have the cooperation of KCC, as the Highway Authority, as street lighting is an important factor in light pollution, but we are confident that this will be forthcoming.

It will also be important to try and convince everyone who has lighting that contributes to the problem to consider replacing this with more modern non-light polluting equipment, and this will take time. All of this said, I believe that this document is a major and welcome step forward, an important contribution to the protection of the environment and I wholeheartedly support it.”

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Puzzle Time Adam Jacot de Boinod was a researcher for the television series QI and is the author of The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from around the World, published by Penguin Books. Having researched the rural dialect of Kent collected so lovingly by Victorian lexicographers, he has set us a “Call-My-Bluff Quiz”. Can you guess the right answers for the definitions of the following words from Kent:

Sudoku Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3 x 3 box contains the digits 1 through 9, with no repetition! That’s all there is to it, you solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic there’s no maths involved and no adding up.

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a. a small cavity in a rock b. a fire used for boiling a kettle or warming food c. a call to horses to go to the left

a. to shake with nervousness or grief b. the down upon the first sprouting horns of a young deer c. to request someone to buy a round of drinks

2) yaffle a. to eat or drink greedily and noisily b. to walk alone with the head held low c. to flick a marble with finger and thumb

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4) sessle a. to send an opponent’s tiddlywink a long way away, preferably off the table b. a litter of six puppies c. to change seats frequently, to fidget

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useful information Emergency 999 Police Neighbhd Team Ashford & Tenterden

Crimestoppers

101 0800 555 111

Out of Hours Doctor 0845 4349655 William Harvey Hospital 01233 633331

Samaritans

08457 90 90 90

www.samaritans.org Electricity: Southern Electric EDF Energy Gas: Natural LPG

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Doctors Surgery Hamstreet Surgery

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Parish Councils: Appledore: Bethersden: High Halden: Hothfield: Orlestone: Ruckinge: Shadoxhurst: Warehorne: Woodchurch:

(01233) 758298 (01233) 758298 07939 633 232 (01233) 733994 (01233) 628481 (01233) 758298 (01233) 733994 (01233) 758298 (01233) 733994

Ashford Borough Council 01233 637311 www.ashford.gov.uk Ashford Gateway 0845 8 247 247 info@ashfordgateway.co.uk www.ashfordgateway.co.uk Tenterden Gateway 01580 762558 Citizens Advice Bureau 01233 626185 Veterinary Surgeons Vet - Montgomery Vets 01303 813756 Ashford Volunteer Centre 01233 665 535 Age Concern 01233 620 635 www.ageconcern.org.uk CARM E: Carmromneymarsh@supanet.com W: Www.carmromneymarsh.org.uk Macmillan Cancer Support W: www.forget-me-nots.co.uk

Parkinson’s UK, Ashford Branch Contact Mike Wharrad – 01233 623530 Royal British Legion 01233 620 167 St. John Ambulance Brigade 01233 611 414 East Kent Strokes 01233 840448 www.eastkentstrokes.org

SE Kent Multiple Sclerosis Soc: 07767326138 email: mssoutheast@gmail.com NSPCC: Tenterden & District 01293 651840 CPRE Kent 01233 714540 Bus Enquiries Arriva Bus Enquiries (Travel Line) 0871 200 22 33 (Customer Services) 08456 00 22 99 National Train Enquiries www.nationalrail.co.uk Village Halls Appledore Bethersden Bilsington Bromley Green Road Hamstreet Hamstreet Pavilion

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Puzzle Solutions June Issue Sudoku

Eight Local Editions Delivered by Royal Mail to 60,000 Homes & Businesses Ashford: 20,000 homes in and around TN24 & TN23 Kennington, Willesborough, Park Farm, Kingsnorth & Great Chart

Charing Area: Charing, Pluckley, Biddenden, Smarden & Egerton.

Wye Area: Wye, Brook, Bodsham, Hidato

Brabourne,Westwell, Hastingleigh, Boughton Lees, Eastwell.

Aldington Area: Aldington, Mersham, Bilsington, Bonnington, Brabourne Lees, Smeeth, Sellindge, Stanford & Stowting.

TN26 Area: Appledore, Hamstreet, High Halden, Bethersden, Hothfield, Shadoxhurst,Woodchurch, Warehorne.

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Tenterden & Rye: Tenterden, St Michaels, Wittersham, Rye, Pladen.

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The Marsh: Romney Marsh from Dymchurch to Dunguness.

Stour Valley: Chilham, Chartham, Godmersham, Petham, Bekesbourne Patrixbourne, Bridge., Molash.

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