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DIY wills may have been a quick solution at the time but they do not usually provide the most tax effective solution.

Without a Will: • A surviving spouse may not inherit everything.

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• Minor children are taken into care.

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A Will can achieve all of the following: 3 Minimise tax.

3 Ensure that minor children are looked after by your appointed guardians.

3 Ensure that a young person does not inherit at the age of 18.

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3 Ensure that your partner is provided for but your children inherit ultimately.

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TO THE POINT It really is getting autumnal now, which is always a good reason to think about food, and that is why we have made this issue a bit of a foodie one. It does seem to be one topic that we regularly feature and one that almost everyone enjoys. Another is walking. I am always slightly surpised (and very delighted) when I see readers Stefan Reynolds out on their strolls with a copy of VantagePoint Editor & Publisher in hand doing one of our monthly walks.

This month we have teamed up with the National Trust (NT) who are running a national campaign called the Great British Walk. We are featuring a number of guided walks that the NT will be running throughout October. We also profile some NT owned areas locally that make for great walking; just what is needed after that

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big Sunday roast. Given my imminent aquisition of a dog (Humphrey, pictured left), I’ll be needing some new routes before too long!

Another theatre tip for you. A while back I went to see The Play That Goes Wrong at the Yvonne Arnaud and I could not stop laughing. It was terrific and really is a must see. It has now gone back to the West End after a regional tour and is playing at the Duchess Theatre until February 2015. Don’t just take my word for it. “This hilarious spoof of a college theatre production is a cult hit in the making”, Charles Spence (Daily Telegraph). The perfect antedote to the arrival of the cold weather. stefan@vantagepublishing.co.uk

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Jottings We have just taken part in the GUTS Motor Tour for the first time. It was great fun motoring through Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire through the most beautiful countryside on back roads we had never travelled on before. There were over 40 classic cars taking part, from a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost to an E Type Jaguar.

Our goal was Brooklands Motor Museum where we had a picnic and time to visit all the attractions of this wonderful museum. Hopefully a lot of money will have been raised for GUTS, our terrific local charity fighting bowel cancer. A full report will appear in VantagePoint in due course.

New dates and courses are now set for autumn at the Fernhurst Centre starting with their very popular iPad (an introduction) on Wednesday 1st and 8th October from 2pm-4pm at a cost of £20. Also iPad the next steps: If you have mastered the basics this session will help you to get really smart with your iPad - includes iCloud - Skype Facetime and connecting to your PC with iTunes. Wednesday 19th November from 2pm–4pm at £10.

They also have a further date (Thursday 23rd October from 7.30pm-9.30pm) for the ‘How

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Midhurst Camera Club held its sixth annual photography exhibition over the August Bank Holiday, with over 185 visitors. Janet Cook, who was a club and committee member for many years, came along on Saturday to judge the Image of the Year - she chose Joe Bird’s ‘Tales from the Riverbank’.

There was also a public vote which was a clear winner - Russell Baker’s ‘Arlesford Watercress Festival’.

The programme for October is as follows: 1st October, Ladies & Gentlemen’s Trophies - Print Competition R1 - No set subject “Open”. Must be new competition work. Judge - Roger Smith. 8th October, Practical evening - Getting more out of your camera Part 1. 15th October, Speaker - Jeff Morgan - “Looking through my lens” Photographic composition. Visitors welcome £5, book online at www. midhurstcameraclub.co.uk. 29th October, Digital Projected Image (DPI).

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Grayshott Decorative and Fine Arts Society’s next meeting is on Thursday 2nd October at 2pm in Grayshott Village Hall. Denise Haywood will explore the sacred and colonial architecture as well as the contemporary arts, especially silk weaving, in “Laos: from Buddhist temples to modern silk weaving.

Then, on Monday 13th October, they have a visit to the Globe and Goldsmiths’ Hall. On Thursday 6th November, Peter Medhurst returns to examine the impact of Handel on his musical contemporaries and on the visual and decorative arts. If you would like more information on GDFAS please contact Caroline on 01428714276 or have a look at their website www.grayshottdfas.org.uk On Thursday 2nd October Chiddingfold Cinema presents ‘Strictly Ballroom’ which starts at 8pm; doors open at 7.30pm.

Running time 90 minutes (+ 15 minute interval). A brilliant but unorthodox ballroom dancer is forced to take on a novice partner in an effort to become champion.

No ticket fee for this screening just leave a donation if you enjoy the film! On Friday 17th October they are showing ‘Maleficent’, a family fantasy adventure. A perfectly cast Angelina Jolie plays the title

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It’s pumpkin time!

There is no getting away from the fact that autumn is well and truly upon us. The chilly evenings are closing in and the time has come for pumpkins, so say Secretts of Milford.

Aladdin, Cinderella, Black Forest and Wolf…..

Don’t worry, it’s not pantomime season quite yet; these are all varieties of pumpkin and squash. There are simply countless varieties of pumpkin, squash and gourd. With names as weird and wonderful as their diverse colours and shapes. Some of our favourites names are Baby Boo, Orange Dawn and Hooligan…. but never mind the random names. At Secretts Farm it’s the flavour that really interests us.

It was for food not decoration that pumpkins and squashes were originally grown.

Archaeologists and historians have strong evidence to suggest that pumpkins were grown by early Native American farmers along the banks of rivers and creeks, where the soil is rich in nutrients and naturally well-irrigated.

It is believed that a symbiotic growing method was used whereby crops of corn, beans and squash were all grown together in the same plot. The strong rods of corn served as a trellis for the bean vines, with the squash planted underneath to shelter the shallow roots of the corn and shade the ground to discourage weeds and preserve moisture. There is also evidence that a fish from the river was often buried alongside the seeds to nourish the soil.

How fascinating that so long ago growers were already practicing such careful crop planning so as to get the greatest yield from 8

the smallest areas of workable land.

The pumpkin crop is relatively new to us at Secretts. We’ve spent over 100 years growing a wide variety of root vegetables, herbs, salad leaf and fruit, so about five years ago we thought it was time that we tried our hand at growing pumpkins and squashes. We now set aside two of our larger fields for the crop and what a sight they are. On a misty October morning, row upon row of bright orange spheres laying on the moist earth.

It’s impossible not to be cheered by such a colourful crop.

But with so many fabulous varieties, shapes, sizes and colours to choose from it was hard in the beginning to know which ones to grow.

We know our customers love food as much as we do, so it was not simply a case of growing the perfect pumpkin to carve into a Halloween jack-o-lantern (although this is important).

We also wanted to be sure that the varieties we grew would be great to cook with and to eat. And of course we supply many of the top London chefs, so for them, flavour and quality is absolutely paramount. We have developed our range over the last few years and have now settled on a mix that includes traditional carving varieties such as Lumina as well as some tastier ones such as Turks Turban and Harlequin.

So, apart from carving a spooky face and setting it aglow with a candle, what else can you do with your pumpkin or squash?

Those early Native American growers simply roasted it over the campfire or dried it to provide a valuable food source throughout the vantagepointmag.co.uk

cold winter months. They may well have been onto something as simply drizzled with oil and generous seasoning roasted squash is sweet, nutty and quite delicious!

Jump forward to the days of the Pilgrim Fathers and early thanksgiving celebrations where pumpkins and squashes became an important part of the traditional feast.

Pumpkin Risotto with Crispy Pancetta Ingredients • 570ml chicken stock • Small onion, finely chopped • Handful fresh sage leaves, roughly chopped • 2 tbsp olive oil • 175g risotto rice • 250g pumpkin or squash flesh, peeled and cubed • 50g unsalted butter • 8 slices of pancetta Serves 4 Method • Heat the stock until boiling then keep it over a very low heat. In a separate pan heat the oil and soften the onions until they are translucent, add the sage (reserving a small amount for garnishing) and cook gently for another minute • Add the rice and mix well to coat in oil, add one third of the stock and bring to a gentle simmer. When the stock is almost absorbed add the pumpkin flesh and a little more stock • Gradually add the stock a little at a time, stirring at all times until all the stock is added and the pumpkin is soft and the risotto has a creamy consistency. Taste and season to your liking.

• Meanwhile place the pancetta under a hot grill for a few minutes until it is crispy.

•To serve, stir the butter through the risotto and divide into four serving bowls.

Top each serving with two pieces of pancetta and a sprinkle of chopped sage.

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In the early days the pilgrims would cut off the top of the pumpkin and scoop out the seeds and loosen the flesh. The cavity would then be filled with cream, honey, eggs and spices.

The lid would be replaced and the whole thing buried the hot ashes of the fire to roast. Once cooked, the pumpkin-flavoured custard would be scooped out and shared among the guests.

Doesn’t that sound good?

The pilgrims also fermented a rudimentary beer from pumpkin, combining hops, maple sugar and pumpkin flesh and making a rich orange brew to warm the heart on a chilly October evening.

Nowadays there are many recipes ideas to make excellent use of the crop when it’s at its best in early autumn. We’ve shared a couple of our favourite recipes here, but this vegetable is so versatile the options are endless. Simple roasted pumpkin soup can be given a warming kick by adding a touch of chilli or cayenne pepper. Why not use chunks of pumpkin flesh as the base for a hearty vegetable curry; you could add aubergines, courgettes and sweet potatoes - sounds like a perfect Halloween Supper!

Oh wait! Don’t forget the seeds. Pumpkin seeds are high in protein and packed with iron, vitamin B and zinc. They can be roasted in a hot oven for around 15 minutes and sprinkled with soy sauce while they are still hot.

Fantastic on their own or tossed on your salad or risotto for a bit of extra crunch.

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Pumpkin Week at Secretts takes place during October Half Term (27th October to 31st October).

There will be lots of pumpkin inspired tasters in the Farm Shop and the ever popular tractor rides up to the fields to pick you own pumpkin. Full details will be on the Secretts website www.secretts.co.uk.

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role as events of the classic Disney animation ‘Sleeping Beauty’ are re-told from the perspective of the iconic villain, revealing there may be a whole other side to the story. Doors open at 6:00pm, the film starts at 6:30pm. Running time: approx. 93 minutes (+ 15 minute interval). Then on Thursday 6th November, it’s ‘Belle’ an 18th century costume drama based on the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay, the mixed-race daughter of an admiral in the Royal Navy, brought to England to be raised in the household of Lord Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice. Doors open at 7.30pm, the film starts at 8pm.

Running time: approx. 100 minutes (+ 15 minute interval) Tickets for each film cost £5 (£3 for children under 15) on the door, or in advance from Chiddingfold Post Office.

Season Tickets are also available from both locations. For further details, especially any advance ticket enquiries or if you are interested in joining as a volunteer, please

contact Matthew Lacey on 01428 683120, or email cinema.admin@ chiddingfold-hall.org.uk.

The RSPB Guildford and District Local Group’s next meeting is on Thursday 2nd October at Shalford Village Hall starting at 2 pm; Martin Kelsey will talk about the Nature and Landscapes of Extremadura, in the Heart of Spain. Evening meetings are held in Onslow Village Hall on the 4th Wednesday of each month starting at 7.45pm.

On Wednesday 22nd October the speaker is Richard Crossley, author of the Crossley ID Guides.

RSPB Christmas cards, calendars, bird food and feeders will be on sale. Visitors are very welcome; £3 per person. The Group also runs an extensive programme of field walks. On Saturday 25th October there will be a walk on Thursley Common, starting from the Moat car park, on the road between Elstead and Thursley. Grid Ref: SU 899416. Post Code: GU8 6LW. Starts

at 9.30 am and ends about 1 pm.

Bring binoculars. The walk is not suitable for buggies, very young children or dogs. Full details of events and activities at rspb.org.uk/ localgroups/Guildford. Any queries to: gadcom2010@gmail.com or tel: 01372 467074.

There’s just time to get tickets for Haslemere Thespian’s production of Absent Friends. One of Alan Ayckbourn’s bravest and best known plays. Set in the 70’s, it’s the story of newly bereaved Colin whose friends throw him a consolatory tea party! It is on at Haslemere Hall from Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th October at 7.30pm.

Call 01428 642161 or go to www. haslemerehall.co.uk for tickets.

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The Friends of Haslemere Parish are repeating last year’s successful winter series of ‘Coffee Concerts’

on the first Saturday morning of the month in St Bartholomew’s Church, Haslemere commencing on 4th October with a piano recital

by Johann Hugossan at 11am. His programme will include Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata, Chopin and one of his own compositions. No tickets required but with a retiring collection; coffee and biscuits free from 10.30am. On 1st Nov there will be an Organ recital by Mark Wardell, a former Assistant Organist of Chichester Cathedral and director of music at Barrow Hills School. Details of his programme and further concerts will be in next month’s Jottings.

The next Haslemere Farmers’ Markets are on Sunday 5th October and 2nd November from 10am-1.30pm, at Haslemere High St. Fresh quality local produce, a feast for eyes and palate; meet the farmers and growers. Understand their passion, dedication and commitment to quality produce.

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Choose some nice rare breed meat, poultry, fish, shellfish or game for lunch. Try some tasty sausages and delicious bread. Pick up some cake, patisserie and ice cream for dessert. Can’t make Haslemere Farmers Market? Why not go to the Apple Day Tastings at Milford Farmers’ Market, on Sunday 19th October, 10am-1.30pm, at Secretts’ Farm Shop Milford GU8 5HU or Godalming Farmers Market, Saturday 25th October, High Street, 10am-4pm.For more details call 07528 758087, email joy@ surreyfarmersmarkets.org or visit www.surreyfarmersmarkets.org.

Midhurst Decorative and Fine Art Society lecture on Tuesday 7th October is ‘Whose God is it Anyway: what Islam and Christianity have in common’. It’s by Imogen Corrigan, lecturer in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval History and Art for Kent Federation of History and National Trust. This will be held in the Midhurst Methodist Church

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The Ramster Autumn Fair is taking place on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th October at Ramster, Chiddingfold. If you’re looking for great gifts for your loved ones this Christmas, then this is for you. There will be fifty stalls selling fabulous food, unique and quirky gifts, gorgeous jewellery and practical paraphernalia. Entry is £5 and all proceeds and donations will support Action Medical Research, a national charity which supports vital medical research to help babies and children affected by disease and disability. The charity is currently funding research into many serious diseases and conditions, including meningitis, pneumonia and cerebral palsy. The Ramster Autumn Fair is open on Tuesday from 10.30am to 4.30pm and Wednesday from 10am to 4pm.

Petworth Film House is based at Leconfield Hall, Petworth. On Thursday 9th October they will be showing ‘Inside Llyewn Davis’.

The Coen brothers’ sad and funny comedy set in a world of music manages to combine childlike innocence with an exhausted acceptance of the world as it is. This is a beguilingly studied period piece from America’s early-60s Greenwich Village folk scene. On Thursday 23rd October they will show ‘The Chinese Puzzle.’ The final part of this trilogy introduces us to a panEuropean cast of twentysomethings doing a ‘stagiaire’ studentship in Brussels. Starring Audrey Tatou this is a vibrant freewheeling drama. Tickets £6.50, doors open 7pm, programme starts at 7.30pm.

For more information visit www. petworthfilmhouse.co.uk.

Fernhurst Films, in aid of Friends of Fernhurst Primary School will be showing ‘Frozen’ on Saturday 11th October. Doors open at 4.15, 12

film starts at 4.45pm. Duration 102 minutes. It’s a stunning bigscreen comedy adventure from Walt Disney Studios. Then in the evening, they are screening ‘The Lunch Box’. Doors open at 7, film starts at 7.30pm. Duration 104minutes. This film is based on the legend of Mumbai’s Lunchbox delivery service, which it is said, never goes wrong. But in this ‘what if’ tale, a lonely housewife sends a lunchbox through the usual couriers to her disinterested husband and instead it ends up at the desk of an accounts clerk. He is on the brink of retirement, when he receives an identical lunchbox to his own and is delightfully surprised at the wonderful tasting food. When he finds a note enclosed with another meal he decides to write back…. So begins this exquisite comedy-drama.

India’s hottest indie film of the year is a feel-good love story and a real charmer. In Hindi and English with English subtitles. Both films will be screened in the Village Hall. Take a look at the Fernhurst Films website to see trailers of future films: www. fernhurst.net/films/index.htm.

All Saints Church, Grayswood and The Village Hall are jointly holding a Pointless Quiz on Saturday 11th October, in the Village Hall from 7.30-10.30pm. The quiz is (loosely) based on the TV game show, so whether you’re a quiz buff or not, do go and join the fun! The tickets are £10each, or why not book a table for 8 for £70? Entry includes supper and there will be a licensed bar and raffle. Contact Di Cook on 01428 654303/drdianecook@hotmail. co.uk or Kate Dean on07814 8 2 6 1 5 3 / g ray s w o o d n u r s e r y @ hotmail.co.uk.

On Saturday 11th October, Grayshott Folk Club welcomes Lucy Ward to Grayshott Village Hall.

Lucy is a charismatic, energetic and innovative singer and musician who has already been a finalist for the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Musician Award (2009), won the BBC Radio 2 Horizon Folk Award outright in

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2012 and was a Finalist this year in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year Award 2014. Clearly she is a class act and she will be bringing with her a five piece band of top notch musicians to play her own special brand of folk music. For those many people who think they don’t like folk music, listening to The Lucy Ward Band may make them reconsider! Giving support will be The Foxglove Trio, a spellbinding group with great voices and instrumental skills. Adult Tickets: £12 / Children under 16, £6. Call Des O’Byrne on 01428 607096. Personal callers may buy their tickets for all Grayshott Folk Club events from: Magical Rooms, 2 Headley Road, Grayshott.

Call 01428 608340 (opposite The Fox and Pelican pub). Grayshott Social Club, Hill Road, Grayshott.

Call 01428 604041. Haslemere Bookshop, High Street, Haslemere.

Call 01428 652952. Find out more about this great folk club at www. grayshottfolkclub.co.uk.

Midhurst & District Garden Club are holding their next meeting on Monday 13th October. Martin Duncan will present ‘Royal Gardens’.

Tea/coffee served from 7pm and the talk commences at 7.30pm.

Meetings are now held at the SDNP Memorial Hall, North Street Midhurst. There’s a £2 entry fee for visitors who are very welcome.

Further information from Denise Skinner on 01730 814194 or Lesley Campbell on 01730 814552.

Haslemere U3A meets in Haslemere Hall, at 2pm on Monday 13th October to hear Patrick Read talk about Forbidden Places, the top secret sites that nobody knew about. Patrick will also explain some of the scientific work that went on during the Second World War and the Cold War. Go along to find out what went on behind the scenes. There is a donation of £2 on the door to meet costs and a cup of tea and biscuit afterwards.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT Back in April, we ran an article extolling the virtues of supporting local food shops after research had shown that for every £10 spent in a local food business, £25 was generated for the local economy. This compared with just £14 for each tenner spent at a multinational.

So what better way to support the local community than buying some of the wonderful local produce from some of our best farm and food shops? It is only by visiting these places than one realises the variety and quality of food that is produced locally. In addition to the growing number of shops, we have a number of regular farmers’ markets in the area, all of which showcase the best of local produce on a weekly or monthly basis.

Even pubs and restaurants are getting in on the act.

I see more and more menus with local ingredients proudly displayed. Paula and Jon Briscoe, owners of The Jolly Farmers in Buckland, have long supported smaller local suppliers and championed local foods. Says Jon: “We value the community and all the individuals that work together to make the local economic wheel turn. Working together and supporting one another brings opportunity and prosperity felt through the whole community and has never been so important in today’s economic climate.”

We are very fortunate in having a good selection of farm and food shops in the local area and have spoken to five of the best to find out more.

The Godalming Food Company 99 High St, Godalming GU7 1AQ. Tel: 01483 239891 www.godalmingfood.co.uk Opened in October 2012, the Godalming food Company likes to engage with both customers and local producers to bring the best local food and drink to Godalming’s High Street. They stock many unique items that you won’t find elsewhere and also have a thriving online shop that will deliver around the UK. It is also a perfect destination for foodie gifts (as the editor can attest) and their custom food hampers are popular all year round!

The range is always evolving, whether this is from customer recommendations, or seeking out new products themselves. They are currently building a takeaway (and eventual eat-in) offering, and are also looking to expand the tasting events in store.

They also do lunches and take-away coffees, made with their own house blend, roasted locally in Merrow. A donation is given for each cup sold to a locally based charity, Seeds for Development, who support the farmers in Uganda who grow their coffee beans .

Which products do you sell that are from local producers?

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For the second year running, they are a finalist for Independent Retailer of the Year, in the Surrey Life Food & Drink Awards, as nominated by customers. Well done!

“So many! Local food is our speciality – from cheeses to chocolates, cakes to coffee, wines and ales. If it’s local, we’ve tried it, and if it’s good, we sell it!”

What are your top three selling products (by volume)?

“Cheese (including local ones such as Norbury Blue), wine, and custom made gift hampers.”

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The Hungry Guest Lombard Street, Petworth GU28 0AG Tel: 01798 344 564 www.thehungryguest.com The Hungry Guest opened in November 2011 and it really is striking that so many of the goods sold here are their own. They have an artisan bakery and production kitchens near the Goodwood estate which produces bread, jams, sauces, handmade pies, ready meals, smoked fish, meats and more, seven days a week.

Look out in store for the good range of British unpasteurized goats and sheep’s cheeses in the self-contained cheese room.

They also have a separate café in Petworth which is a short walk away but who minds a wander through the streets of Petworth?!

They have won several awards since opening, including Great Taste Awards for many of their products and were also named by

Vogue as one of the top 100 shops outside London last year.

Which products do you sell that are from local producers?

“Aside from being our own local producer, we stock meat and game from the Goodwood and Leconfield estates, local honey from Duncton, our free-range eggs are from a local farmer situated within walking distance of the shop. Local dairy products such as milk and ice cream and our fruit and vegetables are sourced from local growers too.”

What are your top three selling products (by volume)?

“Number one is often our infamous chocolate brownies!

People travel for miles to buy

them! Our temperature and humidity controlled cheeseroom is unique to the south and is also extremely popular and of course our range of over 25 sourdough breads have gained a great reputation since we opened.”

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Secretts Farm Shop Chapel Lane, Milford GU8 5HU. Tel: 01483 520500 www. secretts.co.uk The Secretts business was established in 1908, moved to Milford in 1937 and the Farm Shop opened in 1979.

Secretts still grow many of the products they sell which are available for sale just hours after having been harvested. The newly re-designed Farm Shop is also packed with individual and unique products sourced from local artisan producers, as well as top quality world food from every corner of the globe. It is one place I can usually rely upon to find those elusive ingredients you can’t easily find elsewhere.

On site there is a pretty vintage style tearoom, offering a wide menu of delicious homemade light lunches and afternoon teas. There is also a butcher 14

specialising in high quality locally sourced meat, a flower shop and clothing shop. They also have a Pick Your Own open from April to September, and their asparagus is fabulous and justifyably popular.

Future plans include the introduction of cookery demonstrations, workshops and tastings and updating the shop even further.

Which products do you sell that are from local producers?

“We sell lots of our own homegrown vegetables, salads and fruit. Bread and bakery products, cheeses, handmade pork pies, pastries and scotch eggs. We also cook our own hams along with homemade quiches, tarts, soups and pork pies.”

What are your top three selling products (by volume)?

“Our own asparagus (during its short 8 week season), strawberries and cheese from our legendary counter which has over 250 cheeses to try and buy.”

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Kingfisher Farm Shop Abinger Hammer RH5 6QX Tel: 01306 730703 www.kingfisherfarmshop.com Kingfisher Farm has been a watercress farm since 1854. It has always been a family business, with fourth and fifth generations working together at present.

The shop was opened in 1971 and the owners make routine weekly early morning visits to the London wholesale market to bring back the ‘first of the season’ quality fruit, vegetables and flowers.

The shop has a good range of products and also offers a wide range of watercress products using local producers. I was impressed with the selection of English wines.

Also on site is the Flower Shop which opened in 2003, with a

wide selection of fresh cut flowers ,with an emphasis on British grown blooms. Their bouquets reflect the changing seasons and cater for all, from parties to weddings.

Outside there are seasonal displays of herbaceous, perennial, and bedding plants and also herbs are also available. They endeavour to source a majority of these plants from local and British growers.

Which products do you sell that are from local producers?

“Seasonal vegetable, salad and fruit crops, cheese, bread, eggs, cakes, jams, chutneys, honey, wines, beers, some meats, meat

pies, chocolates, dressings, flowers and plants, charcoal and logs.”

What are your top three selling products (by volume)?

“Our top three selling products at the moment are watercress, cheese straws, and onions.

Obviously our stock is seasonal so in December we sell vast amounts of brussel sprouts and parsnips and in June and July we will sell hundreds of punnets of strawberries.”

Cowdray Farm Shop Easebourne, Midhurst GU29 0AJ. Tel: 01730 815152 www.cowdray.co.uk Opened in 2010, Cowdray buy from many different suppliers and producers in order to make their range completely unique. They always endeavour to find the best of the best in whatever category.

Sometimes it’s local, sometimes it’s organic but it’s always delicious and typically will have been made by people who really care.

I was impressed with the number of brands I had never heard of (Summerdown peppermint tea made by a Hampshire farm), jams and pickles made exclusively for Cowdray by Ouse Valley and Pump Street Bakery Chocolate (handmade in Suffolk).

There are also a lot of their own products, including the chickens who lay the eggs that they sell in the shop are their own. Pork pies, October 2014

quiches, sausage rolls and other prepared foods are all hand made from the finest ingredients by the team at Cowdray.

There is a fishmonger who calls on Tuesdays and Fridays called Andrew Johnson of Johnson’s Fish who comes up from Portsmouth.

There is also a café on site and if you enjoy a cake made by the chefs there, look out for it on sale in the shop. An added advantage is lots of car parking on site and a great setting.

Which products do you sell that are from local producers?

“Apple juice, jams and chutneys, pork, eggs, cheese, vegetables, fruit, fudge, curry sauces, beer, firewood, charcoal, bread boards, honey, candles…. it’s a long list!”

What are your top three selling products (by volume)?

“Cowdray made quiche, Cowdray eggs, and interestingly Amalfi grown lemons!”

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Sweep that chimney!

Fireplaces are going to start to get busy as the nights start drawing in and the cold weather starts to arrive.

With energy costs increasing, the use of stoves and real fireplaces is increasing, especially in this area, given the easy availability of wood to feed those fires. But how often do you check your chimney is in working order?

Your fireplace could be a hazard — and the problems are hidden from view.

Remember, it is the sweep’s job to clean the flue rather than the fireplace. To prepare for your chimney to be swept and to save time, it is important to clear the hearth space of old ash and debris, removing all fireside accessories and leave approximately one metre of clear space in front of the hearth prior to your chimney sweep arriving as this will ensure full access and promote a cleaner working environment.

Chimneys need to allow free passage of dangerous combustion gasses. Regular cleaning will remove soot and creosote, helping prevent dangerous chimney fires. Bird nests, cobwebs and other blockages will also be removed. Cleaning will increase the efficiency of some appliances. Every flue that burns solid fuel, and certainly every open fire or wood burning stove, needs to be swept regularly.

Some general tips:

The best time to have your chimney swept is now.

Waiting until late autumn means you might have to wait for an appointment, as that is the time when most people think of cleaning their chimneys.

It is always a good idea to have a small fire a day before the sweep calls, as most chimneys are not in use for the summer months and damp soot will soon accumulate. Damp soot left in the chimney is detrimental to the structure of the chimney. Older flues with brick/cement may start to rot as soot plus moisture produces an acid, which attacks the inside of the flue. Damp soot is more likely to be turned into mud and stick in the flue, eventually falling off when the fire is used again, perhaps leaving you with the impression that the sweep did not do a good job. Even the more modern stainless steel flues are susceptible to rotting from damp soot, so make sure you stay safe and get it cleared out.

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• It is better to burn hard woods than soft woods. Not only do hard woods burn slower, making them more economical, they also make the fire burn hotter. This reduces the amount of creosote deposited inside the chimney, which will help keep your chimney cleaner for longer. Reducing the amount of this flammable substance inside your chimney also has considerable safety benefits.

• Have a good stainless steel bird and rain guard fitted to your chimney pot. This will keep your chimney free from bird’s nests, protecting wildlife by stopping any bird entering your chimney and dying, or worse, finding its way into your living room. It will also keep your flue as dry as can be.

• The best safety precaution you can take is to have your chimney cleaned and inspected by a professional chimney sweep on a regular basis. There are, however, warning signs that you can look out for yourself. A fire that is burning more slowly than usual can be sign of a partially blocked chimney, as can the presence of strong odours or smoke in the room.

Jethro Tanner from Bramley Chimney Sweeps. Tel 01483 421771, 07920 774004 or email bramleysweeps@gmail.com.

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The new brochure of events from Surrey Libraries is out! Pop in to your local library to grab one today. This season they welcome Surrey favourite Susan Lewis to West Byfleet library on 14th October; get the opportunity to tackle our nerves when it comes to doodling in their Fearless Drawing Workshop with Kerry Lemon and meet the gang at the school gate with Kerry Fisher. They will be offering a number of free drop-in sessions with their health partners across the county, so you will be able to pop into your local library for information, support and advice on a number of issues.

Health workshops deal with topics as varied as retirement, nutrition and chronic pain. This brochure really has something for everyone! Find all of the events, more information and tickets on the website at www. surreycc.co.uk/writersbooked and www.surreycc.gov.uk/healthevents.

Tickets are available to buy online, or by calling 01483 543599, or in any Surrey library. For all the latest news from Surrey Libraries, follow

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RHS Garden Wisley, Woking GU23 6QB, is putting on ‘A Taste of Autumn’ from Wednesday 15th Sunday 19th October, open from 9 am to 5 pm. Join in for an autumn celebration of tasty food, fresh air and glorious golden garden colour. Be tempted by food stalls galore selling everything sweet and savoury. Taste and buy lots of Wisley-grown apples; find out how to make juice and cider at home; plus fruit and vegetable displays, advice from the RHS Advice Team, RHS Seed Scheme information and family activities. The event is free once you have entered the Garden. There are lots of other activities going on including half term Family Fun from Saturday 25th to Sunday 2nd November.

Email wisley@rhs.org.uk or call 0845 260 9000. Also look at www. rhs.org.uk/wisley.

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Liphook W.I.’s speaker for October is Margaret Arnott and her talk is ‘The National Garden Scheme,’ which, as almost everyone visits the open gardens , should be very interesting. The meeting will be on Wednesday 15th October at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. Of course every meeting involves much more than just the speaker; talks are always followed by a social time, with a chance to talk and catch up with everything. This is followed by discussions and information on all the various activities and things that are going on, and they are very varied! Visitors are always made welcome; for any further information contact Christine Chubb on 01428 723957.

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What tale does your rug tell you?

Have you inherited a hand woven rug or bought one abroad on holiday? You may like its pattern or the colours but know little about the design or how it was made.

We asked husband and wife team Anas and Sandre from the Oriental Rug Gallery in Wey Hill, Haslemere to tell us more about the stories and symbolism the design motifs on your rug convey. So clear a space, unroll your rug and see if you can spot some similarities between the patterns on your rug and the motifs on opposite page.

Symbols on oriental rug weavings reveal an ancient language of metaphorical themes and allegorical elements drawn from the weaver’s world. These have been adapted over the generations, where the ‘woven word’ provided an enduring, pictorial form of recording ancestral traditions and family lineage.

Originally totemic and taslimanic in nature, rug motifs were deeply rooted in the natural elements and religious beliefs that afforded protection, prosperity, fertility and good fortune.

Anas and Sandre, fourth-generation Master Rug Craftsman and award-winning Decorative Woven Arts Creative respectively, have selected a range of characteristic motifs sourced from their rug collections at The Oriental Rug Gallery to help you as a guide to your own rug. These motifs might be found in the centre, or main field of the rug or on the borders. Your rug’s motifs may not look exactly like these pictures as styles and depictions vary widely but if you look hard you may start to unveil the hidden story behind your rug. And once you do you may find that you cherish your rug even more.

Rug weaving is one of the world’s most ancient crafts, combining durable usability with decorative artistic expression. Cited in the Old Testament and Homer’s Iliad, weaving skills have been passed down through the generations, where the world’s oldest known handwoven carpet is the Pazyryk Rug, orginally dating back to circa. 500 BC. A hand-woven rug involves many skills in its creation.

From those who rear animals through to shearers, carders, washers, spinners, and weavers - there are many people involved in the process of producing a unique piece of craftsmanship.

Hand-woven weavings are crafted with a warp and weft foundation on a wooden rug loom. The loom frame is constructed with a row of wooden pegs inserted top and bottom, to provide the correct tension and shaping for the proposed weaving. Next, yarn is vertically attached to the pegs across the width of the loom forming parallel warp threads, strung taut like a harp. The weaver then hand-weaves and/or rug-knots yarns vertically across these warp threads to form the weft rows of weave.

These interlaced warp threads and weft rows form the ‘foundation’ and create the pattern and design of the piece. Rug weaving materials include wool, cotton, mohair and silk yarns, as well as camel, horse and goat hair. Upon completion, the weaving is cut from the rug loom across the warp threads that now form the fringe ends.

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Rug weaving materials include wool, cotton, mohair and silk yarns, as well as camel, horse and goat hair.

There are two hand-woven rug techniques: flatweaves, also known as plain weaves, and piles, which are created with rug knots.

Depending on the style, yarns, size and pattern, a handwoven rug can take from a few months to several years to complete.

Hand-woven oriental rugs fall into three main weaving categories or styles. There are tribal weave designs which are woven from memory by nomadic peoples; village weaves woven by ‘settled’ master rug-weaving families on custmom-built static rug looms in their cottage homes and city weaves which are produced in professional rug workshops on looms using predesigned pattern templates.

Rug makers have used natural dyes for thousands of years for the colouring of weaving yarns. Colours are extracted from plants, insects and minerals. For example, reds are derived from madder root or the cochineal beetle, yellow from saffron, sumac and pomegranate rind, blues from the indigo plant, black and browns from the iron salt mixed with oak galls, walnut and acorn cups, orange from henna and ochre and green from moss and lichens. vantagepointmag.co.uk

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Boteh: the precursor to ‘paisley’ design in the West, this ancient fertility symbol details a seed shape often enclosing a plant or flower head within, symbolising life and renewal, where the whole exists within the part eg ‘from the acorn comes forth the oak’. (See fig: 1) Tree of Life: an ancient symbol of immortality, longevity and resurrection, where the trunk, branches and flowers or fruit signify the human journey of life and the proliferation of ancestry and is the origin of the ‘Family Tree’ diagram used today.

(See fig: 2) Star: can be five- six- eight- and sixteen-pointed, symbolising the sacred unification of the six universal directions and natural elements, the wheel of life, fertility and our human interconnectedness with the world in which we live. (See fig: 3)

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Phoenix or Peacock: an ancient symbol that is interchangeable and can be transposed with the sunbird totem, to represent wisdom, rebirth and regal power. (See fig: 4) Eye of protection: a popular talismanic symbol to ward off evil, death and misfortune, where the eye is also known as the ‘window to the soul’. (See fig: 5) Lion: courageous, regal, powerful (See fig: 6) Dragon: life-force, strength, courage, guardians of treasure. (See fig: 7)

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Mandala or Central Medallion: representing wholeness, continuity, unity, harmony and the wheel of life. (See fig: 8) Ram horns: power, heroism, masculinity and fertility.

(See fig: 9) Two birds: a pair either facing inwards or outwards symbolise love, harmony, joy and marriage (See fig: 10)

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The Oriental Rug Gallery Ltd is giving an Exclusive Offer: a 10 per cent discount on their vast selection of hand-woven rugs and rug services, available to all Vantage Point readers, when you bring a copy of this October 2014 magazine to the Rug Gallery. T&Cs apply.

Offer ends 25.10.14. Tel: 01428 656 657 Visit: www. theorientalruggallery.co.uk Written by Anas and Sandre of The Oriental Rug Gallery Ltd 2014.

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and Saturday 18th October. Go along and see for yourself how easy it is to make your own cider!

Les Amitiés Francaises second lecture in the 2014 season will be by a favourite speaker, Guy Richeux, who will discuss Le Canard Enchaîné - the French equivalent of Private Eye. They will meet on Thursday 16th October at 7.30pm in the Baptist Church Hall, Queen Street, Godalming. This is an opportunity to learn about French humour and appreciate political and social gossip. The lecture is in French spoken by an experienced teacher accustomed to English audiences.

In November there will be a curator from the Courtauld Gallery to talk about its Huguenot founders and its famous collection. Brochures available in libraries and museums.

Further information available from John Petty, membership secretary on 01483 861974, email johnpetty@sky.com. Also see www.amitiesfrancaises.com.

The walking programme put together by Godalming and Haslemere Ramblers at this time of year is designed to make the most of the beautiful autumnal colouring that surrounds us locally. Many of the walks are planned to pass through the beautiful woodland areas that we have in Surrey, the most wooded county in the United Kingdom, whilst walks also extend to include the countryside in West Sussex and Hampshire. With the weather starting to cool down this is a superb time to get out and discover the area we live in. Godalming and Haslemere Ramblers are always delighted to welcome new members to their friendly group and undertake walks between 5 and 12 miles long on most days of the week. Full details of all walks and starting points can be found on their website at www. godalmingandhaslemereramblers. org.uk.

Fiona Castle, widow of Roy Castle, the entertainer who died of lung cancer, is speaking at St. Mary’s Church Petworth GU28 0AD on Friday 17th October at 7.30pm. She has worked with Harry Secombe and Eric Morecombe herself and is now a broadcaster and best selling author. She shares her incredible journey speaking about aspects of her Christian faith. Her title is Living without Regrets.

She certainly has some cheeky anecdotes! Much of Fiona’s time is spent travelling around this country sharing her story at evangelistic events; speaking at charity events for Hospices, Cancer Research UK Rotary and various church events.

She was given an OBE for her work with Global Care and other charities, in 2004. Further details from Geraldgreshamcooke@gmail. com or 01798 342151.

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Although bells are rung for Sunday services and special events, it’s an activity open to those of any faith or none; there is no expectation to attend church if you do not wish to do so.

Haslemere Musical Society’s Symphony Orchestra will begin the

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society’s 2014-15 season with a concert in St Christopher’s Church, Haslemere at 7.30pm on Saturday 18th October. The innovative programme will include music by Debussy and Butterworth and also feature Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves and Mozart’s Paris Symphony. A highlight of the evening follows the society’s recent practice of giving one of the orchestra’s own members the opportunity to perform as a soloist and, on this occasion, David Farnworth, the society’s highly talented oboist, will be accompanied by the orchestra in a performance of Kalliwoda’s Oboe Concertino. The composer, a contemporary of Beethoven, was renowned in the early 19th century as a writer of many melodic and charming pieces and his Oboe Concertino will be sure to go down well with the Haslemere audience.

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Items must be in excellent condition, and sellers keep up to 70% of the proceeds while the rest is returned to fund NCT’s work. The Sales are open to everyone, not just NCT members. NCT Nearly New Sales are the charity’s largest fundraiser and help NCT branches provide face-to-face support to parents on their doorsteps, as well as funding national helplines, breastfeeding counselling, training antenatal and postnatal teachers and many more services. Find out more online: www. nct.org.uk/branches/godalming/ sales/nearly-new-sale.

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HASLEMERE LEISURE CENTRE PROGRESS REPORT ON THE NEW CENTRE Waverley and People for Places would like to thank all customers for their patience during the redevelopment work at Haslemere Leisure Centre (formerly known as The Herons Swimming and Fitness Centre). They are pleased with the re-development and progress that has been made thus far.

The re-development work has been organised and divided into three phases. By doing this it has allowed them to open parts of the centre to the public without having to wait until the whole centre has been completed.

Phase 1: Phase 1 was completed mid September and doors opened on the 19th September. Some of the redevelopment work that was completed included: * Relocation and redesign of the reception area * Relocation of the crèche * New Group Workout Studio/function room. * New children’s soft play equipment * An extended group workout programme to be launched * Members changing rooms upstairs have been completely re-done * New sauna and steam rooms have been re-designed * Increased café seating space Phase 2 Phase two is all about the Swimming pools! It is planned for both swimming pools to re-open to the public by the end of October. Some of the changes you can expect are: * Both pools have had maintenance work carried out * All steel work has been repaired and treated to extend its lifespan * Wetside changing village completely re-designed and refurbished * New swimming lessons programme Phase 3 This final phase is expected to be completed in December. This phase will see the completion of a

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£3.5 million re-development project. Some of the final changes you can expect are: • Brand new and extended gym area • New indoor cycling studio • Latest state of the art gym equipment • 20 extra stations – totalling 70 stations • Group cycling classes Some new initiatives being introduced: SWIMTAG Swimtag is a training aid and monitoring system that tracks your progress in the pool. Aimed at all levels of swimmer, Swimtag records the number of lengths, split times, stroke rate and stroke type, allowing you to share results with friends, set yourself personal challenges and take part in online competitions. This will be available for free to members only.

Pool View A Poolcam system will be installed to help reduce risk and increase the safety of swimmers in our publicly accessed pools. The primary function of Poolcam is to provide live, visual help to the lifeguard for the early detection of a swimmer in potential difficulty Waverley and People for Places are excited to welcome you back to the centre and once again thank you for you patience with them throughout this redevelopment project.

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Tickets are now on sale for a gala charity concert, featuring the Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Collingwood, at G Live on Saturday 18th October at 7.30pm, in aid of Seafarers UK. Royal Marines Band concerts have been annual features on the Guildford music scene for over fifteen years. Every year we are entertained to a wide variety of music, excitingly performed. The talented musicians mix military music, classical pieces and band numbers and the Corps of Drums is always popular. Seafarers UK was founded in 1917 as King George’s Fund for Sailors. It is the main UK maritime charity, supporting those who are, or once were, in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, the Merchant Navy or fishing fleets and their families including widows and children. Concert tickets are available at £24, £21 and £18 and all proceeds go to Seafarers UK. Concessions are less £1. Groups of ten or more save 10%. Tickets are available from the G Live Box Office, London Road, Guildford, at www. glive.co.uk or on 0844 770 1797.

The Grayshott monthly market is held on the third Saturday of every month excluding December and January. The October Market is on 18th October and the November one, on 15th November. There are about 32 stalls selling foods from around the world to eat or takeaway, plus arts, crafts and antiques.

Fancy a riotous and risqué evening of entertainment? There’s only three weeks to go to get your tickets to the Haslemere Players production of the multi-award-winning iconic comedy classic, The Producers!

(The Players are supporting The Red Cross with this show, who have kindly donated for the duration of the show, sixteen zimmer frames.... for the tap dance of course!) Written

by Hollywood’s comedy genius, Mel Brooks it is showing at Haslemere Hall from Tuesday 21st-Saturday 25th October (with a matinee on the Saturday). Call 01428 642161. The 24

Producers is a saucy musical romp featuring a zany cast of characters - complete with hilarious song and dance numbers which will have you rolling in the aisles!

Haslemere Decorative and Fine Arts Society (HDFAS) continue their autumn season of lectures on Tuesday 21st October with an entertaining and amusing account of life in the company of Pablo Picasso. As a child Antony Penrose first met Picasso in 1950 when he visited the Penrose family home in East Sussex. They became instant friends and invented their own game of pretend bullfights. In the excitement Antony bit Picasso, and Picasso bit him right back. The lecture, given by Antony Penrose, is titled “The boy who bit Picasso”. He will recount episodes from Picasso’s life, illustrated by paintings the artist made of Lee Miller, Penrose’s mother, a photographer, who in turn took over a thousand photos of the great painter. The lecture takes place at Haslemere Hall at 2pm and new members and visitors are very welcome. Members gather after the lecture for a cup of tea and biscuits and can ask the lecturer questions.

For more details about the Society contact HDFAS membership secretary Sue Wright on 01428 683578 or email membership@ haslemeredfas.org.uk.

Further information about all the Society’s activities can be found on their website www.haslemeredfas.org. uk.

On Wednesday 22nd October at 7.45pm at the Catholic Church Hall, Weydown Road, Haslemere, there’s a joint event by the Haslemere Gardening Society and Haslemere Natural History Society.

Nick Morgan (Superintendent of Glass, Propagation and Research at the Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley) will talk about the new glasshouse at Wisley, the tropical butterflies which he was responsible for introducing and the way the RHS control pests and diseases, mainly through biological measures. Non-

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members are welcome but are invited to contribute £3. More information at www.haslemeregardening-society.co.uk and www. haslemerenaturalhistorysociety. org.uk.

There’s a gigantic jumble in aid of St Mary’s Church, Chiddingfold at 2pm on Saturday 25th October in the Village Hall, Coxcombe Lane.

There will be clothes (vintage and designer), books, toys, bric a brac, etc. and refreshments will also be served. If you have any donations these can be delivered from 11am.

Entry 50p.

The Fintry Trust is holding a couple of ‘Silence & Well-being Days’ at Fintry Retreat House, Church Lane, Brook. The dates are Saturday 25th October and Wednesday 19th November. Both run from 10am to 3.30pm and the price is £10.

Contact fintry.administrator@ btconnect.com to reserve a place.

Also, from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd November, there is a Weekend Seminar on Sacred Geometry with Dr Stephen Phillips Price: £180 (£144 non-residential).

Again contact the above to reserve a place or request more information.

Shottermill Club is delighted again to be hosting the bi-annual Macmillan Cancer Support Quiz Night on Saturday 25th October.

This is a fun evening with a lively quiz and teams competing to put their names on the Macmillan Quiz Shield (donated by Shottermill Club). Teams/tables of four people are invited to join in at £7 per person. The evening commences at 7.30 pm. with a ‘supper’ break halfway through and a raffle in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support Midhurst. The ‘supper’ break enables participants to order in a takeaway or bring their own food or just enjoy drinks from the bar having eaten before they come along. All tables/teams must be prebooked – please contact Ros Maule on 01428 652238 to book. vantagepointmag.co.uk

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Cider made easy The ‘juice and strain’ method allows clear apple juice to be obtained from whole fruit in a single step synchronous process. This is in marked contrast to the sequential two step pulp and press method. In juice and strain, whole apples go into the juicer at one end and clear apple juice is drawn off at the other. It couldn’t be simpler and, with the benefit of a juice containment and delivery adaptor, aka hose, the whole process is relatively mess free.

Once in possession of your clear juice, simple yeast addition and storage in a vessel fitted with air lock, designed to keep air out, guarantees you a finished crystal clear cider in a matter of only a few weeks. Nevin Stewart, of Onslow’s Dry® fame, takes us through the process. Roughly speaking, eight kilos of cider will make one gallon of cider. Visit http://juiceandstrain.wordpress.com for more details on quantities and the equipment you will need.

1. Pick, clean, and prepare your apples.

Check for ripeness by cupping a fruit in your hand and twisting gently. If it comes away easily from the tree then it is ripe. Also if a number of apples have already fallen this is a good indicator of ripeness. (Do not use windfall fruit for making fresh apple juice. They may be contaminated with enteric bacteria that do not wash off.)

Take all necessary safety precautions if using a ladder to harvest your crop. I have found that a telescopic apple picker is much safer, and is a good investment.

Double wash your apples and throw away any bad ones. If not using commercially grown apples, check your fruit for codling moth, and other insect damage by cutting the apple in half and removing any detritus.

2.Clean your equipment Apple juice and cider are foodstuffs, and all appropriate food handling and safety measures should be followed.

Wash your hands, sanitise all surfaces.

Sterilise all equipment that will be in contact with fresh apple juice. I use a stock solution of four Campden tablets per gallon of water to soak all the relevant parts and buckets for a couple of hours before use.

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3. Set up the juicer and strainer.

Lay out a clean towel on the kitchen table, rinse off the juicer parts, and assemble your whole fruit juicer. Attach the ‘juice containment and delivery adaptor’, aka hose, to the juicer’s spout, and feed it into the straining bag, held within a straining bucket that has holes in its base. This assembly sits neatly in the open brewing bucket with a draw -off tap at the bottom.

Set up your strainer and fermentation bucket on a stool or box, high enough that you can fit your demijohn or carboy underneath the tap. Apples go in at one end, clear apple juice comes out at the other. It couldn’t be simpler.

4. Juice and strain It is important to note that domestic juicers are powerful machines and that all safety instructions should be read carefully and adhered to. Feed apples into the juicer with a steady, even pressure on the pusher. The higher the machine’s power rating, the faster you can go. When the pulp container fills up, empty it and discard the pulp.

After every 12 kg or so of fruit, dismantle the machine and clean the pulp off the centrifuge stainless steel mesh. You’ll find that the juicing work is done in a flash, although it takes a while longer for vantagepointmag.co.uk

all the juice to strain through. I obtain the last 5% of the expected 65% by weight of juice by wringing out the straining bag.

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What you’re left with in the bag is about 1% to 2% of the original apples. This very fine pulp can be used in apple muffins.

You don’t want it to end up in your fermentation.

5. Pitch the yeast.

While the last juice is draining, pitch the yeast into a measuring jug containing fresh, clear apple juice held at room temperature. This will allow the dried yeast to re-hydrate and kick-start your fermentation. Use a champagne yeast, a Saccharomyces bayanus, for simplicity and reliability. A 5g packet is enough to inoculate 5 gal (22.5 litres) of juice.

At this point measure the original gravity (OG) with a hydrometer and write it down. Later, this figure will allow you to estimate your cider’s alcohol percentage.

If the OG is low, top the bulk juice up with a little white sugar to reach 1.040.

After half an hour, stir the jug to disperse the yeast thoroughly, then pour it into your sterilised carboy or demijohns.

Fill these up nearly to the top with apple juice and put airlocks on top. Within the hour you should see bubbles coming out through the airlock.

6. Ferment Keep the fermentation vessel(s) in a warm place like the kitchen and after three to four weeks you should have a crystal clear cider ready to be racked and bottled. Check it with your hydrometer.

The reading needs to be 1.000 or less. If it’s still high, let fermentation continue.

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When the cider is finished, measure the final gravity and read off the alcohol content from an ABV chart or online calculator. For reasonably good storage, 5% ABV is considered the target minimum.

7. Bottle your cider Siphon your cider into recycled, sterilised beer bottles that will take a crown cap. If you want a still hard cider, just bottle as is.

If you want bubbles, then add ½ teaspoon of white sugar to a pint bottle, fill up with your cider, and cap.

After a few more weeks, a renewed fermentation should be complete and you’ll have some fizz.

8. Enjoy. your cider Your cider is drinkable once it has cleared. However, leaving your product to age in a cool outhouse, garage or shed over the winter will improve it. Ideally, you should aim to be drinking last year’s cider as you’re making this year’s batch.

Serve your cider chilled and take care when opening. If you’ve overdone the priming sugar, it can go off like a fire extinguisher. When serving, you can adjust the sweetness to taste by adding sugar cane syrup. But I don’t, because I prefer my cider as dry as it can be.

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There is a short YouTube video on ONSLOWSDRY channel, entitled Cider making made simple. It shows this method in action. See: http://youtu. be/Qvc0cCh5r0c. More information is also available at http://juiceandstrain. wordpress.com.

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GRAYSHOTT CONCERTS THURSDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2014 Two pensioners in Grayshott, Hindhead have succeeded in pulling off an astonishing musical coup for their village.

Classical music enthusiasts, Peter and Vivien Harrison (pictured below), have commissioned a major new 40-minute choral work, ‘The Healer – A Cantata for St Luke’, from welsh composer Karl Jenkins, acknowledged as the ‘world’s most performed living composer’. The world première on Thursday 16th October 2014 will celebrate 10 years since Peter and Vivien’s first event in 2004 which raised vital funds for their local parish church of St Luke.

Peter and Vivien are the inspirational co-founders of Grayshott Concerts. In just 10 years, starting from scratch, they have created one of the most successful music groups in the region. As complete novices in 2004, their first ‘one-off ’ concert was a sell-out, initiating their group’s meteoric rise to prominence.

They have since built a regular series of events which not only attract top-flight performers, including many heard daily on radio and at the world’s top concert halls, but also bring in hundreds of music-lovers from an ever increasing area. Events sell out weeks, sometimes months in advance.

In 2012, the couple received a national award, the Lady Hilary Groves Prize, for their ‘outstanding contribution to music in the community’ from the Making Music organisation which supports over 3000 groups throughout the UK. Flushed with the success of one especially popular work, Karl Jenkins’ ‘The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace’, Vivien, the group’s treasurer and artistic director, persuaded Dr Jenkins, already a household name, to become their Patron. This led to further performances and even bigger plans 28

for their 10th anniversary this year. Grayshott Concerts commissioned Karl Jenkins to compose a choral work to have its world première in St Luke’s Church, Grayshott, on Thursday 16th October 2014, the exact 10th anniversary of their first event. It is extremely unusual, if not unique, to stage a première of this magnitude in a village church. The concert is to be recorded and later broadcast by Classic FM. At a cost of over £60,000, this is a significant project which covers its composition, publication and staging at St Luke’s, with a second performance on the following day to cope with the world-wide interest which Karl’s work creates. In just a few months, Grayshott Concerts has raised almost all the funds needed, from members and Jenkins enthusiasts. “The Healer” will bear a dedication to the first performance at St Luke’s, Grayshott, to appear on programmes, music scores and CDs for generations to come as Grayshott Concerts’ legacy to the village and its parish church.

This would be a huge achievement even for a sizeable organisation. Yet the group’s successes have been achieved principally through the dogged tenacity of the two founders, with the active support of the Grayshott community, local supporters and helpers. Vital support has also come from the event’s sponsors, Huntington House, XL-erate Ltd and Applegarth Farm, whose owners, the Benson Family, have sponsored every Grayshott Concert from the start in 2004.

Unsurprisingly, requests for tickets for the two ‘premières’ have come from supporters across the world, including Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and Russia.

More information from www. grayshottconcerts.co.uk and 01428 606666. vantagepointmag.co.uk

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After a busy summer full of sunshine and a series of successful special events on the canal, thoughts are turning to Halloween. On Sunday 26th October, The Wey & Arun Canal, Loxwood, are organising a fun Halloween trip for younger children (lasting approximately 45 minutes).

Departing at 4.30pm, tickets cost £9 per person. This will be followed by a scary trip for older brave souls (lasting approximately 90 minutes) which will depart at 7pm, and tickets cost £14 per person. Light refreshments are included on both trips. Tickets must be booked in advance. Fancy dress is encouraged but not compulsory! To book, call The Trust Office on 01403 752403 or e-mail office@weyandarun. co.uk. By the way, Santa Trips are planned for December; more information next month. See www. weyandarun.co.uk.

In its 50th year the Liphook & District Model Railway Club will be holding its Annual Club Open

Day on Sunday 26th October.

It takes place at Milland Valley Memorial Hall, Iping Road, Milland GU30 7NA and will be open from 10am to 3pm. Entry: Adults £1.50 Up to 2 children with each Adult Free. The venue is disabled friendly throughout and there is free off street parking close to hall. They hope to have at least 6 club and members layouts in 00, H0 & N including Kanjiyama which will be featured in Continental Modeller magazine’s October 2014 issue. There will be displays of club history; future layout plans, club second-hand items table, diorama competition to be judged by visitors and modelling demonstration.

Refreshments include tea coffee, homemade cake and biscuits and there are plenty of seats to watch the trains! There will be a display of the club’s history in the Liphook Library in the week preceding the exhibition, during normal library opening times.

La Traviata

To mark its 30th anniversary, this October Opera South has turned to perhaps the greatest opera ever written: Verdi’s La traviata.

Director Lynn Binstock says: ‘What makes La traviata one of the most popular operas, attracting regular audiences worldwide? Certainly we are fascinated

by Parisian society - including the demi-monde of courtesans – during a volatile century in French history.

But above all it is Violetta and her nobility of spirit that attracts us most powerfully, brought alive by Verdi’s thrilling music. We cannot help but be drawn into the emotions of her short, tragic life and untimely death. Violetta’s dance of death, played out to Verdi’s exceptionally beautiful score, has moved the hearts of generations.’

There will be three performances of LA TRAVIATA at Haslemere Hall, on Thursday 30th October at 7.30pm; Saturday 1st November at 5.30 pm and Sunday 2nd November at 2.30pm. Tickets are available from Haslemere Hall box office, 01428 642161, and online at www.haslemerehall.co.uk.

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Fun with a Fungus Foray on Witley Common is being offered by Haslemere Natural History Society to anyone interested in looking for Turkey Tails, Poison Pies, Orange Peel, Candlesnuff, Ink cap and other fungi. Sara Shepley will lead the walk. Learn how to identify the fungi, listen to anecdotes about them and discover related folklore.

Fungi must not be collected. Wear suitable clothing and waterproof footwear. Children are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult. No dogs please. It takes place on Sunday 26th October at 2 pm. Meet at Witley Common (National Trust) Grid Ref SU930392 Coming from Haslemere (A286), after passing Lee Coach Road on left (cross roads), take the service road on left signposted Deliveries (before Webb Road) which takes you to the Witley Centre. Meet in car park outside the centre. Fee: £3 adult, £1 child. Application form on www. haslemerenaturalhistorysociety. org.uk . Numbers are limited.

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Say goodbye to your pain in the neck!

It is estimated that eight out of ten of us suffer from back pain at some point during our life. The most recent figures from the Office of National Statistics show that in 2013 the greatest number of working days lost was due to musculoskeletal problems. In the UK this totalled a massive 30.6 million days. In Surrey, the vast majority of businesses employ 10 or fewer people so preventing sick leave because of back pain is something that is in the best interests of both the employer and employee.

The Physiotherapy Centre at Holy Cross Hospital in Haslemere is supporting this year’s national back care awareness week, which runs from 6th to 12th October and is organised by the charity BackCare. The theme for the 2014 campaign is Back in the Office and aims to put the spotlight on the prevention of back and neck pain among office workers. Karen Ford, physiotherapist at Holy Cross Hospital, offers some advice...

How to prevent back pain With prevention being better than cure, we have put together five top tips to help you to keep your back mobile, strong and in good working order.

Common types of back pain Neck and lower back pain are the most common types of back pain. Poor posture, slouching and using a computer for prolonged periods of time are typical causes of discomfort.

1. Keep moving We have joints at each spine level and each one is nourished and lubricated by fluid and blood, which is actively circulated around the joint when you move your back through its natural range. Regular exercise will make stronger the muscles that support you and your spine.

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Ideas for how to keep moving and to remain productive: • Get in the habit of standing up to take phone calls or when you need to read a letter or document.

• Try walking or standing during a meeting – a recent study has shown this can have the added advantage of indirectly benefitting work performance.

2. Avoid twisting and bending movements Movements that involve leaning over and twisting should be avoided. Think about the position and movement of your body before you lift weighty items such as a heavy file from a shelf or bend to fill the photocopier with reams of paper.

3. Live well There is evidence that links smoking and back pain as it affects the hydration of the spinal discs. Good nutrition, plenty of sleep and vantagepointmag.co.uk

water assist with keeping the discs healthy and helping them to repair quickly if damaged.

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4. Minimise the effects of stress Stress can increase tension in muscles, which may put you at risk of injury. Try to find moments to relax or stretch out the tensions of the day. Specific back exercise classes are an ideal way to do this.

Emma works in an office in Haslemere and spends a lot of her day in front of a computer. She first came to us in August because she was suffering from neck pain and after nearly two weeks of taking painkillers, she was not feeling any relief.

While at work, adopt the habit of stretching your back at your desk every half hour. You can do this by: • placing your palms in the small of your back and looking up to the ceiling, then • fold your arms in front of your chest, turn slowly at the waist from side to side • keep your palms on the desk in front as you push your chair back behind you.

5. Sit comfortably If most of your day is spent sitting at a desk, it is important that your workspace is set up appropriately for you, particularly if you share a desk or your habit is to perch somewhere with your laptop.

When sitting at your desk, your arms should be relaxed.

Adjust the height of your seat so your forearms are parallel to the desk. Your screen should be about an arm’s length away and you should be able to sit back in the chair so there is space behind the back of your knees and your feet rest flat on floor.

Give yourself short regular breaks from your desk and you will feel the benefit from moving around and changing position. Getting yourself a glass of water or walking to see a colleague instead of phoning them can help to keep you mobile.

More tips and advice for a healthy back can be found on our website. We have put together a selection of useful links, which include videos on how to sit when using a laptop, diagrams showing how to carry out a workstation assessment and some back stretches. Visit www.thephysiotherapycentre.org.uk/backcare.

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She was quite low and fed up, especially as she was finding it difficult to get comfortable when trying to get to sleep.

Emma described her pain as an ache that usually became more noticeable after she had been at work for an hour or so. By late morning, her pain had increased and she would be feeling very uncomfortable and finding it difficult to concentrate.

During Emma’s initial assessment we looked at the range of movement in her neck and upper back, which showed us whether her muscles were tight or weak. We also discussed Emma’s typical working day and assessed her sitting posture.

Armed with this knowledge, we suggested some gentle mobilisation of the spine and a soft tissue massage. We also provided Emma with a home exercise programme and gave her some tips for improving her posture, together with some practical advice on how to make her workstation more comfortable.

Emma, along with at least 50% of people like her, felt better after just two sessions. The majority of the remaining 50% of people have usually fully recovered from their symptoms after fewer than six sessions of treatment.

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THE PROSTATE PROJECT APPEAL OctoBeardFest 2014 The Prostate Project, a Guildford prostate cancer charity, is asking men to grow a beard in October to raise funds to support research into the treatment of prostate cancer. It will also raise awareness of a disease which costs 11,000 lives every year in the UK. The Appeal, called ‘OctoBeardFest’ (OBF), is a repeat of a highly successful campaign run by the charity in 2013. Trustee and OBF founder, Tim Sharp (pictured below) said “We thought we would be lucky to raise £10,000 last year but ended up with an astonishing £64,000, despite the appeal being conceived and launched in only five weeks. This year we are hoping to treble our total.”

that our progress could stall through lack of resources.

This brilliant Prostate Project Appeal, which caught the imagination of so many last year, is the bright star on our funding horizon.”

OctoBeardFest is positioned quite differently to Movember which is mainly concerned with research and treatments for advanced prostate cancer.

Octobeardfest concentrates on early diagnosis. Men whose prostate cancer is discovered early have an 80% chance of a complete cure.

More information is available at: www.octobeardfest.co.uk.

The money is urgently needed to support Prof. Hardev Pandha’s world-class cancer research team at the University of Surrey. They have built an international reputation for their brilliant work in vaccine, genes and viral therapy. They have also discovered of a protein in urine (EN2) that can detect cancer cells 50% more accurately than the 30-year-old PSA test.

Winning grant funding is an increasing problem for research groups, particularly the smaller, more innovative ones such as the team at the University of Surrey. “Continuity of funding is so vital to us,” said Prof Pandha. “It enables us to recruit and retain the best scientific brains and removes completely the fear

LET IT GROW BRO GROW A BEARD IN OCTOBER AND HELP SAVE MEN’S LIVES Early detection can save most of the 11,000 lives lost in the UK every year to prostate cancer.

OctoBeardFest funds world class research in Surrey to make this a reality.

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Nature’s Autumn Bounty This is the season when nature is at its most bountiful, producing more than we can eat at one time, so the obvious answer is to preserve some for later on in the year when fresh fruit and mushrooms are scarce. Peter Sibley from Forest Foragers offers some recipes to do just that, some using wild ingredients.

Rowan Berry Jelly Rowan berries are prolific, so are easy to collect. They are packed with vitamins A and C. This is the traditional accompaniment to serve with venison or other game.

Ingredients: 4lb/1.8 kg rowan berries, washed and stalks removed 3 lb/1.4 kg cooking apples, peeled, cored and quartered White sugar Preparation: Put the apples in a large preserving pan and cover with water. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 minutes or until the fruit is soft, then add the

rowan berries and simmer to a pulp. Allow to drip through a jelly bag. Measure the juice and add 1lb of sugar per pint. Add the juice and sugar to the cleaned preserving pan, and simmer over a low heat for 10 minutes until the sugar has dissolved.

Increase the heat and cook at a full rolling boil for 5 minutes, then test for setting. If it does not set, boil some more. When the jelly has reached setting point, pour into hot, sterilised jars, seal and label.

Mushroom Ketchup Mushroom ketchup is an old English favourite, though not often seen in the shops today.

Here is an original recipe, from 1728.

Preparation method: ‘Take a stew pan of the large flat mushrooms; set it on a slow fire, with a handful of salt; they will make a great deal of Liquor, which you must strain, and put to it a quarter of a pound of shallots, two cloves of Garlick, some Pepper, Ginger, Mace and a bay-leaf; boil and scum it very well; when ‘tis quite cold, bottle, and stop it very close.’

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I can’t do better than this, except to say that the bottle should be sterilised, either by heating in a low oven or using a sterilising solution. The mushrooms that the author, Kettilby, would have used in the 18th century would have been Horse Mushrooms (Agaricus arvensis), as this recipe dates from before the days of cultivated mushrooms, but you could use Field Mushrooms (Agaricus campestris) or Portobello Mushrooms.

Try it on your full English, or add it to stews or casseroles.

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Quince paste (called Membrillo in Spain) This recipe uses the large tree fruits, not the small ornamental quinces, which are not nearly so tasty. Windfalls are good for this, just cut away the bruised parts.

Ingredients: Quinces, washed, peeled, cored, chopped. Keep the peel and cores.

Vanilla pod, split Sugar, equal to the amount of cooked quinces Preparation: Place the quinces in a large pan. Add enough water to cover. Add the vanilla pod, put the peel and cores in a sheet of muslin tied with string and put this in the pan and boil. The peel and cores contain pectin, helping the jelly to set. Place a lid on the pan and boil for 30-40 minutes, until the quinces are very soft.

Heat gently, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves.

Simmer over a low heat, stirring occasionally, for 1-1½ hours, or until the quince paste has thickened and has become a deep orange colour.

Preheat the oven to 50C/120F. Pour the cooked paste out onto a greased and lined baking tray and smooth the paste out evenly to about a half inch thickness. Place into the oven for one hour to speed up the setting process.

Remove the vanilla pod and bag and discard.

Drain the liquid from the quinces and weigh them. Note the weight - this is the weight of sugar needed.

Remove from the oven and slice into portions.

Put the slices into sealed containers and refrigerate. They will keep for a long time if they are not allowed to dry out. Expect the slices to deepen in colour as they age.

Blend the quinces. Some people like the paste very smooth, others prefer it to have more texture. Return to the pan and add the sugar.

Serve with cheese; the Spanish like to have it with Manchego. It can also be used as a breakfast spread on bread or toast.

Sloe gin Making sloe gin is slow but not laborious. There’s no cooking required, just patience, as the sloes must steep in the gin.

Ingredients: 450g/1lb sloes 225g/8oz sugar 1 litre/1¾ pint gin Preparation method: Traditionally, you should prick the skin of the sloes with a silver needle after waiting for the first frost of the year to pick the sloes.

Alternatively, pick them as soon as they are ripe and put them in a bag in the freezer, this will

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split the skins and soften the fruit. Pour the sloes and sugar into a sterilised jar or a bottle and add the gin, seal tightly and shake well.

Store in a cool, dark cupboard and shake every other day for a week. Then shake once a week for at least two months, or as long as you can keep your hands off it.

If you are not a gin fan, this recipe works equally well with vodka.

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Take the children to West Dean Gardens for some spooky half term fun. Children can take part in activities in a marquee set up in the gardens where they can try their hand at pumpkin decorating, listen to scary storytelling and get their face painted. They can order milkshakes and soft drinks from the ‘Addams Family’ themed bar. All visitors (no age restrictions!) are invited to go along in fancy dress and there will be a goody bag prize, full of Halloween accessories to be won. In the award winning Gardens there will also be a Halloween Treasure Hunt taking you through some of the scarier parts of the gardens. Takes place from Monday 27th to Friday 31st October from 10am to 4pm. Adult (normal gardens entry) £8.50 Child £2.50. For more information and to book go to www.westdean.org.uk/gardens.

West Dean College, near Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 OQZ. Opera South celebrates 30 years with its first production of Verdi’s

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La Traviata. Three decades ago, Opera South launched in Haslemere with a performance of Mozart’s The Impresario. Over the years it has staged works from the familiar (Eugene Onegin) to the forgotten (German’s Merrie England), each time bringing together rising stars of the operatic world and the experienced Opera South chorus, formed of the best local talent. In the pit Opera South’s Music Director, rising star Mark Austin, will conduct members of his Faust Ensemble: top young professional musicians who play regularly for orchestras including the London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. By kind permission, the opera is sung in David Pountney’s English translation for ENO. There will be three performances at Haslemere Hall, on Thursday 30th October at 7.30 pm; Saturday 1st November at 5.30 pm and Sunday 2nd November at 2.30 pm. Tickets are available

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from Haslemere Hall box office, 01428 642161, and online at www. haslemerehall.co.uk.

Haunted Haslemere – Horrific Halloween will be taking place on Friday 31st October at Haslemere Museum. It runs from 1pm-4pm and the cost is Adults £1 / Children £3 (no need to book). Horrific Halloween is a family drop in session at the Haslemere Museum where you can go along and make Halloween related crafts. Take a pumpkin or squash to carve and take part in the Halloween procession through the town, leaving from the museum at 4.30pm. Enquiries to haslemerevisitor@haslemere. com or call 01428 645425. More information at www.haslemere. com/vic.

Guildford Choral Society, who unbelievably are celebrating their 175th year, are putting on a wonderful concert at Guildford Cathedral on Saturday 1st

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Chernobyl Children Life Line On 26th April 1986, technicians at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in the Ukraine allowed the power in one of the reactors to fall as part of a controlled experiment. To carry out their tests, they deactivated several major safety systems that would shut down the reactor in case of accident.

The experiment went wrong. Two explosions blew the top off the reactor building and started a fire in the core, This burned for several days and a cloud of deadly radio activity dispersed into the surrounding environment. The wind carried the radiation cloud north over Belarus and Northern Ukraine where 70% of the radiation fell. The ground was heavily contaminated and will continue to be for thousands of years.

It is now 28 years since the accident at the Chernobyl site but the Belarusians and Ukrainians are still living with the after effects of the explosion. Those who live on contaminated lands do not have access to clean food and water thus accumulating harmful radioactive particles, which damage their bodies. They suffer from contact exposure to radiation. Ceasium-137 damages their heart, eyes, kidney, and liver, and Strontium-90 affects their bones and bone marrow. Children in particular are facing health problems for generations to come as they suffer from cancer, leukaemia and an extremely poor immune system.

This is where the Chernobyl Children Life Line charity comes in. The charity organises visits to the UK to give the children a chance to live in a ‘clean’ environment and eat uncontaminated food for a month. Over 56,000 children from Belarus and the Ukraine have visited the UK since 1992. It is thought that one month in the UK could increasea child’s life expectancy and give a much needed boost to their immune system.

In addition to these visits, the charity also: ● Provides ongoing supplies of multi-vitamins and basic health care products to the children on their return home ● Works with partners in Belarus and Ukraine to locate children from villages who are in need of recuperative care ● Helps children too sick to travel by providing chemotherapy medicines to Children’s Cancer ● Provides support with medicines and equipment at orphanages throughout Belarus and the Ukraine.

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The charity is represented in the UK by about 150 groups (known as Links). The Haslemere Link consists of host families and supporters whose aim is to provide the children with an experience of living in the UK. The Link must also raise the funds to pay for the visit. It costs about £450 per child – it doesn’t sound much but multiply that figure by 10 (which is the average number of children most Links host) and you can appreciate how much fund-raising effort is needed.

The parents of the children appreciate all the help we give them as this is the only chance to save their future. When in the UK the children really become part of the host family; they are well behaved and enjoy group activities as well as ordinary family life.

We are appealing for host families to come forward to join their local Link and host children for a month or at least two weeks. Being a host parent can be hard work but also very rewarding. This is a one-off lifetime experience you would never forget!

A varied programme of events and outings is arranged for the children during their visit. Swimming, beach trips (many of the children have never been to the seaside!) and visits to places of interest, are all regular favourites. However, the main reason that the children are here is to get away from the contamination in Belarus and the Ukraine for a month and have a ‘health break’ that will improve their general health and give that much needed boost to their immune system.

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For further details please contact us on 01428 642523 or email to ho@ccll.org.uk. Our website is www.ccll.org.uk.

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Three recipes from Four Gables Set in beautiful countryside at Ashtead, Surrey, Four Gables Food Academy is located on chef patron David Gillott’s smallholding, which allows the school to be proudly 25% self-sufficient. Here, David and his fellow chefs present relaxed, hands-on cookery tuition to people of all ages and abilities, in classes of just four to six.

From teens to grannies (and granddads!), these cookery classes are for people who want to learn to cook, improve their technique or prepare something new under expert guidance. Classes often start with a walk around the smallholding to select ingredients. Students enjoy lunch together and leave with delicious dishes they have created, along with a book of recipes.

For more information about Four Gables Food Academy, telephone 01372 275276 or visit the website at www.FourGablesFoodAcademy.com.

Braised lamb shanks with garlic and anchovy Absolutely perfect as the days get a bit shorter and a little colder, this is the easiest recipe. Chuck it all in the oven and it’s ready two hours later. Love rosemary, add a whole load more! What about serving the shanks with a minted mash – perfect!

Ingredients 4 x lamb shanks Freshly ground black pepper 1 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, roughly chopped 1 clove garlic, sliced 4 anchovy fillets, chopped 2 sprigs rosemary 2 bay leaves 250ml chicken or beef stock 250ml red wine Handful of fresh parsley, chopped Serves 4

Preheat the oven to 160C. Season the lamb shanks with the pepper. Brown them in a casserole with a little olive oil.

When the shanks are slightly browned add the roughly chopped onions and garlic.

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Chop up two of the anchovy fillets and add to the casserole. Tear in the rosemary and bay leaves.

Then add the stock and the wine and bring to a simmer.

When simmering, put the lid on and bake in the oven for two hours, with a little turn of the shanks halfway through.

Remove the shanks to a serving dish and leave to rest in a warm oven.

Meanwhile tend to the sauce by adding two more chopped anchovies and a handful of chopped parsley.

Bring the sauce to the boil, check the seasoning and then pour over the resting lamb shanks and serve.

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FOOD Spiced Flatbreads These are a staple in my house, not just at work. I make them with lots of things, just on their own with some dipping sauce or maybe stuffed with sundried tomato and mozzarella. Love curry? Love making it at home – these are a great substitute for naan bread!

Mix the flour, salt, coriander seeds and paprika in a large bowl, make a well in the centre and add the olive oil and the warm water. Using a fork, start incorporating the flour with the water and olive oil, if necessary add more water. Once the dough starts to come together, use your hands to form a soft ball of dough.

the flat breads for two minutes on each side.

Serve as a starter with home-made dips.

Knead the dough for five minutes, or until it is smooth and elastic. Put the dough back into the bowl, cover and set aside for 15 minutes. (This dough is much firmer to handle than bread dough and will feel heavier.)

Ingredients 250g strong white bread flour 4tbsp Olive Oil 1½ tsp salt 100ml warm water Vegetable oil or spray oil, for oiling 1tsp cumin 1 tsp, toasted and ground coriander Serves 5

Divide the dough into five equal balls.

Roll them out. Heat a pan and cook

Apple Tarte Fine We want to avoid that “soggy bottom” so make sure you cook the puff pastry fully – it needs to be really crispy and flakey!”

Heat the oven to 220C. Roll out the pastry and trim to a round about 35cm across. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Dot the top with the butter and sprinkle with vanilla and caster sugar.

Bake for 15-20 minutes until the apples are tender and the pastry crisp.

Peel, core and thinly slice the apples and toss in the lemon juice. Spread over the pastry to within 2cm of the edges. Curl up the edges slightly to stop the juices running off.

Warm the conserve and brush over the apples and pastry edge. Serve hot with vanilla ice cream or crème fraîche.

Ingredients 375g pack puff pastry, preferably all-butter 5 large eating apples - Cox’s, russets or Elstar juice of 1 lemon 25g butter , cut into small pieces 3 tsp vanilla sugar or 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tbsp caster sugar 3 rounded tbsp apricot conserve Serves 3

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GARDEN

What to do in

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With Matthew Pottage, Garden Manager at RHS Garden Wisley

Packing the punch for autumn Now is a great time of year to be enjoying autumn colours on both deciduous shrubs and trees. If you haven’t been to Wisley in recent weeks, make sure you call in and take an energetic walk through the arboretum, one of Wisley’s best kept secrets! Some star plants to look out for are Acer rubrum ‘October Glory’, which turns a magnificent scarlet; the enormous avenue of Tilia tomentosa which turn a wonderful buttery yellow and finally the concentration of Liquidambar trees which turn all manner of reds!

While autumn is a super time to appreciate the turning colours, it is also good to observe how they are complemented by conifers and other evergreens. The reds and yellows are most effective when in front of greens and

greys, so whether you are just selecting shrubs such as Euonymus europaeus and Cotinus for colour, or larger specimens, remember to choose some evergreen friends for them – you’ll be especially glad of them in the winter.

New faces in the Spring Garden

Trees and shrubs for the future Autumn is such a splendid time of year for planting.

At Wisley we are currently busy planting in areas such as the arboretum and pinetum where we do not have any reliable irrigation, as autumn is the best time to establish root growth. This is because it is one of the few times of the year where we have the magical combination of both warmth and moisture in the soil which promotes good root growth, and while the plant may look inactive above the ground, everything below is still busy. Trees planted in the autumn have a much better chance at surviving a summer drought than those planted in the spring when they have a habit of drying out in their original rootball.

I would like to challenge you all to head for the bulb section of the Wisley Plant Centre this autumn and choose a type of bulb you’ve never tried growing before. Trying something a bit different always brings a thrill to gardening, and what easier topic than a bulb?

Last autumn I treated myself to some variegated crown imperials, which I planted in a lovely, slender terracotta pot, where their stripy, emerging heads brought about much interest – even to those who dislike variegated plants! Remember bulbs are great in pots, so if experimentation isn’t your bag, just try one pot of something, its good to try something new.

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However, a few things to remember when planting trees; always make sure the point at where the roots emerge from the stem is flush at ground level – never deeper. It is normal to sometimes have to pick apart the compost to find this level, but deep planting is a common cause of poor establishment, yet so many people seem oblivious to it. Finally, always buy fresh stock that hasn’t been hanging around in a pot for years – severely potbound plants are always slower to establish and in the case of a tree, sometimes never establish properly.

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RHS Garden Wisley, Woking GU23 6QB. Visit www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley to find out more.

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November at 7.30pm. They will be performing Mozarts Figaro Overture, Solemn Vespers and Exsultate Jubilate, together with Beethoven’s Mass in C. Under the Guidance of their Music Director, Jonathan Willcocks, they will be joined by Southern Pro Musica.

Tickets: Front Nave: £25, Mid Nave: £17, Rear Nave: £10, West Gallery: £19. Concessions: £10 on all seats except Front Nave. Concessions are available for children, students, disabled and ES40. Tickets are available from: boxoffice@ guildfordchoral.org or directly from Derek Lake on 01494 675571.

Also from the Guildford Tourist Information Centre: 01483 444333.

The Charities Fair takes place on Saturday 8th November from 9am till 1pm. Taking place at Haslemere Hall, it is the biggest charity market of the year and is celebrating its 30th year. It is organised by BLISS the prem baby charity but aims to give a variety of good causes the chance to raise money and attract supporters. Entry is free but any optional donations will be shared by the charities. To date there are 27 different charities on 40 tables in the main hall, on the stage, in the bar area. There will be special presents and quirky bargains. Christmas gifts, cards, stocking fillers, gift-wrap, calendars and decorations, cakes, preserves, spring bulbs, books and a Grand Draw with many attractive prizes. There’s a coffee shop selling filter coffee, tea, freshly filled rolls and cakes. Contact Dianne Bennett on 01428 642320 or db.haslemere@btinternet.com. I have been asked to list the charities taking part so here goes: BLISS prem baby charity, Amnesty International, Bordon,Liphook,Haslemere, Cancer Research UK, Canine Partners, Carers’ Support, Cats Protection, Chernobyl Children, Lifeline, Chiddingfold Guides, Dan Eley Foundation, First Responders, GUTS, Haslemere Musical Soc, Haslemere Society, Haslewey Centre, HDFAS, Macmillan, Misson Direct, Motor Neurone Assoc, October 2014

Myasthenia Assoc, Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, Rotary Club, RSPB, RSPCA, RSPCA Lockwood Centre, Taylan’s Project, U3A. On Saturday 8th November, Midhurst Parish Church, in association with the British Legion, is hosting a Recital of World War One Poetry, Songs and Reminiscences, supported by the Midhurst Players. The Recital will be held in Midhurst Parish Church at 7.30pm. Tickets are £15, which includes a sausage and mash supper - with onion gravy! A vegetarian alternative will be available, as will liquid refreshments. Tickets available from “Stepping Out” North Street, Midhurst, The Tall Dog, Church Hill, Midhurst or by phoning 01730 815356. (If the answerphone is on, please leave your name and telephone number and they will return your call). Go and experience an evening inspired by the words, music and reflections of The Great War. All Saints Church, Grayswood is the venue for a piano recital on Sunday 9th November at 3pm. It will be given by Jessica Gale who is a talented young musician and is preparing for her piano Diploma exam in December. She has a BMus honours degree from Surrey University and has also achieved the ABRSM Grade 8 in Singing, and teaches piano locally. Jessica will perform her Diploma repertoire which includes music by Bach, Beethoven and Schumann, but will be joined by Kay Turk to play three lively duets, including ‘The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’ by Handel.

Kay not only plays the piano and the double bass but is the trainee organist at All Saints. There will be tea and cake in the interval and entry is free, so do go and have an enjoyable afternoon.

The church will be surrounded in scaffolding while the roof and tower are being repaired, so there will be a retiring collection in aid of the roof fund appeal, which I understand has nearly reached its target, what a fantastic effort! For

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further information, contact Shirley on 01428 653285/shirley1941@ btinternet.com.

Harrison’s Fund, a Surrey based charity raising funds for research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a fatal muscle wasting disease affecting 1 in 3500 boys born in the UK, is holding the 2nd Annual Christmas Gift Fair at Liphook Millennium Centre on Saturday 29th November. They still have some stalls available for this event and would welcome applications for these to info@harrisonfund.com More details in next month’s edition.

Macmillan Cancer Support in Midhurst will be holding its annual Tree of Hope Service at St Mary’s Church Easebourne on Thursday 4th December at 6.30pm. They invite you to remember a loved one who will not be with you this Christmas by dedicating a light on the Macmillan Tree of Hope and having their name entered into the 2014 Book of Love.

All donations received will help fund the Macmillan Palliative Care Service, based at Midhurst Community Hospital, supporting their patients and their families living with cancer and other life threatening illnesses in Midhurst and the surrounding areas.

Dedication forms are available from 1st October at The Pearson Unit, Midhurst Community Hospital, Midhurst, the Macmillan Charity shops in Grayshott & Midhurst or visit www.macmillan.org.uk/ sussex and download a dedication form. Alternatively please email toh.midhurst@btinternet.com .

The Rotary Club of Midhurst and Petworth held their 15th Annual Charity Golf day at the Cowdray Park Golf Club. Once again generously sponsored by Towers Watson, Yeomans Honda and Kerrytype, 33 teams took part in glorious conditions enjoying Cowdray Park Golf Club at its very best. After the checking of some very close results the Chris Crisp 41

Go on a Great British Walk with the National Trust The National Trust has unveiled some of its most lovely places in Surrey as part of its annual celebration of walking: the Great British Walk. The Great British Walk encourages everyone to explore the outdoors and discover vibrant National Trust spaces on foot. A vast and varied selection of walks is available, from those chosen by the public to handpicked walks by National Trust experts. Running to the 24th October, this year’s Great British Walk has uncovered some of the region’s most colourful vistas, stories, characters and objects to see on a walk. land between Hindhead Commons and the Devil’s Punch Bowl has been restored, creating a united, sweeping landscape.

Autumn is a great time to come and walk here. We have 30 acres of beech trees, which turn a deep orange as autumn kicks in.

Look out for the Highland cattle, the bracken which turns a russet colour, rowan berries and crab apples. The best way to see all this is to make your way to the eastern side of the Devil’s Punch Bowl and look back across the valley. Highcombe Copse offers the best autumnal views of Hindhead.

Petworth House and Park With far-reaching views across the South Downs, this 700 acre historic park is an ideal place to escape the crowds in autumn.

Try out one of our four new walking trails. Pick up a free leaflet from the noticeboards by the car park or download the leaflet from our website and follow the signposts. Bring a picnic or stop for tea and cake at our cafe.

A range of guided and downloadable walks takes in the rich autumn colour palette at Petworth, and the views that inspired artist JMW Turner. Turner was a regular guest of his patron George Wyndham, third Earl of Egremont at Petworth House. He painted the house and parkland many times.

For hints of autumn gold, follow the downloadable Ancient Tree Trail. The magnificent oaks, limes, beeches and chestnuts create canopies of butter-coloured foliage, and close to Upper Pond you’ll glimpse rich yellow swamp cyprus.

A highlight later in the season is the exciting fallow deer rut; deer have been at Petworth for centuries and are captured in Turner’s painting ‘Sunset, Fighting Bucks’, which can be seen in the Carved Room.

Petworth Park guided tours: 4th, 12th, 17th and 23rd October, 11am-12.45pm, £5, book on 01798 342207.

Hindhead Commons and the Devil’s Punch Bowl A breathtaking natural amphitheatre of heathland, small streams and woodland. Since the construction of the A3 Hindhead tunnel, heath42

Hinton Ampner, Bramdean, Hampshire The gardens are awash with colour in autumn, with pumpkins and squashes in the pretty walled kitchen garden.

Walk further afield with the Dutton Estate trail and discover vistas across the South Downs before weaving your way through the buttery-gold canopy of beech woodland. Hinton’s Ancient Tree trail tells of Civil War battles, wartime evacuees and ghostly hauntings; it also reveals some spectacular displays of autumn colour; look out for the vivid yellow foliage of the black walnut tree and the deep red hues of the Norway maple.

Harvest Hedgerow walk, 5th October, 10.30am-12.30pm, £10, book on 01962 771305.

Autumn Colour Walks, 11th and 22nd October, 10.30am12.30pm, £10, book on 01962 771305. vantagepointmag.co.uk

WALKS Woolbeding countryside The ancient, lichen-covered Woolbeding Bridge is the start and finish point of a two mile self-guided circular walk that follows the picturesque River Rother. The walk, which includes glorious vistas of the South Downs, takes in ancient woodland in shades of russet, orange and gold in autumn, and the picturesque Stedham Mill.

Black Down, near Haslemere A landscape of pines and wavy hair grass, this wild heathland landscape is perfect for walks in autumn. Later, on 18th October, take part in a 12 mile leisurely walk from Black Down to Woolbeding Common, led by our Rangers, with a minibus ride back.

Enjoy views over open heaths before descending into ancient woodland full of fungi, wildlife and rich autumn foliage.

Black Down to Woolbeding Common walk, 18th October, 10.30am-4pm, £3, book on 01730 816638, meet at Black Down car park.

Slindon Estate A glorious mix of downland and farmland, woodland and wildlife-rich hedgerows.

Choose from three downloadable walks, one of which takes in spectacular views of the coast, the Isle of Wight, even the spire of Chichester Cathedral. Stroll along 2,000 years of grassy Roman road, and up to 19th century Nore Hill Folly where you can gaze across to the famous beech trees of Slindon – a canopy of gold and bronze foliage. A well-sited bench allows walkers to enjoy the panorama. Along the hedgerow running south from the folly you’ll find pink spindle, red hawthorn, blue-black sloes, and blackberries. Later in October Slindon village reveals its nationally famous display of orange, yellow and green pumpkins – a sight well worth looking out for.

Winkworth Arboretum, near Godalming One of the finest displays of autumn colour in the country can be seen at the National Trust‘s only arboretum.

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Witness a magical transformation as the lush greens blaze into glorious autumn colour. Viewpoints dotted around higher points of the Arboretum offer some of the best places to experience the full beauty of the orange, gold and red and yellow leaves. The Japanese maple leaves provide a red carpet walkway and the plant life turns golden. Walk downhill to the boathouse and see the colours reflected in the lake from a picturesque wooden veranda.

Fungi Foray with expert Sara Shepley, Sunday 19th October, 1pm, £8 (£4). Booking essential 01483 208936.

Dawn Walk: a fantastic autumn colour photo opportunity, Sunday 19th October, 7am, £10 (£5) Booking essential 01483 208936.

Share pictures of your colourful walks and experiences with the National Trust this year on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook using #GBwalk.

For more information on National Trust seasonal strolls and downloadable walks visit www. nationaltrust.org.uk/greatbritishwalk.

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Trophy for first place was won by The Good, Bad and Ugly. With the final money raised expected to be over £6,000 the main charity to benefit is Prostate Cancer Research UK. For those of you looking for local pilates classes, these are held weekly in Fernhurst. Massage clinics are also held at the same venues, for more information email Laura at kaizen.pilates@outlook. com or call 07557 018276.

Waverley are now selling eight litre, fully compostable and biodegradable food waste caddy liners for just £1.50 for 25 bags at four locations across Waverley. The liners are to be sold at Waverley Council’s offices in the The Burys, Godalming, Godalming Library, Bridge Street, Godalming, Cranleigh Library, High Street, Cranleigh, the Farnham Locality Office, South Street, Farnham and Haslemere Town Hall. Last year, a survey revealed that 35% of Waverley residents were still choosing to dispose of their food waste in ways other than using the food waste recycling caddy. The survey also showed that one of the barriers preventing residents using the food waste recycling service was the cost of food waste caddy liners in the supermarkets. To find out what you can and cannot recycle in your food waste caddy, visit www. waverley.gov.uk/foodwaste or call 01483 523524.

Parking congestion caused by the growing success of the Grayshott Market is becoming an increasing issue in Grayshott. Because of this, a pilot park and ride service for the market is being planned in partnership with Hoppa, the Waverley based community transport service. The trial service will run between the Applegarth Farm Shop to and from the market in Grayshott Village Square throughout October and November.

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free parking space for up to 150 cars with volunteer parking attendants. Whilst the service is free of charge, passengers will be asked for a donation in aid of the Macmillan Cancer Charity. The Grayshott Market runs on the third Saturday every month and is located in Grayshott Square. It opens for business at 9.30am.

I am writing this as it is a really urgent appeal, and I believe that that help will go direct to where it is needed. If children are to survive, families must have a successful crop. In many parts of Darfur the rains came too late to guarantee millet the three months it needs to mature. After that the sun is too hot and stunts all changes of further growth. Sorghum has a shorter growing period, and although it is not as palatable, it would provide families with what they need to survive. Kids for Kids is determined to provide 3 kgs of sorghum seed for as many families as possible before the end of September. 3 kgs cost approximately £4 per family, including transport (but not administration).

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