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to the point Guildford Undetected Tumour Screening (GUTS) was founded in 1983 by Professor Chris Marks, who recognised that early detection was key to improving bowel cancer survival rates. GUTS initiated one of the first bowel cancer mass screening programmes in the UK, reaching 20,000 patients from 37 GP practices in the Guildford area in its first year. Since then GUTS funding has been pivotal both in research to advance screening and detection, and in improving the care, treatment and outcomes for patients from across the south of England. Over the years GUTS has raised funds for numerous projects including a da Vinci Surgical Robot and a Genetic Analyser. GUTS-funded research projects published in medical journals have also contributed to a better understanding of colorectal cancer. One of their fundraisers was an annual Classic Car Rally, which was started by Sarah Grillo and ran

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Our first GUTS Motor Tour will be taking place this year on the 7th September 2014 and will run from Passfield, nr Liphook, Hants to the Brooklands Motor Circuit. Although principly for ‘classic’ motor cars, more recent models will be considered for inclusion. The cost, including breakfast, is £60 for two people and the car. At the time of writing, we have a few places left, so if any reader is interested in joining us, please contact us at gutsmotortour@gmail.com or call me on 01483 421601. It’s a great, fun event for a very worthwhile charity. For more information, please visit www.gutsfbc.co.uk/events.

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Jottings Many thanks to everyone who has taken the trouble to email us with your kind comments; we love hearing from you. There seems to be as much going on as ever so hope you manage to get to some of the events and that you are all having a very enjoyable summer. As last month, the Jottings are in date order - we hope this makes for easier reading. In 2013, Crafts Council announced 38 makers for its six-month Hothouse programme from January 2014, which is delivered in partnership across four regions: the South West, North, South East and Midlands. Alongside the Craft Study Centre, Farnham and Making Space, Havant, The New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham has been supporting the programme of emerging makers in the South East and has invited twelve makers, three from each cohort to exhibit in the gallery’s summer exhibition that will focus on bespoke, collectable crafts, priced £1,000 or less. While showcasing their work, the exhibition will also be a good opportunity for collectors to buy the work and invest in new talent. The exhibition opened on 21st June and runs until 2nd August. Definitely worth popping into the Gallery and having a look. The Seale and Sands Summer Show is on Saturday 5th July at 1.30pm, and the theme this year is ‘Carnival’ - a touch of Brazil is coming to the local area. The show has all the normal

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treats like the marquee full of local flowers, wonderful produce and terrific children’s art, plus the many exciting stalls, archery, the coconut shy and the vintage cars. Alongside these treats will be the central arena packed full of exciting activities to reflect the Carnival theme, including Limbo dancing, Samba dancing and a Carnival Queen and they will join the old favourites such as Drench the Wench, Prof Dumpling’s Punch and Judy, the Dog Disorder and delightful Maypole Dancing from the children of Barfield School. Highlight of the show will be the ‘Decorated Wheelbarrow Procession’, and it would be wonderful to have 60 or more wheelbarrows processing through the arena. Theme is Carnival, so suitable themes might include boats, dragons, fruit, spiders, palm trees, beach scenes, colourful clothing etc. If you Google ‘Decorated wheelbarrows’ budding wheelbarrowers may get some further ideas. It will be great fun so find the wheelbarrow, get decorating and join the procession, everyone is welcome. The History of Hale Project coffee morning on 31st May saw the launch of their new book “A Farming Miscellany” (Price £4). The contributors, all project members, told their stories and memories of the farms and farmers of their childhood which were put together by Pat Heather. They are appealing to you all for items and memorabilia for the display, for the 30th August

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coffee morning, to commemorate the start of WW1. They will be open from 10am-2pm that day. On Carnival Day, the 5th July, their exhibition in the Village Hall will be open from 2pm4.30pm. Do try to visit this display; it will be well worth it. If you have any Carnival photographs please let Pat scan them to show on the day. As you know there is a Poppy Day Table at the October coffee morning, and a wreath is laid on Armistice Sunday. This year if you have a relative named on the Memorial who was killed in 1914, you can plant a cross in the (hopefully) poppy gardens; this will continue each Armistice Sunday till 2018. The seeds of the poppies were sown by a group of children from Hale School. If you need further information call Geoff Wallis on 01252 711993. Do you know if you are paying the right amount of Tax? The charity ‘Tax Help for Older People’ is an independent FREE tax advice service for older people on low incomes who cannot afford to pay an accountant for advice. The charity has volunteer tax professionals who really know their way around the tax system and can help with any tax matter, including replying to a letter from HMRC. However you may simply wish to have a tax health check for peace of mind and to know that everything is in order. So how do you obtain help? Call on 0845 601 3321 or 01308 488066, email taxvol@taxvol.org.uk or use the secure link on www.taxvol.

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Dishing the Dirt This July, a walk around Farnham’s public gardens and green spaces might produce a few surprises. With amateur archaeologists being invited to dig into the town’s buried past, there could well be more here than meets the eye, as Viv Micklefield discovers.

“It’s in the name really,” says Anne Sassin, “Community archaeology is all about getting residents and school children excited about the protection and preservation of their local history, by seeing for themselves what’s involved on an organised dig.” I’m talking to Anne ahead of four very special weekends this summer that will see carefully selected sites around Farnham town centre become the focus of some real hands-on treasure hunting. It’s here that, with the help of the general public, experts will try to continue piecing together some of the area’s fascinating past. Anne is the professional archaeologist charged with overseeing the Finding Farnham project. She’s joined forces with the Museum of Farnham and fellow Surrey Archaeological Society member David Graham, who’s got history when it comes to being involved in local digs. Whether these 2014 excavations will unearth anything to match the medieval tile kiln previously found beneath the foundations of Borelli Yard, or the Pleistocene mammoth tusk unearthed in Coxbridge gravel pit, remains to be seen. But judging by the success of an open day in May, during which over 100 people 8

immediately signed-up to take part, the anticipation is growing. And much to Anne’s obvious delight, many of those who’ve shown a keen interest are families. As she explains, the project is based on the excavation of a series of test pits, 1m x 1m square and which for safety,are no deeper than 1.2m. “It’s a standard size that can be dug in one day and then closed. By having several small areas excavated, you may hit a feature or building, but it’s more about the finds. If you discover something that necessitates keeping the pit open, you would investigate further over a larger area at a later date.” According to Anne, there are two key milestones in the history of settlement in Farnham. “During the Saxon period, St Andrews Church is where we believe the centre was. And then, when the Normans come in the 10th and 11th centuries they planned a new town which included the Castle, so you see the settlement shifting towards the north.” This, it seems, makes Farnham quite unusual compared to other medieval towns where, more often than not, later settlements grow-up immediately around an earlier one. “We still don’t know for sure the extent of the original Saxon settlement,” admits Anne, so several of the test pits are likely to be concentrated close to St Andrews. vantagepointmag.co.uk

confirms. “They might also get involved in any finds recording, and doing drawings if there are special features.” And what happens next to any finds? “It depends on the nature of these [finds]. Things like pottery, unless the owners have a claim to them, they’ll probably go into the Museum collections. If certain high value or iron objects are discovered, the Finds Liaison Officer at the Surrey Archaeological Society will be involved as part of the portable antiquities scheme.” In addition to the weekend digs, school groups will also have a chance to get involved on weekdays, which it’s hoped might inspire a new generation of youngsters to train as archaeologists. Left: Sieving. Above: Farnham Museum Garden. Images from the Finding Farnham Community Archaeology Project. Right: A short cross penny and a bronze age arrowhead, both earlier finds. Images by David Graham.

By using hand tools this also means that none of the digs is too invasive, which in Anne’s experience tends to encourage more private home owners to offer their gardens up for excavation. And, so far, she expects there to be at least a dozen different sites. Of these, the test pits in Farnham Park, Bishop’s Meadow and the Library Gardens will all be open to members of the public who may wish to wander along on the day and have a peek. Another popular site is likely to be the Museum of Farnham Gardens. Apparently, the last major dig here took place in 1993, when the Garden Gallery was constructed, so this time the team is keen to examine other parts of the grounds. As the archaeological archives and museum showcases around the region remind, you never know what might be found next: from barbed arrowheads to silver coins, and from everyday household objects to exquisite decorative jewellery. So, under the watchful eyes of the professionals, what will Farnham’s amateur archaeologists be actually doing? “A lot of the digging, sieving the soil and washing of any finds,” Anne July 2014

During the month, updates on www. findingfarnham.com and social media will enable all of us to keep tabs on the latest developments. There are also plans for another open day in July when local specialists will be holding a bone workshop and a pottery workshop, both of which are free. And if you miss out on these, the final results of this summer’s digs will be displayed at Farnham Museum on Saturday 13 September. “Community digs are not a new thing in Surrey – Woking Palace is another, recent, example, but ours is pretty unique as the entire project team also lives or works in Farnham too,” says Anne. You certainly get the impression that everyone who’s involved just can’t wait to get their hands dirty.

What: Finding Farnham Community Archaeology Project When: 10am-4pm each Saturday and Sunday throughout July Where: Public sites and any late places remaining for participants will be listed at www.findingfarnham.com, which also has details of workshops and other events. Finding Farnham has been made possible thanks to grants from Farnham Town Council, Surrey Archaeological Society, Farnham & District Museum Society and the Heritage Lottery Fund. 9

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org.uk or write to Tax Help for Older People, Pineapple Business Park, Salway Ash, Bridport, Dorset DT6 5DB. Any subsequent meetings with an adviser are arranged to take place in offices in the client’s locality and are held in private. Home visits can be arranged for those who are disabled. Knowing how complicated taxation can become, this really is a marvellous opportunity; it’s impressive that tax professionals are prepared to volunteer their services for free. There is a nice gentle family event taking place in Crondall on the afternoon of Sunday 6th July. It involves a pleasant walk through Crondall solving clues as you go and then tea and cakes in the Village Hall. The cost is £7.50 per person or £20 for a family of four. For more information and to book a place, call 01252 346107 or email fundraising@stepbystep. org.uk. It is being organised by Step by Step, the charity that helps homeless young people. Farncombe Music Club has two dates to note in July. On Sunday

6th July is Brian Player’s Acoustic Cafe at St. John’s Church Room, Farncombe. The whole event will be recorded and broadcast on presenter Brian’s internet-based Acoustic Cafe Radio Show, on which emerging artists are showcased alongside established performers. The show is also syndicated to at least seven other internet radio stations and is accessed at www.brianplayermusic. wordpress.com. The show features three acts: Hicks and Goulbourn, a quintessential acoustic music duo (www.hicksandgoulbourn.com), Luke Jackson, a rising 19 year old Roots singer/songwriter from Canterbury, Kent (www.lukepauljackson. com) and Kara, a new band from Hertfordshire (www.facebook.com/ karafolkband). Tickets are only £5 (advance / door). Doors open at 2pm with live music from 2.30pm until 5pm. Thursday 24th July sees Eve Selis plus special guests, Berkley Hart, at St John’s Church, Farncombe. This sounds like a very good concert indeed. “Playing here is a spiritual experience and the acoustics are amazing” enthuses San Diego singer,

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Groups £9.50. To book tickets go to www.GLive.co.uk or call 0844 7701 797 (10am-6pm, Mon to Sat). For bookings in person, the ticket desk in the main foyer will be open from 10am Monday to Saturday; on Sundays and Bank Holidays it will open 90 minutes prior to any performance. The next meeting of Farnham Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild is on Tuesday 8th July starting at 2pm in the Methodist Church Hall, South Street, when Andrée Neighbour will speak about her year as Mayor. The ladies will also receive a report about the National AGM which was held in Cardiff in June. The Guild does not have a regular meeting in August but will be holding a Garden Party on 12th August in the afternoon in the Victoria Garden. Outings are planned to the Manor House, Upton Grey, Winchester City Mill and Milestones Museum, Basingstoke. Mid-Surrey Federation has also arranged events such as croquet, Scrabble and a craft afternoon for ladies from across Surrey to enjoy. To find out more about Townswomen’s Guild visit the national

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On the starting grid in the 1960s

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Nick Farley talks to motor racing legend John Surtees John Surtees OBE is definitely ‘Surrey boy made good’. Made very good, in fact. He truly is a world figure and a racing legend we can all admire. He was born in Tatsfield and now lives in Lingfield, both in Surrey. His business however has been based in Kent at Edenbridge, where he still has an office, and it was at Brands Hatch that he first made his racing name. If you are not interested in motor sport, or if you are but are of tender years, you may not know too much about him other than the endlesslyquoted fact that he is the only man to have won World Championships on two wheels and on four: for the record he actually won seven World titles on motorbikes between 1956 and 1960 and he was F1 World Champion driving a Ferrari in 1964. All of which is remarkable enough and a truly amazing achievement, and one which is unlikely ever to be repeated, but how about this: the very first car race he ever saw was one in which he was actually taking part; not only that, it was one in which he came second to Jim Clark! Moreover, it could be argued, July 2014

and I would certainly argue it, that had he been a little more prudent and perhaps a little less ‘emotional’ (his word, not mine) he would have won more F1 Championships. Perhaps because of ‘emotion’ he didn’t, as he put it to me “….. always find myself sitting in the best (F1)seat”. Right seat or not he’s had an incredible career in a dangerous sport. He celebrates his 80th birthday this year and that’s provided me with a jolly good reason to talk to him. I actually first met him in 1971 when I was working for The London Evening News which was sponsoring every race meeting of the season – cars and motorbikes – at Brands Hatch, and it was therefore decided that editorially we needed an expert who could talk knowledgably both about bikes and cars. Who fitted that description better than John Surtees? The fact that he also knew Brands Hatch about as well as he knew his own kitchen was a bonus. My role? I was the humble gobetween twixt him and the Evening News. The thing that I remember about him from that time was his single-mindedness, his determination and the breadth of his knowledge. Remember that by 1971 he had already been a top F1 driver for over 10 years and he’d been World Champion in 1964. Not only was he still driving and winning in F1 cars in 1971, he was also designing and building his own Surtees F1 cars and other racing cars, notably the championship-winning F2 cars, at his Edenbridge factory. 13

the crash, he was living in Italy in a Ferrari apartment. He was secure as the Number One driver for Ferrari, he had already won the Syracuse Grand Prix and the Belgian Grand Prix of that year and he was leading the World Championship when, on a matter of principle and because of ‘politics’, he walked out of Ferrari. Just imagine that. In that position he simply left Ferrari! Who else would have done that? Had he swallowed hard, bitten his tongue and stayed he would probably have been the F1 Champion again in 1966. But swallowing hard and biting the tongue are not Surtees traits, so off he went and drove the rest of the 1966 F1 season in a Cooper Maserati, ending up with a couple of podium finishes and a win at the Mexican Grand Prix. That’s the determination bit.

Flying over Ballaugh Bridge in the Isle of Man TT 1957

When I asked him about this he said: “The most important person you’ve got to please is yourself. I got carried away with the emotional challenge. Walking out (on Ferrari) while I was leading the World Championship wasn’t what I planned.” It’s clear when talking to him again after a gap of 43 years that nothing has changed. There’s still the same enthusiasm, the same drive and energy and the same humour and the proverbial spade is still going to be called a spade. Has he mellowed over the years? “I think I’m the same, but experience teaches you……one or two things I did in life were a bit too emotional.”

Left: The new book published this month which will help fund the Foundation Right: John at the inauguration of the Air Ambulance blood transfusion service funded by the Henry Surtees Foundation

Let me give you a feel for what I mean about his ‘emotional’ responses, his occasional imprudence and his ever present determination. In 1964 he was the Ferrari number one driver and he won the World Championship that year in a Ferrari. In 1965 he had numerous F1 podium positions for Ferrari, but he finished the year with a monumental racing accident in Canada which he was lucky to survive. Then, in 1966, still getting over 14

One of the things which I admired about him all those years ago was his obvious enthusiasm for those race tracks which we mere spectators regarded as the ‘real’ race tracks. Those spectacular tracks which were ultimately dropped from the championship calendar because they were deemed to be too dangerous. Tracks such as the old 14 mile Nürburgring – his very first F1 victory was at the Nürburgring - and the old nine mile Spa circuit as well as the 37 mile motorcycle Isle of Man TT circuit. Tracks which had indeed claimed many lives. These were tracks at which Surtees excelled. Thankfully the Isle of Man TT continues, although it is no longer part of the World Motorcycle Championships, and there are, of course, still F1 Grand Prix held vantagepointmag.co.uk

at Spa and the Nürburgring, but those two tracks today are much shorter and tamer than they were in Surtees’s day. For example, in the mid-1950s, and that’s 60 years ago, his 500cc MV motorbike was achieving speeds of over 170mph along the old Masta Straight at Spa and I simply can’t imagine what that must have felt like on the bikes of that era. He is glad to have been able to ride and drive on those dangerous circuits: “I would have regretted missing the sheer thrill of riding and driving the old Spa circuit, the old Nürburgring and the Isle of Man”. It was in the Isle of Man that “I hit a cow….that was another experience!”. That’s one way of putting it I suppose. The cow apparently made a full recovery and fortunately John was unharmed too; only the bike suffered. However, the danger of motor sport is not something that Surtees has escaped: in 2009 his 18 year old son, Henry, was killed while racing at Brands Hatch when the wheel of another car came off and hit him. As a result of that tragic accident, and to commemorate Henry’s life, John started The Henry Surtees Foundation which, among other things, provides help and support for people with brain or physical injuries to return to community living. And last year, in partnership with the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance, and SERV (Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers) The Henry Surtees Foundation provided the Air Ambulance helicopters with blood transfusion equipment and also funded two Honda cars to transport blood in temperature controlled containers to the helicopter bases at Marden and Redhill. This valuable funding enables blood transfusions to be carried out at the scene of accidents rather than patients having to wait until they reach hospital before they get what may be a life-saving transfusion. In the first year 69 emergency transfusions were carried out. Raising funds for the Foundation’s continuing work is now the focus of John’s enthusiasm, drive and energy and in this year, his 80th birthday year, and the 50th anniversary of his F1 Championship year, he still has a very busy schedule of appearances to help raise money. A marvellous new book, a pictorial celebration July 2014

In 2013 John was awarded the prestigious Segrave Trophy at The RAC Club in Pall Mall.

of his amazing career, will be published this month and will raise further funds for the Foundation. (See panel.) He’s still driving his racing cars and riding his racing bikes at displays and exhibitions and he will be driving a 1964 Ferrari F1 car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed at the end of June. There are those who say he should be Sir John Surtees and there has long been a campaign to bring this about. I had to ask him what he thought about it and the embarrassed response was “...it’s up to others. If it happens it happens, but if it doesn’t it doesn’t”. Well in my opinion it’s a crying shame if it doesn’t. FIND OUT MORE

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over their three library visits. Once they have read their six titles, they have finished the challenge and await their medal and certificate that library staff aims to present in school assemblies in the autumn. ‘The Diary of a Wimpy Kid’, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ all appear to be in demand for the start of the Challenge at Farnham Library and Steve and his staff are striving for another record breaking year in the numbers they enrol. Drop into Farnham Library to get all the details and to enroll; it really is a great initiative to get the kids reading books. One of the most evocative days in Brooklands Museum’s 2014 calendar will be Sunday 13th July, when the museum marks 75 years since the World’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit closed for good, at the outbreak of WWII. They are holding a Reunion which aims to recapture the spirit of a race-day in the Track’s 1930s heyday. Hundreds of pre-war vehicles – including many of the cars and motorcycles which raced at the track between 1907 and 1939 – will feature

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in displays and demonstrations, while social features of the age will add to the flavour of the day. As well as the racing itself, Brooklands was one of the most popular social destinations for high society in the glamorous heyday 1920s and ‘30s Britain, so everyone attending is encouraged to wear appropriate vintage attire to add to the atmosphere! For times and entry details, go to www. brooklandsmuseum.com. The observant amongst you will notice that the following Jotting was in last month’s edition with the date saying 13th June. Big apologies, this was of course not correct as the date should have read 13th July. So I am repeating it correctly this month. Not the fault of yours truly this time! Pull on your walking boots and get down to Tilford for an amble through the stunning Surrey countryside, all in aid of Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice. It takes place on Sunday 13th July at 9.30am at the Tilford Institute, in the picturesque village known for its famous cricket ground and pub. The trail then takes walkers onto

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As Guildford Shakespeare Company gear up for their second show of summer 2014, here’s a peek behind the scenes of what goes into the workings of Surrey’s award-winning theatre company. Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC), which specialises in site-responsive theatre, was established in 2006 by two local actors, Matt Pinches and Sarah Gobran. Their objective was to re-ignite people’s passion for Shakespeare and theatre-going by producing immersive, accessible and innovative home grown theatre in interesting and unusual non-theatre spaces. Sarah graduated from Guildford School of Acting in 1998 and met Matt whilst they were acting in a show together, just down the road in Sutton. Matt meanwhile had trained in West Yorkshire at the prestigious Bretton Hall, specialising in devised and physical theatre. Over the years they have appeared in a whole range of the theatre from Alan Ayckbourn to Roald Dahl, from pantomime to village hall touring… but their lasting passion had always been Shakespeare. So, at Christmas 2005, they came up with the idea to stage an open-air production in Guildford’s Castle Gardens. “I had taken a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival some years before”, explains Sarah, “so I had some idea of how to put something together, but I had no idea that this one event would snowball into what is now Guildford Shakespeare Company!” Working with the tiniest of budgets – “we started with just £1,000 from an advert that I had just shot” – and calling on all 24

the contacts and favours they had built up in the industry, Matt and Sarah unveiled the first GSC production, Much Ado About Nothing in July 2006. It played for just 10 performances to sold out audiences every night, in glorious sunshine. “We were really blessed with the weather, the team and all the support we garnered for this first event”, recalls Matt. “We even received support from Sir Derek Jacobi, Lord and Lady Rix and Sir Kenneth Branagh” (who earlier this year attended their acclaimed Othello in Holy Trinity Church). This year is their most ambitious, with four productions. Following Othello in February and Twelfth Night in June, their next production is Henry V at Guildford Cathedral which will run from the 14th to 26th July and will be followed by their inaugural autumn season with a unique staging of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. Work on each main season begins at least 12 months before the audience arrives. Working with non-theatre venues means vantagepointmag.co.uk

campaign. An added complexity is that the posters are usually needed well before the design concept of the show is decided upon.” Rehearsals are six days a week, from 10am to 6pm in Guildford (sometimes longer with evening rehearsals for fight calls or dance routines). “Rehearsals are usually two and a half to three weeks in length and are very intense, even more so in the summer when we start performing the first play at night and rehearsing the second during the day.

that planning stages can be longer - the first time they worked with College of Law on Portsmouth Road, discussions began four years beforehand. Once the venue and dates are confirmed, key members of the creative team such as the director, designer and lighting designer are engaged. Over the next three to four months, whilst they begin to formulate their plans for the productions, the raising of finance through sponsorship and funding applications commences. At the same time, marketing schedules are drawn up for the 12 weeks leading up to the start of the season. Casting usually takes place two to there months before rehearsals. GSC regularly has between 1000-1400 actors submitted by agents for the eight jobs on offer. Sarah, who heads up the casting process, added: “It can be a very complex operation, especially in the summer when you have two directors wanting different things from the same cast. Eventually we see about 60 actors for audition in London, and often do recalls for the people we want to see again… and of course that’s not taking into account the actors you want to re-employ.” Matt looks after the marketing of the shows, which for a non-building based company also presents its challenges. “Each time we launch a season it is a little like starting from scratch again, to remind people that GSC exists. Our venues are diverse and we don’t that easy recognition from the public that ‘I know theatre happens here’. We employ a mix of marketing tools from distributing 70,000 flyers to making movie-style trailers. Our posters are always commented upon and getting that artwork right is crucial to success of the July 2014

“Expectations from both audiences and within the industry itself have become more intense, which is wonderful,” observes Matt. “But when you’re not core-funded and need 75% of revenue to come from earned income (the show budget for Summer 2014 is just under £100,000 and will create 21 jobs), the pressures are large and the margins are small.” Happily, 2014 is shaping up to be the company’s best year yet. With Othello, Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, Twelfth Night and Henry V under their belts, one might be forgiven for thinking that the year was nearly done. “We’re really excited to be launching our brand new autumn season this October”, adds Sarah. “It has been a long time in coming, but the introduction of our third full season will see us become, in the public’s eye, a year round producing company for the first time. The Canterbury Tales look set to be another first for GSC as we are writing the script ourselves, the launch of our own literary legacy, if you like.” Before all that though, Guildford Shakespeare Company will be calling you “once more unto the breach” as their five-man Henry V is unleashed in the grounds of Guildford Cathedral. This production will include especially designed light projections, placing this iconic building centre stage. So why do they do it? “When people have the opportunity to see the text live, the world of the play is opened up to them, the character’s circumstances and dilemmas are real and they are given an opportunity to engage directly with the story and the action. Suddenly it’s not “all Greek to me” but rather an event which they are part of. One of the most rewarding – and regular – comments we receive is “I never thought Shakespeare could be like that!” FIND OUT MORE For Henry V tickets, Summer Schools and more details about Guildford Shakespeare Company and the work it does visit the website at www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk or call the box office on 01483 304384. Top left: Rehearsals get underway. Bottom left: A cast member from The Merry Wives of Windsor. Top: The summer 2014 company of actors and stage managers, with Twelfth Night director Tom Littler. 25

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Farnham’s professional theatre company, Farnham Rep, is up and running in conjunction with the Farnham library. On three separate Saturdays in July and August they will be presenting three classic rehearsed readings in the Library Gardens. On 19th July, George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Pygmalion’; on 26th July, Arthur Miller’s ‘All my Sons’; and 9th August, Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Time and Time Again’. These performances all take place at 3pm. Tickets at £7.50 on the door or www.farnhamrep.co.uk or make enquiries at the library. Season ticket for all three readings is £20. Prior to this, Farnham Rep will also be contributing to the Phoenix Arts Festival in Bordon. The World Premiere of David Gooderson’s ‘War! Lies! and a Packet of Fags’ will be performed with scripts on Tuesday 1st July 1st at 7.30pm to commemorate the First World War. This will be presented again on Sunday 3rd August at 3pm in the Tindle Studio at Farnham Maltings. Then on Tuesday 8th July at 7.30pm they will be doing a production of ‘Pygmalion’ at the Phoenix to celebrate its first production in London in 1914.

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One of the nation’s best-loved artists comes to the National Trust’s Mottisfont in Hampshire this summer in a new exhibition of work by Quentin Blake and other leading contemporary children’s illustrators. There are 21 new drawings made by Quentin for the hit West End production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, full of his usual wit and sharp-eyed observations. The original drawings and watercolours in the show have all been lent by the Chris Beetles Gallery in London, and are for sale. The gallery is also lending stunning watercolour illustrations by artists including Michael Foreman, Emma Chichester Clark, John Burningham, Helen Oxenbury, Rebecca Cobb and Oliver Jeffers. The stories illustrated range from classics such as Treasure Island, Alice in Wonderland and classic fairy tales to works by Terry Jones and Michael Morpurgo. Quentin Blake and Friends opens on Saturday 19th July and runs every day until Sunday 14th September, 10am to 5pm, normal admission charge only. Mottisfont is a romantic house and gallery set

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A GOOD Book In this regular column we feature books that we, and our reviewers, like. They may not necessarily be new books, but they’ll be fiction and non-fiction books that we have enjoyed. We’ll always include at least one children’s book in the selection each time. We’d love to hear your thoughts on anything you feel we should be reading and sharing with others.

Instructions for a Heatwave By Maggie O’Farrell Published in 2013 by Tinder Press ISBN: 978-0-7553-5879-3 Price: £7.99 Paperback Fiction

Maggie O’Farrell’s inspiration for this novel was geo-thermal – the recent eruption of the volcano in Iceland which covered most of Northern Europe in ash. The effect this had on society and day-to-day life was widespread and significant, reminding us that nature can at times render us powerless. The heatwave of 1976 provided a similar state of disruption and fear. It was the hottest summer on record with a severe lack of rain, resulting in the Government declaring an official drought. This provides the background for the Riordan family to play out their jealousies and rivalry. Three very different adult children – the brother on the brink of divorce, trapped and frustrated in his teaching job, and two estranged sisters who have a mass of hangups and problems, both inherited and domestic – come together to deal with a family crisis and cope with their mother. Their father, for no apparent reason, has suddenly disappeared. 30

The family is vulnerable, unhappy and unfulfilled and we follow the sniping and arguing as their past reveals some uncomfortable truths amongst the oppressive heat, which is a constant presence in all the unravelling of the facts. Maggie O’Farrell’s observation of family life is detailed and powerful. The characters may not be likeable but they feel very real and provide a strong storyline. An enjoyable and easy read, well-written, humorous (despite the above) and poignant. This was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards in 2013. Reviewed by Sally Russell

The Tour de France

The history, the legend, the riders. By Graeme Fife Published by Mainstream Publishing ISBN: 978-1-780-57625-1 Price: £14.99 Paperback Non-fiction

On Saturday July 5th The Tour de France starts in Yorkshire! So, if any of the incredible cycling success we Brits have had in the last few years – umpteen Olympic Golds, several World Championships and two successive Tour de France wins – has made even the tiniest scintilla of

a blip on your radar then you must get this book: “Tour de France, the history, the legend, the riders” by Graeme Fife. It is riveting. The Tour must be the most gruellingly difficult and cruel sporting event on the planet. It is three weeks of murderous mountain climbs, blistering heat, freezing cold, drenching rain and occasionally snow. Even on drugs, and there has been the odd druggy moment as we all know, but even on drugs you have to be beyond human just to ride The Tour, let alone to win it. This splendid book is the portal to this magnificent sporting spectacular. Here is the history of an event which began 111 years ago, and never mind the modern drugs scandals you simply can’t imagine the incredible hardship of those early races nor the amount of blatant cheating and skulduggery which went on in the past. Here too are the tales of epic personal rivalries and the stories of some of the great riders of all time, Merckx, Coppi, Anquetil, Simpson et al. They’re all here and their stories will grip you to the very last syllable of the very last chapter - and the last chapter is the story of last year’s Tour, the 100th race, won by British rider, Chris Froome. Graeme Fife is a writer and broadcaster who has been an avid follower of The Tour for twenty five years. Above all he’s a keen cyclist vantagepointmag.co.uk

himself and he has ridden all of the legendary cols and passes of The Tour. His encyclopaedic knowledge of the race together with his obvious love for it have resulted in a super book about a superhuman event. Reviewed by Nick Farley

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By Charles Moore Published in 2014 by Penguin Price: £12.99 Paperback Non-fiction

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This book is about real women. How real women with lumps, bumps, the odd wrinkle and imperfection can make the best of their assets. It shows you how to give yourself a colour and style make-over and how properly to find the style and colour scheme (for make-up and clothes) that is, frankly, going to flatter you the most. But do beware, buying this book will make you seriously want to empty your wardrobe and head for the shops. What is so refreshing about this book is that it doesn’t portray stickthin models who clearly would be able to wear anything, it shows real people – tall people, short people, and people who stick out in the places that real people stick out. It helps you assess your body shape and then tells you which clothing styles are going to enhance and flatter your shape. This book also gives you handy tips about organising your wardrobe, July 2014

Published in 2013 by Vintage ISBN: 978-0-099-57016-5 Price: £7.99 Paperback Fiction

Brother and sister, Angela and Richard, have seldom spoken over the past 20 years until meeting up at their mother’s funeral. They have little in common; Richard is a successful hospital consultant. Angela a frazzled, overweight despairing mother of three whose husband, Dominic, is a failed musician who works in a bookshop. ‘Bespoke or chain?’ asks Richard about the bookshop on the first night of the joint family holiday he has organised and paid for, renting the rambling red house on the Welsh borders. Richard has recently married glamorous divorcee, Louisa, and in the process acquired her sulky teenage daughter, Melissa. Four adults, four children, all very different and all, over the space of a week, behaving unpredictably as the inflexible company gradually unravels. Haddon proved himself an adroit handler of human emotions with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time and this clever book is just as absorbing. Reviewed by Caroline Boucher

The Authorised Biography Volume One: Not For Turning

Now available in paperback, this excellent book really does live up to the hype and the praise lavished upon it by other reviewers. There is much to be learnt here given it is the authorised biography which does rather make it definitive. Whilst it is true that Charles Moore admired his subject, this book is no hagiography. It is a fair, well written and ultimately very engrossing book on a fascinating subject. Margaret Thatcher certainly divided opinion but even non-admirers must acknowledge her place in British 20th Century history. It finishes with victory in the Falklands, which leaves plenty of material for volume two. I, for one, cannot wait. Reviewed by Stefan Reynolds

Amazing Jobs Published in 2014 by Lonely Planet ISBN: 978-1-74321-919-5 Price: £9.99 Hardback Non-fiction For children aged five and up

Each of the seven double page spreads in this fabulous book shows many people busying themselves at play and at work all around the world. This is a really fun book for boys and girls with lots of really interesting things to find and look at. I loved the fact that the topic was different from the usual ‘animals’ or ‘countryside’ and the professions they chose were also different and intriguing. Definitely a book children will want to keep dipping in to. Reviewed by Carol Farley 31

Hair today... gone tomorrow “I’m very hairy, and men in film and TV are no longer allowed to be hairy” Nick Offerman (Hollywood Actor) It seems that the trend for male body hair is that ‘less is more’ these days. Having done some research on the subject, there are some areas on the male body that are more acceptably hairy than others. There will always be extremes - some ladies love a hairy chest, others much prefer a smooth finish. Generally speaking, for arms and legs a natural pattern of hair growth is acceptable and doesn’t seem to cause concern for either sex, although leg hair removal is very common for cyclists and swimmers.

very quick and relatively painless treatment. This makes a huge difference on a monobrow. Waxing is the treatment that most guys will have tried if they are feeling brave, although most will probably not choose to repeat it. Shaving is a waste of time, as those pesky hairs are there again the next day as stubble, complete with shaving rash if you’re unlucky. Waxing is suitable for all body areas and you will be hair free for at least two weeks before the hairs start to re-appear. Strip waxing uses a sticky wax removed with a strip. It can be uncomfortable but any reaction disappears within 48 hours, with the correct aftercare. Intimate male waxing has become popular in recent years. Grooming and trimming of this area has certainly become desirable, however if you would like the full wax, make sure the therapist is properly qualified to carry out the treatment and uses a non strip wax, as this is much less painful!

When it comes to facial hair, this changes as fashions change. Beards currently seem to be ‘in’ and we see lot of facial hair for the ‘Movember’ moustache growing charity event, during which we probably realise that most guys look much better without a moustache!

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There are a couple of areas that are much trickier. Back hair growth for both men and women is largely seen as undesirable. General opinion is that ‘monobrows’ (one long eyebrow across the forehead) is not attractive. We all communicate with our eyes and a heavy monobrow gives an artificial frown and makes a face appear less friendly. A simple removal of hairs in the middle and underneath gives a more groomed appearance, which the ladies appreciate.

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MAIN: Pan Fried Breast of Duck with, Confit Duck Pomme Anna, Caraway Cabbage, Braised Carrots and Carrot Puree This melt-in-the-mouth main course is a real favourite amongst our diners and utilises home grown and locally sourced ingredients to make a stellar gastronomique dish. 1. Finely slice potatoes per person (use a mandolin if there is one available) and place in a mould suitable for the oven. Place the potatoes into three layers, allowing them to overlap slightly. Add one layer of confit duck meat then another three potato layers. Add a final layer of confit duck meat and finish with three layers of potatoes. Cover the whole Anna in duck fat. Wrap the mould in tin foil and cook the oven on 145C for 45 minutes. Remove the tin foil and increase the temperature to 170C. Cook for a further 30 minutes. Once cooked all the way through, place another tray of the same size on top and press down firmly. 2. For the braised carrots, warm everything in a pan apart from the carrots. Allow the butter to melt in the water. Add the prepared carrots and cook till tender. 3. Make the purée. In a pan, add the carrots and butter to suit, add the orange juice and allow to sweat adding water if needed. Once soft, 34

blend, adding water until smooth. Season to taste. 4. For the cabbage, finely shred it and place in a pan. Add the caraway seeds and white wine and allow to sweat adding a little water if needed - continue to cook on a low temperature until the cabbage is cook ed (approximately 15mins). 5. Place six duck breasts in an oven proof pan with oil, skin side down – as the pan gets slowly hotter, the duck skin will crisp up. Put the pan with the duck breasts into the oven at 180C for six minutes. Remove from oven and add a small knob of butter to the pan. Turn the duck over skin side up and glaze with honey. Allow to rest in a warm area to finish cooking.

Ingredients 6 duck breasts Caraway Cabbage ½ white cabbage Pinch of caraway seeds 100ml white wine Confit Duck Pomme Anna Peeled potatoes Duck fat, melted Confit duck legs Braised Carrots 12 baby carrots 2 star anise 50g butter 400ml water 20g sugar Pinch of salt Carrot Purée 500g finely chopped carrots Butter 100ml orange juice Water Serves 6

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FOOD STARTER: Assiette of Secretts Farm Beetroots served with Wealdway Mature Goats Cheese from Nut Knowle Dairy At Lythe Hill, we constantly try to put our own individual twist on the way our food is designed on the plate, in order to create seasonally fresh and inspiring food using exquisitely refined ingredients to defy our diners expectations.” says David. “This is one of our most popular Summer signature dishes – it lets the fantastic seasonal flavours speak for themselves. 1. Make the mousse by beating the goat’s cheese until soft. Slowly fold in the cream until incorporated. Add the truffle oil.

pan. Pour over sliced raw beetroots and cover. Allow the beetroot to sit in the vinaigrette for one hour until serving.

2. Next make the sorbet. Warm all ingredients together in a pan until the sugar has dissolved. Allow to cool. Once cooled, churn in an ice-cream maker till frozen.

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DESSERT: Deliciously De-Constructed Cheesecake This is a cheesecake dessert – but not as you know it! Scatter the biscuit base on the plate, add a cream cheese ice cream, top with macerated berries for decoration, add ricotta dumplings and drizzle with juice - it certainly got our diners talking. 1. Make the ice cream. Warm up the milk in a pan. Whisk the yolks and sugar in a bowl until combined. Once the milk is warm pour it over the yolk mix. Place back on stove, stirring continuously until thickened. Allow to cool. Add whipped cream cheese and churn in an ice-cream maker until frozen. 2. For the crumble, mix the ingredients together. Spread out on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper. Bake at 180 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool then break up. 3. Finally, make the dumplings. Place the oil into a high sided pan and heat to 180C. Sieve the flours and baking powder into a bowl, add zest, egg and egg yolk. and beat until smooth. July 2014

Gradually add the ricotta. Place the mixture into a piping bag and pipe directly into the oil, squeezing out 5-8cm/2-3in pieces and then snip with scissors. Cook until they begin to colour then place onto kitchen towel to drain. Roll the dumplings in the sugar to cover. Add macerated fruits of choice to decorate.

Ingredients Cream Cheese Ice-cream 300ml milk 300g cream cheese 6 egg yolks 150g caster sugar Shortbread Crumble 55g caster sugar 125g soft butter 180g plain flour Ricotta Dumplings 400ml vegetable oil 80g plain flour 20g self raising flour 2.5g baking powder Zest of 2 oranges 2 eggs lightly beaten 1 yolk 500g ricotta, firm drained well 100g caster sugar Serves 6

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Succession of Salads This summer at Wisley we are celebrating herbs and our cafés and restaurant will be packing fresh herbs into all manner of sweet and savoury dishes. Look out for the ‘Herbfest’ branding when you next visit and feast your senses on herb infused oils, fresh herb salads, and displays of colourful herbs in the Walled Garden East in place of more traditional summer bedding. Growing herbs is one of the easiest ways to garden and if you’re inspired by our culinary creations you can re-create them by growing your own ingredients at home. ‘Cut and come again’ salad leaves can be grown in pots and when punched up with a few choice herbs like parsley, chives or coriander, will make an exciting addition to your table.

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For the tastiest results make sure your leafy herbs and salads are planted in full sun and keep well fed and watered as many herbs and salads can die quickly if starved of nutrients. Coriander is a prime example of this, and can flower and die in just a few weeks if it doesn’t have the required nutrients and water. Another handy tip is to re-sow salad leaves each fortnight, as this will give you a regular supply of tasty leaves throughout the summer.

If you have visited Wisley in September you couldn’t have failed to spot the large, vibrant Colchicum or autumn crocus (right). Also known as naked ladies, because their flowers spring up with no foliage, they are typically available in shades of pink or white, and add a wonderful splash of colour to the autumn garden. Dry bulbs start to become available in late July/August and should be planted as soon as possible. Look out for the double flowered cultivar ‘Waterlily’ which is truly beautiful. If nothing else, the common name of these plants will be a talking point! FIND OUT MORE

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in beautiful riverside gardens in the village of Mottisfont, near Romsey. As well as the house and world renowned gardens, Mottisfont has a 1,645 acre estate and an eclectic all year round events programme. For more information, visit www.nationaltrust. org.uk/mottisfont. Everyone’s favourite little star, Angelina Ballerina, is pirouetting onto the G Live stage on Monday 21st to Wednesday 23rd July in her brandnew ‘Mousical’. A magical show packed full of singing and dancing, this show is a perfect treat for little ones. In this production, Angelina and her friends think their dreams have come true when Camembert Academy wins the opportunity to dance live on the famous TV show ‘Strictly Mouse Dancing’! But things get out of control when the girls and boys have very different ideas about the show! The performance on Monday starts at 4pm, while on Tuesday and Wednesday there are two performances at 2pm and 4pm. Tickets: £12.50 + £2 booking fee (no booking fee for Friends of G Live or groups). Groups 8+ save 10%. To book tickets go to www.GLive.co.uk or call 0844 7701 797 (10am-6pm, Mon-Sat). For bookings in person, the ticket desk in the main foyer will be open from 10am Monday to Saturday; on Sundays and Bank Holidays it will open 90 minutes prior to any performance. On Thursday 17th July, Farnham Maltings are delighted to present an exclusive preview performance of the latest piece from one of their supported artists, Catherine Ireton. Part storytelling, part songs, Leaving Home Party is a play about finding your way in the world. The preview performance will offer the Farnham audience the chance to help shape a theatre show before it is revealed on an international stage at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Recommended by the Guardian’s Lyn Gardner as one of the hot tickets at this year’s Fringe. Starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £10 (£8 conc). Call the Box Office on 01252 745444 or go to www.farnhammaltings.com. Suitable for ages 12 plus. On Friday 18th July, Farnham Maltings serves up the latest instalment in their Girls and Guitars series of 38

gigs with up-and-coming singersongwriters, welcoming back Aimée Mackenzie. This young performer is now ably supported by two of her younger siblings; Freya (13), on violin and backing vocals, and Ross (11), on cajon. The newly-formed trio have received praise from Steve Knightley of celebrated folk group Show of Hands for “songwriting and musicianship of the highest calibre and harmonising together as only siblings can”. Starts at 8.30pm. Tickets are just £5 or £9.50 to include a pizza beforehand. Call the box office on 01252 745444 or go to www.farnhammaltings.com. On Saturday 19th July there is an opportunity to have a go at running a four minute mile at The Athletics Track, Guildford Spectrum, Parkway, Guildford GU1 1UP. Very unlikely I know! This year is the 60th anniversary of Sir Roger Bannister running the first sub-four minute mile and to celebrate, take on the 4 Minute Mile challenge and see how fast you can complete a mile (four laps) on the track. Entry fees are £5 for one lap and £15 for unlimited laps. Every runner will be chip timed and receive a medal for their great effort. Event Director, Toby Jenkins said: “Why not get into the spirit of the 1950s - wear your retro shorts and vest to complete the look.” To find out more and enter online go to: http://aat-events.com/ race/the-mile-challenge. Here is something for Python fans. Farnham Maltings will be screening Monty Python Live (mostly) from London’s O2 Arena on 20th and 25th July. For the first time in more than three decades, comedy legends Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin will perform some of their greatest hits, with modern, topical, Pythonesque twists. Rightfully regarded as among the world’s finestever comedians, their eagerly awaited reunion promises to be among the biggest live events of 2014. The screening for both performances starts at 7pm and cost £15. Call the Box Office on 01252 745444 or go to www.farnhammaltings.com. On Sunday 20th July at 7.30pm, Clinical Psychologist, Dr Sara Melly, will be giving a free talk on ‘Religion in Healthcare: What’s the Harm?’.

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Everyone is welcome – do go along and join in. The talk is being hosted by Farnham Humanists (http://farnham. humanist.org.uk/) at the Hop Blossom Pub in Long Garden Walk off Castle Street, Farnham GU9 7HX and will be followed by questions and discussion. Dr Melly is a director of the Secular Medical Forum which campaigns for a secular approach to current major health issues and protection of patients from the harm caused by the imposition of beliefs on people who do not share the same beliefs and values. For more information ring Sue Shaw on 01252 726684 or email sueshaw.co.uk@btinternet.com. What do you call a combined quiz and dinner? A ‘Quizzer’? or a ‘Dizzer’? If you’d love an opportunity to answer many more interesting and amusing questions then go along to a unique fundraiser being held at The Stag on the River in Eashing. It’s on Wednesday 23rd July and is a dinner and quiz to help three Eashing residents raise money for The Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People. Going by the name of ‘The Handlebar Army’ they are participating in the London Prudential Surrey 100 bike ride and want to raise as much as possible. It starts at 7pm for 7.30pm and the cost for two course dinner and quiz is £29 per person payable in advance. Email sally_taylorson@hotmail.com with the number of places required and your menu choices. If you would like to support this very worthwhile cause but are unable to attend the dinner, please donate by visiting: www.virginmoneygiving.com/team/ thehandlebararmy. Surrey Guild Craft Gallery Milford has had a huge makeover and now shows all the work to its best advantage in the new spacious layout. See Milford girl Lizzie Welch’s new unique glass work which includes jewellery and delicate ornaments. Also new member Amy Walker has her colourful leather goods including purses and handbags. Coming soon to the Surrey Gallery is new member, Sarah Stanley, with her clever mosaic indoor and outdoor work including platters, spheres and wall hung art. See www.surreyguild.com for joining criteria. vantagepointmag.co.uk

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Shamley Green and Winkworth This is a walk which offers some splendid views and a brush with religious history and, in parts, a fairly strenuous leg stretch. I completed the walk at the end of May 2014 and must advise that many of the bridleways were pretty muddy, so stout waterproof boots are recommended. I did the walk starting at Winkworth Arboretum, which enabled us to reach Shamley Green for lunch.

The walk 1. Walk roughly west-south-west, out of the back of the green and down Hullbrook Lane, away from the B2128. Walk all the way to the T junction at the end. Go right and almost immediately take a footpath out left to continue forward. This takes you across the River Wey and then under what was a railway bridge. 2. Continue on up to the A281. Turn left and walk about 300 yards to cross and turn off right, up a concrete lane signed Bonhurst Farm and alongside a Bramley sign. Walk about ½ mile along the wide track to reach the farm and, here, turn right. Quickly reach a T junction and turn left along a track. Now, walk about ¼ mile, passing a lone house and, shortly thereafter, reaching cross paths. Continue straight ahead along a narrow, in places deeply cut, path. Pass a house, ‘Keepers’ and reach ‘Gatestreet Barn’. 3. Here, turn right onto a wide track in a field. Follow this until passing a single storey outhouse and emerging on a tarmac drive heading towards “Wintershall”, a large house. (Wintershall lends its name to the Wintershall Players, who perform Passion Plays.) A few yards on, the path forks right, over the grass and around the side of the garden to bypass the house. On the far side, turn left and immediately right on a track with a lake below, to your left. (You will see here some of the Passion Play props, for example the tomb in which Jesus is buried, with the large circular rock at the entrance). The track swings left to climb up and out through a gap into a field. Cross the field straight ahead and enter a wood. Walk along just inside the wood, parallel to the field edge and keep going to reach a narrow lane (emerging with a 17th century farmhouse ‘Scotsland Farm’ off to your left). Turn right. 4. Walk along the lane a little way and take a track left, into trees again. Ignore a side path left and continue up, following the path as it 40

swings right and continues to climb steeply for a short distance. At the top continue forward along the path and follow it down, passing ‘Langshurst Farm’ and swinging gradually left. Take the first footpath right and quickly reach the busy B2130, Hascombe/Godalming road. Go, carefully, straight across and up a track, passing ‘Elm Cottage’ and continuing to climb up a fairly steep slope to emerge at the end of a residential road. Follow this as it swings sharply left and then reaches a T junction with another road. Turn right and walk along to the end and the junction with the B2130. 5. Turn right and, again carefully, walk about 100 yards along the B2130 before taking a footpath left, just beyond the entrance to ‘Eden House’ and before the road drops steeply down. This path takes you to the Winkworth Arboretum car park and the end of the outward leg. Turn right to enter the Arboretum to find the café and toilets. (You do not need to be a National Trust member. You will be using a public footpath and they are happy to have you spend money in the café). 6. Go straight on, beyond the café and the ticket box, until reaching a four-way signpost. Here, follow the ‘Boathouse’ sign and fork left and down the ‘Fiona Adam Steps’. At the T junction at the bottom turn right and quickly reach another T junction where you turn left. A little further on fork right to cross a footbridge, again right. Follow the path over two more footbridges and a pointless tiny third (with a waterfall to your right). Reach a field at a T junction with another path. Turn left and walk through to a narrow road. Here, head left along the road to pass some cottages and continue as far again beyond them to reach another house on the left. It is ‘Phillimore Cottage’. vantagepointmag.co.uk

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junction in Thorncombe Street. Turn left, walk a few yards and, just past a telephone box, take a footpath right, up a track and onto Thorncombe Hill. You climb up through two fields. At the top, pass through a corridor between fields and enter trees. The path now bears slightly right and drops down through trees to another field. Continue down and straight across. Climb over a stile onto cross paths and continue straight ahead. Reach a road and turn left.

7. Follow a signpost left, up its drive. Turn right before the house, into the corner of its garden to find a path running left and along by the garden edge and parallel to the road. Follow this along the right-hand side of two fields and out to another narrow road. Turn right to cross a stream and quickly reach a T

DISTANCE: 9.5 miles OS MAPS: Explorer 145 Guildford & Farnham, Godalming & Farnborough START GRID REFERENCE: 4 032 1 438 STARTING POINT: Shamley Green – park around the Green. You could also start at Winkworth Arboretum and start the walk at paragraph six.

8. After about 300 yards, at a sharp bend, take a track right, along the side of ‘Brookwell’. Follow this path through to the A281. Cross, turn left and walk about 150 yards to turn right on a track running between farm buildings. This track takes you over the River Wey and the Wey South Path and arrives at a lane. Jink right and cross to turn left and walk up through a field. You will arrive on the road from Shamley Green, opposite Shamley Green Church. Cross and then walk (very carefully) left, down to the Green and your starting point.

REFRESHMENTS: There is a café at Winkworth Arboretum which is open from 10am to 4.30pm every day. There is a café/deli in Shamley Green called the Speckledy Hen, which is open 8am to 4pm weekdays and 9am to 4pm on Saturdays. There are also two pubs if you require something stronger! The walk is taken from Guildford Rambling Club’s portfolio (guildfordramblingclub.org.uk) with thanks.

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ABF, the Soldiers Charity, is staging a Military Pageant commemorating the start of the WWI on Sunday 27th July at Royal Logistic Corps, Deepcut. It is the principal Surrey commemoration event and will feature a concert for all the family with cavalry horses, fast and furious demonstrations of tent pegging, massed Marching Bands from the Royal Artillery and the Royal Logistic Corps. Living history with WWI Re-enactors and Skinners Horse, WWI songs and poetry readings by Dame Penelope Keith, a Youth Orchestra, Pipes and Drums, ending with a formal Drumhead Service at 5pm. Gates open at 12 noon, don’t forget to bring a picnic. £15 entrance charge with concessions and children under 12 are Free. Entry for servicemen and women is also free. Tickets are available from Guildford TIC: 01483 444 334 or www.guildford.gov.uk/ surreyatwar1914. The Rural Life Centre holds its biggest annual event on Sunday 27th July. Rustic Sunday is a festival of country life with lots to interest and entertain all ages. Children will love trying their hand at traditional crafts and riding on the steam train - there’s even a dolls house big enough for little ones to go into. There’s also the popular Victorian schoolroom where they can pretend to be schoolchildren in the ‘olden days’. The beautiful 10-acre site on Reeds Road, Tilford will be bustling with many stalls demonstrating crafts, delicious home-made food to try, a jazz band and Morris dancers, sheep shearing and fly casting demonstrations, and horse-drawn bus rides as well as a working blacksmith. The reconstructed iron furnace and the wood yard will both be in action and Surrey beekeepers will be showing visitors how they make honey. The museum’s permanent features such as the Polish exhibition, the 1950s prefab, 1920s holiday home and WWII bunkers are all open. Bring along a picnic or enjoy a meal at the excellent café. Entry is £8.50 for adults, Concessions £7.50, £6 for children aged 5-16. Visit www.rurallife.org.uk for full details. Here is something that might be of interest to the little ones. Farnham Music and Drama are holding two 42

workshops on Monday 28th July and Wednesday 20th August. They run from 10am to 4.30pm and are aimed at children between 5-10 years who would like to learn an instrument or who would like to find out more about music, drama and art. The days will help children build confidence and develop musical skills. They will be singing, trying out orchestral and percussion instruments and performing, while part of the day will be at Garden Gallery where children will experiment with different art materials to create a colourful piece to display. More information at www.farnhammusicanddrama.com/ page10.htm. Call or email to book your place. Tel 01252 727617, email mail@farnhammusicanddrama.com. Farnham Music and Drama are not leaving out the adults. They have started an instrumental group for any adult who would like to start playing their instrument again. It really won’t matter if you have forgotten how to play. It’s just an opportunity to play again and have some fun doing it. All orchestral instruments are welcome. The first session is free. The sessions take place on Mondays at 9.30am. Let them know by email if you would like to go along with your instrument and an indication of your playing level. Even if you are just thinking about it, can’t make the session or have questions, do get in touch: mail@ farnhammusicanddrama.com. Go on, be brave! There can’t be a better way to start your week. Summer is here and Farnham Adult Learning Centre has a selection of one-day creative courses available over August. Staying at home this summer? Capture the great British outdoors after honing your drawing and painting skills on their ‘Natural History’ workshop. Keep dry on one of those inevitable rainy days by taking a ‘Life Drawing and Portraits’ course. Managed to get away? Learn how to touch up your holiday snaps in an ‘Introduction to Using Adobe Photoshop Elements’. Dreaming of travelling further afield? Create some Oriental style right here in Farnham in a ‘Japanese-style Bag Making’ workshop or join their Spanish or Italian taster course. If you want to share your summer adventures

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online, learn how with their ‘Create a Website Using HTML’ course. Farnham Adult Learning Centre is located at 25 West Street, Farnham GU9 7DR. For more information on any of their courses, visit: www.surreycc.gov.uk/ adultlearning or call 0300 200 1044. This summer Guildford Shakespeare Company returns with two weeks of action-packed drama clubs, where in just five days young actors will play, rehearse and stage their own production for family and friends. The first one runs from 4th to 8th August and is for 12-17 year olds. The play you will work on is the old favourite, Twelfth Night. Working with professional actors from this summer’s open-air production, the week will feature drama activities and workshops designed to get you acting Shakespeare like a pro, as they bring the weird world of Illyria to life in a performance for family and friends at the end of the week. No experience of Shakespeare or acting necessary, just bring yourself, heaps of energy (a packed lunch!) and a desire to have some fun… yellow tights optional! Times: everyday from 10am-4pm, with the final performance on Friday 8th August at 5pm. Then, from 11th to 15th August, there’s a chance for 7-11 year olds to create a production of Beauty and The Beast. Here’s a chance to create a character, learn lines, paint the scenery and at the end of the week you will perform a special version of this classic tale for family and friends. Again, just bring yourself, heaps of energy (a packed lunch!) and a desire to have some fun! Times: everyday from 10am-3.15pm, with the final performance on Friday 15 August at 4pm. The clubs both take place at Onslow Village Hall, Wilderness Road, Onslow Village, Guildford, GU2 7QX Fees: £140 (£100 siblings). To reserve your child’s place just call the box office on 01483 304384 or go to the GSC website, www.guildfordshakespeare-company.co.uk and download a registration form. If you have any questions, you can email GSC at info@guildford-shakespearecompany.co.uk. The Unattached Group (TUG) is a group of about 80 to 100 active people between 45 and 65 who come together to participate in many vantagepointmag.co.uk

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The History of Hale Project The phrase ‘great oaks from little acorns grow’ sums up the way the History of Hale project came to fruition.

People enjoyed bringing in apples from their trees to be identified by John.

It all started with a table at a coffee morning arranged by the Village Hall Committee in 2008. Visitors were asked to bring photos and stories of the village, to be scanned and mounted as a display at future coffee mornings.

Since 2012 the group has had its own Poppy Day Appeal table and wreaths have been laid in the project’s name. This year flower beds have been prepared behind the Memorial, with the help of Waverly Borough Council and Farnham Town Council. The Head Mistress of Hale School escorted a group of children to sow poppy seeds. On Armistice Sunday relations of the fallen named on the Memorial will be able to plant crosses in those beds. This will happen each year until 2018.

The interest shown in these exhibits snowballed. Soon it was obvious that word was going around the village as more and more memorabilia turned up. An open meeting was held on 19th September 2008 to see how to take the project forward. Many ideas for further research into the area were discussed and a large number of these have now been followed up by volunteers who agreed to help. Areas of local interest investigated include churches, hop fields, Hale laundry, schools, sports and even the origins of Hale village itself. Personalities were researched too and have included Bishop Sumner, Emily Mangles, Thomas Twining-Wing as well as the local families with roots in Hale. As the project grew a committee was put in place to help manage and co-ordinate all of the activities. The appointments included Geoff Wallis as the first Chairman, Brenda Wallis as Secretary, Wal Cousins as Treasurer and Pat Heather as Archivist/ Advisor. The name, aims and objectives of the group were agreed. A questionnaire was devised and delivered throughout Hale which brought replies with offers of more help.

Another successful project has been the burial of a time capsule. The Tadley Band gave the proceeds of a concert to start the fund for this and grants were also received from Surrey County Council, Waverley Borough Council, Farnham Town Council and the Farnham Institute Charity. The time capsule and its preservation materials were purchased and members from each organization that had donated items for the capsule attended on the day of its burial. The project goes from strength to strength. Around 80 to 100 attend the coffee morning each month and memorabilia continues to come in for the group’s archives.

By the time of the third general meeting on 15th May 2009, over 400 photos had been scanned, and the task to create files that would be available at the monthly coffee mornings was taken on by Pat Heather. Since those early days, exhibitions have been mounted in the Farnham Library and at the Rural Life Museum, Tilford, and in the Village Hall on every Carnival Day. Coffee mornings tend to be themed, with material organised around topics such as Armed Forces Day, weddings, hop picking memories etc. Hale School has provoked many memories as most of the older residents attended the school. As a result class photos through the ages have been brought in and exhibited. Mr John Ely searched the lanes and byways for old fruit trees that were once in orchards and are now in private gardens. July 2014

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VantagePoint is offering local businesses a free quarter page advert in the area of their choice in our August issue. We publish five magazines in the wider local area and with guaranteed delivery by the Royal Mail, we offer the very best way of advertising to the widest possible local audience. This competition is open to all local businesses and if you do not have a suitable advert, we will design one for you. All you need to do is answer the following question and send us the answer, together with your name, company name, full contact details and the edition you would like to appear in (either Dorking, Farnham, Godalming & Cranleigh, Guildford or Haslemere, Midhurst & Petworth). Q: Who delivers VantagePoint to all local homes? We will contact the winner by the 7th July to sort out the quarter page advert prior to insertion in the August issue, which goes to press on the 11th July for distribution week commencing 28th July - so please ensure you will be available to supply or approve an advert at short notice. Only one entry per business. Please enter online at vantagepointmag.co.uk by 6th July 2014.

Celebrate home-grown produce on Sunday 17th August at the annual ‘Grow Your Own Festival’ at the Elizabethan Parham House (www.parhaminsussex.co.uk), near Storrington. Learn about growing your own food and enjoy an informative day and old fashioned fun at the heritage fun fair stalls. Meet Francis Quinn, the BBC2 Great British Bake Off Winner 2013 and watch as she demonstrates how to turn garden produce into edible delights. Or pose a question to BBC Radio 4’s Pippa Greenwood as she shares her expertise on growing fruit, herbs and vegetables. The festival is open from 10.30am-5pm and promises to be a fabulous day out for the entire family. Pack a picnic or enjoy a light lunch in The Big Kitchen as the festival ticket also includes access to the house and gardens. VantagePoint is offering you the chance to win one of five Family Tickets (each for 2 adults and up to 4 children) with a value of £28 each. To win, simply answer the following question: Q: What era is Parham House? Please enter online at vantagepointmag.co.uk by 28th July 2014.

WIN FAMILY TICKETS TO WINGS & WHEELS Wings & Wheels returns to Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey (home to BBC’s Top Gear) on 23rd and 24th August 2014 and we have five family tickets to give away to VantagePoint readers. Celebrating its 10th anniversary with five hours of thrilling aviation displays including visitor favourites; the Red Arrows, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the Avro Vulcan, it also includes a Wheels Zone of modern day supercars and classic and vintage favourites performing exciting demonstrations and stunts.The retail village and arena packed with entertainment and music mean there’s something for all the family the whole weekend.Tickets start from £20. Book now at www. wingsandwheels.net or through See Tickets booking hotline 0871 230 5572. To enter, please answer the following question: Q: Which TV programme is filmed at Dunsfold Aurodrome? Enter online at vantagepointmag.co.uk by 31st July 2014. Images: Pete Gardner

Please enter online at vantagepointmag.co.uk. Postal entries can be sent to us at the address given on page three. TERMS & CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: By entering these competitions you agree to receive periodic emails from VantagePoint Magazine,Vantage Publishing Ltd and the originator of the competition you are entering.You can opt out of receiving these at any time and your data will never be passed on for use by third parties.The prizes are non-transferable and have no cash alternative. Only one entry per person per competition and prizes will only be sent to homes with a GU, KT and RH postcode.

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