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8 Bringing the Inside Out

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14 Soaring into Space With the University of Surrey

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37 WWI comes to Tilford A new exhibition comes to the Rural Life Centre

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Jottings Back in the middle of April our kids very kindly treated us to a concert at G Live featuring the Bootleg Beatles. Angie is a very discerning Beatles fan with a fine collection of memorabilia including signed photos etc so she was all ready to give judgement. As it happens, even she was blown away with this band - they were terrific and the John Lennon looked more like John Lennon than John Lennon, if you know what I mean. It was a great night out as was an evening at the Cranleigh Arts Centre a few weeks later when we saw the brilliant Albert Lee in concert in a lovely, intimate venue with good acoustics and reasonably priced drinks. We are very lucky to have so many really good musical venues in our area. The Surrey Guild of Craftsmen celebrates 21 years of excellence with a stunning touring exhibition in 2014. Forty makers were invited to produce three exceptional pieces to showcase their craft and they have responded with some truly stunning designs. Every exhibit reﬂects the individual maker’s quest for pushing the boundaries of what they can achieve in their own discipline. From Monday 2nd to Saturday 28th June the exhibition will be at both The Bourneside Gallery in Dorking, RH4 1DN and Dorking Library, RH4 1UX. Later in the year it will be in

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Cranleigh, followed by Horsham, Farnham and Woking. Details in future editions. Now the morris dancing season is on us once again, have you thought about having a crack at it yourself? It’s good aerobic exercise as well as being fun. Pilgrim Morris Men will be dancing, playing and singing around the area throughout the summer, typically at a pub on a weekday evening from about 8pm. Go along and see for yourself. If you have an acoustic instrument, then take that with you as they often have a music session in the pub after the dancing. During June they will be found at The Alfred, Upper Hale (Monday 2nd), The Harrow, Compton (Wednesday 11th), Royal Oak, Wood Street Village (Tuesday 17th) and the Hogs Back Brewery followed by the White Hart at Tongham (Wednesday 25th). A full programme and an email contact can be found on their website: www. PilgrimMorrisMen.org.uk or phone Phil on 01483 420763. The Guildford Comedy Club have a Mini Comedy Festival coming up in June/July, at The Stoke pub, Stoke Road, Guildford. Comedians will bring their preview shows ahead of Edinburgh Festival: Wed 4th June – master of anecdotal storytelling Geoff Norcott and musical crowdpleaser Jonny Awsum; Wed 18th

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June – Live At the Apollo’s Zoë Lyons and internationally renowned double-bassist Jim Tavare (as seen in Harry Potter); Wed 2nd July – BBC New Comedian of the Year Lucy Beaumont and as seen on ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’ Iain Stirling; Wed 16th July – internet musical comedy hit Vikki Stone and a guest so big we can’t even announce their name!; Wed 30th July – upand-coming gagsmith Paul Savage and one act yet to be announced. All shows run from 8pm-10.30pm and are £6 in advance from www. youmustbestoking.com, or £8 on the door. All shows compered by resident MC Paul Kerensa, Guildfordian and writer for BBC1’s Miranda and Not Going Out. Alton Convent is hosting a Bridge Supper Evening in support of the 75th Anniversary Development Appeal on Wednesday 4th June. Bridge players are asked to organise a table of four to participate in play and to arrive at 6pm for a champagne reception followed by a two course supper with wine; thereafter to play bridge with their own four friends. Cost is only £90 inclusive of drinks per table of four. Play will finish at approx 9.50pm. Further details from carolmay@onetel.net 01252 782070 or awilson@altonconvent. org.uk.

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Creating an outdoor living space can be done on a budget, says Charlie Smith. By using what you already have, limiting purchases to the basics, and creating a focal point, you can easily and inexpensively create a wonderful ambience and space in your garden. Before You Begin Ask yourself how you and your family currently use the garden space and how you would like to use it with just a few simple changes. The answers will help you determine what you need to take away or add to the current outdoor space. Focal Point Similar to creating an inviting indoor living space, the garden living space needs a focal point. The focal point may already exist - in the home’s architecture, in the landscaping, or in a garden structure such as a gazebo. If you don’t have one, you can add your own focal point. Gazebos are a great starting block for building an indoor vibe outside. They come in all shapes and sizes these days, and you can get pop-up gazebos for less than £50. Hang curtains, lanterns and fairy lights, add some 8

comfy chairs, pillows or cushions, lay down a rug, and you can transform a garden area. Fire Pit Table One of the most popular and easy additions to the outdoor living space is a fire pit table. The fire pit table can be low to the ground, with a wide perimeter where guests and family members can sit low on cushions and feel chilled and relaxed vantagepointmag.co.uk

around the fire. The fire pit adds instant warmth to any dusky evening when the sun goes down. Water Element If you already have fire, add water. A water element creates a soothing and pleasant addition to an outdoor living space. It could be a small waterfall as part of the landscaping or an inexpensive water feature from your local garden centre or DIY store. Mix and Match Outdoor Seating Invest in an outdoor furniture set with a love seat, chairs and table. These do not have to be expensive and you can mix and match pieces by shopping at local car boot sales, or use Freecycle or eBay. The styles and materials do not have to match. You can paint all of the pieces the same colour to make them appear as a cohesive set. Add outdoor cushions to the pieces to make them more comfortable, and use brightly coloured scatter pillows and throws too.

Umbrella Table The biggest and best investment you can make in your outdoor space is a table with an umbrella. With mixed up chair designs the table becomes an instant gathering place for your family and friends. Use the table to dine alfresco, play board games, or just relax over a wonderfully healthy breakfast to start the day in the spring sunshine.

On a Budget Tip: Use What you Have Use what you already have. If you have an old table that has been relegated to the basement or garage, it can be covered with a tablecloth or painted and used in a covered outdoor space. The same can be done with old side tables and chairs. If you have large pieces of wood from trees that had to be cut down, use them as seats for the fire pit after cutting to low stool size pieces. Longer pieces may be sliced in half, attached to two round log pieces and be used as long benches. June 2014

Lighting Lighting is not something home owners would overlook in their indoor spaces, and it should also be considered for outdoor spaces. Invest in solar lawn lights to mark or make pathways to outdoor living spaces. Lanterns and fairy lights create a calm and magical atmosphere too. Tiki torches, citronella torches, and ďŹ&#x201A;oating candles in your water element also add ambience. FIND OUT MORE

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The next meeting of the Grayshott Decorative and Fine Arts Society is on Thursday 5th June at 2pm in Grayshott Village Hall. They are looking forward to welcoming Rosalind Whyte for what promises to be a fascinating look at the art of that ever controversial figure - love her or hate her - Tracey Emin. After the summer break Anthony Russell will explore ‘The Power and Glory of our Country Houses’ on Thursday 4th September. Les Amitiés Françaises, who celebrate their 25th anniversary this year, are looking forward to their annual outing on Thursday 5th June (the Mary Rose (Tudor ship) Museum); a relaxed, probably convivial AGM on Sunday 22nd June and the annual lunch on Saturday 12th July at Thursley, commemorating the fall of the Bastille. All details of membership for the next season, starting in Beritaz_Layout 1 12/12/2013 September, are available 09:49 from John Petty, tel. 01483 861974, or

johnpetty@sky.com. The printed programme is generally available from August. If you are interested and speak some French, go along and try them. Their talks are in French with French lecturers but they are used to speaking to English audiences. History of Hale Project is still going strong with over 100 residents enjoying the coﬀee mornings. Their three publications have sold well and the latest, ‘Hale Farms’ was launched in May. The next Friday meeting is on 6th June at the Institute from 2pm to 4pm when a number of interesting ideas will be discussed. The meeting will have a ‘D-Day’ theme. Special thanks to all the ladies who make such delicious cakes. Looking ahead, the August meeting will commemorate WWI; if you have any memorabilia or memories do please take them along. Also, an open public meeting will be organised with the Town Council to discuss the Page 1 of the Hale Chapels. They are future still asking members to contribute

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National Service memories, and family recipes. If you have any suggestions for further projects Pat Heather will welcome you with open arms. They would also like to hear from anyone willing to take on research. A slightly quieter month for Farncombe Music Club in June. Following an appearance at Windlesham in May, Friday 6th June will see Dani Wilde and Todd Sharpville at St. John’s Church, Farncombe. They are two of the UK’s finest blues exponents touring the country together in a rare, unplugged/acoustic format under the title of “Two Guitars and a One-Eyed Dog”. www.daniwilde. com and www.toddsharpville. com. Tickets: £12 advance (£15 door) from www.wegottickets. com/julianlewrymusic, or Record Corner, Pound Lane, Godalming. There’s another Record & CD Fair at St John’s Church Room, Farncombe, on Saturday 14th June. It runs from 10am to 3pm and there is always

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a great selection of CDs and DVDs available. Do go along and have a good browse. They also have a good selection of vinyl records - which are becoming more and more popular. Looking ahead to the second half of the year, there are some great names lined-up including the reunion of 70s soul band Kokomo in August and top female singer-songwriters Beverley Craven, Nerina Pallot and Julia Fordham as well as over in Windlesham, 80s chart band China Crisis. Dockenﬁeld Day is on Saturday 7th June from 2pm-6pm at The Playing Field, The Street, Dockenﬁeld GU10 4HS. It’s a wonderfully innocent, genuinely local village fête, with no commercial input. (Even the name sounds like something from a bygone era!) There are straw bales to sit on, egg and spoon, hobby horse and other children’s races, tug of war, coconut shy, face painting, bash the rat, village stocks, a ‘fun’ dog show, Punch and Judy, a tombola and loads of other stalls. This year,

in celebration of the world cup the theme is ‘Brazil here we come’ and there are prizes to be won for the best costumes. Plus of course there’s a delicious barbeque with Brazilian specialities, tea and cakes, real ale and other drinks to quench the thirst. Free entry as are some of the activities. It’s also free to get into the evening party that will take place at the Bluebell, the traditional village pub that re-opened last year. There will be live music and dancing, with the pub continuing the ‘Brazilian’ theme, including a specially dedicated set price menu. The National Garden Scheme (NGS) has raised over £20m for nursing and care charities in the past 10 years. I really think it is a wonderful concept and apart from raising so much money allows us, the general public, to visit some of the country’s most beautiful gardens, from huge formal gardens to little cottage gardens. The NGS Festival Weekend takes place over 7th/8th June and there are a number of lovely gardens

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SOARING INTO SPACE The University of Surrey is involved in a plethora of projects about Space. Read on to get a glimpse into some of these exciting initiatives.

Dealing with space debris and monitoring spacecraft Have you ever wondered what happens to satellites when they cease to work or come to the end of their life? Researchers at Surrey are working on technology that could help clear up space debris and service spacecraft. As the Head of the Surrey Technology for Autonomous systems and Robotics (STAR) Lab within the Surrey Space Centre, Professor Yang Gao and her team are working on a four-year project called ‘Reconfigurable Autonomy’. “Repairing space vehicles and sorting out space debris is challenging, dangerous and costs a lot when you employ humans to do the work,” she says. “This is why the space industry demands robotic solutions to do this instead. “We are creating intelligent robotic systems to inspect, monitor and identify when spacecraft needs repairing. These systems will also have the potential to support astronauts on space missions, and to deal with space debris. “Our autonomous technology will be deployed in snakelike robots. These robots will have a great deal of manipulability, building a perception of their environment using built-in cameras. Our technology could also work on simpler platforms, such as robotic arms, like the type used in car manufacturing factories.”

This may make it possible for robots to assist astronauts in the International Space Station – by carrying out hardware checks and testing equipment in the run-up to important missions. Another potential application is within the nuclear industry, identifying decommissioned radioactive waste in nuclear plants, saving human operators from potential radiation exposure. “Such techniques allow humans to operate robotic systems from a safe distance, letting the robot deal with risky tasks and interact with unknown or faulty objects in Space, or in radioactive nuclear plants on Earth. Once fully developed, the technology will be robust and reliable, and can benefit other space projects such as AAReST led by Professor Underwood.” Professor Gao’s ultimate goal is to deploy reconfigurable, autonomous robots in spacecraft of different sizes and shapes. “I feel robotic agents will play a crucial role in future space missions in supporting astronauts, and my team are enthusiastic and excited about new opportunities and applications of the technologies we are developing.” AAReST

The robot’s vision system means that the technology can recognise objects (shapes, colours, angles) as a human would, learning to detect, track and recognise anomalies of the spacecraft.

Professor Craig Underwood is leading the UK’s side of a project called AAReST, which stands for the ‘Autonomous Assembly of a Reconfigurable Space Telescope’.

“If you had a malfunctioning part on a moving spacecraft, our technology enables space robots to detect these issues, and to potentially fix the problem there and then, without human intervention.”

AAReST was formed with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and UK researchers from the University of Surrey in 2009. Its main aim is to create a new kind of large-scale, self-

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assembling telescope, 100m in diameter. This telescope will capture images of Space in more detail, and over greater distances than ever before. Professor Underwood explains, “We want to create a big, flexible and cost-effective telescope that takes a better picture of Space than any other. To do this, we need to build a massive photographic aperture in Space – a telescope that will photograph deep Space.” This aperture will be constructed from lots of separate, smaller satellites which will be launched into Space and then automatically come together to form one huge telescope. Each satellite carries a mirror, whose shape can change to form the perfect optical surface. “Astronomers need big telescopes for Space. The bigger the mirror, the more light you can gather, so fainter objects can be identified and captured on camera. Due to the time it takes for light to travel through Space, when we look at faint objects we are actually looking back in time so it is exciting to have the ability to look at Space’s past. “Because our telescope will be flexible, and assemble and reassemble itself, it will be able to adapt to suit different space-scapes in the solar system and beyond. With such an enormous and flexible telescope we could not only discover new planets and new life in the Universe, but also protect people on Earth from severe weather or natural phenomena through improved monitoring of Earth from Space – telescopes can look down as well as up!” To prove that a large-scale Space telescope of this nature will work, the team is first building a smaller-scale prototype, named a ‘MicroSat’. This MicroSat comprises a core satellite carrying a special camera on a long boom, with two tiny deployable ‘mirror-sats’ which enable the camera to record Space in high-definition detail. “People have followed the Hubble Space telescope, which was brilliant at the time of its inception, but is now nearing the end of its life. Hubble has delivered stunning images but our vision is of a telescope over 50 times June 2014

more powerful. NASA is also building the James Webb Space Telescope, which is bigger than Hubble, but the mirror is still rigid and inﬂexible and ultimately still limited in size.” The AAReST project has passed a preliminary design review, where teams from NASA and associated academics assessed the project’s viability. With this vote of confidence, Professor Underwood hopes that his team’s prototype will build support for the initiative to create a full-size, 100m telescope for use on Earth as well as Space exploration. Aside from the incredible potential to discover new planets and learn more about our Galaxy in Space, the telescope could also orbit our planet, looking down in real-time, with applications in search missions to find debris in oceans, and to track and predict natural disasters. He concludes, “The beauty of this project is that the satellite will automatically build itself, like an intelligent robot.” Galaxy evolution through the eyes of globular clusters Professor Mark Gieles, Chair of Surrey’s Astrophysics Research Group, is exploring the origin of the Milky Way and its globular clusters – the stars that orbit the Galaxy’s centre. These are systems containing several hundred thousand stars that are almost as old as the Universe, and therefore they carry important information about the birth and evolution of the Milky Way itself. He recently secured a grant from the European Research Council, to build a research team at the University of Surrey. Professor Gieles and his group are performing detailed computer simulations of the evolutions of these globular clusters, reenacting the journey of particles through Space to learn about their lives. This simulation will then be compared to data of the ESA-Gaia satellite launched (not by Surrey) into Space last year to compile a map of over a billion stars in the Milky Way over the coming decade. 15

to question common perceptions such as the Milky Way being perfectly spherical, and it is entirely possible that the data that Gaia delivers over the next ten years will prove this hypothesis correct.

The Gaia satellite is currently travelling around the sun, mapping stars in the Galaxy, multiple times. Its orbit takes the same as the Earth (one year), and the Gaia satellite continuously compares the new positions of stars to their previously measured positions. Comparing the changing positions of these stars can tell researchers how strong the Milky Way’s gravitational pull is, and can therefore give them more of an idea about what will happen in the future. More importantly, it shows scientists how the Galaxy may have formed. The movement of stars will reveal more about the existence of dark matter, phenomena that scientists believe exists but which cannot be observed with existing methods.

Formation of structure in a ‘warm dark matter’ Universe, photo credit Justin Read and Alex Hobbs

“The scientific community is engaged in this initiative, and to bring these ideas together, Professor Justin Read and myself initiated the ‘Gaia Challenge’, calling on astrophysicists from across the world to build a variety of mock-galaxy formations and globular clusters on computers, bringing together all these possibilities in order to explore new theories about the origins of the Universe. “We can’t wait to get the next batch of data from the Gaia satellite. Then we can test out our predictions and methods of analysis, and see what the Milky Way is really like. How old is it? How did it evolve?”

“We still do not know what or where dark Formation of a large galactic disk in the early Universe, photo credit matter is within the Milky Oscar Agertz Way,” Professor Gieles says. “But the movement and behaviour of these stars Further space projects - mapped out thanks to Gaia - is the only way we can study where this matter might be. Once we know more - Improving the ‘wasp drill’ to drill about the locations of the stars, and strength of their into highly-oxidised rocks on other gravitational pull, we can paint a better picture of what planets the Milky Way looks like and how it behaves. In turn, we hope to understand more about dark matter and its - Creating a ‘ﬂying wing’ aircraft to ﬂy effect on our Milky Way. on Mars “It will be at least two years before Gaia starts to return data that we can use. But that doesn’t mean our work FIND OUT MORE can’t start. Along with international collaborators, we Discover more by following the two links below: are creating a range of mock-formations of stars, to help Surrey Space Centre - www.surrey.ac.uk/ssc us try to begin predicting what shape the Milky Way is.” Astrophysics Research Group Professor Gieles and his team are using these models 16

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sponsored walk on Sunday 8th June. One of the highlights of the walk will be the new riverside path created by the Wey & Arun Canal Trust (WACT) along the banks of the Cranleigh Waters in Shalford. This new path, built by volunteers, winds its way from Shalford towards Bramley and takes in part of what will be the new Hunt Nature Park. The walk starts from the National Trust’s 18th century waterwheel, Shalford Mill, situated in Shalford. The circular walk covers 12 miles and includes refreshment points and a lunch stop before finishing at Shalford Church. There is also an option for a shorter afternoon walk, starting from Shalford Church. This is aimed at families, is four miles long and will start at 2pm. Anyone wanting to join the longer walk, which will be signposted and with a map provided, should arrive between 9am and 10.30am. Walkers opting for the shorter route should arrive at the church between 1pm-2pm. For more details about how to join the walk and raise money towards this registered charity which is currently restoring

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the canal in Surrey and Sussex, contact Margaret Darvill on 01483 894606 or email poddle@weyandarun.co.uk. A downloadable sponsorship form is available from the WACT website www.weyandarun.co.uk. Walkers are asked to raise a minimum of £20. Other charities can also benefit from walkers joining the Poddle by entering as a team and pledging to raise more than £200. Any money raised by team entries will be split equally with a charity of the team’s choosing. Farnham Local Food (FLF) is holding a fête on Sunday 8th June. The event will be at the group’s site in Runfold St. George GU10 1PL and runs from 11am- 4pm. There will be a large variety of plants for sale, tea and cakes, live music, and fun activities for the children. FLF is a not-forprofit co-operative that grows fresh, tasty vegetables for its members. It is based in Runfold, and has members in the Surrey/Hampshire border areas. The group formed in 2008 and currently supplies 75 families from two growing sites .To find out more

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about the group or the fête, see www.farnhamfood.com. Watts Gallery has two exhibitions opening in June. On Tuesday 10th, running until Sunday 9th November, ‘Ellen Terry: The Painter’s Actress’ will be the first exhibition to explore how the inﬂuence of Britain’s most famous Victorian actress reached beyond the stage to inspire generations of visual artists. Bringing together paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and film – including material rarely or never previously exhibited – the show will trace Ellen Terry’s journey from emerging teenage starlet to cultural icon. Then on Sunday 8th to Sunday 31st August, Peter Blake: Pop Victoriana traces the ‘godfather of British pop art’ Sir Peter Blake’s fascination with Victoriana. The exhibition includes a cross section of the artist’s print editions from the rare ‘Through the Looking Glass’ series of 1970, to the iconic album cover artwork for Band Aid (2005) and his latest ‘found art’ pieces

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such as To a Darling Child (2013). Do have a look at the website www. wattsgallery for information on everything else that is going on at the Gallery during June. We really are lucky to have this amazing place on our doorstep. The Friends of Farnham Park have two events in June. On Tuesday 10th, they have a talk by Colin Grey, chair of Fleet Pond Society, entitled ‘Fleet Pond, History, Natural History and Restoration. This is at Rowhills Centre, Cranmore Lane, 7pm for 7.30pm. (£3 for non-members). Their second event is a Wildﬂower Walk in The Park with Isobel Girvan. They meet at Park Lodge car park at 2.30pm. (£3 for non-members). Farnham Maltings welcomes legendary cricket pundits Blofeld and Baxter and their Memories of Test Match Special. Eager for the inside scoop on cricket - both on and off the pitch? Well, you’re in luck. On Tuesday 10th June, Henry ‘My Dear Old Thing’ Blofeld, one of Britain’s

most loved broadcasters, and Peter Baxter, the brain behind Test Match Special for over 34 years, cordially invite you on a trip down memory lane to discover fascinating untold stories from the commentary box and beyond. Together, they offer a hilariously entertaining show for both cricket and non-cricket lovers alike. I went and saw these two guys at G Live a few months back and it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening. I even bought a bottle of ‘Blowers Rhone’, haven’t opened it yet, just hope it’s as smooth as his voice! There is of course lots going on at The Maltings, so if you haven’t got a current brochure have a look at their website www.farnhammaltings. com I’ve seen a number of films at Farnham Maltings where you can have a very pleasant light lunch before watching a film. It always seems to be pretty busy but you can book tickets beforehand. Box Oﬃce 01252 745444. On every second Tuesday of the month at 2pm you will ﬁnd the

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ladies of Farnham Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild gathered in the Methodist Church Hall, South Street. At the next meeting on 10th June, Norma Dunbar will continue the tale of her life on stage, illustrated by photographs which bring back many memories. Townswomen’s Guild is not just a fun and social club but has a serious side. This year’s topics for discussion are: ‘Should the voting age be lowered to 16?’ and ‘Townswomen’s Guilds urge HM Government to enforce and extend the existing legislation regarding female genital mutilation’. These will be voted on at the National AGM in Cardiff. To find out more about Townswomen’s Guild visit the national website at www. townswomen.org.uk or for more information about the local guild phone 01252 722690 or 01252 712503, email zelbob@aol.com or just go along to a meeting. It’s hard to believe that one of the most successful folk-rock duos, Simon and Garfunkel, recorded

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Hold your own Wacky Rally with your friends and race your fastest cars against each other. Use jam jar lids, juice and milk carton tops, cotton reels, buttons, old CDs or discs cut from card for the wheels and anything you like for the body. The Batmobile was made by taping straw axles to the bottom of a plastic drink bottle. Design a sign and a chequered ﬂag and get set to go! Here’s how to make some of the cars on the grid …

Balloon Car Use wind power to propel a junk car across the ﬂoor. The body of the car can be made from any kind of box - the trick is to angle the bendy straw upwards to keep the balloon off the ﬂoor. Remember, the car will go in the direction of the balloon. Tape two pieces of straw to the base of the matchbox. Cut two axles from wooden skewers a little wider than the box, push through the straw and fix a wheel on each end (as for the Elastic band car).

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Cut the lip off the balloon and tape the balloon firmly to the bendy end of the straw. Bend the straw upwards and tape to the top of the box. Trim the other end of the straw leaving enough so you can blow through it to inﬂate the balloon. Decorate it if you like. Blow up the balloon, set the car on the ground and watch it go!

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Elastic Band Car You will need: • Sturdy cardboard tube, such as from a roll of foil • Drinking straw • Wooden skewers • Plastic lids for wheels • Glue • Thick elastic band • Plastic milk bottle to cut up for the nose and tail

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Elastic bands have been silently powering thousands of junk cars across pavements and living rooms for decades. Once you’ve mastered the technology you can adapt it to your own vehicle design. Think of this one as a starting point. You’ll find lots of other ideas on the internet on maker’s forums. Although simple in design, it can be quite tricky to get these cars to run properly because if the axles aren’t straight, or the wheels aren’t fixed really securely to the axles, they won’t turn.

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Make two holes at opposite ends of the cardboard tube and insert two short lengths of drinking straw. Push short lengths of a wooden skewer through the straws and attach wheels to each end. Plastic milk bottle and jar lids are good here. Put them on a wooden board and pierce the centre with a sharp skewer, knitting needle or nail. Then push on to the skewer. They should stay, but if not, glue with a blob of strong plastic model making glue. Push a third short skewer through the tube about three quarters of the way down. This should be really snug – you may want to glue it in place. Cut a thick elastic band into a long strip and tie one end to this skewer and one end to the back axle. You can experiment with a second elastic band on the other side too. To run your car, turn the back axle to wind the elastic tight, then put it on the ground and release.

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This project is just one from the excellent book called ‘Boy Craft ’ by Sara Duchars and Sarah Marks. Published by Frances Lincoln (www.franceslincoln.com). There are over 50 things to make and do. Some of it is quite American, but it’s crammed full of great explanatory drawings and photographs so is easy to use. Great fun. June 2014

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their ﬁrst No.1 hit single ‘The Sound of Silence’ nearly 50 years ago. On Wednesday 11th June the Simon and Garfunkel Story comes to G Live in Guildford. It tells the story from their early days when they were known as ‘Tom and Jerry’ up to the 1981 reformation concert in Central Park. The show starts at 7.30pm and tickets are £18.50 plus £2 booking fee. Go online to www.GLive.co.uk or call 0844 7701 797. You can of course call in to G Live during opening hours. Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener at Great Dixter, is coming to speak to Grayshott Gardeners on Wednesday 11th June at Grayshott Village Hall at 8pm about this famous garden. Visitors always welcome. Tickets £5 available from 01428 722000. Guildford’s award-winning professional theatre, Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC), kick oﬀ their 9th Open-Air season with the gloriously frivolous comedy Twelfth Night. “If music be the food of love, play

on” - I can still remember the opening line from when I did it for ‘O’ level English. If only I could remember what I did yesterday! Set amidst the leafy surroundings of Guildford Castle Gardens, some of Shakespeare’s best-loved characters – Sir Toby Belch, Malvolio, Viola, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek – combine with some of his most enduring poetry in GSC’s new production of this brilliant comedy. The play runs from 12th to 28th June (no performances Sundays) and starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £21 Adult, £17.50 Concessions (Over 60, under 16, students, Equity). Go to www. guildford-shakespeare-company. co.uk or call the Box Oﬃce on 01483 304384. For the diary GSC’s next production is Henry V which will be performed in the grounds of Guildford Cathedral. It will run from 14th to 26th July and tickets are available now. Pull on your walking boots and get down to Tilford for an amble through the stunning Surrey countryside, all

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FARNHAM CARNIVAL Saturday 28th June With increasingly lighter evenings it is a reminder that those long summer days and warm balmy evenings are just a few weeks s away. One of the major events in the Farnham Summer calendar is Carnival Day, which this year takes place on Saturday 28 June. Plans are well under way for this year’s Farnham Carnival procession and the Fayre in Gostrey Meadow, both of which are organised jointly by the Hedgehogs and Farnham Lions. There is more interest than ever in this year’s event. For the first time there will be 2 principal sponsors, Vale Furnishers, who open a new store in Farnham at Easter, supporting the Carnival procession and Bridges, local estate agency, principal sponsor of the Gostrey Meadow Fayre. The day provides a great promotional platform for these local businesses. Their support along with that from Farnham Town Council, The Farnham Chamber of Commerce, Surrey County Council and other local businesses, pays for the event, allowing all monies raised on the day to be kept by the numerous participating charities.

if they have not done so already, now is the time for schools, clubs, organisations and local businesses to sign up to enter the procession. If you are interested in taking a stall at the Gostrey Fayre from 2 until 9pm, there are just a few left at this very popular venue, where hundreds of families and friends enjoy the entertainment, sample delicious food and buy local produce.

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This year the carnival will wind its way through the town centre For more information visit the Carnival from 6pm and this year’s theme – “Let’s Go Safari” is providing website at www.farnhamcarnival.org.uk and plenty of scope for procession entrants with nearly 30 signed follow developments on Twitter Wizard Dec 13_Layout 1 07/11/2013 11:37 Page 1 up already! Although the end of June seems a long time away, @carnivalfarnham.

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The Ridgeway Community School, Farnham, 14 Frensham Road, Farnham, GU9 8HB is holding a fund raising event on Saturday 14th June from 11am till 2pm. Entry 50p per adult. Children free. Suitable for all the family, there will be a number of great attractions such as a barbecue, bar, motorbikes for the children to sit on, a fire engine, a ride on train, facepainting, tattoos, cake, raﬄe and lots more. The Ridgeway is a special needs school and any money raised will go towards specialist equipment that will help the children reach their potential. Please note there’s no parking on site. The beat goes on at Grayshott Folk Club with another two gigs in June. They are diversifying with some Americana/Folk Rock on Saturday 14th June at 7.30pm when The Kennedys will be arriving fresh from the United States to play some of their own original material as well as performing a tribute to Nanci Griﬃths. The Kennedys have been

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The business has certainly changed over those years but at the heart of Secretts there remains a passionate determination to grow first class crops and deliver them at their freshest to the customers, whether that is Secretts own Farm Shop or elsewhere through its wholesale operations. In recent years the Secretts Farm team have developed a range of baby leaf salads that have set them apart from other growers and added to their reputation for growing innovative and exciting crops. The production team have focussed on growing leaf varieties that are packed with ﬂavour and colour such as the peppery Land Cress, mild and sweet Tat Soi, fiery Greek Cress and the gorgeous deep crimson of Red Amaranth. The Farm Manager, Greg Secrett (pictured opposite), is continually reviewing the range of baby leaf he grows and can respond quickly to the changing demands of his customers. “It is important for us to be different”, he explains. “If the supermarkets begin stocking a certain salad leaf then we lose interest in it. We want to be one step ahead all the time and that is what our Restaurant customers and Farm Shop customers want too.”

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There is a growing and impressive list of chefs both locally, in London and further afield that regularly buy Secretts salad leaves and they mention it on their menus too, which is a great honour and reflects the high regard that the product enjoys. Secretts leaves can now be found on the menu at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Le Gavroche, Le Manoir, The Fat Duck, The Ivy, Gordon Ramsay and Claridges… to name just a few. There is no question that the chefs at these establishments demand the very best quality ingredients and that is testament to just how good Secretts salad leaf is. So what sets it apart? The reason the salad leaf grown at Secretts Farm is so special is because it is harvested just 14 to 21 days after germination. It really is a ‘baby’ leaf! Although this means that the yield weights are lower it is the only way to ensure that the leaf is consistently tender, juicy and full of flavour. If the leaves are left just a few days more they will begin to become leggy and lose the depth of flavour that is so very important. Every seed tray is laid out by hand and carefully monitored and irrigated according to the variety requirements. The leaves are checked daily and when the optimum size is achieved the crop is harvested and packed unwashed into sealed bags. There is no chlorine or other preserving agents added, just sweet tender leaves and fresh air. As well as bagged leaf much of the crop is sold loose so that customers in the Farm Shop can select just as much as they need. No more half eaten bags of soggy salad at the bottom of your fridge. June 2014

Unlike many other farms in the Thames Valley, Secretts have continued to grow using the principles of a traditional market garden. This means that it has not set all of the land aside for just one or two high yielding crops but, instead it continues to grow a wide and hugely diverse mix right through the year. As well as the baby leaf, Secretts Farm grows many varieties of lettuce including Lollo Rosso, Cos, Lollo Bionda and Baby Gem. The sight of the young lettuce plants in straight rows out in the field is really quite a joyful sight and reminds us that salad comes out of the ground and not a bag. Then there are of course the wonderful summer crops of strawberries, raspberries, currants, gooseberries and plums. Not to mention, pumpkins, corn on the cob and all of the root vegetables later in the year. How lucky are we to have a farm growing such a wide and exciting range of produce right here on our doorstep in the heart of the Surrey Hills? And how proud would Frederick Augustus be, to know that the fine tradition and careful disciplines of growing fruit and vegetables that he started back in 1908 continue today, as it did then, at Secretts Farm?

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Broad Waters as well as favourites from Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov it promises to be a fantastic evening. The conductor Richard Pearce has assembled an attractive mixture of music and the Waverley Singers will be joined by soloists Natasha Day and Gyula Rab. Tickets, priced at £12.50, are available from members of the choir or by emailing tickets@ waverleysingers.com, and will also be available at the door. The local WaterAid group invite you all to join their Walk for Water at beautiful Newlands Corner near Guildford on Saturday 14th June. There’s a choice of four signposted circular walks with something for everyone: wheelchair users, family groups to serious hikers. While enjoying the fresh air and superb scenery you’ll be helping people in the developing world to provide their own clean water, sanitation and hygiene. This transforms their lives from day-to-day survival to getting an education and earning a living. Goodbye poverty! You

can get sponsors or simply make a donation (however large or small). Dogs are welcomed. The shortest circuit is a half mile tarmac path and the longest is eight miles across the Downs. There is no ﬁxed start time: walkers free to start at any time from 9am. Find out more from Linda on 07934 839608 or go to www. wateraidwestsurrey.org. Well guess what! It’s Father’s Day on Sunday 15th June. Never short of ideas, the National Trust in West Sussex, has a number of events specially organised at three of their beautiful properties in the area. Whether Dad enjoys real ales, captivating gardens, history hunting through country houses, geocaching or simply getting closer to nature, the National Trust has everything you need to help him and the rest of the family have a great day out. He might even fancy creating a den with the kids - one of the ’50 things to do before you’re 11¾’ challenges! The properties involved are Uppark in South Harting, Nymans in Handcross

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The tale of Farnham’s civilian war grave If you visit West Street cemetery, look out for the grave of Arthur Charles Porter, who died on 21 August 1940 aged 51. Mr Porter is recorded as a civilian war casualty of the Commonwealth and is listed as a civilian death due to enemy action in the Second World War.

that Mr Porter’s profession was a lorry driver.

It is known that Mr Porter suffered injuries at Longmoor Military Camp near Greatham, Hampshire on 16 August 1940 and died at home in Hale. The burial records at Farnham Town Council show

To ensure the grave looks its best during this centenary year of World War I local stonemasons Stonecrest offered to sponsor the restoration of the stonework. Stonecrest have made a beautiful job of bringing the stone back to its former glory.

Civilians whose death was due to enemy action are commemorated in the Civilian War Dead Roll of honour located near St George’s Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London.

Andy Raitt from Stonecrest and Cllr Carole Cockburn.

Improving how we communicate Last year Farnham Town Council carried out some research to ask residents for their views on the town’s website and the type of information they would like to be able to find. The feedback and comments have been used to design a new website which will launch in June. The new website contract will see monthly costs reduced. This will be a saving to taxpayers and at the same time, the town will have a better website that provides the information people want. Visit Farnham’s website at www.farnham.gov.uk.

Meet Farnham’s new Mayor Cllr Jeremy Ricketts has been elected as the new Mayor of Farnham. He has taken over the role from Cllr Paddy Blagden. Cllr Ricketts was born in Woking and moved to Farnham in the mid-1980s to run an equestrian business. It was through the business that he met Debbie who later became his wife. They now have two daughters who attend local schools. In his acceptance speech, Cllr Ricketts thanked councillors for electing him as Mayor. He said: “I am honoured and humbled to represent our great town as Mayor. I am looking forward to working with councillors and staff for the betterment of Farnham and its residents.” He added: “I want to thank Paddy Blagden for his outstanding service and his leadership as Mayor and for all he did to move the town forward; particularly highlighting our need for better infrastructure.” Throughout his year, the Mayor is looking forward to supporting a number of local charities and a wide range of community organisations. The official Mayoral charity for 2014/15 is the Post-19 Group, which works with young adults with learning difficulties. Cllr Jill Hargreaves has been elected as the Deputy Mayor of Farnham. Anybody wishing to invite the Mayor to visit their organisation or to take part in an event can contact Farnham Town Council on 01252 712667 or email mayor@farnham.gov.uk. June 2014

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Picnic in the Park Mark the end of Farnham’s carnival weekend by bringing along some friends, a picnic blanket and some food and drink to Picnic in the Park. There will be live music, catering stalls and promotions. The event is on Sunday 29 June from 12-5pm in Gostrey Meadow and is jointly sponsored by Weyfest and Companion Care.

Date for your diary The third inclusive Farnham Community Games will take place at the Farnham Rugby Club and David Lloyd Centre on Monday 25 August.Visitors to the games will be able to try a range of sports for free. Keep an eye out for more details.

Venison Dinner This year’s black tie Venison Dinner will take place at Farnham Castle on Thursday 13 November 2014. Everybody is welcome. Tickets cost £55 for the five course meal and are available from tickets@farnhamvenisondinner.co.uk or call 01252 728663. 32

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Residents’ guide A new guide for visitors and residents is about to be published by Farnham Town Council. The comprehensive guide includes interesting facts about Farnham and its villages and the area’s history and heritage. The guide also includes a wealth of information about: • Arts and culture • Shopping • Events and festivals • Eating and drinking • Accommodation A double page spread gives details about family friendly things to do and there is a comprehensive section on leisure activities. The guide will be available from the Town Council offices in South Street and can be picked up from information points around the town. An electronic version will be available at www.farnham.gov.uk.

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Key Dates 25 June – Deadline for entering the Secret Garden competition First two weeks of July – South and South East in Bloom judging 2-4 July – Secret Garden judging 16 July – Allotment judging First two weeks of August – Britain in Bloom judging This year is extra special for Farnham because as well as entering South and South East in Bloom, the town has been selected from more than 1,000 entrants to take part in the Britain in Bloom UK Finals 2014 and will be representing the south east. Farnham Town Council is grateful to the Farnham in Bloom Community Group and the sponsors of Farnham in Bloom which include: • Corporate: Hamptons International • Gold: The Farnham Institute • Silver: The Patio Black Spot Removal Company • Silver: South East Water • Gold sponsorship in kind: Squire’s Garden Centre • Gold sponsorship in kind: Forest Lodge Garden Centre

Bee friendly Bees are dying out because they have lost 97 per cent of their grassland habitats in the last 60 years. As part of the Farnham in Bloom campaign, Farnham Town Council is encouraging people to create a bee-friendly space in their gardens. According to the Friends of the Earth, more than 20 bee species have become extinct and a quarter of those left are on the threatened species list. Bees pollinate 75 per cent of our main food crops worldwide. Farnham Town Council has planted wildflower areas in West Street cemetery, Dogflud Way and at the entry points into Farnham. Details about bee friendly plants, shrubs and trees can be found online or visit your local garden centre for advice. June 2014

Wrecclesham Community Centre reopens Wrecclesham Community Centre has reopened following a facelift worth more than £170,000. The Centre in Greenfield Road was officially opened on 10 May by the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP who planted a commemorative tree. He was joined by the Mayor of Farnham, Cllr Jeremy Ricketts and the Mayoress of Farnham Debbie Ricketts; members of the Wrecclesham community centre management committee; invited guests and local residents. In addition to financial support from Farnham Town Council, the project was made possible by the generosity of the principal funders The Sita Trust,Veolia Environmental Trust and Surrey County Council. Additional support was provided by Waverley Borough Council, the Farnham Institute Charity, Isabella Schroder Trust and the Wrecclesham community. The centre is available for hire. Enquiries should be sent to enquiry@wreccleshamcommunityproject.org or call the centre manager on 01252 726779.

Tindle suite opens for business A new suite of rooms has been officially opened at Farnham Town Council by Sir Ray Tindle. The ‘Tindle suite’ has been named after Sir Ray Tindle and Lady Tindle as a mark of thanks for their generous philanthropic support of the town. Farnham Town Council took over ownership of the South Street council offices in 2011. The project to reconfigure the former cash office area has brought the space up to acceptable, modern day accessibility and environmental standards. The Tindle Suite meeting rooms are available for use by local community groups and organisations for surgeries and meetings. Further information about hiring the rooms is available by emailing customer.services@farnham.gov.uk.

Farnham’s Mayoress receives a new chain of office In April, Sir Ray Tindle of the Tindle News Group presented the Mayoress of Farnham with a specially commissioned new chain of office. The sterling silver, gold plated chain was designed and made by the jewellers André Noir in Farnham. Andrew Black, founder of André Noir found inspiration for the chain’s design from architectural features around Farnham. This included a flower that features on plaques around the town and the windows in Farnham Castle.

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9am – 9pm on Saturday 21st June, Summer Solstice, so make the most of the longest day of the year, the summer sunlight and the beautiful blooms. Oh, and if you are a fan of pelargoniums, there is a stunning display in the Glasshouse up to 15th June. Glasshouse times: 10am to 5.15pm, last entry 5pm. Free with normal garden entry. On Father’s Day, treat the special man in your life to a trip on the Wey & Arun Canal whilst enjoying a tasty bacon butty washed down with tea or coﬀee! The 90 minute trips depart at 9.45am and 12noon. Tickets: £12 for adults; £8 for children. Booking in advance is essential. Then on Friday 20th June, celebrate the eve of the Summer Solstice by gently cruising through beautiful countryside on one of the longest evenings of the year, enjoy a sparkling summer drink and a sensational salad supper. The trip departs at 7.30pm and lasts for approximately 2.5 hours. Tickets: £18 per person. Booking in advance is essential. To book seats on any of

the forthcoming special cruises or if you would like information about private charters or weekend public trips, please call the Wey & Arun Canal Trust Office on 01403 752403 or email office@weyandarun.co.uk. Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl... From Tuesday 17th to Saturday 21st June, Farnham Amateur Operatic Society will be presenting Copacabana at the Farnham Maltings. This wonderful production follows the story of Lola and Tony. Their tale of love and romance on the way to stardom comes to life in a Broadway-style musical fantasy. This sparkling evening of music and passion is packed full of Barry Manilow hits, dazzling costumes, loveable characters and sensational choreography. Get your night at the Copacabana booked! Box Office: 01252 745444 www. farnhammaltings.com. Guildford Summer Festival returns for its 31st year celebrating the town and local area. The Festival

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Ariel Ramirez’s ‘Missa Criolla’ on Saturday 21st June at 7.30pm at Guildford Cathedral. Tickets £20 Front Nave, £15 Mid Nave, £10 Rear Nave, £17 West Gallery. Concessions: (children, students, disabled and ES40). £10 on all seats except Front Nave. Tickets are available from: boxoffice@guildfordchoral.org or directly from Derek Lake on 01494 675571. Also from the Electric Theatre box office, 01483 444789. I seem to remember my dad singing African Sanctus when he was with The Bach Choir under the musical directorship of Jonathan Willcocks’ father Sir David. In fact I think it might have been the first performance of this amazing work which is hugely original, exciting and probably unlike anything you have heard before. Following the excellent Art Exhibition held in April, showing the drawings and paintings of local artists in the Village Hall, The Hale Community Project is proposing to hold a Village Craft Day on Wednesday 21st June at

The Village Hall, the aim of the event being to encourage people to show their artistic creations, whether it be a painting, sculpture, pottery, needlework or some other medium. There is so much artistic talent in the village, so why not take your work along and have it displayed. This event is aimed at all ages - some of the local schools are going to display work, as are the Seniors Art Group. There is no entrance fee. Refreshments will be on sale throughout the day. This event is being organised with a view to possibly opening more craft groups, if the demand shows this can be achieved. Do go along and show your support, you will be assured of a warm welcome. To ﬁnd out more information or to make an entry, contact Carol McFarlane on 01252 689261. There’s an Indoor Bowling Evening in aid of the Farnham Rep, at the Six Bells Public House, 55 Hale Road, Farnham GU9 9QZ on Saturday 21st June from 6pm. Entry fee is £15 and

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The art of Claymation is the latest unusual activity to be unravelled at Farnham Library with a themed workshop now on offer to 12 very lucky children. Here the lucky participants have the opportunity to create a storyboard, build clay plastic models, animate, video-edit and view their finished animation on the screen! Tickets for the event are available in a number of different ways. You can book online using debit or credit cards by logging onto the website at www.surreycc. gov.uk/libraries. You can ring Enquiries Direct on 01483 543599 to book over the phone, or visit any Surrey Library and purchase these in person. The two workshops will be held at the library on the 21st June from 10am-12 noon and 2pm-4pm. The annual Frensham Village Fayre will be held on Saturday 21st June

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War comes to Tilford & Frensham Penny Kitchen looks at a fascinating exhibition now on at the Rural Life Centre in Tilford. The next time you walk your dog around Frensham ponds or take the children for a summer paddle, try to imagine the scene a hundred years ago. Rows and rows of white tents, khaki-clad soldiers everywhere you looked, training, relaxing, or checking their kit and their horses in readiness to head for the front. Judging from the messages on postcards sent home from Frensham camp, it was a pleasant place to be – “at least in summer”, wrote one soldier. Spirits were high and no doubt a visit to the camp by the King and Queen would have given a further lift to the men’s morale. They were exciting days in stark contrast to the harrowing weeks and months that lay ahead of them. Postcards from the time are the ‘stars’ of an exhibition currently on at the Rural Life Centre, which tells the story of WWI and its eﬀect on the communities and landscape of Tilford and Frensham. Taken from a vast collection amassed over the years by museum volunteer Marguerite Wills, the postcards portray relaxed and smiling soldiers, troops drilling on what we recognise as Tilford green and Rowledge women in their Land Army uniforms among many others. The black and white and sepia images are poignant - in summer 1914 there was optimism, a sense that the Hun would be soundly beaten and everyone home in time for Christmas. Sadly, how wrong they were. The army camp on Frensham Common became permanent, a training and setting-oﬀ point for troops going overseas. The pleasant weather came to an abrupt halt in November 1914 with a storm of such ferocity it blew down the mess tents and much else besides. This led to the involvement of local people who rallied round to help, providing hot food and drinks until more tents could be erected. Tilford and Frensham had been isolated farming communities until the arrival of the railway in 1849, the people making a meagre living from small farms, hop picking and working on the large estates. When war broke out many farm workers volunteered and in 1916, when conscription was introduced, the inadequate June 2014

workforce remaining comprised women, prisoners of war, unfit servicemen on leave and the elderly. As the exhibition vividly illustrates, women suddenly had a very important role to play. They had been trained for generations in farm work, but now there was important war work to do as well. In 1916 the newly-formed Women’s Land Army soon had 800 recruits. Children had to help with the harvest as well as collecting wood for fires and clearing stones from the fields. Wood had another unexpected use during WWI: it was needed for making acetone, an ingredient in the manufacture of explosives. A large distillation factory was constructed on a vast site at Frensham for this purpose. German submarines were sinking ships carrying acetone from Canada and America, so Britain had to find a way to make it. Originally cereals such as maize were distilled to extract the acetone which was used in the making of cordite. But cereals were in short supply here, so experiments were tried with various other crops. Horse chestnuts, acorns and even wood itself were found to yield acetone. Landowners were asked to allow children to collect acorns and horse chestnuts for the factory, giving them a day off school. The Frensham factory was destroyed when the war ended. These and many other fascinating facts are included in the exhibition which is on at the Rural Life Centre until 1st August. Following that, another exhibition, also mounted by Marguerite Wills, will continue the WWI theme, this time about the debt the country owed to animals during the conflict. FIND OUT MORE

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Local yoga teacher, Laura Lychnos, tells us what to expect from a hatha yoga class If you’ve never been to a yoga class you might imagine a room full of super-supple people contorting themselves into painful-looking positions, and thought it wasn’t for you. But the word ‘yoga’ which has its origins in the Sanskrit word ‘yui’, really means ‘union’, because classical yoga uses the breath to unite body and mind. This ‘union’ is achieved in a classical, or Hatha, yoga class through a combination of physical postures, breathing exercises, meditation and relaxation. More than 2,000 years ago, the Indian sage Patanjali is believed to have collated the practice of yoga into the Yoga Sutras. In these he identified the eight limbs of yoga: the Yamas (restraints), Niyama (observances), Asana (postures), Pranayama (breathing), Pratyhara (withdrawal of senses), Dharana (concentration), Dhyani (meditation), and Samadhi (absorption). Most modern yoga practice concentrates on the third limb, the Asanas, or physical postures. Treating yoga like an exercise class has given rise to the common myth that you have to be very fit and supple to be able to ‘do’ yoga. This isn’t true, the Asanas should form a valuable part of a balanced practice, but they are only one of the eight limbs of yoga. Classically the Asanas helped maintain the physical strength and health of the body in preparation for the practice of meditation - they weren’t devised to make you the bendiest person in the room. An experienced teacher is able to offer an accessible yoga class, which combines the physical (the Asanas), with the breath (Pranyama), meditation (Dhyana) and relaxation. By providing a comfortable, non-judgmental environment, your yoga teacher can help you as you start to ‘listen’ to your body, noticing your own limitations, without punishing your body by pushing it too far. To work 38

in harmony with your body you will need to practise with mindfulness and awareness, using your breath to unite your body and mind. Focusing mindfully on your breath as you hold an Asana will help you relax into the posture whilst calming and clearing your mind. This union of the breath and movement is the art and the beauty of yoga. By directing your attention inwards you can learn to recognise habitual thought patterns without labelling them, judging them, or trying to change them. Gradually you become more aware of experiences from moment to moment. The awareness that you cultivate is what makes yoga a practice, rather than a task or a goal to be completed. Alongside the Asanas, a balanced Hatha yoga class will include Pranayama, specific breathing exercises or breath control. There are many Pranayama exercises, all having different effects and benefits, from creating energy, clearing the mind, cooling/ warming the body, cleansing the body, to balancing the energy or calming the mind. Pranayama exercises are best learnt alongside an experienced teacher and then practised at home. Meditation forms the seventh limb (Dhyani) and is ultimately at the heart of a balanced and holistic yoga practice. Meditation, like most experiences is difficult to express in words, but one might think of it as a ‘joyful experience of peace’. Once your body feels strong and relaxed through practising the Asanas, it is a natural step to turn your attention then to the mind. Meditation is used in yoga to bring about mental and emotional balance, in fact Yogis often describe it as the cessation of mental activity. Within a class setting, the teacher will often use a guided meditation practice to help in the initial stages of the session. Relaxation is an integral part of a Hatha yoga class too. Your teacher should plan the class, allowing time for you to relax physically and emotionally. Yogic relaxation helps you settle your mind; it’s a concentration exercise for both body and mind, that helps you control mental activity and find inner stillness. By combining exercise, breath control, meditation and relaxation, Hatha yoga can be the perfect antidote to our modern, fast-paced stressful lives. Taking time out, even if it’s only one class a week, to relax, be in the moment and stretch your body, can help lower your stress levels, and tone your body and quieten your mind. FIND OUT MORE

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A Foraged Meal for Summer Peter Sibley from Forest Foragers offers us three courses mixing wild and farmed ingredients June is a time when many wild foods are at their best; combine these with some of the cultivated foods in season now and you can create some wonderful dishes. Here are a few seasonal suggestions.

Sea Trout with Samphire Sea Trout is in season now, but if you cannot get any, Brown or Rainbow Trout may be substituted in this recipe, though they lack the flavour of Sea Trout. 6. When the trout is ready, open the foil carefully so that you do not lose the juices. Strip off the skin from the visible side of the fish, slide a knife into the mid line of the back and ease the fillet away, starting at the head end just behind the gills. The backbone should then be easy to lift away, leaving the lower fillet to be lifted away from the skin.

1. Wash the trout inside and out. One Sea Trout will usually feed four as a main course or more as a starter. If you are using Brown or Rainbow trout you will probably need two for a main course for four. 2. Grease a sheet of cooking foil and place the trout on it. Fill the body cavity with chopped spring onion, watercress and some slices of lemon and a knob of butter. Smear a bit more butter on the top skin and seal the foil around the trout. 3.Place on a baking tray or roasting tin and cook at 180°C for 45 minutes or 12 minutes per pound or half kilogram. When ﬁnished, take out of the oven and leave in the foil for 20 minutes or so.

4. Wash the samphire and place in a steamer, you will need about 75 grams per portion. Steam for a few minutes until it softens; steam it for too long and it will break up, so watch it carefully. 5. Stir some chopped watercress leaves into mayonnaise to serve with the trout.

7. Spoon the juices, spring onion, watercress and lemon onto the ﬁllets and serve with the steamed samphire and watercress mayonnaise. 8. If using as a main course, couscous makes a good accompaniment to this dish, as do new potatoes with mint.

Peter Sibley and his business partner Clifford Davy run Forest Foragers, which was formerly called Wild Harvest, and run regular foraging courses near Godalming, Surrey. You can join them for a full-day course, or an afternoon foray, in recognising, collecting, preparing, preserving and cooking edible wild plants and mushrooms. The full-day Wild Food Foraging Course consists of a morning identification session, covering the principal edible plants and fungi, (notes provided), followed by a substantial lunch featuring some of these. The morning session will also cover hazards to be avoided when collecting. The afternoon sees you going out to find wild plants and mushrooms. They will be running Wild Food Foraging Courses (£115 per person) at the the Chichester Hall, Witley, nr Godalming, Surrey on the following Saturdays: 27th September, 4th October, 11th October, 18th October and 25th October. These are from 10am to 5pm. In addition they will run Afternoon Forays (£25 per person) somewhere in Surrey on the following Sundays: 20th and 28th September, 19th October and 9th November. Afternoon Forays are designed for participants who have already undertaken the full one day course, and are suitable for experienced foragers only. All courses numbers are limited to 14 and the courses are not suitable for children. Please visit forestforagers.co.uk for more information.

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Lamb and wild green vegetables June is when salt marsh lamb becomes available. Lamb raised on the sea-washed turf of sea marshes has a special succulence and the fat has a unique ﬂavour which comes from the animal’s diet, made up of seashore herbs and salt-tolerant grasses. It is more expensive than ordinary lamb but worth it for a special meal. For this recipe you can use either a leg or a shoulder of lamb. If using shoulder it is best to cook it on a trivet to let some of the fat drip out. For the wild leaves there is a considerable choice. If you can get to the coast, Sea Beet Alexanders and Sea Purslane are all available. Use the leaves of Sea Beet, add the young shoots of Alexanders and use the Purslane as a ﬂavouring. Inland, Garlic Mustard, Hog Weed and the Chenopods, (Common Orache, Fat Hen, Good King Henry and Red Goosefoot), are all in season. 1. Peel three or four cloves of garlic, according to size, and cut into slivers. Using a sharp, thin knife make holes in the surface of the lamb and insert the slivers of garlic, one to each hole. 2. Cut a pocket in the joint, next to the bone, and insert some chopped spring onion, wild leaves, oregano and mint. Close the pocket with a cocktail stick. 3. Cook at 220°C for 20 minutes per pound or half kilogram and 20 minutes extra, less if you like it rare.

4. Let the lamb rest for ten minutes before carving. 5. Serve the lamb with any of the greens mentioned above, boiled

or steamed, as you would spinach, plus some roast vegetables and gravy made with the meat juices. Delicious!

Frozen Elderﬂower Posset A posset was originally a warm drink made from milk and wine or cider. The acid in the wine or cider curdled the milk. These days a posset is a cream or milk based pudding, usually chilled or frozen. Our medieval ancestors wouldn’t recognise it! This recipe is like a granita. The ingredients are very simple and so is the recipe. 1. You will need 150ml or ¼ pint of double cream, ¼ pint of Elderﬂower cordial, (either home-made or bought) and some berries and sugar to serve. 2. Whisk the cream in until it forms soft peaks, then add the cordial, a bit at a time, until it is all combined. 3. Freeze this in a plastic container. June 2014

4. When required, spoon the frozen mixture into a blender or food processor and blend, which will break up any ice crystals, then transfer to dessert dishes and leave in the freezer for several hours. 5. Before serving, put in the fridge for twenty minutes or so, add some berries to each dish and sprinkle on some icing sugar. Enjoy! 41

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at Hollowdene Recreation Ground, Frensham GU10 3BJ. The children’s parade will set off from Shortfield Common at 12.30pm and the fayre will officially open at 1pm. There will be plenty of traditional activities for all the family to enjoy - Punch and Judy, inflatable assault course, bungee trampolines, dog show and classic car display as well as local exhibits and a wide variety of food and drink. After all that, join them for ‘Midsummer Mayhem’ with music from Hounds of Sound! 8pm until midnight. Tickets, £10, on sale in the village shop, the Hollybush pub or via Antony, 07876 523785 or Geoff, 07903 470613 or frenshamfayre2@btinternet.com. The best of youthful choral singing will be on display on Saturday 21st June when Farnham Youth Choir (FYC), together with its Junior Choirs and a large Alumni Choir, will celebrate its 30th Anniversary with a Gala Concert at the St Andrews’ Garrison Church, Queens Avenue, Aldershot, GU11 2BY. The joyful occasion is open to all and tickets can be ordered in advance from Amanda Welsh on fyc.awelsh@gmail.com. Further information can be found on the FYC website at www.fyc.org.uk. Incidentally, The world renowned FYC recruit members from the age of six and they can then progress through junior choirs until they are ready for the Youth Choir. They will be auditioning for new members. If you would like to find out more, look at the website or contact joinfyc@ gmail.com or 01252 629234. The first Grayshott Market, held on Easter Saturday 19th April, was acclaimed a great success by stallholders and visitors alike. Organised by the Square Events Group and sponsored by Applegarth, the Grayshott farm shop and restaurant centre, the first Market had well over 1000 visitors. Every stallholder without exception said they had exceeded their expectations and in many cases sold out of produce before the Market closed. Grayshott Village Archives used the Market to launch John Hill’s book 42

‘We Will Remember Them’, which details the lives and service record of each person inscribed on Grayshott ’s War Memorial. Phil Bates, Chairman of the Archives believes that John Hill’s book is a unique work that will live on for many hundreds of years and a real treasure for the Village. The next Grayshott Market is to be held on Saturday 21st June, when even more food stalls will be present. Farnham Adult Learning Centre has some great Saturday one day workshops coming up later this month, on 21st June. They have classes on print making; mosaics, where you can design and make your own original mosaic container suitable for the garden; patchwork and quilting, where you can learn the techniques to make a quilt or throw; art history - British Folk Art; and drawing and painting. These affordable workshops are an ideal way to see if you like an activity before committing to one of their longer term time courses. Farnham Adult Learning Centre is located in West Street, Farnham GU9 7DR. For more information on any of their courses, please visit: www.surreycc.gov.uk/ adultlearning or call 0300 200 1044. Go along and join in a Garden Party in the beautiful Farnham Museum Gallery Garden at 3pm on Sunday 22nd June. Farnham Humanists ( w w w.fa r n h a m . h u m a n i st . o rg . uk) will be holding their tenth Anniversary Celebratory Garden Party and everyone is welcome! There will be a Champagne Cream Tea, music, a raffle and a rolling screen show. Tickets are £5 and will include bubbly, soft drinks, sandwiches, clotted cream jam scones, brownies, anniversary cake, tea and coffee. To buy a ticket or find out more contact Sue Shaw on 01252 726684 or email sueshaw. co.uk@btinternet.com. Walkers are invited to put on their hiking boots and register to take part in Bells Piece’s sponsored walk round Farnham Park on Sunday 22nd June. The walk begins and ends at Bells Piece, courtesy of WBC.

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It is either a 4.5km or 7km route and follows paths and footpaths around the park. The walk will start at 1pm. For those unable to walk, marshalling help is required at the start, finish and along the route. It should be a wonderful day for all. The cost to register is £5 per adult and £2 per child and we would encourage people to get sponsors. It is a great opportunity to help raise money for Bells piece. The walk ends at Bells Piece with a cream tea. To sign up to take part in the walk please email Jennifer.daniels@leonardcheshire. org or telephone 01252 715138. Farnham Decorative Fine Arts Society’s (DFAS) next meeting is on Tuesday 24th June. ‘The Cat and the Fiddle: The Illustration, Music and History of Nursery Rhymes’. Since the early 18th Century we have sung or recited nursery rhymes to our children and grandchildren. They are an essential part of a child’s acquisition of language. This lecture traces their history from the beginning to the classic productions of Crane, Caldecott and Kate Greenaway in the late 19th century. We will also hear some of the fanciful theories about their origins which the Victorians believed. The June lecture will follow the Farnham DFAS AGM and finishes at 12.15pm. Remember to allow enough time for parking. Non-members are warmly invited to attend, phone the membership secretary on 07918 883515 to book your ticket for £5 or, for more information, go to www. farnhamdfas.org.uk. A great mystery to this day! ‘Legend and Lustre - Jim Thompson and Thai Silk’. Denise Heywood will recount the fascinating story of a US army officer in Bangkok who became captivated by the beauty of Thai silk, an ancient craft in decline. Jim Thompson resuscitated the industry and made it famous, creating costumes for films and embellishing his house, now a museum. His sudden disappearance while visiting friends in Malaysia remains an unsolved and intriguing mystery. Wednesday 25th June is the AGM of Cobbett ’s Wey, Farnham’s vantagepointmag.co.uk

Meet a local business... Creative Blinds & Shutters In the first of an new occasional series, Carol Martin goes behind the scenes of a local business. Did you know that curtains are old hat, wooden venetians are ‘last year’ and shutters are the new trend? Neither did I, but I was brought quickly up to speed by Richard Teague when I visited the Creative Blinds & Shutters (CBS) in Wrecclesham, Farnham. With over 18 years’ experience in the industry there is not much that Richard doesn’t know about blinds, awnings and shutters. Which can only be good news for the majority of us who don’t buy these products very often and are rarely up to speed with the latest options available. How reassuring it is to have an expert on hand to advise on the pros and cons of each different type of window covering and some of the problems which can occur during fitting. Richard explained that it’s good to do your research before buying. He said: “Find a company that Richard Teague, Director at Creative Blinds and knows what they are Shutters, with Pippa his Jack Russell. doing. We’ve had lots of people who have come to us after they have used someone else and it’s gone wrong.”

The team apply the same care to tricky or smaller jobs. Richard talked about finding arched shutters and solid panels to match originals in an old schoolhouse. And then there was the time he did such a good job supplying and fitting a roller blind in Compton that the customer flew him out to do all the windows at a second home in Portugal. Looking after customers makes good business sense too. Richard explained: “The business has grown 43% year-on-year for the last four years and 70% of the business comes from repeat customers or recommendations.” He added: “What I have noticed over the last three or four years is that people do want to ‘buy local’. They are looking for service and are prepared to pay for it.” I was impressed by his genuine drive to do a great job. And with summer around the corner I wonder how I would go about fitting an awning from the house over the patio - I certainly now know who to ask! Creative Blinds & Shutters, 11 The St, Farnham, Surrey GU10 4PP. Tel: 01252 727490.

“Deal with a local company so that if anything goes wrong you can knock on the door, rather than having to phone a call centre in Abu Dhabi.”

What type of window covering do you need? CBS advises:

It is clear that Richard is proud of the service and advice he and his team give to customers. Unlike other ﬁrms in the industry CBS sales people do not work for commission and have been ﬁtters before becoming sales people. This means they know the problems that can occur and will advise accordingly.

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CBS also oﬀer a design service and the team is not afraid to challenge an idea to get a better result.

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Richard had a smile and a twinkle in his eye when he told me about being asked by an interior designer to come and look at a new German Hoﬀ house and quote for vertical blinds. Richard felt shutters would look much better and I wasn’t surprised to hear that he got his way! Isn’t it great to meet business people who are passionate about what they do?

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What to do in With Matthew Pottage, Garden Manager at RHS Garden Wisley

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Frosty goodbyes Now we have the risk of night frosts behind us, this is the ultimate green light to get gardening! Take a look at your window boxes and pots and choose what style you will be planting this year. For ﬂower power, look at trailing petunias, New Guinea impatiens (mildew resistant busy lizzie) or the ever reliable begonias. The garden centres are now well stocked with summer bedding, so now is the time to plant for summer impact. If ﬂowers are not your thing, think of foliage plants such as the silver leaves of Dichondra ‘Silver Falls’ (pictured) planted alongside blue

succulents such as Echeveria elegans with a centrepiece like an Agave or Yucca. At Wisley this summer, we’ll be giving floriferous summer bedding a miss in the Walled Garden East, and planting it with a colourful patchwork of herbs, to link with ‘Herbfest’, a festival of cooking with herbs, which our caterers are championing. Do not forget how ornamental and colourful herbs can be – from purple basils to silver sages. If your love of cooking is greater than your love of flowers, why not fill your pots with colourful herbs this summer? The only secrets are good light and lots of liquid food. Herbs tend to run to flower or become small and insipid if not given access to decent nutrients, so while enjoying them in your dinner, remember they need to eat too!

Snail hunting and aphid squishing After such a mild winter I’m not surprised the ivy on the sheltered wall of my London home is literally dripping with aphids and at Wisley we are not short of lily beetles and you can hear the army of slugs and snails flocking to the Hosta display in the Walled Garden West! However, we have the advantage of still being early enough in the growing season to catch populations before they cause significant damage. Watch out for the young growth of vegetable plants, perennials and emerging summer bulbs. Whether you wish to try the chemical-free nematode treatment, Nemaslug, for slugs, or blasting aphids off with a hosepipe, or chemical treatment on lily beetles, now is the time to act. Hunting the infestations down early, rather than wincing at your shredded leaves in mid July is the answer. If you are not squeamish, wandering around the garden on a rainy or damp evening can yield many slugs and snails for the picking. Equally peeping behind wall shrubs on brick walls where snails tend to be found en masse. FIND OUT MORE

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Holding up the herbaceous border At Wisley we have been busy putting the final pieces of staking and supports around clumps of herbaceous perennials. There is nothing more disappointing than to find a clump of sedum you have watched grow throughout the summer collapse outwards after a spell of wind and rain. Before the stems are too tall, insert supports around the plants for them to grow through or metal link stakes around the clump to contain the plants. If you are happy to have shorter plants with later, more compact flowers, ‘Chelsea Chopping’ is a method of cutting herbaceous plant stems in half in a bid to make them more compact, (traditionally carried out during the week of the Chelsea Flower Show, but can be done into early June). Try it on your sedums or phlox this year. vantagepointmag.co.uk

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Decorative Fine Arts Society, held at Farnham College, Morley Road. It is also an opportunity to mark their tenth anniversary, when they will be welcoming back some of their founder committee members. The lecture will start earlier than usual, at 7.30pm and there are refreshments and a raﬄe afterwards. More information at www. cobbettsweydfas.org.uk or contact farnhameveningdfas@gmail.com. The Goodwood Festival of Speed takes place from Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th June. Andy Rouse and John Fitzpatrick join an ever-growing line-up of current legendary drivers and riders and legends of motor sport on two wheels and four. Among those already conﬁrmed are exFormula 1 world champions Emerson Fittipaldi and John Surtees, NASCAR ‘king’ Richard Petty, rallying’s most successful driver, Sebastien Loeb and grand prix motorcycle champions Giacomo Agostini and Freddie Spencer. More information at www. goodwood.co.uk/festival-of-speed.

For the first time, Watts Gallery will open its doors from 5pm to 9pm offering visitors the chance to experience the magic of the gallery at dusk. In addition to late night opening, free events will include a lantern-lit walk, a programme of talks and lectures, opportunities to try your hand at arts and crafts or simply to sit back, relax with a drink from the bar, eat freshly cooked food and enjoy live music in the beautiful surroundings. On Friday 27th June, from 5pm-9pm you can relax on the gallery lawn with a drink from the bar whilst enjoying live Jazz, and then be amongst the first to visit the new summer exhibition ‘Ellen Terry: A Painter’s Actress’. The next Tweseldown Artisan Market is on Saturday 28th June from 9am-4pm. Tweseldown Racecourse, Bourley Road, Church Crookham, Hampshire, GU52 0DY. Adults £1, children under 16 years free. Dogs on a lead welcome. The range of fantastic stalls grows ever

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more eclectic and is all carefully selected to bring you the ‘best of local.’ There are some great food stalls where you can pause for lunch. All in all a good day out! Contact: Sally Mills on 07810 833391 or sally@headinthesky.co.uk. The Reduced Shakespeare Company will be bringing their entertaining, irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays to G Live on Saturday 28th June. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] was London’s longest running comedy having clocked a very palpable nine years in London’s West End at the Criterion Theatre. If you would like to join these madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s comedies, histories and tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you helpless with laughter, call the Box Oﬃce on 0844 7701 797 or go to www.glive.co.uk. Wrecclesham Village Fête is on Sunday 29th June at the Recreation

The best of Farnham are again supporting Buy Local week, 2nd-8th June 2014. Visit www.thebestof.co.uk/Farnham and pledge your support for local businesses during Buy Local week to be entered into the daily prize draw to be in with a chance of winning £100 to spend with a local business. June 2014

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Ground, Wrecclesham from 2.30pm. Bigger than ever this year with lots of stalls and games, delicious teas and other refreshments and a variety of entertainment including the Farnham Brass Band, Micky Kemp and Alex Forsyth. Take flowers and vegetables from your garden for the produce competition and win a prize for your dog in the Wrecclesham Dog Show! Cheer on the tug-ofwar teams and children’s races and enjoy the grace of Showshack performers. A fabulous afternoon for all the family. Competition entry only with entry forms, available from wreccleshamssc@yahoo.com. Farnham Library is once again holding free beginners courses for those wanting to get to grips with using a computer. Bookings are being taken for Thursdays 3rd July, 4th September, 2nd October and 6th November. Just drop in to the library in West Street to sign up or you can call 0300 200 1001. More information at www.surreycc.gov. uk/getonline. Cluedo is the inspiration for a murder mystery promenade production taking place on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th July at the Tilford Institute. Youth theatre First Act (7-11yrs), who celebrate their tenth birthday this year, will be performing a play written entirely using the ideas of the children involved. For more details on tickets and joining the group, who meet on Friday afternoons during term time, email ruthfirstact@hotmail. co.uk. Youth theatre Second Act (12-16yrs) have put together a ‘salute to the last ten years’ and will also be performing this completely original play on the evening of 4th and 5th July in Tilford. Contact Ruth on ruthfirstact@hotmail.co.uk for more details. Surrey County Percussion Ensemble (SCPE) is one of the county’s leading youth ensembles who will be giving an informal concert in aid of The Therapy Garden in Normandy on Saturday 5th July at 6pm at Westfield School Bonsey 46

Lane Woking GU22 9PR. SCPE have performed locally in music festivals and at the Royal Albert Hall led by their director Jackie Kendle. They will be performing some of their favourite repertoire from Coldplay to Duke Ellington! There will be raffle prizes, refreshments on sale and a plant stall so don’t forget to take your purse! Admission is free with donations to the Therapy Garden, a small charity that provides gardening to young people and adults with learning disabilities, mental health challenges and other special needs www.thetherapygarden.org. Why not get fit this summer and raise money for a good cause? Citizens Advice Waverley are looking for people to take part in the Farnham Bike Ride for their charity on Sunday 6th July. To register please visit www.farnhambikeride. org.uk. To claim your free sports vest and to let them know you are taking part, please visit their website at www.waverleycab.org.uk/events/ farnham-bike-ride. Always a lovely day out, The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show takes place from Tuesday 8th to Sunday 13th July. (On 8th/9th RHS members only) It is open from 10am-7.30pm except on Sunday when it finishes at 5.30pm with the sell off at 4.30pm. One of the main displays is ‘The 7 Deadly Sins’ and two of them have been designed by Surrey residents. ‘Lust’ is the focus of Rachel Paker Soden’s garden and ‘Pride’ is the subject of Amanda Miller’s Design. To book tickets go to www.rhs.org.uk/shows. Join the volunteers on the John Pinkerton for something different this July. There’s a Jazz and Ale cruise with the Excel jazzmen on Friday 11th July or you could watch the Farnborough Airshow from Runways End on 19th and 20th July or for those wanting to explore more of the Basingstoke canal, there are enthusiast trips to Woking and back to Odiham. Also, public trips run on Sundays to Odiham castle. For more information or to volunteer

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call 01256 765889 or visit www. johnpinkerton.co.uk. Volunteers needed! Are you aged 14-25? Enthusiastic volunteers are needed to help run this year’s Summer Reading Challenge in libraries from 12th July-13th September. If you enjoy working with children and have good communication skills, this could be the ideal opportunity for you. Hours are flexible, but they ask you to commit to at least 10 hours over the summer. Interested? Go to www. surreycc.gov.uk/libraries, email libraries@surreycc.gov.uk or phone 01483 543599. Closing date: 21st June 2014. Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice urgently requires more volunteer drivers, who are willing to give up a morning or afternoon of their time to transport patients between their homes and the Hospice. They are looking for drivers of all ages, whose practical support will enable more patients to attend Day Hospice, medical appointments, therapy sessions and counselling meetings that the Hospice offers to patients and their families affected by terminal illness across West Surrey and part of North East Hampshire. As well as accelerating its recruitment of drivers, the Hospice is also looking for escorts to sit with patients during their journey. The Hospice, located on Waverley Lane in South Farnham, offers a thorough induction programme to all its volunteers, including vehicle training where applicable, and ongoing support for as long as it is needed. If you are interested in volunteering as a driver or driver’s escort, call Hazel Steel on 01252 729400 for a noobligation chat, or email her at: hazel. steel@pth.org.uk. Latest news from Wings & Wheels is that the only other air worthy WWII Lancaster bomber in the world, owned by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM), will be making an appearance at the show on 23rd and 24th August. Just imagine seeing the last two Lancasters together in the sky; I vantagepointmag.co.uk

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Thorney Island, near Chichester This is the ideal walk for those who love sea views. Doing the walk clockwise from Emsworth gets the inland sections over at the beginning. Once onto the shoreline, the route is very easy to follow so you can concentrate on enjoying the route rather than reading instructions. A visit to the church is also a must as is looking out for many of the birds that thrive in this tranquil area. I appreciate that this walk is not exactly on the doorstep but it is a very ﬁne one and well worth the trip. From time to time we will feature walks that are further aﬁeld when we feel they warrant it. I did this on a crisp sunny day in January and it was beautiful. It is a long walk but you do not have to do the full circuit if you want to take the children or the dog but please note that you must stick to the perimeter footpath. SR

The walk 1. Take the footpath alongside the Lord Raglan pub and through Chequers Quay. Go under the arch and through a gate onto the path alongside Slipper Mill Pond. At the end of the pond, go through the gate and then turn right in front of the converted mill building. 2. Continue ahead through the boatyard. Watch out for moving machinery. After the first few ‘stilt’ houses, turn left and then right at the next footpath sign along Osprey Quay. 3. Look out for the footpath on the left across a field. There are usually horses in this field. At the road, turn right and then shortly left into Thornham Lane. (The small and free parking area here is an alternative starting point.) Just past Thornham Marina there are some large rocks across the road. 4. Immediately past the rocks take the footpath to the left. At the shoreline turn right shortly crossing a wooden bridge. Keep going on the shoreline path until you come to the large security gates. Just before the gate, drop down the bank on the right to see Thorney Deeps. This was once part of the Chichester Ship Canal. 5. At the gates press the buzzer. You will be asked your name, address, contact telephone number and purpose of visit. Do not be put off, this is a formality as the land past the gate is owned by the Ministry of Defence. Once on Thorney Island do not stray off the clearly marked path. Call the Guard Post on 01243 388269 or the Guard Room on 01243 388275 if you get into difficulty. 6. After about a mile you will pass a dinghy park. Just beyond, the path climbs up the bank towards the 13th century church of St Nicholas. 48

This 13th century church was described by AA Evans in the Chichester Diocesan Gazette as the ‘loneliest, remotest, last seen, least known and altogether utmost church in Sussex’. This description still rings true today. The pretty church is still used by local parishioners but is inaccessible to the general public other than via the footpath or by yachtsmen landing at the nearby jetty. Despite its age there are a number of modern touches including an engraved window and a slate pulpit. In the well kept churchyard, RAF graves lie alongside the graves of Germans who lost their lives here during WWII. There are also a number of graves from recent conﬂicts.It certainly is a very restful place. vantagepointmag.co.uk

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At the tip of the island you will see the sandy beach and dunes of Pilsey Island. This area is leased by the RSPB and is important for nesting and roosting birds. There is no public access from the footpath. After a while you will come to a bird hide which is a good spot for a break on a windy or wet day. As you walk up the west side of the island, look out for seals on the mudﬂats if the tide is low.

At the security gates you will be asked your name and then let through. Here you can either continue along the shoreline path or drop down the bank on the right to walk alongside the Deeps. Either way the paths rejoin. 7. Take the path in front of the ‘stilt’ houses and then turn right at the marina. If you have parked at the road junction keep going to Thorney Road and then turn right. Otherwise turn left at the next set of houses. Retrace your steps back through the marina and around the Slipper Mill Pond to return to the start point.

DISTANCE: 8.5 miles from Emsworth start point OS MAPS: OS Explorer 120 START GRID REFERENCE: SU 752 057 STARTING POINT: The Lord Raglan pub, Queen Street, Emsworth. There are a number of pay and display car parks in Emsworth. Allow at least ﬁve hours for the walk. Alternatively, there is a small parking area on the corner of Thorney Road and Thornham Lane. If parking here follow the directions from the third paragraph.

REFRESHMENTS: Numerous restaurants, pubs and cafes at Emsworth, Boaters Café at Thornham Marina. There are no refreshments on Thorney Island so do carry drinks and snacks. TIDES: The path ﬂoods between points 1 and 2 and near the church at point 6 when the tide is 5m or higher. This walk used by kind permission of Chichester Harbour Conservancy. For more information, please visit their website at conservancy.co.uk.

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