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Dorking & Villages • July 2014

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Different live music acts every Sunday 5pm – 8pm Enjoy a mixture of Jazz, Blues and Folk The historic building was built in 1790 as an ale house for workers at Cherkley Court. Its stunning views have been enjoyed for over 200 years. We strive to give our customers quality products and courteous service. All our food is prepared from scratch inhouse by our professional chefs. All our ingredients are locally sourced wherever possible – meats from Nash Farm, breads from Westcott Bakery, and fruit and vegetables come directly from Covent Garden. Eamonn and Anne wish you a pleasant visit and both hope that you agree that the King William IV is Surrey’s best kept secret! Telephone: 01372 372590 Web: www.thekingwilliamiv.com The King William IV is situated directly behind Frascati Restaurant, 25 yards up Byttom Hill on the A24 between Leatherhead and Dorking

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

for 10 successful years, raising many thousands of pounds. Last year Sarah sadly announced her retirement and I’m pleased to say that your editor, along with three friends, has decided to take over the mantle. Stefan Reynolds Editor

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

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Jottings Many thanks to everyone who has taken the trouble to email us with your kind comments; we love hearing from you. There seems to be as much going on as ever so hope you manage to get to some of the events and that you are all having a very enjoyable summer. As last month, the Jottings are in date order - we hope this makes for easier reading. Guildford Summer Festival started on 20th June and continues through to Saturday 2nd August. It coincides with The Guildford Fringe Festival and I have highlighted some of those events in this month’s Jottings. There is literally something to do every day throughout July. There’s theatre, shows and concerts in venues such as The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, The Electric Theatre and G Live, a Fitness Festival at Surrey Sports Park and even a charity raft race on the River Wey. You can look at the brochure online at www.guildford.gov.uk/ guildfordsummerfestival.

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The Surrey Performing Arts Library in Dorking is going to be increasing its opening hours from Tuesday 1st July. The new opening hours from then will be 10am-5pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; 10am7pm on Thursday; and 9.30am1pm on Saturday. Everyone is welcome to visit the library and browse the collections. However, if you can’t visit in person, you can phone or email the library and items can be delivered to your local library in Surrey. Call 01306 875453/887509, email performing.arts@ surreycc.gov.uk or visit the website www.surreycc.gov.uk/ performingartslibrary for more information. Pilgrim Morris Men of Guildford will be dancing, playing and singing around the area throughout the summer, typically at a pub on a Wednesday evening from about 8pm. Have you thought about having a crack at it yourself? It’s good aerobic exercise as well as being fun. Although their practice and teaching season does not start until

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the autumn, you can go along and be a part of it during the dancing season. If you have an acoustic instrument, then take that with you as they often have a music session in the pub after the dancing. If you have danced the morris before then so much the better! During July they will be found at The Mill Tavern, Shottermill on Wednesday 2nd; The Saddler’s Arms, Send Marsh, followed by The Ship, Ripley, on Wednesday 9th; The Keystone, Guildford, followed by The Ship at St Catherine’s, on Wednesday 23rd; and the Compasses Inn at Gomshall followed by the King’s Head, Holmbury St Mary, on Wednesday 30th. A full programme and an email contact can be found on their website: www.PilgrimMorrisMen.org.uk or phone Phil on 01483 420763. Messy Church at Dorking United Reformed Church meets on the first Wednesday of the month at Dorking URC, West Street from 3.30pm until 6pm. They enjoy activities, fun, friendship and share a pasta tea together. Everyone is welcome to join them. The next meeting is on

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A house of magic Parham House, near Pulborough, is celebrating 21 years of both its annual Garden Weekend and Lady Emma Barnard as its Châtelaine... Parham has always been a well-loved family home, and only three families have lived here since its foundation stone was laid in 1577. Bought in 1922 by the Hon. Clive Pearson and his wife Alicia, they found it in a sad state of repair and together revived and restored it with great sensitivity and care. They opened the doors to the public in 1948 and, followed by their daughter Veronica Tritton, spent more than 60 years carefully restoring it. They filled the house with a sensitively chosen collection of furniture, paintings and textiles and also bought back items which had originally been in it. What they created at Parham is a rare survival of mid 20th century collection within a major Elizabethan house. Simon Jenkins (author, editor and Chairman of the National Trust since 2008) has placed Parham in his top 20 houses (“England’s Thousand Best Houses”, 2003) and referred to it as a ‘house of magic’. Now owned by a charitable trust, Veronica Tritton’s great-niece, Lady Emma Barnard, is ‘châtelaine’ of Parham today, and this summer she and her family are celebrating 21 years of having Parham as their home. The most spectacular room in the house is on the top floor, where the magnificent Long Gallery (right) stretches for over 160ft and is the third longest in England. Its original use was for walking, recreation and even military drilling. Parham’s beautiful four-acre 18th century walled garden includes a vegetable garden, an orchard and a magical 1920’s wendy house with its own fireplace and staircase. Spectacular mixed borders and a long greenhouse provide flowers and plants to decorate every room in the house – a tradition started by Mrs Pearson when Parham first opened to visitors. 8

The adjoining pleasure grounds include a lake, specimen trees and a brick and turf maze; the house and gardens are surrounded by some 875 acres of agricultural and forestry land, including designated areas of Special Scientific Interest. The 300 acres of ancient deer park around the house contain dark fallow deer, with the descendants of the original herd first recorded in 1628. This year, visitors to Parham are able to inspect the newly planted orchard within the garden. There has been an orchard at Parham for centuries, with recent records showing a replanting in 1947 and then again after the great storm of 1987. After a number of years of planning, 40 new trees have just been planted. Head Gardener, Tom Brown, and his team worked closely with Lady Emma Barnard and her family to choose these trees, based on varieties with the best tasting fruits. The orchard is a ‘traditional’ orchard, including apples, pears, plums, damsons, quinces and a walnut tree. Alongside the newly re-planted orchard, the fruit store room is being refurbished to eventually accommodate all the new fruit that will now be grown by the new trees. It will provide a totally ‘natural’ store room with no artificial vantagepointmag.co.uk

temperature control, in order to maintain totally natural storage conditions. This is in keeping with the organic principles followed in the rest of the garden. On this note, the gardens have a new organic ‘slug patrol’ team in operation in the form of two Indian Runner Ducks (Monty and Carol) and three Lavender Cochin chickens (Tiny the Cockerel, Matilda and Maud). Let out of their coop by head gardener, Tom, in the morning, the ducks and chickens roam the walled garden and vegetable beds during the daytime eating all the slugs they can find and paying particular attention to the box hedging surrounding all the vegetable beds, where slugs love to hide. This feathered team is doing an excellent job at removing the slugs organically, without any risk to the other wildlife enjoying the gardens - and the chicken eggs are being used by the family. Each year Parham hosts a calendar of events for visitors to enjoy, and this year includes the ‘21st Annual Garden Weekend’ on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July. This hugely popular Garden Weekend will be officially opened in its 21st year by the celebrity TV presenter, Joe Swift, from BBC2’s Friday night Gardeners’ World programme. On the Sunday, Christine Walkden, who is currently the resident gardening expert on The One Show on BBC1, will be on-site. The Garden Weekend attracts a wide spectrum of high quality specialist nurseries and is one of the best garden weekends in the south east of England for viewing and buying really top quality plants for your garden. A new attraction for children this year is a selection of traditional village fair games to enjoy. In August, Parham hosts its third Annual ‘Grow Your Own Festival’ on Sunday 17th August. Taking place in the summer holidays, the day is intended for visitors to come and learn about growing their own food – including fruit, vegetables, herbs and animals. Francis Quinn, the 2013 BBC2 Bake-Off programme winner, is attending the event and will be running a baking and decorating demonstration. Pippa Greenwood, a plant ‘pathologist’, previous presenter on BBC2’s Gardeners’ World and grow-your own expert, will also be attending the event and giving talks. July 2014

The final event in the 2014 calendar is Parham’s ‘Autumn Foraging & Estate Life’ event on Sunday 28th September. Set in the heart of its own ancient deer park, the household at Parham would once have been self-sufficient from produce grown and reared on the estate. The event will include attendance by food and drink exhibitors, traditional woodland crafts, there will be guided deer spotting walks into Parham Park, as well as fungi walks. Old estate artefacts and household items not normally on show to visitors will be displayed. FIND OUT MORE

Parham House & Gardens are open to visitors on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Bank Holidays from May to September and every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday in April and October. When open, home-made light lunches, refreshments and cream teas are available from Parham House’s 16th century Big Kitchen, and organic produce from the garden is used when available. Visitors can browse for gifts in the house gift shop. A big selection of herbaceous plants – all home-grown – are available in the garden’s nursery shop. For more information on Parham and its events: please visit www.parhaminsussex.co.uk, telephone 01903 742021 or email enquiries@parhaminsussex.co.uk. 9

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Wednesday 2nd July and then 6th August and 3rd September. The next Guildford Jazz gig is on Wednesday 2nd July at The Guildhall in Guildford. Iain Ballamy is recognised internationally as an outstanding and original musician and is one of the UK’s most widely acclaimed saxophonists and jazz composers. For this rare gig in his home town of Guildford, Iain is joined by some of the most talented musicians of their generation in the country, with Mercury-award nominated Kit Downes on piano Conor Chaplin on bass, winner of the Trinity Laban Jazz Achievement Award, and Tim Giles on drums, winner of both BBC and Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Doors 7.45pm, music from 8.30pm. Tickets £15/£13 in advance from www.guildfordjazz.org.uk or

Guildford Tourist Information Centre on 01483 444334. If you miss this one then how about Tuesday 8th July, when Vasilis Xenopoulos and Nigel Price will be playing at The Electric Theatre, Onslow Street, Guildford. Vasilis is an acclaimed tenor saxophonist and has been lauded as the rising star of the London jazz scene since his arrival some eight years ago. Nigel, a regular performer at Ronnie Scotts, is one of the top jazz guitar players in the UK. Starts at 7.30pm.Tickets £10. Supper menu available; ask to reserve a table when booking at The Electric Theatre box office on 01483 444789. Watermill Jazz continues to meet as usual every Thursday evening (next one on 3rd July) at the Friends Life Social Club in Pixham Lane, Dorking. There

are some great acts lined up for July. Doors open at 8 for 8.30pm start. Tickets are priced at £17/£18, call 07415 815784. Dates for July Antique & Collectors Craft Fairs are as follows: Cranleigh Village Hall, 3rd and 17th July from 7.30am3.30pm and Shere Village Hall, 13th and 27th July from 11am5pm. Free entry and parking; refreshments available. Do you know if you are paying the right amount of Tax? The charity ‘Tax Help for Older People’ is an independent FREE tax advice service for older people on low incomes who cannot afford to pay an accountant for advice. The charity has volunteer tax professionals who really know their way around the tax system and can help with any tax matter,

Dorking Halls Event Screenings From Here to Eternity – The Musical Friday 4 July, 7.30pm

Shakespeare’s Globe Encore: The Tempest Friday 11 July, 7.30pm

Shakespeare’s Globe Encore: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Friday 25 July, 7.30pm

Glyndebourne Encore: Don Giovanni Sun 6 July, 4.30pm

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including replying to a letter from HMRC. However you may simply wish to have a tax health check for peace of mind and to know that everything is in order. So how do you obtain help? Call on 0845 601 3321 or 01308 488066, email taxvol@taxvol. org.uk or use the secure link on www.taxvol.org.uk or write to Tax Help for Older People, Pineapple Business Park, Salway Ash, Bridport, Dorset DT6 5DB. Any subsequent meetings with an adviser are arranged to take place in offices in the client’s locality and are held in private. Home visits can be arranged for those who are disabled. Knowing how complicated taxation can become, this really is a marvellous opportunity; it’s impressive that tax professionals are prepared to volunteer their services for free.

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A number of local choral societies hold their summer concerts this month. Holmbury St Mary choir, with a concert entitled Everyone Sang, will perform music illuminating the journey of the human soul, especially those whose lives have been affected by war. It takes place on Saturday 5th July at 8pm at St James, Abinger Common and tickets are £15. For more information call 01306 730647. The Dorking Halls will be screening a performance of Mozart’s dramatic opera Don Giovanni, direct from Glyndebourne, on Sunday 6th July at 4.30pm. Tickets are £17. Call 01306 881717. Are any of your little ones into Horrible Histories? If they are you will be interested to know

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that Horrible Histories- Barmy Britain visits G Live from Tuesday 8th to Saturday 12th July. Adapted from Terry Deary’s bestselling Horrible Histories books and brought to the stage by the Birmingham Stage Company, Barmy Britain brings the history of our country to life, with all the nasty bits left in! You’re invited on a journey through two thousand years of history from the Romans to the First World War, where you’ll meet fascinating characters, discover funny facts that teachers never tell you about and be blown away by amazing 3D effects. Performances are: Tuesday 8th at 7pm, Wednesday 9th at 10.30am and 1.30pm, Thursday 10th at 1.30pm and 7pm, Friday 11th at 10.30am and 7pm, and Saturday 12th at 10.30am and 2.30pm. Tickets: £15. + £2 booking Fee (no booking fee

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card day. They meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm (no meeting in August) at Friends Meeting House, Butter Hill, South Street, Dorking RH4 2LE.The next meeting is on Wednesday 9th July. More information on www. lcgb.org.uk. The Horsley Floral Decoration Group (affiliated to NAFAS) is a friendly afternoon flower arranging club. They meet at East Horsley Village Hall on the 2nd Tuesday of each month (except July this year) at 2pm. They have a varied programme with demonstrators/speakers/ entertainment, internal competitions (optional), sales table, refreshments etc. Visitors and new members very welcome (February is the AGM for members only). Go along and join them (first visit free) for

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SURREY BOY MAKES GOOD!

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

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

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

Flying over Ballaugh Bridge in the Isle of Man TT 1957

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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12th July at 7pm. Tickets are £10. Call 01306 884229. Learn to jive - 50’s Rock and Roll and 40’s G.I. style. Learn to the music of the time. Have fun, make friends, and keep fit. Fun and easy to learn. No courses to pay for upfront; just £6 on the door each week. Individual tuition when needed. Join any week. Thursdays 8.15pm10.15pm at Effingham British Legion, Lower Road, Effingham KT24 5JP. For more information call 07854 621522. Fresh from their Gold Cup and triple class cup wins at Cheltenham Music Festival in May, Surrey Hills Chamber Choir continues to surprise and delight its audiences. The choir is preparing another innovative and eclectic repertoire for its summer concert, ‘Beyond the Chamber’, on Saturday 12th July. It will be an evening of great contrasts from the Baroque and Classical highlights of Vivaldi, Mozart and Haydn to emotionally charged spirituals, folk tunes and other choral songs - with the choral ensembles all delivered in the Surrey Hills’ highly expressive and largely unconducted style. It will be held at the beautiful setting of St Nicolas Church, Bury Street, Guildford at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £14 for adults and £5 for under 16s (ticket price includes a drink and programme) and are available to buy online from www.surreyhills-choirs.co.uk or on the door. There is a lot going on at Polesden Lacey this month. There is a production of Shakespeare’s wonderful play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Polesden Lacey Shakespeare 16

in the grounds of this beautiful house. It takes place on two consecutive weekends, 12th/13th and 19th/20th July from 3pm to 5.30pm. Tickets are just £10 (under 16’s free) and can be booked through Dorking Halls, 01306 881717. Have a look at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ polesden-lacey for everything else that is going on. Events to Live is an organisation based in Ashstead, Surrey that organises marathons, half marathons, walks and fun runs. They have raised over £100,000 for various charities in the last six years. Their next event is on Sunday 13th July and is The Surrey Badger Half Marathon. It starts at 10am and there is also a 2.5k Fun Run, raising money for the Surrey Wildlife Trust. They are based at Denbies Wine Estate. For more information have a look at www.eventstolive.co.uk. One of the most evocative days in Brooklands Museum’s 2014 calendar will be Sunday 13th July, when the museum marks 75 years since the World’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit closed for good, at the outbreak of WWII. They are holding a Reunion which aims to recapture the spirit of a raceday in the Track’s 1930s heyday. Hundreds of pre-war vehicles – including many of the cars and motorcycles which raced at the track between 1907 and 1939 – will feature in displays and demonstrations, while social features of the age will add to the flavour of the day. As well as the racing itself, Brooklands was one of the most popular social destinations for high society in the glamorous heyday 1920s and ‘30s Britain, so everyone

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attending is encouraged to wear appropriate vintage attire to add to the atmosphere! For times and entry details, go to www. brooklandsmuseum.com. The Leatherhead annual Duck Race takes place on Sunday 13th July at 2pm until approximately 4.30pm. Go to the banks of the River Mole and place your bets! Choose your duck by its colour or perhaps from its name. With six heats and a grand final there is plenty of fun to be had. The tote races are followed by the mass duck race, where hundreds of tiny yellow bathtime ducks take to the water – with lots of fantastic prizes to be won. New for this year there will also be a Swan Race. Alongside the racing there are refreshments, a children’s storyteller and nearby in Mill Lane there are miniature steam train rides. There is a charge of £1 each for the little yellow ducks to take part in the mass duck race and to bet on the tote races and a small charge for the train rides. It all happens on The River Mole, by the Leatherhead Town Bridge and is free to attend. Parking is free in all the town car parks on Sunday 13th July. Guildford Shakespeare Company’s (GSC) second open air show of the season is Henry V and takes place from Monday 14th to Saturday 26th July in the grounds of Guildford Cathedral. A celebration of the power of theatre, imagination and the English language, Henry V is a sweeping story of victory over adversity. Renowned for their fresh and vibrant re-telling of Shakespeare’s plays, GSC will for the first time make use of dramatic outdoor projection and lighting to place this iconic vantagepointmag.co.uk

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As Guildford Shakespeare Company gear up for their second show of summer 2014, here’s a peek behind the scenes of what goes into the workings of Surrey’s award-winning theatre company. Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC), which specialises in site-responsive theatre, was established in 2006 by two local actors, Matt Pinches and Sarah Gobran. Their objective was to re-ignite people’s passion for Shakespeare and theatre-going by producing immersive, accessible and innovative home grown theatre in interesting and unusual non-theatre spaces. Sarah graduated from Guildford School of Acting in 1998 and met Matt whilst they were acting in a show together, just down the road in Sutton. Matt meanwhile had trained in West Yorkshire at the prestigious Bretton Hall, specialising in devised and physical theatre. Over the years they have appeared in a whole range of the theatre from Alan Ayckbourn to Roald Dahl, from pantomime to village hall touring… but their lasting passion had always been Shakespeare. So, at Christmas 2005, they came up with the idea to stage an open-air production in Guildford’s Castle Gardens. “I had taken a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival some years before”, explains Sarah, “so I had some idea of how to put something together, but I had no idea that this one event would snowball into what is now Guildford Shakespeare Company!” Working with the tiniest of budgets – “we started with just £1,000 from an advert that I had just shot” – and calling on all 18

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

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

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

“Expectations from both audiences and within the industry itself have become more intense, which is wonderful,” observes Matt. “But when you’re not core-funded and need 75% of revenue to come from earned income (the show budget for Summer 2014 is just under £100,000 and will create 21 jobs), the pressures are large and the margins are small.” Happily, 2014 is shaping up to be the company’s best year yet. With Othello, Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, Twelfth Night and Henry V under their belts, one might be forgiven for thinking that the year was nearly done. “We’re really excited to be launching our brand new autumn season this October”, adds Sarah. “It has been a long time in coming, but the introduction of our third full season will see us become, in the public’s eye, a year round producing company for the first time. The Canterbury Tales look set to be another first for GSC as we are writing the script ourselves, the launch of our own literary legacy, if you like.” Before all that though, Guildford Shakespeare Company will be calling you “once more unto the breach” as their five-man Henry V is unleashed in the grounds of Guildford Cathedral. This production will include especially designed light projections, placing this iconic building centre stage. So why do they do it? “When people have the opportunity to see the text live, the world of the play is opened up to them, the character’s circumstances and dilemmas are real and they are given an opportunity to engage directly with the story and the action. Suddenly it’s not “all Greek to me” but rather an event which they are part of. One of the most rewarding – and regular – comments we receive is “I never thought Shakespeare could be like that!” FIND OUT MORE For Henry V tickets, Summer Schools and more details about Guildford Shakespeare Company and the work it does visit the website at www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk or call the box office on 01483 304384. Top left: Rehearsals get underway. Bottom left: A cast member from The Merry Wives of Windsor. Top: The summer 2014 company of actors and stage managers, with Twelfth Night director Tom Littler. 19

Slug off! I hate slug pellets! I would never use them, not even the organic kind. They are incredibly detrimental to wild life, killing lovely hedgehogs (a natural predator of slugs and snails) in a horrid, drawn-out and painful way. If, like me, you want to protect our wildlife and help preserve the natural balance of nature, there are many other ways you can protect your precious plants from slugs and snails.

Please do remember that all of these deterrents will need to be regularly re-applied and in the case of the copper rings and tape, regularly rubbed over with sandpaper to keep the surface fresh and free of oxidisation.

Slugs and snails are fleshy, succulent beings, with a protective slimy layer which enables them to move around. They don’t want to cross anything that’s sharp or abrasive or will dry out this protective layer. So by using sharp sand, course grit, sawdust, ash, soot, crushed eggshells, and diatomaceous earth as barriers around your plants, you’ll naturally be deterring slugs and snails. Human hair a n d horse hair are also excellent at keeping slugs and snails at bay, as are garlic granules or garlic wash – these two will need to be reapplied after any wet weather. Pine needles and copper tape can also be used.

Here are plenty of other natural predators of slugs and snails: frogs, slow worms, shrews, ground beetles, centipedes, marsh flies, newts, ducks, chickens, garden birds, especially song thrushes, mistle thrushes and redwings. It is an interesting fact that these birds as well as hedgehogs have declined dramatically since the introduction and widespread use of slug pellets.

You can also purchase nematodes, which are naturally occurring microscopic predators of slugs and snails when used in a concentrated form, and are very effective at controlling the types of slugs living in the soil. Nematodes are even effective in wet weather when many remedies fail. Slug nematodes aren’t as successful in areas where manure is used as a fertiliser, so do bear that in mind.

So let’s do more to help these wonderful creatures by stopping the use of slug pellets and making our gardens more wildlife friendly.

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building centre stage. Evening performances start at 7.45pm and Saturday matinees at 2pm. Tickets are £21, £16.50 matinees, and there are concessions and discounts for family tickets and group bookings. To book go to www.guildford-shakespearecompany.co.uk or call 01483 304384. The Probus Club of the Horsleys is a luncheon club for retired professional and business gentlemen which meets on the second Monday of each month at the Leatherhead Leisure Centre. A convivial lunch is followed by an interesting speaker, who can cover a number of entertaining topics. The Army Engagement Team will be presenting the talk at the July lunch (Monday 14th) and covering the current role of the British Army. Ladies lunches are

also held twice yearly to include wives, partners or friends and occasional outings are arranged. Visitors and new members are welcome. For further information contact David Lush on 01483 280267. Roll up, roll up! The Great Electronic Art Show will be coming to The Lightbox gallery and museum in Woking from Tuesday 15th July to Sunday 2nd November. For the first time the work of seven unique multimedia artists will be brought together in an exhibition that will include both low tech and high tech interactive pieces with one common goal not usually associated with art exhibitions – that visitors do touch the exhibits! The exhibition will appeal to people of all ages with installations designed to

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engage and delight the senses. Entry to The Lightbox is free. Two major Surrey attractions will be joining forces from the 16th to 18th July to offer visitors a trip to discover their Italian roots (the Italian connection will be explained during the course of the trip). It all begins at Brooklands Museum in Weybridge where, amongst the vast collections of pre-war cars, classic aircraft and the famous banked section of the race track built there in 1907, a guide will take you on a tour revealing its early days. After a two course lunch with a Mediterranean twist in the Edwardian clubhouse, a Routemaster bus will take visitors the short distance to Painshill, England’s most elegant 18th century landscape garden created by Charles Hamilton. On arrival, visitors will be met

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CRANLEIGH SHOW 2nd August 2014 Kids can come to Cranleigh Show for just £1 each this year. This ia a new initiative by Cranleigh and South East Agricultural Society aimed at making this wonderful rural day out as family friendly as possible. The show has something for everyone. It is a great place to meet a whole range of farm animals, from long-horned Highland cattle to rare-breed sheep, magnificent pigs to dinky pygmy goats which will all be competing for coveted championships. And children will also be able to get close up to smaller animals in the Fisher’s Farm Park display. The horse show has also been re-designed to make it a fun event for all horse and pony owners. There will be classes suitable for all levels, from lead rein to ridden hunters and retrained racers. So if you have a pony, bring it along and have a go. The popular heavy horse competition is back, along with the stylish private and light trade turnout driving classes. Main arena events include the Kangaroo Kid and his Joey, one of the most exciting aerobatic quad bike displays in the world. Who jumps higher, revs faster, does more derring-do – the Kangaroo or his Joey? – for the Aussie stunt rider has teamed up with his son. The internationally famous lumberjack team Adam’s Axemen will be there with an amazing display of competitive axe racing. Andy Jackman of the BBC’s ‘One Man and his Dog’will be explaining the unique bond between shepherd and sheepdog in the main arena and birdwatchers will have a field day thanks to Eagle Heights from Kent. A Bald Eagle named Kayla will soar 22

above the crowd, a White-backed Vulture called Becks go galumphing around the arena and a Falcon will hurtle at 120mph, while a little Barn Owl just floats around amongst the crowd. Cranleigh Show prides itself on being part of the local community and it is run by volunteers for Cranleigh and South East Agricultural Society as a not-for-profit event. This year the Richard Onslow pub in Cranleigh High Street is taking part, creating a pop-up pub on the showground and featuring beer from the Firebird Brewery just down the road in Rudgwick. Firebird is a new microbrewery run by experienced brewers who just couldn’t quite retire (and your editor can vouch for the quality of their product)… Learn to cast a fly, watch Warrenby Gun Dogs demonstrate obedience training and go all nostalgic over vintage tractors while children try their hand at archery, ‘beat the goalie’, bungee trampoline and quad bikes. The popular ‘Fun with Farming’ display is back with fleeces, seeds and a model cow to milk who won’t kick the pail over. See you there and don’t forget to bring the dog! FIND OUT MORE

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by a guide who will take you on an historic tour around the landscape garden. The allinclusive ticket for this unique tour which includes a guided tour at each venue, lunch and transfers to Painshill and back to Brooklands is just £30. It runs daily from Wednesday 16th to Friday 18th July. The tour starts at 11am so guests must arrive no later than 10.45am. Advance booking required, adults only. Bookings can be made online at www.painshill.co.uk or by calling 01932 868113. If you have any access requirements please call them to discuss before booking. Regretfully, the Routemaster bus is unsuitable for wheelchair users. The Garden Show at Loseley Park, Guildford GU3 1HS is on from 18th to 20th July. After the past two years of a successful show the good news is that The Garden Show returns for a third year to Loseley Park and is set to grow. Art, Design and Your Garden with Specialist Nurseries and Garden Products, Gifts, Artists and Designers, Country Food and Wines and kid’s entertainment with plenty more to see and do! Life continues to be very good at The Garden Show so take some time out to enjoy. More information at www.thegardenshowonline. com or call 01243 538456. Bookham choir presents Summertime with a selection of relaxing and uplifting music on Saturday 19th at 7.30pm. It takes place at St Nicholas Church in Bookham. Tickets are £10. For information call 01372 375644. There is a Photography Workshop at Polesden Lacey in Great Bookham on Saturday July 2014

19th July from 9.30am to 4pm. Learn how to get the best from your camera including shutter speed, composition and more. Book direct with Eddie Hyde on 07850 086355 or go to the website http:// e d d i e h y d e p h o t o g r a p h y. zenfolio.com. Guildford Rambling Club (see www.guildfordrambling.co.uk) is meeting at 10am on Sunday 20th July in the car park behind St Mary’s Church, East Horsley for a 9 mile walk and at 10am on Sunday 27th July at Hawksmore Drive, by Holmwood station, for another 9 mile walk. On Sunday 20th July, from 1pm to 3pm there is a chance to enjoy a fun family day at Hatchlands Park , East Clandon, Guildford GU4 7RT. There is a display of Harley Davidsons and classic bikes plus live music, archery, a barbeque and fun activities for children including a bouncy castle. Normal admission applies (plus a small extra charge for bouncy castle and archery). If archery is your thing, there is a Have a Go Archery Day on Sunday 27th July, from 11am to 4pm. Try your hand with a bow and arrow under expert guidance from H & H Archery. Suitable for 6 years plus. Normal admission prices apply (plus £2 for 6 arrows). www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ hatchlands-park. Tel 01483 222482. Everyone’s favourite little star, Angelina Ballerina, is pirouetting onto the G Live stage on Monday 21st to Wednesday 23rd July in her brand-new ‘Mousical’. A magical show packed full of singing and dancing, this show

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is a perfect treat for little ones. In this production, Angelina and her friends think their dreams have come true when Camembert Academy wins the opportunity to dance live on the famous TV show ‘Strictly Mouse Dancing’! But things get out of control when the girls and boys have very different ideas about the show! The performance on Monday starts at 4pm, while on Tuesday and Wednesday there are two performances at 2pm and 4pm.Tickets: £12.50 + £2 booking fee (no booking fee for Friends of G Live or groups). Groups 8+ save 10%. To book tickets go to www.GLive.co.uk or call 0844 7701 797 (10am6pm, Mon-Sat). For bookings in person, the ticket desk in the main foyer will be open from 10am Monday to Saturday; on Sundays and Bank Holidays it will open 90 minutes prior to any performance. Leatherhead Choral Society presents their concert entitled Echoes of the Renaissance on Saturday 19th July at 7.30pm. It takes place at St Mary & St Nicholas Church in Leatherhead and tickets are £12.50. Sorry I haven’t got the phone number for this one! Teenagers aged 13-15 are not always well catered for when it comes to activities for the summer holidays, so here’s an interesting week’s worth of activity for them and their friends. Set up with variety, skills and fun experiences in mind, the week includes a day with the media experts at Eagle Radio, a scuba diving taster session, a certificated course in first aid, performance and voice training from the experts at G Live and a day at the University of Surrey 23

Body Shapes with Kirstie Smillie There are many fashion blogs written on body shape by a growing number of ‘fashion experts’, but in the end it always comes down to personal choice for your own lifestyle and your own unique body shape. It’s easy to dress a size six model with minimal curves and firm body mass but for ‘real’ ladies, in spite of all the choices on the high street and on-line, there are restrictions to what suits your shape and wardrobe requirements. Understanding your body shape is useful to aid the choice of garments as you trudge into that changing room. The reality is that most of us sit between two or maybe three shapes and we have to adjust the information to suit. If you know you have a fuller bust and that a lower neckline is preferable, just ignore those dresses that don’t fit the brief, but at the same time don’t let changeable details put you off. A full length sleeve can be altered to a shorter length, and a below knee hem can be shortened to sit just at the right point. If you are fuller figured, avoid those younger brands that don’t allow for curves. Don’t waste

time when you know it’s not for you. But do be decisive in your initial selection. Write down a list of what you are actually looking for… three-quarter sleeve, not black, small print, v-neck. Basic wardrobe additions can help. I have a large selection of fine gauge camisoles which are perfect to fill in a too-low neckline or add length to a top that is sitting just too uncomfortably above my waist. Personally I know that I am drawn to busy prints - they make me smile and I feel excited to wear them. Great tailoring, easy care, good quality fabrics all rate highly on my wish list, so I ignore any garments that don’t fit the bill. We all make mistakes, but it is important to enjoy fashion and feel happy to put clothes on in the morning and feel the lift when you wearing the right styles for you, whatever the trend reports may be telling you. So use this information as a tool to guide you, but not as strict rules that cannot be ignored. Next time you go shopping, start at the other end of town. Visit shops you would normally walk past. Get inspired by small details, like how it feels when you touch it? There should be an emotional link. Budget for the best you can afford, instead of lots of little bits that you think are just ok. Kirstie is a Personal Fashion Stylist with many years experience. For one-to-one shopping and styling appointments, tailored to your own requirements, call 07773 234947 or email kirstie@ kirstiesmillie.com.

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* Wear wide necklines, cowls and drapes * Colour on the top half and dark colours on the bottom. * Avoid skinny jeans; bootcut or boyfriend jeans work best. * Opt for wider tailored trousers showing your slim waist. * Fit and flare dresses and a-line skirts are the ideal feminine styles * Avoid tunics or jackets which finish at your widest point and will hide your upper body shape. Go for shorter, waisted styles or longer length Wide Trousers/Hobbs Fit and Flare Dress/Wallis

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plus lots more. The week takes place from Monday 21st to Friday 25th July and you can book now at www.exorta.co.uk Tel: 07799 883851. On Wednesday 23rd July at 7pm, André Rieu, the Dutch violinist and conductor who has become a worldwide phenomenon, is celebrating the tenth anniversary of his Maastricht summer evening concerts. Held every year in the mediaeval Vrijthof Square in Maastricht, the concert features Rieu and his famous Johann Strauss orchestra, plus soloists and will end with spectacular fireworks. You can watch it all in the comfort of Dorking Halls, as they are putting on a live screening. Tickets are £18. For tickets call 01306 881717. LeRoc Modern Jive Dance Classes take place every Tuesday from 7.45pm-11pm at Dorking Halls. Learn an easy, dynamic dance while getting fit, having fun and making new friends. No partner required and you can start any Tuesday. LeRoc now has more than 5,700 members, with nightly attendances from 70-100 dancers. Beginners class from 7.55pm, freestyle dancing from 9.20pm. For more information, call Colin on 07944 971195 / 01737 769600 or visit www.leroc.biz. From shop girl to Duchess, ‘Glamour on the Go. Compacts: The Beautiful Story of MakeUp’ at The Lightbox gallery and museum in Woking will be a world first in its comprehensive look at beauty through the 20th century. The exhibition will lead you on a journey through the glamour industry, with beauty essentials from the Pre and 26

Post-War decades and beyond, presenting a remarkable piece of social history for all to explore. This unusual exhibition runs from Saturday 26th July-Sunday 28th September, entrance is free. For further information visit www.thelightbox.org.uk. Holmwood Marketplace is a monthly community market with 20 stalls of garden and farm gate produce, herbaceous perennials, annuals and herbs, new and second hand books, crafts, health and wellbeing services and local trades. There’s a ‘Seasonal Nutrition’ cafe with a small range of vegetarian dishes based on locally grown produce where possible, and Slovak cakes. Some stalls offer ‘have a go’ activities for adults and children. On Saturday 26th July there is an opportunity to participate in Dorking Museum’s current project to document the lives of local WWI soldiers. If you have any information about your ancestors from the Holmwoods who fought in the Great War and would like to share with others, please take information or documentation for recording at this event. There will be scanning and copying facilities. It will run from 12.30pm to 4pm at North Holmwood Village Hall, Spook Hill RH5 4JP. Bus route 93, disabled access at front of the building. For more information see www.facebook.com/ holmwoodmarketplace and http://holmwoodmarketplace. wordpress.com. Contact jacqui@communityrealm.org. uk or call 01306 741545. The next Saturday Indoor Market at North Holmwood Village Hall is on 26th July. It runs from 12.30 to 4pm and you will find everything from

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garden and farm gate produce to health and wellbeing therapists. Lunches and teas are available until 3.30pm. If you have any queries call Jacqui on 01306 741545 or email Jacqui@ communityrealm.org.uk. ABF, the Soldiers Charity, is staging a Military Pageant commemorating the start of the WWI on Sunday 27th July at Royal Logistic Corps, Deepcut. It is the principal Surrey commemoration event and will feature a concert for all the family with cavalry horses, fast and furious demonstrations of tent pegging, massed Marching Bands from the Royal Artillery and the Royal Logistic Corps. Living history with WWI Reenactors and Skinners Horse, WWI songs and poetry readings by Dame Penelope Keith, a Youth Orchestra, Pipes and Drums, ending with a formal Drumhead Service at 5pm. Gates open at 12 noon, don’t forget to bring a picnic. £15 entrance charge with concessions and children under 12 are Free. Entry for servicemen and women is also free. Tickets are available from Guildford TIC: 01483 444 334 or www.guildford.gov.uk/ surreyatwar1914. Wotton & Abinger Flower Show Society Annual Summer Show is to be held at the beautiful Wotton House on Sunday 27th July. There is free parking and entry to the show which starts at 2pm for public viewing and cream teas. There are displays of horticulture, vegetables and fruit, flower arranging, craft and cookery and also a children’s class section. There is a raffle with exciting prizes and an auction of donated exhibits at 4.30pm. Anyone who wishes vantagepointmag.co.uk

Summer Recital Series at Leith Hill Place Opened by the National Trust for the first time in 40 years last summer, Leith Hill Place is now open again for the summer and autumn 2014. Leith Hill Place is the childhood home of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Gifted to the National

Trust in 1944 by Ralph Vaughan drawing room where he spent his Williams himself, Leith Hill Place was childhood, looking out over the a Wedgwood family home. glorious view for which the house is renowned. There is a summer series of intimate chamber music recitals and Leith Hill Place is open Fridays, workshops between June – August. Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays Enjoy music by the composer and 11am – 5pm, until 2nd November. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/leith-hillevents his contemporaries in the very

5th July, 6.30pm Gala Concert: Music and Poetry of the Great War Roderick Williams (baritone), Gary Matthewman (piano) and John Greening (reader). A special programme to celebrate the anniversary of the Great War. Roderick Williams is internationally renowned for his performances both in opera and on the concert platform. He is a featured artist in the 2014 BBC Proms festival and will be one of the soloists in the Last Night of the Proms. He is particularly recognised for his interpretations of English Song so our gala concert provides a wonderful opportunity to experience this exceptional artist in an intimate setting. Don’t miss this unique opportunity. 12th July, 6.30pm The Hepplewhite Trio An exciting young ensemble – Amy Littlewood (violin), Hetti Price (cello), John Paul Ekins and (piano) – that are passionate about bringing a fresh approach to classical music. Hetti and Amy are Junior Fellowes from the Birmingham Conservatoire, while John Paul graduated from the Royal College of Music with First Class Honours. Relax to the sultry tango-inspired ‘Four Seasons’ by Argentinian composer, Piazzolla, and enjoy the eclectic influences of Schoenfield’s ‘Café Music’. ‘ Phantasy Trio’ by English composer Frank Bridge and works by Norman O’Neill, a contemporary of RVW, and Hans Sitt complete the programme. July 2014

19 July, 6.30pm Alexandra Kennedy, Violeta Barrena, Rupert Compston Soprano Alexandra Kennedy is an 8th generation descendant of the Wedgwood family and Ralph Vaughan Williams was present at her mother’s christening, so she is delighted to have the opportunity to perform in his childhood home. Alexandra mainly specialises in recital and concert work, and has performed at Chequers and Clarence House. She is the founder of the Chelsea Concert series which takes place in prestigious London venues and has raised over £30,000 for charity. She is joined by talented violinist Violeta Barrena and pianist Rupert Compston in a programme which includes the beautiful ‘Vocalises’ by RVW, ‘Along the Field’ song cycle for voice and violin and other favourites such as ‘Linden Lea’. 9th August, 6pm See Nature Rejoicing 10am – 4.30pm: workshop Choir-leaders Stef Conner and Lisa J Coates return to Leith Hill Place, following their Vaughan Williams folk-singing day last season, to host a workshop day and sunset concert featuring English music inspired by the wonder of nature. The concert and workshop will include music by John Dowland, Henry Purcell Benjamin Britten, Herbert Howells and (of course) Vaughan Williams, as well as selected poems by Ursula VW, William Wordsworth, John Clare and others. 27

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

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

Maggie O’Farrell’s inspiration for this novel was geo-thermal – the recent eruption of the volcano in Iceland which covered most of Northern Europe in ash. The effect this had on society and day-to-day life was widespread and significant, reminding us that nature can at times render us powerless. The heatwave of 1976 provided a similar state of disruption and fear. It was the hottest summer on record with a severe lack of rain, resulting in the Government declaring an official drought. This provides the background for the Riordan family to play out their jealousies and rivalry. Three very different adult children – the brother on the brink of divorce, trapped and frustrated in his teaching job, and two estranged sisters who have a mass of hangups and problems, both inherited and domestic – come together to deal with a family crisis and cope with their mother. Their father, for no apparent reason, has suddenly disappeared. 28

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

The Tour de France

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

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

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

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

how to keep current, how to achieve the perfect packing and put together a travelling wardrobe.

Margaret Thatcher:

Perfect for a cathartic summer clear-out. Reviewed by Carol Farley

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

Colour Me Beautiful

The Red House

Expert guidance to help you feel confident and look great Revised edition published in 2014 ISBN: 978-0-600-62817-0 Price: £15.99 Paperback Non-fiction

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

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

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

The Authorised Biography Volume One: Not For Turning

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

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

Each of the seven double page spreads in this fabulous book shows many people busying themselves at play and at work all around the world. This is a really fun book for boys and girls with lots of really interesting things to find and look at. I loved the fact that the topic was different from the usual ‘animals’ or ‘countryside’ and the professions they chose were also different and intriguing. Definitely a book children will want to keep dipping in to. Reviewed by Carol Farley 29

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to compete should collect a show schedule from Kingfisher Farm Shop in Abinger Hammer or contact Henny Maxwell on 07939 643216. There are cash prizes for the ‘Best in Show’, RHS Banksian medal and also cups/trophies awarded for each section Here are a couple of ideas to entertain the kids in the holidays. There’s Pony Magic at Clandon Park, West Clandon, Guildford GU4 7RQ on Sunday 27th July, from 12 noon to 4pm. Enjoy pony rides for children – suitable for 2 years plus. Normal admission prices apply (plus £2.50 per ride). Then on Monday 28th July from 11.30 to 3pm there are arts and craft activities for children. Normal admission prices apply (plus £2 per child). More at www. nationaltrust.org.uk/clandonpark or tel 01483 222482. This summer Guildford Shakespeare Company returns with two weeks of actionpacked drama clubs, where in just five days young actors will play, rehearse and stage their own production for family and friends. The first one runs from 4th to 8th August and is for 12-17 year olds. The play you will work on is the old favourite, Twelfth Night. Working with professional actors from this summer’s openair production, the week will feature drama activities and workshops designed to get you acting Shakespeare like a pro, as they bring the weird world of Illyria to life in a performance for family and friends at the end of the week. No experience of Shakespeare or acting necessary, just bring yourself, heaps of energy (a packed lunch!) and a desire to have some fun… 30

yellow tights optional! Times: everyday from 10am-4pm, with the final performance on Friday 8th August at 5pm. Then, from 11th to 15th August, there’s a chance for 7-11 year olds to create a production of Beauty and The Beast. Here’s a chance to create a character, learn lines, paint the scenery and at the end of the week you will perform a special version of this classic tale for family and friends. Again, just bring yourself, heaps of energy (a packed lunch!) and a desire to have some fun! Times: everyday from 10am-3.15pm, with the final performance on Friday 15 August at 4pm. The clubs both take place at Onslow Village Hall, Wilderness Road, Onslow Village, Guildford, GU2 7QX Fees: £140 (£100 siblings). To reserve your child’s place just call the box office on 01483 304384 or go to the GSC website, www.guildford-shakespearecompany.co.uk and download a registration form. If you have any questions, you can email GSC at info@guildford-shakespearecompany.co.uk. Oakwood, Ockley & Forest Green Flower Show & Summer Fair and Fun Dog Show takes place on Saturday 9th August. Since its inception in 1893 this very traditional rural show has been an almost annual event, attracting over 1,500 visitors in 2013. In the large marquee, there will be up to 200 classes where local people show and are judged on their fruit, vegetables, preserves, floral displays, art, crafts, photographs, bread and cakes. The theme of this year’s show will be ‘Myths and Legends’ and will include a fancy dress parade and themed classes in the marquee. There will be a huge range of attractions with up

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to 90 stalls and a great food area with local and exotic food and drink. Entry fee - £3 for adults, children free. Free parking. It all happens at Oakwood Hill Cricket Ground, Oakwood Hill, near Ockley, Dorking RH5 5PU (opposite Punchbowl Inn) and runs from midday to 5pm. More information at www. oakwoodhillflowershow.co.uk. The British Isles Music Festival is taking place at Ardingly College, West Sussex, from Saturday 16th to Sunday 24th August. The Festival is one of the most enterprising masterclass and chamber music courses in Europe, offering tuition with your professor and chamber music coaching with both your professor and other professors. Apart from the Professors Gala Concert, all concerts are given by the students. The level of playing expected by the festival is Pre-Conservatory (High School), Conservatory and Young Professional. Most musicians who come have had some experience performing and are aspiring to be, or are, professional musicians. There is a lower age limit of 15 and upper age limit of 32. Ardingly College is an historic public (private) school with outstanding facilities, beautiful grounds, excellent accommodation and food. The Chapel has superb acoustics for performance and the college boasts a beautiful crypt in which Baroque repertoire is explored and performed. The total fee for the course is £925 for tuition, chamber music coaching, concert participation and full board. The deposit of £150 should to be paid on line at www.bimf.co.uk via PayPal. More information on the website. Some bursaries are vantagepointmag.co.uk

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A Gourmet Summer Meal With recipes from the Lythe Hill Hotel, Haslemere David Quinn, Head Chef at The Restaurant at Haslemere’s Lythe Hill Hotel and his brigade of talented chefs , work with a rich line of home grown and locally sourced, seasonal produce and ingredients strongly associated with Surrey to bring delicious, truly memorable dishes to the Lythe Hill table. This multi-award-winning restaurant is set amidst tranquil Surrey countryside in a designated area of outstanding natural beauty. Diners enjoy sublime modern British cuisine either feasting under 15th Century Tudor beams in the oak panelled dining room - or in Lythe Hill’s more contemporary Brasserie, overlooking the ornamental lake and beautifully landscaped grounds.

MAIN: Pan Fried Breast of Duck with, Confit Duck Pomme Anna, Caraway Cabbage, Braised Carrots and Carrot Puree This melt-in-the-mouth main course is a real favourite amongst our diners and utilises home grown and locally sourced ingredients to make a stellar gastronomique dish. 1. Finely slice potatoes per person (use a mandolin if there is one available) and place in a mould suitable for the oven. Place the potatoes into three layers, allowing them to overlap slightly. Add one layer of confit duck meat then another three potato layers. Add a final layer of confit duck meat and finish with three layers of potatoes. Cover the whole Anna in duck fat. Wrap the mould in tin foil and cook the oven on 145C for 45 minutes. Remove the tin foil and increase the temperature to 170C. Cook for a further 30 minutes. Once cooked all the way through, place another tray of the same size on top and press down firmly. 2. For the braised carrots, warm everything in a pan apart from the carrots. Allow the butter to melt in the water. Add the prepared carrots and cook till tender. 3. Make the purée. In a pan, add the carrots and butter to suit, add the orange juice and allow to sweat adding water if needed. Once soft, 32

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

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

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

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

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

Ingredients Goats Cheese Mousse 500g rindless goats cheese 200g whipped cream Truffle Oil to enrich Beetroot Sorbet 440ml beetroot juice 250g caster sugar 150g water 20ml lemon juice Pickled Beetroots 100ml white wine vinegar 300ml water 50g Sugar 5 coriander seeds

3. Peel and slice varieties of raw beetroot. Warm the vinegar, water, sugar, coriander seeds and salt in a

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

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

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

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WWI on canvas On Monday 4th August, 100 years to the day since Great Britain declared war on Germany, Sandham Memorial Chapel will re-open to the public. The chapel, which has drawn praise such as ‘Britain’s answer to the Sistine Chapel’, houses an epic series of nineteen works by Stanley Spencer, created to honour the forgotten dead of the First World War. The chapel is the only National Trust building dedicated to the WWI. These incredible large-scale canvas panels, considered by many to be Spencer’s finest achievement, are returning following an acclaimed touring exhibition at Somerset House in London and Pallant House in Chichester. They will once again be seen in the chapel, now cared for by the National Trust. To commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the WWI, and to mark the reopening of the chapel after a year’s extensive conservation work, a community-inspired garden has been created which will offer a tranquil and reflective space for all visitors, with circular paths, fruit trees, cottage garden scented planting and a vegetable plot. The chapel and paintings The chapel was built by John Louis and Mary Behrend primarily to house the products of Stanley Spencer’s artistic genius – his ‘castle in the sky’, as they called it. It was dedicated to the memory of Mary’s brother, Harry Sandham, who died in the War. Spencer painted scenes of his own wartime experiences, as a hospital orderly in Bristol and as a soldier on the Salonika front. His works focus on the domestic rather than the combative and evoke everyday experiences through which he found spiritual resonance and sustenance. Spencer took six years to create his paintings, completing them in 1932. In his own words, they are “a symphony of rashers of baco” with “tea-making obligato” which describe the banal daily life that, to those from the 36

battlefield, represented a ‘heaven in a hell of war.’ For Spencer, the menial became the miraculous; a form of reconciliation. Amanda Bradley, Assistant Curator of Pictures and Sculpture for the National Trust, says: “Sandham Memorial Chapel is one of the greatest glories of art in Northern Europe. It is Stanley Spencer’s masterpiece and is arguably one of the greatest Modern British artistic schemes ever conceived.” Completed in 1932, Spencer’s paintings depict scenes of his own wartime experiences as a hospital orderly in Bristol and as a soldier on the Salonika front. Peppered with personal and unexpected details, they combine the realism of everyday life with dreamlike visions. His recollections, painted entirely from memory, show domestic scenes from the lives of soldiers, showing them washing lockers, inspecting kit, sorting laundry, scrubbing floors and taking tea. As the UK’s involvement in the current Afghan conflict draws to a close in 2014, the paintings serve as a timely reminder that the wartime routines depicted are as relevant now as they were then. Garden of reflection Sandham Memorial Chapel now has a new allotment-style country garden, which provides a beautiful and peaceful outdoor space. In collaboration with the charity ‘Help for Heroes’, service men and women from local rehabilitation centre Tedworth House helped to clear and prepare the grounds for this transformation. Tedworth House is one of the recovery centres that forms part of the Defence Recovery Capability. It aims to inspire wounded, vantagepointmag.co.uk

injured and sick personnel and help returning veterans to lead active, independent and fulfilling lives. The new garden is the creation of Hampshire designer Daniel Lobb, intended to complement the modernist proportions of the chapel. A competition to design some of the planting has given winner Alice Wrightson, a student from nearby Sparsholt College, the opportunity to help shape the look of this special place. First year Sparsholt students laid the native hedging and turf. Daniel Lobb also incorporated design elements from Thrive’s gardening base, Trunkwell House near Reading, such as screening to create quiet spaces and planting for people with visual impairments. Individuals from London-based homeless charity, St Mungo’s, assisted on the development of the garden’s plant production area, through their gardening project ‘Putting Down Roots’. The garden has been levelled to make it accessible to all the chapel’s visitors. Paths form circular routes through the garden, with simple oak benches positioned close to scented planting allowing people to stop and reflect on their time in the chapel. A central axis of fruit trees, with a sculpture plinth at one end has been planted to mirror the powerful exterior of the chapel. Mixed native hedges enhance the feeling July 2014

of enclosure and provide a link to the wider countryside. Fruit and vegetable beds reference the historic use of the garden as a productive area for the chapel’s almshouses. A potting shed and polytunnel allows horticultural therapy charity Thrive to continue working with the garden on a regular basis, using specially adapted tools. They are assisted by a dedicated team of National Trust gardening volunteers. The original wildflower meadow at the front of the chapel remains an integral part of the garden’s tranquil landscape. Alison Paton, Sandham’s chapel steward, says: ‘Thanks to the amazing support we have received – from the generous £100,000 Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant to the many donations to our recent fundraising appeal - we have been able to create a wonderful experience for those coming to this place of remembrance and spirituality. The HLF grant has also funded ongoing community work, which will ensure that Sandham has a strong local legacy for future generations.’ Future plans Plans for the future include a new, interactive exhibition space and refreshments area within the almhouses that flank the chapel. Copies of drawings and letters, an audio visual introduction to Spencer’s artworks and a film will offer visitors the chance to explore and experience more of the remarkable stories of the chapel, Stanley Spencer, Harry Sandham and the Behrends.

FIND OUT MORE Sandham Memorial Chapel, Harts Lane, Burghclere, nr Newbury, Hampshire, RG20 9JT. Tel: 01635 278 394. Opening hours: Sandham Memorial Chapel will be open seven days a week from Tuesday 5th August 2014. Tickets must be pre-booked and are sold in slots every 60 minutes. Full details at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sandham-memorial-chapel.

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

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

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wine called Silent Pool Rosé, which was one of only three English wines served on the Royal Barge as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. It is currently being served at Royal Opera House restaurants and is available at many local restaurants and outlets. The 2013 vintage was released for sale on 24th May, the beginning of English Wine Week, and is reckoned to be their best wine so far. I haven’t tried it yet but will hopefully get a chance in the not too distant future (nudge nudge, wink wink!) To find out more, particularly where you can find this wine go to www. alburyvineyard.com or call 01483 229159. The Tai Chi Classes for the Over 60s organised by Age Concern, Dorking, have had to change their venue due to

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Horsley Jubilee Trail The Horsley Jubilee Trail is a circular walk using mainly public footpaths and bridleways. The total distance of the trail is approximately 14.5km (9 miles) and it rises to over 175m (570ft) at its highest point along the broad ridge of the North Downs. The walk takes you through open country, woods and farmland with the minimum of road walking. Proceeding at a comfortable pace, allow four to five hours. There are several road crossings that require care, and these are listed in the route description. The Horsley Jubilee Trail was named because it was not until the year of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee that the complete trail became possible due to the acquisition of The Forest, and the designation of a new right of way, which provided the final link in the circuit.

The walk 1. From Station, turn right, then right again down steps to reach road. Cross with care to opposite pavement, by railway bridge. Turn right, continue to, but not over, the junction with East Lane passing several interesting Lovelace buildings on opposite side of road. Re-cross Ockham Road North to footpath directly opposite. Follow path along right verge of The Drift. Shortly leave verge adjacent to road bridge and go right, crossing small footbridge. Path goes through woodland edge of The Forest, to join a crossing track and waymark. Turn right, following gently rising path to junction and waymark. Turn left, and at junction continue ahead, then bearing right around gardens of houses in The Highlands. Then bear left to follow a clear wide track. Nearing the railway, the path veers a few degrees left becoming narrower, and parallels the railway until it rejoins the verge of The Drift. Turn right to reach Forest Road. 2. Turn right and cross railway bridge to end of pavement. Cross to opposite pavement by corner of Orchard Close, and continue along Forest Road to next left turn. Opposite is Forest Farm an interesting Lovelace building. Turn left down Heath Way which turns right at edge of common, and turn left into woodland at bridleway sign, immediately turning right along the edge of Effingham Common. Continue along bridleway to far top right corner of Common by Heath View. Look back for excellent views that extend to the Chilterns. 3. Cross road diagonally left, following bridleway, Old London Lane, into woods. Go past a footpath going right over a footbridge in about 165m, by which a return to East Horsley and the Station may be made. In another 135m Great Ridings Wood Woodland Trust display board is reached on left. 4. Turn left by display board and go through horse barrier. In 50m, fork right at waymark and follow footpath through wood. After crossing 42

a bridge, continue up the slope turning left at waymark. Take clear track ahead for 200m, turning right downhill along a surfaced track. Leaving the Orestan Lane entrance of Great Ridings Wood, cross lane diagonally left to join footpath through Parrott’s Copse. Follow waymarks to rejoin Old London Lane. Turn left continuing to Dirtham Lane, and the A246. 5. Turn right along pavement to get clear view in both directions, cross road with caution to bridleway opposite. Keep diagonally left ahead at bridleway fork, and after 1km, at a waymark, turn right on bridleway passing under Stony Dene Bridge. Turn left on bridleway at end of bridge embankment. If desired, in 10m, follow short marked path to right for 50m to get a good view of Horsley Towers to the north, then return to trail. Continue to wide forestry track, turn left, then shortly right, on yew lined track. Follow this ancient hollow way uphill to turn right on a wide track. Pass Forestry Commission sign and continue ahead to Crocknorth Farm. 6. At a junction of bridleways, turn right along driveway to reach Crocknorth Road. For best view of Crocknorth Farm, go a few paces left along bridleway, then resume route. At road, note the blind bend to the left, cross carefully to bridleway opposite, which soon goes downhill passing under three Lovelace bridges to reach Green Dene. 7. Cross road diagonally right, take bridleway uphill into the Sheepleas. After 500m at top of hill, take left track at three-way fork. At next junction with a crossing bridleway, bear left then turn right at waymark, with fields to left. Ignore joining tracks until next crossing with a bridleway, and turn right. Shere Road car park is to the left. Passing Angel Clump, the Millennium Viewpoint is to the right with excellent views. From viewpoint continue down grassy slope to a shallow valley then bear left and up another slope. Go through a horse barrier, then bear left past St Mary’s car park signpost. Pass through another horse barrier and cross two flower meadows to reach A246 at St Mary’s Church, founded 1030. 8. Church House, an ancient building just past the church is worth seeing, before crossing the A246 to pavement opposite. Squire’s Garden Centre with a restaurant and coffee shop is a short diversion to the left along pavement. Go through gate bear left, then immediately right along field edge path with views of West Horsley Place. Continue past two fields to meet crossing hedge. Turn left in front of hedge, and continue through woodvantagepointmag.co.uk

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land edge, alongside a field, to a junction of paths. Turn right, cross stile to reach road by village green, with its massive oak tree. Cross road with care. The 16th Century Barley Mow Pub is a few paces to the left. 9. Turn right along pavement, soon passing interesting medieval houses on left, to junction with Long Reach. Cross traffic islands to get good view both ways, cross road to go along Lollesworth Lane. Note Lollesworth Farm, of great historical interest, on right. At far side of railway bridge, turn left alongside railway, soon passing Village Hall to reach shopping parade. Turn left on pavement, then cross road to steps opposite to the Station.

Distance: 9 miles. Starting point: Horsley Station. How to get there: East and West Horsley are about eight miles east of Guildford, just off the A246 Leatherhead Road. At Horsley Towers, turn left on the B2039 towards Ripley and the station is found a couple of miles on your right. Refreshments: The Barley Mow Public House and Squires Garden Centre are both good options for refreshment. Map: OS Explorer 145 www.surreyhills.org

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walks, eating out and weekends away. They are all unattached and are keen to expand their social circle by meeting like minded people. The group is run by the members for the members and they encourage everyone to take an active part. TUG is a non profit organisation and the small annual fee covers the running costs with the balance being ploughed back into the group for the benefit and enjoyment of the members. If you would like more information and details of where they meet weekly, phone Maggie on 07855 008897 or go online at www. theunattachedgroup.co.uk. They hope to meet you soon and welcome you to their group. They are based in Guildford and the surrounding areas of Surrey and Hampshire. I thought I would just give you a bit of advance news in case you’re a fan. Ireland’s reigning musical queen, the truly unique Imelda May, is coming to G Live on Wednesday 3rd December as part of her new UK tour following the release of her latest chart topping studio album, Tribal. It is likely to sell out so you might want to get tickets now. Either go online to www.GLive.co.uk or call 0844 7701 797. Forest Foragers restart their one day courses this autumn. The Wild Food Foraging Courses start on Saturday 27th September and then on every Saturday in October. The venue is Chichester Hall, Petworth Road, Witley GU8 5PL. It is a pretty full day starting at 10am and finishing at 5pm and the cost is £115 per person. There are also a couple of afternoon forays planned for Sunday 28th September and Sunday 19th October (cost £25). Details yet to be confirmed. Afternoon forays

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WIN FAMILY TICKETS TO PARHAM’S GROW YOUR OWN FESTIVAL

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

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

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

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

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