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YOUR LOCAL TEAM I haven’t mentioned Humph for a while and always get told off for not updating readers, so I can confirm that he is very well indeed and much enjoying life. We have twice been to the coast in recent weeks, to Climping near Littlehampton and to Highcliffe near Christchurch. Well, he was in his element. Sand, sea, a tennis ball and other dogs, what else does an 18 month old labrador need, with the exception of food? Much snoring ensued once home. It is good to see local success. The Guildford Shakespeare Company celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, which is a tremendous achievement for a small community theatre company. They have also just announced that Brian Blessed, who appeared in their production of King Lear last year, is their new Honorary Patron. Great news!

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It is good to see so many events starting to flood into the Jottings in-box. It is a sure sign that local life is returning to normal after Christmas and the New Year, and that the January blues are behind us once again. It won’t be long before spring, let’s just hope there will be a few daffodils left for us to admire. I have been asked if some of the future walks we feature can be a bit shorter, so from March onwards we will be offering more walks around the 5 mile mark which I hope will suit. We are also busy compiling an online resource which will feature our past walks. If you would like to be able to access and download these walks, please email walks@vantagepublishing.co.uk. Contact the editor: stefan@vantagepublishing.co.uk

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February already! Thank you very much for the comments on the new date order Jottings format. We are delighted to say that our readers are finding them much easier to read and refer to. The year is now well under way with Valentine’s Day and of course half-term approaching and the days are definitely getting longer although the poor confused bulbs in the garden have been up for weeks – let’s hope for a decent spring. Finally, a very happy birthday to all readers born on 29th February!

Squire’s Garden Centres Free Tea! This year Squire’s Garden Centres are celebrating their 80th Anniversary, and to start the celebrations they would like to give everyone a free pot of loose leaf tea (normal price £2 per person) to enjoy in their Café Bar! Readers can go to www.squiresgardencentres.co.uk (from 1st February) to get the voucher, and then take it into any Squire’s Garden Centre (excluding Chertsey) from Monday 1st February until Friday 12th February.

Guildford Travel Club Tuesday 2nd and 16th February 8pm On 2nd there is a talk entitled ‘Vietnam - A Land of Contrasts and Colour’ by Sam Manicom. Sam hires a scooter and finds more cultural contrasts than perhaps a small country should hold! Then on Tuesday 16th, ‘Around Africa by Public Transport’ by Ian Packham. Ian travels 25,000 miles by public transport visiting 31 countries on the way in his attempt to complete the first solo circumnavigation of Africa by public transport. Guildford Travel Club welcomes you whether you’re a ‘seasoned’ or an ‘armchair’ traveller. The Club meets on alternate Tuesdays at Onslow Village Hall, Guildford GU2 7QR at 8pm for illustrated talks on travel by a range of photographers, travellers, explorers, mountaineers and writers and this season the club celebrates its 50th anniversary. Visitors are most welcome and are charged £7 on the door with student card holders paying just £3.50. For further details, contact Jenny Allan, membership secretary on 01483 452399, email or visit www.guildfordtravelclub. org.uk.

Watts Gallery Tours at The Artist Village We recently took some visiting friends to The Gallery, in fact we tend to take anyone who hasn’t been there, and they were very impressed that we had such a wonderful attraction on our doorstep. It really is impressive and if you like art in any form you will enjoy your visit. Watts and his wife Mary were truly great artists and led such interesting lives. Their legacy in Compton is available for all of us to enjoy and now their home Limnerslease, is open for us to see. The Trust acquired this wonderful Arts and Craft house and are gradually restoring it to its original state. Tours are available throughout the week. Find out more at www. wattsgallery.org.uk or call 01483 810235. West Surrey Family History Society Wednesday 3rd February 2.30pm The Guildford branch will have an illustrated talk on ‘Miscellany of WWI in Surrey’ by David Rose at The Friend’s Meeting House, Ward St, Guildford. He looks at the home front in Surrey during WWI from the mobilisation of troops,

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In the 400th year after William Shakespeare passed away, Guildford’s own Shakespeare company will be celebrating its 10th Anniversary of producing home-grown theatre. The award-winning Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC) has been re-igniting peoples’ passion for live theatre and Shakespeare since 2006. Over the last 10 years, some 62,000 people have seen GSC’s 27 home-grown, theatre productions, three of which have been original adaptations. Founded by two actors, Sarah Gobran and Matt Pinches, the company has always maintained a strong ethos of ensuring the audience is the centre of the theatre experience. According to Sarah: “Live theatre has the power to bring communities together, not only to experience great performances, but also for participants to share each other’s stories, lives and thoughts. When that collective experience is made locally and staged in fabulous, unusual non-theatre venues, at the heart of our communities, an added layer of pride is infused, which further promotes continued engagement.” The co-founders have never lost sight of their original vision for the company to stage dynamic and inspiring productions that are accessible to the widest possible audience. As a site-responsive theatre company, GSC’s use of found spaces, local landmarks, heritage sites and vacant buildings has helped to develop and nurture community interest in these sites, both culturally and economically. “Our activity in these amazing spaces invites individuals to be more explorative of their town whilst encouraging pride in their community.

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GSC’s presence also supports improvements to venues through continued, varied use, helping to sustain our cultural heritage” added Sarah. In the last 12 months alone, GSC has staged 140 live performances and created 87 jobs for artists; has staged King Lear with the mighty Brian Blessed; commissioned three original adaptations (The Canterbury Tales, The Wind in the Willow, Alice in Wonderland); and has attracted thousands of new visitors to venues such as St Mary’s Church, Watts Gallery, Guildford Museum, and the Castle Keep. 2015 was the company’s busiest and most popular year to date. This milestone year has been given the theme of ‘New Beginnings”. Matt explains why: “2016 carries a dual purpose for us; a chance to reflect as well as consider our future goals. We have come a long way in 10 years and this year is about celebrating just that. There have been so many highlights along the way and we have been blessed to have worked with so many wonderfully talented and generous people, so this year is about acknowledging and enjoying that journey. The opportunity for reflection is also the perfect time to consider the future and where we want to go next with GSC. We want GSC to be one of the most recognised theatre companies in the South East, whose creative output is a reputable standard for artistic excellence. So a theme of ‘New Beginnings’ felt very apt, and the plays and events we have chosen for this year we hope reflect that feeling.” Never wanting to sit on their laurels, Matt and Sarah are have planned an exhaustive programme for 2016, which sees the company return to some of the most popular venues and play titles, whilst introducing new ones. The company will open its 2016 programme at the newly restored Holy Trinity Church on Guildford High Street in

February, with Shakespeare’s great late play The Winter’s Tale. A beautiful and captivating fable, The Winter’s Tale covers 16 years and takes the audience from dark tragedy to new hope, and features one of the most truly magical moments in theatre, and possibly the most famous of stage directions: “Exit pursued by a bear”. When Leontes, King of Sicilia, accuses his wife of being unfaithful with his childhood friend, the King of Bohemia, he sets in motion a chain of terrible events that destroys everything he holds dear. It is only the tender actions of an old man, and the redemptive power of Time, which afford any hope that all may not be completely lost. GSC’s production, directed and designed by GSC-stalwarts Caroline Devlin and Neil Irish, will take audiences from the power and majesty of Victorian England to the vibrancy and colour of India, on an enchanting journey of rediscovery and redemption. In April, the company will be staging its annual ‘Birthday Bash’ to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday, given extra poignancy this year as the playwright also passed away on his birthday in 1616. The Bash will include a staged reading of Cymbeline, a special talk on Shakespeare’s Will delivered in the presence of the Cobbe Portrait at Hatchlands Park National Trust, whilst the company’s ever-popular Sonnet Walk Weekend will take to the streets for the fifth time. For the annual open-air double bill in June and July, GSC is going back to its roots using the first venue they performed in with the first play produced. “We really wanted to mark our 10 years by returning to where it all began, and by using the Castle Gardens and producing Much Ado About Nothing. It was an obvious choice” said Sarah. “However we still want to give our audiences something new, so the riotous roller-coaster farce The Comedy of Errors will be staged at the Castle, whilst Much Ado will take up residency at the beautiful Brabouef Manor Gardens at the University of Law. Much Ado will also be our 30th production.” Following the open-air season, July and August will see an exhibition of the company at Guildford House Gallery with costumes, props, posters, photographs and films on display, charting the company’s story to date. A big part of 2016 is about looking to the future and throughout 2016 the company will be running a major fundraising campaign to invest in their own combined-use operating base. Matt explains the details behind this: “Our ultimate goal is to promote Guildford as a desired theatre destination and for GSC to become a model of performance and production excellence, recognised within our industry”. Integral to accomplishing this will be the establishing of a permanent home for the company; an ‘artistic foundry’ that has rehearsal and performance spaces, workshops, offices and stores. We envisage this building, and its work, will be part of the fabric of the town, a place where current artists want to work, and where we can inspire the artists of the future.” 10

Top: Wind in the Willows. Above left: Alice in Wonderland. Above right: King Lear. All by Steve Porter

The company, a registered charity, has never run a major fundraising campaign before, and nor has it received any core funding or local government subsidy. The centrepiece of the campaign will be a 147-mile sponsored walk which will see Matt follow in the (hypothetical) footsteps of Shakespeare from Stratford-uponAvon to Shakespeare’s Globe. It is planned to have the walk ﬁlmed to create a documentary for use by the company’s expanding education department. The Autumn season, still under wraps at the time of writing, will seek to continue the new writing vein the company richly tapped into in 2015 with The Wind in the Willows and Alice in Wonderland. The 10th Anniversary Year will come to a close at a special gala event in December. In February last year Brian Blessed described the company as “a beacon for the Arts”. 2016 will be about celebrating GSC’s achievements since 2006 whilst laying vital foundations to ensure that audiences continue to receive visceral, stimulating and, above all, unique theatre experiences. FIND OUT MORE More details about The Winter’s Tale and the rest of GSC’s 2016 10th anniversary programme are on the website. The Winter’s Tale runs for 3 weeks and has 23 performances: 8th-27th February. Tickets start from £18 and are available online or by calling the Box Office on 01483 304384. www.guildford-shakespeare-company.co.uk.

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Get golfing ladies! Once a ‘gentlemen only’ sport, golf is going through something of a revolution as more and more women gather on the greens. Viv Micklefield talks to some of those locally, for whom it’s become a game-changer Maybe you’ve come across ‘Chicks with Stix’ (the ﬁeld hockey not the knitting version), or perhaps ‘Shoot like a Girl’ (archery being just one of the skills that’s included)? Well now it’s time to take up your clubs for ‘This Girl Golfs’. Inspired by Sport England’s #thisgirlcan campaign, the idea is to break through the stereotypes and show that golf is a game for all, accessible for all and, importantly, within reach of any budget. While the plaids and Pringle jumpers might prevail on some fairways, even the most traditional of golfers will agree that whether you’re eight or eighty, unlike many other sports, the game’s unique handicap system allows both the experienced and inexperienced player to enjoy a game together. “There are around 7,000 female players in Surrey,” says Anita Fairley, from the Surrey

Ladies County Golf Association, based at Sutton Green Golf Club. “But we’re always looking to raise awareness of ladies golf and across the spectrum of abilities. “A tremendous amount of junior golf is played, particularly in west Surrey. It’s through this that we get most participation and at the top level golfers often come through junior scholarships.” Having role models in any sport is vital to encourage young talent and, says Anita, the SLCGA is fully aware of this. “One of the sport’s greatest ever golfers, Dame Laura Davies – World Golf Hall of Fame and a Surrey resident, comes every year to our Surrey Juniors event where she gives individual lessons to 10 talented girls. Then there’s 19-year-old Inci Mehmet who is one of our county champions. She came 10th in last year’s World Girl’s Championships held in Canada and has been selected to travel with Great Britain’s 2016 Curtis Cup squad.” Add to this list Surrey’s Lauren Horsfield who’s currently on the women’s tour, and Martha Lewis who has already represented England at under-16 level and, the future is beginning to look bright. Starting to play at a young age certainly lit the spark for mum of two Jenny Justice, who admits to having been a fan of golf for over 30 years. “I’ve got pretty good hand, eye coordination and played other sports when I was at school,” says Jenny who goes on to describe how a family holiday in Cornwall first set the ball in motion. “My dad always played golf down there and I thought, what’s all this about? So I started doing roll-up coaching which was very casual and always good fun. After finishing my education I joined a golf club and never left it. I’ve since played for Surrey at county level and currently play off two, my lowest ever handicap.”

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And it seems Jenny’s six-year-old daughter Holly is now showing signs of following in her mum’s footsteps. “Surrey has really good sessions for children who want to get into golf. At Hoebridge Golf Centre they have all sorts of different courses, including FootGolf which is really motivating. Many boys learn golf and we should definitely encourage girls to do so too.” Yet, I hear you say, what happens when we have to start juggling the work-life balance? Is it that easy to find a club that offers the flexibility to fit around busy lives? Facilities are important – we might need somewhere for younger children to be supervised; on course toilets and our own changing rooms are a must; and if it’s not too much to ask for, perhaps a decent cup of coffee too? “I would certainly give it a go and buy yourself some lessons,” says Jenny. “Although golf can be off-putting to some women because it takes up a chunk of time, you can usually find the time to play a few holes in the evening. I know of quite a lot of the mums at school who do so. And on holiday, just as you might play tennis together as a family, so it’s fun to play golf with everyone; we’ve taken our clubs with us all over the world, including to Africa, Turkey and the United States.”

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Erica Pickard admits that she ﬁrst became interested in golf after getting married. “I thought that it was a sport that my husband and I could play together on weekends. First of all, I took group lessons and from there made friends and practised with others who were starting-out. When I felt that I was just about good enough I joined a club, got my handicap and started to play in club competitions.”

She continues: “I absolutely love golf because it’s great exercise in beautiful surroundings. It always presents a challenge but most importantly it’s a social sport. Having moved to west Surrey last summer, we immediately joined Hindhead Golf

Club and although we didn’t know anyone there to begin with, have already made some very good friends.” For those tempted to give golf a go, or who are perhaps returning to the sport after a break, coaching academies often provide an opportunity to sample it (with the equipment usually supplied) before taking out a full club membership. Using hi-tech software the typical headaches for the casual golfer – driving accuracy and escaping consistently from bunkers, can become mastered, enabling you to get ahead of the game when it comes to improving strokes and lowering your score out on the course.

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Need more motivation? • Catch some of the local stars of the game tee-oﬀ when Hankley Common Golf Club, near Farnham, hosts this year’s Ladies County Championship on 23th and 24th April. Spectators are welcome; www.hankley.co.uk • Get more tips on starting out with #ThisGirlGolfs; watch the video at www.pga.org

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“At Hindhead we have an active Academy Ladies Section where newcomers of all ages can learn to play golf with expert tuition,” says ladies captain Jean Coombes. “I ﬁrst learned to play golf many years ago and through it I’ve met lovely new friends not only to play a challenging sport with but also to enjoy many a happy hour at the 19th hole.” Fiona Brown is a member of the Professional Golf Association and a regional development oﬃcer for Surrey and West Sussex. “England Golf and the PGA have done a huge amount to encourage more women to participate but this is still work in progress,” observes Fiona. “Quite a few women like to play the shorter game or perhaps to play on a shorter course. Like men, they do want to set themselves goals, but these more often than not are about having some more ‘me’ time.” She adds: “And

remember, there aren’t many other sports where you can burn up to 900 calories and, if you want to, you can talk all the way round!” In fact, if any extra incentive might be needed to walk between five and six miles during a full 18-hole game, then according to research carried out at Sweden’s Karonlinska Institute, the anti-stress relaxation induced can only be good for the heart. This, combined with the social interaction, is capable of increasing life expectancy by up to five years and can, potentially, ward off dementia.

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While the UK still has some catching-up to do with the rest of Europe when it comes to the percentage of women playing golf (and that goes for other sports too), Fiona remains conﬁdent that with the PGA also funding more female coaches, times are changing.

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And, at whatever level of golf we might one day aspire to play, perhaps it’s worth listening to four times Women’s World Player of the Year, and mum of three, Nancy Lopez who famously said: “Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.” Viv Micklefield is a freelance writer who contributes to both lifestyle and to sport and fitness magazines: www.vivmicklefield.com Hindhead Golf Club

Take 6 clubs Here’s what some of Surrey’s golf clubs have to offer new players. For a full list of contact details visit the Surrey Ladies County Golf Association at www.slcga.org’ • Hindhead Golf Club: With its Academy offering a chance to sample the game; roll-up play and competition golf is available to members of the ladies’ section. 01428 604458 / www.hindheadgolfclub.co.uk • Hoebridge Golf Centre (Woking): Individual or group lessons with the club pro, no membership required. FootGolf is also available everyday for adults and juniors. 01483 722611 / www.hoebridgegc.co.uk • Merrist Wood Golf Club (Worplesdon): Temporary membership allows you to book lessons to suit your skills level. 01483 238890 / www.merristwood-golfclub.co.uk • Milford Golf Club: Club pro Simon Bell runs Learn Golf in 4 Weeks; this is available at three levels and costs £39.99, with a free club included. 01483 419200 / www.milfordgolf.co.uk • Pachesham Park Golf Centre (Mole Valley): Golf4Ladies has been running for the past five years. On offer are weekly roll-up sessions, plus courses for beginners and improvers (4x1hr over 4 weeks £40). 01372 843453 / www.pacheshamgolf.co.uk • Sutton Green Golf Club: 40 minutes individual coaching is available for £25. 01483 747898 / www. suttongreengc.co.uk February 2016

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Fashion at any age Fashion is growing up at last, says Kirstie Smillie. What’s inspiring about fashion now is that you can really wear whatever you like. Slim, skinny, wide, loose or oversized, in colours that lift your mood and shapes that ﬂatter you. Roll collars may be on trend but I know plenty of women who can’t stand high necks - all too hot. And the wide trouser is a godsend for my pear shape but without height they can often be overpowering on the more petite. Trends come and go and some stay longer than others. Jumpsuits have lasted quite a few seasons and are a favourite of mine to elongate many shapes, whereas fringing on boots, bags and jackets may have a shorter life (unless you idolise Calamity Jane!). It’s all about choices. Research on-line or in magazines for the garments you need before you go out shopping. Above: Helen Mirren. Below: Inès de la Fessange Prioritise where you spend your budget on garments that will get the most wear. Simple solutions often mean classic style choices, dotted with fun additions. A mad little whim here or there is great, but the main focus is on lasting quality. This applies if you are buying designer, high street and second hand, just select carefully. Thankfully, fashion’s age restrictions are becoming blurred too. Women of a certain age are being recognised as stylish in their own right. I love seeing women in their prime (and men) who are still vital and want to make a statement with fashion, and we have some great celebrities paving the way for this new acceptance. Helen Mirren, now an ambassador for L’Oreal and the model and author Inès de La Fressange, 20

with her Uniqlo range, both have classic beautiful styles. Personally, now sitting past my mid forties, I am loving fashion more than in my thirties. At that point my life was about children, a changing shape, a new career around child care with not enough time to really focus on me. But as I now spend a lot of time researching for clients looking for specific styles, I do see what’s out there on a regular basis. And our looks will keep changing. My style has changed as I’ve grown up - a bit gothic at art college, sleek and simple studying fashion design, more alternative and creative as a magazine stylist in London, to mainly black as a personal shopper at House of Fraser. These days, as a personal stylist, I love classic with vintage, and prints are always part of what makes me tick. My shape is curvy, not all in the right places, but I have adjusted to find clothes that move me and fit how I like them. Comfort is hugely important, but I also want to enjoy and be excited by the clothes I wear. Try not to be persuaded by press images alone just because the model looks amazing - can you carry it off confidently? To express my love and knowledge of fashion I now write a weekly blog, so if you would like to receive the weekly insights, just subscribe with your email on my website. And for 2016 I am planning fashion styling courses in Guildford, so please email to signify your interest for Spring dates. Email me at kirstie@kirstiesmillie.com. vantagepointmag.co.uk

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Historical Association – Surrey Branch Tuesday 16th February 7.30pm With Paris terrorism fresh in our minds, the February meeting will consider the modern day consequences of the French colonial experience. Dr Ed Taylor of the University of Portsmouth will speak on ‘Colonial Legacy in Contemporary France: from ‘Je vous ai compris’ to ‘Je suis Charlie’. It will take place at St Nicolas’ Hall, Bury Street, Guildford GU2 4AW. Non members welcome £3 at the door, students free. Further information from Rollo Crookshank on 01252 319881 or crookshank@starkmann.co.uk. Cranleigh Literature Festival – Competition Closing date: Tuesday 16th February As part of the Festival, Cranleigh Arts Centre is running two creative writing competitions for adults and children. It’s a chance to get published! The winning entrant of the adult’s competition (open to 18 years plus) will have 300 words of their story printed in the April 2016 edition of Vantage Point. Adult short story competition details are: Entries can be on any subject; Stories should be up to 1,000 words; Entries should be emailed to: cranleigh@cranleighartscentre.org, no later than 5pm on Tuesday 16th February. Prize winners will be notified by Friday 26th February. For the terms and conditions, please visit www.cranleighartscentre.org. Guildford Wey Valley Decorative & Fine Arts Society Thursday 18th February 10.45am Why not come along to Shalford Village Hall to hear

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OUT & ABOUT CowParade is coming to Surrey! CowParade Leader Tim Metson comments: “Cow Parade provides a unique opportunity to raise awareness of the Surrey Hills and in particular farming. My family have been farming at Coverwood Farm in Ewhurst since the 1950s, and we have seen many changes. Cow Parade coming to the Surrey Hills allows us to shine a light on what an important role farmers play as custodians of the landscape”.

Have you ‘herd’ about CowParade? The world’s largest public art event is coming to Surrey from May to August 2016. The idea of CowParade is that individuals, companies and schools sponsor a life-size cow and either decorate it themselves or bring in an artist to do it. The cows will then be displayed around Surrey from May to August before being herded to the inaugural Surrey Hills Food, Drink and Music Festival on 3rd September at Coverwood Farm in Ewhurst, where they will be auctioned off for charity. Those judged to be extra special will be auctioned at a glittering ceremony held at a unique London location later in the year. In a novel move, while the models are being decorated and moved around, their location can be tracked via a specially-created app. CowParade Surrey was officially launched by leading National Hunt jockeys Richard Johnson and Sam Twiston-Davies at Sandown Park in November 2015. The jockeys unveiled the Surrey Hills Cow, a chrome painted cow, named ‘Mirror Moo’. The concept behind the chrome cow, painted by metal work specialists Spray Chrome UK, is that it reflects the landscape of the Surrey Hills. CowParade was born in Switzerland in 1998 and has been staged in more than 80 cities and towns worldwide. Over the years 3,000 cows have been decorated by more than 5,000 artists. CowParade New York had 450 cows and was seen worldwide by 45 million people. The highest-grossing cow was created by designer John Rocha for CowParade Dublin in 2003. It was studded with thousands of pieces of Waterford Crystal and was auctioned for $146,000 – quite a lot of ‘moo-lah’ indeed!

Cow Sponsors We are currently on the lookout for Cow sponsors to sponsor a life-size cow and either decorate it themselves, or bring in an artist to do it. Organisations can choose their own charity and the auction proceeds will be split between that and the Surrey Hills Trust Fund, a charity established to conserve and protect the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, leaving a legacy for generations to come. CowParade Project Manager Carol Hornsby-Smith comments: “CowParade 2016 will give sponsors the chance to connect with millions of people. It offers a huge, unique PR and marketing opportunity that should generate even international interest. Various levels of sponsorship are available from a single cow to a whole herd. The trick is to create a cow that will raise lots of money at auction”. The initiative has already secured offers of support from key players including the National Trust, schools and Surrey businesses such as Sandown Park Racecourse. Artists The aim is to fill Surrey with bold, interesting, well executed cows throughout the summer before being auctioned in September for charity. This provides a great opportunity for local artists to promote their work and contribute to their local community. Artists may submit up to five designs. If you are a local artist and are interested in participating in this project, please complete the online form at www.cowparadesurreyhills.com/artists. Internationally renowned artist Alexander Creswell is patron of CowParade Surrey Hills. He comments: “CowParade is a brilliant platform for generating creativity and for bringing together businesses, schools and individuals across Surrey, it will also be a huge amount of fun! Together we will be creating a massive art installation with the potential to raise lots of money for good causes and for the Surrey Hills Trust Fund in particular.” FIND OUT MORE

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Lady Marina Vaizey lecture on ‘Architects as Designers.’ She will be looking at how architects from the Arts and Crafts Movement to the Modernism of Mies van der Rohe have contributed to the decorative arts in unusual ways. Refreshments are available from 9.45am and the lecture starts at 10.45am. The Society offers a monthly programme of varied and fascinating talks by first class speakers. The programme also includes special study days and an annual tour for members. New members and visitors are warmly welcomed. Annual membership is £42 and visitors pay £6 per talk. If you are interested, contact the membership secretary on 01932 355113 or visit their website at www. gwvdfas.org.uk. Guildford Rambling Club The club will be meeting at 10am on Thursday 18th February in Shere for a 4 mile morning walk. The club is also meeting at 10am on Sunday 21st February in West Hanger car park for a 10 mile circular walk. Visitors are welcome and details for both walks from Sally on 01306 885976 and on www.guildfordramblingclub.org.uk. There are also a number of out of area walks. Meet at 10am on Sunday 7th February in Chobham for a 9 mile circular walk, details from Alan on 01483 480168. Meet at 10am on Sunday 14th February on Putney Heath for a 10 mile circular walk, details from Bob on 07745 572494. Finally, meet at 10.15am on Sunday 28th February at Stedham for a 9 mile figure of 8 walk, details of this one from Dick on 07516 407936. Details also on website. Visitors are welcome.

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The Unattached Group The Group (T-U-G) enjoyed a full autumn programme of events culminating in an enjoyable weekend break in the Isle of Wight, and a successful party. They are a Guildford based group of 70–80 single people between 49–69 years who enjoy times together including a weekly pub meet and chat night, one lunchtime pub meet a month, regular meals, theatre trips, walks, quizzes, etc. They also have bridge, opera and book clubs. Events are currently being planned for spring and the early summer months. New members would be most welcome and information can be obtained at www. theunattachedgroup.co.uk or Maggie on 07855 008897. Out of Egypt Thursday 18th to Saturday 20th February A premiere of a musical written by local composer, James West. With a large cast and multimedia, this imaginative production takes a fresh look at the life of Moses. James West has written a number of other musicals, (more information on the website). The performances will take place at Christ Church, Guildford, Waterden Road GU1 2AZ at 7.45pm and 5pm on Saturday. Audiences can book a pew for groups of 5 plus. Tickets are only £10, concessions available at £7 from online box office www.christchurchguildford.com or contact Louise on 01483 301927 for more information. The Classic Rock Show Saturday 20th February 7.30pm If you are after an evening of foot tapping music, a virtuoso

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Bramley Music Sunday 21st February 5pm Are you suffering from the Winter Blues? If so, then you need to come to ‘Shaking the Blues Away’ which takes place in Holy Trinity Church, Bramley. There will be songs and music from stage, screen, parlour and salon from acclaimed musicians Charles MacDougall and Robert Mingay-Smith. They will keep you entertained as never before! As with all Bramley Music concerts, it will be in aid of charity, and tickets are £10 (£5 if under 18 or a student) available at the door or in advance from Robertsons in Bramley High Street, and include a free glass of wine or soft drink. Any enquiries to: stuartwhite@waitrose.com, or call 01483 892645. Holy Trinity Church John Paul Ekins’ Piano Recital in March 2014 You may remember the wonderful recital John Paul gave last year, which was also professionally filmed and recorded. Well, the resulting DVD is now available, and I can thoroughly recommend it! Not only is the Steinway shown off in all its glory, but so is the church itself, with superb camera shots, and the sound quality is fantastic. It can be ordered from www.jpekinspianist.com/video. The

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LOCAL Guildford House Gallery Guildford House was built in about 1660 to be the home of a wealthy man. It extends over four floors and has an impressive exterior in classical style, a fine interior, which includes expensive decorative features notably, moulded, plaster ceilings and carved wooden staircase. The house was built by John Childe, a wealthy lawyer to accommodate his family and servants. John Childe was Mayor of Guildford in 1676, 1681 and 1691. He died on 17th July 1701. His second son Leonard, also a lawyer and Town Clark of Guildford from 1677 to 1702, inherited his father’s property. On Leonard Childe’s death in 1730, the house passed to his nephew Charles. He sold it to John Martyr in 1736 for £700. John Martyr’s descendants lived in the house for over 100 years. Most of the male Martyrs were lawyers and were known as the ‘Hereditary Town Clerks of Guildford’. The house, then numbered 25 High Street was sold and turned into business premises in 1844. The small front windows were altered to suit the shopkeeper, and the flight of stairs at the entrance removed. Frank Apted’s brush and turnery business operated here from 1850-1878; then merged with Mr Bull the saddler and tentmaker. From 1914 until 1928, it became a stationers and booksellers. For a few months between 1927 and 1928, it served as a carpet shop: an extension to Simpson’s drapers next door. From 1929 to 1956, 25 High Street was a restaurant first known as Lambert’s Tea Room and Grill Room, and later as Nuthall’s Café. In 1956, Guildford Borough Council brought and restored the building, opening it as Guildford Borough Art Gallery in 1959. Today the house still operates as the Borough’s Gallery hosting a wide-ranging exhibition programme; it is also home to the Tourist Information Office, a Café and wonderful little Gift shop.

Frank Brangwyn Exhibition Opening at Guildford House Gallery is The Graphic Art of the First World War by Frank Brangwyn. Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) was a famous international artist when the First World War broke out. A self made artist and designer with no formal academic training, Brangwyn at this time was well aware of the power of printed images to influence public opinion and he felt it was his patriotic duty to use his art on behalf of the war effort. Although not an official war artist, he produced over 80 lithographs and posters during the First World War, which included images of the machinery of war and the non-military involvement in the war effort and rehabilitation of injured servicemen. Born in Belgium, he identified with its people and the destruction of the country at the start of the war. Brangwyn’s first poster ‘Britain’s Call to Arms’ showed the reality of war in all its horror to the unsuspecting British public using the Underground. The poster provoked men to enlist in huge numbers but the War Office, concerned by the graphic nature of the image asked Frank Pick, the commercial manager of the London Underground, to remove it from the Underground stations. They relented later and the poster continued to be used for recruitment in the early stages of the war. The exhibition at Guildford House contains a selection of twenty posters whose monochrome images show a glimpse of what life was like for many people during the war. The exhibition is showing to 5th March, Monday to Saturday: 10am to 4.45pm with free admission. Images from top: Watcher of the Dawn; Voluntary Aid Detachment with Wounded in Hospital; Disembarkation; Shell

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peeps into the personal life of Herr Konsul. All welcome to attend. Cranleigh Decorative & Fine Arts Society Wednesday 24th February 2pm and 7.30pm You are invited to join them for a lecture on ‘Romancing the Rails - Posters of British Railways’. The lecturer is Charles Harris, who will discuss and bring examples of some of the beautiful posters from when passenger railways began to encourage people to take the train. The lecture will be held at the Cranleigh Arts Centre. They meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month, except August and December, at the Cranleigh Arts Centre to promote appreciation and awareness of the arts through lectures and visits. Information about membership can be found on www.cranleighdfas.org. Guests are welcome; a voluntary donation of £5 is suggested. Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Unwanted Christmas Gifts Phyllis Tuckwell is appealing for anyone who has been given an unwanted Christmas gift to donate it to one of their shops, where it can be sold to raise money to help fund Hospice Care. Unwanted books, DVDs, toiletries, clothing and accessories are always welcome, as are donations of larger furniture items, which the charity can sell at its Home and Furniture shops. If you would like to donate any unwanted items, please take them to your local Phyllis Tuckwell shop between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Saturday. Items left

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outside the charity’s shops when they are closed often get damaged and cannot be sold, instead incurring the charity costs to take them to the local tip, so please make your visit during opening hours. If you have any larger items which you would like the charity to collect, text STOCK to 70500 or call 01252 710679. Phyllis Tuckwell would also like to say a big thank you to all those who donated items to its shops during 2015. As the NHS/Government only covers 20% of its costs, it has to raise over £15,000 a day to be able to offer all its services, free of charge, to its patients and their families, and the money raised through selling these items is hugely important. To find out more about Phyllis Tuckwell’s local shops please visit www.pth.org.uk. St. Catherine’s Flower Arrangement Club Thursday 25th February 1.45pm The Annual General Meeting takes place at Shalford Village Hall. No guests please. After the business is completed there will be a Quiz and a cup of tea and time for a chat. The Club Competition will be ‘an exhibit in a Sea shell’ (A Petite 2.5 cm). Further information on 01483 578368. Flashdance The Musical Thursday 25th – Saturday 27th February 7.30pm The third-year musical theatre students of Performance Preparation Academy (PPA) will be appearing in Flashdance the Musical at The Electric Theatre, Guildford. Based on the 1983 Paramount Pictures film Flashdance, the musical is set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and revolves around

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Guildford Natural History Society Thursday 25th February 2.45pm Nick Grimshaw (Group Leader, RSPB Guildford) will tell us about the characteristic scenery and wildlife of the Shetland Islands. Talks start at 2.45pm and finish around 4.15pm. The venue is The Guildford Institute in Ward Street. Talks are free to members of the Society and they welcome non-members although they ask them for a small donation. Further information from Bridget Hopkins on 01483 275826. The West Surrey Natural History Society Thursday 25th February 8pm WSNHS holds monthly talks by well-known naturalists on a wide variety of natural history subjects. The talks are held at Ripley Village Hall on the fourth Thursday in the month. All meetings are free to members or £3 for non-members (unless otherwise stated). Annual membership single £7, Family membership £12. Members receive a regular Newsletter. All enquiries to the Society’s secretary, Anna Stribley, on 01372 457623. You can find further information at www.wsnhs.wordpress.com. This month’s talk is The

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There’s something quite thrilling about carnivorous plants. Ever since I spotted a Venus Fly Trap at a nursery as a young child, I have found carnivorous plants to be intriguing. The excitement of watching a Venus Fly Trap snapping shut its trap has never ceased to fascinate me. Carnivorous plants have evolved from growing in peat bogs. The peat is formed from sphagnum moss and, as a consequence, the plants require specially formulated compost, which will vary depending on which genus of carnivorous plant is grown. Peat is an environmentally precious resource which is formed very slowly at a rate of just 1mm a year in ideal conditions. I am passionate about protecting and saving peat bogs and the flora and fauna that depend on these threatened areas for their survival. If you would like to see carnivorous plants growing in their native environment, you should visit Thursley Common National Nature Reserve in Surrey, where from June you can see our native species of Drosera, more commonly known as sundews. You’ll find lots more fascinating plants at Thursley, where you can also spot lizards, dragonflies, butterflies, birds and many of other interesting and beautiful wildlife. It is a super place to visit and at its best from May to September. Thursley Common has a specially constructed wooden boardwalk, which extends 3/4 mile over the wetter areas of the reserve. It offers access for all, even

February to April is the ideal time to plant Sarracenia, which grows best in a position where they will receive the maximum light. Sarracenia, like all carnivorous plants, should be grown in specially mixed compost. Sarracenia require acidic conditions, so avoid adding any lime containing materials at planting time and whilst caring for your plants. Use only rainwater to water your carnivorous plants and don’t add water to the trumpets of your Sarracenia, the plant will do this naturally by itself. Keep your plants dryer over wintertime to avoid rotting. Sarracenia grow well in containers. They are not deep-rooted plants so a shallow trough style of container is ideal. Don’t choose a larger container than you need, as these are slow growing plants which do not require a deep container or an excess of compost. Horticultural grit can be used to provide extra drainage or to fill out the base of your container if it’s deeper than required. Horsham Stone and Reclamation sell attractive reclaimed antique troughs, which would suit this style of planting (www.horshamstone.co.uk). Carnivorous plants grow best planted as a group with other carnivorous plants, so avoid any temptation to mix more invasive plants into your display, as this would be detrimental to your carnivorous plants. Hampshire Carnivorous Plants (www.hantsflytrap.com), based in Horton Heath in Hampshire, have been growing carnivorous plants for over thirty-five years. Specialist growers of Sarracenia, Drosera, Dionaea (also known as Venus Fly Traps), they can supply you with everything you need to grow these exciting plants, from books, compost, to the plants themselves. Purchasing from a specialist grower provides the opportunity to select top quality plants and receive advice from an expert grower. Images from top left: Venus Fly Trap. Above: Sarracenia. Both by Beth Otway. Left: Oblong-leaved Sundew Drosera intermedia.

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will be provided to you on arrival at the hall at no extra cost if you don’t have your own copy (Ricordi edition). Online booking and payment is available via the choir’s website www.guildfordchoral.org. Queries to singingday@ guildfordchoral.org or call 01252 703468. Tea and coffee will be provided all day and other snacks will be available for purchase, but take a packed lunch. There will also be a raffle. The day will be conducted by Jonathan Willcocks, Guildford Choral’s Director of Music and there will be an informal performance of the choral sections of the work at 4.15pm, finishing around 5 pm. An audience will be welcome for this part of the day, so if you have friends or family who would like to go along to hear you, do invite them. The Spike, Sunday 28th February 10am The Spike Warren Road, Guildford GU1 3JH, will be hosting the first Orwellian based tour to commemorate the visit by George Orwell’s son Richard Blair. The tour of the Spike will start at 10am and will be interleaved with quotations from ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’ describing Orwell’s experiences of staying in such a place. The similarities described by Orwell are so close to what has been saved in the Spike at Guildford, you will be truly amazed. The cost is £5 (members and volunteers free). After the tour, there is the chance to ‘meet and eat’ with Richard. Eric Blair, under the pen name of George Orwell, wrote volumes for the ‘common man’, witnessing the growing gulf between the classes. He experienced the true life of a tramp, living as one and staying in spikes in London and the Home Counties; his essay ‘The Spike’ (leading to the memoir ‘Down and out in Paris and London’) poignantly noted the brevity of the journey from wealth to rags. 1984 was penned from the Isle of Jura where he lived with his son Richard for six incredible years until his death. Richard will be talking about and showing slides of his time on Jura with his father and will be open to questions. A three course Sunday lunch will be served at 1.30pm and Richard will stay for conversation until 3pm. The cost is £25 (members and volunteers £20). To book, go to www.guildford.gov.uk/events or call Charlotteville Jubilee Trust on 01483 598420. Family Classics G Live Sunday Sunday 28th February 28th from 1pm Southern Pro Musica welcomes all the family to a perfect half term treat! Have a go at any of the instruments of the orchestra with expert guidance on hand, followed by a fabulous concert of classical music favourites and popular film themes, programmed with the whole family in mind, played live by the full forces of the Southern Pro Musica orchestra. Cranleigh Literature Festival Tuesday 1st - Saturday 5th March If you love Shakespeare, plays, poetry and reading you will not want to miss this Cranleigh Festival taking place at Cranleigh Arts Centre. The Festival boasts a fantastic literary line-up including The Guildford Shakespeare Company, Daisy White’s Pop-up Book-tique, star of Radio 4’s The February 2016

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Winter soups by Caroline Boucher Soups are wonderful and so easy to make. All those featured below can be made in no time at all and cost very little. It pays to shop around for your ingredients. A butternut squash that cost just ÂŁ1 at the market was priced at more than twice that in the supermarket. Some of the best soups are made by using leftovers from the fridge or whatever is on offer at your greengrocer, in the market or reduced in price in the supermarket. Cheap, nourishing and unbeatable!

Spiced Butternut Squash Ingredients

1 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 onion, ďŹ nely chopped, 1 garlic clove, chopped, a lump of fresh ginger, grated, 1 red chilli, deseeded and ďŹ nely chopped, 1 tsp medium curry powder, approx 1 kg butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and chopped into chunks, 2 lemongrass stalks, 400g coconut milk, 700 ml vegetable stock, 2 tsp orange juice. Serves 4. Method

Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the onion, garlic, ginger and chilli until soft. Stir in the curry powder and butternut squash. Bash the lemongrass stalks and add. Cover with lid and simmer for ten minutes, then add coconut milk and vegetable stock, bring to the boil and simmer until the squash is cooked through. Remove the lemongrass and blend in food processor. Add the orange juice and serve.

Pea and Ham Ingredients

1 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 medium onion, diced, 1 litre of stock (chicken, vegetable or a cube), 1 large potato, peeled and diced, 500g frozen peas, 300g thick, cooked ham, cut into chunks. Serves 4. Method

Warm the oil in a deep saucepan. Add the onion and cook until translucent. Add potato and coat with oil. Add stock, bring to the boil and cook until the potato is tender. Add peas and bring back to the boil. Remove from the heat and blend. Return to saucepan add the ham, bring to simmering point and serve.

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1 large tbsp vegetable oil, 1 leek, trimmed and diced, 1 onion, chopped, 1 celery stalk, chopped, 1 small potato, peeled and diced, 1 carrot, diced, 2 garlic cloves crushed, 1.5 litres stock - chicken or vegetable or a cube, 200g spinach, shredded, handful of chives, chopped ﬁnely. Serves 4. Method

Heat oil in the pan, add leek and cook until softened. Add onion, celery, potato, carrot and garlic, and cook for about ten minutes. Warm the stock, add it to the pan and bring to the boil and simmer for 25 minutes. Add spinach and cook until it wilts. Add chives and serve.

Soup hints and tips • Keep a bag of frozen mixed vegetables in the freezer. Quickly cook these in stock, blend them, add cream, season and serve. • Keep vegetable trimmings including broccoli stalks, cauliﬂower leaves and stalk, celery leaves etc as these can all be used for soup. • Adding courgettes makes a soup really creamy without the need for cream, perfect for dieters.

French Onion Ingredients

40g butter, 1 tbs sunflower oil, 1 kg onions, sliced finely, 2 tsp caster sugar, 30g plain flour, 1.5 litres vegetable, chicken or beef stock or cube, large handful strongly flavoured cheddar cheese, grated. Serves 4 Method

Melt the butter and oil in a pan, add the sugar and slowly cook the onions until they are caramelised and brown (around 20 minutes). Add ﬂour and stir constantly to prevent sticking. Warm the stock and add it slowly. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Pour into bowls, sprinkle cheese on top and serve while piping hot.

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A taste of France The people of Dorking, Farnham and Guildford are very lucky. They all have a Côte restaurant; and lovely ones as well. The newest is in Dorking and they invited me along. The setting follows the traditional theme of a Parisian bistro and it looks great. On my recent visit, the staff were all charming and attentive, which they always are in any Côte I have visited, which is quite a few for good reason. That is because I think Côte is a terrifically good chain of restaurants. I have never had a disappointing meal and when I have had minor issues, usually due to them being so busy, the staff have handled the situation not only very well, but also very discreetly and generously. It’s an impressive achievement. Now to the food. The menu changes sparingly and seasonally, which does mean that most of my favourites are usually available. They also have a very reasonably priced pre-7pm menu during the week of two courses for £9.99 or three for £12.99 which really is a steal. Add in monthly specials and you should be spoilt for choice.

lovely duck rillettes and excellent smoked duck breast with grilled sourdough bread, and the King Prawn Gratinée in a lovely tomato and garlic sauce with croutons. Other choices include excellent breaded Calamari (pictured) and traditional favourites like French Onion Soup. My only minor quibble (as a half-Frenchman) is that you have to pay for bread. There are light mains and then a good choice of fish and meat dishes, including Breton chicken and of course very good steaks. From the ‘plats rapides’ menu you can have a minute steak and frites or my usual choice of ‘poulet grillé’, a lovely flattened and grilled chicken breast with a delicious creamy mushroom sauce, served with gratin potatoes. I always have additional frites because they are frankly terrific. One of my bugbears is when frites are actually fat chips (which alas now happens in France); happily here they are

the real deal. There are other sides available, the braised peas are recommended but my French mum thought the French beans a little underdone. The braised red cabbage is excellent but only available from time to time sadly. Puddings are not really my thing although I have been known to have the Coupe Noire (vanilla ice cream with warm dark chocolate sauce) which is lovely. My colleague Marcus however says the Crème Caramel is sensational and better than he has had even on his French travels. Praise indeed! There are about eight more choices and of course cheese. The wine list is fairly well chosen and suits most wallets, and the Breton cider is delicious. Two dessert wines and ports complete the picture and will end a satisfying meal. I cannot really praise Côte more highly. It does what it does very very well and I always enjoy going there. Prices are realistic, the restaurants are pretty and buzzy, the food is lovely and the staﬀ are excellent. I want one in Godalming. Fingers crossed! Stefan Reynolds 2-3 St Martins Mews, Dorking. 26 Lion and Lamb Way, Farnham. 35 Castle Street, Guildford. www.cote-restaurants.co.uk

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Archers, Sunny Ormonde, politically charged new writing by local playwright Tony Earnshaw and feisty spoken word inspired by the women of Greek and Roman mythology. The Literature Festival is sponsored by Manns of Cranleigh and for one morning the department store’s new café will be transformed into a surreal setting for the Guildford Shakespeare Company’s Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. Bringing the week to a close will be a talk presented by Archers actress Sunny Ormonde. Sunny has been playing the “outrageous and raunchy Lillian Bellamy” in Radio 4’s The Archers for the past 15 years. Sunny will reveal behind the scenes stories, banter and highlights from her long and distinguished acting career. A comprehensive guide featuring all of the Festival’s events is available on Cranleigh Arts Centre’s website: www. cranleighartscentre.org. Charity Quiz Friday 4th March 7.15 for 7.45pm There’s a Charity Quiz in aid of SERV Bloodrunners (motor cyclists carrying urgent medical samples between Surrey hospitals and laboratories) and the Hascombe Childrens Ward at RSCH. The venue is St Peters School, Horseshoe Lane East, Merrow, Guildford. Teams of 4 to 8 people. Includes 2 course supper, bar and prize raffle. Tickets are £15 and include the 2 course supper, bar and prize raffle. For more information, contact Des Flanders on 01483 573814 or visit www.guildford-chantries.org.uk. Vivace Chorus at G Live Saturday 5th March 7.30pm Following their last sell-out Night at the Opera, Vivace Chorus returns with more of your opera favourites. Joined by the Brandenburg Sinfonia and opera stars of the future, they’ve put together a delightful, popular and moving programme that features some of opera’s best-loved moments. Move in an instant from the delights of Carmen’s Habanera to the beauty of the Flower Duet from Lakmé, and indulge in the soaring lines of Nessun Dorma before enjoying the pomp and glory of the Triumphal Scene from Aida. Tickets are priced from £16 to £33. Book online at www. glive.co.uk or call 01483 369350. Wey & Arun Canal Sunday 6th March Special cruises will be running on the Wey & Arun Canal, Loxwood on Mothering Sunday. A ‘Coffee & Danish Pastry Cruise’ will depart at 11am and Cream Tea Cruises will depart at 2.30pm and 4.30pm. Black tie service will enhance the relaxing treat for Mums! The trips take 1½ hours. Tickets cost £14 for adults and £10 for children and must be booked in advance. The boat departs from the wharf beside the Onslow Arms on the B2133 in Loxwood and travels along the decorated canal and through a restored lock. If you would like to book seats on one of the Mothering Sunday or Easter cruises (more about those next month) call The Wey & Arun Canal Trust Office on 01403 752403 or email office@weyandarun.co.uk. You can find out more at www.weyandarun.co.uk. February 2016

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Mother’s Day Sunday 6th March If you would like to treat your Mum on her special day, a venue that might suit the bill is the delightful Barnett Hill near Guildford. They are serving a three course lunch between 12 and 2.30pm for £28.95 (4- 12 year olds £19.95, under 4’s free). Alternatively, they are also doing a delicious tea at £19.95 (£27.95 including champagne), Find out more at www.sundialgroup.com/reading-room/events/bhmothers-day Guildford Choral at Salisbury Cathedral and G Live Saturday 12th and 19th March 7.30pm Guildford Choral is thrilled to be singing Verdi’s well known and much loved ‘Requiem’ in Salisbury Cathedral with Salisbury Musical Society and the Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra conducted by David Halls. The majestic setting of Salisbury Cathedral fits perfectly with the monumental nature of Verdi’s music; both building and music are masterpieces of their genre. Tickets cost £20, £15 and £8 from the Playhouse box office on 01722 320333, on the door or online at www. salisburymusicalsociety.org.uk/. This performance will be repeated on Saturday 19th March, at G Live, Guildford with Salisbury Musical Society and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jonathan Willcocks. Tickets cost £30, £25, £20, £16 and £10 for children, students, disabled and ES40. Online booking and card payments are available on Crawley Clinic_Layout 1 11/07/2013 14:29 Page 1 www.guildfordchoral.org and through the G Live box office at www.glive.co.uk.

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WALK - Tilford to Frensham Ponds This is an easy walk through woods and fields and it affords views onto both Frensham Great Pond and Frensham Little Pond. There are two good pubs, one on Tilford Green and the Duke of Cambridge which is a short drive from the starting point on the road towards Hindhead. The walk was submitted by Guildford Rambling Club (see guildfordramblingclub.org.uk).

The walk 1. Cross the bridge towards the shop and take the footpath heading left which starts about 20 yards further on. Go up to meet a tarmac lane by a 3 way signpost and turn left to pass Tilhill House. Continue on and the lane becomes a track which you follow until forking left at blue arrow (right is a red arrow). Continue straight on until dropping down to Sheephouse Lane. Turn left and go over Tilford Mill Bridge then on along the road to a T-junction with Tilford Road. Go straight over to take the footpath opposite, into woods. Ignore gates on the right and a path right. Keep straight on and the path meanders through RSPB woodland to Reeds Road. 2. Again go straight over to a footpath which runs behind some houses then through woods and a large area of what was coniferous woodland. Pass Pierrepont Home Farm, owned by the Countryside Conservation Trust. Pass the farm, go over a footbridge to cross the River Wey and then up a rise for about 100 yards. With a 5-bar gate on your left, turn right along a

bridleway and continue on until reaching Priory Lane and a car park on a bend. Jink left and cross the road to walk past the right-hand side of the car park. (Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take the footpath opposite which bears right to take a wide track close to a fence). Almost immediately the path forks and you turn right over a cross-paths and, at a sandy clearing, fork right again. Continue on for about 150 yards then take an unsigned path left and up to a road by a Frensham Pond Hotel sign. 3. Cross into the start of Bacon Road. Go left for 50 yards then left on a path through a red and white barrier. Continue uphill to a wide mown crossing track. Go right on this track, quickly passing a mauve arrow, until taking a small path right at another mauve arrow. Now walk diagonally downhill to join a wide sandy track and continue on for about 50 yards to turn left and immediately take a boardwalk on the right to reach the refreshment kiosk by the Frensham Great Pond. 4. With your back to the kiosk, on its pond side and facing the water, go left. After 50 yards take a path left into the trees. A path merges in from the left. Keep going as the path swings right. Pass a purple arrow and fork right. At a junction turn right on the wide

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sandy track and continue to another red and white barrier and a road. Cross and go through a gate and up onto Kings Ridge. Here turn left but immediately fork right onto the furthest away of two tracks. Follow this path along the ridge until it drops down the hill towards pine trees. 5. Half way down this hill see a peaty track on the left continuing downhill into trees. Take this but take the right fork. Where a wide track crosses at the bottom, pass through a red and white barrier and then a green one. Go up onto the next ridge, passing a bench and a view (right) down onto Frensham Little Pond. The path then drops down between the corner of Little Pond and, on your left, the Priory Lane car park which you passed earlier. Go straight on into the trees. At a T-junction at the edge of a small clear area, go half-left across to reach a road. 6. Go left for 50 yards then take a path out right. Keep going along the wide, undulating track for about Âž mile (ignore a track oďŹ&#x20AC; right) until you see a footpath forking left through small gate. Take this path through a pig farm to pass Meadow End Farm. When the path becomes a road go forward until you can take a fork left. Follow the footpath through woods and along the river bank all the way back to Tilford Green.

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Chantry Singers Spring Concert Saturday 12th March Following the success of their last chamber concert in November, the next Chantry Singers Concert is ‘Stainer – The Crucifixion’ on Saturday 12th March 2016 7.30pm at St Nicolas Church, Guildford. Alongside this well known work, the concert will also include A Sequence of Music for Passiontide featuring Bach, Saunders, Byrd, Morley and Lassus. Tickets priced at £12 (with aged 16 and under £2). Contact 07970 627412 or chantrysingers@gmail.com. Chantry Singers is a well established friendly Chamber Choir based in Guildford and welcomes new members especially basses and sopranos. The Guildford Spring Music Festival Sunday March 13th to Saturday 19th The Festival opens with a ‘Come and Sing Stainer Crucifixion’ at Holy Trinity Church under the baton of Dr Barry Rose CBE. Between Jazz at Lunchtime with the Jimmy Hastings Quartet on Monday 14th March and the closing Festival Finale Concert by the Surrey Mozart Players on Saturday evening, there will be another 11 lunchtime and evening performances across a range of musical genres and experience at the Electric Theatre, from the young performers at Wednesday evening’s High Scorers’ Concert to stars of the Concert platform, including GSMF’s President, world famous clarinetist Michael Collins MBE. For full details go to www.gsmf.org.uk. You can get tickets from The Electric Theatre 01483 444789 or Guildford Tourist Information Centre 01483 444334. Putttenham and Wanborough Garden Club Tuesday 15th March 7.40 for 8pm Their spring programme opens with a talk by Belinda Allen on ‘Herbs and their uses, both culinary and medicinal’. Meetings are held at the Marwick Hall, School Lane, Puttenham GU3 1AS. This is an open meeting and nonmembers are most welcome. For more information about the club, go to the club website at www. puttenhamandwanboroughgardenclub.btck.co.uk. David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Here is a good news story. Supporters of this Shalford based wildlife charity have played a key part in conservation first by helping to fund the rescue, rehabilitation and release of a rare Amur (also known as Siberian) tiger that has now become a mother. Orphaned in 2012, the then 5-month old tigress named Zolushka (Russian for Cinderella) was found malnourished and with severe frostbite. Her chances of survival looked slim. With as few as 450 Amur tigers left in the wild, every tiger is vital to the continuation of this subspecies, the largest of all the big cats. The David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation has a long history of supporting Amur tigers and was part of an international coalition that worked to bring the species back from the brink of extinction in the 1990s when numbers crashed to around 100. Today, they continue to fund key tiger conservation projects in Russia, India and Thailand to protect wild tigers. You can find out February 2016

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