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MKL Spring 2019 K2 FLOORING K2 FLOORING 14-16 High Street,West Malling ME19 6QR 45-47 High Street, Swanley, Kent BR8 8AE 01732 870900 01322 667315 2 Mid Kent Living Editor’s Letter Welcome n the past few months, I have been Plus we meet the inspirational funeral director who firmly believes that borrowing our neighbours’ pet springer people should not want to live forever – but enjoy the life they’ve got. Ispaniel at the weekend to have some Plus there is much, much more as always. company on otherwise solo walks. If I walk All the best, eight miles, Humphrey runs about 800. He’ll take a ten minute dip in the River Len, Simon Finlay, Editor near Broomfield, after chasing around after a tennis ball in the local cricket ground. As we go through Leeds Castle’s parkland, one Simon senses the place is cranking up for a wonderful year of celebrations to mark the 900th birthday of this historic and beautiful treasure house. There are many, many things to look forward to in the coming months. So why not make a date for the Grand Medieval Joust on May 25, 26 and 27 or save July 27 and 28 in your diary for the spectacular 900 Carnival of History. There is a great deal more besides, much of which will be reflected in the pages of Mid Kent Living or our sister publication, the Downs Mail newspaper, and its website in 2019. In this season’s magazine, writer Dawn Kingsford got to meet Matthew Scott, Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner, who lifts the lid on a busy life at home and at police headquarters. The gardening experts at The Potted Garden share some insights into how to make the best of pots and planters this spring time. We also celebrate a double gong for a pair of restaurateurs who put “local” into everything they do. TWO COURSE TUESDAYS MENU 2019 5th February 2019 - 5th November 2019 £20 per adult £10 per child (3-12 years old) Free for under 3’s Win 6 adults Price includes admission and race card * tickets worth over *Race card for adults only £160£180 Enter our competition on 2-COURSE MENU page 70. Doors open at 5.30pm Desserts are available to purchase on the evening for £5 each. crayford.racing crayforddogs 01322 557836 | www.crayford.com | Stadium Way, Crayford, Kent DA1 4HR Mid Kent Living 3 Contents 28 27 22 Inside this issue… Interview Leisure & Tourism 7-9 Personality Profile: 22-23 A Great Day Out: Come and see what We find out what drives Kent Police is over the border in beautiful Rye and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Scott 27 Charity Runs: How to go for gold and raise cash 28 Gardens To Visit: Learn the celebrity Editor’s Choice connections to lovely Lullingstone Castle 30 Theatre: Abigail’s Party comes to Kent 11-19 A selection of hand-picked events and great days out around the county throughout the spring months Lifestyle 32-37 Good Food 39 Mind, Body and Soul 40 Hobbies 42-47 Senior Living 49-59 Homes & Gardens 61-66 Sales & Services 69 Motoring 70 Competitions 30 39 Where there’s a Mid Kent Will there’s a way Living Your Will can be a very powerful tool to help your loved ones. It can: Covering the Mid Kent area • Ensure your assets are left to the people you choose Mid Kent Living is published every three months • Protect your family - appoint guardians for with a free circulation in Maidstone, Medway, your children Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Malling, Ashford and • Save your family tax Sittingbourne. It is available at selected pick-up points throughout the area including major supermarkets. • Give you peace of mind, a very valuable commodity Subscription copies are posted (£8 annually). Just as you take expert advice when buying a new house or investment plan, it’s even more important to The Team take expert advice regarding your Will. Mid Kent Living is published by Mail Publications Ltd (which also publishes the Downs Mail newspaper), If you don’t have a Will – now is the time to discuss Forge House, Bearsted Green Business Park, Bearsted, your wishes. If you have a Will – does it still reflect your Maidstone, ME14 4DT. wishes and in a tax efficient way? To review your current Will at no charge contact T: 01622 630330 us today. E: [email protected] Canterbury 01227 643266 www.downsmail.co.uk Maidstone 01622 69801 Tenterden 01580 7675 Chairman: Claire Procter www.whitehead-monckton.co.uk Editor: Simon Finlay Whitehead Monckton Limited (no. 08366029), registered in Publishing Manager: Jo-Anne Brown England & Wales. Registered office 5 Eclipse Park, Sittingbourne Sales Manager: Bill Brett Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 3EN. Authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under no. 608279. Advertising Sales: Tel 01622 630330 DM2019 Mid Kent Living 5 Will Writing May Month 2019 A solicitor will prepare a new Will or update your existingWill, free of charge in return for a donation to Demelza Hospice Care for Children* For more information, please call Lisa Clark on 01795 845275, email [email protected] or visit: www.demelza.org.uk/willwriting *There is a suggested donation of £150 for an individual’s Will or £200 for a couple’s Will Registered Charity Number 1039651 Kent Premier Caravan Parks Thinking of moving to a park and downsizing? Want to live five minutes from miles of unspoilt beaches? 12 MONTHS OCCUPANCY - CHALET/BUNGALOW DEVELOPMENTS Prices start from £84,950 Imagine making the most of your equity and downsizing to live near beautiful beaches, coastal and country walks and a nearby nature reserve. Our purpose built chalet bungalows are perfectly designed for 12 month living. Our spacious parks are pet friendly and offer a seasonal heated swimming pool and are situated close to all local amenities and bus routes. 01795 510275 www.seaview-leysdown.co.uk 6 Mid Kent Living Personality Profile A force to be reckoned with … Mid Kent Living’s Dawn Kingsford met with the arresting Matthew Scott – the young champion of the public and the police when it comes to serving justice in Kent… devoted dad, with a love of rock music, law and order in Kent and, more importantly, and a £300million budget - at 34 years he’s a good listener. ofA age, Matthew Scott is no ordinary thirty- I met him after one of his many public something kinda guy. meetings – this time, in Leybourne near Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner – Maidstone – finding out exactly what people the country’s youngest PCC – has come far think of their police force and what they want with his seize-the-day attitude. from it. “I was never what you’d call a rebel, nor did I He admits crime-fighting in the last decade run through fields of wheat, but I was brought has changed massively. Budget cuts have seen up with a good moral code and a belief that the thin blue line stretched too thin, with an as long as you strive to do the right thing, you overwhelming workload on officers courting won’t go far wrong,” he says. criticism from the public. Appointed in 2016, the self-confessed Unfortunately, for him, the public feel romantic, with a taste for real ale and a very powerless, too, unaware of their right to palatable humour, he is the public’s voice on influence action through him. Everyone has the right to vote for their PCC, but many still do not understand the role and the dismal 15% turnout at the polls backs that up. “My approach has been to ‘get stuck in’ and talk to people to understand what they want from their police force” “My role is to keep Kent Police accountable and to set the direction of how crime is tackled in the county. Unfortunately, as a relatively new role, (PCCs replaced police authorities in 2012) many people don’t realise how I can influence policing in Kent, on their behalf. “My approach has been to ‘get stuck in’ and go and talk to people to understand what they Mathew with Kent’s Police Chief Constable Alan Pughsley think should be happening and how we can endeavour to meet that need.” Mid Kent Living 7 Personality Profile Matthew says talking to the public and police officers is the way to represent and influence the direction of the Force. He’s also a fan of social media and regularly who shares the demands of his job and being an important role while at school where he tweets his views, including those on his most a dad with wife Nina, who he describes as his considered teaching as a potential career recent move: to push through an increase in inspiration “who I’d be lost without”. The before being drawn into politics? the county council’s precept to fund more couple are also devoted to their 18-month-old Matthew, who was six when Margaret officers on our streets – another 180 officers at daughter, Georgina. Thatcher left Downing Street, added: “I suppose a price of £2 per month for a Band D property Matthew said: “Policing is a 24/7 job but I I can because while growing up and during my this year. do try to keep my working life and home life time at Westminster I was always attracted to He concedes: “It’s not my job to raise separate. It’s not always easy but my wife is politics as a way of really influencing things and council tax and I had sleepless nights over this, very supportive and I do the nursery run three making a difference to people’s lives and that has but it was the right thing to do.
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