YOUR JULY 2010

STORRINGTONwww.yourstorrington.co.uk 2 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk YOUR STORRINGTON J U LY 2 0 1 0 CONTENTS Welcome to the July issue of Your Storrington. So the sun is finally here – ish! Lets hope the sun decides to stay with us for 4. Local News a few more months yet. This months magazine is jam packed with lots of information, news and local articles for you enjoy. 5. Local News Barbecues should now be in full operation all over Storrington 9. Recipe and instead of cooking the usual sausages, chicken and burgers why not try something different? Our Recipe of the Month 12. Out & About in July is Barbecued Mackerel. Have a go, get creative and try this delightful dish. 13. Out & About in July Once you have served up your beautifully cooked Mackerel it 16. Out & About in July is then time to relax with a good book in the sun. We have a great selection of books to choose from on the Book Reviews 18. Book Reviews page.

20. Q&A Lorraine Hannah is month’s Q&A. Lorraine is a STOTT Pilates practitioner and personal trainer who lives locally and 26. Local News has a great passion for health and fitness. 27. Local News Wales owns some of the most beautiful countryside in the UK. 29. Local News Contained inside the rolling hills are many castles, each one with a different story to tell. Have a read of the Travel article 30. Travel to see if you can be tempted to visit one of them. 34. Sussex Wildlife Trust Have you ever looked up to the sky and wondered how birds sleep when on long flights? I know I have! Take a look at our 37. Restaurant Review article from the Sussex Wildlife Trust to find out. 42. Index This months front cover artwork was painted by Judy Seal. Judy is a local artist who works using oils on canvas and boards. To find out more about Judy go to page 27 where there are also contact details for details about her work. Some of her pieces are on display at Vintage Rose.

Do you always find yourself going to the same restaurants time after time with friends and family? If you fancy a change then the Sylvan Oak could be the answer. It is a delightful restaurant to be found in Findon. Once you have a read it will surely be top of your list for places to eat!

I hope you enjoy reading the magazine and have a good July.

Melanie

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Key events are the Steyning Scandal Walk with Dr Janet Pennington on Tuesday July 27, and a visit to Hardham and Greatham Churches with Robin Milner-Gulland on Thursday August 19.

A stewards’ lunch will be held on Monday July 19, by per- sonal invitation of the committee for stewards and helpers of the museum.

Two children’s days will take place in August, and the new exhibition will also be unveiled. More details to come SUMMER PLANT SALE IN AID OF nearer the time. THE MARY HOW TRUST These are all planned and supported by our voluntary “If you would be happy all your life, plant a garden”. So curatorial team and stewards, and we are always looking says the traditional Chinese proverb, and shoppers took a for more help. leaf out of the proverb book and flocked to the Mary How Trust plant sale on Saturday 22 May. Please contact us if you have: Time to spare to be a steward Held in the grounds of Horsham’s Unitarian Church, the Memories of Storrington and the surrounding parishes and sale offered an abundance of plants to suit all gardens. would like to come to one of the memory meetings (with From glorious hellebores and white scented jasmine, to de- tea / coffee and cake) lightful assorted annuals and delicious tomatoes and runner Objects of historical interest tied to a local story (remember beans, the array of plants was remarkable, and appealed to that the 1970s is now viewed as history) expert as well as novice gardeners. Or just want to let us know something of local import

The plants were all donated by green-fingered supporters The museum can be reached at: telephone 01903 740188, of the Mary How Trust. The event’s organiser, Suzanne email us at [email protected], or visit us at the Charles, of Sanctuary Lane, Storrington, spent months Old School, School Lane, Storrington. Opening times are growing more than 500 plants to donate to the sale. “I’m a Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm. big supporter of the Mary How Trust, and I’m a very keen gardener, so a plant sale seemed the perfect way to raise More information can be found at our website www.stor- funds for their amazing work”, explained Suzanne. “I’m ringtonmuseum.org. very grateful for all the support I’ve received from friends and fellow gardening enthusiasts.” WIN A HOLE-IN-1 AND The plant sale raised nearly £500 for the Mary How Trust’s DRIVE OFF IN STYLE! health screening service, which aims to spot the early signs The Mary How Trust’s 3rd Annual Golf Tournament has a of serious illnesses such as bowel cancer, diabetes, prostate treat in store for golfers: a fabulous Hole-In-1 prize of an cancer and abdominal aortic aneurysm. Audi A3 Sportback – worth £18,000!

On behalf of the Mary How Trust, Roanne Moore-Loizides Kindly sponsored by PMA Motor Factors of Cranleigh, thanked those who had donated plants to the sale. Com- there are three additional luxury Hole-In-1 prizes to be won, menting on the strength of support received from the local including a four-day golf holiday for two at the 5-Star Le community for this event, Roanne thanked sponsors B&Q Méridien Penina Golf & Resort in Portugal. Worthing, Wyevale Pulborough, and Shoots Garden Centre for their donation of compost; as well as the Storrington This prestigious event also offers a great day of golf, a deli- Horticultural Society for donating several hundred plant cious lunch, grand raffle and generous prizes for the winning pots, and the Horsham Unitarian Church for their support teams. Golfers of all levels are welcome. The golf tourna- and hospitality. ment will take place at the West Chiltington Golf Club on Thursday 15 July. The Mary How Trust will have a plant stall at Parham’s Garden Weekend on 10 and 11 July. Tickets are on sale now for teams of four players. Prices have been held at 2009 rates: non-members of the West STORRINGTON MUSEUM NEWS Chiltington Golf Club pay £45 per person; club members At Storrington and South Downs Museum we are moving pay £32.50 per person. beyond the excitement of our refurbishment and reopen- ing, and looking forward to the summer programme and Many local businesses sponsor this high-profile event. activities. Roanne Moore-Loizides, marketing and fundraising manager

4 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk LO C A L N E W S of the Mary How Trust, says “The support we receive from Woodlarks are singing, nightjars are churring and there has Sussex businesses is a fantastic boost, and helps us to con- even been a lesser spotted woodpecker heard drumming on tinue offering health screenings to 1100 people a year. If you the Heathland restoration area. Scarce breeding birds such would like to learn more about the great opportunities we as woodcock, spotted flycatcher, nightjar and woodlark offer to our sponsors, we’d be delighted to hear from you.” have all been putting on a show at Pulborough Brooks For further details about the Annual Golf Tournament, and over the last month. Another welcome sound has been the to book your place, please call the Mary How Trust on drumming display of the lesser spotted woodpecker. This 08452-410956 or visit the News and Events page at www. is the smallest and rarest of the three woodpeckers that maryhowtrust.org are resident in Britain. Found mainly in open woods and copses, it tends to frequent the tops of trees, searching The Mary How Trust is proud to take part in: The 17th An- for larvae, spiders and wood-boring insects on smaller nual Garden Weekend at Parham House, Sat 10/Sun 11 July branches. This spring has seen an unprecedented number 2010. Visit our stall for a lovely selection of annual and of sightings of these elusive birds at Pulborough Brooks, perennial flowering plants. delighting many visitors.

Regular bingo evening in aid of the Mary How Trust for Pete Hughes, RSPB warden said: “All these species prefer Cancer Prevention – Mon July 5th and on the first Monday open woodland, heathland and parkland. Our work over the of every month. Only 50p entry. Great prizes; raffle & re- last five years to remove some of the conifer plantation and freshments - and fun for everyone!. Doors open 7 pm Play the thinning and coppicing of the deciduous woodland has starts at 7:30 pm. Ravenscroft Guide & Community Centre, resulted in these specialised species moving in – exactly the Browns Lane, Storrington RH20 4LG result we were after.”

Bingo page: www.maryhowtrust.org Click on ‘News & Events’. Another species which has benefited from this work is the nightjar. These rather strange migrant birds make an almost mechanical whirring sound – known as ‘Churring’. HAVING FUN IN THE SPRING TIME Beautifully camouflaged during the day, they nest on the AT RSPB PULBOROUGH BROOKS ground in open woodland and heaths, taking to the air at With the BBC’s ever-popular Springwatch series returning dusk in search of moths and other flying insects. to our screens in early June, visitors to RSPB Pulborough Brooks nature reserve will be able to join in with all the Pete Hughes added: “Now is a fantastic time to visit the springtime fun at the reserve’s Springwatch Weekend on reserve to find these species, alongside other songsters, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June. such as nightingales, blackcaps and garden warblers, as well as to explore the Heathland trails for a wide variety of Staff and volunteers will be on hand throughout the other wildlife.” weekend to help you discover the wonderful wildlife of Pulborough Brooks through a variety of activities. For more information on RSPB Pulborough Brooks, go to www.rspb.org.uk/pulboroughbrooks Sam Stokes, RSPB Visitor Officer said: “Spring is a great time of year to visit Pulborough Brooks as the reserve is really beginning to come alive.” MATHS HELP IS HERE! Use the summer to catch up and get ahead! Is your child finding Maths difficult? Don’t worry - help is here! “The hedgerows are a hive of activity as many different species of birds start to raise their young and the heathland Sometimes children just need a little help at various times is carpeted in a spectacle of springtime flowers.” in their school careers. Here at Kip McGrath we have a team of friendly, dedicated teachers who are able to The Springwatch fun weekend starts on Saturday 5 June pinpoint exactly what an individual needs and help them to until Sunday 6 June from 11 am until 3 pm each day. build up their confidence. It is so important to understand All activities are free, just the usual nature trail entry the basics in Maths and then build on these skills. So fee applies. The reserve is located off the A283 between often children find Maths hard because they have just not Pulborough and Storrington. For more information about understood some early concepts. A little time spent going the reserve or any events, please contact RSPB Pulbor- over these areas can really boost confidence and be the ough Brooks on 01798 875851 or email pulborough. stepping stones for more complex work. [email protected] We will be running some special summer holiday sessions SOUNDS LIKE HARD WORK AT in August at reduced prices to boost Maths skills for children of all ages. Please ring Penny Spokes on 01903 RSPB PULBOROUGH BROOKS 744517 or e-mail [email protected] for more If you visit RSPB Pulborough Brooks right now you will information and dates . Help with English and spelling be able to listen to the results of years of heathland and is also available! Please see ad on page 21 for more woodland restoration work. information.

Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 5 6 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 7 8 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk RECIPE OF THE MONTH BARBECUED MACKEREL As its barbeque season I thought I’d offer you an idea for Mackerel – it’s inexpensive and delicious and perfect for the BBQ. But before you fire up the barbecue, here are a couple of things to remember on grilling fish. The first is that sea- food requires less marinating time than meat. No more than 20 minutes, any longer and the acids (citrus juice/vinegar) will ‘cook’ the fish.

If the fish sticks, leave it cook for a couple of more minutes and it will be easier to turn, but try not to turn it more than once. Firm fish like mackerel & monkfish can be put directly onto the well oiled grate, more delicate white fish fillets could be placed on foil to prevent them breaking up.

Take prawns off a barbeque just as they turn pinky red & opaque. Overall cooking times will depend on the size of the fish. If the fish is translucent inside, give it a couple or more minutes. Try and cook the mackerel on the day you buy it and keep it on the bone rather than fillet it. Because it is an oily fish it goes well with bold herbs like rosemary.

Ingredients 4 whole mackerel, gutted (one per person) Handful of rosemary sprigs & 8 cloves of garlic Rosemary-infused olive oil, to drizzle Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 lemons, halved

1. Preheat the barbecue or grill. Wash the mackerel well and dry both the inside and outside of the fish with kitchen paper. Score the skin of each fish with a few diagonal slashes on both sides and fill with the sprigs of rosemary. 2. Put two cloves of garlic and another couple of sprigs of rosemary into each fish. Season all over with salt and pepper and a generous drizzle of rosemary-infused oil. 3. Lay the fish on top of the hot barbecue or grill and cook for about 5 minutes until the flesh is firm and opaque. Care- fully turn over the fish and grill for another 4-5 minutes until cooked through. Add the lemon halves to the barbecue, cut side down, for a couple of minutes to lightly caramelise. 4. Serve each fish with a caramelised lemon half and a drizzle more of rosemary oil.

In season in July Fruit & Nuts: Apricots, Blackcurrants, Blueberries, Cherries, Gooseberries, Loganberries, Raspberries, Redcurrants, Rhubarb, Strawberries, White Currants Vegetables & Herbs: Aubergine, Beetroot, Broad Beans, Carrots, Cauliflower, Courgettes, Fennel, French Beans, Garlic, Globe Artichokes, Horseradish, Kohlrabi, Lamb’s Lettuce, Lettuce, Onions, Pak Choi, Peas, Potatoes, Radishes, Rocket, Samphire, Sorrel, Spinach, Tomatoes, Watercress Fungi: Chanterelles Meat & Game: Lamb, Rabbit, Wood Pigeon Fish: Brown Trout, Clams, Crab, Crayfish, Grey Mullet, Lobster, Mackerel, Pike, Pilchards, Pollack, Rainbow Trout, Scallops, Sea Bass, Sea Trout

Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 9 10 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 11 OUT & ABOUT IN JULY Children’s Yoga at the Yoga Garden A fun, challenging and dynamic Yoga class specifically KIDS designed for children to help them develop physical and emotional skills for life. Ideal for boys and girls ages 8 – 16. Mondays at 4:30 – 5:30pm – Come and try a free session! Contact Nina on 01903 892797 or for further details about classes and workshops visit www.theyogagarden.co.uk Storytime at Vintage Rose Café & Bookshop Storrington Slammers Saturdays: 11am & 2pm – Storytime at Storrington’s Local basketball training for the under 18s Storrington delightful children’s bookshop Vintage Rose. One School Hill, Slammers team. Anyone keen on basketball and between the Storrington, RH20 4NA. Tel: (01903) 744100 ages of 15-18 welcome. The sessions take place every Friday at Chanctonbury Leisure Centre from 6.30pm. First session Mucky Pups free. For more info please call Richard on 07974 237069. Where kids have messy fun and we clean up! The original art and craft club for children and their carers. West Chiltington Junior Badminton - St Marys Church Hall Tuesdays 10.00-11.00am. Please book Every Thursday from 4pm – 4.55pm at Chanctonbury Leisure in advance. Contact Fiona for more info on 01903 746860 or Centre. £3 members / £4.20 non-members. For details call the 07725 409314. www.mucky-pups.com Leisure Centre on (01903) 746070.

Jiminy’s After School Club 1st Storrington Company Site address: Storrington First School, Spierbridge Road, The Boys Brigade and Girls Association for 5 -16+ years meet Storrington RH20 4PG. For more information Tel.: 07866 Wednesdays at 6.45 - 8.15pm at Trinity Methodist Church Hall 086881 or Email: [email protected] Thakeham Road.

Thesbies 2nd Storrington Guides Dance & Theatre arts class for 5 to 11 year olds. Held every The 2nd Storrington Guides (please note there is no 1st Saturday from 10am to 11.30am at the Cootham Village Storrington Guides!) meet at the Ravenscroft Guide and Hall. Call Rozalind on (01903) 746993 for more information. Community Centre, Browns Lane, Storrington every Booking essential. Wednesday evening from 6.45pm-8.15pm. For more details please contact Lesley Fielding on 01903 746731 or visit www. Sounds Fun storringtonguides.org.uk A music group for babies and their carers. All babies from 0-2.5 years welcome. Storrington village hall. 2nd Storrington Brownies Ravenscroft Guide & Community Centre, Browns Lane. For Wednesdays and Thursdays, Babies and Carers - 0-3 years. more details please contact Mrs Dorman on 07815 094848. 9.30 - 10.30am and 10.30 - 11.30am. No advance booking. £5. 1st Sullington & Storrington Scout Group Tuesdays Independent Sounds Funners. 2.5-4.5 years. 2.45 The Parminter Scout Centre, Sullington Parish Hall, Thakeham - 3.30pm. Please book in advance. £5. Road, Storrington. For general information please contact the Group Scout Leader, Mark Owen, on 01903 745356. For Storrington Baby and Toddler Group membership please call Georgina Colenutt on 01903 745759. A drop-in baby and toddler group which takes place in the Trinity Methodist Church on Tues & Thurs 10am-12pm, even through school holidays! Cost £2 per family. For Further info CHARITABLE SERVICE please call Sarah on 01903 746353. ORGANISATIONS Storrington Chapel Toddler Group Storrington Area Help Scheme A drop-in toddler group for your pre-schools which takes Help with transport to medical appointments Mondays - place in Storrington Chapel every Wednesday from 9.30am Fridays. Phone the office between 9am and 12noon Tel: 01903 – midday. 742124 Storrington and District Round Table YOUTH ACTIVITIES Storrington and District Round Table meet on the 2nd and Skateboarders trips to skate parks with Splash Youth! 4th Thursday of the month at The Crown Inn, Cootham Young skateboarders and BMXers will have the opportunity to from 7.45pm for 8.15. For more details please visit www. access the district’s best Skate parks from Friday 18th June to storringtonroundtable.org.uk Friday 30th July 2010. Splash and Horsham District Council have come together to deliver this unique service to Storrington StART - Storrington Area Responder Team young people at the cost of £1 per journey. Whilst the project StART is a team of local volunteers who are trained by will initially be visiting Horsham Skatepark, the users will SECAMB (South East Coast Ambulance Service). StART is a have the opportunity to shape the service and will also be able service offered to Storrington residents free of charge but their have their say about facilities for young people in Storrington expensive equipment has to be bought with donations. You and the wider villages. Spaces will be given on a first come, can support StART by making a donation, raising funds or by first served basis and are available from the Youth Drop In. For becoming a responder. For further information ring 01903 more information see the Splash Youth Facebook page: www. 740583 or visit www.storringtonresponders.org.uk facebook.com/splashyouth

12 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk OUT & ABOUT IN JULY Chanctonbury Lions Club Chanctonbury Lions Club meets at the The Ashington Club, Also do look at our website: www.storringtonbowlsclub.com Red Lion Lane, Ashington on the 2nd Thursday of each Month at 8pm. For more information and membership details please Storrington Squash Club contact Malcolm Biggs on 01903 743847. SSC was established in 1981 and is in an idyllic setting at the foot of the South Downs next to the tennis club in Greyfriars Rotary Club of Storrington Lane Storrington. It is a friendly and vibrant club offering The Rotary Club of Storrington meets at West Chiltington Golf three championship courts and catering for all age groups and Club on Mondays – 7pm for 7.30pm. For more information abilities. Coaching is also available. There is a licensed bar and membership details contact Club Secretary David Lowe, which also offers excellent food, bar snacks, teas, coffees and on 01403 784653. soft drinks. Open from 9.30am every day until late evening. Please call the membership secretary on (01903) 745134 for SPORTS & more details. Storrington Camera Club LEISURE Exhibition of members’ photographs on display with members in attendance to assist visitors with any photographic problems they may have encountered.

The exhibition is at the Village hall Storrington on Saturday West Sussex Adult & Community Learning Service July 17th from 10-00am till 4-00 pm Coming soon! Our new brochure for 2010/11 should be available from the end of June. We will be offering a wide Storrington Camera club would welcome any potential new range of courses for the local community, and offer many ways members. to support your learning. For a free copy please contact: 01903 744129 or 08456010161 or visit our website: westsussex.gov. Meetings are held from September till May on the 1st and 3rd uk/adulteducation. Thursday at the Leisure Centre Storrington from 7-30 till 10-00

Storrington Horticultural Society For more information visit www.storringtoncc.org.uk See local posters for event details. Starts 7:30pm – Storrington Village Hall. Admission £1.50 – non-members very welcome. Southdown Gliding Club For more information about Storrington Horticultural Society Learn to fly and become a Glider Pilot at one of the leading please Email Janet Webber:- [email protected] or phone and most respected Gliding clubs in the UK. Based at Parham Brenda Haddon. 01903 743256. Airfield, the club has a large fleet of club and private gliders. Their facilities and gliding instructors can cater for absolute Storrington Circle Dance Group beginners to experienced cross-country glider pilots. For more Every Thursday at Storrington and Sullington Parish information, call Jackie Williams on 01903 742137 or look at Hall, Thakeham Road, Storrington, from 2.15 - 4.15 pm. their website www.sgc1.org Newcomers always welcome. £5 per person. For more information call Sue Kewley on 01903 744929. Chanctonbury Sport & Leisure, Spierbridge Rd, Storrington For information about all fitness classes, gym and many other SADCASE (Storrngton And District Classic And Sportscar activities please call in or phone 01903 746070 Enthusiasts) A club aimed at like minded individuals that are petrol heads. Storrington Football Club Sadcase will organise local meetings in the area details of For details about fixtures please visit www.storringtonfc.com which will be posted on the website. We cater for all types of vehicle. If you love it then so do we! NO membership fees, NO Pulborough Computer Club committee to tell you what to do just a bunch of SADCASES Tuesday 6th July 2010 - Back to Basics – Essential knowledge getting together for a natter. Please take a look at the website for managing a home computer. (Jim Noble) WWW.SADCASE.CO.UK Tuesday 20th July 2010 - “We really like free” A look at a Storrington Bowling Club mixed bag of FREE programmes which are available for you to Why not have a try at bowls? It is great fun, easy to learn and download from the Web (Lesley Cutting) you will meet some really nice people. Like many games, the object of bowls is essentially simple. It can be played by Rother Hall – Pulborough Village Hall. Starts 7.30pm. Each anyone, but to play consistently well demands determination, meeting consists of a tutorial, a refreshment break (included concentration and practice. in meeting fee) and a question and answer session when we advise on problems. New Members welcome ranging from the Storrington Bowling Club is a thriving, friendly, mixed club terrified newcomer to the experienced user. Come along to one and welcomes new or experienced bowlers: men, ladies, and session see what it is all about, before deciding if you would juniors. Our green can be found in the central part of the like to join. There is a meeting fee of £1. If you attend again, village (West Street, RH20 4EE) adjacent to the Storrington we’ll also expect you to pay the annual £5 membership fee. For Social Club. more information log on to www.pcclub.org.uk

For more information, contact any of the following: Jackie Tai Chi Francksen 01903 745946; David Ogley 01798 815343; John Mondays at the Trinity Methodist Hall, Storrington Rimmer 01903 744832. Beginners/Improvers – 9.30am – 11am. Advanced – 11.15am Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 13 14 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 15 OUT & ABOUT IN JULY – 12.30pm * Leechpool/Owlbeech Woods car park, Harwood Road, For more information please call (01903) 744129. leaving at 4.15 pm, 1.8 miles to the Rugby Club arriving at 5.00 pm for tea/coffee and cake. Priory Art Group * Free parking. No dogs please. Frequent bus service between Thursdays at The Priory, Monastery Lane, Storrington between town and Holbrook Club. Free transport provided back to other 9.30am and 12 noon. Attendees paint in all mediums, on starting points. Please ring 01403 215269 or 250511 to let us subjects of their choosing, under the guidance of local qualified know you will be walking or for further information. art teacher Pierre d’Angelo. All abilities welcome. For further Optional donations on the day to British Heart Foundation information please contact Jan Maunder on (01903) 742237. please

Sullington Monday club for the over 60s Thursday, 26th August, 10.00am: Various 4 to 5 mile Mondays from 2-4pm at Trinity Methodist Church Hall circular walks, some stiles and moderate slopes, incorporating Thakeham Road. Come for an afternoon of fun, meet new windmills, vineyards, llamas and good views of the South friends, enjoy a cup of tea and a chat. Minibus transport Downs. Meet at the West Chiltington Village Hall car park, available. For further information contact Chris or Margaret Mill Road (RH20 2PZ, TQ 083179). No dogs. 2 hours. Leader Hawes on 01798 813059. Sue 01403 255710

Millennium Bridge Club Wednesdays at Storrington Village Hall 1.30pm-4.30pm. MUSIC, THEATRE & DANCE Sandgate Singers present a ‘Night on Broadway’ featuring Storrington Duplicate Bridge Club favourite melodies and songs from the shows. Saturday 10th Tuesdays at Storrington Club from 7.15pm. July at Rydon College, Rock Road, Storrington 7.30 pm. Tickets £10 to include our traditional strawberries and bubbly. Storrington Lawn Tennis Club Box Office: The Card Shop Storrington or phone 01798 SLTC was established in 1939 and is nestled in the idyllic 813088. foothills of the South Downs in Greyfriars Lane Storrington close to the Monastery. They are a friendly, vibrant, welcoming Latin American Dance club offering superb facilities for all age groups and abilities. Thursdays from 8.30pm – 9.30pm at Chanctonbury Leisure Please call the membership secretary on 01798 812522 for Centre. All abilities welcome. £4.30 members / £5.80 non- further details or visit www.storringtontennisclub.co.uk. members. Call centre for more information on (01903) 746070.

Storrington Sports and Social Club 28 West Street, Storrington. Regular events and entertainment GENERAL including Friday night’s quiz night. Storrington District Museum Storrington Museum is housed in the Old School House, Horsham District Council Health Walks School Lane, Storrington. All welcome to guided, free, sociable, HDC walks led by trained volunteers; no need to book, just turn-up at the start Opening times 10am-4pm on Wednesdays, Saturdays and point (if you are new to our scheme please arrive 15 minutes Sundays, and more information is available on the website before the start time for registration). Programme booklet www.storringtonmuseum.org. Call Trisha Cook 01903 746276. containing over 250 walks is available by contacting the Walks Co-ordinator on 01403 215269 or by downloading Storrington Country Market from the website (enter Horsham DC Walks on a search site, Every Friday 9.00 - 10.45 in Storrington Village Hall e.g. Google). Beginners are recommended to contact the Our new opening times have proved very popular, bringing in Walk Leader to discuss suitability. Forthcoming walks in the new customers. If you haven’t yet visited us why not come Storrington & Sullington Parish are as follows:- along and see what you are missing. We have a large range of home-made cakes, savouries and preserves, eggs, some very Thursday, 22nd July, 10.00am: Various 4 to 5 mile circular special crafts including soaps and skin creams, cards, and lots walks, some stiles and moderate slopes, incorporating of new spring plants. After your shopping you can have coffee windmills, vineyards, llamas and good views of the South and biscuits and a chat. Downs. Meet at the West Chiltington Village Hall car park, Mill Road (RH20 2PZ, TQ 083179). No dogs. 2 hours. Leader We are always looking for new producers to join us. If you Sue 01403 255710 have anything home-produced that you would like to sell please come and discuss it with us. The market is entirely run Saturday, 14th August: Horsham Riverside. Everyone by volunteers. All the proceeds, less 10% which we use for welcome to our special charity walk to celebrate 10 years of running costs, are returned to the producers. HDC Health Walks and to help raise funds for the BHF. Flat circular walk, partly on surfaced footpaths, through woodland, Storrington Film Nights pastures and farmland, going clockwise completely around A programme of films for Storrington promoted and organised Horsham. Various starting/finishing points and times providing by The Rotary Club of Storrington will resume in September. distances between 2 and 12 miles as follows:- For further information please contact Ken Collins on 01903 * Horsham Rugby Club, Hammerpond Road, leaving at 10.00 740745, or Tony Vaughan on 01903 740633 am, 2.6 miles to St Mary’s Church, The Causeway, leaving at 11.15 am, 3.4 miles to If any of the information in these pages is incorrect or * Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane, lunch available at 1.00 your club or event is not listed please email Joss Cowan at pm, leaving at 2.00 pm, 4.3 miles to [email protected] to ensure that we have correct

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FEEL-GOOD BOOKS FOR SUMMER Unfortunately, the British summer isn’t all it’s cracked up to be – and if the last couple are anything to go by, you may want to think twice before stockpiling charcoal for the BBQ and slathering yourself with factor 40. With this in mind, we’ve put together a selection of feel-good reads for summertime, to while away the hours whether you’re outside in blissful sunshine or inside, out of the drizzle.

Stories to Get You Through the from the beautiful young Elfine to strange old Aunt Ada Night with an introduction by Helen Doom (who hasn’t left her bedroom in two decades), Dunmore Flora sets about ‘putting things right’. This comic novel is A comforting, soulful book that’s uplifting, funny and charmingly sweet. rich with classical, fantastic literature to keep you company on a hot Yes Man by Danny Wallace summer’s night. From The Brothers Dumped by his girlfriend and slowly becoming a recluse, Grimm to Oscar Wilde, Wilkie Danny is offered three words of advice on a late-night bus Collins to Martin Amis, each tale is ride which transform his life: ‘Say yes more’. And so he inspirational, moving, uplifting and does, to every favour, request and suggestion - and here we delightful – embracing love, hope learn of the adventures which unfold as a result. Yes Man and the supernatural, to provide the perfect tonic to life’s is brilliant, uplifting and awakening as to how the simplest hustle and bustle. of changes can turn our lives around.

How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life by Bernadette Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist Strachan Shere in Andalucia by Chris Stewart When Ruby’s comfortable, high-maintenance existence Ex-Genesis drummer Chris Stewart is snatched away along with her husband, she soon learns leaves Blighty behind and heads that aside from his fraud charges, he’s also been keeping a off to Andalucia – a rustic, rocky mistress and son on the side. As her world falls apart, her existence full of rural and remote friends pick her up, dust her down, and soon she’s back charm. As an antidote to the author’s on her feet with a new business venture and an optimistic blissful world of discovery, Chris’s view on life’s possibilities. Easy, light-hearted and full of wife soon arrives on the scene, fantastic characters, this is a simple sassy read that ladies loaded with a no-nonsense attitude will love. and providing an unsentimental point of view which sets this title apart from other travel Cold Comfort Farm by Stella books. Ultimately, Driving Over Lemons delivers a lovely, Gibbons affectionate account of their life in this beautiful place. This brilliant 1937 classic parodies Victorian novels, providing a The Love Letter by Cathleen Schine subtle, humorous read with a This novel captures the first flushes of love beautifully, host of brilliant one-liners and when a feisty 42-year old divorced mother falls for a man unforgettable characters. Flora less than half her age. Elegantly written and passionate, arrives on Cold Comfort Farm, to the chemistry revealed within the pages of this title forms find herself amongst the strange and the perfect paperback holiday romance. A delightfully dysfunctional Starkadders. Taking sunny and guilt-free pleasure! each member of the family in hand,

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LORRAINE HANNAH

Lorraine is a STOTT Pilates Practitioner/ Personal Trainer and Life coach (www.personaltrainingwithlor- raine.co.uk ) who works in the local area and lives in Storrington. She is passionate about Health and fitness and living life to the full.

- lived in Storrington - I moved to Storrington the - last purchase - BBQ and patio set; ready for the week before Christmas this year, not easy with all great summer we are going to have! the snow we had! I originally came from Kent but - worst habit - wanting things to be tidy all the time have now lived in West Sussex for 21 years, firstly and things being in there correct place, something Cowfold then Ashington, a short time in Steyning my boys are always moaning at. and now settled in Storrington...... I am a real village - motto - love and be good to yourself, a happy girl. person will appear. - achievements - walking up Mount Snowdon - motivation - I am very lucky to have a job that to raise much needed funds for RAFT a cancer I am passionate about, I get a great feeling of research charity. I have a big fear of heights, but achievement when my clients reach their goals with lots of support from friends managed to get the whether it be weight loss or cycling Lands end to top and back down again! John a groats in 7 days and not being challenged. - perfect Sunday afternoon - walking up to the My motivation is getting people living a full life and downs and having a pub lunch along the way. enjoying themselves. Spending some time looking at the beautiful - any habits you would change - learn to relax and countryside we are blessed to have in this area. slow down a bit, forget about things needing to be - best advice you have been given - be honest, tidy and clean. I am working on this with the help of sincere and be yourself. Live life to the full as if it a special friend, it is coming surprisingly easy. was your last and have no regrets. - Storrington in three words - friendly community & - greatest love in your life - my boys, family and a spirit special friend. 20 DELIVEREDTo advertise FREE in Your StorringtonTO HOMES please call 01903IN STEYNING 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk EACH MONTH DELIVERED FREE TO HOMES IN STEYNING EACH MONTH Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 21 22 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 23 24 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 25 LO C A L N E W S STORRINGTON & SULLINGTON down from office, and 1 offered himself for re-election. Peter Herbertson did not stand again and was warmly COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP thanked by the Chairman for all his work for the Membership is now well above 50 with volunteers active Partnership and the village. in several different projects for the benefit of our village community. The Partnership Board now consists of Paul Mackie, re-elected Chairman and a Trustee, Mrs Heather Walker The Traffic Action Team’s Campaign Plan has been Vice Chairman and Trustee, David Wright, a Trustee accepted by the Parish Council. An ex-Met. Traffic and Mrs Catherine Hodgson, the Company Secretary, Police officer is a member of the group, and working who had previously been appointed a Trustee. The contacts with the Police and Statutory agencies have been Company Treasurer is Mr Daniel Hobbs who also serves established. The Team is pursuing various speeding alert on the Board. The documents presented to the AGM are and monitoring initiatives and air pollution monitoring available on the website, via the Partnership page in the village roads is underway. 40% of the speeding at http://www.storrington.org.uk/community_partnership. infringements on the village roads are by local residents. phtml Please set a better example to those ‘foreigners’ rushing through the village!! The Parish Council and the Partnership have formed a new Working and Liaison group, consisting of 3 members The JobCentreplus trial, through February and April with each from their organisations. Their principal task will 5 visits by the mobile unit stationed in Place Villerest be to review actual, planed and potential new activities went very well, with 30 to 50 drop-ins on each occasion for the benefit of the village and to consult widely in the by Job seekers and prospective employers alike. The process. The aim will be to produce a new draft Action Mobile unit has now moved on to other villages but we Plan. are trying to establish a JobCentrePLus service operating from our Community Hub in Forge House on Mondays. Anyone interested to support the village through local However the Mobile Unit will make 2 further visits in volunteer action would be very welcome to join the June and July. Partnership. If you are considering engaging more fully in Community A Transport Project is about to get underway to assist Action, do ‘phone Paul Mackie (01903 745 669) or local people with information about public, private and Heather Walker (01798 812882) for a chat. community transport.

The Environment Action Team held a Public Information CHILDREN & evening about the proposed Greening Campaign for FAMILY CENTRE Storrington, there will be a stand on the subject at the From 1st April Spurgeons forthcoming Village Day on the 26th of June and the started the process of Campaign will be officially launched on the 10th of July developing the new Children in the Village Centre. & Family Centre. We are temporarily operating out of Forge House. Currently the refurbishment of the new Spurgeons have now taken over the running of the Children & Family Centre in West Street Storrington is Children and Families Centre in Forge House whilst the progressing well. We hope to be in our new premises premises at 24-26 West Street are being refurbished. before the end of the summer. The move to there will likely take place in early July. Meanwhile, the Partnership will continue to promote and We would love to hear from you with any ideas for the co-ordinate other community service support activities in new centre. What would you like to see happening? the Forge House Community Hub on Mondays. We are now visiting the groups and activities in our area The Partnership’s Annual General Meeting on the 12th so hope to see you there. of May was a lively event with 33 participating. The Annual Report had been previously sent to the 50+ paid We will be taking part in the activities at: Family Fun Day –up members of the Partnership and the Accounts were Sat 19th June 1 -4pm, Dalesdown Centre Near Horsham adopted. Project reports were given, and an interesting Also at: Village Day Sat 26th June 2 – 9pm talk was given by Jeremy Leggett, the Chief Executive of Action in Rural Sussex on 10 Rural Priorities for WHAT’S ON 2010. (this excellent paper can be seen at http://www. MONDAY ruralsussex.org.uk/assets/assets/AirSruralpriorities2010. Storrington and Sullington Community Hub pdf ). Opening Times 10.00am – 4.00pm

In accordance with the Constitution, 2 Trustees stepped

26 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk LO C A L N E W S TUEDAY FRONT COVER ARTIST Information for Families 10.00am – 12.00pm Come and have a coffee and find out about what is JUDY SEAL available for you and your family in the local area Judy was born in Young Parents: 9.00am – 12.00pm Alternate weeks Essex in 1967 and Citizens Advice Bureau: Apps only 10.00am –1.00pm attended art college First Tues month in Rochester, Kent. Liaise – debt & benefit advice 2.00pm – 4.00pm She then went on to attain a degree WEDNESDAY Community Midwife Clinic by appointment in Illustration at Health Visitor – Health Checks 9.30am – 12.00pm Kingston University. Upon leaving college Judy Baby Clinic Apps 12.30pm – 1.30pm worked successfully as an illustrator before being Baby Clinic – Drop in 2.00pm – 3.30pm encouraged to sell her paintings at a gallery in Canterbury. Judy has held many one woman shows THURSDAY and has also sold work in Canada and the USA. Information for Families 10.00am – 12.00pm Come and have a coffee and find out about what is She work in oils on canvas and board, drawing available to you and your family in the local area inspiration from the rich variety of life and Sussex Police(PCSO) Drop in 10.00am – 12.00pm landscape in and around the South Downs. Her Family Support Worker Drop in 10.00am – 12.00pm paintings sometimes evoke a nostalgic feel. Judy Monthly no appointment needed is increasingly busy with privately commissioned Rise – Domestic Abuse Drop in 12.30pm – 2.30pm work and lives in Fittleworth with her husband and Every 2nd Thursday of month two sons, painting in a small studio, in a woodland garden... FRIDAY Information for Families 10.00am – 12.00pm For further information you can contact Judy on Come and have a coffee and find out about what is 07748 866834 available for you and your family in the local area

Stepping Stones Support group for new mums Starting Friday 11th June Community Midwife Clinic by appointment Baby Friendly Space The centre offers a baby friendly space with breast feeding & nappy changing facilities available free of charge

Please come and see us at Forge House with your ideas.

Contact Details Manager: Al Evans Information Assistants: Donna Crawford & Jan Evans Outreach Worker: Heather Wyeth Storrington Children & Family Centre 3 Church Street Storrington West Sussex RH20 4LA Tel: 01903 740889 Email: [email protected] www.spurgeons.org

Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 27 28 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk LO C A L N E W S The winners of every tournament held will also be en- tered into a prize draw to win two pairs of Centre Court tickets for Wimbledon 2011 including a guided tour of the grounds, £300 worth of sports clothing from Loveall BLOOMING GREAT TEA PARTY Sport and tickets to the final of the AEGON Masters Ten- COUNTDOWN nis 2010. Marie Curie Cancer Care would like to appeal to the resi- dents of Sussex to show your support by getting involved If you would like to organise your own Anyone For in the Blooming Great Tea Party event by hosting your Tennis tournament this summer and to register for a free own Tea party. Its running from the 12th June to the 12th fundraising kit please call 08700 340 040 or visit www. July and with just three weeks to go the countdown is on mariecurie.org.uk/tennis. The fundraising kit includes to get involved in this one of a kind event. It can be any- promotional materials, a host of inspirational fundraising thing from a small gathering in the garden with friends to ideas and Marie Curie sweatbands, all to help make your a large community celebration. tournament a smash hit.

Blooming Great Tea Party has been successfully running for three years and is a funfilled occasion, bringing family and friends together. Ideas such as a mad hatter theme, cake competitions and raffles are among some of the things participants will be doing to raise money alongside traditional tea and cakes.

Last year you helped raise £8,000 across Sussex and due to its huge success we hope to raise an amazing £26,000 this summer. The funds raised will go towards providing vital nursing care for terminally ill people in your area.

Community Events Fundraiser for Sussex Layla Sebbah says ‘An event like Blooming Great Tea Party is an amaz- ing opportunity for everyone to get involved and have a brilliant time. Every person who contributes will make a big difference.’

To sign up visit the website at www.mariecurie.org.uk or call 08700 340 040 for more information

RALLY UP SUPPORT FOR MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE With Wimbledon fever soon upon us, why not take to the courts in Marie Curie Cancer Care’s smash hit tennis event of the summer – ‘Anyone For Tennis’. The charity is calling on all tennis lovers to organise a sponsored ten- nis tournament between now and September to help raise vital funds for the charity.

Former Tennis ace and GMTV presenter Andrew Castle is supporting Anyone For Tennis and said: “Tennis is a fantastic way to keep fit and get out and enjoy the sun- shine so why not make playing even more worthwhile by organising an Anyone for Tennis Tournament for Marie Curie Cancer Care? It doesn’t matter what level you are, the important thing is that every match played will enable more Marie Curie Nurses to provide free care to terminal- ly ill people in their own homes or in one of the charity’s fantastic hospices.”

Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a beginner you can or- ganise a tournament to suit you. It could be a social game with friends in a local park or garden to a mini Wimble- don tournament at your local tennis club. Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 29 CASTLES IN WALES Edward I was a bad man to get on the wrong side of. From an The English burghers of this small and pretty town – more English point of view he was a great warrior and lawgiver. To a village, really – might have found their castle reassuring; his enemies he was rather less attractive: grasping, vengeful, but security had a price. The town still has a complete circuit and peculiarly vicious – he is said to have personally come up of claustrophobia-inducing walls: they might have kept the with the idea of hanging, drawing, and quartering. Welsh out, but they just as surely kept the English in. Every time a 14th-century townsman looked up he saw those walls, For proof of the darker aspect of Edward’s nature visit a permanent reminder that somebody out there wanted him North Wales, where one man who got on his wrong side was dead. Llywelyn ap Gruffydd... soon to be known as Llywelyn the Last. Conwy never really made it as a town, scarcely expanding beyond its walls. Its medieval street-plan, based on a In the 1250s, the Prince of Snowdonia committed the diminutive market square, still survives; and despite the fatal error of handing the young Edward his first and only masonry that surrounds it, it’s a town of great charm. thrashing. Edward had been given command of north-east Caernarfon, though, is a different proposition. Wales by his dad, Henry III. He lost it to Llywelyn in two weeks flat, a humiliation he never forgot. In the 1260s At Conwy, and at the other four castles in the chain, Edward Llywelyn made it worse by siding with the English barons in used up-to-the-minute techniques: concentric defences, their revolt against Henry, taking advantage of the chaos to heavily fortified gatehouses, and round towers that would seize central Wales too. deflect projectiles efficiently and didn’t have structurally weak square corners. But not at Caernarfon. Then in 1272 Henry III died, and Edward took up his new job with unfinished business in mind. If Llywelyn thought he’d On crusade, Edward had seen the walls of Constantinople, been forgiven or forgotten, he was wrong. In 1277 Edward militarily obsolete but still an icon of imperial grandeur. attacked central and north-east Wales and quickly recaptured Caernarfon’s banded masonry, its polygonal towers with their Llywelyn’s gains. squared corners, and its high towers are deliberate copies of Constantinople. It isn’t even concentric, being composed of Having won, Edward was all smiles; but the treaty that ended adjoining wards that couldn’t give each other supporting fire the war was so harsh that in 1282 the Welsh rebelled. The in an attack. second war was even shorter than the first; during the course of which Llewelyn acquired the soubriquet “the Last” by In fact Caernarfon did fall to the Welsh in an uprising in 1295, being killed in a skirmish. His brother David was less lucky. before the work had been finished and when only a ditch Captured, he became the first person to be hanged, drawn, and divided town from castle. The insurgents easily stormed it quartered, a fate later shared by William Wallace. and held out for a whole year; but it never occurred to them to This time there were to be no more chances: the heartland replace the ditch with a wall; and when Edward got round to of Welsh resistance, Snowdonia itself, was to be choked into recapturing the place, guess how he did it. submission by a granite girdle of impregnable castles. Despite its evocation of imperial power, Caernarfon Castle Edward was too clever to occupy the mountains, where the doesn’t overshadow the town as Conwy does, because the nimble Welsh would have the advantage over knights in town itself was always intended to be important and was armour. No guerrilla war for them: instead, strangulation. planned and built on a far greater scale than Conwy. Before Edward started work on a ring of castles, all with access to Edward invaded there had been a Welsh township here that the sea to allow for swift reinforcement should the Welsh rise might have originally been Roman. He razed it. This was to again, and most of them complete with walled towns whose be an English town, and if the castle was to be the region’s English settlers controlled Snowdonia’s economy. The Welsh political and military capital, then the town with its huge had their sheep; but if they wanted grain, or salt, or iron, market square would be its economic hub. they got them on English terms. Rhuddlan, Flint, Beaumaris, Harlech, Conwy, Caernarfon – they’re tourist attractions now, To some extent, his ambition for the town came true. It especially the last two; but in the late 13th century they were became the county town of Caernarfonshire, boasting some links in a slave chain. fine civic and commercial buildings; and although the recession hasn’t been kind, it still has a certain elegance. The approach to Conwy from the east on the A55 shows But in one respect, Edward’s ambition failed: for the one how the castles were as much political as practical. The thing Caernarfon isn’t is English. Go out of season, when the black stone wall and its towers spread menacingly across the tourists have gone, and the only language you’ll hear in the riverfront, a barrier both psychological and physical, its harsh street is Welsh. And the statue in the square commemorates outlines only marginally softened by Telford’s road bridge, not an English grandee, but a very Welsh one: Lloyd George. the rail bridge, and the new road bridge. What you see is a bald statement of imperial ambition. 30 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 31 32 To advertise in Your Storrington please call 01903 816 803 • www.yourstorrington.co.uk Please mention Your Storrington when contacting advertisers • www.yourstorrington.co.uk 33 SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST LORD OF THE SKIES .... when swifts want to go to sleep, they go higher and higher in the air until they become invisible to the naked eye. They then cruise around at high altitude taking short ‘cat naps’....

If you want to marvel at how incredible wildlife high enough up to launch straight into an up current. can be you only have to look at the swift. This Two eggs are usually laid on a flat piece of wood wonderful bird epitomises how creatures adapt to the or concrete under eaves or even tiles where there world they live in and exploits any advantage they is a small enough gap for these ultra slim birds to can that provide opportunities for them to survive squeeze into. That’s why church towers and older, in a competitive, crowded and increasingly hostile tall buildings with plenty of gaps are ideal for these environment. originally cliff nesting birds, while today’s buildings are far less suitable being that we are now concerned Most of you have seen a swift even if you are not more with clean designs and no gaps to let wildlife in. aware that you have. Their screeching calls as they scythe through the towns and villages of Sussex is Another remarkable fact is that when swifts want one of the sounds of summer; as much part of our to go to sleep, they go higher and higher in the air aural landscape as is the gentle knock of leather until they become invisible to the naked eye. They against willow, the buzzing of bees, the whine then cruise around at high altitude taking short ‘cat of electric lawnmowers and the sizzling of burnt naps’ until it is warm enough to start feeding again. sausages on the barbecue. Feeding is all done in the air with the birds able to collect up to 400 insects in one ball as they are able If you are not sure what they look like, to extend their gape like a net, catching the their turn your gaze upwards on a warm prey at great speed. Another fascinating facts is they summer evening and you may well see are quite capable of travelling hundreds of miles in a what resembles a small flying anchor day to find food should the weather be cold in their darting round the rooftops at great breeding grounds and it is quite feasible that Sussex speed. Essentially they are all wing; based swifts will fly to central France and back in a the wingspan reaches 40cms (16ins) day should they need to. which is over twice the length of the body. They are essentially designed for life Swifts are one of the last of our migrant bird species in the air and this leads to the first remarkable to arrive back in the UK from Africa and we usually fact about swifts. don’t see them until the beginning of May. Their time here is pretty short - just enough to raise a Once they leave the nest a swift spends the next brood so that by mid-August they have nearly all three years of its life in the air; never landing embarked on their journey back south. anywhere. In this time it migrates back and forth to Africa no less than six times; it eats, rests and Sadly swift numbers are declining in the south eventually in its fourth year, mates on the wing. east of England, mainly due to a fall in the number If they could devise away of building a nest and of insects and a loss of breeding sites. Around raising young on the wing they would have done Sussex, concerned swift lovers have put up specially so by now. Swifts have evolved to a degree that designed nest boxes for them with some degree of there legs are now unnecessary and to all intents success and it is hoped that this will help reverse and purposes useless; if they fall to the ground they the fall in numbers of this enigmatic and wonderful have no muscle power at all so are not able to push Lord of the Skies. up to launch themselves into the air and would undoubtedly perish. Mike Russell Sussex Wildlife Trust Having to breed and raise young means finding a www.sussexwt.org.uk surface on which to lay eggs at a height that, when they the young are ready to leave the nest they are

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SYLVAN OAK ...... a real gem, situated in the most charming old world surroundings, right in the middle of Findon Village.

We were greeted into the Sylvan Oak restaurant in satisfying yet reasonably priced at £16 per bottle (as Findon Village with warm smiles and led through was the meal at a mere £16 for 2 courses!). We could the sophisticated inner sanctuary of the restaurant to not resist sharing the Rhubarb Knickerbocker Glory the intimate, outdoor summer terrace. On a balmy for dessert! Another fine experience! summer evening it felt like being on holiday in the Mediterranean, but with Sussex flint stone walls The staff were entertaining and very welcoming, but peeping through the climbing plants around the not at all intrusive. They had an air of comfort and pergola. We felt like we were being welcomed into a relaxed confidence that was nicely reassuring. The family home. Within minutes we were chatting with kitchen, with its wonderful head chef Sinan and his diners at the neighbouring table, whose food gave us team, is visible through a large open hatch onto the a tantalising view of what was to follow. Although restaurant. The kitchen is pristine and a joy to watch. relaxed and sociable, the atmosphere was intimate The restaurant prides itself on using produce from but with privacy easily achieved. We pondered the sustainable sources and uses wild, organic and free- mouth-watering combinations on the starter menu, range produce. They offer menus that are in tune the like you might see on Master Chef. The Wild with seasonal availability. Mushroom Frittata with Truffle Dressed Pea Shoots was exquisite! You can enjoy a Sunday roast with a twist on the traditional between: 12–3pm. You could tuck in to The main courses we chose were perfectly presented a sumptuous Roast Beef served Italian style with and a delight to savour; Pork Belly Glazed with Black Olive Yorkshire Pudding! Wonderful! Sweet Soy and Mustard that melted in the mouth, served with Vegetables à la Grecque and Celeriac Sylvan Oak has recently celebrated a ‘Highly Puree, River Trout that reminded me of the fish I Commended’ award in the finals of the ‘Restaurant caught locally and ate fresh as a child, served with of the Year Award’ with the Sussex County Times. peas and other delights. All prepared by award It is a real gem, situated in the most charming old winning chef Sinan Kalan and team. Sinan takes his world surroundings, right in the middle of Findon influences from both traditional and contemporary Village. styles including French, Middle Eastern and Asian and thus create simply melt in the mouth taste You can book on 01903 873385, or online at www. sensations. With our meal we shared our first bottle sylvanoak.co.uk. of Lebanese red wine, recommended by the staff as a good blend of several grapes. It was complex and

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