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Eurasian Wryneck It was as if I’d been whisked on board the Tardis and taken back 100 years through time. Here I was, dropped off by The Doctor in mid-May in the middle of an orchard of wizened apple trees, heavily laden with pink and white blossom. The grass had been allowed to grow ...

Do you believe in Cranleigh? It might seem like an odd thing to ask, but it’s important to believe in the place you live and work in. Belief validates things and makes them important. We see belief in Cranleigh with community work done to plant flowers around the square, helping people in need ...

When I was a little boy, my favourite thing to do in the world was to visit my grandmother, every Sunday, after church. We’d pull into the drive, in the bottle-green Morris Minor, and my father would step up to the door, heavy boots re- sounding on the porch, and rap the big, brass knocker with ...

Prep: 45 mins Cook: 10 mins (plus 1 hr macerating) Difficulty: Easy Makes: 8 Ingredients 300g self-raising flour ½ tsp baking powder 70g cold butter, cut into small cubes 30g golden caster sugar zest 2 lemons 150ml buttermilk 2 tbsp full-fat milk For the fruit 3 tbsp Pimm's 1 tbsp ...

Prep: 15 mins Cook: 15 mins Difficulty: Easy Serves: 2 Ingredients 2-3 Maris Piper potatoes (about 400g/ 14oz), peeled and coarsely grated 1 medium egg, beaten 1 tsp plain flour ¼ tsp baking powder ½ small onion, finely chopped 6 sage leaves, 2 finely chopped, 4 whole 3 tbsp sunflower or ...

Prep: 25 mins Cook: 10 mins (plus six hours chilling) Difficulty: Moderately Easy Serves: Makes 2 x 500ml Jellies (each serves 6) Ingredients 16 gelatine leaves 1.2l full-fat milk 200g peaches, fresh or from a can, drained 200g icing sugar yellow, pink, purple and orange food colouring ...