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Plumpton & East Chiltington
News
May 2022Z. R. LANDSCAPES
Landscaping
Fencing
Hedge Cutting and Treework
Turf Laying DRIVER TRAINING
Driveways CAR, LGV, PCV, FLT, HIAB
Patios 40 East View Fields
And More Plumpton Green BN7 3EF
Zac Robins 07949 220721 Tel: 01273 890410
landscape@nsza.co.uk www.hillsofplumpton.co.uk
CONTACT FOR A FREE ESTIMATE
Eastwood Heating & Plumbing
Keep your energy bills low by making sure your boiler is serviced regularly. A well
serviced boiler keeps your energy consumption low and can Identify faults early,
avoiding expensive breakdown cost.
Plumpton Green based Heating Engineer
for all Oil and Gas appliances
please call James on 07876 294262 or 01273 890526
104339 528262
Plumpton Stores & Post Office
Your local village store is now open:
5.45am to 7.30pm Monday to Friday
7.00am to 7.30pm Saturday
7.00am to 1.00pm Sunday
01273 890229PLUMPTON & EAST CHILTINGTON NEWS
April 2022 Page Page
Plumpton Flower Club 20
Plumpton Parish Council 2
Footpath Society 20
East Chiltington Parish Council 5
RAF Chailey Memorial Service 22
MP Maria Caufield 6
Plumpton & East Chiltington
County Councillor report 6
Wildlife 24
District Councillor report 9
Footpath Detective 27
DR’s Diary 10
Birds 28
Good Neighbours 10
Chailey Commons Society 31
Rev. Anne Dunlop 12
Citizens Advice 32
Church Services 14
Clubs & Societies 33
Plumpton Jubilee Programme 15
Tennis Club Open Day 34
Events Calendar 19
Date for the Diary
6.30pm Thursday 2nd June
Village Hall
Launch of the long-awaited book:
"People, Places and Events"
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the photographs
for the Jubilee book covering the 70 years of life in
Plumpton & East Chiltington
We are excited to advise that the draft is with the printers
The launch of the book is set for early evening on
Thursday June 2nd in the Village Hall
Don't miss out - we look forward to seeing you there!
Plumpton & East Chiltington Camera Club
COPY DEADLINES
13th May for June
16th June for July
Copy to The Poplars, Station Road
or email: pecncopy@gmail.com or Telephone: 01273 891 427
1Plumpton Parish Council Last February exactly this happened to
Uttlesford District Council in
www.plumptonpc.co.uk Essex. However it does appear there is
growing cross party agreement that the
Asset of Community Value unrealistic housing target produced by the
Standard Method is a huge issue across
In neighbourhoods across the country the South East. Cllr Paul Stevens
there are buildings and amenities that represented us at a meeting in Wealdon
are integral to the communities that district recently where many Wealdon
use them. This could be a village Parish Councils got together and agreed to
shop, a pub, a community centre or a join us in fighting against the Standard
library for example. Assets of Method.
Community Value give communities
the opportunity to keep such buildings Annual Parish Meeting
in public use and ensure they remain
a social hub for the community. Residents are reminded that the Annual
The Parish Council has successfully Parish Meeting will be held at the Village
registered the Fountain as an 'Asset of Hall at 7:30pm on the 17th May. This
Community Value' . This means that if meeting is not a council meeting. It is a
the owner wants to sell property they meeting of the Parish electors and
must tell the local authority. If the although it should be held annually, we
community is keen to develop a bid, have not been able to meet for the last
they can then call for the local two years due to the Pandemic. Electors
authority to trigger a moratorium can contribute to the Agenda and so if you
period, during which time the owner have anything you would like to see
cannot proceed to sell the asset. included in the meeting please contact the
Clerk , Anita Emery, as soon as possible.
Minimum Housing Number
The government hands down a
minimum housing number for local
planning authorities to achieve. This
number is calculated using a
'Standard Method' which is a harmless
enough sounding title but in fact the
calculation includes a multiplier which
boosts the number for our area and Next Meeting
neighbouring areas such as Mid-
Sussex and Wealdon Districts. It is 12th May
this number which motivates ‘Floristry Skill’
speculators and land owners like Eton
College to offer their land for 2—4pm
development since the local planning Church Annexe
authorities are under pressure to Everyone is Welcome
build. If the local authority tries to
protect green spaces and too often For more details contact:
refuse planning permission they can Cherie 01273891592
be stripped of their planning powers.
2A clean carpet
FLORAL ART isn’t all we
guarantee……
Mobile Florist - Wide Delivery Service
NICHOLA MASSINGALE • Carpet Cleaning & Repairs,
retufting & reweaving
Phone: Plumpton (01273) 891301
• Upholstery Cleaning
Mobile: 07970 462337
. •Weddings • Funerals• • Rug Cleaning including Wool &
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•Spec ial O cc as ions •
•C ontrac t • D ried• • Curtain Dry Cleaning on-site-at-
the-window
• Carpet Moth Treatment Service
Rupert Thacker • Fire & Flood Clean-Up Service
Furniture Restoration Services Now celebrating 24 years of providing 1st class
service
Including Furniture repairs, Polishing etc. of in Plumpton, Plumpton Green, East Chiltington,
Antique, Contemporary, and Reproduction
Furniture Lewes & Brighton.
Fletching, E Sussex, TN22 3TQ Call Paul or Liz on 01273 733339
Tel : 01825-713111 (Workshop) For a free no-obligation quotation
Mobile: 07950-035044 Or email paul@servicemasterbrighton.co.uk
Email: sales@rupert-thacker.com
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Plumpton Pilates
Morning and evening group classes
in Plumpton Village Hall.
1:1 Pilates at home also available.
Please contact Charis 07881 825007
charispilates@gmail.com
ALLEN UPTON PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICES
SERVICES
• Member of the Institute of Plumbing • Registered Plumber •
General Plumbing Installa on & Repairs
Free Es mates and Advice
Tel: Plumpton (01273) 890668 or 07711 712 477
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4Eton New Town Proposal
A joint letter has been sent from a total of eleven local Parish Councils to Lewes
District Council to request them to consider collaborating more with neighbouring
Local Planning Authorities and campaign more robustly against the current
excessive housing target that results from the ‘Standard Method@ and forms the
minimum number that is the starting point for the new District plan .
The Queens Diamond Jubilee June 2022
On Thursday 2nd June the beacon will be lit at Mount Harry on the downs. We will
be working in conjunction with Hamsey Parish and the lighting is planned for
9.45pm.
The Parish party will take place on Sat 4th June ,please look out for posters around
the village with details of the day. All are welcome.
There will be a Jubilee bake off competition, a Pantomime horse gymkhana and a
Tug of War.
A rough outline is as follows:
3 PM Start with teas and cake available in the marquee and a tombola
(any donations of prizes to Teresa Shopland please)
3.30 PM Jubilee Cake competition judging and sash presentation to winners
3.30 pm Cash bar opens ,glasses provided.
4 - 5.30pm Panto Horse games and Tug of war
5 pm Light the BBQs ,bring your own food, crockery & cutlery. Salads and
bread provided
6 pm Cooking and eating
8 -10pm Live band entertainment
There will be an optional dressing up code 1952 style clothes, the year of accession
of Queen Elizabeth to the throne.
Next Day -we will welcome as many of you as possible for the clear up operation .
Bacon butties will be on offer.
The next meetings of the Parish Council will be:
Wed.11th May 2022 Small Hall, Plumpton 7pm
Annual Parish meeting followed at 7.30 by the Parish council meeting .
Weds 13th July Small Hall Plumpton. Both 7-9pm.
5Maria Caulfield MP
New Regulations to Crackdown on Rogue Cosmetic
Practitioners
Earlier this month, the Government set out its plans to amend the Health and Care Bill in the
Lords to introduce a licensing regime for non-surgical cosmetic procedures. Currently, you are
not legally required to have any training or qualifications to perform aesthetic non-surgical
treatments on others, such as Botox and Lip-fillers. If these treatments go wrong the results
can sometimes be life-changing, including facial scarring, infections and long-term health
complications, and also leave people emotionally scarred. The NHS is often also left to foot the
bill from these rogue practitioners.
We have already seen success with under 18s being banned from getting Botox or Lip-fillers
for cosmetic reasons last year. These procedures can now only be performed on those aged
under 18 if they are for medical reasons and approved by a doctor. However, there is more to
be done and this new legislation will protect even more people from cowboy cosmetic
practitioners.
This is important legislation to protect the safety of young people, especially girls and women,
as modern-day pressures of social media are greater than ever. Young people nowadays are
bombarded on social media and through adverts with expectations of unrealistic body
standards. This can push many people to get procedures before fully assessing the risks
involved, causing them to turn to unscrupulous practitioners who lack the proper training,
qualifications, and insurance.
While these plans are being consulted on, I am urging anyone planning on receiving a cosmetic
procedure to check the qualifications and insurance of the practitioner treating you. Whilst
there is good practice across most of the industry, if procedures go wrong, they can have a
terrible impact on health, mental and physical.
County Council Report April 22— Sarah Osborne
We need a heating oil price cap
I was able to get one of our rural MPs to raise an issue in Parliament on behalf of
those of us living in the countryside and dependant on oil for our heating. We
urged Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, to
introduce a price cap on domestic heating oil, after prices more than doubled in a fortnight. We
have joined forces with other rural Liberal Democrat MPs in writing to ask the UK Government
to urgently extend the energy price cap to ‘off-grid’ households, and are supporting
alternatives such as air source heat pumps.
I am particularly concerned about the serious risks to health for rural low-income households
who may well have to live in cold homes as we know that the cold can be dangerous especially
for older people and those with pre-existing health conditions.
20mph
At the March meeting of Full Council, the Lib Dems asked for ESCC to increase the number of
20mph zones in roads surrounding schools and playgrounds, to further reduce incidents, anti-
social driving and near misses. We also asked for a report on plans to increase the ease for
residents to apply for 20mph zones be submitted to a future Cabinet meeting. Unfortunately
the Conservatives all voted against our proposals.
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Ukranian refugees
The District Council has been working with the County Council to plan
how best to help Ukranian refugees. The Government have left voluntary
groups, hosts and councils to deal with the detail of how refugees are
supported.
• LDC and ESCC are helping signpost to sources of advice and information.
• LDC responsible for making “Thank you” payments to hosts and support
payments to refugee family as well as Homelessness support if needed
• ESCC responsible for school placements and DBS checking for all adult hosts in
the household
• East Sussex Fire and Rescue responsible for any checks to the houses people
are placed in.
Hosts of Ukrainian refugees in East Sussex can call a telephone advice line.
Phone: 01323 724748 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday
Further sources of advice:
• https://www.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/community/ukraine-crisis-support-
available-and-ways-to-help
• https://losras.org/
• https://new.eastsussex.gov.uk/your-council/ukraine-crisis/hosting-
Potholes and roadworks
Hopefully by the time you read this the works at Southdowns will be complete. Sarah
Osborne and I spent much time chasing this and I made it clear to county highways
that their contractors took too long to identify the leak that caused the delay. Some
time ago I reported the pothole on the privately owned section of Riddens lane to
LDC environmental services, this has now been repaired by the landowner
Oakfield lane
I continue to support residents with issues including boundary treatment (fencing)
and the sewage connection as this development is finalised.
Local Plan
I recently met with Plumpton parish council members and LDC over how the draft
Local Plan process is going. East chiltington parish council have also submitted
evidence.
District Councils have to make sure the government mantra of ‘leaving no stone
unturned’ is met and evidence gathering takes time. Looking around the south east,
some other planning authorities are going slowly or have paused – this is partly due
to uncertainty over what could be in the Government’s Planning Bill this May.
I continue to oppose the potential Eton college site and support the campaign against
it.
robert.banks@lewes.gov.uk
9DR’s Diary a well known TV wildlife presenter gave
me confidence and a sense of 'its in my
blood'.
Camera, Action, Roll? Well, that week, we placed it here, we
placed it there. All we got was a lanky
I've just returned from my first trip slaphead fiddling with his glasses when
abroad since January 2020 visiting he left it on the coffee table and forgot
family in Belgium. My aunt lives south to turn it off!
of Brussels in a small village. She is 81, Memo to slaphead: adjustments
drives a Suzuki jeep, practices Pilates required in settings when you get
and qigong. She's close to Waterloo, home.
not that of GWR fame , the original Finally, it was time to head back to the
one where Napoleon and the Iron Duke UK. Its interesting how foreigners depict
clashed. A museum dedicated to the 'Britishness’.
battle has a panoramic mural depicting Maybe the Queen? Shakespeare? The
scenes from the battle. We have a Beatles? Big Ben?
proud Napoleon on his white stallion in At Brussels Eurostar I passed through
the foreground surveying scenes of the automatic doors , they close and
bloodied Prussians (they were on our form a giant tea pot.
side in this one), dying kilted Perhaps they understand us better than
highlanders and redcoats in total we think?
disarray. Somewhere in the far-off
distance is a tiny Wellington, he could
almost be a smudge of paint. Our tour PLUMPTON AND EAST
is concluded when we learn the CHILTINGTON GOOD NEIGHBOURS
(technically brilliant) mural was painted
HERE TO HELP
by French prisoners of war. Not so
much rewriting history as rebrushing it. Your local Good Neighbours group has been
My aunt had told me about something going for nearly five years now and our
visiting her garden at night, surely a volunteers have helped a large number of
our residents in many ways. Anyone can
job for my trail camera, a Christmas
suddenly find they need help or, just
present from my better half. Trail someone to talk to. Our volunteers can help
cameras have sensors that detect clients with simple day-to-day tasks, which
movement when wildlife visits our may have become too difficult for them such
gardens at night. I'd only used it once as, posting letters, help with shopping and
in our garden, I eagerly played it back appointments, changing light bulbs, or
the next morning. All we had was the putting bins out. We also offer friendship by
dog doing what dogs do before visits to either chat or play a board game or,
to simply stay in touch by telephone.
bedtime! There's clear evidence of
Additionally, we are looking to recruit more
hedgehog 'activity' all over the lawn, volunteers in view of the ongoing requests
he must be camera shy or very fast! for our services.
I know a couple of people with trail If we can be of any help to you or, you
cameras. They impart tales of deer, would like to join us as a volunteer
badgers, hedgehogs,
( you can do as little or as much as you
rabbits,foxes,etc,..even evidence of wish ), please give us a call.
who doesn't pick up their dog's poo in
their front garden. The fact that half Gina 07478 524152 or 07786 152215
my family share the same surname as
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• Poor posture year in April and October on the
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One to one lessons tailored to your needs We hold Have-A-Go sessions
For more information contact: the 3rd Sunday of the month
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11Rev. Anne Dunlop Similar tragedies have occurred often in
human history, but never have we watched
Well, I survived the pancake humiliation. I them happen to such a degree and, via the
had thoroughly prepared for this ordeal media, become so immersed. Last week
having made my own pancake – right size, the lady on the till at Tesco said to me “But
robust, leathery texture, left to ‘mature’ for a they look like us – it could happen here.
couple of days in the fridge. I had practiced They used to go shopping just like this!”
and perfected an excellent ‘throw and catch’
technique. However, all my preparation The events in Ukraine rightly trouble us, but
was thwarted by the adjudicator who this is not the only tragedy happening in our
insisted on providing us identical pans and world. This is the one the media brings to
identical pancakes. My cunning plan was in us and so becomes the most prominent.
ruins. It was a rainy Sunday, so our ‘race’ Dreadful as it is, so are the decades of
was twice round the hall but after a couple ongoing, grinding and wearing poverty,
of ‘tossings’ the pancakes disintegrated, so famine and disease which relentlessly stifle
we were reduced to tossing pieces which life for thousands and can all too easily
mostly landed on the people around. The become subsumed beneath the immediate.
race was won by a trusty churchwarden (a And then the pressing worry of climate
fix, I am sure!). However, he kindly donated change which will affect us all.
his winner’s prize, a box of chocolates, to be
So we ask where is God in this? Are we
shared around.
abandoned to our fate, or can we believe
Similarly, the Pet Service produced nothing that there is overarching care and purpose
more exotic than lots of lovely, large dogs. for creation and ‘…underneath are the
The only one which misbehaved was the everlasting arms’?
exception – the smallest, a Pekinese –
Where is God? Suffering with us – as
distantly associated with me. He was just
always.
trying to make his furry presence felt, I am
sure. Thank you to everyone who came on The Archbishops of Canterbury and York
a beautiful Spring afternoon at Plumpton have offered these words:
College.
God of peace and justice,
Our Tuesday Lunch (12.30 in the Annex) is We pray for the people of Ukraine today.
proving popular. We were overwhelmed by We pray for peace and the laying down of
last week’s offering by someone with skills weapons,
We pray for all those who fear for
on the level of a TV chef. It was delicious tomorrow,
and beautifully presented. I am just glad that your Spirit of comfort would draw near
that I am not on the rota again until May by to them.
which time it will have become a treasured We pray for those in power over war or
memory. Following this delight with my peace,
macaroni cheese (described by a supposed For wisdom, discernment, and compassion
To guide their decisions.
friend(?!)as good for shoring up the logs Above all, we pray for all your precious
around the plant pots in the church car park) children,
would be an embarrassment. I have since at risk and in fear,
taken lessons from Cherie – so it can only That you would hold and protect them.
improve. We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of
Peace
As I write we have had another beautiful (Archbishops Justin and Stephen)
Spring Day with the sky the deepest blue Rev Anne Dunlop
and the daffodils waving their heads off.
We can enjoy this and be thankful yet as we revannedunlop@gmail.com
do, none of us can divorce our thinking
entirely from the background news of the Parish Office 01273 890006
awfulness in Ukraine which becomes worse
by the hour. People may ask, “Where is God
in this.?”
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13Church Services for May 2022
Sunday 1st May Easter 3 Second after Easter
All Saints 11.00am Family Communion
Sunday 8th May Easter 4 Vocations Sunday
All Saints 11.00am Family Communion
Sunday 15th May Easter 5 Fourth after Easter
All Saints 11.00am Family Communion
Sunday 22nd May Easter 6 Rogation Sunday
East Chiltington 11.00am Family Communion
Thursday 26th May Ascension Day
All Saints 11.00am Holy Communion
Sunday 29th May Easter 7 Sunday after
Ascension Day
St Michael’s 11.00am Family Communion
Friday 3rd June Platinum Jubilee Service with Archdeacon Martin
All Saints 2.30pm
Followed by a Jubilee tea party in the Annex and Rectory garden
Sunday 5th June Pentecost Whit Sunday
All Saints 11.00am Family Communion
If you are unable to make your way to any of our church services then please
contact one of the church wardens who will arrange transport for you.
For general church matters please contact Rev Anne Dunlop 01273 890006 or one of
the Churchwardens
East Chiltington - Amanda Inglis 07941 241148
Plumpton Howard Wood 07794484373 David Dawson 01273 890134
Tuesday Lunch Club
This meets in the church annex at 12.15pm for 12.30pm and aims to offer food and
friendship weekly. There is no charge. The lunch is open to all villagers and you will
receive a warm welcome and the chance to chat whilst partaking in a hearty meal.
Church Jumble Sale Saturday 18th June 2022 in the village hall.
We would welcome help in setting up in the morning and then manning the various
tables in the afternoon.
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VILLAGE EVENTS CALENDAR
VH = Village Hall HQ = Scout HQ TC = Tennis Club
StM = St Michael’s ANX = Church Annex PAV = Pavilion
ECC = East Chiltington Church Sch = Plumpton School ALC= All Saints Church
BOOKINGS
Village Hall & Pavilion: Jane Donovan 07747 050903 or 01273 891036
Church Annex Howard Wood 07794484373
8th May - Tennis Club Open Day 10.30 - 4pm TC
12th May - Happy Circle Floristry Skill 2 4 pm ANX
18th May - Plumpton Flower Club, 7.30pm VH
2nd June - Launch of ‘People, Paces and Events’ photography book VH
5th June - Plumpton Platinum Jubilee Event
9th June - Happy Circle - Fish & Chips 12 for 12.30 ANX
12th June - RAF Memorial Service, 3pm at The Plough
17th June - The Rude Mechanicals ‘Gods and Dogs’ 7.30pm VH
18th June - Church Jumble Sale 2pm VH
2nd July - St. Peter & St. James Jumble Sale VH
14th July - Happy Circle - Guide Dogs for the Blind 2 - 4pm ANX
11th August - Happy Circle lunch ANX
17th September - Horticultural Soc. Autumn Show VH
17th September - Village Society Apple Day VH
STATION PARTNERSHIP TEAM
We are very grateful to the following for Jumble Sale
sponsoring our summer displays at the
station; Raising Money for Church Funds
Plumpton Racecourse Saturday 18th June
Plumpton College 2022
Hills of Plumpton
The Fountain Inn Plumpton Village Hall 2.00-4.00pm
Scoopsweb
and two sponsors that wish to remain Please bring items to the hall in
anonymous.
the morning
We are hoping to plant up with a red,white & No large items of furniture or
blue theme to commemorate the Queens electrical items Please.
Platinum Jubilee. Refreshments available
We also welcome Josh Bond who has
recently moved to Plumpton to our team.
Best wishes,
David & the team
19Plumpton Flower Club
Plumpton & District
Footpath Society
The next meeting will be on Wednesday
18th May starting at 7.30pm in the PROGRAMME FOR MAY 2022
village hall.
Wed. 4th May 10.30 Start
This month’s NAFAS demonstrator is a Distance 7.25 m
firm favourite with the club, Nina Meet at Croft Road carpark (free),
Tucknott, originally from Finland. The Crowborough TN6 1DR Map Ref: 515
title of her demo is ‘A Floral 310
Smorgasbord’, so please join us to see For a circular Crowborough walk –
her wonderful arrangements. Bluebells; bring a picnic
Walk Leaders: Sue and Robin Akers
Entrance £5 for members, only £8 for Tel. No: 01273891701
visitors to include refreshments. Mob.N0: 07775423361
Raffle tickets available for a chance to Sunday 8th May 2.00 Start
win a fabulous floral prize. Distance: 4.5m
Meet at Plumpton Village Hall for a local
Please contact me on 07789 860011, if walk taking in Bluebell woods around
you have any questions. the village.
Walk Leaders: Rod & Aly Owens Tel.
Frances Gazzard No.01273 891610
Programme Secretary
Sat. 21st May 10.30 Start
Distance 4m
The Rude Mechanical Meet at Yew Tree Inn CP or Village Hall
Theatre Company are CP, Arlington BN2 6RK
coming! Tye Hill, Sessingham, Arlington
Reservoir. Circular walk, generally flat,
some parts can be muddy at times.
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Some recent newcomers to Plumpton may not be aware that since 2000 a
remembrance service is usually held by the Royal British Legion at the Plough Inn
memorial on the Sunday nearest 6th June.
This is to commemorate all those who took part in the D-DAY landings in Normandy
in 1944, and particularly the three RAF Polish Spitfire squadrons; 302 City of Poznan,
308 City of Krakow and 317 City of Wilno, who flew from Chailey Advanced Landing
Ground during the build-up and after, giving air cover to Operation Overlord with
over 2000 take offs and landings on D-Day alone.
The airfield runways were constructed beginning in October 1942 on land at Bower
Farm, Beresford Lane just north of the Plough Inn which became the Polish pilots
local pub after they moved here from RAF Deanland in April 1944. The Old Plough
which stood at the western end of the main runway had to be demolished, so a
temporary building, formerly a smallholders home, a WW1 army hut called Marula
farm, was dismantled and re-erected on the site of the present Plough carpark.
RAF Chailey also saved the lives of several bomber crews who made emergency
landings, most notably that of the B17 Flying Fortress, The Devils Brat! which
landed on fire with only one engine, the nine crew barely escaping to a ditch before
the fully loaded plane exploded on 3rd August 1944.
The memorial was unveiled in 2000 by Dame
Vera Lynn and Lady Joan Bader widow of
fighter ace Douglas Bader, when the airfield
was reopened for an unforgettably well
attended air show followed by another in 2004.
Due to the Covid 19 pandemic there has not
been a service held for the last two years and
this year it has been moved to Sunday
12th June at 3.0pm to avoid the
Queen’s platinum jubilee event.
It is always a very colourful and moving service
with contingents of the British Legion from
Sussex and the southeast along with Polish
military historians, scouts and various
dignitaries. All are welcome to attend; adults
and children alike, to remember the fallen
heroes and survivors who made our country
safe 78 years ago.
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Plumpton & East in Plumpton – several thousand buzzing
Chiltington Wildlife together over a sand bank. It’s a potentially
alarming scene, but like most solitary bees,
Solitary Bees they don’t sting and show no interest in people.
Of all the strange hobbies I could have A little research revealed that the ‘coffee beans’
picked up over the first lockdown, ‘wild in my bee hotel were cocoons of the Red
beekeeper’ was not one I would have Mason Bee, the commonest resident of most
predicted. A freebie with the purchase of a bee hotels, while the ‘cigars’ had been made by
few bird boxes for our new garden, the bee Leafcutter Bees, and the ‘cotton wool’ was
hotel was the same size as a Blue-tit box, actually fluff from our Stachys byzantina, or
but with six rows of four small holes each ‘Lamb’s-ear’, harvested by the Wool Carder Bee
instead of one big one. I fixed it to the front to encase their cocoons. Following advice, in
of the house where it would get some October I gently removed all the cocoons,
morning sun, and didn’t think much more storing the Leafcutter and Wool Carder’s in a
about it. matchbox, and washing the Red Mason Bee
cocoons (amazingly, they’re waterproof) before
Towards the end of the summer, however, I putting them away in the shed for the winter.
noticed that all the holes had become Doing this increases their survival rate, as fewer
sealed, most with dried mud. Carefully, I will be parasitized by the tiny solitary wasp
eased out the six removable trays and was species that prey on them (although some
astonished by what was revealed. Each of argue that one should let nature take its course
the channels reaching back from the and not be so fussy!). Even if you leave all
entrance holes was full, most divided into cocoons in situ, it’s still a good idea to take the
surprisingly uniform chambers by narrow hotel down and store it somewhere dry and
mud walls at each end. Within each of these cool for the winter to avoid water damage or
chambers was what looked like a single, the attentions of woodpeckers looking for an
small, dark coffee bean. By contrast, easy meal. Just don’t forget to put it back out
another channel was filled with something again by April!
resembling a long, narrow cigar. Yet another
couple were apparently filled with cotton I’ve now invested in a larger ‘deluxe’ bee hotel
wool. What was I looking at? from www.nurturing-nature.co.uk complete
with observation windows, so I can actually
Sussex is home to no fewer than 226 watch the bees wriggle along the nesting
different species of bee, the greatest variety channels with their pollen deposits before they
of any county in the UK (I’m reliably seal each of their larvae inside their cozy, mud-
informed that Surrey is one behind us, at lined chamber. It’s a remarkable feat of
225). Aside from honeybees and the various precision, wild engineering that I feel privileged
species of the familiar bumblebee, the vast to witness. Last autumn I was astonished to
majority of these are classed as ‘solitary’ harvest 350 Red Mason Bee cocoons from my
bees, so called because rather than having two hotels.
one queen relying on a colony of workers,
every female is responsible for her own Like all pollinators, our native solitary bees have
nest. Some are ‘mining’ bees, which make been in decline for years, but there’s plenty we
their nests underground, while others are can all do to help them. From cutting out
cavity-nesters, who will use holes in walls, garden chemicals, to letting beautiful
or bee hotels. If you’ve ever seen bees dandelions grow on our lawns, and planting
swarming round a bee hotel, you might wallflower, lavender, borage and fruit trees -
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and indeed many are gregarious and nest in creation or off-the-shelf 5-star accommodation,
close proximity to each other where the no wildlife-friendly garden should be without its
conditions suit them. Last summer, I was own bee hotel.
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Footpath to cross the old line. I picked up some footpath
signs for the GR14, one of France’s many long
Detective’s paths, this one leading from Belgium south
through the Ardennes.
Diary: I followed the GR14 signs along Rue de
A Footpath Detective’s Diary Stade. This was on a little hill with a good view
across to the opposite hill with the Eglise Saint-
May 2022 Didier. It looked less austere from this distance
Clermont en Argonne and in the sunshine. As I approached the edge
of the woodland I left the GR14 and followed
Whilst travelling home from NE Italy I the tracks in Forest du Bruly. This accorded
passed into the Grand-Est area of France on with my little map. I had already used an hour
a sunny early spring morning. I had a few wandering the town so I knew I needed to be
hours to spare for a little wander and decided strict with myself and not wander too far or get
to make the most of the sunshine. The little lost.
town of Clermont en Argonne in the Meuse The wood was mostly of deciduous trees and
department provided a parking spot and the leaflet told me there were sessile and
some near-by woodland. The lady at the peduncular oaks, beech, birch, ash maple and
tourist information was eager to please and some sylvestris pine. Lots of dry crunchy
provided a map and information leaflet. leaves carpeted the path and as new leaves
First I explored the few streets of the town. were yet to open I had some view of the
Although described as a town it has a landscape. My chosen path climbed gradually
population of only about 1,600 with a at first, then more steeply. At first the path had
declining trend. Mechanisation of agriculture a rock face next to it and an information sign
has left much of rural France with scares explained that this rock, called Gaize d’Argonne
employment opportunities. Nonetheless there is a mud that was deposited in the sea that
was a café, a bakery, and a tobacconist. All invaded the area known as the Paris Basin at
were standard for every French village 20 the beginning of the Cretaceous period. Time,
years ago but things have changed to the temperature, pressure and chemical reactions
point where I noticed them and was pleased. have caused it to harden into a rock, which
The town is on the old road that leads from when dry is pale grey in colour and contains
Paris to Verdun. iron silicate. The local church is constructed
A large war memorial dominated the tiny using it. The exposed section showed how thin
square. This commemorates the local people the soil layer on top was and the trees on top
that lost their lives in the first and the second had almost nothing for their routes to hold
World Wars. In WW1 in 1918 the Meuse – into. A fabulous array of mosses were growing
Argonne was the Western Front and where on it.
some of the battles involving large numbers The path I had chosen led me onto a narrow
of allied troops took place and large allied ridge with steep drops either side yet trees still
war cemeteries are close by. Next to the grew and I had to negotiate their roots and
war memorial is the Hotel de Ville (town around their trunks without sliding off the
hall). All constructed in a pale sand stone and edge. This became more tricky as the path
draped with national and regional flags. I began to descend. From the vantage of the
could see the church on the hill immediately ridge it was easy to see how the little sharp
above and found a steep path bound by hills created the battle landscape of WW1 and I
clipped hedges leading from the back of the was reminded of films like ‘Saving Private
square up to the church which is dedicated to Ryan’.
Saint Didier. From this hill are views As my path descended I decided to turn onto
extending to Verdun. a wide forest track heading back in the
The road back down from the church was direction I had come. Now I had the ridge high
also steep and the few houses on it looked as on my right side. Catkins were coming out,
if they were constructed in the late 19th wafting in the wind. Spring was on the way. As
century. I wandered down toward the railway I walked back into town and toward my car the
station in the hope of crossing the line bakery was still open providing strong black
towards the woodland. The railway was coffee and a baguette for lunch. EJH
27Bird Watch was also the case of someone moving
house and taking all the nest boxes with
them, depriving the birds of both
breeding sites and safe roosting places
During “lockdown”, I watched far too they may have used for years. Perhaps
many quiz shows on the television and it more thought should be given to the
was astonishing to see how little most needs of wildlife rather than us.
people knew when the questions were
about wildlife. Mind you, I would have I met a group of fairly mature
been just as ignorant had the subject students studying the environment last
been pop-music or television celebrity. week and asked if there were any keen
One such instance was on “Tenable”, birders among them. Most of them then
where contestants have to correctly pointed to a young lady who had good
answer over five out of ten to score identification skills and seemed to be the
money. This challenge was to name the envy of the others because of her
two thrushes and eight tit species that knowledge and ability. Identification skills
breed in Britain. Believe it or not, not a are very difficult to teach as they have to
single correct answer was given. Try it. come from within that person. It is vitally
important for anyone carrying out survey
Most of us claim to be interested work and some of these students will
in and to love wildlife but for many it has hope to get employment doing just that.
to be a very sanitised interest where the Too many expect to accurately identify
truth has to become censored. It is a birds using the apps on their phones and
harsh world in the wild where things are not needing to learn the basics and some
killed for others to survive. People throw serious misidentification can occur. If that
a wobbly if a Sparrowhawk takes a bird is the case, no credence can be given to
from the feeder in the garden but seem any survey. The presence of birds and
happy that owls catch voles and large flying insects in an area is the major
blackbirds feed on worms. I can indicator of a habitat’s quality as they
remember some years ago, being told by have wings so able to arrive if conditions
a person who had seen a hawk take, I are right or depart if not. Plants are less
think it was a blue tit, in their garden. difficult as at least they don’t move.
They then scared it away and put the
corpse in the bin. How does that help Ask the average person where
wildlife? The prey was wasted, and the birds nest and they would probably say
hawk would have to kill again. There is a “in trees” because, when the leaves come
pile of feathers, the remains of a Collared off, high nests are revealed. This is,
Dove on the grass in my garden at the however, only a small proportion. The
moment. Prey that size must have been vast majority breed on the ground in
taken by a female Sparrowhawk. It is all rough grass, shingle, or moorland. Of
part of the food chain. those that nest in woodland, most build
their nests low down. It is therefore
There are cases where areas of important that, during the next three
scrub and brambles are removed in the months, dogs should not be allowed to
name of tidiness and the people run wild in such areas, disturbing the
concerned put up nest boxes as a birds who face difficult enough times
gesture of compensation, not realising already.
that the birds whose habitat they had
destroyed do not breed in holes. There R.J.L.
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30Chailey Commons Please look out for any temporary path
closures between April and early July.
Society Your help and understanding will be
much appreciated. Fortunately, there
w ww .cha ile yc ommo ns.o rg.u k are many established paths across the
commons and generally the rights of
way will not be affected.
As Spring changes into early Summer,
the commons have seen a We have another Bird Walk on
transformation from the overall shades Saturday May 14th when Adrian
of brown, so vividly punctuated by the Podmore will lead us on Lane End
drifts of the bright yellow Gorse, into the Common, starting at the car park at
palette of greens of the trees 8.00.a.m., looking out for the
complemented by the wood anemones, heathland birds. A second walk in May
bluebells and primroses putting on a fine will be our Spring Walk on Saturday
show. The bracken spears are now May 28th when I will lead a group
reaching skywards again to fill in the around Lane End Common starting at
gaps. the car park at 2.00.p.m. We will be
looking at and discovering various
We enjoyed our first bird walk in April,
things in nature and will be suitable for
guided by Adrian, taking time to stop
families to find out about this
and listen for both the resident and the
interesting place.
incoming migrants. Our walks are on
For further information, visit our
Lane End Common this year and our website –
interest is taken by the changes in the www.chaileycommons.org.uk or
habitat of this smaller but fascinating www.facebook.com/chaileycommons/
area of wooded heathland. or https://
friendsofmarkstakescommon.weebly.co
The volunteers at Markstakes Common m
have moved to the area known as the
William Coleman
Mire and are concentrating on removing
the many willow saplings and the 01444 831098
scattered brambles. This is a level wet
area formed by the extraction of the clay
for brickmaking at the nearby Chailey
Brick Works.
The Exmoor ponies are continuing their
good work on Red House Common and
have come through the winter well and
have not lost much weight and still look
healthy and losing some of their winter
coats. The browsing of the gorse and
bramble shoots has given them good
feed during the winter months.
For those of you who walk on Red House
Common you may have seen the notices
advising of the ‘Wildlife Refuge’ areas
which have been set up to help the
Nightjars and other ground nesting birds.
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Chailey Commons Society William Coleman 01444 831923
Cricket Club Kelvin Speirs 890785
Flower Club Gill Wells 890561
Football Club Ian Earl 891099
Footpath Society Judy Lawrenson 01273 472277
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