This weekend’s almost unending rain paused this Saturday between 2pm and 5pm for the 65th Annual Albury Produce Show and gave Surrey’s fete goers a much needed taste of Summer. The Albury Produce Show was founded in 1946 and is one of the oldest shows of its kind in the country. There wa[...]
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June 5th, 2011 - 7:43 pm § in Events
Shamley Green Village Fete 2011
We are all getting very competitive over the scarecrow competition that will take place at the Shamley Green Village fete on Saturday 11th June. Ours has been made and is hidden at a secret location along with his wife. The fete will open at 1pm on the village green and will also feature the annual [...]
May 29th, 2011 - 7:44 pm § in Events
Fircroft Art Exhibition 2011
Saturday 11th – Sunday 26th June Daily 11am -5pm, Thursdays 11am – 8pm Evey June our corner of the Surrey Hills plays host to the annual Fircroft Art Exhibition. Fircroft is home to international exhibited artist Frank Taylor and his wife Christine. Set in a beautiful and interesting ear[...]
May 22nd, 2011 - 7:48 pm § in Events
Bramley Village Fete 2011 – Review
Bicycle Man was great, the Badger Set Band rocked, we almost won a pig when we bowled for one, but it was Cyril the Squirrel and the terrier racing that stole the show at the Bramley Village Fete this afternoon. Apart from a couple of spots of rain, the weather was kind to this afternoon’s [..[...]
May 17th, 2011 - 8:59 pm § in Events
Bramley Village Fete 2011
TV’s Fay Ripley, star of Cold Feet and Reggie Perrin will open the 54th Bramley Village Fete on Sunday 22nd May. The fete, in aid of local charities including Bramley Infant School, will open at 12 noon, following a children’s fancy dress procession which will leave the old Bramley and W[...]
May 1st, 2011 - 2:45 pm § in Events
Blackheath Village Fair 2011
The Blackheath Village Fair, which normally marks the start of the village fete season in the Surrey Hills, will not take place on May Bank Holiday Monday. Organisers have decided to take a year off in 2011. The fair will return to the calendar again on May Bank Holiday Monday, 8th May 2012. Bramley[...]
October 31st, 2010 - 7:09 pm § in Events
Halloween in The Surrey Hills
It is Halloween in the Surrey Hills. Halloween’s origins date back 2,000 years to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. The Celts of the time celebrated their new year on the 1st of November, a date that marked the end of summer, the harvest and the start of winter. The Celts believed that o[...]
October 23rd, 2010 - 5:42 pm § in Events
Taste of Autumn at RHS Wisley
We were in need of apples, pears and a pumpkin today, so where better to head to than the Taste of Autumn festival at RHS Wisley. The festival, which takes place between 21st and 24th of October, celebrates the best in autumn produce from Wisley, around the country and from societies of growers arou[...]
September 12th, 2010 - 7:48 pm § in Events
Surrey Hills Llamas at The Merry Harriers
We went to see some old friends this afternoon. For a while the Surrey Hills Llamas lived in the field behind the pond at Woodhill Farm house. A couple of years ago their owners Colin and Julie bought The Merry Harriers at Hambledon and moved the llamas to the field behind the pub. Colin and [...][...]
August 30th, 2010 - 8:55 pm § in Events
Peaslake Village Fayre 2010 – Sunshine, jam and cake
Following an August when it felt like it might never stop raining, the sun shone down warm and strong on the 2010 Peaslake Village Fete this afternoon. As a result the stalls and side shows were bustling with people at this very traditional Surrey Hills village fayre. Local home made cakes, jams, ho[...]
