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Things to do with the family in Oxted

Oxted, with its traditional high street and country charm, is a wonderful place for families to live. Whether you fancy a quick dose of exercise, a full day out or a memorable meal, Oxted has a multitude of options to keep everyone happy. Located close to the M25, on a train line to London and nestled at the foot of the Surrey North Downs, there’s plenty of family fun on offer regardless of the weather.

Get back to nature

A fun experience filled with memories doesn’t cost the earth in Oxted. There are many options for free outdoor ventures where wellies rather than cash may be required. Long and short public footpath walks scatter the area surrounded by picturesque countryside and friendly wildlife.

Peter Rabbit Woods on Limpsfield Common, is a fabulous place for families to walk. Parking is available on Ridlands Grove, and there are a variety of paths leading into a wood full of dens. The area boasts charming dedications to Peter Rabbit and friends. A favourite is the Peter Rabbit post box, where children can post their letters and some will receive a reply. A natural den, Hedgehog Hall, is not to miss and try to spot the bike hiding high in the trees.

Park Life

Master Park is located in the centre of Oxted, and a few minutes walk from the high street and station. The expanse of green open space makes for a family day out. With ample space for picnics, an ice cream van in summer months and a playground that children never want to leave, it’s a great way to spend family time. Oxted lawn Tennis Club is positioned in Master Park and offers tennis lessons for all ages and also has three courts. A cricket club with a clubhouse hosts children’s cricket during the summer, and throughout the year the park hosts various events and the odd funfair.

Family treats

If the weather isn’t compatible with outdoor activities, then indoor family pursuits are available. On the high street, Splattercraft is a treat for birthday parties or one-off events. Let the children get creative with the various arts and craft activities, including pottery painting and slime making. If it’s a relax and unwind the family requires, Everyman cinema close to the station is the place to be. The boutique Tudor-fronted cinema offers three screens and hot and cold snacks and drinks and sensational sundaes.

Sport on the doorstep

In the heart of Oxted is Tandridge Leisure Centre. The fun pool boasts a water slide, water canons and regular wave sessions. Also in the centre are Bounce and Play sessions for the little ones and a variety of school holiday activities. Two miles from the centre of Oxted is Holland Sports on Mill Lane where fantastic playing fields and tennis courts encourage more outdoor family fun. The recent Trim Trail is popular for children to ride their bikes, go running or scoot. There’s also a small playground and local events.

All the fun of the farm

A popular day out for Oxted residents and those from further afield is Godstone Farm. It’s less than a ten-minute drive from Oxted and possesses a wide array of animals to view and pet. A vast outdoor area hosts climbing frames, zip wires, sandpits and various other options for mini thrill-seekers and the dinosaur walk is a must. Take a tractor ride around the farm and watch out for seasonal activities and theme days.

Time to eat

Oxted offers an abundance of places to eat with the family. Old Oxted has family-friendly pubs with outdoor areas, and the high street has other options. For a delicious breakfast or brunch, there’s Toast or Café Papillon which parents will also love. For a lunch treat, Brisk Burgers is a firm favourite for families with a children’s menu bursting with tasty options and delicious milkshakes.

Oxted is a fantastic place for families to live and have fun all year round. There are many activities to do without having to travel and others just a short drive from the centre. It’s an ideal place to bring up children and enjoy quality time together. The stunning new development, Courtyard Gardens is ideally situated in the centre of Oxted, close to numerous facilities and the station.

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misomilk · 5 years

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Octopath Exchange Letter

Good day to you, fellow traveler!

I am misomilk @ tumblr & AO3.

I haven't interacted with anyone in the Octopath Traveler fandom before, so thank you for being the first! XD I hope that you have fun creating whatever it is you're giving me. Please don't be overwhelmed with things I've noted here! May they be guiding stones rather than obstacles for you.

Things I like

Ships (in order of what I like most to least--though still love a lot)

OlbericXTherion. The easiest way to satisfy me is by using my main ship. Ignore their ages, I just really, really, really love their dynamic. They're both seemingly silent characters, but are not...? Olberic is kind, serious and deeply loyal (to a fault), juxtaposed to Therion who is snarky, cunning, and distant. Their contrast is so good! Yet they even have similarities, like how they've both been betrayed by someone they trusted a lot. The other six probably would never see through them e way they develop throughout their journey, how they start to confide in one another. I'm incredibly weak to that development. (I understand, however, that it's not a typical ship. -weeps- So feel free to give them a hard pass.)

Olberic X Therion X Cyrus (any pairing combo you can make with these three: e.g. OxT, TxC, CxO) - O/T listening to C ramble on--going from annoying to pleased to I-kinda-miss-his voice; C reading books to O/T. refer to: esakateia’s art bec they’re pretty much on point.

Alfyn X Cyrus

Primrose X H'aanit X Ophilia (any pairing combo you can make with these three)

Olberic X Erhardt

Platonic Pairs

above-listed ships (platonic version)

Primrose+Therion

Tressa+Therion

Olberic+Ophilia

any of the eight patting Linde

motherly Ophilia to anyone else in the group

any interactions within the eight, the one I like least being: AlfynXTherion (there’s already so much content for them. Which is great! I just don’t want one dedicated to me)

Things I don't like

m-preg

physical and mental abuse

That's pretty much it. Anything else, even the problematic sorts of things, even the wildest or most hardcore thing you can imagine, I'm 99% probs fine with it.

Prompts

Here are some prompts to help inspire you.

SHIPPY Basically: soft fluff with a lot of physical touches, to hardcore smut; CONSENT AND COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT!!!

(Orsterra) A and B sneaking out of the hotel to watch the stars together (on purpose or by accident)

(Orsterra) A going back to B’s home city post-adventures to pay them a visit

(Orsterra) A and B meeting before the adventure but not remembering they ever interacted (optional: revealing they met before once they’re already in a relationship)

(au) "seeing a movie alone, the movie theatre was full and we ended up sitting next to each other"

(Orsterra/au) “I’ve been in love with you for so long.”

(Orsterra/au) “I never thought you’d notice me.”

GENERIC Basically: friends-closer-than-family dynamic, hugs and teasing and sweet soft caring and love

Camp: What happens when they camp, or stay at an inn? What sorts of talk happens? Who cooks dinner, who helps set the table, who stays out of sight until it's ready to eat?

Tavern: Who helps plan the next course of action? Who makes a mess of things? Do any of them remember what they finalized that night before?

Dinner: Tressa+Therion stealing food from everyone else while seated at the table and no one noticing

Penniless: Tressa keeping the group budget and not being able to buy new weapons/stay at the inn; letting Therion steal some good weapons for more $$; how the rest of the group react to their pennilessness

Magic Gone Wrong: new Scholar (any of the 8, except Cyrus) casts a spell during battle that goes wrong: someone turns into a toad? Or maybe someone gets aged down and everyone else has to take care of them? (Alternative: group reacts to effects of Bewildering Grace)

generic AUs: slice of life ones, like coffee shop or college or neighbors au.

Thank you so much for reading this letter, and I'm so sorry for rambling so much! Please know that the most important thing for me is that you enjoy whatever it is you make, because then I know I'll enjoy what you've made, too.

Again, may these be guiding stones rather than obstacles for you. If you find you are inspired by something else entirely, that’s totally okay, too! Feel free to send in an ask (on anon?) if you’ve got any clarifications!

Happy (creative) travels! misomilk

#ramble

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southwarkcofe · 5 years

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Nine Elms Advent Calendar 2019

Revd Betsy Blatchley, Pioneer Minister in the Arts in Nine Elms, writes...

Opening a door each day on a traditional (non-chocolate) Advent Calendar has always been something I loved – and still do today. Maybe it’s because, being one of four children, I only got to do it 6 times each year as a child! This year that tradition has gone to a whole new dimension for me as, with Nine Elms Arts Ministry, the emerging community I lead in the Nine Elms development area in Southwark Diocese, we have launched the first ever Nine Elms Advent Calendar. This year, from 1st – 24th December, a new Christmas Carol themed ‘Window’ will be revealed each night, at a festive opening event in a different venue across the Nine Elms area (one of the largest redevelopment areas in Europe)

Living Advent Calendars aren’t new, they originated in Sweden and are gaining popularity across the UK. Two in Southwark Diocese have particularly inspired me over recent years – The Oxted Adventure in Surrey, and Greenwich Advent Windows in South East London, along with the Brighton Beach Hut Advent Calendar in Chichester Diocese. When we were considering what we could do in the area this Christmas, I was wondering what would help us build on all the positive relationships that we were starting to develop with artists, businesses, community groups, local authorities, churches and developers in the area. I was also keen to do something that would encourage people to explore parts of the Nine Elms area that they didn’t know and, most importantly, find a gentle, fun and accessible way for people to consider the true meaning of Christmas. And so the idea of the Nine Elms Advent Calendar was born.

It’s hard to explain Nine Elms to those who haven’t been here. Working in an area that will still be partially a building site for the next ten years is exciting, but also has a lot of challenges. An estimated 30 developers are involved in the redevelopment project, and different ‘islands’ of luxury flats and high end restaurants are gradually popping up. Eventually we should have an amazing linear park that leads you through the whole area, without having to cross any roads, and guides you along our section of the beautiful south bank of the River Thames and into Battersea Park via the iconic Battersea Power Station. But at the moment it can be hard to navigate your way from one part of the area to another. People from the newer luxury developments, and those from the existing social housing estates or older private residential areas, rarely inhabit the same spaces. Our hope is that the Nine Elms Advent Calendar will give people to impetus (and even courage) to explore the parts unknown to them. But also give people a chance to meet their immediate neighbours – building and nurturing community in such a diverse and changing area as Nine Elms is challenging but crucial. We also hope that it will encourage visitors from across London to visit this increasingly vibrant part of London.

The Calendar launched with a theatrical flourish on Sunday 1st December at The Turbine Theatre in Circus West Village, the first chapter in the regeneration of Battersea Power Station. A crowd of around a hundred people were entertained by the Cat in the Hat, star of the theatre’s Christmas show, and the cast of the musical High Fidelity led the mulled wine supping crowd in Christmas songs, before a beautiful ‘Bleak Midwinter’ scene, asking the question ‘What can I give?’ was revealed across the whole front of the theatre. Pubs, restaurants, cafes, schools, marketing suites, community centres, gyms, estate agents, cinemas and churches are all getting involved as window opening venues through December – with each window having a very different feel. The fact that we began in a theatre and end with a family crib and carols at St George’s church on the Patmore Estate has a wonderful symmetry for me personally, as I had a twenty year career in theatre before my ordination in 2003, so it brings both my worlds together.

As well as gathering a crowd each evening for the great ‘reveal’ moment – usually with some festive refreshments and carols or Christmas music - the trail of windows will be in place till Epiphany, so we are encouraging people to walk the whole trail from Christmas Day to 5th January – which seems to fit well with the church of England’s 12 days of Christmas #FollowtheStar reflections, in encouraging people to reflect on the Christmas story in the days after Christmas (in our case through the trail of Christmas Carol themed windows)

Nine Elms Arts Ministry’s focus is around arts, spirituality and social justice – we wanted to ensure that, whilst being a fun, thoughtful and community building project, the calendar also had a social justice element. Jesus’ call to feed the hungry has always been close to my heart, so, the opening events will also be providing opportunities to support two great charities who are working to support families in crisis and end food poverty – Wandsworth Foodbank and Action against Hunger.

In all over 40 organisations are involved in some way with the Advent Calendar, many as venues for the window opening, some as sponsors or financial supporters and others by offering practical support or promotion. Our main sponsor, Garton Jones Real Estate, as well as generously supporting the project as a whole, have also taken on one of the window openings and have gone to town with a big family Christmas party with Santa’s Grotto and two choirs of Carol Singers! Battersea Power Station have been an integral partner, with six of the windows being within their Circus West development. New Covent Garden Market, which is also in our patch, along with their developer St Modwen, are supporting one of our local primary schools to create an outdoor, nature inspired ‘installation’ window – and the school are creating a whole site-specific performance for their window reveal. Another developer, Galliard Homes, are sponsoring the Christian Youth Charity FAST to create a window at the FAST Youth Centre. Nine Elms on the South Bank, Wandsworth Council’s lead on Culture and Placemaking for the development, have been an amazing supporter of the Calendar and are supporting acclaimed Battersea based documentary filmmakers Chocolate Films to make a promo and short documentary of the project. They are also partnering with us to offer an After Dark Musical Trail of 10 of the windows on December 14th, led by World Heart Beat Academy’s New Orleans Band!

But even more important has been the collaboration with many of the network of 60 or so faith-based artists who are currently linked with Nine Elms Arts Ministry. They have been an amazing prayer support – with prayer walks and prayer gatherings. We have been able to pair a number of the visual artists with hosting organisations to design the windows. Others are performing readings, poems etc. as part of the opening events and many are just coming along to multiple openings to support and chat to those who come along about what we are doing and why we have created this event.

It’s my prayer that, as we open the windows at our events each night and the Christmas carol is revealed, something of the joy and peace of Christ’s birth will touch hearts and encourage people to consider what Christmas actually means for them. And as they walk the trail into the New Year, there will be a sense of pilgrimage and of following the star that leads to Christ.

To download an e-copy of the flyer with a map and details of the nightly opening events and the trails and walks, and details of each individual event go to www.nineelmsartsministry.org

To keep up to date with all the excitement and see daily pictures of the windows you can follow on Instagram and Facebook @nineelmsartsministry or me on Twitter @9ElmsArtsRev

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