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Photo by Stephen Cassidy<br />
PROMS IN THE PADDOCK<br />
<strong>Lewes</strong>’ take on the proms is a relaxed affair in the<br />
Paddock Field, where you can have a picnic, wander<br />
round socialising, or enjoy a barbecue. There’s also<br />
a tombola, swing boats, and a temporary sweet shop<br />
on site.This year, male barbershop choir The Sussex<br />
Harmonisers make their Proms debut, while the<br />
ever-popular LGB Brass return with their rousing<br />
mix of classical standards. Expect literal �reworks<br />
when they play the 1812 Overture.<br />
Sat 6th August, 5pm, £7/3 from Elephant and Castle,<br />
Harveys, F. Richards, Gardeners Arms, <strong>Lewes</strong> Arms or<br />
the Con Club, contact@promsinthepaddock.co.uk<br />
ANIMAL MAGIC<br />
TRAVEL LOG<br />
THE NEW SLIDE<br />
BITS AND BOBS<br />
“Three changes of train will get you to Moscow and<br />
six changes will get you to Istanbul”, says ‘Travelman’s<br />
Travel Log website, a mine of information about travel,<br />
which is <strong>Lewes</strong>-focused, but also has some great advice<br />
for longer journeys. Travelman digests the vastly<br />
complex rail ticketing system, explaining how to save<br />
money with advance/off-peak tickets, ‘ticket splitting’,<br />
railcards, and so on. Wisely, he suggests “If you have<br />
to travel peak times...get someone else to pay!” There’s<br />
also plenty of detail about bus services, and loads for<br />
walkers, drivers and cyclists. One section explains how<br />
to get to local schools cheaply, another says how to<br />
make the holiday budget go further, and a third deals<br />
with travelling to and from hospital.<br />
www.travelloglewes.co.uk<br />
Local folk fans Tom Redman (from <strong>Lewes</strong>) and Matt Quinn<br />
(from Portslade) both took the folk and traditional music course<br />
at Newcastle University, where they formed The New Slide.<br />
The band is building quite a reputation, playing traditional tunes<br />
from England and French Canada, as well as some originals.<br />
Sat 13th, All Saints Centre, 8pm, £7-4 on the door or from Union<br />
Music, 474053 or www.thenewslide.co.uk<br />
At Rodmell’s Summer Show you’ll see classic cars, a brass band, and a range of birds of prey. There’s a ‘best<br />
scarecrow’ competition, but we aren’t sure whether the birds will be judging it. Plus a photo contest and a<br />
fun dog show. Categories include Prettiest Bitch, Best Veteran (over seven years), Best Youngster (under 18<br />
months), and Dog Most Like Handler. (Sat 20th, 2pm, £1, children free, dog show 2.15pm, £1 per entry).<br />
There’s another dog show the following week at the Firle Place Horse Trials and Country Fair (Sat 27th-Sun<br />
28th). One lucky owner will be rewarded for having ‘the dog the judge would most like to take home’.<br />
The unusual pricing system means it’s £<strong>10</strong> for a car-full of people to get in, however many that may be. Once<br />
inside, you can have a go at archery, or get your face painted. Please don’t get it painted in red, white and blue<br />
expanding circles though. The horse trials will include some Olympic hopefuls showing off their skills at dressage,<br />
show jumping and cross country (‘similar to a triathlon for horses’, apparently). 11
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