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03/11/2024

2 years ago, I accidentally invented the greatest game at The Veteran Car Run. Hi-fiving the passengers of the open top cars!

And today is the Veteran Car Run - SHALL WE PLAY?

Our bit of the route generallysees vehicles between 8.30am and 11am. The pre 1905 vehicles:

🏁 Drive/ride up Brighton Road from Redhill,
🥓☕️ Past the Earlswood 2nd Reigate HQ with their bacon butty/ hot drinks stall,
⬆️ Towards South Earlswood, and onwards to Brighton.

29/10/2024

We've organised a Christmas grotto type market at work. Come on down for trees, lights, ornaments and more PLUS enjoy a hot drink and cake and help us raise money for MacMillan.

📍 Earlswood Recycling Center ♻️
📅 22nd - 24th November, 9am - 4pm

27/10/2024

It's EARLSWOOD FARMERS MARKET day! Where fresh meets local.

📍10am - 2pm, Marquis of Granby pub, RH1 6ET. Come say hi 👋 With stalls from:

🫒Tana Mediterranean Deli

☕️ Smokin' Bean Truck

🥩 Brightleigh Farm

🍯 Jam Packed Preserves

🍞 Lockdown Bakehouse

🧀 Nutfield Dairy

🧁 The Dizzy Baker

🥓 Norbury Park Farm/ Ockley Nurseries

🫗My Vegan Dulche Deleche

🍪 The Cookie Pod

🥟 Paolos Pastries

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Show Up For Local and come meet the people who grow, make, bake your food.

21/10/2024

I have never felt so seen! 👀

I do this too! Anyone else? Maybe we should take a promenade around the grounds one afternoon?

Thanks so much to Sarah for passing on this utter gem from yesterday's Halloween event at Earlswood School. Keep sending your overheard snippets my way!

11/10/2024

How awesome is this birds eye view of Earlswood? Although someone should tell the developers it's Earlswood, not Redhill daaaaarling 👸💁‍♀️ (I totally had to Google sassy emojis btw!)

Can you see your house? Maybe I'll use this next time we hold a Jumble Trail!

And about that... I was thinking March, June and September might be good months to hold the Earlswood Jumble Trail. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

This sign is nothing to do with Eco Earlswood and everything to do with the new housing development on the corner of St John's Road and Emlyn Road. In case you were wondering.

06/10/2024

Today's the day, it's our 4th Kidical Mass AND IT'S NOT RAINING!

Thanks so much to everyone for joining in. Thanks also to:

💚 Our awesome team of Ride Marshals
💚 The Ride organisers (Rob, Ryan, Rich & Rachel)
💚 Planet Reigate Podcast for their endless shout outs
💚 Carrington School for hosting us
💚 The Earlswood Recycling Centre and Eco Earlswood for their sponsorship!
💚 Paul Collier, our Ride photographer
💚 Everyone who has shared and liked our posts

29/09/2024

A reminder of the stalls at today's Earlswood Farmers Market!

☕️ Smokin' Bean Truck
🍯 Earlswood Honey
🥓 Brightleigh Farm
🧀 Ockley Nurseries
🥐 Paolos Pastries
🍞 The Lockdown Bakehouse
🧁 The Dizzy Baker
🌱 Flori & Moss
🍪 The Cookie Pod

25/09/2024

Apparently, they went on to talk about how all the neighbours were surprisingly middle class! 👀

Worries me a tad that people think Redhill is the ghetto, but pleased we're casually smashing down archaic stereotypes!

Another fantastic addition to our Overheard feature - this one was overheard by Sophia in Gail's Bakery, Reigate... Keep sending any good ones my way.

19/09/2024

Well this is very exciting! I woke up to learn I've been nominated for the "Make It Happen""Community Star Award from Stars in Surrey.

It is very humbling to receive this nomination, in amongst the amazing work other organisations do in Surrey. THANK YOU SO MUCH to anyone who nominated me 🥳

BUT. My passion for creating a sustainable community goes beyond awards and being in the limelight. I really believe that by doing things together, as a collective, we have the power to change our corner of the world. 🙌

👉 When people ask me about Eco Earlswood I try to explain that being a vegan, zero waste, tree hugger by yourself from home is a drop in ocean. But being a part of a local movement to create better, creates impact and makes a lasting difference.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE ECO EARLSWOOD INTIATIVE SO FAR?

13/09/2024

Back by popular demand - the food trucks of Earlswood!

👉 Smokin' Bean Truck, Earlswood

📍 Earlswood Farmers Market
📆 Sunday 29th September, 10am - 2pm

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👉 Despot Carribean
📍 The Plough Pub, RH1 6QE
📆 Tuesdays, 4 - 8pm

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👉 Pizza Craft

📍 The Old Chestnut Pub, RH1 6HP
📆 Thursdays, 5 - 8pm

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👉 Next Phase Coffee

📍 The Old Chestnut Pub, RH1 6HP
📆 Monday - Friday, 6am - 10am

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👉 Bhunney Greek style street food
📍The Garibaldi Pub, RH1 6PA
📆 Thursday - Sunday
INCLUDING THE BIG COMMUNITY LUNCH ON SUNDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER

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👉 Sliced Pizza

📍 The Plough Pub, RH1 6QE
📆 Mondays, 4 - 8pm AND

📍 Earlswood Baptist Church, RH1 6DZ
📆 Fridays 4 - 8pm

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👉 Jaconellis Coffee Van

📍 East Surrey Hospital
📆 Monday - Saturday

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👉 Cookie Pod - cookies

📍The Earlswood Farmers Market, RH1 6ET
📆 Sunday 29th September, 10am - 2pm
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💚 DO YOU KNOW OF ANY MORE (or any edits?? LET ME KNOW ADD I'LL ADD THEM! 💚

09/09/2024

RATE MY LOOK! Which one is your favourite?

Yes, you guessed it. I found my fancy dress box in yesterday's loft declutter. I am a huge fan of fancy dress, but I'm very aware that costumes and fancy dress are the opposite of sustainable and, in fact, very throwaway.

✅️ Earlswood School set out to minimise costume waste in March 2024 when they set a theme for World Book Day of "Come as a Real Person". This also took away the pressure parents feel of having to fund another costume for school. BUT!

There's still a long way to go. Specifically with Halloween fast approaching. In 2019, The Fairyland Trust investigated the waste generated from fancy dress costumes at Halloween. 😱 They estimated that 2,000 tonnes of plastic waste would be created from 7 MILLION discarded costumes.

My 5 top tips? 👇

1. Start a FANCY-DRESS BOX full of mix & match accessories. Make a commitment to only use items from your box. 👒 Items I find useful are wigs, capes and hats.

2. MAKE OR REPURPOSE your outfit! We've ONLY made costumes for all school dress up days for the past 4 years. Let me know if that is something you'd be interested in getting tips on. 🦄 We papier-mâché'd the Uni Kitty head in picture 5.

3. Opt for a SECONDHAND costume. Shop around on Vinted or FB Marketplace. This can be hugely cost saving too. 🧡 The orange wig is part of a Flame Princess outfit I bought on eBay in 2016.

4. Choose NATURAL MATERIALS. If you do buy new, try to avoid synthetic materials like polyester that take a long time to break down. Cotton, bamboo and linens are much better. 🐶 The dog mask is made from cardboard!

5. Host a COSTUME SWAP within your kids' class or source a costume lending library. 💡 Facebook is home to multiple fancy dress swap groups. Does anyone know if we have one locally?

♻️ Ultimately, it is very possible to reduce waste and still look fabulous because, Waste isn't Waste until it's Wasted.

04/09/2024

We came, we saw, we litterpicked!

TOP OFFENDERS: Stella Artois cans, Twix and Milky Way wrappers, and v**e cartridges.

UNUSUAL FINDS: a hammer in a bin bag, epic chunks of polystyrene and baby scales!

AMOUNT COLLECTED: 9 purple bags of rubbish in 1 hour 💪 But, there's a lot more to do still.

NEXT STEPS: Arrange a second litterpick, find out who owns the land and put pressure on them to maintain it OR *sharp inhale of breath* explore adopting the land.

🥰 Thank you so much to everyone who came out to litterpick Earlswood Brook Patch, on Hooley Lane this evening (4/9/24). You are awesome!

25/08/2024

My favourite moments from today's Earlswood Farmers Market, in pictures 📸 👇

1. Honey the dog with my gorgeous new blackboard made by

2. The love for our new coffee truck

3. Mia & Ruby rocking up to help sell surplus fruit & veg - the profits go to Earlswood School Kitchen Garden Project

4. The Lockdown Bakehouse bread selling out in the first 2 hours!

5. The customer who bought ALL the milk from

6. The incredible marmalade venison sausages made as a nod to Fanny's Farm

7. The customers who return their empty jars to

8. Meeting new Earlswood Farmers Market customers Kiera and Emily who literally bought from every stall!

9. The gorgeous garden and delicious Sunday bbq at The Marquis of Granby

10. Coordinating with my new signs! Hola again at local brand,

HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who came, bought, and Showed Up For Local. The Market is literally nothing without your continued support 🙏💚

24/08/2024

So this might be my favourite edition so far, I couldn't not share. Sent over by Natalie in Ifold Road Park. Apparently she was playing football with her young daughter on the MUGA and a group of teenagers were playing basketball on the other side - and this is what she heard.

Keep sending any good ones my way.

13/08/2024

Camping... because therapy is expensive.

Honestly! A long weekend of slow living in the great outdoors was all I needed to reset. The fact that we hung out with our Essex family is the vegan icing on the gluten-free cake!

We listened to Crosby, Stills & Nash, visited an on-site car boot sale, swam in a lake, went for a litter picking walk, picked blackberries, hung out with family, roasted marshmallows and slept under the stars.

What are you doing this summer to re-set?

02/08/2024

I mean, technically they're not wrong I guess? Fizzy drinks generally do have a high carb count, right?! 🤣

Another fantastic addition to our Overheard feature - this one was overhead by Malik in McDonald's, Redhill... Keep sending any good ones my way.

31/07/2024

The night that I won an award from the Reigate & Banstead Mayor, and then decided to stage my own "Hello magazine" style photo shoot in the Mayor's chambers... some snaps of the evening.

Joking aside, I was very humbled to be nominated by local residents Claire and Jerrine for an Individual Volunteer Award 🫶

Such a large chunk of Eco Earlswood's work is campaigning for better for where we live through campaigns and pop-up events. It feels incredible that together, we're starting to make a difference.

Shout out to all the other incredible volunteers who were acknowledged in this evening's award ceremony. Particularly proud that the Chairman & Treasurer of Earlswood 2nd Reigate Scout Group were included 🙌

24/07/2024

These reviews for the Earlswood Farmers Market are EVERYTHING! Thank you 💚🙏

And yes, the first one is from our newly elected MP - she is a proud supporter of British Farming and has been known to hang out at the Earlswood Farmers Market!

👉 The Earlswood Farmers Market is on the last Sunday of every month, 10am - 2pm at

📍 The Marquis of Granby pub, Hooley Lane, RH1 6ET

If you've been and sampled our wares, I'd love a review. Link in stories/ bio.

12/07/2024

🤯🤣 This feels like a life defining moment that was overheard by Tara, walking up Brighton Road.

Keep sending any good ones my way.

04/07/2024

I try not to talk politics on here, but I walked past this eco graffiti in Redhill the other day and thought it was a good message to share.

Votinging is a free and easy way to "Show Up For Local" - drop a 👍 below if you've voted today.

02/07/2024

So this feels like the best news of all time. Fiiiiinally after over 18 months of being closed, have reopened our beloved Pavillion Cafe in Redhill's Memorial Park - just in time for summer.

I vote we brush over the fact that it has been an entire year since the council promised they'd re-lease the cafe AND a staggering 14 months since I embarked on my petition to get the toilets (in the very least) reopened. Who remembers the iconic poo emoji outfit? 💩

So hallelujah for Florries 🙏💚🙏 Let's "Show Up For Local" and shower them with support!

📷 With thanks to for the photos

30/06/2024

Here's an idea.💡 Inspired by my friends village in Kent. You know when you leave your unwanted bits and bobs outside your home for someone to rehome?? What if, as a community, we all did this on the same weekend?

For example, the first weekend of every month? So every first weekend, we could walk or drive around browsing and rehoming each others doorstop donations or curbside clutter?

👉 I'D LOVE TO HEAR SOME FEEDBACK ON THIS! 👈

In other news and related to the image, I left some free aloe vera plants on the wall outside the Marquis of Granby pub earlier. Hoping they've found good homes! 🌱

29/06/2024

How gorgeous is this beautiful illustration of The Earlswood Farmers Market?! Created by the very talented Debbie from Nutfield based, Brand & Feel -

Drop a 💚 below if you love it!!

Just a reminder that the Earlswood Farmers Market is back tomorrow (Sunday 30th June) and we look forward to welcoming you! 10am - 2pm at the Marquis of Granby pub on Hooley Lane, RH1 6ET. Please scroll through the photos for the list of stalls!

Be there, or be a triangle.

25/06/2024

At the weekend, I hosted a hen do with picnic, lake swimming and flower crown making at Bower Hill Farm in Nutfield.

From weddings to wildlife walks, Bower Hill Farm is a low cost, local location available to hire.

Check out my picnic set-up, which includes my gorgeous table runner by and my selection of mini spreads.

👉 Do you know any hidden gem locations available to hire? Let me know!!

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VOTE NOW! 👇🦒 Giraffe food or the latest copy of Eco Earlswood newsletter? Did you receive yours? Featuring upcoming events across Earlswood, details of local quiz nights, a search for local volunteers and the joyful news of coffee in Earlswood. Incase you missed it... 👉 EARLSWOOD FARMERS MARKET 📆 Sunday 27th October: 10am - 2pm 📍 The Marquis of Granby Pub, RH1 6ET 👉 POST HALLOWEEN LITTER PICK & DRINKS 📆 Friday 1st November: 5pm 📍 The Old Chestnut Pub, RH1 6HP 👉 VETERAN CAR RUN (BACON BUTTYS) 📆 Sunday 3rd November: 8am - 11am (ish) 📍 Earlswood 2nd Reigate HQ, RH1 6HE 👉 IFOLD ROAD PARK - PLANTING PARTY 📆 Sunday 10th November: 2pm - 4pm 📍 Ifold Road Park, RH1 6EF 👉 EARLSWOOD FARMERS MARKET 📆 Sunday 24th November: 10am - 2pm 📍 The Marquis of Granby Pub, RH1 6ET 👉 GARIBALDI CHRISTMAS MARKET 📆 Saturday 14th December: 1pm - 6pm 📍 The Garibaldi Pub, RH1 6PA 👉 CAROLS IN THE PUB 📆 Thursday 19th December: 7.30pm - 9pm 📍 The Plough Pub, RH1 6PA 👉 EARLSWOOD CHRISTMAS MARKET 📆 Sunday 22nd December: 10am - 2pm 📍 The Marquis of Granby pub, RH1 6ET

Earlswood Jumble Trail reviews! Thanks again to everyone who took part. Honestly, it makes a world of difference when you create a community event, if the community join in and have a positive experience! 👉 Leave your review below! #EarlswoodJumbleTrail #EcoEarlswood #Earlswood

NEXT RIDE: Sunday 6th October, 10am. A 5km gentle circular route of Redhill, starting and finishing at Carrington School, Redhill. Apart from keeping other riders safe, WHAT DOES A RIDE MARSHAL DO? 🚴‍♀️ Your main role is to help with the flow of traffic, ie preventing cars from interrupting the ride. We do this by using the Ride Marshals to block traffic at junctions, roundabouts, traffic lights, etc so all the cyclists safely ride together as a group. 🚴‍♀️ We also use Ride Marshals to communicate politely with other road users about what the ride is, apologise for any inconvenience, thank them for their patience etc. 🚴‍♀️ As a Ride Marshal, you are the eyes and ears of the ride. You help report any incidents on the ride to the Ride Leader. 🚴‍♀️ And finally, you are a positive ambassador of cycling. You provide a friendly and welcoming environment for all Kidical Mass participants. ANYTHING ELSE? The route is fully risk assessed, we provide reccee rides and an on-the-day Ride Marshal buddy system to partner new Ride Marshals with experienced Ride Marshals. 👉 CAN YOU HELP? Please share and tag 🙏 A reminder that all children on a bicycle should be accompanied by an adult, also on a bicycle. With thanks to the Earlswood Recycling Centre and Eco Earlswood for sponsoring the ride and to Carrington School for hosting it. AND a huge shout out to our awesome Ride Marshals and organising team. #KidicalMassUK #KidicalMass #StreetsForKids #LivingStreets #Redhill #Earlswood #EcoEarlswood #ShowUpForLocal

This bugs me on a daily basis! The yellow box on Mill Street/ Garlands Road wasn't included in the "Great Line Repainting" that happened recently. Anyone know why? (I'm looking at you @surrey_highways 👀) #ShowUpForLocal #Redhill #YellowBox #EcoEarlswood

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