Peter Stewart

Captain Noah and his floating zoo is on August 31st, 2.30 to 10 o'clock. This is all being run by our friends over at the Betchworth Operatic and Dramatic Society. Yeah, Betchworth Operatic and Dramatic Society, the BODs, as they are known as. They're going to have another come and sing afternoon of Captain Noah and his floating zoo at Betchworth Village Hall,

and be led by Alison Cooper, Ian Stone, and Vicky Hodges. Reserve your place. Alison is the person to contact. Cooper.Alison, digit 8. Cooper.Alison, 8. Normal spelling of Alison, A-L-I-S-O-N, at gmail.com for more on that.

returning for another year matthew bourne's new adventures are bringing doorstep duets to communities across the southeast and they're coming here as well as part of their 2024 tour they'll be visiting reigate library on saturday 31st two performances one at 10 one at 11. now doorstep duets offers a free opportunity for communities to enjoy a world-class performance in their local neighborhood

making the joy and wonder of dance more accessible to everybody. Bring your friends and family. It's going to be free, celebrating the small acts of kindness that have the power to bring people together. Sounds a bit like our Planet Rygate star feature, doesn't it? Which will be on the show a little bit later on. No need to book, just pop in.

And again, that's at Rygate Library, 10 and 11, Saturday the 31st. Fake It Easy are performing at the Cage in Reigate on Saturday night. Fake It Easy. Yeah, well, you can kind of gather from that the kind of music that they're going to be performing. I say they. It's my friend Keith, his guitarist and vocalist with this covers band. Again, Fake It Easy, live music outdoors at the Cage in Reigate.

That's square there in Reigate this coming Saturday evening. Merstam Movies is showing The Greatest Showman on Saturday night. Adult tickets £4, children £2. Doors open at 6 in the Oak Room of Merstam Hub. You can book your tickets 01737 333 461, film rated PG. Also, Sunday the 31st. Let's move on to the open day, the Summer Storytime at Gatton.

Favourite children's stories read by our Trails and Tales staff, they say. In beautiful locations around Gatton Park, stories are suitable for two to eight-year-olds. Why not come dressed as your favourite book character? Picnics welcome. If you just fancy a stroll, the gardens and parks will be fully open to explore and the Gatton Hall Tea Room open for the sale of refreshments and cakes.

And that's going to be going on between 12 and 5. £6 for adults, children free. On the day, £7.50 for adults. Now this is a little bit unusual. There's going to be a blessing of the backpacks service at St Nicholas Church in Charlewood on Sunday the 1st at 9.30 in the morning. They say everyone's welcome to this special blessing service as we look at starting a new school term and a new season.

Children are invited to bring their school bags. Adults can bring laptop bags, knitting bags, book bags or any other project they're working on. Yes, it's that you kind of get the idea. It's to bless... Your work as you go forward to the start of a new term or a project that you've got going on at the moment.

It's blessing the work that you're doing, your knowledge, your understanding of it, meeting the deadlines, not getting too stressed. It's just kind of giving you that kind of Zen experience, I guess. All in the auspices of St. Nicholas's Childwood, the blessing of the backpack service. That sounds really interesting, doesn't it? Sunday, September 1st at 9.30 in the morning.

A little bit later on, they've got a Gatwick Ponds litter pick tidy. Sunday 1st, 1.30 to 3.30. Litter pickers and rubbish bags are provided and all welcome. So they say, please come along, even if it's for just half an hour. If you'd like to help, meet Sam and Rod in the car park off Riverside Garden Park at 1.30. They'll be there rain or shine, but it may be a little bit muddy, they say.

the Royal Alfred Seafarer's Society, organising their annual summer party on the 1st. They say all the money raised will go towards the amenity fund, which provides extra trips and entertainment for our residents.

And if you're able to go along, if you want any more details about that summer fair, Royal Alfred Seafarer's Society, you can contact them at admin at royalalfred.org.uk or their website, I guess, will just be royalalfred.org.uk 01737 01737 360-106. And that is the first part of the Good Time Guide.

I'm back a little bit later on with the Good Time Guide Part 2 with places to go and things to do for the coming week.

Planet Reige podcast, I'm Peter Stewart. We've been down to the Red Hill Cruise of classic cars and that happened a couple of weeks ago, didn't it? And we've been speaking to the organiser and some of those taking part in a colourful and noisy display. Yeah, our reporter David King spoke with some of those taking part, showing off their wheels.

Now, obviously it was a very noisy event, but that kind of adds to the whole atmosphere of it, doesn't it?

And David also spoke with Chris, the owner of a Mountain Lauren 57 Cadillac Series 62.

And our thanks to David Keane for going down there and battling the noise that was there in the background. Got right into your soul, didn't it? That noise almost made your bones shake down at the recent cruise event down in Red Hill. And, of course, they've got another one hopefully next year. There was a little bit of talk that maybe it's getting a little bit too big.

Some officials getting a little bit jittery about it. But so far, so good. And we'll keep our fingers crossed. that everything goes well for the next year. And David, thank you very much indeed for that, for helping us out on the Planet Rygate podcast. We've got our new sequence in a few moments' time, another hit with the Good Time Guide of events across the area over the week ahead.

Planet Rygate Stars, as I mentioned a few minutes ago, is from Woodhatch and our 60-second soundscape from Buckland. Yeah, we're right across the area on the Planet Rygate podcast. Let's start off our new sequence with talk about the Harlequin Support Group.