insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 04 - June 2015 | Page 9

NEWS AMEX STADIUM TO HOST FATHER’S DAY LUNCH Football mad dads can be wined and dined on their special day this month within sight of Brighton and Hove Albion’s hallowed turf.  Sodexo Prestige Venues & Events, which manages the conference and banqueting facilities at the club’s state-of-the-art Amex stadium, has organised a special Father’s Day lunch on Sunday 21st June for lovers of the beautiful game.  Families will be served a three-course carvery meal, prepared by Sodexo’s award-winning team of chefs and each father will receive a free pint of beer in recognition of their special day.  The Amex Stadium has excellent transport links, including an on-site main line rail station and complimentary parking.  The Father’s Day lunch is priced at £22.50 per adult and £11 per child and bookings can be made by calling 01273 878272 or emailing [email protected]. TALLEST WILD TREE IN BRITAIN DISCOVERED IN NEWTIMBER WOODS A beech tree in Newtimber Woods on the National Trust’s Devil’s Dyke estate in Sussex has been declared the tallest native tree in Britain.  Measuring a staggering 44 metres tall the champion tree sits within the beautiful South Downs landscape. Although difficult to date, it is thought to be almost 200 years old, reaching the upper limit of a beech tree’s life expectancy.  The discovery was made by Dr Owen Johnson, the honourable Registrar for the Tree Register after he was alerted to the possible record breaker by dendrologist, Peter Bourne.  Dr Owen Johnson said of his find: “I didn’t quite believe Peter when he said the tallest tree in the woods could be 45 metres tall as I know the South Downs well. When I finally got around to visiting I found my skepticism entirely unjustified! It’s fascinating that this one beech, which must have very good genes, has managed to grow so much taller than all of its rivals in the same conditions”. The new record holder eclipses the previous champion native tree from Gloucestershire, also a beech, which is more than a metre shorter.  Set within a deep combe in Newtimber woods, the beech in the South Downs is one of a clump of trees planted together. Its great height is a result of continued competition to reach the light and the fact that it has been allowed to grow without any management for at least the last 90 years. Charlie Cain, National Trust ranger for the Devil’s Dyke estate, said: “Now is the perfect time to come and see this champion – the trees are coming into leaf and the woodland spring flowers are showing their heads. Wood anemones, town hall clock, wood sorrel, nettle leaf bellflower, yellow archangel and bluebells are all opening across Newtimber Woods”. While the beech in Newtimber Woods is the tallest native tree in Britain, it is not the tallest tree that the National Trust looks after. This title is awarded to a Douglas fir, a non-native tree, found at Cragside in Northumberland, which measures 61 metres.  For more information about the National Trust’s top trees visit  www.nationaltrust.org.uk/toptrees National Trust Head Ranger, Charlie Cain, looks up at the tallest native tree in Britain, a beech tree in Newtimber woods in the South Downs. © National Trust, James Dobson THE COODEN MEDICAL GROUP AESTHETICS SHOWCASE The Cooden Clinic hosted its first Aesthetics Demonstration Event on the evening of the 7th May. The event, attended by both loyal and new clients alike, saw some of the Clinic’s most elite Aesthetic. Treatments being performed on willing models whilst guests sipped on Champagne and took advantage of exclusive offers. The Clinic, which celebrated its first anniversary on the 22nd May, will be holding a Veins Information Evening on Thursday the 25th of June at 7pm hosted by Founder and Director Dr Mo Faris along with resident Consultant Mr Sandison. 9