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Roundabout VERWOOD

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We are really hopeful that we are out of the woods! Well at least from the viewpoint of local restrictions, even if travelling abroad is still not so easy. Very disappointing for some which is not good at all, but what a great excuse to explore our wonderful British Isles. We can shop at local shops, buy a painting from a local artist. Why not treat ourselves to a pamper day, buy some new gadgets or soft furnishings for the home?

We can join a new club, go walking in our beautiful countryside or visit the seaside.

Lots of choices. Coming into Spring of course we can all clean, tidy and pass any items we do not want to a charity in need of help. There are lots of exciting things to Advertise with us do and since we have been cooped up Take your business to new heights for a while, we can look at it all with a with our affordable advertising brand-new pair of eyes. A fresh new look. packages! Supply your own artwork or Remember that when we were young?

Talking of being young again – Daichi, the Modern Magazines Campervan bought an ice-cream parlour! You can read all about it inside.

Our local trades and services are ready and waiting for your calls. They want to help you in the home or for yourself.

Give them a call and do tell them where you saw their details. I still smile as much today about that, as I did 17 years ago when we published our very first magazine. Don’t forget if you have a business you want to promote or know of a local club or society that needs help, please let us know. We are here for the community!

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Dudsbury Golf Club Seniors Section Raises £3119 For John Thornton Young Achievers!

The Seniors Captain of Dudsbury Golf Club, Rob Bury, selected the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation (JTYAF) as his ‘Charity of the Year’ in 2020 and due to the restrictions with Covid the partnership ran for two years. Despite all the challenges Rob (pictured right below) presented Pete Thornton, Chairman of the JTYAF (pictured left), with a cheque for a staggering £3119!

To raise such a huge amount mid pandemic, is an outstanding achievement and the JTYAF would like to thank all those who organised and took part in the Charity Golf Days. The amount of time and effort that goes into ensuring that these events are a success cannot be underestimated and is greatly appreciated.

This fantastic support will make a massive difference to the opportunities that will be provided for local young people in the year ahead. All funds raised will help to provide bursaries and scholarships for local young people from a wide array of youth organisations directly supporting their personal development and the pursuit of their ambitions.

As an example of the difference an amount of £3119 will make, these are some recent awards that the Dudsbury Seniors Section fundraising would have made possible: • A young man from Ferndown Upper School who is a musician with the Bournemouth Youth Marching Band, has an ambition to join the Royal Marines Corp Band. He will use his scholarship to buy a cornet.

Park in Devon. Another 5 disadvantaged pupils will also visit the New Forest Water Park.

• A Looked After Child who experiences many difficulties will take part in a residential activities’ week at the Land and Wave Centre in Swanage. The trip would not be possible without JTYAF support and will help to raise his spirits and boost his confidence.

Rob commented, “I have been privileged to know Peter and Linda Thornton for over thirty years, so it was both an honour and a pleasure to nominate the “John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation” as my charity for the duration of my Seniors Captaincy of Dudsbury Golf Club. The amount raised, in spite of the pandemic, was a tribute a young man, born and raised locally, who gave his life for his country and in whose memory young people are being helped to achieve their goals. Grateful thanks are due to the members of the Seniors Section at Dudsbury Golf Club for their generosity” Pete Thornton commented, “Young people are experiencing many challenges in these uncertain and difficult times and need our support more than ever before. We really can’t thank the Dudsbury Seniors enough for helping us to continue to do the work we do.”

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• A young lady who is also a student at Ferndown Upper School has been cheerleading since she was 6 years old and has received a scholarship to pay for her expenses to attend ‘The Summit’ cheerleading competition in Florida.

• Funding has provided the opportunity for 3 disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils at St Michael’s Middle School to join their peers for a 5-day outdoor education trip to Holne

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In Pursuit of Knowledge A voyage into learning and insight this month, with four engaging and intriguing books to look out for.

The Jaws Book: New Perspectives on the Classic Summer Blockbuster by I.Q. Hunter After almost 50 years, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws remains the definitive summer blockbuster, a cultural phenomenon with a fierce and dedicated fan base. The Jaws Book: New Perspectives on the Classic Summer Blockbuster is an exciting, illustrated collection of new critical essays that offers the first detailed and comprehensive overview of the film’s significant place in cinema history.

Bringing together established and young scholars, the book includes contributions from leading international writers on popular cinema, and covers such diverse topics as the film’s release, reception and canonicity, its representation of masculinity and children, the use of landscape and the ocean, its galvanising impact on the horror genre, and contemporary Hollywood itself.

Published by Bloomsbury on March 24th The Palace Papers by Tina Brown Tina Brown takes you inside Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle in this riveting story about the members of the royal family. Encapsulating everything following the death of Princess Diana to today, Brown covers Prince Charles’s

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marriage to Camilla, the allegations around Prince Andrew, the rise in popularity of Kate Middleton, the tension between William and Harry, and the eventual defection of Harry and Meghan.

Whether a self-appointed royalist or otherwise, our intense desire to lift the lid on the lives of those at the top of the social tree will always make tomes such as this one of the most anticipated books of the year. Published by Penguin Random House on March 22nd Kraftwerk’s Computer World

by Steve Tupai Francis Kraftwerk’s most concise and focused conceptual statement, Computer World was also their most influential album, paving the way for a range of new musical styles and genres.

This book explores the band’s revolutionary sonic template, and their lyrical obsessions in detail, exploring transition, via theories of post-humanism, cybernetics and the anthropology of transnationalism.

It is a deep read that sandwiches electronic music in between philosophy and culture, to produce cherished coffee table reading.

Published by Bloomsbury on April 7th The Changing Face of Burberry: Britishness, Heritage, Labour and Consumption by Sian Weston As a brand that’s circumnavigated catwalk and terrace culture, Burberry presents itself as ultimately unique, with its output in the 21st century a quintessential notion of British tradition.

The Changing Face of Burberry examines how the company successfully built this sense of tradition and how it has retained and capitalised on it within contemporary consumer culture, providing an authoritative account of shifting forms of British identity, consumer culture and fashion production over two centuries.

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Golden Oldie Even after four decades in the spotlight, actor Gary Oldman is still reaching out for more.

South Londoner Gary Oldman, who lives in Los Angeles with fifth wife Gisele Schmidt, has just celebrated 40 years on screen.

Having worked for many of the world’s most renowned filmmakers – Francis Ford Coppola, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Zemeckis to name but a few – the actor and director is most certainly Hollywood royalty.

Bolstering this tag are figures from The Hollywood Reporter that place him top of the list of the highest grossing actors of all time with films he has either acted in or directed generating over $4bn in the United States and $10bn worldwide.

He is a man wrapped in the comfort and contentment of the entertainment industry, sure; yet he’s just as happy having a pint in a spit ‘n’ sawdust pub as he is hobnobbing with the elite in LA.

“I think, in a strange way, what’s made me this way has been success,” he begins. “Many of us dream of a life that’s away from everything we’ve known; and for a while, that’s a nice little piece of escapism we can grab hold of and take with us.

“Yet very quickly when I saw this other world opening up in front of me, my overriding thought was that, while I wanted a bit of it, I didn’t want to lose the people and places I grew up in and around.

“It’s like anything you’re threatened with losing – it just makes you grab hold of it a little tighter.”

As for the wealth and the success, Oldman has very clear thoughts about that too. “My films have garnered a lot of money, sure. I wish I had a cut,” he laughs.

Most recently excelling in the Hitman’s Bodyguard project, and smart drama such as The Woman in the Window and Crisis, Oldman is still mixing up genres and characters, as he looks for a way

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to preserve creativity, albeit at an age where many of his peers take the easy option.

“I can’t see myself ever doing that easy option,” he says. “That’s just not me – I think I’d rather retire completely than do something my heart and mind weren’t totally committed to.”

Oldman has always been this way, going right back to the start. Gary Oldman studied with the Young People’s Theatre in Greenwich and the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in Sidcup, Kent, obtaining a BA in Acting in 1979. He was the first in his class to receive professional work as an actor and has also gone on to clinch five BAFTAs, the most recent as Best Actor in Darkest Hour.

“It’s my career, my life, my world, and I’d be lost without it!”

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A Design for Life… The Kevin McCloud Column Designer, writer and television presenter, Kevin McCloud leapt into our consciousness with his vastly successful Grand Designs show on Channel 4. This month, the affable architectural business owner reveals his top tenets for architectural life and living happily.

It’s an architect’s job to figure out what are the important things in our lives; it’s to organise space and light and volume that we live in, and to provide the best possible experiences for us to flourish.

When you think of it like that, architecture comes with a very simple a set of objectives really, doesn’t it?

I think it’s sometimes easy to lose sight of those things. We are inspired and driven and teased almost by what see on the television and in magazines.

We are made to suppose that bigger is better, when in reality it really isn’t.

I often encourage people to look after the very basic elements

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of what comprises our homes – things like storage, things like views up to the sky. I try to steer them away from mass or complication, because the fact is the more stuff we fill our lives with, the more there is to go wrong.

In the same manner, happiness really doesn’t reside in numbers - it’s not about quantity, it’s about quality.

And so if you can’t afford somewhere big don’t worry, it’s a false God. A big place won’t bring you happiness - what brings you happiness in the end is relationships with human beings.

Ultimately, good architecture is a reflection of your soul, rather than an extension of your being. You should design your space so that it complements who you are as a person. I have seen many houses on Grand Designs that take seemingly normal people into wild expressions of contemporary ambition – it’s like they have epiphanies in the design process of a build and have convinced

themselves that they are ready to undergo an entire image change in the construction of their home.

Ultimately, what generally happens is that once they’ve lived out that fantasy for six months or a year or however long, they realise they didn’t want that level of change after all, and find themselves making adjustments so that their living space begins to come back round to being a bit safer, a bit more sanitised, a bit more comfortable.

That’s not to say we shouldn’t reach out and be ambitious – just be ambitious in terms of what’s true to yourself, rather than true to what you’ve seen online.

Be pragmatic, be disciplined and connect to those very primal desires you have, rather than those of fantasy and outrageous aspiration. Focus on the boring stuff first - it will actually serve you well.

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Understanding Investments:

Saving Tax Through Pension Contributions Pensions is not a word which excites most people!

However, I urge you to spend 5 minutes of your time reading the following brief article as pensions can provide extremely effective, tax-efficient investment opportunities. Pensions are also relevant for more people than you might initially think.

The introduction of auto-enrolment has resulted in more people saving towards their retirement through a pension than ever before. It has also encouraged competition amongst the pension providers, with an associated reduction in charges.

A very good outcome for consumers! But it’s the tax saving opportunities pensions can offer which I would like to focus on, and I have highlighted some examples below to illustrate.

Employees, Self-Employed & Company Directors: Each can personally contribute 100% of their relevant UK earnings into their pension (or £3,600 if no earnings) and these contributions will attract tax relief. The annual allowance limit of £40,000 (which covers both employee and employer contributions) should also be considered, which can be tapered back to as little as £4,000 for high earners. Tax relief is available at a person’s highest marginal rate i.e. anything between 20% and 45% (even non-taxpayers receive 20% tax relief on contributions to pensions operating ‘relief at source’ such as personal pensions).

“Carry-Forward” may be available for the previous 3 tax years if the individual had a pension plan in place in those years. To utilise this, the current tax year’s annual allowance must be fully used and then it is possible to go back 3 tax years to utilise any unused allowances.

Companies can also contribute to a pension plan on behalf of their employees/directors, and the company’s contribution is added to personal contributions when considering the annual allowance.

Many of my employed clients aim to avoid paying higher or additional rate tax on their salary and bonus. Pension contributions can assist in enabling them to mitigate these tax liabilities.

Company directors and their accountants often seek

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my advice on how to draw profits from their business taxefficiently. Pension Howard Goodship contributions are classed as a business expense so, if an employer’s pension contribution is made instead of a dividend payment to the director, this can usually save them both corporation tax on the company profits and personal dividend tax on the contribution.

Retirees & Family Contributions: Even people who don’t work can benefit from tax relief on pension contributions up to £2,880 per annum as the government top this up to £3,600.

That’s a 25% return on the original £2,880 from the tax relief alone!

Many of my older clients help their adult children and grandchildren save for retirement, especially if they have surplus income and/or capital.

Pension contributions made by another person may still qualify for tax-relief at the recipient’s highest marginal rate. For example, an adult child may be a higher rate tax- payer and a pension contribution paid by their parent (who may not pay tax or only pay basic rate tax) could qualify for relief at the higher rate. This can also be effective from an inheritance tax perspective as the pension contribution is classed as a lifetime gift. This is subject to the recipient having relevant earnings and not already using their full annual allowance.

There is no denying pension legislation is complicated, and the devil is in the detail. The examples above are broad and are not meant as financial advice.

If you’d like to learn more or discuss your personal situation, we would be delighted to meet for a free, no obligation initial chat.

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The value of an investment and the income from it could go down as well as up.

The return at the end of the investment period is not guaranteed and you may get back less than you originally invested. The contents of this article are for information purposes only and do not constitute individual advice.

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LOCAL CLUBS AND SOCIETIES VERWOOD ROTARY CLUB

VERWOOD PANTOMIME SOCIETY

The Society hold rehearsals in September for a show at the Hub, Verwood in January. Members also meet throughout the year for various social events. Contact: Sue Gardin er 01202 825731 or www.verwoodpantomimesociety.co.uk

Meet on first & third Tuesday of each month at Crane Valley Golf Club.

We welcome new members. If interested please contact our secretary: Ken Armstrong on 01202 825763

VERWOOD FLOWER CLUB

Meet on Wednesdays at 6.45pm inThe United Reformed Church Hall, Manor Rd. For more details please contact Geoff Dyer 01202 949422

VERWOOD BRIDGE CLUB.

Meets at the Memorial Hall, Verwood on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm. New members & visitors always welcome. You don’t have to be a flower arranger to join-just a love of flowers is enough. Contact Alison Yeates on 01202 891308, or email alison.yeates@btinternet.com

THE DORSET WOODTURNERS ASSOCIATION

Want to try woodturning? Come and join us at St Leonards & St Ives Village Hall Braeside Road St Leonards Ringwood BH24 2PH 1st Wednesday each month 7.15pm-9.30pm. for more details Contact: Alex Wells Secretary on 07759663151 or just come along

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CRANBORNE BOWLING CLUB

The friendly ‘friendlies’ club. Experienced and novice players most welcome. You’ll always get a game. Contact Pauline Williams for more details 01202 822479

VERWOOD EVENING W.I.

Meets in the United Reformed Church Hall, Manor Road, on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm . We have a varied programme of speakers and activities. Come and meet some new friends. For more information Contact Ann ette Williams 01202 825165

RINGWOOD MUSICAL & DRAMATIC SOCIETY & CHOIR

A friendly theatre group of all ages staging Musicals, Plays & Choir concerts. If you’d like to join us either on stage, behind the scenes or singing in the Choir, email our secretary jane.howell059@gmail.com.

For our Choir contact Anita Rosser on 01425 473454.

VERWOOD METHODIST LUNCH CLUB

Lunches now served 1st Wednesday and 4th Saturday every month at 12.30. Warm welcome and tasty home cooked meal £5 Inc tea/coffee.

Ring to book or for lift Jean 01202 825533 or Lin 07906 303212.

THREE LEGGED CROSS SHORT MAT BOWLS

Meet at Three Legged Cross Village Hall Friday afternoons 2pm-5pm Friday evenings 7pm-9.30pm Contact: Peter Turnham 01202 823440

RINGWOOD COMMUNITY CHOIR, “SING FOR JOY”

Mixed choir, singing harmony songs from around the world-African, gospel, Taize, folk etc. No auditions, beginners as well as experienced singers age 10 upwards. Meet at Greyfriars Wednesdays, 7:30 – 9:30.

Pay as you go. Contact Kirsteen Mc Cormick 01725 517807.

VERWOOD CHORAL SOCIETY

We rehearse Monday evenings at 7.30pm in the St Michael’s Church.

Contact Sue Longstaff 07808 95877 2 or sumlon@hotmail.co.uk

AGE CONCERN VERWOOD LUNCH CLUB meets on Wed 1pm-5pm at The Village Hall, Three Legged Cross. Assistance with transport, refreshments and a two course mid-day meal. If you are lonely or unable to get out much come along and make new friends.

Contact Laurielee on 07711 066828 RINGWOOD NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Indoor meetings throughout the Winter months, 2nd & 4th Thursdays at Greyfriars Community Centre, Ringwood.

Visitors & new members welcome.Contact Tony 01202 827294

VERWOOD FRIENDSHIP CLUB

VERWOOD CRICKET CLUB Cricket for all ages and skills.

Youth cricket for boys & girls. Adult cricket (hardball) and women’s cricket (soft ball). Winter Indoor training at Emmanuel School, summer outdoor training at Potterne Park. www.verwoodcricketclub.co.uk or contact Coach ollie.arnol d@verwoodcricketclu b.co.uk

CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS - EAST DORSET HEATHLAND HEROES. Join our thriving group of conservation

Meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month from September to March, 7.30 to 10pm at the Heritage Centre, The Potters Wheel, Manor Way, Verwood, BH31 6HF Contact:- Clive Gro ve 01202 826449

meets on the second Thursday of the month from 2.15 – 4.15pm at , Verwood. All our members, Verwood whilst elderly are full of fun and friendship. Contact: esley 01202 827 57 or Anne 01202 81 05 volunteers helping to restore local SSSI Heathland areas and SNCI Wildflower Meadows. Every Monday all year. For info, contact our Team Ranger Dale 07810 328 157 or DaleGarwood@gmail.com

VERWOOD ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY.

We meet every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm. in the URC Hall Manor Road. Contact. Liz Green 01202 824980 or Janet St rid e on 01725 517434

VERWOOD SHORT MAT BOWLING CLUB

VERWOOD & THREE-LEGGED CROSS TWINNING ASSOC. SENIOR DINING CLUB

For male and female who eat alone. Why not join us for a pleasant meal and friendship in local Restaurants or Pubs. Contact Maureen 01202 824383 for more information

CRANBORNE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Meets in Cranborne Village Hall on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm. Visitors & new members welcome Contact Chris Bright 01725 517584 or e-mail clhs@mypostoffice.co.uk

(Verwood Youth Centre in School Complex, Howe Lane) Short Mat bowls is a scaled down version of indoor bowling seen on television.

Thursday 1.30pm – 3pm Friday 7pm – 9.30pm. Contact Margaret Hesketh 01202 824856 all ages welcome

VERWOOD METHODIST CHURCH WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP

MUSIC FOR THE MIND

EDMONDSHAM CIRCLE DANCERS

At St Michaels Church, Church Hill, Verwood BH31 6DZ. 4th Monday of the Month at excluding August. Singing meeting for people with memory problems. Aim is to give carer & cared for quality time together. FREE. For more info call Gwen on 01202 827800 .

VERWOOD BOWLING CLUB

Come and enjoy a social afternoon - you do not have to be a churchgoer. We meet alternate Tuesdays at 2.30pm for talks etc Contacts Valerie Smith 01202 82 3993 or Anne Hughes 01202 823327

Traditional and contemporary folk dances from around the world. No partners needed. Meeting on 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of each month from 7:30 – 9:45 in Edmondsham Village Hall. Pay as you go.

Contact Kirsteen McCo rmick on 01725 517807 .

VERWOOD & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Moorlands Road, BH31 7PD. Friendly club aimed at local community Meet in Verwood Memorial Hall at 7.30pm on 1st Thursday of each participation centred on the sport of bowling. Come along to the month. Contact: Leigh Craig 01202 821666 club, www.verwoodbowlingclub.co.uk.

VERWOOD TOWN NETBALL CLUB

Open to all ladies, no matter what your netballing ability is. Come and join a lovely group of ladies who are keeping fit whilst socialising.

Training at Emmanuel Middle school 7.30 til 9pm. 07912 444099

FREE OF CHARGE BUT PLEASE NOTE: For inclusion on the Club Pages, copy must be submitted as an email and/or as an attached MS Word doc to info@roundaboutmags.co.uk. Due to the popularity of these pages publication is currently on a rotational basis. There is now a nominal charge of £36 inc vat per year IF you want to ensure your advert appears in EVERY edition of this magazine.

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LOCAL CLUBS AND SOCIETIES VERWOOD TRAD JAZZ CLUB

THE BRACKEN CO. OF ARCHERS.

RINGWOOD ANTIQUES CLUB

DORSET STITCHERS

Ringwood Conservative Club, 22 Christchurch Road, Ringwood. BH24 1DN on 3rd Thursday of the month. Good Food & Bar. Music from 7.30-10pm. (Doors open from 6.30pm). No membership required.

Contact Geoff 07798 721405 or 01202 822038 Greyfriars Community Centre, 4th Wednesday of the month at 7.00pm for 7.30pm. New members & visitors welcome Membership and programme details 01425 471348

VERWOOD EVENING TG

We meet at The Methodist Church Hall, Vicarage Rd, Verwood at 7.30pm on the second Thursday of the month. For information please contact: Carol Weaver 01202 822201

ADVENTURE IN THE WOODS

Forest School club for children 4-8 years of age at Edmondsham Forest School, between Verwood and Cranborne. Woodland walks, camp fires, nature crafts etc. Contact Kirsteen McCormick on 01725 517807

Based in the grounds of Cranborne Middle School in E Dorset. We shoot on Sunday mornings, Tuesday & Thursday evenings in the summer months also shoot indoors in the winter.

For info. www.brackenarchers.club Meets every other Thursday 7- 9pm at the restaurant in Morrisons supermarket in Verwood, £2 per evening includes refreshments.

Contact Wendy Robinson 01202 825805.

VERWOOD PROBUS CLUB

Meets at CRANE VALLEY GOLF CLUB on 3rd Tuesday each month 12 noon – 3.20pm for lunch and speaker. Also coffee morning on 1st Tuesday each month at 10.30am – 11.30am.

Membership enquiries: Secretary Steve Bennett: 07785 336262

THE FAYREWOOD SINGERS

UNITED REFORMED CHURCH,

We rehearse at the Verwood Hub on Tuesdays at 2pm, singing a wide variety of music and performing two concerts a year. We also perform short concerts for clubs or associations needing some entertainment at meetings or special occasions. Contact Linda on 01202 280491.

HARDY PLANT SOCIETY (Dorset Group)

Meet at Greyfrairs Community Centre on the 1st Monday evening of the month for illustrated talks in ENGLISH on a variety of Italian topics.

Contact : Hazel on 01425 476091

THE LOYAL ACORN BRANCH OF ODDFELLOWS

Welcomes retired and semi retired people to take part in our groups and classes of social and educational interest.

Contact: David Allen on 01202 823541

VERWOOD COMMUNITY GROUP

Keep fit, have fun & meet new people. We have walks on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & alternate Fridays/Saturdays. For more details visit www.verwoodramblers.org.uk or call Martyn Kemp 01202 826403

Manor Road, VERWOOD. COFFEE 4 ALL Saturdays 10 - 11.30 am.

Fairtrade coffee and a friendly welcome.Homemade cakes and secondhand books weekly.Fairtrade stall monthly.Charity events as advertised Meets in Memorial Hall, Colehill, every month to hear first-class speakers. Non-members welcome Contact Barbara 01202 882590 for dates and details. .Oddfellows is one of the oldest and friendliest societies in the world.

For further details contact Flo Munro 01202 820965, Loyal Acorn Lodge. The Oddfellows - making friends, helping people.

We have been running for 5 years. We are a group of ladies and gents aged 60+ who meet the last Thursday of each month. We chat, play games, keep fit, film afternoons and excursions when possible. We are a very happy group and welcome new members. Sandra 01202 826449

ANGLO ITALIAN SOCIETY

VERWOOD UNIVERSITY OF THE 3RD AGE VERWOOD & DISTRICT RAMBLING CLUB VERWOOD MEMORIAL HALL

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A31 Ringwood Bridge Replacement and Widening Scheme National Highways is undertaking works to widen the westbound carriageway of the A31 to three lanes between Ringwood town centre and the B3081 Verwood Underpass, and to replace the road bridges over the River Avon and Bickerley Millstream.

In order to carry out the works, a full westbound closure is needed and a contraflow will be put in place retaining two lanes of westbound and eastbound traffic.

The slip road where traffic joins the westbound carriageway from Ringwood is now closed until completion of the project in November 2022. A diversion route is in place via the Poulner junction – traffic wanting to join the A31 westbound at Ringwood will need to join the eastbound carriageway, exit at Poulner and join the A31 westbound. In order to protect the workforce, one lane of northbound Mansfield Road (between the Furlong and A31 roundabouts) will be closed until the end of March 2022.

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The contraflow is expected to be in place by 26 January 2022.

Once the contraflow is in place, both the Verwood eastbound on-slip (which has already been closed) and westbound off-slip will be closed, with traffic being diverted via the Ashley Heath roundabout.

Full details of the scheme are available on the National Highways website where you can also provide feedback to the project team and register for updates.

The New Forest National Park Authority and New Forest Animal Accident Reduction Group have put out a plea to drivers to follow official diversions (rather than travelling on unfenced roads) during upcoming A31 and A35 road closures at a time of year when New Forest livestock are most at risk.

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Money on my mind... the Martin Lewis column He’s the UK’s leading money saving expert - a journalist and presenter who has kept millions of pounds in people’s pockets as well as lifting the lid on the threats and dangers we need to be aware of as consumers.

In a new column beginning in this issue, Martin Lewis discusses the perils of car insurance.

The cost of motoring is highly topical right now. From soaring fuel prices to electric cars right the way through to low emission zones, we’ve perhaps never had to fight our way through so much commotion and noise where our wheels are concerned.

While so much seems fluid as far as the affordability of our cars goes, one thing that seems constant – constantly high – is the cost of car insurance.

I’m always asked what people should look for when they are searching for car insurance, and above everything else I would recommend they focus on price.

be a better product.

Price should and will always be the core driver for most people because car insurance is a grudge purchase.

As for securing that best price, while most insurers are on price comparison sites, some – Aviva, Direct Line etc. – are not, so check between the two and always try to go through a cashback site to bring down the price further.

Finally, a word about gender equality on car insurance

I think there’s a slight myth in the insurance world that if you pay more you are going to get a better claim. If you’re going for a high-street insurance policy and you pay £300 or £500, don’t assume that the £500 will premiums. A few years ago regulations came in designed to make things more equal, but all the evidence shows there is still a large disparity between prices

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for men and women.

I’ve wrestled with this a lot – car insurance prices represent a behavioural difference between a man and a woman, so why should we be stereotyped that we will all behave like the rest of our gender?

Having said that, should we not be allowed to discriminate on age as well because an 18-year-old drives in a different way to a 58-yearold?

Ultimately, insurance is a risk-based product and there are always winners and losers in these things.

Funnily enough, in the first big campaign for gender equality in insurance, the big loser was young women because their prices went up, which is perhaps not always what people think of when they talk about equality campaigns: women losing out. So, there’s a balance between principle and practice here, and I think principle can win at practice’s cost.

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Talking about Wildlife...

Win for wildlife The marsh fritillary is one of the most interesting butterflies in Dorset and is the most attractive and colourful of the fritillaries. Often considered the ‘stained glass window’ of butterflies, they have small wings but are very recognisable with a bright, intricate pattern of white, orange and black markings.

The damp grassland habitat, which is their main habitat, has been lost nationally due to agricultural improvement and drainage in the landscape.

However, due to careful habitat management over the last 10 years, they have been found to be thriving on one of Dorset Wildlife Trust’s nature reserves, Bracketts Coppice.

Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Living Landscapes Ecologist, Steve Masters said, “The most reliable method to record the numbers of marsh fritillaries is to count the larva webs in autumn or in spring after the winter hibernation. Eggs are laid in large batches, of up to 300, and the caterpillars aggregate in webs which can be counted relatively easily.”

Marsh fritillaries prefer to hibernate in tussocks of grass as caterpillars (which are jet black in colour) and emerge in warm weather – as early as February or March, if the winter isn’t too cold.

Basking in the sun as caterpillars, they will then pupate and emerge as adult butterflies on the wing in late May, early June. These remarkable butterflies have a few challenges ahead of them including their loss of habitat, but also the parasitic wasp, which can be deadly to them by laying their eggs inside the caterpillar and devouring it.

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Marsh Fritillary at Bracketts Coppice

Photo: Errin Skingsley

bit-scabious, and we have plenty of that at Bracketts Coppice. Marsh fritillaries love damp grassland, purple moor grass, and chalk, all of which we have in west Dorset. To help accommodate these butterflies we’ve adapted the management of Brackett’s Coppice slightly to ensure the amount of grazing creates the right habitat for them, providing the right structure for all stages of their life cycle. We even removed one field from the previous hay cutting regime and grazed instead, and we were delighted to see marsh fritillaries breeding in this field for the first time, as a result.”

These management techniques are being used on other suitable nature reserves, and in 2019, the highest number of marsh fritillary larval webs, since monitoring began, were found on Kingcombe Meadows nature reserve in west Dorset, with 38 being counted.

Find out more about our nature reserves at: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/naturereserves.

By Sally Welbourn Communications Team - Dorset Wildlife Trust

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The Adventures of Daichi

The Modern Magazines Camper Van My dream has always been to have a sea view. The blue beyond, the changing skies and the soft sand to take endless walks has been an illusion of mine for many years.

Daichi, our Modern Magazines campervan of course loves his trips to the seaside, and you see him with his surfboard and dolphin as he travels around our British Isles. So, you may have noticed we have been ‘quiet’ for a couple of months with no stories to tell of journeys near or far. Well, I am delighted to say that we have moved… to that very place I dreamed of… overlooking the delightful blue shimmering sea and sands of Weymouth Beach. It may not be a Greek Island or a Caribbean beach, but Daichi is in his element - and so are we! Not only have we moved our location, but in addition to that we bought an ice-cream parlour to go with it. How outrageous is that!

Weymouth is wonderful. It has character, local people who care for each other and a sense of community.

It can be very lively (we have yet to

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Me and my view! spend a whole summer here…) and yet is very peaceful at night when the stars are out, and the silky sand is deserted. The beach is my new garden and I do laugh about sharing it with others and having to build a bigger fence, but seriously I love it.

Each morning I wake up I go into the lounge, smile and say, “Hello view!”

This came out of the blue, literally.

I suppose it is a lesson in keeping a dream alive, no matter how surreal it may seem. Some may remember that we visited Bovisand and then Cawsand in between various Lockdowns of 2020. I saw a shop front in Cawsand, overlooking the sea, that was for sale with a flat above it. I laughed and said “oh that would make a great Ice-cream Parlour. Little did I know.

You do have to be careful what you decide sometimes… We even looked at other properties that were for sale there, which again looked out to that far reaching beyond, the waters of our English Channel. Devon and Cornwall are amazing, but moving that far away, let alone a Greek island,

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really was not what we wanted, so it was a dream I could create, without seriously considering it. So I thought.

However, on returning home I started to look at properties in Dorset with sea views. I came across one which said ‘12-bedroom house, Weymouth Esplanade £380,000’. I could not believe it, so we made an appointment to see it. Well, it turned out to be a Guest House. The people were lovely and I could see the appeal. We looked at 5 or 6 more of these Guest Houses, but then I saw what we have now… two holiday flats, an owner’s flat and an ice-cream parlour on the Esplanade with everything in the town just five minutes walk away. Ten months later we made it! That is the shortened version… We have renovated the parlour with its bright pink seats and mint green walls which should be open by the time you read this. We have a juke box with good old sixties music, two rooms with 28 seats inside and seating for 16 more outside. It is not anything we have done before.

Hayden will run it with Emma and Lindsey who fortunately do know what they are doing. “Wafflicious” is

Wafflicious will be ready for you...

I do love to be beside the seaside its name, and we will have waffles (it is all in the name you know…), delicious Marshfield ice-cream, homemade cakes, coffee, tea and even ice-cream for your dog. With a dog friendly beach all year round, it is a great place to bring your four-legged friend for the run of his or her life. I watch them daily jumping, swimming, darting around and catching balls. It is a delight to see. The holiday lets are as the previous owner left them with a few changes and ready to welcome guests. We already have bookings which is great.

With a new shop front office for our magazines, just five minutes walk away, I could not be happier. It has been a test of persistence, that is for sure, but it shows that a dream can become a reality and sometimes you get even more than you bargained for! Daichi will be visiting lots of local places and for sure he will update you on the trials and tribulations, as well as the joys of serving ice-cream. He may put on some weight and eat all the profits if we are not careful! Could you ever imagine that? Daichi and the family hope you have some dreams too… you never know where they may lead you.

By Debbie Corney

really was not what we wanted, so it was a dream I could create, without seriously considering it. So I thought.

However, on returning home I started to look at properties in Dorset with sea views. I came across one which said ‘12-bedroom house, Weymouth Esplanade £380,000’. I could not believe it, so we made an appointment to see it. Well, it turned out to be a Guest House. The people were lovely and I could see the appeal. We looked at 5 or 6 more of these Guest Houses, but then I saw what we have now… two holiday flats, an owner’s flat and an ice-cream parlour on the Esplanade with everything in the town just five minutes walk away. Ten months later we made it! That is the shortened version… We have renovated the parlour with its bright pink seats and mint green walls which should be open by the time you read this. We have a juke box with good old sixties music, two rooms with 28 seats inside and seating for 16 more outside. It is not anything we have done before.

Hayden will run it with Emma and Lindsey who fortunately do know what they are doing. “Wafflicious” is

Wafflicious will be ready for you...

I do love to be beside the seaside its name, and we will have waffles (it is all in the name you know…), delicious Marshfield ice-cream, homemade cakes, coffee, tea and even ice-cream for your dog. With a dog friendly beach all year round, it is a great place to bring your four-legged friend for the run of his or her life. I watch them daily jumping, swimming, darting around and catching balls. It is a delight to see. The holiday lets are as the previous owner left them with a few changes and ready to welcome guests. We already have bookings which is great.

With a new shop front office for our magazines, just five minutes walk away, I could not be happier. It has been a test of persistence, that is for sure, but it shows that a dream can become a reality and sometimes you get even more than you bargained for! Daichi will be visiting lots of local places and for sure he will update you on the trials and tribulations, as well as the joys of serving ice-cream. He may put on some weight and eat all the profits if we are not careful! Could you ever imagine that? Daichi and the family hope you have some dreams too… you never know where they may lead you.

By Debbie Corney

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The Hairy Bikers’ DairyFree, Vegan Brownies Introduction Si, from the Hairy Bikers: The baking revolution of the Noughties was really something to behold, and the momentum of that in the years since has never slowed down.

As a duo, we always felt we had unfinished baking business ahead of our Bakeation series, not least because being on the road, on motorbikes, does limit your ability to use an oven.

Also, I think in some ways, baking can easily get pushed to one side when the necessity is there to get home and cook a meal for your family.

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3. Beat the flax seeds into the wet ingredients, then add the dry mixture and fold in as gently as you can. Add the chocolate chips.

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Art exhibition goes on tour Pictures for The Beehive, the art exhibition raising funds for Diverse Abilities’ Splash Appeal, is heading on tour to showcase drawings of the people supported by the disability charity.

The first showing of this exhibition in September 2021 was accompanied by an auction of donated work by acclaimed artists including Antony Gormley, Maggi Hambling and Paula Rego. The event raised over £100,000 towards The Splash Appeal.

These drawings, done at The Beehive over the past two years, will now travel the country on a roadshow, launching at Pavilion in the Park in Poundbury and culminating in an event at Apothecaries Hall in London later this year.

Henrietta Young, artist and curator of the exhibition, commented: “It was a great privilege to get to know and make friends with the people at The Beehive, and the whole business of drawing and being drawn was an

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extraordinary experience for everyone involved in the project. We hope that people viewing the resulting work will come away with a better understanding of disability.”

Visitors are invited to visit the exhibition at Poundbury’s Pavilion in the Park on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 March. It is open to the public between 9am and 5pm and is free to attend.

Helen Mortimer, development manager at Diverse Abilities, added: “Henrietta’s passion to raise the visibility of those with disabilities through art is remarkable. It is very exciting to take these portraits on tour, raising awareness in Dorset and beyond, and hopefully funds towards the desperately needed hydrotherapy pool.”

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Greenfingers… the Alan Titchmarsh column He’s a brilliant presenter, accomplished gardener, talented novelist and all-round horticultural inspiration. This month, Alan Titchmarsh talks about how our gardens can move us to a place of peace.

While gardens mean different things to all of us, it’s when I venture into these tranquil spaces that I truly get a sense of their calming and healing power, and I find that hugely enriching. Most gardens and landscapes naturally come with a real feeling of gentleness – from the choice of flowers and plants, to gentle sweeps and curves that guide the eye onwards, to a softness and subtlety that may be a world away from some of the physical or emotional struggles we are going through; and I feel it is this dramatic contrast that really transports someone back to a place of comfort, even if just for a little while.

What is also really important for me when I visit gardens

at hospices and hospitals, is the reminder that these spaces are not just for those who are residents. They also give hope, clarity, peace and a sense of calm to visiting families and, most importantly, the people who work there.

Certainly, with everything that has happened over the past couple of years with Covid, and the realisation that we need to consider and protect workers and staff who look after us, I would like to think those on the frontline can wrestle back their own sense of contentment when soaking up the fresh air and beauty of a garden, where they can move away from a job that’s very hard and emotionally draining.

I would like to see more attention given to gardens and outdoor spaces in our health institutions, and in workspaces in general. They are more important than we imagine.

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Simple sweeps of flowers, plants and foliage are inspiring; the sight of an olive tree can move our minds to far-off places; and we all know how calming a cascade of water can be. It’s all very peaceful and there’s nothing complicated or frenetic.

Gardens are evolving, living things that are always changing – in fact they’re much like us in that respect! For me, on those days where I feel everything’s a bit fraught and frantic, and when I just can’t get to grips with anything, I go to sit in the garden or potter about to find myself, and it really works!

Life is a compromise, and you can’t always be on top of things, but gardens truly prove to me the healing qualities that exist within nature, and we’re so fortunate to have them.

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KCI Accountancy ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

16 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

Lonsdale Wealth Management 37 ....................................................................................................................

Loft Services 17 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Vantage Accounting 25

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Mediums

Aerials

Healthy Soles Footcare ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Music & Instruments Bathrooms

Furniture

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32 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Brian's Kitchens 21 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Bedrooms

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M Jackson Plumbing and Heating ....................................................................................................................

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NO.1 PHD 48 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1st for Floors & Beds 1 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

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The Gutter & Cladding Company 35 Ashley Blinds ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Blindwise 41 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

Fayrewood Trees & Landscapes 37 Roofing Services ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

The Curtain Cabin 30 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

Gardening

by Peter Gould 19 ....................................................................................................................

Work Smart Roofing 5 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

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HG Froud & Son ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

16 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

Ironwork of Distinction 43 Solicitors ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Newbourne Farm Composting 9 ....................................................................................................................

Harold G Walker Solicitors 47 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Stay Tidy 45

Builders

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Moses Rutland Chartered Surveyors 37 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Graham Histed 45 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

Graeme Crick Personal Training 30

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Hearing Services

Tree Surgeons

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Ark Fencing & Treework 36 Cleaning Master ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

9 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

2County Hearing 33 ....................................................................................................................

Fayrewood Trees & Landscapes 37 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

CMH Carpet Cleaning 17 ....................................................................................................................

Soli-Tree Arborist 15 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Zero Dry Time 27

Holiday Accommodation

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The Location Collection 13

Upholstery

Carpets & Flooring

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Mike Bowers Upholstery 36 1st for Floors & Beds ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Contakt Carpets 16 Home Care Services ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Flooring Elegance 31 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

Goodoaks Homecare 15 Will Writing Services ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Ian Wilcox Carpeting and Flooring 45 ....................................................................................................................

Dorset & Wight Wills 39

Kitchens Drainage Services

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Brian's Kitchens 21 Windows, Doors & ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

NO.1 PHD 48 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

Kingsbury Kitchens & Bathrooms 23

Conservatories

AM PM Glazing ....................................................................................................................

41 ....................................................................................................................

Robert Price & Sons 19 ....................................................................................................................

Wimborne Windows 3 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

County Block Paving 7 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

Key Tek 31

Driveways

Locksmiths

Electricians

FT Electrical Ltd ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

45 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Mead Electrical Services 31

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