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We are really leading the way here in Britain with all the protocols lifted. What a relief I say! We can now freely get out and about again, so 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 back to a club we were part of, go walking in our beautiful countryside or visit our wonderful seaside here in Weymouth. Lots of choices.

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Message from our Mayor March is here, heralding the start of spring and the season that represents fresh beginnings.

It therefore feels apt to mention the upcoming election for a seat on Weymouth Town Council on Thursday 7th April. We have been encouraging local people to Make a Difference and consider standing for election because representing your community can be an incredibly rewarding role. The vacancy follows Trefor Morgan’s resignation from his Westham West seat due to ill health. I thank Trefor for all his hard work, and on behalf of Weymouth Town Council we wish him all the best for the future.

It was fantastic to learn that Trip Advisor reviewers rated Weymouth 19th in the top 25 beaches in Europe! And although spring is just beginning, the town council is already planning ahead for summer. We are inviting sports organisations to be part of Weymouth’s annual Beach Sports and Community Festival and are offering grants to help them run activities for younger residents during July’s event. The closing date to email expressions of interest is Thursday 31st March, so we hope to hear from a number of interested clubs. Email events@ weymouthtowncouncil.gov.uk for details.

Earlier this month I planted a tree at Radipole Park Gardens as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy project honouring

the 70th anniversary of Her Majesty’s accession to the throne. And by the time you read this I will have led the town council’s annual Commonwealth Day flag raising ceremony outside the Commercial Road offices. The theme for Commonwealth Day this year is ‘Delivering a Common Future’ which highlights how the 54 member countries are coming together to help achieve goals like fighting climate change, promoting good governance, and boosting trade.

Tuesday 5th April is the annual Civic Day – one of the highlights in the mayoral calendar. This involves inviting civic heads from across Dorset to experience our beautiful town for the day. This will include a visit to the Nothe Fort, which recently won a well-deserved Small Visitor Attraction of the Year Dorset Tourism Award, so huge congratulations to them.

Keep an eye on our website: www.weymouthtowncouncil.gov.uk and social media channels for all the latest council news: twitter.com/Weymouth facebook.com/WeymouthWTC

Cllr Colin Huckle Mayor of Weymouth

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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

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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.

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Supporting the Local Veteran Hub The Veterans Hub in Wyke Regis is an established and well-known community project that until recently operated out of a café, tucked away behind a row of shop fronts on Portland Road, accessed via a side ally.

Initially founded by a former Soldier who had been diagnosed with Complex PTSD as a self-help group for veterans and their families, this once per week meeting quickly turned into a full-time project, comprised of a community café and purpose-built therapeutic areas, made up of a well-equipped gym, raised allotment beds, and a private garden with a summer house.

For three years the Hub has been at the forefront of veteran support within Weymouth & Portland, along with other areas from across Dorset, and the UK.

Therapist, alcohol & substance misuse support worker, in-house counsellor, the Healing Hands Charity, and the amazing MAD 4 Dogs CIC. In addition to this, The David Ellis Charity, established to support the Hub, runs free circuit training classes twice per week for veterans and their families.

None of the above would be possible without the support of the local community, businesses such as Ultra Electronics & MKM Building Supplies, and grants from the local authority, The Veterans Foundation and the Royal British Legion Dorset County.

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www.theveteranshub.co.uk Due to demand and an incredible show of support from the local community, the Hub has now expanded into the shopfront that it was located behind and has now added a full-time multi-agency welfare office to its impressive itinerary of onsite support services, along with a second-hand shop, and treatment area. This has all been complemented by a newly built wet room with disabled access, and laundry room.

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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.

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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.”

Visit thesplashappeal.org.uk/events to find out more about the opening event and subsequent dates of the exhibition.

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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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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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Embracing Litter Free Dorset Land and Sea Single use plastic is ending Dorset Council’s Climate and Ecological Emergency firmly guides us. We know that every object we have has an environmental consequence. There is no “disposable” anymore. Every thing, every object has consequences. Please think about our Future to safeguard our environment and us.

You can talk rubbish but please consider what Rubbish really is? Rubbish, waste, byproducts or unwanted objects are a commodity with real value. Your household bin collection is a commodity collection from which the Council sells 60+% as recyclates.

The ambition is to achieve 92% recyclates so only 8% has to be stored for Future remining; only burning the most hazardous.

The Future is about using resources in a smart way. The circular economy is the new vibrant economy of growth and prosperity; important skilled work. Material scientists, product designers and manufacturers all working for a Future by upgrading and redesigning objects. A Future where all objects are made to be easily repaired, reused and recycled and our environment properly protected. New things, every object will become recycled so that cardboard remade to be cardboard, plastic remade to new plastic, bottles remade to be bottles, cans remade to be cans, food leftovers remade to compost.

Congratulations to all the take-way food providers in Weymouth who now only use cardboard boxes & cups with bamboo utensils – brilliant. The next challenge is to stream all these biodegradable byproducts, including dog poo, into Dorset anaerobic digestors to finally becoming soil improvers.

that the proposed merchant waste incinerator at Portland will have to import the majority of the waste from outside Dorset, 80 lorries every day on our roads and shipping it in to the Port, to keep running for 30+ years? Why should we welcome waste from anywhere to our Wonderful Weymouth?

Did you know that the reason given for applying to build the incinerator is to provide electricity to 2 cruise ships berths? This proposal can only manage 15MW electric output. This could be provided by ONE WIND TURBINE offshore, via the national grid, at a sixth of the build cost. Or put another way the same investment to build a 202,000 tonne CO2 greenhouse gas polluting waste incinerator pulling 202,000 tonnes of waste to Portland, that very same money, could provide shore power and jobs by building multiple 15MW offshore wind turbines.

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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.

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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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I wanted to give something back to Weymouth. That’s where I was asked to get involved with my first major event of organising Weymouth Lifeboat Week approximately 6 years ago.

I then got involved in being a shop volunteer, where I help on Sunday and Monday and love meeting new people, and chatting to customers who pop in to support the RNLI.

I got involved in the Weymouth Lifeboat events committee, and now am Head of Fundraising at Weymouth Lifeboat Station.

Our first Fundraising Event will be in April, where we have a Seafront Stall on Saturday 16th April by the King’s Statue, where you will find us from 10-4pm.

At Weymouth Lifeboat we do rely on donations, so if anyone has any ideas of fundraising do get in touch, and if you want to join our team, I will welcome you.

Any donations of Bric-a-Brac will be greatly received!

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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.

You can see him with his surfboard and dolphin as he travels around our British Isles. Well, we have been ‘quiet’ for a couple of months with no stories to tell of journeys near or far, but I am delighted to say that we have moved… to that very place I dreamed of… overlooking the delightful blue shimmering sea and sands here at 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. Wafflicious is its new name. 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 spend a whole summer here…) and yet

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Me and my view! 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. We visited Bovisand in Devon and then Cawsand in Cornwall 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, really was not what we wanted, so it was a

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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 literally opened a couple of weeks ago. We have a juke box with good old sixties music, two rooms with 28 seats inside and seating for 16 more outside. Takeaways are also an option. It is not anything we have done before. Hayden, our son, will run it with Emma and Lindsey who fortunately do know what they are doing. “Wafflicious” is its name. We

Wafflicious will be ready for you...

I do love to be beside the seaside will have waffles (it is all in the name you know…), delicious Marshfield icecream, Shakes, Sundaes, cakes, coffee, tea and even ice-cream for your dog.

With a dog friendly part of the 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 above are as the previous owner left them, with a just a few changes and are 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 on Westham Road, 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? We do hope you can come in a say Hello! Daichi and the family hope you have some dreams too… you never know where they may lead you.

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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 literally opened a couple of weeks ago. We have a juke box with good old sixties music, two rooms with 28 seats inside and seating for 16 more outside. Takeaways are also an option. It is not anything we have done before. Hayden, our son, will run it with Emma and Lindsey who fortunately do know what they are doing. “Wafflicious” is its name. We

Wafflicious will be ready for you...

I do love to be beside the seaside will have waffles (it is all in the name you know…), delicious Marshfield icecream, Shakes, Sundaes, cakes, coffee, tea and even ice-cream for your dog.

With a dog friendly part of the 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 above are as the previous owner left them, with a just a few changes and are 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 on Westham Road, 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? We do hope you can come in a say Hello! Daichi and the family hope you have some dreams too… you never know where they may lead you.

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QUIRKY FACTS

by Mica Bale Own up - who is finally ready for some better springtime weather? With the two early winter months hopefully almost well and truly behind us, what could be better than an opportunity to emerge from hibernation and look around our beautiful county for some warmer weather inspiration? So why not enjoy a good look at what our local areas have to offer, with another smattering of quirky facts?

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Did you know that King George III came to Dorset for his convalescence? History makes it clear that the king suffered from frequent bouts of illness and often he would spend time recuperating in healthier environments. King George visited Weymouth in late 1780 and would revisit the town many times in the following years. In fact, the King would indulge in daily sea bathing and a summer royal residence, Gloucester Lodge, was constructed for him to be able to enjoy comfortable access to what Dorset had to offer. As much as the town did good for King George, the king did much for the reputation and popularity of the seaside escape of Weymouth.

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Have you visited Dead Man’s Bay? Better known as Chesil Cove, this wonderful part of the coastline is a beautiful location to visit on the Isle of Portland and yet, lurking underneath its waters are the watery tombs of countless vessels, cargo and perhaps even of sailors from a bygone era. Known as one of the worst locations for ships to succumb to the mighty powers of the sea, local fishermen even designed their own special boat to be able to better withstand the danger of being shipwrecked.

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Were you aware that the picturesque hamlet of Bincombe was once the site of an unfortunate military incident in the reign of King George III? Two large camps had been settled in the Bincombe area and two soldiers deserted. The story has become somewhat blurred, with some stating that it was for the purpose of revealing military secrets about the camps and others stating that it was because one soldier had a local sweetheart who eventually gave him up for her betrothed. Thomas Hardy’s version of the events is immortalised in his work The Melancholy Hussar.

Tragically, in either version of the story, both soldiers were court martialled and shot, their stories ever open to speculation!

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4 Did you know that the oldest gliding club in Dorset was founded in 1929? Club members and gliding enthusiasts would bravely launch themselves from Lulworth!

Remarkably, although the club is the oldest in the county, it also bears the distinction of being one of the smallest in Britain though is renowned for its humble origins and friendly approach even today! The gliding club has even produced pilots who have gone on to represent Great Britain in men and women’s national and international competitions!

Did you know that Lulworth Castle has been in the ownership of the same family for more than 380 years?

As far back as 1641, the hunting lodge was purchased by Humphrey Weld who was later governor of Portland and today the building is still a wonderful insight into, not only Dorset’s heritage through the years, but also that of one fascinating family line.

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4 Did you know that the oldest gliding club in Dorset was founded in 1929? Club members and gliding enthusiasts would bravely launch themselves from Lulworth!

Remarkably, although the club is the oldest in the county, it also bears the distinction of being one of the smallest in Britain though is renowned for its humble origins and friendly approach even today! The gliding club has even produced pilots who have gone on to represent Great Britain in men and women’s national and international competitions!

Did you know that Lulworth Castle has been in the ownership of the same family for more than 380 years?

As far back as 1641, the hunting lodge was purchased by Humphrey Weld who was later governor of Portland and today the building is still a wonderful insight into, not only Dorset’s heritage through the years, but also that of one fascinating family line.

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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.

Lockdown finally afforded more time to play about with baking ideas and ingredients, and this dairy-free variation on the classic brownie was one of my absolute favourites.

These brownies contain no butter and no eggs, and are vegan friendly, and beauties still taste fantastic. Give them a try!

Ingredients

baking paper or brush with cake-release spray.

using the tip of a knife. Don’t mix it up too much!

2. Whisk the milk, oil and vanilla extract together in a bowl and set aside. Mix the ground flax seeds with the hot water and leave to stand for 5 minutes. Whisk all the remaining ingredients, except the chocolate chips and the nut butter, together in a separate bowl.

5. Bake for 20–25 minutes until the brownies have just set. Leave to cool completely, then cut into squares. If you want them extra fudgy, put them in the fridge for several hours. Otherwise transfer to an airtight container.

(serves 8-12)

• 275ml plant-based milk, any sort • 150ml groundnut or walnut oil • 2 tsp vanilla extract • 2 tbsp ground flax seeds • 60ml hot water • 125g plain flour • 125g cocoa powder • ½ tsp baking powder • 100g light soft brown sugar • 75g caster sugar • ½ tsp salt • 150g vegan chocolate chips • 100g nut butter, any sort

Method 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/ Fan 160°C/Gas mark 4. Line a 20x20cm brownie tin with

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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.

4. Scrape the mixture into the prepared tin. Dot spoonfuls of the nut butter all over the batter, then swirl it through,

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