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• Top: Michael Jones, OBE, celebrates his 100th birthday, page 26 • Above: Rewilding beavers, page 14 • Left: West Dorset MP Chris Loder talks heritage and tourism, page 5

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Who cares for the carers?

Unpaid carers work around the clock in highly stressful environments. One company steps up to offer them a break

LONG-STANDING ISSUES with staff shortages in the social care system – made worse by Brexit, Covid-19 and an ageing population – have resulted in a significant rise in the number of people now offering unpaid care to family members.

An estimated 8.8 million unpaid carers in the UK provide around 80% of home care.

They saved the UK economy £193bn a year during the pandemic. Yet they are rarely recognised for their frontline role and lack access to the same support as NHS staff or paid care-home workers.

Supporting carers in crisis

The experiences of two brothers, James and Charlie Ricketts, motivated them to launch Carefree over four years ago. The initiative supports unpaid carers by making vacant accommodation available, providing them with a vital break in which they can recharge and avoid burnout. Breaks consist of two-night hotel stays plus breakfast at the

cost of a £25 admin fee. Carers choose their location and are welcome to take a companion (not the person(s) they care for).

“Through the pandemic, unpaid carers worked tirelessly to provide the invisible backbone of our health and social care system and they need time off,” said Charlie Ricketts. “Together we can change how our society reinvests in the people that look after our most vulnerable.”

Of carers using Carefree, 92% reported that they couldn’t have accessed a break without the charity’s support, which aims to deliver 4,000 breaks by early/mid 2022 and mobilise tens of thousands more as new hospitality partners join.

Significantly impacted by Covid lockdown, Carefreespace.org has now delivered over 1,000 carer breaks with many thousands more ahead.

Carefree CEO, Charlotte Newman, who believes that designing effective solutions for social care and carers should be a society-wide effort said: “Being able to rest is an essential part of what it means to be human. Only through the collective commitment of people, partnerships and technology working together can we build a truly sustainable, national way for carers in

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need of a break to access time off. Every Carefree Breakmaker, whether they are someone referring a carer, donating a break or providing a part of our tech infrastructure to distribute the stays, is a piece in the puzzle of how we’ll make that possible.”

Awards keep coming

In 2019, Carefree won Breakthrough Charity of the Year at the Third Sector Awards and was awarded multi-year funding by the National Lottery Community Fund, the Postcode Innovation Trust and a number of other prestigious grantmakers.

The organisation continues to grow, developing a purpose-built technology platform and forging relationships with numerous private and public sector partners to drive forward a radical solution to systemic challenges within the UK’s social care sector. carefreespace.org/take-a-break

Are you eligible Hospice welcomes for the Household Hayley as it Support Fund? expands services

by Faith Eckersall

IF YOU LIVE in the Dorset Council area, are of state pension age and have less than £10,000 in savings, you could be able to apply to the Household Support Fund.

The money will not affect any benefits you receive and doesn’t have to be paid back, says Dorset Council.

You can apply online yourself, or visit your local Citizens Advice Bureau to make an appointment with someone who can help you apply.

As the cost of living increases, the council has published a list of other financial support available.

• All domestic energy customers will receive a one-off rebate of £400 from their energy providers. This will be automatically added to your energy account over six months,

by Lorraine Gibson

from October 2022. If you have a prepayment meter, the £400 will be added to your meter or you’ll receive vouchers.

• Households on low-income means-tested benefits, such as Universal Credit and Pension Credit, will automatically receive £650 in two instalments: £326 by 31 July and £324 some time this autumn.

• Households on Tax Credits only will automatically receive £650 in two instalments: £326 this autumn and £324 in winter.

• People on qualifying disability benefits will receive £150 in September, which may be in addition to the £650, depending on individual circumstances.

• Pensioner households will get an extra £300, which will be paid as an increase to your winter fuel payment to be paid from mid-November.

AS PLANS TO INCREASE their crucial services get under way, Lewis-Manning Hospice, the care provider for patients and families facing life-limiting illnesses across the southwest, is delighted to welcome Hayley Bonner (right) as Director of Clinical Services.

Having worked in the health care sector for many years across secondary and primary care teams within the NHS, Hayley brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the endeavour. “I’m really looking forward to my new role,” she said. “I love change management, setting up and developing new services which is what I shall enjoy bringing to LewisManning and helping them to grow their clinical services. “There are busy times ahead!”

CEO Clare Gallie said: “It’s great to have Hayley as part of our team. We have ambitious plans to continue our expansion of services as part of our ongoing strategy to bring hospice care ‘closer to home’, and Hayley will play a pivotal part in this growth.”

For more information, visit www.lewis-manning.org.uk.

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Elderly residents of Pepperell House sheltered housing asked to vacate A concerned letter sent to the NBVM by the son of an elderly resident in a care home raises questions about the future of independent care offered by volunteers in the community “MY NAME IS JUSTIN MILNE and I am contacting you regarding the closure of Pepperell House. This is an urgent and desperate matter for the local community. I have a personal interest in this as my 85-year-old mother, Ruth, who has heart disease and limited mobility, currently lives happily there.

Pepperell House, formerly Abbeyfield, is under threat of closure. This vital sheltered housing in Shaftesbury offers fantastic accommodation and care for the elderly.

The trustees have sent all the residents a letter giving them three months’ notice due to its closure. According to the trustees it is not financially viable due to a lack of residents. There are 15 rooms, which cost under £1,500 a month (including meals and cleaning as well as emergency 24/7 help with a panic button).

All of the residents are in their mid 80s to 90s and some have no family and nowhere else to go. They also don’t have the finances to fund care homes that cost thousands of pounds a month. It is the only sheltered accommodation in the area and it only requires another five residents to make it financially viable. There are eight available rooms. The trustees have failed to keep what should be a high-demand residency due to Covid. That is their explanation of why they are in the current predicament.

This home is unique in Shaftesbury. The alternatives are expensive care homes or looking after yourself. It is the perfect halfway house, if you like. However people who remain in fairly good health until the end of life live happily here until they pass away. It allows residents to have their independence and retain their mobility as well as having visitors come and go as much as they please.

The building and gardens itself are absolutely beautiful and immaculate. The staff, of which one is live-in, are fantastic.

They do an excellent job of making the residents feel safe. Providing meals, cleaning, company and a lot more.

In the trustees’ letter it says that ‘they will have to find alternative arrangements by the 30th of September’. This is not only a tragedy for the town itself and to future generations, but currently urgent for the residents and the families involved.

I don’t claim to understand the relationship between the charity and the trustees, but how can it be that they are not advertising for new residents and have been seen to turn people away? Why is it allowed to be neglected to such an extent that it has to close after decades of service to the elderly

in Shaftesbury? What charity would allow the current residents to become homeless, in a fragile and vulnerable situation?

Despite residents, outside interest, and families offering money, the current trustees seem to say that there is no saving it and reject every suggestion put forward including volunteers’ donations of substantial amounts of money. It seems to me that the current head trustee has a negative mindset and is resigned to defeat.

As a community we can’t let this happen.

For the sake of a shortfall of £7,000 a month for five residents to fill empty rooms means the place could easily be viable long-term. Anyone over 55 can apply.”

Barbara Yoxall, Chair of trustees at Pepperell House responds…

“Thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to the letter you have received from Justin Milne. Firstly, may we say that there are many inaccuracies in his letter and his figures are wildly misleading. We completely understand that feelings are running very high, but inaccurate information in the press and social media only make life more distressing and confusing for everyone at this very difficult time.

We are, I am sure you will accept, devastated that we are having to close Pepperell House, and that our remaining residents are having to find alternative accommodation.

This closure has come about because of the number of vacancies we have had over the past two to three years (exacerbated when we were unable to accept new referrals because of Covid-19) leading to a dramatic fall in our income. Also, costs are increasing hugely, particularly fuel, food and maintenance costs. We are now running on our reserves and cannot continue to keep the house open.

The Board of Trustees has been working very hard to keep the house open but our decision is made.

Perhaps people should be made aware it is because of the voluntary work they put into the charity that it exists at all and the home is the lovely place everyone tells us it is. The reason we are able to set our rents at an affordable rate (a condition of our charitable status) is because the management of the home is undertaken by us – volunteers. We are not a care home and receive no support from either health or social services, which has always put us under considerable financial strain. The

Pepperell House, Shaftesbury assisted living environment for the over-55s

volunteers who originally raised the money for the house and those who have been Board Members over the past 40 years have done amazing and mostly unsung work to provide a safe and happy environment for the many people who have lived in the house.

Despite what some are saying, the Trustees have not had any offer of donations or other financial support, nor have they had any practical offers of help.

This has been a very difficult decision, not taken lightly, but regrettably the house will have to close by 30 September 2022”.

Simon Hoare, North Dorset MP says...

“I have met representatives of the families and the Trustees recently. The decision to close Pepperell House has not been taken lightly by the Trustees. Rather it has been done with a heavy heart and a thorough assessment of income versus costs.

Understandably the decision to announce its closure has clearly caused anxiety among the residents and their families. I know that the Trustees are discussing potential new ways of operating with other stakeholders and I very much hope that something good emerges from those conversations. I have committed to do anything that I can to help.”

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Ballet Under The Stars charity dress rehearsal inspires a new generation A wonderful opportunity for aspiring dancers to attend a dress rehearsal of Ballet Under The Stars at Hatch House near Tisbury IN AID OF THE DICKY BUCKLE FUND, a charity set up to help young choreographers create original new works and bring them to the stage, last week saw 350 young children with their parents and grandparents, come to admire the dancers practise in the sunshine at Hatch House, the stunning setting in Wiltshire.

This year, dancers finally came together, after three years of absence, to create a diverse mixed bill of 12 ballet performances for The Covent Garden Dance Company, and share it with the young, well-behaved audience.

Stars from The Royal Ballet, The National Ballet of Ukraine, English National Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin, and the Paris Opera Ballet went on to perform classical and contemporary works to an audience of over 1,350 people on the Friday night and over the weekend. The weather even stayed dry.

“It was a mixed bill of short works,” said Matt Brady, Director of the Covent Garden Dance Company, and the inspiration behind Ballet Under The Stars.

“The idea is to give a performance that is attractive to everyone, even the most hardened ‘balletomanes’ – people who see ballet and dance all the time. I want to encourage everyone to come, because

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very often ballet has an image of tights and jockstraps and elitism etc., which it shouldn’t. Ballet Under The Stars isn’t just ballet: it’s ballet and dance.

It’s contemporary AND neoclassical. It’s diverse, and it works. The idea of the programme is to have that beautiful sort of flow; you don’t know what’s coming next; punctuated with courses of dinner and wine, means wait for three minutes and, much like the British weather, there’s something else.”

Celebrating the audience ‘being back’ and grateful to fans for having stayed with their ticket bookings. “I can’t deny I have performance nerves. When we gave our first performance at Hatch House in 2011, it was to just 95 people. Now it’s 1,350 over three nights, though I’d like to do five. Yes, it’s a lot of work, but it’s worth it. When the music starts, even at the rehearsals, it’s like, ‘Oh! This is why I do it!’ and it’s such a wonderful feeling.”

Named after the exuberant ballet critic Richard Buckle, The Dicky Buckle Fund is a small but dynamic arts charity started in

Help save the old Somerset oak

Protesters gain momentum as 400-year-old Somerset oak risks being destroyed as part of A303 road scheme On 21 July, protesters surrounded a beautiful old oak that has occupied the same spot for over 400 years, camping underneath and in its branches. It’s all in a bid to convince National Highways to move a slip road scheduled to connect the new dual carriageway with nearby Hazlegrove Prep.

Commenting on the Department for Transport’s decision to fell this veteran Queen Camel Oak, Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesperson for Somerton and Frome Cllr Sarah Dyke said: “The decision by the Secretary of State to fell this magnificent veteran Oak tree shows blatant disregard for nature and biodiversity by the national Conservative Government. We are living through an ecological emergency. Nature and biodiversity in the UK is in serious trouble and we must do all we can to protect it. I will always fight to protect our environment and biodiversity. Its removal would be pure vandalism of our environment.”

“We still have a chance to save this wonderful oak tree and allow it to live for another 300 years. I urge the Secretary of State to review his decision and to do the right thing by stopping the felling and looking to mitigation measures instead.”

Join the petition at www.change.org/p/save-the-queen-cameloak-from-the-303. At over 10,000 signatures, this petition is more likely to get a reaction from the decision maker!

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2011 by Matt, designed to support creative work, to help further education in the arts and to broaden access to dance in general.

“We want to give small grants to young and emerging artists, because we need to look forward, and always need to create new work to be able to produce new and exciting programmes,” said Matt. “It’s about putting back into the artistic process. For instance, Opposites Attract was composed and choreographed by Why 12 Fabian Reimair, which he then danced perform ances? with Fernanda Oliveira, both from the “I’m dee English National Ballet. The Dicky ply Buckle Fund helped support them, superst itious their studio time and costumes. I just about 13 feel it’s important to be able to give !” licence to create what they want to do Matt Bra dy and how. This was the first time I got to see what they created.”

Everyone on the afternoon of the rehearsal was enthralled. “It’s unique. My granddaughter and her friend are so in awe”; “what a beautiful afternoon: this has been my daughter’s idea of heaven,” were among the many comments.

“I’ve never seen so many children in one area captivated and well-behaved,” said Shelly Hunt, aunt to Lily.

Donations towards the charity continue long after the performance is over. “I want to say thank you to everyone, you have been incredibly generous this year,” says Matt. He then turned, picked up another phone call and began planning for 2023.

Above: Hortense Pajtler and Nathan Bisson of the Paris Opera Ballet, dancing Flower Festival in Genzano Left: Fabian Reimair, first soloist of the English National Ballet, and Fernanda Oliveira Principal of the English National Ballet, in Opposites Attract Opposite page: two young ballerinas-to-be at the ballet afternoon dress rehearsal Photographer: Alice Pennefather

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Home to the community spirit in every village across the Blackmore Vale, time to show our appreciation for these magical little venues we take for granted

by Faith Eckersall FROM TODDLER GROUPS to Brownies and Cubs, with maybe some ballroom dancing and the odd 50th birthday party thrown in, what Blackmore Vale reader can’t measure their life in village halls?

They are a stalwart of rural life and never more so in Dorset, where there are 178 across the county.

From the cricket-pavilion style of the village hall at Hinton St Mary, the modern glamour of Kimmeridge to the little stone joy that is Donhead St Mary Village Hall (it even has an open fire) pictured here, the halls are as individual as the villagers that cherish them.

Some, like the gothic-windowed Langton Herring village hall near Bridport, or the Arts and Crafts affair at Wootton-Fitzpaine, which was built as a memorial to Alfred Capper Pass, are even listed buildings.

What happens in these village halls is as varied as their appearance. From short-mat bowling to ballroom dancing and badminton, they are also hosts to wedding receptions birthday parties, nursery schools and parish council meetings.

In 2010, Ibberton (and Belchalwell) even saw the launch of the best-selling novel Mr Rosenblum’s List, when author Natasha Solomons held a 1950s-style tea party at the village’s little tin hall. Five years later, a defibrilator was installed outside the front door; 2021 marked the moment that high-speed broadband was put in place.

But village halls don’t look after themselves and no one knows this better than Mike Burt of Okeford Fitzpaine, who is chair of the Dorset Village Halls Association (DVHA).

“It can be a big responsibility, running a village hall, as there are a lot of regulations

to abide by, such as health and safety,” says Mike, “but I believe they are a vital community resource.”

Mike’s been involved in village halls from an early age. “When I was young, I lived in Dorchester and we used to go out to the village halls because they’d run dances on a Saturday,” he remembers. “It was much better than having to pay exorbitant prices to go to the dances in town!”

Later, he learned ballroom dancing in St John Hall in Dorchester and helped raise money for a village hall in Weymouth, where he was living. He now helps with Okeford Fitzpaine’s village hall and so gets to see exactly what issues are faced by DVHA’s members.

All-round support

“You can be doing anything from filling in a form, to get a grant or helping to decide what kind of kitchen refurbishment a hall should have.”

One vital thing is that halls must move with the times. “It’s not just health and safety,” he says. “It’s keeping up with the way halls are used and what facilities they may need.”

It’s pretty certain that Zumba wasn’t around when most of Dorset’s village halls were built, but the activity is one of the most popular, along with other fitness classes such as yoga or pilates.

And very few village halls saw dog-training classes, which are a popular new use, Mike says, along with children’s birthday parties, because many people have smaller homes.

There are even halls where curling – the sport most often seen at the Winter Olympics – takes place.

“People often want a sprung floor, they like a good kitchen and wi-fi is another important facility for a hall to have as it expands the type of classes and activities it can host,” he says.

The DVHA helps support village halls and encourages them in their grant application and funding bids. However, they also try to keep halls informed, which is why there was a presentation on renewable energy technologies at their recent annual meeting in May. With prices for the average hire ranging from £7.50 an hour to around £25, depending on use, energy costs and status of the hirer or hiring organisation, village halls are also one of the biggest bargains around.

But Mike has a warning: “People need to fundraise and care for their village halls because if they don’t, they may lose them.”

More details on the Dorset Village Halls Association website dorsethalls.net.

Salisbury League of Friends donates to new mobile cancer care unit Salisbury Hospitals League of Friends has donated £6,475.50 towards the funding for a new mobile cancer care unit for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. The mobile unit, provided by charity Hope for Tomorrow, allows cancer patients to be treated locally rather than having to make long trips to hospital appointments or oncology centres.

The mobile cancer care unit travels to Fordingbridge, Westbury and Gillingham to treat cancer patients closer to their homes

and workplaces, eliminating the need for them to travel lengthy distances to the hospital to receive their cancer treatment.

Last year, the NHS nurses working on Kayleigh delivered 2,749 cancer care treatments, supporting 770 local patients.

The funds donated by the Salisbury Hospitals League of Friends will go towards the overall fundraising target of £315,000 for the new Kayleigh and a nurse support vehicle. Over two-thirds of the money has

already been raised through company, charity and individual donations. The new mobile cancer care unit will take several months to build and is expected to come into service in September 2023.

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News in Scammers on the rise as cost-of-living crisis bites Brief Dorset is now the 7th safest county in UK

Data released by the Office for National Statistics shows that overall crime rose by 8.2 per cent in Dorset during the 12 months to 31 March 2022, which is almost half the national average rise of 15.9 per cent.

A rise in crime was inevitable due to the national lockdowns the previous year, but comparisons between crime recorded in Dorset last year and the same time before the pandemic show that overall crime has fallen by 5.8 per cent.

Incidents of anti-social behaviour and burglary have reduced, but reported sexual offences have increased in line with national averages. Chief Constable Scott Chilton explained: “I acknowledge that we do face some challenges in other areas… We are committed to reducing and preventing sexual offences, including rape… We encourage victims to come forward and report offences so we can support them.”

Stalbridge launches hard-hitting campaign to tackle soiled streets A new ‘hard hitting’ campaign in Stalbridge is set to reduce dog fouling on its streets, pathways and green spaces.

“We wish to be pet-friendly town,” says Katie Garland, Chairman of Stalbridge Town Council. “We welcome dog walkers, but recognised that a concerted effort needs to be made to tackle this everincreasing local problem.”

The council has invested in 55 new signs, commissioned from a local graphic designer.

As the campaign says: “Help us to keep your streets in Stalbridge free from dog poo.”

As well as being extremely unpleasant, dog poo can be a health hazard to young children and vulnerable people.

For more information, call 01963 364276 or email clerk@ stalbridgetowncouncil.gov.uk

76% OF PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH-WEST have already been targeted by a scammer this year, says Citizens Advice Dorset, as the cost-of-living crisis takes a hold. According to new research, the top five most common types of scams reported were: deliveries and courier services (56%); Government or HMRC (46%); banking (29%); rebates and refunds (28%) and investment or financial (21%).

“A shocking number of people in the southwest have been targeted by scammers already this year,” says Rovarn Wickremasinghe, Chief Officer, Citizens Advice Somerset. Citizens

Advice offers five ways to safeguard yourself: 1 Does it sound too good to be true?

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Queen Bee, Paula Carnell

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From artist to global naturopathic bee expert You’re a ‘honey and consultant to the unique Beezantium at sommelier’?

Yes, I trained in The Newt at Hadspen House, Paula has an Bologna. It’s a name incredible passion for bees and our connection given someone trained to distinguish the floral with the natural rhythms of the earth. Here and other sources of Paula shares how sometimes the worst thing honey from taste, that happens can become a gift that aroma, and visual appearance. I now get transforms our lives How did your passion for bees begin?

I was in bed and wheelchair-bound for seven years with Ehlers Danlos syndrome (a condition that affects joint hypermobility and extreme tiredness). About two years in, my husband built me a beehive and a local beekeeper, Chris Wright, put some bees in and taught me beekeeping. Before being ill I was a professional artist with a gallery and so losing my health and career meant I needed to think of things I could do to stay sane, rather than thinking about what I could no longer do.

Beekeeping means one must have an innate sense of calm: how do you manage it?

I think the seven years in bed helped to teach me to be calm! Bees resonate at a frequency of 256Htz: this related to emotions is ‘being present’, so to work with bees if you match their frequency or wavelength, they are happier when you work with them. Fact is a healthy colony spends most of the time resting.

to use my skills as a honey judge in global competitions.

How did you become The Newt’s bee expert?

They found me and invited me to look around in 2017. I was asked what I thought they could do with bees, so I outlined my dreams for bees. They said: ‘Wow, and will you do it?’ It’s the Beezantium.

Do your family share your love of bees?

More a love of honey!

How did lockdown affect the bees, and you?

I delved deeper into my bee world during lockdown and was grateful I was able to still work with them. My secret to happy is in living my passion, while balancing my health. 10 years ago, I was still very poorly. I’m so inspired by trees and the way nature communicates with each other. My garden in Castle Cary is full of medicinal herbs and trees that I planted 17 years ago.

What’s the best thing you’ve learned while developing your passion?

The connectiveness of ALL things and our place within nature. My favourite time of the day is early morning, for the peace and quiet.

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You’ve always been a Somerset gal; why is the Blackmore Vale is so special to you?

I was born in Dorset, moved to Yetminster in 1976, then to Castle Cary in 1990, so grew up in the Blackmore Vale and with the magazine: it supported me throughout my art career during the 1990s so it’s lovely to be featured in the magazine again.

Best moment in business? And the worst?

The worst moment for me in my career was in losing my art when I was ill, but the best moments are when I hear how people have been inspired by my work with bees.

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I like to just sit with bees or walk in nature. I go to the Dorset coast when I need peace and solitude: my favourite corner is Hilfield Friary. I don’t really listen to music, preferring silence, however in 2020 I found a song by Rayah called Become yourself, which I played repeatedly to keep my spirits uplifted whilst chaos in the world was going on.

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My 50th birthday meditating in a Bhutanese temple with 20 women and a couple of yogis. (Obviously my wedding day and my sons being born are up there too!)

What is your favourite way to retreat in life?

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What’s the one thing about bees you think many people don’t realise?

We need them more than they need us! It’s not about pollination, it’s about the fact the environment we share with them is killing them, and us.

Can you say anything positive about wasps?

Yes, we need them! There are over 100,000 different varieties and they are the rubbish collectors of nature.

What’s one thing you think people won’t know about you?

I used to play the piano accordion. I do love sewing my own dresses. I have a single vintage pattern which fits me and so have it in about 20 different fabrics!

You’ve achieved so much in your career…

What’s next on the horizon?

Bees inspire me. I’d love to do more filming, about bees, particularly a documentary about what I learned in Bhutan. It inspired my book, A Quest for bees in Bhutan, and I’d love more people who are unable to visit there to have a taste of the incredible sense of peace and purity in that kingdom.

What’s next for Paula Carnell?

For me, it’s seeing more people understand the messages from the bees and doing little things every day to help them. Messages such as ‘what is killing them is killing us’, and: oh, we can learn so much.

To learn more about Paula’s story, her books or one of her beekeeping courses, visit paulacarnell.com.

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The children’s ward, dedicated to young people aged 0 to 17 years, is growing its own sunflowers to tie in with this year’s Dorset Sunflower Trail at Maiden Castle Farm.

Planting seeds using last year’s their labour on display in just a crop in containers, the children few weeks.” receiving treatment on the ward The concept stays true to the are encouraged to grow their Garden Group’s deep-rooted sunflowers on the outdoor ethos, created by Mike and balcony of the ward, ready for a Louise Burks, working hard to celebration of the unmistakable inspire tomorrow’s gardeners to sunshine sunflower. embrace the great outdoors and “Growing is such a positive enjoy the physical and mental activity for our health as well as health benefits on offer, while Findbeen youraperfectalso newhelping bed with for the planet, so it has to us protect the bed sale. and wildlife. real pleasure to help the in our summer environment Kingfisher Ward with their Due to be held from Monday Dorset Sunflower growing 8 to Saturday 20 August, the and project,” says Jon Nash from Dorset Sunflower Trail at Poundbury Gardens. “The Maiden Castle Farm is open to sunflower is a joyful and vibrant the whole family and half of the plant, and the children will be profits will be donated to each able to achieve a big visual Dorset County Hospital’s impact with their project. We Kingfisher Ward and Cherkasy can’t wait to see the fruits of Hospital in Ukraine.

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The sunniest flowers on earth are the theme for Dorchester Council’s Summer of Sunflowers MAIDEN CASTLE FARM will create a spectacular sunflower trail as a major fundraising event for a second year, supporting two important charities: the DCH Kingfisher Ward and Cherkasy Hospital in Ukraine. Profits generated by the trail will be donated by the farm, to be shared equally between these two chosen charities.

This year’s organiser, Hazel Hoskin, is working closely with Dorchester Town Council on a range of additional events and activities in Dorchester, all based around the theme of sunflowers to create a ‘Summer of Sunflowers’ in the town. Visit Dorchester town centre to witness spectacular sunflower sculptures suspended across South Street, as well as 25 sunflowerthemed shop windows across the town and Poundbury, as local retailers join in with the activities.

Dorchester’s beautiful Borough Gardens will be a popular venue as it showcases a range of sunflower varieties which have been specially grown to highlight the beauty of these amazing flowers.

The main Sunflower Trail itself will be the highlight and happen during August at Maiden Castle Farm, when the sunflower crop is fully grown and in all its glory.

You will get a map on entrance, complete with a quiz challenge as you navigate the trail. It will take an estimated 30 minutes, with a mini version for those with accessibility issues. The attraction will include a photograph competition, opportunities for sundowner sessions, Pilates in the sunflowers, and more to be announced.

To boost the green credentials of the idea, visitors will be encouraged to follow a special scenic pavement path all the way from Dorchester’s town centre to the heart of the trail – about 1.5 miles. All this in the farm’s amazing location nestled at the foot of the historic Maiden Castle – the largest prehistoric hill fort in England.

Take a picnic, make a day of it, and enjoy dining next to one of the largest and most complex Iron Age Hillforts in Europe.

Combine your visit to the Trail with a trip to the Maiden Castle Hillfort which is free and allows a different viewpoint of the Sunflower fields and panoramic views of the Dorset Countryside.

“With all the sunflowers in the town centre we think this year will be even better,” said Hazel, “and we hope that people will come along and join in.”

For more info and updates, go to www.maidencastlefarm.co.uk/booking.

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Cherished memories

TOM AND BRENDA CRABBE FROM MOTCOMBE were joined by family and friends as they unveiled a special family seat at Shillingstone Station.

The seat takes pride of place under the large green Shillingstone sign on the Down platform, with a dedication plaque that reads: “Memories of Shillingstone Station from the ’40s and ’50s, from The Crabbe Family”.

An official ribbon cutting took place, along with some celebratory tea and cake with the seat presented to the station’s chairman, Jon Jenkins, who said it was a great pleasure to have such a long-running family connection with the station. It’s the perfect spot to sit and look across to the station and its cafe and shop - the comings and goings along the opposite platform, the signal box, and if you’re lucky, an engine moving up and down the line.

The Crabbe family have a long connection with the station, as Tom’s mother, Lily Reading, when she was 18, travelled from Southam near Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, to work for the Ismay family at Iwerne House, which is now part of Clayesmore School.

Lily, who was in service, arrived by train to Shillingstone from Lord Willoughby de Broke’s Warwickshire estate, where she was a parlour maid, and was met from the

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station by a horse and trap.

She continued as a parlour maid with the Ismays, but with a passion for cooking, worked her way up to become Head Cook. “She was a great pastry cook too and made wonderful scones and steak and mushroom pies,” says Tom. “In those days, they were allowed out three times a week, and the Housekeeper, Mrs Fanshaw, used to wait at Above: Tom and Brenda the door at 10pm with a Crabbe (right) are joined by cane, and you’d get it on the station chairman Jon behind if you were late!”

Jenkins and family and During her time with the friends as they cut the ribbon on their new bench; Ismays, Lily often travelled Right: Tom’s parents, Lily with the family when they and William Crabbe, whose holidayed – whether it be to lives were entwined with St Michael’s Mount in Shillingstone station Cornwall, to Bembridge on the Isle of Wight, or up to Scotland. This continued when Lily met milk-delivery boy William her working life and her Crabbe, who worked on Mr Holloway’s family, through the station,” says Tom. Iwerne farm. The couple married in 1935 “We’d always travel to and from, going on and when Tom arrived in 1938, they too holidays from Shillingstone, always, so we went on holidays from the station. are delighted to give a seat to the station in “We have a lot of memories of Mum and memory of those happy times.”

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Our loose Canon

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Contemplating an oft-overlooked but nonetheless very important festival in the Christian calendar

by Canon Eric Woods Tomorrow, Saturday, a very important Christian festival will be celebrated by (I suspect) very few people. I mean the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord, which always occurs on the sixth day of August. It is also my wife’s birthday, which means that for me at least it has to be carefully remembered – or I’m toast! But because most Christians aren’t very good at going to church on weekdays, Transfiguration (rather than Sandra’s birthday) tends only to be noticed when it falls on a Sunday. And that’s a pity…

Yet in one way, I suppose, the forgetting of Transfiguration is not inappropriate.

Everyone in Nazareth knew the carpenter’s son, Jesus, that strange young man with the touch of God, but few saw him for who he really was, the most dear and precious Son of God. But there, on the mountain top, a few friends had their eyes opened to the truth about him as he stood in front of them radiant with the glory of heaven – and they were transfixed by that transfiguration, as for a moment their ordinary, humdrum, everyday world was penetrated by the divine, by the light and the power and the glory of God. And the wonder of the Gospel is that, for those of us with eyes to see and ears to hear and hearts to understand, that

glory transfigures us, you and me, whenever we open ourselves to God and realise afresh that the Earth’s crammed with heaven, and God’s glory is very near, and let our lives be caught up in the majesty and the mystery of it all.

Individual inspiration

Whatever your religious faith, or lack of it, it’s important that you hold onto, and allow to develop, that innate capacity for wonder and awe which we all possess.

Yes, some of us are readily caught up in the wonder and awe found in the Divine. I have long valued the insight of the 17th century Welsh poet and physician Henry Vaughan, who wrote “There is in God, some say, a deep but dazzling darkness”. That has fired my spiritual life for years.

But what inspires me won’t necessarily inspire you. Some discover deep wells of wonder and awe in music, or art, or poetry.

Others in the natural world or the contemplation of the universe. Even that doughty old atheist, the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell, showed a deep affinity with the mystical when he

wrote: “Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture … sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show. The true delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.”

I don’t personally relate to that – maths was never my strong point – but when he wrote it, Russell was nearer to God than he knew.

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Pyramid syndrome

by Brian MacReamoinn Built by the omnipotent Pharaohs, the pyramids are an everlasting symbol of their all-conquering majesty. They’ve appeared in countless films and TV series. Now you’re going to see them for real. As you approach Giza, your excitement begins to grow. You are about to witness one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Then suddenly there they are. You stare in awe, mouth wide open.

Well… the thing is, they’re just lumps of stone. And it’s not that they’re small, they’re just not that big. And no thank you, you don’t want to go on a camel ride. No, you definitely don’t. But the friendly smiling guides don’t seem to understand that you haven’t come all this way to get carted around for hours in the baking heat on a large, hairy, smelly animal. But the pointing and gesturing and the three words of Arabic you’ve learned are to no avail.

All in all, it’s an unsatisfactory holiday experience. But, with a little foresight, it could be improved. First, maybe lower your expectations. After all, what did you think was going to happen? Were the Pharaohs themselves going to greet you and welcome

you into their ancient tombs for a cup of tea?

Yes, it’s true, the Pyramids are a bit smaller in real life, and you should be prepared for heat, sand and camels. They’re still worth visiting though.

Then there’s the Mona Lisa. Leonardo da Vinci’s painting is probably the most famous in the world.

However, If you‘re envisaging yourself gazing upon this enigmatic portrait in the calm surroundings of the Louvre with time to ponder her famous smile, think again. It’s easily the most popular exhibit in the Parisian museum. Tourists swarm like ants around it and the sound of a thousand smartphones clicking simultaneously can be heard. Also, La Gioconda doesn’t occupy much wall space. It’s actually quite small and, because crowds are kept a few metres away, it appears positively minuscule.

Manage expectations by arriving very early or very late. Another tip: don’t go on a Tuesday – the Louvre is closed.

The Book of Kells is a well-preserved 9th century illuminated manuscript, housed at Trinity College Dublin. But if you pictured yourself casually leafing through the precious pages, admiring the ornate Latin

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Our intrepid travel writer reveals why you might want to take another look at your bucket list and revise your expectations

text and intricate artwork, a word of warning.

It is a major visitor attraction and draws huge numbers of people from all corners of the globe every day. You can’t touch it; and only two pages are visible at any one time. For another historic document, the Magna Carta, it’s a similar story.

Take a deep breath and tell yourself that it’s logical: you can’t be the only person who wants to experience these amazing buildings or objects, and therefore there are going to be lots of other people doing exactly the same thing. So each person gets to take away their own fraction of the whole experience.

To paraphrase Bette Davis in the classic Hollywood romance, Now, Voyager: if you’re not expecting the moon, then you’ll be happy with the stars.

Avoid stress on holiday. Accept that sometimes small is beautiful and you won’t suffer from Pyramid Syndrome.

Blandford Fashion Museum is a small, unique, volunteer-led heritage organisation with big ambitions.

We now have a number of vacancies that will help us achieve our aims and take us into the future.

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We are seeking applicants for a new role of Museum Operations Manager to assume responsibilities for the day-to-day running of the Museum. This includes financial management, co-ordinating the volunteer management team, leading volunteer engagement, supporting the Museum’s outreach activities and assisting with grant applications.

Although experience of working in a museum environment is ideal, it is just as important that applicants can demonstrate great organisational skills, the ability to engage and inspire others and have the ambition to make a difference.

This is a part time (22.5 hours per week), one year contract role – with the potential to extend. The successful candidate will be responsible for their own tax and insurance.

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Due to the resignation of our current volunteer Treasurer, the Museum is seeking applicants for the role of a Museum Treasurer who also sits on the Board of Trustees Supported by the Museum Operations Manager the role is responsible for guiding the Board and the Museum in all aspects of financial and accounting management, including the preparation and submission of Annual Reports and audited accounts to HMRC, Companies House and the Charity Commission as required.

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Café societies with a difference

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Snack and shop with a purpose at one of these delights in the Blackmore Vale

TUCKED AWAY IN Glanvilles Wootton, Round Chimneys Farm (pictured right), boasts a newly opened café and shop.

From farm to table, the café shop offers Aberdeen Angus beef and grass-fed lamb, all reared on the farm and available to buy and enjoy, giving greater provenance for your food at home.

“We think it’s really important that people know where their food comes from,” says Alec Rich, third generation Rich family, “and who produces it.”

Also keen to support local producers, why not make this your new ‘go-to’ farm shop? Pop along for a taster, 1-9pm on 20 August, to the farm’s open day. Free to enter, with proceeds in aid of the Sherborne Food Bank charity, there’ll be local stalls, children’s activities, a dog show, BBQ, gin bar, and live music.

For more information, visit www.roundchimneysfarm.co.uk The pop up Dorchester Repair Cafe is part of the global movement to reduce landfill by inspiring people to repair household items instead of throwing them away and replacing with new ones.

“We have volunteers who are keen repairers,” says Emma at the Repair Cafe. “We pop up at a different locations around Dorchester (usually with a café). Our next is 24 September at Shire Hall Museum. People can bring along any item, from clothing to electricals and garden items, to (hopefully) get it repaired by one of our volunteers.” Garner DIY tips and tricks while you’re there too.

There are currently eight repair cafés across Dorset, including

Dorchester,Blandford,Gillingham,Sherborne and Marnhull. All are run and staffed by volunteers. The pop-ups rely entirely on donations so you’ll be asked to contribute before you leave, to help support costs such as insurance, venue hire and printing. Visit www.repaircafe.org for further details.

Chatter & Natter at the Pear Tree Café is a new innovation in Sherborne: a volunteer group set up by Sherborne Surgeries that’s part of the Chatty Café Scheme.

“Quite often when people see their GP, their underlying problem isn’t always medical,” says organiser Vicky Morland. “Maybe they’re lonely, having financial trouble or want to lose weight. As Health Champions, we’re like a cross between Citizens Advice and a social worker, and aim to be aware of what help is available.”

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Thank you for the music

With an incredible 200-year history, the Gillingham Imperial Silver Band is now looking for new players AT THE RECENT Gillingham Town Meadow Fete, The Gillingham Imperial Silver Band (GISB) gathered to play a vivid programme of popular music. The six-piece ensemble drew the attention of many in the crowd to the world of brass, and in between musical sets the players engaged with the public to answer questions. Those who were interested were able to try one or more of the various brass instruments on display, such as the trombone, tuba and cornets.

The performance however not only involved playing but also recruiting, because the GISB urgently needs more members to help it thrive.

Following the recent break in ‘live’ playing, plus work relocations, a significant number of players have not returned to the band, leaving it desperately

short of players.

“Without a successful recruitment drive this long-standing town band is in danger of folding,” says Marcus Adams of Adams Music.

The GISB traces its origins back to the 1800s when it was a first known as a jazz band.

Following a break in playing during World War One, the band reconvened, and then became a brass band in 1928.

Brass or silver?

Well, if you’re wondering, these days there’s no difference.

Silver-plated instruments were once used, and were always deemed more expensive than brass, and so a ‘silver band’ was believed to be a little more superior. However, the key is

that these bands are the epitome of a community.

Historically, young players would learn from the more established players, practise hard and hope to get a place in the main band as their skills and knowledge developed. Indeed, the GISB has both a Main Senior Band and an Academy Band in two tiers – Beginner Brass and Training Band – offering excellent brass-playing opportunities for both current and potential players.

While a small group perform together in many styles of music, Marcus Adams says: “The Senior Band, with its current low player numbers (it should be at least 25), is

unable to engage in carnivals, parades, and contests without the help of players from neighbouring bands.”

The GISB will do everything in their power to ‘keep the show on the road’, arranging 10-piece and smaller group compositions themselves, but emphasise the opportunities for all ages and standards of musicianship from Key Stage 2 upwards.

If you’re interested in becoming an engaging part of the community, get in touch via the band’s website www.gisb. co.uk, the group’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/ groups/86966453901 or by emailing Marcus Adams adamsmusic@btinternet.com.

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The future is renewable

How dare anybody label renewable energy as leftist nonsense, when it’s such a good alternative

by Keith Wheaton-Green We humans have an instinct for tribal allegiances, but it dismays me to see right leaning journalists adopting a “group think” that pushes deployment of renewable energy into a perceived loony left category.

Former BBC journalist and GB news escapee, Andrew Neil, recently used the derogatory term “green blob” to describe anyone who thinks renewable energy is worthwhile. And in the light of current high gas and electricity costs, there have been numerous recent articles attempting to push UK fracking, oil extraction and even new coal mining. The journalists involved can show intelligence and insight with other topics but appear to have a blind spot when it comes to renewables.

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government investment despite being eye-wateringly expensive. UK radioactive waste management alone costs every household £89.92 a year (£2.5bn/27.8m UK households; source: gov.uk). Government loan guarantees of up to £23bn cost £827 per household per new nuclear power station. It also guarantees to fund unspecified decommissioning cost overruns (and they always overrun.) In 2006 a station in Connecticut overran by £335m equivalent to £12 per household if it had been in the UK (source: Deloitte.)

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A mother’s fond farewell to year six of primary school, dedicated to pupils and staff at All Saints Bishops Caundle

by Rebecca Howland Max pulled on his polo shirt for the last time. It told the story of year six. It was the shirt with the ripped collar, which Billy had grabbed hold of when they wrestled on the field. The ink stain at the bottom that looked like a dog, should have been the punctuation that was missing from his English book but never made it. The fabric, which had been a blank page less than a year before, had absorbed lunches and art lessons, playtimes and assemblies. It was now a friendly grey colour, imbued with pats on the back, congratulations and encouragement.

It was his last mad dash to school in a flurry of book bags and lunch boxes, mum shouting to hurry up, swearing never to leave everything to the last minute again.

They were late again – nothing new there, but it was a different kind of late, this was the last late. This wasn’t the sinking feeling when he had to do the walk of shame through the office entrance; or the guilt that Mr Busy Headteacher had to stand in the rain for a few precious minutes when he could have been catching up with his metre-long to-do list. This was the ‘never going to happen again’ kind of late, the ‘last

day of primary school ever’ kind of late.

Soon, just the leavers’ assembly stood between Max and the last goodbye. He sat on the stage, where he had played Friar Tuck in an itchy wig just weeks before, and listened as his friends and teachers spoke their words of wisdom. He stood up to speak, and saw his mum dabbing her eyes with a tissue and giving him a thumbs up.

He wished he hadn’t looked in her direction. It gave him a lump in his throat, as big as a cricket ball, and his words were stuck, afraid to come out for their final performance. Somehow he managed to conduct his last duty, and then it was over.

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Summer entertainment

If you’re seeking inspiration for family fun over the next few weeks, here are a few ideas…

All the fun of the show

The Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show is back on 17 August, so get your tickets quick for this renowned one-day agricultural show.

Among the many farm favourites, the show is delighted to bring back the bunnies this summer! A sure-fire hit with the little ones, there’ll be fabulous floppy-ears galore as these much-loved furballs – domesticated for over 2,000 years – will all be on show.

Plus, there’s a celebratory new Bees & Honey Marquee. Bees are essential to life on Earth (check out 60 Seconds With…

Paula Carnell, The Newt’s queen bee on page 10), the Show has teamed up with the North Dorset Beekeepers Association to bring a marquee filled with exciting demonstrations, hands-on activities, a beehive, and information about courses for future beekeepers.

Bounce for joy

Space Inflaters opened its doors for the first time on Saturday 18 July and played

host to well over 200 guests, including major stakeholders and dignitaries, parents – oh, and children. Music played via the new sound and laser light system, while the fully operational café/bar was a hit.

The venue, sister site to the successful Riversmeet Leisure Centre, is the second community site being run in North Dorset

by The Gillingham Community and Leisure Trust.

Filled with huge space-themed inflatables, it’s the perfect way for children to let off excess energy during the summer holidays. Each session holds up to 100 people every 90-minute slot, making it perfect for parties, so do book early to avoid disappointment. Prices are displayed on the website, with peak being £6 and off-peak £5, adults go half price. And a new

Above: Bunnies are back at the August Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show; Left: Space Inflaters leisure centre

under 3’s area is soon to be available.

The Gillingham Community Leisure Trust say they aim to please as many people as possible: “This is a community initiative with a warm community feel,” says Alan Waistell, Director of Leisure, “and any surplus made from this venture will be put back into the community.”

Space Inflaters, as named by the public, is aiming to deliver services to disabled, low-income families, and host some major community events at site in the coming 12 months. Visit www.spaceinflaters.org for more information or call 01747 213125.

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Make your way to Science Zone! There’s a thrilling line-up of environmentally aware summer workshops throughout August in an inflatable dome. From Dynamic Earth, which explores the inner workings of our planet; Astronomyths, Dinosaurs at Dusk, and Supervolcanoes. Plus you can dig your own fossil, build a clay volcano, or create a Lego robot too.

Many events last 50 minutes unless otherwise stated. For the week commencing 8 August, there’s a special offer of £2 per person for the amazing dome film shows!

Pre booking is essential via www. sciencezone.uk, and spaces are limited so to avoid disappointment, call 01202 729206.

While you’re there, check out Code Ninjas, the world’s fastest-growing kids’ coding franchise. Research shows that children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have a digital aptitude because they are logical in thinking and relish predictability. At Code Ninjas, all kids can learn to code while building their own video games. Gaining problem solving, critical thinking, and STEM skills, kids have fun in a, safe, inspiring environment, and parents see results. For more information, visit codeninjas.com.

Council run freebies for kids!

Free swim: Children aged 16 and under who live in Dorset (proof of residency may

New Blackmore Vale, 5 August 2022 be requested), can swim free of charge at the Shaftesbury Lido throughout the entire holiday season, including weekends, evenings and even the August bank holiday.

Booking is advised at bookwhen.com/ shaftesburylido Love your library: There’s a host of entertainment for small people at your local library throughout the summer.

Sturminster Newton Library hosts a free arts and crafts event for 6–12-year-olds to create your own ‘Peruvian Hummingbird Wall Hanging, on Thursday 11 August, 2:30-4pm; while on Thursday 18 August, 2:30-3:15pm, try Pet Paper Bag Puppets, for ages 3-7, as part of the council’s summer reading challenge. Call 01258 472669 .

At Sherborne Library, Silly Science offers experiments galore on Monday 8 August, 10:30-11:30am, and on Thursday 18 August, 2:30-3:30pm, Creative Construction offers all kinds of building fun with Lego, playing cards and dominoes!

Both are free and suitable for children aged 3 and up. Call 01935 812683.

There’s live storytime at Shaftesbury Library on Monday 15 August 10.3011.30am, with children’s author Angela McAllister, followed by fun craft activity.

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Don’t Get Lost!

Blackmarsh Farm’s Giant Maize is back for the summer. It’s open Monday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm until 4 September, and guaranteed to create weary toddlers.

Meet the challenge to escape the great ‘Maize Maze’, created within a field of maize no less, which this year is designed in the shape of a tractor; then hunt down the Bug Motel, or climb the lookout tower.

Tickets costs £8 per person, with discounts available for younger children and large groups.

Blackmarsh Farm, Sherborne, DT9 4JX. Find more info online at toy-barn.co.uk at or call 01935 815040.

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A sentimental journey Can anyone ever resist an exclusive line up of restored vintage vehicles?

THE SHERBORNE HISTORIC VEHICLE RALLY is back on Sunday 28 August. This popular event, organised by the Rotary Club of Sherborne Castles, will be held at the Sherborne School Courts in Dorset.

There will be 15 classes of veteran, vintage, classic pre-1970s cars, pre-1970s light commercial vehicles and pre-1980 motorcycles and three-wheelers, not to mention the post-1970 modern thoroughbred group and the most suitably dressed vehicle occupants! The Sherborne Town Band will perform while judging takes place, and for the visiting public, there will be the opportunity to choose the winner of two classes.

The HVR is one of few events on the classic calendar which involves a road run followed by a static display with concours judging. More than £50k has been raised for charities supported by the Rotary Club of Sherborne Castles through previous events.

Those wishing to still enter vehicles can download entry forms on the event website – for details, visit www.sherbornehvr.org. uk. The event will be open from 2-5pm, and is a great opportunity to see a superb display of much-loved historic vehicles

while supporting this year’s chosen charity, The Friends of Yeatman Hospital. For more information visit rcsc.org.uk.

Family fun at the museum Home to historic, rare and valuable vehicles, there’s plenty to keep the entire family entertained at Haynes Motor Museum, the UK’s largest collection of vintage vehicles in 17 exhibition areas.

Throughout the summer, until 4 September, visitors can enjoy first-hand many extraordinary vehicles. There’s an incredibly rare 1931 Duesenberg Model J, a favourite of founder John Haynes OBE and valued in excess of £12m; a 1960 Ferrari 250 GT, one of the most classic profiles in sports car history; the iconic Eightie’s super car, the Lamborghini Countach; and travel back in time to the birth of motoring with a 19th-century Benz Patent Motorwagen, the world’s first motorised vehicle.

Enjoy a fun summer trail designed to appeal to visitors of all ages, and on select days the Museum will be displaying a special parade of cars outside. Children can let off steam in a fleet of tiny cars that can transport them around the Museum’s car collection.

It’s also the last chance for visitors to see one of the biggest and best Motorcycle Speedway Collections in the UK, as it is

being sold at auction later this year.

Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford, Nr Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7LH. Open 10am daily. For more information call 01963 442783 or visit www.haynesmuseum.co.uk.

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The Dorset Arts & Crafts Showcase 2022 Friday 5th - Tuesday 9th August Open 10am-5pm, Tues 10am-4pm Sales of work by Members of DACA Fine Art, Craft & Photography Competitions Children's Workshops Free Entry for Under 18's

Purbeck School, Worgret Road Wareham BH20 4PF www.dorsetartsandcrafts.org Registered Charity 306252

CUDWORTH SUMMER MARKET, St Michael’s Church TA19 0PR Wednesday 10th August, 10.30am-1pm Cakes, bric-a-brac, produce, raffle, coffee CUCKLINGTON, STOKE TRISTER with BAYFORD FLOWER SHOW 13th August, 2pm Refreshments, Raffle and Auction of Produce The Arthur Morison Memorial Hall, Cucklington COUNTRY LINK SOCIAL GROUP. Fresh air, fun, food and friendship. Tel. Andy 01225 834834 or Val 01749 342918 www.country-link.org.uk LARGE GARAGE SALE Saturday August 6 21 Poppyfields, Gillingham Dorset -10am start.

Items include vintage chairs, furniture, and lots of fabric

GREAT DORSET CHILLI FESTIVAL Stock Gaylard DT10 2BG 6 & 7 August ANGLICAN HIGH MASS, Wimborne St Giles Sunday 7th August starting 11am. Then first Sundays at 11am. Visitors welcome 01202 828797 CAR BOOT Sunday 7th August @ Shillingstone Recreation Ground.DT11 0SN. 1pm to 5pm. Set up from 12noon. Cars £6 Vans £8. Info 01258 861345 CATHEDRAL STYLE SUNG Evensong, Wimborne St Giles Tuesday 16 August 6pm. Laudemus choir, MD Jeremy Jackman, sung evensong as part of their tour of Dorset Churches. Visitors most welcome to join us in this beautiful church. Cubitt BH31 7PW 01202 828797

Dorset Arts & Crafts Showcase 2022 Children’s Workshops Making a welcome return this year to the Dorset Arts & Crafts Showcase are the Children’s Workshops and the Art, Craft and Photography Competitions.

Any children (aged 6+) visiting the Showcase can take part in the workshops, with a variety of activities, including air dried clay models, glass painting and beaded geckos.

There will also be the opportunity for younger siblings to join in, with suitable activities for them.

Entry to the event is free for children and under 18’s, there is a nominal charge per workshop activity to cover material costs. Advanced booking is not necessary, The Showcase also includes a large sales gallery of work by members of Dorset Arts & Crafts Association, 4 guest exhibitions, art and craft stalls, and craft demonstrations.

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Expect to see floods of super bright supercars and classic beauties driving through glorious Dorset next Sunday 14 August, as Clayesmore in association with South Coast Supercar Club present a Classic & Supercar Sunday event. Clayesmore is set in 70 acres of glorious grounds, with a sweeping driveway to the main house, so it couldn’t be more of a stunning backdrop to display over 120 exotic and heritage cars.

The event is a collaboration with a Year 13 student, Zander Miller who started the supercar club as a hobby during lockdown, but has snowballed into a who’s who of supercar owners in the South West.

‘We are very proud to celebrate Zander’s entrepreneurship and bring this inaugural Classic & Supercar Sunday event to Clayesmore’ Jo Thomson, Head of Clayesmore.

Hendy Group, the South Coast’s premier automotive retailer will also be featuring at the event and will wow the crowds with a stunning display of their prestige cars on the day.

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CREAM TEAS BY THE RIVER EVERY SUNDAY IN AUGUST 2.30 - 4.40 Damerham Hall SP6 3HQ For ST Georges Church MONDAY AUGUST 8 TREACLE EATER CLOG MORRIS DANCERS: 7.45pm The Square, Cerne Abbas DT2 7JG; 8.45pm Hunter’s Moon, Middlemarsh DT9 5QN. Jenny 01963 210562

DONHEAD ST ANDREW ALL WEATHER FETE BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 29TH AUGUST 2022 1pm - 4.30pm STONEY HILLS FIELD, SANS LANE, SP7 9LL (just off A30) GUITAR RECITAL BY STEPHEN KENYON in aid of Ukraine. 21st August, 6.00pm. St Barnabas Church, Stock Gaylard Tickets £8. Please call 01963 23215 or email josie@stockgaylard.com

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Thought for the day: ‘True rest’

by Dcn. Rebekah-Joy Spinks The Methodist Church, Yeovil & Blackmore Vale Circuit For many, what might have started out as effort to shape life to the full has become an over-full life.

The lockdowns revealed much of the unhealthy patterns which have become the norm. Anxiety fuelled panic buying stemming from the belief that there is not enough to go around, multi-tasking in the assumption that we have not enough time, multi-shifting in the concern that if we stop something terrible will happen, transfixed to our social media in the fear that we will miss out, and the world when ruled by ‘anxious productivity’ chokes all creation in the waste we produce.

Increasingly we want to trade in the patterns of the past for something better, but • Shaftesbury Quakers (Society of Friends). Meets for one hour each Sunday from 10.30am at the Quaker Meeting House, Abbey Walk, Shaftesbury SP7 8BB. • West Camel Independent Methodists. All Saints Church on the first Sunday of the month at 4pm followed by tea. Other Sundays, evening worship is at 6pm. 01935 850838, Geoff.mead@yahoo.com.

• Anglican High Mass at Wimborne St Giles. High Mass is the first Sunday of each month at 10am. BH21 5LZ. • Blandford Methodist Church Sunday services at 10.45am, followed by refreshments in the hall. Lunch club for over-55s meets on Friday from noon-2pm.

Meals £5, please book. Coffee mornings on Thursday from 10am-noon – just turn up. If you need our help please leave a phone message. Church steward John Cornish (phone 07799 516735).

• St Gregory’s Church, Marnhull. Coffee, Cake and Company, Thursdays from 10-11am. Everyone welcome.

• Sherborne Abbey. Monday to Saturday, 8.30am Morning Prayer; The Sepulchre Chapel. Mondays, 9am CW Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. Tuesdays, 12 noon CW Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. Wednesdays, 10.30am Holy Communion with Homily; The Lady Chapel (alternates CW and BCP). Thursdays, 12 noon BCP Holy Communion; The Lady

where can we find a paradigm for a healthier and more balanced life?

We need look no further than Sabbath rest.

The Sabbath is not simply a day off as we understand it today but a means to resist the cruelty of a world which worships productivity before all else. It was a day off shared by everyone in the entire community at the same time, bringing a complete full-stop to productivity, with no new tasks building up in your absence. The Sabbath was utterly levelling because it was received by all regardless of property, wealth, education, intellect, health, age, race or gender. Sabbath included the foreigners and strangers, the servants and animals, even the land was enabled to rest.

In the Christian faith we believe that all people are made in the image of the creator God, who rested as well as worked. The

Chapel. Fridays, 9am Ecumenical Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. First Friday of the month, 9am Requiem Holy Communion; The Sepulchre Chapel. Third Friday of the month, 11am Remembering the Fallen.

Saturdays, 9am CW Holy Communion; The Sepulchre Chapel.

• St Peter’s, Hinton St Mary.

First, second and third Sundays, 9.30am Morning Prayer. Fourth Sunday, 9.30am Holy Communion.

• St Thomas’ Lydlinch. Second and fourth Sunday, 11am Holy Communion. Third Sunday, 6pm Evensong.

• St Mary’s, Sturminster Newton. First and third Sundays, 11am Holy Communion; 6pm BCP Evensong. Second and fourth Sundays, 9.30am Morning Prayer; 6pm BCP Evensong.

Fifth Sunday, 11am Benefice Holy Communion. Wednesdays, 10am BCP Holy Communion.

• Kingston Lacy. Second Sunday of the month, 9.15am Holy Communion. Fourth Sunday of the month, 9.15am Family Service.

• Shapwick. Third Sunday of the month, 9.15am Holy Communion.

• Horton Church. First Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion.

• Hinton Martell. Second Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion.

• Horton and Chalbury Village

intentional choice to stop is an embodied declaration to not join in with the anxiety that prioritises productivity above our person-hood. Jesus always stood for the true heart of Sabbath and invites all who follow him, out of the anxiety systems that pervade our world. Check out his address given on the mount (Matthew 6:25-31).

It turns out that in this holy paradigm there are sufficient hours in each day, there is enough to go around, you are enough.

Sabbath rest shows us that our worth in relationship to community and creation does not come from our productivity, our status, our wealth, achievements or strength, but in simply being.

So, this summer, the first that offers holiday freedoms since the pandemic, what does true rest look like for you?

Hall. Third Sunday of the month, 9am Breakfast Church.

• Witchampton Church. Third Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion.

• Chalbury Church. Fourth Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion.

• Our Lady’s RC Church, Marnhull. Mass Sunday, 9.30am and 6pm.

• St Benedict’s RC Church, Gillingham. Sunday, 11am.

• Fancy a coffee? The churches in The Donheads, Charlton, East Knoyle, Semley and Sedgehill now have a team of friendly, approachable people available to offer home visits. Contact Revd.

Kate at rector@benofbart.org.uk, 01747 830174.

• Sherborne Abbey organ recitals (Mondays in The Abbey at 1.30pm). Monday, 1 August – Martyn Noble, Sub-Organist, HM Chapels Royal, St James’s Palace Monday; 8 August – Timothy Uglow, Director of Music, Worksop College (formerly Canterbury Cathedral).

• Lower Stour Benefice: Sunday, 7 August – 10.45am, Together Service – Blandford St Mary.

Sunday, 14 August – 9.30am, Communion – Blandford St Mary; 11am, Communion – All Saints Langton Long; 11am, Family Service – Tarrant Rushton.

Sunday, 21 August – 9.30am, Communion – Spetisbury; 9.30am, Morning Worship – Charlton Marshall; 11am,

Morning Worship – All Saints Langton Long; 11am, Communion – Tarrant Keyneston; 4pm, Family Service – Charlton Marshall Sunday, 28 August – 9.30am, Communion – Charlton Marshall; 9.30am, Morning Worship – Spetisbury; 11am, Communion(BCP) – Tarrant Crawford; 11am, Communion – All Saints Langton Long.

• St Mary’s, Stalbridge. 7 August Holy Communion 10am; 14 August Evensong 4pm; 21 August Morning Worship 10am; 25 August Holy Communion 10am.

• Sherborne Munch: Every Wednesday in August, free hot family meals at St Paul’s Church (St Paul’s Close, Sherborne DT9 4DU). Drinks served from noon, food from 12.30pm. Booking helpful but not essential at sherbornemunch@gmail.com • Sherborne Abbey tours: Tuesday at 10.30am and Friday at 2pm (excluding 5 and 12 August, and 9 September) until the end of November; and on Saturday at 10.30am and Sunday at 11.15am (on Sunday, 7 August, the tour is at 2pm) until 11 September. Free; no need to book.

• Friends of Sherborne Abbey outing: The outing to Salisbury is on Tuesday, 6 September. The cost is £27, including coach travel, the tour and afternoon tea. Places should be booked by 18 August – for details/booking form, email Joanna.Sams@sherborneabbey. com or phone the parish office.

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Mad Earl Henry and other relations Family historian Sue Burne, from Glastonbury, tells tales of kidnapping, murder and treachery which feature in her family tree

However, the death of a wife in childbirth was not uncommon, and it was quite usual for people to marry several times during their lifetime. Therefore, it is perfectly possible for the second son or daughter of a second or third marriage to have to make their own way in the world – within a couple of generations, any links to the ancestral home would be long forgotten.

Sue’s roots may be found from a branch of the ClintonFiennes family – a very distant relation of modern day adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

She explained how important it is to check and re-check for variants of names – before standardisation of spelling, Fines/Fienes/Fiennes would all have been valid and used indiscriminately. Sue has proved her descent from Edward Clinton – sometimes known as Clinton Fiennes – 1st

Earl of Lincoln and Lord Admiral for Queen Elizabeth I, and his second wife Ursula Stourton – with links to Stourhead. Ursula’s grandfather was Edmund Dudley, chief minister of King Henry VII and so unpopular that Henry VIII had him executed soon after coming to the throne. Ursula’s brother, Charles, was convicted of murdering two men and was hung with a silken rope in recognition of his exalted rank.

Henry Clinton, 2nd Earl of Lincoln, was characterised by a temper, ostentation and miserliness which appears to have made him universally detested. The Privy Council received so many complaints about his oppressive illtreatment of his tenants, and the poor in general, that they addressed a series of reprimands to him. However, Queen Elizabeth continued to entrust him with important embassies.

Sir Henry Fynes Clinton was the son of the 2nd Earl of Lincoln and his second wife, and had an eventful life, too. He was a favourite of King James 1, who intervened several times when Henry complained about his ‘less-than-generous’ treatment from his father. Henry had such a chip on his shoulder that he wrote his memoirs to expound on the perceived slights received. Sue felt slightly sorry for him until she found records from the Star Chamber, the highest court in the land, where Henry was accused of trying to poison his second wife – Elizabeth Hickman – to marry his mistress, Grace Somerville. He also, allegedly, came close to murdering the man Grace eventually married, too.

In general, however, having a disgraced relative or two does not seem to have mattered much in the nobility!

Social evenings of the Blackmore Vale Family History Group at The Exchange, Old Market Hill, Sturminster Newton, resume in September and are then on the third Wednesday evening of every month – everyone is invited.

For more information, contact blackmorevalegroup@gmail. com or phone 01258 472942 to receive details of the programme or become a member. The cost is £3 per meeting for SDFHS members and £4 for non-members.

skittles, tennis, main raffle, treasure hunt, tombola, splatthe-rat, children’s games, face painting, craft stalls, car boot sale and stalls run by village groups. Refreshments and a bar will be available.

Sponsorship has been provided by Helen Antell and featherednest.uk, Debby Cole @ Absolute Catering, and Wessex Internet, www. wessexinternet.com. The event will benefit the Portman Hall Trust charity and village groups.

Kim Suter is baking a celebratory cake which will be

auctioned to raise funds for charity.

The festival will also debut a Go Kraft race, a dry land version of the locally famous Shillingstone Raft Race. Anyone who would like to take part should put together a team of four and build a Go Kraft in the shape of a boat. Fancy dress is optional but hoped for. Prizes are on offer for the best ‘Go Kraft boat’ and best dressed team. The race winners will also receive a prize and a trophy. Entry forms are available from Veronica Jenkins on 01258 863641.

A poster for the first Shillingstone sports festival held in 1922.

by Laura Manning How many of us can claim a medieval aristocrat among our ancestors? Well, probably more of us than we think! At the last meeting, the Blackmore Vale Group of the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society (SDFHS) enjoyed an exciting romp through a branch Sue Burne’s family tree, and Sue gave copious evidence of their often-nefarious goings-on!

The wonderful thing about finding a Lord or an Earl in a family tree is the amount of written evidence available about that person. Titled monied people invariably owned, bought and sold land; were often part of the Royal Court life; may have been Justices of the Peace, or have set up charitable trusts and built churches. All these activities mean that records may be found which give an insight into life at the time and an intimate profile of that person. Marriages between the elite were often contracts drawn up to ensure the material comforts of the parties involved and the laws of primogeniture consolidated the wealth and assets of the parents.

Edmund Dudley (left) and Edward Fiennes-Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln.

Village marks sports festival centenary The village of Shillingstone is set to celebrate 100 years of its sports festival.

The centenary edition being held at Shillingstone Recreation Ground on Sunday (August 7, 1-5pm) will include some of the sporting events and family races which featured in the first event.

This year’s festival will celebrate members of the community who organised the event in June 1922 and those who have been involved in festivals over the years, notably Mike Dove and Alan Long.

Other attractions include

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Letters

Social practices and the ethos of their time When we talk about the slave trade, or burning heretics alive, we cannot get into the minds of those who perpetrated or condoned such acts. But when we talk of unmarried mothers and adoption in the 1950s, there are plenty of us still around who lived in those times and do have some idea of the motives.

Until the 1960s there was a presumption that a child would be born to a married couple – a man and a woman. We knew that it sometimes happened otherwise but that was deeply discouraged. To have a child out of wedlock was shameful.

Society was structured around this presumption. So a woman would give up paid employment possibly when she married, but certainly when she had a child, to be a full-time mother and home-maker. It followed that wages and salaries would be higher for men than for women, as the man was assumed to have the responsibility of looking after a family. I recall advice from my bank manager, who happened to be a family friend, soon after we were married: “Always budget on one salary, as you never know when you may lose the second one.”

Contraception was still not wholly reliable.

So if a young woman or even a teenager did have a child when unmarried, society had to deal with that situation.

Abortion was in those days unthinkable. The problem might be pre-empted by a quick marriage, often successful though sometimes leading to a strained household. Otherwise it would be a kindness to relieve a young woman of a responsibility for which she was not equipped or resourced and let her enjoy the freedom of youth, hopefully without repeating the mistake. It was a kindness also to the baby to place it in a loving family who wanted a child – IVF was still far in the future – and would

have the resources to give it a good life.

We recognise, of course, that sometimes it didn’t work well.

One can have no sympathy for parents who might cast off a child for this heinous sin – nor for some unduly harsh ‘mother and baby’ homes. We also hear of adoptions which did not work well, but dysfunctional families arise with natural birth, too. However, in most cases adoption at birth seems to have worked very well.

So let us not condemn a past social practice without understanding it.

Rather than adopting a rather arrogant attitude that we know better than our forebears, we should perhaps be honest about today’s practice. If we could reverse the pattern of judgement, the people of the 1950s would be horrified at some of the things which go on in the 2020s. We say that the interests of the child must come first – but in practice the mother’s career prospects often trump those of the child. When one thinks of today’s latch-key kids with both parents in demanding jobs, or young mothers going off to war and putting their lives at risk while leaving a couple of children behind, there are undoubted advantages in the full-time mother.

The concept of ‘single parent families’ is a biological contradiction – what we mean is ‘absent parent families’. In many of the high-profile child abuse cases one wants to ask: “Where was the father? He has both rights and responsibilities which are too often ignored. Is it really in the best interests of the child that we encourage, by means of housing and other subsidies, a situation where the father bears no responsibility for the upbringing of his child and leaves the mother to cope on her own?

So let us try to judge social

Cartoon by Lyndon Wall – justsocaricatures.co.uk

practices on the ethos of the time, rather than making a retrospective judgement without understanding the context.

Mike Keatinge Via email n Do you have a view on Mike Keatinge’s letter or anything else in the New Blackmore Vale – if so, email newsdesk@ blackmorevale.net I was chuffed the New Blackmore Vale printed my letter about Wellington the Goat in edition 46 and this is my second submission.

It was sports day for all the families at the Royal Naval Air Station, Portland, Dorset. We had entered Wellington the goat for the Dogs’ Race.

Driving in from our married quarter, passengers were ID-checked at the main gate as usual, and the MoD policeman was more than surprised to see a goat reclining in the back seat.

Unfortunately, Wellington ran off in the wrong direction when

the starter’s gun went off!

We came back from a holiday to find our neighbour had failed in her task of checking his peg had not worked loose. Wellington was very ill having eaten some laurel leaves – the vet saved his life and we bedded him down in the tool shed to recuperate.

On about day five my wife went to give him the usual TLC and he butted her out of the door. She said ‘you devil’ – or something like that – ‘you’re better’ and he was.

When I was re-appointed to London, I presented Wellington to the officers’ mess. He was taken onto the ship’s books as Ordinary Goat Wellington – later I read in Navy News he had been promoted to Able Goat, in the same way sailors climb the promotion ladder.

On one occasion, during a security exercise, the Royal Marine ‘attackers’ came over a fence and were met by an indignant goat causing them to retreat.

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Volunteers needed at old station The Spetisbury Station Project Group has been dissolved. We simply did not have the required number of people willing or able to fill the vacant officers’ roles, so we were not able to continue operating as a group.

Happily, though, it is still very much business as usual up at this former Somerset & Dorset Railway station (pictured) which closed in 1956.

The few remaining volunteers have come to an agreement with Spetisbury Parish Council to continue work under its supervision, something we are all very pleased about.

After ten years’ hard work creating this pleasant, landscaped setting on the North Dorset Trailway, and uncovering the station’s He went to goat heaven years ago and no doubt is still amusing his compatriots.

Vernon Phillips Mere

history, the last thing we wanted was for our efforts to go to waste.

However, there remains much work to do and additional help, particularly from the local community, is always appreciated. More details can be found at

www.spetisburystation project.co.uk We would like to record a big thank you to our former project manager Dean Cockwell, who since 2012 has done so much hard work, both on- and off-site, to get the project off the ground.

living in the country is not all about fresh air and nice views – it is a working environment.

Farms are where their food comes from, so I would ask them to respect all the work which goes into production with all the inconvenience – and possibly even mud and muck, heaven forbid!.

J. Hukins High Street, Sturminster Marshall

and letters writers are their own, not the magazine’s.

The New Blackmore Vale seeks to provide a platform for a variety of opinions, within legal constraints.

Politicians will inevitably sometimes be the subject of strong criticism but we would hope that they express their views respectfully.

We leave it to readers to make their own judgements on the writer’s viewpoint and to draw their own conclusions on the basis of how it is expressed.

NBVM

Continue along the path until you reach a road. Here you turn left, and walk east downhill for half a mile, passing Manor Farm. There’s a bend to the left, heading north-east for a quarter of a mile where it meets the village road. Turn right and in a furlong you’ll be in sight of your car.

When you reach it you’ll have walked six miles.

Chris Slade is a retired Dorset rights of way officer.

I do so sympathise with Leslie and Dawn Head with regard to impatient drivers versus their cows.

Unfortunately, a message has been given out that the countryside is a playground for all and sundry to enjoy.

Yes, I hope people do enjoy the countryside, but if they are visiting, or have moved from towns, they must realise that

Only a few weeks ago I and another reader wrote to complain about the inclusion in the New Blackmore Vale

Magazine of an unpleasant rant against Chris Loder MP. So, it is disappointing to find that the latest issue (22 July) includes a deranged and semihysterical outpouring of antiBoris bile from Greg Williams, representing Dorset Labour.

This kind of toxic stuff not only coarsens debate, it also demeans the political party on whose behalf it is put forward, and it demeans the publication which gives it space.

Roger White Sherborne n The views of the New Blackmore Vale’s columnists

by Chris Slade Park near the church, where, at the roadside, is the stump of an ancient stone cross.

After visiting the church, head north up the road for 100 yards then turn right and head north-east up a road which, when the Tarmac runs out, becomes a bridleway leading in a straight line uphill to the parish boundary, over which is Pimperne Long Barrow, which is worth a visit as it’s the

biggest in the country!

I paced it as more than 100 yards long. It’s never been excavated so take a trowel – only joking! There are wide views in all directions especially across Cranborne Chase.

Return south-west along the bridleway for a furlong, then turn right and join a bridleway north along a field edge for a mile, the last quarter mile of which is along the edge of Pimperne Wood.

At a meeting of ways turn left and head south-west downhill for half a mile where you turn left and head south through a woody lane then alongside a field for half a mile.

Lots of pheasants can be seen.

Next, turn right and head uphill north-west for a furlong, then turn left southwest along a straight path across Pimperne up and down for three-quarters of a mile.

You can look down on the village from here.

A walk around... Pimperne

Dean has sadly now had to stand down due to ill health but his efforts continue to be appreciated by the many visitors who enjoy this tranquil spot overlooking the Stour Valley.

Kevin Mitchell Via email

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Barn dance will help a good local cause

Fancy doing do-si-doe and helping to raise funds for a local charity? Then support a barn dance in aid of Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show’s Student Support Fund at the Turnpike Showground on Wednesday, 10 August.

Black Sheep, one of Dorset’s most popular barn dance and ceilidh bands, who have been

entertaining audiences across the county for over 30 years, are providing he music.

Tickets are £10 and the marquee opens at 6pm with music from 7.30pm. Bar and hot food caterers are available.

The student support fund, only in its second year, was set up the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Agricultural Society to offer grants to students entering agricultural, horticultural, countryside and

Pugin Hall (pictured) in Rampisham, a stunning garden in West Dorset, is the venue for a ‘summer music night’ as part of the National Garden Scheme.

The String Quartet will be playing music including everything from the big screen, opera, Broadway to pop, in this beautiful setting on Saturday, August 13.

Audience members can start the evening by wandering through the gardens and grounds while enjoying sparkling white and rosé wine. A light buffet will be offered from 6.30pm.

Tickets cost £45 and pre-booking essential. For more information, visit https://ngs.org.uk/dorsetspecial-garden-events

Stunning garden venue for music on a summer night

land-based industries.

It offers help with costs towards college or university course fees, books and equipment or even to help meet transport costs of getting to a place of study from a rural location.

In 2021 the fund gave out £3,674.76. This year the fund is set to give out more than £4,000 in grants ranging from £100 to £1,500 to students of all ages requiring financial help to get

onto their courses.

Event organiser James Cox said: “People who attend our events help us to truly make a difference to someone’s education and future prospects by supporting us and therefore the Student Support Fund. The fund is vital as we know rural livelihoods are crucial to our county.”

Book via info@ gillinghamandshaftesburyshow. co.uk or phone 01747 823955.

Summer music at Pugin Hall Saturday 13th August, 6-9PM Pugin Hall, Rampisham, nr Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0PR

Join us for an evening of music at Pugin Hall - one of our most stunning gardens in West Dorset. This year, a limited number of tickets have been made available for an exclusive evening. The String Quartet will play a spectrum of music from the screen, opera, Broadway and pop, ‘music to delight everyone’. Start the evening by wandering through the gardens and grounds enjoying sparkling white and rosé wine. A light buffet will be offered from 6.30pm onwards.

The String Quartet Kindly sponsored by:

Tickets: £45, pre-booking essential

Handel’s ‘little opera’ al fresco Please visit our website:

ngs.org.uk/dorset-special-garden-events

Sunset Sounds is presenting Handel’s opera ‘Acis and Galatea’ at Wyke House, Wyke Champflower, on Saturday and Sunday, 20-21 August.

The pastoral opera is a tale of love between the sea-nymph Galatea, the mortal shepherd Acis and the jealous Cyclops giant Polyphemus.

The work, composed in 1718, has been described as a serenata, a masque – and a ‘little opera’ by Handel himself while it was being written – and has been the subject of Renaissance poems, paintings and statues.

It is performed by Hugo Hymas, Amy Carson and Tim Dickinson, with the

baroque ensemble Music for A While, led

by Margaret Faultless.

The gardens open at 5.30pm with the performance at 6pm. Tickets cost £35 and early booking is advised to avoid disappointment as space is limited. For further information, email sunsetsounds. wykehouse@gmail.com

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Pirates on parade at manor house As a young boy James Barrie delighted at being a pirate. In 1904 the memory of these adventures inspired him to write his play ‘Peter Pan’ – or as it was also called, ‘The Boy who Never Grew Up’.

Now, Barrie’s imagination confronts reality at the historic Manor Farm, Corsley. For Sir Carew Raleigh, who lived at the manor, and his brother Sir Walter, who often stayed there, were pirates!

In 1588 the brothers would have been in deep discussion over naval tactics. Their respective roles were Admirals, and their duty was to defend England against the Spanish Armada.

They played their part in the defence of England but also in the attacks on Spain. Plunder of gold on the Spanish Main was their aim. Feeble attempts were made to coat these sea-dog adventures with a semblance of respectability but in truth these attacks on the high seas were as

close to piracy as the exploits of Blue Beard himself. And the Raleigh brothers were in the thick of it.

So, on Saturday (6 August) at

The Wylye Valley Art Trail is widely recognised as one of the great cultural events in Wiltshire’s artist calendar, helping to establish many new and existing artists and makers, who then open studios and have exhibitions throughout the year.

So, if you’re 25 or under, from south-west Wiltshire and a maker of anything visual – paintings, sculpture, textiles, furniture, glass, bookbinding, prints, ceramics, leather, jewellery – you could be sponsored to hold an exhibition as part of the 2023 Wylye Valley Art Trail.

The Arts Society Wylye Valley (ASWV), having recently won the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, is offering sponsorship of £500 to one young artist to help pay for art materials,

venue costs, presentation and other expenses related to staging an exhibition, as well as exposure and support during the early stages of their creative career. The Wylye Valley Art Trail is also waiving the entrance fee for the winning young artist.

Applications for the Wylye Valley Young Artist Award are open online at www.wvat. co.uk until the end of September. The winner will be announced by the middle of October.

For further information, or if you are an artist or maker interested in being added to the future participants’ database, contact info@wvat.co.uk or phone 07730-400784. The 2023 Wylye Valley Art Trail will run for nine days from Saturday, 29 April, to Sunday, 7 May, next year.

Peter Pan is meeting the Raleigh brothers at Manor Farm, Corsley.

Art trail call to all young artists

6.30pm, the imagination of Barrie and the reality of the Raleigh’s intermingle at Corsley. The Pirates return.

Peter Pan flies again.

For more information and tickets visit office@ theelizabethanevening.com or www.theelizabethanevening. com

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Mischief and hilarity in rip-roaring Shakespearean comedy

by Lorraine Gibson There will be wit and fooling aplenty as one of Dorset’s most inventive touring companies stages an evening of mischief and merriment with a cast of five taking on Shakespeare’s comedy ‘Twelfth Night’ in a performance fit for all the family.

Acclaimed touring theatre company The Three Inch Fools are dusting down their musical instruments and taking to the road with the Bard’s famous play, performing just once in Dorset with Artsreach, the county’s touring arts charity.

The Three Inch Fools are an innovative lot with a reputation for staging audaciously vibrant productions, in a fast-paced, musically-driven style, with a dazzling array of instruments, actors playing multiple roles and many a quick costume change along the way.

Pack a picnic, dress for all weathers, take cushions and chairs, and get stuck into the adventure at Higher Orchard, Sandford Orcas, near Sherborne, Sunday 21 August.

Gates open for picnics at 6pm, with the performance at 7pm. A licensed bar will be available. Tickets and information from 01963 220208 or www.artsreach. co.uk

Although it is not currently a legal requirement, please consider wearing a face covering to protect yourself and others when visiting the Tivoli.

ELVIS (12A)

LONDON REPERTORY PLAYERS PRESENT A SUMMER SEASON OF PLAYS! FALLEN ANGELS I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE ABIGAIL’S PARTY

by Noel Coward

8th, 9th, 15th & 16th August 7.30pm Tickets Adult £8, U16s £6 (Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

PRONGHORN & THE TWO MAN TRAVELLING MEDICINE SHOW

Wed 31st August 7.30pm Tickets £15

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

PLEA S KE E CHEC EP KI OU NG WEBSR ITE

Wed 10th Aug - Sat 13th Aug 7.30pm, Sat 13th Aug 2.30pm

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

by J.B Priestley

Wed 17th Aug - Sat 20th Aug 7.30pm, Sat 20th Aug 2.30pm

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

by Mike Leigh

Tues 23rd Aug - Thurs 25th Aug 7.30pm Mat Thurs 25th Aug 2.30pm

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

Tickets £18.50 evenings (£17 concessions), £17 matinees SIMON GOODALL

& THE BOURNE AGAIN SHADOWS

Thursday 1st Sept 7.30pm Tickets £19.50 / £17.50 concs 1 in 10 free via Box Office only (Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

THE GEORGE HARRISON PROJECT

Friday 2nd Sept 7.30pm Tickets £20 (Box Office bookings incur £1 booking fee per transaction)

GRETCHEN PETERS

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN (PG) 3rd, 5th, 6th & 7th Sept 7.30pm, Mat 8th Sept 1pm Tickets Adult £8 eve, mat £7, U16s £6 (Box Office bookings incur £1 booking fee per transaction)

Friday 26th August 7.30pm Tickets £32.50 & £27.50 (Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

CALLING PLANET EARTH

Thursday 8th September 7.30pm Tickets £24.50 (Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

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Triumph in waste incinerator battle It’s the summer recess but there’s nothing recessional about it as work continues to roll in. I’m writing this after an advice surgery but sadly plans for the roving one I liked to do in the summer had to be put on hold because of security concerns following the murder of my colleague Sir David Amess.

A triumph at Wiltshire Council strategic planning on Wednesday over the proposed waste incinerator at Westbury.

This thing was meant to take waste from across our area rendering it into irreducible slag for landfill and whatever goes up the stack. In return, the plant was to generate a few electrons to justify calling it an energy from waste plant, which sounds nicer than waste incinerator. Not green, not green at all, especially when dumped on a densely populated town.

Conservative MP for South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison So, on Wednesday I attended Wiltshire Council’s strategic planning committee again. The applicants wanted to get this signed, sealed and delivered before welcome new government environmental

targets come in that would undermine its case.

Truth is we don’t need any more incinerators. The 1989 film ‘Field of Dreams’ has the line ‘if you build it, they will come.’ The same is true of incinerators. If you allow them to spring up, waste will be found to keep them going. Far better to do things like separate food waste for disposal by bio-digestion. That happens in some parts of the Blackmore Vale but not in Wiltshire, despite capacity. I must add that bio-digesters should be as far away from homes as possible because they smell, as Warminster residents will tell you.

Just before recess I again called for a moratorium on incinerators in the Commons, which is the logical consequence of the new environmental targets we have seen in draft form and that are

likely to be formalised at the end of the year.

Wiltshire Council having stoutly rejected the incinerator application on Wednesday, the matter now gets determined by a government inspector in November. So, the fight goes on.

I’m actively supporting Rishi Sunak for leadership of my party and thus Prime Minister. The candidates have all been impressive but it’s Rishi who is connecting with the wider voting public. They will determine the outcome of the General Election in two years. That really is the test if my party is serious about winning rather than debating.

In the hustings the former Chancellor’s grasp of the detail around the economy and the NHS has put him well ahead of the field, particularly as cost of living and healthcare are my constituents’ chief concerns.

of this has been seen in two recent events.

Firstly, the competitive bid for £800,000 of funding to develop a community facility on Mampitts Green. A community land trust was formed in July 2020 to build a community hall. One of the town councillors, Peter Yeo, sits on its board. But in September 2021 the town council decided to push an alternative, rival proposal, fronted by Mayor and Dorset county councillor Piers Brown.

A public consultation was held – much time and resource was spent developing an ‘official’ town council proposal. And what happened?

This July, it was announced that the Mayor lost. The community land trust won.

Secondly, we have the recent announcement that local children will be able to swim free of charge in public pools this summer. What you might not know is that Shaftesbury Lido was originally excluded from the scheme.

The first the town council

knew about it was when Dorset announced it was starting in Gillingham.

Fortunately, the town clerk was quick on the case, and the Lido is now included.

At May’s annual town meeting, I spoke of the need for Shaftesbury’s leaders to stop referring to Dorset as some alien, arm’s length authority, when on the contrary the Mayor is a member of its ruling administration.

We need fresh, positive engagement with Dorchester, to overturn the perception that, in the words of a Sherborne councillor, ‘there is something odd about Shaftesbury Town Council.

They always seem to be at each other’s throats’.

If county hall holds similar contempt, it’s no wonder ‘official’ proposals for community centres are discarded, and the town’s leisure facilities are an afterthought. Shaftesbury needs unity locally, and credibility in the county.

Town needs to pull together As national government is paralysed by the Conservative leadership contest, it’s worth taking a moment to reflect on how our town and parish councils are getting on.

Most of them toil away generating little attention or controversy – completing the essential work of the upkeep of our towns and villages.

I say most of them…

Recently, Dorset Council, which is responsible for overseeing the conduct of town and parish councils, published the number of complaints about them it received in the last two years.

Here’s the summary for the Vale area: Blandford 1 Gillingham 0 Shillingstone 1 Sturminster 0 Shaftesbury 37 Shaftesbury Town Council accounted for 65 per cent of complaints across Dorset.

Many of those complaints come from fellow councillors, and only one was upheld. A further 14 complaints were

Greg Williams, on behalf of Dorset Labour made to the police – none of which were upheld.

Dorset Council said investigating all these complaints incurs ‘significant resources…clearly this does not constitute good value for local taxpayers’.

The reputation of this town is being maligned by the very institution which should be promoting it. The consequence

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Change at top, troubles on the ground ‘Change? Why change? Things are bad enough already,’ said the Marquis of Salisbury in 1830 and it must be at the back of the minds of many Conservatives as they consider how to vote in their leadership election. Boris would be better than having either of these two, they muse. We should not, though, intrude on private grief.

The trouble is that it matters.

It matters to all of us if there is a big shift to the right. It matters a lot to us here in the Vale: We are relatively isolated. We have to travel to work; we have to travel to school; we have to travel to hospital; we have to travel to find a decent high street.

Many of us also depend on higher cost electricity and heating oil because the gas network is limited. The rising cost of fuel and energy is truly frightening and will blight the lives of many. The market needs restructuring now – support for

Mike Chapman, on behalf of Liberal Democrats across the Blackmore Vale the vulnerable must continue and investment in insulation and renewables needs to accelerate.

Laissez-faire does not provide solutions. It just generates super-profits for the few.

There is no doubt, too, that the trade deal with Australia

will impact farming in Dorset.

The absence of any kind of democratic scrutiny over this deal was shocking but there are many more such deals to come. They are likely to be struck with the same consumer and high-end tech and services business interests uppermost.

As with the Brexit ‘deal’, we are having the future shape and balance of our economy imposed on us without any say in the matter. Some will be favoured, of course.

There are big questions about tax and spend – the PM hopefuls have little choice but to dangle carrots in their grotesque more-Thatcheritethan-thou ritual dance.

Meanwhile, feet back on the ground, how are we going to find what is needed for Defence, Net Zero, Education and, above all, the NHS and Social Care to create a system which employs people on a decent, motivating wage? Telling the nation the

money can be plucked from the magic growth tree makes a mockery of our real-world experience. New and improved hoodwinking from the people who brought us the wonders of Brexit!

Elsewhere, and more locally, we have the unedifying spectacle of a re-write of our Local Plan and a two-year delay after 9,000 comments, outrageous targets from Central Government and a requirement to pick up any shortfall from other authorities. As Lucy used to say in the Peanuts cartoon, ‘good grief!’.

I am hoping that there will be an opportunity at the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show to discuss these and other issues with many people. We are in the business of listening as we work towards presenting the nation with a vision of a fairer, more balanced society.

Another good reason to come to a great show!

otherwise known as livestock worrying, which would be included as part this Bill.

The Government’s ambition to rejuvenate High Streets by obliging landlords to hold rental auctions for vacant retail premises through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill should also pass through this turbulent period and continue through Parliament in the Autumn term. This Bill will also give local people a greater say on local development which will make a huge difference when it comes to mass housing proposals on outer edges of rural towns.

These two Bills are just two examples of the great work Liz will build on should she be elected. This change in leadership will also provide an opportunity to bring about changes in the way government meets rural needs. I shall certainly be pushing as hard as I can to get the Transport Department to reconsider Dorset’s entitlement to bus service improvement funds, for

example, as well as planning rules being changed.

The opportunities and challenges we face are multidimensional and highly varied.

This is why we need a Prime Minister who is competent, experienced and versatile. Liz Truss has been a strong and dependable member of Government for many years now. As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liz has experience in managing the purse strings of the country. As Secretary of State for International Trade and Foreign secretary, Liz has built up a solid reputation as a champion of free trade and democracy, having signed off many new trade deals with nations across the world worth billions of pounds since the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. And her two years as DEFRA Secretary would mean as Prime Minister, Liz would already know the challenges faced by farmers in the UK and would be able to hit the ground running on addressing these issues, too.

Why I’m backing Truss for leader The leadership election for the Conservative Party and our next Prime Minister has entered its penultimate stage and it has shown just how meritocratic the Conservative Party is with the most diverse group of candidates I think we have ever seen, now shortlisted to two.

I was delighted to welcome the Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss to West Dorset on Tuesday.

Liz has been consistently at the forefront of leading our diplomatic effort across Europe and the United States with a track record of consistency and strength when it comes to dealing with adversaries such as Russia in support of Ukraine.

She has got more than 70 trade deals over the line and is deeply committed to trade, business and economic growth. For West Dorset, these are the qualities that would help us unlock the opportunities ahead for the many hundreds of small and medium enterprises in our area, and that is so important because 97 per cent of our businesses are small- or micro-sized.

Conservative MP for West Dorset Chris Loder And we aren’t just leading the way on foreign policy – the Kept Animals Bill, for example. A world-leading reform that galvanises our status as a nation with animal welfare at its core. I have been supporting an important local campaign by local farmer Cameron Farquharson to make dog attacks on livestock a criminal offence,

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Education unlocks life’s opportunities As I write, many students across north Dorset will be anxious until they receive their results. I wish them all they could hope for.

The recent time in school, given the pandemic, has not been an easy one. I know students will have given of their best. Others will be apprehensively thinking about that step change from primary to ‘big school’.

The uniforms ‘that you will grow into’ are being purchased as parents go through the checklist of what their child needs. It is indeed a big step particularly when a child is moving from a small village primary to a larger high school setting. To all of those going to big school I wish you much happiness, new friends and a wonderful learning experience.

Enjoying the respite of holiday are our school staff who do a fantastic job for our young.

I want to take a moment to

Conservative MP for North Dorset Simon Hoare thank them, and the Governors, who do so much to educate and support. It was my recent privilege to address the Dorset Secondary School Headteacher’s Conference. I had some good tough, challenging questioning and

given much food for thought regarding changes needed to the curriculum – points I shall raise with whoever the new Minister is after the Leadership sands have settled. However, what I saw was, what had struck me as a pupil and now as a parent – the focused determination to do the very best for their school and pupils and their commitment to excellence.

From my experience I know how important education is in providing all the skills to unlock the opportunities life creates.

Without that solid education we are cavemen trying to thrive in a digital age. The world of work is changing. Something like 54 per cent of jobs available today did not exist 20 years ago – such is the impact of technology, automation and artificial intelligence.

Education, good grades and qualifications are no longer optional extras.

I am particularly proud of the

fact that if you are a youngster today you have the widest range of educational choices provided via the State than at any other time in our history. The resurrection of apprenticeships has been nothing short of miraculous and a welcome addition to the learning mosaic.

So too is the renewed focus on technical education with the advent of T-levels.

The refocusing on the important role of – and it is a shame that they are often the unsung heroes of post-16 education – our FE Colleges is great news. Those who shape education policy have come to realise that one size does not fit all. They have also recognised that, while all young people want to learn and wish to accrue skills, they have different ways of doing so. The role of government is to ensure the widest and deepest range of learning outlets to meet those varying needs.

spread. Some are now engaging in cynical greenwashing campaigns to try and convince us they are taking the issue seriously. More lies. I recommend the BBC documentary ‘Big Oil vs The World’. If it doesn’t make you angry then watch it again.

Finally, major sections of the media have persistently engaged in climate denial.

Some of it subtle, like recent coverage of the UK’s recordbreaking heatwave accompanied with pictures of crowds on a beach. Nothing to see here folks, it’s just nice sunny weather!

Global warming is causing ever more extreme weather events around the world, including heatwaves, droughts, storms and flooding. All as predicted. No use kidding ourselves, this is just the beginning and it’s going to get worse. How much worse depends on what we do now.

The Conservatives have been in power for over ten years. In that time they have

not only failed to take the actions needed, they’ve actually scrapped projects like the zero carbon house building regulations and railway electrification, pulled the plug on the once booming solar panel industry, blocked onshore wind projects, encouraged fracking, subsidised fossil fuel production etc.

Apparently not a single Tory MP attended the recent climate emergency briefing given to Parliament by Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK’s chief scientific adviser.

This was a presentation that previously Boris Johnson had said gave him a ‘Road to Damascus’ moment in his understanding of climate change.

The environmental legislation voting record of all five of Dorset’s Tory MPs speaks for itself. Check them out on the website TheyWorkForYou.com We have been failed disastrously, and that is going to cost us all dearly.

Whatever you do, don’t look up!

There can no longer be any doubt, we humans are both the cleverest species on the planet and the most stupid. Not an easy task, but we’ve managed it.

The recent satirical film ‘Don’t Look Up’ uses comedy to ruthlessly parody the woefully suicidal responses of politicians, industry and the media to an existential threat in the form of an asteroid on course to destroy the earth. The film would be funny if it didn’t so accurately portray our present world.

It’s not a subtle film, but the time for subtlety has long passed. For decades scientists have patiently stressed the disastrous consequences of our fossil fuel addiction. In return they have been deliberately undermined and side-lined by greedy, dishonest and selfish key decision makers in politics, industry and the media. Little wonder that in desperation many of them are now becoming environmental activists.

Ken Huggins, on behalf of the Green Party in North Dorset Fearful of losing votes, politicians have avoided telling the truth and instead hidden behind high-profile popular environmentalists like Sir David Attenborough.

The major polluting industries have protected their massive business profits by funding climate denial and delay stories for the media to

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Charming clock could sell for £600 Clarke’s Auctions at Semley is holding its next Antiques & Collectibles sale on Friday and Saturday, 12 and 13 August, and the more than 800 lots include period furniture and objects, silver and jewellery, paintings, Oriental ceramics, art and furniture.

A charming Charles Frodsham gilt brass carriage clock in original travelling case is estimated at £400-£600.

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Born in London in 1810, Charles Frodsham was apprenticed to his father, William James Frodsham FRS, chronometer maker, and by 1834 had established his own business.

He successfully exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and with the purchase of the late Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy’s business in 1854, succeeded Vulliamy as Superintendent and Keeper of Her Majesty’s Clocks at Buckingham Palace.

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A pair of Chinese Republic porcelain sleeve vases estimated at £800-£1,200.

August, from 9am-5pm. A colour catalogue will be available at the-saleroom.com and easyliveauction.com Clarke’s Auctions is taking entries for future sales.

For enquiries for consignment into its Autumn

sales, probate and insurance valuations, and part- or fullhouse clearances, phone Richard Clarke or Karen Marshall on 01747 855109 at the main offices on Kingsettle Business Park, Station Road, Semley, Shaftesbury.

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Interiors auctions prove a success

The first anniversary of Duke’s Interiors auctions is approaching fast – and what a successful year it has been!

A calendar of auctions filled with items in high demand has seen the auction’s popularity increase with every sale.

Hammers have flown above estimate, leaving vendors happy with the results.

Highlights from the last year include a monumental ‘rosso antico’ marble torso of a Roman emperor, which sold for £28,000; Krug vintage brut 1973 Champagne which made £8,450; and an early 20th century Chinese famille rose porcelain bowl which sold for

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Duke’s Interiors auctions have been well received by interior designers and private collectors.

£28,000.

The sales, which take place almost every month, feature a variety of lots, which appeals to interior designers and private collectors alike.

Duke’s Interiors should be your first stop when decorating, whether it is a smaller or larger space. To learn more about this auction, or any of Duke’s other auctions, find more information at www.dukes-auctions.com or phone 01305 265080.

Alternatively, contact head of interiors William Batt at william.batt@dukes-auctions. com

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A 19th century violin in case with two bows, with fragmentary label for Carlo Giuseppe Testore.

SOLD FOR £47,000 • Entries invited for

our forthcoming Specialist sales • Catalogues available online • Full calendar of Specialist sales An Edward VII 1902 Specimen Coins set, a complete set of thirteen gold and silver coins.

SOLD FOR £6,900 Station Road, Semley, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 9AN 01747 855 122 www.semleyauctioneers.com Offices in Dorset, Wiltshire and London

Just Like the Old Days

PASTIMES Of Sherborne (near the Abbey)

Thirty years of dealing in antique and Collectible Toys.

Top prices paid for all types of model railway, die cast cars, early Action Man and Star Wars, Scalextric, Meccano, unmade Airfix kits etc.

Those magical makes; Hornby, Dinky, Triang, Spot-On, Corgi, Subbuteo, Britains, Timpo plus plus plus Telephone; 01935 816 072.

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Charity Antiques Valuation Day Saturday 20th August 11am-3pm At St George’s Church, Hinton St George, TA17 8SP With Duke’s Auctioneers £2 per item Raising funds for St George’s Church and ARK at Egwood Refreshments available

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Top prices for jewellery and paintings Acreman St. Antiques Auction Sherborne, had a very successful July auction despite a vendor withdrawing a limited edition Rolex GMT MII Sea King at the last minute.

The highlights were an antique diamond and pearl bow brooch which made £6,200, an antique sapphire and diamond ring at £4,000, two gents Rolex Oyster perpetual wristwatches

WE BUY RECORDS, COLLECTIONS LARGE AND SMALL Call BILL 07967 816506 or 01747 811100 Email: bill@tunes.co.uk

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ACREMAN ST. ANTIQUES AUCTION SHERBORNE GENERAL ANTIQUES & COLLECTORS AUCTION Friday 26th August 10am

Catalogue available to view through Saleroom.com & Easyliveauction.com

We are now accepting items for our August sale For all enquiries please contact Gill Norman on 07908 333577 or 01935 508764 auction@acremanstreetantiques.co.uk

which sold for £2,600 and £1,500, and an antique silver chest and contents at £4,800.

An abstract oil painting by Frank Auerbach sold for £4,000 and a cubist still-life oil painting by Georges Braque made £3,600. Strong bidding in the Oriental section saw an antique bronze vessel sell for £1,900.

Acreman is now accepting items for its 26 August auction and the following specialist auctions: Coins and Banknotes; Ephemera including Stamps, Postcards, Early Photographs; Antique Jewellery and Watches; Textile, Fashion and Apparel; Oriental Ceramics and Objet D’art.

Anyone considering entering items for auction should contact Gill Norman to arrange an

This Georges Braque Cubist painting sold for £3,600.

appointment with one of the firm’s specialists.

Acreman is happy to make home visits and can arrange a complete house clearance service if required. Probate valuations can also be given.

Phone 01935 508764 or 07908 333577 or email auction@acremanstreet antiques.co.uk

Slice of nostalgia with pedal cars Two children’s pedal cars feature in the September auction of automobilia at Charterhouse.

“So much of what we do is about nostalgia and these pedal cars are all about nostalgia,” said Richard Bromell.

“The cars will appeal not only to collectors of toys and classic cars but to kids, or rather their parents and grandparents, who will need to pay for them!”

First up, from a client in Devon, is a child’s Morgan Plus 4 pedal car. Constructed 70 years ago, this racing blue car has been garage-stored for years. It needs to be restored and is estimated at £500-800.

Next up is a 1960s Austin J40 pedal car from a client near Bournemouth. The Austin is one of the most popular pedal cars ever produced with 32,098 made before production ceased in 1971.

So much so that in the Settrington Cup race at The Goodwood Revival aspiring racing drivers pedal away in

This Austin J40 child’s pedal car is estimated at £1,000-1,500.

their Austin J40s to win the trophy.

Estimated at £1,000-1,500 this racy red Austin J40 is ready to take to the track or just down the road.

Both pedal cars are entered into Charterhouse’s specialist auction of automobilia on 29 September at its Sherborne salerooms.

Richard Bromell and the team can be contacted for valuations at The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, on 01935 812277 or info@ charterhouse-auction.com More entries are being taken for the automobilia auction, and the coins, medals, stamps, clocks and collectors auction on September 1 and 2.

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Top tips to help young catch the gardening bug

by Sally Gregson Looking after children in the long, hot, summer break is often a job that falls to the lot of grandparents. Whereas Mum and Dad are in charge during the family holidays, there are seemingly endless, unexciting weeks before school starts again. It’s what grandparents are for.

‘Helping in the garden’ has a deathly tone to a small child. No-one wants to do the weeding or dead-head the roses. But if there could be an area of the garden for young imaginations to develop, with a little outlay it could be the beginning of changing a child into a future gardener.

The local garden centre is an excellent place to start. Let the youngster choose what to grow. Inevitably the whackier, more expensive, entirely unsuitable plants will be chosen. A quick bit of research on a phone app will soon result in very good reasons why Granny does not want to put a giant cactus in her garden, or a ‘Mile-aMinute’ vine over the front porch.

Garden centres have lots of really colourful plants in flower in late July, such as penstemons, Day Lilies

(Hemerocallis) and sedums, that will distract and inspire.

Children could learn about bees and pollinating insects, and think about how to choose colourful plants that are easy and suitable for their plot. They are in charge. They will love buying them, taking them home and watering them overnight. Then, the following day they can get really muddy preparing and planting their new trophies in their own bit of garden or fill a space in the main garden.

Charles Darwin

Children can learn all about the different environments their plant needs to grow, about how deeply to plant and how it should be maintained during the winter.

Watered regularly, the plants grow and flower and succeed.

Most children love the anarchy of worms and their taste for soil, so you could perhaps invest in a wormery while at the garden centre. Worms use kitchen waste – cooked and uncooked food that is normally unsuitable for a conventional compost heap.

Going natural may be trickier than you think

by Sally Gregson Since the turn of the 21st century, meadow-gardening has become so popular that it is re-defining garden design.

From the ‘natural’ landscapes on display at Chelsea, to the new style of planting with perennials and self-sown annuals, a wilder, more artless look is becoming increasingly popular.

Creating this look is, however, a little trickier than simply letting the grass grow.

Grass is a particularly vigorous and greedy plant that in a good soil takes over space from flowering plants. Thus, for a native meadow it is important to find a sunny, free-draining site that is low in nutrients. If that is impossible in a garden of richly fertile ground, there one or two ways to impoverish the soil.

One method is to remove the top 30cm of earth and put it

A pond, or even a large shallow bowl of water dug into the veggarden, encourages frogs.

Charles Darwin called worms the ‘most important animals on the planet’.

They turn the soil leaving rich, organic waste that can be spread among the plants as a fertiliser. The new plants will really appreciate the nourishment.

A pond or even a large, shallow bowl of water dug into the vegetable garden encourages frogs, toads and newts, and they all have an insatiable taste for slugs and snails.

Clear water invites dragonflies to lay their eggs. The larvae emerge to transmute into fluorescent blue helicopters buzzing around looking for a mate. They patrol their pond and then lay eggs back in the water and expire.

It’s another magical world for your young offspring to explore. School will seem quite dull by comparison.

Wildflowers at Hanham Court in Bristol.

elsewhere. Or kill off the existing sward either with weedkiller, or by covering the area with a membrane for a year.

Then as the next generation of weeds begins to grow, and it surely will, hoe off the seedlings as they begin to appear. This exercise should be repeated two or three times until the seed bank in the area is thoroughly

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depleted.

Perennial weeds such as docks or nettles should be individually dug out. Cutting off the heads of dandelion and dock merely re-invigorates them.

With luck this could all be completed in the winter, from October to Christmas and into April. A more leisurely pace would be to set it aside for treatment for a whole season.

Then in spring it’s time for the pretty bit. Using a locallysourced mixture of wild-flower seed, rake it in evenly, and protect the whole area from birds who will line up along the hedge for a taste.

Native seed is more successful if it has been grown in the same conditions that exist in the garden. Native plants are fussy about where they thrive.

With luck the resulting meadow will re-sow itself if it’s mown and the cuttings raked off just after the majority of flowers have set seed. Thereafter, it will need cutting every three or four weeks during the summer, leaving it quite short for the winter.

Alternatively, you could use seed selected for the London Olympics by Nigel Dunnett of Sheffield University. Pictorial Meadows’ seed flowers from spring until the frosts with a continuity of flowers to provide colour, scent and to attract pollinating insects. It would be very beautiful for a special event, a family wedding or a big party. The effect would be breathtaking.

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Wildflower meadows and wildlife gardens. Garden restoration and advice.

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LAWN MOWING SERVICE, Tel 01747 821 726 R&W FENCING SERVICES All types of fencing, Agriculture and Domestic 01258 880892 07980 036250 ASBESTOS REMOVAL Garages, Sheds, Lean to’s, Roofing and Cladding Collection and Dismantling

BY Registered Hazardous Waste Carrier Call 07973 444620 or 01722 414478

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Rural, garden & agricultural items bought & sold

Tim, 01725 517268 or 07311 478301 FURNITURE & RESTORATION GIBSON AND RADFORD RESTORATIONS Est 1976 T: 01963 370471 M: 07802823123 jake@gibsonandradford.co.uk www.gibsonandradford.co.uk

WINDOWS BLACKMORE WINDOWS AND DOORS. Locally based company in Stalbridge with 25 years experience. All your window and door needs undertaken, from repairs to replacement. Contact Terry on 07514224712 or find me on Facebook and WhatsApp. FREE QUOTATIONS.

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY HEDGE CUTTING, lawn mowing, strimming, pruning, garden maintenance and land clearance using Stihl’s latest electric equipment to avoid disturbing people / wildlife competitive rates in the Blandford area Call David 07786 658708

ANY DIGGER WORK call Ashley for quote 07955 808983

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Contact us to advertise

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TREE STUMP REMOVAL Pruning, bracing, shaping.

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Tree Surgery BS.3998 Contractors to local authorities.

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TREE SURGERY, HEDGECUTTING Potting compost. Large& STUMP REMOVAL selection of Terracotta Pots.

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Make your summer garden fabulous!

Lots of offers on summer border plants.

And much, much more!

Monday – Saturday 9am – 5:30pm and Sunday 10am – 4pm Milton on Stour, Gillingham SP8 5QA 01747 824015

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Home & Garden SCREENED TOP SOIL FOR SALE 1T - 5T LOADS DELIVERED TEL NO: 01258 861046 PATIO FURNITURE. Attractive set. £90. For details and photo, please email ros.vale@zen.co.uk GRASS AND PADDOCK MOWING, man and a ride on mower, please call 07786 261967

GARDEN RESCUE TEL: 01747 821 726 WANTED - Dave buys all types of tools Call 01935 428975 TREE & GARDEN SERVICES 07435 220238 / 01258 858888 Fully insured quality service provided

For all your fencing and decking needs

LANGTON NURSERIES (C W Abbott & Son) Roses. Perennials and shrubs. Stockists of Kings, Franchi and Fothergill Budget Seeds. Potting compost. Large selection of pots. Open daily 10am - 3pm. Langton Long, Blandford Forum, Dorset.

DT11 9HR. Telephone: 01258 452513

Closeboard, panels & sheds supplied and fitted.

Gates made to measure.

Sherborne Fencing Ltd Tel: 01935 814272 Mobile: 07814246332

BLACKMORE VALE MAGAZINE

GILLINGHAM & SHAFTESBURY SHOW SPECIAL EDITION DEADLINES EDITION DATE: Wednesday 17th August Display adverts:

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We are a traditional sawmill in Dorset offering

High quality timber from locally sourced trees Building, Landscaping & Fencing Timber Cedar Shingles & Shakes Feature Stumps Cladding – Waney edge, Square edge, Featheredge and Profiled edges

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Extensive range of Slab/Plank Wood available both air dried & kiln dried – Oak, Birch, Beech, Ash, Yew, Walnut, Sweet Chestnut, Macrocarpa, Sequoia (Red Wood), Cherry, Plum, Monkey Puzzle, Sycamore & more! 100s in stock...

Woodland Mulch & Clean Path/Play Chip Linwood’s wood chip is made from a mixture of hard and softwoods, its durable and long lasting.

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Contact us 01963 to advertise 400186

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2 CUBIC METERS OF SHAFTESBURY GREEN STONE suitable for rockery or walling. Buyer collects. £50.00. Tel 01747 811360

LOGS

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SEASONED HARDWOOD LOGS £155 double load £90 half load 01258 880892 07980 036250

Deadline to place your advert is the Friday before publication.

Call Will today on 01747 854517 or 07872 970741

GOOD QUALITY SEASONED OAK & ASH LOGS Barn stored, £170 for 8ft by 6ft trailer load, Delivery free within 10 mile radius of Templecombe.

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Home & Garden WANTED: GARDENER ONE DAY A WEEK. Planting and maintenance for small garden and vegetable patch. No Mowing. Also Part time cleaner. 4 hours per week.

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To place your classified adverts

All aspects of Surfacing Roads Drives Footpaths Drop Kerbs Resin Bond Drives

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Local Services ARCHITECTURAL, BUILDING & ELECTRICAL ALL IRONWORK. Handrails. Gates. Railings.

Repairs. Restoration.

01258 880301

Fully Insured Failed Double Glazed Units UPVC Windows and Doors Shower Screens, Balustrades Free Survey T: 01747 631899 / 07708 180306 e: shaftesburyglass@gmail.com w: www.shaftesburyglass.co.uk

DORSET LIME Specialists in all external and internal lime work.

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Local Services ARCHITECTURAL, BUILDING & ELECTRICAL SW BUILDING & RENOVATIONS All aspects of building and plumbing catered for Tel: 07970 437786 e: swbuildandrenovation@gmail.com

Bryan G Paulley Ltd Oil Tank Services Domestic & Commercial

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New bunded tank installed for between £1300 and £1900 +VAT depending on size of tank.

All areas. OFTEC Registered

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Serving all your interior & exterior maintenance needs

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General building Extensions/Renovations Loft conversions Oak frame buildings Groundwork/Landscaping All your property needs

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Local Services CHIMNEYS SOLID FUEL INSTALLATIONS LTD accredited installers from the competent persons scheme for wood burners, multi fuel stoves, chimney liners and twin walled flues. Sweeping chimneys, birdguards & cowls. Fireplace alterations to your needs, chimney works including pointing.

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Vale Computers

Your local computer specialist Any computer related problem fixed: Blank screen, slow computer, upgrades, virus removal, broadband setup and data recovery.

Fixed charge repairs – no call out charge.

New and second-hand computers for sale.

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Ring 01258 880442 Email: Valecomputers.2006@btinternet.com Open Hours: Mon to Fri: 8.30am to 4.30pm Sat: 9.00am to 1.00pm

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PC/Mac, Repairs, Networks, Websites, Tuition. Free local callout. 01963362403 07855287150 http://www.dcenet.co.uk COMPUTER REPAIR SERVICE SturComputers 01258-817-537 sturcom@mail.com COMPUTER MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS Purchase advice, Virus Removal, New PC Setup/ Installation, Internet Connection, Upgrades, Computer/ Software Tuition - Call Gregg on 01963370713

Joseph Crocker Computers Custom built gaming & office PCs Desktop & laptop repair Help with mobile devices General computer and IT advice

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GOLD HILL CLEANING SOLUTIONS offering cleaning services to Shaftesbury and surounding areas. Weekly Cleans, Fortnightly Cleans, Deep Cleans, Spring Cleans, One Off Cleans, Office Cleans, Pubs & Social Clubs, Airbnb Cleans, Holiday Lets Please don’t hesitate to get in contact for more information. 07711 587713 goldhillcleaning@gmail.com

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Flushing • Condensing and Combination Boilers • Landlord’s Certificates • Bathrooms, Kitchens and Tiling • All of the Blackmore Vale area covered

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General Plumbing Oil/Natural Gas/LPG Installations Bathroom and Kitchen Installations New Boilers and Cylinders Underfloor Heating & Renewables Landlord Safety Certificates All workmanship guaranteed, along with manufacturers’ warranties.

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Tom the Roofer I cover all aspects of roofing work, gutter replacement, cleaning and repair work

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Sherborne on winning run

by Emlyn Kuhn Sherborne 1st XI v Puddletown 1st XI – Saturday, 30 July Sherborne gave a superb team performance away from home and claimed all 20 points.

Losing the toss and being asked to bat first was exactly what Sherborne wanted.

Josh Lawrence (66) and Mark Roca (69) led from the front. Mike Kennedy (49) and then Marc Lock (52 not out) set a demanding total of 293.

Youth then took over with the ball. Ni Denham (3-28) and Jake Elsworth (4-23) took the Puddletown batting line-up apart. They were well supported by the more experienced Andrew Nurton (3-27).

The two 17-year-olds have made a big difference to the side, helping them win the last

four on the bounce and looking to make it five at home to Martinstown next weekend.

Sherborne 2nd XI did not have a match as opponents Hamworthy could not raise a team and conceded the fixture.

captain Shane Pulling saw Sherborne home with 22 not out to take the win.

Sherborne 1st XI v Bere Regis 1st XI - Saturday, 23 July Sherborne had a superb three-wicket home win. They won the toss and opting to bowl first seemed the right decision with tight bowling restricting Bere Regis to 105 all out. The 17-year-old Jake Elsworth gave a stand-out bowling performance with 6-24.

In reply, Sherborne started well with Josh Lawrence scoring 38, but a string of wickets led Bere Regis to believe they were in with a chance of victory. However,

Sherborne 2nd XI v Bere Regis 2nd XI – Saturday, 23 July Sherborne travelled to Bere and after winning the toss decided to bat.

Openers Andy Guppy and Adam Smith quickly got stuck into the Regis bowling, putting on 48 before Smith was run out.

They lost another wicket quickly and were 52-2 but then Freddie Harden joined Guppy at the crease and together they put on a 99-run partnership to set Sherborne on their way again.

Harden fell for good run-aball 42 while Guppy kept the runs flowing and reached his 100 in the 32nd over before falling on 108. Cameos from

Dan Baker (12), Andy Pinkawa (15), Pete Durston (15) helped the visitors to a decent 223 all out.

After the break the visitor’s opening bowler, Otto Denham (8-38-1), set the standard with some quick swing bowling from the start. Aided by tight bowling from his partner Mark Hancock (8-24-1), the home side were tied down.

But after the drinks break Bere fought back with some big blows which put the game in the balance until Fred Harden (7-36-2) helped the visitors gain control again. This left Andy Guppy (8-46) and Otto Denham to keep things tight and see the side home to a ten-run victory.

It was a hard-fought victory against good opponents helped by the whole team being fully engaged in the field.

by Kye Harman Wincanton-based motorcycle racer Zak Batey has taken the ACU British Youth Grasstrack Championship title to add to his already impressive racing CV. The event held in Cheshire is the biggest meeting of the year and despite being his first time in the intermediate class, Zak showed he is a class act.

The category was for riders aged 14-17, so 14-year-old

Zak was one of the youngest in the group.

It was a small technical track which played to his advantage. While some of the older riders prefer big sweeping tracks or just did not manage to get round as fast, Zak stayed focused and put on an exceptional show.

Each competitor has five rides and it could not have been closer going into the last ride. Zak lined up with Hayden Watts from Kent with

the two riders tied on points.

The Wincanton speedster took the win and the title.

Zak said: “He was on my back wheel for the last lap pushing me hard. It’s been a dream to win a title since I started racing when I was six.”

Zak is now looking forward to more exciting events and taking on sponsors – anyone who would like to get involved with Zak and his team can phone 07428 620423.

Zak Batey on the winner’s podium with trophy.

PHOTO: Lawrence Hammonds

Anyone inspired by England’s Lionesses victory in the European Championships might want to roar on Wincanton Town FC’s new ladies team, who played a friendly against Longham Ladies in Bournemouth on Sunday.

It was the first time Wincanton had played a full 90-minute, 11-a-side match against Longham Ladies, ready for the start of their inaugural season in Somerset Women’s League Division 2 (South).

The first half was even with Wincanton opening the scoring after Ella McIntyre finished well but Longham fought back to score twice before the break.

The second half started with renewed optimism and Ella McIntyre scored her second before winning a penalty coolly dispatched by Ellie Dalton.

Wincanton were building in confidence and two more goals followed with one each for Ella McIntyre (hat-trick) and Ellie Dalton.

The match finished 5-2 to Wincanton Town Ladies. For upcoming fixtures, updates and

Young Zak out in front

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Rockies in strong goal-scoring form

by Avril Lancaster Shaftesbury were in the goals again at Coppice Street with a 4-1 win over Poole Town.

Jack Lovell scored a hat-trick with Joe Wickham getting the other. Will Fletcher had levelled for Poole Town with a header.

Konrad Symaniak in the Rockies’ goal made an incredible double save and tipped a pile-driver over the bar as Poole pressed.

Jack Lovell bagged a hat-trick in a 6-2 victory when Shaftesbury faced Toolstation Western League Premier Division outfit Street at Coppice

Street. Luke Delaney, Louis Moore and Asa Philips were also on target. The pre-season campaign has yielded 16 goals in four games.

The Reserves won the earlier 11.30am fixture 2-0. Ollie Marsh’s free- kick and an own goal saw off Somerset County League Division 1 Street Reserves.

The pre-season schedule was wrapped up with the visit of Southern League South & West Division side Lymington Town.

Second-half goals from Ethan Maddocks, Joe Wickham and a Cameron Beard penalty sealed a 3-0 win.

Asa Philips congratulates Jack Lovell on scoring against Street.

PHOTO: Avril Lancaster

Women’s rugby team open day inviation North Dorset Women’s Rugby team are hosting an open evening next week to welcome new players.

The women’s team re-formed in 2018 and has been going from strength to strength. In May the club hosted their first ever women’s 10s tournament with the hosts being crowned champions and the women recently took part in another hugely successful ND7s.

After being triumphant in the women’s rugby Inner Warrior

League last season, the team will now enter the NC3 South West playing regularly on Sundays against teams across Dorset Somerset, and Wiltshire.

The open evening on Wednesday, 10 August, at 7pm aims to welcome women of all abilities to the club to give

rugby a try.

Training continues every Wednesday from 7-8.30pm with all abilities welcome. For more information contact Zac Pearce at zacherypearce@ndfrc.co.uk or on 07508 954397.

Gillingham Hockey Club are continuing to thrive, running three men’s, three ladies and a junior section, but are running a recruitment drive with the season set to start soon.

The club, who have an active committee, are also looking for umpires, coaches and general helpers.

They have also just

obtained the club mark accreditation, one of very few in the country.

Members are very sociable and use excellent facilities at Gillingham Social Club where they meet after games for banter and beer. Competitive hockey is also available.

Pre-season training starts at Gillingham School, Hardings

Lane, on 3 August, from 7.30pm to as late as possible. Training continues into the last week of August when it is split to Monday and Wednesday, and then carries on through the hockey season.

For more information search for Gillingham Hockey Club on the internet or phone Stephen Way on 07786 894586.

PHOTO: Gary Bide Photography

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Excellent turn-out for match at Colber

by William Hanson Sturminster and Hinton Angling Club had an impressive turn-out of 28 for the match at Colber on Sunday, 24 July.

The river continues to be low and clear with most anglers being happy that the perch and rudd were feeding. Roach proved elusive for most.

The best pegs proved to be around and below the white bridge but the winner came from the very top peg with 17lbs 11ozs weighed in by Jeff Sibley with perch and skimmers on red maggot and worm.

Second was Richard Chave with 16lbs 4ozs from the peg immediately below the white bridge – lots of small rudd and roach plus a tench.

Third was Liam Baddell from the swim on the bend above Edwin’s boathouse with 12lbs 1oz, which included a monster tench, not weighed individually but estimated at over 6lbs.

John Moody was 4th from the first peg above the white bridge with 8lbs 14ozs, again mainly perch.

Section winners were: pegs 1–7 Jamie Bumby with 3lbs: pegs 8–14 Nicky Collins 5lbs 9ozs: pegs 15–21 Andy Miller 7lbs 12ozs and 22–28 was Tony Cairns with 7lbs 2ozs. The next match is on Sunday (7 August).

Wincanton Golf Club

The club championship was held on 23-24 July.

Club championship winner was Maxine Portnell with the lowest combined gross –163.

Best nett score day 1 – Maxine Portnell nett 68; best nett score day 2 – Maxine Portnell nett 71; best overall nett score – Maxine Portnell combined overall score 139.

Ron Smith Trophy, 26 July. 1 John Westaway nett 65; 2 Geoff Lye nett 67; 3 Kevin Francis nett 68.

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Stress in cats can be hard to spot

by Lynn Broom Longmead Veterinary Practice Cats can be stressed by situations which do not appear stressful and can develop strange behaviours in response to these stresses without ‘looking’ stressed.

Long-term stress can produce multiple subtle behaviour responses which often go unnoticed by their owners and so a diagnosis of a stress-related condition often comes as a surprise.

The main behaviours we see in stressed cats are recurrent cystitis, inappropriate urination and over-grooming. The causes of stress can include changes in the home such as a new baby or new pet, aggressive neighbourhood cats or even their owners going away on holiday. Living with another cat is frequently a cause of longterm stress.

Recurrent cystitis is a common problem caused by stress in cats. Typically they will urinate frequently, often in unusual places and blood can be present in the urine. There is rarely any infection present and most cats respond well to pain relief.

Prevention may be achieved

Cats can find living with another cat a cause of long-term stress.

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by limiting stress, using plug-in pheromones like feliway and, where necessary, supplements which support a healthy bladder lining. This a distressing condition for female cats but has the potential to become life-threatening for neutered males who may become unable to urinate and risk bladder rupture and acute kidney failure.

Litter trays

Increasing water intake can help by increasing frequency of full volume urination and can flush out crystals which may form in concentrated urine and may further irritate the bladder lining. Cats frequently prefer

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running water and allowing them to drink from a dripping tap or a cat fountain can increase drinking. Ensuring fresh water is always available is essential even for cats which prefer to drink outside as sources of water will be limited during hot or freezing weather.

Cats which urinate and/or defecate in the house other than in litter trays will often do so because of stress. Again pheromones may help with this.

Providing multiple litter trays around the house, particularly in areas where the cat is choosing to relieve itself can help.

Placing one in a convenient place for us may not be used by a cat because they don’t like its

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position for some reason. Many cats will not use a dirty litter tray, particularly if another cat has used it. Regular cleaning and more trays than cats can help with this.

Stress over grooming is also commonly seen. Typically cats will lick their tummies and between their back legs excessively to the point where they become bald and can cause sores.

Ruling out sources of pain or itching is essential as both can cause similar symptoms.

Reducing stress, if possible, can help. Some medications may help but this can be a difficult condition to control.

Cats are generally solitary animals and sharing a house with another cat can be surprisingly stressful. The stress can be reduced by providing multiple areas to eat and drink and multiple, frequently cleaned litter trays. Ensuring each cat has its own space will reduce conflict.

The International Cat Care website provides excellent information on recognising the subtle signs of chronic stress in cats and provides useful advice to help manage it to help you make your cat as settled and comfortable as possible in their situation.

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These are just some of the cats the Blandford & Sturminster Newton branch of Cats Protection has looking for new homes.

Dusty and Dexter (less than a year).

Sweet, loving and very playful. Would make a great addition to any home.

Keanu and Shadow (two, one). Keanu is a confident twoyear-old black and white boy, and Shadow is a slightly shy year-old boy.

They are best friends.

Felix (13) and Patch (ten). Timid pair who need a home together.

Pebbles (eight months). An in-your-face very loving girl, still learning boundaries.

Stanley (one). Lovely boy looking for a home to call his own.

For details, please call our helpline on 01258 858644 or visit our website www. cats.org.uk/blandford LOST CATS Blandford since July 10.

If you have lost a cat, please contact n Tabby and White female, missing us via our website, phone or from Durweston since July 17.

Facebook. Please make sure we have FOUND CATS a contact phone number so we can If you are regularly seeing a cat in get in touch with you quickly if your garden or down your street needed. that you don’t think has an owner, n Tabby and Grey/White and please give us a call – it might be a Apricot Females, both missing from lost cat that could be reunited with their home in Long Critchel since its owner.

July 19. n Tortie and white, Guys Marsh, n Black female, missing from seen repeatedly in the area.

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Tip #20 Ensuring your dog will respond to cues in ALL situations

Many owners experience problems with their dogs not responding in the same way to them in different situations.

For example, the dog comes when called at home but not if he sees another dog. This simply means that training has not yet been finished.

Dogs are very literal in how they learn things and rely very heavily on context.

Also, like us, they are motivated by many different things to different degrees.

When training anything – for example, recall – initial training to teach the meaning of the cue is done with minimal distractions – perhaps at home or in an empty field.

However, this is just the start. Once this is mastered, it is then important to gradually increase difficulty and distractions and introduce different contexts – always keeping to a level where he is highly likely to succeed and ensuring he can’t learn the wrong thing.

Also, remember that many things – such as returning when called – will be far more difficult for the dog if there are other more interesting things to do – for example, other dogs around – so higher value rewards are required in more difficult contexts.

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Farmers count cost of raw materials

by Barbara Cossins Founder of Love Local Trust Local I went out to see the combines yesterday as they started work in the first field that was malting barley – needed for making beer – as we kicked into the 2022 Harvest. Never has it felt so important to be there.

Yes, every year is important, but this year because of the war and Covid-19 and Brexit and climate change, it just felt different. The first load of corn is a very important one as we can see how much the field is going to yield per acre.

The weather has been quite kind over the Autumn and Spring, and that means the crops were sown on time and it rained when the crops needed that moisture most. Both good things that we wish for but are completely out of our hands.

Farmers are never happy with the weather. I should know because I’m a farmer’s daughter

At the moment we are harvesting winter barley and oil seed rape, the dry weather has been ripening the crops really fast. If the glorious weather continues all of the crops will be safely in very early this year. September is always the celebration and thank sgiving for the harvest, Getting food on the plate is an expensive business – it costs that all the foods were £700 to fuel a combine harvester for two days in the fields. gathe red in for the and a farmer’s wife. The main back of the tractor and winter. topic of conversation every day in cultivating discs to create a a farmhouse, and on a working farm, is the weather.

The weather today is so hot we are worried about fires on the combine and out in the fields. The combines have to be kept clean so that there’s not a build-up of dirt as that’s what could catch fire. Flinty, stony ground can also create a spark and catch a field of corn on fire in an instant, so we have to have a water tank on the

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The Bull Tavern is a 15th century tavern located in the beautiful heart of Dorset on the outskirts of Sturminster Newton.

Said to have been visited by Thomas Hardy, the area is great for walks and the Bull is the perfect stopping-off point for refreshments now that the all day menu is available – eat in or take-away from 9.30am to 9pm.

The ‘secret’ beer garden has fantastic views over the River Stour which is ideal for a spot of fishing.

Traditional Dorset beers, ciders and lagers are feature along with an amazing Gin bar and outstanding home-cooked meals on a menu that varies seasonally. Sunday roasts are served between 12 noon – 2.30pm, booking is strongly recommended.

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firebreak if needed.

As we all know the cost of fuel is soaring, so filling the combine now costs us £700 and this only lasts two days!

Fertiliser costs were £260 in 2019/2021 and in 2022 have rocketed to £630.

There’s no alternative to this having a direct impact on food costs. They will have to increase to keep up with inflation. Not just here in England but all over the globe.

We’ve had cheap imported food on our plates for far too long. People don’t appreciate or think about what British farmers do to produce the food we eat – what the real efforts have been into what people are picking up

in the supermarkets and putting in their trolleys.

We all need good quality food in our tummies, so please stop and think about where your food is coming from and appreciate our great British farmer.

If we all try and buy some local and fresh food every week, it’s far healthier for the environment with fewer miles travelled and less preservatives needed to keep it fresh.

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Our new all-day menu, now available at the Bull Tavern, to eat in or take away Our normal pub menu is still available but if you fancy popping in for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea with home-made cakes or just a coffee we are open from 9.30am – 9pm.

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Honeybuns, where love for nature is baked in Honeybuns Bakery is based on an old dairy farm in the tiny village of Holwell.

Fields formerly grazed by cows are now home to fruit trees, native woodland species and conservation mix hedgerows. The shelter provided by these trees protects us from the fierce South Westerly winds that used to boisterously buffet the farm.

Birds, insects, butterflies, moths and bats are all thriving in this peaceful, less blustery environment. Native wildflowers including buttercups, ragged robin and wild carrot nod in the gentle breeze.

After mentioning to a keen bee keeper friend how our softly cocooned fields were now brimming with wildlife, she suggested we get some bees. I knew nothing about the technicalities of bee keeping but loved the thought of paying host to some hives.

So we did the obvious thing and placed a small advert in the agriculture section of this very trusty publication. Happily, Mick, a keen and experienced bee keeper based in Pidney, has agreed to keep one of his hives (hopefully more in time) in a quiet corner to see how the bees settle in.

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wildlife surrounding the bakery has been an ongoing interest and source of joy since we moved here 20 years ago. We recognise it is a privilege to live and work in such a beautiful part of the country.

We welcome visitors on the first Saturday of each month, (next one Saturday 6th, August), with our pop up shop open from 09.30 to 12 noon. Why not come and take a look around? I can happily point you in the direction of the orchard, restored drove way

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and resident donkeys. We even have carrots for the menagerie plus wildflower seeds to sprinkle if you wish.

You could also follow our Food Safari route, dropping in at Dorset Blue Vinny, Thyme after Thyme Café (for lunch) and then a walk along the trail way to the fabulous Big Yellow Bus community garden project. Each of these local stop off points care passionately about Dorset and will give you a wonderfully warm welcome.

Pop along to see us on the first Saturday each month... Naish Farm, Stony Lane, Holwell, Dorset DT9 5LJ Tel: 01963 23597 www.honeybuns.co.uk

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Slaw is quite simply so versatile

by Rebecca Vincent When putting together a light summer plate I always like to add a slaw. Some may consider slaw boring, but it is incredibly versatile – you can add anything that can be finely sliced – and it can help boost your plant-based variety.

For example, even this simple recipe contains four fruits and vegetables but you could easily add other ingredients like finely sliced fennel, celery and/or kale to boost the variety further, and get a wide range of beneficial phytochemicals – compounds found in plants.

Red cabbage, a member of the nutrient-dense cruciferous vegetable family, contains great levels of vitamin C, potassium, folic acid, vitamin B6, biotin, calcium, magnesium and manganese. It also contains glucosinolates, including indole-3-carbinol,

sulphoraphane and isothiocyanates, phytochemicals with antioxidant and antiinflammatory properties.

Apples are good sources of vitamin C and potassium, as well as beneficial phytochemicals including ellagic acid and quercetin.

They also contain pectin, a soluble fibre – one medium apple contains about 3 grams of fibre, ten per cent of the recommended daily intake.

Red cabbage and apple slaw (Serves 4-6) ¼ medium red cabbage 1 medium apple (I used Royal Gala, but any eating apple will work) ½ red onion 1 medium carrot 1 tsp fennel seeds 2 tbsp plain live yoghurt 1 tbsp lemon juice Pinch of salt and pepper

Red cabbage and apples are full of nutrients.

Cut the cabbage into quarters through the stalk and run one quarter through a mandolin or finely slice by hand. Do the same with the red onion and pop in a large mixing bowl.

Core the apple and slice thinly, then cut the slices into matchsticks. Grate the carrot and add both to the mix.

Gently crush the fennel seeds in a pestle and mortar, or with a rolling pin, and add to the fruit and vegetables

along with the lemon juice, yoghurt and a pinch of salt and pepper, mixing well.

I know fennel seeds aren’t to everyone’s taste, so feel free to substitute cumin seeds, which also work well, or any herbs and spices you enjoy!

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Meditations in nature: Diary of a hot summer’s day

by Susie Curtin I am sat in the shade under my ash tree feeling the hottest day on record descend over my garden. It is 11am, the early morning breeze has dissipated, and the air is already sultry and heavy. The birds are quiet and tucked into the undergrowth, no longer foraging around the feeders or flowerbeds. And above me, the sky is an endless blue, punctuated only by a faint half-moon that hangs precariously in the haze.

Occasionally, a squadron of screeching swifts break the eerie calm, but once they have darted past, the stillness resumes.

Noel Coward

This oppressive atmosphere reminds me of my childhood in a Hertfordshire village where being so far inland, summers were often hot and humid. At home, my family would draw the curtains and stay indoors in

the dark and cool until the intensity of the sun had abated.

I would hate it. It felt so alien not to be outside playing in the sun-baked countryside. But my Grandmother, clearly a fan of Noel Coward, would claim that ‘only mad dogs and Englishmen went out in the midday sun’, and insist that we took a siesta.

If she was alive today, she would be shocked that such an intense heat could be experienced here in Britain.

It can be difficult to appreciate just how profound the impacts of human activity actually are on the ecosystem.

But with temperatures pushing towards 40 degrees in parts of the country, it is yet another reminder of the damage we are doing to our planet. By now, we know that our ways of life and patterns of consumption need to change, but are we capable of that? I sincerely hope that we are.

Accompanied by this

Susie Curtin went down by the river on an evening stroll after sunset.

underlying feeling of ecoanxiety, I wait until the sun has set before taking my daily amble. Walking down the tracks, the evening sky sends a sepia light over the parched land. A barn owl is quartering the adjacent field and two deer emerge from their hiding places.

The air is cool and tranquil, and a welcome relief from the heat of the day. There are bats and dragonflies skirting around my

head, and when I briefly shine my torch, I marvel at the plethora of insects and moths that dance in the beam of light.

As I make my way home, I count 41 glow worms that light up the undergrowth. It is indeed comforting to know that at least some things are still as they should be.

Dr Susie Curtin email curtin.susanna@gmail. com

Herbs to cool and warm the body

by Fiona Chapman I have now finished my course and am a fully qualified naturopathic herbalist! I think I have gone ‘pop’ – it is so wonderful to not be feeling guilty about working the whole time and great to be able to catch up with life a bit. This does not mean, however, that I am taking my foot off the pedal and am now working on a website and, dread of all dreads, an Instagram site, with my daughter telling me not to put hashtags everywhere – I thought you needed to.

As said hundreds of times, we evolved because of the plants we ate. We learnt what was good for us, what healed us or what was poisonous and killed us. I have called my practice Pack a Punch Herbs, because that is what they do – if you take, for example, cayenne, garlic, ginger or Angelica arcangelica they are warming, pungent herbs that stimulate digestion and

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circulation, promote heat in the body and are great for those with slow metabolism, to warm the body up from the inside and light the digestive fire.

Likewise, for those who are hot and inflamed inside with GORD or reflux we would use lovely cooling and moisturising herbs like marshmallow, slippery elm or liquorice to calm and heal the mucous membranes of the digestive tract.

Herbs have a myriad of different chemicals, vitamins and minerals that the body recognises and will utilise if needed.

Take meadowsweet, which contains salicylic acid from which aspirin is derived.

Unlike aspirin, which damages your stomach, meadowsweet is wonderfully demulcent and protecting so will do the opposite and actually help to heal the stomach lining.

Put very simply, most of the problems with chronic illness is a build-up of toxicity

in the body which turns it acidic – this increases inflammation and so the immune response to try and correct it which, in time, becomes overwhelmed or, in the case of autoimmune diseases, goes into overdrive.

More often than not, it comes down to digestion. Constant stress, through, for example, anxiety, bad diet or lack of exercise means digestion is not working properly. If the body is not digesting properly it will be stressed and can’t get rid of toxins or process hormones properly – cells are not getting the nutrients they need to be healthy, blood is not moving easily round the body and so it becomes diseased.

What herbalists will do is get to the root of the problem. My website is a work in progress as is Instagram! www. packapunchherbs or contact me at fiona@ packapunchherbs.com Fiona Chapman is a Naturopathic Herbalist (Pellyfiona@gmail.com)

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How to take the strain out of long school summer holidays

by Alice Jonsen Earlier in the week I came across a quote from Hillary Clinton: “Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.” It seems appropriate to flag up as we kick off the long school holidays.

As someone else said to me recently, the long school holidays over the summer – wonderful as they can be – are one of the reasons women can earn less than men.

Because, the chances are, in most families where there are two parents or guardians on site, one male, one female, the latter will be doing the lion’s share of juggling work around the children. The balance is shifting, particularly for people who are able to work from home, but it is still far off an equal divide.

For some families that works. That’s how they want it done. At the end of the day, what works for your family is what matters, not a government-

or research-led statistic telling what is right or wrong.

But for many women who run their own businesses or are employed full- or part-time, while raising school-aged children, the next six weeks are challenging to say the least.

Olivia Bath runs an organisation supporting working mums – it’s called The Women’s Vault. One of the most startling points she raises is that working mums today spend more time with their children than non-working mums in 1975. Family life, structure, demands – they have all changed over the years. The need and ability to earn and do more, the increase in singleparent families – this all affects how parents operate and how they envisage their relationship with their children. I’m certainly not saying one decade was better than the other. But – always a but – the shifts in family structure have put more pressure predominantly on

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2011 (11) Ford Ka 1.2 Edge 3dr. 69bhp, petrol, 5 speed manual gearbox, air conditioning, great value cheap to run small car, only £30 a year road tax, upto 57mpg economy, cambelt replaced 14,000 miles ago, to be sold as a clearance car with MOT until March 2023, only 76,300 miles....£2500

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AJC Group named ‘Excellent’ in Considerate Constructors Scheme

by Andrew Diprose editor@dorsetbiznews.co.uk Property developer AJC Group has received an ‘Excellent’ rating from the Considerate Constructors Scheme.

It was for works being carried out at its Violet Cross development of 21 affordable new homes for housing association Abri in Hazelbury Bryan.

The AJC Group team received a score of 14/15 in all

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three categories: n Respect the community n Care for the environment n Value your workforce.

It resulted in a total overall rating of 42/45 – Excellent.

Site manager Bart Kulka and assistant site manager Simon Marshall worked hard to achieve the results.

Bart said: “I would like to thank the team for the score as it’s truly a joint effort, everyone contributed. I’m proud of being a part of AJC Group, improving the standards and quality of affordable housing in the region.”

It is the second successive overall ‘Excellent’ rating for work at the site.

Having been visited in February, and receiving 39/45, the team acted on the feedback and bettered the score.

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Assistant site manager Simon Marshall and site manager Bart Kulka.

Constructors Scheme was founded to raise standards in the construction industry.

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BIRTHDAY

The Blackmore Vale Ltd HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY BERNARD HOUSE

love Jenny, Martin, Tracey, Tim, Tina , Mark, Bailey and Tommy ,

Licensing Act 2003 Notice of application for the GRANT of a PREMISES LICENCE Proposed licensable activities Sale of Alcohol - Fulfilment of internet orders: Name of applicant: Curators of Taste Limited (T/A Ogilvy & More) Address of Premises: Hinton Farm, Mudford, YEOVIL, Somerset Post Code: BA22 8BA. Date by which Responsible Authorities and other persons may make representations: 15 Aug 2022. A record of the application made to Left £79 + vat the Licensing Authority will be kept on a register at the address given below and the register may be inspected during normal office hours.

All representations regarding this application MUST BE IN WRITING and sent to: South Somerset District Council Licensing Department The Council Offices Brympton Way Yeovil Somerset BA20 2HT. It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application and is subject to an unlimited fine on summary conviction for the offence.

DEATHS JAMES ADRIAN EDWARD

On 13th August 2022 Eileen Mary Stuckey nee Lill, former Deputy Head of Wareham Secondary School, celebrates her 100th birthday. Congratulations and best wishes from all family and friends.

Peacefully on 6th July 2022, in Salisbury District Hospital Aged 87 years, of Cranborne.

Beloved husband of Janet, a loving father to Nicolas and Sarah, and a much-loved granfer. He will be sadly missed by FN: 549542 all who knew and loved him. Funeral service at Harbour View AH:MA PUB: NEW BLACKMORE VALE Crematorium, in The Long Barrow Ceremony Hall on Size: 80x46mm (1 col)PUBLIC NOTICES Wednesday 17th August at 10:30am. Family flowers only please.

Black attire optional. Donations if desired, in memory of Adrian CHARLES WILLIAM VICTOR SCARFF for British Heart Foundation may be sent to Harbour View (Bill)(Deceased) Contact us Crematorium, Funeral Home and Woodland Blackmore vale £128.38 + vat Burial Ground, Randalls Hill, Lytchett Minster, Dorset, to advertise Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 any BH16 6AN Tel: 01202 630111 persons having a claim against or an

Purbeck £96.28 + vat

interest in the Estate of the above named, late of 1 West View, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 0PQ, who died on 30/06/2022, are required

to

send written particulars thereof to the undersigned on or before 30/09/2022, after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims and interests of which they have had notice.

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MERVYN TERENCE GILLIES of Shillingstone

Taken from us too soon on 14th July 2022 at Southampton General Hospital aged 62. Beloved Father, Grandfather & Brother. Reunited with Elizabeth.

He will be hugely missed by all his family. Funeral Service at Holy Rood Church on 19th August at 12 noon, followed by private Cremation. Family flowers only please, donations are invited in memory of Mervyn for Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance & Southampton Hospitals Charity (Neurological Department). C/O Peter Jackson Funeral Services. Tel:01963 362570

2 Bimport, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8AY

Goods Vehicle Operator’s Licence JEREMY READ Ash Leaning trading as Mayflower Logistics Ltd of 4 Market Cross Jeremy Read of Sturminster Newton, died peacefully on 18th July Mews, Market Cross, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1AN is 2022 aged 88 years. Much loved father and grandfather, who will applying for a licence to use Mark Billen of 7c, Butts Pond Industrial be missed by all who knew him. Funeral Service to be held at St Estate, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1AZ as an operating centre for 1 Mary’s Church, Sturminster Newton on Monday 22nd August 2022 goods vehicle. Owners or occupiers of land (including buildings) near at 2.30pm. the operating centre who believe that their use or enjoyment of that land Family flowers only please, but donations if desired for WaterAid would be affected, should make written representations to the Traffic or Sturminster Newton Community Building Trust may be sent c/o Grassby and Close Funeral Service, 4 Innes Court, Sturminster Commissioner at Hillcrest House, 386 Harehills Lane, Leeds, LS9 6NF, Newton, Dorset, DT10 1BB, Telephone 01258 471024 or made stating their reasons, within 21 days of this notice. Representors must online by visiting www.grassbyclose-funeral.co.uk All enquiries the same time send address a copy ofistheir to the applicant ckmoreatVale LTD registered Onerepresentations The Centre, The High Street, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4AB. Company Number:06055716 regarding the service and parking to be made directly with at the address given at the top of this notice. A Guide to Making Grassby & Close.

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Announcements DEATHS ROSE DENNISON of Pulham Passed away peacefully at home on Monday the 18th of July aged 86. There will be a private burial followed by a memorial service at a later date to be announced.

PATRICIA (Pat) McLAREN-WHITE formerly of Sherborne who died in the recent home in Sidmouth. She was born on 16th Feb 1932 and died at home on the 13th of July 2022 at 90 years old. Her husband Alan survives her.

PAUL CHAPMAN ‘Walt’ Peacefully on the 22nd July 2022. Paul aged 55 years of Shaftesbury. A dearly loved Husband of Karen, Dad to Poppy and Alex. Funeral Service at St James’ Church, Shaftesbury on Thursday, 25th August at 3pm. Family flowers only please, donations if desired for Hope for Tomorrow. C/o Peter Jackson Funeral Services, Harwood House, Newbury, Gillingham, SP8 4QJ. Tel: 01747 833757.

CLOTHIER, KAREN DAWN Aged 58 years of Castle Cary. Suddenly but peacefully at her home. A dearly beloved daughter, sister, aunt and friend.

Funeral service at Mendip Crematorium on Monday 8th August at 2.30.p.m. Family flowers only please, donations in memory of Karen are being invited for Mind C/O Harold F.Miles, Funeral Director, South Cadbury, BA22 7ES Telephone (01963) 440367

CHARLES WILLIAM VICTOR SCARFF (Bill) On 30th June 2022, peacefully in Westminster Memorial Hospital aged 76 years of Fontmell Magna. Funeral service takes place at Salisbury Crematorium on Tuesday 9th August at 2pm. Enquiries to Merefield & Henstridge F/D, Ridgemount, Pitts Lane, West Melbury, Shaftesbury, Dorset. SP7 0BU. Tel: 01747 853532

BLACK, KAY (Yoga teacher) Peacefully on 19th July aged 94 years.

A dearly loved mum, sister and friend to many.

Funeral service will take place at Yeovil Crematorium on Friday 12th August, at 2:00pm. Enquiries to: Brister & Son Funeral Directors Tel: 01935 812647

JOYCE ANTELL Of Sherborne

Passed away peacefully on the 10th July, 2022, aged 85 years, after a long illness bravely borne. Beloved Wife of the late Pat. Much loved Mum to Clive, Sarah and Julie and a loving Gran and Great Gran. Funeral Service will take place at Sherborne Cemetery Chapel on Friday 12th August, 2022 at 11.00am.

Family flowers only please. Donations in memory of Joyce for Guide Dogs for the Blind may be sent c/o A.J. Wakely & Sons, 16 Newland, Sherborne, DT9 3JQ

MARGARET SMAIL The funeral will be held at St. Andrew’s Church, Melcombe Horsey (by Bingham’s Melcombe) at 2.30 p.m. on Friday 19th August.

To leave a tribute, make a donation (to Brooke Hospital for Animals) or for directions, please visit: http://www.grassby-funeral.co.uk/ Select ‘Donate’ from the menu (you don’t have to donate) and enter Margaret’s name.

PROVIS, IAN PENWARDEN Passed away peacefully at Salisbury Manor Care Home on 17th July 2022, aged 95 years. Devoted husband of the late Christine, loving father to Penny, Lizzie and Alison, stepfather to Simon, Emilie and Matthew, and grandpa to Hannah, Jake, George, Harry and Beatrice. He will be sadly missed. Following a private cremation, a service in celebration of Ian’s life will be held on 9th August at St Andrew’s Church, Winterborne Houghton, at 2:45pm. All are welcome, no black ties please. Family flowers only, however donations if desired, to St Andrews Church, Winterborne Houghton c/o Chris White Funeral Directors 12 South Street,Wilton, SP2 0JS, Tel: 01722 744 691

COLLINS, PHIL Passed away peacefully at home on 20th July 2022, after a long illness. Beloved husband of Isabel, who will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him.

Funeral Service will take place at Yeovil Crematorium on Wednesday 17th August, 2022 at 11.20am.

No flowers please. Donations in memory of Phil for Friends of the Yeatman Hospital, may be sent c/o A.J. Wakely & Sons, 16 Newland, Sherborne, DT9 3JQ. (Please make cheques payable to the charity)

MARY CLEGG Aged 97, died at Shockerwick House, Bath, on Thursday 14 July. Wife of Ken until his death in 1995, mother of Emma, grandmother of Finley. The funeral service will take place on Thursday 4 August at Salisbury Crematorium at 2pm.

No flowers please.

GRINTER DAVID VICTOR Passed away peacefully at home on 20th July 2022, aged 77 years, after a short illness. Cherished husband of Jennie, much loved dad to Sharon, Nicola and Hayley, devoted pappy to William, Christopher, Elliot, Ben, George and Esme.

He will be sadly missed by all his family and many friends.

A service of celebration for David’s life will take place at Holy Rood Church, Buckland Newton on Thursday 11th August at 11.45am. Family flowers only please, donations for The Brain Tumour Charity and Marie Curie may be sent by cheque payable to Woods Dorchester Ltd c/o 11a Icen Way, Dorchester, Dorset. DT1 1EW Telephone 01305 250425

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Announcements DEATHS EVANS, NANTLAIS PARRY (NIP) Passed away at home in Milton on Stour on 25th July 2022, loving husband of Olwyn (deceased) and a much loved Dad and Granpa. A former teacher at Gillingham School, he will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Funeral at Salisbury Crematorium to be arranged. No flowers, please, but donations if desired for the Alzheimer’s Society or British Heart Foundation may be left after the service or sent C/o Bracher Brothers, Newbury, Gillingham SP8 4QL

HAM, BRIDGET RUTH Aged 69 years of Sparkford. On 18th July 2022, peacefully at her home. A much loved wife, mother, grandmother and friend.

Funeral Service at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sparkford on Friday 19th August at 12noon followed by interment in the Churchyard. Family flowers only please, donations in memory of Bridget are being invited for St Margaret’s Hospice, Yeovil. C/O Harold F.Miles, Funeral Director, South Cadbury, BA22 7ES. Telephone. (01963) 440367

TROWBRIDGE On 23rd July 2022, peacefully in the Links Care Home, Broadstone, Kathleen (Kath), nee Forte, formerly of Sturminster Newton, aged 80 years. Dearly loved wife of the late Michael (Mike) much loved mother of Gillian and Andrew and beloved grandmother to Thomas, Joseph, Lewis and Daniel.

Funeral service at St Mary’s church, Stalbridge, on Friday 5th August at 12pm. Family flowers only please, donations if desired for Cancer Research UK c/o Peter Jackson Funeral Services, Mons, High St, Henstridge, BA8 0RB.

PAMELA MAUREEN COOMBES (MAUREEN) Maureen died peacefully at home on the 25th July 2022, Aged 81 Years. The beloved Wife of the Late Tony, dearly loved Mum to Sandra and Claire. Mother-in-law to Ian and John.

Much loved Nanny to Andrew, Ellie, James, Sebastian and the Late Robert. Funeral Service is to take place at the Church of St Simon & St Jude in Milton-on-Stour on the 23rd August at 12 noon. Donations in memory of Maureen to the Stars Appeal (Salisbury District Hospital) may be sent to Bracher Brothers Funeral Directors, Newbury, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4QL. Tel: 01747 822494

HIRONS JILL (LUFFMAN, CHAPMAN) Passed away on Tuesday 26t July 2022 after a brave battle with cancer. Funeral service will take place at Yeovil Crematorium on Tuesday 16th August 2022 at 12noon. No black bright colours only please, Hawaiian shirts for the boys if possible.

Family flowers only please, donations in memory of Jill for the Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance may be sent c/o: A.J. Wakely & Sons, 33 Sparrow Road, Yeovil, BA21 4BT Tel : 01935 479913 or given on line at www.ajwakely.com.

Please make cheques payable to the charity.

TERENCE ANTHONY PAUL SUFFELL On 18th July 2022 peacefully in Westminster Memorial Hospital aged 94 years of Gillingham. Much loved dad to Sue, father-inlaw to Geoff, grandad Terry to Paula and Kimberley and great grandfather to Aimee, Emily, Jaygen, Ethie, Kacy and Aoymide, who will be sorely missed. Funeral service takes place at Salisbury Crematorium on Monday 8th August at 1pm. No flowers please but donations if desired for Pancreatic Cancer UK may be made online at www.mhfd.co.uk or send cheques made payable to the charity to Merefield & Henstridge F/D, Ridgemount, Pitts Lane, West Melbury, Shaftesbury, Dorset.

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Recruitment BENCH JOINER required to make and fit traditional joinery with small team in modern workshop near Sturminster Newton.

Contact nigelbastable@ btinternet.com 07939 206968 J B GARDEN SERVICES, we are looking for full time gardener/landscaper to join the team. Experience is preferred but not necessary.

Apprentices may apply.

Tel 07929 094811 cv to jbgardenservices@live.co.uk Holwell Dorset

OMNIS MECHANICAL LTD Small friendly manufacturing company near Shaftesbury now recruiting for the following Full time position…

Assembly workshop technician – Will suit someone with an interest in electrical and mechanical assembly, needs a good eye for detail.

Enquires & Applications 01747 851060

Sandroyd

GARDENER Experienced & creative gardener needed for large garden (approx 1 acre) near Blandford. 4 hours a week, increasing to 8 in new year. Please contact 01258 453246 or 07748 063244 EVERSHOT FARMS LTD Milkers required, various shifts available, good rates of pay and regular time off 07815 313241

PSV DRIVER required for school contacted good rates of pay, September start 07968 550075 EXPERIENCED DENTAL NURSE WANTED Full time Dental Nurse wanted to join our friendly team at The Bruton Dental Practice. Competitive rates of pay plus a starting bonus.

Contact Alison on 01749812461 or alison@ brutondental.co.uk for further details.

Sandroyd

Co-ed Boarding and Day Prep and Pre-Prep School

Co-ed Boarding and Day Prep and Pre-Prep School

Riding Yard Assistant

Nursery Practitioner

(Part Time)

A cheerful, energetic and hard-working individual is required to be part of the School’s Equestrian Team.

This post is part time.

Previous experience of horse care and schooling essential.

For further details please contact: Chris Stewart, The Bursar, Sandroyd, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Nr Salisbury, SP5 5QD Tel: 01725 516329 bursar@sandroyd.com www.sandroyd.org

Closing date Friday 5 August Sandroyd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post involves contact with children and is classed as “regulated activity” by the UK government.

As such, a number of mandated pre-employment checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken to ensure that the successful candidate is suitable for work with children. Additionally, suitability for work with children will be assessed by taking up appropriate references and at interview.

Finally, candidates should be aware that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Required September

We are seeking to appoint a warm and enthusiastic Early Years Practitioner with a passion for giving children the very best start in life.

The successful candidate will join a thriving nursery, housed in our new and bespoke nursery building in a stunning setting.

Level 3 qualification in Early Years or equivalent required. Term time only.

For further details please contact: Becky Hill, Sandroyd, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Nr Salisbury, SP5 5QD Tel: 01725 516329 bursar@sandroyd.com www.sandroyd.org

Closing date Friday 5 August Sandroyd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post involves contact with children and is classed as “regulated activity” by the UK government.

As such, a number of mandated pre-employment checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken to ensure that the successful candidate is suitable for work with children. Additionally, suitability for work with children will be assessed by taking up appropriate references and at interview.

Finally, candidates should be aware that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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Recruitment WAITRESS REQUIRED at Hays Park Retirement Apartments, Shaftesbury. Alternate weekends and Mondays & Tuesdays 12-2pm. Join our dedicated team to help support our delightful residents. For more details on the role and pay, please contact Rosie Williams on: 01747 830349/07834 653113 or email: hays.park@googlemail.com

Sandroyd

Co-ed Boarding and Day Prep and Pre-Prep School

GARDENER WANTED 1 OR 2 DAYS A WEEK IN STOUR PROVOST. MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE AND GOOD REFERENCES. TEL MAILI HEMANS 07836 626053

Assistant Groundsman Required September

Wren Classics Limited, Knights Barn Farm, Higher Coombe Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 9LS info@wrenclassics.com

A hard-working and adaptable person is required to join our small Grounds team caring for our games pitches, grounds and gardens. No previous experience necessary.

All training provided.

Aluminium and Steel Fabricator required

For further details please contact: Chris Stewart, Sandroyd, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Nr Salisbury, SP5 5QD Tel: 01725 516329 bursar@sandroyd.com www.sandroyd.org

We require an additional Aluminium and Steel Fabricator at our Classic Car Restoration Company near Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Hours available are 8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday.

Full or Part Time hours would be considered for the right person.

No weekend or Bank Holiday working.

Closing date Friday 12 August

Sandroyd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

This post involves contact with children and is classed as “regulated activity” by the UK government. As such, a number of mandated pre-employment checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken to ensure that the successful candidate is suitable for work with children. Additionally, suitability for work with children will be assessed by taking up appropriate references and at interview. Finally, candidates should be aware that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Salary will be dependent on experience.

Tel: 01747 852899 for further information.

Email your CV to: info@wrenclassics.com

Full Time Purchase Ledger Assistant Working from our offices in Dinton we are looking for a Purchase Ledger Assistant to join our team.

Assisting the Purchase Ledger Manager your responsibilities will include completing purchase ledger tasks.

You will need to have good communication and organisational skills, be conscientious and have a willingness to meet deadlines.

Previous experience is desired. You must hold a full UK driving licence.

A job description will be included in the application pack.

Application packs can be downloaded from our website at

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M J ABBOTT LTD Bratch Lane, Dinton, Salisbury SP3 5EB Email: jules.simmons@mjabbott.co.uk

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MJ Abbott Ltd is an Equal Opportunities Employer

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Recruitment URGENTLY LOOKING FOR A MATHS AND/OR ENGLISH TUTOR that has experience in teaching dyslexic children. 07540 633126 or email david@larkinglass.co.uk

The Blackmore Vale Ltd

FEMALE LIVE-IN CARER/ COMPANION for elderly, active female. Self-contained accommodation. Car essential. Bruton area. email: niall@niallhobhouse.com

The Blackmore Vale Ltd are looking to expand their highly successful advertising sales team for our portfolio of local magazines.

We are an energetic, fun and friendly team who are always busy, the fantastic feedback we receive from readers and advertisers alike fuels our day!

You will be managing a regular client base as well as generating new business selling into various magazines. Previous publishing experience would be fantastic, however not essential.

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You must own your own vehicle – a mileage allowance is paid – and be able to attend meetings in Wincanton when requested.

Good written English, spelling and grammar, are important as is a great sense of humour and being a team player.

Hours are Monday to Friday 9am – 5.30pm, a shorter working day can be considered. Salary is dependent on experience.

If you’ve got what it takes to be part of this dynamic team, please send your application to debi.thorne@blackmorevale.net Closing date for applications is Friday 26th August, interviews will take place at our Wincanton office.

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Initial enquiries may be made by calling the Chairman of Trustees on 01258 454717.

Trustees look forward to receiving your written enquiry giving details of your residency, personal circumstances, and reasons for applying to: The Clerk, Blandford Forum Almshouse Charity, Barnes Homes, Salisbury Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 7HU.

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The Luccombe Hub Milton Abbas Dorset DT11 0BD T: 07930226886

Role: SEN HLTA/Teacher/Tutor – Maths & English (Secondary)

Salary: from £24,000pa - Hours: Full time – which to us is 30 hours/week Mon - Fri

We are seeking a dynamic person capable of providing engaging teaching to secondary aged learners in Maths & English. The ideal candidate would have experience supporting and engaging learners with a range of Special Educational Needs and be passionate about what they do.

If you love to teach, but want to do it in a ‘better’ more learner focused and engaging way, then give us a call – you may be the next member of a truly amazing team!

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Role: SEN Facilitator / Teaching Assistant

Salary: from £15,000pa -Hours: 5 days per week Monday to Friday 30 hours per week

Do you have experience working with diverse groups of children/young persons with a range of SEN or, you don’t have experience, but want to have a rewarding job where no two days are the same then we would like to hear from you!

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Role: Office Administrator

Salary: to be discussed.- Hours: Part time – days/hrs to be agreed

The role will be to assist with day-to-day general administrative tasks and to basically do whatever needs doing. No two days will be the same, and whilst there will be some daily tasks, there may be the opportunity to develop the role as we continue to grow.

Closing date: 30/09/2022

If you would like to know more or receive an application pack. Please contact the office on 07930226886 or email: office@LuccombeHub.com.

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References and an enhanced DBS check will be required.

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Salary up to £32,000 per annum – dependent on skills and experience The successful applicant will be qualified to City & Guilds Advanced Craft Carpentry/Joinery/ NVQ level or have equivalent experience for this role and have a professional outlook.

Our ideal candidate will work as part of a highly experienced team undertaking statutory works, maintenance and minor small works, and should have the necessary skills and experience to be accomplished and confident enough to work alone and be able to complete a wide range of Carpentry/Joinery and building maintenance related tasks to a very high standard.

For a full job description and application pack please contact the Sherborne School HR Department (T: 01935 810502 or E: hr@sherborne.org) or visit www.sherborne.org/about-sherborne/job-vacancies

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Working as part of the Estates Team to carry out decorations, repairs, improvement works and minor repair works to School properties, as required.

Whilst the emphasis of the role is on internal and external painting, decorating, and the application of varnishes and other finishes, there is also a requirement to carry out a range of building maintenance duties including tiling and glazing.

For a full job description and application pack please contact the Sherborne School HR Department (T: 01935 810502 or E: hr@sherborne.org) or visit www.sherborne.org/about-sherborne/job-vacancies Closing date for completed application forms: 9am on 17/08/2022 Sherborne School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants for this post must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including reference checks with previous employers and a criminal record check with the Disclosure & Barring Service.

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August brings the harvest home

by A J Selby Countryfolk can always tell you the seasons from the smell, the atmosphere, the temperature and a ‘feel’ for the time of year. Most could wake from a coma and, blindfolded, tell you the season.

It’s that innate closeness with the natural world that puts him or her in touch with the changing months. And so we have passed the tipping point of mid-summer and we are in the lull that, on hot still days, makes us feel listless and tired. It shows itself in the flora and fauna around us as plants bow to the midday heat, their earlier vibrant green no longer apparent.

The grass has almost stopped growing in all but the wettest of places and the trees too hang as though preparing for the final rush towards autumn. Birdsong, which just a month ago was full and joyous, is now muted and sporadic – it’s as though they just can’t be bothered anymore. Only lone males who failed to find a mate are singing – other males are feeding broods. And into these quiet and melancholy days comes a familiar sound – the combine harvester, about to turn fields of burnished corn into bare stubble and fill the barns with plump kernels of wheat, oats and barley.

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The combine harvester is about to turn fields of burnished corn into bare stubble and fill the barns with plump kernels of wheat, oats and barley. PHOTO: Carlos Barengo/Pixabay

Back in my late teens when the world was a different place, I used to drive the smaller of the two combines on a local farm, an old Massey Ferguson with a ten-foot header and no cab. It was used for the smaller fields that the big Claas couldn’t get into and I loved being in control of this machine – my friends had their souped-up Ford Escorts and Capris but I sat high and proud on the combine.

Shark’s teeth

Talking in the village local to the old boys after combining, I was regaled with tales of horse-drawn binders and their wives helping to bundle up the sheaves of unthreshed corn into stooks. They are all passed now and it’s my generation who look back and tell our own tales while today’s young farmers plant and harvest their fields with high-spec engineering and satellite navigation in their air-conditioned cabs. What will harvest be like in the second half of this century?

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the row ends. The knives, like shark’s teeth, would first cut the stalk low to the ground and as the corn landed on the ‘table’ – the bottom part of the ‘header’ – the reel would comb it into the guts of the machine. Drums inside would ‘thresh’ the grain from the stalks and the oscillating sieves would ensure the corn went into a holding tank and the straw evacuated out the back. Once the tank was nearly full, the big augur would swing out and empty the contents into a waiting trailer. In large fields the augur can run all the time with the tractor driving alongside the combine – we couldn’t do that very efficiently in the small fields as it meant stopping and turning at the end of each short row.

The driver needs a lot of skill to firstly drive in a straight line and run tight to the edge of the standing corn, and then watch the elevation of the ground in case the header needs raising or lowering – rough ground/large stones. Then, should he encounter some corn that has become flattened – ‘lodged’ – he will need to slow down and use his skill with the reel to comb up the stalks before cutting them. He needs to ensure that he isn’t going too fast which would clog up the threshing, but quick enough to eat up the acres. On dry ground such as chalk, spring barley can be quickly gobbled up yielding a ton or so to the acre but heavy ground wheat can produce up to four tons

an acre and takes a lot more time – older farming readers will recall one of the first high-yielding wheat varieties some 50 years ago, called Maris Huntsman.

The combine driver also needs to watch the tractor and trailer if he is filling up on the go, or the corn tank if he isn’t, and doubtless he will also be interested in any wildlife that dashes from the ever-diminishing block of uncut corn in the centre of the field. There will be deer, probably roe and muntjac hereabouts, as well as hare, rabbit and fox, although not all together!

The smaller mammals may hide under the rows of straw until the baler comes in and makes the field as bare as an army recruit’s haircut.

Then another harvest will be over, and the pheasants, partridges – there are an awful lot of French partridge around this year – and pigeons will move in to pick up the gleanings that have come out of the back of the combine until the ground is once again prepared for the next crop.

The bare fields will allow walkers a little more room along the headland and the days will shorten as we move inexorably towards autumn. And so the cycle continues and our break-baskets and breweries are filled for another year. Pay your respects to the farmer at the harvest festival and especially the skill of the combine driver as he brings the harvest home.

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Farming

Environmental benefits seen from cell grazing system A cell grazing system could provide both productive and environmentally-conscious grassland farming, new research has shown. As part of its Future Farming Programme, Cornish Mutual spoke to researcher Dr Sarah Morgan at Rothamsted Research about a trial investigating the environmental benefits of Technograzing.

During the four-year trial, TechnoGrazing (a concept based on management-intensive cell grazing), was compared with a set stocking system. In the TechnoGrazing system, stock was moved between pre-determined paddocks or ‘cells’ every one to two days, with animal performance, pasture productivity and soil chemistry carefully monitored.

Results from the trial were promising, explained Sarah: “While output per animal was slightly reduced with TechnoGrazing, the carrying capacity and output per hectare was greater. On average, this was 50% higher than set stocking.

“Importantly, this study has shown the soil organic matter also increased in the TechnoGrazing-managed cells and at a greater rate than the set stocking areas.

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Insights into challenges of drought

PHOTO: Chris LeBoutillier/Pixabay

by Alice Miller BVSC DBR MRCVS Friars Moor Livestock Health We share our farmers’ concerns as we continue to experience extraordinary drought conditions across the UK. The Met Office reports an average rainfall of only 15.8mm (0.6in) across England for this last month, making it the second driest July since records began in 1836. This is just 24 per cent of the total rainfall expected for an average July.

Many grass fields are looking barren as growth has reduced, or completely stopped.

This presents worrying challenges for all livestock keepers who are figuring out how best to support the nutritional requirements of The Met Office reported an average rainfall of only 15.8mm (0.6in) across England for July. their flocks and herds. concentrate levels, it is important to knock-on effects can be long-lasting. It takes It is important to also consider that only feed what is required as a much longer for animals to regain weight than animals with limited feed sources will supplement or instead it ends up as lose it. We want to avoid reduced finishing be forced to forage for alternatives. If an expensive substitute. For weights and extended rearing times. In turn if animals have no other option they will example, when concentrates are heifers are not meeting body weight targets eat from unsuitable hedgerows, ditches fed and grass is available, cows for breeding, they will be older by the time and verges, where ordinarily they will eat less grass, so the grass they calve in. Higher age at first calving has a would leave these often-unpalatable quality will just deteriorate if too long-term impact on the efficiency of the plants alone. As a result, it is not high a residual is left. It is also system as well as affecting the lifetime uncommon to see problems due to important to monitor for signs of production capabilities of that animal.

Alice Miller. plant poisonings. acidosis. Prevent acidosis by Nutritional stress will also reduce milk yields Many farmers are already buffer avoiding sudden dietary changes and and impact animal health and fertility, with an feeding to mitigate for the low volume and by limiting the volume of concentrates fed at increased risk of cystic cows as well as lack of nutritional value in the grass. once. reduced cyclicity seen.

Hopefully with good early cut forage It is important to monitor production to Practically, your vets and nutritionist are available there are options other than drawing establish the impact the drought is having on more than happy to help advise you further, out insufficient grazing. It is important to your herd and flock. Regular body condition but it is also important to remember you are discuss your flock and herd requirements with scoring of adult animals and regular weighing not alone in this, and if you wish to discuss your nutritionist first. One of the biggest of youngstock, and animals intended for financial or mental health support, the Royal concerns is ensuring you have enough breeding or finishing, will help establish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) supplies to see you through the winter. So, it growth rate trends. It is important to mitigate and the Farming Community Network (FCN) is vital you plan now. When increasing these losses sooner rather than later, since the are great places to start.

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NORTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, TA6CENTRE 6DF (M5, J24) SEDGEMOOR AUCTION Tuesday 10th November at 10.30am with the Heifer Calves NORTH PETHERTON, The November Collective Dairy Sale of SOMERSET 6DF (M5, J24) 305TA6 DAIRY CATTLE n 87 Freshly Calved Cows & Heifers from Thursday 11th August atBeneknowle, 10.30am Bettiscombe (x14) Birchwood (x18 Dispersal) Clevian, Dinnaton,Sale Dorset (x11) Sedgemoor Collective Machinery Hinton, Huntlodge, Lilylane, Peacehay & Rothereld (350+ anticipated lots to include misc. items)Farms LLP (L (x12, Reg)Crossbreds) JCB 525-58 TELEHANDLER; Ford 6610 4WD n 16 Incalf Cows Rothereld Farms LLP (Crossbreds) TRACTOR (non from runner); Massey Ferguson 35 TRACTOR; n 37 Incalf Heifers from Dayhouse, PT & JC HindsRav4 (Pedigree), (2009) Hitachi ZX22U-2 DIGGER; Toyota Automatic Rothereld FarmsIfor LLPWilliams (Crossbreds) & J & J Waldron CAR (farm use); HB510R HORSE BOX; 2 x n 3 Holstein Bulls fromSingle Beneknowle Woodstone Tipping TRAILERS; Axle& Bale TRAILER; Bomford n 8 Bulling Heifers from Greathill & Mr DRP12 Thorner Round BALER; B457 HEDGETRIMMER; Welger n 40 Yearling Heifers from Sutton Hall Farms Einboch Folding Tine HARROWS; Kuhn 2.8M Flail TOPPER; n 52 Heifers Calves from Hinton, Pensdown, Thakeham & Mr D Spearhead Thorner 9’ TOPPER; Pallet FORKS; 2 x Loader BUCKETS; Bale SPIKE; BREAKER Mini Digger;Sale Euro To Includefor The Dispersal of 8 BRACKETS; Cattle CRUSH; Qty of Ply SHEETS; Mountfield MOWER; 62 HOLSTEIN AND FRIESIAN DAIRY COWS AND HEIFERS Honda47 Pedestrian Qty 12 ofIncalf Workshop Comp: Dairy CowsROTOVATOR; & Heifers Inmilk Large &/or Incalf; Heifers & & Small TOOLS; etc.

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Isaac & Son from Beer Farm, **FURTHER ENTRIESHoniton, ACCEPTED** Broadhembury, Devon) Live bidding on Marteye, please register in advance.

TheAlarge of high yielding milkers dispersal sale cattle 10%selection Buyers Premium (+ VAT) will beand charged on all lots subjectCommercial to a cap of £250 VAT) per lot (including Pedigree, and (+ Crossbred) coupled with all types of dairy youngstock makes this one of our most comprehensive sales to date just when dispersals are starting to slow down across the country. Please note that Social Distancing will be in place and we ask that only one purchaser per farming AUGUST business attend.

Online Bidding Available on Marteye.

Thurs 18th SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE. The Golden Opportunity Collective Dairy Sale of Freshly Calved NOVEMBER: Thurs 19th Cows, Heifers,CENTRE. Youngstock & Bulls.Sale of milking and SEDGEMOOR AUCTION Dispersal ** Entries Invited ** incalf heifer portion of the 9,160 kgs CIS recorded dairy herd being 200 Holstein Friesians for MB & LC Haskell (Removed from Beaulieu Wood Farm, Dorchester, Dorset for convenience of sale).

Forthcoming Dairy Sale

Sedgemoor Auction Centre

North Petherton, Somerset, TA6 6DF (M5, Junction 24) Sedgemoor Centre Telephone: 01278Auction 410278 www.gth.net

TOTAL STOCK FORTA6 THE 406624) North Petherton, Somerset, 6DFWEEK (M5, Junction 01278 410278 Stock Telephone: from across the West Country, soldTOTAL to buyers from throughout the Nation STOCK FOR THE WEEK 7143 Stock from across the West Country, Returns for sold to buyers from throughout the Nation Returns for DAIRY CATTLE Saturday (55) Heifers to £2550.

Others £2450. Cows 2020 31st October DAIRY CATTLE (73) Heifers to £2080.

Others £2020.

Cows to Othersto £1800. Others £1650. (682) STORE CATTLE &£1840.

STIRKS £1720.

(1184) STORE CATTLE & STIRKS FORWARD STORES (933) Steers to FORWARD STORES (532) Steers to £1565 (BRBX). Others £1365 (FLE). Others £1300 (AA) £1295 (LIMX) & £1270 (LIMX). Heifers to £1265 £1495 (LIMX) £1465 (2x) (FLE & AA) & £1440 (HEX).

Heifers (CHX). Others £1235 (CHX) £1200 (LIMX) £1155 (LIMX) & £1150 (HEX). GRAZING to £1370 (BRBX).

Others £1340 £1325 (BRBX) COWS (2) to £615 (LIMX).

Others £580 (BRBX) (LIMX). SUCKLERS (4) Cows&&£1295 Calves to £850 (4x).

STIRKS (247) Steers (LIMX).

Others £870 (3x £1070 LIMX & (BRBX).

GRAZING COWS (9)toto£880 £1075 (S/HORN).

Others BRBX) (BRBX) & £835 (LIMX).

Heifers (LIMX).stock Othersbull £720 (BRBX) (HEX).£855 SUCKLERS (1) to 1650 fortoa £818 Limousin (08.20).

Saturday 30th July 2022

& £700 (AA). CALVES (408) - Beef Bulls to £400 (CH). Others £398 (BRBX) £390 (BRBX) & £388 (BRBX). Heifers to £300 (2x BRBX & CHX). Others £285 (CHX) £278 (BRBX) & £275 (LIMX). Black & Whites to £182. Others £165. (4675) SHEEP Store Lambs (2720) to £100. Others £99, £96 & £95. Overall Ave £74.88. Cull Ewes & Rams (1197) Ewes to £137. Others £133. Rams to £166.

Others £96. Overall Ave £67.10. BREEDING EWES (204) to £143 (2x). FRIDAY STIRKS (150)EWE Steers £920 Others (CHX) £875 TH BREEDING SALEto (459) to(SIMX). £122. GOATS (11)£905 to £187.

Overall ave 30 TH (LIMX) & £865 (LIMX).

Heifers to £795 (BRBX).

Others £755 £92.64. RAMS (12) to £225 (2x). Others £136. FRIDAY 30 STOCK RAM SALE (72) to £610 for(SIMX) a powerful shearling.

Others £470. (322) - Beef Bulls (LIMX) £715 & £700 (LIMX).

CALVES

The West Country’s Gateway Abattoirs to £520 (LIMX).

Others £505 (2x) (AAto&National HEX) £490 (AA) & £475 2020£470 (LIMX) Returns for(BRBX).

MondayOthers 2nd November (AA). Heifers to £535 £485 (BRBX) PRIME CATTLE Steers av 187.4ppk to 213.5ppk & £1,327.28.

Others & £445 (AA). (93) Black & UTM Whites to £220 (2x). (1883) SHEEP 209.5ppk, 209.0ppk, 208.0ppk & 206.5ppk. Others £1,293.63, £1,287.00, STORE LAMBS (835) to £108.

Overall average £74.07.

CULL £1,283.12, £1,280.30 & £1,261.77. Heifers UTM av 180.7ppk to 214.5ppk (2x) and EWES &Others RAMS (965) to204.0ppk, £230 (2x).

Rams (2x) bought to work Others £250 £1,310.50.

204.5ppk, 199.0ppk & 197.0ppk.

(2x). Overall average £90.67.£1,168.50 BREEDING SHEEP (57)COWS to £250. £1,233.42, £1,205.05, £1,201.20, & £1,138.32.

BARREN (56) Continental av 118.5ppk to 119.5ppk and £808.40.

117.5ppk.

Native Beef Overall average £104.36.

COUPLES (7EOthers & 7L) Singles to £178 av 103.6ppk to 126.5ppk and £906.75. Others 124.5ppk & 118.5ppk. Others (£89/life). Overall average £56.43/life. GOATS (12) to £120. Overall £882.97 & £861.77. Dairy av 97.8ppk to 113.5ppk and £966.89. Others 112.5ppk average £60.75.

PIGS – WEANERS (118) (654) to £48.

CULL & 109.5ppk.

Others(248) £945.73 & £914.63.

FINISHED SHEEP Lamb ave SOWS (18) to £125.

(12) to £50. STRONG 202.94ppk to 231.0ppk andCULL £115.00. BOARS Others 230.0ppk, 220.0ppk & 219.0ppk.

Others £113.00, £108.00 (5x)SOW & £106.50.

STORES (82) to £146. & PIGLETS (1+10) £160.

Forthcoming Special Sales

The West Country’s Gateway to National Abattoirs For full rules on marketReturns attendance forand up to date sales list please refer to our website and/or Saturday market report.

NOVEMBER: Sat 7th Monthly Catalogued of Organic Stock PRIME CATTLE (95) Sale Steers UTM av Store 219.4ppk to 10am 237.0ppk Ring 2: Saturday 7th November & £1,777.88.

Others 230.0ppk, 229.5ppk (3x) & 229.0ppk.

Monthly Catalogued Sale of Heifers UTM Others £1,773.92, £1,772.46 & £1,761.44. av 212.3ppk to 256.5ppk and 125£1,615.95. Others 238.5ppk, 234.5ppk Suckler & 234.0ppk.

Others Heifers £1,440.54, £1,423.33 & Cows, Calves, & Bulls £1,383.75. BARREN COWS (47) Continental av 188.3ppk Approx 12.30pm Ring 1 to 215.5ppk and £1,863.99. Native Beef av 176.2ppk to Entries to date include:195.5ppk and £1,646.90.

Dairy av Suckler 146.6ppkCows to 177.5ppk and n The dispersal sale of 50 Incalf (Sim, Ch, £1,632.63.

SHEEP Lambs ave 239.69ppk Lim, He &FINISHED AAx) all pd’d to calf Feb(731) onwards to Ped to 275.0ppk andbull £142.00.

274.0ppk (2x)Old 273.0ppk Charolais for NBOthers Needham & Sons, Henley(2x) & 269.0ppk.

Others £140.00 (2x) £139.50 £139.00.

Farm, Dorchester (changing farming&policy). n 3 Bulls – Ch, He & Lim n 42 Continental Cows & Calves – 6 Ped Lim cows & calves n 14full Native Cowsrules & Calves For COVID-19 on market attendance and up to date n 58 Incalf Cows & to Hfrs 1 Ped Lim & 1 Ped He sales list please refer our–website https://www.gth.net/sedgemoor-auction-centre For further information contact Meg on 01278 410278 Sat 7th Fortnightly Sale of Pigs 11am AUG Sat 14th ***CANCELLED*** Collective Catalogued Sat 6th Monthly Catalogued Sale of Organic Store Stock Sale of Purebred Poultry **CANCELLED*** 10am Ring 2 th ***CANCELLED*** General Sale of Thurs 19 Sat 13th Monthly Catalogued Sale Monthly of Suckler Cows, Calves, Antiques and Furniture ***CANCELLED*** Sat 13th Fortnightly Sale of Pigs 10am st Sat Fodder Sale 1pmStore Cattle 10am Ring 2 Mon2127th Monthly Sale of Native Market Dedicated Sale for bTB Wed 25th BankOrange Mon 29th Holiday – Normal Prime Market Restricted Cattle. Store 15 Months Wed 31st Orange Market Dedicated Sale Cattle for bTB–Restricted & Over, Prime Cattle & Barren Cows.Stock Cattle. Store Cattle – 15 Months & Over, Prime booked inStock with the market office by Cattleto &thbe Barren Cows. to be booked in with November.

Licences to be obtained 18 the market office by 24 th August. Licences to from Truro Standards on 03000 be obtained fromTrading Truro Trading Standards on 200301 or Sale commences 4.30pm 03000 200301 or CSC.TBlicensing@apha.gsi.

Monthly Seasonal Catalogued Sale of Fri 27th gov.uk Sale commences 4.30pm Breeding Ewes & Ewe Lambs 3pm SEPT Sat 28th8th SouthMonthly Sale ofRare Native Store Survival Cattle 10am Ring 2 Thurs West Region Breeds Trust Sale of Sheep, Goats & Poultry Thurs 8th Autumn Breeding EweFodder & Ram Sale Forthcoming Sale(Including MV sheep) Rams 11am Ewes 12.30pm NOVEMBER: Sat 21st SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE. The Collective Fodder Auction of Hay, Silage and Straw. Entries to be in by Monday 9th November 2020.

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Farming

Time for the cows to take a rest

by Ruth Kimber Our open day went really well, with the help of family and friends. We were fortunate with the weather – not too hot and no rain.

However, we could do with a good soaking now as we have missed the showers.

We were loaned two super trailers from Cannington College and RJ & KD McIean Ltd, agricultural machinery dealers from Semley, Dorset – both were up to the required standard to take the public safely on a farm tour. We had the help of Butt Brothers Agricultural contractors which drove one of the trailers and loaned its Forage Harvester, alongside Redlynch Agricultural Engineers which loaned a new Valtra tractor, and J & C Bird brought its Massey 35 and Darrens Fergi T20, all of which the public enjoyed getting up close to.

Bees and insects

Several stallholders offered tasters of their wares, including Barbers, whose life-size green and white cow complete with udder and teats was a great attraction for old and young alike, as they tried hand-milking the water from the udder!

The farm tours, shop, cafe and trading barn were all busy and everyone seemed to have a very happy day.

Ruth Kimber has seen an explosion in the fox population locally. PHOTO: Andreas Neumann/Pixabay

We are now getting ready for the holiday season, as family and staff take a welldeserved break, and those left behind covering the work. The wildflowers on the verges around the farm are in their glory, alive with bees and insects.

We have started drying off the cows so they can have their rest period before calving in the early Autumn. They have two months rest from milking – they live in pastures away from the farmyard but we have to keep a close eye on them to make sure they don’t have any health problems, summer mastitis, eye troubles brought on by flies etc.

The farming year is a big cycle, each

season brings it own demands.

The change of Prime Minister may well have an effect on agriculture, as different people like to put their mark on policies. The lack of checks and balances on the newly signed trade deal with the Australians is a real worry, as it seems products will be able to be imported to the UK which have been produced with lower welfare and environmental standards than our own farm produce. Welfare and environmental regulations make for a more responsible product but it does add significant production costs.

Our turkeys are growing apace but we have lost several to a large stray tabby cat – we have caught him on camera. We also have an explosion of the fox population – I think it maybe the cover they enjoy in the many fields in the vicinity that have been abandoned by the owners, who are not farming them or letting them out. The trouble is other wildlife will suffer as foxes take eggs and young birds, and even feast on domestic cats, and, of course, poultry.

Kimbers Farm Shop, The Kitchen and Somerset Trading Barn BA9 8HD (B3081).

Phone: 01963 33177; www. kimbersfarmshop.co.uk. Open TuesdayFriday 8.30am-5pm, Saturday 9.30am-4pm.

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Verwood

Guide £600,000 Marnhull

A handsome detached 4 bedroom period home believed to date to circa 1920’s with a large wrap around garden offering superb potential to refurbish with double garage and ample parking. EPC E; CTB F. Freehold

Blandford 01258 452670

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Sturminster 01258 473766

Guide Price £260,000 Hartgrove

A deceptively spacious, quaint and characterful 2 double bedroom terrace house with period features and an enclosed rear garden, situated within walking distance of the town centre with no onward chain. EPC E; CTB B. Freehold

Blandford 01258 452670

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Guide £775,000

A beautifully presented 4/5 bedroom mellow stone house with fine views, attractively and stylishly presented accommodation, superb rear extension, ample parking and a lovely garden. EPC D; CTB E. Freehold

Guide £650,000

A detached 3 bedroom house offering flexible accommodation in an elevated position with outbuildings and enjoying glorious views across The Blackmore Vale in about 0.80 acres. A further 6.23 acres available by separate negotiation. EPC G; CTB F. Freehold

Sturminster 01258 473766

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Marnhull - Asking Price £425,000

South Cheriton – Asking Price £750,000

Horsington - Guide Price £430,000

A rare opportunity to purchase a choice of two brand new semi detached homes to be built of natural Marnhull stone with green oak porch, and three bedrooms SAP tba

Agricultural tied dwelling in South Cheriton comprising five bedroomed chalet style bungalow set in fifteen acres with an outbuilding EPC tba

Offered for sale with no onward chain is this spacious semi detached family home with three double bedrooms, sitting in grounds extending to over a third of an acre EPC tba

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Gillingham - Asking Price £385,000

Hunger Hill - Guide Price £750,000

Charlton Marshall - OIEO £300,000

A delightful and spacious detached chalet style home with three/four double bedrooms and situated at the top of a quiet cul de sac EPC C

A recently re-furbished detached family home with three/four double bedrooms, sitting in wooded grounds extending to about one and half acres EPC tba

A spacious detached freehold coach house with two double bedrooms, contemporary open plan living space and its own outdoor space plus car barn EPC B

Gillingham 01747 824547 Sturminster Newton 01258 473030

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