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David Warburton, MP, issues apology “As I am sure you can appreciate, this has been a very difficult and trying time for myself and my family with an inflammatory story run in the press on a national scale.

I would take this opportunity to express my deep sadness to any constituents who feel let down or disillusioned by the allegations. This is made all the harder by the fact that I have been unable to respond myself through a formal investigation.

As it happens, and since the stories appeared a month ago, I have still not been contacted by any authority and am currently unaware as to whether any investigation has, in fact, been established.

As a result of the widespread allegations, I was admitted to hospital and remain under treatment, and I am sorry that this

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has caused uncertainty about the representation of our constituency. I would like to pass on my reassurance that I have been in continual contact with my parliamentary and constituency offices. I have been responding to enquiries, working on casework, writing, and speaking to Ministers and departments, and putting questions to them on behalf of constituents, all as normal. I look forward to being able to return fully to Parliament when it reconvenes.

I would like to pass on my most sincere gratitude to the many, many people from across our constituency for the innumerable cards, letters, emails, and messages of support that my family and I have received.

I am also extremely grateful to the great number of MPs from both sides of the House for their support. The kindness and support I have seen during this most difficult time only serve to remind me what an enormous privilege it is to serve such a beautiful constituency filled with wonderful people.”

ways to boost your physical and mental brain health

by Lottie Hayton With Dementia Action and Mental Health Awareness weeks taking place in May, the NBVM spoke to some experts to get the latest advice on boosting your brain and mood.

1. Nutrition and exercise

Whether you want to improve nutrition for study or work, protect against diseases like Alzheimer’s, or improve your mental happiness and wellbeing, the energy you put into your body and the way you move it is crucial.

Anna Marsh, nutrition therapist, explains that gut health is key, with the digestive system often called the second brain. “We manufacture most of the neurotransmitters in the gut,” says Anna, “including serotonin, the happy hormone.”

Blood sugar can also optimise the energy we get to the brain. Getting enough protein, roughly 0.75g per kg bodyweight per day, avoiding too many processed sugars and carbohydrates.

“Ensuring each meal has enough good fats and fibre is vital for both sugar regulation and our gut,” Anna explains.

“We should focus on consuming a variety of plant-based fibres – around 12-20 different plant-based foods a day”.

To regulate blood sugar, getting enough exercise, (check the NHS website, details below, for the recommendations by age group) is also crucial and contributes to the

management of low-level inflammation in the body. Omega 3, found in oily fish, or algae are both beneficial.

2. Sleep and rest

Research suggests that poor sleep prevents our neurons communicating properly and impacts our ability to process external input.

On average, adults need 7–9 hours of sleep a night. For most people getting into a daily routine, waking up, winding down, and going to bed around the same time each day will help improve routine.

Meditation with apps, or breathing and muscle relaxation exercises can help this, as can removing digital distractions.

Sleep Cycle is a great app to help regulate and assess your quality of sleep: it even, gently, tells you to go to bed!

Regular exercise, avoiding caffeine, alcohol and nicotine, and not eating a big meal too close to bedtime are other factors experts point to for improving sleep. If you’re still struggling, we recommend speaking to your GP.

3. Social connection and mental stimulation

Loneliness has been the theme for this week’s Mental Health Awareness campaign, running May 9-15.

Dorset Mind says: “There is strong evidence that indicates feeling close to, and valued by, other people, is a fundamental human need that contributes to functioning well in the world.”

Social relationships promote wellbeing and prevent mental ill health.

Research from AgeUK also suggests having close ties to others and participating in social activities helps people maintain thinking skills and slows cognitive decline.

Forming a connection with others can come in many forms, be it speaking to someone new, phoning family and friends, sharing the journey to work with a colleague, or joining a club to meet new people.

Clic, an online peer support community allows people to connect with others in similar situations. You can visit the Mind website to find out more about peer support groups available in your area.

Further expert advice

Visit www.nhs.uk for more advice on sleep, mental and physical health.

Visit www.alzheimers.org.uk for more information on Dementia Action Week.

Visit www.mind.org.uk for information on peer support groups and more.

Visit www.mentalhealth.org.uk for more information on Mental Health Awareness week and advice on managing your mental health and supporting those around you. https://clic-uk.org is a free online community to connect with others.

You can find more tips from Anna Marsh on Instagram @anna_marsh_ nutrition.

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Open arms and an open house

by Nicci Brown Across the Vale, householders have been stepping up to respond to the urgent appeal to provide help and accommodation to families escaping the conflict in Ukraine.

It’s a steep learning curve for those embarking on hosting Ukrainian families under either of the schemes now in operation, not only by establishing communication with guests, but also in negotiating the bureaucracy involved.

One of the first to welcome a group through Ukraine Dorset, set up to search for accommodation in the country and accept refugees under the family scheme, were Marie and Adrian Fisher in Durweston.

Iryna (39) and her mother Lilia (59) and 10-year-old son Damir fled their home in Kropivnyskyi in central Ukraine on the day after Putin’s military invaded their country.

Driven to the border by her brother and husband, now serving with the military, they reached London, where Lilia’s sister already live. They were met by the Fishers when they arrived in Salisbury on the family scheme.

Both adults are keen to find work while they’re here. “They are very disciplined – far more disciplined than we are – and determined,” said Marie.

“Their understanding of English is limited, but we communicate by email using Google Translate.”

I found Iryna and her mother making dumpling soup, Ukrainian style, for the following day’s Nick’s Café at Durweston Church, where several Ukrainian families now meet weekly and

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have established good relationships with their compatriots and hosts.

Damir is now attending Durweston Primary School, but also continues his education online from his Ukraine school, which is still operating, albeit around sirens and alarms.

In nearby Shroton, a Ukraine Support Group is working to identify rented accommodation. More than 30 people gathered in the village hall, and Chris Pearson said: “There is clearly a lot of good will in the village. We hope this good will can make a generous contribution to improving the plight of Ukrainian families in crisis.”

Many more have offered accommodation. Caroline and Steve Adamson of Blandford travelled to Luton airport on Friday 6 May to meet 39-year-old teacher Marina, whose husband is in the Ukrainian army serving in the Dombas region, with her 14-yearold daughter and three-year-old son.

After 15 years offering B&B accommodation in Whitecliff Mill Street, they retired before the pandemic, but registered when the government scheme was launched and worked with Dorset Council’s resettlement team.

Over 100 people from Ukraine have arrived in Dorset so far, with 200 sponsor matched families, and potential for over 500 more in the coming weeks, through the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

“Providing a warm welcome to all those fleeing conflict and seeking asylum is well evidenced in Dorset, but it is important to be mindful of potential

Be creative and have fun

THREE FREE CREATIVE courses have been launched in Sherborne designed to address isolation and physical challenges in a fun way in the community.

• Art for Memory is designed for people experiencing early stages of memory loss, and run by an experienced tutor and support worker. Tuesday 10am-12pm and 1-3pm, 26 April to 19 July, at the Small Hall, Digby Hall.

• Art for Parents provides art and craft sessions for any parent or carer of primary school aged children experiencing difficulties and challenges in their lives. Tuesday 9.30-11.30am, 26 April to 12 July, at The Studio, Digby Hall.

• Parkinson’s Dance is a fun class for people living with Parkinson’s disease taught by two trained specialists. It helps to support balance, movement, voice and independence. Thursday 2-4.30pm, 28 April to 21 July, at Tinneys Lane Youth Club.

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Ukrainian refugee Lilia stirs the dumpling soup with and her daughter Iryna and their host Marie Fisher in Durweston

community cohesion issues, and exploitation,” said social services director Claire Shiels.

In her report, she explains that although the council is responsible for offering services and support to Ukrainian people when they arrive, no formal advice of their arrival or additional funding is given unless they arrive through the Homes for Ukraine scheme, under which the council receives £10,500 per year per individual.

She said the current phase of the Homes for Ukraine scheme is open to named guests only and had resulted in some hosts and refugees meeting through social media platforms, a route that was more open to abuse, and work was ongoing to make it safer and protect both hosts and guests.

“There may be additional costs to all services, but, in particular, if housing assistance is required, there will be pressure on budgets through a shortfall in the amount received for caring for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people.”

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Kindness in our community…

During this Mental Health Awareness Week (9-15 May) and Dementia Action week (15-22 May), the issue of increased loneliness and feelings of isolation, whatever the age, lack of relationships, or reduced mobility, highlights our need as individuals to talk and listen, and above all release anxiety and sadness.

The ‘convenience’ of technology today means that, as once sociable individuals, we, and others, now stay sedentary instead of going out, and being physical. Lockdown even taught us not to hug. We have social networks like Facebook and Instagram that make many people feel more isolated and depressed than bringing them ‘together’. How did we let this happen?

How can we help ourselves, and others, get more connected to our mental and physical health again?

The trick is to start becoming aware

of stresses, no matter how small, and begin making simple changes in our lives to help increase a sense of wellbeing. Truly, only once you nurture yourself, can you nurture others.

Here to help

Friendship and mentoring encourages people to reach out and become their best self. Bruton Telephone Buddies is a group of volunteers organised by St Mary’s Church to reach out to lonely, isolated or vulnerable people living in the area (01749 321742). The idea is for individuals who are struggling to create a roadmap of their life and where it’s going, to help them to develop their own confidence.

Lynne Franks, renowned PR queen in the 1990s and owner of Seed in Wincanton, an evolving hub and centre for female empowerment, coaches women of every age, and lives and breathes community. “My greatest passion in life has always been people,” says Lynne, “Through Somerset Works at Somerset County Council, I’m

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currently working with the headmistress at nearby King Arthur’s School, coaching and mentoring a group of young women aged 16-19 years old who, for one reason or another, have dropped through the education system. I help work on their confidence, boost their self-esteem, use mind-mapping and vision posters: it’s amazing to see these girls absolutely bloom through encouragement.

“I think we, as women, still have huge issues, particularly as we get older and lose our sense of confidence.

The number of women who reach 45-50 years old and say they ‘feel invisible’ is enormous. And it’s not just women. We really do have to support each other and share our stories. At this point in my life, I’m 74, it’s about experience in life. Wisdom and knowledge come from that experience.

“This area has such warmth, a combination of the best of rural England, combined with creativity and a new energy of people that are choosing to live and work together to create something better for everybody.”

Kindness, be kind to yourself: kind to others and be aware of the impact you can have on another person next to you.

21 CARE HOMES united across south-west England to celebrate International Dance Day, Strictly-style, on 4 May. Among those enjoying the show were Eve Walsh and Margaret Webster, residents at Abbey View in Sherborne.

“It was such fun,” said Eve. “I haven’t had that much amusement in years.”

“I wish we could do this every week!” added Margaret International Dance Day, now in its 40th year, encourages people of all ages across the globe to cherish each other’s dance forms. For more info, contact www.care-south.co.uk.

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Happy 102nd Birthday to Joy!

By Katrina Ffiske Congratulations to Joy Poolman, who celebrated her 102nd birthday in April with fellow residents at The Royal Lodge in Gillingham.

“They gave me a fantastic party,” said Joy. “I have so many friends here, I couldn’t have wished for a happier time.”

Marion Baker, a fellow resident at The Royal Lodge said: “Joy is such a character! She conducted us all while we sang her Happy Birthday. She really is a delightful lady, loved by us all. She lives completely independently, even doing her own ironing! We all have a great respect for her.”

Joy recalled her time in the WRAF during the Second World War. “I used to clean the guns and we would be up all night belting bullet ammunition for the planes coming back and forth. I remember doing it the night before D-Day. It was exciting times. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. It was also fun being away from home. After that I became a secretary for The Crown Court in Southall.”

Joy married ex-sailor Bill in 1947 and some of her happiest memories are those spent with her husband and two sons.

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BE EXTRA VIGILANT of sneaky thieves trying to cash in on the increased expense of everyday life, as police in the Blackmore Vale seek information on numerous thefts.

As the price of fuel remains high, and following the syphoning of fuel from domestic oil tanks and cars, Dorset police are asking residents to be on the watch for thieves found stealing catalytic converters from parked cars.

Why, you ask? A catalytic converter (the environmentally friendly, ceramic honeycomb core that cleverly converts harmful engine fumes to a safe gas, such as steam) is lined with precious metals including platinum, palladium and rhodium. The prices of these metals has risen dramatically of late, and now a catalytic converter sold for scrap can be worth between £500-£1,000. With just a cordless power tool and a car jack, they can be removed in minutes – no need for a key – so thieves target them.

Residents who spot anything suspicious are being asked to report incidents immediately. If in doubt, keep a watch and note down descriptions of vehicle used, registration, number of people involved, and any identifying features such as dents, scratches, or stickers. Stay safe, be alert.

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Keep moving to boost a positive mental attitude

TELL US YOU’RE inspired? Against all odds, through pain and on an uphill battle to help strengthen their health and wellbeing, both Anneke and Will, are an incredible testament to how motivation

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and will power matter to help keep us moving more. Exercise of any form is important for all of us, but especially anyone coping with physical or mental health; so, no matter how small a

He did it!

WILL ALEXANDER, THE 11-yearold boy from Wyke Primary in Gillingham, walked 70m of his local rugby pitch on 1 May, with the support of his family, friends, and the entire North Dorset Rugby Club by his side.

Raising over £10k for Brain Tumour Charity – more than double his goal – it landed him a post on the England Rugby twitter account.

Walking for Will has been no mean feat following his brain cancer operation during lockdown, because he then developed Posterior Fossa Syndrome, which causes weakness and balance problems, taking away his ability to walk independently at such a young age.

“A massive thank you for getting Will’s story in the magazine. What a lovely surprise to find him in there!” said mum, Leah. “Will’s Walk was totally amazing! There were SO many people watching and cheering him on, the atmosphere was incredible. Will told me his heart was beating very fast before he set off because he was so nervous, but he did a sterling job, and his smile at the end said it all.

“The North Dorset Rugby club were brilliant in organising the walk and holding fundraising activities, and the crowd were so generous, adding another £1,000 on the day through the kindness of everyone watching.”

Care in the community as projects receive £13,000

by Faith Eckersall

movement may seem at first, find your own purpose, and determine your end goal, and share it with us at the NBVM; we want to hear from you.

Riding with my daughter is my dream

MOTHER OF TWO, Anneke Lewis, has undertaken a charity fundraiser for the Blackmore Vale Riding for the Disabled (RDA), a nationwide charity for whom HRH Princess Anne is President.

Severely disabled with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic disease of the central nervous system that affects the brain and the spinal cord, and inspired by the incredible campaign by the late Captain Sir Tom Moore, Anneke is putting aside her motorised support on the school run once a week, to walk from the car park to the pre-prep school in Port Regis. With the help of her eldest child Freddie, and a Zimmer frame, Anneke aims to collect her daughter Coco, from nursery.

“I will feel scared, vulnerable, and embarrassed,” says Anneke, “but I hope to be able, with your support, to raise money and awareness for this charity, to enable them to get another pony, and allow more people with different struggles the same hope.”

Week one took over 12 minutes to walk 60m with the support of teachers, pupils and parents of Port Regis, who set off alongside Anneke.

“I hope my son will be proud of what we are trying to achieve and that this will be an example of how to use limitations to better other people’s situations. No matter how vulnerable we are, we can be the best versions of ourselves. I want to show that we can all do something to help others.”

To contribute, please visit Anneke’s Go Fund Me page and search Blackmore Vale RDA.

An NHS Dragon’s Den-style competition to find innovative ways to help Dorset people with mental health and other issues has handed out £13,000 to the winning projects.

More than 1,300 people voted for their favourite suggestions, before staff pitched to a panel to secure investment to bring their ideas to fruition.

Combat Social Isolation of the Elderly received £4,710 to help the Community Mental Health (Older People) Team trial a weekly session to improve older people’s sense of well-being, forge new friendships and learn new skills.

Healthy Body and Brain were awarded £3,548 to establish a local support group for people with mild cognitive impairment. The group will help people manage their condition and reduce the risk of dementia.

The other projects that received cash were Platelet Rich Plasma Injections, Sleep Champions, and on-going support for the new online Aphasia Choir.

Trust chairman Andy Willis said: “Innovation is at the core of everything we do to support patients, so it’s great to see people coming forward with such high-quality ideas.”

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Our Loose Canon

by Canon Eric Woods We don’t read many magazines in our household, but whenever we do, they all seem to have what we used to call an agony aunt. These used to be reassuring mumsy figures dispensing good oldfashioned wisdom. Nowadays they come in all shapes and sizes, from sharply dressed lady professors to clapped-out male politicians.

I’m never much interested in their answers but I am concerned about the frequency with which parents write to ask for help about a son or a daughter who never reads a book but whose life is all about Instagram, Tik Tok, WhatsApp and Snapchat. The children and young people appear to be welded to their mobile phones and go into sharp decline if denied them.

As it happens, this is Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a growing body of evidence that addiction to social media is, quite literally, doing our children’s and young people’s heads in.

The biggest threat comes from their peers – or even more sinister, predatory

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adults – but there is also a constant erosion of their literacy skills and their awareness of anything outside the social media ‘bubble’.

The writer and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg warned of the dangers of what he called ‘Text English’ nearly 20 years ago, in his book The Adventure of English. When the young – or old fools pretending to be young – use Text English, they not only impoverish our language. They impoverish themselves.

As Mariella Frostrup recently warned, decent prose ‘can be off-putting to teenagers used to texting’. That, I suggest, is putting it mildly.

What we desperately need to do is to engage children, as young as possible, with the sheer joy of language. I think poetry – yes, poetry – is one of the best antidotes to Text English. Short, immediate and full of impact, it can have a wonderful effect on children. I really do know – I’ve been using it in primary schools for years.

One of my favourite poets for children is Steve Turner. Here are two

of my favourites. Okay, they have a Christian twist. So what? 99.9 per cent of what our children imbibe is secular and atheistical, So here goes…

First, Who was I before I was born?

You were a song that had yet to be sung.

You were a word on the tip of a tongue.

You were a plan chalked up on a board.

You were a gleam in the eye of the Lord.

Second – and I’ll have to compress this to save space – In the beginning.

God said WORLD and the world spun round.

God said LIGHT and the light beamed down.

God said LAND and the sea rolled back.

God said NIGHT and the sky went black.

God said LEAF and the shoot pushed through.

God said FIN and the first fish grew.

God said BEAK and the big bird soared.

God said FUR and the jungle roared.

God said SKIN and the man breathed air.

God said BONE and the girl stood there.

God said GOOD and the world was great, God said REST and they all slept late.

Poems from The Day I Fell Down the Toilet © Steve Turner.

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history, and culture. I find the history of the Vale of Avalon, including Glastonbury and King Arthur, very inspiring.

Tennyson wrote lots of poetry about it too.

How do you maintain your incredible sense of happiness and positivity?

I make sure that I enjoy what I do: I work hard and trying to make all my projects, be it my farm, the festival, or the social housing project, a success. My greatest passion is bringing my dreams to a reality. It gives me pride and joy when they are successful.

Have you had a favourite decade?

For me, there is no better time to be living than now, and I’m so happy with my time on this earth. Maturity brings wisdom and familiarity. The worst thing about aging is that you’re getting closer to death.

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

I think what they know about me is more impressive than what they don’t!

Why the Blackmore Vale?

I’ve lived in Somerset my entire life with my family: I have built everything around the farm and the village of Pilton.

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Peter Hitchens’s philosophical column in the Mail on Sunday is my favourite; and I never tire of the film classic Easy Rider (1969) with Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda.

And your ‘go to’ piece of music?

To play loud, and drive to, any Rolling Stones will do… but when I need to unwind, Astral Weeks or Van Morrison do the trick. I still wish The Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac played at Glastonbury.

If you could have a historical figure to dinner, who would it be?

Lord Nelson as he was in the Royal Navy, and I was in the merchant navy: I think it would be interesting hear about his experiences.

Who has inspired you the most in life?

very special. Although some of the old hippies still play an important part here, I seriously believe the future of the festival lies in the ideas and aspirations of the young people of this country.

Glastonbury has inspired so many other farm festivals, how does that make you feel?

Glastonbury is one of the rare music festivals that still relies on goodwill and doesn’t try to make an obscene profit, with most proceeds going straight to charity. In addition, Michael Eavis has just donated more land for another 20 homes to be built in Pilton, Somerset, built on the condition that the homes will serve the community in perpetuity, bringing the total number of homes created since 1996 to 52.

I’d instantly say Edward Thompson because he was a big peace campaigner. There is so much more to do to safeguard the future for the planet. I wonder when we will believe how serious the problem really is.

I am very flattered and pleased that they are copying some of my ideas. We celebrate 50 years this summer and that will be

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Fire safety at home update

Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are focused on educating residents about the increased risk of kitchen fires among over 65-year-olds that have resulted in significant burns requiring hospital treatment.

A new ‘recipe for danger’ campaign is aimed at educating all of us about how to handle a fire in the home. While more than half household fires start in the kitchen, this rises swiftly to 75% if residents are aged 65 or older.

blackmorevale.net Traditional techniques of putting out a cooking fire with water or a wet tea towel have long been deemed unsafe because it can actually cause the fire to spread outwards and more rapidly. Instead, a fire blanket or foam extinguisher is preferred, especially by home insurers.

Education is key. “We want to reduce the risk of cooking fires for our most vulnerable residents,” said Ros Clarke, Group Manager for Prevention with Devon and Somerset, “which is why, as part of our campaign we are encouraging a few simple steps to safer cooking.”

Tips include decluttering around the hob, using a timer to alert you when the cooking time has elapsed (which is especially useful if you’re easily distracted or forgetful) or even by cooking with less oil every time.

Invitation to would-be writers

Tim is also working on a fundraising project for Ukraine.

“Within the next few months I will be publishing a book celebrating freedom and hope with 100% of the royalties going to the Sunflower of Peace Foundation (sunflowerofpeace.com) a non-profit organisation committed to helping Ukrainians affected by the Russian military invasion.

For this I am looking for unpublished poetry (no more than 30 lines) and short stories (no more than 1,000 words) on the subjects of freedom and hope. The deadline is 1 June.”

All entries for both publications should be emailed to tsaunderspubs@gmail.com.

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Budding writers are being invited to submit their poetry and short stories for a new book celebrating Dorset.

“I am particularly keen to promote fresh, new talent so extend this invitation to anyone aged 16 and over,” said Tim Saunders, who has just published The Hampshire Collection.

Tim grew up in Dorset, living in Friar Waddon, near Upwey, for over 20 years. He was educated at Dorchester Prep and Clayesmore in Iwerne Minster.

“The challenge is that poetry needs to be 30 lines or under and stories must not exceed 1,000 words,” he added.

The entry deadline is 28 July 2022, with publication scheduled for late 2022/early 2023.

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It’s 70ºF… or is that 21ºC? Temperatures rise as Bruton’s local historian feels the heat!

by Robert Chalke French priest, astronomer and mathematician, Gabriel Mouton, is considered to be the founding father of the metric system, a decimal system of measurement that we Brits have been a little obstinate about using.

Britain officially adopted the metric system in 1965, but it did so only half-heartedly. Distances are still measured in miles and yards and, although we buy petrol in litres, our cars measure miles per gallon; if I go to the doctor, he will tell me I am 1.78m tall and weigh 95kg, I tell my family I am 5ft 10in and weigh 15 stones. And then there is reverse metrication: plasterboard, plywood and steel are manufactured worldwide in 8ft x 4ft sheets of various thicknesses, while carpets are sold universally in rolls 12ft wide. In addition, we have been in and

out of metrication: farms measured in acres, changed to hectares in 1965 and then back again to acres; new-born babies weighed in pounds and ounces were changed to kilogrammes and back to pounds and ounces.

A sporting chance for change

On metrication, rugby pitches changed from 25-yard lines to 22-metre lines, but tennis courts are set out in feet while football pitches are dimensioned in yards – both worldwide. Football goal posts are 8 yards wide x 8 feet high exactly, and the penalty spot is 12 yards from the goal line. And cricket stumps are 22 yards (1 chain) apart.

And what about some other old measurements… Allotments are still measured in rods, poles or perches (10 for a single and 20 for a double), as are some older houses’ gardens in their

deeds (1 square rod, pole or perch = 5½ yards x 5½ yards = 32¼ square yards; and there are 150 of them to the acre, which is 4,840 square yards). There are 100 links in a chain (66 feet, 22 yards or 4 rods), 10 chains in a furlong and 8 furlongs in a mile.

Then there are wattle hurdles, which were 6 feet wide x 3 feet high for penning sheep and 6 feet wide x 6 feet high for wattle and daub partitions in timber framed houses. Their 6 feet width was counted as 8 spans with 9 uprights – thatchers still set out timber battens on new wheat straw thatched roofs at 1 span (22.5 cm) apart.

Younger people are more metric savvy than the older generation, and certainly, it is easier to divide by 10 than 12. But surely there is a case for retaining and using some parts of the imperial system, whose roots go back thousands of years?

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World Renowned Dancers Unite at Hatch House for an International Ballet Under the Stars 2022

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The world class evening of ballet and dance that is Ballet Under the Stars, returns this summer for three nights. It’s held in the beautiful and romantic 17th Century walled Dutch garden of privately owned Hatch House in the heart of Wiltshire.

Every summer the walled garden is transformed by the Covent Garden Dance Company into a stunning 440 seat covered dinner theatre, where guests enjoy breath taking ballet and dance in one of the UK’s most intimate and stunning theatrical settings.

The programme is always diverse and accessible and every year Covent Garden Dance Director Matt Brady, invites special guest stars to headline.

This year not only will guests be treated to performances by The Royal Ballet’s Principals Fumi Kaneko and Vadim Muntagirov but also Julia Moskalenko and Stanislav Oshanskyi.

They are Principal dancers from the National Ballet of Ukraine, who have had to flee their country after the invasion. Matt Brady was among many who reached out to offer support

and he invited them to perform at Hatch House.

National Ballet and is another phenomenal talent.

Hatch House also welcomes back Xander Parish, a British National and, until recently, Principal with the Mariinsky in St Petersburg. Xander is a formidable talent, he performed in 2019 to huge acclaim and this time will dance, hopefully, with his wife Anastasia Demidova, They have both recently fled Russia by bus to Estonia where they await their visas to enter Britain. All the artists will be united with their art on the weekend of the 22nd /23rd /24th of July on the stage at Hatch House to immerse themselves into their performances – an evening of pure escapism for everyone.

It is a triumphant and much anticipated return of this fabulous summer event. After waiting three years to bring the magic back to the walled garden, Covent Garden Dance have gone all out to ensure that this year Ballet Under the Stars really is not to be missed.

The programme will also include performances by Principal and First Soloist from the English National Ballet, Fernanda Oliveira and Fabian Reimair, dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet and Principal dancer with the Staatsballett Berlin, Ksenia Ovsyanick.

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Diary of a Newbie

by Melanie Cantor Do you believe in the art of manifestation? The idea that you can visualise your heart’s desire and boom! It appears. I wish I could. I’m a reverse manifester. Recently, anticipating an evening with Rupert Everett in aid of the hospice, Julia’s House, I had visualised meeting him. ‘Hello Rupert. Do you remember chatting in my office, back in ‘78 when I worked for the publicist of Another Country?’ ‘Darling girl! Of course, I do.’

Bound to happen.

Except it didn’t.

He got Covid. The event got cancelled. Reverse manifestation.

Anything decent I’ve ever achieved has been down to hard work and drive. Including my Dorset house. I practically drove across the whole of southern England (see what I did there?) intrepidly searching for a country idyll in which to write. Like a lot of Londoners, I was part of the Covid STALBRIDGE HALL

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exodus, although I’d been looking long pre-pandemic. I knew I needed a writing retreat away from the temptation of London friends, the allure of coffee and a pastry in nearby cafés, which only played into my writer’s procrastination.

I became a published author in 2019. My hardest earned accomplishment. It’s a second life career which, at nearly 65, goes to prove that anything is possible. In my first life I was a celebrity agent and publicist.

I had a profile in media circles. It was a given that when I turned to writing novels at 50 I would get published. Thanks to my ‘profile’ I landed an agent easily, who told me to write about what I knew.

Celebrities. My first book was called Fabulous Monsters. It nearly made it. I visualised the hardback sitting on bookshelves. I wish I hadn’t. It was rejected. As recompense, my agent ditched me. It took nine years, three manuscripts and a gazillion rejections to find another agent, who thankfully found me a publisher. Several in fact. Death & Other Happy Endings (renamed Life due to a pandemic panic) sold across 11 countries. I guess it must sit on a few bookshelves, no manifesting just hard graft and tenacity. And a tough hide. Rejection is painful.

So here I am, typing book two in my Dorset idyll. When I came to view this house, relying on satnav as I do, I had no clue where I was, but I didn’t care. I knew I had found ‘the one’. Writing with a view over a pond, currently visited by ducks and moorhens, trees overrun by rooks (what is it with rooks? so Hitchcockian) couldn’t be more inspiring.

I’m still discovering where I am (story of my life): the middle of nowhere with Somerset and Wiltshire on my doorstep. With wonderful neighbours, several fab pubs nearby (The Grosvenor Arms in Hindon a fave), I have made new friends and old friends have reappeared because, without realising, I have landed near their ‘hoods. No avoiding the lure of coffee and procrastination then! Oh well.

So, with some of the London diaspora professing regret, am I surviving? Yes! A year into Dorset life, I don’t need to manifest anything.

Happiness is right here.

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Co-op funds available for community projects – but you’ll have to be quick!

by Lorraine Gibson If your neighbourhood needs support with a project or initiative, the Co-op may be able to help – but you’ll have to act now. You have until 29 May to apply for funding for local community-based schemes from their Co-op Local Community Fund, which backs initiatives that make ‘communities fairer for everyone’.

So far, Co-op members have raised more than £85 million for around 30,000 local projects since starting the fund in 2016 and, if your application’s successful, they’ll partner you for 12 months and help you to encourage Co-op members to support your project.

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You must be a not-for-profit group and the project must be based in the in the UK or IOM, and benefit your community.

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Our book club agreed that the appeal of ‘showbiz’ autobiographies often lies in either the potential of the author to reveal juicy details of their own life, or dish the dirt on the celebrities they’ve worked or had relationships with. We’d all seen Miriam on television chat shows and were aware that she pulled no punches when it came to telling stories of a personal or (some might consider)

embarrassing nature, so we had high hopes for this one!

Miriam certainly doesn’t disappoint… Early chapters race through her Jewish/ Scottish roots, landing her as a young girl in Oxford, where she enjoyed a privileged education and an indulged childhood. Her prodigious memory for people and places (she confesses to having more than 11,000 names in her phone!) does at times make this read a little like a very long acceptance speech. But we wondered if that might have been because many of those mentioned were from before our time.

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We all felt we would like to know why she behaved the way she did.

The later chapters are where her story really took off for this book club. We loved her habit of munching on raw onions, and her admission that not only has she never read any of the Harry Potter books, she’s also never seen the films – despite featuring in a couple! She talks eloquently about Zionism and Israel as a secular Jew and inspired us all to speak more honestly and hang the consequences!

Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be reading ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’ by Agatha Christie. If you’d like to suggest a title for the NBVM Book Club to discuss, please email newsdesk@ blackmorevale.net. We’d love to hear your thoughts.

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• Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. The 13th floor or door number is often missed from terraced houses, skyscrapers, hotel and hospital rooms.

• Restaurants rarely have a table 13.

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• The Queen never allows 13 people at a dinner table: not because she is superstitious – but in case her guests are.

• Some believe it has Biblical origins: Jesus was crucified on a Friday – albeit a ‘Good Friday’. Judas was the 13th guest at the Last Supper.

• In Finland, a Friday 13th is considered a National Accident Day to help raise awareness for safety.

• Airlines suffer financial loss on an impending Friday 13th.

• Alfred Hitchcock made his directorial debut in 1922 with a movie called Number 13 – the picture was a flop.

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Don’t walk, run…

• On Sunday 19 June, the peaceful village of Tarrant Monkton in north Dorset will put on its running shoes once more after a break of two years and play host to the annual TV10, the Tarrant Valley 10: a 10km race on roads, bridleways and farm tracks set in the beautiful Cranborne Chase. The TV10 and a separate 1 mile children’s fun run will start at

10.30am and 10.35am respectively, directly in front of The Langton Arms pub in the heart of the village.

The event is open to runners of all standards. If you are not a runner, the village would love you to offer your support. All proceeds are shared between The Blandford Youth Club and The Ukraine Appeal.

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Eight-year-old Theo Jones wanted to raise money for Ukrainian families coming to live in Dorset, so he set up a fundraiser to run the 1.5 miles from Hinton St Mary to Sturminster Newton.

Theo completed his run in just 30 minutes and raised a fantastic £400! This will be used to help fund an iPad for a Ukrainian youngster and some personal care packs for the families. Way to go Theo!

under UK Athletics rules (Licence 2022-43129). For full details visit www. tarrantvalley10.webs.com • Support Dan Baker, a local musician from Blandford, making the walk from Blandford to Hyde Park Corner, London, to raise money for the Stars Appeal Live Charity, which provides live arts, from music to visual art, to patients while

they are in hospital. Dan will be leaving Blandford at first light on 9 May in his trainers, getting to Hyde Park Corner sometime in the afternoon/evening of Friday 13 May. He’s been very lucky to have accommodation offered at the end of each day!

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Freddy’s flying high Three women from Blandford Forum have raised almost £1,700 for Young Lives vs Cancer in a skydive in Salisbury.

Amy Ellis, Katy Clark and Kirsty Clark did the jump for the former CLIC Sargent charity strapped to an instructor, tumbling more than 10,000 feet at up to 120mph.

Amy said: “My 12-year-old nephew Freddy is being treated for acute myeloid leukaemia. So far, he has amazed his family, friends, community and football club with his strength, determination and good heart. We really wanted to show Freddy our support, so my friend Katy and I decided to take on a skydive.

“We were terrified at the thought of jumping out of a plane at 10,000 feet! However, as Freddy is being so brave, we wanted to take on a challenge which took us out of our comfort zone. It was the most incredible experience – we both found it amazing and really want to jump out of that plane again!

“We are so pleased we have raised so much to support our chosen charity, Young Lives vs Cancer, and we would like to thank everyone who has kindly sponsored us.”

Katy said: “I’m so proud of how much we’ve raised and hope it will help other people. I only met Freddy for the first time recently and he is the bravest kid I’ve ever met, and so lovely. It was an incredible experience and I hope we continue to raise money for the charity.”

Sadie Boardwell was going to jump but had to pull out after becoming pregnant, but helped raise money.

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Liz Blunt, Dorset senior fundraising engagement manager for Young Lives vs Cancer, said: “We are so grateful to Amy and Katy for signing up to the skydive for Young Lives vs Cancer. As a charity we don’t receive any government funding and can only provide the vital support we do to families like Freddy’s thanks to our supporters.

Amy helped raise more than £1,000 “The £1,685 that was raised could pay for Young Lives vs for almost 17 registration grants that we Cancer offer families to help with the extra costs cancer incurs. Our research shows that on average a family needs to find an extra £600 a month when they have a child with cancer, for example, with extra travel costs.

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RESIDENTS ACROSS The Vale are opening their back gates to allow visitors to ramble through their private garden and admire the fruits of their green fingers. It’s part of the nationwide summer trend, with over 200 visitor gardens linked via the National Trust across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, open once more for the public to enjoy. However, in our green and luscious vale, many villagers are actively coordinating their garden opening with more personalised tea parties that you’ll love to be a part of…

• Alhampton Open Gardens 1-5pm, Sunday, 22 May. Ten gardens range from formal to blousy, topiaried to wild, lush planting: all waiting to welcome you.

• Hidden Gardens of Castle Cary 3 June, 2-6pm, £10.

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Collect a map and garden details from the Market House from 1pm onwards.

Tea will be served at the Market House all afternoon. www.caryfordhall.co.uk • Mere Gardening Club are running 17 Hidden Gardens of Mere in conjunction with the Friends of St Michaels Church Mere, from 11am5pm on 11 and 12 June.

Entry is by programme, £6 per adult and accompanied children go free.

Refreshments will be available at the Grove Building in Mere and en route. Programmes will be on sale from Friday, 27 May outside Mere Post Office, on 4 June at the Mere Gardening Club stall in the Jubilee celebrations street market, and outside the Clock Tower on the day. All proceeds will be split between the Garden Club, Friends of St Michaels,

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• Zeals have 15 gardens open June 18-19 weekend, 12 noon-5pm, to raise money for St Martin’s Church and the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund.

Artwork and classic cars will be on display, with cream teas and a free children’s fun trail.

Entry is £5.

• Poyntington Open Gardens & Plant Sale at

The Manor House Garden, plus five further gardens, in aid of Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance and All Saints Village Church.

Sunday, 3 July, 2-5.30pm.

Tickets £5 (cash only). Sorry, no dogs and restricted wheelchair access.

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Events Guide • Sherborne Literary Society hosts Saul David on ‘SBS Silent Warriors, The Authorised Wartime History’, on Friday, 13 May, at 7pm at Digby Memorial Church Hall. Saul is a Sunday Times best-selling military historian, novelist and broadcaster.

• Shaftesbury Library’s Knit and Natter group is leading free knitting and crochet sessions on Saturday, 14 May, 10-10.45am and 11-11.45am. Due to this event’s previous popularity booking is essential to guarantee a place. Total beginners or those who want to improve their skills are welcome to go along and pick up tips from the friendly and helpful Knit and Natter team.

• Thanksgiving Service in Sherborne Abbey on Saturday, 14 May, for the Friends of Yeatman Hospital giving 70 years of support to the hospital. Procession starts 2.30pm, service begins at 3pm. Free tickets available from admin@ friendsoftheyeatman.org.uk • Wimborne St Giles Church is holding a spring fair on Saturday, 14 May, from noon-3pm in the church and on the village green. The event includes big book jumble, good quality jumble and bric-a-brac, home-made jams and cakes, light refreshments and music.

Entry and parking is free – donations towards the church roof repair fund. The post code for sat-nav users is BH21 5LZ. • Collective Exhibition and Art Trail ‘It’s Up To Us’ opens Saturday, 14 May, at Poundbury’s newly refurbished Jubilee Hall (next to Waitrose, Queen

Mother Square).

Casterbridge Art Society has created the umbrella group, Art In Poundbury, inviting fellow creatives from Artwey, Dorchester Camera Club and 3Cs Calligraphy to take part, along with new and established artists, all based in that part of Dorset.

Runs until Wednesday, 1 June, open daily, 10am-4pm.

Free entry. www. artinpoundbury.co.uk • Sherborne Market in Cheap Street, Abbey Road, Half Moon Street, Digby Road and Pageant Gardens features more than 170 stallholders – all local artisans and food producers.

The event is on Sunday, 15 May, from 10am-3pm.

• Bring your teddy – 18in/45cm maximum – to Sherborne Market to take part in the Rotary Club of Sherborne Castles’ Teddy Bear Zip Line on Sunday, 15 May (weather permitting).

Owners should sign in, with the help of Sherborne Air Cadets and can then watch their toy descend from The Abbey’s tower to the green below. Owners will receive a certificate to commemorate the bear’s bravery! All proceeds from any donations go to good causes the Rotary Club supports.

• Cerne Sheep Group is holding its first outdoor meeting of the season at Homestead Farm, Cheselbourne, Dorchester DT2 7NR by invitation of Richard Haskett on Monday, 16 May. The farm has milking goats from which the farm makes its own goat’s milk ice cream. June visit to be arranged.

• The Sunset Café Stompers with blues and gospel singer Julia Titus are at Cheap

Street Church, Sherborne, on Wednesday, 18 May, at 7.30pm. Tickets £15 – bookings by email to raymondwood1949@gmail. com • Sturminster Newton Museum is holding two exhibitions looking at everyday issues. Throwaway Living examines people’s relationship with waste over the years, from items which could not be re-used because they were broken and inedible, through to the onset of industrialisation in the Victorian era, to the effects of excess plastic and its consequences. Among the exhibits are ceramic glass pots and bottles discarded by the Victorians. A mainly humorous exhibition will look at dentistry through the ages, centred around the museum’s retro dentist chair, used in Sturminster Newton during the 1930s.

Meanwhile, the Mill is in action on Saturday and Sunday, 14-15 May, for National Mills Weekend. For more details visit www. sturminsternewton-museum. co.uk/events/ • Church of St Peter & St Paul Wincanton is holding a coffee morning and plant sale on Saturday, 14 May, from 10am-noon. Cakes, books and raffle. Everyone welcome. Phone: 01963 824503.

• Sherborne Library hosts a ‘Story Den’ on Saturday, 25 June, from 10-11am. Help build a den in the children’s area – a perfect place to listen to stories. Suitable for children aged three-plus.

Booking essential – phone 01935 812683.

• Filgroup’s next meeting is on Thursday, 19 May, and will be a guided tour of

David and Celia Hazelgrove’s garden, followed by a glass of Pimms and David on hand to answer any questions. For more info email filgroup15@ gmail.com • The Powell Theatre, Abbey Road, Sherborne, is the venue for a talk by bestselling, prize-winning author Toby Harnden on ‘First Casualty: The Untold Story of the battle that began the war in Afghanistan’ at Sherborne Literary Society on Tuesday, 24 May, at 7pm.

• Sherborne Castle Fair and Rare Breeds Survival Trust show is on Sunday, 29 May. Everyone welcome.

• Dog lovers should head over to Martinstown village hall on Sunday, 21 May, for a fun dog show. If it is sunny the show will take place on the grass outside but it will go ahead indoors if it is raining. Classes include veteran, rescue and Heinz 57, all at £2.50 each. Fun classes cost £1 each, or you can enter the lot for £5! Pick from dog most like owner, waggiest tail, ‘doggy’ fancy dress and many more.

Entries will be taken from noon and the show proper starts at 2pm. Enquiries to Antonia 07813 196958.

• St Gregory’s CofE Primary School is hosting a Jubilee quiz night and auction on Saturday, 21 May, at 7pm at Marnhull village hall.

Quizmaster Simon Hoare will kick off proceedings at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £12.50 per person and include a locally sourced ploughman’s supper and raffle ticket. If making up a team please supply names and team name along with full payment.

Places are limited – tickets available via Robin Hill

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In addition to a display linked to the Queen’s Green Canopy and special classes in floral artistry, livestock and equestrian events, and the Food and Drink Awards; there will also be images of the Queen visiting the show over the years positioned throughout the Showground.

The Paul Hannam Stunt Show, Pawsability Dog Agility Display and Lakeside Farm are making a welcome return; whilst The Great British Kitchen will be making its debut with demonstrations by Briony May Williams, semi-finalist in the 2018 series of The Great British Bake Off (2nd June), Dean Edwards, who appeared regularly on ITV’s Lorraine and This Morning (3rd June) and ‘Yorkshire Shepherdess’ Amanda Owen (4th June).

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run his successful farming contracting business. He’ll be visiting Lakeside Farm and young farmers, so head to those areas to be in with a chance of meeting him.

The Royal Bath & West Show wouldn’t be complete without the old favourites loved by regular visitors. The familiar sheep show, heavy horses, vintage vehicles, and the Bath & West Train make their regular appearance alongside the new features; whilst the Pilton Tent, with the opportunity to camp on-site, is also returning, helping visitors to make a memorable weekend of their trip to the Show.

Advance Saver Tickets are on sale at just £22 per adult (rising to £25 on 25th May), which also allows admission for two children. What’s more, Blue Light Card Holders enjoy a further discount, making the Royal Bath & West Show a great value day out for all the family.

Jess Chiplen, Deputy Head of Shows, said “With the opening day of the Royal Bath and West Show 2022 just around the corner, we’re putting the finishing touches to our packed programme. The introduction of new attractions alongside the old favourites is one of the reasons why visitors return to the show year after year, and we hope that our Jubilee-themed additions bring an extra layer of joy to everyone attending this year.”

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• Sherborne Library hosts ‘Not-A-Pub Quiz’ on Saturday, 21 May, from 2-3.30pm – an afternoon of quizzing in the library. No entry fee, no teams, no pressure – just a bit of fun.

Booking is essential – visit Eventbrite online or phone 01935 812683.

• A marathon walk will take place from Stonehenge to Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday, 21 May. Money raised in aid of Sudan Medical Link will ensure the distribution of medicines and supplies to local clinics, medical training and primary healthcare kits. Walkers can

do a full (26 miles) or half-marathon (13 miles).

The registration fee of £29 includes leaders, support, water stops, packed lunch and refreshments, a finisher’s medal and a map.

Participants need to commit to a minimum fundraise of £100/£120 depending on the distance they are walking.

For more details and to register visit www.salisbury. anglican.org/mission/ the-sudan-link/medical-link • Friends of Sherborne Abbey’s annual meeting is being held in The Abbey on Monday, 23 May, at 7pm – not 16 May as previously advertised. The meeting will follow a Friends’ Evensong at 6pm and a short reception will be held between the two events. The trustees’ report and accounts for the year ending 31 December 2021

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have been sent to all the Friends and copies are available from the parish office. Everyone is welcome.

• Living Spit’s Elizabeth I – Virgin on the Ridiculous, Tuesday, 24 May, 7.30pm.

After touring its sold-outfrom-Penzance-to-Pitlochry, Off-West-End-Awardnominated The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Living Spit returns with the second of its second (un)Holy Trinity of hilarious heritage historiographies. (14-plus) £15/ £14 conc, The Exchange, Sturminster Newton. Box office www. stur-exchange.co.uk; phone 01258 475137.

• Monty Halls – Commando, Thursday, 26 May, 7.30pm.

Monty Halls is best known as an author and TV broadcaster. Join him to

celebrate the launch of his new book, ‘Commando’. The event will reveal the behind the scenes story of one of the world’s most revered military units, as well as describing the filming of the BBC series which accompanies the book. £10, The Exchange, Sturminster Newton. Box office www. stur-exchange.co.uk; phone 01258 475137.

• Monthly team litter picking with Sherborne Stop the Litter Campaign – Tuesdays 10am-noon). High-vis tabards, litter pickers, bags and gloves will be provided.

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Enquiries 01725 516311 COUNTRY LINK SOCIAL GROUP. Fresh air, fun, food and friendship. Tel. Andy 01225 834834 or Val 01749 342918 www.country-link.org.uk BINGO CHILD OKEFORD VILLAGE HALL Friday 20th may Eyes down 7-30 WINTERBORNE WHITECHURCH VILLAGE HALL BINGO MAY 14TH 7PM START TURNWORTH DT11 Sunday 29 May 11am-4:30pm. Friendly event for all the family: teas; plants & produce; bric-a-brac; music; kids’ fun. Free entry/ parking

THURSDAY 19TH MAY. FROM 5.45PM AT SHAFTESBURY SCHOOL. Join the conversation ‘Shaftesbury 2030: Choosing our future’. Choice of talks & short films. Free, including meal. Discussions. Open to all but booking essential at Shaftesbury2030.eventbrite.com SHED & BRIC-A-BRAC CLEARANCE SALE, Saturday 14 May10-30am - 1:30pm, 38 Schelling Way, Shillingstone DT11 OTH 01258 860019 THE 4 VILLAGES SPRING FETE IS BACK! FAMILY FUN BUMPER STALLS SUNDAY 22 MAY CHARLTON SP7 0PL GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ Sat 28th May Mere Social Cub 7pm £10 team of 4. Book in you team at sue@cispp.org.uk. Bar, raffle. http://www.cispp.org.uk.

NEXT ROCK N ROLL Tuesday 17th May 2pm – 4pm Vicarage School Room, Queen Street, Gillingham Then every 3rd Tuesday Dance, teas, raffle £3

SIXPENNY HANDLEY W.I. JUMBLE SALE SATURDAY 21ST MAY SIXPENNY HANDLEY VILLAGE HALL Doors open 2.30pm Lots of stalls teas raffle Entrance 30p

PLANT SALE Sunday 22nd May 2-5pm Fifehead Neville village hall DT10 2AL Refreshments available

SYDLING OPEN GARDENS WEEKEND Saturday May 28th Sunday May 29th Many beautiful gardens open 2pm - 6pm Teas & plant stalls in the Village Hall Admission £5.00 Accompanied children free Sorry no dogs Tickets available from the Village Hall BACON BAP & COFFEE SHERBORNE CHURCH HALL, cheap street, for CCLL Ukrainian Crisis Fund 28 May 9.30am -1pm FIFEHEAD MAGDALEN JUBILEE GARDEN PARTY at Middle Farm, SP8 5RR Friday 3rd June from noon BBQ, Bar, Teas, Plants, Home Produce STOUR PROVOST GARDENS OPEN Saturday & Sunday 28/29 May 2022 2pm - 5pm Entrance £5 (for 12 gardens) Children Free GILLINGHAM LADIES SKITTLES Wednesday 15th June at British Legion Gillingham.

If you are interested in putting in a team please come along even if you think you do not have enough players. Or just if you are interested in playing.

Please call Carol on 07765 296930 or email carolhookins@gmail. com

MONDAY LUNCH CLUBS weekly bar Bank Holidays. A chance to socialise/ meet friends old and new. Transport free.

Cost of Lunch from £6.50.

Meals on Wheels (hot food) home deliveries available weekdays for same costs Friends of Stour Connect (Charity) Sturminster Newton DT10 1JF. For bookings/menus 01258471359/07849618522 or admin@friendsofstourconnect. org

LYN’S BINGO AT MARNHULL ROYAL BRITISH LEGION on Monday May 16th. Eyes down 7pm JUMBLE AND PLANT SALE AT MELBURY ABBAS VILLAGE HALL SP7 0DB SATURDAY 21ST MAY 10AM-12.30PM SILTON ART GROUP EXHIBITION Shaftesbury Art Centre 13, Bell Street Shaftesbury SP7 8AR 11th-17th May 2022, 10am to 4pm, Free entry

BINGO! 5 11 64 22 Stalbridge Hall Thursday 26th May

Doors Open 6.30pm Eyes Down 7.30pm In aid of hall funds

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OVER-50s BADMINTON CLUB Monday and Thursday mornings at Sturminster Newton Leisure Centre.

Friendly club. All abilities welcome.

Tel. Rod 01963 362724 or Mike 01258 860799

GARAGE SALE SPARKFORD VILLAGE Sunday 15th May 11.00am to 3.00pm BBQ & Refreshments Map of stalls available from the Village Hall

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Events Guide Simons Road (outside the stores); 18 October – West End Hall; 15 November – junction of Coombe/ Blackberry Lane; 20 December – junction of Castleton/Newland/New Road/Long Street.

• Cindy Chant will present her talk ‘Elizabeth I: Virgin Queen or Secret Mother’ at Sherborne Library on Friday, 27 May, from 3-4pm.

Booking essential – visit Eventbrite online or phone 01935 812683.

• Fisherton Mill in Salisbury is welcoming back artist Peter J E Matthews with his exhibition ‘New Paintings’.

Peter, whose last exhibition there was in 2018, returns with a collection of work

inspired by an extended trip to Singapore, New Zealand and Australia in 2020, cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic. His ‘New Paintings’ show runs from Saturday, 28 May to Saturday, 25 June, and admission is free. Opening hours are Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday, 9.30am-5.30pm. For more information, email admin@ fishertonmill.co.uk or visit www.fishertonmill.co.uk Fisherton Mill is at 108 Fisherton Street – phone 01722 415121. Visitors can meet the artist on Saturday, 28 May, from 10.30am3.30pm.

• Sherborne Library hosts ‘Hats Off To The Queen’ on Monday, 30 May, from

TREASURES FROM THE SILK ROAD

Open Showroom at Plumber Cottage, Fifehead Neville, Sturminster Newton, Dorset DT10 2AL Thursday 19th - Sunday 22nd & Thursday 26th - Sunday 29th May 10am-5pm every day Anne Hildyard’s collection of Central Asian Embroideries & robes, Turkish kelim rugs, cushions, bags & shoes for men &women. Jewellery, scarves, glass lanterns, and more from the bazaars of Istanbul.

For directions: www.treasuresfromthesilkroad.co.uk or telephone 01258 817518 The showroom is also open by appointment throughout the year.

10-11.30am – a special Jubilee-themed craft session.

Suitable for children aged three-plus. Booking essential – visit Eventbrite online or phone 01935 812683.

• Trio Paradis Café Concerts are coming to All Saints Church, Castle Cary, on the first Wednesday of the month. They start on Wednesday, 1 June, at 2pm with ‘Birds & Beasts’ – a concert particularly suitable for families with children.

Future dates: Wednesday, 6 July – ‘Here & Now’; Wednesday, 3 August – ‘Songs of Travel’, Wednesday, 7, September – ‘Romantic Trios’. All Saints church cafe will open from 1.30pm for tea, coffee and home-made cakes. Visit www.trioparadis.com for more information.

• The Vanner Gallery in Salisbury is presenting an exhibition of original artworks by seven leading

women artists.

• Fifteen gardeners in Castle Cary are opening their plots to visitors over the Jubilee Bank Holiday. The event is being held in aid of the Caryford Hall Extension Project on Friday, June 3.

Advance tickets and maps cost £10 with children going free. Plant sales will be held at Cary Place and Jubilee teas at the Market House.

Tickets are available at The Wonderful Garden Company in Castle Cary High Street and caryfordhall.co.uk • The Tarrant Monkton TV10, 10km road race is on Sunday, 19 June, along with a separate one-mile children’s fun run. The races start at 10.30am and 10.35am respectively, in front of The Langton Arms pub. Details, including online and postal entry information, can be found on the website, www. tarrantvalley10.webs.com

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History

Village’s cast of colourful characters

by Laura Manning The Blackmore Vale Group of the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society welcomed Andrew Vickers, chairman of the Okeford Fitzpaine History Group, to a social evening, where he gave an illuminating presentation on notable natives from his village.

Captain Ignatius White, a ‘papist’ who supported King Charles I during the Civil War, was infamous for laying siege to Wardour Castle.

John Freke had much more philanthropic aims. He was born in the village in 1688 and went on to become the world’s first specialist eye surgeon – he also designed the obstetric forceps still in use today. Freke became president of the Royal College of Surgeons and reduced the medical profession’s reliance on cadavers provided by grave robbers by suggesting the bodies of executed criminals be used instead.

Okeford Mill was the home of the well-known smuggler Roger Ridout.

Ernest John Hutchings Lemon rose from being a lowly servant boy at the vicarage to becoming a peer of the realm in 1941. Lemon, a mechanical engineer, received an OBE for his work designing hospital trains in the First

THE BLACK BOOK

Charley Farley and Piggy Malone...aka The Two Ronnies.

Ernest John Hutchings Lemon rose to eminence from lowly beginnings.

World War and was director general of aircraft production in the Second World War. In addition to these ‘native’ Okefordians, Andrew reminded the audience about two dodgy characters who took up temporary residence in the 1970s – Charley Farley and Piggy Malone...aka The Two Ronnies!

Residents still remember the excitement caused by filming around the churchyard and trying to get meals from the filming unit’s restaurant van!

This month, four blue plaques

commemorating notable houses connected to famous residents in Okeford Fitzpaine are set to be unveiled as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

For details on future evenings with The Blackmore Vale Group, phone 01258 472942 or email blackmorevalegroup@gmail.com n Inspire New Blackmore Vale readers with tales about your own village visitors – email newsdesk@ blackmorevale.com

Mighty machines at the steam rally!

by Lorraine Gibson Expect a weekend extravaganza of mighty machinery, music, motors and more at the Three Okefords Steam & Vintage Show.

Alongside all the big-boy agriculture, engines and trucks, will be a display of miniature machines, vintage vehicles and classic cars, plus demonstrations of old-school rural craft methods such as sawing and threshing.

Since its inception in 1989, the show has always attracted big crowds thanks to its combination of jaw-dropping examples of

engineering and mechanics, and fun activities. After a long pandemic hiatus, the organisers cannot wait to get going again.

Think tractor pulling competitions, live music – from Pressgang on Friday and Badger Boys, Saturday – craft and trade stalls and you have only scraped the surface.

“If you’re looking for a fun-filled family day out, you'll love it,” say organisers, the Three Okeford’s Preservation Society.

“Every year we always aim for the best and offer a wide range of attractions

and exhibits that you may not see at any other shows.

“Whether you’re into steam engines, classic cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, tractors or even just the live evening entertainments, there is something here for you.”

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are still available. Tickets are children under 16, £5 (under-fives free), £10 adult, £28 family.

Shillingstone Steam Rally is on Saturday and Sunday, 21-22 May, at Blandford Road, Shillingstone. www.threeokefordsrally.co.uk

‘Shillingstone, The Station that Never Closed’, is the subject of Gillingham Local History Society’s talk at the Methodist Church Hall on Tuesday, May 17, at 7.30pm.

Will Applebee, a trustee of the management committee of North Dorset Railway, will present it.

Shillingstone is the last surviving example of a station built by the Dorset Central Railway. Enthusiasts have been working to re-open it as a heritage railway attraction since 2001.

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Church • Shaftesbury Quakers (Society of Friends). Meets for one hour each Sunday from 10.30am at the Quaker Meeting House, Abbey Walk, Shaftesbury SP7 8BB. Everyone welcome.

• West Camel Independent Methodists. Meets at All Saints Church on the first Sunday of the month at 4pm followed by tea. Other Sundays, evening worship is at 6pm. Phone 01935 850838 or Geoff.mead@ yahoo.com.

• Blandford Methodist Church. Sunday services start at 10.45am. Over-60s lunch club on Tuesday and Friday priced £4. Reserve by phone. Coffee morning on Thursday, 10am-noon.

The church is anxious to offer help to those in need.

Leave a message on the phone and it will return the call within 24 hours.

• Anglican High Mass at Wimborne St Giles. High Mass is the first Sunday of each month at 10am. BH21 5LZ. • Coffee, Cake and Company at St Gregory’s Church, Marnhull. Every Thursday 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 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 (excluding Good Friday). 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.

3rd 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 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.

• St Mary The Virgin, Charlton Marshall.

Sunday, 15 May, 9.30am Family Service. Sunday, 22 May, 9.30am Communion Sunday, 29 May, 9.30am Said Communion.

• St John the Baptist, Spetisbury. Sunday, 15

May, 9.30am Communion.

Sunday, 22 May, 9.30am Morning Worship.

• All Saints, Langton Long. Sunday, 15 May, 11am Morning Worship.

Sunday 22 May, 11am Communion.

• Tarrant Rushton. Sunday, 15 May, 11am Communion.

• Tarrant Crawford.

Sunday, 22 May, 11am Communion.

• Clive Tory Farm. Sunday, 29 May, 10.45am Outdoor Worship.

• Charlton Marshall village hall. Sunday, 29 May, 4.30pm Tea and Worship.

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

• St Benedict’s RC Church, Gillingham.

Sunday, 11am.

• St Mary Magdalene, Castleton. Sunday, 15 May, Mattins & Fellowship Sunday, 11am. Sunday, 22 May, Mattins 11am. Sunday, 29 May, BCP Holy Communion 11am.

• St Martin of Tours, Lillington. Sunday, 15 May, Morning Service 10am.

Sunday, 22 May, Morning Service 10am. Sunday, 29 May, Morning Service followed by APCM 10am.

• St James the Great, Longburton. Sunday, 15 May, Family Communion 10am. Sunday, 22 May, Said Holy Communion 10am.

Sunday, 29 May, Songs of Praise 6pm.

• St Paul’s Church, Sherborne. Sunday, 15 May, Morning Worship 10.30am. Sunday, 22 May, All Age Worship 10.30am.

Sunday, 29 May, Morning Worship 10.30am.

• Services in the Shaftesbury Team Ministry. Sunday, 15 May – 9.30am, St Peter’s, Parish Communion; 9.30am, St James’, Parish Communion;

11.15am, Compton Abbas, Parish Communion; 11.15am, Enmore Green, Morning Worship; 6pm, Motcombe, Evening Worship. Sunday, 22 May – 9.30am, St Peter’s, Parish Communion; 9.30am, Motcombe, Parish Communion; 11.15am, Melbury Abbas, Parish Communion; 6pm, St James’, Reflective Evening Communion.

• Lower Stour Benefice June services. Sunday, 5 June: 9.45am – Said Communion, St John Baptist, Spetisbury; 10.45am – Platinum Jubilee Service, St Mary The Virgin Charlton Marshall; 10.45am – Platinum Jubilee Service, St John Baptist, Spetisbury; 11am – Platinum Jubilee Service, All Saints Langton Long; 11am – Platinum Jubilee Service, - Tarrant Keyneston. Sunday, 12 June: 9.30am – Communion, St Mary Church, Blandford St Mary; 11am – Communion, All Saints Langton Long.

• Benefice of St Bartholomew. Sunday, 22 May – Rogation Walk, 9am, and service, 10.30am. Walk the Sedgehill Loop – about three miles, buggy- and dog-friendly – meeting at Sweetwell Farm, Sedgehill, SP7 9JB or just for the Sweetwell barn service and refreshments. Thursday, 26 May – Ascension Day service and picnic, 11am, Win Green. Sunday, 29 May – Family Eucharist for Ascension, 11am, St John’s, Charlton.

St Mary’s Church Community Fete. Bruton Choral Society will perform a concert at St Mary’s Church on Saturday, 21 May, at 7.30pm. Free entry and all proceeds to the DEC Ukraine Appeal.

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Meet our Vicar in the Vale The New Blackmore Vale is delighted to welcome the Revd. Jonathan Evans of St Mary the Virgin Church, Bruton, as a regular columnist.

He came to Bruton during lockdown from Holy Trinity, Christchurch, with his wife, Alice.

The parish of St Mary’s is within Bruton and District Benefice and includes Brewham, Pitcombe, Redlynch, Shepton Montague and Wyke Champflower.

Revd. Evans has been delighted to receive a warm welcome and to find such vibrant communities.

He has written of his understanding that the essence of the Church is community – a group of

where we live. The challenges in a predominantly post-Christian culture are many and large, and we trust in God’s grace and abundance”.

Anyone with questions or

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Church observations for Revd. Evans about issues in life or for the church in the Blackmore Vale, can email questions and thoughts to newsdesk@ blackmorevale.net.

Parish meeting date The Revd. Jonathan Evans

people called together.

He said: “Christianity is an incarnational religion, which demands of us togetherness and participation. We are called to be active in serving and sustaining the communities

The annual parish meeting at Bishop’s Caundle is on Tuesday, 24 May, at 7pm in the village hall, one week later than advertised. The council’s annual meeting will follow.

Any groups or organisations that would like to contribute to the parish meeting, either in person or with a short report to be read out on their behalf, should contact the clerk at bishopscaundle@dorset-aptc.gov.uk.

Caundle Marsh PCC is holding a major fundraising event on Sunday, 19 June, (Fathers’ Day) to help fund the repainting of the church interior and to finance the maintenance of the churchyard so that it should continue to meet the needs of the community.

Visit via the Walled Garden next to Glebe House and the church just off the A3030 at DT9 5LX. Clear signs will be displayed – open 10am-5pm. Cream teas served throughout.

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Education

Head delighted at school report Shaftesbury CofE Primary School has been recognised as ‘Good’ by Ofsted, following an inspection before Easter.

The school had previously been rated as ‘Requires Improvement’ following inspections in both 2014 and 2018.

Ofsted praised pupils, saying they talk ‘about the importance of aiming high and being respectful to others’ and that they are ‘proud of their school and enjoy learning’.

The ambitious curriculum brought in before the Covid-19 pandemic was highlighted as an area of

improvement, with Ofsted saying it had ‘raised expectations of pupils’ learning’.

The school is also very good at meeting the needs of children with SEND needs, ensuring they are fully integrated into their classes with the right support.

Reading was praised, with the inspectors saying ‘the curriculum is implemented effectively…and prepares children to be keen and skilled readers’. Teachers nurture a love of reading and the school has a brilliant, well-stocked library for the children to enjoy.

Headteacher Paul Lavis

said: “I’m so proud of our achievements and thrilled for our children and families who can now boast they come to a school the world sees as a ‘good’ school.

“We have such a great team here – including our governors, who provide us with fantastic support and guidance – all pulling in the same direction to provide a learning environment that has us all feeling safe and loved and that inspires everyone to be the best they can be. Well done to all.”

Shaftesbury Primary is a member of the Sherborne Area Schools’ Trust (SAST).

Its chief executive Colin

Sinclair said: “We are incredibly proud of the hard work of Paul and his team in raising standards, and delivering excellent education to pupils at the school. It is a difficult job to improve a school following a ‘Requires Improvement’ grading but the team have done that and more!”

Following the inspection, Mr Lavis has been appointed as a primary director of Improvement for SAST, where he will work to support other primary schools to help them improve, while continuing with his role as headteacher at Shaftesbury Primary.

Children plant trees for Ukraine The Piddle Path Action Team joined hands with Piddle Valley CofE First School at Piddletrenthide, Dorchester, to plant 50 trees along the Piddle Path bridleway and raise funds for Ukraine.

The tree planting was split over two days. On the first day the entire school walked along the Piddle Path bridleway and each class adopted, and planted, ‘their’ tree.

Headteacher Jayne Browne said: “The children are excited about returning

for regular visits to their tree.

Just think of the four-yearolds in Reception enjoying their tree in 20 years’ time when both are fully grown!”

On the second day the tree planting was opened up to the wider community and people young and old came along wielding spade and watering can to adopt a tree.

A total of £345 was raised, which will be split between relief efforts in Ukraine and building a bike shelter at the school.

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Politics

Council: will bigger really be better?

I spent election day as a teller outside a Somerset polling station.

I was lucky to have the sunshine and a vista of increasingly green and rolling hills.

A peaceful scene, interrupted by the odd helicopter out of Yeovilton and a voter or two.

I was struck by the determination of the many older and more fragile folk bent on doing their civic duty. I was struck, too, by how few of the younger generation there seemed to be but perhaps they got smart and voted by post.

It seems a pity that postal voting is becoming so much more the norm. It does detract from the sense of theatre and impending melodrama which polling stations seem to engender.

The results were truly dramatic as we all now know.

The teams working across the county are to be congratulated. Personally, I have rarely worked with such a capable, dedicated and

Mike Chapman on behalf of Liberal Democrats across the Blackmore Vale hard-working crew.

Telling is always an opportunity for some conversations and here was no exception.

Many people’s views were drawn down from their perceptions of national, even international issues – the economy, the return of stagflation – signalled by the Bank of England’s forecast of an economic downturn at the same time as it raised interest rates – and our national reputation. The

predominant local concerns were about the formation of the new Unitary Council in Somerset – will it make local government feel further away and will the inevitable cost savings come at the expense of services?

This part of the world already feels it is on the edge of many services, be it access to primary healthcare, the distance to a hospital, the availability of social care or the response times of ambulances.

There is a worry that ‘bigger is better’ is just an assumption not a fact while real evidence exists that larger councils create more distanced councillors, more scope for party politics and a general reduction in public engagement.

Outside the UK, multilevel local government is the prevailing system, with major towns normally having a local authority.

A recent LSE report suggests the average local authority in England serves 170,000 people, three times

the average across Europe.

Somerset Council will be serving more than half a million people.

Somerset has the opportunity now with a strong new county-wide team under Lib Dem leadership to tackle the big and challenging areas of change such as social care, water quality and the response to climate change.

Other important themes include a joined-up planning system working in tune with communities, highway and transport improvements, addressing rural isolation and incentives for modern, forward-looking business investment.

The new authority also has that task of breaking the mould by delivering the benefits of scale while still feeling local and accessible, driven by local need not central diktat.

A tough call but success in this endeavour would deliver a strong message to Dorset. I do like a nice bit of Domino Theory.

make up the total.

Somerset County Council has been Conservativecontrolled since 2009.

Until the new unitary council is formed at the start of April next year, the Liberal Democrats will run the county council.

The new unitary

authority will then replace the county and five district councils for a further four-year term.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, visited Taunton on the day of the count to congratulate the newly elected Liberal Democrat team.

Victory for the Lib-Dems in elections to new unitary authority By late afternoon on 6 May it became clear the Liberal Democrats had swept the board in the election for the new Somerset Council.

The council will become the new unitary local authority, taking over from the county council and five district councils which manage services today.

A total of 337 candidates fought for 110 seats across the county.

The Liberal Democrats won 61 seats out of that total, a majority over all other parties of 12.

The Conservatives won 36 seats, while Labour and the Green Party have five seats each. Three independents

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MPs’ round-up

MPs are under the microscope 24/7 I’m writing before polling day but have been out knocking doors so have a keen sense of where we’re heading, at least in the south.

My guess is it’s not great for my party which will have to do some long hard thinking in the days and weeks ahead.

Meanwhile, sleaze has been in the news again. I try to avoid being judgemental, particularly when I’m not in full possession of the facts.

I’d just make one observation, though. It makes no sense to suggest MPs are any more or less venal than any other group. Why would they be?

Indeed, since they’re pre-screened for criminality, misdemeanours and otherwise colourful pasts, you might expect them to be less likely than average to

Conservative MP for South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison indulge in questionable behaviour. So what’s going on?

Talk of parliament being institutionally racist, misogynistic, corrupt etc is, in my view, a gross oversimplification.

It isn’t my experience as a

fairly seasoned and, I hope, objective observer of workplaces and the people who work in them.

In reality, like every other place of work, parliament has undergone an attitudinal and behavioural transformation over the two decades I’ve been an MP, reflecting the society from which it is drawn.

It is a very different place to the one I entered in 2001 – I’m pleased to say.

No, the big difference is that MPs are not so much in the spotlight as under the microscope.

And it’s relentless, 24/7.

I’m struggling to think of any other walk of life where every utterance, every move is potentially not only career-ending but reputationally terminal.

A stand-out feature of the

UK media is the particularly salacious delight it takes in amplifying politicians’ faults and foibles.

The danger is that parliament is seen for what it isn’t and people shift from the healthy scepticism that characterises a vibrant democracy to outright cynicism.

It means that able individuals are put off politics as a form of public service and others quit early – as is happening now, an exodus I expect to accelerate towards the General Election.

That said, it remains a genuine pleasure and great privilege to serve our neck of the woods.

I’m certainly planning to continue – as long as voters are prepared to put up with me!

primary. It is an incredibly satisfying thing to do.

Just pause and consider the role of education.

Shaping our future generations, inspiring confidence, building platforms from which to launch the whole of a pupil’s life. Working alongside our dedicated teachers to make a real difference. Helping to sculpt the ethos and values of a school. Equipping our young people with the skills and learning to meet the challenges of tomorrow. It is hoped to foster the energies of social mobility, bridging the productivity and skills gap.

Many of our local schools would like to add to their governing bodies. You don’t have to be a parent or education expert. You just

have to be someone who likes rolling their sleeves up, getting involved and working as part of a team. A team which asks themselves only one basic question – how can we make this school even better for the children who come here?

The workload is not onerous but the personal rewards are incalculable. If you are a business woman or man with a keen eye for financial planning, budgeting and resource allocation, your skills are needed.

If you’re interested, why not contact your local school, either primary or secondary. If you would like me to make the introduction to your nearest school, please email me with your address to simon. hoare.mp@parliament.uk

Could you be a school governor?

If one subscribes to the theory that every cloud has a silver lining, then we must accept that Covid did, too.

The silver lining was the tangible increase in the number of people who undertook some form of voluntary work to help their communities.

Many people tried volunteering for the first time. They liked it and they are keen to identify another outlet for their energies.

The increase of working from home for many, for part of the week at least, also means lots of people have a bit more time on their hands as the need for work travel is reduced.

With that in mind, over coming articles I am going to point out some volunteering opportunities.

Conservative MP for North Dorset Simon Hoare Up first is becoming a school governor. It is a job I have done in two schools, including a time as chairman of a governing body. It is a role my wife Kate fulfils as the safeguarding governor at our youngest daughter’s

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Out and about in the constituency This week, I’d like to share with you some insights from my constituency diary appointments.

On Saturday, 23 April, it was a very enjoyable morning supporting the charity vintage tractor run in and around Beaminster and Bridport in aid of Mountjoy School.

Paula Randall brought together a fantastic show having been set back two years as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

People came from across Dorset to participate.

It really demonstrates the strength of support for this cause and the special role Mountjoy School has in supporting students and families from across the

Conservative MP for West Dorset Chris Loder area.

The following Sunday, I attended St Andrews Church in Leigh for an award presented to the church for raising the most

money for the Dorset Historic Churches Trust during its annual Ride and Stride event in September.

In fact, nearly £2,500 was raised from the parish.

The importance of our local churches cannot be overstated.

They are living, breathing buildings that are at the heart of every village community, the source of counsel and spiritual support when people need it most, as well as historic monuments to the history and stories of our parishes.

The work of the Dorset Historic Churches Trust is really important and I encourage you to support it and the many parish

churches which need our help to sustain their work and presence.

Looking ahead, on Saturday, 14 May, at 3pm, a Thanksgiving Service will be held at Sherborne Abbey for the Yeatman Hospital.

One of the reasons I worked so hard to get the Minor Injuries Unit reopened is because I appreciate just how fortunate we are to have such an important facility in our community.

This service will underscore the importance of the Yeatman Hospital to Sherborne and surrounding villages and I warmly encourage you to attend if you can.

casting doubt over those statistics.

The police and crime commissioner for Dorset was challenged on staffing levels recently but refused to give details, citing operational reasons.

If the PCC won’t say how many bobbies are on the beat, surely that tells us there are gaps.

The issue – as ever – seems to be funding.

The sense that rural communities are low crime communities pervades central government thinking.

This year, Dorset received one of the lowest police funding increases, along with rural Gloucestershire and North Wales.

Overall police funding has only just returned to the level of the last Labour government, despite the Tories pushing taxes up to

the highest levels since the Second World War. No levelling up money.

No regional bus grants.

And now one of the lowest police funding settlements.

So much for Dorset being represented in Westminster.

You can tell a lot about a Government by what it chooses not to do as much as what it prioritises.

This week, it dropped the proposed audit reform bill.

Four years, three reviews and one huge consultation since the collapse of Carillion, with a consensus painstakingly forged across auditors, the audited and both sides of the house – and it’s been dropped.

Apparently privatising Channel 4 and crippling the BBC is more important than stopping corporate malfeasance. Priorities, eh?

Police funding is cause for concern We’ve read and heard a lot in the local media recently about crime.

No, no – I’m not talking about the MPs for once but crime here in our community.

There’s real concern it is increasing and that the local police force is too thinly spread to respond to it.

Shops have been broken into, catalytic converter thefts are on the increase, even a charity box in Stur has been stolen.

Gillingham has seen robberies and sexual assaults.

While these incidents are – rightly – getting a lot of attention, if we look at the statistics, crime levels have been relatively flat through 2021 and into 2022.

What’s really worrying local people is the anecdotes of people calling 999 but no police car being

Greg Williams, on behalf of Dorset Labour dispatched.

A campsite in Melbury was recently overrun with ravers but when the owner called 999 they were told no police could attend as only one car was covering the whole of north Dorset.

If people don’t think the police are going to respond, then they are less likely to report a crime,

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What – and when – is Dorset’s development ‘tipping point’?

Scientists tell us the human race cannot continue to allow the natural environment to be covered in bricks and mortar without terminal results for all biological life on Earth – including, of course, ourselves.

Hence two items in your 29 April edition stood out for special mention: First, on page 5, the lead item ‘Homes green light could see village population increase by 20 per cent’ gave a revealing and disturbing insight into how Dorset Council’s planning system is now operating. The revelation was that, in effect, Dorset’s planning officers are unable to recommend any refusals for even moderate scale housing development because they are under pressure to meet central government housing targets.

What was, and is, disturbing is that even those councillors, such as council chairman Val Pothecary, who are ‘not happy’ with this situation feel unable to reject plans if officers tell them they can’t!

The moral of that particular story is not just that officers and not elected members now decide on development in Dorset but that nothing will change until someone decides, as set out plainly by planning officer Hannah Smith in the report, that Dorset has reached a development ‘tipping point’.

In her words: “There’s no cap on development numbers...

The last inspector said there may well be a tipping point but this is not it” – that is, we’re not there yet.

So now we know a ‘tipping point’ is on the cards, I’d suggest the residents of

Dorset now need to get their local politicians to define exactly what that tipping point – that line in the sand if you prefer – is and when it might be reached. This is precisely what we elect politicians to do after all.

Then, on page 40, North Dorset MP Simon Hoare, in his opinion piece bewailing the low moral state of his colleagues in Parliament, lists the cost of living crisis, global economic slowdown and war in Ukraine as issues that make this ‘a deeply unsettling and frightening time’. Indeed, they do – but he makes no mention of the one issue that far and away surpasses all others for being ‘deeply unsettling and frightening’ and that is climate change. Scientists tell us we have only a matter of a few years – until about 2030 – before we reach a climate ‘tipping point’ from which there is no likely return, for the human race at least.

So, the only real question then is which ‘tipping point’ we reach first – the tipping point of destroying so much of the natural world by development for purely financial gain that it becomes uninhabitable or the climate tipping point that will end all human life on Earth anyway.

They may, of course, be the same point but for our children and grandchildren’s sake someone at Dorset Council needs to have the courage and foresight to start telling us – and fast.

Richard Thomas Shaftesbury What a sensible article by Barbara Cossins (New Blackmore Vale, April 29 – ‘Why are we not supporting

home-grown in an unstable world?’).

The aim of a maximum degree of self-sufficiency in food production was being advocated by environment groups 50 years ago. But then, as now, politicians took no notice, going for the ‘economic’ – that is cheapest – strategy rather than the environmentally sensible one.

Two months ago I wrote to my local MP, Simon Hoare, about the latest example of this in the following letter: “This evening’s ‘Countryfile’ programme (BBC 1, February 20) included a feature on the sugar industry. Farmers of sugar beet are concerned at being priced out of business because of cheap imported sugar cane. One farmer made the point that sugar production from UKproduced sugar beet involves minimal food-miles compared with importing sugar cane from distant countries like Brazil – which is also tariff-free. Are we going to continue allowing economics to overrule environmental criteria, even when we have made a commitment to a carbonneutral economy?

I trust that your support for the National Farmers’ Union will enable you to support their legal challenge to the trade deal that allows this undercutting of UK sugar beet farming.”

As of May 2 I am still awaiting a reply. However, I appreciate that mine was one of several hundred emails Mr Hoare probably received that week and wonder if any of our other regional MPs might

find time to comment.

Do they agree that imports from Brazil are the best way forward? And have they calculated the contribution such international trade will make to our carbon output?

Or perhaps some ingenious formula will ensure that the carbon output is added to Brazil’s total rather than be the UK’s responsibility?

Colin Marsh Gillingham We are all getting fed up with the continued closure of A30 at Kitt Hill in Sherborne.

Chris Loder MP has been campaigning for a resolution of this problem. But where are our county councillors?

A recent Liberal Democrat leaflet makes the feeble comment that: “The closure of both Kitt Hill and Corn Hill was a decision by officials, not our councillors…” But we elect our representatives to direct officials in the light of their local knowledge. What have they been doing to help resolve this problem?

The leaflet also suggests that: “The council should consider widening the road there.” It would undoubtedly be a valuable development from the traffic point of view.

As a civil engineer, I know it could be done. But with heritage considerations, houses on the south side and rising ground to the north, it would be inordinately expensive, with the need for a massive retaining wall.

It would be interesting to see what they are proposing – or is this just a throwaway remark?

Mike Keatinge Sherborne

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Letters tear it up. It suits Mr Johnson for people to believe the EU is to blame for this mess to deflect attention from his role in creating it.

It is unreasonable to expect an organisation to give way on one of its cornerstones, namely the integrity of the single market, to dig a former member out of a hole they have dug for themselves.

A good working relationship with the EU will be important for UK prosperity in the future. It will not be helped if we think we have been victimised every time we don’t get exactly what we want.

Gordon Lethbridge Sherborne Can someone please tell my why, with the energy crisis we have, the builders of all new houses aren’t being made to put solar panels on the roofs?

Allan Robson Sturminster Newton Cartoon by Lyndon Wall justsocaricatures.co.uk Those Brexiteers like Roger White (NBVM, April 29) who seem to believe we can’t benefit from Brexit because the EU is somehow not allowing us to are quite simply absurd.

Come on Roger, when will we see all the benefits of Brexit fall into place? It is a competitive world out there so why wouldn’t the EU seek to protect its integrity?

What was Brexit all about and why are we in this dire situation considering ‘we hold all the cards’? Oh, and I didn’t make that up!

Charles Ellis Blandford Forum Roger White (NBVM Letters 29 April) can’t see the irony when he blames the EU for post-Brexit problems.

Logically, had Brexit not happened, there wouldn’t have been any post-Brexit problems!

You voted for it, Mr White. If it has caused problems, they are what you voted for and what you caused to happen. Own it – blame yourself!

Barry Freeman Shaftesbury I agree with Roger White that the Northern Ireland Protocol is problematic (NBVM, 29 April) but the EU is not solely to blame for this.

Why did Boris Johnson agree to it in the first place?

Indeed, at the time, he boasted about how good the agreement was, only for months later to threaten to break international law and

I was interested in an article I read some time ago about French trains running on the left in The New Blackmore Vale Magazine.

In 2003 I travelled to Berlin by train from Gillingham, Dorset.

Gillingham-WaterlooBrussels-Berlin. I made a point of seeing how trains at the Belgium/German border changed from left to right – the left-sided eastbound track went down, under and up on the right hand side while the right-sided westbound track carried on straight through on the level.

I have not made a study of which side other countries’ railways run on but I know Algeria, an old French colony, runs on the left and, on riding a high speed train from Xian to Beijing in China a few years ago, I

noticed it ran on the left – the same as us.

And then there is Driving on the Right. It is generally accepted as having been started by Napoleon, un gauché – a left hooker – who marched his armies on the right side of the road. He installed his brother as King of Spain and, in consequence, Napoleon-conquered-Europe and all former French and Spanish colonies drive on the right; former British colonies plus Japan and Thailand on the left.

Not quite true – Portugal changed from left to right in 1920, Czechoslovakia in 1939 when Hitler moved in, Sweden in 1962 and Canada in 1925 to align with the USA. Several old British colonies in West Africa changed from left to right on independence in the 1960s.

And what about the Yanks ¬– when they built their first two-way turnpike soon after independence they sided with the French who had helped them in their fight against the British, said two fingers to the Brits and decided to go on the right.

Another subject I am interested in is old roads, particularly ancient trackways and drovers’ roads.

I have cycled the oldest long-distance road, The Great Ridgeway, which runs from Wells-next-the- Sea, Norfolk, to Seaton in Devon; the Hardway from Dover via the North Downs to FarnhamBasingstoke-AndoverStonehenge-Mere (Wilts) – to Sherborne in Dorset where it links with the Great Ridgeway; and various Ox Droves: Wingreen (Shaftesbury) to Staines for London, Old Sarum (Salisbury) to Staines, and several minor droves in Southern England.

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Strong prices for Garden goodies Chinese banknotes under hammer At Acreman St. Antiques Auction last month’s Coin & Banknote sale saw good prices realised including antique Chinese banknotes found folded up in a small purse, hammer £2,200 and £850.

And with the price of gold at a high, Britannia gold proof sets realised a total hammer price of £6,650 and a William IV sovereign hammer £600.

The General Antiques & Collectors auction saw surprising hammer prices, including a collection of antique Chinese and Japanese postcards, total hammer £1,490, and a pair of mid20th Century Fritz Hansen

swan chairs, hammer £800.

The 27 May auction includes silver cutlery, with Irish silver, and mid-20th Century furniture including G-Plan sofas and armchair, as well as the usual jewellery, silver and watches.

Acreman is now accepting items and is happy to discuss items anyone would like to consign. Should you need any advice, the firm is happy to make home visits and can arrange a complete house clearance, if required, at a competitive price.

For enquiries phone Gill Norman on 07908 333577 / 01935 508764 or email auction@acremanstreet antiques.co.uk

A large selection of garden items, including stone troughs and planters, staddle stones, garden statuary and garden furniture, a wooden beehive and large Mediterranean terracotta olive jars are in the May sale at Clarke’s Auctions at Semley this weekend.

They will be sold on Friday, May 13, at 10am.

Some of the lots offered are a 19th Century two-section mahogany military chest estimated at £300-£500, a Victorian Howard & Sons upholstered armchair (£350£450), a 19th Century Chippendale-style side table with tole-work tray top

(£100-£200) and a George III-style mahogany single four-poster bed (£80-£120).

The Chinese and Oriental section includes a variety of items such as a Chinese flambe glazed bottle vase with applied dragon to the neck and silver mounted hardwood stand estimated at £800-£1,200, a large Chinese vase decorated in relief with precious objects on a pink ground (£600-£800) and a selection of ceramics, ivories, tortoiseshell, reverse-painted paintings and works of art.

With nearly 1,000 lots to be sold over two days there is something to appeal to everyone.

FORTHCOMING AUCTION

JEWELLERY THE BOOK AUCTION - 17th June Consignments currently being invited Tolkein, ‘The Hobbit, or There and Back Again’ Again’ | Sold £59,800 Hutchins, ‘The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset’ Dorset’ | Sold £1,040

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Auction house launches sales of jewellery

Dore & Rees managing director Lee Young and Susan Rumfitt are linking up to hold two joint auctions a year at Dore & Rees’s salerooms in Frome.

Susan Rumfitt Fine Jewellery in Harrogate is a go-to place for direct buying and selling of high-quality jewellery.

She has built up a loyal following at her gallery since it was established in

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She said: “The opportunity to sell jewellery at live auction is well received and will achieve strong results.

“The excitement of the auction saleroom is always a draw for passionate collectors whether participating in the room or online.”

For Dore & Rees, the joint jewellery sales will further expand its rapidly growing specialist auction offering.

The auction rooms have gone from strength to strength since Lee Young took over in May 2021.

Fine Jewellery auctions will sit alongside successful auctions of Fine Asian Art, Classic Cars and Select Interiors.

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Antiques & Collectibles Sale Friday 13th and Saturday 14th May 2022 A set of six antique Indian ivory miniatures depicting Maharajas and wives.

Estimate £300 - £500

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An untreated ruby & sapphire clip.

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

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Oak hall stand sells for £3,400 If you’re looking forward to being back in ‘the room’, Clarke’s Auctions at Semley in Shaftesbury, is holding a spring weekend sale on Friday and Saturday, 13-14 May. Here you’ll find a variety of items for sale ranging from an ornamental, large gritstone mill grinding wheel perfect for the garden, Chinese ceramics, a private collection of Studio pottery, two late 19th Century continental mahogany Secretaire Abattant, two late Victorian/early Edwardian oak tambour fronted desks, 19th Century Bavarian-style carved oak hall chairs, plus a wide variety of country

house furniture, militaria and more.

Clarke’s last sale saw a large Black Forest carved oak hall stand fetch £3,400, a Turkish Islamic copper dallah jug style coffee pot reach £1,450, a Chinese famille rose teapot fetch £900 and an impressive Edwardian mahogany display cabinet make £900.

For enquiries for consignment into future sales phone either Richard Clarke or Karen Marshall on 01747 855109 at the main offices on Kingsettle Business Park, Station Road, Semley, Shaftesbury.

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Items for Sale CATCH MACKEREL ETC - buy my Ron Thompson 12 foot beachcaster fishing rod with matching reel. £25 call 01963 371179 WARDROBE- 4 DOOR-2 with full length mirrors. H85” W78” D25” Excellent condition.Flat pack. Buyer removes £50.00 Tel. 01747 821224 BROWN DUBLIN LADIES BOOTS. Waterproof. Wide Calf.

UK size 7. Never worn. £50.

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DISABLED SCOOTER E DRIVE sold with press of button never used £850 01258 452749 GALVANISED 2GAL WATERING CAN £15 Galvanised poultry feeder £20 All good condition Call: 01258 817136 CAR RADIO AND 2 SPEAKERS: Caliber RMD 120BT/B FM tuner, AUXinput and Bluetooth wireless technology, £5, Tel 01935 813869

SPOT SPRAYER 25 GAL TANK & pump used on the back of a ride on tractor or quad. £50. 01258 817300

PAIR OF STAINED PINE 3 DRAWER BEDSIDE CUPBOARDS 550x350x400 Good Condition £48 Tel 01258 818171

3 SEATER SOFA 2 ARM CHAIRS, attractive green good condition free to collector 01747 811972

TOP SOIL Three Wheel Barrows of £5 Gillingham 01747 824240

SINGLE FOLD UP BED twice used ex cond £40.00 ono 01935 412892 MUSIC CENTRE SAMSUNG VIP550 in working order.

Features-Radio,Twin cassettes and Record Deck. £30 Tel:07780 281828 LADIES BROWN LEATHER BOOTS size 6 vgc £20 Large travelling case Antler £20 - 01747 852310 Motcombe NEW MDF COFFEE TABLE Walnut finish 900x44mm £25 01963 364223 DINING ROOM TABLE 4 chairs extended oval shape table teak brown leather seats £50 01935 415411

4 X CALOR GAS REGULATORS £5 each 2 x Fishing Stools £3 each 2 x Fold Up Picnic Chairs £8 pair Tel: 01935 814746 DRAPER PRESSURE WASHER 84747 with rotary patio brush unwanted gift used once £50 01722 711456 KENWOOD BLENDER GLASS GOBLET - liquidising attachment for Kenwood food processor, AT338, fits both Chef & Major KM010 KM020. Genuine part. 1.5 litre capacity, with filler cap and lid. (Blade unit not included).

Good condition. £15 Tel 07968 702904 CULTIVATOR-MINI. Mains Electric 710W 36cm Wide.4 Tines VGC £25 Telephone 01305 262318

ELECTRIC BIKE Volt Burlington still under warranty excellent condition cost £1,650 bargain £1,200 01747 838788 SOLID PINE TV/ CORNER UNIT Lovely condition shelves /little cupboards each side can Email Photos £50 ono 07970 568679 NEARLY NEW CORDLESS VACUUM CLEANER Hardly used. Not needed now as cleaner has her own. £50. 01749 812150 (Bruton) X2 BIKES: 1 x men’s “Ultra Ridge Mountain Shock” 1x lady’s “Raleigh Spirit” £15 the pair. Contact 07831 376524 SMALL HOUSE WITH RUN ATTACHED. Lift off roof suitable for tortoise, g.pig or med. rabbit. £45 as new 01258 268810 GALVANISED METAL HAY RACK £5. Metal saw horse £5.

2 Globe trotter suit cases £5 each 07543 679877 Blandford area GENTLEMAN’S CARRERA VULCAN silver/black 21 gears bike £50 ono Ladies bike silver/blue £20 Tel Sherborne 01935 812985 TV STAND 800mm wide x 450mm deep x 500mm high £20 Tel 01963 351931 ROUND DINING TABLE & 4 Chairs. Unusual carving on table. Good condition £50.

Please call 07843 725938 MAXI COSI BABY SEAT and base with isofix fittings.

Accident, smoke and pet free.0-12 kgs. . £40.00 tel 01747 840641

OSPREY TAN LEATHER HANDBAG Spacious compartments £10 Tel; 07879-880250

FLYMO ELECTRIC MOWER adjustable heights good working order needs new wing nut to handle, £15 01747 812738

2 GUEST BEDS 6ft long complete £30 - 01258 450584

FOLD UP SINGLE BED WITH MATTRESS idea for child .

Could deliver locally for small charge. £15 01747 822422

KENWOOD FOOD PROCESSOR with all attachments not used model Fpp220. £25 01747 812738

TV CORNER UNIT - glass, excellent condition. W 80cm H 20cm D 45cm £25.

01935 873343

COMPLETE CAMPING items including Vango 4 man tent all only used twice £400 O.N.O Phone 01935 850484

DENMARK LARGE 6.2 LTRS Dutch oven new never used cast iron. Enamel coated £25.

01747 812738

HORSE TRAVELLING BOOTS purple F/S Pessoa. V.G.C. £15 Tel. 07543 679877 Blandford area

ELECTRIC MOBILITY VEHICLE suitable for road use 4 wheels, inflatable tyres colour blue/black little used £300ono 01258 860370 07896 473887 HOTPOINT UPRIGHT FREEZER £50 Tel: 01258 820439 GRACO TRAVEL COT £40.00.Lindham Stairgate £15.00 01935 816181 SURPLUS BAGS OF ALPACA FLEECE ideal for spinning, felting or garden mulch small donation to the Rescue Home. 01725 552061 MACALLISTER ELECTRIC LAWNMOWER 1300w 350mm - very good condition £35. Tel. 01202 622150 ENGINEERING WORKSHOP CONTENTS sale nr Sherborne now open to view Extensive range of machinery, tools, materials.

01963 220438 / 07870 654544 SINGLE DOOR GARDEN SHED: Custom built small garden shed. Corrugated iron roof, solid wooden floor, clear roof ridge and internal lean-to. Solid, unlike flimsy garden centre sheds! Length 11’ including internal lean-to.

Width 5’ 8.5”. Single door width 26”. Height to apex 8’ 3”. Removal by purchaser. £1,250. Phone Louise on: 07795 436707 TWO DOOR GARDEN SHED: Custom built corrugated iron roof garden shed. Excellent quality, not flimsy like garden centre sheds! Solid wooden floor, small loft in roof, double opening doors at rear, single side door, opening windows either side. External leanto. 10’ 2” long (not including lean-to). 7’ wide. Lean-to 4’4” opening. Double doors 4’ 5” wide. Single door 25”.

Overall shed height 10’ to apex. Removal by purchaser. £2,750. Phone Louise on: 07795 436707

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The Blue Tulips guide to garden design, part 3: soft landscaping In our final guide to designing your own outdoor space, we move to the ‘soft’ landscaping elements of garden design – planting, as we have considered ‘hard’ landscaping – for example, patio, decking, pergola, fencing, paths – in previous issues.

Plant selection all starts with assessing your garden for the growing conditions you have. A carefully planned planting scheme saves you money in the long term, as a plant in the wrong position and soil will not thrive. Assess the sun position, how much light each area gets and the type of soil you have.

It is best to always select plants suitable

for the soil type you have whether clay, sand, loam or chalk and its pH – acidic/ neutral/alkaline. Using a testing kit is helpful to assess the soil’s pH. Consider a colour palette and planting to match the style of your conceptual garden design and level of maintenance requirements – low/high. Then choose a combination of planting to fit your palette and style. Start with trees and shrubs to provide screening, structure and height. Use evergreens to provide all year round colour, through their foliage.

Look at grasses, climbers, perennials, bulbs and annuals for seasonal colour.

Think about foliage, texture and some

focal plants, to draw the eye.

Once selected, you can place onto your conceptual plan, allowing correct placement for the plants’ eventual height and width, utilising repetition, grouping for impact and creating layers of interest.

Finally, make sure you reference your plants on your plans, so you can easily identify positions when you come to plant in the future.

This concludes the series on designing you own garden, best of luck!

Contact Greg Whale (bluetulips.co.uk) for coaching sessions or garden design services or phone him on 01258 881112/07900431701

Hard ‘grafted tomatoes’

By Sally Gregson Lately veggie growers in the know have been trying grafted tomatoes with great success.

Before dismissing such techniques as sophisticated nonsense, ask yourself why grow grafted tomatoes at all when they are so easy from seed, and pause to consider the advantages…

Grafted plants produce at least six to eight trusses per plant, with up to 75 per cent more fruit than seed-raised plants. They are more diseaseresistant and tolerant of over- and under-watering. Are you convinced yet?

In recent years, the major seed companies in the UK have been working on improving grafting techniques.

They have been using a rootstock which is strong, prolific and earlier than conventionally raised tomatoes – and these qualities are passed onto the scion.

So now amateur growers can order plugs that arrive by carrier, well wrapped and ready to be inserted into a small pot to grow on initially.

They make sturdy growth very quickly – and once all frosts are past, they can either be planted in the ground (allowing the rootstock its full potential), or potted into as

Grafted tomato plants produce at least six to eight trusses per plant

large a container as possible, filled with good compost.

The grower can then follow the usual regime of watering and feeding – and watch the plants just grow and fruit.

They may cost a little more initially but they soon pay back that small investment with very large amounts of big, healthy fruit, bursting with goodness and seriously delicious.

Try one or two plants in your greenhouse or veg plot this season and see for yourself!

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Home & Garden LANGTON NURSERIES (C W Abbott & Son) Bedding and vegetable plants. Pea sticks and Bean Rods. Perennials and shrubs. Stockists of Kings, Franchi and Fothergill Budget Seeds.

Potting compost. Large selection of Terracotta Pots. Langton Long, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 9HR. Telephone: 01258 452513

GUTTERS CLEARED • • • • • •

Windows, Fascias, Soffits, Gutters cleaned, Repairs, Free Estimates 07788-376752

DRYSTONE WALLING AND LANDSCAPING www.yenstonewalling.co.uk 01963 371123 OVER RISER AND RECLINE CHAIR TABLE Height adjustable table, swivels to front and side of chair. Brown in colour Table top: 762mm x 381mm Tel:

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ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY HEDGE CUTTING, pruning, garden maintenance and land clearance using Stihl’s latest electric equipment to be kind to environment competitive rates in the Blandford area Call David 07786 658708

FURNITURE & RESTORATION

RESTORATION OF YOUR WOODEN WINDOWS, DOORS AND SO MUCH MORE. Embrace the old don’t buy new.

Ask me first and see what I can do tel 01747 822537 mob 07554 654982

Serving all your interior & exterior maintenance needs

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•Alterations •Renovations •Carpentry •Kitchen Fitting •Bathroom Fitting •Wall/Floor Tiling •Plastering •Hard Landscaping •Painting & Decorating •Plumbing •Electrical

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(Established 1997)

Tree Surgeons

White Hart

Garden & Property Maintenance Call Marcus Smith M: 07762 798 473 T: 01963 236 92

TREE WORK

Felling Section felling Pruning/shaping Hedge cutting Scrub clearance Stump grinding Planting £10M public liability insurance

LANDSCAPING Fencing Patios Sleeper walls All hard landscaping

Vale Tree Surgeons Limited www.valetreesurgeons.com Tel: 01747 228484 Mob: 07770 833734

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For the best in plants and much, much more!

Fill your garden with Blooms, Bedding, Bulbs, Bushes and Blossom.

Visit us now and be happy!

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

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Home & Garden LES BENHAM: GARDEN PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

All Hedge/tree work/rubbish clearance, gravel driveways/ Pressure Washing. Patio and Fencing Work. Fully Insuranced/Free Quotes 01258 458849/07788 907343 lesbenham@yahoo.co.uk/ check a trade

Treecare Co. Tree Specialists

TREE STUMP REMOVAL Pruning, bracing, shaping.

Preservation of mature trees.

Hedge cutting. Trees supplied & planted.

Landscaping & maintenance.

Heavy duty winch hire available.

Tree Surgery BS.3998 Contractors to local authorities.

WOOD CHIPPINGS FOR SALE Free Quotes & Advice Tel/Fax: Shafts 853512 Mobile: 07831 262083 Established in 1976

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LANGTON NURSERIES (C W Abbott & Son) Bedding and vegetable Experts plants. Pea sticks and in all Bean Rods. Perennials aspects and shrubs. Stockists of of Kings, Franchi and TREE SURGERY, Fothergill Budget Seeds.

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

NPTC qualified & fully insured No job too small, Langton Long, Blandford Friendly, personal advice and Forum, Dorset DT11 free quotations. 9HR. Make a wise 01258 choice and call Telephone: 452513 David Merefield today on 01747 850906 / 07966 522361

HOUSE CLEARANCE Plus Sheds, Attics, Garages & Gardens Quality Items Offset Registered Waste Carrier

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Tree and Garden Services • 25 years’ experience • Registered waste carrier • Free estimates • All areas covered • No job too small

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Home & Garden THINKING OF PAINTING THE EXTERIOR OF YOUR HOUSE THIS YEAR?

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Home & Garden GALVANISED CATTLE TROUGHS, ideal planters.

Tel 01747 820541.

DO YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR GARDEN? Call Tim a friendly, hardworking and reliable gardener.

Tel 01747 835278 mob 07825 006013 GARDEN RESCUE TEL: 01747 821 726

Book Online classified@ blackmorevale.net

Contact us to advertise

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BOX PLANTS- ALL SIZES. 01747 840057 WANTED - Dave buys all types of tools Call 01935 428975 SELF DRIVE DIGGER AND DUMPER HIRE, 01258 861647 ALL IRONWORK. Handrails. Gates.

Railings. Repairs.

Restoration.

01258 880301 R&W FENCING SERVICES All types of fencing, Agriculture and Domestic 01258 880892 07980 036250 MAN WITH MICRODIGGER & 1.5TON DIGGER Garden clearance, patios, fencing, decking, landscaping, driveways 30+ years’ experience Contact Ken 07882 441873 01963 32034

ASBESTOS REMOVAL Garages, Sheds, Lean to’s, Roofing and Cladding Collection and Dismantling

BY Registered Hazardous Waste Carrier Call 07973 444620 or 01722 414478

For all your fencing and decking needs

Closeboard, panels & sheds supplied and fitted.

Gates made to measure.

Sherborne Fencing Ltd Tel: 01935 814272 Mobile: 07814246332

LAWN MOWING SERVICE, Tel 01747 821 726

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

07773 254174, ANDY BLACKMOREVALE LOG SPLITTING AND CHIPPING Your local mobile service - 07760 469411 LOGS R US 1 ton pickup load of logs £90 double load £150 dumpy bag £60 All hardwood 07790 404593 01258 818081 HARDWOOD LOGS, kiln dried, locally sourced, free delivery, order online logfuel. co.uk Tel 07983 415438

LOGFUEL.CO.UK, hardwood logs, kiln dried-ready to burn.

Wincanton - 15 miles Tel 01963 836101

North Dorset Tree Surgeons We carry out all aspects of tree surgery, hedge cutting and stump grinding.

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Fully insured and NPTC qualified.

Call Will today on 01747 854517 or 07872 970741 Professional

Experienced

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Fully Insured FREE No-obligation quotes

LANDSCAPE SOLUTIONS

One off cuts to total garden re-design Grass/Hedge Cutting • Jet Washing • Patios • Paths Driveways • Fencing • Concreting • Drainage Estate Management • Garden Clearance

Landscape Excellence

Call 01258 880930 / 07860 612445 Reliable Service with Quality Results

STORAGE BOSS

FLAT PACK STORAGE CONTAINERS

for SALE or RENTAL* *(on your own premises)

Call 01722 714514 today to discuss your requirements www.storageboss.co.uk

Machine or Hand-Lay Local Authority Approved ESTABLISHED 1988

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

Season Barn Dry Logs

20 miles radius of Sherborne FREE delivery

Tel: 01935 815534

Call for a free quote

01747 820234

The Depot, Longcross, Zeals BA12 6LJ info@cgtarmac.co.uk www.cgtarmac.co.uk

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FITTED WARDROBES made to measure(in white, other door colours available), from £200, free quotes. Bob Humphries 07885 286508

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castletown landscapes Garden Care and Landscaping Services Why choose us?

If you’re thinking about how to improve your garden and give it and yourself a boost, we can help.

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• No job is too small. We do it all.

We can maintain your garden so that it looks great throughout the year.

We listen to you and work with you to bring your ideas to life.

We offer excellent support, advice and always happy to help.

Please call Paul to get the conversation started.

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Woodchip Family run run business business since since 1946 1946 Family Tel: 01963 01963 250005 250005 Tel: Mobile: 07976 07976 934 934 252 252 Mobile: www.bandgdown.co.uk

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Home & Garden Carpets Vinyls Rugs Wood Karndean Curtains Blinds Re-Upholstery

established in 1978

OUR LOCAL SHOWROOMS: Newbury, Gillingham, Dorset SPB 4QL | 01747 835394 Wincanton Business Park, Somerset BA9 9RR | 01963 33574

Monday - Friday: 8.30am - 5.30pm Saturday: 9.00am - 4.30pm

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Local Services ARCHITECTURAL, BUILDING & ELECTRICAL

Architectural Services Planning & Building Applications for New Build, Extensions and Conversions

01747 822162

Our advice is always free

enquiries@bell-architectural.co.uk

Quantity Surveying Estimating Surveying Dispute Resolution

01749 813625

Robert Chalke Associates www.rca-qs.com

FREELANCE SALES SUPPORT Ready when you are to close your next enquiry Areas covered include • Fit Outs • Washrooms • Refurbishments • Storage Systems • Mezzanine Floors Full site surveys and much more Able to discuss requirements with clients at any level For more information how freelance sales support can help your business, please call Chris Main office: 01258 837722 Mobile: 07831 114 892 Email: chris@ci-p.co.uk

Building Construction Specialists

Home extensions | Barn Conversions Cottage Renovations | New Build Homes Project Management Established over 40 years Phone: 07979 210 074 / 01747 855 280 E: andy@sandsltd.biz w: www.sturgessandsturgess.com

Bryan G Paulley Ltd Oil Tank Services Domestic & Commercial

REPLACEMENT TANKS INSTALLATIONS RE-SITING TEMPORARY TANKS EMERGENCY PUMP OUTS BUNDED /SINGLE SKIN METAL TANKS/FUEL STATIONS ABOVE GROUND OR BELOW MOLING SERVICE FOR BELOW GROUND UTILITIES COMMERCIAL BOILER REMOVAL

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

All areas. OFTEC Registered

Tel: 01963 363870

24hr Emergency, Leaking Tanks or Oil Spills 07836 502683

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J&C Handyman Services

Plumbing Door hanging & skirting boards Painting & decorating Guttering and facia clearing Shed erecting & repairs and replacement Flat pack furniture Fencing Shelves & curtain rails Pointing etc...

No job too small. Please call with your requirements.

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Steve Guppy Home Maintenance & Improvements

Fully Insured Tel: 01747 590584 Mob: 07812 106 513

General builder

25 Years Experience, City & Guilds Qualified Extensions, Renovations, Alterations, New Build, Plastering, Floor and Wall Tiling, Brickwork, Blockwork, Stonework and Patios, Fencing and Decorating.

FREE estimates, No VAT 01747 228827 07809 362919

01963 364457 07368 516658 dorsethandyman26@gmail.com www.jchandymanservices.com

Free estimates for all electrical work, no VAT North Dorset location, will travel.

Call Alan Brown, C&G 2330, 2391,2382 on 01258 446258 or 07976 630 904 Email: alan@acbelectricals.org.uk

www.ACBElectricals.org.uk

DORSET LIME Specialists in all external and internal lime work.

Lime crete flooring.

All aspects of traditional building.

Call Dave or Dan 07492 181788

DORSET WOOD TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS

Oak Timber Framing Bespoke Timber Building Traditional Building Specialist inc All Building WorklAll aspects of Lime External and Internal Rendering/Plastering/Repointing Lime Crete Flooring Chimney Rebuilds and Repointing

www.dorsetwood.co.uk

Contact Dave Welsh 07838 654468

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EXTENSIONS, CONVERSIONS, NEW BUILD.

FREE CONSULTATION.

Concrete & Floor Screed Mixed On site Any Quantity Delivered Sand Gravel Stone Cement Blocks etc Supplied Loose or in Big Bags Good Quality Top Soil in Stock

Now available... Rockery Stone

Competitive Rates 01747 853687 or 01747 855630 www.hardimanconcrete.co.uk

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Local Services ARCHITECTURAL, BUILDING & ELECTRICAL KBB KITCHEN FITTER, all aspects of kitchen fitting undertaken. 30 years experience, free estimates given. Tel 01963 364550 or 07890 841827

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

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

ALL IRONWORK. Handrails. Gates. Railings.

Repairs. Restoration.

01258 880301

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Damp Control Timber Treatments Dry Rot Condensation Control 30-Year Bonded Guarantee

Tel: Wincanton 01963 202382 Mobile: 07881 504426 Email: maplepres@aol.com www.maplepreservation.co.uk

ARCHITECTURAL METALWORK Custom made or restored in numerous finishes and metals

- Balustrades - Canopies & Pergola's - Estate Ironworks - Furniture & Ornaments - Handrails - Orangeries & Glass houses - Railing & Fencing - Staircases - Steelworks & Fabrications - Windows & Doors REQUEST A QUOTE: WWW.NEWTONFORGE.CO.UK/REQUEST-QUOTE 01258 472407 | MAIL@NEWTONFORGE.CO.UK UNIT 20C, BUTTS POND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, STURMINSTER NEWTON, DT10 1AZ

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Providing reputable electrical services for over 30 years.

From an extra socket to a complete rewire, Budget to high end jobs. Testing & certification. Fusebox upgrades. Electric heating solutions. Smart home controls. Garden lighting & much more.

Prompt service at reasonable rates - No VAT

Call Alan 8am - 8pm on 07388 696 147 Email : alanaac@me.com Website : alancollinsltd.co.uk

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

Call 01747 229757 email: alanlewisaml@aol.com

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CHIMNEYS

What is a Lasting Power of Attorney, and do you need one?

If you need somebody to rely on in later years, perhaps to take over making decisions on your behalf, that person will need your formal written authority.

This authority is given by creating a Lasting Power of Attorney.

Lasting Powers of Attorney are documents that, when registered, mean you have given another person legal power to deal with financial decisions for you, or medical and welfare decisions.

At Winterborne Legal Services we can help you to put suitable protection in place in your Lasting Power of Attorney, so that you can be comfortable giving power to your children.

Making a Lasting Power of Attorney can be a big leap of faith for you, if you have any questions we are ready to help.

Please call us on 07860 772274 or email christine@winterbornelegal.co.uk

CHIMNEYS SOLID FUELS 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. 01749 677440 07921 074602 solidfuel3@aol.com www.solidfuelinstallationsltd.co.uk

Smokin Nicely Chimney Sweeps Chimneys and Flues professionally swept.

Extremely clean service.

Certificates issued.

Fully insured (£5m) Tel: 01258 455251 smokin.nicely@hotmail.co.uk smokinnicely.co.uk

K.SANSOM CHIMNEY SWEEP: Brush & vacuum APICS registered 01963 370038

STEVE ADAMS CHIMNEY SWEEPING HETAS registered woodburner and flue installer. Birdguards and cowls 07932 655267

COMPUTERS & TECH DEREK ETHERINGTON BSc(Hons).

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Septic Tanks, Treatment Plants & Soakaways

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

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JASMINE CARS TAXI SERVICE 07495 922821 Comfortable, spacious and clean estate cars.

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WASTE & HOUSE CLEARANCE

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Our waste is split into categories of household waste, wood, rubble, metals, and hazardous waste such as old refrigeration units, paint and mattresses.

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Herbs can help get life in balance

by Fiona Chapman I have always had a chuckle to myself about the saying: “When a couple get married, the man always hopes his wife will never change and the wife always hopes that he will.”

Of course, it is the other way round! Women change enormously throughout their lives – they have to, to adjust to married life, children, children leaving and then the menopause, often working while running the house – sometimes with everything happening at once.

I am not saying men don’t have it tough, too, before I get vilified for stereotyping – but men don’t ‘change’ the way women want them to and perhaps get more entrenched into what they were as a young man.

Men can get hormonal too

What is perhaps not appreciated is that women are allowed and expected to be ‘hormonal’ and, quite frankly, with what their bodies go through every month, let alone possible childbirth and then everything stopping, it is not surprising.

But men, too, can get hormonal and perhaps we don’t appreciate this as much as we should.

I am only talking from my observations, but some men put a huge amount of pressure upon themselves, often to be a provider or ‘strong’, but they too have hormonal fluctuations and the emotions they produce are sometimes tucked away so deeply it is difficult for them to express themselves.

I hope and feel it is getting easier for everyone with each generation, which can only be a good thing.

Herbs for hormones

Why does this relate to herbs? Well, much of what we do is to try and listen to what people are telling us.

Often, we have got out of balance emotionally and this gets stuck in our body and can cause blockages and eventually appear as a physical illness.

Herbs are a wonderful way of gently clearing these blockages and strengthening whatever system in our body is out of balance.

There are lots of hormone-balancing herbs for men and women, and making sure our liver is processing them, they are travelling around our body freely and then being expelled properly once used, is extremely important.

Herbs that may help rebalance the body, include Withania somnifera and Serenoa repens for men; or Vitex agnus castus and Asparagus racemosus for women. However, there are lots to support the system, so consider every individual case to see which would be best for each person.

Listening to your body is important too. I know when I am overdoing it. I get a sore back and hot flushes. Do I listen and sit down and rest? Not very often, but at least I am aware of what my body is telling me, which is half the battle.

Fiona Chapman is studying naturopathy and herbal medicine at the College of Naturopathic Medicine (pellyfiona@gmail.com).

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5 ways to be good to yourself now!

By Liz Earle MBE

encourage the production of oxytocin, the neurotransmitter in the brain that gives us that wonderfully warm, fuzzy feeling inside. Because kindness engenders positivity, the impact on our circle of friends and family (as well as wider community at home or in the workplace) can be profound. A kind word, hug or smile shared, defuses tense or tricky situations and is a positive step to making life happier, easier and more fulfilling.

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The first thing to do is to be kind to yourself! You may have spent a lifetime caring for others in your family but neglected to put yourself first occasionally. One of my mantras is ‘always be a bit kinder than necessary’ and that is something I try and instil in my own life, as well as my children’s.

After all, kindness costs nothing and often comes back to you in spades.

Science says kindness makes us happier and guards against depression – it certainly makes you think about others, which alleviates loneliness too. On a neurological level, acts of kindness

Learn to say no to things you don’t want to do instead of making excuses and fumbling for words such as “well maybe” or “perhaps”. A simple “no, I’d rather not do that” is direct and to the point – and needn’t be apologetic.

Only take on the things you feel comfortable with, so you can be sure of success and a happy outcome. You can always revisit later.

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Take daily exercise! Proven to lift mood and be effective against depression, you rarely go for a power-walk or run and wish you hadn’t.

Powerful endorphins are released when we move our bodies, especially outside in green space, such as a country walk or city park. Aim for at least two outdoor sessions daily, ideally first thing in the morning and again around lunchtime or in the afternoon. Sunlight

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Fortnightly groups in Wimborne area.

Evening and weekend availability Affordable rates and concessions offered.

Groups led by counsellor, psychotherapist Sherry Richmond BA (hons), PG Dip Psych, Msc, CTA and co facilitated with a colleague skilled in leading meditation and selfdevelopment groups.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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exposure in the early part of the day (preferably before 9am), as this is when the sun emits infrared light to support the immune system, and blue light to wake us up for the day ahead.

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Talk to yourself as you would a much-loved child, encouraging and supportive. It may feel awkward, particularly at first, but speaking words out loud, such as “that was great!” or “you did really well with that” has a positive effect on the brain.

Even better, speak out loud using your own name as your brain responds positively to personal praise – such as “Liz, you’ve just made a fantastic cup of tea!”

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Happy chemicals and positive thoughts start in the gut! Feed your microbiome with prebiotic fibres, such as fibrous fruits and vegetables, and focus on diversity to encourage a varied range of beneficial bacteria in the gut, adding in small amounts of varied beans, pulses, lentils, and other foods good gut bugs need to thrive. Re-populate your microbiome with healthy probiotic gut bugs found in fermented foods. Aim to eat a little plain live yoghurt, kefir, kimchi and sauerkraut, and drink kombucha on a regular basis. These good gut bugs assist with the production of positive neurotransmitters in the brain.

Liz Earle MBE is a celebrated wellness author and host of the Liz Earle Wellbeing Show: lizearlewellbeing.com/ category/podcasts-videos.

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Meditations in nature: An ill wind

by Dr Susanna Curtin I realised from a young age that life is about weathering the storms, and that to survive adversity, you must learn to dig deep and stand firm.

Fortunately for me, there is no wind today, it is still and damp after a day and night of gentle rain. The sweet heady fragrance of bluebells and the lively warbling of nesting blackcaps relieve the tensions of a difficult week. Of all the places on Earth, there is nowhere I would rather be today than amid the burgeoning beeches of my favourite woodland. It is some time since I last visited and winter has miraculously turned to Spring.

But, as I climb the hill towards my chosen spot, I am shocked to see two of my favourite trees have succumbed to the February storms of Dudley or Eunice. Where once fine canopies laced the sky, there are now gaping holes, and shattered, splintered and sharded remains are all that is left of the wide, solid buttresses against which I once loved to sit. The bows of these poor trees lay dark and broken on the forest floor – bracket fungi already getting to work on the stricken wood.

Like flowers on a grave, the delicate fronds of bluebells sit among the broken limbs that ironically have come to rest on

the trees’ leaves and beech nuts of yesteryear.

I have lost old friends. Trees are benevolent witnesses of time and history.

They are keepers of past secrets and sentinels of the future. And some, like my beech trees, are destinations in their own right, inspirational beings that have seen me through my life’s storms as I have sought solace under their bows.

As the largest plant life on earth, trees are the lungs of our planet – they give us oxygen, stabilise our topsoil, provide habitats for wildlife and, most importantly, store the carbon our modern lifestyles create. They also provide us with wood for fuel and shelter, and they are central to many philosophies around the world being synonymous with the tree of life, death and regeneration.

As I walk past the wreckage, I contemplate that our woodland trees have not evolved for the challenging winds that climate change now brings, and I notice how, like us, they might appear strong and invincible on the outside but beneath their bark they too are vulnerable.

Despite my sadness, I watch the light stream through the woodland where once there was darkness and smile as a tiny wood mouse scurries into its new home, safe under the debris. It is indeed an ill wind that brings no good.

Dr Susanna Curtin is a nature writer and qualitative researcher (rewildingjourneys.com).

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How to cope if you’re overwhelmed

by Alice Johnsen It happens every year, the silly season.

Last year was a bit silly – busy, in places, and the year before was anything but.

So, people are noticing the pick up of the pace of life, the additions to the diary, more than they might have done in previous years.

If that’s you – if you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed and under resourced – you are one of many. I have had so many conversations in the last few weeks with people feeling unsteady and unready.

How can we help ourselves? Let’s not focus on the rush and pace of life around us. Focus on your life. What’s working well? What’s not? Can you take anything from the successes to use in the more challenging parts?

Can you apply the three Ds? Delay, delete, delegate.

In the parts of your life that are challenging right now, do you know what is blocking you? What’s making it

hard to move forward or finish?

Sometimes all you need is to identify the blockage to know the solution.

Have you got something to look forward to at the moment? It could be a holiday, a finished building project, exams finishing, a new business…

Whatever it is, if you can identify something to plan for and to think ahead for, that provides a healthy distraction in overwhelming times?

Yes, it can also increase stress but, in the same way that something like gardening is about planning ahead as well as focussing on the present moment, looking ahead distracts us from the hamster wheel of everyday life, in a good way.

The best way to manage feeling overwhelmed (I often refer to it as ‘the white noise in your mind’) is to take a conscious pause; step back, assess what it is you need to be doing this hour, day or week then breaking the big tasks down to small, achievable tasks.

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Keep it all realistic within the boundaries of your own life.

What other people are achieving is neither relevant or helpful. Make your plans about your own opportunities and capabilities. And, more importantly, take time to acknowledge your successes – it’s too easy to just notice the bad stuff but the good stuff is there, you just have to look out for it.

Alice Johnsen is a life coach based near Sherborne (07961 080513; alicejohnsen.co.uk).

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Granny’s flapjacks are the business!

by Mrs Simkins A friend of mine’s Granny used to make amazing flapjacks. I like to crack on that I’m a bit of a flapjack whiz myself – but my own recipe is a really simple mix of just butter, golden syrup and oats.

Anyway, I said I’d try his Granny’s and I must say I take my hat off to her – these are just the business! They taste like those ‘home-made’ upmarket flapjacks you can buy in posh village shops – but much better, obviously! Thank you, Jon, your Granny is amazing!

The only change I made was to use butter rather than block margarine, but use that if you prefer (and make this a totally vegan sweet treat).

Traditional flapjacks

(Serves 12) 250g (9oz) salted butter 200g (7½ oz) sugar (golden granulated works well)

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1 rounded tablespoon golden syrup ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 225g (8oz) flour 225g (8oz) rolled oats • Preheat oven to 160C (fan ovens) gas mark 3 or equivalent • You will need a greased 20cm (8 inch) square baking dish or brownie tin, the bottom lined with greaseproof paper cut to fit • Melt the butter, sugar, golden syrup and bicarbonate of soda until the sugar has lost its grittiness.

• Cool slightly and sieve in the flour gradually, folding it in with a metal spoon. Next stir in the oats in batches.

• Press the mixture into the dish, smoothing it down well with the back of a wet tablespoon. Bake for 20-25 minutes until pale golden: don’t over-bake.

• Remove from the oven and leave to settle and firm up a bit for around 10 minutes. Mark into pieces while still warm. Store in an airtight tin when completely cold.

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Pesto – it’s as easy as A, B, C! Broad beans and rocket are coming into season right now, and while I know broad beans aren’t considered at their best until later in the season, I can’t resist using new produce when it becomes available at the greengrocers!

I call this recipe a pesto, but it could easily be considered a hummus, it’s incredibly versatile.

Rocket is a lovely peppery and slightly bitter leaf which boasts good levels of vitamins A, C, B2, folic acid, manganese, calcium, magnesium, potassium, copper and zinc. While it is commonly thought of as a salad leaf, it is, in fact, a member of the cruciferous vegetable family including broccoli, cabbage and kale. As such it contains a similar selection of phytochemicals – beneficial plant chemicals – including glucosinolates, carotenes and quercetin. Bitter leaves have long been used as a starter to wake up the digestive system before main meals.

Broad beans are a family favourite and contain good levels of folate, Vitamin B1, manganese, copper, phosphorus,

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magnesium, iron, potassium and zinc. They are also a good source of fibre and protein, with about 5 grams of fibre and 7 grams of protein per 100g.

Broad bean and rocket pesto

(Makes a big batch – can be stored in the fridge/freezer) 300g broad beans (removed from their pods) 2 handfuls of rocket ½ bunch of basil ½ a lemon juiced 100g feta (or cashews to keep it vegan) 2 garlic cloves 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil Pinch of black pepper • Boil the broad beans for two to three minutes, depending on the size of the beans, then drain and set aside to cool.

• Rinse and spin dry the rocket.

• Once the broad beans have cooled add all the ingredients to a food processor. Pulse to help all the ingredients mix together, then blend to your desired consistency. If you are seeking a smoother consistency, you may need to add a little more oil.

Rebecca Vincent BSc (Hons) is a BANT registered nutritionist working in Wincanton (07515 019430); www.rebeccavincent nutrition.co.uk

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The spirit at the heart of Dorset...

Wilfrid Shon tells the story of how a forgotten fair and a Bengal Tiger were part of the process of creating Shroton Fair Gin...

What was the inspiration behind starting your own Gin company?

I’ve always loved working behind the bar at weddings, in pubs & restaurants. I had imagined that at some point in the future I’d very much enjoy opening a brewery, vineyard, or distillery. What fun it would be to try out new recipes and add in quirky ingredients that you’ve chosen yourself, and watch a project grow from an idea into something tangible. However, in Summer 2020, I had a thought – why wait? Why not do it now? Once I realised this was a possibility, and not something reserved for later life, the thought of working for anybody else evaporated, and the search for a recipe began.

What has been the most challenging part of the journey?

The most challenging part of ‘the journey’ so far has also in fact been the most rewarding. This is the process of developing an abstract idea into a concrete brand and product, shaping the details that are within your control – not just to make the result simply ‘satisfactory’ but to create a Gin that you’d be delighted to purchase, receive, and drink yourself.

Have you lived in this area for long?

I was brought up in Dorset and spent five

years in Yorkshire for undergraduate and postgraduate study. Once I’d had the initial idea of making a Gin, though, I felt it was time to come home, get to work and focus on making the concept of Shroton Fair Gin® a reality.

What are your ambitions for the company?

My motivation is to keep producing a delicious high-quality Gin and share it with as many people as possible. Rural Dorset is famed for its artisan craft producers and my objective is to expand this into the domain of spirits. I want my Gin to be exceptional.

Tell me a little about the choice of name.

Was this your first choice?

Having been brought up in Shroton and educated in the area, I wanted to tie my product to the idyllic village where I was fortunate enough to spend my childhood.

When conducting research into the village’s history, I was drawn to the story of Shroton Fair. This lost piece of Dorset heritage has all but vanished from collective memory, but I was amazed to discover that it had been a feature of local life for over 700 years. A local historian kindly helped me to find out more about the travelling menagerie that came to Shroton in 1767, bringing a Royal Bengal Tiger to our small Dorset village. I was excited by the idea that that the tiger’s stall would have been pitched almost exactly where the Shroton Cricket Club is now found. It took eight months of alchemy in our kitchen to create

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my unique recipe – but at the end of it Shroton Fair Gin® was born.

How would you sum up the unique taste of your gin in three words?

Warming, Piquant, Aromatic.

Other than gin, what is your favourite tipple?

On a hot summer’s day, I think it’s hard to beat a cool, crisp pint of lager (aside from my Gin of course!)

And most importantly (!), where and when can I buy a bottle?

We are open every Friday & Saturday 09:00-12:00 at Ash Farm Courtyard, Stourpaine, DT11 8PW. We offer 5cl or 70cl bottles of Zummit Dry ® for you to savour.

Pop along and see where your local Gin is distilled!

“The Taste of the West and the London Spirits competitions are entered by hundreds of distilleries.

“The former award – to find the best produce in South-West England, the latter – to assess the finest spirits across Europe, Asia & the Americas.

“The judges for both competitions possess some of the most refined palates in the world, and I was delighted to win Gold & Bronze respectively.

“No mean feat for a recipe concocted in a rural Dorset kitchen!”

Wilfrid Shon

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‘Arts Weeks’ showcases creative talent Traditional Dorset Buttons with a contemporary twist are among the art exhibited for this year’s Dorset Art Weeks. Watercolours created using masking tape and photography expressing the artist’s identity also feature.

Artists across the county are putting the final touches to their work before opening their doors to visitors from Saturday, May 14, to Sunday, May 29.

This is the 30th year of Dorset Art Weeks, an event which sees artists and makers welcome people into their studios, sheds, galleries, barns and other creative spaces.

More than 250 artists are taking part in the event, including Anna McDowell at Donhead St Mary, near Shaftesbury.

She uses traditional techniques to make Dorset Buttons with a contemporary twist. This year celebrates 400 years of Dorset Buttons, which were first produced as a cottage industry in the town. Anna has developed the craft and

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uses sustainable sari silks and colourful yarns from villages in India to create her new designs.

Göran Hahne at Blandford is also taking part. He is a painter and lithographer inspired by Dorset’s villages, traditional buildings, harbours and seascapes. His watercolours are created using a special technique which he developed while painting on boats in his native Sweden - he uses a scalpel to finely cut pieces of masking tape for

each layer of colour. This creates a distinctive, more defined look than most watercolours.

Alison Webber’s monochrome photography has been created as part of her project Through An Aspergic Lens, in which she reveals the way she visualises her world. Recently diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, Alison’s photographic journey has helped her to express her true identity.

She is based in Dorchester.

Dorset Art Weeks provides local people and visitors an opportunity to make the most of Dorset’s towns, villages and landscapes, and to discover the range of creative talent across the county.

The Dorset Art Weeks Guide to venues is available online, from libraries, galleries, museums and other cultural centres. It features venue details, maps and information to help visitors plan their trip. More information is available online www. dorsetartweeks.co.uk

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It’s only rock ‘n’ roll but he loves it!

by Hilary Porter The UK’s longest running rock ‘n’ roll variety show, ‘That’ll Be the Day’, is heading to Yeovil as it celebrates an incredible 35 years on the road.

The nostalgic feel-good show continuously reinvents itself, its heady mix of music and comedy blazing a trail through the hits of the 1950s through to the 1980s.

Such is its popularity that it racks up more than 200 shows a year around the UK. Many fans have seen it hundreds of times.

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The powerhouse behind its success is its founder, director and cast member Trevor Payne who, during lockdown and the enforced break from performing, wrote and published his autobiography, Last Man Standing.

The book shares the highs and lows of over 50 years in the world of rock ‘n’ roll and lifts the lid on adventures, friendships, romance and travels, from his early days supporting the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, The Who and Status Quo, to That’ll Be the Day’s sell-out performances at the London Palladium and beyond.

Trevor said: “Fans of the show suddenly have an insight into how it came about. You can see how many routes we went down just to stay in this business until we got to That’ll Be the Day and we found our golden egg! But we had to work at it.”

Winning work ethic

Trevor scoured through more than 10,000 photographs to produce the book – and had kept a diary since 1972 which he says was “invaluable”.

By the time it was written Trevor had hundreds of sales lined up. “We took 45 bin bags full of books to the post office to send off – I got some very funny looks!”

He added: “As I was writing you put yourself back in that situation and remember it well. I didn’t want to make it a history lesson – I wanted a few human bits about how long it takes and how determined you must be if you’ve not had a hit record.

“I still give it 100 per cent and work every day. I’ve only ever missed two shows in 35 years – one when Mum died and the other when I broke my hand and couldn’t put my shirt on.

“I have a motto: ‘no play, no pay,’ and having that policy it’s remarkable how people recover and come to work! You can’t just say ‘I don’t feel like it tonight’.

“We’ve done more than 7,000 performances of That’ll Be the Day now. The cast is brilliant the way it’s moved on. It’s a pleasure we

pull this thing together and we work hard to make it look effortless – and I’ve not lost the desire to do it.

“I’m 76 but don’t have time to think about it! I’m still doing Mick Jagger and Cliff like I did 40 years ago.

I don’t love the four hours driving to venues or getting

home at 3am, but when you get on stage everything is okay in the world! I’m so happy on stage and just want the audience to have a great night.”

That’ll Be the Day is at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil on Saturday, 21 May.

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Catch her if you can

by Hilary Porter An award-winning social justice museum in the heart of Dorset, Shire Hall Museum brings over 200 years of justice to life. Running until 2 September, it is hosting an exhibition celebrating the life of iconic crime writer Agatha Christie.

From Hercule Poirot to Miss Marple, Agatha Christie’s characters and stories have long captivated readers and audiences alike. This new exhibition gives visitors an insight into Christie’s writing and personal life, from the inspiration behind her work to the infamous story of her disappearance.

Speaking prior to the opening, Abbie King, Director of Shire Hall Museum, said: “Everyone here is excited for the launch of our Agatha Christie Exhibition. Taking a closer look at both the mysteries she wrote and those relating to her

own life, this is a must see for any Agatha Christie fan!”

Drawn from a private collection, the exhibition features books, objects and artwork relating to the life and works of the great crime writer.

Inspired by the exhibition Shire Hall will be hosting a series of Agatha Christie themed events, including Drinks in the Clink: Cocktails and Crime – a unique evening of Agatha Christie inspired cocktails from Dark Bear; and a Murder Mystery evening. www.shirehalldorset.org

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An entirely improvised homage to Blyton – from the Famous Five to Mallory Towers and The Faraway Tree – Bumper Blyton is an unmissable tongue-in-cheek spoof, chock-full of innuendo and lashings of puns, music and songs.

The show is inspired by crowd suggestions in the form of illustrations drawn by the audience from which the cast invent a hilarious one-off adventure. In this first national tour, and its 5th year at the Edinburgh Fringe, Bumper Blyton has developed a cult following and a 100% sell-out record.

Saturday, 14 May, 7.30-9.30pm, £15-16.50, www.octagon-theatre.co.uk; www.BumperBlyton.com.

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by Brian Macreamoinn The Petherton Folk Fest is set to be staged this summer after an absence of two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Musicians will perform in the Market Square, David Hall, The Brewer’s Arms, Blake Hall and in St Peter and St Paul’s Church and its grounds on Saturday, 18 June.

Stalls and other attractions will also be on offer in and around Market Square.

The festival is a free event and starts at 9.45am with a parade by Morris dancers into the Square, where music and dancing is on offer all day until 6.30pm.

Local contemporary folk trio Anquebus will launch events on the stage in the Square and the Mitchell & Vincent duo are scheduled to begin a whole day of entertainment in the David Hall.

The popular Dambuskers are booked again and will end the day with a gig in The Brewers Arms at 9pm.

Plenty of attractions for children are in store, including Punch & Judy in the church grounds and entertainment by Tor Theatre and The Bearkat Collective in the Blake Hall, as well as workshops for adults, given by Morris dancers.

The day will also feature some of South Petherton’s traditional events, such as the Ceremony of the Glove and Clipping the Church.

Full details of the programme can be found on the event’s website www.pethertonfolkfest.org.uk.

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Jubilee: Personal memories of the last 70 years

by Katrina Ffiske Many celebrations will take place over the coming weeks for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, including tea, picnics, street parties and dancing. But Friends of Stour Connect are taking celebrations one step further and plan to make a short animated film, 70 Years in the Vale, capturing personal memories of the past 70 years.

Sue Ashby, trustee for art and drama projects at the group, is excited to be inviting local people of all ages and abilities to go to Stour Connect.

“We would love people to come and have a relaxed chat about their memories and experiences of the Queen’s coronation and the past 70 years,” she said. “Joining us will be pupils from Yewstock School, Sturminster Newton, who will be eager to hear stories and share their own thoughts about the Queen’s reign.

“Maria Gayton from the Dorset History Centre will be jogging people’s memories with a presentation of how life has changed since the Queen’s coronation.

“Sarah Butterworth from

Emerald Ant will then put everyone into small groups to chat, write down and draw their memories.

“I’ll probably draw a blurry image of the Queen on the first TV I ever watched in someone’s house. After a street party I went with my mum on a coach to London to see where the coronation had happened.

“Everyone’s words and pictures will then be taken away by Nic Rawlings from The Paper Cinema and turned into a short, animated film. What a wonderful way to bring together everyone’s art and writing into one creative piece.”

Sue would particularly like people who attend lunch clubs, Art for Dementia and Parkinson’s Dance workshops to go along.

“Getting together is so beneficial, and wonderful for carers and family to mix and mingle with each other and younger people,” she added.

The workshops are being held in connection with Tricuro Stour Connect, Dorset History Centre, The Arts Development Company, Emerald Ant, and The Paper Cinema. The Arts Council England funds them.

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ANIMATED FILM Friends of Stour Connect are planning to make 70 Years in the Vale, capturing memories of the seven decades of the Queen’s reign.

Anyone interested in local history and participating in the creation of a short animated film can get involved in this free project by visiting FOSC Facebook, phone 01258 471359 or email admin@ friendsofstourconnect.org to

book a place. The workshops run from 10.30am-noon and 1.30-3pm on Thursday, May 19. The film will be shown on Tuesday, May 24, hourly between 10am and 3pm at the Stour Connect Centre, Stourview Close, Sturminster Newton, Dorset DT10 1JF.

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Ticks need to be taken seriously

by Lynn Broom, Longmead Veterinary Practice Ticks are a type of parasite which feed on blood from mammals. They can spread diseases and are, therefore, best avoided or removed quickly to reduce disease transfer risk.

The UK has three main species of tick, and the most common is known as the sheep or deer tick, but they can feed on any mammal, including humans. The tick itself rarely causes problems. They do not normally cause irritation to the animal they attach to, although, if present for a while, they may cause a red bump at the site of attachment leaving a small lump of scar tissue or local infection.

Ticks are most active during warm, damp weather so can be found at any time during the year when these conditions are present. They are typically found in long grass areas where they climb to the top of grass stalks and climb on to animals as they brush through the undergrowth.

Ticks typically have a three-year lifecycle and the first year is very small and difficult to see on haired animals.

They get progressively bigger each year they live and, once they have fed and are bloated with blood, they can get as big as a small blueberry.

They can start feeding within as little as ten minutes after attachment but infection transfer does not normally occur until after 36 hours of ongoing feeding. Bacteria including Borrelia spp. (Lyme Disease) and ehrlichia (causes fever and anaemia) can be transferred. The tick must be carrying

Ticks feed on the blood of dogs and other mammals and can spread diseases.

the infection to transfer it. Lyme Disease is present in ticks in the South-West and is spreading north through the UK. British animals are at risk of European diseases being introduced and ticks capable of carrying infections such as Babesia – which causes red blood cell destruction and anaemia – are already present in the UK. Animals travelling in from infected countries are at risk of bringing this infection in with them and should be treated for ticks before entering Britain.

Products which kill the tick cause tick death after 24 hours attachment which should prevent disease transfer.

Most dead ticks will then fall off safely sometimes leaving a small lump.

Removing ticks using a tick remover is

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Products are available as a spot-on often combined with a flea treatment, a chewable tablet or a collar. Until dry spot-ons may contaminate water if your dogs swim and collars can be toxic if handled by young children and will harm fish. Please be aware that many flea treatments do not kill ticks and care should be taken to choose an effective product.

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Pets CAN YOU BE A FOREVER HOME?

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These are just some of the cats at Blandford and Sturminster Newton Branch Cats Protection looking for new homes…

by Helen Taylor Tip#14 Dog Trainer v Behaviourist?

Dog trainers and behaviourists have a valuable role to play in helping dog owners – but there are big differences.

Dog trainers help owners learn to teach their – almost always young – dogs how to behave politely and how to respond to cues so the dog and their owner can have a happy life together – for example, ‘Sit’, ‘Come’, ‘Stay’ and walk well on a lead.

Behaviourists primarily work to address behaviours not normal in the context they are expressed in – primarily aggression to people or animals, fears/phobias, inappropriate predatory behaviour.

Qualified, regulated behaviourists are degree-qualified and only take cases on vet referral – although the process can be initiated by anyone – owner, trainer, vet.

Consider the roles of school teacher v educational psychologist. A teacher – dog trainer – is responsible for teaching and shaping a youngster so that they can have a fulfilling life. A good teacher will help to spot early signs of problems and may sometimes be able to prevent them from becoming serious issues.

However, for a serious mental health or behavioural issue, the child would be seen by a psychologist – behaviourist – someone with specialised training in working with behavioural problems.

Helen Taylor is a qualified, accredited behaviourist, a Certified Clinical Animal Behaviourist, a Registered Practitioner with the Animal Behaviour and Training Council and is a member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors and the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (no 881).

Jinx (6): Indoor home needed for this delightful boy.

Stanley (1): Lovely boy who is learning to trust again.

Tom and Fluffy (18 and 11): Best Hattie, Simba and Nero (8 friends been living in cattery for a months): This lovely trio year, so are desperate for their really need an understanding own home. home.

Our lost and found cats n Black and white missing from These are the most recent cats Sandbourne Avenue, Blandford, for which have been lost or found – three weeks please visit our Facebook page or Found cats phone.

If you are regularly seeing a cat in Lost cats your garden or down your street If you have lost a cat please contact which you don’t think has an us via our website, phone or FB. Please make sure we have a contact owner, please give us a call it might be a lost cat that could be reunited phone number so we can get in with its owner. touch with you quickly if needed. n White and black, Chettle, All n Tortie and white Charlton white with a black tail and black Horethorne, Sherborne, missing above the eyes. since May 1.

We are still offering neutering and micro-chipping for £5 in postcode areas DT10, DT11, SP5, SP7, BH21 and now also in SP8 call 01258 268695

BLANDFORD & STURMINSTER CATS PROTECTION Loving homes needed for cats and kittens in our care.

For more details, please call our helpline 01258 858644 or visit our website: www.blandford.cats.org.uk Sponsored by Longmead Veterinary Practice Ltd

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Nearly half of young drivers borrow to manage spiralling fuel prices

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CLOSE TO HALF of 18-34-year-olds are struggling with fuel and cost of living rises, forcing them to borrow money from friends, family – or even banks.

New research released by used car buying service ChooseMyCar.com, showed that 46% of this age group have asked friends and family for money, due to huge spikes in fuel costs.

This was in contrast with older age groups, with only 21% of 35-54-year-olds in the same boat, and just four% of the over-55s.

The study showed that 42% of 18-34-year-olds have gone to banks to borrow money due to fuel and cost

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Motoring of living rises. The older age groups were again far less likely to need to take such drastic action, with just 19% of 35-54-year-olds borrowing from banks and just three% of over-55s.

The study was carried out after ChooseMyCar.com noticed a trend across its consumer research, showing that the 18-34-year-old demographic seemed adversely affected by current events, especially fuel rises and commuting postpandemic.

Other interesting statistics include: 80% of 18-34-yearolds would now choose to walk over using their cars, where possible; 66% of 18-34 year olds will buy an electric vehicle as their next car; 54% of 18-34-year-olds will avoid public transport in the wake of the pandemic; half (49%) of 18-34-year-

olds are starting to struggle to use their vehicles to commute due to rising costs.

Overall, the findings paint a concerning picture for younger people in the current climate. ChooseMyCar.com founder Nick Zapolski, said: “I really sympathise with the position the younger age group is in with huge spikes in fuel costs and the affordability of solutions like electric vehicles.

“We have been working on some tips to help people conserve their fuel and would be happy to hear from you about any advice you would like to get on that subject.

“Doing research into economical cars is vital in the current climate, and shopping around for good finance deals if you are buying a car through a finance deal.”

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Two wheels or four, DVCA have truly exciting entries for June 9 sale ON TWO WHEELS The latest Motorcycle entries from the mouth watering Sansom Collection are mostly low mileage examples and will include: 1977 Suzuki GS1000, 1980 Suzuki GS250, 1980 Suzuki GS 750T, 1990 BMW R80 RT, 2006 Suzuki GSX-R750K5, 2008 Suzuki GSX 1400 K7 FE, 2008 Suzuki SV 1000 K7 Classic, 2010 Suzuki GSF 650 K8 Bandit and from Yamaha 2015 SR400, plus the Vintage 1931 Scott 2-speed Super Flying Squirrel.

FOUR-WHEELED FAVOURITES Three more significant Vintage Sunbeams follow on from our Spring Sale success.

Once again these Vintage Sunbeams are splendid tributes to the engineering excellence enjoyed by the marque and include: 1913 12/16 Four Seat Tourer 1923 14hp Two Seat Tourer with Dickey 1924 24/70 Four Seat Tourer Other Vintage/Pre War entries include: 1932 Austin 7 and a 1926 Morris Cowley Bullnose two-seater with dickey, plus a delightful 1939 Morris Series E two-door

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1924 Sunbeam 24/70 Four Seat Tourer saloon with rare steel sunroof.

For the true adventurer there is a 1948 Morgan F4 Two Seat Sports three wheeler, totally dismantled, whilst the 1951 MG TD Two Seat Sports looks ready for some prewar style driving and a 1954 MGTF likewise but with a more svelte pose.

More modern sporting offerings include a 1994 Mercedes-Benz SLK 280 Convertible, these remarkable cars offer great value in terms of performance for your pound and have yet to be fully appreciated by the market and the 1994 Honda Legend Coupe may surprise in terms of comfortable, long distance cruising.

Also in the more family- orientated Classics a 1997 Rover Mini 1300 MPi an a Rover 216 cabriolet. Whilst on Rovers there is one of

those Ferrari look-a-like SD1s with V8 power and of course we are delighted to include an exceptional Heritage Land Rover Defender 90 County, as befits our love for these agricultural favourites.

For the more steady enthusiasts we offer from a private collection, a Farina Austin Cambridge, a rare Singer Gazelle and a Mk 2 Ford Consul. And in the Estate category a sensible Ford Escort Estate plus a 1964 Morris 1000 Traveller, which is just like new!!

But our saliva glands are in overdrive following the arrival of a Voigt Fairground Organ in purpose built trailer (so it does have some wheels) sure to bring cheer to the neighbourhood. Maybe Mr Chant will offer background music to this sale!

Next Auction:

9 June 2022

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Contact Brian Chant T: 01963 363353 E: info@dvca.co.uk W: www.dvca.co.uk Station Road, Stalbridge, Dorset DT10 2RH

1928 Voigt Fair Organ Model 34, 56 Keyless

1913 Sunbeam 12/16 Four Seat Tourer

2015 Yamaha SR400

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ACCLAIMED, ACTIVE DORSET INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR and former GP, 78, widower, seeks partner and soulmate who is good natured and with a loving heart. Perhaps someone who feels lonely and unloved. Tel 01202 706198 Email:anorman@fastmail.fm

Colin, Clair and Arron would like to thank everyone for the cards, kind words, invitations, offers of help, donations and attendance at the funeral service at St Mary’s Church Bruton. Donations to Parkinson’s Research UK over £600.00 - Many thanks

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PHILIP HART The family would like to thank everyone who attended Philip's cremation and also a big thank you for all the cards, messages of sympathy and flowers sent to the family and Harts.

PUBLIC NOTICE THE FRIENDS OF BLANDFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 6th JULY 2022 Due to continued restrictions relating to gatherings in the hospital building, The Friends of Blandford Hospital Trustees have made the difficult decision not to hold a Public AGM in 2022. Elections 2022 Nominations for elections to the Council must be received by the Hon. Secretary at the Friends’ office by Wednesday 1 June 2022. All nominees shall have agreed to stand for election and shall have been duly proposed and seconded by members. Rule 7A states ‘no person shall be appointed to the Council who is not an individual subscribing member of The Friends’. Nomination forms and members wishing to vote can obtain a form from our website at www.friendsofblandford.org. uk. Completed forms can be emailed to the office at dhc.friends. blandford@nhs.net or be sent by post to Friends of Blandford Hospital, Milldown Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 7DD.

AGM FOR THE PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP FOR THE BLANDFORD GROUP PRACTICE To be held in the hall of Blandford St Mary School on Thursday 9 June at 7.00 pm.

COME AND JOIN THE COMMITTEE AND HELP AND SUPPORT YOUR PRACTICE. WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS – BOTH YOUNG AND OLD If you are at all interested please email the Practicewhitecliff. secretary@dorsetgp.nhs.uk (FAO Emily Hurst) with your details.

A short piece about yourself and your particular interests would also be very helpful. If you have any questions about what being on the committee would entail, please email the same address.

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DEATHS BRIAN FRITTER There will be a Cremation Service at Lincoln Crematorium, Lincolnshire, on TUESDAY, THE 17TH OF MAY at 11.10AM, and a “Thanksgiving Service” at St Mary’s Church, Gillingham, on £79 plus vat THURSDAY, THE 19TH OF MAY at 2.30PM. Donations if desired to the British Heart Foundation. Please do NOT wear black for the Thanksgiving Service.

DAVEY VYVIEN OUIDA Peacefully on 28th April 2022 at Wolfeton Manor, Charminster aged 93 years. Mother to Anthony and his partner Nikki, grandmother to Penelope, Felicity and Lucinda. A Celebration for her Life will be held at Weymouth Crematorium on Monday 23rd May at 11.30am. Family flowers only, donations if wished for Dementia UK may be made online by visiting www.grassbyfuneral.co.uk or cheques payable to Dementia UK may be sent c/o Grassby Funeral Service, 8 Princes Street, Dorchester. DT1 1TW. Tel: 01305 262338

FRY, BETTY Peacefully at home in Weymouth on 29th April 2022 aged 88 years. Widow of John, much loved mother of Andy, Martin, Cheryl and Jonathan. Funeral Service will take place at St Mary’s Church, Bradford Abbas on Thursday 19th May at 1pm, followed by interment in Bridport Cemetery. Family flowers only. Donations for either Motor Neurone Disease Association or Alzheimer’s Society may be made online at www.grassbyfuneral.co.uk , or cheques can be made payable to “MND Association or “Alzheimer’s Society” and sent c/o Grassby Funeral Service, 8 Princes Street, Dorchester, DT1 1TW

JESSIE FRICKER Of Marnhull, and previously of Huntingford, passed away peacefully at Dorchester Hospital on 25th April 2022, aged 85. Beloved wife of Stephen Fricker, mother of Julie and Lorna and proud grandmother of five. Funeral service takes place at St. Simon and St. Jude’s, Miltonon-Stour, on Tuesday 17th May at 11:30 a.m. Family flowers only please, donations if desired for Woodland Trust, c/o Peter Jackson Funeral Services, Harwood House, Newbury, Gillingham SP8 4QJ Tel: 01747-833757

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Announcements DEATHS DIANA LAGERWAARD (NEE TURNER) (DI) It is great sadness, that after a long illness bravely fought, Di passed away peacefully at home aged 85. A very much loved Wife, Mother, Sister, Grandmother, Great grandmother and Auntie. She will be sadly missed by all her family and many friends. Cremation has taken place at Bournemouth Crematorium. Donations if desired to Downs syndrome Association c/o Lesley Shand Funeral Directors, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7DR or www.funeraldirector.co.uk/diana-lagerwaard

JOHN ALBERT HOWE On 25th April 2022 peacefully in Dorset County Hospital aged 86 years of Marnhull. Beloved husband to Barbara, who will be sadly missed by all family and friends. Funeral service takes place at Marnhull Methodist Church on Thursday 26th May at 11 am. No flowers please but donations if desired to Cancer Research UK may be made online at www.mhfd.co.uk or sent to Merefield & Henstridge F/D, Ridgemount, Pitts Lane, West Melbury, Shaftesbury, Dorset. SP7 0BU. Tel: 01747 853532

JANET BRINE (née Long) Peacefully on the 24th April 2022. Janet aged 88 years of Horsington. A dearly loved Wife of the late Gordon, Mum & Grannie. Funeral service at Yeovil Crematorium on Tuesday, 24th May at 12 noon. Family flowers only please, donations if desired for Yeovil Hospital Charity. C/o Peter Jackson Funeral Services, Mons, High St, Henstridge, BA8 0RB. Tel: 01963 362570.

DAVID EVANS Peacefully on the 23rd April 2022 at the Yeatman Hospital aged 86 years. Dave of Bishops Caundle. Dearly loved Husband of the late Margaret. Dad to Maria, Colin, Rodney and Mandy, Grandad and Great Grandad. Funeral service at Yeovil Crematorium on Wednesday, 25th May at 12.40pm. Family flowers only please, donations if desired for Friends of the Yeatman Hospital. C/o Peter Jackson Funeral Services, Mons, High St, Henstridge, BA8 0RB. Tel: 01963 362570

KINGSBURY GRAHAM Graham Kingsbury of Stalbridge, formerly of Fifehead Magdalen sadly passed away on 29th April 2022 aged 70 years. Devoted Husband, loving Dad and Grandad, Funeral Service to be held at Yeovil Crematorium on Friday 27th May 2022 at 12pm, please wear bright colours. Family flowers only please but donations if desired for Dorset County Hospital Respiratory Unit, c/o Grassby and Close Funeral Service, 4 Innes Court, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1BB, Telephone 01258 471024 or made online by visiting www.grassbyclose-funeral.co.uk

TED DUFFETT Sadly passed away on 23rd March. We are having a celebration of his life on May 27th at the Kings Arms, East Stour at 1pm. Please join us to raise a glass in his memory.

MARTYN GARETH SMITH 5 Mar 1972 - 1 Mar 2022

Beloved brother of David and Katy and step brother of Annie and Helen, Martyn passed away, surrounded by family, on 1 March at Yeovil Hospital after a short illness. A private farewell was held on 7 May. Donations, if desired, to Yeovil Hospital https://www.justgiving.com/yeovilhospital

KINGSBURY GRAHAM Graham Kingsbury of Stalbridge, formerly of Fifehead Magdalen sadly passed away on 29th April 2022 aged 70 years. Devoted Husband, loving Dad and Grandad, Funeral Service to be held at Yeovil Crematorium on Friday 27th May 2022 at 12pm, please wear bright colours. Family flowers only please but donations if desired for Dorset County Hospital Respiratory Unit, c/o Grassby and Close Funeral Service, 4 Innes Court, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1BB, Telephone 01258 471024 or made online by visiting www.grassbyclose-funeral.co.uk

VOWLES Brian John, passed away peacefully at Yeovil Hospital on 20th April aged 83.Beloved Uncle of Bernie & Sarah, he will be missed by all who knew and loved him. Funeral Service will be held at Salisbury Crematorium, 2pm on Friday 27th May. Family flowers only please. Donations in lieu of Flowers are for The Stars Appeal at Salisbury District Hospital and may be sent to Bracher Brothers, Newbury, Gillingham, SP8 4QL. Tel: 01747 822494

In loving memory of Diana M. Cooper (July 24th 1932) of Bourton, Dorset.

Ant and Jayne's mum peacefully passed away on 25th April at home.

A much-loved Mum; beloved Nanny to Bea, Charlie, Tallulah & May; and cherished friend. Mum will return to her home town of Droitwich Spa for cremation, and then join Ant to finally rest in peace.

Go gently...... xx No flowers please, make any donations to the Alzheimer’s Society UK.

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Announcements DEATHS ISSITT DAVID CHARLES Passed away at home on 11th April. Funeral May 16th at 11.30 at Mendip Crematorium and afterwards at Stag’s Head Inn Yarlington.

PEARSON Murray passed away peacefully at home on 1st May aged 93 years.

Loving Husband to Lucy and the late Betty, a much loved Brother, Father and Grandfather he will be greatly missed. Funeral Service will be held at St. Mary’s Church, Gillingham , 2pm on Thursday 26th May. Family flowers only please. Donations are welcomed in lieu of flowers for Weldmar Hospice care Trust and may be left after the service or forwarded to Bracher Brothers, Newbury, Gillingham, SP8 4QL. Tel: 01747 822494

WORT ANTHONY FRANK Passed away peacefully at Grove Lodge, Frampton, nr Dorchester on 7th May. Aged 87 years. Funeral yet to be arranged. Enquiries or donations if desired for British Heart Foundation or Kidney Research UK, (cheques payable to the charity) c/o Colin J Close Funeral Service, Peel Close, Salisbury Road, Blandford DT11 7JU. Tel: 01258 453133

BOWERMAN JOAN STELLA Of Yeatmans Close, Shaftesbury Passed away unexpectedly on 30th April 2022, aged 95 years. A much-loved Auntie and friend Funeral Service to be held at Salisbury Crematorium on 8th June at 10am Family flowers only. To make an online donation in memory of Joan please visit her Tribute site at: www.funeralcare.co.uk/tributes-anddonations Or send cheque made payable to either The Salvation Army or Alzheimer’s Society c/o The Co-operative Funeralcare, Greenacre House, Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury, SP7 8BS Tel: 01747 858968

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MAURICE LARCOMBE Peacefully on the 25th April 2022 at home in Holwell. Maurice aged 81 years. Dearly loved husband of Doreen, Dad to Jan and Ralph.

Grandad, Super grumps and Great Grandad. Funeral service at Yeovil Crematorium on Tuesday, 31st May at 2pm. Livestream login available on request from Funeral Directors. Family flowers only please donations if desired for Weldmar Hospice care. C/o Peter Jackson Funeral Services, Mons, High St, Henstridge, BA8 0RB. Tel: 01963 362570

WHITE BRYAN Passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Saturday 16th April 2022, aged 76 years. Beloved husband of Judy, Father of Anita and Father-in-law of Martin. Much loved grandad of Louis, Myles, Catherine and Jack. There will be a private celebration of Bryan’s life, for further details please contact the Funeral Director.

No flowers please but donations, if desired to RNLI may be sent c/o Woods Funeral Services, 11a Icen Way, Dorchester, DT1 1EW Tel: 01305 250425

BAINBRIDGE (Nee Norris) Dawn passed away at home on 3rd May aged 53 years. A much loved Wife to Bob, Mum to Carl and Lloyd, Sister, Aunty and Great Aunty she is going to be greatly missed. Funeral Service will be held at Yeovil Crematorium, 2pm on Monday 30th May. Please wear bright colours (Dawn’s request) Family flowers only. Donations are welcomed in lieu of flowers for Cancer Research and may be forwarded to Bracher Brothers, Newbury, Gillingham, SP8 4QL. Tel: 01747 822494

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Free coaching sessions at open event Pythouse Club, in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside between Tisbury and Semley, is staging its annual open day on Saturday, 14 May. The club’s design, inspired by a simple basilica, has classical proportions referencing Pythouse,

TENNIS

which looks down on the club from its elevated position behind.

The open day runs from 10am-noon and provides a great opportunity to try tennis free of charge on the club’s fantastic courts.

Free 30-minute taster coaching sessions are also on offer for all ages with the club’s professional coach, Ben. For more information about the open day and to book a coaching session visit www.pythouseclub. co.uk

Pythouse Club is in a picturesque location.

Sherborne’s fundraising drive Members of Sherborne Cricket Club are looking forward to what promises to be the first full season since 2019 following the Covid-19 pandemic.

The club, founded in 1837, are based at The Terrace Playing Fields on the outskirts of the town and have about 50 adult members.

Two men’s teams play in the Dorset Cricket League, with the 1st XI competing in the top division. The women’s team, Sherborne

CRICKET

Silks, play in women’s tournaments around Dorset.

Three competitive youth teams, the Under 9s, 11s and 13s, offer cricket to 30-plus children from the Sherborne area.

The club also run two ECB coaching programmes, All Stars for five-to-eightyear-olds, and Dynamos for eight to 11-year-olds.

This year will see the launch of a fundraising campaign to refurbish the

club’s 30-year-old practice facilities, which are in a poor state of repair. A new twobay, fully enclosed practice net facility is planned.

Dan Baker, from the club, said: “Having access to these facilities is essential to maintain our adult teams and continue to develop and build on our youth cricket offering. It is our vision to be able to re-kindle the familyfriendly cricket club environment.”

It is planned to launch a crowdfunding campaign in

early June which will have a fundraising target of £10,000. If the club can reach this target Sport England will offer a further grant of up to £10,000. The £20,000 total, together with existing funds raised by the club, will be enough to build good quality and hardwearing facilities to foster the next generation of cricketers.

It is also planned to organise a series of events including a beer festival on The Terrace on 9 July.

‘Dream come true’ for school captain NETBALL

The captain of Bryanston School’s U15 netball team has secured a place with the Team Bath U19 Development Academy.

Issy Patel, 15, a student at the school near Blandford, secured her place with the academy following a trial and will now benefit from elite training support and top class coaching as she looks to emulate the Superleague and international successes of senior players at Team Bath Netball.

Issy, who has played netball since the age of seven, said: “This is a dream come true as I’ve always loved playing netball and am keen to go as far as I can in

It has been a successful year for Bryanston’s U15 Netball team especially for team captain Issy Patel (second from right, back).

the sport. I’m over the moon to be included in the Team Bath U19 Development Academy as it provides such an inspirational and

supportive environment for developing the skills and strengths of young players like myself.”

Issy’s success follows a

year in which the Bryanston U15 Netball team won 17 out of 19 competitive games it played and was a finalist in the U15 county finals.

Roni Peck, head of netball at Bryanston, said: “It really has been a great year for everyone in the team and I’m delighted that Issy’s passion for the sport and her hard work on and off the court has helped her secure the recognition and personal support she so richly deserves.

“She is the first athlete from Bryanston to be accepted into the Team Bath U19 Development Academy and her commitment and enthusiasm for the sport is truly infectious. Well done, Issy!”

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British titles for Club’s open days Shane and Kate Two members of Dorset Lau Gar based in Blandford Forum emerged as champions and won title belts at the WKU British Open Championships at Wolverhampton Racecourse.

Coach Shane Blackburn won his -75kg semi-contact points and won a bronze in -70kg semi-contact points categories.

Kate Davey had to be put in a heavier weight category due to no shows in her own categories (+65kg -70kg) but she became British champion in both +70kg points and light continuous.

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Shane has recently opened up his new classes in Blandford Forum after having to close temporarily due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Classes are held every Monday and Thursday at R Lukins Gym, Pimperne, in the studio.

Shane broke his neck in 2018 and was told by his surgeon and doctors he would not be able to fight again but since his injury has gone on to be a multiple British, European and World champion.

Many sports clubs have had a difficult time over the last couple of years due to the Covid-19 pandemic and, perhaps, because players can be of slightly more mature age, some bowling clubs have suffered quite badly.

But now restrictions have been lifted it is the right time to get back out in the spring and summer sunshine and take part in the ancient sport of lawn bowls.

Bowling can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians and the Romans who later brought the game to Europe. At one time severe restrictions were placed on men playing the game in Britain because they were spending more time on the green than fighting wars!

No such restrictions exist at Shaftesbury Bowling Club.

They had a good signing on evening at the end of March and are now looking forward to two open days on Saturday

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and Sunday, 14-15 May, starting at 10am. They are inviting anyone interested in the sport to give it a try.

The club welcome men, ladies and juniors and can offer coaching to level 2. A busy schedule of league matches in Dorset and south Somerset, as well as friendlies and county competitions, ensures the excellent green is occupied all through summer from May to September. A range of social events is also planned.

Budding bowls players can try their hand at the open days – it is a friendly club and visitors are sure to be made welcome.

Visitors do not need any special clothing for the open days, just a pair of flat Contact Carole Wiles on 01747 854173 or Ken Barrett on 01747 852448 for more information.

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After a packed season the final matches brought this year’s Blackmore Vale Table Tennis League to a close.

Stalbridge A took the Division 1 title, while CVB Nightjars picked up the trophy for League 2.

Division 2

Coach at Dorset Lau Gar Shane Blackburn and member Kate Davey won belts at the WKU British Open Championships.

GOLF Wincanton Golf Club results – April.

Monthly Stableford – 9 April: 1 Brian White 35 ocb, 2 Dave Whitehand 35, 3 Kevin George 34 ocb, 4 Richard Ward 34.

Monthly medal – 17 April: 1 Joe Atkins nett 67, 2 Chris Chapman nett 71, 3 Mike Taylor nett 72.

Pairs Shield – 24th April: Winners – Trevor Mills and Rab Clyde.

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Division 1 winners Stalbridge A – Stuart Angell, Chris Watkins and Simon Crichton.

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Nectar Imports Customer Service Executive Office based – Hindon 37.5 hrs per week - no weekend work Competitive salary and benefits package Key Job Accountabilities: To deliver exceptional Customer Service for the business by understanding and responding to all customer needs.

-Answer calls in a timely manner -Process customer orders on company systems.

- Targeted upselling of own brands and other promotions.

- Deal with enquiries from start to finish - Be an excellent team member as well as able to work alone Experience & Attributes required: Previous Customer Service experience not necessary but must have excellent transferrable skills for selling and handling customers. Must have own transport.

To apply please email a copy of your CV to sales@nectar.net

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TOWN COUNCILLOR VACANCY Applications are invited for a vacancy in

Gillingham Town Ward If you would like to:

part in making decisions affecting your area • Play•a Get more involved in your community Influence the way local services are provided • Join our friendly and forward-thinking Town Council • Please complete and return an application form by: 4pm Friday 10th June 2022 Application forms are available via website: www.gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk/recruitment/ or on request from the Town Hall Tel: 01747 823588 email: gtc@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

St Johns’ Almshouse, Half Moon Street, Sherborne 01935 813245

WEEKEND GENERAL ASSISTANT

To join our existing team, helping to make St Johns’ a happy and safe environment for our small community of active, retired residents Each shift includes housekeeping and kitchen assistant duties Hours: 10 – 2.00pm Saturday and Sunday Rate of Pay: £9.50 per hour For more information, please call or email us: housewardens@stjohnshouse.org

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OWNER DRIVERS WITH LWB OR SMALL VAN needed for same day UK deliveries.

Please email with your details to enquiries@sprintercouriers.co.uk TEACHING ASSISTANT and SEND TEACHING ASSISTANT REQUIRED to join our happy team ASAP. Both roles 32.5 hours p.w., Dorset Grade 5. Please visit gillinghamwyke.dorset.sch.uk/ information/vacancies for more details. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS and relevant pre-employment checks P/T PERSONAL ASSISTANT REQUIRED for rural craft and herbalism business, near Sherborne, with environmental priorities at it’s heart. E-mail rowan@btf-organic.co.uk

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We a need a spiritually mature and prayerful person to develop and expand We need spiritually mature and and prayerful person to develop andand expand all all We need a spiritually mature prayerful person to develop expand aspects of with workchildren with children and families based within Wimborne Methodist aspects of work and families based within Wimborne Methodist all aspects of work with children and families based within Church and the wider community.

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Experience of working with children and/or families a voluntary or paid Experience of working with children and/or families in ainin voluntary or or paid Experience of working with children and/or families a voluntary paid capacity is essential.

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The successful applicant need to be able to work part of a team with the Minister and volunteers at: part a team with with the Minister and and volunteers at: at: as of part of a team the Minister volunteers Wimborne Methodist Church, 4aKing King Street, BH21 1DY. Wimborne Methodist Church, Street, BH21 1DY. Wimborne Methodist Church, 4a 4a King Street, BH21 1DY. A part-time appointment 16 hours per week.

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Shop assistant required for busy plumber's merchant in Gillingham. Duties to include serving customers, working in the warehouse and occasional deliveries. Applicants must be enthusiastic, eager to learn with a can do attitude. Plumbing knowledge an advantage but not essential.

Send CV's to tony.howell@plumbase.co.uk or tel 01747 821918

blackmorevale.net EXTERIOR PLANT TECHNICIAN / EVENT INSTALLER REQUIRED Full Time 40hrs Superplants - Nr Sherborne DL essential Please contact christina@superplants.co.uk

£118.39 plus vat

FENCERS AND LABOURERS NEEDED for on going contracts, must have driving license and CSCS card. Call 01305 267549 EGG PACKERS REQUIRED 2.45 - 5pm, 9-2 weekend available 7.30-2 - ideal for holiday jobs - 07967 388895

Role: SEN HLTA/Teacher/Tutor – Maths & English (Secondary) Hours: TBC Salary: Competitive, to be agreed based on qualifications and experience.

Location: Milton Abbas, Dorset Recruitment closing date: 27/05/2022

The Luccombe Hub is a specialist education provider within Milton Abbas for ages 8-18.

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.

For more information and/or to request an application form with job specification 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.

Role: SEN Facilitator – Mechanics/DT & STEM Hours: To be discussed (Part time/Full time available) Salary: £20,000 - £30,000 (dependent on experience & hours) Location: Milton Abbas, Dorset

PART/ FULL TIME CLEANING STAFF REQUIRED for our growing business in Blandford.

Vehicle provided, attention to detail a must, and being able to work as part of a team. Please call us on 07488 254215 or email PiperBrowncleaning@ gmail.com For more information.

HELP WANTED PART TIME, mending mowers and trailers must be able to weld, may suit retired engineer, ask for David on 01935 822032 or 07881 816867 WANTED SECRETARY/ ADM IN. For farm office near Blandford. One day a week, some bookkeeping experience required but farming knowledge not needed. Call 07976 959689 for details ORGANIST WANTED Fifehead Magdalen Church for Evensong service on fourth Sunday of each month. Please call Dee Trevor 01258 821517 CARER REQUIRED Male or Female for lady with dementia. 2 visits per day for lunch & evening meal on alternate weekends. She responds better to male company. Shaftesbury area Phone 07812487324 TRACTOR DRIVER REQUIRED for verge & hedge trimming - full-time, employed or self- employed in the Shaftesbury area. Call Tim 07825 786449 HGV CLASS 1 TRAMPER REQUIRED for container work.

Please call Charles Jeans 07738 730454 CLEANER REQUIRED. Horsington. 5 hours per week.

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The The Luccombe Hub is a independent education provider based in Milton Abbas for ages 8-18.

We are looking for a dynamic and inspirational individual who GREENHAVEN LANDSCAPES has working knowledge, either as a tutor of STEM/Mechanics/DT LANDSCAPERS AND LABOURERS NEEDED. or from working in a relevant trade.

We are looking for skilled The ideal candidate would have experience supporting and teaching landscapers and general people alongside a strong awareness of learning difficulties labourers to join our team. A within the educational environment. good knowledge of hard and However, we would consider someone working in a trade who is looking soft landscaping along with a can do attitude required, drivers for a change of career and focus that wants to make a difference 963 400186 adverts@blackmorevale.net www.blackmorevale.net preferred but not essential. and use their skills to the advantage of young people. ckmore Vale LTD registered address is One The Centre, The High Street, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4AB. Company Number:06055716 Long term positions within For more information, application form and job specification an establish local company.

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RECRUITMENT OPEN DAY Saturday 14th May - 10am to 2pm Dextra Group Visitor Centre

DUE TO LARGE CONTRACTS, WE ARE NEEDING TO EXPAND OUR ASSEMBLY TEAM: Fixed Term Summer Contracts for July and August 16 years + (Parent’s welcome to Open Day) Evening Shift 6pm – 10pm, Permanent Contract

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TEAM ADMINISTRATOR Part-time, 16hrs per week We are eight Church of England churches in Shaftesbury and the surrounding villages, and we are seeking an experienced administrator to run our office on Gold Hill.

Working with the clergy team, you will provide central administrative and communications support and be the first point of contact for many of our enquirers. Excellent communication and IT skills including Microsoft packages, the ability to self-motivate, pastoral sensitivity and an eye for detail are essential for this varied and rewarding role. For further details and application form, contact Revd Donna Gibbs, Team Rector, 01747 229543 or office@ShaftesburyCofE.org.uk.

Halstock Community Shop & Post Office is seeking a part-time Assistant Manager to join the present team of full- time manager and deputy manager, and volunteers. You will be expected to be numerate and well presented. Tasks will include working in the Post Office (training given) operate checkout, taking on specific areas of delegated responsibility from the Manager according to skills and experience. Retail experience helpful but not essential.

Email your cv to bardygriffiths@gmail.com by 1 st June

£177.58 plus vat

Closing date: Friday 20th May 2022

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Port Regis is a delightful preparatory school for day and boarding children aged 2-13.

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MUSIC TEACHER PERCUSSION TEACHER CERAMICS TEACHER FOOD SERVICES ASSISTANTS GENERAL MAINTENANCE TRADESPERSON HOUSEKEEPER CHEF HOLIDAY SPORTS COACHES SWIMMING TEACHERS / LIFEGUARDS

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Due to continued growth our Gillingham Dorset office has some exciting opportunities to join our friendly team within Future Wealth Management providing efficient administrative support to the Financial Planners & Paraplanners within the practice.

Client Service Coordinator To support the Financial Planners in providing an efficient & effective client servicing process.

Business Administrator Responsible for the administration of client information & process all business submission accurately using the online systems, adhering to compliance processes.

Paraplanner To support the Financial Planners when informing & advising clients on financial strategies, plans & products & providing technical reports to support business submission.

Building Society Deputy Manager To help us grow & promote the Agency & assist in the smooth running of the Yorkshire Building Society providing clients with excellent customer service.

The successful candidates can expect a competitive salary & benefits package, fantastic training & development opportunities & to join an exceptional working environment & staff team.

All positions are full time working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm Hours are negotiable for the right candidate.

For a full job description & details of how to apply, please contact Caroline Haskett on careers@f-w-m.co.uk or 01747 831074.

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Unique opportunities available working in addictions and mental health in a beautiful country house setting!

Clouds House in East Knoyle, Wiltshire is one of Forward’s residential substance misuse treatment centres.

Over many years, Clouds has helped thousands of people find freedom from addiction. Due to increasing demands for these services we are now looking for some special people to come and join our friendly teams.

Unique opportunities available working in addictions and mental health in a beautiful Cook/Chef: country house setting!

We are looking for an experienced Cook/Chef to join the Catering Team, providing nutritional, well balanced

Clouds House in East Knoyle, Wiltshire is one of Forward’s residential substance misuse treatment centres. Over many years, Clouds meals for thousands our clients in treatment. has helped of people find freedom from addiction. Due to increasing demands for these services we are now looking for some special people to come and join our friendly teams.

Working 35 hours per week, no split shifts, no late evening work (latest finish is 6pm) and working 1 weekend Cook/Chef: in 3

We are looking forAssistant: an experienced Cook/Chef to join the Catering Team, providing nutritional, well balanced meals for our clients in Housekeeping treatment.

Join the Housekeeping team and help to maintain the high standards of cleaning and laundry, ensuring a warm and friendly atmosphere for our residents.

Housekeeping Assistant: Working 35 hours per week Mon to Fri. Previous experience desirable but not essential as full training will be Join the Housekeeping team and help to maintain the high standards of cleaning and laundry, ensuring a warm and friendly provided.

Working 35 hours per week, no split shifts, no late evening work (latest finish is 6pm) and working 1 weekend in 3

atmosphere for our residents.

Gardener:

Working 35 hours per week Mon to Fri. Previous experience desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.

As part of the Maintenance Team, this role will be responsible for providing support for all aspects of gardening Gardener: across Clouds House.

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Focus now on preventing fly-strikes

by Tria Stebbing Lambing continued without any more dramas – the scan was 100 per cent accurate and we now have our multiple sets of triplets out in the field.

The last two lambed within ten minutes of each other – it was a strange thing.

64 was due a large single and Gemma was due triplets – from the size of the bag and other indicators we were convinced 64 would be the next in line to lamb.

We spent a leisurely Saturday over the field, catching up with jobs and keeping an eye out for any changes in behaviour. 64 was clearly showing us it was imminent, pawing at the floor, curling her lip and twitching her tail, but with all eyes on her it came as a surprise to see Gemma, who had done none of the expected behaviours, pushing out her first lamb.

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and we made up a temporary pen in the sun for her – over in the corner of the field, 64 was still behaving oddly.

Suddenly 64 appeared and started to try and lick Gemma’s lambs, and the pen came in handy as we were able to shut her in.

Gemma swiftly delivered her triplets and we were so busy enjoying the moment we nearly missed 64 spit out – literally – a big ram lamb.

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lambing was over in a week, well done Humphrey – what a party you had. All are doing well and keeping the villagers entertained with their antics and growing so very quickly.

Our focus this week has been on fly-strike prevention – we have seen an increase in flies and some of the shearers have already reported maggots in fleece.

We lost a lamb a few years back to fly-strike. It is exactly that, a blow fly lands on the sheep and lays its eggs, the maggots hatch and eat the flesh of the sheep, which leads to toxic shock and death, a horrible death.

The flies like humid conditions – it has been dry for some time now and as soon as it rains, the sheep, who have not yet been shorn, will be at risk. Each sheep is given a dose of Clik liquid on their backs, fanning down the spine, which will last for about 16 weeks, so is well worth doing for the peace of mind.

One of the ewes is allergic to midges and the battle has already begun to keep her ears free of bites. I have never heard of a sheep with allergies before but it is more common than you might think. Shearing is the next big job in a few months’ time.

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Why May is my favourite month ‘ A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay…’

A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly

May is the month when bees tend to swarm – the process where a new colony is formed when the old queen takes a large number of worker bees with her, often around 60 per cent, to start a new life.

The spring swarm is known as the prime swarm and as summer progresses, subsequent swarms get smaller and smaller, hence the old saw mentioned at the start. It is these swarms that beekeepers collect from trees and rotting logs, and the larger spring swarm will give them more bees to collect more pollen, resulting in a larger honey crop. July is too late in the season to get any sort of volume of honey, so the late swarms are not worth the trouble.

The swarming is a means of natural reproduction in the wild and two or even three new colonies can be created in this way. When the bees are ready to swarm, the queen lays many eggs in the

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A new colony is formed when bees swarm.

existing colony to enable the Remainers to raise new virgin queens while the Brexiteer scout bees will go on ahead to look for a new location, sometimes taking several moves to get to the desired place.

Once there they have to settle in quickly as they only carry enough nectar or pollen in their stomachs to complete the journey and they need to source new food as soon as they are able.

April has been a mixed month with Easter temperatures almost into the 70s in old money and the end of the month finishing with a dry spell and biting cold nor’ easterlies. We know that nature always evens itself out and May will bring some rain to the hawthorn

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At the end of April the migrants are still arriving, the trees are just in leaf and the hedgerow flowers are still primroses and lesser celandines. By the end of May the hawthorn is snow white with blossom, all the stately trees are in full leaf, there is birdsong everywhere and the hedge banks are filled with stitchwort and violets, and an explosion of cow parsley.

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Forthcoming Dairy Sales Forthcoming Dairy Sales

Telephone: 01278 410250. Email: MAY SEDGEMOORAUCTION AUCTION CENTRE Tues 17th SEDGEMOOR CENTRE.

NORTH SOMERSET, TA6 6DF (M5, J24) ThePETHERTON, Dispersal sale of 178 Organic Dairy November at 10.30am with theand Heifer Calves Tuesday 10thIncalf Cows, Heifers, Served Heifers a Pedigree Limousin Bull together The November Collective Dairywith Sale Herringbone of Parlour, Bulk Tank & Effects for RJ & RT Barrington 305 DAIRY CATTLE (Removed from& Heifers Staggsfrom Farm, West Bettiscombe Lyng for n 87 Freshly Calved Cows Beneknowle, Convenience of sale)Clevian, Dinnaton, Dorset (x11) (x14) Birchwood (x18 Dispersal) Hinton, Huntlodge, Lilylane, Peacehay & Rothereld Farms LLP Thurs 19th SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE. The May (x12, Crossbreds) Sale Farms of 300LLP Freshly Calved Cows, n 16 IncalfCollective Cows fromDairy Rothereld (Crossbreds) Heifers, Youngstock & Bulls.

To Include the Dispersal n 37 Incalf Heifers from Dayhouse, PT & JC Hinds (Pedigree), sale of the BRADEN Herd for P Wedden & Partners Rothereld Farms LLP (Crossbreds) & J British & J Waldron & The Dispersal sale of 61 Friesian Cows & n 3 Holstein Bulls from Beneknowle & Woodstone Incalf Heifers for Dascombe n 8 Bulling Heifers from Greathill & Mr D Thorner n 40 Yearling HeifersNOT from PREVIOUSLY Sutton Hall FarmsANNOUNCED *** *** SALE n 52 Heifers Calves from Hinton, Pensdown, Thakeham Mr D Fri 27th SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE. The& Dispersal Thornersale of 280 Holstein Friesians Milking Cows & IncludeFor The Sale of (Removed from Incalf To Heifers.

PJDispersal & SR Bennett 62 HOLSTEIN AND DAIRYofCOWS Swindon ForFRIESIAN Convenience sale) AND HEIFERS Comp: 47 Dairy Cows & Heifers Inmilk &/or Incalf; 12 Incalf Heifers & **Live bidding on MartEye, Heifers please register 3 inMaiden advance at gth.marteye.ie** n NMR HERD AV: 8039 KGS. 4.11%BF; 3.34%P; SCC=127 n HERRINGBONE Parlour; CUBICLE Housed n CLOSED HERD for 13 years

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Broadhembury, Honiton, Devon) GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET, BA6 8NQ. Major Reduction of the WJ Naish & Son Collection. To The large selection yielding and dispersal cattle include of inhigh excess of milkers 45 Classic Tractors,sale Vintage (including Pedigree, and Crossbred) coupled with all Vehicles,Commercial Stationary Engines and Bygones types of dairy **Live youngstock makes this one of our most bidding on MartEye, comprehensive sales to date just when dispersals are starting to please register in advance at gth.marteye.ie** slow down across the country. Please note that Social Distancing will be in place and we ask that only one purchaser per farming business attend. Online Bidding Available on Marteye.

NORTH PETHERTON, NOVEMBER: Thurs 19th SOMERSET, TA6 6DF (M5, J24) Telephone: 01278 410278 www.gth.net SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE. Dispersal Sale of milking and TOTAL STOCK FOR THE WEEK 4906 incalf heifer portion of the 9,160 kgs CIS recorded dairy herd being 200 Holstein Friesians for MB & LC Haskell (Removed from Stock from across the West Country, Beaulieu Wood Farm, Dorchester, Dorset for convenience of sale). sold to buyers from throughout the Nation

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Returns for Saturday 7th May 2022 Sedgemoor Auction Centre

DAIRY CATTLE (52) Heifers to £2450 (2x). Others £2310. Cows North Petherton, Somerset, 6DF CATTLE (M5, Junction 24) to £2080.

Others £1980.

(1133) TA6 STORE & STIRKS Telephone: 01278 FORWARD STORES (789) Steers to 410278 £1720 (AA). Others £1660 THE WEEK (CHX) £1630TOTAL (CHX) STOCK & £1620FOR (SIMX).

Heifers7143 to £1595 (CHX).

Others (CHX) £1550 (CHX) & £1490 (CHX).

GRAZING Stock£1575 from across the West Country, sold to buyers from COWS (28) to £1550throughout (LIMX). Others £1395 (LIMX). SUCKLERS the Nation (3) to £1020. STIRKS (344)Returns Steers to for£1140 (LIMX). Others £1075 (LIMX) £1065 (LIMX) & £1010 st (LIMX). Heifers to £925 (LIMX).

Saturday 31 October 2020 OthersCATTLE £870 (73) (LIMX) £850 (PA) &Others £785£2020.

(LIMX).

CALVES DAIRY Heifers to £2080.

Cows to £1840.(259) OthersBeef Bulls to £380 (AA).&Others (AA) £365 (BRBX) & £360 £1720.

(1184) STORE CATTLE STIRKS£372 - FORWARD STORES (933) Steers to (2x) (BRBX & LIMX). to (LIMX) £350 &(CHX).

OthersHeifers £340to(CHX) £1365 (FLE). Others £1300Heifers (AA) £1295 £1270 (LIMX). £1265 £325 Others (6x) (HEX, CHX £1200 & LIMX) &£1155 £310(LIMX) (CHX).

Black &GRAZING Whites (CHX). £1235 (CHX) (LIMX) & £1150 (HEX).

COWS (2) to £615 (LIMX).

Others £580 (LIMX).

SUCKLERS (4)£158.

Cows &Others Calves to £125.

(1607) SHEEP - STORE LAMBS (433) to to £850&(4x).

STIRKS (247) Steers to £880 (LIMX).EWES Others& £870 (3x LIMX £138 £134.

Overall Ave £102.99.

CULL RAMS (568)& BRBX) (BRBX) Rams & £835 (LIMX).

Heifers to £818Ave (LIMX).

Others £720 (BRBX) Ewes£855 to £182. to £160.

Overall £117.16.

EWES & & £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.(218E Overall& Ave £67.10.Doubles BREEDING to £143 (2x).Singles FRIDAY LAMBS 311L) toEWES £290(204) (£96.67/life).

TH BREEDING EWE SALE (459)Ave to £122.

GOATS (11) to £187. Overall ave 30 to £242 (£121/life).

Overall £70.39/life.

ORPHAN LAMBS £92.64. RAMS (12) to £225 (2x). Others £136. FRIDAY 30TH STOCK RAM SALE (34) to £72 (3x). Overall Ave £35. GOATS (43) to £179. Overall (72) to £610 for a powerful shearling. Others £470.

Ave £112.97. (101) PIGS – WEANERS (12) to £42. Overall Ave The West Country’s Gateway to National Abattoirs £37.83. CULL SOWS & BOARS (12) to £118. Overall Ave £68.25. nd November 2020Overall Ave Returns & forFINISHED Monday 2PIGS STRONG STORES (54) to £146.

PRIME CATTLE (93) Steers UTM av 187.4ppk to 213.5ppk & £1,327.28. Others £95.07.

SOWS & PIGLETS (1+11) to £209.

BREEDING GILTS 209.5ppk, 209.0ppk, 208.0ppk & 206.5ppk. Others £1,293.63, £1,287.00, (11) to £150. £1,283.12, £1,280.30 & £1,261.77. Heifers UTM av 180.7ppk to 214.5ppk (2x) and

£1,310.50. Others 204.5ppk, 204.0ppk, 199.0ppk (2x) & 197.0ppk. Others The West Country’s National Abattoirs £1,233.42, £1,205.05, £1,201.20,Gateway £1,168.50 & to £1,138.32.

BARREN COWS (56) Continental av 118.5ppk to 119.5ppk and £808.40. Others 117.5ppk. Native Beef av 103.6ppk to 126.5ppk and £906.75. Others 124.5ppk & 118.5ppk. Others PRIME &CATTLE (119) SteerstoUTM avand 227.7ppk to 256.5ppk £882.97 £861.77. Dairy av 97.8ppk 113.5ppk £966.89. Others 112.5ppk & 109.5ppk. £1,817.38.

Others 253.5ppk, & 248.5ppk.

Others & Others £945.73 & £914.63.250.5ppk FINISHED SHEEP (654) Lamb ave 202.94ppk 231.0ppk and&£115.00.

Others Heifers 230.0ppk,UTM 220.0ppk 219.0ppk. £1,808.23,to £1,788.75 £1,765.40. av &225.4ppk Others £113.00, (2x) £108.00 & £106.50. Others 251.5ppk, 250.5ppk & to 253.5ppk and(5x) £1,741.15.

Returns for Monday 9th May 2022

248.5ppk. Others £1,605.11, £1,581.15 & £1,531.17. BARREN Forthcoming Special Sales and £1,444.52.

COWS (57) Continental av 187.6ppk to 234.5ppk Native Beef av 182.5ppk to 197.5ppk and £1,767.51. Dairy av For full rules on market attendance and up to date sales list 170.2ppk to 181.5ppk and £1,506.45. FINISHED SHEEP (1573) please our277.19ppk website and/or Saturday report.

Hoggs refer (560)toave to 299.0ppk andmarket £145.00 (3x).

NOVEMBER: Sat275.0ppk 7th Others 276.0ppk, & 273.0ppk. Others £144.50, £143.00 Monthly of Organic Store Stock 10amand & £140.00Catalogued (7x). LambsSale (1013) ave 300.15ppk to 321.0ppk th November Ring 2: Others 318.0ppk Saturday £142.00.

(2x)7316ppk (2x) & 315ppk (2x). Others £139.00, £136.00Monthly & £135.00.

Catalogued Sale of 125 Suckler Cows, Calves, Heifers & Bulls For full COVID-19 rulesApprox on market12.30pm attendance Ring and up1to date sales list please Entries towebsite date include:refer to our https://www.gth.net/sedgemoor-auction-centre n The dispersal sale of 50 Incalf Suckler Saturday 14th MayCows (Sim, Ch, Lim, He & AAx)Monthly all pd’dCatalogued to calf Feb onwards to Ped Sale of Charolais bull for NB Needham & Sons, Old Henley 145 Farm, Dorchester (changing farming Suckler Cows, Calves, Heifers policy). & Bulls Sale commences at approx. n 3 Bulls – Ch, He & Lim 12.30pm Ring 1 (Limited to 200 Head) Online bidding available via Marteye n 42 Continental Cows & Calves – 6 Ped Lim cows & calves Entries to date include: n 14 Native Cows & Calves * 23 Bulls – 2x Aberdeen Angus, 8x Charolais, 1x RR n 58 IncalfDevon, Cows3x& Hereford, Hfrs – 1 Ped Lim & 13x Ped He 6x Limousin, Simmental Cows & 46 Calves – Aberdeen For further contact Meg onAngus, 01278Beef 410278 * 45information Shorthorn, British Blue, Friesian, Sat 7th Fortnightly SaleBritish of Pigs 11am Charolais, Fleckvieh, Hereford, Limousin, Stabiliser ***CANCELLED*** Collective Catalogued Sat 14th * 30 Incalf Cows & Heifers – Aberdeen Angus, British of Purebred Blue, Sale Charolais, Hereford, Poultry Limousin**CANCELLED*** Heifer – HerefordMonthly General Sale of ***CANCELLED*** Thurs 19*th 1 Bulling For further information please contact***CANCELLED*** the market office Antiques and Furniture onSale 01278 410278 Fodder 1pm Sat 21st MAY 25th Wed Orange Market Dedicated Sale for bTB Sat 21st Fortnightly Sale of Pigs 10am Restricted Cattle.

Store Cattle – 15 Months Wed 25th Orange Market Dedicated Sale for bTB Restricted Cattle. & Over, Prime Cattle & Barren Cows.Stock Store Cattle – 15 Months & Over, Prime Cattle & Barren be booked in with thethe market Cows.to Stock to be booked in with marketoffice officeby by 18th May. to beLicences obtained from Trading November. to beTruro obtained 18th Licences Standards on 03000 200301 or CSC.TBlicensing@ from Truro Trading Standards apha.gsi.gov.uk Sale commences 4.30pm on 03000 200301 or Sale commences Sat 28th Monthly Sale of Native Store Cattle 10am 4.30pm Ring 2 Monthly Seasonal Catalogued Sale of Fri 27th JUNE Thur 2nd Bank Breeding Holiday – Market Ewes Office & EweClosed Lambs 3pm Fri 3rd Bank Monthly Holiday –Sale Market OfficeStore Closed Sat 28th of Native Cattle 10am Ring 2

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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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“Walking along a peaceful country lane, flanked either side by fields of grazing cows, lazing in the May sunshine, I’ll confess this crime, I sang aloud,” says Olivia Stanton.

“It may be my Welsh heritage, but the idea of sound when long, loud and heart-felt belongs embedded in nature. I mean the birdsong in Somerset is deafening right now, and my late grandfather believed song is the one vital mechanic of the world. And it’s a known

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Historically, milking a female animal was an inherently sensual act. She, the cow, would milk easily and with earnest devotion if her attendant sang sweetly while performing the act – and after warming their hands – because it puts the cows at ease. “‘In nature’, my grandfather said, ‘spring doesn’t happen because the sun rises high in the sky, it happens because the earth is sung to’. Astronomers don’t agree: birds sing because the sun rises, not the other way around. But for my grandfather, and now for me, the cause was the song. So, I stood by the fence, and I sang. It’s called kulning in Sweden: an ancient form of Swedish herd-calling, entrancing farm animals with their haunting melodies: drawing in cows, goats, sheep, and ducks with each hypnotic note. And one by one – I cannot deny, these beautiful ladies gently sauntered over to the sound of my voice. An ethereal soothing superpower overtook. I felt triumphant and magical, like a good Pied Piper. The sun came out, I shed a tear… and then carried on my walk.

Did they gaze longingly behind me? Please say so… and try it yourself.”

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by Nicholas Millard, Herd Manager at Milton Farm, Westcombe Dairy The Milton Milkers are grazing the top paddock of ‘24Acre’ field this weekend. This field – divided into five paddocks last year – is the site of a bit of an experiment; we are not spreading nitrogen fertiliser on it. I’m keen to see how this old pasture develops under the new grazing regimen without the help (Obstruction? Destruction?) of inorganic fertilisers. Indeed, none of the Milton grazing land is receiving artificial fertilisers this year, and hopefully will never require them again.

This is the second time that this particular paddock has been grazed this year; the first grazing having occurred just over a month ago. While the four other paddocks in this field got a good dose of slurry in the late winter, this top one got nothing, relying on what the cows deposited there last year and what they’re leaving there this year.

I think it’s going well, with a heavy cover of grass having grown following the first grazing. Also, I am observing more and more clover appearing here than I have ever seen in this formerly set-stocked and nitrogen-fertilised field.

Removing the artificial fertiliser allows for the opening of a niche for nitrogen-fixing legumes – such as clover – to thrive, and by not overgrazing – which set stocking causes – should reveal a great deal more variety of species appearing

here than the mostly Yorkshire Fog, Creeping Bent and Cocksfoot grasses that have dominated in the past.

This is going to be a long, long, long-term project, investing what, if any, variety our land’s dormant seedbank can proffer-up.

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by Alice Miller BVSC DBR MRCVS, Friars Moor Livestock Health We are getting really excited as next week we will be launching our new smallholders club! This is something that we have been planning for a little while now and finally our first meeting is not far away! We will be in the events room, at The Fox Inn Ansty on Wednesday 18th March from 6:30pm. Our event is free of charge and there is still time to book your place if you are interested in attending, please call the farm office on 01258 472314 to reserve a place.

Vets Martha, Becca and I will be discussing common diseases and how to deal with them. We will be covering a wide variety of conditions and species and there will be a good opportunity for discussion and questions and answers as we work through the case studies together. When we created this group, we envisaged creating an opportunity for local smallholders to network and share their experiences, as well as offering informative talks and events. So, we are really looking forward to the opportunity to catch up with you all and have a fun night.

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We are also really interested to hear what you would like from the group going forward. We already have ideas for our next meetings, which will continue to be a combination of talks but also farm walks and look forward to tailoring these to your needs. Visits planned to established smallholders to see their set-ups and what they do should be a great opportunity for a fun trip out but also a chance to learn from each other.

We look forward to catering for all abilities, we are aware some people will have been farming all their lives, whereas others will be just embarking on their smallholder journey.

With this in mind we will plan our events accordingly and for some talks we can look at beginner and advanced options should there be an appetite for it. In the meantime, everyone is welcome to join us, we just ask you to book your place as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. If you are unable to attend this first meeting do not worry, you are welcome to get in contact with us to register your interest so you will be on our mailing list for the next one.

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Making the most of alternative environmental payments

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Speaking to the Cornish Mutual Future Farming programme, Gary Rumbold, Chief Executive of FWAG South West, explained how private funding for environmental work on farms is becoming an option.

Current opportunities include developers looking to buy carbon and biodiversity credits or invest in tree planting schemes, and water companies paying for natural flood management measures.

“With the environmental land management schemes also in the picture, there will be a mixture of private and public funds for environmental work over the next 10 to 20 years,” he said.

While these opportunities may be appealing, Gary advises caution. Some of the projects require long-term commitment, and selling carbon credits may threaten a farmer’s own ability to

reach net zero in the future.

Gary suggests farmers take advice from a trusted source. “Find out what is available in your local area and do your own research about what is best for your business. Make sure you are completely happy with the investment decision before you commit.”

As part of the Future Farming programme environment month, Cornish Mutual also spoke to First Milk’s Sustainability Director Mark Brooking about the future of regenerative farming, reviewed the latest alternative tractor fuel sources, and heard from a farmer successfully using an alternative fertiliser.

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The price of milk is always on our minds

by Ruth Kimber The grass is growing at last – Tom has been monitoring its progress using a plate metre.

First-cut silage will be done by the time you read this article.

The welcome messy days with a bit of rain have made a difference to the crops and gardens. We enjoy our garden and have planted quite a bit in the vegetable patch – the broad beans Paul planted in the autumn have flowers and small beans are already forming.

We were having supper the other evening just at nightfall, when to our surprise two roe deer wandered into view in our garden – they were no more than a few feet from us and looked most surprised as they noticed us in the window. Much as I like wildlife, I fear for our vegetables if they call again! We have quite a few on the farmland, which is fine as long as numbers are not too many.

Milk price is always on our minds – as costs continue to rise, adjusting budgets on a regular basis is all important.

Milk price has risen too but will it be enough to cover the extra cost of production and stem the exodus from the dairy industry.

We hear of more farmers large and small every week leaving the milking parlour for good.

Buyers from the processors vie with each other to attract or hold onto the remaining dairy farmers.

I think more financial reward must come forward to address the years of low prices and lack of investment on dairy farms. It is not just about getting through until next spring but securing the years ahead in the milk industry and attracting the next

generation to produce the nation’s milk, cheese and all the countless products the dairy cow gives us. We rely on imports at our peril.

The farmyard manure is being taken from the yards and spread on the maize fields, ready to grow the next crop.

The maize seed we select is of an early-maturing variety so as to harvest it before the fields become too wet in the autumn.

As all this activity takes place, forgive the tractor drivers if they slow you down – they are all engaged in producing our food.

We were short-listed in the Grocers National Farm Shop and Deli awards, getting to the last six in the South-West (Gloucester-Cornwall). We didn’t pick up the top award but were pretty pleased with being a finalist. The event was at the NEC Birmingham – we spent the day seeing new products in packaging etc and tasting new-to-the-market foods and drinks.

Travelling to and from the event using minor roads, we were delighted to see England in its full glory in spring-time. I am fed up with the constant gripe about our use of the landscape – hedges, trees, large verges and productive fields were all in wonderful abundance. We should be much more positive about what we have and focus on a balanced picture. We mustn’t forget our island is now home to a staggering 67.8 million people – 70 years ago it was 50 million.

With 33 million cars – in 1950 there were four million!

According to Google – get my point, don’t blame our cows!

East Chinnock

Guide £100,000

An attractive parcel of level, arable land with a small wooded area, extending to approximately 9.57 acres (3.87 ha) with a stream bordering two sides.

Lucy Carnell, Yeovil 01935 382901

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An idyllic rural getaway. A steel frame barn with workshop and office area (no living), a sub-surface greenhouse and pasture and woodland of 4.97 acres. In total 9.87 acres. Available in 2 lots.

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Stubhampton, Blandford 143 acres

Guide Price £2,800,000

A well-equipped grassland farm in the Cranborne Chase. A secluded 5 bedroom farmhouse in a superb private setting and a separate garden annex with office and further bedroom. Attractive stable yard including three farm buildings with a total of 11 loose boxes and kitchen/rest room.

All-weather ménage. Railed paddocks, picturesque downland pasture and valley and woodland with potential for a farm shoot.

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Dewlish

Guide £775,000

A south facing former farmhouse with annexe, now requiring some updating. In all 0.8 acres. Further 4.9 acres & former stable yard by separate negotiation. EPC exempt.

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Hazelbury Bryan

Guide £440,000

34.38 acres of pasture land with high conservation value and a steel frame farm building. Available in 3 lots.

Sturminster 01258 472244

Chard

Guide £75,000 L/H

A first floor purpose built 2-bedroom apartment in need of complete renovation with a generous sized garden. EPC E

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Eccliffe

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Blandford 01258 452670

Guide £350,000

Farm buildings with Class Q consent to convert to a 4 bed dwelling. In 5.79 acres.

Further 10.89 acres – guide £140,000.

Sturminster 01258 472244

Eccliffe

Guide £395,000

A 4 bedroom individual property with a substantial outbuilding and derelict cottage with full PP for a replacement dwelling, all situated in a quiet yet central position within the village. EPC D

Guide £350,000

A pleasantly located and quirky dwelling for modernisation and extension STPP, set in 2.12 acres. Ag-tie. EPC E

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St Leonards

About 7.08 acres of mainly sloping woodland located off Hurn Road. Available in 2 separate lots.

Wimborne 01202 882103

Swanage

Guide £225,000

A 0.47 acre plot with Full PP for a 3 bedroom house in a secluded position with sea views.

Separate 1.29 acre paddock Guide £50,000.

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East Pennard

Guide £500,000

A spacious 3/4 bedroom bungalow at the end of a no through track, with gardens and 2 level paddocks of 5.95 acres in total. EPC F

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Crewkerne

Guide £75,000

A parcel of undeveloped commercial use land backing onto farmland and extending to approximately 0.50 acres.

Yeovil 01935 423526

Dunbridge

Guide £295,000 L/H

A 3 bedroom cottage providing potential to modernise and extend (STPP) located in a pretty village within the Test Valley. EPC F

Wimborne 01202 843190

Bourton

Guide £400,000

A prime ‘oven ready’ development site for 4 dwellings in a residential area within the village, and overlooking a large pond.

Sturminster 01258 473766

Fifehead St Quintin Guide £350,000

Spetisbury

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A charming 5-bedroom detached house for modernisation set in good grounds and adjoining the river. EPC D

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Sturminster Newton

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A charming, detached 4 bedroom house situated a delightful village surrounded by beautiful Dorset countryside sitting on a generously sized plot. EPC E

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Broad Oak

Guide £500,000

A detached 3 bedroom bungalow for updating with a garage and off road parking in a peaceful rural location with gardens and paddock of 0.86 acres. EPC E

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Marnhull

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Higher Stour Meadow is an exclusive countryside development of 3 and 4 bedroom homes benefitting from stunning views, large outdoor spaces, generous driveways and garaging. EPC TBC

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Okeford Fitzpaine

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A delightful and beautifully presented 4 bedroom period house with a separate detached barn offering additional accommodation in a very peaceful location. EPC E

Sturminster 01258 473766

Melcombe Bingham

Guide £745,000

A sympathetically extended, contemporary 4 bedroom family home being light and airy with good sized garden and ample parking in a peaceful rural village. EPC D

Dorchester 01305 261008

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Danielle: legal executive and England captain...

by Andrew Diprose During the working week Danielle Mowlam specialises in estate administration in the private client department of an expanding law firm.

But at weekends the Dorset-based legal executive at Blanchards Bailey LLP has a very different life.

She dons a sequinencrusted skater dress and takes to the floor as captain of the England baton twirling team.

The 26-year-old has recently returned from leading the team at the four-day European Championship in Selestat, near Strasbourg, in eastern France.

She competed in individual and team events after spending hundreds of gruelling hours practising routines.

And what a success it proved to be.

The team took home the silver medal and, in her individual event, Danielle made it to the final and finished a commendable eighth.

She is now looking forward to the World Championship being staged in the Netherlands in July where her England team will come up against much better funded countries such as the USA, where competitors are almost professional.

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Legal executive Danielle Mowlam (above), in action as captain of the England baton twirling team, and (top, right) at work.

Danielle, who joined Blanchards Bailey LLP in 2016, has been baton twirling since she was five, apart from a short break in her late teens.

She is a member of Oasis Twirlstars, one of the UK’s leading teams, and undertakes a 110-mile round trip to their Basingstoke base every Saturday and Sunday for 14 hours of intensive training.

She likens her sport to rhythmic gymnastics and competes in about 14 competitions every year.

And it is a real labour of love as she has to cover all travel, accommodation and equipment expenses herself – as well as putting up with bruises and back pain.

One piece of kit she rarely changes is her lucky baton which she has been using for years.

Now a veteran member of the squad and competing alongside team-mates as young as 13, Danielle has vowed not to retire until she

has achieved everything she can.

She said: “I’d quite like to coach in the future, but until then I want to go on competing at the highest level for as long as I can.

“But it’s hard on the body – sometimes I can’t move for a couple of days after a training session!

“I absolutely love the sport and the massive commitment it requires is well worth it.

“To be named captain of England was a real honour.

“Some of my work colleagues think I’m a bit potty as when they go home for the night or weekend I’ve always got my bag packed to go to the gym or to more training.

“In fact, at the moment I’ve pretty much only got time for my baton twirling, work and studying for my exams.”

Danielle, a private client executive specialising in estate administration at Blanchards Bailey, is spending five to ten hours a week working towards her CILEx, Chartered Legal Executive, qualifications.

Based in Blanchards Bailey’s head office in Blandford, she is in her third year of study, having recently done her paralegal qualification and has three exams this year before moving on to her final CILEx level.

Ninety-strong Blanchards Bailey is based in Blandford with offices in Poundbury, Shaftesbury and Weymouth.

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• International haulage and scrap car business currently operating from the premises is included within the sale • Offered with vacant possession • Viewings strictly by appointment 0.6 Acre POA

Teffont, Wiltshire Rare Opportunity to Acquire a Mature Block of Douglas Fir Woodland with Plentiful trees for Timber on the Western Edge of The National Trusts Philipps House.

• Good quality timber that could be harvested sympathetically • Beautiful countryside views to be enjoyed through the boundary trees • Abundance of wildlife throughout the woodland 2.9 Acres Guide £50,000

East Orchard, Dorset An Utterly Charming Family Home, in Delightful Grounds with Diverse Range of Outbuildings including an Annexe/Studio Set in an Idyllic Countryside Position • Six bedroom family home • Four Ensuite bathrooms • One bedroom annexe • Stunning countryside views · Rural position • Gardens and Grounds • Double storage shed • Workshop • Various outbuildings • Pond with jetty and summerhouse • Oak timber framed car port 0.8Acre

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