Valley News April 2018

E E FR Issue No. 134

April 2018

for Whitechurch, Whatcombe, Clenston, Stickland, Houghton, Turnworth & Milton Abbas

Winner of the ‘Our Beautiful Valley’ class at the Valley Gardening Club’s Spring Show ~ Mark Steele

Helping to inform and unite the Community © Valley News 2018

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over the past year. Please look at the travel page on the surgery website http://www.masurgery.co.uk/clinics-services/travel-vaccinations/ and complete the travel questionnaire.

Editorial It's been very salutary over the last few days watching the events unfold around the use of chemical weapons on the Skripals in Salisbury.

An event of this importance - with international ramifications happening at our nearest city. And as the editorial is written comes the news that the police are moving even closer to us, to Gillingham and Alderholt, where vehicles are suspected of possible contamination. It shows just how easily we can become caught up in events outside of our control. Whilst the events in themselves are dreadful, it seems that the ramifications are also potentially very serious for future relationships with Russia. At times like these we hope that our allies in Europe and across the world will be ready to stand with us in the UK in opposing the use of such dreadful weapons, especially as they have been deployed here, in our own country. And let us hope that in a measured way our politicians can steer a course through the minefield that will emerge in the coming days and weeks, making decisions that will help protect us - and others in different countries across the world - in condemning and helping to prevent any such future attacks.

In last month's magazine we thanked a number of our regular contributors who make the Valley News an interesting read. This month we welcome back Joy McCormick and friends who are proposing an exciting development - do make sure you read her article and give what help you can to her initiative. We look forward to receiving updates in due course!

And we also thank Richard Marchant for his most entertaining and enjoyable information about the Winterborne River - both from a management point of view as well as an ecological one. Don't forget that you might be able to contribute too - if you organise an event or social occasion our readers are always keen to have a report of it (with pictures if possible) and it helps to keep everyone informed of what is happening in our community.

We have made decisions regarding the award of the Valley News Grants for 2018 - read about these later in the magazine.

A Healthy Collaboration Milton Abbas & Milborne St Andrew Practice has recently purchased a new Doppler machine. This piece of equipment provides non-invasive ultrasound tests that estimate the flow of blood through blood vessels and assists the clinician in making a diagnosis. Having this test equipment at the surgery means patients can avoid a hospital visit, thus saving time for the patient as well as providing much quicker results.

A significant proportion of the cost of this machine has been funded by a donation from Milton Abbas Neighbourcar which kindly offered a financial surplus to the Practice with a view to supporting the purchase of medical equipment. The surgery is very grateful for the support received from Milton Abbas Neighbourcar to purchase this piece of equipment, as well as for the continued and highly valued support of the Neighbourcar drivers who provide transport to help patients attend essential appointments.

Neighbourcar is always keen to recruit more drivers. There is a particular shortage in Winterborne Whitechurch so if you are interested in helping to provide an essential community service contact Nigel Hodder on 01258 470333 (answerphone) or by email to maneighbourcar@talktalk.net. There is no prescribed time for driving you make yourself available for whatever time you feel is appropriate to you and your lifestyle. Why not join the Neighbourcar team and help people in your local community?

Gillian Brindle (Practice Manager) & Nigel Hodder (Neighbourcar)

A Big "Thank You" from The Whitechurch Cub Pack Just before Christmas there were some very despondent cubs when it looked like the local Cub Pack was going to fold. They all loved their weekly Friday meetings at the Dunbury School Hall.

However, thanks to the massive practical support from the North Dorset Scouts and the involvement of the District Commissioner, Simon Young, the cub pack has continued to meet and to flourish. It was "business as usual" at the beginning of term.

The new Akela, Pete Haines, and team of volunteers introduced an exciting programme of activities including the making of survival bracelets, giant catapults, balloon chairs and challenging night hikes.

The cubs all have three badges to show for their term's work and their dedication to the scouting movement is as strong as ever.

The parents and Executive Committee would like to thank the local community and North Dorset Scouts for the massive amount of support and goodwill the Cubs have received.

The Valley News Team

Dog Poo explosion In Whitechurch There is an increase in dog poo around the streets, footpaths and on the grass in Fields Close.

PLEASE if your dog has a call of nature could you pick it up and either take it home and put it in your bin or use one of the Dog Bins in the Village.

For those who already do - Thank You. For those who don't - please think of others, especially small children.

Let us all try to keep our village clean. THANK YOU Winterborne Whitechurch Parish Council

Milton Abbas Surgery I trust you all managed to survive the snow we had in early March which arrived just when we thought spring was almost here.

Unfortunately, many surgeries in Dorset did not open and although we had to close Milton Abbas Surgery, we were able to offer urgent appointments at our branch in Milborne St. Andrew, carry out essential home visits and speak to patients on the phone. In addition we managed to move regular patients to earlier in the week before the snow and put on extra appointments for the following few days. We have discussed our response as a whole team so that any issues that did arise can be addressed and updated in our 'Extreme Weather Plan'.

Milton Abbas Surgery is supporting Blandford Food Bank which gives food to people in crisis. The food includes dried and tinned food to provide balanced and nutritional meals for three days and is donated by local individuals and groups. If you need to access the food bank you can do so by speaking in confidence to one of the clinicians at Milton Abbas Surgery. If you feel able to make a donation to the food bank, the surgery is happy to accept contributions of tinned or packet items such as cereal, pasta, soup and tinned vegetables with a minimum 6 months long expiry date at any time.

Are you planning a trip abroad? Will you need to have travel vaccinations for your trip? If so, you may need to allow up to six months for a course of some vaccinations as they will need to be ordered specifically for you and there have been some vaccination shortages

If your child would like to become involved in this well-established and flourishing pack, then please contact the Secretary Anna Way on 01258 880363 (anna@annaway.plus.com). Alternatively, come along and see for yourselves. The Winterborne Whitechurch Cub Pack meet every Friday evening from 6:30pm to 8:15pm in the school hall at the Dunbury School, Winterborne Whitechurch. It is open to girls and boys from the age of seven and a half to eleven.

Younger children are welcome to join our Beaver Pack, meeting on Tuesdays, whilst the Scout Group meet next to the Cubs in the village hall. Anna Way will be able to help you if you would like further details of any of these groups.

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The Winterborne Stickland Solar Fund Committee would like to remind residents of Winterborne Stickland that funding is available for community projects.

Applications for funding should be emailed to sticklandsolarfund@yahoo.com Decisions are made every 2 months.

The basic criteria is that ideas should have benefit to the community. A committee of volunteers select successful projects.

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The snow caused travel chaos in Winterborne Whitechurch on March 1st.

Many villagers came out to help those stranded by The Beast from the East.

Pictures by Michael Dicks "We deliver whatever the weather!"

Thank you again to our delivery teams Picture from Caroline Ward

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Valley News Grants to the community

Milton Abbas Local History Group

This month we are pleased to report that there were three applications for a grant that were considered at our monthly meeting.

We were not able to meet every application's full request, as our funds did not allow that; however, we have been able to financially support all three, as follows: Winterborne Whitechurch Old School Room - £250 for new chairs St Mary's Church, Winterborne Stickland - £250 towards repair costs for a memorial St Nicholas Church, Winterborne Clenston - £1,000 towards the provision of a kitchenette and toilet We are able to produce our magazine and provide it free of charge because of our advertisers, and the fact that we can in addition provide grants to our community is a huge bonus. We ask our readers in turn to support our advertisers - those who advertise events and activities as well as those offering services - because without them we would have no magazine and no Community Grants. Thank you. Valley News Team

Our March meeting was packed in numbers attending, and having three presentations. Les Bunce has walked the entire parish boundary - yes, all 14.5 miles of it, and photographed it. We now have 700 photographs as a record for future historians to compare. Les used the latest technology with GPS and a mapping app on his iPhone.

Fortunately for all, Les did not show all 700 photographs in his presentation, just a selection to show the difficulties in many places where the hedges, shrubs and trees have spread over the boundary. In ages past the boundary would have been walked annually so that everyone would know exactly where it was. They would have maintained the banks, ditches, and markers. Now with modern mapping there is no maintenance and it gets more and more difficult to see it on the ground.

Brian Larcher gave us a presentation on the exhibition which the Milton Abbey Heritage Trust is planning for the summer. Over the next three years the displays will illustrate 1000 years of the history and majesty of the Abbey. This year will focus on the Anglo-Saxon period, and will be made relevant to the visitor by explaining Anglo-Saxon life and death using modern approaches such as the TV series Game of Thrones and The Last Kingdom. Bryan Phillips has written an extensive factual account of the Anglo-Saxons concentrating on Alfred and Athelstan and their battles with the Vikings, and of course Athelstan's gift of the Abbey and its lands "to God and St Mary and St Michael and St Samson and St Branwalader".

Helier Exon then took us through the findings of the excavations in the north aisle of the Abbey during December to February. It was a surprise to everyone to uncover some gravestones which have not been seen for about 250 years. These are of people whom we know were in the old town of Middleton and we have information on them, including the plots of land which they rented from Lord Milton. Three of these stones will be preserved and displayed, along with the top of a table tomb, dated to the 15th century.

What an extraordinary history is being uncovered of this amazing place!

Why not come along to the next history group meeting where we will hear something of the archaeological potential here? Dorset Diggers will be presenting their work in other parts of Dorset.

See you there on Wednesday 4 April, 19:00, Reading Rooms.

Clenston Church Last year the PCC obtained a Faculty from the Diocese for a toilet and wash-up sink in the north transept of the church but this took up all the space for fellowship and serving refreshments. After long protracted negotiations with the powers-that-be Planning Consent has now been granted to provide welfare facilities in a tiny extension to the church. The extension will be in the north east quadrant so hidden from view. The building work has been spurred on by a very kind donation from the Valley News and should be completed by September this year.

The happy band making up the PCC are givers and always pleased to see any visitors and to help them in any way they can. Three cheers for the Valley News for their encouragement!

Piers Chichester

Mike Dee Moyra and family would like to thank everybody for their cards and messages of sympathy after their sad loss, especially from our friends in the valley.

Sam Anthony We are sad to announce that Sam Anthony, formerly of Home Farm, Turnworth, passed away on March 1st in Fremington, near Barnstaple.

Sam spent his childhood in Turnworth as his father was chauffeur for Captain Rodd on the Turnworth Estate.

He was a pupil of Stickland School and would often return to the area for the Turnworth in Spring weekends and the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Sam will be greatly missed by ourselves and his family and friends.

Hazel & Mark Steele

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Get Ready for the Annual Fun Dog Show

There's treasure in the valley!

Each year the Fun Dog Show on Stickland's Village Green has proved to be a very popular (and often hilarious) event, both for dog owners and the audiences. This year's event will be held on Sunday, 20 May so make sure you keep the afternoon free in your diaries. We will have lots of our usual fun (and skilled) classes with rosettes and treats to be won.

Start practising those tricks and agility skills! Full details of times, classes etc will be in next month's Valley News. As this year's event is the day after Harry and Meghan's big day we are also having a special opening class for anyone who wants to enter, entitled 'Royal Wedding'. For this class, we invite you and your dog to enter dressed for a wedding. Who you come dressed as is entirely up to you - the bride and groom, bridesmaids or guests perhaps? And the winner of this class will be chosen by the audience, so make sure your supporters are there to cheer you and your canine friend on!

St Mary's Stickland PCC and Events Team

A string of villages run through the valley and have done so since medieval times. Clues can still be seen in the original buildings and in the lumps and bumps of deserted settlements. However our knowledge about the delightful place in which we live may well be disappearing.

It is true that many local folks have written and told others about what life was like in the villages. However much of these 'golden nuggets' are now out of print and forgotten as people are no longer able to pass their stories on. And yet the valley has so much to tell and we can appreciate the time we spend in it so much more when we discover its secrets.

A few of us have begun to think about how we can capture some of our heritage and preserve it in a way that others can access easily. In doing so we came up with a plan to create an illustrated 'treasure' trail.

Extracts of this and its supporting notes will be published in the Valley News.

We are focusing on the buildings and the stories about the people who lived and worked in them. As relative 'newcomers' to the village we know there will be people with a wealth of local knowledge. If you feel you have information to share with us we would love to hear from you so we don't miss anything.

Please contact us either by email history.wvg@gmail.com or phone 01258 881261.

We look forward to hearing from you. Winterborne Valley History Group

Bere Regis Floral Group The next meeting of Bere Regis Floral Group will be on Tuesday 10th April at 2pm in Winterborne Kingston village hall. The demonstrator will be our own club member and lady of many talents, Sheila Bendall, and her title is A Mixed Bag. Visitors and new members are always welcome. Your first visit to the club is free of charge.

For all information, contact secretary Sue Stone on 01929 472083 6

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Pamela Hambro Hall

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Following on from last month's article, we are pleased to report that we have had two volunteers come forward to join the committee, which is excellent news. We have the Annual General Meeting coming up on May 3rd at 7.30pm at the hall. This is an opportunity to look back on the previous 12 months and to plan ahead for the coming year - and it will be a good place for our new members to start. We hope they will be very happy being on the committee.

The AGM, like all our meetings, is open to anyone to attend. Why not come along and show support for those who manage the running of the hall? Let us know if things have gone well, or not, and if there are ways that we could improve the facilities that are available please let us know. The meeting doesn't last very long and we would love to have some members of the public in attendance! Also, do remember that the hall is available for private bookings as well as for clubs and activities it's an ideal place to hold a birthday party or celebration!

Why is there presently no water in the river at Whatcombe? This was a question posed last month by a reader who reported that the River Winterborne dries up below Clenston Church after flowing so strongly through Stickland and alongside the Clenston Road.

We need to think back to previous Valley News articles expressing concern about swallets (swallow holes beneath and to the sides of the river course) and about ground water levels due to the amount of rainfall experienced. The title 'Winterborne' is given to streams, rivers and water courses that flow most strongly during the winter months and most likely dry up during the summer. The channel begins in Winterborne Houghton and weaves its way via Charborough Park to Sturminster Marshall and joins the River Stour just before White Mill on the Kingston Lacy Estate. In effect our river is a seasonal tributary of the River Stour.

The river channel in its turn is joined by other tributaries as it wends its way towards the sea at Christchurch Harbour and Mudeford. The Winterborne River has given its name to many hamlets and villages along the valley.

Graham Case, Secretary

PHH 100 club Feb 2018 1st 131 Trevor Gibson 2nd 138 Gill Fulton 3rd 143 Charles Cahan

March 2018 1st 148 Graeme Gale 2nd 139 Sid Fox 3rd Dave Morley

Friends of Dunbury Academy News Friends of Dunbury Academy (FODA) is the PTA organisation for Dunbury Academy, a group of parents who organise events throughout the academic year to raise additional funds for our wonderful school.

The money is spent on additional learning resources and on subsidising school trips such as the recent Evacuee Day at Nothe Fort, where the children took part in various activities to support their learning around this term's topic of WWII. The additional funds enable trips to be enjoyed by all children at the school.

Thank you for the great support at our recent Ugly Bug Tea Party.

Recently we enjoyed a film and pizza night at the Winterborne Kingston Community Hub where over 40 children enjoyed an evening with Dr Gru and his Minions.

The Winterborne stream was given 'Main River' status by the Environment Agency about 10 years ago and is a valuable chalk stream - which is a cherished land feature having expected characteristics and habitats. As a designated river, laws and rules apply which are enforced by the Environment Agency and applied in Stickland by the River Stickland Management Group.

The underlying rock determines the nature of a river. The higher reaches of the Winterborne River flows over chalk beds, some of which are like an absorbent sponge and other areas where the chalk is fractured and likely to open up fissures into which water pours. Springs in Winterborne Houghton give birth to the beginnings of the river. The flow of water is supplemented through Stickland by water pumped from bore holes at the Fish Farm and, depending upon the levels of rock saturation due to rainfall, these together determine the distance water travels downstream. The recent snow fall has contributed to increases in ground water levels and together with the melt water has pushed the flow further downstream during March.

The area around Clenston Church is particularly vulnerable as a number of years ago the river course was altered to create more manageable field space. Some damage was done to the river base at that time. This was before Main River status was given and therefore beyond the remit of governing laws. The rock base around Clenston Church is fragmented and absorbent and has dried out over the last few comparatively dry years. The river course has not been managed and nurtured to any great extent and the water therefore disappears back into the underlying rock. This is the most likely answer to our reader's enquiry.

The water reappears just south of Whitechurch and, at the time of writing, flows well along this stretch. However, there is no continuous flow from source to sea and the presence of water at various points along the River Winterborne is dependent upon local conditions and preservation work.

Stickland River Management Group

We're also working on a longer term project at the moment enabled by a grant from the National Lottery Big Lottery Fund. You might have been wondering what the huge piece of tree is doing near the Winterborne Whitechurch Play Park - well, keep watching‌. we have some wonderful plans to enhance the space around our playing field to include a wild flower garden and natural woodland playground. We're going to do something similar at Winterborne Kingston. We couldn't miss an opportunity to have a 6 tonne piece of the 130 year old Wellingtonia that had to be recently taken out of a local garden and are very happy recipients of it! We're waiting for the ground to dry out and then we've got some super plans for it. BIG THANKS to all the brilliant people who have helped us get this far.

We couldn't do what we do, or raise what we raise, without the support of our wonderful families, the brilliant team of staff and those in the community who regularly support us. Thank you. Please contact the school for further information.

Saggy Baggy Trousers I've a pair of baggy trousers.

I can see them hanging there.

They've got an elasticated waistband, and saggy derriere.

And when I go to put them on, I'll pretend that I don't care.

That those saggy, baggy trousers, will fit me ............... Everywhere! !

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Jackie Grearson

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Events COFFEE MORNING & CHARITY SHOP Mondays 10.30am-12.00, St. Mary’s Church, Stickland WHITECHURCH YOUTH CLUB (7-14 year olds welcome) Mondays 6.30pm, Whitechurch Village Hall COFFEE STOP Tuesdays 10.30am-12.00, St James, Milton Abbas CUP & CAKE Wednesdays 10.30am-12.00, Old School Room, Whitechurch ROUND ROBIN RAMBLERS SUN 8th APR 2pm Hod Hill (4½m) Meet at the parking area below the hill, close to Hanford School WED 18th APR 11am Farnham & Cranborne Chase (6½m) Meet outside the Museum Inn, Farnham. Packed Lunch req’d.

SUN 6th MAY 2pm Tarrant Gunville & Pimperne Long Barrow (4½m) For more info call Ian Bromilow 880044 FRI 20th APR BINGO 7.30pm, Whitechurch Village Hall Raffle, Refreshments. In aid of Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance THU 3rd MAY An illustrated talk on whales and whaling in the 18th Century by Dr Peter Dobbins 7.30pm, St Nicholas' Church, Winterborne Kingston Admission free, but donations gratefully accepted. Bar and refreshments.

Winterborne Whitechurch Village Hall Pub - Social Evening 7th April from 7pm OPEN TO ALL Come for a drink and chat

Deadlines for May’s Valley News Adverts & Events TUESDAY 10th APRIL Articles SUNDAY 15th APRIL

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The Winterborne Valley & Milton Abbas Benefice our lives and our circumstances? What might stop us doing so?

Jesus became recognisable when he said Mary's name. She instantly knew who it was. Jesus is calling our names today - what can we do to make it more likely that we will hear him calling?

Blessings, Alan PS. July will see the return of the scarecrows and Casting the Net.

Dear Reader, This year Easter Day is on 1st April - April Fools' Day! It is a stark reminder of the folly of the cross. Human foolishness is the same today as it always has been. It manifests itself in the way we attack each other, hurt each other, try to get one over each other. It is so foolish, so unnecessary and yet, it seems to be inevitable. It does us no good. Our villages, our homes would be even better places to live if we could work through this foolishness and focus on the things that really matter. It happens when we fail to see that person that we are having a go at as a human being the person.

In the Easter story, told by St John, Mary is slow to recognise Jesus.

She mistakes him for the gardener. Why might that be? Was it the dim dawn light? The entrance to the tomb was low down - Mary had to bend down - so perhaps, when she turned away from the tomb, she saw only Jesus' legs. How ever it came to be, Jesus was the last person she expected to see at that moment.

Have we ever made a similar mistake? How do we feel if someone doesn't recognise us, or mistakes us for someone else? In several places, the Bible talks about recognising Jesus, or God, in other people, or in particular circumstances. Do we always recognise Jesus in the midst of

FROM THE REGISTERS Marriage Benjamin Francis Beaumont and Anita Elizabeth Vincent on 24th March, St Nicholas, Winterborne Clenston MIDWEEK SERVICES: Mondays & Tuesdays 0835 Morning Prayer Stickland Wednesdays 0930 HC Milton Abbas SERVICES KEY: BCP 1662 Book of Common Prayer Traditional EP Evening Prayer HC Holy Communion (Eucharist) SHC Service without hymns or music MW Morning Worship, informal service for all, with old & new hymns & songs, without HC Rev'd Alan Ryan - AR • 01258 880482 Rev'd Sue Litchfield SL; Rev'd Jimmy Hamilton-Brown JHB; Rev’d Tina Sterling TS; Rev'd Helier Exon HE; Debbie Albery DA; Harriet Ryan HR; Jenny Tory JT; Ian Bromilow IB; Wilma Bromilow WB; Piers Chichester PC

www.winterbornevalleyandmiltonbenefice.com 1st April Easter Sunday White/Gold

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Looking along Water Lane Lynne Rainford

Different views of Stickland Patricia Seaford

Stickleberries Nursery seemed happy to see the snow!

Lynne Rainford

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Above and beyond...

Help needed with the Home Library Service

I just wanted to publicly thank and congratulate Tim and the Valley Dairy for the amazing service they provide in these tough competitive times. Despite the 'Beast from the East' and 'Storm Emma' and the red weather warning we had across our area on Thursday and Friday last week, we still had some lovely fresh milk on our doorstep on Friday morning!. Tim does his round at about 4am (I think, not that I'm ever up at that time to see him) and exceeded himself this week, and whereas we have an agreement that our milk can be left by the gate on Friday morning he had made the extra effort to walk it all the way to the front door. What a great local service, thanks Tim, brilliant. So do remember the hard working guys who are still out there providing a service to our doors and perhaps you could consider booking for your milk to be delivered to your door too from the Valley Dairy.

Are you a keen reader? Can't bear to be without a good book? Then you will understand how important the Home Library Service can be to people in our community who are not able to get to their local library.

Blandford Library has a very active Home Library Service, with Royal Voluntary Service volunteers delivering books and talking books to housebound people in the area on a 3 weekly basis. We are looking for a volunteer to join our team who would be interested in choosing books and talking books for our clients. Training and support will be provided by library staff.

So if this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you! Please get in touch with Maria Jacobson, RVS Home Library Service Manager for Dorset, on 01305 236666 or e-mail maria.jacobson@royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk.

This service is provided by Dorset Library Service, and delivered by RVS volunteers.

Thanks Snaps and Charlie, Hillside, WW.

Bus2go volunteers celebrate their award

Down the Garden Path

Blandford's 'Lifeline' Scoops volunteer award Bus2go volunteers attended the volunteers evening and were jubilant when their project won.

The evening was hosted by The Volunteer Centre Dorset's Annual Volunteer Awards.

Just when it looked as if we had escaped winter it arrived with a bang and the garden took fright; fortunately the snow protected most things from the freezing rain but the leaves on shrubs and trees did suffer some frostbite. As I write this we are warned that snow may return this weekend, the weekend of the Valley Gardening Club Spring Show. It is usually a very joyful show with lots of spring flowers and of course their famous teas are well worth a visit.

This is always an exciting time in the garden as plants begin to wake up after the winter and we see how they have coped. Spring bulbs are so joyful and the garden fills with yellow flowers and the woods with bluebells. Daffodils have such a lovely perfume. Not the full-on in your face of lilies or lily of the valley, but a subtler delicate perfume that gently titivates the nose. Bulbs whether spring or summer, are such good value. Many are happy to be left alone and spread providing lots of free bulbs and swathes of colour. I love gladioli, statuesque and colourful - if planted around other plants to hold them up they happily grow through foliage to show off their full plumage. Every few years they need splitting but other than that they take care of themselves.

Hyacinths planted near to a path or door provide colour and perfume.

They are often sold when the flower is very short so it is important to leave them in the cool until the flower stem has grown to a decent height and filled out so that when it opens it is above the foliage. When finished feed well so that the bulb can build up reserves for next year's flowers and then plant out in the garden.

Don't be in too much of a hurry to buy bedding plants, it is not too late to get a sharp frost which will kill them all off. Over the years, I have commented on the few annuals that I bother with. I think bedding plants are hard work. I don't have time to dig up plants, to compost, to leave soil empty for weeds to take over and then plant the area with lots of plants that last, however beautifully, for a relatively short time. We all have busy lives and for me the plants I choose have to work hard to justify their place. Birds can be very generous donating to one's garden but they are not choosy about whose seeds they deposit and are happy to give weeds as well as flowers a home in your garden. The more difficult it is for those seeds to find a nice place to grow the fewer weeds there are to dig up. I still love cosmos, an annual which flowers its socks off for a good five months. It has the height and stature to be planted in interesting places and the range available increases every year with new ones appearing constantly.

Wildlife increasingly depends on our gardens for habitat and food.

Trying to have something in flower all year round so that on warm winter days there is nectar available for the bees that wake up is a great help.

This year February was mild and on some days bees and butterflies were out and about looking for food and something to drink. Water is another important need, preferably chemical free, both for drinking and washing, and it is such fun watching the birds having a jolly good bath and fluffing their feathers out as they spray water over themselves.

As this month warms up so the vegetable garden develops. Hardy salads will grow on well and if you have a greenhouse many seeds will have germinated and the seedlings will be growing apace as the daylight gets longer and the air warmer. As the soil gets warm it is time to start planting out - it won't be long before we are picking broad beans and

In addition, all the nominated projects were put into draw at the end of the evening and Bus2Go was randomly selected to win a year's supply of Dorset Tea and a ÂŁ50 voucher from Waitrose for Biscuits'.

The project is growing and Bus2Go has more outings. We now welcome on board between 150-200 passengers per month. The service is intergenerational and is designed to help lonely and isolated folk to get out, meet other people, have a meal and enjoy the local area. From Grandparents taking their grandchildren, to people making friends. It's a real lifeline in the rural area in which we live.

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Maisie, a Bus2Go passenger said "I love going out with Bus2Go because there is a good selection of outings ranging from shopping trips, theatre's, sea and canal trips, to just going for a meal in a country pub, the buses are always comfy too. The outings are reasonably priced, well organised and there's always a Bus2Go Volunteer to help us on and off the bus. This is a bonus; especially on days when your legs don't always work in the way you want them to! Everyone on the outings is very friendly, and I've made some lovely friends through going on them. It's great to catch up with everyone, last December I took my two great grandchildren, aged 10 and five and their Mum and Dad on the panto trip to Weymouth. They loved it and the youngest grandson was bouncing up and down in his seat, booing the baddies and clapping his hands at the goodies. I just love to watch his antics as he is so involved on what is happening on stage. We have a wide and varied programme for this spring and I am eagerly looking forward to all of them. Long may they continue. Well done Bus2Go. 'On Board' Volunteers, now being recruited. Full training and support given.

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salad crops. Rocket is well worth growing. Try and get the wild variety which is less likely to bolt. A pot of rocket growing by the back door so that is it easy to get to, to pick a few peppery leaves for a salad or a pasta dish is worth doing. Herbs grow well in pots and apart from being pretty they are so useful. Chives are perfect as all of it, including the flowers, is edible. Chopped up in an omelette or folded through scrambled eggs, they have many uses apart from salads and are easy to grow. Marjoram has a habit of seeding freely but as it is happy in poor conditions it often appears in those hard to plant places. The flowers are pretty and the insects love it. Once the flowers are finished just cut it all to the ground and that's it. Herbs are expensive to buy and often come in tiny quantities so it is worth providing some space or pots for those that you use regularly: parsley, basil, mint and coriander are some of the most popular. Dill is worth growing, if you use it, as it is not so easy to find. Lovage is a lovely plant if you have the space, with very tall flowers it is a statement plant. The leaves have a slightly celery flavour and a small amount goes a long way. The classic recipe is lettuce and lovage soup, but it does add interest to salad, just don't be heavy handed. I am not aware that one can buy it so have always grown some.

One of the things I love about Spring is the energy, with everything growing so fast it is almost palpable in the air. The longer days make such a difference, it encourages early mornings and outdoor activity later in the day, and diminishes the desire to retreat to a long fire, shutting out the world. Lunch outside, lighter meals surrounded by bird song and buzzing insects, such simple pleasures but it seems to give us such joy. As the garden awakens and blooms so there are more flowers for us to pick for the home. It is a good idea to grow some flowers just for picking, if you have space for a picking bed that is ideal, you can then choose your favourite plants so that you have the flowers available when you want them. If you haven't got space for a bed then plant extras of your favourites in your beds to provide flowers for the house. A bowl of sweet peas is a joy or a bowl of mixed flowers of the same colour palette combining colour and perfume is a lovely thing and if we grow them ourselves it just adds to the pleasure. It is worth planning for, when planting new plants, if it is something you enjoy.

Claire Scott

mash, a pub favourite, but why not add mustard or Jerusalem artichokes.

Fish is quick and not difficult to cook and there is so much variety in flavour and texture with the fish that is now available from around our shores and around the world. We have our wonderful local fish farm with trout and arctic char, right on our door step so it couldn't be fresher.

Kedgeree is an Indian classic produced for the British taste. If you don't like curry leave it out. Rice, peas, fish and boiled egg, a delicious and simple combination. The fish can also change, smoked haddock is the classic but salmon works well for a more up market supper and prawns can also be used. I also like to add finely chopped parsley.

Chicken has become the most eaten meat and it is no longer a special Sunday treat, with the carcass making stock and the cold being served on Monday with baked potato and salad. I prefer the thighs to the breast as they have more flavour and are moister. It is such a versatile meat as it goes with so many herbs and spices and is quick to cook. If you are worried about campylobacter just freeze the chicken for 24 hours and it will kill the bacteria. Lamb has gone out of fashion, which is a shame as it is delicious and we are nearing the time when the first of the new season's lamb becomes available. Chops are a classic easy meal, whether grilled or cooked in a sauce, and they can be on the table in no time while minced lamb makes the perfect shepherd's pie.

And of course we have a wonderful variety of vegetables available all year round which are so versatile for so many dishes whether as an accompaniment or as the star of the dish. Roasted vegetables, seasoned with herbs or your favourite spices are delicious hot or cold and can be served with potatoes, rice or pasta. Aubergines are a very versatile vegetable which work well with tomatoes and courgettes and can carry strong flavours as with Indian dishes and Mediterranean classics.

Waste has become a major topic, whether it is single use plastics, poor recycling by councils or the food rejected by supermarkets who say the shopper will not buy a wonky carrot or a parsnip that is too big, too small, too wide or not straight enough. Or the misleading sell-by dates which persuade the consumer to throw away something perfectly useable - you should see the 'vintage' jam in my store cupboard which is just as good as the day I made it! We can all play a role in reducing the waste and it can be enjoyable trying new recipes, creating new family favourites or imaginative vegetable frittatas while we use up the scraps in the fridge or wholesome soups, that can never be repeated, from whatever comes to hand. We are happy to watch cooking programmes or read cooking blogs and at the same time so many of us seem to be inhibited about experimenting or perhaps we just have too much to choose from and it stops us from being creative. Food has become a convenience for many of us, somehow, we have lost the joy and pleasure that a meal can give us. On which note I wonder what's for lunch.

Claire Scott

What's Cooking One of the sad things about globalization is the loss of the pleasure of seasonal foods. Being able to buy asparagus all year round detracts from the anticipation of the arrival of English asparagus which is the best. At the same time, we can cook all sorts of food from all over the world which makes eating exciting. I went to a food lecture in London recently which brought together a wide range of industries involved in food, from the farmer through to the supermarket. The Chairman of Tesco's was the main speaker, very fluent as one would expect, but his comments on distribution and waste were interesting. The majority of food waste takes place in the home which is a waste of precious resources as well as money for many households. It was put down to the loss of food knowledge in this country and our lack of ability to buy and use food wisely. The targeting of non reusable plastic and making people aware of the consequences of how they throw things away can only be a good thing. Perhaps the latest research to find that water in plastic bottles has plastic in it, which means that humans are consuming plastic with the water, may change the packaging of water in the future.

I enjoy experimenting with food and trying different things. I find it relaxing, but I know many people see cooking as a chore. It really does not have to be, and cooking from scratch produces tastier meals, and it is possible to put a meal on the table in twenty minutes. We had such a rich food heritage before the wars which seem to have vanished which is very sad.

Sausages are a really useful supper dish. Who doesn't enjoy a really tasty sausage and there are so many to choose from. The classic toad in the hole can be enhanced with slices of apple and onion. Another easy supper dish is baked sausage with vegetables. Almost any vegetables can be used and it is a useful way of using up those bits and pieces of veg that linger in the fridge drawers. Put some oil on the bottom of your dish to stop everything from sticking, add herbs of your choice with salt and pepper. Into the oven until everything is cooked, about 30 minutes. Cooked sausages can be cut into mouth sized pieces and put into a tomato sauce and poured over pasta with some grated cheese, again quick and delicious, and of course there is bangers and

A year in the life of a village printmaker It is such a treat to spend a few days in London. As a cultural hub it's the place to go for inspiration. I can't make the trip as often as I would like, but when I get the chance I plan it well beforehand, and make sure I squeeze in as much as I can. As I write this, I have just got back from a lovely weekend with two friends who live and work there.

I took the train up to Waterloo on Friday and then went directly to the Victoria and Albert Museum. I took the lift up to the sixth floor and spent all afternoon looking at teapots! I had no idea a teapot could come in so many manifestations of spout and handle. I took plenty of photographs, but also did some loose sketches of a few teapots that really took my fancy. I think I could now tell a Spode from a Staffordshire ‌ On Saturday we all went into Chinatown for hotpot, then onwards to the South Bank Centre to watch two Chinese documentaries. One of them was particularly poignant; "China's Van Goghs" (Director: Yu Haibo and Kiki Tianqi Yu) tells the story of a group of artist friends living and working in Dafen, China's famous "oil painting village", where thousands of replicas of Van Gogh's paintings are painted daily to supply the many tourist "galleries" in Holland. The beginning of the film shows the friends struggling to keep up with the demand, working long days and sleeping in the same room. Money is tight, so it is a big decision when one of the artists vows he will go and see the original paintings by his hero in the Van Gogh Museum. A small group of artist friends go with him for support. The film is particularly poignant when the main 18

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protagonist, Zhao Xiaoyong, realises that his works of art are being sold in cheap tourist shacks alongside the Van Gogh Museum for eight times the price he was paid to paint them. Added to which, when he finally stands in front of the original paintings, he is completely overawed by them. The film doesn't just dwell on the differences between these 21st -century painters and the 19th-century Dutch maestro; its insight is that they are kindred spirits separated merely by time, geography and social class. The trip sparks many conversations between the Dafeng artists about commercialism in art versus painting "what's in your heart", and Zhao Xiaoyong himself has an epiphany when he realises he is a bona fide artist who can use his self-taught painting techniques to depict scenes of the village where he grew up and even a portrait of his grandmother.

One of my friends was watching this documentary with me for the second time; after seeing it the first time he decided to visit Dafeng on his most recent trip to China, and he even met one of the main protagonists. I was deeply moved by the film. Any artist watching it would feel empathy for Zhao Xiaoyong and his friends - the film had sad moments, but it was also heart-warming and funny. I have no more space to tell you what I did on Sunday!!

Genevieve Lavers

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Book Review Red Rosa: a graphic biography of Rosa Luxemburg, by Kate Evans This is a marvellously readable and short biography in comic-book style of one of the most astonishing women who came to prominence in the 20th century. Rosa Luxemburg was born in 1871 with many disadvantages: Jewish (at a time of rising anti-Semitism); in a Poland colonised by Russia; female; and crippled in one leg. Yet she rose to become an extremely potent force in the German Social Democratic and Socialist International movements, was a founding member of the radical Spartacus League and was, at the end of her life, the last hope of the purist strand of German communism in the aftermath of World War One. Rosa Luxemburg was tirelessly free-thinking and convinced of her own righteousness. She dared to take on pretty much all of the conventions of her era. As well as politically radical, she was a powerful female public speaker (at a time when this was anathema); she took a series of lovers; she wrote poetical and self-illumining letters; she was an avowed atheist (though her father was a rabbi); and she dared even to write critically of Marx, filling in some gaps in his theories. Her outspoken attacks on capitalism and militarism in the years running up to, and during, the First World War led to a series of short terms of imprisonment in Germany. It is striking, however, that the authorities allowed her to write and communicate with the outside world most of the time she was in jail, and she was not ill-treated (until the end).

One striking incident amongst many stands as an example of her volcanic, brave and determined character: once (before 1914), she was freed early from jail as part of an amnesty to mark the coronation of a German princeling, but she refused to leave and had to be dragged out of prison protesting against being freed for such what she called a 'trivial' occasion.

The striking graphic art of this biography does justice to a remarkable person, though occasionally there is too much verbatim political ideology. Luxemburg was a fluent political thinker and writer, but her passionate commitment to 'revolution' was bereft of realistic ideas about what would happen after the revolution, and rested (like Marx) on wishful thinking about spontaneous 'representatives' of the 'masses' infallibly 'guiding' events. Also, she did not foresee the violence which revolution brings. Nevertheless, Rosa Luxemburg was consistently pacifist, even when almost the whole of her political party voted to support the German declaration of war in 1914. In the end, she was a victim of the brutality of her times, and was cruelly arrested and executed by Social Democrat henchmen. Her uncompromising fervour and belief in justice still echo.

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Dorset Road Safe launches new road safety website Public services that work together across Dorset to improve safety on our roads have launched a new website – available at: www.dorsetroadsafe.org.uk Dorset Road Safe brings together the police, fire service, health and local authorities to work in partnership to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads through education, enforcement and engineering.

Members of the public can also share information on dangerous drivers, highlight areas where they are concerned about excess speed, find out more information on educational courses they can take part in, road safety operations Dorset Police is running as well as where fixed cameras and mobile speed enforcement vans are for the coming weeks.

The site hosts the latest road safety news updates from the partnership, upcoming events that members of the public can get involved in as well as updates from local authorities on new engineering schemes, traffic calming measures and other initiatives.

Julie Fielding, Assistant Chief Constable of Dorset Police and Chair of the Dorset Strategic Road Safety Partnership, said: “This website joins up all the road safety work that is taking place within Dorset and provides a one-stop-shop for members of the public with road safety enquiries or feedback.

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Martyn Underhill, Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner, committed to launching a new Dorset Road Safe website during his re-election campaign. He said: “In Dorset, road safety is a top concern for many of the residents I represent. Fantastic partnership work is taking place every day to prevent road tragedies from occurring, but few are aware of the many courses that are available.

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