Coast to lensman’s talk

The Loyal Hand in Hand Lodge of Oddfellows is hosting a Quiz Challenge with Rod Brewer at Crossways Village Hall, at 7.30pm. Teams of four. £20 per team including a ploughman’s style supper.

A Drop in Cafe for people with dementia and their carers is held at Weymouth Bay Methodist Church on the first Friday of every month 2pm-4pm. Enjoy tea, cakes and music for £2 per person. For details ring Esme on 01305 812637.

Latchepen: Live music “Jazz on strings” is a Dorset Artsreach show at Comrades Hall, Broadwindsor

Latchepen are born out of a collective admiration of Django Reinhardt and anything that swings. Acoustic by nature, Latchepen perform jazz on strings, with influences ranging from Romani music to bebop. lejazzetal.com/latchepen

Tickets £10, under 18s £5 from artsreach.co.uk/event/latchepen or Margaret Wing 07796 454203/margaretmwing@gmail .com. Bar available (cash only).

Saturday, March 4

Memphis Jazzmen will be at Weymouth Bay Methodist Church at 7.30pm. Tickets £10 in advance from Pete 01305 812637 or on the door £12.

A Multicultural Meetup will be held 1pm-3pm at Bridport Children’s Centre.

Join Jurassic Multicultural Network, a group where individuals and families of people from different cultures, ethnicities and faiths can find friendship, support and help promote their culture in this rural area, to get together, play, chat, share stories and make friends. Hot drinks, biscuits and friendly faces.

A Spring Quiz will be held at

Marine photographer and sailor Steve Belasco will be taking a photographic cruise along the Jurassic Coast in an illustrated talk at the Salthouse West Bay on Thursday, February 23 at 2.30pm.

Steve has photographed along the entire 95-mile length of England’s only natural World Heritage Site, from Poole in Dorset to Exmouth in Devon. His recently published book The Jurassic Coast From The Sea will also be available for sale at the event. Advance booking is essential

Moreton Village Hall at 7pm. Tickets £5 on the door and include a light supper and prizes. Teams of four or six persons, please bring your own tipple. moretonvillagehalldorset.uk

Glastonbury Fairy Weekend Spring 2023 is held today and tomorrow, 10.30am-6pm. The daytime fayre is free entry for the public, at Glastonbury Town Hall, Magdalene Street, Somerset BA6 9EL. The Fairy Ball takes place on Saturday night with music to be announced. There will be a selection of workshops and talks. More at faeryevents.com

Sunday, March 5 to avoid disappointment. Tickets are £5 from Bridport Tourist Information Centre 01308 424901 (online and in person).

Bridport Chamber Orchestra’s Spring Concert and teas will be held at 3pm at St Swithun’s Church, Bridport. Music to include the Concertino for Clarinet by Tartini and An Englishman in New Orleans by Paul Coles: clarinet soloist Guillermo Ramasasa. Also pieces by Hubert Parry, Samuel Barber, Hugo Wolf and Gordon Langford.

Tickets £12 from the Music Centre and The Book Shop, Bridport and on the door. Children free.

Tuesday, March 7

Blackmore Vale u3a’s next open meeting will hear from stunt artist Denise Edwards at 2.15pm at Henstridge Village Hall, refreshments available.

Weds, March 8

West Dorset Ramblers meet at Hawkchurch/Holditch, at 10.15am - 8.5 miles

Philip and Michelle 01460 62060 ramblers.org.uk

Thursday, March 9

West Dorset Ramblers will enjoy a pub walk from The Wise Man, West Stafford at 10am – 5.5 miles. Cynthia 01300 320346 ramblers.org.uk

Comediennes Janey Godley and Helen Lederer will make guest appearances at Dorset’s first women’s health symposium at Lighthouse Poole. Helen Lederer, who has long had a keen interest in promoting and supporting women in the health arena will be launching the day’s event asking: “Why do we need to talk about women’s health?”

“With the publication of the Women’s Health Strategy last year, there has never been a more pertinent time to hear women’s voices or to share and learn about where Dorset is at in supporting women with their health”, said Marianne Storey, Chair of Women’s Action Network Dorset.

The strategy sets out a 10-year plan to improve health outcomes for women, looking specifically at how women’s voices are heard.

The Symposium will follow a life course approach – from menstruation to menopause. Janey Godley herself has been undergoing her own treatment for ovarian cancer and she knows first-hand the importance of speaking up about women’s health. “Ovarian cancer has been a rollercoaster of emotions; I’m more determined than ever to live life to the full and to stick two fingers up to the stigma of cancer and everything that goes with it… I’m delighted to be sharing my story at this event in the middle of my ‘I’m Not Dead Yet’ tour. We need to talk about this kind of stuff. Cancer can ‘jog on’ as far as I’m concerned.”

Book at eventbrite.co.uk

Friday, March 10

The Friends of Greenhill Gardens (greenhillgardens.co.uk, 01305 768446) are holding a Teddy Bears Picnic Quiz at 7.30pm at Preston Village Hall.

Tickets £12 including Picnic Box Supper.

Bring your own Teddies or dress as a Teddy!

By Karen Bate karen@westdorsetmag.co.uk

Cancer Research UK had a welcome cash boost thanks to the Wessex Morris Men, who danced their way in Dorchester to raise £226.75 for the charity.

The Dance Out was just one of hundreds of events the Morris men attend each year, delighting audiences with their rebel spirit across the county.

The team is a sociable one, holding their Christmas Party in the Halsey Arms where much merriment was made before presenting the St George’s Mumming Play at the pub and again on Boxing Day, where some 200 people watched the spectacle at Cerne Abbas. Wessex Morris Men was formed as a Revival Side in 1957 and is still going strong. Based in Pulham,