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EDITORIAL Second Covid-19 lockdown edition Well, what a month that was, one we could not have predicted in a million years….and yet our beautiful Wriggle Valley thrives in these lockdown times (two words or one, your choice). This is a very different magazine and we have produced as many photo spreads as we could of your photos to highlight this. We are very lucky we are, when many in the country don’t have much outdoor personal space, to be surrounded by all this wonderful wildlife. Enjoy all our nature news.

Thank you Jan Millward for sending in an appropriate poem for the situation we find ourselves in…. ….? p57.

Elizabeth Bletsoe from Sherborne Museum has written a fascinating article about local hero which is especially pertinent in these Covid-19 times, p54.

We have also included a few which will suit all ages, pull them out and have some fun. If you have any more ideas for next month’s mag, please let us know.

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. How many rainbows can you see and hear on your walks around the village?

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e are lucky to have to endure the lock down in such a beautiful valley on the edge of the Blackmore Vale. As I write this some of us have been in self-isolation and the rest of us social distancing for three weeks or more. Although it is tougher for some than others, many of us miss seeing family from whom we are parted, but we have to count our luck in other ways; less traffic & pollution, clearer skies with fewer aeroplanes, quieter, more time to hear the birdsong, to think and to catch up with our lives, even more kindness in our community, learning new recipes for the food we have, appreciation of our NHS, social carers and other key workers, learning new technology and communication skills.

Also, the Batcombe Friends WhatsApp has sprung up and is a friendly exchange for swapping news and all sorts of things. In the first few days the following items were exchanged: plants, plant pots, printer cartridges, news, ribbon, jigsaw puzzles, carpet, dog bones and compost!

Another consequence of the lockdown is

the slowdown in the various building projects in the village.

It is testament to vibrancy of our village life that there are so many such projects, which have just been completed or are in progress or are at the planning stage.

On that note we welcome Pete and Lou Gordge and Charlie and Ava-May back to the village. Welcome also to this world to Sholto Isles, third son of Fred and Tattie and a grandson for Andrew and Susie Graham.

I am sad to report the death of Malcolm Dunning after a long and bravely borne illness. Malcolm has been a fixture in Batcombe for many years and has been an ever-willing help and guide with all sorts of maintenance in our gardens and the churchyard. He will be much missed.

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xtremely sad news this month as we pay tribute to two longstanding Chetnole residents: Christine Blunn and Michael Tweedy who have recently died. We send our love and condolences to John and Gudrun and their families at this particularly stressful time and we will miss their presence in the village hugely.

On a brighter note, congratulations from us all go to PC Molly Sturgess who has now completed her training with Dorset Police and is patrolling the Dorset streets as one of our vital key workers making sure we’re all safe. Molly joined the Dorset Police Degree Apprenticeship scheme in September 2019. Her passing out ceremony after six months initial training, took place in March at Queen Elizabeth School Wimborne.

She is currently attending a further three month training period in Bournemouth before being stationed in North Dorset where she will work whilst still studying to attain a degree in Policing.

Well done Molly, your mum and dad (Eileen and Gary) are absolutely bursting with pride and good luck in your new career!

Welcome to Tracy and Carlo, who have recently moved into Grove Cottages and also welcome home to David Rose who has been brought from Salisbury hospital to his new home "Gables", Mill Lane following his spinal accident. We are very glad to have you home with your wife Ruth.

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PRODUCE BOXES please see p13 during the lock down period when getting to the shops can feel like a military operation or impossible for those self-isolating. We also are lucky to have the CHETNOLE CORONAVIRUS SUPPORT GROUP contact coordinator James Troup on 01935 873136 if you need help whilst self-isolating.

Look out for the rainbows and teddies on your exercise jaunts around the village, stay safe, stay home, protect our NHS and if you need anything just ask. See you next month when I’m hoping it’ll be a whole lot better.

PLANT SALE CANCELLED Sadly the Chetnole and Leigh Garden Club’s charity plant sale due to be held on Sunday 16 May has been cancelled.

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Across the country, at 8pm on Thursday, 9th April, musicians of all varieties joined those applauding our carers, to perform ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ on their doorsteps. Rainbows have become a symbol of hope in this strange and unprecedented time, so it seemed only right that we should add our voices and skills to the thanks for those putting their lives at risk to help us. The first words of ‘Over the Rainbow’ seem particularly appropriate: “When all the world is a hopeless jumble”. It would be a “hopeless jumble” if it weren’t for such selfless and passionate people who put others first in order to carry out their work that is so necessary for our lives to continue. This goes far beyond those who work for the NHS, to all carers, teachers, farmers, food industry workers, delivery drivers and many many more. THANK YOU! Wriggle Valley Voices, who were so sad to stop rehearsing in the early stages of the pandemic in this country, really wanted to add their voices too. So we have put together a multitrack clip of members singing ‘Over the Rainbow’ for people to enjoy. You can find it here: see p59) And many members took part in the nationwide doorstep challenge by singing along at 8pm. Did you hear us?

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During the lead up to Easter, there were Easter cards and palm crosses in the church porch for villagers to collect as they walked past. There is also a box for prayer slips in the porch. For Easter Sunday the porch was beautifully decorated with flowers - many thanks to the flower ladies, who came at different times to contribute their garden flowers.

On Tuesday 7th April there was a quiet burial in the churchyard for John Trawford, son of the late Ernie Trawford of Mill Lane.

During the closure of the church buildings, our vicars are streaming live services through their facebook page and have a daily blog. See www.threevalleysteam.org .

We hope you all stay safe and healthy.

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I have been working out with my suppliers about the possibility of doing a basic produce box for villagers once a week.

The boxes Priced at £25 would be available to be picked up from the front of the pub between 4:30 and 6pm on a Tuesday afternoon.

I would need all orders for boxes by 3pm Monday and the boxes would be pre set, as is...ie, I wouldn’t be able to swap around ingredients at all. This is the list that each box would contain: Please call or text my mobile as I’m not number always in the pub now! And I can put you down for a box. Take care

We have had some lovely photos of our wildlife and plants thriving in our beautiful village taking no notice of stay at home restrictions…. And having eels and brown trout (he was released) in our Wriggle River, proves, with otters, that it is a healthy one.

Enjoy the bluebells and early purple orchids.

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DR MICHAEL TWEEDY May 6th 1927 / March 28th Michael Tweedy, aged 92, died on 28th March 2020 in Dorset. Michael rose from humble beginnings to achieve remarkable academic success and a distinguished career as schoolmaster at Winchester before retiring to Chetnole in 1989.

His memoirs record that his ‘head emerged into this world of light and time at about 9am on 6th Mayth, 27’ at his father’s East End tobacconist in Leyton.

Recognising early academic promise his mother, Edith, set up a lending library in the shop so that Michael was able to attend Bancroft’s School where he won an Open Exhibition in Modern Languages at Corpus Christi, Cambridge.

In 1948, after two years National Service, he went up to Cambridge, where he took a first before completing a doctorate, after a year in Paris studying medieval manuscripts at the Sorbonne. In 1955, he joined the teaching staff at Winchester College. Members of his first form went on to varied distinguished careers: Terence Cave became a Professor of French at Oxford, Ian Gow an MP and PPS to Margaret Thatcher, and Nicholas Luard opened the Establishment nightclub in London.

Michael stayed at Winchester for 34 years, where he’s remembered fondly for his witty div hours and his years as Moberly Librarian and later as Fellows’ Librarian. His humanity, enthusiasm and an intellectually curious mind made him a natural teacher.

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He met his first wife Enid in 1954 whilst she was working for the Red Cross – having spent the war at Bletchley Park. They married in 1957 and soon set up a remarkable home at Culver Lodge as the Tweedy family started to grow (Laura 1958, Jane 1959, Torquil 1961, Roderick 1963).

Michael’s parents, Douglas and Edith, retired to live in The Old Cottage in Chetnole in Dorset in 1963. Edith died in 1980 and when Michael retired in 1989, he moved to Chetnole to help look after his father.

After an initial period of adjustment, Michael took to village life, being elected Chair of the Parish Meeting in 1991 and joining the Village Hall and Flower Show committees in the same year.

During a period of serious illness after the death of his first wife in 1993, Michael was contacted by an old family friend Gudrun EbenhochGrossman who was then living in Germany. Love blossomed and, in 2000, they were married with the blessing of all of their children.

Michael and Gudrun then spent many happy years at the Old Cottage, gardening, reading and travelling widely in the UK, South America and across Europe before further ill-health increasingly restricted Michael’s movements. His final years were brightened and eased by Gudrun’s unceasing love, care and devotion. Michael died peacefully on 28th March 2020. His immediate family will be holding a private gathering in his memory.

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For many British people the surrender ceremony they remember was the signing ceremony conducted on Lunenberg Heath by Field Marshall Montgomery. However, there were in fact three separate signings of the surrender document in total. The one signed in Montgomery's presence marked the surrender of all German forces in Denmark, the Netherlands and northwest Germany. Another signing in Riems under the auspices of General Eisenhower marked the surrender of all German forces. The third signing was organised by the Russians in Berlin as Stalin insisted on his own ceremony to mark the Red Armies victory.

These events were greeted with celebrations and Churchill announced a national holiday for the 8th May after receiving assurances that there would be enough beer available and that the Board of Trade would allow the purchase of red, white and blue bunting without the use of ration cards.

However, we must remember that not everyone celebrated VE Day. For those who had lost loved ones in the conflict it was a time for reflection , and many people mourned the death of a friend or relative. Amongst them would have been the families of the two men living in Chetnole. Frederick Charles Townsend and John Nigel Richards, whose names appear on the village war memorial in St Peters.

Frederick, the son of Jessie and William Townsend was a private in the 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment which, at the outbreak of war was stationed in Malta. They remained here until 1943 when they were ordered to join in operation Husky, the code name for the invasion of Sicily. The landings began on the 10th July 1943 and whilst the American forces pushed west and northwards towards Palermo. The British advanced eastwards towards Catania.

The Germans had constructed a strong defensive line known as the Etna Line manned by elite German paratroopers and soldiers of the Gross Deutchland Division. The British assaulted the line on 2nd August and fighting was intense.

And it was during this battle that Frederick was killed. He was 28 years old and he lies in the Catania war cemetery in Sicily.

John Nigel Richards, the son of Captain Anthony and Mariquita Richards.

He lived with his wife Pamela and their daughter in Hamlet House. John had joined the RAF in 1943 as a Flying Officer in the RAF Volunteer Reserve and served as a rear gunner in Lancaster JA 905 of 7 Squadron RAF. This was a Pathfinder squadron whose task was to identify and

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lead onto a target the main bomber force. On the 14th January 1944 John's Lancaster took off from RAF Oakington near Cambridge to lead a raid on the Messerschmidt factories near Brunswick.

The raid was intercepted by German night fighters and 38 aircraft were lost.

The raid was a failure as the target was missed. 14 civilians were reported killed as well as damage to cottages and farmland. The raid cost the RAF 300 aircrew killed.

After the war it was established that Nigel's aircraft had been hit and set on fire by a night fighter and had attempted a forced landing but had exploded on impact with the ground. The remains of the crew were initially buried at were transferred to the Hannover war cemetery where their remains are buried in a collective grave. Nigel was 34 years old.

Perhaps it is appropriate to close with the words spoken by King George V1 in his V. E. Day radio address to the nation. “ Let us remember those who will not come back ...let us remember the men in all the services, and the women in all the services,who have laid down their lives. We have come to the end of our tribulation and they are not with us at the moment of our rejoicing.”

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Dear Chetnolean friends and neighbours, Thank you so much for the kind gestures, cards, flowers and gifts I received from so many of you after my dearest husband Michael died on 28th March. I do feel privileged to live in such a truly wonderful community.

Sadly the hugs could be given only virtually. Never thought I might miss a real hug that much !

At the start of the lock down we decided to put together a list of people willing to help their neighbours in Chetnole. The response was rapid and comprehensive, as you would expect from our lovely village.

25 people have given their names and contact details to our list to be available to help anyone who is: ill, self, isolating, vulnerable or just lonely.

The volunteers keep in touch through email, phone and a private WhatsApp group.

So far we have helped vulnerable, isolated people with shopping,

prescriptions and just contact (at a distance or by phone).

Special mention has to be given to the amazing landlord of our local hostelry (The Chetnole Inn) Maria, who has not only volunteered to be part of the group but also has arranged food boxes for people to buy who cannot venture to the shops.

In conclusion, Chetnole has shown its true colours as a caring, public spirited community of good neighbours; which reinforces why it is such an excellent place to live.

If anyone hasn’t seen our circular, then please get in touch through James on 873136 or 07836 503377”

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Sadly, Christine Blunn passed away on the 25th March at Bristol Royal Infirmary, a much loved Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother, she will be sadly missed.

Christine and her family moved into the Village in 1985.

Christine was involved in many village groups and activities over the years. She was previously a member of the W.I., the Ladies Circle and had been a key member of the Flower Show organising committee. Christine also took part in many events, including opening up her own garden during the open gardens weekends.

We would very much like to thank the village for the numerous cards and kind wishes that have been received.

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As the daffodils have given way to primroses, and the bluebells are carpeting the woods, you may have noticed some other colourful additions springing up in the past few weeks.

At first, it may have looked as though we were having our first Pride Festival in the Wriggle Valley as a plethora of rainbows appeared in windows, on doors and even drawn in chalk on driveways and pavements.

Residents of every age, throughout the Wriggle Valley have expressed their gratitude to our vital keyworkers through these colourful and creative ways to say Thank You. Rainbows have long been believed to be a promise of good things to come and they are seen as a symbol of hope and promise. So, it’s hardly a surprise that they have popped up during these uncertain times.

As we look out of our windows or go for our daily walks, with the sights and sounds of Spring around us, it often feels that the epidemic is happening far away.

The posters act as a reminder of quite how important these individuals are to us, as they ensure our shelves are stocked, our post is delivered, our bins are emptied, our sick ones are cared for and our utilities functioning. They are quite literally keeping the lights on, while the rest of us sensibly stay at home.

On Thursday evenings these works of art are accompanied by an amateur production of Stomp, as there is clapping, singing (a Chetnole resident sang Somewhere over the Rainbow), bell ringing, sauce pan banging and instrument playing. Thank you to all those who have taken part in whatever way you can. Your creative efforts show these hard workers how much we appreciate them. So, let’s keep ‘em coming and continue to thank all our brilliant key workers.

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crossed they will do the same this year, then everyone will have a chance to see it . So Chetnole now has a Turner prize winner - Charlotte Prodger - and a Sky Arts Portrait Artist winner.

Pictures show Christabel with baby Mary and with superstar musician Nile Rodgers whose portrait she painted as part of her prize.Three cheers for Chetnole!

We have some good news ! Our daughter in law, Christabel Blackburn, has just won Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2020. Last year they repeated the programme on Chanel 4 in May so fingers

it will take place at roughly the same time next year.

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Hermitage, in lock down, is still a vibrant village. A few dog walkers, walkers, cyclists - all keeping their distance. On-line, What’sApp messages and emails fly.

Volunteers collect prescriptions and shopping. Sainsburys, Waitrose and ASDA are looking after the over 70s with deliveries. Gardens are looking fully trimmed and greenhouses stocked.

The good weather over some of the period has helped. We will get back to normal!

Keep well and safe everyone.

Thank you so much all our support workers and the N.H.S.

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LEIGH LIFELINE -update I would like to thank all those who have stepped up to the mark to support the Leigh village community since the start of the “lock-down” at the end of March, especially Alan Bennett and the Leigh Parish Council who have endorsed the Leigh Lifeline initiative. It continues to help people in need, primarily for regular prescription collection and food shopping, and it is testament to the neighbourliness of our village that often there are more volunteers prepared to do errands than people seem to need! Although worry, financial hardship and, at the very least, inconvenience will be affecting people in different measures there’s one thing we can all be thankful for and that is living in one of the most beautiful parts of the country.

We must spare our thoughts for those living in densely populated areas with little or no garden, let alone extensive countryside surrounding their homes.

We now have two brothers: Nick and Martyn Else bringing their

Fruit/Veg and Fish vans to Leigh Village Hall every Wednesday, 1.002.00pm. Volunteers have also been going to Bookers to help keep Bridge Stores well stocked. Unfortunately Evershot Bakery has (temporarily we hope) stopped making and delivering bread to the shop but Sue Fudge has taken up the initiative to supply flour so residents can make their own bread! Thank you Sue! There are also a number of residents who are sewing Scrubs (NHS uniforms) and Scrub laundry bags to be donated to the Yeatman Hospital.

Leigh has witnessed a renewed sense of community and sharing of ideas: these include children’s toys, puzzles and activities, exercise routines and ways to keep fit, gardening tips and recipe exchanges.

If you want to be more involved, would like ideas or have ones to share please contact me (emma.harris27@btinternet.com / 07721 646260) and we can add you to the Leigh Chatter WhatsApp group.

Alternatively message the Leigh Life facebook page or Leigh Village website by emailing contactus@leighvillage.org.uk

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Here we are in our solitary state, shut off from the rest of the village, the rest of the world, and with no church services or events to announce. You would think there is nothing to write about ...

When our lives were changed overnight by the government’s announcement of its emergency measures, lots of people started to think a little bit more about how they might help both themselves and other people.

Some thought about growing things and especially growing food, but Castle Garden Centre was in purdah. Then we found that they were still delivering things, so Philippa decided to coordinate people’s orders for compost, seeds and plants and they were delivered to Pogles Wood and distributed to those who had ordered them. But there was a bonus. The nice people from Castle Gardens also delivered various plants that they didn’t expect to sell, and we were able to sell them and put the money to church funds. Thank you Castle Gardens!

Angela had already masterminded the , and Morrison’s had promised us the chocolate egg prizes, when Boris changed that for us as well.

Angela rose to the challenge again and the event changed from a search for Easter Bunnies to a quiz. The nice people from Morrison’s said we could keep the eggs and people answered their quiz questions and made

donations to the church. Thank you Morrison’s!

Easter was very different, but no less meaningful. With no village service, we had to find some other way of marking this very important festival. The pictures say it all. On Good Friday we erected a simple wooden cross in the churchyard, with just a crown of thorns and three nails to keep it company. For Easter, the bark was stripped from the cross and lots of villagers decorated it, and the porch, with beautiful spring flowers, while children decorated the church path with coloured chalk. It all seemed as meaningful as ever. Plus ca change.

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Leigh PC had planned to hold its next council meeting – which would also have been its Annual General Meeting - on 12th May. Given the ongoing coronavirus emergency, it is now intended to attempt to hold this ‘virtually’ – unless of course the current restrictions on holding gatherings have by then been lifted. Any member of the public wishing to listen ‘on line’ to the virtual meeting should contact the Parish Clerk at least two days in advance. was also scheduled to be held on 12 May. Normally, it is a legal requirement to hold such open meetings annually; however, recent Government legislation has removed the requirement to hold an annual meeting (National Association of Local Councils legal notice L01-20 dated 3 April 2020) this year. The 2020 annual Parish Meeting has therefore been cancelled; it is yet to be decided when the next will be scheduled.

All steps are now in place to erect the associated fencing and signs. However, the current restrictions are impacting on the supply of materials. As soon as this aspect is resolved, the necessary work will proceed. We will then have a village green adjacent to the village hall, for all to enjoy.

At its meeting on 17 March 2020, Leigh PC voted to adopt a provisional policy with regard to planning applications on greenfield sites within the parish. The April 2020 edition of the Wriggle Valley Magazine (p22) explained the rationale, and full details can be accessed on the village website: www.leighvillage.org.uk/parishcouncil/documents/policies/planning.

A copy can also be viewed on the Village Hall noticeboard (Annex A to the minutes of the 17 March PC meeting).

Comments and suggestions from parishioners for amendment to this provisional policy are welcomed; please send them to the Parish Clerk Beverley Harrison (leigh@dorset-aptc.gov.uk).

The PC had intended to formally adopt the policy at its 12 May meeting, but this will now be delayed until a later date.

On behalf of Leigh PC, a heartfelt thank you to Julia Jepson and Emma Harris for initiating and setting up the ‘ ’, and to some 30 volunteers who have correspondingly stepped forward to assist those who are particularly vulnerable to contagion.

Diana West deserves a special mention since she has recently been taking the calls and contacting the volunteers to help out . We are indeed lucky to be able to live in such a beautiful part of the world, and have such a community spirit.

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Due to the present crisis not all the collectors reached every household in Leigh and there have been a number who have understandably opted out.

However if you still want to take part please contact me: Ju 1 No 137 Graham & Karen Bugler £40 2. No 157 Carol & Steve Porter £20 3. No 129 Bill Bennette £10 4 No 103 Karen Hardy £5

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This year's auction will, social-distance rules allowing, be held in the village hall on 17th June 2020, at 7.30pm (although the rush for seats - be sure to get there in good time - means that the auction proper usually starts at 8pm). As usual, food and drink will be available, all excellent value for money, courtesy of the Trustees for the former, and Julian Turnbull for the latter.

It will be, the Trustees believe, the 288th auction, although no one really knows exactly when it started. Therefore, if anyone has any copies of the Wriggle Valley magazine from around June, 1732, please let me know.

The proceeds from the auctions of the two pieces of parish land, Alton Mead, and Beer/Bere Mill Mead are held on account for the benefit of anyone in the village who is in need of financial help. We do not a have a lot of money, but, if you, or anyone you know, needs a helping hand during this particularly difficult time, please do not hesitate to contact any of the Trustees: Gordon Morris, 873051; David Vincent, 872396; Sue Fudge, 873491; Les Wallis, 872946; Michelle Read, 872458; Daniel Goodfellow, 872407; Dennis Fudge, 872497.

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We look forward to seeing you on 17th June, lockdown allowing

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nyone passing the church must have noticed how smart the yew trees are looking, This is a huge THANK YOU to Andy and Mathew Templeman who spent many hours trimming and rewiring. This was a long overdue job, we cant quite remember when they were last done and soon they will grow into the wire and look even better. They also did a great job with the grass. Although we can’t have an official tidy up, if anyone would like to tidy up a few gravestones that would be wonderful and almost certain to not have a problem with social distancing.

Ryme got a glowing report and photos on facebook after a police patrol passed by and were delighted that the street was empty, we are very good obedient citizens!

Today Sherborne NPT conducted patrols in the Ryme Intrinseca and Holwell areas. The streets remain clear and it’s marvellous to see residents staying home and helping the NHS. #Stay Safe

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oronavirus. Covid-19. (Or even Corvid-19 as I heard one radio interviewee saying. Maybe they thought their crow’s feet were a symptom?) You can see what the pundits mean when they say the epidemic and its counter-actions are having a profound effect on us. Before, if you crossed the road to avoid someone coming toward you it would be taken as an insult.

Nowadays you get a ”Thank you”. People are also keeping their distance even for a quick chat over the gate (see photo).

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brings some challenges. So far we only know of one other highly vulnerable person in the village. We are regularly on the phone to each other comparing notes, especially on food deliveries and other ways to get help. Fortunately as the non-vulnerable member I am allowed out to walk the dog but I’m not allowed to go shopping etc. So I have to say a big thank you to friends and neighbours who have helped out. Another possible profound effect of the time is that I was cock-a-hoop when I finally managed to book a delivery slot with Sainsbury’s online - formerly a totally unremarkable job. Laithwaites came up trumps though with their ‘emergency pack’ (see photo).

Another possible effect of the lock down is that the village may turn into a glorified hippy colony as our hair lengthens being unable to visit a hairdresser. Already I see examples of streaming locks bulging out from under caps. However with all this lock down (forgive the pun) time on our hands the

gardens are looking better than they ever have done before.

A few coronabodges or corrections on last month. The local launch of Arminal Dare’s new book, The Mayflower Marriage, was cancelled. But it is still available online at Book Depository, Blackwell’s and Amazon. Sadly, the Litter Pick too has had to be cancelled. And, ironically, Grope Lane having been cleared so beautifully can only be used rarely as it is practically impossible to pass and keep a 2-metre distance.

Coronaclapping. On a more upbeat note, Queen Street and High Street came out to applaud the NHS. The community response was also supported by Simon Eadon on the organ playing Jerusalem.

Next time around he promises Land of My Fathers. It should be a rousing chorus of support for all the nurses and doctors who are helping us.

Remember, keep to the rules and official advice. Keep safe. Keep well.

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As I write, it is Easter and glorious sunshine...... let's hope it keeps going into May. Obviously with the Covid virus on the rampage, our churches are sadly still closed.

Our Clergy Team, however, have been working very hard, organising l ". These can all be accessed via the Details of services with written and recorded copies of the services and blogs can be looked at, downloaded and/or listened to via both the traditional website www.threevalleysteam.org and the bright new website www.threevalleysteam.org.uk with links and instructions on how to join the Facebook page.

The Church of England website is also worth looking at with talks given by the Archbishop of Canterbury. www.churchofengland. org During Holy Week, a beautiful Easter Garden was created in the porch, with crosses added on Good Friday, and then flowers added ready for Easter. On Easter Day the stone was rolled back from the tomb to celebrate the glorious resurrection!

With many thanks to both Penny and Frances.

St Andrew’s also organised an Easter Decoration Competition with many thanks to Celia.

The St Andrews Church Easter Decoration competition brought in many lovely entries, with animals, bunnies, eggs galore, ribbons, hats, cakes, and more. The Adult entry was won by Daphne Barfoot, and the Childrens' entry was won by Aurelia.

It was so difficult to choose that the judges decided to have runners up in each category! So congratulations go to the winners, and the runners up who are: Caroline Morton and Jane Hartwell, together with Scarlett Barnett and Connie and Maggie Doody. The prize winners will be notified soon with details of their prizes. Thanks to all who took part in the competition and hope you all enjoyed it!

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We all hope and pray it won't be too long before St Andrews can be opened again, not only for services but also to visit for peace and quiet and prayer.

The Benefice prayer (please see p69 ) written by George, may be helpful. The clergy team suggest

Work on the church repairs is due to start on the 4th May – virus permitting – and last about 14 weeks.

Scaffolding will be erected around the south and west sides of the tower. This will encroach onto the footpath. As a result for Health & Safety reasons the footpath round that side of the church will have to be closed for the duration of the work. It is not a public footpath within the meaning of the act, so no permission is required.

The footpath along the hall/churchyard wall, which is a public footpath, will remain open.

that if this prayer is said at least once during the day on a third hour of the day (or night) at 3, 6, 9 or 12 o'clock, then you will know that someone, somewhere, is saying it too. This can be of great comfort.

The church will remain open during the restoration, but work will stop if a funeral takes place.

No work will be carried out at the weekend, However incidents have happened at other churches with work going on where thieves dressed as workmen steal things. In one case a whole set of scaffolding was stolen.

So please if you see people in hard hats and high vis jackets around the church at a weekend, please be suspicious and let me know at

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We are not able to plan any live events at the moment, for obvious reasons, but Artsreach are actively looking for ways to bring performances to us online, and have issued the following update: Dorset’s touring arts charity Artsreach celebrates its 30th birthday in 2020 but, rather than bringing audiences, artist and volunteers together, the Artsreach staff team and Board of Trustees have had to make some difficult decisions in the current situation, cancelling live performances set to take place in community venues such as village halls.

The team continue to monitor the situation relating to the Coronavirus pandemic, listening to Government and Public Health advice and planning accordingly. The impact of this pandemic on our Country is still unfolding but in the meantime, the Artsreach team continue to work remotely and are exploring how best to support our artists and communities at this time and in the future.

Artsreach is very grateful for the excellent support being given by our principal funders, Arts Council England and Dorset Council. We are working hard to explore what our next programme might look like, and as always, we will do this in communication and partnership with our fantastic team of volunteers across the county.

In the meantime, until we can come together to enjoy professional performances once more, we hope that we can brighten your day just a little by keeping you Culturally Connected - many of our touring friends are working hard to keep in touch with us all by releasing lots of lovely creative content online. In response, we have built a ‘Digital Diary’ on the Artsreach website, which will be regularly updated. The page will be constantly changing so keep checking back and keep sharing it - we’ve seen some wonderful performances so far.

Award-winning folk duo Ninebarrow have toured three times with Artsreach, and been involved in various projects too.

Now Jon and Jay are hosting live online concerts so you can enjoy their music. They're going to be treating these like a normal gig - so there'll even be an interval where you can stretch your legs and top up your glass!

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Anne Gillard started us off by telling us how she emailed a photo from her garden to her family every day as a way of keeping in touch in these strange times. We liked that idea and asked our members for photos inspired by their own gardens and activities – and this collection is what they sent. Gardens are a poignant symbol of a faith in the future. Enjoy yours like never before.

And talking of the future, we still hope the summer show will go ahead this year, so here is the schedule for two classes which you might want to start working on now while there is plenty of time to do so.

A patchwork cushion/An item of jewellery or a small accessory in any style or material/A handmade greetings card in any medium/A picture using cross stitch/A knitted or crocheted item/A 3D item or figurine in any medium not more than 15” high/‘Something New from Something Old’/A decorated lampshade – no larger than 12” wide/A small item in any medium not specified above/A mobile phone cover using any medium ‘Any Subject’/’ Climate Change’/’Wildlife’/’Having Fun’/’That’s Beautiful’/’In and about Yetminster’/ ‘Landscape’

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After many years waiting for the painting of the station, the removal of the Graffiti and now they taken our OLD waiting/seating room away, where is it !!!!!

Good news from GWR although they are running some trains that are for critical workers ONLY and not for any general travel while this lockdown is in place Also the Government has renewed the franchise for another 5 years although the network is at present under control of the Government Our group is now included in the National Rail Partnership that can provide funds for improvements for our Station and the community Ideas please Stay safe

Coronavirus is affecting all of us in different ways and we owe an enormous debt of gratitude to all those who are working in one way or another to care for us, to keep us safe and to ensure that we have food on our tables and access to services. On a local level, Debbie and Mark at the Spar, Terri at the Flying Pig and Blanche and Alex at the White Hart are supporting the community as are, of course, our own Health Centre Doctors, Nurses, Staff, Pharmacists and Care Workers and they all have our thanks.

Additionally, there have been innumerable incidences of kindness and thoughtfulness by individuals and there is also a local support scheme available to help people who are vulnerable. They can be reached at if you feel you need help yourself or if you are worried about someone who you may feel does - also use these contact details if you want to register as a volunteer. It is run by local people and

has the support of both the Health Centre and the Parish Council. The volunteers will make themselves known to you and you will not be asked to give either your bank details or pin number when dealing with them - I have stressed this because scammers are using the idea of helping to trick people into divulging their account information.

You can get warnings about current scams and crimes (and can also report them via the dedicated link) by joining the Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Neighbourhood Watch Scheme and Dorset Watch. You can sign up by going to the NHW page on the Parish website (see below) and using the link to the “find my local scheme” website and enter your postcode to display the Yetminster scheme.

As I am sure you realise, the Council receives regular Covid 19 updates from Central Government and from Dorset Council and we have introduced a special Coronavirus page on the Parish Website to make these easier to find together with various links which should be useful in

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answering any questions that you may have so do please look at this https://yetminsterparishes.gov.uk.

On a lighter note, although we have had to suspend our regular monthly meetings we have now been advised that we should consider having these “virtually� although it is stressed that we should practice first! – hopefully if all goes well we will resume meetings in this format in the near future so, again, do keep an eye on the website for invitations and instructions on how to join us etc. We have also been told that our

Annual Parish Meeting and the Annual Village Meeting should be cancelled for this year and will now take place in the 2021/2022 Parish Council cycle.

The consultation of the pre-submission draft of the Neighbourhood Plan has obviously been put on hold for the moment but we will undertake this as soon as it is practical as we are keen to get this underway.

Lastly, remember that this will all end, and normality will return! - please do keep safe and do follow the advice and guidelines.

The Parish Council has long recognised the need to review the various footpaths and public rights of way within the parish and the need for this is identified as a task within the adopted 2015 Parish Plan.

The original intention was to ask the now defunct walking group to walk all the paths and to grade them based on ease of access, problems with overgrown undergrowth and stiles etc. Once this had been done then, in conjunction with the Ranger Service, and starting with the paths in the poorest condition we would try and get improvements made which could include using grant aid to replace stiles with gates.

For various reasons, the prime one being (as indicated) that the walking group is no longer in existence, we have not been able to proceed with this. However, with the enforced need to stay at home but with the recognition that people are perhaps using the footpath network as part of their permitted exercise regime, or for dog walking, it would seem a good moment to try to get the initiative moving again by asking people to provide some indication of the condition of the footpath that is being used and of any improvements that could be made.

Obviously the guidance on exercising and on social distancing should be followed at all times and the intention is not for people to go on major day long treks (you

must stay at home as much as possible to reduce the spread of the virus and a walk of an hour is what is recommended) but to walk the local network within the time permitted.

There is also the need to protect farmers and their workers from potential cross contamination on surfaces so do also please try and take and use some sterile wipes and / or wear gloves when using gates etc.

If you can write a short paragraph on the condition of the path that you use and include in this any suggestions or recommendations this would be helpful for us to take things forward once life get back to normal. Email us at yetpaths@gmail.com or use the contact form on the Parish Website - https://yetminsterparishes.gov.uk.

There is a map of the local paths network on the Parish Website together with a link to the Dorset Explorer map which you can use to identify the reference details of the path being used.

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Thanks to the very prompt efforts of Leigh Clothier and Susannah Keene, Beer Hackett quickly had a very effective ‘Help’ network set up as a ‘Whatsapp’ group.

The majority of residents are now linked to combine shopping efforts, organise errands, receive useful updates and generally help each other during these challenging times.

The aim is to keep this popular and well subscribed network running after the Coronavirus Crisis has passed, though it will have a new and happier name!

A kindly reminder to our members annual subscriptions are due by the end of April 2020. If you are not yet a member and would like to join us, please contact me.

All monies raised go towards the maintenance of our lovely village Church.

(Our only community building). Membership remains the same at £10 per person per year.

A standing order arrangement is in place and if you would prefer this method of payment, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Along with so many other events due to Covid-19, we had to postpone our very first AGM (originally 24th April) Our Village Lottery scheme has also been suspended until further notice.

Sadly also the Annual Village Party has also had to be cancelled. (originally 20th June). We had many plans for this year but rest assured that we will be looking and working towards a brighter future when our village community can come together once more.

Our church door is locked but our porch is open to all, where parishioners may leave prayer requests to be included in our Three Valleys Benefice prayers.

Several generous residents have set up a ‘Boredom Bookcase’ in the porch and furnished it with books, games and interesting items for any family in our hamlet to enjoy at any time.

(Gloves and instructions also supplied). (JP’s picture) The excellent community response to Covid19 has included this new initiative in the porch. As previously reported, the PCC are considering and looking for new ways in which the building can be used and available to benefit our whole community.

This small library is a new example. We will enthusiastically welcome more new ideas after the current emergency is over.

Please bear this in mind and bring your thoughts to the rearranged annual meeting (APCM) when the date is announced and happier times have returned.

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Let’s hear it for Benjamin Jesty (17361816), Yetminster farmer and pioneer vaccinator (very appropriate at this time).

Inspired by the old folk wisdom that dairy maids had notoriously clear skin because they rarely caught smallpox, Jesty worked on the principle that their exposure to the milder infection of cowpox was the answer. Smallpox was a global virus, which resulted in frequent epidemics, with the young being particularly susceptible. The pustules formed on the skin often led to the severe scarring of those who survived.

Jesty felt confident he could protect his family, by using an earlier established method of inoculation using matter from actual smallpox pustules, which was hazardous at best, but substituting this material with cowpox. During a threatening outbreak in 1774, he took his wife and two sons to a field near Chetnole where he knew there were some cattle with pox marks on their udders and, employing a long sharp needle normally used for knitting hosiery, he introduced

the infectious matter under his wife’s skin near the elbow. He then did the same for his sons. The local doctor pronounced that Jesty had “done a bold thing”; word quickly got out about what he had done and he was viewed with scorn and suspicion in his community, possibly because the concept of introducing animal matter into a human body broke many religious and ethical taboos of the time. Despite the tense atmosphere, Jesty carried on with his normal farming practice and parish duties, although he did not conduct further experiments while living in Yetminster. The three vaccinees, however, remained free of the smallpox virus throughout their lives despite further exposure to epidemics.

Jesty later moved from Upbury farm in Yetminster to Downshay Manor near Swanage, and there is evidence he performed more vaccinations after moving to Purbeck. During the 1790s, Dr. Edward Jenner, from Gloucester, who had also been thinking about the preventive nature of cowpox along similar lines, was beginning to experiment with

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vaccination. He published a paper on the subject, a pivotal event in his life, and after initial disinterest from outside, his persistence gradually came to gain more and more support. Vaccine lymph preparation began to be distributed amongst other enthusiastic practitioners in England and Europe. Jenner chose to make his knowledge freely available and received two large sums of money from the government and world-wide recognition for his work. In 1803, a Dr. Andrew Bell, an enthusiastic vaccinator, had moved to Purbeck and there had occasion to meet with Jesty. On discovery of his story, Bell felt that Jesty’s brave experiment of 1774 should be recognised and made intercessions on his behalf.

Jesty was later invited to The Vaccine Pock Institution near Charing Cross, London; he went on horseback wearing his usual farming clothes, having been persuaded to leave his customary saddlebags at home. After being crossexamined and his theories heard, twelve of the Institute’s examining officers signed a statement commemorating the efficacy of Jesty’s cowpox vaccinations.

Despite both men initially receiving hostility towards their ideas, clearly

Jenner had the advantage over Jesty because he was able to publish his work and be heard by influential members of his own class; he was able to discuss his experiments and carry out further work to prove them.

Benjamin Jesty died in April 1816 and lies with his wife in the churchyard of St. Nicholas of Myra, Worth Matravers and his epitaph gives posthumous recognition of his achievements: “....He was born at Yetminster in this County, and was an upright honest Man; particularly noted for having been the first Person known that introduced the Cowpox by Inoculation, and who from his great strength of mind made the Experiment from the Cow on his Wife and two Sons in the year 1774.”

To quote Professor W. R. Bett (1929): "This epitaph has kept Benjamin Jesty afloat on the stream of time."

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Let’s think about the things we’ll do And how we’ll see the world anew, The day when we are not all cursed When we are told we’ve passed the worst.

What will you do? Who will you see?

On that day when we’re set free?

Who will you hug and hold on tight?

Look to that day, don’t curse the night.

Imagine getting in your car And going near or driving far, and see your loved one’s face to face, No leaning back, not leaving space.

The little things we took for granted Will somehow feel like they’re enchanted Meeting a friend, having a meal What will you do? How will you feel?

For now, we have to stay at home And talk to loved ones on the phone But this will pass, it’s not forever One day we’ll all get back together.

Maybe we’ll value a bit more The friends and family at our door Hold on when you feel you can’t cope Look for that gift that we call hope.

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With all Girlguiding meetings suspended across the country, Yetminster Guides and Rangers have risen to the challenge of online Guiding and are meeting every Thursday evening via Zoom.

The leaders have been busily adapting the badge work programme to work remotely and have learned a lot of new skills themselves along the way! This week we upcycled a magazine into a bowl for Easter.

Our annual winter camp, Sparkle and Ice, was sadly curtailed by Storm Ciara (we decided against putting our tents up, and came home early to avoid putting anyone in danger), however we had an amazing time in the sunshine ahead of the storm.

In February, girls from Leigh Brownies and Yetminster Guide and Ranger sections joined others from all over the South-West

Region at ‘ ’ in Berkshire. The event was a series of performing arts workshops. Highlights of the day were stage fighting, street dance and model making. A very long day – six hours of travel, six trains and seven hours of activities but they had a great time!

We have four sections meeting in Yetminster every Thursday during term time. Leigh Rainbows and Brownies meet 5.45- pm and Yetminster Guides and Rangers from 7-8.30 pm. We currently have spaces in all sections and would be delighted to welcome new members –

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Members of the local Wriggle Valley Voices choir may have stopped meeting during the lockdown but a few have been kept busy by recording a version of in tribute to all our keyworkers working hard at the frontline and risking so much. We all did our bit with headphones on at home, backing track kindly provided by Rick Baker, and sent it to Bella and Nick who edited it all together. You can watch the finished product at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBx8p0EHltE&feature=share or go to YouTube and search Wriggle Valley Voices. wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk

How joyful it is to enter our beautiful churches to be met with the sight and smell of glorious arrangements of flowers but I wonder if enough of us realise the consequence that these are having on the environment.

The majority of cut flowers are grown overseas, then flown to be sold in the big auction houses of Holland.

There they are wrapped in plastic, loaded onto lorries and driven to the UK to be distributed through the flower markets to florist shops and supermarkets. By the time they end up in churches they have produced a large carbon footprint.

There is a more sustainable approach however; which is to collect flowers and greenery from our own gardens and include potted plants of the season which have the benefit of being planted in the church yard or gardens afterwards. Even in the depths of winter greenery such as holly, ivy, twigs of catkins and virburnum make a wonderful display. When there is a need to bring bought cut flowers into the church they can be purchased from a British flower grower.

It has been the fashion for a long time to use floral foam in order to arrange flowers but this is unnecessary and definitely not sustainable.

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landfill sites where it will take hundreds or even thousands of years to break down. Even so called biodegradable floral foam is plastic and will cause harm to the environment.

Creating beautiful arrangements is perfectly possible without the use of floral foam.

There are many ingenious methods of displaying flowers.

Flowers last a lot longer in fresh water. They can be supported in containers by scrunched up chicken wire. A floral frog (small piece of spiked lead) can be used at the base of a vessel to support a few branches which become the framework for more delicate blooms. Moss can be used in a similar way to foam or a lattice work of small twigs held in place with tape.

Creating arrangements this way aids creativity and gives a more natural look.

Volunteers at Citizens Advice in Dorset will be working seven days a week during the Corona virus lockdown to ensure that local residents get the advice and information they need.

Daniel Cadisch, CEO at Central Dorset Citizens Advice, said “ our volunteers normally staff our telephone advice line 10-4 on weekdays but during the current crisis those hours will be extended to include Saturdays and Sundays from 10-1. If you need help with debt or benefit, employment or any other issue, ring us on 03444 111 444. If your call isn’t answered, leave a message and we will call you back as soon as possible.”

Another plus is the cut in cost. Oasis is expensive as are cut flowers. With a bit of thought they can be replaced with natural ingredients or reusable elements and our churches can still look beautiful and our consciences clear.

Citizens Advice has remained open for D o r s e t residents via telephone and email throughout the Coronovirus crisis. The team of home workers has moved to homeworking using technology and remote supervision.

The service can assist those facing employment issues around being furlougued as well as benefits issues such as claiming Universal Credit.

In addition, Citizens Advice remains a vital link to other services, such as getting access to local Food Banks.

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With the current prevailing anxieties, uncertainties and restrictions on travel, many will have found creative ways to occupy themselves close to home. This could offer an opportunity to appreciate and see in a new way what nature offers all around us without the need to leave our gardens.

On a sunny day, perhaps set aside half an hour or so to place a chair by flowering plants and you may be surprised at the variety of insects that will visit. Beeflies, some of the many bee species including bumblebees, butterflies, hoverflies (harmless bee mimics), are all very likely to arrive seeking nectar or pollen. There may also be day-flying moths. Micro moths, including the tiny Anthophila fabriciana can often be seen flying in sunshine, especially around its larval foodplant Common Nettle.

Several species of Shieldbug are also often seen, well camouflaged, hiding among the leaves of many plants.

This month brings the emergence of many moth species, including our most spectacular Hawk-moths. Of the species it is possible to see in the UK, ten Hawkmoth species have been recorded in this Leigh garden, some migrant, others having overwintered as pupae. The beautiful Eyed Hawk-moth pictured below displays its hindwings when alarmed as a deterrent to predators.

In making your garden a haven for wildlife, there will always be something to find and possibly name right on your doorstep. A camera or phone camera will enable photographs to be taken that can later be identified via books, the internet, or if you prefer, send to my email and I may at least be able to identify within its group, even if not to species level.

It was interesting to see a striking leucistic male House Sparrow feeding among the resident healthy flock over this past winter. We are used to seeing Blackbirds and members of the crow family with sometimes a fair amount of white plumage, but leucistic sparrows are not so often seen. Leucisim is a genetic fault causing erratic areas of pigment loss, not to be confused with albinism. It would be interesting to hear if others saw or are still seeing, this unusual variant in their gardens.

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Things have been very quiet at Pogles and we have been getting on with lots of jobs in the hope that things will be back to more normal times sometime soon.

The next possible dates for Holiday club will be May half term (25th - 29th) although I think it more likely that we will not be able to start until the Summer holidays.

Please keep an eye on our facebook

page for more up to information.

Similarly we will start Come and Play sessions as soon as we are able.

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WHO DARES WINS It is fair to say that our habits have changed slightly with this new exposure to Covid-19 self isolation, something very alien to us. Like many folk I am embracing the 12 week exclusion zone and thus need to fill my days with other things. One of my passions as you may or may not know, is wildlife, particularly my two favourites, orangutans and tardigrades, but in deepest rural Dorset the former are in short supply and the latter a smidge small (a minuscule) water bear that lives in moss and can survive for years in a cryptobiosed state!)

We have, for a couple of years now, had a bird box with a hidden camera planted to the front of our house. Last year Mrs Tit, a blue tit, as we’ve affectionately named her, duly did her research in the holiday home market, stumbled upon ours and bought It off Zoopla with her husband and five young titlets.

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hole and it needs also to be relatively inaccessible to predators. By attaching a hole plate to the outside of the hole, you will hopefully dissuade hungry greater spotted woodpeckers from helping themselves to tasty titlets to feed their own babies.

Birds need to be in good health before the breeding season and indeed we have about ten feeders around our garden to help them get into perfect shape.

This year Mrs Tit returned to her holiday home to prepare it for her new offspring (26th February).

We had removed all of last year’s nesting debris (including four very moribund chicks who I think succumbed to mum’s sharp toes – she was a bit rough), chucking out all the fluff I had given her and rubbing her tummy with glee on the base of the box.

However this was not to last and within days Mr Sparrow came along and decided he wanted the box for himself and his missus and duly loaded in a scrappy load of sticks and dead grasses (16th March). Mrs Tit was not a happy bunny and took exception to this insult by throwing out, one by one, all the inherited sticks and reclaiming the box. This real estate tug-of-war went on for a couple of days until totally empty (21st March) and then Mrs Tit, once again (2nd April), started to take in loads of fresh green sparkling moss, so much so that her pile even occluded the camera lens for a day or two, much to our sadness.

By 4th April however, once again the status quo was disturbed and another Mrs Tit 2 (I think) came in and removed all the lush moss in one day and started to make another nest of mixed moss and dried grass with lots of hopping in and out and belly rubbing. The nest started to take decent nest form instead of looking like a pile of garden refuse with more good bits brought and naff stuff chucked out.

Mrs Tit 2 was even treated to a morning snackette from her hubby when we were watching. She spent her first night snuggled up in the box on the night of 10th April surrounded by her nestly creation and some soft downy feathers plucked from her tummy lining the cup, although there was a lack of finesse.

The feather plucking allows her tummy to be naked, called a brood patch and thus share her bodily warmth with her eggs/chicks.

Finally we were rewarded by her first egg on 15th April….. More to come next month

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NEWS FROM ST ANDREW’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL It is Holy Saturday and I am sitting in my office looking out of my window. Isn’t it amazing, that in the midst of the coronavirus chaos, the beauty of the creation is unfolding all around us? The flowers still bloom, the leaves on the trees unfurl and the bees and the birds carry on with their daily business, in spite of us.

School has been ‘closed’ for three weeks, now. The children of critical workers have continued to access the school for childcare and the staff have continued to care for them each day. It has been a very strange time indeed - the school is eerily quiet with so few children.

At home, the children complete the activities planned for them by their teachers.

It is not as straightforward as you may think.

Teachers rely on the fact that they introduce new concepts within the classroom and support the children in their learning. Now, they have to plan work that will be completed without their initial input and without any feedback from the children.

I wonder how the parents are managing to support their children while trying to continue to work in the home. Some parents will be extremely concerned that they are unable to work and earn their living, creating more anxiety and stress. The longer this continues, the more difficult it will be for everyone – we all hope for an end to the closure of schools, as soon as possible.

However, it is also a time to reflect and consider the most important things in our lives.

Our health must surely be at the top of the list.

We must endure the ‘lockdown’ knowing that we are all doing our bit to protect the most vulnerable people in our society. I read a short passage recently, which resonated with me at this time: “To be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars; to be satisfied with your possessions but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them;……to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends, and every day of Christ; and to spend as much time as you can with body and with spirit in God’s out-of-doors – these are little guideposts on the footpath to peace”.

Henry van Dyke I feel blessed to live in such a beautiful part of the country where I can sit in my garden and marvel at God’s incredible creation. I feel privileged to be able to take my daily exercise in the quiet country lanes and view the glory of the countryside, all around me.

So today, my prayers are with all those for whom this time is particularly difficult and burdensome.

On Easter Sunday we celebrated the joy of Christ’s resurrection and Christians across the world will be focused on the salvation of His sacrifice. In years to come, we will look back and talk about the Coronavirus, as a short period in history. The love of God is eternal.

I hope you all had a Blessed Eastertide.

Julie Simpson, Headteacher

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OUR CHURCH COMMUNITIES NEWS FROM THE THREE VALLEYS TEAM .

I sometimes hear it said that ‘Worship is not very important’ and those who say it are not being specific to any particular religion when they say it. Often it is said by those who would consider themselves to be believers but don’t feel the need to express their belief through formal worship. So, they excuse themselves by downplaying its importance. I wonder, though, if it really is true that worship is not very important? It is in these last few weeks when the opportunity to worship together in church has been denied to us that it seems to have shown in stark relief just how important worship actually is, particularly to those for whom it is a familiar routine.

Interestingly, our facebook services have attracted views from people who do not normally attend our services as well as those who do.

The young are often quick to proclaim that worship is boring, and therefore by definition not very important, as a reason for not going.

Of course, anything done repetitively runs the risk of appearing to be uninspiring but whether it is boring or not is irrelevant. We worship not to be entertained but because God wants us to for our general health and wellbeing and for the health of the world.

When I look at the increasing problems in the world and then see how society can respond so well to a crisis when it has to, as is the case now with Coronavirus, I can see that there is good and a desire to serve in many people’s hearts. However, I can’t help wondering whether this good would be so pronounced in a world where Christianity or religion in general had all but been forgotten.

The ancients from earliest times believed that if all worship was stopped or was performed incorrectly then the world would come to an

abrupt end. I don’t want to fall into the trap of saying non-believers can’t be good – of course they can and there are many examples of it but I do think that all right thinking and all good behaviours originate with God and religious institutions are the icons of this. I also think that even one person's extra prayers on a Sunday morning can make a world of difference! Therefore, I am glad it has not stopped simply because our church buildings are shut.

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OUR CHURCH COMMUNITIES NEWS FROM THE METHODIST CHURCH, YETMINSTER I am writing this on Easter Monday when people on my social media have been saying that 2020 is the year when Easter hasn’t happened. Easter was been cancelled at least that is how it feels. It has been hard not physically meeting together, going to the beach or on a planned holiday.

For some as we remain physically distancing ourselves for an indeterminate time, it feels like Holy Week with no resurrection yet in sight.

The numbers dying and suffering are shocking. Families seeing loved ones go to hospital to die among strangers.

Families unable to attend funerals to say goodbye. Doctors and nurses on the front line losing their lives and for some, their faith. And as for care homes we don’t yet know the extent of the pandemic.

Where is Christ? Some might angrily shout.

Right in the middle of the suffering in this pandemic, identifying with it. How do I know? Because of his suffering in Holy week, the denial by his friends, the lashes from Pilate, he was so exhausted he couldn’t carry his own cross. And then the ultimate price, his separation from his Father on the cross, My God My God why have you forsaken me. Jesus felt separated from God just as families going through deep grief and suffering do. I keep thinking of the children of nurses who have died. Where is God? Right there in it with them, in the silence and anguish because he knew what it was to suffer extreme agony.

Paul put it in Philippians Chapter 1 verse 21 Whatever happens I am ok because God is with me in my suffering not in a glib way, often only in the silence but nevertheless with us. Anyway, suffering

and death are not the final answer. Christ is with me in the suffering and in his resurrection demonstrates that he has won over death. Death is not the end; we can be with Christ in eternity. In heaven where there is no dying, pain or shame. That is why it is Good Friday.

Does the fact we are in a pandemic at Easter enable us to see Christ still active in the world today?

Are we seeing resurrection in the canals of Venice? Where else?

Time to be, families being together, Someone I know said last week that he hadn’t had an opportunity like this in 30 years to be with his family. Opportunity to get off the treadmill to be, to take time, to enjoy home and outside space with our daily exercise. I wake up to birds not the sound of traffic. As a result, there is less pollution, what if this has a positive effect on climate change. No not everyone is doing the right thing, but we see communities rising to the challenge to feed the vulnerable I’m wondering what creativity will come out of this. Family choirs, new plays, paintings, songs God brings good out of bad – Romans 8:28 is one of my favourite verses, We know, No that is not something I would immediately say to someone who is bereaved, the mother of a 13-year-old who has died, or the child who has lost a mother. But speaking as one who had to give back the 6-month-old baby who I had taken, as my adopted daughter, when she was hours old, I do testify that whilst God does not cause suffering He is with us in it and brings good out of it, if we let Him.

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OUR CHURCH COMMUNITIES THREE VALLEYS TEAM Team Office :

The Rectory, Church Rd, Thornford, Sherborne. DT9 6QE

01935 872600 e:3valleysoffice@gmail.com w:www.threevalleysteam.org

Opening hours Mon, Wed, Thurs & Fri 9.30am - 12.30pm Tues 1.30 - 4.30pm

Rev’d Richard Kirlew

Team Rector: Rev’d Tony Gilbert

Yetminster Jubilee Hall, Church Street, Yetminster, DT9 6LG

@RuralChaplain

01935 873044 e: rector3valleys@gmail.com Jubilee Hall Yetminster ENQUIRES: Three Valleys Team Vicars Benefice Office, 1935 872600 Rev’d George Moody 3valleysoffice@gmail.com The Rectory Church St, Yetminster DT9 6QE

01935 873214 e: revgeorgemoody@gmail.com

Yetminster Methodist Church Chapel Lane, Yetminster DT9 6LJ Minister: Rev Kate Konrad 01935-415837

Treasurer: Mrs S Gilbey

All services begin at 10:30am followed by Worship co-ordinator: coffee.

Mrs Barbara Driver Tel: 01935 873690 Roman Catholic Services

Sundays: 7.30am Morning Prayer followed by silent prayer 8.30am Sung Eucharist 12.30pm Midday Prayer 5.15pm Evening Prayer, followed by prayer time Night Prayer arranged at supper

Tuesday to Saturday 7am Silent Prayer in Chapel 7.30am Morning Prayer 12 noon Midday Prayer and Eucharist 5.15pm Evening Prayer, followed by prayer time 9pm Night prayer (8.15pm -Thurs, 8.45pm-Sat)

Roman Catholic Church The Sacred Heart & St. Aldhelm, Westbury, Sherborne DT9 3EL tel: (01935) 812021

Weekend mass times: Saturdays at 6.00pm Sundays 10.30am Holy Days 10.00am and 6.30pm Parish Priest: Monsignor Canon Robert Draper e: sherbornerc@prcdtr.org.uk w: sherbornecatholicchurch.org.uk

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CLUB NEWS C A Virtual Trip?

Normally when our events get out of sync with the print deadlines I dip into the archives to write up an ”occasional series” article. Well, of course in the current climate even a trip down the road to the Jubilee Hall is no longer possible. So, I will try to describe what you would have seen had this year’s trips not been cancelled. Talking of which, all the payments should now have been returned. Thank you to everybody for your patience while correcting some errors that crept into the process. If anyone still thinks they have not received their money back, contact me direct on john.ferretter@icloud.com or telephone 873812.

On the assumption that we are going to run the same visits programme next year as was planned for this, you will be able to look back to see how accurate, or otherwise, I am.

According to the blurb, Dawe’s Twineworks is believed to be only surviving rural twine works with its original Victorian twine-making machinery still in place. In the age of sail, rope making was an important part of the UK economy – yesterday’s version of ‘infrastructure’? – and a vital part of the economy of Dorset and South Somerset.

The original works was owned by Israel Rendell and was classified as a sailcloth manufacturer but twine making was an integral part of that process. John Dawe took over the business in 1877. Over the next 20+ years he put up new and larger buildings, which we see today, and installed machinery to industrialise production. Incredibly the business lasted until 1968. The buildings were left derelict until 2005 when a combination of volunteers, the council, trusts and Lottery funding saw to their restoration.

The upper floor of the ropewalk is where yarn was twisted into twine. On the ground floor the twine was treated with size to stop it rotting. The size was unpleasant smelling being made from animal fat and bones boiled down on site.

The drums were grooved to prevent the twine tangling and keep the tension as it ran along the rails. In addition there is a fascinating archive of workbooks and schedules.

What an interesting and informative tour……next year!

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Chetnole Chuckers meetings on the pĂŠtanque terrain are suspended until social gatherings are allowed again. In the meantime, we rely on happy memories of last year, when all we had to worry about was whether it would rain or not on playing days.

Hope you are all keeping healthy and not socially enclosed.

I am sorry but we have decided not to have anymore gatherings of our lovely friendly group until September. Meanwhile as our July meeting is now abandoned any ideas you may have for next years program would be greatly appreciated.

Keep healthy stay fit and I look forward to see everyone in September.

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PLANNING

Planning Applications MAY 2020 WD/D/20/000783 27/03/2020 Extension to existing agricultural building to cover an open cow loafing yard.

WD/D/20/000497 25/02/2020 Erect two storey side extension, balcony and installation of solar panels.

WD/D/20/000096 14/01/2020 Erection of a single storey WD/D/20/000097 extension and insertion of 2.no roof lights. Internal and external alterations to facilitate the erection of a single storey extension & insertion of two roof lights.

WD/D/19/003101 16/12/2019 Erection of dwelling with access and associated parking. .

WD/D/19/002939 26/112/2019 – Formation of gated access.

WD/D/19/002864 15/11/2019 Alterations to internal partition wall; internal alterations to create ensuite bathrooms WD/D/20/000603 06/03/2020 Erection of rear extension.

WD/D/20/000311 03/02/2020 Outline application for the erection of 3 No. detached dwellings with all matters reserved.

WD/D/19/002718 04/11/2019 Erection of 2.no dwellings and garages and alterations to existing vehicular access.

WD/D/20/000694 18/03/2020 Amendment to planning permission reference WD/D/19/000711 - Addition of Windows and a workshop.

WD/D/20/000538 27/02/2020 Erect a L shape Stable / Livestock wooden building and levelground down.

WD/D/20/000314 04/02/2020 Change of use and conversion of barn to 3.No Dwellings (without compliance with condition 3 of planning permission WD/D/19/000777 - to allow for the use of clay double roman roof tiles instead of slate). .

WD/D/20/000244 30/01/2020 Erect 1no. Dwelling (accessed off Whittles Lane).

WD/D/19/003147 20/12/2019 Agricultural building to dwelling.

WD/D/19/002011 07/08/2019 Erection of 1 No. Dwelling.

WD/D/19/000776 14/03/2019 Residential development (Variation to outline planning permission reference WD/D/16/000642 and Condition 1 of approval of reserved matters reference WD/D/18/001139 to amend the approved plans).

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Planning Applications MAY 2020 WD/D/18/000819 23/04/2018 Request for confirmation of compliance of conditions 3,4,5,6,7 and 8 of planning approval WD/D/14/000548 (Compliance with Conditions).

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VILLAGE EVENTS NEWS REGULAR

Regular Meetings …

Every Mon Table Tennis Bev’s Core Vinyassa Flow Yoga

9.30-12.30pm 9.30-10.30am

Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall

Cummunifit Sit & Strengthen

11am-12 noon

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Leigh Short Mat Bowls

2-5pm

Leigh Village Hall

Yetminster Table Tennis Club

10-12noon

Scout Hut, Yetminster

Bev’s Core Vinyassa Flow Yoga

6.30-7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Yetminster Bell Ringers 7.30pm-10pm Topsy Turvy Toddlers 9.30am -11am Chetnole Art Group (until Easter) 10am-1pm

St Andrew's Church St Andrew's Primary School Chetnole Village Hall

Beginners Pilates

1.10 - 2.10pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Cubs (in term) Every Wed Drop in Coffee Morning & PO Community Coffee morning

6-7.30pm 9.30-12 noon 10.30-11.30am

Scout Hut Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall Old Vicarage Care Home

Morning Yoga Class

10.30-11.30am

Leigh Village Hall

Croquet Coach/Play

3pm (until Oct)

Yetminster Playing Fields

Wednesday Club (in term)

3.15 pm-4.05pm

St Andrew's Primary School

Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club

3pm

Chetnole Playing Fields

Women’s Table Tennis

2-4pm

Leigh Village Hall

Croquet

5.30pm summer only

Church Farm, Hermitage

Junior WV Players (in term)

6-7pm

Leigh Village Hall

Beavers (in term)

6-7pm

Scout Hut Yetminster

Scouts (in term)

7-9pm

Scout Hut Yetminster

Beginners yoga

7pm

St Andrew’s Primary School

7-10pm 10am 10am

Yetminster Jubilee Hall Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls

2-5pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Leigh Rainbows (5-7yrs)

5.45-7pm

Trim Room, Yetminster

Leigh Brownies (7-10yrs)

5.45-7pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Guides

7-8.30pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Dance Fit

6.30pm (term time)

St Andrew’s Primary Sch

Every Fri

Wriggle Valley Voices Table Tennis Croquet Club (May - Oct)

7.30pm 9.30-12.30pm 3pm

Chetnole Village Hall Leigh Village Hall Yetminster Sports Club

Every Sun

Croquet 3pm Second Sunday Informal worship 9 for 9.30am Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club 3pm

Every Tue

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Every Thur Tai Chi Advanced Pilates

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…Events & Activities 1st Mon

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club

7:30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

1st Tue

Leigh Discussion Club (wint)

7.30 - 10.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Wriggle Valley MU (alt months)

7pm

Church Hall, Yetminster

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc.

7.30pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Senior Winter Lunch Outings

7.30pm

Sue Footner 873610

2nd Tues

(not July/Aug) Halstock & Distr. British Legion

3rd Tues

Last Tues

1st Wed [not Aug & Dec]

2nd Wed 2nd Wed/alt mth

WV Women's Group

7.30pm

Gable Court

Wriggle Valley Lunch Club

12.15 - 3pm

Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Parish Council - alt mnths

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Women's Institute

7.30 - 11pm

Leigh Village Hall

Pub Quiz

7pm

The White Hart, Yetminster

Coffee ‘n’ Cakes

10 - 11.30am

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Batcombe Coffee Morning

11am

tba

Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca PC Yetminster Historical Society

7.30pm 2.30pm

St. Andrew's Primary School Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Police Support Unit

2 - 3pm

The Cross, Leigh

Chetnole & Stockwood PC

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

7.30pm

Venue contact 872342

12.45-2.45pm

Pogles Wood nr Leigh

2nd/4th Wed High Stoy Bible Study

Last Wed

Sheaf of Arrows

Woodland Wednesdays Police Community Support

Wed - Sat

Yetminster Fair Association

7.30pm

Meadens Hall, Yetminster

Friary Shop

2.30 - 4.30pm

The Friary, Hilfield

6.30 - 8pm

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