January
EVENTS AND COURSES 1 January
East Devon Ramblers 4.5 mile leisurely walk. Sidmouth Phone 01395-513974.
2 January
Singing Bowl Soundbath 2pm-4pm. Oborne Village Hall, Oborne, nr. Sherborne, Dorset DT9 4L. £15 Please book in advance 01935 389655 or email ahiahel@live.com ffi www.centreforpuresound.org.
3 January
Scottish Dancing in Chardstock Evening of Scottish Dancing at Chardstock Village Hall. 7.30-10.00 p.m. Tea and coffee provided and no partner required. Contact David on 01460 65981. Cost £1.50 www. chardscottishdancing.org.
4 January
Scottish Country Dancing every Tuesday at Ashill Village hall TA19 9LX from 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Learn the steps, formations and dances, have fun and keep fit. Hot drinks at the interval. For more information please contact Anita on 01460 929383 or email anitaandjim22@gmail. com or just come along and bring a friend. See you soon. Beaminster Museum hosts its 4th Winter Talk at 2.30pm. Brian Earl, Curator, talks about “Mr Hearne’s long walk.” Samuel Hearne, educated in Beaminster, eventually joins the Hudson Bay Company and finds himself on a mission to locate lucrative new business opportunities for his employers deep inside the Arctic Circle. Hear about the harsh conditions, and unpredictable travelling companions. Entry £3.
5 January
East Devon Ramblers 8 mile Moderate walk. Castle Drogo. Phone 07874-330097.
6 January
Celebrate Twelfth Night with Bridport Broadside male sea shanty singers at Bridport Town Hall 7.30pm. In aid of Bridport Millennium Green £8, members £7. Wine/nibbles, raffle. Details Sandra Brown 01308 423078. Leave no Trace (2018, US, 12, 106 mins, Director Debra Granik) 7:30 pm. Clapton & Wayford Village Hall (TA18 8PS). Membership £22, guests £4 per film. Contact mickpwilson53@btinternet.com or ring Mick Wilson on 01460 74849 or Di Crawley on 01460 30508. Prices as they were in 2019. Sensible COVID-19 precautions are in place.
7 January
Flying Folk with ‘Stompin’ Dave Allen & ‘Slammer’ Durrant, and The Farey Family Ilminster Arts Centre TA19 0AN £10. Starts 8pm. Doors open 7pm, with bar. 01460 54973 - musicbookingsIAC@gmail.com www.ilminsterartscentre.com.
8 January
Film night at South Perrott Village Hall. 7pm “The Slow and Dirty” A documentary about the Somerset & Dorset Railway followed by “A History of Farming in Dorset and Somerset” Tickets £6.00 to include refreshments. Cash Bar Bookings: Mike Gardner 01935 891669. Bridport & West Dorset Rambling Club 7.5 mile walk from Ringstead. For further information please ring 01308 898484 or 01308 863340. Photograper Pauline Rook will be at the Somerset Rural Life Museum for a Meet the Artist event when she will be available 16 The Marshwood Vale Magazine January 2022 Tel. 01308 423031
to discuss her work and the exhibition The Blackdown Hills: A Photographic Portrait. On 12 February Pauline will be giving an illustrated talk as part of the museum’s Talk and Tea series. Somerset Rural Life Museum, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 8DB. 01458 831197. For more information and to book your visit go to srlm. org.uk.
9 January
East Devon Ramblers 8 mile moderate walk. Charmouth. Phone 01404-45944.
10 January
Scottish Dancing in Chardstock Evening of Scottish Dancing at Chardstock Village Hall . 7.30-10.00 p.m. Tea and coffee provided and no partner required. Contact David on 01460 65981. Cost £1.50 www. chardscottishdancing.org. Crewkerne Gardening Club welcomes you to a new gardening year, with a talk on “ The Vineyard” by Susanna Applegate. This will be held in the Henhayes Centre at 7.30pm with refreshments. Membership £15 per annum. Contact- Rosemary Prince 01460 74290. Bridport folk Dance Club Like music and dancing, gentle exercise, socialising and maybe learning something new, then come along to our dance sessions in the W.I Hall on Monday evenings from 7.15 to 9.30pm. All welcome, especially beginners. Tel: 458165 or 459001 for more information. Hawkchurch Film Nights, in association with Devon Moviola, proudly presents ‘The Courier’ (Cert.12, 112 mins). 6.30pm (doors 6.00pm) at Hawkchurch Village Hall, EX13 5XD. Reservations £5 from csma95@gmail.com or 01297 678176, or pay at the door. Refreshments available. Talk: ‘Exploring Winter’ A New Exploration on Painting, Photography, Poetry & Prose. From Scott of the Antarctic and Shackleton’s photographers, to artist responses to the season and poetry & prose. Face to face with masks and ventilation. 2pm: Venue: Bridport, United Church Hall, Fee £11. Pam Simpson, MA, Associate Lecturer, London College of Fashion. To book please email: chris. pamsimpson@btinternet.com (This lecture would move on line, if covid prevents face to face lectures). Dorchester TG. Late Flowering Lyricist. Miranda Pender, guitarist and singer. 2 p.m. Visitors £2.50. Dorchester Community Church, Liscombe Street, Poundbury. 01305 832857.
11 January
Scottish Country Dancing every Tuesday at Ashill Village hall TA19 9LX from 7.30 to 9.30 pm. Learn the steps , formations and dances, have fun and keep fit. Hot drinks at the interval. For more information please contact Anita on 01460 929383 or email anitaandjim22@gmail. com or just come along and bring a friend. See you soon.
13 January
Seaton Garden Club will hold their monthly meeting in the Masonic Hall Queen Street, Seaton at 14.30. Speaker will be Harry Barton of Devon Wildlife Trust entitled - “How Nature Rejuvenates”. Visitors welcome, cost £2 with refreshments. Art History - A Renaissance art history course on Thursday evenings, at 6.30pm, online on Zoom for 6 wks, fee £55. Course is led by Pam Simpson MA, Associate Lecturer, London College of Fashion.
