GUGGLETON FARM ARTS Words Jo Denbury Photography Katharine Davies
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tractor, complete with trailer, is wedged firmly on Stalbridge high street leaving me with little choice other than to sit and wait in the ensuing queue of traffic. As I wait, I muse on the fact that while Dorset is still a proud farming county, more and more farmyards are succumbing to disuse and dereliction. I am en route to what was once one such example. The jam resolved, I continue on my way and with a sigh of relief pull into the yard of Guggleton Farm, now home to Guggleton Farm Arts, or as it’s more fondly known – The Gugg. I am greeted by a motley assortment of buildings. Roguish clumps of wildflowers push through the old stone walls and freshly handpainted signs allude to a buzz of creative industry. >
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