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New Blackmore Vale, 15th April 2022
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Events Guide • The Marnhull Royal British Legion (Sodom Lane, Marnhull DT10 1HR) will be hosting the following events over the coming weeks: 16 April, Moonrush; 23 April, Jack’s Quiz; 30 April, Frank E Finn. • Don’t forget to come on down to the Big Yellow Bus Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday 16 April between 10.30am and 12.30pm. Entry is free and it’s great fun for the whole family. With thanks to Shillingstone Co-op for supporting this event once again. • North Dorset Railway at Shillingstone station are holding their annual Easter hunt competition on Sunday 17 April between 11am and 3pm at the railway station in Shillingstone. With an entrance fee of just £1, every child will receive a mini egg before starting the hunt. It’s open to two groups of children: up to 6 years old, and 6 years plus. Winners in each category with the highest number of correct answers will win a much larger Easter egg! The starting point for questions will be from the station shop on the up platform from 11am. There is a café serving hot and cold food with a full range of beverages. A day out for the whole family, with a museum, signal box, station shop, and garden with good views across to Hambledon Hill. North Dorset Railway is at Station Road, Shillingstone, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0SA. Tel: 01258 860696 (Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday only). • Easter Sunday (April 17)
will see Nunney’s annual village Easter bonnet competition and subsequent duck race revived after the enforced curtailment. Visitors will again be welcome to cheer their ducks along the Nunney brook. Ducks remain £1 each, although prize money has been increased. In addition, a percentage will go to the Ukraine support fund. A range of drinks, home-made cakes and hot food will be available.
and easel in hand, across the county in an attempt to capture the sweeping majesty that surrounds us. His exhibition, imaginatively titled Where Buzzards Fly as High as Kites, is based on both local landscapes and studio developed work. This well-known former seascape artist will be hosted at Shaftesbury Arts Centre Gallery on Bell Street until 19 April. It’s open 10am-4pm every day.
• This Easter holiday, Durlston Country Park is full of egg-citing events to get stuck into, including spring seed-bomb making and ranger-led sessions including ‘Let’s Go Fly a Kite’ and ‘Dolphins and the Deep Blue Sea’. Artist Mark Page will be leading a children’s nature and woodland art session and a glass-engraving workshop for beginners and improvers. Durlston’s Easter trail will take you on a route around the park to find the bunnies as they prepare for Easter. For more information, prices and to book all events visit www.durlston.co.uk.
• Looking for something to do with the kids this Easter Holidays? On Tuesday 19 April from 10:30am to 12noon the Dorset Museum will be hosting an Easterthemed workshop. Create and decorate your own colourful Easter tree using twigs, branches and natural forms. These events are included as a part of your entrance ticket/annual pass or membership to the Museum. The activities are ideal for children 11 years and under. Children must be supervised at all times. For further information contact the Museum on 01305 262735 or visit www.dorsetmuseum.org.
• Someone once said, “a landscape is where you stand”, and Dorset artist Kim Pragnell (pictured above) has been standing, with his paints
• The Sherborne branch of the Dorset Wildlife Trust is holding an illustrated talk by Wren Franklin on Wednesday 20 April in the Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne. The talk is titled The Wildlife and Habitats of Ryewater Nursery – 100 Acres and 40 Years’ Work. The hall will be open from 6.45pm for refreshments, with the talk starting at 7.30pm. No need to book, just turn up – everyone’s welcome. The Dorset Wildlife Trust will close local groups from April, therefore this will be
the last talk presented by the Sherborne branch. Entry and refreshments will be free as a thank you to all our loyal supporters from the past 25 years. More info at www. dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/ events or contact lynnedoodney@hotmail.com. • Benedict Allen will be speaking at the Sherborne Literary Society on Thursday 21 April at Digby Memorial Church Hall, Sherborne. Doors open 6.30pm, starts at 7pm. (This event was rescheduled from 13 April.) Part meditation, part memoir, Explorer: The Quest for Adventure and the Great Unknown is an enquiry into the mind of an explorer and what it means to explore in the 21st century. Explorer is the story of what led Benedict Allen to travel to the farthest reaches of our planet. It is also the story of why, 30 years later, he is still exploring, and of what it is to be ‘lost’ and ‘found’. Tickets from www. sherborneliterarysociety.com or Winstone’s Bookshop, Sherborne. • Thursday 21 April, 2pm, The Exchange, Sturminster Newton. With Happy & Glorious, Neil Sands and his wonderful West End cast are back to celebrate the 70 glorious years of Her Majesty’s record-breaking reign. This uplifting afternoon, coincidentally on the Queen’s 96th birthday, will bring back golden memories. £15/£14 conc 01258 475137. • Raising Awareness on Climate Change: MidSomerset Quakers are holding a vigil in front of
