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• Top: Michael Jones, OBE, celebrates his 100th birthday, page 26 • Above: Rewilding beavers, page 14 • Left: West Dorset MP Chris Loder talks heritage and tourism, page 5

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The community that keeps caring Volunteer groups and charities are helping put food on the tables of families under financial pressure

by Nicci Brown BLANDFORD’S COMMUNITY KITCHEN swings into action during the school summer holidays, and this year is offering ‘Stay and Play’ every Wednesday in the Parish Centre in The Tabernacle, starting on Wednesday 27 July.

Food in the form of lunch or picnic, play in the garden, crafts and bible stories are offered free of charge, usually between 12 noon and 3pm, but on 10 August there’s an early start at 11.30am so that people can design their own pizza for lunch, and on 17 August the Kitchen is offering breakfast from 9.30 to 11am. Places are limited and need to be booked at bfpc.org.uk or by calling the parish office on 01258 456260 on Tuesday to Friday mornings.

Demand is also increasing for the Community Fridge, launched in May last year at the Blandford Youth & Community Centre in Milldown Road with the support

of Hubbub UK, Public Health Dorset, and grants and donations from Dorset Council, Blandford Georgian Fayre and Blandford Carnival to tackle food waste.

BFPC agreed last month to continue managing the project in partnership with the Blandford Group Practice. It is run by volunteers who collect food from Tesco that would otherwise be thrown away, and opens every Wednesday and Friday morning between 9am and 11am. It’s also stocked with donations from organisations, gardeners and residents who find they have a surplus of fresh or refrigerated foods.

Supporting families in crisis

The Community Kitchen is supported by Blandford Cares, the voluntary group whose focus is to support refugees in Calais and further afield.

Founder Mike Hearn said several of their volunteers were active in the Community Kitchen, and asked anyone with time to spare, living locally and interested enough to help to get in touch.

“Our association with Blandford Parish Church and their Community Kitchen continues to provide us with a means of helping support Blandford’s lonely and

distressed families/individuals in association with the Food Bank.”

In the last quarter, Blandford Cares has sent over £1700 in aid to Calais, Uganda, South Sudan and the Community Kitchen, the majority of its income coming from sales on the internet of quality donated goods. It has also found suitable outlets for other donated items, and three sets of volunteers have taken aid directly to the C4C warehouse, two of them also spending time working in the RCK (Refugee Community Kitchen).

“The ability to help more families in transit or under rehousing, means only damaged items end up being discarded – and even our rags get sold!” said Mike.

“The Afghan and Ukraine Appeals brought more willing donors (and fortunately more helpers) and we have been able to help at least five local individuals and Ukrainian families accommodated within our local area and are working with the Blandford Welcome Group to arrange for the housing of an Afghan or Ukrainian family before the Autumn.”

If you are able to help, please contact Mike Hearn on 07768 403512 or hearn@ forumsprings.plus.com.

NBVM correction Students speak up about gender inequality

by Nicci Brown

A report in the last issue on two local primary schools unfortunately gave the impression St Andrew’s Primary School in Fontmell Magna remained ‘inadequate’ in the opinion of Ofsted school inspectors.

It failed to state that the school had been removed from special measures after being taken over by the Sherborne Area School Trust (SAST) and, having made considerable improvements, is now judged

by Ofsted as only being ‘in need of further improvement’.

The report made it clear that Ofsted found the school now had effective safeguarding, praised its achievement in sport and music, and noted that the new leaders have engaged well with parents and local societies and created stability in the school after many leadership changes.

The Ofsted report noted areas where further improvement and development was needed.

But in addition to praising achievement in music and sport, inspectors also found that since

the trust took over in 2020 in the middle of coronavirus pandemic, and under its new head teacher Debbie Brown, it had worked to re-establish a positive learning environment for pupils.

Local leaders from the trust ensured that the school was a safe place, staff were given clear guidelines, and curriculums for every subject were quickly revised and brought into use to give pupils a broad and balanced curriculum in every key stage.

Staff receive regular subject training to ensure that pupils learn the most important aspects of the subjects studied, and there were strengths in upper Key Stage 2 in English and Mathematics which boded well for Year 6 pupils progressing to secondary schools.

SAST spokesperson Holly George said the hard work of staff, who have delivered rapid improvements to move it out of the ‘Inadequate’ category and into ‘Requires Improvement’, was “a feat which should be applauded”.

Sixth-former ambassadors help pass on the message to combat gender inequality

IN A GROUND-BREAKING initiative, 12 sixth-form student ambassadors from Bryanston School and The Blandford School have delivered a series of workshops for Year 6 primary pupils from various local schools to help students learn how to recognise, challenge and address issues that directly and indirectly fuel gender inequality in society.

The innovative workshops were the focus of a Nurturing Equality Festival organised by the youth-led social enterprise, Bold Voices, as the culmination of its year-long gender equality education programme working with pupils at Bryanston.

Changing attitudes

“Gender-based inequality and violence have plagued society for far too long, but changing behaviours and attitudes is a progressive process and there is no doubt that the real solutions lie in the voices of the next generation,” says Natasha Eeles, founder of Bold Voices.

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Chris Loder celebrates conservation at Athelhampton

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On Friday 8 July, Chris Loder MP opened the restored Elizabethan kitchen at the beautiful Athelhampton House near Dorchester. The NBVM was there to catch up with the West Dorset MP and celebrate the wonderful surroundings I went to my local school in Sherborne, but didn’t have the finances to go to university, so I’d never have thought I’d be here today as the MP for West Dorset. I started out as a train guard on the railway for 20 years. But these life experiences gave me the values that make me proud of the many heritage attractions we have here in West Dorset. I love to travel abroad and across the country, but one thing I’ve found is that there are so many beautiful places on my doorstep that I didn’t know about: Athelhampton being one of them. I’ve probably been here every year for 10 years, prior to lockdown. I think it’s such a place of serenity: the gardens are beautiful, it’s full of history, and I don’t think there’s any where that has such a wealth of Tudor features in West Dorset, if not further afield, than here. So I’m pleased that I get to support it.

How does it make you feel walking in here today, seeing it restored further?

I have actually eaten in this very kitchen, never realising that behind the AGA there was this wonderful arch fireplace: it is beautiful. It has been ‘refreshed to its former glory’. It’s classy and stylish: you can feel the centuries and history of this place just by walking in this room, and it’s just wonderful. This feels so much more to me how this house would have originally been designed and used. We can learn, and relearn a great deal from our heritage.

Would you say, post-Covid, and post-Brexit, that it’s important these conservation projects are continued?

Absolutely, I’m well aware, in my capacity as an MP, that Brexit was controversial and that people have different views about the pandemic and the lockdown, but the one thing that has come from both of those is a much wider appreciation of some of the wonderful heritage assets and tourism opportunities that we have on our doorstep in the UK. That’s one of the reasons why the A35 is so congested – we have so many people wanting to come here! And for me, helping local people, especially younger people, see what we have to offer and reconnect with our core roots, our community, and how life locally has evolved over centuries, is key. I think the work that’s happening here at Athelhampton will entice tourists to visit not just Athelhampton, but wider West Dorset.

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Tell the NBVM about your passion for heritage and Athelhampton?

Above: Conservative MP for West Dorset, Chris Loder, with Athelhampton owner Giles Keating; below left: Chris Loder cuts the ribbon on the Elizabethan fireplace; below: Athelhampton, which has been described as a mini Hampton Court Palace

What’s your take on the environmental issues surrounding preserving listed buildings? Are they becoming more monuments than homes?

This is quite subjective issue, and you’ll have a lot of people, especially from the environmental and conservation lobby, who are of the view that the heritage associated with homes such as this should be much lower down the agenda when it comes to energy saving and environmental factors.

What we’ve seen here at Athelhampton is, I think, is a very good example of how you can achieve both. There’s been a huge drive to take all fossil fuels away from Athelhampton. Other than ride-on lawnmowers, which will change one day, they’ve got lots of solar panels, 12 Tesla batteries, heat pumps, and are working on being carbon neutral.

Obviously, I appreciate that finances and investment won’t necessarily be available for all Grade 1 properties, but we’ve also got to bear in mind that improvements to old buildings don’t necessarily have to be about replacing the windows with PVC double glazing. We have advances where the heritage can be maintained; and I oppose very strongly those who think that we should just trash our heritage in favour of things under the perception that they are better for the environment, because it’s not that clear-cut.

Kitchen culture Grade 1 listed Athelhampton is a Tudor house built in 1485, with the Elizabethan kitchen added in 1560. It is believed to be one of the oldest kitchens in the country still in continuous use, and attracts some 25,000 visitors a year.

The three-year restoration by local craftspeople revealed an Elizabethan brick arch over the fireplace, Tudor bread ovens and serving hatches. The Purbeck stone flooring now hides modern zero-carbon heating: the property is solar-powered and uses 12 Tesla batteries.

Athelhampton House, Athelhampton Road, Puddletown DT2 7LG; 01305 848363, enquiries@athelhampton.house, www.athelhampton.com. Open 10am-5pm Sunday-Friday, closed Saturdays.

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This July sees the graduation of the first, complete three-year degree course affected by Covid-19. One ex-Sexey’s School boarder, who finished at Exeter with a 2:1, reflects…

by Phoebe Plummer I IMAGINED LIVING the whole university experience: partying, going to lectures hungover, mixing socialising and studying, partaking in various societies while learning more intensively, and to enjoy the freedom that came with that.

Lockdown began at the end of the second term of my first year. I was fortunate that my first-year lectures had finished, but when my student halls accommodation was unceremoniously closed, I was sent home. Nobody dreamt how long it could last – surely no longer than a few weeks, we thought… How wrong we were.

Perhaps my university experience began better than many, because I met one of my now closest friends on the first day of Fresher’s Week. We lived together – on and off – throughout our Covid studies: our friendship resulting as one of the most stable parts of my whole three years.

Online learning, however, was awful.

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substitute for in-person lectures. It was no fault of the lecturers or other students: it was just much easier to switch off or be distracted while on a Zoom call, than it was in the lecture hall.

Sea of black screens

The few times I felt it worked was in smaller groups, when we were forced to have our cameras on; however this was unfair to many because, depending on where you lived, your broadband might not support the video. As a result, it was far easier for most just to miss lectures and seminars, under the excuse that ‘my internet wasn’t working’ or ‘I wasn’t very well’. Sometimes there was just me in a call. Online learning robbed me of the whole of my second year, and definitely reflected badly in my grades.

Lecturers did all that they could to compensate for us not being together in person, but in some cases this meant that the workload tripled. For me, reading hundreds of pages each week in preparation for one Zoom call, while living through the uncertainty of a pandemic where family and loved ones were unwell, hospitalised, or even dying, became overwhelming. This way of working took a toll on students and academics alike. Lecturers would upload pre-recorded seminars, then ask us to

Any old wax?

Candle wax collection points light the way for circular trading model CASTLE GARDENS IN Sherborne, Brimsmore Gardens in Yeovil and Poundbury Gardens near Dorchester have all installed candle wax recycling points, where businesses, churches and individuals can deposit used candles. The discarded candles will then be collected by Exeter-based The Recycled Candle Company, which produces hand-poured luxury candles using only recycled wax. This new initiative will help the UK’s only wax recycling business keep 40 tonnes of candle wax from ending up in landfill.

Alexa Blackmore from Brimsmore Gardens, explains: “We have been selling The Recycled Candle Company’s products for many years, so are really pleased to get this recycling scheme up and running. This circular trading model is a great opportunity for businesses to join forces and reduce their impact on the environment, while helping consumers to reduce their landfill waste. We have seen great success with other schemes, such as sending plant trays back to suppliers to reuse and collecting empty compost bags to use in the garden centres, so we are confident that this will be well-received.”

Any candle that is not in a glass container can be recycled at Brimsmore Gardens, Castle Gardens and Poundbury Gardens, seven days a week. The Recycled Candle Company can remove other elements, such as wicks and tea light metal, once they have gathered them from the various collection points.

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DID YOU K N O W?

attend group online tutorials ready to discuss the topic in hand. But it was so easy to do so little, that those who did attend online were often met with a sea of black screens and no interaction – after all, if you don’t turn on your camera, no-one knows whether you’re simply watching Stranger Things in another browser window. Or just snoozing. It was just all wrong.

Weekly updates to keep students involved were helpful, and many emails suggested that we could reach out for support; but again, this would have been via Zoom or a phone call, which was further isolating. I do think they tried their hardest, but it was a difficult task to undertake.

A huge debt, but for what?

Do I feel let down by my university experience? I now have a huge student debt and feel robbed of my further education.

There should still be financial compensation for the 2020-2021 academic year offered to every student. Nothing is or has been offered, either from education or accommodation. In my second year, when we all lived at home, our landlord charged

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Moving forward, my university experience was always going to be memorable; it just wasn’t quite in the way I had imagined. However, being at university throughout the most tumultuous time in living memory has allowed me to reflect on myself. I have come out of the experience more focused than ever on what is important to me. I understand that taking time to reset for the soul is imperative. I worked hard when I could, and graduated with a 2:1: I’m done.

Editor’s note: to date, only around one in 14 students requesting a tuition fee refund due to the impact of the pandemic has been successful. Some universities have refused outright any requests for refunds, in line with the expectations of the Government, Universities UK, and the Office for Students.

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With energy prices rocketing, could you benefit from your very own rooftop array? It’s time to crunch some numbers OWNERSHIP OF A solar photovoltaic (PV) array on your house or business premises partially frees you from high electricity bills. What you generate pushes back against the grid, first to meet your own demands then, if generation exceeds your demands, for profit. I see self-generation as power to the people, a sort of democratisation of our energy supply.

You will know from the news that electricity prices doubled during 2021.

Dependent on the contract you have with your electricity supplier, this may not be evident to you yet, but you will certainly notice the increase during 2022. When the current price cap is adjusted this October, prices are expected to increase by another 50 per cent. Wholesale delivery prices increased from 53.8p/kWh on 1 February 2021 to 119.1p/kWh on 22 November 2021 (source: Ofgem). Given that retail prices have been well under those, it’s no wonder so many electricity supply companies (the ones that didn’t plan and buy ahead) have gone bust. It’s clear that UK electricity retail prices must increase dramatically.

What do solar panels cost?

For a large commercial installation, costs can be as low as £700 per installed kW. For a domestic installation they can be as low as £1,000 per installed kW but more usually around £1,200 per installed kW. An average domestic roof can fit 16 x 415-watt panels,

costing round £6,800; if it’s south-facing that array would give a peak generation of 5.81kW. That’s 6,000kWh/yr. People have assumed that because there are no grants or subsidies, there is no financial case for installing PV. They are wrong…

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by Keith Wheaton-Green

Financial benefits of solar

It’s impossible to predict with precision what forward electricity retail costs will be over the next five years. However, the standard variable rate for customers that switch (a good indication of real prices) is currently around 37p/kWh. A 50 per cent price rise in October takes that to 55p/kWh. Given other inflationary pressures in the UK economy, the government is very likely to introduce measures to soften the blow, but you would probably agree that an average of 50p/kWh over the next five years is a conservative estimate.

Crunching the numbers

Regardless of how it’s generated, your electricity usage will be dependent on your habits… Do you have an electric car, for example? Do you have a large family all using separate items of tech? If you are at home during the day, and therefore able to make direct use of the electricity generated by your solar array, you could use as much as 80 per cent of the power you make.

Basing calculations on a conservative estimate of using 50 per cent of the electricity you generate means you will save:

• 6,000kWh/yr x 0.5 x 50p = £1,500/yr You will be paid 7.5p/kWh for the excess generation that you will sell via the smart export guarantee: • 6,000kWh/yr x 0.5 x 5.5p = £225 Therefore, the total annual value of your PV array is £1,500 + £225 = £1,725.

Given you will have paid £6,800 for the installation, it will have paid for itself after four years, after which time you will be in profit by £1,725 for the lifetime of the PV array (expected to be at least 30 years).

The installation will also add to the value |of your house.

Did you know that the residents of some villages in Dorset have clubbed together and organised a bulk purchase scheme for solar panels to reduce installation costs?

Could this be you? Write to Keith via newsdesk@blackmorevale.net and have your say. We’d love to hear your solar success stories or answer your questions.

Wincanton sewers get a makeover Major sewer renovation taking place in Wincanton this August with minimal disruption Wincanton’s sewers will be given a new lease of life courtesy of a £150,000 renovation project taking place in the south Somerset town next month.

More than 400 metres of pipes throughout the town will be revitalised by Wessex Water, with much of the project being completed by engineers using robots to help keep disruption to the local community to a minimum during August.

Instead of digging up long stretches of road through the town, excavations will be limited to two separate road closures near Wincanton town centre. The sewers will be relined using specialist equipment located deep underground.

Previously, old sewers were replaced over a period of many months and significant digs, but this modern method reuses the existing pipework where possible, inserting a new liner inside the pipe to reduce the risk of leaks and potential sewer collapses. The robots work their way along the pipe to complete the work and make connections.

Road closures

A road closure will be in place on Church Street (B3081) from the junction with North Street to the junction with Church Fields between Monday 1 August and Wednesday 17 August for relining to take place.

North Street will also be closed to through traffic from

the junction with Market Place to the junction with Waterside Road between Thursday 18 August and Friday 2 September, with the road being reopened at weekends.

Access to both roads will be maintained for residents, businesses and emergency vehicles, with No Parking cones in place near the work areas.

Sections of Bayford Hill are also among the areas where sewers will be relined using existing manholes and without the need to dig.

Future effluent

A Wessex Water spokesperson said: “In places these sewers are many decades old and have been damaged over time,

leaving them prone to leaks or the possibility of collapse.

However, by renovating and lining them we can maintain their condition for at least another 50 years.

“The no-dig technology means we can line the existing pipe, avoiding excavation as much as possible, to reduce any disruption.

“Two roads will need to be closed while this project continues, which is to ensure the renovations can be carried out as safely and quickly as possible. We have contacted residents and businesses around the centre of Wincanton to inform them about this work and apologise for the inconvenience.’’

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Stalbridge homes approved in part due to failure of council to meet need New homes given approval on appeal after initial oppositions overturned; Inspector highlights benefits to the area

by Nicci Brown OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION has been allowed on appeal for the development of up to another 130 homes in Stalbridge after Gladman Developments appealed against Dorset Council’s refusal in September last year of their application for land off Station Road, Stalbridge.

The scheme was opposed partly on the grounds of the amount of permissions already given and applications pending for new homes around the town, as well as the impact on the landscape and character of the area.

Inspector Andrew Dawe, who held a planning inquiry over six days in February followed by a site visit, found that the failure of Dorset Council to meet the necessary number of homes delivered across the district outweighed the fact that in Stalbridge more than double the current local need for affordable homes have been approved.

Mr Dawe referred to the inspector’s conclusion that the ‘tipping point’ had not been reached in another recent appeal

relating to a site in Stalbridge and said: “I have acknowledged that the extent to which housing numbers in Stalbridge and the larger villages have already exceeded the 825 dwellings set out in policy is significant. “However, it remains the case that it is not a cap on new housing and although the proposed development would cumulatively add up to a further 130 dwellings, there is no substantive evidence to indicate that a tipping point would be reached with [this] scheme either, albeit there is not an established need for any more local housing.”

More houses are needed

He found the harm to the landscape character and appearance of the area and countryside surrounding and the existing settlement of Stalbridge to be only moderate.

But the council’s demonstration of only 4.35 years’ worth of housing supply and delivery substantially below 75 per cent of the housing requirement over the previous three years meant the council’s policies for

determining the appeal were out of date.

Despite the council’s trying to meet the housing requirement through the substantial urban extension at Gillingham, other pipeline developments beyond the five-year period and flexibility in approving development beyond settlement boundaries, there was no clear evidence or guarantee that this would ensure that the housing requirement will be met within the Plan period.

“There cannot be certainty as to the speed at which the proposed development would be progressed, however the Appellant is in agreement with a condition that would ensure that development commences relatively quickly on site, within one year from the final approval of the reserved matters, which themselves would be submitted within two years of any planning permission.”

He highlighted the benefit of a 40 per cent contribution to affordable housing the district, the significant economic benefits of job creation and local spending on services and facilities and proposed open space and play provision.

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60 seconds with… Sybil Fine King An American who came to Dorset on a university work placement in 1985, Sybil Fine King fell in love with this beautiful county.

Now, as the 2022 High Sheriff of Dorset, she’s helping people using the justice and law enforcement systems to promote better social cohesion and find healing in nature

by Faith Eckersall

What is a High Sherriff and what do they do?

there was a job with my name on it. Looking back, I feel I was ‘dropped’ here in the most wonderful place in the world – it’s the most unique, happy and glorious county. Dorset has the right balance; it’s calm, off the beaten track a little but not too much, there is beautiful countryside and so much to discover; little towns and villages and amazing little cafes.

Do you still discover new Dorset places?

Oh yes, only recently I was travelling round Gillingham and suddenly realised I was going past the Neal’s Yard factory, right in front of me. It’s things like this that make Dorset so unique.

It’s an historic position going back more than 1,000 years to the Saxon era where the ‘Shire Reeve’ used to be responsible for things like executions, collecting taxes and administering justice. Thank goodness I don’t have to do any of that! Now, I am the Queen’s representative to the legal system in Dorset, and matters relating to law and order. We also connect to what we’d call the Blue Light services, fire, police, and the paramedic service, as well as voluntary organisations that help victims of crime, and other vulnerable people. Really, it’s a platform for someone to make things happen in these areas and I feel very humble to have been asked – I feel as if I’m in a line-up going back hundreds of years.

You’ve worked a long time in healthcare and health promotion – have you found a big difference between healthcare here and the USA?

It was very much a happy accident. When I was at university, I knew I wanted to do my work experience abroad and the university office that arranged these things gave me a choice of England or Italy, so I chose here. I found myself working in health promotion in this beautiful county of Dorset and at the end of the placement

somehow seem less materialistic. I had never really gone for a walk in America, unless I was on holiday or something, but that’s what I do most of the time now. I think the people here have a drier sense of humour, too. Finally, I think I find England not so glossy as the USA and that makes it more interesting to me.

It is so different. It still seems so unbelievable that you can go to a GP who knows who you are and there’s no need to bring out a credit card to pay. Even more than the money, it changes the atmosphere of healthcare; it makes you feel as if you can go when you need it and they are happy to see you. It seemed incredible to me as an American and I still feel so relieved and happy when I think about the NHS being affordable to everyone.

Are there any other contrasts between our two countries that you’ve noticed?

You’re from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – did you choose to come to Dorset, or was it a happy accident? There are so many things – even the activities, I’d say. They

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Face masks encouraged at Salisbury Hospital DUE TO THE growing number of Covid-19 cases in the community and the increasing number of inpatients testing positive for Covid-19, from 7 July 2022, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is asking all visitors and patients at Salisbury District Hospital to wear face masks while in the buildings. The Trust also encourages good hand hygiene, and when possible, visitors should maintain social distancing.

In addition all staff are being asked to wear facemasks while in all clinical areas and corridors.

“We are seeing an increasing number of people in the community testing positive for Covid-19,” says Dr Peter Collins, Chief Medical Officer, “and this is putting growing pressure on our staff and services.”

Like many other hospitals in the region we are therefore asking all visitors and patients to wear a mask when visiting the hospital.

“The public’s cooperation will mean our services are safer and our staff can work more effectively. Thank you for your continued support.”

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Can you give us a flavour of how your shrieval year will look?

When they ask you to take on the role they like you to come up with a theme and I wanted to combine the beauty of Dorset, the healing power of nature and my history in health service. I will be encouraging different partnership projects which give people opportunities to try new things in nature. There will be larger-scale projects I’ve described as Saplings and smaller-scale, communityled projects I’ve described as Seeds.

Can you give any examples?

Yes – one thing that we are working on is putting a pond in a prison and trying to introduce dog training for prisoners. People would learn to handle dogs, which involves a skill, as well as learning about positive reinforcement, trust and communication. Other projects include introducing a surfing hub for veterans, a project with Birds of Poole Harbour to do sessions for young people to learn about bird ringing and other specialist outdoor experiences, surf therapy for children in Bournemouth with disabilities and projects for young carers

Tell us something unusual about yourself!

When people invite me to events, I send them a form with questions like ‘where should I park?’, and ‘would you like me to give a speech?’. On that form I also say that I have a nice cockerpoo dog and would they like me to bring her along? I would never bring her if people didn’t want it, but it’s lovely when I can, as she’s a real ice-breaker!

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Hardback or hardware?

Our resident bookworm debate the merits of various publishing formats…

by Brian MacReamoinn At last, you’ve managed to get away for a well-earned break. You’re looking forward to a week of doing absolutely nothing more physically demanding than reading. But what are you going to take with you?

Remember how you made a promise to yourself? This is the moment of truth; it can be put off no longer. Ulysses. Yes, you’re finally going to tackle the notoriously difficult literary masterpiece. And how appropriate in the centenary year of its publication. You’ve tried before, but this time you’re determined to make it to the end. But, as you attempt to squeeze the 700-page tome into your slimline carry-on suitcase, you pause. Surely it must be available as a free download?

Tech vs trad

Now you find yourself wrestling with a tricky decision. Which is better: the physical or digital version of a book?

Fans of e-readers are happy to list all the practical advantages. There’s the vast choice of books available in one place, an entire library in the palm of one’s hand.

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The robust, compact design also means no bending of spines, no suntan lotion messing up the pages, no need for bookmarks which are always falling out. Extra functions include adjusting the type size, being able to look up words and “rewinding” which is much harder to do in a book. There are additional benefits such as being able to read silently without worrying about the rustling of paper waking up your holiday companion while they’re having a siesta.

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Portable paper

Meanwhile, in the opposite corner, booklovers are keen to point out the physical drawbacks of electronic devices. Staring at screens can make your eyes tired and itchy.

They’re not good at the beach, because sand gets all over the screen. The chargers for them are different from those for phones, so that means remembering to bring yet more attachments. Which of course increases the chances of leaving them in hotel rooms and having to replace them at enormous expense in the local village shop. Above all, there’s the lack of ‘bookness’. Bibliophiles love the tactile nature of books, the feel and shape of them, the smell of a freshly published paperback. Some studies have suggested readers have the sense of starting at the

beginning of a story and finishing as the tale ends. A book is a physical object which gives a visible, tangible sign of progression as the pages are turned.

Tablet or tome? Digital precision or dog-eared paperback? This is the dilemma facing travellers everywhere. It can cause angst and uncertainty on the eve of a holiday, just when the relaxing is supposed to start. However, there is a simple and obvious solution when it comes to choosing hardback or hardware…

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No fires please to prevent disaster

Effective from 1 July, it’s now illegal to hold a barbecue or light a campfire in many areas across Dorset…

Picnic pests or perfect pollinators?

What’s more British than a summer picnic ruined by a plague of wasps? We plead the case for leniency on their behalf…

by Katrina ffiske A bee buzzes past and it is greeted with reverence and gratitude for saving the world. A wasp appears, is shrieked at and everyone attempts to kill it. But why? They might not provide us with delicious honey, and they’re undoubtedly more streamlined than their fuzzy cousins, but do wasps deserve their reputation as single-minded pesterers of pub garden pleasure seekers?

Firstly a few wasp facts: wasps are the ancestors of bees (and ants) and there are more than 7,000 species of wasp in the UK. Most of these are ‘social’ wasps, which live in colonies consisting of thousands of female workers supporting single egg-laying queen.

Inspirational insects

These are the typical wasps of our summer encounters. They create fabulously intricate paper nests, unfortunately for us (and them, as a quick call to the pest controller can wipe them out in an instant) often in our roof spaces and outbuildings. In fact, a Chinese legend tells that 2,000 years ago, Cai Lun, a Chinese eunuch court official, sat in his garden watching a wasp building a nest. Wasps create hexagonal cells from fine slithers of chewed-up wood.

Inspired by watching these

insects create their intricate nests, Cai Lun was inspired to experiment with wood mulches, eventually creating paper.

by Faith Eckersall THANKS TO A new Public Spaces Protection Order, people using barbecues, lighting fires outside or setting off fireworks and candle lanterns will be liable for a £100 fine and see all banned items in their possession confiscated.

Dorset Council says there will be ‘clear signage’ at the locations where these activities are prohibited and has produced an online map to show where these areas are.

The order is partly in response to the devastating Wareham Forest fire of 2020, which saw 220 hectares of heath and forest destroyed by a wildfire. Started by discarded disposable barbecues, the fire blazed for three weeks and took 150 firefighters using four million litres of water to extinguish. It will take decades for the area to regenerate.

Portfolio Holder for Culture, Communities and Customer Services at the council, Laura Beddow, said: “There is no reason to start a fire on a heathland or in a forest. They can get out of control very quickly, destroy important habitats and kill many species of animals and plants. If you must eat, take a sandwich, and bring the packaging home with you.”

All areas in which fires are prohibited are listed online at: https://explorer.geowessex.com/cside/nobbq.

Crucial creatures

Wasps are valuable plant pollinators, but they’re also excellent insect predators.

While adult wasps only consume sugar (hence their attraction to jam and cider!), they feed their larvae a diet rich in protein. This means they munch their way through an estimated 14 million kilograms of aphids, caterpillars and beetles (source: Natural History Museum). Many farmers choosing not to use pesticides, use wasps as a natural pest control for their crops.

If I still have not converted you, then I recommend reading Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps by ecologist Seirian Sumner. Among other amazing facts, Sumner explains that wasps can recognise human faces, and that their sense of smell is so powerful that they are used to sniff out drugs and explosives.

So if a wasp lands on you, keep calm and wait for it fly off.

And if you really can’t learn to love these little yellowjackets, perhaps consider moving to Antarctica, the only place in the world without wasps.

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Officer Steve Oliver. “The trail Once common in the UK, the cams have only identified one kit 16th century saw Eurasian so far, but beavers can typically beavers hunted to extinction for have one to four babies in a litter, their meat, fur, and castoreum, a and we are discreetly observing secretion from their castor glands. their activity to see if any others have been born.

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Hedgehog helpers

by Laura Batt, Prickles Hedgehog Rescue Since becoming a charity back in 2017, Prickles has released more than 5,000 hedgehogs back into the wild – not bad when you consider that numbers of this endearing little animal have plummeted from 30 million in the 1950s to less than one million today.

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Positive steps

Hedgehogs are firmly nocturnal – if you find a hedgehog or hoglet out during the daytime then it needs to be rescued, because it will not survive until the next day. If you find one, please put it in a cardboard box with a piece of towelling in the bottom. Take to a local rescue centre or vet immediately. In June and early July, hedgehogs deliver a litter of hoglets, with a

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second following in September, so keep an eye out for little ones at these particular times.

There are positive ways to make your garden more hog-friendly… Leave a wild patch of long grass or wildflowers to encourage insects for hedgehogs to feed on. Log piles also offer fabulous habitat opportunity for hedgehog food sources. These spikey gardeners’ friends will much on the slugs, snails and other pests that can damage your prize plants. Come Autumn, leave a pile of leaves available for hedgehog bedding

– and while you can buy hedgehog houses for hibernation, generally hedgehogs prefer to find their own sites.

Hedgehogs are protected by Law. If you ever see one advertised for sale on social media, please report the user to the Police or the RSPCA. Prickles specialises in the rescue, rehabilitation, care and release of hedgehogs. It relies solely on donations and fund-raising events. If you would like to know more please contact Laura on 01934 863679 or laura.c.batt@talk21.com.

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It used to be a given that we left out a saucer of bread and milk for Mrs Tiggywinkle, but in fact hedgehogs are lactose intolerant. Instead, cat food (in jelly, and without fish), cat biscuits and specialist hedgehog food (Spokes is an excellent range) can be left out, along with plentiful fresh water.

Your back garden is a series of hedgehog dangers… Make sure your pond has an escape ramp for hedgehogs because although they can swim, they tire easily.

Check your garden before mowing or strimming, to avoid a lethal encounter. And again,

check your compost heap before you stick in a fork, because they’re a favourite nesting site of hedgehogs. The same goes for bonfires. If you use netting to protect plants, check it regularly to ensure you can release a trapped hedgehog before it dies of exhaustion.

Spills of antifreeze and oil should be cleaned up immediately, before they are mistaken for water. Carefully check for hedgehogs before closing garages, sheds or greenhouses so as not to trap any inside. Lastly, place covers over exterior drains to prevents hedgehogs falling in.

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Rewilding Woodbury A community project promises to regenerate Dorset’s natural wonders

by Faith Eckersall REWILDING IS A modern buzzword, used to describe anything from leaving a roadside verge uncut, to the possibility of reintroducing wolves to the British Isles.

But, thanks to an ambitious project taking shape right here in Dorset, people in this county now have the opportunity to see for themselves, in real time, what rewilding can actually mean.

Last autumn, Dorset Wildlife Trust acquired 170 hectares of land for a largescale community rewilding project, ten miles south of Blandford Forum, near Bere Regis.

Wild Woodbury, as it’s known, was chosen for its suitability and its central location, says the Trust’s spokeswoman, Hazel Ormrod.

“We named it the first community re-wilding project as it’s on the doorstep of Bere Regis and we wanted to involve local people in its journey,” she says.

Ambitious plans

The plan is to rewild 150 hectares of the land, including 11 hectares of new, naturally regenerated woodland and 30 hectares of new wetland, and to extend access for the local community.

And, as the Trust moves towards completing its first year of ownership, ideas for the land are starting to take shape.

“Our main plan is to let nature take the lead, although there will be some lighttouch management,” says Hazel.

Ideas put forward so far include the possibility of removing barbed wire from

alongside paths, allowing a farmer to graze part of the land in a manner compatible with the project’s aims, and establishing a food forest – diverse, edible plants that mimic the ecosystems and patterns found in nature.

Creating a wilder Dorset

“There are,” says Hazel, “also plans to re-wet some of the land to and to create wildlife corridors so that species can spread.”

This will help increase opportunities for pollinators as well as biodiversity.

The new way of managing the land will help lower nitrates in the soil which will benefit watercourses and even the sea – nitrates are one of the reasons algae blooms can proliferate.

In the end, she says, Wild Woodbury will help create a wilder Dorset by cleaning water, storing carbon and developing new wildlife habitats. “Our aim is to share what we learn with others, making the site a model for future positive change in land use.”

For further information, visit www. dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/

Rewilding: triumphs Broadly speaking, rewilding means the deliberate return of land to its uncultivated state and the reintroduction of animal species that have become extinct.

The UK has seen the successful re-introduction of wild beavers in Scotland and Devon, and red squirrels and sea eagles on the Isle of Wight. There are plans to return wild bison to a large enclosure in Kent later this year.

People in Dorset regularly see one of the UK’s most popular rewilded creatures – the red kites that hover above the county’s chalk downland.

The operation to re-introduce them has gone so well that the UK is now sending breeding pairs back to Spain, where the original rewilded Dorset kites came from.

‘Take five’ and think about it

by Faith Eckersall DORSET POLICE ARE warning people to be aware after an elderly woman fell victim to an attempted telephone scam.

A spokesman said: “An elderly female was contacted by phone by someone purporting to

be from the Police in Luton stating they were investigating a fraud involving forged bank notes. The fraudsters arranged a taxi to take her to the bank to withdraw funds to check serial numbers.”

Police say the callers were ‘very convincing’ and told the woman not to tell anyone.

Fortunately, no monies were lost to the fraudsters this time, but Dorset Police are reminding people that no officer or force would never phone and ask you to go to the bank to get money.

To help people spot scams,

the Force is promoting a new, online quiz, which asks people to ‘Take 5’ – five minutes – to consider the scams that are being used now.

The questions cover several scenarios,’ from texts from your bank to payment for concert tickets, rental of holiday homes or alleged changes of bank details purporting to be from your solicitors, when purchasing new property.

If you think someone on the phone is scamming you, police advise hanging up.

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A passion for pelargoniums

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THE NATIONAL TRUST at Stourhead, near Mere in Wiltshire, is exhibiting 103 varieties from its historical pelargonium collection by the date they were first introduced to England.

Floral fanatic Stourhead’s connection to pelargoniums is almost as iconic, and began with Sir Richard Colt Hoare, third owner of Stourhead, who was an avid collector. By 1821 he owned 600 different varieties, many of which he had cultivated himself.

Considered the best collection in the world, there was even a pelargonium section named in his honour: Hoarea. Sadly, the collection disappeared after his death.

Today’s display has been pieced back together over the past 25 years by the garden team at Stourhead, based on the varieties Colt Hoare originally collected. It couldn’t be recreated in its entirety because some varieties no longer exist, but the beautiful, diverse and wonderfully scented collection that is now on show makes you appreciate why he was so inspired by them.

Mihaela Hotico, Gardener at Stourhead

says, “The collection begins with Pelargonium triste, the very first pelargonium (that we know of) to be introduced to England from South Africa, in 1632, and finishes in 1940 with the pelargonium ‘Joy Lucille’. The whole way down the glass house is awash with pastel pinks, reds and whites. One of Richard Colt Hoare’s very own creations is also on display, Pelargonium x ignescens, from 1821, cultivated right here at Stourhead. We also have a selection of geophytic pelargoniums, which are dormant during summer and active during the autumn and winter.

“Geophytes are some of the most spectacular flowers in the species, and many of the pelargoniums in the Hoarea section are geophytic. Extra special care is taken to ensure we do not lose any species in our collection by taking and cultivating cuttings from every plant each year. Our hope for the future is to continue sourcing additional varieties that are relevant to our collection.”

Visitors can enjoy the pelargonium collection in the glass house of Stourhead’s

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by Lorraine Gibson WHEN NAHLA SUMMER’S partner died suddenly while taking part in a charity cycle ride, the depth of her grief left her bereft.

Just a few weeks later, while standing on the beach alone and utterly forlorn, a stranger started talking to her.

“I had (finally) made it out of the house and the guy had obviously seen that I was sad, he came over and just started talking to me,” says Nahla, of Sturminster Newton.

This few minutes of uplifting chat with someone who suspected that she was at a low ebb, made her realise what life needed to be about. Kindness.

Nahla embarked on a personal crusade to spread and encourage similar caring acts wherever she went and eventually founded Sunshine People, a movement designed to highlight the changes in our society and the need to stay connected through compassion.

To drive the endeavour, she completes an awareness-raising challenge every year, asking people to show their support, not by donating money to a charity but by doing an act of kindness for a stranger instead.

In 2019, she walked from Swanage to Gretna Green, a journey of 500 miles, visiting schools en route, promoting kindness through speaking, workshops and Sunshine People events. She promotes the benefits that goodness, emotional

intelligence and wellbeing have on society.

In 2020, Nahla covered 5,007 miles on a stand-up bike called an ElliptiGO, breaking a World Record in the process for the furthest distance completed in a single journey. It took her through all the UK’s 69 cities and resulted in the creation of the biggest Strava Art (the name for the pattern made when a route is recorded on a digital map) across England; it spelled out the word ‘KINDNESS’, naturally.

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As she travelled the world promoting her mantra of kindness, Nahla herself became an accidental recipient of good deeds and wrote A Culture of Kindness, a book that demonstrates how every leader and organisation can make positive change to their environment.

Now known as the Queen of Random Acts of Kindness, Nahla says: “It’s never too late to ‘sponsor’ me by doing an act of kindness for a stranger (or if you are a young person, for a family member).

Kindness costs nothing.”

Inspired by her success, Nahla’s now addressing workplaces and has come up with what sounds like a practical and, more importantly, straightforward means of helping to fulfil the educational need for kindness. Using the 10-minutes that the

Nahla and her parter Paul, whose untimely death Nahla transformed into the inspiration for a worldwide kindness movement

kind stranger gave her on that fortuitous day at the beach, she’s developed the same length messages that don’t interfere with existing school schedules.

She explains: “I have a number of things based on an assembly program designed for schools and funded by local businesses with the same mindset, wishing to raise the emotional health of young people.”

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Historic Haynes Motor Museum wheel of approval for NHS Motor museum shows thanks to NHS vaccination staff and volunteers…

A fleet of 24 classic cars spelt out NHS at Haynes Motor Museum as part of a thank you message to NHS staff and volunteers who ran a vaccination centre at the Sparkford visitor attraction during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Among the cars featured in the giant motorised NHS logo were a Bentley, a Jaguar, Mustangs, Ferraris and a Porsche, alongside a 1952 MG and a Series 1 Land Rover.

The tribute was part of a special event organised by the Museum to thank all those involved in the vaccination centre, including the Rural Practice GP Primary Care Network and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and a group of volunteers.

A big thank you

The Museum is also donating 403 family tickets to the vaccination teams from Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and the Rural Practice GP Primary Care Network, one for each day the vaccination centre was operational.

The Museum’s suite of corporate rooms was utilised as a regional vaccination centre for more than 12 months until earlier this year. During this period the teams based at Haynes delivered

more than 127,000 Covid-19 vaccinations.

“We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to the NHS and the amazing volunteers who staffed the centre and this is our small way of saying thank you,” said Chris Scudds, CEO at Haynes Motor Museum.

“We were proud to have been given the opportunity to support their work and we’re looking forward to welcoming them back with their families over the coming months

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“Arranging all 24 of the cars into the correct positions was a bit of a challenge, but fortunately there were no shortage of expert drivers to lend a hand,” he added.

Speaking on behalf of the Somerset Covid Vaccination Programme, Gary Risdale, Programme Manager said “The vaccination programme across Somerset has been extremely successful with almost 1.5 million vaccinations given with over 91 per cent of adults over 18 having had at least one vaccine.

“We are enormously grateful to all of the staff at the Motor Museum who welcomed us, and the public, with open arms.”

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Our Loose Canon Why liturgy should be its own polished performance…

by Canon Eric Woods I CAN VIVIDLY remember the occasion when, years ago, I attended a Holy Communion service that was celebrated according to the Book of Common Prayer, for which I have a deep affection. The Vicar clearly knew the whole service off by heart, which was impressive. But he delivered it in a monotone, extremely fast, more like a demented machine gun than a sensitive user of Cranmer’s superb prose.

That memory came back as I read the obituary of Peter Brook, the visionary theatre and opera director, who died early this month aged 97. His was a rare talent.

He could lift a play’s script and so inspire his actors that they made it come alive and sing with meaning. I imagine we have all attended plays that were dull and stunted because the actors simply couldn’t give the script life. And we went home thinking “I won’t go to see that again. It was so boring”.

And yet, and yet… quite likely the fault was not in the script, but the delivery. One of my favourite Shakespeare plays is King Lear, and I have seen it on stage many times. I remember one production that was totally avant-garde, with all the nobles

dressed in what appeared to be uniforms made of old car tyres. Never mind the tyres – it was their delivery that was flat and uninspiring.

Which is why I often gave my assistant curates a copy of Peter Brook’s The Empty Space. It is a book about directing, and acting – but to my mind also a book about how, and how not, to do liturgy.

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The relevance of Brook’s The Empty Space to liturgy comes not least from his chapter headings. ‘The Deadly Theatre’, chapter 1, exactly describes my experience in that village church all those years ago. The wonderful text of the Prayer Book Eucharist was destroyed by being delivered in such a dead and deadening way. Chapter 2, The Holy Theatre could, wrote Brook, be called “The Theatre of the Invisible-MadeVisible”. And that is what I aspire to whenever I have the privilege of presiding at the Eucharist, making the Invisible become Visible for the congregation. In a telling paragraph, Brook wrote: “In the theatre, the tendency for centuries has been to put the actor at a remote distance, on a platform, framed, decorated, lit – so as to help persuade the ignorant that his art is sacred. Did this express reverence? Or was there behind it a fear that something would be exposed if the light were too bright, the

meetings too near? Today we have exposed the sham. But we are discovering that a holy theatre is still what we need.”

When will the Church realise that it is not the ancient texts that need to be junked, but deadly delivery? In his last chapter Brook reminds us that the French have a word for it: représentation – which means making something present again, full of life and meaning. We need living theatre, and living liturgy.

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The Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show Save the date! Our region’s renowned agricultural event, The Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show, is back on 17 August and promises to be even more actionpacked than ever before.

Announcing a new star attraction, the show welcomes the world famous motorcycle spectacular - The IMPs Motorcycle Display Team sponsored by Fuel10K. With the youngest performer only five years old, these daredevil stunt riders put on a dynamic display of motorcycle skills including a death-defying fire jump you won’t want to miss!

From two wheels to four legs, agriculture is at the heart of The Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show and for the first time in over 15 years, the much love Grand Parade of Livestock sponsored by Woolley & Wallis will be featured in the Gritchie Brewing From sheep shearing to daredevil stunts - the Gillingham and Shaftesbury show is a great rural day out.

Company Main Ring. The champion cattle and sheep of the 2022 Show will parade in the expanse of the Ring.

James Cox, event organiser said: “This spectacular parade sums up what this agricultural show is all about. Our aim this year has been to put livestock and agriculture truly at the heart of the Show.

This is an event where business gets done in the Agricultural Sector, which will now have agricultural and rural businesses on all four sides of the ring.

Horse fans will love the equestrian exhibits this year. Due to popular demand, the show welcomes back the Heavy Horse Village, even bigger than last year. Sponsored by Wincanton Racecourse, there will be heavy horse competitions in the morning and demonstrations by these gentle giants of the equestrian world in the afternoon.

blackmorevale.net The UK food and farming sector is worth over £112 billion employing over four million people. You can learn all about agriculture and the process of farm to food through hands on activities – you can even watch sheep being shawn and some may even dance!

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Visitors are advised to book in advance with early-bird savings up until 10 August of £14 per adult (save £4), children 5-15 years £3 (save £1) and family tickets (two adults and two children) at £32 (save £10) now available to buy via Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show 2021 (ticketsrv.co.uk) or call 01747 823955 email: info@ gillinghamandshaftesburyshow.co.uk

FROM PRIZE BAKING TO PRIZE BULLS, SHOWSTOPPING SHEEP TO WINNING WATERCOLOURS - SHOW OFF YOUR TALENT AT THE GILLINGHAM & SHAFTESBURY SHOW From prize ponies and star sheep to champion cows, there’s over 500 competitions for livestock lovers and keen equestrians to enter. The equine schedule includes horse and pony classes for junior jockeys as young as three years old and veteran horses as old as fifteen or more.

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by Lorraine Gibson The companions of Wing Commander Michael Jones, OBE, at Sherborne’s Abbey View care home where he lives, knew just what to do – grant his wish to see his favourite aircraft up close once more.

Michael had expressed a desire to be near one of the famous small planes he’d once so bravely flown, so his carers arranged a visit to Compton Abbas Airfield, near Shaftesbury.

Abbey View’s Bev de Bruyn said: “Michael, three other residents and two staff members received a warm welcome by the management and staff at Compton Abbas who were delighted to meet him.”

He and his party watched small aircraft take off and land, however, that wasn’t the only surprise for the former Oxford schoolboy who’d dreamed of flying as a child. Michael’s daughter Jennifer drove from Torquay especially for the event – the icing on his aviation cake.

Bev says: “Michael visited the aircraft hangar, where he was particularly fascinated with the Tiger Moth and seemed very moved

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“He also checked the anti-spin structure on the craft, which wasn’t there when he flew them and asked the knowledgeable technicians questions about the planes.”

Michael, pictured right in his RAF uniform, was just 17 when World War Two was declared and when called up to do his National Service, he immediately pursued a career as a pilot. He went on to complete 13 sorties in Spitfires with yet more in the twin-engined versions.

He said: “I wasn’t ever nervous of flying; I think I just knew the job had to be done. What made me most nervous was not knowing where the attack came from.”

Bev said: “Michael may be 100 years old, but he loves the outdoors and has an uncanny sense of the clouds and how the weather is behaving, which was obviously key as a pilot.

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The 100 days of Darien

Fifty years on from the original expedition, some of the team met up in Motcombe

by Colonel John Blashford-Snell CBE THE DARIEN GAP is a tiny block; a thrombosis, stopping the flow of lifeblood between North and South America. Its hills, jungle and swamps have defied the completion of the Pan-American highway system: the 17,000-mile link between the snows of Alaska and the glaciers of Southern Chile.

Fifty years ago, the British transAmericas Expedition tackled this formidable obstacle. And on16 June 2022, some 20 of the original team met again at Motcombe.

In 1971, an Anglo-Latin American committee asked me to lead an expedition to drive from Anchorage to Tierra del Fuego, to find a vehicle route through the notorious unconquered 250-mile blockage and encourage the building of the last section of the great road. We were also to study the fauna, flora and people, hoping they might be protected.

It would be uncomfortable: snakes,

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insects, heat, rain, jungle and swamp.

Several expeditions had failed to cross the complete gap.

The beginning

The weather dictated that we should move from north to south in the dry season, a relative term, which should run from mid-December to mid-April. The vehicles should leave Alaska in early December to reach Tierra del Fuego in May. The Rover Company generously loaned two newly produced Range Rovers and the Army backed us with a Beaver light plane.

The expedition assembled servicemen, scientists and medics from America, Britain and Latin America, and a Gurkha. In all, we numbered 59 men and five women. The Scientific Exploration Society supported us as did dozens of British companies.

Our column would enter the jungle with a recce team scouting ahead, finding a route for sappers to clear. Jim Masters, our Chief Engineer, designed a special Avon inflatable raft to get vehicles across rivers and through the vast Atrato swamp. Other Royal Engineers in the team included Ernie Durey and Phil Church from Dorset.

I hoped to cross this morass before the mid-April rains, then go to Bogotá and, having sent the Range Rovers to Tierra del Fuego, return to Britain.

On a cold, wet January dawn in England I climbed shivering into the cavernous belly of the RAF Hercules.

In steaming Panama, we met the vehicle team hot-foot from Alaska and set off in good spirits. Soon glutinous mud caused havoc with the heavy Range Rovers. Much worse followed, with breakdowns and dense vegetation reducing us to an exhausted group. The jungle was consuming us, mentally and physically.

On 30 January we reached a large clearing. Lush grass abounded and our 28 pack horses filled their bellies. In the forest they lived on air-dropped corncobs and giant leaves from trees.

There were more mechanical problems, and it was not until 5 February that we got the stricken vehicles to the forward camp to find the differentials had disintegrated!

We had advanced only 30 miles in 17 days and had over 200 to go.

Rovers pulled out all stops and sent expert Jeff Miller, with a pile of spares.

Meanwhile we sought a pathfinder vehicle to press ahead with the sappers – a battered Land Rover was found in Panama City.

From pythons to pontoons

There were several narrow escapes from serpents. As I held our ornithologist on my shoulders to examine a bird’s nest, a coral snake slid along his arm and into his shirt: luckily not tucked in and the reptile dropped out. Later a six-foot bushmaster sank its teeth into the heel of David Bromhead’s boot. Its fangs stuck and David blew its head off with his revolver.

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blackmorevale.net At Cruso Mono, the Choco Indians dragged logs down to the river. Maybe a vehicle might be winched up. But it could only be reached by a river, so we gambled and motored the cars up the bed. At deep pools the raft was used to ferry the cars.

The raft struck a log and it reared up like a stricken beast. A helmsman yelled, ‘She going, lads, get away, we’re going over.’

The tow rope from my canoe parted as the raft and its swaying Range Rover spun out of control in the foaming water, engines racing and men plummeting over the side.

Water was pouring in through a two-foot gash in the hull of one pontoon.

Miraculously the raft was beached. Later a Range Rover sank into a hole whilst fording and it took 36 hours to dry out.

Racing against time we hauled the cars up the cliff at Cruso Mono and followed the pathfinder’s route to the border. Here, the Colombian Army welcomed us, recalling how British troops had come to the aid of Simon Bolivar’s rebels in 1821 and we crossed the forbidding Atrato swamp on our raft, finally reached the Southern part of the Pan American Highway on St George’s Day – 100 days after we entered the Gap. The Range Rovers drove on, completing the 17,000-mile journey and in June 1972 plans to protect the region were submitted. For political reasons, the road has never been finished. However, we helped create the National Park of Darien on this

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unforgettable journey.

Today the area is alive with Colombian terrorists and people smugglers. I don’t advise anyone to try driving through again.

Colonel John Blashford-Snell CBE is President of the Scientific Exploration Society and the water charity Just a Drop.

His new book ‘From Utmost East to Utmost West’ is published by Bradt in October.

Autographed copies will then be available from the Scientific Exploration Society email jbs@ses-explore.org.

What are Lasting Powers of Attorney and why do I need one?

Like Wills, lasting powers of attorney (LPA’s) are an essential part of estate planning. Why? While wills only come into effect once a person has died, LPAs are effective if someone is still alive but no longer able to function normally.

LPAs allow you to nominate a trusted person called an attorney.

They can make decisions on your behalf if you are no longer able to do so.

An LPA gives the attorney the authority to act on your behalf. Both financially and with matters pertaining to your health and care. It goes without saying that attorneys must be people you trust.

But what happens if someone doesn’t have an LPA? If you “Without a ‘lasting power of lose mental capacity a bank attorney’ document created in advance, families can find would freeze all accounts – including any in joint names. themselves locked out of an Even family members would ailing loved one’s finances not be able to access them at and facing a complicated first.

Obtaining access to the court process to be accounts requires a long, appointed their ‘deputy’, drawn-out application to the with fees running into many Court of Protection, and this is thousands of pounds.” a far more expensive process Chris Tennant than getting an LPA in the first place.

There are two types of LPA document – one that covers financial matters and the other health. You should get both types of LPA drawn up as soon as possible, well in advance of when – or if – they might be needed.

Book an appointment with a Maplebrook Wills by calling 07832 331594

SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION Trust has been recognised for its outstanding support of the Armed Forces.

“We are delighted to have received an Employee Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award,” said CEO Stacey Hunter. “Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is committed to serving our community, our patients, our staff and their families. Our links to the Armed Forces and the veteran community are a priority for the hospital, and are supported by our large number of serving and veteran staff, and our partnerships with the military communities we serve.”

To win this award from the Ministry of Defence, organisations must show that they provide 10 extra paid days leave for reservists and have supportive HR policies in place for veterans, reserves, Cadet Force adult volunteers and spouses and partners of those serving in the Armed Forces. They must also advocate the benefits of supporting those within the Armed Forces community, by encouraging others to sign the Armed Forces Covenant.

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Sherborne swimming competition PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN from across North Dorset came together last Thursday to compete in an inter-primary swimming competition in Sherborne! Pupils from Years 4, 5, and 6 from Sherborne Primary (pictured opposite), Thornford, Buckland Newton, Bishop’s Caundle, and Sherborne Abbey Primary took part in the competition and were keen to demonstrate their swimming skills, as well as their impressive efforts in cheering on their teammates.

Races included freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke, and the event ended with a relay which, in a very close race, was won by Thornford Primary (pictured right). Thornford were also crowned the overall winners of the afternoon.

Organiser Ruth Layton from Sherborne Primary School said “We would like to say a big thank you to Oxley Sports Centre for being brilliant hosts for the day and supporting the event!”

What a show…

ALL 97 CHILDREN at Shillingstone Primary School took part in a production of ‘The Amazing Adventures of Super Sam’.

“The whole school has been buzzing with the excitement surrounding the production,” said Charlotte Swaffield at Shillingstone Primary.

“Sammy Marvel is the clumsiest clot of Megaville, but her life is turned upside down when she discovers that the super-villain Candy King is trying to take over the world with his hypnotic gobstoppers. Sam discovers her true identity, and with ‘a dose of secret formula’ and ‘a pair of fantastic elastic anti-gravity pants’, Sammy Marvel takes to the skies as the greatest superhero the world has ever known!”

It’s wonderful to hear and see the confidence and creativity that performance art and working as a team gives young students.

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School’s out for Summer!

Pack a picnic, fill up the water bottles and even camp out under the stars with this cluster of family fun times to be had over the next few weeks

Get away

YOUNG ARTIST’S HOLIDAY Club at Arts University Bournemouth is an all-inclusive one-week holiday club for kids aged 8-12, designed for budding artists. Children will get to use the facilities of a leading university for the arts, develop new talents and passions under the eye of Bournemouth’s creative experts.

Weeks run between 25-30 July, 1-6 August and 15-20 August; www.aub.ac.uk/summer summercourses@aub.ac.uk or call 01202 363222.

Kids swim free

THANKS TO ADDITIONAL new funding, kids can escape the heat and swim for free in a number of Dorset Council pools over the school summer holidays.

Pools at Blandford Leisure Centre, Riversmeet at Gillingham and Dorchester Sports Centre are part of the package, which runs from 25 July to 4 September.

Some of the locations require advance booking, so swimmers must contact the swimming pool before travelling. There is no restriction to the number of times children and young people can access this offer although they must provide proof of living in the Dorset Council area.

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DUE TO POPULAR demand, the much-loved Tisbury Carnival Week is coming back in September! There are many are celebrations planned for all the family to enjoy, including music, children’s entertainment, a Carnival Concert and a film night,.

“We recognise that the Carnival is a great tradition that brings all the village out!” said a spokesperson, though sadly the Tisbury Carnival Day Parade itself will be missed. “Instead, events will take place throughout the week to raise funds so that we will be able to bring an even bigger, brighter Carnival.”

Catch news and updates by joining the Tisbury Carnival Facebook page, become a committee member, or email Tisburycarnival@ outlook.com.

Petrol heaven Camp out

FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS of last summer, Farley ecocamping is open from now until mid-August, after which the fields are returned back to cows to enjoy.

Tucked away down a rural farm track surrounded by glorious fields and woodland, you’ll find a 12 acre campsite with just 40 pitches. Based at Parsonage Farm, a working beef and arable farm in the small and historic village of Farley. And for those that don’t do camping, there’s glamping options too, with canvas bell tents that sleep four people, proper mattresses, solar night lights and a phone charger. Outside you also get a firepit with straw bales plus a picnic bench.

Find out more at www.farley-camping.co.uk or email info@ farley-camping.co.uk.

NORTH DORSET RAILWAY is pleased to announce that Shillingstone Station’s Summer Classic & Vintage Vehicle Rally is back on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July from 11am-4pm. Entry is free of charge to both exhibitors and visitors alike.

Among the many attractions, there’ll be live music, a model railway, Boutique-in-a-Bus, a mobile bar, and a full-size red double decker routemaster bus. Not to mention the chance to pull a few levers, and watch the sun set over Hambledon Hill from the award-winning gardens. It’s dog-friendly too.

North Dorset Railway at Shillingstone Station, Station Road, Shillingstone, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0SA; www. northdorsetrailwat.co.uk, 01258 860696 (volunteer enquiries) or call the station on 01258 860696.

Get creative

BEFORE THE BRUTON & District Horticultural Society Show on 20 August at the Sports Hall, King’s School, Bruton, young artists are invited to enter and exhibit artwork in four age group classifications, from under-7 to under-16. Tree collages, sponge prints, floral arrangements and Lego models all welcome! www.brutonhorticultural.org.uk; exhibits staged 8-10.30am, doors 2.30pm, prizes from 4.30pm, Adults £1, children and members free.

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Events Guide WINCANTON & DISTRICT GARDENERS ASSOCIATION Coffee Morning Saturday 30th July 10am - 12 noon Wincanton Memorial Hall, Sun Lounge JUMBLE SALE - CHILD OKEFORD Community Centre, DT11 8EW 16/7/22 @ 11:00am. 50p admission HILLSIDE PARISHES FETE & DOG SHOW Sat 6 August 3 pm Village Hall Ibberton DT11 0EL CHARLTON MARSHALL FETE Saturday 23rd July 2p.m. Cream teas, skittes, cakes, books, raffle, bric-abrac, tombola etc. Entry £1, children free

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NORDCAT AGM 22nd August at 4pm via Zoom. Contact 01258 473154 for details.

SIXPENNY HANDLEY CRAFT FAIR & TEAS Village Hall, Common Road SP5 5NJ Saturday 30 July, 11am - 2pm, Free entry.

Information: 6dhandleyhall@gmail.com ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD Tarrant Monkton - Sunday 24th July 3.00-5.00 pm Musical Melodies by Plus Fours (flutes and saxophones) BYO picnic LYN’S BINGO at Marnhull Royal British Legion on Monday July 25th.

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The Dorset Arts & Crafts Summer Exhibition 2019 Friday 2nd - Tuesday 6th August Open 10am-5pm, Tues 10am-4pm Superb Contemporary & Heritage Crafts Demonstrations Have-a-go Workshops Refreshments Free Parking

Purbeck School, Worgret Road Wareham BH20 4PF www.dorsetartsandcrafts.org Registered Charity 306252

COUNTRY LINK SOCIAL GROUP. Fresh air, fun, food and friendship. Tel. Andy 01225 834834 or Val 01749 342918 www.country-link.org.uk

SHAFTESBURY LIBRARY IS JOINING THE FRINGE FESTIVAL Fun on Saturday 23 July 10.30 – 11.30am.

Booking is essential

THE FIFEHEADS GARDEN FETE Saturday 23rd July Plumber Cottage, Fifehead Neville, DT10 2AL at 2.30pm.

Tea, cakes & strawberries, Plants, Bric-a-brac, Cakes, Gifts, Wine Raffle, Children’s games Entry £1, Children free - cash only please

HONEYBUNS POP-UP SHOP Sat 6 August 9.30am to 12 noon. Not quite perfect gluten free cakes at perfect prices. Dairy free/vegan options. Stock up your freezer. Pre-orders: call 01963 23597. More info: www.honeybuns.co.uk/popupshop Honeybuns, Naish Farm, Stony Lane, Holwell DT9 5LJ

THE PYTHOUSE TENNIS CLUB SUMMER CAMPS are announced for 2022. There are two weeks, each one over 3 days. Week 1 Tuesday 26th July to Thursday 28th July Week 2 Tuesday 9th August to Thursday 11th August. The camps are open for three age groups, Minis, Juniors and Teens with coach Ben Joy. Recommended ages: 6 – 16years. Please book early to avoid disappointment, each week per child is £62. Timings and booking details on link below. https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/PythouseClub/Coaching/Camps

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Dorset Arts & Crafts Showcase 2022 Children’s Workshops Making a welcome return this year to the Dorset Arts & Crafts Showcase are the Children’s Workshops and the Art, Craft and Photography Competitions.

Any children (aged 6+) visiting the Showcase can take part in the workshops, with a variety of activities, including air dried clay models, glass painting and beaded geckos. There will also be the opportunity for younger siblings to join in, with suitable activities for them.

Entry to the event is free for children and under 18’s, there is a nominal charge per workshop activity to cover material costs. Advanced booking is not necessary, The Showcase also includes a large sales gallery of work by members of Dorset Arts & Crafts Association, 4 guest exhibitions, art and craft stalls, and craft demonstrations.

The Dorset Arts & Crafts Showcase runs from Friday 5th - Tuesday 9th August at Purbeck School, Wareham BH20 4PF - www.dorsetartsandcrafts.org

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Tinney’s Youth Club present a week of activities Tinney’s Youth Club based at the Sherborne Area Youth & Community Centre in Tinneys Lane, Sherborne are again running a whole week of activities for the young people from the Sherborne area. Restarted in 2017 the Focus on Youth week programme proved to be a huge annual success until the pandemic interrupted it like many other such activity weeks. This year a full range of activities will once again be available.

Based at the centre in Tinney’s Lane a number of craft, arts, music and other activities for 10 – 16 years will be taking place each day under the ‘Focus on Youth’ banner. In addition this year and as part of the Focus on Youth programme Sherborne School for Girls will be running two sessions at the Oxley Sports Centre. A climbing session and a swim float/fun session. This year there are just two external minibus trips from Tinney’s. These will be for morning and afternoon sessions at Oxfords bakery in Alweston for their baking masterclass.

In addition to all the ‘Focus on Youth’ activities the successful football week for 6 – 12 years will operate each day. This year it has been renamed and will operate under the banner of ‘Focus on Football’. It is being run by Champion Skill School using FA qualified coaches with morning and afternoon sessions. There are special prices available for all day, all mornings or all afternoon bookings.

All bookings are online this year. Each session has a specific maximum number of participants so early booking is recommended to avoid disappointment. All bookings are on a first come first served basis.

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The Great Dorset Chilli Festival The first August weekend see the Great Dorset Chilli Festival back at the new venue of Stock Gaylard Deer Park, near Sturminster Newton, with over 100 tradestands, the Great Dorset Chilli Festival is set to be the hottest weekend this summer.

Locals and visitors will be able to visit the 2 day food festival celebrating the world of chilli peppers, from growing chilli plants and sampling chilli sauces, to enjoying international street food and of course watching the chilli eating competition. However it’s not just chillies, so if spice isn’t your thing there is plenty of artisan food shopping to be done, plus homewares such as hand-painted ceramics to watercolours for the kitchen, to leathercraft and beautifully crafted wooden chopping boards. Live music, falconry and children’s entertainment make it a fun day out for all the family. www.greatdorsetchillifestival.co.uk

Kimbers Farm and Farm

shop Open Day. Part of Somerset Food Trail 23rd July. 10 until 4pm FREE EVENT

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We are opening our farm for tours: - Meet the Animals- Cows, Sheep, Pigs and Turkey Chicks - Tractor and Trailer Rides- Travel from the farm shop through our fields to the farm - Static Machinery Display- Vintage and Modern Machinery - Hosted Farm Tour- Take a walking tour around a working mixed livestock farm.

- Food Available- BBQ , Ice creams - Farm shop- Butchery Demonstrations, Antique and Collectibles Fair, Sample Tasters.

Find us between Bruton and Wincanton on the B3081, BA9 8HD Tel 01963 33177 www.kimbersfarmshop.co.uk Email Info@kimbersfarmshop

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DAY TICKETS: Adult £20 Child (5-16) £15

19th, 20th, 21ST August 2022 BUSH FARM, WEST KNOYLE, BA12 6AE www.wildernessgathering.co.uk

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Impatient drivers shout abuse My husband and I have a small dairy herd in Hazelbury Bryan and our cows are well looked after and treated as individuals – they all have a different personality.

However, soon we fear one or more of our cows will be mowed down thanks to the increasingly inconsiderate driving of a small percentage around our village.

The cows during the summer months need to cross the road which links Hazelbury Bryan with Kings Stag, known as The Causeway, for grazing during the day after morning milking, and return for afternoon milking to our farm the other side of the road.

We have noticed AT LEAST once a week the impatience of some drivers who weave between the cows when they see a gap or speed up and drive though the cows rather than wait no longer than five minutes while they cross. Drivers also shout abuse to us as we guide the cows safely across the road.

Why can’t the small percentage of drivers who think they own the road – and it’s not always the younger drivers – wait five minutes. We only have 80-plus shorthorn cows, so it doesn’t take too long for them to cross.

Not many dairy farms are left in Dorset and we are not holding the traffic up for fun.

Please have some patience.

Leslie & Dawn Head Hazelbury Bryan My husband and I have a small dairy herd in Hazelbury Bryan and our cows are well looked

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after and treated as individuals – they all have a different personality.

However, soon we fear one or more of our cows will be mowed down thanks to the

increasingly inconsiderate driving of a small percentage around our village.

The cows during the summer months need to cross the road which links Hazelbury Bryan with Kings Stag, known as The Causeway, for grazing during the day after morning milking, and return for afternoon milking to our farm the other side of the road.

We have noticed AT LEAST once a week the impatience of some drivers who weave between the cows when they see a gap or speed up and drive though the cows rather than wait no longer than five minutes while they cross. Drivers also shout abuse to us as we guide the cows safely across the road.

Why can’t the small percentage of drivers who think they own the road – and it’s not always the younger drivers – wait five minutes. We only have 80-plus shorthorn cows, so it doesn’t take too long for them to cross.

Not many dairy farms are left in Dorset and we are not holding the traffic up for fun.

Please have some patience.

Leslie & Dawn Head Hazelbury Bryan The idea of the removal of Thomas Hardy from the curriculum is complete and utter vandalism, spurred on by this insane world we live in.

Hardy and Dickens spoke the

Sorry, but I have no time for Thomas Hardy I’ve no time for wokery, and am appalled at the removal of Wilfred Owen from the GCSE English syllabus, but our freedom of thought and speech entitles me to loathe Thomas Hardy. This poem was inspired by a bookcase bureau in the County Museum.

The Relic With graceful lines, glass fronted shelves above And smoothly polished drawers beneath, you might Have served successive owners who could still Pay homage to your maker as they write.

But no! Your former master’s works have moved Disciples to insist that you should stand Inactive, lest by chance some lesser man

Defile your hallowed surface with his hand.

The craftsman thus belittled I prefer: He fashioned useful beauty from his wood.

The other artist’s undisputed skills Were far from innocent, for Hardy could Vile demons conjure from the ancient stones Of mellow buildings, or the open heath Of hapless Dorset’s lovely countryside, Contriving misery past all belief.

The fictional inventions of his mind Towered as a thundercloud, with bolts of doom.

Did then the just, avenging hand of Fate Infect his actual life with morbid gloom?

Refuse this poisoned draught of literature!

Cast out the devils! Leave the books unread!

Purge clean the altar of this heathen shrine!

Restore the furniture to life instead!

The silver handled knife may be a gem Of cutlery and of intrinsic price.

If once it featured in some bloody crime No thinking man durst with it bread to slice.

Thus both extremes agree: in reverent awe Or else abhorrence of your past we all Condemn you, working fitness unimpaired, To premature retirement in this hall.

George Darwall via email

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Letters truth and knew how to write – and their skill should be left for others to study.

The descriptive powers of Hardy are much to be admired, as his reflections on life show his character, and have so much to teach modern students about life.

Hardy was not wealthy or privileged in any way, though in later life he enjoyed a more financially secure world due to his literary success.

C E Lock Lymington The amazing place that once was known as Abbeyfield in Shaftesbury, now known as Pepperell House, can accommodate 15 elderly residents in an assisted living environment.

Wonderful accommodation, tasty food and brilliant staff.

This week, the trustees who run the place told the residents they have three months to find somewhere else to live.

No home for the residents,

Ukrainian refugees in mobile homes on the Deer Park in Blandford and the cottage they abandoned eight years ago.

Lord Rothermere – third richest man in Britain and non-dom tax exile – has tried all ways to build on this land and the cynicism of this latest ploy under the cloak of philanthropy beggars’ belief.

To use people’s natural concern for the plight of Ukrainians to obtain temporary planning permission as a device to build on this land is sickening.

As for moral duty, Lord Rothermere, what about the cottage which has stood empty for years, in the middle of a housing crisis.

What about our moral duty to the Afghans, who our Army were forced to abandon, their own close colleagues, who had helped Britain and now hide in fear of their lives, to our eternal shame.

You may ask the question,

why the Ukrainians and not them? You could also extend the argument to our own thousands of homeless or [those on] North Dorset’s own monumental housing list.

Well, I hope people are not fooled by the cynical use of people’s empathy for these particular refugees, for whom I also feel compassion.

Once temporary planning is obtained it is only a hop, skip and a jump to building the luxury houses no ordinary person, in this low wage area, Blandford, would ever be able to afford.

The plans are more or less in the same area as in the original planning application. They intimate they already are already liaising with the town council, Dorset Council, as well as Refugees at Home.

I cannot even see the area in question, so I assure you it is not ‘Not In My Back Yard’.

Diana Garner Blandford

Without doubt Kimbers Farm Shop is superb! The cafe is excellent and very good value, and the Vintage Interiors Barn is always worth a leisurely postlunch perusal. The farm shop sells excellent quality meat and an array of wonderful, truly local produce. To top off the

We do visit other farm shops but Kimbers is our favourite by far and the only place we trust with our Christmas dinner!

They get our vote all day long.

The Kimbers have always had a great friendly welcome and their breakfasts in the cafe legendary.

Tina Higgs Kimbers gets my vote every time – a proper farm shop where

animals graze on-site and their history is known through selective breeding programmes over several generations. They are humanely dispatched and butchered on site – very few food miles involved.

Local products include a large variety of independently sourced cheese and dairy items – not ones sent from London – and proper, locally grown fruit and vegetables when available and in season.

The business is truly family run with advice/customer service on hand and customers regularly become friends.

Coupled with the Kitchen, which provides wholesome food at competitive prices, I really feel it is a hidden gem and represents everything a true farm shop should stand for.

Kate Clarke

Todber is a tiny parish a few miles to the north of Sturminster Newton. The map shows very few contour lines and about a tenth of the parish is under water – which is usually flat.

This walk is shorter than usual, only a couple of miles of easy going. The flat terrain gives you wide views of distant hills.

Park on the housing estate road opposite the church. Visit the church if it’s open, then walk north along the road a

short distance to a junction.

Cross the road and join a footpath which follows the field edge, first north-east, then north, then north-east again. On your right are some large fishing lakes but, unfortunately, they are out of sight beyond the hedge.

At a meeting of ways, turn right and head east across a large field from which, on your right, you’ll see one of the many lakes. I don’t know why

there are so many lakes but assume they’re making use of old quarries of stone or clay.

At the far side of the field turn right and head south through a gate then wend your way past a very green pond and crossing a field to meet a road.

Cross the road and continue slightly to the west of south until you get to a track. Cross over and enter a wooded path heading west.

After a while the path joins

Church Close, a cul-de-sac road serving some barn conversions and a small industrial estate. On either side, you’ll see on the far side of the grounds the vertical stone sides showing that there has been some quarrying.

On your left you can enter and walk through the parish’s Millennium Green – provided you’re not dissuaded by the threatening notices!

Chris Slade is a retired Dorset rights of way officer

Cartoon by Lyndon Wall justsocaricatures. co.uk

no jobs for the dedicated staff.

How can this be?

Linda Wedgewood I have received a letter from The Bryanston Estate and the Rothermere Foundation under the heading ‘Support for Ukrainian Refugees in Blandford’, saying they ‘feel they have a moral duty’ to provide accommodation for the

It’s what a farm shop should stand for In the last issue of the New Blackmore Vale we asked readers to tell us their favourite farm shop and why

experience, the staff throughout are cheerful and friendly!

Sophie Morris

A walk around…Todber

I would like to nominate Kimbers Farm Shop – family run, quality food in every department, locally sourced, happy cheerful service, genuine farm shop.

Add on a cafe and adjoining brocant, it’s a pleasure to visit.

JC

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Girls at Hanford School, which is celebrating its 75th year, gained 15 scholarships to top senior schools.

School celebrates Leavers’ successes Pupils, parents, old girls and staff at Hanford School have come together to celebrate the end of the school year and the girls’ achievements.

The all-girls boarding and day prep school, set in an idyllic Dorset estate, has also been celebrating its 75th year, making Parents’ Day all the more special.

This year Hanford girls gained 15 scholarships to prestigious senior schools. The awards included academic scholarships to Oundle and St Mary’s Calne, Music to Wells Cathedral School, Art to Bryanston, Clayesmore and

Monkton, Sport to St Mary’s Calne and Equestrian to Leweston.

The school was also able to celebrate girls in Years 7 and 8 recently being crowned National Prep Schools Champions in the high jump.

Headteacher Rory Johnston said: “We are extremely proud of this year’s leavers who, despite all the challenges thrown their way over the past two years, have flourished in all areas, as our number and range of scholarships show.

“We are equally proud of their broader contributions to the school, whether through

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their music, their drama, their leadership, their support for others.”

Rory added: “We will be sad to see them leave Hanford but we know the education they’ve received at Hanford will enable them to thrive at their senior schools.

“The girls themselves know they will always be welcome back here – our community of Old Girls is extremely strong and loyal, providing girls with a ready-made community for life.”

Speech Day started with a concert, including recitals on the piano and flute, orchestral pieces, a song written by the

Leavers and a rendition of ‘From Now On’. This was followed by dancing and gymnastics displays on the lawn and a synchronised swimming display to ‘Mamma Mia’.

After picnics on the lawn, parents enjoyed a whole school play in the shadow of the cedar tree before ice creams and the end of term. The Leavers then headed to Chapel for their final service at Hanford.

The school has been shortlisted for Small Independent, Prep & Boarding School of the Year in this year’s Independent Schools of the Year Awards.

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Church • Shaftesbury Quakers (Society of Friends). Meets for one hour each Sunday from 10.30am at the Quaker Meeting House, Abbey Walk, Shaftesbury SP7 8BB. • West Camel Independent Methodists. All Saints Church on the first Sunday of the month at 4pm followed by tea. Other Sundays, evening worship is at 6pm. 01935 850838, Geoff.mead@yahoo.com.

• Blandford Methodist Church. Sunday services start at 10.45am. Thursdays: Coffee and Chat from 10am- noon.

Fridays: Lunch Club for the over-55s from noon at £5 a meal. Phone John Cornish to book your meal, 07799 516735.

• Anglican High Mass at Wimborne St Giles. High Mass is the first Sunday of each month at 10am. BH21 5LZ. • St Gregory’s Church, Marnhull. Coffee, Cake and Company, Thursdays from 10-11am. Everyone welcome.

• Sherborne Abbey. Monday to Saturday, 8.30am Morning Prayer; The Sepulchre Chapel.

Mondays, 9am CW Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel.

Tuesdays, 12 noon CW Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel.

Wednesdays, 10.30am Holy Communion with Homily; The Lady Chapel (alternates CW and BCP). Thursdays, 12 noon BCP Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. Fridays, 9am Ecumenical Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. First Friday of the month, 9am Requiem Holy Communion; The Sepulchre Chapel. Third Friday of the month, 11am Remembering the Fallen.

Saturdays, 9am CW Holy Communion; The Sepulchre Chapel.

• St Peter’s, Hinton St Mary.

First, second and third Sundays, 9.30am Morning Prayer. Fourth

Sunday, 9.30am Holy Communion.

• St Thomas’ Lydlinch. Second and fourth Sunday, 11am Holy Communion. Third Sunday, 6pm Evensong.

• St Mary’s, Sturminster Newton. First and third Sundays, 11am Holy Communion; 6pm BCP Evensong. Second and fourth Sundays, 9.30am Morning Prayer; 6pm BCP Evensong.

Fifth Sunday, 11am Benefice Holy Communion. Wednesdays, 10am BCP Holy Communion.

• Kingston Lacy. Second Sunday of the month, 9.15am Holy Communion. Fourth Sunday of the month, 9.15am Family Service.

• Shapwick. Third Sunday of the month, 9.15am Holy Communion.

• Horton Church. First Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion.

• Hinton Martell. Second Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion.

• Horton and Chalbury Village Hall. Third Sunday of the month, 9am Breakfast Church.

• Witchampton Church. Third Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion.

• Chalbury Church. Fourth Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion.

• Our Lady’s RC Church, Marnhull. Mass Sunday, 9.30am and 6pm.

• St Benedict’s RC Church, Gillingham. Sunday, 11am.

• Fancy a coffee? The churches in The Donheads, Charlton, East Knoyle, Semley and Sedgehill now have a team of friendly, approachable people available to offer home visits.

Contact Revd. Kate at rector@ benofbart.org.uk, 01747 830174.

• St Mary’s, Stalbridge. 28 July, Holy Communion 10am.

• St Mary Magdalene, Castleton – Sunday, 24 July.

Mattins (Patronal Festival and Fellowship Sunday) – 11am.

Sunday, 31 July – BCP Holy Communion, 11am.

• St Martin of Tours, Lillington – Sunday, 24 July.

Morning service 10am. Sunday, 31 July – Morning Service, 10am.

• St James the Great, Longburton – Sunday, 24 July.

Village Communion – 11am – note later start time – followed by lunch after the service for St James’ Day. Sunday, 31 July – Songs of Praise, 6pm.

• St Paul’s Church, Sherborne – Sunday, 24 July. All age worship – 10.30am. Sunday, 31 July – all age worship, 10.30am.

• Sherborne Abbey organ recitals (Mondays in The Abbey at 1.30pm). Monday 25 July – Simon Clarkson, Yeovil; Monday, 1 August – Martyn Noble, Sub-Organist, HM Chapels Royal, St James’s Palace Monday; 8 August – Timothy Uglow, Director of Music, Worksop College (formerly Canterbury Cathedral).

• Lower Stour Benefice: Sunday, 7 August – 10.45am, Together Service – Blandford St Mary. Sunday, 14 August – 9.30am, Communion – Blandford St Mary; 11am, Communion – All Saints Langton Long; 11am, Family Service – Tarrant Rushton.

Sunday, 21 August – 9.30am, Communion – Spetisbury; 9.30am, Morning Worship – Charlton Marshall; 11am, Morning Worship – All Saints Langton Long; 11am, Communion – Tarrant Keyneston; 4pm, Family Service – Charlton Marshall Sunday, 28 August – 9.30am, Communion – Charlton Marshall; 9.30am, Morning Worship – Spetisbury; 11am, Communion(BCP) – Tarrant Crawford; 11am, Communion – All Saints Langton Long.

• West Camel Church Fete – Higher Farm, Fore Street, Saturday, 23 July, 2-4pm.

Admission £1 (children free).

Attractions include Wincanton Silver Band. All proceeds to All Saints Church.

• St Mary’s, Stalbridge – 28 July, Holy Communion 10am; 7 August Holy Communion 10am; 14 August Evensong 4pm. A benefice service will be held on 31 July at Purse Caundle 11am.

The Mill Singers Male Voice Choir gave a well-attended concert in Horsington Parish Church under new musical director Nikki Budd.

The well-received repertoire was made up of music that was easy-listening, light and fun – swing and pop, songs from the shows,

spiritual and humorous numbers.

The event raised a significant sum for church funds, following the deduction for the choir’s expenses.

Church members provided a cream tea after the concert.

The Mill Singers are based in the Sturminster Newton/

Blandford area, although some members come from further away, such as Crewkerne, Milborne Port and Horsington!

The companionable and fun-loving choir, which gives four to six concerts a year in aid of good causes, is always ready to welcome new faces

and auditions are not required.

Anyone interested in either joining, or attending a Thursday evening rehearsal for a ‘taster’, is invited to contact either the chairman, Tudor Hill, on 01258 861225 or membership secretary Andy Jackson on 01963 250385.

Sherborne Abbey.

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Digging deep for Duropolis’ Iron Age bones

by Faith Eckersall ‘Why would anyone bury a cow’s head on the body of a sheep?’

Just one of the questions archaeologists from Bournemouth University are hoping to answer, following their recent discovery of five skeletons at a pre-Roman settlement near Winterbourne Kingston.

The Iron Age village south of Blandford Forum, consisting of round houses and storage pits, was discovered by archaeology students last September. It’s part of an on-going dig of a town they named Duropolis, after the Durotriges tribes, who lived in the region.

The settlement containing the prehistoric human and animal remains is half a mile north of the main Duropolis site.

Excavated

Over three weeks during June, a team of 65 students from the university excavated the site, uncovering the bodies of women and men, as well as animal body parts, in storage pits originally used to hold grain.

Dig leader, Bournemouth University archaeologist Dr Miles Russell, said: “Sites across Dorset in the Late Iron Age are unique because the communities here buried their dead in defined cemeteries.

“Elsewhere in the country they would either be cremated or placed in rivers, but in Dorset it seems they did things rather differently.”

The bodies were found in crouched positions in ovalshaped pits and had been buried with joints of meat and pottery bowls originally containing drinks.

“The animal remains that we’re finding placed in the bottom of pits would have provided weeks of food for this

settlement, so it’s a significant sacrifice to their gods to bury so much in the ground,” said Dr Russell. “In some pits, animal parts had been placed onto and together with other animals – for example, we found a cow’s head on the body of a sheep.

“We don’t know why they would have done this – to us it’s frankly bizarre, but it’s a fascinating new insight into their belief systems.”

Large numbers of visitors were welcomed to the site recently for an open day when they were able to view the pits, plus some of the finds, including large pots and animal bones.

Meanwhile, the university team says it will continue to scan the area for further clues which could unlock the secrets about life in pre-Roman Britain.

The site’s unusual discovery follows one made in another part of Dorset in 2019. In 2013, while a new sewage pipe was being installed at Bottle Knapp cottage in Long Bredy, human bones were unexpectedly unearthed.

Five skeletons have been found at the pre-Roman settlement.

National Trust archaeologists began a dig which eventually discovered the skeletons of three teenage individuals, whose remains dated from 800-700 BC. These were also buried in crouched positions.

And the county has also benefited from the installation of the VIP – Visual Impact

Provision Project – which is removing 22 pylons to improve the look of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Archaeologists working on behalf of the project have identified several interesting finds, including ancient stone burial chambers and Roman settlement remains.

Archaeologists from Bournemouth University have been working at the site at Winterbourne Kingston.

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Arts & Entertainment

Take Three Colourists

by Katrina Ffiske Artists Corrina Cooper, Andrea Jenkins and Percy Lizzard are set to exhibit together in Shaftesbury for the first time.

Having booked a two-week slot for a solo exhibition at Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Percy had a change of heart and invited Corrina and Andrea to join him.

“We all love colour and I thought our work would hang well together,” Percy told the NBVM.

Andrea founded the Shaftesbury Group with Percy being one of the first members.

“We are all devoted to painting,” Percy said. “Strangely the three of us have all worked in education. Corinna is head of Art at Yeovil College, I used to be a headteacher and Andrea also used to be

Bottle and Vine – Corrina Cooper.

Eleven White Birds – Percy Lizzard.

head of Art, but it is our love of painting that inspires us.”

At many exhibitions artists each have their own corner of the gallery but with the Three Colourists Corrina, Andrea and Percy are planning to mix and match their works of art.

You can view their work from Wednesday, 20 July, until Tuesday, 11am-4pm at Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Gallery, 13 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8AR. Visit www.shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk for more information. Admission free.

Although it is not currently a legal requirement, please consider wearing a face covering to protect yourself and others when visiting the Tivoli.

KOSSOFF:

THE BAND PLAYS ON A celebration of the music of Paul Kossoff featuring songs from Free and Back Street Crawler

Saturday 23rd July 7.30pm Tickets £18 (Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

GRETCHEN PETERS

Friday 26th August 7.30pm Tickets £32.50 & £27.50 (Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

PLEA S KE E CHEC EP KI OU NG WEBSR ITE

PRONGHORN & THE TWO MAN TRAVELLING MEDICINE SHOW

Wed 31st August 7.30pm Tickets £15

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

SIMON GOODALL

& THE BOURNE AGAIN SHADOWS

Thursday 1st Sept 7.30pm Tickets £19.50 / £17.50 concs 1 in 10 free via Box Office only (Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

THE GEORGE HARRISON PROJECT

Friday 2nd Sept 7.30pm Tickets £20 (Box Office bookings incur £1 booking fee per transaction)

LONDON REPERTORY PLAYERS RETURN TO THE TIVOLI, PRESENTING A SUMMER SEASON OF 5 PLAYS! TAKING STEPS THE SMALL HOURS FALLEN ANGELS I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE ABIGAIL’S PARTY

by Alan Ayckbourn

by Francis Durbridge

by Noel Coward

by J.B Priestley

by Mike Leigh

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

Wed 27th July - Sat 30th July 7.30pm, Sat 30th July 2.30pm

Wed 3rd Aug - Sat 6th Aug 7.30pm, Sat 6th Aug 2.30pm

Wed 10th Aug - Sat 13th Aug 7.30pm, Sat 13th Aug 2.30pm

Wed 17th Aug - Sat 20th Aug 7.30pm, Sat 20th Aug 2.30pm

Tickets £18.50 evenings (£17 concessions), £17 matinees

Tues 23rd Aug - Thurs 25th Aug 7.30pm Mat Thurs 25th Aug 2.30pm

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Arts & Entertainment

Catch the pigeon: Open air circus is flying in Combining stunning circus skills extravagant theatre, impressive with slick choreography, the acrobatics, and empathetic stories newly formed contemporary with a pinch of satirical spice and circus company Brainfools, puppetry, a cast of seven ‘Lucky presents a wonderfully wacky, Pigeons’ perform daring aerial outdoor show for Artsreach this and acrobatic feats in this soulful August. story.

The story begins with a “We’re like daredevils,” young businessman says Toffy Paulweber, of ‘A struggling with the Brainfools. “We soulful tale demands of city have a core team life, but, after of acrobats and for the whole g n ri a d losing his job, he get our y, il fam is th in takes his inspiration from ts a fe acrobatic frustrations out contemporary n o t is fresh tw on a group of European ry contempora pigeons. Karma circuses. nce soon returns, “My favourite circus.’ Audie however, and the thing is flying,” member man finds himself says Toffy. “I turned into a pigeon, where specialise in aerial he quickly learns about the acrobatics and enjoy whatever playful world of this takes me up in the air. As misunderstood bird. performers we are all so-called With a mix of absurd and ‘generalists’, so we do multiple

Brainfools are bringing open-air circus to Dorset with ‘Lucky Pigeons’.

disciplines in circus skills and just adapt to whatever we have in front of us. We also do Greek acrobatics – throwing people into the air, standing on shoulders or doing handstands on each other.

“For me, my passion for acrobatics came quite late when I was 30 – unlike some of the team who are younger. I had a normal office desk job, then one day I just realised I was a bit bored going into the office every day, so I took my hobby and turned it into my profession.

“We struggled not being together in lockdown. We did video classes, had to do our handstands in our tiny bedrooms and one of our final pieces – usually performed in a large theatre – had to be filmed in our homes, basically rolling around the bed or trying to do somersaults on the sofa. It wasn’t ideal, but somehow we made it work. We’re now such a tightknit group, working together and training together, trusting each other and building this company

together – it’s made us not only friends but almost family.

“Possibly the most surprising thing our audience will find is that while it’s an uplifting story about friendship, our topic and inspiration is actually quite serious,” says Toffy. “We focus on how, as a society, we treat homeless and marginalised people in a very dehumanising way, and we figured there are some parallels between how we treat pigeons, too – that they are dirty and don’t belong in our space. We created ‘Lucky Pigeons’ around this concept – to help show people that if you support or reach out to one other, we can build a better society.”

Pack a picnic, gather friends and family to see Brainfools perform ‘Lucky Pigeons’ on their live six-week tour at Litton Cheney Hall Field (01308 482514) at 6pm on Saturday, 13 August, or at Stalbridge Village Hall Grounds at 2pm on Sunday, 14 August. Further information and tickets £5/£10 are available online at www.artsreach.co.uk

1 – Humans are the biggest threat to pigeon populations.

2 – First ever domesticated animal – records date back to Iraq 4500 BC. 3 – Nikola Tesla and Charles Darwin were proud pigeon collectors.

4 – Pigeons can find their way home for 2000km without knowing the way – without smell, sight, or magnetic signals.

5 – Pigeons saved lives during the First and Second World Wars delivering critical

messages.

6 – Pigeons can identify cancer when trained to do so.

7 – Pigeons can recognise themselves in the mirror.

8 – Pigeons are very clean and there is little evidence to suggest they significantly transmit disease.

9 – Pigeon droppings used to be considered as valuable as it was great fertiliser.

10 – Pigeons are fed for religious reasons including

by Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs.

Ten Lucky Pigeon facts – courtesy of Toffy Paulweber

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How Duke tried to overthrow a King The Monmouth Rebellion in summer of 1685 saw the last battle fought on English soil

by Lt Col James Porter King Charles II died on 6 February, 1685, with no legitimate heir, and was succeeded by his brother, James, Duke of York, who became King James II. James was a Roman Catholic at a time of widespread antipathy to the Catholic Church, which led to plotting against the King, in Parliament and elsewhere. The main focus was James, Duke of Monmouth, an illegitimate son of Charles II. Monmouth had been exiled to Holland because of his involvement in previous intrigues and he was persuaded to invade England and seize the throne.

Monmouth’s three ships arrived in Lyme Regis on 11 June with only 82 men but four cannons, 1,500 muskets and breastplates, with which Monmouth hoped to equip volunteers. His arrival was quickly reported to the King in London by the MP for Lyme, Winston Churchill.

King James immediately ordered the mustering of the county militias and sent Winston Churchill’s son John Churchill later to become one of Britain’s greatest soldiers, the Duke of Marlborough -cavalry and infantry to the South-West as advance guard of the Royal Army. His mission was to shadow Monmouth rather than oppose him in battle.

Meanwhile, in Lyme Regis, more than 2,000 volunteers flooded in to join Monmouth’s cause. He marched from Lyme on 15 June to Axminster, then Chard and arrived in Taunton on 18 June. His army had swollen to 4,000 men and his reception in Taunton was so enthusiastic he recruited an entire regiment there.

Intending to attack Bristol, Monmouth left Taunton on 21 June with 6,000-7,000 men, marching via Westonzoyland and Glastonbury to Shepton Mallet, arriving on 23 June. To attack Bristol from the north, Monmouth needed to cross the river at Keynsham where he was held up by a partially demolished bridge. Elements of the main Royal Army attacked him and although the skirmish was inconclusive it persuaded Monmouth to ignore Bristol and instead march on London, hoping to collect further reinforcements on the way.

On 26 June he camped at Norton St Philip where, next morning, a large Royal Army force attacked him just as his army was leaving the village. Monmouth’s counter-attack succeeded in throwing back the Royal troops – no small feat for an unprofessional army – but his army’s morale began to decline.

Monmouth’s rebel army set off before midnight to mount their attack on Westonzoyland.

News came that an uprising in Scotland which he was relying on to divide the Royal forces had collapsed and it was feared the main body of the Royal Army could not be far away and would probably soon attack.

Monmouth marched to Bridgwater where his reception was much cooler than it had been a fortnight before ¬- the townspeople feared a battle and had probably decided Monmouth’s cause was doomed. The rebel army was becoming increasingly sullen, dispirited and desperate.

Raised the alarm

Meanwhile, the Royal Army, under the command of Lord Feversham, assisted by John Churchill, camped at Westonzoyland a few miles to the east of Bridgwater. The Royal troops were well protected by marshy ground around the village and the ‘Bussex Rhine’ drainage ditch which skirted the village to the west and north. A rebel sympathiser sent someone to alert Monmouth in Bridgwater. Monmouth climbed St Mary’s Church tower from where he could see Westonzoyland and the surrounding country and devised a daring plan for a night attack which would take the Royal camp unawares.

Before midnight on 5 July Monmouth led his army out of Bridgwater, guided by a local man. He probably had about 3,500 foot-soldiers, 600 horsemen, four cannons and 42 baggage carts.

However, over half-way to their objective, while crossing a ditch known as ‘Black Dike’, a Royal cavalry patrol raised the alarm by firing a shot. Monmouth had lost the element of surprise and had to decide whether to head back for the safety

of Bridgwater or continue the attack hoping to find the Royal army at Westonzoyland unprepared. He chose to press on and ordered his horsemen, followed by his foot-soldiers, to charge across 1,500 metres of boggy ground in the dark.

The Royal army in Westonzoyland was very quickly roused. Five Regiments of Foot – about 1,800 men – took up post behind the Bussex Rhine ditch, while 700 cavalry deployed to the ditch’s two crossing points. The attacking rebel horsemen led by Lord Grey could not find the crossing points and were decimated by musket fire and the Royal cavalry. Lord Grey’s force fled the way it had come but Monmouth’s foot-soldiers carried on with the attack and musket fire continued across the Bussex Rhine until Monmouth’s ammunition began to run out. At first light, the Royal army advanced and swept the rebels from the field of battle.

It is believed about 1,500 rebels were killed and 500 captured, against 80 Royal soldiers killed plus 200 wounded.

Monmouth fled but was later captured and beheaded at The Tower of London.

Thus ended the last battle between two armies to be fought on English soil. A bold plan carried out by a largely untrained army was defeated by a well-organised professional force - although the result may have been different if Monmouth’s force had not been discovered before being fully in position to attack. n Lt Col James Porter will give a talk via Zoom in support of The Keep Military Musuem in Dorchester on Wednesday, 27 July, at 6pm. For more details contact jameskrporter@aol.com

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Last days of the Fringe – Jacob’s Ladder to success Shaftesbury has its very own stand-up comedian, Jacob Hulland, who will be heading to the Edinburgh Festival for the first time this summer with his new show ‘Jacob’s Ladder’. To see a preview of this show head to the Shaftesbury Fringe Festival.

by Katrina Ffiske Jacob Hulland is bubbly, chatty and confident – and confesses he is a massive Lee Evans fan.

“Back in 2014, I was a 13-yearold and my dad gave me a CD of Lee Evans’ final tour show, Monsters,” said Jacob.

“I was instantly captivated, not only by Lee’s jokes, but by his skill in capturing the Jacob Hulland was captivated as a youngster by the comedy of Lee Evans. audience. I knew immediately my own life experience. I work With 17 shows during August, are a great crowd to perform that I wanted to follow in his at Clarks Shoes in Salisbury, it is going to be very hard work. to,” said Jacob. “It is fun seeing footsteps. I mean what fun is it the everyday comings and I am performing at the Space some of my old teachers who I to make people laugh?” goings there give me material, UK, just beneath the Old Mile. used to impersonate coming Jacob started writing his and, of course, there was life at “One of the oldest Fringe back to see me but so far I have own material immediately and university.” venues, it holds up to 40 people not been heckled. At one was given his first break by his Jacob explains his new show and I’m fully aware that I may performance in Portsmouth I music teacher at the is about taking the audience on be performing to a crowd of 39, was heckled, I enjoyed it, they Shaftesbury School Spring a journey up his life two, five or none! My loyal were engaging in my jokes – at Variety that same year, making ladder, although crew will be there with me to least they weren’t walking the brave decision to Flathe did say they keep me going.”

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“They all help test out my Monty Python but the energy and strangely You never know, he might even material,” he said. “On the and style of a Lee Evans the teachers be funny! ‘Top comedy show, night I don’t get too nervous stand-up routine”. found it quite with the energy and style of but my sister does – she has to n Jacob’s Ladder – Edinburgh funny,” he said. a Lee Evans routine,’ go and walk round the block 2022 Preview, suitable age “I have occasionally. while I perform. I expect at 14-plus – Sunday, 24 July, always enjoyed VoiceMag.uk The Edinburgh Fringe she may well 1-2pm at Shaftesbury Arts watching the Edinburgh Fringe sneak off to watch other Centre, main stage. Tickets £5, everyday details of life can make or break performers performances.” phone 01747 854321 from and turning these into jokes.

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Local MPs were quiet on PM’s failures So it’s over. Almost. The man who considered himself an exception to the normal rules of politics and life – well, his political career ends in failure like the rest. Alexander ¬– his real first name – the Great he is not.

It’s not a foreign policy failure that did for him, like Eden. Nor an economic failure, like Heath, nor domestic division, as brought down Thatcher. To the contrary, Johnson’s Tories kept him in 10 Downing Street while taxes piled up, the economy flatlined, tenthousands of citizens needlessly died and Britain’s standing in the world diminished.

In the end, what did it for Johnson was Johnson just being Johnson – a contemptible, lying charlatan. Fittingly, it was mendacity arising from a sexual assault in the cradle of conservatism, the Carlton Club, which brought him down.

failures and misdemeanours for so long, before joining, as Keir Starmer put it, ‘the sinking ships fleeing the rat.’

My personal favourite was Andrew Murrison’s hasty resignation as trade envoy.

Have a look on his twitter – he didn’t even have time to take legible scan of his resignation letter amid the avalanche of newly found consciences, such was his Damascene haste.

Extra pay-out Greg Williams, Amid the tumult that surrounds his demise, of we must on behalf not forget the fact that the Dorset Labour Conservative party knew exactly what he was like – exhibit A – Brexit lies – yet put him up for the position of prime minister and sustained him there for nearly three years.

Many people across Dorset and the surrounding shires find it disgraceful that our local MPs, Messrs Hoare, Loder et al stayed silent on Johnson’s

Save some contempt for North Wiltshire’s Michelle Donelan.

Despite already attending cabinet as Universities minister, and thereby having had ample opportunity to tell Johnson what she thought of him, she took a promotion to Education Secretary only to quit 36 hours later. She’s eligible for a £16,000 extra pay-out for her troubles. These people who aided and abetted Johnson should be consigned to the backbenches forever,

Frying pans, fires and rules One good thing about Boris Johnson was that he did at least appear to have some inkling about the severity of global warming and climate change. Some say was simply due to his wife’s prompting, who knows.

Alarmingly it seems that many of the people now vying to replace him are either climate sceptics or deniers, or simply pretending to be so to secure the backing of a sufficient number of their colleagues. Are we about to leap out of the frying pan and into the fire?

A cynic might say Boris was simply a convenient tool, to get the right wing of the Tory party what they wanted.

That was a referendum result to leave the EU and to fend off the damaging UKIP challenge that was splitting the Tory vote.

Boris has an undoubted ability to say things that are totally untrue but to do it in

Ken Huggins on behalf of the Green Party in North Dorset such an engaging way that some of his listeners will believe him. Especially if he’s saying something they want to hear – like having an ovenready Brexit deal or doing something about solving the environmental crisis. It’s what gets populist leaders elected.

The problem is he turned out to be a loose cannon and his steady stream of humiliating gaffs eventually began to split the Tory party, anyway. Now he’s going, and we see the people who want to replace him, the thought ‘better the devil you know’ springs to mind.

Present government plans to address the twin challenges of climate change and environmental destruction are hopelessly inadequate, as reported by the Government’s own Committee on Climate Change.

First-past-the-post

If, like David Cameron with his ‘green crap’ attitude, we now get a new Prime Minister who succeeds in rolling back those inadequate plans, then we are truly destined for disaster on a scale which doesn’t bear thinking about.

But think about it we must, because burying our heads in

not enriched.

As for Alexander Boris de Pfeffel the Awful, the Tories have decided to keep him in place for another two months while they have an internal, navel gazing, battle royale of a leadership contest. That’s right – they all think he’s too disreputable to be PM, but they’re happy to leave him in place while they fight each other for the spoils of his demise. And then, in an undemocratic coup de grace, the next PM will be chosen by about 150,000 Conservative party members. I don’t think anyone would argue that membership is reflective of British society.

Terrible. Just terrible.

Enough is enough. It’s not just Johnson who needs to go, but the whole rotten party who put him there and conveniently misplaced their morals, those few they have, for three years.

We need a general election, and a change of government.

the sand isn’t going to stop us from getting bitten on the backside. Hard.

Boris was fond of claiming he had a 14 million mandate because that was the number of votes the Tories received in the 2019 General Election. His claim conveniently ignores the 19 million people who voted against him and the fact that our first-past-the-post electoral system produces governments which do not represent the views of a majority of the electorate.

The Tories like first past the post because it pretty much results in just two main parties being contenders, representing the left and right wings of the political divide. It’s much easier to just have one opponent to deal with.

Interestingly, the Tory Party is not going to use first-pastthe-post to select its next leader and Prime Minister.

One rule for them and another for the rest of us. Again.

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The need for trust and reconnection I phone people across the Vale every day to help me stay informed. Conversations this week have ranged across ‘levelling up’, the cost of living, Ukrainian refugees, our voting system, education and, of course, that leadership election. The main message I received was about how distrustful and disconnected from politics people have become. Here are the highlights: n “As you said before, we have ‘South-West wages, South-East prices’. I can’t see the prices coming down as this is too nice a place to live. The shift needed is in our wages, and especially the nature and quality of employment, but how does that happen without huge investment in skills and infrastructure? We have not a single mile of motorway in Dorset and not much rail either.

It all feels like ‘don’t start from here’.” n “I was shocked by the story of the lady a Dorset shop refused to

Mike Chapman on behalf of Liberal Democrats across the Blackmore Vale serve just for being Ukrainian. I was also shocked hearing how many Ukrainian refugees have nowhere to go after all the promises they were given. We used to be better than that. What has happened to us? Is this a Brexit thing or has Brexit caused it? We need a good long hard

look at ourselves.” n “Communication with parents about the problems at the new special needs school in Shaftesbury seems to have been very poor. Why does democratic government, locally and nationally, believe that deflecting, stalling or staying shtum is acceptable? It just makes us distrust and disconnect.” n “I have no idea what my electricity bill is going to be come October. Do you? Are you as frightened as I am?” n “Are you still pushing for proportional representation? The Americans and us Brits set such bad examples with politicians trying to be holier/rightier/leftier than the other. Many, many nations use consensus to guide their governments and they seem to do better, certainly more consistently and sustainably.

Why would people think coming together causes chaos?” n “There was good national TV coverage about Dorset’s efforts

to provide for the needy – pantries, foodbanks, community fridges and the like. I worry these are not sustainable solutions, though, because they take such a lot of voluntary effort to keep going. Come on the supermarkets and other big retailers, you have the wherewithal to make a much greater and enduring contribution.” n “We should focus the education of our kids a bit more on things that matter for our and their future. So, it wouldn’t hurt to steer the curriculum a bit more towards employability and the demands of work.” n “The Tories under Boris got in on an illusion. I don’t really care who picks up the reins but please could we have some grown-ups with their feet on the ground back in charge as soon as possible.”

A lot of questions but I am sure that restoring trust and reconnection needs openness, fairness and opportunity.

Global migration. An ageing UK population coupled with a declining birthrate. Global competition. The challenge/ opportunity of AI. The conflicting demands for high quality public services and a low tax system.

How to keep our country safe.

How to keep our four-nation country united. Debates surrounding rights and responsibilities. Challenges of identification politics.

The above issues are complex and complicated. Some have clear answers – others – and I have not given an exhaustive list – will have nuanced, subtle interwoven solutions.

As many of my colleagues seeking to become our next PM have stated – politicians need to be honest with the British people.

To do so we must do one thing first that is to state clearly that the age of populism is dead. It has been tried and it hasn’t work. It can’t find solutions. You, my constituents, just like the rest of the country, are not fools. You know as well as anyone that

complex problems can’t have simple, black and white, threeword solutions. You don’t wish to be treated like mushrooms – kept in the dark and fed manure. You want to be treated like grown-ups.

You understand as much as I do that most political solutions cannot be doctrinally black or white but a shade of grey. That is the honest approach we now need.

And we need it underpinned by integrity, respect for the Rule of Law, independence of the Judiciary, an understanding of the intricate tapestry of conventions that sustain a nation devoid of a written constitution. We need quiet professionalism. We need commonsense pragmatism.

In short, we need that kind of Toryism that most people in our country recognise and understand as being Toryism. Moreover, we do need to reunite and bind our country together – a task populism cannot achieve.

Together we face those challenges. Together we find those solutions. Together we make positive progress.

The age of populism is dead I find it strange to be contemplating that I shall shortly be serving under my fourth Prime Minister in seven years.

It does not take a political genius to realise our country has gone through some very turbulent times since 2015. A game-changing yet divisive Referendum, a non-blockage busting 2017 General Election and then the decisive result of 2019. The global pandemic of Covid. The rules-based destabilisation of Russian aggression on our continent.

Perhaps we could look back further? To 2010 and the formation of the first peacetime coalition since 1935? To the referendum on Scottish Independence? In any event, and by any measure, we are definitely suffering that alleged Chinese curse: ‘may you live through interesting times’.

Well, I don’t know about you, but I am firmly of the view that we could do with fewer ‘interesting times’ and a return to some sort of recognisable

Conservative MP for North Dorset Simon Hoare normality? The country is facing some massive issues. Some of which we can deal with alone – others require the building and fostering of close international relations.

The cost of living crisis dominates. The existential threat of a changing climate. The undermining of the Rule of Law.

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Sunak best placed to lead my party Leadership contests are an opportunity to showcase a party’s wares, human and political.

Not too much of the latter, mind, as each candidate is bound by the manifesto on which we all stood. Can’t go too far off piste. Unless, that is, the incoming leader wants to call a General Election, which is unlikely.

A stand-out in this contest is the diversity of the candidates. It seems highly unlikely that the Labour Party, and most certainly not the Lib Dems, would have anything like such a line-up.

I’ve just seen the Channel 4 hustings. Of the five that made it through to the weekend, just one was a white middle-aged male, confounding the stereotyping beloved of my party’s political opponents. What’s more, each of them was there for one reason only – merit.

The challenge facing my

Conservative MP for South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison party is acute, How to look and feel fresh, new, exciting 12 years in. We have to defy the political gravity that sooner or later is the slayer of all incumbents. Right now, we have a particularly severe backdrop of a global economic

downturn, cost of living pressures, a war in Europe which shows no sign of resolving anytime soon and the linked energy crisis.

Brilliant though they all are, none of the candidates will be able to magic these things away – though we punch above our weight, the UK’s impact is finite. Unfairly, but nevertheless, incumbent parties are always punished when people are hurting.

I like all the candidates and would happily serve under any of them. But in my view Rishi Sunak, disciplined and economically highly literate, is by far the best placed to lead my party, deal with the challenges we face as a country and prevent the nightmare of a Lab/Lib/SNP minority, coalition or confidence-and-supply mess.

Meanwhile, back at base, I’ve been having a go at the trains minister and South West

Railways over the particularly shoddy London to Exeter service.

I’m also tackling Wiltshire Council and the Environment Agency over the horrible smells emanating from the Warminster biodigester and the Hills Waste rubbish site at Westbury. My constituents want to sit in the gardens in the nice weather but can’t because of the stink.

On Hills Waste, if it can’t operate its current rubbish plant without obliging its neighbours to shut all their windows in the hot weather, what hope if it gets permission to build the huge incinerator it plans next door?

Again, I urged a moratorium on waste incinerators in the Commons last week. DEFRA’s consultation on new environmental targets surely heralds the end of these appalling, unwanted and unnecessary waste burners.

with re-opening the Hummer Bridge near Trent and I continue to work closely with Dorset Council and Network Rail on resolving these issues.

The A30 on Kitt Hill in Sherborne, while partially re-open, is not sorted. This has gone on for five months and in my next column, I’ll write about this in more detail.

I have lobbied the Government again during a recent schools debate about temporary classrooms to support the Gryphon School to properly sort out the ‘temporary’ classrooms in urgent need of replacement – in fact, classrooms that I was schooled in 25 years ago – the same, of course, for Dorchester Middle School.

And on Friday last, I visited St Andrews Primary School in Yetminster to open up its new STEM building and wildflower garden with huge congratulations to the headteacher, Julie Simpson, and others.

The importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects was also underscored earlier this week, when I once again pressed the Government on the need to support our neighbouring helicopter manufacturer, Leonardo, during Defence Questions.

Leonardo is currently training up mor than 20 apprentices from West Dorset, and has also employed five graduates from West Dorset schools on their graduate scheme. These are positive statistics and proof that lives really can be changed for the better through STEM education and the longevity of community-oriented local manufacturers like Leonardo.

I’m always pleased to hear from constituents. If you would like to share your view of what qualities you wish to see in the next Prime Minister, I’d be very please to receive them at www. chrisloder.co.uk/newpm or hello@chrisloder.co.uk

New PM my birthday present I am recruiting at the moment!

So if you’d like to look at working for an MP, please visit www.chrisloder.co.uk/jobs By the time you read this column, we will have selected the final two candidates for Conservative Leader and Prime Minister. For us in Westminster, we will have concluded a turbulent three months in Westminster, ready for a new Prime Minister on Monday, 5 September – my birthday!

But while this is all happening in Westminster and has occupied so much ‘bandwidth’ of the news, I’ve also been getting on with the job here at home and have made sure to take every opportunity to hear your thoughts in West Dorset, not just about the leadership campaign, but about local issues through in-person events, correspondence or through my online surveys.

In the last couple of weeks West Dorset has been at its best with many wonderful events. I really enjoyed Piddlehinton and

Conservative MP for West Dorset Chris Loder Cattistock fetes last weekend, on 16 and 17 July respectively.

Road and railway bridges have been a consistent issue across West Dorset and so have our main roads. Whether it is the Hummer Railway Bridge, several in Dorchester and one or two others.

We have made good progress

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Rolex could make £30k

Acreman St. Antiques Auction, Sherborne, has nearly 700 lots coming up for auction on 29 July, including more than 30 watch lots.

The star lot is a Rolex GMT MII Sea King limited edition number 29 of 123 estimated at £25,000-30,000. A gents Omega Seamaster Bullhead limited edition is estimated at £5,0006,000, a Jaeger Le Coutre gents automatic calendar moon phase at £5,000-5,500 and a gents Brietling for Bentley Muliner limited edition at £7,000-8,000.

More than 200 lots of jewellery are for sale with 50 lots being sold on behalf of the Yeovil Hospital New Breast Cancer Unit Appeal.

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Country house goodies galore The contents of Hillcrest, Church Lane, Charlton Marshall, Blandford DT11 9NX, are going under the Charterhouse auction gavel on Wednesday, 27 July.

“We have been instructed to auction about 98 per cent of the contents at Hillcrest, a threestorey country house, all being sold entirely without reserve,” said Richard Bromell.

“Although the house is not a Palladian property, the contents are certainly that of a country house from with 18th century walnut furniture and garden statuary through to a library of thousands of books.”

The house is a treasure trove of antiques through to modern garden statuary.

In the house, which is accessed via an unmade track and located at the top of a hill, is a vast array of furniture, ceramics, glass, pictures, silver, jewellery and books.

Outside the house are the contents of a well-equipped workshop with everything from tools and chainsaws to a wood-turning lathe, and in the garden are staddle stones, benches, and even the contents of a large log store.

Viewing is at the house on Monday and Tuesday, 25-26 July, 9.30am-4.30pm with the auction at the Sherborne Salerooms and online on Wednesday, July 27, at 9.30am.

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Richard Bromell and the team at Charterhouse can be contacted for valuations at The Long Street Salerooms on 01935 812277 or at info@ charterhouse-auction.com They are now taking entries for their August specialist auctions of silver, jewellery and watches, and wine, port and whisky.

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Ford Phaeton sells for £17k Clarke’s Auctions at Semley saw strong results from its sale last week with the top-selling lot a beautifully restored 1928 Ford Phaeton four-seater tourer with cloth top fetching £17,000, including premium, and selling to an overseas buyer.

In the Automobilia section, an original 1960s advertising pictorial thermometer enamel sign for Champion Spark Plugs with working thermometer fetched a shade under £800 and a 1920s ‘Lucifer Golfing Society’ silver-plated car mascot made £600.

The Oriental market is still strong with Chinese bidders willing to bid on Chinese ceramics and fine art with an impressive Chinese porcelain Ducai baluster vase with associated carved wooden cover selling for £3,900. A Chinese Qing dynasty blue and white bowl fetched £850 and a

This 1938 BSA B21 made £5,200.

Chinese blue and white porcelain tea caddy decorated with calligraphy sold for £650.

In the furniture section a George III mahogany and leather drum table made £680 and a mid-century Ercol dining suite made up of a set of six chairs and dining table fetched £550.Interiors 24th March at 10:30am Clarke’s is now taking entries for all future sales. For enquiries for consignment phone either Richard Clarke or Karen Marshall on 01747 855109.

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A Gentleman’s Rolex GMT Master wristwatch, model 1675.

SOLD FOR £11,300 • Entries invited for

our forthcoming Specialist sales • Catalogues available online • Full calendar of Specialist sales Large pair of Chinese cinnabar lacquer vases, 19th century.

SOLD FOR £36,000 Station Road, Semley, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 9AN 01747 855 122 www.semleyauctioneers.com Offices in Dorset, Wiltshire and London

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Antiques & Collectibles WE BUY RECORDS, COLLECTIONS LARGE AND SMALL Call BILL 07967 816506 or 01747 811100 Email: bill@tunes.co.uk

Antique & Classic Clock Repairs & Restoration Longcase Clocks a speciality Antique Clock sales

Clocks Unlimited

Tel: (01935) 423233 Mobile: 07974 520545 bclocksunlimited@aol.com www.clocksunlimited.co.uk

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Land Rovers at tank museum DUKE’S of Dorchester is holding a first of its kind ‘Icons of Motoring’ all-Land Rover Auction at Bovington Tank Museum on 6 October.

The auction is a culmination of a charity mission involving seven iconic series I, II and III Land Rovers driving from Chartwell in South Africa to Chartwell in the UK, a distance of about 22,000km.

Funds are being raised to develop sustainable opportunities for the next generation, focused specifically on food and water management techniques.

Duke’s Auctioneers is

recognised as one of the top regional auction houses and its auction results reflect this – from fine art to vintage vehicles. That was seen last year when a 1963 Land Rover series IIA sold for £20,000.

This auction, with a passionate group of collectors, is sure to see exciting results.

If you own Land Rover vehicles or automobilia, Duke’s is inviting entries for this inaugural auction.

For more information and confidential free advice contact Julian Smith or William Batt on 01305 265080 or email enquiries@dukes-auctions.com

The 22,000km Chartwell to Chartwell Mission began on 13 July and will culminate in Duke’s ‘Icons of Motoring – The Land Rover Auction’ on 6 October.

4th & 5th August General Sale 15th & 16th September Sporting, Militaria & Clothing Toys & Collectables Accepting consignments now

ACREMAN ST. ANTIQUES AUCTION SHERBORNE GENERAL ANTIQUES & COLLECTORS AUCTION Friday 29th July

VIEWING Thursday 28th July 10am - 5pm

A carved and painted wood fox hunting group

by Frank Whittington of Forest Toys GENERAL SALE VIEWING TIMES Saturday 30th July 10am - 12 noon Tuesday 2nd August 10am - 5pm Wednesday 3rd August 10am - 5pm

House clearances arranged Probate & Insurance valuations Contact info@busby.co.uk 01308 420 100

The Old Hemp Store North Mills Bridport DT6 3BE

Est. £25,000 - £30,000

Catalogue available to view through Saleroom.com & Easyliveauction.com

We are now accepting items for our August sale For all enquiries please contact Gill Norman on 07908 333577 or 01935 508764 auction@acremanstreetantiques.co.uk

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Home & Garden

Enjoy the fruits of a ‘staycation’

by Sally Gregson With all the melodrama and airport fuss to deal with as we try to travel abroad for our holidays, perhaps it’s another year to make the most of a ‘staycation’. And a garden is just the environment for rest and relaxation.

With luck we can enjoy long, warm evenings, barbecues and outdoor meals, and quantities of small young vegetables and salads as fresh as they are sweet. Why not enjoy the glut of summer vegetables which seems to occur the moment we go away, much to the enjoyment of stay-at-home neighbours who have been tasked with the watering?

For just a taste of the exotic you could try Far Eastern vegetables from the supermarket. However, they have been jetted in from afar, are expensive and completely tasteless.

Spicy flavour

Luckily, many are easy to grow in an English garden. July sowings of Chinese and Thai vegetables germinate quickly, whereas spring-sown oriental seed has a tendency to bolt. Try Chinese ‘leaf mustards’ with a spicy flavour. Stir-fry them for a few minutes with thinly sliced onions and garlic and serve with a Chinese spiced duck breast and noodles for a deliciously different meal.

Houseplants need a summer break too.

A lady ‘scarecrow’ in the vegetable patch.

Bring out all those dusty plants languishing in your bathroom – they would appreciate some real sunlight and rainwater. Keep them in a shady spot which most resembles their lush, jungle environment.

Those which flower in winter, such as the Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesi) could be given a balanced liquid feed such as well-diluted tomato fertiliser to encourage flowering, or potted on to encourage growth. Then, once the first frosts are forecast, replace them indoors for the winter.

Any houseplant which is infected with aphids, whitefly or red-spider mite should

be unceremoniously disposed of in the recycling bin.

And then as dusk falls, we can quietly enjoy a post-prandial drink as the sun sinks on the horizon. Suddenly the bats come out of hiding, swooping after moths and nocturnal insects with high-pitched screams – inaudible to all but the young. A stick thrown up in the air will attract them closer.

Owls and all sorts of night-animals emerge in a darkly different garden from the one you have tended all day.

So, allow your eyes and ears to become accustomed to the gloom. And enjoy the theatre of an English summer night.

‘A rose by any other name…’

by Sally Gregson Roses have been everyone’s favourite flower for centuries.

They have besotted not just gardeners but designers, artists and perfumiers. However, time has disordered their history.

We are all familiar with our native Dog Rose, Rosa canina, but other parts of the world have other species which have all been bred and selected by plantsmen. Then they have also been crossed and re-crossed, resulting in very beautiful hybrids and a glorious horticultural muddle.

In the 13th century the Crusaders brought back the Apothecary’s Rose to Europe, Rosa gallica officinalis, with its large, semi-double flowers in a striking bright pink. The scent was remarkable. Unusually, unlike most roses, that scent persisted throughout the process of drying. They formed the

Rosa ‘Rambling Rector’ growing in Sally Gregson’s orchard.

basis of the perfume industry centred in Provins, in medieval France.

At some point, in the fields of these roses a striped ‘sport’ arose and was propagated by cuttings, rather than by seed. It was named ‘Rosa Mundi’, the ‘Rose of the World’. The legend

is that it was named for Fair Rosamunde, the renowned mistress of King Henry II. She died in 1176, some say at the hand of his Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was one of the most powerful queens in history, and perhaps not one to be thwarted.

Many of the ‘old’ roses have, like ‘Rosa Mundi’, survived centuries in our gardens until they fell from popularity at the beginning of the 20th century, when modern, repeat-flowering roses were bred and used for summer bedding. But they lacked scent. The romance had gone.

Until Vita Sackville-West of Sissinghurst took up their cause, championing these roses which have romantic, often French, names, glorious perfume, and yet only flower once, splendidly, during the summer.

Now, under head gardener Troy Scott Smith, Sissinghurst’s Rose Garden has been replanted with David Austin’s modern English roses which resemble the ‘old roses’, are perfumed and repeat-flower all summer. History and gardens move on.

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Home & Garden SELF DRIVE DIGGER AND DUMPER HIRE, 01258 861647 DRYSTONE WALLING AND LANDSCAPING www.yenstonewalling.co.uk 01963 371123

MAN WITH MICRO-DIGGER & 1.5ton digger, stump grinder, Garden clearance, patios, fencing, decking, landscaping, driveways 30+ years’ experience Contact Ken 07882 441873 01963 32034 GARDEN AND PLANTING DESIGN. Expert gardening.

Wildflower meadows and wildlife gardens. Garden restoration and advice.

Extensive plant knowledge.

Call Stephen and Claire at Manyberries 01963 441454, manyberries.co.uk

LAWN MOWING SERVICE, Tel 01747 821 726 R&W FENCING SERVICES All types of fencing, Agriculture and Domestic 01258 880892 07980 036250 ASBESTOS REMOVAL Garages, Sheds, Lean to’s, Roofing and Cladding Collection and Dismantling

BY Registered Hazardous Waste Carrier Call 07973 444620 or 01722 414478

GUTTERS CLEARED • • • • • •

Windows, Fascias, Soffits, Gutters cleaned, Repairs, Free Estimates 07788-376752

OLD BYGONES & COLLECTIBLES

Rural, garden & agricultural items bought & sold

Tim, 01725 517268 or 07311 478301 FURNITURE & RESTORATION GIBSON AND RADFORD RESTORATIONS Est 1976 T: 01963 370471 M: 07802823123 jake@gibsonandradford.co.uk www.gibsonandradford.co.uk

WINDOWS BLACKMORE WINDOWS AND DOORS. Locally based company in Stalbridge with 25 years experience. All your window and door needs undertaken, from repairs to replacement. Contact Terry on 07514224712 or find me on Facebook and WhatsApp. FREE QUOTATIONS.

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY HEDGE CUTTING, lawn mowing, strimming, pruning, garden maintenance and land clearance using Stihl’s latest electric equipment to avoid disturbing people / wildlife competitive rates in the Blandford area Call David 07786 658708

YARD/MOVING SALE at Chafford, Off High Street Gillingham. SP8 4AA. Opposite Poppy Shop.

22nd,23rd,24th July.

07714 810141 ANY DIGGER WORK call Ashley for quote 07955 808983

Contact us to advertise

01963 400186

HOUSE CLEARANCE Plus Sheds, Attics, Garages & Gardens Quality Items Offset Registered Waste Carrier

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Home & Garden LES BENHAM

(Established 1997)

Tree Surgeons TREE WORK

Felling Section felling Pruning/shaping Hedge cutting Scrub clearance Stump grinding Planting £10M public liability insurance

ASH DIE BACK SPECIALISTS LANDSCAPING

Fencing Patios Sleeper walls All hard landscaping

Vale Tree Surgeons Limited www.valetreesurgeons.com Tel: 01747 228484 Mob: 07770 833734

D KING & SON

Tree and Garden Services • 25 years’ experience • Registered waste carrier • Free estimates • All areas covered • No job too small

07831 091239 david.king63@aol.co.uk

Garden Property Maintenance All Hedge/tree work/rubbish clearance Gravel Driveways/Pressure Washing Patio and Fencing Work Fully Insuranced/Free Quotes 01258 458849/07788 907343 lesbenham@yahoo.co.uk / check a trade

Treecare Co. Tree Specialists

TREE STUMP REMOVAL Pruning, bracing, shaping.

Preservation of mature trees.

Hedge cutting. Trees supplied & planted.

Landscaping & maintenance.

Heavy duty winch hire available.

Tree Surgery BS.3998 Contractors to local authorities.

WOOD CHIPPINGS FOR SALE Free Quotes & Advice Tel/Fax: Shafts 853512 Mobile: 07831 262083 Established in 1976

At TreeCare we care...

TREEWISE

LANGTON NURSERIES (C W Abbott & Son) Bedding and vegetable Experts plants. Pea sticks and in all Bean Rods. Perennials aspects and shrubs. Stockists of Kings, Franchi of and Fothergill Budget Seeds.

TREE SURGERY, HEDGECUTTING Potting compost. Large& STUMP REMOVAL selection of Terracotta Pots.

NPTC qualified & fully insured Langton Long, Blandford No job too small, Friendly, advice and Forum, personal Dorset DT11 9HR. free quotations.

Telephone: 452513 Make a wise 01258 choice and call David Merefield today on 01747 850906 / 07966 522361

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Make your summer garden fabulous!

Colourful perennials and shrubs to fill your borders.

Offers on agapanthus, paeonies, pots and much more!

Monday – Saturday 9am – 5:30pm and Sunday 10am – 4pm Milton on Stour, Gillingham SP8 5QA 01747 824015

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Home & Garden LANGTON NURSERIES (C W Abbott & Son) Bedding plants. Roses.

Perennials and shrubs.

Stockists of Kings, Franchi and Fothergill Budget Seeds. Potting compost.

Large selection of pots.

Open daily 10am - 3pm.

Langton Long, Blandford Forum, Dorset. DT11 9HR. Telephone: 01258 452513

GARDEN RESCUE TEL: 01747 821 726

To place your classified adverts CLASSIFIEDS

Garden Design

For all your fencing and decking needs

Closeboard, panels & sheds supplied and fitted.

Gates made to measure.

£395

Sherborne Fencing Ltd Tel: 01935 814272 Mobile: 07814246332

Est 20 Years

call Jaz Radford 01963 400186

01258 881112 07900 431701

North Dorset Tree Surgeons We carry out all aspects of tree surgery, hedge cutting and stump grinding.

Ash dieback specialist.

Fully insured and NPTC qualified.

Call Will today on 01747 854517 or 07872 970741 Professional

Experienced

Reliable

SHOWROOM OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK! UNIT 2, STATION ROAD, GILLINGHAM SP8 4QQ

01747 359015 www.inspire-eden.co.uk | hello@inspire-eden.co.uk

We are a traditional sawmill in Dorset offering

High quality timber from locally sourced trees Building, Landscaping & Fencing Timber Cedar Shingles & Shakes Feature Stumps Cladding – Waney edge, Square edge, Featheredge and Profiled edges

Posts –inc weather tops Beams/Mantels (New & Rustic) – Green & Air Dried Sleepers 200 x 100 & 200 x 50 (or any other size) Rare, unusual & exotic hardwoods

Extensive range of Slab/Plank Wood available both air dried & kiln dried – Oak, Birch, Beech, Ash, Yew, Walnut, Sweet Chestnut, Macrocarpa, Sequoia (Red Wood), Cherry, Plum, Monkey Puzzle, Sycamore & more! 100s in stock...

Woodland Mulch & Clean Path/Play Chip Linwood’s wood chip is made from a mixture of hard and softwoods, its durable and long lasting.

Woodland Mulch Chip Clean Path Chip Woodland Mulch Chip Clean Path Chip

Cube Bag (0.6m3) Cube Bag (0.6m3) Cube Loose (1m3) Cube Loose (1m3)

1 bag/load 2 bag/load 3+bags/load each each each £30 £35 £40 £50 £55 £60 £20 £25 £30 £25 £30 £35

*Prices plus vat. Free delivery for BH postcodes (min order of 2 bags/loads)

Linwood Sawmill Ltd, Willow Farm, Holt Road, Wimborne, BH21 7JY 01202 402018 / 07444 789137 / sales@linwoodtimber.co.uk / www.linwoodtimber.co.uk

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Home & Garden WANTED - Dave buys all types of tools Call 01935 428975

GARDENER. We are looking for an enthusiastic gardener to join our team in maintaining our beautiful woodland Garden near Cerne Abbas.Must be strong and fit and available to work a guaranteed day a week throughout the year. Contact us on 07970 444447 or by email (rfb@gillans.net) if preferred

SHEPHERDS HUT CHASSIS FOR SALE Solid Oak Frame Cast Iron Wheels 32inch and 24 inch Turntable Drawbar Stability Bars and Stub Caps Also 9 Purbeck Staddle Stones £180 £2,950 Greg: 07900 431701

Looking to upgrade your insulation?

A Higher efficiency Lower bills

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TREE & GARDEN SERVICES 07435 220238 / 01258 858888 Fully insured quality service provided L.DAVIS AND SONS Garden clearance and garden design. Concrete bases, patios, gravel, fencing and much more.

We also deliver compost, pots, bark, logs and other gardening products. 01458 241230 or 07950 261510

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SCREENED TOP SOIL FOR SALE 1T - 5T LOADS DELIVERED TEL NO: 01258 861046 EX-DISPLAY SHEDS, Stables/field shelters, summerhouses, offices, workshops, agricultural 01935 891195

To place your classified adverts

• All garden and tree work carried out • Tarmac drives and block paving restored and repaired • Patio laying • Pressure washing • Fully insured • Waste Carriage licence

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TOOLS WANTED. Cash waiting. 01747 850474

CLASSIFIEDS

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Higher energy rating. Lower energy costs.

To advertise in local services call us on:

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TOWARDS THE COST OF YOUR UPGRADE Book your free loft survey today 0800 246 5145 www.countrywide-surveys.co.uk

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HUGE DISCOUNTS on stock cleara nce items, remnan ts, rugs and flooring!

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Home & Garden LOGS

Machine or Hand-Lay Local Authority Approved ESTABLISHED 1988

All aspects of Surfacing Roads Drives Footpaths Drop Kerbs Resin Bond Drives

Deadline to place your advert is the Friday before publication.

GOOD QUALITY SEASONED OAK & ASH LOGS Barn stored, £170 for 8ft by 6ft trailer load, Delivery free within 10 mile radius of Templecombe.

07773 254174, ANDY

LOGS R US 1 ton pickup load of logs £100 double load £160 dumpy bag £70 All hardwood 07790 404593 01258 818081

Season Barn Dry Logs

20 miles radius of Sherborne FREE delivery

Call for a free quote

01747 820234

The Depot, Longcross, Zeals BA12 6LJ info@cgtarmac.co.uk www.cgtarmac.co.uk

From

SEASONED HARDWOOD LOGS £155 double load £90 half load 01258 880892 07980 036250

Tel: 01935 815534

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£895

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for a fully fitted electric garage door.

WAS £1,354 INCLUDING VAT.

www.ralphlandscaping.co.uk

WHAT’S INCLUDED WITH EVERY DOOR: • • • • •

EXPERT MEASURING & FITTING 2 REMOTE CONTROLS ACOUSTIC & THERMAL INSULATION FREE DISPOSAL OF YOUR OLD DOOR AVAILABLE IN 21 COLOURS

Garolla garage doors are expertly made to measure in our own UK factories, they’re strong and solidly built. The electric Garolla door rolls up vertically, taking up only 8 inches inside your garage, maximising valuable space.

Give us a call today and we’ll come and measure up completely FREE of charge.

CALL US TODAY ON:

01963 530 112 MOBILE:

07537 149 128

*Offer valid for openings up to 2.4m wide & including 2 remote controls, 55mm white slats, internal manual override.

Mobile:

Tree Tree Surgery.

Surgery. Reductions.

Reductions. Felling.

Felling.

Hedge Trimming.

Stump Grinding.

Hedge Trimming. Stump Grinding.

Woodchip Woodchip supplies. supplies.

Family Family run run business business since since 1946 1946 Tel: 01963 250005 Tel: 01963 250005 Mobile: Mobile: 07976 07976 934 934 252 252 www.bandgdown.co.uk

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Local Services ARCHITECTURAL, BUILDING & ELECTRICAL ALL IRONWORK. Handrails. Gates. Railings.

Repairs. Restoration.

01258 880301

Fully Insured Failed Double Glazed Units UPVC Windows and Doors Shower Screens, Balustrades Free Survey T: 01747 631899 / 07708 180306 e: shaftesburyglass@gmail.com w: www.shaftesburyglass.co.uk

DORSET LIME Specialists in all external and internal lime work.

Lime crete flooring.

All aspects of traditional building.

Call Dave or Dan 07492 181788

DORSET WOOD TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS

Oak Timber Framing Bespoke Timber Building Traditional Building Specialist inc All Building WorklAll aspects of Lime External and Internal Rendering/Plastering/Repointing Lime Crete Flooring Chimney Rebuilds and Repointing

www.dorsetwood.co.uk

Contact Dave Welsh 07838 654468

djwelsh@btinternet.com

Damp Control Timber Treatments Dry Rot Condensation Control 30-Year Bonded Guarantee

Tel: Wincanton 01963 202382 Mobile: 07881 504426 Email: maplepres@aol.com www.maplepreservation.co.uk

Architectural Services Groundworks . Construction . Plant Hire . Muck Away .

Drainage . Landscaping . Agri/Equine construction Max: 07854 117590 Jamie; 07773 178083 pearcewrightltd@yahoo.com

ARCHITECTURAL METALWORK Custom made or restored in numerous finishes and metals

- Balustrades - Canopies & Pergola's - Estate Ironworks - Furniture & Ornaments - Handrails - Orangeries & Glass houses - Railing & Fencing - Staircases - Steelworks & Fabrications - Windows & Doors REQUEST A QUOTE: WWW.NEWTONFORGE.CO.UK/REQUEST-QUOTE 01258 472407 | MAIL@NEWTONFORGE.CO.UK UNIT 20C, BUTTS POND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, STURMINSTER NEWTON, DT10 1AZ

Planning & Building Applications for New Build, Extensions and Conversions

01747 822162

Our advice is always free

enquiries@bell-architectural.co.uk

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Local Services ARCHITECTURAL, BUILDING & ELECTRICAL SW BUILDING & RENOVATIONS All aspects of building and plumbing catered for Tel: 07970 437786 e: swbuildandrenovation@gmail.com

Bryan G Paulley Ltd Oil Tank Services Domestic & Commercial

REPLACEMENT TANKS INSTALLATIONS RE-SITING TEMPORARY TANKS EMERGENCY PUMP OUTS BUNDED /SINGLE SKIN METAL TANKS/FUEL STATIONS ABOVE GROUND OR BELOW MOLING SERVICE FOR BELOW GROUND UTILITIES COMMERCIAL BOILER REMOVAL

New bunded tank installed for between £1300 and £1900 +VAT depending on size of tank.

All areas. OFTEC Registered

Tel: 01963 363870

24hr Emergency, Leaking Tanks or Oil Spills 07836 502683

E: office@bgp-oiltanks.co.uk www.bgp-oiltanks.co.uk

J&C Handyman Services

Plumbing Door hanging & skirting boards Painting & decorating Guttering and facia clearing Shed erecting & repairs and replacement Flat pack furniture Fencing Shelves & curtain rails Pointing etc...

No job too small. Please call with your requirements.

01963 364457 07368 516658 dorsethandyman26@gmail.com www.jchandymanservices.com

Building Construction Specialists

Home extensions | Barn Conversions Cottage Renovations | New Build Homes Project Management Established over 40 years Phone: 07979 210 074 / 01747 855 280 E: andy@sandsltd.biz w: www.sturgessandsturgess.com

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Local Services ARCHITECTURAL, BUILDING & ELECTRICAL FLATPACK ASSEMBLY. Shelving. New locks fitted or replaced.07552 540540

Deadline to place your advert is the Friday before publication.

B.LUCAS

Steve Guppy

General builder

Serving all your interior & exterior maintenance needs

01747 826656 franksgroup.co.uk

•Alterations •Renovations •Carpentry •Kitchen Fitting •Bathroom Fitting •Wall/Floor Tiling •Plastering •Hard Landscaping •Painting & Decorating •Plumbing •Electrical

BUILDING MAINTENANCE

LTD

FRANKS MAINTENANCE GROUP

25 Years Experience, City & Guilds Qualified Extensions, Renovations, Alterations, New Build, Plastering, Floor and Wall Tiling, Brickwork, Blockwork, Stonework and Patios, Fencing and Decorating.

FREE estimates, No VAT 01747 228827 07809 362919

Home Maintenance & Improvements

Fully Insured Tel: 01747 590584 Mob: 07812 106 513

ASAarchitects

Architecture Masterplanning Conservation

EXTENSIONS, CONVERSIONS, NEW BUILD.

FREE CONSULTATION.

HEATING OIL TANKS

Call today 01722 714514 DOMESTIC

Replacement Oil Tanks Emergency Holding Tanks Tank Relocation Heating Oil Tanks Diesel Storage Tanks Rainwater Harvesting System

AGRICULTURAL

COMMERCIAL

www.tankservices.co.uk

General building Extensions/Renovations Loft conversions Oak frame buildings Groundwork/Landscaping All your property needs

Call 01747 229757 email: alanlewisaml@aol.com Concrete & Floor Screed Mixed On site Any Quantity Delivered Sand Gravel Stone Cement Blocks etc Supplied Loose or in Big Bags Good Quality Top Soil in Stock

Now available... Rockery Stone

Competitive Rates 01747 853687 or 01747 855630 www.hardimanconcrete.co.uk

Free estimates for all electrical work, no VAT North Dorset location, will travel.

Call Alan Brown, C&G 2330, 2391,2382 on 01258 446258 or 07976 630 904 Email: alan@acbelectricals.org.uk

www.ACBElectricals.org.uk

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Local Services ARCHITECTURAL, BUILDING & ELECTRICAL Deadline to place your advert is the Friday before publication.

COLIN LEA Carpenter / Builder No VAT - call 01747 590117 07708 467601

CHIMNEYS K.SANSOM CHIMNEY SWEEP: Brush & vacuum APICS registered 01963 370038

STEVE ADAMS CHIMNEY SWEEPING HETAS registered woodburner and flue installer. Birdguards and cowls 07932 655267

Smokin Nicely Chimney Sweeps NACS certificates issued Chimneys and Flues Extremely clean service Fully insured (£5m) Tel: 01258 455251 smokin.nicely@hotmail.co.uk smokinnicely.co.uk nacs.org.uk

SOLID FUEL INSTALLATIONS LTD accredited installers from the competent persons scheme for wood burners, multi fuel stoves, chimney liners and twin walled flues. Sweeping chimneys, birdguards & cowls. Fireplace alterations to your needs, chimney works including pointing.

01749 677440 - 07921 074602 dolidfuel3@aol.com www.solidfuelinstallationsltd.co.uk

COMPUTERS & TECH

AERIALS & Satellite Direct Repairs & Installations - 7 days per week No VAT - Prompt & Friendly Service TOM MOSS Mob: 07931 727 961 Email: tommoss50@aol.com

Quantity Surveying Estimating Surveying Dispute Resolution

01749 813625

Robert Chalke Associates www.rca-qs.com COMPUTERS & TECH

Vale Computers

Your local computer specialist Any computer related problem fixed: Blank screen, slow computer, upgrades, virus removal, broadband setup and data recovery.

Fixed charge repairs – no call out charge.

New and second-hand computers for sale.

MS CompTIA+ certified engineers.

Ring 01258 880442 Email: Valecomputers.2006@btinternet.com Open Hours: Mon to Fri: 8.30am to 4.30pm Sat: 9.00am to 1.00pm

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R Laptop R Tablet R Smartphone R desktop PC

• Friendly, patient, and knowledgeable help • Keep in touch with family, friends and colleagues for free over the Internet Sell online easily, quickly and reliably

• • Buying advice, setup and installation

I’m Phil Hudson, your local tech expert and trouble-shooter. I’ll come to you and sort things out, at a time that suits you. Or you can drop off your machine at my workshop for quick, efficient care and maintenance.

Call me now on 07805 783147

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Local Services COMPUTERS & TECH COMPUTER REPAIR SERVICE SturComputers 01258-817-537 sturcom@mail.com DEREK ETHERINGTON BSc(Hons).

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Health & Wellbeing

Focus on constants in unsettled times

by Alice Johnsen We are getting close to the time of year when many families face change. The end of a school era or the start of one. So I thought this might be worth some focus.

Why do we find change unsettling? Why are we such creatures of habit? Is it because our brains like to repeat actions, so it’s just easier and feels safer?

Among change in your life or within your family, there will be constancy. The glue that binds the ups and downs of your life.

The things that come round, year after year, whatever else is going on. The framework.

What is your framework made up of? What are the things that will be there long after the dust of an imminent change has settled? The rhythms and ways of your life you can rely on?

Those are the things to turn to unsettled times.

It might be helpful to remind your children of the constant things in their lives – the rituals

and traditions they can look forward to as they approach new phases. Those are the things that provide us with a familiarity to gather ourselves by and strengthen ourselves ready for that unknown path lying ahead.

Children of all ages can often be reluctant to admit they are anxious. For them – and for us – sometimes admission makes it real. Denial becomes a coping mechanism. Sometimes parents or guardians must be the ones who lead in addressing an issue if it is obviously causing concern.

As with any conversation around an emotional subject, it needs preparation. As parents or guardians, it is important to think ahead how best the child will respond to enquiries about how they are feeling about a new challenge. What is it you are trying to find out? What options or advice can you offer?

As important as the question is your readiness to really listen

Parents or guardians should think ahead how best their youngster will respond to enquiries about how they are feeling about a new challenge. PHOTO: Nicholas Jackson/Pixabay

to your child’s response. If you don’t know the answer, I think it is far better to say so, with the promise you will try to find out and come back to them rather than fudge your way through.

However you do it, we all feel reassured by getting our

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concerns about new challenges out in the open and talking about them, so I hope this helps you as we near the end of the academic year.

Alice Johnsen is a life coach based near Sherborne (07961 080513; alicejohnsen.co.uk)

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Meditations in nature: Summer winds

by Susie Curtin Early July. Now we are past the equinox, the summer is speeding by.

July’s weather is indeed fickle. As I make my way across the fields, dense, slate-grey clouds hang heavy over my head and a fierce, cool wind blusters over the landscape.

Everything is swaying and shifting.

As a child, windy days were strange and exciting, but now my heart is set on enjoying wildlife, I find them disorientating.

The usual calming sounds of nature and the quietude is gone and replaced by the roaring of air and rustling of leaves.

Seeing wildlife is not only dependent on luck but heightened senses. My ears and eyes are always tuned in to sounds and movement, and the presence of high winds can deplete these abilities.

I am apparently not alone in disliking wind, many studies have revealed that, as a species, we seem to have a high awareness and a surprisingly low tolerance of it.

With my binoculars and camera to hand, I had come out early morning to enjoy the birds and the butterflies.

The weather was quiet and bright, but as the sun’s heat warms the land and the air, the warm air rises and the displaced cooler air from above sinks

Dr Susie Curtin.

closer to the surface.

This movement of air creates wind, and the greater the difference in air pressure between the cool and the warm air, the stronger the wind.

We have harnessed its forces to create energy and to power ships across oceans. We use it to dry washing and to fly kites, while nature uses it to disperse pollen and seeds, and to help move species around the globe.

Spiders, other insects and bird migrations are utterly dependent on it.

It erodes landscapes, shapes deserts and is a great equaliser of the climate as it shifts heat, moisture and pollutants.

But now the birds and butterflies have hunkered down, I make my way home trying to recall some of the sayings from

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literature which use wind as symbolism.

For example, ‘to run like the wind’, the winds of change’ and ‘it is an ill wind that brings no good’.

But my favourite is from Shakespeare: “Life isn’t but a feather floating in the wind. One second it’s in your grasp, next second, it’s floating high, wondering what is to come.”

Dr Susie Curtin (email curtin.susanna@gmail. com)

n If you love nature and enjoy creative writing, then join me for an inspirational day at Bere Marsh Farm, Blandford, Dorset DT11 0QY. The Countryside Regeneration Trust is running the second of two writing workshops, this one for children, on Wednesday, 27 July. The cost is £40 for the day. For more information and to book a place, contact Elaine SpencerWhite at the CRT office on 01258 860090 or email e.s.white@thecrt.co.uk

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Calendula a happy-making herb!

by Fiona Chapman Calendula officinalis, whose common name is pot marigold, should NOT be confused with ornamental marigolds as it is a different genus.

They are, rather obviously, the sunshine herb with their wonderful, bright orange flowers that keep coming throughout the year if the plant is well protected, adding a splash of colour and joy to dark winter days.

Originally it was used for healing infective wounds or for treating inflammation and infection in the digestive tract.

Now, pharmacological studies have also discovered that it protects the heart, the brain and liver.

I use calendula a lot, both internally and externally. If anyone comes to clinic with acne, eczema, ulcers, rash, burns, cuts, haemorrhoids, varicose veins or skin infections calendula comes into its own, either as an infused oil – which should be a wonderful orange colour – in a cream or as an infusion depending on whether the infection is wet or dry or what type of complaint we are addressing.

It encourages the body to heal by preventing inflammation and pus, and is a lymphatic as it takes debris away through the lymph nodes.

Taken internally as a tincture or a tea, it will help with swollen glands and infections or will soothe the digestive tract and other mucus membranes.

It is a very warming herb, so is good if your stomach is cold

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and your digestive fire is not at optimum levels.

It helps induce sweating when sick and in a fever, which, as long as it is carefully

monitored, up-regulates the immune system to fight off the pathogen.

It will help with lymphatic drainage, which is getting rid of

the infection, and we use it for a sluggish liver – all of which is beneficial to the reproductive system by enabling hormones to be processed and expelled efficiently and so keeping the body in balance.

In the ‘olden’ days, people would pick the flowers before winter and put them in their stews to give them strength for the winter, so it was used as a strengthening, immune tonic.

I sometimes use the fresh flowers in a tea or infusion for the skin, but they are quite watery, so drying them is better to potentise them.

Tinctures come in two extractions – 25 per cent alcohol for the antiinflammatory and lymphatic drainage properties, and 95 per cent alcohol for the antimicrobial and anti-fungal resins.

It is a wonderful, soothing, happy-making herb!

Fiona Chapman is a Naturopathic Herbalist (Pellyfiona@gmail.com)

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Summer colours and flavours

by Rebecca Vincent As we have had some beautiful weather recently, and I’m ever hopeful it will continue, I’ve put together a lovely bright summery recipe, full of vibrant colours and flavours.

Tomatoes and peaches are in season and such a treat right now – I hope you enjoy this recipe which incorporates both!

Peaches provide vitamins C, E, K, beta-carotene, potassium, niacin, copper and manganese.

They also contain around two grams of fibre, both soluble and insoluble, per medium fruit.

Peaches also contain small amounts of the polyphenol chlorogenic acid which exhibits anti-oxidant effects and is even thought to potentially benefit blood sugar and lipid levels.

Tomatoes are a good source of vitamins C, E, B6 and K, beta-carotene, calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, manganese,

niacin, folate and fibre.

They also contain a wide selection of anti-oxidants including alpha-lipoic acid, choline, lutein and lycopene.

Eating the rainbow and consuming a wide variety of plants helps to ensure you get a wide variety of anti-oxidants in your diet, and these in turn can help feed the beneficial bacteria in our guts, alongside the fibre plants also offer us.

Peach and tomato salsa (Serves 2-4) 8-10 cherry tomatoes 1 peach 2 spring onions Sprig of mint ½ tsp dried chilli flakes (more if you like) ½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 tbsp lemon or lime juice Pinch of salt Optional extras: fresh coriander, garlic Slice the peach in half and remove the pit. Cut each half

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Finely dice the tomatoes adding them to the peaches.

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and salt. Mix well and set aside to marinate for about 30 minutes before serving.

A lovely addition to a barbecue or served with griddled halloumi!

Rebecca Vincent BSc (Hons), BANT registered nutritionist, 07515 019430, www. rebeccavincentnutrition.co.uk

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Food crops ploughed in as worker shortages bite

by Barbara Cossins A shortage of labour is causing huge problems for farmers and the UK hospitality industry.

Every week British farmers have to plough back tons of vegetables, salad crops and onions into the ground because there’s no labour to do the picking.

Since the UK has exited the EU, the cost of labour has increased by 34 per cent. What a crazy situation to now be in.

It’s so sad that we have no workers in our own country who want to fill these positions as they could impact our food chain and lower our costs. The supermarkets need to support British farmers and producers and do their bit, and we need to see more locally grown produce on all our supermarket shelves.

With fuel and fertiliser prices also soaring, this is having another devastating effect on UK food producers and farmers.

We import 50 per cent of our vegetables and 75 per cent of our fruit when we don’t need to do either – we have lots of beautiful seasonal produce of our own to enjoy.

Our poor egg and pork farmers have had

a rough ride with the corn prices soaring, and we all need to buy local to support our local producers. I know when I talk to my customers, they want to support local and the more we talk about this, the more the average consumer will understand all the reasons behind why it’s so important to do this, it’s not just marketing chat or antisupermarkets.

We need to push these stories out as much as we can and explain what is happening to our farmers and food producers so that local communities understand what is behind the food that they are buying and eating.

Cheap European eggs

I would hate not to have local eggs in my kitchen or the farm shop or the pub menu. I don’t want to have cheap European eggs being the only thing that I can buy. It makes no sense at all.

We have thousands of pigs and I want to eat British-farmed pork, both at home with my family and for my customers on my menus and in our farm shop. Why? Because I know we have the highest standards of

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farming welfare in the world and that the animal has been treated fairly for the whole of its life.

I’ll keep on keeping on about this as we all need to take heed. I can’t stress more about the need to focus on greater food security in the UK and if we support local farmers and producers here in England, we are guaranteed to be eating safe food from our plates. We all need to love local trust local.

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Harms outside and inside the home

by Lynn Broom Longmead Veterinary Practice We are often very aware what we should not feed our dogs to avoid accidental toxicity such as chocolate and raisins but we must also be aware of risks they may access outside.

Mouldy bread is a source of mycotoxins which, when eaten, can cause muscle tremors, seizures, coma and death.

Ingestion often occurs after a bin has been raided or where garden birds are fed stale bread.

There is no antidote or treatment other than managing symptoms.

Severely affected dogs may need anaesthetising to control the seizures until the effects of the toxin wear off. Compost and out of date dairy products can grow the same toxins.

Commercial bird food, when mouldy, can also grow toxins which have the same effects as mouldy bread. Peanuts and maize can grow the mould Aspergillus which produce aflatoxins. Aflatoxins can cause liver damage and clotting disorders.

Slug pellets containing metaldehyde can be extremely toxic. Symptoms are similar to mycotoxins and confirmation of ingestion is often seen if blue pellets are vomited up or passed

in faeces. Copper-based slug pellets are much less toxic and only likely to cause digestive upsets if eaten.

Rat bait is also typically coloured blue but most rat baits used in the UK cause clotting disorders. Signs are typically seen three days after ingestion with spontaneous bleeding developing internally or externally. Affected animals may cough up or vomit blood or have blood in their urine or may collapse due to internal bleeding. It is rare for poisoning to occur from eating poisoned rats unless a lot of have been eaten by, for instance, an active hunting cat.

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Cannabis can be highly toxic to pets due to their small size. In low doses dogs can appear sleepy and wobbly. Larger volumes can cause affected animals to be hyperactive, disorientated and very vocal. In severe cases tremors, seizures and coma may result.

Nicotine is also poisonous to our pets. In small amounts it can causes a rapid heart rate and digestive upset but, following ingestion of large amounts such as may occur from chewing a vape cannister, symptoms can rapidly develop to seizures and cardiac arrest.

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Animals which have licked or mouthed a toad (above) may salivate profusely, show oral pain and develop tremors and dilated pupils.

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Alcohol is also potentially life-threatening to pets. Due to the combination of small body size and their inability to process it they are prone to serious symptoms such as vomiting and disorientation leading on to loss of consciousness and heart rhythm problems. Sources of alcohol can include uncooked bread dough and alcohol-based hand cleaner as well as alcoholic drinks.

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These symptoms are usually temporary and resolve without treatment but can appear alarming initially.

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These are just some of the cats the Blandford & Sturminster Newton branch of Cats Protection has looking for new homes.

Hattie, Simba and Nero (eight months). Trio looking for an understanding home together. Do you have the space, time and patience for these three?

Felix (13) and Patch (ten). Timid pair who need a home together.

Pebbles (eight months). An in-your-face very loving girl, still learning boundaries.

Stanley (one). Lovely boy looking for a home to call his own.

For details, please call our helpline on 01258 858644 or visit our website www. cats.org.uk/blandford Lost cats n Distinctive Birman/Siamese cross If you have lost a cat, please contact missing from Ringwood since 17 us via our website, phone or June.

Facebook. Please make sure we have a contact phone number so we can Found cats get in touch with you quickly if If you are regularly seeing a cat in needed. your garden or down your street that you don’t think has an owner, please n Tabby male, missing from West give us a call – it might be a lost cat Moors since 17 June. that could be reunited with its owner. n Black and white female, missing n Tortie and white, Guys Marsh, from Bryanston since 13 June. seen repeatedly in the area.

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Tip #19: Fussy eaters (Part 2 – theory into practice)

If your dog is not a good eater, first check with your vet that there is no medical reason. Then, change your dog’s mindset and attitude to food.

1 – Based on your budget, research and choose the food you want to feed your dog. This needs to be all dry food or at least a mixture of dry and wet.

2 – Stop giving him food for nothing!

Measure his daily allowance of food into a jar instead of into bowls, and use ALL of this for training rewards and compliance – both at home and on walks – fed in activity toys and for ‘scatter feeding’.

3 – Diet your dog! Being even slightly overweight – which most dogs now are – will reduce your dog’s drive for food. Unless you ask them to be totally honest, many vets may not tell you for fear of offending you – unless the problem is quite marked.

4 – Do not offer alternatives when your dog does not immediately start eating the food you offer when you offer it. It can take a few days to a few weeks for this to become his new way of eating.

Helen Taylor is a qualified, accredited behaviourist, a Certified Clinical Animal Behaviourist, a Registered Practitioner with the Animal Behaviour and Training Council and is a member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors and the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (no 881). help@helentaylordorset.co. uk; www.helentaylordorset.co.uk

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Sevens event coins in the cash North Dorset 7s rugby 7s tournament and festival at North Dorset RFC

by Simon Drake The North Dorset 7s festival returned to North Dorset RFC on Friday and Saturday, 8 and 9 July, as participants, spectators and festival-goers enjoyed a 27 degrees heatwave and sunshine throughout.

In addition to 56 participating teams from as far as north Yorkshire, the awardwinning community rugby club in Gillingham hosted a record number of local visitors and families, helping to raise £3,000 for charitable partner Cardiac Risk in the Young in memory of former club captain Max Biles.

For the first time ever, the tournament kicked off on the Friday evening to satisfy the early arrivals and camping festival goers, with a Veteran Over 35s ten-a-side tournament. Both North Dorset and Bournemouth competed in a ‘round robin’ tournament with visiting invitational sides Godfathers and the Eggchasers, whose nationally renowned rugby podcast is the longest running in the country.

£3,000 raised for Cardiac Risk in the Young charity

North Dorset, with strength in depth at home, opened the tournament with a convincing win against Bournemouth’s ‘Bedouins’. And while many spectators would have expected the touring invitational sides to win convincingly, North Dorset gave Eggchasers a real scare, with the game tied at 17-all before BT Sport TV presenter Tim Cocker dotted the ball down in the corner to seal victory for the Eggchasers.

As the sun finally eased behind the hills of the Blackmore Vale, a final was played under floodlights between the Godfathers and Eggchasers, with Godfathers outclassing the Eggchasers in a thrilling 40-21 win with a fluid and cohesive brand of rugby. With Godfathers touring the rugby 7s circuit to raise money and awareness for the Young Lives vs Cancer charity, most would say the right team won.

On Saturday, as the dust was still settling in the party tent from the evening before, ND7s kicked off at 10am with the

Anyone for croquet?

Croquet is a simple game to learn and the newly opened Tisbury Bowls and Croquet Club, which has a brilliant, level and manicured grass lawn, is looking for new players.

Highly attractive rates are available with half-year subscriptions costing less than one green fee for a single round of golf, giving members the chance to play from now until the end of the year.

The online booking system makes planning games easy. All kit is provided and instruction or coaching is almost always available.

Only a limited number of half-year memberships are still available – for details visit

www.tisburybowlsandcroquet. com or contact info@ tisburybowlsandcroquet.com Bowls is also on offer at the club – prospective players will be greeted by a friendly group of bowlers from total beginners to seasoned players on Tuesday and Thursday from 5.30pm.

See the website or phone Susie on 07747 607454 for more information.

Blackmore Vale Table Tennis League are calling for new members to grab their bats and join their ranks.

League clubs in the area welcoming new members include: Chalke Valley (Broad Chalke); Child Okeford; Compton Abbas; East Stour; Stalbridge.

Open practice sessions are at Child Okeford (Sunday mornings) and Chalke Valley (Sunday evenings). Social sessions can be found at Stourpaine and Gillingham – for junior coaching Stalbridge and Chalke Valley.

For further details contact barriewaterman@hotmail.com

Table tennis spots open

remaining 52 teams competing in Men’s Elite, Men’s Social, Women’s Social and Men’s ‘SuperSocial’ tournaments across six pitches of non-stop rugby action.

With the exception of ND Allstars playing in the Men’s Elite competition and North Dorset’s Women’s team competing in the Women’s Social, most of North Dorset’s playing members formed teams of their own, competing in the super-social competition, from the super-sized RouteOne 7s, to ND Badgers wearing the club colours with pride, to the garishly dressed Drunken Flamingos.

North Dorset’s own invitational 7s team ND Allstars made it through to the semifinal of the main competition, losing only one group game to eventual winners CRX Marlborough.

Special thanks goes to all the sponsors including Gritchie Brewing Co, FUEL10K, FJ Chalke, VX3, Events Crew, Robert Frith Optometrists and Ashton Press.

Dates for ND7s 2023 will be confirmed shortly. Tickets and information will be launched at www.nd7s.co.uk and social channels facebook.com/northdorset7s and Instagram.com/northdorset7s

Hard fishing on hot day Sturminster & Hinton Angling Association’s match on Sunday, 10 July, was fished for the Pearson Trophy at Colber Farm.

Some 18 anglers took part on a particularly hot and bright day with no breeze.

Fishing was very hard and congratulations to the winner, Andy Miller, who caught a mixed bag of 8lbs 5ozs – roach, rudd, skimmers and chublets on maggot and pinkie after an initial feed of groundbait. Andy was drawn just above the footbridge at Colber.

Second was Simon Dennis who managed to find a bonus

tench on worm to supplement his smaller fish and weigh 7lbs 15ozs. Third was Kev Bennett with 6lbs 6ozs from the swim opposite the boathouse – he had a net of small rudd and roach caught up in the water over loose feed.

There were three section prizes – on the top pegs John Taylor took 5lbs 2ozs; Jamie Bumby had 5lbs 9ozs from the middle section, which included a good bream; and Steve Harvey had 3lbs 9ozs from the last peg before the island.

The next match is on Sunday, 24 July.

Sixpenny Handley Bowls Club compete in the Westbrook Mixed Triples League and are welcoming new members irrespective of experience.

Their most recent match was at home against Amesbury Bowls Club where they gained six points against a maximum of eight. The next league game is away against Mere on 27 July.

The club have an excellent all-weather playing surface.

Social events are also staged,

the next being a charity day on 30 July to raise money for the Salisbury Hospital Stars Appeal.

The event also offers an opportunity for prospective players to enjoy the novelty games and try bowls for the first time.

Regular ‘roll-ups’ take place Wednesday and Sunday afternoons when visitors are also welcome. Contact the club for more details – ronjermyn@ btinternet.com

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‘Dual in the pool’ for youngsters

by Ashley Tomkins Yeovil District Swimming Club (YDSC) held their ‘Duel In the Pool’ event at Oxley Sports centre in Sherborne.

It was aimed at the club’s younger generation or swimmers new to the club looking for a fun way to start their competitive swimming career.

YDSC were joined by Taunton Deane and Trident Swimming Club from Chard with more than 50 swimmers taking part. The racing was set to be fun and exciting for all in attendance.

The swimmers were split into six mixed teams with an adult as team captain to manage the swimmers and to make sure everyone was ready for each of the scheduled 33 events, including team relays and individual races scoring points.

The Electric Eels went into an early lead with 74 points closely followed by the Blue Whales

only two points behind and Electric Sharks in third spot with 63 points. During the relay events the Electric Eels held onto their early lead with the Blue Whales hot on their tails.

The final team cannon race proved to be vital and the Electric Eels took victory on 143 points. Second place went to the Electric Sharks with 127 points who snatched second spot from Blue Whales by a solitary point.

Fourth place went to Blobfish, fifth to Sailfish and Dynamic Dolphins in sixth.

Team Electric Eels consisted of team captain Claire Davies with swimmers Florence Parsons, Arthur Parr, Lottie Kollmeier, Herbie Forster, Sophia Lacey, Daisy Jean, Natalia Zerbracki and Millie Gunstone. Team captain Claire Davies said: “It was fantastic to see so many children having competitive fun and cheering on their team-mates. I was proud of

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D1 Mixed 50m free event at ‘Dual In The Pool’.

our team – we had great camaraderie among the Electric Eels and they all performed amazingly on day.”

YDSC swimming club were grateful to coaches Mark Ovens and Paul Perry for running such a great event, and Taunton & Trident swimming clubs for coming to support it, plus all the volunteers and helpers who made the event a great success.

YDSC now move onto their

Club Championship over the next few weeks, so watch this space for more results to follow.

The club will be looking to take on new swimmers (stage 4 and above) for trials from 29 August – interested swimmers can get in touch to book their place. The club are also on the lookout for new volunteer coaches to assist with younger squads. Contact membership. ydsc@gmail.com

Easy victory for Sherborne

by Emlyn Kuhn SHERBORNE 1st XI v CATTISTOCK & SYMENE 1st XI – Saturday 9 July Sherborne were back to winning ways as they beat Cattistock by a convincing 98 runs.

After losing the toss and being asked to bat on a scorching hot day they were quite happy with that.

Cattistock, however, started well and reduced Sherborne to 17-2. A decent knock of 62 from Mike Kennedy later backed up by Tom Harris (63) and Tim Durston (60) saw Sherborne finish on 269 all out.

Sherborne never looked in much trouble and Tim Durston with three wickets and two apiece for Ni Denham, Emlyn Kuhn and Shane Pulling saw them take all 20 points.

SHERBORNE 2nd XI vs KINGSTON LACY XI – Saturday 9 July The seconds travelled to Kingston Lacy with an early start due to a fundraising festival held on the Terrace.

Sherborne won the toss and batted on a glorious day. Debutant Will Sharman opened the batting with Joe Stratford and they put the Lacy bowling to the sword racking up 84 runs before Sharman fell for 36 just after drinks.

Fred Harden joined Stratford and they went at the Lacy bowling from the start. They put on a quick 110 partnership before Stratford fell after reaching his second ton of the season (104).

Harden continued to attack and blasted his way to his first ever 50 for the club, and

finally reached 94 not out, ably supported by Andy Guppy (21) Sherborne finishing on 284-3. Unfortunately Harden could not quite register his maiden century.

Lacy made a steady start but Sherborne were always in control, tight bowling from Mark Hancock and Otto Denham saw the run rate climb and a wicket each from Mark Lawrence (8-17-1) and Andy Guppy (8-39-1) strangled Lacy’s batsmen.

More miserly bowling from another youngster, Luke Moyse, brought him four wickets in his five overs which extinguished any hopes of a Lacey win. Roger Parfitt came on to quickly take three wickets to finish with figures of 5-22-3. Sherborne could not get the last wicket to take full points.

by Avril Lancaster The first phase of Shaftesbury’s pre-season friendlies has seen one game postponed and two victories for the first team, and two defeats for the reserves.

The club are looking forward to rebuilding after a successful 2021/22 season, finishing third and winning the Wessex League Cup and Salisbury Hospital Cup. The first team were left without a game as Swanage Town & Herston could not raise a side. Some of the players joined in the reserve

team friendly with Bemerton Heath Harlequins U23’s at Coppice Street. The visitors won 1-0.

The reserve fixture against Verwood Town saw the visitors win 4-1. Josh Maskell levelled for Shaftesbury from the penalty spot, although the Wessex League Division 1 side had the edge with clinical finishing, as manager Rob Andre assesses his options for the 2022/23 Jewson Dorset Premier League side.

The first team started pre-season with the visit of another Wessex League Division 1

side, New Milton Town. Asa Philips was on target early on with Ash Pope scoring the winner as the ‘Rockies’ won 2-1. New Milton Town played their part in a good match in searing heat. They levelled the scores with a fantastic free-kick from Ben Cooper.

The ‘Rockies’ followed this up with a 4-2 win over Wessex League Division 1 runnersup Andover New Street. Both sides played some good stuff with Luke Delaney looking sharp and registering a strike. The other goals came from triallists.

‘Rockies’ get under way for new season

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Charity riders pedal to £10,000-plus

by Andrew Diprose A charity bike tour covering over 280 miles in four days and across four countries is expected to raise more than £10,000 for Teddy20 Supporting Children with Cancer.

The challenge, involving a team of nine cyclists, followed the success of Le Teddy Tour 2018.

The riders began in Watten, France, covering more than 50 miles to reach their first destination.

Day two saw a steady increase in mileage as they cycled 60-plus miles to reach Brussels in Belgium.

Feeling tired, but keen to get going, the team set off early for day three and ended in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, after more than 75 miles.

Day four was the longest day of cycling with over 85 miles to cover before finishing in Essen, Germany.

While tired, the team were

The nine riders who cycled for Teddy20 Supporting Children with Cancer.

motivated to keep pushing, especially Teddy20 Founder, Owen Newton, who was one of the cyclists.

The Blandford-based charity, Teddy20, was set up in memory of Owen’s son, Ted, after he died from a rare form of cancer.

He was ten years old.

Day four of the cycle ride marked 12 long years since losing Ted. Tour co-ordinator Sophie Ferry, who planned and organised the ride, said: “It was a testing day for Owen, and the

whole group, but a day which gave the team the biggest reason to keep on going.

“Day four’s ride was dedicated to Ted and, at the finale, a toast was raised to the special young boy, whose legacy will continue to live on forever through Teddy20 and Teddy Rocks.”

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In addition to Owen, the other cyclists were: Gary Johnson, James Blackham, Alice Jewer, Kevin Strafford, Tom Ringer,

Peter Armitage, Phil Lea and Kelly Wilcox.

The total amount raised, including sponsorship and donations, is expected to exceed £10,000.

Sophie said: “Teddy20 would like to give a huge thank you to the whole cycle team for all their hard work and for coming together to raise money and awareness for Teddy20.

“We’d also like to thank Brian Wareham and Jill Budd for driving the support vehicles and keeping the cyclists safe and on route, and to Adam Gonthier, for his incredible photo and videography skills which allowed us to document the whole journey.

“Special thanks must also go to our sponsors – without their support and donations this tour would not have been possible: Meyers Estate Agents, Blandford Forum, Riverside Travel, Low Energy Designs, Offcamber Cycles and Horrocks & Webb.

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Cars with character in spades Bidding was keen when Dorset Vintage and Classic Auctions at Stalbridge held its latest sale.

Lots from the local Samson Collection began with half a dozen classic bicycles in grand order, followed by 12 immaculate low-mileage motorcycles.

The collection also included affordable classics in the shape of a 1962 Rock and Roll era Ford Consul 375, making £7,150. A lovely SD1 Rover 3500 went at a respectable £9,680 and a modern 216 Rover Cabriolet sold for £3,300.

Individual entries included two Land Rovers, a Series IIA making a respectable £12,650 and a mighty £24,750 was achieved for a limited edition Heritage Defender 90 County TD5s in nice condition.

An imposing 1924 Sunbeam 24/70 Four Seat Tourer took the vintage devotees by storm and nuzzled close to the £100,000 mark, a well-deserved result for a very fine machine. And a

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stunning Morris 1000 Traveller sold for £15,400.

A 1939 Morris Eight Series E saloon romped home at £7,150.

Again it was lovely.

An MG TD Midget was a little careworn though in regular use, so the £14,300 paid seemed fair and a little over estimate.

Morgans always excite and a pile of bits and pieces which might one day become a fabulous 1948 F4 three-wheeler, did not disappoint at £4,620 An early Herald Convertible was probably much better than its outward appearance suggested, so the £3,960 paid was possibly a shrewd buy for someone.

1964 Morris Minor 1000 Traveller.

1939 Morris Eight Series E two-door saloon.

1999 Land Rover Defender 90 County TD5 Heritage Edition.

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Announcements BIRTHDAY LANGDON VERONICA HELEN Birthday 25th July I’m Always thinking of you Veronica, but especially on your birthday. I miss you terribly, with all my Love, your husband, Richard

HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY KEN MITCHELL From wife Hazel and all of the family.

We hope you enjoy your party.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

STANLEY BERTRAM HUNT (Deceased) Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 any persons having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of the above named, late of Castle Hill House, Bimport Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8AX, who died on 24/06/2022, are required to send written

particulars there of to the

undersigned on or before 23/09/2022, after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims and interests of which they have had notice.

RUTTERS SOLICITORS, Market Square House, Station Road Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1FG

ELEANOR MARGARET JUNE TOPP (Deceased) Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 any persons having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of the above named, late of 17 Sweetmans Road, Shaftesbury Dorset , SP7 8EQ, who died on 27/05/2022, are required to send written particulars thereof to the undersigned on or before 16/09/2022, after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims and interests of which they have had notice.

Rutters Solicitors, 2 Bimport Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8AY

GILLINGHAM TOWN COUNCIL COUNCILLOR VACANCY - TOWN WARD Join our friendly and forward-thinking Town Council if you would like to: •

Play a part in making decisions affecting your area • Get more involved in your community • Influence the way local services are provided

Further information about being a Councillor can be found at www.gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk/the-town-council/the-role-of-acouncillor/ or by contacting the Town Clerk Completed application forms must be received by 4.00 pm Thursday 15th September 2022 Interviews will be held on the evening of Wednesday 21st September Application forms are available via website: www.gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk/recruitment/ or by contacting the Town Hall - 01747 823588 or gtc@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

THANK YOU THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY AND FOUR SPECIALS FRIENDS. For coming to celebrate my birthday at The Crown Marnhull (the best pub/restaurant in miles) special thanks to Monty, Gemma and Mark (I think), Harriet, Imogen and all the staff for their friendliness and superb food. We shall return.

MARK PITMAN John, Gina, Gary, Natalie & all the family would like to thank all those who kindly sent cards, messages & donations. Also everyone who attended Mark’s service. A special thank you to Martin & Ali for their special tributes. Please accept this as our personal message of thanks.

MARY JUKES Sandra would like to thank everyone for their cards of sympathy in the death of her mother. Also Bracher Bros (Ben) for their help and guidance with the cremation. Her neighbours for their kind thoughts and offers of help especially Bob and Val (who have been wonderful). Daphne, Eileen and Margaret their support over the last few weeks and Wisteria and the district nurses for all the care they give Mum over the last months of her life.

MEETING PLACE GENUINE KIND MAN 59 would like to meet kind lady for days out meals, coffee and companionship please text 07581 320432

DEATHS ANN REBECCA SKIPPER Died peacefully at home on 10th July with her husband Ian by her side. A dearly love loved wife and mother of Debbie.

Funeral on Friday 22 July at 15.00hrs at Harbour View.

Family flowers only, donations to Marie Curie.

RANSLEY VALERIE Died peacefully at home on 10th July 2022 surrounded by her family. Much loved wife of the late David Edward, mother and grandmother. A private cremation is to be followed by a service of thanksgiving at a date to be confirmed. All enquiries to L C Hill and Son Funeral Directors 01747 860361

JOHN LEVER Passed away peacefully on 13th July 2022 at Castleman House Residential Home, Blandford aged 91 years of Shaftesbury, formerly of Wardour. Husband of the late Rose. Funeral service takes place at All Saints Chapel, Wardour on Friday 29th July at 11.30 am, followed by Interment. Family flowers only please but donations if desired to The Stars Appeal, SDH, may be made online at www.mhfd.co.uk or send to Merefield & Henstridge F/D, Ridgemount, Pitts Lane, West Melbury, Shaftesbury, Dorset. SP7 0BU. Tel: 01747 853532

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Announcements DEATHS MARGARET TOWNSHEND

We understand that saying goodbye to a loved one can be difficult - and we therefore lovingly craft and hand-make all of our willow coffin creations just for you.

Long-standing resident of Sherborne, active in the community despite lifelong total blindness, passed away peacefully on May 29th aged 92.

Memorial service to be held in Sherborne Abbey at 2pm on Thursday August 4th. All welcome

BEAUMONT ANNETTE JEAN Aged 80 years of Castle Cary. On 4th July 2022, peacefully at The Ferns Nursing Home, Yeovil. A much loved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Funeral service at Mendip Crematorium on Friday 22nd July at 2.30.p.m.

Family flowers only please, donations in memory of Annette are being invited for The P.D.S.A. C/O Harold F.Miles, Funeral Directors, South Cadbury, BA22 7ES. Telephone. (01963) 440367

JOHN C JEFFREY On 1st July 2022 peacefully aged 94 years of Donhead St Andrew. Funeral service has taken place. Donations if desired to The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution or Donhead St Andrew PCC or 1st Shaftesbury Scouts Group may be made online at www.mhfd.co.uk or send cheques made payable to Merefield & Henstridge (to be divided equally) or to one of the charities c/o Merefield & Henstridge F/D, Ridgemount, Pitts Lane, West Melbury, Shaftesbury, Dorset.

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AVIS ROGERS Passed away on the 24th of June 2022, aged 89.

Dearly loved wife of the late Alan, Avis will be greatly missed by all her family and friends. Funeral service at St Nicholas Church, Henstridge on the 27th July at 11.30am with a private cremation for closest family.

No flowers, but donations in memory of Avis, if desired, may be left for: British Heart Foundation or Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance. Or sent c/o Peter Jackson Funeral Services, Mons, High Street, Henstridge BA8 0RB Tel: 01963 362 570. (cheques payable to either charity, thank you)

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MARGARET LUCY NEILL Aged 82 of Blandford Forum died peacefully at home on 4th July after a long illness. Much loved Wife, Mum, Nannie and Great Nannie. Will be dearly missed by all. The funeral was held at the Salvation Army Hall, Ringwood on Thursday 21st July. Donations in memory of Margaret to Marie Curie and Weldmar Hospice Care c/o Colin J. Close, Funeral Director, Blandford.

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Announcements DEATHS COLIN JAMES RAYMOND

JUNE DAWN JACKSON

Unexpectedly but peacefully on the 15th June 2022 at home in Henstridge aged 70 years. Much loved and adored by all his family. Private cremation. A service of Thanksgiving to be held at St Nicholas Church, Henstridge on Monday, 1st August at 2pm. Family flowers only please, donations if desired for Prostate Cancer UK or British Heart Foundation. C/o Peter Jackson Funeral Services, Mons, High Street, Henstridge, BA8 0RB. Tel: 01963 362570

Passed away peacefully at home in Blandford Forum on 28th June 2022. Widow to the late Dr John Dill Jackson GP Funeral Service at The Barn, Harbour View Crematorium, Lytchett Minster, BH16 6AN On Wednesday 27th July 2022 at 3pm. No flowers please but donations if desired to Friends of Blandford Community Hospital or Alzheimer’s Research.

At the request of the family please wear a splash of colour

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FOOT ROBERT DAVID (Bob)

Aged 40 years of Charlton Musgrove. On 5th July 2022, peacefully at Yeovil District Hospital. A much loved wife of Paul, mum, daughter and friend. Funeral Service at St Stephen’s Church, Charlton Musgrove on Monday 25th July at 12noon followed by interment in Wincanton Cemetery. Family flowers only please, donations in memory of Samantha are being invited for Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. C/O Harold F.Miles, Funeral Director, South Cadbury, BA22 7ES. Telephone (01963) 440367

Passed away peacefully at home on the 10th July aged 75 years. A much loved Husband to Jill.

He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Funeral service takes place at All Saints Church Closworth on Friday 29th July at 11am.

Donations in memory of Robert are invited in aid of Weldmar Hospicecare and Yetminster Health Centre These may be left after the service or sent c/o Stoodley and Son The Park, George Shopping Centre, Crewkerne TA18 7LU Tel:01460 73229 or online at www.stoodleyandson.co.uk

JOHN OLD Peacefully on the 2nd July 2022 at Yeovil District Hospital.

John aged 76 years of Stalbridge. Much loved Dad & Grandad.

Funeral Service at Yeovil Crematorium on Tuesday, 9th August at 12 noon. Family flowers only please, donations if desired for the Alzheimer’s Society or British Heart Foundation. Cheques to either charity may be sent to Peter Jackson Funeral Services, Mons, High St, Henstridge, BA8 0RB. Tel: 01963 362570

GABRIELLE WILKINS ‘Gaye’ On the 19th June 2022 at home in Marnhull. Much loved wife of the late David Wilkins. Private cremation. Thanksgiving Service at St Gregory’s Church, Marnhull on Monday, 1st August at 2pm.

No flowers, donations if desired for the Woodland Trust. C/o Peter Jackson Funeral Services, Mons, High St, Henstridge, BA8 0RB

WENDY BEATRICE GORDON-SEYMOUR Sadly passed away at home 20th June 2022.

Wendy had 80 good year’s. With family & friends.

Leaving Husband John, Daughter’s Claire & Alison.

Grandchildren Molly & Emily.

We were all so blessed. To have her beautiful sole in our lives caring so dearly. Her wishes were the funeral to be strictly family. Which was carried out at Yeovil crematorium

JUDY UNWIN Announcing the death of JUDY UNWIN (1938 - 2022).

She remained a Motcombe Villager for 27 years (‘because of the people that live here’). There will be a celebration of Judy’s life at the Village Hall on 4th August

THORNE CLIFFORD JAMES (CLIFF) On 28 June 2022 at home in Sherborne, aged 74 years. Son of the late Cliff and Greta Thorne. Formerly of the Western Gazette and South West Trains. Funeral Service to be held at Yeovil Crematorium on Thursday 11 August, at 12 noon. Enquiries to Brister & Son Funeral Directors Tel: 01935 812647

MOORE CLIVE CHARLTON (of Stalbridge) Passed away peacefully on the 6th July, 2022 in Yeovil District Hospital, aged 86 years. A beloved husband of Ann, father to Colin and Ian, grandfather to Alex, Isobel, Oscar and Eliza and brother to Peter. A Memorial Service will take place on Wednesday 27th July, 2022, 2.00pm at St. Marys Church, Stalbridge.

Donations in memory of Clive, for Parkinson’s UK, St. Marys Church, and Stalbridge Cricket Club, may be sent c/o A.J. Wakely & Sons, 16 Newland, Sherborne, DT9 3JQ. (Please make cheques payable to the charity)

EVANS ALEC GORDON Peacefully on 9th July, aged 83 years.

A dearly loved brother and friend to many.

Funeral service will take place at Yeovil Crematorium on Thursday 28th July, at 2:00pm.

Enquiries c/o WS Brister & Son Ltd Tel: 01935 812647

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DANIEL HOLLEX Passed away on 28th June 2022. A much loved Husband to Emma, Dad to Chloe and Georgia, Son to Ruth and Danny and Brother to Matt. Funeral service to take place on Thursday 28th July at 11.30 at Stalbridge Church. Family flowers only.

Donations to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.

C/o Peter Jackson Funeral Services, Mons, High St, Henstridge, BA8 0RB. Tel: 0963 362570

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Funeral service will take place at Yeovil Crematorium on Tuesday 9th August, at 12:40pm.

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KATHLEEN MOODY (Kath) Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who passed away peacefully on July 9th at Dorchester Hospital. Kath will be sadly missed by all who knew her.

Service of thanksgiving to take place in August.

HOWARD EDWARD HUNT Aged 90, formerly of Sixpenny Handley and East Knoyle passed away in Manitoba, Canada on 14th July 2022.

Devoted husband to Josephine, Dad to Sharon and Andrew and much loved Father-in-law and Grandad. UK Memorial Service to be arranged.

Family Run Caring & Efficient • Private Chapels of Rest Personal Day & Night Service “Golden Charter” Pre-paid Funeral Plans available Memorials in Stone Marble & Granite, etc.

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Loving Mum & Grandma, who died peacefully at home on 12thJuly 2022. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. All our Love Robert, Jane & her two loving Grandsons Rupert & Jasper.

You will be greatly missed. Rest in Peace. Donations to https:// www.alzheimers.org.uk/ Enquiries to Colin J Close Funeral Service Peel Close, Salisbury Road, Blandford DT11 7JU. Tel: 01258 453133

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BRACHER BROTHERS FUNERAL DIRECTORS Newbury, Gillingham SP8 4QL Tel: 01747 822494

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The successful candidate will need to be confident, capable of working within the team as well as working independently. Good communication and computer skills required.

Must be flexible to cover holidays. Trained dispenser preferred, but training will be given to the right candidate. Please contact applesmedcentre@nhs.net for an Application Form and Job Description Closing Date Friday 29th July 2022

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Recruitment F CUFF & SONS LTD Experienced/qualified Bench Joiner required for our high quality bespoke joinery workshop. Interesting & varied work. Must be able to work on own initiative.

Immediate start. Competitive salary. For further details and an application form please contact: 01963 23219 info@fcuffandsons.co.uk

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN REQUIRED at Five Square Motors Ltd. £25-£30k annual salary.

MOT licence a plus but not essential. The role will include servicing, tyres/ exhaust and general repairs, Call on 01747852295 or email steve@ fivesquaremotors.co.uk

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TRACTOR DRIVER WANTED on dairy farm, in Sturminster Newton area 01258 472162 PAINTER AND DECORATOR required- on a self employed basis, vehicle and tools required. Must be experienced, long run of work Call Wayne on 01935 872007 M B CROCKER LTD, Egg packers required Weekends 7.30 -2pm (Age 16+ with own transport).

Please call Paul 07967 388895

LOOKING FOR A NANNY 3 days/ week during summer holidays. 07908 787105 HOUSEKEEPER Rqd 4hrs Thur/Fri £14ph 01747 811725 CARER NEEDED to join small team looking after stroke disabled man. Day and evening shifts. Blandford Area 07540 633981 GENERAL LABOURER REQUIRED. 47 hours per week, monday to friday.

Near Winterborne Stickland.

Please call for more information 07796 792064

Dorchester Agricultural and Professional groundcare dealer with attractive salary package.

For more information go to highwood-ag.co.uk or email: nick.green@highwood-ag.co.uk

Warehouse Operative Full Time PA TO THE ARCHDEACONS OF DORSET AND SHERBORNE

Based in Stourpaine, Dorset Are you an experienced and enthusiastic administrator who enjoys a busy and varied work environment?

We are looking for a full time PA to provide administrative support the Archdeacons of Dorset and Sherborne and to support with the smooth running of the Sherborne area office.

For an information and details of how to apply, please visit www.dioceseofsalisbury.org.uk Closing date for applications: Wednesday 27 July 2022.

Wren Classics Limited, Knights Barn Farm, Higher Coombe Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 9LS info@wrenclassics.com

Aluminium and Steel Fabricator required We require an additional Aluminium and Steel Fabricator at our Classic Car Restoration Company near Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Hours available are 8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday.

Full or Part Time hours would be considered for the right person.

No weekend or Bank Holiday working.

Salary will be dependent on experience.

Tel: 01747 852899 for further information.

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Permanent We are a long-established family business working within the Agricultural Industry. We are seeking a responsible and dedicated professional to work within our warehouse department, experience in agriculture is useful but not essential. The successful candidate will work well within a small team and be happy to adapt to various warehouse roles.

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Experienced Bookkeeper/Direct Debit Administrator (Full/Part time) required to join our team at Fowler Fortescue in Fonthill Bishop. The ideal candidate will be competent and confident in Payroll, VAT and preferably have knowledge of partial exemption. Using Xero you will manage your own portfolio of clients to Trial Balance and liaise with accountants at year end. A good working knowledge of the Direct Debit Bacs Scheme is also preferrable. For a full job description or to apply with your CV please email: enquiries@fowlerfortescue.co.uk

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Complete care solutions

Excellent care in a true home environment The care we provide at both The Old Rectory in Stalbridge and Bramley House in Mere is second to none. Our residential care homes offer excellent care within a true homely environment offering a safe haven for vulnerable people living with dementia and age related conditions.

Our residents move safely about our homes and gardens and are encouraged to lead a full and active life.

A real home from home with bright and spacious air conditioned communal areas that provide the perfect space to sit and relax, meet other residents for a chat, enjoy one of the daily activities or simply sit and enjoy watching the world go by. Our bedrooms are light, airy and bursting with charm.

All unique, individually decorated and furnished to a high standard, many offering beautiful views and wet room en-suites.

Our sheltered walled gardens are safe and secure, beautifully landscaped with ponds and pergolas. The raised flowerbeds are specifically designed so residents can easily enjoy the flowers and join in with the gardening if they wish.

Our dedicated caring and professionally trained team provide our residents with all their day-to-day care needs.

Our Activities Hostesses are available every day ensuring residents are kept active and engaged, offering and assisting with many enjoyable activities from crafts and flower arranging to gardening and supported outings in our own wheelchair accessible minibuses. Plus, our on-site hair dressing salons are available 5 days a week to ensure that one can keep up appearances!

Our chefs provide delicious home cooked food sourced, as much as possible, from local food providers. The Chefs adjust the menus with the seasons and with the likes and dislikes of our residents. Food, drinks and snacks are available 24 hours a day plus, we also offer visitors the opportunity to join us and enjoy meals with their loved ones.

At Bramley Care we have a policy of unrestricted visiting. During the difficult times of the covid pandemic we provided safe on-site visiting in our garden rooms where loved ones could meet each other in a covid safe environment. Now that the Government restrictions have relaxed, we are able to return to our unrestricted visiting policy. Friends and relatives can follow their loved one’s activities on Facebook. Immediate family or friends can also follow their day-to-care via our on-line care planning system.

At Bramley Care we recognise the high costs and financial uncertainty that one faces when having to move into residential care, especially now with rampant inflation pushing costs constantly upwards. To provide our residents with peace of mind we offer a ‘fee for life’; We promise that the fee agreed will not change, therefore giving our residents and their relatives a chance to budget and plan for the future.

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Assistant Groundsman Required September

A hard-working and adaptable person is required to join our small Grounds team caring for our games pitches, grounds and gardens. No previous experience necessary.

All training provided.

For further details please contact: Chris Stewart, Sandroyd, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Nr Salisbury, SP5 5QD Tel: 01725 516329 bursar@sandroyd.com www.sandroyd.org

Closing date Friday 12 August

Sandroyd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

This post involves contact with children and is classed as “regulated activity” by the UK government. As such, a number of mandated pre-employment checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken to ensure that the successful candidate is suitable for work with children. Additionally, suitability for work with children will be assessed by taking up appropriate references and at interview. Finally, candidates should be aware that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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Two Domestic Assistants

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Youngstock Unit Foreman We require an experienced stock person to take on full day to day responsibility of our progressive youngstock herd for our established Holstein Friesian herd in Somerset.

The successful candidate must be passionate about youngstock rearing from calf through to calving and be committed to providing our dairies with quality replacements.

An ideal role for someone looking to specialise, join a large team with a positive, ambitious vision and the opportunity for career progression. The role could suit a couple or an experienced herdsman looking to be relived from milking duties.

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We seek 2 cheerful, energetic and hardworking individuals to be part of the School’s cleaning team.

Term time only.

Meals provided during working hours.

For further details please contact: Chris Stewart, Sandroyd, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Nr Salisbury, SP5 5QD Tel: 01725 516329 bursar@sandroyd.com www.sandroyd.org

Closing date Friday 29 July Interviews the following week Sandroyd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post involves contact with children and is classed as “regulated activity” by the UK government. As such, a number of mandated preemployment checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken to ensure that the successful candidate is suitable for work with children. Additionally, suitability for work with children will be assessed by taking up appropriate references and at interview. Finally, candidates should be aware that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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2nd CHEF / COOK

KITCHEN ASSISTANT

A great opportunity for an enthusiastic team player to join our friendly kitchen staff.

Join our friendly kitchen team in this thriving school.

The role involves washing up, simple food preparation, general assistance.

40hrs per week. Term time only (34 weeks) with school holidays off. Some flexibility around shifts for the right candidate and a competitive salary.

For an application form please see our website, or for more information email office@hanfordschool.co.uk Hanford is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Registered charity number 01001751

Charity Shop Manager The Friends of Blandford Hospital Charity are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced retailer with great people skills, who is confident working with our wonderful team of volunteers.

You will be organised, driven and experienced in overseeing the day to day business of our two established shops in Blandford and Sturminster Newton and the storage facility. A background in charity retailing would be an advantage for this position.

Excellent customer service is essential and you will have the ability to manage a team of volunteers, handle cash and h ave an understanding of a retail environment.

The post is part time with a salary of £20,000 based on 28 hours per week over 5 days and some weekend work will be required.

Please phone The Friends Office on 01258 450095 for a job description/specification or download from our website: www.friendsofblandford.org.uk and apply by sending your CV to The Friends Office, Blandford Hospital, Milldown Road, Blandford, Dorset, DT11 7DD.

Term time only (34 weeks a year) with school holidays off. Competitive salary.

For more information please email office@hanfordschool.co.uk or www.hanfordschool.co.uk Hanford is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Registered charity number 01001751

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For further details or to submit CV, please email katie@ritchiebuild.co.uk or call the office on 01258-456513

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MULTISKILLED OPERATIVE W D Ritchie LTD have a vacancy for a full-time multiskilled operative to join our adaptations teams working within domestic properties throughout Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire. Applicants should have a basic working knowledge of domestic plumbing installations, general carpentry, patch repair plastering, tiling and decorating etc to provide shower, bathroom and kitchen adaptions for our varied client base. Applicants should be personable with a positive attitude and an eye for detail.

Previous experience in installation of level access showers would be an advantage but not essential. Competitive rate of pay. For further details or to submit CV, please email katie@ ritchiebuild.co.uk or call the office on 01258-456513

Sandroyd

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Co-ed Boarding and Day Prep and Pre-Prep School

Nursery Practitioner

Riding Yard Assistant

Required September

We are seeking to appoint a warm and enthusiastic Early Years Practitioner with a passion for giving children the very best start in life.

The successful candidate will join a thriving nursery, housed in our new and bespoke nursery building in a stunning setting.

Level 3 qualification in Early Years or equivalent required. Term time only.

For further details please contact: Becky Hill, Sandroyd, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Nr Salisbury, SP5 5QD Tel: 01725 516329 bursar@sandroyd.com www.sandroyd.org

Closing date Friday 5 August Sandroyd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post involves contact with children and is classed as “regulated activity” by the UK government.

As such, a number of mandated pre-employment checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken to ensure that the successful candidate is suitable for work with children. Additionally, suitability for work with children will be assessed by taking up appropriate references and at interview.

Finally, candidates should be aware that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

(Part Time)

A cheerful, energetic and hard-working individual is required to be part of the School’s Equestrian Team.

This post is part time.

Previous experience of horse care and schooling essential.

For further details please contact: Chris Stewart, The Bursar, Sandroyd, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Nr Salisbury, SP5 5QD Tel: 01725 516329 bursar@sandroyd.com www.sandroyd.org

Closing date Friday 5 August Sandroyd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post involves contact with children and is classed as “regulated activity” by the UK government.

As such, a number of mandated pre-employment checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken to ensure that the successful candidate is suitable for work with children. Additionally, suitability for work with children will be assessed by taking up appropriate references and at interview.

Finally, candidates should be aware that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

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Field & Stream

Sheep shorn but fleece is worthless

by Tria Stebbing A busy week in the field as we finally got hold of the shearer to come and sort the flock out.

It was touch and go as the sheep needed to be dry, and the weather appears to have settled into a pattern of dry one minute and sharp showers the next.

Which, of course, meant rounding them up. The ewes were away on a far hilltop and the rams a few fields away, not too far but far enough to have to plan how to go about it.

As expected, the girls came as soon as I shook the bucket and faithfully followed me to the paddock the shearer was set up in. They all conformed and got into the fenced- off paddock, except for my Disney Princess who took it upon herself to charge around trying to outwit us. It did not last long, I produced a packet of ginger nut biscuits and it was game over, she behaved.

We were surprised by their condition under all that wool, not too bad, which as most had triplets was good – they were not as skinny as last year. The weather and amount of grass available has played a big part in their condition.

I returned them to their field with a treat before the rams arrived to avoid any unwanted adoration. Him outdoors set off up the hill to lead the rams down and I expected him to be back looking for several of us to help as they are incredibly stubborn.

The fleece is only useful for gardeners as it has many nutrients and can be used for ground cover to deter slugs.

Just as we finished the last ewe, I turned around to see a beautiful line of rams walking through the gate like butter wouldn’t melt, one after the other just like children lining up for assembly.

One by one they walked into the enclosure, then just at the last minute the visiting ram Glastonbury, decided he was not keen. I should say he really is a gentle giant, but if riled can knock us off our feet with no effort at all.

While we were all distracted trying to corner him, Jackie Rose, our shearling, magically appeared having jumped the fence and had taken herself into the paddock to visit the other rams. I would like to think it was to see her twin brother Jed – but who knows! It took a lot of faffing before we cornered

Glasto and he was finally guided into the pen.

I have nothing but sheer admiration for the shearer and his professional handling of the flock, he makes it look so easy, and the sheep really relax into him while he is trimming them.

The rams all done and Jackie

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The fleece is worthless, which I always find odd – it is only useful for gardeners as it has many nutrients and can be used for ground cover to deter slugs. It is my aim though one year to have it washed and spun, as it has such lovely shades of brown. If any spinners out there are up for the challenge, we would love to hear from you.

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It’s open day down on the farm!

by Ruth Kimber

We are holding an open day at the farm in connection with the Somerset Food Trail on Saturday, 23 July.

The starting point is Kimbers Farm Shop, where there will be vintage and modern tractors, and tastings from local suppliers.

Somerset Trading Barn will be joined by more stallholders outside selling antiques and collectables.

The kitchen at Kimbers will be selling barbecue food all day, breakfast through to tea time!

Pulled pork, sausages burgers etc.

Somerset Wildlife Trust and The Woodland Trust will also be attending.

Transport will be available to take visitors to the farm, where you will see the dairy cows, the milking parlour, the yards and barns where the cattle are housed and fed in winter; the turkeys, avian flu permitting; and learn from Tom, the farmer, how your food is produced.

The open day runs from 10am-4pm.

A feast of attractions will be on offer when Kimbers Farm Shop stages an open day.

School children The first of the school visits took place last week, a bus load of very well-behaved primary school children arrived from Chew Stoke, to have a tour of the farm and then picnic in the field, then up to the farm shop where they saw our produce with lots from the surrounding area.

The butchers showed them some of their skills, including how to portion a duck! They also enjoyed some of our sausages, burgers and Clare’s home-made butter shortbread!

More visits are booked next spring, all through the charity Farmlink.

Any interested schools can contact Farmlink at www. farmlink.org.uk where advice and help will be given. Some funding is available for transport to the farm, and help with teaching plans, risk assessments etc.

The day-old turkeys have arrived, so the countdown to Christmas for us has started!

They are so cute when they

arrive but after only a few days they start to grow wing feathers and lose their initial sweetness.

Right from day one they are aggressive feeders and tuck into their chick crumbs, and if they can harvest a passing insect, they will quick as a flash gobble it up – forgive the pun.

However, they are also very vulnerable, mustn’t get too cold, too hot, be frightened with sudden noise etc, which can cause them to flock together and smother.

They also make a good meal

for rats, cats, rooks, crows, magpies and jackdaws.

The birds become less of a threat as the turkeys grow but rats will creep behind a fully grown resting turkey and nibble its parson nose – tail – causing it to bleed, then other turkeys will peck at the blood!

We had a stray cat squeeze into the barn and feast on the baby chicks – expensive taste!

Then there are the foxes and mink to worry about. The barn is like Fort Knox!

The grass is just about

keeping growing for the dairy.

The animals are enjoying the summer and appreciate the high hedge’s shade when it’s hot.

The first of the dairy cows have been dried off, which means they are having a well-earned two-month holiday in a field away from the dairy before having their next calf.

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NFU report sets out importance of soil in food production Investing in the health of the nation’s soil is a key cornerstone to help the UK ensure the future of sustainable food production, meet its ambitious net zero commitments and deliver for the environment, according to a new NFU report.

The NFU’s Foundation of Food report highlights why good soil health is crucial to the nation’s farming systems and is essential to British food production. It explains the benefits healthy soil delivers in reducing flood risk, supporting wildlife habitats and biodiversity, and the sequestration and storage of

carbon.

The report welcomes the focus on soil health in Defra’s first Environmental Land Management scheme (ELM), the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). This is already available to farmers and aligns with the report’s findings for incentives to maintain and conserve soil structure. The NFU is calling for grant schemes that encourage uptake of technology to boost productivity through reduced soil compaction and erosion.

NFU vice-president David Exwood said: “Farmers are in the best position to continue work to support soil health and

National Farmers’ Union vice-president David Exwood.

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“By working together to better preserve and enhance this most valuable national resource, we can make progress towards our goal of net zero by 2040, continue delivering for the environment and allow our farmers to produce sustainable climate-friendly food well into the future.”

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Heat stress in farm animals and what to do

by Alice Miller BVSC DBR MRCVS Friars Moor Livestock Health In my last column I spoke about seasonal conditions we encounter in the summer months. I spoke about preparing for the hot weather we have been experiencing and measures that could be put in place to avoid heat stress.

Even with all the best laid plans, due to the unprecedented temperatures, we have been to treat some animals for heat stress.

So, what can you do if you suspect one of your animals is affected?

To start with, it is important to pick up on the clinical signs as soon as possible. The prognosis will be better if the condition is identified and treated quickly.

Animals should be checked regularly throughout the day. You should look for animals that may appear restless – often they are standing with their heads bowed and have an increased breathing rate, taking rapid, shallow breaths.

You may see excessive drooling and/or foaming from the mouth. Animals which are in extreme distress will be ‘openmouth breathing’ and stand with their necks extended. You may notice heat-stressed cows bunching together, especially in sheltered areas or around water sources, which becomes counterproductive as they will become even hotter in this situation.

Best treatment

If heat stress is not treated it will progress to heat stroke and the animal then loses the ability to control normal functions. A cow with heat stroke won’t drink, can’t stand and will become comatose. They look like a cow with milk fever, apart from their body temperature will be extremely high. Cows with existing underlying conditions, for example pneumonia or low calcium, will be higher risk.

The best treatment is cold hosing, by continually hosing the animal off with cold water for 20-30 minutes you can quickly

Cows can struggle with hot weather. PHOTO: 1195798/Pixabay

bring their body temperature back to normal. A cow with heat stress will readily drink, so make sure she has easy access to plenty of water. A cow with heat stroke will not drink herself so once her temperature has come down with the cold-water hosing call your vet who can administer IV or oral fluids, depending on the state of the animal.

Bringing animals into well ventilated buildings during the day may help, especially where shade is limited outside. They will graze much better in the cooler evenings and early morning.

Remember that several animals will be drinking at the

same time, making frequent visits to troughs, so there should be enough capacity to accommodate the increased demand.

It is important to make sure that water pipes are not exposed – ideally, they should be buried at least 15cm deep to ensure they do not heat up the water. Exercise, handling and transportation should also be avoided during the hottest part of the day.

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On Farm Dispersal Sale of the NMR Recorded NORTH PETHERTON, SOMERSET, TA6 6DFHerd (M5,ofJ24) th 40810ORGANIC CATTLE November atDAIRY 10.30am with the Heifer Calves Tuesday Comp: 232 Dairy & Heifers Inmilk &/orDairy Incalf; 26 Grazing The Cows November Collective Sale of Cows; 23 Incalf, 17 Served; 25 Bulling, 38 Yearling & Younger Heifers, 305 DAIRY CATTLE 45 A Lot Heifer Calves & 1 Pedigree Limousin Bull HERDCalved AV: 7481 KGS.& 4.03 %BF 3.16%P SCC=149 Bettiscombe n * 87NMR Freshly Cows Heifers from Beneknowle, HERRINGBONE Parlour; CUBICLE Housed *(x14) Birchwood (x18 Dispersal) Clevian, Dinnaton, Dorset (x11) YOUNG COWS: 149 1st -3rd Lactation *Hinton, Huntlodge, Lilylane, Peacehay & Rothereld Farms LLP * CALVING: May-Aug (94); Sept-Dec (51); Jan-Mar (73) SIRES INC: Pirate Red; Gesico; Appeal; Peter; Plashoeve; Siganl Red; Crossbreds) * (x12, Ivanhoe; Altarabo; Manigo; Blooming Biver; n 16Pharaoh; Incalf Cows from Rothereld Farms LLPJazz;Churchroyd (Crossbreds) Sbamborghini; Solo; Pure Class; Foster; Segas Sonic; n 37Redford; Incalf Heifers from Dayhouse, PT & JC Hinds (Pedigree), Fever; etc.

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DUNG GRAB;For Woodchuck SAND DISPENSER; Maxi Scrape YARD GDW Isaac & Son (Removed from Beer plus Farm, SCRAPER; 10,000l Meuller BULK TANK; HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM; 24:24 Broadhembury, Honiton, HERRINGBONE PARLOUR Westfalia milk meters AutoDevon) ID; Auto wash system (Varioferm) with GreenOak cluster Flush system; Dump line with 3 clusters; The largefeeders; selection of high milkers and dispersal sale cattle ATL cake 3 way Auto yielding race system; Forster Vario combo CALF MILK MACHINE; Crowley 10t FEED BIN with Daltec conveyor system; 20 tonwith Simms (including Pedigree, Commercial and Crossbred) coupled all outdoor FEED BUNKER; (2002) Foot trimming CRUSH. types of dairy youngstock makes this one of our most INCLUDED BY KIND PERMISSION: 2x 2500 gallon Modulo TANKERS; Storth comprehensive salesBAR; to date just whenFUEL dispersals are starting to 7531 Tanker DRIBBLE 2500ltr bunded TANK; Square FEEDER; YARDdown SCRAPER; WATER TANK; LINK BOX; SOLAR Front LINK slow across the country.

Please note thatPANELS; Social Distancing BOX; (2006) JD 512 24m MOUNTED SPRAYER c/w 1000ltrs Front Tank; will beMchale in place ask that28’ only oneTRAILER; purchaser perBed farming (2010) 998 and BALEwe WRAPPER; BALE 40’ Flat BALE business Online Bidding Available onBellinson Marteye.

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Ifor Williams CATTLE TRAILER; (2021) LOW LOADER TRAILER; etc. Full listing on www.gth.net NOVEMBER: For MarksThurs Barn 19th Farm Partnership (Ceasing Dairy Production) SEDGEMOOR AUCTION Dispersal ** LiveCENTRE. Bidding on Marteye. Sale of milking and Pleaseportion register in of the saleCIS at gth.marteye.ie ** incalf heifer ofadvance the 9,160 kgs recorded dairy herd

AUGUST being 200 Holstein Friesians for MB & LC Haskell (Removed from Thurs 18th SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE. The Golden Opportunity Beaulieu Wood Farm, Dorchester, Dorset for convenience of sale).

Collective Dairy Sale of Freshly Calved Cows, Heifers, Youngstock & Bulls. ** Entries Invited **

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ELM TREE FARM, WESTHAM, WEDMORE, North Petherton, Somerset, TA6 6DF (M5, SOMERSET Junction 24)

Wednesday 27th July 2022 at 1pm Telephone: 410278 The Dispersal Sale of 5 Massey01278 Ferguson Tractors, Quads, Farm Machinery Effects TOTAL STOCK FOR&THE WEEK 7143 (2018) JCB TM220 T4A PIVOT STEER TELEHANDLER 2432hrs; (2013 MF Stock from the West Country, sold MF to buyers 4355 4015hrs; MFacross 6170 7041hrs; MF 565 2wd 4731hrs; 135 2WDfrom 3137hrs, KOBELCO SK024 DIGGER 3396hrs; HONDA 500 ESP FOREMAN QUAD BIKE; throughout the Nation HONDA 250 FOURTRAX QUAD BIKE; (2015) Abbey 2000R SLURRY TANKER; Returns for (2010) Bunning Lowlander MK4 75 Rear Discharge DUNG SPREADER; Teagle Titan 7 TIPPING TRAILER; 8’ Livestock TRAILER;2020 CLH Quad Bike Calf Trailer; Saturday 31st October (2015) CATTLE Einboch (73) Pneumaticstar HARROWS c/w Grass Seed Box; DAIRY Heifers to Folding £2080. Tine Others £2020. Cows to £1840.

Others (2004) Teagle XT48 FERTILISER SPREADER; Major 9’ TOPPER; Hardi 850L £1720.

(1184) STORE CATTLE & STIRKS FORWARD STORES (933) Steers to SPRAYER; John Shepherd Springtail CULTIVATOR; 2 x 8’ Ballast ROLLERS; £1365 £1300Primex (AA) £1295 & £1270 Heifers to £1265 Ritchie(FLE).

Yard Others SCRAPER; Slurry(LIMX) STIRRER; Flat(LIMX).

8 GRAB; McHale Bale (CHX).

Others £1235 (CHX) £1200 (LIMX) £1155 (LIMX) & 1T £1150 (HEX). GRAZING SQUEEZE; (2016) Tanco 173 Bale SHEAR; Evans & Reid BUCKET; Amesbury & Puddy SAFETY LIFTING CAGE; (2020) IAE Chieftain Suckler Foot COWS (2)Large to £615 (LIMX). Others £580 (LIMX).

SUCKLERS (4) Cows & Calves Trimming Cattle Crush; (247) 5 x John Shepherd FEEDERS; Ring Feeders; Water to £850 (4x).

STIRKS Steers to £880 (LIMX).Cattle Others £870 (3x LIMX & TROUGHS; Feed TROUGHS; 6 X 10’ IAE Cattle HURDLES; Fencing STAKES; BRBX) £855 (BRBX) & £835 (LIMX).

Heifers to £818 (LIMX). Others £720 (BRBX) Ag Products Maxi DISPENSER; Green Mesh SILAGE COVERS; Qty of various &GATES; £700 (AA).

- Beef Bulls to £400 (CH). Others £398 (BRBX) WaterCALVES PUMPS;(408) Stihl 018 CHAINSAW; HEDGETRIMMER; STRIMMER; £390 (BRBX) & £388 (BRBX). Heifers to £300 (2x BRBX & CHX). Others £285 (CHX) £278 (BRBX) & £275 (LIMX). Black & Whites to £182. Others £165. (4675) SHEEP Store Lambs (2720) to £100. Others £99, £96 & £95. Overall Ave £74.88. Cull Ewes & Rams (1197) Ewes to £137. Others £133. Rams to £166.

LAWN MOWER; 2 XAve ATV£67.10.

SPRAYERS Others £96. Overall BREEDING EWES (204) to £143 (2x). FRIDAY TH INCLUDED

BY KIND PERMISSION: ED85 (11) 3F Reversible PLOUGH; BREEDING EWE SALE (459) Kverneland to £122. GOATS to £187. Overall ave 30 Dowdeswell 100 Series 4 F Reversible PLOUGH etc. Full30 listing on www.gth.net TH STOCK RAM SALE £92.64. RAMS (12) to £225 (2x). Others £136. FRIDAY Forto WJW & Sonshearling.

(Ceasing Dairy Farming (72) £610Tucker for a powerful Others £470. & Relinquishing Tenancy) A 10% plus VAT Buyers Premium is charged on all lots, subject to a cap of £250 The West Country’s Gateway to National Abattoirs plus VAT per lot. Buyers not known to the Auctioneers are required to provide photographic IDReturns to obtain afor buyers number.

Payment by cash2020 and debit card only.

November Monday 2nd ** Live on Marteye.

PRIME CATTLE (93) Steers UTMBidding av 187.4ppk to 213.5ppk & £1,327.28. Others Please register in advance of the sale at gth.marteye.ie ** 209.5ppk, 209.0ppk, 208.0ppk & 206.5ppk. Others £1,293.63, £1,287.00, AUGUST £1,280.30 & £1,261.77. Heifers UTM av 180.7ppk to 214.5ppk (2x) and £1,283.12, Tues 2nd Others MEADON VIEW, LITTLE MARSTON ROAD, £1,310.50.

204.5ppk, 204.0ppk, 199.0ppk (2x) MARSTON & 197.0ppk. Others MAGNA, YEOVIL, SOMERSET, BA22 8BN. The Dispersal Sale of £1,233.42, £1,205.05, £1,201.20, £1,168.50 & £1,138.32.

BARREN COWS (56) the Derek Tottle Collection of 40 Classic Tractors Continental av 118.5ppk to 119.5ppk and £808.40.

Others Native Beef SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE. The117.5ppk.

August Collective av 103.6ppk to 126.5ppk and £906.75. Others 124.5ppk & 118.5ppk. Others Thurs 11th Machinery Sale £882.97 & £861.77. Dairy av 97.8ppk to 113.5ppk and £966.89. Others 112.5ppk & 109.5ppk. Others £945.73 & £914.63. FINISHED SHEEP (654) Lamb ave 202.94ppk to 231.0ppk and £115.00. Others 230.0ppk, 220.0ppk & 219.0ppk.

North Petherton, Somerset, TA6 6DF (M5, Junction 24) Others £113.00, £108.00 (5x) & £106.50.

Sedgemoor Auction Centre

Telephone: 01278 410278 www.gth.net TOTAL STOCK FOR THE WEEK 3904 Forthcoming Special Sales Stock from across the West Country, sold buyersattendance from throughout For full rules ontomarket and the up Nation to date sales list

Returns forwebsite Saturday 16th July market 2022 report. please refer to our and/or Saturday DAIRY CATTLE (48) Heifers to £2750. Others £2500. Cows to £2350. Others th NOVEMBER: Sat 7 £2300. (656) STORE CATTLE & STIRKS - FORWARD STORES (453) Steers to £1670 (CHX). Others (CHX) £1600 (CHX10am & LIMX) & Monthly Catalogued Sale £1640 of Organic Store(2x) Stock £1555 (CHX). Heifers to £1325 (BRBX).

Others £1315 (SIMX) £1300 (AA) & th November Ring 2: Saturday 7 £1280 (BRBX). SUCKLERS (15) to £1420. GRAZING COWS (12) to £1370 (BRBX). Others £1340 (LIMX).Catalogued SUCKLERS (15) to of £1420. STIRKS (203) Monthly Sale Steers to £980 (LIMX). Others £915 (PA) £885 (LIMX) & £840 (AA). Heifers 125 to £1000 (BRBX). Others £955 (LIMX) £905 (LIMX) & £895 (LIMX). CALVES (248) - Beef Bulls to £390 (2x BRBX).

Others £370 (2x BRBX) £348 (LIMX) Suckler Cows, Calves, Heifers & Bulls & £3450 (2x LIMX). Heifers to £355 (AA). Others £288 (BRBX) £285 (BRBX) Approx 12.30pm Ring 1 & £275 (S/DEV). Black & Whites to £120 (HF). (1737) SHEEP - STORE LAMBS (1038) to £133.

Overall average £84.53. CULL EWES & RAMS Entries to date include:(579) to £184. Overall average £110.93. BREEDING SHEEP (26) to £290 for n The dispersal sale of 50 Incalf Suckler Ch, Suffolk shearling ram. Breeding Ewes to £150.

OverallCows average(Sim, £133.83/life.

GOATS average £99.84.

(160) PIGS – WEANERS Lim, (94) He to & £164.

AAx)Overall all pd’d to calf Feb onwards to Ped (34) to £29. CULL SOWS & BOARS (13) to £80. STORES/STRONG STORES Charolais (113) to £156. bull for NB Needham & Sons, Old Henley Farm, Dorchester (changing farming policy).

The West Country’s Gateway to National Abattoirs n 3 BullsReturns – Ch, Hefor & Monday Lim 18th July 2022 n 42 Continental Calves – 6 Ped cows calves PRIME CATTLE (38) Cows Steers & UTM av 232.9ppk to Lim 251.0ppk && £1,852.38.

Others 247.0ppk, 246.5ppk & 245.5ppk. Others £1,669.63, £1,645.02 & n 14 Native Cows & Calves £1,615.68. Heifers UTM av 228.9ppk to 251.5ppk and £1,589.28. Others n 58 Incalf Cows & Hfrs –Others 1 Ped£1,539.18, Lim & 1 Ped He & £1,503.32.

243.5ppk, 236.5ppk & 236.0ppk. £1,536.15 BARREN COWS (35) Continental av 191.3ppk 213.5ppk £1,745.14.

For further information contact Megtoon 01278and 410278 NativethBeef av 191.5ppk to 204.5ppk and £1,596.38. Dairy av 163.4ppk Sat 7 Fortnightly Sale of Pigs 11am to 197.5ppk and £1,316.25. FINISHED SHEEP (1082) Lambs (1082) ave 280.25ppk and £159.00. Others 306.0ppkCatalogued (3x) 305.0ppk & Sat 14th to 308.0ppk ***CANCELLED*** Collective 302.0ppk. Others £154.50, £153.00 & £152.00.

Sale of Purebred Poultry **CANCELLED*** ***CANCELLED*** Monthly General Sale of Thurs 19th Antiques and Furniture ***CANCELLED*** For full st COVID-19 rules on market attendance and up to date sales list please Sat 21 Fodder Sale 1pm refer to our website https://www.gth.net/sedgemoor-auction-centre JULY 25th Orange Market Dedicated Sale for bTB Wed Sat 23rd MonthlyRestricted Sale of NativeCattle.

Store Cattle 10am Ring 2– 15 Months Store Cattle Wed 27th Orange Market Dedicated Sale for bTB Restricted Cattle. Store Over, Prime & Barren Cows.Stock Cattle –&15 Months & Over,Cattle Prime Cattle & Barren Cows. Sale commences 4.30pm to be booked in with the market office by Sat 30th FortnightlythSale of Pigs 10am 18 November. Licences to be obtained AUGUST Fri 5th Mid Summer Ewe and Ram Sale (Including sheep) fromBreeding Truro Trading Standards on MV 03000 Ewes 4pm Rams 4.30pm. orSale Sale commences 4.30pm Sat 6th Monthly200301 Catalogued of Organic Store Stock 10am Ring 2 th Thurs Collective Machinery Sale 10.30am Monthly Seasonal Catalogued Sale of Fri 2711th Sat 13th Monthly Catalogued Sale of Suckler Cows, Calves, Heifers & Breeding & Ewe Lambs 3pm Bulls 12.30pm RingEwes 1 th Mon28 29th Bank Holiday – Normal Market Sat Monthly Sale ofPrime Native Store Cattle 10am Ring 2

Forthcoming Special Sales

Orange Market Dedicated Sale for bTB Restricted Cattle. Store Cattle – 15 Months & Over, Prime Cattle & Barren Cows. Stock to be booked in with the market office by 24 th August.

Forthcoming Fodder Sale Standards on Licences to be obtained from Truro Trading 03000 200301 or CSC.TBlicensing@apha.gsi.gov.uk Sale st NOVEMBER: Sat 214.30pm commences Wed 31st

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QUALIFIED | EXPERIENCED | PROFESSIONAL

Dewlish, Dorchester A productive arable farm in the heart of Dorset

389 acres (157 ha)

Level and rolling chalk downland in a quiet rural position boasting far reaching views. Two grain stores, dryer and former parlour with potential.

Offlying block of 83 acres. Available as a whole or in 4 lots.

Andrew Tuffin 01258 472244 & Will Wallis 01305 236572

Guide £4,435,000 (whole)

CHARITY AUCTION

SATURDAY 6th August 2022 Sale Commences at 10.00am

RYLANDS FARM, HOLNEST, SHERBORNE, DT9 5PS

Auction of 9 Vintage & Classic Tractors, Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian, Ifor Williams Plant Trailer, Shepherd Huts, Farm Machinery, Livestock Equipment & Miscellaneous.

Including: Case 885XL, Ford 3000, Ferguson TED20 (51), Ferguson TEA 20 (48), Fordson Super Major (63), Fordson Power Major (59), Massey Ferguson 188 Multipower, Kubota B8200 with Back Hoe (85), Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian (12), Traditional Shepard’s Hut with Gas Heater, Cooker & Electric Lights, Ifor Williams 3.5 T Plant Trailer (14), Livestock Trailer, New Holland 278 Hayliner, Bamford Trailed Rake, Lely Hay Turner, 8ft Spring Tine Harrows, Amazone Fertiliser Spreader, other Farm Machinery, Various Livestock, Workshop and Gardening Equipment & Miscellaneous

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Guide £40,000

2.23 acres (0.90 ha) of mixed broadleaf woodland with several water filled pits and a small woodland hut, suitable for forestry and amenity uses. Freehold

Will Cairns 01258 472244

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Guide £225,000 Thornford

A fabulous renovation project in an elevated position with far-reaching views across the Stour Valley and surrounding countryside. EPC E. CT Band E. Freehold.

Wimborne 01202 843190

Bagber

Sturminster Newton 01258 474265

Guide £575,000 Fifehead St Quintin

A tastefully modernised 5 bedroom house offering stylish and versatile accommodation, with a pretty, south facing garden and useful outbuilding. EPC D, CT Band E. Freehold.

Dorchester 01305 261008

£2,000 pcm/£461 pw

A beautifully positioned 3 bedroom cottage with large gardens and uninterrupted views. Holding Deposit - £461. Security Deposit £2,307. EPC E CT Band E.

Sturminster 01258 473766

Stratton

Sherborne 01935 814488

Guide £665,000 Donhead St. Andrew

A beautifully presented 3 bedroom detached cottage with garaging and outbuildings, set in a large garden and enjoying a delightful rural outlook. EPC D, CT Band B. Freehold.

Offers over £550,000

An extended, well presented 4 bedroom detached home with a beautiful garden situated in a quiet cul de sac. EPC E, CT Band E, Freehold.

Guide £695,000

A substantial (about 1770 sq ft), newly built dwelling in a glorious rural setting with a south facing terrace and far-reaching views.

EPC & CT Band TBC. Freehold.

Sturminster 01258 473766

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Marnhull

Guide £895,000 Crossways

Built in 2018 to the vendors specification, this detached 4 bedroom property is immaculately presented and offers spacious and light accommodation. EPC B. CT Band D. Freehold.

Sturminster Newton 01258 473766

Coombe Bissett

Dorchester 01305 261008

OIEO £1,400,000 Okeford Fitzpaine

A substantial 5 bedroom farmhouse with annexe, significant buildings (currently let) a 5- pitch campsite, glasshouses, stables, yard and paddocks. In all 11.57 acres (4.68 ha). EPC E, CT Band A. Freehold.

Salisbury 01722 334323

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Guide £775,000

A beautifully extended and improved 4 bedroom house with attached annexe, set in a good sized, private garden within easy reach of local amenities. EPC F, CT Band F & A. Freehold.

Guide £1,100,000

A stunning and immaculately presented 4 bedroom house in a garden of approx 1 acre and planning for an annexe, tucked away in the heart of the village. EPC B, CT Band F. Freehold.

Sturminster Newton 01258 473766

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£525,000 Bayford

A delightful semi-detached Victorian cottage with views over adjoining fields. Living/dining room with wood burning stove, kitchen/breakfast room, conservatory, cloakroom, three double bedrooms with the master having an en-suite shower room, delightful garden and two driveways with space for several cars. EPC Rating: E.

A three bedroom detached house with delightful views over adjoining fields. This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance, modernise and extend (STPP) to create a wonderful family home. Kitchen/dining room, lounge with open fire, large garage/workshop, no chain. EPC Rating: E.

WINCANTON

£410,000

An individual and deceptively spacious four bedroom detached bungalow which enjoys the benefit of a large landscaped garden. Characterful sitting room, separate dining room, large kitchen/breakfast room, master bedroom with dressing room and en-suite and useful attic room.

EPC Rating: D.

SOUTH CHERITON

£430,000

A substantial three bedroom detached bungalow situated in a small close in the sought after village of South Cheriton. Spacious sitting room with open fire, separate dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, utility/boot room, en-suite shower room, attractive landscaped garden and garage.

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Stalbridge – Asking Price £350,000

An appealing detached Georgian style family home with four generously sized bedrooms and delightful sunny garden, situated in a popular residential area EPC B

An appealing semi detached characterful home with three double bedrooms, offered for sale with no onward chain and situated in a no through lane EPC D

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Holbrook - Asking Price £300,000

A choice of two brand new semi detached homes with three double bedrooms, situated on a small private development within the conservation area of the town SAP tba

Agricultural tied dwelling in South Cheriton comprising five bedroomed chalet style bungalow set in fifteen acres with an outbuilding EPC tba

A fabulous chance to purchase a bright and spacious two double bedroom ground floor apartment forming part of a converted Grade II listed house EPC E

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SHERBORNE, DORSET

SUTTON WALDRON, DORSET

STURMINSTER MARSHALL, DORSET

GUIDE PRICE £1,600,000

GUIDE PRICE £595,000

PRICE GUIDE £1,100,000

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EPC Band E

An imaginatively converted stone cottage with spectacular westerly views over the Blackmore Vale

Shaftesbury 01747 850 858 Guide Price £1,275,000

STOURPAINE, DORSET

SHERBORNE, DORSET

ASHMORE, DORSET

GUIDE PRICE £795,000

GUIDE PRICE £330,000

GUIDE PRICE £750,000

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EPC Exempt

A delightful Grade II listed terraced cottage with a pretty rear garden in the heart A Grade II listed, eighteenthPIMPERNE, century cottage which has been beautifully restored LEIGH, DORSET NORTH BREWHAM, SOMERSET DORSET of the village GUIDE PRICE £1,550,000 Shaftesbury 01747 850 858

Guide Price £435,000

GUIDE PRICE (TENDER) £350,000 GUIDE PRICE £560,000 Shaftesbury 01747 850 858

Guide Price £435,000

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SHERBORNE, DORSET

SUTTON WALDRON, DORSET

STURMINSTER MARSHALL, DORSET

GUIDE PRICE £1,600,000

GUIDE PRICE £595,000

PRICE GUIDE £1,100,000

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A beautifully presented part thatched cottage with delightful gardens in a quiet location

Shaftesbury 01747 850 858 Guide Price £1,200,000

STOURPAINE, DORSET

SHERBORNE, DORSET

ASHMORE, DORSET

GUIDE PRICE £795,000

GUIDE PRICE £330,000

GUIDE PRICE £750,000

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EPC Exempt MOTCOMBE NORTH BREWHAM, SOMERSET PIMPERNE, DORSET EPC Band C A delightful Grade II listed cottage in this popular North Dorset village A well presented house with a delightful garden in this sought after village Shaftesbury 01747 850 858 Shaftesbury 01747 850 858 GUIDE PRICE £1,550,000 GUIDE PRICE (TENDER) £350,000 GUIDE PRICE £560,000

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