EVENTS GUIDE n Shaftesbury Library with be holding its next Reminiscence Afternoon on Monday, January 10, from 2.30-3.30pm as part of the Shaftesbury Remembers: Gold Hill Museum Community Project. In this session people will be talking about travel – memorable journeys we have made and reflecting on changes to our means of transport. Tea and cakes will be served. Please book in advance on 01747 852256 or shaftesburylibrary@ dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. n Carpe Diem, seize the day: Have you ever thought of doing this? Well, that is certainly what the speaker at the next Blackmore Vale u3a meeting has done.
Lyricist Miranda Pender overcame a life-threatening illness and in her early 50s, changed her life and changed direction into music. At 52 Miranda learnt the guitar and started writing and singing her own songs so she has more than compensated for the late start! Come and listen to her raunchy, romantic, poignant, humorous songs. The subjects of which range from shipwrecks to stalkers; from the perils of punting to that awkward situation where you discover your lover’s name sewn into the back of his underpants! The meeting is at Henstridge Village Hall on January 11 at 2.15pm n The Church of St Peter and St Paul in Wincanton is hosting a coffee morning on
Saturday, January 8 between 10am and noon. There will be gifts, cake, books and a raffle. Everyone is welcome. n According to its organisers, Café Sci, at The Market House, Castle Cary, is a place where, in an informal café-style setting, there are free monthly talks and debates about the latest thinking in science and technology from researchers and experts. 11 January: Deep Purple: Algal Blooms are melting the Greenland Ice Sheet It is often said that wherever there is water on earth there will be life of some sort. Ice sheets are no different. The Deep Purple Project is examining why purple-coloured algae are growing on the surface of the Greenland Ice sheet.
There are often so many of them that they make the ice look like soot has been thrown over it. They bloom each year down the western margin of the ice sheet, increasing the amount of melt that occurs each summer. Two of the big questions we are trying to answer is how much extra melting do they cause, and will the ice sheet darken over bigger areas in the future as the climate warms and more of the ice sheet melts. Martyn Tranter, Professor of Polar Biochemistry, Joe Cook, Senior Researcher and Ian Stevens , Post Doctoral Researcher, Deep Purple Project, Aarhus university. Further information from Colleen Bower on 07375 890751 or markethouse. bookings@castle-cary.co.uk
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