The New Stour & Avon Magazine

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Friday, May 21, 2021

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Welcome to the New Stour and Avon

Hello again, and I hope the last two weeks have been kind for you.

There’s a general air of optimism hanging over the country at the moment.

Summer is very nearly here, and a lot of our hospitality businesses are finally able to reopen properly.

Whether that’s a trip to the local theatre or cinema, or just meeting up with friends for a meal in a pub or café, we are collectively one step closer to beating this horrible virus.

We have another packed issue for you. One topic that seems to dominate the social media pages is littering and fly tipping.

Is it worse now than ever, and is that linked – as some seem to believe – on the charges now implemented

at the recycling plants across the county?

We spoke to both the people regularly pounding the streets on organised litter picks and Dorset Council to find out more.

We also take a look at the interesting topic of roadside verges and how we can help our indigenous wildlife to use them.

And if you’re looking to get out and about more, head to page 5 1 to find out more about the National Garden Society locations that are planning to open this summer for visitors.

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The bear necessities New facilities for the rescued Wareham Bears opened on May 17 with a double cry from Wareham and Wimborne town criers, and a welcoming volley of musket shots from the Wimborne Militia.

Family members of the collection’s creator, Mary Hildesley, attended together with representatives of the Wareham & District Development Trust.

“This special event not

only marks the hard work our trustees and volunteers have undertaken to provide a new home for the bears,” said Model Town spokesman, Greg Hoar. “It also heralds the opening of all our indoor attractions, including the new Life Before Lego exhibition and the model railway.”

The Model Town currently operates a oneway socially distanced route with no advance booking required.

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What a load of rubbish – Dorset’s litter Barely a week goes by in Dorset without someone, somewhere, holding a community litter pick, or so it seems.

The county has around 20 formal groups, including the one in Witchampton, which welcomed 80 public-spirited villagers earlier in May. They cleared everything from a one-legged gnome, to a discarded coffee-maker along with bags of litter, before enjoying a barbecue at the village club.

Meanwhile, in Blandford, their Love Your Street campaign recently held a two-hour pick. Given they are planning to hold a midsummer pick in June as well as a weekly affair in August, what can be done to help turn the litter tide?

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Staff from Dorset Council’s Waste Services Team probably don’t think so.

Over nine nights in April, they worked 11-hour shifts to

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clear three tonnes of roadside litter and rubbish between the River Stour and River Avon bridges on the A31.

Clearing just eight-anda-half miles of the dual carriageway cost Dorset’s taxpayers more than £25,000 – roughly equivalent to funding one teacher for a year.

So, it’s not difficult to imagine the council’s frustration when litter started to reappear within a few days of the clean-up’s end.

Colehill parish councillor KD Johnson agrees. He’s been organising litter picks for the best part of three decades and the only thing that’s changed is the type of rubbish.

“In the early days we picked up a lot of smokingrelated items but because smoking has declined considerably, there is nowhere near that anymore,” he said.

Like almost all who organise litter picking, he blames lazy motorists and

their passengers who throw stuff out of car windows rather than take it home to their own bin.

“Our parish is a throughrun for people coming from Canford Bottom on their way to Salisbury. Instead of using the bypass they are coming up here and chucking out their food wrappers and drinks cans,” he said. The route via Uddens Drive and Pilford Lane is another litter hotspot, he said.

Lindsay Andrews, a community and environmental campaigner who organises litter picking in the Ringwood area, got into litter picking after becoming concerned about the planet.

“I joined our local ecogroup, Ringwood Actions for Climate Emergency (RACE) and I’m also the Plastic Free Ringwood community leader for the Surfers Against Sewage plastics campaign,” she said.

In April she spearheaded a two-day litter pick involving 24 local organisations with more than 250 participants and they collected nearly 200 black bags of rubbish.

However, she says that while people loathe litter, many enjoy the community spirit that comes from trying to beat it. She believes the increasing interest in social litter picking has come from greater awareness of the environment as well as lockdown. “People have

been out and about in nature more and they have noticed the litter,” she said.

Local litter-busters include the Poulner Pickers, famed for their bright pink jackets, as well as youngsters from the Beaver Scout troup that Lindsay runs.

She believes that involving children in litter picking – in a safe manner – educates for the future, and that this is one of the few ways we will bring down the shocking amount of litter that is dumped, although she has plenty of other good ideas, too.

Polite bins

She persuaded her local MP to raise the issue of a Deposit Return Scheme for fizzy drink bottles – now part of the Government’s Queen’s Speech proposals – and she would like to see bins which ‘thank’ people for posting in litter.

She champions the cause of zero waste shopping.

“If you bought it, it’s your responsibility to dispose of or recycle it properly,” she said.

Lindsay wishes people didn’t have to pick up litter but says that until the littering stops, the problem won’t go away.

“With all the Government cuts our local councils just can’t afford to pick up all the litter,’ she stated.

However, there is one type of litter that local pickers shouldn’t attempt to tackle: fly tipping.

wars and what’s being done about it The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs said 1,870 fly-tipping incidents were reported from 2019-2020 – an average of five a day.

Dumped items were found on Dorset’s roads and pavements 1,127 times over 12 months, accounting for 60 per cent of incidents, while more than 330 incidents occurred on the county’s bridleways and footpaths.

Dorset Council undertook 394 investigations, wrote 282 warning letters and issued 11 fixed penalty notices for this period.

However, one issue many have with councils is the cost of depositing certain items at their public recycling sites.

Residents pay up to £1.50 per bag of rubble, £12 per small asbestos roof-sheet and £5 per car tyre.

be happy to provide support and loan some equipment too.

Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean is also coming up on May 28, so we’d encourage people to get involved with that event.

“We’d like to thank the wonderful people who take the time to litter pick their communities, and the vast majority of motorists who take their litter home and wouldn’t dream of throwing it from their vehicle.”

Cllr Jill Haynes, Dorset Council’s Portfolio Holder for Customer and Community Services, said: “Litter picking costs money that would be far better spent on essential public services, but instead we have to use it to pay for picking up lazy and irresponsible people’s rubbish. Road closures and

other safety measures have to be put in place to protect our workforce on roads with fast-moving traffic.

“While litter picking on high-speed roads should be left to the authorities, if anyone wants to organise their own pick they can get in touch with us via dorsetcouncil. gov.uk/litter-picks – we’ll

Before attempting any litter picking in Dorset visit the following page which contains information regarding safety and risk: dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/binsrecycling-and-litter/streetcleaning/community-litterpicks.aspx Words: Faith Eckersall

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Wimborne business’s customer service is second to none Dacombes of Wimborne are award winners once again, this time picking up gold in the Customer Service category at the recent BH Star awards.

BH Stars is a prestigious awards ceremony that celebrates the very best of business in the BH postcode area.

Over 300 businesses entered the 2020 BH Star awards, which are held in association with Hoburne Holidays, so it’s fair to say that competition is stiff.

The awards ran a little differently this year, so although Dacombes entered before lockdown, it’s only now, with lockdown easing, that they are able to accept their award. Simon Philips of Hoburne Holidays recently made the trip up to Wimborne to present the award to staff.

Matt Renaut, Dacombes’ managing director, said: “We entered the BH Stars Awards before lockdown, and there were a lot of fantastic other companies up for the Customer Service award so we were delighted to have won it.

“We’ve won a lot of national awards as well, including Samsung store of the year and electrical retailer of the year. We’re incredibly proud of each and every one of them. We

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Matt Renaut and Julia Gray from Dacombes accepting the BH Star Best Customer Service award from Simon Philips of Hoburne Holidays

have them all out on display in the store, so anyone can pop along at any time to see them.”

A winning formula

So what’s the formula to Dacombes’ success story?

“It’s a number of different things,” said Matt. “Firstly, it’s the staff. I have to say that we have a fantastic team of staff who really love their jobs.

“We’ve also got nearly 700 five-star reviews on Trustpilot, and that’s really important to us as a company; just knowing that so many people are completely satisfied with the service we give them.

“Also, we’re part of the Euronics buying group, so we’re really competitive on price. Some people might

think that because we’re smaller we won’t be able to compete with online prices or the larger retailers, but we can. And that’s because we are part of Euronics, which is the largest buying group in Europe.

It’s also fair to say that Dacombes do things a little differently. Their Leigh Road shop has a working Neff display kitchen and a complete home cinema set-up. But they are not just there to entice potential customers, as Dacombes will be encouraging groups and charities to come into the store and use them for events.

“We would like to get regular charities in and using our facilities,” said Matt.

Established in 1920,

Dacombes are proud to still be a family-run company, with two generations involved in the business.

Matt’s dad, John Renaut, runs the service department, with mum Carole looking after the finances and administration.

“Dacombes started off selling bikes, prams and batteries,” said Matt. “In the 60s we moved into selling TVs and then just moved with the times.

“We’ve got a fantastic and loyal customer base too, and that’s allowed us to expand and move into things like home cinemas and kitchens.

“We should’ve been celebrating our centenary in 2020 but for obvious reasons we’ve put that back to next year now. We’ve got lots of exciting things planned for 2022.

“For example, next year we’re going to have a competition to find the oldest Dacombes receipt – we’ve got one somewhere in the office from 1945 for a pram!”

To check out the full range of Dacombes’ stock, head online to dacombesof wimborne.com, or drop into their store at 61-63 Leigh Road, Wimborne BH21 1AE. And for more information on the BH Star awards, go to bhstars.co.uk

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Employment Advice Unit proves hugely successful in Dorset A new employment advice unit offering free advice and support is proving to be extremely popular with Dorset residents.

The Unit was started by Citizens Advice in Dorset in December 2020 to provide specialist advice across rural Dorset. The virtual unit supports clients with a range of employmentrelated issues, including redundancy, dismissal, furlough, covid and payrelated issues.

Daniel Cadisch, Chief Officer of Central Dorset Citizens Advice said: “At a time when many people are finding their employment doesn’t have the stability expected, we are available to give advice, answer questions, explain procedures, help draft letters, support in challenging what is happenin, as well as help navigate complex legal systems. Already, more than 100 people have come

to the unit and have been supported by specialists.”

The unit is staffed by experienced advisers who bring a wealth of knowledge and wisdom from their career backgrounds and current training.

The unit’s coordinator, Sarah Campbell said: “Our volunteers are incredibly generous with their time and work very hard on cases, some of which will take months to see through.

They show dedication and care providing help and advice to people. They are all supported by our paid specialists.

“We are lucky enough to have a member of staff through a grant from the Ministry of Justice as part of the Legal Support for Litigants in Person project who brings great strength in HR, a legal specialist who

is on her way to becoming an employment barrister and a senior specialist adviser who has been representing people with employment cases in Dorset for more than 30 years and is a fount of knowledge.”

Sarah continues: “We have several cases which are with ACAS for early conciliation, and others on the long journey towards Employment Tribunals which due to the pandemic may mean a wait of over a year.

“Internally, we have an ongoing training programme to keep up to date with the employment laws.

We have had talks and questions answered by an employment partner at a local solicitor franchise, training from our regional ACAS representative, and shortly we will have a talk by our local Trade Union representative.

“In the future we are looking forward to an HR specialist and NHS Steps 2 Wellbeing Employment Specialists helping us further enhance the skills we offer Dorset residents.

“At Citizens Advice, we give people the knowledge and confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

Contact the Dorset Adviceline on 0800 144 8848 for more information, visit the Citizens Advice Dorset website citizens advicedorset.org.uk or visit your local office website.

New arts programme for Dorset towns

By Faith Eckersall

newsdesk@stourandavon.net

A new arts programme is being launched at five Dorset libraries.

Author events, music, arts, poetry, and dance linked to national celebrations such as National Poetry Day, Black History Month, LGBT+ History Month and World Book Day will be taking place as part of a year-long project.

The digital arts programme is being supported by the Friends Groups of Corfe Mullen, Sturminster Newton, Weymouth, Wimborne and Wyke Regis libraries. It’s being funded by an Arts 8

Council England National Lottery grant which aims to develop libraries as cultural hubs.

Working with The Arts Development Company, Dorset Council says the focus will be on celebrating diversity with bespoke events for specific community groups, including adults living with dementia.

Activities will also support mental health in young people, and adults and children will have the opportunity to engage in the Arts Award Discover and Explore scheme, which provides training for people up to the age of 25 to grow as artists and leaders.

Wimborne Library is one of five in the county taking part in the programme

Cllr Jill Haynes, Dorset Council Portfolio Holder for Customer and Community Services, said: “This National Lottery-funded investment will enable more people to experience art and culture

locally, while also helping address mental health and social isolation.”

All events and booking information will be available at dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/ LibrariesAsCulturalHubs

Charity walk looking for new recruits JK House Training is kindly organising a 15-mile Coastal Tab on Saturday, June 5 in support of the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation and My Time Young Carers.

The challenge will follow a route which takes in some of the stunning scenery on the Purbecks and loops around to the Royal Marines Commando Memorial, at Emmetts Hill, where poppies will be laid in memory of John Thornton, a young Royal Marines Officer from Ferndown who was tragically killed, at the age of 22, while serving in Afghanistan.

The Purbeck hills provide some breathtaking scenery but also steep slopes, narrow paths and tough stairs. If you’d like to join in then you’ll need plenty

of determination – one of the core values of the Royal Marine Commandos – but the sense of achievement will certainly be well worth the effort.

The deadline to register for the Coastal Tab is June 1, but tickets are going fast.

If you think you’re going to struggle to complete the route but would like to get involved, why not do half?

Pick ups can be arranged at Durlston County Park, the halfway point.

To register for the event, please visit the JK House Training website at jkhousetrainingcentre. co.uk/events/coastal-tab where you will find all the information you need and a link to the registration page.

If you’d like to support the event, donations can be made on the site, too.

Simon from JK House Training will also be happy to answer any questions you have have

about the event. Just send him at email at simon@ jkhousetrainingcentre. co.uk

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New shop keeps it local Winifreds 1929 is all about supporting local brands. Steve, the owner is passionate about supporting local businesses, so when you walk into the Winifreds shop, you’ll not only be hugely impressed by the variety and quality of the stock, but also how much of it is locally sourced.

Some of the local businesses you may recognise include Olives Et Al (who are based in Sturminster Newton), Luna Serene Candles from Broadstone, and a wide range of art from the Dorset 2020 Art Society, which is always on display in the shop to view and buy.

It’s no mean feat to get a shop with the range and care in its stock that Winifreds 1929 has, but it’s especially

impressive when you consider that Steve and his team only opened in April.

“We opened on April 12,” said Steve, “which was literally the day that lockdown eased. We started completely from scratch, as the building had been empty for over a year.

“The feedback from the people of Broadstone has been great, as they feel it’s about time that Broadstone had a shop like this, where there’s an interesting and diverse range of products – from luxury handmade chocolates to houseplants.”

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Winifreds1929 continues to add ranges from local suppliers with the arrival of homewares designed by Dorset artist Terri Peay - the designs feature wildlife with a touch of fun and vibrant colours.

A further range of candles have been introduced, these are made in Broadstone by Luna Serene and come in copper coloured travel tins ideal to pack into a case if going away in the summer.

With Dorset Art weeks running from 22nd May until 6th June, Winifreds1929 will be promoting works of local artists with some special prices available for the two weeks; if you have looked previously, it may be an ideal opportunity to purchase.

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This stunning picture of a male kingfisher was taken at Kingfisher Barn in Bournemouth (visitstourvalley.co.uk) by Kerrie Hillebrandt with a Nikon P900 camera. Kerrie is a very keen amateur photographer from Ferndown, and we’ll hopefully be featuring more of her beautiful pictures very soon. If you’re a photographer who’d like to see their work in print then please send them through to dean.mortlock@stourandavon.net

Talk given on vital supporting organisation Fordingbridge Rotary was recently treated to an excellent talk about ‘Blood Bikes’.

Robert Smith, from Serv Wessex, part of the National Association of Blood Bikes, explained how the organisation works and what it’s like to be a blood biker.

One of Fordingbridge Rotary members is one of the 130 volunteers that ride and drive for the organisation.

The organisation is responsible for transporting blood, blood products, human 10

milk, some controlled drugs, and medical equipment, mainly for the NHS, and sometimes in conjunction with the Air Ambulance. They cover the areas of Dorset,

Hampshire and Wiltshire, and are always on the lookout for fundraising activities and opportunities.

Blood Runners, as they’re affectionately called, are

all volunteers, and the organisation runs solely on charitable donations.

All dispatchers, riders and drivers donate their own time and fuel to provide a free service, and they come from all walks of life.

For further details on the Blood Bike service, contact Serv Wessex through its website (servwessex.org. uk). Alternatively, if you are interested in Fordingbridge Rotary then contact them via their website at fordingbridge-rotary.org.uk

Get fitter in the fresh air this summer

By Faith Eckersall

newsdesk@stourandavon.net

Fancy getting fitter? A new outdoor fitness project from Dorset Council could be the thing for you.

The county has revived its Activate Coast and Greenspace programme which had to be postponed from last year due to covid.

Now residents of East Dorset and the area around Blandford can pick from a range of paid-for and free activities to help them get fitter in the fresh air.

Get back in the Saddle, Nordic Walking and Get into Golf are some of the instructor-led courses available. There are also group-led Couch to 5k, Orienteering tasters.

If you want to benefit your mind, too, outdoor yoga, tai chi and mindfulness sessions are also available at Moors Valley Country Park and in Wimborne. Activities will continue to follow strict covid guidelines to keep

participants safe, and all sessions are delivered outside.

The programme also includes a range of free, volunteer-led Health Walks and Health Cycle rides within

the community. Booking is essential for these sessions which were previously just turn up, and for all of the other sessions, some of which charge a small fee.

Check out the activity guide for yourself online at dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/ sport-leisure/pdfs/activateoutdoor-physical-activityguide-2021.pdf

Save the date for a family fun day On Saturday, July 10 there will be a fundraising event on the Minster Green in aid of the Minster Makes Music appeal, and in association with Chris Slocock’s Walking 900.

“We hope very much that this will be a day of adventure for the whole family,” said Chris who is behind the organisation of the event.

The day will also celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wimborne British Legion, with Chris reaching 1,500 laps of the Minster to mark the occasion).

We are inviting charities and organisations to take a table to run a stall either in aid of the appeal or in aid of their own nominated charity –

in which case a small charge will be made.

If you would like a stall please contact Anthony Oliver on 01202 888703.

Chris Slocock’s walking around the Minster has so far raised over £5,000, with the latest donation being £500 from Nicholas O’Hara Funeral Directors.

The aim is also to involve the whole town in this community event. Dorset Youth Marching Band have been booked, and plans are being made to include family adventure activities at the Minster – more details to follow.

Words: Anthony Oliver

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Runner takes on a marathon task

Marathon runner Nick Butter is in the middle of an extraordinary feat of endurance – running a total of 200 marathons in 100 days.

Nick, from Cranborne, has taken on this challenge to launch his own charity in which tiny donations from many people will add up to help problems around the world.

But he also has time to remember other good causes, and he’ll have many thousands of miles in his shoes by the time he takes on the London Marathon for Round Table Children’s Wish in October.

Nick was introduced to Round Table Children’s Wish, which grants hand-crafted wishes to children with lifethreatening illnesses, by his friend Suzie James who is also running for the charity in the London Marathon this year.

Endurance runner Nick is the only person in the world to run a marathon in every country – 196 of them. His current challenge began in mid-April when he left Cornwall on a mission to run 200 marathons around the coast.

This challenge, where he will aim to be the first

person ever to run 100 double marathons back to back, is to raise funds for his own charity called The 196 Foundation, which aims to provide aid to people in need around the world via pledges from supporters of £1.96 per month.

But Bournemouthbased charity Round Table Children’s Wish, which is celebrating its 30th birthday, is thrilled that Nick also wants to help youngsters closer to home.

Round Table Children’s Wish fundraising officer Clare Kyrillou said: “It means so much to us to have Nick signed up as one of our London Marathon runners this year.

“We’re so grateful for his support, as we couldn’t grant our wishes to children without people like him who raise so much money for us through their efforts. We are forever thankful for the energy and passion all our runners are dedicating to our charity.

“We all wish Nick all the best for his 200 coastal marathons challenge and can’t wait to see him in action for Round Table Children’s Wish in October.”

Nick said: “When I heard about Round Table Children’s Wish’s great work for children I knew I’d love to run for them. Although they help children all over the country they have a Dorset base, and as I’m from Dorset too it’s a perfect fit.”

Over the last 30 years Round Table Children’s Wish has helped make wishes come true for many youngsters and their families all over the country.

A dedicated wish coordinator takes care of every detail to ensure each child gets the wish of their dreams, whether it’s meeting a hero, going on holiday with their family, or a special gift like an iPad or computer game.

You can learn more about the work of Round Table Children’s Wish at rtcw.org. Places are still available in this year’s Virgin Money London Marathon – contact clare@rtcw.org Find out about Nick Butter’s Run Britain challenge at nickbutter.com/ run-britain

MP attends Commemoration in Parliament Michael Tomlinson MP was honoured to have attended the ceremony in the Houses of Parliament commemorating 80 years from the bombing of the Chamber of the House of Commons. This took place in Members’ Lobby on Wednesday, May 12, next to the Churchill Arch.

The arch is so called because Winston Churchill suggested that the arch be rebuilt from the original damaged stone as a monument 12

to the ordeal of war.

As a Government whip, Michael was invited to attend the simple ceremony which remembered the moment 80 years ago that Churchill viewed the devastation.

Due to covid rules, just a few MPs were gathered to remember, and wreaths were laid by the two Speakers.

Prayers were said for all those who suffered in the Blitz, and giving thanks for those who fought to protect our freedom.

Here’s why Barclay’s Ferndown branch is closing its doors for good

By Faith Eckersall

newsdesk@stourandavon.net

Barclays Bank says it’s closing its Ferndown branch in July because counter transactions have dropped.

The bank revealed that 84 per cent of its branch customers now use other methods, such as online and telephone, to do their banking, and in the past 12 months nearly 30 per cent of the branch’s customers have been using nearby branches.

“We’ve identified that only 113 customers use this branch exclusively for their banking,” Barclays said in a statement, adding: “Before we make the decision to close any

branch, we think carefully about how it has been used so far. We consider how many customers have been visiting, what kind of transactions they’ve been

making, and all the other ways they’ve been choosing to bank with us.”

The branch will close for good on Wednesday July 28. The closure is one of

three in the East Dorset and West Hampshire area and includes branches in New Milton and Christchurch.

The bank is reported as saying its decision to close the three branches is unrelated to the pandemic.

“Our branch network and the colleagues who work in them remain a vital part of what we offer our customers,” said Barclays.

“Yet with customers visiting our branches less and less each year, we must constantly assess how and why our branches are used and make decisions based on that insight. There will be times when this means that we will make the difficult decision to close a branch.”

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It’s time to ‘Do Your Own Thing’ with Diverse Abilities Diverse Abilities, Dorset’s disability charity, has launched its latest fundraising campaign encouraging people to ‘Do Your Own Thing’ to raise money for the vital services it provides.

Do Your Own Thing is an opportunity for anyone to get involved in fundraising, regardless of their skills or abilities, and the charity has a ‘wall of inspiration’ on its website as a starting point for ideas.

Naomi Richards, fundraising officer at Diverse Abilities, commented: “The great thing about this is that the only limit is your imagination!

So far, we’ve had people running laps of the garden through to training for marathons, hosting virtual pub quizzes and taking part in weight-loss challenges.

We’ve got fundraising support and advice for anyone who wants to have a

Amelie Mortimer running laps around the garden

go, and make sure everything fits within the changing covid legislation.”

Suggestions for activities include learning new skills or languages like Makaton, step count competitions as part of National Walking Month, fancy dress or dress down days, and Eurovision sweepstakes.

The charity also has places available for Wing Walks and Skydives during the year, and has contactless collection pots available for businesses, shops, cafes, and restaurants.

Amelie Mortimer, aged 7 from Blandford, has raised £40 by running laps around her back garden.

“I wanted to raise money for charity because I know it is really important now more than ever,” said Amelie.

Pictures of fundraising can be shared with the hashtag #TeamDA. Naomi added: “We can’t wait to see everyone getting involved and watch the different paths they’ve taken to raise money.

“Our supporters have helped keep us going over the last year. They’re an innovative bunch and we can’t thank them enough!”

Visit diverseabilities.org. uk/dyot to find out how to get involved.

Club restarts regular meetings July 1 will see the return of the Probus Club of Wimborne’s regular monthly lunchtime meetings at Cobham’s Sports and Social Club in Merley.

Probus Clubs were formed primarily for retired men to meet, have lunch together and listen to a range of speakers entertain them on a number of varied topics.

At the Wimborne club, they also arrange social events, including wives and partners, with visits to local attractions and other events during the year.

They welcome prospective new members to come along to one of their lunches and see for themselves.

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Messing about on the river

You know it’s summer when Dreamboats finally open for the summer season.

The good news is that this year they’re opening on Saturday, May 22. So depending on what day you’re reading your copy of the New Stour and Avon, they might already be open.

Mayor donates to kitchen On May 14, Blandford Forum Town Council’s outgoing mayor, cllr Lynn Lindsay, presented Sara Loch from the Community Kitchen a cheque for £3,324.

This is from money raised over her mayoral years 2019-20 and 2020-21.

Due to the pandemic, Lynn was unfortunately unable to hold as many charity fundraisers as planned, but it was still an impressive amount which was greatly appreciated by the Community Kitchen.

Top tractor turnout

A visit to Kyneston Mill’s scented garden

They meet on the first Thursday of every month, and lunches start at midday.

If you would like to come along to one of

their meetings, contact their secretary, John Kent, on 01202 693279 or email secretary@ wimborneprobus.org.uk

Lovers of vintage vehicles should keep an eye out on the roads around Wimborne on Saturday, June 5 as there will be an East Dorset Trac Pack vintage agricultural convoy.

The tractors will be driving (very slowly, obviously) through Wimborne and West Colehill around lunchtime.

Verging on the amazing! …or why you don’t need to mow your lawn in May Five years ago, Dorset Council decided to change the way it mows and cares for verges, grass strips and other urban green patches.

From mowing up to six times a year – with all the cost, carbon footprint and potential danger of slowmoving cutters – it resolved to manage these thousands of acres in the same way we used to manage ancient hay fields.

Now the wildflower charity Plantlife wants everyone to take up this new way of championing biodiversity, by not mowing their lawns this month.

Plantlife’s plea follows several years of success in places such as Dorset, where the county introduced a swathe of new policies, from stripping roadside topsoil to reduce fertility – wildflowers thrive in poor soil – to reducing cutting.

Now everything from Lizard orchids to Pale butterwort thrive along Dorset roadsides, providing nectar for pollinating insects and improving biodiversity. The new regime also saves council tax payers around £93,000 a year, according to figures published in 2019.

Building on this success, the county launched its #LoveYourVerges campaign in March, in partnership with the council’s Coast and Greenspace Service and Litter Free Dorset, to get residents and visitors to value verges and open spaces as an environment in their own right.

It produced a number of eye-catching signs, featuring hedgehogs, mice and insects, which briefly explain why or how a patch of verge or land is being

managed for wildlife.

Launching the campaign, Cllr Ray Bryan, Portfolio Holder Highways, Travel and Environment, said: “Verges are important areas for our wildlife, and we want to continue and expand the work we’ve been doing to create ideal habitats for a wide variety of creatures. We want residents and visitors to love our verges, and appreciate how important they are.”

However, this type of management doesn’t just have to apply to verges – we can also use elements of it to benefit biodiversity in our own gardens, says Plantlife. It is urging Dorset’s gardeners and others to commit to #NoMowMay and join its Flower Survey on the Spring Bank Holiday at the end of the month.

Plantlife’s botanical adviser, Dr Trevor Dines, said: “If you have a lawn, just take the decision not to mow a patch of it, like a Mohican haircut, and see what comes up!”

To maximise the number of nectar-producing

An early spring road verge

flowers on lawns, Plantlife recommends a ‘Mowhican’ style cut in gardens, with some areas of lawn cut once a month and others left until the end of summer. This gives ‘short grass’ plants like daisies and white clover the chance to flower in profusion. Areas of longer grass welcome a wider range of flowers.

And if you think that not mowing the three-metre stretch of grass at the side of your lawn can’t help much, then think again. A square metre of meadow

Oxeye daisy and bird’s-foot trefoil

Picture: Trevor Dines/Plantlife

Picture: Matt Pitts/Plantlife

could have a staggering 570 flowers on it, says Dr Dines.

Surveys show that almost 100 different pollinators, including rare butterflies and bees, have been found on these lesser-mowed lawns, which in turn provides food for small mammals, birds and bats.

“Survey results show flower and nectar production are highest when we mow just once a month,” said Dr Dines.

Plantlife calculates that if you normally spend an hour cutting your lawn every weekend, adopting #NoMowMay would chop your carbon footprint by 293kg per year and save two whole days of mowing time.

And, because more species in your lawn means more carbon storage, your lawn can become a mini carbon store, too!

There’s more info on #NoMowMay at plantlife. org.uk/uk/discover-wildplants-nature/no-mowmay. And here’s a link to the #LoveYourVerge campaign: litterfreedorset. co.uk/current-projectsand-campaigns/love-yourverge-2020 15

Have your say on new green travel routes

By Faith Eckersall

newsdesk@stourandavon.net

Consultation has opened on proposals for a new ‘green’ route connecting Wimborne and Ferndown to Poole, and Merley with Christchurch.

The 51 kilometres of green travel options are part of the Transforming Cities Fund proposals for major cycling, walking and bus

improvements across south east Dorset.

Part of the proposals include new shelters at bus stops which offer real-time service information as well as highway infrastructure changes to improve bus journey times and reliability.

The Transforming Cities Fund believes it will be: “The largest sustainable travel improvement the area

Blandford councillors officially open work of art Earlier in May, the Mayor of Blandford, cllr Lynn Lindsay and the Chairman of the Public Art Working Group, cllr Pat Osborne, officially opened the public art at Badbury Heights.

Although the bench and canopy have been in place 16

for a few months already, this is the first chance they have had due to lockdown and restrictions in place.

For more information about this public art project, go to blandfordforum-tc. gov.uk/the-town/publicart-plan

has ever seen.

“The routes aim to give people safe, quick and environmentally friendly travel alternatives to driving, particularly for short journeys,” it said. “This in turn will help reduce road congestion as well as carbon emissions.”

The proposed route to Poole would, says the TCF, improve links to key local

destinations. These would include shops and businesses in Poole and Ferndown town centres, industrial estates and business parks, Poole Hospital, and a number of nearby schools. The route would also connect into the works underway as part of the Leigh Road scheme.

If you would like to know more then visit orlo.uk/tQdzA

Dorset Tourism Awards now open for business applications The 2021/22 Dorset Tourism Awards are now open, and businesses from across the county are invited to submit their entries.

The Awards, now in their 9th year, cover all of Dorset, including Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, and offer businesses the chance to win not just locally, but to progress on to the regional South West awards and – for matching categories – the national VisitEngland awards.

The launch comes fresh from the conclusion of the 2020/21 awards, held in what was an extraordinary year for tourism, hospitality and the world.

The awards had to change their format several times, with widespread praise from entrants including

such comments as: ‘This was our first year entering and we’ve found the entire process a really positive experience’. Other entrants listed the benefits of entering as increasing bookings, generating PR, boosting staff morale, as well as the free feedback on how their business could be improved.

The 2021/22 awards cover the full range of tourism-related business, including pubs, cafés and restaurants as well as accommodation, wedding and business venues, attractions, events and experiences.

There is a new award for Resilience and Innovation, as well as opportunities to submit entries for unsung heroes, new businesses, dog

friendly, accessibility and sustainability.

Awards organiser Robin Barker said: “The last year has highlighted the need for tourism to adapt and innovate, and the same applies to the Awards. This year sees new categories, new criteria and an extended entry period giving businesses the chance to enter early ‘before the rush’ or to leave it until they have welcomed more visitors if they prefer. We so look forward to engaging with everyone once again.”

The awards are free to enter as they are supported by many sponsors and partners.

Deborah Heather, Director of headline sponsors Quality in Tourism, said: “From the initial Meet

the Finalists event, the team at Quality in Tourism were completely wowed by the Dorset Tourism industry in the 2020 Tourism Awards; the resilience, creativity and innovation was incredible.

“We were inspired to become the Headline Sponsor for the 2021 awards and we literally can’t wait to see what these amazing operators do next.”

Full details of the awards are at dorsettourism awards.org.uk. A series of free online workshops is planned to help entrants, the first being on May 25.

All entries must be submitted online by August 31 but with hopefully a very busy summer ahead it is recommended that businesses enter as soon as possible.

Treetops research centre now reopened Dorset Family History Society recently reopened their local research centre Treetops after being closed since last March.

The centre, at Suite 5 Stanley House, 3 Fleets Lane, Poole, BH15 3AJ, will be opening initially twice a week

on Wednesday and Saturday from 10.30am-2.30pm for personal research only and for a small charge.

The Society’s computers will be available to access the subscription sites Ancestry, Find My Past, The Genealogist, Fold 3 and the

British Newspaper Archives.

Experienced volunteers will be on-hand to give assistance and advice.

Visits must be pre-booked by using the contact form on the DFHS’s website dorsetfhs.org.uk where all the details are listed.

Dorset Family History Society has been having regular Zoom meetings during the lockdown period and has provided a virtual research assistance service by Zoom or telephone, all of which are still continuing.

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Letters

Have your say…

Firstly, I’d like to congratulate you on the first edition of the New Stour and Avon magazine, I’d like to see if you can generate some interest and possible campaign with this possible story…

I’d like to see if any of the readers remember the ‘Knight Statue’ outside Allendale House. I always remembered the statue being decorated with various items as a child – traffic cone hat, beer can in hand, Scarf round the neck, and I even recall dressed in a Hawaiian hula skirt!

Could he make a possible return if funding was raised or there was a campaign for the new replacement? Would this raise any interest with the people of Wimborne?

Maybe even a possible statue of Charles Castleman, who famously lived at Allendale House and was responsible for the promotion of the former Southampton and Dorchester Railway through the town.

Lewis Davies (via email) It has been widely predicted that there would be chaos outside the new Wimborne First School at the end of school, but why are there no double yellow lines to prevent selfish parents from parking on the Burt’s Hill-Cranborne Road corner and blocking the traffic in all directions?

If it is raining, why oh why don’t the parents bring raincoats so the children can walk to their cars which have been considerately parked?

Today it was raining, and the blockage was all caused 18

by the driver of one certain car in a certain colour. I leave you to guess which?

John Brown Wimborne Well done the New Stour and Avon magazine.

Many people including me were very sad to see the original publication end.

The new magazine looks really good – a similar, if not identical, format makes it look and read like a familiar friend.

S. Belwood Wimborne This is in reply to William Gardiner’s letter from the New Stour and Avon, May 7.

The Square was pedestrianised for the benefit of town residents and visitors alike to walk through the square and/or sit on the benches.

The Square also hosts a variety of events for all to

enjoy – which is paid for by event organisers.

Wimborne Minster is a Market Town. The popular Dorset Farmer’s Market is in the Square one Saturday a month from 9am-1pm (just four hrs) and offers a good selection of produce from small holdings, cheeses, home-baked goodies, and handmade, artisan items that are not available anywhere else in town. It is a real asset to the town.

Everyday, all day, the Square is taken up by two cafés. If there are concerns about activities on the Square and the impact on local businesses, one might argue that the cafés, particularly the big one that repeatedly expands its territory beyond the boundary lines and onto pedestrian space, is taking the lion’s share, and business away from other smaller cafés in the

town that have to pay rent.

Wimborne Minster Town resident (via email) I had not heard about your launch in April, so imagine my delight when I found a copy of the New Stour and Avon magazine in Gullivers Bookshop in Wimborne?

After reading it from cover to cover that same afternoon, I simply had to write in and congratulate you on a superb title.

You’ve got the balance of news and features absolutely right, and I’ll be watching (and reading) with interest to see how the magazine develops over the coming weeks and months.

Bravo!

D. Copeland Wimborne Last Sunday (the 9th of May) I popped along to East Street in Wimborne to enjoy some alfresco dining!

The weather was good and the atmosphere was really good, too.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could do this every Sunday?

Eric Smith (via email)

We want your letters

Cartoon by Lyndon Wall – justsocaricatures.co.uk

If you’ve got something to say then why not write in and tell me? Something you like? Don’t like?

Annoyed by a local issue or just want to start a debate? Whatever it is, I would love to hear from you.

Send an email to dean.mortlock@ stourandavon.net

Exciting times for theatre group Can you guess what these places in common: Wimborne’s Pump House, BytheWay, Pamphill Green, Kingston Lacy’s Lime Walk, White Mill, Shapwick, Holt Forest, Priest’s House Museum and Wimborne’s Minster Green?

All are the settings for original site-specific theatre created by Wimborne Community Theatre, telling stories about people who lived in those places.

Since the group was set up in 1991, over 1,000 people have taken part (aged from six months to 89 years), either as actors or working behind the scenes, in over 20 productions performing to audiences of thousands.

In those productions, the audience became a partner in a shared experience, celebrating our sense of heritage and community.

One member said: “I love all the planning, problem solving, learning, making, inventing, bewilderment and chaos that precedes all WCT productions.”

Another said: “Being part of the group is definitely unique, challenging and ambitious, but above all, immense fun – hallmarks of many WCT performances over the years.”

All the productions are researched and devised by members of the group, and new members are always welcome particularly, as we

begin a new project, anyone with an interest in exploring creative ideas as well as the spirit and history of the area in which we all live. No experience is needed, just a willingness to be open and ready for an adventure!

A few years ago, WCT was awarded a Heritage Lottery Grant to make an archival website to preserve the wealth of research materials we’ve accumulated: videos, photographs, scripts, etc. representing so much creativity by so many people, and making them accessible.

The physical materials are also preserved for the future, at Dorset History Centre.

Now WCT members are exploring ideas for a new project. Dependent on a successful funding application, the production will take place in the autumn, performed on or beside the River Allen – one of the purest chalk streams in the UK and France – and the River Stour.

Local schools will be involved, and a new choir and artists, all collaboratively focussing on themes relating to a sense of what it means to live near the rivers, and the importance of the river ecology in our lives.

We’re also inviting anyone living locally to tell us about visits to the rivers, about a favourite place, or times spent fishing, swimming, bird watching, picnicking, reflecting or just walking by

the river. We’ll find ways to incorporate some of these in the production.

Students from Allenbourn School, situated on the banks of the river Allen, have already been busy writing their own river thoughts during the current term. If you would like to read some contributed so far, please

see the website wimborne communitytheatre.co.uk/ river-memories-local-people Or leave your memories or river stories here: wimborne communitytheatre.co.uk/ river-memories Look out for more exciting news very soon…

Words: Gill Horitz

Merley First School is even greener Merley First School has been awarded its second Green Flag by the biggest educational programme in the world.

Students worked through the year to improve their local environment and raise awareness about green issues.

It culminated with the Eco-Schools charity

awarding Merley another green flag which it proudly flies from a flagpole outside the school.

Class suggestions, including litter picking and making bee areas, have been adopted, and the pupils are helping to protect some special orchids that grow near the school.

The school is part of Wimborne Academy Trust (WAT) and headteacher Katharine Anstey said: “Our children have really got involved with all the environmental learning.

“We used Fairtrade Fortnight, World Water Day, National Bee Day, National

Ocean Day and Earth Day to help teach them about issues that impact on us all.

“We took part in the Walk to School Challenge in October and our children have developed conscientious attitudes in improving the world we live in and our local area.”

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Diary of a councillor

Interested in becoming a councillor?

Here’s some more information on the role from the current Wimborne mayor and chairman of the council, Kelly Webb

Two vacancies on Wimborne Council Wimborne Minster Town Council currently has two councillor vacancies which they would like to fill by cooption as soon as possible.

Are local matters important to you? Is it the state of the local park, the need for more activities for young people, improving services for older people, making the roads safer or ensuring that local businesses can thrive? Or you may be looking for a worthwhile and rewarding way to help your local community.

No special qualification is required to be a councillor.

Indeed, it is important that all sorts of people serve as councillors to give a good representation of the community.

Training for new Councillors is also available to help assist with understanding the responsibilities of the role.

So, who can be a Councillor? The easy answer is almost anyone, as long as you…

Are British, or a citizen of the Commonwealth Are at least 18 years old Are registered to vote in the area 20

Have lived in the area or within three miles of the boundary for the past 12 months Have worked or owned property in the area for at least 12 months

If you would like to put yourself forward as a Wimborne Minster Town Councillor and you fulfil the qualifications, please email office@ wimborne.gov.uk confirming that you meet them – and also providing a short statement about yourself including your interests.

Please note, you may not stand for election for the Town or Parish Council if (among other things)…

In the last five years before the day of election you have been sentenced to prison for three months or more (including a suspended sentence) without the option of a fine You are the subject of a bankruptcy restriction order You have been disqualified by the Adjudication Panel for England

People often say to me ‘oh you’re brave’ or ‘rather you than me’ when I tell them I’m a councillor but I think that’s fear of the unknown!

Councillors are made up of all sorts of people – all with one thing in common, they care about their local community.

Some have specific interests or issues that they want to progress, so join the council in order to take them forward. Others may be allrounders who are interested in everything affecting the town to some extent.

There are no particular skills that a councillor needs; it’s more about the time and energy you’re willing to put into the role. That doesn’t have to be onerous but it does involve reading the documentation that committees or the whole council need to discuss and agree a way forward on.

You can do that in your own time – everything is emailed out, and all councillors are provided with a laptop for council business.

The formal meetings take place approximately once a week and a calendar of meetings is provided a year in advance, so you can easily see the time you need to put aside.

At Wimborne Town Council, we are a small operation and run very efficiently with minimal staff in order to keep costs down.

So for change to happen or projects to be taken forward, councillors with ideas will need to invest additional time into researching and managing projects with support from the staff.

All councillors are volunteers, some with fulltime jobs and other interests, so change doesn’t always happen quickly!

Naturally the more councillors that volunteer, the more the work can be shared and the burden is not too great on a smaller number.

We’re currently two councillors short, so it would be super if there are people out there that feel they could really add value by taking ideas forward – rather than just pointing out what needs to be done from the outside!

During the last year, we have come to really value our community, so many wonderful people have come forward to volunteer to help others demonstrating the value of where we live.

Being a councillor enhances that sense of belonging and enables you to contribute to your community for the benefit of all.

After over a year of forced lockdown, Wimborne in Bloom Volunteers returned on Monday, May 10. The photo above shows five of them preparing to give Cook Row a good make over. They will be seen around the Town again on Monday mornings, so if you would like to help and join them to keep the town looking its very best then please contact info@wimborneinbloom.org.uk Words: Anthony Oliver / Photo: Tom Scrase

Apply now for residency before it’s too late Now that the UK has officially left the EU, nationals who are eligible must get their residency status in order to continue to live and work in the UK by applying to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).

The deadline for applying for the scheme is approaching fast as it must be completed before June 30, 2021.

We currently have a number of EU nationals calling us for help with their last-minute application – mostly from Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and Weymouth – but only a few from the North of the county.

We are concerned that some people may fall through the net, particularly those who think they do not need to apply because they have been living in the UK for a long time, they already

have a resident’s card (they still need to apply), or their passport is out of date and it is difficult to renew it at their embassy because of covid restrictions.

This also applies to their non-British family members and children, even if they were born in the UK. We are extremely keen to reach all those who have not yet applied, as they risk of becoming illegal after the end of June.We can also help anyone who has queries about their current residential status.

We are a small team of EUSS advisers from Dorset Race Equality Council and Citizens Advice BCP and we are mobile and ready to help.

Our support is free but time is truly running out.

Words: Christine Brienne

The EU Settlement Scheme Time is running out!

If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen, you and your family members need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to continue living in the UK. To be eligible, you need to be living in the UK by 31 December 2020.

Deadline for applying: 30 June 2021

You will need to complete a short online application form with three key steps: 1) Prove your identity 2) Show that you live in the UK 3) Declare any criminal conviction

It is FREE to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme

The form can be accessed using a computer, tablet or mobile phone.

Guidance can be found at www.gov.uk/eusettledstatus A local team from Citizens Advice and Dorset Race Equality Council has been set up to offer you information and FREE support.

We are Covid aware and will adjust accordingly when assisting you with your application.

Text only: 07761 092704 / Dorset Adviceline 03444 111 444 Email: euss.advice@citizensadvicebcp.org.uk For further information on the scheme, for an informal discussion, a presentation to your group or signposting to specific help, please contact: Christine Brienne, EUSS Engagement Officer, Dorset Race Equality Council Tel: 07743 370459 Email: christine.brienne@dorsetrec.org.uk www.dorsetrec.org.uk

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The parish council in West Parley now have possession of the village’s social club, and have big plans for its future

A new life for Parley Sports Club West Parley residents will be familiar with the building at 275 Christchurch Road, next to the Parish Council recreation ground and located behind the Memorial Hall. It has operated as a private members sports club since the end of the Second World War. The 30-acre site was purchased by public subscription in the 1950s and includes Parley Wood, a site of special scientific interest that adjoins Parley Common.

Exterior looks can be deceiving, and in recent times it has not generated sufficient income to be well maintained and is in urgent

need of costly repairs.

The parish council took back possession of the building and rebranded it as West Parley Community Sports and Social Club. A planning application has been lodged to revamp the premises, the repairs are being costed and the council is considering how to fund.

More details are given on the parish council website at westparley-pc.gov.uk The club has been home to cricket and football teams that have enjoyed much success over the years.

Youth football is thriving and the cricket team are possibly on the brink of securing promotion to the

Southern Premier League for next season. Cricket club chairman Mark Barber said: “Parley Cricket Club are delighted to work with the parish council to protect and enhance the facilities at West Parley Community Sports Club.”

Pétanque is a recent addition to the facilities and the section is well supported.

The intention is for the facility to be managed by the West Parley Community Amateur Sports and Social Club in which sports and social section representatives will contribute to the day-to-day management, along with

parish councillors.

The parish council have declared a longterm intention to protect the site for public use.

Council chairman cllr Philip Bamborough said: “With the proposed 22 per cent increase in new housing planned for the village, it’s even more important there are open spaces for recreation. Improvement and protection of this site is vital.

“We encourage all residents to study the plans on the website and contribute their views to the parish clerk, Mrs Linda Leeding, by email on enquiries@ westparley-pc.gov.uk

Dance group looking for members Southern Star are a sword dance group based in Corfe Mullen. The covid epidemic has affected them like everyone else, but it’s surprising what teamwork and ingenuity can achieve to enable people to keep on dancing.

Three of their members live in the same household and have been practicing a dance for three in their kitchen to music played by a live musician over Zoom.

A bit of research by the group turned up a 16thcentury sword dance that had four dancers who were spaced two metres apart.

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Chalk a two-metre square on the road and hey presto! more dancing.

Now the lockdown is easing and groups of up to 30 are allowed to meet outdoors.

Southern Star Longsword will be back to their usual summer dance practice in the beer garden behind the Dorset Soldier on Monday evenings from 8pm.

Why not try something completely different? Get out of the house, and meet new people – and your first drink is on the team!

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Museum events coming up in June There are some brilliant new workshops coming up at the Museum of East Dorset in June. All, naturally, will adere to all current covid safety measures.

and leaves in clay. Colour can be added to highlight the plant forms and add depth to the piece.

This is a friendly, relaxed workshop suitable for both beginners or those who have enjoyed the tactile nature of clay before. Tiles will be kiln fired and ready for collection about two weeks later.

Price £65 (including materials and refreshments) Feed the birds in style this Spring by creating a trio of natural birdfeeders. A corn dolly for suet and peanuts, a table birdfeeder for fruit and kitchen scraps, and a fat ball birdfeeder. All will be made from weaving English willow.

Botanical Clay Tile Workshop

Date Tuesday, June 15 Time 10.30am-Midday Price £30 Create stunning botanical tiles using our beautiful garden as inspiration.

Capture all the form and details of the delicate petals

Trio of Birdfeeders workshop

Printmaking (Linocut) workshop

with Yanina Stockings

Date Tuesday, June 29 Time 10.30am-1pm Price £25 (plus materials)

Date Saturday, June 26 Time 10am-4pm

In this introduction to printmaking, learn how to create a linocut design that can be used to make your own hand-printed cards or stationery.

Inspired by the museum’s ‘Stationers Shop’ and unique card collection, you will be guided by artist/tutor, Julie Herring, to create your own design for cards or stationery or a subject of your choice.

Classes are small, fun and friendly, no experience required.

Learn how to draw, design and create your own images; safely cut the lino block; ink the plate; and hand-print your designs.

Once completed, you will have a plate to take away with you.

For more information, go to the museum’s website at museumofeastdorset.co.uk

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Starwatch

Planets for insomniacs On Monday May 31, weather permitting, there will be a fine sight for night owls or insomniacs, as the waning silvery Moon rises about an hour after midnight (i.e. Monday morning). Just above it will be yellowish Saturn, second largest of the planets, with rings visible through a small telescope or large, securely mounted binoculars.

Off to the left of this duo shines bright Jupiter – well, it’s not really shining, but reflecting the light of the Sun from its distance of over 700 million kilometres.

Not long before sunrise, at around 3.30am, the trio will be prominent down in the southern sky. If you have a digital camera, fix it to a tripod or just rest it on a book on a table, and preserve the superb sight. Try short exposures from half a second to 10 seconds.

One of them will probably look okay.

Clear skies!

Words: Bob Mizon MBE of the Wessex Astronomical Society

Appeal continues to grow Chris Slocock’s Walking 900 appeal got a massive boost recently with a £500 donation from Nicholas O’Hara Funeral Directors.

A representative from the company said: “The money Chris is raising will go to provide musical support from the Minster in our lovely community.

“For many fundraisers, the last year has been so difficult, and that is why we wanted to support local people doing great things for our communities.

“Chris is a local hero. We wish him well to the end of his laps of the Minster and hope he can meet his target.”

You can support the Minster Makes Music Appeal at justgivingcom/ fundraising/900times aroundtheminster

Verwood Carnival cancelled

Nicholas and Anthony O’Hara with Chris Slocock Photo: Anthony Oliver

Organisers of Verwood Carnival have announced that the popular event won’t be taking place on Bank Holiday Monday because of covid.

A spokesman for the carnival said: “We are saddened to announce that there will not be a Carnival in 2021. Restrictions are thankfully starting to lift, but too close to our dates to be able to give you the full carnival experience.” They said the event would return next year.

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Getting life back on track UK adults are taking life milestones more seriously than ever following 12 months of restrictions.

It’s now just over a year since Boris put the UK in full national lockdown (23rd March 2020). Although it might feel like the world has been put on pause over the last 12 months, new data shows that only one in five UK adults had to put their personal goals or ambitions on hold as a result.

Instead, most Brits have reassessed and changed their goals with the world around them (40%) or indeed have remained determined to follow their career, family or property dreams (31%).

The research from St. James’s Place indicates that COVID-19 has meant Brits are taking their goals more seriously than before, with a quarter (25%) feeling anxious or worried, having lost a year of time working towards their long-term goals. However, a similar number (22%) also feel more focused, having used the last 12 months to reassess what’s important to them, and now know what they want – whether that be a new car, house, job, or even a baby.

It comes as no surprise that the majority of adults valued family and relationships as the most important life focus pre-pandemic (74%), and this remains the same now (78%). However, 59% of Brits now hold personal health as ‘very important’, an increase of 13% from before the pandemic.

Research reveals that people are focused on the positives that have come out of the last 12 months, such as being able to cook more (31%) and having more free time to exercise (25%).

Increased savings are a silver lining.

With hospitality venues, beauty and retail closed and travel abroad restricted over the last year, one in three adults (37%) have also been able to save more money, on average pocketing £1,660, although there is a big gap between men and women at £2,040 to £1,300. The biggest savers by age are 25-34 at £2,330, with the worst 45-54 at £840. A quarter of Brits now claim that having a financial goal is important to them, as a result of the pandemic.

However, despite the influx of cash, most Brits turn to family or friends for financial advice, particularly adults aged 18-24 (family: 61%, friends: 48%), as opposed to a financial adviser (22%).

Seize the opportunity.

If you’re a member of that fortunate group who saved more during the pandemic, now’s the time to take action.

With potential tax hikes on the horizon it’s worth making effective use of the shelters that are available for your money, and checking you won’t pay unnecessary tax on any future profits. If you’ve already got an ISA, consider whether it’s still aligned to your long-term goals.

It’s more important than ever that you’ve got a retirement savings plan in place, your pension is working hard for you and that you know how much a comfortable retirement is going to cost.

Wherever you are on your financial journey, contact Peter Harding Wealth Management today for a no obligation meeting on 01747 855554 or email peterhardingwm@sjpp.co.uk. We are here to help.

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The value of an investment with St. James’s Place will be directly linked to the performance of the funds selected and may fall as well as rise. You may get back less than the amount invested.

The levels and bases of taxation, and reliefs from taxation, can change at any time. The value of any tax relief generally depends on individual circumstances.

All statistics taken from research carried out by Research Without Barriers on behalf of St. James’s Place, sample size 1,026 UK adults, March 2021.

Peter Harding Wealth Management is an Appointed Representative of and represents only St. James’s Place Wealth Management plc (which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority) for the purpose of advising solely on the Group’s wealth management products and services, more details of which are set out on the Group’s website www.sjp.co.uk products.

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Walk

Circular walk from Colehill to Furzehill Route Summary

Here is a walk-from-home exercise which stays mostly within the civil parish of Colehill and takes in a nice display of bluebells in Furzehill Wood during the appropriate season.

Here is a walk-from-home exercise which starts and finishes at Colehill War Memorial (SU 024 009) and stays mostly within the civil parish of Colehill. It is mostly level, over farmland and through woodland with a few short stretches of road walking. It takes in a nice display of bluebells in Furzehill Wood too – during the appropriate season.

At the time of writing the paths are dry and clear of obstructing vegetation, though narrow in places.

Because of some narrow paths and a multitude of stiles and pinch-points, it is unsuitable for pushchairs and for people with restricted mobility. One field has sheep in it, so dogs should be on leads. A couple of the stiles are rickety but the footbridges are sound.

The walk takes a shade under two hours at a fairly leisurely pace.

Begin by crossing Colehill Lane and proceed along the path which passes to the left of an electricity sub station.

Follow the path which

twists along but stays roughly parallel to the St. Michael’s School fenceline until you reach the footpath (E36/25) on the right opposite the Beaucroft School adventure play area.

Turn right onto the footpath and continue to follow the boundary fence of St. Michael’s playing fields – it doglegs to the right and through a chicane gate. Keep going until you reach the next chicane gate and then go left onto the bridleway (E36/24), down the hill, past Chapel Cottage to meet Long Lane.

Turn left and proceed carefully for a couple of hundred metres along Long Lane towards The Horns Inn until you reach the road on the right and our newly refurbished fingerpost.

Turn right (signposted for Dumpton School), walk for 50m or so but don’t go on round to the school. Turn left along Deans Grove for about 150m until you reach the footpath (E36/32) on the right. Take this welldefined footpath between a wire fence to the left and the

Waypoint 1

Footbridge onto Dogdean – 50.81447, -1.97985

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woodland on the right. The footpath passes alongside a large field and then crosses a small footbridge onto Dogdean.

Turn left for about 50m before taking the footpath (E36/31) towards Furzehill down the side of the first house on the right. This actually appears to go through the garden of the house there and behind an outbuilding but it then crosses a stile and proceeds between fencing on the left and right until reaching Furzehill and another stile.

Turn left onto Furzehill for a few metres until reaching the driveway on the right signposted for Nursery Cottage, Badgergate, Uplands and Peace Haven.

A little way up that driveway pass through the gateway on the left into Furzehill Wood – woodlandtrust.org.uk/ visiting-woods/woods/ furzehill-wood. This is the bluebell wood that I mentioned, gifted to the Woodland Trust in 1982.

There is a circular path of

Route Overview

Length 6.17km/3.86 miles Difficulty Easy sorts but we are aiming for the gateway in the north-east corner which passes into the rear of the car park of the former council offices.

It is a bit eerie walking past the boarded-up office buildings and the dedication stone laid by the chairman of the then Wimborne District Council in 1982 but I understand that an agreement has been reached with the prospective developer to maintain a path between Furzehill Wood and the road where the ‘Council Office Now Closed’ sign currently stands.

Take the opportunity at this juncture to go through the entrance behind the council sign to explore the circular network of paths in Woodleaze Copse, which is also set to remain when the former council office site is developed. There is a navigable path round the other side of the old council building that goes in to the copse but it is not clearly defined (yet).

Go back out onto Furzehill and turn left.

Keeping to the right-hand

Waypoint 2

Furzehill Wood – 50.81627, -1.98389

Walk verge, to face any oncoming traffic, walk northwards past The Stocks Inn for about 600m until you reach the entrance to the footpath on the right at Stocks Farm.

There are two footpaths shown on the map here but only one is apparent on the ground. We want the clearly marked path (E45/33) over the stile to the left of the farm driveway. It jinks left after about 50m and passes between fences and past some caravans on the left, after which it opens out into some arable fields and then

onto a narrow woodland path and over a stream to join Long Lane adjacent to Old Dairy Cottage. The field behind the cottage has sheep grazing in it, there is signage on the Long Lane side but not when coming from the north so make sure you have any dogs on leads.

Turn left onto Long Lane for about 400m before turning right onto Footpath E36/5, through some more farmland and horse paddocks. Note that the footpath goes diagonally across the second field to the

stile and another footbridge in the top left corner.

Aim to the left of the leftmost bare tree which you can see on the hedgeline!

The path then goes between field boundaries to join Colehill Lane almost opposite Little Lonnen.

Pass through Little Lonnen to join Lonnen Road, turn left and then right into Sandy Lane and take the footpath (E36/14) on the right between Nos 16 and 18 after about 100m.

This footpath passes along the backs of houses on both

left and right then across the end of Mallard Road before finishing at the end of Glynville Road.

Proceed ahead along Glynville Road and then turn right into Middlehill Road. Continue along Middlehill Road to the footpath (E36/21) across the common at Kyrchil Corner.

Cross Wimborne Road and take the permissive path through Colehill Triangle back to the starting point at the War Memorial.

Words: KD Johnson

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The show will go on – oh yes it will!

Made to Measure Productions and the Tivoli Theatre are delighted to confirm that, following the Government’s latest roadmap announcement, postponed performances of their Christmas pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk will be going ahead from June 2-6.

The run of the Tivoli’s festive production, produced

by Dorset-based Made to Measure Productions, was cut short on December 30 due to Tier 3 restrictions coming into force. They were forced to postpone all remaining performances, including two sold out – to social-distanced capacities – grown-ups only performances, causing disappointment not only to

ticketholders but also to the professional cast and crew who had given up their own Christmas plans in order to bubble together and allow the production to go ahead.

To ensure Government guidelines are adhered to, the audience will watch the show from socially distanced seats, allowing family groups to sit together while maintaining a safe

distance from other audience members. Additional safety measures, such as temperature checking and hand sanitiser stations, will be implemented throughout the venue.

As with the run of performances at Christmas, rigorous cleaning processes will ensure that the Tivoli is as safe as possible for our audiences, cast, crew and theatre The show itself will be performed without an interval, with a running time of around 80 minutes, to avoid overcrowding of the toilets and bar Existing ticketholders for postponed performances who chose to keep hold of their tickets instead of receiving PLEA S KE E CHEC EP KI OUR NG WEBS ITE

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From The Blues Band

PAUL JONES & DAVE KELLY

Fri 28th May, 7.30pm Tickets £23.00

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

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

Wed 2nd June to Sun 6th June, 2pm Tickets £17.50 under 16s £14 Adult version (over 16s only ) Fri 4th & Sat 5th June, 7pm Ticket £17.50 1 in 10 tickets FREE! Via Box Office only (Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

BARRY STEELE & FRIENDS The Roy Orbison Story

Sat 14th August, 7.30pm Tickets £24.50

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

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NOMADLAND (12a) Wed 9th & Fri 11th June, 7.30pm Matinee Thur 10th June Tickets £8.80 Adult £7 Matinee £6 U16s (Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

MONEY FOR NOTHING 20th Anniversary tour

Thur 19th August, 7.30pm Tickets £20

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

DAD’S ARMY Thur 5th to Sat 7th August 7.30pm Tickets £16.00 Matinees Fri 6th & Sat 7th August, 2.30pm Tickets £16.00 1 in 10 tickets FREE! Via Box Office only (Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

CIRCUS OF HORRORS

OVER 16’S ONLY! Sat 21st August, 7.30pm Tickets £26 & £22

Concs (Students over 16 & Over 60s) £23 & £19 (Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

THE BOHEMIANS Fri 13th August, 7.30pm Tickets £20.50 (Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)

PETER PAN

Wed 25th to Sat 28th August, 2pm.

Fri 27th & Sat 28th August, 6pm Tickets £17.50 adults £14 under 16s 1 in 10 tickets FREE!

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

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a refund have been automatically transferred to a new date in June, unless contacted by the Tivoli to be advised otherwise.

Limited tickets are still available for new customers who missed the show over Christmas, or those who now feel more comfortable in attending

an event in a theatre.

Lee Redwood, from Made to Measure Productions, said: “We were absolutely devastated to have to cut the run of Jack and the Beanstalk short over Christmas. The cast were made aware of Tier 3 restrictions coming into force during the matinee on

30th December. Having to continue the show knowing that evening’s performance would be the last was hugely emotional for everyone involved in the production.

“However, with lockdown hopefully ‘behind us’, we cannot wait to bring the magic back to life at the

Tivoli Theatre this June and carry on where we left off in December.”

Tickets are available online at the Tivoli website here: tivoliwimborne.co.uk or by calling the Box Office on 01202 885566.

Further details can be found on the Wimborne Tivoli Panto Facebook page.

Verwood Rotary Club on track for a Rustic 2021 The much-loved Rustic Fayre which usually takes place on the August Bank Holiday at Potterne Park Verwood, is definitely taking place this year.

Ironically, this year it was not covid that threatened to scupper the fayre as we come out of lockdown, but the lack of portable loos.

Every event and campsite this year wants portable loos because of staycation Britain, but after numerous quips from colleagues about

‘having nothing to go on’, Rustic chairman Vern Harris is pleased to report that loos have been booked.

Attractions at the fayre are looking good, with Adam’s Axemen, a kids’ magic show and much more. And there are plenty of outdoor attractions too, including craft stalls, classic cars, a beer tent and a BBQ. Over the years, Verwood Rotary Rustic Fayre has raised over £121,000 for local charities.

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Walking Festival returns for second year After the success of the first one, the second ChalkEscape Walking Festival is taking place from now until Sunday, May 30.

With walks for all ages and abilities, it’s an ideal way to absorb some of the most beautiful countryside England has to offer.

Based around the area of the Cranborne Chase and Chalk, dedicated volunteer walk leaders, route checkers and marshals bring you a series of diverse walks, events and activities, covering some of the Chase and Chalke’s stunning scenery as well as a variety of topics.

Once again all events are free, but spaces are limited so

registration is essential.

To book please go to cranbornechaseAONB. eventbrite.com, and more more information about the festival, go to cranbornechase.org.uk

22 MAY – 6 JUNE 2021 dorsetartweeks.co.uk instagram.com/dorsetartweeks facebook.com/DorsetArtWeeks twitter.com/dorsetartweeks #dorsetartweeks DORSET VISUAL ARTS

Artist exhibiting for Dorset Art Weeks One artist that we highly recommend you check out during Dorset Art Weeks is Wimborne-based Chris Wilmshurst.

Chris is one of the artists during the event that’s opening up her house for an exhibition of her work on

invites you to her exhibition of paintings Open May 22,23,24,27,28,29,30,31 June 1,2,4,5,6 11am to 5pm or by appointment 16 Grove Rd, Wimborne, BH21 1BW 07980 057 423 cp_wilmshurst@hotmail.com www.chriswilmshurst.co.uk

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various dates during the two weeks.

You’ll be able to view her stunning artwork at her house in Wimborne on the dates shown below. And to get a taste of her work, check out her website at chriswilmshurst.co.uk

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Artist showcase for new exhibition Another Wimbornebased exhibitor at Dorset Art Weeks is Vanessa Blunden Fine Art, who will be showcasing two of the many artists on her books during the exhibition.

Featuring the work of Terry Grundy and Ken Hammond, you will have the chance to view the artists’ paintings at Vanessa’s own home from May 22 through to June 6 – 10am-6pm.

Here’s a bit more information about the two artists…

Terry Grundy

Terry Grundy has found great success as one of

Terry Grundy

Britain’s top landscape artists. His meticulous attention to detail and use of natural colours create a wonderful experience.

The Earl of Carnarvon recently commissioned Terry to paint the grounds of his home, Highclere Castle,

Ken Hammond

which serves as the primary filming location for Downton Abbey.

Ken Hammond

Ken Hammond has been greatly influenced by the Dutch Masters and the Norwich School of Painters.

He likes to work in all painting mediums and is always trying to achieve new and different styles.

For more information on the artists shown here, as well as the many others that Vanessa works with, head to vbfineart.co.uk

VANESSA BLUNDEN FINE ART

Vanessa Blunden Fine Art will be exhibiting during

DORSET ART WEEKS

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Elephant’s Breath! Farrow & Ball is sold in reported £500m deal to Danish group It was started by a chemist, John Farrow, and an engineer, Richard Ball, after they met in a clay pit 75 years ago and has now been sold for a reported half a billion pounds.

Upmarket paint and wallpaper company Farrow & Ball is being acquired by Danish coatings manufacturer Hempel.

The company, based on the Uddens Trading Estate near Wimborne, has been owned

by Los Angeles-based private equity firm Ares since 2014.

The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete in the second half of this year.

In a statement Lars Petersson, Hempel Group President & CEO, said: “Farrow & Ball is an iconic, luxury, decorative paint and wallpaper company.

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institutions around the world – all who have a passion for rich colours in an eco-friendly paint.

“I am very proud to welcome our new colleagues to the Hempel family.

“Together we will ensure that Farrow & Ball continues its strong growth journey.”

No figure has been disclosed for the acquisition but, according to the Financial Times, ‘the deal values Farrow & Ball at almost £500m, according to people familiar with the matter’.

The FT also quotes Mr Petersson as confirming Farrow & Ball will continue to manufacture all its paint in the UK as it was ‘a key part in the brand’.

Latest accounts filed by Farrow & Ball Limited with Companies House show the company made a pre-tax profit of £19.8m on a turnover

of £76.57m in the 52 weeks to March 29, 2020.

As at that date the company employed 550 people worldwide, the bulk in sales and distribution (356) with 79 in production and the remaining 115 in administration.

The UK continued to be the largest market for Farrow & Ball, accounting for 69 per cent of sales.

The names of its 132 paints have long been a talking point, ranging from Dead Salmon and Drab Salon to Elephant’s Breath, Nancy’s Blushes and Churlish Green.

Dorset features in several of the names, including Wimborne White, Purbeck Stone, Dorset Cream and Lulworth Blue.

According to Hempel, the acquisition will help in its quest to double revenue to EUR 3bn by 2025 with

Farrow & Ball considered a good strategic match.

The Danish group’s coatings can already be found in almost every country, protecting the world’s buildings, infrastructure and other assets from corrosion.

They range from bridges and boats to power stations and homes.

Mr Petersson said: “I am proud that we have already taken the next step on our journey to double our business.

“The addition of Farrow & Ball to our branded portfolio is another proof point that we are going for leadership positions in key segments and geographies.”

Hempel plans to grow and expand Farrow & Ball globally.

Anthony Davey, Farrow & Ball’s CEO, said: “We are looking forward to taking

Business Matters our growth journey to the next level as part of the Hempel Group with whom we share strong sustainability principles.”

On a message posted on his LinkedIn account, he added: “Looking forward to the next phase of growth and development for Farrow & Ball, as part of The Hempel Group – a world-renowned paint coatings company with extensive expertise in the paint industry and operations in over 100 countries.

“Over the past 6 months I’ve gotten to know this very cool company a little better.

Farrow & Ball started in Dorset in 1946, with local

pioneers John Farrow and Richard Ball.

The pair built their first factory in Verwood and went on to supply paint for the Ford Motor Company, Raleigh

Bicycles, the Admiralty and the War Office.

As the 1960s came to an end, John Farrow and Richard Ball sold their growing business to Norman Chappell.

But soon after, a devastating fire destroyed much of the original factory.

Farrow & Ball then moved to its current home where it has crafted its paint and wallpaper ever since.

The next period of change came in the early 1990s when an advisor on historic interiors, Tom Helme and corporate financier, Martin Ephson took on the company.

Under their leadership Farrow & Ball began to grow, with a focus on restoring heritage properties with colours that were sympathetic to their era.

Words: Andrew Diprose

Cow share scheme boosts local foodbanks A farm near Blandford is offering a ‘cow share’ scheme for beef lovers who want to benefit people less well off.

Launceston Farm in Tarrant Launceston say they have noticed a huge shift in the way people buy food since the pandemic. So they have been coming up with ways to fulfil customers’ new requirements in innovative ways.

“In the past year, more and more of us are trying to source food as locally as we can, while demand for organic food has soared as interest in health and provenance has grown.

“In response to this growing demand, and to help support local food banks, we initiated a Cow Share scheme which now runs every month, for local people who want to buy a share of our organic beef.

A portion of the proceeds is then donated to nearby foodbanks in Blandford and Wimborne, as well as other local charities and projects that improve access to good, healthy food.”

Anyone who has taken part in Cow Share is now being invited to the farm to join a cow safari with Jimi.

The safari is a chance for an up-close and personal introduction to the farm’s organic stabiliser herd and the regenerative farming practices that make Launceston Farm a haven for biodiversity, while producing some of the highest quality food in the UK. Guests will enjoy seasonal produce from the farm during their visit and a hedgerow tipple from the Shepherd’s Hut Gin Bar. Cath said: “As well as our Cow Sharers, we would love to hear from schools and community groups who are interested in seeing organic farming methods in practice. We have finally completed the conversion of the old farm workshop into a stunning new facility, with a kitchen and education space, complete with integrated audio-visual system, adding a new dimension to our visitor experience.

“We already have schools and interested groups booked

in for summer 2021, so if you are interested in finding out more about visiting us

or getting involved in Cow Share, please contact farm@ launcestonfarm.co.uk.”

Launceston Farm, Tarrant Launceston, DT11 8BY 01258 830528 Launcestonfarm.co.uk farm@launcestonfarm.co.uk

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Tanya’s labour of love as she creates leather bags and accessories from saddles “When you are having fun, and creating something you love, it shows in the product.

“I believe you can transfer that energy to material things as you’re creating them.”

The words of Tom Ford, the American fashion designer and film director.

And the sentiments of Tanya Bradley. Because her business really is a labour of love.

The 56-year-old mother of two creates leather handbags and accessories from broken boots and saddles that would otherwise have ended up in landfill. Self-taught, she makes everything by hand using traditional methods and tools.

Her workshop and office is, appropriately, a horse box in the grounds of her Wimborne home. There she spends hour upon hour creating the most amazing products. By her side is her constant companion, Tank, a French bulldog.

Every stage of the process – from design to the actual making – is undertaken by Tanya.

All of the bags are made to order from either a client’s saddle or one from her large supply.

The 13-strong product range varies in price from £120 to £250 and includes accessories ranging from dog collars and bracelets to even a toilet roll holder.

Tanya, who came up with the idea for the business in 2016, sources the leather through Facebook.

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who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, winning team gold for Great Britain, is among the sellers. Her very special saddles will be made into bags to sell on.

Tanya is also commissioned to make specific items from saddles or bridlewear associated with a much-loved, but departed, horse or pony.

Staff acting on behalf of an unnamed, but prominent, member of the Royal Family

also sent three saddles, with Tanya commissioned to make a bag for the member’s birthday.

And the saddle from Freddie Windsor, the Black Shire horse that saw service with the Metropolitan Police for 15 years until retirement, was turned into a saddle bag so his rider could remember him.

Tanya, who had her own pony for many years, said: “Everything I do, from start to finish, is by hand and I’m

totally self-taught.

“To make an item can take from five hours to 20 hours for a large bag.

“It’s very satisfying to take leather which would have gone to landfill and turn it into beautiful objects.”

Tanya, who has two grandchildren, Daisy and Hunter, sells her products through Facebook, her website – bradleyleatherwork. co.uk – and shows such as The Game Fair and Dorset County Show.

Customers have come from as far afield as the United States as well as France and Spain.

The horse box was acquired earlier this year and, said Tanya, “is absolutely perfect.”

She said: “I do everything here and I can work away for hours on end without distraction.”

Words: Andrew Diprose

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Welcome aboard! Spyrosoft and the Jubilee Sailing Trust form new partnership A charity which operates the tall ship Tenacious – a familiar sight in Poole – has formed a partnership with Europe’s fastest-growing technology company.

Spyrosoft, which has its UK headquarters in Ferndown, will assist the Jubilee Sailing Trust in developing bespoke digital services.They will enable the global charity to move ahead with its technology transformation.

In March, Spyrosoft was listed as fifth in the Financial Times 1,000 list of Europe’s companies – achieving the highest annual growth rate in revenue over four consecutive years – and the fastest-growing technology company.

Patrick Fleming, CEO of the Jubilee Sailing Trust, said: “I have been deeply impressed by the rapid growth of Spyrosoft and their open commitment to living the best principles of Corporate Social Responsibility to support charity.

“Its vision and values match those of the JST and we look forward to building the relationship to explore the mutual benefits of our collaboration.”

Andrew Radcliffe, Spyrosoft’s CEO, said: “Spyrosoft is committed to sustainability and our aim is to be an ethical company, mindful of our responsibilities to the local communities where we operate.

“By supporting likeminded organisations, we hope to maintain these values.

“We are delighted to be able to help the Jubilee

Sailing Trust with bespoke digital services that will enable the organisation to move forward and continue its valuable work onshore and offshore.”

The Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) was founded 43 years ago. It offers voyages for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, with the aim of creating lifechanging experiences for disabled and non-disabled people, and people suffering all forms of social isolation.

The charity’s tall ship Tenacious (pictured below) is the only sea-going tall ship in the world designed, built and sailed by a mixedability crew.

She had her maiden voyage on September 1,

2000, from Southampton.

Since 1978 over 50,000 people have sailed with the Jubilee Sailing Trust.

Patrick Fleming joined JST in January 2020. Prior to becoming CEO, he was director of development at the British Library.

A former journalist, Patrick was also editor of the then named Evening Echo, Bournemouth from 1988 to 1990; the Southern Daily Echo, in Southampton, from 1990 to 1996 and the Oxford Mail from 1999 to 2001.

Despite being based in Dorset, Andrew Radcliffe co-founded Spyrosoft in Wroclaw in Poland in 2016, shortly after leaving his role at Ordnance Survey.

He started the company with just 15 people and two projects.

Five years later the company now employs more than 600 people and has offices in five countries.

A year ago it was floated on the Polish NewConnect Stock Exchange.

Words: Andrew Diprose

Patrick Fleming, CEO of the Jubilee Sailing Trust

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Planet Wimborne is now in orbit

Please find attached a copy of your advert to appear in the DORSET VIEW MAGAZINE MAY 2021

How do you feel about the environment you live in? It’s easy to love Wimborne with its history and valley setting, the rivers running through is heart, its closeness to open fields, bluebell woods and ancient forests as well as prehistoric earthworks.

But are you concerned about the future of the town and East Dorset in general – about the loss of biodiversity, maybe, or threats of over population through the mushrooming of new housing developments?

Do you get frustrated by seeing litter being dumped, plastic being thrown away after one use, the overuse of pesticides, portable appliances having to be thrown away because no shops will repair them anymore, pollution

contaminating the River Stour? Or do you worry about the global picture, about climate change and rising sea levels?

The good news is that if you are, there are many like you, involved locally in taking practical steps to improve things.

Wimborne has several excellent groups with ongoing green projects to make the area we live in a better place for us all. These include Wimborne War on Waste, XR Wimborne, Wilding Wimborne and the Green Festival. Now a new organisation joins them,

WIMBORNE WIN ON WASTE® Save your waste and help good causes!

Take any of the following items to

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IMPORTANT: THE CENTRE IS UNABLE TO TAKE ITEMS IN ADVANCE. PLEASE ONLY DONATE ON THE DAY AND DURING THE TIMES INDICATED ABOVE.

We will be following Covid rules.

Please wear a mask, use the one-way system and stay 2 metres apart.

Only items listed below can be taken, please have your donations pre-sorted. · Milk bottle plastic tops only - (Museum of East Dorset) · Crisp packets—not other snack packets—flat and unfolded (Walford Mill) · Biscuit Wrappers—not other wrappers— (Win on Waste) · Pringle tubes—squashed flat (Win on Waste) · Stamps - (Minster Sudan Famine relief) · Empty/broken pens, felt tips, highlighters, mechanical pencils, empty Tippex bottles - not glue sticks -(Ellie’s fund Research into Brain Tumours) · Bras (Poole Ladybird unit – breast cancer) · Toothbrushes, heads & Toothpaste tubes – clean & dry please (Win on Waste) · Greeting Cards - (St Michael’s Sudan appeal) . Aluminium foil & metal tops – clean & dry please (Dorset Reclaim) · Ring pulls form Aluminium drink cans only - (Purple Communities)

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aiming to promote such local environmental initiatives, as well as encouraging other individuals and groups to get involved – a sort of Information Hub for all folk interested in green activities.

It’s called Planet Wimborne and it joins the solar system of Planet Shaftesbury and Planet Purbeck, which are already doing innovative work in their neck of the woods, fields and hills.

Planet Wimborne (PW) comprises a community of local people concerned about the unprecedented climate and ecological challenges facing our planet. It aims to encourage more sustainable lifestyles across Wimborne and the local area, by inspiring, educating, campaigning and raising awareness of key environmental and ecological issues. To this end, Planet Wimborne is setting up live and Zoom meetings for talks, films and discussions, as well as promoting practical events put on by local groups, such as litter picks and tree-planting activities.

In this way, the PW Steering Group hopes more

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people will become active in safeguarding our planet for future generations.

If you feel you, or your own group, would benefit from being part of PW, whatever your age, ability or time availability, the Steering Group would love to hear from you.

To find out more about Planet Wimborne and its exciting new programme of eco and nature-related talks and discussions coming up on Zoom, check out their website planetwimborne.org or Facebook page facebook. com/PlanetWimborne. To join the PW Mailing List, email planetwimborne@ gmail.com

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Win on Waste is back Wimborne Win on Waste are officially back, only now they are in a new location, with a reduced collection and following covid rules.

They will have their first return session on June 12 at the Allendale Centre – previously it was in Wimborne library.

For a full breakdown of the items Wimborne Win on Waste are collecting, check the list to the left, as they are only collecting a selection of their normal items. Not all the charities are accepting

donations yet.

They will be following the covid rules so please wear a mask, be prepared to queue, give your contact details and follow a one-way system.

Their volunteers will not be hands-on this time so please pre-sort your items so it is easy to drop them in the right boxes.

Please note the bins at the Allendale Centre are not yet available due to the one-way system accessing the centre.

Fingers crossed this can once again be a regular event.

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Health & Wellbeing

Coping with panic attacks If you’ve ever experienced a panic attack then you will know how terrifying they can be. Your heart races and feels like it might burst though your chest, you may feel dizzy and your breaths become shallow. Time stands still as your body gets taken over by a rush of unwanted symptoms that can feel a little like a heart attack.

At the moment in my practice, panic attacks are the number one complaint that I help people with – and after the year we’ve had, it’s no wonder. covid has contributed to feelings of anxiety in many people.

Panic attacks can happen whenever our ‘fight, flight or freeze’ response is triggered; when our unconscious perceives a potential danger. Our body is flooded with the stress hormone adrenaline and the physical reaction we experience is intense and often paralysing.

Here are three things you

can do to reduce the severity of a panic attack…

Breathing

Focus your attention on your breath. Breathe in for the count of 7, and then out for 11. Our exhales decrease blood pressure and slow the heart rate, activating our parasympathetic nervous system. This is why a longer exhale is more effective at lowering a heightened emotional state. Do this for a few minutes and notice the calming effect it has on your body and your mind.

Check your posture

To quickly shift from an anxious to a positive state, first check your posture.

Imagine a string pulling your head upwards and relax your shoulders downwards.

Lift your chin and turn your face towards the sky. Smile broadly – even though you may not feel like it – and outstretch your arms. Stay like this for 30 seconds and you will find

your thoughts and emotions immediately begin to calm.

Watch your language The words ‘panic attack’ reinforce the message to your unconscious mind that you are in danger. If instead you say to yourself ‘I’m just having a moment’ or ‘I’m having a little wobble’ it makes that message to your unconscious much less severe – it implies that what you are experiencing is something that will pass. It

will also stop you labelling yourself as an ‘anxious person’.

So banish the words panic attack from your vocabulary now, and you will see how easy it is to take back control.

Susie Carver is the consulting hypnotist with Sea Change Hypnotherapy in Wimborne – seachange hypno.com. Email hello@ seachangehypno.com Words: Susie Carver

What’s the best exercise?

I’m asked this frequently.

My first answer is ‘whatever you enjoy’ as if you enjoy it, you’ll do it again and again and it’s repetition, habit and behaviour that improves our fitness, not a one-off activity.

For you that might be walking, gardening, jogging, dancing, tennis, cycling, swimming or something else entirely!

If you think you don’t like exercise, try and stack the activity with something you do enjoy. For example, I don’t really like running, 40

but I do love chatting and a strong coffee. For me, most of my running is a social event and I meet a group of ladies a few times a week to jog and chat. Without them, evidence shows, my running habit slides downward quickly!

Finding exercise buddies not only helps with accountability but gives me someone to have a coffee with afterwards.

We sometimes need an ulterior motive to get active, and that’s fine; go with it, just make sure it’s positive and fun.

Movement shouldn’t feel like punishment.

How much exercise should I be doing?

Exercise doesn’t need to be strenuous to be beneficial.

In fact if you currently don’t exercise, you’ve so much to gain from just starting to do a little. You don’t even need to wear lycra. Just start by trying to be a bit more active in your day-to-day life. Aim to be physically active every day – it is recommended we do at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise each

week, but if it’s new to you, start slowly and build up.

Any activity that gets us breathless and raises our heart rate is helpful. This can mean different things for different people. For some of us, going for a brisk walk or walking up a hill is sufficient. For others it might be running up the hill. It’s all relative.

The key is to build up slowly and aim to be slightly breathless but still be able to hold a conversation. If that’s too much, dial it back a bit.

Health & Wellbeing

Meditations in nature: Into the blue I have yet to meet anyone who has not felt the healing effect of a walk in a bluebell wood. It is now mid-morning and I am stood in an ocean of dancing bells swaying amid the transient sunbeams that light the woodland floor. The last of the wind flowers, celandine, and primroses cling to tiny patches of ground, steadfastly competing with the abundance of blue, while small clumps of budding woodruff and stitchwort are waiting silently to add to the performance when their time is right.

A blustery wind shudders through the trees, stealing, not only the sweet scent of bells, but also the melodious tune of the territorial blackcaps. Shivering, I pull my coat closer and stop to admire a singular white bell; apparently an outcome of a one-in-10,000 genetic chance.

Bluebells belong to the hyacinth family and need undisturbed soils to grow.

That is why they are most often associated with ancient woodlands. Their bulbs start growing in autumn so that they are ready for the first warmth of spring when their carpet of cobalt, sapphire and violet-blue bells can preside over the woodland floor before the canopy obscures the sun. Although they are a native species to northern Europe, Britain is home to over half of the world’s population, making them an iconic symbol of the British countryside.

As a child, I recall gathering armfuls of bells for my Grandmother but now they are legally protected and so cannot be picked or uprooted. According to old English folklore, I was quite lucky to survive this theft as children who picked bluebells would be captured

Although enjoyment and repetition is key, a bit of variety is also our friend, but we don’t need to overcomplicate it. Athletes talk about cross training, but it’s just a fancy term for variety. It’s great to mix in other activities that improve fitness without tiring us out for our main activity – be that our sport or our everyday life.

There’s wisdom in trying something new, too. It stimulates us mentally, uses different muscles and you might even find you enjoy it!

Katrina Keeling is a Wimborne based fitness instructor and personal trainer. She works at WOW Ladies Fitness, runs Buggybeat cross training for parents and coaches privately. kkfitness.co.uk Email kkeelingfitness@gmail. com

by the fairies and never seen again. On a wild day like today, I could believe that mischievous fairies do indeed lie in wait, but probably the gloomy warning was because all parts of the plant are poisonous.

Apart from the joy of seeing bluebells, there is another woodland friend I want to meet.

That is the tiny, secretive, cuboid moschatel, Adoxa moschatellina.

She has four flowers at right angles and one on top, making her look just like a town hall clock.

At the point of almost giving up, I eventually find a small patch of flowers that are not at all ‘without glory’

as the Greek etymology for Adoxa suggests. Feeling calmed and blessed by this beautiful woodland, I follow the path for home.

Words: Dr Susie Curtin

If you’ve never exercised or have health issues, consult your doctor to check it is safe for you to begin.

Words: Katrina Keeling

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Health & Wellbeing ADVERTISING FEATURE

Joining Slimming World changed my life An unhappy childhood contributed to Zoe Mole seeking comfort in food.

Now she’s just been crowned the Slimming World National Top Target Consultant for 2021. Here’s her inspiring story in her own words My weight issues began when I was just nine years old, after my parents split up.

Around that time, I learned to use food for comfort. I’d buy doughnuts with my pocket money and then go to the corner shop and get penny sweets with the 30p change.

I also used to sneakily eat spoonfuls of golden syrup – if it made me feel good for a minute or so, I’d eat it. My dad worked a lot too, so I’d often cook for us, which usually meant ready meals I could just stick in the microwave or oven.

My size didn’t go unnoticed at school and I was bullied incessantly. I had no friends and would often have my lunch in the school toilets, so no one would see me eating. It got so bad I had to have counselling.

I really was at rock bottom.

I ate to make myself feel better, then cried afterwards

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because I felt even worse.

One day, my sister found me sobbing on the stairs and said, ‘Enough is enough. We’re joining Slimming World’.

So, in January 2002, weighing 13st 7lbs and wearing a size 18, I walked through the doors of my first Slimming World group. It was one of the scariest things I’ve ever done – and also one of the best. The main thing that struck me was the acceptance I felt.

For the first time ever, I found myself in a roomful of people who didn’t judge me and I was immediately made to feel really welcome.

As a consultant myself now, I always remember that.

Having the courage to walk into a group when you’re at your lowest is something to be very proud of.

Staying and listening to the other members helped me so much. At first, I never used to

speak. I stayed every week, but I’d sit at the back hiding.

Then, as the pounds came off, I found my confidence – and my voice – and they couldn’t stop me talking!

I swapped processed meals and sugary snacks for homemade cooking. I don’t think I ever ate fruit and veg before.

I loved that I could still eat pasta, and I loved the freedom of Food Optimising, which meant I didn’t have to count and weigh everything or ever feel hungry.

After all these years, I’m still discovering delicious new recipes each week in my group and it’s brilliant that, despite what a lot of people think, healthy eating doesn’t have to cost a fortune.

It was a dream come true when I hit my target weight of 9st 7lbs, which I’ve been able to keep at for 16 years.

When I first joined Slimming World, I was

worried it would just be something else I failed at.

Week after week though, my group and my consultant helped me to find my inner confidence, and I did it!

I felt comfortable enough to start being more active, taking up running via the Couch to 5K app, and now I’m due to run the London Marathon in April 2022.

In 2011, I decided to train as a Slimming World Consultant. I felt that I wanted to help people change their lives like I’d changed mine. It really is the most rewarding role, seeing people step off the scales feeling great about themselves and their achievements – especially when you know exactly how wonderful that feels.

Now turn to page 63 to try one of Zoe’s favourite Slimming World recipes for yourself.

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Clock in at the Flower Factory You might say that the Flower Factory, a garden centre on the Ringwood Road near Bearwood, is the perfect business to be found in the New Stour and Avon magazine, as the River Stour literally winds around the edges of it.

The Flower Factory has been at that idyllic, rural spot for around four years now, and it’s made up of a happy team of workers led by the manager, Doug Powell.

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Cultivating a cornucopia Deathwatch beetle, rotten thatch, ivy clutching the walls in frosty tentacles.

My dream timber-framed cottage was a mess.

Yet, there was a remarkable tree, resplendent in denuded winter form. As it got light on that memorable second morning, Antheia would have found me clutching a tea cup for warmth as I tried to untangle the garden in my head, labelling feature plants to be nurtured.

Wandering, I spotted two slender stems, one viridescent green, the other a hint of titian orange, about 1.5m tall, obscured by conifers. 15 years later ‘The Twins’ as the tree became known, grew to be my most treasured acer(s).

What is it about acers that unites the generations in veneration? True, they bring structure, variety and colour to gardens. They provide versatile underplanting for larger deciduous trees, or shrubs, having noninvasive roots they can be planted near fences and paths without worrying, and the eclectic leaf forms and their barks and leaf colours provide a veritable cornucopia of delight.

It is more than that though; fellow garden lovers note how reliable, rewarding and independent they are.

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With careful planting and soil maintenance, acers are the most generous of plants.

Other plants come and go, acers stay with us.

All acers prefer a loamy soil and some shade, even if dappled. Lightly mulching them every autumn with farm manure, ensuring it does not touch the stem, seems to encourage the feathering of leaves. When they’re under a metre in size they can be planted in pots, they can also be grown from seed. Acers do not like to be dried out, consistent and scanty water, like that provided by an automatic watering system, is their preference.

Best of all, when one raises them in pots from babies, one can move house and plant them anew. If tempted by a cornucopia, buy lots of fledgling acers, they are so much more affordable. Moreover, don’t be deluded by the massive, expensive ones. Acer joy is multiplied by 3, 5 or 7 different hues, leaf types and barks. How many did we bring in just that way from our old home? 12.

And yes, they’re all now happily settling their roots into the soil.

Words: Emma HarrisCurtis-Monahan

Acer ‘Going Green’

The ‘Twins’ in May and October

Acer ‘Orange Dream’

All photos by Emma Harris-Curtis-Monahan

Homes & Gardens

National Garden Scheme blossoms Gardens across the county are once again opening to the public as the lifting of lockdown restrictions sees the return of the National Garden Scheme.

More than 3,500 private gardens across England and Wales welcome visitors every year, raising money for charity through the sale of admission prices, teas and cakes. After the difficulties of the last 18 months, 2021 looks set to be a bumper year, with many new gardens in the local area registering with the scheme for the first time.

“Even though the first few weeks of the season were challenging, we are now looking forward to welcoming visitors to the gardens as the lockdown restrictions lift and relax,” said NGS Chief Executive George Plumptre.

“We have a particularly exciting portfolio of new gardens opening for the very first time, some 650 in all, as well as more than 350 gardens

Terry and Pauline Wheeler of Wimborne began opening their garden to visitors back in 2008

returning to open after a gap of many years. These gardens – along with 3,000 others, illustrate the range and diversity that is now such a hallmark of the National Garden Scheme which we are focused on expanding in the coming years.”

NGS members Terry and Pauline Wheeler first started opening up their garden at Mayfield in Wimborne in

2008 and are delighted to be welcoming back the public after the enforced break last year.

“Our garden is mostly herbaceous perennials, so there is a lot of work to be done in spring in preparation.

We had our first opening on May 9 and visitors were clearly pleased to be able to get out and see something different,” said Terry, who is

an ex-mayor of Wimborne.

“One gentleman told us he had not been out since the lockdown, and said it was such a treat to be able to have a chat with other visitors about gardening.”

Since joining the scheme, Terry and Pauline have raised just over £9,500 for charity, with more than £2,000 going to the Friends of Victoria Hospital, Wimborne, whose volunteers have served refreshments for them.

“We enjoy sharing our garden with the public and if they leave happy afterwards, having enjoyed a cup of tea and a piece of homemade cake – especially after the past year – then we feel we have contributed something to making life a little brighter, whilst raising a little money for a good cause.”

To find out what gardens are opening near you or to enjoy a virtual garden visit, go to www.ngs.org.uk Words: Alice Metcalfe

Green-fingered gorgeousness Here are a selection of local gardens that are part of the National Gardens Scheme.

They’re all stunning, so we heartily recommend a visit to any/all of them…

Deans Court, Wimborne, BH21 1EE June 23 and July 21 – 11am-5pm

Bisterne Manor, Ringwood, BH24 3BN May 20, 27 – 2pm-5pm

Mayfield, Wimborne, BH21 1PH May 23, 31 and June 6 – 2pm-5pm Open by arrangement May-June

17 Lower Golf Links Road, Poole, BH18 8BQ May 22-23, June 12-13 – 1pm-5pm

Cranborne Manor Garden, BH21 5PP July 10 – 10am-4pm Knoll Gardens, Wimborne, BH21 7ND June 25 and September 24 – 10am-5pm Staddlestones, Witchampton, BH21 5DE May 30-31 – 2pm-5pm Open by arrangement April-September

Manor Farm, Hampreston, BH21 7LX May 23, July 18, August 15 – 1pm-5pm Open by arrangement February-August Keyneston Mill, Blandford Forum, DT11 9HZ May 25, September 14 – 2pm-5.30pm Old Down House, Horton, BH21 7HL June 2, 5-6 – 2pm-5pm 51

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Restaurant keeps calm and carries on We’ve all had to adapt to a new way of working during the pandemic, but one popular restaurant in Broadstone was determined to carry on producing their stunning signature dishes for their many regular customers It’s been a tough old time for restaurants, but one eatery in Broadstone has simply rolled up their sleeves, built a lovely outside area and carried on.

My son Robert and I went to eat at Café Gardenia, on the Lower Blandford Road, on the very last day before restaurants could open fully again. The weather was atrocious, typically, but a warm welcome awaited in the covered area behind the café.

Ozan Celik came here from his native Turkey 16 years ago, and opened a restaurant in Wales before opening another in Totton.

Such was the success of his formula – a simple menu of British favourites – he opened another in Broadstone, which has become his flagship restaurant.

He and his cousin run the Broadstone eatery and say it’s been busy throughout lockdown – however they are very relieved to be able to allow people to dine in now.

I felt super hungry, so I opted for a pasta dish,

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with cream, chicken, bacon and mushrooms.

It came out looking beautiful – lovely and hot and so filling I only managed half of it!

Robert, the galloping 12-year-old gourmet, wanted the steak.

This too was enormous! He wolfed it down in double-quick time.

The atmosphere was so relaxed here, with families tucking into baguettes, jacket potatoes and pancakes, accompanied by the Gardenia’s wide range of drinks (they mix a mean cocktail).

And prices are surprisingly low for such huge meals – even the steak was only £11.95 and came accompanied by super-fluffy

chips, loads of mushrooms and two grilled beef tomatoes. My pasta was £8.95.

Café Gardenia is at 217 Lower Blandford Rd, Broadstone BH18 8DN. It is

open for breakfast at 7.30am and closes at 5.30pm. Call 01202 280370.

Words: Miranda Robertson

Welcome back!

Cafe Gardenia is open and welcoming old friends and new friends we’re yet to meet...

Pop in for a coffee, or bring family or friends to enjoy something yummy in the garden, (or inside if it’s a bit too ‘fresh’ outside).

Whether you’re after breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner, you’ll enjoy some lovely freshly-prepared food, and you’ll receive a warm welcome!

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Rare finds coming up for auction at Acreman St. Antiques in Sherborne sold on behalf of the New Breast Cancer unit Appeal at Yeovil Hospital totalled over £4,000 thanks to customers’ kind donations.

With the lifting of lockdown the floodgates have opened, and items have been coming in thick and fast for our Friday, May 25 auction. They have a large collection of ACREMAN ST. ANTIQUES kitchenalia, including AUCTION over 400 SHERBORNE pieces of General Antiques & T.G.Green pottery, Collectables Auction that is part FRIDAY 28th MAY of large deceased Viewing Thursday 27th May estate that 9am–5pm Acreman online through St. easyliveauction.com Antiques Auction will be auctioning over the next few months.

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Acreman St. Antiques Auction in Sherborne saw some very good prices achieved in the April auction, with a rare pair of antique wooden decoy pigeons selling for £900, and a collection of paintings with a total price of over £5,500. Additionally, jewellery, silver and effects

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Foster 1980s Tecno glass and chrome dining table. Also on offer is over 300 lots of jewellery and silver.

Acreman St. Antiques Auction are now taking in lots for their June 25 General Antiques & Collectables sale, and also for their June 18 specialist Textiles, Fashion & Apparel sale, to include designer and vintage clothing, antique lace and linen, tapestries, sewing-related

items, soft furnishings and fabrics.

They are happy to give free valuations and appraisals on any items you may be considering for auction, and home visits can be arranged. They will take in from single items up to complete house clearances.

For enquiries contact Gill Norman on 07908 333577/ 01935 508764 or auction@acremanstreet antiques.co.uk

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The Devil is in the detail with a Ducati A rare 1975 Ducati 750 Sport is going under the Charterhouse gavel in their specialist auction of classic and vintage motorcycles on Wednesday, June 30.

“It’s a striking-looking motorcycle in super original condition,” commented George Beale. “When new, this was an expensive and desirable machine. Today they are rare to see in Italy and even rarer in the UK.” This Ducati has had a pampered life since 1975, having covered under 26,000 miles in 46 years.

It was purchased by the Charterhouse client in 1978 and has been cherished by him ever since, and comes to auction with a dual seat, which was an optional extra in the time.

Coming from a West Country collection of road motorcycles, the owner has struggled to ride the motorbike recently due to a neck injury. Despite being very fond of this Ducati he took the tough decision to let a fellow Ducati enthusiast enjoy the bike.

During the decades of ownership, one thing that the vendor could not tie up was that the serial number stamped on the bike did not match the number recorded on the V5C registration document.

Thankfully classic

and vintage motorcycle expert George Beale at Charterhouse thought it very unlikely the motorcycle had been changed in any way.

Within a few minutes of looking at the bike, George worked out the owner was looking at the homologation number and found the frame number hiding behind the headlamp, and was able to confirm the bike is an original motorcycle.

Estimated at £28,000£32,000 in the Charterhouse auction being held at The Haynes International Motor Museum at Sparkford, Somerset on Wednesday, June 30, this low mileage and low ownership Ducati 750 Sport is certainly going to create a stir among collectors.

Charterhouse are now accepting further entries for this specialist auction of classic and vintage motorcycles, and for their auction of classic and vintage that’s also at Haynes, on Thursday, July 15.

George Beale and the team of experts at Charterhouse can be contacted for entries at The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne 01935 812277, info@charterhouseauction.com or via www. charterhouse-auction.com

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Bowls’ Big Weekend There is no doubt that in the last 14 or so months we have all suffered with our social activities, whether that be visiting sporting events, pubs, clubs, cinemas, restaurants, friends and families.

Well, that is all about to change. Nationally there are over 600 affiliated bowls clubs with over 132,000 members. The pandemic has had a dramatic impact on these clubs as they have not only lost members through Covid 19, but they have also been unable to recruit new members during lockdown.

As part of a national initiative, Bowls England has launched Bowl’s Big Weekend between 28 and 31 May. Up and down the country, bowls clubs will be opening their doors to people who want to try a new sport, have some fun and meet new people.

Bowls is a naturally

socially distanced and non-contact sport so, while we may have to manage numbers, people can enjoy it safely.

There will be fun competitions, refreshments on offer and a licenced bar.

Bowls clubs are a perfect place to relax over a cup of tea or something a little stronger.

It’s a great sport to spend time – and maybe enjoy a little healthy competition – with family and friends.

Bowls is a fantastic, fun sport for all ages and abilities, and it provides a perfect way to keep fit and connect with our local community.

The events at Sixpenny Handley Bowls Club (SP5 5NJ) are taking place on Sunday, May 30 between 11am and 4pm.

Words: Colin Chambers – Hon Secretary

A massive thank you Blandford United Blues Under 11s would like to take this opportunity to thank the wider community and three local companies for their generosity over the last year.

We began a GoFundMe between parents to raise some funds to treat the boys after a difficult year.

Within 48 hours we had raised a fantastic £750, and also gained two new club sponsors with Dears Decorating and Maple Building and Development.

That means for the upcoming season we can provide the team with a new away kit, new training tops and lots of equipment to help the team’s improvement.

Iracroft Ltd took on sponsorship of our home kit

last summer and continue to back us, so a big thank you to them for their continued support.

The team cannot wait to get back in August for training and hopefully have a normal season, enjoying their football with no more covid worries.

As a team and as an entire club, thank you.

Conor Dear

It’s tournamental!

In June, Ringwood Town Football Club’s annual youth tournament is coming to Long Lane, Ringwood.

For a club that is run by volunteers and relies on sponsorship, this event is our biggest fundraiser of the year and helps to keep the club alive. After a very challenging year due to covid restrictions, we are working hard to make this year’s tournament the biggest and best ever.

We are holding the tournament on June 26-27 and are all very much looking forward to welcoming everyone back with a bang!

For the Football Festival of Fun element to this year’s event, we will play five a side – maximum squad size of eight – for U7 and U8 in line with FA recommendations, in a non-competitive format with every player involved receiving a medal to thank them for their involvement.

For the competitive element, the games will be five a side (maximum squad size of eight) and played in a league format with teams heading into quarter-final and semi-final knockout stages – the winning teams will receive trophies and

the runner up teams will receive medals – U9, U10, U11, U12, U13, U14; U15s and U14G; U16G Entry is just £35 per team Saturday AM (9.30-13.30): U7, U9, U12 Saturday PM (14.00-18:00): U11, U13, U14, U15 Sunday AM (9.30-13.30): U8, U10, U7 Girls, U14 Girls, U16 Girls We already have a record number of teams entering this year.

On site there will be refreshments, BBQ and a bar available all weekend, along with stalls of interest.

Our raffle will be returning too which promises some great prizes.

If you require any further information, please email me at emily. ringwoodtownfc@gmail. com and feel free to pass this to others who may be excited about this!

We are always looking for more volunteers for the day, tombola and raffle prizes and sponsorships, so do get in touch if you feel you can support us in any way.

Words: Emily Savage

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Across Criminal mate down under exchanging cents for rupees (6) Official study after conflict (6) Exploits tricks first off (4) Man left in charge of an alphabet (8) Revolutionary spies taking in restricted book about a form of energy? (6) Go beyond old church with journalist (6) Tribe found in Nordic lands (4) Spanish woman from India and North America (3) Sense, by the sound of it, in location (4) Listen in on all-female group wearing exotic gear (6) Less attractive university to be situated in Greece (6) Most brief type touring hotel establishment (8) Upright character managed ME country (4) Structure for supporting card game (6) Extent of French selfishness almost (6)

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Down 2 Beginning where film actors meet? (5) 3 Witness in a match? (4,3) 4 Environmental activity concerned with independent movement? (9) 5 Untrained on reflection for struggle (3) 6 Priest among Catholics prized saint’s remains? (5) 7 Clear feature of athletics probed by papers (7) 11 Assessed variety of EU veal at front of depot (9) 13 Tanned skin in stable at Hereford (7) 15 Betraying trader’s work? (7) 17 Weird eccentric in a nervous state? (5) 19 Get rid of long periods before start of exhibition (5) 21 On equal terms without outsiders the day before (3)

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Planning Refused

Plans to erect three homes and convert a chapel to a house on land at 182-188 Wimborne Road West and 1 Wyelands Avenue, Canford Bottom, Wimborne, have been refused by Dorset Council.

The planning authority has also rejected applications for planning permission and listed building consent for alterations and extensions to Welcombe Thatch, Witchampton, where the applicant sought to demolish a link detached two-storey side extension with garage and re-erect the extension further back with a new parking area to the front.

Other applications recently refused include the addition of a storey at Uppington Lodge, Hinton Martell, extensions and formation of rooms in the roofspace of Bankside, Holt, and at 104 New Road, West Parley, and single dwellings at 15 Croft Close, Corfe Mullen and 55 Farm Road, West Moors.

Approved

Detailed plans for industrial buildings at Oakfield Farm

off Ringwood Road, Three Legged Cross have now been approved by Dorset Council. The reserved matters application followed outline approval for a new industrial/office building for employment use and for 10 industrial buildings (units 31-40).

Also recently approved is the demolition of a house at 2 Abbey Road, West Moors, and erection of three chalet bungalows.

Listed building consent has been approved for repairs, reinstatement, relaying and repointing works at the Grade II listed Horton Tower in Chalbury Common Road, Horton, together with the installation of an independent lighting conductor and works to prevent further damage.

A retrospective application for the construction of bunds and tracks on land at Lawrence Lane, Witchampton, so that the field can be used for environmentally focused agriculture has also been approved.

And a condition requiring the construction of a pedestrian access and

entrance gate from Margards Lane at Verwood Youth Centre in Howe Lane has been removed.

Halcyon, Horton, Wimborne BH2 7JA Proposed car port.

3/21/0321/HOU

Other applications submitted recently in East Dorset include…

8 Aldridge Road, Ferndown BH22 8LT Erect single-storey rear extension.

3/21/0210/HOU

5 Larch Way, Ferndown BH22 9SS Single-storey rear extension.

3/21/0322/HOU

2 Primrose Way, Corfe Mullen BH21 3NT Single-storey flat roof rear extension, demolish existing conservatory.

3/21/0252/HOU Brookside, Colehill Lane, Wimborne BH21 7AP Construction of oak-framed extension.

3/21/0208/HOU Belvedere, Blandford Road, Corfe Mullen BH21 3HG Demolish bungalow and self-contained annexe, erect 2 pairs of semi-detached houses with off-road car parking and shared vehicular access.

3/21/0288/FUL

2 Ashley Drive North, Ashley Heath, Ringwood BH24 2JL Create new vehicular access.

3/21/0940/FUL 12 Burrows Lane, Verwood BH31 7PH Agricultural store for housing heavy duty machinery with a hay loft over – length 8.15, height to eaves 2.20m 3/21/0871/PNFAG Manor Farm, Manor Road, Gussage St Michael, Wimborne BH21 5HY Erect a grain store measuring approximately 39.75m x 18.30m giving an area of 727m2 and a height to eaves of 5.64m 3/21/0839/PNFAG

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WIMBORNE | PRICE £420,000 - £460,000 Two luxury apartments for independent people over 60 • Riverside development • Exceptional finish throughout • Short level walk to Waitrose/town Square • Communal areas and lift

BEARWOOD | PRICE £750,000 Spacious six bedroom detached chalet bungalow • 2,000 sq ft • Two reception rooms • Three bathrooms • Large south facing rear garden

WIMBORNE | PRICE: £290,000 Two bedroom detached bungalow • Ten year builders warranty • Open plan sitting room/kitchen • Superb fitted kitchen and bathroom • Enclosed rear garden

WIMBORNE | PRICE: £230,000 First floor two bedroom riverside apartment • NO FORWARD CHAIN • Spacious kitchen/lifestyle room • Master bedroom with fitted wardrobe • Parking space

WIMBORNE TOWN CENTRE | PRICE: £475,000 Charming spacious semi detached home • NO FORWARD CHAIN • Three double bedrooms • Character features throughout • Superb kitchen/family room

COLEHILL | PRICE: £395,000 Spacious split level detached home • Cul de sac location • Three double bedrooms • Enclosed rear garden • Off road parking and garage

WIMBORNE TOWN CENTRE | PRICE: £125,000 One bedroom ground floor retirement apartment • NO FORWARD CHAIN • Overlooking courtyard garden • Well presented throughout • Easy level walk to town centre

WIMBORNE | PRICE: £375,000 Three bedroom two reception room town centre home • Well appointed kitchen • Light and airy sitting/dining room • Courtyard garden • Garage and parking

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WEST PARLEY | GUIDE PRICE £750,000 Recently modernised and immaculately presented det home • Five double bedrooms • One bathroom, three shower rooms • 65ft Private south facing rear garden • Converted detached double garage • Plot measuring 0.21 of an acre

WEST MOORS | £650,000 Deceptively spacious and extended family home • Four double bedrooms • Two shower rooms • Southerly facing enclosed rear garden • Single garage • Generous off-road parking

BOURNEMOUTH | £535,000 Deceptively spacious & modernised • 1930’s Detached family home • Three/four bedrooms • Enclosed 45ft rear garden • Large garage and double driveway • Sitting proudly on a good sized corner

BOURNEMOUTH | £450,000 Modernised and conveniently located • Detached bungalow • Three double bedrooms • South facing garden • Detached single garage & car port • Peaceful cul-de-sac location

FERNDOWN | £275,000 Well presented and discreetly positioned • Mid-terrace family home • Two double bedrooms • 35’ Enclosed and private garden • Single garage located in a nearby block • Early viewing recommended

FERNDOWN | £242,000 Conveniently located and generous sized • First floor apartment • Two double bedrooms • One bathroom, one shower room • Single garage and allocated parking

FERNDOWN | OIEO £210,000 A well-presented and stylish apartment • First floor apartment • Two double bedrooms • Two allocated parking spaces • Garage • In the heart of Ferndown centre

WEST MOORS | £110,000 Superbly positioned apartment • Well-presented first floor apartment • One double bedroom • Lift and stars rising to the light and airy accommodation • Offered with no onward chain

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Property Profile – Rose Tree Cottage Rose Tree Cottage lies in the heart of the picturesque village of Tarrant Hinton.

The charming three-bedroom cottage dates from the 17th Century and is beautifully presented by the current owners who have tastefully updated the property while retaining its charm and character.

The kitchen truly has a ‘heart of the home’ feel, beautifully fitted with quality appliances, an island and an opening to a dining room.

Both the kitchen and spacious sitting room open onto a sunny terrace, while a third reception room offers the perfect space for a playroom or office. Upstairs are three bedrooms, and the spacious master room comes

with an en-suite shower room, too.

Outside, the gardens surround the cottage on three sides, and are filled with mature trees, shrubs and

established borders.

The driveway provides ample parking, and leads to a double garage with loft above. The garden backs onto open countryside.

The guide for this delightful village home is £700,000. Contact Stuart Bramley at Symonds & Sampson in Blandford on 01258 452670 for details.

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Don’t let your home be dismissed Your home is probably your most valuable asset and it is so important to present it in the most favourable light if you want to attract immediate viewings and achieve the best possible price.

Buyers today usually start by browsing a property website. They will flick through properties in a similar way to using a dating app. You have a few seconds for your home to stand out and make an impression, so first-class photography is vital.

A good estate agent will go through each room with you, making sure that it looks at its best. Presentation is so important, particularly with kitchens and bathrooms.

Work surfaces should not

be cluttered, avoid having washing-up bottles showing and tea towels hanging on the cooker. In the bathroom you should move the shampoo and cosmetics off the shelves, remove the towels and don’t forget to put the toilet lid down!

When selecting an estate agent I advise that you look at their websites and the quality of their photography.

Do they look like they have rushed in and out with little thought as to how it will look on screen? Toys on the floor and washing on the line are a definite no.

Mark Stylianou of Hearnes Wimborne office said: “I value my clients’ instructions, and it is always my intention to show their homes in the best possible way. Well-composed photos

and a clear floor plan are absolutely imperative.”

The external photographs are equally important.

Your agent should take the time and trouble to photograph with blue skies, and to choose a time of day when the sun is in the right position. As an agent,

sometimes it is necessary to revisit the property when the weather and light conditions are better.

In the next edition I will cover the viewing itself and being properly prepared for it.

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