Valley News July 2019

E E FR Issue 148

July 2019

for Whitechurch, Whatcombe, Clenston, Stickland, Houghton, Turnworth & Milton Abbas OKEFORD HILL Picture by FRANCES ELLIS

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by the Parish Council in the village is getting worse. The playpark and brick bus shelter and a notice board are just some of the problems that need dealing with. It was agreed to look and consider obtaining quotes from firms further away.

The safety mirror that was agreed would be purchased by the PC for Chescombe Lane has been delayed due to current changes of signatories for the PC Bank account.

The cost of the preferred replacement monkey bars for the playpark has proved too costly and the alternative quotes are to be looked at again.

The meeting to discuss further measures to slow the traffic down going through the village after the accident in the village on 4th May has not taken place due to current reorganisation of Dorset Council departments including Highways. Once these have been completed it is hoped we can find the right staff to talk with and that they will provide the information needed. We also understand the police investigation is still ongoing.

The Annual Audit Return was presented and it was agreed to again claim exemption under the conditions allowed saving the audit costs.

The Audit forms were completed and will be available shortly on the village noticeboards and web site as still required.

The next monthly meeting will now be on Wednesday 24th July at 7pm in the Old School Room.

For further info go to winterbornewhitechurchparishcouncil.org.uk or contact the clerk on 880600 or email winterbornewhitechurch@dorset-aptc.gov.uk

Editorial Life in our community - indeed, life everywhere - never stands still.

It's always changing. Just when we feel settled and restful there comes some news that makes us realise that we are all subject to change! It might be, as Heather Sims writes in the magazine this month, that friends and neighbours we have move away (or pass away) and we need to regroup and reassess. It may be that something simple - say a road closure on a main road nearby - leads to a significant increase in traffic that makes all local journeys more difficult, or a need to move house comes about because of a change in circumstances, or a change of job.

Such a situation now presents itself in the Valley as we learn that Alan Ryan, our rector, and Harriet his wife are leaving the community next month. And by community we don't just mean the Christian, Church community, for both Alan and Harriet have made this their home in the broadest sense, joining in with community events as well as leading the worship in the Valley churches. As Alan wrote in last month's Valley News, "the Church itself and the parish is yours." It has been a key element of the ministry that Alan has led, and while church attendances may yet be smaller than ideal it can only be the right approach to be inclusive in this way.

There will be all manner of memories for us to cherish, whether it be from the way he has led worship, introduced a Service of Remembrance or Baptism, but perhaps one of the most enduring images will be his commitment to the 'fun of the fair' when he (willingly??) took part in the festivities on the Green at Stickland and enjoyed the water bombs over his head‌ It is appropriate to remember what he wrote in the August 2017 edition of our magazine: "Our villages have a strong sense of community.

It becomes very apparent when we see people working together for the good of the community. It is wonderful to see and helps to make our villages good places to live in." We thank Alan and Harriet for their commitment and service in our community, wish them well for their return to Devon, and hope that they are able to settle into their new community in the way they have done here. They will be missed.

You may have noticed that our magazine is getting a little smaller during the summer months. We continue to receive a good range of photographs and some reviews of events that take place, for which we are very grateful, and as we approach the main holiday season we anticipate some more 'Valley News around the country/world' pictures for our regular feature. Don't forget though that we are always pleased to receive submissions of different kinds - do you fancy writing a story?

Or a poem? Or how about your own memories of Alan and Harriet's time here? We can't always promise to include everything sent in but we appreciate all we receive. Don't forget that as a community magazine it is yours and you can help shape it! Thank you. The Valley News Team

Winterborne Stickland Parish Council The AGM for the Council was held on the 29th May together with the Annual Parish Meeting and the May monthly meeting with the main points discussed being set out below.

The Speed Indicator Device (SID) has been in place for two months now and is due to be transferred to Milton Abbas PC in June as we share ownership with them.

The Crown Pub has been successfully registered as a Community Asset and with the new tenants in place appears to be thriving.

Work to replace the war memorial wall should start in June 2019.

The planning application to demolish the former British Legion club and erect a dwelling and a garage was discussed with our comments going to Dorset Council, the new Unitary authority.

The issue of the unauthorised structure in Chalky Lane was also discussed and Cllr Andrew Kerby, who was in attendance at the meeting, agreed to see if he could push the process forward.

A channel has now been cut through the false watercress in the top part of the stream and water is now running freely. Selective weed control will take place throughout the summer to maintain the flow.

We are trying to get the Water Lane verges cut more frequently to make it easier for pedestrians on the stretch between Stickland and Houghton.

A replacement litter bin will be ordered for the play area.

The next meeting will be held on 24th June at 7:30pm in the Pamela Hambro Hall.

Winterborne Houghton Parish Council Winterborne Houghton Annual Parish Meeting and the AGM of Winterborne Houghton Parish Council were both held on 14 May 2019.

The minutes from these meetings can be found on Winterborne Houghton Parish web site www.winterbornehoughton.org.uk.

The Parish Council reviewed the roles of members and the 2019 council consists of Chris Parsons (Chair); Kathy Westby (Deputy Chair); Clare Eyre and Simon Barnes. Terry Burnal was co-opted onto the council.

We aim to keep the best interests of the residents of Winterborne Houghton at the heart of our discussions and invite all villagers to attend our meetings. With this in mind, please contact us at any time if you have village matters that you wish to raise with the council.

We will endeavour to ensure that the council meetings are concise, brief and clear.

Future dates for Parish Council meetings 2019 are: Tuesday 23rd July; Tuesday 17th September and Tuesday 19th November.

All meetings will be held in St Andrew's Church Meeting Room Winterborne Houghton and will start at 7pm promptly.

Winterborne Whitechurch Parish Council The June meeting was held on Wednesday 12th in the Old school Room with 3 members of the public present.

A resident asked if anything could be done at the top of Fields Close to make the dropped kerb accessible for users with pushchairs etc. to access the footpath leading to the school and Village Hall easier. It is currently blocked with parked vehicles. It was agreed to ask both Dorset Highways and Sovereign Housing about the problem.

The issue with being unable to obtain a handyman for work required 2

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work, but you know what he is like!!)

Looking after the house and garden, walking the dogs and looking after my dear old pony, Skye, doesn't leave me much spare time but I am a member of the church here and regularly take Communion to several people in their own homes - it's a lovely way to make new friends.

I now walk everywhere - I haven't used the famous trike since moving here; it takes too much maintenance and Des is always busy.

I often think about the good times spent in the Winterborne valley, playing in the stream with my two boys when they were small - they are now in their late thirties!! And all the super friends made over the years.

Some, many in fact, have passed away or moved, but yes, many, many fond memories of life in Stickland. God bless you all!

Heather Sims

Milton Abbas Surgery Staying Safe in the Sun In the past 10 years, skin cancer rates in the UK have increased by 59% in men and 36% in women. Men who spend long periods of time outdoors are being urged to protect themselves against the sun this summer amid a rise in the number of people being diagnosed with skin cancer in the South of England. Farmers, builders, sportsmen and gardeners are all being targeted to, "Cover Up, Mate" because of their prolonged exposure to the sun - men are a particular focus because research indicates that they are much less likely than women to slap on the sunscreen.

National Farmers Union South West Regional Board Chairman, James Small, said: "Working in the rough, tough world of farming, we often want to brush things off and just get on with the job, but there are times when that kind of resilience can come back and bite you and this is one of those. We owe it to ourselves and our families to take the risk of skin cancer seriously and above all if we are bothered by something to not dismiss it, but get it checked out."

Top sun safe tips include: · Use at least factor 15 sunscreen in the sun and use plenty of it - Apply sunscreen to all exposed skin - don't forget your neck and ears and your head if you have thinning or no hair · Wear sunglasses and a hat · Take particular care if have fair skin, moles or freckles, red or fair hair, or light-coloured eyes.

Winterborne Arts and Crafts Do you know what felting is? Is it playing with Fuzzy Felt, or perhaps re-roofing the garden shed? At the last meeting of Winterborne Arts & Crafts we were treated to a display of 'Felting' - a process of using small barbed needles to bind wool together enabling models to be made.

Marian Sibley first learned about this art form having found a book on felting about 6 months ago and achieved excellent results very quickly.

Much admired was a small caricature of Eeyore and like many other similar pieces of work, can be completed in an evening. We are grateful to Marian for running this session and brought much joy to us all.

Plants and Roses - Thank You! Thank you to everyone who came to the impromptu plant sale held in our garden in June. We were delighted to welcome so many friends and neighbours who supported us at such short notice. Our roses and their supporting cast put on a good show and it was lovely to share our garden with so many avid gardeners. It was wonderful to know that you enjoyed our garden as much as we do. A total of £215 was raised for St Mary's, Stickland from the plant sales, thank you for your generosity and support. We hope that your new purchases were well watered in to their new homes during the very soggy days that followed! Happy Gardening!

Janet and Will Bown

Thank you!

As I write this I am getting ready to take part in my 20th Race For Life. I want to say a huge thank you to my family, friends, neighbours and so many lovely people, for the tremendous support and generosity that has been shown this year.

At the moment this year's total stands at an amazing £666.50!! Thank you all so much....you have all made a big difference to fighting this awful disease.

Much love, Lindsey Jolliffe

The last session of the season will be held on Wednesday 3rd July in the Pamela Hambro Hall when we will be paper crafting. All are invited - entry £2.00 to cover costs of refreshments and hall hire. (There will be no meeting in August but the group will resume on Wed 4th Sept)

Turnworth in May 2019 Thank you to all those who came to our church fundraising day in Turnworth at the end of May when we raised the magnificent sum of £2,497. The heavens opened only for the last half an hour luckily, and our visitors - who came from as far afield as Zeals and New Zealand were able to relax and enjoy our wonderful surroundings. We are most grateful to all those - of all ages - who helped in so many ways. Thank you to our hosts, to those who opened their gardens, the music makers, those who helped with the advance preparations, the gardeners, those who donated raffle prizes, prepared games, the cooks, the artists and crafts people and those who helped in so many ways on the day from preparing and manning stalls, to non-stop washing up, bringing the miniature pony and for just being there. (The lucky winner of the "star" raffle prize - a night's stay in a luxury London B&B was won by Susan G of Okeford Fitzpaine.) If you didn't make it this year, let's hope you can next year.

On behalf of Turnworth PCC

Flies If you're partaking of your walk beside the sunny brook Be sure to keep your mouth closed, or a fly may be partook.

Even a quiet tuneful whistle, as you take in a breath A certain little errant fly may draw in to its death.

You may find it wise to protect your eyes, before a tiny black fly dashes, Like a buzzing bullet, beneath your half - closed lashes.

Cover up your arms and legs, and be sure to wear a scarf, For a thousand little midges are sure to cross your path!

Much safer to be sat at home, than to risk the sunny brook.

Settle down with a cup of tea, and a good adventure book.

As you turn a page, and sip your tea, in shock you're now aware Of something floating in your cup, legs waving in the air .........

Too late, swallowed it!

Jackie Grearson

Greetings from Corfe Mullen!

Everything in the garden is growing well - we have sandy soil so it is nothing to do with my efforts.

Age is certainly slowing us both down but Des, three years older than me, is still doing large projects - like rebuilding most of the garden walls, which are in a sorry state. (Sorry, Greg, Des has done you out of some 4

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The Winterborne Stickland Solar Fund Committee would like to remind residents of Winterborne Stickland that funding is available for community projects.

Applications for funding should be emailed to sticklandsolarfund@yahoo.com Decisions are made every 2 months.

The basic criteria are that ideas should have benefit to the community. A committee of volunteers select successful projects.

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Streamwatch

Down the Garden Path

It is always of interest to have information reported - several times in June we were told about quacking, cheeping and squeaking in the watercress but not visual sightings of birdlife. It was not until after the Highways tractor had cut the verge that news of the ducklings was given; two well grown mallard chicks had survived and were basking in the sun with mother. The moorhens were more elusive but could still be heard. The upper stretch of the river had been left untouched this year to enable suitable cover and refuge for the nervous families.

Unlike many of the nesting birds seen fledging on Springwatch, mallard chicks do not fledge for about 60 days when, as juvenile ducklings, they are more independent. It is a long haul for the mother who stays on the nest for the whole duration of incubation: 28 days before hatching and then all eggs hatch within 24 hours. The chicks remain on the nest for a further crucial 10 hours allowing feathers to dry out thoroughly. The mother leads all her chicks to water, usually early in the morning. They do not return to the nest after that unless it is near a feeding site in which case it may be used for roosting.

It is not for a further one or two months that wings are fully developed and attempts at flying can begin. In terms of vulnerability, until juveniles can fly they are still at high risk of predation. Once airborne, they have a greater chance of survival. Mallard eggs laid in late April will not be hatched and flying until August. Later broods will not have completed this cycle until late September.

July is one of those months when the garden seems to change every day. With flowers opening and fading and soft fruit ripening and other fruit swelling on the trees it is a glorious month. It is also a busy month for gathering crops, beans, peas and mange tout, lettuce, beetroot and tomatoes, definitely a bountiful month. Deadheading is essential to keep the flowers coming so that one can keep picking for the house, it is best to do this on a regular basis while wandering around the garden and enjoying the perfumes and colourful displays, then it doesn't feel so much like a tedious task. A bowl of sweet peas is heavenly, as is one of roses with their glorious scents, well worth the effort of deadheading.

If you have a greenhouse this will be heaving with tomatoes, cucumbers, aubergines and peppers. Keep feeding and water regularly to help them produce lots of fruit. Irregular watering is not good for plants in pots, and sitting in water is also not appreciated; they need to be kept moist, not waterlogged followed by being dried out. Watering is dictated by the plants and by the weather as in hot weather they need more water than on cloudy or cool spells. I always say ask the plant, look at it and it will tell you what it needs. As the season progresses and your tomato plants set fruit and grow, keep removing the lower leaves so that the goodness goes to the set fruit and not to growing leaves.

Keep pinching outside shoots so as not to waste energy and pick ripe fruit daily.

Water is increasingly becoming an issue and climate change is producing such variable rainfall, weeks with no rain and then when it does rain it is torrential. Water butts are essential in any garden and ideally as many as you can. I have one on each corner of my greenhouse as well as on the downpipes of the house. The water is used for the indoor plants as well as outdoor pots and the greenhouse, it is not full of chemicals and is free. My dogs prefer rain water to tap water in many parts of the country as they dislike the smell of the chemicals, and even muddy water is preferable - plants feel the same and thrive better on rain water. If you have a garden pond it is better for the wild life to top up with rain water rather than tap water.

Propagating from plants in one's own or friends' gardens is a fun, easy way to increase the number of plants you have. This is the month for semi-ripe cuttings from shrubs such as hydrangeas, cistus and viburnum.

Gathering seed from poppies and other spent flowers is also a good way to add to your garden next year. There are some fabulous poppies, tall statuesque plants with fabulous flowers, some two tones, others double and some like parrot tulips. I have one this year which is a glorious rich purple. Gather the seed heads and put them in a paper bag to dry off and also to collect the seeds as they fall out of the seed heads.

Then scatter them in the garden in your chosen place for next year.

The fruit trees seem to be laden this year, even my peach tree is covered in swelling fruit. If you have a heavy crop of apples after the June drop has finished, take out the large centre fruit which is often misshapen and this will give room for the other fruit to swell to a good size. Bigger fruit, but fewer, are better than lots of little apples. Plums may also need to be thinned to prevent the branches from snapping under the weight. My fig trees are also laden with fruit: once the branch has produced five leaves snip off the end so that the tree concentrates on making fruit for next year rather than leaves. It is heaven to pick a warm ripe fig for breakfast in the morning, so sweet and delicious and justifies the work in ensuring that the tree grows well and is productive.

The work put in this year to help the trees produce fruit next year is well worth it, there is nothing worse than having trees and no fruit.

Reducing the size of a crop is also said to help reduce the alternate year of fruiting that some trees seem to do, with one year more fruit than you can cope with and the next no fruit. It's worth a try to see if it helps if you have experienced that problem.

The most important thing to do in the garden in the summer is to enjoy it. Having put the work in take the time to savour the results of your labours, enjoy the perfumes and the colours while eating some of your produce, it is after all why we garden.

Claire Scott

Picture by Karen Marchant In terms of river maintenance, this time of year should have a channel of no more than 60cm wide, with water scouring a stony bed.

Unfortunately, the watercress does not understand this! Its growing habit is to reach about 30cm in height before falling to the water and re-rooting, growing and falling over again. This means that clearing watercress involved lifting the plant from the water, leaving the original root embedded, and laying the remaining plant on the bank. Meanwhile the ranunculus completes its growing cycle and after producing the buttercup-like flower, weed begins to break off and flow downstream.

This causes localised damming which has to be cleared. The programme of maintenance, as stated in the River Management document, requires action - little and often. So far this year, from April, just over half the length of Water Lane has been maintained, with the upper reaches being left for mallards and moorhens to hide so work on this section cannot be started until late September / October. Unfortunately, the visitation of the Highways tractor pushed the carefully lifted watercress and verge trimmings back into the course of the river and all needs checking again.

One amusing tale occurring in June - the presence of a Grey Legged Partridge playing havoc with traffic. One morning there was some lengthy congestion along Water Lane when a Grey Legged Partridge decided to stroll between laybys. Due to drivers' care, each vehicle dutifully followed the splendid and regal creature to a layby before being able to pass safely - at which point the waiting traffic returned, again following the bird back to the first layby. There was no discrimination or favouritism, cars, vans and lorries were equally affected!

Stickland River Management Group

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that anything goes. Garlic, chillies, spices, capers and herbs, whatever takes your fancy. Honey, molasses or sugar can be added to cut through acidity and the vinegar used can contrast with or complement the vegetables. Raspberry vinegar is highly perfumed whereas blackcurrant vinegar has a depth and almost smoky richness to it. Using different flavoured vinegars radically changes the flavour of the dressing as does the mustard used, if added. Tarragon mustard adds the lovely flavour of the herb and a grainy mustard is so different from Dijon mustard, while English mustard is hot. Playing with contrasting and complementing flavours to tickle the taste buds takes a humble salad to a different level.

Potato salad can be really interesting. Add a dressing to the hot cooked potatoes so that they soak up the dressing. Adding capers, chopped gherkins, spring onions, chopped hardboiled egg helps and a good mayonnaise creates something quite different from a bowl of cold chopped potato coated in mayonnaise. We seem to live in an age where, if people cook, they follow a recipe rigidly and if they don't like chilli they won't make the dish rather than leave the chilli out. Food is designed to nurture us and ideally give us pleasure as well. The senses should be titivated first by the smell and then the sight and lastly the taste, making a meal colourful and varying the flavours just adds to the pleasure but does not have to add to the time it takes to make a meal from scratch.

Enjoy summer and enjoy experimenting with new flavours as well as your favourites.

Claire Scott

Book Review Lila, by Marilynne Robinson This is a luminous and flowing work of literature, a real joy to read.

The author charts with great sensitivity the tenderness and patience needed to help someone recovering from a traumatic, lonely childhood.

Lila is the third in a trilogy of stand-alone novels by Robinson, widely regarded as one of America's finest living writers, and winner of the Pulitzer and Orange Prizes for fiction.

The story is delicately told from within the sparse but wide-ranging mind of Lila, an orphan wandering the woods in Ohio in the 1930s.

Gradually, she comes to see mercy in the world, as she is cared for, so kindly, by an old preacher who humbly asserts, time and again, that he knows very little, and wants to know what Lila thinks.

The writing is extraordinarily exact and imaginative. How can Robinson know so much about what it feels like to be a vagrant, alone in a shed on the edge of a river in dust-bowl America in the middle of the depression? And for this person to be questioning the nature of existence and heaven, yet doing this in striking, measured language which is free of concepts and self-esteem.

The story has many edges, and a sharp knife is buried in its midst.

Mark Hudson

What's Cooking Summer, we hope, allows us to eat outside, indulge in salads, have barbecues, cold soups and lots of luscious berries. The weather seems to change our taste buds so that we don't want heavy starchy meals, we seem to want more colourful and tangy foods, which is great as interesting salads are easy and fun to make.

Tabbouleh is easy and delicious and as with most salads there are no rules. Bulgar wheat, couscous or freekeh can be used, and as the cooking process combines the chosen grain with a stock cube and boiling water and leaving it until there is no liquid left, it is also quick and easy. To the cooked grain are added chopped herbs, mint, dill, parsley and coriander are the classic ones, but marjoram can also be used, it's your choice.

Finely chopped cucumber is usually added and some people add chopped baby tomatoes, again, it's up to you. To add something different try pomegranate seeds. The easiest way to get the seeds out is to roll the pomegranate on your work surface before cutting it in half, then bash the outside of each half with a wooden spoon and the seeds will fall out. Add the juice as well as the seeds to the tabbouleh. The dressing is again up to you. Olive oil, sherry vinegar and runny honey make a lovely dressing and it picks up on the sweet notes of the pomegranate, making a very fresh salad, perfect with barbecues or cold meats or fish.

If you are lucky it is possible to find heritage tomatoes which, apart from looking amazing being orange, green, yellow as well as red, have an intense tomato flavour. They need little doing to them to enhance their flavour and make a perfect Greek salad with some salty feta to contrast their natural sweetness. Sliced and drizzled with a good olive oil and some delicious vinegar and finished off with some black pepper, is the simplest treatment of all, served with some crusty bread to soak up the juices is a perfect meal to enjoy in the summer garden. Tomatoes at this time of the year are properly ripe and the flavour is so different from the anaemic winter ones.

Broad beans have many uses, not just as a side vegetable. Young beans are delicious in salads, Blanch for 2-3 minutes in boiling water, refresh in cold then pop out of their skins. Take some little gem lettuce and tear the leaves and put on a platter or large plate, scatter with the beans, some sliced radishes and spring onions and crumbled feta. In a jar put lemon zest, olive oil, a crushed garlic and the juice of the lemon.

Shake well and pour over the salad then add some black pepper, perfect with barbecued lamb.

Peaches and nectarines are delicious griddled for 2-3 minutes each side until tender and then drizzled with a good quality olive oil and balsamic vinegar, they go beautifully with ham or salmon garnished with peppery watercress to contrast with the sweetness of the fruit which makes a delicious light lunch. Young beetroot does not need cooking and make colourful and flavourful additions to a salad. The key to many salads is the dressing, salad dressings are a combination of an oil with something acidic, vinegar, lemon juice or lime juice for example. After

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Events COFFEE MORNING & CHARITY SHOP Mondays, 10.30am-12.00, St. Mary’s Church, Stickland WHITECHURCH YOUTH CLUB (7-14 year olds welcome) Mondays, 6.30pm, Whitechurch Village Hall COFFEE STOP Tuesdays, 10.30am-12.00, St James, Milton Abbas CUP & CAKE Wednesdays, 10.30-12.00, Old School Room, Whitechurch • Saturday 6th July • GARAGE SALE 10am -12 noon • Sunny Cottage, West Street, Stickland • Friday 12th July • MILBORNE MOVIES ‘STAN AND OLLIE’ (PG) 7.30pm, Milborne St Andrew Village Hall Bar open 7pm. Tickets £3.50 • Sunday 14th July • GARDEN PRODUCE SWAP SHOP 11am - 2pm • Winterborne Whitechurch Village Hall Swap your excess vegetables, fruit, plants. Free village event • Friday 19th July • BINGO 7.30pm • Winterborne Whitechurch Village Hall Raffle, Refreshments. In aid of Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance

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The Winterborne Valley & Milton Abbas Benefice Dear Reader, In the Rectory we are finding it quite a challenge to think about moving to Devon. There is so much going on, or about to happen, that there is hardly time to even consider what needs to be done with regards to moving.

Here are some of the things that are causing excitement: Our Church congregations are growing. A youth group is beginning to emerge. St Mary's in Winterborne Stickland will soon be receiving a replacement organ. The new one is an old instrument which has been rebuilt on the Isle of Wight. It is a significant instrument, if you know about these things, then a Buckingham Organ will mean something to you! A worship band has settled into St Mary's Winterborne Whitechurch and is giving us a taste of quality, modern worship. The Teddy Bears' Picnic at St Mary's Whitechurch was a delightful afternoon, with families gathering to enjoy time together. There is more happening,

and I am not going to list it all.

People from our churches and community have joined in with the Archbishops Thy Kingdom Come initiative. Thy Kingdom Come (TKC) is a global prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray for more people to come to know Jesus. What started in 2016 as an invitation from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the Church of England has grown into an international and ecumenical call to prayer.

Over 65 denominations in 114 countries will have joined in with conversations with God about deepening their relationship with Jesus Christ; praying for God's Spirit to work in the people they know; coming to realise that every aspect of their life is about prayer.

There are things happening that we cannot see and don't even realise. God is at work in this patch of Dorset. There is plenty that you could be involved with as well!

God bless, Alan

FROM THE REGISTERS Baptism Percival Hase Perry-Warnes

CLENSTON HOUGHTON MILTON ABBAS STICKLAND TURNWORTH WHITECHURCH Theme Old Testament Psalm Epistle Gospel

7TH JULY TRINITY 2 (PROPER 9) GREEN 1000 HC TS 1800 Celtic HC AR 1000 MW IB/WB 0830 (BCP) sHC AR

In step with the Spirit Isaiah 66: 10-14 Psalm 66: 1-9 Galatians 6: 7-16 Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20

on 23rd June 2019 at St James, Milton Abbas

14TH JULY TRINITY 3 (PROPER 10) GREEN 1800 Celtic EP AR 0830 HC BCP AR 1000 MW JT 1000 HC (baptism) AR Have you heard?

Deut 30: 9-14 Psalm 25: 1-10 Colossians 1: 1-14 Luke 10: 25-37

21ST JULY TRINITY 4 (PROPER 11) GREEN

28TH JULY TRINITY 5 (PROPER 12) GREEN

1800 EP AR 1000 HC AR

1000 HC JHB/IB 1000 MW (Baptism) AR 1800 HC AR 0830 (BCP) sHC AR Rooted in Christ Genesis 18: 20-32 Psalm 138 Colossians 2: 6-15 Luke 11: 1-13

1000 MW DA/PC Who is Jesus?

Genesis 18: 1-10a Psalm 15 Colossians 1: 15-28 Luke 10: 38-42

Morning prayer will be said on Mondays at St Mary's, Winterborne Whitechurch and on Tuesdays at St Mary's, Winterborne Stickland, both at 8.35 SERVICES KEY: BCP 1662 Book of Common Prayer Traditional EP Evening Prayer HC Holy Communion (Eucharist) SHC Service without hymns or music MW Morning Worship, informal service for all, with old & new hymns & songs, without HC MP Morning Prayer Rev'd Alan Ryan - AR • 01258 880482 • winterbornevalleyandmiltonbenefice.com Rev'd Sue Litchfield SL; Rev'd Jimmy Hamilton-Brown JHB; Rev’d Tina Sterling TS; Rev'd Helier Exon HE; Debbie Albery DA; Harriet Ryan HR; Jenny Tory JT; Ian Bromilow IB; Wilma Bromilow WB; Piers Chichester PC

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Compiled by Nick Donnelly.

There are two sets of clues, Cryptic and Concise, but remember, you cannot mix the clues as the cryptic answers are different to the Concise ones.

Answers will be given in the next edition.

CRYPTIC Across 1. French cheese token around marshland film (5, 9) 8. Preserve low energy light after tool but before urge (7,3) 9. Pick something from book shop to read (3) 11. Short month piece, many armed with lots of suckers (7) 12. Singed vessel held by telco (5) 16. A quiet sign of 12 (3) 17. Weight contains last cobalt rake (7) 19. Together with cockney worker (3) 20. Blade causes partial uproar (3) 21. Following grant, eves and old meat (3) 23. Politician holds a chart (3) 25. Get back in geese (3) 26. Potter alderman exercises around reverse auction item belonging to me (7) 29. Juice sucker (3) 31. Barmaid stays even to provide friendship (5) 33. Endless hell after boss holds right pastry (7) 35. Ballad set in model village (3) 36. Mix stogy Roman cuisine (10) 37. Isle's overcome demon holding royal corgi for example (4, 4, 6)

CRYPTIC Down 2. Strike left on board agreement (7) 3. Dramatic departure around a hundred (8) 4. Orbit more around brink (7)

5. Regulations for Spanish after fish (5) 6. Passion to be found in caviar producer (4) 7. Mature but backward Iranian writer (5) 10. Transport replacement from east to west (3) 12. Poor fish, tail first (3) 13. Audible instruction to oarsmen by letter (3) 14. Late volunteers alternate Fridays (5) 15. Slow the rate of German current (3) 17. South African post grad dance (5) 18. Losing time and energy, reheat a bird (5) 22. Joyful garlic mayonaise lost a flower (8) 24. Afterword beginning of intimate letter (3) 25. Mole in his pyjamas! (3) 27. Take a left or right bore (4, 3) 28. Central American people capture the French countryman (7) 30. Absorbed broadcast after seven (3) 32. She's a lady, whichever way you look at her (5) 33. Gratifies the saints capturing 30 (5) 34. Exclude second about gibe (4)

CONCISE Across 1. Aids for pedestrians (5, 9) 8. Capable of being allocated (10) 9. Fruit (3) 11. In a luke warm manner (7) 12. Type of crime (5) 16. Writing fluid (3) 17. In the best of possible worlds (7) 19. Organ (3) 20. Not well (3)

21. Be obligated (3) 23. Average (3) 25. Monopolize (3) 26. Arrange beforehand (7) 29. Manage with difficulty (3) 31. Pry (5) 33. Statehouse (7) 35. Equipment (3) 36. Female clothing (10) 37. Recognition (alt. spelling) (14)

CONCISE Down 2. Elevated (7) 3. Acting out a situation (4-4) 4. Bastion (7) 5. Reproductive gland (5) 6. Fish (4) 7. Irish county (5) 10. Vessel (3) 12. Melody (3) 13. Sport equipment (3) 14. Man made fibre (5) 15. Part of a castle (4) 17. Force (5) 18. Fakir (5) 22. Against the flow (8) 24. Speed the engine (3) 25. That woman (3) 27. Rested (7) 28. Part of an aircraft's wing (7) 30. Vital (3) 32. Musical (5) 33. Make colder (5) 34. Aurora (4)

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