Valley News November 2018

E E FR Issue No. 141

November 2018 for Whitechurch, Whatcombe, Clenston, Stickland, Houghton, Turnworth & Milton Abbas

Early morning at Houghton Springs Fish Farm Picture by Frances Ellis

Helping to inform and unite the Community

Editorial

Dunbury Academy Autumn term

Well, you read it here first! It seems that last month's editorial was something of a prediction, as doctors in the Shetland Isles have recently told patients to appreciate the natural world with advice such as 'embrace a cloud' in an effort to reduce blood pressure, anxiety and other health problems (with thanks to The Times' Weather Eye for this story.) It may seem to be a somewhat extreme example, but more and more often now we read of the benefits of taking time to step back and reflect, to enjoy nature and natural things, and of how gardening for example is a wonderful way to relieve stress. We are lucky that there is so much of all of that in our community.

It's always good to hear of things going well, and this month sees a report from Piers Chichester on the small extension to the church at Clenston which will be completed shortly. it is a real boost for churches to be able to have the facilities he describes, as it makes the building more accessible and more usable - for all kinds of events, as well as the traditional services. Village churches are such an important part of not only our heritage, but also our current village lives, and it is so heartening that with such large sums of money needed for repair and renovations in our local churches, the church at Clenston has been supported in this way. And you can also read in the magazine of a very generous benefactor for the church at Stickland - an auction is to be held for a box (of 8 seats) at the Royal Albert Hall in January for a performance of Cirque du Soleil's latest show. This is a truly generous offering and everyone will hope that the response to it will be equally generous. We wish all our local churches well in their efforts to raise the sums of money needed to undertake the necessary work.

We've all seen the displays put up in shops and shopping malls now encouraging our thoughts to turn towards Christmas (there, we've mentioned it too‌) but before we get too engrossed in all that there is to be an effort to re-launch the Valley craft guild in some format, with an inaugural event to be held on November 24th. This area of activity has been very successful in our communities in recent years and it would be good if there were lots of support for this returning venture. Do give it your support if you can.

Finally this month, a reminder that our next edition will be the joint December/January issue - so get your planning for both months in good order if you need to put anything in the magazine! Adverts please by November 10th, and articles by November 15th - thank you for your support with this.

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It has been a really busy start to the autumn term at Dunbury Academy. We have welcomed our new reception children who have all settled in really well with Mrs Culy and Mrs Hughes in Beech class. Silver Birch class has been on a trip to Lulworth Cove where, with the help of the Lulworth Rangers they looked at the rock formations and did some fantastic beach art!

Reception and Key stage 1 have had a Teddy Bears picnic Key Stage One celebrated the end of their topic with a Teddy Bears Picnic. They enjoyed making the cakes (FODA kindly provided the sandwiches and drinks). The children enjoyed sharing their learning with their family and friends before tucking into the picnic. It was great to have so many families represented and we look forward to more events like this in future terms.

With the help of our amazing Friends of Dunbury Academy we recently held two coffee mornings in aid of Macmillan raising a fantastic ÂŁ267 for this worthwhile cause. We are currently taking part in the Rotary Shoebox scheme creating wonderful decorated and filled Christmas shoeboxes for disadvantaged children in countries such as Albania, Moldova, Romania and Montenegro. We still have lots to look forward to with our Harvest Service and parents evenings before half term and then we have lots more exciting learning and events coming up such as our Christmas Fair on Friday 30th November from 3.30pm at Whitechurch Base - look out for the posters!

St Nicholas Church

Milton Abbas Surgery

Our church is a pretty Victorian church built in stone and flint topped with a spire at Winterborne Clenston, south-west of Blandford Forum. it has a traditional service of worship on the first Sunday in each month and hosts a couple of weddings each year.

In 2017 the Parochial Church Council applied for Planning Consent for welfare facilities so that the church would be more user friendly and versatile. After a lot of deliberation consent was forthcoming followed some months later by a Faculty from the Diocese. The next biggest problem was for a small community to ?nance the facilities and we are extremely grateful to Viridor Credits who have paid the lion's share of the cost and enabled the project to go ahead.

The other contributors are the Erskine Muton Trust, the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Dorset Historic Churches Trust and the much loved Valley News.

We will be celebrating the completion of the small extension, which houses a toilet and wash-up station, at our carol service on 2'" December this year. All are welcorne to come and worship God and see the beautiful workmanship and how the facilities make all the difference to the operation of the church. Refreshments will be provided at no charge.

Thank you to everyone who came to our recent flu clinic which was, as usual, well attended. If you were unable to attend, but are still eligible for a flu vaccination, we are holding a second clinic at Milton Abbas Surgery on Saturday 10th November from 8.30am - 11.30am. This is a walk in session, so you do not need to book ahead. If you have an appointment with us for another purpose, your flu vaccination can be given at the same time: please try not to book a nurse appointment solely for your flu vaccination as we currently have limited capacity.

I'm sure I'm not the first to mention Christmas to you, but I thought it would be worth mentioning that over the festive period we will be closed on 25th and 26th December 2018 and 1st January 2019. We will be open as usual on other days.

Finally, I wanted to raise the issue of missed appointments. In August 49 doctor and nurse appointments were missed by patients: this was a total of 11 hours and 14 minutes. We appreciate that occasionally we all forget things and patients who do genuinely forget to attend are generally apologetic. Others though, fail to attend appointments with no regard to the impact on staff and other patients. Therefore we ask that if you are unable to attend or find that you no longer need your appointment, to contact the surgery on 01258 880210 to cancel or rearrange. We can then offer the free slot to another patient and reduce waiting times for everyone.

Short Mat Bowls Are you between 14 and 90 years old? Then how about joining the Short mat Bowls at Stickland Hall Mondays 1 PM to 3:30 PM Just a fun game, we would like to see you there. If you have never played, don't worry, we will show you. Just bring a pair of soft shoes or slippers or even a pair of thick socks Please ring Francis Dennett 880129

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Milton Abbas Local History Group

Artsreach Autumn Season kicks off this month

Our new season of meetings started on Wednesday 3 October with a joint AGM followed by a main meeting. Pamela Phillips gave a summary of her Chairman's Report and James Farnham his Treasurer's Report. This is the beginning of our sixth year, at our first meeting we had just six people, now we have over 45 members.

What a busy year it has been with progress being made over the summer break and the WWI exhibition. We started the website and Facebook page this year and they have helped us reach many more people who are researching their Milton Abbas ancestors and transcribing documents. The BBC filmed our meeting in May and we are still waiting for a broadcast date for the series on The English Village, the latest date being some time in January 2019.

Our finances are in a healthy state after two donations of ÂŁ500 each - one for Bryan Phillips' work on Milton Abbey exhibitions and the other from the Trustees of the Street Fair for spending on our exhibitions. We have been building our library, and adding digital maps and documents.

These are available to members and are listed on our website.

The highlight of the year was our Summer Event on a glorious hot day which consisted of a walking tour of the Old Town of Milton Abbas (we had to use a lot of imagination for that!) followed by a BBQ. At our main meeting in October one of our members from Southampton gave a presentation on his research on Milton Abbas. He has transcribed some of the 42 Settlement Examinations which have survived for Milton Abbas, dating from the 18th C, and researched the families involved. We were enthralled by the stories which can be told of the ordinary people by the use of these documents.

Our Old Town Project group is thriving and members are actively researching. The next meeting of this group is Wed 7 November at 14:00 in the Reading Rooms.

Our main meeting on wed 7 November will be concentrating on the early years of Milton Abbey School founded in 1953 with a presentation

by Martin Lockwood, a relative of the founder, the Rev Francis Brown.

This month sees a re-scheduled performance of "Dreaming The Night Field" from Adverse Camber - cancelled in March due to "The Beast From The East" This show was 90% sold out in March, so booking is strongly advised.

If you managed to see "Fire In The North Sky" featuring Nick Hennessy storytelling with live musical backing, then you will already be aware of the high-quality productions brought to us by Adverse Camber.

"Dreaming The Night Field" is narrated by Michael Harvey, rated as one of the most engaging storytellers in the UK (possibly, the world!).

He will be captivating us with a tale of Welsh folklore. Full of Welsh landscapes and night skies, where honour, justice, magic and transformation collide, all intertwined with exquisitely haunting live music, where English and Welsh are artfully woven together.

See advert in this issue for full details, or take a look at artsreach.co.uk for more of what this great charitable organisation has to offer. Tickets on sale NOW! Also, look out for a brilliant Christmas show on Friday, 7th December......one not to be missed!

Graeme Gale

Advance notice of Stickland's Christmas Events Come and make Christingles on Sunday 2nd December 4pm We're repeating our early Christingle again this year. You are all very welcome to bring your families to St Mary's, Winterborne Stickland at 4pm on Sunday 2nd December We will make our own Christingles with oranges and sweets within the short service. Refreshments available.

Messy Christmas in the Sports Club on Saturday 8th December We look forward to seeing you at our FREE Messy Christmas Crafts Afternoon at Stickland Sports Club on Saturday 8th December from 2-4pm. Lots of fun crafty things to do, including decorating festive biscuits, making your own tree decorations and cards and a couple of games including pin the nose on Rudolph!

Our Crib and Candlelit Carol service will be in Church on Christmas Eve at 4pm as usual

Winterborne Artisans A celebration of local Art and Craft will be held in the Pamela Hambro Hall, Stickland on Saturday 24th November. Why - because we have so many talented folks in the Winterborne Valley who need to share their wonderful work.

This venture was initially born out of the impressive exhibits displayed at this year's Valley Gardening Club Summer Show: painting, lace, embroidery, needlecraft, prints, basket work, pottery, wood craft to name but a few, enough to present an exhibition of brilliance and celebration.

I wonder if you recall a recent series on television of The Repair Shop - fascinating watching, particularly when the sign from Stickland's Village Green featured on the programme.

The sign was first made to celebrate aspects of the local community, bringing together the crafts, skills, local professions and history on this commemorative centre point.

Motivated by these, interest has been generated in re-establishing a Guild for Art and Craft in the Winterborne Valley, one that celebrates and promotes local Art and Craft in the area. The group could embrace local skills and talents and provide a platform for celebration and pursuing artistic interests.

There will be an opportunity to express an opinion about reestablishing a Guild (or the phoenix of a Guild) - what do you think? So come along on Saturday 24th November and give us your thoughts.

Many items will be on sale, providing an opportunity to buy something for your home, a friend, a Christmas gift or two with refreshments available all day. Proceeds from sales, and donations will help support the huge cost of replacing electrics in St. Mary's Church Stickland.

Philippa, Janine, Karen and Richard

Singers for Milton Abbey Carol Service It is time to start looking forward to the candlelit Milton Abbey Carol Service on Sunday 16th December at 6pm.

All singers (Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass) are invited to come and join our rehearsals on Wednesdays from 7.30-9pm, beginning on Wednesday 14th November, in St Mary's, Stickland. No audition is necessary. Singing in the Abbey is a lovely way to start the Christmas festivities. Please contact me or leave a message to say if you are available to join us and music will be provided.

Angela D'Silva (880118 or angela@dsilva.net)

Fantastic Royal Albert Hall Opportunity A local benefactor has very kindly donated the use of a box at the Royal Albert Hall for a performance of the Cirque du Soleil on Friday, 18 January at 7.30pm. This private box will accommodate a maximum of 8 people and is in an excellent position. It is a fantastic opportunity for a group to see this amazing show from a prestigious seat.

As these tickets have been donated specifically to help raise money for St Mary's Church, Winterborne Stickland we are taking 'sealed bids'.

If you would like to bid for the tickets, please send in a sealed bid (i.e. a suggested amount) in a sealed envelope and post to Hazel Harlock, 4 West Street, Winterborne Stickland before Friday 30th November.

More details about the event and normal ticket prices can be viewed on the Royal Albert Hall website. The lucky bid will be notified soon after that date.

St Mary's, Stickland PCC

Bere Regis Floral Group The next meeting of Bere Regis Floral Group will be on Tuesday November 13th at 2pm in Tarrant Keyneston village hall. This is our special Christmas Open Meeting with National Demonstrator Michael Bowyer MBE and is going to be something very exciting to look forward to. Tickets ÂŁ12.50 includes refreshments and are available from secretary Sue Stone on 01929 471083 or any committee member.

Come and join us and get into the Christmas spirit!

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the mash to another level of flavour, roasted with your other winter vegetables they are delicious but what about a simple Artichoke and Shallot Galette, a free form pie. For the pastry you will need 300g of plain flour, 175g unsalted butter cubed, 25 g Parmesan or vegetarian hard cheese, finely grated, 1 tsp thyme leaves finely chopped and 1 large egg yolk lightly beaten. To make the pastry put the flour and butter in a food processor with a generous pinch of fine salt and pulse until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Tip into a large bowl and stir in the parmesan and thyme leaves. Make a well in the middle and stir in the egg yolk and 3-4 tbsp cold water. Bring together with your hands and knead briefly to a soft dough, shape into a disc. Wrap in clingfilm and chill for 30 min.

Preheat your oven to 200c, (180c fan), gas mark 6. Thoroughly wash 400g of Jerusalem artichokes and scrub clean. Slice into 1cm thick rounds and transfer to a large roasting tin. Slice 200g of new potatoes in the same way and add to the tin with 200g small shallots, 2 garlic cloves finely chopped, 2tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp thyme leaves plus some extra sprigs. Toss together and season with sea salt and black pepper and roast for 30 min. Put a large baking sheet in the oven to preheat.

Once the pastry has rested, remove from the fridge and leave until it is room temperature. Roll out between 2 large sheets of baking parchment to make a rough 35cm round about ½ cm thick. Remove the top sheet of parchment and pile the roast vegetables into the middle of the pastry, leaving a 4cm border all the way round. Fold the pastry edges into the middle to form an edge. Whisk 150ml of crême fraiche with 1 medium egg and 100g Gorgonzola and some seasoning. Add spoonfuls among the vegetables, dot with 100g of Gorgonzola, sprinkle with thyme leaves and 1tbsp of pinenuts. Beat an egg and brush the pastry border with it.

Slide on to the preheated baking sheet and bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes until the pastry is crisp and the vegetables are tender. Enjoy for a delicious weekend lunch for 6-8 people.

Beetroot has been a fashionable vegetable for a few years now, with an increasing number of varieties available from the usual red, the Italian Chioggia, yellow and white as well as a pink rather than red variety; they make a delicious and colourful winter salad. Allow one medium beetroot per person, scrub and then roast in a medium oven for 30 minutes, the beets should still be slightly firm. When cool enough to handle skin and cut the top off, then slice into 1cm rounds and place in a bowl. To the beets add 2 oranges, skinned and sliced into 2cm rounds then cut into 4 wedges and 2 thinly sliced red onions. Mix together 4tbsp of olive oil, 2 tbsp of a flavoured vinegar, plum vinegar is perfect, a tsp of Dijon mustard and season with salt and pepper, pour over the beets and mix well. Add 2 tbsp of pitted black olives and 2 tbsp of finely chopped parsley and 1 tbsp of finely chopped mint and mix well. This is delicious with feta cheese or cold meats with some lovely crusty bread to soak up the juices. You can swap lovely ripe tomatoes for the beetroot when tomatoes are at their best.

Kale has deservedly become popular and as a result there are more varieties available. Just boiling any vegetable is easy but can become boring. Here is a simple and different way to cook some kale. Take 500 g of any variety of kale and remove the thicker stalks and discard. Chop the kale coarsely. Heat 2tbsp of olive oil in a wide pan, toss in the kale and cook over a medium heat for about 2 minutes until it has shrunk and become glossy. Add 2 tbsp of vegetable stock or water and the zest of 1 orange and the juice of ½ the orange with ¼ tsp grated nutmeg.

Cover with baking parchment, lower the heat and simmer for 3-5 minutes until the kale is soft. Season with salt and pepper and serve, perfect with fish and any roast meat or chops.

When I am tired or very busy I have certain supper dishes that I call on because they are tasty and quick and easy. I have said before that I prefer chicken thigh meat to breast as it has more flavour and does not dry our quite so easily. Allowing 2 thighs per person cut off the excess fat and discard, season with herbs de Provence and salt and pepper and roast in a hot oven for 30 minutes until golden and the skin is crisp. At the same time, you could put in halved medium potatoes for jacket potatoes or a pot of mixed vegetables, potatoes, carrots, parsnips, sliced pumpkin, baby turnips - whatever you have in the fridge. Drizzle with some olive oil, season with salt and pepper and some herbs. They can all cook at the same time and with very little work supper is ready. When they come out of the oven chuck in a fruit crumble, and enjoy.

Streamwatch What a strange year this has been where few norms have been apparent. The heat of the summer certainly had a tremendous and unexpected impact on river management. One can imagine plant growth in conditions such as we experienced this summer to be resplendent, luxuriant and abundant - but no. Plant life was scorched and stunted, and in general matted the course of the waterway. The river was shaded creating cooler and sheltered conditions in which wild life could hide.

As reported in September the birdlife was also hiding. Usually during the summer months it is possible to guarantee seeing at least ten species of birds along Water Lane, however, this year it was a struggle to spot more than five species with hedge sparrows being more abundant than in previous years.

A number of readers drew attention to the presence of a hop plant that bloomed in September. The plant can be found by the single tree towards the Houghton sign and spreads eastward for about 30 metres.

It looks like a cultivated variety of the Golden Hop (Humulus Lupulus 'Aureus'), probably brought to the hedgerow by birds some years ago.

These plants are vigorous but splendid in colour during spring and particularly autumn. This hop is deciduous so by the time this article is published little evidence will remain. Look out for leaves as illustrated and vine like twines in the hedge. Hops also spread 'like crazy' and tend to dominate - so will need watching in case it changes the nature and ecology of this section of the hedgerow. Can anyone advise?

Only the lower section of waterway was cleared to a width recommended by The Environment Agency, with other sections of the river being gently tweaked where necessary. The limited work was of concern initially although, amazingly, the water levels remained constant and higher than in recent years despite one of the driest and hottest summers for some time. Good water levels may be due, in part, to the substantial repair work carried out on swallets last year. By not removing vegetation as often, silt was able to build up more around vulnerable areas.

Two fundamental signs of a heathy chalk stream are: (i) clear water flowing over gravel, and (ii) ranunculus growing in mid-stream. Both were present in the spring and are again present this autumn, demonstrating the resilience and recovery powers of our waterway.

What is more, the kingfisher is back.

It is now time to prepare for the winter season. Work on this will be later this year as we seem to be enjoying a second spring with confused bankside plants emerging for a second time. Our thanks go to the volunteers who have already put their names forward to assist in this annual task.

Damage to banks is occurring still. Vehicles have needed to be towed out from the river a few times this year leaving inevitable scars.

At the Houghton end where flooding occurred in the spring, one incident scraped top soil off the bank over the distance of about 10 metres which has reduced the capacity to hold the river back in flood conditions. Further damage to the Stickland end has pushed edge stones into the water course removing the verge and leaving just a tarmac edge to hold the river in place and increasing the risk of undercutting the road. It is becoming more and more difficult for pedestrians to take refuge from traffic and some drivers grow impatient. Thank you if you are one of those considerate drivers who give pedestrians, cyclists and horses time to find a safe place to take refuge.

Stickland River Management Group

What's Cooking?

Sunchokes or Jerusalem artichokes are at their best at this time of the year, sweet and nutty. It is easy to forget that they are a versatile vegetable and not just for soup. Added to mashed potato they can take

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Circe is the exiled witch who tried to keep Odysseus on her island when he and his crew stopped by, on their long way home after 12 years of war against Troy (but you don't need to know this). Homer paints her as devious, needy and dangerous. But Madeline Miller subverts this version. She starts by putting Circe in context as the ugly duckling, nymph-goddess, one of many daughters of the formidable Titan Sun-God Helios: Circe is a complex loner, too sympathetic to humans and constantly out-played by her many sister-nymphs, who are bored, sophisticated and spiteful.

There are delightful early scenes in which Circe gradually realises the capricious nature of her fellow immortal Gods. Not unlike a clever but over-protected bookworm at a bullying school, Circe only realises how independent and therefore isolated she is when she needs an ally, and finds that even her family scorns her.

The emotional arc of Circe's painful growth to self-knowledge is hedged within the story of her first love (for a lowly shepherd), her discovery of her transformational powers, her traumatic exile to a remote island, her awkward love of Odysseus, and then the terrors of motherhood as she fights to protect her beloved but resentful son who is mortal, like his father, and hated by the goddess Athena. In a final, satisfying twist, Circe is faced with sacrificing part of her nature if she is truly to love another.

It is this mix of emotional realism and the fantasy powers of a Goddess that makes Circe such a bewitching book. One caveat is that the heroine is too much of a contemporary super-woman in disguise as an ancient Greek Goddess: she alone of the Gods cares about what happens to mortals, feels guilty about her one act of wickedness, and dares to defy Zeus and the monster of the deep.

Nevertheless, Circe is an astonishing act of imagination. Ms Miller had to completely re-invent this shadowy woman so that we can identify with her: the lonely, brave outsider who keeps going, against the odds and even though she frequently misunderstands both humans and Gods.

Mark Hudson

Down the Garden Path If you doubt that the earth is warming and that the weather is changing then surely this year has changed your mind. Everything has been thrown at the garden this year - freezing rain, torrential rain, drought, heat and then a very mild autumn. Lots of jobs that would have been done before November in the past have been left because the garden is not ready. Some things have done really well, while others have struggled with the heat and lack of rain, vegetables in particular have been hit hard. I tried an old variety of purple pea and it was fine and I got a really good crop but my usual green peas were a disaster.

The broad beans started late but really got going to produce a fine crop as did the purple beans cropping well until the end of October. What winter has in store for us is anyone's guess.

If you haven't already potted up some herbs to bring in for the winter you really need to do it as soon as possible. Chives are so easy and so useful and take up little room. Parsley will keep going for most of the winter on a bright windowsill and mint can also be grown indoors through the dark months. The restriction for many plants is daylight hours as their growing clocks are based on this - as the days shorten so they go to sleep. It is possible to keep tomatoes going indoors quite late in the season but the lack of light does for them in the end.

Raking up leaves can feel an endless job but it really is worth the effort for the leaf mould that it will provide. Winter is the time to prune fruit trees and also shrubs. Pruning can feel intimidating, how much to cut, how drastic and so on. With shrubs the easiest way to do it is to take out one third of the old wood each year which then allows the light in for the younger growth. It is easy to recognise the old wood as it is darker and many plants really appreciate a good haircut. With roses I tidy up at this time of the year, cutting out dead and crossed wood and reducing the height a bit to help stop root rock. My main pruning takes place in February or March after the worst of the winter is over. There is nothing worse than being timid about pruning. Roses and fuchsias really benefit from a hard prune and will pay you handsomely next year.

Magnolias on the other hand do not appreciate it and you need to very careful and gentle about how much you remove or they can seriously sulk. The Daphne family are another group that can take offence at a hard prune. Cut stems with flowers for the house as a way to prune them and enjoy their perfume, otherwise a tidy up is about all they will tolerate.

If you are planning to plant fruit trees this is a good time to buy bare root trees and to plant while the soil is still warm. I had my first walnuts this year from trees I planted five years ago. It is so rewarding and gratifying when you reap the rewards of your efforts. Fruit trees can be grown in any garden, the development of trees for patios and pots grafting onto root stock that produce small compact trees enables anyone to have a fruit tree. It is well worth having a go.

It is also the time to plant tulips. I have to admit to being way behind with my bulb planting and I have not yet managed to get all my new daffodils into the ground let alone start on the tulips. I have bought some saffron crocus bulbs to have a go at growing my own saffron.

More valuable than gold it will be interesting to see how much saffron one does get from the flowers. Growing unusual things is one of the fun things about gardening, one needs a bit of patience, as it will be a year before I know what results are produced, and tolerance when something happens and the hoped-for results are not achieved. This is always mitigated by the unexpected success.

I love taking rose cuttings and one of my cuttings from last year, which is still too small to plant out, has produced the most exquisite flower, pale yellow tipped with pink and a heavenly perfume. Where the cutting came from I have no idea but it has been worth the wait to see the results. Growing cuttings is a way to clone the parent, whereas growing from seed can produce some unexpected surprises depending on which plants the bees had visited on their foraging flight, but that is one of the pleasures of propagating.

Claire Scott

Love is like a Song Life, it lasts within a breath.

But Love is like a song, which lifts and falls upon the waves, and carries you along.

Wrapped in softest melodies, of lullabies and more, soothed by Angel's fingers, and kissed for ever more.

Jackie Grearson

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Events COFFEE MORNING & CHARITY SHOP Mondays, 10.30am-12.00, St. Mary’s Church, Stickland

CAR BOOT - TABLE TOP SALE

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

Sunday 4th November from 11am Winterborne Whitechurch Village Hall

ROUND ROBIN RAMBLERS SUN 4th NOV 2pm Gussage All Saints 4½m, Meet near Gussage All Saints Church.

WED 21st NOV 11am Dewlish & Milborne St Andrew 6½m, Meet outside Dewlish Church. Packed Lunch required.

SUN 2nd DEC 1.30pm Buckland Newton 4½m, Meet near the Buckland Newton Church.

Ian Bromilow 880044 FRI 9th NOV Milborne Movies presents 'Finding Your Feet' (12) 7.30pm, Milborne St Andrew Village Hall Bar open 7pm. Tickets £3.50

Tables inside £5 - outside £3 Teas, coffees, Bar Contact: Jim 01258 881204 Martin 01258 628321

FRI 16th NOV BINGO 7.30pm, Whitechurch Village Hall Raffle, Refreshments. In aid of Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance WED 21st NOV Talk: A Year at Picket Lane Nursery by Neil Lovesey 7.30pm, Pamela Hambro Hall, Stickland Raffle, Refreshments. Entrance £3, VGC members Free.

THU 13th DEC Cantamus Choir Christmas Concert 7.30pm, Milton Abbey Tickets Adults £10, Under 18s £5.

Proceeds to the Milton Abbey Heritage Charitable Trust

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The Winterborne Valley & Milton Abbas Benefice was so much better, so much richer at walking pace!

We are coming up to the season where we do a lot of remembering.

It begins with All Souls, where we remember those we love and are no longer with us.

Then, a week later, we will be having Remembrance Day services.

This November is the 100th anniversary of armistice day. A time when we might remember the end of the war to end all wars. If only that had been true!

On 11 November 1918 the ringing of church bells erupted spontaneously across the country, as an outpouring of relief that 4 years of war had come to an end. Now, 100 years later, "Ringing Remembers".

Church and cathedral bells will ring across the country and to honour that moment and the 1,400 bell ringers who died in the war, the Central Council of Bell Ringers hopes to have recruited 1,400 new bell ringers to take part in the commemorations this year.

I do hope that this new generation being born in these years will be able to live in love and peace with all, God bless, Alan

Dear Reader, I am writing early again for the November edition because we have been summoned to meet our new granddaughter. I am amazed by how kind and generous people have been so that we can make the journey and meet this new little one. She is our third in two years and we are looking forward to meeting her. By the time November's issue is published, we will have been and returned, taking a copy of the Valley News with us to Perth, WA. Last month I wrote about the diocese wellbeing course in the Lake District. It turned out to be very helpful. We slowed down, looked into the distance. Vigorous weather and wonderful scenery did a lot of good for the soul. We had to slow down for those who found the going quite tough. They, on the other hand, shared insights and wisdom, whilst we stood and stared. Gratitude seemed to be abundant, for our surroundings, for each other, a bit of flat ground occasionally, a warm pub for lunch and Tess our dog, who encouraged us all to keep going.

Three weeks later, the world is sending me spinning once again. Life 0835 Mon & Tue MP Stickland 0930 Wed HC Milton Abbas Clenston Houghton Milton Abbas Stickland Turnworth Whitechurch

4th Nov Proper 26 4th before Advent Red 1000 Morning worship (baptism) AR 1800 HC AR 1000 MW TS 0830 (BCP) sHC AR 1500 Service of Light SL

11th Nov Proper 27 3rd before Advent Remembrance Sunday Red 1800 EP AR 1045 Remembrance AR 1500 Remembrance SL/AR 1030 Remembrance JHB 1000 Remembrance TS

18th Nov Proper 28 2nd before Advent Red

1800 EP AR 1000 HC AR/JHB 1000 MW DA/PC

25th Nov Proper 29 Next before Advent Red

1000 HC AR 1000 MW SL 1800 HC AR 0830 (BCP) sHC AR

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; Rev’d Jo Davis JD Debbie Albery DA; Harriet Ryan HR; Jenny Tory JT; Ian Bromilow IB; Wilma Bromilow WB; Piers Chichester PC

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

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

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Above: Anne & Richard Whitehall at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin!

Right: The Lord Mayor about to set off on a ride round the City in aid of his Appeal. (John Scott) Bottom Left: Two Chelsea Pensioners and a Pearly King in Guildhall Yard in the City of London for The Costermongers’ Harvest Festival at St. Mary le Bow. (John Scott) Bottom Right: The Queen of the Maypole with John Scott dressed in the uniform of the Chief Commoner. (John Scott)

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The beautiful Winterborne Valley.

By Louis Cameron

LAST MONTH'S CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across 1. Gimmick: GK (as in G K Chesterton) enfolding immic (confused impressionist, i.e. mimic) 4. Fuming: no end of fun = fu; Chinese vase = ming.

7. Item: Contrite message 8. Narrowing: Organised = ran, ran backwards = nar; regatta = rowing 10. Saloon: Hairdressers = salon; love = o (as in tennis scoring) 12. Bedrest: Exist = be; sounds like clothed = drest 15. Emu: as per European Monetary Union 16. Tabasco: anagram of "a cat sob" 19. Immense: soldiers = men; Isle of Man = Im; Sweden = Se 22. Gar: big arena 23. Gangway: posse = gang; path = way 26. Dahlia: Surrealist = Dali; hospital = h; last of Amanda = a 28. Cleopatra: Docked crusacean = cra; sign = leo; tbs of butter = pat 30. Arch: military music = march 31. Swells: source of water = well; on board = ss 32. Skaters: Tea = t; the queen = er; early reggae = ska; Sunday = s Down 1. Gainsaying: proceeds = gain; proverb = saying 2. Mambo: Chinese leader = mao; Mitchell brothers initially = mb 3. Canoness: One hundred = c; of unknown origin = anon; eastern = e; ship = ss 4. Far: ranch = farm; monther = m 5. Mower: hesitation = er; short time = mo; with = w

6. Nines: Spain = es; loveless onion = nin 9. Rebut: soldiers = re (royal engineers); nevertheless = but 11. Loam: see = lo; morning = am 13. Dub: shoot = bud 14. Toothaches: Trumpet = toot; chick arrives = hatches 17. Aardvark: Drunkenly indicated an anagram; a = a; US motorhome = rv; Senegal's capital = dakar 18. Sill: cars ill-fitting 20. Now: acknowledge = own 21. Egypt: Alf (alien life form) who phoned home = ET; cheat = gyp 24. Allow: naïve = callow; a hundred = c 25. Growl: become = grow; large = l 27. Heart: Macho = he; craftiness = art 29. Ass: Service = mass; Frenchman = m EASY Across 1. Cricket 4. Target 7. Enid 8. Extrovert 9. Snores 12. Operate 15. Our 16. Neglect 19. Bandage 22. Mop

28. Pure 30. Bali 31. Cradle 32. Edition Down 1. Chelsea Bun 2. Cider 3. Evensong 4. Tor 5. River 6. Egret

9. Thorn 11. Oven 13. Egg 14. Estimation 17. Expanded 18. Epic 20. Aft 21. Empty 24. Owner 25. Salad 27. Abbot 29. Owe

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Valley Organisations & Contacts Abbey Swimming Club Milton Abbey Swimming Pool. Tue 1830-2030, Fri 1930-2030, Sat 1000-1200, Sun 8am-9am, Lynn 881443, Pat 880601, Stephen 881524, abbeyswimmingclub@gmail.com Aquacise and lane swimming for fitness Exercise in the water - safe and fun for all ages. Ladies and gentlemen welcome Fridays 6.30pm Maria 880895 secretary@masportsclub.org.uk Bere Regis Floral Group 2nd Tue each month, 2pm, Kingston Village Hall, Diane Edmunds 01929 472 331 British Horse Society (Dorset) County Bridleway Officer • 01258 880318 carolshoopman@btinternet.com Bus2Go Margo www.bus2godorset.org 01258 837749 / 07917 298321 Dunbury Church of England Academy www.dunbury.dsat.org.uk • 880501 Extend Exercise (to music for 60s+) Fri 10am-11am, PHH, Jilly Spencer 07971 755715 Golf Club Milton Abbey School, Laura Haim 881872 Jan’s Fun Art & Craft Classes 07836 639514 janodesigns@yahoo.co.uk Ladies Keep Fit Wed 7.30pm WVH. Mary Fripp 880416 Milborne St. Andrew Village Hall Events Alice Harrall 01258 837371 msavillagehall@gmail.com Milton Abbas 2001 Women’s Group Pauline Northeast 880223 Milton Abbas Art Group Mon 7pm-9pm, RRMA, Elizabeth Walker elizziewalker@yahoo.co.uk Milton Abbas Local History Group 1st Wed each month, 7pm RRMA Bryan or Pamela Phillips 880385

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Swimming Lessons Juniors and adults. Beginners and improvers.

Maria 880895 or Richard 837402 Table Tennis for Adults Tue 2pm-4pm & Fri 7pm-9pm, PHH Graham Case 880740 Tennis Club Winterborne Sports Club, Stickland Jerry Kelsey 07665 777451 Valley Ringers John Close (Tower Capt, WW) 880457 Ann Fox (Tower Capt, WS) 881156 Valley Computer Club Richard D’Silva 880118 Valley Gardening Club sites.google.com/site/vgcdorset Valley Players 881415, www.valleyplayers.co.uk Whist Drive 3rd Wed of month, 7pm, RRMA. Entry £1 W. Stickland Sports & Community Club Vaughan Manners 880969 • wssc.club Whitechurch Beavers, Cubs and Scouts Tue, Beavers, Dunbury School Gym Girls & Boys 6-8 years Fri, Cubs 6.30-8.15pm, Dunbury School Gym Girls & Boys 7½-11 years Fri, Scouts, 6.30-8.30pm, WVH Girls & Boys 10½-14 years. Leader: Skip, winterbornewhitechurchscouts@gmail.com Secretary: Anna 880363 anna@annaway.plus.com Winterborne Whitechurch Village Hall See Text Ads Yoga Thu 9.30-10.30am, PHH, Louise Hull 860381 Zumba WVH, Various classes, AM & PM, Tue & Thu Tracy 07971 636437

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W CROSS R D Thanks again to Nick Donnelly for compiling our second Valley News Crossword.

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

Answers will be given in the next edition.

CRYPTIC

EASY

Across 1. A hard choice for Herb losing line to Austen novel (7) 4. Shout extremes of brutality captured sailor, what a softy! (7) 8. Drunk brew spied a snare (9) 12. Senior tree (5) 13. Backward offspring takes drug to make a feature (4) 15. Dog with sore throat (5) 16. Old wound found in mollusc area (4) 20. Mixing strange broth with unusual career, he lights the way (11) 23. Admits posh dresses with front cut away (4) 24. Spell caster with a hundred inside (5) 25. Reverse bet before it erupts (4) 30. Cake sail (5) 31. That narc is suspect, but what a pretty boy! (9) 33. Receiver of images swaps tail for start of university education, producing a following (7) 34. Flyer knave, son of Margery? (7) Down 1. Elegant and gallant? Bound to end up breaking things! (7) 2. Mixed up storyteller in hideout (4) 3. Dream arrangement has blemish (3) 5. Return and surrender (5) 6. Artificial intelligence of French is there to help (4) 7. Chaotic drama includes most of chopped rye on sailing ship (7) 9. Terminal stop (3) 10. Worked, then press blacksmith's output? (7, 4) 11. Queen after support seat, but not in government (11) 14. The devil swaps article for intelligence material (5) 17. Measure of purity of calcium? Bounder! (5) 18. Nose lever (3) 19. Mary Berry hides mistake (3) 21. Junior, but upset one guy, right? (7) 22. Group viewed woodworking tool (7) 26. Outskirts of Brighton contain uncooked potted meat (5) 27. Use musk oil to capture pond life (3) 28. It follows international organisation to create army group (4) 29. Secondhand American journalist (4) 32. Brew half or one third of dance (3)

Across 1. Judge (7) 4. Smoked herrings (7) 8. He was great (9) 12. Type of leather (5) 13. Thing word (4) 15. Irritatingly strong and unpleasant smell (5) 16. Gloomy (4) 20. Recess or notch on the edge of something (11) 23. Replacement for animal protein (4) 24. Not clergy (5) 25. Harvest (4) 30. Egg shaped (5) 31. Without odour (9) 33. Precisely (7) 34. Reeking (7) Down 1. Shellfish (7) 2. What the wind did (4) 3. A long time (3) 5. Cornish ----- (5) 6. Fencing sword (4) 7. Features of a landscape (7) 9. Coal residue (3) 10. Those who came after (11) 11. Property of Thorium, for example (11) 14. Bring together (5) 17. One enjoying property rights (5) 18. Fuss (3) 19. Tease (3) 21. Soot pie (anagram) (7) 22. Married people (7) 26. Police or army trainee (5) 27. Rubbish (3) 28. Spanish painter (4) 29. e.g. Hercules (4) 32. Give assent (3)

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