245 May 2012 Wriggle Valley Magazine

No. 245

Ian Wood

May 2012

A Spring afternoon on Chetnole boules piste

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News from the Villages

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Batcombe

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Chetnole

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Hermitage

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Hilfield

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Leigh

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Ryme Intrinseca

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Yetminster

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Out and About

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May’s edition of your local community magazine is yet another bumper one filled Diary - May onwards to the gunwales with Jubilee celebration Regular Meeting & Activities activities. What are you going to be doing to celebrate our Queen’s Diamond Jubilee? General News In addition to these we are also building up to hours of summer community fun with .. there’s nowt as fascinating.. flower shows, hog roasts and fairs which I St Andrew’s Primary School am looking forward to attending.

We have a new contributor this month, News from our Churches Eddie Upton from Folk South West in Leigh who is sharing with us each month both Benefice Church Services local and national customs which makes very interesting reading, see p49.

Leigh Weather Watch Thank you for sending in your photos, it would be great to have a montage of Planning Applications Jubilee fun. Our cover photo, the elegant game of boules just shows us what a … gone gardening … beautiful area in which we live - with St Club News Peter’s Church glistening in the distance.

Thanks you to all our new advertisers, without your continuing support we would not be able to deliver our magazine for free to over 1200 households. This also goes for all very generous donations; it is very much appreciated.

Have a great sunny month.

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he new school term has got off to a rocky start for some of our Chetnole sixth formers attending The Gryphon School in Sherborne. Sadly, and not without some degree of frustratio

News from the Villages BATCOMBE.....

BATCOMBE FAMOUS

CREAM TEAS

"March winds and April showers bring forth the May flowers" The welcome rain came just in time; it looked as if it was going to be 1976 again.

We were sorry to hear that Miss Madge Newman passed away on 4 April. She always took a great interest in the village and was Parish Counsellor for many years.

She will be greatly missed.

The famous Batcombe Cream teas will again be held at Hilfield Friary on Sunday 17 June. Tea served from 3pm (see boxed Ad) There will be a church maintenance The monthly coffee morning will be on morning starting at 10.30 on Saturday 23 Wednesday 2nd May at Minterns Folly June. Please come along as many hands starting at 11am and Wednesday 6 June make light work. with David & Ivy Perry at Weymouth.

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CHETNOLE..... with Melbury Bubb & Stockwood

I can’t believe that we are already into May but Spring is well under way and Chetnole is looking beautiful as ever. Lots of fun times lie ahead here in our village and to kick off events don’t forget to purchase your Duck for the Race on Sunday 13 May. Only £1! A Playing Field Sub Committee Member will be calling shortly to see you so empty those money boxes and have your pounds ready!

The Jubilee weekend is racing towards us and Anna and Rod of Heneford Mill are still in need of burning material (no foamfilled furniture sorry) for the the Chetnole,Melbury Bubb and Stockwood Beacon on June 4th as part of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations. It has been registered with the nationwide beacon events organizers who will send us a lighting up time sometime after 10pm. After that there are fireworks. Bring your picnic and drinks up earlier from about 8 or so. This is an event for us all and will be a spectacular and fun finale to our celebrations throughout the weekend. If you do have some unwanted items to burn then contact Anna and Rod at anna.kinnaird@ymail.com or telephone them on 872297. wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk 5

Michele Aldhouse of Four Martins tells me there is a new time of 11.15 am 12.15pm for the regular Exercise Pilates class held on Thursday's in the village hall.

There is always a welcome for newcomers!

It is a mixed group of ladies and gentlemen fun all the way. Come along if you need to limber up for summer.

Liz Tebbatt

Chetnole Private View Dorset Art Weeks, The Yetminster Group ( venue 234 in the DAWS brochure ) at Chetnole Mill Friday 25 May 12 noon- 2 pm . RSVP acceptances only to either Anna 872297, Bee 872255 or Leonora 872604.

Dog walkers and children welcome, entrance free, donations if desired to St Mary's Hospice. Hope you can come.

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Paul Hampshire We were very sad to hear of the death of Paul Hampshire on March 28 2012 aged 58 years. Paul moved with his parents and brothers into “Sunnyside” (now “Four Martins”) after it was built in the late 1950’s.

He attended Chetnole School and St Aldhelm's. On leaving school he started work at Sandford Orcas Nurseries and later moved to Sussex. He leaves a wife and two grown-up daughters and brother Barry who lives in Dorchester.

Sylvia Frampton

Nuffy the Wandering Moggy I would would like to thank everyone for keeping an eye out for Nuffy especially the lady in Church Close who phoned me, and apologise for disturbing you all for one very clever puss who knew exactly where she was and what she wanted to do.

She is now at Dad's, very obviously her second if not first home, curled up asleep without a care in the world.

Ann Jenkinson

Dear fellow residents of Chetnole We are blessed with some of the most beautiful and ideal dogwalking fields and paths in this area. That being the case we are somewhat mystified and disappointed to keep finding doggy leavebehinds in our gardens, on the road in front of our houses, on the children’s playground and on two particularly memorable occasions our children's Wendy House – discovered by a 2 year old (I’ll spare you the gory details but suffice to say it was not pleasant!)

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The Charity Bridge afternoon took place in the village hall on 15th March and raised over £500. After expenses a cheque for £465 has been sent to the Weldmar Hospice Trust.

It was a most enjoyable afternoon where, between the two card sessions, all 52 players participated in a fabulous tea.

Our Chetnole charity bridge event has become well known in the area for its special tea and this year was no exception.

A special thanks must go to those in the village who provided a scrumptious array of cakes and also to Nils Wikstrom for producing delicious Swedish style open sandwiches. Sue Morgan and her helpers laboured mightily behind the scenes to organise the spread and all with little disruption to the serious matter of bidding and playing. Thanks also goes to all those who donated some very exceptional raffle prizes with a particular mention to RWM, Fudges and Mike Lewin for their generous contributions. Altogether there were 14 prizes to be won and thanks go to Aly for taking charge of this important feature of the afternoon.

Prizes were awarded for various aspects of the bridge but the overall winner was Jean Nunn. Many congratulations to Jean.

One final thank you to Tony Morgan who kindly agreed to be the Director for the

The 2012 Chetnole Duck Race will start from the bridge at the bottom of Mill Lane at 2.00pm on Sunday 13 May. The Ducks will race, from here, to the ford in Deep Ford Lane.

Whilst the Ducks recover, Teas, Coffees, Soft Drinks and Cake will be served in the Village Hall where the winning Ducks will be announced.

Ducks only cost £1 each, cash prizes will be awarded, and all profits will go towards the upkeep and improvement of the Playing Field, so please support this event.

Nigel Bray Playing Field Committee

afternoon and who ably controlled the proceedings.

This successful event carried on the tradition of charity bridge in Chetnole initiated by Jean Woodford sixteen years ago and hopefully will continue to raise money for local cancer relief for many years to come.

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The Dorset Best Village Competition 2012 The search has begun for Dorset’s Best Village in a competition launched in March

by Dorset Community Action. Judging will be carried out during May and June. The competition organiser makes it very clear on the DCA website, that although on-going maintenance of the village hall, play area, churchyard and absence of litter are very important features, the judges’ focus will not be on how the village looks. Of prime importance is how active the village is, how it builds and sustains a community spirit and how it addresses the needs of its residents.

Fellow Chetnoleans will recognise instantly that we easily meet those criteria in spades, - we already know where the best village in Dorset is! No contest!

The competition includes two special entry categories - “ The People’s Project” – the winning village will be judged to have the best project involving active local people, and “Best Environment” – for the village with the best green initiatives.

All villages in Dorset were invited to enter, either through the parish council, village hall committee or any other active community group.

The Boules Club has taken up the challenge, entering the village and submitting three “Peoples’ Projects” entries: a] Chetnole Chuckers Boules Club b] Chetnole Weekly E-Diary c] Chetnole Wednesday Coffee Morning.

Apparently judges usually give a few days notice in advance of a “surprise” inspection visit. At the time of writing, a village litter-pick has been planned by Chetnole Home Watch for 18 April - just to hedge our bets!

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Chetnole Flower Show and Fete Saturday 4 August Fun for all the family including Circus Acts, Dog Agility, Musical Pony Ride by Cattistock Pony Club AND MUCH MORE! Classes in the photography section this year will be Seascape, People, Wildlife, The Diamond Jubilee Year and Speed, a good selection of topics for the happy snappy photographers out there.

Could all would be trade stallholders contact S to book a stall at the Flower Show.

The latter activity falls under the “West Dorset Spring Clean” initiative, supported

by WDDC Street Cleansing department, supplying gloves, hi-vis tabards and rubbish sacks at no cost to participating communities. A happy co-incidence, or was it deliberately timed to precede the judging of the Best Village Competition?

A one–off village clean up is no bad thing, but the DCA organisers stress that keeping public areas, road verges and hedges free of litter, tidy notice boards and clutter-free gateways to farms and businesses should be our main objectives.

Finally, what if Chetnole should [deservedly] win an award? The Chuckers’ committee has pledged to donate prize money to St Peter’s churchyard wall restoration fund.

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Wriggle Valley Valley Service - Persons & Supporters - A Tribute to HM the Queen on the Occasion of her Diamond Jubilee, June 2012 - a Military Muster Calling all Service personnel, families and supporters Having consulted with some ex-military Chetnole village-elders, I plan to organise a gathering of local villagers who either have served or are serving with Her Majesty’s Armed Forces of UK and the Commonwealth, their spouses, families; and those who have supported us (e.g. as either auxiliary services or civilians working at establish such as RNAS Yeovilton, Westlands (Yeovil) and other regional Defence Establishments close to our county - et alia).

I shall arrange a simple programme in consultation with the Chetnole Village Diamond Jubilee Committee, the Church committee (& Padre) and the Landlord of the Chetnole Inn. I envisage a short service in the church followed by a low-cost “Muster” in The Chetnole Inn - to raise a glass to toast Her Majesty and her Royal Family – who so readily support our services and indeed serve with us.

Should you wish to join this celebration - in Chetnole Village commencing in the church noon on SAT 2 JUN - kindly provide me with your service and contact details: ● Rank (on retirement)/Title (or as you wish) & Name : Forename & Family Name ● Service Information (if applicable):

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Unit/Ship/Regiment/Commando/ Station/Civilian Company etc ● Duration of Service : From - To ● Or: Relationship to a service person if deceased ● Total in Family (likely to attend): ● Address, Tel No, E-Mail Kindly send your response-message to me at: dick@bowhayes.co.uk – with subject heading: MILITARY MUSTER – JUN 2012 - FAMILY SURNAME Additional Information Gathering: ● A folder will be available in the Chetnole Village Hall - on a Wednesday morning; and similarly in Yetminster and Leigh Village Halls from late-April. ● A notice will be published in the Wriggle Valley Magazine in April with an update in May. ● Call me at Bowhayes: 01935-873509 if you don’t have access to e-mail. ● Write to me at Bowhayes CHETNOLE DT9 6PE. ● Note: If you have been related to a serviceperson and wish to join this special Muster – please do fill in a return. I will keep you all posted. Col Dick Clarke, RBL Poppy Appeal Village Co-ordinator & Help for Heroes (H4H) Liaison

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“Teasing the Cat” will provide the music. There will be a bar selling beers, wines and soft drinks.

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A glass of Buck’s Fizz/Orange Juice and Croissant and Fresh Fruit There will be a Treasure Hunt for the children in the field alongside the Village Hall (by kind permission of Mr & Mrs Pyke).

Chetnole Inn “Happy Hour” from Noon to 2 p.m.

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(You will need to choose what you wish to eat when booking your tickets, to help with preparation and serving on the day).

Optional dress : “50’s” or patriotic! at St Peter’s Church – Noon - followed by Loyal Toast

Make your own model boat to sail along the River Wriggle. There will be a prize for the first to finish (at the ford) and also a prize for the best model.

10 a.m. start at the bridge in Mill Lane – or from the stepping stones if the river is too low.

Food served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Permission is being sought to close the short stretch of road outside the Village Hall and Chetnole Inn so that we can set up tables. (Bring your own chairs please.)

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Jubilee with a ‘High Tea’ on Sunday 3 June, followed by a bonfire and a ‘bring-your-own’ Local representative: Ray Dickerson picnic the following day.

(01963) 210292 Unfortunately our next “progress meeting” is not scheduled until after the deadline date for this magazine, so I cannot Easter Bingo It was great to see so many people, give you any more details at this time, but particularly children, packing the village hall please look out for notices on the Village Green and at the Hall, plus flyers through for the last Bingo of the season.

Barbara provided excellent and your door. appropriate ‘Easter’ prizes for the evening, and these were fairly evenly distributed Sheep Racing - August Bank Holiday A date for your diary - this is advance throughout the room.

Thanks to Barbara, and also to Ann, notice that there will be Sheep Racing on Charlie and Peter for their efforts on the Hermitage Village Green on August Bank Holiday, that’s on 27 Monday. night. Bingo will return in the Autumn.

Please watch out for more information Jubilee Celebrations – 3 and 4 June As already indicated, Hermitage and in future editions of this magazine.

Hilfield will be celebrating the Queen’s

HILFIELD....

Local representatives: Michael & Ann Harris ann.hilfield@hotmail.co.uk, 01300 341148

4pm when we will be holding cream teas, and produce stall at Mr & Mrs Algar's following the service. All welcome.

Our church sits up on the hill where forever time seems to stand still What a beautiful spot it nestles itself in.

You open it's doors walk in along it's stone floors sit down a while and reflect how lucky we are to have this tiny place for worship prayer and give our respect All are welcome to come and see what this church means to me a special place you can be sure come on in just open it's door take a peep and it's loveliness you will forever keep.

Our church was again full on Sunday 8 April for the Easter Service. The weather held allowing the children to have their Easter egg hunt, and parents and friends to enjoy refreshments of tea, coffee and Mrs Maureen Warr's funeral service homemade cakes. took place on Monday 19 March 2012 at Our next service will be on 10 June at 11.00 a.m. Maureen had lived many years in wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk 15

Hilfield and helped to look after the church.

She was a dearly loved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and she passed away on 9th March 2012 aged 80 years.

Fiona and her family would like to thank all those that attended Maureen's service and also to thank Mr & Mrs Algar for having the refreshments at Church Farm following the service.

Ann Harris

LEIGH.....

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By the time you read this we will know how Superfast our Broadband is likely to be and those of us who work and/or study in the village, as well as those domestic internet users, will perhaps be able to see less frustrating times ahead. Thank you to Tom Withycombe and his team for all the hard work put into getting this moving.

It seems that there are quite a few of us working from home or running businesses in or near the village. If any of you would be interested in being part of a Leigh business network do please let me know. It would be good to think that there may be ways that we can help each other.

There are a huge number of events being planned, so do get your Jubilee Ball and Hog Roast tickets and whilst you have your diary out make a note of the Moviola and May Fair dates. I am sure as you scour the magazine you will find plenty more dates to write in!

How lucky we are to live in a community where there is so much going on.

From the end of April a special walk will be opened in memory of the great Stanley Waterfall. It is a lovely waymarked route beginning by the Church and makes the perfect evening stroll so do please use it. It is a very fitting memorial for someone who was at the heart of village life for so long and lovely that it starts so close to where he and Ella used to live. (Please contact Trevor Evans trevorevans61@uwclub.net for a map of the route) Philippa Toulson

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On Saturday 19 May 2.00pm – 4.30pm In Leigh Village Hall In aid of St Andrew’s Church, Leigh (raising funds for our Loo and kitchenette project) Teas, Plants, Books, Cakes & Produce, Bottles, Raffle, Toys, Good as New & many other stalls Come and support your local church

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St Andrew’s Church, Leigh By the time you read this, the Annual Parochial Church meeting will have taken place and those of you who were able to attend will have heard Chris Romain, the church architect, present on the proposed extension to the church to accommodate a loo and kitchenette.

The future of our lovely church lies with being able to attract new and younger people to our services and events, not to mention catering for the needs of those not so young members of our congregation. So we need facilities to keep pace with modern standards.

It is a long-term project with various official hurdles to jump, but I believe that the result will be a church fit for a wider range of Christian activities.

If you have any ideas for fund raising or possible grants, do please let me know.

Judith Palmer (Treasurer) John Parks, David Reason and Eddie Upton (Churchwardens)

Leigh Village

7.15pm, Saturday 28 July Live music with the return of Band Dog Ruff 50/60/70 music Tickets £10 under 16s £5.00 More details next month Leigh Village March Lottery Draw 1st - no 75 Mr Goodall £30 2nd - No 54 Mr and Mrs C House £20

Leigh Parish Council

There will be a demo van visiting Rob Aspray of West Dorset DC Leigh on 16 April to demonstrate wishes to hold a meeting in Leigh the benefits of superfast broadband.

Village Hall regarding affordable The situation regarding a scheme housing. for voluntary snow clearance by With regard to Longbridge and farmers is still ongoing with Dorset Bolters Droves a further Inquiry is County Council. to be held on 29 May in Leigh The opening of the Stanley Village Hall.

Waterfall Way is to be held on Highways had been advised of the Saturday 28 April at 10 am. poor condition of Back Drove but as Withycombe is yet no works had been carried out. Councillor organising the annual village Spring Several water leaks in the village Clean. had been reported to Wessex Water.

The Annual General Meeting will be Dorset Police Force had informed the Council that the enquiry Office held on 15 May preceded by the Annual opening times for Sherborne and Parish Meeting at 7 p.m.

Dorchester are from 1000-1800 Margaret Read Tuesday to Saturday inclusive.

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News from the Old Vicarage Exciting new development for The Old Vicarage -official opening of its extensive new development.

The Old Vicarage was more crowded than usual on this special occasion of celebrating the completion of our extension, from thirty-five to forty rooms, a better kitchen and a larger dining room with its magnificent view.

This was officially opened by, HM Lord Lieutenant of Dorset, Mrs Anthony PittRivers, as the Queen’s representative in Dorset from the manor in Hinton St. Mary, cutting a red tape ribbon from the plaque next to the kitchen hatch.

Elsewhere in the Old Vicarage renovated hallways look really palatial with their carefully selected furniture, pictures and official notices. The office staff and others have used a lot of imagination in blending all these together in a harmonious manner.

Indeed we were quite bursting at the seams as we received and welcomed an interesting assortment of guests, ranging from regular to formal visitors, which seemed to represent a mass turnout from the village. The range of the ages of all those present spanned more than 100 years from a suckling infant to one hundred and two.

Indeed the event, thanks to an enormous amount of pre-planning, was a huge success reminiscent of the wedding reception of a very close and happy family.

Off duty carers, who had come in specially to join in the fun and assist, were very much in evidence; the supernumeraries in the new kitchen worked wonders in keeping the ‘Sunday special’ tea trays refilled with a wide range of tasty canapés and nibbles and the bar was kept very busy, with a wide selection of drinks including Champagne.

The residents who customarily dine communally were sitting at their tables and certainly far from overlooked;

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Denzil Goddard, one of the residents helping to plant tree in front of the new wing with Annie & Ian Sinnott, owners of the Old Vicarage

indeed some were quite overwhelmed by the noisy fuss.

After the formal introductory speeches, which were very much to the point, the guests were able to spread themselves throughout the premises indoors and outdoors; the weather was dry but unfortunately the sun failed to shine. So after the planting of a specimen tree to mark the occasion and lots of photos, most people returned indoors where in the dining room Mike Denham and Steve Graham produced a background Jazz session.

This was followed later by a very exuberant team of four well rehearsed belly dancers, which with the others I enjoyed the novelty of, as was shown by our attention and loud prolonged applause.

After which tea, coffee and cakes were served and then the grateful thanks and goodbyes started. So ended a memorable occasion.

Denzil Goddard

John Nash The new wing at the Old Vicarage which incorporates eight new rooms with full on-suite facilities, taking the total to 40. A new kitchen provides nutritious meals and will become a place where residents can have an opportunity of helping in the planning of menus - and can sometimes even help with the food preparation. The light and airy new dining room provides a great communal space where group activities can take place.

Extravaganza Bring your own supper & drink and join in the evening’s jubilations.

Complimentary “fizzy lizzy” on arrival Daryn Elford’s disco will be playing music from 6 decades and Jim Aldhouse’s Band will entertain us.

The dress code and theme for the night Is red, white and blue.

There will be a cash bar & coffee/tea Tickets are £5 each – under 16 free Lucky number ticket wins a gold sovereign.

MOVIOLA

Ray Dickerson

The Diamond Jubilee

Tickets available from; Brenda Addison at the shop Julian Turnbull 873846, Brian Read 872356 Duncan Moore 01963 210154

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RYME INTRINSECA.....

raising now, approx £25.000 will be needed, so all ideas would be most welcome.

Jan Milward has made a folder to be kept in the church to record village events, Local representative: Gilly Wilson 01935 872982 newspaper cuttings, weddings etc. Please just go and put your photos&news in the PLEASE come & help with folder. the annual churchyard tidy-up 10.00am to Please make a note in your diaries that Midday Saturday 5 May. Bring your garden the next meeting will be on Tues 6 tools along and help tidy the church yard November at 7.00pm in the church There will be jobs for everyone from Gilly Wilson children to senior citizens with great job satisfaction. Coffee, biscuits provided as Sunday 3 June well as a chance to meet other villagers.

Jubilee Church Village Meeting The good news is Andy Perlejewski ( now to be known as Andy P ! ) is now our rep on the parish council. He reported that the gypsy site in Coles Lane was unlikely to happen as it would be far too expensive to set up. Council Tax had been frozen for a 3rd year but that there may be waste collection changes.

Bishop Hendersons memorial bench is in need of repairs & Andy Templeman has agreed to carry out the work. Thank you Andy.

Jubilee Celebrations There will be a church service on Sunday 3rd June at 10.30 followed by a drink & nibbles at The Court House with Ian & Mary Scott. On Monday June 4th there will be a BBQ with games at Church Farm followed by a bonfire at Hanging Ryme at approx 10.00pm similar to the golden jubilee.

Ian Scott will be ordering up special Ryme Jubilee mugs to be sold for a minimum donation of £6. Children still at school will get one free.

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Service, 10.30am at St Hippolytus followed by drinks and nibbles at Ian and Mary Scott’s house Monday 4 June Olympic Torch Procession 4.30pm Would you like to be part of the team to carry the torch around the village? Route to be confirmed, but you can run, walk the dog, cycle or ride a horse. If interested contact andyperl@btinternet.com Monday 4 June Village BBQ and Jubilee Garden Party at 6.00pm.

Come and join in the village celebrations at Church Farm.

Tickets available soon, priced at £7.50, Optional fancy dress for children and/or adults The Jubilee Beacon will be lit at 10.00pm

BRUCE MATHEWS bemat@msn.com

Hill View Farm Yetminster DT9 6NN

Tel: 01935 Mob: 07752

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YETMINSTER.....

Local representative: Graham Plaice 1 Cloverhay (01935) 872044 gplaice@gmail.com

Welcome to Sarah Hedin who has opened the Old School Gallery and Café adjacent to Jolin’s Framing; please read the article in this month’s magazine, we wish her well in her new venture. Preparations are well underway for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations and Yetminster Fair 2012, these events will provide the opportunity for the village community, young and old to get together and celebrate.

Graham Plaice

YETMINSTER FAIR ASSOCIATION 50 CLUB April Draw 1st No 01 2nd No 17 3rd No 35

£50 £30 £20

Mr M Foster Mr B Driver Mrs M Squires

Old School Gallery and Cafe On Wednesday 4 April a new venture at Boyle’s Old School, Yetminster began. Old School Gallery with On The Boyle cafe opened in the room adjacent to Jolin’s framing. The gallery has been refurbished to create a warm, comfortable atmosphere where people may meet and enjoy works of art, many by local artists, and browse a variety of interesting gifts, cards and books. On The Boyle cafe serves morning coffee, light lunches and afternoon tea. Customers may choose between cappuccinos, lattes,

Stoneyacres,Yetminster, Dorset DT9 6LS

Come and join our Pre School!!!

At St Andrews C.E.Primary School, Yetminster – Ages 2 – 5 yrs Our Pre School is a warm welcoming environment for both children and parents Mon/Wed/Fri 08:30 – 3:00 Tues/Thurs 08:30 – 12:30

FREE TASTER SESSIONS Contact the Chairperson, Phill Pritchard 01935872119 for information or the Pre School direct to arrange your visit on 07554805652 Email:

americanos and espresso coffees, a selection of teas and delicious homemade cakes and scones. Lunches include quiche and salad, sandwiches, soup and ploughman’s, as well as a daily ‘special’. All food and drink is available for take-away.

I plan to hold a variety of arts, crafts and design workshops and classes in the future. The gallery is open every day (except Sunday and bank holidays) from 10.00 to 16.30 .The gallery will feature in Dorset Arts Week during which it will be open every day.

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Yetminster Queen’s

Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Planning for this weekend continues and all we need now is good weather and plenty of participants to make it a great weekend.

JUBILEE IT’S A KNOCK OUT (Saturday 2 June) STREET PARTY/BIG LUNCH (Sunday 3 June) See the next page BARN DANCE (Monday 4 June) Tickets will be on sale in Oak House Stores shortly. £12 for adult and £7 for children (this is the break even cost). Fish and Chips included but bring your own drink.

Dancing to the O’Dalaigh’s Ceili Band which includes two former Yetties, Numbers are limited to 120 so book early! A break in the evening will be taken between 10 and 10.30 to light the Beacon on the Church Tower. The actual time is set by the National Beacon Committee so that beacons light in turn.

PERMANENT MEMORIAL The plans for a permanent memorial in the form of a stone pillar with suitable wording at the triangle are going ahead.

Unfortunately we have had to get planning permission which will delay the project somewhat.

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The committee appreciates that this is not necessarily to everybody’s taste but very few people came forward with other ideas and many of those that did thought a pillar would be a good idea. To coin a phrase you can’t please all the people all the time.

If you haven’t yet made a donation and would like to do so please let one of the committee know.

When the design has been approved and planning permission granted posters showing the design will be put up.

Lastly the committee would like to thank very sincerely all those who have made a donation. As of 3 April we were well on course to raise the funds needed. A list of all donors will be made public (but not the donation) Finally don’t forget this event starting the weekend off.

David Gould

YETMINSTER

By now you should all have received your invitation to the ‘Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Big Lunch’ for the village of Yetminster to come together on Sunday 3 June 2012 in the High Street, gathering from 12:15, for a sit down lunch at 1:00.

The Parish has generously contributed to the funding of this event, but we also hope that many people may be able to bring either homemade, home grown or bought offerings, and also help out during the event itself. The meal is based around a Ploughman’s Lunch, with hams and cheeses, quiches, coronation chicken, salads, puddings and cakes and lots more. Tea and cakes will be served mid afternoon. Free Diamond Jubilee mugs will be given to all the children attending.

There will also be entertainment, beginning with a Diamond Jubilee fancy dress competition for children, gathering outside the White Hart Pub at 12:15 for judging at 12:30. A brilliant close up magician, Dan Lyons, will move amongst the tables, Punch and Judy shows, our Highland Piper, pavement art, face painting, local entertainment and family games.

A Diamond Jubilee decorated wheelbarrow race will start a 3pm, so start thinking about your trusty wheelbarrow’s decoration, and indeed your own!

On the day you need on ly to bring your plate, cutlery, and any drinks/cups (the Pub will be open). We are organising the food and tables etc. so we need to know final numbers and any help that you can offer. on your invitations, if you haven’t already done so, and return to one of the addresses shown, together with a contribution of £2 per household, as soon as possible.

Extra forms are available in Oak House Village Stores. Further details will be posted around the village nearer to the day – look out for these exciting updates.

Don’t miss this wonderful Village gettogether - we look forward to seeing you all there!

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Yetminster Fair Saturday 14 July This year, we are hoping to make the Fair the best ever and we are hard at work getting the myriad of things that need to be done arranged and organised.

As is well known, the proceeds from the event help support local groups and organisations and last year we were able to help the St Andrew’s School Swimming Pool Appeal, Helping Hands and the Rendezvous Young Person’s Project as well as a number of other schemes and we hope that we can again count on your support!

The weekend will kick off with the Association's Quiz Night in St Andrew's Hall. This is a fun event with people entering into the spirit of things by bringing their own high teas and fine wines all under the watchful eye of our question master and his band of helpers.

The fair, on Saturday 14 July, will start with the traditional opening procession and, if all goes well, we expect to have in excess of 100 stalls both along the High Street and in St Andrews Hall. Various types of music –we have three bands booked! - will cater for all tastes and there

will be traditional dancing from the Yetminster Irish Dancers. Additionally we are hoping to be able to include the Wessex Morris Men in the entertainment programme.

Although we are still in discussions, we anticipate that a highlight of the day will again be the Dog Show and Display event behind the White Hart, and Terrier Racing may possibly also be an added attraction! Our old friends, Party Tyme Entertainments, will be undertaking announcements and acting as compere and there is a welcome return for a Bouncy Castle c/o Barfoot's Bouncers to compliment the children's entertainment. For the adults, we hope that Dart Rock Climbing School will bring their portable climbing wall for people to try out completing what is felt, will be an excellent family day out and something not to be missed.

A wide range of food and drink will be available, including a Hog Roast and Dorset Cream Teas, and the White Hart will, as usual, be at the centre of things and will be open all day.

The Fair Association will be running a stall so please come and introduce yourselves and talk to us

Paul Miller, Headteacher St Andrew’s Primary School awarding first prize in the Dog Show

about any ideas you have for future events.

New this year will be our evening of entertainment in St Andrews Hall on Saturday night featuring Bonny Sartin of the Yetties together with guests James Findley and his trio and Jerry Bird with his music group – James was winner of the 2010 BBC Young Folk Musician of the Year award and, as well as singing, he is a skilful fiddle player.

Also new this year, and instead of the Sunday Animal Service, there will be an evening Songs of Praise in St Andrews Church.

We look forward to seeing you all and please watch this space for further information.

Stallholder and advertising enquiries: Ray Drewett on 01935 873719.

Garth Hentley, Chairman YFA

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CHETNOLE VILLAGE HALL

The Chetnole Inn, Chetnole Winners of Best Dining Pub at the 2010 & 2011 Taste of Dorset Awards, The Chetnole Inn sits opposite the parish church in the delightful village of Chetnole. There’s a snug bar with wood-burning stove; a flag stoned, hop-hung lounge bar, a bright airy restaurant, and a beautiful garden. The menu is imaginative & seasonal. The Chetnole Inn prides itself on offering fantastic local food in a rustic inn environment. It also has three beautiful guest rooms for those wanting to combine eating and sleeping. Dinner, bed & breakfast offers run throughout the year.

Chetnole, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6NU Tel: 01935 872337.

Email: enquiries@thechetnoleinn.co.uk.

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Tuesday Club

Out & About-

fun for all the family

Chetnole

Duck AT CHETNOLE MILL (Venue 234 in the DAW Brochure)

10 a.m. — 5 p.m.

26 MAY — 10 JUNE 2012

Dates for your Diary Diamond Jubilee Ball Saturday 2 June Leigh Food Fair Saturday 21 July 10-4.

(PLEASE PARK IN THE FARMYARD AT MILL HOUSE, BACK LANE, CHETNOLE) Commission goes to

YEOVIL

Sherborne Carollers

MIDSUMMER CONCERT Enjoy some of this country’s wealth of folk songs in two beautiful settings.

eddie@folksw.org.uk

Leigh Jubilee Olympics Leigh is holding their own very special type of Jubilee Olympics on Tuesday 5 June at the Old Vicarage, Leigh between 2.00pm and 4.00pm. We do hope that children, teenagers, mums and dads will join us for fun and frivolity.

Games will include Wheelbarrow, Three Legged, Sack, Obstacle Races and other wild and wonderful games. There will be something for everyone.

The Old Vicarage is kindly providing cream teas - there will also be beer and other beverages on offer.

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At Cattistock 10am – 4pm Admission £2.00 Under 12’s free

info@dorsetknobthrowing.com or contact Nigel or Shelley Collins on 01300 320404.

WOODLAND WEDNESDAYS

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Sister Carol, CNH (Community of the Holy Name)

Please bring your own picnic lunch.

Tea, coffee & soft drinks will be provided TO BOOK A PLACE, or for more information, please contact: Dodie & John Garnier on 01935 873551 or garnierj68@uwclub.net

Jeremy Cozens MRICS Chartered Building Surveyor Building surveys, building advice, CAD drawings.

Planning and building regulation submissions.

Specification and contract administration.

Building maintenance.

Expert witness in building disputes.

Little Hintock, Hermitage, Dorchester, Dorset DT2 7BB Tel 01963 210392 email. jeremy@jcozens.com

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LEIGH VILLAGE HALL Accredited to Hallmark 1. Kitchen 5 stars. Parking for 72 cars. Covered patio.

Book Main Hall or Committee Room: Available dates: Paul Orchard 01963 210619 or paulandmorag@gmail.com Pricing, firm bookings: Duncan Moore 01963 210154 or duncancmoore@aol.com

May dates for your diary: Sunday May 6 Great Leigh Plant Sale Saturday 19 May Fair

Sherborne Tennis Club New members welcome!

For Junior supervised Club sessions Junior and Adult Squads Junior and Adult coaching Easter and summer holiday camps Contact Matt Long on 07403 025881 Stu Wilson on 07825 660781 For Adult and Junior Membership info contact Meg Crothers on 0844 844 9870 or log on to www.sherbornetennis.com

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Domestic & Commercial Installations Domestic appliance repairs Rewires Fault finding Testing & Inspections Fault Finding Portable Appliance Testing (PATs) Consumer unit replacement Security alarms Security lighting Part P qualified, fully qualified & insured Small & large jobs undertaken. Free estimates. All areas covered.

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There are well over 60 types of birds to be seen After the recent warm and heard in the garden, spell the gardens at including some rare visitors.

Minterne are looking Changes in the garden beautiful, with plants are well underway; using flowering everywhere. the natural stream to Many big-leafed Hybrids are create sound and planting flowering for the first time new areas to create new in years, with huge trusses of scented flowers. Looking vistas are all part of the around the garden one can projects being see a great many buds that undertaken. We hope that the planting of new have yet to open, so the summer plants will spring promises to be attract butterflies and glorious. insects.

Cherry Tree Avenue is Over the next few weeks, just beginning to flower the garden will see a with daffodils, and early succession of bluebells are carpeting the Rhododendrons flowering ground. in the warmer weather.

May at Minterne

EVERSHOT

COUNTRY FAIR

Do please come and see the display of flowers, trees and shrubs this season – the garden is a photographer’s paradise.

Ray Abraham, Head Gardener

Events on our local Butterfly Reserves May 2012 SPRING AT ALNERS GORSE Saturday 5 May – Sunday 6 May Saturday - Barbecue and Moth Trapping.

Camping facilities are available.

Sunday - The Nightingale Experience. Dawn Chorus Walk to hear the nightingales.

Moths Inspection of last night’s moth catch.

Guided Walk to see the butterflies and other wildlife.

AN EVENING WITH THE NIGHTINGALES AT ALNERS GORSE Wednesday 9 May GUIDED WALKS ON GIANT HILL & BLACK HILL, CERNE ABBAS Sunday May 27 Booking essential nigelspring@yahoo.co.uk or tel: 01963 23559. wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk 35

Diary - May 2012 onwards MAY Tue

1

Wed 2 Sat 5 Sun 6 Tue

8

Sat

12

Sun

13

Mon 14 Tue

15

Sat

19

Wed Fri Sun Mon

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Leigh Discussion Club Mothers' Union talk on East Africa Beginners Croquet Leigh Bluebell Walk Great Leigh Plant Sale Cattistock Knob Throwing Tuesday Club - AGM & "AGOG in Dorset" Quiz for St Mary's Church Open Gardens Chetnole Annual Duck Race Gt. Dorset Wheel Appeal bike ride C&L GC Growing vegetables my way Yetminster & Ryme G, A&C Soc. Dahlias & Chrysanthemums WV Women's Group - Footprints Leigh May Fair Y&R GAC Plant sale Quiet Day Dorset Arts Week private view Evershot Country Fair Moviola- The Artist

7pm 3pm 9.30am 10am - 1pm 10am - 4pm 2.30pm 7.30pm 2-5pm 2.00pm 9.00am 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2 - 4.30pm 10am 12-2pm 11am-5pm 7.30pm

Exbury Gardens Visit Trim Room, Yetminster Yetminster sports club Bound Farm Leigh Village Hall Leigh Village Hall Hermitage Village Hall Hilfield Friary Mill Lane Bridge, Chetnole The Exchange, Stur.N'ton Chetnole Village Hall St.Andrew's Hall,Yetminster Gable Court, Yetminster Leigh Village Hall Croft Cottage, Yetminster Bembury Farm, Thornford Chetnole Mill Leigh Village Hall

JUNE Sat

Sun

1

Chetnole Barn Dance & Hog Roast 7.00 pm Dancing to Teasing the Cat

Chetnole Village Hall

2

Wriggle Valley Service Persons Jubilee Muster

12 noon

St Peter’s Church, Chetnole

It’s a Knockout Fun Olympics Leigh Diamond Jubilee Extravaganza

12 noon 7.30pm

St Andrew’s Primary School Leigh Village Hall

Yetminster Diamond Jubilee Village Street Party Lunch

1.00pm

Yetminster High Street

Chetnole River Pageant Chetnole Jubilee Brunch/Street Party

10.00am 11.00 1.00pm

Mill Lane Bridge, Chetnole Chetnole Village Hall

Hermitage Jubilee Tea Supper & Barn Dance & lighting of Jubilee Beacon

5.00pm 8.00pm

Hermitage Village Hall St Andrew's Hall, Yetminster

3

Mon 4

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C Mon 4

Chetnole, Melbury Bubb & Stockwood Jubilee Beacon Ryme Jubilee BBQ

8pm

Heneford Mill, Melbury Bubb

6pm

Church Farm, Ryme

Tue

5

Leigh Jubilee Olympics

2 to 4pm

The Old Vicarage, Leigh

Fri

8

Speak Easy Night

8pm

Dorset County Museum

Sun

10 Chetnole Gardens Open for Charity

tba

Chetnole

Mon 11 C & L Garden Club Outing & Supper Tue 12 Tuesday Club - Garden Party Yetminster & Ryme Garden, A&C Society - Outing to Hampshire

tba 2.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

tba

Mottisfort Abbey & Spinners Garden & Nursery

Sat

16 Bradford Abbas Country Fair

tba

Sports Club, Br'd.Abbas

Sun

17 Batcombe Cream Teas

3pm

Hilfield Friary

Tue

19 WV Women's Group - Evershot Guided Walk [Ray Wilton]

7.00pm

Evershot

Thur 21 Wriggle Valley Singers concert

7.30pm

Church Farm, Ryme

Fri

22 Wriggle Valley Singers concert

7.30pm

Hilfield Friary

Sun

24 Frankam Farm Open Day

2 - 5pm

Ryme Intrinseca

24 Messy Church

Yetminster School

JULY Tue

3

Mon 9

Leigh Discussion Club C & L Garden Club Garden Party

Tue

10 Yetminster & Ryme Garden, A&C Society Outing to Cornwall

Sat

14 Yetminster Fair

Sat

21 Leigh Food Festival & Car Display

Sat

28 Leigh Village Hog Roast

Visit Lanhydroc House 7.30pm

Mike Morell's Garden in Leigh

tba

Buckland Monachorum, The Garden House & Gardens

tba

Leigh Village Hall

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

AUGUST Sat

4

Mon 6

Chetnole Flower Show and Fete C & L Garden Club Peonies & Irises

Sat

11 Leigh Flower Show

Sat

18 Yetminster & Ryme Garden, A&C Society Summer Show

2.00pm

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Regular Meetings‌.

Mon - Fri Wriggle Valley Pre-School Every Mon Leigh Short Mat Bowls Yetminster Informal Art Group Ist Yetminster Guides Yetminster Table Tennis Club Yetminster Bell Ringers Every Tue Topsy Turvy Toddlers Beavers (in term) Scouts (in term) Beginners Pilates Chetnole Art Group Every Wed Dollywood Dance Class Outreach Post Office Services Drop in Coffee Morning Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Wednesday Club (in term) Morning Yoga Class Junior WV Players (in term) Zumba Every Thu

Every Fri Every Sat Every Sun 1st Mon 1st Tue

2nd Tues

(not July/Aug)

3rd Tues

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Chetnole Chuckers boules Leigh Short Mat Bowls Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Leigh Rainbows & Brownies (in term) Yetminster Cubs Bridge Club The Eye Bus Advanced Pilates Table Tennis Irish Dancers Chetnole Chuckers boules Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club Hospice Lunch Leigh Discussion Club (wint) Wriggle Valley MU (alt months) Hermitage and Hilfield WI Tuesday Club (senior citizens) Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc. Senior Winter Lunch Outings Halstock & Distr. British Legion WV Women's Group

8.30am - 3.00pm 2.00 -5.00pm 2.00 - 4.00pm 6.45 - 8.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm-10.00pm 9.30 - 11.30am 5.45 - 6.45pm 7 - 8.30pm wint 7 - 9.00pm sum 1.30 and 2.35pm 10.00 - 1.00pm 2.00pm 9.30am -12.30pm 10.00 - 12 noon 7.00 - 10.00pm 3.15 pm-4.05pm 10.30 - 11.30am 6.30 - 7.45pm 4.00pm

St Andrew's P School Leigh Village Hall Trim Rm, Church Hall Trim Rm, Church Hall Scout Hut, Yetminster St Andrew's Church St Andrew's School Scout Hut Yetminster Scout Hut Yetminster Scout Hut Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall St And's Hall, Y'minster Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall St Andrew's Hall St Andrew's P School Leigh Village Hall Scout Hut Yetminster Leigh Village Hall

5.00pm 7.00 - 10.00pm 2.00 - 5.00pm 5.30 - 6.55pm 6.45 - 8.15pm 7.00 - 10.00pm 1.00 - 4.00pm 11.15am-12.15pm 9.30 - 12.30pm 10.15am 3.00pm 7.30pm 12.30pm 7.30 - 10.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 2.30 - 5.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Chetnole Playing Field Leigh Village Hall St Andrew's Hall Leigh Village Hall Scout Hut, Yetminster Dairy House, Ryme Scout Hut, Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall Leigh Village Hall Church Hall, Yetminster Chetnole Playing Field Chetnole Village Hall Manor Farm, Yetminster Leigh Village Hall Church Hall, Yetminster Hermitage Village Hall Leigh Village Hall St Andrew's Hall Sue Footner 873610 Rest & Welcome Pub Gable Court or tbc

7.30pm

‌Events & Activities 3rd Tues Last Tues 1st Wed 2nd Wed 2nd/4th Wed

3rd Wed 3rd Wed

Wriggle Valley Lunch Club

12.15 - 3.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Parish Council - alt mnths Leigh Women's Iinstitute Batcombe Coffee Morning Coffee Beans Coffee Morning Yetminster Historical Society Police Support Unit High Stoy Bible Study District Council Ward Surgery Police Community Support Yetminster & Ryme I. PC

7.30pm 7.30 - 11.00pm 11.00am 10.00 - 12 noon 2.30pm 2.00 - 3.00pm 7.30pm 11.00 - 12 noon 7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall Leigh Village Hall tba Church Hall, Yetminster Church Hall, Yetminster The Cross, Leigh Venue contact 872342 Jolin Gallery, Yetminster

By Church, Yetminster St Andrew's School

Sturminster Mobile Library

11.15am 11.50am 2.00pm 11.40pm 12.20pm 12.40pm 8.00pm 2.30 - 4.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm

Church Lane, Hermitage Shearstones, Yetminster Stonyacres, Yetminster Carpenters' Arms, Leigh The Church, Chetnole Lamb Plot, Chetnole Chetnole Village Hall The Friary, Hilfield Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall

12.45-2.45pm 8.00pm 12noon

Pogles Wood nr Leigh White Hart Yetminster Playing Fields

[not Aug & Dec]

Wed/f/night

Bridport Mobile Library

Wed - Sat Alt Thurs 2nd Thur

Whist Drive Friary Shop Hermitage and Hilfield YFC Chetnole & Stockwood PC

/alt mth

Last Wed Last Thurs

Woodland Wednesdays Yetminster Fair Association 2nd/3rd Sat YPFPC Wastepaper Collection

BRADFORD ABBAS COUNTRY FAIR Saturday 16 June

Raising Funds for St Mary's Church and St Mary's School.

Over the years we have raised large amounts of money which have been used for improvements to both organisations. Because of the huge success of last years' bigger and better event we will be continuing with the Sports Club in the village as our venue featuring a Farmers Market, Craft Fair, Events Arena, Live Music stage and lots lots more.

All enquiries to Nicola Hayward on 01935 411434.

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Enjoy your event and let us do the work.

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We I can provide: ● Buffets, and light bites. ● Cold platters and salads for celebrations in your home or at a local venue. ● Finger food for special occasions.

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If you would like to discuss a forthcoming event, and want a personal service, please call:

Julia Cook on 01935 432454 or email me at cookj@fsmail.net

Bespoke Carpentry Service Kitchens – Handmade and fitted units, made to measure free standing units Windows, Doors Libraries – storage solutions Loft conversions/Roofing work Property maintenance All Carpentry aspects covered Call Paul on 07894 822392 01935 872897 www.fairhurstcarpentry.co.uk paulfairhurst7@aol.com

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General News The Reverend David Bayley

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avid, who had lived in Chetnole and then Yetminster, died peacefully in Malton, Yorkshire, Hospital on the 31March. He had worked as a policeman and then as a tour courier and when in Yetminster served as a Lay Reader attached to St Andrew’s Church. He and Stephen Batty, the then Priest in Charge of what is now the Wriggle Valley Benefice, worked very happily together and David offered himself for ordination. He was made Deacon in 1999 and then in November 2000 ordained Priest in St Andrew’s. Stephen Batty comments that his previous careers had equipped him with a set of pastoral and practical skills which ideally equipped him for a rural ministry – not to mention his attachment to his ancient Fordson tractor, which he insisted on putting to practical use with his farmer friends. Less than a year later he was diagnosed with a virulent form of cancer, which he faced with characteristic

courage; but at the very last moment a cocktail of drugs was devised for him which seemed almost miraculously to bring him back from the brink – he was told that if he turned the corner he would live for another ten years.

Many of us in Yetminster will remember the Eucharist he celebrated on the anniversary of his ordination – he could hardly drag himself to the church but he rose to the occasion and celebrated with full energy and conviction. Stephen left in 2002 and David soon felt able to cope with a charge of his own, which he did in a group of parishes near Malton. The cancer was

never far away but he exercised his ministry with energy and enthusiasm until finally the ten years was up and the doctors’ prognostication was proved right. One of his two sons is in hospital himself but Susie, the other son and his daughter in law were with him at the end. Ill health and misfortune of one kind or another were never far away from the Bayleys but David’s down to earth attitude and cheerfulness in the face of everything made him a first class practical priest and friend to very many.

Frances and Patrick Moule

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you are in your slippers, or wellington boots, Alan welcomes you on board with a smile and a friendly chat. There are many books, from popular novels to nonfiction, covering subjects such as What a privilege we have, gardening, astronomy, history, keep-fit, and much, living in rural Dorset, to be much more. provided with the Mobile There is a lovely section Library service right on our of children's books at the doorstep. Perhaps you are back with some small chairs unaware of exactly what for them to sit and enjoy benefits there are, so let me looking through the books tell you some of the before they borrow them.

If facilities it provides. the book you are looking for Every two weeks Alan, is not there Alan will order our faithful driver and it in for you, or you can go librarian, negotiates the online and order the book narrow country lanes so you want ready to pick up that we can just walk from when the library is next in our homes to use the library. It doesn't matter if

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your village. And it's all free!!

There is also a section of DVDs that you can rent for around two pounds, and of course you keep them out for two weeks, not just over night, so they are great to keep children entertained over the holidays, along with the great summer reading certificates that the children can take part in.

The Mobile Library is a great place to meet new neighbours and chat about village affairs, so if you live in Melbury Osmond, Leigh, Chetnole, or Stockwood, why not pop out for a few moments, every other Wednesday, and support this amazing facility. For times and stopping places please see Events and Activities page.

Ruth Drapper, Stockwood

Advance Notice of the Wriggle Valley Community Christmas Tree Festival.

I know we have only just had Easter and this is about Christmas but we do get a certain cream egg on sale at Christmas!!

In response to our feedback meeting it was suggested we give six months’ notice so that some participants have time to make their decorations.

So…. this popular event is back again at St Andrew’s Church, Yetminster from Saturday 1 to Saturday 8 December.

So if you are a business, organisation or group within the Wriggle Valley you were welcome to participate.

There will be no set theme, so it’s up to your imagination.

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Diamond Jubilee ‘It’s a Knockout’ Fun Olympics As we all know this year is the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics.

The Queen’s wish is that communities all get together and join in with the festivities of the Jubilee. With this in mind the PTA of St Andrew’s School and the Yetminster Jubilee Committee have got together and planned an It’s a Knockout Fun Olympics on the school playing fields for all the Wriggle Villages on Saturday 2 June.

The event will open at 12pm with Outside Caterers, Bar, Tea Tent, Outside Stalls and entertainment for all. The pool will be open for viewing in its new state and

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followed by brunch Meet at Bound Lane Farm Batcombe Road Leigh Leave at 9.30 a.m. return approximately 11.30 a.m.

Non-walkers welcome to join us to enjoy the brunch Adequate parking A walk not suitable for dogs £7.50 All proceeds to go towards the

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the main event ‘It’s a Knockout’ will start at 1.30 – 2pm.

The teams will be made up of 10, adults, children or adults and children. All you have to do is fill in the entry form which you can get from the outlets in the advert or e-mail annaandkids@hotmail.co.uk with your team name, and the names of the members of the team and contact details of the captain. You then need to design a flag for the team and turn up on the day.

We are hoping for as many villages to join up for this fun event and the other villagers to join us in supporting their teams, catch up with friends and enjoy the fun and frolics.

I look forward to seeing you all on the 2 June and wish you fun in making up your team names and designing your flags Anna Matthews, Chairperson St Andrew’s PTA

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St Andrew's Community Swimming Pool We're very nearly there - after a good scrub and a couple of licks of paint, the pool is now full of sparkly clean water. The new salt chlorinator is working well and most importantly the heat pump is on - already the pool is at 21 C (the sea was only 19 C at the end of last summer!)

The unveiling was on the 22 April along with the first annual Fun Run. We're now working hard to finalise the details to enable us to open the pool to the community. We're hoping to have the children at St Andrew's swimming before too long and we'll endeavour to open it to the public by

We Need Your Help What started as a refurbishment of the boys scout hut boys and girls toilets has ended up being a complete rebuild of the end section of our beloved scout hut. Upon removal of the internal panelling, it became apparent that all the structural wood across the end gable and half way down our kitchen had rotted with wet and dry rot. With the help of Travis Perkins, Bridport and our wonderful builder: Wayne Reeves, who is completing all the necessary work with payment for his labour at some point in the

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the beginning of June - so WATCH THIS SPACE! A very big THANK YOU to all those who have helped us get this far - from the labourers, to our sponsors, to the child carers, to the feeders - we couldn't have done it without you.

The Swimming Pool Committee.

YETMINSTER future, we have been able to replace all the rotten wood, structural and internal, insulate the two skins and refit a new boys and girls toilet. All that is left is to paint the new internal/external walls and possibly tile the kitchen and toilet walls.

Upon completion of this phase, our intention is to replace all the internal skin and insulate the main hall and in the fullness of time replace all windows and front door with UPVC, but alas our funds are now very low, so phase 2 will have to wait a while.......

If you have any spare paint or tiles and grout lying around or want to offer your help in any way, we will be organising a decorating weekend in the near future. Please contact Becki Cooke on 01935 873379 or email eastlands12@gmail.com for details.

I don’t know how long the scout hut has been standing but I would like to think it will stand for a good few more years to enable our young people the enjoyment of being part of this wonderful village group.

Becki Cooke

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Spring Concert raising funds for St Andrew’s Preschool On Saturday 24 March St Andrew’s Church became a concert hall (which it does very well) for an entirely delightful and highly professional concert by four music teachers who also maintain orchestral, solo and recording careers. The ‘home team’ was Alex Mitchell and his wife Amy Whittlesea, Alex on no fewer than three saxophones (treble, tenor and bass – did anyone know there even was a bass saxophone?) from time to time and Amy displaying her skill on a range of recorders from garklein to bass, and shaped differently for renaissance and baroque music. They were joined by Michael Hulmes, from Poole, who did wonderful things with his classical guitar, and Roy Stratford, from London, who was the all competent piano accompanist.

The concert started with a breathtaking performance of a Vivaldi fast (very fast) movement featuring dazzling feats of recorder playing and, most unusually, a saxophone part – that and the guitar (piano, too, for that matter) were quite unknown to Vivaldi – but the music was so lovely and so convincingly

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played that one swallowed it whole with the highest enjoyment.

And so the concert went on with solo and concerted items, ranging from a Saltarello of about 1300 through the 15th, 16th and 20th Centuries, each displaying in the service of the music great skill and musicality and each introduced by the performers with informal charm. Few among the audience can even have heard of some of the

composers but each more than justified his place in a well-balanced and beautifully timed programme – we would gladly have listened to the whole thing all over again!

A collection during the interval, when the committee for St Andrew’s Pre-School served wine and cakes, yielded the best part of £400 for that excellent cause.

Frances Moule

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One day a year – Welcome in the Summer

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We all have things we do on a certain day of the year – taking down Christmas decorations on 6 January, sending a Valentine’s card for 14 February, setting off fireworks on 5 November, perhaps planting potatoes on Good Friday – but there are a wealth of annual events that happen with many of us knowing nothing about them.

The month of May is very important for welcoming in the summer.

After the barren months of winter, it is when we see the land springing back to life again, and there are many customs and ceremonies associated with it.

We may have an image of children holding long ribbons and dancing and threading the ribbons around a maypole, or perhaps there is the little girl chosen as May Queen, but have you ever heard of a May King or a 96 ft high maypole?

Well, they exist!

One of the real highlights of my year is the annual visit to Padstow in Cornwall for May Day – that is the real May Day, 1 May, not the juvenile May Bank Holiday. Padstow people refer to May Day as being just like Christmas, but even more so! The whole town comes alive in a joyous community celebration. The streets are decorated with greenery and hundreds of enormous coloured flags are hung across all the streets near the harbour.

The square has a huge maypole from which are hung garlands decorated with brightly coloured paper flowers. Boats in the harbour seem to fly every available flag.

But it is the sounds of Padstow that set hearts beating faster and attract thousands of visitors for that one day.

The first hobby horse (‘oss) emerges from its stable at 10am to the accompaniment of a massive band of accordions and drums and the same tune continues ‘til 11 at night. Hundreds

of Padstonians, dressed in white and decorated with cowslips and bluebells, follow their favoured ‘oss through the day.

At the same time, 100 miles along the coast, the Minehead hobby horse emerges from its stable at the Old Ship Aground pub. As with Padstow, the horse continues its wild dance throughout the day, even venturing as far as Dunster.

The Padstow and Minehead horses bear no physical similarity to each other, but they are both wild, anarchic and immensely exciting!

If you’re looking for something more local you could try popping down to Abbotsbury on 13 May, their Garland Day. Children of the village make two garlands of flowers, one wild the other cultivated, and they place the cultivated garland at the war memorial at the end of the morning. A lovely and peaceful custom.

When did these customs start and why do they happen? They have both been going for centuries but nobody knows when they started, and the reason they keep going is simply because they always happen on that one day a year.

It would be unthinkable for either not to happen.

It is the nature of tradition.

Eddie Upton, Folk South West

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NEWS FROM ST ANDREWS’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL

Our Easter Story sharing their The Christian ethos of knowledge and our school is a core expertise with principle underpinning each class so and permeating all that that every we seek to undertake child was and achieve. Our faith empowered acknowledges the value to create a and uniqueness of every piece of human being and artwork to teaches the importance hang from of love, respect, forgiveness and the need their willow cuboid. to work for peace and Each justice. Together with being a Rights Respecting class, of which there School and our SEAL are six, (Social and Emotional were given Aspects to Learning) we a willow believe that our children cuboid structure and a leave us in Year 6 with theme form the Easter not only their academic story. These cuboids were prowess but also with then stacked on top of sensitivity, respect and each other with one hung tolerance.

As part of our Christian on each side to make the shape of a cross and learning we had the became an integral part fantastic opportunity of of Easter Praise at our exploring the Easter Story church St Andrew’s in the most unique way.

Church, Yetminster. It Eddie and Philippa, from then was moved to its Folk Southwest based in final resting place St Leigh, came up with the brilliant idea of creating a Andrew’s Church Leigh for their Good Friday Service. willow cross structure, We hope you comprising six cuboids, managed to have a look each to represent and celebrate the stages of at our fantastic Easter the Easter Story. Following Cross. an Easter assembly they I would also like to take this opportunity to thank spent the day in St Andrew’s CE Primary everyone who supports

our school: from you, our children’s mums and dads and families who help with our children’s learning; our wonderful PTA who work tirelessly to provide us with things that we wouldn’t have otherwise including refurbishing our pool and organising fun runs etc; bodies like the Boyle’s Trust and Folk South West who allow us to explore our artistic, spiritual and scientific sides.

Thank you to one and alll, we greatly appreciate your support.

Paul Miller, Headteacher www.standrewsyetminster.org.uk/

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News from our Churches Saint Aldhelm: Our Local Saint

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ay is a month of English Saints and celebrations reminding us of men and women who have shaped not just our history and Church but our landscape, literature and local place names. Standing at the head of the long and illustrious list of names that include St Bede, Julian of Norwich, Saint Dunstan of Canterbury, Saint Augustine first Archbishop of Canterbury, the Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation, Charles and John Wesley and Josephine Butler, the Social Reformer, is our local Saint – St. Aldhelm, born c. 630 he was the First Bishop of Sherborne.

Famed for his learning, saintly lifestyle and sense of fun he was an energetic Bishop who revived the life of the Church in the West Country.

As Bishop he found his people at first slow to come to church so he composed songs in Old English which he would accompany with his harp before his sermon making his point with acts of clowning!

His sermons were not short however, for legend has it that he once preached for so long that his Episcopal staff, which he would plant in the ground sprouted leaves.

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name amongst them a book of riddles. He wrote poetry in both Anglo Saxon and Latin as well as letters to Kings, Bishops and Popes. Bede speaks of him as a man of great erudition in his history and during his lifetime his fame as a scholar spread as far as Italy and was recognised by Pope Sergius who he visited in Rome. Long after his death his songs were sung and miracles claimed due to his sanctity. Today he is remembered not just in the parish churches dedicated to him but in the very landscape of Dorset.

St. Aldhelm’s Head is crowned by a tiny chapel dedicated to the Saint. For many years this chapel served as a beacon for seafarers rounding the treacherous coast, a light to guide in the dark. It is a fitting memorial for a man who did so much to inspire a generation in a dark and dangerous age. It is also a reminder of those many Saints who down the centuries have guided our nation and renewed the church in its mission of service to its people.

We celebrate the life of St. Aldhelm on 25 May, truly a Saint not just for Dorset but for all.

Rev. Simon Brignall www.wrigglevalleybenefice.org

From the Registers

Yetminster Methodist Church

Baptism Freya Gillibrand

aster is over and it’s lovely to say that it came with all the signs of spring.

Lambs gambling in the fields, green leaves coming on the trees, the cherry in blossom, oil seed rape giving a sea of yellow in so many fields. However as I prepare this letter the forecasters are reminding us that winter is not over yet, they predict freezing temperatures with cold winds coming down from the Arctic.

The warning given was not to put away the winter woollies yet. I spent some of Easter week visiting family in Devon. The first day was a wash out with more than 30mm of rain, then despite the gloom and doom of the MET Office predicting heavy showers, we managed to dodge all but a few. The rain is desperately needed, especially in the south and east of the country. Our green and pleasant land needs rain, however much we would prefer sunny, dry and warm days.

For Christians the Easter story is about life and death, but that was not the end. On Easter Day we celebrate the resurrection when Jesus rose again.

He then appeared not only to the women who went to the tomb or his disciples or even Cleopas and his friend on the road to Emmaus but to around 500 people. Luke wrote in his second book, The Acts of the Apostles, that there were many convincing proofs of Jesus’ resurrection. For Christians there is the promise of new life after death, eternal life.

Maybe we can learn from the world of nature – from the death of winter comes the life of spring and summer, until the whole thing happens again each autumn and winter.

With many special events planned in this Diamond Jubilee year may we experience a wonderful summer, so make plans for the garden, clean up the barbeque, look out the summer clothes – but just not yet.

Leigh

Funeral Madge Newman buried at St Mary's, Batcombe Katharine Workman interment of ashes, St Andrew's Church

Wednesday Club Who would like to join a small team of teachers and helpers on Wednesday afternoons from 2.30pm to 4pm to help run The Wednesday Club at St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School, Yetminster?

We are a Christian group who try to pass the Good News on to the young of our Benefice and have some fun at the same time! We meet only in the term time and if you think you might be interested, do please contact me. This Club has been in existence since 1987 and we would like to think it will continue for many years to come!

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Events in May with Br Vincent and have tea at the Friary.

All proceeds go to the National Garden Scheme and its charities. From 2pm until 5pm.

Tuesday 8 - Thursday 10 May Mindfulness Art Retreat – jointly led by Sue Howse and Sue Lansbury. Mindfulness is a form of meditation that will enable you to cultivate awareness of the present moment, rather than a tendency to dwell in the past or worry about the future, whilst participating in Community, Ethos and Rhythm of daily life at Hilfield. This retreat offers mindfulness practice through creativity, with space to play and explore with various materials, allowing you to respond to the natural environment through your senses. Suggested donation for full board £95.

Friday 11 - Sunday 13 May Circle Dancing weekend - led by Miggy Scott. A weekend of sacred circle dancing for those with some experience. Suggested donation for full board £105.

Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 May Open Garden Days. A chance to visit ‘The Secret Garden’ with its specialist collection of rhododendrons and camellias, to meet

Wednesday 16 May Rogation Day. Beating the bounds of the Friary land and asking God’s blessing on our land, our crops and our animals. At the same time we will be marking Christian Aid Week, working for a more just system of farming and trade for the world’s poor.

May 19 May ‘Free to be true’ Contemplative Prayer Day – run by Maggie Hooper & Lin Burton.

A day of meditation, time together and individual reflection. For anyone drawn to finding the time to ‘just be’ in their busy lives and walk with Christ. Suggested donation £25 to include soup and bread lunch.

Friday 25 - Sunday 27 May Kick Your Shoes Off - An exploration of God’s creation led by Sir Ghillian Prance, Andy Lester and Br Samuel. Sir Ghillian is the current Chair of the Eden Project and a world authority on the Amazon Rainforest.

Andy Lester is the Conservation Director of Arocha, the worldwide Christian environmental organisation with which we at Hilfield are linked. This weekend is a chance to stop, reflect on God and enjoy some of Dorset’s finest wildlife found within the grounds of the Friary.

Suggested donation for full board £95.

For more information and bookings please contact the Guest Brother on: Telephone: 01300 341741 Email: hilfieldssf@franciscans.org.uk or visit our website: www.hilfieldfriary.org.uk Society of St Francis, The Friary, Hilfield, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7BE

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The Benefice Church Services for May May

6th

13th

20th

27th

5th Sunday 6th Sunday 7th Sunday Day of of Easter of Easter of Easter Pentecost 10.15am Holy Communion

BATCOMBE

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)

CHETNOLE

HERMITAGE

10.15am Holy Communion 10.15am Holy Communion

6.30pm Evening Prayer

10.15am Holy Communion

10.15am Holy 6.30pm Communion Evensong (CW) (BCP)

8.30am Holy 10.15am Communion Family Service (BCP)

HILFIELD LEIGH

8.30am Holy RYME Communion INTRINSECA (BCP) 10.15am Family Holy YETMINSTER Communion Christian Aid

6.30pm Evensong (BCP) 10.15am Matins

10.15am Choral Holy Communion

8.30am Holy Communion (BCP) 6.30pm TaizĂŠ

Mid-Week Services

Monday

third in the month

6.00pm

Healing Service

Yetminster

Monday

others

6.00pm

Compline

Yetminster

Tuesday

first in the month

10.00am

Lower Covey Yetminster Toddlers' Service

Wednesday

first in month

9.30am

Ministry Meeting

Yetminster

Thursday

first in the month

2.30pm

Holy Communion

Old Vicarage

Thursday

17 May

11.00am

Ascension Day H.C.

Yetminster

Thursday

17 May

7.00pm

Ascension Day H.C.

Chetnole

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The Friary, Hilfield

Priest in Charge: Rev’d Simon Brignall The Rectory, Church St, Yetminster tel: 07718 627674 or 01935 872 237 email: brignall97as@btinternet.com

Sundays:

Office: St Andrew’s Hall, Church Street, Yetminster Tel: 01935 872600 (24 hr message service) email: wrigglevb.office@gmail.com Note: Simon’s usual day off is Friday Licensed Lay Minister: John Strover 01935 872437

Roman Catholic Services Roman Catholic Church The Sacred Heart & St. Aldhelm, Westbury, Sherborne DT9 3EL tel: (01935) 812021 Parish Priest: Monsignor Canon Robert Draper V.G. e-mail: sherbornerc@tiscali.co.uk website: sherbornecatholicchurch.org.uk

8.30am Sung Eucharist 5.15pm Sung Evening Prayer (Mondays Closed – Brother’s Free Day)

Weekdays: 12 noon Midday Prayer followed by Eucharist 5.15pm Evening Prayer These are sung on Saint’s Days

Mass times: 6pm Saturday 10.30am Sunday Holy Days 10am and 6.30pm Wednesday 10am 10am Friday For other services and information, please see the noticeboard, newsletter or website.

Yetminster Methodist Church

Services commence at 10.30 am and Chapel Lane, Yetminster DT9 6LJ are followed by refreshments.

Minister: Rev'd Sooncheol Choi 73 Granville Way, Sherborne, DT9 4AT Methodist Church services Telephone: 01935 815666 May email: choi_sc@hotmail.com 6 10:30 am Fellowship Worship co-ordinator: 13 10:30 am Church Anniversary Mrs Marilyn Harris (01935 864232) Service with Treasurer: Mr Cliff Harris, Broad View, Communion Forge Lane, East Chinnock, Yeovil,

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Leigh Weather Watch We had 21 rain-free days, instead of the usual 17. Total rainfall was 46% below “There’s joy in the mountains; average, with a mere 28 mm (1.1”). for There’s life in the fountains; the month. Year-to-date rainfall is only Small clouds are sailing; 82 mm (3.2”). This is 62% below normal, Blue skies prevailing. and far below the Jan-March record of The rain is over and gone! ” 405 mm (16”) set in 2000.

William Wordsworth Sunshine This was the sunniest March The main features in March since our records began in 2000. were some abnormally warm There were 153 hours of and sunny days, and the sunshine, 47% more absence of anything than usual, and the like our usual amounts sun shone for 41% of rainfall. Despite this, of the daylight we have avoided the hours, instead of water restrictions now the usual modest imposed in other parts 28%. of the country.

Winds Temperatures March March 2012 was the continued this year’s month when Leigh residents pattern of having winds who had taken early holidays blo wing from the ‘wrong’ in Spain and other ‘hotspots’ wished direction for the heavy rainfall we need; they had saved their money and stayed they were usually southerly instead of at home. Many days were warmer than westerly. The windiest day did reach in the Mediterranean area and it felt March’s usual 36 mph but, with so many more like June than March. Despite this, calm days, the average peak speed we had the usual number of sub-zero was only 15 mph instead of 20. nights. There were 10 frosts, with one Pressure plunging to -4.3 F (24 F).

High pressure dominated the month, peaking at 1400 Mb and averaging Rainfall 1030 Mb, well above March’s more Once again, lack of rainfall was the usual 1014 Mb. Philip Bryan most important feature of the month.

March 2012

Summary March 2012 Temperatures (deg. C)

Rain

Sun

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15

1.5

24

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28

153

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Planning Applications May 2012 BATCOMBE 1/D/12/001306 06/01/2012

REDFORD FARM, MELBURY BUBB - Conversion of single storey detached outbuilding to non self contained ancillary accommodation for domestic use to the main house (Listed Building Consent). Approved.

1/D/12/001206 06/01/2012

REDFORD FARM, MELBURY BUBB Conversion of single storey detached outbuilding to non self contained ancillary accommodation for domestic use to the main house. (Full). Approved.

CHETNOLE 1/D/12/000443 02/03/2012

CHETNOLE HOUSE - Install 3 dormers to south-east elevation (Full). No Decision.

1/D/12/000237 02/03/2012

CHETNOLE HOUSE - Repair 3 dormer windows to the northwest elevation; form 3 new dormer windows to the southeast elevation; alter hips and ridges to remove concrete half round tiles and form new lead ridge and hip roll (Listed Building Consent). No Decision.

1/D/11/002111 02/02/2012

HIGHER FARM, RIVER LANE – Alterations and conversion of existing outbuilding into new habitable rooms including gym, living area, bedroom/office and wc facilities, including first floor ensuite extension into existing roof void. (Listed Building Consent). No Decision.

1/D/11/002101 22/12/2011

HIGHER FARM, RIVER LANE – Alterations and conversion of existing outbuilding into new habitable rooms including gym, living area, bedroom/office and wc facilities, including first floor ensuite extension into existing roof void.

(Full). No Decision.

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HILFIELD 1/D/09/000702 21/05/2009

KNAPP FARM, LOAD LANE - Erect agricultural worker's dwelling to replace mobile home (ADDITIONAL INFORMATION) (Full). No Decision.

LEIGH 1/D/12/000181 06/02/2012

LAND AT THREE GATES, LAND ADJACENT TO BROOK HOUSE - Use of and and building for a forest education initiative. Change of Use). No Decision.

1/D/11/001605 09/12/2011

BATCOMBE ROAD, - Change of use of paddock & construct new dwelling, modify existing access(Full). Refused.

YETMINSTER 1/D/12/000255 14/03/2012

YEW TREE COTTAGE, BRISTER END Demolish and rebuild front porch, installation of glazed folding doors to rear and internal alterations (Listed Building Consent). No Decision.

1/D/12/000228 13/02/2012

THE OLD VICARAGE, CHURCH STREET Form internal opening (resubmission) (Listed Building Consent). Approved.

1/D/11/002086 15/12/2011

CROSSING HOUSE, MILL LANE Demolition of residential property (Conservation Area Consent). No Decision.

1/D/11/001849 05/12/2011

CUCKOO HILL LIVERY STABLES, RYME INTRINSECA – Essential staff, administration & visitor accommodation.

Enlarged manège & cabin for mechanical horse trainer (Full). No Decision.

The next Development Control Committee meeting will take place on 10 May 2012, 14.15 at Stratton House, 58/60 High West Street, Dorchester. A full register of all past and present planning applications can be found at: www.dorsetforyou.com/planning applications.

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‌gone gardening How many rooms have you got in your garden?

If you are looking for an entirely new project for your garden now is the time to work out what you are going to do.

Remember a garden evolves. It evolves because no two gardens are the same, and everyone has a different lifestyle.

Aspect and soil conditions will play a very big part in what you might be able to grow.

By splitting your garden up into smaller rooms you can create new projects in each room. Its tantalising to think about so if you have a very warm area within the garden then a rose or an herbaceous garden might work. In a very damp shady area a bog or water garden would be inkeeping and finding the right plants to stock it will be an education for you. Make no mistake there is a whole array of wonderfully colourful plants to choose from for damp shady conditions.

Near the kitchen door, a herb garden is so useful, stock it with the usual plants like varieties of sage, mints, thymes, oregano, rosemary, marjorum, dill, basil and perhaps coriander. Its really fun to shop around for more unusual plants like lemon grass and globe artichokes. Lavenders or chives make a good edge to your beds or consider raising the beds up so that there is no need to stoop and bend.

Include some flowers for cutting for the house like sweetpeas or sweet williams.

White gardens are magical, you would use roses to great effect, mostly fragrant together with silver and variegated foliage plants, Sisyrinchium striatum Aunt May, Convolvulus cnenorum, white penstemons and hedging using a cheap evergreen shrub like Euonymus Emerald Gaiety.

Black gardens are sleek and sophisticated lending themselves to new builds, Ophiopogens nigrescens, Iris Black Swan, Geranium pheaem, Sambucus black lace, all seductive and entrancing.

Ornamental grass gardens are soft, loose and natural looking,they look fantastic with rustic timber construction and decking.

Sculpture gardens take on a new look if you use more contemporary pieces and combine them with Stipa grasses and day lilies planted en-masse.

These are just a few suggestions but however you decide to divide the garden up a seating area of some kind is always handy and will help you to appreciate the beauty of your creation.

Garden furniture is better to look at these days, try to abandon the glaring white plastic chairs and if you cannot afford to buy new then find out a comfortable old chair from the junk room and cover it with a colourful throw.

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Club NewsChetnole Cricket Club Chetnole Chuckers Boules Club It was bright and sunny for the opening day of the 2012 Boules season on Sunday 1 April. There was a good turnout, about 25 players in all, including three new members. It has to be said that some shots might have been somewhat off the mark following the winter’s rest but it was a most enjoyable and fun occasion.

The club AGM was held at the end of March. The current committee was reelected for another year.

The start of season BBQ is going to be a little later this year; it will held on Saturday 12 May starting

at 12:30. As usual, there will be a free burger and drink for all paid-up members. Friends and guests are most welcome.

This is also a good opportunity to have a go at this great Gallic sport if you have not tried it before.

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on Sunday afternoons and, from the start of May, 5:00 pm on Wednesdays.

Beginners are always welcome!

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Please contact Gordon Ratcliffe, on 872996.

Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Club Founded in the year 2000, our indoor club operates throughout the year, at home in the Church Hall.

We are now able to accept some new playing members willing to join us at our club sessions each Thursday between 2 and 5 pm at Yetminster Church Hall. Previous experience of the game, either indoors or outdoors, whilst most welcome, is not essential. Anyone interested should please contact either:- Brian Crumpler 01935 873607 or Steven Schmidt 01935 872957 For more details, or come along to the Hall any Thursday at 2 pm, to give it a go. The club has some sets of bowls available for this purpose.

Paul Hallett, Treasurer, Bowls Club

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Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club Nature Reserves are actually part of “Your Garden: Its importance to the problem rather than the solution.

Wildlife” was the subject of a So, in a revised solution we need to fascinating April presentation in Chetnole Village Hall by Peter Orchard do more in addition to current projects of “Nature of Dorset”. It was not about on habitat restoration, hedge fluffy bunnies, pretty butterflies and replacement and conservation. This is cheeky blue tits. It was a fascinating where our gardens join the fray insight into the current state of our regardless of size and location. They wildlife, the reasons for its diminished are now accepted as critical to the condition and what we can do to continuation of our wildlife. change things.

Wildlife needs to be allowed to In the 1930’s, the countryside was thrive and do its work. This can be different. Small fields, hedgerows, achieved through a network of minimal chemicals; the countryside of corridors linking the reserves; your idyllic memories. In the ‘40s we garden can be part of this were urged to “Dig for solution. Hedgerows, village Victory” with woods and greens, churchyards and hedges destroyed, fields public spaces are all links in enlarged, and chemicals this network. Things don’t introduced to increase need to change much. A crop yields and eradicate corner left wild, a pile of pests…. mostly insects. logs in a sheltered site, DDT arrived in 1943. Into clean water via a bowl or the ‘50s: “Never again! Food small pond (even a couple of production capability must be strategically sunken buckets) – sustained”. In the 1960s we’d “Never make a difference. had it so good!” The early 70s saw DDT Peter Orchard exhorted us to accept banned in the US and many other the problem and to change the way we countries; the UK waited until 1984! garden and what we grow - just a This caused huge reductions in most little. Look for the new RHS Bee insect species – both as plant symbol on plants. Teach children the pollinators and as food sources for importance of insects and encourage wildlife. Ironically, the killing of others to do the same. Join Dorset pollinators affected the food crop yields. Wildlife Trust’s “Wildlife Friendly Recognising the dangers, Nature Garden” scheme. And remember – a Reserves were set up. The theory was wildlife garden does not have to be a they would provide refuelling and wild garden! recovery areas for wildlife. Problems The next meeting of the Club is on with this strategy include the 14 May when our own Morag Orchard impression all is well in the natural (no relation to Peter) will talk on world. Also it fosters the belief wildlife “Growing Vegetables My Way”. exists only on reserves with no place in Chetnole Village Hall – 7.30pm. This is our daily lives. Restricted to isolated a “must hear” in times of rising prices, pockets, a natural weakening of the burgeoning interest in real food and gene pools occurs with consequent CO2 reduction! vulnerability to disease producing dwindling populations. It can be argued Tom Withycombe

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ACT 3 The next few years 2007- 2010 2007 was very exciting with a chilly (we performed in a barn in March!) performance of Peace Child, which raised £250 for Julia’s House. We also spent three weeks filming our version of a battle between pirates and the Navy – just off the coast of Yetminster, which we made into a short film with the aid of some A level students at the Gryphon.

For our winter show we performed The Snow Queen at Thornford Village Hall raising £500 for SHIPS, which provides support for children with acquired brain injuries in schools.

In 2008 we took on a younger group of children and lost many of our year six

options of a summer show we decided to do two Roald Dahl stories both set to music – so Snow White and Jack and the Bean stalk at Leigh Village Hall in June.

Proceeds from this went to Yetminster Scout Group and Leigh Brownies. In the autumn we worked on Remembrance Day with the older children writing plays on

s Skool for Pirate

joining the war and being children who were evacuees and acting out a starting secondary school. play based in Manchester Having discussed the during the war. This was

followed our Christmas Sketch Show which parents and families were invited to watch followed by a guest appearance from Father Christmas and mulled wine and supper.

In 2009 we put on a magnificent show of Wind In the Willows followed by a Christmas sketch show for families of the children in the group including a visit from Father Christmas.

In 2010 we are performed our Summer Show “Skool and Crossbones”. We also were invited to perform at the Sherborne celebration of the Railway coming to Sherborne on 8 May 2010 at Pageant Gardens. We have chosen to do a shortened version of The Railway Children.

More next month.

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Tuesday Club Our meeting on 13 March gave us a glimpse of a very different world from our normal everyday lives. Our talk was given by Sarah Maude and was entitled “An afternoon with the stars”. Sarah explained how her mother had been a professional actress and had won a gold medal during her time at RADA. She had perhaps missed being really famous by turning down a seven year contract with Boulting Brothers, preferring to stay in the theatre rather than enter the film world. Sarah had accompanied her mother on tour during her school holidays and so had got to know many people in the theatre at an early age so preparing herself for a career in public relations with actors. At one point she also worked for Raquel Welch as her P. A. for two years in Paris.

She came to know an astonishing number of famous names, among them Richard Briers, Evelyn Laye, Elisabeth Welch, Michael Hordern, Gladys Cooper, Sean Connery and Robert Hardy, and had interesting anecdotes to relate about many of them. What was especially heartening was finding that despite their fame she found them all, with one exception, very likeable people which probably made her very good at her chosen career.

“To love a human being Is to accept him as he is” Dame Julian of Norwich At our meeting on 10 April we welcomed Vera Sanders who works as a volunteer at the Julian Trust in Bristol. The quote at the top describes the attitude of this Trust which caters for the homeless of that city. It was set up 25 years ago in a derelict chapel but has since moved to a converted factory with more suitable accommodation for the 80 to 90

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meals it provides every evening and the 18 beds for the homeless men and women.

The reasons for their guests having no homes are many; drink, drugs, marriage breakdown and joblessness being the most common, but the volunteers do not evangelise nor offer advice except when asked to, to direct the enquirer to the appropriate professional help. Vera has worked for the trust for 20 years as a night supervisor one night a week when, as well as looking after the guests she arranges for the washing and drying ,of their clothes.

Their guests are not allowed to bring alcohol or drugs in and are asked to leave if they do. They are also banned if they fight.

Some of them have dogs to which they are very attached but these are not allowed in as they cause fights, but they have places where they may be tied up and they are fed.

The night workers help with the breakfast of cereal, toast and a hot drink which is served at 6a.m. before the Trust closes at 7.30 a.m.

As you may imagine the trust receives no financial help from either National or Local Government and relies entirely on subscriptions and gifts. They do well at Harvest time when churches and schools give very generously. They also find that the students who are among their volunteers are exceptionally good at dealing with their guests.

Once again we were left reflecting on the altruism and dedication of this band of volunteers as we made our way back to our well stocked cupboards and comfortable homes.

Our meeting in May is on “Agog in Dorset”, keeping up our tradition of a varied and fascinating programme of talks. New members and occasional visitors are always welcome on the second Tuesday of the month at Leigh Village hall at 2.30 p.m.

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Wriggle Valley Singers Look out for local concerts by your very own Wriggle Valley Singers with the Sherborne Carollers on 21 June (Ryme Intrinseca) and 22 June (Hilfield). Both concerts start at 7.30 pm and

you are invited to bring drinks and a picnic.

What better way to celebrate midsummer than by coming along and enjoying some of this country’s wealth of folk songs in two beautiful settings.

Tickets (ÂŁ5) from Eddie or Philippa at Folk South West, Church Farm, Leigh 01935 873889.

profile - from here he went to Sarawak in Chairman Charlie Osmond welcomed Malaysia - this then gave Kevin the everyone on this his last meeting as opportunity to explore some of the Chairman, his term of office coming to an wonderful places that were close by. One end. Charlie thanked everyone for their place of note being the Mulu Caves, huge support during the past two years. He was limestone caverns which were reached especially pleased to welcome on this after a jungle trek.

In 1988 the disaster on the Piper Alpha evening five new members.

Platform brought Kevin back to the Our Speaker for the evening was Kevin Netherlands where shortly after he was Waterfall, son of the late Stan, a highly respected and very much missed village made Head of Fire Protection, this new role saw him back on his travels again, stalwart.

Kevin's talk was "Forty Years with Shell" virtually visiting every Shell site. In the end, in fact it was nearer to forty-five, as a as a result of visiting half a dozen countries teenager he joined his first ship, an oil in as many days, the time was right to say tanker operated by Dutch Shell Oil. His first no more.

An excellent talk by someone who was voyage took him to the Philippines and passionate about his work and truly lived from there to West Africa. These were his life to the full, ably backed by small ships which gave the opportunity to a slideshow.

Charlie thanked Kevin and come ashore and meet the people and see requested everyone to show their their country, but then the importance of appreciation in the normal way. oil gathered momentum and larger ships The AGM followed: Mrs Val Buckland replaced the small ones. With these large has accepted and will be the new ships you needed a bike to go from bow to Chairperson for the coming year all other stern and now they rarely came ashore. positions remain the same.

There are still This was not for Kevin; he came ashore vacancies on some of our Summer outings still working for Shell in their chemical as shown in our last report in this magazine petroleum sites as a safety engineer. One of his first postings took him to Oman - so give Alan a ring on 01300 - 341351 - love where he quickly made an impression and to see you.

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Wriggle Valley Women’s Group Our speaker for February was Frances Eustace. This was an open meeting; Frances is a talented musician and music teacher.

We were taken on an incredible 500 year journey from 1300 to 1800!! She dressed as a travelling Waite (musician) and she brought with her seven or eight beautiful reproduction medieval instruments.

Waites were primarily entertainers or minstrels and were usually employed by wealthy noblemen or royalty. Their job would entail playing for dances and other celebrations, playing the Pipe and Tabor and ‘Rebekc(a kind of early, small violin) Waites also went on Campaigns with the army, playing Trumpets and Bugles in Edward II’s time. In Henry V’s time(1415), Waites would pipe the watch on medieval bagpipes. They would often accompany executions playing a large tenor wood-wind instrument adding to the somewhat festive entertainment!! It is a pity we do not have them today. They would certainly brighten up “Prime Minister’s Question Time”.

In 1540 (Elizabeth 1st reign) Waites had to conform and wear badges and cloaks. In 1524 the Conquistadors took Waites to help conquer the Aztecs in South America.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 17 April. This will be an open evening in Chetnole Village Hall at 7.30pm, everybody is welcome. The speaker will be Christine Shaw; she is an intrepid traveller and she will be talking about the Arctic. The name of her talk is “The Spitzbergen Expedition”.

Barbara Fellows The meeting in March was a bright and cheerful event, as Darryl Fletcher showed us several ways of using spring flowers in floral

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arrangements. She started with a simple but effective arrangement which we all felt we could reproduce, and then showed us how to create a more elaborate arrangement as well as some modern variations. Whilst creating the arrangements, Darryl gave us useful hints and tips on how to succeed with our own flower arranging and a very enjoyable evening was had by everyone.

Four lucky people left with arrangements created by Darryl which they had won in the raffle.

On Tuesday 15 May, the meeting will be held at Gable Court, Yetminster at 7.30 pm when the speaker will be Jo Wells talking about Footprints, a charitable organisation that aims to mentor and support ex offenders so that they can be successfully resettled back into the community.

New members and guests are always welcome at meetings, or if you would like to know more about the group please contact: Ann Flew: 01935 8730660, Jenny Shepperd 01935 873469 or Pat Smith 01935 872553.

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Yetminster & Ryme Garden, Art and Craft Society It is not often that you go to a talk and come away thinking that it was outstanding in every way. But that is how I believe we all felt after attending the April meeting when Gerald Fisher gave his presentation on bees and bee keeping. He is a true master; in his style, knowledge and enthusiasm and for his genuine passion for the wondrous bee. He was a delight to listen to.

Mr Fisher’s talk covered so many interesting aspects that I can only briefly touch on some of them.

Beginning with the history of our relationship with bees, he explained how we started as honey hunters as primitive man, recorded by cave drawings, moving to become bee keepers once we came to understand the essential role they play in the pollination of our crops, fruit and vegetables.

We learnt about the different species of bee. There are over 250 of which the honey bee is just one. We learnt about life cycles and how bees collect pollen and build the cones within their hives and which bees do all the work. Mr Fisher also explained how to recognise when bees are about to swarm and how to collect a swarm and attract it back to the home hive.

All these points were accompanied by wonderfully clear close-up photographs of bees going about their daily lives.

A match made in Heaven is how Mr Fisher described our relationship with bees. And just as we need them for our survival, they equally need us to support them. There is plenty we can do. The tips Mr Fisher gave us ranged from the materials we can provide for nesting boxes to how we can grow the right plants in our gardens that enable bees to collect nectar and 76

pollen throughout the year from spring bulbs and brightly coloured flowers to shrubs such as Cotoneaster, Choisya and Hebes. We were even encouraged to dig up our beloved roses and plant ivy. Apparently bees love it!

Mr Fisher thoughtfully brought with him some of his own honey and honeycomb to sell after his talk. A delicious reminder of a most interesting evening.

Plant Sale The Plant Sale will be on Saturday 19 May at Croft Cottage in the High Street.

All plant and cake contributions as always are welcome.

Bring on the Red, White and Blue By the time you read this, the Jubilee celebrations will only be a few weeks away.

If you were planning to grow red, white and blue flowers to decorate the front of your home, but like me, have not quite lived up to your best intentions, all is not lost! With panic in mind, I dropped into Bailey Ridge, the new plant centre between Leweston and Leigh. To my relief I found an excellent selection of Pelargoniums, ivy leaf Geraniums, Fuchsias, Lobelia and Diascia and all manner of other lovely plants suitable for patriotic coloured window boxes or hanging baskets. And all growing on healthily to see us through the celebrations. So, I shall have hanging baskets outside my house - I just won’t be able to take the credit!

Next meeting On 15 May, Brian Madders is coming to talk to us about Dahlias and Chrysanthemums. A timely talk perhaps to help with your summer show entry?

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I can’t believe we are thinking about the next panto, sleeping Beauty, already.

We want to hold the auditions before the summer holidays, giving everyone the chance to get familiar with their roles before rehearsals start in earnest in early September.

Alison Horswell will be directing and as usual we are keen to have a strong chorus, in addition to the main parts. So put these dates in your diary so that you can come along for a read through of the panto followed by auditions.

If you don’t fancy an acting role but would like to be part of the production, helping behind the scenes. We have great fun and are a friendly group of people.

Once the panto is cast, we are also thinking of putting on a short play sometime in the autumn.

Do come and join us, contact John House, WVP Chairman,for more information, 07970 819861.

Leigh WI In March we celebrated our Birthday Meeting with several guests from Glanvilles Wootton W.I. and Hermitage and Hilfield.

Unfortunately, the couple who were booked for the evening's entertainment let us down at the last minute, but one of our stalwarts, Margaret Murray, was gently persuaded to take their place and thank goodness she was. She spoke to us of her trip to Tibet some twenty years ago.

We were fascinated by her account of the many places she visited, including the Potala Palace in Lhasa and of her rather perilous journey in order to get a glimpse of Mount Everest.

She gave us a remarkable insight of the Tibet as it was two decades ago, of the smiling, happy people full of curiosity and eager to help, a 78

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Margaret brings so much good humour to any talk she gives and this was no exception. She kept us in fits of laughter deriding some of her fellow travellers and making light of many of the obstacles she had to conquer. Our thanks to her for stepping in at the last moment and giving us such an enjoyable and informative talk and wishing her "Om mani padme hum" (blessings on you jewel of the lotus).

We ended our evening with a delicious buffet prepared by our members and a slice of birthday cake made by Heather and beautifully iced and decorated by Connie and Deena. At our May meeting Mrs. Chris Shaw will be giving us a talk on Cuba and it would be lovely to see a few new faces. Do come and join us Inga James

District Councillor for the Cam Vale Ward

District Councillor for the Halstock Ward

District Councillor for the Yetminster Ward

the parishes of Folke, Alweston, Holnest Holwell, Leigh, Leweston, Lillington, Longburton, and North Wootton:

Batcombe, Corscombe, East Chelborough, Evershot, Halstock, Hermitage, Hilfield, Melbury Bubb, Melbury Osmund, Melbury Sampford, and West Chelborough:

Chetnole, Ryme Intrinseca, Stockwood and Yetminster:

Cllr Richard Jungius The Members' Room, West Dorset District Council, 58/60 High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1UZ. Email: richardjungius @btinternet.com

Cllr Tony Frost, Homeleigh, Corscombe, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0NX. Tel: 01935 891321

Cllr Margaret Lawrence, Trill Farm, Thornford Road, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6HF. Tel: 01935 872780

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The award winning Old Vicarage Care Home has opened a new wing, adding 8 rooms, dining room and sitting room.

Investment in the building along with staff training, a full activity programme, computer suite and involvement with the village community creates a unique, friendly family home atmosphere where every effort is made to improve the quality of life for the residents.

VISITORS WELCOME – JUST CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT The Old Vicarage Care Home Leigh, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 6HL Tel: 01935 873033 email: care@tovic.com

Wriggle Valley Magazine May 2012