WRIGGLE VALLEY MAGAZINE
FEBRUARY 2021
e: wvm.editor@gmail.com www.wrigglevalleymagazine.co.uk Chairman: Graham Plaice gplaice@gmail.com 01935 872921 Editor: Kathryn Edwards wvm.editor@gmail.com Secretary & Diary: Judith Palmer ja_palmer@btinternet.com Treasurer: Rob Barfoot 01935 873306 rbarfoot48@gmail.com Advertising & Villages coordinator: Gordon Ratcliffe 01935 872996 gojan@btinternet.com Design & Production: Left Field / Remous Print Distribution: David Wallace 01935 873077 djwallace@gmail.com Copy Deadline: 12th of month prior to publication, 5th of month if artwork required Maximum article length: 400 words Photographs: either jpeg (300dpi minimum) via e mail or originals Village news please e mail /deliver to your village rep (see contact details under each village heading) Collection points for handwritten or typed articles: WVM Box Old School Gallery Yetminster (On the Boyle cafe) 1 Cloverhay, Yetminster Printed by Remous Print, Sherborne Front cover photo: Striking scene at Hilfield, taken by Rufus Fox
Frosty robin
Photo: Sarah Knowles
Having gladly seen the back of 2020, it’s not the start to 2021 that anyone would have wished for, as another national lockdown holds us in its grip. But, as we are told, there is a glimmer of hope with the continued roll out of the vaccines and Wriggle Valley community members are getting their jabs as promised. There are strong threads of strength and optimism in this issue of your magazine. The Christmas spirit was undimmed, with many villagers braving freezing temperatures and sudden deluges to celebrate and sing carols outside. There were spectacular Advent window displays and houses and gardens dazzled with light from early December. There was also, as Julie Simpson says, ‘an abundance of generosity,’ with special Christmas box deliveries, food bank collections, and philanthropic donations. With plans for summer fetes and the restarting of club activities, for planting trees on a grand scale, and the restoration of buildings and signposts, the Wriggle Valley is taking a positive view and gearing up for a much better year to come.
Kathryn Edwards Editor 5
