July/August 2021 No. 337 by Wriggle Valley Magazine

WRIGGLE VALLEY MAGAZINE No 337 July/August 2021

In this issue: Bouncing over Batcombe A Distinct Form of Protest by Tony Durkin Jenny Nelson joins the Three Valleys Benefice The Clue is in the Name – nature quiz

CONTENTS EDITORIAL 3 Chris Loder MP visits Brotherwood p.10

Adventures of Pinky and Perky p.14

NEWS FROM THE VILLAGES

Batcombe 6 Beer Hackett 8 Chetnole 12 Hermitage 21 Leigh 24 Ryme Intrinseca 34 Yetminster 35

CLUB NEWS Tyneham – Dorset's 'lost' village p.43

POGLES WOOD EXPLORERS 51 NATURE NOTES

OTHER NEWS

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

OUR CHURCH COMMUNITIES 62 Keeping an active apiary p.49

PLANNING 66 REGULAR EVENTS

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The delayed lifting of restrictions has inevitably impacted some events planned for early July and it is very disappointing for everyone – for those who have worked long and hard to organise them and for all of us hoping to enjoy them. Hopefully new dates will be found for them soon. However, there are upcoming events to look forward to, with local produce to admire and prizes to be won; the Chetnole Flower Show on 7 August, the Yetminster Fair on 14 August, the Yetminster Summer Show on 21 August, and the Leigh Flower and Craft Show on 4 September. Read on for details. Also in this double issue is a personal, reflective article by the Rev. Anthony Durkin, on the topic of principled protest; today, as legislation (or brutal force) increasingly curtails the right to protest, it is an interesting consideration of the legacy left by Conscientious Objectors in the Second World War. There is a touching article too about the Yetminster History Society’s visit to Tyneham, the Dorset village where the inhabitants gave up their homes to support the war effort for WW2, and where the demands of continued military training meant they never returned. The next issue of the WVM will be September so I wish you relaxing, happy holidays for the summer. You may even have time to do the moth quiz! Kathryn Edwards Editor 3

POETRY PAGE

Christina Rossetti’s ‘The Pageant’ cont.

Rossetti’s text for A Pageant included a cast of ‘personifications’ (the months) to be played by boys and girls, along with stage directions - we include only those necessary to follow proceedings. This month has the text for July and August. Each WVM in 2021 will feature the verse Rossetti wrote for that month. June: What, here already? July: Nay, my tryst is kept; The longest day slipped by you while you slept. I've brought you one curved pyramid of bloom, Not flowers, but peaches, gathered where the bees, As downy, bask and boom In sunshine and in gloom of trees. But get you in, a storm is at my heels; The whirlwind whistles and wheels, Lightning flashes and thunder peals,

Flying and following hard upon my heels. (June takes shelter in a thickly woven- arbor) July: The roar of a storm sweeps up From the east to the lurid west, The darkening sky, like a cup, Is filled with rain to the brink; The sky is purple and fire, Blackness and noise and unrest; The earth, parched with desire, Opens her mouth to drink. Send forth thy thunder and fire, Turn over thy brimming cup, O sky, appease the desire Of earth in her parched unrest; Pour out drink to her thirst, Her famishing life lift up; Make thyself fair as at first, With a rainbow for thy crest.

POETRY PAGE Have done with thunder and fire, O sky with the rainbow crest; O earth, have done with desire, Drink, and drink deep, and rest. (Enter August, carrying a sheaf made up of different kinds of grain) July: Hail, brother August,

Each of these is some one's bread; Bread for man or bread for beast, Or at very least A bird's savory feast. Men are brethren of each other, One in flesh and one in food; And a sort of foster brother Is the litter, or the brood, Of that folk in fur or feather, Who, with men together, Breast the wind and weather. (August descries September toiling across the lawn)

flushed and warm And scatheless from my storm. Your hands are full of corn, I see, As full as hands can be:

August: My harvest home is ended; and I spy September drawing nigh With the first thought of Autumn in her eye, And the first sigh Of Autumn wind among her locks that fly.

And earth and air both smell as sweet as balm In their recovered calm, And that they owe to me. (July retires into a shrubbery) August: Wheat sways heavy, oats are airy, Barley bows a graceful head, Short and small shoots up canary,

(September arrives, carrying upon her head a basket heaped high with fruit) . ....to be continued

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BATCOMBE

Photo: J Gibbs

Batcombe Church

Bolster the Beams

On 12 May, we held our APCM with all PCC officers being re-elected. On 20 May the church was almost as full as coronavirus guidance allows for the baptism of Sholto Isles. The photo below shows Sholto about to be christened by the Rev Tony Gilbert, with Fred and Tattie (father and mother), Alfie (brother) and Andrew (grandfather).

We introduced the BtB fundraising in May and since then, through the generosity of many of you, we have made an excellent start to our fundraising. A big thank you to everyone who has contributed. Anyone still wishing to help with a donation, please contact PCC Treasurer, Julie Gibbs (julie.m.gibbs@gmail.com).

Batcombe Church Lottery The prize-winners were: May 2021 1st

No 34

Dawn Andrews

No 13

Amy Sellick

No 49

Marion Fudge

nd rd

Renewal August ‘21 to July ‘22 Everyone is welcome to help BtB fundraising by buying tickets – £12 buys a ticket in 12 monthly draws for cash prizes. Please contact Bridget Gordge or me for an application form by 31 July. Johnny Gibbs 6

Bouncing over Batcombe When Mike Williams was an engineer at Westland and filling the WVM Batcombe correspondent’s role in 1990, he looked at the village from the air and described it in the following article. It’s a nice reflection that 21 years later he would see that little has changed, and its beauty still remains. “The 17th of January provided a pleasing opportunity for the Batcombe correspondent to inspect his estate (all 1/6th of an acre) from the air by helicopter. Unfortunately no camera was available at the time so the following details are dimly recollected from the sinking sands of memory. The pleasure of the occasional smallaircraft traveller is always, I feel, more heightened than that of the regular traveller. Thus it was that, clattering southwards from Yeovil late morning on a fine sunny day, the earth took on an almost mystic aspect from 1000 feet. Familiar landmarks would suddenly take place and orientate the traveller’s eye: Sutton Bingham to the right, the unmistakable Dorchester road snaking southwards and then Stan Jessop’s garage at the crossroads, sliding underneath the craft as I sped, towards Batcombe. In a previous article in this magazine, I hinted at the uplifting effect which occurs when climbing hills and gazing downwards, a constant pleasurable preoccupation for me through the years and in different lands. Flying produces an exhilaration which is similar but different, in that philosophical musings which arise from earthly hilltops have little time to form whilst the mind is preoccupied and dominated by the awareness of a machine and its distance from the earth and other flying objects. Nevertheless, whilst moving above the land and taking in its details, a strange sense of time warp

seems to take place; the earth looks older, seems to diminish manmade objects and accentuate the superiority of the landscape to puny, alien constructions. Copses, woods, thickets nestle secretly, seemingly far-distant from path or road, with wildlife unseen within. The slopes and hill-rises emphasised from groundlevel are flattened from the air, their contours ‘washed-out’. Suddenly, a familiar reference point: the glorious single-line railway shining down to Weymouth, but here’s Batcombe and the familiar pile of rubble (really must paint it this summer) as we bank left over Harris Farm and peer downwards and sideways and circle over the house (funny how the garden always looks tidy from the air). Lucky also, that all the cattle are inside at this time. A final hover opposite the house then it’s up and over Batcombe ridge, the church nestling in the hollow, and out, westwards with the go-kart track on our left and the amazingly straight Dorchester road over the high downs. To the south, the sun lit up a vast sea stretching from east to west and as we gained height and got on with the business of the day, Exeter appeared in the south west. Below, new uplands, dark hollows, unfamiliar secret places coloured by the sun remained impassive as the transient arrangement of nuts and bolts with finite organisms within, moved over the surface of the land and was gone.” Michael Williams

BEER HACKETT

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Photo: Ben Keene

Friends of St. Michael’s Church On Tuesday 22 June, the Friends of St. Michael's Church regretfully took the decision to cancel the planned Village Get Together on 3 July. The Trustees felt unhappy to proceed with the event given the delay to the lifting of restrictions until 19 July. They were mindful of the Friends' legal responsibilities, the possible risks to everyone attending and the short time left in which to make structural changes. The Friends realise the disappointment this has caused and are looking forward to planning an event once Covid restrictions are lifted. It has been a very trying year, not only for us but everyone, where nothing in life is certain, so we thank you for your continuing support. Please contact the Friends' secretary to keep in touch. Olive Davison, Secretary Firemoon2015@hotmail.com 07552818389 Green Acres, Beer Hackett DT9 6QT

St. Michael’s Church Our Wine and Cheese party is back, on Friday 6 August, from 6.30–8.00pm. To be held at Higher Farm, Beer Hackett, DT9 6QT, by the kind invitation of Leigh and Simon Clothier. 8

Keene Tickets £5, to includePhoto: fingerBen food and a glass of wine. Proceeds will go towards the upkeep of the church. Booking and enquiries – tel: 01935 872217. Tickets also available at the gate. Sadly, Covid restrictions have forced the Friends of St. Michaels to defer their Village Get Together until an event to be organised later in the year. The Friends will be amalgamating some of the planned activities into the Wine and Cheese party, including musical entertainment and Bonny Sartin (ex Yetties) as compere. Stay safe and we look forward to seeing you on 6 August. John Bingham

Manor Farm, Knighton – Open Garden We were delighted to welcome well over 100 people to Manor Farm on a fine Spring Bank Holiday. Having been coaxed into a donation by Siegfred Johnsen on the gate and parked in the top field by his younger brother, Henry, people began their tours from Knighton Hill with a gentle stroll through our organic wildflower meadows and down through an arboretum, incorporating several different native species to the gardens.

brisk trade, while Hubert Johnsen managed to sell several old tools and incunabula in the stable yard. Thanks to all who came, helped and supported. We netted just over £1,000 for St. Michael’s which will help to staunch the hole left in church income from the lack of services and other activities in Beer Hackett, hampered by Covid. With hopes of a lifting of restrictions later this month, the Friends of St. Michael’s now have a full programme for the summer planned. James Johnsen

Owing to the cold spring, many of the plants we hoped would be out weren’t yet showing to their full potential but there was hopefully enough to interest the keen horticulturalist. Most seemed happy sipping their tea and munching Alice Johnsen’s cake and shortbread on the terrace, while drinking in the views across the Wriggle Valley, made glorious by the brilliantly bright and sunny weather. Belinda Wingfield Digby’s book stall and Blooming Hill Plants did some

St. Michael’s PCC thank the Johnsen family for their kind hospitality in hosting the open garden event. The day was a great success and gave much pleasure and enjoyment to all those who came, as well as providing a magnificent boost to church funds.

Bank Holiday ice cream treat The MacBean family arranged for Tracey’s popular ice cream van to come to the village as part of their daughter Belle’s birthday celebrations. Having been notified through the Happy Hacketeers Whatsapp, villagers made the most of a refreshing treat on a hot day!

Chris Loder MP visits Brotherwood Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV) specialists, Brotherwood, were delighted to host local Member of Parliament for West Dorset, Chris Loder, to their production facilities in Beer Hackett. Chris Loder had a full tour of the production line, where brand new vehicles are re-engineered by the local workforce using specialist techniques to provide safe, comfortable travel for wheelchair users. He learned about the specific transport needs of the UK’s disabled community, and how those needs are satisfied by the UK’s WAV industry – one of the most advanced of its kind across the world.

MD, John Daniel, thanked Mr Loder for his visit. He said that, as a rural business, it was a great opportunity for Brotherwood to discuss how the Government can help employers to find and develop skilled staff in their local areas. As a niche industry, the needs of disabled motorists are often overlooked, so it was also important to consider how these needs can be met in future transport legislation. 10

All change at Thornhackett Parish Council After some 15 years as Parish Clerk, Peter Routledge has taken the decision to retire. He has worked tirelessly for the community against all odds and will be missed. Mrs Sandra Hillier from Beer Hackett has been appointed as the new Parish Clerk. Sandra said, “Peter’s shoes will be difficult to fill, he has so much knowledge about the area at his fingertips. I’m new to Beer Hackett, having moved from Essex last August, straight into lockdown! That has made it quite difficult to meet people and to get to know the area, so I am on a steep learning curve. Luckily, I have some knowledge of how councils work having been a Borough and County Councillor in Essex and having sat as the county representative on my local parish council. I look forward to meeting as many residents as possible over the forthcoming months. In the meantime, I am reading the copious notes and folders that Peter has passed on to me.” Sandra can be contacted via e-mail at thornhackett@dorset-aptc.gov.uk or 07885 371101 By post at: Thornhackett Parish Clerk, 3 The Bungalows, Beer Hackett DT9 6QR Beer Hackett has three representatives on the THPC: Mr Kevin Cheleda, Mr Stephen Hillier, Mrs Betty Lewis.

Beer Hackett village handbook An updated issue of the village handbook will be available in July and copies will be distributed to each household. Additional copies can be obtained from the church porch, or by contacting John Parker on 07812 105721.

Flying visit More accustomed to the bird table regulars, villagers were intrigued the other evening by a more sizeable visitor! A large male peacock landed on various roofs before adopting a stately pose atop The Old Rectory Chimney. Apparently named ‘The Pimpernel,’ he normally resides at Manor Farm, Bradford Abbas, when not touring the local area. John Parker

Photo: Ben Keene

photo: Jean Parker photo: Linda and Peter Bell

Oh to be a snail, with the right pace of life!

CHETNOLE with

Hamlet, Melbury Bubb & Stockwood

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Is it Pinky or Perky?

We begin by sending our love and condolences to Ruth Sanford and all the family on losing her wonderful husband John in early June. He will be much missed, having been a very active longtime village resident, but mostly because he was such a lovely man and a friend to all of us. Ruth would like to write some words in the next issue about John’s life, but the Wriggle Valley Cricket Club have written their own special tribute to him this month and they will miss his huge presence in the club he adored. We’re all thinking of you Ruth. Condolences also go to Doreen Foy who lost two of her brothers in close succession recently – Doreen we send you our love. Get well soon to Denis Senior who has been very poorly in hospital, we hope you are feeling better, and get well soon to Jim Aldhouse too after his shoulder op – 12

Photo: Aly Kozowyk

we hope you’ll be strumming that guitar again shortly. We hope Lance David is now on the mend after his hip operation; from the way he was speeding past our window the other day, it certainly looks like it. Bee Grant-Peterkin’s art exhibition is still running so read on for details. She has raised a fantastic amount for Save the Children – well done Bee. Don’t forget to come along to the churchyard on 4 July to fling Teddy off the bell tower and snaffle a cream tea, and the 2021 Chetnole Flower Show is fast approaching on 7 August – have you made your jam yet? The Wednesday morning village hall coffee morning is also back in business, plus the post office from 9.30am to midday. Take lots of pics over the summer to send in and see you in September. Liz Tebbatt

Chetnole’s phone box gets a makeover Well done to Parish Clerk Sue Woodford and Aly Kozowyk who have spruced up our phone box with a new coat of red paint. See before and after pics. Every fortnight, a batch of 50 free copies of the latest issue of the Blackmore Vale Magazine will be placed in the red phone box by the pub, for Chetnole residents and visitors.

Please continue to use hand sanitizer and maintain social distancing. We have a communion service on Sunday 18 July at 10.00am – you are very welcome to join us. Aly Kozowyk

ST PETER'S CHURCH CHETNOLE

CREAM TEAS in the CHURCHYARD (in village hall if wet)

with TEDDY BEAR PARACHUTING

Sunday July 4th from 3.00 to 5.00 p.m. Once again Teddy Bears will be jumping off St. Peter’s church tower. Bring your parachute and teddy bear (or any other soft toy) and have a go! Any size or design will do, provided it fits into the basket for hoisting up the tower. Make sure your Teddy’s name and your family name are clearly marked. Children and adults of all ages welcome. All entrants get a certificate and the slowest descent (that lands in the churchyard!) will win a prize. £1 per jump for church funds.

St. Peter's Chetnole The church is now open every day again. Books and puzzles still available for swap/small donation (now located in the NE corner by the children's area). Food bank drop off still in church too.

Bee gone If you have a swarm of bees as unwelcome guests, contact Mal at 01935 872093 or 07768 998655 who will remove them for you, so long as they are accessible. Give Mal a buzz if you need help. 13

Dorset and Other Places The exhibition at Chetnole Mill opened for Dorset Art Weeks after all, unfortunately too late to advertise in this magazine. However the exhibition remains open, please ring 01935 872255 for a viewing and a cup of tea, coffee or a glass of wine. An incredible £875 has been raised for Save the Children. Thank you so much to everyone who heard about the exhibition on the grapevine and came along to support this excellent charity so generously. The raffle was won by Chetnole resident Sarah Smibert. Bee Grant Peterkin

Pinky and Perky come to stay – one year on Regular readers may remember that over the winter of 2019/20, I fostered two rescued hedgehogs, as did Stephanie Fripp. The two that came to me will forever be known as Pinky and Perky. They had different characteristics (Pinky – leave me alone, I hate you; Perky – feed me, feed me now) and, exactly a year ago, it was time to release them back into the wild. It is fair to say that, as a result, I have more sympathy for my mother as she packed me off to boarding school for the first time. Will they be OK, will they eat enough, will they be comfortable, will they make it? A soft release was advised first, i.e., you create a small enclosure around the hedgehog house/ release shelter for a week. You continue to put dry cat biscuits out (there is a danger of fly strike in the summer with wet cat food) and they can familiarise themselves with the great outdoors. After a week you open the enclosure, and the big wide world is 14

theirs to explore. Perky was traumatised by the experience and shoved off as soon as the enclosure was opened; I suspect he is the very large hedgehog who moved to Back Lane for a regular supper! The morning after I put Pinky in her area for the first time, I tip-toed down at dawn to see if she had eaten anything and she was still out moving bedding around and generally rearranging her shelter to her liking. That was the last sighting I had of her. She was still taking food and there was the occasional sign of bedding being moved out, but that was it. As you know from my last article, I found the fostering experience incredibly rewarding but I did wonder if it had made a difference and if they had survived. Had the release of four additional hedgehogs helped to boost the local population? I know there was a casualty near the church last year and Stephanie found another one that hadn’t made it either. They could have been part of the wild population but……. On the bright side, there was anecdotal good news. A third hedgehog turned up for supper each night in Back Lane; in Neals Lane a couple of hedgehogs were seen and heard getting very friendly last summer; hedgehogs have been caught on camera in Polans this year, as well as their scat being seen in gardens. Hedgehogs are such engaging creatures, and it would be terrible if they became extinct, all too possible given the population crash over the last 30 years. There are simple things we can do such as leaving wilder areas in our gardens (they like the cover). If you think you have hedgehogs coming through your garden, putting out shallow bowls of water is a great help, especially in dry weather. Hedgehogs are very thirsty little creatures. If you see one in daylight,

keep an eye on it as it can be a sign that there is something amiss. If in doubt you can call the local licensed hedgehog rescue centre based in Halstock (01935 891661 or Facebook under Halstock Hedgehog Rescue). The Hedgehog Preservation Society website also has a lot of useful information.

Well, you can probably imagine my delight a few nights ago when I saw not one but two hedgehogs in the garden. It seems that underneath the bird feeder is a food route for one of them (they develop a regular food route that can be up to 2.5 km per night). As regular as clockwork, at 10.15pm, there they are! Is it Pinky or Perky, is it a little Pinklet or Perklet who knows, but maybe, just maybe there are a few more hedgehogs trundling around Chetnole each night! Gwen Adair

great fun preparing your entries and of course there’s the glory (and prizes) of winning. NB: a polite reminder to last year’s winners to return your trophies and cups to Pippa Fowler at Tanglewood. You can share your creative progress and gardening tips by adding #chetnoleflowershow to your posts on Facebook and Instagram, where we’ll also be putting some top tips and inspiration. We’re looking forward to tasting some interesting muffins…. We’re delighted to be bringing back the Fete aspect of our event with some of our old favourites such as the famous Human Fruit Machine and White Elephant Stall. There’ll be fun and games for the children involving water and wellies, and a few new surprise additions too. The Chetnole Inn will be selling hot food and there’ll be cakes and ice creams available, which can be enjoyed alongside some live music.

Chetnole Flower Show & Fete – countdown to 7 August 2021 We’re very much looking forward to welcoming you all on 7 August at the 74th Chetnole Flower Show & Fete. If you haven’t already seen our schedule, you can find it at https:// chetnoleandstockwood-pc.gov.uk/ your-community/chetnole-flower-show/ There’s lots for all ages and abilities, it’s 15

As always, the purpose of the show is to bring us together and support our local charities. Thanks to your generosity last year, we were able to donate £1,500 during a particularly tricky time. This year we hope to beat that. So far, we’ve already been lucky enough to receive help from our generous sponsors: Stockwood Lettings; Ashfield Property & Management Services; Dockside Personnel, and CS Gardening. To help raise funds, we will also be accepting donations and selling raffle tickets, which will be on sale soon in The Chetnole Inn and from Committee members, as well as outside the village hall on selected days, so keep an eye out for updates on Facebook and Instagram. We’ve had some fantastic donations this year with prizes from ranging from

head massages to tennis lessons, beauty products to garden design consultancy, and dinner for two from the fabulous Chetnole Inn.

Finally, if you would like to get involved, either through helping on the day or donating a prize for the tombola or raffle, please do get in touch with us at chetnoleflowershow@gmail.com – all offers are very gratefully received. Good luck with all your efforts and thanks as always for your wonderful support. See you all on 7 August.

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HERMITAGE

Warm, sunny weather arrived at last, just in time for the wedding of Cheryl House and Ben Rieper. A radiant Chez was walked up the aisle by her father Kevin to exchange her vows with soldier Ben, captain in the Army Air Corps. Rev. George Moody conducted the service, accompanied by live music from her mother Faye and friends. The bride and groom emerged from church under a guard of honour for a celebratory drink on the lawn at Church Farm followed by a reception in a marquee on the Green, with a display of falconry to entertain their guests. We wish them great happiness in their marriage. Thank you to the spring-cleaning work-party of Jan, Lesley, Jane and Geoff who made the church gleam in readiness, and to Kevin for pressurewashing the moss from the path.

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Our July service is due to be Sunday 4 July at 10.00am when banns will be read for Lisa Galloway and Ashley Killeen of Almshouse Farm Bungalow. All are welcome. Elizabeth Kenton Churchwarden

Annual Dance The Annual Dance on Hermitage Green will run again this year on Friday 6 August, in accordance with Covid restrictions. This may well mean fewer people to allow for ‘distancing’. Final decisions will be taken when Boris reveals the next steps forward. As in previous years, we will have various games, a draw and a presentation to the Dorset Air Ambulance. There will be dancing to local band ‘Stress’, BYO 21

food, a bar and carriages at around midnight. All proceeds to local charities. George Grazebrook

Delivery Dog and the Masks As a mum of two toddlers, I’m used to awkward questions; “Why can’t I see my eyes?” and, “Why’s poo always brown?” were the two highlights of our most recent car journey. This past year has brought about a new round of challenging conversations; trying to let our children down gently as we explained away the cancelled birthday parties, closed nursery sessions, no playdates and, “Sorry, I know I said Granny was coming for Christmas but now she can’t.” The… “We’ll see” didn’t cut it for long and “We’ll look it up on the internet” doesn’t work when wider society doesn’t have the answers either. I needed a book to help - something that would get us talking about the “I’m not sure” answers, as well as addressing my little ones’ worries; “Mummy, if I pick daisies will I get Coronavirus?” and, “Is Granny going to die soon?” Having worked as an Early Years teacher for nine years and thought up countless stories for my reception classes, I decided to put pen to paper and Delivery Dog and the Masks was born. If you’re wondering how I did this with two toddlers, my post-breastfeeding insomnia had a lot to do with it! I think that, as we begin to adjust to this new world, it is time to stop, get our children talking, and listen. In doing so perhaps we can be more supportive to the mental health of the youngest generation. While I don’t have all the answers, this is why I wrote the book. Published by Olympia publishing and 22

available at Waterstones, Delivery Dog and the Masks is a rhyming story for three to seven year-olds, providing a lighthearted look at some of the enormous changes that children have witnessed in the last few months. As Delivery Dog travels around the community, helping out by delivering face masks, he learns about the virus from his owner, Dan. Children love the quirky illustrations and the funny haircuts people have given themselves during lockdown. The story has many locations that are familiar to young children and some you may recognise from the Wriggle Valley. The story is relatable and provides opportunity for parents to chat about the changes they have seen, to explain why they were so grumpy, how it made them feel and to ask their children about their feelings too. Delivery Dog and the Masks is also available to borrow from Sherborne library, there are free resources for parents and there are lesson plans for teachers to be downloaded from www. deliverydogbooks.com. I hope this little book will help your family too. Sara Beels

High Stoy Parish Council update Chairman’s notes After a year of holding High Stoy Parish Council (HSPC) meetings on Zoom, we had our first face-to-face meeting in Hermitage village hall at the end of May. Although social distancing made for an odd seating layout, it was great to get together and it did feel like a tentative step to some form of normality. This was also our annual meeting. I was re-elected as Chairman and Kevin Prescott was elected Vice Chairman. After many active years on HSPC, including several years as Chairman, George Grazebrook has decided to stand down as Vice Chairman. We all thanked George for his hard work and leadership on the Parish Council. I would particularly like to thank him for his guidance in my first year as Chairman. All parish councillors give their time to support the Parish Council activities and I would like to thank all those on HSPC for doing so to benefit the community. Onto business, I’m delighted to report that after considerable effort the short footpath on Hermitage village green, from the kissing gate into St. Mary’s church to the gate at the small car parking area, has now been included by Dorset Council on their definitive footpath map. We are supporting Leigh Parish Council’s application to Dorset Council to extend the 40mph speed limit from Totnell to beyond Three Gates Farm. This may be something of a battle so if you have any evidence that we could use to support the application, that would be greatly appreciated. We are pursuing with Dorset Council painting additional ‘SLOW’ signs on the road through Hermitage. Dorset Council

have requested that we carry out a traffic/speed survey before they will do this so it was agreed we would do so. HSPC objected to the proposal to build 272 holiday lodges at The George Albert Hotel on several grounds but, particularly, that this change of use is completely disproportionate for the area, it will have a devastating effect on those living in villages in this location (traffic, noise and light pollution), generate a huge number of additional car journeys and create congestion on the narrow country roads in the area. The minutes of the meeting are available on the HSPC website www. highstoypc.org.uk Members of the public are welcome to attend our meetings. If you would like to attend it would be helpful if you could let us know in advance so that we can make appropriate seating arrangements. The next meeting will take place on the 31 August at 7.00pm, (fingers crossed) a face-to-face meeting at Hermitage village hall. Dave Whiteoak Chairman HSPC cdwhiteoak@hotmail.com

LEIGH

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Plastic-Free bags – let’s take on the challenge

Where better to spend a summer holiday than Dorset? Don’t give yourself the worry of having to dodge the Government’s red, amber and green lights, just stay at home. We must be some of the luckiest people in the country. The pace of life is perfect, the scenery stunning, and the weather … well, let’s keep our fingers crossed on that. As soon as this magazine hits your doormat we will be at the start of the village’s Plastic-Free July. What a brilliant bit of thinking and what a challenge to us all to reduce, or even eradicate, our consumption of single-use plastic. Even if you didn’t manage to get hold of one of the free bags with their samples and ideas, this is surely something we can all try to follow for the month. And if we can manage it for July, then we could try and extend it into August, and beyond. The return of Leigh’s very own Pop 24

THE

POP INN Leigh’s Renowned Pop-up Pub.

Following the Government’s extension of restrictions,

our reopening in July is postponed until

August 27

Up Pub will now be on Friday 27 August (postponed from the planned July date due to Boris). It takes place in the village hall and is one of the great highlights of village life. There is always a large choice of beers, wines, spirits, soft drinks and nibbles. The staff are friendly and you are bound to meet someone you know, so you are guaranteed a convivial evening. Keep an eye on the village Facebook page. Now is the time to be planning for the Flower and Craft Show, which this year is on Saturday 4 September. Here’s the chance for you to pit your gardening, culinary, craft and artistic skills against your neighbours. Brenda has a schedule of classes at the village shop. There is a brand new cup – the Leigh Cup – for the person with the most entries. Enjoy your summer. Philippa Toulson and Eddie Upton

St Andrew’s Church, Leigh By September, we hope to be able to give you firm news of a regular pattern of services for Leigh and all the churches in the Three Valleys Benefice. For now, we make do with a fairly firm list for July and a guess that August will be similar.

Angela Seabrook's beautiful quilt

The 84th

LEIGH FLOWER and CRAFT SHOW Saturday 4th September Opening at 2.30pm Prize Giving at 4.00pm Admission £1.50/£1 for exhibitors – Children free Classes for

 Floral Art  Flowers and plants  Children’s fun section  Handicraft  Art  Photography  Cookery  Scarecrow PLUS – Tombola and Raffle! Something for everyone to try - don’t be shy. Cash prizes, and you may win a cup or trophy! Pick up a schedule at the Shop or print from the Village Website www.leighvillage.org.uk/main-events/leigh-flower-show

So, our three Sunday services for July will each start at 10.00am, and, subject to the weather, will be in the churchyard. On the 11th and 18th we will have a service of Holy Communion, and on the 25th we will have a lay-led Community Spirit service, followed by crafts and activities and a picnic in the churchyard. In August it looks likely that we will have Holy Communion on 8th and 15th with a lay-led Community Spirit service on 22nd, but please check the church notice board for firm dates and times. We have been holding a short service to remember people who have died whenever we have a 31st day of the month. In July, the 31st falls on a Saturday and in August it is on a Tuesday. Join us in the churchyard at 10.00am for a short reflection involving prayers, poems and music. We hope to return to our regular coffee 25

mornings. They are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 10.30am, so see you on 6 July and 3 August. Finally, news of a massive project undertaken by Angela Seabrook, the church Secretary and Treasurer. She is a highly skilled quilter and has made a stunning quilted bedspread (double bed size). This is a magnificent work of art and it is to be raffled for church funds. All members of the PCC will be selling raffle tickets and the draw will be made on 1 December. Please buy lots of tickets, both to help the church and as a token of thanks to Angela for this brilliant and impressive gesture. Alaistair Cumming & Eddie Upton Churchwardens

Plastic-Free July

‘We can’t do huge things, but we can all do small things to help.’ ‘We NEED to save the world fast otherwise there’s not going to be any world to save.’ ‘I am proud to be in a youth eco group as we can help people make decisions before it is too late.’ ‘The more people who know, the more chance we have of helping the world we live in.’ ‘Children should be able to influence the world they are going to live in.’ These wise words come from members of the Leigh Planet Defenders group run by Philippa, and they sum up the concerns we all have. We’re lucky to have such thoughtful young people living in the village. 26

The Leigh Planet Defenders group

When the Climate Group started, one member explained that he wanted to be part of it because he is a grandparent. We all want to leave the world in a better state for our children and grandchildren and a huge reduction in our use of plastics – shampoo, washing up liquid, take-away meals, manmade fabrics – is crucially important.

Work has started on the Plastic-Free July bags and their contents and we are looking forward to distributing them. Do please follow this campaign. We will be posting on our own Facebook page as well as the Leigh Life one and the village WhatsApp. We hope to hear what you are doing. Sally Salvesen

This will inevitably take time, but within a few months we should see our patrols in action. When a patrol is on duty, it is acting as agents of Dorset Police. Details of vehicles exceeding the speed limit are forwarded to them – the police then take whatever action they deem necessary. An extension of the 40mph limit at Totnell to include Three Gates was discussed. Leigh Parish Council subsequently voted to fund, in conjunction with High Stoy Parish Council, the temporary instalment of traffic monitoring equipment at Three Gates (Dorset Highways see this as necessary prior to any agreement to such an extension). Hopefully the above three initiatives will come to fruition and, in due course, improve the quality of life in our village. Alan Bennett arcbennett@hotmail.co.uk

Leigh Parish Council update Thank you to all who attended the Annual Parish Meeting held on 18 May. Issues raised generated some valuable discussion. There was clear support for the Parish Council’s proposed improvement and expansion of the road markings in the village, designed to reduce the speed of traffic. The Parish Council will now ask Dorset Council to implement the repainting of the existing ‘SLOW’ road markings (and add some additional ones) with associated white side markings in the narrow sections, and the addition of yellow cross bars. The resurrection of a Community Speed Watch (CSW) for Leigh was also discussed; again, there was much support. Some ten people have subsequently stepped forward, volunteering to be part of the team to be trained by Dorset Police.

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A Distinct Form of Protest During my working life as a farmer, policeman, prison officer and ordained clergyman I have been blitzed with short and long spells of ‘training’. By far the most demanding came later in life when I was accepted for ordination within the Church of England. Looking back over all those career moves I reckon I had a Eric Westall Durkin reasonably enquiring mind. I thoroughly enjoyed putting visiting experts/lecturers under pressure with a searching question or two. Ordination training was different; as well as questioning the beliefs, spirituality, philosophy and practice of what we were being trained for, one was constantly questioning one’s own beliefs and fitness for a life within the established church. Asking (honest) testing questions of one’s motives for making such a radical final career change can be an uncomfortable business indeed! I retired from full time ministry in 2009. However, it is only during this series of recent lockdowns that I have realised there was one area of inquiry that I had neglected throughout my whole adult life. I was adopted into a loving family at six months of age. I had a conventional upbringing in Chislehurst; failed the 11+; went to a secondary (modern) school followed, aged 13, by a year at Dartford Technical School. When my father retired from his employment with AEI 28

Woolwich (formerly Siemens Edison and Swan) as a telephone circuit designer at the age of 55 in 1959, a move to a new home in Canterbury meant another change of school. I left aged 15. Consequently, any educational attainment was ‘patchy’, to say the least. There was one constant, however, throughout my childhood; a flimsy copy of ‘Peace News’ plopped with regularity through the letter box. My father was a staunch member of the Peace Pledge Union and never hid the fact he was a ‘Conscientious Objector’ throughout WWII. I soon learned he was no ‘column dodger’; his objection to conscription and war in general was founded on the principle that being called upon to kill impersonally one’s fellow man, for the sake of some ‘Establishment’ or ‘State’ imperative, was both immoral and repugnant to him. As an argumentative and precocious youngster who thought he knew everything (whilst knowing precious little) the arguments father and son had on the subject were distinctly robust affairs. I took the view that my father’s stance was naïve and that, taken to its logical conclusion, we would be living under the Nazi jackboot if people had not been prepared to fight against such an evil tyranny at that moment in history. I’d not considered that my father had been born and lived his early formative years

during the so-called ‘war to end all wars’ – the First World War. And so the argument remained largely (but more respectfully, I hope) unresolved beyond my father’s death in 1970 – until now. I realised quite suddenly during an early lockdown that I had been intellectually lazy in not delving more deeply into the reasons why Dad took the minority view he did. He’d given up a promising career in electrical engineering (he had design patents in his name) and could have pleaded he was in a ‘reserved’ occupation. He didn’t. Instead, he was directed by a tribunal to serve on the land with other ‘conchies’, under the ‘Gloucester Land Scheme,’ just one of many similar schemes up and down the land. The practical work was physically demanding for an office worker. The accommodation for a young-ish married couple was a blanket hung up across the end of a single-storey hut. That it was a huge culture shock for both my father and my mother, I am quite certain, but they stuck it out until the end of the war in 1945, when my father was re-employed by Siemens’ Brothers in Woolwich, where he remained until retiring in 1959. Finding detailed information about Conscientious Objectors was not easy until comparatively recently. Records of the C.O. tribunals were largely destroyed after the war. I have been helped enormously in my quest to try and ‘get under the skin’ of my father’s principled stance by two books. I commend them to anyone who might be interested in the subject. The first is, “We will Not Go to War” by Felicity Goodall (2010 edition published by The History Press) and the second is, “Conscientious Objectors of the Second World War: Refusing to Fight” by Ann Kramer, published in 2013 by Pen and Sword. An academic

approach by Professor Tobias Kelly in a paper entitled “Citizenship, Cowardice and Freedom of Conscience: British Pacifists in the Second World War” published online by Edinburgh University is, I believe, worthy of close study. A third book which gives a theological dimension to principled protest of any kind is “Out of the Deep. Prayer as Protest” by Bishop Gordon Mursell (now retired) who was my Spirituality Tutor at Salisbury & Wells Theological College in 1989. When I emailed the author, Felicity Goodall, asking for further details about the ‘Gloucester Land Scheme’, she graciously wrote back promising to search her archive. She also commented that it was often women who sent white feathers to those they regarded as cowards. She then wrote, “But then, women weren’t the ones who were called upon to do the killing!” Those who were experiencing the horrors of war, even some serving men, were sometimes far more understanding of the protesting stance the 60,000 male conscientious objectors and around 1,000 women C.O’s took in WWII. As for me, I hope my understanding is deepening about the way some people chose to protest in such an unpopular way. I also wonder if, God forbid, Nazi-ism had triumphed militarily in WWII whether it would have been the intense non-compliant mindset of the Conscientious Objector which would have done as much as any right-thinking person to undermine such an evil regime. Furthermore, in these days when peaceful and principled protest is threatened by more tightly drafted legislation, the debt today’s protesters owe to the ‘conchie’ protesters of the past is probably vastly underestimated. The Reverend Anthony Durkin, a retired priest living in Leigh. July 2021. 29

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Congratulations to Tim and Pauline Roberts who celebrated their Golden Wedding on 12 June. Pauline, born and bred in Yeovil, was working as a tailoress when a tailor colleague asked her to help him out with trousers for a wedding suit he was

Tim, Pauline and Misha the dog

making; she called round but he was out. However, Tim the lodger was in and they got talking. Tim was working at Marglass but was new to the area and didn’t know many people, so Pauline asked if he would like to join her at the rifle shooting range. The rest was history, as they say. They were married at St. Marks, Yeovil, on 12 June 1971 and started married life in a caravan in Tim’s father’s field in Baltonsborough. They moved to Ryme in 1977 with two daughters, Vicki and Rebecca, and now have six grandchildren. After Marglass, Tim worked at Westlands for 26 years. Pauline worked for 35 years in Care in the Community, but kept up her sewing skills, making many beautifully embroidered costumes for the Yetminster Irish Dancers and wedding dresses and outfits. She fitted in childcare for several families in the village as well. Hope they have a lovely summer doing staycations in their campervan, with Misha the dog. We had a great turnout of 25 for the churchyard tidy up, and it was lovely to see so many new residents come. It is amazing what can be achieved in a couple of hours - the whole churchyard looked wonderful afterwards. Many thanks to you all from Mike and me (church wardens), and extra thanks to Sue Goldsworthy for the date slices and other delicious things. Thank you too to the Templeman family who, a few days before, had cut the grass and trimmed the yew bushes. What else has happened, has anyone heard the Cuckoo?

Gilly Wilson

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The YRIWG gets off to a good start

Well, the G7 is over, the good weather has arrived and numerous events are on the horizon for us to enjoy. I am not a betting man; however, by the time you read this I expect the Prime Minister has announced an amended date for fully opening the economy to July. I am hoping that the good people of Northern Ireland can enjoy a BBQ, relishing the delights of a good British sausage.

I would like to thank the small team overseeing the refurbishment of the Hamlet children’s play area. Paul Hollick has organised a crowd funding page for

people of the village and further afield to support this initiative. The link is at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/playarea-renovation. The page closes around 8 July; however, any queries contact Paul Hollick or see the Facebook page. Yetminster is a village of over 1300 residents and there is enormous potential to make this village outstanding (it is already a fantastic place to live), as there are so many untapped skills and wonderful people with great ideas to promote the village. I sometimes think we operate as three separate villages, top, middle and bottom. I would like to promote (and slightly amend) JFK’s statement, “Ask not what your village can do for you and ask what can you do for your village”. Get involved. Soap box moment over. The Yetminster and Ryme Walking Group seems to be going from strength to strength, they will have completed their second ramble, three miles, well done. 35

I would love to join a walk if a pub was involved, will keep checking Facebook. However, my good friend Alan Guy says it starts and finishes at the White Hart; also Alan you looked very fetching sporting a fine pair of wellingtons.

Please send me any village input you would like me to consider using (no matter how trivial you think it may be), via email, post or hand delivered. Lastly, I am reminded of how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place,

The Church Tower tea party will have been held, I do hope this was a major success as I know only too well the amount of work involved to host this event. It is such a beautiful building and the congregation are lovely people.

highlighted by this picture sent to me of an evening sunset in Yetminster. Signing off for Jul/Aug, back in September. Have a fab summer.

It is also good to see the cockerel back in its rightful place at the top of the church tower, home from being re-gilded. A huge thank you to Clare Thompson for all her hard work - there is lovely posting on Facebook, which shows the moment of its return. The pub, gallery, sports club and the Spar continue to support the village. With the ever-changing goalposts regarding emerging from restrictions, all power to their elbow for their ability to provide the facilities we love and deem as vital. 36

Michaela and Graham Plaice

STOP PRESS: The Yetminster Fair has had to be postponed and will now be held on Saturday 14 August. Put the new date in your diaries!

Yetminster Fair Association 50/50 Club Result for the Big Quarterly YFA Draw: 1st prize of £100 No. 29 Mrs B Holloway 2nd prize of £50

No. 30 Mr J Ferretter

3 prize of £30

No. 60 Mr G Orton

4 prize of £20

No. 22 Mr E Pennington

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St. Andrew’s Church July and August ... high summer and lovely long holidays! At the time of writing in early June, services will continue in much the same pattern through the summer. The clergy are planning a new service schedule starting from September, and all up to date details can be found on our website www.threevalleysteam.org and the Benefice pew sheet each week. The Yetminster round robin also continues to be a helpful point of contact for our services, events and local news, so please get in touch with me if you would like either of these emailed to you. Our Churchyard is humming! Many thanks to Celia Brayfield who has worked so hard organising the Living Churchyard Project and the Bug Hotel over the last year. We now have two no-mow areas as well, and our team of mowers are doing a great job in keeping our large churchyard in trim although, as always, they can do with more help. Looking ahead ... We hope to have an autumn car boot sale, and a welcome coffee morning for newcomers to the village. St. Andrews Church remains open daily from 8.00am–6.00pm, (although with restricted access for 72 hours following a service, at the time of writing). Our beautiful Yetminster Millennium cards in aid of the church are now available from the Gallery in the village. Enjoy the summer months in our gorgeous countryside and gardens, and we all look forward to meeting up again very soon. With my best wishes

Churchwarden Clare Churchwarden.yet@gmail.com

Coffee and Cake

Many thanks to everyone who supported our first coffee morning in June, which was a great success. People were seated outside enjoying the sunny weather – and the yummy cakes. We look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday 7 July 2021 10.00– 11.30am for the next one; there will be outdoor seating again, depending on weather. Thank you once again to everyone for your continued support.

Angela and Grace Coffee and Cake

News from St. Andrew’s Church primary school The summer term is flying by and, as I write this, we are only six weeks away from the summer holidays. The most amazing thing about working in a school environment is that no two days are ever 37

SUMMER SHOW 2021 2-4pm

St Andrews Hall, Yetminster Yetminster & Ryme Garden, Arts & Crafts Society

21 AUGUST 2021 More information and schedule of classes available at Yetminsterparishes.gov.uk on the Y&RGA&C Society page. Paper copies will be available from the Old School Gallery in Yetminster from July 1st.

the same, so the weeks pass very quickly as we are always planning ahead. The downside to this is that we never have time to be still and appreciate the present. I have been really heartened to see the children sitting in the conservation area and marvelling at the beauty around them. Last week, there were many ladybirds, which caused a great deal of excitement, particularly among the younger children, who were very keen to have them crawling over their hands! “Be still and know that I am God.” Be still, appears seven times in the bible.

It is a reminder to us to find time to contemplate the generosity of God in the creation all around us. I would like to thank Steve from Castle Gardens, who came to our conservation club to share his considerable experience with the children. Steve spent a very drizzly Friday afternoon talking to the children and brought plants for the children to bed in. I learned lots of new facts which will help with my own gardening efforts, at home. The children were fascinated by Steve’s knowledge of slugs and which ones are to be encouraged, as they are less destructive than others. We also learned how to prevent slug damage in a kind and environmentally friendly way. The STEM classroom is now refurbished on the outside, ready for the internal improvements to be completed. The new windows and cladding have made such a difference to the area. The building now blends in beautifully with the Big Hug.

Yetminster and Ryme Walking Group

STEM classroom

We say a fond farewell to our Year Six children on 23 July. It is always a time for reflection and happy memories as they move on to their next adventure. We are holding our own ‘YETFEST’ camp out for them on the school field, to add to their fond memories. I wish you all a happy summer, making memories with your loved ones. Many blessings. Julie Simpson

How fabulous so many lovely folks join in our first couple of walks. What an adventure we are all having! It is great meeting you all and really looking forward to seeing you for our next walk, which is Sunday 25 July at 2.30pm. Children are welcome to all walks with an adult. Lily is enjoying taking Charcoal, Sara’s dog, along. Feedback and requests are very welcome – please email these through to yetpaths@gmail.com There was a request for a walk to the nearest pub – we will see what we can do for the next set of walks. There was also a plea for a walk with fewer/no stiles. We have been in contact with North Dorset Ramblers Group who have agreed to part-fund a gate, which is a wonderful start to our stile-free walks. We have also had a generous

Email: judygallimore61@gmail.com

offer from Jane Jeans for the funding of a gate in memory of her mother. We hope to have plaques put on the gates, similar to those on benches. If anyone would like to fund an ‘in memory’ gate, please contact us on yetpaths@gmail.com

Jane, Daf, Sara and Linda

Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council Chairman’s Notes – update With the ending of the dispensation for us to hold virtual meetings, the Parish Council decided not to hold the June meeting and will look to restart socially distanced faceto-face meetings in July. Nevertheless, council business continues with several on-going projects. We have been encouraged by the number of suggestions for the way in which we can spend the money received as part of the Community Infrastructure Levy. There are strict criteria for the way in which the money can be used, and the working group will be meeting shortly to consider the suggestions. We are grateful for the fantastic response we received to our request for Speedwatch volunteers. We had hoped to be operational by now, but due to the time that has lapsed since our last patrol, the sites that we use must be risk assessed and our new recruits need to receive training from our Community Police Officer. We are aware of the growing concerns over the speed of traffic moving through the village and will endeavour to get Speedwatch patrols started as soon as possible, and to press Dorset Highways for the introduction of 20mph speed limits. A recent post on the Yetminster Facebook page in which we suggested using crowd funding to pay for the replacement of the matting at the children’s play area brought 40

a strong reaction from some residents. To clarify any uncertainty, the Parish Council has already pledged to support improvements to the play area and, as with so many other councils across the country, is inviting the local community to become involved in this project. There will be a new play area adjacent to the new houses at Folly Fields and we will be liaising with the developers to ensure that the two projects are complementary to one another. I am sure that we are all disappointed that ‘freedom day’ has been put back until 19 July and that this has resulted in the Yetminster Fair being postponed. The new date is 14 August and having witnessed the fantastic commitment of the organising group, I hope you will all support them by making the event a day to remember. Andy Perlejewski Chairman of Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council

We have a problem! Unfortunately, we are having problems with our email address and apologise if residents have tried to contact the Parish Council and have found the mailbox full. We are working with APTC who host the website to sort things out but if you need to contact the council and your email is returned please use the Contact Form on the parish website (https://yetminsterparishes.gov.uk) and we will be in touch. Again, apologies for any inconvenience. David Torrance Acting Parish Clerk Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council

Community Infrastructure Levy Ideas and suggestions please! Thank you to those residents who have submitted ideas and suggestions on how we can use the monies from the Community Infrastructure Levy, generated from the Folly Farm development – do keep them coming! Unfortunately, the email address we gave has stopped working, so please now use the Contact Form on the parish website (https://yetminsterparishes.gov.uk) – it is on the right-hand side of the header bar – to give your contact details and a rough outline of what you are proposing.

Ideally your project should help offset the potential demands that will be placed on the ‘infrastructure’ of the parish by the new development, but there is a degree of flexibility in how this is interpreted. The main areas are: green infrastructure and recreation provision serving the needs of the wider area; culture and leisure facilities; waste management facilities; transport, including highway safety and improvements, bus services, walking and cycle improvements. We look forward to hearing from you. YRIPC CIL Working Group

1st Yetminster Scout Group All the Sections have had a hectic few weeks outside in mainly glorious weather, working on the allotment, digging over and preparing the ground and then planting out vegetables and flowers.

The Beavers have had fun completing parts of their sports and athletic badge, as well as going on a scavenger hunt in Millennium Woods and toasting marshmallows on a campfire. 41

The Cubs have also spent time completing parts of their athletics badge. They had an evening learning about fire safety at home and what action to take in the event of a fire. The Scouts have been busy planning, designing and making some super wooden planters.

They also spent an evening completing their athletics plus bag and tried a few new sports. 42

They had a great morning paintballing and played several games in woods near to Dorchester; it was fun, but I think I became their main target!

YETMINSTER HISTORY SOCIETY Outing Excitement Our first outing since July 2019! What a strange sensation it was. A feeling of childish excitement came back. A gang of mates and a picnic lunch. The latter, along with tea and coffees, supplied on site by Sarah Hedin and team. What a pleasure. A great big thank you to Sarah, her husband and Kelly for all the hard work. Where was this fest? Tyneham Village – frozen in time since 1943. We had the whole village to ourselves and an excellent guide in Major (Rtd) Sterling who has a detailed knowledge of the military history of Tyneham.

We are now officially a collection point for Sherborne Food Bank and donations can be dropped off Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Please call 07815 135602 to arrange a time as we might well be away from the hut. We are also collecting clean empty crisp packets for recycling and last week posted approximately 6,000 packets to Terracycle. We are still looking for adult volunteers to join our team and invite you to complete our four-week challenge https://www.scouts.org.uk/ volunteers/growing-scouts/ready-torecruit/four-week-challenge/ Please contact me by email or mobile. Paul Hollick Groups Scout Leader Gsl.1styetminster@gmail.com 07815 135602

Tyneham has been associated with tank training since development of the tank in WW1. Leased from the Bond family, the estate owners, in 1916 it is the oldest tank range in history. But it is perhaps more famous for its role in the preparations for the D-day invasion in WW2. In 1943, around 250 villagers were asked to leave their premises on the promise they could return when the war was over. The majority were re-housed in Sandford and Poole where, in some respects, life was an improvement; 43

it was the first time they had hot and cold running water, electricity and gas. Touring the village was quite a poignant experience. The school house brought back memories for many: nursery rhymes on tablets, the cane on the teacher’s desk. Sadly, the school was closed in 1932 for lack of children – not enough to warrant the payment of a teacher. The Laundry Cottages were the only place supplied with running water; the rest of the village had to walk to the church to the pump to fetch theirs. At the church there was a copy of a letter from the vicar’s wife left pinned to the door for the US 1st Division who took over Tyneham:

“Please treat the church and houses with care; we have given up our homes where many of us lived for generations to help win the war to keep men free. We shall return one day and thank you for treating the village kindly.” It was not to be. The demands of the subsequent Cold War, followed by the continuing needs for military training, meant the properties were never handed back. There was a highprofile campaign in the 1960s/70s led by Rodney Legg. The people never returned but the compromise was that the public could visit on 140 days in a year. And it is well worth a visit. Next Meeting: 8 September 2021 – AGM followed by Robin Miller on the Battle of Jutland. Hopefully we will meet in the Jubilee Hall at 2.30pm but if any restrictions are still in place, then via Zoom. New members are always welcome. Come along in September or in the meantime contact us at yetminster8@ gmail.com. John Ferretter

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CLUB NEWS A farewell to John Sanford from the WVCC The smiling and courteous presence of John will be keenly missed by all members of the WVCC. Although John was involved in many aspects of village life and had a great many interests, his love of cricket was surely one that meant a great deal to him, and he so enjoyed passing on his enthusiasm for the game to his children and grandchildren. When the WVCC was established a few years ago, John was always a valuable source of knowledge and information whenever we, as the new boys, would seek his advice. One of our committee commented that John was a great listener; he was always interested in what you had to say and, with an understanding smile, would have something helpful, supportive and wise to impart. He was a font of sound advice and amusing anecdotes – accompanied by his trademark chortle!

From the very start, John and Ruth were keen to support the WVCC in any way they could, always there offering encouragement from the boundary at the home matches. When we introduced the WVCC patrons they were among the very first to pledge their assistance. We feel we were so fortunate to have shared such a memorable evening with Ruth and John as he celebrated his 85th birthday and sat relaxing in the warmth of the evening sun, listening to the evocative and timeless sound of leather on willow. John spent the evening willing our team on as we edged an exciting and engaging match, sharing his congratulations with players and fellow supporters as the shadows lengthened over the playing field. Goodbye John from all of us, and thank you, it has been a real pleasure to have known you and shared time with you. WVCC

Chetnole and Leigh Garden Club 17 May was an auspicious day, not just because the Chetnole Inn could serve clients inside, but a Zoom meeting, a first for the Chetnole and Leigh Garden Club. Michele Aldhouse co-hosted the session using the technology that has kept many of us in communication with family and friends during the pandemic. Our guest speaker was Marion Dale, a garden designer based in Tintinhull. A change of career led Marion to take the opportunity to retrain at Larkham Horticultural College and to founding Summerdale Garden Design which she runs from home. She is also involved in the team which helps to manage the gardens at Barrington Court. Using beautiful photographs, diagrams and simple tricks she outlined the need to consider one’s garden soil type, acidity, light levels, hard landscaping and the client’s preferred choice of colours and plant species. With skill and humour, she guided us through the design process and showed in a practical manner how to achieve one’s dream garden. A short Q&A session at the end resolved a few of the concerns some of our members had, in particular to the poisonous nature of the castor oil plant. Many thanks to Joan for finding Marion as a speaker and looking forward to a time when we can meet up in person, restrictions permitting. The Garden club usually meets on the first Monday of the month at 7.30pm in Chetnole Village Hall, there is usually an expert guest speaker and refreshments. Jim Aldhouse

An active apiary The sight of fluffy yellow hind legs disappearing into the beehive in late February or early March fills the watcher with delight. It means the hive has come through the winter and it’s likely the queen is beginning to lay. The pollen in the hairy sacks on the bees’ legs provide the vitamins the young larvae need to grow strong. Long live snowdrops, crocus, hazel catkins and pussy willow, to mention a few sources. The beekeeper must ensure there is enough food to keep the brood nest at 32/35 degrees. A small peek under the roof will tell you. If you see a host of restless bees about to emerge, they have finished all their stores and need a fat wad of fondant to give them the carbohydrates they need. Spring cleaning must wait for warmer weather when dandelions are flowering; then the beekeeper can go through the bees, give them a clean hive, check the queen in each is laying well and that there is enough honey and pollen, should the weather take a dive.

And it did! Cold and dry, April offered few harvesting opportunities. Bumblebees were slightly better off as they can fly in much colder temperatures, with their furry coats and mountain beginnings. May was equally inhospitably wet. However, checking the hives during a weather break I found the queens had been laying happily, the numbers of bees had risen hugely and stores were dwindling; frustrated bees were stingingly hostile. Sugar syrup was required on one hive. Ten days of warm sunshine with late apple, cotoneaster, field maple and other trees flowering, and the hives were bursting with bees and honey. But

swarms threatened. Swift action was needed to ‘split’ the hive in an artificial swarm. First find the queen (hopefully coloured on her thorax), put her in the home hive with all the flying bees and move all the brood, which will have a queen cell waiting to hatch, to a different area. Then cross fingers for more sunny days so the hatched queen can fly to a drone mating area. 50

Honey can be harvested when the cells have been capped with wax. The aroma of the honey when spinning out the supers is heady, sweet and sometimes almost medicinal. But delicious. Beekeeping and gardening – never a dull moment. Anna Awdry

Wriggle Valley Women’s Group The Wriggle Valley Women’s Group meeting will still go ahead on 20 July, at Rimpton Cottage at 6.30pm, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone here. Ruth Sandford

POGLES WOOD EXPLORERS

After a few foot-related false starts, Muddy Mondays finally got underway at the end of June. These sessions are for accompanied pre-school children and will run every Monday through July and August. Any primary age siblings are welcome to attend during school holidays. Bring a picnic lunch if you would like for 12noon start, or 12.30 if you are not picnicking, finish at 3.00pm. £5 per child. Summer Holiday club starts on Tuesday 27 July and runs every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday until Friday 27 August. 10.00am–3.00pm. £20 per child. Please book as soon as you can as spaces fill up fast. Last year we weren’t able to have our family camping weekend and it is hard to predict if we will be able to do

it this year. Fingers crossed it may be possible in July so let me know if you are interested and I will let you know the latest information. We have had a few birthday parties and have a few provisional dates over the summer. Please do get in touch with tentative bookings. We have had the first few meetings of our Youth Climate Group and we have an exciting programme of visits organised for the summer months. If you live in or near Leigh and have a child over eight who would like to be part of the group, do please get in touch. Please keep an eye on the Facebook page for the most up to date information. Philippa Toulson philippa.toulson@gmail.com Facebook: Pogles Wood Explorers 51

NATURE NOTES The Clue’s in the Name Many moths have descriptive common names giving a clue to their identity. As a follow up to last September’s photo selection, here are a few more UK moth species that have recently been on the wing, with some flying well into autumn. Amazing diversity of colour and form can be seen in these beautiful, mainly nocturnal visitors to our gardens and hedgerows. Can you match the moth to the name? Answers on p60. Gill Nash Buff Tip Peach Blossom Large Emerald Clouded Silver Ruby Tiger White Ermine Five-spot Burnet

Iron Prominent Pale Tussock Swallow-tailed Moth Light Brocade Buff Arches Pebble Hook-tip Blossom Underwing

Brimstone Moth Chinese Character Cream-spot Tiger Burnished Brass Waved Umber Herald Clouded Border

...CAN YOU MATCH THE NAME TO THE MOTH?

2! 53

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T: 07788217521

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OTHER NEWS The Friends of St. Peter’s on 873742 or boulterjs@yahoo.co.uk. Many thanks for your support

Get ready for this year’s Ride + Stride The annual Ride + Stride for Dorset Historic Churches Trust is taking place on Saturday 11 September.

Chetnole Half of the money raised by people in our village will go directly towards repairing the fabric of St. Peter’s, and the other half goes to Dorset Historic Churches Trust to provide grants for the maintenance and preservation of our beautiful churches. So get out your walking shoes, jodhpurs or cycling lycra and visit as many churches in Dorset as you can over the course of the day – and raise money by having friends and family sponsor your effort. You can plan your own route, visiting as many churches on the list as you like – people of all ages are welcome to take part. Last year Richard Charrington, Gwen Adair and Di and Dan Murphy did, and we raised over £700. Can we beat that this year? And if you’re not able to join them yourself, you can sponsor Richard Charrington, or Di Murphy, who have agreed to do it again this year. Every little bit is welcome. If you would like to get the list of churches in the area, or a sponsorship form, or just to make a donation, please get in touch with Jackie and Tony of 58

Leigh In our own benefice of 17 churches, we look for volunteers to spend a day riding (a bike or a horse) or striding (walking or running) around the lanes to as many of the churches as you can. This year, many of the churches will be open to greet and refresh you when you call. Please contact Alaistair Cumming, the Leigh coordinator, on alaistaircumming@ gmail.com or 01935 872401 to get a sponsorship form and instructions, and join in the challenge. In the past we have raised about £1,500, half of which comes back to St. Andrew’s Church, all thanks to your generosity.

Artsreach is the Dorchester based charity that supports rural touring in all its forms, theatre, music, dance, storytelling, puppet shows, etc., to the villages in Dorset. Upcoming events are: • The Circus Skills Children’s Workshop on Friday, 30 July in the Jubilee Hall, 2.00-4.00pm. The Workshop is for children between seven and 11. They will have the opportunity to ‘have a go’ at juggling, diabolo, flowerstick/ stuntstick, plate spinning, stilts, poi and rolla bolla.

• The Storybox Children’s Workshop on Wednesday, 11 August, also in the Jubilee Hall, 11.00am to midday. This is for children aged between two and eight. It’s an hour of dressing up, story making, music with instruments and interactive story telling. • The Two Circus Acts at the Yetminster Community Sports Club on Friday 16 July, 6.00pm. • The Bash Street Theatre show, also at the Sports Club, on Sunday 15 August, 2.00pm.

Citizens Advice 14 to 27 June was Scams Awareness Fortnight when Citizens Advice and other organisations focused on the huge problem we have with scams, how to avoid them and what to do if you are a victim. A scam is a way of fraudulently stealing money from a person or organisation, otherwise known as a con, a hoax or a swindle. There are many different types of scam, but the biggest increase recently, especially since Covid, has been in finance related schemes. These include phone calls, texts or emails pretending to be from your bank asking you to move your money into a different account, emails or calls allegedly from the government or an official company, an unexpected offer of a pensions review or a not-tobe-missed Get Rich Quick scheme. You may think that you wouldn’t fall for something like this but scammers these days use extremely sophisticated ways of demonstrating their so called authenticity and it’s easy to be taken in and lose a lot of money as a result, not to mention the hassle and inconvenience.

Always be aware of the possibility of a scam. Is what is on offer too good to be true – have you really won a competition that you don’t remember entering? If you are shopping online check reviews of the companies that you are buying from. Remember, never give money or personal details unless you are absolutely sure who you are talking to and never be rushed into making a decision. Pay by credit or debit card, as this gives you protection if things go wrong. For much more information and advice about scams go to www.citizensadvice. org.uk If you would like help with this or any other problem, telephone 0344 245 1291 to speak to an adviser.

Another type of scam – beware Beverley, Lady Harwood-Penn writes: I had a letter sent to me a good few weeks ago, urging Yetminster folk to use a website called Nextdoor to keep abreast of village news and views. Having looked into it, I decided it was not for me and that it could be a scam. They have my email address. How, I have no idea. Recently, my name has been put on a similar email/letter to residents asking them to join. This has absolutely nothing to do with me, nor did I give permission for my name to be used. I have never invited residents to join. My husband tells me there has been a large response to the letter, but we cannot get hold of the individual folk ourselves, as it is all done through their website ... alarm bells ring! Please be aware of this. It is nothing to do with me; I have no idea who is behind this peculiar situation or how to stop it. 59

Changes to Planning Application Policy From 1 July, Dorset Council will no longer advertise planning applications directly to neighbouring properties, as has traditionally been the case. The advertising of planning applications at the entrance to sites will however continue, although displaying them will now be the responsibility of the applicant, not Dorset Council. Planning applications are available to view on the Dorset for You website and, in the first instance, if you feel suspicious about any construction work in your area you should visit this website. If you are unsure about any of the information available there, advice will be available from the Parish Clerk on yetminster@ dorset-aptc.gov.uk who will try to get any queries resolved. Cllr Geoff Goater

Drama games, movement, improvisation, songs, and much more

AGES 5

After being on Zoom for most of a year…

We are back! Classes held every Wednesday Term time only 5.30-7pm at Leigh Village Hall BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Contact Caroline 07791524791 e-mail hartc@talk21.com

q White Ermine w Light Brocade e Large Emerald r Swallow-tailed Moth t Buff-tip y Pebble Hook-tip u Brimstone Moth i Clouded Border o Five-spot Burnet a Chinese Character s Cream-spot Tiger d Buff Arches f Peach Blossom g Clouded Silver h Iron Prominent j Blossom Underwing k Pale Tussock l Herald 1( Waved Umber 2) Ruby Tiger 2! Burnished Brass

Answers to ‘Match the name to the moth’ 60

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY JULY Sun Tues Wed Wed Fri Tues Thur Fri

4 6 7 14 16 20 22

Cream teas & teddy parachuting Coffee morning/bring&buy Coffee and cake WVCC home v Thornford Artsreach Pirate Taxi Circus Acts WVWG garden meeting WVCC home v Compton House Artsreach Children’s Circus 30 skills workshop

3.00–5.00pm 10.30am–12noon 10.00–11.30am 6.15pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 6.15pm

St. Peter’s Church, Chetnole St. Andrew’s Church, Leigh Jubilee Hall, Yetminster Chetnole Playing Field Yetminster Sports & Social Club Rimpton Cottage, Chetnole Chetnole Playing Field

2.00pm

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

AUGUST Tues 3 Fri 6 Sat 7 Wed 11 Wed 11 Sat 14 Sun

Sat

Fri

Coffee morning/bring&buy Wine & Cheese party Chetnole Flower Show & Fete Artsreach Storybox Sally & the Limpet children’s workshop WVCC home v Montague Yetminster Fair Artsreach The Cameraman Bash Street Theatre Co. YRGACS Yetminster Summer Show Pop up Pub

10.30am-12noon St. Andrew’s Church, Leigh 6.30–8.00pm Higher Farm, Beer Hackett 2.00–4.30pm Chetnole Village Hall 11.00am

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

6.15pm 12noon

Chetnole Playing Field Yetminster Sports Ground Yetminster sports & social club

2.00pm 2.00–4.00pm

St. Andrew’s Hall, Yetminster

7.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

SEPTEMBER Sat Tues Mon Fri

4 7 13 24

Leigh Flower Show Coffee morning/bring&buy Moviola Pop up Pub

Leigh Village Hall 10.30am-12noon St. Andrew’s Church, Leigh Leigh Village Hall 7.00pm Leigh Village Hall

OCTOBER Tues Fri Sat Sun Fri

5 22 23 24 29

Coffee morning/bring&buy Leigh Art Show preview Leigh Art Show Leigh Art Show Pop up Pub

10.30am–12noon 6.00–8.00pm 10.00am–4.00pm 10.00am–4.00pm 7.00pm

St. Andrew’s Church, Leigh Leigh Village Hall Leigh Village Hall Leigh Village Hall Leigh Village Hall

Please check with event organisers for any restictions or booking requirements Please ensure you email Judith Palmer with any entry; otherwise, it cannot be noted.

CHURCH NEWS News from the Three Valleys team

We are delighted to welcome our new team member, Jenny Nelson. Jenny is very much looking forward to becoming the Assistant Curate in the Three Valleys Benefice. She has been training in Theology, Ministry and Mission on the Rural Pathway at Sarum College for the last three years, whilst already holding undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Music and Education from the Royal Academy of Music and Buckingham University. Jenny will be moving to Bishops Caundle in the Benefice later this month with her family and is excited about serving as Assistant Curate whilst retaining her role in teaching Music and RS at Sherborne Girls. Jenny is enthusiastic about bringing together churches, schools and communities in response to God’s mission in rural multi-parish benefices. 62

Our Church communities She has a particular love of rural ministry and mission with local church communities. In the wider Diocese, Jenny is a member of the Sudans-Link Committee and is involved in creating partnerships between schools in the South Sudan and Sudan and the Salisbury Diocese. Jenny has been a voluntary Chaplain with Alabare and is a former Children and Youth Minister of Salisbury Cathedral. Jenny’s interests include travel and walking, and she already has a love of local walks in Dorset. Most of all, Jenny is looking forward to joining with the Benefice, to walking alongside and learning from the fantastic ministry team, and to spending time getting to know and serving the people of the Three Valleys Benefice. Rev’d Tony Gilbert Team Vicar Three Valleys Benefice

THREE VALLEYS TEAM Rev’d Richard Kirlew

Team Office:

Team Rector:

e:3valleysoffice@gmail.com w:www.threevalleysteam.org

01935 873044 e: rector3valleys@gmail.com Jubilee Hall Yetminster ENQUIRIES: Three Valleys Benefice Office, Team Vicars 01935 872600 Rev’d George Moody e: 3valleysoffice@gmail.com The Rectory Church St,

Yetminster Jubilee Hall, Church Rev’d Tony Gilbert @RuralChaplain Street, Yetminster, DT9 6LG The Rectory, Church Rd, 01963 23570 01935 872600 Thornford, Sherborne. DT9 6QE e: rector3valleys@gmail.com

Opening hours Mon 9.30am – 12.30pm Tues 1.30 – 4.30pm

Yetminster DT9 6QE

01935 873214 e: revgeorgemoody@gmail.com

Yetminster Methodist Church Chapel Lane, Yetminster DT9 6LJ

Treasurer: Mrs S Gilbey

Minister: Rev Kate Konrad 01935-415837 Worship co-ordinator: Mrs Barbara Driver Tel: 01935 873690

All services begin at 10:30am followed by coffee.

Roman Catholic Services Roman Catholic Church

The Sacred Heart & St. Aldhelm, Westbury, Sherborne DT9 3EL tel: (01935) 812021

Hilfield Friary services continue. Information can be found on our website https://hilfieldfriary.org.uk and Facebook page www.facebook.com/HilfieldFriary so please look to see what we are up to.

Weekend mass times: Saturdays at 6.00pm Sundays 10.30am Holy Days 10.00am and 6.30pm Parish Priest: Monsignor Canon Robert Draper e: sherbornerc@prcdtr.org.uk w: sherbornecatholicchurch.org.uk

THREE VALLEYS TEAM LOCAL CHURCH SERVICES For complete list see www.threevalleysteam.org go to Services page Services are correct at the time of going to press but please continue to check the website (see above) and with your churchwardens for up-dates

SUNDAY JULY 2021

4th

11th

18th

25th

TRINITY 5

TRINITY 6

TRINITY 7

ST JAMES 10am CW Holy Communion

BATCOMBE 10am CW Holy Communion

BEER HACKETT BRADFORD ABBAS

10am CW Holy Communion

10am CW Holy Communion 10am CW Holy Communion

CHETNOLE 10am CW Holy Communion

HERMITAGE HILFIELD LEIGH

10am CW Holy Communion

RYME INTRINSECA

8.30am BCP Holy Communion

10am CW Holy Communion

10am Family Service

THORNFORD

10am CW Holy Communion via Three Valleys Team Facebook page

On-line

10am CW Holy Communion

10am at Yetminster School 2nd Sunday

YETMINSTER

10am CW Holy Communion via Three Valleys Team Facebook page

CW= COMMON WORSHIP

10am CW Holy Communion via Three Valleys Team Facebook page

BCP= BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

Regular Weekday On-line Services For Zoom services please email for link – see website for contact details

Mondays

On-line

6pm

Compline

via Zoom

Wednesdays

On-line

5pm

Rectory Tea Room followed by

via Zoom

Wednesdays

On-line

6pm

Celtic Night Prayer

via Zoom

Fridays

On-line

6pm

Evening Prayer

via Three Valleys Team facebook page

SUNDAY AUGUST 2021

1st

8th

15th

22nd

29th

TRINITY 9

TRINITY 10

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

TRINITY 12

TRINITY 13

10am CW Holy Communion

BATCOMBE BEER HACKETT

10am CW Holy Communion

BRADFORD ABBAS

10am CW Holy Communion

10am CW Holy Communion 10am CW Holy Communion

CHETNOLE

10am CW Holy Communion

HERMITAGE HILFIELD 10am CW Holy Communion

LEIGH RYME INTRINSECA

10am CW Holy Communion

THORNFORD

10am Family Service 10am CW Choral Holy Communion

YETMINSTER

10am CW Holy Communion Time and place tbc BENEFICE SERVICE

On-line

No Sunday on-line services this month

CW= COMMON WORSHIP

BCP= BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

Regular Weekday On-line Services For Zoom services please email for link – see website for contact details Mondays

On-line

6pm

Compline

via Zoom

Wednesdays

On-line

5pm

Rectory Tea Room followed by

via Zoom

Wednesdays

On-line

6pm

Celtic Night Prayer

via Zoom

Fridays

No Friday on-line evening services this month

PLANNING APPLICATIONS JULY 2021 BATCOMBE P/P/FUL/2021/00465 12/02/21 REDFORD FARM, REDFORD FARM JUNCTION REDFORD TO MARTINSFIELD, MELBURY BUBB – Erection of an agricultural building to cover an open silage clamp. Granted 17 May 21. CHETNOLE P/HOU/2021/00954 26/03/21 HENEFORD HOUSE – Erect first floor side extension. No Decision. P/HOU/2021/00532 19/02/21 GORTEEN, MILL LANE – Erection of single storey extension over existing garage with re-arrangement of kitchen, diningroom and utility on ground floor. No Decision. P/LBC/2021/01031 29/04/21 GARDEN HOUSE, YETMINSTER ROAD, CHETNOLE – Carry out internal and external alterations. Withdrawn 7 Jun 21. P/LBC2021/00128 10/03/21 ROSE COTTAGE, YETMINSTER ROAD, CHETNOLE – Relocation of one internal wall associated with the conversion of building to 1 No. dwelling. No Decision. WD/D/20/002874

13/11/20 MANOR FARM, DEEP FORD LANE – formation of gated access. No Decision.

P/LBC//2021/00472

17/02/21 1 FORD COURT, CHETNOLE – Installation of buttresses to support wall from leaning further. No Decision. P/HOU/2021/00368 15/02/21 PARK HOUSE FARM, HERBURY LANE JUNCTION – Erection of part two storey & part single storey side extension. No Decision. HERMITAGE P/HOU/2021/00568 26/02/21 PARK VIEW HERMITAGE TO HOLNEST PARK FARMHOUSE – Erection of detached garage with workshop & playroom. Granted 3 Jun 21 HILFIELD P/FUL/2021/00318 02/02/21 THREE GATES FARM – Demolition of existing building & erection of 3no. dwellings. No Decision. LEIGH P/PLAH/2021/01897 28/05/21 ROSENDALE, CHETNOLE ROAD – Erect rear extension: To extend 6.00 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling house: maximum height 4.00 metres: height to eaves 2.10 metres. No Decision. P/FUL/2021/00471 21/04/21 ST ANDREWS CHURCH, LEIGH – Change of use from agricultural grazing land to burial area adjoining existing churchyard. Granted 10 Jun 21. WD/D/21/000048

16/03/21 LAND EAST OF BATCOMBE ROAD – Change of use from agricultural land to campsite to accomodate 10 No. pitches; erect timber framed facility block, form road access, construct access track and car parking area for 10 No. parking spaces. No Decision.

WD/D/21/000121

18/01/21 GREENHAM HOUSE, SHERBORNE ROAD – Develop the land by the erection of 1 No. dwelling. (Outline application to determine access and layout). No Decision.

MELBURY BUBB Nil

PLANNING APPLICATIONS JULY 2021 RYME INTRINSECA WD/D/20/001057

05/05/20 LAND KNOWN AS, CLIFTON FARM, CLIFTON FARM LANE, CLIFTON MAYBANK – Installation of a renewable energy scheme comprising ground mounted photovoltaic arrays together with substation; onsite connection to grid network; transformer stations; access; internal access track; landscaping; biodiversity measures; security measures; access gate and ancillary infrastructure. Granted 20 May 21.

YETMINSTER P/PABA/2021/01921 01/06/21 WEST HILL FARM, BRISTER END – Erection of agricultural building. No Decision. WD/D/21/000013

06/05/21 THE MILL HOUSE, DOWNS LANE – Change of use of existing room over existing garage from Studio as per Planning Application No 1/E/07/000522 May 2007 to dwelling (retrospective). No Decision.

P/PALH/2021/01380 26/04/21 14 UPLANDS – Erect single storey rear extension extending 5.30 metres beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse, 2.70 metres maximum height and 2.40 metres height at the eaves. Prior Approval Not Required. 27 May 2021. P/HOU/2021/00375 21/04/21 RIVERSIDE, BRISTER END – Erection of first floor extension to front. No Decision. P/FUL/2021/00516 06/04/21 HAMLET STABLES, YETMINSTER ROAD, CHETNOLE – Conversion & alterations of The Stone Barn to create 1 no. dwelling. No Decision. P/LBC/2021/00517 06/04/21 HAMLET STABLES, YETMINSTER ROAD, CHETNOLE – Internal & external alterations to convert The Stone Barn into a dwelling. No Decision. WD/D/20/003084

22/02/21 KILBERNIE, CHAPEL LANE – Demolition of existing dwelling & erection of 3no. dwellings with associated landscaping and works. No Decision.

WD/D/20/002895

16/11/20 LAND NORTH OF MILL LANE – Erection of 1 No. dwelling with associated landscaping and parking. No Decision.

WD/D/20/002527

1210/20

WD/D/20/002314

16/09/20 FOLLY FARM, THORNFORD ROAD – Modification of obligations on Section 106 agreement dated 12th July 2016 (original planning approval WD/D/16/000642). No Decision.

BINGERS, RYME ROAD – Erection of 2 No. stables, Implement store and feed/hay store. No Decision.

The next Dorset Council – Northern Area Planning Committee meetings will take place on the 29 July and 24 Aug. both at 2.00pm, this meeting is being held remotely as an MS teams live event and the 29th June 2.00pm, this meeting will be held Stour Hall – The Exchange, Old Market Hill, Sturminster Newton. A full register of all past and present planning applications can be found at: https://planning.dorset.gov.uk/online-applications/ applications. Note: due to publication deadlines these details only reflect the website records up to 12.06.21

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Regular Meetings, Events & Activities Name Every Mon Table Tennis Bev’s Core Vinyassa Flow Yoga Cummunifit Sit & Strengthen Short Mat Bowls Yetminster Table Tennis Club Bev’s Core Vinyassa Flow Yoga Yetminster Bell Ringers Every Tue Yoga Topsy Turvy Toddlers Drop in Coffee Morning & PO Chetnole Art Group (until Easter) Beginners Pilates Cubs (in term) Every Wed Community Coffee morning Yoga Croquet Coach/Play Wednesday Club (in term) Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club Table Tennis Croquet Junior WV Players (in term) Beavers (in term) Scouts (in term) Beginners yoga Yoga Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Every Thur Tai Chi Advanced Pilates Yetminster Short Mat Bowls Leigh Rainbows (5–7yrs) Leigh Brownies (7–10yrs) Guides Dance Fit Wriggle Valley Voices Every Fri Table Tennis Croquet Club (May – Oct) Croquet Every Sun Second Sunday Informal worship Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club

Time 9.30–1.00pm 9.30–10.30am 11am–12 noon 2–5pm 10–12noon 6.30–7.30pm 7.30pm–10pm 9.30am–10.30am 9.30am–11am 9.30–12 noon 10am–1pm 1.10–2.10pm 6–7.30pm 10.30–11.30am 10.30–11.30am 3pm (until Oct) 3.15pm–4.05pm 3pm 2.00–5.00pm 5.30pm summer only 6–7pm 6–7pm 7–9pm 7pm 7.15–8.15pm 7–10pm 10am 10am 2–5pm 5.45–7pm 5.45–7pm 7–8.30pm 6.00–7.00pm

Venue Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall Yetminster Jubilee Hall Leigh Village Hall Scout Hut, Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall St Andrew’s Church Leigh Village Hall St Andrew’s Primary School Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall Scout Hut Yetminster Old Vicarage Care Home Leigh Village Hall Yetminster Playing Fields St Andrew’s Primary School Chetnole Playing Fields Leigh Village Hall Church Farm, Hermitage Leigh Village Hall Scout Hut Yetminster Scout Hut Yetminster St Andrew’s Primary School Leigh Village Hall Yetminster Jubilee Hall Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall Yetminster Jubilee Hall Trim Room, Yetminster Yetminster Jubilee Hall Yetminster Jubilee Hall

(term time)

Leigh Village Hall

7.30pm 9.30–1.00pm 3pm 3pm 9 for 9.30am 3pm

Chetnole Village Hall Leigh Village Hall Yetminster Sports Club Yetminster Sports Club Yetminster Jubilee Hall Chetnole Playing Fields

Regular Meetings, Events & Activities Name

Time

Venue

1 Mon

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club

7:30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

1st Tue

Leigh Discussion Club (wint)

7.30–10.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

2nd Tues

Wriggle Valley MU (alt months) 7pm

Church Hall, Yetminster

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc. 7.30pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Senior Winter Lunch Outings

Sue Footner 873610

7.30pm

(not July/Aug) Halstock & Distr. British Legion

3 Tues rd

Wriggle Valley Lunch Club

Sheaf of Arrows 12.15–3pm

Leigh Parish Council – alt mnths 7.30pm Last Tues Leigh Women’s Institute

Leigh Village Hall Leigh Village Hall

7.30–11pm

Leigh Village Hall

Pub Quiz

7pm

The White Hart, Yetminster

1 Wed

Coffee ‘n’ Cakes

10–11.30am

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Batcombe Coffee Morning

11am

[not Aug & Dec]

Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca PC 7.30pm

St. Andrew’s Primary School

2nd Wed

Yetminster Historical Society

2.30pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Police Support Unit

2–3pm

The Cross, Leigh

Chetnole & Stockwood PC

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

2 /4 Wed High Stoy Bible Study

7.30pm

Venue contact 872342

Last Wed Woodland Wednesdays

12.45–2.45pm

Pogles Wood nr Leigh

2 Wed/alt mth nd

Police Community Support Yetminster Fair Association

tba

By Church, Yetminster 7.30pm

Meadens Hall, Yetminster

Wed – Sat Friary Shop

2.30–4.30pm

The Friary, Hilfield

1 & 3 Thu Yetminster Scribblers

6.30–8pm

Old School Gallery, Yet

Meadens Coffee Morning

10.30am

The Meadens

Leigh Short Mat Bowls

7–10pm

Leigh Village Hall

Pub Quiz

8pm

The White Hart

2 Thurs nd

Last Sat

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ART & ANTIQUES Old School Gallery

BED & BREAKFAST Chetnole Inn Hound House

18 70

CARE HOMES Old Vicarage Care Home, Leigh

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CARS, VANS & MOTORCYCLES, HIRING & SERVICING Addison Motors

Brotherwood

Express Equipment Centre

N.S Autos West Country Cars

45 33

CHIMNEY SWEEPS

Pearce Energy Heating Oil

Sellick & Saxton

TS Boiler Services

Spearbuild

Burrow Water Treatment Plants 57

TGas Plumbing & Heating

Frost & Butler, Master Thatchers 46

B.A Wallbridge

P. Houchen Dry Stone Walling

Westcountry Electrics

KDS Garden Machinery Repair

Sherborne Joinery

Chedington Compost

Sibley Property Maintenance

The Log Man

M&S Welding

MAD Mowers

Paul Hambidge Contracting

Perrett Fencing

Pestwright & Mole Catcher

Rampisham Timber Services

GARDEN & OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE WM Groundcare

Alexander the Grate

SCR Tree Care

A Clean Sweep, Roger Dodd

Tree Surgery (Westree)

i Sweep, & video inspections

Wriggle Valley Fencing

Steve White Chimney Sweep

Will’s Walls, Dry Stone Walling 30

COMPUTERS, MARKETING & IT

HEALTH & WELL BEING

Dalaric Managed Internet Services 54

David Stanton, Psychotherapist 30

DMDH Computers

Robert Frith Optometrists

PDC Computing

Tania Geere Chiropodist

Therapy Barn Mandie Holloway 69

EDUCATION Barn Owls Nursery

Lower Covey Montessori Nursery 19

EVENT VENUES Chetnole Village Hall

Leigh Village Hall

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

FOOD, DRINK & CATERING Leigh Village Stores & PO

5 Star Bars & Catering

On the Boyle Café Spar Stores & PO Yetminster

Yetminster Health Centre

HOME, OFFICE & INTERIORS KC Decorators

Michael Sturmey Carpets

SBF Curtains & Blinds

Wayne Timmins

CM Furniture

Cut Flowers by Kate

LEGAL SERVICES Porter Dodson Solicitors

Professional Will Writer

PETS & LIVESTOCK Dog Grooming & Stripping Chetnole Drone Photography

POST OFFICES Chetnole Village Hall (Wed am only) 47 Leigh

Yetminster

AD Renovations

PRINTERS

J Bennett Joinery

Remous, Milborne Port

Ian Crossland Property Maint.

PROPERTY & HOLIDAY LETS

Dorset Plasterers

HOME - BUILD & MAINTENANCE Lendology CIC

Holiday Home Nr Bordeaux

Stuart Goodier Boiler Servicing 68

Mallows Cottage, Yetminster

M Harris

PUBLIC HOUSES & FOOD

Steve Jones, Carpentry & Joinery 19

Chetnole Inn

Knott Roofing

SPORT & LEISURE

Lawrence Electricals

Barfoots’ Bouncers

FUNERAL SERVICES

PHOTOGRAPHY

Steve Mumford General Builder 68

TRAVEL

18 19

Brister & Son

Neal Electrical Services

Heart Of Wessex Railway

Grassby Funeral Services

JJP Plumbing

WRIGGLE VALLEY MAG ADVERTISING

July/August 2021 No. 337

Articles inside

REGULAR EVENTS

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

PLANNING

OTHER NEWS

Ryme Intrinseca

Beer Hackett

POGLES WOOD EXPLORERS

CLUB NEWS

Yetminster

Hermitage

Batcombe

Chetnole