March 2022 No. 343 by Wriggle Valley Magazine

WRIGGLE VALLEY MAGAZINE No 343 March 2022

In this issue: Kathy Smyth recalls a Beer Hackett childhood Hindsight: Dorset poets, Barnes and Hardy Uncovering the secrets of stained glass

CONTENTS Chetnole Jazz Cafe is back p11

Six generations in Hilfield p18

Nature's theatre: Ryme Intrinseca p26

EDITORIAL 3 NEWS FROM THE VILLAGES Batcombe Beer Hackett Chetnole Hermitage Leigh Ryme Intrinseca Yetminster

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CLUB NEWS

POGLES WOOD EXPLORERS

NATURE NOTES

OTHER NEWS

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

OUR CHURCH COMMUNITIES 60 Peter Pan Panto – the review p55

PLANNING 65 REGULAR EVENTS

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This issue has wonderful insights into the lives of two long-standing Wriggle Valley families; Kathy Smyth (nee Read) shares her memories of growing up in Beer Hackett and Joyce Dibble (nee Vickery) gives an account of the six generations of Vickerys at Hilfield. Fascinating, and living history at its best! There is also a thoughtful reflection by Graham Welstead on our timeless landscape which offers an enthralling dramatic spectacle that changes daily, if one is minded to look. See the Ryme Intrinseca section. The Dates for your Diary page has a growing number of events listed so check it out to make sure you don’t miss out! A reminder please to email Judith Palmer (ja_palmer@btinternet. com) with any new events, adding in the allimportant date, time and venue of the event. Otherwise it may not be included. Most of this issue was put to bed before the onslaught of storms Dudley and Eunice, which have wreaked so much havoc with loss of power supply and damage to buildings and countryside. I wish everyone a safe, calmer month to come.

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BATCOMBE

REP & DISTRIBUTOR: Johnny Gibbs jg@intramar.co.uk 83187

Photo: Emma Shelford

Spring is on its way to the valley. The bluebells are pushing through and primroses are beginning to appear in the woods and hedgerows.

Bolster the Beams (BtB) The campaign continues. A huge thanks to Andrew Graham and Paul Attwell who organised the Quiz Night at Leigh Village Hall on 18 February. I’m sure it will have been a fun evening. If you are yet to donate to help us secure the future of our beautiful church, please email our treasurer, Julie Gibbs (julie.m.gibbs@ googlemail.com. On a more general note, the BtB the campaign is going well, but we still need to raise more before we can begin the work to restore the Church beams.

New sign planned To complement the new sign at the bottom of Great Head Lane, a new sign is planned for the top of Stile Way. Most of the cost has been built into the High Stoy Parish council budget plans for 2022, 4

supported by an anonymous donor, and this will hopefully be in place soon.

Cable theft Last month, much of Batcombe suffered from over 10 days of disruption to their phone lines and computers. Vandals stole the cables from under the road between Holywell and Evershot. The copper wire is very valuable apparently. What is the world coming to?

Batcombe Church Lottery The prize-winners are: January 2022 1st

No. 29 Marion Fudge

2nd

No. 38 Will Shelford

No. 51 Kerry Straughan

High Stoy Parish Council Chairman’s notes I would like to thank everyone who attended the open meeting at Leigh Village Hall on 14 December to discuss the Common Farm planning application. We were delighted to have almost 60 attendees. It would be fair to say that there was a ‘robust’ discussion between the audience and the owners of Common Farm. The meeting was very helpful, giving the Parish Council a strong steer on our response to the planning application. The last High Stoy Parish Council meeting was held on 25 January. We continue to support Leigh Parish Council in our endeavour to have the 40mph speed limit extended from its current position to a position south of Three Gates Farm. To support our case, speed measurements were made over 14 days in September/October using solar powered radar equipment mounted on a telegraph pole. This study revealed that over one third of the traffic travelling southbound from Totnell Corner towards the corner at Three Gates was exceeding 40mph. It is clearly going to take considerable effort to extend the speed limit, but with Leigh Parish Council we will continue to push to make this happen. We are delighted that the fingerpost in Batcombe has been refurbished (see the article in the last issue of the WVM). This was part funded by the Parish Council and a generous anonymous contribution. Fingerposts are part of the charm of the

Dorset countryside and it is disappointing that some are in poor condition. At this meeting it was agreed that we would allocate funding for refurbishment of another fingerpost during 2022. We have written to Dorset Council requesting urgent action to repair the drainage system and blocked gullies in Hermitage. The issues with the drainage system have resulted in a longstanding flooding problem outside several properties in the village. We are awaiting Dorset Council’s response. A new grit/salt box is about to be installed outside Church Farm to provide grit for the road next to Hilfield church, which can be very slippery with black ice in the winter. It is planned to install another grit/salt box in Hermitage during 2022. In addition to being Chairman, I am currently the Rights of Way Liaison Officer for the Parish Council. If you find any stiles etc. that require attention, please let us know. Other subjects discussed at the Parish Council meeting included damage to roadside verges by HGVs and tractors, numerous planning applications and setting the precept for 2022/23. The minutes and agendas of the Parish Council meetings can be viewed on our website www.highstoypc.org.uk. The next Parish Council meeting will take place on the 31 May and all are welcome to attend. Dave Whiteoak Chairman High Stoy Parish Council

Thought from the Rise of the Wriggle: “Spring is the time of plans and projects.” Leo Tolstoy

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BEER HACKETT

St. Michael’s Church Fond memories at St. Michael’s On 30 January, a large congregation of 40 came to our Candlemas service, during which Revd. Tony Gilbert dedicated the votive candle stand designed and made by John Atyeo, one of our life-long Beer Hackett residents.

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believed strongly during his long life of service, latterly to our local parishes. It will be there in years to come for anyone to light a candle and offer their own prayer. We were glad Michael’s widow, Alicia and her daughter Victoria, were able to be with us and share in the celebration. John Bingham

A Beer Hackett childhood

Candlemas, an ancient festival marking the midpoint of winter, is a traditional Christian festival when candles are lit to remind us of Jesus as ‘the light of the world’. When Revd. Michael Anderson died in April 2019, he left a legacy to St. Michael’s which was used to provide the candle stand. Tony wove a warm appreciation of Michael into his sermon on the importance and power of prayer, something which Michael had often personally experienced and in which he 6

Kathy Smyth doesn’t currently reside in Beer Hackett but is an active supporter of St. Michael’s PCC and the Church ‘Friends’. An accomplished vocalist, Kathy often performs in the Church. She spent a fond childhood in Beer Hackett and loves to be associated with our hamlet. Here she recounts some of her childhood memories of Beer Hackett. “Until I was four, I lived with my parents in the Salvation Army Caretaker’s house in Yeovil. The three of us moved to Beer Hackett (BH) in 1949. My Dad worked at Marks family farm, Knighton, two miles from BH and, prior to moving, used to cycle the 16 miles round trip from Yeovil to Knighton daily. Once we were at BH, Dad could just cycle to work up Knighton Hill. Our council house home had a paddock alongside. My father bought two

goats, and we reared chickens, so we had a good supply of eggs. I do remember that we were fairly poor. My mother used to supplement the family income by working hard on her treadle sewing machine, making gauntlets for the Police and Armed Forces. They would be delivered to her in boxes, mostly precut. But sometimes she had to cut them out then get sewing. She was very good at this job. There were about 40 glove factories in Yeovil at this time, so she worked for two or three of them. I remember there were food rations stacked in the storehouse down the road (now the Brotherwoods site). WW2 ended in 1945, but Mum still had ration books for many years after that; sugar, butter, flour, and bacon were all rationed. I used to milk the two cows by hand at Perrots Farm, by the road bridge. Outside our front gate, Mum had a milk churn which was kept replenished regularly by Perrots, once I started school and could no longer milk the cows and fetch jugs of milk.

There were only about 60 people living in the hamlet at this time and we knew every family. There were one or two wealthy people in the old, large houses but everyone was friendly with each other, no class distinction or superiority. In the adjoining council houses were the Dawes, the Langleys and the Butchers families. On our right at Church Farm were Col. Strang and his wife. Opposite our houses lived a Mrs Chant and Mr and Mrs Tizzard with their daughter Janet. Aged five, I began at Yetminster School under Miss Couch, a very strict headmistress who walked with a stick and would cane pupils, especially the boys. A minibus collected Peter Lawrence from his house a mile away from BH, then it would collect six BH children, then the Knighton children, including Monica Wills, and then through Yeatman Farm to collect Peter Yeatman, and on to Yetminster. There were three classes in the school. I remember teachers Mr Gardiner and Miss Hawkins. Miss Couch took the older children. In my last two years, I shared a desk and inkwell with Peter Shutler, later of The Yetties. At lunch times we would walk in double file up to our canteen to eat ‘horrible food’. The canteen is nowadays the Old School Gallery of Boyles old school. On Fridays Miss Couch would use a Dansette record player in the hall, (now the rebuilt Jubilee Hall) opposite the old primary school (nowadays a private house) in Church Street. We did an hour of folk dancing, boys and girls, I especially remember the Edinburgh Reel. In BH, aged eight, I began weekly piano lessons at The Old Rectory (nowadays John and Maureen B’s house) with Muriel Day, the stepdaughter of Mrs Day, the Rector’s widow. Muriel Day would rap my knuckles with a pen if I played a wrong scale. 7

At BH church there was a Special Occasions choir; my parents joined this choir and I recall sitting quietly in the

church one evening whilst the choir sang ‘All in the April Evening’. I was so impressed, even at my young age. On 24 March 1953, I was in the kitchen with my Mum when Big Ben tolled repeatedly in a solemn way on the radio. I asked why this was happening. Mum said that Queen Mary had died. My life in BH and at Yetminster school was not fully appreciated by me as a child, but it was a great foundation and I benefited from living in the idyllic, peaceful hamlet of BH. With just a handful of children with whom to play, we could not afford to fall out with each other very often”. Kathy Smyth (nee Read, daughter of Marjorie and Douglas Read)

Friends of St. Michael’s Church

“Come and Sing” Classical Choral Workshop and Concert at

St Mary’s Church, Bradford Abbas 23rd April 2022 with

Alice Dicker BMus(Hons) DipABRSM(perf) Musical Director &

Kris Emmett BA(Hons) Organist/Accompanist

Come and join this joyful event! In aid of St Michael’s Church, Beer Hackett Works to include Vivaldi’s “Gloria” and Handel’s “Messiah”

“Come and Sing” Workshop Singers are invited to join the workshop which will be held in St Mary’s Church and will run from 09.30 until 17.00 on 23rd April 2022. The workshop singers will then perform the works practised during the day at an evening concert also in the church. Workshop cost is £20 reduced to £10 for students including in both cases a refundable deposit of £5 for music hire.

“Come and Sing" Concert The concert starts at 19.00 and all are welcome. Tickets are available in advance for £4 or at the door for £5. Bar and refreshments available with profits to St Mary’s Church PCC. For full details, including works to be performed, and application form please visit: www.friendsofstmichaelschurchbeerhackett.org Application forms are also available from retail outlets in Yetminster, Thornford and Bradford Abbas.

Sponsored by: Brotherwood, Beer Hackett

CHETNOLE with

Hamlet, Melbury Bubb & Stockwood

REP: Liz Tebbatt 873140 tebbatt.towers@gmail.com DISTRIBUTOR: Stan Darley

Photo: Liz Tebbatt

Village resident Gill Trickett sends the following message: “I would like to say thank you to all the very kind Chetnolians who sent cards, flowers and letters after John’s unexpected but very peaceful death and to those who came to his funeral.” Lots of things to add to your calendar for the next few months which is really encouraging isn’t it, after literally years of nothing. The Friends of St. Peter’s launch a fundraising programme of musical events in the church with the first of their Raise the Roof Concerts, starting with Sherborne Girls School’s premier choir The Madrigal Society which

will perform for you on the evening of Wednesday 9 March – sit in your ancient church and listen to beautiful music whilst raising money for vital restoration work. Two more concerts will follow this in May and July as well. Saturday 19 March marks the return of the hugely popular Chetnole Village Hall Jazz Café, kicking off with swing band The Old Malthouse to lift your spirits. And a much-needed evening of laughs is supplied by award-winning comedian George Egg as part of the Artsreach spring programme at the village hall on Friday 25 March. Keep reading for details of tickets and times.

Dates for the diary: 3 March 9 March 9 March 17 March

Response to Flooding drop in session, 2.00–6.00pm, Village Hall The Madrigal Society, 7.30pm, St. Peter’s PCC meeting, 7.30pm, Village Hall St. Patrick’s Day evening at Chetnole Inn with live Irish music provided by folk duo Mitchell and Vincent 19 March Jazz Cafe with The Old Malthouse, 7.30pm, Village Hall 25 March Artsreach production with comedian George Egg, 7.30pm, Village Hall 27 March British Summer Time (BST) begins so put your clocks one hour forward when you go to bed on Saturday 26 March! 9

Save the date 1 May

Raise the Roof concert: an evening of early music from There Be Dragons ensemble 6 May Bingo – back after two years’ absence, a fundraising event for Chetnole Flower Show, 7.00pm, Chetnole Village Hall 14–29 May Dorset Art Weeks at Chetnole Mill 3 July New curate Jenny Nelson’s first communion service at St. Peter’s followed by bring and share lunch in the hall 9 July Raise the Roof classical concert 8,9,10 July Chetnole Church Flower Festival, 11.00am-5.00pm each day 6 August 75th Annual Chetnole Flower Show Artsreach programmes can be found in our village red phone box along with other publications. Enjoy the lighter evenings to come! Liz Tebbatt

St. Peter’s Church

entertain us in church. We hope to see you there. And we’d like to thank the Friends for paying for the recent servicing and maintenance of the church clock. Please put the dates of our Flower Festival in your diaries now: 8, 9 and 10 July, open from 11.00am–5.00 pm each day. Our church services will be posted on the church notice board near the gate each month. Anyone is welcome, and we have coffee and biscuits after the 10.00am services. You may know that Jenny Nelson, our new curate, will be ordained at Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday 2 July. Her first communion service is in Chetnole on Sunday 3 July. It will be a Benefice Communion followed by a bring-andshare lunch in the Village Hall. Chetnole PCC

Sherborne Girls School Madrigal Society Concert

We are so looking forward to the Friends of St. Peter’s event on Wednesday 9 March, with the wonderful Sherborne Girls Madrigal Society coming to 10

Wednesday 9 March 7.30pm The Friends of St. Peter’s are delighted to welcome the Madrigal Society to the historic St. Peter’s Church on Wednesday 9 March at 7.30pm, for their first performance since March 2020. The Madrigal Society is the

premier choir of Sherborne Girls School and was founded some 40 years ago. Averaging around 26 singers, the Madrigal Society has undertaken several overseas tours including Malta, Italy, Hungary and Austria. Since 2000 they have regularly featured in the Sherborne Abbey Festival and have performed twice for HRH The Prince of Wales. It promises to be a magical evening and the Friends of St. Peter’s look forward to seeing you at the concert. Tickets cost £10 and can be obtained from Gwen Adair (gwen.adair12@gmail. com or 07979 010332), Di Murphy (murphydi1950@gmail.com) and Bee Grant Peterkin (beegp@btinternet.com) .

Raise the Roof music concerts During 2022, the Friends of St. Peter’s are hosting several music concerts in St. Peter’s, to raise funds for repairs to the roof, and here are some further dates for your diary. Sunday 1 May An evening of early music from There be Dragons ensemble Saturday 9 July Classical concert Further details will be available nearer to the events. Gwen Adair

The Chetnole Village Hall Jazz Café … … is pleased to present Old Malthouse Jazz Band Saturday 19 March 2022, 7.30 pm After a two year hiatus, Chetnole Village Hall’s Jazz Cafés are back! Starting on Saturday 19 March, our first guests are The Old Malt House Jazz Band, a swing and jazz ensemble from Bristol who have a passion for the Trad

Jazz of the 1920s to ’40s. The band is led by singer/guitarist Joseph Trudgeon and his regular collaborator, saxophonist Greg Sterland. Tickets £10, from John Head 01935 872555 or Ian Lingwood 01935 872998.

Coming soon to Chetnole How often have residents been asked by a visitor or delivery driver, “Can you direct me to XYZ Cottage?” If only there was a village map ... When taking on the job of Home Watch coordinator many years ago, I was given a very basic line drawing (drawn by Stephen Neal?) showing the location of all properties in the village. A local artist (guess who) has kindly agreed to update this and create a new A2 sized map, in her own inimitable style, to be displayed in the Village Hall. It will also be printed in A4 size, and copies put on sale to raise funds for the Village Hall and St. Peter’s Church. We hope every resident will buy a copy, as all proceeds will go to these two local hubs. Anyone who could help with the print run is invited to contact me. Gordon Ratcliffe Tel. 01935 872996

Chetnole Oil Group If you would like to order some domestic heating oil as part of the Chetnole oil group, please email your orders to info@ pearce-energy.co.uk or call Gill and Val on 01935 816966. 11

REARRANGED Multi-Agency Response to Flooding in Chetnole Have you been impacted by the flooding events in October? Please join us for a drop-in session at

Chetnole in the past Another snippet of village history … Mrs Leah Jeanes lived at The Old Cottage. She was born in 1837 and in 1860, aged 23, married William, the Parish Clerk. At 74, she was still listed as ‘shopkeeper’ in the 1911 Census. She lived to be almost 84, dying on 10 February 1921. Her memorial card is shown, as well as her wedding photo and a midlife 1905 portrait Gudrun Tweedy’s long front window was the entrance to her shop, depicted in a contemporary watercolour. Linda Carroll

Chetnole Village Hall, Leigh Road, Chetnole DT9 6NU on

Thursday, 3rd March 2022 from

2.00pm – 6.00 pm Join us to learn more about what other measures are being implemented and explored to reduce the risk of flooding in the Wriggle Valley. We will be complying with current Covid guidelines and managing numbers at the event, however if you would prefer to book a specific time slot with us you can do so by contacting Henry Quinney by either email: henry.quinney@environment-agency.gov.uk or by telephone: 07880 160921

Happy birthday Tammy Gray Last month residents of Neals Lane gathered to celebrate with Tammy Gray as she reached her 90th birthday. Congratulations Tammy!

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HERMITAGE

Faith Hervey Our flag is flying at halfmast for the third time in five months; now for Faith Hervey, who died on 31 January. We are sad to lose someone who was a friend to so many of us and was much-loved in our community. Faith lived up to her name, not only serving as churchwarden but also quietly offering help wherever there might be need.

REP: Tom Beels

tom@beelsandco.com

Faith and Roger have been such strong supporters of our community, preserving our village green in trust, hosting croquet in their garden and taking part in village events. She faced her last years of illness with great dignity and determination, continuing to come to church whenever she was able. She will be greatly missed in Hermitage; we send our condolences to Roger, Victoria, Bella and their family. There is a website with lovely photos of Faith and a link to donate in her memory to the charity ‘Parkinson’s UK’. Go to www.muchloved.com and search for Faith Hervey. Elizabeth Kenton 17

Easter Bingo … … Returns on Saturday 2 April. Eyes down 7.30pm. Come and join us for a fun evening and maybe win a prize. All welcome.

HILFIELD Six generations at Hilfield Six generations of the Vickery family have lived in Hilfield and worshipped in Hilfield Church. The six generations are: Sydney, Edward, Hubert, Richard, David and Jack. My dad, Hubert, talked of many happy memories of Hilfield Friary, and Marjorie, the eldest, was recently asked to plant a tree at the Friary as part of the celebration of its David and Jack Centenary. She has clear memories of going up to the Friary for parties and other activities. Hubert was one of four generations who lived together in Church Farm; Ernest, Henry, Hubert himself, Nellie (who was the teacher at Hermitage School), and Iva. 18

Dad had a point-to-point horse called Spotless, and there was great excitement when he won the Hunt Cup in 1932. His girlfriend, Olive Gale, had to take the cup home with her to Ilsington Farm, Puddletown as Hubert had to ride his victorious horse the six miles home after the race. A month later he met Olive in Dorchester Market to bring his wonderful Cup home to Hilfield. The following year they were married in Puddletown Church. They lived at Church Farm, Hilfield and Marjorie was born a year later, followed by Greta and Norman.

In 1941 the family moved to Lower Butterwick Farm in Holnest and went on to have five more children: Henry, Edward, Richard, Leonard and Joyce. In keeping with family tradition, Richard and Sally Vickery moved to Hilfield in 1969, and Andrew, Stephen and David still farm at Manor Farm. Joyce Dibble (nee Vickery)

LEIGH

REPS: Philippa Toulson philippa.toulson@gmail.com Eddie Upton upton.eddie@gmail.com DISTRIBUTOR: Judy Tuke

Big news – on Sunday 5 June we will have the opportunity to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in true Leigh style with a Big Lunch. All Leigh residents and their families will be invited to this FREE event which will be held on our magnificent new Village Green. There will be more information in the coming weeks, and there will be a monthly update in this magazine. The Little Leigh Store will be the central point for information, or you can contact Sue Fudge on 07988 080816 or email s.fudge054@btinternet.com It promises to be an occasion fit for a queen! We all need to write it in our diaries now, to keep the date free. Sunday 5th June 2022

Leigh Village Green BIG JUBILEE LUNCH ICE-CREAMS LAWN GAMES MUSiC & DANCiNG BOUNCY CASTLE CREAM TEAS

A N SiG N DE OW CR

FREE EVENT

FOR LEiGH RESiDENTS & THEiR FAMiLiES

TICKETS, FLAGS & MORE iNFORMATiON AVAILABLE AT THE LITTLE LEIGH STORE

LEIGH’S POP INN SELLiNG REAL ALE & PiMMS

BRIN GY OUR OW NP ICN IC

In the meantime, make sure you go along to the Village Hall to celebrate the return of Leigh’s very own Pop Inn on the evening of Friday 25 March. You are bound to see people you know and everyone is certain to have a highly convivial evening. Michelle and her lovely staff of volunteers have been champing at the bit for this moment. Make sure you pop along. There are lots of snowdrops adorning our gardens and roadside verges. Before we know it, the daffodils will raise their lovely heads, then we will be surrounded by banks of sweet primroses. Spring will soon be on its way. Philippa Toulson & Eddie Upton

St. Andrew’s Church The death of Connie Wallis on Sunday 30 January saw our community lose a long-standing member of the village and we mourn with Les, Deena and Wendy. She has played an enormous part in the life of the village over many years. Her funeral was held on Wednesday 16 February. 19

There was a very good turnout for our Tuesday coffee morning on 1 February and we were pleased to welcome our two Community Support police officers. With their encouragement, the campaign of speed watch in the village is about to get under way. The next coffee morning will be on 1 March. We have established a regular pattern of Sunday services: 8.30am Holy Communion on the first Sunday; 6.00pm Evensong on the second; 10.00am Holy Communion on the third; and a 10.00am lay-led Community Spirit service on the fourth Sunday. We still welcome your views on the suggestion that Evensong might be brought forward during the next winter months to 4.00pm. Mothering Sunday this year is on 27 March, and our Community Spirit service that day will focus on this, one of the happiest days of the year. You may have noticed that work has been taking place in the field adjacent to the churchyard, prior to a part of that 20

field being transferred from the current owner, Chris Fox, to the church to serve as an extension to the churchyard. Once the legal formalities are completed later in the year, we will be planting a hedge round the new perimeter fence which has been installed by Dan Williams. Both the church and the village are extremely grateful to Chris Fox for his generosity in providing land which will be of benefit to the community for generations to come. We will be holding another of our regular churchyard management working parties on 19 March. There is much to be done, from trimming footpath edges to bashing brambles. Please come along with loppers, secateurs, edgers or whatever gardening tools you may have available, from 10.00am and help make everything neat and tidy again. We’ll have tools available so don’t worry if you come empty handed. You’ll be treated to coffee and biscuits whenever you need them.

THE

POP INN Leigh’s Renowned Pop-up Pub.

Friday 25th March, 7.00pm Bar and nibbles

Covered outdoor space, all volunteers LF tested. Masks optional.

Stop Press: News has just come through that Leigh has topped the Diocesan league table for Ride + Stride and has won the Morshead Trophy. Thank you to all our very generous contributors who sponsored us to the tune of £2,439, half of which comes back to our church for upkeep and repairs. Well done to Alaistair and Morag who cycled, and to Eddie, Philippa, Joyce, Pat, Kim and Jane (with Roger in his support vehicle) who walked, around the Benefice on 11 September last year. It was a sterling effort and most enjoyable too. We hope that a celebratory presentation will be held at the church on Sunday 24 April after the Community Spirit service, with wine and eats to toast the success. Finally, looking forward to Easter Day, 17 April, we are planning to follow our Easter Service with a cooked lunch in the church. Please book in advance for this – as places will be limited, get in early and reserve your place with Eddie on 07813 089002 upton.eddie@gmail.com Alaistair Cumming & Eddie Upton Churchwardens

immediately above and below the bridge, while David Harris, Dan Edmonds and Mark Read (plus another three members of the PC) cleared a major obstruction where footpath N18/16 crosses the river. Although the clearance work downstream of Leigh garage bridge will never resolve the flooding at that choke point, it should reduce its scale somewhat.

Leigh Parish Council update

Clearing river debris downstream of Leigh garage

On Sunday 5 June, to commemorate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, for Leigh’s residents and families there will be a lunch on the Village Green (or in the Village Hall if it is wet). A huge thank you to Sue Fudge and her team for stepping forward to organise this. Work to clear debris in the east river immediately downstream of the bridge at Leigh garage has now been completed. In achieving this, Leigh Parish Council is greatly appreciative of the willing cooperation of those whose land abuts the river in this area. Steve and Brenda Addison attended to the overgrowth

Meanwhile, investigations continue into what might be done regarding flooding on the west river in the vicinity of the former Fudge’s bakery. Leigh PC would also like to sincerely thank all those who, following Paul Orchard’s call to arms, once more stepped forward to conduct the annual ‘litter pick’ along their designated section of the village and its surrounds. As well as throughout the village itself, this included the verges as far afield as: towards Yetminster to Stake Ford Cross; towards Sherborne to Pets 21

Haven kennels; towards Cerne Abbas to Hermitage crossroads; towards Batcombe to Calfhay Cross; and towards Chetnole to the end of the village speed limit. While, of course, one piece of litter along the roadside is one piece too many, at least the detritus found and removed this year was far less than in previous recent years. This most welcome development is without question due to one local serial offender moving elsewhere. In the March 2021 edition, I said that the PC was working on Dorset Council to extend the salt gritting of our ‘blue route community link’ road which, until now, has only connected Leigh to a main road (the A37, a designated ‘precautionary route’) via Chetnole. Our aim was to have this designated community link route extended, to also connect Leigh with the A352 at Longburton. I’m happy to say this has now been agreed by Dorset Council. While an undoubted success, please bear in mind that such community link routes are only treated when snow is forecast or if temperatures are expected to fall below freezing for a prolonged period. So even if the gritters are out on the main roads, it does not necessarily mean that our community link has been similarly treated. See www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/ emergencies-severe-weather/gritting for further details. At its meeting in January, the Parish Council agreed to a 2% increase in the parish charge for FY 2022/23. This will mean that as from April, a Band D property will pay an annual charge of £40.28 pa (the precise pence may vary slightly: Dorset Council uses a formula that incorporates the ratio of Band A-H properties in the parish). Alan Bennett 22

Thank you from Brenda and Steve A belated thank you for the generous cheque from all of you. It was most unexpected and we were very touched. It’s our Golden Wedding Anniversary in July and we have put it towards renting a holiday cottage in Wales to celebrate the occasion with our family, as well as some lifelong friends who also have their Golden Wedding Anniversary in July. Your kindness was much appreciated. Best wishes Brenda & Steve

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FEBRUARY WINNERS. Winners for the February draw:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Ball Ball Ball Ball

No 76 No 40 No 127 No 141

Mr & Mrs Haan £40 Mrs Sica Burton £20 Mrs Annabel Ward £10 Mrs Emma Harris £5

We are now into the ‘next’ season of the Leigh lottery. I need two volunteers to take on the lottery next year. Both Alaistair and I are in our eighties and it’s time for new blood. After the monthly draw, the proceeds have traditionally gone to the upkeep of the Village Hall and, more recently, to buying trees and hedging for the extension to the graveyard by St. Andrews Church. If you are interested in volunteering, please get in touch with either Alaistair Cumming, 01935 872401 or Julian Turnbull, 01935 873846.

Julian Turnbull & Alaistair Cumming

Bridge Garage, Leigh DT9 6HW

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Looking north from the public footpath

Nature’s theatre What is it that seems always the same yet is forever changing? Well, a number of things might fit that description but, in this case, I am referring to the appearance of the landscape. The same land, the same trees, the same hills, the same woodland and hedgerows, fields and trackways, all making up the familiarity of our various locations. But as week follows week, and month follows month, so those familiar features, though remaining essentially the same, are changed in colour, texture and condition; are augmented by seasonal changes in the weather and present a spectacular natural drama more vivid, varied and unpredictable than anything which exists in the dreary ‘virtual’ world. Back in November I stood watching the leaves of a great tree, fluttering groundward. Some yellow, some still green, others gold or bronze, all collecting on the path below in an interlocking, dappled covering. Then I found myself reflecting on how this so clearly contrasted with 26

photo: Graham Welstead

their green uniformity of six months before. Similarly, thinking of the months to follow, I realised this natural mosaic underfoot would itself gradually disappear. Slowly, the trackways and hedgerows would modify their character and the autumn squelch underfoot and drip, drip from the chill twig, will turn to the crunch and crackle of the frosthardened edge and icy contour of winter and, ultimately, the harshness of the weather may force us indoors. From behind our window, we may nevertheless observe the changes in the appearance of it all that the combined features of colour, tone, movement and the coming and going of the daylight will effect.

Looking south west from the public footpath

As it turned out, at the close of the year we experienced temperatures that would have been mild even in autumn; the British climate is famously unpredictable. Sometimes it does indeed feel as if all four of the seasons occur within a week. But even if we do get something unexpectedly unseasonal, it still brings a visual display that we can enjoy for the sheer pleasure of seeing. The marvellous dramatic spectacle that the great ‘stage-manager of the universe’ has provided for anyone who takes the trouble to look, no two days appearing the same, is there for us all. And now we stand at the threshold of another scene in this great recurring fouract drama; the period of regeneration, of resurrection in which ‘the Spring, clad all in gladness, doth laugh at Winter’s sadness’. New shoots, buds and general growth with a gradual change in the weather adorn the land with fresh, brilliant colour, shape and movement. Ryme is perhaps less fortunate than some but more fortunate than most. Since the establishment of ‘Scrap’s Way’, not only can we walk a large part of Ryme road in relative safety, but as we do so we can consequently turn our

attention to the great sweep of the land and experience the continuous visual drama of views north, east and west. In addition, a short walk from almost anywhere in Ryme will get us to an elevated position from where one can still turn through 360 while enjoying the sight of this wonderful natural theatre; the blustery breeze moving the low, drizzly clouds as they wet the tops of the woodland trees, or the brilliant clear blue sky of a Spring afternoon, warming the rich, diverse verdure beneath. And all as yet largely unaffected by creeping suburbanisation. But wonderfully free and permanent though it may appear, we should not perhaps take it all for granted. We might, at the same time, be wise to paraphrase Joni Mitchell; ‘We don’t know what we’ve got ... ‘? Graham Welstead

Annual litter pick Save the Day for the annual litter pick Saturday 9 April at 10.00 am. Meeting point to be arranged. Right now, it looks like it will be a bumper collection! Gilly Wilson

Looking north from Scrap’s Way

YETMINSTER

REP: Michaela and Graham Plaice: gplaice@gmail.com 872921

Valentine’s Day has been and gone. After listening to a few older gentlemen at the gym saying it is a rip off and just for the youngsters, where has romance gone? Half term is over and we are now hurtling towards Easter – where does time go? I remember my parents saying that time goes quicker as you get older and thinking, Hah! ‘What do they know?’ Now I am the old person and they were quite right! The results of the Local Plan Referendum which took place on 22 February came after the deadline for this issue. However, David Torrance and Paul Hollick stayed for the count and have published the result on Facebook and the parish website. I would once again like to thank the team who have worked tirelessly for years to get this Plan to fruition. Ellis is doing a remarkable job in running the White Hart pub which is going from strength to strength. Allowing street vendors sell their food from outside the pub, with customers able to consume them on the premises if desired, has been an outstanding idea. Ellis has also teamed up with Bakerman Dan to 28

offer burger nights, and Sunday lunches cooked to order inside the pub. The ambience, drinks and the hospitality from the Landlord is most welcome. True to their word they are also supporting the local community by sponsoring the Yetminster Scout Troup for the design and build of two big upright planters for the suntrap rear patio. Keep up the good work. There is a dynamic church fund raising team who are well into the planning for 2022 events. The intent is to raise money for the repairs to the church clock and the church. The first event is the raffle; however, many other events are planned such as the antiques auction, tabletop sale, lamb roast and others. Watch this space.

Congratulations to the Scouts group for their efforts in taking part in the District Mountain Bike Challenge at Broadwindsor, a first place and two third places – well done! The group have also been awarded the Dorchester and West Dorset District Johns’ award for Community Service. What superstars. It is wonderful to see the Facebook pictures of the football teams playing down at the Sports Club. Please make every effort to support Andy in his efforts to keep the club open and running for the community. I am looking at restarting Helping Hands (HH), our organisation set up to help our local community. We haven’t run it for about 18 months due to COVID-19 but it seems the right time to resurrect it. HH was set up to assist our neighbours with specific tasks, including transport and assistance to medical appointments at the health centre and hospitals, shopping, gardening, attending church, riding for the disabled and various other tasks. If anybody would like further information regarding HH, please email me or just give me a ring. Michaela and Graham Plaice

The White Hart The next initiatives are taking shape with acclaimed chef, Bakerman Dan, now operating the catering kitchen at the White Hart. The initial trial run of the Gourmet Burgers on a Saturday was a wonderful success, despite minimal

promotion either locally or on social media. The famous English Sunday Roast is now in full swing, with service both for standard lunch time and throughout the afternoon for those who need sustenance after a bracing Sunday walk. We have almost doubled the number of external seats and fingers crossed for some decent warm weather next month. We have been pleased to offer sponsorship to the Yetminster Scout Troup for the design and build of two big upright planters for the suntrap rear patio. Progress reports as and when. The free to enter FORMULA ONE club is up and running, with full details at the bar. More initiatives to follow in the course of time. Ellis Corin

St. Andrew’s Church March brings breezes loud and shrill and stirs the dancing daffodil.... ...and one thing is certain – the days are getting longer and lighter and spring is just around the corner. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, 2 March, with a 10.00am service, and there will be weekly online Lent talks via Zoom with Rev Tony Gilbert. More info to come in the weekly round robin. World Day of Prayer this year is on Friday 4 March, with a service at St. Andrew’s, and coffee afterwards, subject to any virus regulations. 29

Our APCM (AGM) will be held after the morning service on Sunday 20 March, from approx 11.00am, with coffee in the Jubilee Hall. The meeting is open to everyone; however only those on the Electoral Roll May vote. If you would like to join the Electoral Roll, please let Claire MacLeod Ashe know soon, or contact me on the email address below. I will be retiring as a Churchwarden at the APCM, having served for the statutory six years, and we are therefore looking for two new Churchwardens. Do please give some thought to this, as Yetminster really needs two, although one would be good! Have you recently retired, with a bit of time on your hands? Please contact me, or a member of the PCC or clergy if you’d like to know more. Mothering Sunday this year falls on 27 March, and posies will be made up on Saturday 26 March at 10.00am in the Trim Room of the Jubilee Hall. We would love anyone who would enjoy helping to come along. The posies will be available in the porch the following morning to collect and give to your Mums. Jenny Nelson, our Curate will be taking the Mothering Sunday Service. 30

Looking ahead.... our Spring Churchyard clear up will be held on Saturday 2 April from 10.00am ... please bring your weapons of choice! Coffee and biscuits will be provided. Next FUN-raising day … Dukes Auctioneers will be giving a talk, ‘Antiques and Auctioneering’, on Saturday 9 April in the Jubilee Hall. There will be a Basic, Better, Best competition and it will be an enjoyable and popular morning, with coffee and cakes served in the Jubilee Hall. More details will follow in the weekly round robins. Please let me know if you would like the weekly round robin (which I will continue to send out!) on the email address below With my best wishes Churchwarden Clare Churchwarden.yet@gmail.com

Coffee, Cake and Chat

Coffee, Cake and Chat takes place in the Jubilee Hall, Yetminster on the first Tuesday of every month, from 2.30– 4.00pm. Coffee, Cake and Chat is a great social event for the village and surrounding areas, providing a vital lifeline for the community to come together and meet each other, and helps reduce social isolation for many. There is always a delicious selection of homemade cakes, freshly brewed tea and coffee provided by people who attend or help out. No profit is made from this initiative and all proceeds after costs are donated to local charities. People are asked to

make a donation for their tea/coffee and cake. We have regular events every couple of months such as a raffle and strawberry teas in the summer, in the Hall garden. Dorset Moviola In association with

Yetminster Film Nights presents

KING RICHARD

(12A)

Tuesday 1st March 7.30 This moving film follows the journey of Richard Williams, the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena, and shows the power of family, perseverance, and unwavering belief as a means to achieve the impossible and impact the world.

SPENCER

(12A)

Tuesday 5thApril 7.30 Though rumours exist of affairs and a divorce, peace between Diana and Charles is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. Played out over three excruciating days Spencer is an imagining of what might have happened that fateful year. Jubilee Hall, Doors Open 7.00 pm Tickets £6 available from the Spar Shop, Yetminster, or on the door.

Signposting information is offered to different services that are on offer locally. Those attending can also drop off items which will be donated to the Sherborne food bank. Thank you to everyone who brought donations along for the food bank in February; we had a good selection to donate to the food bank who were thrilled. We will be collecting again in March so please bring any dry food items or wash items you have. Everybody is welcome and we would like to thank everyone for their continued support and hope to see lots of new faces in the coming months. The event is for all in the community, and it is wonderful to see all generations take part, especially mums and their children. The next Coffee, Cake and Chat is Tuesday 1 March, from 2.15-4.00pm. It’s an earlier start than normal because we very kindly have Yetminster School choir coming to sing for us. Come and join us for some yummy cakes and beautiful singing. Angela and Grace

Yetminster and Ryme Walking Group Just after Christmas, the Y&R Walking group had a damp walk around the rights of way around Melbury Sampford, with a brief stop to look around St. Mary`s Church. The walk was followed by coffee and cake and a quick chat. It was lovely 31

Yetminster Fair Association 50/50 Club draw FEBRUARY 2022 WINNERS 1st prize of £50

No. 68 Mr Matt Doody

2nd prize of £30

No. 23 Mr G Plaice

3rd prize of £20

No. 06 Mrs L Manaton

to see many regulars and a few visitors. Our January walk started at the car park opposite the church in Minterne Magna in beautiful sunshine. Walking in the fields and tracks that are luckily rights of way with lovely views of the House, again delicious cakes and drinks afterwards. Join us for a walk. Walks can be up to two hours around Yetminster and Ryme and some further afield. Sociable dogs on short leads welcome. Upcoming dates for the Walking Group • Saturday 26 March 2.00pm – Melbury Bubb. Start point: Chetnole Inn • Saturday 16 April 3.00pm – Treasure Hunt. Start point: White Hart Pub 3.00pm starting and finishing at the White Hart Pub. A Treasure Hunt around the village, teams or individuals, maximum of 6/team: entry fee £5/team. 12 years and under to be accompanied by an adult, 18 and over. Lots of prizes. Entries on the day or to yetpaths@gmail.com and pay by BACs • Saturday 23 April 11.00am – Montacute. Start point: Kings Arms Inn car park (National Trust members parking available 32

YETMINSTER JUBILEE HALL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Yetminster Jubilee Hall AGM will be held on Monday 14 March 2022 at 7.30pm in the Trim Room. If you would like a pre-meeting copy of the agenda, please email Geoff Goater on goatgeo@gmail. com who will forward one on.

in village and at Montacute House) • Saturday 21 May 11.00am – Stakeford Cross. Start point: Yetminster Sports & Social Club • Saturday 18 June 11.00am – Batcombe Ridge. Start point: Batcombe Ridge Beauty Spot car park. (Nature Reserve car park on Hilfield Hill. OS reference ST 636039 We also hope to arrange some shorter, summer evening village walks. Attendance will be at your own risk. Please wear sensible footwear. Details/updates on the Parish Council website, notice board and Wriggle Valley Magazine. (https://yetminsterparishes. gov.uk/community/walkinggroup) Email: yetpaths@gmail.com

1st Yetminster Scout Group It has been a very busy few months for the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and they have been very active enjoying many different challenges. The Scouts have been building an indoor campfire for the Founders celebrations at Abbey View Care Home in Sherborne, together with badges to present to the residents who will be taking part in scouting activities. The Cubs and Beavers also designed and made some amazing badges for the Care Home and contributed to the campfire.

The Cubs designed their own Platinum Jubilee Congratulation cards for the Queen and their own celebratory stamps. The cards were sent together to the Queen, and they are looking forward to receiving a reply.

A cycle safety night was held, and Scouts learnt new skills ensuring their cycles were safe. They also discussed the new areas of the Highway Code, and it was interesting to listen to their views as young people. Our Scouts took part in the Dorchester and West Dorset District Mountain Bike Challenge at Broadwindsor; we had a 1st place in the girls over 12s, a 3rd in the boys under 12 and a 3rd in the girls under 12 categories, a really great effort. 33

They had an evening working on their Money Skills badge and learnt about exchange rates, interest rates and how you are taxed on earnings. I must say they were not impressed with their earnings reducing in front of their eyes when taxed! Beavers have had a great term experimenting with chemicals and substances making their own volcano. They have been out on a night hike around the village discovering new places and new facts about Yetminster. The Beavers also celebrated Chinese New Year, decorating the hut, and trying new foods. Over a weekend, the Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts together with their parents carried out work on the allotment plot, preparing it for the coming season. They also cleared up the outside of the scout hut and the hedge area at the rear in preparation for new native plants.

We have lots of exciting events and activities planned over the next month and look forward to spring coming. Our work with the Foodbank continues and the Trustees of the Charity would like to pass on their thanks to all who have been able to donate. We are still collecting postage stamps that are sent to the RNIB. Although we have stopped collecting plastic milk bottle tops, we will continue to collect 34

crisp packets for a new challenge, making waterproof and insulated bivvy bags for ‘Homeless’ and our Group Sections. The Group have been awarded the Johns’ Award by our District for the work we have done for the community and other charities; a great achievement and we are all very proud and pleased. If you are 18 or over and would like to assist with the Group in any of the three Sections or as part of our Executive Committee, please contact me. Why not come along for a couple of weeks to see how much you would enjoy it. Paul Hollick Group Scout Leader gsl.1styetminster@gmail.com 07815135602

Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council Chairman’s Notes – January Meeting By the time you read this I hope you will have exercised your rights by voting in the Referendum on 22 February and that the Neighbourhood Plan will have been approved. We are extremely grateful to all those who contributed in any way to the development of the Plan which, if adopted, will help to shape the Parish until 2036. At the December meeting, it was agreed that information would be gathered on the informal outdoor play and sport facilities in other villages to inform our consideration of the best way to proceed with the refurbishment of the Hamcrate open space. The report that was prepared demonstrates that Yetminster already fares well when compared with other villages. If we implement the projects put forward, following the call for ideas made by the CIL Working Group, we will have a range of facilities that will be the envy of other similar sized communities. In a previous meeting it was agreed that we should seek a consultant to suggest the best way forward, but the members voted to reverse this decision given the direction provided by the report and the likely prohibitive cost of such an appointment. It was voted to accept a precept of £21,228 for 2022-23, a 7.4% increase on last year. This increase falls within the 9% permitted, due to the inclusion of the new housing development in the number of rateable properties, and is necessary due to the ever-increasing costs of maintenance, insurance and a predicted national salary increase. A member of the public raised concern that the St. Andrew’s church clock does not chime. Although the Council assists 36

with the yearly maintenance costs, due to the large sum needed to now repair the clock, the church is, we understand, seeking an external grant to support the cost of the repair. There was a lengthy discussion about the village Christmas tree, particularly as it was argued at the meeting that the Parish Council did not have the right to remove the tree and tree lights in March 2021. The Council felt that whilst the tree was retained to show support for the NHS it should be removed to enable the traditional cross to be displayed for Easter. The lights are in safe keeping for future use and, having set aside funding, it is hoped that an amicable arrangement can be reached to ensure its installation at Christmas 2022. It is pleasing that the residents of Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca are enthusiastically planning events to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, some of which may require road closures. With so many activities proposed it was decided to call a village meeting to co-ordinate the various events into a cohesive celebration. Further information will be circulated in due course. Andy Perlejewski Chairman of Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council

Community Infrastructure Levy Further to the September report in the WVM, four more projects were identified by the Community, raising the total number to 16 for the YRIPC CIL Working Group to consider when they met in November. All the projects were felt to have merit and were wide ranging in their scope. To help fair comparison, an Assessment Criteria Table with a weighting factor

based upon project desirability was drawn up. As an example, a project that would serve the needs of people within the parish would receive a 15% weighting. Other criteria included local need caused / exacerbated by increase in population, desirability, and value for money. In assessing the projects, the Working Group felt that, whilst it was desirable to refurbish the footpath surface between Yetminster and Beer Hackett, the responsibility for this lay with the Dorset Ranger Service and the landowner and therefore CIL funding should not be made available. Two projects – the possible extension to Scraps Way and the increased broadband capacity – were not costed, as clarification is being sought on elements of both projects. The estimated total cost for the remaining 15 projects (less the two noncosted projects) amounted to £110,181, producing a slight overspend of £2442.44 on the available funding. Whilst this is worrying, subsequent initial costings have shown that it is likely that the proposed speed control lights for the Thornford Road/School will be significantly lower than the estimated amount which is reassuring. Further savings are hoped for elsewhere and where possible alternative or supporting funding is being sought. A report was submitted to the December meeting of the Parish Council and the 15 projects were approved in principle, subject to full costings being available and that the allocated CIL amount of £107,738.56 was not exceeded. Work is now underway to finalise costings and implementation of the projects and to create a separate section within the Parish Website for the CIL initiative. This will include the Assessment Criteria Table, details of the projects and the progress with their implementation,

so that the CIL and project information is easily available. Please use the Contact Form on the Parish Website if you wish to get in touch with the Working Group. YRIPC CIL Working Group

Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Neighbourhood Plan Report from the YRIPC Neighbour Plan Working Group The results of the Referendum on the 22 February, enabling those members of the community, who are on the Electoral Role to vote as to whether or not Dorset Council should use the Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Neighbourhood Plan when considering development within the parish came too late for this edition. They will therefore be reported in the April edition and will be available on the parish website, www. yetminsterparishes.gov.uk This marks the completion of the final stage of the process that started six years ago and has taken some 3,500 hours of both volunteers and consultants’ time. At one stage, 18 people were involved with the draft Plan and an additional 65 people had either volunteered to distribute information or had asked to be kept informed of progress. The efforts and commitment of the Steering Group members developing the Plan cannot be underestimated. The assistance of Dorset Council Officers, Dorset Planning Consultants and of AECOM is also gratefully acknowledged, as is the contribution made by the community generally. There have been various community meetings, surveys, and consultations, 37

Open Days, displays at the Yetminster Fair, numerous articles in the Wriggle Valley Magazine, monthly progress reports provided to the Parish Council, and dedicated pages within the Parish website, a standalone website and Facebook, as well as regular information on progress provided to Dorset Council, local radio stations and the Blackmore Vale Magazine. A total of £17,900 was obtained in grant aid from Locality and a further £500 was provided by the CPRE. Additionally, the Parish Council provided £3,500 over the six years to cover those areas and tasks that were necessary but not eligible for the Locality Funding.

Looking north west from Scrap's Way

Depending on the results, it is proposed that the NP Working Group is stood down and that the Parish Council’s Planning Working Group will, assuming that the Neighourhood Plan is adopted, begin to monitor its progress and implementation on a yearly basis. Again, subject to the results, the task of archiving the substantial number of documents produced will begin and the dedicated pages on the Parish website will be reorganised, as necessary. A copy of the Plan will continue to be available on the website and is likely to be placed with the earlier Parish Plan. YRIPC Neighbourhood Plan Group

Photo: Graham Webster

YETMINSTER HISTORY SOCIETY From beach bonfire to cathedral windows According to legend, if not history, glass and glass making was discovered c.3000 BC by Ancient Egyptians burning wood on sandy beaches. When the ashes were cleared away globules of glass were found, different woods leaving different colours in the glass. Sand and glass are essentially the same chemical – silicon. It is the high temperature of the fire that transforms it from the one state to the other. The story of how glass and its production developed from that time, through magnificent stained-glass windows of mediaeval cathedrals to modern designs, was traced by Susan Smith, Secretary of The Friends of Dorset Historic Churches Trust. It is not known when or who discovered that if a molten glob of glass is collected on the end of a pipe it could be blown into a shape of a vase or a bottle, or any other container for a liquid whether for storage or as a drinking vessel. We have a famous example from Roman times, around the First Century AD: the Portland Vase, now in the British Museum. The glass shapes for the designs of church windows were produced by blowing a long cylindrical shape. The ends of the cylinder were cut off and it was then split and allowed to uncurl in an oven to produce a flat sheet of glass. Illustrations in mediaeval manuscripts show tables

with shapes/templates marked out for the cutting of the individual pieces. Glass was coloured by the addition of other chemicals such as copper for red, or cobalt for blue. Plain glass could have enamels painted onto it. It was then fired again which caused the enamel to be heated into the glass itself. Repeated firings would cause different shades to be produced. Images were also painted onto the glass, for instance lions with their tongues hanging out, the symbolism of which is not really understood although illuminations in the Book of Kells (c800 AD) show Christ holding lions’ tongues. Oak leaves and acorns are more easily interpreted as the Word taking root and growing strong and powerful. It is amazing how much there is to see and consider when looking at stained glass in detail, and there are plenty of good examples in the vicinity – Long Bredy, Abbotsbury, Melbury Bubb, and Bradford Peverell to name but a few. Next Meeting: 9 March 2022, 2.30pm at the Jubilee Hall, Yetminster: Dr Amy Frost will present William Beckford, wealthy author, MP and builder of Fonthill Abbey. New members are always welcome. Come along on the 9th or in the meantime contact us at yetminster8@ gmail.com John Ferretter 39

CLUB NEWS Leigh WI Our first meeting of the new year! We gathered to hear a presentation by Andrew Wiley on behalf of the Yeovil Free Wheelers Emergency Medical Couriers for South Somerset and Dorset, or the YFW Blood Bikes as they are more commonly called. We had all heard of them and seen them on their distinctive yellow and black motorbikes around the countryside but had never truly appreciated the incredible work that they do. They’re not part of the NHS but are a free, voluntary service which saves the NHS around £400,000 per annum.

The first service of its kind was started by a Margaret Ryerson in 1962; she ran it from her home and coordinated 850 bike riders by telephone. The concept was carried forward by others in different parts of the UK until, in 2008, they all got together under the banner NABB (National Blood Bikes) and formed a coordinated service for the whole of the UK. There are now 40 groups across UK and Ireland. The YFW have nine Triumph bikes which operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, by volunteer drivers aged from 24 to 83. They must hold an advanced

riding qualification and most of them go on to gain further qualifications. The work they carry out is truly lifesaving. They have established a nationwide human donor milk collection and delivery service which is a vital component in the treatment and recovery of sick, premature babies. They transport blood and tissue samples from hospitals to laboratories as they can weave in and out of traffic more easily than the NHS vehicles.

They were certainly tested during the pandemic; their workload massively increased but they were unable to raise funds to run the service. BP offered all UK blood bike charities 10 weeks free petrol which helped, but they need £70,000 a year to keep the service running and it was touch and go for a while. We were impressed by the scale and the importance of the work they do and can highly recommend the talk to any other WI groups who are looking for a speaker with something different and worthwhile to say. Why do they do it? “A desire to give something back to the community and a love of bikes!” The next WI meeting will be on 22 February and the talk will be The Mayflower Marriages by Arminal DareBrown. Morag Orchard 43

Wriggle Valley Women’s Group

Save the date Leigh WI is holding its Special Spring Sale on Saturday 2 April, from 2.00–4.00pm, at Leigh Village Hall. There will be plants, tea, coffee, cakes, tombola gifts, books etc.

Hope that you are all well and able to get out and about a little more. Looking forward to seeing you all again on Tuesday 15 March. Our topic will be, “Crafting by Steph”. See you all then. Ruth Sanford

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club

With Covid restrictions lifting, now is the time to take up a new hobby or pick up the threads of an old one … and what could be better than photography? Sherborne Bradford Abbas Camera Club (SBACC) meets at 7.30pm at Bradford Abbas Village Hall on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, between September and May. We offer a varied programme and by using Wi-Fi we also enjoy listening to international speakers. We offer a warm and friendly atmosphere to beginners and more experienced photographers of all ages and particularly focus on the social side of the club. New members always welcome. So come along and meet us, or e-mail the membership secretary at: enquiries@sbacameraclub.co.uk Website: www.sbacameraclub.co.uk or follow us on Facebook ■ ■ ■ ■ 44

Talks Competitions Photo shoots Workshops

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Sherborne Bradford Abbas Camera Club

Restoration of Hestercombe The Garden Club learnt a great deal of the history of this beautiful place. The house dates to the 12th century, but the gardens were started by the wonderfully named Coplestone Warre Bamfylde in 1750, with advice from Henry Hoare of Stourhead.

In 1873 the estate was purchased by Viscount Portman who remodelled the house and put on the Front Terrace, bedding plants being very fashionable with the Victorians. His son Edward and his wife became fascinated with Italian gardens on their honeymoon in 1903 and, on their return, commissioned Sir Edward Lutyens with Gertrude Jekyll to lay out the formal gardens that are known today. Death duties eventually saw the house and gardens sold to Somerset County Council and in 1950, the Fire brigade made the house their headquarters.

2003 saw the Hestercombe Garden Trust take control for £1.00 and reunite the house and the historic landscape for the first time in 60 years. Our speaker David Usher was head gardener from 1983; he had looked after the formal gardens, but nothing had been touched in the 35 acre wood until he and a liaison officer of the Wildlife Trust began walking and crawling through the mass of sycamore that had invaded the wood, Pear Pond and Great Cascade. Money was found and contractors brought in to dredge the lake of 17,000 tons of silt; the sycamores were used for firewood and a charcoal burner used the brash. Paintings of the original garden by Coplestone Bamfylde helped guide the planting and an original Jekyll plan was found with a retired gardener. Skilled masons helped make the many stone steps and balustrades safe. The sheer scale of the restoration has been enormous, But David’s enthusiasm, energy and attention to historical detail must have made a big difference. Anna Awdry

Yetminster & Ryme Garden, Art & Crafts Society An appetising array of home-baked cakes, bright tablecloths and beautiful spring flowers awaited our members in Yetminster Jubilee Hall on an overcast February afternoon. But there was more to come with an enormously enjoyable and entertaining presentation from Mike Burks, MD of the Gardens Group. But despite the levity, he came bearing a serious message. How do gardeners meet the challenges presented by climate change? Over the last ten years we have

faced increasingly erratic weather conditions. Rain, when it comes, comes in a deluge. Then it is unseasonably dry. Temperatures fluctuate violently, often over relatively short periods of time. This is very challenging for our garden plants. So what, as gardeners, can we do to mitigate these conditions? The answer turned out to be quite simple; it lies in the soil. Good quality soil is rich in organic matter with plenty of underground animal and plant activity. It is well aerated and gives space for the roots of plants to spread and a healthy root system helps plants survive in less favourable conditions. The challenge for gardeners is to encourage this activity by regular mulching. Of course, you can buy any number of suitable products from the garden centre, but Mike encouraged us all to make our own compost. The secret, he said, was ensuring plenty of variety in the plant matter (a pile of soggy grass clippings is not going to produce good compost) and good aeration; to that end, he suggested generous use of the Sunday papers. 45

The good news is that ‘no dig’ gardening is currently in vogue so the best solution appears to be to apply as much mulch as you can make or afford and then let nature take its course. Water is the other essential ingredient and although here in the south-west we are unlikely to face serious rationing, it is up to all of us, he said, to collect as much rainwater as we can and to use it sensibly. Raised beds get the thumbs up because they help with drainage and reduce footfall and soil compaction.

Good practice is to water in the morning or evening when most of the water will reach the plants. Watering at midday means that most of it is lost to evaporation. Given the very long periods of dry weather that we are now experiencing, Mike’s advice was to be pragmatic. Take that perfect lawn as an example. If you 46

are happy for it to look brown for long periods, fine. It will green up in time when the rain arrives. Better, said Mike, was to relax and allow a wider variety of plants to grow, to allow the clover and the daisies to come in and perhaps leave areas of the grass to grow wild. Carefully mown paths will demonstrate to neighbours that this is a planned design and not neglect, and the results can be stunning. In Mike’s own garden, he said that he had practised as he advised over the last five years and last year discovered the first orchid growing. What a delight. This was all practical, sensible advice and a reminder that being aware and pro-active will help destress our precious plants and help our gardens to grow. It was an excellent afternoon. Carol Debell

POGLES WOOD EXPLORERS There is a huge amount of work to do at Pogles Wood at the moment. We have been bashing back some of our brambles and blackthorn and planting some new trees and shrubs to replace the Ash Die Back trees that have had to come down. At the time of writing we have beautiful catkins, the first few small leaves on the hazel and the first pussy willow buds breaking. The days are noticeably longer (if not warmer) and we have had some sparkling sunshine. How lucky are we!

The brilliant Tuesday boys made various items to sell at the Christmas St. Andrew’s Church coffee morning in Leigh. They made a bit of money to buy

some new tools. They are busy making planters and more mug bird feeders and hope to be back at the next coffee morning on Tuesday 5 April.

Easter holiday club dates (virus permitting) are: Tuesday 12, Thursday 14, Tuesday 19, Thursday 21, and Friday 22 April. Muddy Monday sessions for accompanied pre-school children will begin again on Monday 7 March. Sessions start at 12.00noon with a bring your own picnic and finish at 3.00pm, cost £5 per child. Booking on the day is helpful but not vital. We have done a few winter birthday parties and have a few more booked for the spring. There are still some dates left. Spring and summer party dates get booked up quite quickly as we only have a few dates available. If you have a special date coming up, then please book as soon as possible. Philippa Toulson philippa.toulson@gmail.com Facebook: Pogles Wood Explorers 47

NATURE NOTES Helping our garden birds is one of the most important things we can do for wildlife this month, in what is often the most challenging time of year. With natural food such as insects still hard to find, and with extra energy required to defend territories for nesting, demands on their reserves are high. It’s not too late to site new bird nestboxes, remembering that all should be east or northeast-facing to avoid the strongest sunshine and prevailing winds. Providing water in freezing conditions is helpful, and changing it daily is essential. In rainy weather it is better that birds find their own sources, free from contamination of potentially fatal diseases that are easily transferred in water. The finches we love to feed are particularly prone to these conditions, but many other species can also fall victim, including birds of prey and doves. On a lighter note, now is a good time to be planning garden planting to assist the wildlife that inhabit our gardens. Sowing wildflower seeds or planting plug plants in cold greenhouses in large pots will be an easy and quick way to incorporate native plants. Many need only low nutrient mediums, so 48

growing in this way can be the solution. Placing fine mesh wire over the pots will prevent hungry mice and voles from spoiling your efforts. Watch for the early season moth species that may be attracted to lit windows or seen flying around security lights. The striking Oak Beauty is one of our wonderful moths that will now be flying on milder nights, having spent the winter underground as a pupa. The Brimstone is often the first butterfly to be seen, flying on sunny days having awoken from hibernation. In the adult stage it can live for up to a year and is particularly attracted to pink perennial sweet pea flowers which can also be sown now. Dandelion flowers provide important early nectar for insects including bumblebees and hoverflies. Gill Nash

Hindsight. Two poets, one Dorset: Barnes & Hardy Why does an artist, a poet, or a writer take on a particular style or analyse certain themes in their work? We can probably agree that their ideas derive principally from an amalgam of social background, education and significant events in their life – along with the influences of predecessors and contemporaries. ‘Influence’ can mean the adoption of wide-ranging concepts and styles which provide a platform for an artist’s own ideas. It can also mean simply another version of the same idea. John Lennon famously remarked with amusement that he confdently expected the original ideas he and his fellow Beatles had put into their latest release might well be reflected in the next Rolling Stones recording (think Beggar’s Banquet following Sergeant Pepper). Those albums were very much part of the cultural explosion of the 1960s, much of it in Britain, when young musicians, writers and directors broke the shackles imposed by the pre-war generation and blazed a new trail. But breakthrough decades have occurred many times before. If we go back a further hundred years, another creative explosion occurred in the newly industrialised Victorian Britain. The coming of the machine and mass production stimulated a shifting of population from countryside to city. It created new wealth for some, but scarred rural communities for generations. And this phenomenon was reflected in the literature of the day. Dorset’s two prominent literary figures were witnesses to these changes and often shared the view that they were for the worse. The two were of course William Barnes 52

and Thomas Hardy. Barnes (1801 –1886) was Dorset born and bred, and while better known today as a poet (he wrote 800), was a remarkable auto didactic polymath: a writer, artist, musician, philologist (he worked comfortably in ten languages) engraver, illustrator, schoolmaster and clergyman. Hardy (left) and Barnes: Dorset boys

He was a linguistic purist (as were contemporaries Gerard Manley Hopkins and Charles Dickens) advocating the use of ‘strong old Anglo-Saxon speech’. As another son of Dorset, Sir Frederick Treves wrote in 1915: ‘Above all - and it is by this that the world remembers him - he sang of Dorset, of its people and their homes, of their plain lives and of the things that moved their hearts. His verses are as simple as the themes with which they deal. They preserve for all time a picture of rural England as it was at the beginning of the 19th century, and, above all, they save from oblivion the fast-vanishing language of Dorset folk.’ Barnes’ concern for the culture and economic plight of the ‘plain lives’ of Dorset is reflected in this extract from ‘Eclogue - The Times - John an’ Tom’ JOHN: Well, Tom, how be’st? Zoo thou’st agot thy neäme Among the leaguers, then, as I’ve a heärd

TOM: Aye, John, I have, John; an’ I ben’t afeärd to own it. Why, who woulden do the seäme? We shant goo on lik’ this long, I can tell ye. Bread is so high an’ wages be so low, That, after workèn lik’ a hoss, you know, A man can’t earn enough to vill his belly.

Barnes first met Hardy some time after 1835, when he moved back to Dorchester and ran a school in South Street. (Hardy was an apprentice architect in the same street). They last met just before Barnes’ death in 1886. Was Hardy inspired by Barnes’ work? He didn’t need to be. He had his own experience of Dorset life and his most famous novels, written before most of his poetry, very much dwelt on both the Echoing the ‘them and us’ of today, the romance and tragedy of a frequently poem concludes: harsh rural experience. Once established, Hardy did not face the struggle with money that dogged TOM: Barnes (though he Ah! we won’t look to never displayed any that; we’ll have our great concern over it). right, Conversely, unlike If not by feäir Hardy, Barnes stayed meäns, then we wull devoted to his wife by might. Julia for as long as We’ll meäke times she lived and seemed better vor us; we’ll to be more at ease be free aligning his religious Ov other vo’k an’ othbeliefs to his way of ers’ charity. (L) Barnes’ grave at Winterbourne Came life. There’s room for JOHN: Ah! I do think you mid (R) Hardy’s Grave at Stinsford (his ashes debate however. Add are interred in Westminster Abbey) a little Dorset to these as well be quiet; two stanzas from Hardy’s ‘The tenant You’ll meäke things wo’se, i’-ma’-be, for life’ and it could be Tom or John by a riot. You’ll get into a mess, Tom, I’m afeärd speaking, workers on, not owners of the land: You’ll goo vor wool, an’ then come "Within your house will strangers sit, hwome a-sheär’d. And wonder how first it came; Another poet friend of Barnes was They'll talk of their schemes for Tennyson. He in turn greatly influenced improving it, the Pre-Raphaelite artists who cut a And will not mention your name. swathe through the artistic circle of Victorian England. We know from countless They'll care not how, or when, or at what biographies that these artists and writers You sighed, laughed, suffered here, interwove myriad connections and Though you feel more in an hour friendships. We can’t know who was of the spot Than they will feel in a year. ‘inspiring’ whom. Dorset Scribbler 53

OTHER NEWS Chetnole Village Hall and Artsreach present: DIY Chef: George Egg Friday 25 March at 7.30pm Award-winning comedian George Egg presents his unique and utterly absurd comedy show, packed with ingenious live cooking and laughout-loud stand-up. Funny and inspiring in equal measure, expect power tools, gardening equipment and office supplies to be re-purposed and abused. Expect laughs. Expect to learn something new. And expect to taste the food at the end (at your own risk!). Recommended 14+ We are grateful to Artsreach for all their hard work in supporting the arts in rural area. Tickets £10 from John Head 01935 872 555 or Ian Lingwood 01935 872998 Full information and tickets also available online at www.artsreach.co.uk

Citizens Advice Pressure on household finances With the growing pressure on household finances due to the cost of living increases and the surge in energy bills, what can be done to prepare for this and be in control of your money? Firstly, find out exactly what money you have coming in and going out each month. Be realistic about what you need for essentials like food and travel. Then set yourself a budget that you can stick 54

to – the Citizens Advice (CA) website has a budgeting tool that can help do this. Should your bills increase, you can go back to our budgeting tool at any time to create a new plan and stay in control. Our website tips – how to reduce living costs – may be helpful if you find you have more money going out than coming at times. Also make sure you’re getting all the income you’re entitled to. Use the income checker on the CA website to see if you could be getting more support, such as benefits or government grants. You can also use this to make sure you’re being paid the right wage. If you’ve been using credit cards, your overdraft or store cards for your spending, it’s understandable if these debts are causing you worry, but it’s most important to prioritise paying your rent or mortgage, plus energy bills and Council Tax first. Not paying these has serious consequences. The CA website has advice on which bills you need to prioritise and the support available for paying these and other bills. Once you have planned how to pay your priority bills, the budgeting tool can help you plan how to repay credit cards, overdraft charges and store cards. Everyone’s circumstances are different, particularly when it comes to managing personal finances. If you need more specific support or don’t feel able to manage your situation alone, call our debt helpline: 0800 240 4420 or visit our website www.citizensadvice.co.uk. You’re not on your own. If you would like advice and help with this or any other problem. telephone the free Dorset Adviceline number 0800 144 88 88 or visit our website www. citizensadvice.org.uk

Peter Pan the Pantomime – review

Well, I think we can safely say that the Wriggle Valley Players put on a Pantastic Pantomime this year if audience comments are anything to go by. Importantly, over the four performances, the group have raised funds to donate to local charities, including a royalty payment to Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. After a year’s hiatus due to Covid, this production proved to be very challenging with disrupted rehearsals and selfisolating cast members, but you would not have known given some of the polished performances on and off stage. From the first “coooeee darling” the audience knew they were in the safe hands of Nana Darling (Richard Birch), who majestically swept through each scene with ease including a memorable

Single Ladies routine, and that was only the tip of the iceberg! Peter Pan (Jenny Huddlestone) and Tinkerbell (Tori Birch) made a fine team dealing with the believable, villainous Captain James Hook (Nat Buckley) and his comically inept pirates (Paul Attwell, Jakob Kurpierz, Mike Flint and Gill Clarke). Peter Pan and the Lost “Boys” (Jasmine, Alexis, Bethan, Amelie, Ava and Maddie) and Wendy (Lucy), John (Henry), and Michael (Zachary), were aided by the Islander’s chief (Andy Goodfellow) and his nagging wife (Eileen Sturgess) together with their hilarious, man-mad daughters (Amy Parker and Sophie Fowler) and the more discerning Tiger Lilly (Hollie Barber). The whole is greater than the sum of its parts and this production was no exception. Each member of the cast and chorus acted and delivered their lines on cue – just ask the prompt (Carol Attwell) Special mention to the younger members of the cast, whose acting, singing and dancing was a fantastic testament to the work of Amy Parker. Stars of the future no doubt. Will Geeson from GLS events took lighting and sound to a whole new level; scenery and props were under the expert management of Gary Sturgess and Gordon Morris; excellent costumes and make-up were provided by Kirsty Andrews; and we all loved the live band – Janet English, Jim Aldhouse and Ken Horswell. Finally, massive thanks and well done to Steve Crumpler, director and set designer who is now looking less stressed and twenty years younger. I could not see what the problem was, it was never in doubt in Neverland … Mr Smee aka Mike Flint 55

Chetnole – Peter Pan the

Pantomime

POETRY PAGE

John Clare

John Clare, born in 1793, was the son Jonathan Bate, in his biography of of a farm labourer. He was schooled Clare called him ‘the greatest labouring only until he was 12, when he too class poet that England has ever became a farm worker. produced. No one has ever He then embarked on a written more powerfully of peripatetic life as potboy, nature, of rural childhood gardener, soldier, traveller and of the alienated and and lime burner, after unstable self’. Sadly, that which, malnourished and may well be because Clare destitute, he was forced to himself fell into alienation accept parish relief. and depression, and was From these astonishingly eventually committed to an unpromising beginnings, he John Clare, the first green poet? asylum in Northampton for became what today we can call the first the last 20 years of his life. Interest in environmental poet. Such was his his work revived in the early 20th talent that his work was admired in the century. He was included in the New literary salons of London, though his Oxford Book of English Verse in 1972 poverty and class forbade access to any and the John Clare Society was formed of them. in the US in 1993. Young Lambs by John Clare

The spring is coming by a many signs; The trays are up, the hedges broken down, That fenced the haystack, and the remnant shines Like some old antique fragment weathered brown. And where suns peep, in every sheltered place, The little early buttercups unfold A glittering star or two--till many trace The edges of the blackthorn clumps in gold. And then a little lamb bolts up behind The hill and wags his tail to meet the yoe, And then another, sheltered from the wind, Lies all his length as dead--and lets me go Close bye and never stirs but baking lies, With legs stretched out as though he could not rise. 58

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY MARCH Tues

coffee morning/bring & buy

10.30am–12 St Andrew’s Church, Leigh

Thurs

Response to Flooding drop in session

2–6pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Tues

Y&RGS discount buying day

2.30pm

Sherborne

Wed

Sherborne Girls Madrigal Society concert

7.30pm

St Peter’s Church, Chetnole

Wed

YHS talk William Beckford Dr Amy Frost

2.30pm

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Tues

WVWG crafting by Steph

7.30pm

The Gallery, Yetminster

Thur

St Patrick’s Day evening of live Irish music Mitchell & Vincent folk duo

Sat

Jazz Café The Old Malthouse Jazz Band

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Fri

Artsreach Event DIY Chef George Egg

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Fri

Pop up Pub

7pm

Leigh Village Hall

Sat

Leigh WI Special Spring Sale

2–4pm

Leigh Village Hall

Mon

Waste in Flower arranging Tattie Isles for Batcombe Church

6-8pm

Leigh Village Hall

Tues

coffee morning/bring&buy

10.30am–12 St Andrew’s Church, Leigh

Tues

Y&RGS talk ground cover planting

7.30pm

Sat

Choral Workshop

9.30pm–5pm St Mary, Bradford Abbas

Sat

Choral Concert

7.00pm

St Mary, Bradford Abbas

Fri

Pop up Pub

7pm

Leigh Village Hall

Sun

An evening of early music There be Dragons Ensemble

Tues

coffee morning/bring & buy

10.30am–12 St Andrew’s Church, Leigh

Fri

Bingo event for Chetnole Flower Show

7pm

Sat

Y&RGS plant sale

10.30am–12 Church Street, Yetminster

Tues

Y&RGS talk Illegal immigrants (plants)

7.30pm

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Fri

Pop up Pub

7pm

Leigh Village Hall

Tues

coffee morning/bring & buy

10.30am–12 St Andrew’s Church, Leigh

Tues

Y&RGS afternoon outing to Keyneston Mill

Fri

Pop up Pub

7pm

Leigh Village Hall

Sun

Batcombe Cream Teas

3–5pm

Hilfield Friary

Chetnole Inn

APRIL

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

MAY St Peter’s Church, Chetnole

Chetnole Village Hall

JUNE

Please remember to email me before copy date at ja_palmer@btinternet.com with details if you would like a diary entry

CHURCH NEWS News from the Three Valleys team

We are in the Season of Lent again and I know that a lot of people like to give something up for the period. In this world of instant gratification, it is a good discipline to remind ourselves that not everything we want should be granted straight away. However, there is more to it than this. Read this passage from Isaiah: “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Isaiah 58:6-7 New International Version (NIV) Mark Twain was reputed to have said: “Most people are bothered by the passages of the Bible they do not understand, but I am bothered by the ones that I do.” 60

Our Church communities This passage from Isaiah should bother us. Written probably three thousand years ago, long before Jesus appeared on the scene, it reminds us of our responsibilities to each other. It does this by comparing the action we take with that of fasting. Why? Because, like fasting, it takes discipline, effort and commitment. Lent viewed this way is not about simply about giving something up but about making a real sacrifice to help others. Some I know do this when, for instance, they miss a main meal for one day a week during Lent and put the money saved into a charity. However, Isaiah’s charge goes deeper than that. This is a call to arms (or a call to alms if you’ll excuse the pun), a call to action to change the world, to usher in the Kingdom of God for everyone, to see that everyone is fairly treated. Good Friday shows us what happens when we fail to change the world. Easter day shows us what happens when we succeed.

Rev’d Tony Gilbert Team Vicar Three Valleys Benefice

News from Yetminster Methodist Church I am writing this on Valentine’s Day. A Hallmark invention for some; a day of anguish for some on their own; for some others, who have been together a long time, a day to not bother with. Perhaps the best way to see the day is either on behalf of teenagers who, in fear and trepidation, dare to send something in desperate hope of something back, or as a reason to celebrate deep and enduring

love. I remind you of the text many of you will have had at your weddings – 1 Corinthians 13

sorry if you have not experienced that in the past. Possibly you discovered that reality once, but life has since got in the way. Perhaps we might, gently, help you rediscover or discover for the first time the love your heart yearns for? With this in mind, and with a promise of coffee/tea, cake and chat and absolutely no preaching, we would like to invite you to meet us on Saturday 9 April from 10.00am–12.00noon at Yetminster Methodist Church, 2 Chapel Lane, DT9 6LJ.

Rev’d Kate Konrad The greatest demonstration of love I believe the world has ever seen is Jesus who, in his earthly ministry, had compassion on the hurting and the marginalised and healed them. And whose greatest act of love was to sacrifice his life on the cross to deal with the pain, hurt and suffering of the whole world. In that be real love. We acknowledge that sacrifice in Lent which is March and half of April this year. The modern world may look on at all the self-denial and wonder what is the point? Part of our worship as Christians is to enter (feebly at best) into Christ’s sufferings so that we see the enormity of His love for the world. God himself, blood pouring as sweat in the Garden of Gesthemane, as he wrestles with his Father begging him to take the cup (of suffering) from Him, yet not my will but yours be done. With the result that God himself bore all the hurt, pain and suffering of the world upon the cross. That is the Christian story put simply and we want to find ways to share that with our community. All Christian churches want to be a place of welcome and hospitality where you can discover the reality of God’s love and hope. I am

Hilfield Friary Centenary The first brothers started Franciscan life at Hilfield Friary on 17 December 1921. We celebrated the Centenary on 18 Dec 2021 by planting 100 oak trees to mark the 100 years.

Hilfield Friary 2022 programme Friday 11 – Sunday 13 March: First of two Folk Weekends with Alan and Gill McIntosh. The ever popular weekend organised by Alan and Gill McIntosh, who are Tertiaries in the local Blackmore Vale Area. Suggested donation £140. 19 March: ‘Lenten Quiet Day: All shall be well and all manner of things shall be well. Growing into wholeness with Julian of Norwich’ with Br Malcolm. This will be a day spent in the company of Julian of Norwich reflecting on her theological and spiritual teachings and how they can help us on our Christian journey today. Suggested donation £20 to include soup and bread. Friday 8 – Sunday 10 April: ‘Grounded in God – Entering Holy Week held by the Psalms;’ a retreat with Canon Patrick Woodhouse. In this retreat we shall look again at the Psalms, exploring something of the meanings that they can offer, and how in these very turbulent times they can hold us, and enable us to see the world with hope. Suggested donation £140. Tuesday 12 – Sunday 17 April: Holy Week and Easter at the Friary; journey through Holy Week and Easter with members of the Hilfield Community, experiencing its depth of loss, mourning and joy together. Suggested donation £250. Further details, incl. booking, and more events: www.hilfieldfriary.org.uk/ programme

THREE VALLEYS TEAM LOCAL CHURCH SERVICES For complete list see www.threevalleysteam.org go to Services page Please continue to check the website and your local church in case things change. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2022

6th

13th

20th

LENT 1

LENT 2

LENT 3

BATCOMBE BEER HACKETT BRADFORD ABBAS CHETNOLE HERMITAGE

8.30am BCP Holy Communion 6.00pm CW Evening Prayer

10am CW Holy Communion 10am CW Holy Communion 10am Welcome2Worship 10am CW Holy Communion

27th LENT 4 MOTHERING SUNDAY 10am CW Holy Communion

10am CW Holy Communion 10am Village Service 10am CW Morning Prayer

HILFIELD 8.30am BCP Holy Communion

LEIGH

6pm BCP Evensong

RYME INTRINSECA THORNFORD

10am Welcome2Worship

YETMINSTER

10am CW Holy Communion

CW= COMMON WORSHIP

10am Second Sunday at St Andrew’s School

10am CW Holy Communion 8.30am BCP Holy Communion 8.30am BCP Holy Communion 10am CW Village Communion

10am Community Spirit

10am CW Choral Holy Communion

10am Mothering Sunday Service

BCP= BOOK OF COMMON PRAYE

Extra and weekday Services Ash Wednesday

2 March

7pm

Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes

Thornford Church

Ash Wednesday

2nd March

10am

Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes

Yetminster Church

Friday

4th March

10am

BENEFICE SERVICE World Day of Prayer

Yetminster Church

Monday

21st March

3pm

Holy Communion

The Old Vicarage Leigh

Monday

Every

6pm

Compline

Yetminster Church and on-line via Zoom. Please email for link

Wednesday

Every

5pm

Rectory Tea Room followed by

On-line via Zoom See website for details. Please email for link.

Wednesday

Every

6pm

Celtic Night Prayer

On-line via Zoom See website for details. Please email for link.

Services and times are correct at the time of going to press. Please continue to check website (see above) and church noticeboards.

THREE VALLEYS TEAM Team Office:

Team Rector:

Yetminster Jubilee Hall, Church Rev’d Tony Gilbert Street, Yetminster, DT9 6LG The Rectory, Church Rd, 01935 872600 Thornford, Sherborne. DT9 6QE 01935 873044 e:3valleysoffice@gmail.com w:www.threevalleysteam.org e: rector3valleys@gmail.com

Opening hours

Mondays: 9.30am – 12.30pm Tuesdays: 9.30am – 12.30pm or 2.00-5.00pm Wednesdays: 9.30am – 12.30pm

Team Vicars Rev’d George Moody The Vicarage Church St, Yetminster DT9 6LG

Rev’d Richard Kirlew

@RuralChaplain 01963 23570 e: rector3valleys@gmail.com

Jubilee Hall Yetminster

ENQUIRIES: Three Valleys Benefice Office, 01935 872600 e: 3valleysoffice@gmail.com

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

PLANNING APPLICATIONS MARCH 2022 BATCOMBE P/FUL/2021/03426

13/09/21 HARRIS FARM, STILE WAY – Change of use of land to extend residential garden. Granted 19 Jan 22.

P/HOU/2021/00264 03/02/21 SCOTLEY FARMHOUSE ROAD PAST SCOTLEY FARM TO DYERS FARM – Erection of two storey extension. No decision. CHETNOLE P/FUL/2021/04670

22/12/21 LAND WEST OF BATCOMBE LANE – Erection of 1 no. dwelling with vehicular access & associated works. No Decision.

P/FUL/2021/04671

22/12/21 LAND OPPOSITE CHURCH CLOSE – Erection of 1 no. dwelling with vehicular access & associated works. No decision.

P/HOU/2021/04806 16/11/21 OLD BARN COTTAGE HIGHER FARM JUNCTION CHETNOLE TO HELL CORNER – Erect single and 2 storey extension to rear of property. Granted 26 Jan 22. P/OUT/2021/03177 26/08/21

LAND SOUTH OF SCHOOL LANE – Outline planning application for the erection of 3 No. dwellings and associated works including a new access. No Decision.

P/OUT/2021/01880 28/05/21 LAND ADJACENT FOYS HOUSE FOYS LANE – Develop the land by the erection of 1 No. dwelling with access and associated works (Outline application to determine 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.

HERMITAGE P/PAAC/2021/05682 22/12/21 HIGHER HOLNEST FARM HERMITAGE TO HOLNEST PARK FARMHOUSE – Change of Use and conversion of agricultural building to dwellinghouse. Prior approval not required 8 Feb 22. P/FUL/2021/03669

12/11/21 COMMON FARM. CHURCH ROAD – Erection of butchery unit and conversion of existing outbuilding to office/staff room (demolition of existing agricultural buildings). No Decision.

HILFIELD P/HOU/2021/04541 26/11/21 HILFIELD MANOR HILFIELD LANE – Erect external fire escape, balcony to south elevation, new garage doors and widen existing (part retrospective). Granted 20 Jan 22. LEIGH P/VOC/2021/05531 15.12/21 HUNTS BRIDGE FARM BATCOMBE ROAD – Develop land by erection of a farmhouse (without compliance with condition 4 of planning permission 1/N/88/70 remove agricultural occupancy restriction). Granted 9 Feb 22. P/FUL/2021/05103

FRAMPTON FARM CHETNOLE ROAD – Construct all weather riding arena. Granted 10 Feb 22.

P/FUL/2021/04994

23/11/21 LAND ADJACENT TO ROSE COTTAGE SOUTH STREET – Erect 1 No. dwelling with integral garage and form vehicular access. No decision.

P/FUL/2021/03243

20/10/21 CARPENTERS ARMS, CHETNOLE ROAD – Convert 2 No. dwellings into 1no. none bedroom dwelling, 3no. one bedroom flats and 1no, two bedroom flat and carry out alteratons to create parking and garden areas. No Decision.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS MARCH 2022 P/FUL/2021/02492

11/10/21 BLACK BARN, BACK DROVE – Erect agricultural storage building (demolish pole barn). 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 RYME INTRINSECA Nil YETMINSTER P/MPO/2022/00323 24/01/22 LAND EAST OF YEW TREE COTTAGE BRISTER END – Request to discharge Planning Obligations of a Section 52 agreement dated 24 August 1988 against planning approval 1/N/87/45. No Decision. P/LBC/2022/00408

21/01/22 THE OLD VICARAGE, CHURCH STREEET – Change 2 in number, windows to doors with access steps and balusgtrade. No Decision.

P/FUL/2021/05685

12/01/22 LAND EAST OF YEW TREE COTTAGE BRISTER END – Re-locate existing stable block. No Decision.

P/FUL/2021/04975

24/11/21 WHITE HART HIGH STREET – Convert three attached dwellings into a one bedroom flat, en-suite room, office, store, WC and utility room and constructed a balcony. No Decision.

P/FUL/2021/04926

22/11/21 AGRICULTURAL BUILDING SOUTH OF BRISTER END – Demolish existing redundant buildings and erect 1 No. dwelling with curtilage. No Decision.

P/HOUA/2021/04132 11/11/21

PRIORS CLEVE HIGH STREET – Demolish and erect replacement shed/outbuilding, repair and re-roof porch & re-pointing on the East, South, and West elevations. Carry out associated alterations. No Decision.

P/HOU/2021/02041 04/10/21 Brookfields Cuckoo Hill – Erect replacement agricultural barn to provide housing for animals.. Prior Approval not Required. 21 Oct 21. P/HOU/2021/02250 23/06/21 HAMLET HOUSE YETMINSTER ROAD – Erect garden wall. No Decision. P/LBC/2021/03419

23/06/21 HAMLET HOUSE YETMINSTER ROAD – Erect garden wall. No Decision.

P/LBC/2021/03419

23/06/21 HAMLET HOUSE YETMINSTER ROAD – Erect garden wall. No Decision.

P/LBC/2021/01912

01/06/21 MINSTER HOUSE & OAK HOUSE HIGH STREET – Removal of existing slates over main roof and rear wings (excluding northern most section to eastern wing) , re-felting and battening and re-covering with natural slate. Cladding the existing painted concrete block flat roofed extension with larch and insertion of new door and windows. ranted 14 Jan 22.

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.

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.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS MARCH 2022 WD/D/20/002134

19/11/20 FIELD KNOWN AS HIRAITH EAST OF, CUCKOO HILL – Agricultural private way, hardstanding and store (Retrospective). Granted 13 Jan 22.

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.

The next Dorset Council – Northern Area Planning Committee Meeting took place on the 8th February, the next meeting will take place on the 15th March 2022 at 2.00pm, this meeting will be held in 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 12.02.22

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Regular Meetings, Events & Activities Name Every Mon Table Tennis Cummunifit Sit & Strengthen Short Mat Bowls Yetminster Table Tennis Club Every Tue Yoga Topsy Turvy Toddlers Chetnole Art Group (until Easter) Beginners Pilates Cubs (in term) Every Wed Drop in Coffee Morning & PO 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 Yetminster Bell Ringers 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 11am–12 noon 2–5pm 10–12noon 9.30am–10.30am 9.30am–11am 10am–1pm 1.10–2.10pm 6–7.30pm 9.30–12 noon 10.30–11.30am 10.30–11.30am 3pm (until Oct) 3.15pm–4.05pm 2pm 2.00–5.00pm 5.30pm summer only 6–7pm 6–7pm 7–9pm 7pm 7.15–8.15pm 7–10pm 7.30pm–9pm 10am 10am 2–5pm 5.45–7pm 5.45–7pm 7–8.30pm 6.00–7.00pm 7.30pm 9.30–1.00pm 3pm 3pm 9 for 9.30am 2pm

Venue Leigh Village Hall Yetminster Jubilee Hall Leigh Village Hall Jubilee Hall, Yetminster Leigh Village Hall St Andrew’s Primary School Chetnole Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall Scout Hut Yetminster Chetnole Village Hall 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 St Andrew’s Church Leigh Village Hall Chetnole Village Hall Yetminster Jubilee Hall Trim Room, Yetminster Yetminster Jubilee Hall Yetminster Jubilee Hall Leigh Village Hall 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

1st Mon

Chetnole & Leigh Garden Club

7:30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

1 Tue

Coffee, Cake and Chat

2.30–4.00pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Leigh Discussion Club (wint)

7.30–10.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Yetminster Film Night

7.00pm

2nd Tues

Church Hall, Yetminster

Yetminster & Ryme Garden Soc. 7.30pm

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Senior Winter Lunch Outings

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7.30pm

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

3 Tues rd

Jubilee Hall

Wriggle Valley MU (alt months) 7pm

Wriggle Valley Lunch Club

Sheaf of Arrows 12.15–3pm

Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Parish Council – alt mnths 7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Wriggle Valley Women's Group

7.30pm

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7.30–11pm

Leigh Village Hall

Last Tues 7.30pm Pub Quiz

7pm

The White Hart, Yetminster

Batcombe Coffee Morning

11am

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[not Aug & Dec]

Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca PC 7.30pm

St. Andrew’s Primary School

2 Wed

Yetminster Historical Society

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Police Support Unit

2–3pm

The Cross, Leigh

2nd Wed/alt mth

Chetnole & Stockwood PC

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

2nd/4th Wed High Stoy Bible Study

7.30pm

Venue contact 872342

Last Wed Woodland Wednesdays

12.45–2.45pm

Pogles Wood nr Leigh

2.30pm

Police Community Support Yetminster Fair Association Wed – Sat Friary Shop 2 Thurs nd

Meadens Coffee Morning

Last Thurs Leigh Short Mat Bowls Last Sat

Pub Quiz

By Church, Yetminster 7.30pm

Meadens Hall, Yetminster

2.30–4.30pm

The Friary, Hilfield

10.30am

The Meadens

7–10pm

Leigh Village Hall

8pm

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GARDEN & OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE Burrow Water Treatment Plants 51 Frost & Butler, Master Thatchers 41 P. Houchen Dry Stone Walling

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Sherborne Joinery

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M&S Welding

Express Equipment Centre

Paul Hambidge Contracting

N.S Autos

Perrett Fencing

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Rampisham Timber Services

SCR Tree Care

Tree Surgery (Westree)

CM Furniture

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LEGAL SERVICES

Matt Templeman, Bridge Garage 23 West Country Cars

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COMPUTERS, MARKETING & IT PDC Computing

EDUCATION Barn Owls Nursery

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HOME, OFFICE & INTERIORS KC Decorators

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SBF Curtains & Blinds

Wayne Timmins Painter & Decorator 49 14

Will’s Walls, Dry Stone Walling 23

Porter Dodson Solicitors

HEALTH & WELL BEING

Professional Will Writer

Robert Frith Optometrists

PETS & LIVESTOCK

Tania Geere Chiropodist

Dog Grooming & Stripping

Therapy Barn Mandie Holloway 69

PHOTOGRAPHY

Yetminster Health Centre

Chetnole Drone Photography

HOME – BUILD & MAINTENANCE

POST OFFICES

Lendology CIC

Chetnole Village Hall (Wed am only) 42

AD Renovations

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J Bennett Joinery

PRINTERS

FOOD, DRINK & CATERING

Ian Crossland Property Maint.

Remous, Milborne Port

5 Star Bars & Catering

Stuart Goodier Boiler Servicing 68

PROPERTY & HOLIDAY LETS

Little Leigh Store

M Harris

Mallows Cottage, Yetminster

On the Boyle Café

Steve Jones, Carpentry & Joinery 15

PUBLIC HOUSES & FOOD

Knott Roofing

Chetnole Inn

Lawrence Electricals

The White Hart

EVENT VENUES Chetnole Village Hall Leigh Village Hall Yetminster Jubilee Hall

Spar Stores & PO Yetminster

42 41 68

FUNERAL SERVICES

Brister & Son

Steve Mumford General Builder 68

SPORT & LEISURE

Grassby Funeral Services

WHY DIY

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