Yetminster

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 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.

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.

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. 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.

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. 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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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

Looking north west from Scrap's Way Photo: Graham Webster

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: 9March 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