May 2022 No. 345 by Wriggle Valley Magazine

WRIGGLE VALLEY MAGAZINE No 345 May 2022

In this issue: Platinum Jubilee preparations progress Yetminster History Society – the Yetminster Box Wagon Answers to last month's Dorset quiz Hilfield Youth Camp

CONTENTS EDITORIAL 3 Discon-tent at the village hall p22

Y&RI Neighbourhood Plan adopted p33

Dorset Art Weeks 14–29 May p49

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 56 Countrymen's Club 10th anniversary p42

PLANNING 61 REGULAR EVENTS

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Photo: Faith Bellamy

Last year, we experienced an April with the lowest average minimum temperatures for almost 100 years. So the warmer days of the spring this year have been especially welcome, with a beautiful show of blossom and flowers and new lambs. Birds are busy building nests and swallows have returned. And, it appears, ponies are playing their part in community activities as well (see Batcombe and Yetminster news)! There are spring babies too, with couples in Chetnole, Hermitage, Leigh and Ryme Intrinseca all welcoming new additions to their families – congratulations to all. There is much to look forward to in the coming months as village events get properly underway. In particular, there is a Wriggle Valley trail for the Dorset Arts Weeks shows, starting on 14 May, with five studios/galleries open in Yetminster, Chetnole, Leigh and Hermitage. And next month’s Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations promise to be outstanding. With my best wishes

Kathryn Edwards Editor 3

BATCOMBE

Shady in the bluebells

Batcombe is always at its best at this time of year and especially now, with a fantastic array of primroses and early bluebells, with the first spotted on 30 March. By the time you read this, we will be enjoying the magical bluebells in full flower in Hendover Coppice above the village and there will be lambs in the fields. While all this has been going on outdoors, the people of Batcombe have been as busy as ever raising funds for the church and planning future events. 4

REP & DISTRIBUTOR: Paul Attwell pcattwell@gmail.com

Photo: James Starr

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations Batcombe will be celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on 5 June, from noon, with a Bring and Share picnic at Batcombe Hill House. Dress code is Garden Party or Fancy Dress in Regal style. All welcome, invitations will be dropping through Batcombe letterboxes in the coming month.

Palm Sunday In celebration of Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, with the crowds laying their cloaks and palm branches in front of him, Batcombe church welcomed Alf and Precious, two Shetland ponies, to the service on Palm Sunday. They behaved surprisingly well and all ran smoothly, apart from a small memento left on the church floor.

foliage and flowers was fantastic and everyone who attended left with a small posy of flowers from a grand display. The evening raised over £3,500 for the Bolster the Beams fund. A magnificent achievement by all those involved and many thanks to Tattie for giving her time.

Batcombe Cream Teas Batcombe will be holding its cream teas in June this year so put the date in your diary now. The Friary will be hosting once again and the date is 26 June at 3.00pm.

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

No. 24 Derek Gordge

No. 42 Louisa Macpherson

3rd

No. 37 Tom Shelford

Paul Attwell

Photo: Julie Gibbs

Churchyard Maintenance Day With everything starting to grow the first of the church and churchyard maintenance days was held on 9 April. Thanks to those who gave up their time to help tidy and clean.

Bolster the Beams The highlight of the month was a talk by Tattie Isles of Tattie Rose Flowers held at Leigh Village Hall. Sparkling wine and canapes started the evening off before a fascinating masterclass in flower design. Tattie’s career and her passion to encourage and demonstrate sustainable floristry, highlighting what can be achieved with locally sourced 5

BEER HACKETT

REP: John Parker johnwincanton@gmail.com DISTRIBUTOR: Susan Ferdinand

Please do take this opportunity to hear about and influence your church services and activities John Bingham

Friends of St. Michael’s Church Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

St. Michael’s Church Annual Church Parochial Meeting (APCM) – Thursday 19 May 7:30pm In church, followed by a Parochial Church Council meeting. This is the chance for all those on the electoral roll to hear all the annual reports, vote and speak if they wish. 6

The local media has been brimming with plans for different ways to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee which, we are sure, the residents of Beer Hackett will be keen to attend and support. The ‘Friends’ had also considered various proposals for the June weekend, but have chosen to stage an event later in the year, as always with the generous support and involvement of village based Brotherwood Engineering.

Thornhackett Parish Council Meeting

ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, BEER HACKETT MAINTENANCE DAY SATURDAY, 14 MAY 2022 10.00am to 3.30pm Come for an hour, or stay for the day as many hands make light work A variety of jobs, both indoors and outside Teas, coffees etc. provided Tools and materials will be supplied, but any additional tools would be helpful. Please wear old clothes! THANK YOU.

Photo: Jean Parker

Beer Hackett Representation At their March, Thornhackett Parish Council (THPC) discussed at length the Community Governance review which impacts on the Parish Council. It recommends that the number of councillors representing Thornford be increased to eight and the number representing residents of Beer Hackett and Knighton be reduced from three to one. It was felt that this would not give adequate representation for Beer Hackett. Residents can comment on the proposal here: dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/communitygovernance-review by 23 May. The Parish Council also decided that they would like to offer all primary school aged children living in the Parish Council area a gift to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee. Any parent or carer of a primary school aged child should contact the Parish Clerk at thornhackett@dorsetaptc.gov.uk Sandra Hillier, Parish Clerk

Photo: Jean Parker

CHETNOLE with

Hamlet, Melbury Bubb & Stockwood

REP: Liz Tebbatt 873140 tebbatt.towers@gmail.com DISTRIBUTOR: David Wallace

Photo: Liz Tebbatt

Condolences go to the family and friends of longtime Lamb Plot resident Beatrice (known as Beattie) Jones, who died last month following a long illness. Beattie had lived in this area all her life and had worked locally in Melbury Bubb. Our calendars are hopefully looking a little bit healthier than they have done for the last two years – although Chetnole has recently been hit heavily with Covid – so look at what’s on locally and get on out there if you can. There’s something for everyone: cricket, music, art and bingo to mention but a few! And get your thinking hats on for the Jubilee weekend – let’s make Chetnole look fabulous. And of course, enjoy those bank holidays too. Have a great month. 8

What’s on in Chetnole this month: Sun 1 May:

St. Peter’s Church Music Concert Series presents The Gates of Bristol, 7.30pm Mon 2 May: Early May Bank Holiday – have a lie-in Fri 6 May: Bingo Night at the hall 7.00pm in aid of the Flower Show Weds 11 May: PCC meeting at the hall 7.30pm Sat 14 May: Sun 29 May: Dorset Art Weeks at Chetnole Mill Sat 14 May: Jazz Cafe presents Station House, 7.30pm Tues 31 May: Art Talk in aid of Save The Children Ukraine appeal at the hall 6.30pm Liz Tebbatt

Gold winner

CHETNOLE RESIDENTS JOIN US WITH YOUR FAMILIES & FRIENDS AS WE CELEBRATE THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE

Congratulations to Dom Hudson on his gold in the Wiltshire Ju Jitsu Open Championships.

THURSDAY 2nd JUNE from 8pm A Barbecue and the Lighting of the Jubilee Bonfire at 9.45pm

FRIDAY 3rd JUNE Judging for the Best Decorated House Competition

SUNDAY 4th JUNE from 12.30pm Children’s Royal Fancy Dress Competition followed by Village Street Lunch at 1pm. Bring your own food, drink, decorations and wet weather plan. All events held by the Village Hall. Contact Barbara on btmwallace@gmail.com to book a table for £10 or bring your own. All proceeds to the Queen’s Jubilee Charities. Please contact James@troup.es with offers of help – all gratefully received.

New arrival

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Andrew and Michelle Wellstead, Melbury Cottage, Neals Lane are delighted to announce the arrival of the latest addition to the family. Our grandson, Harry James Andrew Wellstead, was born on 21 March weighing 8lb 15oz to the proud parents, AJ and Nina.

FRIDAY 6TH MAY EYES DOWN 7.30PM CHETNOLE VILLAGE HALL £5 Entry for 5 Lines Prizes for All Winners. Cash Bar Brought to you by

Chetnole Fete & Flower Show

Friday fish & chip night at the Chetnole Inn You don’t have to get in the car! Cod, chips and mushy peas or scampi, chips and mushy peas, £10 each (our full menu will still be running). Available as takeaways too, between 6.30–7.30pm. Please call before 4.00pm on Fridays for a tasty, hassle-free take-home treat for the evening. 01935 872337.

Chetnole Flower Show – sunflowers

“From Here to the Horizon”

Landscape painting from 1500 to the present day Chetnole Village Hall Tuesday 31 May 2022

Doors open 6.30pm. Talk at 7.00pm

Tickets £10 Available from Anna – annakinnaird@ymail.com Tel: 01935 872297 or Sarah – sesmibert@btinternet.com Cash bar Raffle Proceeds towards the Ukraine appeal

The Chetnole Village Hall Jazz Café We have all received a packet of sunflower seeds from the Chetnole Flower Show committee through our letterbox for us to grow in front of our houses this summer. The seeds have been donated by Castle Gardens and should grow to about six feet, if you follow the instructions on the accompanying flyer. Chetnole Flower Show committee will judge all our sunflowers on the day of the Flower Show, Saturday 6 August. Don’t forget to submit your entries via the Flower Show schedule (to be released soon). Let’s create a spectacular village of golden sunflowers and show support for Ukraine. The Sherborne Area Refuge Support will be one of the recipients of donations this year. 10

Sam Kelly’s Station House Saturday 14 May, 7.30pm This the Chetnole Village Hall Jazz Café’s 2022 season finale. Sam Kelly is an Internationally renowned, professional drummer with more than 40 years in the business. His Station House band has featured on the UK/Worldwide music scene for many years. Originating from London’s Station Tavern in the early nineties, Sam Kelly’s Station House is a blues-based groove band with a unique sound that is influenced by New Orleans Second Line, soul, jazz and British funk. The show centres around tracks from their latest album ‘No Barricades’ featuring the works of TW Henderson, plus songs

from Johnny Guitar Watson, Keb Mo, Average White Band and Labi Siffre, to name but a few.

Tickets £10: John Head 01935 872555, or Ian Lingwood 01935 872998

YGA Yetminster Group of Artists 14th - 29th May 2022 10am – 5pm Chetnole Mill, Venue 8 in the DAW brochure In aid of the Save the Children refugee crisis.

Stan Darley did a first run of the worst part of Stockwood Road a few weeks ago and David R and Jeff Shipps did it again on Thursday (after also completing Dunch Lane to Leigh border). The total number of bags of rubbish this year is reduced from previous years due to Stan’s first run and others who regularly pick up litter on their daily walks – keep up the good work. The pile we left at the end of the Village Hall car park, for collection by DCC, has already been reported as fly tipping by a well-meaning resident ... Thanks again to all our lovely litter pickers, what a great job you always do. Next year the event will be announced well in advance. Any volunteers? Gordon Ratcliffe

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

Drone activity in Chetnole

Please park in the farmyard at Mill House, Back Lane, Chetnole DT96PL

Drones are unmanned aircraft that are controlled remotely; they are more formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Sherborne Neighbourhood Policing Team have received reports of two incidents of invasive drone activity in Chetnole.

Registered Charity England and Wales (213890) Scotland (SCO39570)

Chetnole Annual Litter Pick Thank you, dear volunteers one and all, for cleaning up the roadside verges of the Parish on 7 and 8 April. Your efforts are much appreciated. Thanks also to several who were willing, but unable to help, due to prior commitments. 11

In the first incident, customers sitting in a garden witnessed a drone hovering at fence height very close to where they were sitting, eventually making them feel uncomfortable. In the second incident, a drone was seen by the residents of a house, hovering in their garden very close to the window of their study. The above incidents are an invasion of privacy and if you have any information regarding who owns the drone in question, please contact Sherborne Neighbourhood Policing Team via: • Do it Online: www.dorset.police.uk/ do-it-online/ • Email: 101@dorset.pnn.police.uk To report information to the police with 100% anonymity, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org or call Freephone 0800 555 111. Drones are legal to use; however, there are rules and regulations which must be observed to ensure you are on the right side of the law. If you fly a drone or model aircraft, you now must be

A balloon spotted over Stockwood

registered and must pass a theory test to get a flyer ID (unless its weight is under 250g). You must also register to get an operator ID. More details regarding registration can be found on the Civil Aviation Authority website: https:// register-drones.caa.co.uk/individual If you are thinking about getting a drone and would like to learn how to use it safely and legally, Dorset Police and Devon & Cornwall Police now run drone awareness sessions for members of the public. www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/ our-services/safer-drones/ These sessions are run throughout the year at several different venues around the three counties. They are aimed at anyone who uses drones or is thinking about buying one in the future. The topics covered include: • The law • Pilot responsibilities • Privacy • The drone code Gordon Ratcliffe

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HERMITAGE

REP: Tom Beels

tom@beelsandco.com

Photo: Jeremy Cozens

Good news I am delighted to announce the safe arrival my daughter Lucy’s baby, Sebastian Rocco Newnham, on 28 March. Lucy was born here, and it was lovely that she was able to tell her mum that she was expecting, three days before Liz died. Death and birth form the circle of life and I haven’t wanted to announce much since Liz died but I think this deserves a shout. Also, I would like to share with you the poem Lucy wrote and read for her mum at the funeral. Have a happy spring one and all. Jeremy Cozens Little Hintock

Where am I now? A Poem for Mum 30th September 2021 By Lucy

Where am I now? I’m wherever you imagine! Whether it’s floating on clouds, or a party in heaven. Wherever I am, I am still here with you, In more ways than one, a fact always true. Now I know you’re all sad, but making a fuss isn’t me, ‘Stop being so emotional’ I say – composed you should be. So to help here’s a message, to aid a little smile, some memories and thoughts you can call on once in a while. I am in every photo, I’ll watch over you from the sill, me through my 6 decades, captured perfectly in still. See me working on the farm and riding my horse, or all glam for a village ball, with the classic pose of course! 17

Dance like me at parties and remember my favourite songs, rejoice in the feeling to whom the memory belongs.

I’ll be happy in Staverton, my beloved first home, you’re always most welcome to pay a visit and roam.

Think of me when you’re playing scrabble, well now you’re in luck, without me there you may actually win! Or be permanently stuck.

But Hermitage will remain a huge part of my life, where I brought up my family, a proud mum and wife.

I’m with you when you try, The Times 2 crossword, my thesaurus is well worn – me cheat?! Don’t be absurd! When you answer the phone, and it’s a loved one you hear, answer, like my me and my own mother, with a gentle ‘hello dear’. And when you’re arranging a vase of flowers, I’ll blossom into your mind, make sure you listened to what I taught you with displays carefully designed. Which leads me to weddings, my piece de resistance, my gift to so many, for your floral romance.

I’ll be at every future special occasion and family event, watching from afar, so happy and content, That you’re coping without me, your grief settling down, but I know you will remember, to avoid that frown. I am still Liz, your sister your friend, I am still your wife, your mum, my love will never end. Don’t say – I wish or I regret or it’s not fair, say thank you and I was lucky, to have had time to share. Where am I now? That’s your thought to dwell, just know I am happy, because of you, all is well.

Now I don’t know how you’ll survive without knowing important dates, no calendar of family birthdays, will leave you in dire straits! And speaking of birthdays, please continue to celebrate mine, a cake would be lovely, coffee and walnut? Divine! Please take me on trips, and show me new places, speak of me to loved ones and familiar faces. But remember to act with caution, for adventures I did not reach, on holiday in Cornwall – you can’t take wine glasses to the beach! Look out towards the sea, to the mouth of the Dart, fond family holiday memories, still deep in your heart. 18

Easter Bingo … … was well supported, it was nice to see some new faces, and hope everybody enjoyed the evening. Thank you all for your support. We will resume bingo in October.

Barbara Atyeo

LEIGH

REPS: Philippa Toulson philippa.toulson@gmail.com Eddie Upton upton.eddie@gmail.com DISTRIBUTOR: Judith Palmer

The celebrations of the Queen’s Jubilee get ever nearer. I was in the Little Leigh Store this week and people were starting to pick up their Jubilee Picnic tickets. Make sure you get yours. They won’t cost you any money, but they will help the organisers calculate how many people are likely to be coming. And you could win a prize! The Picnic will be taking place on Sunday 5 June and I’m sure the village – indeed the whole country – will be in party mood for the day. I have very clear memories of the Coronation, which took place on 2 June 1953. My mum and dad bought a television specially and our sitting room was full of aunts, uncles and neighbours to see the great event on this wonder

of modern technology. The church will be holding a special open air service at 10.00am on Thursday 2 June to mark the anniversary of that magical event. Please read Alan Bennett’s news from the Parish Council. Speeding traffic and dog mess are perennial problems in many rural areas, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do anything about it. Traffic issues don’t just apply to the centre of the village. The road through Three Gates has no lower speed limit and that is an issue for both Pogles Wood forest school and the Equestrian Centre just along the road. The Pop Inn will be opening its doors again on Friday 27 May and they’ll be serving locally-sourced burgers as well as the usual magnificent selection of 19

beers, ciders, wines, spirits and soft drinks. Come along! You’re sure of a big welcome and a great evening.

THE

POP INN Leigh’s Renowned Pop-up Pub.

Friday May 27th from 7.00pm plus locally sourced burgers! On Friday 8 April, Theodora Read made her entrance into the world. Many congratulations to Jess and Mark Read on the birth of a little sister for Percy. Philippa Toulson & Eddie Upton

St. Andrew’s Church The church Annual Meeting will have taken place just before this magazine is popped through your letter box. Alaistair Cumming is stepping down from his duties as Churchwarden so this is the last time you will read his name at the end of this section. From next month, it will be John Parks and Eddie Upton. Churchwardens seem to have an almost limitless range of duties and responsibilities and Alaistair has been 20

exceptional in his devotion to these duties. We owe him a huge vote of thanks for so willingly filling his retirement with church stuff, and we probably owe Hilary an even greater vote of thanks for putting up with him doing it. Alaistair is not disappearing. He promises to keep us all on our toes and will keep interfering in Church affairs – the longer the better! This month marks the retirement of one of our Team Vicars, Richard Kirlew. As well as his vicarly duties, Richard has served the Salisbury Diocese as Rural Chaplain for Dorset. Richard and Liz will be spending their retirement in the Diocese of Bath and Wells, so his last service at Westhayes Farm, Caundle Marsh at 11.00am on 22 May, really will mark a farewell to Dorset and to the Benefice. We wish them both a very long and happy retirement. We won’t be having a service on 22 May as we’ll be popping over to Caundle Marsh to say cheerio to Richard and Liz Kirlew, so our lay-led Community Spirit service for May will be held at 10.00am on 29 May. Don’t forget our May Coffee Morning in the church on 3 May. Then write Thursday 2 June in your diary for the special open air service at 10.00am to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation. It will be a bank holiday, so you should all be able to join us. Alaistair Cumming & Eddie Upton Churchwardens

St. Andrews Lent Lunch A huge thank you to all those who came to our Lent Lunch on 6 April in aid of The Alzheimer’s Society. We raised a total of £312 for which I am sure they will be very grateful. Many thanks to all those who came to support us, made

such delicious soups (none left at the end!) and helped in any way. Special thanks to Morag Orchard and Sue and Graham Fudge for their sterling work in the kitchen but others helped with washing up etc. for which we were also very grateful. Also special thanks to all those who came from Yetminster to support our Lent Lunch – I hope we can reciprocate in the future. Anne Reason and Jo Barlow-Poole

favourite elegant entrances for prizes to be awarded at the Jubilee Lunch. For all up to the minute information keep your eyes on the board outside the Little Leigh Store, or better still, pop in for a cuppa and a cake and find out from Amelie or Sica exactly what the latest news is! Jubilee Committee Sunday 5th June 2-6pm

Leigh Village Green BIG JUBILEE LUNCH

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee As well as all the exciting events planned for the Big Jubilee Lunch on the village green there will be several ways to get involved before the big event. On Saturday 21 May, there will be an epic bunting making morning in the village hall. Come along and help by bringing your machine, your fabric stash or your old shirts and pyjamas, your best cutting scissors or just your very willing hands. Let’s see how much bunting we can make during the morning. If you’re not available on that day you can always make a 3m length of bunting at home (contact Sue Fudge for details). From Wednesday 1 June you can collect a special Village Quiz from the Little Leigh Store. The quiz will take you on a wander round the village to spot a few local landmarks. Suitable for all the family. Hand your completed sheets in at the Big Jubilee Lunch on 5 June. Finally, on Saturday 4 June, we would like as many people as possible to decorate their gates, doors, hedges or fences with festive Jubilee decorations. The Queen will be touring the village in an open top vehicle at 5.00pm to judge the best festive front. Be sure to be available outside to give her the very warmest Leigh welcome. She will be choosing her

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Leigh candle auction 2022 This is an early reminder that this year’s auction – believed to be the 290th - will be held on the 22 June in Leigh village hall, commencing at about 7.30pm. After a pretty rough couple of years, during which we nevertheless managed to hold the auctions, it would be good to see lots of you there (and lots of you bidding!). (By the way, I can neither confirm nor deny that this will be the 290th year since the first auctions, as I wasn’t around in 1732.) Gordon Morris Chairman Leigh Parish Lands Trust

Discon-tent at the village hall On Thursday 7 April the two marquees alongside the village hall blew away. I had been at the hall mid-morning and noticed that there was a banging and crashing of canvas but nothing 21

different to previous windy weather, especially as we had anchored some legs with heavy weight bags; each leg of the marquee had a guy rope and it was tied to the village hall wall with rawlplugs and hooks.

So, imagine my surprise when at lunch time I was told that the marquees were in the car park! It took six of us nearly three hours to safely take apart the canopies and the superstructure and store them in the shed. My thanks to them for volunteering at such short notice. (It was obvious that Gordon Morris must have been at sea and under canvas in his time.) Many poles were bent and a quantity of connectors. My special thanks to David Vincent for rescuing many of the poles. The canopies had a few small tears which can be mended and we are talking to the Insurance Company as I write. However, and Glory be: Robert Edwards has agreed to move his marquee to the village hall. Thank you, Robert. As you read this and if you were at the Pop up Pub and either of the recent wakes, then thank those volunteers for putting their hands up. Julian Turnbull

Leigh Parish Council update Leigh’s ‘Community Speed Watch’ team have been up and running for some four months now, with eight volunteers currently supporting this initiative. Deployed as and when, in teams of three, it is noticeable how traffic slows when they are on station – which is the primary aim of the initiative. Those whose speed is recorded showing they are travelling above the limit receive a notification by Dorset Police; firmer action is taken against serial transgressors. Leigh Parish Council is most appreciative of all those contributing to this effort, which reduces the risk to all within the village. More volunteers are always appreciated (appropriate training is given by Dorset Police). If you are interested in joining the CSW team, please contact the Clerk leigh@dorset-aptc.gov.uk 22

None of us like to come across a dog’s fouling, and while most owners are scrupulous in clearing up after their pets, there are times when this is not done. Within public places (e.g. the village hall and green) and the 30mph zone, this is an offence under Dorset Council by-laws. Leigh Parish Council provides three dog-waste bag dispensers in the village (village green, village hall, and opposite Little Leigh Store) for those who inadvertently find themselves without a bag. However, these dispensers are not there to provide individuals with handfuls of bags at a time. Please encourage all to do their bit, and not abuse the availability of Parish Council bags on site; take one bag only please. After nine years on the parish council (and four of these as Chairman), Sandra Scutt has decided to now step down. We are all in her debt for the service she has given our community: it was her initial idea to couple the concept of a village green with the re-location of the playpark, and throughout she has been most effective in searching out grants for the latter. There is therefore now a further

vacancy on the Parish Council. If you are a resident of Leigh and are prepared to give some of your time supporting the work that the Parish Council does for the benefit of our community, please contact the Clerk leigh@dorset-aptc.gov.uk by 10 May. After four years as our parish Clerk, Beverley Harrison has decided to step down. We are therefore seeking a replacement for this important position. It is a part time, salaried role, currently based on four hours a week. Familiarity with Excel and Word, and ideally some accounting experience as well as the taking of the minutes of meetings (every other month), would be preferred. If you are interested in the role, please contact me via the email address below. Alan Bennett alan.bennett.leighpc@gmail.com

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR APRIL WINNERS. Winners for the April 2022 draw: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Ball Ball Ball Ball

No 6 Mrs R.Vickery £40 No 143 Amelie Mahut £20 No 136 Mrs Louise Tuson £10 No 162 Mrs Elaine Smith £5

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Annual litter pick

New arrivals

In true Ryme village meeting style, you all did a fantastic job and amassed 50 plus bags of rubbish in under one hour (we do not like to take longer). Thank you. The council will be very pleased as we have saved them a job that no doubt they may never have done. Roll on our next event. Happy days.

Congratulations to Roger and Ellie Excell on becoming grandparents for the third time, when their younger son Jamie and his wife Jessie welcomed Fergus on 12 March. A brother for Molly, who is so pleased to call herself ‘sister’. They will all be returning to Kenya soon, where Jamie works in insurance.

Mike Batten

Fergus Excell with dad Jamie and sister Molly

Welcome to Annie Delisle and her two dogs, Cosmo and Flora, from Wiltshire who are staying at Hill Cottage, while looking to buy. Hope you have a lovely stay amongst us.

Please – no more … … cookery books, hardbacks, magazines or bulk deliveries to the Telephone Box Library. We just do not have room. Paperbacks please. Thank you. As Mike says above, another brilliant litter pick. Not from the main street, I hasten to add, but from all roads leading to the A37 and down Cuckoo Hill to Tarks Hill, the usual domestic food and drink packaging. Why throw it out the window!? Gilly Wilson

Ryme’s Jubilee celebrations The village meeting on 24 March was well attended. It was decided that Ryme would have a beacon and BBQ on Thursday 2 June, further details to be circulated nearer the date. It was also decided to plant a tree as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative and Frankham Farm gardens will be opening for the NGS on Jubilee Sunday, 5 June.

Neighbourhood Watch Ali Lewis gave an informative talk on the problems of the County Lines drug gangs, and she warned about the current various email and telephone scams happening. She also spoke about Dorset Police becoming part of the Herbert Protocol, a scheme to help missing persons with Dementia. More details can be found on the Dorset Police website. Sue 28

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

Mothering Sunday floral arrangements

A fond farewell to our friend Garth Huntley was made at his funeral at the Barn, Higher Ground Meadow, Corscombe on 29 March. It was a lovely humanist service and Garth was laid to rest in a field with far reaching views. It was wonderful to listen to stories of Garth’s life, his love of railways, his recumbent bicycle and his love of terrier dogs. He will be sorely missed. We have confirmation that the Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Neighbourhood Plan has been adopted by Dorset Council. It was decided to make the Plan part of the statutory development plan for the Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Neighbourhood Area. A formal report is on page 33. The jungle drums are beating about a potential application to build on the land between Ryme Intrinseca and Yetminster. This land was not included in the Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Neighbourhood Plan as a site for

development. Further investigation is ongoing with Dorset Council.

I have just received a flyer regarding the Yetminster Community Sports Club, which outlines their regular events and forthcoming events. A broad spectrum of events is planned, including a disco, car boot sale, family fun day, Yetminster Fair and picnic on the pitch events. The club will only survive with the support of the local community. I have my fingers crossed that the upcoming car boot sale will be a success. We are truly becoming the epicentre for take away food. I would like to say thank you to Nom Nom pizza, Baker Man Dan, Fish and Chip Vendor, Chicken Tikka and you can also get take away food from Leigh. What a great variety and good quality. And take a look at this fabulous cake made for the White Hart Pub at Easter. 29

The local community will join together through a number of events and activities to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of the Queen – see the full list of planned activities on p31. FunRaising for the church is going well, with the recent Antiques Auctioneer event raising over £700 for the church funds. The next event is the quiz night on 7 May, being run by the Jubilee Hall Team. Thank you to everybody involved in planning and executing these events, it is hard work, although at times can be very enjoyable. With better weather on the way as spring is definitely sprung, I hope the community gets out and about and supports our village events. Michaela and Graham Plaice

St. Andrew’s Church

Well, these are my first Churchwarden’s Notes after being elected as the churchwarden of St. Andrew’s! The job goes back to the 14th Century and as a reminder, there’s a memorial plate on the church clock with the names of three 30

churchwardens who commissioned it in 1683 from Mr Bartholomew of Sherborne. There’s an unbroken line of job-holders and it seems strange, but also a privilege, to walk in their shoes A huge vote of thanks to Clare who has been our churchwarden for the past six years. Everything seems to run smoothly at St. Andrew’s which is really down to her and I hope I can carry on that tradition. Clare has kindly agreed to help me out and show me the ropes for the rest of the year for which I am so thankful. It’s an odd job (literally) with 1001 things to remember and I hope I don’t make too many mistakes. Apparently one of my jobs is to keep order during services (so no rioting please). There’s a wonderful 1750’s engraving by Hogarth of a churchwarden about to take issue with an idle apprentice playing dice in the churchyard during service time, but I’m sure that wouldn’t occur in Yetminster! The year goes on and, after all the joys of Easter, the next big events are Ascension Day on 26 May and Whit Sunday on 5 June. We will have special services for both these days, as well as all our other normal round of services. On 8 May there will be the second Sunday service at St. Andrew’s school – come along at 9.30am for coffee and croissants and the service at 10.00am. This service is becoming very popular and it’s a joy to see young families there. The evening before, on 7 May, YCP are running a quiz as part of the FunRaising events for the year. It promises to be a lot of fun so why not get a few friends together and come along. Details in the magazine and from pccsec.yetminster@ gmail.com. All to help raise money for the church and repairs to our clock which sadly has been silent for so long. And finally, a big vote of thanks to our

wonderful churchyard volunteers who mow, prune, tend, tidy, and generally look after the grounds. They look lovely. Churchwarden Geoff Churchwarden.yet@gmail.com

Jubilee Flower Festival – June 2-5 2022 St Andrew’s Church, Yetminster Helpers wanted! No skill required, just enthusiasm. We want to celebrate our lovely village in flowers – if you’d like to help please call 07788710130 or email pccsec.yetminster@gmail.com

Coffee, Cake and Chat With thanks to Mandy Beaton and Sara Greenwood for kindly bringing Peanut the pony along to the April Coffee, Cake and Chat – everybody loved meeting her.

We also held a very successful Easter raffle. We look forward to seeing everybody in May/June. Angela and Grace

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

It’s a Knockout Comes to Yetminster! As part of the village Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Yetminster will be hosting its very own ‘It’s a Knockout’ event on Saturday 4 June at Yetminster Sports Club. Teams of six will compete in everything from Dorset Knob throwing and obstacle races to raw egg throwing. If you would like to get a team together to take part and compete for the trophy, just email Andy Perlejewski at YCSC@ btinternet.com. The full programme of Jubilee events is as follows: Thursday 2 June • Flower Festival in St. Andrew’s Church starts and runs all weekend • Jubilee village walk from The White Hart at 2.30 pm • The lighting of the Jubilee Beacon on the tower of St. Andrew’s Church from 9.30pm with playing of the National Anthem and everyone toasting The Queen Friday 3 June Treasure Hunt around the village starting at Old School Gallery which will run from 2.00–4.00pm Saturday 4 June Jubilee ‘It’s a Knockout’ at the Sports Ground from midday, with live music in the evening 31

Sunday 5 June • Special Jubilee Service at St. Andrew’s Church at 10.00am • The ‘Big Lunch in the High Street’ from 1.00pm with live music from The Fat Marrow Band at 5.30pm. There will be an award for best decorated table and a prize for the person dressed best as a queen of any sort. Entertainment for children, ice cream van and food outside the pub in the evening and lots more.

Full details will be circulated in the next few days on flyers, posters and Facebook.

The Annual Parish Meeting Yetminster, Ryme Intrinseca and Hamlet This is the regular annual meeting to enable the community to celebrate local activities and initiatives and to put forward their views and ideas. This year it will take place on Wednesday 18 May at 7.30pm in the Jubilee Hall, Yetminster. The chairman of the Parish Council will make their annual report and outline the Council’s aspirations for the forthcoming year. If you are a member of an organisation and want to provide a short report on 32

your year’s activities, then you are welcome to attend and do this in person or you can forward this to the Acting Clerk for its inclusion. The minutes of last year’s meeting are available on the parish website. The council’s mailbox is yetminster@ dorset-aptc.gov.uk and you can also use the contact form.

Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council Chairman’s Notes – March Meeting It seems that the work carried out to resolve the sewage problem in Brister End has not been successful as the recent wet weather resulted in raw sewage being washed into the street. This problem has been highlighted by several members of the public and the Parish Council will contact Wessex Water to make them aware of the seriousness of the issue. With the large increase in the cost of energy, there have been reports of fuel being stolen from vehicles, domestic heating fuel and gas bottles. We are advised to take steps to ensure we safeguard ourselves from such thefts. The Parish Council has been successful in reclaiming £4,278 in VAT payments, and it has been suggested that this is used to support projects within the parish. Dorset Council will be asked to confirm whether this money can only be spent on products and services or whether it can be put to other uses. Discussions are underway regarding starting work on the Access for All project in Yetminster High Street and a meeting will take place with Superfast Dorset to explore increasing broadband capacity at the fibre cabinet in Thornford Road. The dedicated CIL pages on the website are now active and provide

information on the CIL funding regime and on the various projects that have been approved. Further comments on the proposed projects can be made by contacting the Acting Clerk or using the contacts page on the parish website. The Hamcrate Working Group has met with the tenant to review the agreement with the Yetminster Community Sports Club and has signed a three-year lease from 1 April 2022. It was unanimously decided that David Torrance should take on the role of Acting Parish Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer on a temporary, voluntary basis. The advertisement for a new Clerk is below. Andy Perlejewski Chairman of Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council

Planning Notification Changes Please be aware that Dorset Council no longer sends neighbour notification letters for planning applications unless these are specifically required by legislation. All applications continue to be publicised by displaying site notices adjacent to the proposed development, and press notices are also used where required by law. Details of all applications are also published online on the Planning Webpages – Dorset Council Planning Services and they continue to consult statutory organisations and both Town and Parish Councils. If you become aware a site notice has been removed, defaced or obscured during the consultation period, then do use the contact form on the Y&RI parish website – so that we can inform Dorset about it, and they can take steps to rectify this. Whilst the concerns about the decision to

stop sending neighbour notification letters is understood, Dorset Council’s approach is in line with the statutory requirements, which generally require either a site notice to be displayed or neighbour notification letters to be sent (and not both). The decision to stop sending these notifications was taken due to the resource constraints on their services and it is likely, in the long term, that they will seek to move back to a position where officers erect all site notices, rather than requesting this of applicants and agents as at present. It is important therefore that you lookout for the site notice, especially if you are aware that you live in the proximity of a potential development that you have concerns about and want to alert the planning officer to these. YRIPC Planning Group Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council

Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Neighbourhood Plan It’s done – the Y&RI Neighbourhood Plan adopted!

It is a pleasure to confirm that the Plan was considered by Dorset Council on 5 April, with a decision reached in Cabinet “to make the Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Neighbourhood Plan part of the statutory development plan for the Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca 33

Neighbourhood Area”. In opening the debate on the submission, the chairman confirmed that Ryme Intrinseca was his favourite Dorset village name! Cllr Penfold, our Dorset Councillor, spoke to recognise the effort made by everybody and Cllr Walsh (the portfolio holder for planning) offered his congratulations to the Parish Council and the Neighbourhood Plan steering group for the challenging work undertaken, recognising the many hours of time committed to producing the Plan. The Parish Council would also, once again, like to offer its thanks to all those who helped, in way or another to produce and support the plan and recognises the effort and commitment made. We are optimistic that the Plan will enable our parish to develop in the way that its community wants it to and that our future will be a bright one. YRIPC Neighbourhood Plan Working Group

WANTED – REMINDER Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council Position of Councillor x 2 The Parish Council is seeking two councillors to join its existing eight members to help it maintain and improve the very special environment that we live in. An important responsibility is to be involved with one or more of the initiatives or projects that we have identified and to contribute to the general day to day work of the Council. The Council normally meets 10 times a year, on the last Wednesday of the month, although there are further meetings of sub-groups from time to time. 34

If you are interested, please use the contact form to tell us about yourself and how you feel you can help. Position of Clerk As advertised on the Parish Website, our Clerk has recently left us for pastures new and we are seeking an enthusiastic person to help ensure that we undertake our various functions in a proper manner. You should be experienced with using Microsoft Office and familiarity of an office environment and of local government administration would also be beneficial. The successful candidate would be required to work eight hours a week and attend 10 Parish Council meetings a year as well one Annual Village Meeting and some occasional sub-committee meetings. Salary to be within the NALC SP16/22 range on a pro rata basis. Contact Us For further information, or to express an interest in either becoming a councillor or for the post of clerk please use the contact form on the Parish website – Contact Form. David Torrance Acting Clerk Yetminster & Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council

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

No. 66 Mr M Probert

2nd prize of £30

No. 05 Mr D Torrance

3rd prize of £20

No. 09 Mrs S Drewett

YETMINSTER HISTORY SOCIETY Yetminster star in the shade The first visit for this year was to the newly refurbished Dorset Museum. Kat Broomfield, Curator and Collections Manager, explained how £16.4 million had been spent bringing together four million objects under one roof to celebrate the heritage of Dorset. Naturally, only a small percentage of these objects is displayed at a time. One of her prize objects was a Yetminster Box Wagon, now beautifully conserved and displayed in its original glory. No doubt with us in mind, Kat focused on the Yetminster wagon to illustrate her story. The Museum’s key objective is conservation not restoration. What we might see as a restored cart, has been carefully renewed but employing a range of specialist techniques to ensure the cart will be on display in 10- or 20-years’ time, still looking like new. This type of cart, distinguished by its box shape, was found across Dorset and over the borders to Devon, Somerset and Hampshire. The tailboards were deliberately ornate as they were used as the equivalent of today’s registration plates to allow them to pass the turnpikes of the time. The date on the tailboard suggests that as well as milling and farm work this cart would have been used in WW1 and even, possibly, in WW2. Although very dirty when acquired, the red and yellow undercarriage is

traditional for a Dorset wagon. The conservation process took about eight months to complete, with conservators determined to honour the work of the original craftsmen. The wheel hubs and side panels had a lot of woodworm. The dirt was removed and the wood coated with special woodworm treatment to prevent any further damage. The paintwork was cleaned with de-ionised water and soap, and polished with specialist waxes. To prevent any cracking, mould or rotting, the humidity levels of the display area are constantly monitored. And finally, to prevent any bleaching of the beautiful paintwork, the cart has to be displayed in the semidark. The same level of care was devoted to all the other millions of objects. Everything had to be documented, packaged and stored. Covid delayed things but, in the summer of 2020, the reverse process of unpacking, documenting and placing in the new environment started. Fitttings and mounts, and showcases were set up to display for at least the next ten years, with the emphasis on accessiblity. The new museum is definitely worth a visit, if not several. Next Event: 11 May 2022, a tour of Halswell House, Bridgwater. For further information on visits or booking, contact us at yetminster8@gmail.com John Ferretter 35

CLUB NEWS Leigh WI – March meeting In March Cindy Chant gave us a fascinating insight into the life of Sir Walter Raleigh or ‘Naughty Walter’ as she called him! Cindy is a blue badge guide and has studied his life for many years. She introduced the talk by bringing 10 items which covered his life. First, Cindy brought photos of his childhood. He was born in Budleigh Salterton in 1552 but lived in Sherborne for many years. His father married three times, so Walter had many stepbrothers. In 1569 he fought on the Huguenot (French Protestant) side in the Wars of Religion in France and he is known to have been at Oriel College Oxford and at the Middle Temple law college in 1575. Cindy then showed us a picture of Sherborne Castle. Walter had always liked it and then one of his half-brothers, recovering from a fall from his horse, had a premonition that Walter would live there. So when Queen Elizabeth asked him in 1592 if he would like to move in, he was thrilled. Sadly, it is now a ruin. Cindy brought a collection of potatoes, some tobacco and a clay pipe. He had introduced these items to England and made a great deal of money from them. She then talked about his ships as obviously they played a huge part in his life. He started off as a privateer and then went on to build the ship the Ark Royal. His last ship was called The Destiny. His love life was active! He was in love with Elizabeth 1st but was also a womaniser. However, he and Elizabeth wrote often to each other and his private name for her was Cynthia, the moon goddess. Cindy showed us a picture of The Tower of London where

Raleigh spent 15 years in total for being a naughty boy. He married Beth, Elizabeth’s lady-in-waiting and Elizabeth was furious! Whilst in prison he wrote a book called ‘The History of the World’ which was a best seller. He and Beth had a son, also called Walter, born in Sherborne and christened in Lillington Church (Cindy said this church is worth a visit). A rebellious teenager, he was killed in a fight on 13 February, whilst he and Raleigh were on a second voyage to Guyana. Raleigh was devastated and his son was buried with honours, but he had to break the news to Beth.

After his fall out with the Queen he tried to establish a colony near Roanake Island (in present North Carolina) which he named Virginia, but he never set foot there himself. James 1st disliked Raleigh as he saw him as a threat, so his enemies 39

sought to bring about his ruin. In 1603 he and others were accused of plotting to dethrone the king. He was then consigned to the Tower and on 29 October 1618 he was beheaded in Old Palace Yard, Westminster. His wife Beth asked for his head which was then embalmed, and she wore it round her waist in a red bag for 20 years until she died aged 80, and it was then given to his third son Carew. Raleigh was buried in St. Margaret’s, Westminster. The last item Cindy brought to show us was a picture of Beth, obviously a remarkable woman who had been the hidden force behind Raleigh. She did not remarry but tried to reclaim the Sherborne Estates and saw their son Carew go from strength to strength politically and socially, and he married a wealthy widow. Beth died in 1647. We all felt that Cindy had given us a wonderful insight into the life of this remarkable gentleman. Our next meeting is on 31 May when Amanda Whitlock will be talking to us on Health & Wellbeing. Please note the time of this meeting will be 7.30pm in Leigh village hall. All welcome. Anne Reason

Wriggle Valley Cricket Club – net news and updated fixtures The cricket season has started and more matches are being added to the fixtures list, see our updated list below. Nets have begun, with batting nets at Chetnole Playing Field on Tuesday evenings using our bowling machine and full nets on Thursday evenings. For Tuesday batting nets we start around 5.30pm and each bat books a 15 minute slot in advance through our WhatsApp group. Full nets on 40

Thursdays also start around 5.30pm for both bowling and batting practice, simply turn up if you’re available. Finish times depend on numbers and weather but there’s always reflection time in the Chetnole Inn afterwards. Nets may change during weeks when there is a match, so worth checking in via the WhatsApp or Facebook group beforehand. If you want to come along, email me (j.beaumont645@btinternet. com) or turn up at the playing field if we’re there. Hope to see you soon. Jeff Beaumont

Wriggle Valley Women’s Group

March meeting

At our March Meeting we welcomed Steph Baker who brought samples of her beautifully made handicrafts, ranging from knitted items, jewellery incorporating photographs, macramé, but best of all crochet. The most eye-catching item was a wall hanging made of small motifs she called Scrumbles, which she was making for the Alzheimer’s Society in memory

of her father and mother; this was showing at her stand at the Knitting and Stitching show at Westpoint, Exeter and at a future show at the Bath and West Showground. A very inspiring evening, in fact we hope to welcome Steph again. Our next meeting will be an American Supper on 21 June at Rimpton Cottage, Chetnole. Anne Gillard

Leigh Discussion and Social Club A report on a meeting of the Discussion Club would normally pass with the minimum of comment, but when members of the Club gathered in Leigh village hall on 5 April, it was the first time they had met since before the first lockdown started. It seemed a charming gesture that the business of the evening included formal approval of the minutes of the previous meeting. The main part of the evening took the form of a quiz compiled by the Club chairman, Mick Harris, but it was a quiz with a difference. Part 1 of the quiz was a series of photograph-based questions to which we were provided with three possible answers. These ranged from how much you would pay for a particular bottle of wine in Waitrose, to the year Corbiere won the Grand National, to the price of a very smart house in Thirsk in Yorkshire. For Part 2 we were invited to put a value on a range of articles from Mick’s collection, including some Staffordshire china, a Lego train set, a limited edition boxed model of a fairground carousel, framed prints of historical military uniforms, books of cigarette cards, and a boxed set of Thunderbirds models. I did pretty well with Part 1 but was an abject failure with the valuations as, I suspect, were many people. The winner

was Pam Jones who had just celebrated her 80th birthday. The evening was a triumph of Mick’s imagination and the committee’s organisational skills and we look forward to lots more successful talks and outings in the months ahead. Eddie Upton Forthcoming dates for the Discussion Club 12 May, 2.00–4.00pm – Farm walk at Manor Farm, Ashington nr. Mudford BA22 8ED. Meet at the farm, but let Pete know if you want to go. 14 June – Evening boat trip to Dancing Ledge. Meet at Poole Quay at 5.30pm. Boat leaves at 6.00pm, return at 9.00pm. Park in Strand Street multistorey car park. Drinks sold on board. £25.00 pp to include fish & chips. Pay cash on board. Book your place with Pete by 2 June. 9 August, 5.00pm – BBQ at Graham and Angela’s, Pond Side, Sunnymead Farm, Higher Holnest DT9 6HA. Bring your own plates, cutlery, glasses, and drinks and either a salad or a sweet to share. Book your place with Pete by 2 August for ordering fresh rolls. Contact for all the above: Pete Betts – petebetts73@gmail.com Thank you to all the people who came to our April meeting at Leigh village hall after such a long break due to COVID. New members are very welcome, and it was very nice to see new people joining on that first evening. Look out for details of our winter programme, which will start at Leigh village hall on Tuesday 6 September at 7.30pm. Mick Harris mick.hilfield@outlook.com 07970 730656 41

The Countrymen’s Club Rylands farm, Dorset

Yetminster & Ryme Garden, Art & Crafts Society

10th Anniversary celebrations, Thursday 28 July We are organising a fun packed day to celebrate 10 years of the Countrymen’s Club here at Rylands farm. Do come along and help us celebrate, put the date in your diary! In the evening, Symonds & Sampson will be running an auction of promises. We are one of their nominated charities of the year and we have already got offers of some great prizes and gifts experiences.

Jenny Short made a very welcome return visit for our April meeting. Jenny, who lives in Lyme Regis, is an award-winning garden designer with a wonderfully practical and relaxed approach to gardening.

If you can donate anything we can auction for this event, do contact us or you may like to come along and bid on the day. Either way we are very grateful for your support. Times will be confirmed nearer the event, but the auction will be in the evening at 6.30pm. If you have enquiries about the club or if you would like more information, contact: jan@countrymenuk.org or ring 01963 210789 (Tuesdays and Thursdays)

The subject for the April meeting was Rugs, Cushions and Carpets, what is most easily described as ground cover planting. But Jenny had an even more vivid description – she described these plants as Weed Warriors. The use of ground cover plants, she explained, can eliminate the need for constant weeding. Many of the plants she showed us spread quickly, for instance Brunnera Jack Frost, and within a couple of years can provide a beautiful blanket creating texture and flowers in between shrubs or paved areas. Ground cover interplanting can also have positive benefits; she recommended planting catmint amongst roses. Apparently, the strong scent puts off the aphids which bring black spot, a particular blight here in the West Country, with them.

Carpets, she said, can be walked on – well, most of the time except when they are flying carpets. One very novel suggestion was to plant a rambling rose – the rose mentioned was Wedding Day – and allow it to spread over the ground. As long as the rose you buy is young before the stems have hardened, she said, it is easy to spread the stems over the ground and then let it run. This could be the ideal solution for a difficult bank. Of course, an element of cutting back is required and perhaps it would be a good idea to create stepping stones through the bed to enhance access. Rugs, as you would expect, are smaller than carpets. Instead of a normal lawn she showed us a beautiful thyme wheel from a Chelsea Flower Show garden and a herb lawn at Hampton Court. And then there are the cushions, the plants which, instead of spreading quickly, form large clumps. Convolvulus Cneorum, Ceanothus Repens and Daphne Retusa all figured in this visual display which left us all with a long wish list. This was a highly practical presentation with the emphasis on simple and economic solutions. Most of the plants Jenny listed will grow and spread easily and quickly and can be divided to provide a plentiful supply of new plants. And, as she said, they will be your best friend in the battle against weeds.

Everyone left the meeting with a small geranium plug provided by Castle Gardens. The challenge is to grow this plug into a healthy and beautiful plant which can be part of a display at our Summer Show. And who knows? There might be a prize for the most floriferous.

Coming up we have our annual plant sale on Saturday morning, 7 May, at Cross Farmhouse and then, back in the Jubilee Hall on Tuesday 10 May, Dr Francis Burroughes will be telling us about Illegal Immigrants in the garden. Carol Debell 43

POGLES WOOD EXPLORERS

As promised, the bird cherry is a beautiful mass of blossom and just managed to miss the late frosts. Hopefully lots of cherries for the birds in a couple of months. We have a few bluebells and cowslips and lots of cuckoo flower, so we should hear our first cuckoo any time now. The woodpecker has been drumming like crazy everyday but has stopped in the last two days. Hopefully he has found a mate and can settle down now – he must have a proper headache! The brilliant Tuesday boys made various items to sell at the April coffee morning in Leigh church. We have made some more money to go towards a few more tools as well as our end of year outing to Brownsea Island. Thank you so much to everyone for your support and well done to the boys for pressing on with making the boxes, even when you had almost had enough of them! They looked beautiful and all sold (the boxes that is, not the boys!) Well done also to Betty from the Thursday Wild Girls for making your beautiful cards. By the time you read this we will have finished having a brilliant time at Easter 44

Holiday Club and will be getting ready for the Summer Holiday Club. At the moment, we are planning every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer holiday. We already have a few keen people who have booked so please let me know as soon as possible, even though it seems like a long way away. As there is so much going on with the royal celebrations, we have decided not to run holiday club during the May/June half term. Muddy Monday sessions for accompanied pre-school children are in full swing, although May has a few Bank holidays so we will not meet as often as usual. Sessions start at 12noon with a bring your own picnic and finish at 3.00pm, cost £5 per child. Please try to let me know on the day if you are coming, just in case it is a day we are not meeting for some reason. We have plenty of birthday parties in the diary so do please let me know in plenty of time if you have a special date coming up.

Philippa Toulson philippa.toulson@gmail.com Facebook: Pogles Wood Explorers

NATURE NOTES

Small Copper and Hoverfly

Day flying insects such as our familiar hoverflies can be seen anywhere flowers grow, as they search for nectar on sunny days. They are one of our most important pollinators and almost 300 species have been recorded in the UK. Most are black and yellow and can look convincingly like stinging insects, providing an effective deterrent against predators. Increasing numbers of moths are now on the wing, some active in sunshine such as the colourful Scarlet Tiger in its flight season of May to June. Most of our spectacular hawk-moths emerge in early summer, including the beautiful Lime Hawk-moth. It is possible to see close to 20 butterfly species in our gardens if we grow flowers and shrubs to attract them. The fast-flying Small Copper can sometimes be seen visiting Golden Rod, Tansy, Aster, sedums and scabious. Others, may be found in specific habitats where their larval food plants are found, including woodland and meadows.

Perhaps one of our most unusual looking insects is the nationally scarce Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil, named after its dependence on a brittle, black fungus with a common name that refers to the resemblance to King Alfred’s burnt Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil cakes, on which it feeds. The fungus grows only on its host tree ash and the weevil can ‘accidentally’ appear in gardens with log deliveries. Often overlooked, woodlice on their diet of decomposing plant debris and fungi help to ‘clean up’ at ground level. Not an insect but a crustacean, it can only survive for minutes away from a damp environment. There are around 30 UK species.

Fox and badger cubs born in early spring will now be venturing out to enjoy the sunshine and learn skills necessary for survival. With a quarter of UK mammals now at risk of extinction, it is especially important that we respect and protect those we are still lucky enough to be living alongside and sharing our beautiful countryside. Gill Nash 45

OTHER NEWS DORSET ART WEEKS 14 – 29 May 2022 After the difficulties of the last couple of years, Dorset Art Weeks returns in all its glory! There are more than 250 studios opening, some offering workshops and talks. You can look at the brochure online or you can pick up a free printed copy from various outlets. Locally we have our own Wriggle Valley Trail: in Yetminster, Chetnole, Leigh and Hermitage, five studios/ galleries are open and all the artists will be delighted to meet you (and some can even offer refreshment!). Venue 8 Yetminster Group of Artists at Chetnole Mill This well-established group of 14 artists has three members who live in Yetminster and Chetnole. Do come and visit the unusual studio in the C18th flour mill gallery at Mill House, Back Lane, Chetnole, DT9 6PL. Open 10.00am–5.00pm daily. 20% of all sales will be donated to the Save the Children Refugee Crisis. For more information telephone Bee 01935 872255 or Melita Frances 07795 153323. www.beegrantpeterkin.co.uk www.melitafrancesmoule.co.uk

Bee Grant Peterkin

Di Grattan-Cooper

Bee Grant Peterkin

Venue 9 Plaxy Pots at Leigh Plaxy Arthur will be showing her pots and ceramics at Totnell House South, Leigh DT9 6HT. Open 10.00am–5.00pm every day except Tuesday. If you would like more information telephone Plaxy 07740 873687. www.plaxypots. com Plaxy Arthur

Venue 10 Pearl Gatehouse at Yetminster Pearl will be exhibiting her drawings and paintings at Moreys, Melbury Road Yetminster DT9 6LX. Open 10am–5pm on Pearl Gatehouse May 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28. For more information telephone Pearl 01935 873888. www.pearlgatehouse.com Venue 11 Old School Gallery and Café at Yetminster Ali Cockrean www.alicockrean.weebly. com will be exhibiting at the Gallery (now in its 10th year!) and there will also be mixed media works and work by art students and the Art for All group. 49

The Gallery and Café open every day 10.00am4.30pm. For more information telephone Sarah Hedin 01935 872761. www. Ali Cockrean facebook.com/ oldschoolgalleryyetminster Venue 23 Graham Booth and Jo Denbury at Hermitage Graham’s paintings and photography and Jo’s sculpture will be on display at Yew tree Graham Booth Barn, Yew Tree House, Hermitage Lane, Hermitage DT2 7BB. Open Wed–Friday 12noon – 5.00pm, Saturday and Sunday 10.00am-5.00pm. For more information telephone 07798 Jo Denbury 525013. www. instagram.com/photos_by_basher www.instagram.com/jodenbury_art We look forward to welcoming you! Bee, Di, Melita Frances, Plaxy, Pearl, Sarah and others at the Old School Gallery, Graham and Jo

Signature Reflexology I am a fully qualified and insured reflexologist, offering treatments in South Somerset and Dorset. I trained at The Precision School of Reflexology in Devon 15 years ago, working in various complementary practices and visiting clients at home. 50

Having my own Therapy space has been a goal for many years and, having moved back to one of the oldest houses in Thornford, I have found the perfect place for my private practice. I will continue to offer clients visits in the comfort and privacy of their own home. I do not claim to cure, prescribe or diagnose but work alongside western medicine to promote better health for clients. These are some of the conditions reflexology can help with: • Stress and anxiety • Back/neck/shoulder pain • Digestive disorders • Headaches/migraine • Sleep disorders • Energy levels But you don’t need to be suffering from an illness or condition to have a reflexology treatment. It is an effective therapy to help you restore and revitalise the body, mind and spirit. It is a safe and enjoyable experience with long lasting positive effects and health benefits. One session is ideal for relaxation; regular treatments will have the greatest benefit and help to alleviate symptoms of long-term conditions. This complementary therapy is recognised by the NHS and many GPs. Come along and enjoy my Fabulous Feet workshops. In small groups I teach massage techniques to relieve tension and stress and aid restful sleep. Learning how to give a foot massage is not only great for the person receiving but it makes you feel good as well. Bring a friend. The next dates will be on my website events page shortly. www.signaturereflexology.co.uk Elaine Copping MA

Answers from last month’s Just for fun Dorset quiz

18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

23. 24. 25. 26. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

14.

Corfe Castle Blandford Forum A natural limestone arch in the sea William Barnes The Dorset Naga chili pepper (former hottest chili world record holder. (Scoville Heat Units (SHU) are used to measure the heat of chilis) Lyme Regis The Jurassic Coast Maiden Castle A.F.C. Bournemouth The Tolpuddle Martyrs Poole Harbour Hovis advert (Gold Hill is a steep cobbled street) Fossils (Mary Anning became known around the world for several important finds and inspired the tongue twister, ‘She sells seashells by the seashore’.) Speedway

15. John le Carré 16. Old Harry Rocks 17. Sandbanks

27. 28. 29. 30.

Weymouth’s esplanade Bournemouth Isle of Portland Dorchester The Scout Movement (scouting was started there in 1907 by Lord Baden-Powell) Chesil Beach* Wimborne Minster The French Lieutenant’s Woman (by John Fowles) A Tank Museum (it’s the world’s biggest display of historic moving armour) On Chesil Beach A third force of landowners in the English Civil War** Badbury Rings Harry Paye

* Chesil Beach was initially formed from predominantly sandy deposits in Lyme Bay. As water levels rose rapidly at the end of the last ice age (about 12,000 years ago), the material was transported to Chesil Beach by longshore drift via a series of pocket beaches. ** The Clubmen objected to both Royalist and Parliamentary forces being garrisoned in their area, damaging land and ruining crops. They fought actively and the most famous skirmish in Dorset was at Hambledon Hill where Cromwell defeated a group of Clubmen, imprisoned them overnight in Iwerne Minster church, disarmed them and let them go. Geoff Goater 51

appointments will become available in addition to phone appointments and email advice. Each interview room will have a filtration unit.

Update from Dorchester & Sherborne offices of Central Dorset Citizens Advice New “no fault” Divorce Procedure The biggest reform to divorce law since 1969 was introduced in the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 on 6 April this year. It brings an entirely new basis for obtaining a divorce, in that the law will no longer apportion blame to one party, e.g. by listing out examples of their ‘unreasonable behaviour’ in the petition. There will no longer be a requirement for those involved to prove fault and they will instead need to make a statement of irretrievable breakdown of marriage, or a joint statement if both parties have applied for a divorce. Joint petitions and joint applications for the final divorce will be allowed. Much of the archaic language will be gone; instead of a Decree Nisi there will be a Conditional Order and the Decree Absolute will be replaced by a Final Order. It will be possible to apply for a divorce online or by paper application with a target completion in 26 weeks. Information about these changes will be on the Citizens Advice website. Local offices With the easing of Covid restrictions the small teams that have kept offices open during the pandemic will be increased gradually by more advisers and other staff who have been working from home. This will be kept under regular review but should mean that more face-to-face 52

Appointments at village GP Surgeries. If you are registered with one of following GP Practices it may save traveling and/or be more convenient to book an appointment with a CA adviser through the Surgery reception – Bere Regis Surgery, Cerne Abbas Surgery, Crossways Health Centre, Puddletown Surgery, and Pound Piece Surgery, Maiden Newton. This service one day each week is funded by the local NHS. Should you have concerns about pensions, employment, benefits, housing, family, household and energy bills, consumer issues etc, you can contact Citizens Advice via our Freephone Dorset Advice line number on 0800 144 88 48 between 10.00am–4.00pm, Monday to Friday. Alternatively visit our national website: www.citizensadvice. org.uk.

POETRY PAGE Sara Teasdale: romance and lyricism Sara Teasdale was born May Day in St Louis, Missouri in 1884. ‘Sonnets to Duse A delicate fabric of and Other Poems’, her bird song first collection, was Floats in the air, published in 1907. The smell of wet By the time her third wild earth volume of poetry, Is everywhere. ‘Rivers to the Sea’ appeared in 1915, she Red small leaves of was an established the maple figure. Further success Are clenched like followed in 1918, when a hand, she won the Pulitzer Teasdale: unlucky in love. Prize for ‘Love Songs’. Such was her skill weaving wonderful Like girls at their first communion romantic and lyrical patterns, a great The pear trees stand. many of her poems were set to music. The beauty of her work seems at odds Oh I must pass nothing by with much of the sadness of her own Without loving it much, life, ill health had dogged her early The raindrop try with my lips, years and a failed marriage blighted her The grass with my touch; later life. She died by suicide in 1933. For how can I be sure These three poems have the freshness I shall see again of early summer but there are under- The world on the first of May tones of less optimistic times to come. Shining after the rain? May

May Night

The wind is tossing the lilacs, The new leaves laugh in the sun, And the petals fall on the orchard wall, But for me the spring is done.

The spring is fresh and fearless And every leaf is new, The world is brimmed with moonlight The lilac brimmed with dew.

Beneath the apple blossoms I go a wintry way, For love that smiled in April Is false to me in May.

Here in the moving shadows I catch my breath and sing, My heart is fresh and fearless And over-brimmed with spring.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY MAY Sun

An evening of early music There be Dragons Ensemble

Tues

coffee morning/bring&buy

10.30am–12

St Andrew’s Church, Leigh

Sat

Y&RGS plant sale

10.30am–12

Church Street, Yetminster

Tues

10 Y&RGS talk Illegal immigrants (plants)

7.30pm

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Wed

11 WVCC home v Buckthorn Weston

6.15pm

Chetnole Playing Field

Sat

14 Jazz Café Sam Kelly's Station House

7.30pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Sat

14 Start Dorset Arts Weeks

10am-5pm

Chetnole Mill

Wed

18 WVCC home v Blandford Flies

6.15pm

Chetnole Playing Field

Wed

25 WVCC home v Ibberton

6.15pm

Chetnole Playing Field

Fri

27 Pop up Pub

7pm

Leigh Village Hall

Sun

29 end Dorset Arts Weeks

10am-5pm

Chetnole Mill

Tues

7pm

Chetnole Village Hall

Tues

31 WVCC away v Compton House

6.15pm

Sun

NGS Open Gardens

12-5pm

Frankham Farm, Ryme

Sun

WVCC home v Stour Provost

2pm

Chetnole Playing Field

Tues

coffee morning/bring&buy

10.30am-12

St Andrew's Church, Leigh

Sat

11 WVCC home v Atrebates

2pm

Chetnole Playing Field

Tues

14 Y&RGS afternoon outing to Keyneston Mill

Fri

17 WVCC home v Dorset Wanderers

6.15pm

Chetnole Playing Field

Wed

22 Candle Auction

7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Wed

22 WVCC away v Montague

Fri

24 Pop up Pub

7pm

Leigh Village Hall

Sun

26 Batcombe Cream Teas

3-5pm

Hilfield Friary

Wed

29 WVCC away v Thornford

6.15pm

Talk for Ukraine Appeal From mere to horizon: Landscape painting to present day

St Peter’s Church, Chetnole

JUNE

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY JULY Tues

coffee morning/bring&buy

10.30am-12

St Andrew's Church, Leigh

Wed

WVCC away vBuckhorn Weston

6.15pm

Sat

Classical Concert

10 Flower Festival

St Peter's Church, Chetnole

Sun

10 WVCC home v Sandon Strollers

Chetnole Playing Field

Tues

12 Y&RGS Summer Party

6.30pm

Sun

17 WVCC homev Bournemouth Tchs

2pm

Chetnole Playing Field

Wed

27 WVCC home v Thornford

6.15pm

Chetnole Playing Field

Fri

29 Pop up Pub

7pm

Leigh Village Hall

10.30am-12

St Andrew's Church, Leigh

6.15pm

Chetnole Playing Field

St Peter's Church, Chetnole

AUGUST Tues

coffee morning/bring&buy

Sat

Chetnole Fete & Flower Show

Wed

10 WVCC home v Montague

Sat

20 Y&RGS Summer Show

Sun

21 WVCC away v Stour Provost

1.30pm

Fri

26 Pop up Pub

7pm

Jubilee Hall, Yetminster

Leigh Village Hall

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 On 26 May we celebrate Ascension Day, another event in fact in the series of incredible episodes associated with Jesus’ life. The Book of Acts says: 9 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. 10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.11 “Men of Galilee”, they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” Where did he go? What really happened? Sceptics tend to dismiss this as just another story too hard to credit. Strangely perhaps, I have always found that people familiar with science fiction stories, which are often based on genuine concepts, accept the ideas behind the Ascension more easily than many religious people do. I wonder if this is because they are used to the mysteries of science, particularly ideas of alternative realities. Acts tells us that Jesus went back into Heaven. Belief in those days located Heaven in the sky. Today, though we still don’t really know much about Heaven, our concepts of it have much more in common with these ideas of alternative realities than of a location in the sky. In many ways our understanding has turned a full circle because on the cutting edge of physics there are all sorts of exotic and, to most of us, hardly believable theories about what reality is and the place of humanity 56

Our Church communities within it. If you don’t believe me, just put terms like the ‘Anthropic Principle’, ‘the Holographic Universe’ or ‘Super Symmetry’ into your Google search engine and see what comes up. Stick to reputable ones like the New Scientist or Scientific American and you will be astonished at what you read. You might even find some of your doubts about what was going on at the Ascension will suddenly melt away. Perhaps it is enough to say that Jesus did indeed go to the ‘other’ so that he could still be with us today. We do not need to know what that other is.

Rev’d Tony Gilbert Team Rector Three Valleys Benefice

News from Yetminster Methodist Church For the beauty of the Earth, For the beauty of the skies For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies, Gracious God to Thee we raise This our sacrifice of praise! May is a very special month to me as I walked down the aisle on my wedding day, 52 years ago, to this hymn. This was in Londonderry, just before the troubles of the 1970s began, and before the organ in the Presbyterian Church where we were married was removed for safe keeping. The troubles in Ireland; the Falkland war; the Afghanistan situation; Syria, and so many other places, and now Ukraine. SO much fighting, suffering and loss of life over the last 50 years. And yet…. I wonder did you, as we celebrated Easter, take time to reflect, “what is Life all about”? I hope you were able to meet with family, friends and enjoy this most special celebration in the Christian calendar. Yes celebrate! Because the God, who was incarnate in the birth of Jesus, came and lived amongst people, bringing healing of body, mind and spirit. He, who was without sin and yet suffered and died the cruel death of a criminal in our place, said: “I am the resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” Well, in the face of such suffering in the world, the question is still, “Do you

believe this?” We will have been so moved by the accounts of many people, among them young people serving God through Youth with a Mission (YWAM), delivering food, cooking meals, getting people to the border to safety, putting their own lives at risk, in the face of such atrocities, but being the hands, feet and arms of Jesus as they shared in the suffering of the people of Ukraine. Jesus bore our sorrows, our shame, our sadness, our wrongdoing on the cross so that we would be able to respond as Martha did in that encounter with Jesus after her brother, Lazarus, had died: “Yes Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, Who was to come into the world.” Jesus made it possible for us to know the splendours of eternal life in God’s presence, in heaven, where there will be no more suffering, injustice, tears, war. A life that will be pure JOY. Yes, that is the gift of God that we are offered and have been celebrating. His Presence with us, in the suffering on earth, and when our short time on earth comes to an end, for all eternity in His Heaven. Something worth preparing for! Now we also prepare to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of our Queen, someone who has not only served her people in this country and in the Commonwealth, but also made no secret of serving faithfully her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Have a wonderful Jubilee. Rev Ruth Farrant Supernumerary Methodist Minister The Yeovil and Blackmore Vale Circuit

Hilfield Youth Camp The Hilfield Youth Camp is running this year from 13–21 August and bookings are now open. The camp is run by an experienced team of volunteers (including me) and it offers up to 60 young people aged 13–17 years the chance of a low cost, fun holiday in stunning surroundings, while exploring a Christian theme. This camp is built on friendship, community and faith and is held at Hilfield Friary, so draws on the Franciscan tradition. The young people are involved in all aspects of the camp from cooking meals to planning and leading worship. All the young people are supported to get fully involved and to use the gifts and skills they bring, as well as getting involved in lots of activities throughout the day and evening, including trips to the beach, adventure activities, challenges and games.

Through all this, the leadership has a caring and encouraging style, allowing individuals to express their feelings and positively recognise the validity of their own views and ask questions about faith and life. There is much more information on the website www.hilfieldyouthcamp. co.uk and I am very happy to talk to any groups of young people or parents who would like further information. Bookings can be made through this website. The camp cost is £130 for the full nine days, if booked before 1 May, and £150 if booked from May – July. This includes all activities and food. If anyone would struggle with the full cost of the camp, then please do get in touch through the website as financial help may be possible. Young people can come as individuals or with friends and as groups. There is normally about 40–60 people on the camp, so everyone gets to know each other quickly.

Lizzie Whitbread Senior Adviser for Work with Children and Young People Tel: 07500 828184

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 MAY 2022

1st

8th

15th

22nd

29th

EASTER 3

EASTER 4

EASTER 5

EASTER 6 ROGATION

EASTER 7 SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION

10am CW Holy Communion

BATCOMBE 10am BCP Holy Communion

BEER HACKETT

10am Village Service 6pm CW Holy Communion

10am CW Holy Communion 10am CW 9.30 CW Holy Communion Holy Communion 10am CW Morning Prayer

10am CW Holy Communion

8.30am BCP Holy Communion

6pm BCP Evensong

10am Community Spirit

BRADFORD ABBAS CHETNOLE HERMITAGE HILFIELD LEIGH

10am CW Holy Communion 8.30am BCP Holy Communion

RYME INTRINSECA THORNFORD

10am 10am CW Welcome2Worship Holy Communion

YETMINSTER

10am CW Holy Communion

10am Second Sunday at St Andrew’s School

8.30am BCP Holy Communion 10am CW Choral Holy Communion

6pm BCP Evensong 11am Short Communion and Rogation Service followed by Bring and Share Lunch (Finger Food only please) West Hayes Farm, Caundle Marsh DT9 5JT

BENEFICE SERVICE FAREWELL TO RICHARD KIRLEW

CW= COMMON WORSHIP

BCP= BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

Extra and weekday Services Ascension Day Thursday

26th May

7pm

Service of Healing and Reconciliation with Holy Communion

Thornford Church

Monday

9th May

3pm

Holy Communion tbc

The Old Vicarage Leigh

Mondays

Every

6pm

Compline

Tuesday

3rd May

10am

Lower Covey Service

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

Wednesday

4th May and 11th May only

5pm 6pm

Rectory Tea Room followed by Celtic Night Prayer

via Zoom. 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 MAY 2022 BATCOMBE Nil CHETNOLE P/FUL/2021/00893 16/03/22 LAND WEST OF BATCOMBE LANE – Convert barn into 1 No. dwelling. No Decision. 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/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/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/2022/01169 02/03/22 DAUGHTERS FARM, THREE GATES – Erect single storey extension & two storey extension, dormer & solar panels. Granted 8 Apr 22. LEIGH 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. Withdrawn 11 Apr 22.

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.

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

PLANNING APPLICATIONS MAY 2022 YETMINSTER P/FUL/2022/01708 05/05/22 KNIGHTON HOUSE, BRISTER END – Continue use of the land as residential garden. No Decision. P/FUL/2022/01551 15/03/22 YETMINSTER SCOUT HUT, SUSSEX FARM WAY – Erection of Scout Hut (demolition of existing Scout Hut). No Decision. P/VOC/2022/01493 07/03/22 LAND NORTH OF CLARE COTTAGE,HIGH STREET – Erection of 1 No. Dwelling (with variation of condition 2 of planning permission APP/D1265/W/21/3266326 (LPA ref WD/D/19/002011) to amend approved plans). No Decision. P/HOU/2022/00838 22/02/22 BOTHY COTTAGE, BRISTER END – Retain boundary, security fences and stone wall. No Decision. 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 balustrade. No Decision.

P/FUL/2021/05685

12/01/22 LAND EAST OF YEW TREE COTTAGE BRISTER END – Re-locate existing stable block. Granted 8 Mar 22.

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/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.

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). Granted 4 Apr.

WD/D/20/003084

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

WD/D/20/002314

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 12th April, the next meeting will take place on the 10th May 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 12.04.22

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IYENGAR YOGA

At Yetminster Jubilee Hall Every Monday: 1.15pm - Suitable for beginners 3pm - For those with some experience of yoga Iyengar Yoga, a traditional system of yoga, is named after BKS Iyengar who is noted for bringing yoga to the West in the 1960s. Through his innovation of yoga props, the poses are accessible to all regardless of age, level of ﬁtness or ability and great emphasis is placed on good alignment in the poses.

Come and join my friendly classes to experience the many beneﬁts of yoga! Find me on Facebook: “Iyengar Yoga with Lisa Bartlett” Or Email: lisabartlett@mac.com Phone: 07837 258495

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Regular Meetings, Events & Activities Name Every Mon Table Tennis Cummunifit Sit & Strengthen Iyengar Yoga for beginners Iyengar Yoga Short Mat Bowls Yetminster Table Tennis Club Every Tue Topsy Turvy Toddlers Ladies Table Tennis Chetnole Art Group (until Easter) Beginners Pilates Cubs (in term) Every Wed Drop in Coffee Morning & PO Community Coffee morning Croquet Coach/Play Wednesday Club (in term) Chetnole Chuckers Pétanque Club 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 11.00am–12 noon 1.15–2.30pm 3.30–4.30pm 2.00–5.00pm 10.00–12noon 9.30am–11.00am 9.45am–12.45pm 10.00am–1.00pm 1.10–2.10pm 6.00–7.30pm 9.30–12 noon 10.30–11.30am 3.00pm (until Oct) 3.15pm–4.05pm 3.00pm 5.30pm summer only 6.00–7.00pm 6.00–7.00pm 7.00–9.00pm 7.00pm 7.15–8.15pm 7.00–10.00pm 7.30pm–9.00pm 10.00am 10.00am 2.00–5.00pm 5.45–7.00pm 5.45–7.00pm 7.00–8.30pm 6.00–7.00pm 7.30pm 9.30–1.00pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 9.00 for 9.30am 3.00pm

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

Sue Footner 873610

7.30pm

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

3 Tues rd

Jubilee Hall

Wriggle Valley MU (alt months) 7.00pm

Wriggle Valley Lunch Club

Sheaf of Arrows 12.15–3.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Leigh Parish Council – alt mnths 7.30pm

Leigh Village Hall

Wriggle Valley Women's Group

7.30pm

venue tbc

7.30–11.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

Last Tues 7.30pm Pub Quiz

7.00pm

The White Hart, Yetminster

Batcombe Coffee Morning

11.00am

tba

[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

2.00–3.00pm

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

7.00–10.00pm

Leigh Village Hall

8.00pm

The White Hart

District Council Members serving you in 2022 Cllr Mary Penfold Dorset Council e: mary.penfold@gmail.com Councillor for: Yetminster Representing the villages of Yetminster, Ryme Intrinseca, Chetnole,

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WVM ADVERTISERS’ REGISTER MAY 2022 ART & ANTIQUES Old School Gallery

Burrow Water Treatment Plants 48

BED & BREAKFAST Chetnole Inn

Hound House

CARE HOMES Old Vicarage Care Home, Leigh

GARDEN & OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE

BACK PAGE

CARS, VANS & MOTORCYCLES, HIRING & SERVICING

Frost & Butler, Master Thatchers 37 P. Houchen Dry Stone Walling

KDS Garden Machinery Repair

Chedington Compost

The Log Man Family

M&S Welding

Brotherwood

Paul Hambidge Contracting

Express Equipment Centre

Perrett Fencing

N.S Autos

Pestwright & Mole Catcher

Matt Templeman, Bridge Garage 24

Rampisham Timber Services

West Country Cars

SCR Tree Care

Tree Surgery (Westree)

CHIMNEY SWEEPS Alexander the Grate

Wriggle Valley Fencing

A Clean Sweep, Roger Dodd

Will’s Walls, Dry Stone Walling 24

i Sweep, & video inspections

HEALTH & WELL BEING

Steve White Chimney Sweep

Signature Reflexology

Iyengar Yoga

COMPUTERS, MARKETING & IT PDC Computing

EDUCATION

Neal Electrical Services

JJP Plumbing

Pearce Energy Heating Oil

TS Boiler Services

Spearbuild

B.A Wallbridge

Westcountry Electrics

Sherborne Joinery

Sibley Property Maintenance

Whitmarsh-Trew Plumbing

HOME, OFFICE & INTERIORS KC Decorators

Michael Sturmey Carpets

SBF Curtains & Blinds

Wayne Timmins Painter & Decorator 46 CM Furniture

LEGAL SERVICES

Robert Frith Optometrists

Tania Geere Chiropodist

Porter Dodson Solicitors

Professional Will Writer

PETS & LIVESTOCK Dog Grooming & Stripping

Therapy Barn Mandie Holloway 65

PHOTOGRAPHY

Lower Covey Montessori Nursery 15

Yetminster Health Centre

Chetnole Drone Photography

EVENT VENUES

HOME – BUILD & MAINTENANCE

POST OFFICES

Barn Owls Nursery

Chetnole Village Hall

Lendology CIC

Chetnole Village Hall (Wed am only) 38

Leigh Village Hall

AD Renovations

Yetminster

Yetminster Jubilee Hall

J Bennett Joinery

PRINTERS

Ian Crossland Property Maint.

Remous, Milborne Port

FOOD, DRINK & CATERING

Little Leigh Store

Stuart Goodier Boiler Servicing 64

PROPERTY & HOLIDAY LETS

On the Boyle Café

M Harris

Mallows Cottage, Yetminster

Spar Stores & PO Yetminster

Steve Jones, Carpentry & Joinery 15

PUBLIC HOUSES & FOOD

Knott Roofing

Chetnole Inn

The White Hart

FUNERAL SERVICES

Brister & Son

Lawrence Electricals

Grassby Funeral Services

Steve Mumford General Builder 64

SPORT & LEISURE

AJ Wakely & Sons

WHY DIY

Barfoots’ Bouncers

May 2022 No. 345

Articles inside

OUR CHURCH COMMUNITIES

REGULAR EVENTS

PLANNING

OTHER NEWS

NATURE NOTES

Chetnole

CLUB NEWS

Ryme Intrinseca

Batcombe

Hermitage

POGLES WOOD EXPLORERS

Yetminster

Beer Hackett