Due to the continual rain, the footpath just before the bench at the top of Back Lane, at the corner of Trusthams has become blocked.
Magna have been informed.
Please exercise caution at Hollis Hill too as large stones and boulders have been slipping there onto the road.
Stay Safe!
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Coming very soon to Attisham Farm, nr. Broadwindsor – a Milk Vending Machine.
Stuart & Louise Hayball will run this small family business, producing quality, fresh, pasteurised whole milk, from their lovely herd of British Holstein cows.
Attisham Farm is located at Templemens Ash, just before Birdsmoorgate on the B3164, shown below.
Asked whether they had a favourite cow . . . Louise commented “..there are many!…..Daisy, Annabelle, Angus, Snowy, Louise, Millie, Olive, Lofty, Bluey, Exclamation, Bubbles, Jess, Cinnamon, Pepsi, Poppy, Eve….to name but a few!“
They arrival of the machine is imminent so hopefully they will be up and running in the not too distant future.
Look out for their delicious milk, milkshakes, and more!
Email: thewagonhouse@hotmail.com
or Message through their Facebook page HERE.
The name Hayball is already familiar to many local residents. The Hayball family have been milking at Attisham Farm for nearly 100 years.
Proud to be working in British Farming is Stuart’s cousin Neil Hayball, who with his wife, Rachel and their 6 children, have their sheep graze in a few of Neil’s parents’ fields which are just below Pilsdon pen. Neil & Rachel sell their Speckets Knapp Lamb locally, advertising on their Facebook page and local groups. Please Tel: 07710 608951 with any enquiries.
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Dorset Community Action are a charity that exists to support charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises across the Dorset community. Their mission is to bring people together to develop community based solutions that deliver better services for the benefit of all.
There is a Funding Event next month too!
Read their 8 page newsletter below.
Dorset Community Action is a member of Action with Rural Communities in England (ACRE) and as part of the ACRE network they support local rural communities in Dorset.
DCA is funded by and works in partnership with DEFRA, Dorset Council and other statutory and grant-making bodies.
Dorset Community Action (Head Office), The Little Keep, Barrack Road, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1SQ
Telephone: 01305 250921
Email: info@dorsetcommunityaction.org.uk
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Launched on 30th July 2020, NASA’s Perseverance Rover is due to touchdown onto the surface of Mars, some 33.9 million miles away at 20:55 – 21.15 hours GMT this evening if all continues to go to plan.
Other Channels that will carry the live broadcast include:
(each one will open in a separate window)
The first successful flyby of Mars was on 14th–15th July 1965, by NASA’s Mariner 4.
On November 14th, 1971, Mariner 9 became the first space probe to orbit another planet when it entered into orbit around Mars.
The Soviet probes Phobos 1 and 2 were sent to Mars in 1988 to study Mars and its two moons, with a focus on Phobos.#Broadwindsor,#Burstock,#Blackdown,#Drimpton,#Hursey,#Kittwhistle,#Seaborough,#Dorset,#WestDorset,#2021,#NationalLockdown,#NASA,#PerseveranceRover,#WatchLive,#Space,#Mars,#Wow,#BeSafe,#StaySafe
Bridport Food Festival are pleased to announce their new ‘Lockdown Hero’ awards devised to recognise and say a BIG ‘Thank You‘ to the local food & drink businesses: cafes, restaurants, pubs, butchers, bakers, greengrocers, farm shops, market traders, etc., who have risen to the challenges of the pandemic and continued to feed us and provide us with much needed treats. Many have increased what they offer and have set up new, or adapted their services, to provide delivery and collection services.
Awards will be presented to six categories:
Bridport Food Festival was originally conceived by the West Dorset Food and Land Trust, with support from the Countryside Agency, The Marshwood Vale Magazine, Denhay Farms and Bridport Town Council, and was launched with the help of Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall in 2004.
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An ongoing problem in our area. Dorset Council received their share of the £500 million the Government have allocated for the fixing of potholes. To be paid in instalments, this amounts to a total of £7 million. The South West region has been allocated £90,031,000, more than any other region of England.
This is the second of 5 equal instalments from the £2.5 billion Potholes Fund, providing £500 million a year between 2020/21 and 2024/25, announced by the Chancellor in the 2020 Budget – and is part of wider funding the Dept. for Transport provides for road maintenance, totalling over £1.1 billion across England in 2021/22.
Dorset Council report that the average pothole costing around £50 to fill in, the funding will ensure that the equivalent of 10 million potholes can be repaired across the county.
Plastic – we must make sure we are reducing, not increasing, the the supply.
In March 2018 in Scotland, Fife Council were in negotiations to use a bitumen-substitute material called MR6 to repair damaged road services. The company behind the idea, Carlisle-based MacRebur, won financial backing from Sir Andy Murray and billionaire Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson and had already undertaken a £200,000 resurfacing scheme on the A7 in the Lake District.
Read more about MacRebur’s revolutionary products HERE.
On the other side of the pond, a Californian company, Technisoil Industrial believe they have the solution with plastic too. To learn more about their products – Click HERE.
To report any other kind of road problem to Dorset Council such as: dead animals; drainage/flooding problems; street lighting; weeds/moss; abandoned vehicle; footpaths and more – Click HERE.
Baroness Charlotte Sarah Emily Vere, who took office in April 2019 as the Transport Minister & Member of the House of Lords said:
“We know potholes are more than just a nuisance – they can be dangerous to drivers and cyclists alike, and cause damage to thousands of vehicles every year.
“The funding allocated today will help councils ensure roads in their area are kept up to standard, and that the potholes that blight road users can be dealt with promptly.”
As Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Baroness Vere has responsibility for:
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Following the marvellous feedback from last weekend’s Curry Specials – we very much look forward to the next one! On offer from Thursday 18th – Saturday 20th February there is a choice of the following:
There’s always room for pudding! This weekend, made with love:
Please pre-order by 5pm the day prior for collection
Please collect between 6pm – 7.30pm
On Sunday:For Lunch Vikki offers you Roast Beef, Roast Turkey or Roast Lamb, all served with their accompaniments @ £8.50.
Please pre-order by 5pm Saturday.
Please collect between 12 noon – 2.00pm.
Telephone: 01308 867070
Email: info@whitelionbroadwindsor.co.uk;
Message through Facebook: HERE.
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After 11 years, Anthony Bucke has decided to sell his pallet recycling business which is based in a secure yard between Crewkerne and Broadwindsor.
Facts:
Anthony commented: “This is a wonderful recession-proof and pandemic-proof business. I just want to move on because I am now drawing my pension……..”
Please call Anthony on 07854 377649 to discuss.
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With this wet weather for half term week bringing a lot of people down, for half an hour on Wednesday evening, you’re invited to have a laugh and join Margery Hookings’ Midweek Motivator Quiz.
Village resident, Margery Hookings is the host of the quiz and has trialled it with a few the past few weeks and interest is growing. Topics are local, current and include a picture round. Margery will continue doing it in Lockdown for as long as people are interested.
Margery commented “It’s just for fun and a way of seeing each other’s faces during lockdown. There are three rounds of five questions and one picture round of 10 questions.”
Please make a note of it in your diary and have your drinks & snacks ready. Make sure you log in with plenty of time to spare otherwise the quiz might start before you join it. The quiz lasts approx 30 minutes as Margery is using the free version of Zoom.
If you don’t have it, Zoom is Free! – Sign Up and get it HERE.
Here are the log in details to take part in this week’s Midweek Motivator Quiz:
To Join Zoom Meeting (the Quiz) – Click HERE.
Meeting ID: 743 0739 0534
Passcode: yWi84j
Hope to see you on Wednesday, 17th at 8pm.#Broadwindsor,#Burstock,#Blackdown,#Drimpton,#Hursey,#Kittwhistle,#Seaborough,#Dorset,#Village,#MidweekMotivatorQuiz,#Lockdown,#2021,#Zoom,#StayAtHome,#Fun,#Laugh,#SaveYourSanity,#BeSafe,#StaySafe
On February 14th, in the year 269 A.D., Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, was executed at the Flaminian Gate in People’s Square.
Under the rule of Claudius the Cruel, Rome was involved in many unpopular and bloody campaigns. The Emperor had to maintain a strong army, but was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. Claudius Gothicus believed that Roman men were unwilling to join the army because of their strong attachment to their wives and families.
To get rid of the problem, Claudius banned all marriages and engagements in Rome. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret.
Valentine’s actions were discovered and Claudius ordered that he be put to death. Valentine was under House Arrest at Judge Asterius’s home prior to being dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to ensure he was dead, had his head cut off. The sentence was carried out on February 14th, 269 A.D. His body was hastily buried at a nearby cemetery and a few nights later his disciples retrieved his body and returned him home. One legend states that it was while under House Arrest, St. Valentine left a farewell note for Judge Asterius’s daughter, who he had allegedly cured of blindness and had become his friend, he signed it “From Your Valentine.”
The flower-adorned skull of St. Valentine is on display in the side altar on the left side of the Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome. Other pieces of the Saint’s skeleton are on display in the Czech Republic, Ireland, Scotland, England and France.
There are many legends and many St. Valentine’s. The name was popular between the 2nd & 8th centuries A.D. The Catholic Encyclopedia lists three St. Valentine’s at that time and all of them were martyrs. There was even a Pope Valentine, though little is known about him except that he served a mere 40 days around A.D. 827.
So how did St. Valentine become associated with romance? The ancient pagan festival of Lupercalia was held each year in Rome on February 13th – 15th. Some historians believe the Valentine‘s holiday is actually an offshoot of Lupercalia. Unlike Valentine’s Day, however, Lupercalia was a bloody, violent and sexually-charged celebration awash with animal sacrifice, random matchmaking and coupling in the hopes of warding off evil spirits, purifying the city, releasing health and fertility. At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with St. Valentine’s Day as the official celebration. Over time, nakedness during Lupercalia lost popularity. The festival gradually became more chaste up to today, when February 14th is a date for exchanging love messages, poems and simple gifts such as flowers and chocolates.
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