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Defib Runners in order of prox imity to the Defib at Buckland Newton V illage Hall Lisa Peart 01300 34557 8 Keith Darby shire 0 1300 345196 Gill Nell 01300 34582 5 Sandie Stou t 01300 345135 Dav id Morris 01300 34540 2 Geri Aitkenh ead 0 7864 195619

The Ly dden Vale N ew s is deliv ered to ov er four hun dred household s and has an excellent online presence v ia The Buckland New ton Community w ebsite www .bucklandnew t on.c om To promote y our busine ss in thi s sp ace , please see the deta ils on pa ge 3

NOW OPEN EV ERY D AY Break f ast Club available from 8am f or children aged from 2 ye ars . Governm ent Earl y Y ears F unding accepted, non -f unded h ours charge d at £4.50 per hour —3 & 4 year olds £5.00 per hour —2 year olds For m ore inform ation pleas e contact the school of f ice on: 0 130 0 3453 93 office@buckla ndnewton.dors et.sch.uk

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Friday 10th January - 12.15 pm 2ND FRIDA Y LUNCH CLUB (See page 16 for details of Christmas par ty) As we step into 2025, we will again start things off w ith lunch in the Village Hall. On Friday 10 January we can look forw ard to either Cottage Pie or C hicken Casserole follow ed by Apple Crumble or Lemon M eringue P ie. We are still managing to hold the lunch pr ice at £10. A bargain! We meet betw een 12.15 and 12:30 pm. For anyone in the area not sur e w hat to ex pect do get in touch to find out more. We promise you a very friendly welcome. As usual, if you have not already done so, please confir m your attenda nce to Bridget Hodg es (01300 34549 3). J anet Sealy ***************************************************************************************************************************** *******************

We have two sessions in January . On 9th January we will meet in Buckland Newton VILLAGE HALL, from 2 -4pm There w ill be a char ge of £2 for this session to cover the cost of village hall rent al and refreshm ents . On 23rd January we will be back at the Gaggle of Geese, from 2 -4 pm All skills and crafts are very welcome. Or , if you want to learn a new skill - come along and join us. We w elcome beginners and ex perts and all levels in betw een !! A very lucky little gir l w ill be kept very w arm and snuggly in this beautiful hat and car digan (and it is her favourite colour too!!) Y ellow and blue. If you w ould like to know more, ple ase do give one of us a call Lyn Cox 01300 345739 Jane W illis 01300 345477 ***************************************************************************************************************************** *******************

Frida y 12 th January – 10 a m BUCKL AND NEWT ON VILLAGE LITTER PICK (Se e Pa ge 22 fo r d etails ) *************************************** ************* ***** ********* ************* ****************** *****

W ednesda y 15th Janu ary – 7.30 pm THE L YDDEN V ALE GARDENING CLUB (See Page 6 for details) ***************************************************************************************************************************** ******************

Frida y 10 th January – 3.30 – 5 pm FREE CRE A T IVE ART SESSIONS FOR F AM ILIES – BUCKL AND NEWT ON VILLAGE H ALL (See page 20 for deta ils ) ***************************************************************************************************************************** ***************

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Want to visit tow n, the hairdressers or just meet a friend fo r co ffee? Perhaps y ou hav e a med i cal appoi ntment? Our v ol unteer d riv ers o ffer a door- to- door serv ice fo r residents of the Buckland New ton pa ri sh. A return jou rney to Do rchester or Sherbo rne co sts approximately £11.00. For more in forma tion, pl ease rin g 07773 849264 or e mail bncarsche me@ gmail.co m.

With Christmas and New Y ear behind us and the day s be ginning to len gthen, albeit slow ly at this point , thou ghts may again be tu rni ng to gardening. The Club starts 2025 w ith a tal k on Wednesday 15 th January by Simon Constantine of Carey’s Manor, near W areham, entitled “Findin g the real SECRET Carden”. Simon w ill be enl ightenin g me mbers to the attractions of Careys’ M anor Garden, hidden amongst the rolling hills of a natu re reserve in Dorset’s Isle of Pu rbeck, left w ild fo r many y ears and gently comin g bac k t o life . M embers w ill hav e an opportuni ty to v isit the garden in

Augus t 2025 . As usual, the January tal k w ill be in the Buckland New ton Village Hall at 7.15 pm fo r 7 .30 and as alw ays guests w ill be mo st w elcome. M embers should note that the Club’s AGM and Wi nter Social, the da te of w hich was unknow n when our progra mme for the las t 12 mon ths w as published in early 2024, w ill this year be on Saturday 15 th February at the Ga ggle of Geese in Buc kland Ne w ton. Full details to gether w ith a menu w ill be circulated to me mbers pr ior to the occasion . Our planning fo r 2025 an d early 2026 is now complete w ith an ex citing pro gram me of tal ks and v isits organised ov er the y ear. It is in tended that this program me w ill be av ailable fo r distribution at the A GM or for collection therea fte r from eithe r Antony or Jan. Antony P arson *********************** *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ******* Christmas Food Bank A ppeal Update W ith generous donations from our comm unit y, £655 has been raised for Sherbor ne Foo dbank . T his equat ed to 15 boxes of produce being m ade up by Sue at Old Ch ape l St ores and delivered to the Food bank f or their Christm as Ham pers and a further three boxes in the New Ye ar. T hank you. This has been so successful as a comm unit y venture the plan is to leave the donation box at the till and continue supporting our local F oodbank and Villa g e Sh op t his wa y. Damian Br others a nd Ja ne Thr ift

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Oh, What a N ight! Wed nesday 27 th Nov ember saw the first ev er ‘Open M ic’ event at the Ga ggle of Geese and it turned out to be a great nigh t. Once the pow er supply had been so rted (runnin g al l that gea r from one soc ke t w as alway s hopeful ) the en tertainment be gan. A lively rendition of Booker T and the M Gs ‘Green Onions’ opened proceedin gs fro m a cur rently nameless band. This consisted of Steve Workman on keyboards, Mike W atts on sax ophone, Jamie Jac ks on on d rums, John M arjo ram on guita r and Si mon Spence r on b ass. Kelly Ev ans then joined the m for a version of Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back to Black’ with additional backin g v ocals fro m som e of the audience. This w as follow ed by ‘Black Velvet’. This evening w as the first time they had play ed liv e to an audi enc e – a fte r a little initial ner v ousness they began to relax and enjoy the mselves. Next up w as Will Framp ton, a sel f-tau ght singer/guitar player w ho w as very keen to pl ay but inevitably nerv ous as he had nev er play ed in public before and only sta rted to learn three mon ths a go! He opened w ith a rousing ‘ Wonderwall’ by Oasis which went down a storm. He follow ed this with ‘Stick Season’ and Ed Sheeran’s ‘Superma r ke t Fl ow ers’. The band then came back on to perform ‘Let’s Stick T ogether’, ‘Somebody T old Me, and then a beauti ful version of George M ichael’s ‘Careless Whispe r’ w ith Kelly capturing the mood so w ell. Wi ll w as then asked to come back on, and he del ighted the crow d w ith ‘Perfec t’ and ‘Riptide’ be fo re finishing with an older song – ‘Time of Y our Life’. He left the performance area to a standing ovation. The evening was brought to a close by a set from the band ranging from ‘Yellow’ to ‘Bad M oon Rising’. By the end many of the a udience w ere singin g an d danci ng. The event was judged a success and will be a regular feature in the New Y ear, starting on Wednesday February 5 th and then on the first We dnesday of e very month. It w as grea t to have live music fro m locals and to see w hat ta lent the re is . If y ou fancy hav ing a go y ou can just turn upon the ni ght – it’s a friendly atmosphere – no jud gin g. You’ve plenty of time to dust dow n those musical instru ments, get those vocal chords back in shape, w rite a few jo kes, learn a poem – jus t get p ractisin g. Than ks to the Gaggle for ho stin g.

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In the Buck land N ewton Book Corner… Orbital by Samantha Harv ey “The earth, from here, is like heaven. It flo ws with colour. A burst of hopeful colour . When we're on that planet we l ook up an d thi nk hea ven is elsewhere. ” This slim bu t r a d i a n t n o v e l p o r t r a y i n g l i f e a b o a r d t h e I n t e r n a t i onal S p a c e S t a t i o n c a m e as a deli g h t f u l s u r p r i s e to m e . It is p r o b ably n o t a b o o k I w ould h a v e c h o s e n f r o m the t i t l e a n d c o v e r - I w ould h a v e a s s u m e d s c i e n c e f i c t i o n w i t h alien e n c o u n t e r s or s i m i l a r . H o w e v e r , as I hav e said m a n y t i m e s , b o o k g r o u p r e a d i n g is g o o d at m a k i n g you s t e p o u t of y our l i t e r a r y c o m f o r t z o n e … . a n d t h e n t h e b l u r b and r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e p r o m i s i n g t o o … “ a n upli f t i n g b o o k , in e v e r y s e n s e”, “One of t h e m o s t b e a u t i f u l n o v e l s I h a v e r e a d in a v e r y l o n g t i m e ” , “Geniu s … . a s h o rt y e t e xqui s i t e r e a d ” . T o p t h a t w i t h bein g a w a r d e d t h e B o o k e r P r i z e f o r 2 0 2 4 a n d I w a s i n ! I w a s h o o k e d w i t h i n t h e f i r s t c h a p t e r - or r a t h e r , Or b i t - as t h e b o o k is s e c t i o n e d i n t o t h e 16 o r b i t s of t h e e a r t h t h a t th e I S S m a k e s in o n e day . It ex plores the daily t a s k s , t h o u g h t s , e m o t i o n s a n d w onder i n g s of t h e f o u r m e n a n d t w o w o m e n a s t r o n a u t s l i v i n g on b o a r d . We f o llow t h e i r daily r o u t i n e ,   t h e p r a c t i c a l s o l u t i o n s to bein g w e i g h t l e s s a n d i t s e f f e c t o n t h e i r b odie s , t h e i r r esili e n c e at copi n g w i t h n e w s f r o m th e e a r t h l y h o m e f a r bel o w t h e m . In s h o w i n g o n e day in t h e i r l i v e s , H a r v e y p r o b e s d e e p i n t o t h e h u m a n e x p e r i e n c e as it t e e t e r s b e t w e e n the p r o f o u n d a n d the m u n d a n e , and in l e s s t h a n 2 0 0 p a g e s , m a n a g e s to e x p l o r e q u e s t i o n s of philo s o p h y a n d r e l i gion , f a i t h , e x i s t e n c e , m e anin g , a r t, g r i e f , and g r a t i t u d e , j u s t to n a m e a f e w . Nell, the B ritish astronau t, w ants to as k Shaun, th e American, how he c an believ e in a crea tionist God. “but she’ s already an ticipated his an swe r: “Ho w c ould you be an as tronau t and not believe in God? ” She’ d point out the windows , at the violent sta rr y diaspora, and ask hi m what could ha ve made tha t bu t some heedless hurling beautiful fo rce? And he’ d point at the sa me display and ask, “Who could have made that but so me hee dful hurling beautiful forc e?” W hils t th e r e is no t r a d i t i onal s t o r yt ellin g plo t, I f e e l t h e s t r e n g t h of this b o o k l i e s in H a r v e y ’ s c le v e r l y r h yt h m i c d e s c r i p t i o n s of t h i s c o n s t a n t l y u n r a v ellin g w o r l d . On a l m o s t e ve r y p a g e a r e s e n t e n c e s so beau t if ully wr itte n as s h e e x p e r t l y im m e r s e s us i n t h e d r a m a of the s tars .... “ Y ou have this glorious orbit and when you 're or bi ting you're impa ct- proof and nothing can touch you. When the pl ane t is galloping through spac e and you gallop a fte r it th r ough light and dark with your time-drunk brain, no thi ng can end. There could be no end, the re can be only circles.” It is a s h o r t b o o k , but a c o m p l e t e nov e l, a l l t h e w a y t o i t s c o n c l u sion . W i t h a few t i n y s t r o k e s of f o r e s h adow i n g a n d m u l t i ple pa r a g r a p h s of b e a u t i f u l d e s c r i p t i o n , H a r v e y m a n a g e s to b r i n g us b a c k d o w n to E a r t h , a m a z e d t h a t w e ’ v e tr a v e l l e d so far in s u c h a s h o r t p e r i o d of t i m e , h a v i n g f i n i s h e d o u r o w n o r b i t of o ur ow n p l a n e t as w e ’ v e nev e r s e e n it b e f o r e . Ka ren Whi ter *********************** *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** *******

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The 2nd Friday Lunch Club The 13 December 2024 w as the last Lu nch Club ge t to gethe r of the y ear – a fabulous Christmas party in Buckland New ton Village Hall – and a grand finale it turned out to be . In case you haven ’t come across us , we mee t on the 2 nd Friday of every month in our Village Hall – hence our name “Th e Se cond Friday Lunch Cl ub”. Ev ery other mon th we hav e an outing, usually to a pub. Jane t S ea l y

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As it ’s Januar y and we ar e all probabl y f eeling a bit jaded I thought a couple of eas y Sudok u for beg inners would be a good ide a..

Ho w q uickly c a n y ou fin d the F ormula 1 driver s? AL ON SO ANDRET TI BUTT ON C OUL THARD F ANGIO H AMIL T ON H ILL LE CLE R C MAN SE LL N ORRIS PR OS T RAIK K ON E N RICARD O R OSBE R G RU SSELL SCHUMA CHER SE N N A S TEW AR T VE R S T A PP E N VET TEL

January Quiz (answers on page 25) 1. W ho link s poet Lor d B yron and m athem atician Charles Babbage? 2. In wh ich decade was th e electric bass g uit ar in ve nt ed? 3. W hat was Bubble wrap originall y designed for? 4. In wh at ye ar was the “ @” sign f irst used in th e a d dres s of an em ail m es s age? 5. W here was the slo west corner in the last F orm ula 1 calendar? 6. W hich guitar ist is k nown as “Slo wh and” ? 7. W here is the dr iest open -air p lace on Earth ? 8. W hat was the f irst prod uct to h ave a barcod e? 9 . W hich team has won the FA cup the m ost tim es? 10 . W here is the short est comm ercial f light in th e wor ld? By Simon Sp encer

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Vicar: Jonathan Still, The Vicarage, Back Lane, Cerne Abbas T el: 01300 341251 Churchwarden: Jon Sulkin T el: 07971 277584 Holy Rood is open ev ery day fro m 9 .30a m thru’ 5p m for private pray er

January Services at Holy Rood Sunday 5 Januar y Matins at 9.4 5 a m Sunday 12 Januar y Hol y Communion at 9.45am Sunday 19 Januar y All Famil y Service at 4pm Sunday 26 December Hol y Communion at 9.45am

Bucklan d Ne wton Charity Christmas Card up date A magni ficen t £421 .50 w as raised to be split equally betw een Weldmar Hospice and Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. £301.50 w as collected in the Old Chapel Store s and £120 w as donated from The Gaggle of Geese Quiz Night . M any thanks to all w ho donated and to Sue and Pete fo r helpi ng w ith collecting si gnatu res a nd dona ti on s.