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L ydden V ale News T eam Edito r Am anda M cKenna lyddenvalle y@gm ail.com T reasurer V incent M cKenn a Adv ertis ing M anag er Al an Si mmons All Enqu iries and A dverts to: lyd denvale adverts@gm ail.com Reports/ Art icles/Interview s lyddenvalle y@gm ail.com

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The Bit at the Beginning … . Do you look forward to the dark er evenings when you can cos y up indoors or do you dread it ? As it’s been an exceptional summ er , I think we are all look ing f orward to som e decent (but not t orrent ia l) rain and th e landscape turning from brown to green again. I ’m sure our am azing F irefighters will finall y be able to breat he a sig n of relief, along wit h th e Farm ers . I ha ve a feeling the Autum n will be f ull of surprises (I hope! ) and, having given up on t he garden, seein g th e gre en shoots of recover y . At the m om ent I cannot im agin e be ing cold and putting sock s on – although, talk ing of reco ver y . Having recentl y had hip rep lacement surger y , t hat is an im possibility an ywa y without help. I ’ve never enjo yed using a ‘helping hand ’ so m uch - or a litter pick er as I call it – it’s a m arvel. How old do I f eel? An ywa y , I have a target of walk ing a m ile by the m iddle of Septem ber – I think the Gaggle is about that dis tance from Duntish. Ha nd y!

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The Sept embe r Villag e Ca f e w ill be on Frid a y 25th. Fr om 10 .30 a .m. til 12 n oon at Bucklan d N ewt on Villag e H all. Coff e e/ T ea an d c a k e - £1.50 - wha t a b ar g ain ! E very one v ery welcome - locals and visitor s. Come a lon g and c a t ch up with y our friends and n eighb our s. See y ou t her e L yn Cox 01300 345739 Liza Hill 01300 345230 ***************************************************************************************************************************** ******************

Wednesday 23rd September 8 .30 pm PUB QUIZ – T HE GA GGLE OF GEESE (Se e pag e 7)

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CELEBRITY SPEAKER, NICK BA ILEY OF BBC GARDENERS WORLD – ‘CONFESSIONS OF A TV GARDENER’ – BUCKLAND NEWTON VILLA GE HALL (See page 12)

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Saturday 27 th Septemb er 3 p m HOL Y ROOD CHURCH COMMUNITY MEETING – BUCKLAND NEWTON VILLAGE HALL (See page 20 and en closed Flyer) ***************************************************************************************************************************** ****************

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Open   Mic   Night - Wednesday September 2nd September and 7th October – pop down from 8pm to 10pm to enjoy local musicians. Or be brave and joi n in w ith a song or tw o. Pub Quiz - W ednesday 23 rd September – ou r popular Gaggle pub quiz returns. Fun evening o f head scratchers, cryptic clues an d g ene ral knowledge. T eams o f u p t o 6 . £ 2 pe r person o r free i f y ou dine before the quiz . Booking required. Prob able fu ture q uiz dates are 21 st October , 18 th November and 16 th December Knit   &   Natter - Thursday 3 rd & 17 th September - the fortnightly crafting group. Free to attend. Bring a projec t and perh aps some cak e! 2 til 4pm Christmas   Functions - our diary is open for Christmas group bookings and functions. Get in touch if you hav e a date in mind or w ould like to be sent the Christmas Menu. Dates for y our diary Gaggle Halloween – Saturday 31 st October – disco, spooky fun & games. Free entry & free treat bag for all! More details soon Bonfire Nig ht – Thurs day 5 th Nov ember - The annual Village B onfire & Firew orks in the Gaggle gardens. Lantern parade fro m the Parish Field (opposite the school) fro m 5pm. Bonfire lit around 6pm. Fireworks around 7pm. Fireworks, ba r , BB Q, ho g roast an d ho t chocolate s! W eather dependent – so keep an eye on website and social media!

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To support ou r fundraising we have scheduled TWO car w ashes in the co ming year, and I w ould urge everyone to come and get their car washed and support your local Y outh Club. The dates are:

Saturday 24 October 2 026 bet ween 0930 - 123 0 Saturday 20 February 2027 bet ween 0930 - 1230 Y ou can of course make a donation to Buckland Newton Youth Club at any time and help us to continue our w ork. If y ou w ould li ke to do thi s, pl ease email us at bucklan dnew tony c@gmai l.com for details of how to dona te. In the meanti me if you h av e a young pe rson w ho w ould like to join us for the Autumn term, they ne ed to be in Yr 6 or abov e and aged 10+.

K ate Par ish Lead Y outh Worker bucklandnew tony c@gm ai l .com

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In the B uck land N e wton Book Corner A nn Patchett is one of t hose autho rs w ho se s kill at w riting deeply engagin g and e m otionally resonant nov els ma ke her a popular choice w ith indi v idual s and boo k cl ubs al ike . He r most recent novel ‘Whistler’ w as released in June this year and I mad e sure to ma ke it one of my summe r reads. Daphne Fuller shares a private joke with her husband Jonathan tha t “old guys love me”. T hey recount the numerous times older me n have homed in on Daphne in various social situations. However, when they visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jonathan notices an older, white-haired gentleman apparently follo wing them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, who had been married to Daphne’ s mother for just over a year when Daphne was nine. Now , at f i f t y - t hree, Daphne hasn’t seen Eddie f or many years, not since a fateful evening and a car accident involving them both, that Daphn e has al ways believed destroyed the marriage. That random meetin g reignites their relationship and spark s an emotionally resonant stor y that lo o k s at the moments and relationships that truly make us who we are. We learn about Daphne and Eddie through a series of conversation s that re f erence the accident obl i q uely and other chapters that put us back in time and in the car with them as the accident occurs. T his clever combination helps f orm our understanding of the characters and the reasons for the choices the y made and the choices that they had no control over. Even the most dramatic scenes are experienced through Eddie’s cal m demeanor and reflect Daphne’s complete trust in and affection for him. And then there is more. T he story within the story is of a horse called Whistler – a motif that runs throughout the book and which begins with Daphne admiring a granite carving of t wo horses “Or maybe it wasn’t two horses so muc h as one horse and i t s g host”. The si g n i f icance of this musing becomes more apparent as the story unfolds . L i ke all Ann Patchett’s books, Whistler is a gi f t of storytelling - a novel about grief and love that celebrates the i m p ermanence of our existence and the love that ma k es it all worthwhile. T his is Ann Patchett at her very best . Kar en Whiter

Spotted Fly catchers nearly fled ged and th en f led g ed an d last to leav e. 2 out of 3 heads hiding in a p rotec ted site fro m 3 e ggs in less than a month , their second nest this year , yet there were none around last y ear! Amazing how they hav e coped w ith the heat. Ja mes F rankl i n **** *** *** *** *** **** *** *** ** **** *** *** *** ***

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Oenothe ra spec iosa ‘Pink Pet ticoa ts” . ak a Mex ica n Ev en ing P rim ros e Flow ers M ay-Sept Resilient, mini mal fuss , h ardy perenni al Full sun Drough t tol eran t once es tablished Spreadi ng ground cov er Attra cts  bees & butter fl ies 2 other varieties are “Jan e’s Whi te” and “C op per C any on”

Best to buy as pl ug pl an t s in ea rl y sprin g .

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Helping P rotect D orset Res iden ts from F rau d I w ould li ke to introduce my self as the F raud Prot ect Office r for Dorse t Pol ice. F raud con tinues to a f fect people of all a ges and b ackgrounds acros s Dor s et, o ften cau sing not only financial loss bu t si gni fic ant emotional and men tal dis tress . The impac t can be long-lasting and , s adly , can leav e victims v ulnerable to fur ther sca ms. To help ta c kle this, Do rs et residents can a ccess A sk Damian, a unique fr aud prev ention se rv ice available 24 hours a day , 7 day s a week from D orset Po lice. Usin g their free phone minu tes, resi dents can receive instant frau d prev ention adv ice wh enev er they need it, helping them ma ke in fo rme d decisions be fore re spon ding to su spicious calls, emails, tex ts, w ebsites, or re quests fo r money . It c an answ er ques tions on all ty pes of fraud from doors tep callers, to ro mance fr aud in a kind and fri endl y manne r . The serv ice is uni que to Dorset and p rov ides immediate, p ractical guidanc e. Durin g trials, 30% of u sers took pro tect iv e action as a d irect resu lt of the adv ice rece iv ed, helpi ng the m av oi d poten tial fr aud and the financi al and e m otional har m that can fol l ow . In addition to the telepho ne support, use rs receiv e a text message conta ining the adv ice prov id ed, allow ing them to refer ba ck to the in fo rma tion w hen needed.

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Ac ross 7 . W riter heard a truck on the sheltered side (6,3) 8 . Plead about lever (5) 9 . T imetable of Information T echnology at home shows railway after an age (9) 1 0 . Step over a fence w ith reported elegance (5) 12 . Pow er turns gre en w ith envy in the end (6) 1 3 . Bad at I ce Dancing? So give up tit le (8) 1 6 . A bitter source (7) 1 9 . Threatening Oscar w ith takeaw ay including duck (7) 2 2 . Cube throw n into naked co okout (8) 2 5 . “Scrape it or roll it out” say s Cooper (6) 2 7 . Prepared cash ( 5) 8 . Billboards not giving aw ay a sh ill ing ( 9) 2 9 . Di screetly holding rubble ( 5) 3 0 . Ben trains around like Rog er on a st aircase (9)

Dow n 1 . Backing champion at Fakenham spor ting a roomy robe (6) 2 . Three of the fifteen best seats (5, 3) 3. That ma n is cr eat ively cordial (6) 4 . Put a port er on it (4,3) 5 . Football team said to retail some tickets (6) 6 . Gala and French style of dance ( 6) 1 1 . A female and a man (4) 1 4 . Su ch a fuss about not hing (3) 1 5 . Loudspeaker s hold back short records (3) 1 6 . Hair style goes up and dow n (3) 1 7 . Hesitate? Right. M ake a mistake (3) 1 8 . Eri c cooked f ood ( 4) 2 0 . Flow ers for vain people (8) 2 1 . Sleep at cr icket ground leads to dismissal ( 7) 2 3 . Cagney w recked business (6) 2 4 . Harry or Hector H ound (6) 2 5 . Digging is tedious (6) 26 . Bir d takes time for fle dglin g (6)

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Dear Fr iends, A s a 16 -y ea r-ol d i n 19 76 , ha rv estin g po tatoe s at H ampres ton M an or Far m, I w atche d the D orse t E l ms o f the Stour Valley succumb a s the summer drought proceeded. Weake ned by the fun gal and beetle attack, w e were left with a permanent Elm winter o f skeletal forms. Recently the Ash has been afflicted with Ash Dieback w ith si milar devastatin g impact upon our beauti ful valleys. Last year Robin and Sh ell ey Smale-Meagher had their marriage blessed at S t Mary Cerne Abbas. They will be living at Lyscombe, where their reception was held. Having been thus blessed, they are seeking t o be a blessin g t o this our shared space throu gh the re genera tion o f re si stant s trai ns o f bo th sp eci es. They have set up a charitable en tity ‘ The Tre e Grow ers’ Club” i n as sociation w ith the John Inne s Research C en tre i n No rwi ch. They w rite: “Th e Tree Grow ers Club has been se t up t o re store v iable ash and elm populations acros s the UK . W e hav e a s tron g conne ctio n w i th the Do rset D ow ns, hav ing hel ped es ta bli sh the new nature rese r v e at Lyscombe, Piddletrenthi de. W e are thrilled to announce that w e w ill be running pilot projects i n the Cerne and Piddle Valley s. W e are lookin g for v olunteers t o help find and grow new lines of healthy trees and t o test a model w e hope t o scal e t o a na tional lev el . A s many o f you w ill know, ash and elm trees ar e severely threatened by Ash Dieback and Dutch El m Disease. Fo rtuna tely, th ere i s hope , as a small proportion o f trees possess na tural resistance t o these di seases. U si n g techni ques dev el oped by the J ohn Innes C ent re, to ge t he r w e can col l ect seed from these resistan t tree s an d rapidly ge rminate the m a t ho me , be fore planting out at sel ec t site s around Cerne Abbas. I f you would enjoy collecting tree seeds, germinating seeds at home, or planting trees, w e w oul d lov e t o hear fro m y ou. Please con tact nat hani el @tree grow ers club.co.u k o r joi n us for an information session at the St M ary Cerne Abbas Parish Church on M onday 14th Septe mber at 7p m.” How wonderful to be able to be part of the fightback for the future in Cerne and Buckland Newton. Please do co me and sup port and ex press y our i nt erest . Jon atha n ************************** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** *********

Buckl and New ton V illage H al l Games Afternoon Saturday 2 4th October, 2.30 to 5p m An afternoon of fun, laughter and games for ev ery one, y oung and not so young w ith traditional pub classics like darts , dominos, skittles, scrabble, jigsaw s, guess the person, w hat's in the bag and mor e brainteasers. There is the option of making up a team of 6 or comi ng on y our ow n. Entry is £5 per p e rson to p lay a ll the games

T here will be cof f ee, tea and hom em ade cak es on of fer at £5 per person whether you play or n ot. T here will also be a raf f le. So come along, have fun, chat with friend and support our community .

All proceeds w ill go tow ards the ongoing Chancel Roof Repairs of Holy Rood, Buckland New ton.

T ickets from Diana Wells 01300 345 434, Jon Sukin on 07971 277584 or from The Old Chapel Stores, Buckland New ton. If you w ould rather just come for the tea, it w ould be helpful to know for numbers. Thank y ou.

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Hai rdressi ng Salon at the heart of the Piddle V alley Off ering men’s, women ’s & childr en’s cuts, c olour s an d r es t yles . Exp erien ce d s tylis ts who t ak e the time to lis - t e n Fr ee on -s tr e e t parking Main  Str ee t, Piddle t r enth id e D T2 7QL www  .jasper  sh  air  salon.co.uk 0130 0 3485 69 Con t act us t oda y to discuss y our hair needs.

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Y  OU  R C  OUN  CILL  OR  S   ARE:  - Chair Andy Foot 01300 345511 Vice Chair Nick Bak er 07812 528170 Councillors Mick Ames 01300 345497 Sam Hask ell 07580 362662 Da vid Man n y 07798 837122 Mark N eedham 01300 3 45293 Chris Osmond 01300 345326 Br ad ley P err e tt 07855 473641 Lin T ownsend 01300 345306 Flood W ar den K evin Mor se 01300 345707 Righ ts of W a y Liaison Officer Stephen White 01300 345431 P arish Clerk Sar ah Mit ch ell 01258 8 17288 / clerk @bucklandnewt onparishc ouncil.gov .u k Chalk V alleys W ar d - Dor set Council – Cllr Jill Ha ynes 01300 341277 / cllrjill.ha  ynes@dor  set  council.gov  .uk

Reporting Is sues W ith FOOTP  A  THS or BRID  LE  -P  A  THS Stephen W hite, as a Rights of W ay Liaison Of ficer for the Dorset Coast & Countr yside Service, in vestigat es an y is sues within the parish of Buck land N e wton, reporting to Dorset Count y Council. His contact num bers are 01300 3454 31 or 07773 28 3764 If you prefer to report issues directl y to the counc il, you can do so by calling 01305 22446 3 or online at www .mapping.dorsetforyou.gov .uk/ rightsofw ay/reportproble m/

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