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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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Buckland Ne wton Community Car Scheme 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 volunteer d riv ers o ffer a door-to-door service for 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 for ma tion, pl ease rin g 07733 849264 or e mail bncarsc heme@ gmail.com .

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T hursday 4th and 18th September - 2 pm KNIT AND NA TTER Our sessions for September will be on Thursdays - 4th and 18th September 2-4 pm at the Gaggle of Geese. All crafts and skills levels are v ery welcome. At our last session Bridget and her grand-daughter , Emily , came along - with their cross-stitch projects. Both are progressing very nicely . Come and join us w ith your latest creat ions. Lyn 01300 345739 or Jane 01300 3 45477

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W ednesday 3 rd Septembe r – 7.15 fo r 7.30 pm L YDDEN V ALE G ARDENING CLUB – BUCKL AND NEWT ON VILLAGE H ALL T alk by Steve Fry of Castle Gardens – ‘Garden Friend or Foe?’ ***************************************************************************************************************************** ******************

Wednesday 10 th September 7 pm fo r 7 .30 p m FOUR HA NDS, ONE PIA NO – RA GTIME MEETS BOOGIE – Holy Rood Church, Buckland Ne wton (S ee page 6 f or de tai ls)

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Calling al l wal kers , cyc lists and rid e rs. Satu rd ay 1 3 t h  Sep t emb er is th e ann u al R ide & Str id e E ven t taking pla ce th roughout the Country and County. It doesn’t m atter how short or long your rout e o r where you choose to g o, C ountry V illages or T own Centre , i t i s a golden opportu nit y to see those villages and churc hes you h ave n ever b een to bef ore but a lwa ys pr o m ised yourself to visit. T o m ak e i t even m ore interesting, you can get a lift t o your st arting point and hom e from your finishing line too, s o n o exc use not to tr y som ewhere dif ferent and m aybe not o n your doorstep. Most Churches will be open to welcom e you with refreshm ents invariably on of f er and possibly hom e -m ade cake too – yumm y! All m onies raised f or this sponsored eve nt g o t o the Hist oric Churches Fu nd to h elp t he restorat io n and m aintenance of these m ostly Grade I listed buildings plus 50% of sponsorship m oney g oes t o your n om inated Church, h ope full y that will b e Holy Rood! Alt hough f und raising f or the Chancel R oof repairs i s going we ll, we still n eed to a chie ve that £ 50,000 m inim um , s o ever y ef fort b y each walk er , c yc list or rider will help, it ’s a huge am ount to find for the preservation of our Church i n the heart of our lovel y village. Plan your route now o r ask f or ideas, entr y f or m s and m aps ava ilable f rom Jon Sulk in 07971 2775 84. ********************************************************* ***** ***** *** ** ** *** ** ** ** *** ** ***** ***** *** ** ** ***** ** ** *** ** ***** *** **

Four H a nd s, One P ia no - Ragti me me ets Boogi e

What a co mb ina tion! Interna tional Blues a nd Boogie Woogie star Ju lia n Phi llips a nd top R agti me exper t Mike Denham are coming to Ho ly Rood Church on W ednesda y 1 0th Sept ember f or an ev ening of truly f oot tapping, jiggle in y our seat entertainment. These two exceptionally talented play ers are set to fill the Church with a fantastic mixture from both genres. Think Albert Ammons and Jimm y Y ancey to Joplin Rags, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Wa ller and lots more besides. These two styles come together brilliantly in suc h talented ha nds, we'll be tra nspor ted righ t back to the 1920's and 30's. Join us on the night, dressed in 1920's Boogie W oogie style if you wish! Julian and Mik e ha v e pla y ed together at a v ariety of v enues to great acclaim, so this is an occasion not to be missed. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30 star t, refresh ments available beforehand and during the interval. Tickets will be on sale at £12.50 each from Jon Sulkin on 07971 277584, Diana W ells 01300 345 434 or from Old Chapel Stores, Buckland Newton. All proceeds from this ev ening entertainment will go to w ards the essential repairs to the Chancel Roof at Holy Rood, Buck land New ton

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The Club’s final outing o f t he su mmer season, on a beauti ful Au gust a fte rnoon, w as at tended by 33 me mbers and guests w ho v isited “Carey’s Secret Garden” near Wa reham, w ell named as y ou w ould be unlikely to come acro ss this garden by accide nt! The south facing three- and - a -half-acre garden i s, unusually, w alled on three sides only, w ith the fourth bounded by iron ra ili ngs t o allow the frost and early morning mis ts t o roll out o f the garden t o the Riv er Piddle flood pl ai n, leav i ng the pl ants grow ing i n the ga rden unscathed. It was constructed towards the end o f the 19 th century t o serve the Tri gon Estate and was i n its heyday in the 1 920 ’s before starti ng a period o f long decline an d by the late 1970 ’s had ceased t o be used as a garden. When purchased by the Constantine Family shortly prio r t o the C ov i d Pandemi c i t w as unrecogni sabl e as such bei n g totall y ov ergrow n w i th Laurel, brambl es and tal l grasse s. Simon C onstani ne, son o f t he new ow ners reco gni sed the po tenti al o f t he enclosed for mer ga rd en and embar ked u pon its res tora tion, s oon discov ering that the w al ls w ere i n a re mar kably good condi tion an d that the ga rdens the mselv es co uld be reins tated unde r the gui dance o f his de sign team head ed by P aul S c ri v en and D an S mi th , t o prov i de a ba l ance be tw ee n a formal tradi tional w alled garden lay out and those aspec ts that w e fi nd attractiv e today w ith a more in for mal app roach incl uding areas o f rew ildi ng, and the use o f natural gardening techniques. W e were fortunate t o enjoy a guided tour by Dan and see all that has been achiev ed thu s fa r i n this ex citing on goin g re sto ration pro jec t w hich w ill ultimately i ncl ude w orkshops w ith courses and tal ks allow ing visitors t o deep en the ir know ledge in be auti ful su rroundin gs. Carey ’s Secret Ga rden i s not the “Los t Garden s o f Hel igan” rec reated i n Dorset and i s much more compact, but its setting i s very special, and i t i s al ready reco gnised as a cent re o f e x cel lence for ce rtai n pl ants, pa rticul arly Sal vias. I f y ou hav e a n interes t i n garden resto ration pro jec ts Care y’ s Secret Garden shoul d be on y our li st.

Our fo rth comin g w inter season had been p ro gra mmed t o start o n 10 th S eptember bu t has been brou gh t forward by a week t o Wednesday   3 r  d   September due t o exceptional circumstances. Steve Fry o f Castle Gardens She rborn w ill giv e a tal k o n the Sub ject o f “ Ga rden Friends and Foes”. A t thi s me eting, vouchers will be distributed t o members t o enable them t o enjoy a substantial discount on the purchase o f Bulbs fro m the Garden Group’s outle ts a t S herborne and Poundbury. I n addition, M embers and Guests will have a first opportunity t o buy tickets for the talk on Saturday 18 th October by this year’s celeb rity spea ker U rsula Bucha n, p riced a t £7 .5 0 f or membe rs an d £10 fo r v isi tors. Antony P arson *********************** *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********

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Reporting Issue s With 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 ys ide Ser vic e, investigates any issues within the parish of Buck land Newton, reporti ng to Dorset Count y Counc il. 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 ca lling 01305 22446 3 or onlin e at www .mapping.dorsetforyou.gov .uk/ right sofw ay/reportproblem/

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ALEX FR O ST an d NAT HAN CURTIS MA STER THA T CHERS

In the Buck land N ewton Book Corner…… A couple of y ears a go in this ma gaz ine, I rev iew ed and recommended Claire Ke egan’s Boo ke r P riz e shortlisted nov el ‘Small Things Li ke These’. I remember that the depth of her w riting surp rised me, an d despite bein g a qui c k r ead, gav e me much to thin k abou t. So, w hen I re cently came ac ross he r latest book ‘So La te in the Day ’ it w as an easy decision to purchase it and delv e right i n. Set in Dublin, the sto ry takes place on a single day in summe r, with occasional chap ters dedicated to providing the back sto ry. Central to the story is Cathal, w ho we fi rst see w hiling aw ay the afternoon at the o ffice – clearly bothered by so mething, although we don’t know w hat at this stage. All w ill be revealed in time though , w ith Kee gan drip-feeding us additional information at a beautifully calibrated pace. Somet h in g about C a thal’s situation soon beg ins t o seem stran g e . C a thal' s boss comes ov e r and urg e s h i m to " call it a d a y "; C a t hal absent m i ndedly n e g lects to sav e the budg e t f ile he's been wo r k i n g o n . He then r e f r a i ns from chec k ing h i s m essag es on the bus r i d e h o me, because we 're to l d , he: " found he w a s n ' t r eady — th e n w onder e d if anyone ever w a s re a d y for w h a t w a s d i f f i cult or painf u l ." C a thal e v e n t uall y returns to hi s emp t y house and thinks about his f iancée wh o 's move d out. Cathal is heading into the long weekend with just a bottle of champagne and thoughts of w hat mi ght h av e been…… For me there is no doubt Keegan is a good autho r – she use s he r skill at n ot w asting a sin gle w ord, each phrase delibera tely and carefully chosen to conv ey these moments tha t matter, jus t enou gh fo r us to invest in the na rra tive and fill in the missin g detail for ourselves. The re is just one incident fro m Cathal’s past that is des cribed, w hich su ggests that the re must hav e been many, many more similar incidents bu t these are no t men tioned. The re is as much mean ing in w hat Kee gan leaves out in her pe rfec tly paced and measu red sto ry telling as there is in ea ch meti culously placed sentenc e. This is a very thin boo k (just 47 pa ges in the pape rback) and I read it in on e sittin g, bu t con tinued to think about it for days, su ch is the pow er of this mini mas terpiece. Wo rth a read! Ka ren Whi ter *********************** *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********

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Mostly Moths - Oak Eggar W ell, she’s a big, beautiful mamma but not particularly motherly . A large furry moth which landed i n Nicki Barkers’ trap on 22nd July . T o Nicki’s surprise when she opened the trap and found her , she also found a w hole clutch of Oa k E gga rs e ggs (laid i n a n E gg Box ). They rolled aro und like sho t, as i n buc ksho t. Nicki has cau ght quite a few Oa k E gga rs this year so she ran g m e t o see i f I w ould like the m. W e researched Oa k E gga rs and found tha t they do i ndeed, li ke a few other moths, fly around d roppi ng their eggs wherever they see suitable food plants. Seems a bit hit and miss t o me… The other hit and miss bit i s that Female O.As a re noc turnal w hi le the m ale is Di urnal. The happy hour i s at dus k. Anyway I ‘flew’ around the meadow here and scattered the eggs on a tasty area of Blackthorn and Bramble. Than k y ou, Nicki, and than k y ou for the photo too. Fizz Lewis (Surrogate mother to lots of Oak Eggar moths)

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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 prayer

Dear Fr ien d s, The ex cav ations by Sheffield Univ ersity hav e reminded us o f w hat li fe w as like i n the M ediev al v ill age. Rol es w ere deter mined by parentage , cl ass a nd ethni ci ty- Bri ti sh or R oman, N or man o r Sax on. I n Buckland Newton, Glastonbury Abbey and i n the Cerne valley its own Abbey directed and controlled many liv es, thou gh also provided a structure and support fo r the w hole society. After the D i ssol ution o f the M onasteri es, chaos and pov erty mus t hav e been a conse quen ce o f the extraction o f all financial capital t o London. The new landowners were exploitative and demanding. This was the dawn o f the Modern Age, the beginning o f Britain’s meandering wander t o Empire a s the vast wealth o f the monasteries was r e-invested i n London i n the new trading Companies exploring the world i n search o f trade and profit. The Modern village we recognise from Barnes and Hardy. There was a great gulf between the poor labourers’ cottages and the Country House . T o the outside view, encouraged by media, film and television, whether Poldark or Downton Abbey , that all carries on. W e are proud o f our local aristocracy , o f our traditions and quaint customs. We love our traditional Fe tes and Hor ticul tural Show s and en jo y attending the annual ro und o f activ i ti es. I n reality however, w e are now living i n Post M odernity. Our vill agers are i ncreasingly peopled b y highly talented and experienced middle-class urbanites who have been tempted by glossy supplements ‘T op ten places t o retire’ o r ‘Move t o the Country’. W e choose our own role i n our r e-created drama o f rural v illage life . Just in time, because it is increasingly hard to maintain the traditional activities. Incomers can bring so much and are leading a revival in village li fe nationally. But w e need l ocal pa rti ci pati on. 10 00 y ears a ft er i ts founda ti on, Godm anstone chur ch i s i n de sperate need o f a T reasurer for it s modest accounting requirement. Minterne and Buckland Newton are facing u p t o challen ging chur ch ro o f repai rs. So, if y ou lov e these co mmunities and rev el in them, and could len d a ha nd to the w he el , we w ould be so v ery grate ful. Have a lovely Summer . Jon atha n ************************** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** ********* *** *** *** ******* *** *********

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T oday was this year's last Holiday Activity & Food Day at Buckland Newton Village Hall as part of being a Rural Fa mily Hub (and run by v olunteers) ! We've done film making with Artsreach, a day of drama with the amazing Jo-A nne Simons, walking and pizza making w ith the dedicated Buckland Ne w ton Youth Club volunteers and finally 3D M ask M aking with the incredible Darrell Wakelam. The question is w hat sha ll we do nex t y ear?!