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December 2018 December 2018

BERE REGIS WILDLIFE AND BERE REGIS AND DISTRICT

ENVIRONMENT GROUP TWINNING ASSOCIATION

Join Us on our Conservation Working ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND
Parties QUIZ FEBRUARY 2019
Please come and join us at the next Working Party – The Bere Regis and District Twinning Association are
Saturday 1st December - many hands make for light holding their Annual General Meeting on Monday
work; all are welcome (under 16s should be 11th February 2019 at 7 p.m. Straight after the AGM, at 7.30 p.m we will be holding
accompanied by an adult). No experience is required, there’s a friendly crowd a quiz and raffle. All are welcome.
and it is great fun too! Or, just pop along and find out more about what we are
doing. Venue will be published in the January Parish Magazine.
We will meet by the stream bridge near to the Scout Hut, Elder Road at 10am or If you are interested in joining the Twinning Association, please email
you can find us along the river. We normally finish about 12.30. If you have some jackie.ahern@hotmail.co.uk for details.
loppers or hand saws please bring them with you – if you don’t, no problem we’ll
have some spares along with other tools. Our efforts are helping to conserve the
best of what is already present along the riverside walkway and is intended to November 11 . 2018. BERE REGIS JOINS WITH CÉRENCES
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make the area even more wildlife friendly.
TO REMEMBER
Further work parties will be held in the New Year, dates to be announced.
A delegation of fourteen

Our November work party people led by Ian Ventham,
concentrated on repairing an as Chairman of the Parish

area of eroded river bank around Council, and Roger Angel,
a storm water outfall near to the Chairman of the Bere Regis
kick about area. The work Twinning Association and
involved driving stakes into the Chairman of the Dorset
river edge, cutting willow stems Twinning Associations,
and weaving them through the a t t e n d e d t h e
stakes and backfilling the area Commemoration for the end
with surplus material from when of the First World War in our
the pond was dug on Souls Moor. twin village of Cérences.
You can see us in action in the
photo. Invited by the Mayor M. Jean-
Paul Payan and the Jumelage

of Cérences, this was a formal
reciprocal visit following 2014

Help Us Record Ancient and Veteran Trees when they came to us.
At the time of writing we are about to have our first session identifying and We all felt that being a part of
recording ancient and veteran trees in the Parish. We’ll let you know how it went their community for this event
next month. We hope to have further sessions. If you would like to be kept informed gave us a greater insight into
by email, please let mike or Tony know. And, if you know of any old trees you think living in an occupied land, the
are valuable let us know and we will take a look at them. desperation and privation of life

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