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friends or neighbours can request help from the Dorset Together team. Support making our way to the jaws of the cove. Turning left we stopped a while at the
includes food shopping and delivery, collection of prescriptions, dog walking and entrance. Boats large and small lay at anchor in the cove. They positively sparkled
befriending. Help can be accessed via our online form or by calling the Dorset in the early morning sun. As we got closer, we could see the sailors getting their
Together helpline on 01305 221000, 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. People with craft ready for the day.
queries about getting online or improving online skills can call the Dorset Digital
Hotline on 01305 221048, Monday to Friday from 10am – noon. Outside of those We swam to Sailfish, climbed aboard and Jo
times you can leave a message and a Digital Champion will get back to you. made us a lovely cup of tea. It is a beautiful
boat and I could imagine myself sipping

champagne onboard a luxury yacht in the
th
Avian influenza precautions from December 14 South of France. Valentine said: “We were at
Mute Bay last night and caught some
From the 14 December all poultry and captive birds must be housed under new whitebait for supper.” Apparently the
rules issued by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). Due to the increase in whitebait had been chased into shore by a
cases of Avian Influenza (bird flu) found in both wild birds and commercial poultry giant shoal of mackerel and 30 or 40 of them
flocks these additional rules have been brought in to prevent further spread of the had landed on the beach. Emile and the
disease. This follows the Avian Influenza Protection Zone (AIPZ) that was introduced boys had put the few who were still alive
by APHA in November. For more advice and regular updates on the latest back in the water (Ha, the old softie...) and
situation, visit Government’s avian flu pages. Poultry and captive bird keepers and cooked the rest for a delicious meal.
members of the public should report dead wild birds to the Defra helpline on
03459 33 55 77 (option 7), and keepers should report suspicion of disease to APHA It was time to swim ashore and prepare for
on 03000 200 301. the rest of the day. Swimming with good friends in a cathedral of natural beauty, it
really doesn’t get any better...

Bob Holman
Car Parking Charges
Following extensive discussion by Councillors, Dorset Council has revised the LOCAL GEOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE HISTORY
proposed changes to car parking arrangements. After notice was provided to
Town and Parish Councils of the proposed changes in October, many people – ANY INTEREST?
voiced their concerns, especially considering the current financial pressures faced
by businesses and regarding the introduction of charges up until 8pm. The
recommendations remain, as they were revised, in force in Weymouth Dorset is known for its world-famous Jurassic Coast but many people know little
about the role of younger deposits and geological processes that shape the
The recommendation for the Implementation of Sunday charging also stays as countryside around Bere Regis.
before, but Town and Parish Councils can ask for free days for special events. The
Extension of morning charges in Purbeck to begin at 8am stays as was The village lies at the boundary
recommended. The recommendation to extend evening charges to 8pm has between two very different
been withdrawn. landscapes. To the north, lie
rolling hills, open fields, chalky soils

with flints and arable farming. To
5G Project - new 5G buoys the south, a flat-topped hill, with
flint-rich gravel deposits, whose
Dorset Council has announced the slopes are cut by ancient, incised
signing of a contract with JET Engineering trackways (holloways?). Here,
System Solutions Ltd and Excelerare sandy soils support mixed
Technology Limited to deliver a network woodlands and gorse: smaller
of Surf Condition Monitoring (SCM) buoys fields host beef cattle and horses.
to the Lulworth Estate coastline. The trial is

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