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BERE REGIS NEWS LULWORTH COVE AND STAIR HOLE

BERE REGIS PARISH COUNCIL I love summer weekends as I get up with the lark and prepare for my early
morning swims. My great swimming friend Emile had emailed to say he was
taking his boat Sailfish out and would I like to come for a swim in Lulworth Cove –
Chairman: Ian Ventham 471480 ianrventham@gmail.com
a huge treat for wild swimmers. I was in the car by 7.30am and on my way to
pick up another of our Whatsapp swimming group members Sean at the Red
Vice Chairman: Bryan Benjafield 07969 bryan@cheapprintingdorset.co.uk Lion at Winfrith Newburgh. The sun was an earlier riser and had been glistening in
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Parish Clerk: Amanda 01935 bereregispc@gmail.com Having parked up we made the short walk to the Cove. For those of you who
Crocker 83454 have never been to Lulworth Cove it is one of those places that capture your
imagination. It is a vast expanse of water enclosed by a cascade of multi-
Websites: www.bereregisparishcouncil.co.uk coloured rocks and grassy hilltops on all sides bar its mouth. It never fails to lift my
spirits and I am always left in awe at its staggering beauty.
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Sailfish was moored a short
distance from shore and Emile
th
The Parish Council met remotely via Zoom on Thursday 10 December 2020. The gave a friendly wave. The family
next meeting will be on Thursday 14 January 2021, again remotely. If you wish to was there with his wife and sons,
th
join the meeting, or wish to send in a question to be read out, please contact the Jo, Valentine and Oscar looking
clerk beforehand.
busy on the boat. It was time to
change and get ready for our
swim. Costume, hat, goggles
Update on Rye Hill Speed Problem
and wetsuit on, we stacked our
Alison Bennett’s petition had been handed to Dorset Council. The Speed swim bags by the beachside
Indicator Device (SID) has arrived and we are awaiting the installation of the café ready for Emile to swim
posts. We understand the Community Speed Watch team (CSW) can be trained, ashore to join us. He was non-
but cannot be operational before mid-January. If you would like to volunteer for
the CSW, please contact Angie Wright at thewrights.1@btinternet.com wetsuit and there was a time when I would
have joined him but I am such a wimp these

days! Also, the one small downside of swimming
Planning Applications at Lulworth is there is a small stream that
empties itself into the cove, lowering the
The planning application for change of use of agricultural buildings to 4 dwellings temperature of the water by a degree or two.
and associated building operations at Yearlings Poultry Farm, Bere Regis was
discussed. This application has been submitted under Permitted Development The beach is pebbled and uneven. Negotiating
Rights, which means the building can be converted but any development this surface can be a little challenging and I am
cannot extend beyond the existing curtilage. always very careful as I descend to the water’s
edge. This time was no different and as soon as I
The Parish Council recommended no objections, but commented that if this had enough water I flung myself forward and
application had had to follow normal planning guidelines it would have been lunged into the sea- wonderful! The exhilaration
unlikely to be passed. I experience every time is so difficult to put into
words, it is just brilliant!

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