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Sports Club - Picnic at the Park late. Landlords make sure your products are covered in properties you own.
Check that all the household appliances are registered so that you are
On Sunday afternoon the Sports Club intend hosting a ‘Picnic at the Park’ event contacted quickly if they are recalled. Check that products are registered in
between 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Parishioners are invited to bring their own picnic, rented accommodation. Check that the owner has registered the household
but sorry, no barbecues. The bar will be open and a range of soft drinks also appliances. If they have not you should register the products yourself.
available. We will also organise some 1950’s style Sports Day activities such as Egg
& Spoon races, Sack races and the like (within modern day H&S regulations!) We If you are concerned about a product’s safety contact Dorset Council Trading
are also arranging for some live music during the afternoon. Standards by calling the Citizens Advice consumer helpline on 0808 223 1133.

Wildlife Walks SEACOMBE
Dorset Wildlife Trust are planning to organise walks around the new Wild
Woodbury site at the former Court Farm. I am not sure whether I want to tell you as it is Dorset’s best kept secret!

I had asked my friend Doctor Jonathan Easterbrooke to share his thoughts with
Songs of Praise me on his best and most iconic wild swim. Well I am afraid that Jonathan is like me
when it comes to wild swimming, a bit of a head case and a little off the wall.
A special Church service will take place at 10.30 am on the morning of Sunday
5th June to which everyone is invited. During this time, entry to the Exhibition will His favourite place to swim turned out to be Seacombe, a rocky inlet between
be suspended but the displays will still be in place until the end of the day. Winspit and Dancing Ledge. This sounded interesting because I knew that if
Jonathan was in love with Seacombe, I would be entranced by its charms.

The Exhibition I had been running my Swim Trek day for the East Dorset Open Water Swimming
Club for the past couple of years consisting of a series of iconic wild swims around
Over the course of the four day weekend, there will be an exhibition in the the stunning Purbeck coast. My first thought was to include Seacombe in this
Church. Previously, we have held Floral and Quilts displays but this time there will year’s swimming adventure.
be the opportunity for our village artists, crafters, photographers and poets to
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display their creations. Potential participants have already been contacted, but On Sunday 15 . July our group of 22 intrepid souls set off to swim Durdle Door,
we would be happy to hear from others who would like to take part. There will Lulworth Cove, Stair Hole, Worbarrow Bay, Winspit, Dancing Ledge and
also be the opportunity to have a sit down with a cuppa and a piece of cake Seacombe.
and, relax in the cool of the church or get out of the rain - whatever the weather Seacombe has kept its charms hidden from all but a few local people or more
decides to do. curious strangers. The south west coast path goes right past, but because it is

Diane Edmonds is the contact for the Flowers and Quilts. She can be contacted unmarked, few stop to
by email on edmonds473@btinternet.com. Alison Debenham and Jill Marsden investigate.
are organizing the Arts and Crafts displays. Their emails are You climb over a gate and
alison@culverdell.co.uk or jillmarsden52@gmail.com. walk down a grassy path
The photos opposite are from the Floral and Quilts exhibition which took place in which then drops to a gully.
2017. As you can see, there were some wonderful creations and we are hoping At the bottom the inlet
that this year will see some even more delightful exhibits. opens to the sea beyond.
My air of expectation grew

as we descended the gully.
Other Activities Would the swim be as good
as Jonathan suggested or a
As more events are planned and details worked out, further information will be bit of an anticlimax?
circulated in this magazine, through the village Facebook group and on posters.

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