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Growing Old DORSET COUNCIL- WEST PURBECK REPORT
Snorts and stitch, cramp and twitch, all signs of growing old;
Coughs and sneezes, splutters and wheezes – now I’m getting a cold. Dorset Council’s budget
Once you’ve reached your three times twenty proposals for next financial
Complaints they come – fast and plenty! year
The budget was approved at Full

Crumbling arches and hair falling out, Council and was not changed from
Arthritis, hypertension – followed by gout. that described in last month’s report.

Hard of hearing and creaking knees,
Warts and bunions – we all know of these. Land searches (When
moving House)
Remember when young you could run for a bus? The number of working days to respond to land search requests shot up during the
Now you can’t run a bath without making a fuss! pandemic due to a variety of reasons including a massive increase in the number
You’re putting on weight, you’d like to be slimmer; requested and a major shortage of skilled staff who were also being poached
from Local government. The response rate is now down to 28 days from 63 last
Now’s the time to order your zimmer! October. It is still some way off the target of 10 days, but we hope to achieve that
soon.

Tablets and vitamins, pills and potions,

Ointment and balm, linctus and lotions. Dorset to host first ever
Sensations and symptoms that defy description – Tour of Britain stage in
Must remember to pick up my prescription! 2022

Back not so straight now? Getting a stoop? Dorset will play a starring role when
Could be worse – could be croup or droop. the Tour of Britain, the UK’s most
prestigious cycle race, heads there
We went out for fun, now it’s quite the reverse, for the first time in 2022. The historic
Going out now is to visit the doctor or nurse. county will host the penultimate
stage of the race on Saturday 10
They say you’ve got housemaids knee and nerves, September, as the eight-stage event
work s i ts way down from
You’re getting podgy where you should have curves. Aberdeenshire to the Isle of Wight.
You used to walk fast, now you have to hobble; Over 100 of the world’s best riders will compete in the 18th edition of the race, with
a large crowd comprising both local residents and cycling fans expected to turn
Nothing is steady and bits start to wobble.
out for this unforgettable, free-to-watch spectacle. While it may be the modern
race’s first visit to Dorset, the county welcomed the Milk Race – a semi-professional
Memory loss and insomnia, and a feeling of bloat, forerunner of the Tour of Britain – on multiple occasions during the 1970s and 1980s.
Indigestion and heartburn are more we can quote. The full route for stage seven, including the start and finish locations, will be
Hard skin and callouses, and corns on the toes, revealed in due course
Swollen ankles and pulled muscles – we all know of those. So please put September 10th in your diaries and expect some roads to be closed.
More information as and when it becomes available.

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