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sitting next to them and the Associate countries put up a very good fight – we April
watched Ireland play the UAE, it was thrilling and a very close game. When we
were back home, we were asked, would you have liked longer, would you live out 2nd Fuschias my way - Derek Dexter
there? Yes, we would have liked longer, but no, I wouldn’t want to live out there.
Apart from the obvious pull of family ties here, what is different and extraordinary 1TC 4th Bere Regis Scouts explore Borneo Julian Lightfoot
for a while might somehow become normal and routine which would be a shame
and also being away from the UK always makes me appreciate it more when I 9th The Range and Poole Quay £10 9.30am
come home. When we were first married, we spent almost a year living in Hong
Kong, I can still vividly remember that February morning that we arrived back at 9th Spring in a Ring, Sandy Miles (workshop) 2.00pm
Heathrow, the air was crisp and clean, unlike anything else we’d experienced in
Asia. So, change is good for us, whether it’s to remind us of what is good in our

lives, or to give us new and exciting challenges, or perhaps wake us up from the PC 11th Parish Council meeting, Village Hall 7.00pm
being stuck in the same old routine.
And speaking of change... 17th Annual meeting

You may have heard already, but I have decided to retire at the end of April, and SP 18th Beef cobbler Lemon roulade
this will mean a move away for us. One of our exciting new challenges will be
keeping youngest grandson happy when his mum goes back to work, so a familiar
routine in some ways, but lots of fun! 24th Bridport and Weymouth £10 9.30am
Of course, the festival of FN 30th Stan Graham, Nigel Waite, Jay Parrack 7.30pm
Easter was a time of great
change for those early
Christians, a time when the May
sorrow of Good Friday, when
Jesus died on the cross, was 2nd Dorset Town and Parish Council Elections
transformed to the joy of new
life when Jesus rose again
three days later. As you 1TC 2nd Real Dorset Jonathan Woolcott
break open your Easter Eggs
on Easter Sunday morning,
perhaps you will think about 7th Church visits and lunch £10 10.00am
Jesus and that empty tomb
and thank him for the sacrifice he made because it’s as relevant for us now as it
was for those first Christians and it’s a message worth shouting from the roof tops – PC 9th Parish Council AGM, Village Hall 7.00pm
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia!
That’s a change worth holding on to! 11th Plant Sale, Honeycombe Cottage, Shitterton
A very happy Easter to you all 14th Day out and venue to be decided

Sandra
SP 16th Soup, Hot Gammon, Crème Brulee

22nd Romsey and the New Forest £12 9.30am

28th
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