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In our present circumstances the popularity of the peregrines is easily understood.
CHURCH AND VILLAGE Self-isolation means that time spent online has increased, and home schooling
has sent carers looking for resources for every aspect of the curriculum. Of
ACTIVITIES, SOCIETIES, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS and CONTACTS
course.
But perhaps there

are other reasons,
Association Contact Tel Address E-mail Meetings/Info too. While we all
adjust to our
changed and
Mobile Library Dorset County 01305 dorchestermob Alternate fortnights Car s t r a i t e n e d
Council 224440 ilelibrary@dorse park
tcc.gov.uk Mondays 9.20- 9.50 circumstances –
Fridays 10.50 - 12.15 staying at home,
social distancing,
Neighbour Car Brenda House 01929 stockleyfarmpa Community run transport
Scheme 471255 rtners@gmail.c option a n d l o o m i n g
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economic hardship
Pop in Place Alison Bennett 472023 3 Rye Hill Close popinplace@g Weekly. Drax Hall – the peregrines
BH20 7LU mail.com Monday and Friday carry on as they
mornings
10.00 - 12.00 always do. They are oblivious to the anxiety and fear that circulate below them.
And thus they are a significant reminder that this season will pass, and that
Bere Regis Pre-School 471334 Southbrook preschool@ber Providing care and education
‘Pebbles’ Bere Regis eregis.dorset.sc for children from 2 to 8 years, another will follow.
including breakfast club from
BH20 7DB h.uk 7.45 a.m. and after-school club
until 5 p.m. They also exult in the glorious liberty that is denied to most of us at present. The
falcons can, quite literally, stretch their wings and fly, enjoying long views, hunting
Rotary Club of David King 01929 Hyde Woods, Hyde david.king@gb
Wareham 471087 Wareham, BH20 7NT pltd.co.uk their prey, soaring, and diving as they choose. A glimpse at their webcam shows
www.wareham
rotary.co.uk us the precious freedoms that we have temporarily renounced, and it allow us not
to lose sight of them.
Salt and Pepper Lunch Brenda House 471255 stockleyfarmpa Monthly, Scout Hut, 3rd
Club rtners@gmail.c Thursday. 12.30p.m. And – in early May – the Cathedral should become home to peregrine chicks!
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Our falcon has laid four eggs. She is sitting on them very determinedly. But one
Twinning Association Jackie Ahern 07876 Jackie.ahern@hot Meetings and events day the eggshells will be shattered. Their broken remnants will be discarded. For
577012 mal.co.uk arranged as and when.
something new will come.
W.I. (Bere Regis) Mrs Dian Pitts 471322 pitts.dian Monthly, Bere Regis Sports Does that remind you of anything? The stone was rolled away. The graveclothes
@gmail.com Club were abandoned. Something new had come.
3rd Wednesday @ 7.30 pm
The sustained life of God’s creation. The liberty of its children. The death-defying
life of Easter.
I think the peregrines tell a hopeful story.
Nicholas Papadopulos

To view the falcons’ webcam visit: https://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/visit-
what-see/peregrine-falcons-0

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