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November 2018                                                                       November 2018

        BERE REGIS WILDLIFE AND                                                                                                many  people  who  assisted  in  the
                                                                                                                               production,  the  school  who  loaned  the
        ENVIRONMENT GROUP                                                                                                      stage,  all  who  made  props  and  the
                                                                                                                               backdrops  and  costumes,  helpers  who
       Join Us on our Conservation Working                                                                                     made  sure  the  cast  were  in  the  right
                                                                                                                               clothes  and  the  right  place  and  crowd
       Parties                                                                                                                 control;  most  of  all  to  the  Beavers  who
                                                                                                                               worked so hard and had a fantastic time
       We  held  our  first  Conservation  Working  Party  of  the
       Autumn  season  on  Saturday  6th  October.  We                                                                         performing for the adoring audience.
       concentrated  on  coppicing  some  willow  stools.  This  is                                                            Beavers also visited PGL in Osmington for
       being carried out on a rotation basis, thus creating a mix of habitats for wildlife and                                 a  weekend  in  October,  where  they  had
       allowing light to reach the woodland floor so that wild flowers can flourish, such as                                   fun  climbing,  abseiling,  doing  archery,
       the Marsh Marigold pictured below.                                                  zipwire, fencing, races and enjoying camp fire fun!  Real challenges were faced
                                                                                           and  conquered  as  for  most  of  these  children,  as  it  involved  2  nights  away  from
                                                     Along  with  other  works  our
                                                     efforts are conserving the best       home and a packed programme of activities, plus personal organisation of clothes
                                                     of  what  is  already  present        and taking responsibility for their own kit, which is one of the life skills that Scouting is
                                                     along  the  riverside  walkway        trying to inculcate through the sections.  But I have yet to have a camp or night
                                                     and  making  the  area  even          away which generates no lost property!
                                                     more  wildlife  friendly.  Please
                                                     come  and  join  us  at  the  next    Scout Hut Hire
                                                                               rd
                                                     Working  Party  –  Saturday  3
                                                     November  -  many  hands              The Scout Hut is available for hire, particularly during the daytime – rates from £7.50
                                                     make  for  light  work;  all  are     per hour.   For more information, please contact Andrea Marshall on 01929 472588
                                                     welcome (under 16s should be          or 0788 422 6445,
                                                     accompanied  by  an  adult).
                                                     No  experience  is  required,         andrealynnmarshall@hotmail.com
                                                     there’s a friendly crowd and it
                                                     is  great  fun  too!  Or,  just  pop
       along and find out more about what we are doing.                                    Logs
       For our November work party we will doing some repair work at the stream edge,      Logs  for  sale.  Bags  of  seasoned  logs  £3  and  bundles  of  kindling  £1.  Proceeds  to
                                                                                           Scout Group funds. Contact Bernie Lightfoot 01929 472007
       so wellingtons are advised!

       We will meet by the stream bridge bear to the Scout Hut, Elder Road at 10am or
       you can find us along the river. We normally finish about 12.30. If you have some   Contact us
       loppers or hand saws please bring them with you – if you don’t, no problem we’ll
       have some spares along with other tools.                                            If  anyone  would  like  further  information  about  Bere  Regis  Scout  Group  or  the
                                                                                           Kingsbere  Explorer  Scout  Unit,  all  the  contact  details  for  the  individual  sections
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       Further  work  parties  will  be  held  on  Saturday  1   December  and  on  dates  in  the   (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers) are available in the village directory at the
       New Year, to be announced.                                                          back of this magazine.  General enquiries and offers of help/assistance: Neal Unitt-
                                                                                           Jones on 01929 472273.

       Help Us Record Ancient and Veteran Trees                                            Scout Group Publicity: Andrea Marshall on 01929 472588 and Helen Unitt-Jones on
                                                                                           01929 472273.
       You can help us identify and record ancient and veteran trees in the Parish. Join us
       on  a  walk  to  survey  these  trees.  Our  first  session  will  be  held  on  Saturday  17th

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