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October 2018 October 2018
POP IN PLACE NEWS
BERE REGIS WILDLIFE AND

An Evening with Local Band Rapport ENVIRONMENT GROUP
th
Saturday 13 October 7.30pm at the Drax
Hall
Autumn and the season of morning mists and mellow
Come along to this great night out within the village the fruitfulness is now upon us. We can take pleasure in the
Tickets are £5 each bring your own drinks and nibbles during the evening the Pop rich colours of ripe haws, hips and other fruit in the
In Place Awards will be presented. hedgerows (a valuable food source for birds over the
coming months) and the changing colours of leaves
All welcome to book a ticket telephone 01929 472023 before they fall. Another feature of Autumn is the
emergence of a range of fungi – take a look to see what you can find on

woodland floors, on trees and dead wood. But, be aware - some are poisonous –
Thank you to everyone who supported the Bere Regis so, leave well alone. The photo is of
Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk some bright red elf cup fungi found
in the wooded area alongside Bere

Stream.
Thank you to everyone who supported the Macmillan Coffee
Morning
More on both of these events to follow. Join Us on our
Conservation Working

Parties
Movement to Music at the Pop In Place on Monday Mornings
(Upper Hall ) Our first Conservation Working Party
of the Autumn season will be held
We are a friendly group meeting Mondays 9.30am for 40 minutes; it is for anyone on the morning of Saturday 6th
who wants to take a little more exercise but is not mega fit. The sessions will be led October. We will meet at the bridge near to the Scout Hut, Elder Road at 10am.
by one of our team with choreography background and designed especially for We normally finish about 12.30.
this client group with suitable music and movement.
Our main task will be to carry out some scrub clearance in the wooded areas
We are asking for a £3 fee per person per week.. You are very welcome to visit alongside the stream. This work is carried out on a rotation over three / four years. It
the Pop In Place Community Café after the class for refreshments. allows light to reach the woodland floor and for a wider variety of wild flower
plants to flourish. With support and guidance from Dorset Wildlife Trust, our work is
Come along and give it a try, you will be made very welcome.
helping to conserve the best of what is already there and make the stream and its
environs even more wildlife friendly. Our work over past years has certainly

Pop In Place enhanced the riverside area for plants, birds and animals.
Community Café Please come and join us. Many hands make for light work; all are welcome (under
16s should be accompanied by an adult). No experience is required, there’s a
There is a warm welcome for all friendly crowd, it is great fun and good exercise too! If you have some clippers,
at the Pop In Place Community loppers or a hand saw please bring them with you. If not, don’t worry – we’ll have
Café we operate the café’s on some spares.
Monday and Friday mornings
10am until 12 noon. On the Dates for other Conservation Work Parties in 2018 are Saturday 3rd November and
Friday we have Bere Regis Saturday 1st December.
Watercress at 50p a bunch

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