Bisterne News

Issue 67 www.bisternevillagehall.org Bisterne Village Hall Charity Number 301747 [email protected] June 2020

Many thanks to Thomas Lon- don Day Schools for sponsor- ing the Newsletter.

The Stable Family Home Trust support adults Their costs have also risen in terms of needing with learning disabilities. supplies of PPE and extra staffing hours due to the additional support required looking after Due to the Covid-19 situation, the charity has their vulnerable clients and are seeing in- lost a large amount of income through having to creased costs at time when experiencing a close their Aspire day services at Bisterne, as well as the cancellation of crucial fundraising huge loss of income. events, which has plunged them into a huge def- icit and have launched an emergency appeal to Funds from their emergency appeal will help help raise vital funds to continue their care ser- them deliver support and in-home activities to vices during these unprecedented times. adults with learning disabilities, as they continue SFHT also operate 10 supported living services to use staff resources that are not currently in Bournemouth and have put into place maxi- funded, along with games and crafts to keep mum measures to secure the safety of vulnera- people occupied. ble people they support.

‘’It is the toughest time we have faced as a chari- If you would like to make a donation or require ty and our dedicated staff care team are critical further information regarding SFHT Emergency in providing support 24 hours a day, 7 days a Appeal, please go to https://www.sfht.org.uk/ week in our supported living homes. They are coronavirus-appeal not only keeping our most vulnerable people safe and well but also supporting people emo- tionally as well as physically’’.

OBITUARY: FRANK BREWER

Sadly on 14th March we lost the former Game- daughters in law Julia and Laura and his grandchil- keeper on Bisterne, Frank Garth Brewer. dren Megan, Fearne and Sophia. He had suffered from a long term illness which Unfortunately, due to the lockdown, the family had unfortunately put him in hospital but for his were not able to attend the funeral but are plan- last few days he was at the Nursing ning a Celebration of Life when the restrictions Home in , able to see the trees and lis- are lifted. ten to birdsong. We look forward to celebrating Frank’s life, dry He was 76 years and not long retired from his sense of humor and wonderful story telling soon. beloved job as Gamekeeper. Julia Brewer He will be sadly missed by his wife, Minna, his three children Rachael, Rupert and Richard, his Page 2 Bisterne News Bisterne Estate at the Purdey Awards On Tuesday 4 February tain a stable population). 2020 gamekeepers, In plain words, that landowners and mem- means the lapwing popu- bers of the shooting lation is self-sustaining at community gathered Bisterne. at Apsley House in Lon- The judges that spoke don to celebrate the with Rupert after the winners of the 2019 ceremony said that they Purdey Awards for were very impressed Game & Conservation. with Bisterne Estate, which was one of the The awards recognise first Estates of its kind to those involved in the be so highly recognised world of shoot man- in the awards particularly agement and conserva- due to the fact that the tion, and who achieve conserved wader birds outstanding results in are not bred for shoot- Rupert Brewer the Gamekeeper from improving game bird habitats and ing. biodiversity. Bisterne Estate, accompanied by his wife, met with Hallam Mills for the As a result of this entry, Rupert was In previous years, entries have ranged evenings ceremony and waited with then invited to Highgrove to take part from grouse moors restorations to baited breathe to find out if they had in a workshop with His Royal Highness grey partridge projects, from fenland won. Unfortunately, it was not to be the Prince of Wales. The workshop wild pheasant shoots to wildfowling Bisterne’s year, instead picking up the focussed on developing future agri/ clubs, and a superbly restored one “Highly Commended” ranking. environment schemes for the benefit of wader species such as Curlew, an- acre wild duck flighting pond. The Estate entered the competition as other successful Bisterne bird. The Duke of Wellington, Chairman of a result of the efforts they have made the Awards judging panel, announced to recover the breeding of the Lap- The success of this project has been the 2019 winners and the recipients wing (or Pee-Witt). Since 2015 they due to a number of individuals who were presented with their awards by have seen annual productivity in- continue to carry out this important Sir Nicholas Soames, former Con- crease from 0.49 to 0.80 lapwing work to help protect the wading birds servative MP and Minister. chicks fledged per pair (lapwing need that visit our lovely corner of the to produce 0.7 chicks per pair to main- world.

WILD ENTERTAINMENT

Remember last Christmas 2019!! and Our birds are doing well, but seem to be then Happy New Year 2020!! Who much hungrier this spring, I am forever The Tawny could have visualised back then that filling up the feed station. Owls are we were all going to have our lives often call- upturned by something so ‘wild’ and The Blackbirds and Thrushes fledged ing day and ugly as this Coronavirus. early and Robins not far behind, we are night. expecting our Jenny Wrens from the gar- Our wildlife is carrying on with their age nest to go any day now, also the Blue We do have one, (actually I suspect a lives regardless, and have you like us, Tits from their nest by the back door. whole family) of unwelcome visitors in taken more time to watch and listen? the garden, a very persistent mole, that Oh the Joy! so few cars, no airplanes, Greenfinches and Siskins are regular to is trying hard to wreck all the plants, we can hear so much more of what is the feed station at the moment along with even so it is amazing to see the Robins going on around us, the cows and the growing number of Goldfinches and following the mole runs knowing that a dogs in the distance and the birds Dunnocks and lots of Chaffinches picking worm is going to pop up sooner or later around us, people talking as they go up the scraps from the floor. The pair of and then along comes Mr Blackbird to walking or cycling past on their cho- Goldcrest and Bullfinches still visit the help dig it out. sen exercise has become quite a new outback garden along with the summer Eileen Gowen sound here. visitors like Blackcaps and Chiff Chaffs and the Cuckoo loud and clear. Keep Safe and Well Everyone Issue 67 Page 3

Across 46. Legendary fire breather 17. Type of park the New Forest is clas- 8. Another name for plover 47. Public's favourite scarecrow winner sified as 9. A yellow spring flower that grows 2019 (word 1) 21. The river from a bulb 48. Pen name of Francis Edward Wintle 22. More often seen than rabbits 10. Full of trees 49. Which William was Sir Walter Tyrell 24. Locally famous annual festival 11. What you are currently reading accused of killing? 26. Many New Forest cottages have this 13. Pretty blue flower growing in the 50. Black bird giving its name to Bis- on their roofs woods this time of year terne's edge 27. The knight's first name 15. Dragon's favourite drink 51. The saintly name on the church 29. One who breeds and protect game 18. Wartime use of Brixeys Farm 52. Where agriculture takes place birds 19. The name of a local farm as well as 53. The local airport's original name 30. Code all country users should follow the "corkscrew" railway route through Ring- 55. The surname of a local knight 32. Public's favourite scarecrow winner wood Down 2019 (word 2) 20. A large fish of the river 1. Surname of the local landowner 34. Buildings converted into a charitable 22. Only seen at harvest time (word 2) 2. Where the eel stage is located trust 23. Where the New Forest wildlife park 3. A pub of this name once stood on 35. Fine country house is located the road 37. A sandy area of Bisterne? 25. Name of the local raptor centre 4. Final number of the main road 39. A common local bird with a long tail 28. A clerical residence through Bisterne B334_ 43. Our local community building 31. Where a dance is held every year 5. 's favourite autumn party 44. The first name of our newsletter 33. One of the fords across the river 6. This famous ford is nearby editor 36. Only seen at harvest time (word 1) 7. Francis Edward Wintle's most fa- 45. Where the dragon lived (word 1) 38. Local centre for disabled riding mous work The _ 52. A suitable venue for ploughing 40. The lane marking the southern end 12. Exotic evergreen shrub hated by 54. Large mammal frequently seen in of the estate Rasher the woods 41. Land traditionally open for public use 14. Frequently seen farm transportation 56. The official name of the big woods 42. Where the dragon lived (word 2) 16. Did royalty once live here? Page 4 Bisterne News

Lets keep our minds active with a wordsearch

Can you find the following

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News from Avon Valley Young Farmers Club

After a successful year, our club has stock judging practice, a visit to a water- been awarded the Young cress farm and an Easter Egg hunt. Farmers Cup for the most money Very sadly we had to cancel all meet- raised for charity. £3100 was raised ings from March onwards and we don’t for local charities from the bi-annual know when we can re-open. Steam and Vintage Vehicle Rally the YFC put on in Kingston. However we always welcome new members from ages 10+. If you’d like We had a fantastic Winter pro- to find out more information about us gramme which included a ghost walk please look us up or message us on our around historic Christchurch, a farm Facebook page. Search for Avon Valley skills day where everyone, even the YFC on Facebook or type in this link: juniors, got to try their hand at weld- ing, chainsaw maintenance and brick- https://www.facebook.com/ laying, a brilliant Have-A-Go public AvonValleyYfc speaking evening and another very successful quiz.

Malcolm Bull gave us a superb lesson in how to prepare game birds and we all got to take one home for dinner. Chairman Ed Sibley receiving the cup at Spar- Events we had planned for the sholt College, Hampshire YFC headquarters Spring/Summer were going to include a visit to a farm in Waterditch, the Issue 67 Page 5 Parish Article

The age-old IT “Our life is going to be less charac- ways and thoughts are greater advice when terised by attendance on Sunday than our own (Isaiah 55.8). computers run and more characterised by the John the Baptist comes to mind, into difficulties prayer and service we offer each someone who was a messenger, is….’have you day.” like the Old Testament prophets tried turning it off and on again?’. The Church used to focus its life preparing people for the coming In technical circles this is known as on what happens in its buildings is of the Lord, making his paths a soft reset. As a world we have now dispersed and distanced. straight (Mark 1.3). How we can run in a global difficulty, Corona- However, despite our buildings we prepare good, fertile ground virus and the cost has been high, being locked the Church has never that the Lord can use to bring the loss of life, the loss of liveli- been so alive. Amongst the volun- people into an encounter with hoods has been great. Coronavirus teers connecting the vulnerable Him? has affected all of us, none of us with food and prescriptions are are without a story to tell. And yet On the 10th May the Prime Minis- Christians. Members of Churches another dimension of the pandemic ter addressed the nation and of- are helping those who are isolated has been to hit the ‘reset’ button on fered some sense of the ‘next not to be lonely. There is a sense our lives and most aspects of our steps’ towards easing lockdown in which a situation none of us daily living. Seven weeks ago, measures and entering our ‘new would desire is causing the Church home working was a trendy alter- normal’. The Church of to be ‘reset’ as the missionary native to the ghastly commute, fur- and our Diocese of Winchester movement Jesus commissioned lough would have been guessed at have been hit hard by Covid19 the Church to be. as a gardening term and childcare and are facing some challenging was expensive yet a staple part of Of course, there’s a joy to coming decisions on the future shape of family life. Roll on the clock and together for worship in our build- Church, this will obviously have the world has been reset, our rou- ings. There is that wonderful per- an impact for us in Ringwood tine irreversibly changed. We have vading sense of prayer and the Benefice too. Over the coming seen life across the world ‘reset’ memories of life events celebrated. weeks and months, the PCCs itself. This has happened to such But so many of the miracles we and Leadership Team will be an extent that, the NHS and Gov- see in the Gospels, so many of the working out which Churches and ernment and other organisations encounters we read of happen out- services will open and when at are talking about a ‘new normal’. It side of religious buildings. The the point where Government and does seem to be universally ac- Church was never intended to be the Church of England reinstate cepted that there is no going back. reduced to stone but as a people public worship. Underpinning all who along with our wonderful of this will be that journey of pray- In the midst of the trauma of loss, buildings are living sacraments er and discernment which I invite there has been a great birthing of through which God works. you to join us in undertaking. creativity. I have seen stories of opera singing doctors singing to The Church must contemplate, and Peace and all good, encourage their NHS colleagues through prayer, discern its own Matthew Trick and a Manchester DJ leading a new ‘normal’. What will this look- roof-top party. There has also been like, we don’t yet know. We’ve met an amazing resurgence in volun- new people online along the way, https://www.ringwoodbenefice.org.uk teering and sense of community. people whose faith journeys we Quite rightly, the church has been must continue to support post- given an opportunity to respond lockdown. We are Church families creatively during this time of crisis. and some members of our church The public are turning to Church families might remain isolated for too for messages of hope over fear some time to come; we must hon- and a source of prayer for the pan- our them. This article is really an demic. When public worship was invitation to pray that God would suspended by the Archbishop’s of show us the way ahead, we need Canterbury and York, +Justin his wisdom, his guidance for his wrote:

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Lockdown recipe file Kindly provided by lovely Bisterne residents

Starter for four - Vinala's prawns: Slow Cooker Cassoulet Marie's Coronation Chicken (for 4): Big handful of raw butterflied prawns 1 tin chopped tomatoes One cooked roast chicken divided into One red chilli, finely chopped 1 tin cannelloni or butter beans chunks One clove of garlic, finely chopped 1 chopped onion, carrot, celery stick 2 Tbs medium curry powder Bunch of chopped coriander or flat leafed Handful chopped roast pork 2 Tbs Mango chutney parsley Handful chopped ham 2 Tbs Runny honey A diced mango Leftover roast duck or chicken 2 Tbs salad cream Flatbread Garlic paste 2 Tbs double cream In a medium frying pan, heat a splash of Mixed green herbs Coriander olive oil and add the chopped chilli and Saffron Heat curry powder, mango chutney and garlic and cook for a minute or two. Then Chorizo if you have it honey until it's bubbling. Allow to cool. Add add the prawns, cook for 2 -3 minutes until Chicken stock salad cream and double cream, and stir and they go pink. Finally add the mango and Leftover duck or chicken gravy add the chicken. Garnish with coriander. warm through. Sprinkle with coriander and Fry off the onions, carrots and celery first. serve on its own as a starter or with flat- Place all ingredients in slow cooker. Cover And for the brave… bread. with enough stock to cover everything Nettle soup Leave for 4 hours then check the seasoning (add some if required) and the thickness https://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/ (and gravy granules if required). Continue nettle-soup to cook for another 2+ hours

Asian hornets ONLINE! There have been increased sightings of this non native species which poses a risk to Unfortunately the Open Farm honey bees and pollinating insects. Sunday that was due to take The latest case of Asian hornet was confirmed near Christchurch, Dorset on 1 place on the Bisterne Estate October 2019. Two nests have subsequently been destroyed. has had to be cancelled and PLEASE REPORT SUSPECTED SIGHTINGS will now not take place until next year. How to spot an Asian Hornet: Instead LEAF Online Farm Sunday is taking place  have a dark brown or black velvety body on 7th June, join the conversation! #LOFS20 Whilst on farm visits are unable to take place, tune  have a yellow or orange band on fourth into social media channels from 8am - 8pm on Sun- segment of abdomen day 7th June, to meet some fabulous farmers!  have yellow tipped legs https://farmsunday.org/online-farm-sunday  are smaller than the native European hornet  are not active at night If you suspect you have seen an Asian hornet you should report this using the ‘Asian Hornet Watch’ app available for Android and Apple phones Lockdown, a time to: Or: https://www.brc.ac.uk/risc/alert.php?species=asian_hornet

Convalesce: stop: reflect: wash and disinfect hands: bond with one’s family: be tolerant: get used to social distancing: thank the NHS: ap- preciate birdsong: mourn: ring friends and family: support neighbours: get up later: become used to watching TV at 5pm: be innovative: worship the silence and empty skies: bake: contemplate: enjoy the empty roads: shop around for the things you can’t find: Zoom: exercise: drink more than one usually does: debate about the new “normal”: extoll on the glories of Spring: appreciate the garden: read poetry: play games: experiment with hair cutting: order more on-line: catch up with undone tasks: cheer our key workers: learn how to make kites: get bored of the word “Coronavirus” on our news screens as we did for Brexit: play ‘grandmother’s footsteps’ in the supermarket queues: star gaze: swap jokes and video clips with friends and family: think: be strong: feel blessed: pray for humanity’s future on earth: be grateful to be alive. Lal Mills