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I expectthat many of us have been amazedand movedby the exampleof Captain Tom who has now raisedover f 32 millionfo" the NHS.His initialtarget was f 1000. He has becomea greatexample to us of hopefuldetermination in difficulttimes.

One of the positivething to comeout of the (lovid 19 crisisis the way peoplehave caredfor neighbours,shown generosity, anc in a remoteway have had more time for eachother, which is great...longmay it continuelOne thingthat has stuckin my mind is the way some havebeen swapping/sharing plants because we havenot beenable to get to gardencentres: a smallexample, but stillimportant.

It is goodto see practicallove in action.In the Bible,John the friendof Jesus, encourageshis readersto showthis lovein action.This is becauseit is a signthat God's lovefor us meanssomething: it is rear.He warns us that we cannotsay we loveothers and thendo nothingabout it...how can the loveof God be in our heartsif we do not care for thosewho are in need.We couldextend this beyondour own countyto the millionsof peoplein the worldwho strugglewith food security,medical care,sanitation, human trafficking and much more.Many of thesewill not have accessto the infrastructurethat we enjoyand which is helpingus throughthe Covid 19 pandemic.

And yet we mayfeel helplesswhen we see the scaleof the problem:how can I help when so many desperateareas of need,when there are so many peopleto help? We may feel it's all too muchfor us, and then we don't do anythingto help.But we needto be encouragedthat smallacts of love are alwaysworth doing, even if they do not solvethe problem.We may not havethe experienceof CaptainTom, whose fund raisinghas been so successful,but he startedsmall, just becausehe wantedto help.

Ihis is the message you heard from the begrnning. We should love one another...Ih,'sis how we know what loveis:./esus Christlaid down hislife for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothersand sisfers. 1 John 3.11&16

So let us explorehow we couldshow God's rovein as manyways as we can.

With everygood wish,

Tim Pausefor Thought

' I wonderhow familiar you arewith the exp.sssion Expectthe unexpected',I think in thesedifficult times that is an expressionthat possiblycomes to mind on morethan one occasion.

Who wouldhave thought that we shouldbe confinedto our homes,unable to see familyand friends in closeproximity, workirg from homeand travelling only when absolutelynecessary? This is wherecomputers have come intotheir own, even with thoseof us who are not particularlycomputer literate. Through programmes such as Zoomwe have beenable to keep in touchwith family,friends and work colleagues and lifehas gone on. Whata surprise!

Who wouldhave thought that in the middleof Maywe wouldbe havinga seriesof hardfrosts over night bringing peril to the trrlantsalready shooting up and delaying the plantingout of thosetender bedding plants and dahliaswe havebeen nurturing in the greenhouse?What a surprise!

Who would havethought that the LordJes,rs would risefrom the dead afterthree daysand beenseen by, and sharedmeals with the disciplesand manyof his followers?What a surprise!

Who indeed?

But God is a God of surprisesand surprisesus when we leastexpect it and in ways we do notalways recognise. Pope Benedir:t XVI said,"God is alwaysfaithful to His promises,but He oftensurprises us in the wayHe fulfilsthem." Letus givethanks to thissurprising God for the ways He has shcwnHis lovefor us and through us as we carefor our neighbours,friends and family at thistime.

As we cometogether, (on line),each Sunday to worshipthis surprising and amazing God we give thanksfor the positivethings that havecome out of this difficulttime.

Who wouldhave thought that each Thursday we wouldall turnout intothe streetsto clapto showsupport for our NHSand fronrline workers?

Godwould.

Thissurprising God is everpresent with us to supportus and loveand carefor us. Mayyou knowHim in yourlife perhaps at the mostsurprising time!

Yours in Christ,

Linda Wilcock St.Mary's Church (ururrw.stm arysm aiden newton. co. uk)

Servicesin June

Dueto the currentCovid-19 situation there are no servicesbeing held in the churchalthough this Lqtest winners: couldchange at any time.Look out for notices. However,there is a serviceat 10.00amonline each Sunday" See Melbury Team website 18thnprit 4 :4Jyt,-l 9i,?",jl1e a]|:!-g- _rl 1. GaryFree €5 2. DilysBrierly €3 3. C E Clothrer E2

25thApril CHURCH L. GilesDroop €5 ctosEp ?. AdqmClqrk €3 ffiE 3. Jeon Horvey E2 covtD.tg ZndMoy 1. PotPercivql €5 Jumble Sale Correction- our next jumble sale will be held on 2. MoirqDolgleish €3 Saturday17 Octoberin the villagehall, Maiden 3. RobinSmith f,z Newtonstarting at 2.00pm. 9th ,t^oy 1. JudithStinton €5 $ 2. DqveCopp €3 g 3. GayWestloke EZ 16th lvtoy CoffeeHouse 1. PatFree €5 Currentlybeing held each Saturdaymorning ?. JohnTrowbridge €3 online at 10.30 thanks to Zoom video conferencing.lf you wouldlike to join us contact 3. RochoelHeoth f,z Ti m Gree n s Ia d e at !1'-*.Ergq ff ia{ g,$3;l r_lrrli:._U. .,.i1 Youwill have to makeyour own coffee! Annual ParochialChurch Meeting Which was to have been held on Thursday,23rd LunchHour April at 7.30pm in St Mary's Church but was Unfortunately,there will be noLunch Hour in June. postponedto a laterdate to be confirmed As soon as the restrictionsare lifted and it is consideredsafe it willbe resumed. lf youhave questions contact: Thechurch does not close, LindaWilcock 01300 32112 or onlythe building.Because we PennyWykes-Sneyd 01300 320334 arethe church, the living bodyof ourLord Jesus andwe areeverywhere. ?---*$# \ y'r$t€lyatrrTraatffi€nt Plant In*tallationc for Ow**r: rf Septic Tanks $epfic Tunk Ownsr? New lawsrhat applyto own€rsmsan that you mayneed to updateyour systernto a \dastewaterreatm€nt plantto stop )rour septictank polluting the environment. Pleasecontact us to arrangea frea assessfilentvisit, 01s35507 $S8 hellaSburrow-e nviron menta l.com

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Forover 30 yearsMaiden Newton Runners have beer stagingthe annual'JohnnyKipps' race. This 'Brains' yearit lookedlike we wouldbe conqueredby corona'rirusuntil Charlie Bladonstepped in with a cunningplan. Perhaps inspired by hisGreen Je'sey Cycling Tours business, taking cycling trips to France,he suggesteda cycling-styletime trial.Run rers were allocated start times at 15-minute intervalsso we couldrun the racesolo, at a safedistance from eachother. Normally we stayat a safedistance from other racersbecause we get left behind,but we tend to bunchtogether with eachother, start chatting and go evenslower. So we reededa methodto keepus apart.

TheJohnny Kipps race is namedafter a guestof Lord'l/ynford in the late1980s who askedhis host to suggesta runningroute. This year some younger nrembers of the Kippsfamily had planned to join usforthe run,and the eponymousKipps was lined u[, to startthe race,but theseplans were scupperedby the virus.The course follows the originalroute, leaving towards West Compton,following the roadup towardsEggardon ar d thenturning right again to loopback to WynfordEagle, a total of 5.8miles. This means that il is mainlyuphill for the firsthalf, then flat or downhillfor the secondhalf. The trick is to pushhard enough up the hillto Eggardonnot to losetoo muchtime but to leaveenough in the tankfor a fast.l.5miles back to the finish.

Thewinner is presentedeach year with a famoustro;rhy, namely a batteredold biscuittin whichwas firstpresented, full of biscuits,by LordWynford to the winnerof the firstrace. Stuart'Pocket Rocket'Harcourt prevailed in the firstrace all those years ago, using an impressivelydevious tactic. Hewas some way behindJohn Wright (the ex-mecha ric, not the mushroomfancier) for mostof the racebut got closerand closer on the way backfrom I ggardon.Taking cynical advantage of John's hearingproblems, Stuart came up behindJohn as quietly as he could,unnoticed by John,then sprintedpast him just at the finish,too latefor Johnto respond.Stuart later affixed a Jokerplaying cardto the bottomof the tin to representthe spiritof MaidenNewton Runners. This year Tony Rimmerwon the tin, finishingin 41 minutesdespite I avingsuffered from covid-19in Apriland havingcycled from Dorchesterto takepart in the rac,:.When we will be ableto presentthe trophy to him remainsunknown; we awaitfurther instructiors from BorisJohnson.

At the time of writing,the lockdownhas been eased ,r little, with peoplenow allowedto leavetheir housefor exercisemore than once a day.I askedmy :o-columnist,Mr LesKnott-Bother, if he plannedto takeadvantage of thisnew freedom. Pref,rcing his reply with somechoice colfoquiaf isms he went on to saythat he is forcedto : hield,due to sufferingfrom'indolentio obeso', andis in negotiationswith Sylviaat the newsagentst,) get hislottery tickets delivered along with his newspaper.He then launchedinto a tiradeagainst alt the extrapeople he seeswalking and running pasthis window since the lockdownstarted, distractirg him from hisdaytime television.

Not everyonetakes Mr Knott-Bother'sattitude to exercise. We arekeen to recruitnew membersto MaidenNewton Runners. Everyone is welcome, wherever you liveand howeverslow you run.When the lockdownends we will resumeour slowMonday night runs (about 4 mileseach week), our Wednesdayevening runs and our occasionalSunday ;ocial runs. In the meantimewe havelots of ideasfor differentroutes (including the one I suggestedin lastmonth's article) and plenty of support to offerfor peoplewho maybe gettingstarted or wh r maywant somevirtual company after runningalone. Our website has more information (m,lidennewtonrunners.wixsite.com) or contact SophieSennett in Cattistockor me or CharlieSpencer in MaidenNewton.

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Anyonein need,please do usethe Food Bank set up in

> lt hasbeen set up in responseto the hardships causedby Covid-19,and will last until the needis past

> lt is basedin CattistockChurch but is intendedto coverthe surrounding rural area and villages

) We havestocks of basicfoods and toiletries/cleaningproducts etc; perishables are boughtwhen required

F Thereis a limitedrange of foodand general provisionsavailable at theback of thechurch, stockedup as needed.You canjust take what you need(or continue to donatein thesame place) between10.00-12.04 each day.

F Fora broaderrange of goodsthere is no referral requirement,simply contact one of the numbers below if you would like us to put togethera box (andcan be doneon a weeklybasis).

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Yes,the allotmentsremain open, but onlyas lcngas we adhereto the emergencyregulations on singlehouseholds and socialdistancing. We are lucky;many have been closed. With this beautifulspring weather and enforcedstay at home,they have been a real Godsendto those of us who would othenrvisehave been kept indoorsfor most of the time.This is when allotmentshave come intotheir own: growing your own choiceof fresh,local produce in the freshair. We can'tmix freely but thatwill return in time. Fortwo hundredyears allotment sites have been a familiarfeature of the Britishlandscape, tuckedaway on the outskirtsof townsand villages,distributed among suburban houses aroundevery city. Such land was neverchoserr for its horticulturalmerit, but ratherdesignated for use as allotmentsbecause it was simplyland that was not profitableto use for anything else.The siteswere usuallyjust the spaceslef' over betweenhouses and factories,with restrictedaccess to roads,or sometimesin the floodplainsof rivers,or enclosedby passing railwaylines. The best view of allotmentshas alwaysbeen from the railwaycarriage, mostly because the originalrailway companies were second only tc localauthorities as providersof allotments. Likeother utilities, they had landsurplus to therrown needswhich was dividedinto allotments for their own employees,and the vistaof allotmentsis best appreciatedfrom a railway embankmentsince they are ofteninvisible fror the road,approached only through a narrow drivewaybetween houses. So it is in MaidenNewton. The allotmentsare only fleetingly glimpsedfrom NordenLane (Narn), or suddenlydiscovered by long-distancewalkers descendingDrift Road ('the Drift')who oftendo a doubletake at the gate. But for the train traveller,this privateworld is laidout for inspection,concealed from the road:straggling rows of sproutsand cabbages,ramshackle home-made huts and brokenfences, a smouldering bonfire,and in winterperhaps just a few solitarvfigures bent against the wind.

The current situationhas resultedin some strangeand cisturbing slghfs. Here'sone you witl not see often. Rob arrivingat his allotmenton a bicycle.But did he make it I'ack home again?

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RussellJarobs/ RichardSmith Mob 07977-514S9B www.{vsweeps.cs.uk DORCHESTERTRUST FOR COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY Govid-19

We at DTCP& CollitonStreet Psychotheraoy Services are able to announcethat we are able to offertwo free specializedservices during this time of crisis.

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We are able to offer6 short-termcounselling sessions free of chargeto all those of you who are workingin hospitals,health care, care homes, shops, in essential serviceindustries and as carersin people'shomes. These sessions cannot be face to faceand maybeby telephone,Skype or Zoom.

Pleasecontact us in the usualway via our website www.psychotherapydorset.co.uk or by telephoning07714 330120.

ANYONEAFFECTED BY COVID-19

lf you or someoneyou know could benefitf rom a one-offtalk to someonewho does not knowyou and who has hada professionaltraining, we haveintroduced a listeningservice.

lf you contactus, we willarrange for someoneto callyou back.He/she will be ableto listenand speakwith you for 50 minutes.Tre serviceaims to helpyou sharesome of the impacton you and to regainsome senseof control.lt is not an adviceservice and cannotbe an alternativeto regularcounselling or therapy.

Pleasecontact us in the usualway via our website www.psychotherapvdorset.co.uk or by telephoning07714 330120. A Cryto SaveOur County Town April2O2O

'Home AsTown Crier of DorchesterI am often askedto givemy Cry',particularly in competitions.As the title suggests,this is a cry extollingsome of the virtuesand telling someof the storiesof the town I represent.My HomeCry, which has to be limitedto a maximumof 125words, goes like this:

OYEZ! OYE;:! OYEZI Dorchester,an ancientplace, with stone-agewooden henge, Standsbeside the riverFrome - a hundredmiles from Pengel We'veCeltic Maiden Castle, sa,:ked when the Romanscame 'Durnovaria', Who builtfine muchof whichremains. Throughpestilence, iires, war andcrises To dreadedJudge Jeffrey: and hisBloody Assizes. TheTolpuddle Martyrs, lcng owed their pardons, Stillhaunt the Court,the Walks,the Gardens. 'Casterbridge' The of Hardvcontinues still to thrive, Whilethe poetryof Barneskeeps the dialectalive. Todaythe Prince'sPoundbury is reachingto the west, I trustthat you will relishDorchester, ene of the best. GODSAVE ]HE QUEEN

Asyou cansee there's plenty to celebrate,commemorate and enjoy in Dorset'scounty town, and manyof the lineshave a resonance{ar beyondthe countyboundary. And there's plentymore. My cry,limited in lengthas it is,nrakes no mentionof MaumburyRings, 'one describedby ThomasHardy as, of the fine;t RomanAmphitheatres, if not the very finest,remaining in Britain'.There's no referen,:eto the fabulouscollections in the Dorset CountyMuseum, currently undergoing a f 13 millionNational Lottery-funded extension, nor of the displaysin the KeepMuseum showing the centuriesof actionby the Dorset Regiment.There's no roomto mentionthe CountyHospital, the DorsetHistory Centre or the architecturalsplendour of HighWest and HrghEast Streets which can only be truly appreciatedwithout traffic. By any national measure, Dorchester and its immediate environsare truly blessedbythe wealthof evidenceof its long,varied and fascinating past. Thereforeltruly believeall of Dorset'sresidents can and should be proudof their county town.

However,Dorchester is facing a truly fundamentaland irreversiblethreat; a changethat woulddestroy forever one of its mostsingular,rnd precious aspects, its ruralsetting. The ancientboundary on the northernside of the town abruptlydelineates the transitionfrom urbanto rural,from town to countryside.Curr*:nt plans by landowners,farmers and developers,including Persimmon, to build400() homes on the downlandimmediately beyondthe watermeadows to the northof the town wouldobliterate the uniquenessof Dorchester'ssetting.this unique feature of Dorr:hester'ssetting. lt wouldalso mean the loss of 1000acres of productivefarmland and the destructionof wildlifehabitats, while compromisingsites of archaeologicalinterest - includinga putativeBronze Age cemetery and a desertedvillage. lt will,inevitably, place an enormouslyincreased strain on the education,health and other publicservices in tne town.There are, as you canimagine, manyother concerns: the watersupply, drainage and sewerage, and the possiblepollution of the riverFrome and consequently of PooleHarbour's status as a well recognisedwetland habitatof internationalstanding. There are also issues around transport, traffic, and the poorlinks between this satellite development and the town centre.

Duringmost of its existence,and certainly from Romantimes onwards, Dorchester has servedas the markettown for the products,goods and services created for and requiredby the farmingcommunities around it. lt hasbeen the countytown sinceL305 when the first CountyGaol was built in HighEast Street; the town becamethe judicialcentre for Dorset, formingpart of the WesternCircuit for the Assizejudges. lts liveanimal market only ceased in 1991while the popularweekly Wednesday nrarket still serves a widearea.

Describingearly 1-9'n century Dorchester in his rrovelThe Mayor of Casterbridge,,Dorset's most famous literary figure, cornmented on its lackof suburbs,that 'l: 'with 'transitionalintermixture of town anddown'. stood,'he continued, regardto the widefertile land adjoining, clean-cut and distin,:t, like a chessboardon a greentable-cloth.'

It would be bothfoolish and completelyunrealrstic to expectDorchester to be the same todayas it wasin the Lgtncentury; but surelywe should,if at all possible,both respectand preservethe mostvital characteristics of its longand fascinating past? To losethis quintessentialaspect of its settingby the watermeadows of the riverFrome and the rolling downsto the north,so vividly described by Thomas Hardy, amounts to culturalvandalism.

We havealready lost Dorchester's abrupt boundary with the countrysideto the west,where Poundburynow occupiesthree former Duchy f,rrms; we've lost it to the south,which now reachesthe footballstadium roundabout on the roadto Weymouth;and we've lost it to the east,where Hardy's Max Gate home is as firmly within the town boundaryas it wasbeyond it whenthe housewas built in 1885.The only srde of the countytown whichstill correspondsto Hardy'sdescription is to the north,the veryarea which is currently under threat.

DorsetCouncil is currentlyputting together a new LocalPlan for the wholeof the rural county(excluding the formerPurbeck District Council area). Although there has so far been NOpublic engagement with the new Plan,it's likely this 4000 home development to the northof Dorchesterwill be includedas a "preferredoption".The questions we shouldall be giventhe chanceto answerare: 'Whatdo we want the countyof Dorsetto be lixein the future?'and 'What shouldor shouldnot be incorporatedinto anyvision of the futurefor Dorset?'

Finally,but mostimportantly and particularly pertinent to thisthreat, Dorset Council declareda Climateand EcologicalCrisis at itsfirst meetingin May 2019and since then we'vehad the CovidL9 Emergencywhich may well haveprofound long-term effects. Surely any LocalPlan for the much-enlargedDorset Cc uncil area over the next L5to 20 yearsmust takeaccount of thesecritical issues and be ven differentfrom former,more traditional versionsof any LocalPlan? l'veexpressed my concernson this matterin the followingcry:

OYEZ! OYEZI OYEZ! We arefacing our finale,if vrelose our northernedge, lf we losethis open country witlr each tree and ancient hedge. We area veryspecialtown, our Romanbounds unchanged; Shouldwe despoiltwothousand years? Do you believewe'll gain? A few will makea fortune,but what'sin it for us? Promisesare plentiful, trut often turn to dust! 'Twillbe sadenouglr to losethe view, Theloss of farmlandwe shallrue. They'llnot be buildingthe homeswe need, Fortheir only concern s to feedtheir greed. We'vesaved this towr in timeslong past, Let'sdo it oncemore and ensure it lasts. GODSAVE IHE QUEEN

lf we actnow andact together, while the LocalPlan is still being processed and final decisionshave yet to be made,we mightyet st rp this despoilingof our countytown. Write/emailyour Member of Parliamentand copy your letter to yourCounty Councillor and Cllr.David Walsh, the DorsetCouncil Cabinet Member for Planning.

Theviews expressed in this articleare my own. Howeversome 3000 people have signed the 38 degreespetition opposingthis development which can be accessedfrom the STAND website.Dorchester Town Council have grave reservations about this development proposal asdo the neighbouringparishes of Stinsfordand Charminster. The Thomas Hardy Society is fiercelyopposed to developmentin this importantliterary landscape which features in a numberof the author'snovels, poems and short stories. The DorchesterCivic Society is againstthis development and the STANDcampaign is supported by the Dorsetbranch of the Councilfor the Protectionof RuralEngland (CPRE)

To find out moreabout this threat to the countytown I referyou to the websiteof the campaigngroup "STAND" (Save The Area Nortl^ of Dorchester): www.sta nd-do rch este r. n et

Cllr.Alistair Chisholm TownCrier of Dorchester Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07479589 005 g 6

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February13th 1895 - the roadto the allotnrentswas not of sufficientpublic utility to justifyundertaking repairs to it.

October 1895- letterto the RuralDistrict Oouncil asking them to examinea request to providea pureand sufficientwater supply. August 1896- severalsamples of waterat GreatToller had beencondemned by the Sanitarylnspector. April 1898- a reportby the SanitaryInspector about the messon the rivernext to Mr Gale's house,arising from drain pipes. January 1900- proposalthat the watermain pipes to be usedat MaidenNewton be 3"indiameter. April 1901-Watersupply: terms askedby LordWynford for the supplyof waterto MaidenNewton considered very excessive.(There's much more about the watersupply.)

April 1903- Chairmanto writeto the CountyCouncil calling their attention to the excessivespeed of motorcars passing through the village Thingsdon't change verymuch!

1898- MaidenNewton Fair - it was decidedto to changethe datesof the Fairfrom Wednesdaygth March to Thursday10th and from 4thMay to Thursdaysth . The RDC was askedto writeto the Home Secretary,as the currentdates clashed with DorchesterMarket days. 20thJune 1898- ask the RDCfor the Fairdates to be permanentlyfixed for the firstThursdays of Marchand May.19th April 1900- ask the RDCfor authorityto dealwiththe boothsat the Fair.

Whateverhappened to our Fair? Perhapswe shouldre-establish itl Here'san idea we couldcopy perhaps: last year while walking the TarkaTrail (N. Devon's successfulversion of the MaidenNewton - Bridporttrailway) | saw a notice advertisingthe weeklyMarket day in the nearbyvillage of Langtree.So I visitedit.

Langtreeis aboutthe sizeof Cattistockand the VillageHall had stallsselling food, crafts,books, antiques, clothing, plants etc as well as a caf6. I recognisedthe distinctivesausage rolls from Bideford'sPannier Market, so tradersmust come from outsidethe villageas well.

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