HEAR HERE Village Co-Ordinators Paul Vyse (KM) and Bev Osborne (BW) Issue 109 April 2020 KM and BW: We’Re All in This Together

A special edition newsletter free to 350 homes in Kington Magna and Buckhorn Weston parishes

HEAR HERE Village co-ordinators Paul Vyse (KM) and Bev Osborne (BW) Issue 109 April 2020 KM and BW: we’re all in this together. A guide to combat coronavirus and self-isolation

AS you are aware, both So, this version contains INSIDE THIS ISSUE Kington Magna and information on what is Ideas to entertain children Some fun things to help Buckhorn Weston have being done and by whom with the boredom p6 initiated and are running a in both Kington Magna system of community and Buckhorn Weston. Managing isolation Exploit it and make it a support. It is a credit to Additionally, there is an positive, says Paul Vyse p7 our communities that so overarching section which many of you have come applies to both villages New meals on wheels forward volunteering to and wider communities. Restaurants with hot meal delivery and takeaway p9 help. The Parish Council is Roger Gosney, chair, Kington acting as a coordinator so and Buckhorn Parish Council Free food deliveries that ideas can be shared Local shops are offering to KINGTON MAGNA deliver to your door p10-11 between the two villages. It was therefore felt that a Last week a flyer was sent The sermon goes online special edition of Hear to all households and a It’s church, but not as we progress update notified know it, says our vicar p14 Here would be a good way of communicating the on NextDoor. Hopefully It’s time to tackle a garden help available to people most people should now A silver lining: the perfect be aware from this how time to sow and weed p15 throughout the Parish and the Parish Council voted to obtain assistance with The inter-community quiz! unanimously to finance shopping and collection of Daily questions with a prescriptions. competitive edge p16 the cost of producing this special edition. Continued p3

WHERE IN KINGTON MAGNA Notes from The Editor: Steve Keenan Puggs Meadow, South Street (838407, [email protected])

THIS special issue of Hear underwriting the cost to Here has come together include Buckhorn in its in less than a week, such distribution. The has been the rapidity of practical information change in events in that will no doubt morph and time, and the need to change. But what will inform our communities. remain consistent is the Thanks to Paul Vyse for strong community spirit. first suggesting this issue As a Riverside customer could be of help, and to said: We’re all in this The answer is revealed on p19 the Parish Council for together. And will be.

KINGTON MAGNA VILLAGE HALL AND 100 CLUB WINNERS

March £20 Theo Moore £10 Sarah Elkins £5 J Osborne

The Hall and Club are closed until further notice. There will be no planned use until we are told it is ok to have social gatherings again – Cath Freeborn

Future bookings (£6 an hour) SUNSETS were spectacular last week: this was taken from Kington Tel: 01747 838527 ICE,Magna ICE church baby: onThe Thursday village evening. The warm days also offered [email protected] pondsome on respite February and 28,comfort 2018 from the rapidly developing crisis.

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GROCERY ORDERS AND back to them. Please note NEXTDOOR.CO.UK PAYMENTS this is for an emergency IT’S an established site when they are concerned A list of suppliers offering which allows neighbours you are not responding to delivery is shown on to connect online: items calls and e-mails. pages 10-11. The nearest for sale, events, lost and to KM is Riverside Garage. COMMUNICATION FROM found are popular topics. Delivery is free, payment US TO YOU Kington Magna and by card. For other outlets We use NextDoor (right) Buckhorn Weston has its not offering this facility, but not everyone uses it. own page, which also payment will need to be It’s the same at WhatsApp covers Nyland, Sandley directly made from the (it is free) while some do and Quarr. Some 176 resident to the outlet, or not use e-mail. Please households out of 353 in primary responder. the communities are strongly urge anyone not EMERGENCY CONTACT on NextDoor to do so: it is online – that’s just over FOR RELATIVES the quickest and most half of all homes, so it’s a efficient way to get really useful way of If any relatives that do not information out. For those connecting. A new live locally are unable to without internet, key feature is a Help Map, contact you, they can information will be put on another way of showing phone Paul Vyse (07712 the notice board from who is offering to help 761427) e-mail: Paul.Vyse time to time. others during this crisis. @btopenworld.com. Paul will respond and report Continued next page Steve Keenan

Continued from p1

South Street Neighbour support already exists in the Nick Chavasse 07919 026629

village: this is complimentary. If that support Margie Chavasse 07973 331573 becomes a problem at any point, there is a Steve Keenan 07940 143223 fallback. If you need help, contact Paul Vyse Pill Meadow/Back Lane or anyone on this list of responders: Cath Freeborn 07857 618582 PRIMARY RESPONDERS: KINGTON MAGNA Kathryn Sheppard 07848 989787

Chapel Hill Bowden/Little Kington Paul Vyse 07712 761427 Jan Perry 07963 517064 Ash, Michelle Hubbard 07825 742774 Cathy Barrow 07715 942401 Ivan Campbell 07904 056068 Melissa Campbell 07715 942401 All are on a WhatsApp group: In addition, there are three more not on the app: Church Hill/Street Arabella Beveridge 07921 923453 Roger Gosney 01747 838371 Tracey Hicks 07734 679306 David, Alison Collins 07432 521543 Kevin George 07904 520887 Richard Hoare 07767 476048 Phil Talbot 07896 911138 We would also welcome representation in Tim Cox 07817 317382 Nyland – just someone to be close and who is

Common Lane known to residents. We could add you to the Jonathan Howard 07808 769654 WhatsApp group – please contact Paul Vyse.

Continued from p4 BUCKHORN WESTON co-ordination from the Parish Council, we have So please don’t hesitate As noted, a flyer has been collated a list of to contact Paul or any distributed to all residents community friends who listed responder. Also including Sandley and have volunteered to help please be suspicious of Quarr. The overview and with deliveries of essential uninvited/unexpected/un advice has been updated supplies such as food, known callers. If you have in line with government’s medicines and pet food. any security concerns instructions since the flyer To make it easier, Bev regarding unsolicited was distributed, and in Osborne and Sandra callers please also do not common with Kington Mackintosh (from the hesitate to call Paul: he Magna is given in later Buckhorn Weston Village will be happy to come pages of this issue. The Hall Committee) are going round if needed. arrangements for delivery to coordinate the Please also be very aware of groceries, are also requests, and the team of of scams (especially on given along with other community friends will the internet), fake news practical information. work together to help and disinformation. SUPPORT you. Please use the If you have any medical ARRANGEMENTS contact details below: concerns due to PRIMARY RESPONDERS: something you have We know many of you heard or read, contact have wonderful family, BUCKHORN WESTON

friends and neighbours your GP/NHS. Current Bev Osborne and everyone supports 01963 370099 GP/NHS instructions and advice is given in the each other at this time. 07789 884984

But for anyone within information sections Sandra Mackintosh applying to both villages Buckhorn Weston, Quarr 07787 784009 and related communities and Sandley who needs buckhornweston2020 later in this issue, extra support, with @gmail.com

We will confirm we have Stay in touch with families and friends received your message, let you know who will be Skype: enables you to chat picking up your supplies video and voice to groups and give you a rough idea and individuals. Anyone of when you should get you want to communicate them. If you are poorly, with will need to set up a we will leave them on Skype account (free): you your doorstep, but ring then need to share your your bell/knock the door. Skype name with another You can make payment so you can find each other for your shopping directly and link up within Skype. to the store, or via BACS, Zoom: another free tool cheque or cash using the that enables you to chat Village Hall Account: we’ll There are some really (video and voice) to provide full details when useful tools that help us individuals and groups. you contact us. If you’d whilst self-isolating. Here Similar to Skype, but like to join the volunteer are some favourites - all easier to invite people into community friends, please of them need the internet. a group call: just send a contact Bev or Sandra and WhatsApp: this free app link. Group chats involving we will add you to the list. works on a smartphone three or more limited to For residents whose or tablet and enables you 40 mins on free accounts. family live away, please to securely share private Facebook Messenger: If share Bev and Sandra’s messages, documents, you already have a FB contact details, so your photos and calls (video account, you can use family have a local contact and voice) with groups or Messenger to chat to in the event they are individuals. Anyone you people via typing, call or unable to contact you. want to communicate video (including group

ADVICE ON BENEFITS with also needs to have chats).

the WhatsApp on their “I can offer information/ For something a little device: use your contacts advice about benefits to different – why not play /address book to link to anyone who finds it hard games together. “Words them. You can set up lots to make ends meet if with Friends” is an app of different groups within unable to work. I’ve been a you can download onto CAB volunteer for years the App, and you can also your smart phone – it’s and know the system well. use WhatsApp on your essentially Scrabble, which This would of course be computer – just link it to you can play in a group, confidential and discrete. I your phone by following wherever you are. Have a could put people in touch the computer onscreen with the CAB if needed.” look: there are lots of instructions. Download other group games online. Walter Middleton, KM the application from your [email protected] App Store/Google Play. Bev Osborne

We all realise having the children home from school for a long period of time is going to be challenging… Here are some fun things we’ve come across to help with the boredom:

By Bev Osborne

Rainbow Challenge: the idea is to create a giant game of “eye spy” in the Ideas for families with children communities, so when you are going out for a Can you find all of the for some outdoor activity walk or drive, there is ones that your friends ideas. The Woodland something to look out for. have decorated? Trust also has activities

Encourage children (and for kids self-isolating Bootmakers scrap-based www.woodlandtrust.org. adults!) to make and creative packs: the display the following so uk/blog/2020/03/kids- amazing team at nature-activities-self- they can be seen from the Bookmakers, Wincanton, pavements/roads outside isolation/ are offering to post out your house: Finally, there are packs to children. To get w/c Mar 23: Rainbow yours, text 07419 hundreds of websites and w/c Mar 30: Sunshine 760737 with the name, videos online that help w/c Apr 6: Easter address, age of your you learn a new skill, w/c Apr 13: Animals child/children and how whether that is learning w/c Apr 20: Flowers many packs you would to draw (we liked w/c Apr 27: Smiley Faces like. Packs cost £2.90 to www.howtodrawit.com cover P&P (contents are which teaches you how to SP Rocks: the idea is that free). They are working draw animals and individuals decorate on templates and videos cartoons), or learning a stones with images or to share on their new skill such as playing pretty designs and hide Facebook pages: please an instrument or learning them in public areas for check out their page. to do magic tricks. Just people to find. remember, keeping Why not team up virtually Check out children safe online is with your friends and all #TheGreatOutdoors important and there is make some, then leave ideas from Bear Grylls in some helpful advice from them safely in public conjunction with the the BBC here: places for others to spot? Scout Association - www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/ Take a digital photo of any www.scouts.org.uk/the- grownups/article- that you find. great-indoors internet-use-and-safety

MANAGING ISOLATION: Exploit it and make it a positive, says Paul Vyse

IF you are on your own and Photo editing: We fill our cannot go out, isolation can mobiles with holiday and be daunting. There is a lot family shots but they are of advice and guidance on all their “as taken”. If you dealing with isolation: the are online, learn ideas below are merely to computer programming. help and assist in setting up Here’s an interesting stat: and getting through. 90% of Microsoft Office users only use and The first most critical point understand 10% of its is: you are not alone. There functionality. Don’t just are others around you who use Excel – learn it. are also isolated and Birds/wildlife: It’s spring there’s a strong support and there’s a lot going system in the community. on. Record what you see:

THINGS THAT HELP If everyone did this and

Take each day at a time: pooled results, the RSPB would be pleased with a don’t focus on when it VIOLIN OR PIANO? might end. Treat it as a complete wildlife study of Shoko Middleton, who the two communities. change in lifestyle. lives on Chapel Hill, SOME FINAL POINTS Establish a routine and Kington Magna, is Have something to get stick to it. When you have offering to give tuition up for: “Tomorrow I’m done that, identify the gaps on playing the violin or going to……” Focus on in your everyday life. What piano via Skype for are things you routinely did that the evening before. anyone who wants a that are missing? A bridge challenge to occupy Stay positive: don’t allow circle, gym, coffee morning, them for the foreseeable anxiety to take hold. Do going to the pub, going out influence what you can, Shoko: 01747 838204, for a meal, meeting friends not what you can’t. [email protected] regularly? Wherever these Have the radio on but activities were in your daily, avoid becoming obsessed You can probably think weekly or monthly routine, over endless coronavirus of an activity that suits substitute a home activity. news. There is a danger you: here are a few ideas Make a list of all those jobs of information overload. you intended to do in the Learn to play a musical If you need to chat, call: house but never seem to instrument or take up Paul Vyse in Kington get around to doing them. playing an instrument Magna (07712 761427). Make a list (you’ll be you haven’t touched for Bev (07789 884984) or surprised how big it gets). years. Allocate a time in Sandra (07787 784009) in Then start doing them. the day to do it. Buckhorn Weston.

WHAT’S NOT ON

STREET FAYRE: The biennial Kington Magna event, due to be Jun 6, has been cancelled.

STURMINSTER: The Exchange has cancelled all ticketed events until at least the end of April. As a charity, it is asking customers to accept a voucher In happier days: for future use or waive refunds the 2018 Street Fayre

LADIES GROUPS: The Kington Magna and Buckhorn Weston Kington Magna we have contacted all the meetings in both villages are Village Hall closure affected user groups and cancelled until further notice. individuals: sorry if you The Hall and Club were missed. We look SHAFTESBURY: The Arts committee apologises for forward to welcoming as Centre has closed doors and anticipates being shut until closing down without many residents and May. The Shaftesbury Food notice, says chair Cath friends as possible once and Drink Festival (May 3) is Freeborn. “In view of the we have the all clear.” postponed and the Gold Hill number of residents that * Buckhorn Weston will Fair (Jul 5) cancelled. The are part of the vulnerable take bookings for future Shaftesbury Fringe Festival (Jul groups, we didn’t really events – but nothing is 3-5) is postponed until 2021. have an option. We think booked at present.

Arnold’s Garage, Sherborne Causeway, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 9PX Tel: 01747 838202. Remote collection, delivery and payment service

A DORSET VINNY RECIPE

Dorset Blue Vinny Potato Gratin Serves four

Ingredients: 200g Dorset Blue Vinny 800g floury potatoes 1 Onion 2 Garlic Cloves 250ml-300ml Double Cream Knob of Butter (+ extra for Thorngrove GardenThe Brick Centre House greasing) Salt & Pepper

Where to get hot food 1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C (160C fan). Grease 1 litre baking dish with butter delivered to your home 2. Wash and finely slice the THORNGROVE GARDEN HILLBRUSH: The factory potatoes into 2mm-3mm CENTRE: On this side of in Mere has closed its thin disks (don't worry Gillingham, it deserves restaurant and started a about peeling. Place the support. Its Secret Garden delivery deal. Breakfast slices in boiling water for 3 minutes, drain, place on baps, several main meals café is shut but has free kitchen: and allow to air dry delivery of hot food such and ciabattas on offer: until cool enough to handle as fish pie, vegan curry Drinks too. Delivery £2, 3. Dice the onion and fry in and roast on Wednesday! free if order £30+. See: a knob of butter for 3 From Monday, it delivers hillbrush.com/takeaway minutes. Peel and finely seeds, plants and shrubs. or call 01747 440077. chop the garlic, add to the

And it’s owned by Employ onions and fry for 4 minutes THYME AFTER TIME: my Ability, a Special or until the onion has This Stalbridge café is Educational Needs and softened but not browned. offering its excellent Disability provision for the 4. Layer a THIRD of the worldwide menu on Fri/ 16-25s that focuses on potatoes into bottom of the Sat from 5-9pm. Drinks vocational training and dish and season. Add HALF too. You can collect or qualifications: top work. the onion, a THIRD of the delivered for a charge. Call: 01747 822242. cheese and cover with a Thymeaftertime.com THIRD of the cream. Repeat LA FLEUR DE LYS: The to create another layer. Shaftesbury restaurant is THE CROWN INN, 5. Top with remaining MARNHULL: No delivery offering a takeaway and potatoes/cream. Sprinkle home delivery service, service but a long list of the cheese over the top. Weds-Sat. Pick-up and £9.95 main meals ready 6. Bake in the oven for 60 for collection 5-8pm on delivery 4-7pm. Orders mins or until golden brown. must be placed with 24 Mon-Sat (12-8pm, Sun). hours prior notice. Check the menu: Order Blue Vinny online: www.lafleurdelys.co.uk crowninn-marnhull.co.uk dorsetblue.com/shop

MILK FROM THE FARM CORONA VIRUS: Where to find fresh milk and local

Local farms with vending machines stocked daily Our shops serving the self- with pasteurized milk straight from the herd. isolated and the vulnerable DORSET DAIRY CO: Pour your own 24/7 Stalbridge WITH Ocado closing its (The Hub), Stur (Hart’s), delivery service to new Marnhull (The Crown): customers, and Tesco semi-skinned Mon/ Thurs, taking weeks to book, whole milk other days, £1 villagers have turned to a litre. Butter, cream too. local shops for their food. Thedorsetdairyco.com And our main outlets – Riverside Garage, Udder MADJESTON MILK: Open Farm Shop and Dike’s – 24/7 near Gillingham with have responded well. whole, semi, skimmed, £1 You can only now order litre. Butter, eggs, cheese, online and collect from cream, honey plus more. Madjestonmilkstation.co.uk Dike’s but the other two offer free delivery: you Many smaller shops also CHURCH FARM, SEMLEY: simply make a phone call offer free home delivery The original vending farm and order, especially as their outlets close due locally, it opened three helpful for those who are to risk of infections, but years ago. Milk available self-isolating. Dike’s and they still need to sustain 7.30am-6.30pm, and now Riverside are also open their business. a refill station at Ansty to visitors on reduced Thanks to all of you: may Farm Shop, £1 a litre. hours: 8am-6pm daily your help be rewarded in Churchfarmdairysemley.com (Dike’s 10am-4pm, Sun). the long run.

Special food box deals from Dike’s

Dikes is offering a food box for our communities, with a choice of two basic food boxes. Box 1 is approximately £40 and contains fresh produce and store cupboard goods, designed for an average two-person household for a week. Box 2 is approximately £60 and contains fresh produce and store cupboard goods, designed for an average four-person household for a week. There is a £2 packing charge for each box. To order, contact your primary responders: orders will be ready for collection a week later (e.g. orders placed on a Monday available the following Monday). Dikes will contact you by phone to take payment. Note: these boxes cannot be ordered directly with Dikes, only through a volunteer team. mini supermarkets, plus independents who deliver LOCAL FOOD DELIVERY

Some offer a free delivery service or may charge.

TRUCKLE TRUCK: Mobile cheese van driven by Carolyn Turnbull with a range of cheese, crackers and pickles. Call 07400 344330 or email: cheese @thetruckletruck.com. CHAMPS! From left: Dean, Derek HARDING’S FARM: The and Lin Stokes farm on Church Hill in Buckhorn Weston sells pork, lamb and eggs. Call How the local shops are working Tim on 07720 345950.

PRIME CUTS: Meat, eggs THE UDDER FARM SHOP: Hence the special offer now and vegetables delivered THE shop closed to walk- being extended to our for those self-isolating or in customers on March 25 villages to order a food box: unable to get to town. (pic, above) but is offering see details on the opposite Call 01747 852053. a ‘phone and collect’ page. You can order a SHAFTESBURY WINES: service: call ahead to weekly box, enough for two Wine, whisky, port, fine order and pay and pick or four, via our primary hand-rolled cigars, local your shopping up from responders, listed in each craft beers, cider and the car park to limit village on pages 3-4. more: 01747 850059. interaction. “For more vulnerable customers, or RIVERSIDE SPAR: “Free FINE FOOD COMPANY: those with restricted delivery - No minimum The Wincanton firm has access to transport, we spend necessary for next day delivery of £6- also offer a free home deliveries to West Stour, £10 veg, dairy and meat delivery service within 10 East Stour, Stour Provost, boxes for orders before miles for orders over £20. Kington Magna and 3pm. Call 01963 34699, Fifehead during the virus www.finefoodco.co.uk Call to place and pay for your order and it will be outbreak. If self-isolating LA CHASSE, ZEALS: dropped to your door.” and you need any goods, Charlie and Cath Cotton Call 01747 838899. please call 01747 838487, of Quarr normally sell a email: enquiries huge range of food to DIKE’S: The store has had @hawtreeandsons.co.uk to hotels and restaurants. to pull free delivery due place an order by 4pm for Minimum order £40; 10% to pressure, but is offering next day delivery. discount on orders over a Click and Collect system, Overleaf: How life changed £80. Call 01747 840996, whereby you order online dramatically at The Riverside lachasselimited.co.uk. and collect your groceries. Spar in the middle of March.

RIVERSIDE GARAGE, A30 WEST STOUR, GILLINGHAM, DORSET, SP8 5RJ MONDAY TO SATURDAY: 7am - 10pm SUNDAY: 8am - 10pm

At Hawtree & Sons, we want to do our bit t o keep you and your family safe and healthy during this difﬁcult time. As such, we are pleased to be able to offer you FREE DELIVERY with no minimum spend t o East Stour, West Stour, Stour Provost, Kington Magna and Fifehead Magdalen during the Corona Virus pandemic.

To place an order, please call 01747 838487 or email enquiries@hawtr eeandsons.co.uk, and we’ll call you back to arrange delivery. Order before 4pm for next day delivery. Card payments only.

If you are intending to come into store, please be aware that we are taking extra precautions around hygeine. We have introduced more regular routine deep cleaning, including checkouts, baskets, our ATM and all other key touch points. We are also providing disposable gloves in our forecourt.

Please make sure you are keeping up to date with government guidelines, and st ay safe!

Products & variants subject t o availabilit y. Prices correct at time of going t o press.

FOR EASIER SHOPPING THE MAJORITY OF STORES ACCEPT MAJOR CREDIT CARDS. SEE IN STORE FOR DETAILS

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Riverside is now only open 8am-6pm daily

LIFE AFTER THE SHIP

GAVIN Griggs decided to close his West Stour pub on March 17, two days before the government ordered all pubs to close. “Everything has been mothballed. It’s now sit and wait,” he says. Except he’s not sitting Seb and Paul Hawtree around: Gavin has been prepare the orders regularly helping out at The Riverside Garage, All hands to the pump at The delivering food to Kington Magna and the Stours – Riverside with home delivery including some of his ON Friday the 13th Seb Stours, Fifehead and KM former pub customers. “It Hawtree thought it was (Buckhorn not included, gives me a sense of busier than usual at his but Seb will help if purpose but then I’m Riverside Garage. Shelves nudged). Volunteers help used to helping people out,” he says. at the big supermarkets out with deliveries: if an then emptied over the order is received by 4pm, weekend, and demand it is sent at some stage for home deliveries took the next day. “People are off. Riverside made 12 being very patient and deliveries on Monday understand we can’t and hasn’t stopped: 30 specify a time. In the bags go out daily with shop, we’re getting 800 essentials (milk, bread), customers a day: we are frozen meals and alcohol trying as hard as we can top of the lists. Fresh veg to manage that and keep too: on March 22, they our distance.” We spoke bought six boxes of fresh on Monday: the next day With his gloves and mask produce. Normally, it’s opening hours were cut to hand, Gavin and the two. “ “We’re selling a to 8am-6pm daily. With other Riverside delivery month’s worth of sacks staff having to serve, team members will ring of potatoes in a week,” clean, take orders and the bell, then stand back says Seb. Free deliveries limit numbers in the from the door. Some are to self-isolaters or shop, it is a necessary prefer not to open the those who are vulnerable move. But the free door to talk: “everyone I – about 100 homes have delivery continues – and speak to says ‘we are all benefitted locally, in the we are all very grateful. in this together.’”

It’s church Jim, but not as we know it

By Rev Richard Priest The vicar of Kington Magna, Buckhorn Weston and six more Stour Vale Benefice churches

If you are a fan of the original Star Trek, you will know what I mean! The country is in turmoil. Happier days: Schools have closed, you The vicar, the publican (Gavin Griggs, can’t go out for a pint, right) and Paul Vyse, Street Fayre 2018 people walk their dogs but avoid contact with share expertise: in the past prayers and inspiring neighbours and friends: they barely talked. New words on which to ponder. we are living life as never ideas are springing up each To receive it, email me at before. But let us not be day to care for neighbours. [email protected] with too despondent!! We Phones are red hot with “subscribe” in the subject may not be able to have people calling to see if line. As we say, one of the services in our church elderly or self-isolating greatest commandments is buildings but there are friends are in need of a Love your neighbour as more people watching grocery collection. We are yourselves: this happens all services online than used mostly thinking of others, around us now, and for to be in church. Parishes rather than being selfish this we must thank God. are joining together to and the true spirit of Christ What is different is that is alive and well in our very the prayers are being said CHURCHES CLOSED rural parishes and villages. from home each day For those missing their rather than in a church on ALL churches closed on Sunday March 15 and will Sunday fix, you can follow a Sunday. God bless you all remain closed for the a service on Facebook. Rev and may we come through foreseeable. Only Helen and Rev Pam from this trauma together and graveside funerals are Shaftesbury broadcast a working for the future. permitted with limited 10am Communion service Richard numbers. Weddings and each Sunday. I’ll join them THOUGHT FOR THE DAY baptisms are postponed. after Easter. Go to: We are suggesting that to Facebook.com/ How about popping an help celebrate Easter we all ShaftesburyCofE and like Easter Egg onto a light a candle at 10am on the page. I send a weekly neighbour’s doorstep on the morning of Easter Easter Sunday and place it newsletter via email which in our window. A candle is Sunday, April 12? will give details of readings the symbol of the light of Steve Keenan used on a Sunday, with Christ in our community.

Pruning

Cut back winter-flowering shrubs such as lonicera and viburnum now so that they have a season to put on growth which will flower next year. Be really brutal with winter-flowering jasmine. Prune Buddleja 1970s: davidii hard to give the Five Bridges as a petrol butterflies a nectar source station and workshop later in summer. If you A time to isolate in the garden haven’t pruned your roses yet it’s not too late: the By Lizzie Fairrie Contact: flowers will be a little late. Puggs Meadow Flowers Lizzie@puggsmeadowflowers. com, South St, Kington Magna Hanging baskets LOOKING for the silver Tel: 07813 545313 No greenhouse? Try to linings, now couldn’t be resist buying bedding a more perfect time to pricking out. Harden them plants until after last frost. get out into the garden. off somewhere sheltered (You can buy online plants Longer days, strong sun before planting out. Sow from Thorngrove, see p9). and winter rain means only hardy annuals now, things are growing like wait a bit for more tender Sunflower competition!

topsy, including weeds: varieties which need to be If anyone fancies trying even these are easier to planted out after the last their hand at growing the pull as the soil has dried frost (last year, May 5). finest sunflower in Nyland, out a good deal. For any varieties proving Kington, Buckhorn, Quarr

Seed sowing tricky to germinate, try or Sandley I’ve some seeds sowing on damp kitchen on order and pots you can A little later in April the roll in a shut Tupperware start them off in – drop me soil will be warm enough box. This works really well an email and I’ll be happy to sow directly outdoors for larkspur, delphiniums to pop around and leave (there’s gardeners’ lore and sweet peas. them on your doorstep. about waiting until you Lawns can sit on it comfortably with no trousers: feeling The great news for those it with your hand works that hate mowing is that just as well…). In the slightly longer lawns are meantime, keep sowings much more wildlife to the greenhouse or friendly and daisies and window sills. If seedlings clover flowers are brilliant get leggy bury them up for pollinators (or that’s to their necks when my excuse…).

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WEST STOUR: The annual plant sale is cancelled. A scheme being considered in Kington Magna is to gather plants in the Hall car park for potential customers to come along and help themselves in return for a donation. More details to follow. Join in our lockdown inter- STOUR VALE BENEFICE: There is a new Facebook community online big quiz! page for the eight parish churches, including MANY ideas for isolated children can participate. I Buckhorn Weston and joint entertainment have have set up a quiz e-mail:

Kington Magna: like the come forward in these [email protected] page to receive news. discombobulating times. So, if you would like to Search Stour Vale CofE. And here’s a cracker: a participate, please geography quiz for all, KINGTON LIBRARY: register as a household with the added element There is new stock after a or individual and provide: run on books in the of a competitive battle converted phone box at between two + Your name + Team name if you’d like the Village Hall. communities: Kington + Your community Coronavirus doesn’t live and Nyland v Buckhorn, Sandley and Quarr. + Whether junior under 19, on paper but do be senior 60+ or 19-60. conscious of the covers. Whose idea is that? From Monday (Mar 30), I CONTACTLESS: The limit Jonathan Howard, who will send daily, via for using these cards is lives on Common Lane in Nextdoor, four photos being raised to £45 to Kington Magna, and who with clues. You have two discourage use of cash: is the quizmaster. days to get your answers the virus can last 12 days OK. What’s the format? to me via the Gmail on money. The aim is to provide a account. I’ll publish the TOAD PATROL: Virus daily quiz based on four answers after two days aside, Mel and John photos in: the locality, to allow you to research Bennett are still seeing UK, Europe and world, and post running totals toads, frogs and newts with clues. Jonathan: “I of individuals and top across Church Hill in will try and produce a community each week. If Kington Magna - and our range of difficulty so that not on Nextdoor, do hedgehogs are emerging. some research may be register. Good luck: email Watch out on the roads! needed but also younger me with any questions!”

Six dystopian The Painted Veil, DORSET COUNCIL: Somerset Maugham novels to read BINS AND RECYCLING Kitty marries Walter, a for pandemic DORSET Council has shut bacteriologist, and all its household recycling perspective while begins an affair with a centres. Kerbside bin diplomat. Walter goes to social distancing collections will continue help with a cholera for now but garden waste You'll get your mind off the epidemic in China… news when your book collections were understands what you're The Stand Stephen King suspended yesterday. going through… With people staying at A super flu virus from an American army base has home during the a contamination rate of pandemic, household 99.4%: in a few weeks, waste levels are expected there are few survivors. to increase. “We have The book criticizes an limited capacity in America obsessed with collection vehicles and at money/ power… waste transfer stations, so we need help. If you have Station Eleven symptoms of coronavirus, Emily St. John Mandel double-bag waste (tissues, Kirsten, 8, sees an actor cleaning cloths) and store it for 72 hours before die on stage. Days later, a pandemic wipes out a placing it in your black bin. Hans visits a sanatorium large part of humanity. Create space in your in the Swiss Alps. His Two decades on, Kirsten recycling bin by stay gets longer as his and a troupe of squashing/flattening health declines: weeks performers tour the US plastic, aluminium and become years. He gets and promote culture as cardboard items. Do not TB and isolated from the an element of survival. compress rubbish in black rest of the world… bags, your black wheelie Love in the Time of bin or authorised blue Have Mercy On Us Cholera García Márquez All Fred Vargas sack as this can prevent it A sensual world of love, falling out during the Black paint on Paris illness and death. Young emptying process. Do not doors links to suspicious Florentino falls in love put your glass box out for deaths and a town crier with a beautiful girl. collection until it is full. receives messages about They write for years Park responsibly. More the "wrath of God." An until she decides to people at home has led to inspector tries to marry Doctor Juvenal more cars on streets, unravel why this is Urbino, who heroically creating problems for our happening and prevent treats the sick during a drivers who cannot access panic in the capital. cholera epidemic. some roads.”

We all need to play our KEEP AN EYE OUT ON part in reducing the YOUR PROPERTY spread of this virus.

THERE was a burglary at a Please continue to workshop in Manston in follow the advice from the early hours of Public Health England Wednesday morning. A and the Government dropside lorry was also around good hygiene, stolen in the vicinity. access to health While minor crime occurs services, social all the time, there may be distancing and self- increased levels as police isolation. We are here resources are stretched. to help communities: if A shed was also broken you need to report a non-urgent crime we into on Tuesday evening, Covid-19: A message in Manston: petrol tools encourage you to to our communities visit dorset.police.uk. taken included a STIHL chainsaw/hedge cutter, From Dorset Assistant Our local policing teams and an ECKO leaf blower. Chief Constable Mark are also on social media Meanwhile, an Ifor Callaghan, leading the so please follow your Williams trailer was stolen police response for local officers through from a farm in Stoke Wake COVID-19 those channels for between 7pm last Sunday updates. The Force is "I would like to reassure doing all it can to keep and 8am on Tuesday our Dorset communities our officers and staff Closer to home, a car was that we have taken all safe while they continue broken into in Marnhull necessary steps to to serve the public. I on Wednesday at around ensure we can continue would like to thank 3pm, and a handbag was to protect you, prevent them for unwavering stolen. In the same village, crime and uphold the there are also reports of commitment. We service that keeps you recognise that now is attempted thefts in sheds safe. These are the time you’ll need us and outbuildings. unprecedented times more than ever before. Combined, it seems a lot - and it is more important but they are isolated cases than ever for us to work Virus or no virus, we are and it may well be that alongside our partners here for you." there is no rise in crime. to ensure core services You can report a crime 24 are maintained. I USEFUL WEBSITES hours a day, seven days a understand that many https://www.gov.uk/gove week by calling 101 or the of you will be feeling rnment/topical-events/ online crime reporting anxious and worried https://www.nhs.uk/cond form - both on the force about the impact this itions/coronavirus-covid- website: will have on your loved www.dorset.police.uk. 19/ ones and your lives.

The reason for this special issue of KINGTON MAGNA LADIES GROUP

Hear Here and what you must do March meeting: A very COVID-19 is a new illness that can affect your lungs and interesting talk by Barry airways. It’s caused by a virus called coronavirus. Hamlin, dispelling the • Stay at home if you have coronavirus symptoms myths of climate change. • Stay at home if you have either: Everyone had questions A high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your for Barry who put a chest or back (you do not have to measure your temperature) whole different slant on A new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or three or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if the subject. Barry, who you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual) has been studying • Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital climate change for many • If you have symptoms of coronavirus, you’ll need to years, got everyone stay at home for seven days talking and thinking. • If anyone in your house has symptoms of coronavirus, Unfortunately, due to you all need to stay at home for 14 days from the day Covid-19, our meetings are the first person in the home started having symptoms. cancelled until further If you then catch the virus, you must stay at home for notice Sandra Munckton seven days (even if you’ve already been isolated) • Do not go to work, or public areas and do not use WHERE IN THE VILLAGE? public transport or taxis. Do not make any unnecessary journeys Some guerrilla gardening • Ask family or friends to drop off anything you need, or sanctioned by the Parish order supplies online and have them left on the step. Council by the bus stop on Talk to the primary responders listed in this issue Back Lane, thanks to John

How to avoid catching and spreading coronavirus Freeborn (Ps: we hope the person who removed two • Even if you feel well, STAY AT HOME! plants wasn’t a resident!) • Only go outside for food, health reasons (for a walk/run/jog/) or for essential work where this MAY/JUNE EDITION absolutely cannot be done from home • Walk your dog from home: do not drive somewhere The deadline for news, • Stay two metres (6ft) away from other people opinions, contributions and • Wash your hands as soon as you get home ideas is April 20.

Help prevent the spread of the virus by: The views expressed in this

• Washing your hands more often – for 20 seconds - issue are not necessarily when you blow your nose, sneeze or cough, eat or those of the editor. All handle food reasonable efforts are • Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with always taken to ensure the unwashed hands accuracy of information • Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, throw the received and published: any tissue in the bin (lined with a bag if possible), and errors or omissions are not wash your hands. Bags containing tissues should then the responsibility if the be double bagged before placing in your wheelie bin editor. Thank you.