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Go up Bulbarrow Hill … | Tales from the Vale

Go up Bulbarrow Hill and at the top, just off Cuckoo Lane, apart from a really beautiful view, you’ll see disused buildings, aerials and,...

Real or not real? That is the question

It appears 2020 is the year many people are switching to a real tree - the British Christmas Tree Growers Association have said there...

Driving from Mappowder … | Tales from the Vale

Driving from Mappowder up to Hazlebury Bryan, you enter Wonston and, thanks to the imagination of one household (and I’m presuming it was the...

I grew up in Stalbridge | Tales from the Vale

I grew up in Stalbridge and went to the primary school there, St Mary’s, under the wise and kind authority of the head master,...

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Why you should take Pony Club Efficiency Tests

The end of the summer holidays brings the Pony Club Efficiency Tests. Members will have been prepared while having fun at camps and endless...

Letters to the Editor October 2025

It’s no big secret that I’m an Essex girl. Born and brought up in Southend-on-Sea on the smell of mud and cockles and the...