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The World Becomes Welcoming and Good?

I love walking in the Dorset countryside, especially on the hills and downland. I gain a sense of achievement climbing to the top, which...

The Ash Tree Crisis: A Disaster in the making

England fell into mourning in the 1970s as Dutch elm disease spread across the country, and yet we are reacting with insouciance to a...

THE IMPORTANCE OF HEDGEROWS

In 2000 our future CPRE President, Bill Bryson, wrote: “For well over a thousand years hedgerows have been a defining attribute of rural England,...

Fingerposts: Dorset Icons

Dorset’s fingerposts are an iconic sight; the old road signs featuring a white or occasionally red metal roundel, with arms, known as fingers, pointing...

LOCKDOWN LITTER PICKING

With fewer visitors to the countryside in the time of Covid, it was hoped that there would be an equivalent reduction in the amount...

Why You Should Object To Giant Solar Farm In Blackmore Vale

BSR Energy have submitted a planning application to cover 190 acres of productive farmland with giant solar power station to be sited between Hazelbury...

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Point-to-point is back at Badbury!

Tickets for the ever-popular Countryside Alliance point-to-point, which will take place at Badbury Rings on Sunday, 19th February, are now available to buy online...

Pink, parrot, golden or blackening

Bright as boiled sweets and fussy as cats, these fungi reveal Dorset’s ancient meadows – Jane Adams invites you to meet the waxcaps This month,...

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