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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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Inside the yard

Chris Wald gives BV readers a peek behind the racetrack and into the early starts of a full-on, fast-moving life on a busy National...

Letters to the Editor December 2025

It’s been a year, hasn’t it?Not the triumphant hoorah kind. More the head-down, keep-plodding, ‘is it bedtime yet?’ sort of year. Whether you’re a...