Category: Tales from the Vale

The Tales from the Vale section is best described as eclectic!

This is the archive of Andy Palmer’s popular ‘Tales from the Vale’ column for the BV magazine – meandering thoughts and amusing ruminations on life in the Blackmore Vale.

So when we describe this section as eclectic we mean it, it’s that and eccentric in all it’s glorious ways!

It seems as though Andy has been there and done that! And even if he hasn’t, he still sure to have a very big opinion on it anyway. So, you have been warned. Andy will take you there and back again, oh and did I mention the puns? Lord help us!

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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...

Editorial team - 8 November 2020

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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,...

Editorial team - 7 September 2020

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Preventing crashes,saving lives

Editorial team - 9 December 20240

A Dorset consultant on his DocBike leads the fight against motorcycle accidents across the UK – with action, data, education and innovation Struck by the...

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One leg, two golds

Editorial team - 10 December 20240

From a para’s crushed dream to para jiu-jitsu glory, Paul Skivington becomes the UK’s first World Para Jiu-jitsu Champion Paul Skivington, a veteran of 9...