The transition from the EU’s Basic Payment Scheme is likely to result in a big loss to the Dorset economy, says NFU county advisor Gemma Harvey
According to Defra’s Agricultural Price Index, the cost of fertiliser more than doubled between March 2021 and March 2022, with ‘red’ diesel used on farms going up by almost a half in the same period. These rising costs and simultaneously reducing support payments mean the situation is growing increasingly difficult for many farmers. But in order to deliver socially, economically and environmentally, Dorset’s farms need to remain financially resilient, profitable and productive. The rising costs are happening against the backdrop of agricultural transition, as we develop our own policy after years of being part of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy. A key part of this transition is a move away from direct payments, in the form of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), towards a system of payments for ‘public goods’, such as environmental outcomes and benefits.
A loss to the county Research commissioned by the Great South West Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and the NFU shows that Dorset is due to lose tens of millions of pounds as a result of this. In 2020 Dorset received £38.3m in BPS payments. Payment reductions will be incremental over the course of the transition period (between 2021 and 2027). By the end of 2027 the total BPS amount lost from the rural economy of the county will be £33.5m.
A suitable replacement There is no single replacement for these payments. Farmers will be able to apply for environmental stewardship agreements, the main one being the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), due to open for applications at the end of June 2022. Many farmers and growers may also be eligible for some funding towards productivity schemes. Although still being developed, as things stand the SFI will fall far short of replacing what is lost by the phasing out of the BPS. The report suggests that SFI payments will only deliver 10 to 30 per cent of the lost BPS by 2028.
UK food production The recent publication of the government food strategy, which follows the independent review of the food system carried out by Henry Dimbleby in 2021. The strategy sets out the government’s policy initiatives, taking into consideration the more recent challenges posed by the war in Ukraine and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy. The strategy issues a clear statement of governmental support for domestic food production, maintaining our productive capacity and growing more food in this country in order to address the mounting concerns around food security. The NFU believes that domestic food production and environmental delivery go hand in hand. We are proud that British farmers have an ambition to reach net zero by 2040, while still maintaining current levels of food production.
It’s a baker’s dozen of working hours for David Mirus, perfecting his sourdough before Wimborne awakes. Tracie Beardsley reports in A Country Living
David Mirus spends Tuesdays prepping in the bread shed. All Images: Courtenay Hitchcock
As a self-confessed insomniac, ridiculously early starts and a punishing work regime don’t bother David Mirus. His alarm goes off at 12.30am in the week and midnight at weekends. He works through the night to make dough and prepare pastry for delicious bakewell tarts, scones and quiches. At 5am his wife Ann joins him to start on the fillings and the bakery opens at 9am. Before most of us have even got to work, David has already clocked up an eight-hour day – and doesn’t finish until 2pm. Despite the 13-hour shifts, he has finally found his vocation at the age of 55. “This is what I was supposed to be doing all my life,” says the man who arrived from Australia as a 23-year-old with nothing more than a backpack. A former film and TV cameraman – his claim to fame is that two films he crewed on were voted the worst ever by film critic Barry Norman – he’s worked as a linen porter for the NHS (where he met his wife) and as a chef in numerous restaurants, pubs and clubs in Australia and London. He also has a degree in art.
Artisan baker David Mirus
To the bread shed David now owns his artisan bakery – a family affair along with Ann and son Stefan. It’s tucked away down Mill Lane in Wimborne Minster, in a 260-year-old building that has seen many incarnations, from a mechanic’s garage to a furniture restorer’s workshop. With its roaring open wood oven, it’s now nicknamed the ‘bread shed’, and I defy anyone to walk past without being tempted to indulge. Its success in just three years has been phenomenal. Starting as a pop-up shop during the Wimborne Folk Festival, The Old Malthouse Bakery now has queues snaking around the block for its superb sourdough (250 loaves sold every Saturday) and renowned jam doughnuts – 120 sold daily, some partly responsible for my expanding waistline!
David Mirus starts his working day at midnight
“The alarm going off doesn’t bother me,” says David. “I go to bed about six in the evening but often still can’t sleep. I do get bad nights and if the bread suffers then I have to start again from scratch. Pastry is a devil – it will punish you if you try and make it when you’re in a bad mood. You’ve got to relax and be in the right mind-set for baking.” Music helps, and David makes pastry to loud German punk or the more mellow Elbow. The World Service is often his night-time companion. Having a Ukrainian father, he still has relations in Lviv so the news is of huge importance to him, as is the Ukrainian flag flying outside his bakery.
The family bakery started as a pop-up shop during the Wimborne Folk Festival
A family business “Food has always been a big part of our family life,” David recalls. “My dad was a real foodie. Being Ukrainian, he’d come home with such delights as pig’s trotters and smoked eel for us to eat!” David’s 27-year-old son, Stefan, is responsible for breakfast baps, cinnamon rolls, teacakes and those legendary jam doughnuts. Natasha, his youngest daughter, is also a talented baker but has chosen other paths. His other daughter Bryony didn’t seem to get the baking gene but she lived in Japan for two years and has come home with new cooking skills to share. With such a foodie-focused family, is there any watershed hour at home to stop talking about business? David says: “No, we’ve always talked about food so it never feels like we’re really talking about the business. I’ve been banned from eating my bread though. I’ve got a niece getting married this month so I’ve got to get into my wedding suit!” It’s only 8.30am when I finish the interview, time for David to lay out his array of delicious temptations as a queue already begins. I leave with a doughnut – be rude not to – and glad that I don’t have a wedding coming up myself!
David uses a wood-fired oven in conjunction with standard industrial ovens
David sells 250 sourdough loaves every Saturday Image: David Mirus
Quick-fire questions with David:
A-list dinner party guests past or present? My dad – he died at 89 about eight years ago. I’d love him to see how well the bakery is going and chat to him about it. And my Uncle Boris from Lviv – he died of Covid before I had the chance to meet him. Given what’s going on in that country, it would’ve been fascinating to get to know him. He also loved food!
Books on your bedside? I’ve got one about coffee at the moment as we’ve just starting selling takeaway coffees – the proper stuff from Honduras. Before that, I was reading a book about sourdough. I guess I never really switch off from baking.
Maggie Ollerenshaw, a proud Mancunian now resident in Stalbridge, is perhaps most famous for playing comedic Northerners, particularly in the sitcoms Last of the Summer Wine and Open All Hours (and Still Open All Hours). She has also appeared in various other television roles such as Holby City, Doctors, Heartbeat and Midsomer Murders, but off-screen has demonstrated a versatile ability, playing intense American leads in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and A Streetcar Named Desire, as well as Shakespearean roles in The Merry Wives and King John. In addition, she has toured internationally in her own show Sincerely Yours, a tribute to singing legend Vera Lynn.
1. What’s your relationship with the Blackmore Vale (the North Dorset area, not us!)?
It all began with my husband (actor Geoff Leesley) and his son, Sam, who is autistic. When we got together in the early 2000s, Sam was at the Forum School in Shillingstone. Geoff lived in Sussex, I was in London, and we were looking for a home together. We instinctively headed west and first of all we came across Frome. We bought a house there in 2002, but we couldn’t find the house we really wanted. In 2016 we finally found the house of our dreams – and moved to lovely April Cottage in Stalbridge, opposite the church. It’s so quintessentially English!
2. What was the last song you sang out loud in your car?
It was (Make me an) Angel from Montgomery – it’s a country song. Bonny Raitt is the singer most associated with it – she didn’t write it but was a great friend of John Prine, who did.
My musical taste is quite eclectic – I certainly wouldn’t call myself a Country and Western girl. But the lyrics to this are just fantastic. It’s like a play. The character is a middle-aged woman who feels older than she is, and she wants to get away from her life and where she lives, which is Montgomery, Alabama. It’s wonderful.
I discovered it when BBC4 ran a repeat of an old concert from the 80s when Bonny Raitt was over here doing a tour. It was at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, I think. This was one of the songs she played, and I just thought ‘that’s amazing!’
3. What was the last movie you watched? Would you recommend it?
It was a film called Cyrano, based on Cyrano de Bergerac. It stars Peter Dinklage, the small actor people will know from Game of Thrones. The original story is that Cyrano has this enormous nose – he’s in love with a beautiful woman but it’s all hopeless, and instead she falls in love with a very handsome man. Cyrano has a wonderful way with words, however, and he ends up writing the handsome man’s love letters to Roxanne. Brilliantly, instead of using Cyrano’s enormous ugly nose, the film uses Peter’s height. So clever! It’s sumptuous to look at, too. It’s a musical, but I would hesitate to describe it as one because the song interludes are so integrated into the narrative you almost don’t notice.
The other thing I love is the message – especially in this age of celebrity. The story emphasises that it isn’t what you look like that’s important. It’s really not. And it’s a message that needs saying over and over.
4. Your favourite quote? Movie, book or inspirational? We won’t judge, but would like to know why.
It’s by John Guare, the American playwright. He was once asked to go to his old college to talk to leaving students. He said (I’m paraphrasing) “the world doesn’t need more lawyers and bankers, we need dreamers, we need people with imagination. Please don’t get up in the morning and hate your life and hate what you do.”
5. It’s Friday night – you have the house to yourself, and no work is allowed. What are you going to do?
Okay, I’m going to cook myself something. Some veggie pasta, maybe. Have a nice glass of red wine. And watch a Bette Davis movie. Or maybe Joan Crawford. But something black and white, certainly.
6. What is your comfort meal?
Egg and chips. DOUBLE egg and chips. With a little Heinz ketchup.
9. What book did you read last year that stayed with you? What made you love it?
Small Island by Andrea Levy. I was made aware of the book by watching an episode of Alan Yentob’s Imagine series, in which he interviewed her. I didn’t know anything about her at all, but she sounded such an interesting woman, and this book in particular. I absolutely loved it. It just gave me a totally different perspective on my own country.
10. Favourite crisps flavour?
Cheese and onion (swift and unhesitating!)
11. And the best biscuit for dunking?
Well. I don’t dunk. Why spoil a good biscuit, and why spoil a good cup of tea?
12. Cats or dogs?
Dogs. Proper dogs. Big dogs. Not handbags.
We can’t have one due to our lifestyle, and our place in London is three floors up with no outside space. But we always invite our friend’s dogs to stay – we’re very dog-friendly!
Maggie Ollerenshaw likes “Dogs. Proper dogs. Big dogs. Not handbags.”
13. What are your top three most-visited, favourite websites (excluding social media and BBC News!)?
Guardian
IMDB
Manchester City! I’m a BIG football fan. I come from Manchester and have supported them since I was yay high.
14. What’s your most annoying trait?
Well, I say it’s interrupting people. My husband says it’s impatience. I guess it’s probably the same thing!
15. Who’s your celebrity crush?
Idris Elba.
I was at a busy function at the BBC once and he entered the room. It was quite a large room, he came in on the far side, and suddenly you saw virtually everybody notice him. He’s one of those people who just has an aura. The only other person I saw with the same effect was George Clooney. I wasn’t even that close to him – it was a Q&A after a film, in a big cinema in the West End, and he was right down on the stage and I was way up in the circle. But again even from up there I could feel it. So charismatic …
16. What was the last gift you gave someone?
It’s a slight cheat – it’s for my husband’s birthday next week, so it’s not been given yet, but I know it’ll be perfect! There’s a wonderful traditional barbers in Curzon Street in London. I’m sending him for one of those superior shaves with hot towels – the full works
Acclaimed actress (and Stalbridge resident) Maggie Ollerenshaw takes on the BV’s Random 19 questions
17. How would you like to be remembered?
Well. I should probably say ‘as a really good friend, someone you could rely on, having had a useful life’ but that all sounds terribly worthy. I think I’d actually just like to be remembered as someone who was good fun to be with!
18. What in life is frankly a mystery to you?
I have two answers – am I allowed to be political? My instinctive response is simply people who voted for Brexit and/or the Tories.
But if you prefer, my non-political answer is golf. Is that any less controversial? (not much – Ed)
19. You have the power to pass one law tomorrow, uncontested. What would you do?
Universal income. It would solve so many problems at a stroke. And obviously would save money. Isn’t it crazy that it’s just not happening?
This was a new route for us circling the back of the Gussages and enjoying an empty path around the ancient tumuli and barrows of the Cranborne Chase. We enjoyed almost every step (read on to discover the bit we didn’t), and we fully intend to repeat this one before long. (NB – when this route was published in the June issue of the BV magazine there was a problem with the app, and only five images were showing. That has now been fixed, and you can see the full glory of this stunner of a walk)
We didn’t meet another person, the paths were easy to follow, and though the inclines look alarming on the app they are very gentle on the ground. We had a fabulous few hours taking this one at a very gentle pace, stopping to enjoy the views at every turn.
The route winds around a number of ancient barrows and tumuli
There’s nothing nicer than walking through waist high grasses – this is a section of Ackling Dyke, the Roman road, and it was thick with the sound of insects as we shushed through the grasses.
I never can resist a perfect hedgerow ‘window with a view’
Beware the small bit of super-busy road walking … This is the small road stretch outsode Gussage All Saints. Do look to your right when you reach here, there’s a lovely view across to famous Knowlton Church.
The paths are often straight for long stretches, allowing you to be free of map reading
There is a small car park at the start, but is is NOT where it is shown on the OS map; the farmer has moved it from the side of the field into the natural layby within the strip of woods. It makes total sense, and is conveniently placed – just look out for it. Our route starts where the car park is, so do trust it!
The one issue we had on the whole route was less than a mile into the walk, as we left the tumuli on Wyke Down and approached the A354. The path runs between two fields , but it was entirely overgrown and completely impassable in June (see above – the image left is the entrance, and the image right is the exit once we’d circumnavigated to the far end)- instead we hopped the fence and walked the parallel edge of the neighbouring field. Not correct, we know, but what else can you do when the bramble and nettles are shoulder high?
Apart from that, the route is clear, easy to follow and just gorgeous walking, taking in part of the ancient route along Ackling Dyke.
All the Dorset Walks we feature have been created and walked recently by ourselves, so you know you can trust them – we aim for unpopulated routes with as little road and as many views as possible! You can always see the route and follow it yourself via the free Outdoor Active app – see all our routes here.
It’s July – no more worrying about frosts! It’s a busy time for growing and Pete Harcom has your summer garden to-do list for the month
Sowing and planting Many summer bedding plants can go straight in the ground now. We can also sow biennials (such as foxgloves, sweet William and wallflowers, honesty and forget-me-nots), ready to plant out in autumn for next spring. Simply sow them all into large seed trays in the greenhouse or a dedicated seed bed. Polyanthus and primulas can also be sown now in a cold frame or greenhouse to ensure warmth for germination (candelabra primulas are particularly spectacular in a shaded position) If you have already sown annuals then these can be thinned out, when large enough to handle, to ensure they are not overcrowded. Baskets should also be finalised with planting and can now be put up.
Hungry hour Continue with the feeding of plants, especially ones that are in containers and baskets – use a high potash liquid tomato feed.
Outdoor housekeeping Deadhead flower borders regularly to prolong flowering. This can apply to many plants – although do try to leave roses that produce attractive hips. Be sure to cut back delphiniums and geraniums after the first flush of flowers to encourage a second flowering period. Feed them after cutting them back. Divide clumps of bearded iris. Tender perennials such as fuchsia are best propagated from cuttings, and July is a great time for this as young plants root more easily. Dianthus can also be increased this way by taking cuttings from the tender new growth – try to avoid flowering shoots. Most perennial weeds are best dealt with in the summer, when the weeds are in active growth. Digging out is best – it’s good to avoid using chemical weedkillers. Mulch on borders can help retain moisture and keep down the weeds – this will save a lot of work. A really thick layer of mulch (2-3in all over) works best. Watch out for aphids (greenfly and blackfly) and capsid bug damage on stems and leaves of young shoots.
Leave your hedge alone Finally, as I said last month, avoid pruning your hedges until the end of August at the earliest. The main breeding time for garden birds is between March (and yes, some start even earlier!) and August, so leaving the hedges can give them time to rear their young. Our garden birds need all the help they can get!
In the quiet hills of West Dorset, a modern round barrow has been constructed with the most ancient of purposes – Rachael Rowe reports
The entrance to the Round Barrow
The panoramic view across the Dorset countryside catches me unaware, stretching to the horizon. There is only the sound of the wind rushing through the trees and birds singing. High Ground Meadow, just outside Corscombe, is a special place for many people, with its natural burial ground and, more recently, a round barrow. Nowadays there are more cremations and more options available to commemorate loved ones, in addition to the traditional grave. One of the newest is the round barrow – yet it is also one of the oldest.
What is a barrow? You are correct if you thought barrows were earth mounds where ancient peoples buried their dead. LNeolithic communities built long barrows from 4,000 to 2,000 BC, while round barrows date from the Bronze Age, around 2,000 BC. They were also used by Anglo Saxons and Romans, many aligned to sunrise at the solstice. Today, barrows are once again being built, with niches to house urns following cremation. There was a huge demand for the first modern round barrow, created in Wiltshire in 2014. TThe round barrow at High Ground Meadow was developed in 2018, two years before the first set of ashes found its Corscombe resting place.
The passage within the Round Barrow All images: Rachael Rowe
Like a clock The entrance to the West Dorset barrow is carpeted with wildflowers and blends naturally into the landscape. Undertaker Tom Vassie takes me into the open doorway, pausing at the time circle just inside the entrance. It’s a circular structure with a floral wreath. “This area is always open, so people can be close to the ashes,” says Tom. “it can also be used for small services as the ashes are interred, or for people to sit and reflect.” We continue through to the domed central area, and Tom explains the structure. “The barrow is shaped like a clock. At each ‘hour’, a passageway leads off from the central chamber. Other chambers are at three, six and nine o’clock. So we have a theme of time here, and the standing stones outside represent the seven days of the week. Although the barrow is not aligned for a solstice, it is directly aligned with Glastonbury Tor.”
An extraordinary place As I walk around the circular structure, there is a profound feeling of peace and calm. Tiny candles flicker among the urns and stone niches. It feels mystical – spiritual, in a way – and somewhere contemplative but quite extraordinary to be. On a ledge is Tim’s Stone: when Tom went to the first barrow in Wiltshire, the owner (Tim) donated one of his stones to this new barrow in Dorset. The barrow is a tranquil and serene setting for someone’s final resting place. The urns are made locally. The blue pots come from Mosterton and the earth-coloured ones from Owermoigne. They are designed to blend into the setting without being garish or out of place. It is an alternative to ashes being scattered in a garden of remembrance – or perhaps somewhere they should not be placed. People still scatter ashes in inappropriate areas, apparently.
Niches – with display urns – in the round barrow
Undertakers not directors Niches can hold a surprising number of urns. For example, most niches can take a pair of urns, but some of the larger ones hold up to nine, so a family can be together. You can also choose your niche within the barrow. There’s a cost, of course, but compared with a graveyard plot, they are less expensive, especially if there are several urns in one niche. I ask about the choices funeral directors give to people when a loved one dies and am instantly corrected by Tom’s mother, Jo. “We’re undertakers, not funeral directors. The family directs the funeral. We are there to help and support them.” Tom continues: “Some families carry the coffin and lower it in the burial ground. They often say they didn’t know they could do that. We enjoy helping the families shape the service with favourite music and other personal touches.” For example, people can choose to have a ceremonial walk to the barrow to place the urn, or they can simply take the urn into the chamber.
The time circle inside the Round Barrow
A place to remember Today, 70 per cent of people who die in England are cremated. However, since the pandemic, more people have been thinking about how they want to be remembered when they die. A round barrow is an option for people who wish to be cremated but would also prefer a final resting place. With views of rural Dorset in such a tranquil setting, the round barrow feels spiritually connected to the past, and yet is very much in the present as a final resting place.
Pigeons are presenting a real problem to the Brassicas – Barry Cuff shares his challenges, along with his monthly harvest and growing notes
Barry’s thriving pea rows in front of the covered blackcurrants –threatened not by pigeons but by thieving blackbirds
We have a major problem with pigeons on our plots – this year has been the worst since we took on our allotment in 1989. Their main target food is brassicas. Spare plants in plug trays were destroyed overnight. These had been destined to fill gaps and to give to other plotholders. We’ve tried the usual deterrents of black cotton, CDs and glitter strips, but the pigeons soon become used to them. So the only protection is a physical barrier and initially we use net cloches that cover one row. When our Brussels sprout plants were uncovered, having grown too big for the cloches, they were attacked after a few days in the open. A barrier using fleece and posts was then erected to protect them. But when fully planted up with brassicas the area will be about 400 square feet, and this large area will need to be protected in some way. As we are surrounded by houses and industrial units we are not allowed to shoot the birds. Another problem that has never occurred before is honeydew, a sticky liquid secreted by aphids, on some of our gooseberries. A few of the bushes lie underneath a line of cob nuts which are infested with Hazel Aphid. These are specific to Corylus (hazel) and produce the honeydew. It means that we have to wash the gooseberries before use. Whether the aphids will lower the production of nuts in the autumn remains to be seen.
Still sowing During the month we sowed more carrots, beetroot, snap peas and mangetout, and made our first sowings of Witloof chicory and coriander. A further 20 Swift sweetcorn plants were added to the block, making a total of about 50 plants. Brassicas planted out from plug trays included Fargo, Cheesy and Cendis caulis.
Starting to harvest June was a very busy month on the plot, with weeding both by hoe and hand. We had enough rainfall to ensure good growth of vegetables, fruit … and weeds. We picked our first broad beans (Witkiem Manita) on the 2nd and the last (Masterpiece Green Longpod) on the 26th. Our first lettuce was cut on the 1st – we sow lettuce every month from March to August in plug trays for transplanting when large enough. We only use one variety, Little Gem, as this is a quick-maturing variety with crisp, sweet hearts. The first carrots (Early Nantes) and beetroot (Crimson King) were pulled on the 22nd, which is a little later than usual. Both varieties of garlic were harvested on the 16th, and once again a few plants were lost to white rot, a disease we have to live with despite a six year rotation. We have picked quite a few punnets of blackcurrants from mid month, and our strawberries did well despite being old plants. As the bed now has a bindweed problem a new bed will be created next year with new plants.
Free skulkers We normally dig one or two early potatoes in June, but this year we had a good crop of skulkers. This is a Dorset word for volunteers – potatoes left in the ground when harvesting the previous year’s crop. The smallest tubers are easy to miss when digging the crop. Normally they are removed before they have produced anything worthwhile, but as we do not dig in the winter, these were allowed to grow until we needed the plot for brassica plants in June. Basically freebie potatoes! Half way through the year and the plot has done well despite a few problems.
After a three year pause, Sherborne’s Open Art Exhibition is happening again this July. Founded by Sherborne Art Club in 1931, this highly-regarded annual show for fine art was last run in 2018. The exhibition is open to all to submit entries, and is known as one of the best quality, most prestigious open exhibitions in the region, exhibiting the work of many top artists as well as entries from accomplished amateurs, and attracting visitors from far afield. Up to 400 pictures and sculptures will be exhibited, and there will be unframed folio browsers for sale. Selection for the exhibition is by an independent judging panel who are looking not only for excellence but also for diversity of style, medium and subject to create a balanced and attractive exhibition. Visitors will certainly find something to like and, with prices over a large range and hidden bargains in the browsers, there will certainly be something for all those looking to buy.
A team effort The organisers are very grateful to local solicitors Mogers Drewett who have sponsored the exhibition (including a £200 prize for the Judges’ Choice Award) and to those other businesses providing prizes and additional sponsorship. Castle Gardens and Old Barn Framing Gallery, previously linked to the show, have donated prizes for oils and watercolours respectively, with other prizes from Charterhouse Auctioneers (dry media), The Eastbury Hotel (second and third in Judges’ Choice), estate agents Knight Frank (acrylic and mixed media) and Sherborne Arts (for the work voted favourite by show visitors). The organisers also thank those many people who volunteered to help with hanging, stewarding and other tasks to make this popular event happen again.
Sherborne Open Art Exhibition 23rd to 31st July 10am-5pm The Digby Hall, Sherborne If you’d like to submit, full details can be found here Hand in days: Friday 15th July 1pm-6pm Saturday 16th July 10am-1pm
Expect to see floods of super bright supercars and classic beauties driving through glorious Dorset this August, as Clayesmore, in association with South Coast Supercar Club, present a Classic & Supercar Sunday Event on Sunday 14 August.
Set in 70 acres of glorious grounds, with a sweeping driveway to the main house, Clayesmore couldn’t be more of a stunning backdrop to display exotic and heritage cars. The event is a collaboration with a student, Zander Miller, who started the supercar club as a hobby during lockdown. It has swiftly snowballed into a who’s who of supercar owners in the South West. “The response to us hosting this event has been phenomenal” says Rhiannon Harris, Head of Commercial, Clayesmore. “We are excited to announce that Hendy Group, the South Coast’s premier automotive retailer, will be partnering with the event and will wow the crowds with a stunning display of their prestige cars on the day. “Hendy really loved Zander’s entrepreneurial spirit and the idea of bringing this event to Clayesmore. We are delighted to have them on board.”
Like to exhibit? Clayesmore are keen to exhibit the best of the best of local owner’s cars, so if you would like to register to exhibit, please do register here https://bit.ly/classicandsupercarsunday
Book your tickets now! Clayesmore are excited for this to be a real community event for all the family, with gourmet street food, fizz and entertainment. Tickets for the event are on sale now; book yours today classicandsupercarsunday.eventbrite.com
