West Dorset
What's on in and around West Dorset
March 2006
Information supplied courtesy of West Dorset District Council & West Dorset Tourist Board

EXHIBITIONS
to 04/03 Untold Stories
- An Exhibition Of Imagination Paintings Bridport Arts Centre.
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm. Paintings by David Brooke and
Caroline Ireland in the Cafe Gallery.
to 04/03 Saints And Sinners Exhibition At Dorset County Museum
Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, .Saints and Sinners celebrates the
400th anniversary of the arrival in Dorchester of the Reverend John
White, one of Dorchester’s most important historical figures.
to 13/03 120 Years Of Football In Lyme Regis Bridge
Street, Lyme Regis.
Museum open weekends and school holidays, Sat 10.00 am - 5.00pm
Sunday 11.00am - 5pm.
Exhibition features personalities, pictures, programmes.
18/02 - 19/02 Body Talk; An Exhibition Of Contemporary Art
Durweston Village Hall, 10.30am – 4pm. Body Talk is part of the
Artsreach Self Centred Project in which four community groups have
worked with artist in residence Tom Weld, to explore the concept of Slef,
a symbiotic relationship between body and mind. Exhibited work will
include prints and photographs, painted and stitched textiles,
conceptual clothing, reconstructed textiles, jewellery, mixed media and
installations.
28/02 - 25/03 Samuel St Ledger Exhibition At Bridport Arts
Centre Bridport Arts Centre. The artist presents paintings,
drawings and sculptures all with a bucolic yet malevolent undercurrent.
11/03 - 01/04 Dorchester Camera Club Exhibition Dorset County
Musuem, Dorchester
18/03 - 19/03 Body Talk; An Exhibition Of Contemporary
Art Burton Bradstock Village Hall, Burton Bradstock, Bridport,
10.30am – 4pm. Body Talk is part of the Artsreach Self Centred
Project in which four community groups have worked with artist in
residence Tom Weld, to explore the concept of Slef, a symbiotic
relationship between body and mind. Exhibited work will include prints
and photographs, painted and stitched textiles, concpetual clothing,
reconstructed textiles, jewellery, mixed media and installations.
24/03 - 01/04 Body Art; An Exhibition Of Contemporary Art
Guggleton Gallery, Stalbridge, Nr Sherborne, 11 - 5 closed on Sunday
26th March. (See above)
28/03 - 15/04 Earthbound Exhibition At Bridport Arts
Centre Bridport Arts Centre. Earthbound features work by
painter Vicki Clark and sculptures David Nicholls and Caroline Sharp.
MARKETS
BEAMINSTER Farmers’ Market 4th
Saturday in each month – Town Hall 9am-1pm
BRIDPORT Town Centre. Every Wednesday and Saturday, Farmers’
Market 2nd Saturday in each month – Arts Centre
9.30am-2pm, W.I. market in the WI Hall, North Street every Saturday
9am-12 noon
DORCHESTER Fairfield Car Park, Weymouth Avenue 8am – 3pm
every Wednesday
Farmers’ Market 1st Saturday in each month –
Poundbury, 9am-1pm
SHERBORNE The Parade, every Thursday and Saturday; W.I. market
in Church Hall, Digby Road Thursday mornings, 9.15am; Farmers’
Market 3rd Friday in each month – Cheap Street, 9am-1pm
FOSSIL WALKS
Lyme Regis Fossil
walks with Dr Colin Dawes every Sunday all year, plus every
Wednesday and Friday from Good Friday to end September and daily during
February and October School Half Terms. No need to book – meet at the
Old Forge Fossil Shop, Broad Street at 1pm. Lasts approx. 2.5 hours.
Cost Adults £7, Children £3
Fossil walks with Paddy Howe – meet at Lyme Regis Museum.
During March walks take place on Fri 3rd at 12pm, Sat 4th
at 12.30pm, Sun 5th at 1pm, Tues 14th at 9.30am,
Sat 18th at 11.30am, Sun 19th at 11.45am, Tues 21st
at 12.45pm and Tues 28th at 9.45am. Walk lasts approx. 2
hours. Booking essential on 01297 443370.
Fossil walks with Brandon Lennon Details and times available
from Mike’s Minerals & Fossils – tel. 01297 444405 (booking
essential).
Charmouth From the Heritage Coast Centre, Charmouth. Walks last
approx. 2 hours and include a 20 minute talk on fossils. No need to
book. Adults £7, Children £3. During March, Walks take place on Sat 4th
at 2pm, Sun 5th at 2.30pm, Sun 12th at 10am, Wed
15th at 11.30am. There will also be a "Fossil
Fantastic" family weekend on 18th – 19th
March (Tel. 01297 560772 for details)
NATIONAL GARDENS SCHEME
Look our for the free yellow booklet of gardens open as part of the
National Gardens Scheme –Dorset Gardens 2006 – available from TICs in
March.
EVENTS DURING MARCH
to 04 The Wizard Of Oz -
Burton Bradstock Players Burton Bradstock Village Hall, evening
performances at 7.30pm plus Saturday matinee at 2pm.
01 Bridport Camera Club Meeting – Digital Prints, colour and
mono Burton Cliff Hotel, Burton Bradstock, 7.30pm.
01 Peter Searles In Bolivia And Beyond Shipton Gorge
Village Hall, 7.30pm. Part of the Artsreach programme of events- tel 01305
269512. An evening bound to appeal to travellers and theatre goers alike.
01 Yetties Music Club West End Hall, Sherborne, 8pm.
01 Traveller’s Tales – Egypt Dorset County Museum,
Dorchester, 6pm. A talk by Roland Tarr.
02 Four Part Harmonies - Weymouth Operatic Society
United Church, South Street, Dorchester, 7.30pm. Tickets £6/£4 from
01305 760780
02 Pinter Double Bill Marine Theatre, Church Street,
Lyme Regis, 8.00pm. European Arts Company presents a Pinter double bill: A
Slight Ache & The Love.
02 - 30 The Life and Work of William Barnes Dorset County
Museum, Dorchester, 6.30pm. Series of 5 lectures (each Thursday in March)
by Dr Alan Chedzoy. £6 per lecture or £25 for the series of 5 lectures.
03 Barn Dance Woodmead Halls, Hill Road, Lyme Regis, 7.30pm
to 11pm. Barn Dance - fun for all the family - organised by Save the
Children. Dance to the Casterbridge Band. Tel. 01297 560402 for further
details and tickets
03 West Dorset Ramblers Association Walk Today's walk
starts from: Toller Porcorum Tel 01300 320168 for details.
03 Archaeology Meeting Dorset County Museum, Dorchester,
7.30pm. "Investigating Dorset’s Industrial Past" by Dr Peter
Stanier.
04 Dorset Chamber Orchestra – Music for Youth St
Mary's Church, Dorchester, 4pm. Story-teller - Martin Clunes The
Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky Solo by a Young Artist (to be announced) The
Amazing Animal Band - Coles/Baker (First Performance) The River Vltava -
Smetana
04 West Dorset Ramblers Association Walk Today's walk
starts from: Chideock Please tel. 01297 489449 for details.
04 Dorset Local History Group Lecture and AGM Dorset County
Musuem, Dorchester, 2.30pm. "The Shapwick (Somerset) Project"
– lecture by Professor Mick Aston.
04 All over the Town Regent Cinema, Broad Street, Lyme
Regis, 5.30pm. The 1948 film that was shot entirely in Lyme Regis with
many local people appearing as extras.
04 - 05 Double Event Sales Trimar Hospice, Greenhill,
Weymouth 10.00am - 12noon Organiser: On sale Saturday will be Wall Paper,
Bric-a-Brac, Stamps, Jigsaws, Garden Accessories. On sale Sunday will be
Tools for all trades and DIY. Something for everyone.
04 - 05 Lambing Weekend Kingston Maurward, Nr.
Dorchester.
04 - 05 Antique Fair Kingston Maurward, Nr. Dorchester,
10am - 4.30pm Saturday, 10am – 4pm Sunday
05 Women & Family Day – International Women’s Day Event
St. Mary’s School, Puddletown, 10am – 4pm. Free workshops, taster
sessions and lots of activities for women, babies and children including
alternative therapies, pilates, falconry display, African drumming, girls’
rubgy, craft activities, info stands and stalls and lots more! Creche,
free refreshments. Visit www.northdorset-pct.nhs.uk or tel. 07811 442363
for further details.
05 South Somerset Ramblers Walk Meet At Yarn Barton Car
Park, Beaminster. 10 miles circular walk via Oxbridge, Melplash, Loscombe,
Mapperton. Picnic Lunch. Tel. 01308 863206 for further details.
07 West Dorset Ramblers Association Walk Today's walk
starts from: Puddletown Forest Tel 01297 489449 for details.
07 Natural History Lecture Dorset County Museum, Dorchester,
7.30pm. "The use of fish to assess water quality and change" by
Bill Beaumont, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Dorset.
08 Sherborne Flicks - Kinky Boots Church Hall, Digby
Road, Sherborne, 7.30pm. From the makers of Calendar Girls - a funny,
well-observed comedy much in the vein of The Full Monty - cheeky but not
offensive! Tickets £5, available from Sherborne TIC
08 All over the Town Regent Cinema, Broad Street, Lyme
Regis, 2.45pm. The 1948 film that was shot entirely in Lyme Regis with
many local people appearing as extras.
09 Stop GAP At Bridport Arts Centre Bridport Arts
Centre, 7.30pm. In association with Activate, StopGAP present a triple
bill of dance by top UK choreographers, which is vibrant, funny and
tender. Suitable for any age. Tickets: £6 adults, £4 children &
students
09 West Dorset Ramblers Association Walk Today's walk
starts from: Askerswell Please tel. 01297 489567 for details.
09 Sherborne Historical Society Lecture Digby Hall, Hound
Street, Sherborne, 8pm. "Contributions of Islam" – Peter
Willey, FRAS, FRGS looks at the close and often cordial relations between
Christianity and Islam until the time of the Crusades.
09 - 11 'Allo 'Allo - Comedy Frampton Village Hall,
7.30pm. Presented by Frampton Footlights. A comedy by Jeremy Lloyd and
David Croft.
10 Once More Into The Bleach Marine Theatre, Church
Street, Lyme Regis, Doors open 7.45pm. Blondie tribute
10 Breadmaking around the World Puddletown Village Hall, 7.30pm,
Tickets: £7.00, proceeds to Christian Aid. Sarah Stancliffe, wife of the Bishop
of Salisbury and author of
"Book of Bread". Contact: Pat Alford 01305 848746/ Diana &
Jim Wilson 01305 848510
10 - 11 Alison Neil In 'The Shakespeare Ladies Club'
Performances in West Stafford Village Hall on 10th and Tarrant Gunville
Village Hall on 11th, both at 7.30pm. A new theatre show both written and
performed by the wonderful Alison Neil. Set in mid 1700s London, this is a
true story of a group of Ladies of Quality who determined to make
Shakespeare fashionable once again.
10 - 20 Blah di Blah: Dorset's festival of words and voices
Blah di Blah is Dorset's bi-annual celebration of live literature. With
writers, storytellers, slam poets, speakers and readers, this year
promises to be louder than ever. Full programme available from Dorset TICs
11 An Evening Of Amateur Boxing The Dorchester
Trinity Club, Trinity Street, Dorchester. 8pm-11.30pm, doors open 7.30pm.
Tickets £8.00 on the door or tel 01305 832249 or 266145 Presented by
Dorchester Amateur Boxing Club
11 Evening Of Popular Classics St. Mary's Church,
Dorchester, 7.30pm. Four top performers with some of the world's best
loved music.
11 Free Children's Saturday Events In Dorset County Museum
10am-12pm "Strings and Things" - make your own string, rope
or braids, the way the Vikings did.
11 Guardian Angel Workshop Connect with your own
special angel. 10am - 4pm, The Corn Exchange, Dorchester. Facilitated by
gifted psychic, David Hand. Booking essential. Please call 01202 429300
for further details.
11 John Bullock Is Otherwise Engaged At Eype Church Centre
For Arts Eype Church Centre For Arts, Nr Bridport, 7.45pm. John
Bullock performs traditional and contemporary songs about those people who
are somehow different from Us. But who really is the OTHER? Tickets £5,
available from Bridport TIC
11 Organ Recital Church Of The Holy Rood, Buckland
Newton, 2.30pm. An informal afternoon of organ music by the Salisbury
& District Organists Assosiation. Tea, coffee and cake in the
interval. Free entry.
11 Quiz Night United Church Hall, Charles St,
Dorchester, 7.30pm. Tickets £3.00 adults, under 14's £2.00 includes cold
supper. Available from The Gallery, or tel. 01305 266461/268341
11 Sherborne Chamber Choir Sherborne Abbey, Sherborne,
7.30pm. Sherborne Chamber Choir perform Durufle's Requiem plus ' A Garland
for Linda' - which includes movements from composers such as John Rutter,
Richard Rodney Bennett, David Matthews and John Taverner.
11 Uiscedwr At Bridport Arts Centre Bridport Arts
Centre, 8pm. Uiscedwr’s (pronounced ish-ka-dooer, which means water in
Welsh and Irish) freshness, innovation and sheer joy of playing has
brought them a long way in an absurdly short time. Winners of The Folk
Award in 2002, fiddler player and vocalist Anna Esslemont comes from Wales
and percussionist Cormac Byrne is from Co. Waterford, Ireland. Legendary
guitarist Kevin Dempsey completes the line-up.
11 Spring Feed the Birds Day RSPB Reserve Radipole Lake ,
Weymouth, 10am – 12pm. Find out how you can help your feathered friends
throughout the busy breeding months. Advice on bird care products and 10%
off all bird food for this day only.
11 - 12 Family History Course For Beginners The Coach
House, Gundry Lane, Bridport. A two day course for beginners starting at
10am and finishing at 4pm each day. Cost of the 2 day course is £30.
Further details and confirmation of venue from Jane Ferentzi-Shepherd, 4
Hibernia Close, Bridport or email janefhistory@aol.com
11 - 12 Lambing Weekend Kingston Maurward, Nr.
Dorchester.
12 Choral Evensong 1559 Book Of Common Prayer St.
Peter's Church, High Street, Dorchester, 6.30pm. Thomas Weelkes' Evening
Service 'for Trebles'. Anthems by Farrant, Mundy and Byrd sung by
Petertide. Preacher: The Rt Revd Tim Thornton, Bishop of Sherborne.
12 The Best of Dorset’s Tourism & Leisure Show Ocean
Room, Weymouth Pavilion, 10am – 4pm.
12-14 Drawing and Watercolour Painting course at Highway Farm
Highway Farm, West Road, Bridport. Residential course with award winning
marine artist Michael J Chappell. Cost is £120 per person and includes 2
nights B&B, light lunch, coffee/tea, and one evening meal. Single
occupancy +£10. Additional persons or extra nights £26.50 pppn. Further
details from Pauline on 01308 424321 or visit www.highwayfarm.co.uk
14 Bridport Film Society Screening – Turtles Can Fly
Bridport Art Centre, South St, Bridport, 7.45pm.
14 Changes In The Rural Scene Over The Past 40 Years Bridport
United Church, 2.30pm. A Bridport History Society talk by Andrew Dyke of
Pineapple Developments Ltd, showing how farming has had to change in order
to survive.
14 Lyme Regis Society Talk Woodmead Halls, Hill Road,
Lyme Regis, 2.30pm. Lyme Regis Society guest speaker Richard Edmonds -
Earth Sciences Manager for the Jurassic Coast
14 Treasure Island At Bridport Arts Centre Bridport
Arts Centre, performances at 11.30am and 1.30pm. A new adaptation of
Stevenson's classic tale. The audience are invited to wear pirate costume!
Suitable for ages 7 to 11. Tickets £3. Further details from Bridport Arts
Centre tel 01308 424204.
14 West Dorset Ramblers Association Walk Today's walk
starts from: Maiden Newton. Tel. 01300 320346 for details
15 Bridport Camera Club Meeting – Competition No.5
Burton Cliff Hotel, Burton Bradstock, 7.30pm.
15 Jurassic Coast Lecture: Petroleum And The World Heritage Coast
Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, 6.30pm. A Geology Group of the Dorset
Natural History and Archaeological Society talk given by Dr. Andrew Hindle of
Egdon Resources. Further information from 01305 262735.
16 The Librarian's Joke Performed At Bridport Arts Centre
Bridport Arts Centre, 8pm. The silence in the library is deafening. The
time for breaking it is long overdue. In the home of written words, what's
happened to the spoken ones? Using an eclectic and innovative live sound
track, striking visual images and audience interaction, Little Wonder
create a witty and beautiful story of a love left unspoken for too long.
Tickets: £9, £8 members, concessions £5 students
16 The Romantic Piano St Michael's Church, Church
Street, Lyme Regis, 7.30pm. Concert featuring Christina Lawrie on the
piano
16 South Somerset Ramblers Walk Meet At The Thimble,
Piddlehinton, 10.30am. 5 mile walk towards White Lackington. Tel. 01935
473114 for further details.
16 South Somerset Ramblers Walk Meet At Yarn Barton
Ar Park, Beaminster, 10.30am. 4 1/2 mile walk South of Beaminster to the
attactive village of Netherbury, returning via the Brit Valley. Tel. 01935
479129 for further details
16 West Dorset Ramblers Association Walk Today's walk
starts from: Shatcombe Picnic Area Tel. 01308 485418
16 - 18 Amateur Players Of Sherborne Production Digby
Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne. The Amateur Players of Sherborne present
'Confusions' by Alan Ayckbourne
17 Bridport & West Dorset Music Club Concert - Bridge
String Quartet Colfox School, Bridport, 7.45pm. Tel. 01308 424673
for further details
17 Charterhouse Auction Long Street Sale Rooms,
Sherborne, viewing Wednesday from 10am to 4pm, and Thursday from 10am to
7pm. Sale starts on Friday at 10am, with viewing from 8.30am. Antiques,
wine, collectors' items and clocks
17 Kausary South American Band Church House, South
St, Bridport, 7.30pm. The 5 musicians of the South American band, Kausary
will be supporting the local charity WAWA (local charity which raises
funds to provide better educational and medical facilities for some of the
poorest children in Peru) by performing live in Bridport playing both
traditional and more up beat Latin American numbers - bar and fair-trade
refreshments & raffle. Tickets £5.00 available from The Red Plum
Gallery
18 Barn Dance St Mary's Church Hall, South Street,
Bridport, 7.30 - 11pm.. Come and Dance the night away at the Barn Dance
with free nibbles, raffle, band and caller, and mystery ticket prize.
18 Book Market Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, 9.30am
- 4pm.
18 Matthew Trusler - Violin Big School Room, Sherborne
School, Sherborne, 7.30pm.
18 Ray Sargent In Two Victorian Tales Sherborne
House, Newland, Sherborne, 7.30pm. A highly atmospheric one-man
dramatisation of two classic stores - The Signalman by Charles Dickens and
The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy. With period music from the Thomas
Hardy Collection and original music by Ray Sargent. Tickets £5 -
available from Sherborne Tourist Information Centre
18 Archaeology Day School Dorset County Museum, Dorchester,
10.15am. "Pits, Pots and People – 10,000 years at Bestwall,
Wareham". A presentation of the spectacular results of 13 years of
excavation, ahead of quarrying, on the Bestwall peninsula, to the east of
Wareham, together with aspects of current research - with a panel of
speakers. Tickets £14. Prior booking is advisable to avoid disappointment
– tel. 01305 262735.
18 - 19 Spring Bulb & Daffodils Weekend At Sherborne
Castle Sherborne Castle, Sherborne. Reduced price entry to
Sherborne Castle grounds to see the lovely spring flowers
18 - 19 Fossil Fantastic Family Weekend Charmouth
Heritage Centre, Charmouth. Join the Warden Team at the centre for a whole
weekend of fossil hunting and activities for families and children. Lots
of fun for everyone. Booking essential.
18 - 19 Inspiration Days for Designing your Garden
Downhouse Farm, Higher Eype, Nr Bridport, 10am - 4pm. 18th :
Focus on Foliage and visit to private garden in Halstock , 19th
– Focus on Foliage and visit to Athelhampton Garden with takl on the
garden’s history and Bellamont topiary nursery. Further details from
www.couturegardens.com.
18 - 19 Lambing Weekend Kingston Maurward, Nr.
Dorchester.
21 Dorset Industrial Archaeology Society Talk Dorset
Room, Colliton Club (opposite County Hall), Dorchester, 7.30 p.m. 'The
Tramway in Puddletown Forest', a talk by Bill Putnam. Non-members welcome
at £2 per person.
21 Wildlife Walk RSPB Reserve, Radipole Lake, Weymouth, 10am
– 12pm.
22 Birding On Stonebarrow Stonebarrow Hill, Charmouth,
10.00am to 1pm. Spring has sprung - A focus on territory and song, just in
time for spring. Maximum 15 places per walk .Booking essential – tel.
01297 560772
22 Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Jurassic Coast
Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, 7.30pm. A talk by Chris Pamplin of the
World Heritage Team, including information about fossils found in Sherborne.
23 Opera Can Be Murder - Tank Museum The Tank Museum,
Bovington, 7.30pm. Tickets £12 for adults, £8 for students and under
16s. Hatstand Opera present an evening of musical entertainment - Popular
opera & caberet.
24 The Dorchester Association Lecture & AGM The
Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, 7.15pm. AGM followed by lecture by Jill
Pope: Daring Voters
24 Market in St Martin's Community Hall St Martin's
Community Hall, 2 -3.30pm. Produce, cakes, plants, craft, Local home made
bread,Fair-trade goods, library etc and enjoy a cup of tea and a chat. For
further information tel.01305 852866.
24 West Dorset Ramblers Association Walk Today's walk
starts from: Cogden Beach Tel. 01308 863754 for details.
24 - 25 Wheatley's Arcadians Present Strings Ain't What They
Used To Portesham Village Hall on 24th at 8pm and
Melbury Osmond Village Hall on 25th at 7.30pm. Wheatley’s
Arcadians play and sing music from the 1920s and 30s but sometimes as
early as the 1890s using a huge variety of stringed instruments. With
backgrounds in Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band and the Pasadena Roof Orchestra,
a very entertaining evening is guaranteed!
24 - 26 Exploring Hardy's Wessex - Residential Course At
Highway Farm Highway Farm Near Bridport. An introduction to the
life and landscape of Thomas Hardy. Cost is £160 per person and includes
2 nights B&B, light lunch, coffee/tea, and one evening meal. Single
occupancy +£10. Additional persons or extra nights £26.50 pppn. For
further details tel. 01308 424321 or visit www.highwayfarm.co.uk
25 Inspiration Day For Designing Your Garden The
Barn, Downhouse Farm Nr Bridport, 9.30am – 3.30pm.Today's Topic is:
Design & Gardening with Nature with a lecture from Pam Lewis. Each day
includes garden visits or lectures, Q+A with gardeners, plantsmen + women
+ tuition from designers. Cost: £65 per day(including lunch). No more
than 10 students per day. Further details from www.couturegardens.com or
email
25 Preparing for Hysterectomy Workshop The
Hysterectomy Association Workshop, Body Mind Spirit Centre, Jonson Park,
Dorchester. Starts at 9.30am and finishes around lunchtime, £10 per
person, call 0871 7811141 for more info.
25 Sherborne Antiques & Collectors Fair Digby Hall,
Hound Street, Sherborne, 9am - 4pm.
25 Fleet Foreshore Beach Clean Chesil Beach Centre, Nr Weymouth,
10am – 12pm Tel. 01305 760579 for further details.
25 Dorset Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers St. Mary’s
Hall, Dorchester, 11am – 4pm.
25 - 26 Family History Course For Beginners The Coach
House,Gundry Lane, Bridport. A two day course for beginners starting at
10am and finishing at 4pm each day. Cost of the 2 day course is £30.
E-mail janefhistory@aol.com for info.
25 - 26 Optics Weekend At Radipole Lake Radipole RSPB
Reserve, Weymouth, 10am – 4pm. Free expert advice for optical equipment
at the wonderful RSPB reserve.
26 Day Course On Living Willow With Amy Ralph Highway
Farm, West Road, Bridport, 10am – 4pm. Full day' s tuition to learn how
to plant and weave natural beautiful living arbours, tunnels and screens.
Cost £35 - tel. 01308 424321 for further details and to book.
26 Sherborne Castles 10k Multi-terrain Running Race Also
5k and 1500m junior race
26 Steam Train Comes To Sherborne Sherborne. A
special for Mothers' Day - Steam dreams trip from London to Sherborne (and
then onto Yeovil Junction).
27 West Dorset Ramblers Association Walk Today's walk
starts from: Abbotsbury. Tel. 01305 260853 for further details
27 to 02/04 West Dorset
Residents Week What's on your
doorstep? Find out during West Dorset Residents Week. If you are a
resident of West Dorset you can take advantage of some
fantastic offers from local attractions and leisure centres for one week
only. Flyers containing vouchers will be sent to households during early
March. Further copies will be available from West Dorset Tourist
Information Centres in March.
29 Dorset County Museum Music Society Concert Dorset
County Museum, Dorchester, 7.30pm. Tickets £12 at the door Corina Belcea,
violin, and Katya Apekisheva, piano. Beethoven Sonata no.5 in F major
op.24 ('Spring'), Debussy Sonata in G minor, Richard Strauss Sonata in E
flat minor op.18
30 Chitraleka Dance Company Present Tears Of Fire
Bridport Arts Centre, 8pm. Tears of Fire captures the story of an
enigmatic and fiery Indian princess. Starts at 8pm. Tickets £ £10, £9
concessions, £5 students.
30 West Dorset Ramblers Association Walk Today's walk
starts from: Beaminster. Tel. 01308 863337 for further details.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON EVENTS AND THE LOCAL AREA PLEASE CONTACT:
Tourist Information Centre, Antelope Walk, Dorchester Tel: 01305 267992
dorchester.tic@westdorset-dc.gov.uk
Tourist Information Centre, South Street, Bridport Tel: 01308 424901
bridport.tic@westdorset-dc.gov.uk
Tourist Information Centre, Digby Road, Sherborne Tel: 01935 815341
sherborne.tic@westdorset-dc.gov.uk
Tourist Information Centre, Church Street, Lyme Regis Tel: 01297 442138
lymeregis.tic@westdorset-dc.gov.uk
www.westdorset.com
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained
in this leaflet is correct at the time of going to print, West Dorset District
Council cannot accept any responsibility for any errors or omissions.
Inclusion in this leaflet does not imply any recommendation by West Dorset
District Council. Produced by West Dorset District Council, Leisure and
Tourism Division.

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