The 25% discount available to Valley Clubbers was put to good use at the Poundbury Garden Centre on the 14th April as Spotty Dotties, Japanese Cheesewoods and various slug barriers (remember last year's invasion?) were bought and taken home for the proper kick-off of the gardening season.
This shopping bonanza followed a presentation by John in the loft room where, over the mandatory tea and biscuits all the above plus much more was introduced to us.
The next Valley Cub event is a talk at the Village Hall where Steve Cox will be talking us through a history of trees.
A reminder - or an alert - about the village outing: half of the tickets have already been sold for our trip on the "Tivertonian" through the beautiful Devonshire landscape on Tuesday, the 1st July.
Book now to avoid disappointment!
You’d have had to try a lot harder on Saturday, Storm Darragh, if you were going to keep the Valley Club members away from their complimentary Christmas bash. Around 40 arrived to a welcome of mulled wine and mince pies and, having charged our glasses, we gave a warm Valley welcome to the Dorset Wrecks.
Valley Club News - 12th October 2023
The Fish and Chips came out of the warming oven hot and delicious (well done and thank you, Case & Brewer!) and the bar was busy during the fiercely-contested Quiz Night at the Village Hall on the 25th September.
The scores achieved were notably higher than last year which must of course be because we have all become so much more intelligent during 2023. What other explanation could there be?
The teams were closely matched but Sheree and Martin Fitzgerald together with Rosie and Gerald Duke clinched a one-point win over the runners up, aided by their expert local knowledge enabling them to name the town of origin of Dorset Vinney (the answer’s upside down at the end of this article.)
But the rest of us shouldn’t be cheesed off because there’s so much more to look forward to!
Christmas is in just a few short weeks and in the nick of time, the Village Hall will be graced with festive decorations ready for the Valley Club Christmas Celebration, on the revised date of 2nd December with mulled wine, mince pies, cheese, a bar and of course the wonderful live music. The doors will open at 7:30 pm.
Turning to January, I should perhaps not be surprised to have found it impossible to unearth anything on the internet about our speaker on the 15th. Alan Jenkins entitles his presentation “My Life in Counter-terrorism”. I need add no more given how troublingly pertinent this is in our times.
On February 19th its all about the optimism and joy that comes from growing things when we’ll be regaled with gardening folklore as the Gold Club comes to the Village Hall.
So if all of this sounds entertaining, enlightening and enticing but you haven’t yet joined the Valley Club – there’s a friendly bunch of people waiting to welcome you.
Christmas Celebration: 2nd December at 7:30 pm
Alan Jenkins: 15th January at 7:45pm
Gold Club: 19th February at 7:45 pm
Quiz answer:
Sturminster Newton!
Fortifications Around Dorset Talk
Up next in our schedule of talks is Chris Stevens from the Bridport Museum, who'll be telling us about the fortifications all round Dorset. This is on the 16th October at 7:45 pm.
Please also note that the perennial and always warmly anticipated Valley Club Christmas Celebration will be taking place on Saturday the 2nd of December.
