The Christchurch Directory - February 2021 by Modern Magazines

February 2021

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The Christchurch Directory

Edition 171

I am delighted to deliver your February issue of The Christchurch Directory. With times as they are and lots of things to worry about, I am hoping we can bring you some light relief. Good, positive reading, puzzles and pages of interest, as well of course as our wonderful trades and services. We are all here for you. If there is anything else you would like to read about, or any trade you cannot find inside please give me a call or send an email. It is as vital as ever that we provide you with information that you enjoy receiving and find useful. In the meantime, keep calling the advertisers. Many have full PPE Advertise with us in place and can help you right now. Take your business to new heights Others can book you in, in the near with our affordable advertising future, as soon as they are able to packages! Supply your own artwork or help you. Call and talk to them. I would like to add articles about “Locals in Lockdown”! Why not send me an email, or pop the data in the post? What have you been doing whilst we have not been able to get out and about as usual? Have you tried something new? Taken up a new hobby? You may well have ideas that will inspire others, so why not tell me all about it? I would love to hear from you, so please don’t be shy… and get in touch! Stephen, myself and all the team here at Modern Magazines wish you well. Stay Safe and look after each other. Here’s to more optimistic times.

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Providing the answers to your legal questions Your Friend-In-Law for 75 Years

Why should you make a Will?

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A Will determines what happens to your solicitor, a Will ensures that your wishes are estate when you die. This important document clear and that the administration of your

ensures that you decide who is to receive estate is carried out sensitively and efficiently. items of sentimental value such as jewellery or family photographs.

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If these items are not specified in the Will it reaved. Speak to your Friend in Law today for can create animosity and uncertainty. Unless sound advice that goes further than just lookan agreement can be reached as to who has ing at the legal issues associated with the loss what, all items will be sold, converted to cash, of a loved one.

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A Will also determines who would look we have offices across Dorset. With a reputaafter your children and who would be respon- tion for delivering high-quality legal services sible for holding the purse strings on behalf of based on a deep understanding of each india child under the age of 18. It can stipulate vidual case, our mission has always been to what would happen to your pets. Wills can be, provide a trusted and truly personal legal used as tax planning tools to ensure that service for our clients. We are committed to Inheritance Tax is not paid unnecessarily, by helping our local communities with free advice the use of trusts or leaving a gift to charity to clinics and free legal consultations. reduce the tax payable. A Will ensures that your funeral arrangements are clear and carried out in accordance with your wishes. The lack of guidance for such arrangements can again cause anxiety and conflict for those

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The Adventures of Daichi

The Modern Magazines Camper Van We sneaked out! Well, this was just before the third Lockdown when we were still permitted to go out for a drive. Daichi loves the beach so we decided to go a little further afield and go for a spin. Well not quite a spin, but Daichi certainly was excited. In fact, if you see him in his bright red shorts and surfboard, with his dancing dolphin you will see just how much he loves the beach! A huge smile and an optimistic outlook, that is our Daichi. So, to Weymouth we went. It was a crisp, bright day with a bracing wind that will not beat us Brits. No! We will go out and enjoy ourselves. We will smile whilst clenching our teeth and standing like iced figurines, pretending all is fine and we ARE having a great time. I have to say that wind really was biting and for a split second I nearly turned around and ran back into Daichi’s warm and cosy interior. I resisted and took my life in my own hands. Weymouth, apart from the successful 2012 Olympics, is famous for its sandcastles. This family fun loving activity

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Daichi with his bright red shorts! has been popular here for the last 100 years. In truth, Weymouth has possibly the finest sand on earth! Amazing. I learned that a Weymouth sand sculpture would last until the end of time if it was kept in a vibration-proof glass case. Astounding! Not only that but if you make a sandcastle using a liquid chalk base and a powder colour finish, it could last up to two years on the beach… providing a dog did not play with it of course. Daichi had planned a Treasure Trail for us and for this one we had to find the missing mermaid. Seriously? Fictional of course, but it gives a purpose to finding all those clues and discovering new and sometimes hidden features of our history and architecture. George III made Gloucester Lodge, here on the seafront, his summer holiday residence and visited fourteen times between 1789 and 1805. Apparently, he even went into the sea in his bathing machine! Gloucester Street reflects this history with its stone heads, representing the King’s staff, proudly placed at the entrance of the houses. A good clue to

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find indeed and one I would never have seen or even known about without these educational and entertaining trails. If you have children that complain about walking, these are a crafty find. This particular trail took us through some of the town and then back onto the Esplanade where in the very near distance, in the bay, were four huge Ocean Liners bobbing up and down. A reminder of the times we are in and the limitations of travel, holidays and restrictions. Not to be beaten Stephen, myself and Hayden marched forth to discover yet more clues and try and recover this poor missing mermaid who must be quite distraught by now. After all we were taking our time, chatting away, photographs galore and had even had a coffee! I would not rely on us if you were in dire straits and in desperate need of being saved! The Jubilee Clock Tower, majestically overlooking the Esplanade, is a celebration of times gone by. It commemorates Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. Erected in 1888 and it became a Grade II listed monument in 1974. It is such a symbol for Weymouth, you know exactly where you are when you see it. It is interesting that areas often have a monument or building which is quintessentially theirs. A pure representation of exactly where you are on this planet of ours. Landmarks. Stable points of intrigue that speak of earlier times. I wonder what this clock could tell us if it could speak? Walking along the The Jubilee long, splendid Clock Tower

Spot the stone head! stretch of space with the glorious sand and sea, watching dogs running around and walkers smiling at each other, we see that life is good, harmonious and much calmer than any news would have us believe. Greenhill Gardens at the top of the small hill is a stunning place to gaze into the horizon. Glistening sea, a night sky approaching, the moon appearing. We finally got all the clues and found the missing mermaid you will be very glad to hear. She is safe. What is funny is that yet again I guessed the correct answer at the beginning of the trail… from a possibility of 25 places! I really think I should do the lottery… Well, we may have had many troubles this last year and 2021 may not have started as we have wanted it to, but Daichi has hope. He is planning a year of ‘staycations’. Yes, there maybe some delay now, but this will pass and we will all be able to mix together again soon and boy will we appreciate it! Maybe we will leave the computers behind and throw off those shoes and run into the (rather cold) British waters and splash around like never before. Daichi and the Corney family cannot wait! Can you? Where will Daichi, our playful and funloving Campervan, take us next? By Debbie Corney

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STAR GAZING Welcome to the February Stargazing Page. Highlights this month include Mars continuing to shine high in the south, and the wonderful winter constellations of Taurus the Bull and Orion the Hunter. ***Warm shoes with thick socks, layers of clothes, a hat and a ﬂask of hot tea are recommended during winter viewing!***

Interna onal Space Sta on The ISS will be visible in the early evening between 1st and 7th February, often twice per night before 8pm. From the 19th it is visible in the early morning. To establish exact timings please visit www.heavens-above.com or a similar webpage for up-to-date information, remembering to set the location to Bournemouth.

Object of the Month Orion ‘the Hunter’ is probably the most recognized constellation in the night sky and is best placed to view during the winter months. Look for his distinctive ‘belt’ of three stars, the red giant star Betelgeuse marking his left shoulder, blue giant Rigel as his right foot, whilst Bellatrix and Saiph represent the remaining shoulder and foot (see ﬁgure). Betelgeuse is an enormous star at the end of its life, and if it were to replace our Sun its surface would extend to Jupiter’s orbit. Put another way, if the Sun were the size of a grapefruit, then Betelgeuse would be the size of a large football stadium. Orion also has a ‘sword’, the middle star of which looks like a fuzzy blob. This object is not a star at all, but is in fact the Orion Nebula, a vast cloud of gas and dust incredibly far away, where new stars are being formed. Pleiades

Betelgeuse

Bellatrix

Aldebaran

Mars

Planets February 2021 is not a great month to view most of the planets as Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury are either hidden by the Sun’s glare, or lie too close to it for safe viewing. Next month’s skies will provide better viewing if you are prepared to rise early! SW View 19 February at 8PM

Mars Mars is still shining brightly in the constellation Aries, and moves into Taurus at the end of the month. Look high in the southwest at 7pm on a clear night and search for a bright, orange-red ‘star’. Three space missions are due to arrive at Mars this month. NASA’s Perseverance Rover will study and collect rocks that may contain traces of life, storing them until they can be sent back to Earth at a later date. The U.A.E Space Agency’s Hope mission will put a probe in orbit around Mars to study the Martian atmosphere, whilst the China National Space Administration has sent both an orbiter and a rover.

Orion Nebula

Rigel

Saiph

Moon This month’s full moon occurs on 27th February, and is traditionally known by a variety of names, including Storm, Hunger or Snow Moon. Last month’s Objects of the Month, Taurus the Bull and the Pleiades, make a pretty sight with a quarter Moon and Mars on the 19th (see picture). 32

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lthough we live in a light-polluted area, here in the south we have relatively dark skies and are able to see many of the brighter stars and planets without too much trouble. However, if we can wait for our eyes to adapt to the dark, it can be surprising how many more stars we can see. Dark adaption occurs when all sources of light are blocked out, be it streetlights, car headlights, indoor house lights, and even the Moon. It can take the human eye at least 20 minutes to adapt to dark conditions, but the results are well worth it.

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Although this year may not be shaping up as many of us may have hoped, Dorset continues to shine as the wonderful county it is. From a village saved from devastation to the UK’s oldest blueberry farm, to celebrate the county, here are another five interesting facts to showcase Dorset at its finest and most interesting. For property contact details and visitor information please visit the National Trust website at www.nationaltrust.org.uk Photo credit: ©National Trust Images/Tony Gill Immortalised by the Lawrence of Arabia stories, did you know that T.E Lawrence especially enjoyed the lush and quintessential countryside of Dorset? Tragically the soldier, diplomat, archeologist and author died in the county following a motorcycle accident. However Thomas Edward Lawrence’s mark will forever be left on Dorset as Clouds Hill, his idyllic cottage, was his very favourite place to relax. Now taken care of by the National Trust, the cottage is open to the public and remains almost completely untouched since the great man himself left it. Did you know that the Weymouth Royal National Lifeboat Institution has been in existence for more than one hundred and fifty years after it was opened in the latter 1860s? As one of the busiest stations in the country, the need for a lifeboat was realised in the 19th century by the then Earl of Strafford who personally donated funds to be able to build a station. Other lifeboats from nearby Portland had serviced the town’s coast however it was not until the early months of 1869 that Weymouth’s station was to be completed and opened. 36

Dorset is home to the oldest blueberry farm in all of the UK? The Trehane Blueberry Farm dates back to the 1950s following an initiative oﬀering a free handful of seeds to any gardener who was willing to give blueberries a try. Not only was David Trehane willing and able to grow blueberries in Dorset’s soil but he was able to see the potential for a business. Remarkably, as his blueberry farm is an organic pick your own, the blueberries available to harvest today were actually planted as far back as 1965!

Did you know that it was thought that it was in Dorset that the Black Plague first entered the UK? Within months the plague had taken hold of the entire country and decimated whole parishes and manors. It was in the August of 1348 that a ship from France carrying the plague landed in Dorset, bringing with it more than a cargo of fine goods. As infection rates reached unprecedented heights, among the badly impacted areas was the Isle of Portland as well as Poole whose communities suffered considerably.

Arguably one of the prettiest villages in the county and certainly a favourite with Thomas Hardy, Evershot very nearly descended to the ranks of one of Britain's many forgotten settlements. Boasting a history that dates back millenia and has played an interesting role in Dorset’s economic heritage, one day in the late summer of 1865, a ﬁre nearly ravaged all of Evershot after hot ashes were not properly extinguished and quickly engulfed the nearby carpenter’s home. A total of eighteen houses were burnt down and yet, in a ﬁtting way, Evershot’s near destruction also forged a way ahead, with the community rallying around those made homeless.

Did you know... Dorset is home to the oldest blueberry farm in all of the UK? The Trehane Blueberry Farm dates back to the 1950s following an initiative oﬀering a free handful of seeds to any gardener who was willing to give blueberries a try. Not only was David Trehane willing and able to grow blueberries in Dorset’s soil but he was able to see the potential for a business. Remarkably, as his blueberry farm is an organic pick your own, the blueberries available to harvest today were actually planted as far back as 1965!

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Tastes so good... Steak and Sweet Potato Chips

February is the month of love. And a beautifully cooked steak is a wonderful way to have a romantic meal a deux, simply and easily. Itâ€™s not that hard to dish up a fabulous supper that is sure to please if you follow the simple instructions.

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