ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
(Abbotsbury & Portesham Branch)
The quarterly Branch Committee Meeting will be held at Portesham Methodist Hall at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday, 4th March, 2010. The principal item for discussion will be the questionnaires which members recently completed concerning the Branch’s future conduct.
The next Branch Meeting (jointly with the Women’s Section) will be at Strangways Hall, Abbotsbury, at 7.30 p.m. on Monday 8th March with a talk by Duncan Matthews on “Paris Cycle Help for Heroes”.
Our Branch Annual Dinner takes place at 7 pm. for 7.30 pm. on Thursday, 25th March, at Weymouth Golf Club. Coach pick-ups will be as follows:- 6.40 pm. Abbotsbury Square, 6.50 pm. King’s Arms Bus Stop, Portesham, and other points by arrangement.
Full details of the menu can be obtained from Branch Chairman John Perry (01305 871346) and bookings should also be made through him, accompanied by choice of meal and £18.00 per person.
Following the very successful trip on the River Dart last year, this year we are going to:-
The Isle of Wight on Thursday 22nd April
Coach pick-up times are:-
9 am. Abbotsbury Square, 9.10 am. Portesham Green, and 9.30 am. London Road, Dorchester. We shall go by train from Brockenhurst to Lymington Pier, then by Wightlink ferry to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. We have a reservation for lunch at The Bugle Coaching Inn and time to explore this fascinating little town before we depart on the return journey at 3.55 pm., arriving back in Abbotsbury at about 6.30 pm. The combined rail, ferry and coach fare is £27.50 (payable when booking) plus £2 for non-members who are most welcome to join us. Book with me please.
The 5 day tour of Snowdonia in May, previously advertised, is now full.
Diary Dates:
13th June Weymouth Veterans’ Parade
26th June Armed Forces Day
Further details of any of the above events are available from
Des Baker - Entertainments Chairmanr (01305 267617)
Dorchester 55 Forum
are holding their
Open Meeting
on Tuesday 13th April at 2pm
in the Holy Trinity Centre Hall, Culliford Road North, Dorchester DT1
(behind Sunninghill School).
Guest speakers are:
A Foundation Trust Governor from Dorchester County Hospital
Sue Hennessy, retired Lifeboat College Principal, RNLI
Refreshments and free parking
ALL WELCOME
Compton Valence Church Flowers & Cleaning Rota
Please note that the church is not decorated during Lent.
Easter Sunday this year is on 4th April.
DORSET HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST SPONSORED CYCLE RIDE
A big thank-you to everybody who supported us on the sponsored cycle ride in support of the Dorset Historic Churches Trust, whether financially or by providing refreshments to passing cyclists.
We raised a total of £562, half of which will be returned to the Benefice, the other half going towards the work of the trust which exists to help keep Dorset’s many beautiful churches in good repair.
John Good, Bruce and Maggie Robertson, Joy Parsons, Laurie Reading, John Crawford.
CHESIL BEACH CENTRE - MARCH
SPRING FLEET CLEAN
Sat 13th – 10am to 12 Noon Why not come down to help us clean up the Fleet foreshore.
Contact the Chesil Beach Centre for more details.
WALK AT FERRYBRIDGE
Sat 20th – Meet at Chesil Centre 2pm
Chesil and the Fleet make up one of Western Europe’s most important marine nature reserves; the reserve has a broad range of habitats and is of vast historic importance.
Join us on a walk at Ferrybridge, with our local guide.
These are great opportunities to gain more understanding of our nature reserves around the Fleet.
For further information about walks or booking a trip on the Fleet Observer please contact the Chesil Beach Centre, Portland Beach Road, Portland, Dorset. DT4 9XE.
Tel 01305 760579 or visit our websites -
www.chesilbeach.org or www.thefleetobserver.co.uk