CATTISTOCK Festival takes place on the weekend of Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23. In addition to some of the associated events already advertised, we would like to point out that there will be a Church Flower Festival throughout the weekend with beautiful arrangements that are well worth a visit. There will also be recitals by visiting organists and bell ringing in the church. On the Sunday there will be Hymns and Pimms at 6.30pm and a Grand Raffle at 7.30pm.

During the weekend there will be open gardens and open studios. The hunt kennels will also be open and teas will be served in the Savill Hall. There will be an art gallery with an exhibition of safari photographs by Peter Farmer and a wood turning workshop.

Tickets cost £5 and will be available at the car parks, the Fox and Hounds, the Savill Hall or the Church. Car parking is free. Proceeds from the Cattistock Festival will be divided between the Cattistock Community Fund (the newly formed grant making fund that supports all village amenities and voluntary activities) and the Cattistock Fabric Fund.

Please ring Ian or Wendy on 01300 320190 for further information or offers of help. You could also go to www.cattistockfestival.org RESIDENTS of Cattistock are pleased to welcome Andy and Donna in their village shop. Everyone is delighted to see the improvements already being made and looking forward to making regular use of this valuable amenity.

THE NEXT Stratton Lunch Club date is Wednesday, June 12.

The venue is Stratton Village Hall and lunch costs £4 for members. Please contact Anne on 01305 265895 to book your place.

Anne will be retiring after the July lunch and would love to hear from anyone prepared to take over the job of organising this very popular monthly event.

THE CHIMES Oil Group Syndicate (COGS) will be accepting their next order on Friday, June 14.

Please telephone on that date only for your oil requirements or email prior to that date. Please be accurate with the amount of oil to be delivered and remember that oil cannot be delivered in less than 500 litres quantity to any household.

Ensure that all addresses, telephone numbers and emails are correct and that you are available for contacting on the Monday afternoons following the oil order date, so that you can be provided with the usual information for you to deal with payments.

If you receive this information by email or answerphone, could you please confirm receipt of the message by email, text or phone. Oil is normally delivered within the next 10 working days. There is an annual charge of £12 to cover expenses. Unless this payment is made in advance, the oil order cannot be processed for this household. Cheques to be made payable to Mrs S-J Emm and sent to Sea Breeze, 6 Lym Close, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3DE Other contact details are telephone 01297 444347 and email cogssmokey@gmail.com Future dates for oil orders are Friday, August 2, Friday, September 6 and Friday, October 11 and Friday, November 22.

THERE will be a concert at the church of St Mary the Virgin in Melbury Bubb at 7.30pm on Saturday June 15.

Linda Readman will sing, and Wendy Partridge and Richard Hill will be on guitars. The evening will feature music for two guitars from the Renaissance to Spanish composers, and songs by Joan Baez, Ralph McTell, Janis Ian, Franchesca Blumenthal and others.

Tickets cost £10 and are available from Anna Kinnaird (01935 872297) or Jenny Axelson (01935 83330).

Refreshments will be served. You are advised to bring a cushion! Proceeds will be divided between Motor Neurone Disease Society and Melbury Bubb Church. FROME Valley History Society will be going on a visit to Fleet on Tuesday June 18 to see wildlife with Don Moxam.

Members should meet at 2pm in the car park on the right beyond Ferrybridge. You need to buy a 2-hour parking ticket (probably £1 at that time). Then meet Don by the café for a conducted tour. The fee for that is £5.

On Monday July 8 there will be a visit to the Church of Our Lady and St Ignatius in Chideock, near Bridport. Any enquiries should be directed to John Darneley on 01935 83347 REFRESH is an exciting new group for women who would like to explore their faith. Whether you have been a Christian for years or are just curious, come along and meet like-minded people for a drink, chat and informal bible study. There are plenty of toys, so feel free to bring along your pre-school children.

Meetings take place in Maiden Newton Village Hall each Monday from 10 to 11am.

For more information please contact Kim Sibley on 07817736231.

MELBURY Team Mothers’ Union will hold its next meeting at 2.30pm on Wednesday June 26 in Halstock House, when John Milner of Team Romania will talk about their project.

Everyone is welcome.

THE LADIES’ Thursday group will be holding its next meeting at 7.30pm on Thursday June 27 in Bradford Peverell Village Hall, when a representative will be speaking about the Margaret Green Animal Rescue charity. Anyone is welcome to come along and learn more about the charity’s work looking after a variety of animals in the Dorset area.

STRATTON’s Summer Fayre Weekend begins on Saturday June 29 with skittles and barbecue on the village green (or in the village hall if the weather is wet). Please arrive for 7.30pm.

The Summer Fayre itself takes place from 2pm on Sunday June 30 on the village green and features the Dolphin Marching Band with the newly formed local majorettes troupe, the Starlet Display Team.

There will be the usual attractions, including a bouncy castle, coconut shy, skittles, BBQ, face painting, teas, cakes and ice creams, hawks, macaws and parrots! There will also be a novelty dog show, sponsored by Park House Pet Supplies. For more information, please check the website www.strattonsummerfayre.org , phone 07738080178 or email strattonsummerfayre@gmail.com MELBURY Osmund Tennis Club will be celebrating their refurbished court with a fun day, involving children’s tennis taster sessions (equipment will be provided, but soft sole shoes must be worn), a vintage tennis demonstration, a vintage boules display, children’s playground, cream teas and hot dogs.

All this will take place between 2.30 and 5pm on Sunday June 30. Do come along to the village recreation ground to join in the fun or watch the displays.

Everyone is welcome and admission is free.

VILLAGE Praise on Sunday June 30 at 7pm in Maiden Newton parish church as guests of Graham, the Rector - come along and enjoy reflective worship with songs and brief but thoughtful teaching. There is no need to book – just turn up.

ENJOY a delicious cream tea at Manor Farm (beside the road as you drive through the village of Frome St Quintin) from 2.30pm on Sunday June 30.

There will also be a variety of stalls selling cakes, jams, chutneys, plants, vegetables and much more. There will be a raffle too.

Please contact Johnny Herbert or Harris Orchard, or phone 01935 83815 or email skeaman@yahoo.co.uk CHILDREN of Fiji charity will once again be holding a mass balloon release in order to raise funds to help disadvantaged children in the Fiji Islands. This year’s event takes place on the afternoon of Sunday, July 14 in Cattistock Playing Field. We are giving advance notice of this event, as we need to ‘sell’ most of the balloons in advance. Do contact us if you would like to buy balloons yourself (£1.50 each) or if you would like to ‘sell’ a sheet of 10 or 20 balloons to family and friends.

The prize for the person whose balloon travels the furthest is a hot air balloon ride for two (or cash equivalent).

We also have a quiz available at £1 per copy. There are 70 questions (some factual, some cryptic) relating to parts of houses and objects therein.

The closing date for the quiz in Sunday July 21.

We can be contacted on 01300 320433, 07867696702 or longs@dynamicduo.co.uk