Before we could start this walk in one of my very favourite parts of Dorset we had to overcome a considerable obstacle - a locked gate. Possibly inspired by the nearby Olympic Games the group used a variety of vaults, somersaults and backflips to get to the other side...
Here's your July Poole LINk update ! Poole LINk eNews – July 2012 Hot off the press - it's the Poole, Bournemouth and Dorset LINks' "flipping book" - A Year In Review! Please have a look and let us know what you think of it: https://www.makesachange.org.uk/cms/site/news/poole/bournemouth-poole-and-dorset-links-flipping-book---a-year-in-review.aspx NEW LINk Facebook...
Thursday 26th July 7.30pm Moordown Community Centre Coronation Avenue Moordown Bournemouth BH9 1TW A discussion led by David Warden, Chair of Dorset Humanists In his latest book, Religion for Atheists, Alain De Bottonargues that the supernatural claims of religions are entirely false, yet they still offer a wealth of ideas that can...
Today we visited one of the top botanical sites in the county. Corfe Common has been grazed for hundreds of years and its hilly contours mean that it has never been practical to plough it. Consequently an enormous variety of plant species have flourished. Many of them, such...
'God gives men earth to love but as man’s heart is small Ordains for each one spot shall prove beloved over all' So wrote Rudyard Kipling, and for many it’s true. It certainly is for me. My ‘beloved spot’ is a place like no other, in a County...
My nan in common with all old Poole people, or ‘Pooleites’ as we prefer to be known, liked nothing better than to reminisce about the old town, the way it was before the demon planners ran riot and systematically destroyed it from the 1950s onwards. Poole before those dark...
HAMWORTHY RESIDENTS will soon benefit from a new NHS dentist thanks to a campaign led by Poole LINk (Local Involvement Network). Smile (Care Dental) Limited has been awarded a contract for 7,000 dental appointments in Hamworthy, which equates to one full time dentist. They are now securing premises...
We had already decided that we would chicken out of the walk up the ridiculously steep sides of Hod Hill and instead enjoy a leisurely stroll along the banks of the River Stour. This proved to be a wise decision with the grasses out in full flower on the...
After a series of preparatory visits to this beautiful site on the day of the actual walk it was, of course, raining. Not that we were put off, we just appreciated the effect the rain was having on the plantlife. I've never seen such luxuriant foliage. And of course...
Poole LINk eNews – June 2012 Poole LINk is an independent network of over 800 local people and groups. The LINk listens to local people and uses that feedback to improve health and social care services. Hamworthy Dentist NHS Bournemouth & Poole have confirmed that they now have...
