New Signs Popular viewing sites get a makeover for the summer Olympics Two key viewing sites for the 2012 summer Olympics yachting events in Weymouth have benefited from the recent installation of attractive new parish map boards on stone plinths. Farm and Cottage Holidays, one of the South West’s leading holiday cottage agencies, has sponsored the replacement of two faded interpretation boards at... 

Mud House Wines Mud, Mud, glorious Mud House! Despite a promising start, the summer has proved to be a wash out so far.  Despite this, the aptly named New Zealand winery, Mud House, is celebrating the festival season and will be donning its wellies (just in case!) at the Dorset Seafood Festival, which takes place on 9th and 10th July at Weymouth Harbour.  Mud House wines will be showing off its new... 

Tudor Picnic Tudor Picnic III – This time its 1645 and the Civil War Sunday 3 July 11am – 4pm at Sandsfoot Castle, Old Castle Road, Weymouth. After the success of Tudor Picnic I in 2009 when the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s Coronation was celebrated and last year’s Tudor Picnic II when the reign of Elizabeth I was remembered, the ‘Friends of Rodwell Trail and Sandsfoot Castle’ have... 

Portland Dog Show There is going to be a Dog Open Day held on the New Ground Portland Dorset on 29th August 2011 at 1100-1500 Hours. This great doggy event will be involving a partnership project between WPBC (Dog Warden), DCC (Ranger Service) and The Portland Gas Trust. The event will run from 11am – 3pm.  We hope to have a dog show with a prize for the winner, dog agility display (local dog...