This is rather strange. Well, not really but it’s different. I am all alone. I can only hear the intense breathing of the central heating (why do boilers sound as if they are dragons breathing out fiery air?) and the Autumnal birds (bird watching was
GARLIC must be one of the easiest crops to grow, needing just a bare minimum of attention once planted. The bulbs are grown from individual cloves. Each clove will yield one plant with a single, rounded fat bulb containing up to 20 individual cloves
A PASSION for dragonflies inspired Steve Covey, County Recorder of Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), to join the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust as a field officer. And the charity wants to reach out to even more Wiltshire residents by recruiting people
PUPILS from South Wilts Grammar School have joined the fight to beat world hunger by taking part in a school dinner fundraising campaign. The Really Good School Dinner, now in its second year, involves adding an extra 10p to the cost of each school dinner
The first proper step on the road to Rock Stardom and, frankly, I’m a nervous wreck. I arrive for my debut lesson at Clive’s Easylearn Rock School with a mix of emotions. There is definitely some excitement at what promises to be a fun journey as I
CHILDREN in Year 2 at Western Downland School enjoyed a trip back to Victorian times. They got into the spirit of the day by dressing up in traditional costumes and wrote with chalk in their lessons. Local resident Mr Donald rode a Penny Farthing around
WORK has begun to restore Ashmore Pond to its former glory. Ashmore, one of Dorset’s highest villages at over 700ft above sea level, is built around the pond, which provided water before pipes were installed. The pond has been leaking water for many
MEMBERS of the Trefoil Guild gathered in Salisbury last weekend and enjoyed a special church service to celebrate its 60th anniversary. Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers joined in the celebration, which was held in the Methodist church
A SALISBURY man and three of his school friends are recovering after cycling across seven countries from Rome to London, raising £15,000 for charity in the process. Alec Bartlett, 25, from Salisbury, completed the cycling expedition on Saturday alongside
THE Wiltshire Federation of Women’s Institutes stepped back in time at its annual meeting as members celebrated fashion through the decades. The historical fashion show saw WI members dressed up in fashions from the 1920s to the present to celebrate
A NURSE from St Ives near Ringwood has cycled 50 miles on gruelling terrain to raise funds for a shelter for the street children of Kenya - and will be leaving for Nairobi next month to help build it. Jenna Thompson, 25, cycled 50 miles over
A SPEEDING driver has been ordered to pay more than £6,000 after being caught doing 108mph on the A303. Nigel Mallows, 55, of Fitzroy Road, London, was caught speeding at Woodbine Hill on May 6 last year by officers using a laser device. Despite disputes
In reply to Tom Ridout’s letter in last week’s Salisbury Journal “Leaf-picker left me open-mouthed". Firstly, Mr Ridout’s comment regarding “The often unwelcoming little square off The Maltings". I take it Mr Ridout was referring to Priory Square
ONCE again the Treasury has let the armed services down by failing to increase the budget sufficiently to fund the operations in Afghanistan. The result of this is that the Army has to save some £43million in the next six months, and has gone to the
THOUSANDS of people across the New Forest have no access to an NHS dentist, according to prospective parliamentary candidate Terry Scriven. Col Scriven, a prospective LibDem MP for the New Forest East constituency, has said he is receiving letters and
