Bridport by Night: An alternative tourism video by Stephen Banks
So, it has been over a week since I uploaded my ‘labour of love’, Bridport by Night, to YouTube. The video really took off in the first four days, accumulating some 8,000 views in that period alone. Hits from technology site Gizmodo and Anglotopia helped it along its way, but the majority of views were picked [...]
Hunt for Thomas Hardy’s lost Dorset cider apple
My plan is to start a small cider orchard. It would be wonderful to find Thomas Hardy’s Bockhampton Sweet and even more wonderful if it happened to be growing locally in Dorset.
Artist promises unCommonly entertaining look at Powerstock
Passengers are promised “a special intervention” by Ms Dean to entertain them on the way from Bridport to Powerstock Hut
One man; 63 breweries
THIRTY years ago one of the unsung heroes of British brewing began criss-crossing the country with sacks of malt. Brian Wood started carrying malt for Hugh Baird and Sons at Station Maltings in Witham in Essex in the Autumn of 1981. When Baird’s got taken over in the mid-1990s, he set up on his own. [...]
Chesil Beach? Turn left at The Angel, Islington
“The mighty roar of London’s traffic” is to be drowned out by the crashing of Dorset surf on Chesil Beach.
Dorset County Council staff “retrained” after 15-month parking ticket battle
THIS IS the story of Lester Cowling’s 15-month battle with Dorset County Council over a parking ticket. It raises some worrying questions