“Legend has it that the villages of Puddletown and Briantspuddle, which used to contain the word ‘piddle’, changed their village titles to avoid embarrassing Queen Victoria whilst she was visiting.” So says the newly-published Little Book of Dorset. Is it true?
How does Michel Hooper-Immins fare on his first ever trip to The Crown at Uploders? Clue: There’s Dorset Blue Vinny on the menu.
Watch out all you ne’er-do-wells, footpads and villains! One word from The Red Bladder could earn you a hefty stretch of porridge.
THINGS are moving on at a rapid pace down at Tannery Road in Bridport.
I haven’t heard a cuckoo yet but I have seen the next best thing. A man, a very brave man, canvassing for the Liberal Democrats.
BRIDPORT’s iconic Café Royal has been sold at auction for £260,000 to Nicholas de Savary. UPDATED
Michel Hooper-Immins enjoys haddock topped by Welsh rarebit and a nice pint of Otter at The Sypway in Askerswell.