Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2011 | Page 80
COUNTRY LIFE
Local countryside
with Tony Ridd
Days out in the West Wight
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continue
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work
even the dog!
The West Wight Landscape Partnership are offering
days out over the summer holidays for the whole family.
There will be a guided walk at Brook on August 20, and
a Bat Detective on September 1. Other days include
Fossil Hunts, Creating Kaleidoscopes and Rock Pooling.
Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
For more information wwlp.co.uk or contact Irene
Fletcher on 759779 or email [email protected]
A winning start…
A winning start to another season in the show
ring for Duxmore Suffolks. Matt Legges flock
of Suffolk sheep have made a great start to
this years show season, with his show ewe
N29 winning both the breed championship and
reserve supreme championship at the South of
England show. What's more impressive is that
this was her first time in the ring! On her second
outing Matt took her to the breeds, English
National show, at the Three Counties Show
in Malvern, where she finished a respectable
second. Her flock mate: H6 went one better
though, when she won first prize in the older
ewe class.
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