2011

January
New Year’s Day Soap Box derby in the street Stourton Caundle
Grand Ducks Race Lyme Regis
Adopt a primate and go visit at Monkey World
Veg Patch gardening day at River Cottage
Snowdrops on Lady walk at Kingston Lacy
Know your fossils Lyme Regis
Wassailing at Barrington House

February
Circus skills at Lulworth Castle
Half term fun at the Tank Museum
Champers and Hampers Valentines picnic on the beach
Love is in the Air at the helicopter Museum
RomCom film night at the cinema or a favourite DVD by the fire
Romance in the Park – Walk in Prior Park
Fossil Roadshow Charmouth
Shrove Tuesday pancakes and street football. The Purbeck Marblers at Corfe

March
Spring bulbs and daffodils weekend Sherborne Castle
Fossil walks Jurassic coast
Forde Abbey plant and gardening fair
Walk on the Wildside, edible seashore River Cottage
Mothering Sunday family fossil day
British Summertime begins clocks forward, more day to enjoy
Cookery course at the Wild Garlic, Beaminster

April
Easter egg hunts Kingston Maurward
Easter Trail at Clouds Hill
Easter bonnet parade Weymouth
Lyme Fossil Festival
Sailing open days, various locations
Fragrant Bluebell walks and cycling Hooke and Duncliffe Woods also Milton Abbas.
Party in the Piddle Valley, quad wrangling, hovercrafts, racing minis with Henley Hillbillies
Start of Zorbing season, Dorchester, until October

May
Beaminster market & charter fair
Cerne Abbas Fair, commences at 5.15am dancing on the giant, followed by breakfast in the pub
Dorset Knob throwing & food festival at Cattistock
Weymouth Kite Festival
Bridport Cider Festival
Beach Kite Festival Weymouth
Garland day Abbotsbury
Sherborne Castle Country Fair
Shell beach cafe, Studland

June
Baby swans hatching May-June Abbotsbury
Father’s Day at Haynes Motor Museum
Beaminster Arts Festival
Southern lights festival Kimmeridge
Beer festival Bankes Arms Studland
Nettle eating contest Marshwood
Dance at the Filly Loo on the longest day at Ashmore
Flower festival and plant sales at Athelhampton House

July
Outdoor theatre Sherborne Castle
Classics at the Castle Classic Car Rally
Lifeboat week Lyme Regis
Hive Beach cafe coastal walk West Bexington
Festival at the Larmer Tree and Music /Arts events throughout the year
RNAS Yeovilton Air Day
Beach polo Sandbanks

August
Regatta weeks
Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show
Great Dorset steam fair Tarrant Hinton
Weymouth carnival
Oyster shack Weymouth, special menus
Buckham Fair, Beaminster

September
Bridport Vintage market
Historic Combat at Lulworth Castle
Clavell Tower open at Kimmeridge
Horticultural show
Collect conkers and pine cones, spot Red Squirrels on Brownsea Island
Enjoy deserted beaches at Burton Bradstock
Badger watch at Henley before the season closes on 1st Nov
Dorset County Show, Dorchester

October
Halloween fun farmer palmers farm park
Fruit and Nut foragers walk and course at Toller Porcorum
Foraging with the National Trust at Arne near Wareham
Purbeck film festival Rex Cinema Wareham
Fangtastic Hauntings at Portland Castle
Haunted Tunnel tours at Nothe Fort Weymouth
Halloween Howlers at Monkey World
Pack Monday Fair Sherborne
Blackberrying in the hedgerows

November
Glorious Autumn colour at Stourhead Gardens. Walk and lunch at The Spread Eagle. Excellent Organic shop.
Clocks go back. Snuggle up on cosy evenings, wrap up and enjoy bracing walks with candlelit pub suppers
Walk in the mists and frost at Corfe Castle
Michaelmas fair Shaftesbury
Bonfire night at River Cottage
Firework extravaganza Sherborne Castle
Find mushrooms on the forest floor
“Poo-Fur”, feathers,footprints & faeces wild leftovers at Kingcombe!

December
Cook at Christmas and Christmas Bread and Baking at River Cottage
Carol service Sherborne Abbey
Father Christmas at Castle Gardens and huge deco display
Christmas tree festival Dorchester
Gentle Late night shopping in Sherborne
Christmas concert under Concorde, Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton
West Bay Wallow, Boxing day swim!