Sustainable Development Fund 961.44 Kb - the Dorset AONB
Sustainable Development Fund 961.44 Kb - the Dorset AONB
Sustainable Development Fund 961.44 Kb - the Dorset AONB
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Bincombe Churchyard<br />
Alan Doyle was busy putting <strong>the</strong> finishing<br />
touches to <strong>the</strong> wall when we arrived at<br />
Bincombe church near Weymouth, painstakingly<br />
matching in <strong>the</strong> repairs with <strong>the</strong> existing wall.<br />
Running alongside <strong>the</strong> inland route of <strong>the</strong><br />
South West Coast Path National Trail, hundreds<br />
of walkers pass <strong>the</strong> churchyard, <strong>the</strong> walls being<br />
a distinctive part of <strong>the</strong> village<br />
character. Sadly, sections of <strong>the</strong> wall had<br />
fallen into disrepair.<br />
Alan, a local builder and skilled waller, helped<br />
organise a party of volunteers to clear vegetation<br />
and retrieve some of <strong>the</strong> lost stone and <strong>the</strong><br />
local landowner was able to offer fur<strong>the</strong>r stone.<br />
Over 30 metres of wall have now been repaired,<br />
setting off <strong>the</strong> Grade 2* church beautifully.