Category Archives: Fordington

Dorset Knob Throwers Out In Force This Weekend

Posted on 01/05/2017 by

The annual event took up its new home at Kingston Maurward this weekend. Well over 4,000 knobbers turned out in force to get theirs out and to fling them as far as they could! Contestants didn’t just get their knobs … Continue reading →

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Dorset Knob Contest Moves To Dorchester

Posted on 05/01/2017 by

The Dorset Knob contest has got so big that it has to move to Dorchester this April. It’s been held in Cattistock for nine years but the 10th anniversary sees it move to a new home at Kingston Maurward. As … Continue reading →

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TheField Is Five Years Old!

Posted on 13/11/2016 by

How have we done it for so long?? Many are asking, “Why have they done it for so long???” What started as a little project is now, five years on, an essential ‘Thought for the Day’. Check-out the Archive on … Continue reading →

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Tory MP Drax Has His Plans Thrown Out For His Solar Farm

Posted on 28/06/2016 by

We first brought you this story back in July 2015. LINK Drax had originally been given permission by the East Dorset District Council’s planning committee for his monstrous solar farm but this has now been overturned by a judicial review. … Continue reading →

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Big Garden Birdwatch Done – Thousands Join The RSPB Weekend

Posted on 31/01/2016 by

That’s it for this year and it seems nearly half a million took part recording which birds arrived in the garden. A tad too windy for many but warmer down in the south than you would expect for the last … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year To Everyone!

Posted on 31/12/2015 by

Let’s All Hope 2016 Is A Lot Better Than The Last

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So Just How Much Of A Total Knobber Is Oliver Letwin?

Posted on 30/12/2015 by

First up we must declare an interest. Ollie Litter-Bin is our bone useless MP. Yes, of all the pointless entities we could have down here at TheField our ‘man’ is Ollie – and what a fine mess he’s got us … Continue reading →

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