Category: Tales from the Vale

The Tales from the Vale section is best described as eclectic!

This is the archive of Andy Palmer’s popular ‘Tales from the Vale’ column for the BV magazine – meandering thoughts and amusing ruminations on life in the Blackmore Vale.

So when we describe this section as eclectic we mean it, it’s that and eccentric in all it’s glorious ways!

It seems as though Andy has been there and done that! And even if he hasn’t, he still sure to have a very big opinion on it anyway. So, you have been warned. Andy will take you there and back again, oh and did I mention the puns? Lord help us!

Dorset community news

Driving from Mappowder … | Tales from the Vale

Driving from Mappowder up to Hazlebury Bryan, you enter Wonston and, thanks to the imagination of one household (and I’m presuming it was the...

8 November 2020

Dorset community news

I grew up in Stalbridge | Tales from the Vale

I grew up in Stalbridge and went to the primary school there, St Mary’s, under the wise and kind authority of the head master,...

7 September 2020

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Joe Tizzard on Cue Card, the Gold Cup and a Guinness or two

10 March 20250

Ahead of the Cheltenham Festival, editor Laura spoke to the ultimate insider Joe Tizzard: from festival memories to Gold Cup predictions, he shares his...