


Talks
We are finalising the details of our series of talks over autumn, winter and into spring. The first event will take place on Tuesday, 13 October 2026 when Bob Gelfs will talk about his experience of regenerative farming. The talk begins at 7.30pm with doors opening from 7.00pm with refreshments available.
The BAEG AGM will take place on Monday, 10 November 2026, and will be followed by a talk about public transport issues in West Dorset, given by Nick Hurrell of WATAG.
In 2027 these events will move to Thursdays, with provisional dates as follows:
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7 January 2027 “A river is never just water” -‐ Vicky Whitworth, Friends of the River Axe and Dana Assinder, Brit Valley Project
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4 February 2027 Wessex Water (tbc)
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4 March 2027 National Trust – Ecology and archaeology on Giant Hill, Cerne Abbas
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22 April 2027 Nigel Spring – Butterflies
The final event of this series will be a ticketed event over 2 dates for a maximum group of 20 people. On Monday, 11 May 2027 we are invited to Beaminster Museum to hear a talk about the Horn Park Quarry SSSI geology and and the museum’s collection of fossils from the site. This will be followed by a site visit to Horn Park Quarry for the same attendees at 10am on Saturday, 15 May 2027
Apart from the May 2027 event, all talks will take place in The Pavillion at Beaminster Memorial Playing Fields, Beaminster DT8 3BW. The talks begin at 7.30pm, with doors open from 7.00pm and refreshments available. Entrty is free, but we welcome donations (£3 suggested) towards the cost of hiring the hall.
