Why come to Dorset ?

   Within a radius of 50 miles of Yetminster one can see:-    

         The secret of this fascinating county lies under the soil - it’s geology. This has determined what man can do and how he can live and as custodians, the farmers have developed and nurtured a variety of landscapes for all to appreciate. It has always been a rural existence requiring hard work and long hours, in all winds and weathers. The reward -  simple joys of new-born lambs, carpets of bluebells and the uninterrupted landscapes with larks singing overhead and buzzards soaring on the thermal currents on a hot balmy day.

Stretching out like fingers across a page lie the chalk downs and lush clay vales, and in the East behind Poole and Swanage is the heathland of acidic soil that grows little except gorse and fir trees. Centuries ago Leland described the chalk downs “as being white with sheep – the walking dung-carts. The wool trade brought prosperity and in the vales, watered by crystal clear streams, farmsteads were established, with cows feeding off the rich pastures. The cream was churned into butter, the skimmed milk pressed into the famous Dorset Blue Vinney cheese and the whey fed to  the pigs. The cash crops of butter, cheese and bacon together with beef, lamb and pork, made the land a viable proposition to the rising gentry of 17th  Century. In turn they built splendid mansions, now of historic and architectural significance and kept the expanding towns at bay. Hence you will experience an overwhelming sense of timelessness and permanence that is so precious in this troubled world.