2 September A Walk Around Ashmore Village in Dorset

Today is my second full day here in Ashmore in Dorset. I took these pictures on this morning's walk. The whole place is like somewhere out of a fairy tale. These pictures are just one road in the village. 

 

Really interesting the way the hedges have a vertical line. It has to be from trucks and cars going through the narrow road and trimming them off.

It's so interesting checking out the Royal mailboxes. This one is GR which means it was put here when Queen Elizabeth's father was still king. The majority of the mailboxes across the country are ER but occasionally I see GR and sometimes even VR for Queen Victoria. This mailboxes have major staying power. 

Check out the fox door knocker

There are very few red phone boxes anymore that actually have phones. This one is a defibrillator and I've seen other that have been turned into little libraries.

When I first saw these birds on the roof I thought they were real, as there are many of the birds around. But these are statues.

The middle of the village is a pond. It's called a dew pond, but it has been so dry for quite a while, the water level is really low.

Many villages have war memorials which were often done after WWI (Downton Abbey did a story line around it). This one here in Ashmore is mainly WWI but an additional name was added for the one village lad who died in WWII

A covered bus shelter, which was used a lot during the pandemic for people to see each other using social distancing

Ashmore is a completely residential village. There are no shops at all. Shaftesbury village is only about six miles away and has a nice high street with shops, banks and grocery stores. The Dairy Stand is Ashmore's automated village shop. It's right where I turn into Glebe House where I'm staying (more on the house later). There are vending machines with food and drink and people leave home grown veggies, cut flowers, art work and other things for people to buy on the honor system. The money collected on these items goes to the church repair fund.

This is just the first glimpse into this beautiful village of Ashmore and Dorset.