The North Dorchester walk was part of our cooperation with STAND, the local group in rebellion at the proposed extinction of Hardy's Casterbridge by the construction of what is euphemistically described as a 'garden village' of over 3,000 houses across the water meadows to the north of the town. Evidence has also been given by Alistair Chisholm on behalf of the THS at the recent Public Inquiries into the so-called Strawberry Fields development and Woodsford Quarry expansion, which would devastate the environs of Wolfeton House and Woodsford Castle, respectively. The asking price for this Grade 2· listed building reflects the fact that little has changed in the 130 years since Hardy visited the house - the external structure appears magnificent viewed from across the Frome, but internally it remains a 'mouldy old habitation' in need of much expensive restoration: any well-heeled takers within the THS membership?