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This time on Alfred, the podcast for Shaftesbury, The Vale and Chase areas of North Dorset and West Wiltshire: Alfred meets the Semley tree-climbing expert touring England’s summer festivals. We spend the morning at Stourhead, where Mark Hawes is giving some Motcombe schoolchildren the opportunity of scaling a tulip tree. He explains how he left the London rat-race for a new life in the Shaftesbury area. And Mark says that his business is reaching new heights! (00:24) Tales of Peking to Paris in a pink Rolls-Royce will raise funds for a church in The Donheads. Alfred visits Sir John Stuttard in his St James home to meet ‘Harrison’, a beautiful classic car and hear ‘his’ story. (08:17) Alfred visits Wincombe Park and chats with Phoebe Fortescue who operates a summer English school for overseas students. We were interested to hear what surprises the teenagers about Shaftesbury. (19:17) Water-based workouts are proving popular at the improved Shaftesbury Oasis Pool. Alfred meets Claire and Laura, who are offerin