As we approach the First World War anniversary Highcliffe Castle is staging an  exhibition reminding us that Gordon Selfridge escaped the fear of Zeppelins by moving his family to the Castle.
Soon his wife Rosalie established an emergency convalescent camp for US soldiers on Highcliffe Recreation Ground.
The Evening Echo has a report on the exhibition mounted by historian Ian Stevenson.
Selfridge, Shopping King of Highcliffe Castle is open daily until Sunday 7 September; admission £3.35.
On Friday evening a small boat collided with Sandbanks Ferry with one of the two crew being swept under the chain ferry vessel.
The small inflatable dinghy suffered an engine failure whilst in the path of the ferry.
The person who was thrown into the water to be swept under the ferry surfaced on the other side. Two Poole lifeboats were quickly on the scene.
The Bournemouth Daily Echo has an updated report.
UNESCO is opposing the plan for a wind farm off the Bournemouth coast.
UNESCO’s scientific arm, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), says: “Any potential impacts from the Project on this natural property are in contradiction to the overarching principle of the World Heritage Convention as stipulated in its Article 4, as the completion of the Project would result in the property being presented and transmitted to future generations in a form that is significantly different from what was there at the time of inscription and until today.
“Specifically, the property will change from being located in a natural setting that is largely free from man-made structures to one where its setting is dominated by man-made structures.”
IUCN adds: “The Project will have a significant impact on the natural setting of the property, in that it would adversely impact on important views from the property, including views from the main visitor centre at Durlston Castle towards the Isle of Wight, where the Project would replace the Isle of Wight as the dominant feature on the horizon.
“This is likely to significantly impact on visitors’ experience and appreciation of the property in its wider natural setting, which could in turn compromise the long term sustainability of the management of the property, through a loss of revenue and reduced opportunities to present the property in its natural setting to a wide audience.“
Challenge Navitus, which campaigns against the wind farm, points out that France has protected the views around Mont St Michel and is asking the British Government to protect the Bournemouth and Purbeck coastal views.
Lucy Clarke who writes in her family beach hut below Hengistbury Head has just had a second novel published.
Sea Sisters is now followed by A Single Breath (HarperCollins £7.99).
Sales last time reached more than 60,000 so there is a chance that A Single Breath will be read this summer on Mudeford Spit. It will almost certainly be available at Avon Beach bookshop.
The book owes much to Lucy’s long trips to Tasmania but the opening pages could be describing the beach in Christchurch Bay.
Lucy is New Forest-born and lives in Bournemouth.
Chris Packham was at Hengistbury Head just before Easter to officially open the visitor centre.
It’s already been open for a little while in the winter but it was good to have the Springwatch presenter’s enthusiatic support for this important addition to the coast path.
The Echo has a report.
The Marine at Milford-on-Sea has opened the upstairs which it has renamed ‘Valentine’s’.
It was the St Valentine’s Day storm which closed the cafe.
Breakfast, morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea and an evening restaurant menu are now available.
The ground floor is expected to open in the middle of next month.
www.themarinemos.co.uk
Oswald Bailey outdoor shops which have been part of walkers lives for 108 years are closing.
Closing down sales are being held this week at Winton and Parkstone.
The business has been sold to Blacks Outdoors Group which includes Millets.
The Bailey family is retaining the sister company the Bournemouth-based online Outdoorgear which was started by Oswald Bailey managing director Stephen Bailey.
Oswald opened his first shop in Birmingham in 1906 and the Bournemouth shop on Poole Hill in 1930. Seven years later he had a house called Chaddesley Gate built for the family near the coast path at Poole Head.
He retired in 1948 having opened fourteen shops and died in 1962.
The main coast path route between Southbourne and Mudeford is now open for the summer.
This is determined by Mudeford Ferry which operates daily during British Summer Time which has just started.
The winter route is via Wick Ferry/Tuckton Bridge and Christchurch.
From Mudeford the route is now known as Christchurch Coastal Path as it heads towards Highcliffe Castle and Chewton Bunny.
The Bournemouth Air Festival is enjoyed by many walkers either in Bournemouth or  from the cliffs in Purbeck or Highcliffe.
The dates this year are Thursday 29 August to Sunday 31 August.
A plaque has been placed on the front of Clarks shoe shop in Lymington’s High Street recording that it was once home of Admiral Arthur Philip who was the first Governor of New South Wales and founder Sydney.
Lymington Rotary Club has renewed existing plaques in the town and added new ones including the one for the admiral.
This year is the 200th anniversary of Admiral Arthur Phillip’s death on 31 August 1814.