Dorchester Today

Dorset Echo: Offices built the wrong way round

Mr Bowditch, the writer of this letter, is surely right in terms of the location of the main public entrance of the new West Dorset District Council Offices?

"A fully accessible building in a central location for users of public services". It could have been more fully accessible, with an additional entrance for the public from the car park side of the building. A small thing.

Elsewhere:

Farmers' Market, Queen Mother Square

A sunny day! I arrived rather too early, an hour before the market opened. Later in the morning, there were many parked cars but dissapointingly few farmers to be seen. I hope that the Farmers' Market will prove popular and expand in its new location, with food stalls filling the whole square (without harming the trade of the excellent and indispensable Little Waitrose).

The Guardian continues with its complaints about new-build towns (John Harris article, last 11 paragraphs).

I don't agree with the article, but is it true that the efflorescence – the white salt deposit on the brick-built buildings, is  "a sign of cheap bricks"? I've often wondered what causes it.

Here's the answer about white efflorescence on masonry, what causes it and how to control it. Perhaps the builders should study it. Pdf file.