Exciting times Kingston Maurward today - the cross country jumps have been arriving in preparation for our first ever British Eventing weekend on June 29/30, new course designed by none other than The Olympic Games London 2012 course designer Adrian Ditcham. Great for our students in equine.

We've all been there right? Bit harsh of the Chess.com coach, but he's got a point after that last game today... 😉#chess

Cracking walk including one of the probably less frequented Dorset Wildlife Trust reserves today as we walked up to Bulbarrow. Great to see the last of the barren boughs whilst spring starts to kick in.

I've used this so many times as a training aid to inspire and challenge thinking about what can and can't be done. Just a phenomenal piece of work - transformational. But 15 years...good grief...

Pleased to welcome the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to Kingston Maurward this week to talk about rural businesses and how colleges and Chambers of Commerce work together on skills development Dorchester Chamber Association of Colleges (AoC) Shelagh Legrave Dorset LEP Dorset Council UK Chris Loder

Secretary of State to traffic, rain and everything else. My word the team at Dorset County Show did well! Kingston Maurward so pleased to have hosted, supported and reaffirm our place at the heart of the Dorset rural community. Thousands of visitors. Steve Barclay Chris Loder BBC Dorset 👏

Super experience for students discussing matters close to their heart with three MPs at Kingston Maurward last Friday. Good to have such strong political support for the skills and sectors we train for. Steve Barclay Chris Loder Association of Colleges (AoC) Landex National Farmers' Union

It's a simple choice. You either care about your children. Or you dont. Brilliant article. theguardian.com/environment/ng…

A joyous morning at the new Dorset Wildlife Trust reserve Lyscombe. Already one of my favourite places, now hundreds of hectares of protected landscape. Great words from Brian Bleese Tony Juniper Vikki Slade MP 🔶💙 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 and great to see and hear my entomology tutor @georgecmcgavin again too. 👏👏

A proud official opening day for me as leader of KMC. In 3 years we've built a new HE Building, gained formal University Centre status, & validated with The Open University. Days such as this are a moment to pause, reflect and celebrate. Great team doing a great job.

Good stuff!! 👏👏

#Science The ESA Euclid starting to release the most mind blowing photos. Abell 2390 is a galaxy cluster, a giant conglomeration of many galaxies like the Milky Way. More than 50 000 galaxies are seen here. 50 000. GALAXIES. #Perspective

From one of my best University lecturers and all round good guy who also supports Dorset Wildlife Trust massively. Go get it...

Bigger. Better. More joined up. 👍

Encouraging stuff!! 👏

I'm pleased to announce the merger of Kingston Maurward and Weymouth College with effect from today. This is the culmination of 2 years' work by myself, the board and a significant number of others. I wish the newly joined teams the absolute best of luck going forward!

As should stories in the The Guardian when they use stock photos of exams that clearly don't meet JCQ guidance for spacing...😉

Nice to be back on Dartmoor for a few days, adding something to the locker with Hill Leader Assessment, finding random contour reentrants and entertaining night nav...great bunch of people and always good to meet others in the outdoor industry..

Little bit of personal update - very pleased to have started on a new role as CEO of the Jurassic Coast Trust, working across my native Devon, and Dorset home, to support the UNESCO World Heritage Site. jurassiccoast.org Dorset Council UK Dorset National Landscape Devon County Council Natural History Museum

Good morning #Dorset. Hope you had a lovely Christmas, great to be out and about on this fine day on the #jurassiccoast Jurassic Coast Trust