On today’s Alfred Daily: Motcombe Major Andy extends his wheelchair challenge | Why Shaftesbury area applicants should read proposed housing rules | Neil Adlam on one of Shaftesbury’s most distinctive trees | Clive Whitbourn shares ideas for family wildlife fun | Shaftesbury poet Marigold Rumbold | Hartgrove writer Barkley Johnson’s story | Canada geese at Melbury Abbas