A visit to the oldest ice-cream parlour in Weymouth, where Fulvio and Aimee Figliolini are carrying on the family tradition, and a nearby water garden, transformed from a clay pit in the 1950s and now home to 300 varieties of water lily. Plus, the Blue Pool Nature Reserve on the Isle of Purbeck, and the Dorset Heavy Horse Farm, where Richard Street and his daughter Taya look after their family of heavy horses. Known for their size and strength, these magnificent gentle giants were relied upon for their pulling power before mechanisation took over