Holidays & Travel

The Franks family at Oakdown Touring and Holiday Park in East Devon are celebrating after scooping the top spot of the England and Overall AA Best Campsite of the Year for 2015, a huge achievement that puts them ahead of 900 other parks listed in the AA guide.

This award is the latest in their already long list of awards, including the Gold accolade for Professor David Bellamy’s Conservation Award for 17 consecutive years and the 5 Pennant rating from the AA Camping and Caravan Park Scheme – the equivalent of a top star rated hotel.

This year’s AA inspection saw the...

LAST weekend's wine and food festival at Pebblebed vineyards has been hailed as a massive success.

Adam Issac from The Voice opened the festival and hundreds came along to enjoy the music, drink wine from local producers and camp for the weekend.

Owner Geoff Bowen said: "The weekend was fantastic, it was what Pebblebed is all about; local music, local wine and just people from the area coming along and enjoying themeselves."

With harvest time imminent, the vineyard is now calling for volunteers to come along and help picking the grapes; the first picking is this...

Devon Open Studios is one of the largest annual art events in the country.

From now until September 21st, more than 250 artists open their studios in locations across Devon.

You can venture out on self-guided art tours using the colour coded area maps in the free brochure or just by spontaneously following the yellow arrow signs dotted about the countryside.

All the art is displayed and sold by artists directly, simultaneously helping them build their mailing lists, gain new admirers, and ultimately sustain a living. Many of the participants demonstrate, teach and...

If you’re looking for a wet and wild fun-filled day out then Splashdown Quaywest in Paignton is, without a doubt, the place to head for.

I took my son Sam and his friend Charlie, both 10, for the day recently, and they had had an absolutely fantastic time.

The park offers eight flume rides including the Devil’s Drop - a heart-stopping ride for thrill seekers, the Wild Kamikaze, Tumbling Tyres and The Screamer. For younger children there’s the Submarine Splash and Tiddler fun pool.

Sam and Charlie’s favourite ride of all was the Tumbling Tyres.

While I didn’t...