Enjoy a three hour cycle ride along the Granite Way looking and learning about the landscape of the North Western edge of Dartmoor. Flat even ground with plenty of short stops and rests. The ride will include a refreshment stop (not included in the price) at either the Bearslake Inn or Lydford. Other opportunities exist to take part in this event on Wednesday 30 July 2014, Wednesday 6 August 2014 and Wednesday 27 August 2014. You can bring your own bikes but please make sure they are in a serviceable condition (please check brakes, tyres and gears) and bring a cycle helmet. Alternatively...
A number of exciting and emerging arts organisations in Exeter are among those set to benefit from City Council funding.
Kaleider, Double Elephant Print Workshop, Le Navet Bete and Sound Gallery are all being earmarked for core arts funding from Exeter City Council.
The groups have never previously received core arts funding and along with Exeter Phoenix, Exeter Northcott, Theatre Alibi, Bikeshed Theatre and Spacex are being recommended a share of the core arts funding pot for 2015/16.
Cllr Rosie Denham, Lead Councillor for Economy and Culture, said: "This is the...
A senior case manager at Exeter based charity St Loye’s Foundation has addressed a national conference focussed on getting disadvantaged people into work and the challenges they face along the way.
Jane Edwards, who specialises in offering employment advice and guidance to people with health conditions and disabilities, was joined in her presentation to the Into Work Convention by Simon Mills of Sustaincare, a Community Interest Company building a new model health service. They have been collaborating on a new ‘Health Journal’ which contains workbooks for clients covering sleep,...
Belinda Dillon - In early 1914, the FA – after being turned down by Tottenham Hotspur – invited Exeter City FC, as an example of a ‘typical’ British football club, to embark on a tour of South America. After several successful games in Argentina, the team headed to Rio de Janeiro to play, on 21st July 1914, what would become a historic match in footballing history: the first ever played by the newly formed Brazilian national team. Featuring a cast of 92 – all with Exeter connections, some performing for the first time – The Day We Played Brazil celebrates the centenary of that important...
Exeter Eagles BMX club celebrated the completion of works to develop their track and facilities at a special evening event.
Funding for the new facilities has been provided by the Coastal Recycling Community Fund and has involved improvements to the track and the completion of a new toilet block and development of the club and catering room.
The track is now a centre of excellence with riders coming from all over the South West to compete and practice. The sport has become even more popular since the London Olympics and the Eagles Junior section is booming.
Work to tackle congestion and improve safety at a busy junction in Exeter will get underway on Monday (28 July).
The £180,000 scheme will simplify signal arrangements and improve crossings at the junction of Topsham Road, Southbrook Road and Tollards Road. As well as improving safety, this will aim to stop rat running on the service road, prevent red light running, and maintain capacity for citybound traffic on Topsham Road.
The scheme includes the installation of a Toucan crossing in Topsham Road at the signal controlled junction with Southbrook Road, linking directly to...
Forward thinking Devon Estate Agency Helmores has become the first to use a Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to market their clients’ properties with stunning aerial footage.
Rob Stoyle, one of the owners, has succeeded in obtaining a BNUC-S qualification together with permission to fly their state-of-the-art multi-rotor camera drone from the Civil Aviation Authority which means they can put their marketing 400 foot above the competition.
He said: “Attached with a high definition GoPro video camera our Multi-Rotor drone is a cutting-edge marketing tool that I have...
Visitors to the Axe Estuary Wetlands near Seaton will be familiar with the work of accomplished local artist and illustrator Mike Hughes, as it adorns the ceiling and walls of the Information Centre there.
Mike has exhibited at the Artists for Conservation Annual Gala, the Mall Galleries, The Royal West of England Academy, South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts and at the British Bird Fair.
For a number of years now he has also illustrated the popular Events Guide published by East Devon District Council Countryside team.
Pets at Home Exeter is holding a workshop to provide pet owners with top tips on how to protect their pets in the sun and heat this summer.
The event is taking place on Saturday (26 July) at the Pets at Home store, Rydon Lane, Exeter between 1pm and 2pm.
During the workshops Exeter colleagues will cover a range of topics such as walking pets in the heat and keeping them hydrated, plus provide safety measures for travelling with their furry friends during the summer months.
Dave Lidster, store manager, said: “As the weather heats up some independent animals, like...
Food producers and sponsors joined proud families to mark the end of the second cohort of Michael Caines Academy students at Exeter College with a celebratory banquet reflecting the standard of the many prestigious establishments the students have experienced during their two year programme in the Academy.
And for the first time the talented chefs and front of house students were on the receiving end of world class hospitality as the younger first year Academy students were put through their paces in the training kitchen during the day with the Academy's founder and mentor –...
