Primal Scream, Ocean Colour Scene, Sinead O'Connor, Arrested Development, and Levellers are among the headlines of this year's sold-out festival. Tickets : http://www.beautifuldays.org/tickets/
From 3 August until the end of October, the Museum will host a poignant and special exhibition celebrating the centenary of the birth of Vivien Leigh, featuring the famous nightdress Vivien wore in “Gone with the Wind”. The collection will be enhanced with an evening and day dress on loan from the RAMM and additional items from Bill Douglas Centre and Bristol Theatre Museum.
The RNLI have teamed up with SeaSports South West, based in Teignmouth, and Teinbridge Kayak and Canoe Club, to offer visitors a taster session in sailing, paddle boarding and kayaking. The fun includes an assault course, bouncy castle, and children's fancy dress theme 'Beside the Seaside'. Free entry with small charge for taster sessions.
At least 14 gardens will be open as part of the 25th anniversary of The Secret Gardens of Otterton, varying from large, well-established traditional gardens to an award winning cottage garden and a modern-landscape architect-designed garden for modern living. Also open is the Old Station which offers model train rides with a newly extended track. In aid of Hospicecare and the local church.
11am - 6pm
Admittance ticket: £5 Admits one person to all the gardens, tickets will be available from any garden on the day and on the Village Green (accompanied young children free)....
No matter where you are based throughout the country there is a wealth of talent just waiting to be tapped into and it has never been as readily accessible as it is now!
Just in the last couple of weeks we have attended exhibitions, business gatherings and breakfast meetings highlighting the resources available to businesses, many of which are free to the employer and could serve as a valuable extra pair of hands to growing businesses watching their cash flow that would benefit enormously from some extra assistance at this time.
On 20 and 21 July, why not get the camping gear out and spend a weekend at Lydford Gorge near Tavistock learning survival techniques?
An exciting itinerary of activities will run over the weekend. These include looking at what you need to survive in the wild, ‘proper’ den building, learning to light a fire as well as cooking over an open fire. The Dartmoor ranger team will lead the sessions and will even produce hot chocolate at the overnight camp in the orchard at the Gorge.
Stuart Mathieson, National Trust Ranger, says: “It is a great family experience learning together...
A YouGov poll, commissioned by easyJet, today highlights that adults in the South West could have an extraordinary £170million of leftover foreign currency lying around at home.
The research released by easyJet, the South West’s largest airline, and its onboard charity partner UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organisation, marks the start of the summer Change for Good campaign on 15 July. The campaign, which raises money for UNICEF’s work vaccinating children against deadly diseases, includes an onboard collection where passengers donate their loose foreign change to UNICEF...
