Following on from the success of our event earlier in the year, this festive makeover is aimed at helping you look and feel amazing for the festive season and beyond.
The afternoon event starts at 2pm and will be opened by Exeter City’s director of football and former Tottenham Hotspur player Steve Perryman with Exeter City star player Alan Gow. Judi Spiers will open the evening event at 6pm.
The makeover event features a festive fashion show by Danielli of Dartmouth with international catwalk model Heidi Rock, two makeovers presented by stylist India Jeffries-Parr (the Gok...
Christmas Treats Weekend at Escot FREE ADMISSION 24th and 25th November 10am – 5pm!
FATHER CHRISTMAS IN HIS YURT GROTTO Father Christmas, will be at Escot in his Christmas Grotto with presents for visiting children (but Ssshh – he may be sleeping in his armchair when you arrive, so you may have to wake him up!). In the afternoon help Father Christmas deliver special Christmas presents to the otters and red squirrels and help him empty his heavy bag full of christmas treats for the children that he meets along the way.
In keeping with the festive spirit, at Yurt Village...
Exeter Racecourse stages its richest raceday on 6th November with the prestigious Sportingbet.com Haldon Gold Cup taking centre stage. The grade two race is one of the highlights of the early jump racing season and this year is part of the ‘Road to Cheltenham’ series sponsored by leading bookmaker sportingbet.com. The race is steeped in tradition and quality and former winners include Best Mate, Medermit, Planet of Sound and Azertyuiop. Former runners include Kauto Star and Desert Orchid.
Racing gets underway at 1.50pm. Tickets start from £13 if booked in advance and can be booked...
We will be opening the store every Thursday night until 8pm for Christmas shopping - pick up some groceries or some great local food gifts including chutney, jams, chocolate, wine, beer and cider. We'd love to see you there.
For those who want to experience the spooky atmosphere of the Underground Passages, throughout the October half-term holidays (27th October – 4th November, excluding 31 October), there will be special Witches & Wizards Tours of Exeter’s famous medieval Underground Passages.
Children are invited to explore under the city’s streets on guided tours and discover ingredients for magic spells. Using ingredients found, young adventurers are challenged to concoct their own magic spell and enter it into a competition with the opportunity to win one of many fantastic prizes.
A course for newcomers to cookery and for those who want to learn more. The lesson, which will be very much a hands-on experience, will cover fundamental techniques such as: - basic cooking methods: grilling, baking and roasting - making pastry - cake making - shopping and planning to save time and money - how to make sure your food tastes great We will cook a simple and tasty tomato tart, some grilled fish or meat, and make a lovely cake-type dessert. And if there is anything you would like to try out we can discuss how we might include it. Cost - £65...
The NFU has announced that it remains committed to supporting the government’s TB eradication programme for England, including a badger cull in those areas where TB is persistent and high, despite the outcome of yesterday’s backbench business debate.
147 MPs voted for a motion calling for culling to be abandoned in favour of vaccination with 28 voting against – but the majority of MPs who spoke in the debate were in favour of culling.
NFU Deputy President Meurig Raymond, who listened to the debate...
Members of the Fore St Collective - a group of local independent traders based on Fore St and the West Quarter area of Exeter - are working hard to raise the profile of this part of town. Their first mission is to try and light up the street this Christmas. Here they talk about what their hopes are for Christmas...
"As you may know the Council has withdrawn funding for the Christmas lights down here and rather than just sit in the dark like the poor relations we thought 'let's do it ourselves'.
"The idea is to install individual Christmas trees with pretty...
Returning to Bow following their popular appearance at this year’s Heart Of Devon. All or Nothing are a a local four-piece rock n roll band who play up-tempo covers from classic rock n roll and pop to blues and country and western.
This promises to be a great night for everyone who likes dancing and having fun.
The evening starts at 8pm (doors open 7.30pm) and last entry is 9.30pm.
