christmas

Winter fayre

Event Date: 
30/11/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Lydford Gorge

Staff and volunteers at Lydford Gorge are organising a Winter Fayre on Sunday 30 November between 11am and 3pm, to encourage shoppers to buy local produce and gifts for the forthcoming Christmas season.

Sarah Hortop, Retail Manager at Lydford Gorge, says: "It’s very exciting – I have worked at Lydford Gorge for 27 years and this is the first time we have held an event like this. We hope it will encourage everyone to not only buy locally-grown seasonal produce that will add real quality to their Christmas, but also get out and about in the beautiful winter countryside."

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Putting the park into Christmas sparkle

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 11/18/2014 - 12:55pm

East Devon District Council is once again supporting local shops over Christmas with a range of special car park deals for motorists, including a chance to win a ‘Golden Ticket’ offering three months’ free parking for up to 24 lucky motorists.

This year’s main concession will again offer a special price of all-day parking for £2 (after 10am) in all East Devon’s car parks during December. The offer includes all inland car parks and those in resorts on the Jurassic Coast.

The 10am start time avoids car parks becoming blocked by commuters and (in the case of Honiton, Axminster...

Tips to avoid a Christmas debt hangover

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 11/17/2014 - 12:40pm

As Christmas approaches, local charity Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau is helping people avoid a Christmas debt hangover by sharing their top ten tips for keeping festive finances in check.

Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau Chief Executive Steve Barriball, said:

“We all want to have the best possible Christmas. It's important to be savvy when shopping and to be aware of how spending pans out.”

The top tips are:

1. Plan early Be realistic and budget accordingly. Work out how much you are going to spend on each person– and stick to it. Manage expectations as to what...

Christmas tree farm launches in Exeter

Cotley Farm Christmas Trees has been offering high quality Christmas trees in East Devon for the last 10 years and this year they have expanded to offer their trees just 10 minutes from the centre of Exeter at Matford Home Farm.

Traditional, high quality Christmas Trees will be sold at the new central location, Matford Home Farm, next door to the Devon Hotel and beside Parr’s Country Store from 1 December.

Helen and Lester Bowker who grow the trees on their East Devon Farm pride themselves on offering fresh, top quality trees for a more traditional Christmas experience....

Christmas turkey farmers celebrate 75 years

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Fri, 11/14/2014 - 11:45am

Father and son farming partnership Mike and Tim Leach of Glebelands Farm, Upton Pyne celebrates 75 years of rearing top-quality turkeys and geese specifically for the Christmas market with the launch of a new website called ‘TastyBird’.

Free-range bronze turkeys and geese roam freely through the fields and are fed with natural cereals from the farm with no growth promoters or antibiotics. White turkeys are happily housed in straw-bedded barns with space to walk around and all poultry are reared to full maturity and hung for up to 14 days to give a fuller flavour.

The third...

Magic and mystery at Exeter's Bike Shed Theatre this Christmas

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 11/13/2014 - 11:16pm

From Tuesday 16 December to Saturday 10 January The Bike Shed Theatre, in Exeter’s Fore Street, will be transformed into an extraordinary kingdom, filled with magic and mystery - The Land of Lost.

The perfect show for all the family, Edgar and the Land of Lost is an original Bike Shed Theatre and Wardrobe Ensemble production with family of three tickets available at just £25.

Join lonely, sensible, grumpy Edgar and adventurous, unruly Peewee as the unlikely pair travel through the imposing doors of lost property in sleepy Winton town - into the undiscovered, Land of Lost -...

Edgar and the Land of the Lost

Event Date: 
16/12/2014 - 7:00pm to 10/01/2015 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter

Welcome to Winton, a sleepy, monochrome town where everything feels misplaced and one young girl is growing restless. The singer has lost his voice, the butcher has lost her cleaver, Edgar has lost something much closer to home. Can anyone remember?

Join us as our unlikely pair travel through the imposing doors of lost property to somewhere undiscovered. An extraordinary kingdom, filled with magic and mystery; The Land of Lost. 


Will Edgar find what he’s looking for? Or is it best left forgotten? 


Join The Bike Shed Theatre and The Wardrobe Ensemble this Christmas...

Become a motorbiking Santa!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 11/12/2014 - 10:10am

Forget the reindeer – these Christmas toys will be delivered by motorcycle. A festive motorbike cavalcade with a special difference will take place just a couple of weeks before Christmas this year – and YOU could be part of it. The riders will be delivering Christmas toys to youngsters with life-limiting illnesses at the South West Children’s Hospice. So why not arm yourself with a Santa suit, decorate your motorbike with some tinsel or antlers and join the Exeter Based Motorbike Rides group for a ride to remember? This amazing festive ride will take place on Sunday 7 December, meeting at...

Exeter Male Voice Choir

Event Date: 
13/12/2014 - 10:30am
Venue: 
Harlequins Shopping Centre, Exeter

This popular local choir will be preforming again this year in the Events Square, by the Christmas tree, in the Harlequins Centre. They will be singing a mix of traditional carols and songs from the shows.

This year they'll be collecting donations on behalf of Devon Air Ambulance Trust.

The preformance starts at approximately 10.30am until 12pm and is undercover in the middle of the Centre.

From the Guildhall Shopping Centre just follow the sound over the Paul street bridge, ( Follow the walkway down the side of Primark,) or come past Taste (Our cafe) off the Queen...

Christmas Harp Concert

Event Date: 
11/12/2014 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Killerton House, Broadclyst

Christmas harp concert, with Elizabeth Jane Baldrey, followed by a three course meal at our Killerton Kitchen restaurant.

Enjoy a magical harp concert with Elizabeth Jane Baldrey followed by a delicious 3 course dinner in our Killerton Kitchen restaurant. Please book early to avoid disappointment.

All Tickets £32

More Information: Killerton, 01392 881345, killerton@nationaltrust.org.uk

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