This new walking festival will run for 6 days with a choice of two lengths of walk each day in and around the town of Sidmouth and the stunning Jurassic Coast in East Devon.
All walks will be free of charge, but numbers will be limited and all walks must be booked in advance through the Sidmouth Information Centre, Ham Lane, Sidmouth, Devon EX10 8XR. Tel : 01395 516441
In addition, guided town walks and a local Arboretum Trail will be on offer for those who may be looking for something less strenuous.
All the walks will be led by experienced local walkers who will...
The West Country Historic Omnibus and Transport Trust (WHOTT) will be holding their 12th annual rally at the Westpoint, nr Exeter on 21 September.
Owners of historic buses, coaches and lorries will be meeting together to take a step back in time. View restorations of historic vehicles from around the south west and see how people used to travel around the counties. A great day out for the whole family.
WHOTT's mission is to establish and preserve for posterity a representative selection of omnibuses and other vehicles from the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and...
The West Country Classic Vehicle Club will be presenting their 2014 Vintage Classic Event which this year will be attended by the children’s favourite The Minion and the Dr Who Dalek to name but a few.
Make the most of your trip to watch the Tour of Britain and pop into World of Country Life Exmouth where you can see a whole range of different sets of wheels.
Stroll through the Hall of Transport where you will see, amongst many, the Daimler used in the TV programme Mr Selfridge and the Charabanc used in the filming of Downton Abbey. You can explore the famous ‘Reg Imray...
THE UK’s biggest professional cycling race, the Tour of Britain, returns to Devon in September.The Devon stage 5 of The Tour 2014 will start in Exmouth on Thursday, September 11 and will take the long way round to finish in Exeter.
This will be the eighth consecutive year The Tour has visited Devon, where more than a million people have watched the race along the various Stage routes around the county
The historic city of Exeter will be the riders’ finish location for one of the Stage of the Tour. As in 2011, the riders will once again pass right through the centre of the...
Concerts in the West present a classical baroque concert in St Stephen's Church Exeter featuring Jane Gordon (violin) and Julian Perkins (harpsichord)
Interval drinks and disabled access.
Programme:
Handel : Sonata in D J-M Leclair : Sonata (Premier Live) Corelli : Sonata No 12 in D Minor Op5 La Follia Biber : Sonata No5 in D Minor (1681) Biber L Paswsacaglia for solo violin D Scarlatti : Keyboard sonatas K8,K9 and K430 JS Bach : Sonata in E minor
Julian Perkins, established conductor and soloist will be accompanied by Jane Gordon, a highly versatile...
David Beaumont, new SME area director for South West England has strengthened the support for Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking customers with the appointment of ten senior managers. Previously area director of Devon and Cornwall for five years, David is now responsible for supporting SMEs across Bristol, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.
David (pictured) will manage one of the bank’s largest relationship management teams of 80, supporting firms with a turnover up to £25 million. He joined Lloyds Banking Group 31 years ago and has since worked in a variety of roles looking after SMEs of...
Courts wasted an estimated £230 million of taxpayers’ money last year by needlessly locking up people on remand, figures published by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today. During 2013, more than 35,000 people who had been remanded in custody went on to be either acquitted or given non-custodial sentences. The money spent on keeping them in prison would have been enough to build 16 new secondary schools, pay 10,000 nurses for a year, or reverse the government’s cuts to the criminal legal aid budget. Of the 36,044 men, women and children who were remanded into custody by...
Would a stranger save your life? It may depend on who you are, where you live and whether you’ve got a family, according to a survey for Anthony Nolan, a charity which relies on the kindness of strangers.
People in the South West are more likely to come to the aid of their pet than to help a male or teenage stranger in danger, new research has revealed.
A poll conducted for the blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan found that overwhelmingly, over four out of five people in the South West (86%) would be willing to help their pet if it was in danger.
With a fifth of UK homeowners claiming to have had items stolen from their garden, a leading insurer is warning homeowners to look out for their gnomes, as nearly one in ten households report the theft of a garden figurine or gnome. Research from The Co-operative Insurance found that the South West of England is the riskiest place to be a gnome, with almost a fifth of homeowners (16%) reporting the theft of a friendly garden figurine, twice as many as across the UK on average. Gnomes in the North West can however sleep easy tonight, with just 2% of gnome owners in the region reporting the...
Record crowds enjoyed three days of music, song, dance and crafts at the 37th Dartmoor Folk Festival held from August 8 to 10.
Local and national artists entertained audiences at the event held at South Zeal, near Okehampton.
The festival included concerts, dances, a Dartmoor Fayre, a ceilidh, folk service, craft displays, music hall, pub sessions, a ramble on Dartmoor and music, song and dance workshops.
The packed programme of events also included a dedicated children’s festival.
Hotly-contested competitions included the Dartmoor Broom Dance championships...
