CTC, the national cycling charity, has teamed up with the Crown Estates as part of a series of summer events called Thrive, designed to make healthy living fun.
Thrive is coming to Exeter in September, offering shoppers a chance to have fun getting fit this summer.
The free one-day events are taking place in ten towns and cities across England from 4 July through to 5 September.
If you're new to cycling or want to gain greater confidence in the saddle, CTC will be on hand and ready to sign you up to our Bikeability courses - with 200 free places up for grabs!...
Support your local hospice by coming along to our Hospiscare Fete on Saturday September 5, 1pm to 5pm, on the lawn outside Wonford Hospital in Dryden Road, Exeter.
We've got a BBQ, afternoon tea, bouncy castle, face painting, crafts, toys, books, gifts and lots of games and a display of birds of prey.
Our Hospiscare complementary therapy team will be giving massages.
Glynis Atherton, Hospiscare chief executive, said: "It’s wonderful to see the ward staff coming together to put on this event.
"They have brought everyone together and shown real passion and...
Family fun for the post-rave generation of parents. Helping parents be responsibly irresponsible since 2013.
DJs Tony Slackshot (Get On It / Jackin’) plus residents High Eight & Little My play (grown up) dance music on the multi-sensory dancefloor with glitter cannons, bubbles and giant parachute dance. Craft tables with giant mural, themed crafts and playdoh table. Play area with tents and tunnels and baby chillout space with mats and small ballpool. Licensed bar, free transfers, glowsticks and Happy Monkeys smoothies at the end. Cafe Bar serving savoury and sweet treats for...
A world-class field will be contesting Empire Coachbuilders Bicton Arena International Horse Trials, which run on August 22, and 23.
They include four riders in the FEI top 20 rider rankings – William Fox-Pitt, Sam Griffiths, Jonathan Paget and Paul Tapner - as well as a number of other well-known eventing stars.
World number two William Fox-Pitt will ride nine horses including his international four-star horse Cool Mountain in the open intermediate.
Australian Sam Griffiths rides include the hugely popular Happy Times who finished third at last year’s Land Rover...
Don’t make any plans for the weekend until you’ve checked out our guide to what’s on in and around Exeter (7-9 August).
THEATRE
Granny Eyeball Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Granny Eyeball doesn’t like people. Generally speaking, people don’t like her back. Actually, they’re not too keen on her front, sides or top either... and definitely not her bottom! Locked away in a ramshackle farmhouse on the outskirts of Ballskirk Joanna Gormley dreams of a better life, free from the clutches of her wicked guardian - the dreaded Granny Eyeball. Wandering Tiger...
South Devon’s Glazebrook House Hotel’s utterly outstanding Alice in Wonderland charity event earlier this month was a resounding success. The creative and imaginative team at the Glazebrook raised £2,057 for their chosen charity, the inspirational Devon Air Ambulance Trust.
Families for Children are looking for adopters to come forward now.
There is no upper age limit for adoption, you can be married or single and you don’t have to own your own home.
The organiation is looking for people who have the room in their hearts and can offer a loving and secure family to children most in need. They are especially looking for those who may consider older children (over 4 years), sibling groups and children with disabilities.
If you have ever considered adoption please come and talk to us at our next information event is on Saturday 1 August,...
Cross the threshold of Higher Uppacott, Dartmoor National Park’s Grade 1 Listed longhouse and step back in time to medieval Dartmoor. On 2 August 2015 Dartmoor National Park has arranged an opportunity for the public to visit this unique building in the company of a knowledgeable guide.
A longhouse is a medieval farmhouse in which both people and cattle were accommodated under a single roof. Higher Uppacott is rare and of national importance. It is one of the few remaining examples of this historic building type, which has retained its lower or shippon end (cattle shelter) in its...
Get hands on experience of Dartmoor’s archaeology at Bellever Day, Dartmoor National Park’s celebration of the Festival of British Archaeology on Saturday 25 July 2015.
Visit the National Park Visitor Centre, Postbridge between 11am – 4pm and get involved in a variety of family friendly activities with plenty of hands on opportunities. These include basketry and weaving workshops, using natural materials collected from Dartmoor, demonstrations of jewellery making, including prehistoric beads and tin studs, learning how to grind corn in a prehistoric fashion and wood turning....
