Are you looking for an adventurous Holiday Club for your 6 - 13 year old this October half term?
Then why not try Woodland Adventure Club at Haldon Forest Park, near Exeter.
Packed with fun and excitement in the woods, they’ll get up to all sorts, building dens, learning woodland skills, cooking round the campfire and making new friends. The Holiday Club is run by qualified and experienced staff in a safe and supported environment and you can book for just one, or more days.
Mike James Rock Show is once again putting on the eagerly anticipated Halloween Zombie ball on October 31st. This year’s headliner will be the Welsh reggae metal giants, Skindred. Who have brought in massive crowds at some of the biggest festivals such as Download Festival. This year’s event has been titled ‘Night of the Living Dred’.
Skindred will be joined by the main support who have previously played shows in Exeter, Glamour of the Kill. Other acts at this event include the European 1# Slipknot tribute band, Knotslip. Opening the main stage will be Cambion who have been...
A survey has revealed that people in Devon rank horror movies as their number one fright.
The Heart of Devon Tourism Partnership carried out the poll, asking people in Exeter and online at heartofdevon.com what scared them most at Halloween.
Horror movies came out top, with 13% of people citing scary flicks as their biggest fear. Second was spiders, named by 12% of people and joint third was trick or treaters and the mask from the movie Scream, each receiving 6% of the poll.
Other fears highlighted included ghosts, being alone in the dark and scary novels, while 4%...
The University of Exeter Students’ Guild and local charity Hospiscare are calling for adventurous families to join them for their ‘Haunted Halloween Hobble’ on the evening of Halloween, this Thursday 31 October.
The University’s team of student volunteers will be dressing up to create a spooky walk around the Streatham Campus. The event offers a family friendly alternative to trick or treating and is set to be an enjoyable spooky occasion. There will be lots of activities to get involved with including apple bobbing and a fancy dress parade with prizes for the best outfit.
A freaking good night's entertainment for under 18s on All Hallows' Eve. Venue and all acts in full Halloween style. Get your freak on and party! £5 on the door. Prize for best fancy dress. Music by Arthur, Caitlin Bee, Charlotte Ward and Sound of the Sirens....
Exeter Chiefs are backing a push by the Heart of Devon Tourism Partnership to encourage people to get out and get ‘spooked’ this Hallowe'en.
England under 21 stars Lloyd Fairbrother and Jack Nowell and team-mate Luke Cowandickie transformed into spooks themselves, dressing up in fancy dress costumes, donning wigs and putting on make-up following training at Sandy Park on Wednesday (Oct 23).
Prop Lloyd Fairbrother, 21, became a slain warrior back from the dead, hooker Luke Cowandickie, 20, took on the alter ego of a scary clown, while full back Jack Nowell, 20, was...
I have always had a fascination with Mexican culture, not least Dia de los Muertos , the Mexican Day of the Dead fiesta.
This festival and the Mexicans’ attitude to death, offers a very different perspective to our culture, which has become a very grey, ‘under the carpet’ affair, as opposed to the Mexican day of the Dead which is a colourful celebration of life and death, a remembrance of those lost.
I felt that it was something we truly lacked in our culture – death seems to be something we have difficulty addressing and coming to terms with – what this festival does is it...
