The Franks family at Oakdown Touring and Holiday Park in East Devon are celebrating after scooping the top spot of the England and Overall AA Best Campsite of the Year for 2015, a huge achievement that puts them ahead of 900 other parks listed in the AA guide.
This award is the latest in their already long list of awards, including the Gold accolade for Professor David Bellamy’s Conservation Award for 17 consecutive years and the 5 Pennant rating from the AA Camping and Caravan Park Scheme – the equivalent of a top star rated hotel.
Imagine you were one of the founders of huge companies like Apple, Microsoft or Google, and you were worth billions. Of course, most of us would make sure that our families are taken care of. But, do you have any idea what would you buy or do with the rest of the money? Check out these 7 things you could do if money was no object.
#1 - Buy a Cruise Ship
Forget yachts, they are too small. Instead, you can purchase a full-blown cruise ship. You could easily take hundreds, if not thousands of your friends and their friends, and travel the world in style. How’s that for an...
EMHS are a creative alternative to holiday childcare. We are open during the Summer holidays. To kickstart our week and celebrate our first anniversary we will be having a morning of workshops followed by a disco/party. As a gift to you the 28 July will be £10 for the day (a saving of £15).
EMHS have a wide range of instruments for the children to trial and use during our workshops.
You can book the whole week or select days from our timetable.
Check out our website for full details: www.exetermusicholidayschool.co.uk or call Laura on 07572 610742
England Netball are excited to announce the launch of our Netball Youth Camps (NYC) this summer. When we spoke to junior netballers they told us that they wanted more opportunities to play netball during the summer holidays so we have designed these camps to do just that!
The camps are non-residential holiday camps designed for 11-16 year olds providing ‘Nothing but Netball’; including top quality coaching, fun netball activities and even an opportunity to meet and be inspired by an England player. If you are a junior netball lover (or the parent of one!) these are an unmissable...
Breakfast with the birds, an Easter treasure hunt and Green Dreamin’ – there are lots of ways to celebrate spring and summer with Teignbridge Council’s Green Spaces Events Guide for April – June.
Twenty activities are being held across the district’s parks, nature reserves and open spaces over the next three months.
And the guide is the ‘go to’ place where families can find out more. In addition we have posters that advertise our Easter craft activities in local parks.
The guide details lots of events across a variety of Teignbridge’s nature reserves and parks...
Children love Exeter City Football in the Community department’s holiday football courses and we're hoping parents will love our 10 per cent discount for all half-term bookings made up until 5pm on Valentine's Day. But while there might be love in the air, there’s every chance there might also be rain, so FITC have ensured rain won’t stop play this half term. “Given the weather we have been experiencing this winter, we've booked as many indoor facilities as we can,” Scott Walker, sports development officer at Football in the Community, said. “Although children are on a break from the...
TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice awards saw Devon clean up last week with many of Devon’s hotels featured in the top 10 lists.
Devon was included in best destinations, best romantic hotels, best small hotels, best bargain hotels, and the best beach categories to name a few.
James Sharp, Chair of the Exeter and the Heart of Devon Hotels Association is thrilled with the outcome and said: “I am really pleased with this result. Devon is a great place to live and work and after 2013’s summer of sun it’s no surprise that the county did so well. Business is good in Devon, and I am...
With the bad weather hitting the headlines at the start of the New Year, early holidays or short breaks are in the minds of many who are looking at options from Exeter Airport. Thirty holiday destinations are on offer in 2014 from Exeter but this year the airport has a new destination, a new short break and an extended season for an established route.
The Greek island of Crete is new for Exeter in 2014 with weekly flights to Heraklion operating from May until September. A three day short break to see the Northern Lights in Lapland is also on offer for the first time and in the...
Memories are made of this ... fun packed days in the woods, learning cool woodland skills, sailing crafted boats in the streams, tracking wildlife, foraging for for wild food and listening to spooky stories around the campfire.
Running from Tuesday 29th October - Friday 1st November 2013, book your child onto this Autumn half-terms Woodland Adventure Club for one or all four days.
The summer holidays are with us, and that means millions of Brits are heading off on holiday. However, one family member is often left behind, the family pet.
The RSPCA has released a statement saying that an increasing number of pets are being left nothing but piles of food whilst their owners go away. This type of ‘care’ is extremely dangerous, as the hot weather could cause the left out food to become inedible.
The RSPCA says that they are not trying to sway people from going on holiday. However, they believe all pets should be left with adequate care arrangements whilst...
