We're all familiar with the common bee, right? But there's more than meets the eye to these small insects. Led by beekeeper Ann Pengelly and naturalist Marjorie Waters; come and explore the importance, needs and life cycles of honey bees, bumble bees and solitary bees. Try to identify as many as possible in the orchard, community woodland orchard, and the garden which will be shortly followed by cream tea.
Suggested donation £6 to include tea. Please book by 4 July and meet at grid reference SY 263910. Part of DWT’s Bumblebee Campaign to help the bees keep on buzzing.
Head Chef Franck Favereaux celebrates his homeland's Bastille Day with a special long weekend of French cuisine in Otternton Mill restaurant.
A lunchtime menu will be running featuring a variety of typical French dishes prepared by Franck and his team. Lunchtime service runs from 11.45am to 3pm. You can book a table by calling 01395 567041.
Prices vary depending on the dish.
"Franck has been our Head Chef since February 2012. Many of you will remember Franck from his days as proprietor of the highly acclaimed The Seafood Restaurant in Exmouth, which he ran for 10...
An informal evening 'Exe-pedition’ (pun intended) River Exe and canal, exploring wildlife between the DWT Headquarters at Cricklepit Mill to the amazing wetland at the Old Sludge Beds DWT nature reserve further down the river.
The whole round trip is six miles long so please bring torches and bat detectors for the dusk return leg and binoculars if you have them.
Residents and visitors to Dawlish are benefiting from a new footbridge built by a team of engineers, designers and surveyors from Teignbridge District Council.
The new 10-metre timber bridge, which passes over Dawlish Water to link to Manor Gardens, replaces a dilapidated and unsafe bridge which was closed 12 months ago because rotting timbers and corroded steel beam supports meant it was too dangerous to keep open.
Dawlish Town Council and Teignbridge have been working together to solve the problem and provide a new much-needed link.
This July, Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group is holding another health summit in Exeter for people to have their say on the future of healthcare services in the city and surrounding area.
The event takes place at St Luke’s Science and Sports College, Harts Lane, Exeter, EX1 3RD on Thursday 18 July, from 6-8pm. It follows a similar event that takes place on 3 July.
You may have heard of Yuichiro Miura’s remarkable achievement in the news recently.
Despite being 80 years old and having had four heart operations – the last one being...
Are you a Devon-based singer, musician or part of a band?
Do you fancy being part of a music festival in October featuring up to 120 acts, all in aid of raising funds for Oxfam?
If so we would love to hear from you!
Oxjam Exeter 2013 is part of a national music festival taking place in up to 60 towns and cities across the UK.
The main event during the festival will be the Oxjam Exeter Takeover 2013, featuring up to 120 acts performing at multi-venues across Exeter on 19 and 20 October.
If you fancy taking part then please drop Josh, Production...
Exmouth Beach Rescue Club were officially handed the keys to their new lifeguard hut at Orcombe Point at the weekend.
On Sunday Councillor Tom Wright, EDDC’s Deputy Portfolio Holder for the Environment, handed over one of the former Council Lifeguard huts for the club to use during the summer season at Orcombe Point. The club has had to put quite a bit of work into making the hut usable again as it has been standing idle for several years.
Despite the work required to get it up to scratch, the Beach Rescue Club will find that the hut fulfils a very important role for them....
Visitors to Countrywide in Broadclyst, formerly ‘Countrywide Town and Country’, should be impressed by its new look, layout and wider range of products - along with a brand new offer especially for Exeter’s equine enthusiasts.
Following extensive feedback, the store has been redesigned and refitted to take customers’ needs more fully into account - offering a wider choice of products, services and staff expertise.
Devon is a growing trading area for Countrywide, with Exeter now home to one of the leading rural retailer’s flagship stores, stocking as many as 4,000 new lines...
The best one day agricultural show in the west! The Mid Devon Show offers a fun day out for all the family - visit www.middevonshow.co.uk to view the full line up, which includes farm demonstrations, arts, rural crafts, food & drink and entertainment.
In 2013 we are celebrating our 20th year! Come along and support this special rural event, celebrating the best of Mid Devon.
Tickets are £11.00 per adult, £4.00 per child (aged 4-16) and £9.00 per Senoir Citizen.
Back to Broadway is a show that is a celebration of all that is best about Musical Theatre, from the heartbreaking beauty and power of Memory, Music of the Night and Don’t Cry for Me Argentina, to the feel good energy of Summer Nights and Footloose.
Let this mesmerising show take you through the world of musicals, its drama, its beauty and its sheer joy. In Back to Broadway, 30 of the best loved tunes from Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Les Miserables, Grease, Lion King, West Side Story and many, many more are performed live on stage by some of the best singers and dancers...
