A preview of some of the events at National Trust Avebury for Autumn and Christmas 2021… Stones Discovery Walk Saturday 2nd October until Sunday 31st October (free of charge) There will be a self-led trail available for families to enjoy as they visit the stone circle. This will bring to life the history of Avebury […]
We’re getting all festive at Occombe, Paignton, this Christmas! It’s all about celebrating with the finest food, drink and gifts. Our new farm shop will be jam packed with the most amazing seasonal products, our cafe will be offering up delicious seasonal specials and at the weekends we’re transforming our farmyard into a festive paradise. […]
The final phase of work at The Mobility Store in Wroughton, has now completed and the new division called Optimised Independence opened on the 5th of October… Optimised Independence is mainly aimed at the more specialised mobility product user, think Paralympic Wheelchairs and Powerchair football as examples of the types of products on offer. On […]
With an (almost*) full-length programme, welcoming live audiences, and once more making music beneath the glorious chandeliers of the Georgian Assembly Rooms in its home city of Bath… This November’s 8-day, 15 concert, festival will also be live-streamed for those unable to attend and also for the new audiences around the world who discovered the […]
By Tim Walker, Creator and Owner of My Carbon Coach… I opened My Carbon Coach at the start of September, a plastic-free shop in Taunton town centre helping people make changes to their shopping habits to mitigate the impacts of climate change. I’d been blogging and creating social media content about looking after the environment […]
Ecodesign, for wood burning and multi-fuel stoves, is a European-wide programme to lower emissions. It is due to come into force in the UK on 1st January 2022. Dean Forge have always strived to manufacture high efficiency stoves and once the new low emission standard was published Dean Forge worked tirelessly and at great expense […]
The first of its kind in Bristol, a new elite Swim Scholarship has been launched between Clifton High School and Bristol Sport. With an aim to make elite swimming more accessible through extra funding and bespoke co-curricular education. The Bristol Sport Swim Scholarship will be awarded to young athletes, giving them the opportunity to marry […]
The manager of Prospect Hospice’s two charity shops in Marlborough is a familiar figure in the town and he is appealing for more volunteers to join him… Andy Wilson joined the charity in June and has been welcoming customers who he knew when he previously worked in Marlborough running his own coffee shop. He is […]
The historic farm of George Parsons, land manager for the Lord Lieutenant of Somerset Viscount Edward Portman, seems to have been given a new lease on life as Laguna Beach Californian Matt Miller and local Stoke Sub Hamdon native James Jeffery embark on a mission to fill their new home with education, community and wellbeing… Rather than sitting […]
The phrase from orchard to glass has never been so timely as the West Country enters its annual apple harvest. As they do every year, Thatchers Cider is celebrating the growers and cider makers that create the British tradition that is cider, from pip to pint. Thatchers, based in Sandford, is a West Country cider […]