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Choosing a Summer Holiday after Lockdown
Choosing a Summer Holiday after Coronavirus Lockdown After going into full-scale lockdown with the rest of the UK on March 23rd, we’re looking forward to welcoming campers, glampers, caravaners and self-catering holidaymakers back in July. We’ve enjoyed the quiet here in Dartmoor National Park, but we’d love to share the beauty of the outdoors …
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Bluebells – native and Spanish
A favourite time of year for so many reasons; one for the beautiful sight of a carpet of bluebells, so how do we know what is a native bluebell and a Spanish bluebell. Below is a report from the wildlife trust -https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/identify-bluebells – on knowing your bluebells. There is also a link for the best …
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Canoe Tamar & romance on the park
It’s been an eventful weekend at Langstone Manor Holiday Park, https://www.langstonemanor.co.uk. as we welcomed our lucky mega pod winner Megan to take up her prize of a 2 night stay in our brand new units. Love was definitely in the air as Matt, her boyfriend got down on one knee so they are leaving us as …
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40th Anniversary for Tavistock RSPCA
The RSPCA shop was one of the first shops to be established in Tavistock and is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Although it has been in its current location in King Street for 25 years, manager Karen Norwood says customers are still delighted to discover it tucked away there and often comment that they didn’t know …
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Devon Creams Teas
Tavistock’s Cream Tea Festival – celebrating the birthplace of the Devon Cream tea! Today is the cream tea festival being held in Tavistock thanks to the Tavistock Heritage Trust. Legend has it that the cream tea originated in Tavistock – the story goes that when the Abbey was being re-built after being plundered and badly damaged …
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The National Trust in Devon & Cornwall
Devon & Cornwall National Trust properties offering something for everyone. National Trust members and non- members visiting Devon & Cornwall can experience a diverse portfolio of properties to explore – Lydford Gorge with the exhilarating Devils Cauldron & enigmatic White Lady waterfall to the former home of Francis Drake, Buckland Abbey, with the house, cosmic egg, vegetable & herb gardens & great bluebell woods, Cotehele Tudor …
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Tavistock
A historical stannery town with links to the Tamar Valley mining World Heritage sites. Tavistock survives as a bustling market town and is great for mooching about! Shops, cafes, riverside parkland, children’s playground and an indoor pannier market – oh and there are some great pasties to be tried in numerous locations!! To get a sense of where and who shaped the town of …
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