Just a small selection of interesting events and happenings just a stone's throw from Stoke Lodge this week...
Full details from South Hams Events:
Tours:
Tues 24th Oct, Thur 26th, Fri 27th,
Sun 29th
Start Point Lighthouse – built in 1836 and providing
a welcome way-mark for returning sailors to the South West, guided tours take
you to the top of the tower to be told stories about storms, shipwrecks and
lighthouse living; every hour, on the hour.
Start Point Lighthouse, Start
Point, TQ7 2ET, 11:00am till 4:00pm, Adult £5, Child £3
Weds 25th Oct
Britannia Royal Naval College Afternoon guided walking tour of this working military establishment lasting 2.25
hours and explaining the history, role and relevance of the building and the
naval training conducted here today.
Booking and details 01803 677565: Britannia Royal Naval College, College Way, Dartmouth, TQ6 0HJ, 2:00pm, Adult
£13, Child £6.50
Thurs 26th
Totnes Heritage Walk. Guide Kathy Alexander conducts
a walking tour around the town through time and place, from ancient origins to
the modern culture, lasting around an hour and a half and taking in the best of
the town’s heritage en route; meet outside The Bistro by the bridge – Waterside
Bistro, The Plains, Totnes, TQ9 5YS, 10:30am, Adult £5, Child £3
Sat 28th:
Deer Park Guided Walks – learn more about the
700-year-old story of the Deer Park, about the people who lived here, the
landscape, the deer themselves and the wildlife; meet by the cinema box office
entrance.
Barn Cinema, Dartington Hall, Dartington, Totnes, TQ9 6EL, 11:30am
till 12:30pm.
FREE
Talks:
Thurs 26th - A Beach Cleaner’s Guide to the Rocks. Tom Windle
gives an illustrated talk on the geology of the South Hams; advance booking
required by 24 October. Churchstow Church Hall, Churchstow, TQ7 3QW, 7:30pm,
Free
Sat 28th - Magic Lanterns to MGM.
The Birth of the Silver Screen
– art historian and former film publicist leads a three-session study day
offering explanations as to how moving pictures were first invented and how
Hollywood became the centre of the film industry; mid-morning light
refreshments included. Totnes Cinema, 27a High Street, Totnes, TQ9 5NP,
10:15am till 3:30pm, £20
Sat 28th - Victorian Plymouth. Chris Robinson with a collection
of photographs illustrating life in the Three Towns during Victorian times.
Kingsbridge Methodist Church, 100 Fore Street, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1AW, 10:00am
till 12:00pm, £1
Tues 24th – Sat 28th Exhibition: Self
Portrait. All are invited to make use of imagery and techniques that in some
creative way symbolises their self-identity depicting their outward appearance
or representing themselves metaphorically and put the results on display here.
Harbour House, The Promenade, Kingsbridge, TQ7 1JD, 10:00am till 5:00pm.
FREE
Children:
Weds 25th:
Rustle – PaddleBoat Theatre Company - with a
campfire story for those aged 4 or more featuring puppets, songs and surprises
in which sleeping bags evolve into monsters, rucksacks become friends and
torches highlight the forest’s closest secrets – Palace Theatre, Palace Avenue,
Paignton, TQ3 3HF, 4:30pm till 5:30pm, £5
Sat 28th:
Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show. The TV
astronomer and author explores
the
strange and magical properties of matter with exploding elephant’s toothpaste,
vortex generating dustbins, dancing paste, vanishing beakers and even exploding
Pringle tubes – The Flavel Arts Centre, Flavel Place, Dartmouth, TQ6 9ND,
2:30pm till 3:30pm, Adult £10, Child £7
Weds/Thur/Fri/Sat:
The Wizard of Oz. Brixham Operatic and Dramatic
Society follow the Yellow Brick Road, retelling L Frank Baum’s story, adapted
by Frank Gabrielson with music and lyrics by Harold Arden and EY Harburg –
Brixham Theatre, New Road, Brixham, TQ5 8TA, 7:30pm, Adult £13, Child £7
BINGO! Sat 28th
Come along and join the fun at the Prize Bingo – raising funds for 1st Dartmouth Guide
Unit. The Community Café, The Old Market, Victoria Road, Dartmouth, TQ6 9YY,
7:00pm
Markets - Sat 28th
Market/Jumble Sale with raffle, tea and cakes. Blackawton
Village Hall, Vicarage Road, Blackawton, Totnes, TQ9 7AY, 2:00pm, £0.50
Dartmouth Artisan Market. Local designers,
craftsmen, artists, jewellers, furniture makers and others display the fruits
of their labours
. The Old Market, Victoria Road, Dartmouth, TQ6 9YY, 9:00am
till 3:00pm.
FREE
All of these events can be easily reached by car from Stoke Lodge hotel - the Country House Hotel By The Sea...
