Full Colour Street Maps of Newton Abbot: Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, Teignmouth, Dawlish Totnes, Bovey Tracey, Kingskerswell, Chudleigh Abbotskerswell
Diddly-Skwot (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Our friend Robin Andrews has a new website promoting his private maths teaching and tuition for SATS, GCSEs and A level students www.mathstuitiondevon.co.uk . Robin is based in Buckfastleigh and Totnes but is prepared to travel across South Devon, the South Hams and Torbay to teach. He uses student centred teaching styles so that his approach is always suitable for the individual's needs.
Called to the bar (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Was talking to a chap at Devon Earth brewery the other day, a newish small operation based in Paignton, and was rather tickled to hear that he brews beer for monks (not punks). Neither does he brew like a monk, sadly. Instead a barrel of his Devon Earth bitter gets sent to the Benedictine brothers at Buckfastleigh Abbey, which can be found on the southern edge of Dartmoor (I sometimes drop in when...
The Daily(ish) Millbrook (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009
An email has arrived in my inbox from legendary local historian, photographer and all round good egg, Bern The Lens. As is so often the case, he's sent me a cracking example of his photographic art. In his own words... " Occasionally, the preserved Railways borrow each other's engines. On the South Devon Railway, on loan from the Bodmin & Wenford Railway 4247 passes Dartington Hall on 1640...
Me, My Camera & Eye. (Free subscription) | 21/08/2009
Whilst I was away Kathie set me a blog challenge, to publish the fourth photo in the fourth file (photo storage) and write about it. Well here it is!!! During February half term whilst the girls were in Austria skiing (or breaking ankles as it turned out) Mick and I took the opportunity and went up to Devon for a few days. On the way back we stopped at Buckfastleigh Abbey and whilst walking
Brian's Blog (Free subscription) | 18/08/2009
Take a drive to Buckfast Abbey, attend the Service and then, a short walk to the Buckfastleigh Inn situated on the river, for a traditional Sunday lunch. In the afternoon take a drive over Dartmoor. 'Hear no evil, speak no evil and see no evil' Taken opposite the Abbey Stained glass in Buckfast Abbey, Devon, England. The panel was designed and installed by the monks who built the abbey. This window...
The Gidley family history blog (Free subscription) | 05/08/2009
With the release by Ancestry of the Criminal Registers in HO26 and HO27 at The National Archives, I think I'd better revise slightly my statement in the Gidley Profile to the effect that the Gidleys were nearly all of good character. 25 references have been found to Gidleys, although 16 of those named were subsequently acquitted. Another was almost certainly a mistranscribed Gidlow. The years and counties...
Public Transport Of The Plymouth Area (Free subscription) | 21/07/2009
Sunday saw myself and a friend take a trip aboard WHOTT's Bristol VR VDV 137S, also known as Victory, when she was being used by Devon General. The day started off at one of the Exeter Park and Ride sites, with 937 (VDV 137S) AEC Relliance 960 HTT, and AEC Regent CTT 518C. John Doige was the driver for the day, and my can he drive a VR! I must say it was an absolutely fantastic thrash along the roads...
Diary of a Mum (no longer first time!) (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
Two sunny weeks in Devon. Amazing. Can't believe its over. Where have we been? Dartington Cider Press Centre Becky Falls Lannacombe Beach South Milton Sands North Sands Totnes Buckfastleigh to Totness steam train Slapton Weather has been terrific. The house was just as we remembered it, with the added bonus of a rotary washing line. Had a couple of bottles of wine, and read one book (the high life!)....
Musings In Monochrome (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
This is the last of the shots taken at Holy Trinity Church, Buckfastleigh, Devon. Eternal Reflection In this shot, given that it's all about a church and cemetery, I wanted to include an obvious religious icon and turn the viewer's thoughts to reflection on their own mortality. When all is said and done and your life has run its course, what will your legacy be—other than bones and a tombstone?...
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 30/03/2009
Squire Richard Cabell of Buckfastleigh in the Devon, England countryside, was a local squire in the 1600's.
Old Plod of Plympton (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
On Saturday 22nd November I had the blessing and sheer joy of visiting St. Mary's Abbey, better known at Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon. Although I have been a visitor many times before it never ceases to inspire and uplift me. I was attending a quiet day and Holy Eucharist in the adjacent St. Cuthbert's Conference Centre. Buckfast Abbey is a Benedictine monastery on the edge of Dartmoor National...
Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Pony racing in Devon and Cornwall got under way at a wet, windy and cold Blackforest Lodge on Sunday with young Bryony Frost leading the way in the 148cms race on Jack Sparrow. The Buckfastleigh rider, who qualified with the Dartmoor Hunt, won ...
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 24/08/2007
A devon tourist attraction is bucking the trend and reporting a record summer - with visitor numbers up more than 10 per cent. The seven-mile scenic South Devon Railway, which runs from Buckfastleigh to Totnes, carried nearly 60,000 passengers ...
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