Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
By Louise Vennells A teenager who struck a single drunken blow which killed a popular gardener has received a three-year sentence. Daniel Cain was just 16 when he hit 36-year-old Timothy Chilcott in an unprovoked attack in Minehead, West Somerset.
West Somerset Railway (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
The West Somerset Railway has enjoyed a very busy start to August with well-loaded trains making their way along the twenty miles of line between Bishops Lydeard near Taunton and Minehead.
West Somerset Railway (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
The second live music night of the summer season at Minehead Station on the West Somerset Railway will take place on the evening of Saturday 26 July.
This is Bath (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Timsbury Timsbury were well beaten by third-placed Minehead in the Globe Sports West of England Premier League's Bristol and Somerset Division last Saturday. Somerset coach Tom Wright compiled an impressive 110 to steer the home side to 290 ...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
June 262008 ThursdayMinehead Somerset Exmoor NP EnglandExmoor Minehead Caravan Camping Park The bus is our way to the access the South West Path today we are going to do a loop trail out along the South West Trail to Burgundy Chapel and back to Minehead we are hiking on our own today. The bus was a bit late but we were prepared with lunches hiking poles GPS trail description and l
Exiled Preacher (Free subscription) | 28/06/2008
Saturday is my day off. Today we went on a mystery trip to Minehead, Somerset. Had a good time wandering on the beach, clambering on rocks, eating ice cream etc. Read some more of Paul Davies' The Goldilocks Enigma when on coach & train . The chapter on multiverse theory made my head spin. Part of the return journey was by steam train. The pics below were taken on the trip. Yesterday night I received...
This is Bath (Free subscription) | 15/05/2008
Timsbury Timsbury failed to build on their success on the opening day of the new season when they lost at home to Minehead by five wickets in the Bristol and Somerset Division. The tail worked hard to pull the game round, but a total of 118 ...
Landcroft House (Free subscription) | 31/03/2008
From March, 1964: "The Beatles - Allison Clark of Williton, Somerset meets the Beatles at Minehead railway Station, Somerset." Beatle Paul has some serious eyeliner on. Ringo really has got a seriously big nose...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 20/03/2008
Westcountry-born science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90. Sir Arthur, the son of an English farming family, was born in Minehead, Somerset, in 1917. He wrote more than 100 books, including the seminal 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Itch and be Merry (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
On time this week, woohoo. This was taken in Minehead, Somerset… I believe. Anypoop, it was taken through the glass of a shop window, there’s a trick to this, you have to have the lens flush with the glass so that no light gets between the glass and the lens, but you have to be careful [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 19/02/2008
Rhys Flint, a 16-year-old attached to the Philip Hobbs stable near Minehead in Somerset, is making a strong bid to take the season's novice championship to his native Wales, writes Hugh Condry.
Cornish Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/02/2008
East Lynch Stud, home to Thoroughbred stallions for over 50 years, has a new arrival this season in the shape of high class racehorse Franklins Gardens. The striking dark bay, who stands at Derrick Scott's Minehead stud in Somerset, ...
