COUNCIL STUMPS UP FOR WAR CROSS – and other business
Horrabridge Council this week pledged £1,000 to make up any shortage in the fund-raising for a meticulous overhaul of the village war memorial, starting early […]
news
LOCAL PUBS PASSED OVER IN BEER GUIDE
Some disappointment for local pubs in the 2019 Good Beer Guide, now out. The Walkhampton Inn and the Leaping Salmon relaunched too late to be […]
HORSEPOWER BEATS BRACKEN & OTHER NOTES FROM THE SHED
BEATING BRACKEN THE OLD WAY With thanks to The Times, The Shed is taking the liberty of reproducing one of its nice pictures of a […]
HEDGEHOG POPULATION RUNNING LOW
Hedgehogs seem to be having a bit of a crisis generally and especially in the West Country – including round here. Reading and Nottingham Trent […]
THE SPORTS PAGE
Horrabridge Rangers under-12s, shaping up nicely, are at home to Lakeside Youth at 11 am tomorrow (Saturday Sept 15). The senior men’s team is playing […]
“FOREVER WARS” BOOK REVIEW
THE FIGHTERS, by C.J. Chivers, is an American best-seller of the year, now being promoted in this country, for the interest of our own veterans […]
TONIGHT & BEYOND
TONIGHT (Friday Sept. 7): In St John’s Church from 7.30, talk on the Bronze Age Astronomy of Dartmoor. £5 for adults, free for kids in […]
A CUSTOMER’S REVENGE
Latest newsletter from Tavistock U3A (the University of the Third Age) passes on a nice letter written by Lillian Taylor of Tavistock to her bank […]
ADVICE ON MAKING DARTMOOR LAMB AND HONEY
The Dartmoor Hill Farm Project has announced two new workshop days. 1) Overcoming the perfect storm – how and when to market prime lamb Lamb […]
THE FISHING NEWS
The big fish in local rivers have been held back and hurt by the summer drought to the point where it would be irresponsible to […]