Archive for March 21st, 2008
There’s Easter egg hunts and then there’s the Occombe Farm Easter Egg Challenge. It sounds like the kind of event where the Easter Bunny would wear camouflage gear.
There are 10 challenges around the Occombe Farm Nature Trail, which include crossing a bog, climbing a rope, crawling through a tunnel, activating a dynamo and putting your hand inside a dark box to find out what’s inside.
To join in all you have to do is pick up a clue sheet from the Occombe Farm shop and shell out £3.50, which includes a bog of chocolate eggs on completion.
The trail is suitable for the whole family.
Visit the website for the Torbay Coast and Country Trust to find out what else is going on at its venues, including Occombe Farm, Cockington and Berry Head.
(image from Kurt on Invisibleman.com)
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March 21st, 2008
posted by Cptn
Wood/city. City/wood. How can you decide what to do this long Easter weekend? Enjoy the wood or trawl the city? Well, you can do both – Woodfair South West will be in Plymouth city centre on Saturday (March 22).
The bark-filled event will have chainsaw carvers, woodchippers, bushcraft workshops and nest box building.
And with so many vital woods around – both economical, environmentally and historically, the Woodfair day is trying to lure you out in the woods if not today, then at least some time soon. Or you can opt for the guided tree walks in and around Plymouth.
For more details visit the Woodfair South West site.
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March 21st, 2008
posted by Cptn
Innovative projects in the South West which aim to offer more training, better employment opportunities and improved facilities for homeless people have been awarded £5 million from the office of the Communities and Local Government.
Apparently, Plymouth’s reputation as a centre of excellent in training and employment of homeless people was the driving force behind the award to convert nightshelter accommodation in the city into a state-of-the-art assessment centre.
The interim accommodation was built after ‘trowel off’ competition between service users from Plymouth and Torbay to see who could complete a building first.
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March 21st, 2008
