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It's here at last, weeks of summer holiday
freedom and countless opportunities to fill your days with
music and food festivals, local shows, regattas and
carnivals.The endlessly different beaches and coves and the
high moorland of the West Country are also yours to
enjoy.
If you
haven’t decided where to go, we’d love to help you
find somewhere as we still have a few great
offers on holiday homes
available during August. In
Cornwall, a new apartment (Q200)
on the Pentire Head overlooking the sea available at
£120 per person, based on 5 sharing, week
commencing 29th August. For the peace and quiet of the
moor, how about a stylishly
converted chapel (A68)
in Murchington on Dartmoor’s north-eastern corner, available
at £119 per person, based on 6 sharing, for
the week commencing 23rd August? Or this excellent
upside down cottage (A18)
with an indoor pool and games room, available at
£216 per person based on 4 sharing
during the week beginning 23rd August. And great for
large family gatherings is
this large Victorian villa (C5)
just 200 yards from Torquay harbour,
available at £162 per person based on 14
sharing during the weeks commencing 8th or 15th August.
Check out our other August deals on our special
offers page. Our telephone team knows all
the holiday homes and they’re happy
to give you a first hand description and
unbiased and honest comment
on the houses they’ve seen and the areas around them.
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Great
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Competitive
sailing, fizzing fireworks and spectacular air shows
abound at the many regattas here in the West Country
this month. You don’t have to get wet to join in the fun
as there’s plenty on shore to amuse the landlubbers
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Salcombe Town Regatta 3rd – 8th
August and Salcombe Yacht Club
Regatta 10th – 15th August, featuring the
Red Arrows aerobatic display team on
Saturday 9th August; the Henri-Lloyd Falmouth
Week, 9th - 16th August; Paignton
Regatta 9th – 17th August; Beer
Regatta 14th August; Shaldon
Regatta 17th – 25th August; and Fowey
Royal Regatta 19th – 22nd August.
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Dartmouth
Royal Regatta Pomp and pageantry mark the
opening of this Royal Regatta, 28th - 30th August,
whilst competitive sailing, rowing, the Red Arrows,
visiting warships and a stunning firework display all
add to the entertainment.
More
information here
For a
cosy berth: L6
Mixit
Cottage
Kingsbridge, South Hams
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Fun
packed days of myriad events at Carnivals. Every town
seems to be having its share of the summer fun. Join in
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Dawlish Carnival 9th – 16th August
and Airshow 14th August; Totnes
Carnival 10th – 17th August; Weymouth
Carnival 20th August; and Ilfracombe
Carnival 21st August.
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Totnes
Orange Rolling It wouldn't be summer without a
strange tradition or two - in this
case, the odd spectacle of watching people race
and chase oranges down a
steep high street in
Totnes, South Devon. The tradition
reputedly dates back to the day Sir Francis Drake bumped
into a delivery boy, causing him to spill his
fast-moving fruit down the hill. Roll along on 21st –
22nd August
For
more information
For
somewhere to stay try: A124
Stickwick
House
Hennock, Dartmoor
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Ancient
fairs and local agricultural shows aplenty this month
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Camelford 13th August;
Exford 13th August;
Okehampton 14th August;
Dunster 15th August;
Lustleigh 25th August; and the oddly
named Newton Abbot Cheese and Onion Garden and
Arts Show 3rd – 4th September.
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Chagford
Show Chagford Show on 21st August
has to be our favourite, so much so
that we sponsor it! Come along and join us for a
chat and a Pimms at the Helpful
Holidays stand beside the main
ring.
For more event
details
A
short hop from the show: A142
Tawcroft
Cottage
Belstone, Dartmoor
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British
Fireworks Championships
Whizz! Bang! It’s the twelfth
British Fireworks Championship to be held down at
Plymouth Hoe on 12th – 13th August.
It’s free so whizz on down to
the Hoe and watch the magic unfold.
More
about the championships
Handy for Plymouth:
L80
Maristow
Barton
Milton Combe, South Hams
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Lifeboat
Day
St Ives Lifeboat Day on 14th August
is a fun day out. The RNLI is
our chosen charity this year, so if
you’re in St Ives wander down and see the boat and meet
the crew.
Find
out more here
For a
convenient berth: Q559
The
Porthvean
St Agnes, Newquay Coast
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Bude
Jazz Festival
New Orleans comes to Cornwall! The
twenty-first Bude Jazz Festival, one of
Britain’s leading jazz events, will pack 166
jazz events into the eight
days from 23rd – 30th August. A single stroller ticket
will give you admission to all but two of these events.
For
the full programme
You can catch
the vibes from: J316
The
Tudor Wing
Yeolmbridge, North Cornwall
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Night
Riviera Sleeper Service
Travel while you sleep! After a £2 million revamp,
the Cornwall Sleeper Train can whisk you through the
night from London to Penzance with stops at all the main
Cornwall stations. Leave London just before midnight and
arrive in Penzance at 8pm for a fresh and early start to
your holiday.
More
information on times and fares
End your journey at: Z439
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Gwelenys Road
Mousehole, End of England
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Have
we been busy!
We’ve
added an amazing 21 new holiday homes over the past few weeks.
Here are a few to whet your appetite:
On the edge of Dartmoor, a stunning house and
converted barns (A59)
with outdoor pool, hot tub and sauna; and the sizeable
wing of a fine Victorian house (A251)
set in 24 acres of splendid gardens near
Ivybridge. Try this truly delightful little
cottage (L77)
close to lovely South Hams beaches or this
ultra-modern, detached house (L650)
in Newton Ferrers with sensational panoramic
views of the River Yealm. We have two stylish
new barn conversions in Maiden Newton, Dorset (H200)
and Upton, on the edge of Exmoor (F184).
Heading west to Cornwall, in Little Petherick, a
modern mid-terrace cottage (P306)
in a peaceful location alongside the tidal
creek; a pretty end-of-row cottage
(R64)
on the very edge of Millbrook Lake; and on
Point Green in Feock overlooking Restronguet
Creek, a delightful semi-detached
cottage (S243).
Please note that a few of these new properties are
unavailable this year and are therefore showing their
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What a difference a year makes! Last summer too much
liquidity of the watery kind and this summer too
little liquidity of the monetary type! Whatever the
obstacles we hope you’ll enjoy your holidays
wherever you go, but especially if you come here to the West Country
where we trust the welcome will soon rejuvenate
you.
Best wishes,
Moray Bowater
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