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Festivities all over for another year - we hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and that you’re looking forward to 2008.
Now is always a good time to take stock; gather your thoughts and focus on your hopes for the coming months. Why not make it easier this year with a change of perspective? Take a break and come west for a few days. Relax in a cosy cottage, curl up by the fire; see where your imagination takes you.
We have a huge variety of places to stay. Whichever you like the look of, you’ll know we’ve been to it, star-rated it and will give you that extra bit of personal attention and answer any questions you might want to ask about it. What better way to start the New Year than a relaxing holiday or short break in one of our great holiday homes?
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| It’s that ‘oh yes it is…’ time of year and we’ve searched through West Country venues for some good old pantomimes you might enjoy if you’re anywhere near these theatres. We have some lovely holiday homes in or near all these towns. |
Last but not least, The Wayfarers Pantomime
Society is staging Robinson Crusoe at Taunton - www.wayfarers-pantomime.co.uk
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Also, you might like a spooky play. The Talisman, a modern ghost story, at the Drum Theatre, Plymouth opens on January 8th for 11 nights…
www.theatreroyal.com
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…while at the Hall for Cornwall in Truro Elvis will swing for 3 nights from Thursday January 17th. www.hallforcornwall.co.uk
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The Animated Exeter festival brings the best of world animation to audiences in Exeter and showcases and encourages the wealth of creative talent in the region, both amateur and professional.
See www.exeter.gov.uk for details.
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Join these fantastic skaters as they take you on a journey through some great romantic stories. Performances take place at the Westpoint Arena – call 0870 532 1321 for details.
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Walk through the carpets of 'fair maids of February'. Take your family – and your dogs – and enjoy the beautiful display of snowdrops along the woodland and garden walks at Pencarrow. Snowdrop Sunday is organised by 'Friends of Pencarrow' to raise funds to improve the trails throughout the grounds. Café open - admission by donation. For details see www.pencarrow.co.uk
Local places to stay include:
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Take advantage of this quieter time of the year to explore new places. A new collection of 31 walks round the coast, historic towns and stunning countryside and river valleys of South Devon is available to download at: www.southdevonaonb.org.uk
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If you’re enjoying BBC1’s latest adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, you might like to know the filming was largely done around the wild, spectacular Hartland Point coastline in North Devon at Hartland Abbey. We have three great cottages in the locality. K8 is in the village itself, whilst K3 (with a fantastic indoor pool) is less than a mile away, and K15 is about 10 miles further west at Welcome Mouth. The Abbey is open on February 10th and 17th especially to see the snowdrops. www.hartlandabbey.com
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A chance to try some winter warmers at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester. Contact Dave Harris on 01305 772286 for more details; admission is from £3 to £5 depending on the time of day. For more details look at: www.camrawdorset.org.uk
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Jamie Oliver’s Cornish outpost is offering a three course lunch menu for just £18, with special fish lunches emphasising Cornwall’s fantastic seasonal and local seafood, fished from waters around Cornwall. The menu will be changing daily, giving you a great excuse to go more than once!
For sample menus and online booking see www.fifteencornwall.co.uk
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| It certainly does! Helpful Holidays was pleased to sponsor the 26th North Devon Performing Arts Festival Winners’ Gala at Grenville College, near Bideford in December. Our Helen presented prizes to the winner, Pip Ash from West Buckland School, and Mark and Christina Tang from Grenville Cottage, who came second and third. Helen was ‘astounded’ by the standard and talent of all the winners. |
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Between the Christmas parties and shopping, we’ve found time to add another nine new holiday homes to the Helpful Holidays portfolio; three new ones in the South Hams (L45, L80 and L71), two in south Cornwall (R52 and R53), two in east Devon (G24 and G25), one in north Cornwall (P42) and one on Dartmoor (A79). They’re on our website now and will be in our first supplement. We’ll be mailing that out shortly.
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| L45, Aveton Gifford |
L80, Milton Combe |
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| L71, Slapton |
R52, Seaton, Cornwall |
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| R53, Seaton, Cornwall |
G25, Farway |
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| P42, Wadebridge |
A79, Haytor Vale |
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| G24, Beer |
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We’re very much back at work after the New Year festivities and the bookings for 2008 are really flying in. If you want to be sure of finding somewhere really great this year in our absolutely beautiful West Country, do go online now or call us on 01647 433593 soon. We’ll be really happy to help you find somewhere just right for you!
Best wishes
Moray Bowater
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