Great Torrington
Ruby
Country. Some of Devon’s
most
beautiful
countryside lies around the traditional market towns of Holsworthy and Hatherleigh. This is Ruby Country. If you’re looking for a holiday to remember, a weekend escape or simply a great day out, Ruby Country is the place to be. Tranquil villages, winding lanes, rolling landscape, with Dartmoor and Exmoor as a dramatic backdrop make Ruby Country an ideal base for cycling, rambling, horse riding and fishing.
Holsworthy is a wonderful town which has a market charter dating back to the 12th century. One thousand years ago it was described as a Port Town. The word Port was a Saxon term for a secure place for trade - a market. This town boasts one of the busiest and largest livestock markets in the country and lies in the heart of ‘Ruby Country’, where a new initiative is underway to provide walking, cycling and horse riding trails through this area of charming countryside.
With many special events, a sports hall, swimming baths, library with Internet facilities and Stanhope Park (a large public area with children’s rides etc), all within easy reach, Holsworthy offers something for everyone throughout the whole year. There are markets on Wednesday – Open Air Market in the Square and Livestock Market, Thursday – Cattle Market.
Hatherleigh Every Tuesday the town comes to life with its flourishing market consisting of small mammals and poultry auction, good local produce, homemade cakes, and a household auction for all your bargains and much more. Take any of the easterly roads out of the town and you will find yourself on the edge of some 500 acres of moor land. These acres were gifted to the people of Hatherleigh during the fourteenth century when the Borough’s householders, or ‘potboilers’ as they were known, were given the right to graze stock and gather gorse for fuel - a right which
continues to the present day.
Hatherleigh Carnival is one of the most important annual events in Devon because it includes traditions that have long been forgotten elsewhere. The flaming Tar Barrel runs are the best example: they start and finish Carnival day, with the first run at 5am so you have to get up early to watch! Crepe paper covered floats are a tradition that seems to have been invented in Hatherleigh - the amount of work that goes into these is vast because strips are hand cut into ‘grass’ and then stuck onto surfaces one at a time to create a massive tableau - for example ‘Winnie the Pooh’.
Other attractions include a meeting of the
Hunt and a Town Criers’ contest. The Queen is crowned at 3pm but it’s the evening procession that really strikes home, with over 30 floats and countless walking ‘guisers’. Another tradition marks out this procession - 52 huge flaming torches (one for each week of the year, and made to a secret design) accompany it, with a frame carrying 12 torches (one for each month).
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The Vocal Ensemble of Africa (Sat 30 April) Comedy with Simon Munnery (Fri 6 May) BOVTS present ‘Tom Jones’ (Thurs 2 June) The Alan Price Set (Fri 3 June) Julian Lloyd Webber (Sat 4 June) Ruby Turner (Fri 10 June) Seth Lakeman (Sat 11 June) Comedy with Dr Phil Hammond (Sat 18 June) Hardeep Singh Kohli: Chat Masala (Thurs 30 June) The Blues Band (Sat 2 July) The Blockheads (Sat 3 September)
The Manfreds (Sat 17 September) (with special guests Maggie Bell & Dave Berry)
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