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trip or a great escapes course. The TV presenter’s wildlife trips offer the chance to enjoy South Devon’s incredible flora, fauna and coastline and include a range of trips for all ages, levels of activity and length of time. They range from shore walks, boat trips, dive trips and foraging and surfing trips. Monty also runs courses in underwater photography and videography plus presenting wildlife and adventure television programmes. For more information phone 01803 431858 or visit www.montyhalls. co.uk/great-escapes.


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Become a volunteer. Dartmouth is full of community-minded


people who give their time and effort for free to help the town’s charities, facilities and fantastic annual events. Dartmouth regatta, music and food festivals are all run by volunteers. Non-profit making organisations such as The Flavel and Dartmouth Community Bookshop rely on volunteers to keep them going as do charities such as Dartmouth Caring, Dartmouth Foodbank, Dart Sailability and Dartmouth Museum.


Take a cookery course at the Kingswear-based


Manna from Devon cookery school. Run by David and Holly Jones, the school offers a masterclass in breadmaking, classes in fish, Mediterranean and South East Asian cookery, cakes and pastry baking plus classes about cooking in woodfired ovens and cooking family food with children. For information and to book phone 01803 752943 or visit www. mannafromdevon.com.


Pamper yourself at Dart Marina Spa which offers a range


of luxurious treatments for men and women, plus a swimming pool,


fitness suite, Jacuzzi and steam room. Treatments include Elemis facials and body treatments such as a deep muscle massage and exotic coconut wrap, plus natural therapies including Indian head massage and hopi ear candles. The Spa also provides tanning treatments, waxing, manicures, pedicures and eyebrow and eyelash tinting. For information phone 01803 832580 or visit www. dartmarina.com.


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Learn a language through Dartmouth Library. The library


based at The Flavel offers language courses in popular languages such as French, German, Spanish and Italian on cassette, CD and DVD. The library can also order courses from the county collection, based at Exeter Central Library, which has more than 70 languages from Albanian to Zulu.


Make home-made chutney and apple pies with the apples


at Dartmouth Community Orchard. Located between the bottom of College Way and Ridge Hill, the three-and-a-half acre orchard is owned by the town council and is part of the community amenity space. It is home to some 80 varieties of apple tree and within the wooded area there are also trees such as sweet chestnut, ash and oak. Anyone is welcome to visit the orchard and pick some apples in the autumn, making sure they leave some for other people!


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Jawbones Hill or Gallants Bower on


the night of August 12 2013 to watch the prolific perseid meteor shower. The shower is visible in the Northern Hemisphere from mid-July each year with the peak of activity between August 12


and 14. During the peak, the rate of meteors reaches 60 or more per hour. As with all meteor showers, the rate is greatest in the pre-dawn hours since the Earth nearest to turning into the sun scoops up more meteors as the Earth moves through space.


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Have a go at the top Dartmouth pastime of crabbing. All you


need is a bucket, a crab line, a net and some bait – crabs love bacon or squid! Perfect crabbing spots are along the embankment with a fantastic view of the River Dart. To get started, half fill your bucket with river water and put some bacon in it for the crabs you will catch. Attach your bait to the string and lower the line into the water until it reaches the bottom. Wait patiently. Bring your line up slowly and have your net ready to scoop up your crabs into the bucket. If you want to pick up the crabs, handle them carefully and pick them up from the back so you don’t get nipped by their pincers. Always return the crabs to the river before you leave.


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Introduce your young children or grandchildren to


reading at Dartmouth Library. The library hosts a 30-minute Bounce and Rhyme Story Time session every Monday from 10am to 10.30am. The free event features stories, rhymes and song for under-fives and their carers. There is no need to book, just turn up.


Join one of Dartmouth Library’s free to join adult


reading groups. The library hosts several reading groups for keen bookworms, including the Mystery Book Club which is run by members who choose one title with a mystery theme every month. The Dartmouth Library Book Club discusses two


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