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Delicious Dart Trail
he Delicious Dart Trail is a trail running event with a difference.
Inspired by the Marathon du Medoc, France’s famous festival of wine and running, the Delicious Dart Trail takes runners on a gastronomic tour of the spectacular Dart estuary. starting at Dartington Hall,
participants run to Dartmouth via sharpham, Dittisham and Kingswear, sampling a mouth-watering variety of locally produced food and drink along the way. By the time they reach Dartmouth, the runners have clocked up 15 miles of scenic riverside trail and tasted over a dozen different beers, wines, soft drinks, savouries and puddings. A 10 mile route with a steam train ride to the finish is also an option. The event, which organiser, Kate
Treleaven, describes as ‘a food festival on the run’, first took place in 2013. 220 runners entered and £5,000 was raised for kids’ cancer charity ClIC sargent. This year the event takes place on saturday 1st March and funds are being raised for CHICKs, a Devon based charity which provides respite breaks for disadvantaged children from all over the uK.
‘a food festival on the run’
This year 350 entries were available and the event sold out with six weeks to go. Karen Jones, Director, of Coast & Country Cottages, sponsors of The Delicious Dart Trail, says “This exciting event not only aims to raise considerable funds for a very worthwhile charity but combines the stunning scenery and delicious local produce we are promoting every day to our customers , with a great running experience through the beautiful south Devon countryside to Dartmouth - our team is already in training!” Highlights of the route include: • wine and cheese at the award winning sharpham Vineyard • local produce on a French theme at the Waterside Bistro in Totnes • Riverford Field Kitchen pavlovas and Quercus beer at the Maltster’s Arms, Tuckenhay • local seafood paella courtesy of Moby nicks and the Ferry Boat Inn, Dittisham - homemade energy bars from
Kingswear cookery school, Manna From Devon
• fish and chips at Mitch Tonks’ RockFish takeaway in Dartmouth
• decadent hot drinks and pastries at Cafe Alf Resco’s, the finish venue For a full list of businesses supporting the Delicious Dart Trail please see the website:
www.deliciousdarttrail.co.uk new this year, the Dartmouth Ice
Cream Company will be serving up scoops of Agatha Christie’s favourite blackcurrant flavour ice cream as runners reach Greenway House, her old holiday home. Other flavours on offer will depend on the imaginations of those who enter their competition to invent a new flavour to be showcased at the Delicious Dart Trail. The Delicious Dart Trail is an event
where runners are encouraged to leave their stopwatches at home and have fun. Fancy dress helps create a carnival atmosphere and the theme this year is ‘Monsters and Aliens’. spectators are heartily encouraged to cheer on the runners and support the local businesses along the route, many will be offering special food and drink promotions to the public on the day. For further information visit:
www.deliciousdarttrail.co.uk www.facebook.com/thedeliciousdarttrail www.twitter.com/delishdarttrail www.coastandcountry.co.uk
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