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most famous Lakeman!), Richard Thompson and Steve Knightley.


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Things to do


Attend a folk festival Devon’s folk festivals appear to be getting bigger and brighter every year and attracting an impressive range of


acts. The eighth annual South Brent Folk Day is on Saturday July 6 with singing, music, dancing, workshops and concerts around the village. The headline evening concert is in the village hall, with a real ale bar of course. It stars energetic folksters Granny’s Attic and folk duo Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman. Kathryn and Sean have twice won gongs at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and Sean is the brother of Seth and Sam Lakeman, internationally known folk singers themselves. And, of course, there’s the big one - Sidmouth Folk Festival – from August 2 to 9, attracting tens of thousands of visitors to over 700 events. Sidmouth’s festival has been running its week long bash since 1955. Acts include Lindisfarne, Seth Lake- man (prob- ably the


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Tunes on the Sands There’s a brand new festival this summer at Blackpool Sands, featuring huge household


Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman


names including UB40, Wet Wet Wet, The Proclaimers, Newton Falkner and KT Tunstall. This is a truly idyllic spot for listening to music, taking in the festival’s Gin terrace and other en- tertainment including a circus big to with the sea on one side and the trees and hills on the other. The festival is being organised by the people behind the popular Tunes in the Dunes on Perran- porth beach in Cornwall. The event will take place from July 12 to 14, with camping provided a ten-minute walk or shuttle bus ride away. Visit www.tunesonthesands.com for more information and tickets.


Milk a goat at Dartington Dairy On the Dartington Hall Estate near Totnes there’s a delightful dairy with goats and Jersey cows where you can


eat a delicious fresh ice cream, take a tour, and even have a go at milking the goats and cows. As the cows line up in the parlour, visitors are talked through the milking process and those over the age of 16 can have a go themselves. And then the tour visits the more mischievous goats, with a very hands-on chance to milk and feed them, followed by a trip to the calf pens to play with the goat kids. Also on the Dartington Hall Estate visitors can now take tours of the deer park – either as free volunteer-led walks or ticketed events to meet the deer up close with the deerkeepers See www.dartington.org for more details of the dairy and the deer park.


this summer…


As ever in South Devon in summer, there’s much to see and do. Here are just some ideas for this month (more to come in the next issue of By The Dart...)


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