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Weekend Hope Cove Weekend, on the last bank holiday of the


summer – August 23 to 26, is three days of proper old-fashioned seaside fun – with sandcastle competitions, children’s races, folk dancing and pig roasts. This free family weekend was started in 1973, to revive the Hope Cove Regatta, which had stopped in 1950. It all begins on the Friday night with live music on the main stage, followed by three days of music, dancing, street entertainment, a treasure hunt, rock pooling etc. There’s a firework display on the Saturday night and the weekend concludes on Bank Holiday Monday with very competitive joggers’ races and a fancy dress competition. There are also plenty of stalls with arts and crafts including jewel- lery, glasswork, clothing and local produce.


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Ashburton Food and Drink Festival The centre of this delightful Dartmoor town will be pedestrianised and transformed into a lively street market, with a carnival atmo-


sphere, for the day on September 7. Now in its ninth year the Ashburton Food and Drink Festival has around 70 stallholders sampling and selling local and regional produce, most within ten miles of the town. They’ll be lots of talks, wine tasting and cooking demonstrations, and street performers for entertainment. This popular festival starts at 10am and there’s a park and ride service into the town. Check out the great independent shops and cafes in the town afterwards.


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As ever in South Devon this summer, there’s much to see and do. Here are a few ideas. Head on down to Hope Cove


events to visit 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 deers up close with the deerkeepers. See www.dartington.org for more details of the dairy and the deer park.


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