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slightly lower advertising, and Covid testing by Public Health Devon who handed out over 2,200 testing kits - and that’s just the boxes so Lord knows how many individual tests that was! “Everybody worked their socks off, everybody is
exhausted. “I am another two years older since the previous
regatta in 2019 and I am absolutely knackered to be honest, as is Mel my wife who is the regatta secretary - but happily knackered.” So, was all the hard work worth it? “Yes, absolutely,” said Ed. “We did absolutely everything we
could to ensure that we had a safe, fun, repeatable and sustainable event. “We put on an event that the town
members of his team, in particular the committee’s youngest member, John Lagdon, who took on the organisation of the waste management and road closures. “For a 26-year-old taking on that sort of
“It absolutely did make for longer days, longer hours and more emails.”
wanted to see; financially it’s good for the businesses and the town, but also everyone needed a bit of celebration after the last 18 months and if you saw the smiling faces, I would say we have had a good week.” “The committee and all of our excellent volunteers put on absolutely as good a regatta as pretty much anyone can remember.” Some of the highlights for Ed came from enthusiastic
responsibility – he achieved in spades,” he said. “There are so many people that really pulled things out of the bag. “We had some absolutely fantastic
rowing and at one time Basil Williams was commentating on three separate rowing events at the same time. That was quite a joy to watch. “Also seeing the Dolphin B crew
arguably get the loudest cheer of the week for coming in last in the men’s long-distance rowing.
“They are a crew of 17 or 18-year-olds, they all drink in the Dolphin and they stood up to be counted and put in a great showing.” Ed added: “There were fun events, unexpected people doing a great job of enabling activities, and joy from seeing sporting endeavour and people just working hard – it was great.”
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Sheila
he organisers of Dartmouth Food Festival had to factor Covid into the mix when they started planning the popular annual event 10 months ago. Despite the country going into lockdown for the
third time on January 6, the committee remained optimistic it would be possible to stage the 2021 event. Speaking to By The Dart in September, chairwoman Shelia Shribman said: “In planning the festival, which usually takes all year, we’ve been very mindful of the Covid rules. “At each of our meetings we’ve reflected on where
we are and what the likely scenarios are. “We have, I think it’s fair to say, travelled in optimism, hoping that with the vaccine campaign and various measures that are still in place, we would get to October able to hold the festival. “And so far – I know it’s only September – our optimism has paid off. “Obviously we have kept an eye on events nationally,
regionally and locally. “Of course, the fact Dartmouth Regatta has been held and has been successful is another milestone.
© Original Image Photography “That’s good news and it doesn’t look as though
there has been any particular bounce upward in the number of Covid cases in the South Hams as a result, although a lot of regatta is held outdoors of course.” Grown from humble beginnings in 2002, the annual
three-day foodie feast follows an established recipe for success featuring workshops, seminars, tastings, competitions, demonstrations, food markets and tasting shacks. But this year, organisers of the landmark event have slightly tweaked the culinary celebration’s ingredients
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