
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity”
John Muir
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News: Cockington Primary School join world’s largest children’s choir
My son has been taking part in Performing Arts club at school with his wonderful teachers and for the last couple of years they have had the opportunity to go to Young Voices in Birmingham. It’s a wonderful event that needed to be celebrated! Read the full article on the People’s Republic of South Devon.
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Marans, Charante-Maritime
Our first impression of Marans was not a positive one. We had only booked the campsite there because La Rochelle was, predictably for an August weekend, already full and Marans was conveniently close for day trips. We arrived after a hot four-hour drive from our beautiful lakeside pitch at St-Yrieix-la-Perche, and were not immediately impressed.…
News: Mum appeals for info
I met Rachel and her husband on a Friday night when they were out looking to find anyone who may have had news about what had happened to their son, who was found on the edge of a road after a night out. This was an article that required sensitivity and care to make sure…
Fox Tor and Plym Ford
On a day like today, there’s nowhere I’d rather be than in the hills and nobody I’d rather be with than my family. We were up holiday early and filling ourselves with porridge and glucose syrup ready for what appeared to be a cold day ahead. The sky was clear and for once we were…