Willand is first recorded in 1042 as having “belonged to Ethmar”. The village is then mentioned, along with Muxbeare, in the Domesday survey of 1086. From 1098 to 1539 Willand belonged to Taunton Priory, whose monks visited chapels at Muxbeare, Moorston Barton, as well as the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in the […]

The French Lieutenant’s Woman 1981 was filmed in Lyme Regis, Dorset and Kingswear, Dart Valley Railway and Torbay in Devon. A gentleman forsakes his fiancee for the abandoned mistress of a French seaman in 1867 intertwined with the modern story of the actors playing the Victorian roles. Written by John Fowles it was […]

The end of the James Bond Film ‘Die Another Day’ starring Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry in an exotic beach house at a Caribbean location was actually filmed on the National Trust beach at Penbryn, Wales! This Beach House was built on the hillside above the beach.

The vibrant beach of Woolacombe Sands is two miles of magnificent golden sand backed by sandy hills and the Woolacombe Downs. It is one of the finest beaches in the West Country - a broad, west-facing expanse of sand, with the Barricane or Shell Beach at the northern end. The quieter southern end is bracketed […]

Planning laws need to be clarified to take into account the effects of building on flood risk land. A new Government report says the risk of flooding should be considered at an earlier stage of development. Approximately 10% of new houses are beiing built on floodplains. Changes in agricultural land management can also effect […]

Looking for somewhere quiet and romantic for your holidays? Look no further than the stunning location of Loch na Ceall Bay, Arisaig, on the West Coast of Scotland. A community thrived there until 1801 when the crofters were cleared off the land and shipped off to Nova Scotia to make way for the […]

This year’s T4 on the Beach at Weston-Super-Mare has been and gone. Despite dire weather predictions the day was warm and sunny. The stars turned out in abundance and the crowd were entertained by the likes of The Twang, Mika, Maroon Five, Kate Nash, The Kaiser Chiefs, Just Jack, McFly, Girls Aloud and […]

There has been so much interest shown in the availability of Tiger Sharks Rugby Shirts that we are thinking of launching their sale on our website. The shirts would be armour fitted and of very high quality. Price to be determined. Please register your interest by emailing us at enquiries@dickiedirts.com and we will endeavour […]

A new town is set to be built in Sherford Valley to the south of the A38 at Deep Lane, near Plymouth after the planning inspectorate gave the go-ahead to council plans. The new town - which would be made up of smaller, linked communities - would provide at least 4,000 new homes by 2016, […]

The wreck of the Amsterdam is the most notable feature of the beach at Bulverhythe, the tops of its ribs being exposed in the sands and the peaty clay of the prehistoric forest. The Amsterdam is of global importance since she is two-thirds complete, the most intact East Indiaman of any country known in the […]