This is a diving haven with more that 3,000 recorded shipwrecks. Visit the the Hathor and Plympton wrecks just south of St. Agnes or the Torrey Canyon one of the first supertankers which was wrecked and deliberately sunk in 1967 after she struck Pollard’s Rock in the Seven Stones reef between the Scilly Isles […]

Mid Devon’s premier one-day agricultural event due to be held on Saturday, July 28th has been cancelled due to the continued atrocious wet weather and the decision that the ground was in no condition to take heavy vehicles and large scale traffic to and from the showfield. This is only the second time in its […]

Accessible at high tide only by sea tractor, this tiny private island in south Devon is home to an authentic 1920’s gem. The hotel is full of period furniture and period charm. The beach house which was a former retreat of Edward Windsor and Wallace Simpson has just been retored. Wonderful sea […]

From 1931 until she died in 1983 the Minack Theatre was planned, built and financed by one determined woman - Rowena Cade. This wonderful open-air amphitheatre cut from granite, is host to comedy, tragedy, farce, opera, musical, Gilbert & Sullivan, mime, ballet, concert, gang show, son et lumière and male voice choir. Gilbert and Sullivan […]

In 1835, 70ft of winding underground passages were discovered which lead to an oblong chamber. Its walls were decorated with strange symbols mosaiced in 4.6 million cockle, whelk, mussel and oyster shells. Nobody can explain who built this amazing place, or why, or when, but since its discovery visitors from all over the world […]

Dickie Dirts Curiosity Shop are fascinated by The 18 mile long shingle “tombola” at Chesil which is made up of billions of flint and chert pebbles. It forms a large lagoon (the Fleet) on its shoreward side and the pebbles on the beach are graded, with the coarser stones nearer to Portland. It is situated […]

Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, supported by Tesco, is the UK’s biggest women-only fundraising event - a series of 5k walks and runs which takes place all over the UK. All the money raised by the event helps fund the life-saving research of Cancer Research UK, the world’s leading independent organisation dedicated to cancer […]

An update from Dickie Dirts Curiosity Shop. The MSC Napoli had to be rebeached on Thursday 12 July 2007. The decision was made following the re-floating of the vessel earlier in the week. The wreck has been found to be in a worse state than previously thought, with the crack of the hull being […]

Every year The University of Wales Aberystwyth hosts a large sevens tournament (the largest amateur tournament in Wales) on the May Bank holiday. Teams come from Universities and Rugby Clubs across Wales and England to enter. It runs over two days. There are 2 Men’s tournaments (1 main league and 1 social league). […]

Dickie Dirts Curiosity Shop recently supported a day out at Monkey World Wareham. Set amongst the woodland of Dorset lies 65 acres of sanctuary for over 150 primates. Monkey World was set up in 1987 by Jim and Alison Cronin to provide abused Spanish beach chimps with a permanent, stable home. Today Monkey World […]