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Popcorn and tickets from drive-in cinema

Bristol Drive-in Cinema, September 2020

16th August 2020 Nick Art & Entertainment, Bristol, Festivals & Events, Somerset

This September, Bristol Airport will be transformed into a giant drive-in cinema by @TheDriveIn. At the moment, details are a little light, but the event

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Drive-in and outdoor cinema in Bournemouth, Dorset & Southampton

1st August 2020 Nick Art & Entertainment, Dorset, Festivals & Events

This August and September, a host of classic and contemporary movies are being screened outdoors in Dorset and Hampshire. Drive-in cinemas are popping up at

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An open-air cinema screening on a beach

Summer screenings – open-air cinema in Devon and Cornwall

1st July 2020 Nick Art & Entertainment, Cornwall, Devon, Festivals & Events, Plymouth

Summer 2020 is going to be different, with many annual events being cancelled or postponed. However, for film lovers, there are a host of pop-up

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Library frieze at Greenway House

Greenway House: Agatha Christie’s Devon Retreat

12th March 2020 Nick Days Out, Devon, Travel & Adventure

Greenway House occupies a stunning position above the River Dart. Set in luscious gardens complete with Torbay palms and a boathouse on the estuary, it’s

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Land’s End to John O’Groats – The Women’s End2End

Land’s End to John O’Groats – The Women’s End2End relay

20th February 2020 liamgoldstein Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, News & Updates, Somerset, Travel & Adventure, Walks

This April sees the start of the Women’s End2End hiking relay organised by the Love Her Wild community. It will stretch the length of the

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Don’t Walk Down There – Spooky Tales from the West Country

Don’t Walk Down There – Spooky Tales from the West Country

30th January 2020 Nick Art & Entertainment, Cornwall, Days Out, Devon, History, Somerset

Welcome travellers to a special Westcountry Weekender blog where we catch up with Nick, creator of the Don’t Walk Down There video web series, exploring

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Events in Bristol: January 2020

Events in Bristol: January 2020

7th January 2020 Nick Art, Art & Entertainment, Bristol, Comedy, Days Out, Food & Drink, Theatre

Bristol is the perfect place to be this January if you want to beat the winter blues and try something new. We’ve taken a look at the events, shows, exhibitions and festivals coming to Bristol this month and picked a selection of our favourites.

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Items in the Criminal Ornamentation Exhibition at RAMM Lates Exeter

RAMM Lates: a night at Exeter’s Museum

8th February 2019 Nick Art, Art & Entertainment, Devon, Exeter, Festivals & Events, Music

Last Friday, Exeter’s RAMM museum hosted the first RAMM Lates. It was an evening of music, performance, storytelling and culture and we were thrilled to

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Westcountry Wasps rugby team

Westcountry Wasps: Devon & Cornwall’s inclusive rugby team

7th October 2018 Nick Cornwall, Devon, Exeter, Festivals & Events, Travel & Adventure

We’re no strangers to muddy boots at Westcountry Weekender, but it’s been a little while since we ran around a rugby pitch. Thankfully we’re in

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Gnome Wallace as part of Gromit Unleashed 2

Wallace and Gromit trail in Bristol

17th September 2018 Nick Art, Art & Entertainment, Bristol, Festivals & Events, Free

This summer there was a new Wallace and Gromit trail in Bristol. The Grand Appeal sculpture trail, starring Wallace, Gromit and The Wrong Trousers’ baddie Feathers McGraw,

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Dragon kite and others at Exmouth Kite Festival

Flying high at Exmouth Kite Festival

27th August 2018 Nick Days Out, Devon, Festivals & Events, Travel & Adventure

The Exmouth Kite Festival is an annual celebration of kites in the seaside town of Exmouth. Besides a few failed childhood attempts at kite-flying, we’ve

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Bude and Summerleaze Beach

Bude coastal walks & canal strolls

9th August 2018 Nick Cornwall, Days Out, Free, Travel & Adventure, Walks

Nestled at the northern tip of Cornwall is Bude. The seaside resort is famous for its beaches, and in 2017 scored the silver award in

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