After a school visit to Yeovil Country Park to visit the woodland as part of a special geography study week, class 4 pupils at Birchfield Primary School were disappointed to encounter large amounts of dog poo, spoiling their visit to the Country Park and limiting the environmental studies that they could carry out. The student and teachers who visited the park felt so strongly about the problem that four students put pen to paper and wrote to Councillor Tony Lock asking for more bins and posters in the Country Park advising dog owners to clear up after their pets. Full Story: Read More
Cycle Somerset: a challenge of hills and levels!
Thing are shifting up a gear for the first Cycle Somerset, a challenging sponsored 90 miles cross-county road ride organised by St. Margaret’s Hospice on Sunday 8 September 2013, kindly sponsored by Dyne Drewett. Utilising existing Sustrans routes, Cycle Somerset will start from the small town of Dulverton in Exmoor and take riders from these beautiful hills, across the Somerset Levels and ending finally at St. Margaret’s Hospice in Yeovil where riders can re-unite with family and friends and enjoy a bit of a celebration! Full Story: Read More
South Somerset Market Towns Guide App gets launched
The South Somerset Market Towns Guide App has just been published in Android and Apple formats, and can be downloaded for free from www.townguideapps.com and itunes. The project has been developed by the South Somerset Market Towns Investment Group, whose members wanted to create a guide for both locals and visitors that could be accessed on the move via a smartphone or tablet. Full Story: Read More