South Somerset District Council’s Healthy Lifestyles Team helped to keep older and frail people on the move with a fun packed Flexercise session at the Octagon Theatre on Monday 12 September. Sam Wenden-de-Lira, Healthy Lifestyles Officer at the District Council explained the benefits of the training: “Flexercise is a series of chair based exercises that are an ideal way to keep residents in nursing homes, care homes, Active Living Centres, residential homes and sheltered housing active. Full story: Read more
Hestercombe wins European Garden Award
Hestercombe, near Taunton, is delighted to have been named as a winner in the European Garden Award. Under the category Best Development of a Historic Park or Garden, Hestercombe won the title beating the other finalists Schlosspark Ludwiglust (Germany) and the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. Full story: Read more
A GLIMPSE OF THE NORTH EAST COMES SOUTH WEST FOR SALE
A superb painting of North East interest by one of Britain’s finest marine painters of the 19th Century is coming up for auction at Lawrences in Crewkerne (Somerset) on October 14th. The signed canvas, which measures 65 by 105cm (25 x 41ins), was painted by John Wilson Carmichael and depicts shipping off Tynemouth, with the old priory ruins visible on the headland in the distance. Full story: Read more