Professional Cookery student Beckii Goffe has won the final of a competition run by top chef Mark Hix. The contest was part of Lyme Regis’ Mackerel Festival and supported by Mr Hix, chef, award winning food writer and owner of the Hix Oyster and Fish House in the town. Beckii (16) of Sherborne was one of just three finalists who made it to the cook off on Friday 12 July 2013 on Lyme Regis seafront. Full Story: Read More
Birchfield School pupils and South Somerset District Council Countryside Rangers join forces to protect Yeovil Country Park
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