The Visitor. Covering Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire
The Visitor. Magazine covering Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. Since 1983.
The 8th South Somerset Cider Sampling took place on Friday 9th September in the Village Hall at Hinton St.George. The annual event was as popular as ever as members of the public were handed tickets to sample the many ciders on display in return for a modest entrance fee. Full story: Read more
Somerset buccaneer William Dampier is the subject of an evening talk at the Museum of Somerset on Tuesday 13 September. The talk is part of the museum’s summer exhibition ‘Pirates! Fact and Fiction’ which explores pirates through history, in film and in literature. The talk will be given by Tom Mayberry, Chief Executive of the South West Heritage Trust. Dampier was born at East Coker in 1651. Full story: Read more
Last week at The Great Dorset Steam Fair, one of the biggest events in Europe and as seen on BBC One’s Countryfile by 6.7 million viewers, Jackie Nicholls from Ashville Design, near Chard in Somerset, who was exhibiting in the Rural Craft Marquee won an award with her artificial flower arrangements for “The Most Colourful and Artistic Craft Display”. Full story: Read more