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DEVON DIARY, 2012
Moretonhampstead Festival of Food, Beer and Arts (March 10)
Juicy sausages, stinky cheeses and delicious cakes - Devon's finest farmers come to our neighbouring village.
Spring flowers (April- May)
See carpets of bluebells and daffodils in their full glory at Steps Bridge.
Exeter Festival of Food and Drink (April 13-15)
Gulp, gurgle and graze your way around the grounds of Exeter Castle.
Devon County Show (May 17-19)
House-sized heifers, daring dogs, shaggy sheep, and lots of poo.
English Wine Week (May 26-June 3)
Devon's vineyards makes the county the best place to be for English Wine Week.
Blackawton Worm Charming Festival (May 6)
The challenge: to coax as many worms out of the ground as you can without touching them. Utterly eccentric.
Butterfly season begins (May - early June)
Go in search of two of Britain's most elegant but elusive fritillary butterflies, whose paths meet in Hembury Woods until early June.
Devon Guild of Craftsman's Contemporary Craft Fair (June 15-17)
Buy contemporary art pieces direct from designers in this idyllic setting.
Gold Coast Oceanfest, Croyde (June 15-17)
All things sun, sand and surfing.
Exeter Summer Festival (June 24-July 9)
Over 40 events with leaders from the world of dance, theatre, comedy, literature and film.
Chagstock (July 20-21)
Shake your booty at this boutique music festival, ranked by The Sunday Times as one of the best in Britain.
North Bovey village fete (July date to be confirmed))
Our traditional village fete, with sheep-shearing competitions and ferret racing.
Manaton village fete (July date to be confirmed)
Our neighbouring village's fete, where tug-of-war teams go head-to-head.
Bread Weighing and Ale Tasting Ceremony, Ashburton (August date to be confirmed)
Take part in historical pageantry at one of Devon's oldest festivals.
Beautiful Days music concert (August 17-19)
Started by The Levellers, this is a non-corporate festival in Escot Park on land laid out by Capability Brown.
Dartmoor Folk Festival, South Zeal (August 5-7)
A traditional folk festival, with ceilidh, Dartmoor stepdance and broomdance championships.
Totnes Orange Races (August 21)
Sort of like the Pamplona bull run, just less dangerous.
Dartmouth Regatta (August 31 - Sept 1)
Take to the seas for one of the biggest events in the UK sporting calendar.
Open Studios (August 8-23)
Over 100 studios, galleries across Devon open their doors to visitors, with barns and churches becoming galleries too.
Widecombe Fair (September 11)
Made famous by the traditional folk song, this traditional agricultural show has maypole dancing and bale tossing.
Exmoor Food Festival, Taunton (October date to be confirmed)
Showcases local produce from a variety of independent food and drink producers from Exmoor.
Tavistock Goose Fair (October 12)
Tavistock's annual Goose Fair has attracted traders since the 12th century. Today, stallholders from all over the country descend to sell and to entertain.
The Two Moors Festival (October 11-20)
The hills come alive with the sound of classical music played in churches across Dartmoor and Exmoor.
Surf's up (October)
With the sea at its warmest, October is the best month to hang ten.
Annual Pony Drift (October)
Wild Dartmoor ponies are rounded up from the moor to be vetted. Take a hack across the moor with Babeny Stables, stopping at a country pub for lunch.
Dartmouth Food Festival (October 26-28)
A smorgasbord of south Devon oyster, crab, mussels, meat and scrumptious fish. Wander the venues scoffing free food, ideally with glass in hand.
See Autumn colours (November)
The acer glade in The Garden House in Buckland Monachorum has one of the most striking garden displays in the UK, and swathes of purple heather and smudges of acid-yellow gorse carpet Dartmoor.
Hunting season begins (November)
The chance to hunt your own dinner, with lessons on how to prepare it for the oven.
Flaming Tar Barrels (November 5)
For reasons lost in antiquity, flaming tar barrels are carried wildly through the streets of Ottery St Mary, against a backdrop of a gigantic bonfire crowned by Guy Fawkes.
Christmas and New Year
A lively pub, hearty ales, convivial atmosphere and a twenty second stroll home at the end of the night - celebrating the festive season doesn't get any easier than in North Bovey.
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