Holidays & Travel

Exeter Airport Launch for Safety Campaign

The Honest Truth Partnership has launched a campaign at Exeter Airport yesterday (Tues 26 Nov) to reduce anti social driving and the number of young people killed or seriously injured on the roads.

Representatives from Devon County Council’s Safe and Sustainable Travel Team, Devon and Cornwall Police, Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, Teignbridge District Council and Exeter...

£40,000 investment opens up Coast Path to thousands of wheelchair and pushchair users in time for Christmas

The completion of seven coastal access schemes along parts of the South West Coast Path, and the addition of 40 extra walks on its website means that now, for the first time, thousands of people with limited mobility and those with young children in pushchairs are able to enjoy stretches of the breathtaking National Trail that were once impassable.

Newly accessible walks include parts...

Police operation to stop-check commercial goods vehicles

Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police are involved in a three week operation aimed at reducing road casualties and collisions in the force area. Operation Fatigue will run over a period of three weeks during the months of November and December and will involve the stopping and checking of goods vehicles as they travel through both counties. This will include both national and foreign based...

Brake campaign appeals to drivers to tune in to road safety and turn off their phones

A national campaign launched yesterday (18 November) by the charity Brake at the start of Road Safety Week calls on drivers to tune in to road safety, to prevent appalling crashes caused by multi-tasking at the wheel.

The campaign appeals to drivers to turn off their phones or put them in the boot, and urges everyone to refuse to speak on the phone to someone who’s driving. It is being...

Wales - on the edge of Snowdonia National Park...

In a really rural location in North Wales but not too far from the main A5 is Tyddyn LLan which is in the small village of Llandrillo This is one of Wales’ most renowned restaurants set on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park in a beautiful location

This restaurant has luxurious rooms A great way to experience excellent food in elegant surroundings ... There’s 12 luxurious bedrooms...

Generous Plymouth parents fund travelling student lifestyles

CrossCountry launches student competition to find travel savvy bloggers

Parents in Plymouth are regularly funding their children’s travel home from university and are willing to pay over the odds to help broaden their horizons.

Over the course of a year Plymouth parents say they spend more than £500 broadening their child’s horizons with more than half (58%) splashing out on...

Gorilla in the garage

For Exeter-based artist and former national school-boy sportsman Stuart Wright, gorillas loom large. A plush gorilla toy has travelled everywhere with him since he was two years old. And now he has painted a three-dimensional life-size gorilla – in his garage.

The huge gorilla sculpture is part of The Great Gorillas Project, celebrating Paignton Zoo’s 90th birthday, which comes to a...

Government announces plans for simplified rail ticketing

Rail passengers could soon be given extra confidence that they are getting the best deal on their journeys under new plans announced by the coalition government on Wednesday (18 September 2013).

Rail Minister Norman Baker has announced plans for a pilot scheme that could see all long-distance rail tickets sold on a single-leg basis and allow passengers to more easily “mix and match”...

Government announces flexible train ticketing trial

The government will invest in a trial of flexible ticketing as part of its drive to give commuters a better deal on the railways, Rail Minister Norman Baker announced today (16 September 2013).

The Department for Transport will run a competition next year to select a train operator to run a pilot on a busy commuter route into London so it can assess the benefits.

Flexible...

Sell out summer says Devon Hotels Association

Devon Hotels & Restaurants Association has reported a substantial rise in bookings this summer, with many members seeing record numbers of visitors throughout the holidays and sell out July and August months.

James Sharp, chair of Devon Hotels said: “We have seen an increase in overseas visitors but one of the main growth areas has been holidaymakers choosing to ‘staycation’ in...

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