Your free guide to more than 40 events in and around the Tamar Valley.

22 October – 30 October 2011

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www.tamarvalley.org.uk There are over 40 events A few notes before you to enjoy during this year’s Thanks...... to all the groups, individuals, rush out of the door... Tamar Trail Festival, including and organisations who have Many events are FREE OF contributed to the Tamar Trail CHARGE, others require a Trail Hunting, Mountain Festival Programme. small fee or donation. For some events, booking is Biking and Mines, Shadow Getting around... essential. Why not take the scenic Tamar Events are correct at time Puppets, Historic Talks and Valley Line from Plymouth to of going to press. If you to attend one of Hedge Planting Days, Great the many events in this year’s are unsure, please call Festival? the Tamar Valley Area of Estates and walks around Outstanding Natural Beauty Visit our website (AONB) office or the Event www.tamarvalley.org.uk for more Organiser to check. the Tamar Trails as well as information! Persons who participate in events do so at their own Historical Hikes, Night-vision Tamar Valley AONB Tamar Valley Centre risk. Neither the Tamar Adventures and Wonderful Cemetery Road Valley AONB, or other organisers and land owners workshops... Near Gunnislake shall be liable for any accident, loss or damage PL18 9FE sustained. Participation in T: 01822 835030 events is at the discretion of E: [email protected] the event organiser/leader.

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On the Walks & Workshops, Great for History & Cycle Water Rambles Exhibitions Kids & Archaeology Ride & Music Families! Date Event Location Time SAT 22 - SUN 30 OCTOBER National Trust Festival of Walks Estate/Buckland Abbey Various SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER Apple Juicing Day Sydenham Damerel 10.00 - 14.00 SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER Autumn Wild Food Meet @ Station 13.30 SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER Mountain Biking Skills Day Bedford Sawmills Car Park 10.00 - 16.00 SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER Morwellham Circular Morwellham 11.00 SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble The Old Chapel/Calstock 20.00 MONDAY 24 OCTOBER Wired Life Tamar Valley Centre 10.00 - 16.00 MONDAY 24 OCTOBER Tamar Discovery Trail Week of Walks No1 Tamerton Foliot 10.00 MONDAY 24 OCTOBER Mountain Biking Skills Day Tree Surfers 09.00 - 12.30 TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER Green Heritage Walk around Kit Hill Kit Hill 10.00 - 15.00 TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER Autumn Leaf Art The Garden House 14.00 - 16.00 TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER Tamar Discovery Trail Week of Walks No2 Meet at Bere Ferrers Station 11.30 TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER Become an Otter Spotter Luckett 15.00 TUE 25 & WED 26 OCTOBER Legend of Tamara - Shadow Puppets The Old Chapel/Calstock 10.00 - 15.00 WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER Arsenic Bedford Sawmills Car Park 10.30 WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER Bear Hunt Ride Bedford Sawmills Car Park 11.30 WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER Tamar Discovery Trail Week of Walk No3 Bere Alston Station 11.30 WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER Make an Autumn Collage The Garden House 14.00 - 16.00 THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER Trail Hunting Tree Surfers 09.00 Onwards Calendar

On the Walks & Workshops, Great for History & Cycle Water Rambles Exhibitions Kids & Archaeology Ride & Music Families! Date Event Location Time THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER Into the Heart Tamar Valley Centre 10.00 THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER Family Jewellery Making Tamar Valley Centre 10.00 THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER Tamar Discovery Trail Week of Walks No4 Calstock Station 10.00 THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER Autumn Sculpture The Garden House 14.00 - 16.00 FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER Beginners Jewellery Making (Adults) Tamar Valley Centre 10.00 FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER Victorian Kitchen Handling Buckland Abbey 12.00 - 16.00 FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER Tamar Discovery Trail Week of Walks No5 Gunnislake 12.00 noon FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER Ben Sures The Old Chapel/Calstock 20.00 FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER Night Vision Walk Capel Tor 18.00 SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER Have a go at Archery Tree Surfers From 10.00 SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER Autumn Silk Painting Worskhop Tamar Valley Centre 10.00 - 16.00 SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER Community Orchard Hedge Planting Day 11.00 SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER Tamar Discovery Trail Week of Walks No6 Luckett 11.00 SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER Great Excavations Tamar Valley Centre 18.30 SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER Haunted Dinner Kelly House 19.30 SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER Advanced Mountain Biking Skills Day Bedford Sawmills Car park 10.00 - 16.00 SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER Behind the Scenes at Cotehele Cotehele House 10.00 - 16.00 SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER Tamar Discovery Trail Week of Walks No7 Milton Abbot 11.00 SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER LimeKiln Gallery LimeKiln Gallery All Week SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER Tamar Valley Quiz Tamar Valley Centre All Week National Trust Festival of Walks

Buckland Abbey: Managing our woods - Meet on Cotehele Quay Family Countryside Walk Wednesday 26 October, 1.30pm Saturday 22nd October, 2pm - 4.30pm. Join Cotehele Head Warden Joe Lawrence for a walk and talk Join our Warden with your family to walk the Buckland Abbey through Cotehele’s woods. 4 miles in total. No booking needed, estate and learn about the woodland and wildlife in the Tavy wear walking shoes. valley. Part of the National Trust’s Walking Festival. Booking Advisable. Wear suitable clothing for the weather conditions and History of the Danescombe Valley - Meet on Cotehele Quay footwear suitable for uneven terrain. No dogs Tel: 01822 853607. Thursday 27th October, 10am Walk from Cotehele Quay to the Danescombe Valley, looking at Cotehele Estate: the industrial remains in this area; Leader Brian Spencer. About 3 hours/ dogs under control are welcome/ Walk starts promptly New path celebration - Meet at Cotehele Quay from Cotehele Quay, back in time for lunch on the Quay at The Saturday 22nd October, 11am. Edgcumbe, or bring a picnic. Celebrating the Opening of New Path at Cotehele. Join Head Warden Joe Lawrence to walk 4 miles to Dung Quay and through Autumn Colour Walk - Meet at Cotehele Reception the woods on a new path via Morden Farm towards Cleeve, then Thursday 27th October, 10am - 12pm. Normal Charges apply up a bridleway to St Dominic, return to Boar’s Bridge and back Walking around the garden with Cotehele gardener Victoria along the Morden Valley to Cotehele Quay. Dillon looking at the Autumn colour, berries and fruit. Perhaps an opportunity to find late inspiration for your own garden. Garden Walk About 1 mile, booking advisable, sorry no dogs. Tuesday 25th October, 10am - 12.30pm Join Cotehele gardener Victoria Dillon to stroll the entire garden The Industry in the Tamar Valley - Meet on Cotehele Quay at Cotehele. Find out more, from the background history about Friday 28th October, 10am. FREE our ‘Mother Orchard’ to the plants in the bottom of the valley Walk from Cotehele Quay to Calstock along the to garden. About 1 mile and booking advisable, sorry no dogs. Okel Tor remains and return through woods to Cotehele. Wear good walking shoes as walk is 6 miles, about 3 hours/Dogs ‘Son of Cads’ - Meet on Cotehele Quay under control are welcome/ Walk starts promptly from Cotehele Tuesday 25th October, 10am Quay, back in time for lunch on the Quay at The Edgcumbe, or Catch the Cotehele minibus to to walk to Cadsonbury, bring a picnic. along the and up onto the Bury, return via West Haye Farm to Callington. About 8 miles in total, booking Essential, Bashing the Boundaries wear walking shoes and bring a picnic lunch, no dogs. Sunday 30th October, 10am. Free Join Cotehele Head Warden Joe Lawrence to walk around Dormice Walk - Meet on Cotehele Quay the perimeter of the National Trust land in areas not normally Wednesday 26th October, 1.30pm accessible to the public. Wear walking shoes and bring a picnic Join Cotehele warden James Robbins for a walk around Cotehele lunch. No dogs Estate looking for signs of dormice. About 2 miles, wear walking shoes. For more information on any of the Cotehele Festival of Walk events please Tel 01579 351346 SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER

Apple Juicing Day Mountain Bike Skills

Sydenham Damerel, 10am - 2pm. A nominal Meet at Bedford Sawmills car park GR SX charge will be made for the processing. 438728, we will then move onto the Woodland Riders tracks The Tavy & Tamar Apple group will again supply a service of at the Great Consols/Blanchdown woods, 10am - producing apple juice from the apples provided by members of 4pm. £15 per Child. (Parking Charges apply) the public (they must provide their own clean plastic fruit juice or glass containers for the precious liquid!). The undamaged apples Mountain Bike skills day for under 16’s. Giving budding young must be from ‘clean’ orchards, which have not been grazed by mountain bikers the chance to hone their skills with Professional animals within the last 3 months. Mountain Bike tutors and Pro/Elite Mountain Bike riders.

No booking required. Arrive early with clean apples and juice Participants should already be competent bike riders, have containers. For more info contact Brian Lamb 01822 841309 a bike in good working order and a cycle helmet that is a maximum of 3 years old and have no significant damage.

Autumn Wild Food Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and suitable shoes for riding. Bring a coat and your own food and drink.

Meet at Calstock Railway Station SX 4357 6685, Booking essential please contact Chaz Curry 01822 835030, 1.30pm. £5 per person [email protected] A walk of around 3 km looking at the autumn foods and medicines which can be foraged from the wild. Leader Claire Roper, local botanist and ecologist, will introduce you to those which can safely be collected and identified. We will also give you tips on making some basic remedies.

Walk takes about 3 hours at a slow pace. Please wear sturdy shoes and suitable clothing. Some of the walk is steep in sections and surfaces may be uneven. Booking essential. Please call the Tamar Valley AONB office on 01822 835030 or e-mail bookings@ tamarvalley.org.uk. This event is suitable for children over 10 years old. No dogs please. SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER MONDAY 24 OCTOBER

Morwellham Circular Wired Life

Along the B3257 there is a signpost turning to Tamar Valley Centre, Gunnislake, 10am - 4pm. Morwellham, a few yards along this road there £5 per person to cover materials and is a layby with limited parking. Car sharing is refreshments. recommended. Grid ref SX 451713. Meet Create a creature of the night with sculptor Fiona Campbell. A 11.00 am. £2 per person for non Calstock hands on day playing and bending with copper wire to create Footpath Society members. creatures that scuttle, swoop and buzz in the dark.

The walk will start at the top of a hill and then goes down to the Booking is essential as spaces are limited. Please call the Tamar river through the grounds of a Medieval manor and woodlands Valley AONB office on 01822 835030 or e-mail bookings@ to Morwellham. Field and woodland walking with a steep climb tamarvalley.org.uk towards the end. Distance: 4 miles. Please bring a packed lunch and wear stout footwear. Sorry, unsuitable for dogs. This event is suitable for children over 10 years old. Please bring a packed lunch. Enquiries: 01822 833810 or 832946 Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble

Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Calstock PL18 9QX, 8pm. £12 advance, £14 on the door, £5 under 16s.

The busiest band in the UK celebrates their 10th year anniversary playing material from their latest album The Tide Has Changed. “Astonishing invention and virtuosity” – Robert Shore, Metro. Advance tickets can be reserved by contacting [email protected] / 01822 833183. MONDAY 24 OCTOBER TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER

Discovery Trail Green Heritage Walk around Week of Walks No. 1 Kit Hill Meet at Tamerton Foliot bus stop Grid Kit Hill car park on B3257 grid Ref SX 374723, reference SX 469609. No 42 Citybus every 30 minutes from Royal Parade and Drakes Circus. Trains back from Bere 10am - 3pm. Adults £2, Cons £1.50, Family £6. Ferrers to Plymouth. Meet 10am, FREE. Guided walk around Kit Hill, the first site in Cornwall to gain a Green Heritage award, looking at historic features dating from the One of a series of daily guided walks along the whole trail from Bronze Age to a 1950s quarry. Tamerton Foliot to Lifton. Today we walk each side of the River Tavy, crossing at Lopwell dam and passing limekilns, mines, Bring a packed lunch and drinks, wear sturdy shoes and suitable disused quays, boathouses and the grand edifice of Maristow clothes. Walk is steep in sections. House and the Walled Gardens. Booking essential. Please call 01872 323468. Dogs on leads, Walk is over 4 miles and takes up to 4 hours. Bring sturdy shoes, suitable for children over 10. suitable clothes and refreshments. Autumn Leaf Art Booking essential. Please call 01822 835030. Well behaved dogs will need leads on some sections. Suitable for accompanied children over 10 years. The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum, 2pm - 4pm. Normal admission applies. Mountain Bike Skills See how many different pictures you can create using autumn leaves. Make your own autumn leaf crown to take home. Meet at Tree Surfers, Gulworthy, 9am - Suitable for 5-11 years. Children must be accompanied by an 12.30pm. £12 per child. adult.

Mountain bike skills for beginners (12yrs upwards). Build off road Further information: 01822 854769 confidence, develop techniques for riding across rough terrain, up and down steep terrain, simple drop offs and single track techniques. Booking essential please ring 01822 833409 TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER

Discovery Trail Legend of Tamara – Shadow Week of Walks No. 2 Puppets Workshop

Meet at Bere Ferrers station, 11.30 am. Tamar Valley branchline train from Plymouth at 10.54am arrives Bere Tuesday 25 & Wednesday 26 October Ferrers 11.12am. FREE The Village Hall, Calstock. £3 per child for Today we walk across the Bere Peninsula with a choice of two material and refreshments. routes, both with far reaching views. The longer route follows the Tamar more closely, passing through woodland and rolling On Tuesday there will be making and discovery workshops farmland. between 10am - 12pm or 1pm -4pm. Wednesday will consist of a combined group rehearsal and performance between 1pm and Longer walk is 5 miles and takes up to 4 hours, with stiles. 4pm. Parents, carers and friends are welcome to come and watch Shorter walk is 3 miles, taking 2 hours and follows country lanes. the performance at 3.30pm. Bring sturdy shoes, suitable clothes and refreshments. Long, long ago there lived a beautiful girl called Tamara… Booking essential. Please call 01822 835030 or email bookings@ Become part of a performance exploring the story of how the river tamarvalley.org.uk. Well behaved dogs will need leads on some Tamar came to be. A lovely legend brought to life through shadow sections. Suitable for accompanied children over 10 years. puppets, made by you, and performed on the second day.

Become an Otter spotter Suitable for children aged 7 upwards.

Booking essential. Please call Tamar Valley AONB on 01822 Meet at Luckett car park, 3pm. £5 per person 835030 or email [email protected]

Come along and learn about the elusive otter. Come away with the skills to spot signs and tracks of otters in the Tamar Valley.

Walk takes 2 hours. Bring sturdy shoes and suitable clothes. Walk is steep in some sections. Booking essential. No dogs. Suitable for children over 10 years.

Booking essential. Please call Tamar Valley AONB on 01822 835030 or email [email protected] WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER

Arsenic Discovery Trail

Bedford Sawmills Car Park, SX 438728, Week of Walks No. 3 10.30am. £3 each (Parking charges apply) Meet at Bere Alston station PL20 7EP, 11.30am. Join archaeologist Colin Buck on a walk to the newly restored Tamar Valley branchline train from Plymouth at 10.54am arrives arsenic workings at where enough arsenic to Bere Alston 11.18am. FREE kill the world’s population was once sourced and processed. This importance piece of heritage conservation has been completed as Today we follow a circular route from Bere Alston Station to the part of the Tamar Valley Mining Heritage Project. Tamar Ferry and back. Beautiful woodlands with a good close up of the Calstock Viaduct Please bring a packed lunch and wear suitable footwear. Booking essential. Call Tamar Valley AONB on 01822 835030 or email Walk is 3 miles, taking 2 hours and follows woodland paths and [email protected] tracks. Walk is steep in sections, bring sturdy shoes, suitable clothes and refreshments.

Booking essential. Please call 01822 835030 or email bookings@ tamarvalley.org.uk. Dogs will need leads on some sections. Suitable for accompanied children over 10 years. Bear Hunt Ride Make an Autumn Collage Bedford Sawmills Car Park, SX 438728, 11.30am. £3 each (Parking charges apply) The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum, 2pm - 4pm. FREE (standard admission charges The ride will consist of woodland tracks following a sawdust trail apply) keeping a look out for bears hiding goodies. The ride is aimed at young riders but adults welcome on well behaved horses. Bring a teddy bear (optional). Make a collage that uses these colours in different materials to create a picture that will remind you of this lovely season. Suitable Booking essential. Please call Anna Talling on 07728824011 / Sam for 5-11 years, Children must be accompanied by an adult. Further Moore on 01822 834713. Stoke Climsland & District Riding Club. information: 01822 854769 THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER

Trail Hunting in the Tamar Trails Family Jewellery Making Workshop Tamar Trails, meet at Tree Surfers, 9am onwards. £1 per person. (Parking charges apply) Tamar Valley Centre, Gunnislake, 10am - 12pm. Explore the Tamar Trails by bike or by foot. Follow maps and clues £12 per child and adults free. to navigate the woodland trails. A 2hr workshop for ages 6 years and up, a small group of 8 - 10 Walk or cycle the routes, shorter routes take 1 hour, longer routes children. take 2 hours by bike or 3 by foot. Ideal for families suitable for all ages. No need to book, please just come along from 9am onwards Karen has lots of experience running creative work-shops for and register at Tree Surfers to receive the maps and clues. Dogs children and this is a one off workshop aimed at children who love welcome. to get making!

Tramper available for people with reduced mobility, booking An opportunity to have a go using professional tools and materials essential for Tramper. Tel 01822 833409 to make a necklace, bracelet or earings with loads of colourful and Into the Heart inspiring beads. Booking essential. Please call Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Meet at the Tamar Valley Centre, Drakewalls, Natural Beauty on 01822 835030 or email [email protected] Grid Ref SX 436 707, 10am. FREE, donations welcomed.

Meet at the Tamar Valley Centre to walk down to the River Tamar, over Newbridge and into the heart of the old Clitters mining area to see the industrial remains in this part of the Tamar Valley. One very steep hill, otherwise riverside paths and lanes with wonderful views.

We will be back at the Centre in time for a picnic lunch. Juice and coffee is available to purchase there, but please bring a drink for the walk. Walk length 5-6 miles. THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER

Discovery Trail Discovery Trail Week of Walks No. 4 Week of Walks No. 5

Meet at Calstock station PL18 9QY. Grid Meet at Gunnislake village car park PL18 9NN. reference SX435688, 11.30. Tamar Valley branchline Grid reference SX432717, 12 noon. Tamar Valley branchline train from Plymouth at 10.54am arrives Gunnislake train from Plymouth at 10.54am arrives Calstock 11.25am. Return by walking a final mile to Gunnislake 11.40am. DAC bus 79 outside station at 11.47 to Gunnislake. £3 for regular bus back to Calstock or Gunnislake for the mini bus return. station. FREE Today we walk from Gunnislake to Luckett, then follow the new Kit Hill Link Trail along abandoned mine leats, bridleways and disused Today we walk mostly off-road from Calstock station past incline up to Kit Hill summit where the views take your breath Gunnislake and the steep wooded base of Chimney Rock, through away! woods to Chilsworthy. A 5 mile walk which takes up to 4 hours, with an overall gradual A 6 mile walk which takes up to 4 hours. Bring sturdy shoes, climb to the highest point for miles around. Bring sturdy shoes, suitable clothes and refreshments. Walk is steep in some sections suitable clothes and refreshments. Walk is steep in some sections and can be muddy. Booking essential. Please call 01822 835030. and can be muddy. Well behaved dogs will need leads on some sections. Suitable for accompanied children over 10 years. Booking essential. Please call 01822 835030 or email bookings@ tamarvalley.org.uk. Well behaved dogs will need leads on some Autumn Sculpture sections. Suitable for accompanied children over 10 years.

The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum, 2pm - 4pm. FREE (normal admission charges apply)

Make your own 3D creation using modelling clay, conkers, seeds, leaves and acorn cups. Let your imagination rule! Suitable for 5 - 11 years. All children much be accompanied by an adult. For more information t: 01822 854769. FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER

Beginners Jewellery Making Ben Sures

Tamar Valley Centre, Gunnislake, 10am - 12.30pm Calstock Arts, Calstock, 8pm. £8 advance, £9 on £25 per person including all materials. the door, under 16’s £5.

A great introduction to the basics of bead jewellery making. Learn Canadian singer song writer on UK tour. Shades of Paul Simon & how to use simple tools and techniques to complete your designs Loudon Wainwright lll but quirkier lyrics – get a flavour from his and by the end of the session you will have made a piece of website www.bensures.com. For more information jewellery and be well on your way to a new hobby, or the start of a www.calstockarts.org new career!

All materials, tools and beads are provided on the day and an Night Vision information pack available to take home.

Booking essential. Please call Tamar Valley AONB on 01822 835030 Capel Tor at SX414740, 6pm. £3 per person. or email [email protected] An unusual chance to use quality night vision equipment. This family event where adults operate one of the five units and everyone can gather round and see what wildlife is out there in the Victorian Kitchen Handling dark! We use a high powered torch with an infrared filter making it possible to see an owl up to half a mile away.

Buckland Abbey, Yelverton, Devon PL20 6EY, Walk up to 2 miles, taking 2-2.5 hour. Wear trainers, or boots if it’s 12pm - 4pm. FREE (normal admission charges muddy, and wear warm clothes!

apply) Booking essential. Call the AONB Office on 01822 835030 or e-mail [email protected] and directions will be given. Get hand-on with some of the tasks that it took to run a Victorian kitchen. Join our costumed Victorian Kitchen Maid to have a go some of the jobs carried out in a Victorian kitchen, including churning butter.

No booking needed, for more information please ring on Tel: 01822 853607. SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER

‘Have a go at Archery’ Sessions Community Orchard Tree

Treesurfers, ½ hour sessions available from Planting Day 10am. £5 per person (parking charges apply). Meet at the entrance to the Community An introduction to Archery in our woodland range. A ½ hour Orchard, opposite the St Dominic Car Park, session with an instructor. All equipment is supplied, ideal for the whole family. No experience is required at all. Treragin, Harrowbarrow, PL17 8BN, 11am. FREE

Booking essential, please call 01822 833409. Suitable for children Join others at Harrowbarrow and Metherell Community Orchard over 6 years. For more information visit: www.treesurfers.co.uk to plant the first of our trees. Bring lunch, sturdy shoes and suitable clothes. Booking is essential, please contact Simon Platten on 07887983143, or [email protected] Autumn Silk Painting Workshop Discovery Trail Week of Walks No. 6 Tamar Valley Centre, Gunnislake, 10am - 4pm. Meet at Luckett village car park PL17 8NJ, £30 per person including all materials. 11am Grid reference SX390738. £3 for minibus return from Milton Abbott If you wish to test the water and try Silk Painting or even refresh the memory if you have done it before, come and be inspired by Today we walk from Luckett to Milton Abbott along bridleways the beauty of the Tamar Valley and join Jenni for a brilliant day. and country lanes. We pass historic farmsteads, hamlets and the wooded valley below Endsleigh House and Gardens. We will create a silk painting perfect for use as a cushion panel. All materials (silk paints, and designs so you do not have to worry A 4 mile walk which takes up to 3 hours, along country lanes and about drawing!!) will be supplied as will refreshments - please some rough surfaces. Bring sturdy shoes, suitable clothes and bring a packed lunch. refreshments. Walk is steep in some sections and can be muddy.

Booking essential. Booking essential. Please call 01822 835030 or email bookings@ Please call Tamar Valley AONB on 01822 835030 or e: bookings@ tamarvalley.org.uk. Well behaved dogs will need leads on some tamarvalley.org.uk sections. Suitable for accompanied children over 10 years. SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER

Great Excavations Advanced Mountain Bike Skills Tamar Valley Centre, Gunnislake, 6.30pm. Meet at Bedford Sawmills car park, we will then FREE move onto the Woodland Riders tracks at the Devon Great Consols/Blanchdown woods, 10am - 4pm. £15 per Join Dr Chris Smart to hear about a recent community dig at an Iron Age site in Calstock, as well as previous excavations at the person (parking charges apply) Roman Fort. The chance to hone your riding skills with tutoring from Pro/ Following the talk there will be an opportunity to handle and learn Elite Mountain Bike riders. Groups will be kept small to ensure about some of the artefacts uncovered in the parish. Booking es- participants get the most out of the day. sential e: [email protected] / t: 01822 835030. Participants should already be competent bike riders, have a bike in good working order and a cycle helmet that is a maximum of 3 years old and have no significant damage (light scratches fine, gouges or significant dents not).

Haunted Dinner Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and suitable shoes for riding. Bring a coat and your own food and drink. Places are Kelly House, 7.30pm. £39. limited so booking essential, contact Chaz Curry 01822 835030. Bring your own wine, no corkage charge. www.tamarvalley.org.uk / www.woodlandriders.com

A five course candlelit dinner in front of a roaring fire, Behind the Scenes at Cotehele accompanied by a scary story. Dress Code: warm!

For more information visit www.kelly-house.co.uk Cotehele reception, St Dominick, near , Cornwall PL12 6TA, 10am - 4pm. FREE (normal admission charges apply).

Join the staff and volunteers at Cotehele to explore the House looking behind the private doors and learning how the House and Estate are run. No booking needed / all ages / more info on t: 01579 351346 SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER ALL WEEK

Discovery Trail Tamar Valley Quiz Week of Walks No. 7 Tamar Valley Centre, Gunnislake. Monday - Meet outside the front of Milton Abbot church Friday, 10am - 3pm. FREE PL19 0BA, Grid reference SX406793, 11am. During the week of the Autumn Tamar Trail Festival Friends of £3 for minibus return from Lifton. Tamar Valley invite you to look at the various photographs of the Valley and join in their quiz to put a name and/or area to each Today we complete the series with a walk from Milton Abbot to photograph. Lifton along field paths, bridleways and country lanes. We pass historic Kelly House and through rolling countryside to the village Drop in and have a go! of Lifton.

A 5 mile walk which takes about 3 hours, along country lanes and footpaths with several stiles. Bring sturdy shoes, suitable clothes and refreshments. Walk is steep in some sections and can be Limekiln Gallery – Exhibition of muddy. Drawings Booking essential. Please call 01822 835030 or email bookings@ tamarvalley.org.uk. Well behaved dogs will need leads on some sections. Suitable for accompanied children over 10 years. Limekiln Gallery, Commercial Road, Calstock, 11am - 5pm (except Mondays). FREE

Ten of our finest local artists present drawings in a variety of styles in an exhibition which celebrates the beauty and sheer diversity which can be found within what is often an overlooked genre. From exquisite figurative work to the powerfully abstract. All work is for sale.

Limekiln Gallery is in the centre of the village as you come down the main hill. Parking on the quay.

For more information tel: 01822 834654 The Tamar Trail Festival is part of the Tamar Valley Mining Heritage Project, supported by the following funders:

Illustrations by Miller Design and Tamar Valley AONB