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Your guide to more than 40 events in and around the Tamar Valley Saturday 27th - Wednesday 31st October 2012 www.tamarvalley.org.uk There are over 40 events to Thanks... A few notes before you enjoy during this autumn’s ...to all the groups, individuals rush out of the door... and organisations who have Many events are FREE OF Tamar Trail Festival, including contributed to the Tamar Trail CHARGE, others require a Festival Programme. small fee or donation. Adventure Hunting, Biking Getting around... For some events, booking is essential. the Drake’s Trail, Spooky Why not take the scenic Tamar Valley Line from Plymouth to Events are correct at time Fun, Walk and Talks, Wildlife Gunnislake to attend one of the of going to press. If you many events in this autumn’s are unsure, please call the Festival? Tamar Valley AONB office Spotting and Great Estates, or the Event Organiser to Visit our website as well as Industrial and www.tamarvalley.org.uk or check. follow us on facebook Persons who participate in www.facebook.co.uk/TVAONB events do so at their own Historical Hikes, Night Vision for more information! risk. Neither the Tamar Adventures and Wonderful Tamar Valley AONB Valley AONB, or other Tamar Valley Centre organisers and land owners Workshops... Cemetery Road shall be liable for any Drakewalls accident, loss or damage Near Gunnislake sustained. Participation in Cornwall events is at the discretion of PL18 9FE the event organiser/leader. T: 01822 835030 E: [email protected] © Tamar Valley AONB 2012 Calendar On the Walks & Workshops, Great for History & Cycle Water Rambles Exhibitions & talks Families! Archaeology Ride Date Event Location Time SAT 27 - SUN 28 OCTOBER Calstock Jazz and Blues Festival Various within Calstock Various SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER Autumn Wild Food Meet @ Calstock Station 13.30 SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER Spooky Creatures at Cotehele Cotehele House and Gardens 18.00 - 22.00 SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER Become an Otter Spotter Luckett 10.00 SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER Walking the Tavistock Canal Tavistock 10.00 - 13.00 SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER Have a go at Archery Tree Surfers FROM 10:00 MONDAY 29 OCTOBER A Close Encounter of the Geological Kind Greystone Quarry 10.00 MONDAY 29 OCTOBER Discover the Lost World of Lopwell Lopwell Dam 10.30 - 13.30 MONDAY 29 OCTOBER Family Botany Walk Buckland Monachorum 11.00 MONDAY 29 OCTOBER Volunteer Practical Work Day Drakewalls Mine 10.00 - 15.30 MONDAY 29 OCTOBER Walk and Talk Plus: SALTASH Saltash 10.30 - 13.30 MONDAY 29 OCTOBER Bird Spotting at Wacker Quay Wacker Quay, Antony 15.00 - 17.00 MONDAY 29 OCTOBER Historic Environment and Archaeology in the AONB Bere Alston 19:30 MONDAY 29 OCTOBER Night Vision Adventure Weir Quay 17.00 TUESDAY 30 OCTOBER Industrial Heritage and Kit Hill Kit Hill 10.00 - 13.00 TUESDAY 30 OCTOBER Costume Day Buckland Abbey 11.00 - 16.00 TUESDAY 30 OCTOBER Ride the Drake’s Trail Drake’s Trail 11.00 - 15.00 TUESDAY 30 OCTOBER Adventure Hunt at Drakewalls Mine Outside Tamar Valley Centre 14.00 - 16.00 TUESDAY 30 OCTOBER Spooky Fun at Cotehele Cotehele House and Gardens Various TUESDAY 30 OCTOBER Children’s Workshops at the Garden House The Garden House 14.00 - 16.00 WEDNESDAY 31 OCTOBER A Close Encounter of the Geological Kind Greystone Quarry 10.00 WEDNESDAY 31 OCTOBER Walk and Talk: Tamar Valley Gunnislake Train Station 10.30 - 12.00 WEDNESDAY 31 OCTOBER Zip Wire Experience Tree Surfers 10:00 - 16:00 WEDNESDAY 31 OCTOBER Once Upon A Time .... Story Walk Buckland Abbey Various WEDNESDAY 31 OCTOBER A Spooky Spectacular Tamar Trails 15.00 SAT 27 - WED 31 OCTOBER National Trust Festival of Walks National Trust Properties Various Calstock Jazz and Blues Festival New Jazz Songs (World Premiere!) Peter Rosser and the History of Jazz Sunday 28th October, 12.00 noon-2.00pm, FREE (Lunch Saturday 27th October, 1.00pm-2.30pm. £5.00pp available) Peter Rosser will be leading an excursion through a century of jazz Lunchtime Cafe Gig. Eight local writers, eight composers and piano from ragtime through boogie-woogie and bebop. Peter is eight singers have been working feverishly over the summer an effervescent pianist as well as an inspirational composer and to produce a collection of fabulous new jazz songs especially animateur and an eclectic accordionist. for the Festival. Also included will be jazz songs written and performed by local school children in workshops leading up to Ivybridge Community College Jazz Band and Big Band the Festival. Saturday 27th October, 2:00pm, Ivybridge Village Hall, FREE Young musicians might take inspiration from these respected Junk Jazz youth bands directed by the inspirational Neil Maya. The first half Sunday 28th October, 2.00pm, Calstock Quay, FREE of the concert is given by the College Jazz Band. Then you will be Calstock’s fabulous junk jazz orchestra is a sight to behold! If treated to the exciting sounds of the College Big Band. you can bang it, bash it or blow it, it can make jazz! Head down to the quay to enjoy Calstock’s young people doing what they The Big Jazz Sing-In! (Workshop) do best; making a noise and having a good time on the Quay at Saturday 27th October, 3:00pm, £5.00pp Calstock (if raining, in the Old Chapel)!!! TThis workshop is for everyone who loves to sing - no experience necessary. Led by jazz singer and vocal coach Helen Porter. We’ll Clark Tracey explore jazz rhythm and harmony and learn a jazz standard or two Sunday 28th October, 8.00pm (doors & bar open 7.00pm) and raise the roof from the Old Chapel! Tickets £18.00 adults in advance (£20.00 on the door) Clark Tracey is a renowned jazz drummer. He has played with Clare Teal some of the most important names in British jazz, including Saturday 27th October, 8.00pm (doors & bar open 7.00pm) Ronnie Scott and John Surman. Clark will showcase his exciting £20.00pp new quintet which includes Henry Amburg Jennings one of the One of the UK’s leading jazz singers, Clare Teal has won most sought-after trumpeters of his generation. numerous awards including British Jazz Singer of the Year and BBC Jazz Singer of the Year. Clare will be accompanied on piano by Grant Windsor. All events are held at the Old Chapel, Calstock, unless otherwise stated. For more information please visit http://calstockjazzfestival.co.uk. Alternatively email [email protected] or tel. 01822 833183 SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER SUNDAYSUNDAY 28 23 OCTOBER OCTOBER Autumn Wild Food Become an Otter Spotter Meet at Calstock Railway Station SX 435 668, Meet at Luckett car park, 10:00am. £5.00 per 1.30pm. £5.00 per person person A walk of around 3km looking at the autumn foods and medicines which can be foraged from the wild. Leader Claire Roper, local Come along and learn about the elusive otter. Robin and Claire botanist and ecologist, will introduce you to those which can safely Roper will give you an overview of the status and habits of otters be collected and identified. We will also give you tips on making in the Tamar Valley and teach you how to spot the signs and assess some basic remedies. where you might find these signs. Walk takes about 3 hours at a slow pace. Please wear sturdy They will also explain how to send a record in to the Cornwall shoes and suitable clothing. Some of the walk is steep in sections Wildlife Trust and how important these records are. As a group, we and surfaces may be uneven. are unlikely to see otters but hope to see evidence. Booking essential. Please call the Tamar Valley AONB office on Walk takes 2 hours. Bring sturdy shoes and suitable clothes. Walk 01822 835030 or email [email protected]. This event is is steep in some sections. Sorry no dogs. Suitable for children aged suitable for children aged 10 years aNd above. Sorry no dogs. 10 years and above. Spooky Creatures at Cotehele Booking essential. Please call Tamar Valley AONB on 01822 835030 or email [email protected] Cotehele House reception, St Dominick, near Saltash, Cornwall PL12 6TA, 6:00pm - 10:00pm. Adults £7.50, Children £5.00 Come and be spooked in Cotehele House and join in a tour of the house in the dark while listening to scary stories!!! Please bring a torch, guided tours will be from 6:00pm - 7:40pm. Free flow from 8:00pm and the chance to meet members of the Paranormal Devon Undiscovered. The restaurant will be open. Booking essential on 01579 351346 A small group having their first sniff of otter spraint, Spring Tamar Trail Festival 2012 © Tamar Valley AONB SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER MONDAY 2429 OCTOBER Walking the Tavistock Canal A Close Encounter of the Meet at Abbey Bridge, Tavistock,10:00am. FREE Geological Kind A guided 5-mile walk along Tavistock Canal to see recent changes Meet at Greystone Quarry, 10:00am. FREE made by the AONB’s Tamar Valley Mining Heritage Project. We The Quarry is ½ mile from Greystone Bridge will be walking along both the Canal and the old railway line to (PL15 9PF, SX 365 807). highlight both sides of Tavistock’s industrial past. A guided tour around the working Quarry at Greystone near The walk will take roughly 3 hours. Please wear sturdy shoes and Launceston. The tour, by mini bus and on foot, will look at the suitable clothes. For further information please call Friends of daily work of the quarry in extracting stone for road surfacing, and the Tamar Valley on 01822 834964.