Your free guide to more than 40 events in and around the Tamar Valley. 22 October – 30 October 2011 TamarTrail. Festival y .. e in l al an v d around the There are events for all ages and abilities so put your boots on and enjoy! 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 Gunnislake 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 Drakewalls organisers and land owners workshops... Near Gunnislake shall be liable for any Cornwall 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. 100% Recycled Paper. Please re-use or recycle. © Tamar Valley 2011 Calendar 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 Cotehele Estate/Buckland Abbey Various SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER Apple Juicing Day Sydenham Damerel 10.00 - 14.00 SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER Autumn Wild Food Meet @ Calstock 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 Harrowbarrow 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 river Tamar 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 Callington to walk to Cadsonbury, bring a picnic. along the river Lynher 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 Devon 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.