Winter walks, films, National Trust grounds (and tea rooms!)
On 13 January visit a working 13th century water mill and the Devon Wildlife Trust's headquarters to watch volunteer millers grind wheat in the traditional way. 10am - noon at Cricklepit Mill, Exeter. Tours are free but booking is essential for groups. To book phone 01392 279 244 or email contactus@devonwildlifetrust. Exeter is about 30 miles from your self catering accommodation.
On Sun 15 January at 3.00pm join an afternoon of Balkan Circle Dancing with Balamouk. This local band plays traditional music on a vast array of instruments and throws in a good few songs as well. All the dances are led by Jenny Dodwell so no experience is necessary. Come and join the dancing (you don't need a partner) or sit back and enjoy the music. Stay on for the film "The Deep Blue Sea" (12A) at 7pm. Tickets Full £5.00 Concession £4.50 Family tickets available.
Wheatland Farm
home t. 01837 83499, email info@wheatlandfarm.co.uk, Wheatland Farm, Winkleigh, Devon, EX19 8DJ.
Devon self catering cottage and eco lodges
What's on near our Devon self catering accommodation in January 2012
On Wed 18 Jan at 8.00pm hear William Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece, Directed by the award-winning Gareth Armstrong (Winner of The Stage's "Best Solo Performer - Edinburgh Festival 2011" Award). Following sell-out international performances, Olivier award-nominated actor Gerard Logan now brings his acclaimed performance of Shakespeare's brilliant narrative poem, giving an account of the crime of rape and its aftershock for victim and perpetrator, to the Plough. Tickets Full £10.00 Concession £9.00. Torrington is about 13 miles from the cottage and lodges.
On 21 January at 8.00pm Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston are at the Plough, in Torrington. As well as being a superb vocalist and double bassist, Miranda Sykes continues to surprise audiences with her musical versatility, and demonstrates her ability as a guitarist and interpreter of song, slipping effortlessly between genres. She has a strong repertoire and has recently formed a duo with Rex Preston; the most virtuosic mandolin player in the UK today. His style & fluidity augments Miranda's songs beautifully. Their debut album was released in October 2011. Full £11.00 Concession £10.00 Supporter £9.00. Torrington is about 13 miles from our Devon farm.
Okehampton farmers' market is on Saturday 21 from 9 in the middle of town. Sometimes small, sometimes much larger, there should be fresh food every time. Okehampton is about 11 miles from the cottage and lodges.
On 22 January at 3.00pm the Plough's Celebrity Concert Series hosts the Wernberg Trio. Maria Wernberg, violin , Jack McNeill, clarinet and Sara Wilander, piano. Programme includes: SCHUBERT - Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major Op.162, D.574. BRAHMS Sonata No.2 in E Flat Major for Clarinet and Piano, Op.120 No.2. SCHUMANN - Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano Op.73. MOZART - Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano "Kegelstatt" K.498. Full £12.00 Concession £10.00
On 27 Jan it's Burns Night at the National Trust's Knightshayes Court (6.4510.30 costs £21.50). The Bideford Youth Pipe Band will entertain you with pipe music and poem recitations. Supper will be a classic Burns menu with cock-a-leekie soup, haggis, neeps and tatties followed by clootie pudding or raspberry cranachan and a wee dram with your coffee. Knightshayes Court is about 25 miles from the cottage and lodges.
On Fri 27 Jan at 8.00pm it's Comedy Night at the Plough. Lewis Schaffer is Free Until Famous! The celebrated award-winning New York comic, still tragically hostage in an ex-council flat in Nunhead, England, is star of the Longest-Running Solo Comedy Show in London. He has appeared every Tuesday and Wednesday at the Source Below since January 2009 and has become a London institution. Frequently controversial, usually contentious, always unpredictable and often very, very funny, Lewis Schaffer is hitch-hiking to The Plough on the very day you will probably get your Christmas credit card bill, to offer you a night of free comedy. Booking essential. Torrington is about 13 miles from the cottage and lodges.
On 28 January at 7.30 pm Beaford Arts and the Bideford Folk Club present Winter Warmers with Shake a Leg at the Winkleigh Village Hall at 19:30. This is a truly local event - just 2 miles from your self catering accommodation. Maritime songs and stories, humour and harmony... Shake a Leg brings together eight great singers and musicians from across the West Country who share a love both of songs-of-the-sea and of a good night out. Tickets £8(ad)/£5(ch) – Tel 01837 83366 (daytime) or 83407. There will be a pay bar and light snacks. Promoted by Winkleigh Drama Group.
On Sat 28 January at 8.00pm it's Delta Blues Night at the Plough with Kent Duchaine and Leadbessie. Kent DuChaine started in music when his father taught him to play the ukulele at the age of six, at thirteen he got his first electric guitar and formed a band with his buddies in his hometown of Wayzata, Minnesota. Kent learned to play the slide guitar and soon developed his own ferocious wild style. In 1970 he opened a show for one of his heroes, the slide guitar genius, Bukka White, then performed in a band with Kim Wilson and backed up blues greats such as Fenton Robinson, Boogie Woogie Red, Luther Tucker, Eddie Burns, Albert Collins, John Lee hooker, Howling Wolf and Margie Evens. In 1979 Kent met up with his beloved and ever faithful Leadbessie. She's a beat up 1934 National Steel Guitar that wows and astounds audiences when the equally beat up case she travels in is opened and her extra heavy strings are furiously played. Full £10.00 Concession £9.00. The Plough is about 13 miles from our Devon Farm.