So you can plan well ahead, here are the dates for the carnivals in East Devon, West Dorset and South Somerset for this autumn season:
Saturday Carnivals:
16th August    (Fri)                    Dawlish 7.15pm
17th August                               Bridport 7.30pm &Totnes 6pm
24th August                               Sturminster Newton 7.15
31st August                               Seaton 8pm
14th  September                       Colyton  7pm
21st September                        Axminster  7pm
21st September                         Frome  7pm
28th September      Wellington 7.30pm   Sidmouth  7pm
5th October                             Ilminster  7.25  & Gillingham  7.15pm
12th October              Chard, Exmouth &   Castle  Cary -all 7.30pm
19th  October                              Taunton  7pm
26th October                              Honiton  7.30pm
27th October     (Sun)                 Ottery St. Mary  …

  July 2013 surprised us all with turning out to be the
warmest July since the exceptional month in 2006, and nationally it was the third warmest recorded -1983 is in second place.  After such an extended cold and often wet spell, which started in April 2012, this was made doubly amazing, and in my book, welcome! In my sheltered location the thermometer reached 30C on five days-as in 2006. The warmest of
these five was 33C on the 13th. This surpassed the previous highest temperature I had recorded on 19th July …