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Day of Firsts at Newbury Racecourse Family Day

Thousands of people are expected at Newbury Racecourse on Sunday (August 5) for ‘Vodafone in the Community Day’ – a fun-packed family day of racing which includes several notable ‘firsts’.

A new event for Newbury will be the BBC’s Reading and Writing (RaW) ‘roadshow’ event. The campaign is aimed at improving adult literacy and it is the first time the RaW roadshow has visited any racecourse.

DAVID SHEPHERD SEEKS LOCAL SUPPORT TO SAVE ENDANGERED WILDLIFE

World-famous artist David Shepherd will be making a personal appearance at Priory Farm near Redhill on Sunday 19th August.

Hickstead Eventing Grand Prix

Over to You, at 19 the oldest horse to have completed Badminton and with eight consecutive championship appearances for Britain behind him, will be one of the starters in the Ford Ranger Eventing Grand Prix at the Longines Royal International Horse Show.

Electrifying experience in the Surrey Hills!

 

 

Exploring the stunning Surrey Hills by bike has just been made easier by the introduction of brand new electric bikes at hotels across the county.

Natural Discovery, a sustainable tourism company based in Guildford, is offering the revolutionary new Electric Bikes so locals and tourists can enjoy the scenery, sights and sounds of the Surrey Hills, without getting out of breath or damaging the environment.

A Royal visit to mark Royal International's centenary

 

 

The Princess Royal is to make an official visit to the Longines Royal International Horse Show to celebrate its Centenary and the Diamond Jubilee of the British Horse Society, which owns the show.

During her visit on July 26, the Princess will watch the unique Ford Ranger Eventing Grand Prix from Hickstead owner Douglas Bunn's private box and be invited to make the presentation to the winner.

Red Tractor Week

Fronted by celebrity chef and Ready Steady Cook regular James Tanner, Red Tractor Week is full of fun events and activity to celebrate and highlight the Red Tractor food assurance scheme.

THE UK’S FIRST EVER CHILDREN’S FOOD FESTIVAL

 

 

Top chefs prepare to get cooking at first-ever children’s food festival

Some of the most famous names in British cooking will be hoping to win over a new audience as they prepare to take part in the UK’s first-ever food festival designed especially for children. Among those aiming to inspire the taste buds of a new generation will be the festival’s patrons Raymond Blanc and Sophie Grigson. Joining them will be Prue Leith, Antonio Carluccio, best-selling children’s food writer Annabel Karmel, Nora Sands from the TV programme Jamie’s School Dinners and many more. The Children’s Food Festival will take place over the weekend of 14 and 15 July 2007 at Abingdon Airfield in Oxfordshire. Entrance is free.

BigBarn gives you energy!

Don't worry folks, BigBarn haven't been hijacking the Trans-Siberian oil pipeline in a covert, but highly glamorous mission, but BigBarn does have a brilliant new green energy comparison and switching service. Choosing a green energy tariff is one of the fastest and most effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint.

In season now - news from Big Barn - Raspberries

You can't help wondering if when God was creating the earth, he made a rather curious mistake. As he was working out where to plant his exotic fruits to make sure they grew as well as possible, somebody must have distracted him (probably health and safety, concerned to know if his new species had passed EU inspections), and raspberries, which he was just about to plant in Brazil, ended up somewhere off the M9, just outside Falkirk.