More Encounters with The Queen (or other royals)
The Queen’s portrait in Belstone Village Hall In February the village website posted memories of the days when sixteen locals…
Cogs and Wheels at Nine Maidens
It was a gloomy old morning at 5.51am up at Watchet Hill flagpole on May Day this year, supposedly sunrise…
It’s National Bird Box Week! . . .
. . . so here’s a little blog about the joys of nest boxes in a Belstone garden, from Jane…
Encounters With The Queen (and other royals)
The Queens portrait in Belstone Village Hall At the first Thursday cafe in Belstone Village Hall after the death of…
Bernard’s Acre Defibrillator
Another Defibrillator in the Village Bernard’s Acre have installed a defibrillator in their car park, providing a welcome boost to…
BOOK LAUNCH – West Devon History Tales
Chris Walpole, local historian and custodian of the Belstone Community Archive, has contributed to a new book, West Devon History…
Online Shopping Can Still Mean Local This Christmas
It doesn’t have to be all Amazon this Christmas. Local can be even more convenient, much more interesting – and just better! Here are some ideas …
Belstone Remembers Her Majesty The Queen
A short film has been released on YouTube which records a few events held in Belstone in the days either…
Belstone Botanical Walk
On 22 April 1882 a ‘Public Botanical Walk’ took place in North Devon. It was the first of many undertaken…
Andrews Cottage Thatching
In May and June many locals and visitors probably watched the re-thatching of Andrews Cottage with interest and will have…
Beating the Bounds 2022
A Grand Day Out Photographs courtesy Chris Walpole, John Moppett and Robin Hill
A Love Letter to Spice
Have you seen the message that has been pinned to a gatepost at the top end of Skaigh Lane since…
Belstone Dawn Chorus Walk
Some visitors to the Belstone village website may remember the short YouTube dawn chorus films I posted during the first…
Jet Suit Flight at Watchet – Belstone
You may remember some photos and a report on the village website a few weeks ago about Richard Browning flying…
‘Iron Man’ Flies Over Watchet
Last Monday afternoon the North Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team and four paramedics from the NHS Incident Support Unit met…
COMING SOON … THE SHED 3.0!
Back by popular demand, The Shed at The Tors will be open again this summer from April to September. Serving award-winning burgers,…
CHSW Snowdrop Sunday Success!
Amazingly – despite the dreadful weather – on Sunday 13th February , 63 people braved the elements and visited Andrews…
Celebrating Jim Causley’s Latest Song
Fans of multi-award winning Devonshire singer-songwriter and musician, Jim Causley, are in for a treat with the release on YouTube…
Oliver Scott-Lawson’s Welcome to Belstone Booklet
We are delighted to share photographs from a lovely booklet that Oliver Scott-Lawson, produced as part of his graphic design…
Gilby’s Challenge
Gilby and Jane Taylor wish to express their heartfelt thanks to everyone in the village who supported us with Gilby’s…
And What a ‘Do’ It Was!
The Belstone Hall’s ‘A Bit of a Do’ (and mini show) went ahead on 18th September, as planned. The sun…
Greener Belstone – Top Tips . . .
… From our environmental garden tour on Sunday 18th July when 20 people joined a tour of four very different…
Church Fete Success!
HUGE thanks to all those who helped run the Fete on Saturday 28 August and all those who supported it….
Belstone – An Unusual Common
Events involving use of Common Land Belstone Common is unusual amongst commons generally because livestock entitled to graze freely on…
A Big Day For Belstone!
Launch of The Archangel’s Way – Saturday 31st July 2021 Three years after the initial idea and one year after…
‘When We Went Wild’ by Isabella Tree
If you are looking for a good read for a child in your life – or even for yourself –…
Belstone Springwatch?
Spring has ‘sprung’ and one would-be mother blue bit is certainly busy preparing her new home in readiness. Thanks to…
Ospreys Over Belstone
I expect many people saw and heard the two strange machines flying over the village this afternoon. Here’s a few…
Snow Moon
Many of us have watched the Snow Moon over the last few days. Chris Walpole took these two photos, on…
Hedgelaying
A good well managed hedge is vitally important, not just to keep livestock in the fields but also as a…
Need Entertainment in Lockdown?
Chris Walpole would like to cheer you up during lockdown by sharing a few of his YouTube videos of some…
Dormice in Skaigh Valley
During lockdown our very own amateur film maker and historian, Chris Walpole, has been sorting out his collection of films…
The Cliff
Why not take a walk from Belstone along the north side of Belstone Cleave towards Sticklepath and you too can,…
Belstone Claps For Carers
On this day of the NHS’s 72nd anniversary, it would seem an appropriate occasion to show Chris Walpole’s video compilation…
Dawn Chorus – The Finale
Many thanks to Chris for sending in all these entertaining and informative films over the last few weeks. We hope…
Continuing Dawn Chorus . . .
A double bill of Dawn Chorus films today. First are the cheerful chirps of some house sparrows. Then a comparison…