TRiassic coast walks

Fairlynch geologist Nicky Hewitt will lead five walks beside Budleigh Salterton beach this summer, to explain the geology of our stunning Triassic coastline.

The walks will start from Fairlynch at 2.00pm on the second Tuesday of each month, May - September 2023, ie:
Tuesday 9th May
Tuesday 13th June
Tuesday 11th July
Tuesday 8th August
Tuesday 12th September

The cost will be £2.50 per person, with under 16s free, but no unaccompanied children please.

Part of the route will include descending Steamer Steps and walking a short distance on the pebble beach to the start of the pebblebed formation in the cliffs, but those who prefer can wait on the benches at the top of the steps until the beach party returns and the walk continues eastwards along the seafront promenade.

fairlynch Coffee time Talks

​Our Coffee Time Talks take place on a Wednesday, once a month during the Winter, when Fairlynch is closed to visitors. The venue is the Peter Hall, behind St Peter’s Church and all are welcome. Entry costs £5, discounted to £3 for Friends of Fairlynch, and coffee and biscuits are served from 10.30am with the talks starting at 11am and lasting 45 minutes.
 
Previous topics have included the St Ives School of painting, life in Devon’s workhouses, Wildlife around the River Otter, the Norman Lockyer Observatory, the Exeter to Exmouth Railway, West Country Mining and managing the Pebblebed Heaths.

A new series of talks begins on 7th September 2022. The programme is as follows:

Wednesday 7th September 2022: Brian Portch - Concorde - an aircraft ahead of its time
Wednesday 5th October 2022: Andrew Chatterton - Churchill's Secret Army
Wednesday 2nd November 2022: Alex Leger - Blue Peter - Behind the Badge
Wednesday 7th December 2022: John Smith - The Romans in Exeter  
Wednesday 1st February 2023: Stewart Raine - RMS Lusitania - U-boat victim that changed the course of WW1
Wednesday 1st March 2023: Ken Atherton - Have you seen my little rubber duck? - Global pollution of the marine environment
Wednesday 5th April 2023: Lucilla Phelps - The Fine Art of Photography   

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