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2nd August 2007
2. A
Brief Historical Guide
3.
Ladies who lunch
4.
Dartmouth Food Festival
5. Tapas at Browns
6.
Regatta Programme out now!
7. Trade
Talk
8.
Small News
1. Kingswear
Regatta
 
Kingswear Regatta, Fete and
Duck Race takes place next weekend 4th/5th August. The event is in aid of
Dart Sailability this year, who give disabled people the chance
to sail in specially modified sail boats at Noss.
Rowing will be from 9 am - 1 pm each
day with a vintage car rally at 10am on the Saturday and a Fun
Dog Show at 11:30.
Sunday starts with rowing in the
morning and the fete will be officially opened at 11:30am by
Jonathan Hawkins - Chairman of Kingswear Parish Council. There
will be loads of fun for the kids with lots of stalls and Cosmo
the Clown appearing at 1pm. There will be a Bar-B Q and non
alcoholic bar too. The traditional Dartmouth vs Kingswear 4
oared Race is also at 1pm with Dartmouth the challengers this
year. There will be a tug of war at 3:30pm and a brass band will
entertain all. The Regatta is at Jubilee Park and in Waterhead
Creek Kingswear. Parking is limited so come by foot/ferry. Full
details at
click here .
Kingswear is a ferry ride from
Dartmouth, a fantastic experience in itself!
Why not come down for the weekend? The sun
is hot, the beer is warm, and the lager ice cold! For self catering
click here, for
B&B
click here, for
Hotels
click here.
For a Tourist Guide
to Dartmouth
click here.
2.
A Brief Historical Guide
Published by the Dartmouth and
Kingswear Society this
28 page book has some fascinating facts and figures and its fair
share of good quality black and white prints.
It is exactly as it says on the cover, "A Brief Guide" and
something everyone should own at only £3.50 from the Tourist
Information Centre or the Harbour Bookshop.
Some of the images we haven't seen before so whilst you are
buying this guide have a look at other
Dartmouth Books and buy a few?
3 .
Ladies who
lunch
  
The Dartmouth dot TV crew were invited to the Dart Marina’s
monthly “Ladies Lunch Club” last Wednesday in the River
Restaurant
(click here for details) .
Despite a bit of rain, there was a good turnout for the
excellent lunch of roasted breast of chicken, fondant potato and
a wild mushroom sauce, followed by a chocolate lover’s dream
dessert of chocolate brownie, chocolate tart, chocolate sorbet
and dark chocolate sauce!!
The relaxing lunchtime was completed with local anecdotes and
songs by Margaret Duffy from Brixham on the theme “Devon
Historical and Hysterical”.
A number of the guests had travelled to Dartmouth from around
the local area with others attracted to the event whilst
holidaying in the town.
Look out for details of the next “club lunch” to be held on
Wednesday, 26th September.
4. Dartmouth Food Festival
  
Regarded as probably 'the best small food festival' in the UK,
things are about to change! Organiser James Brown is
hoping to expand on last year's festival, more producers, more
demonstrations, more room, and most importantly, more
food! Everyone in the town is 100% behind this fantastic
event, and why wouldn't they be?
This is your opportunity to sample Dartmouth out of season,
where you can eat slowly, learn about local food and business
and chat with the locals over a glass of wine and a mussel or
two. There are no entry fees. Dartmouth is simply
beautiful with its sunsets and 14 bars serving local food.
The town's restaurants will be serving themed menus too.
So put it in your diary right now 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 Oct
2007 and check out their website by
clicking here. For self catering
click here, for
B&B
click here, for
Hotels
click here.
5. Tapas at Browns
 
Mezze Plate - Sunday and
Monday nights - July and August @
Browns
Sunday is a tricky night with so many restaurants closed. We
have been asked many times to do lite suppers and so this is our
version. A mezze plate of our normal Tapas (fresh anchovies,
smoked tomatoes, salsa, salami, homemade chutney, manchego and
membrillo (grilled chorizo) supplemented with larger portions of
our home cured salmon and Dartmouth Smokehouse chicken. Served
with a salad and ciabata bread. £20 for two people (only £10
each!). If you want to reserve a table in the bar just
drop in or call us on 832573.
6. Regatta Programme out now!
Just as we were going to press, and bizarrely run an article in
this slot about Christmas in Dartmouth, Wendy Rendle contacted
us to say the new Regatta Programme will be available at the
Tourist Information Centre and other places tomorrow (Friday)
morning.
This year's programme has 68 full colour pages, not only is it
the definitive guide to Dartmouth Royal Regatta, it is also
somewhat of a 'who's who' of Dartmouth businesses. Many
people (us included) collect these programmes for posterity,
it's a living snapshot of Dartmouth in 2007.
Remember, not only do you get the Red Arrows but two massive
firework displays that other venues charge you a lot of money
for. It's all here in Dartmouth and all free! But
please give generously!
The official website is
here and Dartmouth dot TV's
picture based 'unofficial' site
here.
7. Trade
Talk
Whilst contacting people
to remind them their advertisement might disappear, we were
astounded by the number of incorrect and bouncing e-mails in
use on the various tourist web sites. You really ought
to check every site you are on, and try to send yourself an
e-mail, if you get it within an hour, then you are OK, if
not you might wonder why?
The industry suggests
that modern consumers expect things fairly instantly, and
hence it has been predicted that if you do not respond to an
e-mail within 2 hours, 50% of the holidaymaker might well
have gone somewhere else. So the writing is on the
wall, make sure your e-mail really works, and check it at
least twice daily!
We are adding all the new B&B's
and self catering places to Dartmouth dot TV right
now, please be patient. Then we will be removing a
whole lot, so in the next few weeks the whole site will
change.
As you know, advertisers who have been written to will no
longer enjoy rotating images on our site, unless you put your business on the paid up list now
click here.
8.
Small News 
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On Saturday 4th
August at 7.30pm St George's Church Dittisham is hosting
a Summer Song Recital with
Heloise West - Soprano, and Jonathan Watts -
Piano/Organ. Heloise has been guest soloist with the
Torbay Singers at recent concerts. Tickets are £10
on the door or from John Wells 01803 722414.
Refreshments will be available after the concert.
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Is
it
time to book your holiday
in Dartmouth now? for
Dartmouth self catering
accommodation
click here, for
Dartmouth B and B
click here, for
Dartmouth Hotels
click here.
For a Tourist Guide
to Dartmouth
click here.
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Cawley & others
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