James Brown of Browns Hotel and Bar declared this year as "the best Food Festival ever" and he should know as he organised it for several years!  This sentiment was echoed everywhere we went and was picked up by the Herald Express paper on the following Monday click here to read the report. 

Words fail us as to how good the festival was. To see the complete set of our photographs, all 52 of them, click here !

2.  Galleries week

Once again some Dartmouth galleries opened their doors and wine bottles for art collectors and locals/visitors alike!  Here is some of what we saw.  To see the Art Galleries we really like click here.  Thanks to all the Galleries that we managed to visit!

3.   Coombe Gallery Rising Stars show

Friday night saw Coombe Gallery bursting at the seams as crowds flooded in to see Mark Riley's pick of the finest art graduates in the country. Entitled, 'Rising Stars 2010', the show highlights work from art colleges from afar afield as Newcastle to Falmouth, Plymouth and Central St Martins in London. Dartmouth's very own Matthew Lock, recently graduated from Newport University is also included. Highlights include a piano linked to 88 radios by Stephen Dickie and New designer of the year Lucy Jane Foakes with her unique ceramics. Pop along to 20 Foss St, Dartmouth, Tues-Sat 10am - 5pm, to see this exceptional exhibition or view it online by clicking here.

4.   Lemon Tree tonight!

Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. When the Israeli defence minister and his wife move next door, the Secret Service order the trees removed for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority (useless), Israeli army (dismissive), and a young attorney, Ziad Daud. While the courts deliberate, the Israelis fence in her trees and prohibit her from entering the grove. As the trees wither, the defence minister's wife and, separately, an Israeli journalist, look on Salma with sympathy. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?...‘Abbass’s starkly moving performance and the film’s closing shots make this metaphor for the unsolvable unforgettable’.

This film is on tonight.  Guest tickets can be purchased on the night of the screening at The Windjammer pub in Victoria Road, Dartmouth for £3.60 per film, between 7.30 – 7.55 pm. New members can join at the door on any screening night. For further information contact: Clive Osborne on 079-6802-6449

6.   Small News

• The Floating Bridge Pub reports:  Every Winter Wednesday we are having  a curry night.
  
  It will be all you can eat for £8.50 prepared by our Asian Chef who used to be Head Chef at The Spice Bazaar. Featuring 2 meat curries and 1 vegetarian curry complete with all the accompaniments,  available from 6pm to 8.45pm.
  
   

• Jessica Dart reports: Any parents requiring "mothers help" or babysitting.  I am qualified to level 3 in Childcare and education and also hold a paediatric first aid certificate. I have five years experience and a current CRB.
  07527 137816 or click here to e-mail me.  Jess is known to the Dartmouth dot TV crew and comes with our recommendation.
   

• People often ask why their press release has not been printed, there are usually just two reasons.  It was never sent to us, or if it is a commercial item you need to be an advertiser with us please, we all have to eat guys!
   

Why not come and visit Dartmouth?

• Self catering accommodation click here
   
• Dartmouth B and B  click here
   
• Dartmouth Hotels click here
   
• A Tourist Guide to Dartmouth click here

Images copyright  Dave Cawley,  Andy Kyle,  & others.