We are excited to announce that we will once again be running Treacle Valley Adventures during the school holidays! These immersive nature-focused camps have been really popular and give young people the opportunity to get outdoors, make new friends and have fun in the school holidays.
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Introducing… the ACE Project!
We’re delighted to be able to announce a pilot project for families of children with SEND, which we will be running every Thursday morning from 18th January until 28th March 2024. We’ve called it the
Continue ReadingTales from Tudor Torre Abbey
On 29th June, we were joined by students from Sherwell Valley Primary School to learn all about the history of
Torre Abbey and the Tudors.
The students visited the Spanish Barn, explored the gardens on a Tudor herb hunt, conquered a riddle trail through the museum and heard tales of ghosts and galleons.
Creative Cullompton Roman Festival – Gallery
We were delighted to receive some photos through from Creative Cullompton, taken of Stacey working on the mosaic with visitors. Thank you to Kathy Coley Photography for allowing us to use these great pictures!
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Our part in Cullompton Roman festival, which celebrated not only Roman Cullompton, but the recent archeological digs at the Hill Fort.
Continue ReadingTed Hughes Poetry Trail at Stover Country Park
Lonely keeper of the gold In the tumbled cleave. A bird out of Merlin’s ear. from ‘Wren’, by Ted Hughes One of the things I love about Taleblazers is that I get to spend most
Continue ReadingNational Poetry Day: Inchcape Bell
To celebrate #NationalPoetryDay, we have a poem of wrongs and retribution, read by our very own storyteller and balladeer, Kev Johns. The poem is ‘Inchcape Rock’; a ballad originally written by Robert Southey in 1802.
Continue ReadingJohn Muir Day: Hembury Woods
I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. John Muir Today is John Muir Day, marking Muir’s 184th birthday
Continue ReadingTerrible Tales of Torre Abbey
Today is International “I love to write“ Day (apparently) and I have been tasked with putting together a little piece to cover that particular topic as well as our recent Halloween event that Taleblazers put on at Torre Abbey. Let me start by making this
Continue ReadingTrails Day & Chelston Heritage Map
What a beautiful weekend it has been and we were celebrating Trails Day which took place on Saturday the 5th. What is Trails Day you may wonder? Well, in 1968 American president Lyndon B. Johnson
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