PEOPLE who use a popular beauty spot near Exeter for outdoor pursuits and activities are being urged this month (January 27, 2019) to get involved with a litter picking and tidying-up event on-site.
Walkers, hikers and climbers of all ages who enjoy Chudleigh Rocks (south side) are invited to join in with the voluntary clean-up event on Sunday, January 27 from 10am until 4pm.
Keen climber Nick Baron, who is Store Manager at Taunton Leisure – Exeter on Fore Street in the city, is organising the litter pick. He explained: “Everyone is welcome to come along and help out with...
Hospiscare’s amazing fundraiser, Norman Croucher has done it again!
Over the summer, after chemotherapy,radiotherapy and a major operation resulting in a permanent colostomy because of bowel cancer, the 75-year-old double leg amputee has returned to the French Alps and climbed four mountains.
Norman is raising money for us and says this gives him a great sense of purpose; the total so far is nearly £8,000.
“Hospiscare is such a first class organisation,” he said. “I’m pleased to help. It’s nice that it looks after so many people in their own homes. I know several...
Location: Stoke Hill (off of the A396 between Stoke Canon and Cowley Bridge – approximate postcode EX4 5BW
Exeter Wheelers; the long established cycling club of Exeter, will be holding their first Hill Climb Festival on Saturday 19th September. With Exeter hosting the Tour of Britain for the last two years in a row, cycling fever has never been stronger in the city, and this year Exeter Wheelers will continue the passion by running a day of events celebrating one of cycling’s unsung racing disciplines; hill climbing.
A World First on Exeter’s Canal Basin this August Bank Holiday
World first in Exeter this August Bank Holiday Monday!
The UK’s only climbing wall on water returns to Exeter this August for the second Deep Water Solo Exeter competition which takes place on Exeter’s canal basin from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August. The event attracts climbers from across the UK including top athletes such as Steve McClure, Neil Gresham, Emma Twyford and GB para climber Dave Bowes. All come to compete on a climbing wall built over Exeter...
Exeter Wheelers Cycling Club took part in a hill climb relay challenge up to the top of Stoke Woods to publicise their Hill Climb Festival to be held on 19th September.
Members of the club made 100 ascents of the Stoke Woods Hill (as seen in the Tour of Britain) in teams of three over the course of the day, the cyclists successfully climbed over 29,000ft, the equivalent of climbing Mt Everest to help publicise the clubs upcoming Hill Climb Festival.
Hill climbing is a long-running time trial tradition, which is well-represented in the South West with Minehead Cycling Club...
The Exeter Daily talks to Lisa Boucher from Exmouth about her recent challenge to scale Ben Nevis with five friends, Ella Mills, Jane Bing, Nadine Richardson, Jan Ackerman and Petrina Shorrock, in aid of Hospiscare.
Why did you choose to raise money for Hospiscare? We all have people in our lives that have been affected by cancer. Exmouth and Lympstone Hospice is providing care to local people during their treatment and also making things as comfortable for them as well as their family. We wanted to raise money for a local charity so it stays close to home. Why did you choose to climb...
