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Will and Vicki, Landlords of the Beer Engine, receiving the Exeter and East Devon CAMRA Pub of the Year Award, hot on the heals of winning the local NBSS award. The picture was taken by Caroline Trevaskis on Monday evening 21st. May when the award was presented by Tim Gilbert, brewery liaison officer.
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Easter Duck Race
And the duck race raised... read on!
NEWTON ST CYRES DUCK RACE
31st March 2018
A thrilling finish had by all, as a vast array of intrepid local ducks were hurled from the Pound Lane bridge into the raging torrent of our very own Shuttern Brook. To resounding cheers from children, babies, toddlers, grannies, grandpas, mums and dads, waves, up and down leaps… those ducks rushed away in a blink of an eye.
A blink it took too, for the normally slumbering stream was in spate - churning up mud and sticks; a tidal wave of swirling whirlpools. Upside down No. 68 stayed bravely afloat, spinning and weaving dizzily towards the finish. And, together with 300 other confused yellow bobalongs, some ended not where they should have been, but many twists and turns on - heading towards the River Creedy that wends its way into the River Exe; onwards to Exmouth, and the Sea.
NEWTON ST CYRES DUCK RACE
31st March 2018
A thrilling finish had by all, as a vast array of intrepid local ducks were hurled from the Pound Lane bridge into the raging torrent of our very own Shuttern Brook. To resounding cheers from children, babies, toddlers, grannies, grandpas, mums and dads, waves, up and down leaps… those ducks rushed away in a blink of an eye.
A blink it took too, for the normally slumbering stream was in spate - churning up mud and sticks; a tidal wave of swirling whirlpools. Upside down No. 68 stayed bravely afloat, spinning and weaving dizzily towards the finish. And, together with 300 other confused yellow bobalongs, some ended not where they should have been, but many twists and turns on - heading towards the River Creedy that wends its way into the River Exe; onwards to Exmouth, and the Sea.
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Oh dear! The current was too strong! Those poor ducks would have been lost forever if it had not been for the heroic effort of locals, Charlie and Louis. With buckets, boots and all, they leapt into a car and chased them along the river edge, until a muddy ditch rendered a moment of worried calm. Those brave lads, soggy of boot, scooped duck after yellow duck into a big tin bucket. The last 10 were nowhere to be seen. We salute you all wherever you bob to…
Well done Nathan, Harry and Dillon, all of whom won an Easter (yummy) egg. Their exhausted ducks No. 51, 10 and 143 came in first; and were caught just in time!
Well done, and thank you to you ALL, for coming along and helping to raise a massive £172 for our beautiful church’s central heating system. Put Saturday 20th April 2019 in your diary!
Emma Raworth, Newton St. Cyres
Well done Nathan, Harry and Dillon, all of whom won an Easter (yummy) egg. Their exhausted ducks No. 51, 10 and 143 came in first; and were caught just in time!
Well done, and thank you to you ALL, for coming along and helping to raise a massive £172 for our beautiful church’s central heating system. Put Saturday 20th April 2019 in your diary!
Emma Raworth, Newton St. Cyres
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