Axbridge News: Cheddar Reservoir closed; Churchill and Banwell traffic news; Axe Vale Arts; the storm and the Axbridge Diary
By Harry Mottram: The extreme heat this week has seen owners Bristol Water close the Cheddar Reservoir to the public…
Axbridge Review: news in brief – Arts Centre set to open; rumble in the jumble on Saturday; cakes at carnival cafe; police clamp down on dodgy airport parking; and the WAGS are coming
Axe Vale Arts Centre News Credit to Paul Hughes and Pete Harding who live in the town who have managed…
Axbridge News: Ofwat restricts South West Water’s price hike to 13% despite inflation falling to around 2% (but no word on Cheddar Reservoir 2)
By Harry Mottram: Cheddar Reservoir, Bristol Water and the waters of the River Yeo that emerges in Cheddar Gorge all…
Axbridge News: A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder set to be screened on BBC3 on 1st July – with Axbridge as the dramatic backdrop to the teen whodunnit drama
By Harry Mottram: Five years ago, a schoolgirl was murdered by her boyfriend. Case closed. Or is it? The dark…
Axbridge News: Open Gardens in the town helps to fund the maintenance of one of Axbridge’s most historic buildings (and gives you a chance to nose around people’s homes)
By Harry Mottram: To wander around a number of private gardens in Axbridge on a sunny June afternoon is a…
Axbridge News: Cheddar Arts Festival set for the May Bank Holiday weekend of the 4th-6th
Early May Bank Holiday Weekend Cheddar Arts Walking Trail Once again Cheddar Artists are staging a festival over the May…
Axbridge Review: Christmas starts here! The 2023 Annual Axbridge Progressive Supper is set for 2nd December – but how does it work?
By Harry Mottram: Trying to explain how a progressive supper works is like trying to explain the off-side rule in…
Rapscallion Magazine Feature: canal paths, skinny dippers and Macbeth – with added punctures and insect bites on a Somerset to London cycle ride – and our closest ape relatives giving me the cold shoulder
By Harry Mottram: Rain, rain and more rain this summer. And then Carol Kirkwood on BBC’s Breakfast programme announced there…
STRAWBERRY LINE TIMES Feature: A guide to the railway line back in 1899 when Axbridge had Petty Sessions in the Court House and it cost 2/- to visit Cheddar Caves
What was it like to visit the Strawberry Line in 1899? Using an 1899 guidebook Harry Mottram took a trip…
Cheddar Reservoir: recent photographs of the magical scene at dawn in July as the waters greet the new day under the shadow of the Mendip Hills
Summer dawns on Somerset’s large strawberry shaped reservoir between Axbridge and Cheddar are often glorious affairs. Golden sunrises at around…