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Appledore's Visual Arts Festival
johngayton Says: This is an annual event which takes place during the last week of May/early June and is one of the village's main events. The festival has been running since 1997 and each year attracts a diverse range of artistic talent. Each year has a theme, and previous themes have...
johngayton Says: This little festival came about when the local library was slated for closure in 2006 by cost-cutting bureaucrats of Devon County Council. The local outcry resulted in the formation of the formidable Friends of Appledore Library (FOAL - as good an acronym as any!), the...
johngayton Says: Appledore's definitely the sort of place to come to to relax and get away from the day-to-day pressures of life and just take it easy. If you are however missing the stress of having a million and one things to do then here we can offer our local equivalent. Yep, As you are...
The Appledore and Instow Regatta
johngayton Says: This annual celebration of all things nautical takes place at the end of July or beginning of August (depending on tides) and usually commences on a Sunday when most of the main events take place. This is a fun day out for all the family with some quite seriously competitive...
The World Championship Crabbing Competition!
johngayton Says: Whilst most of Appledore's things to do involve sitting around watching the world go by there are also some quite energetic and competitive activities such as training for The World Championship Crabbing Competition. This annual event takes place every year (strangely...
johngayton Says: Here in Appledore is the North Devon Maritime Museum which really is a little gem. Even if things nautical aren't really your thing ( my thing being things naughtical, but that's on another page;o)) this is well worth an hour or two of anyone's time for an insight into local...
johngayton Says: One of life's simpler pleasures is sitting watching the world go by and here in sleepy little Appledore, where the boats outnumber the cars, the boat world creates our local equivalent of traffic congestion when the tides allow the various craft to either come down-river or...
9 The Quay: Definitely Appledore's Best Restaurant!
johngayton Says: OK Before I start just let me say that I work here, and in fact do the cooking, and so I do have a slight bias ;p Bias aside though, I do reckon that 9 The Quay is the best restaurant, not only in Appledore but in the area generally. It's not just the superb, exquisitely...
The Quay Gallery, Appledore: The Best Breakfast in Town!
johngayton Says: The formal restaurant at 9 The Quay also has a downstairs coffee shop which is open during the day serving coffee, light lunches, cakes, cream teas and its famous breakfasts. As well being a coffee shop the place doubles up as a gallery space featuring works by local artists...
johngayton Says: Despite Appledore's slightly "Off The Beaten Track" location here in North Devon the village is still well served by a regular bus service from the local metropolis of Barnstaple (from where the whole wide world can be accessed!). Buses run every half hour during the day (20...
johngayton Says: This is something I'd never come across before discovering it here in Appledore and am seriously tempted to give it a shot myself.The pilot gig was the boat used to ferry the pilot out to sailing vessels as they approached harbour to guide them through the safe channels. The...
Appledore's Ghost in the (VT) Machine
johngayton Says: I'm sure that the village of Appledore must have many ghosts (and probably quite a few skeletons in various closets) but it also has its own VT ghost. If you click on the "Entire Appledore Travel Guide" you will see that there are only 2 members pages, this one and...
If the street on my intro page looks narrow...
johngayton Says: ...here's an even narrower one!!This is Gibb's Lane, just off Market Street (which isn't very much wider). Needless to say there is no residents car parking for the houses up here!!
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...here's an even narrower one!!This is Gibb's Lane, just off Market Street (which isn't very much wider). Needless to say there is no residents car parking for...
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Appledore - Where the boats outnumber the cars!
Less than a year ago I was cycling down the Tarka Trail here in North Devon and stopped off for a beer at the village of Instow. Instow sits on the eastern bank of the the River Torridge's estuary...
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.. and while I've had some great ones in the US (with the Araphoe Cafe still holding the #1 spot for me), we Yanks just can't do bacon like the Brits. Here are some GREAT looking Eggs Benedict. They...
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