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Join education ranger James Chubb in the car park at 10 a.m. Any queries phone 01395 517557
Sorry that computer problems meant we couldn’t post todays bird session at Holyford Woods.
Join a team preparing for the 7 mile Royal Marines Commando Challenge in October. It involves a 2 mile run, a 3 mile obstacle corse then a 2 mile run back to the start and include a notorious “sheep dip” or underwater tunnel. Contact PC Bennett at Axminster Police Station on 01297 34089 or e-mail him at kevin.bennett”devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk
(Saw people doing this and there is a lot of mud, glorious mud…. )
Between 5p.m and 7p.m a chance to “surf, chill, game, read and talk” for 13 -19 year olds.
Applications must be submitted by 15th May but forms are still available on the website below. The first meeting of the Cadets will take place on Wednesday 27th May between 6:30pm – 8:30pm at Colyton Town Hall.
Tues June 2nd, 2:30pm – 5pm, Seaton Town Hall
Tickets: £4 (£2.50 for students). Refreshments will be available.
Following the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival in 2009, ‘Evolution Rocks’, the Seaton Visitor Centre Trust, in conjunction with the Axe Vale and District Conservation Society, have organised a seminar on the same theme.
Speakers:
Donald Campbell
Introduction to Charles Darwin and his theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
Dr Colin Dawes
Local fossils and what they can tell us of evolution in the Mesozoic
Dr David Allen
The significance of the Galapagos Archipelago in understanding evolutionary changes
Dr Mike Lock
Bringing us up to date with natural selection from Mendel’s peas to modern DNA analysis
All welcome, according to their website – but in school time.
Tickets available from Seaton Tourist Information Centre (01297 21660) and other outlets around Seaton.
Seaton for young people 