South Devon Branch reports: 2020-21
In September 2019 fifteen lucky members of the Branch visited the Port of Teignmouth. For our first talk of the season John Allan, DA’s president, gave us an excellent summary – with many fascinating...
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Tavistock & West Devon Branch reports: 2020-21
A year ago, many of us had never experienced ‘Zooming’, yet in these extraordinary times it has rapidly become the regular pattern of our Branch programme of events enabling us to keep in contact...
Bideford Branch report: 2021
By mid 2020 and without live meetings, it was absolutely imperative that urgent efforts to continue activities for Branch members should be made. After getting the ‘nuts and bolts together,’ the Autumn-Winter season kicked...
Plymouth and District Branch report: 2021
The on-line forum hosted by the Branch in March included two very interesting talks. Dr Bob Hodgson, Botany Section and BSBI recorder, and joint author of the DA’s monumental A New Flora of Devon...
Exeter Branch Report: 2021
Our Covid-curtailed programme began in March when Dr Sue Andrew gave a superb online talk on the enigmatic motif of three hares, which can be seen carved into oak bosses in 15th century Devon...
East Devon Branch report: Mar to Aug 2021
Although we were only able to give Zoom presentations for three lectures from our winter programme, they were all well received by a wide audience. Two of them: Robin Wootton’s “Charles Kingsley, his Writings...
Plymouth and District Branch report: Oct 2019 to Mar 2020
This update covers unreported lectures given from the end of 2019 to March 2020, commencing with an October 2019 presentation by Dr Simon Pittman about the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park. The official launch...
East Devon Branch report: Apr 2020 to Feb 2021
Like all Branches and Sections most events on our programme were either cancelled or postponed from April 2020. An exception was our joint meeting with the Sidmouth Science Festival in October, which was presented...
East Devon Branch report: Feb to Jun 2020
At our Branch Annual General Meeting in February thanks were extended to Marienne Carnochan for her outstanding contribution to the branch, following her retirement from the committee after thirty three years of service. Jean...
Tavistock & West Devon Branch report: Sep 2019 to Jan 2020
September saw a resumption of activities for the Branch with three separate events taking place over the course of the month. The last of our summer outings, a visit to Tor Royal, proved to...