Les Davies was Master of Ceremonies at the Wassail at the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury on 18th January 2014. The event was a great success, with Les ensuring that everything ran smoothly. His daughter Lizzie was appointed Queen…
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Winter Wassail at the Community Farm
Wassails are the main calendar event for January, when the sleeping apple trees will be woken from their winter’s rest and encouraged to think about giving a good crop for the coming year. (Read more about this in Les’ January…
Mendip Times – January 2014
Are we in for a cold spell to match that in the winter of 1962/63? Find out what Les thinks and read his memories of that cold snowy winter in the January 2014 issue of the Mendip Times. To read…
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Mendip Hills Through the Time Tunnel
Les Davies will be at the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury to give his talk on ‘Mendip Hills Through the Time Tunnel’. The talk is on Saturday 28th September from 11am-midday. Coffee is included, served from 10:30am in the…
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Peter Coate Painting Exhibition
At the Wells & Mendip Museum from 6th July to 4th August, artist Peter Coate shows a selection of his work over the past 50 yrs on the Mendip Hills and the Somerset Levels. Les Davies thoroughly recommends this exhibition,…
Mendip Times July 2013
Les writes a regular column for the popular Mendip Times magazine. In his column for the July 2013 issue, Les talks about his earliest memories of the North Somerset Show, tells us the best time of day for gardening and…
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Mendip Times June 2013
Les writes a regular column for the popular Mendip Times magazine. In his latest article, Les discusses the importance of ‘taking the time to sit and stare’. To read the column, click on the image below to go to the…
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Email Troubles
There have been some teething problems with the new website email address which means that not all emails sent to les.davies@westcountryman.co.uk were received safely. If you have emailed Les in the past two or three months and received no reply,…
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New website!
Welcome to the new website for Les Davies, Westcountryman. A former Senior Warden of the Mendips AONB for 20 years, Les now brings a lifetime of experience, personal passion and a proven record for practical application and knowledge to the…
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