So as you may know, this Saturday there is no organised day trip! But that's no reason for you not to go and explore some of the South West on your own!
If you want to stay in Exeter, why not try a local pub fun day! It's called 'The Thatched House', which is in Exwick, on the other side of the river behind St Davids Train Station. It's a whole day of entertainment, raising money for the FORCE Cancer Charity and Devon Air Ambulance, starting at 12 noon and finishing with an evening of races, which start at 7.30pm! There'll be a barbecue, stalls and games to keep you entertained! Here is the webite with more information:
http://thatchedhouse.netIf the weather is bad, how about a day or night at the cinema? Exeter has 3 in the city centre - the Odeon Cinema and the Vue Cinema, which both screen mainstream films (I went to watch the new Karate Kid film this evening and it was fantastic!) If you like something a bit more international, we have the Picturehouse Cinema, which shows many non-English films, and it also has a very nice bar upstairs with a great view of Exwick!
Exeter also has a Tenpin bowling alley, which is situated near the Quay and river Exe (the address is 3-4 Havenbanks Retail Park, Exeter, EX2 8BY, phone number 01392 439090). It's called the Megabowl and games are £6 each, or £11 for 2 games, and you can eat dinner there and then enjoy a nice drink from the bar whilst you're bowling!
For exciting days out outside of Exeter, you could try one of many beautiful beaches. We're very lucky here to have great access to the sea, either via train or bus. Use the links on the right of this page to find the times and prices of both forms of transport! Many of you have already been to Sidmouth, and if you liked that then there is another great beach further along and in the county next to Devon, Dorset, called Lyme Regis. It's accessible by bus only, so you'll have to catch one from the coach station on Paris Street in the city centre. The journey should take around 80 minutes, but it's definitely worth the trip! It's a very historic town, has a nice stretch of beach and had the famous 'Cobb' which reaches out into the sea. It's also an important site of the Jurassic Coast with many fossil discoveries, which range from small ammonites to larger dinosaurs!
If you would like to see the South coast by train, then there are a large number of close beaches you can easily visit in one day. Last weeks day trip to Sidmouth began in the local beach Exmouth, which is where we caught the boat from. The train takes 30 minutes to get there, and it only costs £3.40 for a return ticket! A bit further along the coast lie the beaches of Paignton and Torquay, which are much larger, and Paignton even has its own Zoo!
So there are a few suggestions of what you could do this Saturday! And remember if you take any pictures, you could send them into us and we'll share them on the Blog! Now let's just wait and see what the weather does...
Hello everyone! Hope you are all settled into your new accommodation and looking forward to starting a new academic year! As we mentioned in the previous post, we have set up an online forum where International students can contact each other with any questions/queries about life in the university, life in Exeter and even the change between being an INTO student and a University one...so feel free to write anything on there and see who answers!! Here is the direct link:
