East Devon

local railway we won't talk about that but user 47 as much as how sentimental he was over the steam load because he realised in years to come it could become a valid route and now look all the traffic and gridlock commuting into Bath that could have been avoided

yeah so obviously you know where we are with Pico based beer in East Devon our local main line is the Exeter to Salisbury line which is a shadow of its former self and that was downgraded at the hands of the western region now there's a familiar theme there because it was a western region that effectively finished yeah yeah so and um yeah um although i'm from swindon i say that with no um hesitation at all yeah heads heads a

little dig at great western four six ohs earlier on yeah you should have seen the glare across the table thankfully he's on the other side he couldn't reach across

okay so uh yeah so i believe the problems for the accidents to line up It was mentioned in Private Eye just recently.

Except it isn't.

Wimbleball is a water supply facility and it was dug out and built back in 1979 and now supplies drinking water to support around half a million people across East Devon and Somerset.

And gazing across it now, you wouldn't necessarily guess how much water it holds.

It's apparently 21 billion litres.

Uh, good morning.

[laughs] Welcome to East Devon." I love that time delay.

You love his cues, don't you?

I love that time delay at the end of shows.

I know 22 seconds ahead of you what the winning lottery numbers are on Wednesday.

[laughs] It's fab.

Welcome to East Devon.

The sun is shining.

It's so, so lovely.

That's in Devon, um, South Devon I believe.

It's such a special place, so unique.

It's just this completely different proposition and they kind of combine this charming restaurant, small holding, a collection of cabins, and then you can stay in rooms in the main house as well.

23-year-old Nikita Fineran from the Isle of Wight fits into that bracket.

Now into her third farming job in East Devon, Nikita says that notching up practical experience should help her achieve her goal of one day owning a farm of her own and breeding sheepdogs.

She's on the NFU Student and Young Farmer Ambassador Programme for people under the age of 30 who are passionate about agriculture.

She was out training Max, one of her colleagues, when our reporter Fiona Clampin met her near Axminster.

There's a tiny creature wearing a pointy hat! It's a Pixie! But what did a pixie look like?

Pixies are tiny magical creatures from English folklore, especially stories from Cornwall and Devon.

Stories describe them as small, human-like creatures with pointy ears, bright eyes, and sometimes tiny wings.

Some stories say they wear little green clothes and pointy hats.

Their dancing leaves circles of mushrooms on the grass called fairy rings.

Legends say they live near stone circles, secret underground caves, and grassy hills called barrows.

Pixie Day takes place every June in the East Devon town of Ottery St. Mary in England, where hundreds of local children dress as pixies and march through the streets.

Yay! Let's play a quick imagination

So, yeah, I'm Rhys Morgan.

I am an artist, musician and curator based in Plymouth in Devon in the UK.

And I make various types of artwork.

And one of my more recent projects is It was a participatory project called See You in the Fruit Locker, which was basically where I brought together a LGBTQIA plus C shanty choir for a commission with a gallery in town.

But like, I think if you're not... within that culture you wouldn't know necessarily if that makes sense and anyway

yeah

you know I mean like it's kind of like these things are these are kind of things are kind of like really overtly there but then also kind of weirdly hidden because you just don't unless you're looking for them I guess you don't necessarily know that you're going to find them but um but the kind of big inspiration I realized later and that's why I've kind of told it in this order because it's kind of like how I realized it is um When I first moved to the southwest, we ended up, whilst we were kind of looking for a more permanent home, as it were, as a family, we were in the village of Beer in East Devon.

Which is already mad because it's a fishing village named after Beer.