Thanks to Ruby Browning for this wonderful write up: On Saturday 19th January Bude Community Orchard hosted its first ever Wassail. Wassailing was originally an Anglo-Saxon tradition (the word ‘wassail’ […]

Me being me, I didn’t really read the blurb properly. I somehow assumed that chef extraordinaire, Peter Gorton, was going to do a 2-hour cookery demonstration and during that time […]

Poughill has the amenities boasted by many a village, including a church and a pub, a fine combination. A pretty place, it also has history, for the church dates from […]

Now in the grand scheme of things, I realise this is not terribly important to most people! Compared to Brexit, natural disasters, plastics and poverty, this is very minor, but […]

Reader submission. Please read as contains good advice! With the largest plastic epidemic hitting our oceans, it’s more important than ever to find new and easy ways to reduce our […]

While we are on an environmental awareness roll, check out this wonderful not-for-profit initiative which is gathering speed in Bude from its HQ at our supporting sponsor, Rosie’s Kitchen. Bude-based […]

For anyone who is a fan of the Las Iguanas chain, I noticed today that Bude Sainsbury’s has some of their ready meals, albeit only meat-based ones. I’d seen the […]

Great news from Lidl. I can forgive the typo for the greater good …

From Cornwall Council: There are an estimated one million cases of food poisoning in the UK every year, and without attention to food hygiene, this doesn’t stop during the festive […]

From Cornwall Council: Did you know last January households across Cornwall threw away an extra 2,087 tonnes of… well, to put it bluntly… ‘stuff’? Council waste collection statistics reveal there […]

Morrisons Bude is to hand out free fruit to children in its Stucley Road store, to prevent unsold fruit being thrown away, to offer young people one of their five-a-day, […]

Budehaven wants to help light up the lives of those in our community needing help from the Bude Foodbank this Christmas. So, the school is collecting items for the Foodbank […]

By Ari Winfield: The Gift of Giving: Bude Foodbank collection at The Bude Christmas Fayre   Bude Foodbank will have a collection at the upcoming Bude Christmas Fayre, and they […]

2nd December marks Bude’s Christmas Fayre. As well as treating yourself, why not treat others by making a donation to the Foodbank (now it is at Berries Avenue, for many […]

Rosie’s Kitchen not only sponsors Bude & Beyond website for the benefit of the community (thank you so much, Rosie’s) but is also something of a local institution. It is […]