Watchet, Williton and Quantock Advertiser, January 2020

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January 2020 Issue 129

2 JANUARY 2020 

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Dear Readers. 

Some handy travel apps 

Welcome to 2020! I hope you had an exciting Christmas with lots of techy items. 

Having been away over Christmas I thought it might be a good time to look at my 

top four free and paid for travel apps. 

SkyScanner First we have to find some flights. This fab app can locate not only the 

flight times and prices but can also with a little filtering, show you the cheapest 

flights for the whole month. This is useful if you have holiday to take and aren't 

sure when would be best. 

Kayak Similar to booking.com and hotels.com but combined power. Great for 

searching for last minutes breaks as well as looking for train prices. All in one 

please! 

FlightRadar24 There are two versions. One is free and limited and the other for 

just a few pounds is an upgrade to the all singing, all dancing app. The full version 

will allow you to point your camera at a plane in the sky for it to be identified 

(useful if you want to see which plane is coming in to land and if it’s time to go to 

the airport), live arrivals and departure boards, plane type, and my favourite is 

where the aircraft is and how fast it is going! 

Google Translate I know this seems obvious but did you know the translate app 

can also translate signs on the fly? I was in Madrid a few months back and 

although my Spanish is reasonable I could not for the life of me understand a sign 

at the station. Point the camera and instantly you know what the sign is about. The 

added ‘bonus’ for Google Translate is firstly you can download a dictionary for 

offline translations (if you don’t mind typing things in) and secondly with a data 

connection you can also voice translate. It will not only translate and dictate in the 

required language but will also reverse translate to you into English. That’s very 

handy! 

As always, if you have any queries or questions, please do get in touch at 

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At Exmoor Eyecare we pride ourselves in 

supplying quality glasses at great prices. 

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two-year guarantee, for your peace of mind. 

Our package deals for spectacles and 

sunglasses offer excellent value. 

Pop in and see your local experts for 

friendly help and advice, or call one of 

the practices to book an appointment. 

3 The Parks, Minehead. 01643 702983 

55 Swain Street, Watchet. 01984 634140 

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WE OFFER FIRST CLASS WORK 

FREE ESTIMATES 

Tree Surgery / Wood Chipping 

Fencing : Patios : Hedges 

Ponds : Lawns : Turfing : Decking 

Driveway Restoration (any material) 

Stonewall Cladding 

ALL WORK CONSIDERED AND PRICED 

Wildlife in winter 

Here's how you can lend a helping hand to 

wildlife in winter: 

Feeding birds in winter Birds may have 

difficulty finding normal food in winter. To 

help them stay strong leave out extra food. 

Helping badgers in severe weather Badgers 

don't hibernate but do sleep through most 

of the severe weather. Nibbles such as 

lightly cooked meats, cheese, peanuts and 

fruit would be welcome. 

Help stock a squirrel's store Squirrels store 

food to eat when food is scarce. To help 

squirrels offer hazelnuts, walnuts and 

almonds, plus chopped apple, beans, 

carrots or spinach. 

Melting frozen ponds Toxic gases can build 

up in frozen ponds killing fish or frogs which 

may be hiding at the bottom. If you have a 

pond check it every day for ice. 

https://www.rspca.org.uk/ 

Blooming Good Gift Idea from 

St Margaret’s Hospice 

If you are looking for an inspiring gift idea for a 

keen gardener’s birthday, mother’s day present or 

Easter, St Margaret’s Hospice has launched its 

2020 Glorious Gardens Season Ticket. 

Priced £25, the season ticket gives entry to all of 

the gardens taking part in their 40th anniversary 

season with a wide variety of gardens throughout 

the county, from Porlock and Exmoor, To Yeovil 

and Wincanton and all places in between! 

Susan Bickle, the scheme coordinator said ‘ 

The season tickets make very popular gift, offering 

a whole summer of gardens visits, while 

contributing to a wonder local charity ’ The tickets 

are available now, with the brochure being mailed 

out in early March. 

You can order your season tickets online at the St 

Margaret’s Hospice Website here : 

http://bit.ly/glorious-gardens-20 or by contacting 

Susan on 01935 709182, and paying over the 

phone. 



Regal to benefit from Co-op 

Local Community Fund 

The Co-op in Minehead has chosen the Regal 

Theatre to benefit from their Local Community 

Fund for one year until October 2020 – a whole 

year of opportunity to help raise funds for our 

much-loved community theatre. If past 

beneficiaries are a guide we could raise more 

than £3,000 through the scheme – BUT this 

depends heavily on your help! 

The best way you and your friends can help build 

our share of the funding pot is by ensuring your 

Co-op membership card is registered at the Coop 

website (www.coop.co.uk/register) and by 

clicking on the charity you want to support, or 

you can call 0800 023 4708 or pop in to the Coop. 

Your membership number is on the reverse 

of your Co-op card – and, if you are not already a 

member, you can join for just £1 – just ask at the 

Minehead Coop or visit 

https://membership.coop.co.uk/newregistration 

Every time you use your membership card to buy 

Co-op own brand products, along with 

unbranded things like fruit and vegetables, 5% of 

the money you spend goes into your 

membership account for you and, on top of that, 

a further 1% of your spend goes to support your 

chosen cause – i.e. the Regal. 

So, do please: 

Register your Co-op membership card – or 

become a member if you are not already one 

Select your chosen charity at 

www.coop.co.uk/local-causes 

Use your membership card enthusiastically – and 

encourage family and friends to do so too! 

Thank you – and thanks too to the Co-op Local 

Community Fund Team for choosing the Regal 

Theatre as one of their 2019/20 charities. 

https://regaltheatre.co.uk/about/lift-off-appeal/ 

LEE ROAD, LYNTON EX35 6HW 

Booking/Enquiries: 01598 753397 

www.lyntoncinema.org.uk 

Adults £5.00 Senior Citizens £4.50 Children £3.00 

Please note films are subject to change 

Friday 3 January for 7 days at 2.30pm and 8.00pm 

CARRIE FISHER, MARK HAMILL 

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF 

SKYWALKER (2019) After Palpatine 

mysteriously returns, the Resistance faces the First 

Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker 

saga. 12A 142 minutes 

Friday 10 January for 7 days at 8.00pm 

Matinees Saturday 11, Sunday 12, Monday 13 at 2.30pm 

EMMA WATSON, MERYL STREEP 

LITTLE WOMEN (2019) Jo March reflects back 

and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the 

March sisters – four young women each determined 

to live life on their own terms. PG 135 minutes 


Matinees Saturday 18, Sunday 19, Monday 20 at 2.30pm 

TAYLOR SWIFT, JUDI DENCH 

Based on the stage musical 

CATS (2019) A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must 

decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside 

Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. 

PG 110 minutes 


Matinee Monday 27 January at 2.30pm 

BENEDICT CUMBERBACH, COLIN FIRTH 

1917 (2019) Two young British soldiers during the 

first World War are given an impossible mission, 

deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will 

stop 1,600 men and one of the soldier’s brothers from 

walking straight into a deadly trap. 15 119 minutes 


Matinee Monday 3 February at 2.30pm 

THOMASIN MCKENZIE, SCARLETT JOHANSSON 

JOJO RABBIT (2019) A young boy in Hitler’s 

army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in 

their home. 12A 118 minutes 

COMING SOON: 

THE PRIVATE LIFE OF DAVID COPPERFIELD 

PETER RABBIT 2 


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