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Bring a king size appetite to the Lion
6th Nov, 2019. 17:20
MANY visitors to Winterton pass the Lion on their way to their holiday destination.
Sitting on a slope looking over the pretty village of Somerton, it’s only a few minutes’ drive or cycle away from us. We’d heard it ...
Beach owners say no to flying rings after another seal injury
3rd June, 2019. 18:57
INJURIES suffered by a grey seal named after TV favourite Sir David Attenborough have prompted Winterton beach owners to say flying rings are no longer welcome.
The seal released today was rescued by …
What's on the other side of the sea? Winterton's twin!
27th June, 2019. 15:13
IF you’ve ever stood on the beach at Winterton and wondered about the people living over the horizon on the far shore then you need wonder no more. Because some of those people shared the same curiosity ...
All aflutter over hoopoe
19th April, 2019. 15:14
AN exotic visitor from warmer climes caused a bit of a flap in Winterton during April The wide variety of birds that can be seen in the dunes, along with the little tern colony that nests on the beach ...
Pilot of the airwaves
25th March, 2019. 19:45
WHEN 16-year-old Brian James shut the front door of his family home and set off for the capital he had no idea where he was going or what was going to happen. What he did know was that by hook or by …
Protecting the dunes
25 Feb 2020, 23.33
NEW rope barriers are being installed on the dunes at Winterton to help preserve them from erosion caused by human beings as well as the sea.
And it is hoped the new fences put up by the Endure project...
Garage sale returns
6 March 2020, 08.48
WINTERTON’S popular garage sale is returning later this spring and it is being timed to coincide with VE Day weekend.
The parish council fundraiser, which was called off last year under a cloud…
New Dish at The Fish
15 March 2020, 15.56
HEARING the Fisherman's Return had given its menu a fresh look with some vegan dishes I thought I'd drop in and try them out.
I'll confess I don't need much of an excuse to go to the pub, but this was...
Seal pup chased to death
15th Dec, 2019. 19.28
A GREY seal pup was chased to its death in the sea off Winterton beach by two boys while their mother looked on.
And a second pup died after it was surrounded by people in the dunes, preventing its mother ...
Park at your peril
21st Jan, 2020. 11.38
OUT in force this morning along Beach Road, a Parking & Civil Enforcement Officer AND the Police dishing out parking tickets.
A year round parking ban was brought in earlier this month, but was ignored
