From 6am this morning, the budget hotel chain Travelodge began offering up rooms for just a tenner, but hurry as the rooms are likely to sell out fast.

£10 rooms apply to bookings from 1st September to 31st December right around the country and with 460 hotels to chose from, why not grab yourself a bargain and get away for a well deserved and very cheap break?

For more details, see the Travelodge web site.

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Whether you’re scene is country music or headline acts such as Magic Numbers and Idlewild, there’s something here for you.

Creetown Country Music Festival in Southern Scotland
If country music is more your scene, then the Creetown Country Music Festival is one of the best around, soon to be in its 15th Year.

Based in Creetown, South West Scotland, the entire festival is run by volunteers thus ensuring it stays as far away from the commercial festival scene as possible. Each year brings top country music bands to the small Scottish town.

Alongside the bands, there’s other favourites such as line dancing which normally takes place in the middle of the town, and plenty of people taking themselves very un-seriously dressed up as cowboys / cowgirls.

Date: Exact date to be announced, but usually end of September.

Loopallu in Ullapool, Invernessshire
For a small festival in a remote location, Loopallu really does attract the big names such as Paolo, Magic Numbers, Turin Brakes, Idlewild to name just a few in 2010.

Located on the shores of Loch Broom in North West Scotland, the Loopallu festival is billed as “Like a family reunion you actually want to go to”, and with headline acts of this quality and a grand Scottish welcome, this might be the best way to end the festival season.

Book early as tickets are likely to disappear very fast.

16th and 17th September 2011.

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Victoria Wood will launch the Potter Places Treasure Trail at 10am on 28th July 2011, at the World of Beatrix Potter Attraction, which she opened to the public in 1991. Victoria will unveil the special event map and the event web page hosted on the GoLakes website, which will reveal 35 Potter associated locations dotted around Cumbria.

For those who take part there will be over £5,000 worth of fantastic prizes up for grabs; the top prize is worth £2,000 a limited edition presentation set of Gold Sovereign coins minted in 1991, the year the Attraction opened as well as a basket of Peter Rabbit collectibles. There will also be five runners up prizes worth over £500 each, which includes a limited edition sculpture, created by world renowned Sheffield based sculptor Anthony Bennett as well as a basket of Peter Rabbit collectibles.

The 35 locations chosen all have a link with Beatrix – one of Lakeland’s most famous residents in some shape or form, either property she owned, locations that interpret her life and work, shows she judged at or properties relatives owned. Each of the locations chosen has a points value associated with it, the easier to get to locations are worth five, the moderately difficult are worth 10 and the difficult are worth 20 points. By establishing a minimum point’s requirement (50 points) to enter the event its means you can collect as few or as many points as you like and where possible; you can join in by foot, by bike, by boat, or bus to minimise impact on the local area.

At each location there will be a way-marker indicating the point’s value of that location, the identification number for that location and a control punch, which the participant will need to use to clip their entry form with, alongside the relevant control number. All participants have to do is collect a minimum of 50 points and then either post their completed form to the World of Beatrix Potter Attraction marked for the attention of the Events Team or drop it into the attraction foyer and pop it in the specially designated post-box.

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Waterway festivals are a good way to get the feel of, and speak to, people who, not only holiday on the waterways, but live and work on them. You can view narrowboats and other watercraft, get advice on handling, what routes to take, which hire company, etc. – all very useful when considering this type of holiday, especially if you are new to boating.

For over 20 years our family has enjoyed canal holidays and in my opinion it is simply the best way to see our countryside. When I was introduced to narrowboat holidays by my in-laws, it reminded me of a giant log flume you find at theme parks, which have displays of various aspects of life in the UK.
Drifting through open farmland, small quaint villages, woodland, long tunnels, lochs, remote countryside and city centres. Past lots of real ale public houses and eating places. Over impressive aqueducts and under huge railway bridges… the canals have it all. Well, they would, they have been with us for over 200 years. That fact alone makes this type of holiday fascinating and relaxing, and an adventure for all the family, including the dog.

People come from all over the globe to holiday on our waterways, some every year. Modern boats are not cold and draughty like many people think. Central heating, microwaves, CD players – all the things you would expect to find in a house – are there for your comfort.

But do not think for a minute that waterway festivals only cater for those looking at boats. There is something there for all the family, so click on the link above and consider exploring the UK and seeing it from another angle.

Paul Ost is Creator of the Save Our Canals & Waterways Facebook group.

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Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the 70 acres of gardens around the castle as well as the castle itself, dating back to the medieval age. There is also the chance to view the wide variety of owls within the World Owl Centre. Activities also include the MeadowVole Maze, Muncaster interactive and “Heron Happy Hour”. This part of the festival will be held on the 27th – 29th August from 11am – 5pm and ticket prices range from £7 – £33 and discounts are available if bought in advance.

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Chilli will not be the only source of entertainment, though. Live music will be played on both days of the festival from the Milnthorpe Steel Band and Paul Garbonzo (from America) will be performing his many different specialities of entertainment such as fire eating and juggling. There will be a showcase of salsa dancing and participation is encouraged. There are also games of croquet if any of the visitors would prefer to participate in this instead. All visitors are free to explore the famous gardens of Levens Hall featuring distinctive topiary, a rose garden and fountain garden, ornamental vegetables, a herb garden and the orchard.

There will be activities available to children such as face painting and a chilli trail in one of the many gardens of Levens Hall, run by the gardening team, or children can just simply play in the adventure playground or the willow labyrinth.

Entry for the Lakes Chilli Festival 2011 is £10 (paid in cash only) per adult which includes access to the topiary gardens. Access for children is free. No dogs are allowed entry except for guide/assistance dogs.

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Rene Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist who wasn’t really that well received by the rather stuffy art world back in his day (he died in 1967), but his legacy lives on in paintings such as the man with the apple in front of his face, more officially known as Son of Man.

If you look closer at the advertising world, there are a lot of examples of Magritte’s work out there which is why the Tate Gallery in Liverpool have created an entire exhibition about him. This is especially fitting as although so far as we can tell he never lived in Liverpool, the aforementioned apple picture was said to have inspired The Beatles to form Apple records.

The BBC has a video report detailing the life and works of one of the most famous unknown artists in modern history – BBC on Magritte.

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Also featured is an anime zone with a few famous voice actors and comic artists and writers, along with a costuming zone for those who have a taste in cos-play, or just love dressing as their favourite superhero or villain. Even a steam punk zone has been newly added to this huge mixture of events as the convention becomes even more popular with each year.

For those of you who love to spend your life’s earnings, there is also a enormous market hall, where numerous stalls will be displaying countless merchandise from around Europe and the USA, including comic books, toys, t-shirts and even original movie props and costumes used in feature films.

Tickets range from £3 – £15 on Saturday and Sunday, and £5 for the preview night on Friday. The opening and closing times of the event are 6pm – 9pm on Friday and 11am – 6pm on both Saturday and Sunday.

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Chefs at the Wensleydale Heifer in West Witton, North Yorkshire, broke the record which was previously held in the US, by serving up 40lb of prime halibut fillet coated in Black Sheep beer batter, 60lb of handcut chips and quite a lot of mushy peas as a side order.

The new record has been verified by Guinness World Records and so today the villagers of West Witton are able to tuck into what might become their new regional dish…unless of course they never want to see another chip by tomorrow.

The previous record holders were the Black Rose Restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts who served up 34lbs of fish and 44lbs of chips, but as we all know, only the Brits can really do fish n’ chips properly.

All donations from the record breaking dish is going to Help the Heroes. The record attempt even made it onto the BBC news web site [video].

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The year’s festivities begin with the “Landing of the Oysters” and colourful Oyster Parade through the town, followed by street entertainment, dancing, music, seaside entertainment and more.

More heritage is on display later in the week with the ceremonial pageantry of the “Blessing of the Waters” and children will be constructing hundreds of oyster shell “grotters”. Grotters are lit by candles after the Blessing of the Waters to provide an enchanting night-time display.

Thanks to a Local Food Grant from the Big Lottery Fund the Festival’s food and drink EPICentre will have a special focus on local foods in 2011. Local food has always been the major part of the EPICentre but this year there will be a number of new elements including free food demonstrations and tastings such as the Champagne Master Classes from Taittinger on Saturday 23rd July.

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