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Illustrated talk: :Follow the Plough by Les Davies MBE FRGS

Where

Somer Centre, Midsomer Norton BA3 2UH

What

Culture

When

4 Nov 2025

Tuesday 4 November

Illustrated talk: :Follow the Plough by Les Davies MBE FRGS

Come along on Tuesday 4th November to the Somer Centre, Midsomer Norton. Doors open at 7pm. Presentation 7:30-8:30pm. No booking required. Entry £5 on the door cash or card. Free car parking outside the hall. All funds raised go to Radstock Museum charity no 1151573.

Les has spent his entire life working on the Mendips in orchards and on the land through a period of great change in the countryside and ways of working within it. He was awarded an MBE for services to the environment in 2005 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is also famous for his locally published monthly column entitled Westcountryman's Diary in the Mendip Times. 

For Radstock Museum's Bygone Days final presentation of this year, Les will give an illustrated presentation about his lifetime, full of colourful stories, and wise words as he reflects on how he has managed to endure the tougher times and embrace change. The last words in book, Follow the Plough are, " The best time to be living is right now."  

Come along on Tuesday 4th November to the Somer Centre, Midsomer Norton. Doors open at 7pm. Presentation 7:30-8:30pm. No booking required. Entry £5 on the door cash or card. Free car parking outside the hall. All funds raised go to Radstock Museum charity no 1151573. Copies of Les' book will be available. 

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