November has been a precious, quieter month whilst time is taken to review and plan. We are organising ourselves ready for a busy festive period in the pub with Christmas plans well under way and a delicious and carefully thought through December pub food menu, including some tasty light lunch options, created by Dan our chef and Amber, sous chef.

Meanwhile back by popular demand the Murder Mystery night was a massive, sell-out success with the Moonstone Theatre Company entertaining and a delicious three course meal served up for guests to enjoy. The pub was packed and the evening great fun.  

Our free live music events continue to thrive with the monthly Live Music event run by Paul Painter and Tuesday’s Ukulele group both getting busier - welcome additions to what used to be quieter Monday and Tuesday evenings! November Happy Hour has also livened up a quieter month! 
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This month’s Jim's Quiz Night raised £280 for the Royal British Legion Budleigh branch. Jim calculated that funds raised from the Sir Walter Raleigh Pub Quiz nights  since their start have now exceeded £7,000!

And finally this month for ale lovers we’re delighted to say that we’ve listened to feedback and managed to secure a new supply of Dartmoor Brewery’s popular Jail Ale!

This month the pub was also very proud to feature in Devon Life magazine – a super four page article by journalist Fran McElhone entitled ‘Saving Sir Walter’ detailed our East Devon pub’s journey and successes since it was purchased by the community, in a difficult environment of declining pub numbers. 
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The charity fundraising from Jim’s Big Quiz raised a great £266 for FORCE the superb charity supporting those locally with cancer.   

It has been a very busy and successful summer in the Sir Walter Raleigh pub and great to see how much our wonderful, refurbished outdoor space has been enjoyed over the warmer months! It makes for an attractive, relaxing seating area when the weather’s nice, perfect for those enjoying the outdoors (image).
 
September also saw the pub hosting a number of successful events including our regular well attended Live Music night and a much enjoyed evening with the ‘Shanty Men’ “the original buoy band” of Exmouth performing live music to a great crowd. 
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As ever Jim’s Big Quiz was a huge success, this month with £177 raised for Exeter Leukaemia Fund! This makes a total, to date, of £6,500 has been raised for various charities since the pub quiz started! A huge thank you to Jim and everyone who turns up to enjoy the evenings.