Content
Welcome to the
Challacombe Community Association website. Witness a wealth of material
collected over the years from different sources. Sections devoted to history,
location,local business,photographic galleries,audio archives,farming
and much more are featured on this site. We hope you find the content of these pages both interesting and informative.The website is owned and maintained by the Challacombe Community Association. This is very much an embryonic site so please keep visiting it in order to see new content as it is added.
Archives
The archive of photographs has been collected from a variety
of sources. We are not aware of copyright on any of the images but are
happy to acknowledge it if this is not the case. Aside from the monochrome
archive there is a brand new gallery that captures the incredible array
of insects, flora and fauna found on one Challacombe farm. The photographs Flora
& Fauna Gallery...were taken by local naturalist Sue Kneen who
has identified and catalogued this diverse range of Exmoor life.
Panorama
To the casual eye the village
consists of a pub,post office and a few isolated farms. Hidden from
view is a modern village in old clothing. Now see the village as never
seen before. An almost aerial view of the village can now be seen by
downloading the panorama. The Panorama...
was produced on a windy November afternoon in 2006 at
very short notice. It was shot with a Nikon digital camera above Weirscombe, resulting in sixteen overlapping shots that
were welded together in Photoshop.
To view the panorama you will either need to download the DevalVR plug-in
or go to the QuickTime version or Flash version links below. The
plug-in has been exhaustively checked for bugs and spyware and is safe
to download; users will need to enable Javascript & Active
X components. A small menu in the bottom left hand of the downloaded panorama screen
allows for incremental zooming, along with other tools. By right
clicking on the panorama there are other options available, including
a viewfinder that will zoom in on a particular area of the panorama
whilst maintaining the focus of the rest of it. Please be patient
whilst downloading as this is a large file. The original started
life as a nearly 300mb image file that was eventually condensed down
to about 5mb. A broadband connection is advised to view the panorama.
An alternative download in QuickTime is now available. Please click
the following link QuickTime
Panorama... click on your
left mouse and take a near 360 degree spin through Challacombe. Press
F11 for full screen - press F11 again to return to normal view mode. Alternatively
download the Flash
Panorama... here. Right click on the landscape and keep zooming in to bring
it into focus and then pan round manually.
Events
For a small village,Challacombe has a busy schedule of events
throughout the year.Sheepdog Trials,the annual charity Cricket...match,the village gala and much more.
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improvements.
