A SCARECROW modelled on Sir Francis Drake is pictured above outside the Drake Manor Inn, Buckland Monachorum, with its creators, licensee Mandy Robinson and Garth Redgrave, and locals, before departing to the Garden House for an eagerly anticipated scarecrow festival. The festival will be open to the public from this Saturday until August 31, from 10.30am to 5pm, daily. A total of 53 scarecrows created and designed by local schools, charities and businesses will be on show. For more information visit http://www.thegardenhouse.org.uk">www.thegardenhouse.org.uk