For everyone who loves Exmoor, the Quantocks & surrounding area
EXMOOR THE COUNTRY MAGAZINE www.theexmoormagazine.com
ARTS & Culture Somerset Art Weeks
Ten Parishes Festival Devon Open Studios
ISSUE No. 56 Autumn 2011 £2.95
FREE INSIDE!
Food Festival Map & 16 extra pages
Timber!
Nettlecombe Oak Woodland Playschemes Children’s Leaf Trail
WIN PRIZES A kayak, a five-star break and tickets to see the Spanish Riding School of Vienna! Geocaching BAMPTON D J Miles ARAB HORSES Farmers’ Markets GARDENS
48 Published by Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd Address: Exmoor The Country Magazine, PO Box 281, Parracombe, Devon EX31 4WW Tel: 0845 224 1203 Email: hoaroak.publishing@googlemail.com www.theexmoormagazine.com facebook: Exmoor Magazine twitter: ExmoorMagazine Editor & Designer: Naomi Cudmore naomi@naomicudmore.co.uk/ www.naomicudmore.co.uk Editorial Director: Elaine Pearce hoaroak.publishing@googlemail.com Website & Distribution: Heather Holt theexmoormagazine@gmail.com Subscriptions and Office Manager: Sue South Consultant Editor: Hilary Binding Colour Management: Colin Matthews Advertising Sales: Zara Media: Grant Harrison, Susie Walker. Tel: 01392 201227; email: info@zaramedia.co.uk Printing: Warner Midlands PLC, Bourne IMPORTANT NOTICE We do our best to ensure that all advertisements and articles appear correctly. We cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage caused directly or indirectly by this publication. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher or editor. Copyright © Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without written permission. We welcome contributions that fit into the magazine’s general ethos but, whilst every care is taken, all such material is sent entirely at the sender’s risk. Cover: Exmoor Pony by Adam Burton. www.adamburtonphotography.com The caption to last issue's cover image should have read: Holdstone Down looking towards Combe Martin.
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Contents
Autumn 2011
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In the News
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Farming Talk: The Future of Our Farmers' Markets
by Tony James
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Profile: Derek Miles by Malcolm Rigby
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Country Matters: The Red Kite
by Trevor Beer
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Indian Summer
Jane Mares
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Bampton's Daily Bread
Frances Nicholson
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Eating Out: The Poltimore Arms
Adrian Tierney-Jones
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Taste of Exmoor: On Fire About Food Simon Dawson extols the virtues of smoking
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Smoked Recipes
Anne Petch of Heal Farm
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A Brace of Food Walks
Bryan Cath covers two of the Exmoor Food Festival's Food Walks: Selworthy Beacon to Hindon Farm and Tarr Steps via Winsford Hill
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Environment
Tim Stokes explains the Low Carbon Exmoor project
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The Arts
Somerset Art Weeks, Ten Parishes Festival & Devon Open Studios
Competitions! Win two tickets to see the
Spanish Riding School! Plus winter woollies, prizes from the West Somerset Railway & Monkton Elm Garden Centre when you subscribe for yourself or as a gift on our website!
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See page 6.
Win a Five-Star Break at The Heatherville B&B
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See page 10.
Love Canoeing? WIN A FABULOUS FATYAK! See page 64.
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Win £20 in our crossword competition. See page 88.
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Nettlecombe Oak & Somerset's Gabriel
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Interiors: Living for Colour
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In the Stableyard: The Arabian Horse on Exmoor
by Sandy Francis
Elaine Pearce meets the Jelleys
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The Woodland Play Centre at Crowcombe
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Books: News & Reviews
Compiled by Hilary Binding
Mel Roach
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My Favourite Horse
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Garden Notes
Past Times: The Museum of Somerset
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Kevin Croucher on pruning for autumn
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Crossword
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Endymion Beer’s Family Page
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Well Being
Hilary Binding
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Gardens: The Walled Gardens of Cannington
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Active Exmoor: Geocaching
Laura Holt
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Property
Bridget Froud
Uncle Willow in the woods
Rosemary Lauder
Ruth Reynolds asks what happens as our parents approach older age?
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Exmoor Diary
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Final Paws
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Cindy Cowling
Victoria Eveleigh meets Search & Rescue dogs Rusty and Storm
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