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ISSUE No. 76 Autumn 2016 £3.20
LITTLE BOB IN AUTUMN
CLAVELSHAY RECIPES
down memory lane
Chi Running Watchet’s Pierhead Painter Dorn Therapy Cider Making in North Devon Exmoor’s Medieval Bridges Holidays Past Project Ilfracombe Harbour
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Cover Girl: Springer Alice! Abbie Westcott & Miller Surfboards From the Wild Earth: Artist Jonathan Walker Sir Ranulph Fiennes on his Global Reach Challenge
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Contents
Autumn 2016
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NEWS & COVER STORY
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FARMING Abbie Westcott
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Cover: See pages 9 and 111-112.
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Cindy Cowling
TASTE OF EXMOOR North Devon's Cider Tradition Melanie Terrell
TOAST OF EXMOOR Secret Orchard Adrian Tierney Jones
RECIPES From Clavelshay Barn Olivier Certain
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LUNCH Charlie Friday's Elaine Pearce
DOWN MEMORY LANE Holidays Past Louise Reynolds
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PROFILE SPECIAL Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Global Reach Challenge
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WALKING 'Because it's there' Sue Viccars scales the
Quantock heights
Tony James
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LITTLE BOB IN AUTUMN
Jane A. Mares
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PROFILE Ellie Miller
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Mel Roach
ACTIVE EXMOOR Chi Running Malcolm Rigby
WELLBEING Dorn Method Jane Alexander
COUNTRY MATTERS The Water Vole Trevor Beer
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UNCLE WILLOW Ilfracombe Harbour Endymion Beer
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COASTAL HISTORY Tragic Loss of Life Off Watchet & Watchet's Pierhead Painter
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PROPERTY Buying Extra Land
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Equine News
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LAWHORSE Horse Insurance: Jill Headford
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Victoria Eveleigh
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Compiled by Katy Charge
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IN THE STABLEYARD Celia Braund AUTUMN DIARY FINAL PAWS Entertaining Alice Mary Bromiley
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Maurice Chidgey
Bridget Froud
CROSSWORD Bryan Cath
LANDSCAPES Exmoor's Medieval Bridges Mary Siraut
GARDENS Green Inspiration Rosemary FitzGerald
GARDEN NOTES Spring Colour Sheila Dearing
ARTS From the Wild Earth: Jonathan Walker Mel Roach
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