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ISSUE No. 80 Autumn 2017 £3.20
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Hirelings on the Moor Porlock Oyster Festival Trevor Beer: Sadly Missed Atlantic Botanic at Braunton Artist Caroline McMillan Davey
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Contents
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NEWS Including a tribute to Trevor Beer, MBE
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COMMUNITY Apples of Their Eye: Community Orchards of West Somerset
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Cover: Parasol mushroom,Winsford, (www.juliaamies-greenphotography.co.uk).
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Peter Marren & Pat Wolseley
RECIPES The Joy of Ceps (& Other Wild Mushrooms) Ian Jarmarkier, Streamcombe Farm
Tony James
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ECOLOGY The Mysteries of Fungi
Food News Two New Ventures by Adrian Tierney-Jones
WELLBEING Ostlers Cider Mill Elaine Pearce
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ACTIVE EXMOOR A View to Thrill Compiled by Naomi Marley
NATURE DIARY Autumn Favourites Julian Gurney
CHILDREN'S PAGE Uncle Willow's Woodland Picture Quiz Endymion Beer
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ARTS Caroline McMillan Davey: The Light and The Land
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GARDENS Atlantic Botanic at Braunton
Mel Roach
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IN THE STABLEYARD Exmoor: The Riding Playground of England Michelle Werrett
Brendon Hills Special
Rosemary FitzGerald
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EXMOOR PONY NEWS ROUNDUP LAWHORSE The Potential Pitfalls of Selling
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COUNTRY MATTERS Greater Spotted Woodpecker by the late Trevor Beer
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Jill Headford
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GARDEN NOTES Somerset Rare Plants Group
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Bryan Cath
Rosemary FitzGerald
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INTERIORS Three Tiny Retreats Compiled by Naomi Marley
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Compiled by Katy Charge
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LANDSCAPES The Brendon Hills Rob Wilson-North
CROSSWORD AUTUMN DIARY FINAL PAWS Catwalk Stars
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PAST TIMES Mining Communities of the Brendons Garrick Mound, West Somerset
Mineral Line Association
Victoria Eveleigh
97 PROPERTY Exmoor Gardens: A Colourful Assortment Simon Zeal
57 WALKING A Monksilver & Sampford Brett Circular Sue Viccars 77
62 FARMING Roscoe & Tara Wright at Castle Hill Farm Jane A. Mares
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