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ISSUE No. 84 Autumn 2018 £3.20
FOR ALL THOSE WHO LOVE EXMOOR, NORTH DEVON & THE QUANTOCKS
Food & Farming
South Molton Wool Depot It’s Goat to be Perfect North Devon Boat Cafés Recipes from Tarr Farm Hedgerow Harvest
Quantock Hills
Quantock Lodge Garden Portrait of the Landscape Fyne Court Circular Walk Quantock Ponies
People & Places
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AUTUMN DIARY low-impact woodland management ARTS NEWS
Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd
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Liz Bradshaw: Bat Detective Pleasure Dome Theatre Company Peter Marren: The Mysterious Moth Brian Duke: Shepherd of Simonsbath Open Water Swimmer Ann Mold
50 Exmoor Magazine is independently owned and run on Exmoor by Naomi Marley, Elaine Pearce and Heather Holt. We are not part of a chain and we are stocked in local shops across Exmoor, the Quantocks and North Devon, along with Co-ops, Waitrose and M&S. The magazine is also available direct. To subscribe please call 0845 224 1203* or go to www.exmoormagazine.co.uk. Published by: Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. Exmoor Magazine, PO Box 117, Ilfracombe, Devon EX34 4AS. T. 0845 224 1203 Website: www.exmoormagazine.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/exmoormagazine Twitter: twitter.com/ExmoorMagazine Instagram: @exmoormagazine #exmoormagazine Subscriptions & Office: Bryan Cath office@exmoormagazine.co.uk / 0845 224 1203 Editor & Designer: Naomi Marley editor@exmoormagazine.co.uk Editorial Director: Elaine Pearce hoaroak.publishing@googlemail.com Assistant Editor: Katy Charge Associate Editor: John Dunscombe Colour Management & Associate Designer: Colin Matthews Website: Mike Bishop & Naomi Marley Advertising Sales: Grant Harrison (Zara Media) T: 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 Š Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without written permission. * Calls cost 5p per call plus 5p per minute after 60s, plus your network access charge.
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Cover: Heather, glorious heather on Holden Down, by John Spurr.
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Contents
Autumn 2018
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NEWS
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FARMING Woolly Yarns
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Michelle Werrett
ACTIVE EXMOOR Exmoor Open Water Swim Ann Mold
29 SEASON OF MELLOW FRUITFULNESS Jane A. Mares 71
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EATING OUT Boat Bites: Watermouth's Storm in a Teacup & Bideford's CafĂŠ Onboard Tony James
TASTE OF EXMOOR It's Goat to be Perfect Mel Roach
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RECIPES Tarr Farm Inn Recipes by Steve Cox
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81 WOODLANDS Low-impact Woodland Management Robin Parker 83
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FOOD NEWS
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ECOLOGY The Mysterious Moth Peter Marren
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LANDSCAPES The Quantock Hills
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EQUINE A Love Affair with Quantock Ponies
Peter Haggett
WALKING Goathurst & Broomfield
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GARDENS Quantock Lodge
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CHILDREN'S PAGES Uncle Willow's Canal Trip
Julian Gurney
Amy Cater, Tozers
PROPERTY Why Sell by 'Informal Tender?'
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HOMES Seated in Tradition
Napoleon Wilcox, Webbers
Paul Hackman
ARTS Pleasure Dome Theatre Company Sandy Francis
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Liz Elmont
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NATURE DIARY Things That Go Bump, Boom & Creak in the Night
PLANNING LAW Tree Preservation Orders
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Endymion Beer
CROSSWORD Bryan Cath
AUTUMN DIARY Compiled by Katy Charge
FINAL PAWS The Shepherd of Simonsbath: Brian Duke Mary Bromiley
Sue Viccars
Rosemary FitzGerald
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PROFILE Liz Bradshaw: Bat Detective Victoria Eveleigh
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