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ISSUE No. 88 Autumn 2019 £3.20
FOR ALL THOSE WHO LOVE EXMOOR, NORTH DEVON & THE QUANTOCKS
People & Places
Artist Tess Armitage Barnstaple Ability Football Moorland Pantry, Lynton Cato Polls at Stogumber
Wild and Beautiful
Special Features
Tarr Steps Picture Quiz Stay in a Handmade Treehouse Jane Mares' Exmoor Autumn Four Seasons in the Deep Lanes
GENTLE HORSEMANSHIP AT BOSSINGTON ARTS NEWS
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North Devon Coast: Geology and Lighthouses The Dunster Path Walk with Brockwell History Exclusive: Photographer Ernest Kille's Somerset Archive
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Cover: October dawn at Prayway Head by Rob Hatton.
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Contents
Autumn 2019
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NEWS
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TASTE Moorland Pantry
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AUTUMN OF THE UPLANDS
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Mel Roach
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RECIPES Quince Honey Farm Treats Michael Stone and Pam Shepherd
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FOOD NEWS
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DOWN MEMORY LANE Chris and Dee Binnie at Brockwell
Jane A. Mares
PROFILE Clement Ernest Kille Jeff Cox
FARMING Jonathan Moorhouse and the Cato Poll Herefords Laura Hogevold
Tony James
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WALKING Horner Wood and the Dunster Path Sue Viccars
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COAST Geology of the North Devon Coast
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NATURE DIARY Lights by the Sea
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CHILDREN'S PICTURE QUIZ Uncle Willow & Ginger Tigger go Bird Watching Endymion Beer
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LANDSCAPES Four Seasons in the Deep Lanes Rosemary FitzGerald and
Julia Amies-Green
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PLANNING LAW Planning to Work from Home?
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ARTS Tess Armitage
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Jenny Carey-Wood
Julian Gurney
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ECOLOGY Climate Change and Phenology Robin Offer
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TREETOP ESCAPES Ravendere and Pickwell Tony James
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PROPERTY Working the Dream
Bridget Froud, Seddons
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Amy Cater, Tozers
Mel Roach
WELLBEING Jolly Dollies Avril Stone
GARDEN NOTES GardeningBoxes Rosemary FitzGerald
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IN THE STABLEYARD Cathy Powell and Rod Smith: Exmoor Riding at the Owl and Hawk Centre
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SPORT Football Meets Philanthropy Avril Stone
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Bryan Cath
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Cindy Cowling
CROSSWORD AUTUMN DIARY Compiled by Katy Charge
FINAL PAWS Painting or Photo? Mary Bromiley
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