Bumper issue includes Exmoor Weddings Special
EXMOOR THE COUNTRY MAGAZINE www.theexmoormagazine.com
ISSUE No. 54 Spring 2011 £2.95
A season to explore wildflower beauty deep lanes discovered Bishop’s Nympton walk
PLUS Kayak COMP! Win a FATYAK
Wild Crime Champions of Cheese Our Local Livestock Heritage Quantocks & Exmoor on Canvas
A Lynmouth Model Exmoor Youth Club Hares Planting for Pollination
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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. Thanks to Endymion Beer, Hilary Binding, Cindy Cowling and Malcolm Watts for help with deliveries. Cover: Brown hare by Andy Stuthridge. www.andystuthridgenatureimages.co.uk This image was taken in fields near Blackmoor Gate in April.
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Contents Spring 2011 4
In the News
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Farming Talk: Exmoor's Livestock Heritage
by Michelle Werrett
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Profile: Tim Prosser by Elaine Pearce
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Deep Lanes Discovered
by Jane Mares
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Exmoor Community Youth Club
Sandy Francis braves the rain and heads for Exford
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Country Matters: Hare Today
Trevor Beer
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Photographer's Exmoor Up close and personal with Andy Stuthridge's wildflowers
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Your Local Force: A Beat off the Beaten Track
Miriam Brown looks at policing on Exmoor
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An Exmoor Wedding
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Books: News & Reviews
Heather Holt explores what a truly local wedding can mean here on Exmoor
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Eating Out: The Black Venus Inn, Challacombe
Well Being: South Molton's Personal Best
Adrian Tierney-Jones
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Elaine Pearce
Reader offers & competitions Game Fair tickets & Kate Lynch print to be won when you subscribe online
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See page 6.
Getting Married? Win a beautiful 'Photo-love-letter'. See page 45.
Win £20 in our crossword competition. See page 91.
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Discounted Exmoor Horn lamb packs. See page 17.
Love Canoeing? WIN A FABULOUS FATYAK! 20 57
Taste of Exmoor: Champions of Cheese
by Simon Dawson with photographs by Andy Hobbs
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Cheesy Recipes
Bob Deville
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Active Exmoor: A Whirlpool Romance with Canoeing
Malcolm Rigby
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Arts: The Quantock & Exmoor Paintings of Clare DuVergier
Naomi Cudmore
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Property
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Em’s Garden Notes
James Green
Planting for Pollination
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Interiors: The Landmark Trust's Anderton House
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Walking: Bishop's Nympton and Mariansleigh
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In the Stableyard: The Exmoor Firebirds & Golden Horseshoe
Sue Viccars
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My Favourite Horse
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Endymion Beer’s Family Page
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Crossword
With Uncle Willow
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Exmoor Diary
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Gardens: North Devon Hospice
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Final Paws
Rosemary Lauder
Cindy Cowling
Sophy McIntosh and Toffee
Tortie Eveleigh visits Brian Imeson and his guidedogs Enton and Yorkie
Wedding
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