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ISSUE No. 63 Summer 2013 £2.95
40 COMMANDO
SWEET PEAS
Ranger Julian Gurney Albert Beer’s Shear Exmoor A portrait of Somerset village cricket
Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd
WILD EXMOOR Moorland bugs & birds Living off grid in Devon On safari & under canvas
Ian Cryer ROI: Painting a Year on Exmoor
56 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 Website: www.exmoormagazine.co.uk Facebook: Exmoor Magazine twitter: ExmoorMagazine Editor & Designer: Naomi Cudmore naomi@lighthousecommunications.co.uk/ www.lighthousecommunications.co.uk Editorial Director: Elaine Pearce hoaroak.publishing@googlemail.com Assistant Editor: Katy Charge Associate Editor: John Dunscombe Website: Mike Bishop & Naomi Cudmore Subscriptions & Office Manager: Sue South: admin@theexmoormagazine.com Colour Management & Associate Designer: 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.
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Contents
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Summer 2013
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In the News
15
40 Commando
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Farming Talk: Shear Exmoor
21
Young Farmers
Ellen Cowling & Bee Hobbs
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Profile: Julian Gurney
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Small Lives that Shimmer
Jane A. Mares
29
Eating Out: The Hood Arms, Kilve
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The late Albert Beer
Jennette Baxter
Taste of Exmoor: Herb Farms Mel Roach
24
Cover photograph: The punchbowl in August by Andrew Wheatley (www.andrewwheatleyphotography.com) 91
Recipes: The delicate flavours of sunshine Lucas Hollweg
D.R. Loadman LT, RN
Adrian Tierney Jones
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Time for Devon wine lists everywhere!
Roger White
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Environment: The Bulworthy Project Mel Roach
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Walking: Ilfracombe and points west
Sue Viccars
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Coast: Salty Sea Dogs, The Watchet Liveaboards
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Interiors: Swain House Boutique B&B
Tony James
Jason and Annie Robinson
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Property: Methods of sale
David Lethaby
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Photographer's Exmoor: Moor and more birds
Andy Stuthridge, with words by Trevor Beer
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Family Page: Uncle Willow explores Exmoor underfoot
63
Active Exmoor: A stroll around Somerset Cricket
Stephen Edmonds
67
On Safari
Tony James
71
New business: Longlands Safari Lodges
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Books: News & reviews
Endymion Beer
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Country Matters: Nightjar Moments
Trevor Beer
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Well Being: Dr Gavin Haig Elaine Pearce
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Garden Notes: Sweet Peas
Sheila Dearing
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Gardens: Court House
Rosemary Lauder
91 In the Stableyard: New Para Equestrian Endurance Class and Lyddonscroft Horse Transport Cindy Cowling
Hilary Binding
93
Jill Headford
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The Arts: A year on Exmoor
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Compiled by Heather Holt
Ian Cryer, ROI
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81 Crossword Bryan Cath
Lawhorse: Loaning Your Horse Exmoor Diary Final Paws: Pip the Duck Dog Mary Bromiley
Images here (with page numbers to indicate feature location), courtesy as follows: 22, 63, 47, 38, 72: Andrew Hobbs; 56: Andy Stuthridge; 91: Ian Wigley; 24: Jane Mares; 33: Tara Fisher; 67: Experience Exmoor.
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Competitions and Reader Offers!
WIN A five-star night at The Old Stables B&B. See page 10. WIN A beautiful Dark Skies jug by ceramicist Jaqueline Leighton Boyce. See page 14. WIN A pair of Berghaus Expeditor AQ Hiking Boots and receive a free £5 voucher for Berghaus at Taunton Leisure. See page 45. WIN A night for two at Swain House B&B, Watchet. See page 52 LIMITED EDITION PRINT by Leo Davey for Exmoor Magazine See page 59. SAVE 10% when booking a Culbone Food Safari. See page 69. SAVE £4.99 on Somerset Cricket, The Glory Years, by Alain Lockyer with Richard Walsh. See page 74 WIN £20 in our crossword competition. See page 81.
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