Exmoor - The Country Magazine Autumn 2013

EXMOOR THE COUNTRY MAGAZINE

ARTS NEWS SPECIAL

GOLF

INTERIORS

GOAT FARMING

www.exmoormagazine.co.uk

ISSUE No. 64 Autumn 2013 £2.95

AUTUMN PIES

LURCHERS

OF MICE & MEN

Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd

Exmoor mires & wood mice Glatting legend Clifford Beaver Men of steel at Allerford Forge A tribute to the late Albert Beer

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THE GREAT OUTDOORS Timberscombe walk Birch trees The Gathering Horner Wood 9 771369 522007

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Cover photograph: The Gathering, by Andrew Hobbs (www.andrewhobbsphotography.co.uk); see pages 88-90 for more pictures or head to Binham Grange any day (10.30am to 5pm) until 1 September to see Andrew's work in the exhibition there, including this and other images of The Gathering. Find out more: www.gallery4art.co.uk/exhibitions

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Contents

Autumn 2013

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In the News

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Arts news

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Profile: The Selworthy wig maker

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School open days

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Young Farmers' Clubs

Ellen Cowling

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Farming Talk: The late Albert Beer

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Recipes: Autumnal pies with duck breast to start Jack Scarterfield, The Culbone

Holly Wright

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Dessert wines

Cliff Nicholson

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Coast: The eel hunter & his apprentice Tony James

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Past Times: Horner Wood Hilary Binding

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goes hunting for Exmoor Eating Out: fungi The Anchor Inn, Exebridge Endymion Beer Sean Beer

Adrian Tierney Jones

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Taste of Exmoor: The Goatfather & friends Mel Roach

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Country Matters: Wood mouse!

Trevor Beer 24

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Environment: Exmoor Mires Project

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Garden Notes: Late season nectar and pollen plants

Lee Bray

Sue Luker

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Walking: Timberscombe & Wootton Common

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Gardens: Venn Cross Gardens, Waterrow

Sue Viccars

Rosemary Lauder

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Lady of the Woods: a year among the birch

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Well Being: The See Hear Centre, Barnstaple

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Books: News & Reviews

Hilary Binding

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Active Exmoor: Sea greens

Malcolm Rigby goes golfing

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Arts: Fire in the belly at Allerford Forge

Sandy Francis

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Property: Buying a listed home

Bridget Froud

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Interiors: The Old Rectory Hotel

Jane A. Mares

Jennette Baxter

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Elaine Pearce

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Bryan Cath 88

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In the Stableyard: The Gathering Cindy Cowling 13

Lawhorse: Bucked off – but who pays?

Jill Headford

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Exmoor Diary Compiled by Sue South

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Victoria Eveleigh

Final Paws: Lurchers 17 47

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