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
48 Family Page: Uncle Willow 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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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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