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ISSUE No. 68 Autumn 2014 £3.20
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Your local magazine... Exmoor Magazine is independently owned and run on Exmoor by Naomi Cudmore, Elaine Pearce and Sue South. We are not part of a chain and we are sold through a network of around 140 local shops throughout the area, along with Co-ops, Waitrose and M&S. The magazine is also available direct, by subscription. To enquire please call Sue on 0845 224 1203 or go to our website (details below)
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Published by: Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. Exmoor Magazine, PO Box 281, Parracombe, Devon EX31 4WW T. 0845 224 1203 Website: www.exmoormagazine.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/exmoormagazine Twitter: twitter.com/ExmoorMagazine
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NEWS
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PHOTOGRAPHY SPECIAL Up, up and away! Andrew Hobbs
Subscriptions & Office: Sue South office@exmoormagazine.co.uk Editor & Designer: Naomi Cudmore editor@exmoormagazine.co.uk Editorial Director: Elaine Pearce hoaroak.publishing@googlemail.com Assistant Editor: Katy Charge Associate Editor: John Dunscombe Colour Management & Associate Designer: Colin Matthews Website: Mike Bishop & Naomi Cudmore Advertising Sales: Grant Harrison and Susie Walker (Zara Media) T. 01392 201227; email. info@zaramedia.co.uk Printing: Warner Midlands PLC, Bourne
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READERS' MEMORIES
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 Š Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without written permission.
Cover photo: Tarr Steps by Robert Kendall. For other images of Devon, please visit www.westcountryphotographic.co.uk
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23 PROFILE Sam Pickering Tony James 26 FARMING Artisan Ice Cream Avril Stone 31 33 33
YOUNG FARMERS Ellen Cowling
Taste of Exmoor Hedgerow Harvest Hilary Binding
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RECIPES Forage Feast Woods, Dulverton
TOAST OF EXMOOR Nettlecombe Cider Hazel Barron
PAST TIMES Quantock Orchard Project Marianna Dudley
45 EATING UNDER WAY Places to enjoy a bite on the Coleridge Way Extension Holly Wright 50
WALKING Coleridge Way Extension Sue Viccars
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55 COAST Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway Tony James 61
Trevor Beer
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Hilary Binding
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Jane A. Mares
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COUNTRY MATTERS The Salmon
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Bryan Cath
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Geoff Metcalf
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BOOKS: NEWS & REVIEWS SCENTS OF AUTUMN
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ECOLOGY Notable Trees Michelle Werrett
FAMILY PAGE Uncle Willow Visits the Farm Endymion Beer
75 ACTIVE EXMOOR Bushcraft Malcolm Rigby 78
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WELLBEING Somerset Village Agents Elaine Pearce
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Michelle Werrett
GARDENS Seeing a Secret World Rosemary FitzGerald
GARDEN NOTES Saving Winter Vegetables Sue Luker
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Jill Headford
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HOMES Thatch
Cindy Cowling
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Faye Balmond
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PROPERTY
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COMMUNITY DIG Porlock!
CROSSWORD
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IN THE STABLEYARD Acorn Saddlery LAWHORSE COUNTRY ROADS Vantastic Exmoor! by Chris Harding
AUTUMN DIARY Compiled by Sue South
FINAL PAWS Marvellous Milo Mary Bromiley
Competitions!
WIN a champagne balloon flight with Aerosaurus, from your chosen location. See page 19. BOOKS GIVEAWAY: We have 20 copies of Sam Angus' new book Captain to give away. See page 63. WIN ÂŁ20 in our crossword competition. See page 86.
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