EXMOOR THE COUNTRY MAGAZINE
diary
LURE COURSING
TONY MANN
flora & fauna
Wood Anemones Medical Herbalists Steart Marshes Walk What Swims Beneath
www.exmoormagazine.co.uk
ISSUE No. 78 Spring 2017
HOME-START WEST SOMERSET
£3.20
POLECATS
south of the moor
Harness Maker Kate Hetherington Heathcoat 200 Exhibition, Tiverton Horsepower at Higher Biddacott Recipes from Woods, Dulverton David Ames Furniture
Timberscombe’s Joy Booth Exmoor Society Resource Centre Braunton & Barnstaple Milk Deliveries Exmoor Magazine: celebrating 20 years! 1997-2017
Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd
down memory lane
Contents
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25 Exmoor Magazine is independently owned and run on Exmoor by Naomi Marley, Elaine Pearce and Sue South. We are not part of a chain and we are sold through around 140 local shops, along with Co-ops, Waitrose and M&S. The magazine is also available direct. To enquire please call 0845 224 1203* or go to www.exmoormagazine.co.uk. 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 Instagram: @exmoormagazine #exmoormagazine Subscriptions & Office: Sue South office@exmoormagazine.co.uk Editor & Designer: Naomi Marley 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 Marley Advertising Sales: Grant Harrison and Susie Walker (Zara Media) T: 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 Š Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without written permission. * Calls cost 5p per call plus 5p per minute after 60s, plus your network access charge.
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Cover: Tawny owlets photographed very early one May morning near Pool Bridge by Jack Clegg of Exmoor Photography. Jack has a new book out – see his website for details: www.exmoorphotography.co.uk.
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NEWS
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EXMOOR MEMORIES Joy Booth, Timberscombe
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RECIPES Woods, Dulverton
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TASTE OF EXMOOR Grown Up Marshmallows: Janet Thompson
Ed Heard
Jane A. Mares
COUNTRY MATTERS Polecats Trevor Beer
FARMING Horsepower
Lucy Large
Michelle Werrett
THEN & NOW Milk Deliveries Around Barnstaple and Braunton Avril Stone
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LOVE & ROMANCE Muddy Matches Tony James
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WELLBEING Medical Herbalism Mel Roach
PAST TIMES Heathcoat 200
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COAST What Swims Beneath: Fishing off Exmoor Past & Present
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HOMES David Ames Furniture Mel Roach
Wayne Thomas & Dave Roberts
By Rosie Parsons
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Pippa Griffith
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COMMUNITY Home-Start West Somerset
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PROFILE Musical Mann of the Moor
Lucy Large
Tony James
90 WILD GARDENS Daughters of the Wind: Anemones Rosemary FitzGerald 72
Sue Viccars explores a new section
of the West Somerset Coast Path
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FAMILY PAGE Uncle Willow's Easter Amble Around Exford
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WALKING No Path Left Untrodden
Endymion Beer
ACTIVE EXMOOR Walking on Water: Stand-Up Paddleboarding Malcolm Rigby
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LOCAL STUDIES Exmoor Society Resource Centre Dr Helen Blackman
BOOKS Tales of a Tractor Alan Bosley
CROSSWORD Bryan Cath
IN THE STABLEYARD Kate Hetherington: Master Collar and Harness Maker Cindy Cowling
103 LAWHORSE Lorries & Horses Jill Headford 64
ECOLOGY A Knotty Problem: Success in Tackling an Invader in the National Park Simon Phelps & Ali Hawkins
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PROPERTY The Art of Selling Discreetly Napoleon Wilcox
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SPRING DIARY Compiled by Katy Charge
FINAL PAWS The Lure: Catch Me If You Can! Mary Bromiley
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