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ISSUE No. 82 Spring 2018
£3.20
FOR ALL THOSE WHO LOVE EXMOOR, NORTH DEVON & THE QUANTOCKS
sharing memories
A Room With a Brew Stetfold Rocks Farm Gravel Boats of the Taw & Torridge
bright & beautiful
James Veysey’s Royal Photography Home-grown Floristry Handmade Beauty Products Jane Mares’ Spring Garden Otter Update
food & drink
Happy Hens The Royal Oak, Luxborough The Jubilee Inn Food News
Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd
NORTH DEVON SCHOOLS SHOW JUMPING LEAGUE
SOUTH WEST FISHING FOR LIFE
64 Exmoor Magazine is independently owned and run on Exmoor by Naomi Marley, Elaine Pearce and Heather Holt. We are not part of a chain and we are stocked in local shops across Exmoor, the Quantocks and North Devon, 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
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Contents
Spring 2018
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NEWS
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DOWN MEMORY LANE The Tuckers at Stetfold Rocks Tony James
Subscriptions & Office: 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 (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.
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COMMUNITY A Room with a Brew Lucy Large
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RECIPES Royal Oak Inn, Luxborough
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Cover: Mabel, the Clumber puppy, in Snowdrop Valley by Heidrun Humphries.
FOOD NEWS pART II The Ginger Peanut, Mr Chick the Scotch Egg Man & Wild Exmoor Recipe
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FOOD NEWS pART I The Jubilee Inn Mel Roach
Recipes by David Lord
CHARITIES Hen Central: The British Hen Welfare Trust Elaine Pearce
GARDENS Home-grown Floristry Rosemary FitzGerald
WELLBEING Natural Skincare on Home Soil Jane Alexander
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EXEMPLARS FROM EXMOOR Photographer James Veysey Sandy Francis
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SPRING IN THE GARDEN
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NATURE DIARY The Dawn Chorus at Rodney
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COAST Gravel Diggers of the Taw & Torridge
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CHILDREN'S PICTURE QUIZ Uncle Willow's Reservoir Adventure
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Endymion Beer
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Jane A. Mares
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Julian Gurney
Tony James
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WALKING A Riot of Colour on Haddon Hill
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Sue Viccars
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PLANNING LAW Creating a New Field Access
ECOLOGY The Somerset Otter Group Tony James
GARDEN NOTES Spring Heathers Paul Fonnereau
Vicky Fiddes
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Bryan Cath
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Michelle Werrett
Compiled by Naomi Marley
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ACTIVE EXMOOR South West Fishing For Life
HOMES Uppington
IN THE STABLEYARD North Devon Schools Show Jumping League CROSSWORD SPRING DIARY Compiled by Katy Charge
FINAL PAWS Exmoor Man & Patch Victoria Eveleigh
Amy Cator, Tozers
PROPERTY Did You Know... The AntiMoney Laundering Directive Bridget Froud, Seddons
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