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ISSUE No. 86 Spring 2019
£3.20
FOR ALL THOSE WHO LOVE EXMOOR, NORTH DEVON & THE QUANTOCKS
Lorna Doone special
150th Anniversary Events The Real Badgworthy River of the Doones
In conversation with... Gordon Pickard Short Exmoor’s Young Farmers The Peaky Climbers Dogs Trust Ilfracombe Rupert White
Discovering
Dunster Castle Gardens Snowdrop Valley Brendon Hills Walking Kestrels School Wild Orchids Astrophotography
Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd
RECIPES
STEAM ENGINES
SPRING DIARY
books
upstream thinking
61 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 subscribe please call 0345 224 1203 or go to www.exmoormagazine.co.uk. Published by: Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. Exmoor Magazine, PO Box 117, Ilfracombe, Devon EX34 4AS. T. 0345 224 1203 Website: www.exmoormagazine.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/exmoormagazine Twitter: twitter.com/ExmoorMagazine Instagram: @exmoormagazine #exmoormagazine Subscriptions & Office: Bryan Cath E: office@exmoormagazine.co.uk T: 0345 224 1203 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. Copyright Š Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without written permission. PRIVACY POLICY We do not share or sell names, addresses, phone numbers or email addresses under any circumstances.
Cover: Waterfall on Hoar Oak Water by Craig Joiner.
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Contents
Spring 2019
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NEWS
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FARMING Exmoor's Ambition
23
PROFILE Full Steam Ahead: Mike White
29
Michelle Werrett
33
DOWN MEMORY LANE Gordon Pickard Short: Going with the Grain
39
RECIPES A Jubilee Inn Twist on the Cookbook, Nourish
Tony James
Tony James
ACTIVE The Peaky Climbers Lucy Large
Recipes from Christine Bailey
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LANDSCAPES The Real Badgworthy Rob Wilson-North
NATURE DIARY River of the Doones
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GARDENS Telling Stories: Plants and Gardens at Dunster Castle Rosemary FitzGerald
Julian Gurney
ENVIRONMENT PART I Natural Flood Management on the Holnicote Estate Ben Bryant
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ENVIRONMENT PART II Upstream Thinking
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THE DANDELION AND THE BEE
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PHOTOGRAPHY Astrophotographer Will Gater
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INTERIORS Benshayes Rupert White
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Bryan Cath
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BOOKS
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PAST TIMES Kestrels School
101
Morag Angus and Heather Harley
Jane A. Mares
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CROSSWORD
Michele Romaine
WILD GARDENS Orchids Peter Marren
WALKING Brendon Hill Iron Miners and Nettlecombe's Great Park Sue Viccars
Mel Roach
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PROPERTY Exmoor Living David Lethaby, GTH,
Chanin & Thomas
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PLANNING LAW Listed Buildings
104
Endymion Beer
107
Compiled by Katy Charge
112
Amy Cater, Tozers
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CHILDREN'S PICTURE QUIZ Uncle Willow & Ginger Tigger in Snowdrop Valley SPRING DIARY FINAL PAWS Dogs Trust Ilfracombe: A Canine Carer's Day Kayla Maryon
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