Exmoor - The Country Magazine Spring 2019

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EXMOOR locally owned, locally PRODUCED...

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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

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PROFILE Full Steam Ahead: Mike White

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Michelle Werrett

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DOWN MEMORY LANE Gordon Pickard Short: Going with the Grain

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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

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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

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Endymion Beer

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Compiled by Katy Charge

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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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