EXMOOR THE COUNTRY MAGAZINE
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ISSUE No. 58 Spring 2012 ÂŁ2.95
YOUNG FARMERS CLUB BARNS QUANTOCK RIDGEWAY WALK RUNNING LLAMA TREKS
Animal Ambulance
Going with the Flow Wild Waters of Exmoor Wimbleball in Spring Along the Riverbank
40 Commando
Royal Marines
Lomas: The Lost Painter of Porlock?
Lundy Island Marine Conservation
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Cover: The Hoar Oak Water meanders down then cascades into a double waterfall just before it merges with the East Lyn River at Watersmeet. Photograph by David Rowlatt www.davidjrowlattphotography.co.uk
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Contents
Spring 2012
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In the News
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Taste of Exmoor: Spring Cookery Courses
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Heart of Exmoor
Simon Dawson
Ellen Cowling & Bee Hobbs
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Recipes: Something to Prove
Farming Talk: Swaling
Brilliant Bread by Ian Jarmarkier
Tony James
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Wines for Spring
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Wimbleball in Spring
Cliff Nicholson
Jane A. Mares
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Profile: Diana Lewis & North Devon Animal Ambulance
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Eating Out: The Fox & Goose, Parracombe
Adrian Tierney-Jones
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40 Commando Royal Marines
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Walking: Traversing the Quantock Ridge from Holford Combe
Sue Viccars
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Country Matters: Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit!
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Coast: Lundy Marine Conservation Zone
Trevor Beer
Michelle Hawkins, Natural England
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Young Farmers
Avril Stone
Naomi Cudmore
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Endymion Beer’s Family Page Uncle Willow along the riverbank
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Active Exmoor: Trail Running
Malcolm Rigby
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Environment: Wild Waters of Exmoor
Michelle Werrett
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Arts: J.A.M. Lomas – Lost Painter of Porlock?
Jeff Cox
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Gardens: Jevington Hall, Combe Martin
Rosemary Lauder
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Garden Notes
Andrew Pitman
Interiors: A Brace of Beautiful Barns
Higher Barn & Pulhams Mill
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Property
Philip Palmer
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Rural Affordable Housing
Heather Holt
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Books: News & Reviews
Compiled by Hilary Binding
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Crossword
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Well Being: Llama Trekking
Lawhorse
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Exmoor Diary
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Final Paws
Jill Headford
Victoria Eveleigh meets Feather the foxhound
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In the Stableyard: Miracle Foals