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Contents
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NEWS
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TOUCHING TALES Thumbelina the Taxi
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Jeff Cox
ECOLOGY Crowning Glory Michelle Werrett
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Joyce & Maurice Chidgey
FARMING Dunster Show: Celebrating Exmoor's Finest 39
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COMMUNITY Watchet: Carnival Town
Avril Stone
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30 THE GRASSHOPPER'S KINGDOM Jane A. Mares
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LUNCH & MORE Tempting Treats Along the Barle Elaine Pearce
RECIPES The Coach House by Michael Caines at Kentisbury Grange James Mason & Ashley Kennard
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LANDSCAPES Mosses & Liverworts of Exmoor
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ARTS Two Rivers Paper
Professor Jeff Duckett
Tony James
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NORTH DEVON COAST SPECIAL
WILD GARDENS A Monksilver Meadow Rosemary FitzGerald
FAMILY PAGE Uncle Willow on Dunkery Endymion Beer
COUNTRY MATTERS Sundew
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Trevor Beer
IN THE STABLEYARD Fiona Rawle: Twin Oaks Equestrian & Equine News
WALKING The North Devon Coast at Mortehoe Sue Viccars
53 ENVIRONMENT Coastal Creatures Project Mel Roach
Cindy Cowling
CROSSWORD Bryan Cath
GARDENS Vellacott: A Personal Place Rosemary FitzGerald
PROPERTY Hinkley Point C & Its Likely Impact on the Market Nick Zorab
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Jill Headford
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Compiled by Katy Charge
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LAWHORSE Accidents will happen...
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SUMMER DIARY
PAST TIMES Lee Abbey Philip Park
62 PROFILE Len White & Appledore Avril Stone
FINAL PAWS Keeping the Wolf from the Door Victoria Eveleigh
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ACTIVE EXMOOR Extreme Triathlons Cerys Rivett
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