EXMOOR locally owned, locally PRODUCED...
www.exmoormagazine.co.uk
ISSUE No. 83 Summer 2018 £3.20
FOR ALL THOSE WHO LOVE EXMOOR, NORTH DEVON & THE QUANTOCKS
people & places
Growing Up in Dunster Combe Martin’s Strawberries Mark Coray Restoration Young Handlers Show Classes Ed Chanin Dressage
the great outdoors
Two-Day Bothy Walk Explore Braunton Marsh Exmoor’s Secret Coast Heather Pring Fitness Rowan Trees
feast for the senses
Madrigal Brewery Artist Jennifer Schamotta Photographer’s Exmoor The Masons Arms, Knowstone OYSTERS UPDATE
SUMMER DIARY
DULVERTON PICTURE QUIZ
Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd
GARDENS
77 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 0845 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. 0845 224 1203 Website: www.exmoormagazine.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/exmoormagazine Twitter: twitter.com/ExmoorMagazine Instagram: @exmoormagazine #exmoormagazine Subscriptions & Office: Bryan Cath office@exmoormagazine.co.uk/ 0845 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 © Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without written permission. * Calls cost 5p per call plus 5p per minute after 60s, plus your network access charge.
PRIVACY POLICY We do not share or sell names, addresses, phone numbers or email addresses under any circumstances.
Cover: The glory of the countryside around Countisbury by Julia Amies-Green.
6 Exmoor Summer 2018
52
Contents
Summer 2018
8
NEWS
18
DOWN MEMORY LANE Jean Hodge (née Bowden) on Growing Up in Dunster
23
FARMING Young Handlers
29
WALKING Braunton Marsh Through the Ages
35
Tony James
Mary Bromiley
Sue Viccars
41
FOOD & FITNESS Heather Pring Louise Pugsley
43
FOOD NEWS
44 RECIPES The Masons Arms, Knowstone Recipes by Mark Dodson 48
WELLBEING Integrated Therapist Service for Children & Young People
50
PROFILE Ruling the Roost: Brian Seward
52
NATURE DIARY
Lucy Large
Tony James
PROFILE A Crafty Brew Mel Roach
Exmoor's Secret Coast Julian Gurney
18
60
66
35
WALKING Circular Two-Day Bothy Walk Hywel Lewis
72
Julia Amies-Green
82
Bryan Cath
86
Avril Stone
88
71
CHILDREN'S PICTURE QUIZ Uncle Willow Recalls a Trip to Dulverton Endymion Beer
44
Jane A. Mares
77
85
PAST TIMES Combe Martin's Strawberry Fields
ROWAN: A TREE OF MANY NAMES PHOTOGRAPHER'S EXMOOR Summer in Macro
93
GARDENS A Place of Echoes: Aller Farm Rosemary FitzGerald
CROSSWORD PLANNING LAW Temporary Land Use Amy Cater, Tozers
PROPERTY Letting Options Nicholas Zorab
INTERIORS In Conversation with Mark Coray Tony James
99
Rosemoor's Sheila Dearing tackles
roses in exposed gardens
101
IN THE STABLEYARD Ed Chanin Cindy Cowling
105
Compiled by Katy Charge
112 23
GARDEN NOTES Summer Exposure
SUMMER DIARY FINAL PAWS Training to Avoid Injury Mary Bromiley
72
Exmoor Summer 2018 7