EXMOOR THE COUNTRY MAGAZINE
www.exmoormagazine.co.uk
ISSUE No. 73 Winter 2015 ÂŁ3.20
CHRISTMAS MORNING WALK PEBBLES TAVERN exmoor FESTIVE DIARY hunters inn
memories
Culm Valley Cloth Trade Three Quantock Estates Gerald Down at Brendon Gwen Bawden on Hawkridge Revel
flora & fauna
Clumber Spaniels The Snow Bunting Windswept Plantings Lundy Seabird Project Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd
Exmoor creations
Model Boats, Wicked Wolf Gin & Felted Animals
69 18 Exmoor Magazine is independently owned and run on Exmoor by Naomi Marley, Elaine Pearce and Sue South. We are not part of a chain and we are sold through around 140 local shops, along with Co-ops, Waitrose and M&S. The magazine is also available direct. To enquire please call 0845 224 1203* or go to www.exmoormagazine.co.uk. Published by: Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. Exmoor Magazine, PO Box 281, Parracombe, Devon EX31 4WW T: 0845 224 1203 PLEASE NOTE: When sending items to the editor please enquire first for address. Website: www.exmoormagazine.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/exmoormagazine Twitter: twitter.com/ExmoorMagazine Subscriptions & Office: Sue South office@exmoormagazine.co.uk 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 & Susie Walker (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. * Calls cost 5p per call plus 5p per minute after 60s, plus your network access charge.
Cover: Exmoors by Cuy Harrop.
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Contents
Winter 2015
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NEWS
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DOWN MEMORY LANE Gerald Down
23 26 32 35
Tony James
PROFILE Dr Eric Robinson
39 43
LUNCH The Hunters Inn
Holly Wright
TOAST OF EXMOOR Pebbles Tavern Adrian Tierney Jones
Tony James
BLOWING IN THE WIND Jane A. Mares
GARDEN NOTES The Wind Problem! Rosemary FitzGerald
TASTE OF EXMOOR Wicked Wolf Gin Adrian Tierney Jones
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COAST Model Boats Tony James
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IN THE STABLEYARD Hawkridge Revel 70th Anniversary: In Conversation with Gwen Bawden
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ARTS Lucy Pendrick: Feral Felt Mel Roach
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92 EQUINE NEWS
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LAWHORSE Agricultural Use v Equestrian
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Penny Bayer
WELLBEING High Park Music Project Elaine Pearce
BOOKS: NEWS & REVIEWS Tony James
95 GARDENS 'The place that is in between...' Rosemary FitzGerald
Jill Headford
PAST TIMES Cullompton & Culm Valley Cloth Trade
Noel Sexton
87 HOMES Three Quantock Estates: Halsway, Crowcombe & Hestercombe Mary Siraut
Cindy Cowling
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PROPERTY The View from Above
69
ECOLOGY Lundy Seabird Project Rebecca MacDonald
75 WALKING A Walk For All Seasons: Exe Valley Hills and the Grand Western Canal Sue Viccars 78 79 80
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FAMILY PAGE Uncle Willow's Christmas Morning Walk Endymion Beer
FESTIVE & WINTER DIARY Compiled by Katy Charge
FINAL PAWS Clumbers Victoria Eveleigh
CROSSWORD Bryan Cath
COUNTRY MATTERS The Snow Bunting Trevor Beer
CHARITIES NDADA Sandy Francis
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