Exmoor The Country Magazine Winter 2019

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EXMOOR LOCALLY OWNED, LOCALLY PRODUCED...

www.exmoormagazine.co.uk

ISSUE No. 89 Winter 2019 £3.20

FOR ALL THOSE WHO LOVE EXMOOR, NORTH DEVON & THE QUANTOCKS

Dogs on Quads! White Horse, Exford Tom Burge at Oaremead Queen's Theatre Barnstaple

Heraldic Art Walking the Tarka Trail Exmoor Tweed from Porlock The Winter Uplands

GIN COCKTAILS RECIPES FESTIVE DIARY ELLIOT'S TOUCH CHARITY

Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd

Special Features

Winter Beauty


24 Exmoor Magazine is independently owned and run on Exmoor by Naomi Cudmore, 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-op, Waitrose and

M&S. The magazine is also available direct. To subscribe, please call 0345 224 1203 or go to exmoormagazine.co.uk. Published by: Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. Exmoor Magazine, PO Box 117, Ilfracombe, Devon EX34 4AS. T. 0345 224 1203 Website: exmoormagazine.co.uk Facebook: 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 Cudmore 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 Cudmore 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.

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Contents

Winter 2019/20

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NEWS Including a tribute to Mary Bromiley MBE

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FARMING Tom Burge and Family Doone on the Farm

DOWN MEMORY LANE The Hotel at Exmoor's Heart Michelle Werrett

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: Ratchet, Clipper and Drillbit on duty at Westermill Farm last winter.

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PAST TIMES Queen's Theatre Barnstaple Avril Stone

Victoria Eveleigh

24 NATURE DIARY In the Not-so-Bleak Midwinter Julian Gurney 31

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34 MADE ON EXMOOR Exmoor Tweed: Landweaving Mel Roach

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RECIPES A Festive Feast from The Ginger Peanut Peter Mundy


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TOAST OF EXMOOR Festive Gin Treats

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EXMOOR MEMORIES Sybil Williams, Cutcombe Jane A. Mares

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WALKING The Tarka Trail and Historic Pilton Sue Viccars

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PROPERTY Septic Tank Rules and Regs Changes 2020

Simon Zeal, Stags

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INTERIORS Bossington Hall

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Tony James

GARDENS Where Flowers Bloom, So Does Hope Rosemary FitzGerald

HERITAGE Memories of 'Pinkworthy Farm' Ailsa Stevens

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ARTS Tom Meek Lucy Large

PROFILE Sir Roger Carrick Tony James

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CHILDREN'S PICTURE QUIZ Uncle Willow & Ginger Tigger on a Christmas Outing

CHARITIES Surviving Winter and Elliot's Touch Sue Wheeler and Laura Hogevold

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PLANNING LAW What is Agricultural Use?

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CROSSWORD

Amy Cater, Tozers

Bryan Cath

Endymion Beer

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GARDEN NOTES Winter Tasks at Arlington Julia Bigham

WINTER DIARY Compiled by Katy Charge

BOOKS Tony James

FINAL PAWS Dogs on Quads at Westermill Victoria Eveleigh

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