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ISSUE No. 85 Winter 2018 £3.20
FOR ALL THOSE WHO LOVE EXMOOR, NORTH DEVON & THE QUANTOCKS
Flora, Fauna & Farming When the Cows Come Home Tribute to Johnny Kingdom Taunton Herbarium Free-range Turkeys Exmoor's Owls
Festive Features Lantic Gallery Christmas Trees Festive Diary Along the Mole Local Books
People & Places
Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd
Edgar Webber Jim Walker The Porlock Paradox Past Times: Crossing the Atlantic in Search of Cod GUIDE DOGS PUPPY WALKING
WELLBEING
ARLINGTON IN WINTER
86 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 0345 224 1203 or 07849 674 913 or go to www.exmoormagazine.co.uk. Published by: Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. Exmoor Magazine, PO Box 117, Ilfracombe, Devon EX34 4AS. T. 0345 224 1203 Website: www.exmoormagazine.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/exmoormagazine Twitter: twitter.com/ExmoorMagazine Instagram: @exmoormagazine #exmoormagazine Subscriptions & Office: Bryan Cath E: office@exmoormagazine.co.uk T: 0345 224 1203 / 07849 674 913 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 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: Young kestrel, photographed by Rupert (Jack) Clegg (Exmoor Photography). See Editor's Letter on page 8 for details.
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Contents
Winter 2018
8
NEWS
18
TRIBUTE Johnny Kingdom
CHRISTMAS Local Christmas Trees Tony James
Rupert Smith
20
FARMING When the Cows Come Home
27
ECOLOGY Exmoor's Owls
52
33
Michelle Werrett
David Ballance
39 43 47
PROFILE In the Tower with Jim Walker Tony James
RECIPES Four Festive Warmers from Riverford
TASTE Freebird, Georgeham Mel Roach
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51
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IN THE STABLEYARD The Injured Jockeys Fund & Richard Hawkins Elaine Pearce
52
DOWN MEMORY LANE Edgar Webber on Cutcombe & Wheddon Cross
58
COMMUNITY The Porlock Paradox
62
Jane A. Mares
Tony James
WALKING Hawkcombe & Shillett Combe Sue Viccars
67
73 77
PAST TIMES Crossing the Atlantic in Search of Cod Avril Stone
ACTIVE COACH, Taunton Lucy Large
CHILDREN'S PAGE Along the River Mole Endymion Beer
78
NATURE DIARY A (Not So) Blue Winter
81
PLANNING LAW Nominating Assets of Community Value
83
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Julian Gurney
Amy Cater, Tozers
85
GARDEN HINTS Patio Thoughts for Winter
86
GARDENS The Somerset Herbarium Rosemary FitzGerald
91
BOOKS Local Books for Christmas
93
Bryan Cath
94 97 101 112
Richard Osborne, Wellington Tile
CROSSWORD wellbeing An Introduction to Minehead Cancer Support Club Peter Dean
ARTS Lantic Gallery Tiverton Michele Romaine
WINTER DIARY Compiled by Katy Charge
FINAL PAWS Puppy Walking for Guide Dogs Mary Bromiley
PROPERTY Keeping Exmoor Youthful Simon Zeal, Stags
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