Exmoor The Country Magazine Autumn 2016

EXMOOR THE COUNTRY MAGAZINE

WATER VOLES

QUANTOCKS WALK

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ISSUE No. 76 Autumn 2016 £3.20

LITTLE BOB IN AUTUMN

CLAVELSHAY RECIPES

down memory lane

Chi Running Watchet’s Pierhead Painter Dorn Therapy Cider Making in North Devon Exmoor’s Medieval Bridges Holidays Past Project Ilfracombe Harbour

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Cover Girl: Springer Alice!

Abbie Westcott & Miller Surfboards From the Wild Earth: Artist Jonathan Walker Sir Ranulph Fiennes on his Global Reach Challenge

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Contents

Autumn 2016

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NEWS & COVER STORY

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FARMING Abbie Westcott

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Cover: See pages 9 and 111-112.

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Cindy Cowling

TASTE OF EXMOOR North Devon's Cider Tradition Melanie Terrell

TOAST OF EXMOOR Secret Orchard Adrian Tierney Jones

RECIPES From Clavelshay Barn Olivier Certain

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LUNCH Charlie Friday's Elaine Pearce

DOWN MEMORY LANE Holidays Past Louise Reynolds

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PROFILE SPECIAL Sir Ranulph Fiennes: Global Reach Challenge

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WALKING 'Because it's there' Sue Viccars scales the

Quantock heights

Tony James

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LITTLE BOB IN AUTUMN

Jane A. Mares

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PROFILE Ellie Miller

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Mel Roach

ACTIVE EXMOOR Chi Running Malcolm Rigby

WELLBEING Dorn Method Jane Alexander

COUNTRY MATTERS The Water Vole Trevor Beer

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UNCLE WILLOW Ilfracombe Harbour Endymion Beer

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COASTAL HISTORY Tragic Loss of Life Off Watchet & Watchet's Pierhead Painter

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PROPERTY Buying Extra Land

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Equine News

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LAWHORSE Horse Insurance: Jill Headford

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Victoria Eveleigh

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Compiled by Katy Charge

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IN THE STABLEYARD Celia Braund AUTUMN DIARY FINAL PAWS Entertaining Alice Mary Bromiley

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Maurice Chidgey

Bridget Froud

CROSSWORD Bryan Cath

LANDSCAPES Exmoor's Medieval Bridges Mary Siraut

GARDENS Green Inspiration Rosemary FitzGerald

GARDEN NOTES Spring Colour Sheila Dearing

ARTS From the Wild Earth: Jonathan Walker Mel Roach

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