Exmoor The Country Magazine - Autumn 2014

EXMOOR THE COUNTRY MAGAZINE

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ISSUE No. 68 Autumn 2014 £3.20

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L&L Cliff Railway Porlock’s Buried Past Bushcraft for Children

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Your local magazine...

Exmoor Magazine is independently owned and run on Exmoor by Naomi Cudmore, Elaine Pearce and Sue South.

We are not part of a chain and we are sold through a network of around 140 local shops throughout the area, along with Co-ops, Waitrose and M&S. The magazine is also available direct, by subscription. To enquire please call Sue on 0845 224 1203 or go to our website (details below)

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Contents

Autumn 2014

Published by: Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. Exmoor Magazine, PO Box 281, Parracombe, Devon EX31 4WW T. 0845 224 1203 Website: www.exmoormagazine.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/exmoormagazine Twitter: twitter.com/ExmoorMagazine

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NEWS

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PHOTOGRAPHY SPECIAL Up, up and away!

Andrew Hobbs

Subscriptions & Office: Sue South office@exmoormagazine.co.uk 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 and Susie Walker (Zara Media) T. 01392 201227; email. info@zaramedia.co.uk Printing: Warner Midlands PLC, Bourne

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READERS' MEMORIES

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.

Cover photo: Tarr Steps by Robert Kendall.

For other images of Devon, please visit www.westcountryphotographic.co.uk

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23 PROFILE Sam Pickering Tony James

26 FARMING Artisan Ice Cream Avril Stone

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YOUNG FARMERS Ellen Cowling

Taste of Exmoor Hedgerow Harvest Hilary Binding

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RECIPES Forage Feast Woods, Dulverton

TOAST OF EXMOOR Nettlecombe Cider Hazel Barron

PAST TIMES Quantock Orchard Project Marianna Dudley

45 EATING UNDER WAY Places to enjoy a bite on

the Coleridge Way Extension Holly Wright

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WALKING Coleridge Way Extension Sue Viccars

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55 COAST

Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway Tony James

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Trevor Beer

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Hilary Binding

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Jane A. Mares

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COUNTRY MATTERS The Salmon

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Bryan Cath

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Geoff Metcalf

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BOOKS: NEWS & REVIEWS SCENTS OF AUTUMN

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ECOLOGY Notable Trees Michelle Werrett

FAMILY PAGE Uncle Willow Visits the Farm Endymion Beer

75 ACTIVE EXMOOR Bushcraft Malcolm Rigby

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WELLBEING Somerset Village Agents Elaine Pearce

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Michelle Werrett

GARDENS Seeing a Secret World Rosemary FitzGerald

GARDEN NOTES Saving Winter Vegetables Sue Luker

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Jill Headford

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HOMES Thatch

Cindy Cowling

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Faye Balmond

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PROPERTY

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COMMUNITY DIG Porlock!

CROSSWORD

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IN THE STABLEYARD Acorn Saddlery LAWHORSE COUNTRY ROADS Vantastic Exmoor!

by Chris Harding

AUTUMN DIARY Compiled by Sue South

FINAL PAWS Marvellous Milo Mary Bromiley

Competitions!

WIN a champagne balloon flight with Aerosaurus, from your chosen location. See page 19.

BOOKS GIVEAWAY: We have 20 copies of Sam Angus' new book Captain to give away. See page 63.

WIN ÂŁ20 in our crossword competition. See page 86.

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