Exmoor The Country Magazine - Edition 81 - Spring 2018

EXMOOR locally owned, locally PRODUCED...

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ISSUE No. 82 Spring 2018

£3.20

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

sharing memories

A Room With a Brew Stetfold Rocks Farm Gravel Boats of the Taw & Torridge

bright & beautiful

James Veysey’s Royal Photography Home-grown Floristry Handmade Beauty Products Jane Mares’ Spring Garden Otter Update

food & drink

Happy Hens The Royal Oak, Luxborough The Jubilee Inn Food News

Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd

NORTH DEVON SCHOOLS SHOW JUMPING LEAGUE

SOUTH WEST FISHING FOR LIFE

64 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 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 Website: www.exmoormagazine.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/exmoormagazine Twitter: twitter.com/ExmoorMagazine Instagram: @exmoormagazine #exmoormagazine

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Contents

Spring 2018

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NEWS

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DOWN MEMORY LANE The Tuckers at Stetfold Rocks Tony James

Subscriptions & Office: 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 (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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COMMUNITY A Room with a Brew Lucy Large

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RECIPES Royal Oak Inn, Luxborough

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Cover: Mabel, the Clumber puppy, in Snowdrop Valley by Heidrun Humphries.

FOOD NEWS pART II The Ginger Peanut, Mr Chick the Scotch Egg Man & Wild Exmoor Recipe

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PRIVACY POLICY We do not share or sell names, addresses, phone numbers or email addresses under any circumstances.

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FOOD NEWS pART I The Jubilee Inn Mel Roach

Recipes by David Lord

CHARITIES Hen Central: The British Hen Welfare Trust Elaine Pearce

GARDENS Home-grown Floristry Rosemary FitzGerald

WELLBEING Natural Skincare on Home Soil Jane Alexander

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EXEMPLARS FROM EXMOOR Photographer James Veysey Sandy Francis

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SPRING IN THE GARDEN

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NATURE DIARY The Dawn Chorus at Rodney

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COAST Gravel Diggers of the Taw & Torridge

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CHILDREN'S PICTURE QUIZ Uncle Willow's Reservoir Adventure

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Endymion Beer

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Jane A. Mares

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Julian Gurney

Tony James

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WALKING A Riot of Colour on Haddon Hill

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Sue Viccars

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PLANNING LAW Creating a New Field Access

ECOLOGY The Somerset Otter Group Tony James

GARDEN NOTES Spring Heathers Paul Fonnereau

Vicky Fiddes

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Bryan Cath

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Michelle Werrett

Compiled by Naomi Marley

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ACTIVE EXMOOR South West Fishing For Life

HOMES Uppington

IN THE STABLEYARD North Devon Schools Show Jumping League CROSSWORD SPRING DIARY Compiled by Katy Charge

FINAL PAWS Exmoor Man & Patch Victoria Eveleigh

Amy Cator, Tozers

PROPERTY Did You Know... The AntiMoney Laundering Directive Bridget Froud, Seddons

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