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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
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Special Features
Winter Beauty
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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
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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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