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Published quarterly by: Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd, The Exmoor Pony Centre, Ashwick, Dulverton, Somerset, TA22 9QE Tel: 0845 224 1203 email: [email protected]
Editor: Hilary Binding ([email protected])Designer: Naomi Cudmore ([email protected]/ www.naomicudmore.co.uk)Colour management: Colin MatthewsAdvertising sales: Zara Media: Grant Harrison, Susie Walker. Tel: 01392 201227; email: [email protected]
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 © Hoar Oak Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without written permission. We welcome contributions that fit into the magazine’s general ethos but, while every care is taken, all such material is sent entirely at the sender’s risk.
Cover: Wild daffodils. Brian Pearce Inside front cover: Wild Exmoor stallion at Long Breach. Jane MaresAbove: Greater Spotted Woodpeckers. Mike Sherwin
Spring 2010 4 In The News
10 Staying local Our new magazine partnership by Heather Holt
13 My office desk Val Sherwin
14 Farming Talk Michelle Werrett looks at Exmoor’s farming legacy
18 Profile Rosemary Lauder meets journalist and editor of The Lady Rachel Johnson
20 Wild & Tame Jane Mares on Exmoor ponies in words and pictures
24 Walking on Exmoor Tarr Steps and Withypool circular with Sue Viccars
27 Country Matters Trevor Beer on the trail of some telling evidence
29 Property James Green: forecasting – an inexact science?
30 Hidden Heritage Rob Wilson-North explains the exciting achievements of the Old Mineral Railway Project
36 Spring Lamb Bob Deville with a cook’s view and a reader offer
38 Recipes Lamb and an old favourite
41 Ask Bob 43 Pub Grub Adrian Tierney-Jones samples The Quarryman’s Rest, Bampton
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Reader offers & competitions The beautiful ceramics of Jacqueline Leighton Boyce at an exclusive 10% discount for our readers. See page 44.
Game Fair tickets giveaway. See page 5 For a special EXMOOR The Country Magzine subscription offer see page 11.
WIN half an Exmoor Horn Lamb Box! See page 41.
Spring 2010
Coming soon... our new websiteWatch out this coming summer for our Exmoor The Country Magazine website. We hope to launch by June. The lovely new website featuring everything from walks to photography, accommodation to local food, will be found at: www.theexmoormag.com
44 An Exmoor Ceramicist Naomi Cudmore interviews Jacqueline Leighton Boyce
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53 Wellbeing: Sleeping Easy Elaine Pearce prescribes rest!
54 National Trust Volunteers Mary Gray reveals the heroes at Dunster Castle, Knightshayes and Arlington
56 Eco Schools Alison Mothersdale celebrates some very small green fingers at Dunster and Kentisbury
61 Spring Butterflies Endymion Beer
63 Interiors: Spring Tones Sue Scammell advises on sprucing up for spring
66 Gardens Rosemary Lauder visits Lady Skelmersdale at Broadleigh
71 Em’s Garden Notes Spring fragrance
72 In The Stableyard Cindy Cowling on Gill Dibble, saddlery and her top horse
74 Exmoor Historic Environment Record Faye Glover explains all, with a special historic landmarks quiz
77 Exmoor Spring Diary
79 Safety First
Malcolm Rigby at Hinkley
80 Tailpiece Norma Huxtable has the last word
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