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Exmoor - The Country Magazine - Summer 2009TRANSCRIPT
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contentsPublished quarterly by: Hoar Oak Publishing, Martinhoe Cleave, Martinhoe, Parracombe, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 4PZ Tel: 0845 2241203email: [email protected]: www.theexmoormagazine.co.uk
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. 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: Porlock Weir © Lee Pengelly Lee Pengelly is a professional landscape
photographer based in Devon. His work is published at www.silverscenephoto.co.uk
and through agents Alamy, Britain On View, Loop Images and Imageclick. He has
six books published with Halsgrove and runs workshops throughout the UK. His
Exmoor workshop, in Porlock Weir, takes place 12 - 15 September 2009.
On opposite page: Sunny field at
West Yeo Farm © Kate Bailey
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Issue 47 Summer 2009
In the News
PROFILE: Andrew & Pauline Lyle Chris Binding
FARMING TALK Tara Wright, ENPA
SEASONS OF GORSE Jane Mares
WALKING ON EXMOOR Sue Viccars on Dunkery
Fire! Chris Rundle looks back
Photographerʼs ExmoorAdam Burton
Exmoor by seaSandy Francis
Porlock Weir Malcolm Rigby
PROPERTY James Green Holy, healing & healthy Brian Pearce dips into Exmoor springs
Summer RecipesBob Deville
ASK BOB Bob Deville
COUNTRY MATTERS Trevor Beer
Finland out backNaomi Cudmore ENVIRONMENT Alison Mothersdale discovers Minehead’s Timber Re-use
PUB GRUB: The Bridge at DulvertonMary Gray and friend
Vintage summerSusie Logan PAST TIMES: Ghostly happenings on Minehead Quay Harriet Bridle
BOOKS
Bridge Quiz
IN THE STABLEYARD Cindy Cowling
WELL BEING Elaine Pearce considers taking up a new sporting challenge GARDENS Rosemary Lauder JONʼS JOTTINGS EXMOOR DIARY Work in progress Brian Pearce looks at a new but traditional building project
TAILPIECE Norma Huxtable
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