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The latest from the Editor. 

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News from across Devon. 

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By Christopher Taylor. 

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A look back to the March snow. 

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An old Devonshire family. 

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With the Home Design Yearbook. 

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Devon's famous son - John Fisher. 

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Home Design Yearbook show success 

The HOME DESIGN YEARBOOK 

was officially launched at the South 

West Home & Garden Show on 

14th and 15th of April. The show 

proved to be a great success, over 

400 copies were given away free 

to visitors who were asked to make 

charity donations towards Sidmouth 

Hospice Care. And congratulations 

go to Westcountry Group for 

winning Devonshire’s prize draw! 

Devonshire magazine will also be at 

the Devon County Show this year. 

It’s a great opportunity to meet the 

team and some of the Devonshire 

magazine writers will be making 

appearances at the stand over the 

three days of the show. If you have 

a particular favourite writer, please 

see page 32 for details of the times 

they’ll be appearing at our stand. 

Magazines will be available at the 

stand as well as the HOME DESIGN 

YEARBOOK which we’ll be giving 

away free, but we’ll be asking for 

a donation to The Veterans Farm 

Able Foundation. 

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be able to provide demonstrations 

on this unique What’s On web and 

paper based platform. It’ll certainly 

be great to meet you all at the show 

on the 17th, 18th and 19th of May. 

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Inspiring young artists 

Friends Charlie Sinclair, Emily 

Traynor and Charlotte Forrer from 

East Devon have started a new business 

with the aim of enhancing children’s 

drawings and handwriting using the 

age-old process of gilding. The idea 

was to produce a gift for families that 

treasures a particular moment in their 

child’s development. Gildoodle quickly 

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motivation. Emily says “The feedback 

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Summer exhibition at Darts Farm 

Darts Farm and well-known West 

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Sand Lizards can only be found in 

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is Devon. They are a particularly rare 

and protected species in Britain. It 

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and conservationists have been able 

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ideal hub to showcase some of the 

finest West Country art. The new 

venture, known as ʻART@DARTS’, 

will bring together some leading 

contemporary artists. The Summer 

Exhibition will feature five of 

the West Country’s leading artists: 

Ray Balkwill, Judy Hempstead, Penelope 

Timmis, Jo Vollers and Tony 

Williams. Many of the paintings 

on show will include local scenes 

together with an eclectic mix of 

subjects in various media. Books, 

prints and cards will also be available. 

The inaugural exhibition will 

be presented in The Estuary Room, 

Darts Farm, Topsham on the 1st - 

3rd June. 10 am to 5 pm (4 pm on 

Sunday). Admission is free. 

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months to restore East Devon’s 2,500 

year-old Iron Age hill fort,Woodbury 

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nationally important archaeological 

site and prominent landmark owned by 

Clinton Devon Estates and managed 

by the Pebblebed Heaths Conservation 

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England’s at Risk Register several years 

ago when it became apparent that the 

area was suffering, predominantly 

from erosion due to a high volume of 

visitors as well as damage from tree 

roots and scrub growth. In 2016, the 

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restoration work that will result in 

its eventual removal from the at Risk 

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have been working tirelessly to restore 

the site. Kim Strawbridge, Site Manager 

for the Pebblebed Heaths, explained: 

“It is hugely important that we do 

all we can so the monument can be 

removed from the at Risk Register. We 

would ask that people refrain from 

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Th e C O U N T R Y M A N 

CHRIS TAYLOR 

The COUNTRYMAN 

Chris lives with his wife, Brianne, 

in north Devon at the confluence 

of the Mole and Bray Rivers. 

Raised on a farm, with a degree in 

Agricultural Zoology, Chris moved 

into Farm Management and more 

recently into Estate Management 

and Consultancy. Over the past 

50 years his passions cover all 

aspects of the countryside, wildlife, 

conservation,agriculture and 

country pursuits. 

Photos copyright C. Taylor 

Spotted Fly Catcher 

A late start to the season 

Reeve with damaged leg 

Hemlock 

here are many who work 

with sheep who believe that a 

sheep’s main aim in life is to die. 

Sheep seem to try every trick in 

the book to that end. Their best 

is getting struck on their backs, 

especially when heavy in lamb on 

cold dry mornings. The Exmoor 

horn have a built in mechanism 

to hasten this. When struggling 

to get up, they bury their horns 

into the turf and soon get stuck 

fast and unless those tending 

find them before this happens, 

they are doomed. Lambing is 

now over for all and this can be 

a most a joyous time of the year. 

The reward of endless hours with 

difficult lambings, orphan lambs 

to feed, irritability due to extreme 

sleep deprivation can be seen, as 

those lambs that survive take to 

ganging up in the spring sunshine 

to endlessly play and race each 

around their pastures. 

The other day I was determined 

to take advantage of the first 

opportunity to go salmon fishing, 

after some six weeks of the season, 

the river has been just too high 

to make any attempts. Driving 

home from working in the early 

morning, I glance over the river 

Mole to check conditions which 

were absolutely great for fishing 

but not for the lamb struggling 

at the base of the two metre 

vertical clay river bank. As soon 

as I stopped the car, I could hear it 

and its mothers’ plaintive calls to 

each other even above the noise of 

the river. There was no way out up 

stream. Down stream the current 

was too strong and almost certain 

death with only one tiny ledge to 

get a foothold on. The urge to get 

back to it’s mother meant every 

now and then it would fall into 

Tree tenors! 

the water and struggled for what 

seemed an eternity to get back on 

that ledge. 

The thought crossed my mind to 

ford the river myself, I know it 

well in this spot, but it was high 

and I only had wellies on. Taking 

such a risk, knowing it was more 

than waist high and flowing fast 

would be a risk too far. With home 

in sight, I rush off and returned to 

the river bank with waders and 

my wife Bri to gather up what we 

A French partridge

Tide racing in at Horsey Island 

could. There was a ewe with one 

lamb close by and the rest of the 

flock was now a long way off. 

It turned out there were two 

48 hour old lambs stuck on the 

bank, one frozen and soaking, the 

other blissfully unaware of its 

predicament, dry and snuggled 

upon a level spot, but with no 

chance of climbing back up to 

the field. With Bri overseeing the 

rescue, both were returned to field 

level. Only to take what appeared 

to be suicidal charge back towards 

the precipitous bank. Fortunately 

by now the mother had heard what 

was going on and returned from 

some 200 metres away calling 

frantically. Once reunited, all were 

happy ...until next time. Yes, there 

will be a next time, this happens 

each year. Fine when they are 

two days old, but there have been 

occasions with lambs over thirty 

kgs getting into trouble. Firstly, 

they don’t like coming quietly 

and then struggle uncontrollably 

whilst you are wading in a metre 

of water, trying to get a foothold on 

a slippery river bed. Once on dry 

land, they normally have a good 

shake off before grazing again 

to fill their empty bellies. Most 

Countryman's Diary 

May and June 

1. Swifts arrive mid May. 

2. Large Sea Trout caught in Taw from 

May onwards. 

3. Don’t forget to listen to the dawn 

chorus through May. 

4. Cuckoo’s calling on Exmoor through 

May and early June. 

5. Devon County Show - may see you. 

Check the Devon County Show feature 

in this magazine to see times of Chris’ 

appearance, other Devonshire writers 

will also appear at our show stand at 

various times through the three days 

of the show. 

Veg patch at 30th March 2018, nothing planted. 

pleasing was at 8.00am, when 

stopped at the road side, another 

motorist turned up, he had also 

seen the likely scenario and had 

spent some time trying to locate 

the farmer. At least these lambs get 

another chance, they deserved it. 

So that crisis over and another 

averted as Bri, my New Yorker wife, 

bent down to pick some parsley to 

go with dinner that evening. It was 

of the parsley family, but this was 

hemlock which grows in profusion 

along the river bank. However, this 

may have been our last dinner as 

hemlock is poisonous. The root 

especially so. 

Slow worms found lying underneath boarding continued page 62 

Chris with a suicidal lamb

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03 May- Broadcast from the 

Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. 

Part of the Tavistock Festival, 

The Wharf, Tavistock, Canal 

Road, Tavistock, 7.15pm. 

BALLET CENTRAL 

27 May- Dancers from 

Central School of Ballet 

present some world famous 

work, Exeter Northcott 

Theatre, Stocker Road, Exeter, 

7.30pm to 9.30pm. 

Carnivals 

EXETER PRIDE 

12 May- Exeter’s 10th annual 

celebration of LGBTQ 

communities, Royal Albert 

Memorial Museum - RAMM, 

Queen Street, Exeter, 

12.30am to 6.00pm. 

Children 

OVER 2000 ANIMALS TO 

SEE AT PAIGNTON ZOO 

Until 07 Jul- Plenty to see 

and do at Paignton Zoo 

including an indoor play area, 

Paignton Zoo Environmental 

Park, Totnes Road, Paignton. 

SIDMOUTH DONKEY 

SANCTUARY 

Until 08 Jul- Great family 

day out: enjoy the donkeys 

& mules grazing in the 

paddock/stables, The 

Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth, 

Slade House Farm, Sidmouth, 

9.00am to 4.00pm. 

TODDLER TAKE OVER 

FARMYARD FUN 

03 May- A day of farmyard 

fun at the toddler takeover 

day with Jiggy Wrigglers, 

The Big Sheep, Abbotsham. 

SING-A-LONG-A BEAUTY 

AND THE BEAST 

05 May- A sing-a-long 

screening of the film starring 

Emma Watson, Exeter 

Northcott Theatre, Stocker 

Road, Exeter. 

MEET REX THE T-REX & 

HIS BABY DINOSAURS 

06 May- Prepare to see and 

hear Rex as he runs havoc 

on Sunday, The Big Sheep, 

Abbotsham. 

STAR WARS DAY - BANK 

HOLIDAY MONDAY! 

07 May- Star Wars fun and 

all the usual activities it's 

the best day out in the galaxy, 

World of Country Life, World 

of Country Life, Exmouth, 

10.00am to 5.00pm. 

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11 May to 13 May- The 

biggest sleepover for 

brownies, cubs and scouts 

and uniformed groups! Crealy 

Adventure Park & Resort, 

Sidmouth Road, Exeter, 

10.00am to 5.00pm. 

GARDEN PARTY 

19 May- Join us for a garden 

party and enjoy art activities, 

food, live music and bar, 

Thelma Hulbert Gallery, 

Elmfield House, Honiton, 

5.00pm to 9.00pm. 

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20 May- PaddleBoat Theatre 

present an imaginative tale 

of about friendship for ages 

4+, Exeter Northcott Theatre, 

Stocker Road, Exeter, 2.30pm 

to 3.30pm. 

OLD MACDONALD’S 

FARM AND THE 3 PIGS 

PLUS… 

26 May- A colourful and fun 

interactive show, packed with 

fun and a giant storybook, 

Palace Theatre Paignton, 

Palace Avenue, Paignton, 

12.00am to 2.00pm. 

BUBBLICIOUS BUBBLE 

WEEKEND 

26 May to 28 May- World 

record breaking bubble 

attempt with Captain Coconut 

on 26th, The Big Sheep, 

Abbotsham. 

KIDS TV WEEK AT CREALY 

26 May to 03 Jun- Monday 

28th May - Friday 1st June 

2018 is Kids' TV Week at 

Crealy! Crealy Adventure 

Park & Resort, Sidmouth 

Road, Exeter, 10.00am to 

5.30pm. 

DINO WEEK 

26 May to 03 Jun- Embark 

on an exhibition like no other 

& get up close & personal 

with dinosaurs, Woodlands 

Leisure Park, Blackawton. 

UNICORN WEEK AT 

PENNYWELL FARM 

26 May to 03 Jun- In 

addition to their farm 

animals, magical unicorns 

will be visiting Pennywell, 

Pennywell Farm & Wildlife 

Centre, Lower Dean, 

Buckfastleigh. 

MAY HALF TERM PIRATE 

WEEK 

28 May to 01 Jun- Swashbucklin' 

pirate fun for the 

whole family! World of 

Country Life, World of 

Country Life, Exmouth, 

10.00am to 5.00pm. 

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02 Jun- The German 

shepherd puppy, police dog 

will be appearing throughout 

the day, The Milky Way, 

Downland Farm, Clovelly. 

OLD MACDONALD’S 

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02 Jun- A colourful and fun 

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16 Jun- Come along for a 

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day out! World of Country 

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Exmouth, 10.00am to 5.00pm. 

FATHER'S DAY 

FATHER'S DAY CRAFTS 

09 Jun- Children come & 

make gifts, card & decorate 

buns for Fathers day, 

Lymebourne Community 

Centre, Lymebourne Park, 

Sidmouth, 11.00am to 

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17 Jun- Treat your superhero 

dad to the best day out in 

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Blackawton. 

FATHERS CLASSIC CAR 

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17 Jun- A day out to admire 

vintage cars. Bring your 

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ENTRY, Morwellham Quay, 

Tavistock, 10.00am to 5.00pm. 

Choirs 

TAVISTOCK SINGS! 

02 May- Evening of singing 

from local school choirs, St 

Eustachius Tavistock Parish 

Church, Plymouth Road, 

Tavistock, 7.00pm. 

PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY 

GOSPEL CHOIR &... 

08 May- ...Plymouth 

University Big Band. Part of 

University of Plymouth Music 

Week 2018, Peninsula Arts, 

The House Studio, Plymouth, 

7.30pm to 9.30pm. 

SUMMER IN THE ABBEY 

19 May- Exeter Philharmonic 

Choir presents an evening 

of French and English 

music, Exeter Philharmonic 

Choir, Buckfast Abbey, 

Buckfastleigh, 7.30pm to 

9.30pm. 

UNIVERSITY OF 

PLYMOUTH CHORAL 

SOCIETY 

19 May- Summer Concert 

featuring Gabriel Fauré’s 

Reqiem, Peninsula Arts, 

Minster Church of St. 

Andrew, Plymouth, 7.30pm 

to 9.30pm. 

Devon County Show - 17th to 19th May 

MUSIC OF EASTERN 

EUROPE: JANACEK AND 

OTHERS 

02 Jun- An exciting, unusual 

evening of Eastern European 

music, Exeter Bach Society, 

St Margaret's Church, Exeter, 

7.30pm to 9.45pm. 

MUSIC FOR ROYAL 

OCCASIONS 

09 Jun- Choral Concert 

by West Devon Chorale, 

Minster Church of St Andrew, 

Plymouth, 7.30pm to 9.30pm. 

'SONGS OF WAR' 

24 Jun- Cuckoos and a Witch’ 

Festival Finale, The Dartmoor 

Society, St Michael’s & All 

Angels Church, Princetown, 

7.30pm. 

UNIVERSITY PLYMOUTH 

CHORAL SOCIETY 

WORKSHOP 

30 Jun- Featuring pieces 

from Edward Elgar, Peninsula 

Arts, St Paul’s Church, 

Yelverton, 9.30am to 6.00pm. 

THE CHAGFORD SINGERS 

SUMMER CONCERT 

30 Jun- A heady mix of 

classical choral works and 

selections from lighter 

musicals, Chagford Singers, 

St Michael's Church, 

Chagford, 3.00pm to 5.00pm. 

Classical 

Music 

QUARTET 19: 

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE 

05 May- Dynamic percussion 

ensemble Quartet 19 play 

Cage, Glass and Reich, 

Dartington Sinfonietta, Ariel 

Centre, Totnes, 7.30pm to 

10.00pm. 

SAM RICHARDS: EMPTY 

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09 May- Part of University 

of Plymouth Music Week 

2018, Peninsula Arts, Room 

14, Rolle Building, Plymouth, 

9.00pm to 10.30pm. 

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11 May- Part of University 

of Plymouth Music Week 

2018, Peninsula Arts, Room 

14, Rolle Building, Plymouth, 

1.00pm to 1.30pm. 

SHALDON SINGERS 

SPRING CONCERT 

19 May- G. F. Handel: 

Messiah, Shaldon Singers, 

St Peter's Church, Shaldon, 

7.00pm to 9.30pm. 

ROSEMOOR LIVE! - 

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF 

LONDON 

19 May- Classic and famous 

symphonies from the 

best, hand-picked players 

of London, RHS Garden 

Rosemoor, Great Torrington, 

7.30pm to 9.30pm. 

HAWKSMOOR 

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23 May to 11 Jul- 

Established concert series 

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150th anniversary, Royal 

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PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY 

ORCHESTRA SUMMER 

CONCERT 

24 May- Directed by 

Jonathan Hurdle and Jamie 

Dove, Peninsula Arts, 

Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky 

Building, Plymouth, 8.00pm 

to 9.30pm. 

ISCA ENSEMBLE CHORAL 

AND ORCHESTRAL 

CONCERT. 

26 May- Exeter Cathedral 

- Special Concert For 

Hospiscare. Brahms : 

German Requiem, ISCA 

Ensemble, Exeter Cathedral, 

Exeter, 7.30pm to 9.45pm. 

VIOLIN&PIANO CONCERT 

01 Jun- Two Violins&Piano 

concert performed by 

graduates of Russia & 

UK Music colleges, Violin 

& Piano Duo 'Elegance', 

St John's church, Totnes, 

7.30pm to 9.30pm. 

ELGAR ANNIVERSARY 

CONCERT 

02 Jun- Elgar Anniversary 

Concert with works Mezzo 

Soprano, Violin and 

Piano, Violin & Piano Duo 

'Elegance', Westgate Christian 

Fellowship, Exeter, 7.00pm 

to 9.00pm. 

MUSIC IN THE CASTLE - 

THE WYATT TRIO 

08 Jun- David Davies - 

Organ & Piano Alison 

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Thomas -, Music in the 

Castle, James Wyatt Music 

Room, Exeter, 7.30pm to 

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ALLINGTON STRINGS 

SUMMER CONCERT 

10 Jun- A celebration of 20th 

Century English composers 

and a Haydn Piano Concerto, 

Allington Strings, St Mary's 

Church, Beaminster, 3.00pm 

to 5.00pm. 

6 HANDS: JOHN 

WILLIAMS PLUS 

15 Jun- John Williams and 

John Etheridge are joined 

by classical guitarist and 

composer , The Beehive, 

Dowell Street, Honiton, 

7.30pm to 10.00pm. 

4 GIRLS 4 HARPS - EAST 

DEVON MUSIC FESTIVAL 

16 Jun- The first concert of 

the new East Devon Music 

Festival, The Beehive, Dowell 

Street, Honiton, 7.30pm to 

9.30pm. 

SACRED SONG AT 

BUCKFAST ABBEY 

16 Jun- An evening of 

sacred songs in the 

beautiful surroundings of 

Buckfast Abbey, Torbay 

Singers, Buckfast Abbey, 

Buckfastleigh, 7.15pm to 

9.15pm. 

'IMPRESSIONS OF 

DARTMOOR' 

16 Jun- Part of the Dartmoor 

Resonance Music Festival. 

One of our flagship events, 

The Dartmoor Society, St 

Eustachius Church, Tavistock, 

7.30pm. 

Burn it up, Manor 

Pavilion, Sidmouth 

'WHITE BIRD' 

18 Jun- Dartmoor Resonance 

Festival String Orchestra 

Conductor: Simon Ible, 

The Dartmoor Society, St 

Andrews Church, South 

Tawton, 7.30pm. 

‘DARTMOOR RESONANCE’ 

19 Jun- Sacred Music from 

the 15th & 17th Centuries 

sung by VOCES, The 

Dartmoor Society, Buckfast 

Abbey, Buckfastleigh, 

7.30pm. 

SHALDON FESTIVAL: 

VOCES8 

21 Jun- Stunning a cappella 

vocal group sing music from 

Renaissance to jazz and pop, 

Shaldon Festival, St Peter's 

Church, Shaldon, 7.30pm to 

9.30pm. 


CHETHAM'S SCHOOL OF 

MUSIC 

22 Jun- Four talented music 

students from Chetham's 

School present a showcase 

concert, Shaldon Festival, 


7.30pm to 9.30pm. 

ISCA ENSEMBLE GALA 

CONCERT 

23 Jun- EAST DEVON 

MUSIC FESTIVAL LUKA 

OKROS soloist Rachmaninov 

Piano Concerto No 2, ISCA 

Ensemble, Sidmouth Parish 

Church, Sidmouth, 7.30pm 

to 9.45pm. 

SHALDON FESTIVAL 

CHOIR 

23 Jun- Informal 

performance of Rossini: 

Petite Messe Solennelle, 

Shaldon Festival, St Peter's 

Church, Shaldon, 7.30pm to 

9.30pm. 


FIBONACCI SEQUENCE 

24 Jun- Highly acclaimed 

chamber ensemble in concert 

including Brahms Piano 

EAST DEVON MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018 

Saturday, 16 June - Saturday 30 June 

New Month, New Venues and New Artists 

Classical Music at its best - all concert and ticketing details at 

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MEET THE AUTHOR 

03 May - Robert Goddard. 7 for 

7:30pm £13 a ticket with a glass 

of wine. 

JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON 

27 May - Pete Allen’s Hot Four & 

Jazz Vocalist Hilda Clemas, Tickets 

£13.50, 2.00pm-5.30pm. 

Tel. (01395) 

515551 

Sidmouth 

www.kennawayhouse.org.uk 

MEET THE AUTHOR 

31 May - Jeremey Vine. 7 for 7:30pm 

£13 a ticket with a glass of wine. 


24 Jun - Pete Allen’s Hot Four + 

Sean Moyses (Banjo), Tickets 

£14.50, 2.00pm-5.30pm. 

BUDLEIGH 

MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

Friday 13th - Saturday 21st July 2018 

CALL 01395 515551 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND EVENTS 

Quintet, Shaldon Festival, 


7.30pm to 9.30pm. 

ISCA LIGHT ORCHESTRA 

AND MUSIC DECO 

30 Jun- A special 

programmes of jazz and 

light orchestral music, ISCA 

Ensemble, The Beehive, 

Honiton, 7.30pm to 9.45pm. 

ISCA LIGHT ORCHESTRA 

WITH MUSIC DECO 

30 Jun- East Devon Music 

Festival 2018, The Beehive, 

Dowell Street, Honiton, 

7.30pm to 9.30pm. 

Collectors 

ANTIQUES VALUATION 

DAY - HONITON 

10, 17, 24 May- A no fee/ 

obligation appraisal of your 

Antiques & Collectables, 

Bearnes Hampton and 

Littlewood, Thelma Hulbert 

Gallery, Honiton, 10.00am to 

12.00am. 


DAY - SIDMOUTH 

10, 17, 24 May- A no fee/ 

obligation verbal appraisal of 

your Antiques & Collectables, 


Littlewood, Kennaway House, 

Sidmouth, 2.00pm to 4.00pm. 

ANTIQUES & JEWELLERY 

VALUATION DAY - 

TORQUAY 

11, 25 May- A no fee/ 

obligation verbal appraisal of 

your Antiques,Collectables & 

Jewellery, Bearnes Hampton 

and Littlewood, Livermead 

House Hotel, Torquay, 

10.30am to 12.30am. 

PLANT HERITAGE SPRING 

PLANT FAIR 

12 May to 13 May- Your 

chance to buy a variety of 

unusual shrubs, trees and 

perennials, RHS Garden 

Rosemoor, Great Torrington, 

10.00am to 3.00pm. 

MILITARIA & VINTAGE 

MINI FAIR 

27 May- Militaria, 

Collectables and Vintage Mini 

Fair, South West Airfields 

Heritage Trust, Nissen Hut 

Heritage Centre, Smeatharpe, 

11.00am to 3.00pm. 


DAY - SOUTH MOLTON 

07 Jun- A no fee/obligation 

verbal appraisal of your 

Antiques & Collectables, 


Littlewood, Geoffrey Clapp 

Associates, South Molton, 

9.30am to 12.30am. 

Comedy 

ROSEMOOR LIVE! - MARK 

STEEL* 

26 May- Comedian Mark 

Steel will be here with his 

new hysterical show, RHS 

Garden Rosemoor, Great 

Torrington, 8.00pm to 

10.00pm. 

ROSEMOOR LIVE! - JAY 

RAYNER 

30 May- Rayner will split 

your sides with his hilarious 

'10 Commandments of Eating', 

RHS Garden Rosemoor, 

Great Torrington, 8.00pm to 

9.30pm. 

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LIVING SPIT: ONE MAN & 

HIS COW 

07 Jun- A Play, A Pie & 

A Pint! A man. A cow. 

A shed load of trouble, 

Artsreach, Drimpton Village 

Hall, Beaminster, 7.30pm to 

10.00pm. 

BARRY CRYER & COLIN 

SELL 

10 Jun- Barry Cryer & Colin 

Sell present their new show 

Strictly Come Joking, Exeter 


Road, Exeter, 7.30pm to 

9.30pm. 

THE COMEDY AVENGERS 

14 Jun- THE cream of 

Devon comedy are back 

at the Beehive in Honiton, 

The Beehive, Dowell Street, 


ALUN COCHRANE - 

ALUNISH COCHRANISH 

23 Jun- Alun Cochrane is 

a master at observational 

comedy, The Beehive, Dowell 

Street, Honiton, 8.00pm to 

10.00pm. 

Craft 

WILLOW SUNFLOWERS 

HEARTS & DRAGONFLIES 

20 May- Make willow crafts 

with Windrush Willow, 

East Devon Countryside 

Team, Reed Base at Seaton 

Wetlands, Seaton, 10.00am 

to 4.00pm. 

THE DEVON BEAD FAIR 

20 May- The best bead and 

jewellery making fair in 

the South West! Monty's 

Beads, Exeter Castle, Exeter, 

10.00am to 4.00pm. 

Dance 

MACBETH 

01 May to 02 May- New 

dance-theatre adaptation 

of Shakespeare's Macbeth 

from Mark Bruce Co, Exeter 



9.00pm. 

PERFORMANCE: TRANS- 

FORM - SOUND & DANCE 

12 May- Part of the Transform: 

Trevor Bell exhibition, 

Peninsula Arts, The House, 

Plymouth, 7.00pm. 

TEA DANCE 

20 May to 15 Jul- Tea Dance 

on the third Sunday of 

each month, Ballroom and 

Sequence dancing, Sidmouth 

Ballroom Dancing, Stowford 

Centre, Sidmouth, 2.30pm 

to 4.30pm. 


Box Office: 01395 445275 

Or via our website at: 

www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk 

Evening Concerts at 7.30pm 

Friday 13th July 

St Peter’s Church 

Wind Serenade 

Saturday 14th July 

Temple Methodist Church 

Apollo 5 

Monday 16th July 


Sunwook Kim 

Tuesday 17th July 


The Festival Orchestra 

with Sheku Kanneh- 

Mason 

Free Lunchtime Concerts at 12noon (see website) 

Classical Music on 

the Jurassic Coast 

Registered Charity No: 1107812 

FIND US ON FACEBOOK 

All Evening 

Concerts 

£18 

each 

Wednesday 18th July 


Merlin Ensemble 

Vienna 

Thursday 19th July 


Sheku and Isata 

Kanneh-Mason 

Friday 20th July 


Chiaroscuro Quartet 

Saturday 21st July 


Jess Gillam & Friends 

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∙ Fun Day Out – for all the family 

and all age groups 

∙ Great Food and Drink – from local 

producers to sample and buy 

∙ Great Entertainment – relax and 

enjoy great acts and live music 

∙ Dog Show on Saturday 23 rd 

AXE VALE SHOW 

23 rd - 24 th June 2018 

Trafalgar Way, Axminster EX13 5RJ 

A great weekend for all 

∙ Show Opening Times 

10am – 6pm (5.30pm Sunday) 

∙ Many Stalls: toys, hobbies, flowers, 

plants, arts, crafts, antiques, vintage 

and more 

∙ Demonstrations of local crafts 

∙ Sheep Shearing on Sunday 24 th 

Support your local community! 

Online Ticket Sales available now or purchase at the gate 

www.axevaleshow.com 

Charity number: 1130829 

Fairs 


SPRING GARDEN FETE 

07 May- Join us for a 

traditional Garden Fete, Miss 

Ivy Events, Moorland Garden 

Hotel, Yelverton, 10.30am 

to 4.00pm. 

EXETER RECORD AND 

CD FAIR 

12 May- Knowledgeable local 

vendors selling quality vinyl, 

CD's and music memorabilia, 

Exeter Record & CD Fair, 

Corn Exchange, Exeter, 

9.30am to 3.30pm. 

SEATON WETLANDS 

PLANT AND CAKE SALE 

25 May- Pick up plant 

bargains and enjoy tea and 

cake, East Devon Countryside 

Team, Seaton Wetlands, 

Seaton, 11.00am to 3.00pm. 

Festivals 

FOOD & DRINK 

ARTISAN CRAFTS AND 

SADIE'S KITCHEN 

Until 26 Jun- All handmade, 

and Sadie's Kitchen, 

Kennaway House, Coburg 

Road, Sidmouth, 10.00am 

to 4.00pm. 

FARMERS' MARKET 

Until 09 Jun- Second 

Saturday of every month 

- Farmers' Market, Kennaway 

House, Coburg Road, 

Sidmouth, 9.30am to 1.00pm. 

KINGSBRIDGE FOOD & 

MUSIC FESTIVAL 2018 

01 Jun to 03 Jun- Three 

day celebration showcasing 

local tastes and sounds, 

Kingsbridge Food & 

Music Festival, The Quay, 

Kingsbridge. 

SIDMOUTH LITERARY 

FESTIVAL 

15 Jun to 17 Jun- Sidmouth 

Literary Festival, Kennaway 

House, Coburg Road, 

Sidmouth, 10.30am to 

9.30pm. 

DALWOOD FLOWER 

FESTIVAL 

15 Jun to 17 Jun- Beautiful 

Flowers in a picturesque 

setting. Craft display and 

refreshments, Dalwood 

Church Flower Festival, St 

Peter's Church, Axminster, 

10.00am to 5.00pm. 

VINTAGE, JAZZ & GIN IN 

THE PARK 

TOM 

05 May- Love Vintage 

JONE 

shopping, drinking gin & 

listening to jazz music? Miss 

Ivy Events, Mount Edgcumbe 

Park, Torpoint, 11.00am to 

4.00pm. 

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Exciting entertainment 

booked for 23 to 24 June! 

The Axe Vale Show has something 

for everybody - from exhibits 

of plants and shrubs to locallysourced 

delicious food and drink. 

Marquees full of arts, crafts, toys, 

collectables as well as antique and 

vintage items are there for you to 

browse through. In addition there 

are many stalls selling everything 

from kitchen utensils to horse 

blankets. After all the browsing 

(and hopefully shopping) you 

can relax outside and enjoy 

spectacular entertainment. 

This year there is an outstanding 

range of acts, with Adrian Smith 

a Strongman who was ranked 

5th in the World's Strongest Man 

and three times Winner of UK's 

Strongest Man Competition he 

will tear up phonebooks, bend 

nails, lift a seated lady into the 

air. There will be 

a fire spectacular with Joseph 

Peace, who will perform some 

breath-taking stunts For animal 

lovers we have the famous 

Blackrock Llamas - they will 

demonstrate their skills in the 

ring whilst racing against each 

other and undertaking an agility 

course. This year we are pleased 

to have Xtreme Falconry joining 

us with a large selection of Eagles, 

Hawks, Falcons, Owls and Vultures. 

Only on Saturday 23rd we have 

our Axe Vale Dog Show. Sharon 

Foxhall, a local dog breeder 

and trainer, will judge the dogs 

with the best dog in the show 

being awarded the Ferne Animal 

Sanctuary Cup. On the Sunday 

instead of the Dog Show we have 

a Sheep–Shearing demonstration 

by Ash Selway, a local Sheep- 

Shearer who will demonstrate 

the art of catching, turning and 

then shearing the sheep. 

With the range of activities on 

offer we really hope that the 

Axe Vale Show will be a superb 

weekend and we hope to be 

able to raise even more money 

for local good causes within the 

community. 

Keep up to date with the Axe Vale 

Show on Facebook and Twitter. 

PIRATES & PRINCESSES 

EVENT 

26 May to 03 Jun- This 

summer half term 

- experience good old 

fashioned fair ground fun, 

Dingles Fairground Heritage 

Centre, Milford, Lifton. 

SPRING FAMILY FUN DAY 

& DOG SHOW 

27 May- An action-packed 

day for all the family - fourlegged 

friends included! The 

Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth, 

Slade House Farm, Sidmouth, 

10.00am to 4.00pm. 

Tom Jones at Powderham Castle 

at Dartington, Dartington, 

SUNDAY 9.00am to 15 6.00pm. JULY 

SUMMER GARDEN FETE 

28 May- Join us for a 

traditional Garden Fete, Miss 

Ivy Events, Kitley House 

Hotel, Yealmpton, 10.30am 

to 4.00pm. 

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Spirit Network, Budleigh 

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GENERAL 

beer & cider and the Lister 

POWDERHAM CASTLE 

Engine Rally, Morwellham 

Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am 

to 4.30pm. 

DANCE DAY @ 

KENNAWAY HOUSE 

21 Jun to 21 Jul- Sid Vale 

Folk to sing for Sidmouth 

Steppers' celebration 'Dance 

Day', Sid Vale Folk Choir, 

Kennaway House, Sidmouth. 

EXETER FESTIVAL OF 

SOUTH WEST FOOD & 

DRINK 

05 May to 07 May- The 

award-winning foodie 

event returns for its 15th 

consecutive year! Exeter 

Festival of South West 

Food, Exeter Castle, Exeter, 

10.00am to 6.00pm. 

THE SHOPS AT 

DARTINGTON MAY FOOD 

FAIR 

27 May to 28 May- Fill your 

Bank Holiday weekend with 

plenty of foodie fun for the 

whole family! The Shops 

EXETER FLORAL TRAIL - 

CHELSEA FRINGE EVENT 

22 May to 24 May- Chelsea 

Fringe Event-a floral 

happening in Exeter retail & 

historic locations, Academy 

of Floral Art, Exeter city 

centre, Exeter, 11.30am to 

5.30pm. 

OTTERTON FLOWER 

FESTIVAL 

21 Jun to 24 Jun- The Flower 

Festival is open for 4 days 

in St Michael's Church, 

Otterton , Otterton Flower 

Festival, Flower Festival, 

Otterton, 10.00am to 6.00pm. 

EXETER RESPECT 

FESTIVAL 

30 Jun- Visit our stall 

Exeter's Respect Festival! 

Royal Albert Memorial 

Museum - RAMM, Queen 

Street, Exeter, 11.00am to 

6.00pm. 

BEER, MUSIC & LISTER 

FESTIVAL 

30 Jun to 01 Jul- Listen 

to great music, enjoy local 

Quay, Tavistock, 10.00am 

to 5.00pm. 

MUSIC 

TUESDAY CONCERT BY 

SEAN SWEENY 

01 May- An organ recital 

by Sean Sweeny: part of 

the Tavistock Festival, St 

Eustachius Tavistock Parish 

Church, Plymouth Road, 


LONG L 

The musical 

Over The Top 

The new albu 

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HEADLINER: MAD DOG 

MCRAE 

04 May- Exeter Food 

Festival's all-new live music 

evening event, One Voice 

Media, Exeter Castle, Exeter, 

6.30pm. 

EXETER BEATS - 

HEADLINER: ONE STEP 

BEHIND 

05 May- Exeter Food 

Festival's all-new live music 

evening event, One Voice 

Media, Exeter Castle, Exeter, 

6.45pm. 

UNIVERSITY OF 

PLYMOUTH MUSIC WEEK 

08 May to 12 May- 

Experience diverse musical 

delights from the University 

of Plymouth, Peninsula 

Arts, University of Plymouth, 

Plymouth. 

AMBIENT CHILLED 

10 May- Electronics and New 

Instruments. University of 

Plymouth Music Week 2018, 

Peninsula Arts, The House, 


RECITAL BY THOMAS 

HOBBS 

12 May- Thomas Hobbs, 

internationally famous 

tenor, treats us to wonderful 

singing, Exeter Bach Society, 

St Luke's College Chapel, 


PLYMOUTH RECORD AND 

CD FAIR 

26 May- Knowledgeable local 

vendors selling quality vinyl, 

CD's and music memorabilia, 

Exeter Record & CD Fair, 

Lower Guildhall, Plymouth, 

10.00am to 3.00pm. 

SOME MUSIC FIOR A 

SUMMER EVENING 

09 Jun- The Sir Joshua 

Reynolds Choir In concert 

with The Sunset Swing Band, 

Sir Joshua Reynolds Choir, 

Harewood House, Plymouth, 

7.30pm to 9.45pm. 

GOREN FESTIVAL 2018 

29 Jun to 01 Jul- A family 

friendly festival set amongst 

wildflower meadows, Goren 

Farm Stockland, 3.00pm to 

3.00pm. 

Garden 

STONE LANE GARDENS 

(CHAGFORD, TQ13 8JU) 

Until 31 May- Stone Lane 

Gardens: Open 365 days 

of the year, Stone Lane 

Gardens, Stone Lane Gardens, 

Chagford. 

LUKESLAND SPRING 

OPENINGS: SUNS, WEDS 

& BH'S 

Until 10 Jun- 24 acres of 

beautiful Spring colour & 

tea room, Lukesland Gardens, 

Ivybridge, 11.00am to 5.00pm. 

Honiton Music Festival returns as East Devon Music Festival 16th June to 30th June 

Agricultural 

YONDER HILL GARDEN ~ on the Terrace, Send a Cow, £3.50 Child £1 Car Park 

NGS CHARITY OPENING Musbury Barton, Axminster, No Dogs, Yonder Hill Garden, 

2.00pm to 5.00pm. 

Colaton Raleigh, 1.30pm to Heritage 

06, 07 May- Private Garden 

OPEN FOR CHARITY Adults 

4.30pm. 

£3.50 Child £1 Car Park BONSAI WEEKEND 

MILLING 

No Dogs, Yonder Hill Garden, 12 May to 13 May- Join us YONDER HILL GARDEN ~ Until 08 May- 1000 years of 

Colaton Raleigh, 1.30pm to this weekend to celebrate NGS CHARITY OPENING Milling tradition continues 

4.30pm. 

Agricultural Show 

this delicate and iconic 

20, 27, 28 May- Private 

every two weeks here in 

tree, RHS Garden Rosemoor, Garden OPEN FOR CHARITY Otterton, Otterton Mill, The 

MUSBURY BARTON 

Great Torrington, 10.00am 

Adults £3.50 Child £1 Car Green, Otterton, 11.00am to 

GARDEN OPEN FOR SEND to 4.00pm. 

Park No Dogs, Yonder Hill 3.00pm. 

A COW 

Garden, Colaton Raleigh, 

YONDER HILL GARDEN ~ 

12 May to 13 May- Musbury 

1.30pm to 4.30pm. 

NGS CHARITY OPENING 

Barton Garden will be open 

13 May- Private Garden 

in aid of Send a Cow. Teas 

OPEN FOR CHARITY Adults Agricultural 


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2018 MUSEUM OPENING 

Until 20 May- 2018 New 

Season, Sidmouth Museum, 

Hope Cottage, Sidmouth, 

10.00am to 4.00pm. 

EXMOUTH MUSEUM 

Until 07 Jul- Open season 

for History, suitable for all 

ages, Exmouth Museum, 

Sheppards Row, Exmouth. 

LYME REGIS MUSEUM 

Until 07 Jul- Fossil walks, 

gallery talks and children's 

activities run throughout the 

year, Lyme Regis Museum, 

Bridge Street, Lyme Regis. 

TRASH OR TREASURE 

Until 10 Jul- Our current 

temporary exhibition has 

a local archaeology theme, 

Tiverton Museum of Mid 

Devon Life, Becks Square, 

Tiverton, 10.30am to 4.30pm. 

DISCOVERING WORLDS: 

AFRICA DISPLAYS 

01 May- A special gallery 

and behind the scenes tour 

of our new Africa displays, 



Street, Exeter, 2.00pm to 

3.00pm. 

DEVON'S ASYLUM 

LANDSCAPES 

03 May- Evening Lecture by 

Helen Whitmore and Judy 

Walton, Garden Historians, 

Devon Rural Archive, 

Shilstone, Modbury, 6.30pm 

to 9.00pm. 

GUIDED TOUR OF 

SHILSTONE HOUSE AND 

GROUNDS 

15 May- Tour of Shilstone 

House and Grounds by 

Resident Archaeologist Abi 

Gray, Devon Rural Archive, 


to 4.00pm. 

EMBRACING THE PAST, 

PRESERVING THE 

FUTURE 

22 May- Dr. Tristram 

Hunt discusses the V&A's 

continued commitment to 

art & education, Royal Albert 


Queen Street, Exeter, 7.00pm 

to 8.00pm. 

RAGGED VICTORIAN 

WEEKEND 

26 May to 28 May- Meet the 

Ragged Victorians as they 

hang out at Morwellham all 

weekend, Morwellham Quay, 

Tavistock, 10.00am to 5.00pm. 

TRAVELLING LADIES 

FAMILY TOUR 

26 May to 03 Jun- Travelling 

ladies family tour, A la Ronde, 

Summer Lane, Exmouth, 

9.30am to 4.30pm. 

AN EXETER MAN IN 

ALGIERS: JOSEPH PITTS 

07 Jun- Evening lecture by 

Paul Auchterlonie of the 

University of Exeter, Devon 

Rural Archive, Shilstone, 

Modbury, 6.30pm to 9.00pm. 

REPRESENTING AFRICA 

IN BRITISH MUSEUMS 

08 Jun- Free conference 

examining the 

representations of Africa 

in British museums, Royal 

Albert Memorial Museum - 

RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter, 

10.15am to 5.00pm. 

A CRACKING MUSEUM 

13 Jun- Alan Caig will 

recount the story of RAMM's 

many phases and extensions, 



Street, Exeter, 6.30pm to 

8.00pm. 

GUIDED TOUR OF 

SHILSTONE HOUSE AND 

GROUNDS 

19 Jun- Tour of Shilstone 

House and Grounds by 

Resident Archaeologist Abi 

Gray, Devon Rural Archive, 


to 4.00pm. 

DAVID OLUSOGA: BLACK 

AND BRITISH 

22 Jun- David Olusoga 

examines the long history 

between the British Isles 

and Africa, Royal Albert 


Queen Street, Exeter, 7.30pm 

to 8.30pm. 


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POWDERHAM 

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CONCERT AT TAVISTOCK 

TOWN HALL 

19 May- Plymouth Gilbert 

& Sullivan Fellowship in 

concert, Tavistock Town 

Hall, Tavistock Town Hall, 


Rally 

& Motor 

THE SCRUMPY RUN 

13 May- 40 

riders follow a route over 

Exmoor returning for the 

presentation of prizes, 

Vintage Motor Cycle Club 

(Devon Section), The 

Seafront, Ilfracombe, 

11.00am. 

CLASSIC CAR DAY 

10 Jun- 8th annual classic 

and retro car show, The Big 

Sheep, Abbotsham. 

Boating 

EVENING PADDLE BY 

CANOE 

04 May- A guided canoe 

journey on the stunning River 

Dart as night falls.., Winding 

River Canoe, Swallowfields, 

Totnes, 6.00pm to 10.00pm. 

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PICNIC 

05 May- Canoeing on the 

scenic River Dart - topped 

off with a gourmet bankside 

picnic, Winding River Canoe, 

LONGMARSH CARPARK, 

Totnes, 11.00am to 3.00pm. 

MARINA OPEN DAY 

05 May- Discover everything 

that happens Plymouth's 

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Yacht Haven, Plymouth Yacht 

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to 4.00pm. 

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DAY CANOE SAFARI 

10 Jun- Explore Devon's 

favourite river by tarditional 

canoe, - pub or picnic lunch, 

Winding River Canoe, river 

shack car park, Stoke Gabriel, 

10.00am to 4.00pm. 

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PICNIC 

16 Jun- Canoeing on the 

scenic River Dart - topped 

off with a gourmet bankside 

picnic, Winding River Canoe, 

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17 Jun- A day out exploring 

Devon's favourite river 

by traditional canadian 

canoe, Winding River Canoe, 

longmarsh car park, Totnes, 

10.00am to 4.00pm. 

VOCES8 at Shaldon Festival which runs from 21st to 24th June 

Sport 

OUTDOOR MEDITATION 

02 May- Learn to meditate 

outdoors, East Devon 

Countryside Team, Seaton 

Wetlands, Seaton, 6.00pm 

to 8.00pm. 

TORBAY MOTOR CLUB'S 

SPEED HILL CLIMB 

19 May- Motor sport action 

at the Westcountry's premier 

hill climb course, Torbay 

Motor Club, Wiscombe 

Park, Southleigh, 10.00am 

to 5.30pm. 

RYA 'PUSH THE BOAT OUT' 

20 May- Get involved in 

sailing & motor boating 

in your local area, Axe 

Yacht Club, Harbour Road, 

Axmouth, 10.00am to 2.00pm. 

CHARITY NINE HOLE 

GOLF DAY 

25 May- Golf Day -9 hole 

competition in aid of 

Exeter Group Riding for 

the Disabled, Rotary Club 

of Exeter Southernhay, 

Exminster Golf Centre, Exeter, 

10.00am to 4.30pm. 

MUD LARKS FUN RUN 

27 May- Get muddy for a 

good cause with Dartington's 

charity family mud fun 

run, Harry Wild, The Shops 

at Dartington, Dartington, 

10.00am to 2.30pm. 

SPECTACULAR JOUSTING 

30 May to 01 Jun- Witness 

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sport against an authentic 

backdrop! Powderham Castle, 

Kenton, Exeter, 10.00am to 

5.00pm. 

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Devonshire’s intrepid outdoor adventure junkie 

brings you her latest trip! 

Emma’s 

Outdoor 

Adventures 

by Emma Moore 

continued... 


Snow is always great fun for a 

little while but for me the real 

fun starts when temperatures 

Emma’s 

Outdoor 

Adventures 

by Emma Moore 

outdoors then and thankfully 

for us, adventure season is just 

around the corner! 

 

So far this year I think it’s safe to 

say our weather has been a little 

odd... to say the least! In particular 

ʻStorm Emma’ (sorry guys) caused 

all sorts of issues, but as always 

we were going to try to make 

the best of the situation we had, 

and yep, I think we managed to 

do just that! 

as they competed against one 

another in a contest, of who could 

do the most stupid descent on a 

body board down the snowy hills, 

all for a laugh! There were slips 

and trips, stumbles and tumbles 

but it was all good fun and thankfully 

no one was badly hurt by the 

end of it! Although, I’m not sure 

My favourite day was one 

Sunday in March when 

round two of the storm 

had set in, two friends 

of ours had become 

stranded at our house 

in Chudleigh Knighton, 

after staying over for 

an evening of games 

the night before. With 

no way of them getting 

back to Exeter, due to 

road closures and thick 

snow everywhere you 

looked, there was only 

really one thing for us 

all to do on that day – So 

we got our thermals on, 

dug our ski gear out and 

headed in search of some 

snowy Devonshire hills 

to slide down! 

The nearest hills to us 

were those near Heathfield on 

the ʻTempler Way’ trail, a popular 

walking and cycling path that 

runs all the way from Teignmouth 

through to Haytor on Dartmoor, 

it is a beautiful path, taking 

you through some spectacular 

scenery along the way with an 

abundance of wildlife to see as 

well. 

With no way of getting our 

cars out that day, we packed up, 

loaded ourselves up and decided 

we would get there on foot, and 

although it was only a 2.3 mile 

walk, when you’re up to your eyeballs 

in clothes, carrying snowboards, 

bags, and body boards 

and the snow is up to your shins, 

it felt like quite the hike. 

We played around in the snow 

for a good few hours and the 

boys being boys, got away with 

only mildly injuring themselves, 

Snowtime! - back in March 

who won in the end, but I can tell 

you it was most certainly not the 

body boards, as they both came 

home in a few pieces, whereas 

the rest of us came home pretty 

much intact. 

In hindsight, body boards probably 

weren’t the best replacement 

for sledges, but sometimes you 

just have to improvise. 

All in all it was an awesome day to 

remember and the dog definitely 

had the best time too, tucked up 

in a little coat of her own and 

stampeding around, chasing us 

up and down the hills on every 

run, tracking at least double the 

miles that we did. The Collie in 

her means she is not one to tire 

easily, if at all! 

continued on page 28 

TONS OF MONEY 

14 May to 19 May- TONS 

OF MONEY.Revised by Alan 

Ayckbourn/original Will 

Evans & Arthur Valentine, 

TOADS Theatre Company, 

The Little Theatre, Torquay, 

7.30pm to 10.00pm. 

get a little warmer and summer 

starts to appear, you can really 

start to make the most of the great 

The Band play at Theatre Royal Plymouth 

Charlie and Emma 

THE CRUCIBLE 

16 May to 19 May- Powerful 

drama of the story of 

the Salem Witch trials in 

1692/93, Sidmouth Amateur 

Dramatic Society, Manor 

Pavilion Theatre, Emma Sidmouth, x 

7.30pm to 10.00pm. 

OPEN AUDITIONS FOR 

"QUARTET" 

17 May- Auditions open to 

Until next timeyou all for The Exmouth 

Players Sept production of 

"Quartet", Exmouth Players, 

10 Bicton Street, Exmouth, 

7.30pm to 9.30pm. 

21 to 24 June 2018 

St Peter’s Church, Shaldon TQ14 0DB 

All concerts commence at 7.30pm 

VOCES8 

Vocal ensemble sensation 

Chetham’s School of Music 

Showcase Concert 

Festival Choir 

Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle 

Fibonacci Sequence 

Piano and string ensemble 

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OPEN AUDITIONS FOR 

"QUARTET" 

20 May- Auditions open to 

all for The Exmouth Players 

Sept production of "Quartet", 

Exmouth Players, 10 Bicton 

Street, Exmouth, 2.30pm to 

4.30pm. 

THE LONG MIRROR - 

CYGNET THEATRE 

27 May- Cygnet Theatre 

presents one of J. B. 

Priestley’s fascinating ‘time 

plays’, Palace Theatre 

Paignton, Palace Avenue, 

Paignton, 7.30pm to 9.30pm. 

A MURDER IS 

ANNOUNCED - AGATHA 

CHRISTIE 

05 Jun to 26 Jul- Paignton’s 

famous Bijou Theatre 

Productions present this 

Agatha Christie drama, 



7.30pm to 9.30pm. 

ROUGH JUSTICE 

11 Jun to 16 Jun- ROUGH 

JUSTICE By Terence Frisby, 

Directed by Stephanie Austin, 

TOADS Theatre Company, 

The Little Theatre, Torquay, 

7.30pm to 10.00pm. 

Walks 

A BLUEBELL WALK 

02 May- A short walk to 

see the bluebells on Combe 

Head Wood, Otter Valley 

Association, Salcombe Hill 

NT CP, Salcombe, 2.00pm 

to 4.00pm. 

LYME HISTORY WALK 

09 May- A walk around Lyme 

Regis to discover its unique 

and colourful history, Lyme 

History Walks, Holms, Lyme 

Regis, 11.00am to 12.30am. 

COAST & COUNTRY 

09 May- A varied walk in 

the local area, Otter Valley 

Association, E Budleigh free 

CP, East Budleigh, 10.00am 

to 2.30pm. 

FINDING THE BEAR 

12 May- A walk around 

Kentisbeare, Otter Valley 

Association, Kentisbeare 

Village CP, Kentisbeare, 

10.00am to 1.00pm. 

DAWN CHORUS WALK 

13 May- This early morning 

walk with a ranger is an 

opportunity to listen to bird 

song, Greenway National 

Trust, Greenway Road, 

Galmpton. 

LYME HISTORY WALK 

16 May- A walk around Lyme 

Regis to discover its unique 

and colourful history, Lyme 

Visitor Centre 

History Walks, Holms, Lyme 

Regis, 11.00am to 12.30am. 

SWEETS AND HARES 

19 May- A walk through 

Sweetcombe and Harcombe, 

Otter Valley Association, 

Sidbury CP, Sidbury, 10.00am 

to 2.00pm. 

IF THE CAP FITS? 

25 May- A 7.5 mile walk with 

views of the Jurassic coast 

and Lyme Bay, Otter Valley 

Association, Charmouth 

Heritage Coast Centre, 

Charmouth, 10.00am to 

2.00pm. 

AROUND THE BEACON 

30 May- A varied walk 

to Venn Ottery, Fluxion 

and Waxway, Otter Valley 

Association, Newton 

Poppleford Rec CP, Newton 

Poppleford, 10.00am to 

2.30pm. 

'SONGWAYS OF 

DARTMOOR' 

17 Jun- A 9-mile moorland 

pilgrimage walk with pack 

ponies and minstrels, The 

Dartmoor Society, Postbridge 

Village Hall, Postbridge, 

9.00am to 9.00pm. 

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Snow is always great fun for a 

little while but for me the real 

fun starts when temperatures 

get a little warmer and summer 

starts to appear, you can really 

start to make the most of the great 

Emma’s 

Outdoor 

Adventures 

by Emma Moore 

Charlie and Emma 

outdoors then and thankfully 

for us, adventure season is just 

around the corner! 

Until next time 

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05 May to 06 May- Kelland 

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Cream Teas open for Send a 

Cow, Send a Cow, Holmefield, 

Lapford, 2.00pm to 5.00pm. 

WHAT'S THAT BIRD? 

06 May- Whatever your 

experience come along 

and improve your bird 

identification skill, East 

Devon Countryside Team, 

Tower Hide at Seaton 


to 4.00pm. 

WILD FLOWER WALK 

10 May- A guided walk 

around our "Barn Owl heaven" 

spotting wild flowers as you 

go, Barn Owl Trust, Waterleat, 

Ashburton, 2.30pm to 

5.00pm. 

SPRING FLOWER WALK 

IN CRANBROOK 

12 May- Look for signs 

of spring, East Devon 

Countryside Team, 

Younghayes Community 

Centre, Cranbrook, 10.00am 

to 12.00am. 

CANOE SAFARI 

14 May- Explore the wildlife 

of the river Axe by canoe, 


Team, Seaton Wetlands, 

Seaton, 6.00pm to 8.30pm. 

WHAT'S THAT BIRD? 

24 May- Whatever your 

experience come along 

and improve your bird 

identification skill, East 

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Island Hide at Seaton 


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27 May- A FREE mud 

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28 May- A FREE mud 

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30 May- An afternoon of 

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17•18•19 MAY 

It's Show Time! 

As the county's main show of the 

year approaches, we talk to a few 

of the animal exhibitors about 

their show preparations. 

Hurray, it will shortly be upon us again, for many 

the highlight of Devon's year, yes the Devon County 

Show. Now in its 146th year (founded in 1872) it was 

(and still is) run by the Devon County Agricultural 

Association. 

A riot of exhibitions, stands, parades, rural crafts 

and entertainment, there's much for visitors to 

enjoy and participate in, so make sure you add it 

to your calendar. 

Stalwarts of the show of course are the agricultural 

exhibitors, it's what the show's all about of course, 

Devon's predominantly a rural county with farms 

and small holdings dotted across from coast to coast. 

The contribution farmers make to the economy is 

immense and you shouldn't forget that they provide 

us with a wide range of important food stuffs. Over 

recent years there's been something of a resurgence 

in the appreciation of locally grown food. These 

days restaurants gladly wave their 'locally grown 

and sourced' credentials and make every effort to 

include seasonal crops in their menus which is as 

it should be. 

Here we talk to Deborah Custance-Baker, a black 

top pig exhibitor who is also one of the directors 

of the Devon County Agricultural Association. 

Deborah Custance-Baker: 

The most important thing to understand, before 

you even get to the Show , is that you must have a 

good sense of humour. Things don’t always go to 

plan dealing with animals, As WC Fields said 

“Never work with children or animals” – and 

he was quite right. Being the first show of the 

season, there is even more eager anticipation 

to get to Westpoint to see friends and fellow 

breeders that I have not seen since last season. 

It can be described as a bit like a family party. 

There are many different pig breeds present, 

Large Blacks are the best – a good West Country 

pig, big, black with droopy ears (but I might 

be biased! ) 

William Dorrell with his Grandfathers Champion Devon Bull at Agrifest 2017 Pic taken by 

Richard Austin, not forgetting to mention that alongside stands the Countess of Wessex. 

There are classes for a number of different 

ages of pigs in each breed. So the timing of 

the birth is important, ideally pigs should be 

born early January or early July – the gestation 

period of a pig is 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days – so 

March and September ate active months for 

a sow and boar! 

Show pigs must be a prime example of the 

breed and each breed has certain standards, 

a pig must have good legs and feet, have at 

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Deborah Custance-Baker – black lop pig exhibitor. Deborah is also a Director of the 

Devon County Agricultural Association (which stages the Devon County Show in 2018). 

least 14 evenly spaced teats (the sow must be able 

to feed all her piglets) and the boar should have a 

similar standard to pass on to the offspring. 

Having selected the (hopefully) winning pig to 

bring to Devon County back at the beginning of 

March when entries had to be in, you think you 

are all sorted. 

For the weeks before the Show we are training 

the pigs to the stick and board, pigs are one of the 

few animals that are not halter trained, instead we 

guide them round the ring with a stick and board. 

Show pigs need to be clean and shiny and looking 

at their best. The large Shows all provide shower 

facilities for the pigs, with hot and cold running 

water – some people consider the pigs accommodation 

far superior to their own! My pigs will 

have had a shower at home and will have had oil 

massaged into their back to make their skin look 

even more healthy and attractive. 

Movement licences written, pigs loaded, off we 

go to the show. A welcoming steward is on hand 

to help when you get to the show, and then let 

the competition begin. Hopefully we will return 

home with that much coveted rosette, or possibly 

even a piece of silverware. But should the worst 

happen (and it has happened to me in the past) 

the pig is not up to scratch then ultimately it will 

go to the butcher – but this is all in the nature of 

conservation – if you don’t eat them, we cant keep 

them, and our traditional breeds will die out. The 

unlucky pigs will produce the most delicious pork, 

crackling and sausages and may go on to win a 

produce competition. 

Deborah Custance-Baker 

Grania Phillips at the Devon County Show with 

her prize winning livestock. Grania became the 

High Sheriff of Devon on the 5th of April this 

year, see overleaf. 

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Meet the DEVONSHIRE Writers 

Devonshire magazine has a stand at the Devon County Show this year where you are able to meet 

and chat with writers. Please note appearances are at specific times, it's advised you visit the stand 

previous to the shown times on the day to check appearance times of writers. 

Thursday 17th 

Janet East - Yellingham Farm 

9am to 1pm 

Christopher Taylor - The Countryman 

12 noon to 5pm 

Friday 18th 

Natalie Bucklar - Horse Care 

10am to 1pm 

Michael Downes - Raleigh 400 year 


Saturday 19th 

Ted Gosling - Noted Devon Historian 

10am to 12 noon 

John Fisher - Nelson's Column 


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The 'new' High Sheriff of Devon 

'New' is hardly a word you'd 

associate with the position of 

High Sheriff, a secular office that 

dates from the Saxon times. 

The term 'Sheriff' derives from 'Scir-gerefa' 

(Anglo Saxon) otherwise 'Shire Reeve'. The 

High Sheriff office has been existence for over 

1,000 years and in the early days they were 

principal representatives for the crown, able 

to summon 'posse comitatus' - the full power 

of the Shire in the service of the Sovereign. 

In addition, they served judgement on cases 

in the monthly court of the hundred (a Saxon 

sub shire area) indeed, they were pretty 

powerful, particularly in immediate post- 

Conquest times. I don't doubt that if you're 

of a certain age, you'll have watched The 

Old court papers recording the pleas of 

defendants - historically, the High Sheriff 

would serve judgement on these cases at 

the monthly 'hundred' court. 

Adventures of Robin Hood on the TV, Robin 

playing the 'goodie' (Richard Greene), the 

Sheriff being the 'baddie' (Alan Wheatley). 

And you've guessed it, the Sheriff was busy 

oppressing all and sundry, particularly the 

peasants, or should I say the 'villains'? To be 

a villain in early Norman times was to be a 

farm worker, bonded to the local lord of the 

manor (the 'villa' bit of 'villain' derives from 

latin - a country/farm house, and 'villanus' 

actually meant 'farmhand', although the 

word 'vilein' is Old French for what would 

be described as a rustic, boor). 

Richard Greene as Robin Hood (left) and 

Alan Wheatley as the Sheriff of Nottingham. 

Back to present matters - a great honour was 

bestowed upon Grania Phillips this year on 

the 5th of April at Colleton Manor, Chulmleigh, 

when she was sworn in as the High Sheriff 

of Devon. 

Her term of office will last for twelve months 

and she succeeds Mrs Helen Lindsay-Fynn. 

The earliest known Sheriff of Devon was 

Richard, son of Baldwin, who was appointed 

in 1086. The High Sheriff of each Shrievalty in 

England and Wales (other than Lancaster and 

Cornwall) is appointed in March of each year by 

Her Majesty the Queen who traditionally pricks 

the list of nominations with a silver bodkin. 

Once sworn-in, the High Sheriff who is a Crown 

appointee, is second only in precedence to 

the Lord Lieutenant of the County. 

Having been sworn in and signed her 

Declaration, the new High Sheriff will appoint 

her Under Sheriff, Mr Simon Barnett, her 

Deputy Under Sheriff, Mr Anthony Cockayne 

and the Clerk to the Shrievalty, Mrs Lynn 

Gillard. It is usual for there to be continuity 

in these appointments and those appointed 

have held these offices previously. 

The new High Sheriff, Mrs Grania Phillips, 

considers it a privilege to have been appointed 

as High Sheriff of Devon and is very much 

looking forward to the year during which she 

will host High Court Judges when in the county, 

work closely with the Police, HM Prison, HM 

Coroner and the Probation Service and Court 

Service, as well as supporting the emergency 

services. Grania trained and worked as a 

Clinical Psychologist before moving to Devon 

so she has a particular interest in charities 

supporting those with mental health issues. As 

a farmer, she also hopes to work with charities 

which aid farmers and those which use land 

based facilities for rehabilitation programmes. 

Reference source: High Sheriffs' Association 

of England and Wales. 

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A Devon family’s traditions 

THE CAREWS, ONE OF DEVON’S OLDEST 

FAMILIES whose forbears waded ashore with 

William the Conqueror in 1066, retraced its 

footsteps recently for a family christening 

at the beautiful old church of St Blaise, at 

Haccombe. 

The church was founded by Sir Stephen 

de Haccombe to give thanks for his safe 

return from the Fifth Crusade in 1233 whilst 

Haccombe itself came into the Carew family in 

the first half of the 15th century and remained 

theirs for more than 500 years. 

Fast forward to Easter Monday this year when 

Gerald Carew with his wife Antonia, who now 

live in Sussex (where Gerald forgot to pack 

his suit, a close relative tells us) brought their 

son Thomas Theodore, to be christened. in 

the presence of members of both families 

and friends (photo above). 

Following another family tradition the 

former Rector and Archpriest of Haccombe, 

(who uniquely for this church is responsible 

directly to the Archbishop of Canterbury 

rather than the Bishop of Exeter) the Revd. 

Geoffrey Richardson conducted the ceremony. 

During his incumbency, he had also christened 

Thomas’s sisters Mia and Milly, whilst Gerald 

and his sisters Marcella, Marina and Miranda 

were also christened there. 

Thomas’s grandfather is Sir Rivers Carew, 

whose book Footprints in the Sand: the story 

of the Carews of Devonshire 1086-1945 is due 

to be published in mid-October and should 

make for fascinating reading. It relates the 

story of one family’s traversal of centuries of 

English history, with its attendant triumphs 

and disasters. 

The black sheep of this noble flock was 

one, Bampfylde Moore Carew, self-styled 

“King of the Gypsies and dog stealer” (see 

Devonshire Magazine passim), who is possibly 

unique in the annals of crime for having been 

transported to the colonies not once but 

twice, whilst the Carew who had his head 

chopped off was not a black sheep at all but 

simply another member of the family who 

upset Henry VIII. 

Haccombe St Blaise church, founded by Sir 

Stephen de Haccombe to give thanks for his 

safe return from the Holy Land 

What's believed to be Sir Stephen de 

Haccombe's tomb 

As feudal barons, Carews saw service at Crécy 

and probably Agincourt. They have been 

soldiers, statesmen, sailors (ViceAdmiral 

George Carew went down with his ship The 

Mary Rose) and poets - Thomas Carew was 

a leading light among the Cavalier poets and 

was a contemporary and friend of Ben Jonson. 

Not to upstage young Thomas Theodore but 

purely by co-incidence a portrait of a much 

earlier Master Carew appears in Nelson’s 

Column in this issue. 

JOHN FISHER 

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CLASSIC MOTORCYCLES 

Panther M120 

1961 - owned by Terry Chapman 

It’s great when you come across fine 

examples of our old British motoring 

heritage, on this occasion in a car park 

at Braunton on a fine summer day. 

Chatting to owner Terry Chapman, it’s 

not hard to admire these vehicle curators, 

the love, care and resources they dole 

out, keeping these old machines alive 

is admirable to say the very least. 

His 1961 Panther M120 was a lovely 

example, low, lean and resplendent in 

black, grey and chrome and a glorious 

red and gold Panther badge in each 

chrome panel on the tank. 

It’s easy to appreciate the overengineering 

evident in this machine, I 

suspect this motorcycle will still be here 

long after the owner and indeed, myself, 

have departed this world! 

There’s no electric start on this machine, 

it’s strictly start by foot, although the 

effort is reduced slightly through 

employing the half-compression lever 

(see pic above centre). 

Panther motorcycles were synonymous 

with sidecar use, the manufacturers 

estimating that 90% of customers bought 

them specifically for hitching up to a 

sidecar. 

The little lever above the gearchange lever 

is a half-compression lever, for the purpose 

of easing kick starting of this hefty single 

into life, no small feat I should imagine. 

Panther motorcycles were produced 

from 1932 to 1965, with the basic design 

remaining constant throughout this time. 

The example shown was produced in 

1961, so nearing the end of production. 

As competitors introduced more modern 

designs such as combining the gearbox 

and engine into a single unit, Phelon & 

Moore continued manufacturing the 

same designs, finally being unable to 

obtain supplies of Burman gearboxes and 

Lucas magdynos and eventually closing 

in 1966. Of course, it’s worth bearing in 

mind that the ground-breaking Austin 

Mini was launched in 1959, costing under 

£500 (the van at £396). A full motorcycle 

and sidecar outfit could be bought in 

London for £280. 

You can understand, particularly if you’d 

watched Stan and Olive’s comic antics 

on the famous TV programme ‘On the 

Buses’, how people really wanted to get 

away from the combination setup and 

into a car. 

In 1935 a Model 100 was driven from 

London to Cape Town, across the 

Sahara Desert, the very first journey of 

it’s kind with a motorcycle and sidecar 

combination. Some of you will probably 

say to yourself that this is a true long-

SPECIFICATION 

Manufacturer 

Phelon & Moore, 

Cleckheaton, 

Yorkshire 

Year made 1961 

Capacity 

Bore & stroke 

Power 

Weight 

Brakes 

Grearbox 

Clutch 

645cc 

88x106mm 

27bhp / 4,500rpm 

425 pounds 

Drum, 7” front, 6” rear 

4 gears, Burman 

gearbox 

multi-plate in oil 

Proud owner Terry Chapman with his beloved Panther M120 

stroke machine and you’d be correct, 

and yes, the barrel looks particularly 

narrow and long, no doubt due to the 

top of the cylinder head being used as 

a stressed-member, attached directly to 

the frame, accentuating the long-barrel 

appearance. Actually, there were longer 

stroke machines out there. For instance, 

this Panther has a bore to stroke ratio of 

0.87 : 1, however a BSA M21 had a longer 

comparative stroke with the ratio being 

0.73 : 1. A suitable modern comparison 

would be a KTM 690, with a bore to stroke 

ratio of 1.25 : 1. As a machine unbridled by 

a sidecar it’s ideal for plodding along on at 

between 2-4,000 rpm, with peak torque 

being delivered at 3,000rpm. You can 

expect to get 70mpg and the top speed 

was in the region of 85mph. 

In the photograph you can see this 

model benefited from ‘swing-arm’ rear 

suspension and forks up front. Brakes 

were of the ‘drum’ variety which it’s 

reported were acceptable, but couldn’t 

compete with modern disk brakes. The 

Panther is said to be particularly good at 

covering large mileages in an unhurried 

and economical manner. 

If you fancy buying one of these classics, 

you could expect to pay from £3,000 for 

a rough example to around £6-7,000 for 

and example in mint condition. 

Nigel Jones (Editor) 

The Panther tank and badge are particularly 

lovely, chrome & grey, with red and gold. You 

can see the owner in the tank’s reflection and 

also the tip of my iphone which was used for 

these photos. 

This machine’s a twin-port model, I should 

imagine that twin exhausts for a low-reving 

single cylinder engine were unnecessary, but it 

looked good, visually balancing the appearance 

on both sides. Apparently, the crank assembly 

and flywheels weigh a massive 28lb. 

The crankcases on the Panther are solid, it’s 

built for longevity, not for speed, although 

being a torquey single with a low centre of 

gravity provides a solid, effortless ride. No 

anodising here, just solid lumps of hewn 

aluminium.

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Great Night Out 

Enjoy FOOD and LIVE MUSIC at your local venue 

LIVE MUSIC 

SILVER BULLET LIVE 

05 May- Silver Bullet Band, The Printer’s 

Elbow, Torquay, 9.00pm to 11.30pm. 

LEE GIBSON & THE MARTIN DALE TRIO 

05 May- World-class British jazz singer 

with sensational Quartet! The Tucker’s Jazz 

Club, The Tucker’s Arms, Axminster, 8.00pm 

to 10.00pm. 

DEVON YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA 

(ADMIRAL NURSE) 

05 May- Comprising the best of Devon’s 

young jazz musicians, The Beehive, Dowell 

Street, Honiton, 7.30pm to 10.00pm. 

LEE GIBSON WITH THE MARTIN DALE 

QUARTET 

06 May- Star jazz singer with top Westcountry 

Quartet sings Ella Fitzgerald & 

others, Plymouth Jazz Club, The Royal 

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SOUNDS OF THE SIXTIES WITH THE 

ZOOTS 

06 May- Experience the amazing Sounds 

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audienc, Palace Theatre Paignton, Palace 

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THE STEVE BUCKLEY TRIO 

09 May- With Katherine Williams & Tom 

Armstrong University of Plymouth Music 

Week 2018, Peninsula Arts, Sherwell Centre, 


MIKE WESTBROOK & COMPANY - 

PAINTBOX JANE 

09 May- “Truth, Hope, Love make 

Art together” A celebration of Raoul 

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AN EVENING OF JAZZ, BLUES AND 

IMPROVISATION 

11 May- With Sam Richards. Part of 

University of Plymouth Music Week 2018, 

Peninsula Arts, Sherwell Centre, Plymouth, 

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11 May- Really looking forward to our return 

here, Silver Bullet Band, The Ferry Boat, 

Teignmouth, 9.00pm to 11.30pm. 

CAPULUS 

12 May- Part of University of Plymouth 

Music Week 2018, Peninsula Arts, UPSU Bar 

Outdoor Stage, Plymouth, 7.00pm to 9.00pm. 

John Etheridge 

Corn-fed chicken breast, roasted new 

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and shall ot dressing from City Gate 

MUSIC: MATANA ROBERTS AND KELLY 

JAYNE JONES 

17 May- Commissioned by OUTLANDS; 

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18 May- Silver Bullet Band, Cranberry Farm, 


ROSEMOOR LIVE! - THE FISHERMAN’S 

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18 May- The Fisherman’s Friends will 

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CARA DILLON 

18 May- This extraordinary Irish singer is 

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JOHN ETHERIDGE GUITARIST & VIMALA 

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19 May- Silver Bullet Band, The Kirkham 

Club, Paignton, 9.00pm to 11.30pm. 

THE SOPRANOS 

20 May- Talented saxophone/clarinet duo 

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1920s+, Plymouth Jazz Club, The Royal 

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21 May- With Paul Nicholas! Acoustic Night 

Door 19:00/Start 19:30, Artizan Gallery Cafe 

Venue, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, 7.30pm to 

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Live Music 

Friday 22th June 

JIM CAUSLEY 

Clearbrook Village Hall 

Friday 29th June 

BLACK SWEET ANGELS 

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Sunday 6th May 

THE ZOOTS 

Palace Theatre, Paignton 

WALL OF FLOYD - PINK FLOYD 

25 May- Establish and leading 7-strong 

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25 May- Georgie Fame will be bringing 

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FLISS GORST BAND 

25 May- Swinging classics and sparky 

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Lyme Regis, 8.00pm to 10.30pm. 

CITY STEAM JAZZ BAND,VICKI 

CAMPBELL & FRIENDS 

26 May- Great jazz numbers interspersed 

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Sidmouth Lions Club, Manor Pavilion 

Theatre, Sidmouth, 7.45pm to 10.00pm. 

JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET 

26 May- James Taylor Quartet provide the 

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Jazz Jurassica, Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, 

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ANNIKA SKOOGH QUARTET - BRUNCH 

27 May- Beachside brunch with the sounds 

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HOPE COVE John Lydon’s Public Image Ltd (PiL) are p, 

SOUTH DEVON 

MP Promotions, The Lemon Grove, Exeter, 

HOPE COVE 

SOUTH DEVON 

7.30pm to 10.30pm. 

‘GOTHIC DARTMOOR’ 

23 Jun- Songs from, and inspired by, 

the Baring-Gould folksong collection, 

The Dartmoor Society, Charter Hall, 

Okehampton, . 


24 Jun- Pete Allen’s Hot Four 

Sean Moyses (Banjo), Kennaway House, 

Coburg Road, Sidmouth, 2.00pm to 5.30pm. 

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A visit to Show Town | Disney's The Lion King 

"Can you feel the love tonight" 

Zazu the Hornbill 

What about a visit to Show Town? - by which I 

mean the Covent Garden / Drury Lane area of 

London, otherwise known as the West End. 

You have to feel a little spoilt living 

here in sleepy, rural Devon, surrounded 

as we are by coastline 

and countryside. However, variety, 

as they say, is the spice of life and 

sometimes it’s good to break out 

and experience something entirely 

different. Visiting London can be a 

bit daunting, where exactly would 

you stay to have everything at hand, 

it’s great to have a base centrally 

located where you can see a bit of 

everything without having to walk 

miles. Well, what we have here I’d 

say is the optimum package for your 

enjoyment and relaxation. 

Theatre visit - The Lion King 

Many of you I don’t doubt have 

seen the film, what better than 

a trip to the theatre to enjoy 

Disney’s lavish production of The 

Lion King. Something of a global 

phenomenon, the show’s performed 

for over 90 million guests in a 

multitude of languages. It’s an incredible 

amalgam of disciplines and 

artistry, bringing together music, 

acting dance, puppet making, stage 

design, lighting - in fact it’s hard 

to convey how all this is combined 

into such a rich and entertaining 

package, resulting in a show that’s 

almost dreamlike in quality. 

Sitting in the audience, seeing 

the curtains open, the richness 

of colours was something akin 

to sitting in front of a ʻretina’ 

screen, dazzling in fact. What I 

found truly staggering was how 

clever and effective the puppet 

representations of animals were. 

Amazing giraffes, an incredible 

cheetah, gazelle wheels, what is 

achieved on stage in terms of visual 

effects is brilliant. 

The Lion King show has great 

appeal to a very wide audience, 

children in the audience loved it, 

as did the adults, the loud cheers 

and applause at the finish summed 

it all up! Editor 

Photo by Deen van Meer 

Photo by Catherine Ashmore 

Disney's The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre, London 

'Shadowland' 

Janique Charles as Nala 

The pride of lions 

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Recommended Hotel Stay 

Lobby Bar, an elegant lounge/cocktail area 

One Aldwych 

1 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BZ 020 7300 1000 

Contemporary, chic and extremely comfortable, the standard 

of accommodation was really top notch. Particular 

mention goes to the staff at One Aldwych, all were found 

to be incredibly helpful and charming! 

The Lyceum viewed from 

inside the One Aldwych 

lounge area - it couldn't 

be more convenient 

Five star luxury - One Aldwych 

Having a comfortable and convenient 

base from which to explore London's 

West End is vital. Your hotel can really 

make or break your stay, helpful, 

friendly service, hotel facilities, the 

standard of rooms, all really matter. 

One Aldwych hotel proved to be a 

brilliant choice, the decor is contemporary 

and chic, it's a lovely building 

that has everything you'd expect 

from a top London five star hotel. The 

rooms are beautiful and understated, 

the heart is the Lobby Bar, a most 

relaxing space to enjoy a coffee or 

cocktail and watch London go by 

through the elegant tall arched windows. 

Most of the bedrooms have 

great views out and the standard 

of furnishing is very high. As you'd 

expect there's an extensive choice 

of spa/health treatments available 

and the crowning glory is beautiful, 

chlorine free indoor swimming pool. 

For visiting the West End and The 

Lion King musical, One Aldwych is 

ideally positioned as it's literally just 

on the other side of the road. What's 

also great is that you are based in the 

centre of Theatre Land, and with Covent 

Garden also over the road, there 

are many of restaurants, cafés, bars 

as well as much retail shops as well 

as the Strand and Trafalgar Square. 

Eneko Basque Kitchen & Bar 

Whilst talking about restaurants it's 

worth mentioning Eneko Basque 

Kitchen & Bar. Eneko Atxa (photo 

below) is a chef famed for his three 

Michelin starred Azurmendi restaurant, 

which brings a fresh and modern 

take on Basque cuisine. 

Eneko restaurant is situated within 

One Aldwych hotel and provides a 

refreshing change to the usual British 

and Italian menus. The dishes we had 

were quite unique in their flavour 

combinations and recipes. It's fair to 

say that Basque food is always going 

to have interesting fish dishes, with 

the Basque country running along 

the northern Spanish coastline. So it 

was great to see Basque Style Squid 

in ink sauce which proved to be a 

rich dish with deep flavours. And 

Clams & Rice with garlic, chives and 

parsley, another classic, smoky, salty 

and very satisfying. A real surprise 

was the Grilled Tenderstem Broccoli 

with almond sauce, I'd never expect 

broccoli to 'go' with almonds, but yes, 

interesting, sharp, clean, crunchy and 

totally delicious. Mains were Hake 

Tempura, Hake's a Basque favourite, 

and also Braised Pork Cheeks with 

mushroom emulsion. If you're visiting 

London, Eneko's a 'must visit' 

place to savour unique contemporary 

Basque cuisine. 

Eneko Basque Kitchen & Bar 

1 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BZ 020 7300 0300 

Eneko Atxa - his unique Basque cuisine is award winning Beetroot Tartare Broccoli & almond sauce (top) 

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FOOD and DRINK 

FOOD and DRINK 

Beautiful countryside, 

great local food 

producers, excellent 

restaurants and great 

chefs - all the ingredients 

to provide you with truly 

a memorable dining 

experience. 

We pretty much have 

it all in this region, 

with many restaurants 

now giving full regard 

to provenance of 

ingredients. Being in 

Devon means there's a 

multitude of growers, so 

food miles are reduced, 

but also we're eating 

'real' food, grown on our 

doorstep. 

Local Fresh Fish and 

Shellfish 

West Country Wines, 

Beers & Gin 

See website for special offers 

Open for Dinner Tuesday to Saturday from 6.30pm 

Also open on Sunday 6th & 27th May 2018 

Radway Place, Vicarage Road, Sidmouth, EX10 8TL 

To Book Tel. 01395 519494 or online at neilsrestaurant.com 

A PLACE FOR 

EATING 

DRINKING 

AND MEETING 

WITH A VIEW OF LYME BAY 

PYNE'S SIDMOUTH DEVON 01395 513047 

WWW.BEDFORDHOTELSIDMOUTH.CO.UK 

The 

Otterton 

Fresh food prepared & cooked on the premises 

using local ingredients from our own farm shop 

• 15 quality rooms for B&B. From £90/night per double room, 

including full English breakfast • Dogs welcome (designated areas) 

• Children’s play area • Extensive Gluten Free menu 

• Fresh food using local ingredients from our own farm shop and fish 

landed by our own trawlers whenever possible 

• Food served 12pm-2.30pm and 6pm-9pm Monday to Saturday 

Quality carvery Sundays Noon-8pm • Reservations recommended. 

• Bar serving quality local real ales & fine wines 

FORE STREET • OTTERTON • DEVON • EX9 7HB 01395 568416 www.kingsarmsotterton.co.uk 

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Great Devon eateries 

award winning restaurant • award winning marina 

continued... 

Jolly 

Jacks 

waterfront bar bistro 

153 Vauxhall Street 

Plymouth PL4 0DF 

01752 651300 

zuzimo.co.uk 

Now accepting Gourmet 

Society and Tastecard 

Kick Back & Relax 

Great 

By Richard & Jayne Eley 

Food, Company 

& Location ! 

A great pub for every week of the year! 

• Delicious food from land and sea served fresh all day, every day 

• Friendly and welcoming • Traditional Sunday Lunches 

• Check website for live music & events 

• FREE secure parking • Dog & Child friendly 

• Lovely outside terrace 

tel: 01752 500 008 www.jollyjacks.co.uk 

Mayflower Marina • Richmond Walk • Plymouth • PL1 4LS 

No 3 

 

Christow 

By Richard & Jayne Eley 

This ancient hostelry sits in the 

centre of the charming village 

of Christow. The local area is 

fine walking country, and the 

pub very helpfully provides suggested 

routes. The Artichoke 

goes back a very long way, and 

is reputed to be named after 

Jerusalem artichokes brought 

Artichoke Inn 

Christow 

Kennford 

Haldon Belvedere 

A 38 

A 38 

A 380 

Ashcombe 

Chudleigh 

A great pub for every week of the year! 

to provide a lovely environment 

for the high quality food and 

ales that give it a deserved 

reputation. 

back from the Crusades. Now a 

free house and owned by a local 

family, the pub has been tastefully 

and sensitively refurbished 

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The Restaurant Inspector 

Visits: 

Jolly Jacks 

Mayflower Marina, Plymouth 

Jolly Jacks 

Plymouth 

Dining 

DEVONSHIRE 

Experience 

g ol d awa r d 

menu sampled 

Starters 

Smoked Haddock Fishcake, 

made with smoked haddock, 

mozzarella and spring onion 

with curried mayonnaise 

and pickled sultanas 

Wild Mushrooms on Toast, 

topped with a poached 

egg and hollandaise 

Pan Roasted Hake, sunblush and Parmesan 

croquettes, spinach, white wine sauce 

Lamb Rump, fondant potato, broccoli, red wine jus 

Mains 

Pan Roasted Hake, sunblush 

and Parmesan croquettes, 

spinach, white wine sauce 

Lamb Rump, fondant potato, 

broccoli, red wine jus 

Pudding 

Chocolate Brownie, with 

raspberry coulis and 

raspberry sorbet 

Coffee Pannacotta, with 

chocolate ice cream 

Drinks 

House red - Malbec 

A ʻHiddenʼ Gem 

It’s great when you discover 

somewhere not previously on 

your ʻradar’ and Jolly Jacks is one 

such place. 

Arriving near the quayside, I 

could see Jolly Jacks signage, 

but you have to take a ticket and 

go through the barriers (2 hours 

free parking) in order to park up 

and actually gain access to the 

quayside. The view across the 

basin is excellent as you get to 

see the extremely historic Royal 

William Yard, considered to 

be one of the most important 

military buildings in Britain (also 

the largest collection of Grade 1 

listed military buildings in Europe). 

What a great setting in which to 

have a drink or lunch/dinner. Jolly 

Jacks itself is a lovely cosy refuge 

from the outside. How often do 

you go ʻout’ and wish you were still 

ʻin’? Not so here, warm, cheerful, 

comfortable, you instantly relax 

when inside. Everything’s been 

thought of, no bone-hard chairs 

here, the seats are padded and 

extremely comfortable, aiding 

your enjoyment of what’s to come. 

and cooked to perfection, the 

accompaniments and white wine 

sauce were spot on. And the 

lamb rump - tender, juicy, tasty, 

bursting with flavour, chef had 

even managed to included that 

delicious crispy fat flavour in the 

mix. The red wine jus added to 

the effect, a brilliant crescendo of 

flavours and texture - top notch! 

Puds were equally delicious. 

Starters were excellent, who 

doesn’t love mushrooms, which 

were crowned with a poached 

egg and hollandaise, delicious. 

And smoked haddock fish cake, 

particular merit to the curried 

mayonnaise, just great. 

What can I say about the mains? 

they really couldn’t have been 

better. Pan roasted hake - it was 

an enormous portion (no stingy 

fine-dining micro portions here) 

Smoked Haddock Fishcake, made 

with smoked haddock, mozzarella 

and spring onion with curried 

mayonnaise and pickled sultanas 

At Jolly Jacks you get gastro quality 

food, generous portions, great 

ambiance and levels of comfort, 

friendly service - Excellent! 

What’s not to like I ask? Editor 

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Wild Mushrooms on Toast, topped 

with a poached egg and hollandaise 

The byeword here is ‘cosy’ - note the super comfortable Countryside, chairs, History, wood Walks, burner the Arts, and general Events & all things Devon at: DEVONSHIRE magazine.co.uk 

cheerful ambiance. There’s also a more formal dining area at the other end of the bar. 

Chocolate Brownie, with raspberry 

coulis and raspberry sorbet

Great Devon eateries 

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Camera (macro shots) - Olympus EM1 mk2, 60mm f2.8 macro lens 

1 7 

Looking at: 

Oak Apples 

2 

A wierd 

apple-like 

thing stuck 

on an Oak 

twig? 

With Devonshire magazine 

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Here's the very 

tip of what's 

left of the 

original bud 

4 

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All is not what it seems out 

there in nature, I'd assumed 

that an oak apple was a 

deformed acorn. 

Oak Galls which are otherwise known 

as Oak Apples are intriguing growths 

that I'd never really considered until very 

recently. I'd naturally assumed that oak 

apples were slightly different forms of 

acorns but not so, they are the result of a 

species of wasp using oak buds as rearing 

chambers for their offspring. 

1. Oak catkins. Oaks trees are monoecious 

(hermaphrodite), bearing both male and 

female flowers, the female ones develop 

into acorns. 

2. The beginnings of the oak apple, but 

it's not a deformed acorn, it's actually a 

deformed bud, you can just see the end 

of the bud in the photo. 

3. An acorn still green and yet to drop to 

the ground as a seed. It takes an oak 

tree at least 40 years before it's ready 

to bear acorns. 

4. The culprit, an Oak Gall Wasp (Biorhiza 

pallida) which lays its eggs inside a leaf 

bud. You do wonder how long this 

natural association has taken to develop 

to this level. The gall wasp larvae injects 

chemicals that affect the structure of 

the bud. 

5. The early season colour of oaks is syrupy 

yellow greens and bronzes. 

6. Newly grown oak leaves, showing than 

unmistakable bronze tinge. 

7. The oak apple (otherwise oak gall) has 

hardened and growth stopped. Incidentally, 

oak galls have been used in the 

production of ink since at least Roman 

times by combining gallotannic acid 

from the galls of oaks and other trees 

with iron sulfate. Once dried it is nonwater 

soluble and could only be erased 

by scraping a thin layer off the vellum 

writing surface. Editor 

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FASHION & BEAUTY 

Start 

summer 

in style 

The summer season is finally 

here so it's time to start fresh 

and add the newest looks to 

your wardrobe. 

Summer 2018 trends are 

bold, bright and beautiful! 

Visit your local Devon fashion 

retailer for this season's musthave 

wardrobe essentials. 

JUST WHITE summer collection: 

selected lines available from 

Angie's Budleigh Salterton 

Great shoe shopping 

in Sidmouth 

Just back from the Esplanade in Fore Street 

WHITE & SON SHOES 

@ SIDMOUTH 

01395 516618 

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Fusion 

March 24th - June 3rd 2018 

Victoria Sewart Contemporary Jewellery Gallery presents: 

An exhibiton of exquisitely crafted and creatively designed 

enamelled jewellery 

Private Dentists 

that let you enjoy the confi dence 

of a beautiful smile. 

For more Jewellery, Online shop and Jewellery 

Making Classes including, ‘Make your Own 

Wedding Rings’ visit us at : victoriasewart.com 

BROOKVALE DENTAL PRACTICE 

6 King Street, Honiton, EX14 1AF 

Tel: 01404 44800 

MERRIFIELD DENTAL PRACTICE 

15 Mill Street, Sidmouth, EX10 8DW 

Tel: 01395 579932 

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Relax in our beautiful hydra-spa, 

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Tel: 01395 572928 

Hydra-spa open 

TUES - sun until 10pm 

01395 515120 

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WINNER 


Sean Collins - Host International Comedian, Manageress Anne, Steve White, Adam Marsden Head of Hotter Wholesale (Sponsor) 

Major awards success for Sidmouth based shoe retailer 

White & Son Shoes of Sidmouth clinched the top spot in the 

Ladies Independent Footwear Retailer of the Year category. 

White & Son Shoes of Sidmouth 

have a heritage spanning 

four generations. The present 

owners Great Grandfather 

established White & Son Shoes 

in Dorchester in the early 1880’s. 

In early 2018 the very best from 

across the footwear sector 

gathered at Birmingham’s 

National Conference Centre to 

find out who would be taking 

home a prestigious accolade at 

the seventh annual Footwear 

Industry Awards. 

Owner Steve White along 

with manageress Anne were 

immensely proud to receive 

such a sought after award. For 

an independent shop in Sidmouth 

to be voted Ladies Independent 

Retailer of the Year against the 

best shops in the UK is huge 

achievement. 

The Fore Street, Sidmouth shoe 

shop has been transformed 

during the last few years with a 

major refit and an expansion of 

its display areas and stockrooms. 

This expansion has enabled White 

& Son Shoes to be able to offer 

the widest selection of quality 

footwear in Devon. 

Instantly recognisable brands 

including Rieker, Josef Seibel, 

Ecco and the award winning 

Skechers, are joined by carefully 

selected brands from the very 

best manufacturers in the world. 

The true value of shopping at 

an independent shoe shop is 

the range of brands and styles 

available. 

The White & Son Shoes team 

personally hand pick every 

shoe featured in the shop. The 

team visit all the major footwear 

exhibitions carefully selecting 

shoes and sandals that they know 

from experience will bring that 

comfortable smile to your face. 

Wide feet? DB Shoes and 

Waldlaufer offer a range of ladies 

and men’s shoes and sandals in 

wider fittings to accommodate 

those humps and bumps that 

cause you pain or discomfort 

when you wear standard 

fitting footwear. Variable fitting, 

removable insoles and a choice 

of width fitting makes these shoes 

and sandals a number one choice. 

A huge range of Josef Seibel 

ladies and men’s footwear are 

displayed in the purpose built 

Josef Seibel display area. The 

European Comfort Shoe has won 

many awards for its innovative 

designs and quality. With some 

amazing colours and soft leathers 

and generous fitting these shoes 

and sandals are always a winner 

at White & Son Shoes. The K fit 

men’s shoe range is a favourite 

with the man who has a wider foot 

but demands style and comfort 

along with a more generous fit. 

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FASHION HEALTH & BEAUTY 

Instantly recognised the Rieker/ 

Remonte brand features heavily 

at White and Son Shoes. Summer 

2018 sees the biggest range of 

sandals and shoes ever stocked 

in the Sidmouth shop. From 

the traditional, through to the 

fashionable, from plain colours 

right through to the multicoloured 

floral patterns, a style 

or colour to suit every taste. 

Skechers have been hugely 

successful in the last few years. 

Renowned for style and comfort, 

with some styles now available 

in half sizes and some in extra 

wide fittings, there is memory 

foam shoe for everybody. 

Summer 2018 see’s an increased 

range in sandals for ladies and 

men joining the ever popular 

trainer and Go Walk range. 

Sidmouth can be considered 

the jewel in the East Devon 

crown, with a unique mixture of 

independent shops. The Ladies 

Independent Footwear Retailer 

of the Year award puts Sidmouth 

and White and Son Shoes at 

the very top of the footwear 

shopping experience. 

Owner Steve White sums it up 

perfectly “ White & Son Shoes 

is a shoe shop, not a shop that 

sells shoes” 

£59.99 

£69.99 

£55.00 

£75.00 

Just back from the Esplanade in Fore Street 01395 516618 

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ART EXHIBITIONS 

May to June 18 

Lesley McLaren - 'First Day of Summer' - GalleryFab 

Mark Fielding - 'Spring light, Lynher River' - Studio Gallery 

MARKING TIME:TRACES OF ANOTHER 

JURASSIC COAST 

Until 09 May- West Somerset artists 

exhibit their responses to their own 

Jurassic coast, Town Mill Arts, The 

Courtyard Gallery, Lyme Regis. 

DEVON COUNTRY LIVING ART 

EXHIBITION 

Until 23 May- Celebrating Devon 

country living through plein air and 

studio oil paintings, Julie Dunster 

Art, Boston Tea Party, Honiton. 

EXHIBITION: TRANS-FORM - TREVOR 

BELL 

Until 26 May- A selection of major 

works from the award-winning 

artist, Peninsula Arts, University of 

Plymouth, Plymouth. 

MAY EXHIBITION 

Until 28 May- Raw Art Forum are a 

collective of artists., Artizan Gallery 

Cafe Venue, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay. 

ALFIE'S NIGHT OUT 

Until 02 Jun- Victoria Byron has 

created a new book especially for 

RAMM's 150th anniversary, Royal 

Albert Memorial Museum - RAMM, 

Queen Street, Exeter. 

GALLERY ARTIST EXHIBITION 

01 May to 09 Jun- Suchi 

Chidambaram, Edward Kelly, Heather 

Duncan and Sophie Capron, Artwave 

West, Morecombelake. 

GINA PARR 

01 May to 15 Jun- Gina Parr 

Contemporary show, Brook Gallery 

(Budleigh Salterton), Foreshore 

House, Budleigh Salterton. 

MAY ARTIST PREVIEW 

04 May- Raw Art Forum, Artizan 

Gallery Cafe Venue, 7 Lucius Street, 

Torquay. 

Studio Gallery 

Award Winning Art Gallery 

& Picture Framers 

In the Studio Gallery 

Venice, Devon and Cornwall 

New work by Mark Fielding. 

Portrait Commissions. 

Mark was taught by 

Robert Lenkiewicz. 

Spring into Summer 

with Haddon Galleries 

Julie Clifford 

An exhibition of work by 

this acclaimed local artist 

throughout May and June. 

Exhibitions 

EX10 STUDIO’S SPRING SHOW 

15 May to 24 May. 

Diversity 

25 May to 02 Jun - An exhibition of 

contemporary paintings by Jan Shayler. 

Transitions 23 Jun to 01 Jul - 

Exhibition of contemporary paintings 

by Jacqueline Steel. 

Where have twenty 

years gone? 

Birthday Show - Until 20th May 

Come and see our 20th Birthday 

Show, open every day. Work can 

also be viewed on our website. 

Ocean Studios, Royal William Yard, 

Plymouth PL1 3RP 

www.markfielding.co.uk 

Find us on Torquay’s harbourside: 

6-7 Victoria Parade, TQ1 2BB 01803 213000 

www.haddongalleries.co.uk 

01395 515551 Coburg Road, Sidmouth 

www.kennawayhouse.org.uk 

01297 625257 • 01297 625144 

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GRAPHIC ART EXHIBITION 

04 May to 07 May- First solo 

exhibition of Devon-based artist 

and printmaker, Terry Jeavons., 

Terry Jeavons, The Bomb Shelter, 

Beer. 

HERMAID 

05 May- The Devon Maid group of 

artists present a sea-themed art 

exhibition, Harbour House, The 

Promenade, Kingsbridge. 

DEVONARTPOP EXHIBITION 

05 May to 07 May- This exhibition 

celebrates the county of Devon's 

inspirational setting for art, RHS 

Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington. 

SPRING DESIGN FOR LIVING FAIR 

05 May to 07 May- This three-day 

fair showcases a wealth of West 

Country creative talent., RHS 

Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington. 

10TH ANNUAL ART & CRAFT 

EXHIBITION 

05 May to 07 May- Over 100 

pictures and artefacts by local 

artists. Tea and cakes to enjoy 

also., Buckland Art Group, Buckland 

Monachorum Village Hall, Buckland 

Monachorum. 

THE COFFEE SACK SERIES 

05 May to 18 May- F G Davis will 

be exhibiting his ' Coffee Sack' 

series of paintings. The opening 

will be from 5 to 7 pm. Come and 

see this stunning collection of 

innovative contemporary work by 

this well known Devon artist. Words 

and Pictures Gallery, Teignmouth. 

'Honey Bee' - Three Hares Gallery 

Gina Parr - Past Imperfect - Brook Gallery 

'MOVEMENT ON CANVAS' BY JEAN 

PICTON 

05 May to 20 May- Solo Art 

exhibition of contemporary, vibrant, 

impact original paintings., Host 

Galleries, 12 Whimple Street, 

Plymouth. 

KATE WESTBROOK 

05 May to 22 May- Devon-based 

painter Kate Westbrook explores the 

myth of Diana and Actaeon, Town 

Mill Arts, The Malthouse Gallery, 

Lyme Regis. 

LANDSCAPE - LIGHT & COLOUR 

05 May to 28 May- Abstract 

landscape paintings by Kate 

Cochrane and Jason Nosworthy, 

East Lambrook Manor Gardens, East 

Lambrook, South Petherton. 

EXETER'S FINE ART COLLECTION: 

CHILDHOOD 

08 May to 18 Jul- Explore the 

changing face of childhood in this 

exhibition, Royal Albert Memorial 

Museum - RAMM, Queen Street, 

Exeter. 

JENNY BECK - COUNTRYSIDE, 

GARDEN & ALLOTMENT 

09 May to 29 May- Exhibition of 

paintings, prints and cards in The 

Studio at East Lambrook Manor, 

East Lambrook Manor Gardens, 

East Lambrook, South Petherton. 

RICHARD THORN EXHIBITION 

09 May to 11 Jun- A glorious 

display of artwork by renowned 

local artist, Richard Thorn, Haddon 

Galleries, 6/7 Victoria Parade, 

Torquay. 


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ART EXHIBITIONS 

May to June 18 

Tony Williams - 'Moonship II' - Brownston Gallery 

Julie Clifford - 'Spring Again' - Haddon Galleries 

NIGEL SHARMAN: RECENT WORK 

11 May to 16 May- A collection 

of semi-figurative oil paintings 

created by Nigel Sharman, Town 

Mill Arts, The Courtyard Gallery, 

Lyme Regis. 

FROGMAN SOLID BRONZE 

EXHIBITION 

11 May to 28 Jun- Enter the 

colourful world of Tim Cotterill 

and Frogman Solid Bronze 

Sculpture., Haddon Galleries, 

6/7 Victoria Parade, Torquay. 

POP ART IN PRINT 

12 May to 26 Jul- Exhibition 

drawing from the V&A's 

outstanding collection of Pop 

Art graphics, Royal Albert 



PAINTINGS OF LANDSCAPES AND 

SEASCAPES 

18 May to 23 May- Solo exhibition 

of acrylics and watercolours by 

Marion Sawl, Town Mill Arts, The 


HUMAN ENDEAVOUR 

18 May to 02 Jun- Marine Art 

Exhibition - Anthony Amos, Tony 

Williams and Greg Ramsden, 

Brownston Gallery, 36 Church Street, 

Modbury. 

COLOURFUL CHARACTERS BY AMY 

LOUISE 

21 May to 01 Jul- Fun, quirky and 

vivid...a stunning exhibition of 

cheeky wildlife paintings, Haddon 

Galleries, 6/7 Victoria Parade, 

Torquay. 

Ray Balkwill - 'Golden Light on the Exe' - 

Darts Summer Exhibition 

ARTIST DOWN UNDER 

15 May to 20 May- An exhibition 

of travel paintings by Janette 

Jagger, Harbour House, The 


EX10 STUDIO'S SPRING SHOW 

15 May to 24 May- EX10 

Studios' Spring Show, Kennaway 

House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth. 

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01 May to 09 Jun - Suchi Chidambaram, 

Edward Kelly, Heather Duncan and 

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15 Jun to 11 Aug - The Annual Summer 

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Light from the Inside 

08 to 30 Jun - Fabulous work by 

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Andrew Coates - 'Flowering Gorse' - Marine House at Beer 

STUDIO 36 - OPEN STUDIO 

22 May to 28 May- A personal and 

stimulating world where art runs riot 

through the whole house! Studio 36, 

36 Denmark Road, Exeter. 

PASSION FOR COLOUR 

22 May to 03 Jun- An exhibition of 

contemporary paintings by Ian Carr 

and F G Davis, Harbour House, The 


THE CHANGING FACE OF CHILDHOOD: 

CURATOR TOUR 

24 May- Join a curator-led tour of 

RAMM’s Childhood exhibition, Royal 

Albert Memorial Museum - RAMM, 


KNOWING MY PLACE 

24 May to 30 May- An exhibition of 

contemporary landscape paintings 

by Lynda White, Town Mill Arts, The 


ART EXHIBITION BY JAN SHAYLER - 

'DIVERSITY' 

25 May to 02 Jun- 'Diversity', an 

exhibition by Jan Shayler, Kennaway 

House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth. 

BUDLEIGH SALTERTON ART CLUB 

EXHIBITION 

28 May- In conjunction with Gala 

Week this Art Exhibition is held at 

the Public Hall., Budleigh Salterton 

Arts Club, Public Hall, Budleigh 

Salterton. 

ART EXHIBITION. TABLE TOP ART FAIR. 

28 May to 02 Jun- Art Exhibition. 

Table top art fair. Paintings, prints 

and cards, Brixham Society of Art, 

Methodist Church, Brixham. 

AFFAIRS OF THE HEART 

31 May to 13 Jun- Solo exhibition 

by Liz Shewan, Town Mill Arts, The 


ART@DARTS SUMMER EXHIBITION 

01 Jun to 03 Jun- Featuring five 

leading West Country Artists, Darts 

Farm, Darts Farm Village, Topsham. 

'FEATHERED FRIENDS' BY AMY LOUISE 

02 Jun to 17 Jun- Solo Art exhibition 

by Amy Louise. Quirky fun vibrant 

animal paintings., Host Galleries, 12 

Whimple Street, Plymouth. 

JUNE EXHIBITION 

02 Jun to 22 Jun- Works of Sue 

Luxton, Artizan Gallery Cafe Venue, 

7 Lucius Street, Torquay. 

VIEWPOINTS 

07 Jun to 20 Jun- Group exhibition 

of nine members of Bridport 

Camera Club, Town Mill Arts, The 

Malthouse Gallery, Lyme Regis. 

SYNESTHESIA: ALUMNI SHOW 

09 Jun to 23 Jun- Running alongside 

the University’s Degree Show, 

Peninsula Arts, University of 

Plymouth, Plymouth. 

PAPER AND CLAY 

15 Jun to 27 Jun- Four ceramicists 

and a collograph printer showcase 

their recent work, Town Mill Arts, 

The Courtyard Gallery, Lyme Regis. 

SUMMER EXHIBITION 

15 Jun to 11 Aug- The Annual 

Summer Show featuring numerous 

artists an an ever changing display! 

Artwave West, Morecombelake. 

THERE IS ONLY LIGHT 

21 Jun to 27 Jun- Group exhibition 

by members of Dorset Independent 

Photographers, Town Mill Arts, The 

Malthouse Gallery, Lyme Regis. 

EXHIBITION BY JACQUELINE STEEL 

'TRANSITIONS' 

23 Jun to 01 Jul- Art Exhibition 

by Jacqueline Steel entitled 

'Transitions'., Kennaway House, 

Coburg Road, Sidmouth. 

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01 May to 15 Jun 

‘Casting off’… Leaving behind the 

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Artist Ray Balkwill 

Well known local artist Ray Balkwill, SWAc 

As a professional artist I am always conscious that if one is not 

careful creativity can settle into a groove; a predictable pattern, 

rather than a desire to produce work that is fresh and alive. 

SUMMER EXHIBITION 

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work will know that over the past 

three decades the Exe Estuary has 

been the mainspring of my art. It’s 

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It’s inevitable that every painter 

finds themselves in this position 

from time to time and then there’s 

no alternative but to take the bull 

by the horns. To keep the creative 

juices flowing one has to be brave 

and as Henri Matisse once said: 

“Creativity takes courage.” 

‘Pools of Gold, Exe Estuary’ Mixed Media 

Ray Balkwill, SWAc 

Last year I found myself in this 

situation, so I decided to take a year 

out in order to devote more time to 

experimenting and embracing new 

ideas. Some painters will choose 

a new medium to work in, whilst 

others may choose a totally different 

subject. 

me that the deep-rooted passion 

I have for this special stretch of 

water is not misplaced. It’s a place 

I never tire of painting and I have 

captured its many moods in just 

about every medium possible, 

except that is for acrylics. I not 

only wanted to challenge myself with 

a new medium, but 

also tackle a familiar 

place in a new way. 

Therefore instead of 

my usual practice of 

painting the subject 

en plein air, I chose 

to work entirely in 

the studio from quick 

pencil sketches as 

reference and relying 

more on memory. 

This not only allowed 

me to interpret the 

colours more freely, 

but also paint with 

more emotion. You 

can see some of the 

results in the ‘ART@ 

DARTS’ Mixed 

Summer Exhibition 

on 1st, 2nd, 3rd June. 

(See Exhibitions pages for details). 

Also be sure to make a note of the 

rearranged date for the Thelma 

Hulbert Gallery Art Auction on June 

8th. It was cancelled in March 

because of the snow. The auction is 

to raise funds for Honiton’s Admiral 

Nurse Campaign and the THG 

Learning Programme supporting 

those with Dementia. Visit the THG 

website for further details. 

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Tina Morgan - ‘Looking for Shells’, 102x76cm, £4500 

Adrian Sykes - ‘Island’, 75x75cm, £3150 

Mark McClure – ‘Surface Tension II’, 80x80cm, £1450 (paint on wood) 

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DEVONSHIRE HOME 

Th e C O U N T R Y M A N 

Reunited with mum 

Later that day I did make it to 

the river to fish but no salmon. 

However, I can report that at least 

one salmon has been caught on 

the River Mole. That sounds bad 

but as the number of days that 

fisherman have been able to fish 

can be counted on one hand, it’s 

not disastrous. The swallows, sand 

martins and house martins were 

busy overhead and their numbers 

will greatly increase over the 

coming weeks. Their arrival has 

been approximately two weeks 

later than normal as so much has 

been delayed this spring. The first 

swifts should arrive by mid May. 

In the last article I mention the 

flooding of Horsey Island on the 

north side of the Taw estuary since 

the breach of the sea wall. I have to 

report that no repair work seems 

to have occurred since my last visit. 

When I went down recently the 

tide was racing in, most of the area 

was underwater. Rather strange 

to see a barn submerged by the 

tide. The real reason to go down 

to the estuary was the possible 

sighting of the Osprey recently 

observed fishing in the river 

Taw on it’s northerly migration. 

I missed out on the osprey but 

had a great sighting of a little owl 

being mobbed by magpies while 

it sat on a barn roof, appearing 

oblivious to them pestering it. A 

Ringed Plover , several Teal, a 

female Ruff (known as a Reeve) 

with a wonky leg and a Dunlin, 

were about the most exciting birds 

spotted between hefty showers. I 

Dog poop bags just left? 

did notice a real twitcher packing 

up his telescope and then he and 

his partner gathered up some of 

the mountains of plastic rubbish 

lining the sea wall to take home, 

A hornet’s nest the size of a football 

well done those two. Not all visitors 

are so considerate. It’s rather 

upsetting to see the numerous full 

dog poop bags left lying around the 

dunes. I am sure most left with the 

good intention of picking them up 

on the return to the car, however 

they seem to have been strewn 

everywhere and many have been 

left for days. The full bag is worse 

than the sum of the individual 

parts, it preserves forever the 

Partridges eggs to put under her. 

Usually they go broody in late 

June when the Partridges have 

stopped laying and this year it is 

plenty early enough! Every now 

and again we do see Greys in this 

part of North Devon and like many 

things they were more common 

thirty years ago, it would be just 

wonderful to see more around. I 

will keep you posted on progress 

with this. I recall an interesting 

The veg patch in June 2010 

Apple blossoms and Tipper 

offense of dog fouling. Unpleasant 

for all those that follow on after. 

The swan that nests each year 

close to the Toll House was 

sitting on her eggs in April and 

most Mallards had also started 

incubating their eggs. It’s that time 

of year. One of our bantams has 

also gone broody and I am trying 

hard to find some grey or English 

country saying that I haven’t heard 

in North Devon, ʻ If Ascot week is 

dry then the wild English Partridge 

chicks survive well’. The chicks, 

small as they are, are extremely 

vulnerable to wet conditions. So 

hopefully by mid May the Swan and 

my Partridges may have hatched. 

Christopher 

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Have you ever spent hours hunting for a very special piece of furniture to sit centre stage in 

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piece making? Commissioning an item of bespoke furniture may be the answer. 

interior living space 

HDY 

Industry Pro 

From Hawaii to Devon 

As a maker having come from Hawaii, 

the one thing about coming to 

live and work in England that truly 

inspires me is visiting churches 

and other historic buildings, 

seeing exquisitely crafted pieces 

of centuries old furniture and 

cabinetry, which remain functional 

and beautiful to this day. 

Well-crafted bespoke furniture 

constructed from quality materials 

lasts for many generations. It's also 

infinitely more environmentally 

friendly buying bespoke than buying 

mass-produced pieces, which are 

generally built to have a short lifespan. 

Bespoke is also better value 

for the reasons mentioned above. 

Commissioning a bespoke piece of 

furniture for some may be a daunting 

prospect, but in reality however, it’s 

a pretty straightforward process 

and hopefully an enjoyable and 

exciting experience as you see your 

dream take shape and come to life! 

In our experience, clients normally 

have a specific piece that they are 

looking to be made, but they may 

not have an exact idea of how they 

want it to look or what materials they 

want it crafted in (a desk for instance). 

We would firstly either talk to the 

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how they will use the piece. Will 

its use be primarily functional 

or is it intended to serve as a 

decorative piece or perhaps both? 

It's worth considering the position 

the piece will be placed in and 

the space it is required to fill? Are 

there other pieces of furniture that 

this commissioned piece needs 

to live with? Also, you need to 

decide on a realistic budget. 

Typically, sketches are drawn giving 

the client a number of options 

for their piece. Once these have 

been presented to the client and 

any additional ideas and changes 

incorporated, the client should then 

get a formal proposal sent to them 

detailing final costs and the date of 

completion for their particular piece. 

We would then make a scale 

model which the client would 

come and view, along with any 

material samples and a deposit 

would be taken and work 

would start on the piece. 

Clients should always be made to 

feel that they can ask any question 

and offer any suggestions with the 

maker providing clear answers. 

Sometimes a maker has to guide the 

client away from a certain idea if it 

would compromise the structural 

integrity of the piece, or if, in their 

experience, it would look awkward. 

The client should also be encouraged 

to visit the maker and see their piece 

in progress or alternatively makers 

are normally happy to share pictures 

of the piece in progress by email. 

Once your commissioned piece 

has been completed, the client 

would come to view and arrange 

for final payment and delivery. 

It’s incredibly rewarding as a maker, 

to craft a beautiful bespoke piece of 

cabinetry or furniture and see the 

client's reaction when they finally get 

to view the finished product. The 

knowledge that it will be used and 

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potentially handed down through 

the family is extremely gratifying. 

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DEVON’S 

come the spring, it's a great feeling 

From a traditional cottage garden to 

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Under this section: 

159 INTRODUCTION 

160 GARDEN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPING 

165 GARDEN ROOMS AND OFFICES 

170 PONDS AND WATER FEATURES 

173 GARDEN SUPPLIES 

174 SWIMMING POOLS AND HOT TUBS 

176 GARDEN OUTBUILDINGS 

178 DRIVEWAYS 

179 GARAGE DOORS 

Laurence Mitchell sharing a joke with 

Nick Knowles on site at DIY SOS 

Great business people 

Often I'm engaged in interesting 

conversations with business owners in 

my role as Editor of the Home Design 

Yearbook. There truly are some lovely 

people ou there, interested in much 

more than just business and profits. 

One such glowing example being 

Laurence Mitchell, a professional 

garden designer based in Budleigh 

Salterton. In our conversation, 

I discovered that he travels across the 

UK entirely at his own cost, giving up 

weeks of his time to help the DIY SOS 

team. To date he's been the garden 

designer for the DIY SOS Children in 

Need gardens created at both Swansea 

and also at Blackpool, as we l as helping 

construc the 'Chelsea' award-winning 

roof top garden for Great Ormond 

Street Hospital by Chris Beardshaw. 

Laurence also helped in the 

construction of several War Veterans 

Gardens in Manchester in 2015 and 

not forgetting Devon, designing a 

DIY SOS garden in Ottery St Mary. 

To say it does the heart good 

to deal with such great people 

is a mild understatement! 

It's easily forgotten how importan the garden is in 

the scheme of the home environment and also more 

importantly, to our general we lbeing. 

Y 

our garden a lows you to 

experience the seasons in your 

own personal space and to maintain 

a link with nature and much more. 

The garden is an important extension 

of your home and should not 

be undervalued. Yes, the winter 

months relegate your garden to 

being viewed through a window 

from the warmth of your house, but 

Getting your garden in shape can 

be a long, back-breaking process 

and in order to realise your vision, it's 

grea to bring in experts who can 

enable you to achieve an end result 

where you can finally take over. 

When we talk about the garden, in 

reality it's your exterior living space 

and has many possibilities depending 

really have to decide from outset 

how you'd like to use this valuable 

space, it depends on your lifestyle. 

If you're a busy person, then timeconsuming 

flower beds may not fit 

into your schedule, but many today are 

opting for 'nature' gardens, creating 

small oases to help give our wildlife a 

chance of survival as the drive for ever 

increasing development and intensive 

farming make survival a cha lenge. 

Water feature above - recycling 

of bricks from the demolition 

introduction 

exterior living space 

to get back outside amongst it a l. 

on your budget and available space. 

of a chimney, creating a focal 

Get in touch 

If you would like to get your project featured in the 

next Yearbook, please send high quality photos of your 

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Nelson’s Column 

by JOHN FISHER 

gear’ competition. 

So if you 

want to 

get ahead 

wear a hat, 

reckons 

Ollie Allen 

In the Crafts and Gardens feature and the 

BBC marquee, there will be two wedding 

trees for visitors to write their good wishes; 

after the Show, the messages will be collected 

and sent to the Royal couple together with a 

Devon tree sapling to reflect the wedding 

day and also the Queen’s Commonwealth 

Canopy project. 

Hat’s off to Devonshire’s Big Day Out! 

For Show Secretary Ollie Allen (pictured 

above) this will be her 22nd County Show and 

final year at the helm but she said that no two 

shows were ever the same: “My passion to be 

part of an event which appeals to every strand 

of the Devon community only gets stronger year 

on year. And this year I’m certain we’re going to 

pull it off yet again - it will be a Show of mixed 

emotions for me but the star is the Show itself, 

so if there are plenty of happy people, enjoying 

themselves, whether competing or visiting, 

then – ‘job done’ for the last time!” 

HIP HIP HOORAY! for the indomitable Devon 

County Show, the first and foremost in the 

land and daisy-fresh again this year for its 

123rd appearance. 

Farming, the countryside and food remain 

at the heart of the Show (17-19 May) which 

is the great curtain-raiser for the livestock 

and horse showing season in the South West. 

But there is more than ever to see and do this 

‘special’ year. The Royal Wedding takes place 

on Show Saturday and they’ll be throwing 

what will probably be the biggest party in the 

county at the brand new feature dubbed “The 

Watering Hole”. This is where visitors can 

sit and savour street food, enjoy local brews 

from Exeter Brewery and listen to live music, 

all housed in a huge red and blue marquee. 

There will be live big screen TV wedding 

coverage, a mass confetti throw and a ‘head 

Plan your family visit for the big day itself, 

Saturday, 19th May and two children can 

get free admission with every adult ticket. 

Oh, and did we mention that Devonshire 

magazine will be taking a stand this year 

- so why not drop by and meet 


some of the people who make 

these pages happen every time? 


Changing childhoods 

YOUNG PEOPLE from bygone eras are the 

subject of an exhibition currently on view at 

the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) 

in the heart of Exeter. 

It is called “Childhood” and examines the 

changing face of childhood from the 17th to 

the 20th Century when all too often children 

in art appeared as miniature adults. 

Take, for example, this striking portrait 

entitled ‘Master Carew’ by the Tiverton 

born artist Richard Cosway. It is of Henry, 

later to become Sir Henry Carew, leaning 

nonchalantly on his sword and clearly ready 

for the fray. 

By contrast Victorian works by Kate 

Greenaway such as The Stick Fire and 

The Garden Bench place emphasis upon 

childhood innocence and romanticism. 

Childhood runs from now until 18th 

November. 

Daisy, daisy! 

’T IS SUMMER AT LONG LAST and we write 

in praise of Devon’s ubiquitous, down trodden 

yet perfectly beautiful daisy, Bellis perennis 

unchanged since time immemorial and the 

flower of necessity for making daisy chains. 

It is also the flower most commonly destroyed 

by Devon maids with an eye to a would-be 

suitor (“He loves me, he loves not”) which 

romantic pastime can be traced back to 

a Dartmouth-dwelling Chaucer and his 

Legendes of Goode Women that deals with 

the daisy as a symbol of fidelity. Stay up 

late this Midsummer’s Eve and you will see 

how the ‘Day’s-eye’ (for that is how it got its 

name) closes its petals at dusk to cover that 

wonderful sunny centre: and that’s a wrap. 

JOHN FISHER 

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But here’s the thing... 

Lennon’s last word on Raleigh 

RALEIGH SMOKED LIKE A CHIMNEY and even turned Good 

Queen Bess onto the habit - along with several ladies of her 

court - persuading them that a pipeful of best Virginia was 

“good for the cough”. 

King James, the follow-on monarch, sounded a slightly more 

cautionary note when he wrote in 1604 that it was “A custome 

lothsome to the eye, hatefull to the Nose, harmefull to the 

braine, dangerous to the Lungs, and in the blacke stinking 

fume thereof, neerest resembling the horrible Stigian smoke 

of the pit that is bottomelesse”. 

Nicely put, sire, but fast forward to 1815 and here is Charles 

Lamb, impoverished hack and best friend of Devon’s most 

famous poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s, scribbling through 

the night to meet a dawn deadline: 

“Tobacco, a lone man’s companion, a bachelors friend, a hungry 

man’s food, a sad man’s cordial, a wakeful man’s sleep, a chilly 

man’s fire. There is no herb like it under the canopy of heaven.” 

Last word however to John Lennon who in his song “I’m so 

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such a stupid g—-!” 

Memorial Trust and it’s free, although they 

invite a donation. 

The experience begins at the town’s Canaan 

Way Car Park (EX11 1EQ) on Sunday, 13th 

May at 2.30 pm. Monies raised will be used 

to erect s statue to the poet. 

unpleasant free radicals. 

But a 25 gallon bath would need 114 bottles 

of, say Pinot Noir at £4.50 a bottle and cost 

£513. The cheaper alternative, suggest the 

denizens of the saloon bar at The Weary 

Badger (somewhere in Devon) might be to 

use good old Devon cider instead. 

Strolling with the poet 

SITTING and taking in the poetry of Devon’s 

own Samuel Taylor Coleridge can be a 

particularly pleasant and rewarding way 

to pass an early summer afternoon. 

Better still perhaps might be to leave that 

armchair and join the Coleridge Memorial 

Walk - a guided stroll along the River Otter 

“in the company of the poet and friends”. 

Organised by the good people of the Coleridge 

Farm gate takeaway 

THE CURRENT FAD promoted by beauty 

spas for bathing in red wine has touched 

these parts and appears to be costing its 

acolytes dear. The theory being that red 

wine is rich in a substance called polyphenol 

that helps to tone and defoliate the skin 

while antioxidants fight damage caused by 

Good-ish no nonsense Devon farm cider 

bought at the gate (bring your own container) 

can fill a bath for fess than £137 and it too 

will be full of polyphenols - in which Devon 

cider do also abound - as well as flavon-3-ols 

(catechins), flavonols and hydroxycinnamic 

acids. 

Lack of space does not allow that we also 

pass on their suggestions for recycling either 

beauty treatment, post-bath. 

Don’t try this at home - Ed. 

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The diary of lady farmer, Janet East 

Bruised, Trampled, Pecked... "Enjoy a Lambing Weekend"... Really? 

My name is Sonia and I am a sprightly 

72 year old widow. I hate the blinking 

term “bucket list”, but since being widowed, 

I have got off my backside and started to 

do a few out of the ordinary activities. This 

is one of them, which started when I read 

the following blog from the Yellingham 

Farm website: 

“Want to be a Shepherd for a weekend? Ever 

enjoyed the wonders of lambing in the 

Spring? Well now you can - no experience 

needed, just come and be a real part of a 

busy lambing yard. Witness the amazing 

feeling of watching beautiful lambs born, 

Age, sex, nationality, allergies, 

mobility, none of these factors 

worry me when I accept a 

booking for someone to 

come and join us during my 

favourite time of year - lambing. 

Everybody who comes finds 

something they can do, enjoy 

and feel they’ve helped and 

of course hopefully learnt 

something. But for me too, it 

must be enjoyable as lambing 

is a tough time with the 

unexpected always around the 

corner and at times, it is not for 

the faint hearted. 

Sonia arrived one very wet, 

windy Friday afternoon and as 

she clambered out of her car, I 

could tell she was advancing 

in age, was a well “covered” 

lass, but so cheerful, definitely 

school mistress material and 

already made me smile - that 

bodes well for a good weekend. 

bottle feed lambs, work Nell and Ralph the 

sheepdogs in the fields bordered by the 

meandering River Tale and for a weekend 

be a real part of a farming family. You will 

enjoy superb home cooked food, sat around 

a big Oak table with Janet and her family 

in their traditional farmhouse kitchen. Up 

for it? The experience will stay with you for 

the rest of your life.” 

Never was a truer word written than that 

last sentence of the blog. I’ll let Janet tell 

you about my weekend as a Shepherd as I 

am still in the process of recuperation and 

rehabilitation! 

I showed her to her room, and 

made sure she had suitable 

clothing before we headed 

off for the first job of the late 

afternoon. In a small field near 

the farmhouse are 25 hoggets 

(last of last years’ lambs) which 

were being fattened for market. 

Due to the atrocious weather it 

was a bit of a mission feeding 

them as the constant rain 

we have had, made the going 

underfoot pretty treacherous 

to say the least. Sonia was 

very keen and followed me 

everywhere I went... question 

after question, I just hoped 

she remembered the answers 

otherwise I could see myself 

being exhausted mentally by 

the end of the weekend. Bless 

her. With the task of feeding 

the sheep becoming pressing 

before the daylight started to 

disappear, we hurried to the 

barn, weighed out the sheep 

feed into a large bucket and off 

we went. Ralph, my beautiful 

brown young Collie, was at 

my feet ready to join us and 

to be my eyes and ears and 

truly faithful work mate, come 

rain or shine. We trudged 

through the gate leading to 

the field where the 25 sheep 

waited for us expectantly - they 

have a food clock and soon 

let you know if you’re late, the 

bleating was deafening as we 

approached. We have long 

10ft metal troughs to feed the 

sheep which are about 8” deep 

and 8” wide - the idea being 

that only their noses get in the 

trough, not all of them! After 

each feed I always turn the 

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p h o t o :N . J on e s 

Janet East is the proprietor 

at Yellingham Farm, also 

running a Farmhouse B&B 

establishment 

www.yellinghamfarm.co.uk 

01404 850272 

toughs over so they stay dry 

and that the sheep don’t put 

their feet in them, or worse, 

wee in them. So the first job 

is to turn the troughs over. It 

doesn’t sound hard, but in the 

mud they stick to the ground 

and are heavy to turn over, 

particularly when you are 

also surrounded by 25 hungry, 

heavy, soaking wet sheep 

desperate for food. Their large 

metal hay feeder sits close by 

and I normally put the bucket 

of food on top of the feeder 

well out of reach of the sheep 

whilst I set up the troughs. 

However, tonight I had Sonia 

to help, so she was delighted 

to be in charge of the bucket, 

but the sheep on spotting the 

bucket, made a beeline for her. 

One minute Sonia was there 

and then I saw her disappear 

in slow motion into a sea 

of thick, claggy mud as the 

sheep mobbed her in search 

of the contents of the bucket. 

I quickly rescued the bucket, 

albeit half full and rushed over 

to the troughs and emptied 

the remaining contents as fast 

as I could as the sheep left 

Sonia without a care in the 

world as to her welfare. What 

I couldn’t believe was that she 

was laughing, still horizontal, 

but clearly quite incapable of 

getting to her feet. With the 

sheep content feeding, my 

focus was on rescuing Sonia. 

She gave me her 2 hands and 

with all my strength I tried 

to get her up, but she was 

so heavy and stuck fast. The 

mud was acting like glue. I 

soon started to laugh as well, 

which made me even weaker. 

I tried to roll her over, but 

that was hopeless too. There 

was only one thing to do and 

that was to ring for help and 

hope that someone back at 

the farm would answer the 

phone. Luckily my son Miles 

did and in between bouts 

of hysteria, asked whether 

a tractor and chains was 

required as he had met Sonia 

earlier and commented on the 

fact that she was “a fair sized 

lass”. I told him to not be so 

cheeky and just come over and 

rescue this poor damsel in 

distress. The whole scene was 

hilarious, made more so by the 

fact that this delightful widow 

really was tickled pink by the 

whole affair. As Miles lifted 

her gently to safety, she was 

literally covered head to toe in 

mud, to which she replied: 

“Don’t worry, I have plenty 

more clothes, the weekend has 

only just begun and what a 

wonderful start!” 

Heavens above, I was going to 

have to watch this sprightly 

72 year old as she definitely 

had a mischievous twinkle 

in her eye. After a change of 

clothes and watching my new 

lambing assistant bundle, wet, 

muddy clothes into a black 

bag in the back of her car, 

(boy they’re going to smell by 

Sunday night) we ventured 

back down to the lambing yard 

where all the in lamb ewes 

and newborn lambs are safely 

in pens and behind gates. I 

explained the whole lambing 

process to Sonia and how she 

was going to be involved and 

the excitement in her eyes 

was unforgettable and her 

questions kept coming fast and 

furious. She was certainly a 

force to be reckoned with, but 

I liked her a lot. 

Dinner that night was a 

beautiful, classic beef stew 

and dumplings, followed by 

apple crumble and lashings of 

clotted cream - fuel food - but 

delicious. We were entertained 

by Sonia and actually did learn 

a lot about her interesting 

life, and I did get one thing 

right - she was a retired 

Headmistress. Her humour 

was infectious and I shall 

never forget the shock of her 

telling a particularly funny 

story where she referred to 

having a CRAFT moment, to 

which we all looked at her 

blankly, when I asked her: 

“What is a CRAFT moment?” 

“Surely you know what a CRAFT 

moment is... Can’t, Remember, 

A, F...g, Thing”. 

She just giggled, after which 

there was raucous laughter 

around the table. What 

an earth would tomorrow 

bring from the lips of this 

extraordinary guest? 

The morning soon arrived and 

Sonia appeared down in the 

lambing yard about 6.30. It 

was still dark but with all the 

lights on, we soon got to work. 

It had been a quiet night and 

whilst Sonia was keen to join 

me at 3am for my check, I like 

that time on my own and told 

her she needed the sleep... and 

I needed the peace and quiet! 

After feeding the ewes and 

bedding up with straw where 

it was needed, we progressed 

onto the other early morning 

FARM CALENDAR 

MAY 

• Check fencing and repair - 

lambs find a hole anywhere 

• Chain harrow and roll fields 

when dry enough 

• Worm lambs after 6 weeks old 

• Vaccinate lambs against sheep 

related diseases - 2 injections 2 

to 4 weeks apart 

• Keep a close eye on condition 

of ewes as lambs get bigger and 

bigger 

• Trim ewes feet after housing 

• Clean out and disinfect barn 

after lambing 

• Book the shearer before he gets 

too busy 

• Enjoy a day out at Devon 

County Show 

JUNE 

• Shear the ewes 

• Top the fields as the grass gets 

straggly 

• Control the growth of docks 

and nettles - a never ending job 

• Keep a sharp eye out for 

flystrike - flies laying eggs in 

damp wool which within hours 

become maggots - a shepherds 

worst nightmare 

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GARDENING 

Devon's Apple Heritage - part ii 

Nigel Jones discusses early English and Devon varieties, identification, 

notable experts through the ages, propagation and rootstocks 

Although we buy over 450,000 tonnes 

of apple a year, half of this quantity 

comprises only two varieties, namely 

Braeburn and Gala, both varieties deriving from 

New Zealand. This is such a great pity as there 

are over 2,000 known varieties of apple today, 

although our supermarkets effectively restrict 

access to other varieties. Their insistence on 

providing uniformity and year round access 

means we’re missing out on a many differing 

tastes and textures, and being deprived of 

these ‘heritage’ varieties. We often today see 

could enter various characteristics in a search 

form to find the variety, but I suspected this 

was very much hit and miss method and their 

database of varieties is restricted to around 100. 

One apple enthusiast who developed a system 

of apple identification was Edward Bunyard 

(1878-1939) with Hogg and also Beach being 

others who'd attempted this difficult task. The 

reference book I've referred to here was written 

by H.V.Taylor O.B.E., he'd developed his own 

identification plan (similar to Bunyard's) that 

arranges apples into seven distinct groups: 

I think you'll agree that the permutations are 

mind boggling from the aforementioned 

criteria, demonstrating the complexity of the 

task of identification, so if you have mature 

apples in your garden, orchard or fields and 

want to find out what variety they are, then 

very good luck! 

Each seed from an apple tree is capable of 

growing into a totally new variety, that’s why 

propagation is carried out by cloning using a 

grafting technique to maintain the attributes 

Golden Pippin 

A high-class dessert apple of 1700s 

The Pearmain 

Traced back to Norfolk in 1200 

Costard 

A favourite in 1200s 

(after lithograph by Ronalds 1831) 

(after John Parkinson 1629) 

(after lithograph in Herefordshire Pomona) 

reference to heritage tomatoes and suchlike, 

which begs the question why equally retailers 

cannot offer more apple varieties such as the 

delicious Devonshire Quarrenden, a fine tasting 

apple that is ready to eat in early August. Many 

counties have their own regional varieties, 

how fine it would be to have access to our 

own regional apples at local shops. 

One thing that’s always puzzled me is how 

to identify a particular variety of apple, 

there are so many variations of skin colour, 

shape, mottling, stripes, blush, skin feeling, 

bloom, etc., it would appear impossible to 

know one apple variety from another. I did 

come across an American website where you 

1. Apples with whitish, pale yellow or golden 

skins, often carrying a coloured flush but 

no stripes. 

2. Contains green apples, sometimes with a 

coloured flush but no stripes. 

3. Green apples with red stripes and acid to 

the taste (cookers). 

4. Includes similar apples but sweet to taste 

(desert apples). 

5. Contains the really red apples. 

6. Contains the apples with red stripes and 

patches of russet. 

7. Contains the russet apples - rough in skin 

texture and of russet flavour. 

of the existing variety. Grafting is where a 

scion (small branch) of new growth is taken off 

the parent tree of known variety and grafted 

onto a young apple rootstock, this process is 

carried out in the spring so that by the end of 

the season a healthy young plant is produced 

and the graft will have fully healed. It’s also 

possible to carry out cloning by inserting a 

bud into the side of the rootstock, the end 

result is pretty much the same, as the bud will 

eventually establish and branches will start to 

form from this site. The Chinese are credited 

with being the earliest race to develop grafting 

(on citrus trees) and this knowledge spread 

throughout civilisations. Some old varieties 

of apple still exist, for instance Pliny in 101AD 

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mentioned the Annurca grown in Naples, being 

a red dessert apple. The Annurca continues 

to be a good cropper after an existence of 

nearly 2,000 years (if Pliny’s reference to the 

Annurca variety is correct). 

There’s debate about whether grafted clones 

lose vigour and/or degrade over the years, 

for instance, the Wellington cooking apple, 

very much esteemed across England by our 

predecessors, has, within sixty or so years, 

become increasingly marked with black spot 

to the point where it’s no longer cultivated 

and has nearly disappeared altogether. You 

can imagine that over the years, if a variety of 

apple is grafted over and over again, perhaps 

as time accumulates, each tree stands more 

of a chance of picking up diseases along the 

way. And each time a scion is chosen for a 

new graft, it becomes increasingly difficult to 

chose a healthy one. 

It’s know that although the Romans introduced 

new varieties of apple to our shores, the crabapple 

(referred to sometimes as Wildings) was 

our native apple and it’s said that they are the 

source of our cider apples. It’s also said that 

cider-making has origins in prehistoric times. 

The first known English named variety of 

apple is the Pearmain which was notated 

in a deed of a property holding in Norfolk 

dated 1204, owned by Robert de Evermere, 

who was due to make a yearly payment of 

200 Pearmains to the Exchequer on the feast 

of Michael. The Pearmain continued to be 

highly regarded until the early seventeenth 

century. Another very old variety is the Costard, 

recorded in 1296, being sold at Oxford for one 

shilling for a hundred. You may have heard of 

the term ‘Costermonger’, a term understood to 

be a person selling fruit and vegetables from 

a hand-cart in the street. The true origin of 

the term is from the apple of the same name. 

At the request of King Henry VIII, fruiterer 

Robert Harris was despatched to France 

with the intention of bringing to England new 

varieties of apple because much apple until 

this time consumed by the ‘noble’ families, was 

being brought over from the continent. Pippins 

were also brought to England from France by 

Harris at this time, this is the first instance of 

them appearing on our shores. Pippin was a 

term also used to represent dessert apples that 

are also suitable for use in cider-making, they 

are also said to have reproduced fairly true to 

form from propagation by seed, hence the 

‘Pippin’ name. Loudon had said of the Pippin 

that “in general the form of the fruit and its 

external appearance is less removed from that 

of a handsome and large crab than the fruit 

of many of the other tribes”. It’s interesting to 

note that the USA also have their own Pippin, 

which was a favourite of Thomas Jefferson, 

George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. 

Their Pippin was said to originate from a chance 

seedling near a swamp in Queens County, 

New York in 1730. 

Seemingly as English as cricket - apples that is, here at the old Whiteways orchard, Whimple 

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Ponsford 

Often used for cooking, the Ponsord is known 

as a Devonshire cider apple. It has a very sharp 

nature, is well-flavoured and is picked very late 

in the season. It originates from the 19th century 

(see photo above). 

Devonshire Queen 

Having a deep rich crimson colouring with 

deeper stripes and soft patches of yellow, the 

whole surface is as if it has been varnished. It has a 

strong and pleasantly acid flavour and is popular 

in the Tamar valley, being known as 'Queenie' 

by locals. Best picked straight from the tree. 

Star of Devon 

Said to have been raised by J.Garland of Broadclyst 

and introduced by george Pyne of Topsham, it 

was said to be similar to the Worcester Pearmain. 

The flesh was soft and sweet, and of agreeable 

flavour, keeping well and being able to keep 

stored until March/April the following year (see 

photo above). 

Devonshire Quarrenden 

Mentioned in The Compleat Planter and Cyderist 

which was published in 1690, it's a very old variety. 

It was a favourite in the South West and highly 

esteemed, being coloured a deep red, it was 

said to have an almost strawberry -like flavour. 

Bickington Grey 

With high resistance to scab, this variety originates 

from South Devon. Worthy of being eaten 

as a dessert apple, the cider it makes is light and 

well flavoured (see photo above). 

Duke of Devonshire 

Raised in 1835 at Holker Hall, Lancashire by Mr 

Wilson, gardener to the Duke of Devonshire 

after whom it is named. Quite indispensable 

for late use (source: The Apples of England). It 

was grown in quite a large number of private 

gardens, being aromatic, with crisp, sweet juice. 

Advised eating is in February of following year. 

During the seventeenth century, many of 

the great country houses began to take 

an more of an interest in the trees and plants 

on their estates, turning their attention also 

to their fruit apple produce for the table. 

Enthusiastic horticulturalists introduced many 

new varieties and land owner Lord Scudamore 

became famous for his contribution to the 

cider apple strains, particularly in Herefordshire 

where his estate was situated. Having been 

appointed ambassador to the Court of Louis 

XIII in 1635, he used the opportunity to visit the 

famous cider orchards of Normandy, where 

he no doubt collected specimens to bring 

back to Hereford, subsequently developing 

new strains. 

Another noted contributor and writer to 

the subject of apple cultivation was John 

Evelyn (1620-1705), and it’s important to note 

that at the time there was much enthusiasm 

for sourcing new continental varieties, indeed 

many horticulturalists across Europe corresponded 

on the subject of apple propagation 

and varieties. 

Over the centuries, many new varieties 

were developed, with the 19th century 

being a particularly prolific time when a more 

scientific approach was applied to the devel- 

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Apple photos by Jane Pay 

All Doer 

Apparently it's a fantastic dual purpose apple, 

used for either cooking or cider production. 

Having a sharp taste with a sweet edge to it, 

the flesh is dry and yellowish in colour. It has 

very good scab resistance (see photo above). 

Michaelmas Stubbard 

A yellowy-green apple with a brownish flush, 

this apple has a ribbed basin, long stem and 

a large eye. A popular and early dessert apple 

ready in August, whaving a distinctive flavour. 

Limberland 

Originating from North Devon, again another 

dual purpose apple, for use either in cooking or 

as a sweet desert apple. Its colour is yellow with 

green dots and has excellent disease resistance 

(see photo above). 

Grandpa Ailes 

Having exceptional resistance to canker and 

scab, it's a relatively new variety, brought from 

Kazakhstan by former Reuters correspondent, 

a Mr Ailes, back to Woody Bay in North Devon. 

Kazakhstan is where our domestic apple varieties 

are originally descended. 

Ellis Bitter 

Being an old East Devon variety, they don't store 

well and need pressing soon after harvesting. The 

tree is vigorous, makes good juice (see photo 

above). 

Devonshire Buckland 

One of Monty Don's favourite culinary apples, 

this tree originated before 1831 and is vigorous, 

producing lots of sharp apples with good flavour 

and excellent resistance to disease and scab. The 

apples keep well and becomes sweeter when 

cooked. The skin is waxen yellow, strewed with 

small russet dots. 

opment of apple varieties. A notable figure from 

this time was Thomas Andrew Knight, the son 

of a Herefordshire country squire, educated at 

Oxford (born 1759). Upon his return, he took 

a keen interest in fruit growing, coming up 

with new theories about canker and disease 

in old apple varieties, one of which was that 

each variety has a give life cycle, beyond which 

waning vigour gives way to disease. It begs 

the question if you can clone and apple tree 

infinitely. You have to take into consideration 

that the rootstock of the graft has a limited 

life of about 70-100 years maximum (less for 

dwarf varieties), so perhaps when a new tree 

is produced with a graft from the old tree, the 

rootstock provides renewed vigour? 

Of course, one area for discussion is the 

subject of root stock. We know today 

that there are various rootstocks approved 

for grafting (incidentally, you can also graft 

certain apple scions to Hawthorn, they are 

both members of the Rose family (Rosaceae)). 

The Ministry in Britain stepped in to control 

disease in the apple and developed the ‘M’ 

series rootstocks (M stands for East Malling, 

where development and research was carried 

out initially). 

Here are various examples of rootstocks: 

M25, the biggest of the rootstocks having the 

longest life expectancy of around 125 years. 

M26 is a dwarf rootstock, which would need 

clear ground as grass would compete with 

the roots, and staking also. 

M111 - resistant to wooly aphid and Phytophthera, 

passing resistance onto the scion. 

Drought resistant and able to cope with wet 

conditions. 

M106 - very popular in Wales, good success 

rate in pots, lifespan around 50 years. 

etc. 

Viruses can infect grafted trees, but a heat 

treatment (originally developed for potatoes) 

has been developed to clean up these 

viruses, carried out through keeping the scion 

in an environment of 38 degrees celsius which 

doesn’t kill the virus, but inhibits division, and 

means that virus free tissue can grow at the 

top of the wood, which can then be used to a 

virus free soft graft in early season. Although 

these heat-treated trees cannot be bought in 

the UK, they're available from Holland. 

References - The Apples of England - first 

published 1936 

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The Heritage Apple Orchard at Rosemoor 

Rosemoor's special orchard will keep rare Devon varieties alive for future generations. 

Would you dare try a Pig’s Nose? A Sugar 

Bush? Or even a Grand Sultan? We’re talking 

about apple varieties of course. Any of these 

would make a welcome break from the ubiquitous 

Braeburn or Cox and yet, it would be almost 

impossible to track them down today. Since the 

1960s, two-thirds of our nation’s orchards have 

been lost, and with them many apple varieties 

have dwindled or even disappeared. 

To safeguard these varieties, in March 2017, Royal 

Horticultural Society (RHS) is planting forty 

five cultivars of rare Devon apples to establish 

a unique ‘mother orchard’ at its RHS Garden 

Rosemoor in North Devon. For hundreds of 

years, apples were part of the South West’s 

industry, and this new orchard is both a tribute 

to the region’s heritage as well as a type of 

insurance policy; to ensure that these diverse 

old varieties don’t die out and remain available 

for future generations. 

Jon Webster, Curator of RHS Garden Rosemoor 

says: 

“The RHS has been involved in fruit growing since 

our founding in 1804 so we are thrilled that this 

orchard has come to fruition with the help of 

the South West Fruit Group and Devon-based 

Orchards Live”. 

“These apples were gathered from small collections, 

from local farms and even private gardens, 

which the local fruit group knew. The idea of 

planting them in one place is to safeguard them 

for the future ‒ a mother orchard” 

The gathered apple collection was grafted onto 

robust root stock and planted in February 2017. 

Over the next ten years, the trees will carefully 

be trained and pruned by RHS horticulturalists 

as they grow into wide canopied trees. 

Jim Arbury, RHS apple tree specialist at RHS 

Garden Wisley says: “We grafted this heritage 

collection of apples, as new trees grown from 

seed will not come true to parental type ‒ and 

it is the unique, quirky tastes, colours and sizes 

we want to preserve”. 

“Since the 1950s our collection has been at 

RHS Garden Wisley, which now has 700 apple 

cultivars, together with 120 pear cultivars, over 

100 varieties of dessert plums and gages, plus 

quinces, medlars and nuts. It’s exciting to have 

a new heritage orchard in the West Country, 

the spiritual home of British apple growing”. 

This new orchard of eaters, cookers and cider 

apples complements the current apple trees 

in the Rosemoor fruit field, and like its existing 

apple harvest, these rare and old varieties will 

be used in the restaurant, turned into Rosemoor 

cider and juice, or sold as bagged apples. A 

taste of the past for visitors to the RHS West 

Country Garden. 

RHS Members have helped raise over £16,000 

towards the establishment of the new orchard, 

which has helped both in paying for the grafting 

and will towards the long term care and 

maintenance of the trees and surrounding area. 

Next to come in our Devon's 

Apple Heritage series 

"Cider Making" 

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tasks of which the first was 

to let out the chickens. I keep 

several breeds of chickens 

and had recently hatched out 

some fine Buff Sussex, who 

are truly lovely birds and in 

particular the cockerels are a 

sight to behold. They have a 

combination of striking brown 

and gold feathers, with black 

ones around the neck and in 

the sunlight there are tinges 

of green. They literally strut 

their stuff and are huge birds. 

I kept 2 cockerels in case I 

lost one to - even though the 

chickens are shut away at 

night, they free range during 

the day, as does Mr. Fox. Sonia 

adored them at first sight as 

they bounded out for a day of 

meandering around, scratching, 

eating, and hopefully laying an 

egg or 2. During the day, there 

are always quiet times and I 

would often catch Sonia going 

over to the old chest freezer 

where we keep the chicken 

food and sneaking another 

scoop of corn for the chickens 

which they adore. Trouble is, 

they soon cottoned on to the 

fact that they had a new Queen 

of the Corn. When they saw 

her they literally ran up to her 

expectantly and of course they 

were rewarded. I never gave it a 

thought that Sonia would be in 

trouble again so soon. Needless 

to say one of the cockerels took 

a bit of a fancy to Sonia and 

started to sidle up to her as 

they do when they fancy a hen. 

But unfortunately the cockerel 

became over zealous and 

stated to fly up at her. Initially, 

she thought this was natural 

and the odd peck or too was 

harmless. It was a very loud 

shriek that alerted me to her 

problem. I ran into the yard 

and there was Sonia literally 

been pecked hard by this huge 

cockerel as his feet left the 

ground – he meant business. 

I didn’t realise he could be 

so naughty and this time 

Sonia was in a spot of bother. 

Honestly I had never seen him 

do that before and it wasn’t a 

pleasant sight. There was no 

physical damage to her wellies, 

trousers, body or mental state. 

With a huge grin on her face, all 

she said was: 

“Farm life is so exciting; you 

never know what’s going to 

happen to you next!” 

I couldn’t believe my ears, was 

there nothing that fazed this 

extraordinary lady? I really 

wanted her to go indoors and 

rest as I couldn’t begin the 

think what trouble she would 

be in next. Sunday afternoon 

arrived all too soon for Sonia as 

I watched her literally bundle 

even more clothes into black 

bags. It would take her weeks 

to do all her washing. 

“Don’t worry – I did a huge shop 

at my local Charity Shop before 

coming to you and this lot’s 

going straight in the bin”. 

Her weekend had been 

wonderful and as she drove out 

of the gate, she wound down 

her window and said: 

“I don’t think I will be having 

a CRAFT moment about my 

weekend at Yellingham!” 

Funny enough... Neither will I. 

Janet East 

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The remarkable life and loves of Devon's most illustrious son 

by John Fisher 

Sir Walter Raleigh 

NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE what 

became of Sir Walter Raleigh’s 

head after he was executed. 

He was publicly beheaded as a traitor in 

Old Palace Yard, Westminster in 1618 - 

400 years ago this year - and his body 

was laid to rest in the chancel of St. 

Margaret’s Church, Westminster on the 

south side of the altar. 

But his devoted wife, Bess Throckmorton 

took that severed head from the scaffold, 

wrapped in a cloak and thence into a 

draw-string red leather bag which she 

kept close by her until her own death 

some 29 years later. 

The mystery is further compounded 

by the fact that quite where that poor 

lady herself is buried is unknown. Was 

it put into her own coffin with her, 

that cherished head of Devon’s most 

illustrious son whose life was brought to 

such a tragic end by a complex conspiracy 

of intrigue, jealousy and lies that thrived 

at the court of the paranoid James I. 

For favourite of Good Queen Bess he had 

been and swash-buckling braggart of a 

sea dog, certainly - but traitor he never 

was - as James well knew. 

 

He was born at Hayes Barton in Devon 

in about 1553, close by East Budleigh, to 

'The Boyhood of Raleigh' by Millais, pictured at Budleigh Salterton 

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a Protestant family the head of which was the 

landed gentleman, Walter Raleigh (a former 

deputy vice-admiral in the South West) and 

his third wife Katherine. Her sister, ʻKat’ was 

governess to the young princess, Elizabeth 

and remained a close friend to her in the 

Queen’s later years. 

So the man who was to become Devon’s most 

famous son, a knight of the realm, writer, 

poet, philosopher, soldier, adventurer (dare we 

say pirate?) politician, courtier - and latterly 

a healer - set out from his 

farmhouse home in deepest 

Devon - after completing his 

education at Oriel College 

Oxford - with some useful 

connections which the youthful 

and ambitious Raleigh was soon 

to exploit. 

Sir Carew Raleigh, a Member 

of Parliament was his elder 

brother, whilst his half 

brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert 

introduced him to the royal 

court where his good looks and 

charm made him popular - he 

was a legendary ladies man 

- and after serving the Crown 

as a soldier in the French wars 

and then later by putting down a rebellion 

in Ireland, the dashing young blade became 

the 27-year old favourite of the 48-year old 

Queen Elizabeth, becoming captain of her 

personal bodyguard. 

She would certainly have guessed that this 

tall, poetic “softly spoken Devon lad” (he never 

lost his broad Devon accent which endeared 

him to her) would already have sown an acre 

or two of wild oats during his military career 

but there was one particular secret he kept 

hidden so deeply that it only emerged in the 

1970s when a will was uncovered in the 

archives of his Sherborne estates in Dorset. 

It revealed that he left 500 marks (£332) 

“To my Reputed Daughter, begotten on the 

body of Alice Goold, now in Ireland”. Now 

in Ireland? Good, Gould or Gold are all old 

Devon names so was Alice a Devon lass who 

was later secreted away to his estates in Cork 

as his fame grew? 

The legendary throwing down of his cloak 

into a puddle apart, he first attracted the 

attention of the Queen, ’t is said, by taking 

a diamond ring and scratching words on a 

window pane at Greenwich Palace, where 

he knew she would see them. 

It read, “Fain would I climb, yet fear to fall.” 

to which the Virgin Queen added underneath, 

“If thy heart fail thee, climb not at all”. He 

stayed her firm favourite for ten years, could 

do no wrong in her eyes, took advantage of 

the fact and generally behaved badly to men 

and women of rank, making many enemies 

who suffered silently and bided their time 

waiting for his fall. 

Under her wing he became, "the best-hated 

man in the world and she took him for a kind of 

oracle”. She knighted him, gave him property in 

England (including Sherborne Lodge in Dorset 

in 1592) land in Ireland, and granted him an 

exclusive license to import wine which was 

worth some £700 a year - this in an age when 

a wealthy merchant might live comfortably 

on £100. Remarkably he was also allowed to 

benefit from a levy imposed on every pack of 

playing cards sold - which must have been an 

anathema to a court that did little but haunt 

the corridors and antechambers of the royal 

palaces seeking to win the Queen’s favour by 

either composing some of history’s worst love 

Bess Throckmorton, Raleigh's wife 


poetry - or playing cards. Raleigh by contrast 

has been dubbed, quite rightly, one of the 

great ʻsilver poets’ of his time. 

That fall came as a result of his secret dalliance 

with one of the Queen’s Gentlewomen of the 

Privy Chamber, one Bess Throckmorton (née 

Carew). She had come to court in 1584, aged 

19. Now, aged 25 she began an affair with 

the now 37-year old Raleigh and became 

pregnant by him. 

Contemporary descriptions of her differ but 

are perhaps best evidenced by her portraits as 

being "a tall, unusual beauty with her long face, 

luminous eyes, strong nose and provocatively 

modest lips”. Theirs was certainly a love match 

that endured to the grave - and beyond. 

A secret marriage followed and they both 

returned to court after the birth of their 

child, Damerel, on 29th March: but there 

were few secrets in the Tudor court and as 

their marriage was exposed - by the sinister 

Robert Cecil - the Queen became incandescent 

with rage for ʻbetraying her royal person’ by 

marrying without her permission and had them 

both thrown into the Tower on 7th August, 

he in the Brick Tower, she elsewhere, there to 

remain, “at Her Majesty’s pleasure’. 

He kept up a steady flow of glittering love 

poems to her and was released five weeks later 

although an historian has written "Elizabeth 

was irritated rather than pacified by these 

gestures, smacking as they did of implicit 

defiance and a wholesale lack of remorse." 

Bess on the other hand was kept under lock 

and key and only released three days before 

Christmas when she learned that their child 

had died of the plague some time before. 

Raleigh had been packed off to Dartmouth - on 

a mission of reprisal against the Spanish - 

and in the charge of a fellow Devonian, the 

extraordinarily wealthy and influential Sir 

John Hawkins - who had pleaded his case - and 

Bess made her way to her own family home 

and later to the South West from where they 

were expected to plead for forgiveness. When 

neither of them did Raleigh was nevertheless 

taken back into the fold. 

Two more children were born to Walter and 

Bess: Walter at Lillington in Dorset and Carew 

at Sherborne. 

His daring-do and exploits 

beyond the court - in which 

he was trapped and found 

stifling - are of course all the 

stuff of British history. Raleigh 

the sea-farer, the explorer who 

master-minded and financed 

the colonising expeditions 

to North America - naming 

Virginia in his monarch’s 

honour. He was the scourge 

of the Spanish main and made 

himself and people around 

him but especially his Queen, 

wealthy with plundered 

treasure. 

Although both tobacco and potatoes were 

already known from Spanish explorers, Raleigh 

popularised them, introducing the potato to 

Ireland - first to his own estates there - and 

actually promoted tobacco as a good cure 

for coughs. 

Raleigh designed and built his own warship, 

which he named the Ark Raleigh but later 

gave it to the Queen who re-named it the Ark 

Royal. It became the flagship of the English 

fleet against the Spanish Armada. He was 

the Queen’s naval adviser and with Hawkins 

improved the design of the ships that were 

so successful against the Spanish. 

Even monarchs sometimes know which side 

their bread is buttered and Elizabeth’s anger 

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abated, as she consented to his idea of pursuing 

his long-held dream of discovering the fabled 

golden land of El Dorado which he believed 

to be in Guiana, now Venezuela. Although the 

mission was unsuccessful it did not put an end 

to his dream, which he attempted to fulfil one 

final time by playing it as a ʻGet-out-of-jail-free 

card’ with Elizabeth’s successor, James. 

At Elizabeth’s death in 1603, Raleigh fell 

foul of the ex-king of Scotland and was again 

imprisoned in the Tower, this time under the 

trumped up charge that he had been involved 

in a Catholic plot to unthrone James. 

There he tended a small herb garden, was 

granted an exercise walk along part of the 

battlements, concocted ʻcordials’ and healing 

balms of many kinds (he regularly prescribed 

for Ann of Denmark herself, the wife of the 

King) and writing. 

His philosophical writings and poetry are 

all still in print and wonderful to read. Most 

famous of all perhaps is his Historie of the 

World, first taking the reader through biblical 

times and grinding to a halt in 168 AD. But 

there he drew the line, writing "for whosoever 

in writing a modern history shall follow 

truth too near the heels, it may haply strike 

out his teeth." 

In 1616 he was pardoned and allowed to form a 

second expedition to find the elusive city of El 

Dorado on his oath that he would attack neither 

Spanish ships nor colonies, there having now 

been a peace treaty signed between the two 

countries. That 1617 expedition was to prove 

a disaster. 

No gold was found and whilst Raleigh was 

elsewhere, his close friend and captain (and 

one time fellow prisoner in the Tower with 

him) Lawrence Kemys, attacked and burned 

a Spanish settlement. Raleigh’s eldest son, 

Walter, just 22 was shot and killed in that 

same action. 

Hearing the news Raleigh told Kemys “You 

have undone me”, Kemys replying simply, 

"I know then, Sir, what course to take” and 

returned to his own cabin and shot himself. 

Raleigh returned, empty handed, was arrested, 

tried and sentenced to death to appease Spain. 

Raleigh's cell at the Tower of London 

 

He was now an old man, broken by ill health 

and imprisonment and wrote these lines in 

his final night in the Tower. “I cannot write 

much, God he knows how hardly I steale 

time while others sleep, and it is also time 

that I should separate my thoughts from the 

world”. And then:- 

Even Such Is Time 

Even such is time, that takes in trust, 

Our youth, our joys, our all we have, 

And pays us but with age and dust; 

Who, in the dark and silent grave, 

When we have wandered all our ways, 

Shuts up the story of our days. 

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, 

My God shall raise me up, I trust. 

In his final note to Bess he wrote, “Begg my 

dead body which living was denied thee; and 

either lay it at Sherburne or in Exeter Church, 

by my Father and Mother; I can say no more, 

time and death call me away”. 

He was beheaded outside the Palace of 

Westminster early on the bitterly cold morning 

of 29th October 1618. From the scaffold he 

told the crowd: 

“I have lived a sinful life, in all sinful callings; 

for I have been a soldier, a captain, a seacaptain, 

and a courtier, which are all places 

of wickedness and vice”. 

Then he asked the executioner to hurry 

because it was cold and he did not want 

his enemies to think that he trembled for 

fear. “Make haste”, he said, “for I have a long 

journey ahead of me”. 

It took two strokes of the axe to sever his head 

and when it was held aloft at the executioner 

customary cry of “Behold the head of a traitor” 

it was met with silence from the crowd save 

for a lone voice that cried out, “We have not 

such another head to be cut off!” 

 

In preparing this article we consulted the 

Carew family historian Sir Rivers Carew on the 

subject of the mystery surrounding the burials 

of both Sir Walter and Bess Throckmorton (née 

Carew). He told us that Bess had wanted her 

husband’s body to be buried at her brother’s 

church of St. Mary the Virgin, Beddington, 

in Surrey. 

Sir Rivers spoke of the author and historian 

Ronald Michell, who speculates ʻthat Raleigh’s 

body may actually have been buried at 

Beddington after all’. “He based this on 

the letter she wrote to: ʻMy best brother Sir 

Nicholas Carew at Beddington’ asking him 

to allow this, saying ʻThe Lords have given 

me his ded boddi” and ʻThis nit hee shall be 

brought you with two or three of my men.’ “ 

“Michell argued that Sir Nicholas would hardly 

have refused his sister’s appeal, and that this 

is what actually happened. In her letter she 

also expressed her wish to be buried there; 

I don’t know if she was”. 

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Hayes Barton, 

East Budleigh, Devon, the 

birthplace and boyhood home to 


Hayes Barton - please be aware that the house is not open to the public, although it can be viewed from the roadside 

The mystery remains but it may explain why 

Raleigh’s youngest son, Carew Raleigh, who 

was “killed” in London in 1680 (how and why 

is not known) was first buried in St. Margaret’s 

Church , Westminster “with his father” but 

then later re-buried at Beddington. 

Was his father’s head entrusted to him on 

his mother’s death in 1647 and eventually 

placed in his own coffin at his own death? 

And is Bess also buried there so that all of 

them might be together at last? 

Perhaps we shall never know for certain. The 

last word on that particular subject therefore 

is with Ann Smith, the Archivist at Sherborne 

Castle in Dorset who told us: “The ghost of 

Sir Walter is reputed to walk the grounds of 

Sherborne Castle on 29th October, but I must 

say I have never seen him in all years I have 

worked here (nor met anyone who has). If ever 

I do, I hope I have the presence of mind to ask 

him some searching questions!”. 

But looking for an alternative and more fitting 

ending to Raleigh’s life it should properly lie 

with his biographer, William Stebbing who 

concluded his authoritative work on Devon’s 

most illustrious son thus: 

Yet, with all the shortcomings, no 

figure, no life gathers up in itself 

more completely the whole spirit 

of an epoch; none more firmly 

enchains admiration for invincible 

individuality or ends by winning 

a more personal tenderness and 

affection. 

JOHN FISHER 

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Horse 

Care 

Evolution 

by Natalie Bucklar 

East Devon Riding Academy 

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Natalie Bucklar 

BSc (Hons), MSc (Equine Science) 

Natalie has owned horses for over 

30 years and owns East Devon 

Riding Academy near Sidmouth. 

She has previously lectured in 

Equine Science to degree level and 

produced research for preparing 

Great Britains' equestrian teams 

for the Olympics. Natalie provides 

consultations in horse management, 

training and problem solving using 

a force-free, science based approach. 

Evolution 

A few million years ago, horses 

also had five toes on each limb 

like us. In order to survive open 

land, horse anatomy adapted to 

develop hooves and long legs so 

they could move faster and further 

to escape predators and find food. 

The middle toe developed into 

what we see today as the cannon 

bone, with one toe either side 

becoming the splint bones. It has 

been considered that the chestnut 

on the inside of the limbs could 

have been a fourth toe, with the 

fifth being lost but recent research 

suggests that the 4th and 5th toe 

may have amalgamated with the 

splint bones. 

It was not just the toes that 

changed over time, teeth and 

overall size did too, with many 

other changes creating numerous 

different species of horses over 

millions of years. North America 

was the main location for this 

evolution and very interestingly, 

despite surviving for millions of 

years when left on their own (with 

over 50 different species), horses 

became extinct there around 10, 

000 years ago. And what was the 

main culprit for this extinction? 

Humans! 

Back then horses were used for 

food but bad management of this 

resource by people got so serious 

that it rendered them completely 

extinct. Our main uses for horses 

have moved away from food 

but horses themselves haven’t 

changed much in recent years, 

in fact modern horses have been 

linked by their DNA to ancestors 

from up to 4.5 million years ago. 

What this means is that the horses 

we own today still have the same 

needs that evolved millions of 

years ago to enable the horse 

to survive. These needs include 

gradual weaning, the majority 

of each day spent slowly moving 

over a large area, a high fibre diet 

provided by grazing from a variety 

of sources and socialisation within 

a herd. The reality of modern horse 

management is these needs are 

often not met and horses are kept 

in ways that are better suited to 

people. 

But owning horses and meeting 

their innate needs does not have 

to be mutually exclusive and the 

growing number of people who 

realise this find it is doing wonders 

for their relationships with horses. 

Of course, there are many people 

still stuck in a rut but for those 

willing to try there is an increasing 

amount of information available 

to help them. There is a ground 

breaking organisation here in 

the UK called The Concordia 

Connection, which is part of 

the equestrian evolution and 

it has education and welfare at 

its heart. They are working with 

some phenomenal individuals and 

other organisations worldwide, 

such as Equitopia in America and 

through these collaborations they 

are providing a huge amount of 

research based, factual evidence 

to support owners and riders 

with good horsemanship. It’s 

an exciting time, with several 

amazing projects in the pipeline 

We insure it. 

You enjoy it. 

that are going to revolutionize 

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I am proud to have been asked to 

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will be coordinating a fantastic 

project; keep your eye out for their 

work and the opportunities for 

all ages to join us and be part of 

a rapidly expanding community 

with a desire to be a force for 

good for horses all over the world. 

Happy riding! 

Natalie x 

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The Old Vet’nary 

by Ken Watson 

Rodeo Days 

a friendly, family practice 

was talking to a farmer recently 

I and I mentioned that when I see 

a vet on the TV these days, they 

seem to have everything laid on, 

so to speak, in that either the 

patient is held in a metal crush or 

it is firmly held for him/her by the 

farmer or one of their staff. This 

was not so in my young days. If 

you wanted to get on with the 

job and finish before Christmas, 

you had to first secure the patient 

yourself and then hand it over to 

the farmer or, more likely, do the 

whole of it yourself. 

This was not due to any laziness on 

the part of the farmer but mainly 

because they were not used to 

handling the animals themselves. 

They did not vaccinate or worm 

their charges much, so that they 

did not often even get them in 

from the field. Hence they were 

not accustomed to being handled. 

I would often arrive at a farm to 

find they had not even got the 

stock in, such was their laid-back 

approach. “It won’t take long”, I 

have heard so many times. Of 

course the cattle or sheep knew 

something was up and refused 

to cooperate. Then we had to get 

them into a building and some 

of the sheds used were pretty 

ancient. I have seen a shed literally 

kicked to pieces. Then I had to go 

in amongst that lot and I soon 

learnt that to get out unscathed 

and finish the job, I had to catch 

them myself and I had to learn 

how to do it. The secret was 

intense concentration. Once I 

had my grip in the bovine nose 

I was home and dry, or at least 

snotty, and the horns, although 

dangerous, came in handy too. 

Even so, I often came home well 

bruised. 

My dear departed friend, Pete 

Hannaford, whom I had known 

since we were evacuated together 

at the age of 11, was once told as 

a student, to hold on to a horse’s 

bridle whatever happened. At first 

touch of the needle the horse 

bolted, went through the side of 

a greenhouse and out the other 

side before finally coming to a 

standstill with Pete still hanging 

on. He was just reprimanded with, 

“I didn’t mean for you to hold on 

that much”. 

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you black and blue. One was to 

lift a cow’s tail as forcefully as 

possible where it joined the body, 

or when examining the udder, to 

press ones head into the flank 

in front of the hind leg. It was 

not unusual for me to be doing 

pregnancy diagnosis unaided 

while the farmer carried on handmilking 

his herd just beside me. If 

by Richard Woodward 

you did get any help, you might 

ask them to lift one foreleg or 

perhaps to hold the nose and 

turn the cow’s head back towards 

the tail, or the hind legs could 

be hobbled together. When it 

came to horses, nothing beat the 

presence of someone whom the 

horse trusted. 

For dogs and cats, we were equally 

badly served. Such sedatives 

as we did have were slow and 

only partially successful. When 

Boringdon Hall was sold by its 

aristocratic owner to become a 

hotel, I was called in to collect its 

10 semi-wild cats. They were all 

hiding in crevices in the vast old 

fireplace and, as the owner made 

it clear he would have nothing to 

do with it, I had to don gloves and 

catch them one by one. I ended 

up black as a chimney sweep, but 

I must digress to point out that in 

those days we had none of the 

plastic cat baskets of today. They 

were all wicker, woven willow; but 

not in the Elm Cottage practice. 

I have mentioned before that 

the senior partner was a selfsufficiency 

fanatic. He had bought 

a job lot of ex-army ammunition 

boxes and the handy yard man 

had cannibalised these into cat 

boxes with ex-army webbing for 

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The flowering 

Copper Beech 

The briefest of glories 

In late spring there's one natural 

spectacle that never fails to impress 

For a fleetingly brief moment in time the 

magnificent copper beech steal the show, 

delicate leaves catching sunlight, glowing a 

vermilion red that you cannot fail to notice. 

The duration of this spectacle is literally just 

days before it passes, the leaves dulling down 

to their deep purply red that in grey light can 

appear almost black. 

This coincides with the flowering of the tree 

which you can easily miss, the catkin-like 

flowers and leaves covered in a soft downy 

fur to protect against the worst of sudden 

cold snaps. The tree is monoecious, meaning 

that both male and female flowers grow on 

the same tree. 

It's all so easy to miss, particularly if you work 

in an office, but it's worth seeking out a walk 

in late spring that takes you alongside these 

magnificent trees. 

Editor 

Copper Beech making the magnificent transition from soft orangy red, to vermilion, 

before finally dulling down to the deep purply black for the rest of the summer 

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Here you can see the effect of micro-climate on the leaves, the tree on the left has yet to assume the vermilion colour of its neighbour on the right. 

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Life Matters 

Balancing the stresses of work and living 

with health and relaxation 

The Veterans Farm Able 

Foundation 

Supporting Veterans, families and Emergency 

Service Personnel resettle after suffering 

trauma. 

other mental health conditions by 

providing opportunities to work on 

the land and undertake projects to 

aid and help others on various farms 

and smallholdings throughout Devon 

and Cornwall. 

These can comprise of anything 

from dry stone walling, tree planting, 

animal husbandry, horticulture and 

much more. The project will deliver 

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INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING 

05 May- Offer participants a wide 

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10 May- Beautiful handmade items for 

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Founder Penny Connorton with BBC Countyfile 

presenter Adam Henson 

The Veterans Farm-Able Foundation 

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Participants can undertake many 

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The Old Vet’nary 

continued 

Rodeo Days 

carrying straps. They were devilishly 

heavy and banged against your 

legs at every step. I was the first 

in the practice to buy a modern 

version, but even then it was only 

fibreglass. I have it still, to remind 

me of those early primitive days. 

My first day at Plymouth coincided 

with a breakdown of the x-ray 

machine, so I was tasked with 

taking a racing greyhound with 

a leg fracture to another practice 

in town. I had nil experience of 

working greyhounds in Sidmouth, 

so I did not realise how taut with 

energy they could be, for at the first 

touch of the needle he shot straight 

out of my grip and jumped high 

above me. When he came down 

he buried his teeth in the top of 

my head. A good start. 

On another occasion I called to a 

very smart house to inject a lively 

red setter. There being no table 

uncluttered with ornaments, the 

owner said she would hold her 

dog on the floor. I remember she 

was wearing a very smart tweed 

suit. At first prick the dog jumped 

so violently that her owner was 

bowled over, legs in the air, to 

reveal that she was wearing a vast 

pair of knee length drawers, what 

my wife would call ETBs (Elastic 

Top and Bottom). Another time, I 

paid a visit to an upmarket house 

in mid-afternoon, to vaccinate a 

Siamese cat. The door was opened 

by the lady owner, wearing a 

plunge neckline evening dress. I 

tried to hide my surprise and look 

anywhere, but she insisted on 

helping and as usual, we ended up 

on the floor, the cat having decided 

on a non-cooperative role. Three 

times my attempts to inject ended 

with the owner and cat rolling on 

the carpet and every time her left 

breast popped out of her dress, 

albeit a short journey; and every 

time she seemed to have difficulty 

replacing it. At the third attempt 

a great urge came over me to say, 

“here, let me do it”, but I never did, 

thank goodness! - K.Watson 

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Natural World 

by Stephen Hussey of the Devon Wildlife Trust 

Marks of Success 

Wood White - Chris Root 

we can better ʻfine tune’ our 

management of the reserve’s 

woodlands and grasslands to 

suit the butterflies. 

Seeing wood 

whites at Meeth 

Quarry 

Choose a warm sunny day 

between May and July for your 

visit to Devon Wildlife Trust’s 

Meeth Quarry. This will give you 

your best chance of seeing a wood 

white butterfly. Keep your eyes 

peeled along the reserve’s main 

tracks and woodland edges. 

The butterfly has a distinctive 

slow and delicate flight. Males are 

on the wing almost continuously 

patrolling to find a mate. Females 

prefer feeding or resting on path 

side flowers. 

Meeth Quarry is situated on the 

Tarka Trail off-road cycle way. It has 

a network of bike, easy access and 

walking trails, along with picnic 

benches and some spectacular 

wildlife. It makes a great place 

to explore in spring. 

For details on getting to Meeth 

Quarry and all of DWT’s other 

nature reserves go to: 

www.devonwildlifetrust.org 

ood whites are one of the UK’s 

Wmost beautiful butterflies, 

but they are disappearing from 

our countryside. However at 

Devon Wildlife Trust’s Meeth 

Quarry nature reserve, near 

Hatherleigh, they seem to have 

found a secure home. There is an 

ongoing project to keep a close 

eye on their progress. 

Holding on 

The small and dainty wood white 

butterfly likes warm, damp and 

sheltered spots, and can be seen 

along woodland rides and edges, 

sometimes in meadows. While 

much of the butterfly’s preferred 

places have been lost over the last 

100 years, Devon Wildlife Trust’s 

Meeth Quarry holds the largest 

remaining colony in Devon, and 

one of the most important left 

in England. 

Cycle of life 

You can see wood whites flying 

from the end of May until the 

end of July. At Meeth females 

are often spotted laying eggs 

on the plant bird’s foot trefoil in 

sunny areas. When they appear 

the butterfly’s larvae (caterpillars) 

are camouflaged green and feed 

on the fresh growth of the plant 

and other members of the pea 

family. The larvae pupate over 

winter in amongst grasses before 

emerging the next year as adult 

butterflies. 

Show offs 

Wood whites are slow flying 

butterflies and so relatively easy 

to spot. During courtship the 

males show off a very distinctive 

display. He faces the female, waves 

his head and antennae with his 

proboscis extended. 

Putting down a 

marker 

Devon Wildlife Trust is keeping 

track of Meeth’s important 

population of wood whites. Each 

summer a group of volunteers will 

MRR - mark, release, recapture - as 

many of the reserve’s wood whites 

as they can. This means carefully 

capturing individuals, marking 

their wings with a harmless 

ultraviolet pen, recording their 

location and then returning later 

to attempt to recapture them. 

MRR will tell the recorders not only 

how many wood whites there are, 

but also their movements and 

distribution. With this information 

Wood White - Chris Root 

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MANAGING your MONEY 

"the hardest thing in the world 

to understand is income tax" 

Albert Einstein 

Celebrating 26 years of 

providing independent 

financial advice in Devon 

Tax changes 

for the new tax year 

round up of key tax changes for the new tax year. 

A 

ISAs 

Maximising ISAs is an increasingly 

important tax planning area for 

everyone. ISAs are especially 

useful for those looking to produce 

income because the income is 

non-reportable for tax purposes. 

Of particular relevance, is the 

fact that the dividend allowance 

(introduced in 2016-17) has fallen 

from £5,000 to £2,000 which 

may mean an increasing tax bill 

for many people with reasonable 

sized shareholdings. Using an 

ISA will shelter dividends from 

tax (7.5% over £2,000 for basic 

rate tax payers and 32.5% for 

high rate tax payers). Growth on 

ISAs is free from Capital Gains Tax 

(CGT) and this is again another 

benefit because you will have 

more flexibility with your holdings 

within an ISA which will enable 

you to make switches without 

reference to Capital Gains Tax. 

The maximum ISA investment for 

the 2018-19 tax year is £20,000 per 

person. 

If you have an existing 

share portfolio or investment 

funds which are not in an ISA 

then these assets have to be 

crystallised before moving into 

the ISA wrapper and it`s important 

at this stage to consider any Capital 

Gains Tax before transacting a 

bed and ISA. 

Taking up an ISA may be particularly 

important for couples because the 

new ISA rules (effective from 6th 

April this year) are more generous. 

Since April 2015, investors have 

The personal 

allowance has 

risen by £350 to 

£11,850 in this tax 

year 

been able to pass on their ISA to 

their spouse or civil partner on 

death by being granted a oneoff 

extra allowance called an 

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(APS). The value of this allowance 

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on the date of death which did 

not take account of any growth 

between the date of death and the 

granting of probate. This meant 

that the surviving spouse may, in 

some circumstances, have been 

unable to wrap all the probate 

proceeds in an ISA. From this tax 

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the value of cash or investments 

passed on or the value of the ISA 

at the date of death, whichever 

is higher. 

Income Tax 

The personal allowance has risen 

by £350 to £11,850 in this tax year 

and the basic rate limit is now 

£34,500. The zero starting band 

for savings will remain the same as 

well as the £50,000 for child benefit 

tax charge and £100,000 threshold 

for phasing out the personal 

allowance. £150,000 will remain 

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frozen for this tax year. Don`t 

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born before 6th of April 1935) or 

the married couple's transferrable 

tax allowance (subject to certain 

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artisans and artists 

Bespoke kitchen featuring brushed oak cabinetry, stone composite surfaces, 

Pearl Ashes Aga, bespoke Venetian settle, African salt sculptures, Fortuny 

lighting, French antique holy water font, Indian antique inlaid table. 

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND INTERIOR DESIGN 

Oxford House 

West Street Ashburton 

Devon UK 

TQ13 7DU 

info@artisansandartists.co.uk 

Showroom / South Devon Studio 00 44 (0)1364 653276 

North Devon Studio 00 44 (0)1837 811099 

artisansandartists.co.uk

Devonshire May and June 18

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