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HIGH SHERIFF AN ABSOLUTE HONOUR<br />
We moved to Devon 31 years ago so we<br />
are still in-comers. But I have come<br />
to adore this county and particularly<br />
my little patch, North Devon. So being<br />
High Sheriff of Devon has been, for<br />
me, a great honour and a wonderful<br />
opportunity to give something back<br />
to this special part of the world.<br />
I have enjoyed every minute of my time<br />
in office and have loved meeting and<br />
encouraging all the amazing people<br />
who give so much of themselves for<br />
the good of others.<br />
Carol service at Mid Devon Council<br />
One of my first major engagements was<br />
the Passing out Parade at Britannia<br />
Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. One<br />
of the jewels in Devon’s crown. The<br />
cadets were so impressive, perfectly<br />
drilled but also full of enthusiasm for<br />
their new roles in Britain’s armed<br />
forces.<br />
I have enjoyed my contacts with all<br />
our cadets. Before my Declaration<br />
I was involved in choosing the High<br />
Sheriff’s police cadet for the year.<br />
They were all impressive youngsters<br />
and I’m quite sure each one of them<br />
would have done a brilliant job. It is<br />
lovely to see police cadets working<br />
in our community. Most people will<br />
have come across them, always smartly<br />
dressed and helpful, assisting the police<br />
at major public events. They also do<br />
quite a bit of behind the scenes work<br />
with the police.<br />
Another group of youngsters who have<br />
made a strong impression on me is<br />
the Devon Army Cadet Force. I was<br />
privileged to visit their Summer Camp<br />
which took place at Nescliff Army<br />
Base near Shrewsbury in Shropshire.<br />
More than 300 youngsters from Devon<br />
were doing things they had never<br />
done in their lives before - climbing<br />
walls, abseiling, trying their hands<br />
in the firing ranges, learning to sail<br />
and canoe and taking part in group<br />
adventures. Like all cadets, many are<br />
from disadvantaged backgrounds and<br />
these opportunities give them a chance<br />
to gain in self-esteem, learn to work<br />
with others and develop leadership<br />
skills. The volunteers who work<br />
with them are also amazing, giving<br />
their time and expertise to help the<br />
youngsters.<br />
We have so many<br />
wonderful people in<br />
Devon<br />
In fact, Devon is full of impressive<br />
volunteers. 95% of cases are tried by<br />
magistrates in this country and they<br />
are all volunteers. We desperately need<br />
more young magistrates and more<br />
companies which are willing to allow<br />
employees to take time off to volunteer.<br />
Our agricultural shows are manned<br />
by volunteer stewards. Devon County<br />
Show stewards won the Queens Award<br />
for Voluntary Service demonstrating<br />
the standard of dedication of all our<br />
volunteers.<br />
There are volunteers running food<br />
banks, helping in hostels, hospices and<br />
hospitals all across the county and fund<br />
raising for all manner of good causes.<br />
I have been privileged to visit the North<br />
Devon Hospice, Hospice Care in Exeter,<br />
Little Bridge House Childrens’ Hospice,<br />
the Freedom Centre in Barnstaple and<br />
the Calvert Trust, just a few of the<br />
many brilliant organizations run by<br />
dedicated professionals but relying<br />
on the help of volunteers.<br />
I have also enjoyed gaining an insight<br />
into the work of our emergency<br />
services and the police, the law courts<br />
and our prisons. All these services<br />
employ highly trained individuals<br />
who give 101 percent to what they do.<br />
How lucky we are to have so many<br />
wonderful people in Devon.<br />
Grania Phillips - The Sheriff of Devon<br />
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Nigel Jones reviews new releases from Devon based authors<br />
A Black Fox Running<br />
by Brian Carter (deceased)<br />
ISBN - 9781408896136<br />
This book has been re-released by<br />
Bloomsbury Publishing, with a new<br />
foreword by Melissa Harrison.<br />
Wulfgar, a nearly black furred fox<br />
is the main character of the story<br />
which is set on Dartmoor in the<br />
years running up to <strong>19</strong>47. The dayto-day<br />
descriptions of the life of<br />
a fox and the surrounding nature<br />
are beautiful, evocative and should<br />
open your eyes to things previously<br />
unconsidered.<br />
Wulfgar’s nemesis is the local<br />
trapper Scoble, the challenge being<br />
to outwit him and his blood crazed<br />
lurcher, Jacko. If you’re a lover of<br />
Dartmoor, there are many local<br />
references which you pick up along<br />
the way, which help immerse you<br />
fully in this beautiful story - actually,<br />
my new favourite book! Highly<br />
recommended.<br />
Footnote - the book was written<br />
by Brian Carter, an interesting<br />
figure who was not only a writer<br />
but also a naturalist, artist and<br />
broadcaster who also fought and<br />
won many conservation battles. His<br />
art was exhibited widely, including<br />
the Royal Academy, London, and<br />
at galleries in Holland, Germany,<br />
Paris and Canada. He lived in sight<br />
of Dartmoor.<br />
Harvey’s Law<br />
by Roger Harvey<br />
Roger Harvey dedicated his life<br />
to the police force during his<br />
time working in the Devon and<br />
Cornwall Constabulary from <strong>19</strong>55<br />
up until retirement in <strong>19</strong>83. As<br />
you can imagine, there are many<br />
colourful experiences that Roger<br />
had during his twenty eight or so<br />
years in the force.<br />
From reading the book it’s evident<br />
just how dedicated Roger was in<br />
his role, but that doesn’t mean he<br />
was without a healthy sense of<br />
humour, or indeed that he didn’t<br />
know how to enjoy himself as<br />
this book has much to keep the<br />
reader absorbed whilst providing<br />
instances that cause you to laughout-loud.<br />
The years between <strong>19</strong>55 and <strong>19</strong>83<br />
were significant ones to say the<br />
least, with many changes to our<br />
culture that parts of this book<br />
highlight to the reader, whilst<br />
allowing reflection - many people<br />
undoubtedly see this as a golden<br />
period in our social history.<br />
A great read with much amusement<br />
value. Recommended<br />
ISBN 9781843869641<br />
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BONEHILL ROCKS<br />
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Wild Devon<br />
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Andy’s had a great interest in wildlife<br />
and nature and in recent years has<br />
developed a passion for wildlife and<br />
landscape photography, specialising<br />
in photographing the wonderful<br />
wildlife and varied landscapes of<br />
the West Country.<br />
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THE LONG-TAILED TIT<br />
Andy Stuthridge<br />
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I often come across<br />
small groups of this<br />
splendid little bird<br />
on my country walks<br />
You cannot but help be enthralled<br />
by their antics as they fly and flit<br />
energetically through a hedgerow<br />
or tree canopy.<br />
They are extremely acrobatic and<br />
will hang upside down on branches<br />
and other perches whilst searching<br />
for food. I often see them at the<br />
bird feeders in my garden where<br />
they generally arrive in groups but<br />
never stay too long as they always<br />
seem to be on the move onto the<br />
next garden or wood.<br />
Long-tailed Tit<br />
showing off its<br />
lovely plumage<br />
The Long-tailed Tit is a familiar<br />
bird of the countryside and is easily<br />
recognisable with its distinctive<br />
colouring of black white and pink<br />
plumage and a tail that is bigger<br />
than its body. It is a resident bird<br />
which means it stays here all year<br />
around and due to its diminutive<br />
size this means it can suffer badly<br />
in severe winters.<br />
On cold nights a group of them<br />
will often huddle tightly together<br />
in bushes and trees to keep warm.<br />
At such a small size it is vital that<br />
Long-tailed Tits are able to stay<br />
warm and they are adapted to keep<br />
out the cold by “fluffing” up their<br />
plumage which enables them to<br />
hold in a layer of warm air.<br />
Interestingly, Long-tailed tits<br />
are not real tits at all and are not<br />
related to our other titmice i.e.<br />
great or blue tits. They are actually<br />
related to south east Asian birds<br />
called babblers and they are the<br />
only member of this family to live<br />
in the UK.<br />
Also, whilst other tits nest in holes<br />
and crevices, the Long-tailed Tit<br />
builds a nest outside in bushes<br />
and brambles.<br />
The Long-tailed Tit is a tiny bird<br />
of hedgerows, woodland, parks,<br />
gardens, heathland and commons.<br />
They are active feeders, hunting<br />
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THE LONG-TAILED TITMOUSE ...continued<br />
They are sociable<br />
birds and are<br />
normally found<br />
in small groups<br />
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out insects and spiders among the<br />
smaller branches and leaves, and in<br />
winter they are found in groups as<br />
they forage through the countryside<br />
The Long-tailed Tit builds a<br />
wonderfully distinctive domed nest<br />
out of moss in a hedge, bramble or<br />
gorse bush and I have even seen one<br />
built in the fork of a tree. The nest<br />
is extremely well camouflaged with<br />
cobwebs and lichen, and the nest is<br />
lined with as many as 1,500 feathers<br />
to make it soft for the eight to twelve<br />
eggs it lays.<br />
It can take several days for the nest<br />
to be completed and the adult bird<br />
will start with a shallow cup and then<br />
build the dome upwards and around<br />
itself whilst it sits inside the nest.<br />
It is built by both adults and when<br />
finished it is an avian architectural<br />
wonder and no other UK bird builds<br />
such a beautiful and complex nest.<br />
However, these nests, although<br />
normally very well concealed, are<br />
often predated by rats, squirrels and<br />
other birds and sadly I have witnessed<br />
several destroyed nests over the<br />
years. These birds only have one<br />
brood each year so its important to<br />
TITMOUSE FACTS<br />
• Long-tailed Titmouse<br />
normally lay between<br />
6 to 12 eggs.<br />
• The population in<br />
the UK is extremely<br />
vulnerable to the<br />
weather and very cold<br />
winters can result<br />
in a drastic drop in<br />
numbers.<br />
have breeding success and its been<br />
known for birds, who have had their<br />
own nest destroyed, to help others<br />
of the species in building their nests<br />
and feeding the<br />
Long-tailed Tit nest building<br />
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The Long-tailed Tit<br />
is a very acrobatic<br />
little bird<br />
young. It is also believed that some<br />
youngsters from the previous years<br />
brood assist with the nest building.<br />
They normally lay between six to<br />
twelve eggs in the next, and its<br />
wonderful to see parents feeding<br />
newly fledged youngsters away<br />
from the nest with the cacophony<br />
of sound this produces.<br />
Long-tailed Tits are faring well at<br />
present but this doesn’t mean life is<br />
easy for them. The population in the<br />
UK is extremely vulnerable to the<br />
weather and very cold winters can<br />
result in a drastic drop in numbers<br />
and its also been shown that wet<br />
weather in spring and autumn can<br />
have a detrimental effect on their<br />
survival rates.<br />
fortunately, the trend is an upward<br />
one at present, which is good news<br />
for us and for this lovely little bird.<br />
Hopefully you will have Long-tailed<br />
Tits visiting your garden or you will<br />
be lucky enough to see them when<br />
you are out and about, but remember,<br />
Long-tailed Tits rarely do anything<br />
on their own so if you see one then<br />
there will almost certainly be others<br />
close behind.<br />
Andy Stuthridge<br />
A Long-tailed Tit<br />
feeding<br />
Luckily Long-tailed Tits are able<br />
to bounce back relatively quickly<br />
following periods of bad weather,<br />
due to their laying a large number<br />
of eggs and potentially raising large<br />
broods. Due to milder winters of late,<br />
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Natalie has lectured in Equine Science to degree level as well<br />
as researching for the GB’s Olympic equestrian team. Natalie<br />
provides consultations in horse management, training and<br />
problem solving using a force-free, science based approach.<br />
LAMINITIS<br />
Natalie Bucklar - BSc (Hons), MSc (Equine Science)<br />
Equine laminitis is a debilitating disease that is<br />
commonly found in horses of all ages, breeds and<br />
sizes and occurs at any time of the year.<br />
It has been reported that over 20%<br />
of all lameness is due to laminitis<br />
and 15% of all deaths are due to this<br />
complicated condition. A recent study<br />
by the Animal Health Trust puts its<br />
prevalence at one in ten horses each<br />
year, which is more common than<br />
previously recognised and it makes<br />
laminitis as common as colic. It is<br />
considered by vets to be a medical<br />
emergency and the quicker horses<br />
receive veterinary help, the better<br />
their chances are of a good recovery.<br />
Less than a quarter of horses display<br />
the classic leaning back symptom, it<br />
is much more likely that a horse will<br />
present with shortened strides or<br />
lameness at walk. Difficulty in turning<br />
is another common symptom, as is a<br />
bounding digital pulse. If a horse is<br />
in discomfort after routine trimming<br />
or shoeing, it is identified as being at<br />
high risk of developing laminitis. In<br />
addition to this, if horses are trimmed<br />
or shod at intervals of greater than 8<br />
weeks, they are also associated with<br />
or those that had travelled for other<br />
reasons.<br />
Research is moving on all the time,<br />
with veterinary tests being available<br />
to help identify at risk animals or<br />
those with a predisposing condition.<br />
Gut health is another area receiving<br />
a great deal of attention, with a<br />
faecal test now open direct to horse<br />
owners so they can find out if their<br />
horse has any gut inflammation or<br />
imbalances, which may also be part<br />
Alongside veterinary attention, horses<br />
also require hoofcare support from a<br />
farrier or qualified practitioner<br />
Alongside veterinary attention, horses<br />
also require hoofcare support from a<br />
farrier or qualified practitioner and<br />
appropriate day to day management<br />
to help them cope with the pain,<br />
recover well and optimise the success<br />
of their future health. If diagnosis and<br />
appropriate management is delayed,<br />
pain is prolonged and irreversible<br />
damage can occur to the feet.<br />
being at a higher risk. Whilst any<br />
breed can suffer from laminitis, it is<br />
recognised that native pony breeds<br />
suffer from a higher incidence, in<br />
particular Welsh, Connemara, New<br />
Forest and Shetland Ponies and their<br />
cross breeds. Another interesting<br />
point from The Animal Health Trust<br />
study was that horses that had moved<br />
yards within the previous year had<br />
higher rates of laminitis compared<br />
to horses that hadn’t travelled at all,<br />
of the laminitis story. In the first<br />
instance, all horse owners should<br />
understand appropriate nutrition,<br />
practice good weight management,<br />
look at their horse’s stride length daily<br />
and learn how to feel for a digital<br />
pulse. If laminitis is suspected then<br />
a good equine vet should always be<br />
called immediately.<br />
Natalie Bucklar<br />
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MORTEHOE GRANGE<br />
Image by Nigel Jones<br />
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Ken is long retired, having ceased work work at the at age the of age 65 of in 65 <strong>19</strong>92. in<br />
<strong>19</strong>92. He has He been has a been contributor a contributor for a number for a number of years of now, years sharing now<br />
and colourful sharing writings colourful about writings his experiences about his experiences as a vet working as a vet in<br />
the working industry the from industry the early from <strong>19</strong>50s the early onwards. <strong>19</strong>50s onwards.<br />
PETTY CRIME<br />
Ken Watson<br />
I had a client in Plymouth who was head of the<br />
City Planning Committee and for a living he<br />
owned a very busy newsagent and toyshop.<br />
One lunch time I happened to<br />
meet him and he was clutching<br />
his back in some pain. “You know”,<br />
he said, “I have spent the morning<br />
cooped up in a cubby hole behind the<br />
cash register and bending down to<br />
watch a girl we suspect is pocketing<br />
the takings”: Well I have never gone to<br />
those lengths, but I have suffered my<br />
share of petty crime, in common with,<br />
I suspect, most veterinary practices.<br />
In most businesses, money comes<br />
in from many sources and it is very<br />
difficult to ensure that all of it finds<br />
its way into the till. The Victorians<br />
had one answer, by pricing items at<br />
11 3/4 pence or similar the cashier<br />
had to open the till to give change<br />
and if money was not put in it would<br />
be noticed. Of course the culprit<br />
could come to work with a pocketful<br />
of farthings. No system is perfect.<br />
The Victorians also invented that<br />
wonderful system of over-head wires,<br />
which so fascinated me as a boy,<br />
whereby the salesman put the cash<br />
and bill into a pot of two halves,<br />
screwed it into an overhead railway<br />
and pulled a cord. It would then<br />
travel across the store to a cashier<br />
sat high in a tiny high office across<br />
the store. She would then return the<br />
receipt and change by the same route.<br />
There was still one of those systems<br />
in the local store when I was a lad.<br />
Today, when cash is used less and<br />
less these matters lose importance,<br />
but the digital world has opened up<br />
new avenues for criminals. Then<br />
there is the matter of money going<br />
My ex-partners were subjected to<br />
the biggest scam of all, involving some<br />
£200,000<br />
out from the till. There are always<br />
items of petty cash to be spent. One<br />
time my partner and I noticed we<br />
were spending an excess amount<br />
on postage stamps. We soon found<br />
that one member of staff was just<br />
writing “Stamps” on the till then<br />
pocketing the money. In most cases<br />
a quiet warning was sufficient, but<br />
one young lady took it too far and we<br />
had to call in the police. It transpired<br />
that to impress her boy-friend, with<br />
whom she was besotted, she told him<br />
she had a highly paid job and helped<br />
herself to our money to prove it. A<br />
young detective in charge was anxious<br />
to make a case. She even found the<br />
pub where he liked to drink and<br />
offered him sexual favours to drop<br />
the case. She left.<br />
Another scam was much more serious,<br />
or could have been. My Head Nurse,<br />
hitherto much trusted and valued,<br />
was discovered to have been helping<br />
herself to vaccines and drugs and<br />
running a cut price practice with<br />
her cat-loving friends on the side.<br />
It was discovered because she fell<br />
out with her partner and moved<br />
out. Her partner requested that she<br />
removed her illicit haul and receiving<br />
no response then dumped the whole<br />
lot out with the rubbish. The bin<br />
men then handed it all over to their<br />
superiors. It was then passed into the<br />
hands of a colleague who very kindly<br />
returned it all quietly to me. It could<br />
have finished her career, but I have<br />
never felt able to do that to anyone,<br />
and it was partly my fault in being so<br />
trusting. You may think it was all too<br />
easy going but the alternative was to<br />
make everyone sign for everything<br />
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they did, resulting in the tangle of<br />
red tape we see in the NHS today. I<br />
was not that innocent, as I was fully<br />
aware that although every member of<br />
staff had a pet, I could not recall over<br />
the years, a single one ever asking<br />
me to vaccinate their pet.<br />
Region’s largest rescue charity<br />
appeals for loving homes as it<br />
runs out of stables<br />
Generally I found<br />
people to be very<br />
honest<br />
After I left my ex-partners were<br />
subjected to the biggest scam of<br />
all, involving some £200,000, but<br />
it was really their own fault as they<br />
were reluctant to become involved<br />
in the paper work. I recall a similar<br />
case in Plymouth of a well known<br />
solicitor who when he came to retire<br />
discovered that his clerk had made<br />
off with his entire capital account.<br />
This resulted in me giving his wife,<br />
hitherto an excellent client, free<br />
treatment for her pets for life.<br />
Thus can a person’s actions, like<br />
throwing a stone in a pond, cause<br />
waves that affect many people. But<br />
to return to the misfortune of my old<br />
practice, I was amazed to learn that<br />
the Inland Revenue decreed that as<br />
the misdirected money should have<br />
gone into the till, then the practice<br />
owed the VAT on that £200,000! It<br />
graciously allowed them some time<br />
to pay it off.<br />
These incidents I have mentioned<br />
took place over some 35 years, a<br />
very small proportion over time.<br />
Generally I found people to be very<br />
honest, and I always ran incentive<br />
schemes which ensured that if the<br />
practice was doing well they had a<br />
share of it.<br />
Ken Watson<br />
The Mare & Foal<br />
Sanctuary recently<br />
warned it was nearly<br />
full to capacity<br />
after dealing with a<br />
rise in rescue and<br />
abandonment cases.<br />
Ponies are being dumped on waste<br />
ground, busy industrial estates<br />
or left to breed indiscriminately<br />
leading to more and more ponies<br />
needing new homes.<br />
Wild moorland ponies, including<br />
abandoned foals, can take months<br />
or even years to rehabilitate and<br />
train and with more rescue ponies<br />
coming in almost every day, the<br />
Sanctuary has appealed for help.<br />
Senior Director of Equine, Syra<br />
Bowden, said: “We’re doing our best<br />
to take in as many as we can but we’re<br />
currently over-capacity at some of<br />
our yards.<br />
Bambola with Freya<br />
“We can’t take any more ponies in until<br />
we have free stables. We have 38 ponies<br />
rehabilitated, retrained and ready for<br />
rehoming right now which will free up<br />
space for more to come in.<br />
The charity currently has more<br />
than 214 horses and ponies at its<br />
five Devon farms and a total of 38<br />
waiting to go, with dozens more<br />
in training.<br />
The Sanctuary offers ponies under<br />
various rehoming schemes from<br />
companions to project horses and<br />
unbroken youngsters - and each<br />
one has been well handled, halter<br />
trained, is good with the vet and<br />
farrier.<br />
Syra added: “Some people think<br />
these ponies have no value. We totally<br />
disagree. They are clever and willing.”<br />
If you think you could offer a pony<br />
a home visit www.mareandfoal.<br />
org/rehoming-list or alternatively,<br />
you can call the charity’s Equine<br />
Team on 01626 355969.<br />
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devonwildlifetrust.org<br />
Stephen has spent the last 16 years writing about and<br />
working for local nature for the charity Devon Wildlife Trust<br />
SEAL CENTRAL<br />
Stephen Hussey<br />
Around half of the world’s Atlantic grey seals<br />
live in UK waters and the coastline of the<br />
South West of England is one of the best<br />
places of all to spot these fascinating mammals.<br />
Heavyweights<br />
An adult male Atlantic grey seal is<br />
a very large animal, weighing up to<br />
300kg. That’s around 100kg more than<br />
a fully grown red deer stag. Females<br />
are smaller, reaching around <strong>19</strong>0kg.<br />
Image<br />
by Alex<br />
Mustard<br />
Fish diet<br />
Grey seals can dive to depths of as<br />
much as 70 metres. This allows them<br />
to prey on a wide range of fish and<br />
crustaceans, from seabed dwelling<br />
flat fish through to crabs living in<br />
shallow water. Grey seals possess<br />
high levels of haemoglobin in their<br />
blood which boosts the oxygen supply<br />
around their bodies. The result is<br />
they are able to remain underwater<br />
for up to 15 minutes, although five<br />
minute dives are more usual.<br />
Atlantic grey<br />
seals can be seen<br />
in hotspots on<br />
the North Devon<br />
coast. This one was<br />
near Lundy Island.<br />
Telling one from<br />
another<br />
Atlantic grey seals are much bigger<br />
than the UK’s other seal species, the<br />
harbour seal. The latter also has a<br />
markedly rounder face than the grey’s<br />
more elongated, dog-like profile.<br />
The coats of grey seals can vary<br />
greatly in colour but females usually<br />
appear lighter than males. It’s also<br />
worth looking for scarring around<br />
the necks of seals. This is a good<br />
indication that the seal is a mature<br />
bull. The scars are a legacy of battles<br />
with other males.<br />
Where to see<br />
Atlantic grey seals?<br />
Seal hotspots on the North Devon<br />
coast include between Morte Point<br />
and Rockham Bay (near Mortehoe),<br />
Hartland Point, sand bars in the<br />
mouth of the Taw-Torridge Estuary<br />
(best viewing spot is Crow Point, Braunton<br />
Burrows) and around Lundy Island.<br />
On the South Devon coast try the<br />
Mewstone Rock, at the mouth of the<br />
River Dart (best viewed from Froward<br />
Point), at Peartree Point, west of Start<br />
Point, and around Hope Cove (near<br />
Kingsbridge).<br />
Want to know more? Use the new<br />
on-line ‘species finder’ at www.<br />
devonwildlifetrust.org/wildlifeexplorer<br />
Stephen Hussey<br />
Follow DWT:<br />
@Devonwildlife<br />
@Devonwildlife<br />
@devonwildlifetrust<br />
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Frogs are active<br />
By March in Devon, frogspawn should be present in shaded,<br />
well-vegetated ponds across the county. Our mild climate<br />
means frogs are able to spawn from January onwards.<br />
This charming image was painted by Hanneke Coates in watercolour.<br />
Hanneke Coates<br />
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owfortheocean.co.uk<br />
Kate is a Scientific Consultant for the Met Office. Her love affair truly<br />
started when she studied oceanography and took up rowing as a hobby.<br />
ROWING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FOR A<br />
PLASTIC FREE GENERATION<br />
Kate Salmon, Row for the Ocean & Plastic Free Exeter<br />
What does a scientist, physiotherapist,<br />
architect and social media expert all have<br />
in common?<br />
As we all soon discovered, it was<br />
the ambition to row unsupported<br />
3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean,<br />
competing against the wind, waves<br />
and heat as well as other (mainly<br />
male) crews in the Talisker Whisky<br />
Atlantic Challenge.<br />
Our all-female team, Row for the<br />
Ocean, made up of Laura, Kirsty, Ros<br />
and myself was formed officially in<br />
February 2018 with a view to crossing<br />
the Atlantic in December 2018 from<br />
the Canary Islands to the Caribbean,<br />
following the Trade Winds.<br />
Why would we<br />
choose to do such a<br />
challenge?<br />
We’d heard many stories of crews<br />
forced to hunker down in their<br />
coffin-sized cabins for days whilst<br />
being tossed around on stormy seas.<br />
Some crews had experienced vivid<br />
hallucinations after depriving their<br />
bodies of much needed sleep for<br />
months at a time. Others found the<br />
forty degree heat at midday the<br />
most punishing of challenges as they<br />
struggled to pull their one tonne<br />
boat through the water, one slow<br />
mile at a time. Yet, all these stories<br />
of struggle and strife only sought<br />
to galvanise our resolve to attempt<br />
the toughest rowing race in the<br />
world. ‘But why?’, friends, family<br />
and colleagues repeatedly asked us.<br />
As four women who love being in or<br />
on the water, we found the cause<br />
behind our challenge had already<br />
declared itself. As rowers at Exeter<br />
Rowing Club, Kirsty, Ros and myself<br />
had noticed that plastic pollution had<br />
become a prominent feature of any<br />
river training session. Similarly, Laura,<br />
who had already rowed around the<br />
UK back in 2016 had also seen the<br />
damaging effects which plastic had<br />
We also wanted to<br />
leave a positive legacy<br />
in Exeter<br />
on our coastlines. The type of plastic<br />
which is most damaging is referred<br />
to as ‘single-use’, such as containers,<br />
bags, bottles, instruments which we<br />
typically use for 12 minutes before<br />
disposing of. As a crew, we decided<br />
what better way to draw attention<br />
to the single-use plastic problem<br />
than immersing ourselves in the<br />
very environment<br />
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which it was damaging? We elected<br />
to support the SW-based charity,<br />
Surfers Against Sewage due to their<br />
work on a local and national level,<br />
both on the ground through beach<br />
cleans as well as through legislative<br />
changes. We also wanted to leave a<br />
positive legacy in Exeter specifically,<br />
so we started the Plastic Free Exeter<br />
campaign which aims to make Exeter<br />
the UK’s largest plastic-free city by<br />
2020. Alongside other enthusiastic<br />
volunteers, we are now focussed on<br />
committing over 40 local businesses,<br />
schools and community groups in<br />
Exeter to reducing three or more<br />
items of single-use plastic.<br />
Coordinating full-time jobs alongside<br />
Plastic Free Exeter and preparing to<br />
row the Atlantic was almost a bigger<br />
challenge than the row itself. We<br />
raised around £120,000 through<br />
corporate sponsorship, events and a<br />
crowdfunding campaign before we set<br />
off on the 12 th December 2018. The<br />
first two weeks were a baptism of fire<br />
with steady winds whipping up 30ft<br />
waves. We learned to trust our boat<br />
as she rose all the way to the crest of<br />
these giant waves before surfing her<br />
way down the other side reaching top<br />
speeds of 10.5 knots (pretty fast given<br />
our 2.6 knot average!) As time wore on,<br />
the wind died down and we faced a<br />
new challenge; what felt like rowing<br />
through cement. Slogging through<br />
those days became a huge mental<br />
challenge for all of us but our aim to<br />
become the fastest all-female team<br />
we saw more<br />
plastic than<br />
wildlife at sea<br />
kept us on track to finish in a time of<br />
43 days, 2 hours and 20 minutes. Other<br />
highlights of our crossing included<br />
Laura and myself being pummelled in<br />
the face by flying fish in the middle<br />
of the night. I got splatted in the eye<br />
by a jellyfish (luckily no lasting damage),<br />
and a 2-hour visit from some whales<br />
all added excitement to the crossing.<br />
The reason behind doing our row<br />
was more apparent than ever when<br />
we saw more plastic than wildlife at<br />
sea. Every day, we saw everything<br />
from plastic bottles, to polystyrene,<br />
to buckets and unidentified pieces<br />
caught in seaweed. The impact<br />
of plastic pollution on such a vast<br />
environment was right in front of<br />
our eyes and something which we<br />
are all now personally invested in<br />
changing.<br />
You can help us through donating here:<br />
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/<br />
rowfortheocean. All donations will<br />
be gratefully received by Surfers<br />
Against Sewage.<br />
You can read more about the team<br />
at www.rowfortheocean.co.uk<br />
Kate Salmon<br />
Follow us:<br />
@rowfortheocean<br />
@rowfortheocean<br />
@rowfortheocean<br />
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SPRING LAMBS<br />
Image by Nigel Jones<br />
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cpre.org.uk<br />
Penny Mills is the Devon Director for the Campaign<br />
to Protect Rural England which is a registered charity<br />
DON'T DESTROY DEVON!<br />
Penny Mills, CPRE Devon<br />
As our green fields are swallowed up at an<br />
alarming rate by sprawling new housing estates,<br />
CPRE Devon’s Director, Penny Mills, asks if we’re<br />
sacrificing the very qualities that make our county<br />
so special?<br />
At the beginning of February,<br />
around 120 members of the public<br />
braved torrential rain and a howling<br />
gale to attend a seminar in Tavistock,<br />
organised by CPRE Devon. The topic<br />
was Housing.<br />
Our independent, environmental<br />
charity has been campaigning for<br />
years to shine a spotlight on the<br />
impact of new housing developments<br />
across Devon. The number of people<br />
who regularly turn out for these<br />
events - whatever the weather -<br />
shows that this is an issue local<br />
people care about and are becoming<br />
increasingly concerned about. With<br />
good reason, we believe.<br />
The Government’s relentless drive<br />
for more and more new homes is<br />
causing irreparable harm to our<br />
countryside and our wildlife, not to<br />
mention Devon’s intrinsic value as a<br />
tourism destination. As Robin Hogg,<br />
who chaired the Tavistock seminar,<br />
declared: “Housing gobbles up more<br />
land, disappoints more people, and fails<br />
to provide what we all know is the prime<br />
requirement: to build genuinely affordable<br />
houses for local people.”<br />
For all these reasons, we can’t let<br />
the Government, the planners and<br />
the big house builders continue on<br />
this relentless path of destruction.<br />
We are in danger of ruining the very<br />
qualities that make Devon so special,<br />
and for what? We aren’t even building<br />
sustainable homes that local people<br />
can actually afford!<br />
Next month the Minister for Housing<br />
and Planning, Kit Malthouse MP, will<br />
be coming to Exeter to address local<br />
people’s frustrations about the scale,<br />
affordability and appropriateness of<br />
new homes developments across the<br />
county. His visit is a direct result of<br />
our campaigning on this issue and<br />
was brought about with the support of<br />
East Devon MP, Sir Hugo Swire, who<br />
We are in danger<br />
of ruining the very<br />
qualities that make<br />
Devon so special<br />
shares many of our concerns about<br />
the impact of housing on Devon’s<br />
countryside.<br />
For a small charity like ours, getting<br />
a minister down to Devon is quite a<br />
coup and we hope you will join us at<br />
Sandy Park in Exeter on March 21st<br />
to add your voice to ours.<br />
Penny Mills<br />
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TO VISIT<br />
33<br />
What's in this section...<br />
New Travel Channel Out & About Glazebrook House<br />
A Look at London<br />
The <strong>Devonshire</strong> Walk<br />
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New travel channel:<br />
Tourism is one<br />
of Devon's most<br />
important business<br />
sectors, we're here<br />
to help promote the<br />
county to a broader<br />
audience.<br />
Why Inspired To Visit you may ask?<br />
Well I'd say it's true that with so<br />
many tourist destinations available,<br />
it's important that Devon is actively<br />
'sold' as a destination to a broader<br />
audience. Certainly many people in<br />
@inspiredtovisit<br />
the UK know and love Devon, but it's<br />
equally true that new generations<br />
and people from abroad probably<br />
don't have the awareness of this<br />
fabulous county that they should.<br />
It's certainly evident that many<br />
people coming to the UK from abroad<br />
have London, York, The Lakes, etc.<br />
in their sights, but Devon is low<br />
or non-existent in many tourists'<br />
holiday itinery. This is something<br />
that can be changed, but it takes<br />
time and long-term effort to achieve<br />
this change.<br />
There is no doubt that over the next<br />
few years the UK is set to receive<br />
a major influx of visitors, what we<br />
need to do is engineer 'Devon' within<br />
the digital world. Our new Inspired<br />
To Visit channel will be constantly<br />
working on expanding our access<br />
to this valuable trade for our county<br />
and industry. The Inspired To Visit<br />
website is due to launch later this<br />
year.<br />
Please see details of our current<br />
digital channels overleaf.<br />
Nigel Jones.<br />
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OUT & About<br />
An old haywain complete with<br />
heavy horse at Weston, Sidmouth<br />
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Staycation<br />
GLAZEBROOK HOUSE<br />
SOUTH BRENT DEVON<br />
Glazebrook’s a riot of design flair,<br />
staying at the hotel is a sensory<br />
experience, both funky and relaxing!<br />
TREASURE TROVE<br />
In Devon there are many beautiful and<br />
eclectic country house hotels. Indeed,<br />
nothing so delightful as nipping off<br />
for several nights to treat yourself<br />
in some unexplored hotel you’ve<br />
yet to visit.<br />
A conversation with Chloe Ackland at<br />
Glazebrook House led to a Staycation<br />
review being arranged for <strong>Devonshire</strong><br />
magazine recently.<br />
Glazebrook House is situated off the<br />
A38 Expressway, just several miles<br />
past Buckfastleigh driving towards<br />
Plymouth, and is extremely easy<br />
to reach, whilst situated with some<br />
really beautiful countryside behind<br />
it (see overleaf).<br />
The word ‘boutique’ is liberally<br />
bandied about these days, I’m not so<br />
sure it’s well-chosen most of the time,<br />
but with Glazebrook House, ‘boutique’<br />
is the perfect word to describe the<br />
experience this fine hotel provides.<br />
If you don’t like bland and boring, then<br />
Glazebrook will suit you very well, as<br />
you can see from our photos, visually<br />
stimulation is there around every<br />
corner, the hotel is absolutely full of<br />
surprises and the level of opulence,<br />
particularly in the bedrooms is<br />
impressive.<br />
FOOD AND DRINK<br />
Any hotel stay can be destroyed by<br />
poor food and drink provision, some<br />
places I’ve visited have been almost<br />
criminal in their neglect. If you’re<br />
visiting Glazebrook, I cannot fail to<br />
see how you’d be less than delighted<br />
with their food and drink offering, it’s<br />
worth visiting for this aspect alone,<br />
they obviously really do care about<br />
your dining experience - top marks<br />
to all the team at Glazebrook, keep<br />
up the good work! Nigel Jones<br />
Be careful, too much vino and a trip across the landing<br />
could get you very confused. Old signs are great fun.<br />
For ideas for hotel visits in Devon,<br />
see @inspiredtovisit on Instagram<br />
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Much fun and whimsy go to make for an entertaining, luxurious stay - the designer’s had a ball!<br />
The most important room in the hotel during the night - golly gosh, what a bedroom?<br />
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Great dining ambiance<br />
Staycation<br />
Below - opulent is the word I’d use to<br />
describe Glazebrook’s bathrooms<br />
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Wines<br />
Josh Ackland (Chef) and Przemek Morawski<br />
(Sommelier) - Glazebrook’s ‘A’ team<br />
FOOD AND DRINK<br />
Glazebrook’s food offering is a delight,<br />
what was really encouraging was how<br />
the sommelier and head chef work<br />
together to pair wines to food dishes.<br />
They’re almost like a couple of old mates,<br />
good for everyone because whatever<br />
chemistry they’re using really works.<br />
The food sampled and wine pairings<br />
were excellent, and indeed food was<br />
top notch, with the wines being equally<br />
delicious. Well done guys, you’re both<br />
a credit to your professions!!!<br />
Best English breakfast I’ve had<br />
in years, blooming marvellous!<br />
Scallops, cauliflower and Parma ham<br />
Blue cheese and beetroot, pickled<br />
red onian, Glazebrook Royale tart<br />
Spiced pannacotta, hazelnut<br />
streusel, blood orange sorbet<br />
Lamb, spiced aubergine, boulangerers<br />
ratatouille<br />
Pan fried hake, brown crab<br />
aranchini nori roll, crab bisque<br />
Pre-dessert teaser<br />
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Dartmoor & South Brent<br />
GLAZEBROOK HOUSE<br />
SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE<br />
Here are some of the delights<br />
awaiting you in the surrounding<br />
countryside at South Brent which<br />
is on the southern foothills<br />
of Dartmoor<br />
@inspiredtovisit<br />
THE MOORS<br />
There’s literally miles and miles of walking country<br />
on hand whilst staying at Glazebrook House hotel.<br />
Dartmoor is beautiful, it has a rugged purity that’s<br />
hard to resist, the granite tors, cascading moorland<br />
rivers, tortured trees shaped by the prevailing<br />
winds all contribute to lending these landscapes<br />
much character.<br />
RIVER AVON<br />
Tea stained - this lovely south <strong>Devonshire</strong> river<br />
runs off the moors, picking up colour as it drains<br />
the peat bogs on the moor. It’s strewn with granite<br />
boulders and just invites walkers to treck for miles.<br />
Make sure if you do undertake walks, that you use<br />
some form of navigation as there’s something of<br />
a wilderness out there, it’s particularly useful to<br />
carry a flask, drinks, sandwiches and some sweet<br />
treats to keen the energy levels up as you’ll find it<br />
hard to come across a village shop.<br />
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CONTENTS 43
The fine Regency<br />
church of St. George<br />
in Hanover Square,<br />
London<br />
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A look at<br />
@inspiredtovisit<br />
LONDON<br />
The Serpentine, Hyde Park<br />
London's great, it's our capital and earlier back in history,<br />
it was the largest, most important city in the world.<br />
It can be a great tonic if you live in beautiful Devon, to occasionally take<br />
a trip to London for the week, or even a long weekend. There's so much<br />
historical stuff to wade through, not to mention Theatreland or the endless<br />
restaurants and bistros available following your shopping expeditions. Variety<br />
is the spice of life as they say, it's great to get out and enjoy the sights.<br />
Our new travel chapter and channel, Insipired To Visit will highlight destinations<br />
and stays across the UK and Europe. You can also follow us on Instagram<br />
@inspiredtovisit for travel ideas.<br />
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CONTENTS 45
Caves<br />
Beer<br />
Pecorama<br />
6<br />
5<br />
Great<br />
Seaside<br />
1<br />
2<br />
South West<br />
Coastal Path<br />
South Down<br />
Common<br />
Branscombe Mouth<br />
3<br />
4<br />
Beer Head<br />
The <strong>Devonshire</strong> Walk<br />
Branscombe to Beer<br />
If you haven’t been on this coastal<br />
walk, especially on a clear sunny day,<br />
then you’re really missing a treat.<br />
Most East Devon residents have<br />
already visited Branscombe,<br />
particularly the beach and many<br />
have taken the walk from The Old<br />
Bakery & Forge, to the seafront<br />
which is lovely. We’ve also featured<br />
a circular walk around Branscombe<br />
in a previous issue.<br />
This walk along the coastal path<br />
takes you very steeply in an easterly<br />
direction, up to the top of a plateau<br />
that skirts the cliffs. The incline<br />
is fairly severe but is well worth<br />
the effort because the views across<br />
Lyme Bay are sublime. There is an<br />
alternative route (points 1 to 3, then 4)<br />
which takes you along the beach and<br />
through the remnants of a landslide<br />
- a particularly worthwhile route for<br />
its lush vegetation and interesting<br />
flora & fauna. Very much a hidden<br />
valley, you finally ascend out of the<br />
vegetation and around the chalk cliff<br />
face, up on to the main plateau.<br />
Once you've made it to the top, then<br />
the walk is much more sedate. At<br />
the other end, you're rewarded with<br />
views of chalky Beer bay which has<br />
a continental feel to it, colourful<br />
parasols and boats brightening up<br />
this busy little beach.<br />
Top tip - if you like fresh crab, the<br />
Anchor Inn serves a fine locally caught<br />
crab sandwich. The sea view garden<br />
is great also. - Editor.<br />
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Walk Notes<br />
1. Parking - the walk can be started<br />
from Branscombe or Beer, there<br />
are large car parks at both places.<br />
2. Footwear - assuming dry<br />
conditions, trainers or boots<br />
advised.<br />
3. Dogs - lead necessary as livestock<br />
may be present although there are<br />
plenty of places to let the dog/s off<br />
the lead.<br />
4. Distance - a fairly strenuous walk,<br />
4 miles in total (return).<br />
NEARBY REFRESHMENTS<br />
The Sea Shanty<br />
Branscombe Mouth<br />
The Masons Arms<br />
Branscombe<br />
The Old Bakery<br />
Branscombe<br />
The Anchor Inn<br />
Fore Street, Beer<br />
Dolphin Hotel<br />
Fore Street, Beer<br />
The Captain's Cottage<br />
Fore Street, Beer<br />
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On Top of the World!<br />
At the top of the very steep hill, looking west.<br />
This is point 2 on map. You can see the car<br />
park way below - be warned, the walk uphill<br />
is a hard slog, but worth the effort. It's a good<br />
idea to take a drink with you, especially on<br />
a sunny day.<br />
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One of those sunny days with endless blue,<br />
set off here against the chalk cliffs<br />
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DRINK&<br />
FOOD<br />
51<br />
What's in this section...<br />
<strong>Devonshire</strong> Foodie Life on the Vine Chris Eats The Food<br />
<strong>Devonshire</strong> Digest<br />
52 Classic Pubs<br />
PEOPLE HOME DESIGN<br />
LIFESTYLE HISTORY<br />
CONTENTS<br />
51
Exeter Road<br />
Kennford<br />
Devon<br />
EX6 7TR<br />
devonshirefoodie<br />
FOODIE<br />
FOOD REVIEW<br />
The Seven Stars<br />
A brilliant local pub<br />
with superb quality<br />
nosh and great<br />
ambiance<br />
Pubs can be great - as you walk into<br />
the Seven Stars it's positively buzzing,<br />
there's a happy atmosphere, helped<br />
greatly by ultra friendly staff.<br />
The owners have taken care to create<br />
a comfortable and characterful<br />
ambiance within the furnishings<br />
and it works very well, with quirky<br />
little touches such as the ladybird<br />
books adorning shelves. What was<br />
great when we arrived to dine was<br />
the temperature, it was really cosy.<br />
How often do you drop in to a pub<br />
to find it cold? I'd say 50% of my pub<br />
visits leave me feeling cold - literally.<br />
It was a delight to meet the Landlord<br />
Adam, and Head Chef Charlie, both<br />
a couple of great guys, you can feel<br />
the love in this establishment!<br />
Firstly, I'm always keen to try the<br />
house wine, not because I'm an old<br />
alcy, no, because the house wine<br />
always gives a good indication of<br />
intent. By 'intent', I mean how the<br />
management staff view the world<br />
e.g., will they try and palm off some<br />
cheap wine and make max profit, or<br />
will they be benevolent and spend a<br />
little extra and ensure their guests<br />
are happy. I'm happy to report the<br />
house wine tasted was excellent.<br />
When it comes to the food offering,<br />
I can happily say that Charlie's on<br />
the ball, for pub food this was at a<br />
very high level, I particularly liked<br />
their menu selection, something<br />
for everyone, but a nice balance<br />
meaning meat, fish, veggy was all<br />
well catered for.<br />
The food was great, many thanks guys<br />
(and gals) for an enjoyable evening<br />
out, more power to your elbows!<br />
Adam (Landlord) and Charlie<br />
(Head Chef)<br />
I'm a fan of Ladybird Books, the Star's interior was cosy<br />
and fund<br />
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<strong>Spring</strong> time ‘Local to Lyme’ menu<br />
celebrating the area’s wonderful produce<br />
£20 for 2 courses inc. a glass of wine<br />
Available Lunch & Dinner Mon to Thurs (see website for further details)<br />
Wild mushroom pate, toasted brioche,<br />
cranberry and apple chutney<br />
For more information or to book please contact us on<br />
01297 442010 / hotelalexandra.co.uk<br />
Local pheasant breast, artichoke puree,<br />
sprouts, bacon<br />
Church House Inn<br />
Churchstow<br />
A 13th Century village pub steeped in history and bursting<br />
with original charm and character.<br />
Inglenook fireplace, log burners & beams a plenty, with<br />
legends of smuggling monks and secret tunnels.<br />
Relax, step back in history and enjoy really good honest<br />
award winning food, sourced from the abundance of local<br />
produce from the land and sea that surrounds us.<br />
Corgette & sweet potato noodles, blue<br />
cheese sauce with walnuts & rocket<br />
Check out our website for latest offers & events<br />
01548 852237<br />
www.churchhouse-churchstow.com<br />
hello@churchhouse-churchstow.com #churchhouseinnchurchstow<br />
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Ken is long retired, having ceased work at the age of 65 in<br />
<strong>19</strong>92. He has been a contributor for a number of years now<br />
and sharing colourful writings about his experiences as a vet<br />
working in the industry from the early <strong>19</strong>50s onwards.<br />
LIFE ON THE VINE<br />
Susan Gebbie<br />
It’s been snowing, and I am hoping for some<br />
picturesque shots of snowy vines, but by the time I<br />
arrive at Pebblebed for a stroll around the vineyard,<br />
any trace of snowflakes has vanished.<br />
It’s a pleasure talking with someone<br />
who clearly loves his vines and<br />
wines.<br />
Pruning is now well underway, with<br />
around half the vines neatly trimmed,<br />
their two strongest arms wired-in<br />
to hold this spring’s growth. I ask<br />
why some vines only have one arm?<br />
"We tailor the pruning to each individual<br />
vine, depending on how vigorous they are.<br />
We prefer medium vigour while the vine<br />
puts down deeper roots and then hopefully<br />
next season get a second arm. We are<br />
looking for more quality than quantity."<br />
Behind the winery there are several<br />
rows of each of the 8 varieties of<br />
grapevine grown here. There are<br />
around 22,000 vines set over 20<br />
acres here and at their Ebford site.<br />
Most of the vines look healthy but<br />
there are a few rows where there are<br />
gaps. Alex explains that this is the<br />
Siegerrebe grape, an early ripening<br />
aromatic variety, the first to burst<br />
its buds and the first to harvest,<br />
producing pink berries and used to<br />
make a white wine quite similar to<br />
Gewurtztraminer, “It was badly hit<br />
in 2017 as it has the earliest bud break.<br />
The young vines were close to the ground<br />
and therefore more susceptible to the<br />
frost.” Cuttings will be taken in<br />
spring from healthy vines, which<br />
will be propagated and nurtured in<br />
raised beds, before being planted<br />
out next winter.<br />
The amount of growth on the vine<br />
each year is matched by root growth,<br />
which goes out as a web into the soil.<br />
When I ask about weeds, Alex adds,<br />
“Once they [the vines] are 4 to 6 years old<br />
it doesn’t matter because the roots can<br />
reach depths of 20 feet plus if they need to.”<br />
One of Pebblebed’s main crops is<br />
Seyval Blanc. Being disease resistant,<br />
it’s more economical to grow and<br />
produces very good wine, such as<br />
their sparkling, which has won awards.<br />
In terms of feed and fertiliser, Alex<br />
Alex Mills,<br />
vineyard manager<br />
at Pebblebed<br />
A pruned vine showing<br />
two arms wired-in<br />
explains, “Foliar feeds are sprayed onto<br />
the leaves at very low levels and can be<br />
put directly onto the plants that need it;<br />
there is no blanket treating.” Devon soils<br />
can be short of some trace elements<br />
so a little fertiliser is used. “We also<br />
put a lot of seaweed syrups on, which<br />
the vines love.”<br />
Last time we spoke, Alex was<br />
approaching the first wine tasting<br />
from last year’s crop, so I enquire<br />
how it’s coming along? He replies,<br />
“I am really happy with how the wine<br />
is developing… the wine has finished<br />
fermenting and is clarifying so every<br />
few months we move it from tank to tank<br />
and remove sediment. Another process<br />
is filtration. I will do the blending trials<br />
shortly on the bench.” When the optimal<br />
blend is found, it is transferred to<br />
the tanks for this year’s wines. This<br />
is a trial by taste as there are no set<br />
recipes.<br />
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HOTEL<br />
& RESTAURANT<br />
HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON<br />
I’m happy to hear that a bumper crop, like<br />
that of last year, presents no problems. “We’ll<br />
make a lot more wine and it may enable us to leave<br />
the wine longer and build up some good reserves in<br />
case of a bad year. Everything will be picked, pressed<br />
and made into wine; we have capacity for that.”<br />
Meanwhile, over at Hedger Valley of Harpford,<br />
pruning has been completed and the vineyard<br />
is neat and tidy, awaiting spring. Richard<br />
Hedger has 5 grape varieties growing here<br />
and has completed the pruning himself with<br />
a little help from a friend. As a novice, this<br />
takes him 4 to 5 minutes per vine, but he calls<br />
it a ‘labour of love’. Although not certified as<br />
‘organic’, Richard has so far only applied some<br />
magnesium sulphate to the vines to make up<br />
for that deficiency. He awaits with anticipation<br />
his first bottled wine later this year.<br />
THE<br />
COTTAGE<br />
HOTEL<br />
& RESTAURANT<br />
HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON<br />
THE<br />
COTTAGE HOTEL<br />
& RESTAURANT<br />
HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
THE<br />
COTTAGE HOTEL<br />
<br />
<br />
& RESTAURANT<br />
<br />
<br />
HOPE COVE<br />
SOUTH DEVON<br />
<br />
<br />
In the next issue the vines will be springing<br />
into life and we will be visiting both vineyards<br />
to see first hand what’s going on.<br />
Susan Gebbie<br />
WINTER BREAK DEALS<br />
Visit our website<br />
www.oystershack.co.uk Milburn Orchard Farm, Stakes Hill, Bigbury, TQ7 4BE 01548 810 876<br />
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PHO THE LOVE OF NOODLES<br />
Do you know what the national dish of Vietnam is? Answer:<br />
Pho - which is pronounced ‘fuh’ - it is also the name of one of<br />
Exeter’s newest restaurants.<br />
Opened in August last year in the<br />
Queen Street Dining Quarter, it has<br />
fast become one of the cities most<br />
popular places to eat according to<br />
Google Reviews which puts it in<br />
the top three.<br />
But what is Pho exactly? For the<br />
uninitiated, it is a noodle soup, made<br />
from chicken or meat broth which<br />
is cooked for hours before serving<br />
served with fresh herbs and veg. It<br />
is a staple for many Vietnamese and<br />
was the inspiration for the creation<br />
of this popular chain.<br />
The first restaurant was opened<br />
by Stephen and Juliette Wall in<br />
2005 in London, inspired by the<br />
street-side Pho stalls in Vietnam,<br />
Bibs are<br />
required<br />
for some<br />
of their<br />
dishes.<br />
Am I doing<br />
it right?<br />
they left their successful careers<br />
in marketing and set about opening<br />
their first restaurant. Exeter is<br />
their 27th restaurant and has been<br />
embraced by the city and it’s diners.<br />
According to Google Reviews, Pho<br />
is one of the top three restaurants<br />
in central Exeter.<br />
So what are they<br />
doing right?<br />
Pho offers good value; A main and a<br />
drink can be under £13, with nearly<br />
all the Pho dishes being under £10,<br />
there is enough space to add a starter<br />
or a dessert too if you have space. A<br />
bowl of Pho is deceptively filling with<br />
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There is something very noir about the<br />
outside of this restaurant with it’s neon<br />
signs glowing into the night.<br />
Eating noodles in any form is not a simple,<br />
dignified or clean experience. Especially if you<br />
add all the optional herbs<br />
It’s not all noodles, their starters are<br />
varied and unique. Many with this spicy<br />
sweet chilli sauce on the side for dipping.<br />
the noodles with the added<br />
fresh herbs - they are not small<br />
bowls either!<br />
A quarter of their menu is vegan<br />
and there is a huge choice for<br />
vegetarians too; but there<br />
is more to the menu than<br />
just noodle soup. Currently<br />
(January 20<strong>19</strong>) they've given<br />
some of their favourite dishes<br />
a healthy twist with their<br />
Healthy Specials. Including<br />
Enoki Hand Rolls, Courgetti<br />
Pho Ga (chicken broth and<br />
courgette noodles) and Spicy<br />
Salad <strong>Spring</strong> Rolls to name a<br />
couple of things which we’ve<br />
tried and liked.<br />
If you've never been to Pho,<br />
the staff are quick to tell you<br />
how it works and as much as<br />
you need to know. And some<br />
dishes come with a bib, don't<br />
worry you won't look silly...<br />
Chris Gower<br />
Cha giò is a<br />
fresh easy<br />
introduction<br />
to the<br />
Vietnamese<br />
flavours<br />
My name is Chris Gower, editor of<br />
the Dining Devon food blog (www.<br />
diningdevon.com) and Instagrammer<br />
@chriseatsthefood. I have been lucky<br />
enough to find myself writing a column<br />
in this prestigious publication in which<br />
I will bring you some of the best foodie<br />
things happening in Devon currently,<br />
musings, ramblings and anything else<br />
Nigel will let me get away with.<br />
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Emma graduated from university with a First Class Hons in Nutrition<br />
from Oxford Brookes in June 2015. Since then she has been working in<br />
the corporate nutrition industry and last year settled in Devon, where<br />
she enjoys cooking, running and trying her hand at amateur photography.<br />
DEVONSHIRE DIGEST<br />
Emma Young<br />
How do you reboot the desire to eat more<br />
healthily… and stick to it?<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> is approaching, evenings<br />
are lighter, the sun is rearing its<br />
familiar face and there’s an air of<br />
anticipation for another heatwave<br />
summer, but one thing may be<br />
leaving some of us feeling somewhat<br />
dispirited…<br />
Mixed seeds, homemade<br />
granola and berry<br />
smoothie bowl topped<br />
with edible flowers (treat<br />
food!)<br />
The most common New Year’s<br />
resolution, alongside participating<br />
in exercise, is to eat more healthily.<br />
According to U.S. News and World<br />
report, 80% of people have abandoned<br />
these good intentions by February.<br />
We are continually reminded that<br />
eating healthily helps prevent poor<br />
health, boosts self-esteem and<br />
improves quality of life, yet the<br />
obesity crisis is on the rise. So why<br />
do we return to old habits by fuelling<br />
ourselves on sugar-coated guilt and<br />
lashings of self-doubt with extra<br />
cream?<br />
Which diet is the<br />
right diet?<br />
There’s no doubt that everyone and<br />
his mother has an opinion on what<br />
‘healthy eating’ means. Low-carb,<br />
paleo, ketogenic, detox, vegan, fasting,<br />
gluten-free, juicing, high-protein,<br />
cleanse… what one diet advocates<br />
another trashes, causing the best of<br />
us a bit of a headache when trying to<br />
decipher the most effective approach<br />
to dietary harmony.<br />
Many of these fad diets’ safety and<br />
efficacy have not been monitored<br />
in the long-term, have high rates of<br />
non-compliance and our lifestyles<br />
and bodies have evolved significantly<br />
since we emerged as loincloth-clad<br />
cavemen. Terms such as ‘detox’ and<br />
‘cleanse’ carry no scientific merit -<br />
they mean nothing, and such diets<br />
are not able to take a scrubbing brush<br />
to our insides as suggested. The only<br />
thing able to detox the body is the<br />
liver, if that’s not doing its job, then<br />
we’re in trouble. No quantity of eyewateringly<br />
expensive Chinese algae<br />
magic capsules will enhance or hurry<br />
this process along.<br />
Incorporating all food groups in the<br />
recommended quantities is central to<br />
success as elimination may place us<br />
at risk for nutrient deficiencies, mood<br />
disturbances and non-compliance<br />
(with exception to those who have genuine<br />
medical reasons for eliminating foods).<br />
We even place ourselves at risk for<br />
undesirable weight gain because we<br />
either binge more regularly due to<br />
hunger or boredom or replace one<br />
food group with another e.g. replacing<br />
starchy carbohydrates for protein<br />
reduces our intake of dietary fibre<br />
(complex starchy carbohydrates have<br />
significant associations with weight loss<br />
and management) and increases our<br />
intake of saturated fat (protein sources<br />
are often derived from animal<br />
Avocado toast<br />
with chili-spiced<br />
guacamole,<br />
poached egg served<br />
on granary bread<br />
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By Richard & Jayne Eley<br />
Great seafood comes<br />
to Exeter Quay<br />
Rockfish, headed by Mitch Tonks, open on March<br />
18 th in the heart of Exeter’s thriving Quayside<br />
location with the casual dining seafood group’s<br />
6 th restaurant.<br />
A great pub for every week of the year!<br />
THE SWAN,<br />
BAMPTON<br />
Bampton is a pleasant town, and<br />
one of the gateways to Exmoor<br />
Its oldest pub is the impressive three-storey<br />
Swan Inn, which has recently undergone a<br />
programme of sensitive improvement.<br />
The emphasis is now upon food, and the Swan<br />
can reasonably be regarded as a gastro-pub.<br />
But, pleasingly, the current owners have made<br />
strenuous efforts to successfully combine<br />
a contemporary feel with respect for their<br />
fine listed building.<br />
So this remains a very satisfactory drinking<br />
establishment as well as a venue with a<br />
growing reputation for dining.<br />
The group will be employing 35 people locally in<br />
their first purpose built 2600 sq ft restaurant which<br />
seats over 90 inside and a further 60 outside and<br />
is located adjacent to the water at the Quay, so<br />
diners can enjoy great seafood and watch all the<br />
buzz and activity on the water.<br />
The restaurant opens to the public on March 18th<br />
and is open 7 days a week from midday to 9.30pm.<br />
Mitch (pictured below) said, “Being a seafood restaurant<br />
group we had to be in the county town of Devon and<br />
the location at the Quay right on the River Exe is just<br />
superb, great views, minutes from the city centre, but a<br />
hub of water based activity<br />
that feels like you’re at the<br />
seaside. We want Exonians<br />
and visitors to this great city<br />
be able to enjoy the best most<br />
sustainable seafood whether<br />
it be grilled MSC hake or<br />
local Torbay devilled sprats,<br />
whilst being just a stone’s<br />
throw away from where it<br />
was caught."<br />
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May to Saturday 1st June. Tickets for<br />
the show can be purchased online<br />
at www.bathandwest.com at the<br />
Super Saver rate of £20 per adult<br />
ticket (increasing to £22 per adult<br />
on <strong>19</strong>th April. The Gate Price will be<br />
£25). Children 15 years and under go<br />
free to this year’s show.<br />
Attention cheese lovers!<br />
The location of the British<br />
Cheese Awards has moved<br />
The British Cheese Awards 20<strong>19</strong><br />
takes place on Wednesday 29 th May<br />
20<strong>19</strong> at the Royal Bath & West Show,<br />
Shepton Mallet, Somerset. For lovers<br />
of cheese and fine food it makes for<br />
a ‘must visit’ show.<br />
The awards are not only celebrating<br />
their 26 th birthday but also a new<br />
location. The awards will be held in<br />
Exmoor Hall, that is located opposite<br />
the Main Ring. Not only will it host<br />
the awards, but it will also have a<br />
dedicated area where cheesemakers<br />
will be selling their delicious cheeses<br />
to cheese enthusiasts. So from<br />
traditional farmhouse Cheddar to<br />
more adventurous cheese, such as<br />
highly fragrant washed rind cheeses,<br />
there will be a great selection of<br />
products to buy.<br />
The British Cheese Awards is the<br />
pre-eminent cheese event in the<br />
UK, as well as a great celebration of<br />
British cheese and the industry. Over<br />
1,000 cheeses are expected to be<br />
entered with visitors being able to<br />
get a unique opportunity to see all<br />
these cheeses in one location.<br />
The British Cheese Awards forms part<br />
of the Royal Bath & West Show, that<br />
takes place from Wednesday 29th<br />
Judging for the British Cheese Awards<br />
takes place from 9am on 29th May and<br />
members of the public will be able to<br />
observe this unique judging process<br />
from a dedicated area in the judging<br />
room. Judges will score the cheeses<br />
on presentation, texture, aroma,<br />
flavour and balance. Dependent on<br />
the scores that each cheese receives,<br />
gold, silver and bronze medals will<br />
be awarded. Once the judging has<br />
finished, visitors will be able to have<br />
a close-up view of all the cheeses<br />
that have been judged.<br />
As well as visiting the British Cheese<br />
Awards, visitors will be able to enjoy<br />
all the other activities that the Royal<br />
Bath & West Show has to offer. Keep<br />
the little ones entertained with<br />
hands-on demonstrations including<br />
mozzarella making, butter making,<br />
milk tasting and apple juice making.<br />
Why not let them make new friends<br />
by getting up close with the pigs and<br />
sheep or meet everyone’s favourite<br />
little green tractor, Tractor Ted?<br />
For more information about the<br />
awards, please visit:<br />
www.britishcheeseawards.com<br />
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30 Mar to 31 Mar<br />
MOTHERS' DAY<br />
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Explore Seaton Wetlands this Mother's Day<br />
and treat your mum, granny and yourself<br />
to a delicious cream tea at the Discovery<br />
Hut in the heart of Seaton Wetlands.<br />
Enjoy scones handmade by Paul's Bakery<br />
(Seaton). Cream teas served with a hot<br />
drink for £3 per person. Cash only. Served<br />
by our fantastic volunteers from 10am<br />
to 4pm on Saturday 30 and Sunday 31<br />
March, East Devon Countryside Team,<br />
Seaton wetlands, Seaton, 10.00am to<br />
4.00pm, £3 per cream tea.<br />
30 Mar to 31 Mar<br />
THE TIGER WHO<br />
CAME TO TEA<br />
Celebrating over 10 years on stage!<br />
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and<br />
her mummy are sitting down to tea.<br />
Who could it possibly be? Join the teaguzzling<br />
tiger in this delightful family<br />
show; packed with oodles of magic,<br />
sing-a-long songs and clumsy chaos! A<br />
stunning stage adaptation of the classic<br />
tale of teatime mayhem... expect to be<br />
surprised. Suitable for children aged<br />
3+. Running time: 55 minutes. 2 shows<br />
daily, Palace Theatre Paignton, Palace<br />
Avenue, Paignton, 11.00am to 12.00am,<br />
All tickets £13.<br />
31 Mar<br />
MOTHER'S DAY<br />
Treat your mum this Mother's Day and<br />
leave all the clearing up to us! Tables<br />
booking fast, book yours too. Mum will<br />
sent home with a delicious cupcake to<br />
enjoy with a cup of tea later, Church<br />
House Inn, Churchstow, Churchstow,<br />
12.00am to 3.45pm, £.<br />
Until 05 Apr<br />
GOLDEN CARROT<br />
HUNT<br />
Take part in The Donkey Sanctuary’s<br />
Golden Anniversary celebrations with<br />
this entertaining family activity that<br />
combines fun, exercise and brainpower.<br />
Follow the clues around the sanctuary<br />
to find the golden carrots and discover<br />
interesting facts relating to special events<br />
or achievements that have defined their<br />
first 50 years, before uncovering the<br />
hidden treasure to claim your golden<br />
reward. Just £3 per treasure hunt, The<br />
Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth, Slade House<br />
Farm, Sidmouth, 9.00am to 4.00pm, £3<br />
per trail.<br />
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FAMILY EVENTS<br />
06 Apr to 21 Apr<br />
EASTER FAMILY FUN<br />
WORKSHOPS<br />
8 April and 15 April: Eggy Sheep 9 April and 16 April:<br />
Rabbit Headband 10 April and 17 April: Foxy Hands<br />
11 April and 18 April: Mole in a Hole 12 April: Easter<br />
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Easter trail around the garden as the children become<br />
Easter Detectives following the clues on the trail. Children's<br />
Workshops: Monday-Friday (excluding Fri <strong>19</strong> April) Fri:<br />
11am-12.45pm & 2pm-3.45pm. Easter Garden Trail: 10am-<br />
5pm, RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington, 10.00am<br />
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Based on Carlo Collodi’s fantastical children’s book, this<br />
magical story leaps off the page and onto the stage in a<br />
vibrant re-telling of Pinocchio’s extraordinary adventures.<br />
Packed with comedy, audience interaction, and a completely<br />
original score guaranteed to have you singing along from<br />
start to finish, this high energy musical promises to be the<br />
perfect treat for the whole family. You’ll have a whale of a<br />
time, no strings attached! Shows at 1:30pm and 5:00pm,<br />
Palace Theatre Paignton, Palace Avenue, Paignton, 1.30pm<br />
to 3.00pm, £12-£15.<br />
21 Apr to 22 Apr<br />
EASTER SUNDAY & MONDAY<br />
Bring your little ones to help us find the Bunnies hiding<br />
around our site. Plus join the costumed guides as they<br />
show you how life was as a Victorian. Become Victorian<br />
school children, help make a piece of rope, smash rocks<br />
to find copper, make your own Easter themed bread roll<br />
and chocolate lolly. Take the 40 minute train ride into<br />
the George and Charlotte copper mine, spend 20 minutes<br />
taking in the views of the River Tamar before entering the<br />
mine for a guided tour, Morwellham Quay, Morwellham<br />
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CLASSICAL MUSIC<br />
09 Mar<br />
FESTIVAL OF<br />
RUSSIAN MUSIC<br />
Opening concert of our March series of<br />
Russian Music in Devon with performance<br />
of Russian balalaika, violin and piano at<br />
the Teignmouth Classical Music Festival.<br />
Performers Virtuoso Balalaika player,<br />
Moscow Gnesin Academy Award winning<br />
violinist, Petrozavodsk Conservatiorie, Russia<br />
Pianist, Dargomizsky College of Music, Tula.<br />
Programme to include works by Rachmaninov,<br />
Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and more. Hot drinks<br />
with traditional Russian treats, Violin &<br />
Piano Duo 'Elegance', St Michael's and<br />
Archangel Church, Teignmouth, 7.30pm to<br />
9.30pm, 12.00.<br />
09 Mar<br />
MUSIC LONDON<br />
MOZART PLAYERS<br />
We are delighted to welcome the highly<br />
celebrated London Mozart Players to<br />
Plymouth. The UK’s longest established<br />
chamber orchestra and known for its<br />
unmistakable British roots, the London<br />
Mozart Players has developed an outstanding<br />
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to contemporary music. An informal preconcert<br />
talk will take place at <strong>19</strong>00 led by<br />
Dr Taub, to which everyone is invited, and a<br />
reception to meet the musicians will follow<br />
the performance, The Arts Institute, Minster<br />
Church of St Andrew, Plymouth, 7.00pm to<br />
9.00pm, £12/£10/£5 students/18’s and<br />
under free via YAP.<br />
22 Mar<br />
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN<br />
CONCERT-THEATRE<br />
The heavenly songs of the 12th century<br />
abbess continue to capture the public<br />
imagination even now. Her music will be<br />
performed by candlelight by the mediaeval<br />
ensemble, The Telling, who take us back<br />
to the Middle Ages with their intimate<br />
concert-theatre presentation, and sing<br />
with "a perfection that is heart-stopping".<br />
Hildegard tells her own extraordinary story,<br />
dramatised by Clare Norburn. All this in<br />
atmospheric Lympstone Parish Church.<br />
Tickets boxoffice@lympstone-entertainments.<br />
net, Lympstone Entertainments, Lympstone<br />
Parish Church, Lympstone, 7.00pm to 9.00pm,<br />
£12.50.<br />
23 Mar<br />
EXETER CHILDREN'S<br />
ORCHESTRA SPRING<br />
CONCERT<br />
ECO is a charity supporting young musicians<br />
in the South West by giving them the<br />
experience of playing in an orchestra. See<br />
the results of their hard work, and encourage<br />
your own children to join the orchestra,<br />
Exeter Children's Orchestra, St Thomas<br />
Methodist Church, Exeter, 6.30pm to 8.30pm,<br />
£7 adult, £3 concessions.<br />
06 Apr<br />
SIDMOUTH CHORAL<br />
SOCIETY SPRING<br />
CONCERT<br />
Sidmouth Choral Society and guest soloists<br />
accompanied by small orchestra present a<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> concert featuring Haydn Creation,<br />
Sidmouth Choral Society, Sidmouth Parish<br />
Church, Sidmouth, 7.30pm to 9.45pm, TBA.<br />
27 Apr<br />
SYRINX- BLAST<br />
FROM THE PAST<br />
From 14th-18th century, wind music could be<br />
heard everywhere from grand state occasions<br />
to humble village dances. Syrinx recreate this<br />
tradition playing shawms, dulcians, bagpipes,<br />
deutsche schalmei, oboes and bassoon. Their<br />
concert covers the rise of professional wind<br />
bands, with music from early anonymous<br />
masters, via Dufay and Morley to Handel<br />
and Telemann. Members play with leading<br />
period orchestras including the Academy of<br />
Ancient Music and the OAE. A Totnes Early<br />
Music Society concert, St Mary's Church,<br />
Totnes, 7.30pm to 9.30pm, Advance tickets<br />
£13, on the door £14. Under 18s £5.<br />
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FESTIVALS<br />
06 Apr to 07 Apr<br />
WOOL AND YARN<br />
FEST<br />
Our aim is to celebrate the multitude of<br />
ways that it can be used in our daily lives<br />
from creativity to practical use. There will<br />
be a variety of live woolly animals on<br />
site for you to admire. We'll be running<br />
hands-on workshops, demonstrations<br />
and talks. RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great<br />
Torrington, 10.00am to 4.00pm, Normal<br />
Garden Entry RHS members plus family<br />
guest.<br />
<strong>19</strong> Apr<br />
CHOCOLATE AND<br />
COFFEE FESTIVAL<br />
If you love chocolate and coffee this is the<br />
perfect day out with over 25 producers,<br />
hot chocolate & coffee bar, Easter Egg<br />
Hunt, chocolate fondue and much more!<br />
There will also be various workshops<br />
running throughout the day, Butchers<br />
Hall, Tavistock, 10.30am to 4.00pm,<br />
Tickets must be booked online www.<br />
missivyevents.co.uk Adult £5.00 Chi.<br />
27 Apr to 28 Apr<br />
GIN, BUBBLES AND<br />
MUSIC FESTIVAL<br />
Love drinking gin, prosecco & listening to<br />
music? Then don't miss this Gin, Bubbles<br />
& Music Festival! Gin & Prosecco bar,<br />
Gin masterclasses, Array of live music,<br />
Gin distillers, Gift stalls, Lots of yummy<br />
food vendors, Access to Earls Garden.<br />
Due to the nature of this event no dogs<br />
are allowed, Miss Ivy Events, Mount<br />
Edgcumbe, Torpoint, 1.00pm to 6.00pm,<br />
avoid disappointment: book tickets online.<br />
Support your local community<br />
22 nd - 23 rd June<br />
10am - 5.30pm<br />
25 TH AXE VALE<br />
SHOW<br />
JOIN US FOR OUR<br />
ANNIVERSARY<br />
A Great Weekend For All<br />
The Showground, Trafalgar Way, Axminster, EX13 5RJ<br />
Discounted online tickets available now or purchase tickets at the gate.<br />
www.axevaleshow.com<br />
Charity Number:<br />
1130829<br />
The Axe Vale Show is a charitable fundraising event for the charity ‘Axe Vale Festival Limited’<br />
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FAIRS & Fetes<br />
16 Mar<br />
PLYMOUTH RECORD<br />
AND CD FAIR<br />
A host of your favourite regular vinyl<br />
and CD dealers from the South West: as<br />
always our knowledgeable dealers will<br />
have masses of good quality vinyl records,<br />
CD’s and much more. Impartial valuations<br />
available. Admission is £1. For vendors<br />
requiring further details regarding a stall,<br />
please contact John on 07548 278 276 or<br />
hdicksrecords@yahoo.co.uk, Exeter Record &<br />
CD Fair, Lower Guildhall, Plymouth, 10.00am<br />
to 3.00pm, tba.<br />
13 Apr<br />
PSYCHIC AND<br />
WELLBEING FAIR<br />
Come and join us for an afternoon of relaxing<br />
therapies, readings with one of our tarot<br />
and psychic readers, and treat yourself to<br />
the beautiful gifts, crafts and art work from<br />
our lovely traders, at this scenic location on<br />
the seafront. What's not to enjoy! Parking<br />
fee refunded if you buy drinks/food from<br />
the venue, Discovery, Belgrave Beefeater,<br />
Torquay, 1.00pm to 6.00pm, free.<br />
04 May to 06 May<br />
SPRING DESIGN FOR<br />
LIVING FAIR<br />
Treat yourself over the Bank Holiday weekend<br />
with a visit to RHS Garden Rosemoor's<br />
Design for Living Fair, supported by Helpful<br />
Holidays, where you can browse among<br />
stalls of beautiful and unusual hand-crafted<br />
items for the home and garden or pick up<br />
a tasty treat. This three-day fair showcases<br />
a wealth of West Country creative talent,<br />
RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington,<br />
10.00am to 5.00pm, Please see website for<br />
online booking details.<br />
06 May<br />
SPRING GARDEN FETE<br />
More than 40 exhibitors will be setting up<br />
stall in the hotel’s Crystal Room and outside<br />
in the gardens, bringing you an exciting range<br />
of artisan & gift products - everything from<br />
handmade jewellery and soaps to home and<br />
gardenware, woodwork and the most unique<br />
gifts. Try your hand at one of the workshops<br />
being run during the day by Orchard Studios.<br />
There will be entertainment from Jazz singer<br />
Samantha Montini, child's entertainment and<br />
a charity fun dog show for your dog too!,<br />
Miss Ivy Events, Moorland Garden Hotel,<br />
Yelverton, 10.30am to 4.00pm, £2.50 with<br />
under fives entering for free..<br />
06 Apr<br />
HOSPISCARE MAGPIES<br />
CRAFT FAIR<br />
Last year the Hospiscare Magpies ran a very<br />
successful Craft Fair and are hoping to do<br />
even better this year. The Fair includes a<br />
number of different crafts - this year we<br />
have a blacksmith and a wool-spinner as<br />
well as furniture-makers, potters and other<br />
interesting skills. We will be serving sweet<br />
and savoury cream teas as well as cakes.<br />
Entry and parking are free.. There will be a<br />
raffle. Please come and support this local<br />
charity, Hospiscare Magpies, West Hill Village<br />
Hall, West Hill, 2.00pm to 5.00pm, Free entry.<br />
<strong>19</strong> May<br />
THE 20<strong>19</strong> DEVON BEAD<br />
FAIR<br />
Hosted by Monty's Beads, Guildhall Shopping<br />
Centre, Exeter, 10.00am to 4.00pm.<br />
25 May to 26 May<br />
RIVER COTTAGE FOOD<br />
FAIR<br />
There will be plenty of delicious food<br />
available to buy throughout the day as well<br />
as bars serving a selection of local beers,<br />
ciders, wines, seasonal cocktails & soft<br />
drinks. At our live cookery demonstrations<br />
pick up tips from the country's top chefs<br />
and food writers as well as our team of<br />
River Cottage experts. There are a range of<br />
cookery & tasting masterclasses on sale for<br />
you to choose from along with a market area<br />
packed with produce from local suppliers for<br />
you to taste and take home, River Cottage<br />
HQ, Trinity Hill Road, Axminster, 10.00am<br />
to 6.00pm, £15 per person, children under<br />
16 come for free.<br />
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PLACES TO VISIT<br />
Just so much to see & do in Devon!<br />
Over 180 attractions listed here:<br />
14<br />
ATTRACTIONS<br />
1. Becky Falls Woodland Park<br />
2. Beer Quarry Caves<br />
3. Bicton Arena<br />
4. Buckfast Abbey<br />
5. Burgh Island<br />
6. Bygones Torquay<br />
7. Canonteign Falls<br />
8. Cockington Court<br />
9. Devon Railway Centre<br />
10. Exeter’s Underground Passages<br />
11. Hannah’s at Seale Hayne<br />
12. House of Marbles<br />
13. Kents Cavern Torquay<br />
14. Lundy Island<br />
15. Lydford Gorge<br />
16. Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway<br />
17. Otterton Mill<br />
18. Pecorama<br />
<strong>19</strong>. Seaton Jurassic<br />
20. Seaton Tramway<br />
21. South Devon Railway<br />
22. Stover Country Park<br />
Adventure stuff<br />
23. Ashcombe Adventure Centre<br />
24. Atlantis Adventure Park<br />
25. Babbabcombe Model Village<br />
26. Clip ’n Climb Plymouth<br />
27. Crealy Adventure Park<br />
28. Diggerland Devon<br />
29. Dingles Fairground<br />
30. Go Ape Haldon<br />
31. Go Segway<br />
32. Haldon Forest Park<br />
33. Keypitts Quads<br />
34. Pirates Bay Adventure Golf<br />
35. Raceworld<br />
36. River Dart Country Park<br />
37. Rock and Rapid Adventure Centre<br />
38. Southdown Adventure Centre<br />
39. Splashdown Quaywest<br />
40. The Bear Trail<br />
41. The Big Sheep<br />
42. The Milky Way Adventure Park<br />
43. The Quay Climbing Centre<br />
44. Torquay’s Dinosaur World<br />
45. Woodlands Family Theme Park<br />
wildlife/animals<br />
46. A Touch of Wild<br />
47. Axe Valley Wildlife Park<br />
48. Buckfast Butterflies & Otter Sanctuary<br />
49. Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park<br />
50. Dartmoor Hawking Falconry Experience<br />
51. Dartmoor Zoological Park<br />
52. Dawlish Warren Wildlife Reserve<br />
53. Devon Bird of Prey Centre<br />
54. Exmoor Zoo<br />
55. Ilfracombe Aquarium<br />
56. Living Coasts Torquay<br />
57. Miniature Pony Centre<br />
58. National Marine Aquarium (Plymouth)<br />
59. Paignton Zoo<br />
60. Pennywell Farm<br />
61. Shaldon Wildlife Trust<br />
62. The Donkey Sanctuary<br />
63. The Mare & Foal Sanctuary<br />
64. Totnes Rare Breeds Farm<br />
65. Wildwood Escot<br />
66. World of Country Life<br />
67. Yarak Birds of Prey<br />
MUSEUMS<br />
Hartland<br />
Bradworthy<br />
42<br />
132<br />
Holsworthy<br />
68. Allhallows Museum<br />
69. Ashburton Museum<br />
L<br />
70. Axe Valley Heritage Museum<br />
71. Axminster Heritage Centre<br />
72. Ball Clay Heritage Society<br />
73. Bampton Heritage Centre<br />
74. Bill Douglas Centre<br />
75. Bishopsteignton Museum of Rural Life<br />
76. Bovey Tracey Heritage Centre<br />
77. Braunton and District Museum<br />
78. Britannia Museum<br />
79. Brixham Heritage Museum<br />
80. Buckland Abbey<br />
81. Burton Art Gallery and Museum<br />
82. Coldharbour Mill Working Wool<br />
83. Combe Martin Museum<br />
84. Crediton Area History And Museum<br />
85. Dartmoor Prison Museum<br />
86. Dartmouth Museum<br />
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Ilfracombe<br />
Woolacombe<br />
100<br />
77<br />
Braunton<br />
102<br />
55<br />
Combe Martin<br />
136 143<br />
83<br />
183<br />
49<br />
33<br />
54<br />
104<br />
Bratton Fleming<br />
99<br />
16<br />
Lynton<br />
167<br />
41<br />
24<br />
106<br />
139<br />
BARNSTAPLE<br />
38<br />
101<br />
145<br />
37<br />
115<br />
South Molton<br />
Molland<br />
73<br />
Bampton<br />
81<br />
94<br />
Great<br />
Torrington<br />
137<br />
High Bickington<br />
Chulmleigh<br />
Lapford<br />
Winkeligh<br />
156<br />
121<br />
Tiverton<br />
181<br />
9<br />
133<br />
28 82<br />
Cullompton<br />
90<br />
Dunkeswell<br />
126<br />
Yarcombe<br />
ifton<br />
29<br />
89<br />
15<br />
Tavistock<br />
148<br />
117<br />
109<br />
Hatherleigh<br />
Lydford<br />
141<br />
26<br />
172<br />
88<br />
159<br />
113<br />
108<br />
58 140<br />
107<br />
PLYMOUTH<br />
Wembury<br />
Okehampton<br />
179<br />
103<br />
178<br />
Princetown<br />
153<br />
85<br />
51<br />
164<br />
93<br />
North Tawton<br />
DARTMOOR<br />
NATIONAL PARK<br />
135<br />
Ivybridge<br />
Hope Cove<br />
Chagford<br />
Moretonhampstead<br />
Widecombe<br />
in the Moor<br />
Buckfastleigh<br />
Kingsbridge<br />
Bantham 97<br />
5<br />
171<br />
57<br />
138<br />
50<br />
161<br />
36<br />
Salcombe<br />
1<br />
Ashburton<br />
4<br />
128<br />
1<strong>19</strong> 80<br />
158<br />
111<br />
21<br />
48<br />
114<br />
60<br />
69<br />
162<br />
Crediton<br />
Bovey Tracey<br />
125<br />
182<br />
45<br />
Totnes<br />
7<br />
76<br />
Beesands<br />
84<br />
12 166<br />
63 75<br />
144<br />
11<br />
22<br />
53 105 72<br />
173<br />
169<br />
64<br />
124<br />
Dartmouth<br />
110 175<br />
EXETER<br />
8<br />
44<br />
165<br />
123<br />
Dawlish<br />
61<br />
134<br />
25<br />
6<br />
13<br />
Torquay<br />
Paignton<br />
Brixham<br />
40<br />
Broadclyst<br />
116 74 10<br />
27 35<br />
43<br />
112<br />
32<br />
151<br />
10<br />
31<br />
142<br />
46 30<br />
91<br />
180<br />
23<br />
52 66<br />
39<br />
155<br />
34<br />
59<br />
150<br />
78<br />
120 168 177<br />
86<br />
174<br />
131<br />
170<br />
79<br />
149<br />
147<br />
118<br />
56<br />
87<br />
154<br />
157<br />
127<br />
Teignmouth<br />
67<br />
65<br />
176<br />
Exmouth<br />
146<br />
Honiton<br />
Sidmouth<br />
Sidmouth<br />
129 15<br />
3<br />
92<br />
112<br />
2<br />
163<br />
18<br />
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adding their events all year<br />
round.<br />
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68<br />
130<br />
160<br />
71<br />
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PLACES TO VISIT continued<br />
87. Dawlish Museum<br />
88. Devonport Naval Heritage Centre<br />
89. Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre<br />
90. Dunkeswell Airfield Heritage Centre<br />
91. Exmouth Museum<br />
92. Fairlynch Museum<br />
93. Finch Foundry<br />
94. Great Torrington Heritage Museum<br />
95. Holsworthy Museum<br />
96. Ilfracombe Museum<br />
97. Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum<br />
98. Lyme Regis Museum<br />
99. Lyn and Exmoor Museum<br />
100. Mortehoe Museum<br />
101. Museum of Barnstaple & N. Devon<br />
102. Museum of British Surfing<br />
103. Museum of Dartmoor Life<br />
104. National Trust Carriage Museum<br />
105. Newton Abbot Town & GWR Museum<br />
106. North Devon Maritime Museum<br />
107. Park Pharmacy Trust<br />
108. Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery<br />
109. Robey Trust Perseverance Iron Works<br />
110. Royal Albert Memorial Museum<br />
111. Salcombe Maritime Museum<br />
112. Sidmouth Museum<br />
113. Smeatons Tower Lighthouse<br />
114. South Devon Railway<br />
115. South Molton and District Museum<br />
116. South West Police Heritage Museum<br />
117. Tavistock Museum<br />
118. Teign Heritage Centre<br />
1<strong>19</strong>. The Valiant Soldier<br />
120. Thomas Newcomen Engine<br />
121. Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life<br />
122. Topsham Museum<br />
123. Torquay Museum<br />
124. Totnes Fashion and Textiles Museum<br />
125. Totnes Elizabethan House<br />
126. Upottery Airfield Heritage Centre<br />
127. Whimple Heritage Centre<br />
128. William Pengelly Museum<br />
gardens<br />
129. Bicton Park and Gardens<br />
130. Burrow Farm Gardens<br />
131. Fast Rabbit Farm Gardens<br />
132. Gnome Reserve<br />
133. Holbrook Garden<br />
134. Homeyards Botanical Gardens<br />
135. Lukesland Gardens<br />
136. Marwood Hill Gardens<br />
137. RHS Garden Rosemoor<br />
138. Stone Lane Gardens<br />
139. Tapeley Park and Gardens<br />
140. The Elizabethan Gardens<br />
141. The Garden House<br />
historic houses<br />
142. A la Ronde (NT)<br />
143. Arlington Court (NT)<br />
144. Bradley Manor (NT)<br />
145. Castle Hill Estate<br />
146. Cadhay<br />
147. Coleton Fishacre (NT)<br />
148. Cotehele (NT)<br />
149. Fursdon House<br />
150. Greenway (NT)<br />
151. Haldon Belvedere<br />
152. Hartland Abbey House<br />
153. Hemerdon House<br />
154. Killerton House (NT)<br />
155. Kirkham House (EH)<br />
156. Knightshayes (NT)<br />
157. Marker’s Cottage<br />
158. Overbeck’s (NT)<br />
159. Saltram House (NT)<br />
160. Shute Barton (NT)<br />
161. The Church House (NT)<br />
162. The Merchant’s House<br />
163. The Old Bakery (NT)<br />
164. Thorn House and Garden<br />
165. Torre Abbey<br />
166. Ugbrooke House<br />
167. Watersmeet House (NT)<br />
castles & forts<br />
168. Bayard’s Cove Fort (EH)<br />
169. Berry Pomeroy Castle (EH)<br />
170. Bickleigh Castle NOP<br />
171. Castle Drogo (NT)<br />
172. Crownhill Fort<br />
173. Compton Castle (NT)<br />
174. Dartmouth Castle (EH)<br />
175. Exeter Castle NOP<br />
176. Hemyock Castle<br />
177. Kingswear Castle NOP<br />
178. Lydford Castle (EH)<br />
179. Okehampton Castle (EH)<br />
180. Powderham Castle<br />
181. Tiverton Castle NOP<br />
182. Totnes Castle (EH)<br />
183. Watermouth Castle<br />
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Great Night Out<br />
Enjoy FOOD and LIVE MUSIC at your local venue<br />
LIVE MUSIC THIS MONTH<br />
STEVE KNIGHTLEY: ROADWORKS<br />
07 Mar- Best known from Show of<br />
Hands, Knightley invites you on a<br />
musical journey, The Beehive, Dowell<br />
Street, Honiton, 7.30pm, £18.<br />
BICTON FOLK SESSION<br />
07 Mar- Enjoy an evening of lively, foottapping<br />
music when local musicians, The<br />
Bicton Inn, Exmouth, 8.30pm to 11.55pm.<br />
TIME TRAVELLERS<br />
08 Mar- The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street,<br />
Sidmouth, 9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />
THE CHEESEBOARD<br />
08 Mar- Enjoy an evening of lively, foottapping<br />
music, The Bicton Inn, Exmouth,<br />
9.00pm to 11.55pm.<br />
OPEN MIC<br />
08 Mar- An evening of music from<br />
anyone who would like to come along<br />
and perform, The Bicton Inn, Exmouth,<br />
8.30pm to 11.55pm.<br />
JON BODEN AND THE REMNANT<br />
STRINGS<br />
09 Mar- 'Recalling Gabriel-era Genesis<br />
with a dash of Bush and Bowie' - The<br />
Observe, James H Soars Media Services,<br />
Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington,<br />
7.30pm to 10.45pm, £22.00.<br />
Glenn Tilbrook<br />
Image by Rob O'Connor<br />
SILVER BULLET LIVE AT THE 7 STARS<br />
09 Mar- Classic Rock, Pop, Blues and Soul,<br />
all played with passion and authority, Silver<br />
Bullet Band, 7 Stars, Tiverton, 9.00pm to<br />
11.30pm.<br />
Salad of Beef Rib, The Grosvenor<br />
WHITE SPIRIT<br />
09 Mar- The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street,<br />
Sidmouth, 9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />
PETER JAGGER<br />
09 Mar- Originals and covers from 60s folk<br />
to 80s music, The Bicton Inn, Exmouth,<br />
5.00pm to 7.00pm.<br />
JUST MISBEHAVIN'<br />
10 Mar- Swing jazz to finish your<br />
weekend in style, Just Misbehavin', The<br />
Point Bar & Grill, Exmouth, 6.00pm to<br />
8.30pm, free.<br />
MARTIN WELLER<br />
10 Mar- Selection of rock and pop<br />
classics plus originals, The Bicton Inn,<br />
Exmouth, 5.00pm to 7.00pm.<br />
OPEN MIC<br />
14 Mar- An evening of music from<br />
anyone who would like to come along<br />
and perform, The Bicton Inn, Exmouth,<br />
8.30pm to 11.55pm.<br />
SILVER BULLET LIVE AT THE BEACH<br />
15 Mar- Classic Rock, Pop, Blues<br />
and Soul all played with passion and<br />
authority, Silver Bullet Band, The Beach<br />
Bar, Exmouth, 9.00pm to 11.30pm.<br />
SILVER BULLET LIVE<br />
16 Mar- Classic Rock, Pop, Blues and<br />
Soul - all played with passion and<br />
authority, Silver Bullet Band, Sidmouth<br />
Conservative Club, Sidmouth, 9.00pm to<br />
11.30pm.<br />
THE PHIL BEER BAND<br />
16 Mar- Performing a unique blend of<br />
folk and roll trawled from Phil's treasure<br />
trove, The Beehive, Dowell Street,<br />
Honiton, 8.00pm, £21.<br />
THE MAGIC BADGERS<br />
16 Mar- The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street,<br />
Sidmouth, 9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />
SARA CORSER & DAVE WARD<br />
16 Mar- Two of the Bicton's favourites<br />
bring you an evening of popular songs,<br />
The Bicton Inn, Exmouth, 5.00pm to<br />
7.00pm.<br />
BLACK CAT JAZZ<br />
17 Mar- Traditional Jazz inspired by<br />
the New Orleans revival <strong>19</strong>30 to <strong>19</strong>50,<br />
Plymouth Jazz Club, The Royal British<br />
Legion Club, Plymouth, 7.30pm to<br />
10.30pm, £10 (members £8, students £5).<br />
MUSIC NIGHT - NEIL BARCLAY<br />
17 Mar- Swing, Rat Pack & all the<br />
classics. A great sound form one man<br />
and guitar, The Point, 14 Pilot Wharf,<br />
Exmouth, 6.00pm to 8.30pm, Free Entry.<br />
RED PENDULUM JAZZ<br />
20 Mar- New monthly jazz night with<br />
house trio & special guest, Pete Canter,<br />
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Saturday 16th March<br />
PHIL BEER BAND<br />
The Beehive, Honiton<br />
Sunday 10th March<br />
JUST MISBEHAVIN'<br />
The Point Bar & Grill, Exmouth<br />
Saturday 23 March<br />
ALAN BARNES<br />
The Tucker's Arms, Axminster<br />
Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, 8.30pm to<br />
10.30pm, £9.<br />
SILVER BULLET LIVE<br />
22 Mar- Classic Rock, Blues, Soul and<br />
Pop all played with passion and authority,<br />
Silver Bullet Band, Royal Clarence,<br />
Seaton, 9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />
THAT'LL DO<br />
22 Mar- The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street,<br />
Sidmouth, 9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />
SILVER BULLET LIVE<br />
23 Mar- Classic Rock, Blues, Pop<br />
and Soul all played with passion and<br />
authority, Silver Bullet Band, Heavitree<br />
Social Club, Exeter, 9.00pm to 11.30pm.<br />
ALAN BARNES & JULIAN MARC<br />
STRINGLE<br />
23 Mar- Alan Barnes & Julian Marc<br />
Stringle with the Craig Milverton Trio,<br />
The Tucker's Jazz Club, The Tucker's<br />
Arms, Axminster, 8.00pm to 10.00pm,<br />
web.<br />
STONEFOX<br />
23 Mar- The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street,<br />
Sidmouth, 9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />
GUY SOMERFIELD<br />
23 Mar- An afternoon featuring an<br />
eclectic mixture of music, The Bicton Inn,<br />
Exmouth, 5.00pm to 7.00pm.<br />
ALAN BARNES WITH THE CRAIG<br />
MILVERTON TRIO<br />
24 Mar- Britain's top jazz saxophonist<br />
(and wit!) backed by a great trio,<br />
Plymouth Jazz Club, The Royal British<br />
Legion Club, Plymouth, 7.30pm to<br />
10.30pm, £10 (Members £8, students £5).<br />
MUSIC NIGHT - PETE CANTER TRIO<br />
24 Mar- A talented band playing a<br />
delightful blend of swing, bebop and<br />
Latin jazz, The Point, 14 Pilot Wharf,<br />
Exmouth, 6.00pm to 8.30pm, Free Entry.<br />
JAZZ DUO; PETE OXLEY & NICOLAS<br />
MEIER<br />
24 Mar- Oxley & Meier perform works<br />
Image by David Wilson Clarke<br />
from their fascinating album ‘The<br />
Colours of Time‚ Jeanie Moore MVO,<br />
The Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth,<br />
3.00pm to 4.00pm, £15.00.<br />
NIGEL CHALLIS<br />
24 Mar- Nigel is a highly popular<br />
musician/singer and a master of<br />
country/folk, The Bicton Inn, Exmouth,<br />
5.00pm to 7.00pm.<br />
Lewtrenchard Manor<br />
Grace Petrie<br />
PETE OXLEY & NICHOLAS MAIER<br />
27 Mar- A duet of Guitar virtuosi coming<br />
close to perfection, Fougou Jazz, Fougou<br />
Jazz, Galmpton, 8.30pm to 10.30pm, 10.<br />
SPRING CEILIDH<br />
30 Mar- <strong>Spring</strong> Ceilidh with Spinach for<br />
Norman, South Brent Folk, South Brent<br />
Village Hall, South Brent, 7.30pm to<br />
11.00pm, £8.<br />
MUSIC NIGHT - CHRIS & THE<br />
CHARLSTONERS<br />
31 Mar- An inspiring mix of piano,<br />
saxophone, guitar and sweet vocals, The<br />
Point, 14 Pilot Wharf, Exmouth, 6.00pm<br />
to 8.30pm, Free Entry.<br />
GLENN TILBROOK<br />
02 Apr - Glenn is currently touring the<br />
UK promoting awareness The Trussell<br />
Trust, and collecting donations for the<br />
charity that supports a network of<br />
foodbanks around the UK, Tavistock<br />
Wharf, Canal Road, Tavistock, 7.30pm,<br />
All tickets £<strong>19</strong>.50.<br />
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SWAc<br />
The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts<br />
FOR 20<strong>19</strong> WE'RE<br />
DELIGHTED TO BE<br />
THE SPONSORS<br />
OF DEVONSHIRE ART<br />
The South West Academy work with<br />
academicians and associates to host a range of<br />
events over the year, including workshops, charity<br />
auctions, lectures, culminating in a major Open<br />
Exhibition at Exeter Castle each November.<br />
Robert Mountjoy - Chair of Trustees<br />
From its earliest years, the Academy's Open exhibitions attracted a huge response from artists from the<br />
South West, across the UK and also from many EU countries. We are proud to have numbered among our<br />
academicians such distinguished artists as Sir Peter Blake RA, Sir Terry Frost RA, Mary Fedden RA, Ken<br />
Howard RA, Colin Hayes RA and David Leach OBE. The Academy was also nurtured in its early years by a number<br />
of invaluable donations including the Drecki Legacy, which is commemorated now in the Annual Drecki Lecture<br />
Series. Thanks to the generosity of many sponsors, the Academy has evolved into a thriving community of elected<br />
Academicians with regional and international recognition in both 2D and 3D work. At the same time, the Academy<br />
actively supports the work of emerging artists from across the south west region by electing them as Associate<br />
members. The profiles and selected works of the Academicians and Associates can be found on the Academy’s<br />
website along with details of the exhibition programme; short films of past exhibitions, and current news from,<br />
and about, members www.southwestacademy.org.uk.<br />
Another major commitment for the Academy is to support the development of art and design for children and young<br />
people. With a history of dedicated exhibitions for young artists, the Academy currently provides workshops for<br />
primary and secondary pupils and also works in partnership with Young Art Devon to support their young artists’<br />
exhibition and to actively encourage and reward art teachers in local schools and colleges by sponsoring prizes for<br />
their students. At the same time as making provision for young artists, members of The Academy run workshops<br />
and talks for different adult groups including a Memory Café workshop to support the work of charities such as<br />
the Dementia Alliance. To become a Friend of the Academy or to find out more then either visit the website or<br />
email swac.contact@gmail.com<br />
ART<br />
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marinehouseatbeer.co.uk<br />
Mike Lambert lives in Branscombe, Devon. In <strong>19</strong>98 he established<br />
with his wife Rosemary leading Devon galleries Marine House<br />
and Steam Gallery. Previously his career was computer sales<br />
and marketing. He then founded a Kensington PR company.<br />
ART MATTERS<br />
Mike Lambert - Marine House at Beer | Steam Gallery<br />
Art Matters will be a regular feature in<br />
<strong>Devonshire</strong> e-zine. My aim is to explore why<br />
people buy art and crafts and what do they get<br />
out of the experience?<br />
I<br />
’ll also share with you what’s<br />
trending now and what might be on<br />
the up based on owning Marine House<br />
and Steam Gallery both in Beer for<br />
twenty-one years, but also observing<br />
the market at major fairs in London<br />
and The Affordable Art Fairs in Hong<br />
Kong, Singapore and New York. I’ll<br />
share with you the opinions of art<br />
purchasers, art organisers and gallery<br />
owners to explore why art means a<br />
lot to many people and why so many<br />
people invest in creative work.<br />
It’s for the very same reasons that art<br />
has enduring appeal today and I’m not<br />
talking about the £100million market<br />
speculation haunts of the super rich<br />
I hope you will enjoy my ramblings.<br />
In the next edition I will report on<br />
the buying mood after the major<br />
March Affordable Art Fair in Battersea<br />
Having founded and worked at the<br />
Beer galleries with my wife Rosemary<br />
we’ve had first hand experience of<br />
hits, evergreen work and what seems<br />
to be fading at present. We’ve also<br />
had insight into why people buy arts<br />
and crafts.<br />
From the earliest periods of human<br />
habitation there has been a desire<br />
to record and interpret the world as<br />
people saw it. Just look at aboriginal<br />
wall art dating back 60,000 years or<br />
Neolithic wall paintings in Southern<br />
France 14,000 years old. For the most<br />
part (other than pots!) these works<br />
didn’t serve any practical purpose.<br />
But what they clearly demonstrated<br />
was man’s desire for spirituality and<br />
satisfaction and fulfilment beyond<br />
the everyday challenges of existence.<br />
Battersea Affordable<br />
Art Fair, London<br />
but work that touches the soul of we<br />
ordinary mortals. Words expressed<br />
by people acquiring a new painting,<br />
glass, ceramic or sculpture frequently<br />
include words or expressions of<br />
love, thrill. excitement, happiness,<br />
achievement and fulfilment. I have yet<br />
to have the experience of someone<br />
buying art and walking out with a<br />
glum face!<br />
in London and the solo shows in<br />
Marine House and Steam Gallery by the<br />
renowned artist Anita Klein and the<br />
fabulous animal sculptor David Cooke.<br />
What have you bought lately!?<br />
Mike Lambert<br />
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Jonathon X Coudrille - 'Harvest Moon' - RAMM, Exeter<br />
ART<br />
Exhibitions<br />
07 Mar<br />
BABY-FRIENDLY CURATOR TALK<br />
- WOMEN ARTISTS<br />
New for 20<strong>19</strong> – introducing our baby-friendly talks by<br />
RAMM’s curators. These talks are only for parents and<br />
carers with children under 18 months, so there’s no need<br />
to worry about disturbing other visitors during the talk. Join<br />
Curator Michele Green on a tour around our Women Artists<br />
exhibition. Shining a spotlight on female artists in RAMM’s<br />
fine art collection, this exhibition features works from the<br />
1770s until 2011. This event is for people with their babies<br />
and toddlers, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen Street,<br />
Exeter, 10.00am to 11.00am, Drop in, pay what you think.<br />
09 Mar to 15 Mar<br />
MULTIMEDIA ART SHOW<br />
A diverse exhibition of seascape, landscape and figurative<br />
paintings, prints, ceramics, digital art and video by Devon<br />
based artists and recent graduates of the Plymouth College<br />
of Art. This eclectic mix of artists makes for an unusual and<br />
varied exhibition. Painters Catherine Kennedy BA Hons, Paddy<br />
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Tuohy, Paul Littlejohns, printmakers Rory<br />
Kennedy BA Hons, Emma Pritchard BA Hons,<br />
Danni Thurely BA Hons, Becky Elia BA Hons<br />
and Marcus Nodwell BA Hons, animator Ross<br />
Kennedy & ceramics Gail Trezise, Multimedia<br />
Art Show, TAAG, Teignmouth, 10.00am to<br />
5.00pm, Free Entry.<br />
09 Mar to 22 Apr<br />
ACKLAND AND<br />
EDWARDS BETWEEN<br />
THE LINES PART 2<br />
A continuation of the 2013 exhibition 'Read<br />
Between the Lines', this new exhibition<br />
reveals more from the Ackland and Edwards<br />
archive and also reveals previously unseen<br />
paintings of Bucks Mills and the cabin.<br />
In 2012 , the Burton at Bideford was<br />
entrusted by the Ackland and Edwards Trust<br />
with a treasure trove of correspondence,<br />
sketchbooks, diaries and photographs,<br />
relating to the lives and inspirations of the<br />
two painters, Burton Art Gallery & Museum,<br />
Kingsley Road, Bideford, 2.00pm to 4.00pm,<br />
FREE.<br />
Alice Antliff ceramics - Glade Exhbiition at Harbour House, Kingsbridge<br />
Until 10 Mar<br />
GET FRESH 20<strong>19</strong><br />
Get Fresh showcases a range of fresh<br />
and innovative work from 13 emerging<br />
makers across the South West of England.<br />
This biennial exhibition celebrates the<br />
commitment and diversity of these selected<br />
makers whilst providing support and<br />
encouragement and, most importantly, an<br />
early audience for their work, Devon Guild<br />
of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey,<br />
10.00am to 5.30pm, FREE.<br />
Until 10 Mar<br />
'SYNERGY' BY MARC<br />
TODD - ART EXHIBITION<br />
MEET THE ARTIST IN PERSON VIP Preview<br />
Night Friday 22nd February 7-9pm. Join us<br />
and the artist to the launch of this stunning<br />
exhibition titled 'Synergy' For your personal<br />
invite please call the gallery on 01752 24<br />
1234 LIVE STUDIO Saturday 23rd February<br />
from 12 noon - 4.30pm. Marc will be in<br />
the gallery performing a 'Live Studio' where<br />
he will be working on a new painting. A<br />
great opportunity to discuss his style and<br />
technique, Host Galleries, 12 Whimple Street,<br />
Plymouth, 9.00am to 5.30pm, Free Admission.<br />
Until 10 Mar<br />
BLUE MIND<br />
MA\CO is the artistic collaboration of two<br />
brothers, Max and Cody Jepson, who work<br />
collaboratively and intuitively, aiming to<br />
capture the depth and freedom of an everchanging<br />
ocean. Their lives have ebbed and<br />
flowed across the oceans between Australia<br />
and England, the pull of the tide keeping<br />
home close to the sea. Their affinity with<br />
the ocean was initially satisfied through<br />
surfing and open water swimming, but<br />
their connection to creation and spirituality<br />
has led them to art, Harbour House, The<br />
Promenade, Kingsbridge, 10.00am to 5.00pm,<br />
free.<br />
Until 10 Mar<br />
SIDMOUTH<br />
A SELF-PORTRAIT<br />
A new generation of artists is fusing<br />
technology and originality to interpret the<br />
complex relationships that exist in their<br />
environment, in both the natural and the<br />
man-made. Though each artist is most<br />
assuredly an individual, their work finds<br />
common ground in its desire to represent<br />
the developing geography of the South West.<br />
Artists Kyle Baker / Ben Powell / Cameron<br />
Graham / Charlotte Barsby. FREE ENTRY.<br />
10am-4pm daily, Kennaway House, Coburg<br />
Road, Sidmouth, 10.00am to 4.00pm, FREE<br />
ENTRY.<br />
Until 14 Mar<br />
SPRING SHOW<br />
Our artists are out of hibernation and<br />
have all produced some wonderful new<br />
paintings after their winter sojourn. Marine<br />
artist Terence Lee has added aviation to his<br />
repertoire and pastellist Keith Stott has been<br />
back to Glazebrook and up to Cumbria with<br />
outstanding results. St Ives based Mark<br />
Poprawski has once again been inspired by<br />
his dramatic Atlantic skies and Rob Dudley<br />
has been capturing our Devon coastline.<br />
All well worth seeing in the flesh, we look<br />
forward to seeing you, Davidson Fine Art,<br />
22 High Street, Totnes, 10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />
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12 Mar to 16 Mar<br />
MAKING WAVES<br />
The students visited Exeter Cathedral to take<br />
photographs from the roof and to gather<br />
information inside, later developing ideas in<br />
printmaking. Other themes include movement<br />
and futurism, colour and abstraction, and<br />
the ever popular portraiture. This annual<br />
exhibition is always worth seeing!, Harbour<br />
House, The Promenade, Kingsbridge,<br />
10.00am to 5.00pm, free.<br />
Until 16 Mar<br />
JEM SOUTHAM, BIRDS,<br />
ROCKS, RIVERS,<br />
ISLANDS<br />
Birds, butterflies, streams, pastures, moors,<br />
beaches and seas around us fill many<br />
bookshop shelves and the pages of critical<br />
reviews. Such preoccupations have also<br />
flourished within the visual arts, in particular<br />
fine art and photography programmes in<br />
universities such as Plymouth. Jem Southam,<br />
who was Professor of Photography at the<br />
University of Plymouth until 2018, and<br />
one of the UK’s leading photographers,<br />
has contributed enormously to this field<br />
with a series of extended photographic<br />
work, The Arts Institute, Roland Levinsky<br />
Building, Plymouth, 10.00am to 5.00pm,<br />
Free admission.<br />
David Cooke, 'Chameleon' - Solo Show at Steam Gallery at Beer<br />
In the Mix<br />
Gallery artists<br />
www.hybrid-devon.co.uk<br />
Until 23 Mar<br />
NATURAL AFFINITY<br />
Working diversely across a variety of<br />
mediums, the two inform their practice<br />
with a sustained effort to challenge their<br />
own working habits, adopting a transitory<br />
approach to form and style. In this<br />
exhibition, Natural Affinity, works lean<br />
towards abstraction, though elements of<br />
figuration remain across both collections,<br />
for a complete body of work that upholds<br />
the pairs passion for nature that they have<br />
previously been recognised for. “I draw my<br />
inspiration from the area in which I live and<br />
the, Artizan Gallery Cafe Venue, 7 Lucius<br />
Street, Torquay, 11.00am to 6.00pm, free.<br />
23 Mar to 07 Apr<br />
'FINE ART OF METAL’<br />
CHRIS DERUBEIS<br />
EXHIBITION<br />
'Fine Art of Metal' an exhibition by Chris<br />
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DeRubeis Public show dates 23 March to<br />
7 April 20<strong>19</strong>VIP Preview Night Friday 22nd<br />
March 7-9pm. Join us for the launch of<br />
this stunning exhibition. For your personal<br />
invite please call the gallery on 01752<br />
241234 One of America's best selling<br />
artists. Currently ranking very high in the<br />
art world, his artwork is collected around<br />
the globe, Host Galleries, 12 Whimple Street,<br />
Plymouth, 9.00am to 5.30pm, Free Admission.<br />
30 Mar to 12 Apr<br />
CELEBRATING THREE<br />
GENERATIONS BY<br />
ANITA KLEIN<br />
Painter and printmaker Anita Klein, is set<br />
to delight art lovers across the South West<br />
with a collection of new works in her solo<br />
show ‘Celebrating Three Generations’ at<br />
Marine House at Beer. Anita often charts<br />
her family life, taking great care with the<br />
balance and structure of her paintings and<br />
prints. As a fellow and past president of<br />
the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers<br />
(PPRE), Anita’s work is held within a range<br />
of high-profiled collections in Europe, USA<br />
and Australia, Marine House at Beer, Fore<br />
Street, Beer, 10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />
30 Mar to 12 Apr<br />
SOLO SHOW BY<br />
WILDLIFE ARTIST DAVID<br />
COOKE<br />
West Yorkshire based artist David Cooke<br />
is one of Britain's most well-known<br />
professional wildlife sculptors. Appealing<br />
to animal enthusiasts and art lovers alike,<br />
David works across mediums including clay,<br />
bronze, bronze resin, and mixed media. Often<br />
sculpting reptiles and birds, his exceptional<br />
talent has resulted in numerous high-profiled<br />
commissions, including artworks for Chelsea<br />
Flower Show, London Zoo, and the Olympic<br />
Park for London 2012, Steam Gallery, Fore<br />
Street, Beer, 10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />
30 Mar to 02 Jun<br />
EXTREME IMAGINATION<br />
INSIDE THE MIND’S EYE When you<br />
daydream, remember, or think of someone<br />
you know, do you see a picture in your<br />
mind? Is it extremely clear and vivid, foggy<br />
or non-existent? If you had no image at<br />
all in your mind’s eye, would this affect<br />
your work if you were an artist? Extreme<br />
Imagination inside the mind’s eye explores<br />
these questions through the work of 22<br />
artists with aphantasia (no inner visual<br />
imagery) and hyperphantasia (its opposite).<br />
These new terms came out of research<br />
carried out by the University of Exeter, Royal<br />
Albert Memorial Museum - RAMM, Queen<br />
Street, Exeter, 10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />
Until 31 Mar<br />
PETER NEWELL ACRYLIC<br />
MARINE SCENES<br />
A beautiful selection of varied marine scenes.<br />
Artist attending on Saturday 16 March<br />
10.30am - 4.00pm, RHS Garden Rosemoor,<br />
Address, Great Torrington, 10.00am to<br />
4.30pm, Member Free, plus family guest<br />
Non-member Normal garden admission app.<br />
09 Apr to 07 Jul<br />
WHAT DO YOU<br />
COLLECT?<br />
DETECTORISTS<br />
This metal-detecting group's hobby and<br />
love of history has brought them a mixed<br />
bag of treasure including the valuable, the<br />
surprising and the mundane. You can see<br />
some of their favourite finds here. MD<br />
Finds Group are based in East Devon. An<br />
open group, they allow others to share their<br />
knowledge and finds through a database<br />
(www.MDFinds.co.uk) and now in the<br />
contemporary collector’s case in the Finders<br />
Keepers Gallery, Royal Albert Memorial<br />
Museum - RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter,<br />
10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />
10 Apr to 05 May<br />
THE PRESENCE OF THE<br />
PAST<br />
Happily returning to the gallery walls, one of<br />
our favourite artists brings new monotypes<br />
and canvas paintings to delight us all!, Brook<br />
Gallery, , Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am to<br />
5.00pm, free.<br />
Zoe Hyde, 'Blessing of the Sea' - <strong>Spring</strong> Show at Artwave West, Morcombelake<br />
10 Apr to 23 Jun<br />
JOURNEYING TO LIGHT<br />
ELAINE GOODWIN MOSAICS Welcome<br />
spring with a celebration of mosaics and<br />
be entranced by the play of light on gold,<br />
coloured glass and marble. This retrospective<br />
exhibition celebrates forty years of mosaic<br />
art by this remarkable artist. “My work is<br />
about light. For all who look, at each and<br />
every moment, light is held, captured, and<br />
let go - continually and continuously. It is,<br />
for me a sublime engagement.” Elaine M<br />
Goodwin, Royal Albert Memorial Museum<br />
- RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter, 10.00am to<br />
5.00pm.<br />
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13 Apr to 14 Apr<br />
WESC WEEKEND ART<br />
SHOW<br />
Join us at this free event with original art<br />
from 60-70 emerging and established South<br />
West artists and help raise much needed<br />
funds for a local worthy cause. Sponsored<br />
by WBW Solicitors & Chartered Financial<br />
Planners, this art event is brought to you by<br />
Art Gallery SW, WESC Foundation, Topsham<br />
Road, Exeter, 10.00am to 4.00pm, FREE.<br />
16 Apr to 28 Apr<br />
PRECIOUS ?<br />
A very exciting and possibly challenging<br />
Art-Jewellery exhibition. If precious means<br />
‘of high cost or worth not to be treated<br />
carelessly’ then the Precious Collective is<br />
where these concepts are questioned - it<br />
is where the idiosyncratic, irregular ideas<br />
live; where to encounter the unexpected.<br />
Strange materials mixed with strange<br />
minds fuse into joyous imaginative work<br />
expressing individual ideas of what<br />
precious could mean, Precious Collective,<br />
Ocean Studios, Plymouth, 10.00am to<br />
4.00pm, free.<br />
Until 27 Apr<br />
SPRING EXHIBITION<br />
A dynamic new Exhibition for the <strong>Spring</strong>,<br />
Artwave West, A35, Morecombelake,<br />
10.00am to 4.00pm, free.<br />
Barbara Roll glassware, 'On the Brink' - Get Fresh 20<strong>19</strong> at Devon Guild of Craftsmen<br />
Until 26 May<br />
SAM BOUGHTON’S<br />
DEVON<br />
The Café at RAMM - See Devon through<br />
the eyes of local artist Sam Boughton. She<br />
combines painting, collage, ink splatters,<br />
bold brushwork and delicate pastel marks<br />
to convey a sense of place and time. From<br />
windswept wild grasses on Dartmoor to<br />
rusty boats and whitewashed coastal<br />
houses, Sam evokes the textures and<br />
colours of Devon in this series of original<br />
works and prints. Works for sale through<br />
the Shop at RAMM, Royal Albert Memorial<br />
Museum - RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter,<br />
10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />
See more events on<br />
www.hubcast.co.uk<br />
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ANITA KLEIN<br />
<br />
Solo show of new works at Marine House at Beer<br />
Sat 30 March to Fri 12 April<br />
Anita Klein is one of Britain’s best recognised and<br />
successful artists. She has depicted small moments<br />
in her family life for the last thirty-five years, with her<br />
timeless image as an “everywoman motif” central to<br />
each composition. Her work, both paintings and prints,<br />
has a strong visual impact with bold clean colour and<br />
fine brushwork. It gives collectors long term pleasure.<br />
Trained at Chelsea College of Art and The Slade School<br />
of Art, Anita is a fellow and past president of the Royal<br />
Society of Painter Printmakers. Painting in her studios<br />
in Umbria and Bermondsey, she regularly shows at the<br />
RA Summer Exhibition and sees Marine House as her<br />
representative in the West of England.<br />
Swinging, 67 x 132cm, £5500<br />
Vino sul Balcone (wine on the balcony), 76 x 76cm, £5000<br />
01297 625257<br />
Fore Street, Beer, EX12 3EF<br />
info@marinehouseatbeer.co.uk<br />
marinehouseatbeer.co.uk<br />
DAVID COOKE<br />
<br />
Solo show of animal and bird sculptures<br />
Sat 30 March to Fri 12 April<br />
The highly acclaimed Leeds based sculptor David<br />
Cooke has exhibited at Steam Gallery for many<br />
years. Working in ceramic, bronze and bronze resin,<br />
his animal and bird pieces both large and small<br />
project originality and presence. Photographs don’t<br />
do them justice. Come see and touch!<br />
Contact the gallery for a catalogue. Works can be<br />
viewed on our website from mid-March and can<br />
be purchased now.<br />
01297 625144<br />
Fore Street, Beer, EX12 3EF<br />
info@steamgallery.co.uk<br />
steamgallery.co.uk<br />
Crow, ceramic on wooden<br />
stand, 80cm high inc stand,<br />
£790<br />
Chameleon, ceramic original<br />
for bronze edition, 75cm high,<br />
£1600<br />
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Heinrich Campendonk (1889-<strong>19</strong>57)<br />
THE DREAM<br />
around <strong>19</strong>13, oil on board<br />
Campendonk creates a dreamlike world<br />
where a winged animal hovers over<br />
a female figure, perhaps suggesting<br />
harmony between mankind and the<br />
animals. The mystical theme was typical<br />
of his work at this time when he joined<br />
Wassily Kandinsky's avant-garde group,<br />
'Der Blaue Reiter' (The Blue Rider), in<br />
Munich. Campendonk later destroyed<br />
much of his early work, so this painting is<br />
a rare survival.<br />
SOMERSET HOUSE<br />
STRAND<br />
LONDON<br />
WC2R<br />
020 39477 777<br />
The paintings shown are from the world<br />
famous Courtauld Gallery in London. The<br />
gallery is open to the public. For opening<br />
times, please visit their website:<br />
www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery<br />
On loan from a private collection<br />
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A tour of The Courtauld Gallery with Bill Nighy<br />
Leon Kossoff (born <strong>19</strong>26)<br />
head of seedo<br />
<strong>19</strong>64, oil on canvas<br />
This powerful portrait depicts the writer<br />
N.M. Seedo who was Kossoff's friend and<br />
one of his first regular sitters. As is typical<br />
for the artist, Kossoff worked on the portrait<br />
over many months, tirelessly painting and<br />
repainting. He later explained, "I'm always<br />
working to make the structure more real,<br />
more intense." In the process the paint has<br />
built up to a thickly encrusted surface, but<br />
Kossoff's brushwork retains its spontaneity<br />
and fluidity; it is almost as if the paint is still<br />
moving<br />
On loan from a private collection<br />
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DEEP IMPRESSIONS!<br />
Nigel Jones<br />
A mother and daughter team, creating<br />
stunning underwater paintings in their<br />
Plymouth studio<br />
LOBSTER FINE ART PRINT<br />
Kim: 'Spotting the red antennae of our<br />
common lobster poking out of a crevice<br />
can make a dive for many a British diver,<br />
with the prospect of a luxurious dinner to<br />
come. However, the rich deep blue colours<br />
and texture of a lobster provides a far more<br />
exciting subject for me to paint. We have<br />
photographed many lobster encounters in<br />
our local waters around Plymouth, which<br />
we have later used as reference points in<br />
our paintings.'<br />
"Our highly detailed underwater work<br />
can take many weeks to paint. We use<br />
hundreds of our underwater photographs<br />
as reference points. A great deal of time<br />
is taken to build up the layers on a<br />
painting. Using acrylics we construct<br />
the background and then painstakingly<br />
add the marine life".<br />
I'm sure you'll agree that the lobster is<br />
an impressive technicolour rendering<br />
that jumps off the page! - Nigel<br />
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<strong>Devonshire</strong> is fully digital in 20<strong>19</strong> through our four key channels, reaching<br />
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WE'RE OLD, BUT NEW!<br />
<strong>Devonshire</strong> Editor - Nigel Jones<br />
nigel@devonshiremagazine.co.uk<br />
In 20<strong>19</strong> <strong>Devonshire</strong> magazine fully<br />
embraces digital, reaching out to a massive<br />
and ever-expanding digital audience<br />
You're probably wondering why such<br />
a popular magazine has moved to<br />
being fully digital, forever consigning<br />
our print version to the scrap heap?<br />
The new Digital<br />
magazine, purpose built<br />
for reading on digital<br />
devices<br />
The reality is that it wasn't just one<br />
single reason alone, more that there<br />
were many, each one advantageous,<br />
not least of which being that the<br />
digital audience is massive and<br />
continues to expand outwards, whilst<br />
the print audience has in reality been<br />
contracting for the past 10+ years.<br />
Sure, it's a sad thing to see print<br />
disappear, it's a luxury format, and in<br />
reality is centuries old, but digital has<br />
changed the landscape permanently<br />
and it isn't ever going back.<br />
But the positives - there are many,<br />
not least of which is that we no longer<br />
need to drag 42 tons of print all over<br />
Devon in cars. The recycling of<br />
this much paper has an impact, the<br />
energy required, chemicals, water<br />
that's not to mention all the fuel used<br />
in delivery. This has never sat well<br />
with me, living in such a beautiful<br />
county, but polluting - no, not great<br />
to consider.<br />
Another major positive is the fact that<br />
we can reach out across Devon, the<br />
South West, UK and indeed World.<br />
Print meant that we were physically<br />
restricted to the number of copies<br />
printed that were available at outlets<br />
- no longer! Over the past 10 years<br />
we regularly received many phone<br />
calls from avid readers, eager to get<br />
their copy, but being thwarted by the<br />
demand for this rich Devon themed<br />
magazine. Of course our natural<br />
response was to say that they should<br />
go to one of the 900 outlets to receive<br />
a copy, but the better answer was<br />
to not even have to take the car off<br />
the drive, just to lift up their tablet<br />
to read the magazine directly from<br />
their lounge over a coffee! Digital also<br />
means that we can add much more<br />
content and have a more 'open door'<br />
policy on bringing content into the<br />
magazine - previously we had to be<br />
extremely cautious because adding<br />
in a new column meant a new 8 or 16<br />
page section being added - expensive<br />
to say the least.<br />
Hope you enjoy the 'new' mag and<br />
please send us your feedback.<br />
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Sarah Lakey is the Senior Community & Events Fundraiser for the<br />
Devon & Dorset branch of Julian House, a registered charitable society<br />
NIGHTSTOP DEVON<br />
JULIAN HOUSE - Sarah Lakey<br />
sarah.lakey@julianhouse.org.uk<br />
Youth homelessness is on the increase with<br />
more young people sofa surfing in order to<br />
avoid having to sleep rough on the streets<br />
Julian House offers a service<br />
specifically to support 16-25 year<br />
olds, Nightstop Devon. This provides<br />
same day emergency overnight<br />
accommodation for young homeless<br />
people, between the ages of 16-25, in<br />
the homes of volunteer hosts who<br />
have been trained and vetted. Not<br />
only does this prevent young people<br />
from having to sleep on the streets<br />
or sofa surfing in friends homes, but<br />
acts as a service to find solutions to<br />
their housing situation and works<br />
with other agencies to find long term<br />
accommodation.<br />
Nightstop Devon shares the journey<br />
of one young person, Martin, aged<br />
20, who became homeless. He was<br />
asked to leave accommodation which<br />
supports young people with drug<br />
and alcohol issues because he tested<br />
positive for cannabis. Martin sofa<br />
surfed at his friends flat, putting his<br />
friend's tenancy at risk.<br />
After making a homeless application<br />
to the local council he was referred to<br />
Nightstop Devon. When completing<br />
his references, it was highlighted<br />
Martin had struggled with class<br />
'A' drugs and family breakdown<br />
which lead to him being referred<br />
to supported accommodation. The<br />
support team felt this was not the<br />
best option for Martin as he wanted<br />
to focus on getting work and his<br />
own private rented flat. With this<br />
in mind he used Nightstop Devon<br />
for six weeks with several hosts who<br />
found Martin to be well-mannered<br />
and had a proactive approach to<br />
finding secure accommodation.<br />
Martin stated he found Nightstop<br />
Devon a good experience as he could<br />
see how other people lived and it has<br />
inspired him to live independently.<br />
In addition, he started to build a<br />
positive relationship with his family<br />
and began meeting them in the<br />
day time between engaging with<br />
Nightstop Devon support staff.<br />
Martin was offered an interview for a<br />
trainer tenancy which could support<br />
him to gain the skills to maintain a<br />
long-term tenancy in the private<br />
rented sector. After being offered a<br />
place with another young person in<br />
a two-bedroom flat, Martin engaged<br />
well with support staff and completed<br />
the Young Person’s Outcome Star<br />
which helped him highlight any issues<br />
he needed to address.<br />
Martin has recently started working<br />
a part-time job as a labourer at a<br />
building site and has started to look<br />
at mentorships to gain a trade and<br />
hopefully full-time employment. His<br />
relationship with family has grown<br />
and the support gained from them<br />
has helped maintain a stable tenancy.<br />
Martin is aiming to move into a shared<br />
house and feels the skills gained<br />
from building relationships with new<br />
people, cooking fresh food and the<br />
tenancy training course he attended<br />
will ensure he stays in stable and<br />
secure accommodation.<br />
Martin sofa surfed at<br />
his friends' flat, putting<br />
his friend's tenancy<br />
at risk<br />
Nightstop Devon relies on private<br />
funding and donations from the<br />
public in order to run the service.<br />
It costs £35 to provide emergency<br />
accommodation for a young person<br />
per night. Donations can be made<br />
via our online Just Giving page;<br />
http://bit.ly/2NcpA3b<br />
To find out more about the service<br />
please contact Sarah Lakey; sarah.<br />
lakey@julianhouse.org.uk<br />
To refer a young person to the service<br />
please call: 01392 573606<br />
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From an academic background, Martin is an Independent member of<br />
Devon County Council representing Seaton and Colyton. Here he gives<br />
his personal view of the challenges the county faces in our troubled times.<br />
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT DEVON<br />
Martin Shaw<br />
cllrmartinshaw@gmail.com<br />
We think of the typical Devon house as<br />
a picturesque thatched cottage, but as<br />
building continues relentlessly around our<br />
towns and villages, it’s more likely to be a<br />
semi on a new estate.<br />
But do we need all the new houses<br />
which are springing up?<br />
If you ask this question - as the<br />
Devon branch of the Campaign to<br />
Protect Rural England does in a<br />
new report - you instantly come<br />
up against the one belief that unites<br />
our two main political parties: that<br />
a huge housebuilding programme<br />
should be a national priority.<br />
We are told that there is a major<br />
housing shortage; nationally, we need<br />
up to 300,000 new units per year<br />
to solve it. In Devon the population<br />
is growing and our housing stock<br />
certainly needs to keep pace. Yet<br />
what if the rate of development which<br />
is being forced by the Government<br />
is too fast? What if we are being<br />
obliged to build many more units<br />
than we really need?<br />
These are the radical questions<br />
which the CPRE Devon report poses<br />
for planners across the county, and<br />
they’re questions we should all<br />
engage with. You might of course<br />
think that the Campaign is taking<br />
a ‘Nimby’ attitude and setting aside<br />
the genuine needs of Devon’s young<br />
people and working families. But this<br />
Our councils really don’t have<br />
enough control over how much<br />
housing is built and where<br />
would be to badly misjudge them;<br />
one of their key arguments is that<br />
while more and more homes go up,<br />
developers simply aren’t providing<br />
the low-cost, genuinely affordable<br />
housing that local people really need.<br />
Their report, ‘Devon Housing Needs<br />
Evidence 2018’, is based on serious<br />
research. It carefully examines<br />
the numbers of new households<br />
which are being formed and people<br />
moving into the county. When all<br />
this is taken into account, it seems<br />
we’re already building more houses<br />
than we need - and the targets our<br />
planning bodies have been obliged<br />
to adopt will push us even further<br />
over the top. The truth is that, far<br />
from having an overall shortage,<br />
we have more empty houses than<br />
before and second homes that are<br />
empty much of the year, while we<br />
don’t have enough social housing.<br />
The real housing problem is one of<br />
distribution, not scale.<br />
Our councils really don’t have<br />
enough control over how much<br />
housing is built and where. Fail to<br />
propose enough sites to deliver the<br />
Government’s top-down targets,<br />
and the inspector will not approve<br />
your local plan. Fail to get your plan<br />
approved, or fall behind with your<br />
targets, and it will be open season for<br />
developers - planners won’t be able<br />
to insist on applying normal planning<br />
rules in line with local considerations<br />
which matter to residents. Don’t<br />
approve a big enough estate, and you<br />
won’t get funding for that new ring<br />
road. Approve a sensible development<br />
on a brown<br />
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field site, and the developer can ‘land bank’ it, so you’ll<br />
soon be under pressure to approve a less appropriate<br />
scheme to fulfill your target.<br />
It’s even more difficult to actually deliver social housing.<br />
A council may require a developer to build a proportion<br />
of affordable homes, but once they’ve got started they’ll<br />
come back with a ‘viability assessment’ which shows<br />
that they can’t afford to build them after all without<br />
their scheme becoming insufficiently profitable. The risk<br />
has been taken away from the developers and passed<br />
to local families whose hopes of sound, affordable<br />
homes are dashed. No wonder that many have taken to<br />
forming community land trusts. These may not deliver<br />
the numbers of big schemes, but they can at least mean<br />
that the right homes are built where they are actually<br />
needed. CPRE Devon, naturally, commends this kind<br />
of small-scale development.<br />
The risk has been taken<br />
away from the developers<br />
and passed to local<br />
families whose hopes of<br />
sound, affordable homes<br />
are dashed<br />
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It’s obvious that Government policies are driving the<br />
distortion of our housing market which this report<br />
identifies, but over the last decade too many local<br />
politicians and planners have absorbed their warped<br />
priorities. While we can work to change national<br />
thinking - and it’s not just the present administration<br />
which needs to listen - it’s very much down to local<br />
communities to begin to restore sense and balance to<br />
planning in our county.<br />
Let us hope that CPRE Devon has kickstarted a true<br />
<strong>Devonshire</strong> debate.<br />
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Mary is a professional genealogist. She has cared for foster children<br />
with disabilities including spina bifida and cerebral palsy, and has spent<br />
many years campaigning for the rights of disabled children.<br />
ME, HIM AND DEMENTIA<br />
Mary Hyland<br />
You know that feeling, when something<br />
horrible happens to a friend, and you think<br />
"Thank goodness it wasn't me!" - and then<br />
suddenly, it is?<br />
Face concealed<br />
That is what happened to me<br />
a few years ago, and I keep<br />
asking myself why I did not see<br />
it coming. My colleague and very dear<br />
friend started to act in a slightly, but<br />
increasingly 'odd' way. I pondered<br />
on it for weeks, if not months, and<br />
wondered was it any of my business.<br />
Then one day, when I knew she was<br />
driving, so not at home, I rang her<br />
land-line and spoke to her husband,<br />
not knowing what on earth I would<br />
say. It is one of the hardest things I<br />
have ever done. He heaved a sigh of<br />
relief and said " So, it's not just me that<br />
thinks there is something wrong...."<br />
It turned out she had dementia, and<br />
very sadly, is now deceased.<br />
them. Without exception they said<br />
"Thank you for the lovely day, it was<br />
super to see you both, but what on earth<br />
is wrong with him?"<br />
Mmmm.... His driving had not been<br />
as good, he was not as chatty, he was<br />
distant, he was doing odd things when<br />
he came in to help me at work, he<br />
forgot my birthday, but, of course it<br />
was all OK. Wasn't it? I dithered for<br />
a few weeks, could it be the same as<br />
my friend? No, of course not. That<br />
wouldn't happen to us.<br />
when it was hard not to laugh, as<br />
the technician quietly explained to<br />
me that the printer was not plugged<br />
into the USB port on the computer<br />
at all !! I had just taken it for granted<br />
that my OH knew exactly what he<br />
was doing because he had done it so<br />
many times before! Technician was<br />
very understanding, but I still had to<br />
pay the charges!<br />
My other half had designed a data<br />
base for all my clients account details,<br />
to replace the old index card box that<br />
old-fashioned me had been using. It<br />
Fast forward to a big birthday on a<br />
lovely, sunny summers day, when<br />
people were inside the house and<br />
outside in the garden, having a<br />
lovely time. It was my other half's<br />
70th birthday, and his family and<br />
friends had travelled down from the<br />
Midlands to celebrate with my own<br />
family. Everyone enjoyed themselves<br />
and my little granddaughter was<br />
in her element passing around the<br />
sweeties, looking very, very cute.<br />
Next day at work, I opened my emails.<br />
I was gratified to see so many from<br />
said family and friends. Then I read<br />
You do realise something<br />
is terribly wrong, don't you?<br />
But I started to notice more things,<br />
things that I had dismissed before.<br />
Like calling the computer technician<br />
in at work, because the printer my<br />
other half had installed on one of the<br />
computers simply would not print.<br />
That was a rather tricky moment,<br />
was a great asset, well, it was, until<br />
he managed to lock himself, and<br />
everyone else, out of it, never to<br />
reclaim it. Back to the index box<br />
went I, with loads of missing data<br />
concerning my clients, bit awkward<br />
that one, trying to explain to clients<br />
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I had no idea what their instructions<br />
were, their contact details, or how<br />
much they had paid !!<br />
I thought he was joking, when with<br />
guests in the car, he drove to the<br />
end of the road, and loudly declared<br />
"Which way now?" - but he wasn't, he<br />
really did not know whether he was<br />
going left or right.<br />
On one of the famous Devon<br />
diversions, round all the lanes in<br />
the car, he hit a telegraph pole and<br />
scraped his beloved car. I mentioned<br />
it the following day, and he didn't<br />
remember it at all.... things were<br />
taking a distinct turn for the worse,<br />
I thought. But I still dithered, not<br />
knowing what to do.<br />
Mary and partner<br />
strolling through the<br />
grounds<br />
Some weeks later, whilst in this<br />
country from Brazil, his brother<br />
came for Sunday lunch with his now<br />
wife. Next day at work, my phone<br />
rang, and it was the brother. " You do<br />
realise something is terribly wrong,<br />
don't you?" Here was someone having<br />
the same conversation with me that I<br />
had with my friends husband not that<br />
long ago. It had been as difficult for<br />
him to make the call as it had been<br />
for me - I felt for him. I was shaking<br />
as I put the phone down. What to do?<br />
We had been together only 6 years<br />
at this point, we were not married,<br />
and we thought we were each others<br />
soul mates. I was terrified, but I<br />
would have been more terrified if<br />
I had known what was ahead. But I<br />
had to face up to what was obvious<br />
to everyone else.<br />
I agreed a plan with his brother. I<br />
needed to get my other half to the<br />
doctors to see if we could discover<br />
what was wrong. His brother and<br />
I worked out that if I wrote to the<br />
Doctor, acknowledging the fact that<br />
I could not expect a reply because of<br />
patient confidentiality, and explained<br />
all our concerns to the Doctor, and<br />
could the Doctor ask my other half<br />
in for a routine appointment to do<br />
with his Crohn's disease that had<br />
been diagnosed earlier in the year.<br />
We hoped the Doctor could then<br />
assess my other half's mental state.<br />
The Doctor is a wise man, and he<br />
suggested to my other half that<br />
he sign a letter giving the Doctor<br />
permission to speak directly with<br />
myself should he need to. What a<br />
God send that was to be.<br />
Dec 2016<br />
Fast forward two or three months,<br />
to Christmas 2016, when he did not<br />
seem that well. 29th December and<br />
I walked into the sitting room and<br />
took one look at him. " You are not<br />
well!"! He said he was fine, insisted he<br />
was fine, but I phoned the surgery for<br />
an urgent appointment. When I got<br />
him there, 'there' fortunately, being<br />
just next door to us, the Doctor rang<br />
for an emergency ambulance and he<br />
was rushed into hospital not to return<br />
home until the following February.<br />
This was one of many instances<br />
when he failed to recognise there<br />
was something wrong with his own<br />
health, and this time he had left it<br />
too late and there were to be life<br />
changing consequences.<br />
Start Jan 2017<br />
Weeks of effort by the doctors had<br />
failed to cure the problem and my<br />
other half was dying. He had lost<br />
57 pounds in weight and was barely<br />
conscious. I had told them that he<br />
'had memory problems' and we were<br />
waiting for an appointment at the<br />
Memory Clinic at RD&E Wonford. I<br />
visited him in hospital every day, but it<br />
was an hour each way on an irregular<br />
bus, so the time I could spend at the<br />
hospital was varied, and I often did<br />
not get to see the doctor. I knew they<br />
had carried out numerous standard<br />
memory tests, which he had passed<br />
with flying colours because he could<br />
remember who the PM was and that<br />
Harry Barnes lived at 73, Orchard<br />
Close, Kingsbridge (just who Harry<br />
Barnes is I have failed to establish!) What<br />
I did not know was that they had also<br />
carried out a brain scan. I am not his<br />
next of kin and I was not told.<br />
15th Jan 2017<br />
My OH has his colon completely<br />
removed in a 6 hour operation to<br />
save his life.<br />
Jan/Feb 2017<br />
Now, this is not a funny operation,<br />
I am beginning to realise. And the<br />
consequences are anything but funny<br />
- they are devastating. But that is<br />
not really to do with the dementia.<br />
Enough to say that my other half now<br />
has what is called a stoma and a bag,<br />
which is a terribly inefficient way of<br />
dealing with such things! The hospital<br />
assure me, however, that he will not<br />
be allowed to come home until he<br />
can look after himself and that he<br />
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will be going into a rehabilitation<br />
unit for several weeks, if not longer.<br />
I consider that will give me time to<br />
plan for our new future together.<br />
His children, of which there are two,<br />
have come down from the Midlands<br />
and along with myself, we set about<br />
convincing the hospital I am not his<br />
carer. It's not that I don't love him,<br />
but I have a career which provides<br />
my income, and more importantly,<br />
have already been a carer several<br />
times for various family members in<br />
the last 30 years. I tearfully, tell the<br />
hospital I am too old, too tired, have<br />
no longer got it in me...... the words<br />
"head" and "brick wall" come to mind.<br />
End result, briefly, is that he is<br />
discharged as there are no beds in<br />
rehab. I have to make the decision to<br />
close my shop as there are no other<br />
options. I have not slept properly for<br />
weeks, waking in the night in tears,<br />
and worried silly about his health<br />
and our situation.<br />
A few days after he gets home, we<br />
have uncontrolled chaos all around,<br />
even down to a stand up argument<br />
between the GP, bless him, and the<br />
hospital stoma nurse, about the<br />
untenable situation my other half<br />
and I are in. His confusion is intense,<br />
and the lack of knowledge we both<br />
have as to his stoma, which can be<br />
an intensely messy and unpleasant<br />
business, makes our days long and<br />
fraught. I was not to know, and was<br />
not warned that the very long illness,<br />
anaesthetic, and operation could<br />
advance his suspected dementia<br />
rapidly.<br />
A discharge letter arrives detailing<br />
my other half's hospital treatment,<br />
the operation etc. Up in one corner<br />
of the page, I notice what I think they<br />
called 'co morbidities' - I almost don't<br />
bother reading it, as I knew about<br />
most of it. I then took another look<br />
and there were the words "small<br />
vessel disease". In my currently tired<br />
and perplexed state of mind, I do not<br />
take this in. A couple of days later, I<br />
Google it. The first of many googles,<br />
and "small vessel disease" is dementia.<br />
That is how I discover, for myself,<br />
that he has dementia - the official<br />
diagnosis comes a couple of weeks<br />
later at the Memory Clinic in Exeter.<br />
And that is where the journey really<br />
begins.......<br />
A point of view!<br />
by JOHN FISHER<br />
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Stand back Plymouth, here she comes!<br />
THE UK’s LARGEST ‘lost wax’<br />
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Cornish-born sculptor Joseph Hillier,<br />
who conceived the seven-metre<br />
By way of further explanation Joseph<br />
Hillier said:<br />
“This work offers a young powerful woman,<br />
a potent force about to transform the<br />
world by her actions. It’s a metaphor for<br />
what great theatre does.”<br />
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and ecology to bring his reflections on the art of transformation.<br />
LIFE IS DIFFICULT...<br />
Freddy Weaver MSc Addiction Psychlogy / Counselling FDAP Accredited / MBACP<br />
So declared the opening sentence from<br />
psychiatrist M. Scott Peck’s seminal <strong>19</strong>78<br />
pop-psychology book “The Road Less<br />
Travelled”<br />
Within it he set out his<br />
understanding of how to<br />
live a fulfilled life. It starts,<br />
in his mind, by acknowledging that<br />
life is filled with contradictions and<br />
that part of the challenge of being<br />
human is to reconcile the multiple,<br />
complex and often conflicting factors<br />
that living entails. Through holding<br />
the tension of these opposing forces<br />
within ourselves we grow. The more<br />
we grow the more we are able to<br />
appreciate the enormity of, and fulfil<br />
the potential of, this gift of life.<br />
As a counsellor I see evidence of the<br />
many challenges we encounter every<br />
single day. Be they difficult decisions<br />
in the present, painful memories<br />
from the past, self-defeating habits<br />
undermining our hopes, or troubling<br />
existential questions that demand<br />
our attention. I also witness the joys,<br />
the infectious kindling of courage,<br />
moments of quiet contentment and<br />
share the sense of achievement in<br />
problems overcome.<br />
Happily, pain is not the only motivator<br />
for growth. Many philosophers and<br />
psychologists hold that the impulse to<br />
become ourselves is more powerful<br />
than the desire to avoid pain, although<br />
the latter often proves a helpful<br />
ally in confronting our fears of<br />
change. The impulse to ever evolve<br />
is well encapsulated by Abraham<br />
Maslow’s <strong>19</strong>43 Hierarchy of Needs,<br />
in which he defines four levels of<br />
need – Physiological, Safety, Love |<br />
Belonging, Esteem - that form the<br />
building blocks that enable us to<br />
reach “self-actualisation” – becoming<br />
all we can become. Variations on this<br />
general idea have been central to<br />
many cultures – indeed Maslow drew<br />
much inspiration from the indigenous<br />
Blackfoot culture of North America,<br />
though that was not widely credited.<br />
Many philosophers<br />
and psychologists<br />
hold that the<br />
impulse to become<br />
ourselves is more<br />
powerful than the<br />
desire to<br />
avoid pain<br />
Historically the notion of humanity’s<br />
drive towards wholeness encountered<br />
a major stumbling block in the concept<br />
of “original sin”. As a western nation,<br />
one of whose ideological bedrocks<br />
is Christianity, innate goodness<br />
lost favour a long time ago. But in<br />
the age of scientific rationalism it<br />
received the final nail in the coffin<br />
when Darwin’s theory of evolution<br />
was unfairly reduced to the “Survival<br />
of the Fittest” concept.<br />
Originally psychology made the<br />
same mistake, studying only mental<br />
illness, categorising symptoms and<br />
looking at the problem rather than<br />
the whole human being. Perhaps<br />
this contributed to the shame<br />
associated with needing the help<br />
of a “shrink” – the assumption that<br />
you’ve got to be severely mentally<br />
ill to seek therapy. But Maslow was<br />
part of the “humanistic” movement<br />
which has endeavoured to study the<br />
solution rather than the problem.<br />
That which helps you to feel good<br />
and how to increase your capacity<br />
to do so. Thus Positive Psychology<br />
has emerged. This in turn has been<br />
supported by more recent revisions<br />
of Darwin’s theory suggesting that<br />
it is not the “fittest” but the most<br />
adaptable that truly thrives. What<br />
better to assist adaptability than<br />
human collaboration?<br />
So how do we do it? How do we<br />
change and grow into who we can<br />
be? This is a central question for all<br />
the spiritual traditions that have<br />
developed over the years, cultures<br />
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and continents to assist humanity in<br />
living well. All have developed their<br />
methodologies and I often think<br />
of counselling and psychotherapy<br />
as a modern day, secular form of<br />
non-dogmatic ministry, based on<br />
acceptance and empowerment of<br />
the individual.<br />
First we have to identify what is<br />
stopping us being fulfilled. This<br />
is easier to do in the safety of a<br />
confidential, non-judgemental,<br />
therapeutic relationship. Through<br />
talking about our difficulties, joys,<br />
hopes, confusion and innermost<br />
fears we get to loosen the stifling<br />
grip of self-doubt, peer beyond<br />
the obfuscating fog of confusion<br />
and move towards clarity on what<br />
accompanying emotions effectively,<br />
and then chose to respond in new<br />
more empowering ways towards the<br />
world at large.<br />
Therapy sadly doesn’t provide<br />
any magic bullets. The therapist<br />
tends to avoid the trap of offering<br />
explicit advice – how often do we<br />
ask for advice but either reject it,<br />
feel diminished by it or simply feel<br />
unable to follow it? So although<br />
therapists will offer their expertise<br />
in addressing particular problems,<br />
they are primarily looking to support<br />
people in changing their patterns<br />
of interpreting and responding to<br />
the world. It’s a case of “Give a man<br />
a fish and he’ll eat for a day…”. The<br />
therapist’s role is to provide the<br />
with instances in which all these<br />
damaging outcomes have occurred.<br />
Happily, they are usually a temporary,<br />
natural part of the process of selfexamination<br />
and signal only the<br />
growing pains of therapy. Skilled<br />
therapists will notice the pitfalls of a<br />
blaming mentality or an inappropriate<br />
dependency on themselves and use<br />
those insights to help clients explore<br />
those dis-empowering patterns and<br />
assume ultimate responsibility for<br />
their current experience, whilst<br />
acknowledging the impact of the past,<br />
social, political and environmental<br />
factors beyond the individual’s<br />
control. Though it may take some<br />
time, with this new-found responseability<br />
clients find the capacity to<br />
communicate more effectively, feel<br />
more empathy for others and support<br />
others more fully.<br />
Through talking about our difficulties,<br />
joys, hopes, confusion and innermost<br />
fears we get to loosen the stifling grip<br />
of self-doubt<br />
we want. Through discussion and<br />
reflection on patterns of thinking<br />
and behaving, feeling and relating<br />
we develop self-awareness. With<br />
more self-awareness we cultivate<br />
the capacity to exercise more choice,<br />
instead of snapping back into default<br />
reactions. The therapist can draw<br />
on their training and experience<br />
to support the development of this<br />
capacity to think psychologically,<br />
thereby enabling clients to gain<br />
more clarity and response-ability.<br />
For example, we might find ourselves<br />
standing back from situations that<br />
used to trigger us into anger or<br />
collapse, instead finding the ability to<br />
observe the thoughts and feelings that<br />
are triggered, internally attend to the<br />
conditions to help clients find their<br />
own discernment, courage and<br />
confidence to become themselves<br />
as fully as they wish.<br />
People have expressed many concerns<br />
about entering therapy to me over<br />
the years. These range from getting<br />
bogged down in the past, to fostering<br />
dependency on the counsellor, to<br />
being “selfish”. A recurring worry<br />
is that it will encourage a blaming<br />
attitude towards parents or early<br />
care-givers, as often much power is<br />
attributed to the early developmental<br />
experiences we have in childhood in<br />
forming our attitudes and behaviours<br />
in the present. These fears cannot<br />
be unduly dismissed. I am familiar<br />
I am grateful every day to have, or<br />
be earning, the trust of my clients.<br />
I am conscious of what a privilege<br />
it is to hold the hopes, dreams,<br />
disappointments, fears and foibles<br />
of others. My training featured<br />
many hours of personal group<br />
and individual therapy, as well as<br />
hundreds of hours in placements<br />
learning how to work safely and<br />
skilfully with clients before receiving<br />
accreditation. It is vital to check<br />
the credentials of therapists before<br />
working with them and often a<br />
personal recommendation is a helpful<br />
way to find someone you can trust.<br />
So, how do we choose to live this “one<br />
wild and precious life”, as the recently<br />
departed poet and champion of<br />
compassion Mary Oliver put it? The<br />
more we can find the capacity to<br />
open the more we can move beyond<br />
the difficulty and honestly declare:<br />
Life is beautiful.<br />
Freddy Weaver<br />
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MANAGING YOUR MONEY<br />
Helen Mulvaney BA (Hons), Dip M, DipPFS<br />
Proprietor: Richmond Independent<br />
How to get a head start with finance<br />
- saving for children or grandchildren<br />
As readers of this column know, I'm<br />
very keen on getting started early<br />
with savings for children. Starting a<br />
savings plan for a new baby is a great<br />
idea and the sooner you start saving<br />
the longer the possible time frame. My<br />
preference is for making investments<br />
in equity backed investments as<br />
starting early means a realistic time<br />
frame of around 20 years when funds<br />
may be needed for education, house<br />
deposits or a car. Selecting an equity<br />
backed investment option rather than<br />
building society or National Savings<br />
& Investments options means that<br />
there is the potential for some real<br />
growth on the investment which will<br />
make saving worthwhile. The long<br />
time frame for investments fits in<br />
"the hardest thing in<br />
the world to understand<br />
is income tax"<br />
Albert Einstein<br />
well with equity investments which<br />
shows that equities almost always<br />
out-perform cash over longer time<br />
frames. (15 - 20 years).<br />
There are a number of options for<br />
parents, relatives or grandparents:-<br />
Designated<br />
Accounts<br />
A number of companies run a<br />
designated account which allows a<br />
donor to set up an account and have it<br />
designated with the name or initials of<br />
the child. These types of investment<br />
are quite attractive because they<br />
often have low minimums and allow<br />
flexibility in starting and stopping and<br />
topping up. Additionally, they provide<br />
a lot of control because although<br />
the fund can be transferred into<br />
the child`s name at 18, it can also be<br />
kept in the donor`s name thereby<br />
affording more control, if the donor<br />
doesn`t think the young adult is up<br />
to dealing with the money. The<br />
downside is that the plan is held by<br />
the donor and therefore tax might<br />
be an issue - capital gains could add<br />
up over the years. You can invest<br />
into unit trusts and investment<br />
trusts using this option, so there<br />
are plenty of investment options<br />
with this approach.<br />
Junior ISAs known<br />
as JISAs<br />
This product has good tax advantages<br />
(like a regular ISA) but can't be accessed<br />
by the child until 18 (unless terminally<br />
ill). There are a wide range of<br />
investment options available and<br />
the plan can be rolled over into a<br />
regular ISA at age 18. There might<br />
be those who feel that 18 may be too<br />
young to access the cash and there<br />
might be a temptation to waste the<br />
cash rather than it going towards a<br />
worthwhile venture. Of course, every<br />
donor will have a different view on<br />
how funds should be wisely spent<br />
Pensions<br />
For those who want even more control,<br />
a pension, which under current<br />
legislation, cannot be accessed (at<br />
the earliest) until 10 years before state<br />
pension age is the ultimate solution.<br />
This option provides a very long<br />
investment term, potentially decades<br />
when the fund won`t be accessible.<br />
Children can obtain tax relief on<br />
contributions up to £3,600 gross<br />
p.a., meaning a donor could make a<br />
net contribution of £2,880 p.a. on a<br />
child`s behalf each tax year. This falls<br />
within the annual gifting exemption<br />
(for IHT) and makes this a super-taxefficient<br />
savings vehicle, albeit very<br />
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MONEY MATTERS ...continued<br />
long term. Please note that care may<br />
be needed with tax regulations. A<br />
recent personal finance story(in the<br />
Times) highlighted how a grandparent<br />
saved £240 per month into a pension<br />
for his grandson from his birth which<br />
is now worth £118,000 (on his 18th<br />
birthday). Apparently, calculations<br />
show that such a fund may well burst<br />
the lifetime allowance * (and incur<br />
increased tax by way of penalties) before<br />
he retires without him making any<br />
further contributions.<br />
Trusts<br />
Gifting using a trust can also be a<br />
way of controlling access to funds.<br />
However, trusts are complicated<br />
for many savers with the need<br />
for trustees and with many "offthe-shelf"<br />
plans requiring a more<br />
substantial financial commitment.<br />
With a discretionary trust, Trustees<br />
have discretion over who benefits,<br />
so this is a flexible option and it<br />
removes the potential for an 18 year<br />
old receiving a large lump sum and<br />
going crazy. The tax position and<br />
the work for the Trustees is more<br />
onerous, but if larger amounts are<br />
being considered then this may be<br />
a good route.<br />
A bare trust arrangement allows both<br />
capital and income to be accessed<br />
before age 18 if it is used for the child`s<br />
education, maintenance or benefit.<br />
*Using current lifetime allowance and<br />
dependent on pension fund growth and<br />
consumer price index increases over the<br />
coming years.<br />
Please note that the views expressed in<br />
this article are those of the writer.<br />
Investments can go down as well as up<br />
and you may not get back the original<br />
amount invested.<br />
Pensions are a long term investment<br />
and can be subject to changes in future<br />
legislation.<br />
Helen Mulvaney<br />
Contact me:<br />
helen@richmond-ifa.com<br />
01395 512166<br />
by JOHN FISHER<br />
clockwise in the Southern hemisphere,<br />
whilst in the Northern hemisphere it<br />
exits anti-clockwise. Or it may be the<br />
other way round”. Ms Clench concluded,<br />
“Anyway. Only at the Equator<br />
will ullage (or any other liquid come<br />
to that) go straight down without<br />
touching the sides. So what’s going<br />
on here?”<br />
Seismic shock at Devon pub?<br />
SALOON BAR REGULARS at The<br />
Weary Badger (somewhere in Devon)<br />
are reported to have been “taken<br />
aback” by barmaid Tracey Clench’s<br />
assertion that the ullage in her sink<br />
behind the bar has suddenly begun<br />
to flow directly down the plughole,<br />
instead of spiralling anti-clockwise, the<br />
way it always has.<br />
“This”, she said, “is in apparent<br />
contradiction of the Coriolis Effect recorded<br />
by the French mathematician,<br />
mechanical engineer and scientist,<br />
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, 1792<br />
-1843”.<br />
“In essence” she continued,”this states<br />
that water should go down a plughole<br />
Smart ‘phones were produced, the<br />
evidence recorded and pinged to the<br />
British Geological Survey (BGS) in<br />
Nottingham with the suggestion that<br />
there may well have been some kind<br />
of seismic shift in the earth’s crust<br />
deep beneath The Weary Badger<br />
that could account for this extraordinary<br />
phenomenon and inviting their<br />
opinion.<br />
A fuller investigation is scheduled for<br />
closing time on Monday, April 1st .<br />
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thedevonshireeccentric<br />
Colin, following in the footsteps of the ancient poets, blind-foldedly,<br />
invites his readers to join an honest and engaging conversation with<br />
him, a human, fascinated with the world around him, with a gift of<br />
poetic expression. He is at ease with his words …" - The Eccentric Club<br />
MY JOURNEY<br />
<strong>Devonshire</strong> Eccentric - Colin Shaddick - Nil Nisi Bonum<br />
It wasn’t my fault. I didn’t wake up one morning<br />
and decide to become an eccentric. No, it was<br />
out of my hands. It was decided for me<br />
If you talk to any true eccentric,<br />
they will probably tell you that he/<br />
she didn’t realise they were different<br />
from other people. I certainly didn’t<br />
know that I was looked upon as<br />
being slightly off-centre. It came as<br />
a bit of a shock when I was officially<br />
recognised as being a creative nonconformist.<br />
“I am an artist you know ... it is my right<br />
to be odd.”<br />
*E.A. Bucchianeri,<br />
In 2009 the ‘Eccentric Club of Great<br />
Britain’ awarded me the title:<br />
'The Great British Eccentric'.<br />
In 2012 the ‘Eccentric Club of Great<br />
Britain’ awarded me the title:<br />
'The Most Eccentric Thinker'.<br />
In 2014 the ‘Eccentric Club of Great<br />
Britain’ formally appointed me as:<br />
'The Official Envoy of The Eccentric<br />
Club' - In the County of Devon.<br />
I'm a performance poet, singer/<br />
songwriter, musician, cartoonist<br />
and playwright. Oh! and that's before<br />
breakfast. The rest of the time I like<br />
to sit down and do a lot of thinking.<br />
As a poet and singer/songwriter I<br />
regularly perform my work. My first<br />
collection of poems, songs and a few<br />
cartoons was published by:<br />
'Original Plus Books'. The title of the<br />
book is: 'Isn't Sex Noisy.'<br />
A second small collection has<br />
now been published. It is a shared<br />
publication with the poet and<br />
musician, Sexton Ming. The chap<br />
book is called:<br />
'Talented Losers'.<br />
I was lucky enough to have been<br />
asked to read some of my poems at<br />
the 50th Anniversary celebration<br />
of the publication of Jack Kerouac's<br />
book, 'On The Road'. The three-day<br />
festival was held at the Marquee<br />
Club in London in November 2007.<br />
I was editor and publisher of 'SAW'<br />
poetry magazine.<br />
I am an illustrator of humorous<br />
drawings (a posh way to describe<br />
cartoons) and have had my work<br />
published in various newspapers<br />
and magazines.<br />
BBC Radio 4 asked me to take<br />
part in their popular programme,<br />
'Ramblings', hosted by Clare Balding.<br />
This is what the press had to say<br />
about me:<br />
“... an exquisite portrait of an eccentric<br />
slice of British life." The Radio Times.<br />
" ... a very tall master of the haiku." The<br />
Daily Telegraph.<br />
“... a bullet-headed, six-foot five-inch<br />
haiku poet."<br />
The Observer Magazine.<br />
“... an ogre of a man whose thuggish<br />
appearance hides the fact that he is a<br />
haiku poet of uncommon sensitivity."<br />
The Guardian.<br />
“... six foot five and built like a rugby<br />
player ... uses economical words."<br />
The Sunday Telegraph.<br />
“... a six-foot five-inch, 18-and-a-half<br />
stone, shaven-headed man who keeps<br />
being mistaken for a bouncer ... is a haiku<br />
poet ... eccentric." The Mail On Sunday.<br />
“... finds inspiration in an abandoned<br />
truck, its camouflage enhanced by black<br />
seaweed... he had the requisite knack of<br />
saying less and meaning more.” The<br />
Guardian Friday/G2. "<br />
“... a shaven-headed tower of a man (again,<br />
this being a radio programme, we have<br />
to take the physical dimensions on trust)<br />
who turns out to be a gentle poet.” The<br />
Times Online.<br />
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MY JOURNEY ...continued<br />
" Entertaining people with poetry and music is the way for this<br />
gentle giant." North Devon Journal<br />
Other quotes:<br />
"Colin's harmonica playing was smokin'."<br />
David Amram: Musician, composer, performer and<br />
personal friend of the ‘Beat’Generation’ writer, Jack<br />
Kerouac.<br />
"Colin is a world class poet and performer."<br />
Ron Whitehead: American poet.<br />
I look forward to hearing from you.<br />
Toodle pip!<br />
Colin Shaddick<br />
Follow me:<br />
@devonshireeccentric<br />
@colinshaddick<br />
@<strong>Devonshire</strong>mag<br />
EDITOR'S FOOTNOTE<br />
The previous information on Colin is provided to<br />
give background on The <strong>Devonshire</strong> Eccentric, whom<br />
for many of you may be an unknown quantity. We<br />
though it worthwhile giving background context<br />
before his column starts in earnest.<br />
Being eccentric must not to be taken lightly!<br />
Playing alongside the great John<br />
Hegley at Coffinswell church<br />
Digital IS the future<br />
The Eccentric Club would like to recommend Colin's book:<br />
“Colin Shaddick’s poetry is a remarkable example of this<br />
talented author’s courage to bare his soul to a complete<br />
stranger, something only a few would dare to do these days<br />
in the English poetry, where the form and the style so often<br />
become victims to fashionable concepts and hot, much talked<br />
about, news-items with a life-span of a fly. Colin, following<br />
in the footsteps of the ancient poets, blind-foldedly, invites his<br />
readers to join an honest and engaging conversation with him,<br />
a human, fascinated with the world around him, with his own<br />
life and body, just like a newborn child but with a gift of poetic<br />
expression. He is at ease with his words …"<br />
www.eccentricclub.co.uk<br />
I live in Barnstaple and would like to take you on a<br />
journey into and around myself. On this occasion, I do<br />
not want to travel alone. I would like to take you with<br />
me. I would like to be in contact with you. Please get<br />
involved by contacting me via the magazine and feel<br />
free to ask me questions about eccentricity.<br />
<strong>Devonshire</strong><br />
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hubcast
STEM<br />
Challenge<br />
finalists<br />
The final of a national competition<br />
aimed at inspiring secondary school<br />
pupils to pursue a career in the<br />
subsea industry will take place in<br />
Aberdeen.<br />
The regional heats took place last<br />
year and saw more than forty teams<br />
design, build and market an ROV<br />
using Lego Mindstorms EV3 kit, an<br />
integrated platform that enables<br />
the development of programmable<br />
robots using Lego building blocks.<br />
Sponsored by Subsea 7, OPITO, SAAB,<br />
SMD, Weir Group and Furgo, the<br />
final of the competition will see the<br />
winners from each regional heat<br />
complete a design challenge at Subsea<br />
7’s Aberdeen offices. The finalists will<br />
be presented with a scenario where<br />
they must design and programme an<br />
ROV to carry out a task, they will<br />
then have the opportunity to present<br />
and test their model to the judging<br />
panel, before the overall winner is<br />
announced on the day.<br />
Trish Banks, operations manager of<br />
Subsea UK said: “The level of creativity<br />
and talent the pupils have brought to the<br />
challenge has been inspiring to watch.<br />
We hope this interactive competition will<br />
encourage the next generation to pursue<br />
a career in the subsea and engineering<br />
sectors.”<br />
One in 20 want success<br />
for their children above<br />
happiness<br />
More than a fifth of parents would<br />
rather their child earned a decent<br />
wage as an adult than grew up<br />
to be kind or honest, research<br />
has revealed.<br />
The study of 2,000 parents in the<br />
UK found one in 20 want success<br />
for their children above happiness.<br />
And one sixth of mums and dads<br />
already have a career in mind<br />
for their child, with 25 per cent<br />
admitting to deliberately talking<br />
about those jobs more than others.<br />
More than half of parents are also<br />
proactive in encouraging their<br />
children to take certain subjects<br />
at school, in a bid to lead them<br />
towards their career of choice, but<br />
the careers parents want for their<br />
children differ between mums<br />
and dads.<br />
Mothers are more likely to want<br />
their children to progress along<br />
the path of engineering and<br />
manufacturing - 27 per cent<br />
compared to 21 per cent of dads.<br />
Whereas a third of fathers are<br />
keen for their sons or daughters<br />
to go into computing or coding,<br />
compared to just 13 per cent of<br />
mums.<br />
A spokesman for Siemens, which<br />
carried out the research, said:<br />
“Obviously, most parents wish for their<br />
children to be happy.<br />
“But our results found happiness can<br />
be found in different ways – with<br />
some feeling that money can buy that<br />
happiness.<br />
“What is interesting is that the favoured<br />
career choice above all others for mums<br />
was engineering and manufacturing,<br />
which is encouraging as those entering<br />
STEM subjects are our future makers.<br />
“And dads also recognise that it is<br />
important for both girls and boys to<br />
embrace technology at school and in<br />
years to come.”<br />
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West Buckland school features in Top 40<br />
West Buckland School, located on<br />
the edge of Exmoor National Park in<br />
Devon, has been placed in the UK’s<br />
Top 40 co-educational boarding<br />
schools, based on A-Level results.<br />
West Buckland School, located on<br />
the edge of Exmoor National Park in<br />
Devon, has been placed in the UK’s<br />
Top 40 co-educational boarding<br />
schools, based on A-Level results.<br />
It is one of only two West Country<br />
co-ed boarding schools in the Top<br />
40, positioning it amongst some of<br />
the best-known and most selective<br />
schools in the country.<br />
The ranking table has been produced<br />
for Best-Schools.co.uk by independent<br />
body Education Advisers Ltd and<br />
measures the number of A* and A<br />
grades awarded to students. This<br />
further enhances the school’s<br />
impressive academic record, for<br />
which it has gained an enviable<br />
reputation.<br />
This is a particularly<br />
pleasing recognition<br />
because the school is<br />
not a hothouse<br />
The result is particularly pleasing<br />
because, unlike many other schools<br />
featured in the ranking table, West<br />
Buckland is largely non-selective,<br />
and only requires students to have<br />
a minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade 5<br />
or above to enter the Sixth Form in<br />
Year 12. The school also features<br />
in the Top 100 for GCSE results<br />
out of all boarding schools in the<br />
UK (this includes both single-sex and<br />
co-educational schools).<br />
Headmaster, Mr Phillip Stapleton,<br />
says “This is a particularly pleasing<br />
recognition because the school is not<br />
a hothouse, but believes that children<br />
should be able to develop at their own<br />
pace. Coming 35th in the UK shows that<br />
parents can have the best of all worlds<br />
for their children, a first-class education<br />
alongside a healthy and active lifestyle<br />
in one of the most beautiful parts of the<br />
country.”<br />
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The Non-Violence Project Foundation<br />
Swedish explorer, philanthropist<br />
and adventure activist Johan Ernst<br />
Nilson becomes Global Non-Violence<br />
Ambassador thanks to his strong<br />
engagement in The Non-Violence<br />
Project Foundation (NVPF) work<br />
globally.<br />
Johan Ernst's motto in life -<br />
"Everything is Possible - the<br />
Impossible just takes more time!" has<br />
made him one of the world's leading<br />
explorers having accomplished 52<br />
expeditions in 172 countries. Johan<br />
Ernst has embarked on a journey<br />
from the North Pole to the South<br />
Pole, has climbed the Seven Summits,<br />
has flown a boat across Europe,<br />
cycled from Sweden to the Sahara<br />
Desert, and a lot more. He is an<br />
advocate against global warming and<br />
poverty, and now a strong supporter<br />
and activist for nonviolence and peace<br />
in the world.<br />
"I know that people always will<br />
disagree. We are 7 billion people and<br />
there will always be disagreements<br />
in our world. But I am certain that<br />
we are able to find a balance in the<br />
world, and the key is information,<br />
education and communication.<br />
Our next generation needs to learn<br />
the moral and ethics grounds; we<br />
need to start understanding and<br />
respect one another better. I am<br />
proud to be a global Non-Violence<br />
Ambassador and will use all my<br />
power to engage people I meet to<br />
support the important mission - to<br />
inspire, motivate and engage young<br />
people to learn how to solve conflicts<br />
peacefully."<br />
Top - new global nonviolence<br />
ambassador<br />
Johan Ernst Nilson<br />
and his knotted gun<br />
sculpture One Word - to<br />
unite the world in peace<br />
As a Non-Violence Ambassador<br />
Johan Ernst has designed his own<br />
knotted gun sculpture, originally<br />
created by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik<br />
Reuterswärd. Johan Ernst's sculpture,<br />
named One World, is decorated with<br />
all UN member states flags and<br />
illustrates Johan Ernst's vision for the<br />
peaceful world. The UN has recently<br />
released three Non-Violence stamps<br />
under their definitive collection, the<br />
One World sculpture design being<br />
one of them.<br />
"The Non-Violence Ambassador plays<br />
an important role and enables us<br />
to spread the awareness about our<br />
educational programs and activities<br />
around the world. We are very grateful<br />
and happy that Johan Ernst joins the<br />
likes of Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo<br />
Starr and Muhammed Ali (RIP) as a<br />
Global Non-Violence Ambassador"<br />
says Jan Hellman, Co-Founder NVPF.<br />
The knotted gun sculpture One<br />
World is available on the international<br />
market in the size of 30cm, in a<br />
limited edition. To order: www.<br />
nonviolenceartproject.com/<br />
products/oneworld Password:<br />
oneworld. Part of the revenues from<br />
the One World sales supports the<br />
foundations global educational work.<br />
The Non-Violence Project Foundation<br />
(NVPF) is a non-profit organisation<br />
with a mission to inspire, motivate<br />
and engage young people to learn how<br />
to solve conflicts peacefully. NVPF<br />
was founded in <strong>19</strong>93 in Switzerland<br />
and has educated more than 8 million<br />
young people, teachers, and sports<br />
coaches on five continents. www.<br />
nonviolence.com<br />
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DESIGN YOUR DREAM HOME<br />
AND GARDEN THIS SPRING<br />
Southwest Home & Garden Show<br />
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Are you looking to do a home or garden<br />
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or self-build project? Maybe you are just looking<br />
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Seminar schedule<br />
Saturday<br />
The Southwest Home & Garden<br />
Show takes place on Saturday 6th<br />
(10am-5pm) & Sunday 7th (10am-4pm)<br />
April 20<strong>19</strong>. Held at Westpoint, Exeter.<br />
The show is set to bring up to 140 of<br />
the region’s best interiors, garden,<br />
renewables, self-build products and<br />
services all under one roof!<br />
The show gives visitors the<br />
opportunity to meet and explore<br />
ideas with local designers, makers<br />
and suppliers of kitchens, bedrooms,<br />
bathrooms, hot tubs, furniture,<br />
joinery, renewables, architects,<br />
timber framing, landscape gardeners<br />
and many more.<br />
Find great displays, demos and<br />
special offers as well as hourly<br />
seminars hosted by a select number<br />
of the exhibitors at the show. All<br />
seminars are free to attend as drop<br />
in sessions, with an expected 5,000<br />
visitors the show is set to be bigger<br />
than ever before.<br />
Southwest Home<br />
and Garden Show,<br />
Westpoint, Exeter<br />
6th & 7th April 20<strong>19</strong><br />
To compliment the event the<br />
show hosts a quality interiors and<br />
homeware market, providing visitors<br />
a fantastic range of products to dress<br />
up their home. Browse and purchase<br />
some of the finest blankets, duvets,<br />
art, rugs, furniture, soft furnishings,<br />
kitchenware and much more.<br />
Furthermore, for all the foodies out<br />
there, the event also hosts a food<br />
and drink market, where visitors<br />
can sample and take home some<br />
of the region’s best artisan food<br />
and drink including: Tarquin’s Gin,<br />
organic food boxes, olives and deli,<br />
meats, spices and other tasty treats.<br />
If you are a lover of all things nature,<br />
the show aims to showcase garden<br />
nurseries, garden hand tools and<br />
wildlife habitats so you can take<br />
home plants and more to spruce<br />
up your garden and do your bit for<br />
mother nature.<br />
If you wish to attend this event,<br />
register on the website to visit the<br />
event free of charge! Alternatively<br />
entry on the door will be £4 per<br />
person with under 16’s free. More info<br />
at www.southwesthomeshow.co.uk<br />
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PV. Expert Advice from<br />
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• 12pm: How to Engage<br />
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Expert advice from<br />
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• 2pm: Wellbeing Starts<br />
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• 3pm: Wrapping a Timber<br />
Frame. Expert Advice<br />
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Sunday<br />
• 11am: Kitchen Design &<br />
Planning. Expert Advice<br />
from German Kitchen.<br />
• 12pm: 3D modelling<br />
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Interiors Industry. Expert<br />
advice from Touch Design<br />
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• 1pm: Why Consider<br />
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Advice from Intelligent<br />
Abodes.<br />
• 2pm: Lighting to Inspire.<br />
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Lighting.<br />
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HOMES AND GARDENS<br />
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EXHIBITORS<br />
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by JOHN FISHER<br />
of magicians and stargazers, when<br />
astronomers were astrologers. Then<br />
as now the Lion constellation of Leo<br />
is rising in the east at the beginning of<br />
March, while Aries, the ram, sets in<br />
the west at the end of the month, and<br />
so “goes out like a lamb.”<br />
Pick a dark night this month, look up<br />
and see for yourself. This is a great<br />
time of year for star gazing in Devon<br />
and the best times are the days before,<br />
during and soon after the new moon.<br />
What comes round…<br />
IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN IN<br />
DEVON, “when <strong>Spring</strong> comes in like<br />
a Lion and goes out like a Lamb” and<br />
if you’re wondering where that comes<br />
from it’s from Edmund Spenser’s<br />
re-telling of the story of Una and<br />
the Lion in his epic poem The Faerie<br />
Queene.<br />
But its origin goes back to a time<br />
Tap into the useful web site at gostargazing.co.uk.<br />
It lists some 59 locations<br />
in the South West, many of them<br />
designated as Dark Sky Discovery<br />
sites, accessible by members of the<br />
public and officially recognised as<br />
excellent places to stargaze. But wrap<br />
up warm, for Una (the personification of<br />
<strong>Spring</strong>) and her lion still need to draw<br />
a little closer.<br />
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This goes hand in hand with how they<br />
obtain their food, by lying still before<br />
making rapid lunges at anything edible<br />
that passes, using ‘negative pressure’<br />
to capture the prey by sucking it<br />
into their mouths.<br />
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A point of view!<br />
by JOHN FISHER<br />
Devon’s timely reminder<br />
YOU WOULD BE UNPOPULAR<br />
with Devon’s hundreds of pubs, restaurants,<br />
flower shops, greetings card<br />
sellers and the like (let alone Devon’s<br />
hundreds of thousands of mums) if you<br />
chose to ignore<br />
what they (and<br />
so many of us<br />
nowadays) call<br />
“Mother’s Day”<br />
this year.<br />
For the actual<br />
term “Mother’s<br />
Day” was<br />
coined in<br />
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well-meaning<br />
Anna Marie<br />
Jarvis after the<br />
death of her<br />
own mother and first celebrated in<br />
Grafton, West Virginia, on May 10,<br />
<strong>19</strong>08: elsewhere it is called Mothering<br />
Sunday and we celebrate it on the<br />
fourth Sunday of Lent - which this<br />
year is on 31st March.<br />
Alas, as the years passed, Mrs Jarvis<br />
grew disenchanted with her invention’s<br />
growing commercialisation and<br />
even went to law (unsuccessfully) to<br />
have her “Mother’s Day” rescinded.<br />
She died in a sanitarium, her medical<br />
bills paid by the floral and greeting<br />
card industries.<br />
One Devonian who never forgot<br />
Mothering Sunday was William<br />
Whitely, Lord of Buckland Manor<br />
who, in <strong>19</strong>31, commissioned the clock<br />
face at St. Peter’s Church to be refashioned<br />
to spell out the phrase<br />
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Keep the aspidistras flying<br />
OUR VICTORIAN FOR-<br />
BEARS - as well as Devon’s<br />
many garden centres - might<br />
be pleased to know that indoor<br />
plants are making a come back<br />
whilst some plug-in air freshener<br />
manufacturers might not.<br />
A century and a half after the<br />
middle classes filled their<br />
homes with potted plants for<br />
show, scientists are suggesting<br />
we re-introduce particular types<br />
to cut down on indoor pollution.<br />
These work for our health<br />
by breathing in what they call<br />
“volatile organic compounds”<br />
(VOCs). These can come from<br />
paints, new furniture, many<br />
household cleaning products,<br />
copiers and printers and even<br />
dry-cleaned clothes.<br />
The best all-rounder tested, Dr.<br />
Vadoud Niri told the American<br />
Chemical Society recently is<br />
the Bromeliad (Guzmania lingualata)<br />
which was able to absorb<br />
80 per cent of the VOCs<br />
in the air in just 12 hours. But<br />
the plant that nailed first prize<br />
was Dracaena fragrans which<br />
took up 94 per cent of the acetone<br />
in the air in a nail bar.<br />
Our headline is the title of<br />
George Orwell’s classic novel<br />
which includes the line, “There<br />
will be no revolution in England<br />
while there are aspidistras<br />
in the windows”.<br />
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READY, STEADY, GO!<br />
Editor - Nigel Jones<br />
The evenings are opening out, it's<br />
getting warmer - indeed, time again<br />
to get busy in your garden<br />
There's great excitement at the start of the new growing<br />
season, the long dreary winter months start to fade and<br />
as you take a local walk, you'll see catkins on the trees, the<br />
frantic twittering of song birds, a good sign that you need<br />
to make haste, if you're to take advantage of the warmer<br />
conditions.<br />
Of course, garden fanatics will have been sifting through<br />
seed catalogues over the winter months, ensuring they have<br />
everything they need to start early, particularly vegetable<br />
growers because the sooner garden food's on the table<br />
again, the better.<br />
It's a great time to visit your local garden centre because all<br />
the new stock will be waiting patiently, annuals, perennials,<br />
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At this time of year it's great to get in the car and<br />
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places in Devon specialise, such as Lukesland<br />
Gardens which open on the 31st March, based<br />
near Ivybridge. Another place really worth<br />
visiting is RHS Rosemoor, the amount of events<br />
they have across the year is quite staggering, and<br />
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SPRING DELIGHTS<br />
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What's in this section...<br />
<strong>Spring</strong> Fashion Local retail Tree of Life<br />
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What connects wood, fashion and 100 years<br />
of the Forestry Commission?<br />
A new fashion exhibition, the ‘Tree<br />
of Life,’ is celebrating the connection<br />
of the National Trust’s Killerton<br />
estate to the founding of the Forestry<br />
Commission in <strong>19</strong><strong>19</strong>.<br />
It’s a little known fact that 100 years<br />
ago, Devon MP Francis Acland, whose<br />
family owned the Killerton estate,<br />
was one of the founding fathers<br />
of the committee which led to the<br />
creation of the Forestry Commission<br />
in <strong>19</strong><strong>19</strong>. To mark the centenary of his<br />
contribution, Killerton’s new ‘Tree<br />
of Life’ fashion exhibition explores<br />
the connection between trees and<br />
what we wear, including high-fashion<br />
pieces made from barkcloth (pictured<br />
overleaf) by acclaimed British ecofashion<br />
designer, José Hendo.<br />
Fascinating items in the new exhibition<br />
include dresses made by Ugandanborn<br />
Hendo, who has been featured<br />
on various international Fashion Week<br />
runways, including London and New<br />
York. She promotes sustainability<br />
and challenges throwaway culture<br />
in her work, using materials from<br />
the Bukomansimbi Organic Tree<br />
Farmers' Association near Masaka<br />
in Southern Uganda.<br />
Hendo’s work is just some amongst<br />
pieces chosen from the Trust’s muchloved<br />
fashion collection, housed<br />
The ‘Tree of Life’ fashion<br />
exhibition explores the<br />
connection between<br />
trees and what we wear<br />
upstairs on the first floor at Killerton<br />
near Exeter. Other interesting items<br />
include a Privy Councillor’s suit worn<br />
by Francis Acland M.P. embroidered<br />
with symbolic oak leaves and acorns<br />
in gold thread. Also, visitors can find<br />
out how the popular ‘Paisley’ pattern<br />
arrived on textiles via Indian designs<br />
based on a pine cone motif.<br />
The exhibition demonstrates how<br />
materials processed from various<br />
species of trees can be used to make<br />
fibre, cloth, dyes, paper, footwear and<br />
headgear. It includes examples of<br />
clothing made from these materials,<br />
as well as decorative pieces patterned<br />
with motifs inspired by seasonal trees,<br />
leaves, blossom and fruit.<br />
Visitors will also be able to enjoy an<br />
exciting new section of the displays,<br />
the handling corridor. This will<br />
give everyone the opportunity to<br />
discover more about ancient and<br />
traditional processes of making cloth<br />
from natural layers found beneath<br />
tree bark. The exhibition will also<br />
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An example of barkcloth clothing<br />
feature an exciting project by Exeter School of Art<br />
(Exeter College) Art and Design students echoing the<br />
theme of trees and woodland.<br />
Shelley Tobin, Costume Curator, Killerton says:<br />
“From designs derived from the ‘Tree of Knowledge,’ and<br />
the ancient Persian flowering tree, or ‘Tree of Life’, to<br />
the more prosaic patterns of nature, decorative pieces<br />
celebrate the valuable resources provided by orchard and<br />
woodland. Printed, painted, woven and embroidered<br />
textiles dating from the 18th century onwards are all<br />
represented in the exhibition.”<br />
T he story of Francis Acland’s role in the Forestry<br />
Commission continues on the ground floor at<br />
Killerton with another new exhibition - ‘Seeing the<br />
wood and the trees.’ The exhibition looks at what<br />
happened in <strong>19</strong><strong>19</strong> when the Forestry Commission was<br />
founded and how Killerton is working to look after<br />
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Peter Gill was born in Axminster and brought up on Pulman’s Weekly<br />
News. He became a foreign correspondent for The Daily Telegraph and<br />
a current affairs reporter for This Week on ITV. He has written books on<br />
the developing world and returns happily and regularly to East Devon.<br />
THE BOOK OF THE AXE<br />
Peter Gill<br />
George Pulman, born in Axminster 200 years ago<br />
this year, can justly claim to be Devon’s finest local<br />
journalist and editor. The newspaper he founded in<br />
1857, Pulman’s Weekly News and Advertiser, lived<br />
on, one way or another, for 160 years, and the best<br />
of his writing, The Book of the Axe, will outlast even<br />
that achievement.<br />
Known by his initials G P R, Pulman<br />
developed his writing skills and<br />
his angler’s eye on the banks of the<br />
Axe. At the age of 30 his journalism<br />
found full expression when he bought<br />
a printing press in Crewkerne, in<br />
Somerset, and moved there to found<br />
a newspaper serving the border areas<br />
of Devon, Dorset and Somerset.<br />
He wanted to achieve more with his<br />
printing press, he said, than ‘the mere<br />
production of hand bills and circulars’<br />
and believed ‘the Press to be the great<br />
instrument in modern civilisation<br />
by which the moral and intellectual<br />
elevation of mankind is destined to<br />
be affected …’<br />
Pulman believed<br />
the Press to be the<br />
great instrument<br />
in modern<br />
civilisation<br />
Pulman’s Weekly News – simply<br />
Pulman’s for generations of locals –<br />
The Book of the Axe went<br />
through four editions, each<br />
more ambitious than the<br />
last, over 30 years<br />
was part of the ‘penny newspaper’<br />
revolution of the era and succeeded<br />
in undercutting the big boys in Yeovil<br />
and Exeter who were charging four or<br />
five pence for their papers. George<br />
Pulman promised ‘a complete Family<br />
Newspaper at a merely nominal price’<br />
and guaranteed that his ‘agricultural<br />
readers’ would have their Monday<br />
evening corn and cattle prices ‘by<br />
Electric Telegraph’ from London first<br />
thing on Tuesday morning.<br />
Pulman edited and ran the newspaper<br />
until shortly before his death in 1880,<br />
and it lasted, at least in name, well<br />
into the present century. It survived<br />
the ‘free newspaper’ revolution of the<br />
early 2000s when it was incorporated<br />
into the lively View From series of local<br />
papers. It was finally blown away by<br />
the latest ‘online’ revolution with its<br />
collapse in advertising revenue which<br />
has ruined the local press. Pulman’s<br />
is now extinct.<br />
Pulman loved the River Axe. He<br />
describes it in the book’s introductory<br />
chapter as ‘one of the most beautiful<br />
and interesting of the numerous<br />
sparkling trout-streams which<br />
contribute so much to the claims<br />
of <strong>Devonshire</strong> to be the Arcadia of<br />
England.’ Of Axminster itself, the most<br />
prominent town on the river, he says ‘a<br />
very Eden is its lovely neighbourhood.’<br />
When he decided on the move to<br />
Crewkerne in 1848, he wrote a sad and<br />
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The Square in Axminster in the 1860s.<br />
What was then the New Commercial Inn<br />
is now Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River<br />
Cottage<br />
celebratory poem to the Axe (in West<br />
Country dialect, of course) which began:<br />
‘Varewell to thee, river, thou stream<br />
o’ my heart’<br />
Cloakham Bridge on the<br />
Axe at Axminster. Pulman<br />
described <strong>Devonshire</strong> as the<br />
'Arcadia of England'<br />
The Book of the Axe owed<br />
its origins to Pulman’s<br />
regular writings about<br />
walking and fishing the<br />
river. He really did say<br />
that he was blessed with<br />
‘pedestrian proclivities’<br />
and declared on the<br />
subject of fishing: ‘God<br />
never did make a more<br />
calm, quiet, innocent<br />
recreation than angling.’<br />
It became his passion to<br />
turn these ‘trottings and<br />
dottings,’ as he called<br />
them (his adopted nom<br />
de plume was ‘John<br />
Trotandot’) into the<br />
definitive study of the<br />
Axe.<br />
Two early editions appeared in the<br />
mid-1840s and sold out. Pulman then<br />
set off to find out much more about<br />
the Axe, including all the towns and<br />
villages along its banks, and walked and<br />
studied its course from the source near<br />
his new home in Crewkerne along the<br />
Somerset-Dorset border and through<br />
Devon to the sea at Seaton. That<br />
became the third edition published a<br />
decade later in 1854. It had been hard<br />
work, he said, but the author was happy<br />
to pay ‘grateful tribute to the lovely<br />
river which has been the scene of so<br />
many of his happiest hours…’<br />
The best came last<br />
A full 20 years after the third edition,<br />
and a great deal more study, Pulman<br />
published his fourth edition in 1875.<br />
It had been ‘re-written and greatly<br />
enlarged’ as well as copiously illustrated<br />
with fresh engravings. He had ‘spared<br />
neither time nor expense,’ he told his<br />
readers, but would be well rewarded<br />
if he had rescued ‘from oblivion any<br />
records of a district so interesting and<br />
lovely as that of the Valley of the Axe.’<br />
In its final form, The Book of the Axe<br />
runs to 900 pages. Whatever it cost<br />
the author, it is now a collector’s item<br />
worth several hundred pounds. It<br />
contains detailed descriptions of all the<br />
churches, monuments and fine houses<br />
of the valley. It covers local history<br />
from geological times to the Victorian<br />
and takes in a good deal of marching<br />
and counter-marching during the<br />
English civil war and the Monmouth<br />
George Pulman, born in<br />
Axminster, made his name<br />
in Crewkerne, but wanted to<br />
be buried in Axminster close<br />
to his beloved River Axe.<br />
rebellion of the Seventeenth century.<br />
To the modern reader, the fascination<br />
of The Book of the Axe lies in the<br />
author’s personal preoccupations and<br />
opinions. The countryman in Pulman<br />
complains of the ‘greedy utilitarianism<br />
of modern times’ and condemns the<br />
‘modern mania for the destruction<br />
of hedgerows and hedgerow timber.’<br />
He is also savage on the subject of<br />
the Victorian ‘restoration’ of country<br />
churches, blaming those worthy souls<br />
the churchwardens.<br />
After inspecting St Giles church in<br />
Kilmington, near Axminster, he writes:<br />
‘One generation of churchwardenarchitects<br />
had left evidence of their<br />
handiwork in mutilated windows;<br />
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The Axe estuary as viewed from Musbury<br />
Castle by the Victorian artist William Spreat<br />
another in new doors, stuck anywhere;<br />
and all vied with each other in<br />
producing an architectural wreck<br />
and mutilation.'<br />
Close to the Source, the<br />
Axe rises in Dorset, defines<br />
the Dorset-Somerset<br />
border, then flows through<br />
Devon to the sea<br />
George Pulman is at his most colourful<br />
on the arrival of the railways in Devon.<br />
He is admiring of ‘the genius of<br />
Stephenson’ in launching the age of<br />
steam, but much less enthusiastic<br />
when in 1860 the Axe valley is itself<br />
‘aroused by the whistle of the engine<br />
St Giles church in<br />
Kilmington which Pulman<br />
said had been 'wrecked' by<br />
Victorian restoration<br />
George Pulman lies at<br />
rest in the biggest tomb in<br />
Axminster cemetery, close<br />
to the River Axe which he<br />
described as the 'stream o'<br />
my heart.'<br />
and the rush of the first passenger<br />
train.’ He had no sympathy for ‘the<br />
rage of rushing through the air as if<br />
life and death depended on fifty miles<br />
an hour.’<br />
It was the quality of the book’s<br />
final edition that secured Pulman’s<br />
reputation among his contemporaries.<br />
In his own newspaper, the obituarist<br />
recalled all the time and money he had<br />
spent on researching and producing<br />
it. That alone would surely entitle the<br />
author ‘to a place in the Valhalla of<br />
<strong>Devonshire</strong> worthies – and <strong>Devonshire</strong><br />
never forgets her gifted sons.’<br />
Peter Gill<br />
Contact me:<br />
petergillaxminster@gmail.com<br />
Next issue - Walking the Axe in<br />
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Maintaining the sea tractor has many<br />
challenges as it operates in a tough<br />
environment with given its age, spare<br />
parts often needing to be custom<br />
made but recognising its significance,<br />
its unique craftsmanship, and its<br />
central place in the history of Burgh<br />
Island and its iconic hotel - a humble<br />
homage is paid to its glorious past<br />
and vibrant future.<br />
Iconic sea tractor celebrates<br />
50 th anniversary<br />
Unique motor transport is a key<br />
point of access for hotel guests<br />
and has ferried some of the most<br />
renowned political, artistic and<br />
literary figures to the island for<br />
the last five decades.<br />
Iconic Burgh Island hotel not only<br />
celebrates its 90 th anniversary this<br />
year but also the 50 th anniversary<br />
of its unique sea tractor, which has<br />
transported guests, including some of<br />
the world’s most renowned political,<br />
artistic and literary figures to the<br />
island for the last five decades.<br />
The sea tractor is the main point<br />
of access to the island at high tide,<br />
serving almost as a time-machine<br />
for passengers from the mainland to<br />
travel back into the <strong>19</strong>20s art deco<br />
style luxury retreat. Noteworthy<br />
passengers include celebrities and<br />
politicians such as The Beatles,<br />
Agatha Christie, and also some of<br />
today’s most celebrated musicians<br />
and film stars.<br />
exchange for a case of champagne,<br />
the current sea tractor is the third<br />
generation to serve Burgh Island. All<br />
have been built on the same principles<br />
and the present-day sea tractor is<br />
also consistent with modern safety<br />
standards.<br />
Maintaining the sea<br />
tractor has many<br />
challenges<br />
The sea tractor was not the first<br />
choice of the hotels’ previous owners<br />
who considered a cable car, as well<br />
as an underground train and even<br />
terrapins (the ex-army landing crafts).<br />
To mark its 90 th anniversary the hotel<br />
is undergoing a multi-million-pound<br />
major refurbishment that will stay<br />
faithful to its art deco heritage but<br />
will deliver new standards of modern<br />
contemporary luxury. The renovation<br />
will include upgrading of all the<br />
public areas, as well as the gardens.<br />
Addition of further bedrooms and a<br />
Spa is planned for 2020. The highly<br />
skilled team of craftsmen and trades<br />
working on the project are all local<br />
from the surrounding areas of South<br />
Devon, providing a major boost for<br />
the local economy.<br />
Duncan Gray, Managing Director of<br />
Burgh Island commented: “When we<br />
bought the hotel last year, we knew it was<br />
really important to preserve the things that<br />
make visiting the island unique. Nothing<br />
fits that category more than the sea tractor,<br />
which is such a fundamental part of the<br />
island’s history and heritage. It is a link<br />
back to the hotel’s glamorous past as well<br />
as being an essential part of its future.<br />
We hope for many generations to come it<br />
will continue to provide a singular form<br />
of transport to one of the world’s most<br />
sought-after and iconic destinations.”<br />
see photo overleaf...<br />
Originally built in <strong>19</strong>69, by engineering<br />
pioneer Robert Jackson CBE in<br />
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OUT & About<br />
Burgh Island's sea tractor<br />
waiting for high tide<br />
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Growing up in deep Devon and wandering the countryside in his youth,<br />
Douglas spent many years working around the world. Now back in Devon,<br />
he is constantly captivated by the rich beauty of our churches.<br />
TRUSHAM CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL<br />
DEVON CHURCH LAND - Douglas Young<br />
Generations mist around the little church crowning<br />
this hill-folded, combe-steeped parish. Centuries upon<br />
centuries of ancestors have climbed the steep lanes to<br />
wed, to bury and to celebrate the divine.<br />
Small as it is, the church is the oldest<br />
attested in the Teign Valley, held by<br />
the Abbey of Buckfast in the Domesday<br />
Book but not officially dedicated until<br />
1259. Twenty-two years before that a<br />
decree went out from London saying<br />
churches ‘not having been consecrated<br />
with holy oil, though built of old, should<br />
be solemnly dedicated within two<br />
years’.<br />
That is a very Devon two years.<br />
Trusham church exterior<br />
The graveyard is atmosphere defined.<br />
Vistas and silences enveloped by<br />
weather and colour, we are living<br />
with the dead who outnumber the<br />
gravestones many times. Before the<br />
seventeenth century folk were buried<br />
in a woollen shroud with no grave<br />
markings, and over time folk were<br />
buried above their forebears over<br />
and over again. They whisper around<br />
the church.<br />
The church itself is a stumpy little thing,<br />
thick-browed and beetly, keeping low<br />
to the ground offering its carapace to<br />
the weather that hits it before anything<br />
else in the parish. The rendering is likely<br />
twentieth century, inappropriately<br />
cement based but it still probably<br />
resembles the medieval church closer<br />
than a bare stone one would. Medieval<br />
churches were often rendered with a<br />
breathable lime plaster (cement does<br />
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not breathe) and whitened with a coat<br />
of lime wash. And in keeping with<br />
aged tradition the granite surrounds<br />
have been carefully left clear, here on<br />
the west door and window, and they<br />
project such stolidity. Those huge<br />
blocks of the relieving arches and the<br />
doorway composed of four granite<br />
blocks rustically shaped just shout<br />
‘immoveable’. Devon granite cannot<br />
be a subtle stone, it is impossible to<br />
cut precisely with medieval hand tools,<br />
and here its quality of ‘massiveness’ is<br />
used at its best.<br />
And the window! Some windows are<br />
intricate jigsaws of traceries carefully<br />
cut and pieced together. Not this one.<br />
It is the tough little street fighter of<br />
windows, beetle browed no less, ready<br />
to fight the storms and blizzards that<br />
roar down on this church. Protect<br />
the parish, protect the folk, protect<br />
the Word of God. Its self-chosen task<br />
fulfilled forever. Expect a high five or<br />
two from the Good Lord, dude.<br />
Trusham church interior<br />
The graves extend into the church. In<br />
the reordering of 2013 there was an<br />
archaeological survey done of the floor<br />
and the outlines of 15 more were found<br />
under the Victorian rubble, along with<br />
various vaults and indications that a<br />
large number of burials had already<br />
been removed in the nineteenth<br />
century restoration. We look at present<br />
day churches and see a distinction<br />
between the graveyard and the interior<br />
but this is a modern fantasy.<br />
Mind you, in small churches before the<br />
16th or 17th centuries, or even later, the<br />
church floor would have been a mixture<br />
of clay, water and lime probably mixed<br />
with small animal bones to make it<br />
harder wearing (kind of hoping here<br />
that ‘animal bones’ did not include<br />
human ones). Beaten flat and dried<br />
and then covered with rushes or mats<br />
that were regularly renewed, it made a<br />
hard wearing surface that could have<br />
easily been dug up for a burial.<br />
And the good folk of Trusham fancied<br />
a church burial even if it cost, and it<br />
surely did cost; 6s 8d (33p) in the later<br />
Middle Ages, potentially equivalent to<br />
around £6,226 today.<br />
Of course, death was just part of<br />
the journey to resurrection and the<br />
Kingdom of God. The soul lived, the<br />
body would rise again and really, where<br />
you were buried…not the most pressing<br />
matter for God to attend to I would<br />
venture.<br />
At the end of the nave there is a good<br />
looking screen (below) that gives a<br />
sketch of what once would have stood<br />
there. Most of it is a nineteenth century<br />
restoration by Herbert Read, who also<br />
carved the rood, the crucifix above it,<br />
and the fine pulpit, and there are some<br />
original carvings with traces of paint<br />
left from the fifteenth or sixteenth<br />
centuries, mainly the uprights. It is<br />
a masterful creation and shows the<br />
beautiful Devon tradition of wood<br />
carving floating down through the ages.<br />
We go through the screen and find a<br />
marvellous chancel (top left of first page)<br />
all decked out in frills and flowers<br />
by the Victorian restorers, ceilings<br />
and walls floriating away. It takes<br />
the breath away after the simplicity<br />
of the nave and as it is hidden behind<br />
the screen the shock of its abundance<br />
is a delight; a bewitching little gem<br />
carefully preserved.<br />
On the south wall is this beautiful blue<br />
angel, big feathered and red haired.<br />
It's the memory of your warmth<br />
That keeps me alive<br />
When I'm burning<br />
And my world's closing in<br />
Blue Angel - Anthony and the Johnsons<br />
What bliss when a popular love song<br />
becomes a hymn to the Divine, but<br />
then again, are not all love songs coded<br />
messages to God?<br />
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Turning around we come back to<br />
human glory with this sober suited<br />
family painted on board up on the<br />
north wall of the chancel; Hugh and<br />
Sabina Staplehill (died 1583 - see bottom<br />
last page) and their children at prayer.<br />
Their faces are very individual, their<br />
clothes not so much. Hugh does have<br />
a very impressive hat next to him, and<br />
the coats of arms refer to the union of<br />
his and his wife’s families. The bible<br />
is open on the prayer stand with the<br />
words:<br />
Blessed are all they that fear the Lord<br />
and walk in his ways: For thou shalt eat<br />
the labour of thine hands. Oh well is<br />
thee and happy shalt thou be: Thy wife<br />
shall be as the fruitful vine upon the<br />
walls of thine house<br />
Psalm 128<br />
in the local parishes as well as building<br />
two almshouses in Trusham.<br />
It is a remarkable piece of work. The<br />
memorial is wood painted to resemble<br />
marble (a man frugal with his money<br />
indeed, no surprise he made his<br />
fortune) and the portraits…well the<br />
portraits bring the age to life. 1697 is<br />
the date of the memorial, and John and<br />
Elizabeth had lived through turbulent<br />
times, from the Civil War through the<br />
Great Plague of 1665 to William of<br />
Orange’s 1688 successful invasion of<br />
England that started in South Devon<br />
with 463 ships and 15,000 men.<br />
They do look a very careful and modest<br />
couple and it would be fascinating to<br />
listen to their thoughts on these events,<br />
but they look as if they guarded their<br />
tongues as wisely as they guarded<br />
their money.<br />
determined and heaven help anyone<br />
who gets in their way (though heaven<br />
probably will not, to be realistic). We know<br />
one is going to save the world and the<br />
other will stick with him to the end<br />
and out the other side. These are two<br />
folk who will fulfil their mission.<br />
Nineteenth century as all the glass<br />
is here.<br />
One of the 'Songs of Ascent’, possibly<br />
sung by pilgrims ascending to<br />
Jerusalem or the priestly singers as<br />
they ascended the fifteen steps to the<br />
temple. A good choice for those who<br />
were going to meet their God as well<br />
as for those who lived their life in the<br />
world of God, as this family seems to<br />
have done.<br />
On the east wall of the aisle there is<br />
this beauty, a memorial to John and<br />
Mary Stooke looking a fine devout<br />
couple and possibly painted from life.<br />
John made his fortune as a clothier -<br />
someone who worked in the making<br />
and marketing of cloth - and left a<br />
pretty penny to a number of charities<br />
We meet some good stained glass in<br />
this church too, though the expression<br />
on this lamb’s face seems to be one<br />
of slight befuddlement rather than<br />
holiness. Jesus’ face is interesting too;<br />
not a traditionally handsome face,<br />
but the face of anyman as well as one<br />
who has seen far too much suffering<br />
and pain in the world yet is still full<br />
of compassion.<br />
On the other hand the faces on this<br />
Virgin and Child seem to be ultra<br />
Meanwhile the Norman font sits calmly<br />
watching the generations come and<br />
go. Is that a cross scratched on it on<br />
the upper left? That stout top cinched<br />
in by the belt of roll moulding like<br />
the stomach of a hefty Devon farmer,<br />
the scars and erosions of age and<br />
use…when the visitors leave and dusk<br />
creeps in it discusses the lives of the<br />
parishioners baptised here and the<br />
love that it has seen with the church.<br />
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Another declaration of age, this time more<br />
specific, is the pillar piscina in the chancel<br />
from the previous Norman church. Whether<br />
the head is a repurposed Norman capital - the<br />
top of a pillar - or the whole is original is a<br />
debate that will<br />
last and last. It is<br />
a form of piscina<br />
that all churches<br />
had to have.<br />
The Norman<br />
church (and a<br />
Saxon place of<br />
worship too?)<br />
would have been humble here, most likely<br />
a simple chancel and nave with decoration<br />
inside. This present church carries on that<br />
tradition, with its beautifully decorated chancel,<br />
stained glass and carvings and paintings from<br />
the centuries.<br />
But what really stands out is the simplicity and<br />
strength of the structure, how it hunkers down<br />
against the weather in its exposed position.<br />
The modesty and the power to minister to<br />
the surrounding souls through the centuries<br />
in this little parish and to be a place of spirit<br />
for the marvels and vicissitudes of this life.<br />
A church for all ages.<br />
Douglas Young<br />
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SOME 250-ODD YEARS<br />
AGO, in the middle of the<br />
18th century not only did<br />
one Dr. Richard Russell<br />
prescribe sea bathing as<br />
a cure-all for just about<br />
everything under the sun,<br />
he also prescribed that his<br />
patients drink<br />
a flagon of<br />
the stuff with<br />
every meal.<br />
WE DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE OUR SEASIDES<br />
From Jane Austen’s salty passion to the slap ’n tickle of Edwardian Music Hall<br />
Almost single-handedly - and<br />
starting with Brighton -<br />
the good doctor created what<br />
foreigners called “the English<br />
seaside mania” amongst the great<br />
and the good of his era. But it was<br />
not to last much beyond the coming<br />
of the railways. This was when<br />
seaside towns began to reinvent<br />
themselves, not as health spas with<br />
their rows of bathing machines and<br />
teams of burly female ‘dippers’ but<br />
as the places of leisure, pleasure<br />
and entertainment we know today.<br />
The railway reached Exeter from<br />
Paddington in 1844 (from Waterloo a<br />
little later), from whence it sprouted<br />
branch lines north and south as<br />
the main line itself wound its way<br />
down to Plymouth via Torbay then<br />
on to Cornwall. Within a few years<br />
the idea of the seaside as a health<br />
resort for the well-to-do began<br />
to disappear and the likes of the<br />
Prince of Wales, Lady Nelson and<br />
Jane Austen, who had all taken<br />
the plunge along the coasts of<br />
our sunny South West, faded into<br />
history.<br />
At first the railways brought the<br />
city folk in by the hundreds, then<br />
in their thousands. Well before the<br />
end of the century ‘day trippers’ on<br />
excursion trains from the capital<br />
could leave Paddington or Waterloo<br />
for a grand day out (starting at 5<br />
a.m.) and pay 5/- (five old shillings)<br />
for a third class return ticket.<br />
<strong>19</strong>th century London waits to board<br />
the day excursion to Devon<br />
Our railway station forecourts<br />
became holding areas for ‘cab<br />
ranks’ and cab drivers ferried their<br />
passengers to the nearest seafront<br />
or to the rows of simple houses<br />
along the side and back streets<br />
of our seaside towns, which now<br />
reinvented themselves as boarding<br />
houses. Every lodging now boasted<br />
a seaside landlady and paved the<br />
way for a thousand boarding house<br />
jokes. It became something of a<br />
pastime to watch these ‘Lunnun’<br />
folk pour off the excursions: they<br />
not only talked ‘funny’ what they<br />
wore and how they presented<br />
themselves also made them stand<br />
out markedly from the natives.<br />
With the introduction of new<br />
chemical dyes women’s clothing<br />
especially became brighter and<br />
men’s ties, cravats and blazers<br />
dazzled by-standers at the stations,<br />
togged up in their Sunday bests:<br />
and these young London women<br />
painted their faces and piled up<br />
their hair under feather-bedecked<br />
bonnets.<br />
They called us<br />
Carrot Crunchers,<br />
those crowds who<br />
poured off the<br />
London trains or<br />
Swede Bashers:<br />
some still do of course. But it was<br />
all in good part, town and country<br />
banter was ever thus.<br />
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Devonians on the other<br />
hand, but behind their backs<br />
mind, became increasingly<br />
disparaging and retaliated<br />
by dubbing them ‘Grocks’.<br />
For Grock was the world’s<br />
most famous clown who made<br />
London his home and with<br />
his outrageously colourful<br />
clothes and wild, clown makeup,<br />
was reckoned to be the funniest<br />
man in the world.<br />
Two or more visitors were therefore<br />
Grocks and to our everlasting<br />
shame, the collective noun for the<br />
West Country’’s holiday visitors<br />
became first Grockos and then<br />
Grockles. And before we cover our<br />
heads in shame and ask forgiveness<br />
we should perhaps look to our close<br />
cousins down in Cornwall who<br />
call their holiday visitors emmets<br />
- which stems vaguely from a word<br />
meaning ‘ants’.<br />
These were mostly hard working<br />
folk from the cities determined to<br />
make the most of their newly won<br />
leisure time. Here was a new wave,<br />
the new middle classes, factory<br />
and office workers with money in<br />
their pockets and a Sunday all to<br />
themselves to recover, boarding<br />
Saturday excursions in increasing<br />
numbers, bringing new ways, new<br />
ideas, new wealth and a new life<br />
to Devon.<br />
Grock, “the<br />
King of<br />
Clowns”<br />
(These shallow draft vessels<br />
were often boarded off the<br />
beach along wheeled jetties<br />
which were pushed out and<br />
dragged in again as the tide<br />
rose and fell).<br />
The countless attractions that<br />
were soon added to these<br />
piers included fortune tellers,<br />
amusement arcades, fun fares,<br />
theatres featuring popular ‘endof-the-pier’<br />
shows with Pierrot and<br />
Columbine or black-faced minstrel<br />
singers.<br />
With the arrival of electric lights<br />
strung along their lengths, piers<br />
also became popular with ‘courting<br />
couples’. Electricity came to<br />
Torquay for example as early as<br />
1894 illuminating Beacon Quay<br />
but this was no place for romance,<br />
neither were the electric-lit jetties<br />
in Ilfracombe (<strong>19</strong>03) or Exmouth<br />
(<strong>19</strong>04). Elsewhere love still found<br />
its way by oil lamp and gaslight<br />
until the late-<strong>19</strong>20s when most of<br />
Devon’s coastal towns finally saw<br />
the light.<br />
Pre-electric spooning<br />
Tiddley-om-pom-pom<br />
Inevitably seaside towns were<br />
quick to encourage the creation<br />
of brass and silver bands whilst<br />
those ‘resorts’ who preferred to<br />
cling to or attract a more refined<br />
clientele invested in the creation<br />
of the Winter Gardens. Here<br />
holidaymakers could take tea<br />
and cake and stroll amidst exotic<br />
flora as they listened to a Palm<br />
Court Orchestra or at the very<br />
least, a string quartet. These hot<br />
houses of culture also extended<br />
both ends of the season.<br />
Meanwhile down on the beach the<br />
perennial favourites of paddling and<br />
sand castle building were free and<br />
important parts of any away-day<br />
whilst there were deck chairs to be<br />
rented, donkey rides to be enjoyed<br />
and Punch and Judy shows which<br />
then, as now, attracted crowds of<br />
children and their parents.<br />
Everyone a photographer with the<br />
Box Brownie (<strong>19</strong>00)<br />
Pier pressure<br />
Town and parish councils knew<br />
they could hardly charge people<br />
to walk up and down a promenade<br />
but they might be persuaded to<br />
part with a coin or two to stroll<br />
out over the briny on a pier, taking<br />
in lungs full of ozone on their way<br />
to fish perhaps or to catch one<br />
of the several popular paddle<br />
steamers that plied the resorts<br />
of both north and south Devon.<br />
The long and the short of piers<br />
is that there are still 57 of them<br />
around the coast of the British<br />
Isles and countless jetties. Devon<br />
still boasts three exceptional<br />
examples of classic piers. These<br />
are at Paignton, opened in 1879<br />
(length 740ft.), Teignmouth Grand<br />
Pier, opened in 1867 (length 625 ft.)<br />
and Torquay’s Princess Pier, opened<br />
in 1894 (length 780 ft.)<br />
Those who would never dream of<br />
being seen on the sands bided their<br />
time and chose instead to parade<br />
themselves along the promenade<br />
during the afternoons. This then<br />
was a time and place - and before<br />
the invention of the Box Brownie<br />
- for the seaside photographer<br />
to present strollers with a sepia<br />
souvenir of their visit.<br />
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WE DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE OUR SEASIDES ...continued<br />
Rock of sages<br />
Everyone became a sucker for<br />
‘seaside pink’ lettered rock, which<br />
seems to have been invented in the<br />
1840s - probably at Morecombe.<br />
It began by featuring, not place<br />
names but ‘cheeky phrases’ such<br />
as KISS ME QUICK and SQUEEZE<br />
ME SLOWLY. It didn’t take long for<br />
these immortal lines to find their<br />
way onto hats and along ribboned<br />
‘favours’ worn on the lapel but it<br />
was another thirty years before the<br />
penny dropped and enterprising<br />
seaside towns, in their wisdom,<br />
thought to put their names down<br />
the middle.<br />
Appetites for change<br />
There is nothing new about fast<br />
food - cheap and tasty things that<br />
could be be eaten on the hoof,<br />
strolling along the prom.<br />
popularity in Devon by train-riding<br />
London holiday makers.<br />
The commercial ice cream cone we<br />
know today was introduced into<br />
Britain by an Italian in Manchester<br />
in <strong>19</strong>02 and soon found universal<br />
appeal around our seasides. This<br />
cornet also sounded the funeral<br />
note of the so-called ‘penny ice’ as<br />
it also triggered a genetic change<br />
in our nation’s seagulls.<br />
The penny ice was bought from<br />
a cart on the promenade, eaten<br />
on the spot from a small glass<br />
dish with a wooden spoon and<br />
the dish returned for washing<br />
up. But whereas the cone was a<br />
great liberator there was a price<br />
to be paid for this new freedom.<br />
Ladies especially, and quite wisely,<br />
between licks held their ice creams<br />
out, as far away from their bodices<br />
and long dresses as possible but in<br />
so doing they provided an open<br />
invitation to every passing seagull<br />
to come and get it.<br />
Postcards from<br />
the edge<br />
The ‘new’ seasides, with their free<br />
and easy approach to life away from<br />
the shackles of routine, broke down<br />
the rigid ideas of Victorian and<br />
Edwardian propriety and decorum.<br />
The prim and proper moved on<br />
(or sought each others company<br />
abroad) whilst left to their own<br />
devices on the beach, under the<br />
pier or who knows elsewhere ‘the<br />
remainers’ developed a bright and<br />
breezy, slap ‘n tickle approach to<br />
holiday fun that resulted, inevitably<br />
in the cheeky seaside postcard.<br />
Some 16 million of these were<br />
bought and posted in the <strong>19</strong>30s,<br />
the hey day of gagsters and artists<br />
like the immortal Donald McGill<br />
flourished and for the academically<br />
minded seeking enlightenment<br />
there is a museum dedicated to<br />
some of his naughtier creations at<br />
saucyseasidepostcards.com<br />
Most popular of seaside foods of<br />
course was fish, especially fish<br />
and chips. The dish (or rather the<br />
newspaper-wrapped meal) came<br />
into being circa 1850 via the<br />
culinary skills of a Jewish immigrant<br />
to the East End of London, one<br />
Joseph Malin. Londoners brought<br />
their fondness for this with them,<br />
along with whelks, winkles, cockles,<br />
mussels and - inevitably, jellied<br />
eels - this time an 18th century<br />
invention and again brought into<br />
Today, 117 years and ten and more<br />
generations of seagull later (they<br />
can live up to 15 years) it would<br />
probably take counselling sessions<br />
of some kind amongst the die-hard<br />
birds to break them of this inherent<br />
opportunism.<br />
Jane Austen versus<br />
Mark Sheridan<br />
We’ve come a long way at the<br />
seaside here in the West Country<br />
since Jane Austen dried herself<br />
off in a bathing machine in Lyme<br />
Regis and wrote (with some unusual<br />
spelling) to her sister, Cassandra:<br />
“The Bathing was so delightful this<br />
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morning & Molly so pressing with<br />
me to enjoy myself that I believe I<br />
staid in rather too long, as since<br />
the middle of the day I have felt<br />
unreasonably tired”.<br />
Tired? So too were the day trippers<br />
who, some 50 or so years later<br />
boarded their excursions back to<br />
London after a very different kind<br />
of a day than the one that Jane had<br />
enjoyed.<br />
And as they settled back in<br />
their seats they doubtless sang,<br />
especially this song, made popular<br />
in <strong>19</strong>09 by the Music Hall singer,<br />
Mark Sheridan.<br />
All together now:<br />
Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside!<br />
I do like to be beside the sea!<br />
I do like to stroll along the Prom, Prom,<br />
Prom!<br />
Where the brass bands play, “Tiddely-ompom-pom!”<br />
So just let me be beside the seaside!<br />
I’ll be beside myself with glee<br />
and there’s lots of girls beside,<br />
I should like to be beside, beside the<br />
seaside,<br />
beside the sea!<br />
And having come this far together<br />
you might find it worthwhile to go<br />
on line to hear that song sung by<br />
the man himself:<br />
John Fisher<br />
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A railwayman, joining the Lyme Regis branch line at 15 in <strong>19</strong>60, working<br />
during the last five years before steam trains were decommissioned.<br />
THE BRANCH LINE TO LYME REGIS<br />
Mike Clements<br />
michael @axmouth.plus.com<br />
It was coming up to the Christmas of <strong>19</strong>60,<br />
and I was about to leave school for good.<br />
Having spoken to the then youth employment officer<br />
at Seaton, I was all set to start a career on the railway,<br />
my life long ambition. But unfortunately it had not<br />
turned out quite the way I had planned it.<br />
had wanted to start my career as<br />
I an engine cleaner, and then join the<br />
elite band, working on the footplate<br />
of a steam locomotive. But there was<br />
a slight hitch in this, one had to be<br />
sixteen years of age to become an<br />
engine cleaner, and to participate in<br />
the necessary shift work involved. Also<br />
I would have to go to the Exmouth<br />
Junction, locomotive depot at Exeter,<br />
to work from there, and this would<br />
mean going into lodgings.<br />
And so it was I started my career<br />
on Monday 2nd January <strong>19</strong>61. I can<br />
honestly say looking back now at fifty<br />
one years ago, I wouldn’t have missed<br />
it for the world.<br />
I cycled to Combpyne station, from<br />
Axmouth, and met the lad I was taking<br />
over from, Terry Guppy. Terry was<br />
going to Exmouth Junction as an engine<br />
cleaner, and on passing out as a fireman,<br />
he was hoping to fill the vacancy for<br />
As I was only fifteen years of age, I was<br />
given an alternative, I could take up<br />
the job of a junior porter advertised at<br />
Combpyne station, on the Lyme Regis<br />
branch line. Then on reaching the age<br />
of sixteen, I could transfer back to the<br />
locomotive department, and take up<br />
the post as an engine cleaner. This<br />
is what I decided to do, but first it<br />
meant taking the medical and eyesight<br />
examination, at Southernhay, in Exeter.<br />
I passed my medical and eyesight,<br />
without any problems whatsoever,<br />
the eyesight examination, determined<br />
whether you had any problems with<br />
colour blindness, this would have been<br />
a certain No, working on the footplate,<br />
and looking out for signals at night,<br />
had this been the case.<br />
Adams tank no. 30584 departs Combpyne, for Lyme Regis<br />
on the 8th july <strong>19</strong>59. Engine is in immaculate condition<br />
thanks to cleaner lads, at Exmouth Junction shed. Note<br />
camping coach in background, this was also supplied<br />
with a water churn, from Lyme Regis, during the summer.<br />
Also note little girl, from station house, on the platform.<br />
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a locomotive fireman on the Lyme<br />
Regis branch line.<br />
The actual scenery on the Lyme<br />
Regis branch line was stunning,<br />
especially between Combpyne (the only<br />
intermediate station between Axminster<br />
and Lyme Regis) and Axminster.<br />
The line was 6 miles 59 chains. In length,<br />
from Axminster to Lyme Regis, with<br />
Combpyne station situated 4 miles 21<br />
chains from Axminster.<br />
Lyme Regis station – <strong>19</strong>61<br />
Adams radial tank no. 30583<br />
stands in Lyme station<br />
ready to leave with a train<br />
for Axminster. Driver Tom<br />
Woodman on platform and<br />
his fireman Terry Guppy on<br />
the footplate.<br />
That first morning as I arrived at<br />
Combpyne, I had to board the train,<br />
and travel into Lyme, to meet the<br />
stationmaster Arthur Causley, who<br />
was in charge of us. I waited on the<br />
platform talking to Terry Guppy, as<br />
the 8.45a.m.from Axminster, rolled in<br />
at 8.58 a.m. I went to get into the first<br />
carriage, and I was told, ‘Not There’,<br />
get up on the footplate. At that time<br />
of course the branch was still being<br />
worked by the ‘Adams’ 4-4-2 Radial<br />
tank engines. And I climbed up on the<br />
footplate, What an experience.<br />
The driver was Tom Woodman, later to<br />
be Terry Guppy’s driver, this particular<br />
day he had an Exmouth Junction relief<br />
fireman with him. We set off from<br />
Combpyne, with a brief opening of the<br />
regulator, and as we descended into a<br />
steep cutting, the regulator was shut<br />
and the large reversing lever dropped<br />
right forward as we free-wheeled<br />
down hill, the fireman knocking on the<br />
injector as we headed down toward<br />
Shapwick.<br />
Tom chatted to me as we journeyed on,<br />
like he had known me all my life, and<br />
I immediately thought what a great<br />
guy, and took an instant liking to him.<br />
I can still see his polished brass badge<br />
in his cap, marked ‘ENGINEMAN’ S.R.<br />
The S.R, Being Southern Railway. A<br />
pre- nationalisation cap badge.<br />
As we neared the end of our descent,<br />
Tom said to me- look ahead, we were<br />
approaching the Nine arch, 203 yard<br />
long. ‘Cannington Viaduct’. With a<br />
maximum height of 93 feet above<br />
the valley floor. We trundled over<br />
the viaduct, and then swung under<br />
‘Horseman’s hill’, toward the village of<br />
Uplyme, passing through Uplyme, we<br />
went through another deep cutting,<br />
and then passed the Devon – Dorset<br />
border, as we drifted down toward<br />
the lovely little wooden built station<br />
of Lyme Regis, ideally suited to the<br />
line itself. I climbed down from the<br />
footplate, onto the platform, and<br />
met leading porter signalman Ralph<br />
Watkins, who introduced himself.<br />
He then showed me the door of the<br />
stationmaster’s office which I knocked<br />
on, and was told to enter, I walked in<br />
and saw an elderly gentleman sitting<br />
at his desk, he smiled and introduced<br />
himself as Arthur Causley. Again I<br />
took an instant liking to him, he had<br />
a kind face and a gentle nature. And<br />
we chatted for quite a bit, and then<br />
I was told to catch the next train<br />
back to Combpyne, the 9.45 a.m. And<br />
commence my tuition as a junior porter.<br />
Again I climbed up on the footplate of<br />
the Engine, which was number 30583,<br />
and we set off with our two coach train,<br />
I was fascinated by the big reversing<br />
lever, which Tom set into position, as<br />
we started the climb out of the station,<br />
out toward ‘Cannington Viaduct’.<br />
Tom’s fireman was a young man from<br />
Exmouth Junction shed’s ‘Junior Spare<br />
Gang’ link, called ‘Tony Brown’.<br />
We reached the viaduct, and once over,<br />
the line steepened considerably, with<br />
the engine working hard on the climb<br />
up to Combpyne station. We drifted<br />
into the station, and coming to a halt<br />
I stepped down from the footplate,<br />
and joined Terry Guppy once more<br />
to start my training.<br />
This then was the beginning my first<br />
day, at dinner time the late turn lad<br />
came on duty, catching the 1.38.p.m.<br />
off of Axminster, arrival time 1.51 p.m.<br />
At Combpyne, then on into Lyme<br />
Regis, this lad was called Leonard<br />
Perry, (known to one and all as Nobby<br />
Perry) Combpyne station, was in the<br />
middle of nowhere really, one mile from<br />
Combpyne village, and just about over<br />
half a mile from the village of Rousdon,<br />
via ‘Green lane’ which everybody used.<br />
There was only the Station house,<br />
and two railway cottages a couple of<br />
hundred yards up the road near to<br />
the station itself.<br />
Combpyne station booking<br />
office, and station house, circa<br />
<strong>19</strong>60. Note water churns<br />
outside booking office, no<br />
mains water at Combpyne, all<br />
the water came up from Lyme<br />
Regis station in water churns,<br />
placed in the guards van of<br />
the train, taken out by junior<br />
porter at Combpyne.<br />
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children., who were called - Susan,<br />
Ann, Robert, Linda, Marie, Philip and<br />
Elizabeth. You can imagine what wash<br />
day was like, and bath nights as well,<br />
for the family. But not only that, during<br />
the winter timetable, (late September<br />
to early June).<br />
Lyme Regis, wooden built station. six and three quarter miles<br />
from Axminster station. Photograph taken from the stop<br />
blocks, goods yard on right, London coaches in siding. Signal<br />
box and starter signal on the end of platform. – Southern<br />
region period.<br />
My duties would be six days a week,<br />
(winter service) early turn. 8.0.a.m.<br />
until 4.10.p.m. Monday to Friday. And<br />
Saturdays 8.0.a.m. until 12.10 p.m. A<br />
total of forty five hours.<br />
in my memory at Combpyne, was that<br />
the station house was occupied by Bill<br />
and Mollie Fowler, and their seven<br />
There were no trains on Sundays. So<br />
the family had to go from Saturday<br />
evening , until Monday morning, with<br />
no water delivery, I can assure you<br />
that every container in the Fowler<br />
household was filled with water,<br />
including the old copper for boiling<br />
the washing. – We used to have some<br />
fun, I can tell you. But it was worked to<br />
a fine art. Sometimes, paraffin supplies<br />
would run low, and the station staff<br />
would be called on to get out supplies,<br />
likewise with the coal for the household<br />
fire, the Engine would supply a bucket<br />
full, or the station coalhouse likewise.<br />
But we never went short at the station,<br />
Mollie would cook us a plate of chips,<br />
Late turn was from 1.45. p.m. until<br />
9.20.p.m. Monday to Saturday, and was<br />
a total of forty five and a half hours.<br />
My wages were £3 10s. 6d. A week.<br />
The station at Combpyne, and the<br />
station house, had neither mains<br />
running water, or electricity. All water<br />
was brought in by 5 gallon water churns,<br />
a total of ten churns for the station<br />
house, and one two and half gallon<br />
churn, for the station booking office.<br />
All these were filled at Lyme Regis<br />
station, the churns being placed in the<br />
guards van of the train, and taken out<br />
by the junior at Combpyne. Of course<br />
this meant, all the toilets where the<br />
‘Elsan chemical toilets’. All lighting at<br />
the station, and station house was by<br />
Tilley Lamps with mantels, and fuelled<br />
by Methylated spirit, and Paraffin.<br />
One of the things that has always stuck<br />
Southern Railway days at Axminster station. ‘Adams 4-4-2<br />
radial tank, number 3520 working the Lyme Regis branch<br />
train, stands at Axminster station, on the ‘up’ main line - the<br />
date is June <strong>19</strong>34.<br />
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One of the Adams tanks, is passing over ‘Cannington<br />
viaduct’ with its two coach train, heading up toward<br />
Combpyne, with the 11.37.a,m. Lyme Regis, Combpyne,<br />
Axminster train. ‘Cannington viaduct’s highest arch,<br />
was 93 feet above the valley floor - date 2nd june <strong>19</strong>59.<br />
men were gathered round a blazing<br />
fire, their overcoats steaming with<br />
the damp, the glow of cigarettes in<br />
their mouths, and the reflection of<br />
the fire silhouetting their weather<br />
beaten faces. Put the tray down there<br />
my son, says Dinor, pointing to an old<br />
table. From his Tommy bag, he takes<br />
out a screw top bottle, filled with milk.<br />
He then proceeds to fill the five cups<br />
with tea. Then he puts his hand inside<br />
his Greatcoat pocket, and with that<br />
gleam in his eye that he always had,<br />
he produces a bottle of Lambs Navy<br />
Rum. And tops up the cups, there you<br />
are my son, he says to me, ‘get that<br />
down you’. I had never tasted rum<br />
before, but I could feel it going down,<br />
the warmth making me glow, as it did<br />
so. Dinor and the rest of the gang just<br />
looking at me with broad smiles on<br />
their faces. – I have never forgotten<br />
that experience.<br />
and plenty of tea was brewed, – they<br />
were truly lovely times, everybody had<br />
time for one another.<br />
During the summer months, May to<br />
September. We had a camping coach<br />
at Combpyne in the sidings. We would<br />
supply this one with water, and paraffin<br />
etc.<br />
It was in use a great deal. One particular<br />
fortnight we had a family come down<br />
from Wales, Colwyn bay to be precise,<br />
Mr and Mrs Price, and their two<br />
children, a girl and a boy. The oldest,<br />
the daughter was a real cracker, and<br />
myself and Nobby, both fancied her, we<br />
both decided to ask her out on a date.<br />
Now ‘Nobby’ had just turned eighteen<br />
years of age, and his father had just<br />
bought him a new car, it was a Triumph<br />
Mayflower saloon. Lovely looking job.<br />
I on the other hand just coming up to<br />
sixteen, was still relying on my bicycle.<br />
So you can guess who won the date,<br />
Nobby and myself laughed about that<br />
for years afterwards.<br />
Unfortunately Nobby was to die in his<br />
early fifties of lung cancer. But he was<br />
always the life and soul of anything<br />
that was going on.<br />
One winter afternoon, I was on the<br />
early turn, and it had rained practically<br />
all day, the time was about 3.0.p.m. And<br />
the branch permanent way staff, were<br />
working on the line in the vicinity of<br />
Combpyne station, there were four<br />
of them, Dinor Harrison, was the<br />
ganger, and then there was Arthur<br />
Watson, Jack Guppy, (Terrys father)<br />
and Cecil Doble. At the western<br />
end of Combpyne station there was<br />
situated a Lengthman’s hut, this was<br />
a shelter for the permanent way men.<br />
Dinor came to me and said, put the<br />
kettle on my son, and make a pot of<br />
tea, and bring it down to the hut, with<br />
five cups. I did this put it all on a tray,<br />
locked the booking office door, (there<br />
was no train due) and went down to<br />
the hut, it was still raining slightly, I<br />
knocked the door, and it was opened,<br />
inside in the semi – darkness, the<br />
Axminster station – British<br />
Railways, Southern Region<br />
period. Adams radial tank no.<br />
30582 stands in the branch<br />
line platform, mid <strong>19</strong>50s<br />
period. On platform Driver<br />
George Johns of Axmouth,<br />
Locomotive Superintendant<br />
Sam Smith from Exmouth<br />
Junction shed, Exeter and on<br />
footplate, fireman Grenville<br />
Morgan from Axmouth,<br />
this was whilst filming the<br />
B.B.C. television series of<br />
‘Railway Roundabout.’<br />
Before the Summer service came<br />
into effect during June of <strong>19</strong>61, the<br />
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three Adams Radial tank engines<br />
numbers 30582, 30583, and 30584.<br />
where replaced on the Lyme Regis<br />
branch line, by the Ivatt class 2-6-2<br />
tank engines, 41307, 41308, 41320, and<br />
41322 took over working the branch,<br />
turn and turn about, from Exmouth<br />
junction shed. (72 A). During Sunday<br />
working on the branch summer service,<br />
myself and Nobby worked it so that<br />
one junior porter did a double shift,<br />
whilst the other one had the Sunday<br />
off. That suited us fine.<br />
Time went on, and my sixteenth<br />
birthday came and went, on the late<br />
turn I had been getting a bit of practise<br />
with firing to an engine, with Tom and<br />
Terry on the ‘Ivatt’ tanks.<br />
One particular afternoon, I had come<br />
on duty for the late turn, and climbed<br />
up on the footplate, with my two fellow<br />
compatriots from Axmouth village,<br />
driver ‘George Johns’ and his brotherin<br />
- law, fireman ‘Grenville Morgan’.<br />
George said to me, ‘How are you getting<br />
on regards your transfer’. – I said they<br />
cannot get anyone to fill the vacancy<br />
at Combpyne. (Nobby had already left<br />
to go into the butchery trade). And<br />
relief men were covering his duty.<br />
George said to me ‘you want to hand<br />
your notice in, and start again.’- ‘You<br />
would loose twelve months service, but<br />
you would start at Exmouth Junction’,<br />
as a cleaner. Food for thought indeed.<br />
I did hand my notice in, and I did start<br />
again in February <strong>19</strong>62, as a cleaner<br />
lad at Exmouth Junction. But that is<br />
another story.<br />
The Lyme Regis branch line, closed<br />
in November <strong>19</strong>65, and today much of<br />
it lies buried under brambles, bushes,<br />
and trees. But the memories are never<br />
forgotten. In my minds eye I can still<br />
picture standing on the platform at<br />
Combpyne, listening to the lambs in<br />
the surrounding fields calling to their<br />
mums on a beautiful spring morning,<br />
and then in the distance hear the<br />
laboured beat of the exhaust of one<br />
of the Adams tanks as it struggles<br />
uphill from Cannington viaduct, slowly<br />
plodding up the line past Shapwick<br />
farm, then up through the deep cutting<br />
toward Trinity road bridge, the rooks<br />
in the spinney beside the line objecting<br />
loudly as the intruder approached,<br />
the train then passing under Trinity<br />
road bridge, shutting off steam and<br />
drifting bunker first into Combpyne<br />
station with its two coach train, the<br />
only intermediate station on the line<br />
between Lyme and Axminster.<br />
The old Cannington Viaduct, constructed in the early <strong>19</strong>00s for the railway line. Image by Nigel Jones.<br />
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Extracts from Derrick's book, Across the Cobblestones, reminisces<br />
about his childhood in rural East Devon before the 2nd World War.<br />
ACROSS THE COBBLESTONES<br />
Derrick V. Rugg<br />
On arriving in the village square at morning,<br />
there were several options.<br />
If anyone had any money, the choice<br />
was quite likely to be Bessie Rowe’s<br />
tiny sweet-and-tobacco shop half<br />
way up High Street hill, where a<br />
sizeable group lingered, studying<br />
the contents of numerous boxes put<br />
on to the counter by Bessie or Bill,<br />
who was an amiable cripple. You<br />
could say that Bessie aimed at the<br />
lower end of the market, stocking<br />
where cheapness and long-lasting<br />
properties came together. ‘Chews’<br />
and various liquorice shapes were<br />
popular buys, and so were cardboard<br />
cylinders out of which you were<br />
supposed to suck sherbet through a<br />
liquorice tube, but which you usually<br />
up-ended to shake the contents into<br />
your palm.<br />
I have sat all<br />
morning in the Infant<br />
Room surreptitiously<br />
eating chocolate drops<br />
There were three other shops: Miller’s<br />
Supply Stores, the Post Office, and<br />
opposite the school a little shop that<br />
was part of Baker James’ emporium.<br />
That shop was managed by the baker’s<br />
housekeeper and what she made<br />
out of it would be classed today as<br />
perks. Well, I have often wondered<br />
how much the popular elderly lady<br />
made out of her chocolate drops. For<br />
a penny you received a triangular<br />
bagful of sweets, which was held by<br />
the two top corners and whizzed over<br />
and over to secure it. I don’t recall<br />
any weighing. I have sat all morning<br />
in the Infant Room surreptitiously<br />
eating chocolate drops. I reckon<br />
Kentisbeare school-children got<br />
Miss Authers’ Perks.<br />
The quiet old lady died whilst I was<br />
in the Infants and a lot of the older<br />
children went to her funeral.<br />
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At nine o’clock Mr Painter cut short<br />
all pre-school activities by ringing<br />
the bell that hung from a turret on<br />
the school. That brought everyone<br />
in line; the Infants by their porch<br />
door, and the girls and boys in their<br />
respective playgrounds. All walked<br />
through porches into the classrooms,<br />
except a couple of children whose<br />
job it was to pick up any litter.<br />
In the Infant Room, following a hymn<br />
and a prayer, there was scripture<br />
for a good deal of the period from<br />
nine o’clock till a quarter to eleven.<br />
Table drills and sums followed to fill<br />
up the first session, and afterwards<br />
the charts about mats and cats and<br />
reading carried us up to dinner.<br />
Mrs Spratt was old; but Mrs Spratt<br />
was timeless. Mrs Spratt had taught<br />
all the children from way back. Her<br />
late husband had been the Head of<br />
Kentisbeare school. Then it filtered<br />
through: “Mrs Spratt is leaving. Mrs<br />
Spratt is retiring!” I couldn’t believe it.<br />
But it happened. The old lady who<br />
loved us - yes, loved us I feel sure, in<br />
spite of all the tantalising - was soon<br />
to leave the classroom. The dark<br />
dresses, the beads, the ear-rings, the<br />
precise comb and strapped shoes<br />
would be no longer there for anyone<br />
to contemplate.<br />
Mrs Spratt was old;<br />
but Mrs Spratt was<br />
timeless<br />
Mrs Spratt left, and afterwards we<br />
used to wave to her as she sat in the<br />
window seat of her terraced cottage<br />
up the steps.<br />
Who would come? Several! they all<br />
seemed so very young compared to<br />
our former teacher. They seemed so<br />
lively to me, and I remember that I<br />
thought one, Miss Bending, was pretty.<br />
Then along came Miss Christie.<br />
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The Holy Island of Lindisfarne<br />
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St Cuthbert’s Isle<br />
St Cuthbert is said to have retreated<br />
here to a hermit’s life after his<br />
attempt to revert religious practices<br />
to conform to Rome rather than<br />
to those practiced in Ireland was<br />
rejected by his fellow monks. Now a<br />
favourite safe place for seals.<br />
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‘Recycled’ boats used by local<br />
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The Causeway<br />
The modern tarmac road replaced<br />
the original medieval track across the<br />
sand. The island can only be accessed<br />
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Segments of fossilised<br />
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