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Devon’s Countryside, Wildlife, History and Events<br />

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The fox has prevailed - one less for Christmas<br />

It’s been a surreal year<br />

Good or bad, 20<strong>16</strong> will go down in history!<br />

Welcome to our Festive issue of <strong>Devonshire</strong> magazine, packed<br />

with stuff to read and the most comprehensive event listings.<br />

This issue sees John Fisher delve into a proper <strong>Devonshire</strong><br />

character of old, namely Bampfylde-Moore Carew, from<br />

an illustrious family, he was born in Bickleigh, eventually<br />

crowned King of the Gypsies and even transported to America<br />

on several occasions - certainly a one-off to say the least!<br />

We take you on a pre Christmas festive photo/<br />

visual journey to that fantastic mediaeval city<br />

of Bruges, otherwise known as the Venice of<br />

the North. At this time of the year Bruges<br />

is fully bedecked with festive lighting and<br />

displays, which if you visit, can really help get<br />

you in the mood for Christmas. Bruges was<br />

one of the world’s first tourist destinations,<br />

attracting wealthy French and English, and<br />

their experience in tourism shines through<br />

with exquisite shops, welcoming pubs and<br />

restaurants and top notch museums and<br />

attractions, not forgetting their fairy-tale<br />

architecture.<br />

For car lovers out there, we test drive the<br />

Land Rover Discovery Sport, a car that<br />

could have slipped under your radar, it’s<br />

a clever combination of British design and<br />

manufacturing which has to be considered a<br />

One Less for Christmas<br />

Devon’s a rural county, a rather<br />

large one at that. Of course we<br />

humans dominate as everywhere<br />

on this unfortunate planet, but<br />

sometimes we’re reminded that<br />

the majority of <strong>Devonshire</strong> is<br />

indeed rural. Bears and wolves<br />

once roamed, but these days<br />

the worst you’ll encounter is<br />

the humble, mercurial fox. I<br />

have to report that one of the<br />

Countryman’s turkeys has fallen<br />

foul of his devious craft.<br />

groundbreaking car for its exceptional range<br />

of capabilities. Many thanks to Matford<br />

Landrover for allowing us to take the machine<br />

out for a long treck across Devon, read more<br />

further on.<br />

Don’t miss our Festive Events and Christmas<br />

Gift features, and our usual contributions<br />

from Yellingham Farm, The Countryman,<br />

The Old Vet’nary, Wilson, etc.<br />

In this issue we’ve included a piece on how<br />

to get your events into this magazine (via<br />

HubCast.co.uk, the What’s On websites we<br />

run). Any of you that use and know HubCast,<br />

we have to tell you that there are many new<br />

developments in the pipe line, although we<br />

confess that we’re running behind schedule<br />

at the moment, but the new developments will<br />

start to filter through soon. If<br />

you’re subscribed to our <strong>Devonshire</strong><br />

News e-newsletter, you’ll be<br />

kept informed of new functions<br />

and websites.<br />

It remains for me to wish you all<br />

Good Health, Merry Christmas<br />

and Happy New Year.<br />

Nigel Jones (Editor)<br />

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TV naturalist backs calls to help<br />

Devon’s wild beavers<br />

Devon Wildlife Trust urgently needs<br />

to raise a minimum of £100,000<br />

from a crowdfunding campaign to<br />

have a chance of securing the future<br />

of England’s only wild population<br />

of beavers. The beavers have made<br />

their home on the River Otter in<br />

East Devon. After being discovered<br />

in 2013 the beavers were originally<br />

set to be removed by government<br />

officials. However, a partnership<br />

led by Devon Wildlife Trust and<br />

involving local people and local<br />

landowner Clinton Devon Estates<br />

reversed this decision ‒ but only for<br />

a 5 year trial period on a license<br />

granted by Natural England. This<br />

opened the way for Devon Wildlife<br />

Trust to launch the River Otter<br />

Beaver Trial in 2015, a five-year<br />

project which is monitoring the<br />

impact of the animals on the local<br />

landscapes, communities and<br />

wildlife. However, Devon Wildlife<br />

Trust has to finance the whole of the<br />

project’s costs, which are estimated<br />

to be nearly £700,000. Thanks to<br />

supporters, the charity has raised<br />

nearly half of this sum, but it still has<br />

a way to go, so the charity has now<br />

launched a crowdfunding appeal.<br />

Chris Packham is backing the<br />

crowdfunding appeal. The TV<br />

presenter and naturalist is fronting<br />

a video for Devon Wildlife Trust. In<br />

it Chris says: “Please donate today<br />

to give Devon’s beavers a chance<br />

and to play a role in one of the<br />

most exciting conservation projects<br />

of the twentieth-first century. You<br />

never know it might pave the way<br />

for other native species to return<br />

to the UK.” If you wish to support<br />

Devon’s wild beavers visit:<br />

www.supportdevonbeavers.org<br />

Own Art at Brownston<br />

Brownston Gallery are delighted to<br />

have become a member of Own Art,<br />

a scheme run by the Arts Council<br />

England. The scheme is designed<br />

to encourage more of us to buy<br />

original art and to support British<br />

artists. Brownston Gallery can offer<br />

to spread the cost of buying art, from<br />

£100 to £25,000 over a period of ten<br />

months interest free. Gallery manager,<br />

Catherine Gillen said “currently, there<br />

are less than 260 galleries in Britain<br />

that are members of the scheme and<br />

we are delighted to be one of them. It’s<br />

a terrific system and especially useful<br />

for this time of year. It’s the perfect<br />

opportunity to give someone you love<br />

a special gift this Christmas without<br />

breaking the bank.”<br />

www.thebrownstongallery.co.uk<br />

Help to name the newest arrival<br />

at Cotley Christmas Tree Farm<br />

In May this year, one of the<br />

reindeer at Cotley Farm gave<br />

birth to an adorable calf who is<br />

now in need of a name. She is<br />

believed to be the first reindeer<br />

calf born in the West Country for<br />

six years. It’s also very rare for<br />

any that are born to survive as<br />

explained by Cotley Christmas<br />

Tree Farm’s owner, Helen Bowker:<br />

“For the first 10 days of her life, I<br />

had to hand feed her with a bottle,<br />

as she was too small to reach her<br />

mother’s teats”.<br />

Waterstones launches new bookshop cafe in Exeter<br />

Waterstones at Roman Gate in<br />

Exeter has recently replaced<br />

it’s Costa cafe with a new<br />

independent bookshop cafe<br />

offering a wide selection of<br />

local breads, pastries and cakes.<br />

Bookshop Manager, Helen<br />

Russell, says “It’s a privilege<br />

to be able to champion local<br />

businesses and produce. My<br />

Entries to name Cotley Farm’s<br />

baby reindeer have been<br />

submitted from all over the<br />

county, and it is now up to you<br />

to vote on the final name. Voting<br />

is open until just before midnight<br />

on <strong>16</strong>th <strong>December</strong> ‒ be sure to<br />

follow Cotley Farm on Facebook<br />

(CotleyFarmChristmasShop) to<br />

find out how to vote. The lucky<br />

winner will have a personal<br />

introduction with our baby on<br />

21st <strong>December</strong>, along with a<br />

festive prize to take home.<br />

team and I couldn’t be more<br />

excited about the café. Who can<br />

resist grabbing a coffee, choosing<br />

some cake and settling down for<br />

an afternoon’s reading? It’s the<br />

perfect combination!”. The café<br />

will be home to a busy events<br />

programme with a brand new<br />

book club for lovers of genre<br />

fiction.<br />

QE Prestigious Award<br />

Queen Elizabeth’s School (QE) is<br />

delighted to announce their success<br />

in being one of the very few schools to<br />

achieve the highest level of the Devon<br />

Inclusion Award for Communication<br />

and Interaction. This prestigious award<br />

was granted to the school following<br />

more than two years of developing<br />

a new approach to support students,<br />

with a particular focus on autism.<br />

Alarmingly, 63% of children who are<br />

on the autism spectrum are not in<br />

the kind of school that their parents<br />

believe would best support them. This<br />

is something that QE has passionately<br />

addressed, in order to give all of their<br />

students the best possible education,<br />

progression and chance for success.<br />

Paul Lamanna, who rigorously<br />

assessed the school said “QE fully<br />

deserve the highest level of the Devon<br />

Inclusion Award for their very high<br />

and developed good practice, we<br />

look forward to continuing to work<br />

alongside them in further developing<br />

the provision”.<br />

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DEVONSHIRE<br />

Devon’s Countryside, Wildlife, History & Events<br />

4. Editor's Letter<br />

The latest from the Editor.<br />

5. Letterbox<br />

News from across Devon.<br />

10. The Countryman<br />

Nature with Chris Taylor.<br />

Devon’s King of the Gypsies<br />

Bampfylde-Moore Carew<br />

12. What's On<br />

Sourced from HubCast.<br />

<strong>16</strong>. Seasonal Events<br />

Events and gift shopping.<br />

24. Bookworm<br />

Enjoy great food & live music.<br />

26. Fashion & Beauty<br />

Great places to indulge yourself.<br />

32. Great Night Out<br />

Enjoy great food & live music.<br />

36. Food Review<br />

Comptor Libanais, Exeter.<br />

40. <strong>Devonshire</strong> Months<br />

A brief trip through the year.<br />

42. Art Exhibitions<br />

Major events from HubCast.<br />

48. King of the Gypsies<br />

By <strong>Devonshire</strong>’s John Fisher.<br />

50. Nelsonʼs Column<br />

By <strong>Devonshire</strong>’s John Fisher.<br />

51. <strong>Devonshire</strong> Home<br />

Essential Home Reference.<br />

66. Hereʼs the thing...<br />

Expounding from John Fisher.<br />

70. Holiday Visit<br />

The Editor takes you to Bruges.<br />

82. Motoring<br />

The Land Rover Discovery Sport.<br />

84. Equine Learning<br />

Equine Calmness - Natalie Bucklar.<br />

85. The Old Vetʼnary<br />

Tales of the Harvest Field - K.Watson.<br />

86. Yellingham Farm<br />

“Disappearing Ram” - J. East.<br />

88. Garden Time<br />

By the Editor, Nigel Jones.<br />

90. Health & Wellbeing<br />

Getting in shape for 20<strong>17</strong>.<br />

95. Life Matters<br />

The Filo Project.<br />

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Dunmere<br />

garage and good sized gardens. Located<br />

on the outskirts of Paignton with good<br />

access to the ring road. Hallway, Lounge/<br />

Dining Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room,<br />

Babbacombe £109,950<br />

Chelston £120,950<br />

Downstairs WC, Utility Room, 4 Double<br />

A First Floor Flat situated close to Babbacombe<br />

A First Floor Flat situated in Chelston.<br />

Downs and the local shops / amenities.<br />

Bedrooms (Master Own<br />

or find<br />

MO<br />

WELL PRESENTED<br />

access, en-suite), 2 Bedrooms, CHAIN FREE<br />

us on<br />

Bathroom, Living Room,<br />

Accommodation briefly comprises; Hallway, Double<br />

Kitchen/Diner and Bathroom. Further<br />

Parking and Double Garage. Situated on<br />

Bedroom, Lounge/Dining Room, Kitchen, Bathroom<br />

benefits include Gas Central Heating and<br />

and Small Garden. Storage o<br />

Heating. EPC D.<br />

a corner<br />

Hyde 49<br />

plot, offering Double Glazing. potential EPC E. for much<br />

Driveway decking. and C/Htg Gas Garden. Small and C. EPC extension Glazing. Dbl or a conservatory (subject to D. EPC Garage. and Cars Two for<br />

GREAT FIRST TIME usual Separate Bathroom, Room, BUY permissions). Gas Central Heating with gardens Mature Bathroom. and Cloakroom Balcony<br />

Garage, Integral WC,<br />

and Double Glazing.<br />

Hyde Road, Paignton 49 Hyde o<br />

49<br />

49 Hyde Road, Paignton<br />

3 Bedrooms, Living Room, Kitchen/Dining<br />

Lounge, Dining Room, Study, Kitchen, Utility Room,<br />

comprises;<br />

for Exeter and Plymouth. On 3 levels briefly<br />

offers 4 Bedrooms, Master En-Suite, Conservatory,<br />

Expressway<br />

Paignton £<strong>17</strong>9,995<br />

The Willows £329,950<br />

Glazing. Well maintained lawned Garden, to the rear there<br />

Tallow Wood Close £285,000<br />

A Spacious Detached House in a cul-de-sac with<br />

Character terraced 2 house. Double Bedrooms, Living<br />

generous garden and double garage.. Hallway, Lounge/<br />

The Arnold. Beautifully appointed End of<br />

Dining Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, WC, Utility, 4<br />

Double Bedrooms (Master en-suite), Bathroom, Parking Terrace Coach Dunmere House. Road £154,950<br />

2 bedrooms, fitted<br />

and Double Garage. GCH and Double Glazing. EPC C.<br />

kitchen, open plan living area, family<br />

bathroom. Gas Central Heating and Double<br />

WILLOWS<br />

THE<br />

THE WILLOWS<br />

Glazing. Single IDEAL 'LOCK garage UP and AND understairs LEAVE'<br />

utility area. Elberry Gardens is a stylish<br />

and Double Glazing. EPC C.<br />

and Double Garage. development by Bovis Homes, situated<br />

GCH<br />

with access to numerous amenities, Bedrooms (Master en-suite), Bathroom, Parking<br />

Double WELL PRESENTED<br />

well<br />

Dining Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, WC, regarded schools are within easy reach as Utility, 4<br />

The Willows £329,950<br />

are Bus Services and the Road Network.<br />

Detached House in a cul-de-sac at The Willows. It<br />

Driveway for Two Cars and Garage. EPC D.<br />

offers 4 Bedrooms, Master En-Suite, Conservatory, decking. This property benefits from a 10 NHBC<br />

Lounge, Dining with gardens Mature Bathroom. and Cloakroom £285,000<br />

Room, Study, Kitchen, Utility Room,<br />

Guarantee plus the well regarded Bovis<br />

Cloakroom and<br />

Close Wood Tallow<br />

Bathroom. Mature gardens with<br />

decking. Driveway for Two Cars and Garage. EPC Homes D. Aftercare Service.<br />

Roundham £230,000<br />

Chudleigh Knighton £192,500<br />

The Willows £329,950<br />

The property requires modernisation throughout and<br />

Glazing. Well maintained lawned Garden, to the rear there<br />

Bedrooms, Bathroom and Gardens. Gas Central Heating.<br />

useful Workshop. Gas Central heating and Double<br />

Daison Cottages £139,950<br />

The Warberries £77,500<br />

Torquay. Living Hallway, Dining Room, Kitchen, 3<br />

Room, Kitchen/Dining Room, Bathroom, Utility Area and<br />

Character mid terrace cottage. 2 Bedrooms,<br />

First Floor Studio Apartment situated in the sought<br />

Mid Terrace House situated in the Chelston area of<br />

Character terraced house. 2 Double Bedrooms, Living<br />

Lounge, Kitchen / Dining Room, Bathroom, Front and<br />

after Warberries area.Communal Entrance, Studio<br />

***CHAIN FREE, LIFT TO ALL<br />

Rear Gardens. Gas Central Heating and the property<br />

Lounge/Bedroom with High Ceilings, Kitchen,<br />

comes Chain Free. Ideal as Chelston Dunmere £154,950<br />

an investment or first<br />

Bathroom, FLOORS***<br />

Parking and Communal Gardens.<br />

£155,000<br />

Road<br />

time buy, viewing is highly recommended. EPC C.<br />

Electric Heating and Double Glazing. EPC F.<br />

Spacious first floor apartment in<br />

the Roundham area of Paignton<br />

AND LEAVE'<br />

IDEAL THE WILLOWS<br />

IDEA<br />

'LOCK UP<br />

SEA VIEWS with good access to amenities on<br />

Paignton seafront. Communal<br />

Entrance, Hallway Double Garage. GCH or find us on<br />

and Double Glazing. EPC C. C.<br />

time buy, viewing is highly recommended. EPC with and Storage,<br />

Free. Ideal WELL PRESENTED<br />

Lounge/Dining Room, Kitchen/<br />

CHAIN FREE<br />

MO<br />

an investment Double Bedrooms (Master en-suite), Bathroom, Parking or first<br />

comes Chain<br />

Breakfast Room, 3 Rear Gardens. Dining Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, WC, Utility, 4<br />

Gas Central Heating and the property Bedrooms<br />

Chudleigh Knighton £192,500<br />

Cleveland Road £230,000<br />

(Master En-Suite) and Bathroom.<br />

Semi-detached House with easy<br />

Dining Room, Bathroom, Front and<br />

Lounge,<br />

access<br />

49 Hyde<br />

to the A38<br />

Kitchen / generous garden and double garage.. Hallway, Lounge/<br />

Devon<br />

Spacious 3 Bedroom Apartment. Lift, Hallway,<br />

o<br />

Expressway for Exeter and Plymouth. A terrace mid Character On 3 levels briefly<br />

Gas D. EPC Garage. and Cars Two for Driveway decking. Bedrooms, 2 cottage. with<br />

cul-de-sac a C. EPC Glazing. Dbl and C/Htg Gas Garden. Small and House Detached Spacious Central Lounge/Dining Heating Room, Kitchen and / UPVC Breakfast Room<br />

Bathroom. and Cloakroom Balcony<br />

Garage, Integral WC, comprises; 3 Bedrooms, Living Room, Kitchen/Dining<br />

Double<br />

and<br />

Glazing.<br />

Bathroom. Sea<br />

EPC<br />

views Separate Bathroom, Room, £285,000<br />

Close Wood Tallow £139,950<br />

Cottages Daison C.<br />

across Torbay, GCH<br />

Room, Bathroom, Separate WC, Integral Garage, Balcony<br />

and UPVC Double Glazing. Allocated Parking.<br />

with gardens Mature<br />

and Small Garden. Gas C/Htg and Dbl Glazing. EPC C.<br />

NO CHAIN VIEW TODAY EPC Rating C.<br />

49 Hyde Road, Paignton<br />

is a sunny Veranda and potential for Parking. EPC D.<br />

make a great family home. EPC D.<br />

is a sunny Veranda and potential for Parking. EPC D.<br />

would<br />

with easy access to the A38 Devon<br />

Detached House in a cul-de-sac at The Willows. It<br />

Semi-detached<br />

Lounge, Dining Room, Study, Kitchen, Utility Room,<br />

3 Bedrooms, Living Room, Kitchen/Dining<br />

Lounge, Dining Room, Study, Kitchen, Utility Room,<br />

comprises;<br />

WELL PRESENTED<br />

CHAIN FREE<br />

is a sunny Veranda and potential for Parking. EPC D.<br />

there<br />

The Willows rear the to Garden, lawned maintained Well Glazing. £329,950<br />

Roundham £200,000<br />

MODERN PARK HOME<br />

Highweek OIEO £550,000<br />

easy to A38 Semi-detached with access a at Willows. is sunny Veranda and potential House for in Parking. cul-de-sac EPC The D. It<br />

would a make the a Devon<br />

great Detached family home. EPC D.<br />

The property requires modernisation throughout and there rear the to Garden, lawned maintained Well Glazing. £329,950<br />

Willows The £192,500<br />

Knighton Chudleigh<br />

for Exeter and Plymouth. On 3 levels briefly<br />

offers 4 Bedrooms, Master En-Suite, Conservatory,<br />

Expressway<br />

DOUBLE GARAGE & GOOD SIZE GARDEN<br />

***Offers in Excess of £200,000***<br />

Dunmere Road £154,950<br />

Dunmere Road £154,950 Stunning Harbourside and Sea Views<br />

Character terraced house. 2 Double Bedrooms, Living across Torbay. Top floor apartment<br />

tbc.<br />

Parking, Room, Kitchen/Dining and Gardens. EPC Glazing. Room, Bathroom, Utility Area Garage and<br />

En-Suite and Family Bathroom. GCH and THE Double<br />

WILLOWS<br />

Master occupying a sought after position nestling<br />

useful Workshop. Gas Central heating and Double<br />

Glazing. Cloakroom, Well 3 maintained Bedrooms lawned Garden, to (Formerly the rear on 4)<br />

there Paignton’s historic harbourside with it’s<br />

Conservatory,<br />

is a sunny Veranda and potential for Parking. EPC D.<br />

local Shops, Restaurants and Amenities to<br />

Kitchen, Dining Room,<br />

in Hookhills. Living Room,<br />

quiet favoured cul-de-sac<br />

and Garage. GCH and Double Glazing. EPC C.<br />

Detached Home situated in hand. Communal entrance, Hallway, 2 good<br />

a<br />

en-suite), Bathroom, Parking<br />

Close WELL PRESENTED<br />

sized Double Bedrooms, Lounge/Dining £289,950<br />

(Master Bedrooms Double Steed<br />

Room with Balcony WC, Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Dining 4 Utility, enjoying the Sea Views,<br />

Fitted Kitchen, Bathroom, Tandem Double<br />

Garage, off road Parking. D. EPC Garage. and Cars Two for Driveway decking. Harbour, Town<br />

and Cloakroom £285,000<br />

Close Wood Tallow Centre, and local attractions are all only with gardens Mature Bathroom.<br />

a few minutes level walk away.<br />

49 Hyde Road, Paignton<br />

or find us on<br />

Room, Kitchen/Dining Bathroom, Utility Area and<br />

Torquay. Hallway, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 3<br />

NO CHAIN<br />

GRE<br />

DOUBLE GARAGE & GOOD SIZE GARDEN Character terraced house. 2 Double Bedrooms, Living<br />

Mid Terrace House in situated the Chelston area of<br />

Luxury detached house situated in the<br />

Dunmere Road £154,950<br />

Chelston £155,000<br />

Chelston £155,000<br />

popular village Falcon of Highweek. Park Entrance £<strong>17</strong>5,000<br />

Mid Terrace House situated in the Chelston area of<br />

Hall, 3 Receptions Modern park including home. 2 Double Bedrooms, a Large En-Suite,<br />

Storage EPC and Small Garden. Glazing. Parking, Garage and Gardens. EPC tbc.<br />

Heating. D.<br />

Torquay. Hallway, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 3<br />

Lounge/Dining, Fitted Kitchen, Utility Room and Bathroom.<br />

GCH and Double<br />

Kitchen, Bathroom<br />

Bedroom, Lounge/Dining Room, Master IDEAL 'LOCK UP AND LEAVE'<br />

En-Suite and THE Family Bathroom. Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Downstairs<br />

Bedrooms, Bathroom and Gardens. Gas Central Heating.<br />

Countryside Views, Central Heating and Double WILLOWS<br />

IDEA<br />

glazing<br />

The 3 property Bedrooms requires modernisation throughout and<br />

(Formerly Cloakroom, 4)<br />

Study/Hobbies comprises; throughout. Parking and Hallway, Room, level Gardens. Double Utility<br />

Accommodation Great briefly For Conservatory, Sale<br />

Cloakroom,<br />

would make a great family home. EPC D.<br />

with no onward Chain early viewing is recommended.<br />

amenities.<br />

Downs and the in Room Hookhills. and Living Double Room, Garage. Kitchen, Landing, Dining 5<br />

Room,<br />

local shops /<br />

Home situated in a quiet favoured cul-de-sac<br />

Floor<br />

or find us onBedrooms (4 En-Suite) and Bathroom.<br />

Flat time buy, viewing is highly recommended. EPC C.<br />

close to Babbacombe<br />

A First Detached and Double Garage. GCH and Double Glazing. EPC C.<br />

an Double Bedrooms CHAIN FREE<br />

MO<br />

Ample<br />

49 Hyde<br />

parking Ideal Free. Chain comes £109,950<br />

Babbacombe £289,950<br />

Close Steed first or investment Parking<br />

PRESENTED<br />

WELL Bathroom, en-suite), (Master on the driveway. Large<br />

o<br />

Rear Garden backing onto woodland creating property the and Heating Central Gas 4 Utility, WC, Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Dining Gardens.<br />

and Front Bathroom, Room, Dining Lounge/<br />

Hallway, garage.. double and garden generous / Kitchen a good degree of privacy. Gas Central<br />

Lounge,<br />

Driveway decking. House Detached Spacious A terrace mid Character Heating, uPVC Double Glazing, and C. EPC Glazing. Dbl and C/Htg Gas Garden. Small and Bedrooms, 2 cottage. with<br />

cul-de-sac a in D. EPC Garage. and Cars Two for<br />

Cottages Daison includes the remainder of its 10 Year<br />

Balcony<br />

Garage, Integral WC, Separate Bathroom, Room, with gardens Mature Bathroom. and Cloakroom £285,000<br />

Close Wood Tallow £139,950<br />

NHBC Guarantee.<br />

49 Hyde Road, Paignton<br />

useful Workshop. Gas Central heating and Double<br />

Workshop. Gas Central heating and Double<br />

Bedrooms, Bathroom and Gardens. Gas Central Heating.<br />

useful<br />

Lounge, Dining Room, Study, Kitchen, Utility Room,<br />

Dining Room, Study, Kitchen, Utility Room,<br />

comprises; 3 Bedrooms, Living Room, Kitchen/Dining<br />

Lounge,<br />

4 Bedrooms, Master En-Suite, Conservatory,<br />

Expressway for Exeter and Plymouth. On 3 levels briefly<br />

offers<br />

The Willows £329,950<br />

Glazing. Well maintained lawned Garden, to the rear there<br />

useful Workshop. Gas Central heating and Double<br />

available to buy with incentives including Help to Buy available. No appointment necessary!<br />

Room, Kitchen/Dining Room, Bathroom, Utility Area and<br />

DOUBLE GARAGE & GOOD SIZE GARDEN Character terraced house. 2 Double Bedrooms, Living<br />

to view details still are properties of choice A Gardens! Elberry at plots remaining the for<br />

£154,950<br />

Road Dunmere 1pm and 9am between November 5th Saturday this Road Hyde at office our to in on Come<br />

FREE VALUATIONS for Sales or Lettings<br />

CALL 01803 521111<br />

www.property ladderdevon.com<br />

Willows £329,950<br />

Chudleigh Knighton £192,500<br />

The property requires modernisation throughout and<br />

Glazing. Well maintained lawned Garden, to the rear there<br />

The<br />

Bedrooms, Bathroom and Gardens. Gas Central Heating.<br />

useful Workshop. Gas Central heating and Double<br />

Hallway, Living Dining Room, Kitchen, 3<br />

Room, Kitchen/Dining Room, Bathroom, Utility Area and<br />

Torquay. necessary!<br />

appointment No available. Buy to Help including incentives with buy to available C.<br />

and Garage. GCH and Dbl Glazing. EPC<br />

to view details for the remaining plots at Elberry Gardens! A choice of properties still<br />

NO CHAIN<br />

DOUBLE GARAGE & GOOD SIZE GARDEN Mid Terrace House situated in the Chelston area of<br />

Character terraced house. 2 Double Bedrooms, Living<br />

Bathroom & Kitchen Bedrooms, 2 doors,<br />

on in to our office at Hyde Road this Saturday 5th November between 9am and 1pm<br />

Chelston £155,000<br />

Dunmere Road £154,950<br />

Come<br />

GRE<br />

NEW INSTRUCTION - HOOKHILLS<br />

BABBACOMBE DOWNS<br />

NEW INSTRUCTION - HOOKHILLS<br />

NR<br />

NR<br />

in a cul-de-sac at The Willows. It<br />

Semi-detached House with easy access to the A38 Devon<br />

Detached<br />

is a sunny Veranda and potential for Parking. EPC D.<br />

make a great family home. EPC D.<br />

is a sunny Veranda and potential for Parking. EPC D.<br />

would<br />

THE WILLOWS<br />

<br />

hubcast<br />

IDEAL 'LOCK UP AND LEAVE'<br />

.co.u k<br />

Lounge/Dining Room, Kitchen, Bathroom<br />

Master En-Suite and Family Bathroom. GCH and Double<br />

Bedroom,<br />

9<br />

Torre Marine In Excess of £140,000<br />

From £<strong>17</strong>9,995<br />

From £<strong>17</strong>9,995<br />

Glazing. Parking, Garage and Gardens. EPC tbc.<br />

Small Garden. Storage Heating. EPC D.<br />

Glazing. Parking, Garage and Gardens. EPC tbc.<br />

and<br />

Elberry Gardens<br />

Elberry Gardens<br />

THE WILLOWS<br />

IDEA<br />

briefly comprises; Hallway, Double<br />

Conservatory, Cloakroom, 3 Bedrooms (Formerly 4)<br />

Accommodation<br />

and the local shops / amenities.<br />

in Hookhills. Living Room, Kitchen, Dining Room,<br />

Downs<br />

First Floor Flat close to Babbacombe<br />

Detached Home situated in a quiet favoured cul-de-sac<br />

A<br />

and Double Garage. GCH and Double Glazing. EPC C.<br />

Double Garage. GCH and Double Glazing. EPC C.<br />

time buy, viewing is highly recommended. EPC C.<br />

and<br />

WELL PRESENTED<br />

Close £289,950<br />

Double Bedrooms (Master en-suite), Bathroom, Parking<br />

Steed<br />

FREE<br />

WELL PRESENTED<br />

CHAIN<br />

£109,950<br />

Steed Close £289,950<br />

Double Bedrooms (Master en-suite), Bathroom, Parking<br />

comes Chain Free. Ideal an investment or first<br />

Babbacombe<br />

MO


The COUNTRYMAN<br />

CHRIS TAYLOR<br />

The COUNTRYMAN<br />

Chris lives with his wife, Brianne,<br />

in north Devon at the confluence<br />

of the Mole and Bray Rivers.<br />

Raised on a farm, with a degree in<br />

Agricultural Zoology, Chris moved<br />

into Farm Management and more<br />

recently into Estate Management<br />

and Consultancy. Over the<br />

past 50 years his passions cover<br />

all aspects of the countryside,<br />

wildlife, conservation,agriculture<br />

and country pursuits.<br />

Photos copyright C. Taylor<br />

A Magical Season<br />

Brianne with her tame ewe, Casserole<br />

Bourbon Turkey and Heron<br />

Rather a long beak<br />

As Autumn turns to winter, we<br />

leave what has to have been the<br />

most exhilarating season, marked<br />

mainly by stunning colours.<br />

Some days as warm as summer,<br />

often with almost cloudless skies<br />

and the evenings just don’t seem<br />

to have drawn in like normal for<br />

this time of year. Even those string<br />

beans continued bearing until<br />

November 1st. That’s no misprint:<br />

November 1st! A couple of frosts<br />

turned some leaves, but it wasn’t<br />

until the 5th or 6th frost that<br />

the young pods softened and the<br />

plants gave up. The dry weather<br />

has allowed so much more to be<br />

done in the veg patch. It is fully<br />

weeded and for the first time ever<br />

the onion sets and broad beans are<br />

sown and netted from the numerous<br />

hungry critters that share this<br />

orchard garden . Those apples<br />

unpicked are dropping quickly,<br />

many already crushed, pressed<br />

and frozen, others bagged and<br />

fed to the ewes. Those Bourbon<br />

turkeys grow quickly on a diet<br />

of drops and this has not gone<br />

unnoticed by our local fox, who<br />

decided he should help himself…<br />

much to my annoyance. Just one<br />

night being shut in late was all it<br />

took for it to take the opportunity<br />

and snatch one. I shouldn’t blame<br />

him for what comes naturally, but<br />

likewise, his next visit he may well<br />

be greeted by me armed with a<br />

shotgun. This may not be the<br />

pleasant side of the country life<br />

to some, but for me with much of<br />

my life involving lamb production<br />

for a living, each lamb lost affected<br />

the little profit made each year and<br />

faced with that fact I have never<br />

had much time for foxes.<br />

The red and roe deer also regularly<br />

help themselves to apples.<br />

This year a small group of red<br />

have made their presence known<br />

but (so far) have not damaged the<br />

trees. The accompanying stag:<br />

a 10 pointed animal, has been<br />

roaring up until early November<br />

and was often seen chasing off a<br />

couple of young pickets.<br />

Success recently has been some<br />

wonderful close encounters with a<br />

great 13 point stag (see pic below).<br />

My intention was to get photos<br />

of him fighting during the rut<br />

with another similar sized beast.<br />

A great 13 point stag spotted in the woods<br />

That wasn’t to be. However I did<br />

manage a great 10 minutes or<br />

so with two sparing 8 pointers.<br />

At Highbullen Hotel the newly<br />

installed deer and wildlife hide<br />

has enabled several guests to<br />

get equally close to the stags<br />

10<br />

Countryside, History, Walks, the Arts, Events & all things Devon at: DEVONSHIRE magazine.co.uk


Ponies on the moor, soaking up the welcome sunshine - life can be very hard on the moors for them<br />

and groups of hinds. It’s close to<br />

the hide where this shot of a tree<br />

creeper was taken.<br />

It’s with worry on my mind that<br />

the salmon and sea trout fishing<br />

season on the River Taw system<br />

turned out extremely poor. This<br />

has to be principally due to low<br />

water flows all season, those fish<br />

that entered the system couldn’t<br />

run upstream, so those that were<br />

caught were mainly in the middle<br />

reaches. I am please to say that<br />

the few that did persevere on the<br />

last day did catch a few fish. An<br />

18 lber from the middle Taw and<br />

3 salmon off the Mole, two to one<br />

rod, when there was less than a<br />

foot of visibility through the water.<br />

These fish desperately need a spate<br />

(rise in river water level) to get<br />

them through the river system<br />

and up into the headwaters to<br />

Sorting out a fallen tree after<br />

a winter storm<br />

A white-out - not much hope of this according to the neighbours<br />

spawn. I have already seen several<br />

sea trout reds but the majority of<br />

salmon spawning takes place in<br />

late November and early <strong>December</strong><br />

with frosty weather being a trigger<br />

to spawning. I have only ever had<br />

the good fortune of seeing this at<br />

close quarters once. The challenge<br />

this season is to capture this on<br />

film…ever the optimist.<br />

Winter of 2010 was the last time<br />

that we had any accumulation<br />

of snow that lingered a week or<br />

more. It was that winter, armed<br />

with a new camera while feeding<br />

fieldfares and redwings with apples<br />

thrown out on the lawn along with<br />

song thrushes, blackbirds and<br />

partridges, that a snipe pitched<br />

in to check out the feeding frenzy.<br />

It stayed long enough to get a<br />

couple of snaps before departing<br />

to seek out some unfrozen patch of<br />

wetland to probe for invertebrates<br />

and earthworms.<br />

My new neighbour’s down the<br />

lane have told me there will not<br />

be another winter like 2010 in<br />

the near future. They should<br />

know, both work at the MET office.<br />

However, prospects of any winter<br />

coming has meant most winter<br />

migrants are here. Recently, on a<br />

late trip to the estuary while bass<br />

fishing, I was accompanied by 100<br />

or so brent geese and scores of<br />

other waders at low tide, along with<br />

oystercatchers, godwits, curlew<br />

and many smaller waders. With<br />

the estuary to myself at dusk<br />

and not a breath of wind, the<br />

calling birds made a perfect end<br />

to the day. No bass were seen or<br />

connected with all afternoon but<br />

as the sun came close to setting,<br />

the bait fish started to break the<br />

surface. Then, for 10 or so minutes,<br />

the area around me sprang into<br />

life with school bass. I managed<br />

to hook one, which was quickly<br />

returned, being only a few millimetres<br />

longer than the lure I used!<br />

Though bass can be caught<br />

throughout the year off the North<br />

Coast, many anglers are turning<br />

to codling now and the occasional<br />

cod. A trip to the estuary through<br />

the depths of winter will also be<br />

rewarded in many more bird sightings<br />

often in great numbers. As a<br />

teenager fishing from a mark off<br />

Combe Martin, I would target tope<br />

at Christmas and remember catching<br />

a 27 lb tope, losing several<br />

more and even seeing a shark of<br />

some description as well.<br />

Cold, wet and windy it may be at<br />

this time of year, but with trees<br />

devoid of leaf, ones chances of<br />

seeing fantastic landscapes and<br />

close encounters with our wildlife<br />

are greatly increased (when there<br />

is a break in the weather). Don’t<br />

leave that winter walk until Boxing<br />

Countryman's Diary<br />

DECEMBER & JANUARY<br />

1. Large flocks of golden plover to be<br />

seen on the moors.<br />

2. Salmon that have completed their life<br />

cycle may be seen dead and dying<br />

on any <strong>Devonshire</strong> river in <strong>December</strong>.<br />

3. Any snow's great for tracking<br />

animals.<br />

4. Wild birds need feeding in prolonged<br />

bad weather.<br />

5. Weasels and stoats may be seen in<br />

ermine - their winter camouflage.<br />

day or you will have missed a<br />

magical season.<br />

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11 Dec - A young girl's<br />

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in this be, Pavilions<br />

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SOUTH BRENT FLOODLIT<br />

WINTER CARNIVAL 20<strong>16</strong><br />

26 Dec - With some smaller<br />

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Masq, South Brent Carnival,<br />

South Brent, South Brent,<br />

6.15pm to 8.00pm.<br />

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CHRISTMAS AT WORLD<br />

OF COUNTRY LIFE!<br />

04 Dec to 23 Dec - Come and<br />

enjoy a traditional Victorian<br />

Christmas, World of Country<br />

Life, World of Country Life,<br />

Exmouth, 9.30am to 3.30pm.<br />

AN AUDIENCE WITH<br />

FATHER CHRISTMAS<br />

10 Dec - Join Father<br />

Christmas by the fireside<br />

in the Great Hall for festive<br />

fun, Forde Abbey & Gardens,<br />

Historic House & Gardens,<br />

Chard.<br />

FATHER CHRISTMAS<br />

COMES TO CASTLE<br />

DROGO<br />

10 Dec to 11 Dec - Father<br />

Christmas will be making a<br />

very special visit to Caste<br />

Drogo, Castle Drogo, Castle<br />

Drogo, Drewsteignton,<br />

11.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

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SAIL WITH SANTA<br />

10 Dec to 18 Dec - Join<br />

Santa for fun & festivity,<br />

magic & music,gifts &<br />

refreshments, Stuart Line<br />

Cruises, Exmouth Marina,<br />

Exmouth, 11.00am.<br />

JACK FROST | THEATRE<br />

SHOW<br />

21 Dec - (2 Showings),<br />

Marine Theatre, Church<br />

Street, Lyme Regis, 2.00pm<br />

to 2.50pm.<br />

Choirs<br />

GLORIOUS CHORUS<br />

03 Dec - Special Christmas<br />

Concert featuring the<br />

Glorius Chorus, Friends of<br />

St Michaels, St Michael's<br />

Church, Newton Abbot,<br />

7.30pm to 9.00pm.<br />

CONCERT FOR ADVENT<br />

03 Dec - Advent Carol<br />

Concert, West Devon<br />

Chorale, Buckfast Abbey,<br />

Buckfastleigh, 7.15pm to<br />

9.00pm.<br />

GLORIOUS CHORUS<br />

10 Dec - Glorious Chorus<br />

support Estuary Bells,<br />

World Unlimited Devon,<br />

Kingskerswell Parish Church,<br />

Newton Abbot, 7.00pm to<br />

10.00pm.<br />

CAROLS IN THE<br />

CATHEDRAL<br />

14 Dec to 15 Dec - Exeter<br />

Philharmonic Choir and<br />

Exeter Brass, conducted by<br />

Andrew Millington, Exeter<br />

Philharmonic Choir, Exeter<br />

Cathedral, Exeter, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

Classical<br />

Music<br />

SHALDON SINGERS<br />

CHRISTMAS CONCERT<br />

03 Dec - Music by Stanford,<br />

Handel, Mozart, and carols,<br />

Shaldon Singers, St Peter's<br />

Church, Shaldon, 7.00pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

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CHRISTMAS GALA<br />

CONCERT<br />

04 Dec - Christmas Gala<br />

Concert The Chamber<br />

Ensemble of London,<br />

Director: Peter Fisher; ,<br />

Jeanie Moore MVO, The Duke<br />

of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth,<br />

3.00pm to 4.00pm.<br />

A CHARITY CHRISTMAS<br />

CONCERT<br />

06 Dec - Christmas Concert<br />

Feat... The Chivenor Military<br />

Wives & The Hartland<br />

Orchestra, Northam Lodge,<br />

Bideford Methodist Church,<br />

Bideford, 7.30pm to 10.30pm.<br />

THE RECURRING MUSIC<br />

BAND<br />

06 Dec - Featuring classic<br />

minimalism as well as music<br />

by ensemble director Lona<br />

Kozik, Peninsula Arts, Room<br />

108, Plymouth, 8.30pm.<br />

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CLASSICAL<br />

08 Dec - The Plymouth<br />

University Orchestra perform<br />

a selection of classical<br />

pieces, Peninsula Arts, Davy<br />

Main Hall, Plymouth, 8.00pm.<br />

SIDMOUTH MUSIC: FRITH<br />

PIANO QUARTET<br />

10 Dec - Frith Piano Quartet:<br />

Piano Quartets by Mozart,<br />

Schumann and Faure,<br />

Sidmouth Music, Sidmouth<br />

Parish Church, Sidmouth,<br />

3.00pm to 5.00pm.<br />

CELEBRATE AND SING<br />

10 Dec - An evening of<br />

seasonal music and carols,<br />

directed by Jenny George,<br />

Sir Joshua Reynolds Choir,<br />

Harewood House, Plymouth,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

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What's On: Dec <strong>16</strong> & Jan <strong>17</strong><br />

CHRISTMAS CONCERT<br />

10 Dec - University Of<br />

Plymouth Choral Society,<br />

with Simon Ible, conductor,<br />

Peninsula Arts, Minister<br />

Church of St Andrew,<br />

Plymouth, 7.30pm.<br />

UP CHORAL SOCIETY<br />

CAROL SERVICE<br />

13 Dec - University of<br />

Plymouth Choral Society<br />

Carols with Simon Ible,<br />

Musical Director, Peninsula<br />

Arts, St Matthias Church,<br />

Plymouth, 7.30pm.<br />

JAMES NOBLE & SIMON<br />

CALLAGHAN<br />

15 Dec - James Noble<br />

(Clarinet) & Simon<br />

Callaghan (Piano), The<br />

Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton,<br />

7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

MUSIC IN THE CASTLE -<br />

SOUNDS OF THE SEASON<br />

<strong>16</strong> Dec - Amamus Cantare<br />

present a seasonal soiree for<br />

Christmas. Details at website,<br />

Music in the Castle, James<br />

Wyatt Music Room, Exeter,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

HALLELUJAH! IT'S<br />

CHRISTMAS!<br />

<strong>17</strong> Dec - A choral concert of<br />

Part 1 Handel's MESSIAH,<br />

and seasonal pieces<br />

#sdcchristmas, South<br />

Devon Choir, Central Church,<br />

Torquay, 7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

WE CAN’T WAIT<br />

TO MEET YOU<br />

SIDMOUTH MUSIC:<br />

NICK PRITCHARD & IAN<br />

TINDALE<br />

11 Jan - Nick Pritchard<br />

(tenor) and Ian Tindale<br />

(piano): song by Beethoven<br />

and Schubert, Sidmouth<br />

Music, Sidmouth Parish<br />

Church, Sidmouth, 3.00pm<br />

to 5.00pm.<br />

Simon Evans, Marine<br />

Theatre, Lyme Regis<br />

Comedy<br />

LEE NELSON: WORK IN<br />

PROGRESS<br />

03 Dec - Lee Nelson - work<br />

in progress for 20<strong>17</strong> tour,<br />

Pavilions Teignmouth, Den<br />

Crescent, Teignmouth,<br />

7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

EXPLORE AND<br />

DISCOVER<br />

SIMON EVANS: IN THE<br />

MONEY - COMEDIAN<br />

03 Dec - Simon Evans: In<br />

the Money - Comedian Age<br />

Suitability: 14+, Marine<br />

Theatre, Church Street, Lyme<br />

Regis, 8.00pm to 10.00pm.<br />

JETHRO - 40 YEARS A<br />

JOKER<br />

07 Dec - Tickets are £20 and<br />

£22, Exmouth Pavilion, The<br />

Esplanade, Exmouth, 7.30pm.<br />

Markets<br />

FARMERS & COUNTRY<br />

MONTHLY FARMERS<br />

MARKET<br />

Until 10 Dec - Different<br />

produce on offer in the<br />

Cellar Bar, Kennaway House,<br />

Coburg Road, Sidmouth,<br />

9.00am to 1.00pm.<br />

INDOOR MARKET<br />

MOOR FORESHORE<br />

CHRISTMAS CRAFT &<br />

GIFT FAYRE<br />

<strong>16</strong> Dec to <strong>17</strong> Dec - Local<br />

traders selling products you<br />

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street, Moor Foreshore, Town<br />

Hall, Tavistock, 10.00am to<br />

4.00pm.<br />

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SCHOLARSHIP DAY<br />

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Awards from Reception upwards.<br />

St John’s is an IB World School offering the<br />

IB Primary Years Programme in the Junior<br />

School, a new Clavis Programme for Yr 7<br />

and 8, GCSEs and IGCSEs.<br />

We believe that pastoral excellence, a<br />

harmonious environment with great facilities<br />

and bespoke teaching with a strong focus<br />

on each individual pupil, is reflected in our<br />

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NORTH DEVON ANTIQUE<br />

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18 Dec - Sunday antique<br />

market, 25 - 30 sellers free<br />

parking..no admission fee,<br />

South Molton Pannier Market,<br />

Broad Square, South Molton,<br />

10.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

MARKET DAYS<br />

VICTORIAN ARTISAN<br />

FAYRE<br />

10 Dec - Victorian Artisan<br />

fayre -beautiful arts and<br />

crafts from local artisans,<br />

Seaton Artisan Market,<br />

Windsor Gardens, Seaton,<br />

10.00am to 2.00pm.<br />

Theatre<br />

MUSICALS<br />

WHITE CHRISTMAS THE<br />

MUSICAL.<br />

Until 04 Dec - The fabulous<br />

Irvin Berlin musical,<br />

Manor Pavilion Theatre<br />

& Arts Centre, Manor<br />

Road, Sidmouth, 7.45pm to<br />

10.10pm.<br />

CINDERELLA<br />

07 Dec to 08 Dec - Get swept<br />

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08 Dec - Get swept away by<br />

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Road, Exeter, 10.00am.<br />

A CHRISTMAS CONCERT<br />

BY SIDMOUTH TOWN<br />

BAND<br />

09 Dec - The Sidmouth Town<br />

Band with all your Christmas<br />

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What's On: Dec <strong>16</strong> & Jan <strong>17</strong><br />

A CHRISTMAS CONCERT<br />

BY SIDMOUTH TOWN<br />

BAND<br />

10 Dec - The always popular<br />

Sidmouth Town Band with<br />

their Christmas Concert,<br />

Manor Pavilion Theatre &<br />

Arts Centre, Manor Road,<br />

Sidmouth, 3.00pm to 5.30pm.<br />

CINDERELLA<br />

11 Dec - Get swept away by<br />

one of the most enchanting<br />

fairy tales of all time,<br />

Barnfield Theatre, Barnfield<br />

Road, Exeter, 1.00pm.<br />

SNOW WHITE<br />

22 Dec to 07 Jan - Come join<br />

ELTC as they bring to life the<br />

classic fairy-tale Snow White,<br />

Snow White and the Sevon Dwarfs<br />

at Theatre Royal Plymouth<br />

Barnfield Theatre, Barnfield<br />

Road, Exeter, 7.00pm.<br />

WIZARD OF OZ<br />

PANTOMIME<br />

24 Dec to 02 Jan - Tickets<br />

priced from £10.50, family<br />

tickets available, Exmouth<br />

Pavilion, The Esplanade,<br />

Exmouth, 12.00am to 7.00pm.<br />

PANTOMIME -<br />

CINDERELLA BY ALAN P.<br />

FRAYN<br />

29 Dec to 07 Jan - Our<br />

annual pantomime of an<br />

age old classic. Great fun<br />

for all the family, Sidmouth<br />

Amateur Dramatic Society,<br />

Manor Pavilion Theatre,<br />

Sidmouth.<br />

CINDERELLA THE<br />

PANTOMIME<br />

29 Dec to 07 Jan - Sidmouth<br />

Amateur Dramatic Society<br />

Ltd present Cinderella,<br />

Manor Pavilion Theatre &<br />

Arts Centre, Manor Road,<br />

Sidmouth, 7.30pm to 9.45pm.<br />

PLAYS<br />

SHAKESPEARE 400<br />

03 Dec - Exmouth Players<br />

celebrate 400th anniversary<br />

of William Shakespeare's<br />

death, Exmouth Players, 10<br />

Bicton Street, Exmouth,<br />

7.30pm to 10.00pm. 04 Dec -<br />

3.00pm to 5.00pm.<br />

ACCORDING TO ARTHUR...<br />

14 Dec to 23 Dec -<br />

PaddleBoat Theatre's<br />

beautiful family show - the<br />

perfect festive family treat,<br />

PaddleBoat Theatre Company,<br />

Barnfield Theatre, Exeter,<br />

2.00pm to 6.00pm.<br />

THE WITCHES<br />

13, 14, <strong>16</strong> to 21 Jan - The<br />

Witches adapted by David<br />

Wood from the Book written<br />

by Roald Dahl, Exmouth<br />

Players, 10 Bicton Street,<br />

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14 & 21 Jan - 2.30pm to<br />

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Christmas in Devon<br />

THE MAGIC OF<br />

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Until 01 Jan - Music and<br />

Mirth in all its guises is what<br />

‘The Magic of Christmas'<br />

promises, Babbacombe<br />

Theatre, Babbacombe Downs,<br />

Torquay, 2.30pm to 4.45pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS CONCERT<br />

01 Dec - Sound of The<br />

Sirens Christmas gig,<br />

Sound of the Sirens, Exeter<br />

Cathedral, Exeter, 7.00pm to<br />

11.55pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS CONCERT<br />

01 Dec - Christmas Concert<br />

with Broadclyst Community<br />

Primary School, Poltimore<br />

House and Grounds,<br />

Poltimore House and<br />

Gardens, Exeter, 5.30pm to<br />

7.00pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS ART & CRAFT<br />

FAIR<br />

02 Dec to 04 Dec - The<br />

House will be full of<br />

Christmas Cheer, Beautiful<br />

Art & Amazing Crafts,<br />

Kennaway House, Coburg<br />

Road, Sidmouth, 9.30am to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

THE BEST CHRISTMAS<br />

PRESENT IN THE WORLD<br />

02 Dec - Christmas Concert<br />

with MIchael Morpurgo and<br />

Virginia Mckenna in aid of,<br />

Farms for City Children,<br />

Exeter Cathedral, Exeter,<br />

7.30pm to 9.00pm.<br />

SIDMOUTH CHRISTMAS<br />

LATE NIGHT SHOPPING<br />

02 Dec - A fantastic festive<br />

evening for all the family,<br />

Sidmouth Chamber of<br />

Commerce, Sidmouth Town<br />

Centre, Sidmouth, 5.00pm<br />

to 8.00pm.<br />

BURTON BRADSTOCK<br />

CHRISTMAS MARKET<br />

03 Dec - Crafts, general<br />

presents & local interest<br />

market. Tea/coffee and<br />

cakes, Burton Bradstock<br />

Village Hall, High Street,<br />

Burton Bradstock, 10.00am<br />

to 12.30am.<br />

CHRISTMAS FARMERS'<br />

MARKET<br />

03 Dec - Many Christmas<br />

delights at the South West's<br />

biggest indoor market, The<br />

Big Sheep, Abbotsham.<br />

FAMILY CHRISTMAS FAIR<br />

& GROTTO<br />

03 Dec - Northam Lodge's<br />

annual Christmas Fair &<br />

Grotto for festive family fun,<br />

Northam Lodge, Rose Hill<br />

Activity Centre, Bideford,<br />

12.00am to 3.30pm.<br />

MULLED WINE, SANTA<br />

AND SONGS<br />

03 Dec - Come and join us<br />

to celebrate the Spirit of<br />

the Season leading up to<br />

Christmas, Axminster Arts<br />

Cafe, The Axminster Arts<br />

Cafe, Axminster, 1.00pm to<br />

4.00pm<br />

SEATON ARTISAN<br />

CHRISTMAS MARKET<br />

03 Dec - Hand crafted unique<br />

gifts and products from<br />

high quality traders, Seaton<br />

Artisan Market, Windsor<br />

Gardens, Seaton, 10.00am to<br />

2.00pm.<br />

REJOICE!<br />

03 Dec - John Rutter's<br />

Magnificat and seasonal<br />

music in celebration of<br />

Christmas, Britannia Choral<br />

Society, St. Saviours Church,<br />

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SHOPPERS CAROLS<br />

03 Dec - Brixham Town<br />

Band play shoppers carols,<br />

Brixham Town Band,<br />

Sainsbury's, Paignton,<br />

10.30am to 12.30am.<br />

CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAYRE<br />

03 Dec - Local crafts and<br />

Christmas gift stalls. Also<br />

including cake stall and<br />

raffle, Musbury Parochial<br />

Church Council, Musbury<br />

Village Hall, Musbury,<br />

10.00am to 1.00pm.<br />

ALL THINGS VINTAGE &<br />

FESTIVE SHOW<br />

04 Dec - Step back in time<br />

at this festive show. Over<br />

50 stalls, live music & lots<br />

more, Miss Ivy Events,<br />

Imperial Hotel, Torquay,<br />

10.30am to 4.00pm.<br />

FESTIVE BAKE & CRAFT<br />

EVENT<br />

04 Dec - Make your own<br />

festive wreath from natural<br />

materials, Torbay Coast and<br />

Countryside Trust, Occombe<br />

Farm, Paignton, 11.00am to<br />

3.30pm.<br />

MOUNT BATTEN CENTRE<br />

CHRISTMAS FAIR<br />

04 Dec - Open 11-3, Free<br />

entry and Free parking! Over<br />

30 stalls, Mount Batten<br />

Centre, 70 Lawrence Road,<br />

Plymouth, 11.00am to<br />

3.00pm.<br />

CLOVELLY CHRISTMAS<br />

LIGHTS<br />

04 Dec - Christmas is a<br />

magical time at Clovelly,<br />

3.30pm to 7.00pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS TREE ON<br />

HARBOUR GREEN<br />

04 Dec - Sunday will see the<br />

tree lights switch on at West<br />

Bay, West Bay Days, Across<br />

West Bay, West Bay, 3.00pm.<br />

SANTA RUN FOR EXETER<br />

DEAF ACADEMY<br />

04 Dec - Run for Exeter Deaf<br />

Academy in the 20<strong>16</strong> Santa<br />

Run!, Exeter Deaf Academy,<br />

Piazza Terracina, Exeter,<br />

10.30am to 1.00pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS CONCERT<br />

05 Dec - Turkey & Tinsel<br />

Christmas Concert, Brixham<br />

Town Band, Livermead House<br />

Hotel, Torquay, 8.30pm to<br />

10.00pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS SOCIAL<br />

05 Dec - Christmas Social,<br />

Newton Poppleford Garden<br />

Club, The Pavilion, Newton<br />

Poppleford, 2.30pm to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS WREATH<br />

MAKING<br />

06 Dec - Have fun making<br />

your own Christmas wreath<br />

in the Castle's Servants Hall,<br />

Powderham Castle, Kenton,<br />

Exeter, 10.00am to 4.30pm.<br />

CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS<br />

SPARKLE EVENT<br />

06 Dec - Join us for a crafty<br />

glittering event and seasonal<br />

fun!, Friends of Brixham<br />

Library, Market Street,<br />

Brixham, 4.00pm to 5.00pm.<br />

MUSIC FOR THE<br />

CHRISTMAS SEASON<br />

07 Dec - EXe Singers and<br />

City of Exeter Railway Band<br />

at Starcross, eXe Singers,<br />

St Paul's Church, Starcross,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

CHUDLEIGH CHRISTMAS<br />

FAYRE<br />

08 Dec - Parade, Christmas<br />

lights and late night<br />

shopping, Chudfest,<br />

Chudleigh Town Centre,<br />

Chudleigh, 5.00pm to 8.30pm.<br />

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02 to 04 Dec - The House will aim<br />

to be full of Christmas Cheer along<br />

with beautiful Art and Crafts for sale<br />

throughout the house. Tea, coffee<br />

or Mulled Wine with Mince Pies or<br />

cake will be available to nibble when<br />

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Lantern Parade & Christmas Street Fayre<br />

6pm - 8.30pm. Wednesday 14 th <strong>December</strong><br />

Mayor’s Carol Service & Christmas Street Fayre<br />

6pm - 8.30pm. Wednesday 21 st <strong>December</strong><br />

Don’t forget parking is free after 6pm!<br />

For full details visit www.newtonabbot-tc.gov.uk<br />

Stall holders visit www.bornhectic.co.uk<br />

www.kennawayhouse.org.uk<br />

ALL STARS XMAS PARTY<br />

18 Dec - Pete Allen, John Petters, Malc<br />

Hurrell, Keith Donald, Simon Banks.<br />

Admission at the door £13.50. Doors<br />

open from 2pm.<br />

INSIDE THE SISTINE CHAPEL<br />

12 Jan to 23 Feb - Dr Stephen Bemrose<br />

reveals the pictorial treasures of one of<br />

the world’s most famous buildings. £60<br />

for 6 weekly classes.<br />

CALL 01395 515551 FOR MORE<br />

INFORMATION AND EVENTS<br />

Plus Santa’s Grotto<br />

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Tower Wednesday<br />

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Christmas in Devon<br />

Against All Odds<br />

Exeter Christmas Market Has Opened!<br />

Open until 18th <strong>December</strong><br />

fter the recent fire which destroyed several historical buildings<br />

Ain Cathedral Yard, there was concern that the market may not<br />

have been able to go ahead. But thanks to the hard work of teams<br />

at Exeter City Council, Exeter Cathedral and Market Place (operators<br />

of the market) who worked closely with safety advisors, a safe and<br />

appropriate way forward was established. This year’s market has<br />

a different layout than previous years to accommodate the area of<br />

Cathedral Green that is still closed to the public. Local businesses<br />

in the area have also been offered opportunities to trade and<br />

publicise themselves in an attempt to help them recoup some of<br />

their lost earnings.<br />

Nick Rhodes, Chief Executive of Market Place said, “We are delighted<br />

that the market is going ahead. It has certainly been an unexpected<br />

challenge to have had to reconsider the layout so close to opening.<br />

We were determined that as long as the safety officers and Council<br />

could approve new plans, we would bring our market to the city<br />

in a bid to encourage people to visit the Cathedral area not only<br />

to enjoy the market, but to support businesses which have been<br />

adversely affected by the recent fire.”<br />

Also included in this year’s event will be a special chalet for the<br />

use of other independent traders in the Cathedral area who have<br />

been closed since the fire took place. This chalet will host a number<br />

of different retailers across the duration of the four week market.<br />

Now in its fourth year in the city, the market, which opens on Saturday<br />

19 November and attracts in excess of 450,000 visitors each year,<br />

includes 86 hand crafted wooden chalets, offers continental and<br />

local artisan products and two bars. This year in a special tribute<br />

to the spirit of the people of Exeter, the Devon flag will be used to<br />

dress parts of the market.<br />

Catherine Escott, Head of Visitor Services at the Cathedral, said, “We<br />

would encourage people to make the extra effort to visit the area<br />

in the build up to Christmas and to support all the local businesses<br />

represented in the market and the surrounding retail outlets.”<br />

CHRISTMAS TREE<br />

CELEBRATION WITH<br />

MUSIC<br />

08 Dec to 11 Dec -<br />

Beautiful trees displayed<br />

by local businesses and<br />

organisations, St Paul's<br />

Church Honiton, High Street,<br />

Honiton, 9.30am to 4.00pm.<br />

BIG NOISE CHORUS<br />

JINGLES BIG NOISY XMAS<br />

BELLS<br />

09 Dec - BNC & guests<br />

embrace Xmas in a diverse<br />

seasonal selection of music<br />

and song, Big Noise Chorus<br />

Torbay, St Matthias Church,<br />

Torquay, 7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS TREE<br />

FESTIVAL<br />

09 Dec to 11 Dec - Clyst St<br />

Mary PCC, St Mary's Church,<br />

Exeter, 11.00am to 6.00pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS CONCERT<br />

09 Dec - Brixham Town Band<br />

play for Paignton Methodist<br />

Christmas concert, Brixham<br />

Town Band, Methodist<br />

Church, Paignton, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT<br />

09 Dec - Annual candlelit<br />

carol service with thousands<br />

of candles being lit from<br />

3.30pm, The Donkey<br />

Sanctuary Sidmouth, Slade<br />

House Farm, Sidmouth,<br />

5.00pm to 7.00pm.<br />

'RING CHRISTMAS BELLS'<br />

10 Dec - Choral concert<br />

with audience carol singing,<br />

Ashburton Singers, St Luke's<br />

Church, Buckfastleigh,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

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10 Dec - Celebrate Christmas<br />

with seasonal music and<br />

favourite Carols. Guest<br />

Soloist, Exeter Male Voice<br />

Choir, Exeter, 7.00pm to<br />

9.00pm.<br />

HAWKCHURCH XMAS<br />

FAYRE<br />

10 Dec - Stalls selling<br />

Christmas goodies,<br />

refreshments and an<br />

appearance from Santa,<br />

Hawkchurch Village Fete,<br />

Hawkchurch Village Hall,<br />

Hawkchurch, 2.00pm to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS GOTHIC<br />

10 Dec - Dyad Productions<br />

present Christmas Gothic -<br />

enter the Christmas spirit,<br />

Pavilions Teignmouth, Den<br />

Crescent, Teignmouth,<br />

7.30pm to 10.30pm.<br />

LIVING SPIT PRESENTS<br />

CHRISTMAS CAROL<br />

10 Dec - Living Spit presents<br />

Christmas Carol Ages: 14<br />

up, Marine Theatre, Church<br />

Street, Lyme Regis, 8.00pm<br />

to 10.00pm.<br />

SHOPPERS CAROLS<br />

10 Dec - Brixham Town<br />

Band play shoppers carols<br />

at Morrisons, Brixham Town<br />

Band, Morrisons, Paignton,<br />

10.30am to 1.00pm.<br />

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With a host of famous faces often popping by to pick up some<br />

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celebration of what local producers have to offer and lend a bit of<br />

support to local retail at the same time<br />

For up-to-date information about the Christmas Market, follow the<br />

official Facebook page at Exeter Christmas Market. Opening Times:<br />

Monday to Wednesday: 10am to 7pm<br />

Thursday to Saturday: 10am to 9pm<br />

Sunday: 11am to 6pm<br />

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CHRISTMAS FARMERS'<br />

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10 Dec - Many Christmas<br />

delights at the South West's<br />

biggest indoor market, The<br />

Big Sheep, Abbotsham.<br />

JINGLE THOSE BIG NOISY<br />

BELLS<br />

10 Dec - A Gala Christmas<br />

concert with the Big Noise<br />

Chorus in aid of Brainwave,<br />

Big Noise Chorus Ashburton,<br />

St Andrew's Church,<br />

Ashburton, 7.30pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS FARMERS<br />

MARKET<br />

10 Dec to 11 Dec - Lots of<br />

Christmas food and presents<br />

of food to buy to give<br />

and buy to eat!, Sidmouth<br />

Farmers' Market, Kennaway<br />

House, Sidmouth, 8.30am to<br />

1.30pm.<br />

BRIDESTOWE CHURCH<br />

CHRISTMAS TREE<br />

FESTIVAL<br />

10 Dec to <strong>16</strong> Dec - St.<br />

Bridget's Christmas Tree<br />

Festival, St. Bridget's<br />

Church,, , Okehampton,<br />

10.00am to 7.00pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS TREE<br />

FESTIVAL<br />

10 Dec to 23 Dec - Annual<br />

Christmas Tree Festival,<br />

Friends of Axmouth Church,<br />

St Michael's Church,<br />

Axmouth, 11.00am to 6.00pm.<br />

THE ITALIAN CONNECTION<br />

11 Dec - Christmas choral<br />

music from the Italian<br />

Renaissance, Axminster<br />

Chamber Choir, Axminster<br />

Parish Church, Axminster,<br />

3.00pm to 4.30pm.<br />

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS<br />

CONCERT<br />

11 Dec - Lyme Regis Town<br />

Band Annual Christmas<br />

Concert, Lyme Regis Town<br />

Band, Woodmead Halls, Lyme<br />

Regis, 2.30pm to 5.00pm.<br />

GINGERBREAD<br />

WORKSHOP<br />

11 Dec - Decorate your own<br />

edible Gingerbread House for<br />

Christmas in this fun family<br />

work, Torbay Coast and<br />

Countryside Trust, Occombe<br />

Farm, Paignton, 10.30am to<br />

4.30pm.<br />

EXWICK COMMUNITY<br />

SINGERS CHRISTMAS<br />

CONCERT<br />

12 Dec - CHRISTMAS<br />

CONCERT - A Feast of<br />

Festive Songs!, Exwick<br />

Community Singers, St<br />

Andrews Church, Exeter,<br />

7.30pm to 8.30pm.<br />

VIGILANCE CAROL<br />

SERVICE<br />

13 Dec - Annual Vigilance<br />

carol service on the quayside,<br />

Brixham Town Band, Brixham<br />

Quayside, Brixham, 7.00am<br />

to 8.25pm.<br />

CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS<br />

SPARKLE EVENT<br />

13 Dec - Join us for a crafty<br />

glittering event and seasonal<br />

fun!, Friends of Brixham<br />

Library, Market Street,<br />

Brixham, 4.00pm to 5.00pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS SPEED WINE<br />

TASTING<br />

15 Dec - Our first ever<br />

'Speed Tasting' event is here<br />

just in time for Christmas!,<br />

Le Vignoble, New Cooperage,<br />

Plymouth, 7.00pm to<br />

10.00pm.<br />

SHOPPERS CAROLS<br />

<strong>17</strong> Dec - Brixham Town<br />

Band play shoppers carols at<br />

Sainsbury's, Brixham Town<br />

Band, Sainsbury's, Paignton,<br />

10.30am to 12.30am.<br />

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CHRISTMAS PUDDING<br />

<strong>17</strong> Dec - A reading,<br />

in period costume, of<br />

Christmas Pudding, based<br />

on A Christmas Carol,<br />

Meavy Amateur Dramatics,<br />

St. Peter's Church, Meavy,<br />

6.30pm to 7.45pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS DRAW AND<br />

CONCERT<br />

<strong>17</strong> Dec - Brixham Town Band<br />

play for Cricket Club Xmas<br />

draw & concert, Brixham<br />

Town Band, Brixham Cricket<br />

Club, Brixham, 8.00pm to<br />

10.00pm.<br />

SIDMOUTH CHORAL<br />

SOCIETY CHRISTMAS<br />

CONCERT<br />

<strong>17</strong> Dec - Featuring Haydn<br />

'Nelson Mass' and a selection<br />

of seasonal music, Sidmouth<br />

Choral Society, Sidmouth<br />

Methodist Church, Sidmouth,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS CONCERT<br />

<strong>17</strong> Dec - Budleigh Salterton<br />

Male Voice Choir & Budleigh<br />

Ladies Choir Christmas<br />

Concert, Budleigh Salterton<br />

Male Voice Choir, St Peter's<br />

Church, Budleigh Salterton,<br />

7.30pm to 9.45pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS FARMERS'<br />

MARKET<br />

<strong>17</strong> Dec - Many Christmas<br />

delights at the South West's<br />

biggest indoor market, The<br />

Big Sheep, Abbotsham.<br />

WOOLYS WONDERLAND<br />

<strong>17</strong> Dec to 24 Dec - Santa's<br />

elves have been busy night<br />

and day to bring you the<br />

magic of Christmas, The Big<br />

Sheep, Abbotsham.<br />

EXETER RECORDED<br />

CONCERT SOCIETY<br />

19 Dec - Enjoy and extend<br />

your appreciation of the<br />

classical music repetoire,<br />

Exeter Recorded Concert<br />

Society, Southernhay UR<br />

Church, Exeter, 7.15pm to<br />

9.45pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS KIDS<br />

COOKERY<br />

19 Dec - Bake Rudolph<br />

cupcakes, Chocolate Log,<br />

Gingerbread Tower and so<br />

much more!, Torbay Coast<br />

and Countryside Trust,<br />

Occombe Farm, Paignton,<br />

10.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

REINDEER TRAIL<br />

20 Dec - Father Christmas<br />

needs your help, East Devon<br />

Countryside Team, Reed<br />

Base, Seaton, 10.30am to<br />

3.00pm.<br />

CAROL SINGING<br />

22 Dec - Annual carol &<br />

xmas Song singing, World<br />

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11.00pm.<br />

THE RUISHTON<br />

CONCERTINA BAND &<br />

CAROLS<br />

23 Dec - Leader Colin<br />

Campbell with SEASONAL<br />

MUSIC & CAROLS, Friends<br />

of Sidholme Music Room,<br />

Sidholme, Sidmouth, 8.00pm<br />

to 9.00pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS FARMERS'<br />

MARKET<br />

24 Dec - Many Christmas<br />

delights at the South West's<br />

biggest indoor market, The<br />

Big Sheep, Abbotsham.<br />

CLOVELLY BOXING DAY<br />

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26 Dec - Join us for our<br />

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Nigel Jones reviews new releases from Devon based authors<br />

Crackinʼ Castles by Terry Deary<br />

illustration by Martin Brown<br />

Today, the worry with children is they spend so long bent over a digital<br />

devices, preening their social media presence, that their ability to learn<br />

is undoubtedly in serious<br />

decline. Crackin’ Castles is<br />

a cleverly devised and illustrated<br />

paperback that’s both<br />

interesting and witty - I say<br />

that as an adult, but we’re all<br />

children at heart I suppose.<br />

The Horrible Histories series<br />

by Scholastic is the world’s<br />

bestselling children’s history<br />

series, and with good reason.<br />

It’s tackles the subject of<br />

castles - our greatest historic<br />

landmarks, in an engaging<br />

way that should appeal to<br />

a wide age range. Great if<br />

you’re into history yourself,<br />

Xmas<br />

as it’ll help when you do<br />

present<br />

idea<br />

actually visit castles with<br />

your children. I noticed<br />

online that there are also<br />

Horrible Histories Cracking<br />

Castle puzzles available, a<br />

jigsaw based on the paperback. I’d say it’s a good stocking filler for<br />

children/grandchildren. This paperback’s £6.99 well spent!<br />

DEVONSHIRE<br />

C O M M E N D E D<br />

The Last Horseman by David Gilman<br />

The title seemed a bit over-played, but all the same it’s an engaging<br />

read from David Gilman. Along the way you pick up information on<br />

the Boer war and the British<br />

Army’s role in this conflict<br />

that the book intimates<br />

is about British capitalist<br />

control of gold, diamonds<br />

and other resources as well<br />

as conflicting racial issues.<br />

The story is based around<br />

a family conflict where the<br />

disenfranchised son decides<br />

to follow the army to South<br />

Africa, into the Boer conflict.<br />

The father, previously having<br />

been involved with the American<br />

Civil War, and practicing<br />

as a lawyer in Dublin, follows<br />

behind to rescue his son from<br />

potential harm. It’s well<br />

written, not too contrived<br />

Xmas<br />

and a worthy read. Written<br />

present<br />

idea<br />

by David Gilman, an English<br />

television writer and novelist,<br />

David was previously a firefighter,<br />

photographer and a solder in the parachute regiment. David’s<br />

other books of note are ʻGate of the Dead’ and ʻMaster of War’. A<br />

recommended read by this <strong>Devonshire</strong> based author.<br />

DEVONSHIRE<br />

C O M M E N D E D<br />

ISBN 9781407<strong>16</strong>6339 ISBN 978<strong>17</strong>84974541<br />

Wild Southwest by Nigel Hicks<br />

It’s not hard to understand what this book is about, it’s all in the title.<br />

The book is a photographic journey across our beautiful South Western<br />

landscape, from heaths and moors, to dunes, grasslands, coastlines, etc.<br />

The book provides the reader<br />

with a visual cornucopia that<br />

I haven’t seen anywhere else<br />

in relation to covering the<br />

South West region as a whole.<br />

What’s also useful is the listing<br />

Xmas<br />

present<br />

of suggested places to visit<br />

idea<br />

within each area covered.<br />

The book also comprehensively<br />

covers the region’s flora<br />

and fauna, again all in glorious<br />

colour, with many, many<br />

high fidelity photos, as well<br />

as providing written information<br />

on each subject covered.<br />

I have to comment that the<br />

quality of photography is first<br />

rate, which is as it should be -<br />

Nigel’s a Fellow of the British<br />

Institute of Professional Photography. This would make an excellent<br />

gift for those that are really interested in our countryside and wildlife.<br />

Published by www.aquaterrapublishing.co.uk, it costs £14.95<br />

DEVONSHIRE<br />

C O M M E N D E D<br />

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo<br />

by Robin Quinn<br />

You couldn’t really make up this story, it’s actual real life stuff that’s both<br />

unbelievable, extraordinary and true. It’s an epic story regarding the<br />

battle man faces to pay the bills<br />

(silver spoons excluded here).<br />

Charles Deville Wells takes<br />

this battle to extraordinary<br />

levels in terms of perseverance,<br />

innovation and also trickery<br />

and fraud. Initially an engineer,<br />

Wells takes to developing<br />

products which he patents and<br />

then seeks investors to reap<br />

the harvest, of which there’s<br />

usually none. Later Wells<br />

indeed does break the bank at<br />

Monte Carlo, making unheard<br />

Xmas<br />

of amounts of money, then loses<br />

present<br />

it on incredible projects and<br />

idea<br />

continues to elude the law and<br />

investors. At one point, he bases<br />

his operation in Plymouth, so<br />

great local references also. The<br />

best book I’ve read all year, the<br />

level of research that’s gone into this excellent book by Robin Quinn<br />

is staggering. A thoroughly entertaining, interesting read that’s<br />

highly recommended.<br />

DEVONSHIRE<br />

C O M M E N D E D<br />

ISBN 9780992797010 ISBN 978075096<strong>17</strong>76<br />

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Winstone's Book Review:<br />

The Mistletoe Murder and other Stories by P.D. James<br />

Its always an anxiety challenge<br />

trying to buy the right gift at<br />

Christmas, but books are different.<br />

They somehow have more<br />

value and you could be making<br />

a purchase that can inspire,<br />

entertain and maybe change<br />

thoughts and opinions. The<br />

Mistletoe Murder is an anxiety<br />

busting gift suggestion for this<br />

Christmas.<br />

Xmas<br />

present<br />

idea<br />

DEVONSHIRE<br />

C O M M E N D E D<br />

As the acknowledged 'Queen<br />

of Crime', the author was<br />

frequently commissioned by<br />

newspapers and magazines to<br />

write a special short story for<br />

Christmas.<br />

In this book, four of the best<br />

Christmas stories have been<br />

drawn from the archives, in<br />

which, the author focuses on<br />

the secrets that lurk beneath<br />

the surface at family gatherings.<br />

From the title story about a<br />

strained country-house party<br />

on Christmas Eve, to another<br />

about an illicit affair that ends<br />

in murder, and two cases for James'<br />

poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh, each<br />

treats the reader to James' masterfully<br />

atmospheric storytelling,<br />

always with the lure of a mystery<br />

to be solved.<br />

Mention <strong>Devonshire</strong> to a member of<br />

staff and get 10% off!<br />

Independent Bookseller of the year<br />

• Over 9,000 books in stock<br />

• Wide range of books, cards and gifts<br />

• Friendly, knowledgeable staff<br />

• Next day ordering service<br />

Old farm building at Dalwood<br />

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FASHION & BEAUTY<br />

Fashion & Beauty<br />

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FASHION & BEAUTY<br />

Chapter<br />

Winter collection<br />

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Pause Café ◆ Marie Mero<br />

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FASHION & BEAUTY<br />

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Looking for that special gift?<br />

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Just back from the Esplanade in Fore Street<br />

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We offer a unique<br />

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You can fi nd us down<br />

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Difficulty obtaining a copy?<br />

We're not surprised, our 900 outlets tell us<br />

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FASHION HEALTH & BEAUTY<br />

13th year of BDA Good Practice Membership<br />

Quality Dental Care in Bovey Tracey is celebrating<br />

its 13th year as a member of the BDA (British<br />

Dental Council) Good Practice Membership.<br />

For our patients this means we work to nationally<br />

agreed standards of good practice to develop<br />

and maintain a consistent quality of service<br />

for our patients and are assessed by the BDA<br />

to ensure we are meeting the Good Practice<br />

requirements. Membership is renewable each<br />

year and every three years we are required to<br />

complete a re-application procedure which we<br />

have just completed to be awarded our 13th year<br />

of membership. This is particularly rewarding as<br />

the practice has undergone a change of clinicians<br />

over the past year and Dr Richard Aldridge BDS<br />

MFDS RCS Eng BSc. Hons and Dr Aimee Depledge<br />

BDS are delighted the practice has achieved this<br />

significant achievement.<br />

Quality Dental care was established in the early<br />

1980’s offering family dental care to the people of<br />

Bovey Tracey and surrounding rural areas. Many<br />

of our patients are still attending the practice<br />

after all those years and like to “catch up “with<br />

the practice staff who have been working at<br />

Quality Dental Care for many years.<br />

It is situated in a small mews cottage just off<br />

Fore Street and the main surgery has wonderful<br />

views of Dartmoor from the large window<br />

overlooking our secluded courtyard garden<br />

with its well established shrubs and flower pots.<br />

From our waiting room patients can watch the<br />

birds feeding from our feeders and take in the<br />

tranquil atmosphere of the garden. The practice<br />

provides all aspects of dentistry from regular<br />

dental examinations and hygienist visits to tooth<br />

whitening, Invisalign - the clear alternative to<br />

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Enjoy the confi dence<br />

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Gentle Dentistry Hygiene Care<br />

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“The environment is comfortable and attractive,<br />

what more could anyone ask for?”<br />

Quality Dental Care for:<br />

• General family dentistry<br />

• Nervous patients welcome<br />

• Dental implants<br />

• Invisalign for straighter<br />

teeth without ‘train tracks’<br />

• Tooth whitening<br />

• Cosmetic dentistry<br />

• Facial rejuvenation<br />

• Dental Plans from £13.10<br />

per month<br />

• Finance available<br />

Richard Aldridge<br />

B.D.S. M.F.D.S. R.C.S.<br />

ENG B.SC. HONS.<br />

BROOKVALE DENTAL PRACTICE<br />

6 King Street, Honiton, EX14 1AF<br />

Tel: 01404 44800<br />

MERRIFIELD DENTAL PRACTICE<br />

15 Mill Street, Sidmouth, EX10 8DW<br />

Tel: 01395 579932<br />

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NEW PATIENT<br />

Check up with routine X-rays<br />

ONLY £50<br />

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B.D.S<br />

Orchard Terrace, Bovey Tracey TQ13 9AH<br />

0<strong>16</strong>26 833999<br />

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HEALTH FASHION & & BEAUTY<br />

THE COMPLETE DENTURE SERVICE<br />

and solutions for missing teeth<br />

Acupuncture is a safe, gentle<br />

and effective treatment for<br />

most physical and emotional<br />

health problems.<br />

I have 20 yearsʼ experience<br />

treating people in East Devon.<br />

Why not give me a call and see<br />

if I can help you?<br />

Val Davis, B.Sc. Lic.Ac.<br />

Member of the British Acupuncture Council<br />

(01395) 578050<br />

www.devonacupuncture.org.uk<br />

A unique team approach under one roof;<br />

combining the technical expertise of registered<br />

dental technicians, with the reassurance and<br />

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We have a fantastic and professional environment<br />

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• New bespoke handcrafted<br />

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Great Night Out<br />

Enjoy FOOD and LIVE MUSIC at your local venue<br />

Dining Offers<br />

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LIVE MUSIC<br />

EXMOUTH TOWN BAND - CHRISTMAS<br />

CONCERT<br />

01 Dec - Tickets are £8.00, Exmouth<br />

Pavilion, The Esplanade, Exmouth, 7.30pm<br />

to 10.00pm.<br />

EXTRACTOR<br />

02 Dec - Free Live Entertainment... If<br />

Carlsberg did music it would sound like this!<br />

The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street, Sidmouth,<br />

9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />

ACOUSTIC PLUS (OPEN MIC)<br />

02 Dec - Open mic event, The Marine, The<br />

Esplanade, Sidmouth, 9.30pm to 11.00pm.<br />

THE CHANGING ROOM<br />

02 Dec - Looe-based folk band The<br />

Changing Room delivers original, awardwinning<br />

songs, World Unlimited Devon,<br />

Kingskerswell Parish Church, Newton Abbot,<br />

7.00pm to 10.00pm.<br />

WHITE SPIRIT<br />

03 Dec - Free Live Entertainment... If<br />

Carlsberg did music it would sound like this!<br />

The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street, Sidmouth,<br />

9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />

THE<br />

COTTAGE<br />

HOTEL<br />

THE<br />

COTTAGE<br />

HOTEL<br />

ROGER MARKS’ CORNISH ARMADA<br />

JAZZ BAND<br />

03 Dec - An evening of Trad Jazz with the<br />

popular Cornish Armada Jazz Band, The<br />

Tucker’s Jazz Club, The Tucker’s Arms,<br />

Axminster, 8.00pm to 10.00pm.<br />

DSFRS CHRISTMAS CONCERT<br />

03 Dec - Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue<br />

Service Christmas Concert, a Festive night,<br />

DSFRS Concert Band, Temple Methodist<br />

Church, Budleigh Salterton, 7.30pm to<br />

9.45pm.<br />

THE FOLK DIMENSION<br />

05 Dec - Plymouth University Music BA<br />

students with Alice Perrot and Sam Richards,<br />

Peninsula Arts, Upper Lecture Theatre,<br />

Plymouth, 7.00pm.<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

FOLK SINGING WITH JAKE SONNY<br />

HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON THE<br />

& RESTAURANT COTTAGEROWLINSON<br />

HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON<br />

HOTEL 05 Dec - An informal and inclusive session.<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON<br />

Anyone wanting to sing will be given a spot,<br />

Peninsula Arts, Bread & Roses, Plymouth,<br />

THE ELVIS YEARS THE AT CHRISTMAS<br />

8.30pm.<br />

03 Dec - Tickets COTTAGE<br />

THE are £18.50 and £20.50,<br />

THE<br />

Exmouth COTTAGE<br />

Pavilion, HOTEL<br />

The Esplanade, COTTAGE<br />

Exmouth, WORLD MUSIC AND MINIMALISM<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

8.00pm. HOTEL HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON HOTEL 06 Dec - Plymouth University Gamelan<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON Orchestra perform music from around the<br />

HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON<br />

world, Peninsula Arts, Room 108, Plymouth,<br />

7.00pm.<br />

THE<br />

THE<br />

COTTAGE HOTEL<br />

COTTAGE HOTEL<br />

THE<br />

HOPE COVE<br />

COTTAGE HOTEL<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON<br />

THE<br />

COTTAGE HOTEL<br />

THE<br />

& RESTAURANT HOPE COVE<br />

COTTAGE HOTEL SOUTH DEVON<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

Lemon & thyme chicken,<br />

The Railway, Honiton<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

SOUTH DEVON<br />

Make a night of it!<br />

DINING OFFERS<br />

Christmas parties<br />

from £<strong>17</strong>.95 | per person<br />

<strong>Devonshire</strong> Cream Teas<br />

£5.95 | per person | all day, every day<br />

2-Course Bar Lunch<br />

£12.50 | per person | Mon-Sat | 12-2pm<br />

Traditional Sunday Lunch<br />

£19.00 | per person | Sun | 12.30-1.30pm<br />

Table Bookings t. 01548 561555<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON<br />

THE<br />

COTTAGE HOTEL<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

HOPE COVE<br />

SOUTH DEVON<br />

HOPE COVE<br />

SOUTH DEVON<br />

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Otterton<br />

DINING OFFERS<br />

Non Residents welcome for breakfast<br />

7am-10am<br />

Christmas Carvery<br />

6pm-9pm|until 23rd Dec<br />

Christmas menu now available. See our<br />

website for more details.<br />

Table Bookings t. 01395 5684<strong>16</strong><br />

BRIDGE JAZZ CLUB<br />

07 Dec - Pete Canter & Friends<br />

Jam Session £6 or £4 jammers, Pete Canter,<br />

Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, 8.30pm to 11.00pm.<br />

IMPROVISATION PERFORMANCE<br />

07 Dec - Plymouth University Improvisation<br />

Workshop Group. Lona Kozik, director,<br />

Peninsula Arts, Upper Lecture Theatre,<br />

Plymouth, 8.00pm to 10.00pm.<br />

ST. AGNES FOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS<br />

CONCERT<br />

08 Dec - St Agnes Fountain will once again<br />

be starting Christmas in tuneful style,<br />

Hannahs at Seale-Hayne, Howton Lane,<br />

Newton Abbot, 7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

FREEDOM SONGS FOR SOLO PIANO<br />

09 Dec - Jazz pianist Sam Richards<br />

performs a selection of freedom songs,<br />

Peninsula Arts, Room 015, Plymouth,<br />

1.15pm.<br />

CULPRITS<br />

09 Dec - Free Live Entertainment... If<br />

Carlsberg did music it would sound like this!<br />

The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street, Sidmouth,<br />

9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />

Book a dining table at the venues below<br />

Mad Dog Mcrea<br />

DINING OFFERS<br />

Curry Night Wednesdays<br />

£11 | per person | Wed | 6:30-9:00pm<br />

Pie and Pudding Thursdays<br />

£12 | per person | Thu | 6:30-9:00pm<br />

Sunday Lunch<br />

£12 | per person | Sun | 12:00-2:00pm<br />

Sunday Dinner & Dessert<br />

£12 | per person | Sun | 6:30-9:00pm<br />

Table Bookings t. 01395 513047<br />

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ALEX LLOYD TRIO<br />

09 Dec - The trio play music by greats<br />

of the post-World War Two progressive<br />

jazz scene, Peninsula Arts, Upper Lecture<br />

Theatre, Plymouth, 7.30pm.<br />

TOBIAS BEN JACOB & FRIENDS<br />

09 Dec - ‘YuleTide Special Revue<br />

with Tobias ben Jacob, Jess McAllister<br />

and guests, World Unlimited Devon,<br />

Kingskerswell Parish Church, Newton Abbot,<br />

7.00pm to 10.00pm.<br />

NEVERTHELESS<br />

10 Dec - Free Live Entertainment... If<br />

Carlsberg did music it would sound like this!<br />

The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street, Sidmouth,<br />

9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />

LEIGH COLEMAN WITH MATT CARTER<br />

TRIO<br />

10 Dec - Soul singer Leigh Coleman bringsa<br />

finger snapping evening of soul-driven<br />

jazz, Jazz Jurassica, By the Bay, Lyme Regis,<br />

6.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

JO HARMAN & SUPPORT<br />

11 Dec - Jo Harman & support Exeter<br />

Lucia Singers, World Unlimited Devon,<br />

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JUST MISBEHAVIN’<br />

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Roasted Pork Bell y in Devon Cider Sauce,<br />

Church House Inn, Rattery<br />

CHRISTMAS EVENT WITH NEW<br />

ORLEANS HEAT<br />

18 Dec - One of the most entertaining and<br />

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Plymouth Jazz Club, The Royal British<br />

Legion Club, Plymouth, 7.30pm to 10.30pm.<br />

PETE ALLEN’S JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON<br />

18 Dec - The Kennaway All Stars Xmas<br />

Party in the Cellar Bar, Kennaway House,<br />

Coburg Road, Sidmouth, 3.00pm to 5.30pm.<br />

JAZZ IN THE BAR<br />

18 Dec - The Marine Bar, Marine Theatre,<br />

Church Street, Lyme Regis, 8.00pm to<br />

10.00pm.<br />

ART HOUSE TRIO AT ARTIGIANO<br />

19 Dec - Great jazz with fine saxophonist<br />

Pete Canter and Friends, Pete Canter,<br />

Artigiano, Exeter, 7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

MAD DOG MCREA (SUPPORT: THE<br />

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Brent Folk, South Brent Village Hall, South<br />

Brent, 7.30pm to 11.00pm.<br />

BEN WATERS CHRISTMAS PARTY<br />

27 Dec - Ben Waters Christmas Party,<br />

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31 Dec - Celebrate New Year’s Eve with a<br />

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9.00pm to 12.30am.<br />

NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY<br />

31 Dec to 01 Jan - New Year’s Eve Party<br />

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Plymouth Jazz Club, The Royal British<br />

Legion Club, Plymouth, 8.30pm to 12.15am.<br />

BRIDGE JAZZ CLUB<br />

04 Jan - Pete Canter & Friends<br />

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Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, 8.30pm to 11.00pm.<br />

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Stompers play New Orleans jazz & 20s<br />

& 30s music, Kingsbridge Jazz Club, The<br />

Fisherman’s Rest, Aveton Gifford, 6.30pm<br />

to 10.00pm.<br />

JULIE LEWIS TRIO<br />

14 Jan - Julie’s laid back jazz guarantees<br />

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Jurassica, By the Bay, Lyme Regis, 6.30pm<br />

to 10.00pm.<br />

JANE TAYLOR<br />

21 Jan - Award winning songwriter Jane<br />

Taylor sent our spines tingling last year,<br />

World Unlimited Devon, Kingskerswell<br />

Parish Church, Newton Abbot, 7.00pm to<br />

10.00pm.<br />

JOHN SHILLITO’S SELECT FOUR<br />

21 Jan - Well known Jazz Trumpeter, John<br />

Shillito brings his Select 4 to Dalwood, The<br />

Tucker’s Jazz Club, The Tucker’s Arms,<br />

Axminster, 8.00pm to 10.00pm.<br />

Tobias Ben Jacob<br />

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<strong>Devonshire</strong> months<br />

JANUARY<br />

FEBRUARY<br />

APRIL<br />

"<strong>January</strong> is here, with eyes that keenly glow,<br />

A frost-mailed warrior<br />

striding a shadowy steed of snow."<br />

Edgar Fawcett<br />

"February is merely as long as is needed<br />

to pass the time until March."<br />

Dr. J. R. Stockton<br />

“April hath put a spirit of youth<br />

in everything.”<br />

William Shakespeare<br />

JANUARY - named after Janus, the<br />

Roman god of beginnings and transitions,<br />

known as the protector of gates and<br />

doorways. Originally the Roman calendar<br />

covered 10 months, but in around 713<br />

BC King Numa Pompilius (the mythical<br />

successor of Romulus) is supposed to<br />

have added the months of <strong>January</strong> and<br />

February. March was originally the first<br />

month in the Roman calendar.<br />

FEBRUARY - named after the Latin<br />

term februum, meaning purification from<br />

the ritual Februa, held on 15th. This<br />

festival was one of Spring washing which<br />

was also associated with the amount of<br />

precipitation during this time of year in<br />

Rome. Some also say that the Latin<br />

word febris is connected to fever, and<br />

associated with purification or purging.<br />

APRIL - again, of Roman origin<br />

(Aprilis), its derivation is uncertain. The<br />

Anglo-Saxons name for April was eastremonab<br />

- eastre was said by Bede to<br />

be the root of the word Easter, he also<br />

said the month was also named after<br />

the goddess Eostre, April being Eostre's<br />

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Our modern life means we're fairly detached from the countrysides, and as we fly through the<br />

months, their subtleties are easily missed unless of course, you're one of Devon's landworkers.<br />

MAY AUGUST SEPTEMBER<br />

"The world's favorite season is the spring.<br />

All things seem possible in May."<br />

Edwin Way Teale<br />

Ripe summer's queen<br />

The hey-day of the year<br />

With robes that gleam with sunny sheen<br />

Sweet August doth appear.<br />

R. Combe Miller<br />

"'Tis the last rose of summer,<br />

Left blooming alone;<br />

All her lovely companions<br />

Are faded and gone."<br />

Thomas Moore,<br />

MAY - named after the Greek goddess<br />

AUGUST - originally known as Sextilis<br />

Maia (daughter of Atlas), identified with<br />

by the Romans, because it used to be<br />

Earth. Subsequently in Roman religion<br />

the 6th month of the year before about<br />

and mythology, Maia was associated<br />

700BC. The 10 month calendar changed<br />

with growth. On the first day of May,<br />

to 12 months and <strong>January</strong> and February<br />

the protectors of the city of Rome (the<br />

were added. In 8BC it was renamed in<br />

Lares Praestites) were honoured and the<br />

honour of Augustus, the founder of the<br />

flamen of Vulcan sacrificed a pregnant FORTHCOMING Roman Empire (his maternal great-uncle EVENTS<br />

sow to Maia.<br />

was Julius Caesar).<br />

SEPTEMBER - 'seven' from the<br />

Latin septem, originally the 7th month<br />

of the year although now it's the 9th<br />

month, but the name was never changed.<br />

September's the start of the academic<br />

year in many countries, where children<br />

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Forthcoming Art Exhibitions<br />

<strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> & <strong>January</strong> 20<strong>17</strong><br />

Kate Aggett - 'Keeper's Cottage' - Thelma Hulbert, Honiton<br />

Richard Adams - 'The Big Sausage' - Hybrid Gallery, Honiton<br />

FORTHCOMING EVENTS<br />

KURT JACKSON:<br />

REVISITING TURNER'S<br />

TOURISM<br />

Until 04 Dec - Jackson visited<br />

12 locations in Devon/Cornwall<br />

depicted in the work of Turner, Royal<br />

Albert Memorial Museum - RAMM,<br />

Queen Street, Exeter, 10.00am to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

WDYC: RUGBY WORLD<br />

CUP MEMORABILIA<br />

Until 08 Dec - Marc Astley started<br />

collecting during Rugby World Cup<br />

last year, Royal Albert Memorial<br />

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Exeter, 10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

CAFE EXHIBITION: THE<br />

NUMINOUS BY JEMMA<br />

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Until 08 Dec - Forces of nature in<br />

landscapes captured in monochrome<br />

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Albert Memorial Museum - RAMM,<br />

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OUTLIER DETECTION BY<br />

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Until 31 Dec - The artwork monitors<br />

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01803 864088 10am-5pm Tues to Sat<br />

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Catherine Osbond - 'Summer Holidays' - East Devon Art, Sidmouth<br />

Caroline McMillan Davey - 'Winter Stag' - White Space Art, Totnes<br />

EXETER'S FINE ART<br />

COLLECTION: SEASONS<br />

Until 25 Dec - This exhibition<br />

features seasonal drawings,<br />

watercolours and oil paintings, Royal<br />

Albert Memorial Museum - RAMM,<br />

Queen Street, Exeter, 10.00am to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

John Hurford - 'Magnolia' - Brownston Gallery, Modbury<br />

WINTER EXHIBITION<br />

Until 23 Dec - The Winter Show<br />

introduces American Artist Bill<br />

Zima alongside 6 other artists,<br />

Artwave West, Artwave West,<br />

Morecombelake, 10.00am to<br />

4.00pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS 20<strong>16</strong><br />

Until 14 Jan - A mixed Exhibition<br />

of Painters, Potters and Sculpture,<br />

Artmill Gallery, 83 Hyde Park Road,<br />

Plymouth, 9.30am to 5.00pm.<br />

PRESENT MAKERS 20<strong>16</strong><br />

Until 24 Dec - A selling exhibition of<br />

contemporary craft, Thelma Hulbert<br />

Gallery, Elmfield House, Honiton,<br />

10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

IT'S A WRAP<br />

Until 23 Dec - Concluding the year<br />

with painting and sculpture with a<br />

seasonal theme, Hybrid, 51 High<br />

Street, Honiton, 10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

MAKE 20<strong>16</strong><br />

CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS<br />

FOR CHRISTMAS<br />

Until 02 Jan - Our annual Christmas<br />

selling exhibition showcasing over<br />

50 designer-makers, Devon Guild<br />

of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey<br />

Tracey, 10.00am to 5.30pm.<br />

PAINTING THE EARTH<br />

WITH GRANITE & AMBER<br />

Until 18 Dec - Artist Teresa<br />

Pemberton's response to the<br />

Bronze Age archeology of Dartmoor,<br />

Teresa Pemberton Contemporary<br />

Artist, Factory Cooperage Building,<br />

Plymouth, 12.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

VALERIE WALL - THE<br />

REALITY OF NATURE<br />

Until 03 Dec - A new exhibition<br />

featuring the work of Valerie Wall,<br />

Woodhayes Art Gallery, Luppitt,,<br />

Honiton, 10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

PRESENT MAKER<br />

Until 11 Dec - An exhibition of fine<br />

arts and crafts by members of the<br />

South Hams Arts Forum, Harbour<br />

House, The Promenade, Kingsbridge,<br />

10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

CHRISTMAS ART<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

Until 02 Jan - Holiday season<br />

exhibition of artwork in all media:<br />

ideal for Christmas gifts, Town Mill<br />

Arts, The Malthouse Gallery, Lyme<br />

Regis, 10.30am to 4.30pm.<br />

HIROSHIGE'S JAPAN:<br />

STATIONS OF THE TOKAID<br />

Until <strong>16</strong> Feb - A selection of<br />

Japanese woodblock prints from<br />

Utagawa Hiroshige (<strong>17</strong>97-1858),<br />

Royal Albert Memorial Museum<br />

- RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter,<br />

10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

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Budleigh: Tues-Sat 10.30-5.00 Sun 2.00-4.30<br />

www.brookgallery.co.uk 01395 443003<br />

COMIC ART CLASSICS<br />

07 Dec to 08 Jan<br />

John Patrick Reynolds comic<br />

classics, from Asterix, to<br />

Gnasher and the Beano, an<br />

exhibition of the comic world’s<br />

best loved characters.<br />

For this, other talks and events visit:<br />

www.brookgallery.co.uk<br />

thebrownstongallery<br />

thebrownstongallery<br />

What’s on in the gallery<br />

Winter Exhibition<br />

The Art of Giving<br />

10 Nov to 23 Dec - Bringing a bit of<br />

magic to the season. A mixed show<br />

featuring our gallery artists including<br />

Anthony Amos, Robert Lenkiewicz,<br />

Charles Jamieson, Michael Hill,<br />

Andrew Miller and John Hurford.<br />

art prints sculpture jewellery<br />

art prints sculpture jewellery<br />

36 Church Street, Modbury, Devon PL21 0QR<br />

36 Church Street, tel - 01548 Modbury, 831338 Devon PL21 0QR<br />

tel - 01548 831338<br />

Michael Morgan RI<br />

Limited Edition Prints<br />

Four new Michael Morgan<br />

limited editions just released<br />

at Marine House and<br />

Steam Gallery at Beer.<br />

View on our website.<br />

www.steamgallery.co.uk<br />

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Forthcoming Art Exhibitions<br />

<strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> & <strong>January</strong> 20<strong>17</strong><br />

George Ptacek - GalleryFAB, Newton Abbot<br />

Bill Zima - Artwave West, Morcombelake<br />

FORTHCOMING EVENTS<br />

WINTER EXHIBITION -<br />

THE ART OF GIVING<br />

01 Dec to 23 Dec - Bringing a bit of<br />

magic to the season! The gallery<br />

will be in festive mode, Brownston<br />

Gallery, 36 Church Street, Modbury,<br />

10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

ALAN COTTON STUDIO<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

03 Dec to 04 Dec - Alan Cotton<br />

Exhibits paintings of Hartland,<br />

Venice, Piemonte and Transylvania,<br />

Alan Cotton, Brockhill Studio,<br />

Colaton Raleigh, 10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

'RE-IMAGINED STATES'<br />

03 Dec to <strong>17</strong> Dec -'Re-Imagined<br />

States' - Plymouth University Arts<br />

& Humanities MA Show, Peninsula<br />

Arts, Peninsula Arts Gallery,<br />

Plymouth, 11.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

SURREAL, PSYCHADELIC<br />

AND DECORATIVE IMAGES<br />

05 Dec to 07 Jan - Dave Wicken<br />

combines pen & ink drawing with<br />

photography giving unusual results,<br />

Axminster Arts Cafe, The Axminster<br />

Arts Cafe, Axminster, 8.00am to<br />

3.00pm.<br />

COMIC ART CLASSICS<br />

07 Dec to 08 Jan - Original prints<br />

of the Comic world's most Iconic<br />

best loved characters, Brook Gallery<br />

(Budleigh Salterton), Foreshore<br />

House, Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am<br />

to 5.00pm.<br />

WDYC: RUGBY WORLD<br />

CUP MEMORABILIA<br />

08 Dec to 08 Jan - Marc Astley<br />

started collecting during Rugby<br />

World Cup last year, Royal Albert<br />

Memorial Museum - RAMM, Queen<br />

Street, Exeter, 10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

CAFE EXHIBITION: THE<br />

NUMINOUS BY JEMMA<br />

CHOLAWO<br />

08 Dec to 08 Jan - Forces of<br />

nature in landscapes captured<br />

in monochrome photographs &<br />

paintings, Royal Albert Memorial<br />

Museum - RAMM, Queen Street,<br />

Exeter, 10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

WINTER SOLSTICE<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

<strong>17</strong> Dec to 08 Jan - A wide range of<br />

paintings from West Country artists,<br />

East Devon Art, Old Fore Street,<br />

Sidmouth, 11.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

Town Centre, Axminster<br />

EX13 5NQ<br />

Open: Wed & Sat 10-1<br />

Mon, Tue, Thurs Fri 10-4<br />

EastDevonArt.co.uk<br />

Apple Tree Gifts<br />

We make Christmas shopping a lovely<br />

experience with unique gifts for everyone, in all<br />

price ranges (and no Christmas music!)<br />

Exhibition<br />

Axminster Art Society<br />

01 Dec to 24 Dec<br />

An Exhibition of Song Titles.<br />

Closing on 24th Dec<br />

01297 598011<br />

www.appletreegalleries.co.uk<br />

51 High Street Honiton<br />

t. 01404 43201<br />

www.hybrid-devon.co.uk<br />

In our galleries<br />

It’s A Wrap<br />

Until 23 Dec - Concluding the year<br />

with painting and sculpture<br />

with a seasonal theme.<br />

Showing in galleries 1, 2 & 3.<br />

Old Fore Street, Sidmouth EX10 8LS<br />

info@eastdevonart.co.uk 01395 5<strong>16</strong>284<br />

Winter Solstice Exhibition<br />

<strong>17</strong> Dec to 08 Jan<br />

Preview 02 to 04 Dec.<br />

A wide variety of selected<br />

West Country artists.<br />

Art tuition available throughout the year.<br />

A selection of work may be viewed on-line at<br />

www.eastdevonart.co.uk<br />

www.facebook.com/eda.academy<br />

Open every day 11am-5pm & every weekend.<br />

John Patrick Reynolds - 'I'm Bored' - Brook Gallery,<br />

Budleigh Salterton<br />

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Michael Morgan - 'Dusk' - Marine House at Beer<br />

QUEEN VICTORIA IN<br />

PARIS: WATERCOLOURS<br />

20 Dec to 23 Feb - An exhibition<br />

showcasing forty-four watercolours<br />

of Queen Victoria's visit, Royal<br />

Albert Memorial Museum - RAMM,<br />

Queen Street, Exeter, 10.00am to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

EXETER'S FINE ART<br />

COLLECTION: SEASONS<br />

25 Dec to 25 Feb - This exhibition<br />

features seasonal drawings,<br />

watercolours and oil paintings, Royal<br />

Albert Memorial Museum - RAMM,<br />

Queen Street, Exeter, 10.00am to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

SOUTH WEST ACADEMY<br />

WINTER EXHIBITION<br />

14 Jan to 15 Feb - An exhibition<br />

of work by members of the South<br />

West Academy of Fine and Applied<br />

A, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Elmfield<br />

House, Honiton, 10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

DAVE ROPER IS ARTIST IN<br />

RESIDENCE<br />

<strong>17</strong> Jan to 28 Jan - Mixed media<br />

artist Dave Roper turns the art<br />

gallery into a working studio,<br />

Harbour House, The Promenade,<br />

Kingsbridge, 10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

Anthea Bareham - 'Any Old Iron'<br />

Apple Tree Galleries, Axminster<br />

TONIC GALLERY<br />

Salcombe Devon<br />

info@artwavewest.com | artwavewest.com<br />

artwave west | 01297 489 746<br />

morcombelake | dorset | DT6 6DY<br />

Exhibitions<br />

Winter Exhibition<br />

Until 23 Dec - Introducing<br />

American Artist Bill Zima<br />

and Susan Laughton.<br />

Open Wednesday to Saturday 10am-4pm<br />

Present Makers 20<strong>16</strong><br />

Until 24 Dec - A selling exhibition<br />

of contemporary craft<br />

South West Academy Winter<br />

Exhibition<br />

14 Jan to 25 Feb - An exhibition of<br />

work by members of SWAc.<br />

Open Tues to Sat, 10am-5pm.<br />

www.thelmahulbert.com<br />

01404 45006<br />

Salcombe Boatyard<br />

Oil on canvas 150 x <strong>17</strong>0cm By Greg Ramsden SWAc<br />

An exciting new art gallery in Salcombe’s Island<br />

Street, exhibiting works from Devon based artists and<br />

housing the working studio of artist<br />

Greg Ramsden SWAc.<br />

www.tonicgallery.co.uk<br />

Tel: 07733225662<br />

30 Island Street, Salcombe. TQ8 8DP<br />

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DEVONSHIRE Cureos<br />

Presenting fascinating historical artefacts from across the county<br />

RAMM<br />

Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM)<br />

is the largest in the city. Stunning displays reveal Devon and<br />

Exeter’s rich history and global connections. Exotic animals,<br />

birds and insects delight children.<br />

Overshot Waterwheel<br />

Three overshot water wheels provide the power for a tilt<br />

hammer, a drop hammer and a shear hammer.<br />

FINCH FOUNDRY<br />

Berlin Archaeopteryx of 1877<br />

RAMM’s cast of the Berlin archaeopteryx of 1877 is one<br />

of only seven good specimens found worldwide.<br />

With feathered wings and tail like a bird, and jaws with teeth and long tail like a<br />

reptile, it is a genus of bird-like dinosaurs that is transitional between non-avian<br />

feathered dinosaurs and modern birds. When Thomas Hardy visited Exeter,<br />

he wrote a poem inspired by this particular cast: In a Museum.<br />

Located in the heart of the stunning Dartmoor countryside in<br />

the village of Sticklepath, Finch Foundry is the last remaining<br />

water-powered forge in England. DEVONSHIRE magazine will<br />

be featuring Finch Foundry in a forthcoming issue.<br />

In its prime, Finch Foundry crafted 400 tools per day including shovels,<br />

scythes and sickles. Inside are 5 hearths, a polishing wheel, a band saw and<br />

large furnace. The machinery survives and the tilt hammers, drop hammers,<br />

forges and grindstone, powered by waterwheels, can be seen working.<br />

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MICHAEL MORGAN<br />

four new limited edition prints released<br />

Retrospective show of original<br />

works scheduled<br />

22 April to 5 May 20<strong>17</strong><br />

Since our galleries opened in 1998 the works of<br />

the celebrated East Devon artist Michael Morgan RI<br />

have been our best sellers. His small, finely crafted<br />

and moody works invoke a sense of isolation and<br />

calm and project an hypnotic presence. Sadly,<br />

Michael passed away three years ago, but demand<br />

for his paintings remains unabated both in Britain<br />

and abroad. His original works are hard to come<br />

by, but Marine House, as his home gallery has, in<br />

the last two years, been reacquiring fine examples<br />

of Michael’s works from the late eighties until<br />

2012. We will stage a major selling show of<br />

these paintings from April 22 until May 5, 20<strong>17</strong>.<br />

In parallel with his original works we have, over<br />

the years, offered high quality limited edition prints<br />

of some of his best loved paintings. We are proud<br />

to announce the release of four new prints in low<br />

run editions of 99 copies only. These are presented<br />

here and are available framed or just mounted.<br />

They can be viewed on our web or in Marine House<br />

at Beer or Steam Gallery and are available now.<br />

PRICES. Framed print £250, Mounted print £180<br />

‘Dusk’ - 27x28cm<br />

‘Landslip’ - 27x28cm<br />

‘Dartmoor Edge’ - 23x32cm<br />

‘Isolated Farm, Snowdonia’ - 24x37cm<br />

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Devon’s King of the Gypsies<br />

(and Dog Stealer)<br />

Bampfylde-Moore Carew<br />

YOU COULDN’T MAKE IT UP: OR COULD YOU?<br />

The man with the unlikeliest of first names was born<br />

in Bickleigh, Devon in <strong>16</strong>93 and died in Tiverton<br />

in <strong>17</strong>59. That much is for certain: more or less.<br />

As for the rest you may read<br />

his life story ʻin his own words’<br />

in The Surprising Adventures of<br />

Bamfylde-Moore Carew, King of<br />

the Gypsies - and Dog Stealer in<br />

which he confesses to pursuing<br />

a career as an out-and-out rogue,<br />

a premier league confidence<br />

trickster, an unscrupulous<br />

charlatan, mountebank, a blind<br />

(and sometimes lame) beggar,<br />

a practised dog stealer, an<br />

accomplished pickpocket, a master<br />

of disguises and, lest we forget,<br />

King of the Gypsies.<br />

<br />

Bampfylde-Moore Carew<br />

He was born one July morn at<br />

Bickleigh, near Tiverton, where<br />

many bearing the ancient and<br />

honourable name of Carew lie<br />

buried and his father, Theodore<br />

Carew was the vicar. He was<br />

named in honour of his two<br />

godfathers, the Honourable<br />

Colonel Hugh Bampfylde and<br />

one, Major Moore.<br />

Aged 12 he was sent to Tiverton<br />

School and fell in with a gang of<br />

classmates who kept a formidable<br />

pack of deerhounds. Came the day<br />

they skipped lessons and flattened<br />

a farmer’s cornfield in pursuit of a<br />

deer and Carew decided to make<br />

a run for it rather than return to<br />

school to face the beating or his<br />

home to face a sermon.<br />

He vanished for a year and a<br />

half until Carew judged it safe<br />

to return to Bickleigh, having<br />

finished his ʻeducation’ in the<br />

interim amongst a band of Gypsies.<br />

His book boasts that he had been<br />

a quick study and he had majored<br />

in most of the tricks of the trade<br />

by his return. The bad penny had<br />

turned up once more, this time<br />

having gone from bad to worse.<br />

He did not stay long.<br />

He immediately set about taking<br />

up a number of disguises and<br />

defrauding friends and neighbours<br />

out of money and was again forced<br />

to take to the road - this time to<br />

avoid arrest.<br />

<br />

In Georgian England there were<br />

genuine Gypsies and then there<br />

were also gangs of professional<br />

vagabond-thieves who pretended<br />

to be what they called Egyptian<br />

Gypsies.<br />

In this guise the gangs hawked<br />

goods, practised phoney fortunetelling<br />

(conning gullible serving<br />

girls into letting them into rich<br />

houses where they could make<br />

off with the silver) mingled with<br />

crowds at fairs (to pick pockets)<br />

as well as the usual thefts from<br />

farmyards, chicken runs, market<br />

stalls and homesteads, as they<br />

ploughed their wicked ways<br />

across the land.<br />

Was he a rogue - or did he make<br />

most of it up simply to sell books?<br />

Two hundred and fifty years<br />

later the jury is still out, trying<br />

to separate fact from fancy but<br />

read Henry Fielding’s Adventures of<br />

Tom Jones (a classic work of fiction,<br />

<strong>17</strong>49) and you will find a chapter<br />

devoted to hero Tom’s encounter<br />

with Carew and company in a<br />

wood, where he is most decidedly<br />

ensconced as the King of the<br />

Gypsies.<br />

That chapter adds nothing to the<br />

Tom Jones plot. Strange, unless<br />

perhaps Fielding, a West Country<br />

man and a lawyer and magistrate<br />

as well as an author, is simply<br />

taking the opportunity to add to<br />

the authenticity of his own yarn<br />

by recording an actual encounter<br />

he himself had with the villainous<br />

Carew?<br />

Meanwhile, back at our own<br />

tale, we need tell that our hero<br />

was also a good actor and could<br />

feign madness at the drop of a hat.<br />

For in Georgian England, when<br />

and where it was customary to<br />

transport a man (or woman or<br />

child) for stealing so much as a<br />

loaf of bread, exceptions were<br />

made and leniency shown to those<br />

who were clearly insane. These<br />

itinerants were simply turned<br />

out onto the highway again and<br />

pointed firmly in the direction of<br />

the next parish.<br />

Still one jump ahead of the law, his<br />

chosen road led him to sign on to a<br />

ship bound for Newfoundland: on<br />

his return he landed at Newcastle<br />

where he posed as the ship’s mate,<br />

charmed an apothecary’s daughter<br />

into eloping with him and headed<br />

back to the South West.<br />

<br />

Together they led the nomadic<br />

life and he re-joined the band<br />

of rogues that had taken him in<br />

earlier and they gravitated - along<br />

with most of the rest of England’s<br />

'Hark, hark! The dogs do bark. The beggars are coming to town'<br />

Henry Stacy Marks (1829-1898)<br />

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Gypsy fraternities - to the rich<br />

pickings to be had at London’s<br />

Bartholomew’s Fair.<br />

Here, as fate would have it, the<br />

old Gypsy King, one Clause Patch<br />

died and Carew - who by now not<br />

only held their first class honours<br />

degree in flim-flammery - but was<br />

also versed in Latin and Greek -<br />

was voted King of the Gypsies.<br />

But uneasy lies the head that<br />

wears the crown, for within a<br />

few months he was back in<br />

Devon, caught, imprisoned and<br />

convicted an idle vagrant, and<br />

sentenced, at Rougemont Castle,<br />

Exeter, to be taken to Bideford<br />

to be transported to Maryland.<br />

(Most Devon ports did a good trade<br />

in those days importing tobacco and<br />

exporting convicts).<br />

As he tells it he managed to escape<br />

immediately on his arrival at<br />

the quayside in America as the<br />

planters were casting an eye over<br />

the latest arrivals. He made it<br />

into the woods but was quickly<br />

recaptured, whipped and had an<br />

iron ring fastened round his neck.<br />

Fielding (above), immortalised<br />

Carew in his book 'Adventures of<br />

Tom Jones'<br />

A second escape brought him<br />

to a village of friendly Native<br />

Americans who - rather than<br />

turn him in to claim their reward<br />

they must have fallen under his<br />

charms because, he tells us, they<br />

set him free. He then made for<br />

Pennsylvania, swam the Delaware<br />

river and eventually reached<br />

Boston harbour via Philadelphia<br />

and New York - in an assortment<br />

of disguises, including that of a<br />

Quaker.<br />

<br />

Here he signed up on a British<br />

man-of-war, homeward-bound. On<br />

his arrival at Bristol he escaped<br />

the clutches of re-enlistment (or<br />

indeed imprisonment) by having<br />

The churchyard at Bickleigh where Bampfylde-Moore Carew is buried<br />

first pricked his hands and face<br />

with the point of a dagger and<br />

rubbing in a mixture of salt and<br />

gunpowder - one of the many<br />

tricks in his repertoire - to feign<br />

smallpox.<br />

He then set about tracing his<br />

wife (and daughter) he said, but<br />

leaving them in Bath found<br />

himself in Scotland (<strong>17</strong>45) where<br />

he joined forces with - wait for<br />

it - Bonnie Prince Charlie himself<br />

- accompanying him to Carlisle<br />

and Derby. Well, well.<br />

But when things got tough for<br />

the Young Pretender -as well as<br />

our young pretender - Carew<br />

suddenly became both lame and<br />

insane and limped back to the<br />

South West where he pursued<br />

a long and profitable career. He<br />

disguised himself variously as<br />

a Presbyterian preacher, a shipwrecked<br />

sailor, a ruined farmer,<br />

a penniless widow (he often<br />

told fortunes disguised as an<br />

old woman), a rat catcher, a<br />

woman whose daughter had<br />

been killed in a fire, ʻMad Tom’<br />

and countless other characters<br />

all designed to bring on tears<br />

the easier to extract money<br />

from the good people of Devon.<br />

<br />

All went well until, on a visit<br />

with his wife and daughter to<br />

Exeter one day - where they<br />

were “visiting friends” - he found<br />

himself, alone, taking the air along<br />

the front at Topsham, doubtless<br />

thinking what he might steal<br />

or whom he might dupe when<br />

suddenly his gypsy luck ran out.<br />

Quicker than one might cry, “Grab<br />

that villain!” he was recognised by<br />

a merchant called Davey who had<br />

been defrauded by him. As ill-luck<br />

would have it, an ancient mariner<br />

by name Captain Simmonds was at<br />

that very moment about to shove<br />

off for a sea voyage and being an<br />

opportunist he had Carew bound<br />

and bundled into the bottom of his<br />

boat and rowed out to the good<br />

ship Phillory, then at anchor off<br />

Powderham Castle, waiting for<br />

a fair wind.<br />

Here the hapless Carew, now<br />

known throughout the West<br />

Country as “King Gypsy” was<br />

added to its cargo of prisoners<br />

bound for transportation to the<br />

Colonies. Eleven weeks later he<br />

found himself once more, back<br />

in Maryland.<br />

This time he escaped in a canoe,<br />

slipping off unnoticed during<br />

the convict sales. He travelled<br />

by night, stealing food from empty<br />

homes in the day. He crossed the<br />

Bampfylde-Moore Carew was transported<br />

to Maryland not once, but twice!<br />

Delaware again, this time on the<br />

back of a stolen horse, making<br />

a bridle with his handkerchief.<br />

(All escaping convicts at the<br />

end of eleven week long sea<br />

voyages carried very, very long<br />

handkerchiefs with them for just<br />

such a purpose).<br />

<br />

Back in Boston he was able<br />

to secure his passage back to<br />

England. Fast forward through<br />

the mists of time and Carew’s<br />

yarn spinning - to the good Sir<br />

Thomas Carew of Haccombe,<br />

Devon, a distant relative, who<br />

offered to provide for him if he<br />

would only give up his wicked<br />

wandering ways.<br />

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but then had a change of heart<br />

“after winning a fortune in a<br />

lottery”. Amazing. It certainly<br />

sounds as though the old gypsy<br />

luck had returned - and what a<br />

wonderful way to finish the last<br />

chapter..<br />

He bought a house in Bickleigh<br />

and settled down. His daughter<br />

made a good marriage and he<br />

had grandchildren, His final years<br />

were spent “idly” in retirement,<br />

writing his books. The first of<br />

them, was first published in<br />

<strong>17</strong>45 the contents were "noted<br />

by himself during his passage<br />

to America”.<br />

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almost certainly poured out<br />

a stream of ʻfacts’, the author<br />

was more likely to have been<br />

one Robert Goadby, a printer in<br />

Sherborne, Dorset, who published<br />

the book. But if that is the case it<br />

is much more likely that Carew<br />

first dictated it to what we would<br />

nowadays call a “ghost writer’ - in<br />

this instance to the literate and<br />

enterprising Mrs. Goadby, one<br />

who not only knew which side<br />

her bread was buttered but was<br />

also well qualified to know<br />

what made a best seller<br />

when she wrote one.<br />

Bampfylde-Moore Carew<br />

outlived his wife and died<br />

on 27 August <strong>17</strong>59 and<br />

is buried in Bickleigh<br />

churchyard, where may he<br />

rest in peace. Last word on<br />

the subject of our story is<br />

best left, perhaps, to an<br />

equally worldly-wise author,<br />

Henry Fielding, the man<br />

who met the ʻKing of the<br />

Gypsies’. and also wrote<br />

so vividly of fate and fortune and<br />

morals in Georgian England.<br />

“A rich man without charity is a<br />

rogue: and perhaps it would be<br />

no difficult matter to prove that<br />

he is also a fool.”<br />

JOHN FISHER<br />

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everyone at Sidmouth Design! See page 57.<br />

David Lloyd Cabinet Maker would like to wish Season Greetings to all<br />

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N J Whittaker Ltd. would like to wish all their clients past, present & future<br />

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As a new family run business in Devon, Joshua<br />

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and wish everyone a Very Happy Christmas!<br />

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Very Warmest Wishes to all our Customers over the<br />

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Venice of the North<br />

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magnificent municipal<br />

buildings, soaring spires,<br />

surprisingly delicate<br />

mediaeval architecture,<br />

first class museums,<br />

endless restaurants<br />

and bars, as well as a<br />

myriad of colourful and<br />

interesting shops, not<br />

forgetting the canals<br />

that both encircle the<br />

city and also thread<br />

their way between<br />

the buildings, which shimmer<br />

colourfully on the evening with<br />

Christmas lighting.<br />

What's great about Bruges is that<br />

within a seven night stay, there should<br />

be enough time to see pretty much all<br />

the main bits, leaving you feeling like<br />

you 'know' Bruges quite well. Because<br />

mediaeval Bruges was originally<br />

contained by city walls and canals, it's<br />

all very close together and accessible<br />

by foot. Luckily, Bruges has managed<br />

to hold onto a very large amount of<br />

it's mediaeval building stock, in fact<br />

it's probably the best preserved city<br />

in Europe in this respect.<br />

What I found to be interesting is<br />

that the majority of buildings are<br />

of brick construction and appear<br />

delicate and fragile when you<br />

also consider their height and<br />

They really do make the effort in Bruges<br />

to ensure everywhere's a festive visual<br />

treat. Note the fish guild sign over the<br />

door on the shop (right).<br />

the relatively large windows. The<br />

buildings are beautifully decorative,<br />

particularly with their crow-step<br />

gables (the Belgians call them stairstep<br />

gables). Walking the streets<br />

of Bruges is a pleasure (roads are<br />

narrow and generally vehicular<br />

traffic levels are low), and you'll find<br />

you can rest up in one of the many<br />

pubs and restaurants that have<br />

blazing fires, where you can enjoy<br />

festive cheer with glowing hands<br />

and face. I'd advise taking thermals<br />

just in case the wind's blowing<br />

from the east, it can get really chilly,<br />

so preparation is worthwhile in<br />

order to get the most from your<br />

visit.<br />

Bruges is situated in the north west<br />

of Belgium and is the capital of<br />

West Flanders (see maps overleaf).<br />

In the first millennium Bruges was<br />

linked to the sea by<br />

what was known as<br />

the 'Golden Inlet'.<br />

Bruges golden age<br />

was between the<br />

12th to 15th centuries<br />

when their woollen<br />

industry flourished<br />

and they also<br />

innovated with new<br />

forms of economic<br />

exchange and<br />

merchant capitalism.<br />

Bruges is certainly<br />

a worthy place to<br />

visit, small enough<br />

to see everything,<br />

not so small that<br />

there isn't something for everyone,<br />

particularly if you like museums<br />

and/or shopping and art.<br />

I'll never forget visiting Bruges, not<br />

least because we ended up missing<br />

the plane back to England - ouch!<br />

(Beware of setting your phone's<br />

alarm on the 12 hour clock , also<br />

beware failed hotel wake up calls).<br />

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A Canal City<br />

Walking round Bruges is a delight,<br />

particularly if you appreciate fine<br />

architectural detail, as the quality<br />

and extent of its existing mediaeval<br />

building heritage is extensive.<br />

Where the port<br />

of Zeebrugge<br />

has been<br />

developed<br />

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5<br />

Often referred to as The Venice of<br />

the North, Bruges is a canal based<br />

city. Originally, a tidal inlet linked<br />

Bruges directly to the sea, gradual<br />

silting up since 1050 meant that<br />

sea access was lost, but in 1134, a<br />

storm re-established access<br />

through a natural channel at Zwim,<br />

navigation to Bruges being via<br />

Damme (see map 5 ), which<br />

became the commercial outpost<br />

for the city. The port of Zeebrugge<br />

(meaning Bruges on Sea) was built<br />

in 1907, and expanded in the 70-80s<br />

to become one of Europe's busiest<br />

ports. The main canal linking<br />

Bruges to Zeebrugge is the<br />

Boudewijnkanaal (in pale blue on<br />

map left 2 and on photo below)<br />

and is a much more direct route<br />

to the coast. (note - the port development<br />

of Zeebrugge isn't shown<br />

on the map because it's pre 1907).<br />

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The medieval map below shows<br />

how Bruges was extensively protected<br />

by walls, gate houses 1 and<br />

canals. If you look carefully, you<br />

can also see windmills along the<br />

walls, the one shown is the Bonne-<br />

Chiére windmill 3<br />

Inside the Provinciaal Hof building. Renowned artists such<br />

as Hendrik and Gustaaf Pickery carried out the interior<br />

decoration, ironwork and stained glass windows.<br />

2<br />

3<br />

One of the many documents residing in the Provinciaal Hof (see above right). If you look carefully,<br />

you can see that the entire town was enclosed in walls, the canal served as a massive moat.<br />

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Venice of the North<br />

Bruges<br />

Bruges Market Square, the imposing Gothic Revival style building is the Provinciaal Hof (Provincial Palace), once used<br />

as a government meeting house, it's now a ceremonial building. Inside it is sumptuously decorated (see image left). It's<br />

worth visiting as there's a collection of interesting documents including the old town map (below left).<br />

Towers & Spires<br />

Whilst you're in Bruges, a visit to the<br />

Provinciaal Hof is a must, it's a magnificent<br />

building that dominates Market Square,<br />

with finely decorated windows and roof<br />

line. If anything, the interior is even more<br />

ornate (see photo left). Their collection<br />

of old documents and maps is equally<br />

impressive.<br />

Bruges's beautiful skyline gives you an<br />

indication of how fabulous cities like<br />

London would have appeared pre Blitz<br />

and high-rise development. In years gone<br />

by, it was a matter of great pride when<br />

new buildings were commissioned, with<br />

massive budgets allocated to achieve<br />

the most aesthetically impressive effect.<br />

What's built today really does pale into<br />

insignificance.<br />

Bruges has an impressive and unspoilt skyline, as seen here<br />

from the embankment where the Bonne-Chiére windmill is situated.<br />

The Carillon in the bell tower<br />

(Belfort Van Brugge) which is<br />

situated in Market Square.<br />

Below you can see the Jerusalem Chapel<br />

that was built by the Adornes family in<br />

1429. The family still own the Adornes<br />

estate 600 years later, having originated<br />

from the Italian city of Genoa, when<br />

Opicius Adornes joined the retinue of<br />

the Count of Flanders in the thirteenth<br />

century, when he moved to Flanders to<br />

start a new branch of the family.<br />

The Adornes Chapel - the Adornes family have been an important family in Bruges for the past six centuries.<br />

The chapel is a unique mediaeval place that I can recommend you visiting.<br />

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gable (Dutch call it a stairstep<br />

gable). The Mermaid<br />

was always seen to be both<br />

beautiful and dangerous.<br />

In mediaeval times it was a<br />

recognised euphemism for a<br />

prostitute.<br />

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The restaurant and pubs are so inviting and cheerful, and you're<br />

spoilt for choice. The above is in Market Square.<br />

A terrier doing sterling work. Not sure what<br />

the owner's up to though?<br />

If you enjoy shopping, the level of retail experience is very<br />

high, they're obviously expert in this area, I don't think I've<br />

ever seen such pretty window displays as in Bruges.<br />

Above - everything's just so enticing, presentation is<br />

superb. Above right - there are so many chocolate shops,<br />

it's hard to know which ones sell the high-grade stuff.<br />

Left - Christmas markets festooned with lights<br />

are pretty, walking round in the evening is an<br />

extremely cheerful experience.<br />

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Venice of the North<br />

Bruges<br />

The fire's very welcome, especially if there's an east wind<br />

blowing, many restaurants and pubs have fires.<br />

Bruges' streets are pretty and the shopping experience great.<br />

Traffic levels are minimal, allowing for relaxed ambling.<br />

Right - horse drawn carriages are available for a brief city tour. There are<br />

no big, busy, noisy roads here, many areas are purely for pedestrians.<br />

Above and right - the Basilica of the Holy Blood, incredibly<br />

ornate both inside and out. It was originally built in the<br />

12th century as the chapel of residence for the Count of<br />

Flanders. It contains the venerated relic of the Holy Blood,<br />

allegedly collected by Joseph of Arimathea, which was then<br />

brought Bruges by the Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders.<br />

The building above is the 12th century lower chapel, the<br />

image on the right is that of the upper chapel which was<br />

rebuilt in the Gothic style in the <strong>16</strong>th century.<br />

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Bruges is surrounded by canals which were the first commerical<br />

super highways that enabled trade to flourish.<br />

The Begijnjof (Beguinage - housing the lay religious women who lived in<br />

the community without taking vows or retiring from the world).<br />

Judgment of Cambyses - by Gerard David - 1498<br />

Part of a diptych, here<br />

the corrupt Persian judge<br />

Sisamnes is being flayed<br />

after a guilty verdict from<br />

judge Cambyses. The other<br />

painting shows Sisamnes<br />

pre-judgment, sitting<br />

on his throne chair. If<br />

you look at the scene in<br />

the background of the<br />

larger image above, it's<br />

Sisamnes's own son that<br />

is dispensing justice from the throne chair with his<br />

father's skin draped over the back. Town burghers<br />

used this painting to encourage honesty and it was<br />

meant also as a symbolic apology for the imprisonment<br />

of Maximilian I of Bruges in 1488. Maximilian<br />

I was the Holy Roman Emperor and also known as<br />

the King of the Germans. Incidentally, he was never<br />

crowned as Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope as the<br />

journey to Rome was considered too risky.<br />

Last Judgment - Pieter Pourbus - 1551<br />

This a just a small portion of the whole painting, devised,<br />

I don't doubt, to strike fear into worshippers. It was<br />

painted for the Council Chamber of the 'Liberty of Bruges,<br />

which was an administrative district consisting of the<br />

countryside surrounding Bruges. It's said to be inspired<br />

by Michelangelo's fresco in the Sistine Chapel, Rome.<br />

Groeninge Museum<br />

The 4 images above are all sited within the excellent<br />

Groeninge Museum in Bruges. If you're going to<br />

visit any museums whilst in Bruges, this one's an<br />

absolute must because they have a most interesting<br />

range of paintings spanning six centuries of Flemish<br />

and Belgian art including: Jan van Eyck, Hieronymus<br />

Bosch, Gerard David, Adriaen Isenbrandt, Nicolaes<br />

Maes, Jan Provoost, Dirk Bouts, Fernand Khnopff,<br />

René Magritte, etc.<br />

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Venice of the North<br />

Bruges<br />

You really do feel you're in another country, the architecture's<br />

very different. What's amazing is the window size. I<br />

suppose they weren't subject to our miserable window tax?<br />

Note the fine gables.<br />

Church of Our Lady of Bruges. Founded in the<br />

13th century, it has an impressive soaring<br />

spire and contains a statue by Michelangelo.<br />

Sky and warm clay tile reflections in<br />

the canal make a memorable walking<br />

experience, sun allowing.<br />

Last Judgment - Jan Provoost - 1525<br />

Again, this is a smaller part of the main painting. Filled<br />

with disturbing imagery, you have to understand the impact<br />

this type of image would have had when presented to a<br />

public audience having no other access to creative imagery.<br />

I say creative, it was obvious the artist went-to-town on his<br />

interpretation of the Last Judgment. Don't forget this was<br />

the day-and-age of ducking stools, witchcraft, etc, so this<br />

painting would have fed the public's fears and suspicions.<br />

Herberg Vlissinghe<br />

The oldest pub in Bruges,<br />

the Herberg Vlissinghe,<br />

and even better, there's<br />

none of the small-minded<br />

Apartheid of the canine<br />

variety here, you can see<br />

for yourself a lovely little<br />

terrier in the background<br />

(bottom photo), happily<br />

ambling, enjoying the<br />

warmth, aromas and<br />

possibly titbits of fine<br />

food, which is exactly as<br />

it should be.<br />

It's a pub worth seeking<br />

out because for five<br />

centuries this hostelry<br />

has welcomed travellers<br />

from all over Europe.<br />

The atmosphere is<br />

friendly and cheerful, the<br />

food and beer excellent.<br />

Highly recommended on<br />

your Bruges visit.<br />

Part of Triptych of Job<br />

Hieronymous Bosch<br />

1500-1524<br />

The master of disturbing<br />

images, Bosch's image<br />

here is another of<br />

what would probably<br />

be a terrifying image<br />

(small section of main<br />

painting shown here).<br />

Bosch certainly had<br />

a fertile imagination,<br />

today we'd expect this<br />

sort of image to appear<br />

in a film, rendered in<br />

3d. Here, it was all<br />

achieved with just paint<br />

and brush.<br />

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MOTORING<br />

The DISCOVERY SPORT<br />

You can have your cake and eat it!<br />

I think itʼs a saying we all know, although personally, Iʼve<br />

always thought it fairly nonsensical (although 'canʼ is usually<br />

a ʻcanʼtʼ). When I spoke to Tony at Matford Landrover, he<br />

said “you must test the Discovery Sport”.<br />

My previous car had been a Citroen<br />

C-Crosser, a rebadged Mitsubishi Overlander<br />

4x4, which although a good car,<br />

was prone to wallowing in corners. So<br />

the term ‘Sport’ attached to the Land<br />

Rover Discovery name I found odd,<br />

because you expect 4x4s generally to<br />

be large, top heavy and even unwieldy,<br />

so the ‘Sport’ naming of this car had<br />

me puzzled.<br />

Arriving at Matford Land Rover at<br />

the bottom of Marsh Barton, a warm<br />

welcome’s assured. Manager Tony<br />

Pearson greeted me and ran through<br />

the controls - the main concern was<br />

to keep the key fob within my pocket<br />

as entry’s through proximity sensors.<br />

Apart from that, it was ready for the<br />

off. I’d heard that the Tavistock Goose<br />

Fair was taking place, so a wise journey<br />

choice would be along the A30 down<br />

past Plymouth and then up to Tavistock<br />

to see if there were any photo opportunities,<br />

it’d also provide a chance to<br />

test the effectiveness of this car on<br />

high speed, motorway type journeys.<br />

Once onto the A30, and past Telegraph<br />

Hill, it’d be interesting to discover what<br />

type of overdrive was provided, and<br />

sure enough, once the auto box had<br />

slipped into top I was surprised at a<br />

relatively high gearing, equating to<br />

90mph at 2,000rpm, better still, the<br />

torquey Ingenium 2 litre Diesel could<br />

happily hold this gearing, even on uphill<br />

gradients. At motorway speeds, the<br />

Sport proved to be refined and stable,<br />

delivering a comfortable and safe ride,<br />

made all the more enjoyable due to<br />

relatively low levels of road noise and<br />

superb DAB radio. And of course, the<br />

elevated seating and vehicle height<br />

allowed increased vision of the road<br />

situation ahead, one of the areas where<br />

4x4s have a natural advantage.<br />

I fairly wafted down past Plymouth<br />

and was soon onto the busy A road to<br />

Tavistock. It was a relief to get past the<br />

Derriford Hospital section, much stopstart<br />

traffic, all of which was smoothly<br />

negotiated by the ‘Sport’. I’ve never<br />

been to the Tavistock Goose Fair, and<br />

was surprised to find that a Goose Fair<br />

Park and Ride what must have been<br />

about 5 miles from Tavistock, which<br />

didn’t augur well considering the busy<br />

day ahead, and indeed upon reaching<br />

Tavistock, the lack of readily available<br />

parking, with street after street of cones<br />

putting paid to visiting the fair. So the<br />

decision was made to drive past, onto<br />

Princetown, negotiating Dartmoor’s<br />

beautiful moorland roads in order to<br />

visit the uniquely fascinating Finch<br />

Foundry in Sticklepath (to be featured in<br />

a future issue of <strong>Devonshire</strong> magazine).<br />

The open moorland roads were ideal to<br />

test driving stability, open straights and<br />

tight, decreasing radius bends where<br />

both cornering and breaking at the<br />

same time would show 4x4 dynamic<br />

limitations - the analogy I suppose,<br />

could be like trying to pull the rug from<br />

underneath someone tall. It was staggered<br />

pushing the Sport into corners at<br />

speed and applying the brakes, totally<br />

unflappable, evidently Land Rover have<br />

pumped much engineering design<br />

and resource into this platform, an<br />

area where they undoubtedly lead<br />

the market. I’d pretty much had the<br />

same experience several years ago test<br />

driving the Range Rover Sport Autobiography,<br />

an amazing 5 litre supercharged<br />

V8, they’d achieved the same<br />

magic in that chassis, unbelievable<br />

cornering dynamics for a full-blown<br />

luxury SUV.<br />

Range Rover Sport Autobiography V8<br />

It was time to switch on the SatNav (SN)<br />

and take pot luck. I do wish SNs would<br />

include a ‘keep to reasonable width<br />

roads’ menu option, because I ended<br />

up driving down what must have been<br />

some of Dartmoor’s narrowest lanes, in<br />

particular a small stone bridge at the<br />

bottom of a secluded valley that had<br />

a series of ‘bash’ plates fitted - really a<br />

packhorse bridge, Dartmoor is bursting<br />

with references to previous centuries,<br />

somewhere you’d never tire of exploring.<br />

Incidentally, beware if you’re going<br />

to visit Finch Foundry, the passage<br />

your car negotiates to the car park is of<br />

minuscule width, I deliberated whether<br />

to tuck in the wing mirrors, deciding<br />

to keep them in place, using them to<br />

gauge my way through the passage.<br />

Pluses:<br />

• Excellent sound system, particularly<br />

the DAB radio.<br />

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• Vision - all round, commanding,<br />

allowing a cheerful, scenic ride.<br />

• Seats/comfort - excellent, with<br />

comprehensive electric adjustment<br />

making it easy to fine tune<br />

position - even lumbar support<br />

• Engine - 2.0 Ingenium diesel,<br />

torquey, quiet, smooth, able<br />

to hold very high gearing up<br />

gradient on fast roads, and well<br />

metered low throttle openings<br />

for creeping up lanes or in heavy<br />

traffic.<br />

• Controls, gears, all very intuitive,<br />

found no need to use gear<br />

paddles provided as unit was slick.<br />

• Size - spacious inside but<br />

compact enough outside to<br />

navigate some of Dartmoor's<br />

narrowest lanes and the Finch<br />

Foundry car park entrance!<br />

• Pedal, steering, seat dynamic is<br />

spot on for negotiating single<br />

track lanes and blind corners.<br />

• Lovely cabin quality, premium<br />

leather trim and feel.<br />

Minuses:<br />

• Jack, my extremely short-legged<br />

Jack Russell would probably have<br />

trouble leaping into the boot.<br />

The Discovery Sport provides a compelling<br />

package, you can see how this<br />

vehicle came into being as it ticks so<br />

many boxes without many of the inherent<br />

compromises associated with 4x4s.<br />

It’s actually quite difficulty to associate<br />

this car with mud-plugging, cross<br />

The Discovery Sport<br />

is a handsome vehicle<br />

parked opposite the<br />

ancient Merrifield stone<br />

rows on Dartmoor<br />

terrain travel (one area I didn’t<br />

get to investigate unfortunately)<br />

although it’s fairly well accepted<br />

that Land Rover are market leaders<br />

in cross terrain dynamic engineering<br />

- I don't doubt the Sport would<br />

be more than capable off-road.<br />

So there you have it, a car that’s<br />

highly accomplished in many<br />

areas - equally as happy at speed<br />

on long motorway journeys, as it<br />

is creeping around single track<br />

Dartmoor lanes and city commuting.<br />

Indeed, this Discovery more than<br />

earns the ‘Sport’ name, it’s ability to<br />

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make rapid haste without fuss and the<br />

general luxury feel in combination with<br />

the overall compactness and agility of<br />

the car proves that Land Rover<br />

really are world leaders when it<br />

comes to advanced car dynamics.<br />

In many ways you could consider<br />

this a ground-breaking car, almost<br />

a new genre of vehicle. It appears<br />

you CAN “have your cake and<br />

eat it” - makes you proud to<br />

be British!<br />

Many thanks to the Tony and the<br />

friendly team at Matford Land<br />

Rover for the chance to test this<br />

great car.<br />

Editor<br />

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Horse<br />

Care<br />

Equine Calmers<br />

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© Millie Moore<br />

Natalie Bucklar<br />

BSc (Hons), MSc (Equine Science)<br />

Natalie has owned horses for over 20<br />

years and owns East Devon Riding<br />

Academy near Sidmouth. She has<br />

previously lectured in Equine Science<br />

to degree level and produced<br />

research for preparing Great Britains'<br />

equestrian teams for the Olympics.<br />

Natalie provides consultations in all<br />

aspects of Equine Science.<br />

Equine Calmers<br />

People can be quite demanding<br />

within horse-human relationships,<br />

often asking things of horses or<br />

placing them in situations that<br />

are very alien and stressful to<br />

the horse. Competing, fun rides,<br />

clipping, stabling, using poorly<br />

fitting tack or restraining gadgets,<br />

hacking alone or even sometimes<br />

just being ridden are all times<br />

where a horse can get sweaty,<br />

jumpy, pushy, vocal, restless,<br />

withdrawn or explosive.<br />

Due to equine stress being so<br />

prevalent in domesticated horses,<br />

there is a huge availability for<br />

supplements marketed as aids to<br />

making the horse calmer. Supply<br />

and demand, there are literally<br />

hundreds of pastes, powders and<br />

liquids that are readily available for<br />

under £30 and they just wouldn’t<br />

exist if we didn’t have so many<br />

stressed horses. They have huge<br />

human appeal, as spending a few<br />

quid on a supplement is much<br />

more attractive than removing<br />

the cause of the stress with hours<br />

of training and practice, but do<br />

they actually work?<br />

Currently, there are no published,<br />

peer reviewed studies to provide<br />

scientific evidence that the most<br />

common<br />

active ingredients<br />

work. Furthermore, several of<br />

the most popular ingredients of<br />

oral supplements are not on the<br />

FEI prohibited substance list, if<br />

they were effective at the levels<br />

being fed then they could be<br />

seen as providing a competitive<br />

advantage and therefore would<br />

be prohibited.<br />

Magnesium is perhaps the most<br />

prevalent ingredient in equine<br />

calmers. There have been studies<br />

in other species but anxiety relief<br />

has only been shown in incredibly<br />

high injected doses, not the lower<br />

oral amounts that are fed to horses.<br />

Trials with horses have even shown<br />

behavioural problems to worsen<br />

when the diet was supplemented<br />

with magnesium. Ironically,<br />

another common ingredient<br />

in equine calmers, Tryptophan,<br />

has also been shown to cause<br />

mild excitement following low<br />

doses. Other ingredients such as B<br />

vitamins have no available studies<br />

that show they have any effect<br />

on equine behaviour. So why do<br />

people buy them?<br />

It is widely recognised by Equine<br />

Scientists that there is a high<br />

placebo effect in equine calming<br />

supplements and in reality most<br />

probably don’t help solve the<br />

problems they are bought for. But<br />

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teaching owners that removing<br />

the cause of the stress is the<br />

only sustainable option is not<br />

as palatable as a £20 quick fix,<br />

despite this being safer for them<br />

© Millie Moore<br />

and also less stressful for their<br />

horse. Supplements, if they did<br />

work, are quite simply easier for<br />

humans to comprehend and that<br />

is what makes horse owners get<br />

sucked in by the marketing and<br />

fashionable recommendations,<br />

particularly if they want their<br />

horse clipped tomorrow! The ‘it’s<br />

worth a try’ or ‘easy life’ effect!<br />

However, the original problem<br />

can be perpetuated by using a<br />

supplement whilst continuing<br />

to take a horse over its stress<br />

threshold and omitting gradual<br />

training, the cause is never<br />

addressed and consequently the<br />

unwanted behaviour becomes<br />

increasingly difficult to solve. The<br />

old adage prevention is better<br />

than cure has never been so<br />

appropriate.<br />

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The Old Vet’nary<br />

by Ken Watson<br />

Tales of the harvest field<br />

a friendly, family practice<br />

I<br />

n wartime Britain agricultural<br />

labour was scarce and so my<br />

school summer farm camp was<br />

welcomed by farmers. We boys<br />

received the princely payment of<br />

9 pence per hour, lashings of food<br />

and the excitement of living under<br />

canvas in bucolic surroundings. For<br />

all this we were expected to work<br />

and, oh boy, did we work, because<br />

the farmers were determined to get<br />

their money’s worth out of these<br />

town boys. Farming at this time<br />

had not really altered for generations<br />

and very much depended on man,<br />

woman and horse. Such tractors as<br />

there were had to be used sparingly<br />

because of the shortage of fuel and,<br />

let’s face it, the innate prejudice<br />

against them.<br />

Our war-torn country needed good<br />

harvests and the long summer<br />

school holidays happily coincided<br />

with that time. But what a contrast<br />

to today when, no matter how large<br />

the acreage to be tackled, it involves<br />

no more than 3 or 4 workers, each<br />

encased in the cab of an automated<br />

harvester or tractor. Back then it<br />

to a point where they were tied into<br />

sheaves and dropped off the rear<br />

of the binder. This contraption<br />

was drawn by a single horse and<br />

controlled by a man who sat on a<br />

flimsy metal seat, which bounced<br />

alarmingly, while he steered the<br />

horse and watched for any snags<br />

to the working of this amazingly<br />

simple machine. It worked, and if<br />

it didn’t it could soon be set right.<br />

We boys had to follow behind, pick<br />

up the sheaves , one in each hand,<br />

and set them together at an angle so<br />

they stood up then repeat this until<br />

we had 6 or 8 together, known as<br />

a stook. We then went on to build<br />

another stook. The rain would run<br />

off the stook while the breeze blew<br />

through the gap below and the corn<br />

and straw would dry.<br />

In those pre-myxomatosis days<br />

rabbits were everywhere, so much<br />

so that every grass field or crop was<br />

eaten down bare for several yards<br />

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by Richard Woodward<br />

is a myth that farm workers were<br />

downtrodden and no doubt they<br />

were often badly treated. Yet they<br />

were proud and independent.<br />

After the sheaves had dried they<br />

were carted and stored in stacks and<br />

the women of the village appeared<br />

and, by custom, picked up any<br />

spilled corn they could find to take<br />

home for their chicken.<br />

It was the custom in these parts of<br />

Hertfordshire to build round ricks, a<br />

skilled job. Some farms even had<br />

special stones, Staddle stones, to<br />

keep the rick off the damp ground.<br />

There was always one worthy who<br />

was the expert at building a circular<br />

stack and he would order us lesser<br />

mortals how to pitch the sheaves to<br />

him. On one occasion the farmer<br />

kept butting in with words of advice.<br />

We could see him getting redder in<br />

the face until he suddenly stopped<br />

and, hands on hips, said to the boss,<br />

“Now look it here maister. Be you<br />

building this rick or be I?” The farmer<br />

walked off muttering to himself.<br />

was a time of joy, the gathering in of<br />

the harvest, and there were people<br />

everywhere, each intent of his own<br />

task in this seemingly chaotic event.<br />

The centre of all this activity was<br />

the binder, a Heath Robinson affair,<br />

no more than a flimsy windmill<br />

pressing the cornstalks against a<br />

side cutting bar. The cut stalks then<br />

travelled along a moving canvas belt<br />

folk brought their shotguns and dogs<br />

for the rabbits hiding in the corn.<br />

As the binder circled the crop and<br />

the standing corn diminished so<br />

they would make a run for it until<br />

only a small island remained and<br />

the air was shrill with the sound of<br />

gunshots and barking dogs showing<br />

their joy as they pursued fleeing<br />

rabbits or picking up dead ones.<br />

dug out the pellets with the point<br />

of his pocket knife. He taught us<br />

boys some new words I can tell you.<br />

All this work was dry and dusty and<br />

I have vivid memories of the farmer’s<br />

daughter’s welcome appearance at<br />

lunch and tea with sandwiches and<br />

bottles of cold tea. Never has liquid<br />

refreshment tasted better. There<br />

It wouldn’t do for today because<br />

it just would not pay but the<br />

atmosphere of those wonderful<br />

horses, dogs and friendship and<br />

the moment when the last sheaf<br />

was tamped into place and the cry<br />

went up, “That’s the one,” was<br />

unforgettable.<br />

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there today. - Ken Watson<br />

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The diary of lady farmer, Janet East<br />

Sheep on the move<br />

My Ram Disappeared into Thin Air<br />

Buying a ram is a tricky<br />

business, let alone an expensive<br />

one. I had purchased a<br />

stunning Jacob ram who was<br />

proving himself to be a male<br />

and a half. He stood very<br />

square, had a superb back end,<br />

his head was held high and<br />

he had the most wonderful<br />

symmetrical face. A wide white<br />

blaze, black cheeks, a black<br />

nose (essential), beautiful<br />

curly black horns and a lovely<br />

crimpy fleece. He really was a<br />

wonderful sight.<br />

My ram had been running with<br />

my ewes for 3 weeks and his<br />

job was done. I always put a<br />

different ram in for the second<br />

3 weeks, just in case ram<br />

number one is firing blanks! It<br />

can and does happen. Males<br />

can be so unreliable!<br />

Having been parted from<br />

his ewes, he was not a happy<br />

bunny and still strutted his<br />

stuff up and down the field,<br />

curled top lip and still carrying<br />

that testosterone smell. Well<br />

his luck was about to change.<br />

Two very dear, slightly<br />

eccentric friends of ours who<br />

live in Sussex, also breed<br />

Jacob sheep and are always<br />

looking to introduce good new<br />

bloodlines into their flock. After<br />

a long phone call and many<br />

pictures of the boy sent over<br />

the internet, they were very<br />

keen to use him. However, the<br />

stumbling block was that I was<br />

not prepared to loan him out<br />

- certainly not all the way up<br />

to Sussex. There were shrieks<br />

of laughter the other end of<br />

the phone as they had clearly<br />

planned to come down to<br />

Devon with their ewes and have<br />

“an adventure” as they called it -<br />

they must be barmy!<br />

The day dawned and the farm<br />

gates were flung open as a<br />

trusty, rusty old Landrover<br />

Jacobs sheep - a very, very old breed<br />

towing an even older, definitely<br />

homemade, wooden trailer<br />

held together by binder twine<br />

lurched into the farmyard.<br />

Daphne and Helen had arrived.<br />

I just smile every time I see<br />

them as they seem to love life<br />

and everything that goes with<br />

it. Amidst laughter and chatter,<br />

the Landrover doors creaked<br />

open, (how they didn’t fall off<br />

I don’t know), and out fell the<br />

girls looking like they had both<br />

just been pulled through a<br />

hedge backwards - no surprise<br />

there. Their level of intelligence<br />

frightens me, yet they are<br />

both as daft as brushes, but<br />

an absolute privilege to know.<br />

Daphne can finish the Times<br />

crossword before I’ve even<br />

opened up the paper! Naively I<br />

had not asked them how many<br />

ewes they were bringing down.<br />

I hoped it wasn’t too many as<br />

my ram had been hard at work.<br />

He would cope with another<br />

10 -15. Lots of smiles and<br />

chatter followed and the girl’s<br />

excitement was contagious.<br />

Down came the back of the<br />

trailer and I couldn’t believe<br />

what I saw... 2 ewes. Just 2<br />

ewes. All that way for two<br />

blinking sheep- they must be<br />

mad.<br />

Without further ado we drove<br />

the trailer down to a very<br />

small paddock just below the<br />

orchard which had a beautiful<br />

pond in the middle and was<br />

ideal for the “small” gathering.<br />

We let the ewes out first who<br />

were relieved to be out of the<br />

wooden contraption. I had<br />

prepared the ram and put some<br />

thick orange raddle paste on<br />

his breast bone so that we<br />

knew when he had tupped<br />

them. We let him loose with<br />

his 2 new females and he was<br />

very keen. Unfortunately, the<br />

ewes seemed to have “trailer<br />

lag” and weren’t interested.<br />

When a ewe is ready, she will<br />

stand stock still for the ram. He<br />

sidled up to them, raised a front<br />

leg, pawed their side, curled his<br />

lip, followed them everywhere,<br />

but no luck. The next day was<br />

the same story, but they would<br />

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come on heat in their own time.<br />

Nature sorts everything out in<br />

time.<br />

The following morning was<br />

simply beautiful and as we<br />

strolled down through the<br />

orchard, which was laden with<br />

apples of every size, shape and<br />

colour, the autumn colours<br />

were a sight to behold. We were<br />

all in high spirits as we chatted<br />

incessantly about sheep and<br />

the joys of farming. The two<br />

ewes trotted up to meet us at<br />

the paddock gate - definitely<br />

pet sheep which was confirmed<br />

when Daphne produced some<br />

“stolen” toast from the breakfast<br />

table to feed to them. However,<br />

the ram had obviously got<br />

the hump and was nowhere<br />

to be seen. I expect he was<br />

around the other side of the<br />

pond which is obscured by<br />

rushes and wonderful drooping<br />

willow trees. So the three of us<br />

sauntered on down to the pond<br />

(followed in hot pursuit by the<br />

ewes looking for their main<br />

course) to find the boy. I must<br />

admit I was slightly concerned<br />

Ralph cooling off<br />

as I would have expected him<br />

to stay close to his ewes as is<br />

the norm. Daphne and Helen<br />

were oblivious to everything,<br />

chatting nine to the dozen<br />

admiring the beautiful,<br />

stunning Devon landscape.<br />

That soon changed. My concern<br />

deepened. The ram was not in<br />

the paddock. Where the devil<br />

was he? The chatter stopped<br />

and Daphne became totally<br />

animated and pronounced in<br />

no uncertain terms that he<br />

must have drowned. As she<br />

prepared to wade into the pond<br />

fully clothed I told her not to be<br />

so stupid as sheep hate water.<br />

“He’s obviously been chasing<br />

after those dear ewes and<br />

fallen in and sunk to the<br />

bottom with the weight of the<br />

water in his huge fleece”.<br />

This was a nightmare. I said<br />

there had to be an explanation,<br />

not that I knew what it was.<br />

What a scene. Two hysterical<br />

ladies, two uninterested ewes,<br />

a huge deep pond and no ram.<br />

Thankfully Daphne and Helen<br />

had booked a couple of nights<br />

in a very expensive Hotel in<br />

Cornwall and were booked in<br />

for lunch so it was a huge relief<br />

to see the dear old Landrover<br />

disappear down the lane.<br />

Totally distraught, emotional<br />

and near to tears, they made<br />

me promise that I would call<br />

them when the ram surfaced in<br />

the pond. I really didn’t know<br />

where to start to look for my<br />

boy so I called my collie Ralph<br />

and off we went around the<br />

farm. Ralph has always had a<br />

huge outrun which at times is<br />

annoying as he takes all day<br />

to find his sheep, but today it<br />

was a wonderful asset. He ran<br />

the hedgerows of every field,<br />

carefully looking for sheep of<br />

any description. We rounded<br />

up my various groups of ewes<br />

and lambs, looking for the<br />

ram but nothing. Perhaps the<br />

girls were right and the ram<br />

had drowned and he would<br />

eventually rise, bloated, to<br />

the surface of the pond. In<br />

my heart I still didn’t believe<br />

it - totally impossible. We<br />

slowly made our way home.<br />

Dogs have intuition and Ralph<br />

knew something wasn’t right.<br />

Instead of coming up through<br />

the 11 acre front field beside<br />

the paddock and pond, he<br />

refreshed himself in the water<br />

trough and headed up the field<br />

towards the lane. I followed<br />

on as it is lovely walking up<br />

the narrow lane flanked by<br />

huge oak trees still bearing<br />

a few beautiful golden leaves<br />

before winter takes its grip. I<br />

had half a dozen cull ewes in a<br />

small field opposite the house<br />

which I hadn’t yet checked so<br />

that would get that job done<br />

too. Ralph was there well in<br />

advance of me and as usual<br />

had sidled under the five bar<br />

gate, already focused on the old<br />

ewes waiting for a command.<br />

On seeing the dog they had<br />

turned on their heels. I counted<br />

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7 rear ends. Perfect. No not<br />

perfect - there should only be 6,<br />

or was there 7 ? I quietly asked<br />

Ralph to “come bye” and as he<br />

headed them, I couldn’t believe<br />

my eyes... the disappearing<br />

ram was trotting towards me<br />

with his new harem of ladies.<br />

I grinned from ear to ear and<br />

relief poured over me. The<br />

paddock and pond are close<br />

to the little field housing the<br />

cull ewes and obviously he had<br />

smelt that one or more were on<br />

heat and off he went, over the<br />

fence, up the lane, up the hedge<br />

and jumped down over! There<br />

is no stopping a ram when<br />

there’s business to be done, no<br />

matter what terrain needs to be<br />

conquered.<br />

I sent a text to the girls just<br />

saying that the ram had<br />

“surfaced”. No more, no less.<br />

They phoned that evening and<br />

with great sadness in their<br />

voices, they said “we told you<br />

so Janet”. Not being able to<br />

get a word in edgeways they<br />

rabbited on about the dreadful<br />

drowning and distress and it<br />

took me minutes before I could<br />

deliver the good news. Squeals<br />

of laughter followed and their<br />

dream of my dear boy mating<br />

their ewes was back on course.<br />

All’s well that ends well!<br />

FARM CALENDAR<br />

DECEMBER<br />

• Take out rams from<br />

ewes - pen them<br />

together tightly for<br />

24-48 hours to get<br />

accustomed to each<br />

other. They will<br />

seriously fight. Turn<br />

out when law and<br />

order is restored.<br />

• As the weather<br />

worsens check cattle<br />

aren’t poaching the<br />

ground too much.<br />

• Prepare cattle shed for<br />

them to come in for<br />

the winter.<br />

• Book the vet for our<br />

Whole Herd TB test -<br />

compulsory, must be<br />

done before 13/01/<strong>17</strong><br />

• Huge Oak tree has<br />

fallen down by the<br />

river - start to cut up<br />

before the ground gets<br />

too wet<br />

• First week of<br />

<strong>December</strong>, collect beef<br />

back from abattoir<br />

- prepare orders for<br />

local customers - it is<br />

simply delicious!<br />

• Continue weighing<br />

and sending finished<br />

lambs to abattoir<br />

• Scan ewes - twins<br />

please, not too many<br />

singles or triplets<br />

• Do some Christmas<br />

shopping - if possible<br />

before Christmas eve<br />

as is the norm!<br />

JANUARY<br />

• Condition score<br />

ewes - start to feed 6<br />

weeks before lambing<br />

according to condition<br />

and number of lambs<br />

being carried.<br />

• Bring in cattle if not<br />

done in <strong>December</strong>.<br />

• Check all water<br />

troughs as the cold<br />

weather sets in - burst<br />

pipes are a nightmare.<br />

• Put out hay feeders<br />

for sheep.<br />

• Prepare lambing shed<br />

in preparation for inlamb<br />

ewes coming in.<br />

• Booster Heptavac<br />

injection for all ewes<br />

and any ewe lambs<br />

being kept as flock<br />

replacements and<br />

stock rams.<br />

• Purchase next group<br />

of 3 week old calves<br />

- milk feeding young<br />

calves is lovely<br />

• It’s my 60th - plan a<br />

day off!<br />

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GARDENING<br />

Devon Gardens<br />

Domestic gardens are increasingly becoming sterile and harsh environments for<br />

our wildlife, so it may be worth taking stock of your own garden space.<br />

As you look out onto the garden from your cosy<br />

room in the house, much is drab and dreary. It's<br />

amazing how your garden can go from being<br />

delightful, to a sodden mess within a few weeks.<br />

You have to feel pity for all the animals and<br />

birds living out in the cold and rain, it's a<br />

hostile environment in the winter, even if the<br />

winters aren't as cold as they used to be. What<br />

conservationists have established is that our<br />

gardens are changing for the worst. Too much<br />

hard landscaping, hedge removal and fence<br />

replacement (horribly ugly, year round), plastic<br />

grass, etc, it all augurs badly for our friends in<br />

the garden. If you're considering a re-design of<br />

your garden in 20<strong>17</strong> can I implore you to consider<br />

greener options, perhaps a pond, a wildflower<br />

patch, fruit bearing trees and certainly removal of<br />

ugly fencing and cultivation of beautiful hedges,<br />

or at least wildlife friendly climbers and shrubs<br />

to cover those ugly fencing panels.<br />

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GARDENING<br />

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Even working from home for part of<br />

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HEALTH & WELLBEING<br />

Devon's a great place to get fit with endless<br />

countryside walks and fantastic places to explore<br />

When it comes to staying active, walking is one<br />

of the easiest, most convenient activities you can<br />

do. Dogs can be great motivators and having<br />

a canine companion will help to increase your<br />

daily activity levels. With all the walking, chasing,<br />

and playing you do together, keeping up with<br />

your dog can be an exercise in itself. Even just<br />

a 15 minute brisk walk per day, can give you<br />

significant health benefits.<br />

Regular physical activity can lower risks of<br />

diseases, reduce stress levels and depression,<br />

give your self-esteem a boost, improve your<br />

mood, quality of sleep and improve your general<br />

energy levels.<br />

"Dogs can be great<br />

motivators and having a<br />

canine companion will<br />

help to increase your daily<br />

activity levels."<br />

If you’ve got kids, of course you want to make<br />

sure they grow up fit and healthy. Make exercise<br />

a social event and get the whole family involved.<br />

Sometimes it can be hard to juggle work, family,<br />

and physical activity so set aside one day a<br />

weekend to do something active as a family.<br />

Devon is a beautiful county with so many places<br />

to explore and plenty of activities to keep the<br />

whole family active and entertained. If you enjoy<br />

the activity, you are more likely to keep it up so<br />

making it fun will help you to stay motivated.<br />

Many people get disheartened when each year,<br />

they make resolutions that they keep for only a<br />

few weeks. One of the main reasons for this may<br />

be that we place too much pressure on ourselves<br />

instead of setting achievable and realistic goals.<br />

To be successful with any change, you really need<br />

to want it. Your desire to succeed and support<br />

from others around you can be the difference<br />

between success and failure.<br />

Although your body benefits as soon as you<br />

become more active, you might not notice all<br />

of the benefits straight away as it can time for<br />

your body to adapt to the activity. So stick with<br />

it and you’ll soon see the positive results. Always<br />

remind yourself why you wanted to achieve your<br />

goal in the first place. Stay focused and you'll be<br />

one step closer to making your resolution a reality.<br />

Top tips for staying active<br />

1) Plan regular family activities<br />

2) Take the dog for a walk<br />

3) Limit TV/digital screen time<br />

4) Enjoy the outdoors<br />

5) Walk or cycle to work<br />

6) Make exercise a social activity<br />

7) Try a new sport<br />

8) Join a Yoga or Pilates class<br />

9) Go swimming<br />

10) Have fun<br />

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HEALTH & WELLBEING 20<strong>17</strong><br />

Happy<br />

New You!<br />

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Contact Hollie today to arrange<br />

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It’s time to look forward to your<br />

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You might want to lose weight,<br />

get fit enough for an active event<br />

or simply have more energy to<br />

play with the kids.<br />

Consuming a variety of different<br />

coloured fruits and vegetables<br />

will ensure you get the wide range<br />

of nutrients your body needs for<br />

healthy digestion, an efficient<br />

immune system and plenty of<br />

energy. Protein is essential for<br />

maintenance of all the tissues in<br />

your body and helps to control<br />

appetite. Meat, fish, eggs, dairy,<br />

beans and pulses are all excellent<br />

sources of protein to help with<br />

weight management and keeping<br />

your body young.<br />

Drinking 6-8 glasses of water daily<br />

helps keep muscles healthy and<br />

joints supple. It also flushes out<br />

toxins, enhances the appearance<br />

of skin and improves mental focus.<br />

Exercise helps keep weight off<br />

and improves cardiovascular<br />

health, reducing chance of<br />

illness. It also keeps muscles and<br />

bones strong, which can prevent<br />

aches and pains. Anything that<br />

elevates your heart rate above<br />

normal levels counts as exercise,<br />

meaning extra gardening or a<br />

lunchtime walk could do you just<br />

as much good as joining a gym.<br />

During sleep your body recovers<br />

and repairs all of its systems. It’s<br />

important you get the 7-8 hours<br />

your body needs, so try going to<br />

bed a little earlier, or enjoy a lie<br />

in every so often to help make<br />

up the hours.<br />

No matter where you are on<br />

your health and fitness journey, I<br />

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nutrition and lifestyle habits you<br />

can adopt to bring your goals<br />

within closer reach.<br />

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Just yards from the sea, in the<br />

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With a beautifully designed<br />

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relaxing the mind, easing tension<br />

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Water jets provide a deep<br />

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back, neck and shoulders; and<br />

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Our experienced therapists<br />

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HEALTH & WELLBEING 20<strong>17</strong><br />

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Please call or pop in for a showaround.<br />

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During the coming season with<br />

all its frivolity and good party like<br />

atmosphere, thoughts of healthy<br />

eating and exercise are rarely at<br />

the forefront of our minds.<br />

Doctors tell us that a 'brisk stroll'<br />

or a walk every day helps with<br />

ligaments, muscles, blood flow<br />

and a myriad of other benefits<br />

related to a 'healthy heart regime'.<br />

So a wander to the shops or a trip<br />

round to friends by foot or bicycle<br />

is always a good start. But, what<br />

happens when it’s pouring with<br />

rain or it’s blowing a hooley? Who<br />

wants to get all wrapped up and<br />

go out for a trek as if on a mission<br />

to conquer the Arctic?<br />

This is the time when a visit to a<br />

local gym, particularly one<br />

which has a warm atmosphere,<br />

good company, a friendly face of<br />

welcome and at least a treadmill<br />

that, in the warm, can make a<br />

great deal of difference to whether<br />

(no pun intended) you brave the<br />

elements to pop out for that ‘brisk<br />

stroll’.<br />

In Exmouth we have Devoncourt’s<br />

‘Lifestyle Health and Fitness’. A<br />

good place to start with a small,<br />

friendly gym-with 2 treadmills, a<br />

massage chair, far-infrared sauna,<br />

steam room and a toasty 32°c<br />

Indoor Pool, Jacuzzi, Snooker<br />

Room, Tennis Court and, in the<br />

Summer months, an Outdoor Pool,<br />

Putting Lawn and Croquet Lawn.<br />

There are so many benefits to<br />

good health and they all start<br />

with a ‘stroll’.<br />

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Warm and friendly welcome,<br />

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Evening appointments available.<br />

Various payment plan options.<br />

• Oral health assessment<br />

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• Routine dental care<br />

• Cosmetic dental treatment<br />

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• Dental Implants<br />

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SMILE WITH CONFIDENCE<br />

Having a confident, natural smile<br />

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Unfortunately, many people do<br />

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due to the appearance of their<br />

teeth and this in turn affects their<br />

self-esteem and the way that they<br />

are perceived by others. Advances<br />

in dentistry and new techniques<br />

have made it possible to restore<br />

your teeth and gums even if they<br />

have been neglected or damaged.<br />

At Budleigh Salterton Dental<br />

Practice we pride ourselves<br />

on offering the very best<br />

clinical standards when restoring<br />

teeth and aim to create a result<br />

that enhances the appearance<br />

of your smile and feeling of wellbeing.<br />

We take a proactive approach<br />

towards prevention. Our oral<br />

health assessments are always<br />

extremely thorough and are<br />

carried out every time you<br />

come in for an examination,<br />

and not just on your first visit.<br />

We will assess your soft tissues<br />

(oral cancer check), make sure your<br />

teeth and gums remain healthy<br />

and we will also check for bruxism,<br />

(tooth grinding/clenching), as<br />

these can have affects on the rest<br />

of your body. If you are regularly<br />

suffering from any symptoms<br />

such as temporal headaches,<br />

neck ache, facial pain or clicking<br />

jaws, you could be grinding your<br />

teeth without even knowing it!<br />

Come and see us for your free oral<br />

health assessment’<br />

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to feel great!<br />

NO MORE EXCUSES<br />

In today’s time-constrained<br />

society, it’s all too easy to find an<br />

excuse to skip the gym. Home and<br />

work commitments seem to be<br />

increasing and businesses need to<br />

work hard to earn the right to your<br />

precious spare moments.<br />

as strengthening the muscles<br />

needed to throw a ball for your<br />

dog, or working on your core<br />

for gardening. With the latest<br />

technology on our machines, you<br />

can be efficient and have fun. It’s<br />

easy to track your progress, alter<br />

the scenery of your run, catch<br />

up on social media or watch<br />

your favourite TV show all whilst<br />

working out.<br />

Qualified instructors are on hand<br />

to advise and tailor a training<br />

program to suit you, offering oneto-one<br />

personal training, sports<br />

massage, nutritional analysis and<br />

injury rehabilitation.<br />

With the prospect of coffee in the<br />

Orangery afterwards or delicious<br />

lunch in the restaurant – there<br />

should be no more excuses for<br />

missing the gym!<br />

At Dainton Park, we reckon we’ve<br />

got the perfect ‘third space’ – set<br />

in beautiful surroundings, our<br />

golf club, restaurant and gym is<br />

expanding to include meeting<br />

and treatment rooms. A familyrun<br />

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Our recently refurbished gym<br />

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fitness equipment designed<br />

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These machines allow you to<br />

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tailored to your lifestyle, such<br />

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BODY ST YLE<br />

EXETER<br />

The Ultimate in Body Toning<br />

TONE & TRIM<br />

Join the new owners, Anne and Pauline, to<br />

browse ranges of jewellery, handbags and<br />

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and losing inches all at the same time!<br />

Feel free to call to find out more.<br />

10 reasons to use Toning Tables<br />

Perfect for all ages<br />

A proven system for inch loss<br />

Stimulates circulatory system<br />

Relieves stress and tension<br />

Increases flexibility & mobility<br />

Improves posture<br />

Relaxing, gentle exercise in<br />

a comfortable position<br />

Ideal for any fitness level<br />

Assists with stiffness of joints,<br />

rheumatism, arthritis etc.<br />

They make you feel GOOD!<br />

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77 Fore Street, Heavitree, Exeter EX1 2RN<br />

Body Toning is the perfect way to<br />

tone your bodies whilst losing a<br />

few inches.<br />

Body Style has six toning beds<br />

plus an exercise plate or ‘wobble<br />

machine’. This is a gentle way to<br />

exercise which is suitable for all<br />

ages from 20s to 90s.<br />

A six bed session improves<br />

general well being whilst working<br />

different muscle groups along<br />

with freeing up joints. Ladies who<br />

have sitting jobs find the beds<br />

helpful because they keep their<br />

joints mobile.<br />

Should you have any existing<br />

health issues, proprietors Anne<br />

and Pauline can tailor your<br />

toning routine. The levels of<br />

exercise gradually increase<br />

from very gentle to more<br />

taxing on muscles and joints,<br />

the emphasis being 'gentle'.<br />

There is also a Power Plate which<br />

lasts ten minutes and exercises<br />

various parts of your body whilst<br />

counting the number of calories<br />

used. At a mid speed you can lose<br />

<strong>17</strong>5 calories which is satisfying.<br />

It's an hour away from your busy<br />

world and a great way to make<br />

new friends. Most ladies come<br />

once or twice a week to use the<br />

tables with the bonus of making<br />

friends whilst feeling better about<br />

themselves due to the low impact<br />

exercise on the tables.<br />

Body Style always look forward<br />

to meeting new people, so why<br />

not come along and meet the<br />

team who will tell you about the<br />

concept of toning whilst losing<br />

weight.<br />

FEEL REFRESHED<br />

Massage has many physiological<br />

and psychological effects such<br />

as increasing blood and lymph<br />

circulation, improving muscle<br />

tone, inducing pain relieving<br />

endorphins and increasing<br />

flexibility. It is also very effective<br />

at relieving anxiety, stress and<br />

depression, and can also help to<br />

promote better sleep. Swedish<br />

Body Massage is based on a<br />

variety of massage techniques<br />

specifically designed to relax the<br />

muscles by applying pressure to<br />

them.<br />

Sports Massage can help maintain<br />

the body in generally better<br />

condition, prevent injuries and<br />

loss of mobility, cure and restore<br />

mobility to injured muscle tissue,<br />

boost performance and extend<br />

the overall life of your sporting<br />

career. The physiological effects<br />

of sports massage include<br />

pain reduction and relaxation,<br />

reducing the tension and waste<br />

products in muscles which can<br />

often cause pain.<br />

Indian Head Massage is based on<br />

the ayurvedic system of healing<br />

which has been practised in<br />

India for over a thousand years.<br />

The aim of Indian head massage<br />

is to release the stress that has<br />

accumulated in the tissues,<br />

muscles and joints of the head,<br />

face, neck and shoulders.<br />

Reflexology is a non-intrusive<br />

therapy based on the theory<br />

that different points on the feet,<br />

lower leg, hands, face or ears<br />

correspond with different areas<br />

of the body. The treatment can<br />

be received by anyone at any age.<br />

Pebbles offer a wide range of<br />

complementary therapies, perfect<br />

for treating someone special.<br />

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The Filo<br />

Project<br />

The Filo project is a not-for-profit<br />

organisation specialising in small-group<br />

day care for older people with dementia<br />

who live in the community<br />

Life Matters<br />

Balancing the stresses of work and living<br />

with health and relaxation<br />

Life Matters<br />

Editor - Averil Quinain<br />

coachingholistic@gmail.com<br />

tel: 07891 447710<br />

01395 513383<br />

Averil is a Personal Life Coach<br />

and Business Development<br />

Coach. She works voluntarily<br />

for the Princes Trust as a<br />

mentor for young people, and<br />

for Oxfam as a school speaker.<br />

With a passion for inspired<br />

and responsible living, she<br />

also runs an organic natural<br />

remedy business. Averil<br />

trained at the internationally<br />

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is a member of the ICF.<br />

WHAT'S ON?<br />

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Groups are small and are in the setting of a host's home.<br />

A delicious cooked lunch is also provided.<br />

The service supports individuals who<br />

have early to moderate dementia<br />

and are experiencing loneliness and<br />

social isolation.<br />

The formula is innovative yet simple.<br />

Groups are small,<br />

generally no more<br />

than 4; sessions<br />

exist in the intimate<br />

setting of a ‘host’s’<br />

home and a delicious<br />

cooked hot lunch is<br />

provided, a welcome<br />

and important part of<br />

the day. The service<br />

is akin to spending<br />

a day with friends, everyone can<br />

hear and engage with the others, no<br />

one gets left out and quality social<br />

interaction occurs. The focus is on<br />

people’s capacities and capabilities.<br />

The Filo Project<br />

has recently<br />

celebrated<br />

its second<br />

anniversary<br />

The Filo Project supports clients to<br />

socialise in an environment which<br />

is warm and manageable and in<br />

which care is not hurried. It has<br />

proved a popular and successful<br />

model as time and again clients regain<br />

lost confidence,<br />

flourish and form<br />

new friendships.<br />

Moreover, because<br />

The Filo Project is<br />

not centre-based<br />

and offers transport<br />

as part of the service<br />

means that they can<br />

reach people who<br />

are not only socially<br />

isolated but geographically isolated<br />

too.<br />

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PRACTITIONERS<br />

Allergy Advice<br />

The Devon Allergy Clinic<br />

01803 401001<br />

Acupuncture<br />

Sharp Acupuncture<br />

07738 630186<br />

Body Toning<br />

Body Style Exeter<br />

01392 428004<br />

Chiropody<br />

Pamper your feet at The Foot<br />

Friendly Clinic, 3 Miltons Yard<br />

Axminster EX13 5FE. Phone<br />

for an appointment on 01297<br />

625515 or 07946 213310.<br />

Open Tues/Wed/Thurs.<br />

Chiropractic<br />

Chiropractic Health Centre<br />

01297 35844 or 01404 549270.<br />

Hypnotherapy<br />

Pat Hoare<br />

01392 410090<br />

Life Coaching<br />

Is the treadmill of your life getting<br />

faster? You want to slow down, but<br />

can't? You want to change your life/<br />

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Independent Financial Adviser<br />

Celebrating 24 years of Business in East Devon<br />

MANAGING your MONEY<br />

<br />

economic landscape<br />

Helen has been advising clients<br />

in the East Devon area for the<br />

past 24 years and specialises in<br />

the provision of retirement and<br />

investment advice.<br />

To find out more about her practice,<br />

you can view her company website<br />

at: richmondindependent.co.uk<br />

01395 512<strong>16</strong>6<br />

Helen Mulvaney<br />

BA (Hons), Dip M, DipPFS<br />

Proprietor of Richmond Independent<br />

A few months ago I was talking with<br />

a well known investment group and<br />

they predicted that the economic<br />

outlook was likely to be low growth,<br />

low interest rates and low inflation<br />

for the foreseeable future.<br />

The May<br />

government has<br />

already ditched<br />

some of the earlier<br />

Conservative<br />

pledges<br />

In the space of a few months<br />

that outlook looks set to change<br />

significantly. Austerity, quantitative<br />

easing, low interest rates and low<br />

inflation might be on the way out.<br />

With Donald Trump's election<br />

victory, there's the possibility of<br />

massive infrastructure investment<br />

in the US and this will be achieved<br />

by borrowing. This will, according<br />

to the experts, be inflationary. At<br />

the time of writing, bond markets<br />

have been reacting to this news<br />

which has affected specifically<br />

government bonds or gilts which<br />

have suffered world-wide sell-offs.<br />

This has happened due to the fixed<br />

interest's sensitivity to perceived<br />

inflation. Moreover, if protectionism<br />

becomes more pronounced in<br />

the US, then goods and services<br />

could become considerably more<br />

expensive for its citizens and this<br />

will also provide an inflationary<br />

pressure. So could Trump and the<br />

US be setting the economic agenda<br />

for the developed world ? It's now<br />

probably universally agreed that<br />

low interest rates and continued<br />

quantitative easing are medicines<br />

that are no longer working. Indeed,<br />

once rates become so low, banks<br />

are unable to make a reasonable<br />

profit and probably start lending<br />

less rather than more.<br />

The May government has already<br />

ditched some of the earlier<br />

Conservative pledges made by<br />

Osborne to balance the budget and<br />

there is talk of more infrastructure<br />

spending (note HS2 is still on the<br />

table). The fall in the value of the<br />

pound has also meant that imports<br />

will be more expensive, again adding<br />

to the inflationary pressure. We have<br />

yet to really know what plans are<br />

in store for the economy but it's<br />

rumoured that there will be more<br />

fiscal stimulation with attractive<br />

lower corporation taxes aimed to<br />

lure in more global companies to<br />

the UK. We will have to wait for the<br />

Budget to see what the policy will be.<br />

For those in retirement the last<br />

few years have undoubtedly been<br />

difficult. Interest rates are now at<br />

rock bottom with the best interest<br />

rates being around 1%. Achieving a<br />

reasonably safe but attractive level<br />

of income has been difficult. Those<br />

considering retirement options have<br />

For those in<br />

retirement the last<br />

few years have<br />

undoubtedly been<br />

difficult<br />

also been particularly badly hit and<br />

annuity rates continue to be low.<br />

However, the landscape may be<br />

changing, interest rates may well<br />

rise and more importantly inflation<br />

may be gathering pace. Although<br />

inflation for October remained<br />

low at 0.9%, as discussed above,<br />

If you would like to read more of<br />

Helen's articles visit her website:<br />

www.richmondindependent.co.uk<br />

conditions are gathering for inflation<br />

to build. It's important to consider<br />

the implications of these possible<br />

changes and to realise that asset<br />

classes such as fixed interest and<br />

cash might become more vulnerable<br />

than real assets like property and<br />

equities if we experience significant<br />

inflation.<br />

My practice, based in Sidmouth in<br />

East Devon, provides an ongoing<br />

review and advice service for<br />

investment clients. It's probably<br />

more important than ever to<br />

receive on-going reviews and<br />

advice for your investments as we<br />

live in a world with a rapid and ever<br />

changing economic landscape.<br />

Please contact Helen Mulvaney of<br />

Richmond Independent for further<br />

details. Tel 01395 512<strong>16</strong>6<br />

The contents of this article is for<br />

information only and represents the<br />

opinion of Investment & Financial<br />

Solutions Partnership LLP. You<br />

should not take action based on the<br />

content of this article alone. Please<br />

seek independent financial advice<br />

before taking any action.<br />

Richmond Independent is a trading name of<br />

Investment & Financial Solutions Partnership<br />

LLP which is authorised and regulated by the<br />

Financial Conduct Authority<br />

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