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

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MAGAZINE ISSUES<br />

Feb, <strong>April</strong>, June, Aug, Oct, Dec.<br />

Sub-tropical - Sidmouthʼs Connaught Gardens and Jacobʼs Ladder<br />

Bluebell Time<br />

It’s time to head to the woods, shortly!<br />

Surely one of the greatest joys of spring is making a visit to the<br />

local bluebell woods. The heady scent is almost indescribable,<br />

that fine, sharp, dry, tang in the nose, reminiscent of hyacinth<br />

but so much more subtle. The absolute bliss of seeing sunshine<br />

streaking down through the branches and lighting up the<br />

mauve carpet is an incomparable sight by any standards. It’s<br />

an annual spectacle to share with friends, family and dogs.<br />

Jewel of the East<br />

Thereʼs much confusion about<br />

East Devon as a regional name.<br />

Many consider it doesnʼt reflect<br />

that itʼs actually part of the south<br />

Devon coastline, perhaps missing<br />

appeal, after all the word ʻEastʼ<br />

does conjour up a somewhat<br />

cooler picture in ones mind.<br />

Whatever your viewpoint, we<br />

feature East Devonʼs crown<br />

jewel in this issue of <strong>Devonshire</strong><br />

magazine - Sidmouth. Iʼm sure<br />

youʼll agree, itʼs a damn fine place<br />

to visit from near or far!<br />

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

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DISCLAIMER The publishers of this magazine are not<br />

responsible for any costs, loss or damage suffered by<br />

any person, persons, or company as a result of any<br />

advertisement or article in this magazine. Adverts are<br />

accepted on the understanding that descriptions of<br />

goods and services are fair and accurate. All artwork<br />

is accepted on the strict condition that permission has<br />

been given by the owner for use in this publication. The<br />

opinions and comments expressed are purely those<br />

of the originators. We do not endorse any products or<br />

services advertised within this magazine. Whilst every<br />

effort is made to ensure that information is correct,<br />

the publishers take no responsibility for any errors or<br />

omissions. Any person or persons undertaking the<br />

circular walk featured within this publication does so<br />

entirely at their own risk. If you take children or dogs<br />

on the walk, they will require supervision. We strongly<br />

advise that prior to travelling to any of the events listed<br />

in our What's On sections, that you call the event<br />

organisers to check that the event is running at the<br />

times and dates specified.<br />

COPYRIGHT All material within this magazine are<br />

subject to copyright. Excepting adverts, all images<br />

within the magazine are copyright to N.Jones unless<br />

otherwise specified.<br />

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This issue of the magazine brings you a new<br />

photography column, with ‘Challenging Light’<br />

being the topic up for discussion. Devised for<br />

the less experience of you that are looking<br />

to advance your photographic skills. Digital<br />

camera technology has never been better,<br />

yes, camera phones have also<br />

advanced, but they remain<br />

‘jack of all trades’ devices,<br />

with inherent limits.<br />

We also take you on a pictorial<br />

visit to the Totnes Rare<br />

Breeds Farm. Incidentally,<br />

if you’ve never been lucky<br />

enough to see one of our<br />

native Red Squirrels, then<br />

you’ll be delighted to know the farm has<br />

several of them in residence - you’ll notice<br />

how very much prettier they are than their<br />

grey, drab, counterparts.<br />

Many people are vaguely aware of the literary<br />

Anglo Saxon treasure, the Exeter book,<br />

otherwise known as The Book of Riddles<br />

which resides at Exeter Cathedral Library. If,<br />

like myself, you’ve found yourself wondering<br />

what the strange shiny metal pyramid is<br />

in Exeter’s High Street, well, it is a direct<br />

visual reference to this ancient book, and<br />

it displays riddles from the book engraved<br />

upon its surfaces. The book itself is fairly<br />

plain when you see it in the flesh, but please<br />

don’t be fooled, it’s rarity and bawdy content<br />

holds great fascination.<br />

We have many great resident artists in Devon,<br />

and it was a major loss to the art community<br />

in this county when one of Devon’s most loved<br />

artists Michael Morgan RI passed away in<br />

2014. Marine House at Beer who worked<br />

closely with Michael for many years are now<br />

hosting a major exhibition<br />

starting on 22nd <strong>April</strong><br />

until the 5th <strong>May</strong> which<br />

presents 50 fine paintings<br />

reflecting the evolution of<br />

his iconic work from the<br />

late eighties until 2012.<br />

This is certainly an art<br />

show not to be missed (See<br />

Arts section).<br />

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<strong>April</strong> & <strong>May</strong> <strong>17</strong> ˞ issue 40<br />

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94<br />

DEVONSHIRE<br />

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

5. Editor's Letter<br />

The latest from the Editor.<br />

9. Letterbox<br />

News from across Devon.<br />

10. The Countryman<br />

Nature with Chris Taylor.<br />

12. What's On<br />

Sourced from HubCast.<br />

22. Totnes Rare Breeds<br />

A pictorial visit.<br />

24. Great Night Out<br />

Great live music and food.<br />

26. Overnight Stay<br />

The Grosvenor, Torquay.<br />

28. Food Review<br />

We visit Carluccios, Exeter.<br />

30. Car Review<br />

Volkswagen's Golf R.<br />

32. Fashion & Beauty<br />

Great places to indulge yourself.<br />

35. Nelsonʼs Column<br />

By <strong>Devonshire</strong>ʼs John Fisher.<br />

38. The Exeter Book<br />

The Saxon treasure book.<br />

40. Michael Morgan RI<br />

Major retrospective exhibition.<br />

42. Art Exhibitions<br />

Brought to you by HubCast.<br />

50. The Modern Estate<br />

The Powderham story - today.<br />

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

Essential Home Referencing.<br />

56. Something Special<br />

Beautiful bespoke furniture.<br />

70. Hereʼs the thing...<br />

Expounding from John Fisher.<br />

74. Staycation<br />

The Sidmouth Harbour Hotel.<br />

76. Sidmouth Feature<br />

The jewel of South East Devon.<br />

90. Mental Stress<br />

Stress in horses - Natalie Bucklar.<br />

91. The Old Vetʼnary<br />

Animal Antics - K.Watson.<br />

92. Yellingham Farm<br />

“Thief in the lambing yard” - J. East.<br />

94. Woodland Wonder<br />

With the Editor Nigel Jones.<br />

96. Life Matters<br />

The 'Young Devon' charity.<br />

98. Financial Planning<br />

With IFA Helen Mulvaney.<br />

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YOUR NEWS TO THE EDITOR - LETTERBOX@DEVONSHIREMAGAZINE.CO.UK<br />

Black Tor Brewery takes beer<br />

to Parliament<br />

Black Tor Brewery of Christow in<br />

Dartmoor National Park raised<br />

a glass of its popular Pride of<br />

Dartmoor at the seat of Government<br />

recently, after Exeter MP Ben<br />

Bradshaw sponsored it as the weekʼs<br />

guest ale in the Strangersʼ Bar, sited<br />

inside the House of Commons. The<br />

beer, an easy drinking 4% amber ale,<br />

was enjoyed by the many MPs and<br />

other parliamentarians for whom<br />

the Strangersʼ Bar is effectively their<br />

ʻlocalʼ. Head brewer and director<br />

Jonathon Crump and his co-director<br />

mother Vivienne Crump made the<br />

journey up to London to share<br />

a pint with Mr Bradshaw. Ben<br />

Bradshaw said: “Iʼm always keen<br />

to support our excellent local ales<br />

and ciders. My experience is they<br />

go down particularly well with my<br />

parliamentary colleagues and that<br />

has certainly been the case with<br />

Pride of Dartmoor” Jonathon Crump<br />

said, “We were delighted that Pride<br />

of Dartmoor was selected for the<br />

Strangersʼ Bar and grateful to Ben<br />

Bradshaw and the team at the bar<br />

for making it happen. Weʼre very<br />

proud of our beers and this was<br />

a great opportunity to spread the<br />

word about them and our family run<br />

brewery.” He added, “Weʼd love to<br />

think that a pint of our beer may<br />

have inspired some of our politicians<br />

to dream up ground-breaking new<br />

policies, but we are nonetheless<br />

delighted that so many MPs enjoyed<br />

drinking it.” Pride of Dartmoor was<br />

made available in the Strangersʼ Bar<br />

as part of a scheme run by the All-<br />

Party Parliamentary Beer Group and<br />

the Society of Independent Brewers,<br />

to which Black Tor Brewery belongs.<br />

Editor - not sure encouraging our<br />

MPs to drink is a good idea but<br />

well done to MP Ben Bradshaw<br />

for helping our Devon businesses.<br />

Photo - Jonathon Crump (left),<br />

Viviene Crump and Ben.<br />

Britian’s apple heritage<br />

Would you dare try a Pig’s Nose? A<br />

Sugar Bush? Or even a Grand Sultan?<br />

We’re talking about apple varieties of<br />

course. Any of these would make a<br />

welcome break from the ubiquitous<br />

Braeburn or Cox and yet, it would be<br />

almost impossible to track them down<br />

today. Since the 1960s, two-thirds of<br />

our nation’s orchards have been lost,<br />

and with them many apple varieties<br />

have dwindled or even disappeared.<br />

To safeguard these varieties, Royal<br />

Horticultural Society (RHS) have<br />

planted forty five cultivars of rare<br />

Devon apples to establish a unique<br />

‘mother orchard’ at its RHS Garden<br />

Rosemoor in North Devon. Jon Webster,<br />

Curator of RHS Garden Rosemoor says:<br />

“The RHS has been involved in fruit<br />

growing since our founding in 1804<br />

so we are thrilled that this orchard<br />

has come to fruition with the help<br />

of the South West Fruit Group and<br />

Devon-based Orchards Live”.<br />

www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/rosemoor<br />

Local Artist’s Exhibition Success<br />

Work by local artist Mark Fielding,<br />

has been selected from nearly<br />

2,000 entries to appear alongside<br />

paintings by some of Britainʼs<br />

leading portrait artists. The Royal<br />

Society of Portrait Painters hold an<br />

annual open submission exhibition<br />

in central London each year.<br />

Graced by portraits of royalty,<br />

celebrities, academics, mothers<br />

daughters, fathers and sons, the<br />

exhibition is a feature of the social<br />

calender. This year, about half of<br />

Creatures Great and Small at 45 Southside<br />

At one time or another we have<br />

all had our hearts touched by<br />

fury or feathered friends and so<br />

have the talented artists at 45<br />

Southside. Gwen Vaughan and<br />

Tracey Benton together with 45<br />

Southside continues its series of<br />

exhibitions in Plymouth. Both<br />

artists are well known for their<br />

humorous and collectable work.<br />

the work will be by eminent<br />

Members of the Society and<br />

half by emerging artists selected<br />

through the open submission.<br />

With some 200 portraits on<br />

show, this is the largest and<br />

most comprehensive exhibition<br />

of recent portraits in the country.<br />

This yearʼs exhibition will be<br />

on display at Mall Galleries, central<br />

London from 4th <strong>May</strong> to 19th <strong>May</strong><br />

20<strong>17</strong>. The Royal Society of Portrait<br />

Painters have many prizes and<br />

awards available to exhibitors<br />

including the £10,000 Ondaatje<br />

Prize for Portraiture and the<br />

£3,000 de Laszlo Foundation Award.<br />

www.mallgalleries.org.uk<br />

As an independent gallery, 45<br />

Southside are passionate about<br />

promoting Devon and Cornwall<br />

based artists. Creatures Great<br />

and Small exhibition will run<br />

from 8th <strong>April</strong> to 23rd <strong>May</strong> 20<strong>17</strong>.<br />

The opening view will be held on<br />

Saturday 8th <strong>April</strong> from 3pm to<br />

6pm, all are welcome.<br />

www.45southside.co.uk<br />

Now at Okehampton<br />

After opening on 20th February 20<strong>17</strong>,<br />

Gilbert Stephens new office is off to<br />

a flying start. This expansion will<br />

see the new branch offering a full<br />

range of legal help and advice from<br />

conveyancing to family law, as well<br />

as independent financial advice from<br />

Gilbert Stephens Financial Services Ltd.<br />

Managing Partner, Terry Bastyan says,<br />

“We had been considering a West Devon<br />

office for a while and are delighted to<br />

have now opened in Market Street.<br />

The interest and support we have<br />

received already from professionals<br />

and people in Okehampton has been<br />

very encouraging and we look forward<br />

to providing them with a full range of<br />

legal and financial services in a friendly,<br />

efficient and cost effective way.”<br />

Solicitor Philip Horlock (pictured<br />

above) has joined the firm to manage<br />

the Okehampton office to work closely<br />

with local estate agents in Okehampton.<br />

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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 />

Singing their hearts out!<br />

Pyramidal Orchid<br />

Southern Marsh Orchids<br />

Bluebells<br />

What an up lifting time spring<br />

is. I am sure it has a different<br />

meaning to all, dependent on how<br />

much time you get to observe<br />

the countryside around. Anyone<br />

living in Devon is never far from<br />

open spaces. I am often surprised<br />

by those enjoying an activity<br />

whether running, walking the<br />

dog, cycling or working outside<br />

that they have earphones plugged<br />

in. Sometimes this is essential<br />

Health and Safety and all that...<br />

however, now is the time of year to<br />

unplug and listen to what is going<br />

on around. Five minutes at first<br />

light, listening to the dawn chorus<br />

may have a profound impact on<br />

you. The sheer number of different<br />

bird songs and the volume is<br />

staggering, but you have to stop<br />

to appreciate it fully. You may<br />

find that five minutes may turn<br />

into many more over the course<br />

of a few days. The reason for all<br />

this song, most birds are singing<br />

their hearts out to attract a mate<br />

or defend the spot they wish to<br />

nest in. They are as frenetic as<br />

any as us.<br />

Having had little really hard<br />

weather this year, the countryside<br />

is greener than usual and the<br />

winter cereal crops look in great<br />

order on the drier land. However,<br />

the rain in March has been<br />

more than in recent years. The<br />

associated milder weather has<br />

meant that many of the more<br />

obvious migrants leaving Devon<br />

to travel north to breed left in<br />

mid march and as yet our summer<br />

migrants are still have to arrive.<br />

Though, any time from early <strong>April</strong>,<br />

number of sand martins, swallows,<br />

and house martins should steadily<br />

increase culminating in the<br />

arrival of swifts in early <strong>May</strong>.<br />

Fortunately, South Molton has a<br />

healthy colony of swifts. Troops of<br />

which noisily race over the centre<br />

of town and can be heard above<br />

the traffic. Following Ecological<br />

Assessments, it is encouraging to<br />

note that our local planners are<br />

now making the siting of artificial<br />

nesting sites a prerequisite to<br />

planning permission in some new<br />

Spot the bluebell - just beneath the hawthorn<br />

developments in North Devon. All<br />

these species are presently<br />

dependent on old properties to<br />

provide nesting sites, in roof voids,<br />

under the eaves or old barns and<br />

buildings.<br />

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


Taking a well-earned rest - it's hard work jumping around all day<br />

Now is also the time to keep an eye<br />

out for the stunning redstarts and<br />

pied flycatchers on any woodland<br />

walk, and don't forget to listen for<br />

the cuckoo, which was slightly<br />

more evident last year.<br />

I probably shouldn't harp back to<br />

the past but, my first job in school<br />

holidays was working on a large<br />

stock farm here in North Devon.<br />

Storing grass in the form of silage<br />

was just coming into vogue but<br />

it was so different to now. Back<br />

then, we worked small tractors<br />

- painstakingly slow by today's<br />

standards, but while waiting my<br />

turn to pick up a full trailer load<br />

of grass, I was mesmerized by<br />

the thousands of swallows, house<br />

martin and swifts feeding on the<br />

insects disturbed by the grass<br />

cutting and collection process. I<br />

mean thousands! I would often get<br />

so carried away watching that I<br />

was never in the right place at the<br />

right time. My recollection was<br />

it never really mattered. Time in<br />

70s was valued differently... that's<br />

enough of the past...Almost! In<br />

my twenties a neighbouring farmer<br />

used to let me fly fish on his small<br />

stream. On one occasion bored at<br />

Great Tit, Blue Tit, and Coal Tit<br />

Very necessary river bank maintenance<br />

little success, I just leant against<br />

a tree and within minutes the<br />

swifts were feeding just feet from<br />

my face. So close I could hear<br />

them snap their beaks close on<br />

their insect prey. Just one more<br />

thing happened that day: a willow<br />

tit repeatedly came in and out of<br />

a hole in the base of a tree... the<br />

first I had ever seen. This was the<br />

time of my life that I started to<br />

become passionate about what<br />

goes on all around.<br />

One further thing I must add, I<br />

only once saw one badger whilst<br />

working long hours on that farm<br />

and there was very little evidence<br />

of them. I believe the Army came to<br />

the farm and blew up the badgers<br />

sets for practice! Well, in those<br />

days hedgehogs were abundant.<br />

How things have changed. Badgers<br />

are common place now and these<br />

days I rarely see a hedgehog. Is<br />

there any correlation to this? On<br />

the edge of Barnstaple where my<br />

daughter has an allotment, she sees<br />

hedgehogs and there are unlikely<br />

to be that many badgers in this<br />

built up area. Not a scientific study<br />

but an observation!<br />

The rain in March has prevented<br />

any salmon or trout fishing on<br />

the river Taw System. Hopefully<br />

that may change in <strong>April</strong> and<br />

fisherman are in for a better season<br />

than last. The salmon and sea<br />

trout numbers appear to have been<br />

decreasing in recent years but let's<br />

hope this doesn't continue. The<br />

rivers are in good condition this<br />

spring, but like our coasts, they<br />

are presently plagued by plastic<br />

waste. Recently when maintaining<br />

the trees and shrubs along the<br />

banks of the Mole, in 800 metres<br />

we collected half a dozen big bags<br />

of polythene, a car bumper and<br />

other odds and ends. This really<br />

spoils the environment. We are<br />

all responsible and need to do<br />

our bit to prevent this in the first<br />

place. Though that's not all the<br />

story: hazel bushes coppiced, with<br />

tree limbs, broken and damaged<br />

in the floods cut back, it was time<br />

to take in the result of a hard day's<br />

graft and we noticed an otters slid<br />

and holt entrance. Only problem<br />

was that the hole was in such<br />

an open position I wouldn't be<br />

able to sit anywhere nearby for a<br />

possible photo. However the young<br />

student who was helping with the<br />

Countryman's Diary<br />

APRIL & MAY<br />

1. Look out for the first swallows early<br />

<strong>April</strong> and wild cherry trees in flower<br />

2. Listing for the cuckoo<br />

3. Redstarts and pied flycatchers<br />

arrived by <strong>May</strong><br />

4. Bluebells out in woodland late <strong>April</strong><br />

5. Hawthorn brilliant white flowers in<br />

hedgerows in <strong>May</strong><br />

6. Roe deer fawns born in <strong>April</strong>/<strong>May</strong><br />

7. First outside Devon strawberries ripe<br />

by end of <strong>May</strong><br />

8. Leave sowing any lawn or field grass<br />

seed until 1st <strong>May</strong> to avoid late frost<br />

bank work is taking a keen interest<br />

in wildlife and placed his remote<br />

camera on the bank some metres<br />

away. Within 24 hours he had a<br />

shot of the otter at dusk passing by.<br />

He is keen to get out with his new<br />

waterproof camera, how much<br />

more rewarding to capture wildlife<br />

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14 Feb - Swan Lake (Bolshoi<br />

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STOVER COUNTRY PARK<br />

06 Apr - Family Bushcraft<br />

: Shelterbuilding, Stover<br />

Country Park, Stover<br />

Country Park, Newton Abbot,<br />

10.00am to 12.00am.<br />

PECO PIRATE DAY<br />

09 Apr - 'Piratical<br />

Performances', songs and<br />

sea shanties. Come dressed<br />

as a Pirate! Pecorama,<br />

Underleys, Beer, 10.00am<br />

to 5.00pm.<br />

MUCH ADO ABOUT<br />

PUFFIN<br />

09 Apr - Puppet show for<br />

all the family: a relaxed<br />

performance for age 4<br />

, Marine Theatre, The Marine<br />

Theatre, Lyme Regis, 2.30pm<br />

to 3.15pm.<br />

GEORGIAN CRAFTS<br />

11 Apr - Try some Georgian<br />

crafts and see what you<br />

could make, A la Ronde,<br />

Summer Lane, Exmouth,<br />

11.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

JACK - STORYBOX<br />

THEATRE<br />

12 Apr - Live puppet theatre<br />

for children, Pavilions<br />

Teignmouth, Den Crescent,<br />

Teignmouth, 2.30pm to<br />

3.30pm.<br />

Looking for<br />

Easter events?<br />

See page 20<br />

FAMILY EVENT: COLOUR<br />

EXPLOSION<br />

12 Apr - Using the<br />

Thinking Tantra exhibition<br />

as inspiration, Peninsula<br />

Arts, Plymouth University,<br />

Plymouth.<br />

THE LITTLE MERMAID<br />

<strong>17</strong> Apr - Tickets £10.50<br />

children, £12.50 adults,<br />

Exmouth Pavilion, The<br />

Esplanade, Exmouth.<br />

ACCORDING TO ARTHUR<br />

BY PADDLEBOAT<br />

THEATRE CO.<br />

22 Apr - An inspirational<br />

and heart-warming tale.<br />

Family theatre for Age 3,<br />

The Beehive, Dowell Street,<br />

Honiton, 3.30pm to 4.30pm.<br />

STAR WARS DAY - BANK<br />

HOLIDAY MONDAY!<br />

01 <strong>May</strong> - Come for a day<br />

that's out of this world!<br />

World of Country Life, World<br />

of Country Life, Exmouth,<br />

10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

ACCORDING TO ARTHUR<br />

13 <strong>May</strong> - Theatre for children<br />

ages 4 plus - presented<br />

by Paddleboat Theatre,<br />

Pavilions Teignmouth, Den<br />

Crescent, Teignmouth,<br />

2.30pm to 3.15pm.<br />

WHERE IN THE WORLD<br />

FAMILY TRAIL<br />

27 <strong>May</strong> to 04 Jun - Look<br />

out for the postcards to<br />

direct you to the next stop!<br />

A la Ronde, Summer Lane,<br />

Exmouth, 10.30am to 4.00pm.<br />

HOUSE TRAIL -<br />

POSTCARDS<br />

27 <strong>May</strong> to 04 Jun - See<br />

if you can find all the<br />

postcards hidden in the<br />

house, A la Ronde, Summer<br />

Lane, Exmouth, 11.00am to<br />

4.00pm.<br />

PIRATE WEEK - MAY HALF<br />

TERM<br />

29 <strong>May</strong> to 04 Jun - Come<br />

on down for some<br />

swash-bucklin' fun! World<br />

of Country Life, World of<br />

Country Life, Exmouth,<br />

10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

KEEPSAKE CRAFTS<br />

30 <strong>May</strong> - Create a keepsake<br />

to help you remember<br />

your visit to A la Ronde, A<br />

la Ronde, Summer Lane,<br />

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

A REAL ALIEN<br />

ADVENTURE<br />

31 <strong>May</strong> - Fun and engaging<br />

for all the family - homemade<br />

gadgets, magic and<br />

shadow play, Pavilions<br />

Teignmouth, Den Crescent,<br />

Teignmouth, 2.30pm to<br />

2.30pm.<br />

Choirs<br />

AXMINSTER CHAMBER<br />

CHOIR<br />

02 Apr - Music for Lent<br />

and Holy Week, Axminster<br />

Chamber Choir, St Peter's<br />

Clock and<br />

Watch Repair<br />

Expert and professional<br />

repairs to all types of<br />

clocks and watches.<br />

A wide range of watches<br />

and clocks also available<br />

for sale.<br />

D. J. Offord<br />

01626 364766<br />

Church, Dalwood, 3.00pm<br />

to 4.30pm.<br />

HERE I AM: SEND ME!<br />

07 Apr - Directed by<br />

Jenny George. Much loved<br />

music for passiontide, Sir<br />

Joshua Reynolds Choir, St<br />

Werburgh's Church, Wembury,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

HERE I AM: SEND ME!<br />

08 Apr - Directed by Jenny<br />

George. Much Loved Music<br />

for Passiontide, Sir Joshua<br />

Reynolds Choir, Sherwell<br />

United Church, Plymouth,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

REJOICE WITH RUTTER<br />

08 Apr - A choral concert of<br />

John Rutter's Magnificat and<br />

Requiem #rejoicewithrutter,<br />

South Devon Choir, Central<br />

Church, Torquay, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

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A TASTE OF TITIAN<br />

20 Apr to 25 <strong>May</strong> - The superstar<br />

of 16th century art, A series of<br />

lectures by Dr Stephen Bemrose.<br />

2.30pm-4.30pm.<br />

STORY TELLING FOR GROWN-UPS<br />

21 Apr - 3Troubadours tell ‘Mobile<br />

Dreams’ Tickets £8 from Paragon<br />

Books (High Street, Sidmouth)<br />

or £10 on the door. Refreshments<br />

available. 14+. 7.15pm-9.30pm.<br />

JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON<br />

23 Apr - Featuring the Pete Allen<br />

Jazz Band, 3pm-5.30pm.<br />

CRAFTS AT KENNAWAY<br />

27 Apr - Beautiful hand-crafted<br />

items for sale. Also taster sessions<br />

available for £5. 9.30am-1pm.<br />

JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON<br />

28 <strong>May</strong> - Featuring the Pete Allen<br />

Jazz Band, 3pm-5.30pm.<br />

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HERE I AM: SEND ME!<br />

12 Apr - Much Loved Music<br />

for Passiontide. Directed<br />

by Jenny George, Sir Joshua<br />

Reynolds Choir, Crownhill<br />

Methodist Church, Plymouth,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

SIDMOUTH CHORAL<br />

SOCIETY SPRING<br />

CONCERT<br />

29 Apr - Mozart 'Coronation<br />

Mass' and Karl Jenkins<br />

'Stabat Mater', Sidmouth<br />

Choral Society, Sidmouth<br />

Parish Church, Sidmouth,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

Arena events - floral marquee - crafts - food hall - children’s activities<br />

GREAT<br />

FAMILY<br />

DAY<br />

OUT!<br />

A MUSICAL MEDLEY<br />

AT 30!<br />

06 <strong>May</strong> - A selection of<br />

pieces, chosen by choir<br />

members to celebrate our<br />

30th Birthday, Cantilena,<br />

Silverton Community Hall,<br />

Exeter, 3.00pm to 4.30pm.<br />

CELEBRATION<br />

06 <strong>May</strong> - Choral Concert<br />

by Exmouth Choral Society,<br />

Exmouth Choral Society, Holy<br />

Trinity Church, Exmouth,<br />

7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

CHORAL DAY<br />

TO CELEBRATE<br />

MONTEVERDI'S BIRTHDAY<br />

13 <strong>May</strong> - Suitable for singers<br />

of all abilities. Gorgeous<br />

music by Monteverdi and<br />

others, Budleigh Salterton<br />

Music Festival, St Peter's<br />

Church, Budleigh Salterton,<br />

9.45am to 6.00pm.<br />

PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY<br />

CHORAL SOCIETY<br />

CONCERT<br />

15 <strong>May</strong> - Summer Concert,<br />

Peninsula Arts, Jill Craigie<br />

Cinema, Plymouth, 7.30pm.<br />

<strong>17</strong>th & 18th June<br />

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PLYMOUTH<br />

PHILHARMONIC CHOIR &<br />

ORCHESTRA<br />

21 <strong>May</strong> - J.S. Bach Mass<br />

in B minor, Plymouth<br />

Philharmonic Choir &<br />

Orchestra, Plymouth<br />

Guildhall, Plymouth, 7.00pm<br />

to 10.00pm.<br />

Classical<br />

Music<br />

CRAIG OGDEN:<br />

CLASSICAL GUITAR<br />

RECITAL<br />

02 Apr - Classic FM<br />

favourite, Craig Ogden in<br />

concert, Jeanie Moore MVO,<br />

The Duke of Cornwall Hotel,<br />

Plymouth, 3.00pm to 4.00pm.<br />

MUSIC: MINDFUL<br />

VISIONS<br />

08 Apr - Metamorphosis,<br />

Daydreams And Fantasies -<br />

Peninsula Arts Sinfonietta,<br />

Peninsula Arts, Upper<br />

Lecture Theatre, Sherwell<br />

Centre, Plymouth, 7.30pm.<br />

CONCERT: DURUFLE,<br />

BACH, FAURE, ZELENKA<br />

08 Apr - Durufle:Requiem;<br />

Zelenka:Miserere: Bach:Motet<br />

5; Faure:Cantique de Jean<br />

Racine, Exeter Bach Society,<br />

St Thomas Methodist Church,<br />

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

MARK BEBBINGTON:<br />

PIANO RECITAL<br />

09 Apr - Mark Bebbington<br />

performs Beethoven, Chopin<br />

and John Ireland, Jeanie<br />

Moore MVO, Dartington Hall,<br />

Totnes, 3.00pm to 4.00pm.<br />

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REJOICE WITH RUTTER<br />

15 Apr - A choral concert of<br />

John Rutter's Magnificat and<br />

Requiem #rejoicewithrutter,<br />

South Devon Choir, Central<br />

Church, Torquay, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

LONDON BRIDGE TRIO<br />

21 Apr - London Bridge Trio<br />

Violin, Cello, Piano, NADSA<br />

Concerts, Courtenay Centre,<br />

Newton Abbot, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

Axe Vale Festival - <strong>17</strong> to 18 Jun<br />

RUTH MOLINS (FLUTE)<br />

SALLY JENKINS (HARP)<br />

27 Apr - Ruth Molins (flute)<br />

Sally Jenkins (harp), The<br />

Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton,<br />

7.45pm to 10.00pm.<br />

EXOTIC SPICE<br />

04 <strong>May</strong> - Violinist Alexandra<br />

Soumm will perform Lalo's<br />

Symphony espagnole with<br />

the BSO, Bournemouth<br />

Symphony Orchestra, Exeter<br />

Cathedral, Exeter, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

MUSIC IN THE CASTLE -<br />

VIRTUOSI OCTET<br />

05 <strong>May</strong> - Students from Well<br />

Cathedral School - Directed<br />

by Matthew Souter, Music in<br />

the Castle, The James Wyatt<br />

Music Room, Exeter, 7.30pm<br />

to 9.30pm.<br />

PIANO MASTERCLASS<br />

12 <strong>May</strong> - Devon Performing<br />

Arts Festival Piano<br />

Masterclass with Andreas<br />

Boyde, ISCA Ensemble,<br />

†Sidmouth Parish Church,<br />

Sidmouth, 1.30pm to 5.00pm.<br />

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SPRING INTO LOVE!<br />

Caroline Crowther is<br />

a truly local personal<br />

introduction agency<br />

helping you meet<br />

someone new in your<br />

area. We offer a long<br />

term personal service<br />

until you find your<br />

perfect match.<br />

www.carolinecrowther.com<br />

For a professional<br />

and personal service<br />

call 0800 180 4788<br />

or 01934 744788<br />

action first hand by using<br />

your wits, endless patience<br />

and some good luck. Most<br />

importantly, get the shot and<br />

get away without disturbing<br />

the animal!<br />

Usually the camera is never at<br />

hand when something truly<br />

memorable happens. This has<br />

to be when I mention one of<br />

my most enchanting times.<br />

With the river bank heavily<br />

overgrown and overhanging<br />

the water, I was forced to wade<br />

into a huge hazel bush so as<br />

not to fall into the trench in the<br />

bedrock of the river. Entangled<br />

in branches and finding fishing<br />

almost impossible, I notice<br />

something in the corner of my<br />

eye. There was a kingfisher,<br />

less than two feet from my<br />

head, perched on a branch.<br />

I am not too sure which of<br />

us was most surprised as we<br />

eyed each other up and down<br />

for a minute or more. And<br />

then he went on his way, and<br />

I mine. That encounter is as<br />

vivid today as it was some 10<br />

years ago.<br />

Most fisherman and land<br />

owners treat the river<br />

environment with great<br />

respect and one of the biggest<br />

problems is a non-native weed<br />

that grows in profusion against<br />

many Devon rivers: Himalayan<br />

Balsam. It has no natural<br />

British insects or fungi to<br />

control it thus, it grows and<br />

spreads here very quickly. If<br />

you are unfortunate enough to<br />

have it on your land or in your<br />

garden, it can be controlled<br />

effectively by sprays. Before<br />

you try them or even the<br />

painstaking task of pulling<br />

the adult plants try another<br />

method, strimming these<br />

annual plants soon after the<br />

first true leaves come through<br />

(and before they get 150mm<br />

tall) will control them well.<br />

It may need doing a week<br />

or so later as not all seeds<br />

germinate together and<br />

some may get missed. Then,<br />

if possible, try to re-establish<br />

a grass sward to out compete<br />

this plant. It always seems to<br />

colonizes silt deposits on the<br />

banks first (from seed washed<br />

down stream) and doesn't not<br />

compete well with our native<br />

grasses. Chris Taylor<br />

Marsh Tit<br />

ISCA ENSEMBLE WITH<br />

ANDREAS BOYDE (PIANO)<br />

13 <strong>May</strong> - Joanna Leach<br />

Memorial Concert featuring<br />

the Isca Ensemble &<br />

Andreas Boyde, ISCA<br />

Ensemble, Sidmouth Parish<br />

Church, Sidmouth, 7.30pm<br />

to 9.30pm.<br />

SHALDON SINGERS<br />

SPRING CONCERT<br />

13 <strong>May</strong> - Dvorak Stabat<br />

Mater, with the Shaldon<br />

Sinfonietta, conducted by<br />

Bob Carter, Shaldon Singers,<br />

St Peter's Church, Shaldon,<br />

7.00pm to 9.30pm.<br />

PLYMOUTH MUSIC<br />

ACCORD FUNDRAISING<br />

CONCERT<br />

13 <strong>May</strong> - Raising funds to<br />

support music and musicians<br />

in Plymouth, Peninsula<br />

Arts, Upper Lecture Theatre,<br />

Sherwell Centre, Plymouth,<br />

7.00pm.<br />

1913-2016<br />

Over One Hundred Years of<br />

Service in South Devon<br />

DAY TRIPS<br />

LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN - Wed 05 Apr, £30 inc<br />

TAMAR VIEW & LOOE - Mon 10 Apr, £21<br />

EXMOOR EXPLORER - Good Fri 14 Apr, £22<br />

TINTAGEL & BUDE - Easter Mon <strong>17</strong> Apr, £22<br />

PLYMOUTH & THE GARDEN HOUSE - Wed 26 Apr, £28 inc<br />

BRISTOL & IKEA or CRIBBS CAUSEWAY - Sat 29 Apr, £22<br />

DORSET DAY OUT - Bank Hol Mon 01 <strong>May</strong>, £22<br />

SHORT BREAKS<br />

THE LAKE DISTRICT - Mon 19-Fri 23 June<br />

CANTERBURY & THE KENT COAST<br />

Mon 18-Fri 22 Sept, phone for details<br />

PETER FISHER: VIOLIN &<br />

PETER ADAMS: CELLO<br />

14 <strong>May</strong> - Composers to<br />

include Beethoven, Bach and<br />

Handel, Jeanie Moore MVO,<br />

The Duke of Cornwall Hotel,<br />

Plymouth, 3.00pm to 4.00pm.<br />

MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA,<br />

STRINGS, WIND AND<br />

BRASS<br />

25 <strong>May</strong> - Plymouth University<br />

Orchestra Directed by Jamie<br />

Dove and Jonathan Hurdle,<br />

Peninsula Arts, Theatre 1,<br />

Roland Levinsky Building,<br />

Plymouth, 8.00pm.<br />

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MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTORS WANTED<br />

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a car to deliver our magazine. Main areas<br />

of interest include: Barnstaple, Plymouth,<br />

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If you're interested, please call Nigel<br />

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Comedy<br />

TEIGNMOUTH COMEDY<br />

CLUB<br />

14 Apr - Teignmouth's<br />

Comedy Club - every month,<br />

Pavilions Teignmouth, Den<br />

Crescent, Teignmouth,<br />

8.00pm to 10.40pm.<br />

LYME COMEDY CLUB AT<br />

THE MARINE<br />

21 Apr - Live stand-up<br />

comedy, Marine Theatre, The<br />

Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis,<br />

8.00pm to 10.00pm.<br />

SOME PEOPLE V.<br />

REGINALD D. HUNTER<br />

25 Apr - Reginald D. Hunter<br />

returns to the Marine with<br />

his latest stand-up show,<br />

Marine Theatre, The Marine<br />

Theatre, Lyme Regis, 8.00pm<br />

to 9.00pm.<br />

COMEDY GROVE WITH<br />

NICK REVELL<br />

26 <strong>May</strong> - Exeter Comedy<br />

Grove Brings You The Very<br />

Best In Live Stand Up<br />

Comedy, Barnfield Theatre,<br />

Barnfield Road, Exeter,<br />

8.00pm to 10.30pm.<br />

Craft<br />

MATERIALS:<br />

CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS<br />

Until 12 Apr - See the latest<br />

in Southwestern crafts by<br />

award-winning craftsmen<br />

and women, Town Mill Arts,<br />

The Malthouse Gallery, Lyme<br />

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

CRAFTS AT KENNAWAY<br />

27 Apr - Beautiful handcrafted<br />

items for sale,<br />

Kennaway House, Coburg<br />

Road, Sidmouth, 9.30am to<br />

1.00pm.<br />

Steven Isserlis at St Peter's Church. Budleigh Salterton - 10th <strong>May</strong><br />

CONTINUED OVERLEAF...<br />

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GOOD<br />

SCHOOLS<br />

GUIDE<br />

Open Week<br />

Monday 1st - Friday 5th <strong>May</strong><br />

at 9.30 am each day<br />

Please contact the school for further information<br />

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21 <strong>May</strong> - Join our intimate<br />

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Festivals<br />

FOOD & DRINK<br />

BUDLEIGH FOOD AND<br />

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08 Apr to 09 Apr - An East<br />

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Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink - 29 Apr to 1 <strong>May</strong><br />

GENERAL<br />

FLOWER FESTIVAL &<br />

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22 Apr to 23 Apr - St<br />

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CORNWOOD CHURCH<br />

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MUSIC<br />

FEROCIOUS DOG<br />

14 Apr - Without doubt<br />

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PETE CANTER QUARTET<br />

28 Apr - Fine jazz<br />

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his superb rhythm section,<br />

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to 11.00pm.<br />

SPECTRUM MUSIC<br />

CONCERT WINDBAND<br />

06 <strong>May</strong> - Gala Concert,<br />

Pavilions Teignmouth, Den<br />

Crescent, Teignmouth,<br />

7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

CRAZY 4 SOUL EXETER<br />

SOUL MAY ALLDAYER<br />

21 <strong>May</strong> - The 9th mini dayer<br />

at the White Ensign club,<br />

Crazy 4 Soul, CRAZY 4 SOUL,<br />

Exeter, 12.00am to 10.00pm.<br />

THE ALBION QUARTET<br />

25 <strong>May</strong> - One Of The<br />

Country's Most Prestigious<br />

Chamber Music Series, Forde<br />

Abbey & Gardens, Historic<br />

House & Gardens, Chard,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

THE JIVE ACES WITH AMY<br />

BAKER<br />

26 <strong>May</strong> - UK's No1 swing<br />

band, The Jive Aces, are<br />

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Blues Weekend, Marine<br />

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to 10.30pm.<br />

LYME REGIS JAZZ &<br />

BLUES WEEKEND<br />

26 <strong>May</strong> to 28 <strong>May</strong> - The<br />

Jives Aces; Ruby Turner,<br />

Swing Unlimited All Stars<br />

and Wille & The Bandits,<br />

Lyme Regis Jazz & Blues<br />

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What's On: Apr & <strong>May</strong> <strong>17</strong><br />

THE SOUND OF BLUE<br />

NOTE BRUNCH<br />

28 <strong>May</strong> - Cool, classy jazz<br />

overlooking Lyme Bay, Lyme<br />

Regis Jazz & Blues Weekend,<br />

By the Bay, Lyme Regis,<br />

10.00am to 11.30am.<br />

Garden<br />

LUKESLAND GARDENS<br />

SPRING OPENINGS<br />

Until 11 Jun - 24 acres of<br />

beautiful Spring shrubs and<br />

trees. Home-made soups<br />

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Lukesland House, Ivybridge,<br />

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TOBY'S GARDEN FESTIVAL<br />

28 Apr to 29 Apr - Over 150<br />

plant nurseries, crafts &<br />

local food & celebrity garden<br />

speakers, Toby's Garden<br />

Festival, Powderham Castle,<br />

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

TULIP FESTIVAL AT<br />

FORDE ABBEY<br />

29 Apr to 14 <strong>May</strong> - Over<br />

34,000 tulips will be in<br />

bloom this <strong>May</strong> in the<br />

gardens of Forde Abbey,<br />

Forde Abbey & Gardens,<br />

Historic House & Gardens,<br />

Chard, 10.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

HOAR OAK COTTAGE ON<br />

EXMOOR<br />

06 Apr - Evening Lecture by<br />

Dr Bette Baldwin, Friends<br />

of Hoar Oak Cottage, Devon<br />

Rural Archive, Shilstone,<br />

Modbury, 6.45pm to 8.30pm.<br />

GUIDED TOUR OF<br />

SHILSTONE<br />

18 Apr - Tour of Shilstone<br />

House and Gardens by Abi<br />

Gray followed by cream tea<br />

at DRA, Devon Rural Archive,<br />

Shilstone, Modbury, 2.00pm<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

'PARSON PASCALL'S TALE'<br />

BY DAVID SEBBORN<br />

28 Apr - 'Parson Pascall's<br />

Tale' By David Sebborn,<br />

Bridgewater Blake Museum,<br />

Marine Theatre, The Marine<br />

Theatre, Lyme Regis, 6.00pm<br />

to 7.30pm.<br />

HIDDEN HOUSE MAY:<br />

GOUACHES<br />

01 <strong>May</strong> to 31 <strong>May</strong> - What<br />

would your postcard<br />

collection say about you?<br />

A la Ronde, Summer Lane,<br />

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

IN PURSUIT OF LIQUID<br />

GOLD<br />

04 <strong>May</strong> - Evening Lecture by<br />

Robert Ogden, Beekeeping<br />

Historian, Devon Rural<br />

Archive, Shilstone, Modbury,<br />

6.45pm to 8.30pm.<br />

LACE DAY<br />

11 <strong>May</strong> - Special<br />

demonstrations of Lace<br />

Making together with<br />

Lace Collection Displays,<br />

Sidmouth Museum, Hope<br />

Cottage, Sidmouth, 10.30am<br />

to 3.30pm.<br />

Rally<br />

& Motor<br />

START OF THE<br />

PECORAMA SUMMER<br />

SEASON<br />

01 Apr - Trains will run<br />

daily from <strong>April</strong> until the<br />

end of October, Pecorama,<br />

Underleys, Beer, 10.00am<br />

to 5.00pm.<br />

1940'S D DAY LIVING<br />

HISTORY AND VINTAGE<br />

SHOW<br />

20 <strong>May</strong> to 21 <strong>May</strong> -<br />

Experience a fun filled day<br />

out that will transport you<br />

back to the 40s, Bickleigh<br />

Castle, Tiverton, 11.00am<br />

to 5.00pm.<br />

CLASSIC & VINTAGE<br />

VEHICLE RALLY<br />

28 <strong>May</strong> - An outstanding<br />

display of vehicles from<br />

the last century, Pecorama,<br />

Underleys, Beer, 10.00am<br />

to 5.00pm.<br />

Theatre<br />

MUSICALS<br />

TRIPLE FANTASY 20<strong>17</strong><br />

Until 01 Apr - East Devon<br />

Dance Academy present<br />

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Manor Pavilion Theatre &<br />

Arts Centre, Manor Road,<br />

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OPEN GARDEN IN AID OF<br />

CHILDREN'S HOSPICE SW<br />

14 <strong>May</strong> - Open Garden at<br />

Bowringsleigh in aid of<br />

Children's Hospice South<br />

West, Children's Hospice<br />

South West, Dartmouth,<br />

Bowringsleigh, Kingsbridge,<br />

2.00pm to 5.00pm.<br />

Heritage<br />

HIDDEN HOUSE APRIL:<br />

POINTS OF VIEW<br />

01 Apr to 30 Apr - From<br />

open books to the backs of<br />

frames fulfil your curiosity<br />

for the unseen. A la Ronde,<br />

Summer Lane, Exmouth,<br />

11.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

Tulip Festival, Forde Abbey - 29 Apr to 14 <strong>May</strong><br />

GUIDED TOUR OF<br />

SHILSTONE<br />

16 <strong>May</strong> - Tour of Shilstone<br />

House and Gardens by Abi<br />

Gray followed by cream tea<br />

at DRA, Devon Rural Archive,<br />

Shilstone, Modbury, 2.00pm<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

WHEELS, ENGINES AND<br />

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31 <strong>May</strong> - Young visitors<br />

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42ND STREET THE<br />

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06 <strong>May</strong> - Helen Chadwick<br />

Song Theatre, Peninsula<br />

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22 to 25 June 20<strong>17</strong><br />

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Julian Bliss Septet<br />

Sounds of Latin America<br />

Amatis Piano Trio<br />

Beethoven-Mendelssohn-Suk-Shostakovich<br />

Festival Choir<br />

Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius<br />

Innovation Chamber Ensemble (ICE)<br />

Schoenberg-Mozart-Strauss<br />

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MEMORY LANE<br />

<strong>17</strong> <strong>May</strong> - 'Memory Lane' The<br />

Ultimate Feel Good Show,<br />

Barnfield Theatre, Barnfield<br />

Road, Exeter, 2.30pm to<br />

5.30pm.<br />

THE RIVERTONES<br />

CHORUS AND VICKI<br />

CAMPBELL<br />

20 <strong>May</strong> - Barbershop songs<br />

performed by the Taunton<br />

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Campbell, Manor Pavilion<br />

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PLAYS<br />

MAGIC OF THE STARS<br />

Until 04 Apr - The all new<br />

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Babbacombe Theatre,<br />

Babbacombe Downs, Torquay,<br />

8.15pm to 10.30pm.<br />

"NO FINER LIFE" BY<br />

GRAHAM HARVEY<br />

01 Apr - A play with live<br />

music from the writer of<br />

600+ episodes of The<br />

Archers, The Beehive, Dowell<br />

Street, Honiton, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

EXMOUTH AMATEUR ONE<br />

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03 Apr to 08 Apr - The 38th<br />

Exmouth Amateur Festival<br />

of One Act Plays, Exmouth<br />

Players, 10 Bicton Street,<br />

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

© Ben Wright<br />

Julian Bliss Septet,<br />

Shaldon Festival<br />

MUCH FURTHER OUT<br />

THAN YOU THOUGHT<br />

05 Apr - Thought-provoking<br />

play on the effects of war<br />

on soldiers returning home,<br />

Marine Theatre, The Marine<br />

Theatre, Lyme Regis, 8.00pm<br />

to 9.30pm.<br />

MAGIC OF THE STARS<br />

05 Apr to 06 Jun - The all<br />

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TWELFTH NIGHT<br />

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SHAKESPEARE<br />

06 Apr - Twelfth Night (Nat<br />

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The Gateway, Fore Street,<br />

Seaton, 7.00pm to 10.30pm.<br />

BRENTON VERSUS<br />

BRENTON - ONE ACT<br />

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07 Apr - Free Theatre<br />

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One Act Festival - Adult<br />

Content, Salterton Drama<br />

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Budleigh Salterton, 7.30pm<br />

to 9.00pm.<br />

12 MILLION VOLTS<br />

07 Apr - Innovative play<br />

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inventors, Marine Theatre,<br />

The Marine Theatre, Lyme<br />

Regis, 6.00pm to 7.00pm.<br />

2 ONE ACT COMEDIES -<br />

SEATON DRAMA GROUP<br />

12 Apr - Seaton Drama<br />

Group, The Gateway, Fore<br />

Street, Seaton, 7.30pm to<br />

10.00pm.<br />

REMEDIES<br />

12 Apr to 15 Apr - 'Remedies'<br />

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Barnfield Theatre, Barnfield<br />

Road, Exeter, 7.30pm.<br />

CIRQUE DU HILARIOUS<br />

13 Apr - A Half Term treat<br />

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What's On: Apr & <strong>May</strong> <strong>17</strong><br />

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DANCING AT LUGHNASA<br />

18 Apr to 22 Apr - This<br />

extraordinary play is the<br />

story of the five unmarried<br />

Mundy sisters, Barnfield<br />

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

ROSENCRANTZ &<br />

GUILDENSTERN ARE<br />

DEAD (NT LIVE)<br />

20 Apr - Rosencrantz &<br />

Guildenstern are Dead<br />

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Street, Seaton, 7.00pm to<br />

10.20pm.<br />

WE ARE BRONTE<br />

20 Apr - A mini comedic<br />

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Regis, 7.30pm to 8.30pm.<br />

BURTON<br />

21 Apr - Rhodri Miles<br />

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Pavilions Teignmouth, Den<br />

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05 <strong>May</strong> - "Downton Abbey<br />

with Gardening Tips",<br />

Manor Pavilion Theatre &<br />

Arts Centre, Manor Road,<br />

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

"LONDON SUITE" A<br />

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SIMON<br />

08 <strong>May</strong> to 13 <strong>May</strong> - The<br />

Exmouth Players presents<br />

"London Suite", a comedy<br />

play by Neil Simon, Exmouth<br />

Players, 10 Bicton Street,<br />

Exmouth, 7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

BRASSED OFF<br />

08 <strong>May</strong> to 13 <strong>May</strong> - Playbased<br />

around the time of pit<br />

strikes featuring Sidmouth<br />

Town Band, Sidmouth<br />

Amateur Dramatic Society,<br />

Manor Pavilion Theatre,<br />

Sidmouth, 7.30pm to<br />

10.00pm.<br />

OBSESSION (JUDE LAW)<br />

NAT THEATRE LIVE<br />

11 <strong>May</strong> - Obsession (Jude<br />

Law) Nat Theatre live stream<br />

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Meet our Red Squirrels, Otters,<br />

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What's On: Apr & <strong>May</strong> <strong>17</strong><br />

EASTER EVENTS<br />

EGG-CELENT EASTER<br />

TREATS<br />

01 Apr to <strong>17</strong> Apr - Join us<br />

for yummy easter treats &<br />

our colouring competition,<br />

Cafe Alf Resco, Lower<br />

Street, Dartmouth, 7.00am<br />

to 2.00pm.<br />

THE LINDT GOLD BUNNY<br />

HUNT<br />

01 Apr to <strong>17</strong> Apr - Easter<br />

Holiday family fun including<br />

the Lindt Gold Bunny Hunt,<br />

RHS Garden Rosemoor,<br />

Great Torrington, 10.00am<br />

to 6.00pm.<br />

HOUSE TRAIL & BIRD<br />

SPOTTING<br />

01 Apr to <strong>17</strong> Apr - Easter<br />

eggs have been hatching and<br />

the birds have flown into the<br />

house, A la Ronde, Summer<br />

Lane, Exmouth, 10.00am to<br />

4.00pm.<br />

EGGCITING EASTER<br />

HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES<br />

01 Apr to <strong>17</strong> Apr - Enjoy a<br />

Easter holiday hunt with a<br />

chocolatey reward and carrot<br />

seed planting, The Donkey<br />

Sanctuary Sidmouth, Slade<br />

House Farm, Sidmouth,<br />

9.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

EASTER HOLIDAY FUN!<br />

01 Apr to <strong>17</strong> Apr - Tons<br />

of fun for the whole family<br />

throughout the Easter<br />

Holidays! World of Country<br />

Life, World of Country Life,<br />

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

THE DARTMOUTH EASTER<br />

CHICK HUNT<br />

01 Apr to 18 Apr - Can you<br />

find the 12 knitted Easter<br />

Chicks hidden around<br />

Dartmouth? Cafe Alf Resco,<br />

Lower Street, Dartmouth,<br />

7.00am to 9.00pm.<br />

EASTER AT THE TOWN<br />

MILL<br />

01 Apr to 23 Apr - Loads<br />

of fun activities for kids<br />

and adults at Lyme's Town<br />

Mill this Easter, Town Mill<br />

Arts, The Town Mill Complex,<br />

Lyme Regis, 11.00am to<br />

4.00pm.<br />

CRAFTY EASTER<br />

ACTIVITIES<br />

04 Apr - Egg-citing crafts<br />

to make and take home, A<br />

la Ronde, Summer Lane,<br />

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

EASTER ACTIVITY DAYS<br />

04 Apr to 13 Apr - Easter<br />

holiday , Tuesday,<br />

Wednesday and Thursday<br />

activity days , family<br />

fun, Axe Valley Wildlife<br />

Park, Summerleaze Farm,<br />

Axminster, 10.00am to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

FIND THE EASTER<br />

CHICKS<br />

08 Apr to <strong>17</strong> Apr - Find the<br />

Easter Chicks this easter<br />

at Clovelly! Come and join<br />

in the fun, Clovelly, Estate<br />

Office, Clovelly, 10.00am to<br />

4.00pm.<br />

EARLY EASTER<br />

CELEBRATIONS<br />

09 Apr - Enjoy a visit to<br />

this historic house,take a<br />

walk then have Hot Cross<br />

Buns !! Poltimore House and<br />

Grounds, Poltimore, 11.30am<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

Easter fun at The Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth<br />

EASTER EGG HUNT<br />

13 Apr - Stover Country Park,<br />

Newton Abbot, 2.00pm to<br />

4.00pm.<br />

ALICE IN WONDERLAND<br />

EASTER TRAIL<br />

14 Apr to <strong>17</strong> Apr - Meet<br />

the characters from Alice in<br />

Wonderland this Easter at<br />

Forde Abbey, Forde Abbey<br />

& Gardens, Chard, 10.00am<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

EASTER WEEKEND OF<br />

ENTERTAINMENT<br />

14 Apr to <strong>17</strong> Apr - Easter<br />

Weekend of Entertainment<br />

shows will be daily in the<br />

Station Gallery, Pecorama,<br />

Underleys, Beer, 10.00am<br />

to 5.00pm.<br />

FREE EASTER THEMED<br />

QUIZ<br />

15 Apr - Easter Quiz for<br />

adults & children with<br />

prizes! House of Marbles,<br />

Pottery Road, Bovey Tracey,<br />

10.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

EASTER EGG-<br />

STRAVAGANZA<br />

15 Apr to 16 Apr - Get ready<br />

for the egg scramble at 2pm,<br />

A la Ronde, Summer Lane,<br />

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

FREYA: A VIKING SAGA<br />

18 Apr - Easter puppet show<br />

for all the family from 4<br />

upwards! Marine Theatre,<br />

The Marine Theatre, Lyme<br />

Regis, 5.00pm to 6.00pm.<br />

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Easter's coming up and for many<br />

this means just one thing, children.<br />

Keeping kids occupied can<br />

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exhaust the usual avenues and it<br />

really is great to get the car out<br />

and take a trip to somewhere<br />

that's guaranteed to entertain<br />

your children fully and provide a<br />

great, memorable day out.<br />

You park up at the railway station<br />

car park and along the path that<br />

takes you past the South Devon<br />

Railway station, and then cross<br />

the track to the farm (see map<br />

- below far right).<br />

Totnes Rare Breeds Farm is run<br />

by Sam Adams (right).<br />

Path to farm via the old railway station<br />

Too warm a coat for summer - moulting<br />

A fine figure of a bird - never mind the double chin.<br />

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Great Night Out<br />

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

HONEST JOHN & RAY BEAVIS<br />

02 Apr - A heady mix of sax and guitar<br />

guaranteed to get you moving, The Point, 14<br />

Pilot Wharf, Exmouth, 6.30pm to 9.00pm.<br />

KINGSBRIDGE JAZZ CLUB<br />

04 Apr - John Maddocks Jazzmen return<br />

for an exciting evening of classic trad jazz,<br />

Kingsbridge Jazz Club, The Fisherman’s<br />

Rest, Aveton Gifford, 6.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

BRIDGE JAZZ CLUB<br />

05 Apr - Pete Canter & Friends<br />

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

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

SAM LEWIS<br />

05 Apr - Roots country and blue eyed<br />

soul musician, Pavilions Teignmouth, Den<br />

Crescent, Teignmouth, 7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

JOANNA COOKE THE<br />

05 Apr - Joanna Cooke, COTTAGE<br />

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voice that mesmerises, HOTEL Fougou<br />

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06 Apr - Probably the most entertaining<br />

group to come out THE of the 60’s and 70’s,<br />

Babbacombe Theatre, COTTAGE<br />

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to 10.00pm. COTTAGE<br />

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HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON HOTEL<br />

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Salmon and avocado couscous<br />

salad, Comptoir Libanais<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON<br />

THE CHICAGO BLUES BROTHERS<br />

07 Apr - Tickets £22 on the flat £22 on the<br />

raised, Exmouth Pavilion, The Esplanade,<br />

Exmouth, 7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

SOUND OF THE SIRENS<br />

07 Apr - Exeter-based foot-stomping, crowdengaging<br />

female folk/rock duo, The Beehive,<br />

Dowell Street, Honiton, 8.00pm.<br />

EXTRACTOR<br />

08 Apr - The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street,<br />

Sidmouth, 9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />

SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK<br />

08 Apr - Tickets are £19.50 each, Exmouth<br />

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

MARINE DISCO<br />

08 Apr - Disco music and dancing at the<br />

Little Theatre by the Sea, Marine Theatre,<br />

The Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, 8.00pm.<br />

JUST MISBEHAVIN’<br />

09 Apr - Swing jazz to finish your weekend<br />

in style, Just Misbehavin’, The Point Bar &<br />

Grill, Exmouth, 6.00pm to 8.30pm.<br />

JAZZ IN THE BAR<br />

09 Apr - Enjoy the music of jazz guitarist<br />

Jesse Molins and pianist Philip Clouts,<br />

Marine Theatre, The Marine Theatre Bar,<br />

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

RUSTY SHACKLE<br />

14 Apr - “Rusty Shackle come on like a<br />

punk Bellowhead or a poppier Pogues”, The<br />

Beehive, Dowell Street, Honiton, 8.00pm.<br />

BIG BAD WOLF<br />

19 Apr - Big Bad Wolf features washy<br />

guitars, brassy hooks and deep grooves,<br />

Fougou Media, Toorak Hotel, Torquay,<br />

8.30pm to 11.00pm.<br />

RED SKY<br />

21 Apr - The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street,<br />

Sidmouth, 9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />

BUDLEIGH JAZZ FESTIVAL<br />

21 Apr to 23 Apr - Annual live Music<br />

Festival to promote jazz and associated<br />

music in East Devon, Budleigh Jazz Festival,<br />

Budleigh Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton,<br />

2.00pm to 10.30pm.<br />

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PETE CANTER’S SKY ENSEMBLE<br />

22 Apr - Saxophonist-composer Pete<br />

Canter with contemporary jazz meets<br />

folk ensemble, Pete Canter, Crediton<br />

Congregational Church, Crediton, 8.30pm<br />

to 10.30pm.<br />

THE TONY ROBERTS QUINTET<br />

22 Apr - Stunning Combination of Tony<br />

Roberts, sax & flute and Matt Carter on<br />

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

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

TWEAKS<br />

22 Apr - The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street,<br />

Sidmouth, 9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />

JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON<br />

23 Apr - Featuring the Pete Allen Jazz Band,<br />

Kennaway House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth,<br />

3.00pm to 5.30pm.<br />

JAKE LEG JUG BAND<br />

23 Apr - Sounds of America in the 1920s<br />

and 30s: jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, Marine<br />

Theatre, The Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis,<br />

8.00pm to 10.00pm.<br />

JAZZ BRUNCH WITH CHARLIE BICKNELL<br />

23 Apr - Enjoy a Sunday full of Jazz while<br />

having a leisurely brunch by Dottie Kitchen,<br />

Marine Theatre, The Marine Theatre, Lyme<br />

Regis, 11.00am to 1.30pm.<br />

THE CRAVING<br />

28 Apr - The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street,<br />

Sidmouth, 9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />

ROCK THE NIGHT<br />

29 Apr - The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street,<br />

Sidmouth, 9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />

RIVIERA DOGS (80’S/90’S MUSIC)<br />

29 Apr - Riviera Dogs 5 piece band based<br />

in the South West playing 80’s / 90’s music,<br />

The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton, 7.30pm<br />

to 11.00pm.<br />

THE PHIL BEER BAND & SUPPORT: THE<br />

HAWTHORNES<br />

29 Apr - A unique blend of folk and roll.<br />

Fast, frenetic, ‘feel-good’, The Beehive,<br />

Dowell Street, Honiton, 8.00pm.<br />

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Saturday 06th <strong>May</strong><br />

THE SHERRY BABY’S<br />

Exmouth Pavilion, Exmouth<br />

Wednesday 19th <strong>April</strong><br />

BIG BAD WOLF<br />

Toorak Hotel, Torquay<br />

Saturday 27th <strong>May</strong><br />

DETROIT SOUL<br />

COLLECTIVE<br />

The Gateway, Seaton<br />

THE FUREYS<br />

02 <strong>May</strong> - Tickets are £19.00, Exmouth<br />

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

to 10.00pm.<br />

KINGSBRIDGE JAZZ CLUB<br />

02 <strong>May</strong> - Kevin Grenfell’s Jazz Giants with<br />

Pete Allen: a master class of jazz & fun,<br />

Kingsbridge Jazz Club, The Fisherman’s<br />

Rest, Aveton Gifford, 6.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

ROADHOGS<br />

05 <strong>May</strong> - The Black Horse, 30 Fore Street,<br />

Sidmouth, 9.30pm to 12.00am.<br />

THE SHERRY BABY’S<br />

06 <strong>May</strong> - Tickets are £16.50, Exmouth<br />

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

to 10.00pm.<br />

THE JB JAZZ & BLUES BAND<br />

07 <strong>May</strong> - This five piece band creates<br />

great fun playing jump jive, jazz and blues,<br />

Plymouth Jazz Club, The Royal British<br />

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

OPEN ACCESS FOLK ORCHESTRA<br />

08 <strong>May</strong> - Weekly event for all acoustic<br />

instruments. NO auditions, Wren Music,<br />

Victory Hall, Broadclyst, 7.00pm to 9.00pm.<br />

ART HOUSE TRIO<br />

08 <strong>May</strong> - Superb jazz trio with vocals &<br />

keys, sax and double bass, Pete Canter,<br />

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

MODULUS<br />

11 <strong>May</strong> - The passion marks their shows<br />

out as a treat for both the eyes and the ears,<br />

Barnfield Theatre, Barnfield Road, Exeter,<br />

7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

SHAKIN’ STEVENS - ECHOES OF OUR<br />

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JUST MISBEHAVIN’<br />

13 <strong>May</strong> - Swing dance, jazz, R’ ‘n ‘ B for a<br />

fun Saturday night, Just Misbehavin’, Dog<br />

and Donkey, Budleigh Salterton, 8.30pm to<br />

11.00pm.<br />

OPEN ACCESS FOLK ORCHESTRA<br />

15 <strong>May</strong> - Weekly event for all acoustic<br />

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Victory Hall, Broadclyst, 7.00pm to 9.00pm.<br />

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<strong>17</strong> <strong>May</strong> - Joy Ellis, jazz vocalist, pianist and<br />

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18 <strong>May</strong> - Tickets £18.50 on the flat and<br />

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SOUNDS OF THE SIXTIES SHOW WITH<br />

THE ZOOTS<br />

19 <strong>May</strong> - Experience THE Sixties show that’s<br />

wowing audiences around the world, The<br />

Zoots, Marine Theatre Lyme Regis, Lyme<br />

Regis, 7.00pm to 11.00pm.<br />

3 DAFT MONKEYS - PLAYING LIVE<br />

19 <strong>May</strong> - Following a successful<br />

crowdfunding campaign, 3DM are on tour,<br />

3 Daft Monkeys, The Barrel House, Totnes,<br />

8.00pm to 12.00am.<br />

MARTIN DALE QUARTET<br />

20 <strong>May</strong> - Martin Dale is one of the most<br />

sought-after Musicians in the South West,<br />

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

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

JUST MISBEHAVIN’<br />

20 <strong>May</strong> - Lindy Hop Dance Event, Just<br />

Misbehavin’, St Matthews Hall, Exeter,<br />

7.30pm to 11.00pm.<br />

OPEN ACCESS FOLK ORCHESTRA<br />

22 <strong>May</strong> - Weekly event for all acoustic<br />

instruments. NO auditions, Wren Music,<br />

Victory Hall, Broadclyst, 7.00pm to 9.00pm.<br />

PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY GAMELAN<br />

ORCHESTRA<br />

23 <strong>May</strong> - Plymouth University Gamelan<br />

Orchestra and Friends Summer Performance,<br />

Peninsula Arts, Theatre 1, Roland Levinsky<br />

Building, Plymouth, 4.00pm.<br />

DETROIT SOUL COLLECTIVE<br />

27 <strong>May</strong> - Detroit Soul (nine piece funk/soul<br />

band), The Gateway, Fore Street, Seaton,<br />

7.30pm to 11.00pm.<br />

JUST MISBEHAVIN’<br />

27 <strong>May</strong> - Swing jazz, R ‘n’ B, early rock<br />

& roll at this popular village inn, Just<br />

Misbehavin’, The Globe Inn, Lympstone,<br />

9.00pm to 11.30pm.<br />

DINING OFFERS<br />

Traditional Sunday Roasts<br />

per person | Sun | from 12 noon<br />

Afternoon, Champagne and High Teas<br />

per person | daily<br />

Night Porter: Half bottle of Port &<br />

Cheeseboard<br />

two persons | daily<br />

Book now for Easter to avoid<br />

disappointment.<br />

Table Bookings t. 01837 840244<br />

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The Grosvenor<br />

TORQUAY<br />

Highly<br />

Recommended<br />

DEVON<br />

SHIRE<br />

Room 101 - major refurbishment has resulted in luxurious rooms of a high standard<br />

We bring you great stays from across Devon<br />

Overnight Stay<br />

Bathroom/shower room with all mod cons and great bathing products<br />

Torquayʼs such a diverse place, itʼs<br />

no surprise itʼs visited by so many<br />

from across the UK. The coastline<br />

is incredibly varied, with parts<br />

reminiscent of the South of France.<br />

Then you have beautiful and historic<br />

places such as Cockington and also<br />

Tor Abbey (which you can easily<br />

access by a short walk from the<br />

hotel). The Grosvenor is perfectly<br />

and investment to bring the hotel<br />

in line with the other hotels in their<br />

group. We have to be thankful that<br />

this is happening, itʼs so important<br />

to our Devon economy that progress<br />

is made. Pictured directly above is<br />

the owner Keith Richardson and<br />

newly appointed John Burton Race,<br />

who you should remember from The<br />

Angel at Dartmouth - John became<br />

treat if you visit as John really knows<br />

his art. Every course we sampled<br />

was perfection, even pudding was<br />

superb - so often you have a lovely<br />

meal and decide a pudding would<br />

be great, only to be let down by a<br />

sickly, lardy lump of something on<br />

the plate - Iʼm happy to say that<br />

Johnʼs Bitter Chocolate Ganache was<br />

a masterpiece. A hearty welcome<br />

Amuze bouche - John Dory<br />

Fine<br />

Dining<br />

ou t s ta n di ng<br />

John Dory - main<br />

Roast Chump of Lamb<br />

Bitter Chocolate Ganache<br />

Cheese Board<br />

positioned to allow you to explore<br />

all that Torbay has to offer. Whatʼs<br />

great is that the hotel is close to the<br />

seafront, so you can enjoy gentle<br />

walks along the Esplanade to soak<br />

up the seaside atmosphere and<br />

enjoy views out across the bay. The<br />

Grosvenor in Torquay has recently<br />

been taken over by the Richardson<br />

Hotel group, who are injecting effort<br />

a celebrity following his series<br />

French Leave and the subsequent<br />

Return of the Chef. Of course,<br />

Johnʼs a heavyweight in terms of the<br />

culinary art, and his appointment<br />

at The Grosvenor is a major coup,<br />

because the quality of food on offer is<br />

absolutely top notch. After working<br />

through their a la carte menu, I can<br />

confirm that youʼre in for a great<br />

back to Devon John, we need more<br />

talented people like you! Of the<br />

hotel - facilities were excellent, the<br />

room spacious, spotlessly clean and<br />

extremely well appointed, with a<br />

luxurious emperor sized bed - in<br />

all it was a thoroughly enjoyable<br />

stay - many thanks to the team<br />

at Richardson Hotels for their<br />

hospitality.<br />

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Great Devon eateries<br />

award winning restaurant • award winning marina<br />

THE<br />

COTTAGE<br />

HOTEL<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON<br />

THE<br />

COTTAGE<br />

HOTEL<br />

153 Vauxhall Street<br />

Plymouth PL4 0DF<br />

0<strong>17</strong>52 651300<br />

zuzimo.co.uk<br />

Now accepting Gourmet<br />

& RESTAURANTSociety and Tastecard<br />

HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON<br />

Jolly<br />

Jacks<br />

waterfront bar bistro<br />

Kick Back & Relax<br />

Great<br />

Food, Company<br />

& Location !<br />

• Delicious food from land and sea served fresh all day, every day<br />

• Friendly and welcoming • Traditional Sunday Lunches<br />

• Check website for live music & events<br />

• FREE secure parking • Dog & Child friendly<br />

• Lovely outside terrace<br />

tel: 0<strong>17</strong>52 500 008 www.jollyjacks.co.uk<br />

<strong>May</strong>flower Marina • Richmond Walk • Plymouth • PL1 4LS<br />

THE<br />

COTTAGE HOTEL<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

HOPE COVE SOUTH DEVON<br />

THE<br />

MALTSTERS<br />

ARMS<br />

THE<br />

COTTAGE HOTEL<br />

& RESTAURANT<br />

HOPE COVE<br />

SOUTH DEVON<br />

Special Spring Breaks<br />

from £65.00 per person per night<br />

Includes Dinner, B&B, Standard Sea-view double/twin room,<br />

welcome glass of Prosecco & a copy of our Walker’s Companion book<br />

Please quote “<strong>Devonshire</strong> Magazine”<br />

A charming traditional family-run hotel in a spectacular<br />

coastal location. Relaxing holiday atmosphere with excellent<br />

cuisine and an established reputation for hospitality and<br />

service. With sun terraces and gardens down to the beach.<br />

Open TO nOn-residenTs<br />

The Cottage Hotel<br />

Hope Cove, Kingsbridge, Devon TQ7 3HJ<br />

Tel: 01548 561555 info@hopecove.com<br />

www.hopecove.com<br />

Matt, Sam & the staff welcome you to<br />

their family friendly village pub.<br />

Excellent fresh food cooked & prepared<br />

just for you at affordable prices.<br />

Our large function room is the prime location<br />

for all of your corporate & private events.<br />

Visit our website to view our<br />

current menu & events:<br />

www.themaltstersarms.com<br />

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The Restaurant Inspector<br />

Visits:<br />

Carluccios<br />

Princesshay, 37 Bedford Street, Exeter<br />

Carluccios<br />

Italian Restaurant<br />

Ravioli al Limone - pasta parcels filled with<br />

ricotta and pine nuts in a lemon sauce<br />

Chicken Milanese, flattened chicken breast<br />

crusted in rosemary breadcrumbs and fried<br />

Beef ragu served on a bed of<br />

spaghetti with crispy Parma ham<br />

menu sampled<br />

Starters<br />

Bruschetta<br />

Sicilian Aranchini<br />

Flaming Creme Brulée<br />

Mains<br />

Ravioli al Limone<br />

Chicken Milanese<br />

Beef Ragu with Spaghetti<br />

Pudding<br />

Galati Artiginali<br />

Cantucci & wine<br />

Drinks<br />

House Red<br />

Dine in style and enjoy great food<br />

I think weʼd all agree that Italian food is probably the most widely<br />

liked and eaten food - everyone likes to ʻgo Italianʼ.<br />

Thereʼs a whole plethora of<br />

Italian eateries in Exeter, which is<br />

where Carluccios is situated, and<br />

for me, a good Italian restaurant<br />

means super quality ingredients,<br />

lots of fresh healthy vegetables,<br />

salads and herbs which allows<br />

light, and tasty eating.<br />

Carluccios is a chain restaurant,<br />

and itʼs important to say that<br />

many of the ʻchainsʼ have led<br />

the way in terms of elevating our<br />

eating experience because they<br />

(the better ones) have invested<br />

almost scientific analysis and<br />

effort into their high street<br />

offerings. Carluccios is at the<br />

top of the Italian chain arena,<br />

and their eating experience<br />

combines tasty, enjoyable food<br />

with stylish interior decor to give<br />

cheerful dining that becomes<br />

much more than just a meal out.<br />

Food wise, I think the pictures<br />

say it all, particular mention goes<br />

for their Ravioli al Limone, Beef<br />

Ragu and Sicilian Aranchini, not<br />

forgetting the absolutely divine<br />

Gelati Artiginali. Their food is<br />

really great and so are their<br />

coffees as youʼd expect.<br />

Top marks to Carluccios, itʼs a<br />

great place to ʻchillʼ and dine.<br />

Editor<br />

Bruschetta - fresh baby plum tomatoes, basil and garlic<br />

Sicilian aranchini - deep fried rice balls with mozzarella<br />

and basil, also provolone cheese and beef ragu<br />

Cantucci with pudding wine<br />

Gelati Artiginali - artisan ice cream with intense flavours,<br />

here Arabica coffee & hazlenut and bitter chocolate<br />

Plenty of delicious antipasti, their range<br />

of foods is vast and interesting<br />

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Great Devon eateries<br />

The<br />

Otterton<br />

Whether youʼre stopping off during a walk along the River Otter, or simply<br />

looking for a destination pub in which to enjoy a lunchtime snack, evening<br />

meal or superb Sunday carvery, you wonʼt be disappointed when you visit<br />

the Kings Arms in the beautiful village of Otterton.<br />

• 15 quality rooms for bed & breakfast<br />

• Fresh food prepared & cooked on the premises using local ingredients from<br />

our own farm shop and fish landed by our own trawlers whenever possible<br />

• Breakfast 7-10am (open to non-residents), lunch 12-2.30pm, dinner 6.30-9pm<br />

• Sunday Carvery<br />

• Superb venue for party bookings/large tables<br />

• Bar serving a good selection of local award winning real ales & quality wines<br />

• Garden & childrenʼs play area & two alfresco terrace areas<br />

• Dogs welcome (designated areas)<br />

• 7 Seater Minibus available locally with prior arrangement<br />

FORE STREET • OTTERTON • EX9 7HB<br />

01395 568416 www.kingsarmsotterton.co.uk<br />

Time to mix business with pleasure!<br />

THE NEW ADDITION TO OUR CONFERENCE<br />

FACILITIES IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS!<br />

DEVON’S FINEST CONFERENCE VENUE, ONLY 10 MILES FROM EXETER<br />

Introducing Deer Park’s NEW addition to our utterly splendid conference facilities. Our new<br />

‘Motor House’ caters for up to 20 boardroom and 40 theatre style. Need more space? The new<br />

Orangery can cater for up to 250 delegates. Combine this with our Multi award winning hotel<br />

• 80 acres of beautiful countryside • Award winning cuisine • 32 splendid bedrooms • 100mb<br />

broadband speed • State of the art audio visual facilities • Free Parking • Separate exclusive<br />

3 bedroom house. Deer Park conferencing offers you flexibility, hospitality and personality you<br />

won’t find anywhere else!<br />

To see Devon’s finest, give Georgie a tinkle!<br />

HONITON<br />

EXQUISITE • QUINTESSENTIAL • CORPORATE EVENTS<br />

01404 41266 | www.deerpark.co.uk<br />

Deer Park Country House Hotel, Weston, Honiton, Devon EX14 3PG<br />

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The Oxenham Arms<br />

Hotel & Restaurant<br />

The most beautiful Devon restaurant, set in<br />

a former 12th century monastery<br />

Stunning restaurants, lunches, afternoon<br />

teas, evening dinners, Sunday lunches<br />

Function room, luxury four poster<br />

accommodation, parking, 4 acres of<br />

grounds, Dartmoor walks and views<br />

Open daily from 11am to 11pm<br />

AA Gold<br />

Dinner<br />

Award<br />

<br />

01837 840244 South Zeal, EX20 2JT (25 mins. from Exeter) www.theoxenhamarms.com<br />

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FOOD and DRINK<br />

MOTORING REVIEW<br />

Volkswagen Golf R Mk 7<br />

Food & Dining<br />

Photography<br />

It's no good just producing great food, you<br />

need to shout about it with rich imagery to show<br />

the public what your kitchen can deliver.<br />

We specialise in photography and can provide a highly<br />

affordable professional service to businesses wishing to<br />

upgrade their website, social media and print imagery.<br />

Contact DEVONSHIRE magazine<br />

Ask for Nigel Jones on: 01395 513383<br />

It's hard to believe that the Golf in its 43rd year of<br />

production, older than many of you out there.<br />

Yes, it's still going strong and the<br />

Golf R Mk 7 reaches the pinnacle<br />

of what has been a very long life<br />

for this popular model. And it's<br />

understandable really, the Golf's<br />

a great size, not too big to be<br />

unwieldy, but there's enough<br />

space for a comfortable ride<br />

for 4 people, but small enough<br />

to be nimble and easy to park.<br />

Of course, the Golf comes in all<br />

sorts of variants, with a range<br />

of petrol and diesel engines,<br />

but the 'R' model is the petrol<br />

powered 2 litre turbocharged<br />

version, the most powerful<br />

Golf ever produced with nearly<br />

300bhp, that's about 70bhp<br />

more than the already quick GTI.<br />

was fitted with the much-loved<br />

V6 unit, so you have to wonder<br />

why they'd ditch this in favour<br />

of the 4 cylinder 2 litre one?<br />

Probably because the 4 cylinder<br />

engine's cheaper to produce,<br />

but to be more charitable, I'd say<br />

it was done to reduce front-end<br />

weight to improve handling.<br />

Whatever the reason, they've<br />

created an incredible pocket<br />

rocket, to say this car is quick is<br />

an understatement. With a 0-60<br />

time of just over 4.5 seconds,<br />

you need never worry about<br />

There's always a worry with<br />

front wheel drive cars that<br />

overloading with power results<br />

in much wheel spinning and<br />

lack of control at the front, so<br />

VW have fitted 4Motion, their<br />

front wheel biased 4 wheel<br />

drive power train system. So<br />

the usual scenario where you<br />

swiftly pull out from a side road,<br />

only to find the front end of the<br />

car scrabbling for grip is totally<br />

averted, as the rear wheels<br />

step in to provide much more<br />

stability to the power delivery.<br />

Quad pipes, the only visual cue to this<br />

car's amazing performance<br />

having enough acceleration<br />

when overtaking slow-moving<br />

traffic. The engine delivers<br />

power in a way you wouldn't<br />

expect, with masses of torque<br />

from 2,000 rpm, and revs rapidly<br />

gathering pace all the way to<br />

the redline.<br />

The R is limited to a very safe 155mph<br />

VW's greatest triumph<br />

with this car has been<br />

to endow the car with<br />

a level of road holding<br />

and cornering capability<br />

that's quite staggering.<br />

The balance and poise this<br />

system brings to the car is a real<br />

triumph. The previous Golf R<br />

The Golf R truly is a wolf in<br />

sheep's clothing. - Editor<br />

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Great MOTORING<br />

Devon eateries<br />

DISCOVERY SPORT<br />

NEW ADVENTURES ARE WAITING ON THE HORIZON.<br />

PURE SPECIAL EDITION FROM £28,995<br />

It’s time to adventure out and experience something new. The Discovery Sport PURE Special Edition includes Front Fog Lamps, 18" Five-Spoke alloy wheels<br />

and Privacy Glass at no extra cost. Built for weekend adventures, the Discovery Sport comes with 5 configurable seats, Terrain Response technology, up to 600mm<br />

wading depth and with a host of other innovative features, it’s more than ready to take you anywhere – and everywhere.<br />

So your next adventure could be closer than you think.<br />

Matford Land Rover<br />

Waterbridge Court, Matford Park Road, Marsh Barton, Exeter, EX2 7PQ<br />

01392 825825<br />

www.matford.exeter.landrover.co.uk<br />

Official Fuel Consumption Figures for the Discovery Sport range in mpg (I/100km): Urban 44.1-50.4 (6.4-5.6); Extra Urban 60.1-62.8 (4.7-4.5); Combined 53.3-57.7 (5.3-4.9). CO2 Emissions 139-129 g/km.<br />

The figures provided are as a result of official manufacturer’s tests in accordance with EU legislation. A vehicle’s actual fuel consumption may differ from that achieved in such tests and these figures are for comparative purposes only.<br />

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FASHION & BEAUTY<br />

SPRING 20<strong>17</strong><br />

Spring has arrived with a flourish,<br />

and with Easter just around the<br />

corner and our winter wardrobe<br />

a thing of the past, it's time to<br />

update your wardrobe with<br />

spring's major new trends. Eighties<br />

throwback, floral prints, ruffled<br />

jumpsuits and voluminous sleeves<br />

are all trending in 20<strong>17</strong>.<br />

Just White SE - available from Angie's of Budleigh<br />

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FASHION & BEAUTY<br />

Oska<br />

Capri<br />

One Life<br />

Monari<br />

Just White SE<br />

Michelle Magic Jeans<br />

Anna Montana Stretch!<br />

Oliver Phillips<br />

Taifun<br />

Hatley<br />

Rabe<br />

Frankwalder<br />

Michaela Louisa<br />

Paul Brial<br />

Ariana<br />

Plus a fabulous<br />

selection of boots,<br />

loafers, ballerinas, bags,<br />

jewellery and scarves<br />

01395 4431<strong>17</strong><br />

12 High Street,<br />

Budleigh Salterton<br />

EX9 6LQ<br />

www.angiesofbudleigh.co.uk<br />

info@angiesofbudleigh.co.uk<br />

Open Mon to Sat 10am - 4pm<br />

Ringing the Changes<br />

<strong>April</strong> 16th to July 15th 20<strong>17</strong><br />

The Victoria Sewart Contemporary Jewellery Gallery<br />

presents: An exhibition of distinctly modern rings<br />

complimenting both the contemporary and tradtional.<br />

“unique collections”<br />

“rare, self indulgent”<br />

“innovative designs”<br />

“luxurious wearable pieces”<br />

For more Jewellery, Online Shop<br />

and Jewellery Workshops (including<br />

ʻMaking Your Own Wedding Ringsʼ) visit<br />

us at: www.victoriasewart.com<br />

39 Southside Street, The Barbican, Plymouth 0<strong>17</strong>52 220011<br />

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HEALTH FASHION & & BEAUTY<br />

A point of view!<br />

Nelson’s Column<br />

by JOHN FISHER<br />

The 532-pages of parchment is the most<br />

detailed surviving draft of Domesday Book<br />

and covers Cornwall, Devon, Somerset,<br />

Dorset and Wiltshire, although not all of it<br />

has survived.<br />

The discovery of this dramatic mark of a<br />

medieval spearhead imprinted across two of<br />

the Somerset pages is still puzzling scholars.<br />

The book has been on loan from the Dean<br />

and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral to the<br />

Museum of Somerset where its display caused<br />

great interest and probably a deal of head<br />

scratching.<br />

Pointed remark<br />

EXTRAORDINARY and so far as we know,<br />

inexplicable, was the discovery of this<br />

imprint of a spearhead in one of Exeter<br />

Cathedral’s most treasured manuscripts, a<br />

unique document from the age of William<br />

the Conqueror.<br />

It first came to light in 2011 when Exon<br />

Domesday, as it is called, was removed<br />

from its 19th-century binding so that digital<br />

photography and detailed study could begin.<br />

Since then a major research project by a<br />

team from King’s College London and the<br />

University of Oxford, funded by the Arts<br />

and Humanities Research Council, has been<br />

uncovering the document’s secrets.<br />

Devon’s close encounter with a Crocodile Shark<br />

“NO WORRIES”, marine biologists said when a<br />

Crocodile Shark was washed up on the beach<br />

at Devon’s Hope’s Cove recently. “They may<br />

have several rows of razor sharp teeth but<br />

at just over a metre long they are too small<br />

to attack humans”.<br />

Which will be of no comfort at all to preseason<br />

paddlers. So what do they attack and<br />

why are they here?<br />

Well apparently they live at great depths<br />

(590 m or 1,940 ft) and only come up at night to<br />

feed - but that’s in tropical waters around the<br />

equator mind - and this is the first time one<br />

has been found or even reported so far north.<br />

What they do attack however are undersea<br />

fibre optic cables. Countless Crocodile Shark<br />

teeth have been found at the scene of the<br />

crime on many occasions since 1985 when<br />

fibre optics first reached the tropics but the<br />

first video evidence came in 2014.<br />

Sharks, like other animals, can detect<br />

magnetic fields -- and they have miniature<br />

volt sensors in their mouths that they use to<br />

detect prey and find mates.<br />

So they have an appetite for fibre optic cables<br />

say engineers because they get a buzz out of<br />

them and if you don’t believe us you can go<br />

onto YouTube and tap in: Shark Bites Fiber<br />

Optic Cables Undersea 15.8.2014.<br />

Every picture tells<br />

a story<br />

SOUTH WEST WATER has a remarkable<br />

photographic collection generated in the<br />

everyday recording of its work, some of it<br />

historic and in black and white, much more<br />

of it in colour and taken by the company’s<br />

then resident photographer, Brian Lessware.<br />

At Easter a while back, Brian was crossing<br />

Dartmoor when he spotted a lamb, curled up<br />

on a grassy ‘altar’ in front of a rustic stone<br />

cross. He said he could hardly believe his<br />

eyes - or his luck - stopped the car and ran<br />

round to the boot where he kept his trusty<br />

Hasselblad camera and ran back to the scene.<br />

He just had time to focus and fire off a single<br />

shot before the lamb stood up and gambled<br />

hurriedly away - as lambs do.It was the last<br />

frame in the camera - this was the pre-digital<br />

age of film - so Brian had to wait until the<br />

next morning to see what he had captured.<br />

Thank you, Brian, for the memory and for<br />

this scan of the only surviving print of that<br />

evening on the moor. And a Happy Easter,<br />

one and all!<br />

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One of the most important collections of Anglo-Saxon poetry in existence,<br />

containing a quarter of the World's existing writings,<br />

residing at Exeter Cathedral Library<br />

The Exeter Book sometimes called The Book of Riddles<br />

Despite the rise of the Kindle, tablets and kindle, many people still love their books and especially old<br />

books which often inform us on strange and intriguing subjects. In Devon, we are particularly blessed<br />

by the fact that here, in Exeter, the cathedral library is the custodian of one of the oldest books in the UK<br />

Bishop Leofric relocated the bishopric<br />

from Crediton to Exeter and gifted<br />

the Anglo Saxon Book to the cathedral's<br />

library in the 11th century. Dating<br />

back to approximately 970, the book<br />

has miraculously survived the Norman<br />

invasion, the Reformation, civil wars and<br />

in particular World War 2 when Exeter<br />

was heavily bombed by the Germans. A<br />

little research has indicated to me that<br />

there might only be a few older books<br />

than the Exeter Book in the UK. A<br />

recent purchase by the British Library<br />

was St. Cuthbert's Gospel, reputed to be<br />

buried with St Cuthbert in 698, which<br />

only narrowly avoided the Viking raids<br />

on Lindisfarne. In 2012, St. Cuthbert's<br />

Gospel was secured for the nation at a<br />

cost of £9 million. The Exeter Book must<br />

itself also be a national treasure being a<br />

mere 300 years younger than St Cuthbert's<br />

Gospel.<br />

So when we met Peter Thomas, Exeter<br />

Cathedral's librarian, we asked how the<br />

Exeter Book had managed to survive<br />

for just over a 1000 years with relatively<br />

little damage (there are a few pages<br />

missing and some limited damage to<br />

a couple of pages, also, the cover isn't<br />

the original). First of all, the book isn't<br />

written on paper (which wasn't available<br />

until a couple of centuries later) but<br />

parchment. Parchment was used for<br />

important documents because of its<br />

durability, in fact, there wasn't really any<br />

This codex of Anglo-<br />

Saxon poetry is one<br />

of only three in<br />

existence and is of<br />

inestimable value<br />

alternative. Parchment is actually animal<br />

skin, often calf skin, which is processed<br />

to enable it to accept ink. Many religious,<br />

legal and parliamentary documents are<br />

written on parchment. Also the size of<br />

the Exeter Book may have had something<br />

to do with its longevity as it languished<br />

round the library it was possibly used as<br />

a heavy press in the gold leaf process<br />

(fragments of gold leaf were found on<br />

some of the book's inner pages); whilst<br />

the size of the book may have made it<br />

useful as a rest for cutting things on or<br />

maybe it was just used as a door stop ! At<br />

one point, I believe that some of Leofric's<br />

books were handed over to the Bodleian<br />

Library in Oxford. However, the Exeter<br />

Book was kept in Exeter, presumably<br />

because it is not an ornately decorated<br />

or illuminated book and it was therefore<br />

somewhat overlooked. However, it is now<br />

generally recognised that the Exeter Book<br />

is one of the most important old books<br />

in the UK as it is an important source of<br />

Anglo Saxon poetry. Whatever the case,<br />

we are very thankful that such an old<br />

and interesting book made it to the 21st<br />

century relatively unscathed.<br />

As you might imagine, the Exeter Book is<br />

written in old English which may as well<br />

be a foreign language as far as modern<br />

readers are concerned. Peter kindly<br />

allowed us to view some of book and he<br />

explained that Old English had Germanic<br />

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oots (as it was spoken by our Anglo-<br />

Saxon ancestors). Looking at the text,<br />

there were several letters that weren't<br />

even recognisable. Nonetheless,<br />

scholars of Old English have been<br />

able to translate the text and indeed<br />

Peter obliged us by reading some<br />

excerpts from the Exeter Book in Old<br />

English which was fascinating. One<br />

of the reasons this book is very rare is<br />

because it is a book of poetry. In all,<br />

there are 131 pages of narrative poem,<br />

elegies, wisdom poems, prayers and<br />

riddles. This is not really poetry as<br />

we would know it and doesn't rely on<br />

rhyme, but was written in such a way<br />

as to enable the reader to use rhythm<br />

and stress. After all, I can imagine that<br />

many of these traditional stories had<br />

been recited and possibly chanted<br />

time and time again and passed down<br />

the generations. The Exeter Book<br />

has captured a part of our ancient<br />

heritage for posterity. Much of the<br />

poems are actually known as riddles<br />

which were very popular and are<br />

probably the most loved parts of<br />

Bishop Leofric looks down over Exeter's<br />

High Street. It's been nearly<br />

1,000 years since his donation of<br />

the Book of Riddles<br />

the Exeter Book today. The riddles<br />

are really brain teasers and since<br />

there are no official answers, they<br />

can probably drive you quite mad.<br />

Some of the riddles are very short<br />

and others much longer. I thought<br />

readers might enjoy trying to work<br />

out a couple of the riddles. Bear in<br />

mind that the Exeter Book doesn't<br />

provide answers and therefore answers<br />

are always open to being challenged.<br />

Next month we will provide<br />

"answers" that have been generally<br />

agreed; so you'll have couple of<br />

months to puzzle out your answers.<br />

Good luck ! - Helen Jones<br />

Many thanks to the Exeter Cathedral<br />

Library and Librarian, Peter Thomas.<br />

The Exeter Book will be available to<br />

view at various times through the<br />

year. You can take part in a group<br />

booking to enjoy a guided visit with<br />

an archivist/librarian. Contact the<br />

library for more information by calling<br />

01392 421423.<br />

You may have seen this obelisk in<br />

Exeter's High Street, which displays<br />

riddle extracts from the Exeter Book<br />

Several of the Riddles (translated)<br />

Riddle 84<br />

Not silent is my hall, nor I myself am loud... for us two the Lord ordained our ways<br />

together. I am swifter than he and at times stronger; he is more enduring. Often I rest; he<br />

must run on. With him is my home all my life long. If we two are parted my death is destined.<br />

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Riddle 25<br />

I’m a wonderful thing, a joy to women, to neighbours useful. I injure no one who lives in a<br />

village save only my slayer. I stand up high and steep over the bed; underneath I’m shaggy.<br />

Sometimes ventures a young and handsome peasant’s daughter, a maiden proud, to lay hold on<br />

me. She seizes me, red, plunders my head, fixes on me fast, feels straightway what meeting me<br />

means when she thus approaches, a curly-haired woman. Wet is that eye.<br />

Riddle 32<br />

Beautifully made in many ways is this our world, cunningly adorned. Marvelous is its<br />

motion, I saw this devicegrind against the gravel, crying out as it went. This marvelous thing<br />

had no sight nor feeling, neither shoulders nor arms. One foot only had this curious device to<br />

journey along on, to move over the fields. It had many ribs, its mouth was midway. Useful to<br />

mortals, it bears abundance of food to the people, brings them plenty and pays to men annual<br />

tribute which all enjoy, the high and the lowly. Explain if you can, who are wise in words,<br />

what this thing may be.<br />

QUESTIONS<br />

Can you tell us what object<br />

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We need correct answers to<br />

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Correct answers released in<br />

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RETROSPECTIVE<br />

'Recollection III' 2009 - 8.5"x14.5" - £5,950<br />

Saturday 22 <strong>April</strong> - Friday 5 <strong>May</strong><br />

50 works spanning the years 1988 - 2012<br />

Introducing paintings by Grandson Ben Morgan<br />

1928 - 2014<br />

'Twin Peaks' 2006 - 12.5"x12.5" - £6,995<br />

At Marine House we enjoyed a long and close relationship with Michael<br />

and staged many sell-out solo shows. In response to increasing interest<br />

in his paintings, we have spent two years reacquiring a fine group of works<br />

reflecting the evolution of his signature style.<br />

Following a distinguished career in Academic circles, Michael Morgan turned<br />

to painting formally in 1985. His style evolved and he became celebrated<br />

for his ground-breaking approach to the watercolour medium which gave his<br />

work a dramatic impact akin to oil paintings, but rarely present in this genre.<br />

'Receeding Storm' 2006 - 6"x16.5" - £,5250<br />

His studies dwell on remote locations usually with a lonely building, but<br />

without any animate objects. Though relatively small these are powerful,<br />

inventive compositions with real intensity and presence far outweighing<br />

their size.<br />

Michael summed it up when he said: “None of my paintings is a literal<br />

transposition of a view; I do not paint things as they are but, employing<br />

unconventional techniques, as I want them to be.”<br />

His grandson Ben is following in his footsteps and<br />

we are pleased to exhibit his paintings alongside<br />

those of his grandfather and muse.<br />

'Recollection IV' 2009 - 8.5"x14" - £5,750<br />

Contact the gallery for a free 40-page catalogue<br />

and invitation to the launch day on Saturday 22<br />

<strong>April</strong> from 11.00am. The paintings are also on<br />

our web site.<br />

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'Field Patterns' 1998 - 8.5"x10.5" - £4,695<br />

'Cottage in the Woods' c1990 - 6"x9" - £2,995<br />

'Lighthouse Study' 2009 - 8"x6" - £3,995 'Ridge House' 2009 - 8"x6" - £3,995<br />

Celebrating one of Devon’s great artists<br />

22 <strong>April</strong> - Friday 5 <strong>May</strong> at Marine House at Beer<br />

Marine House at Beer opened nineteen years<br />

ago. Michael Morgan was one of the first artists<br />

we invited to exhibit. He was bemused that a<br />

start-up gallery in an off the beaten track fishing<br />

village in East Devon could hope to sell any of<br />

his paintings. But he tolerated our enthusiasm<br />

and agreed to exhibit. Unsurprisingly he became<br />

and remained the gallery’s leading artist.<br />

Sadly Michael passed away in 2014 after a long<br />

illness, but his legacy lives on amongst his many<br />

collectors and fans.<br />

In response to this growing interest, Marine<br />

House, as the centre for his work, has, over<br />

the last two years re- acquired fifty outstanding<br />

paintings which we are making available. They<br />

reflect the evolution of Michael’s style from the<br />

late eighties until 2012 when we staged his<br />

last exhibition.<br />

Michael Morgan is one of few contemporary<br />

artists who evolved a compositional style which<br />

broke new ground in the world of watercolour<br />

painting. His delight had always been the<br />

upland landscape in Britain, but also in Tuscany.<br />

Remote hillsides, distant mountains and isolated<br />

buildings in these settings became his trademark.<br />

It would have been easy for Michael, given<br />

his graphic skills, to simply craft traditional<br />

watercolours which are normally applied with wet<br />

brushes to paper. He turned the process on its<br />

head painting more dryly and with bolder colours<br />

on paper made impervious with a gesso base.<br />

He further embarked on playing with perspective<br />

with heavily worked foregrounds and vertical<br />

paths leading you into the composition. The<br />

results are paintings filled with subtle surprises.<br />

They draw in the viewer and evoke memories of<br />

places visited and enjoyed. While, for example,<br />

they capture the mood of Dartmoor or Chianti<br />

or the coast, they are not usually paintings of a<br />

specific view, but an interpretation of the mood<br />

and heartbeat of landscape as Michael perceives<br />

it. One of the great enjoyments viewing these<br />

landscapes is in deciding where you believe<br />

the setting to be!<br />

Armed with sketches outlining intriguing<br />

buildings or upland profiles, Michael brought<br />

his compositions together in his studio where<br />

he applied his touch of “fairy dust” to produce<br />

paintings which, although small, have a charisma<br />

and intensity which outweigh most larger works<br />

by other artists. Michael Morgan has as a result<br />

achieved high acclaim internationally and his<br />

innovations have been much emulated. His<br />

influence on the world of British watercolours<br />

remains strong.<br />

We have produced a full colour catalogue of<br />

these painting. Please contact Marine House<br />

on 01297 625257 to receive one. They are<br />

also on our web an you are invited to attend the<br />

opening day from 11.00am on Saturday 22 <strong>April</strong>.<br />

Michael on YouTube<br />

Michael made some fascinating videos in 2010<br />

in which he discussed his paintings, thoughts and<br />

motivations. These can be viewed on Youtube<br />

or on a link from www.marinehouseatbeer.co.uk<br />

'Autumn Furrows' c2011 - 10"x8" - £4,695<br />

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Devon Exhibitions<br />

Annie Waring - 'Wild Garlic in White Jug'<br />

Hybrid Gallery, Honiton<br />

Andrea Bray - 'Onions' - Art at Ashburton<br />

James Tatum - 'Nocturne, Near Start Point' - <strong>May</strong>ne Gallery<br />

APRIL & MAY<br />

WEATHER SCAPE - PAINTING BY<br />

CAROLINE WIGHTMAN<br />

Until 06 Apr - Recent Paintings by<br />

rising star Caroline Wightman, Words<br />

& Pictures Gallery, 1, Little Triangle,<br />

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

COLOUR & CLAY<br />

Until 12 Apr - Latest paintings<br />

by Elizabeth Richie and ceramics<br />

created by Ali Herbert, Town Mill<br />

Arts, The Courtyard Gallery, Lyme<br />

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

SPRING EXHIBITION<br />

Until 14 Apr - A fabulous show to<br />

start the Spring Season! Artwave<br />

West, Artwave West, Morecombelake,<br />

10.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

SOUTH WEST ACADEMY EXHIBITION<br />

Until <strong>17</strong> Apr - Our second exhibition<br />

with the prestigious South West<br />

Academy, Brownston Gallery, 36<br />

Church Street, Modbury, 10.00am to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

FROM NATURAL TO ABSTRACTION:<br />

OPEN ART EXHIBIT<br />

Until <strong>17</strong> Apr - Open art exhibition<br />

featuring a wide range of work by<br />

local artists, Harbour House, The<br />

Promenade, Kingsbridge, 10.00am<br />

to 5.00pm.<br />

BEYOND THE LENS<br />

Until 22 Apr - Exhibition of rarely<br />

seen photographs by renowned<br />

British photographer, Thelma Hulbert<br />

Gallery, Elmfield House, Honiton,<br />

10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

QUEEN VICTORIA IN PARIS:<br />

WATERCOLOURS<br />

Until 23 Apr - 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 />

MILA FURSTOVA EXHIBITION<br />

Until 29 Apr - An exhibition<br />

showcasing works from one of the<br />

most important young talents, Brook<br />

Gallery, Foreshore House, Budleigh<br />

Salterton, 10.30am to 5.00pm.<br />

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Peter Blakesley. This exhibition<br />

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David Brayne - 'Sea Change' - White Space Art, Totnes<br />

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

250TH HANNAH-VERSARY EXHIBITION<br />

Until 21 <strong>May</strong> - Hannahs at Seale-<br />

Hayne, Howton Lane, Newton Abbot,<br />

9.00am to 3.00pm.<br />

EXHIBITION: THINKING TANTRA<br />

Until 27 <strong>May</strong> - Presenting a<br />

speculative history of Tantric<br />

drawings, Peninsula Arts, Plymouth<br />

University, Plymouth.<br />

EXETER'S FINE ART COLLECTION:<br />

SEASONS<br />

Until 31 <strong>May</strong> - Featuring seasonal<br />

drawings, watercolours and oil<br />

paintings, Royal Albert Memorial<br />

Museum - RAMM, Queen Street,<br />

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

TONY WILLIAMS<br />

01 Apr to 07 Apr - Award winning<br />

artist Tony Williams new to Tonic<br />

Gallery, Salcombe.<br />

EASTER EXHIBITION<br />

01 Apr to <strong>17</strong> Apr - A lively collection<br />

of various art works from West<br />

Country artists, East Devon Art, Old<br />

Fore Street, Sidmouth, 11.00am to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

BRIGHT SPELLS, PAINTINGS BY<br />

MATTHEW DAVISON<br />

03 Apr to 15 Apr - One man show<br />

'Bright Spells', new atmospheric<br />

paintings of Dartmoor, Matthew<br />

Davison, The Bracken Gallery,<br />

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

OLIVER WARMAN'S FIRST LOCAL SOLO<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

03 Apr to 07 <strong>May</strong> - Oliver painted all<br />

over the world - always in oil colours<br />

- whilst in the army, The Axminster<br />

Arts Cafe, Axminster, 9.00am to<br />

4.00pm.<br />

GREG MASON<br />

08 Apr to 28 Apr - SKY Arts Portrait<br />

Artist of the Year winner Greg<br />

Mason portrait exhibition, Tonic<br />

Gallery, Tonic Gallery, Salcombe.<br />

CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL -<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

08 Apr to 23 <strong>May</strong> - Exhibition with<br />

ceramic artist Gwen Vaughan and felt<br />

artist Tracey Benton, 45 Southside<br />

Gallery, Plymouth, 10.00am to<br />

5.30pm.<br />

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY ARTIST<br />

MARTIN BUSH<br />

08 Apr to 27 <strong>May</strong> - Solo exhibition<br />

of new paintings by Plymouth's<br />

most exciting abstract painter,<br />

Martin Bush Fine Art, Hidden Olive<br />

Restaurant, Plymouth, 10.00am to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

BITE SIZE: THINKING TANTRA<br />

12 Apr - With Plymouth Museum and<br />

Art Gallery, Peninsula Arts, Plymouth<br />

University, Plymouth, 1.00pm to<br />

1.45pm.<br />

50TH ANNIVERSARY ART<br />

EXHIBITION,TORRE ABBEY<br />

12 Apr to 23 Apr - Torbay Guild of<br />

Artists, Spanish Barn, Torre Abbey,<br />

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

CONTINUED OVERLEAF...<br />

Studio Gallery<br />

Art @ Ashburton<br />

North Street Gallery, 22 North Street<br />

Ashburton, TQ13 7QD • 01364 653334<br />

In the Studio Gallery<br />

Sea and Estuaries<br />

New work by Mark Fielding.<br />

Open Fri, Sat & First Sunday of<br />

the month for Good Food Market.<br />

Ocean Studios, Royal William Yard,<br />

Plymouth PL1 3RP<br />

www.markfielding.co.uk<br />

In the Gallery<br />

Five Devon artists on display: Jenny<br />

Brown, Andrea Bray, Ann Chester King,<br />

Maureen Fayle, Denise Orchard.<br />

June Arnold Pastel Exhibition<br />

01 <strong>May</strong> to 30 Jun - Proceeds to MacMillan.<br />

Full Day Workshops Phone gallery.<br />

Pen and Wash Workshop - 24 Apr<br />

With Maureen Fayle.<br />

Watercolour Workshop - 15 <strong>May</strong><br />

With David Norman.<br />

Pastel Workshop - 05 Jun<br />

With Rebecca de Mendonca.<br />

Our Gallery<br />

Kennaway House throws open the<br />

gallery doors on 1st Apr. Tea & cakes<br />

available. 2pm to 5pm.<br />

Colourscapes<br />

21 Apr to 01 <strong>May</strong><br />

Solo exhibition by Peter Coates<br />

Sheila Tweedy and Friends<br />

07 to 14 <strong>May</strong>.<br />

A display of work is for sale by<br />

established artists, in between exhibitions.<br />

01395 515551 Coburg Road, Sidmouth<br />

www.kennawayhouse.org.uk<br />

MICHAEL MORGAN RI<br />

Retrospective<br />

22 Apr to 05 <strong>May</strong><br />

50 works spanning the years<br />

1988-2012. Also Introducing<br />

paintings by Grandson<br />

Ben Morgan<br />

www.marinehouseatbeer.co.uk<br />

01297 625257<br />

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Devon Exhibitions<br />

Martin Procter SWAc- 'Jumla' - Brownston Gallery<br />

Mark Fielding - 'Sebastian'<br />

Maureen Fayle - 'Rippon Tor from Saddle Tor'<br />

Catherine Osbond - 'Jacob's Ladder' - East Devon Art<br />

Melbyn Evans - 'Seaspray and Birdsong' - Hybrid Gallery<br />

APRIL & MAY<br />

TRIPLE VISION<br />

14 Apr to 26 Apr - Exhibition of<br />

Photography and Photo-Art, Triple<br />

Vision, Lyme Regis Town Mill<br />

Malthouse, Lyme Regis, 10.30am to<br />

4.30pm.<br />

WALK OF ART<br />

14 Apr to 26 Apr - Paintings by Sue<br />

Lewin and Kathy Scott and bronze<br />

sculptures by Toni West, Town Mill<br />

Arts, The Courtyard Gallery, Lyme<br />

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

'PARK LIFE... FUSED COUNTRY<br />

COLOURS'<br />

14 Apr to 01 <strong>May</strong> - Art exhibition by<br />

nationally acclaimed artists Leanne<br />

Christie & M Kaldowsk, Art Circus,<br />

The Orangery, Torpoint, 10.30am to<br />

4.00pm.<br />

SPRING EXHIBITION<br />

15 Apr to 16 Apr - Exhibtion and<br />

sale of quality work by eight artists<br />

and makers, Moorside Furniture<br />

Showroom, Unit 8, South Brent,<br />

11.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

TOTNES OPEN STUDIOS COLLECTIVE<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

15 Apr to 22 Apr - A taster show for<br />

the main Open Studios Event (26 -<br />

29 <strong>May</strong> 20<strong>17</strong>), Totnes & Dartington<br />

Open Studio, Birdwood House,<br />

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

COLOURSCAPES<br />

21 Apr to 01 <strong>May</strong> - A solo exhibition<br />

by Peter Coates, Kennaway House,<br />

Coburg Road, Sidmouth, 10.00am to<br />

4.30pm.<br />

PRESENCE<br />

21 Apr to 27 <strong>May</strong> - Four Artists<br />

revealing the heart of the landscape,<br />

Artwave West, Artwave West,<br />

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

MICHAEL MORGAN RI RETROSPECTIVE<br />

22 Apr to 05 <strong>May</strong> - Solo exhibition of<br />

original work by Michael Morgan RI,<br />

Marine House at Beer, Fore Street,<br />

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

EastDevonArt.co.uk<br />

thebrownstongallery<br />

thebrownstongallery<br />

51 High Street Honiton<br />

t. 01404 43201<br />

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

In our galleries<br />

Until 29 <strong>April</strong><br />

Flowering. Gallery 1<br />

Explorations of the still life genre. Niggy<br />

Dowler, Annie Waring, Jon Doran.<br />

Linocut. Gallery 3<br />

Diversity in linocut printmaking. Melvyn<br />

Evans, Helen Murgatroyd, Liz Somerville.<br />

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

info@eastdevonart.co.uk 01395 516284<br />

Easter Exhibition 01 to <strong>17</strong> Apr.<br />

<strong>May</strong> Exhibition 27 <strong>May</strong> to 04 Jun.<br />

Workshops<br />

Roger Dellar 04 & 05 <strong>May</strong>.<br />

Paul Weaver 13 & 14 <strong>May</strong>.<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 />

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

artwave west | 01297 489 746<br />

morcombelake | dorset | DT6 6DY<br />

Exhibitions<br />

Presence<br />

21 Apr to 27 <strong>May</strong><br />

Four Artists revealing the heart<br />

of the landscape. Amy Albright,<br />

Paul Denham, Martin Goold<br />

and Susan Laughton.<br />

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

SOUTH WEST ACADEMY<br />

ANNUAL EXHIBITION<br />

Until <strong>17</strong> Apr - Stunning work from a<br />

selection of Academicians reflecting<br />

the best of contemporary art in<br />

our region.<br />

Come along and see us at<br />

FRESH!<br />

12 to 14 <strong>May</strong> - Contemporary Art<br />

Fair at Cheltenham Racecourse.<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 />

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SHEILA TWEEDY AND FRIENDS<br />

07 <strong>May</strong> to 14 <strong>May</strong> - Kennaway<br />

House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth,<br />

9.30am to 4.30pm.<br />

Martin Goold - 'Loders Dawn' - Artwave West<br />

KATHLEEN CADDICK RETROSPECTIVE<br />

11 <strong>May</strong> to 04 Jun - We are hosting<br />

a retrospective celebrating one of<br />

Brook's Favourite artists, Brook<br />

Gallery, Foreshore House, Budleigh<br />

Salterton.<br />

SWANSONG<br />

23 <strong>May</strong> to 04 Jun - An exhibition of<br />

paintings by Simon Dobbs, Harbour<br />

House, The Promenade, Kingsbridge,<br />

10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

Roz Bell - 'Lazy Days' - GalleryFab,<br />

THE POETRY OF PHILIP SUTTON RA<br />

22 Apr to 18 Jun - Paintings and<br />

watercolours including new work,<br />

Sladers Yard, West Bay Road, West<br />

Bay, 10.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

PERFORMANCE: VISIONS OF AGONY,<br />

REDEMPTION AND JUSTICE<br />

25 Apr - Plymouth Wrestling<br />

Association, Peninsula Arts, Theatre<br />

1, Roland Levinsky Building,<br />

Plymouth, 7.00pm.<br />

DEFINING BOUNDARIES<br />

28 Apr to 07 <strong>May</strong> - An exhibition by<br />

members of the Defining Practice<br />

Newlyn 2016 group of artists,<br />

Harbour House, The Promenade,<br />

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

TOTNES AND DARTINGTON OPEN<br />

STUDIOS<br />

26 <strong>May</strong> to 29 <strong>May</strong> - Various<br />

locations, Totnes, 10.00am to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

VICKY MORGAN ART EXHIBITION<br />

26 <strong>May</strong> to 31 <strong>May</strong> - Local artist<br />

Vicky Morgan hosts a display of<br />

her work in the Station Gallery,<br />

Pecorama, Underleys, Beer, 10.00am<br />

to 5.00pm.<br />

JAN SHAYLER<br />

26 <strong>May</strong> to 04 Jun - Solo Exhibition,<br />

Kennaway House, Coburg Road,<br />

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

MAY EXHIBITION<br />

27 <strong>May</strong> to 04 Jun - Selected<br />

artists display their latest works,<br />

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

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

CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

27 <strong>May</strong> to 09 Jun - Exhibition of<br />

recent artworks by Anna Grayson<br />

& Jane Perkins, Words & Pictures<br />

Gallery, Words & Pictures Gallery,<br />

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

BUDLEIGH SALTERTON ART CLUB<br />

29 <strong>May</strong> - We will be holding our<br />

popular one day art exhibition,<br />

Budleigh Salterton Arts Club, Public<br />

Hall, Budleigh Salterton, 10.00am<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

TONIC GALLERY<br />

Salcombe Devon<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 />

MILA FURSTOVA<br />

Until 29 Apr - Showcasing works<br />

from one of the most important<br />

young talents.<br />

KATHLEEN CADDICK<br />

RETROSPECTIVE<br />

11 <strong>May</strong> to 04 Jun - A<br />

retrospective celebrating one of<br />

Brook’s Favourite artists.<br />

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

www.brookgallery.co.uk<br />

Spring Exhibition of new works from Tony Williams<br />

RA, Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year contestant<br />

Gregory Mason and Greg Ramsden SWAc.<br />

www.tonicgallery.co.uk<br />

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DELAMORE<br />

ARTS<br />

painting and sculpture<br />

annual exhibition<br />

Held in the house and gardens of a traditional Dartmoor agricultural estate<br />

in Cornwood, on the edge of beautiful Dartmoor, this exhibition presents<br />

the largest collection of artist’s work in one place in the South West and<br />

makes for a great day out.<br />

Staff at Delamore have been busy preparing for 1st <strong>May</strong> 20<strong>17</strong>. This<br />

year is set to be even bigger and better than before with the South<br />

West Academy exhibiting, as well as lots of new artists and activities<br />

throughout the month including a number of art talks, interactive<br />

displays and demonstrations.<br />

Delamore’s 20<strong>17</strong>’s supported Charity is Horizons<br />

Plymouth which provides sailing and waterborne<br />

activities for disadvantaged and disabled<br />

youngsters from inner city communities in<br />

Plymouth.<br />

Delamore is a supporter of the Moor Otters Public Arts initiative in<br />

aid of Dartmoor National Park, which offers opportunities to both<br />

Artists and Corporate supporters to raise their profiles and help raise<br />

funds to enable vital National Park projects.<br />

Open every day throughout <strong>May</strong> between 10.30 and 16.30 admission<br />

is £7.50 (under 16’s free).<br />

So why not come and browse, have a cup of tea and a slice of cake<br />

in the newly furbished tea rooms and maybe even buy one of the<br />

many pieces created by local, national, and international artists.<br />

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The exhibition is open every day in <strong>May</strong> (incl. Bank Holidays) 10.30am to 16.30pm. Admission is £7.50.<br />

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I I WAS ALWAYS FOR BOATS<br />

DAVID BRAYNE 6 -20 MAY<br />

APRIL<br />

SALCOMBE<br />

John Brenton has painted the<br />

southwest coastline for for twenty years,<br />

nowhere more so so than the estuaries<br />

and sea around Devon’s South Hams.<br />

Vibrant energy and colour are the<br />

hallmark of of his his paintings, painted<br />

predominantly in in oils.<br />

SOLO SHOW<br />

TOTNES<br />

We’re delighted to to host a a one man<br />

exhibition by by one of of the region’s<br />

finest contemporary artists. David<br />

Brayne is is a a member of of the Royal<br />

Society of of Watercolourists and a a<br />

regular exhibitor at at the Royal Academy<br />

Summer Exhibition. A must see see show.<br />

M A Y<br />

SALCOMBE<br />

Wendy McBride Swac is is one of of the<br />

gallery’s longest standing artists, a a real<br />

favourite among resident art art lovers and<br />

those visiting Devon. She works subtly<br />

and confidently in in pastels, creating<br />

evocative, atmospherice landscapes and<br />

seascapes filled with light.<br />

whitespaceart.com<br />

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TQ9 5RU t t 01803 864088<br />

Coves Quay, Thorning Street<br />

Salcombe TQ8 8DW t t 01548 844144<br />

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improving your<br />

PHOTOGRAPHY<br />

with Nigel Jones<br />

Challenging Light<br />

There are times when the scene is fantastic, but your camera isnʼt able to cope with<br />

the lighting conditions. Are you aware of your options in these situations?<br />

As the person that carries out the<br />

bulk of the photography for this<br />

magazine, you can imagine Iʼve had<br />

to develop effective strategies for<br />

ensuring images taken on site are<br />

usable when theyʼre downloaded<br />

back in the office onto my mac.<br />

Iʼm assuming that youʼre using a<br />

camera with a viewfinder - digital<br />

or optical (weʼll discuss this in a<br />

later issue). If you donʼt, then it<br />

becomes very difficult when youʼre<br />

out and about taking shots, to<br />

ensure youʼre capturing the right<br />

quality exposures. Using just the<br />

lcd display on the back of your<br />

camera wonʼt be effective because<br />

youʼll find viewing the exposure<br />

and focussing extremely difficult<br />

and ultimately hit and miss.<br />

processed and unrealistic. A way<br />

round this is to set your camera to<br />

take 3 varying exposures in highburst<br />

speed mode (ideally on a<br />

tripod, using a remote trigger to<br />

avoid camera shake), and then<br />

you can blend and process them<br />

on the computer using HDR software<br />

such Hdrsoft, Photomatix,<br />

Photoshop, etc.<br />

supports RAW). RAW images are<br />

the result of exactly what your<br />

camera sees when you take the<br />

shot, no in-camera processing is<br />

applied. The beauty of this format is<br />

they allow deep control over shadows<br />

and highlights, the amount<br />

of control you get over the image<br />

is quite staggering. You may be<br />

aware of this route, and have put<br />

for the sky and clouds by using<br />

compensation exposure. I tend to<br />

generally use my camera in aperture<br />

priority mode. This is where<br />

you set the aperture manually, and<br />

the camera works out the exposure<br />

based on its light metering system.<br />

Then I dial in exposure compensation<br />

so that none of the white and<br />

grey tones are lost in the clouds.<br />

One of the problems with digital<br />

cameras that cause the scenario<br />

(1) on the right, is that whilst the<br />

dynamic range of the human eye<br />

and a higher end digital camera is<br />

pretty similar (10-14 f-stops), our<br />

eyes have a virtual range exceeding<br />

24 f-stops. This is because our eyes<br />

work in a manner more akin to a<br />

video recorder, where our eyes<br />

dynamically adjust as the subject<br />

of our view changes, and also our<br />

brain does a lot of processing to<br />

combine all these different exposures<br />

- the net effect being our<br />

much greater perceived dynamic<br />

range.<br />

Getting back to the problem in<br />

hand, high contrast lighting, there<br />

are some effective strategies you<br />

can adopt in order to arrive at the<br />

final outcome of a decent photo.<br />

1) HDR (High Dynamic Range)<br />

your camera may have the ability<br />

to generate HDR images, these<br />

essentially are where the camera<br />

takes 3 (or more) very rapid shots<br />

at varying exposures and then<br />

merges them inside your camera<br />

using its processing capabilities.<br />

This can (depending on the camera)<br />

be quite effective, but photos<br />

can sometimes appear overly<br />

Scenario (1) - Chall enging light<br />

You’ll often find this sort of thing happening,<br />

particularly if there’s strong directional light in<br />

front of the camera. You can come back earlier<br />

or later in the day to take the shot when the sun’s<br />

not directly in front, but here the directionality<br />

of the light can cause problems, so strategies to<br />

assist you should be adopted.<br />

2) RAW processing<br />

This is where your you set your<br />

camera to save photos in both<br />

.jpg and raw. Once home, you can<br />

open up your images using a RAW<br />

software plugin, and process these<br />

images (providing your camera<br />

off going any further with it. But<br />

youʼd be missing the single most<br />

useful tool if you wish to get more<br />

from your photography.<br />

What I tend to do in challenging<br />

light situations when taking the<br />

RAW route, is to ensure exposure<br />

Corrected using RAW file<br />

This image has been corrected using raw file<br />

processing. If you have a decent grade of camera,<br />

there will be various options open to you. You<br />

could use in-camera HDR, or perhaps set the<br />

camera to save files in RAW format in addition to<br />

jpg. You’d set your camera so the sky is correctly<br />

exposed, the land can then be recovered in RAW.<br />

Of course, you can also create<br />

variants, developing for the shadows,<br />

midrange<br />

and highlights<br />

independently<br />

from the same<br />

processed raw<br />

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file and then blend in Photoshop for the<br />

most complete control.<br />

There is another way to get round this<br />

problem of high contrast lighting, that is<br />

by using Neutral Density Graduated Filters.<br />

The graduated filter rig<br />

(Lee filter system)<br />

Fig 2.<br />

hard<br />

graduated<br />

edge<br />

soft<br />

graduated<br />

edge<br />

3) Graduated Filters<br />

These are a more mechanical solution<br />

that can be highly effective, because<br />

what youʼre actually doing is correcting<br />

the exposure of light entering the camera,<br />

allowing the camera to do a much better<br />

job of achieving maximum retention of<br />

image detail. These filters are housed<br />

in a frame mounted to an adapter on<br />

your camera lens. They come in varying<br />

strengths - the grey, neutral density bit<br />

goes over the high light areas, which<br />

effectively stops down the light and<br />

balances light across the frame. Theyʼre<br />

called neutral density because theyʼre<br />

not supposed to alter the quality of the<br />

image other than reducing the exposure<br />

slightly, so there shouldnʼt be a colour<br />

shift, although the cheaper filters can<br />

cause changes. If youʼre working in raw,<br />

colour shifts can be adjusted easily. By<br />

sliding the filter up and down in the<br />

housing, as well as rotate it (see fig 2),<br />

you are able to allow for variations in the<br />

horizon or landscape (see Fig 3).<br />

Fig 3. aligning<br />

filter to landscape<br />

You can see how<br />

the filter helps reduce<br />

the light coming off<br />

the sea and sky section,<br />

all owing a more balanced<br />

exposure over the whole<br />

scene.<br />

Fig 3.<br />

Above - graduated, neutral density filters<br />

Made from perspex, they come in various<br />

densities and graduations to suit the light<br />

conditions.<br />

So you see there are multiple strategies<br />

you can adopt in helping you<br />

overcome challenging light situations,<br />

one mechanical, one software and<br />

the other camera based - it all really<br />

depends how much work you wish to<br />

put in obtain that perfectly exposed<br />

photo!<br />

Weʼll be covering a range of camera<br />

tips and advice in future issues of <strong>Devonshire</strong><br />

magazine. We also welcome<br />

contributions from professionals and<br />

amateurs alike and<br />

weʼre keen to hear<br />

from you.<br />

Nigel Jones - Editor<br />

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the Courtenay family<br />

Devon Champions for over 800 years<br />

Following on from our previous issue, here we discuss the present day:<br />

The Modern Estate: Powderham & the Courtenay family<br />

As we read in the last issue, the current<br />

Earl and Countess of Devon, Charlie<br />

and AJ Courtenay, took over management<br />

of Powderham in 2015, following the death of<br />

Charlie’s father, Hugh. Having lived previously<br />

in California, where their two children (Joscelyn<br />

and Jack) were born, this entailed a major<br />

change for the young family. While mourning<br />

their unexpected loss and dealing with probate,<br />

they moved into the Castle, succeeded to the<br />

Earldom and took on responsibility for the<br />

many enterprises that comprise Powderham.<br />

With support of a close-nit and dedicated<br />

staff and community, they kept the show on<br />

the road and look back on their first year at<br />

Powderham with pride.<br />

As their second Powderham season begins,<br />

the pace has not slackened. The Powderham<br />

Estate extends over 3500 acres, centred<br />

around the Castle on the banks of the Exe<br />

estuary. With a team of 15 (extending to 50<br />

during the summer) and tenants and licensees<br />

employing many more, Powderham supports<br />

a surprising diversity of local business that<br />

sustains its unique heritage. Powderham<br />

enjoys a reputation as a major visitor<br />

attraction, a wedding and functions venue,<br />

and is a leading venue for outdoor events. The<br />

Estate is also home to a variety of producers<br />

selling venison, lamb, beef, cereals, shellfish,<br />

timber, flowers, photography, toys, fabrics,<br />

wildfowl, ironwork, woodwork, arable seed<br />

and much more.<br />

It was Charlie’s grandparents who first opened<br />

Powderham to visitors over 50 years ago - one<br />

of the first private homes to do so. Visitors<br />

arrived in pre-booked coaches and took a<br />

short tour followed by a Devon Cream Tea<br />

served in Peggy’s tea room.<br />

Christopher, the Earl, enjoyed meeting visitors,<br />

telling jokes and sharing stories of his family<br />

home. They also opened their doors as a<br />

domestic school for young ladies, providing<br />

education that was lacking in post-war<br />

England.<br />

The visitor attraction has evolved over 50<br />

years and, while the tours of the Castle<br />

and the famous Devon Cream Tea remain,<br />

there is now considerably more on offer.<br />

Powderham is open between <strong>April</strong> and<br />

October, and visitors can explore the grounds<br />

and discover the Courtenay’s unique place<br />

in history. Knowledgeable guides entertain<br />

visitors on Castle tours, exploring magnificent<br />

state rooms, hearing fascinating history, and<br />

finding secret doors aplenty. Over 600 years<br />

of family occupation means each room has a<br />

story, and Powderham is remarkable for its<br />

variety of interiors that tell a history of British<br />

architecture: from the medieval grange (now<br />

Chapel) and the astounding Rococo Staircase<br />

Hall, to the remarkable Regency Music Room<br />

and the Gothic revival masterpiece that is the<br />

State Dining Room. Outdoors, visitors wander<br />

the extensive grounds from the magnificent<br />

Belvedere tower, to the American Woodland<br />

Garden and the Victorian Walled Garden, with<br />

its children’s Courtenay fort, friendly animals<br />

and flower-decked Glass Houses. A tractor<br />

trailer safaris around the Deer Park, and to<br />

see the remarkable fallow deer herd. Anyone<br />

with a passion for trees will be astounded by<br />

the ancient oaks, chestnut, lime and cedar<br />

trees that surround Powderham, as well as<br />

the remarkable specimen trees, including a<br />

world-renowned Wollemi Pine – a prehistoric<br />

tree only recently re-discovered and planted<br />

by Charlie’s father.<br />

20<strong>17</strong> brings some exciting<br />

developments for visitors:<br />

••<br />

A fascinating historical exhibit comes<br />

courtesy of Powderham’s partnership<br />

with the Exeter University Department<br />

of History and Digital Humanities.<br />

Never-before-seen highlights from the<br />

Courtenay archive reveal the millennium of<br />

Courtenay history. The centrepiece is the<br />

recently unearthed Courtenay Cartulary,<br />

containing ancient deeds that tell the<br />

history of medieval Devon plus an early<br />

family tree. Alongside will be a sumptuous<br />

twelve-foot genealogical scroll painted in<br />

1640, on the eve of the Civil War.<br />

••<br />

The Castle’s medieval Solar (the family<br />

room) is revitalised this year with a brand<br />

new display, including fine ancient furniture<br />

recently donated to Powderham. This will<br />

return the room to its former glory and<br />

allow visitors to re-imagine life for its<br />

early occupants.<br />

••<br />

For the first time, Powderham welcomes<br />

well-behaved dogs, which can visit all<br />

areas except the Deer Park and Walled<br />

Garden. They can even enjoy the Castle<br />

interiors, but may be sensitive to ghosts.<br />

••<br />

Powderham will host a three-week visit<br />

by post-graduate archaeologists and<br />

architectural historians from the University<br />

of Pennsylvania. This team, hosted by<br />

Plymouth University, will study in depth<br />

the fabric of Powderham to understand<br />

Powderham Castle viewed from the Exe Estuary<br />

its remarkable developments during the<br />

eighteenth century. Public talks and<br />

displays will be offered.<br />

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••<br />

Later in the summer, engineering work will<br />

start on the Belvedere Tower, with support<br />

from Natural England. The works program<br />

will focus on shoring up the brickwork,<br />

before inserting a roof for the first time<br />

in over 50 years.<br />

Powderham, of course, offers much more<br />

than a fabulous family day out. For centuries,<br />

Powderham has been a centre for community<br />

and the remarkable interiors, gardens and<br />

grounds were designed specifically for<br />

entertaining on a grand and generous<br />

scale. These magical spaces are available<br />

for hire, allowing many the opportunity to<br />

make Powderham their home for a day;<br />

whether to celebrate their wedding, a party<br />

or simply to wow family, friends or clients.<br />

The recent development of accommodation<br />

in the Georgian Stables House, plus a bridal<br />

suite in the Castle, allows guests to sleep on<br />

site, surrounded by history.<br />

As well as private hire, Powderham’s majestic<br />

setting suits large scale events. Over 50,000<br />

enjoyed BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend last<br />

summer, as Powderham rocked to Ellie<br />

Goulding, Chase and Status, Mumford &<br />

One of the guided tours at<br />

Powderham castle<br />

Sons, and local band Coldplay. The event<br />

cemented Powderham as a leading live music<br />

venue, and 20<strong>17</strong> welcomes Bryan Adams, Olly<br />

Murs, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,<br />

as well as Little Mix. July’s Let’s Rock festival<br />

features chart toppers of the 80s, including<br />

Level 42, Belinda Carlisle, Jason Donovan<br />

and Toyah, while September’s Lockdown<br />

Festival welcomes leading dance acts of today,<br />

including Dizzee Rascal, Basement Jaxx and<br />

Sigma. Within the Castle, Powderham offers<br />

its inspired program of classical performances<br />

– Music in the Castle.<br />

Historic documents on display at the castle<br />

Powderham will also host events for many<br />

other tastes: Toby Buckland’s spring Garden<br />

Festival is followed by the Crash Box Club<br />

car rally in July; August welcomes the Spirit<br />

of the Exe Festival, the South West Coffee<br />

Festival, and the Powderham Country Fair,<br />

and the return of open air theatre and cinema;<br />

October sees the return of the Powderham<br />

Food Festival, and the Michaelmas fair is in<br />

November. Thereafter, the Castle and Park<br />

will enjoy a well-earned rest, while attentions<br />

turn to more rural pursuits across the Estate,<br />

including the classic Devon pheasant and<br />

partridge shoot and a busy Point-to-Point<br />

racing season at Blackforest Lodge. Beyond<br />

its busy schedule of activities and events,<br />

Powderham hosts and supports an array<br />

of local enterprises that provide a variety<br />

of healthy, local produce and employ many<br />

local people. Powderham is an example of a<br />

sustainable, small-to-medium-sized family<br />

business that has been in operation for nearly<br />

700 years – a fact of which it is very proud.<br />

Notable Powderham-based<br />

businesses include:<br />

••<br />

The Estate produces wheat, barley,<br />

oats and oil seed rape, as well as<br />

venison from the fallow deer in the Deer<br />

Park. It also manages extensive and<br />

varied woodlands, and is responsible<br />

for maintaining much of beautiful<br />

countryside along the western edge of<br />

the Exe Estuary.<br />

••<br />

Pasture is let to livestock farmers,<br />

who produce a variety of excellent<br />

meat, including England’s earliest (and<br />

arguably finest) spring lamb.<br />

••<br />

The Exe Estuary foreshore grows the<br />

famous Exe Estuary mussels as well as<br />

a variety of other delicious shellfish.<br />

••<br />

Popular activities on the Estuary include<br />

moorings, the award winning River Exe<br />

Café, as well as the Starcross Yacht<br />

Club, which was founded in <strong>17</strong>72 and is<br />

England’s oldest yacht club.<br />

••<br />

The Country Store complex includes the<br />

General Trading Company, the House of<br />

Marbles, the Powderham Farm Shop,<br />

the Orangery Restaurant and the Urban<br />

and Rural Plant Centre.<br />

Toby Buckland at his spring Garden Festival<br />

••<br />

At<br />

Stile<br />

Farm can be found Stile Farm Feeds<br />

alongside Matford Arable Systems and<br />

a busy horse livery business.<br />

••<br />

At the Powderham Sawmills are<br />

the award winning ASH Ironworks,<br />

Steve Kingdon’s woodcrafts, Poppy’s<br />

Flowers, and the brilliant Tim Shepherd,<br />

a specialist in time-lapse plant<br />

photography.<br />

Over and above all of this activity, Powderham<br />

remains what it has always been since it was<br />

built - the home of the Courtenay family.<br />

Such a variety of activities, coupled with<br />

the support and goodwill that Powderham<br />

enjoys from Devon and beyond, allows the<br />

family to hope that this can long continue,<br />

and they look forward to the privilege of<br />

preserving this historic and ancient place<br />

for centuries to come.<br />

Editor - if you haven't visited Powderham,<br />

already, there are many reasons to visit<br />

the castle and enjoy what's on offer. We<br />

all wish Charlie and AJ a long and<br />

successful tenure of this most historic<br />

piece of the <strong>Devonshire</strong> landscape.<br />

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But here’s the thing...<br />

Sing cuckoo for<br />

a Devon tradition<br />

ONE OF THE OBSCURE TRADITIONS of the<br />

denizens of The Weary Badger (somewhere in<br />

Devon) is that at a given time on Friday, 14th<br />

<strong>April</strong>, the saloon bar will empty briefly and<br />

carry its drinks out to the car park, to face<br />

either Dartmoor or Exmoor (much depends<br />

on wind direction) ears cocked, listening for<br />

the first cuckoo of 20<strong>17</strong>*.<br />

Squids in<br />

DON’T PULL A FACE: if ocean warming<br />

continues at its current rate, Devon’s 279-<br />

odd fish and chip shops may soon be serving<br />

Squid & Chips.<br />

Species on the increase hereabouts include<br />

red mullet, anchovies, sardines - and of course<br />

Squid. But how would any of those go down<br />

with customers at Devon’s chippies?.<br />

Recently published Government figures show<br />

that Squid are now caught at 60 per cent of<br />

North Sea survey stations compared to 20<br />

per cent in the 1980s, whilst Cod have moved<br />

further north, in shoals.<br />

Dr John Pinnegar, of the Centre for<br />

Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture<br />

Science, believes the nation’s tastes may<br />

have to change. He said: “In the long-term<br />

we will need to adapt our diets”.<br />

Devon sausage fryer re-born<br />

THE OLD SAUSAGE FRYER locomotives<br />

of the GWR were so-called because, legend<br />

has it, the driver and his mate used to fry<br />

their breakfasts on the engine’s coal shovel.<br />

There aren’t many left nowadays - the old 4575<br />

Class locomotives that is - there were only<br />

100 built back in 1926 when they were once<br />

the pride and joy of Devon and Cornwall’s<br />

<strong>Devonshire</strong> magazine’s Research Department<br />

probed the queue at our local fish and chip<br />

shop and enquired about the Squid and Chips<br />

option. Results of the survey show 12.3%<br />

thought that Squid eaten round the Med’<br />

somewhere was “alright” and 22.7% didn’t<br />

mind it “in a posh restaurant”, 61% countered<br />

with, “You’re kidding, right?” and 4% simply<br />

pulled a face, including the owner, who asked<br />

us to leave<br />

single-track branch lines,<br />

where pull-and-push was often<br />

the order of the day<br />

In the Flanders & Swan song<br />

‘The Slow Train’ which laments<br />

the passing of some of the old<br />

stations, GWR gets no fewer<br />

than eight mentions: Audlem,<br />

Littleton Badsey. Chittering<br />

Platform, Trouble House<br />

Halt, St. Erth, and St Ives, and<br />

finally, Windmill End. You<br />

couldn’t make them up.<br />

But wipe that tear and sigh<br />

no more, for the GOOD news<br />

in the midst of this lament is<br />

that the indefatigable South Devon Railway<br />

engineering workshops at Buckfastleigh<br />

have been hard at work restoring one of these<br />

lovely old sausage fryers to its former glory.<br />

The 90-year old GWR 2-6-2 Prairie Tank No<br />

5526 (to give it its full, Sunday name) will<br />

be reintroduced into service shortly after<br />

Easter - and for the first time, in the striking<br />

For as all good <strong>Devonshire</strong> folk will know,<br />

14th <strong>April</strong> is St. Tiburtius’s Day (although<br />

this is in dispute) and the day when Devon’s<br />

cuckoos are supposed to make themselves<br />

heard - Devon’s high heathlands being the<br />

most likely places to hear these welcome<br />

harbingers of Spring.<br />

But whether or nay the bird is heard, after<br />

ten minutes or so ‘tis the custom of the<br />

congregation to return to the bar to drink<br />

to Spring, last one in then stands on a chair<br />

and recites Rudyard Kipling’s Cuckoo Song:<br />

March has searched and <strong>April</strong> tried --<br />

'Tisn't long to <strong>May</strong> now.<br />

Not so far to Whitsuntide<br />

And Cuckoo's come to stay now!<br />

*It matters not that the first cuckoo this year<br />

was heard in Nottinghamshire or somewhere,<br />

in February.<br />

green livery of the Great Western.<br />

And that ‘legendary’ breakfast on a shovel?<br />

It’s all true. We found a retired shovel-wielder<br />

who recalled: “When I was a young fireman<br />

we were shunting the ‘up’ yard and my driver<br />

asked me to move the engine on the shunter’s<br />

instruction while he cooked his breakfast.<br />

Unfortunately, as he was cooking his eggs, the<br />

engine slipped and the blast from the chimney<br />

sucked his eggs into the fire. He made a very<br />

rude comment about my parentage and didn’t<br />

speak to me for the rest of the shift’.<br />

JOHN FISHER<br />

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Devon<br />

over 2,500 square miles<br />

by Jackie of<br />

Illfracombe<br />

Lynton<br />

Croyde<br />

BARNSTAPLE<br />

Clovelly<br />

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Chulmleigh<br />

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Okehampton<br />

Chagford<br />

Crediton<br />

EXETER<br />

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Lyme Regis<br />

Sidmouh<br />

'You'll not receive a<br />

warmer welcome'<br />

Lifton<br />

Tavistock<br />

PLYMOUTH Ivybridge<br />

Newton Abbot<br />

Torquay<br />

Paignton<br />

Brixham<br />

I enjoyed a wonderful holiday in Barbados,<br />

staying at the beautiful Crystal Cove Hotel on<br />

the west coast of the Island.<br />

Kingsbridge<br />

Salcombe<br />

With a peak circulation of<br />

over 20,000 magazines reaching<br />

900 outlets across all of Devon.<br />

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Barbados is well known for<br />

being a cruise port and the<br />

island has much to offer. The<br />

weather is best from October<br />

to <strong>May</strong>, perfect for escaping<br />

the winter. You will not receive<br />

a warmer welcome than that<br />

given by Barbadians.<br />

a mix of family and couples<br />

hotels.<br />

From the South you can take a<br />

visit to the capital of Barbados,<br />

Bridgetown, where you'll find<br />

the Mount Gay Rum Distillery<br />

or pop over to see the famous<br />

Oistins Fish Fry.<br />

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The South West Coast has<br />

fabulous hotels, amazing palm<br />

filled stretches of beach and<br />

small coves, but the beauty<br />

of these are the turtles that<br />

nest from October to March,<br />

they can often been seen in<br />

the evening.<br />

Moving up to the West Coast<br />

you will find more perfect<br />

beaches with watersports and<br />

For a fun day out a jeep safari<br />

is a great way to see more of<br />

the island or take a leisurely<br />

boat trip along the coast and<br />

just relax!<br />

Happy Travels!<br />

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The indoor swimming pool is lovely<br />

Charming reception and waiting area<br />

STAYCATION<br />

Sidmouth Harbour Hotel<br />

Manor Road,<br />

Sidmouth<br />

Devon<br />

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An oasis set amongst the jewel of the East Devon<br />

coast which is Sidmouth. The 'Harbour' provides<br />

chic and luxurious accommodation with beautiful<br />

views and excellent amenities.<br />

The recent investment by the Harbour<br />

Hotels group into what was<br />

formerly the Westcliff Hotel has<br />

brought a much needed injection,<br />

bringing the hotel bang up-to-date<br />

with not just a total rebuild of the<br />

hotel, but increased room capacity.<br />

To say they've made a great job<br />

of the rebuild would be an understatement,<br />

it's now a chic, modern,<br />

luxurious and spacious hotel with<br />

superb facilities including indoor<br />

and outdoor swimming pools, a<br />

spa / gymnasium and sophisticated<br />

lounge and dining areas that are elevated<br />

to allow glorious views of the<br />

bay. What's equally great if you're<br />

visiting Sidmouth, is the position of<br />

the hotel which is directly opposite<br />

Connaught Gardens and Jacobs Ladder,<br />

meaning that your walks straight<br />

out of the hotel are superb.<br />

It's vitally important on many levels<br />

that the hotels within Devon come<br />

up to a high standard, that way visitors<br />

will be more tempted to return<br />

if they've had a great experience.<br />

What's equally important is that we<br />

have enough hotel capacity to cater<br />

for those looking to stay in Devon,<br />

so it has been great to see how this<br />

hotel's been transformed beyond<br />

all recognition to provide first class<br />

accommodation for visitors.<br />

On arrival at the hotel, you can't<br />

help but be impressed by the spacious<br />

and modern reception area,<br />

and walking through to the combined<br />

lounge/bar/dining area you're<br />

treated to what I consider to be one<br />

of the most elegant dining spaces in<br />

Devon in which to relax (see above).<br />

Mixed fish grill, selection of grilled fish on the bone,<br />

fennel, tomatoes, potatoes and seaweed hollandaise<br />

Indian spiced stone bass, sticky rice,<br />

Sri Lankan shellfish curry<br />

Crab Benedict, crab butter, potted crab, poached<br />

hen eggs, glazed hollandaise on toasted muffin<br />

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En-suite bathroom<br />

Charming terrace, pool and gardens overlooking the sea and bay<br />

Bedroom with all mod cons, including panoramic sea views<br />

Sidmouth Harbour Hotel is beautifully positioned to enjoy Sidmouth<br />

straight out of the front door. This is evening of the Red Arrows<br />

display in 2016 in the Harbour's garden.<br />

The whole front of this space is floor to ceiling glass<br />

doors which open out in the warmer months onto<br />

a large balcony, affording superb views across the<br />

pool/garden area and the bay.<br />

Dining at the Harbour's Upper<br />

Deck Bar & Restaurant is a<br />

most pleasurable experience<br />

having great ambiance, panoramic<br />

views and excellent<br />

food, complemented with a<br />

comprehensive selection of<br />

wines. The menu provided<br />

a good range of dishes prepared<br />

from carefully chosen<br />

local produce and incorporating<br />

plenty of fish based<br />

options, which is what you'd<br />

wish to see considering the<br />

hotel's coastal aspect. All fish<br />

options tasted (see photos at<br />

bottom) were excellent, as<br />

indeed were all the dishes<br />

sampled from the restaurant.<br />

The bedroom provided was<br />

well-appointed, and because<br />

of the Hotel's very recent redevelopment,<br />

everything within<br />

the room was newly commissioned.<br />

The en-suite bathroom<br />

was modern, stylish and<br />

well designed and within the<br />

bedroom all mod cons were<br />

at hand, with particular commendation<br />

to their choice of<br />

what was a very comfortable<br />

bed - always extremely important for an enjoyable<br />

stay. Of course it helps considerably when your<br />

room enjoys excellent sea views.<br />

In terms of visiting Sidmouth, it's important to tell<br />

you that if you've briefly driven round Sidmouth in<br />

the past, you've probably missed much of what the<br />

town has to offer and to rectify this we've included<br />

a feature on Sidmouth complete with a map of the<br />

town (overleaf), so you don't miss the best bits.<br />

If you're visiting from another part of Devon, or<br />

even from further afield, you will not be disappointed<br />

with your stay at the Sidmouth Harbour<br />

Hotel, it provides an excellent package of luxurious<br />

accommodation, dining and leisure facilities, also<br />

having great amenity from which you can enjoy<br />

Sidmouth. Top marks to the team at the Sidmouth<br />

Harbour, it's highly commended.<br />

Editor<br />

Seared local scollops and confit chicken wings,<br />

seaweed hollandaise with apple salad.<br />

Twice baked cheese soufflé with a<br />

glazed cheese crust<br />

Lamb 2 ways, roasted rack, braised shoulder<br />

shepherd's pie, roasted root vegetables<br />

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SIDMOUTH<br />

Sidmouth's undoubtedly the jewel of the East Devon coast<br />

Sidmouth's the largest importer<br />

of donkeys in the UK! Don't miss<br />

visiting the Donkey Sanctuary<br />

Sidmouth's a great place for families, not too commercialised, no busy roads to navigate<br />

and plenty of walks, either on the outskirts or in the town and plenty of places<br />

to grab an ice cream, a cool drink or even a fresh crab sandwich<br />

There's lots of rich countryside to<br />

access, don't be surprised if you see<br />

some of these<br />

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Hot tips for your Sidmouth stay<br />

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• Take a walk along the Esplanade and up to the<br />

Byes and along the river Sid.<br />

• Visit Connaught Gardens and Jacob's Ladder.<br />

• Enjoy great shopping, don't miss Chapter ladies<br />

fashion boutique 2 and White & Son shoes 1 .<br />

• Treat yourself to a beauty therapy at Seabrease 4 .<br />

• Try superb seafood dishes at Neil's Restaurant 7 .<br />

• Browse bestsellers at Winstones book shop 10.<br />

• Try an art class at East Devon Art 3 .<br />

• Enjoy sea views and chic dining right on the<br />

Esplanade at The Bedford Hotel (Pynes 5 ).<br />

• Take a trip to visit the famous Donkey Sanctuary<br />

(about 3 miles 15 ).<br />

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WHITE & SON<br />

Shoe Shop<br />

CHAPTER<br />

Ladies Fashions<br />

EAST DEVON ART<br />

Art Classes<br />

SEABREASE<br />

Beauty Treatments<br />

PYNES BROOKVALE<br />

Restaurant & Bar & MERRIFIELD<br />

NEIL'S<br />

RESTAURANT<br />

KENNAWAY<br />

HOUSE<br />

SIDMOUTH<br />

MUSEUM<br />

WINSTONES<br />

Book Shop<br />

UTOPIA<br />

Hair Salon<br />

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ROYAL GLEN<br />

Hotel<br />

ASPARA<br />

Spa & Beauty<br />

JURASSIC VETS<br />

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DONKEY SIDMOUTH DESIGN<br />

SANCTUARY Not shown on map<br />

THE SALTY MONK<br />

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CYCLESERVICE<br />

Cycle sales & service<br />

ABBEYFIELD<br />

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PEAK HILL LLAMAS<br />

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SIDMOUTH<br />

SEAFEST<br />

DAVID HUGHES<br />

Not shown on map<br />

Sidmouth has so much to offer<br />

the visitor, it's worth spending the<br />

time pre-visit, working-out where<br />

everything is located.<br />

There really is so much to do and see at Sidmouth,<br />

you're spoilt for choice, whether you're a day visitor<br />

from another part of Devon (it's a big county!), or<br />

from further afield. It's said that the visitor trend<br />

these days is shifting towards shorter, but more<br />

frequent visits, which is particularly easy for Devon<br />

residents looking to explore their county. When the<br />

weather's fine, is there anywhere better, particularly<br />

when you consider all the hassle, cost and danger<br />

of flying these days, staycations are much less<br />

stressful and greater fun. It's also satisfying to<br />

be pro-British by making sure our holiday spend<br />

benefits our own economy.<br />

There's sandy beaches, rockpools, exotic cliff-top<br />

gardens, verdant walks and unspoilt countryside,<br />

elegant regency buildings and architecture, a<br />

myriad of restaurants and coffee shops in the<br />

vibrant town that also provides the visitor with a<br />

great shopping experience.<br />

I have to confess that we're slightly biased here<br />

at <strong>Devonshire</strong> magazine because we're based in<br />

Sidmouth, but that makes us well placed to tell you<br />

just how great a place it is to visit. See many more<br />

high quality images of Sidmouth at:<br />

www.devonshiremagazine.co.uk/devon/towns/<br />

eastdevon/sidmouth<br />

You are also able to find out What's On in Sidmouth<br />

because Sidmouth has its very own events website<br />

including a dedicated low signal strength mobile<br />

version (It's a good idea to add it to your mobile<br />

browser's favourites pre-visit), brought to you<br />

exclusively by <strong>Devonshire</strong> magazine:<br />

www.hubcast.co.uk/sidmouth<br />

Deck chairs with a sea view on the Esplanade<br />

In the warmer months you can hire kayaks and<br />

all manner of board - Sidmouth also has its own<br />

lifeboat station<br />

Lofty living, an impressive sight from Connaught<br />

Gardens - it must have spectacular views<br />

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Sidmouth's magnificent red cliffs<br />

Surrounded by the magnificent red cliffs of the Jurassic coastline, Sidmouth's long seafront is punctuated<br />

by Connaught Gardens and Jacob's Ladder. There are many relaxing strolls close at hand, and if you're<br />

keen on walking, you can follow the coastal path up Peak Hill (from where the above image was captured)<br />

for extensive views also in a westward direction over the Otter valley and beyond.<br />

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Connaught Gardens and Jacob's Ladder<br />

At the western end of Sidmouth, just a<br />

short walk over the road from Sidmouth<br />

Harbour Hotel, sits Connaught Gardens<br />

and Jacob's Ladder.<br />

1. The white steps of Jacob's Ladder up<br />

to Connaught Gardens and the Clock<br />

Tower Cafe, which was previously a lime<br />

kiln. At low tide the beach is sandy and<br />

there are great rock pools skirting the<br />

cliffs, ideal for the family to explore<br />

and paddle.<br />

2. The cliff top path in Connaught Gardens<br />

looking eastwards towards the town<br />

- the views are splendid on a fine day.<br />

3. The quaint gardens allow for peaceful<br />

strolls with many benches available to sit<br />

on and relax. During summertime the<br />

stage hosts many events including the<br />

Sidmouth Town Band and occasionally<br />

outdoor theatre productions.<br />

4. Connaught gardens display a colourful<br />

array of flowers and sub-tropical plants,<br />

here we can see roses scaling the walls<br />

next to the Clock Tower Cafe.<br />

5. The view westward towards Peak Hill.<br />

The archway leads out to Jacob's Ladder<br />

and the precipitous drop down to the<br />

town's Western Beach.<br />

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Utopia offers superior quality hairdressing from highly<br />

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These products are also available to buy for home use.<br />

Why not pop in for a free consultation.<br />

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Wednesday 9:30am - 7:30pm<br />

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Plus selected Sunday Evenings from Easter<br />

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Chapter<br />

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for a relaxed & enjoyable shopping experience<br />

Tel: 01395 579181<br />

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email: info@chapterclothing.co.uk<br />

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heated indoor pool & gym, garden, Royal retreat therapies<br />

and our friendly, attentive staff, The Royal Glen is an ideal<br />

place to stay while exploring Devon and the Jurassic Coast.<br />

Our bar snacks and evening dinner are made with delicious<br />

Devon produce, and there’s plenty of room to relax in our<br />

Regency Drawing Room or sunny veranda.<br />

We look forward to welcoming you<br />

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St Giles' and St Nicholas' church in the town centre (actually it's<br />

at the top of Church Street which makes sense I suppose). Ladies, if<br />

the retail therapy urge takes you, don't miss a visit to Chapter fashion<br />

boutique just outside the church gates<br />

Regency architectural splendour - Coburg Terrace, very grand, once<br />

graced by royalty, it sits proudly looking across the cricket field and<br />

out to sea<br />

A proper old folly by<br />

Peter Orlando Hutchinson<br />

- find out more about him<br />

at Sidmouth Museum<br />

Sidmouth seafront<br />

The Western Beach<br />

Pe a kH i ll<br />

Jacob's Ladder<br />

C on n a u g h tG a r d e n s<br />

Sidmouth Harbour Hotel<br />

Great rock pools here when tide low<br />

There are many beaches to enjoy in Sidmouth during the summer and if you fancy a peaceful walk, you're really spoilt for choice, with walks at Peak Hill, Salcombe Hill, Core<br />

Hill, also river walks along the river Sid up along the Byes. It really doesn't get much better than Sidmouth in terms of English seaside holidays. If you're travelling from another<br />

part of Devon, I urge you to stay a night or two so you have time to discover what Sidmouth has to offer and allow yourself time to properly unwind. If you've been reading the<br />

online version of this magazine from afar, it's worth a visit to www.devonshiremagazine.co.uk/devon/towns/eastdevon/sidmouth/ where there are many more images of Sidmouth<br />

Viewed from Peak Hill, Sidmouth nestling in the valley bottom. On a clear<br />

day you can see across Lyme Bay to Portland Bill, the view is magnificent<br />

Some great rock-pooling to be had at<br />

low tide, bring your net and bucket<br />

The mighty river Sid - well more of a<br />

stream really, but large trout can be<br />

caught if you have tenacity and patience!<br />

Listening to music<br />

in Pynes during<br />

Sidmouth Folk<br />

Week<br />

Boats<br />

Planes<br />

The Red Arrows make a visit to Sidmouth in the Summer - they always seem to be in a great hurry<br />

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Kennaway House - many interesting events are staged<br />

here throughout the year. To find out what's events<br />

are on in Sidmouth, all you need to do is go to the<br />

Hubcast website. There's a dedicated mobile version<br />

just for Sidmouth which has tons of events listed<br />

www.hubcast.co.uk/sidmouth<br />

The cinema can provide you with night time<br />

entertainment or you could visit Sidmouth's<br />

theatre, Manor Pavilion. hubcast.co.uk will<br />

allow you to see all the community events with<br />

deep levels of event information which also get<br />

published in The Sidmouth Diary magazine<br />

Sidmouth Museum, entry is free and there's much<br />

interesting stuff to browse for history buffs<br />

What's On in Sidmouth?<br />

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Sidmouth town centre<br />

The Byes<br />

Pynes<br />

Salcombe Hill<br />

Town Beach<br />

What's On in Sidmouth? - just go to<br />

www.hubcast.co.uk/sidmouth/<br />

There's a new & improved mobile version<br />

specially optimised for low signal strength<br />

Harbour Hotel<br />

Great ambiance and food in Pynes at the<br />

Bedford Hotel with sea views as you dine.<br />

Don't miss local beers - Otter Bitter and<br />

also New Devon Ale<br />

Cars<br />

The annual classic car show<br />

In Folk Week there's much fun and activity, the town really does come alive<br />

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The Abbeyfield<br />

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Assisted living in private rental rooms and<br />

apartments for independent elderly.<br />

• No capital outlay or hidden<br />

charges<br />

• Choice of accommodation<br />

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House<br />

• Affordable, all-inclusive<br />

monthly rentals of between<br />

£900 to £1600<br />

• Two home-cooked meals<br />

daily, with helpful staff on<br />

hand to assist. Visitors<br />

welcome to join us for<br />

meals at a nominal cost<br />

• Full 24-hour cover, including<br />

emergency call system<br />

• Comfortable dining and<br />

lounge areas; attractive<br />

communal gardens<br />

• Guest flat facilities for<br />

visiting friends or family<br />

• Agency carers by private<br />

arrangement, in case of<br />

personal care needs<br />

• Activities, coffee mornings,<br />

days outings, theatre/<br />

cinema trips etc..<br />

• Proximity to town’s shops,<br />

amenities and seafront<br />

promenade<br />

For enquiries contact our registered office at Abbeyfield Court<br />

on 01395 515366, or the Admissions Officer,<br />

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Details of accommodation provided can be found at our website<br />

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Tel: 01395 579932<br />

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Outstanding modern<br />

veterinary care in a gentle<br />

and loving environment.<br />

24hr emergency cover.<br />

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My service is to paint<br />

unique original pet<br />

portraits in a fashionable<br />

ʻpop artʼ style, each<br />

portrait painted and<br />

framed from a supplied<br />

(acceptable) photo of<br />

their pet. Traditional<br />

portraits of loved ones<br />

are also available, both<br />

making ideal gifts.<br />

Look forward to hearing<br />

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SIDMOUTH<br />

The romantic & exclusive setting<br />

of Kennaway House is the perfect<br />

wedding venue. This lovely<br />

Grade II listed Regency mansion,<br />

standing in attractive grounds at<br />

the heart of Sidmouth, is licensed<br />

for civil weddings & is available<br />

for hire throughout the year.<br />

01395 515551<br />

www.kennawayhouse.org.uk<br />

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Winstone's Book Review:<br />

Me and Mister P by local author, Maria Farrer<br />

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You know when you've read a<br />

truly gorgeous book when it<br />

leaves a warm glow of happiness<br />

inside you. 'Me and Mister P' by<br />

Maria Farrer with illustrations<br />

by Daniel Rieley does just that.<br />

All Arthur wants is a normal<br />

family but no, he's ended up with<br />

the brother from Weirdsville.<br />

Liam is so embarrassing, but<br />

Mum and Dad can't see that<br />

and give him all the attention.<br />

Leaving Arthur with zero! Zilch!<br />

A big fat NOTHING! At the end<br />

of his tether Arthur can't see<br />

any solutions to his problems<br />

and thinks the only way out is<br />

to run away. But when he finds<br />

an enormous, funny polar bear<br />

standing on his door step he<br />

finds that life is about to change<br />

for the better in the strangest of<br />

ways. Prepare to meet MISTER<br />

P because there are times<br />

when only a polar bear will do.<br />

This book is warm and funny<br />

in equal spades. Maria captures<br />

perfectly the frustration felt by<br />

Arthur towards his brother who<br />

is different and struggles to fit<br />

into a world filled with strange<br />

places, loud noises and crowds.<br />

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The White & Son team<br />

fab shoe shopping!<br />

Sidmouth can be considered<br />

the jewel in the East Devon<br />

crown, with a unique mixture<br />

of independent shops and a<br />

wide selection of cafes and<br />

restaurants. Sidmouth has<br />

become a destination town for<br />

a short break or a day trip with<br />

shopping and lunch.<br />

Following their display area and shop expansion<br />

last year, White and Son Shoes in Fore Street<br />

have this year increased the range of ladies and<br />

mens shoes. Wide fitting, casual or comfort,<br />

waterproof or dressy, this is a shoe shop that<br />

has it all.<br />

In the 1880s the great grandfather of Steve<br />

White, the owner of White & Son Shoes in<br />

Sidmouth, opened the family shoe shop in<br />

Dorchester. Four generations later the family<br />

owned shoe shop continues to bring a lifetime<br />

of experience and knowledge to its shop in<br />

Fore Street, Sidmouth. Steve White and his late<br />

wife Gail purchased the former Ivor Coram shoe<br />

shop in 2011, increasing both the range and<br />

choice of quality footwear brands available in<br />

Sidmouth. Following a major shop refit and<br />

expansion in 2016 the shop probably offers the<br />

widest selection of quality footwear in Devon.<br />

Every season the White & Son team visit<br />

the major footwear exhibitions, personally<br />

seeking out new brands and styles. Listening<br />

to customer wants and wishes during the<br />

preceding season helps the team to choose<br />

from such a huge range of styles and brands.<br />

The choice of familiar and class leading brands<br />

on display in the revamped shop will exceed<br />

your wildest dreams. Customers are amazed<br />

at the wide and comprehensive choice of<br />

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NEW COLLECTION<br />

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WHITE & SON<br />

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Our biomechanical<br />

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you from the<br />

ground up.<br />

Available at White & Son<br />

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sandals and shoes from well known brands<br />

such as Rieker, Josef Seibel, DB Wider Fit Shoes,<br />

Van Dal, Pikolinos, Waldlaufer, ARA, HB Shoes<br />

and many more.<br />

Following a large number of customer requests,<br />

White & Son Shoes are pleased to announce<br />

the return of the instantly recognisable<br />

ECCO brand to Sidmouth. With an enviable<br />

reputation for quality and styling, soft leathers<br />

and leading edge footwear technology, ECCO<br />

are a welcome addition to the vast range in<br />

the shop.<br />

Founded in 1963, ECCO has come a long way<br />

over the past 50 years - from a small shoe<br />

factory in Bredebro, Denmark with just a few<br />

employees, to a modern, global shoe enterprise<br />

with 19,500 employees and sales of over 20<br />

million pairs per year across 87 countries.<br />

Something for everyone, both womenʼs and<br />

menʼs styles, be it sandals, a sporty trainer style<br />

or one of ECCOʼs classic range, why not treat<br />

your feet to an ECCO experience.<br />

The award winning Skechers brand continues to<br />

be enjoyed by those customers who appreciate<br />

its light weight, unbelievable comfort available<br />

in a range of styles and colours. With a choice<br />

of over 70 different styles and colours in stock,<br />

White & Son Shoes is the independent shoe<br />

shop that can satisfy your Skecher desires.<br />

Go Walk 4 is an all new addition to the Skechers<br />

range, available in over 10 different colours;<br />

featuring the GOGA Max high rebound insole<br />

and GOGA Pillars for every step. It is easy to see<br />

why Skechers have won so many prestigious<br />

awards for this well known and respected brand.<br />

If you are a customer looking for footwear<br />

with great arch support, have flat feet or<br />

collapsed arches or maybe wearing orthotics,<br />

the internationally renowned Vionic Shoes<br />

could be just what you have been looking for.<br />

How many times have you had to reject flip<br />

flops or sandals because they lack the benefits<br />

you require? The new Vionic range available<br />

at White and Son Shoes could well be the<br />

answer to your footwear problems.<br />

White and Son Shoes in Sidmouth are a Shoe<br />

Shop, not a shop that sells shoes.<br />

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Guided Llama<br />

Walks and fun-filled<br />

Llama Activities<br />

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• Morning Coffee Walks,<br />

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• Family Activity Sessions & Walks<br />

• Meet & Greet Experiences<br />

• Half-day Llama Experiences<br />

• Birthday Parties for all ages!<br />

• Educational Sessions/Llamaassisted<br />

Activities<br />

• Attendance at Community and<br />

Fund-raising Events<br />

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Sidmouth Coastal Community Hub CIC presents<br />

Sidmouth<br />

Sea Fest<br />

Saturday <strong>May</strong> 13 th 20<strong>17</strong><br />

The Ham, Port Royal, Sidmouth EX10 8BG<br />

Coastal Community C e l e b r a t i on<br />

10am to 5pm - Free Entry.<br />

Sea Fest Variety Night<br />

Film premiere: Working the Sea (40 mins)<br />

This film is all about Sidmouthʼs fishing<br />

heritage from between the wars until<br />

present day, glimpsed through the focus<br />

of a well-known local fishing family, the<br />

Bagwells. Produced by Butterfly Effect Films.<br />

Film: Creativity on the Coast (5 mins)<br />

Play: Jack Rattenbury of Beer<br />

Live performances: Sidmouth Sea Fest<br />

Community Choir and CaveMouth<br />

Marquee doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start to 11pm. Tickets<br />

£10 or under 16ʼs £7. Available in Sidmouth from: Sidmouth<br />

Trawlers, Shop at the Ham; Paragon Books, 38 High Street;<br />

Everys Solicitors, 104 High Street.<br />

Films funded by<br />

sid vale association<br />

past • present • future<br />

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Letting your holiday home?<br />

The new year brought an influx of new Saunton Sands, Ilfracombe and<br />

Saunton View in Saunton Sands is a<br />

properties to the holiday letting market Barbrook – all of which sleep 6.” single storey detached property set<br />

for North Devon’s well-respected<br />

within the grounds of the owner’s own<br />

Marsdens Devon Cottages.<br />

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Horse<br />

Care<br />

Mental Stress<br />

by Natalie Bucklar<br />

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Mental Stress in Horses<br />

The scrutiny of equine sport<br />

and methods used for training<br />

and riding is increasing, which<br />

is bringing us valuable research<br />

into the mental welfare of horses.<br />

Whilst bucking and leaping<br />

can be the equine equivalent<br />

to humans screaming for help,<br />

there are several more subtle<br />

signs exhibited by an unhappy<br />

horse. These include tight skin,<br />

tense muscles, a triangulated eye,<br />

wrinkles above the eye, defecating,<br />

tail swishing, vocalising and flared<br />

nostrils. Research has shown that<br />

even when people are exposed<br />

to incredibly obvious symptoms<br />

of stress, such as weaving or crib<br />

biting, the more they see it, the less<br />

able they become to acknowledge<br />

it. This highlights how the smaller<br />

behaviours can therefore be<br />

easily missed (or learnt to be<br />

ignored) and the symptoms of a<br />

stressed horse can just become<br />

‘normal’. This problem of human<br />

desensitisation is compounded<br />

when subtle signs can regularly<br />

be seen in photos on social media<br />

and in magazines.<br />

Research has also shown that<br />

when faced with a short stressful<br />

activity, horses categorised into<br />

either being compliant or non<br />

compliant actually had the same<br />

physiological indicators of stress,<br />

such as a raised heart rate. So<br />

outwardly the non compliant<br />

horses would show greater<br />

reactivity but inside they had<br />

the same stress levels as the<br />

horses that were judged to be<br />

more relaxed and happy. Many<br />

people take non reactivity of a<br />

horse to be good behaviour or<br />

trust but it can be the case that<br />

the horse has just given in and<br />

developed learned helplessness.<br />

This condition is often considered<br />

desirable by many, as it means<br />

people can gain what they want<br />

from the horse and also be safer,<br />

as the ‘louder’, more extreme<br />

behaviours (bucking, rearing,<br />

etc) are not always demonstrated.<br />

However even unintentionally,<br />

the creation of learned<br />

helplessness is best avoided,<br />

for better welfare the process<br />

of systematic desensitisation<br />

to a potential stressor is always<br />

preferable. If the horse is gradually<br />

habituated in conjunction with<br />

having the opportunity to learn<br />

that the stressful activity can be<br />

pleasurable, people can still gain a<br />

compliant, safer horse as the end<br />

result but through a process that<br />

is much less traumatic.<br />

The ways people deal with equine<br />

stress can obviously differ but<br />

moral disengagement is common:<br />

this manifests in several ways but<br />

includes rephrasing to nicer words<br />

and distorting situations in order<br />

for us to feel better. For example,<br />

‘I hit him with a whip’ becomes<br />

‘I gave him a reminder’. People<br />

don’t necessarily mean to cause<br />

their horses stress, but through<br />

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and remodelling language, they<br />

learn to live with it, sometimes<br />

in ignorance but it can also be in<br />

order to conform. Decades ago<br />

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continue to inflict excruciating<br />

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told to do so by an authority figure,<br />

and new research has provided<br />

further evidence to back this up.<br />

The increasing research into the<br />

equine mind is a great thing,<br />

it helps us look at ourselves<br />

and the methods we use and<br />

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It enables us to become more<br />

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The Old Vet’nary<br />

by Ken Watson<br />

Animal Antics<br />

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A<br />

farmer client told me this<br />

tale of one of his cows. One<br />

morning, sitting at breakfast,<br />

their peace was shattered by the<br />

bawling of a cow outside their<br />

window. When they went out they<br />

found a heifer from a group of incalvers<br />

two or three fields away,<br />

and she was obviously telling them<br />

something. She was freshly calved,<br />

but there was no sign of any calf. To<br />

get there she must have opened at<br />

least two gates, but she had been an<br />

orphan calf, brought up on the bottle<br />

and wise in the ways of people. As<br />

soon as she saw them she started<br />

to back away, still bawling, and<br />

then turned to head back the way<br />

she had came, yet looking back<br />

every so often to make sure they<br />

were following. So they did. They<br />

followed her back to the field she<br />

had been grazing. Once there she<br />

led them to a corner where the land<br />

dropped away and was filled with<br />

brambles, and of course in there was<br />

one of those vast industrial chicken<br />

farms. As he happened to look<br />

back to ensure the spread was even,<br />

he swore he could see something<br />

moving. He stopped and got out<br />

and went back to look. He found a<br />

newly hatched chick, a late arrival,<br />

and brought it back to his cab and<br />

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she sat on the throne, back to the<br />

open window, her cat came back in.<br />

It’s normal route being blocked, it<br />

had to divert to the side and looking<br />

down for a foothold spotted the<br />

flush lever. His subsequent leap<br />

from this secondary step activated<br />

the flush and my client received an<br />

unexpected shower.<br />

her newborn calf. Naturally they<br />

rescued it and mother and calf were<br />

reunited. Obviously very few cows<br />

would have done this, but she had<br />

grown up regarding human beings<br />

as the providers of everything she<br />

needed in life.<br />

Another farmer was spreading<br />

chicken manure purchased from<br />

being spoiled in the farm kitchen, she<br />

was introduced to the farmer’s small<br />

flock of egg-layers. Surprisingly<br />

they accepted her and she lived<br />

a contented life with them and in<br />

the passage of time produced eggs<br />

of her own.<br />

If you watch a cat jumping down<br />

from a high place, it will usually<br />

first place one foot over the edge<br />

ready for the spring. More than<br />

once this caused trouble in my own<br />

household if the high place is the<br />

top of the freezer, for over that edge<br />

are the sensitive control buttons. A<br />

client told me a variation on this<br />

theme. Her cat was in the habit of<br />

sunning itself on a flat roof which it<br />

reached via the bathroom window<br />

and the toilet cistern. One day, as<br />

I must tell you this anecdote about<br />

my own family. Two of my greatgrand-children<br />

were visiting the other<br />

two. The host mother, desperate<br />

to find something for them to do,<br />

said, “Why don’t you go and feed<br />

the orphan lamb?” So off they went,<br />

a full bottle ready, with mother<br />

watching from the kitchen window.<br />

Four children, one girl and three<br />

boys, aged 2-5. Guess who was<br />

in charge; well she was the eldest.<br />

Just imagine the noise, but the<br />

lamb didn’t care as long as it was<br />

getting it’s milk. It was showing<br />

appreciation by furiously wagging<br />

its tail, as lambs do. Suddenly its<br />

tail flew off. Now this is a natural<br />

consequence of the rubber ring<br />

method of docking. You know that,<br />

and I know that, but they didn’t know<br />

that! There was a sudden silence,<br />

and a few surreptitious glances over<br />

their shoulders. On brave soul even<br />

picked the withered tail up and tried<br />

to fit it back on. Eventually, after<br />

meaningful looks at each other, they<br />

returned to tell a mother who was<br />

trying to keep a straight face about<br />

it. - Ken<br />

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The diary of lady farmer, Janet East<br />

A thief in my lambing yard<br />

- what is the world coming too<br />

Lambing is the most wonderful<br />

time of the year. All the plans<br />

and preparations start in the<br />

autumn, when we get the rams<br />

ready for action. As usual the<br />

male is dominant. He needs<br />

to be in tip top condition in<br />

autumn to perform the most<br />

important task - mating. Good<br />

teeth are essential so that he<br />

can graze effectively and keep<br />

his body in good working order.<br />

Good feet so that the endless<br />

hours he spends on his back<br />

two feet enable him to keep at it<br />

when necessary and finally and<br />

most important, his testicles<br />

are large, the same size and in<br />

cracking order. Not much to ask.<br />

Do we ask that of our human<br />

male counterparts - normally<br />

not part of the selection<br />

process - its the smile and<br />

banter that wins us females<br />

over - not so in the world of the<br />

female sheep.<br />

We always lamb indoors, which<br />

makes it easier for me, and<br />

it also means any problems,<br />

particularly in the night, can<br />

be spotted early and dealt<br />

with. Yes, it costs more money<br />

because of bedding etc. and yes,<br />

the risk of infection is obviously<br />

higher, but with the highest<br />

standards of cleanliness and<br />

good shepherding, the process<br />

works for us. It had been a<br />

particularly busy day in the<br />

lambing yard so husband<br />

Edward kindly (not really!)<br />

offered to do the night...<br />

actually, he was ordered to<br />

do the night, and given my<br />

mood was tetchy to say the<br />

least, all family members<br />

knew that if you did what you<br />

were told, life would be much<br />

more pleasant. However, if<br />

there was a problem, I always<br />

want waking, whatever time<br />

of night. It was just after 6am<br />

and I heard the kitchen door<br />

go, which meant only one thing.<br />

Quietly Edward said there<br />

wasn’t a big problem but he was<br />

concerned about a ewe. Every<br />

night before I go to bed I lay out<br />

my work clothes so that it is a<br />

quick process to get dressed. In<br />

fact, it is normally only socks,<br />

jumper over the pyjamas and<br />

rubber trousers - what a sight!<br />

He informed me that a short<br />

time ago, a ewe that had been<br />

scanned for twins had only<br />

had a single, wasn’t pushing<br />

and he thought she seemed to<br />

have given up - so could I take a<br />

look at her. It was light, at last,<br />

after the long dark mornings of<br />

the winter, the early morning<br />

sun was streaming in through<br />

the wooden slats in the barn,<br />

lighting up the barn - it always<br />

makes me feel good and glad be<br />

in a position to enjoy it. Leaving<br />

my warm bed didn’t seem so<br />

bad after all. On spotting us<br />

human beings, the ewes first<br />

thought was food - the bleating<br />

began and reached a deafening<br />

crescendo in no time. The peace<br />

and quiet of that stroll down to<br />

the barn was over. Before any<br />

feeding commenced I was keen<br />

to look at the night’s activities<br />

and check on all the ewes that<br />

had lambed. We prioritised<br />

and I asked Edward to show<br />

me the ewe who had the single<br />

but was scanned for twins.<br />

He said she was showing no<br />

typical signs of having another<br />

and therefore decided to move<br />

her out of the large pen where<br />

she had lambed and put her<br />

and the lamb into one of the<br />

small pens where they stay<br />

for 24/48 hours to mother-up.<br />

Slightly concerned that she<br />

had only one lamb, thought,<br />

if in doubt, “call the midwife”,<br />

which is exactly what he did.<br />

The rules are, if you call me<br />

in the night, don’t expect too<br />

much conversation - just give<br />

me the facts, short and sweet<br />

- no banter and certainly no<br />

jokes. The scanner we use is<br />

brilliant and he is without fail,<br />

normally so accurate. The ewe<br />

The self-service bar<br />

in question had been penned<br />

up with her single lamb. It was<br />

a cracking large single lamb<br />

and my immediate thought was<br />

that the scanner was wrong,<br />

but I had a niggle at the back of<br />

my mind.<br />

“Can you check her to see if she<br />

has another inside?”<br />

My hands are so small and<br />

perfect for the job which<br />

lay ahead. The ewe was still<br />

looking huge and I suspected<br />

there was another inside. I<br />

fetched the good old “lube”<br />

which is an antiseptic jelly used<br />

to help with checking inside the<br />

ewe. Laughing, I said:<br />

“Could have done with some<br />

of this stuff when the kids<br />

were born “. It had been a long<br />

night and he didn’t see the<br />

funny side! Miserable sod. He<br />

reminded me of my “rules” - no<br />

banter and no jokes! Mind<br />

you he had been up a long<br />

time and looking at him and<br />

smelling him, he could do with<br />

a wash and a sleep bless him.<br />

On examining the ewe, it was<br />

evident within a second that<br />

there was a problem. Well, in<br />

fact there was no problem. I<br />

hadn’t checked her back end as<br />

she was stood facing me when<br />

I first saw her in the pen. There<br />

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was no visible evidence that<br />

she had lambed, no blood, no<br />

afterbirth, nothing. I didn’t<br />

think I needed to examine her,<br />

but just to satisfy my theory, I<br />

tried; my little hands weren’t<br />

going anywhere... she had not<br />

lambed. I looked up at Edward<br />

and was about the mutter<br />

“idiot”, but decided to smile<br />

instead.<br />

“What are you smiling at, why<br />

don’t you examine her?” My<br />

dear husband was confused.<br />

Edward shook his head in<br />

disbelief. He explained that he<br />

didn’t see the ewe lamb but had<br />

found her cleaning it up when<br />

he came down to the barn and<br />

did a check. I asked him if he<br />

had his glasses on when he<br />

checked - another poor joke!<br />

I nearly added that If he had<br />

looked at her back end, I might<br />

still be snuggled up in bed, but<br />

thought the better of it!<br />

Our ewes are housed in big<br />

pens and no one is perfect -<br />

things do get overlooked. We<br />

other lamb you penned up. She<br />

was scanned for 2, the first<br />

she had was stolen by a very<br />

jealous mother to be. Edward<br />

was obviously upset and still<br />

waiting for his bollocking, so<br />

with a cheeky, sympathetic grin<br />

I said:<br />

“This isn’t the first time this has<br />

happened, and it isn’t the last,<br />

so don’t beat yourself up - you<br />

did the right thing by calling<br />

me, otherwise I might have<br />

beaten you up!”<br />

Janet East is the proprietor<br />

at Yellingham Farm, also<br />

running a Farmhouse B&B<br />

establishment<br />

www.yellinghamfarm.co.uk<br />

01404 850272<br />

“That lamb is not hers, she has<br />

stolen it from another ewe,<br />

which means there is a ewe in<br />

the big pen where she came<br />

from that has lambed and<br />

literally has been robbed and<br />

this ewe here has yet to have<br />

her lambs”.<br />

both went into the big pen<br />

in question and sure enough,<br />

there sat in the corner, quite<br />

unperturbed was a ewe<br />

pushing and in no time at<br />

all a lovely large Jacob lamb<br />

was born. On getting closer, I<br />

said, this is the mum of that<br />

All was well in the end. I was<br />

right with my prognosis. At<br />

least that ewe had one lamb<br />

to look after, even though she<br />

should have had twins - bit of<br />

a waste of a teat though! We<br />

let the thief keep her stolen<br />

goods until she lambed herself<br />

and because she did have<br />

twins, sadly “orphan annie” as<br />

we called her was taken away<br />

and put on the bottle with<br />

other homeless, but very happy<br />

lambs. - Janet<br />

FARM CALENDAR<br />

APRIL<br />

• Move feeders and hay<br />

racks out to fields<br />

• Build large pens in the<br />

field for catching up ewes<br />

and lambs when necessary<br />

• Continue to take out ewes<br />

and lambs to the field<br />

• Decide which fields to let<br />

up for hay<br />

• Clean out lambing sheds<br />

and disinfect when<br />

lambing finishes<br />

• Start, yet again, mending<br />

fences as lambs find holes<br />

that didn’t exist<br />

• Enjoy the wonderful sight<br />

of ewes and lambs in their<br />

natural environment.<br />

MAY<br />

• Check fencing and<br />

repair - lambs find a hole<br />

anywhere<br />

• Chain harrow and roll<br />

fields when dry enough<br />

• Worm lambs after 6 weeks<br />

• Vaccinate lambs against<br />

sheep related diseases - 2<br />

injections 2 to 4 weeks<br />

apart<br />

• Keep a close eye on<br />

condition of ewes as lambs<br />

get bigger and bigger<br />

• Trim ewes feet after<br />

housing<br />

• Clean out and disinfect<br />

barn after lambing<br />

• Let up fields for hay.<br />

• Book the shearer before he<br />

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Oak<br />

GARDENING<br />

Horsechestnut<br />

Woodland Wonder by Nigel Jones<br />

Wondering around your local<br />

parks and woodlands in spring,<br />

you can almost hear trees creaking<br />

as the sap rises. All manner of<br />

sticky, sap laden buds start to<br />

open up and for me, the colours<br />

of spring are the acid, lime and<br />

bronze greens glowing in the<br />

sun. It's a wonderful time of year,<br />

if not the best time of year, full of<br />

promise and prospects of warmth.<br />

Nestling on the woodland floor,<br />

whilst the canopy has yet to screen<br />

out the available light, bluebells,<br />

wood anemones, primroses,<br />

ransoms all racing to set their<br />

flowers. It's magical wandering<br />

through local woods, particularly<br />

if you've taken your faithful hound.<br />

Of course the big event is the<br />

bluebell flowering, which is one of<br />

the high points of the natural year.<br />

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GARDENING<br />

Brighten up your home<br />

and garden this Easter.<br />

We grow over 90% of the plants we sell.<br />

Plus with gifts for all the family,<br />

we are the natural choice this Easter.<br />

Streamside Café<br />

Enjoy homemade cakes,<br />

light lunches or fresh<br />

Italian Coffee in our<br />

beautiful café.<br />

Spring is here!<br />

Enjoy the sun and get<br />

planting! Vegetables, roses,<br />

shrubs, perennials, hanging<br />

baskets & patio pots are all<br />

available to buy. Just ask<br />

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Young<br />

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or supporting in some way, shape<br />

or form. This progressive charity<br />

has a long and successful history<br />

supporting the most vulnerable<br />

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The individual needs, challenges and<br />

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Young Devon’s services are<br />

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In the last year,<br />

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Each encompasses a range of<br />

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In the last year, Young Devon has<br />

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We strive to ensure that young<br />

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MANAGING your MONEY<br />

"the hardest thing in the world<br />

to understand is income tax"<br />

Albert Einstein<br />

Celebrating 26 years of<br />

providing independent<br />

financial advice in Devon<br />

Dividend income<br />

in the firing line!<br />

Firstly, thanks to those eagle-eyed readers who have pointed out<br />

that the deposit limit for banks and building societies has recently<br />

changed (again!). Unfortunately, this happened between writing the<br />

last financial article, the checking procedure and going to print. So I<br />

can confirm that from the 30th January 20<strong>17</strong>, the new deposit limit is<br />

£85,000 - apparently the new limit will protect about 98% of the UK<br />

public so people have reassurance about their money in banks, building<br />

societies and credit unions.<br />

For those who are interested, you<br />

can research the compensation<br />

limits for a range of products,<br />

including investments, insurance,<br />

mortgages and general insurance<br />

on the Financial Services<br />

Compensation Scheme website<br />

(www.fscs.org.uk).<br />

the new allowance<br />

looks as though<br />

it may impact<br />

on some retired<br />

individuals<br />

The most pertinent news over the<br />

last few weeks has, of course, to<br />

do with the Budget and of most<br />

interest was probably the fiasco<br />

on class 4 National Insurance<br />

Contributions for the self-employed<br />

on which the Chancellor has<br />

suffered rather an embarrassing<br />

reversal (for now anyway) and<br />

also the reduction of the tax-free<br />

dividend allowance from £5,000 to<br />

£2,000 with effect from the 2018-19<br />

tax year. Unfortunately, the new<br />

allowance looks as though it may<br />

impact on some retired individuals<br />

who may rely heavily on dividend<br />

income as an integral part of their<br />

retirement income. The Chancellor<br />

was, I believe, probably targeting<br />

small business owners who have<br />

been taking "salary" in the form of<br />

dividends and thus avoiding some<br />

National Insurance Contributions<br />

and some tax. The answer, of course,<br />

for the retired investor is to make<br />

sure that you use your annual ISA<br />

allowance. For some years, it was<br />

widely mooted that, for a basic rate<br />

taxpayer, ISAs might not have been<br />

cost effective, however, with these<br />

tax rule changes on the horizon, the<br />

use of your annual ISA allowance<br />

looks more important than ever.<br />

You do need to take care when<br />

moving capital from investment<br />

funds (OEICs and unit trust) that<br />

you don't rack-up a Capital Gains<br />

Tax (CGT) bill in the process - at the<br />

moment your CGT allowance (for<br />

2016-<strong>17</strong>) for gains is only £11,100 (this<br />

hasn't moved up very much over the<br />

years) whilst your new ISA allowance<br />

from next year will be £20,000.<br />

ISA holdings are tax-efficient in<br />

a number of ways but not being<br />

subject to CGT means that you have<br />

more flexibility in your investment<br />

strategy and therefore making<br />

changes to your ISA holdings<br />

(especially on a platform) might<br />

not have costs or tax implications<br />

for you. Most importantly, I often<br />

find that many investors completely<br />

don't forget from<br />

the new tax year<br />

(20<strong>17</strong>-18), the new<br />

Residence Nil Rate<br />

Band will come<br />

into force<br />

forget that income from ISAs is not<br />

reportable for tax purposes and<br />

therefore ISAs are highly efficient<br />

as income-producing investments.<br />

With flexible income now available<br />

from pensions, it is important to<br />

consider the various tax advantages<br />

of different tax wrappers and<br />

how you could arrange for them<br />

to interact to provide the most<br />

tax effective income outcome in<br />

retirement.<br />

Also don't forget from the new tax<br />

year (20<strong>17</strong>-18), the new Residence Nil<br />

Rate Band will come into force which<br />

will mean an additional £100,000 for<br />

individuals who are leaving their<br />

family home directly to children or<br />

grandchildren. This is a welcome<br />

Helen Mulvaney<br />

BA (Hons), Dip M, DipPFS<br />

Proprietor of<br />

RICHMOND INDEPENDENT<br />

Helen has been advising<br />

clients in the East Devon<br />

for the past 26 years and<br />

specialises in the provision<br />

of retirement and<br />

investment advice.<br />

richmondindependent.co.uk<br />

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development for those faced<br />

with IHT and can be used along<br />

with a number of other planning<br />

opportunities. The amount of tax<br />

taken by the Capital Taxes Office<br />

in relation to Inheritance Tax has<br />

climbed steadily over past years<br />

with receipts in the 2015/16 tax year<br />

rising to £4.6 billion from the 40,000<br />

estates that have been affected*.<br />

IHT, often known as the voluntary<br />

tax, can be successfully mitigated<br />

by careful tax planning.<br />

Helen Mulvaney<br />

* Statistics from HMRC receipts data.<br />

The article is for information only,<br />

it is recommended that you seek<br />

independent advice before taking<br />

any action. Please note that levels<br />

of tax are subject to change.<br />

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Investment & Financial Solutions Partnership<br />

LLP which is authorised and regulated by the<br />

Financial Conduct Authority<br />

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