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DEVONSHIRE<br />

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

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The latest from the Editor.<br />

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News from across Devon.<br />

12.<br />

By Christopher Taylor.<br />

14.<br />

From the HUBCAST websites.<br />

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A look back to the March snow.<br />

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It's the Devon County Show!<br />

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There's a new Sheriff in town!<br />

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An old <strong>Devonshire</strong> family.<br />

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A long-stroke wonder.<br />

42.<br />

Enjoy great food & live music.<br />

44.<br />

At the Lyceum Theatre, London.<br />

48.<br />

Jolly Jacks, Plymouth.<br />

50.<br />

A most mysterious fruit.<br />

52.<br />

Indulge your inner self.<br />

56.<br />

Major art events by HUBCAST.<br />

63.<br />

With the Home Design Yearbook.<br />

67.<br />

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

75.<br />

John Fisher expounds.<br />

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Bruised, Trampled, Pecked - J. East.<br />

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Part ii - by the Editor Nigel Jones.<br />

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Devon's famous son - John Fisher.<br />

90.<br />

Evolution - N. Bucklar.<br />

91.<br />

Rodeo Days - K.Watson.<br />

92.<br />

The Copper Beech - by the Editor.<br />

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The Veterans Farm Able Foundation.<br />

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The Wood White - Stephen Hussey.<br />

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Tax Changes - H.Mulvaney.<br />

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

Home Design Yearbook show success<br />

The HOME DESIGN YEARBOOK<br />

was officially launched at the South<br />

West Home & Garden Show on<br />

14th <strong>and</strong> 15th of April. The show<br />

proved to be a great success, over<br />

400 copies were given away free<br />

to visitors who were asked to make<br />

charity donations towards Sidmouth<br />

Hospice Care. And congratulations<br />

go to Westcountry Group for<br />

winning <strong>Devonshire</strong>’s prize draw!<br />

<strong>Devonshire</strong> magazine will also be at<br />

the Devon County Show this year.<br />

It’s a great opportunity to meet the<br />

team <strong>and</strong> some of the <strong>Devonshire</strong><br />

magazine writers will be making<br />

appearances at the st<strong>and</strong> over the<br />

three days of the show. If you have<br />

a particular favourite writer, please<br />

see page 32 for details of the times<br />

they’ll be appearing at our st<strong>and</strong>.<br />

Magazines will be available at the<br />

st<strong>and</strong> as well as the HOME DESIGN<br />

YEARBOOK which we’ll be giving<br />

away free, but we’ll be asking for<br />

a donation to The Veterans Farm<br />

Able Foundation.<br />

If you’re a HUBCAST user, Charlotte<br />

Fergie will be on h<strong>and</strong> to answer<br />

any queries you may have <strong>and</strong> we’ll<br />

be able to provide demonstrations<br />

on this unique What’s On web <strong>and</strong><br />

paper based platform. It’ll certainly<br />

be great to meet you all at the show<br />

on the 17th, <strong>18</strong>th <strong>and</strong> 19th of <strong>May</strong>.<br />

- Editor<br />

Inspiring young artists<br />

Friends Charlie Sinclair, Emily<br />

Traynor <strong>and</strong> Charlotte Forrer from<br />

East Devon have started a new business<br />

with the aim of enhancing children’s<br />

drawings <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>writing using the<br />

age-old process of gilding. The idea<br />

was to produce a gift for families that<br />

treasures a particular moment in their<br />

child’s development. Gildoodle quickly<br />

discovered that the biggest reward was<br />

the boost to children’s confidence <strong>and</strong><br />

motivation. Emily says “The feedback<br />

from families is very positive. The<br />

pleasure a Gildoodle gives to the adults<br />

shows children that their imagination<br />

is truly celebrated.”<br />

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ART@DARTS<br />

Summer exhibition at Darts Farm<br />

Darts Farm <strong>and</strong> well-known West<br />

Country Artist Ray Balkwill have<br />

teamed up to present an exciting<br />

<br />

S<strong>and</strong> Lizards can only be found in<br />

four areas of Engl<strong>and</strong>, one of which<br />

is Devon. They are a particularly rare<br />

<strong>and</strong> protected species in Britain. It<br />

is celebrated in a new series of Royal<br />

Mail stamps by award winning artist<br />

Tanya Achilleos Lock.<br />

“It’s remarkable to think that scientists<br />

<strong>and</strong> conservationists have been able<br />

to reintroduce extinct species into<br />

new art venture. The award-winning<br />

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<strong>and</strong> 2013 winning the ‘Frozen Planet’,<br />

‘World Birds’ <strong>and</strong> ‘Animals in their<br />

Environment’ sections. “The stamps<br />

feature the Large Blue Butterfly, the<br />

Osprey, Eurasian Beaver, Pool Frog,<br />

Stinking Hawk’s Beard <strong>and</strong> the S<strong>and</strong><br />

Lizard.”<br />

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<strong>and</strong> artisan produce, provides the<br />

ideal hub to showcase some of the<br />

finest West Country art. The new<br />

venture, known as ʻART@DARTS’,<br />

will bring together some leading<br />

contemporary artists. The Summer<br />

Exhibition will feature five of<br />

the West Country’s leading artists:<br />

Ray Balkwill, Judy Hempstead, Penelope<br />

Timmis, Jo Vollers <strong>and</strong> Tony<br />

Williams. Many of the paintings<br />

on show will include local scenes<br />

together with an eclectic mix of<br />

subjects in various media. Books,<br />

prints <strong>and</strong> cards will also be available.<br />

The inaugural exhibition will<br />

be presented in The Estuary Room,<br />

Darts Farm, Topsham on the 1st -<br />

3rd <strong>June</strong>. 10 am to 5 pm (4 pm on<br />

Sunday). Admission is free.<br />

www.dartsfarm.co.uk<br />

Photo - James Dart <strong>and</strong> Ray Balkwill<br />

with one of his paintings.<br />

Devon Castle restored<br />

An extensive project spanning eight<br />

months to restore East Devon’s 2,500<br />

year-old Iron Age hill fort,Woodbury<br />

Castle is nearing completion. It is a<br />

nationally important archaeological<br />

site <strong>and</strong> prominent l<strong>and</strong>mark owned by<br />

Clinton Devon Estates <strong>and</strong> managed<br />

by the Pebblebed Heaths Conservation<br />

Trust. The site was put on Historic<br />

Engl<strong>and</strong>’s at Risk Register several years<br />

ago when it became apparent that the<br />

area was suffering, predominantly<br />

from erosion due to a high volume of<br />

visitors as well as damage from tree<br />

roots <strong>and</strong> scrub growth. In 2016, the<br />

Trust secured funding from Natural<br />

Engl<strong>and</strong>’s Countryside Stewardship<br />

scheme to undertake the extensive<br />

restoration work that will result in<br />

its eventual removal from the at Risk<br />

Register. Since September, contractors<br />

have been working tirelessly to restore<br />

the site. Kim Strawbridge, Site Manager<br />

for the Pebblebed Heaths, explained:<br />

“It is hugely important that we do<br />

all we can so the monument can be<br />

removed from the at Risk Register. We<br />

would ask that people refrain from<br />

walking on the repairs so it is kept in<br />

good condition for people to enjoy in<br />

the future”.<br />

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Th e C O U N T R Y M A N<br />

CHRIS TAYLOR<br />

The COUNTRYMAN<br />

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

in north Devon at the confluence<br />

of the Mole <strong>and</strong> Bray Rivers.<br />

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

Agricultural Zoology, Chris moved<br />

into Farm Management <strong>and</strong> more<br />

recently into Estate Management<br />

<strong>and</strong> Consultancy. Over the past<br />

50 years his passions cover all<br />

aspects of the countryside, wildlife,<br />

conservation,agriculture <strong>and</strong><br />

country pursuits.<br />

Photos copyright C. Taylor<br />

Spotted Fly Catcher<br />

A late start to the season<br />

Reeve with damaged leg<br />

Hemlock<br />

here are many who work<br />

with sheep who believe that a<br />

sheep’s main aim in life is to die.<br />

Sheep seem to try every trick in<br />

the book to that end. Their best<br />

is getting struck on their backs,<br />

especially when heavy in lamb on<br />

cold dry mornings. The Exmoor<br />

horn have a built in mechanism<br />

to hasten this. When struggling<br />

to get up, they bury their horns<br />

into the turf <strong>and</strong> soon get stuck<br />

fast <strong>and</strong> unless those tending<br />

find them before this happens,<br />

they are doomed. Lambing is<br />

now over for all <strong>and</strong> this can be<br />

a most a joyous time of the year.<br />

The reward of endless hours with<br />

difficult lambings, orphan lambs<br />

to feed, irritability due to extreme<br />

sleep deprivation can be seen, as<br />

those lambs that survive take to<br />

ganging up in the spring sunshine<br />

to endlessly play <strong>and</strong> race each<br />

around their pastures.<br />

The other day I was determined<br />

to take advantage of the first<br />

opportunity to go salmon fishing,<br />

after some six weeks of the season,<br />

the river has been just too high<br />

to make any attempts. Driving<br />

home from working in the early<br />

morning, I glance over the river<br />

Mole to check conditions which<br />

were absolutely great for fishing<br />

but not for the lamb struggling<br />

at the base of the two metre<br />

vertical clay river bank. As soon<br />

as I stopped the car, I could hear it<br />

<strong>and</strong> its mothers’ plaintive calls to<br />

each other even above the noise of<br />

the river. There was no way out up<br />

stream. Down stream the current<br />

was too strong <strong>and</strong> almost certain<br />

death with only one tiny ledge to<br />

get a foothold on. The urge to get<br />

back to it’s mother meant every<br />

now <strong>and</strong> then it would fall into<br />

Tree tenors!<br />

the water <strong>and</strong> struggled for what<br />

seemed an eternity to get back on<br />

that ledge.<br />

The thought crossed my mind to<br />

ford the river myself, I know it<br />

well in this spot, but it was high<br />

<strong>and</strong> I only had wellies on. Taking<br />

such a risk, knowing it was more<br />

than waist high <strong>and</strong> flowing fast<br />

would be a risk too far. With home<br />

in sight, I rush off <strong>and</strong> returned to<br />

the river bank with waders <strong>and</strong><br />

my wife Bri to gather up what we<br />

A French partridge


Tide racing in at Horsey Isl<strong>and</strong><br />

could. There was a ewe with one<br />

lamb close by <strong>and</strong> the rest of the<br />

flock was now a long way off.<br />

It turned out there were two<br />

48 hour old lambs stuck on the<br />

bank, one frozen <strong>and</strong> soaking, the<br />

other blissfully unaware of its<br />

predicament, dry <strong>and</strong> snuggled<br />

upon a level spot, but with no<br />

chance of climbing back up to<br />

the field. With Bri overseeing the<br />

rescue, both were returned to field<br />

level. Only to take what appeared<br />

to be suicidal charge back towards<br />

the precipitous bank. Fortunately<br />

by now the mother had heard what<br />

was going on <strong>and</strong> returned from<br />

some 200 metres away calling<br />

frantically. Once reunited, all were<br />

happy ...until next time. Yes, there<br />

will be a next time, this happens<br />

each year. Fine when they are<br />

two days old, but there have been<br />

occasions with lambs over thirty<br />

kgs getting into trouble. Firstly,<br />

they don’t like coming quietly<br />

<strong>and</strong> then struggle uncontrollably<br />

whilst you are wading in a metre<br />

of water, trying to get a foothold on<br />

a slippery river bed. Once on dry<br />

l<strong>and</strong>, they normally have a good<br />

shake off before grazing again<br />

to fill their empty bellies. Most<br />

Countryman's Diary<br />

<strong>May</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>June</strong><br />

1. Swifts arrive mid <strong>May</strong>.<br />

2. Large Sea Trout caught in Taw from<br />

<strong>May</strong> onwards.<br />

3. Don’t forget to listen to the dawn<br />

chorus through <strong>May</strong>.<br />

4. Cuckoo’s calling on Exmoor through<br />

<strong>May</strong> <strong>and</strong> early <strong>June</strong>.<br />

5. Devon County Show - may see you.<br />

Check the Devon County Show feature<br />

in this magazine to see times of Chris’<br />

appearance, other <strong>Devonshire</strong> writers<br />

will also appear at our show st<strong>and</strong> at<br />

various times through the three days<br />

of the show.<br />

Veg patch at 30th March 20<strong>18</strong>, nothing planted.<br />

pleasing was at 8.00am, when<br />

stopped at the road side, another<br />

motorist turned up, he had also<br />

seen the likely scenario <strong>and</strong> had<br />

spent some time trying to locate<br />

the farmer. At least these lambs get<br />

another chance, they deserved it.<br />

So that crisis over <strong>and</strong> another<br />

averted as Bri, my New Yorker wife,<br />

bent down to pick some parsley to<br />

go with dinner that evening. It was<br />

of the parsley family, but this was<br />

hemlock which grows in profusion<br />

along the river bank. However, this<br />

may have been our last dinner as<br />

hemlock is poisonous. The root<br />

especially so.<br />

Slow worms found lying underneath boarding continued page 62<br />

Chris with a suicidal lamb


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BALLET CENTRAL<br />

27 <strong>May</strong>- Dancers from<br />

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7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

Carnivals<br />

EXETER PRIDE<br />

12 <strong>May</strong>- Exeter’s 10th annual<br />

celebration of LGBTQ<br />

communities, Royal Albert<br />

Memorial Museum - RAMM,<br />

Queen Street, Exeter,<br />

12.30am to 6.00pm.<br />

Children<br />

OVER 2000 ANIMALS TO<br />

SEE AT PAIGNTON ZOO<br />

Until 07 Jul- Plenty to see<br />

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including an indoor play area,<br />

Paignton Zoo Environmental<br />

Park, Totnes Road, Paignton.<br />

SIDMOUTH DONKEY<br />

SANCTUARY<br />

Until 08 Jul- Great family<br />

day out: enjoy the donkeys<br />

& mules grazing in the<br />

paddock/stables, The<br />

Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth,<br />

Slade House Farm, Sidmouth,<br />

9.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

TODDLER TAKE OVER<br />

FARMYARD FUN<br />

03 <strong>May</strong>- A day of farmyard<br />

fun at the toddler takeover<br />

day with Jiggy Wrigglers,<br />

The Big Sheep, Abbotsham.<br />

SING-A-LONG-A BEAUTY<br />

AND THE BEAST<br />

05 <strong>May</strong>- A sing-a-long<br />

screening of the film starring<br />

Emma Watson, Exeter<br />

Northcott Theatre, Stocker<br />

Road, Exeter.<br />

MEET REX THE T-REX &<br />

HIS BABY DINOSAURS<br />

06 <strong>May</strong>- Prepare to see <strong>and</strong><br />

hear Rex as he runs havoc<br />

on Sunday, The Big Sheep,<br />

Abbotsham.<br />

STAR WARS DAY - BANK<br />

HOLIDAY MONDAY!<br />

07 <strong>May</strong>- Star Wars fun <strong>and</strong><br />

all the usual activities it's<br />

the best day out in the galaxy,<br />

World of Country Life, World<br />

of Country Life, Exmouth,<br />

10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

DEVON'S BIGGEST<br />

SLEEPOVER<br />

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

biggest sleepover for<br />

brownies, cubs <strong>and</strong> scouts<br />

<strong>and</strong> uniformed groups! Crealy<br />

Adventure Park & Resort,<br />

Sidmouth Road, Exeter,<br />

10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

GARDEN PARTY<br />

19 <strong>May</strong>- Join us for a garden<br />

party <strong>and</strong> enjoy art activities,<br />

food, live music <strong>and</strong> bar,<br />

Thelma Hulbert Gallery,<br />

Elmfield House, Honiton,<br />

5.00pm to 9.00pm.<br />

MARGO & MR. WHATSIT<br />

20 <strong>May</strong>- PaddleBoat Theatre<br />

present an imaginative tale<br />

of about friendship for ages<br />

4+, Exeter Northcott Theatre,<br />

Stocker Road, Exeter, 2.30pm<br />

to 3.30pm.<br />

OLD MACDONALD’S<br />

FARM AND THE 3 PIGS<br />

PLUS…<br />

26 <strong>May</strong>- A colourful <strong>and</strong> fun<br />

interactive show, packed with<br />

fun <strong>and</strong> a giant storybook,<br />

Palace Theatre Paignton,<br />

Palace Avenue, Paignton,<br />

12.00am to 2.00pm.<br />

BUBBLICIOUS BUBBLE<br />

WEEKEND<br />

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

record breaking bubble<br />

attempt with Captain Coconut<br />

on 26th, The Big Sheep,<br />

Abbotsham.<br />

KIDS TV WEEK AT CREALY<br />

26 <strong>May</strong> to 03 Jun- Monday<br />

28th <strong>May</strong> - Friday 1st <strong>June</strong><br />

20<strong>18</strong> is Kids' TV Week at<br />

Crealy! Crealy Adventure<br />

Park & Resort, Sidmouth<br />

Road, Exeter, 10.00am to<br />

5.30pm.<br />

DINO WEEK<br />

26 <strong>May</strong> to 03 Jun- Embark<br />

on an exhibition like no other<br />

& get up close & personal<br />

with dinosaurs, Woodl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Leisure Park, Blackawton.<br />

UNICORN WEEK AT<br />

PENNYWELL FARM<br />

26 <strong>May</strong> to 03 Jun- In<br />

addition to their farm<br />

animals, magical unicorns<br />

will be visiting Pennywell,<br />

Pennywell Farm & Wildlife<br />

Centre, Lower Dean,<br />

Buckfastleigh.<br />

MAY HALF TERM PIRATE<br />

WEEK<br />

28 <strong>May</strong> to 01 Jun- Swashbucklin'<br />

pirate fun for the<br />

whole family! World of<br />

Country Life, World of<br />

Country Life, Exmouth,<br />

10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

CHASE FROM PAW<br />

PATROL AT THE MILKY<br />

WAY<br />

02 Jun- The German<br />

shepherd puppy, police dog<br />

will be appearing throughout<br />

the day, The Milky Way,<br />

Downl<strong>and</strong> Farm, Clovelly.<br />

OLD MACDONALD’S<br />

FARM AND THE 3 PIGS<br />

PLUS…<br />

02 Jun- A colourful <strong>and</strong> fun<br />

interactive show, packed with<br />

fun <strong>and</strong> a giant storybook,<br />

Palace Theatre Paignton,<br />

Clock <strong>and</strong><br />

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Expert <strong>and</strong> professional<br />

repairs to all types of<br />

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A wide range of watches<br />

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for sale.<br />

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3.00pm to 5.00pm.<br />

TRACTOR TED AT WORLD<br />

OF COUNTRY LIFE,<br />

EXMOUTH<br />

16 Jun- Come along for a<br />

tractor-tastic fun-packed<br />

day out! World of Country<br />

Life, World of Country Life,<br />

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

FATHER'S DAY<br />

FATHER'S DAY CRAFTS<br />

09 Jun- Children come &<br />

make gifts, card & decorate<br />

buns for Fathers day,<br />

Lymebourne Community<br />

Centre, Lymebourne Park,<br />

Sidmouth, 11.00am to<br />

4.00pm.<br />

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DAD'S GO FREE!<br />

17 Jun- Treat your superhero<br />

dad to the best day out in<br />

Devon. Advanced tickets<br />

only, Woodl<strong>and</strong>s Leisure Park,<br />

Blackawton.<br />

FATHERS CLASSIC CAR<br />

DAY<br />

17 Jun- A day out to admire<br />

vintage cars. Bring your<br />

OWN CLASSIC CAR for FREE<br />

ENTRY, Morwellham Quay,<br />

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

Choirs<br />

TAVISTOCK SINGS!<br />

02 <strong>May</strong>- Evening of singing<br />

from local school choirs, St<br />

Eustachius Tavistock Parish<br />

Church, Plymouth Road,<br />

Tavistock, 7.00pm.<br />

PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY<br />

GOSPEL CHOIR &...<br />

08 <strong>May</strong>- ...Plymouth<br />

University Big B<strong>and</strong>. Part of<br />

University of Plymouth Music<br />

Week 20<strong>18</strong>, Peninsula Arts,<br />

The House Studio, Plymouth,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

SUMMER IN THE ABBEY<br />

19 <strong>May</strong>- Exeter Philharmonic<br />

Choir presents an evening<br />

of French <strong>and</strong> English<br />

music, Exeter Philharmonic<br />

Choir, Buckfast Abbey,<br />

Buckfastleigh, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

UNIVERSITY OF<br />

PLYMOUTH CHORAL<br />

SOCIETY<br />

19 <strong>May</strong>- Summer Concert<br />

featuring Gabriel Fauré’s<br />

Reqiem, Peninsula Arts,<br />

Minster Church of St.<br />

Andrew, Plymouth, 7.30pm<br />

to 9.30pm.<br />

Devon County Show - 17th to 19th <strong>May</strong><br />

MUSIC OF EASTERN<br />

EUROPE: JANACEK AND<br />

OTHERS<br />

02 Jun- An exciting, unusual<br />

evening of Eastern European<br />

music, Exeter Bach Society,<br />

St Margaret's Church, Exeter,<br />

7.30pm to 9.45pm.<br />

MUSIC FOR ROYAL<br />

OCCASIONS<br />

09 Jun- Choral Concert<br />

by West Devon Chorale,<br />

Minster Church of St Andrew,<br />

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

'SONGS OF WAR'<br />

24 Jun- Cuckoos <strong>and</strong> a Witch’<br />

Festival Finale, The Dartmoor<br />

Society, St Michael’s & All<br />

Angels Church, Princetown,<br />

7.30pm.<br />

UNIVERSITY PLYMOUTH<br />

CHORAL SOCIETY<br />

WORKSHOP<br />

30 Jun- Featuring pieces<br />

from Edward Elgar, Peninsula<br />

Arts, St Paul’s Church,<br />

Yelverton, 9.30am to 6.00pm.<br />

THE CHAGFORD SINGERS<br />

SUMMER CONCERT<br />

30 Jun- A heady mix of<br />

classical choral works <strong>and</strong><br />

selections from lighter<br />

musicals, Chagford Singers,<br />

St Michael's Church,<br />

Chagford, 3.00pm to 5.00pm.<br />

Classical<br />

Music<br />

QUARTET 19:<br />

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE<br />

05 <strong>May</strong>- Dynamic percussion<br />

ensemble Quartet 19 play<br />

Cage, Glass <strong>and</strong> Reich,<br />

Dartington Sinfonietta, Ariel<br />

Centre, Totnes, 7.30pm to<br />

10.00pm.<br />

SAM RICHARDS: EMPTY<br />

MOMENTS<br />

09 <strong>May</strong>- Part of University<br />

of Plymouth Music Week<br />

20<strong>18</strong>, Peninsula Arts, Room<br />

14, Rolle Building, Plymouth,<br />

9.00pm to 10.30pm.<br />

LONA KOZIK: PHILIP<br />

GLASS METAMORPHOSIS<br />

11 <strong>May</strong>- Part of University<br />

of Plymouth Music Week<br />

20<strong>18</strong>, Peninsula Arts, Room<br />

14, Rolle Building, Plymouth,<br />

1.00pm to 1.30pm.<br />

SHALDON SINGERS<br />

SPRING CONCERT<br />

19 <strong>May</strong>- G. F. H<strong>and</strong>el:<br />

Messiah, Shaldon Singers,<br />

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

7.00pm to 9.30pm.<br />

ROSEMOOR LIVE! -<br />

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE OF<br />

LONDON<br />

19 <strong>May</strong>- Classic <strong>and</strong> famous<br />

symphonies from the<br />

best, h<strong>and</strong>-picked players<br />

of London, RHS Garden<br />

Rosemoor, Great Torrington,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

HAWKSMOOR<br />

CELEBRATORY CLASSICAL<br />

CONCERTS<br />

23 <strong>May</strong> to 11 Jul-<br />

Established concert series<br />

hosted in celebration of our<br />

150th anniversary, Royal<br />

Albert Memorial Museum -<br />

RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter,<br />

7.30pm to 8.30pm.<br />

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What's On: <strong>May</strong> & Jun <strong>18</strong><br />

PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY<br />

ORCHESTRA SUMMER<br />

CONCERT<br />

24 <strong>May</strong>- Directed by<br />

Jonathan Hurdle <strong>and</strong> Jamie<br />

Dove, Peninsula Arts,<br />

Theatre 1, Rol<strong>and</strong> Levinsky<br />

Building, Plymouth, 8.00pm<br />

to 9.30pm.<br />

ISCA ENSEMBLE CHORAL<br />

AND ORCHESTRAL<br />

CONCERT.<br />

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

- Special Concert For<br />

Hospiscare. Brahms :<br />

German Requiem, ISCA<br />

Ensemble, Exeter Cathedral,<br />

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

VIOLIN&PIANO CONCERT<br />

01 Jun- Two Violins&Piano<br />

concert performed by<br />

graduates of Russia &<br />

UK Music colleges, Violin<br />

& Piano Duo 'Elegance',<br />

St John's church, Totnes,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

ELGAR ANNIVERSARY<br />

CONCERT<br />

02 Jun- Elgar Anniversary<br />

Concert with works Mezzo<br />

Soprano, Violin <strong>and</strong><br />

Piano, Violin & Piano Duo<br />

'Elegance', Westgate Christian<br />

Fellowship, Exeter, 7.00pm<br />

to 9.00pm.<br />

MUSIC IN THE CASTLE -<br />

THE WYATT TRIO<br />

08 Jun- David Davies -<br />

Organ & Piano Alison<br />

Burnett - Soprano Caroline<br />

Thomas -, Music in the<br />

Castle, James Wyatt Music<br />

Room, Exeter, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

ALLINGTON STRINGS<br />

SUMMER CONCERT<br />

10 Jun- A celebration of 20th<br />

Century English composers<br />

<strong>and</strong> a Haydn Piano Concerto,<br />

Allington Strings, St Mary's<br />

Church, Beaminster, 3.00pm<br />

to 5.00pm.<br />

6 HANDS: JOHN<br />

WILLIAMS PLUS<br />

15 Jun- John Williams <strong>and</strong><br />

John Etheridge are joined<br />

by classical guitarist <strong>and</strong><br />

composer , The Beehive,<br />

Dowell Street, Honiton,<br />

7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

4 GIRLS 4 HARPS - EAST<br />

DEVON MUSIC FESTIVAL<br />

16 Jun- The first concert of<br />

the new East Devon Music<br />

Festival, The Beehive, Dowell<br />

Street, Honiton, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

SACRED SONG AT<br />

BUCKFAST ABBEY<br />

16 Jun- An evening of<br />

sacred songs in the<br />

beautiful surroundings of<br />

Buckfast Abbey, Torbay<br />

Singers, Buckfast Abbey,<br />

Buckfastleigh, 7.15pm to<br />

9.15pm.<br />

'IMPRESSIONS OF<br />

DARTMOOR'<br />

16 Jun- Part of the Dartmoor<br />

Resonance Music Festival.<br />

One of our flagship events,<br />

The Dartmoor Society, St<br />

Eustachius Church, Tavistock,<br />

7.30pm.<br />

Burn it up, Manor<br />

Pavilion, Sidmouth<br />

'WHITE BIRD'<br />

<strong>18</strong> Jun- Dartmoor Resonance<br />

Festival String Orchestra<br />

Conductor: Simon Ible,<br />

The Dartmoor Society, St<br />

Andrews Church, South<br />

Tawton, 7.30pm.<br />

‘DARTMOOR RESONANCE’<br />

19 Jun- Sacred Music from<br />

the 15th & 17th Centuries<br />

sung by VOCES, The<br />

Dartmoor Society, Buckfast<br />

Abbey, Buckfastleigh,<br />

7.30pm.<br />

SHALDON FESTIVAL:<br />

VOCES8<br />

21 Jun- Stunning a cappella<br />

vocal group sing music from<br />

Renaissance to jazz <strong>and</strong> pop,<br />

Shaldon Festival, St Peter's<br />

Church, Shaldon, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

SHALDON FESTIVAL:<br />

CHETHAM'S SCHOOL OF<br />

MUSIC<br />

22 Jun- Four talented music<br />

students from Chetham's<br />

School present a showcase<br />

concert, Shaldon Festival,<br />

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

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

ISCA ENSEMBLE GALA<br />

CONCERT<br />

23 Jun- EAST DEVON<br />

MUSIC FESTIVAL LUKA<br />

OKROS soloist Rachmaninov<br />

Piano Concerto No 2, ISCA<br />

Ensemble, Sidmouth Parish<br />

Church, Sidmouth, 7.30pm<br />

to 9.45pm.<br />

SHALDON FESTIVAL<br />

CHOIR<br />

23 Jun- Informal<br />

performance of Rossini:<br />

Petite Messe Solennelle,<br />

Shaldon Festival, St Peter's<br />

Church, Shaldon, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

SHALDON FESTIVAL:<br />

FIBONACCI SEQUENCE<br />

24 Jun- Highly acclaimed<br />

chamber ensemble in concert<br />

including Brahms Piano<br />

EAST DEVON MUSIC FESTIVAL 20<strong>18</strong><br />

Saturday, 16 <strong>June</strong> - Saturday 30 <strong>June</strong><br />

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What's On: <strong>May</strong> & Jun <strong>18</strong><br />

MEET THE AUTHOR<br />

03 <strong>May</strong> - Robert Goddard. 7 for<br />

7:30pm £13 a ticket with a glass<br />

of wine.<br />

JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON<br />

27 <strong>May</strong> - Pete Allen’s Hot Four &<br />

Jazz Vocalist Hilda Clemas, Tickets<br />

£13.50, 2.00pm-5.30pm.<br />

Tel. (01395)<br />

515551<br />

Sidmouth<br />

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MEET THE AUTHOR<br />

31 <strong>May</strong> - Jeremey Vine. 7 for 7:30pm<br />

£13 a ticket with a glass of wine.<br />

JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON<br />

24 Jun - Pete Allen’s Hot Four +<br />

Sean Moyses (Banjo), Tickets<br />

£14.50, 2.00pm-5.30pm.<br />

BUDLEIGH<br />

MUSIC<br />

FESTIVAL<br />

Friday 13th - Saturday 21st July 20<strong>18</strong><br />

CALL 01395 515551 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND EVENTS<br />

Quintet, Shaldon Festival,<br />

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

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

ISCA LIGHT ORCHESTRA<br />

AND MUSIC DECO<br />

30 Jun- A special<br />

programmes of jazz <strong>and</strong><br />

light orchestral music, ISCA<br />

Ensemble, The Beehive,<br />

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

ISCA LIGHT ORCHESTRA<br />

WITH MUSIC DECO<br />

30 Jun- East Devon Music<br />

Festival 20<strong>18</strong>, The Beehive,<br />

Dowell Street, Honiton,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

Collectors<br />

ANTIQUES VALUATION<br />

DAY - HONITON<br />

10, 17, 24 <strong>May</strong>- A no fee/<br />

obligation appraisal of your<br />

Antiques & Collectables,<br />

Bearnes Hampton <strong>and</strong><br />

Littlewood, Thelma Hulbert<br />

Gallery, Honiton, 10.00am to<br />

12.00am.<br />

ANTIQUES VALUATION<br />

DAY - SIDMOUTH<br />

10, 17, 24 <strong>May</strong>- A no fee/<br />

obligation verbal appraisal of<br />

your Antiques & Collectables,<br />

Bearnes Hampton <strong>and</strong><br />

Littlewood, Kennaway House,<br />

Sidmouth, 2.00pm to 4.00pm.<br />

ANTIQUES & JEWELLERY<br />

VALUATION DAY -<br />

TORQUAY<br />

11, 25 <strong>May</strong>- A no fee/<br />

obligation verbal appraisal of<br />

your Antiques,Collectables &<br />

Jewellery, Bearnes Hampton<br />

<strong>and</strong> Littlewood, Livermead<br />

House Hotel, Torquay,<br />

10.30am to 12.30am.<br />

PLANT HERITAGE SPRING<br />

PLANT FAIR<br />

12 <strong>May</strong> to 13 <strong>May</strong>- Your<br />

chance to buy a variety of<br />

unusual shrubs, trees <strong>and</strong><br />

perennials, RHS Garden<br />

Rosemoor, Great Torrington,<br />

10.00am to 3.00pm.<br />

MILITARIA & VINTAGE<br />

MINI FAIR<br />

27 <strong>May</strong>- Militaria,<br />

Collectables <strong>and</strong> Vintage Mini<br />

Fair, South West Airfields<br />

Heritage Trust, Nissen Hut<br />

Heritage Centre, Smeatharpe,<br />

11.00am to 3.00pm.<br />

ANTIQUES VALUATION<br />

DAY - SOUTH MOLTON<br />

07 Jun- A no fee/obligation<br />

verbal appraisal of your<br />

Antiques & Collectables,<br />

Bearnes Hampton <strong>and</strong><br />

Littlewood, Geoffrey Clapp<br />

Associates, South Molton,<br />

9.30am to 12.30am.<br />

Comedy<br />

ROSEMOOR LIVE! - MARK<br />

STEEL*<br />

26 <strong>May</strong>- Comedian Mark<br />

Steel will be here with his<br />

new hysterical show, RHS<br />

Garden Rosemoor, Great<br />

Torrington, 8.00pm to<br />

10.00pm.<br />

ROSEMOOR LIVE! - JAY<br />

RAYNER<br />

30 <strong>May</strong>- Rayner will split<br />

your sides with his hilarious<br />

'10 Comm<strong>and</strong>ments of Eating',<br />

RHS Garden Rosemoor,<br />

Great Torrington, 8.00pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

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LIVING SPIT: ONE MAN &<br />

HIS COW<br />

07 Jun- A Play, A Pie &<br />

A Pint! A man. A cow.<br />

A shed load of trouble,<br />

Artsreach, Drimpton Village<br />

Hall, Beaminster, 7.30pm to<br />

10.00pm.<br />

BARRY CRYER & COLIN<br />

SELL<br />

10 Jun- Barry Cryer & Colin<br />

Sell present their new show<br />

Strictly Come Joking, Exeter<br />

Northcott Theatre, Stocker<br />

Road, Exeter, 7.30pm to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

THE COMEDY AVENGERS<br />

14 Jun- THE cream of<br />

Devon comedy are back<br />

at the Beehive in Honiton,<br />

The Beehive, Dowell Street,<br />

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

ALUN COCHRANE -<br />

ALUNISH COCHRANISH<br />

23 Jun- Alun Cochrane is<br />

a master at observational<br />

comedy, The Beehive, Dowell<br />

Street, Honiton, 8.00pm to<br />

10.00pm.<br />

Craft<br />

WILLOW SUNFLOWERS<br />

HEARTS & DRAGONFLIES<br />

20 <strong>May</strong>- Make willow crafts<br />

with Windrush Willow,<br />

East Devon Countryside<br />

Team, Reed Base at Seaton<br />

Wetl<strong>and</strong>s, Seaton, 10.00am<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

THE DEVON BEAD FAIR<br />

20 <strong>May</strong>- The best bead <strong>and</strong><br />

jewellery making fair in<br />

the South West! Monty's<br />

Beads, Exeter Castle, Exeter,<br />

10.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

Dance<br />

MACBETH<br />

01 <strong>May</strong> to 02 <strong>May</strong>- New<br />

dance-theatre adaptation<br />

of Shakespeare's Macbeth<br />

from Mark Bruce Co, Exeter<br />

Northcott Theatre, Stocker<br />

Road, Exeter, 7.30pm to<br />

9.00pm.<br />

PERFORMANCE: TRANS-<br />

FORM - SOUND & DANCE<br />

12 <strong>May</strong>- Part of the Transform:<br />

Trevor Bell exhibition,<br />

Peninsula Arts, The House,<br />

Plymouth, 7.00pm.<br />

TEA DANCE<br />

20 <strong>May</strong> to 15 Jul- Tea Dance<br />

on the third Sunday of<br />

each month, Ballroom <strong>and</strong><br />

Sequence dancing, Sidmouth<br />

Ballroom Dancing, Stowford<br />

Centre, Sidmouth, 2.30pm<br />

to 4.30pm.<br />

CONTINUED OVERLEAF...<br />

Box Office: 01395 445275<br />

Or via our website at:<br />

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Evening Concerts at 7.30pm<br />

Friday 13th July<br />

St Peter’s Church<br />

Wind Serenade<br />

Saturday 14th July<br />

Temple Methodist Church<br />

Apollo 5<br />

Monday 16th July<br />

Temple Methodist Church<br />

Sunwook Kim<br />

Tuesday 17th July<br />

St Peter’s Church<br />

The Festival Orchestra<br />

with Sheku Kanneh-<br />

Mason<br />

Free Lunchtime Concerts at 12noon (see website)<br />

Classical Music on<br />

the Jurassic Coast<br />

Registered Charity No: 1107812<br />

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All Evening<br />

Concerts<br />

£<strong>18</strong><br />

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Wednesday <strong>18</strong>th July<br />

Temple Methodist Church<br />

Merlin Ensemble<br />

Vienna<br />

Thursday 19th July<br />

Temple Methodist Church<br />

Sheku <strong>and</strong> Isata<br />

Kanneh-Mason<br />

Friday 20th July<br />

Temple Methodist Church<br />

Chiaroscuro Quartet<br />

Saturday 21st July<br />

St Peter’s Church<br />

Jess Gillam & Friends<br />

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∙ Fun Day Out – for all the family<br />

<strong>and</strong> all age groups<br />

∙ Great Food <strong>and</strong> Drink – from local<br />

producers to sample <strong>and</strong> buy<br />

∙ Great Entertainment – relax <strong>and</strong><br />

enjoy great acts <strong>and</strong> live music<br />

∙ Dog Show on Saturday 23 rd<br />

AXE VALE SHOW<br />

23 rd - 24 th <strong>June</strong> 20<strong>18</strong><br />

Trafalgar Way, Axminster EX13 5RJ<br />

A great weekend for all<br />

∙ Show Opening Times<br />

10am – 6pm (5.30pm Sunday)<br />

∙ Many Stalls: toys, hobbies, flowers,<br />

plants, arts, crafts, antiques, vintage<br />

<strong>and</strong> more<br />

∙ Demonstrations of local crafts<br />

∙ Sheep Shearing on Sunday 24 th<br />

Support your local community!<br />

Online Ticket Sales available now or purchase at the gate<br />

www.axevaleshow.com<br />

Charity number: 1130829<br />

Fairs<br />

What's On: <strong>May</strong> & Jun <strong>18</strong><br />

SPRING GARDEN FETE<br />

07 <strong>May</strong>- Join us for a<br />

traditional Garden Fete, Miss<br />

Ivy Events, Moorl<strong>and</strong> Garden<br />

Hotel, Yelverton, 10.30am<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

EXETER RECORD AND<br />

CD FAIR<br />

12 <strong>May</strong>- Knowledgeable local<br />

vendors selling quality vinyl,<br />

CD's <strong>and</strong> music memorabilia,<br />

Exeter Record & CD Fair,<br />

Corn Exchange, Exeter,<br />

9.30am to 3.30pm.<br />

SEATON WETLANDS<br />

PLANT AND CAKE SALE<br />

25 <strong>May</strong>- Pick up plant<br />

bargains <strong>and</strong> enjoy tea <strong>and</strong><br />

cake, East Devon Countryside<br />

Team, Seaton Wetl<strong>and</strong>s,<br />

Seaton, 11.00am to 3.00pm.<br />

Festivals<br />

FOOD & DRINK<br />

ARTISAN CRAFTS AND<br />

SADIE'S KITCHEN<br />

Until 26 Jun- All h<strong>and</strong>made,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Sadie's Kitchen,<br />

Kennaway House, Coburg<br />

Road, Sidmouth, 10.00am<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

FARMERS' MARKET<br />

Until 09 Jun- Second<br />

Saturday of every month<br />

- Farmers' Market, Kennaway<br />

House, Coburg Road,<br />

Sidmouth, 9.30am to 1.00pm.<br />

KINGSBRIDGE FOOD &<br />

MUSIC FESTIVAL 20<strong>18</strong><br />

01 Jun to 03 Jun- Three<br />

day celebration showcasing<br />

local tastes <strong>and</strong> sounds,<br />

Kingsbridge Food &<br />

Music Festival, The Quay,<br />

Kingsbridge.<br />

SIDMOUTH LITERARY<br />

FESTIVAL<br />

15 Jun to 17 Jun- Sidmouth<br />

Literary Festival, Kennaway<br />

House, Coburg Road,<br />

Sidmouth, 10.30am to<br />

9.30pm.<br />

DALWOOD FLOWER<br />

FESTIVAL<br />

15 Jun to 17 Jun- Beautiful<br />

Flowers in a picturesque<br />

setting. Craft display <strong>and</strong><br />

refreshments, Dalwood<br />

Church Flower Festival, St<br />

Peter's Church, Axminster,<br />

10.00am to 5.00pm.<br />

VINTAGE, JAZZ & GIN IN<br />

THE PARK<br />

TOM<br />

05 <strong>May</strong>- Love Vintage<br />

JONE<br />

shopping, drinking gin &<br />

listening to jazz music? Miss<br />

Ivy Events, Mount Edgcumbe<br />

Park, Torpoint, 11.00am to<br />

4.00pm.<br />

L<br />

Exciting entertainment<br />

booked for 23 to 24 <strong>June</strong>!<br />

The Axe Vale Show has something<br />

for everybody - from exhibits<br />

of plants <strong>and</strong> shrubs to locallysourced<br />

delicious food <strong>and</strong> drink.<br />

Marquees full of arts, crafts, toys,<br />

collectables as well as antique <strong>and</strong><br />

vintage items are there for you to<br />

browse through. In addition there<br />

are many stalls selling everything<br />

from kitchen utensils to horse<br />

blankets. After all the browsing<br />

(<strong>and</strong> hopefully shopping) you<br />

can relax outside <strong>and</strong> enjoy<br />

spectacular entertainment.<br />

This year there is an outst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

range of acts, with Adrian Smith<br />

a Strongman who was ranked<br />

5th in the World's Strongest Man<br />

<strong>and</strong> three times Winner of UK's<br />

Strongest Man Competition he<br />

will tear up phonebooks, bend<br />

nails, lift a seated lady into the<br />

air. There will be<br />

a fire spectacular with Joseph<br />

Peace, who will perform some<br />

breath-taking stunts For animal<br />

lovers we have the famous<br />

Blackrock Llamas - they will<br />

demonstrate their skills in the<br />

ring whilst racing against each<br />

other <strong>and</strong> undertaking an agility<br />

course. This year we are pleased<br />

to have Xtreme Falconry joining<br />

us with a large selection of Eagles,<br />

Hawks, Falcons, Owls <strong>and</strong> Vultures.<br />

Only on Saturday 23rd we have<br />

our Axe Vale Dog Show. Sharon<br />

Foxhall, a local dog breeder<br />

<strong>and</strong> trainer, will judge the dogs<br />

with the best dog in the show<br />

being awarded the Ferne Animal<br />

Sanctuary Cup. On the Sunday<br />

instead of the Dog Show we have<br />

a Sheep–Shearing demonstration<br />

by Ash Selway, a local Sheep-<br />

Shearer who will demonstrate<br />

the art of catching, turning <strong>and</strong><br />

then shearing the sheep.<br />

With the range of activities on<br />

offer we really hope that the<br />

Axe Vale Show will be a superb<br />

weekend <strong>and</strong> we hope to be<br />

able to raise even more money<br />

for local good causes within the<br />

community.<br />

Keep up to date with the Axe Vale<br />

Show on Facebook <strong>and</strong> Twitter.<br />

PIRATES & PRINCESSES<br />

EVENT<br />

26 <strong>May</strong> to 03 Jun- This<br />

summer half term<br />

- experience good old<br />

fashioned fair ground fun,<br />

Dingles Fairground Heritage<br />

Centre, Milford, Lifton.<br />

SPRING FAMILY FUN DAY<br />

& DOG SHOW<br />

27 <strong>May</strong>- An action-packed<br />

day for all the family - fourlegged<br />

friends included! The<br />

Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth,<br />

Slade House Farm, Sidmouth,<br />

10.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

Tom Jones at Powderham Castle<br />

at Dartington, Dartington,<br />

SUNDAY 9.00am to 15 6.00pm. JULY<br />

SUMMER GARDEN FETE<br />

28 <strong>May</strong>- Join us for a<br />

traditional Garden Fete, Miss<br />

Ivy Events, Kitley House<br />

Hotel, Yealmpton, 10.30am<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

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GENERAL<br />

beer & cider <strong>and</strong> the Lister<br />

POWDERHAM CASTLE<br />

Engine Rally, Morwellham<br />

Budleigh Salterton, 10.30am<br />

to 4.30pm.<br />

DANCE DAY @<br />

KENNAWAY HOUSE<br />

21 Jun to 21 Jul- Sid Vale<br />

Folk to sing for Sidmouth<br />

Steppers' celebration 'Dance<br />

Day', Sid Vale Folk Choir,<br />

Kennaway House, Sidmouth.<br />

EXETER FESTIVAL OF<br />

SOUTH WEST FOOD &<br />

DRINK<br />

05 <strong>May</strong> to 07 <strong>May</strong>- The<br />

award-winning foodie<br />

event returns for its 15th<br />

consecutive year! Exeter<br />

Festival of South West<br />

Food, Exeter Castle, Exeter,<br />

10.00am to 6.00pm.<br />

THE SHOPS AT<br />

DARTINGTON MAY FOOD<br />

FAIR<br />

27 <strong>May</strong> to 28 <strong>May</strong>- Fill your<br />

Bank Holiday weekend with<br />

plenty of foodie fun for the<br />

whole family! The Shops<br />

EXETER FLORAL TRAIL -<br />

CHELSEA FRINGE EVENT<br />

22 <strong>May</strong> to 24 <strong>May</strong>- Chelsea<br />

Fringe Event-a floral<br />

happening in Exeter retail &<br />

historic locations, Academy<br />

of Floral Art, Exeter city<br />

centre, Exeter, 11.30am to<br />

5.30pm.<br />

OTTERTON FLOWER<br />

FESTIVAL<br />

21 Jun to 24 Jun- The Flower<br />

Festival is open for 4 days<br />

in St Michael's Church,<br />

Otterton , Otterton Flower<br />

Festival, Flower Festival,<br />

Otterton, 10.00am to 6.00pm.<br />

EXETER RESPECT<br />

FESTIVAL<br />

30 Jun- Visit our stall<br />

Exeter's Respect Festival!<br />

Royal Albert Memorial<br />

Museum - RAMM, Queen<br />

Street, Exeter, 11.00am to<br />

6.00pm.<br />

BEER, MUSIC & LISTER<br />

FESTIVAL<br />

30 Jun to 01 Jul- Listen<br />

to great music, enjoy local<br />

Quay, Tavistock, 10.00am<br />

to 5.00pm.<br />

MUSIC<br />

TUESDAY CONCERT BY<br />

SEAN SWEENY<br />

01 <strong>May</strong>- An organ recital<br />

by Sean Sweeny: part of<br />

the Tavistock Festival, St<br />

Eustachius Tavistock Parish<br />

Church, Plymouth Road,<br />

Tavistock, 1.00pm.<br />

LONG L<br />

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Media, Exeter Castle, Exeter,<br />

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Festival's all-new live music<br />

evening event, One Voice<br />

Media, Exeter Castle, Exeter,<br />

6.45pm.<br />

UNIVERSITY OF<br />

PLYMOUTH MUSIC WEEK<br />

08 <strong>May</strong> to 12 <strong>May</strong>-<br />

Experience diverse musical<br />

delights from the University<br />

of Plymouth, Peninsula<br />

Arts, University of Plymouth,<br />

Plymouth.<br />

AMBIENT CHILLED<br />

10 <strong>May</strong>- Electronics <strong>and</strong> New<br />

Instruments. University of<br />

Plymouth Music Week 20<strong>18</strong>,<br />

Peninsula Arts, The House,<br />

Plymouth, 7.00pm to 9.00pm.<br />

RECITAL BY THOMAS<br />

HOBBS<br />

12 <strong>May</strong>- Thomas Hobbs,<br />

internationally famous<br />

tenor, treats us to wonderful<br />

singing, Exeter Bach Society,<br />

St Luke's College Chapel,<br />

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

PLYMOUTH RECORD AND<br />

CD FAIR<br />

26 <strong>May</strong>- Knowledgeable local<br />

vendors selling quality vinyl,<br />

CD's <strong>and</strong> music memorabilia,<br />

Exeter Record & CD Fair,<br />

Lower Guildhall, Plymouth,<br />

10.00am to 3.00pm.<br />

SOME MUSIC FIOR A<br />

SUMMER EVENING<br />

09 Jun- The Sir Joshua<br />

Reynolds Choir In concert<br />

with The Sunset Swing B<strong>and</strong>,<br />

Sir Joshua Reynolds Choir,<br />

Harewood House, Plymouth,<br />

7.30pm to 9.45pm.<br />

GOREN FESTIVAL 20<strong>18</strong><br />

29 Jun to 01 Jul- A family<br />

friendly festival set amongst<br />

wildflower meadows, Goren<br />

Farm Stockl<strong>and</strong>, 3.00pm to<br />

3.00pm.<br />

Garden<br />

STONE LANE GARDENS<br />

(CHAGFORD, TQ13 8JU)<br />

Until 31 <strong>May</strong>- Stone Lane<br />

Gardens: Open 365 days<br />

of the year, Stone Lane<br />

Gardens, Stone Lane Gardens,<br />

Chagford.<br />

LUKESLAND SPRING<br />

OPENINGS: SUNS, WEDS<br />

& BH'S<br />

Until 10 Jun- 24 acres of<br />

beautiful Spring colour &<br />

tea room, Lukesl<strong>and</strong> Gardens,<br />

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

Honiton Music Festival returns as East Devon Music Festival 16th <strong>June</strong> to 30th <strong>June</strong><br />

Agricultural<br />

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

NGS CHARITY OPENING Musbury Barton, Axminster, No Dogs, Yonder Hill Garden,<br />

2.00pm to 5.00pm.<br />

Colaton Raleigh, 1.30pm to Heritage<br />

06, 07 <strong>May</strong>- Private Garden<br />

OPEN FOR CHARITY Adults<br />

4.30pm.<br />

£3.50 Child £1 Car Park BONSAI WEEKEND<br />

MILLING<br />

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

Colaton Raleigh, 1.30pm to this weekend to celebrate NGS CHARITY OPENING Milling tradition continues<br />

4.30pm.<br />

Agricultural Show<br />

this delicate <strong>and</strong> iconic<br />

20, 27, 28 <strong>May</strong>- Private<br />

every two weeks here in<br />

tree, RHS Garden Rosemoor, Garden OPEN FOR CHARITY Otterton, Otterton Mill, The<br />

MUSBURY BARTON<br />

Great Torrington, 10.00am<br />

Adults £3.50 Child £1 Car Green, Otterton, 11.00am to<br />

GARDEN OPEN FOR SEND to 4.00pm.<br />

Park No Dogs, Yonder Hill 3.00pm.<br />

A COW<br />

Garden, Colaton Raleigh,<br />

YONDER HILL GARDEN ~<br />

12 <strong>May</strong> to 13 <strong>May</strong>- Musbury<br />

1.30pm to 4.30pm.<br />

NGS CHARITY OPENING<br />

Barton Garden will be open<br />

13 <strong>May</strong>- Private Garden<br />

in aid of Send a Cow. Teas<br />

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20<strong>18</strong> MUSEUM OPENING<br />

Until 20 <strong>May</strong>- 20<strong>18</strong> New<br />

Season, Sidmouth Museum,<br />

Hope Cottage, Sidmouth,<br />

10.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

EXMOUTH MUSEUM<br />

Until 07 Jul- Open season<br />

for History, suitable for all<br />

ages, Exmouth Museum,<br />

Sheppards Row, Exmouth.<br />

LYME REGIS MUSEUM<br />

Until 07 Jul- Fossil walks,<br />

gallery talks <strong>and</strong> children's<br />

activities run throughout the<br />

year, Lyme Regis Museum,<br />

Bridge Street, Lyme Regis.<br />

TRASH OR TREASURE<br />

Until 10 Jul- Our current<br />

temporary exhibition has<br />

a local archaeology theme,<br />

Tiverton Museum of Mid<br />

Devon Life, Becks Square,<br />

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

DISCOVERING WORLDS:<br />

AFRICA DISPLAYS<br />

01 <strong>May</strong>- A special gallery<br />

<strong>and</strong> behind the scenes tour<br />

of our new Africa displays,<br />

Royal Albert Memorial<br />

Museum - RAMM, Queen<br />

Street, Exeter, 2.00pm to<br />

3.00pm.<br />

DEVON'S ASYLUM<br />

LANDSCAPES<br />

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

Helen Whitmore <strong>and</strong> Judy<br />

Walton, Garden Historians,<br />

Devon Rural Archive,<br />

Shilstone, Modbury, 6.30pm<br />

to 9.00pm.<br />

GUIDED TOUR OF<br />

SHILSTONE HOUSE AND<br />

GROUNDS<br />

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

House <strong>and</strong> Grounds by<br />

Resident Archaeologist Abi<br />

Gray, Devon Rural Archive,<br />

Shilstone, Modbury, 2.00pm<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

EMBRACING THE PAST,<br />

PRESERVING THE<br />

FUTURE<br />

22 <strong>May</strong>- Dr. Tristram<br />

Hunt discusses the V&A's<br />

continued commitment to<br />

art & education, Royal Albert<br />

Memorial Museum - RAMM,<br />

Queen Street, Exeter, 7.00pm<br />

to 8.00pm.<br />

RAGGED VICTORIAN<br />

WEEKEND<br />

26 <strong>May</strong> to 28 <strong>May</strong>- Meet the<br />

Ragged Victorians as they<br />

hang out at Morwellham all<br />

weekend, Morwellham Quay,<br />

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

TRAVELLING LADIES<br />

FAMILY TOUR<br />

26 <strong>May</strong> to 03 Jun- Travelling<br />

ladies family tour, A la Ronde,<br />

Summer Lane, Exmouth,<br />

9.30am to 4.30pm.<br />

AN EXETER MAN IN<br />

ALGIERS: JOSEPH PITTS<br />

07 Jun- Evening lecture by<br />

Paul Auchterlonie of the<br />

University of Exeter, Devon<br />

Rural Archive, Shilstone,<br />

Modbury, 6.30pm to 9.00pm.<br />

REPRESENTING AFRICA<br />

IN BRITISH MUSEUMS<br />

08 Jun- Free conference<br />

examining the<br />

representations of Africa<br />

in British museums, Royal<br />

Albert Memorial Museum -<br />

RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter,<br />

10.15am to 5.00pm.<br />

A CRACKING MUSEUM<br />

13 Jun- Alan Caig will<br />

recount the story of RAMM's<br />

many phases <strong>and</strong> extensions,<br />

Royal Albert Memorial<br />

Museum - RAMM, Queen<br />

Street, Exeter, 6.30pm to<br />

8.00pm.<br />

GUIDED TOUR OF<br />

SHILSTONE HOUSE AND<br />

GROUNDS<br />

19 Jun- Tour of Shilstone<br />

House <strong>and</strong> Grounds by<br />

Resident Archaeologist Abi<br />

Gray, Devon Rural Archive,<br />

Shilstone, Modbury, 2.00pm<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

DAVID OLUSOGA: BLACK<br />

AND BRITISH<br />

22 Jun- David Olusoga<br />

examines the long history<br />

between the British Isles<br />

<strong>and</strong> Africa, Royal Albert<br />

Memorial Museum - RAMM,<br />

Queen Street, Exeter, 7.30pm<br />

to 8.30pm.<br />

CONTINUED OVERLEAF...<br />

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couples • family • pet pawtraits<br />

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What's On: <strong>May</strong> & Jun <strong>18</strong><br />

POWDERHAM<br />

CASTLE<br />

SPECTACULAR<br />

JOUSTING<br />

RETURNS!<br />

30 th MAY<br />

to<br />

1 st JUNE<br />

Make magical<br />

Medieval memories!<br />

Witness the historic sport of<br />

jousting as knights battle for success,<br />

<strong>and</strong> take an adventure through a lifesize LEGO ® kingdom this<br />

<strong>May</strong> half-term! Open 10am - 5pm Sunday - Friday.<br />

27 th MAY<br />

to<br />

3 rd JUNE<br />

BRICK<br />

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What's On: <strong>May</strong> & Jun <strong>18</strong><br />

Opera<br />

CONCERT AT TAVISTOCK<br />

TOWN HALL<br />

19 <strong>May</strong>- Plymouth Gilbert<br />

& Sullivan Fellowship in<br />

concert, Tavistock Town<br />

Hall, Tavistock Town Hall,<br />

Tavistock, 7.30pm.<br />

Rally<br />

& Motor<br />

THE SCRUMPY RUN<br />

13 <strong>May</strong>- 40<br />

riders follow a route over<br />

Exmoor returning for the<br />

presentation of prizes,<br />

Vintage Motor Cycle Club<br />

(Devon Section), The<br />

Seafront, Ilfracombe,<br />

11.00am.<br />

CLASSIC CAR DAY<br />

10 Jun- 8th annual classic<br />

<strong>and</strong> retro car show, The Big<br />

Sheep, Abbotsham.<br />

Boating<br />

EVENING PADDLE BY<br />

CANOE<br />

04 <strong>May</strong>- A guided canoe<br />

journey on the stunning River<br />

Dart as night falls.., Winding<br />

River Canoe, Swallowfields,<br />

Totnes, 6.00pm to 10.00pm.<br />

SHARPHAM CANOE<br />

PICNIC<br />

05 <strong>May</strong>- Canoeing on the<br />

scenic River Dart - topped<br />

off with a gourmet bankside<br />

picnic, Winding River Canoe,<br />

LONGMARSH CARPARK,<br />

Totnes, 11.00am to 3.00pm.<br />

MARINA OPEN DAY<br />

05 <strong>May</strong>- Discover everything<br />

that happens Plymouth's<br />

largest marina, Plymouth<br />

Yacht Haven, Plymouth Yacht<br />

Havan, Plymouth, 10.00am<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

WEEKEND CANOE SAFARI<br />

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

OVERNIGHT CANOE<br />

TRIP - WILD CAMPING<br />

IN STUNNING SCENERY,<br />

Winding River Canoe,<br />

LONGMARSH CAR PARK,<br />

Totnes, 10.00am to 1.00pm.<br />

EVENING PADDLE BY<br />

CANOE<br />

08 Jun- A guided canoe<br />

journey on the stunning River<br />

Dart as night falls.., Winding<br />

River Canoe, Swallowfields,<br />

Totnes, 6.00pm to 10.00pm.<br />

DAY CANOE SAFARI<br />

10 Jun- Explore Devon's<br />

favourite river by tarditional<br />

canoe, - pub or picnic lunch,<br />

Winding River Canoe, river<br />

shack car park, Stoke Gabriel,<br />

10.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

SHARPHAM CANOE<br />

PICNIC<br />

16 Jun- Canoeing on the<br />

scenic River Dart - topped<br />

off with a gourmet bankside<br />

picnic, Winding River Canoe,<br />

LONGMARSH CARPARK,<br />

Totnes, 11.00am to 3.00pm.<br />

DAY CANOE SAFARI<br />

17 Jun- A day out exploring<br />

Devon's favourite river<br />

by traditional canadian<br />

canoe, Winding River Canoe,<br />

longmarsh car park, Totnes,<br />

10.00am to 4.00pm.<br />

VOCES8 at Shaldon Festival which runs from 21st to 24th <strong>June</strong><br />

Sport<br />

OUTDOOR MEDITATION<br />

02 <strong>May</strong>- Learn to meditate<br />

outdoors, East Devon<br />

Countryside Team, Seaton<br />

Wetl<strong>and</strong>s, Seaton, 6.00pm<br />

to 8.00pm.<br />

TORBAY MOTOR CLUB'S<br />

SPEED HILL CLIMB<br />

19 <strong>May</strong>- Motor sport action<br />

at the Westcountry's premier<br />

hill climb course, Torbay<br />

Motor Club, Wiscombe<br />

Park, Southleigh, 10.00am<br />

to 5.30pm.<br />

RYA 'PUSH THE BOAT OUT'<br />

20 <strong>May</strong>- Get involved in<br />

sailing & motor boating<br />

in your local area, Axe<br />

Yacht Club, Harbour Road,<br />

Axmouth, 10.00am to 2.00pm.<br />

CHARITY NINE HOLE<br />

GOLF DAY<br />

25 <strong>May</strong>- Golf Day -9 hole<br />

competition in aid of<br />

Exeter Group Riding for<br />

the Disabled, Rotary Club<br />

of Exeter Southernhay,<br />

Exminster Golf Centre, Exeter,<br />

10.00am to 4.30pm.<br />

MUD LARKS FUN RUN<br />

27 <strong>May</strong>- Get muddy for a<br />

good cause with Dartington's<br />

charity family mud fun<br />

run, Harry Wild, The Shops<br />

at Dartington, Dartington,<br />

10.00am to 2.30pm.<br />

SPECTACULAR JOUSTING<br />

30 <strong>May</strong> to 01 Jun- Witness<br />

this noble <strong>and</strong> historic<br />

sport against an authentic<br />

backdrop! Powderham Castle,<br />

Kenton, Exeter, 10.00am to<br />

5.00pm.<br />

Theatre<br />

MUSICALS<br />

A SPOONFUL OF<br />

SHERMAN<br />

16 <strong>May</strong> to <strong>18</strong> <strong>May</strong>- Catch this<br />

perfect family production<br />

celebrating 100 years of<br />

Sherman music, Exeter<br />

Northcott Theatre, Stocker<br />

Road, Exeter, 7.30pm to<br />

9.00pm.<br />

PLAYS<br />

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S<br />

DREAM<br />

08 <strong>May</strong> to 12 <strong>May</strong>- Coming<br />

to Exeter following a<br />

critically acclaimed run in<br />

London, Exeter Northcott<br />

Theatre, Stocker Road, Exeter,<br />

7.30pm to 8.30pm.<br />

OUT OF THE ASHES BY<br />

CITY OF LIGHT THEATRE<br />

13 <strong>May</strong>- Based on the<br />

children's book by Michael<br />

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<strong>Devonshire</strong>’s intrepid outdoor adventure junkie<br />

brings you her latest trip!<br />

Emma’s<br />

Outdoor<br />

Adventures<br />

by Emma Moore<br />

continued...<br />

What's On: <strong>May</strong> & Jun <strong>18</strong><br />

Snow is always great fun for a<br />

little while but for me the real<br />

fun starts when temperatures<br />

Emma’s<br />

Outdoor<br />

Adventures<br />

by Emma Moore<br />

outdoors then <strong>and</strong> thankfully<br />

for us, adventure season is just<br />

around the corner!<br />

<br />

So far this year I think it’s safe to<br />

say our weather has been a little<br />

odd... to say the least! In particular<br />

ʻStorm Emma’ (sorry guys) caused<br />

all sorts of issues, but as always<br />

we were going to try to make<br />

the best of the situation we had,<br />

<strong>and</strong> yep, I think we managed to<br />

do just that!<br />

as they competed against one<br />

another in a contest, of who could<br />

do the most stupid descent on a<br />

body board down the snowy hills,<br />

all for a laugh! There were slips<br />

<strong>and</strong> trips, stumbles <strong>and</strong> tumbles<br />

but it was all good fun <strong>and</strong> thankfully<br />

no one was badly hurt by the<br />

end of it! Although, I’m not sure<br />

My favourite day was one<br />

Sunday in March when<br />

round two of the storm<br />

had set in, two friends<br />

of ours had become<br />

str<strong>and</strong>ed at our house<br />

in Chudleigh Knighton,<br />

after staying over for<br />

an evening of games<br />

the night before. With<br />

no way of them getting<br />

back to Exeter, due to<br />

road closures <strong>and</strong> thick<br />

snow everywhere you<br />

looked, there was only<br />

really one thing for us<br />

all to do on that day – So<br />

we got our thermals on,<br />

dug our ski gear out <strong>and</strong><br />

headed in search of some<br />

snowy <strong>Devonshire</strong> hills<br />

to slide down!<br />

The nearest hills to us<br />

were those near Heathfield on<br />

the ʻTempler Way’ trail, a popular<br />

walking <strong>and</strong> cycling path that<br />

runs all the way from Teignmouth<br />

through to Haytor on Dartmoor,<br />

it is a beautiful path, taking<br />

you through some spectacular<br />

scenery along the way with an<br />

abundance of wildlife to see as<br />

well.<br />

With no way of getting our<br />

cars out that day, we packed up,<br />

loaded ourselves up <strong>and</strong> decided<br />

we would get there on foot, <strong>and</strong><br />

although it was only a 2.3 mile<br />

walk, when you’re up to your eyeballs<br />

in clothes, carrying snowboards,<br />

bags, <strong>and</strong> body boards<br />

<strong>and</strong> the snow is up to your shins,<br />

it felt like quite the hike.<br />

We played around in the snow<br />

for a good few hours <strong>and</strong> the<br />

boys being boys, got away with<br />

only mildly injuring themselves,<br />

Snowtime! - back in March<br />

who won in the end, but I can tell<br />

you it was most certainly not the<br />

body boards, as they both came<br />

home in a few pieces, whereas<br />

the rest of us came home pretty<br />

much intact.<br />

In hindsight, body boards probably<br />

weren’t the best replacement<br />

for sledges, but sometimes you<br />

just have to improvise.<br />

All in all it was an awesome day to<br />

remember <strong>and</strong> the dog definitely<br />

had the best time too, tucked up<br />

in a little coat of her own <strong>and</strong><br />

stampeding around, chasing us<br />

up <strong>and</strong> down the hills on every<br />

run, tracking at least double the<br />

miles that we did. The Collie in<br />

her means she is not one to tire<br />

easily, if at all!<br />

continued on page 28<br />

TONS OF MONEY<br />

14 <strong>May</strong> to 19 <strong>May</strong>- TONS<br />

OF MONEY.Revised by Alan<br />

Ayckbourn/original Will<br />

Evans & Arthur Valentine,<br />

TOADS Theatre Company,<br />

The Little Theatre, Torquay,<br />

7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

get a little warmer <strong>and</strong> summer<br />

starts to appear, you can really<br />

start to make the most of the great<br />

The B<strong>and</strong> play at Theatre Royal Plymouth<br />

Charlie <strong>and</strong> Emma<br />

THE CRUCIBLE<br />

16 <strong>May</strong> to 19 <strong>May</strong>- Powerful<br />

drama of the story of<br />

the Salem Witch trials in<br />

1692/93, Sidmouth Amateur<br />

Dramatic Society, Manor<br />

Pavilion Theatre, Emma Sidmouth, x<br />

7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

OPEN AUDITIONS FOR<br />

"QUARTET"<br />

17 <strong>May</strong>- Auditions open to<br />

Until next timeyou all for The Exmouth<br />

Players Sept production of<br />

"Quartet", Exmouth Players,<br />

10 Bicton Street, Exmouth,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

21 to 24 <strong>June</strong> 20<strong>18</strong><br />

St Peter’s Church, Shaldon TQ14 0DB<br />

All concerts commence at 7.30pm<br />

VOCES8<br />

Vocal ensemble sensation<br />

Chetham’s School of Music<br />

Showcase Concert<br />

Festival Choir<br />

Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle<br />

Fibonacci Sequence<br />

Piano <strong>and</strong> string ensemble<br />

Full programme details<br />

<strong>and</strong> ticket information at<br />

www.shaldonfestival.co.uk<br />

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What's On: <strong>May</strong> & Jun <strong>18</strong><br />

OPEN AUDITIONS FOR<br />

"QUARTET"<br />

20 <strong>May</strong>- Auditions open to<br />

all for The Exmouth Players<br />

Sept production of "Quartet",<br />

Exmouth Players, 10 Bicton<br />

Street, Exmouth, 2.30pm to<br />

4.30pm.<br />

THE LONG MIRROR -<br />

CYGNET THEATRE<br />

27 <strong>May</strong>- Cygnet Theatre<br />

presents one of J. B.<br />

Priestley’s fascinating ‘time<br />

plays’, Palace Theatre<br />

Paignton, Palace Avenue,<br />

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

A MURDER IS<br />

ANNOUNCED - AGATHA<br />

CHRISTIE<br />

05 Jun to 26 Jul- Paignton’s<br />

famous Bijou Theatre<br />

Productions present this<br />

Agatha Christie drama,<br />

Palace Theatre Paignton,<br />

Palace Avenue, Paignton,<br />

7.30pm to 9.30pm.<br />

ROUGH JUSTICE<br />

11 Jun to 16 Jun- ROUGH<br />

JUSTICE By Terence Frisby,<br />

Directed by Stephanie Austin,<br />

TOADS Theatre Company,<br />

The Little Theatre, Torquay,<br />

7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

Walks<br />

A BLUEBELL WALK<br />

02 <strong>May</strong>- A short walk to<br />

see the bluebells on Combe<br />

Head Wood, Otter Valley<br />

Association, Salcombe Hill<br />

NT CP, Salcombe, 2.00pm<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

LYME HISTORY WALK<br />

09 <strong>May</strong>- A walk around Lyme<br />

Regis to discover its unique<br />

<strong>and</strong> colourful history, Lyme<br />

History Walks, Holms, Lyme<br />

Regis, 11.00am to 12.30am.<br />

COAST & COUNTRY<br />

09 <strong>May</strong>- A varied walk in<br />

the local area, Otter Valley<br />

Association, E Budleigh free<br />

CP, East Budleigh, 10.00am<br />

to 2.30pm.<br />

FINDING THE BEAR<br />

12 <strong>May</strong>- A walk around<br />

Kentisbeare, Otter Valley<br />

Association, Kentisbeare<br />

Village CP, Kentisbeare,<br />

10.00am to 1.00pm.<br />

DAWN CHORUS WALK<br />

13 <strong>May</strong>- This early morning<br />

walk with a ranger is an<br />

opportunity to listen to bird<br />

song, Greenway National<br />

Trust, Greenway Road,<br />

Galmpton.<br />

LYME HISTORY WALK<br />

16 <strong>May</strong>- A walk around Lyme<br />

Regis to discover its unique<br />

<strong>and</strong> colourful history, Lyme<br />

Visitor Centre<br />

History Walks, Holms, Lyme<br />

Regis, 11.00am to 12.30am.<br />

SWEETS AND HARES<br />

19 <strong>May</strong>- A walk through<br />

Sweetcombe <strong>and</strong> Harcombe,<br />

Otter Valley Association,<br />

Sidbury CP, Sidbury, 10.00am<br />

to 2.00pm.<br />

IF THE CAP FITS?<br />

25 <strong>May</strong>- A 7.5 mile walk with<br />

views of the Jurassic coast<br />

<strong>and</strong> Lyme Bay, Otter Valley<br />

Association, Charmouth<br />

Heritage Coast Centre,<br />

Charmouth, 10.00am to<br />

2.00pm.<br />

AROUND THE BEACON<br />

30 <strong>May</strong>- A varied walk<br />

to Venn Ottery, Fluxion<br />

<strong>and</strong> Waxway, Otter Valley<br />

Association, Newton<br />

Poppleford Rec CP, Newton<br />

Poppleford, 10.00am to<br />

2.30pm.<br />

'SONGWAYS OF<br />

DARTMOOR'<br />

17 Jun- A 9-mile moorl<strong>and</strong><br />

pilgrimage walk with pack<br />

ponies <strong>and</strong> minstrels, The<br />

Dartmoor Society, Postbridge<br />

Village Hall, Postbridge,<br />

9.00am to 9.00pm.<br />

Visitor Centre office@mare<strong>and</strong>foal.org<br />

Coombe Park<br />

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Snow is always great fun for a<br />

little while but for me the real<br />

fun starts when temperatures<br />

get a little warmer <strong>and</strong> summer<br />

starts to appear, you can really<br />

start to make the most of the great<br />

Emma’s<br />

Outdoor<br />

Adventures<br />

by Emma Moore<br />

Charlie <strong>and</strong> Emma<br />

outdoors then <strong>and</strong> thankfully<br />

for us, adventure season is just<br />

around the corner!<br />

Until next time<br />

Emma x<br />

Wildlife<br />

What's On: <strong>May</strong> & Jun <strong>18</strong><br />

KELLAND BLUEBELL<br />

WOODS OPEN FOR SEND<br />

A COW<br />

05 <strong>May</strong> to 06 <strong>May</strong>- Kell<strong>and</strong><br />

Bluebell Woods open with<br />

Cream Teas open for Send a<br />

Cow, Send a Cow, Holmefield,<br />

Lapford, 2.00pm to 5.00pm.<br />

WHAT'S THAT BIRD?<br />

06 <strong>May</strong>- Whatever your<br />

experience come along<br />

<strong>and</strong> improve your bird<br />

identification skill, East<br />

Devon Countryside Team,<br />

Tower Hide at Seaton<br />

Wetl<strong>and</strong>s, Seaton, 2.00pm<br />

to 4.00pm.<br />

WILD FLOWER WALK<br />

10 <strong>May</strong>- A guided walk<br />

around our "Barn Owl heaven"<br />

spotting wild flowers as you<br />

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12 <strong>May</strong>- Look for signs<br />

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to 12.00am.<br />

CANOE SAFARI<br />

14 <strong>May</strong>- Explore the wildlife<br />

of the river Axe by canoe,<br />

East Devon Countryside<br />

Team, Seaton Wetl<strong>and</strong>s,<br />

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It's Show Time!<br />

As the county's main show of the<br />

year approaches, we talk to a few<br />

of the animal exhibitors about<br />

their show preparations.<br />

Hurray, it will shortly be upon us again, for many<br />

the highlight of Devon's year, yes the Devon County<br />

Show. Now in its 146th year (founded in <strong>18</strong>72) it was<br />

(<strong>and</strong> still is) run by the Devon County Agricultural<br />

Association.<br />

A riot of exhibitions, st<strong>and</strong>s, parades, rural crafts<br />

<strong>and</strong> entertainment, there's much for visitors to<br />

enjoy <strong>and</strong> participate in, so make sure you add it<br />

to your calendar.<br />

Stalwarts of the show of course are the agricultural<br />

exhibitors, it's what the show's all about of course,<br />

Devon's predominantly a rural county with farms<br />

<strong>and</strong> small holdings dotted across from coast to coast.<br />

The contribution farmers make to the economy is<br />

immense <strong>and</strong> you shouldn't forget that they provide<br />

us with a wide range of important food stuffs. Over<br />

recent years there's been something of a resurgence<br />

in the appreciation of locally grown food. These<br />

days restaurants gladly wave their 'locally grown<br />

<strong>and</strong> sourced' credentials <strong>and</strong> make every effort to<br />

include seasonal crops in their menus which is as<br />

it should be.<br />

Here we talk to Deborah Custance-Baker, a black<br />

top pig exhibitor who is also one of the directors<br />

of the Devon County Agricultural Association.<br />

Deborah Custance-Baker:<br />

The most important thing to underst<strong>and</strong>, before<br />

you even get to the Show , is that you must have a<br />

good sense of humour. Things don’t always go to<br />

plan dealing with animals, As WC Fields said<br />

“Never work with children or animals” – <strong>and</strong><br />

he was quite right. Being the first show of the<br />

season, there is even more eager anticipation<br />

to get to Westpoint to see friends <strong>and</strong> fellow<br />

breeders that I have not seen since last season.<br />

It can be described as a bit like a family party.<br />

There are many different pig breeds present,<br />

Large Blacks are the best – a good West Country<br />

pig, big, black with droopy ears (but I might<br />

be biased! )<br />

William Dorrell with his Gr<strong>and</strong>fathers Champion Devon Bull at Agrifest 2017 Pic taken by<br />

Richard Austin, not forgetting to mention that alongside st<strong>and</strong>s the Countess of Wessex.<br />

There are classes for a number of different<br />

ages of pigs in each breed. So the timing of<br />

the birth is important, ideally pigs should be<br />

born early January or early July – the gestation<br />

period of a pig is 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days – so<br />

March <strong>and</strong> September ate active months for<br />

a sow <strong>and</strong> boar!<br />

Show pigs must be a prime example of the<br />

breed <strong>and</strong> each breed has certain st<strong>and</strong>ards,<br />

a pig must have good legs <strong>and</strong> feet, have at<br />

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

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least 14 evenly spaced teats (the sow must be able<br />

to feed all her piglets) <strong>and</strong> the boar should have a<br />

similar st<strong>and</strong>ard to pass on to the offspring.<br />

Having selected the (hopefully) winning pig to<br />

bring to Devon County back at the beginning of<br />

March when entries had to be in, you think you<br />

are all sorted.<br />

For the weeks before the Show we are training<br />

the pigs to the stick <strong>and</strong> board, pigs are one of the<br />

few animals that are not halter trained, instead we<br />

guide them round the ring with a stick <strong>and</strong> board.<br />

Show pigs need to be clean <strong>and</strong> shiny <strong>and</strong> looking<br />

at their best. The large Shows all provide shower<br />

facilities for the pigs, with hot <strong>and</strong> cold running<br />

water – some people consider the pigs accommodation<br />

far superior to their own! My pigs will<br />

have had a shower at home <strong>and</strong> will have had oil<br />

massaged into their back to make their skin look<br />

even more healthy <strong>and</strong> attractive.<br />

Movement licences written, pigs loaded, off we<br />

go to the show. A welcoming steward is on h<strong>and</strong><br />

to help when you get to the show, <strong>and</strong> then let<br />

the competition begin. Hopefully we will return<br />

home with that much coveted rosette, or possibly<br />

even a piece of silverware. But should the worst<br />

happen (<strong>and</strong> it has happened to me in the past)<br />

the pig is not up to scratch then ultimately it will<br />

go to the butcher – but this is all in the nature of<br />

conservation – if you don’t eat them, we cant keep<br />

them, <strong>and</strong> our traditional breeds will die out. The<br />

unlucky pigs will produce the most delicious pork,<br />

crackling <strong>and</strong> sausages <strong>and</strong> may go on to win a<br />

produce competition.<br />

Deborah Custance-Baker<br />

Grania Phillips at the Devon County Show with<br />

her prize winning livestock. Grania became the<br />

High Sheriff of Devon on the 5th of April this<br />

year, see overleaf.<br />

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Meet the DEVONSHIRE Writers<br />

<strong>Devonshire</strong> magazine has a st<strong>and</strong> at the Devon County Show this year where you are able to meet<br />

<strong>and</strong> chat with writers. Please note appearances are at specific times, it's advised you visit the st<strong>and</strong><br />

previous to the shown times on the day to check appearance times of writers.<br />

Thursday 17th<br />

Janet East - Yellingham Farm<br />

9am to 1pm<br />

Christopher Taylor - The Countryman<br />

12 noon to 5pm<br />

Friday <strong>18</strong>th<br />

Natalie Bucklar - Horse Care<br />

10am to 1pm<br />

Michael Downes - Raleigh 400 year<br />

12 noon to 5pm<br />

Saturday 19th<br />

Ted Gosling - Noted Devon Historian<br />

10am to 12 noon<br />

John Fisher - Nelson's Column<br />

12 noon to 3pm<br />

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The 'new' High Sheriff of Devon<br />

'New' is hardly a word you'd<br />

associate with the position of<br />

High Sheriff, a secular office that<br />

dates from the Saxon times.<br />

The term 'Sheriff' derives from 'Scir-gerefa'<br />

(Anglo Saxon) otherwise 'Shire Reeve'. The<br />

High Sheriff office has been existence for over<br />

1,000 years <strong>and</strong> in the early days they were<br />

principal representatives for the crown, able<br />

to summon 'posse comitatus' - the full power<br />

of the Shire in the service of the Sovereign.<br />

In addition, they served judgement on cases<br />

in the monthly court of the hundred (a Saxon<br />

sub shire area) indeed, they were pretty<br />

powerful, particularly in immediate post-<br />

Conquest times. I don't doubt that if you're<br />

of a certain age, you'll have watched The<br />

Old court papers recording the pleas of<br />

defendants - historically, the High Sheriff<br />

would serve judgement on these cases at<br />

the monthly 'hundred' court.<br />

Adventures of Robin Hood on the TV, Robin<br />

playing the 'goodie' (Richard Greene), the<br />

Sheriff being the 'baddie' (Alan Wheatley).<br />

And you've guessed it, the Sheriff was busy<br />

oppressing all <strong>and</strong> sundry, particularly the<br />

peasants, or should I say the 'villains'? To be<br />

a villain in early Norman times was to be a<br />

farm worker, bonded to the local lord of the<br />

manor (the 'villa' bit of 'villain' derives from<br />

latin - a country/farm house, <strong>and</strong> 'villanus'<br />

actually meant 'farmh<strong>and</strong>', although the<br />

word 'vilein' is Old French for what would<br />

be described as a rustic, boor).<br />

Richard Greene as Robin Hood (left) <strong>and</strong><br />

Alan Wheatley as the Sheriff of Nottingham.<br />

Back to present matters - a great honour was<br />

bestowed upon Grania Phillips this year on<br />

the 5th of April at Colleton Manor, Chulmleigh,<br />

when she was sworn in as the High Sheriff<br />

of Devon.<br />

Her term of office will last for twelve months<br />

<strong>and</strong> she succeeds Mrs Helen Lindsay-Fynn.<br />

The earliest known Sheriff of Devon was<br />

Richard, son of Baldwin, who was appointed<br />

in 1086. The High Sheriff of each Shrievalty in<br />

Engl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Wales (other than Lancaster <strong>and</strong><br />

Cornwall) is appointed in March of each year by<br />

Her Majesty the Queen who traditionally pricks<br />

the list of nominations with a silver bodkin.<br />

Once sworn-in, the High Sheriff who is a Crown<br />

appointee, is second only in precedence to<br />

the Lord Lieutenant of the County.<br />

Having been sworn in <strong>and</strong> signed her<br />

Declaration, the new High Sheriff will appoint<br />

her Under Sheriff, Mr Simon Barnett, her<br />

Deputy Under Sheriff, Mr Anthony Cockayne<br />

<strong>and</strong> the Clerk to the Shrievalty, Mrs Lynn<br />

Gillard. It is usual for there to be continuity<br />

in these appointments <strong>and</strong> those appointed<br />

have held these offices previously.<br />

The new High Sheriff, Mrs Grania Phillips,<br />

considers it a privilege to have been appointed<br />

as High Sheriff of Devon <strong>and</strong> is very much<br />

looking forward to the year during which she<br />

will host High Court Judges when in the county,<br />

work closely with the Police, HM Prison, HM<br />

Coroner <strong>and</strong> the Probation Service <strong>and</strong> Court<br />

Service, as well as supporting the emergency<br />

services. Grania trained <strong>and</strong> worked as a<br />

Clinical Psychologist before moving to Devon<br />

so she has a particular interest in charities<br />

supporting those with mental health issues. As<br />

a farmer, she also hopes to work with charities<br />

which aid farmers <strong>and</strong> those which use l<strong>and</strong><br />

based facilities for rehabilitation programmes.<br />

Reference source: High Sheriffs' Association<br />

of Engl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Wales.<br />

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A Devon family’s traditions<br />

THE CAREWS, ONE OF DEVON’S OLDEST<br />

FAMILIES whose forbears waded ashore with<br />

William the Conqueror in 1066, retraced its<br />

footsteps recently for a family christening<br />

at the beautiful old church of St Blaise, at<br />

Haccombe.<br />

The church was founded by Sir Stephen<br />

de Haccombe to give thanks for his safe<br />

return from the Fifth Crusade in 1233 whilst<br />

Haccombe itself came into the Carew family in<br />

the first half of the 15th century <strong>and</strong> remained<br />

theirs for more than 500 years.<br />

Fast forward to Easter Monday this year when<br />

Gerald Carew with his wife Antonia, who now<br />

live in Sussex (where Gerald forgot to pack<br />

his suit, a close relative tells us) brought their<br />

son Thomas Theodore, to be christened. in<br />

the presence of members of both families<br />

<strong>and</strong> friends (photo above).<br />

Following another family tradition the<br />

former Rector <strong>and</strong> Archpriest of Haccombe,<br />

(who uniquely for this church is responsible<br />

directly to the Archbishop of Canterbury<br />

rather than the Bishop of Exeter) the Revd.<br />

Geoffrey Richardson conducted the ceremony.<br />

During his incumbency, he had also christened<br />

Thomas’s sisters Mia <strong>and</strong> Milly, whilst Gerald<br />

<strong>and</strong> his sisters Marcella, Marina <strong>and</strong> Mir<strong>and</strong>a<br />

were also christened there.<br />

Thomas’s gr<strong>and</strong>father is Sir Rivers Carew,<br />

whose book Footprints in the S<strong>and</strong>: the story<br />

of the Carews of <strong>Devonshire</strong> 1086-1945 is due<br />

to be published in mid-October <strong>and</strong> should<br />

make for fascinating reading. It relates the<br />

story of one family’s traversal of centuries of<br />

English history, with its attendant triumphs<br />

<strong>and</strong> disasters.<br />

The black sheep of this noble flock was<br />

one, Bampfylde Moore Carew, self-styled<br />

“King of the Gypsies <strong>and</strong> dog stealer” (see<br />

<strong>Devonshire</strong> Magazine passim), who is possibly<br />

unique in the annals of crime for having been<br />

transported to the colonies not once but<br />

twice, whilst the Carew who had his head<br />

chopped off was not a black sheep at all but<br />

simply another member of the family who<br />

upset Henry VIII.<br />

Haccombe St Blaise church, founded by Sir<br />

Stephen de Haccombe to give thanks for his<br />

safe return from the Holy L<strong>and</strong><br />

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Haccombe's tomb<br />

As feudal barons, Carews saw service at Crécy<br />

<strong>and</strong> probably Agincourt. They have been<br />

soldiers, statesmen, sailors (ViceAdmiral<br />

George Carew went down with his ship The<br />

Mary Rose) <strong>and</strong> poets - Thomas Carew was<br />

a leading light among the Cavalier poets <strong>and</strong><br />

was a contemporary <strong>and</strong> friend of Ben Jonson.<br />

Not to upstage young Thomas Theodore but<br />

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CLASSIC MOTORCYCLES<br />

Panther M120<br />

1961 - owned by Terry Chapman<br />

It’s great when you come across fine<br />

examples of our old British motoring<br />

heritage, on this occasion in a car park<br />

at Braunton on a fine summer day.<br />

Chatting to owner Terry Chapman, it’s<br />

not hard to admire these vehicle curators,<br />

the love, care <strong>and</strong> resources they dole<br />

out, keeping these old machines alive<br />

is admirable to say the very least.<br />

His 1961 Panther M120 was a lovely<br />

example, low, lean <strong>and</strong> resplendent in<br />

black, grey <strong>and</strong> chrome <strong>and</strong> a glorious<br />

red <strong>and</strong> gold Panther badge in each<br />

chrome panel on the tank.<br />

It’s easy to appreciate the overengineering<br />

evident in this machine, I<br />

suspect this motorcycle will still be here<br />

long after the owner <strong>and</strong> indeed, myself,<br />

have departed this world!<br />

There’s no electric start on this machine,<br />

it’s strictly start by foot, although the<br />

effort is reduced slightly through<br />

employing the half-compression lever<br />

(see pic above centre).<br />

Panther motorcycles were synonymous<br />

with sidecar use, the manufacturers<br />

estimating that 90% of customers bought<br />

them specifically for hitching up to a<br />

sidecar.<br />

The little lever above the gearchange lever<br />

is a half-compression lever, for the purpose<br />

of easing kick starting of this hefty single<br />

into life, no small feat I should imagine.<br />

Panther motorcycles were produced<br />

from 1932 to 1965, with the basic design<br />

remaining constant throughout this time.<br />

The example shown was produced in<br />

1961, so nearing the end of production.<br />

As competitors introduced more modern<br />

designs such as combining the gearbox<br />

<strong>and</strong> engine into a single unit, Phelon &<br />

Moore continued manufacturing the<br />

same designs, finally being unable to<br />

obtain supplies of Burman gearboxes <strong>and</strong><br />

Lucas magdynos <strong>and</strong> eventually closing<br />

in 1966. Of course, it’s worth bearing in<br />

mind that the ground-breaking Austin<br />

Mini was launched in 1959, costing under<br />

£500 (the van at £396). A full motorcycle<br />

<strong>and</strong> sidecar outfit could be bought in<br />

London for £280.<br />

You can underst<strong>and</strong>, particularly if you’d<br />

watched Stan <strong>and</strong> Olive’s comic antics<br />

on the famous TV programme ‘On the<br />

Buses’, how people really wanted to get<br />

away from the combination setup <strong>and</strong><br />

into a car.<br />

In 1935 a Model 100 was driven from<br />

London to Cape Town, across the<br />

Sahara Desert, the very first journey of<br />

it’s kind with a motorcycle <strong>and</strong> sidecar<br />

combination. Some of you will probably<br />

say to yourself that this is a true long-


SPECIFICATION<br />

Manufacturer<br />

Phelon & Moore,<br />

Cleckheaton,<br />

Yorkshire<br />

Year made 1961<br />

Capacity<br />

Bore & stroke<br />

Power<br />

Weight<br />

Brakes<br />

Grearbox<br />

Clutch<br />

645cc<br />

88x106mm<br />

27bhp / 4,500rpm<br />

425 pounds<br />

Drum, 7” front, 6” rear<br />

4 gears, Burman<br />

gearbox<br />

multi-plate in oil<br />

Proud owner Terry Chapman with his beloved Panther M120<br />

stroke machine <strong>and</strong> you’d be correct,<br />

<strong>and</strong> yes, the barrel looks particularly<br />

narrow <strong>and</strong> long, no doubt due to the<br />

top of the cylinder head being used as<br />

a stressed-member, attached directly to<br />

the frame, accentuating the long-barrel<br />

appearance. Actually, there were longer<br />

stroke machines out there. For instance,<br />

this Panther has a bore to stroke ratio of<br />

0.87 : 1, however a BSA M21 had a longer<br />

comparative stroke with the ratio being<br />

0.73 : 1. A suitable modern comparison<br />

would be a KTM 690, with a bore to stroke<br />

ratio of 1.25 : 1. As a machine unbridled by<br />

a sidecar it’s ideal for plodding along on at<br />

between 2-4,000 rpm, with peak torque<br />

being delivered at 3,000rpm. You can<br />

expect to get 70mpg <strong>and</strong> the top speed<br />

was in the region of 85mph.<br />

In the photograph you can see this<br />

model benefited from ‘swing-arm’ rear<br />

suspension <strong>and</strong> forks up front. Brakes<br />

were of the ‘drum’ variety which it’s<br />

reported were acceptable, but couldn’t<br />

compete with modern disk brakes. The<br />

Panther is said to be particularly good at<br />

covering large mileages in an unhurried<br />

<strong>and</strong> economical manner.<br />

If you fancy buying one of these classics,<br />

you could expect to pay from £3,000 for<br />

a rough example to around £6-7,000 for<br />

<strong>and</strong> example in mint condition.<br />

Nigel Jones (Editor)<br />

The Panther tank <strong>and</strong> badge are particularly<br />

lovely, chrome & grey, with red <strong>and</strong> gold. You<br />

can see the owner in the tank’s reflection <strong>and</strong><br />

also the tip of my iphone which was used for<br />

these photos.<br />

This machine’s a twin-port model, I should<br />

imagine that twin exhausts for a low-reving<br />

single cylinder engine were unnecessary, but it<br />

looked good, visually balancing the appearance<br />

on both sides. Apparently, the crank assembly<br />

<strong>and</strong> flywheels weigh a massive 28lb.<br />

The crankcases on the Panther are solid, it’s<br />

built for longevity, not for speed, although<br />

being a torquey single with a low centre of<br />

gravity provides a solid, effortless ride. No<br />

anodising here, just solid lumps of hewn<br />

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

LIVE MUSIC<br />

SILVER BULLET LIVE<br />

05 <strong>May</strong>- Silver Bullet B<strong>and</strong>, The Printer’s<br />

Elbow, Torquay, 9.00pm to 11.30pm.<br />

LEE GIBSON & THE MARTIN DALE TRIO<br />

05 <strong>May</strong>- World-class British jazz singer<br />

with sensational Quartet! The Tucker’s Jazz<br />

Club, The Tucker’s Arms, Axminster, 8.00pm<br />

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DEVON YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA<br />

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05 <strong>May</strong>- Comprising the best of Devon’s<br />

young jazz musicians, The Beehive, Dowell<br />

Street, Honiton, 7.30pm to 10.00pm.<br />

LEE GIBSON WITH THE MARTIN DALE<br />

QUARTET<br />

06 <strong>May</strong>- Star jazz singer with top Westcountry<br />

Quartet sings Ella Fitzgerald &<br />

others, Plymouth Jazz Club, The Royal<br />

British Legion Club, Plymouth, 7.30pm to<br />

10.30pm.<br />

SOUNDS OF THE SIXTIES WITH THE<br />

ZOOTS<br />

06 <strong>May</strong>- Experience the amazing Sounds<br />

of the Sixties in the show that’s wowing<br />

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THE STEVE BUCKLEY TRIO<br />

09 <strong>May</strong>- With Katherine Williams & Tom<br />

Armstrong University of Plymouth Music<br />

Week 20<strong>18</strong>, Peninsula Arts, Sherwell Centre,<br />

Plymouth, 7.00pm to 9.30pm.<br />

MIKE WESTBROOK & COMPANY -<br />

PAINTBOX JANE<br />

09 <strong>May</strong>- “Truth, Hope, Love make<br />

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AN EVENING OF JAZZ, BLUES AND<br />

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11 <strong>May</strong>- With Sam Richards. Part of<br />

University of Plymouth Music Week 20<strong>18</strong>,<br />

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7.00pm to 9.00pm.<br />

SILVER BULLET LIVE<br />

11 <strong>May</strong>- Really looking forward to our return<br />

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CAPULUS<br />

12 <strong>May</strong>- Part of University of Plymouth<br />

Music Week 20<strong>18</strong>, Peninsula Arts, UPSU Bar<br />

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John Etheridge<br />

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SILVER BULLET LIVE<br />

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SILVER BULLET LIVE<br />

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THE SOPRANOS<br />

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ANDY NOWAK TRIO<br />

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BLACK SWEET ANGELS<br />

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Sunday 6th <strong>May</strong><br />

THE ZOOTS<br />

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WALL OF FLOYD - PINK FLOYD<br />

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7.30pm to 10.30pm.<br />

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26 <strong>May</strong>- Great jazz numbers interspersed<br />

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inspiration of contemporary folk music, The<br />

05 Jun- Frog Isl<strong>and</strong> Jazz B<strong>and</strong> presents THE<br />

COTTAGE HOTEL COTTAGE Dartmoor Society, Clearbrook Village Hall,<br />

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Fisherman’s Rest, Aveton Gifford, 6.30pm ‘THE CALL OF THE HEATHERED HILLS’<br />

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23 Jun- Songs from, <strong>and</strong> inspired by,<br />

the Baring-Gould folksong collection,<br />

The Dartmoor Society, Charter Hall,<br />

Okehampton, .<br />

JAZZ IN THE AFTERNOON<br />

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Sean Moyses (Banjo), Kennaway House,<br />

Coburg Road, Sidmouth, 2.00pm to 5.30pm.<br />

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A visit to Show Town | Disney's The Lion King<br />

"Can you feel the love tonight"<br />

Zazu the Hornbill<br />

What about a visit to Show Town? - by which I<br />

mean the Covent Garden / Drury Lane area of<br />

London, otherwise known as the West End.<br />

You have to feel a little spoilt living<br />

here in sleepy, rural Devon, surrounded<br />

as we are by coastline<br />

<strong>and</strong> countryside. However, variety,<br />

as they say, is the spice of life <strong>and</strong><br />

sometimes it’s good to break out<br />

<strong>and</strong> experience something entirely<br />

different. Visiting London can be a<br />

bit daunting, where exactly would<br />

you stay to have everything at h<strong>and</strong>,<br />

it’s great to have a base centrally<br />

located where you can see a bit of<br />

everything without having to walk<br />

miles. Well, what we have here I’d<br />

say is the optimum package for your<br />

enjoyment <strong>and</strong> relaxation.<br />

Theatre visit - The Lion King<br />

Many of you I don’t doubt have<br />

seen the film, what better than<br />

a trip to the theatre to enjoy<br />

Disney’s lavish production of The<br />

Lion King. Something of a global<br />

phenomenon, the show’s performed<br />

for over 90 million guests in a<br />

multitude of languages. It’s an incredible<br />

amalgam of disciplines <strong>and</strong><br />

artistry, bringing together music,<br />

acting dance, puppet making, stage<br />

design, lighting - in fact it’s hard<br />

to convey how all this is combined<br />

into such a rich <strong>and</strong> entertaining<br />

package, resulting in a show that’s<br />

almost dreamlike in quality.<br />

Sitting in the audience, seeing<br />

the curtains open, the richness<br />

of colours was something akin<br />

to sitting in front of a ʻretina’<br />

screen, dazzling in fact. What I<br />

found truly staggering was how<br />

clever <strong>and</strong> effective the puppet<br />

representations of animals were.<br />

Amazing giraffes, an incredible<br />

cheetah, gazelle wheels, what is<br />

achieved on stage in terms of visual<br />

effects is brilliant.<br />

The Lion King show has great<br />

appeal to a very wide audience,<br />

children in the audience loved it,<br />

as did the adults, the loud cheers<br />

<strong>and</strong> applause at the finish summed<br />

it all up! Editor<br />

Photo by Deen van Meer<br />

Photo by Catherine Ashmore<br />

Disney's The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre, London<br />

'Shadowl<strong>and</strong>'<br />

Janique Charles as Nala<br />

The pride of lions<br />

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Recommended Hotel Stay<br />

Lobby Bar, an elegant lounge/cocktail area<br />

One Aldwych<br />

1 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BZ 020 7300 1000<br />

Contemporary, chic <strong>and</strong> extremely comfortable, the st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

of accommodation was really top notch. Particular<br />

mention goes to the staff at One Aldwych, all were found<br />

to be incredibly helpful <strong>and</strong> charming!<br />

The Lyceum viewed from<br />

inside the One Aldwych<br />

lounge area - it couldn't<br />

be more convenient<br />

Five star luxury - One Aldwych<br />

Having a comfortable <strong>and</strong> convenient<br />

base from which to explore London's<br />

West End is vital. Your hotel can really<br />

make or break your stay, helpful,<br />

friendly service, hotel facilities, the<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ard of rooms, all really matter.<br />

One Aldwych hotel proved to be a<br />

brilliant choice, the decor is contemporary<br />

<strong>and</strong> chic, it's a lovely building<br />

that has everything you'd expect<br />

from a top London five star hotel. The<br />

rooms are beautiful <strong>and</strong> understated,<br />

the heart is the Lobby Bar, a most<br />

relaxing space to enjoy a coffee or<br />

cocktail <strong>and</strong> watch London go by<br />

through the elegant tall arched windows.<br />

Most of the bedrooms have<br />

great views out <strong>and</strong> the st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

of furnishing is very high. As you'd<br />

expect there's an extensive choice<br />

of spa/health treatments available<br />

<strong>and</strong> the crowning glory is beautiful,<br />

chlorine free indoor swimming pool.<br />

For visiting the West End <strong>and</strong> The<br />

Lion King musical, One Aldwych is<br />

ideally positioned as it's literally just<br />

on the other side of the road. What's<br />

also great is that you are based in the<br />

centre of Theatre L<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> with Covent<br />

Garden also over the road, there<br />

are many of restaurants, cafés, bars<br />

as well as much retail shops as well<br />

as the Str<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Trafalgar Square.<br />

Eneko Basque Kitchen & Bar<br />

Whilst talking about restaurants it's<br />

worth mentioning Eneko Basque<br />

Kitchen & Bar. Eneko Atxa (photo<br />

below) is a chef famed for his three<br />

Michelin starred Azurmendi restaurant,<br />

which brings a fresh <strong>and</strong> modern<br />

take on Basque cuisine.<br />

Eneko restaurant is situated within<br />

One Aldwych hotel <strong>and</strong> provides a<br />

refreshing change to the usual British<br />

<strong>and</strong> Italian menus. The dishes we had<br />

were quite unique in their flavour<br />

combinations <strong>and</strong> recipes. It's fair to<br />

say that Basque food is always going<br />

to have interesting fish dishes, with<br />

the Basque country running along<br />

the northern Spanish coastline. So it<br />

was great to see Basque Style Squid<br />

in ink sauce which proved to be a<br />

rich dish with deep flavours. And<br />

Clams & Rice with garlic, chives <strong>and</strong><br />

parsley, another classic, smoky, salty<br />

<strong>and</strong> very satisfying. A real surprise<br />

was the Grilled Tenderstem Broccoli<br />

with almond sauce, I'd never expect<br />

broccoli to 'go' with almonds, but yes,<br />

interesting, sharp, clean, crunchy <strong>and</strong><br />

totally delicious. Mains were Hake<br />

Tempura, Hake's a Basque favourite,<br />

<strong>and</strong> also Braised Pork Cheeks with<br />

mushroom emulsion. If you're visiting<br />

London, Eneko's a 'must visit'<br />

place to savour unique contemporary<br />

Basque cuisine.<br />

Eneko Basque Kitchen & Bar<br />

1 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BZ 020 7300 0300<br />

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

Hake Tempura<br />

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FOOD <strong>and</strong> DRINK<br />

FOOD <strong>and</strong> DRINK<br />

Beautiful countryside,<br />

great local food<br />

producers, excellent<br />

restaurants <strong>and</strong> great<br />

chefs - all the ingredients<br />

to provide you with truly<br />

a memorable dining<br />

experience.<br />

We pretty much have<br />

it all in this region,<br />

with many restaurants<br />

now giving full regard<br />

to provenance of<br />

ingredients. Being in<br />

Devon means there's a<br />

multitude of growers, so<br />

food miles are reduced,<br />

but also we're eating<br />

'real' food, grown on our<br />

doorstep.<br />

Local Fresh Fish <strong>and</strong><br />

Shellfish<br />

West Country Wines,<br />

Beers & Gin<br />

See website for special offers<br />

Open for Dinner Tuesday to Saturday from 6.30pm<br />

Also open on Sunday 6th & 27th <strong>May</strong> 20<strong>18</strong><br />

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To Book Tel. 01395 519494 or online at neilsrestaurant.com<br />

A PLACE FOR<br />

EATING<br />

DRINKING<br />

AND MEETING<br />

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PYNE'S SIDMOUTH DEVON 01395 513047<br />

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The<br />

Otterton<br />

Fresh food prepared & cooked on the premises<br />

using local ingredients from our own farm shop<br />

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

including full English breakfast • Dogs welcome (designated areas)<br />

• Children’s play area • Extensive Gluten Free menu<br />

• Fresh food using local ingredients from our own farm shop <strong>and</strong> fish<br />

l<strong>and</strong>ed by our own trawlers whenever possible<br />

• Food served 12pm-2.30pm <strong>and</strong> 6pm-9pm Monday to Saturday<br />

Quality carvery Sundays Noon-8pm • Reservations recommended.<br />

• Bar serving quality local real ales & fine wines<br />

FORE STREET • OTTERTON • DEVON • EX9 7HB 01395 568416 www.kingsarmsotterton.co.uk<br />

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Great Devon eateries<br />

award winning restaurant • award winning marina<br />

continued...<br />

Jolly<br />

Jacks<br />

waterfront bar bistro<br />

153 Vauxhall Street<br />

Plymouth PL4 0DF<br />

01752 651300<br />

zuzimo.co.uk<br />

Now accepting Gourmet<br />

Society <strong>and</strong> Tastecard<br />

Kick Back & Relax<br />

Great<br />

By Richard & Jayne Eley<br />

Food, Company<br />

& Location !<br />

A great pub for every week of the year!<br />

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

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

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

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

• Lovely outside terrace<br />

tel: 01752 500 008 www.jollyjacks.co.uk<br />

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

No 3<br />

<br />

Christow<br />

By Richard & Jayne Eley<br />

This ancient hostelry sits in the<br />

centre of the charming village<br />

of Christow. The local area is<br />

fine walking country, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

pub very helpfully provides suggested<br />

routes. The Artichoke<br />

goes back a very long way, <strong>and</strong><br />

is reputed to be named after<br />

Jerusalem artichokes brought<br />

Artichoke Inn<br />

Christow<br />

Kennford<br />

Haldon Belvedere<br />

A 38<br />

A 38<br />

A 380<br />

Ashcombe<br />

Chudleigh<br />

A great pub for every week of the year!<br />

to provide a lovely environment<br />

for the high quality food <strong>and</strong><br />

ales that give it a deserved<br />

reputation.<br />

back from the Crusades. Now a<br />

free house <strong>and</strong> owned by a local<br />

family, the pub has been tastefully<br />

<strong>and</strong> sensitively refurbished<br />

Three nice young ladies in the bar<br />

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The Restaurant Inspector<br />

Visits:<br />

Jolly Jacks<br />

<strong>May</strong>flower Marina, Plymouth<br />

Jolly Jacks<br />

Plymouth<br />

Dining<br />

DEVONSHIRE<br />

Experience<br />

g ol d awa r d<br />

menu sampled<br />

Starters<br />

Smoked Haddock Fishcake,<br />

made with smoked haddock,<br />

mozzarella <strong>and</strong> spring onion<br />

with curried mayonnaise<br />

<strong>and</strong> pickled sultanas<br />

Wild Mushrooms on Toast,<br />

topped with a poached<br />

egg <strong>and</strong> holl<strong>and</strong>aise<br />

Pan Roasted Hake, sunblush <strong>and</strong> Parmesan<br />

croquettes, spinach, white wine sauce<br />

Lamb Rump, fondant potato, broccoli, red wine jus<br />

Mains<br />

Pan Roasted Hake, sunblush<br />

<strong>and</strong> Parmesan croquettes,<br />

spinach, white wine sauce<br />

Lamb Rump, fondant potato,<br />

broccoli, red wine jus<br />

Pudding<br />

Chocolate Brownie, with<br />

raspberry coulis <strong>and</strong><br />

raspberry sorbet<br />

Coffee Pannacotta, with<br />

chocolate ice cream<br />

Drinks<br />

House red - Malbec<br />

A ʻHiddenʼ Gem<br />

It’s great when you discover<br />

somewhere not previously on<br />

your ʻradar’ <strong>and</strong> Jolly Jacks is one<br />

such place.<br />

Arriving near the quayside, I<br />

could see Jolly Jacks signage,<br />

but you have to take a ticket <strong>and</strong><br />

go through the barriers (2 hours<br />

free parking) in order to park up<br />

<strong>and</strong> actually gain access to the<br />

quayside. The view across the<br />

basin is excellent as you get to<br />

see the extremely historic Royal<br />

William Yard, considered to<br />

be one of the most important<br />

military buildings in Britain (also<br />

the largest collection of Grade 1<br />

listed military buildings in Europe).<br />

What a great setting in which to<br />

have a drink or lunch/dinner. Jolly<br />

Jacks itself is a lovely cosy refuge<br />

from the outside. How often do<br />

you go ʻout’ <strong>and</strong> wish you were still<br />

ʻin’? Not so here, warm, cheerful,<br />

comfortable, you instantly relax<br />

when inside. Everything’s been<br />

thought of, no bone-hard chairs<br />

here, the seats are padded <strong>and</strong><br />

extremely comfortable, aiding<br />

your enjoyment of what’s to come.<br />

<strong>and</strong> cooked to perfection, the<br />

accompaniments <strong>and</strong> white wine<br />

sauce were spot on. And the<br />

lamb rump - tender, juicy, tasty,<br />

bursting with flavour, chef had<br />

even managed to included that<br />

delicious crispy fat flavour in the<br />

mix. The red wine jus added to<br />

the effect, a brilliant crescendo of<br />

flavours <strong>and</strong> texture - top notch!<br />

Puds were equally delicious.<br />

Starters were excellent, who<br />

doesn’t love mushrooms, which<br />

were crowned with a poached<br />

egg <strong>and</strong> holl<strong>and</strong>aise, delicious.<br />

And smoked haddock fish cake,<br />

particular merit to the curried<br />

mayonnaise, just great.<br />

What can I say about the mains?<br />

they really couldn’t have been<br />

better. Pan roasted hake - it was<br />

an enormous portion (no stingy<br />

fine-dining micro portions here)<br />

Smoked Haddock Fishcake, made<br />

with smoked haddock, mozzarella<br />

<strong>and</strong> spring onion with curried<br />

mayonnaise <strong>and</strong> pickled sultanas<br />

At Jolly Jacks you get gastro quality<br />

food, generous portions, great<br />

ambiance <strong>and</strong> levels of comfort,<br />

friendly service - Excellent!<br />

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Wild Mushrooms on Toast, topped<br />

with a poached egg <strong>and</strong> holl<strong>and</strong>aise<br />

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

Chocolate Brownie, with raspberry<br />

coulis <strong>and</strong> raspberry sorbet


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

1 7<br />

Looking at:<br />

Oak Apples<br />

2<br />

A wierd<br />

apple-like<br />

thing stuck<br />

on an Oak<br />

twig?<br />

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Here's the very<br />

tip of what's<br />

left of the<br />

original bud<br />

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6<br />

All is not what it seems out<br />

there in nature, I'd assumed<br />

that an oak apple was a<br />

deformed acorn.<br />

Oak Galls which are otherwise known<br />

as Oak Apples are intriguing growths<br />

that I'd never really considered until very<br />

recently. I'd naturally assumed that oak<br />

apples were slightly different forms of<br />

acorns but not so, they are the result of a<br />

species of wasp using oak buds as rearing<br />

chambers for their offspring.<br />

1. Oak catkins. Oaks trees are monoecious<br />

(hermaphrodite), bearing both male <strong>and</strong><br />

female flowers, the female ones develop<br />

into acorns.<br />

2. The beginnings of the oak apple, but<br />

it's not a deformed acorn, it's actually a<br />

deformed bud, you can just see the end<br />

of the bud in the photo.<br />

3. An acorn still green <strong>and</strong> yet to drop to<br />

the ground as a seed. It takes an oak<br />

tree at least 40 years before it's ready<br />

to bear acorns.<br />

4. The culprit, an Oak Gall Wasp (Biorhiza<br />

pallida) which lays its eggs inside a leaf<br />

bud. You do wonder how long this<br />

natural association has taken to develop<br />

to this level. The gall wasp larvae injects<br />

chemicals that affect the structure of<br />

the bud.<br />

5. The early season colour of oaks is syrupy<br />

yellow greens <strong>and</strong> bronzes.<br />

6. Newly grown oak leaves, showing than<br />

unmistakable bronze tinge.<br />

7. The oak apple (otherwise oak gall) has<br />

hardened <strong>and</strong> growth stopped. Incidentally,<br />

oak galls have been used in the<br />

production of ink since at least Roman<br />

times by combining gallotannic acid<br />

from the galls of oaks <strong>and</strong> other trees<br />

with iron sulfate. Once dried it is nonwater<br />

soluble <strong>and</strong> could only be erased<br />

by scraping a thin layer off the vellum<br />

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FASHION & BEAUTY<br />

Start<br />

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in style<br />

The summer season is finally<br />

here so it's time to start fresh<br />

<strong>and</strong> add the newest looks to<br />

your wardrobe.<br />

Summer 20<strong>18</strong> trends are<br />

bold, bright <strong>and</strong> beautiful!<br />

Visit your local Devon fashion<br />

retailer for this season's musthave<br />

wardrobe essentials.<br />

JUST WHITE summer collection:<br />

selected lines available from<br />

Angie's Budleigh Salterton<br />

Great shoe shopping<br />

in Sidmouth<br />

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

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WINNER<br />

FASHION & BEAUTY<br />

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

Major awards success for Sidmouth based shoe retailer<br />

White & Son Shoes of Sidmouth clinched the top spot in the<br />

Ladies Independent Footwear Retailer of the Year category.<br />

White & Son Shoes of Sidmouth<br />

have a heritage spanning<br />

four generations. The present<br />

owners Great Gr<strong>and</strong>father<br />

established White & Son Shoes<br />

in Dorchester in the early <strong>18</strong>80’s.<br />

In early 20<strong>18</strong> the very best from<br />

across the footwear sector<br />

gathered at Birmingham’s<br />

National Conference Centre to<br />

find out who would be taking<br />

home a prestigious accolade at<br />

the seventh annual Footwear<br />

Industry Awards.<br />

Owner Steve White along<br />

with manageress Anne were<br />

immensely proud to receive<br />

such a sought after award. For<br />

an independent shop in Sidmouth<br />

to be voted Ladies Independent<br />

Retailer of the Year against the<br />

best shops in the UK is huge<br />

achievement.<br />

The Fore Street, Sidmouth shoe<br />

shop has been transformed<br />

during the last few years with a<br />

major refit <strong>and</strong> an expansion of<br />

its display areas <strong>and</strong> stockrooms.<br />

This expansion has enabled White<br />

& Son Shoes to be able to offer<br />

the widest selection of quality<br />

footwear in Devon.<br />

Instantly recognisable br<strong>and</strong>s<br />

including Rieker, Josef Seibel,<br />

Ecco <strong>and</strong> the award winning<br />

Skechers, are joined by carefully<br />

selected br<strong>and</strong>s from the very<br />

best manufacturers in the world.<br />

The true value of shopping at<br />

an independent shoe shop is<br />

the range of br<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> styles<br />

available.<br />

The White & Son Shoes team<br />

personally h<strong>and</strong> pick every<br />

shoe featured in the shop. The<br />

team visit all the major footwear<br />

exhibitions carefully selecting<br />

shoes <strong>and</strong> s<strong>and</strong>als that they know<br />

from experience will bring that<br />

comfortable smile to your face.<br />

Wide feet? DB Shoes <strong>and</strong><br />

Waldlaufer offer a range of ladies<br />

<strong>and</strong> men’s shoes <strong>and</strong> s<strong>and</strong>als in<br />

wider fittings to accommodate<br />

those humps <strong>and</strong> bumps that<br />

cause you pain or discomfort<br />

when you wear st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

fitting footwear. Variable fitting,<br />

removable insoles <strong>and</strong> a choice<br />

of width fitting makes these shoes<br />

<strong>and</strong> s<strong>and</strong>als a number one choice.<br />

A huge range of Josef Seibel<br />

ladies <strong>and</strong> men’s footwear are<br />

displayed in the purpose built<br />

Josef Seibel display area. The<br />

European Comfort Shoe has won<br />

many awards for its innovative<br />

designs <strong>and</strong> quality. With some<br />

amazing colours <strong>and</strong> soft leathers<br />

<strong>and</strong> generous fitting these shoes<br />

<strong>and</strong> s<strong>and</strong>als are always a winner<br />

at White & Son Shoes. The K fit<br />

men’s shoe range is a favourite<br />

with the man who has a wider foot<br />

but dem<strong>and</strong>s style <strong>and</strong> comfort<br />

along with a more generous fit.<br />

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FASHION HEALTH & BEAUTY<br />

Instantly recognised the Rieker/<br />

Remonte br<strong>and</strong> features heavily<br />

at White <strong>and</strong> Son Shoes. Summer<br />

20<strong>18</strong> sees the biggest range of<br />

s<strong>and</strong>als <strong>and</strong> shoes ever stocked<br />

in the Sidmouth shop. From<br />

the traditional, through to the<br />

fashionable, from plain colours<br />

right through to the multicoloured<br />

floral patterns, a style<br />

or colour to suit every taste.<br />

Skechers have been hugely<br />

successful in the last few years.<br />

Renowned for style <strong>and</strong> comfort,<br />

with some styles now available<br />

in half sizes <strong>and</strong> some in extra<br />

wide fittings, there is memory<br />

foam shoe for everybody.<br />

Summer 20<strong>18</strong> see’s an increased<br />

range in s<strong>and</strong>als for ladies <strong>and</strong><br />

men joining the ever popular<br />

trainer <strong>and</strong> Go Walk range.<br />

Sidmouth can be considered<br />

the jewel in the East Devon<br />

crown, with a unique mixture of<br />

independent shops. The Ladies<br />

Independent Footwear Retailer<br />

of the Year award puts Sidmouth<br />

<strong>and</strong> White <strong>and</strong> Son Shoes at<br />

the very top of the footwear<br />

shopping experience.<br />

Owner Steve White sums it up<br />

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ART EXHIBITIONS<br />

<strong>May</strong> to <strong>June</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />

Lesley McLaren - 'First Day of Summer' - GalleryFab<br />

Mark Fielding - 'Spring light, Lynher River' - Studio Gallery<br />

MARKING TIME:TRACES OF ANOTHER<br />

JURASSIC COAST<br />

Until 09 <strong>May</strong>- West Somerset artists<br />

exhibit their responses to their own<br />

Jurassic coast, Town Mill Arts, The<br />

Courtyard Gallery, Lyme Regis.<br />

DEVON COUNTRY LIVING ART<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

Until 23 <strong>May</strong>- Celebrating Devon<br />

country living through plein air <strong>and</strong><br />

studio oil paintings, Julie Dunster<br />

Art, Boston Tea Party, Honiton.<br />

EXHIBITION: TRANS-FORM - TREVOR<br />

BELL<br />

Until 26 <strong>May</strong>- A selection of major<br />

works from the award-winning<br />

artist, Peninsula Arts, University of<br />

Plymouth, Plymouth.<br />

MAY EXHIBITION<br />

Until 28 <strong>May</strong>- Raw Art Forum are a<br />

collective of artists., Artizan Gallery<br />

Cafe Venue, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay.<br />

ALFIE'S NIGHT OUT<br />

Until 02 Jun- Victoria Byron has<br />

created a new book especially for<br />

RAMM's 150th anniversary, Royal<br />

Albert Memorial Museum - RAMM,<br />

Queen Street, Exeter.<br />

GALLERY ARTIST EXHIBITION<br />

01 <strong>May</strong> to 09 Jun- Suchi<br />

Chidambaram, Edward Kelly, Heather<br />

Duncan <strong>and</strong> Sophie Capron, Artwave<br />

West, Morecombelake.<br />

GINA PARR<br />

01 <strong>May</strong> to 15 Jun- Gina Parr<br />

Contemporary show, Brook Gallery<br />

(Budleigh Salterton), Foreshore<br />

House, Budleigh Salterton.<br />

MAY ARTIST PREVIEW<br />

04 <strong>May</strong>- Raw Art Forum, Artizan<br />

Gallery Cafe Venue, 7 Lucius Street,<br />

Torquay.<br />

Studio Gallery<br />

Award Winning Art Gallery<br />

& Picture Framers<br />

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Venice, Devon <strong>and</strong> Cornwall<br />

New work by Mark Fielding.<br />

Portrait Commissions.<br />

Mark was taught by<br />

Robert Lenkiewicz.<br />

Spring into Summer<br />

with Haddon Galleries<br />

Julie Clifford<br />

An exhibition of work by<br />

this acclaimed local artist<br />

throughout <strong>May</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>June</strong>.<br />

Exhibitions<br />

EX10 STUDIO’S SPRING SHOW<br />

15 <strong>May</strong> to 24 <strong>May</strong>.<br />

Diversity<br />

25 <strong>May</strong> to 02 Jun - An exhibition of<br />

contemporary paintings by Jan Shayler.<br />

Transitions 23 Jun to 01 Jul -<br />

Exhibition of contemporary paintings<br />

by Jacqueline Steel.<br />

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GRAPHIC ART EXHIBITION<br />

04 <strong>May</strong> to 07 <strong>May</strong>- First solo<br />

exhibition of Devon-based artist<br />

<strong>and</strong> printmaker, Terry Jeavons.,<br />

Terry Jeavons, The Bomb Shelter,<br />

Beer.<br />

HERMAID<br />

05 <strong>May</strong>- The Devon Maid group of<br />

artists present a sea-themed art<br />

exhibition, Harbour House, The<br />

Promenade, Kingsbridge.<br />

DEVONARTPOP EXHIBITION<br />

05 <strong>May</strong> to 07 <strong>May</strong>- This exhibition<br />

celebrates the county of Devon's<br />

inspirational setting for art, RHS<br />

Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington.<br />

SPRING DESIGN FOR LIVING FAIR<br />

05 <strong>May</strong> to 07 <strong>May</strong>- This three-day<br />

fair showcases a wealth of West<br />

Country creative talent., RHS<br />

Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington.<br />

10TH ANNUAL ART & CRAFT<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

05 <strong>May</strong> to 07 <strong>May</strong>- Over 100<br />

pictures <strong>and</strong> artefacts by local<br />

artists. Tea <strong>and</strong> cakes to enjoy<br />

also., Buckl<strong>and</strong> Art Group, Buckl<strong>and</strong><br />

Monachorum Village Hall, Buckl<strong>and</strong><br />

Monachorum.<br />

THE COFFEE SACK SERIES<br />

05 <strong>May</strong> to <strong>18</strong> <strong>May</strong>- F G Davis will<br />

be exhibiting his ' Coffee Sack'<br />

series of paintings. The opening<br />

will be from 5 to 7 pm. Come <strong>and</strong><br />

see this stunning collection of<br />

innovative contemporary work by<br />

this well known Devon artist. Words<br />

<strong>and</strong> Pictures Gallery, Teignmouth.<br />

'Honey Bee' - Three Hares Gallery<br />

Gina Parr - Past Imperfect - Brook Gallery<br />

'MOVEMENT ON CANVAS' BY JEAN<br />

PICTON<br />

05 <strong>May</strong> to 20 <strong>May</strong>- Solo Art<br />

exhibition of contemporary, vibrant,<br />

impact original paintings., Host<br />

Galleries, 12 Whimple Street,<br />

Plymouth.<br />

KATE WESTBROOK<br />

05 <strong>May</strong> to 22 <strong>May</strong>- Devon-based<br />

painter Kate Westbrook explores the<br />

myth of Diana <strong>and</strong> Actaeon, Town<br />

Mill Arts, The Malthouse Gallery,<br />

Lyme Regis.<br />

LANDSCAPE - LIGHT & COLOUR<br />

05 <strong>May</strong> to 28 <strong>May</strong>- Abstract<br />

l<strong>and</strong>scape paintings by Kate<br />

Cochrane <strong>and</strong> Jason Nosworthy,<br />

East Lambrook Manor Gardens, East<br />

Lambrook, South Petherton.<br />

EXETER'S FINE ART COLLECTION:<br />

CHILDHOOD<br />

08 <strong>May</strong> to <strong>18</strong> Jul- Explore the<br />

changing face of childhood in this<br />

exhibition, Royal Albert Memorial<br />

Museum - RAMM, Queen Street,<br />

Exeter.<br />

JENNY BECK - COUNTRYSIDE,<br />

GARDEN & ALLOTMENT<br />

09 <strong>May</strong> to 29 <strong>May</strong>- Exhibition of<br />

paintings, prints <strong>and</strong> cards in The<br />

Studio at East Lambrook Manor,<br />

East Lambrook Manor Gardens,<br />

East Lambrook, South Petherton.<br />

RICHARD THORN EXHIBITION<br />

09 <strong>May</strong> to 11 Jun- A glorious<br />

display of artwork by renowned<br />

local artist, Richard Thorn, Haddon<br />

Galleries, 6/7 Victoria Parade,<br />

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ART EXHIBITIONS<br />

<strong>May</strong> to <strong>June</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />

Tony Williams - 'Moonship II' - Brownston Gallery<br />

Julie Clifford - 'Spring Again' - Haddon Galleries<br />

NIGEL SHARMAN: RECENT WORK<br />

11 <strong>May</strong> to 16 <strong>May</strong>- A collection<br />

of semi-figurative oil paintings<br />

created by Nigel Sharman, Town<br />

Mill Arts, The Courtyard Gallery,<br />

Lyme Regis.<br />

FROGMAN SOLID BRONZE<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

11 <strong>May</strong> to 28 Jun- Enter the<br />

colourful world of Tim Cotterill<br />

<strong>and</strong> Frogman Solid Bronze<br />

Sculpture., Haddon Galleries,<br />

6/7 Victoria Parade, Torquay.<br />

POP ART IN PRINT<br />

12 <strong>May</strong> to 26 Jul- Exhibition<br />

drawing from the V&A's<br />

outst<strong>and</strong>ing collection of Pop<br />

Art graphics, Royal Albert<br />

Memorial Museum - RAMM,<br />

Queen Street, Exeter.<br />

PAINTINGS OF LANDSCAPES AND<br />

SEASCAPES<br />

<strong>18</strong> <strong>May</strong> to 23 <strong>May</strong>- Solo exhibition<br />

of acrylics <strong>and</strong> watercolours by<br />

Marion Sawl, Town Mill Arts, The<br />

Courtyard Gallery, Lyme Regis.<br />

HUMAN ENDEAVOUR<br />

<strong>18</strong> <strong>May</strong> to 02 Jun- Marine Art<br />

Exhibition - Anthony Amos, Tony<br />

Williams <strong>and</strong> Greg Ramsden,<br />

Brownston Gallery, 36 Church Street,<br />

Modbury.<br />

COLOURFUL CHARACTERS BY AMY<br />

LOUISE<br />

21 <strong>May</strong> to 01 Jul- Fun, quirky <strong>and</strong><br />

vivid...a stunning exhibition of<br />

cheeky wildlife paintings, Haddon<br />

Galleries, 6/7 Victoria Parade,<br />

Torquay.<br />

Ray Balkwill - 'Golden Light on the Exe' -<br />

Darts Summer Exhibition<br />

ARTIST DOWN UNDER<br />

15 <strong>May</strong> to 20 <strong>May</strong>- An exhibition<br />

of travel paintings by Janette<br />

Jagger, Harbour House, The<br />

Promenade, Kingsbridge.<br />

EX10 STUDIO'S SPRING SHOW<br />

15 <strong>May</strong> to 24 <strong>May</strong>- EX10<br />

Studios' Spring Show, Kennaway<br />

House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth.<br />

EX10 STUDIO'S SPRING SHOW<br />

15 <strong>May</strong> to 24 <strong>May</strong>-<br />

L<strong>and</strong>scapes,Seascapes ,flowers,<br />

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01 <strong>May</strong> to 09 Jun - Suchi Chidambaram,<br />

Edward Kelly, Heather Duncan <strong>and</strong><br />

Sophie Capron.<br />

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achievements of Human Endeavour in<br />

shaping our nation’s maritime past <strong>and</strong><br />

present by three masters of marine art.<br />

Light from the Inside<br />

08 to 30 Jun - Fabulous work by<br />

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Andrew Coates - 'Flowering Gorse' - Marine House at Beer<br />

STUDIO 36 - OPEN STUDIO<br />

22 <strong>May</strong> to 28 <strong>May</strong>- A personal <strong>and</strong><br />

stimulating world where art runs riot<br />

through the whole house! Studio 36,<br />

36 Denmark Road, Exeter.<br />

PASSION FOR COLOUR<br />

22 <strong>May</strong> to 03 Jun- An exhibition of<br />

contemporary paintings by Ian Carr<br />

<strong>and</strong> F G Davis, Harbour House, The<br />

Promenade, Kingsbridge.<br />

THE CHANGING FACE OF CHILDHOOD:<br />

CURATOR TOUR<br />

24 <strong>May</strong>- Join a curator-led tour of<br />

RAMM’s Childhood exhibition, Royal<br />

Albert Memorial Museum - RAMM,<br />

Queen Street, Exeter.<br />

KNOWING MY PLACE<br />

24 <strong>May</strong> to 30 <strong>May</strong>- An exhibition of<br />

contemporary l<strong>and</strong>scape paintings<br />

by Lynda White, Town Mill Arts, The<br />

Courtyard Gallery, Lyme Regis.<br />

ART EXHIBITION BY JAN SHAYLER -<br />

'DIVERSITY'<br />

25 <strong>May</strong> to 02 Jun- 'Diversity', an<br />

exhibition by Jan Shayler, Kennaway<br />

House, Coburg Road, Sidmouth.<br />

BUDLEIGH SALTERTON ART CLUB<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

28 <strong>May</strong>- In conjunction with Gala<br />

Week this Art Exhibition is held at<br />

the Public Hall., Budleigh Salterton<br />

Arts Club, Public Hall, Budleigh<br />

Salterton.<br />

ART EXHIBITION. TABLE TOP ART FAIR.<br />

28 <strong>May</strong> to 02 Jun- Art Exhibition.<br />

Table top art fair. Paintings, prints<br />

<strong>and</strong> cards, Brixham Society of Art,<br />

Methodist Church, Brixham.<br />

AFFAIRS OF THE HEART<br />

31 <strong>May</strong> to 13 Jun- Solo exhibition<br />

by Liz Shewan, Town Mill Arts, The<br />

Courtyard Gallery, Lyme Regis.<br />

ART@DARTS SUMMER EXHIBITION<br />

01 Jun to 03 Jun- Featuring five<br />

leading West Country Artists, Darts<br />

Farm, Darts Farm Village, Topsham.<br />

'FEATHERED FRIENDS' BY AMY LOUISE<br />

02 Jun to 17 Jun- Solo Art exhibition<br />

by Amy Louise. Quirky fun vibrant<br />

animal paintings., Host Galleries, 12<br />

Whimple Street, Plymouth.<br />

JUNE EXHIBITION<br />

02 Jun to 22 Jun- Works of Sue<br />

Luxton, Artizan Gallery Cafe Venue,<br />

7 Lucius Street, Torquay.<br />

VIEWPOINTS<br />

07 Jun to 20 Jun- Group exhibition<br />

of nine members of Bridport<br />

Camera Club, Town Mill Arts, The<br />

Malthouse Gallery, Lyme Regis.<br />

SYNESTHESIA: ALUMNI SHOW<br />

09 Jun to 23 Jun- Running alongside<br />

the University’s Degree Show,<br />

Peninsula Arts, University of<br />

Plymouth, Plymouth.<br />

PAPER AND CLAY<br />

15 Jun to 27 Jun- Four ceramicists<br />

<strong>and</strong> a collograph printer showcase<br />

their recent work, Town Mill Arts,<br />

The Courtyard Gallery, Lyme Regis.<br />

SUMMER EXHIBITION<br />

15 Jun to 11 Aug- The Annual<br />

Summer Show featuring numerous<br />

artists an an ever changing display!<br />

Artwave West, Morecombelake.<br />

THERE IS ONLY LIGHT<br />

21 Jun to 27 Jun- Group exhibition<br />

by members of Dorset Independent<br />

Photographers, Town Mill Arts, The<br />

Malthouse Gallery, Lyme Regis.<br />

EXHIBITION BY JACQUELINE STEEL<br />

'TRANSITIONS'<br />

23 Jun to 01 Jul- Art Exhibition<br />

by Jacqueline Steel entitled<br />

'Transitions'., Kennaway House,<br />

Coburg Road, Sidmouth.<br />

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01 <strong>May</strong> to 15 Jun<br />

‘Casting off’… Leaving behind the<br />

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As a professional artist I am always conscious that if one is not<br />

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rather than a desire to produce work that is fresh <strong>and</strong> alive.<br />

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It’s inevitable that every painter<br />

finds themselves in this position<br />

from time to time <strong>and</strong> then there’s<br />

no alternative but to take the bull<br />

by the horns. To keep the creative<br />

juices flowing one has to be brave<br />

<strong>and</strong> as Henri Matisse once said:<br />

“Creativity takes courage.”<br />

‘Pools of Gold, Exe Estuary’ Mixed Media<br />

Ray Balkwill, SWAc<br />

Last year I found myself in this<br />

situation, so I decided to take a year<br />

out in order to devote more time to<br />

experimenting <strong>and</strong> embracing new<br />

ideas. Some painters will choose<br />

a new medium to work in, whilst<br />

others may choose a totally different<br />

subject.<br />

me that the deep-rooted passion<br />

I have for this special stretch of<br />

water is not misplaced. It’s a place<br />

I never tire of painting <strong>and</strong> I have<br />

captured its many moods in just<br />

about every medium possible,<br />

except that is for acrylics. I not<br />

only wanted to challenge myself with<br />

a new medium, but<br />

also tackle a familiar<br />

place in a new way.<br />

Therefore instead of<br />

my usual practice of<br />

painting the subject<br />

en plein air, I chose<br />

to work entirely in<br />

the studio from quick<br />

pencil sketches as<br />

reference <strong>and</strong> relying<br />

more on memory.<br />

This not only allowed<br />

me to interpret the<br />

colours more freely,<br />

but also paint with<br />

more emotion. You<br />

can see some of the<br />

results in the ‘ART@<br />

DARTS’ Mixed<br />

Summer Exhibition<br />

on 1st, 2nd, 3rd <strong>June</strong>.<br />

(See Exhibitions pages for details).<br />

Also be sure to make a note of the<br />

rearranged date for the Thelma<br />

Hulbert Gallery Art Auction on <strong>June</strong><br />

8th. It was cancelled in March<br />

because of the snow. The auction is<br />

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Reunited with mum<br />

Later that day I did make it to<br />

the river to fish but no salmon.<br />

However, I can report that at least<br />

one salmon has been caught on<br />

the River Mole. That sounds bad<br />

but as the number of days that<br />

fisherman have been able to fish<br />

can be counted on one h<strong>and</strong>, it’s<br />

not disastrous. The swallows, s<strong>and</strong><br />

martins <strong>and</strong> house martins were<br />

busy overhead <strong>and</strong> their numbers<br />

will greatly increase over the<br />

coming weeks. Their arrival has<br />

been approximately two weeks<br />

later than normal as so much has<br />

been delayed this spring. The first<br />

swifts should arrive by mid <strong>May</strong>.<br />

In the last article I mention the<br />

flooding of Horsey Isl<strong>and</strong> on the<br />

north side of the Taw estuary since<br />

the breach of the sea wall. I have to<br />

report that no repair work seems<br />

to have occurred since my last visit.<br />

When I went down recently the<br />

tide was racing in, most of the area<br />

was underwater. Rather strange<br />

to see a barn submerged by the<br />

tide. The real reason to go down<br />

to the estuary was the possible<br />

sighting of the Osprey recently<br />

observed fishing in the river<br />

Taw on it’s northerly migration.<br />

I missed out on the osprey but<br />

had a great sighting of a little owl<br />

being mobbed by magpies while<br />

it sat on a barn roof, appearing<br />

oblivious to them pestering it. A<br />

Ringed Plover , several Teal, a<br />

female Ruff (known as a Reeve)<br />

with a wonky leg <strong>and</strong> a Dunlin,<br />

were about the most exciting birds<br />

spotted between hefty showers. I<br />

Dog poop bags just left?<br />

did notice a real twitcher packing<br />

up his telescope <strong>and</strong> then he <strong>and</strong><br />

his partner gathered up some of<br />

the mountains of plastic rubbish<br />

lining the sea wall to take home,<br />

A hornet’s nest the size of a football<br />

well done those two. Not all visitors<br />

are so considerate. It’s rather<br />

upsetting to see the numerous full<br />

dog poop bags left lying around the<br />

dunes. I am sure most left with the<br />

good intention of picking them up<br />

on the return to the car, however<br />

they seem to have been strewn<br />

everywhere <strong>and</strong> many have been<br />

left for days. The full bag is worse<br />

than the sum of the individual<br />

parts, it preserves forever the<br />

Partridges eggs to put under her.<br />

Usually they go broody in late<br />

<strong>June</strong> when the Partridges have<br />

stopped laying <strong>and</strong> this year it is<br />

plenty early enough! Every now<br />

<strong>and</strong> again we do see Greys in this<br />

part of North Devon <strong>and</strong> like many<br />

things they were more common<br />

thirty years ago, it would be just<br />

wonderful to see more around. I<br />

will keep you posted on progress<br />

with this. I recall an interesting<br />

The veg patch in <strong>June</strong> 2010<br />

Apple blossoms <strong>and</strong> Tipper<br />

offense of dog fouling. Unpleasant<br />

for all those that follow on after.<br />

The swan that nests each year<br />

close to the Toll House was<br />

sitting on her eggs in April <strong>and</strong><br />

most Mallards had also started<br />

incubating their eggs. It’s that time<br />

of year. One of our bantams has<br />

also gone broody <strong>and</strong> I am trying<br />

hard to find some grey or English<br />

country saying that I haven’t heard<br />

in North Devon, ʻ If Ascot week is<br />

dry then the wild English Partridge<br />

chicks survive well’. The chicks,<br />

small as they are, are extremely<br />

vulnerable to wet conditions. So<br />

hopefully by mid <strong>May</strong> the Swan <strong>and</strong><br />

my Partridges may have hatched.<br />

Christopher<br />

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It's worth considering the position<br />

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The client should also be encouraged<br />

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174 SWIMMING POOLS AND HOT TUBS<br />

176 GARDEN OUTBUILDINGS<br />

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179 GARAGE DOORS<br />

Laurence Mitchell sharing a joke with<br />

Nick Knowles on site at DIY SOS<br />

Great business people<br />

Often I'm engaged in interesting<br />

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my role as Editor of the Home Design<br />

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One such glowing example being<br />

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garden designer based in Budleigh<br />

Salterton. In our conversation,<br />

I discovered that he travels across the<br />

UK entirely at his own cost, giving up<br />

weeks of his time to help the DIY SOS<br />

team. To date he's been the garden<br />

designer for the DIY SOS Children in<br />

Need gardens created at both Swansea<br />

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construc the 'Chelsea' award-winning<br />

roof top garden for Great Ormond<br />

Street Hospital by Chris Beardshaw.<br />

Laurence also helped in the<br />

construction of several War Veterans<br />

Gardens in Manchester in 2015 <strong>and</strong><br />

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To say it does the heart good<br />

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It's easily forgotten how importan the garden is in<br />

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The garden is an important extension<br />

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When we talk about the garden, in<br />

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really have to decide from outset<br />

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If you're a busy person, then timeconsuming<br />

flower beds may not fit<br />

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chance of survival as the drive for ever<br />

increasing development <strong>and</strong> intensive<br />

farming make survival a cha lenge.<br />

Water feature above - recycling<br />

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gear’ competition.<br />

So if you<br />

want to<br />

get ahead<br />

wear a hat,<br />

reckons<br />

Ollie Allen<br />

In the Crafts <strong>and</strong> Gardens feature <strong>and</strong> the<br />

BBC marquee, there will be two wedding<br />

trees for visitors to write their good wishes;<br />

after the Show, the messages will be collected<br />

<strong>and</strong> sent to the Royal couple together with a<br />

Devon tree sapling to reflect the wedding<br />

day <strong>and</strong> also the Queen’s Commonwealth<br />

Canopy project.<br />

Hat’s off to <strong>Devonshire</strong>’s Big Day Out!<br />

For Show Secretary Ollie Allen (pictured<br />

above) this will be her 22nd County Show <strong>and</strong><br />

final year at the helm but she said that no two<br />

shows were ever the same: “My passion to be<br />

part of an event which appeals to every str<strong>and</strong><br />

of the Devon community only gets stronger year<br />

on year. And this year I’m certain we’re going to<br />

pull it off yet again - it will be a Show of mixed<br />

emotions for me but the star is the Show itself,<br />

so if there are plenty of happy people, enjoying<br />

themselves, whether competing or visiting,<br />

then – ‘job done’ for the last time!”<br />

HIP HIP HOORAY! for the indomitable Devon<br />

County Show, the first <strong>and</strong> foremost in the<br />

l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> daisy-fresh again this year for its<br />

123rd appearance.<br />

Farming, the countryside <strong>and</strong> food remain<br />

at the heart of the Show (17-19 <strong>May</strong>) which<br />

is the great curtain-raiser for the livestock<br />

<strong>and</strong> horse showing season in the South West.<br />

But there is more than ever to see <strong>and</strong> do this<br />

‘special’ year. The Royal Wedding takes place<br />

on Show Saturday <strong>and</strong> they’ll be throwing<br />

what will probably be the biggest party in the<br />

county at the br<strong>and</strong> new feature dubbed “The<br />

Watering Hole”. This is where visitors can<br />

sit <strong>and</strong> savour street food, enjoy local brews<br />

from Exeter Brewery <strong>and</strong> listen to live music,<br />

all housed in a huge red <strong>and</strong> blue marquee.<br />

There will be live big screen TV wedding<br />

coverage, a mass confetti throw <strong>and</strong> a ‘head<br />

Plan your family visit for the big day itself,<br />

Saturday, 19th <strong>May</strong> <strong>and</strong> two children can<br />

get free admission with every adult ticket.<br />

Oh, <strong>and</strong> did we mention that <strong>Devonshire</strong><br />

magazine will be taking a st<strong>and</strong> this year<br />

- so why not drop by <strong>and</strong> meet<br />

20<strong>18</strong><br />

some of the people who make<br />

these pages happen every time?<br />

17•<strong>18</strong>•19 MAY<br />

Changing childhoods<br />

YOUNG PEOPLE from bygone eras are the<br />

subject of an exhibition currently on view at<br />

the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM)<br />

in the heart of Exeter.<br />

It is called “Childhood” <strong>and</strong> examines the<br />

changing face of childhood from the 17th to<br />

the 20th Century when all too often children<br />

in art appeared as miniature adults.<br />

Take, for example, this striking portrait<br />

entitled ‘Master Carew’ by the Tiverton<br />

born artist Richard Cosway. It is of Henry,<br />

later to become Sir Henry Carew, leaning<br />

nonchalantly on his sword <strong>and</strong> clearly ready<br />

for the fray.<br />

By contrast Victorian works by Kate<br />

Greenaway such as The Stick Fire <strong>and</strong><br />

The Garden Bench place emphasis upon<br />

childhood innocence <strong>and</strong> romanticism.<br />

Childhood runs from now until <strong>18</strong>th<br />

November.<br />

Daisy, daisy!<br />

’T IS SUMMER AT LONG LAST <strong>and</strong> we write<br />

in praise of Devon’s ubiquitous, down trodden<br />

yet perfectly beautiful daisy, Bellis perennis<br />

unchanged since time immemorial <strong>and</strong> the<br />

flower of necessity for making daisy chains.<br />

It is also the flower most commonly destroyed<br />

by Devon maids with an eye to a would-be<br />

suitor (“He loves me, he loves not”) which<br />

romantic pastime can be traced back to<br />

a Dartmouth-dwelling Chaucer <strong>and</strong> his<br />

Legendes of Goode Women that deals with<br />

the daisy as a symbol of fidelity. Stay up<br />

late this Midsummer’s Eve <strong>and</strong> you will see<br />

how the ‘Day’s-eye’ (for that is how it got its<br />

name) closes its petals at dusk to cover that<br />

wonderful sunny centre: <strong>and</strong> that’s a wrap.<br />

JOHN FISHER<br />

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But here’s the thing...<br />

Lennon’s last word on Raleigh<br />

RALEIGH SMOKED LIKE A CHIMNEY <strong>and</strong> even turned Good<br />

Queen Bess onto the habit - along with several ladies of her<br />

court - persuading them that a pipeful of best Virginia was<br />

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King James, the follow-on monarch, sounded a slightly more<br />

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of the pit that is bottomelesse”.<br />

Nicely put, sire, but fast forward to <strong>18</strong>15 <strong>and</strong> here is Charles<br />

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famous poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s, scribbling through<br />

the night to meet a dawn deadline:<br />

“Tobacco, a lone man’s companion, a bachelors friend, a hungry<br />

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Last word however to John Lennon who in his song “I’m so<br />

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such a stupid g—-!”<br />

Memorial Trust <strong>and</strong> it’s free, although they<br />

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unpleasant free radicals.<br />

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Strolling with the poet<br />

SITTING <strong>and</strong> taking in the poetry of Devon’s<br />

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to pass an early summer afternoon.<br />

Better still perhaps might be to leave that<br />

armchair <strong>and</strong> join the Coleridge Memorial<br />

Walk - a guided stroll along the River Otter<br />

“in the company of the poet <strong>and</strong> friends”.<br />

Organised by the good people of the Coleridge<br />

Farm gate takeaway<br />

THE CURRENT FAD promoted by beauty<br />

spas for bathing in red wine has touched<br />

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wine is rich in a substance called polyphenol<br />

that helps to tone <strong>and</strong> defoliate the skin<br />

while antioxidants fight damage caused by<br />

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(catechins), flavonols <strong>and</strong> hydroxycinnamic<br />

acids.<br />

Lack of space does not allow that we also<br />

pass on their suggestions for recycling either<br />

beauty treatment, post-bath.<br />

Don’t try this at home - Ed.<br />

JOHN FISHER<br />

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The diary of lady farmer, Janet East<br />

Bruised, Trampled, Pecked... "Enjoy a Lambing Weekend"... Really?<br />

My name is Sonia <strong>and</strong> I am a sprightly<br />

72 year old widow. I hate the blinking<br />

term “bucket list”, but since being widowed,<br />

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favourite time of year - lambing.<br />

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of course hopefully learnt<br />

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Sonia arrived one very wet,<br />

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lass, but so cheerful, definitely<br />

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be a real part of a farming family. You will<br />

enjoy superb home cooked food, sat around<br />

a big Oak table with Janet <strong>and</strong> her family<br />

in their traditional farmhouse kitchen. Up<br />

for it? The experience will stay with you for<br />

the rest of your life.”<br />

Never was a truer word written than that<br />

last sentence of the blog. I’ll let Janet tell<br />

you about my weekend as a Shepherd as I<br />

am still in the process of recuperation <strong>and</strong><br />

rehabilitation!<br />

I showed her to her room, <strong>and</strong><br />

made sure she had suitable<br />

clothing before we headed<br />

off for the first job of the late<br />

afternoon. In a small field near<br />

the farmhouse are 25 hoggets<br />

(last of last years’ lambs) which<br />

were being fattened for market.<br />

Due to the atrocious weather it<br />

was a bit of a mission feeding<br />

them as the constant rain<br />

we have had, made the going<br />

underfoot pretty treacherous<br />

to say the least. Sonia was<br />

very keen <strong>and</strong> followed me<br />

everywhere I went... question<br />

after question, I just hoped<br />

she remembered the answers<br />

otherwise I could see myself<br />

being exhausted mentally by<br />

the end of the weekend. Bless<br />

her. With the task of feeding<br />

the sheep becoming pressing<br />

before the daylight started to<br />

disappear, we hurried to the<br />

barn, weighed out the sheep<br />

feed into a large bucket <strong>and</strong> off<br />

we went. Ralph, my beautiful<br />

brown young Collie, was at<br />

my feet ready to join us <strong>and</strong><br />

to be my eyes <strong>and</strong> ears <strong>and</strong><br />

truly faithful work mate, come<br />

rain or shine. We trudged<br />

through the gate leading to<br />

the field where the 25 sheep<br />

waited for us expectantly - they<br />

have a food clock <strong>and</strong> soon<br />

let you know if you’re late, the<br />

bleating was deafening as we<br />

approached. We have long<br />

10ft metal troughs to feed the<br />

sheep which are about 8” deep<br />

<strong>and</strong> 8” wide - the idea being<br />

that only their noses get in the<br />

trough, not all of them! After<br />

each feed I always turn the<br />

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Janet East is the proprietor<br />

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running a Farmhouse B&B<br />

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toughs over so they stay dry<br />

<strong>and</strong> that the sheep don’t put<br />

their feet in them, or worse,<br />

wee in them. So the first job<br />

is to turn the troughs over. It<br />

doesn’t sound hard, but in the<br />

mud they stick to the ground<br />

<strong>and</strong> are heavy to turn over,<br />

particularly when you are<br />

also surrounded by 25 hungry,<br />

heavy, soaking wet sheep<br />

desperate for food. Their large<br />

metal hay feeder sits close by<br />

<strong>and</strong> I normally put the bucket<br />

of food on top of the feeder<br />

well out of reach of the sheep<br />

whilst I set up the troughs.<br />

However, tonight I had Sonia<br />

to help, so she was delighted<br />

to be in charge of the bucket,<br />

but the sheep on spotting the<br />

bucket, made a beeline for her.<br />

One minute Sonia was there<br />

<strong>and</strong> then I saw her disappear<br />

in slow motion into a sea<br />

of thick, claggy mud as the<br />

sheep mobbed her in search<br />

of the contents of the bucket.<br />

I quickly rescued the bucket,<br />

albeit half full <strong>and</strong> rushed over<br />

to the troughs <strong>and</strong> emptied<br />

the remaining contents as fast<br />

as I could as the sheep left<br />

Sonia without a care in the<br />

world as to her welfare. What<br />

I couldn’t believe was that she<br />

was laughing, still horizontal,<br />

but clearly quite incapable of<br />

getting to her feet. With the<br />

sheep content feeding, my<br />

focus was on rescuing Sonia.<br />

She gave me her 2 h<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />

with all my strength I tried<br />

to get her up, but she was<br />

so heavy <strong>and</strong> stuck fast. The<br />

mud was acting like glue. I<br />

soon started to laugh as well,<br />

which made me even weaker.<br />

I tried to roll her over, but<br />

that was hopeless too. There<br />

was only one thing to do <strong>and</strong><br />

that was to ring for help <strong>and</strong><br />

hope that someone back at<br />

the farm would answer the<br />

phone. Luckily my son Miles<br />

did <strong>and</strong> in between bouts<br />

of hysteria, asked whether<br />

a tractor <strong>and</strong> chains was<br />

required as he had met Sonia<br />

earlier <strong>and</strong> commented on the<br />

fact that she was “a fair sized<br />

lass”. I told him to not be so<br />

cheeky <strong>and</strong> just come over <strong>and</strong><br />

rescue this poor damsel in<br />

distress. The whole scene was<br />

hilarious, made more so by the<br />

fact that this delightful widow<br />

really was tickled pink by the<br />

whole affair. As Miles lifted<br />

her gently to safety, she was<br />

literally covered head to toe in<br />

mud, to which she replied:<br />

“Don’t worry, I have plenty<br />

more clothes, the weekend has<br />

only just begun <strong>and</strong> what a<br />

wonderful start!”<br />

Heavens above, I was going to<br />

have to watch this sprightly<br />

72 year old as she definitely<br />

had a mischievous twinkle<br />

in her eye. After a change of<br />

clothes <strong>and</strong> watching my new<br />

lambing assistant bundle, wet,<br />

muddy clothes into a black<br />

bag in the back of her car,<br />

(boy they’re going to smell by<br />

Sunday night) we ventured<br />

back down to the lambing yard<br />

where all the in lamb ewes<br />

<strong>and</strong> newborn lambs are safely<br />

in pens <strong>and</strong> behind gates. I<br />

explained the whole lambing<br />

process to Sonia <strong>and</strong> how she<br />

was going to be involved <strong>and</strong><br />

the excitement in her eyes<br />

was unforgettable <strong>and</strong> her<br />

questions kept coming fast <strong>and</strong><br />

furious. She was certainly a<br />

force to be reckoned with, but<br />

I liked her a lot.<br />

Dinner that night was a<br />

beautiful, classic beef stew<br />

<strong>and</strong> dumplings, followed by<br />

apple crumble <strong>and</strong> lashings of<br />

clotted cream - fuel food - but<br />

delicious. We were entertained<br />

by Sonia <strong>and</strong> actually did learn<br />

a lot about her interesting<br />

life, <strong>and</strong> I did get one thing<br />

right - she was a retired<br />

Headmistress. Her humour<br />

was infectious <strong>and</strong> I shall<br />

never forget the shock of her<br />

telling a particularly funny<br />

story where she referred to<br />

having a CRAFT moment, to<br />

which we all looked at her<br />

blankly, when I asked her:<br />

“What is a CRAFT moment?”<br />

“Surely you know what a CRAFT<br />

moment is... Can’t, Remember,<br />

A, F...g, Thing”.<br />

She just giggled, after which<br />

there was raucous laughter<br />

around the table. What<br />

an earth would tomorrow<br />

bring from the lips of this<br />

extraordinary guest?<br />

The morning soon arrived <strong>and</strong><br />

Sonia appeared down in the<br />

lambing yard about 6.30. It<br />

was still dark but with all the<br />

lights on, we soon got to work.<br />

It had been a quiet night <strong>and</strong><br />

whilst Sonia was keen to join<br />

me at 3am for my check, I like<br />

that time on my own <strong>and</strong> told<br />

her she needed the sleep... <strong>and</strong><br />

I needed the peace <strong>and</strong> quiet!<br />

After feeding the ewes <strong>and</strong><br />

bedding up with straw where<br />

it was needed, we progressed<br />

onto the other early morning<br />

FARM CALENDAR<br />

MAY<br />

• Check fencing <strong>and</strong> repair -<br />

lambs find a hole anywhere<br />

• Chain harrow <strong>and</strong> roll fields<br />

when dry enough<br />

• Worm lambs after 6 weeks old<br />

• Vaccinate lambs against sheep<br />

related diseases - 2 injections 2<br />

to 4 weeks apart<br />

• Keep a close eye on condition<br />

of ewes as lambs get bigger <strong>and</strong><br />

bigger<br />

• Trim ewes feet after housing<br />

• Clean out <strong>and</strong> disinfect barn<br />

after lambing<br />

• Book the shearer before he gets<br />

too busy<br />

• Enjoy a day out at Devon<br />

County Show<br />

JUNE<br />

• Shear the ewes<br />

• Top the fields as the grass gets<br />

straggly<br />

• Control the growth of docks<br />

<strong>and</strong> nettles - a never ending job<br />

• Keep a sharp eye out for<br />

flystrike - flies laying eggs in<br />

damp wool which within hours<br />

become maggots - a shepherds<br />

worst nightmare<br />

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Devon's Apple Heritage - part ii<br />

Nigel Jones discusses early English <strong>and</strong> Devon varieties, identification,<br />

notable experts through the ages, propagation <strong>and</strong> rootstocks<br />

Although we buy over 450,000 tonnes<br />

of apple a year, half of this quantity<br />

comprises only two varieties, namely<br />

Braeburn <strong>and</strong> Gala, both varieties deriving from<br />

New Zeal<strong>and</strong>. This is such a great pity as there<br />

are over 2,000 known varieties of apple today,<br />

although our supermarkets effectively restrict<br />

access to other varieties. Their insistence on<br />

providing uniformity <strong>and</strong> year round access<br />

means we’re missing out on a many differing<br />

tastes <strong>and</strong> textures, <strong>and</strong> being deprived of<br />

these ‘heritage’ varieties. We often today see<br />

could enter various characteristics in a search<br />

form to find the variety, but I suspected this<br />

was very much hit <strong>and</strong> miss method <strong>and</strong> their<br />

database of varieties is restricted to around 100.<br />

One apple enthusiast who developed a system<br />

of apple identification was Edward Bunyard<br />

(<strong>18</strong>78-1939) with Hogg <strong>and</strong> also Beach being<br />

others who'd attempted this difficult task. The<br />

reference book I've referred to here was written<br />

by H.V.Taylor O.B.E., he'd developed his own<br />

identification plan (similar to Bunyard's) that<br />

arranges apples into seven distinct groups:<br />

I think you'll agree that the permutations are<br />

mind boggling from the aforementioned<br />

criteria, demonstrating the complexity of the<br />

task of identification, so if you have mature<br />

apples in your garden, orchard or fields <strong>and</strong><br />

want to find out what variety they are, then<br />

very good luck!<br />

Each seed from an apple tree is capable of<br />

growing into a totally new variety, that’s why<br />

propagation is carried out by cloning using a<br />

grafting technique to maintain the attributes<br />

Golden Pippin<br />

A high-class dessert apple of 1700s<br />

The Pearmain<br />

Traced back to Norfolk in 1200<br />

Costard<br />

A favourite in 1200s<br />

(after lithograph by Ronalds <strong>18</strong>31)<br />

(after John Parkinson 1629)<br />

(after lithograph in Herefordshire Pomona)<br />

reference to heritage tomatoes <strong>and</strong> suchlike,<br />

which begs the question why equally retailers<br />

cannot offer more apple varieties such as the<br />

delicious <strong>Devonshire</strong> Quarrenden, a fine tasting<br />

apple that is ready to eat in early August. Many<br />

counties have their own regional varieties,<br />

how fine it would be to have access to our<br />

own regional apples at local shops.<br />

One thing that’s always puzzled me is how<br />

to identify a particular variety of apple,<br />

there are so many variations of skin colour,<br />

shape, mottling, stripes, blush, skin feeling,<br />

bloom, etc., it would appear impossible to<br />

know one apple variety from another. I did<br />

come across an American website where you<br />

1. Apples with whitish, pale yellow or golden<br />

skins, often carrying a coloured flush but<br />

no stripes.<br />

2. Contains green apples, sometimes with a<br />

coloured flush but no stripes.<br />

3. Green apples with red stripes <strong>and</strong> acid to<br />

the taste (cookers).<br />

4. Includes similar apples but sweet to taste<br />

(desert apples).<br />

5. Contains the really red apples.<br />

6. Contains the apples with red stripes <strong>and</strong><br />

patches of russet.<br />

7. Contains the russet apples - rough in skin<br />

texture <strong>and</strong> of russet flavour.<br />

of the existing variety. Grafting is where a<br />

scion (small branch) of new growth is taken off<br />

the parent tree of known variety <strong>and</strong> grafted<br />

onto a young apple rootstock, this process is<br />

carried out in the spring so that by the end of<br />

the season a healthy young plant is produced<br />

<strong>and</strong> the graft will have fully healed. It’s also<br />

possible to carry out cloning by inserting a<br />

bud into the side of the rootstock, the end<br />

result is pretty much the same, as the bud will<br />

eventually establish <strong>and</strong> branches will start to<br />

form from this site. The Chinese are credited<br />

with being the earliest race to develop grafting<br />

(on citrus trees) <strong>and</strong> this knowledge spread<br />

throughout civilisations. Some old varieties<br />

of apple still exist, for instance Pliny in 101AD<br />

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mentioned the Annurca grown in Naples, being<br />

a red dessert apple. The Annurca continues<br />

to be a good cropper after an existence of<br />

nearly 2,000 years (if Pliny’s reference to the<br />

Annurca variety is correct).<br />

There’s debate about whether grafted clones<br />

lose vigour <strong>and</strong>/or degrade over the years,<br />

for instance, the Wellington cooking apple,<br />

very much esteemed across Engl<strong>and</strong> by our<br />

predecessors, has, within sixty or so years,<br />

become increasingly marked with black spot<br />

to the point where it’s no longer cultivated<br />

<strong>and</strong> has nearly disappeared altogether. You<br />

can imagine that over the years, if a variety of<br />

apple is grafted over <strong>and</strong> over again, perhaps<br />

as time accumulates, each tree st<strong>and</strong>s more<br />

of a chance of picking up diseases along the<br />

way. And each time a scion is chosen for a<br />

new graft, it becomes increasingly difficult to<br />

chose a healthy one.<br />

It’s know that although the Romans introduced<br />

new varieties of apple to our shores, the crabapple<br />

(referred to sometimes as Wildings) was<br />

our native apple <strong>and</strong> it’s said that they are the<br />

source of our cider apples. It’s also said that<br />

cider-making has origins in prehistoric times.<br />

The first known English named variety of<br />

apple is the Pearmain which was notated<br />

in a deed of a property holding in Norfolk<br />

dated 1204, owned by Robert de Evermere,<br />

who was due to make a yearly payment of<br />

200 Pearmains to the Exchequer on the feast<br />

of Michael. The Pearmain continued to be<br />

highly regarded until the early seventeenth<br />

century. Another very old variety is the Costard,<br />

recorded in 1296, being sold at Oxford for one<br />

shilling for a hundred. You may have heard of<br />

the term ‘Costermonger’, a term understood to<br />

be a person selling fruit <strong>and</strong> vegetables from<br />

a h<strong>and</strong>-cart in the street. The true origin of<br />

the term is from the apple of the same name.<br />

At the request of King Henry VIII, fruiterer<br />

Robert Harris was despatched to France<br />

with the intention of bringing to Engl<strong>and</strong> new<br />

varieties of apple because much apple until<br />

this time consumed by the ‘noble’ families, was<br />

being brought over from the continent. Pippins<br />

were also brought to Engl<strong>and</strong> from France by<br />

Harris at this time, this is the first instance of<br />

them appearing on our shores. Pippin was a<br />

term also used to represent dessert apples that<br />

are also suitable for use in cider-making, they<br />

are also said to have reproduced fairly true to<br />

form from propagation by seed, hence the<br />

‘Pippin’ name. Loudon had said of the Pippin<br />

that “in general the form of the fruit <strong>and</strong> its<br />

external appearance is less removed from that<br />

of a h<strong>and</strong>some <strong>and</strong> large crab than the fruit<br />

of many of the other tribes”. It’s interesting to<br />

note that the USA also have their own Pippin,<br />

which was a favourite of Thomas Jefferson,<br />

George Washington <strong>and</strong> Benjamin Franklin.<br />

Their Pippin was said to originate from a chance<br />

seedling near a swamp in Queens County,<br />

New York in 1730.<br />

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Ponsford<br />

Often used for cooking, the Ponsord is known<br />

as a <strong>Devonshire</strong> cider apple. It has a very sharp<br />

nature, is well-flavoured <strong>and</strong> is picked very late<br />

in the season. It originates from the 19th century<br />

(see photo above).<br />

<strong>Devonshire</strong> Queen<br />

Having a deep rich crimson colouring with<br />

deeper stripes <strong>and</strong> soft patches of yellow, the<br />

whole surface is as if it has been varnished. It has a<br />

strong <strong>and</strong> pleasantly acid flavour <strong>and</strong> is popular<br />

in the Tamar valley, being known as 'Queenie'<br />

by locals. Best picked straight from the tree.<br />

Star of Devon<br />

Said to have been raised by J.Garl<strong>and</strong> of Broadclyst<br />

<strong>and</strong> introduced by george Pyne of Topsham, it<br />

was said to be similar to the Worcester Pearmain.<br />

The flesh was soft <strong>and</strong> sweet, <strong>and</strong> of agreeable<br />

flavour, keeping well <strong>and</strong> being able to keep<br />

stored until March/April the following year (see<br />

photo above).<br />

<strong>Devonshire</strong> Quarrenden<br />

Mentioned in The Compleat Planter <strong>and</strong> Cyderist<br />

which was published in 1690, it's a very old variety.<br />

It was a favourite in the South West <strong>and</strong> highly<br />

esteemed, being coloured a deep red, it was<br />

said to have an almost strawberry -like flavour.<br />

Bickington Grey<br />

With high resistance to scab, this variety originates<br />

from South Devon. Worthy of being eaten<br />

as a dessert apple, the cider it makes is light <strong>and</strong><br />

well flavoured (see photo above).<br />

Duke of <strong>Devonshire</strong><br />

Raised in <strong>18</strong>35 at Holker Hall, Lancashire by Mr<br />

Wilson, gardener to the Duke of <strong>Devonshire</strong><br />

after whom it is named. Quite indispensable<br />

for late use (source: The Apples of Engl<strong>and</strong>). It<br />

was grown in quite a large number of private<br />

gardens, being aromatic, with crisp, sweet juice.<br />

Advised eating is in February of following year.<br />

During the seventeenth century, many of<br />

the great country houses began to take<br />

an more of an interest in the trees <strong>and</strong> plants<br />

on their estates, turning their attention also<br />

to their fruit apple produce for the table.<br />

Enthusiastic horticulturalists introduced many<br />

new varieties <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong> owner Lord Scudamore<br />

became famous for his contribution to the<br />

cider apple strains, particularly in Herefordshire<br />

where his estate was situated. Having been<br />

appointed ambassador to the Court of Louis<br />

XIII in 1635, he used the opportunity to visit the<br />

famous cider orchards of Norm<strong>and</strong>y, where<br />

he no doubt collected specimens to bring<br />

back to Hereford, subsequently developing<br />

new strains.<br />

Another noted contributor <strong>and</strong> writer to<br />

the subject of apple cultivation was John<br />

Evelyn (1620-1705), <strong>and</strong> it’s important to note<br />

that at the time there was much enthusiasm<br />

for sourcing new continental varieties, indeed<br />

many horticulturalists across Europe corresponded<br />

on the subject of apple propagation<br />

<strong>and</strong> varieties.<br />

Over the centuries, many new varieties<br />

were developed, with the 19th century<br />

being a particularly prolific time when a more<br />

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Apple photos by Jane Pay<br />

All Doer<br />

Apparently it's a fantastic dual purpose apple,<br />

used for either cooking or cider production.<br />

Having a sharp taste with a sweet edge to it,<br />

the flesh is dry <strong>and</strong> yellowish in colour. It has<br />

very good scab resistance (see photo above).<br />

Michaelmas Stubbard<br />

A yellowy-green apple with a brownish flush,<br />

this apple has a ribbed basin, long stem <strong>and</strong><br />

a large eye. A popular <strong>and</strong> early dessert apple<br />

ready in August, whaving a distinctive flavour.<br />

Limberl<strong>and</strong><br />

Originating from North Devon, again another<br />

dual purpose apple, for use either in cooking or<br />

as a sweet desert apple. Its colour is yellow with<br />

green dots <strong>and</strong> has excellent disease resistance<br />

(see photo above).<br />

Gr<strong>and</strong>pa Ailes<br />

Having exceptional resistance to canker <strong>and</strong><br />

scab, it's a relatively new variety, brought from<br />

Kazakhstan by former Reuters correspondent,<br />

a Mr Ailes, back to Woody Bay in North Devon.<br />

Kazakhstan is where our domestic apple varieties<br />

are originally descended.<br />

Ellis Bitter<br />

Being an old East Devon variety, they don't store<br />

well <strong>and</strong> need pressing soon after harvesting. The<br />

tree is vigorous, makes good juice (see photo<br />

above).<br />

<strong>Devonshire</strong> Buckl<strong>and</strong><br />

One of Monty Don's favourite culinary apples,<br />

this tree originated before <strong>18</strong>31 <strong>and</strong> is vigorous,<br />

producing lots of sharp apples with good flavour<br />

<strong>and</strong> excellent resistance to disease <strong>and</strong> scab. The<br />

apples keep well <strong>and</strong> becomes sweeter when<br />

cooked. The skin is waxen yellow, strewed with<br />

small russet dots.<br />

opment of apple varieties. A notable figure from<br />

this time was Thomas Andrew Knight, the son<br />

of a Herefordshire country squire, educated at<br />

Oxford (born 1759). Upon his return, he took<br />

a keen interest in fruit growing, coming up<br />

with new theories about canker <strong>and</strong> disease<br />

in old apple varieties, one of which was that<br />

each variety has a give life cycle, beyond which<br />

waning vigour gives way to disease. It begs<br />

the question if you can clone <strong>and</strong> apple tree<br />

infinitely. You have to take into consideration<br />

that the rootstock of the graft has a limited<br />

life of about 70-100 years maximum (less for<br />

dwarf varieties), so perhaps when a new tree<br />

is produced with a graft from the old tree, the<br />

rootstock provides renewed vigour?<br />

Of course, one area for discussion is the<br />

subject of root stock. We know today<br />

that there are various rootstocks approved<br />

for grafting (incidentally, you can also graft<br />

certain apple scions to Hawthorn, they are<br />

both members of the Rose family (Rosaceae)).<br />

The Ministry in Britain stepped in to control<br />

disease in the apple <strong>and</strong> developed the ‘M’<br />

series rootstocks (M st<strong>and</strong>s for East Malling,<br />

where development <strong>and</strong> research was carried<br />

out initially).<br />

Here are various examples of rootstocks:<br />

M25, the biggest of the rootstocks having the<br />

longest life expectancy of around 125 years.<br />

M26 is a dwarf rootstock, which would need<br />

clear ground as grass would compete with<br />

the roots, <strong>and</strong> staking also.<br />

M111 - resistant to wooly aphid <strong>and</strong> Phytophthera,<br />

passing resistance onto the scion.<br />

Drought resistant <strong>and</strong> able to cope with wet<br />

conditions.<br />

M106 - very popular in Wales, good success<br />

rate in pots, lifespan around 50 years.<br />

etc.<br />

Viruses can infect grafted trees, but a heat<br />

treatment (originally developed for potatoes)<br />

has been developed to clean up these<br />

viruses, carried out through keeping the scion<br />

in an environment of 38 degrees celsius which<br />

doesn’t kill the virus, but inhibits division, <strong>and</strong><br />

means that virus free tissue can grow at the<br />

top of the wood, which can then be used to a<br />

virus free soft graft in early season. Although<br />

these heat-treated trees cannot be bought in<br />

the UK, they're available from Holl<strong>and</strong>.<br />

References - The Apples of Engl<strong>and</strong> - first<br />

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The Heritage Apple Orchard at Rosemoor<br />

Rosemoor's special orchard will keep rare Devon varieties alive for future generations.<br />

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

Bush? Or even a Gr<strong>and</strong> Sultan? We’re talking<br />

about apple varieties of course. Any of these<br />

would make a welcome break from the ubiquitous<br />

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

impossible to track them down today. Since the<br />

1960s, two-thirds of our nation’s orchards have<br />

been lost, <strong>and</strong> with them many apple varieties<br />

have dwindled or even disappeared.<br />

To safeguard these varieties, in March 2017, Royal<br />

Horticultural Society (RHS) is planting forty<br />

five cultivars of rare Devon apples to establish<br />

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

Rosemoor in North Devon. For hundreds of<br />

years, apples were part of the South West’s<br />

industry, <strong>and</strong> this new orchard is both a tribute<br />

to the region’s heritage as well as a type of<br />

insurance policy; to ensure that these diverse<br />

old varieties don’t die out <strong>and</strong> remain available<br />

for future generations.<br />

Jon Webster, Curator of RHS Garden Rosemoor<br />

says:<br />

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

our founding in <strong>18</strong>04 so we are thrilled that this<br />

orchard has come to fruition with the help of<br />

the South West Fruit Group <strong>and</strong> Devon-based<br />

Orchards Live”.<br />

“These apples were gathered from small collections,<br />

from local farms <strong>and</strong> even private gardens,<br />

which the local fruit group knew. The idea of<br />

planting them in one place is to safeguard them<br />

for the future ‒ a mother orchard”<br />

The gathered apple collection was grafted onto<br />

robust root stock <strong>and</strong> planted in February 2017.<br />

Over the next ten years, the trees will carefully<br />

be trained <strong>and</strong> pruned by RHS horticulturalists<br />

as they grow into wide canopied trees.<br />

Jim Arbury, RHS apple tree specialist at RHS<br />

Garden Wisley says: “We grafted this heritage<br />

collection of apples, as new trees grown from<br />

seed will not come true to parental type ‒ <strong>and</strong><br />

it is the unique, quirky tastes, colours <strong>and</strong> sizes<br />

we want to preserve”.<br />

“Since the 1950s our collection has been at<br />

RHS Garden Wisley, which now has 700 apple<br />

cultivars, together with 120 pear cultivars, over<br />

100 varieties of dessert plums <strong>and</strong> gages, plus<br />

quinces, medlars <strong>and</strong> nuts. It’s exciting to have<br />

a new heritage orchard in the West Country,<br />

the spiritual home of British apple growing”.<br />

This new orchard of eaters, cookers <strong>and</strong> cider<br />

apples complements the current apple trees<br />

in the Rosemoor fruit field, <strong>and</strong> like its existing<br />

apple harvest, these rare <strong>and</strong> old varieties will<br />

be used in the restaurant, turned into Rosemoor<br />

cider <strong>and</strong> juice, or sold as bagged apples. A<br />

taste of the past for visitors to the RHS West<br />

Country Garden.<br />

RHS Members have helped raise over £16,000<br />

towards the establishment of the new orchard,<br />

which has helped both in paying for the grafting<br />

<strong>and</strong> will towards the long term care <strong>and</strong><br />

maintenance of the trees <strong>and</strong> surrounding area.<br />

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tasks of which the first was<br />

to let out the chickens. I keep<br />

several breeds of chickens<br />

<strong>and</strong> had recently hatched out<br />

some fine Buff Sussex, who<br />

are truly lovely birds <strong>and</strong> in<br />

particular the cockerels are a<br />

sight to behold. They have a<br />

combination of striking brown<br />

<strong>and</strong> gold feathers, with black<br />

ones around the neck <strong>and</strong> in<br />

the sunlight there are tinges<br />

of green. They literally strut<br />

their stuff <strong>and</strong> are huge birds.<br />

I kept 2 cockerels in case I<br />

lost one to - even though the<br />

chickens are shut away at<br />

night, they free range during<br />

the day, as does Mr. Fox. Sonia<br />

adored them at first sight as<br />

they bounded out for a day of<br />

me<strong>and</strong>ering around, scratching,<br />

eating, <strong>and</strong> hopefully laying an<br />

egg or 2. During the day, there<br />

are always quiet times <strong>and</strong> I<br />

would often catch Sonia going<br />

over to the old chest freezer<br />

where we keep the chicken<br />

food <strong>and</strong> sneaking another<br />

scoop of corn for the chickens<br />

which they adore. Trouble is,<br />

they soon cottoned on to the<br />

fact that they had a new Queen<br />

of the Corn. When they saw<br />

her they literally ran up to her<br />

expectantly <strong>and</strong> of course they<br />

were rewarded. I never gave it a<br />

thought that Sonia would be in<br />

trouble again so soon. Needless<br />

to say one of the cockerels took<br />

a bit of a fancy to Sonia <strong>and</strong><br />

started to sidle up to her as<br />

they do when they fancy a hen.<br />

But unfortunately the cockerel<br />

became over zealous <strong>and</strong><br />

stated to fly up at her. Initially,<br />

she thought this was natural<br />

<strong>and</strong> the odd peck or too was<br />

harmless. It was a very loud<br />

shriek that alerted me to her<br />

problem. I ran into the yard<br />

<strong>and</strong> there was Sonia literally<br />

been pecked hard by this huge<br />

cockerel as his feet left the<br />

ground – he meant business.<br />

I didn’t realise he could be<br />

so naughty <strong>and</strong> this time<br />

Sonia was in a spot of bother.<br />

Honestly I had never seen him<br />

do that before <strong>and</strong> it wasn’t a<br />

pleasant sight. There was no<br />

physical damage to her wellies,<br />

trousers, body or mental state.<br />

With a huge grin on her face, all<br />

she said was:<br />

“Farm life is so exciting; you<br />

never know what’s going to<br />

happen to you next!”<br />

I couldn’t believe my ears, was<br />

there nothing that fazed this<br />

extraordinary lady? I really<br />

wanted her to go indoors <strong>and</strong><br />

rest as I couldn’t begin the<br />

think what trouble she would<br />

be in next. Sunday afternoon<br />

arrived all too soon for Sonia as<br />

I watched her literally bundle<br />

even more clothes into black<br />

bags. It would take her weeks<br />

to do all her washing.<br />

“Don’t worry – I did a huge shop<br />

at my local Charity Shop before<br />

coming to you <strong>and</strong> this lot’s<br />

going straight in the bin”.<br />

Her weekend had been<br />

wonderful <strong>and</strong> as she drove out<br />

of the gate, she wound down<br />

her window <strong>and</strong> said:<br />

“I don’t think I will be having<br />

a CRAFT moment about my<br />

weekend at Yellingham!”<br />

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The remarkable life <strong>and</strong> loves of Devon's most illustrious son<br />

by John Fisher<br />

Sir Walter Raleigh<br />

NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE what<br />

became of Sir Walter Raleigh’s<br />

head after he was executed.<br />

He was publicly beheaded as a traitor in<br />

Old Palace Yard, Westminster in 16<strong>18</strong> -<br />

400 years ago this year - <strong>and</strong> his body<br />

was laid to rest in the chancel of St.<br />

Margaret’s Church, Westminster on the<br />

south side of the altar.<br />

But his devoted wife, Bess Throckmorton<br />

took that severed head from the scaffold,<br />

wrapped in a cloak <strong>and</strong> thence into a<br />

draw-string red leather bag which she<br />

kept close by her until her own death<br />

some 29 years later.<br />

The mystery is further compounded<br />

by the fact that quite where that poor<br />

lady herself is buried is unknown. Was<br />

it put into her own coffin with her,<br />

that cherished head of Devon’s most<br />

illustrious son whose life was brought to<br />

such a tragic end by a complex conspiracy<br />

of intrigue, jealousy <strong>and</strong> lies that thrived<br />

at the court of the paranoid James I.<br />

For favourite of Good Queen Bess he had<br />

been <strong>and</strong> swash-buckling braggart of a<br />

sea dog, certainly - but traitor he never<br />

was - as James well knew.<br />

<br />

He was born at Hayes Barton in Devon<br />

in about 1553, close by East Budleigh, to<br />

'The Boyhood of Raleigh' by Millais, pictured at Budleigh Salterton<br />

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a Protestant family the head of which was the<br />

l<strong>and</strong>ed gentleman, Walter Raleigh (a former<br />

deputy vice-admiral in the South West) <strong>and</strong><br />

his third wife Katherine. Her sister, ʻKat’ was<br />

governess to the young princess, Elizabeth<br />

<strong>and</strong> remained a close friend to her in the<br />

Queen’s later years.<br />

So the man who was to become Devon’s most<br />

famous son, a knight of the realm, writer,<br />

poet, philosopher, soldier, adventurer (dare we<br />

say pirate?) politician, courtier - <strong>and</strong> latterly<br />

a healer - set out from his<br />

farmhouse home in deepest<br />

Devon - after completing his<br />

education at Oriel College<br />

Oxford - with some useful<br />

connections which the youthful<br />

<strong>and</strong> ambitious Raleigh was soon<br />

to exploit.<br />

Sir Carew Raleigh, a Member<br />

of Parliament was his elder<br />

brother, whilst his half<br />

brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert<br />

introduced him to the royal<br />

court where his good looks <strong>and</strong><br />

charm made him popular - he<br />

was a legendary ladies man<br />

- <strong>and</strong> after serving the Crown<br />

as a soldier in the French wars<br />

<strong>and</strong> then later by putting down a rebellion<br />

in Irel<strong>and</strong>, the dashing young blade became<br />

the 27-year old favourite of the 48-year old<br />

Queen Elizabeth, becoming captain of her<br />

personal bodyguard.<br />

She would certainly have guessed that this<br />

tall, poetic “softly spoken Devon lad” (he never<br />

lost his broad Devon accent which endeared<br />

him to her) would already have sown an acre<br />

or two of wild oats during his military career<br />

but there was one particular secret he kept<br />

hidden so deeply that it only emerged in the<br />

1970s when a will was uncovered in the<br />

archives of his Sherborne estates in Dorset.<br />

It revealed that he left 500 marks (£332)<br />

“To my Reputed Daughter, begotten on the<br />

body of Alice Goold, now in Irel<strong>and</strong>”. Now<br />

in Irel<strong>and</strong>? Good, Gould or Gold are all old<br />

Devon names so was Alice a Devon lass who<br />

was later secreted away to his estates in Cork<br />

as his fame grew?<br />

The legendary throwing down of his cloak<br />

into a puddle apart, he first attracted the<br />

attention of the Queen, ’t is said, by taking<br />

a diamond ring <strong>and</strong> scratching words on a<br />

window pane at Greenwich Palace, where<br />

he knew she would see them.<br />

It read, “Fain would I climb, yet fear to fall.”<br />

to which the Virgin Queen added underneath,<br />

“If thy heart fail thee, climb not at all”. He<br />

stayed her firm favourite for ten years, could<br />

do no wrong in her eyes, took advantage of<br />

the fact <strong>and</strong> generally behaved badly to men<br />

<strong>and</strong> women of rank, making many enemies<br />

who suffered silently <strong>and</strong> bided their time<br />

waiting for his fall.<br />

Under her wing he became, "the best-hated<br />

man in the world <strong>and</strong> she took him for a kind of<br />

oracle”. She knighted him, gave him property in<br />

Engl<strong>and</strong> (including Sherborne Lodge in Dorset<br />

in 1592) l<strong>and</strong> in Irel<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> granted him an<br />

exclusive license to import wine which was<br />

worth some £700 a year - this in an age when<br />

a wealthy merchant might live comfortably<br />

on £100. Remarkably he was also allowed to<br />

benefit from a levy imposed on every pack of<br />

playing cards sold - which must have been an<br />

anathema to a court that did little but haunt<br />

the corridors <strong>and</strong> antechambers of the royal<br />

palaces seeking to win the Queen’s favour by<br />

either composing some of history’s worst love<br />

Bess Throckmorton, Raleigh's wife<br />

Sir Walter Raleigh<br />

poetry - or playing cards. Raleigh by contrast<br />

has been dubbed, quite rightly, one of the<br />

great ʻsilver poets’ of his time.<br />

That fall came as a result of his secret dalliance<br />

with one of the Queen’s Gentlewomen of the<br />

Privy Chamber, one Bess Throckmorton (née<br />

Carew). She had come to court in 1584, aged<br />

19. Now, aged 25 she began an affair with<br />

the now 37-year old Raleigh <strong>and</strong> became<br />

pregnant by him.<br />

Contemporary descriptions of her differ but<br />

are perhaps best evidenced by her portraits as<br />

being "a tall, unusual beauty with her long face,<br />

luminous eyes, strong nose <strong>and</strong> provocatively<br />

modest lips”. Theirs was certainly a love match<br />

that endured to the grave - <strong>and</strong> beyond.<br />

A secret marriage followed <strong>and</strong> they both<br />

returned to court after the birth of their<br />

child, Damerel, on 29th March: but there<br />

were few secrets in the Tudor court <strong>and</strong> as<br />

their marriage was exposed - by the sinister<br />

Robert Cecil - the Queen became inc<strong>and</strong>escent<br />

with rage for ʻbetraying her royal person’ by<br />

marrying without her permission <strong>and</strong> had them<br />

both thrown into the Tower on 7th August,<br />

he in the Brick Tower, she elsewhere, there to<br />

remain, “at Her Majesty’s pleasure’.<br />

He kept up a steady flow of glittering love<br />

poems to her <strong>and</strong> was released five weeks later<br />

although an historian has written "Elizabeth<br />

was irritated rather than pacified by these<br />

gestures, smacking as they did of implicit<br />

defiance <strong>and</strong> a wholesale lack of remorse."<br />

Bess on the other h<strong>and</strong> was kept under lock<br />

<strong>and</strong> key <strong>and</strong> only released three days before<br />

Christmas when she learned that their child<br />

had died of the plague some time before.<br />

Raleigh had been packed off to Dartmouth - on<br />

a mission of reprisal against the Spanish -<br />

<strong>and</strong> in the charge of a fellow Devonian, the<br />

extraordinarily wealthy <strong>and</strong> influential Sir<br />

John Hawkins - who had pleaded his case - <strong>and</strong><br />

Bess made her way to her own family home<br />

<strong>and</strong> later to the South West from where they<br />

were expected to plead for forgiveness. When<br />

neither of them did Raleigh was nevertheless<br />

taken back into the fold.<br />

Two more children were born to Walter <strong>and</strong><br />

Bess: Walter at Lillington in Dorset <strong>and</strong> Carew<br />

at Sherborne.<br />

His daring-do <strong>and</strong> exploits<br />

beyond the court - in which<br />

he was trapped <strong>and</strong> found<br />

stifling - are of course all the<br />

stuff of British history. Raleigh<br />

the sea-farer, the explorer who<br />

master-minded <strong>and</strong> financed<br />

the colonising expeditions<br />

to North America - naming<br />

Virginia in his monarch’s<br />

honour. He was the scourge<br />

of the Spanish main <strong>and</strong> made<br />

himself <strong>and</strong> people around<br />

him but especially his Queen,<br />

wealthy with plundered<br />

treasure.<br />

Although both tobacco <strong>and</strong> potatoes were<br />

already known from Spanish explorers, Raleigh<br />

popularised them, introducing the potato to<br />

Irel<strong>and</strong> - first to his own estates there - <strong>and</strong><br />

actually promoted tobacco as a good cure<br />

for coughs.<br />

Raleigh designed <strong>and</strong> built his own warship,<br />

which he named the Ark Raleigh but later<br />

gave it to the Queen who re-named it the Ark<br />

Royal. It became the flagship of the English<br />

fleet against the Spanish Armada. He was<br />

the Queen’s naval adviser <strong>and</strong> with Hawkins<br />

improved the design of the ships that were<br />

so successful against the Spanish.<br />

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Sir Walter Raleigh<br />

abated, as she consented to his idea of pursuing<br />

his long-held dream of discovering the fabled<br />

golden l<strong>and</strong> of El Dorado which he believed<br />

to be in Guiana, now Venezuela. Although the<br />

mission was unsuccessful it did not put an end<br />

to his dream, which he attempted to fulfil one<br />

final time by playing it as a ʻGet-out-of-jail-free<br />

card’ with Elizabeth’s successor, James.<br />

At Elizabeth’s death in 1603, Raleigh fell<br />

foul of the ex-king of Scotl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> was again<br />

imprisoned in the Tower, this time under the<br />

trumped up charge that he had been involved<br />

in a Catholic plot to unthrone James.<br />

There he tended a small herb garden, was<br />

granted an exercise walk along part of the<br />

battlements, concocted ʻcordials’ <strong>and</strong> healing<br />

balms of many kinds (he regularly prescribed<br />

for Ann of Denmark herself, the wife of the<br />

King) <strong>and</strong> writing.<br />

His philosophical writings <strong>and</strong> poetry are<br />

all still in print <strong>and</strong> wonderful to read. Most<br />

famous of all perhaps is his Historie of the<br />

World, first taking the reader through biblical<br />

times <strong>and</strong> grinding to a halt in 168 AD. But<br />

there he drew the line, writing "for whosoever<br />

in writing a modern history shall follow<br />

truth too near the heels, it may haply strike<br />

out his teeth."<br />

In 1616 he was pardoned <strong>and</strong> allowed to form a<br />

second expedition to find the elusive city of El<br />

Dorado on his oath that he would attack neither<br />

Spanish ships nor colonies, there having now<br />

been a peace treaty signed between the two<br />

countries. That 1617 expedition was to prove<br />

a disaster.<br />

No gold was found <strong>and</strong> whilst Raleigh was<br />

elsewhere, his close friend <strong>and</strong> captain (<strong>and</strong><br />

one time fellow prisoner in the Tower with<br />

him) Lawrence Kemys, attacked <strong>and</strong> burned<br />

a Spanish settlement. Raleigh’s eldest son,<br />

Walter, just 22 was shot <strong>and</strong> killed in that<br />

same action.<br />

Hearing the news Raleigh told Kemys “You<br />

have undone me”, Kemys replying simply,<br />

"I know then, Sir, what course to take” <strong>and</strong><br />

returned to his own cabin <strong>and</strong> shot himself.<br />

Raleigh returned, empty h<strong>and</strong>ed, was arrested,<br />

tried <strong>and</strong> sentenced to death to appease Spain.<br />

Raleigh's cell at the Tower of London<br />

<br />

He was now an old man, broken by ill health<br />

<strong>and</strong> imprisonment <strong>and</strong> wrote these lines in<br />

his final night in the Tower. “I cannot write<br />

much, God he knows how hardly I steale<br />

time while others sleep, <strong>and</strong> it is also time<br />

that I should separate my thoughts from the<br />

world”. And then:-<br />

Even Such Is Time<br />

Even such is time, that takes in trust,<br />

Our youth, our joys, our all we have,<br />

And pays us but with age <strong>and</strong> dust;<br />

Who, in the dark <strong>and</strong> silent grave,<br />

When we have w<strong>and</strong>ered all our ways,<br />

Shuts up the story of our days.<br />

But from this earth, this grave, this dust,<br />

My God shall raise me up, I trust.<br />

In his final note to Bess he wrote, “Begg my<br />

dead body which living was denied thee; <strong>and</strong><br />

either lay it at Sherburne or in Exeter Church,<br />

by my Father <strong>and</strong> Mother; I can say no more,<br />

time <strong>and</strong> death call me away”.<br />

He was beheaded outside the Palace of<br />

Westminster early on the bitterly cold morning<br />

of 29th October 16<strong>18</strong>. From the scaffold he<br />

told the crowd:<br />

“I have lived a sinful life, in all sinful callings;<br />

for I have been a soldier, a captain, a seacaptain,<br />

<strong>and</strong> a courtier, which are all places<br />

of wickedness <strong>and</strong> vice”.<br />

Then he asked the executioner to hurry<br />

because it was cold <strong>and</strong> he did not want<br />

his enemies to think that he trembled for<br />

fear. “Make haste”, he said, “for I have a long<br />

journey ahead of me”.<br />

It took two strokes of the axe to sever his head<br />

<strong>and</strong> when it was held aloft at the executioner<br />

customary cry of “Behold the head of a traitor”<br />

it was met with silence from the crowd save<br />

for a lone voice that cried out, “We have not<br />

such another head to be cut off!”<br />

<br />

In preparing this article we consulted the<br />

Carew family historian Sir Rivers Carew on the<br />

subject of the mystery surrounding the burials<br />

of both Sir Walter <strong>and</strong> Bess Throckmorton (née<br />

Carew). He told us that Bess had wanted her<br />

husb<strong>and</strong>’s body to be buried at her brother’s<br />

church of St. Mary the Virgin, Beddington,<br />

in Surrey.<br />

Sir Rivers spoke of the author <strong>and</strong> historian<br />

Ronald Michell, who speculates ʻthat Raleigh’s<br />

body may actually have been buried at<br />

Beddington after all’. “He based this on<br />

the letter she wrote to: ʻMy best brother Sir<br />

Nicholas Carew at Beddington’ asking him<br />

to allow this, saying ʻThe Lords have given<br />

me his ded boddi” <strong>and</strong> ʻThis nit hee shall be<br />

brought you with two or three of my men.’ “<br />

“Michell argued that Sir Nicholas would hardly<br />

have refused his sister’s appeal, <strong>and</strong> that this<br />

is what actually happened. In her letter she<br />

also expressed her wish to be buried there;<br />

I don’t know if she was”.<br />

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Hayes Barton,<br />

East Budleigh, Devon, the<br />

birthplace <strong>and</strong> boyhood home to<br />

Sir Walter Raleigh<br />

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

The mystery remains but it may explain why<br />

Raleigh’s youngest son, Carew Raleigh, who<br />

was “killed” in London in 1680 (how <strong>and</strong> why<br />

is not known) was first buried in St. Margaret’s<br />

Church , Westminster “with his father” but<br />

then later re-buried at Beddington.<br />

Was his father’s head entrusted to him on<br />

his mother’s death in 1647 <strong>and</strong> eventually<br />

placed in his own coffin at his own death?<br />

And is Bess also buried there so that all of<br />

them might be together at last?<br />

Perhaps we shall never know for certain. The<br />

last word on that particular subject therefore<br />

is with Ann Smith, the Archivist at Sherborne<br />

Castle in Dorset who told us: “The ghost of<br />

Sir Walter is reputed to walk the grounds of<br />

Sherborne Castle on 29th October, but I must<br />

say I have never seen him in all years I have<br />

worked here (nor met anyone who has). If ever<br />

I do, I hope I have the presence of mind to ask<br />

him some searching questions!”.<br />

But looking for an alternative <strong>and</strong> more fitting<br />

ending to Raleigh’s life it should properly lie<br />

with his biographer, William Stebbing who<br />

concluded his authoritative work on Devon’s<br />

most illustrious son thus:<br />

Yet, with all the shortcomings, no<br />

figure, no life gathers up in itself<br />

more completely the whole spirit<br />

of an epoch; none more firmly<br />

enchains admiration for invincible<br />

individuality or ends by winning<br />

a more personal tenderness <strong>and</strong><br />

affection.<br />

JOHN FISHER<br />

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Horse<br />

Care<br />

Evolution<br />

by Natalie Bucklar<br />

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Evolution<br />

A few million years ago, horses<br />

also had five toes on each limb<br />

like us. In order to survive open<br />

l<strong>and</strong>, horse anatomy adapted to<br />

develop hooves <strong>and</strong> long legs so<br />

they could move faster <strong>and</strong> further<br />

to escape predators <strong>and</strong> find food.<br />

The middle toe developed into<br />

what we see today as the cannon<br />

bone, with one toe either side<br />

becoming the splint bones. It has<br />

been considered that the chestnut<br />

on the inside of the limbs could<br />

have been a fourth toe, with the<br />

fifth being lost but recent research<br />

suggests that the 4th <strong>and</strong> 5th toe<br />

may have amalgamated with the<br />

splint bones.<br />

It was not just the toes that<br />

changed over time, teeth <strong>and</strong><br />

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different species of horses over<br />

millions of years. North America<br />

was the main location for this<br />

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despite surviving for millions of<br />

years when left on their own (with<br />

over 50 different species), horses<br />

became extinct there around 10,<br />

000 years ago. And what was the<br />

main culprit for this extinction?<br />

Humans!<br />

Back then horses were used for<br />

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resource by people got so serious<br />

that it rendered them completely<br />

extinct. Our main uses for horses<br />

have moved away from food<br />

but horses themselves haven’t<br />

changed much in recent years,<br />

in fact modern horses have been<br />

linked by their DNA to ancestors<br />

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What this means is that the horses<br />

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The Old Vet’nary<br />

by Ken Watson<br />

Rodeo Days<br />

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was talking to a farmer recently<br />

I <strong>and</strong> I mentioned that when I see<br />

a vet on the TV these days, they<br />

seem to have everything laid on,<br />

so to speak, in that either the<br />

patient is held in a metal crush or<br />

it is firmly held for him/her by the<br />

farmer or one of their staff. This<br />

was not so in my young days. If<br />

you wanted to get on with the<br />

job <strong>and</strong> finish before Christmas,<br />

you had to first secure the patient<br />

yourself <strong>and</strong> then h<strong>and</strong> it over to<br />

the farmer or, more likely, do the<br />

whole of it yourself.<br />

This was not due to any laziness on<br />

the part of the farmer but mainly<br />

because they were not used to<br />

h<strong>and</strong>ling the animals themselves.<br />

They did not vaccinate or worm<br />

their charges much, so that they<br />

did not often even get them in<br />

from the field. Hence they were<br />

not accustomed to being h<strong>and</strong>led.<br />

I would often arrive at a farm to<br />

find they had not even got the<br />

stock in, such was their laid-back<br />

approach. “It won’t take long”, I<br />

have heard so many times. Of<br />

course the cattle or sheep knew<br />

something was up <strong>and</strong> refused<br />

to cooperate. Then we had to get<br />

them into a building <strong>and</strong> some<br />

of the sheds used were pretty<br />

ancient. I have seen a shed literally<br />

kicked to pieces. Then I had to go<br />

in amongst that lot <strong>and</strong> I soon<br />

learnt that to get out unscathed<br />

<strong>and</strong> finish the job, I had to catch<br />

them myself <strong>and</strong> I had to learn<br />

how to do it. The secret was<br />

intense concentration. Once I<br />

had my grip in the bovine nose<br />

I was home <strong>and</strong> dry, or at least<br />

snotty, <strong>and</strong> the horns, although<br />

dangerous, came in h<strong>and</strong>y too.<br />

Even so, I often came home well<br />

bruised.<br />

My dear departed friend, Pete<br />

Hannaford, whom I had known<br />

since we were evacuated together<br />

at the age of 11, was once told as<br />

a student, to hold on to a horse’s<br />

bridle whatever happened. At first<br />

touch of the needle the horse<br />

bolted, went through the side of<br />

a greenhouse <strong>and</strong> out the other<br />

side before finally coming to a<br />

st<strong>and</strong>still with Pete still hanging<br />

on. He was just reprim<strong>and</strong>ed with,<br />

“I didn’t mean for you to hold on<br />

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you black <strong>and</strong> blue. One was to<br />

lift a cow’s tail as forcefully as<br />

possible where it joined the body,<br />

or when examining the udder, to<br />

press ones head into the flank<br />

in front of the hind leg. It was<br />

not unusual for me to be doing<br />

pregnancy diagnosis unaided<br />

while the farmer carried on h<strong>and</strong>milking<br />

his herd just beside me. If<br />

by Richard Woodward<br />

you did get any help, you might<br />

ask them to lift one foreleg or<br />

perhaps to hold the nose <strong>and</strong><br />

turn the cow’s head back towards<br />

the tail, or the hind legs could<br />

be hobbled together. When it<br />

came to horses, nothing beat the<br />

presence of someone whom the<br />

horse trusted.<br />

For dogs <strong>and</strong> cats, we were equally<br />

badly served. Such sedatives<br />

as we did have were slow <strong>and</strong><br />

only partially successful. When<br />

Boringdon Hall was sold by its<br />

aristocratic owner to become a<br />

hotel, I was called in to collect its<br />

10 semi-wild cats. They were all<br />

hiding in crevices in the vast old<br />

fireplace <strong>and</strong>, as the owner made<br />

it clear he would have nothing to<br />

do with it, I had to don gloves <strong>and</strong><br />

catch them one by one. I ended<br />

up black as a chimney sweep, but<br />

I must digress to point out that in<br />

those days we had none of the<br />

plastic cat baskets of today. They<br />

were all wicker, woven willow; but<br />

not in the Elm Cottage practice.<br />

I have mentioned before that<br />

the senior partner was a selfsufficiency<br />

fanatic. He had bought<br />

a job lot of ex-army ammunition<br />

boxes <strong>and</strong> the h<strong>and</strong>y yard man<br />

had cannibalised these into cat<br />

boxes with ex-army webbing for<br />

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The flowering<br />

Copper Beech<br />

The briefest of glories<br />

In late spring there's one natural<br />

spectacle that never fails to impress<br />

For a fleetingly brief moment in time the<br />

magnificent copper beech steal the show,<br />

delicate leaves catching sunlight, glowing a<br />

vermilion red that you cannot fail to notice.<br />

The duration of this spectacle is literally just<br />

days before it passes, the leaves dulling down<br />

to their deep purply red that in grey light can<br />

appear almost black.<br />

This coincides with the flowering of the tree<br />

which you can easily miss, the catkin-like<br />

flowers <strong>and</strong> leaves covered in a soft downy<br />

fur to protect against the worst of sudden<br />

cold snaps. The tree is monoecious, meaning<br />

that both male <strong>and</strong> female flowers grow on<br />

the same tree.<br />

It's all so easy to miss, particularly if you work<br />

in an office, but it's worth seeking out a walk<br />

in late spring that takes you alongside these<br />

magnificent trees.<br />

Editor<br />

Copper Beech making the magnificent transition from soft orangy red, to vermilion,<br />

before finally dulling down to the deep purply black for the rest of the summer<br />

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

This is at Farway in East Devon, an extremely small unspoilt village in what's almost a hidden valley<br />

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The Old Vet’nary<br />

continued<br />

Rodeo Days<br />

carrying straps. They were devilishly<br />

heavy <strong>and</strong> banged against your<br />

legs at every step. I was the first<br />

in the practice to buy a modern<br />

version, but even then it was only<br />

fibreglass. I have it still, to remind<br />

me of those early primitive days.<br />

My first day at Plymouth coincided<br />

with a breakdown of the x-ray<br />

machine, so I was tasked with<br />

taking a racing greyhound with<br />

a leg fracture to another practice<br />

in town. I had nil experience of<br />

working greyhounds in Sidmouth,<br />

so I did not realise how taut with<br />

energy they could be, for at the first<br />

touch of the needle he shot straight<br />

out of my grip <strong>and</strong> jumped high<br />

above me. When he came down<br />

he buried his teeth in the top of<br />

my head. A good start.<br />

On another occasion I called to a<br />

very smart house to inject a lively<br />

red setter. There being no table<br />

uncluttered with ornaments, the<br />

owner said she would hold her<br />

dog on the floor. I remember she<br />

was wearing a very smart tweed<br />

suit. At first prick the dog jumped<br />

so violently that her owner was<br />

bowled over, legs in the air, to<br />

reveal that she was wearing a vast<br />

pair of knee length drawers, what<br />

my wife would call ETBs (Elastic<br />

Top <strong>and</strong> Bottom). Another time, I<br />

paid a visit to an upmarket house<br />

in mid-afternoon, to vaccinate a<br />

Siamese cat. The door was opened<br />

by the lady owner, wearing a<br />

plunge neckline evening dress. I<br />

tried to hide my surprise <strong>and</strong> look<br />

anywhere, but she insisted on<br />

helping <strong>and</strong> as usual, we ended up<br />

on the floor, the cat having decided<br />

on a non-cooperative role. Three<br />

times my attempts to inject ended<br />

with the owner <strong>and</strong> cat rolling on<br />

the carpet <strong>and</strong> every time her left<br />

breast popped out of her dress,<br />

albeit a short journey; <strong>and</strong> every<br />

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replacing it. At the third attempt<br />

a great urge came over me to say,<br />

“here, let me do it”, but I never did,<br />

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Natural World<br />

by Stephen Hussey of the Devon Wildlife Trust<br />

Marks of Success<br />

Wood White - Chris Root<br />

we can better ʻfine tune’ our<br />

management of the reserve’s<br />

woodl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> grassl<strong>and</strong>s to<br />

suit the butterflies.<br />

Seeing wood<br />

whites at Meeth<br />

Quarry<br />

Choose a warm sunny day<br />

between <strong>May</strong> <strong>and</strong> July for your<br />

visit to Devon Wildlife Trust’s<br />

Meeth Quarry. This will give you<br />

your best chance of seeing a wood<br />

white butterfly. Keep your eyes<br />

peeled along the reserve’s main<br />

tracks <strong>and</strong> woodl<strong>and</strong> edges.<br />

The butterfly has a distinctive<br />

slow <strong>and</strong> delicate flight. Males are<br />

on the wing almost continuously<br />

patrolling to find a mate. Females<br />

prefer feeding or resting on path<br />

side flowers.<br />

Meeth Quarry is situated on the<br />

Tarka Trail off-road cycle way. It has<br />

a network of bike, easy access <strong>and</strong><br />

walking trails, along with picnic<br />

benches <strong>and</strong> some spectacular<br />

wildlife. It makes a great place<br />

to explore in spring.<br />

For details on getting to Meeth<br />

Quarry <strong>and</strong> all of DWT’s other<br />

nature reserves go to:<br />

www.devonwildlifetrust.org<br />

ood whites are one of the UK’s<br />

Wmost beautiful butterflies,<br />

but they are disappearing from<br />

our countryside. However at<br />

Devon Wildlife Trust’s Meeth<br />

Quarry nature reserve, near<br />

Hatherleigh, they seem to have<br />

found a secure home. There is an<br />

ongoing project to keep a close<br />

eye on their progress.<br />

Holding on<br />

The small <strong>and</strong> dainty wood white<br />

butterfly likes warm, damp <strong>and</strong><br />

sheltered spots, <strong>and</strong> can be seen<br />

along woodl<strong>and</strong> rides <strong>and</strong> edges,<br />

sometimes in meadows. While<br />

much of the butterfly’s preferred<br />

places have been lost over the last<br />

100 years, Devon Wildlife Trust’s<br />

Meeth Quarry holds the largest<br />

remaining colony in Devon, <strong>and</strong><br />

one of the most important left<br />

in Engl<strong>and</strong>.<br />

Cycle of life<br />

You can see wood whites flying<br />

from the end of <strong>May</strong> until the<br />

end of July. At Meeth females<br />

are often spotted laying eggs<br />

on the plant bird’s foot trefoil in<br />

sunny areas. When they appear<br />

the butterfly’s larvae (caterpillars)<br />

are camouflaged green <strong>and</strong> feed<br />

on the fresh growth of the plant<br />

<strong>and</strong> other members of the pea<br />

family. The larvae pupate over<br />

winter in amongst grasses before<br />

emerging the next year as adult<br />

butterflies.<br />

Show offs<br />

Wood whites are slow flying<br />

butterflies <strong>and</strong> so relatively easy<br />

to spot. During courtship the<br />

males show off a very distinctive<br />

display. He faces the female, waves<br />

his head <strong>and</strong> antennae with his<br />

proboscis extended.<br />

Putting down a<br />

marker<br />

Devon Wildlife Trust is keeping<br />

track of Meeth’s important<br />

population of wood whites. Each<br />

summer a group of volunteers will<br />

MRR - mark, release, recapture - as<br />

many of the reserve’s wood whites<br />

as they can. This means carefully<br />

capturing individuals, marking<br />

their wings with a harmless<br />

ultraviolet pen, recording their<br />

location <strong>and</strong> then returning later<br />

to attempt to recapture them.<br />

MRR will tell the recorders not only<br />

how many wood whites there are,<br />

but also their movements <strong>and</strong><br />

distribution. With this information<br />

Wood White - Chris Root<br />

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MANAGING your MONEY<br />

"the hardest thing in the world<br />

to underst<strong>and</strong> is income tax"<br />

Albert Einstein<br />

Celebrating 26 years of<br />

providing independent<br />

financial advice in Devon<br />

Tax changes<br />

for the new tax year<br />

round up of key tax changes for the new tax year.<br />

A<br />

ISAs<br />

Maximising ISAs is an increasingly<br />

important tax planning area for<br />

everyone. ISAs are especially<br />

useful for those looking to produce<br />

income because the income is<br />

non-reportable for tax purposes.<br />

Of particular relevance, is the<br />

fact that the dividend allowance<br />

(introduced in 2016-17) has fallen<br />

from £5,000 to £2,000 which<br />

may mean an increasing tax bill<br />

for many people with reasonable<br />

sized shareholdings. Using an<br />

ISA will shelter dividends from<br />

tax (7.5% over £2,000 for basic<br />

rate tax payers <strong>and</strong> 32.5% for<br />

high rate tax payers). Growth on<br />

ISAs is free from Capital Gains Tax<br />

(CGT) <strong>and</strong> this is again another<br />

benefit because you will have<br />

more flexibility with your holdings<br />

within an ISA which will enable<br />

you to make switches without<br />

reference to Capital Gains Tax.<br />

The maximum ISA investment for<br />

the 20<strong>18</strong>-19 tax year is £20,000 per<br />

person.<br />

If you have an existing<br />

share portfolio or investment<br />

funds which are not in an ISA<br />

then these assets have to be<br />

crystallised before moving into<br />

the ISA wrapper <strong>and</strong> it`s important<br />

at this stage to consider any Capital<br />

Gains Tax before transacting a<br />

bed <strong>and</strong> ISA.<br />

Taking up an ISA may be particularly<br />

important for couples because the<br />

new ISA rules (effective from 6th<br />

April this year) are more generous.<br />

Since April 2015, investors have<br />

The personal<br />

allowance has<br />

risen by £350 to<br />

£11,850 in this tax<br />

year<br />

been able to pass on their ISA to<br />

their spouse or civil partner on<br />

death by being granted a oneoff<br />

extra allowance called an<br />

Additional Permitted Subscription<br />

(APS). The value of this allowance<br />

was based on the value of the ISA<br />

on the date of death which did<br />

not take account of any growth<br />

between the date of death <strong>and</strong> the<br />

granting of probate. This meant<br />

that the surviving spouse may, in<br />

some circumstances, have been<br />

unable to wrap all the probate<br />

proceeds in an ISA. From this tax<br />

year, the APS will normally be<br />

the value of cash or investments<br />

passed on or the value of the ISA<br />

at the date of death, whichever<br />

is higher.<br />

Income Tax<br />

The personal allowance has risen<br />

by £350 to £11,850 in this tax year<br />

<strong>and</strong> the basic rate limit is now<br />

£34,500. The zero starting b<strong>and</strong><br />

for savings will remain the same as<br />

well as the £50,000 for child benefit<br />

tax charge <strong>and</strong> £100,000 threshold<br />

for phasing out the personal<br />

allowance. £150,000 will remain<br />

the starting point for additional<br />

rate tax <strong>and</strong> will, once again be<br />

frozen for this tax year. Don`t<br />

forget to claim married couples<br />

allowance (if there is a spouse<br />

born before 6th of April 1935) or<br />

the married couple's transferrable<br />

tax allowance (subject to certain<br />

qualifications). Please note you<br />

can`t claim both allowances.<br />

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Win a prize of £50 if you can identify the location in the<br />

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IHT<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 <strong>and</strong><br />

specialises in the provision<br />

of retirement <strong>and</strong><br />

investment advice.<br />

richmondindependent.co.uk<br />

The nil rate b<strong>and</strong> remains frozen at<br />

£325,000 since 2009 <strong>and</strong> will remain<br />

so until at least April 2021. The Main<br />

Residence Nil Rate B<strong>and</strong> (MRNRB)<br />

which was introduced last tax year,<br />

will increase by £25,000 this tax year<br />

to £125,000 <strong>and</strong> is currently set to<br />

increase by £25,000 each year until<br />

the tax year 2020/21 when it will<br />

reach £175,000. Although this new<br />

tax b<strong>and</strong> is useful, UK property has<br />

risen by around 37% since 2009*<br />

<strong>and</strong> as a consequence in 2016/17<br />

IHT raised more than twice the tax<br />

revenue than it did in 2009/10.<br />

National Insurance<br />

The contribution thresholds will rise<br />

this year marginally, whilst there is<br />

no change in the main employee<br />

<strong>and</strong> employer rates . Class 2 (for<br />

the self-employed) will be £2.95<br />

per week for 20<strong>18</strong>-19 <strong>and</strong> then will<br />

disappear completely for the tax<br />

year 2019/20.<br />

helen@richmond-ifa.com<br />

01395 512166<br />

Helen Mulvaney<br />

*source - Nationwide building society<br />

Richmond Independent is a trading name of<br />

Investment & Financial Solutions Partnership<br />

LLP which is authorised <strong>and</strong> regulated by the<br />

Financial Conduct Authority<br />

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