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November 2019 Issue 127
2 NOVEMBER 2019
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Alternative software
Dear Readers
Last month I had an email from Mary. Mary said “I have just bought a new HP laptop
and would like to get a new photo editing program. WHICH recommend paint.NET
Have you any experience of this program? I would be grateful for your opinion“.
Firstly, thank you for getting in touch. I have used a number of free and paid for
photo editing software options, from the top of the range Photoshop to the free
options like GIMP and paint.NET (from https://www.getpaint.net). For me Photoshop
is very functional but overly complicated for the average user and I often struggle
with it and get frustrated by the whole program. Paint.NET is one of my favourites,
not overly complicated and with a number of options. You can manipulate most
images without too much knowledge to get the result you need. There are two
versions „Classic‟ and „Store and the only significant difference is the „Store‟ version
has automatic updating so always has the latest version. The cost? Just under £7,
and is it worth it? Absolutely! Ranked 6th in the world and with Photoshop lagging at
15th that should tell you everything you need to know. Take a look, and good luck!
You can quite often find free (or almost free) versions online. A quick Google search
for “alternative photo editing software” or whatever else you may need, will give you
different options to choose from. Always check the reviews as these are probably the
most accurate way to determine how good a particular program is.
Some alternatives for you
Microsoft Office My choice as you may know is Google Docs, Sheets and Slides.
Although there is no alternative for Microsoft Publisher, Scribus isn‟t bad and with a
lot of similar functions, is a reasonable alternative.
Internet Explorer There is only one choice, Chrome! There are others such as Mozilla
and Edge (Microsoft‟s new browser) but Chrome does exactly what I need and I only
use Internet Explorer to download Chrome when I install a new system!
Hotmail/Outlook/Live Again, the only option for me is Gmail. The ease of use and
functionality makes everything come together. It took a long time to move from
Microsoft products to other alternatives but they were all worth it.
As always, if you have any questions please let me know, that‟s Andy at
ICT@lyntonadvertiser.com
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Onion Collective gears up to begin build for arts enterprise development at East Quay
Onion Collective is delighted to announce that a lease for a portion of the land on Watchet’s
East Quay has now been signed with Somerset West & Taunton Council, meaning that
building work can commence imminently. Funding for the project was awarded in March this
year and full planning permission was awarded in 2018.
In the coming weeks, Onion Collective will employ a construction contractor with the
intention that they will start on site within the next 2 months. The containers currently
occupying the site are due for removal and approximately one third of the whole area of East
Quay, will become a construction site.
The East Quay development was conceived and designed closely with local people over a
four-year consultation process including many whole town workshops and wider surveys,
meaning that the design of the building changed repeatedly according to the needs and
desires of local people. The development will be a place of enterprise, creativity and activity
intended to bring visitors, create jobs and provide opportunities for young people. It will
contain 14 workspaces/maker studios, a double storey gallery, a print room, a paper mill
run by Two Rivers Paper and a rock and fossil preparation lab run by Geckoella, an
education space, a café and 5 self-catering accommodation pods, with outdoor events
space in the courtyard. It will run a programme of events, exhibitions and activities inside
and outside for visitors, locals and school groups alike, creating vibrancy, buzz and fun on
the quayside all year round. It will deliver 37 new jobs to the area, including 5
apprenticeships; it will safeguard 17 jobs and provide a further 70 in temporary construction
jobs. The development will bring an estimated £6.7 million in additional tourism spend to
the area with an associated 109 indirect jobs.
OC are aware that a construction site in the middle of the town may pose some concern to
residents and wish to reassure local people that every effort is being made to minimise any
inconvenience. Separately to this development the Council is continuing to explore what
works might be needed to the harbour wall along the edge of the East Quay. Decisions have
not yet been made as to the timing and extent of the works needed to this area of the
quayside. It is the intention of all parties that access along this route for the marina operator
will be maintained and we will continue to liaise with the Council to ensure the best possible
access throughout the build. Once the development is complete the designs allow for a 10m
wide roadway on this side of the site allowing ample room for normal vehicular access for
the marina operations day-to-day (e.g. it will be wider than now) and for outsize loads when
necessary.
The scheme has been designed by award winning architect Piers Taylor of Invisible Studio,
alongside executive architects Ellis Williams Architects. High quality public realm design by
LT Studio Landscape Architects celebrates both the industrial roots and the maritime setting
of the development. Planning permission was granted in June 2018 by unanimous and
emphatic support of the West Somerset Council Planning Committee, and the powerful
endorsement of the South West Design Review Panel, in which they described East Quay as
a “fabulous scheme that deserves to be a triumph.”
If you would like to know more about the project, please go to www.onioncollective.co.uk
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Short stays and weekend breaks accepted out of season.
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#BigTauntonLitterPick cleans up across town
From 23rd to 29th September, Somerset Wildlife Trust joined forces with community groups,
companies, schools and local people to clean up the town for Taunton’s wildlife and wellbeing.
Employees from Viridor came together at COACH to paddle the River Tone in canoes and
kayaks with instructors from Channel Adventure, cleaning as they went, and combed the
riverbanks and footpaths for discarded litter – helped by Shane Austin – a seasoned litterpicker
who frequently clears rubbish from the local rivers and canals in his kayak.
Elsewhere in town, a group of 20 people litter picked around Longrun Meadow collecting a
fantastic 20 bags of litter, finding several abandoned and broken tents in the process. Other
picks were organised by local businesses and groups: Lloyd Whyte, Stantec, DWP, Claims
Consortium, Lush, Taunton Canoe Club, Inland Waterways Association, Green Spaces Group,
Green Days Day Care and Somerset County Council. Community groups, schools and clubs
also really got behind the scheme, litter-picking from Cotford St Luke, to Langford Lane, West
Hatch, Bishops Lydeard and West Monkton. Schools such as Blackbrook Primary School and
Richard Huish College took part, as well as Brownies and Beavers from Bishops Lydeard and
West Hatch. Over 100 scouts from West Monkton also got to work, collecting a superb 20
bags.
In total, 415 people took part, who collected 149 bags of rubbish to be disposed of, with even
more totals still coming in. Where possible, rubbish was sorted into different types of
recyclables to be processed. Thank to you everyone who got involved.
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Taunton Youth Culture and Arts Festival brings back the
lost words of nature
Somerset Wildlife Trust, ArtsTaunton and GoCreate Taunton have joined forces to inspire
Taunton’s school children to stand up for the natural world. Somerset Wildlife Trust is
excited to announce a new innovative creative arts project with ArtsTaunton and GoCreate
Taunton as part of the upcoming Taunton Youth Culture and Arts Festival. Together through
a series of immersive workshop sessions the organisation will be bringing the beauty of
Robert Macfarlane’s spell-poems and Jackie Morris's watercolour illustrations in the book
‘The Lost Words' to school children in Taunton, to inspire them to write and make art about
our natural world, which will then be showcased and performed at a very special celebration
event at Queen’s College.
Through visits to Somerset Wildlife Trust’s amazing Westhay Moor Nature Reserve on the
Avalon Marshes the children will participate in poetry and art sessions provided by
ArtsTaunton and Go Create Taunton, reconnecting with the natural world in a way they may
not have had the opportunity to before and be inspired to create something that celebrates
the environment around them. ‘The Lost Words’ was written in response to around 50
nature words being removed from the Oxford Dictionary for Children eg otter, dandelion,
bluebell, conker, kingfisher and wren, to name a few. This book has since inspired a local
campaign #LostWordsForSomerset by John Fish who has crowdfunded over £2,500 to get a
copy of The Lost Words into every primary school in Somerset to bring these words back to
life for the children of Somerset.
St Margaret’s Hospice Care are very
excited to announce that we will be
holding a Christmas Fayre at Crowcombe
Court, a stunning Georgian Mansion
located in the Quantock Hills.
The Fayre will include a range of
Christmas stalls, festive refreshments,
musical entertainment and a chance to
meet Father Christmas and Cinderella!
There will be free parking at the venue
and a donation to enter the Fayre.
We are hoping the event will be full of
Christmas spirit whilst supporting those
affected by life-limiting illnesses
throughout Somerset.
Please do come along and show your
support for your local hospice, whilst
enjoying a mince pie or two!’
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News from the Exmoor Pony Centre, Ashwick, Dulverton TA22 9QE
It’s hard to believe we are nearing the end of another season and autumn is upon us. Apart
from specific events, the Pony Centre will be closed to the public from 2nd November until
we re-open again on 16th February 2020 and all work will be concentrated on the new
intake of foals. We are busy with castrations for some of the new colts that have already
arrived with us and with visiting prospective homes and doing site checks in preparation for
moving ponies on when they have finished their initial handling.
We have had some great publicity recently. There is a fabulous video on our Facebook page
of Alyssa Mathews (Discover the Horse) as she rides one of our Exmoor ponies across the
moor as part of her quest to ride every breed of horse. Also on Facebook is a link to TV‘s
Antiques Road Trip and their visit to the Pony Centre. Even if you are not an antiques fan,
this is well worth watching and, at the time of writing, is still available on BBC iPlayer.
Episode 19 and scroll to 25.20. We continue to get out and about telling people about our
wonderful ponies. Linzi has been giving a series of talks at HF Holidays based at Holnicote
House near Porlock and ponies and staff have paid another of their regular visits to
Eastleigh Care Home in Minehead.
Website: www.exmoorponycentre.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheExmoorPonyCentre
Email: info@exmoorponycentre.org.uk
Tel: 01398 323093
Exmoor National Park declares
climate emergency
Exmoor National Park Authority
Members recently declared a climate
emergency and agreed to work towards
being a carbon neutral Authority by
2030, subject to a detailed action plan
now being drawn up.
As the planning authority for the area,
significant further steps to address
climate change are included in Exmoor
National Park Authority’s Local Plan.
A detailed action plan will now be
developed and presented back to
Authority Members by early next year.
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The Royal Opera House live at the
Regal, Minehead
The 2019/20 Royal Opera House live cinema
season which began in October at the Regal
Theatre, Minehead, continues with two of the
best loved ballets as seasonal treats to celebrate
this Christmas.
On Tuesday December 10 at 7.15pm
live from The Royal Opera House a classic returns
to The Royal Ballet repertory with Ninette de
Valois's charming and funny Coppelia - a story of
love, mischief and mechanical dolls, with music by
Leo Delibes and choreography by Ninette de Valois
after Lev Ivanov/Enrico Cecchetti.
On Tuesday December 17 at 7.15pm
there is a special screening of The Royal Ballet's
glorious 2016 production of an all-time ballet
favourite The Nutcracker, created by Peter Wright
in 1984. It is Christmas Eve and a magician sweeps
young Clara away on a fantasy adventure to
Tchaikovsky’s glittering score. The Royal Ballet's
captivating dancing and gorgeous festive stage
designs make this Nutcracker the quintessential
Christmas experience.
Tickets: Adult: £15.50, Friends of the Regal, Film
Society members and ES40s £13.00, Full time
students £10.00.
Minehead’s Regal Theatre’s came sixth in this
year’s chart of more than 250 independent cinemas
in the number of tickets sold for live screenings of
opera and ballet from the Royal Opera House.
For more details about the current ROH season and
the film society programme visit
www.regalfilmsociety.org , email
admin@regalfilmsociety.org or telephone
01643 831343.
LEE ROAD, LYNTON EX35 6HW
Booking/Enquiries: 01598 753397
www.lyntoncinema.org.uk
Adults £5.00 Senior Citizens £4.50 Children £3.00
Please note films are subject to change
Friday 1 November at 8.00pm
Matinee Monday 4 November at 2.30pm
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, MATTHEW GOODE, RALPH FIENNES
OFFICIAL SECRETS (2019) The true story of a
British whistleblower who leaked information to the
press. 15 112 minutes
Friday 8 November for 7 days at 8.00pm
Matinee Monday 11 November at 2.30pm
KRIS HITCHEN, DEBBIE HONEYWOOD, NIKKI MARSHALL
SORRY WE MISSED YOU (2019) A hard up
delivery driver and his wife struggle to get by in modern
day England. 15 101 minutes
Friday 15 November for 7 days at 8.00pm
Matinee Monday 18 November at 2.30pm
FELICITY JONES, EDDIE REDMAYNE, HIMESH PATEL
THE AERONAUTS (2019) Pilot Amelia Wren and
scientist James Glaisher find themselves in an epic fight
for survival. PG 101 minutes
Friday 22 November for 7 days at 8.00pm
Matinee Monday 25 November at 2.30pm
HELEN MIRREN, IAN McKELLEN, JIM CARTER
THE GOOD LIAR (2019) Career con artist Roy
Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets wellto-do
widow Betty McLeish online. 15 110 minutes
Friday 29 November for 7 days at 8.00pm
Matinee Monday 2 December at 2.30pm
MICHELLE WILLIAMS, JULIANNE MOORE, BILLY CRUDUP
AFTER THE WEDDING (2019) A manager of an
orphanage in Kolkata travels to New York to meet a
benefactor. 12A 112 minutes
COMING SHORTLY
KNIVES OUT, CATS, LITTLE WOMEN,
JUNANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL,
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER,
1917
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