South Hams Lifestyle Jun - Jul 2021

Contents
A Note
from the EDITOR
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A
A Culinary Journey through
Northern
spectacular Ireland
garden transformation
Excuse me for a moment, whilst I just
finish wringing out my clothes and
removing my flippers after the wettest
May I can remember! I’m a May baby
and I usually bank on good weather,
but it’s been a mixed bag hasn’t it!
The garden is looking pretty happy
though...
...and speaking of, we are a nation of
garden fanatics - never more-so than
when our patches of earth became
our social spaces, home gym or just
general respite from our four walls.
Our competition
page returns
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With that in mind, we’ve got a
wonderful garden feature to help
inspire you - and to show that no
space is beyond help! This plot really
was an eyesore and a challenge given
its slope and poor access, but the
owners have made something rather
special and given us some tips into
how they did it.
If you are planning on extending or
renovating, you might find your plans
slightly scuppered if you live in one of
thousands of Conservation Areas. The
HomeOwners Alliance have given us
their expert insights into some of the
considerations you may have to bear
in mind.
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Editor Katie Thomson
e katie.thomson@minervapublications.co.uk
Slow cooker recipes to
make you smile
Publisher Sally Thomson
Pre-press Manager Kate O’Connell
Contributors Peter Thomson, Sue Cooke, Matthew Biggs, Angela Cave,
Front Cover courtesy of the Wolf Rock Boat Company
Key Account Manager Adrian Hill
e adrian.hill@minervapublications.co.uk
t 01225 984 496
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Conservation Area
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On the foodie front we have some
amazing recipes from a book all
about the humble slow cooker. Once
consigned as a product of a 70s
housewife, the slow cooker has had
an image reinvention in recent years
- especially because its low-cost and
minimal fuss cooking appeals to the
modern, time-strapped family cook.
They’re as beautiful as they are tasty,
so we hope you enjoy digging in.
Finally, we are bringing back our very
popular competition page - this issue
it has nearly £2,000 worth of prizes!
You can enter all the ones listed on
the page, plus some web-exclusives at
minervamagazines.co.uk - you can
also opt into being the first to hear
about new giveaways when they are
launched.
We are looking forward to seeing you
again in August - hopefully after a
long hot summer!
Katie
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