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Salcombe - The Harbourmaster’s View

During the summer more than 5,000 yachts and other river users will visit Salcombe. Enthusiasts of all descriptions, from yachtsmen to dinghy sailors from the owners of large power boats to small inflatable craft ply the sheltered waters. Managing and conserving the harbour and the estuary is the responsibility of Salcombe’s Harbour Authority and at the helm is harbourmaster Ian Gibson. Robert Hesketh finds out just what the job involves.

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The River House in Dartmouth

A bright white uncompromising contemporary home has just been completed on the edge of the water at Dartmouth. Sandwiched between traditional riverside houses, the building could hardly be called in keeping with its neighbours. Architect Robert Seymour reveals more about this unique building.

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Coping with Hearing Loss

Chances are we know someone with a hearing loss who won’t admit it. How do we help them accept it and seek advice?

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Stephen Hunton, North Devon artist

North Devon artist Stephen Hunton is a lucky man., He works from a studio overlooking the River Lew in North Devon. Robert Hesketh talks techniques, materials, car boot sales and art education with this distinguished artist for Hatherleigh.

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Chris Downs, Upton Yard Successes

Great teamwork and some impressive horses are helping put the Upton yard at Cullompton firmly on the racing map.

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Culinary delights and recipes from Lewtrenchard Ma

Malcolm Twigg is entertained to a dinner like no other at Lewtrenchard Manor’s Purple Carrot where they have developed a whole new culinary adventure, ‘Chef’s Table’ where the diner is taken (virtually) into the kitchen and the kitchen onto the dining table.

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Andrew’s Wood Nature Reserve, the home of the rare

August is the month where one particulary rare plant is in flower in a quiet nature reserve not far from Modbury. David Chapman paid a visit there to find out just more about the work being done at Andrew’s Wood to encourage this beautiful purple flowered plant to thrive there.

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The Vikings’ Sea Stallion

A magnificent replica of a Viking warship called Sea Stallion will be sailing along the coast of Devon this month - and you should be able to spot somewhere along the way.

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Dartmoor’s Walkham Valley

Explore the Walkham and you have the whole spectrum of Dartmoor in one river valley, from the starkly dramatic to the soft and wooded – and all rich with reminders of the distant and more recent past.

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