A golden landscape from a autumn in full colour whilst deep in the valley walls two homes slowly loose the afternoon light at County Gate, Exmoor.
County Gate, as the name suggests is where Devon and West Somerset meet. Its location offers great views over the East Lyn valley and Doone Country. There are several energetic walks from here into Doone Country or down to the coast.
This gorgeous necklace was made by local artist Debbie Brannen using a blue sunstone cabochon and wire wrapped with 935 Argentium silver, the 18 inch belcher chain is also 935 Argentium silver. the semi-precious blue sunstone catches the light and sparkles.
Every piece of jewellery I make is unique and handcrafted with thought and care. I look at the sea glass or semi-precious gemstone that I want to use and design my wire wrapping around it to show off its best qualities. No two pieces will ever be the exactly the same.
Argentium silver is a brighter whiter silver, less likely to tarnish and is hypoallergenic, the pendant is also hallmarked by the London assay office. The hallmark is for 925 silver as in the UK as yet we do not have a 935 hallmark but the assay office is working on it.
Debbie Brannen is a member of the Argentium Silver Guild.
The pendant measures approx 6cm x 2.5cm including the bail.
The necklace will be sent to you in a beautiful jewellery box stamped with the Argentium Silver logo.
To buy this beautiful necklace, head over to our online shop.
Wild Herd Whispering is about the incredible Exmoor ponies as they reveal their true natures through the world of herd energy and dynamics.
You can order your copy here: Wild Herd Whispering: How the enigmatic Exmoor ponies reveal what is in their hearts and minds
The first two volumes in the series are:
The 2018 Exmoor Food Fest is going to be even bigger and better than our previous festivals. Once again, we will be celebrating the best that our region has to offer all through February.
We are now calling all food related businesses – restaurants, pubs, tea rooms – to sign up to be part of the 2018 Exmoor Food Fest and offer amazing Exmoor Food Fest deals* to their customers.
We are also looking for local producers who would like to take part in our “Taste Exmoor at The Beach Hotel” event in Minehead on 3 and 4 February 2018. It is going to be a fun weekend with cook-offs, bake-offs, presentations and workshops, and of course a food & drink fair. You can sign up here.
Do you have any further questions? Then please don’t hesitate to ask. Just send us an email, and we’ll get back to you asap.
(*) We will explain this all in great detail when you sign up!
PS Are you interested in being amongst the first to know what is happening during the Exmoor Food Fest? Then sign up to our newsletter here.
Samphire Festival, the small, but delightful festival on the top of Porlock Hill, has just received great news: They have been nominated in the UK Festival Awards in three categories.
Please pop over to the Festival Awards website and vote for Samphire Festival in the following categories:
Your vote will make a difference!
We at Exmoor4all would also like to congratulate Samphire Festival for being nominated as “Best New Festival on the Block” by the Independent Festival Awards. This is not a public vote, so all we can do is keeping all our fingers and toes crossed!
A more images from my annual May visit to Exmoor. Already booked some more days in the Autumn can’t wait, fingers crossed for decent weather.
Michael Brooks
Here is the collection of photos shared with us during September 2017. You can click on the individual image to see an enlarged version.
This just has to be my favourite place in the world – peaceful, beautiful with abundant wildlife to enjoy. Early morning walk across the moors, skylarks singing and the Exmoor ponies were just around the corner. Can’t wait to be back in October. This was in April.
Sue Bird
Local author Victoria Eveleigh posted these lovely photos of her dear husband earlier today:
You can find out more about West Ilkerton Farm here.
And if you’d like to see what Victoria Eveleigh is up to when not taking photos of her dear husband on their wedding day, then have a look on her website.
Shaun G Davey recently published a range of photos on Twitter to show the world how beautiful Exmoor is. Here is a gallery of everything Shaun loves about Exmoor. Which one is your favourite?
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