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5 South Devon beaches that only the locals know about

5 South Devon beaches that only the locals know about

You are just one hard-to-spot lane away from paradise You shouldn’t expect AA signs to these little parcels of paradise, here are five Devon beaches that only the locals know about. They often lack what you’ve come to think of as “basic facilities”, but they are rarely crowded and usually cost you a lot less than a trip to Torquay.Expect twisty that are often very steep – you’ll be skilled at…

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Five Beautiful Reminders of The Westcountry That You Can Buy Online

Five Beautiful Reminders of The Westcountry That You Can Buy Online

The nicest thing about the Westcountry is Dartmoor, obviously.  I once overheard a couple of older ladies chatting together on the local community bus, as you do. One said… “I’ve just been to Dartmoor, it was lovely” She paused for a beat before adding “still, you don’t like Dartmoor, do you”.  It wasn’t a question between the two of them, the first was nearly stating what must have been an…

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Wild Garlic and Peanut Pesto Sauce

Wild Garlic and Peanut Pesto Sauce

Shredded wild garlic, blended with smashed peanuts and olive oil, for a delicious and healthy sauce for your favourite pasta.  

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Buckland - Cross Breed Sheepskin

Buckland – Cross Breed Sheepskin

Small, but consistently broad, long haired scruffy sheepskin. Dark chocolate hair extending to 6.5 cm beyond the fleece, flecked in places with white and grey. Nicely soft tanned hide.

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Dart - Cross Breed Sheepskin

Dart – Cross Breed Sheepskin

Swirling pattern like the pebbly river bed of the Dart – colours muted, almost in greyscale. Medium soft and reletively small, just a little smaller than our standard Cottage Cream. A self contained little sheepskin rug that will serve well in a high traffic area.

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Topper - Cross Breed Sheepskin

Topper – Cross Breed Sheepskin

Medium soft east care fleece in lemon cream with muted brown patches. A self contained little sheepskin rug that will serve well in a high traffic area.

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Viennetta - Rare Breed Sheepskin

Viennetta – Rare Breed Sheepskin

Very pretty sheepskin featuring a pure ‘apple white’ back. The perfection is flecked across the shoulders and at the extremities with milk chocolate. It’s a gorgeous sheepskin, just a little smaller than our standard Cottage Cream.

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Moreton - cross breed sheepskin

Moreton – cross breed sheepskin

Low profile easy care sheepskin with very forgiving colours. This sheepskin will be fine in a high traffic area, or where a clumsy elbow might spill a drop of red wine. At just 3 cm thick this fleece will wash and dry faster than a pair of jeans (and be a lot more comfortable).

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Arctic Reindeer Large 110x88x4

Arctic Reindeer Large 110x88x4

Very soft for a hide at this scale, with equally soft fur at an average of 4 cm deep across 88 cm. With a length of over 110 cm it is small by no measure. As with all the reindeer skins we sell, this product scores low on tolerability by people sensitive to animal products. It is an overt animal product made from an animal killed by the Sami tribe within the Arctic Circle. This is a fine hair,…

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Our latest sheepskins from Shetland are facing a reassuring delay.

Our latest sheepskins from Shetland are facing a reassuring delay.

We like to work with skilled people, and our hunt has unearthed a real treasure in the form of a shepherd on Shetland raising sheep for wool. A shepherd on Shetland, one of the ancestral homes of British sheep full stop and forerunner of the UK Flock. Also, very far north. So far north in fact that in 2018 it became law that the Shetland Isles must be shown in their correct (extremely northerly)…

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Heat Branded Bag

A useful 15 x 19 cm organic cotton bag sporting a large (10 cm) CNC cut brass heat brand on  front face. The back face is left plain because you are more than a billboard.  

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Lady Sophie – Rare Breed Sheepskin Lady Sophie wears shimmering hair with a discrete little beauty spot - one doesn’t know whether to mention it?

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Sea Foam – Rare Breed Herdwick Sheepskin Very pretty sheepskin with pale Herdwick markings. The hairs ripple in wave-like undulations, they lap only to the edges of this sheepskin's own deep pool.

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What Happens If You Wash A Sheepskin At 60 Degrees Celsius?

What Happens If You Wash A Sheepskin At 60 Degrees Celsius?

Can you wash a sheepskin at 60 degrees Celsius? (140 Fahrenheit)

Can you wash a sheepskin at 60 degrees?. Will a sheepskin survive a very hot wash? A customer emailed in to see if sheepskins can be washed at 60 degrees Celsius. Her local dust mites had proven to be awful house guests and had been haranguing her child with their irritating metabolic habits. Would a sheepskin survive the very hot…

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How Darren Roughed-Up His "Too Perfect" Home Design.

How Darren Roughed-Up His “Too Perfect” Home Design.

How Darren softened his “hard” home design and made his space more comfortable.

Darren approached us with a confessional problem. He had been underwhelmed by the reality of his own space, a space specifically designed, and then built at considerable expense, just for him. 

Darren had come to us humbly seeking softness after living within the hard simplicity of his grand design. As the weeks…

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How to die on Dartmoor

How to die on Dartmoor - Episode 1. "You don’t necessarily need a map, or an "iPiece" electronic gizmo, you need to know what’s a bog and what isn’t a bog" - Kevin

How to (not) die on Dartmoor – Meet Kevin

“You don’t necessarily need a map, or an “iPiece” electronic gizmo to tell you not to go there, right? I mean, I admit that you have got to have a bit of prior knowledge, you need to know what’s a bog and what isn’t a bog…

Kevin | Dartmoor Tweet

Kevin holds the view that the best way to…

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Whole Black Walnut Hulls (Black) For blacks and greys without the petrochemicals turn to Black Walnut (Junglans Nigra). Harvested sustainably in the USA and presented without the addition of any chemical. For thousands of years people have been dying with Black Walnut, order some today and give it a go!