In the book itself, all images are in black and white
(to keep costs down)
so here they are in colour
© Kathy & Helen Hollick or as stated
Map - Ghost Encounters
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| © M.L.P |
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| Kathy riding Saffie (La Rafale) at home © Tony Smith |
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| Exmoor © Tony Smith |
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| Autumn on Exmoor |
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| Home. The day we moved in, January 2013 |
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| Andrew and Kathy. Christmas quiz night, raising money for local charities at the Exeter Inn 2023 © The Exeter Inn |
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The dining room where a young boy, the Master and Milly-Molly have been seen. This would originally have been a parlour; the wall with its ‘wooden window’
is a modern addition |
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| The front door – a couple of dragons and Baz |
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| The old dairy, where Jack, the dairyman, still lingers |
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| Wonky Donk. He loved Hobnob biscuits |
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| Kathy riding Lexie (Shinglehall Casino) side-saddle in her green velvet, Napoleonic War championship winning costume |
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| A view of the Taw Valley |
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| Tony and his beloved Labradors © Diane Lang |
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| The high hedges of a Devonshire lane |
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Chittlehamholt c.1900. Reproduced from the original by kind permission
© Richard Lethbridge |
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| Chittlehamholt: the view in the other direction c.1900. Reproduced from the original by kind permission © Richard Lethbridge |
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| A Taw Valley farm lane, complete with a shallow ford |
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| North Devon is predominantly a dairy farming and sheep rearing |
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| Detail from ‘Trench Pals – a brew, a fag, and a good companion. Flanders 1916’ reproduced by kind permission © Chris Collingwood, historical artist |
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The Exeter Inn, a welcoming and friendly hub of the village
© The Exeter Inn |
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Dog friendly: Frankie welcomes all visitors – past and present!
© The Exeter Inn |
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‘Royalist Officer of Horse King’s Army 1643’, reproduced by kind permission
© Chris Collingwood, historical artist |
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| Hedges, as well as lanes mark the boundaries between farms and land |
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| Now a comfortable dining area, but previously a forge where the blacksmith worked © The Exeter Inn |
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| The congenial atmosphere of The Exeter Inn, where a Tudor gentleman shows off his new bride, a group of tired Cavaliers are paused in time and Nancy occasionally gets up to mischief © The Exeter Inn |
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| A History and Mystery evening at the pub © Graphic designed from the original by avalongraphics.org |
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| Expect the unexpected in a Devon lane... a (live, non-ghostly!) sheep walking along the top of a hedge: or maybe you’ll meet a ghost wearing a hi-vis jacket? |
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| An old photograph of The Portsmouth Arms © The Portsmouth Arms |
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| ‘Harquebusier Trooper – King’s Army, 1644’, reproduced by kind permission, © Chris Collingwood, historical artist |
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| Many spirits seem to linger beside or beneath trees |
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| ‘Parliamentary Harquebusier Officer c 1645’. Wearing an orange cummerbund. Reproduced by kind permission © Chris Collingwood, historical artist |
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34031 Torrington. Original photograph reproduced by kind permission
© Robert Jeffries |
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| The Exmoor Pony – our Mister Mischief, or ‘Squidgy’ who came from the Farleywater Herd as a two-year-old. He is now in his twenties |
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| The Staghunters Inn, Brendon, Exmoor |
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| One of the comfortable (haunted?) bedrooms at the Staghunters Inn |
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Simon Wyburn welcomes all visitors to The Staghunters Inn
© The Staghunters Inn |
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| Even if there are ghostly spirits wandering around, The Staghunters Inn has a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere |
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| The lonely road near Countisbury Hill, Lynmouth © Cheryl Witcombe |
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Ilfracombe Harbour with Verity standing proud against the sky © Cheryl Witcombe
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| Barricane Beach, Woolacombe © Hazel Bowles |
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| Crow Point, Braunton Burrows. An ideal setting for smugglers, pirates and fiction writers © Alison and Paul Sopp |
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| Saunton Sands with Lundy Island on the horizon. According to local tradition: if you can’t see Lundy it’s raining. If you can see it – it’s about to rain! |
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| Arlington Court, St James’ Church © Tony Smith |
The remains of the Norman Motte and Bailey castle, Barnstaple
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| The newly refurbished Barnstaple Pannier Market from Butcher’s Row |
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| St Anne’s Chapel, Barnstaple |
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| Boutport Street, where Georgian buildings rank alongside the modern Green Lanes shopping centre – and the occasional ghost waits for a bus |
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| Tawstock Court and St Peter’s Church, where an elderly lady walks across the lawns gathering firewood maybe? |
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| Instow from Appledore © Cathy Helms |
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| Appledore from Instow © Simon Murgatroyd |
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| An Appledore ‘ope’ |
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Appledore Book Festival 2023 © Annie Whitehead, participating author,
seated centre |
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| The narrow streets of old Appledore |
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| The cobbles of Clovelly © Alison and Paul Sopp |
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Clovelly transport: most houses have their own sledge
© Alison and Paul Sopp |
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| Clovelly Harbour © Alison and Paul Sopp |
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| Saffie, proud of her daughter, Phoenix (Taw River Nemberatas) |
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| Saffie and Franc, one week old. Now together again in pastures new |
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Kathy Hollick competing Franc (Taw River Dracarys) in his first and last cross-country event, a few months before we lost him. Photograph: by kind permission
© Rob Bayes Photography |
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| Our Franc has come back to visit several times |
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| Rum |
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| Our boy, Baz. Very much missed © Tony Smith |
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| Our waterfall near where a brown bear lingers |
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| Kathy Hollick |
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| Sunrise, shadows and the presence of the past |
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