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TOTNES TOTNES MARTIN LEWIS
HERITAGE TRUST
TOWN COUNCIL A warning to everyone
Exeter Cathedral is
Totnes Matters with a mortgage
coming to Totnes

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Inside...

18 THE ATMOS PROJECT 06

Come and find out why it matters TOTNES TOWN COUNCIL
Totnes Matters
22 HEALTH MATTERS
10
Available vaccines this autumn
RIVERFORD RECIPES
26 CITIZENS ADVICE Late summer salads

Volunteering opportunities 34

28 TRANSITION TOWN TOTNES IN THE GARDEN
An apple a day
The Local Entrepreneur Forum returns
50
30 MEANDERING NATURALIST © Wheelwrite.co.uk 2021

In search of insects on ivy flowers

32 THE COUNTRYSIDE CODE

Respect, protect & enjoy

36 GARDENING

Jobs to do this month

42 JASON MOUNTJOY

Can you live a happy life without money?

44 MARTIN LEWIS

A warning to everyone with a mortgage

46 TOTNES HERITAGE TRUST

Exeter Cathedral is coming to Totnes

70 TOTNES MUSSIC SCENE

Who is playing when and where

74 TOTNES TOWN BUS

Revised timetables

78 A-Z INDEX

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Dear resident...

Welcome to the September edition of the Totnes Directory. photosofdevon.co.uk

Our local independent businesses have suffered a Useful Numbers
challenging eighteen months and unfortunately some have
had to permanently close their doors whilst others may not Police 999 or 101
fully recover to their pre-covid levels. There is however Post Office 0845 7223344
plenty of evidence of the green shoots of recovery as new Electricity 0800 365900
and existing businesses discover innovative ways to survive Gas 0800 111999
and thrive. Water 0344 346 2020
Flood Watch 0845 9881188
As we return to the new normal, the team at Transition Totnes Community
Town Totnes (TTT) are hoping local business can build Hospital 01803 862622
back to a better, more environmentally, economically and Leatside Surgery 01803 862671
socially sustainable way of working. To this end TTT are Catherine House Surgery 01803 862073
hosting the Local Entrepreneur Forum this month with an COOP Pharmacy 0500 970487
agenda to help make this vision a reality and also benefit Morrisons Pharmacy 01803 840340
of our community at large. As ever the TTT update can be Citizen Advice 0808 278 7948
found in this month’s edition. Town Council 01803 862147
Tourist Information 01803 863168
Also this month, money saving maestro Martin Lewis Library 01803 862210
offers a warning to everyone with a mortgage, our resident Rail Enquiries 08457 484950
naturalist Colin Hair is in search of insects plus Totnes RSPCA 01803 866597
Heritage Trust and the Totnes Museum have been working South Hams
with Exeter Cathedral to bring a piece of history to the town District Council 01803 861234
for us all to enjoy! Totnes Caring 01803 865684
Totnes Social Services 01803 869300
Along with our regular features together with a comprehensive Caring Town 01803 864450
index of local traders and service providers we hope you find
the directory both useful and interesting. Please don’t forget
we will be happy to publish any community news, stories or
interesting articles completely free of charge.

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Stay safe and well.

Best wishes

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SEPTEMBER 2021

TOTNES MATTERS

Town Planters

We're really pleased to see the
planter blackboards back out in town

again, hand painted with colourful
adverts from some of the local

businesses on them. Thanks to The
Blackboard Guy for doing such a

good job.
If you're interested in advertising on

any of the remaining blackboards
please email our 0arketing 0anager
Sam Branch - [email protected] .

We will be placing more planters
along &oronation 5oad and The

Plains in the near future.

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News

Update - Totnes Christmas Festival Nights

Councillor Vacancies

We have two vacancies for
councillors to represent residents in

Bridgetown.

If you are interested in becoming a
Town Councillor & for more info on
the role, how to apply & updates on
whether the vacancies will be filled
by election or co-option, please visit

the <our Council section of our
website or call .

Our Town Maintenance Officer, Tom has Staff Vacancies
been hard at work in the town again, this
time giving the 6t. Mary s Church <ard a At time of going to print we have two
staff vacancies. Check our website or
good spruce up. call to check if they are

still available.

www.totnestowncouncil.gov.uk

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THE LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR FORUM returns on 5 September

The Local Entrepreneur Forum returns on September Previous businesses have had a huge amount
5th. This year, for the first time it will be held at The of success and are well loved in the town and
Glade, the beautiful forest event space provided by surrounding areas. Notable examples include New
The Woodland Presents, Dartington, 2-6pm. Lion Brewery, which pitched at the first LEF to raise
capital and resources to brew craft beers with
Now in its 9th big year in Totnes, the Local locally sourced ingredients. This year it expanded
Entrepreneur Forum (LEF) is a powerful catalyst its customer base by relocating to Dartington during
for a vibrant, bustling, and abundant new economy lockdown. It reopened its public house premises
in the Totnes area. Just what we need right now after when restrictions were lifted and were met with a
18-months of disruption caused by the pandemic. great deal of local support.

Our local independent businesses have suffered Sima Cutting of The Kitchen Table is another
greatly this past year and we know that some may not beneficiary from the LEF in 2017. Her ethical
fully recover, or worse still, have had to permanently catering company continues to evolve and while
close their doors. Others have been more fortunate the past year has had its setbacks, she has pivoted
and able to pivot in new and innovative ways to and added another string or two to her bow by
survive or even thrive. opening The Kitchen Pantry at her kitchen unit on
the Totnes Industrial Estate, selling local, homemade
In most cases, as we return to a new normal, we’re produce alongside takeaway meals. Sima believes
looking to build back to a better, more environmentally, passionately that her resilience is largely thanks to
economically, and socially sustainable way of doing the community support she has received and local
business. The LEF is an event that can help make connections that have helped her to grow with her
this dream a reality for some and for the benefit of business, financially and emotionally.
our community at large.
She says: “The connection we have is a network
Our founder, Rob Hopkins, describes the LEF as; of good will that engenders mutual growth and
“One of the ten innovations coming out of the Transition entrepreneurship.”
Movement that could begin to turn the crisis around.”
Once again, we have some amazing people who
The LEF was established in 2012 by the Totnes will be pitching for support from our ‘Community
REconomy Project, a Transition Town Totnes of Dragons’ and we’d love you to be a part of this
supported initiative. fantastic local event.

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It sits right at the core of our work - conviviality, HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO:
reciprocity, solidarity. Relocalising our economic • Come to The Glade on September 5th. Ride your
system, creating meaningful livelihoods, and
creating alternatives to business as usual - this is bike, walk, take the bus, carpool, or otherwise
part of how we remake our world. magically transport yourself.

Take a look at the latest news on our website for a • Bring your friends and neighbours - it’s about
link to some short films to find out what it has meant solidarity, reciprocity, and rallying together as a
for those who have pitched at the LEF in previous community to support the kind of economy and
years and have been embraced by their community. enterprises we want to see. Please mobilise your
Or visit bit.ly/TotnesLEF9 friends, colleagues, and networks to come and
be ready to participate as the lovely community of
THE LEF – WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? dragons. Connect with us via our Facebook and
Every year, we bring the community together – Twitter.

entrepreneurs, investors, and other change makers, • Support the community enterprises on the day
to learn from each other, form new relationships, and with your time, skills, knowledge, friendship, love
begin enterprising collaborations. and hugs!

Social, sustainable, regenerative, resilient, innovative For more information and to offer your support on the
– new enterprises creating meaningful livelihoods day, please email [email protected].
and contributing to the community in positive ways.
This is the beating heart of what we call ‘community
supported entrepreneurism’.

Everyone has a stake in their local economy and
everyone can be an investor, too. Entrepreneurs
need all kinds of support. Financial capital is
important, but so are other forms of support, from
expert mentoring to childcare. Entrepreneurs
supported by the community do better. The economy
does better, too. It’s part of what make this place a
nice place to live and raise a family.

HOW CAN YOU BE A PART OF THE ‘COMMUNITY
OF DRAGONS’?
Coming out of lockdown, our community needs a lift

and a tangible step toward economic resilience. This

year’s event at The Glade, will be inspiring, hopeful,

and solutionary.

Transition Town Totnes. Registered charity: 1138865
Dartington Room, The Mansion, 36A Fore St, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5HN

Tel: 01803 867358 Website: www.transitiontowntotnes.org

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The Meandering
Naturalist

In search of insects
on ivy flowers

by COLIN HAIR

The yellowy green flowers of ivy flowers then form black fruits which are a very
are easily overlooked but each nutritious winter food for our thrushes, wood
autumn they provide a rich bounty pigeons and over wintering blackcaps.
of sugar rich nectar for our foraging In the past ivy was considered to be parasitic
insects. Surveys show that of the on trees but this is not true and according to
insects feeding on ivy flowers, twenty the Woodland Trust ivy seldom damages a tree
one percent are honey bees, thirteen and does not increase the risk to people from
percent are wasps and hornets, three falling branches or whole trees coming down.
percent are bumble bees, three percent are Globally forty one percent of insect species
ivy bees, twenty seven percent are hover flies, face extinction due to habitat loss and over
twenty nine percent are other types of fly and use of pesticides and given that three quarters
four percent are butterflies. At night they also of our crops rely on insects for pollination it
attract large numbers of moths and because is vital that we conserve them. As individuals
there are far fewer flowering plants available we can allow ivy to climb up trees, walls
at this time of year ivy can be considered a and fences and become flowering plants.
keystone species for flower visiting insects in Our Wildlife Trusts have recently published
autumn. Ivy also provides a home for bats and a booklet “Reversing the decline of insects”
birds and hibernating insects. where they call for a network of nature rich
The ivy flowers consist of dome shaped corridors covering thirty percent of the United
clusters known as umbrels and a good sized Kingdom and the provision of legally binding
clump of ivy can literally buzz with the sound targets which are monitored and enforced.
of bees, wasps and flies. However have no fear There can be no doubting that insects are a
because the foragers are far more interested vital common good.
in their sugary bounty than us. The fertilised Let us hope for an Indian summer so that
we can enjoy those lovely autumn walks and
take the time to stop and look at clumps of
flowering ivy which will be alive with insects
on a sunny day. Also get our children and
youngsters involved because they are the
future ambassadors for wildlife conservation.

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The
Countryside
Code

Your guide to enjoying parks and
waterways, coast and countryside

Respect everyone

• be considerate to those living in, working in and enjoying the countryside
• leave gates and property as you find them
• do not block access to gateways or driveways when parking
• be nice, say hello, share the space
• follow local signs and keep to marked paths unless wider access is available

Protect the environment

• take your litter home – leave no trace of your visit
• do not light fires and only have BBQs where signs say you can
• always keep dogs under control and in sight
• dog poo – bag it and bin it – any public waste bin will do
• care for nature – do not cause damage or disturbance

Enjoy the outdoors

• check your route and local conditions
• plan your adventure – know what to expect and what you can do
• enjoy your visit, have fun, make a memory

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The
Countryside
Code

Follow advice and local signs

The arrows show the legal and recorded rights of way for different user groups

Footpath Bridleway

A recorded right of way for walkers and A recorded right of way for walkers,
mobility aid users mobility aid users, horse-riders and cyclists

Restricted Byway Byway open to all traffic

A recorded right of way for walkers, mobility A recorded right of way for all users
aid users, cyclists, horse-riders and horse- including motorised vehicles

drawn vehicles

Permissive Path National Trail Open Access

Follow advice on local signs as National Trails are You can walk and explore
landowners voluntarily provide created for walking, with away from paths.
access to these paths and horse-riding and cycling
choose who can use them. Some possible on some trails or www.openaccess.
open access areas are also made trail sections. naturalengland.org.uk
available in the same way. www.nationaltrail.co.uk

For further information visit www.gov.uk/countryside-code

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AN APPLE
A DAY

Just one bite of a ripe, crisp apple
picked straight off the tree should be
enough of a mouth-watering experience
to make most gardeners want to grow at
least one variety in their own garden.

Apples are the taste of choose the semi-dwarfing starts to swell, particularly if it
autumn and there are many M26 rootstock. is newly planted or in a
apple events at this time of To crop well, apple trees also container.
year around the country, need pollination from another In early spring sprinkle a
inviting people to try new tree, so be sure to choose balanced general fertiliser
varieties, offering growing varieties from the same or a (such as Growmore) around
advice and looking at how to close pollination group. the base. To ensure the
avoid pests and diseases. Bare-root trees can be planted best crop, prune the tree
Yet, apples are not difficult to when dormant, from late every year.
grow and there are enough autumn until early spring. Apple trees can suffer from a
varieties to cater for virtually Apples thrive in a well-drained variety of common problems
any amount of space you may soil, at least 60cm (2ft) deep. such as brown rot, apple scab
have, even if you only have Add well-rotted organic matter and other diseases, often
room for one in a container. before planting and mulch and derived from poor levels of
Apples can be grown in a water through the growing calcium, erratic watering or
range of forms, including season until your tree is wet summers.
traditional open-centred trees, growing well. Apples prefer a Most apples will be ready to
cordons (single stem with sheltered, frost-free position in pick sometime between
short side-shoots) and full sun, though providing they August and October,
espaliers (trained to grow on a receive half a day's sunshine depending on the variety. As
flat plane, often symmetrical in the growing season they will with most fruit, the obvious
and against a wall or fence). tolerate some shade. way of testing if an apple is
You need to choose your tree Once established, your apple ready for picking is to taste it.
according to the space tree will need very little care The other telltale sign is if
available. throughout the year, but a little there are a few lying on the
There is also a wide range of love will go a long way to ground around the tree (called
rootstocks, from dwarfing to keeping it healthy. Keep it windfalls). The fruit should
vigorous, but for a medium- weed-free and water it during have swelled to a good size
sized bush tree or a cordon, dry spells and when the fruit and started to colour up.

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Better known as lilyturf, this late- perennials now past their
flowering evergreen looks a bit like best.
a giant grape hyacinth, with its
narrow, strap-shaped evergreen  Continue watering
leaves and spikes of knobbly lilac outdoor crops such as
flowers which bloom from tomatoes, beans and
September to November. courgettes to encourage
It makes good ground-cover under more fruits and pods to
shrubs or can be used as edging in ripen.
the herbaceous border, but it is invasive so watch where you
plant it and limit its spread by lifting and dividing the clumps  Take hardwood cuttings
every few years. from roses, choosing
The most common type is L muscari, which grows to around healthy stems of the
30cm. Most varieties are mauve or violet, but you can get the current season's growth.
white variety 'Monroe White' and another with gold-splashed
leaves, 'John Burch'. The plants will thrive in sun or light shade  Plant out spring
in any lime-free garden soil. cabbage in shallow
trenches so that soil can
Good enough to eat… be pulled up around the
stems for extra support as
Harvesting Herbs they grow.

If you want fresh herbs all year round, pot up  Transplant overgrown or
some indoors, such as parsley and mint, badly-positioned shrubs to
to provide a valuable addition to winter meals. more suitable sites.
Dig up a few roots of each from herbs you have left
outside and remove yellowing leaves. Put each piece  Plant blocks of Dutch iris
in a small pot of compost, water in and stand on a bright in sunny positions.
windowsill in the kitchen. You should then have fresh,
tasty herbs throughout the winter.  Cut out dead wood from
If you grow basil outdoors it won't survive the winter, fan-trained cherries.
but bring pots of it into a greenhouse or conservatory and
you may have more luck. Alternatively, harvest the leaves  Make sure greenhouse
and place them in ice-cube trays topped with water to use heaters are in good
when you need them. working order.

Three ways to...  Lift and divide large
marginal plants in ponds.
Succeed with plums
 Be ready to net ponds to
1. Buy two compatible trees - even prevent autumn leaves
self-fertile varieties crop more heavily blowing in.
with a compatible pollinator that blooms
at the same time.  Collect up, clean and
2. Only prune when trees are actively growing, as wounds heal store away canes and
quickly then. plant supports.
3. Train as fans, not cordons or espaliers.
 Continue to harvest
courgettes and marrows,
runner beans, ridge
cucumbers, spinach,
sweetcorn, radish, beetroot
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Jason Mountjoy’s - Independent financial guidance

Can you live a happy
life without money?

It’s easy to forget that money is a means to an end, not the end The Great Trade Off
itself. Having a healthy interest in money is great, but overly
focusing on it can distract you from its real purpose. One way Good financial planning is about balancing the competing
to view money is as ‘fun vouchers’ if it can’t be enjoyed what’s forces of planning for tomorrow while still enjoying life today.
the point. The past 18 months have changed how many people view
this trade off. While it was always true, it’s now more apparent
Money is also a tool to help others, whether they be dependent than ever that we don’t know how many tomorrows we’ll have.
family or someone in need. Research conducted by Bronnie
Ware, an Australian palliative care nurse found that out of the Some financial professionals have convinced clients that
top regrets of the dying, money did not feature in the top 5. tomorrow is always more important than today, leading to a
She commented on the clarity of vision that people gain at prioritisation of the future at the expense of living a meaningful
the end of their lives, a clarity so often missing from those life in the present.
who are healthy.
While the situation calls for this extreme position in some
The top 5 regrets she uncovered were: cases, it greatly oversimplifies the concept of “saving”. Often
reduced to only the money you have to invest; it neglects to
1. I wish I’d dared to live a life true to myself, not the life others consider the other forms of capital we have at our disposal.
expected of me. These include our time, our energy, and our talent. A more
comprehensive and balanced approach is what we need
2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. during this time of great upheaval. Does your plan include the
ability to do the things that will bring meaning to your life now,
3. I wish I’d dared to express my feelings. or are you only focused on the future?

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. What Will You Change?

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier. While the world is still not back to “normal”, and never again
may be, I encourage you to reflect on the second chance that
Lifestyle, Not Numbers the pandemic has given us to calibrate what really matters
to us. The restrictions placed on our freedom of movement
We will most likely regret things related to the way we lived, not highlighted the activities and people we most missed, as well
the money we didn’t make or didn’t spend. On our deathbeds, as the things we had put off doing.
we will lean heavier on our human connections than our
financial connections. What did you take for granted? Who did you miss? What did
you not get to do? Who did you not get to be? As the world
While financial planning requires various numerical inputs, opens up, we encourage you to take action on your plans.
those numbers must be linked to the desired lifestyle and not
a desire to reach an arbitrary level of wealth. You may not call Life, as we all know, is certainly for living.
yours a ‘bucket list’, but there are likely things you would like to
do that you haven’t got around to yet. So, what are you waiting
for? They may range from a simple thing like trying a new form
of exercise to more significant dreams involving long-distance
travel. The important thing is that they are being thought about
and planned for. When was the last time you ticked something
off your list?

You’ll remember the things you did and the places you went,
not the investment charts you gazed at.

Jason Mountjoy DipFA / Independent Financial Adviser (Diploma) & Life Planner
Based at Waterside House, The Plains Totnes TQ9 5DW / [email protected]

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FREE EVENT!

Exeter Cathedral
Comes to Totnes
Saturday 2 October
11.00 am to 4.00 pm

Totnes Heritage Trust and the Totnes Museum have SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
been working with Exeter Cathedral to bring a piece
of history to the town for us all to enjoy. in the October Directory!

Be sure to make time on the first Saturday in October TOTNES HERITAGE TRUST in partnership
to come along to the Exeter Cathedral Roadshow with THE EAST GATE BOOKSHOP
with loads of things to see and do for all the family. SHORT STORY COMPETITON – Totnes Heritage Map
The roadshow will be based at St Mary’s Church Look out in the October issue of the directory
and the Totnes Museum and the staff at Exeter for details of the winners of the short story
who look after the cathedral archives are digging competition and come along to the bookshop for
out all sorts of interesting treasures to bring along, late night shopping and the presentation of prizes
including things that they keep in Exeter which are on Thursday 14 October.
all about Totnes. www.stmarystotnesheritagetrust.org

The cathedral staff are working closely with the Image taken from the Totnes Heritage Map, St Mary’s Church Totnes
Totnes Heritage Trust and our own local Totnes Totnes Heritage Trust . Registered charity 1182256
Museum to make this a really enjoyable day, full of Www.stmarystotnesheritaagetrust.org
interest and entertainment for adults and children.

Meet the roving actors in character and costume
who will be telling their stories and watch the Exeter
stonemasons demonstrating their fantastic skills,
take a look at the displays from the cathedral library
and archives and find out all about the cathedral’s
conservation work.

All this and more!

… and watch out for details of a special Evensong
service in St Mary’s Church on Sunday 3rd with the
Exeter Cathedral Choir!

Lots of treats in store. See you there!

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On the road

LMEIVNELI E3LECTRIC

By Rob Auchterlonie @robauchy

MINI circa 2020 bears when you experience that Inside, and externally too,
little or no resemblance instant shove in the back, but Union Flag logos abound,
to the one born out of you need to be mindful of those proving our German friends are
the Suez crisis in the mid around you who might not be adept at selling nostalgia to the
1950s and the ensuing oil moving quite so swiftly away modern motorist.
shortage that hastened from a junction or set of lights.
the demand for affordable With the average daily
motoring. Based on the same body distance travelled by UK
shell as the three door hatch, motorists under 30 miles, and
But with the world now there are noticeable cosmetic a full charge taking around two
facing new environmental and differences. A MINI Electric and a half hours on an 11kW
economic challenges, it was logo appears on the car’s side home charger, a couple of
inevitable that MINI would ditch scuttles, as well as on the charges a week at around £4
fossil fuels and go electric. tailgate and front radiator grille. a time won’t break the bank.
The front grille features the And it makes the car’s 145 mile
So does pairing up one of the hallmark hexagonal shape but range seem not quite so off-
world’s most iconic cars that’s is closed, as the car requires putting. But when others are
small, nimble and has kart-like less cooling. Those of us who offering a 200 mile plus range
handling, with a powertrain remember early Minis, which there’s a decision to make here.
that brings instant acceleration, had a habit of cutting out on
low running costs and near rainy days when water found MINI has been owned by
silent running, work? its way to the front mounted BMW for some time and the
distributor cap, may well wish motor is the latest, powerful
One thing’s certain. Electric we’d had that feature then. version of the synchronous
car acceleration is addictive electric motor that provides

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