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Pregnancy Childbirth & Children

myself, if you have questions or if you need more help.


Local NCT also run some great second-hand clothing and equipment sales! Spring and Autumn, at Torquay Civic Hall.

I can provide individual ante-natal sessions at the rate agreed by our local NCT branch, great value currently at £60 per 2 hours, (rate subject to change without notice). Contact me for home visits within 10 miles, or appointments at my clinic.

Julie Archer



www.douladevon.co.uk
Provides a wonderful doula service (birth support) here in South Devon. Ideal for women who want extra support, or those who, for any reason, do not have the support of a partner.

NAPPIES
Washable nappies can save lots - both for you and the environment. If you would like more info contact:

Totnes Nappy Co



www.totnesnappycompany.co.uk
Very friendly advice, lots of info and can visit at your home. If you don't live in South Devon, they can provide you with a more local contact.


Lollipop
www.teamlollipop.co.uk
Based in Cornwall but with reps throughout the UK, Lollipop offer impartial advice and sales of a wide range of reusable cloth nappies and accessories.

Crying Babies

It can be a shock to discover just how difficult it is to cope with a baby who cries a lot.

There is a lot you can do.

For support contact www.cry-sis.org.uk.

Food and B&Bs

A few of my favourites. Let me know yours!

The Local Food Company

www.thelocalfoodcompany.co.uk
All kinds of enticing delicious local and organic foods, also hampers as gifts or as provisions during your holiday! Mailorder, or local delivery. Based in Modbury, England's first plastic-bag free town.

The Great Grubb b&b
www.thegreatgrubb.co.uk/
Just around the corner from where I live, convenient for Dartmoor and all things Devon, this delightful b&b specialises in quality local foods.

Peaceful retreat, with optional therapies, in Teignmouth, South Devon.
This is owned and managed by Jane Hurley, a retired homeopath and friend of mine.

"Teignmouth is in a beautiful part of the West Country. This is a 1-bedroom self-catering apartment which is very private and comfortable. In addition to a peaceful retreat, you can arrange long or short therapeutic breaks with help from excellent local practitioners (Alexander Technique, homeopathy, counselling and psychotherapy, kinesiology, etc.)."
Please contact Jane Hurley if you would like to gaze at the sea and leave behind the concerns of everyday life.
Jane's website is http://www.janehurley.co.uk

Cafedirect
www.cafedirect.co.uk.
Fair trade tea, coffee, and Cocodirect, the BEST hot chocolate I have tasted.
Better even than a certain other brand with initials G & B....who have now been taken over by Cadbury.

Innocent
www.innocentdrinks.co.uk
Original and best smoothies, and some very cute sales gimmicks, such as grass-covered cars. Even the bottles are now biodegradable.

Lovely local cider
(because not all cider is lovely....).
Some of my favourites.
Support local real cider producers, avoid the fizzy, chemically sweetened rubbish available in most pubs and off-licences.

Strange but true:  real cider production was threatened by the foot-and-mouth outbreak of August 07, because the apple growers could not clear their harvest until they were allowed to move grazing animals out from under the trees.

Sheppy's Cider
www.sheppyscider.com.From Taunton, a huge range of different ciders including organic. Available mailorder too.

Dunkerton's Cider
www.dunkertons.co.uk.
Based near Leominster in Herefordshire, an unusual range including organic cider and organic perry (pear cider). Yummy. Mailorder available.

Weston's Cider, made in Herefordshire. Organic cider even in a box. Online shop.

Thatcher's Cider, a Somerset brew, delightful single varieties, and great scrumpy with no additives. Mail order too.

Great local cheese!

Quickes, handmade in Devon (www.quickes.co.uk). Gorgeous dry, slow matured cheddars, also smoked cheddar, cheddar with herbs, and unpasteurised cheddar. Hard goat's cheese, Red Leicester and Double Goucester. Some use vegetarian rennet.

And for tasty vegetarian cheeses, Lye Cross from Somerset (www.lyecrosscheese.co.uk). A wide range of vegetarian organic cheeses, including excellent Cheddars, plus Cheshire, Double Gloucester, Blue Stilton, Caerphilly, Wensleydale and Red Leicester style cheeses.

Sharpham, our local heroes, just down the river from where I live. Winners of medals for both cheese - vegetarian rennet and unpasteurised milk - and wine. Excellent nice people too. Have a look at the website and ask for the cheese in your local store. Site lists other sites where you can order online.   www.sharpham.com.

River Cottage.net
Find out what Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and his colleagues are up to, at their new place, Park Farm, on the Devon-Dorset border.

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