THERE was a warm welcome on Exmoor when five generations of one local family gathered together.

Joyce Smith, who attends weekly ‘Warm Welcome’ sessions held in St Petrock’s Church, Timberscombe, is the great-great-grandmother of 10-week-old baby boy Arlo.

Mrs Smith, aged 88, has lived in Timberscombe since the 1950s when she moved to the village on marrying the late Eddie Smith.

Her daughter, Jenny Sleep, is Arlo’s great-grandmother and shares the same November 21 birthday as her great-grandson.

All of the family were brought up on Exmoor, and Arlo and his mother Holly Pennells and grandmother Jo Sleep, now live in South Molton.

Mrs Smith is a regular attendee at the Thursday morning St Petrock’s ‘Warm Welcome’ with her sister Sheila Ridd.