In his 51st Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin Hesp remembers the last time his village had a big celebratory event - such as the one we should have ben enjoying this VE Day
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In his 51st Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin Hesp remembers the last time his village had a big celebratory event - such as the one we should have ben enjoying this VE Day
In his 50th coronavirus lockdown diary Martin Hesp takes a walk around his own parish of Old Cleeve
In his latest Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin Hesp recalls a long series he once wrote about the harbours of the West Country
In this lockdown diary Martin Hesp looks at the old railway line which played a major role in the valley where he lives
Martin Hesp recalls a memorable Exmoor walk he did with the then CEO of Exmoor National Park, Dr Nigel Stone
In this Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin puts together a podcast in which he visits one of the UK’s top garlic growers, he visits the “happiest village in England” and he calls in to see a famous potter called John Leach
In another Exmoor Lockdown Diary, Martin learns how to forage for wild food in an estuary
In this Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin considers the loneliness of the old lighthouse keepers and we feature a podcast interview with one of the men who used to serve on some of the loneliest lights of them all…
A stay at the Thurlestone Hotel in the South Hams, on the Devon coast
Introduction to Porthgwarra on the South West Cornish Coast
It might sound crazy to cook on a beach in midwinter - but a day out with Devon’s Dan the Fishman is just what’s needed to blow away the Christmas cobwebs
Selection of post-Christmas walks in the English West Country
The medieval village of Dunster has it’s own unique traditional Christmas carol which is sung every year around the ancient streets and in the bar of the equally ancient Luttrell Arms
This page is all about the annual Cutcombe Christmas Fatstock Show which takes place in the heart of Exmoor National Park every December
Grass fed Exmoor lamb is now being promoted across the national park area and beyond - this article explains why
A century ago local families would buy 100 herrings for six old pence (2.5pence) to salt down for the winter. But catches gradually declined and during the 1970s the herring all but disappeared, with the blame laid on over-fishing in the Atlantic and North Sea.
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