I|n this instalment of the Exmoor Lockdown Diaries, Martin looks at how to avoid food waste - very useful when times get tough…
Martin Hesp
I|n this instalment of the Exmoor Lockdown Diaries, Martin looks at how to avoid food waste - very useful when times get tough…
In this Lockdown Diary Martin recalls a visit to the island of Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel
Bob Bell reaches the final destination in his amazing journeyings across North America in 1980
In this Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin revisits the subject of wild garlic after so many people contacted him
in this Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin Hesp learns all about remarkable drinks called ‘shrubs’ - which you can easily make at home
In this lockdown diary Martin Hesp discusses the art and the delights of making your own sourdough bread
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
The first in a series of podcasts containing audiobooks I’ve put together based on short stories I am writing inspired by the coronavirus pandemic
In this Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin recalls a foraging course he attended in West Cornwall where he learned to pick wild plants for free
Bob Bell reflects on the coronavirus pandemic from his home in Oakland, California
Bob Bell continues his USA diaries circa 1980 - fabulous writing and wonderful music
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…
This episode introduces a round—table discussion podcast focussing on that most wonderful; of all subjects - quality British cider…
Bob Bell takes a break from his 1980 diaries and writes about the present day crisis - and how coronavirus is affecting him and his wife in California
Foraging for wild food in springtime is a good idea during the lockdown IF - and only if - you live in the countryside and can walk out into unpopulated areas locally to find the right plants
In the latest Exmoor Lockdown Diary, Martin talks about the importance of locally produced food - he’s been writing about it for years but the subject is really coming into its own right now
As we all worry about food scarcity during the lockdown you have to envy those who keep chickens - or who live near enough to buy fresh eggs from their country neighbours
In today’s Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin remembers a colourful character who almost instigated a cross-channel hovercraft service from Watchet to Wales