Martin Hesp recalls one of the most pleasant picnics he’s ever had - this one was in Provence, in the old quarry where they used to dig the sand for the Perrier bottles…
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Martin Hesp recalls one of the most pleasant picnics he’s ever had - this one was in Provence, in the old quarry where they used to dig the sand for the Perrier bottles…
Martin Hesp takes a winter walk on Dunkery - on Christmas Eve 2020 as it happens - because there was nothing else much to do
A stroll on Blue Anchor beach towards the alabaster cliffs, with Martin Hesp
An account of the Cutcombe Christmas Fatstock Show - this one’s from a report Martin Hesp wrote in 2016
Making winter beer - the art of traditional ale making in winter
There’s a glacier in Iceland which covers a live volcano with 900 feet of solid ice. one it will blow its top and all that ice will melt in hours causing enormous problems across the Atlantic. Martin Hesp went up there one cold summer’s day for a look around
Wills Neck is the highest hill on The Quantocks. It’s a wonderful eminence that gives the walker great panoramas of Somerset and beyond - from it you can see the Brendon Hills, Exmoor, the Blackdown Hills, the Mendips and the Welsh Mountains
Martin Hesp remembers a fantastic beach cook-up he did with North Devon’s Dan the Fishman 2 years ago - it was a celebration of Christmas in the run-up to December 25th - and, as Dan says, everyone should enjoy a beach picnic in the depths of winter
A simple hike done to Cogden Beach on the Dorset Coast - Martin Hesp walked the littoral after a visit to the organic outfit at magical Tamarisk Farm
