Bob Bell recalls moving to the deep West Somerset countryside many many years ago
Martin Hesp
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Bob Bell recalls moving to the deep West Somerset countryside many many years ago
In this Exmoor Lockdown Diary, Martin Hesp consider’s England’s greatest spring season pleasure - fresh asparagus.
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.
A stay at the classic Cobbler’s Cove resort in Barbados could be one of the most relaxing and satisfying things you could do in the Caribbean