In another Exmoor Lockdown Diary, Martin learns how to forage for wild food in an estuary
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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.
