<p class="">In today’s Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin Hesp looks forward to some hot-smoked food - easy to do and absolutely delicious</p>

<p class="">In this Exmoor Lockdown Diary, Martin Hesp consider’s England’s greatest spring season pleasure - fresh asparagus.</p>

<p class="">Another lockdown diary and this time it’s all about barbecuing food</p>

<p class="">In this Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin Hesp hosts a podcast which is all about the delicious subject of cheese</p>

<p class="">In today’s Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin describes how to make pea, nettle and wild garlic risotto - plus he adds a video of his gardening technique </p>

<p class="">In this Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin revisits the subject of wild garlic after so many people contacted him</p>

<p class="">In this lockdown diary Martin Hesp discusses the art and the delights of making your own sourdough bread </p>

<p class="">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</p>

<p class="">In another Exmoor Lockdown Diary, Martin learns how to forage for wild food in an estuary</p>

<p class="">Foraging for wild food in springtime is a good idea during the lockdown IF - <strong>and only if</strong> - you live in the countryside and can walk out into unpopulated areas locally to find the right plants</p>

<p class="">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</p>

<p class="">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</p>

<p class="">Exmoor Lockdown Diary 2 - the wonders of wild garlic - finding food in a crisis</p>

<p class="">A stay at the Thurlestone Hotel in the South Hams, on the Devon coast</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Quick photographic tour around Saigon, or Ho Chi Min City</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Spending a day and a night in one of Vietnam’s most historic ports </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">After the heavy meals of the Christmas period some healthy vegetable </p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Enjoying a day out in Funchal, capital city of Madeira</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">This page is all about the annual Cutcombe Christmas Fatstock Show which takes place in the heart of Exmoor National Park every December</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">An exploration of St Martins - known as the Caribbean’s Friendly Isle</p>