<p class="">Time to give a shout-out to all those talented chefs out there who aren’t working at present because of the lockdown - here’s an article about the brilliant Greg Milne, head chef at St Michael’s Mount</p>

<p class="">A West Country food writer embarks on a journey of food and drink discovery around a rural part of West Devon and unearths all manner of delights</p>

<p class="">Journalist Martin Hesp looks back at articles he has written about Cornish food producers who have recently featured on Rick Stein’s series about Cornwall - in this piece he travels to Launceston to visit Philip Warren &amp; Son in their ‘shrine of good meat’</p>

<p class="">We visit the Cornish potato vodka makers - just like Rick Stein does in his latest TV series</p>

<p class="">In a new series of country notes Martin Hesp recalls a winter visit to Gurnard’s Head in West Cornwall</p>

<p class="">The G7 Summit is to be held in an obscure corner of Cornwall called Carbis Bay in June - Martin Hesp reflects on the West Country railway journey that will take delegates to this special place</p>

<p class="">In the third of our Scilly Walks, Martin Hesp explores the uninhabited island of Samson</p>

<p class="">In the second of our Scilly Walks we go to the north of the archipelago to enjoy a circumnavigation of the isle of St Martin’s</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp explores The Garrison on St Marys in the Isles of Scilly one evening in the heart of winter</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp considers the region he lives in - the West Country which is so very popular with millions of visitors in normal years - and he mulls over the idea of visiting the big green peninsula which stretches South West of Bristol</p>

<p class="">At the National Trust’s water-powered flour mill in Dunster they do an excellent job of showing the public how cereal grain is turned into something edible </p>

<p class="">An interview on Rick Stein’s new programme about Cornwall inspired us to put up this article and photos originally written about the Cornish Gouda Company back in 2015</p>

<p class="">The last of our Six Cornish Walks Martin Hesp goes west to Zennor where he walks out to the famous head-land</p>

<p class="">In the fifth of our Six Cornish Walks, Martin Hesp takes the delightful circular route from Malpas near Truro to beautiful little estuary hamlet of St Clement</p>

<p class="">In the fourth of our Six Cornish Walks, Martin Hesp explores the coast beyond Cawsand towards glorious Rame Head</p>

<p class="">As part of our series of Six Cornish Walks, Martin Hesp explores the headlands just south of Newquay and is amazed at the richness of the natural environment he discovers just outside one of the mai seaside resorts</p>

<p class="">In the second of our Six Cornish Walks, Martin Hesp takes the South West Coast Path from Talland Bay to Polperro on the South Cornwall coast</p>

<p class="">Starting our series of Six Cornish Walks, Martin Hesp explores the landscape around Minions - the highest village west of the Tamar</p>

<p class="">The genesis of the amazing Porlock Pie - made with local Porlock Oysters</p>

<p class="">In the final part of our Six Devon Walks series, Martin Hesp completes the delightful circular hike from Hope Cove to Bolberry Down and back again via an inland route</p>