<p class="">The well known face of Henry Blofeld reminds Martin Hesp of a day he spent in the Test Match Special commentary box</p>

As we began thinking about some other stories we could put up here on my site my friend and colleague Richard Austin - the famous press photographer - sent me this image of my dear old dad. Needless to say, I could write a book about the man most of the world knew as Peter Hesp, but for time being will repeat a press article I penned 13 years ago… “If you’ve got one of the most interesting jobs in the world, what on earth do you do when you retire? Journalists in particular o

<p class="">Martin Hesp recalls his old friend Prid, another newspaper photographer and a one-off if ever there was one</p>

<p class="">And his writing was so dull even the cat went to sleep at his feet during funerals… My latest Exmoor Lockdown Diary</p>

<p class="">A short video on keeping cool in the deep lanes surrounded by West Country hedgerows and trees</p>

<p class="">Remembering the Voyages of the Watchet Flatner - as seen on TV</p>

<p class="">Tim Bannerman and Martin Hesp both recall the fateful day their first meeting took them crashing through a farm-gate in an accident which resulted in a lifelong friendship </p>

The other day an old friend phoned to ask me to remind him of the ghost story concerning Bampfylde Clump. I dug it out of my old files and repeat it here - but have another old pal, Tim Bannerman, to thank for this very spooky tale. Question: take a romantic young poet, a lonely ring of trees and a haunted pub, and what do you get? The answer is – one of the most chilling ghost stories that you’ll ever hear.  The young poet is now a middle aged man with a successful media bus

<p class="">In his 51st Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin Hesp remembers the last time his village had a big celebratory event - such as the one we should have ben enjoying this VE Day</p>

<p class="">A heart warming tale of honesty and generosity - and of a remarkable camera which survived underwater for months on one of the wildest beaches in the UK</p>