<p class="">The hunt is on for old cider apple varieties - Martin Hesp discovers how DNA fingerprinting could help the Devon firm Sandford Orchards to bring back the fabulous ciders of yesteryear</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp pays tribute to his old friend, the potter Johnny Leach who passed away on Sunday August 29, 2021</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp takes us on a walk up over the hills from Widecombe in the Moor, following in the footsteps of Uncle Tom Cobley and All…</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp pays tribute to the llfe of his old friend Brendan Sellick - sometimes billed in the media as “The World’s Lat Mud-Horse Fisherman”</p>

<p class="">Anyone who visits Budleigh Salterton today will undoubtedly come away saying it is a very nice place indeed, but it wasn’t always like that. Back in 2003 Martin Hesp remembers writing an article about the East Devon seaside town after it was named the biggest rip-off zone for property prices in Britain…</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp reviews a very useful cookbook indeed, one which focuses on catering for two - which is actually the number of people most likely to sit down for lunch or dinner. Two’s Company is by Exeter-based food writer and chef Orlando Murrin</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp enjoys a walk on Dartmoor by taking a useful seasonal bus service to the top of the hills</p>

<p class="">Reporting an a seminal event which might well help to change the artisan bread-making scene in Britain</p>

<p class="">Food writer Martin Hesp learns about a whole new way to barbecue - something which you can literally do at the press of a button </p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp recalls a trip to St George’s, capital of Grenada in the Caribbean</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp takes a turn around Las Palmas, capital of Gran Canaria and one of his favourite cities in all of Spain</p>

<p class="">The Pig’s Nose at East Prawle in Devon has been voted the county’s best pub at this year’s Pub and Bar Awards - here journalist Martin Hesp recalls an article he wrote about one of his favourite watering holes several years ago - and article indeed which tells the tale of the one and only Pig’s Nose</p>

<p class="">Room with a view - or rather, dining room with a view… We’re looking for suggestions - the best cafes, pubs or restaurants with sea-views… In Devon, Dorset, Somerset or Cornwall in this particular case…</p>

<p class="">Journalist Martin Hesp writes about the Wreckers’ Coast which stretches from Hartland Point in North Devon South West in to Cornwall</p>

<p class="">A shortlist of the ten best beaches in Devon and Cornwall - with one in Somerset for good measure</p>

<p class="">We go back to the beach with Dan the Fishman for the first seafood picnic in 18 months - good to be back having an adventure after 18 months in pandemic lockdown </p>

<p class="">A walk across Hopcott and Grabbist Hills above Dunster and Minehead</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp remembers a journey across Madeira to the wild and vertiginous north coast</p>

<p class="">Cider-maker Roger Wilkins talks about his Banksy works of art and tells Martin Hesp about other celebrities who have been to his old cider shed at Mudgeley, on a little ridge in the northern Somerset Levels. </p>

<p class="">The walk to Hollywell on the North Cornish coast is only a mile or two outside the busy resort of Newquay - but because there’s an estuary in between you will need to travel a round-about route to reach this little known corner of Cornwall</p>