<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="">A few thoughts on some ideal dishes for January - especially a lockdown January…</p>

<p class="">There are an awful lot of new names for the months of the year - like Veganuary or Flexibuary - but do they add up to more than a hill of beans?</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="">Golden Cap is the highest point along the whole of England’s South Coast - and the walk from there to West Bay is one of the most glorious you’ll find from Dover to Land’s End</p>

<p class="">A hike around Lambert’s Castle Hill in West Dorset is always a delight, says Martin Hesp who enjoyed this walk with poet James Crowden</p>

<p class="">Mezze - small plates - why didn’t we ever have them as part of our national cuisine here in the UK?</p>

Of all the things we cook, fish can be the most challenging. Not, perhaps, when you have a single fillet or even one whole fish - it’s when you are confronted by an entire basket, bag or net full of various swimming creatures hauled from the deep that you can be forgiven for wondering what on earth to do with such variety. The French have the ultimate answer to this shoal-sized problem - they make their famous Mediterranean fish soup called bouillabaisse. Done well, this is -

<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>