<p class="">Martin Hesp’s very first TV walk - across the roof of Exmoor past Lark’s Barrow to Malmsmead</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp spends time in Zermatt exploring the area around the famous Matterhorn</p>

<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>

<p class="">Pampering… It’s a strange word and one which not many bloke over a certain know much about…</p>

<p class="">Whortleberry picking is an age-old pursuit in England’s West Country during July - entire village economies used to rely on the annual wild harvest</p>

<p class="">The prawns are on the run… You can catch fabulous prawns around the British coast at the moment - if you have the right equipment and you know their secret haunts…</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp recalls a winter voyage in Switzerland</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="">Martin Hesp goes mackerely fishing with his friend and colleague Richard Austin and a fisherman called Harry May at Lyme Regis</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 walk to the top of The Quantock Hills and Broomsquire Country….</p>

<p class="">A trip down the Saigon River to the Mekong Delta</p>

<p class="">We return to Roger Wilkins’ Somerset cider farm </p>

<p class="">A video of Roger Wilkins, of Wilkins Cider, shot 30 years ago is today’s Exmoor Lockdown Diary</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp takes a quick turn around Spingalonga, an island just off the coast of Crete</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp dreams of revisiting Crete and the remarkable Daios Cove</p>

<p class="">John Hesp completes his marathon trek across the breadth of Scotland walking from coast to coast</p>

<p class="">John Hesp nears the end of his great march across Scotland from coast to coast</p>

<p class="">Remembering a busy arts tour in the Vietnamese city of Nha Trang</p>