When I was growing up in the shadows of the Quantock Hills, we didn't go in for Halloween much. We Somerset kids half a century ago would have been far too afeared of the phantom-filled dark to go

tomato noodle soup), ca kho to (caramelized fish in clay pot), and banh xeo (crispy Vietnamese pancakes filled

Which is a pity, as South West England has such a rich heritage when it comes to apple-growing. Dear old Tim was living close to the town with his wife Gill and family at the time - and we spent a

“Our 17-year-old son, Toby, first went on the boat when he was a few months old in his buggy.” As we cruised out to the mackerel grounds about a mile offshore aboard the locally built 24-foot-long Many people think that - so we don’t want the mackerel going down hill.  “And for the past few years they have been going down hill a bit,” he shrugged.

Currently, Black Bee Honey jars around three tons of high-quality honey each month , available in Holland standout was the treacle and ale sourdough with kefir butter, served alongside lamb, merguez, and ewe's milk

then follow minor roads through rolling farmland past Marymill, where there was a view back to the hills of yesterday, and Stone of Morphie to the coastal main road, where a short lane leads down to the south

Like every Icelander I met, the guide was a wonderful and friendly chap who spoke perfect English - though

found it assured me the truffle came from a natural, un-messed-about-with, woodland located not so many miles was a black autumn truffle, Tuber uncinatum) was at the other end of the spectrum… It was extremely mild

A Magical Adventure Begins Once reunited with his sister, the siblings embark on a journey filled with

to say that the average Saltertonian takes the worse-value-for-money-in-Britain headline with open-mouthed Then mild and polite outrage was the order of the day. But not everyone was willing to back Budleigh on the subject of property versus value.

Once reserved for the upper classes and filled with a variety of rich meats, fish, gravy and even fruit

has written about cycling the scenic Exe Estuary Trail and debates the true starting point of the South