Beautiful Barnacles
Reading time 2 minutes
One thing I miss living on a stretch of chalk coastline is a good old boulder. The best we manage in Broadstairs is a […]
Cornwall
In the Pink
Reading time 4 minutes
It’s early June and the hedgerows of England are at their most ebullient. Nowhere are they more vivacious than in the West County where the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Erigeron glaucus (beach aster)
Reading time 4 minutes
The recipe for a classic seaside garden is as tried and tested as that for the most British of cakes, a Victoria Sandwich. Take a sheet […]
In Search of Captain Poldark
Reading time 8 minutes
If, like me, you have been seduced by the BBC’s panoramic revival of Winston Graham’s Poldark saga, you will probably have developed certain urges. They might very […]
Wonder Walls
Reading time 5 minutes
Cornish hedges are a defining part of the landscape on Britain’s most south-westerly peninsula. From a wildlife point of view they are like Noah’s ark, […]