The Knot
By David Sparkes In the depths of the ocean, out of sight, but not of mind, buried in the silt and pebbles and dappled by the shadow of...
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Fiona Evans
- Aug 20
- 1 min
A life by the sea
By Julie Walsh The sea was always just… there. I was born in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, grew up within sight of the Irish sea, and...
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Fiona Evans
- Aug 13
- 2 min
The ‘wild’ in wild swimming
by Katie Griffin I’ve never been a ‘physical’ person, throughout my 40 years of life I have always been into more creative endeavours. ...
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Fiona Evans
- Aug 6
- 1 min
Recalibrating through Motherhood with help from the sea
By Jenni Newling I’ve never regretted getting into the sea for a swim but always regret when I don’t! I have to tell myself that every...
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Fiona Evans
- Jul 30
- 1 min
A Gull's Tale
by Jenny Ayrton Enjoy this gorgeous audio story written and recorded by Jenny Ayrton for our Folklore creation workshops with Jon Nash. ...
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Fiona Evans
- Jul 23
- 3 min
The Wishing Stone
“If you go down to the shore of the sound A wish may be granted if the right stone is found A sea smoothed pebble, dark like the night...
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Fiona Evans
- Jul 16
- 2 min
Out of the Blue
By Lucy Jane “It’s only 250 words” I keep telling myself as I sit down to reflect on 13 years of living, studying and working in Plymouth....
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Fiona Evans
- Jul 8
- 4 min
A love letter to the open ocean
By Poppy-jayne Jones It’s been seven years since I joined the Devon Wild Swimmers at Plymouth Hoe, salt and sea-tide and pushing to one...
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Fiona Evans
- Mar 25
- 2 min
Thalassophile by Mary Embleton
(a lover of the sea) The smell of teal blue with deep green seaweed notes keep me coming back for more. Sometimes I go outside my house...
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Fiona Evans
- Mar 11
- 3 min
Early morning swim by Vanessa Crosse
The mist and the slight drizzle of rain gave the morning an ethereal quality, void of any depth of colour as though an artist had painted...
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Fiona Evans
- Feb 23
- 2 min
Of Fishing, Food and Fish by Elaine Hayes - National Marine Park Plymouth
I was seven when I almost drowned; I can still remember the initial feeling of panic as I went under for the first time and then the...
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Fiona Evans
- Jan 30
- 3 min
THE GATHERING - immersing ourselves in all things Plymouth Sound
September to December 2022 So if you don't know already ...the Gathering is a project that will help us create a large-scale community...
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Fiona Evans
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Me and the Sea by Richard Fisher - local historian and artist
My sister and I on Brighton Beach. Living in the middle of London in the early 60s as a kid, one of my first experiences of outside water...
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Fiona Evans
- Jan 13
- 3 min
The Sound and the sisters
In 1975 Jaws was released...and unsurprisingly that was when my sister and I developed our fear of sea swimming. Crazy looking back now...
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Fiona Evans
- Feb 21, 2022
- 2 min
Celeriac Soup
Celeriac not the most attractive of vegetables, but don’t let that put you off it has been eaten for thousands of years, it was first...
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Fiona Evans
- Feb 17, 2022
- 1 min
Sea salt and Plymouth Hoe Rosemary, Focaccia
After foraging on Plymouth Hoe, recently with the excellent Tess Wilmot and the Light-Seekers Clan , we discovered a rosemary bush...
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Fiona Evans
- Feb 12, 2022
- 3 min
Engaging with birds in your garden when you just can't be bothered
I know that isn't a catchy or motivating title for a blog post but guess what?... two years into the pandemic and I have bounced in and...
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Fiona Evans
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
Karen's Carrot Soup
So this is really a family recipe. We all make different versions of it but the stand out ingredients are mint and apple. Adding these...
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Fiona Evans
- Oct 8, 2021
- 1 min
Slow sloe gin
Gin is something we do really well here. I'm using Plymouth Gin for this recipe but you can use whatever you like. So when it comes to...
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Fiona Evans
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
Janner Windfall Apple Cake
Plymouth has an incredible 43 community orchards. The very wonderful Tess Wilmot from Always Apples told me that...so it must be true. ...
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