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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