City life with a difference: Hengistbury Head in Bournemouth

City life with a difference: Hengistbury Head in Bournemouth

It’s owned by the local council and is on the edge of a major UK City… it’s hardly edgy though. Can you guess where it is? It’s Hengistbury Head, the headland that juts out of the coastline and marks the most

Streamcombe Farm

Streamcombe Farm

  Streamcombe Farm … now there’s a name that conjures up images of rural tranquillity and bliss…the perfect antidote to the stresses and strains of the city, where life is simple and the living is good. Well…it is. It’s just

Foraging in Cornwall … food for thought

Foraging in Cornwall … food for thought

    OK, it’s quiz time…can you spot the difference between sea beet and samphire, or elderflower and sea buckthorn? We can.  Well, we can now we’ve been out foraging in Cornwall with the excellent Adam Clark. We were staying at

The famous Jurassic Coast walk

The famous Jurassic Coast walk

Do you fancy walking with Dinosaurs along the Jurassic Coast ? If you do you are about 180 million years too late! The Jurassic Coast walk gets its name because of its rich rock and fossil formations which can be witnessed as you trek along

The Jurassic Coast T shirts

The Jurassic Coast T shirts

Our new Jurassic Coast T shirts are hanging out in Beer and Seaton, East Devon. Get down to Jimmy Green Marine shops and ‘rock up and sea’ them for yourself.   As you probably know  the Jurassic Coast has taken a bit of a

Boxing Day run and swim

We are all keen to blow away the cobwebs and get some fresh air on Boxing Day.  Some take it a step further… Visiting relatives on the Isle of Wight we came across the annual Freshwater Boxing Day run and swim. Freshwater is

South West Coastal Path – 630 miles of incredible English coastline.

South West Coastal Path – 630 miles of incredible English coastline.

What’s 630 miles long and over 35,000  metres to climb ( which is almost four times the height of  Everest)? It’s the South West Coast Path stretching from  Minehead in Somerset through to Poole in  Dorset via Lands End in Cornwall. The path passes through