Martin Hesp
All tagged Bristol Channel
Flat Holm Island, situated in the Bristol Channel between Somerset and Wales, offers visitors a unique blend of history and natural beauty. With powerful tides, whirlpools, and steep cliffs, this limestone island provides a thrilling journey for all who dare to explore it.
Steep Holm, an island in the Bristol Channel, is a haven for seabirds and offers visitors an unforgettable adventure. With its breathtaking landscape, rich history, and diverse flora and fauna, Steep Holm is a destination that leaves a lasting impression.
Lundy Island, located 12 miles off the North Devon coast, is a prime example of the charm that Westcountry islands possess. The massive, isolated rock faces some of the fiercest tide races in Europe, standing sentinel over the Bristol Channel's second-highest tidefall.
In the second of our Six Somerset Walks, Martin Hesp stolls out to the end of dramatic Brean Down, which he says marks the beginning of the West Country proper…
Wills Neck is the highest hill on The Quantocks. It’s a wonderful eminence that gives the walker great panoramas of Somerset and beyond - from it you can see the Brendon Hills, Exmoor, the Blackdown Hills, the Mendips and the Welsh Mountains
Martin Hesp recalls interviews and past times at Dunster Beach on the West Somerset coast.
In this Exmoor Lockdown Diary Martin Hesp takes a walk in The Quantock ills to visit some of the real-life locations mentioned in his novel The Last Broomsquire
In this Lockdown Diary Martin explores the island of Flat Holm
In this Lockdown Diary Martin recalls a visit to the island of Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel
A century ago local families would buy 100 herrings for six old pence (2.5pence) to salt down for the winter. But catches gradually declined and during the 1970s the herring all but disappeared, with the blame laid on over-fishing in the Atlantic and North Sea.