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, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20212 min read
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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