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Coast Character: Rebecca Haywood

Bike shop owner Rebecca Haywood on swapping London life for Exmouth’s coastal charm. Interview Gabrielle Jaffe. After 20 years of living in London, working in TV and fashion, my husband and I moved to Exmouth…
Coast Character: Kate Moore

Scilly islander KATE MOORE on running the only shop on Tresco and growing up on the isles. Interview Gabrielle Jaffe. I grew up on Bryher, the smallest of the inhabited islands in the Scilly Isles,…
Coast Character: Emma Carter

Artist EMMA CARTER on how the magical seascapes surrounding South Devon's Burgh Island inspire her work. Interview Anna Turns. My connection to this island began as a three-year-old girl when I first started exploring these…
Coast Characters: David and Ben Oakes

Scallop-diver DAVID OAKES on running a sustainable family fishing business on the Isle of Skye. Interview Jessica Johnson My son Ben (pictured, right) joined our family business last year after studying for a degree in…
Coast Character: Rosy Hilton

Bodyboarder ROSY HILTON on catching waves and her quest to walk the length of the South West Coast Path. Interview Jessica Johnson. On a sunny day I’ll throw my bodyboard into the back of my…
Coast Character: Caroline Richards

Hive Beach Café Events Manager CAROLINE RICHARDS on her role as Jurassic Coast Ambassador and making the move to Dorset. Interview: Jessica Johnson My link with the sweeping coast of West Dorset started in the 1970s, when…
Coast Character: Rob Starr

ROB STARR from The Starr Trust on defying illness to swim the English Channel solo and raising money for a cause close to his heart. Interview & Photograph Julia Horbaschk. The idea of training for…
Coast Characters: David and Lucy Page

DAVID and LUCY PAGE on how they travelled the world, but returned home to start a new cycle hire business in Porthleven. Interview Alex Fisher David says: ‘We’d been working in quite formal careers for…
Coast Character: Will Ashworth

Visionary hotelier WILL ASHWORTH on taking over his parents Cornish bucket-and-spade holiday business. Interview: Alex Fisher My parents originally bought the Watergate Bay Hotel in 1968 from the MOD. It had been used as married quarters…
Coast Characters: Nick and Emma Michell

Pembrokeshire-based couple NICK and EMMA MICHELL on fulfilling their dream to run an ethical coffee company from a vintage campervan. Interview: Jessica Johnson In 2012 we made a bucket list and the concept for The…
Coast Character: Justin Duance

Contemporary jewellery-maker JUSTIN DUANCE on creativity, the Cornish coast and casting rings in sand. Interview: Jessica Johnson After I finished studying jewellery and silversmithing in London in 2000, I spent a year working from a bench in…