March 22, 2022
Try It Now: Efoiling
As the new sea sport arrives on our shores, James Stewart, Travel Journalist of the Year 2021, is eager to have a go – first lying, then standing, then flying across the Menai Strait on…
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August 20, 2021
10 Best Sea Pools in the British Isles
There’s nothing like a saltwater swim to invigorate the senses, and the sea pools around our coastline are the perfect place to do so. Dive in for our pick of the best… Words Jenny Oldaker…
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November 11, 2020
The Art of Wild Swimming
Regular sea swimming reinvigorated Megan Hall’s artistic inspiration and now every dip at the Devon seaside feeds into her range of linocuts Words ANNA TURNS ‘Outdoor swimming gave me a new lease of life,’ says…
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July 29, 2020
SUP Adventure: Paddle boarding from Land’s End to John O’Groats
Adventure triathlete Fiona Quinn shares how she conquered her fear of water to journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats by unconventional means, meeting dolphins, seals, jellyfish and her own true grit along the way…
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April 8, 2020
Try It Now: Marine Citizen Science
Anna Turns learns how to record marine wildlife diversity at Minehead Beach as part of The Wildlife Trusts’ new Shoresearch citizen scientist initiative
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January 15, 2020
Try It Now: Bread-Making In Mawgan-Porth
Caroline Wheater learns how to make artisan-style bread in a dreamy location on the North Cornwall coast
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August 8, 2019
Try It Now – Flower School In Pembrokeshire
Diana Woolf learns how to make a pretty wreath on an absorbing floristry workshop on the Pembrokeshire coast
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July 18, 2019
Try It Now – Smuggling on the Norfolk Coast
Nicola Smith slinks through the salt marshes in search of contraband, learning traditional sailing, navigation and survival skills as she goes
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April 30, 2019
Try It Now – Fish Printing in Cornwall
Caroline Wheater tries her hand at a simple Japanese printing technique, taught by an accomplished artist at her North Cornwall studio The Japanese technique of Gyotaku or ‘fish rubbing’ – also known as ‘fish printing’…
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March 5, 2019
Try It Now: Painting in St Ives
Paul Miles takes up his pencils and paintbrushes at a weekend art school in St Ives, learning how to make marks, sketch and compose an artwork en plein air… It is a lazy cliché to…
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December 18, 2018
Try It Now: Coastal cocktails in North Cornwall
Nicola Smith gets ready for the New Year celebrations by attending a cocktail-making course in Newquay From the French 75 immortalised by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca to the Manhattan sipped by Marilyn Monroe in Some…
