Creamy Wild Garlic Soup serves 4 Ingredients: 400g wild garlic, washed and chopped 2 onions, roughly chopped 2 sticks of celery, roughly chopped 1.4 L of good chicken stock 300ml of double cream 2 Tbsp olive oil Sea salt Freshly
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Going Wild on Gower
If our recent Wilderness Gourmet Adventures are anything to go by, spring has well and truly sprung, and nothing tells me that the good times are back than the sight of Ramsons growing like a lush green carpet in the
Read MoreThe Pursuit of Happiness
‘Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence’. So wrote Aristotle in perhaps his best-known philosophical work, the Nicomachean Ethics, in the fourth century BC. Whether or not you agree with
Read MoreNissan Micra DIG-S
When Liam Bird said he had a “super-charged” car in mind for this month, we were surprised by his choice of the mild mannered Micra. But someone in TheBAY studio was copped for speeding not once but twice in a
Read MoreChris ‘Guts’ Griffiths – A change of plan!
Robert Burns wrote “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley” such were Chris ‘Guts’ Griffiths plans for a winter holiday. A Change of Plan! February is classically a quiet time for surf shops. Cold weather and
Read MoreRabbit pie
Gower businessman Mark Mead persuades us to eat more rabbit with his delicious recipe for home made rabbit pie Rabbit is a great food source, low in fat, wholesome and inexpensive, and is both under-rated and under-used here in the
Read MoreLlangenith super session
Well, this winter so far has been the warmest since records began – or so the nice weatherman on the telly told me recently. This is due to a constant procession of low pressure systems winding their way in from the
Read MoreThe Love Bug
CLASSIC CAR LOVER ASHLEY LOVERING CONTINUES HIS SERIES ON LOCALLY OWNED CARS WITH A BIT OF PERSONALITY. HERE HE INTRODUCES A CAR FITTING FOR VALENTINE’S DAY, A 1971 VW BEETLE BY THE NAME OF HERBIE A.K.A. THE LOVE BUG – HE MAY NOT BE THE
Read MoreChristmas Eve in Portugal
To start the night Portuguese are the biggest consumers of Bacalhau in the world with an average of 7 kg per person, per year. We love it so much that we have around 1000 known recipes for it, varying from
Read MorePetra Rediscovered
Last month, Liz Barry journeyed to Jordan and spent some time discovering the ancient city of Petra. I received a text from her which read “weather hot and sunny – Petra fabulous and the Bedouin men gorgeous”. She quickly sent
Read MoreMotoring with Liam Bird – Mitsubishi Evo X
Usually when I pass by my local garage it goes unnoticed. Occasionally if I’m in something noisy, a V8 Morgan or a Maserati perhaps, someone will peer through the workshop door to see what’s disturbing the peace. Or, if I’m
Read MoreCoughs and Colds – Your Survival Guide
Coughs and Colds – your survival guide. It’s that time of year again! The nights are drawing in and the temperatures will soon be dropping. Coughs and colds are a very common part of winter. We’ve all suffered from a
Read MoreLiz Barry visits… Bryher
Bryher is the smallest of the five inhabited islands of Scilly. It is noted for its unspoilt natural beauty, its maram grass-edged sand dunes and transparent turquoise blue water. One side of the island is very wild with waves that
Read MoreRange Rover Evoque
Finally the wait is over. It’s been three years since Land-Rover unveiled its LRX concept car at the Geneva Motor Show, but now the car they turned the LRX into – the new Range-Rover Evoque, is available to buy. In
Read MoreThe Boy’s Trip
One of the best things about being a parent is sharing the things you do with your kids. So, when my good friend Rob and I were organising a surf trip earlier in the summer we decided to take our
Read MoreLiz Barry visits Kinsale
Kinsale is a waterfront town on the lower reaches of the Bandon River in West Cork. In 1992 it was twinned with Mumbles. They have much in common as both share seafaring histories and traditions. Kinsale is only a 30
Read MoreThe Bavarian X Factor
Not so long ago BMW kept telling us they were building “The Ultimate Driving Machine” and few would argue that the M3 or its larger sibling, the M5 were anything but. Recently the marketing men at Munich have changed tack.
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