The Official Wild Tide Mackerel Fishcake Recipe

  I love Mackerel, it’s one of my biggest pleasures in life. A lonely mackerel made me fall in love with fishing and I’ve spent many a happy summer eve proudly cooking my mackerel catch of the day. Mackerel is a hugely delicious and versatile fish, making it great to experiment with when cooking. Fishcakes are one of my favourite ways to cook it and I’ve tried lots of different recipes; this is the best one I’ve found, albeit with…

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Stunning Animal Prints by Debby Mason

  I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to browse Debby’s stall at the Falmouth Oyster Festival. I fell in absolute love with her work. Debby is a very skilled printmaker who specialises in etchings and mezzotints. She is so good, I even forgive the fact that she lives in Devon! Debby makes prints of a plethora of natural life, however it was her work on salt water UK species that I was particularly taken with. She had an…

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Three on Thursday – Halloween Theme Special

  Rather than go for my usual three songs by one band, as this week’s Three on Thursday falls on Halloween; It seemed only right that I picked my three favourite horror themes instead. So here they are my top 3 best horror film themes. Enjoy and have a horrifying Halloween! Did I do a good job? What would you have chosen? The Exorcist Halloween Saw

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Carving the Mountains with Longboards

  Longboarding is something which is epically cool in person and that coolness transfers onto camera perfectly. This video shows some skilled ladies carving down some gorgeous mountain scenery. It’s a great video which I stumbled across when looking at The Decemberists on youtube, it also made me want to go out and buy a longboard.

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The Top 3 Best Comedy Horror Films – Ready For Halloween

  Shaun of the Dead Shaun of the Dead is the pin up for all comedy horror films, this is because it stays true to both genres and manages to balance the comedy and the horror. It’s the first film in Edgar Wright and Simon Peg’s ‘Cornetto Trilogy’ which I had never even heard about until my brother told me. The Cornetto Trilogy is Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End. Apparently they are called this because…

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