Somerset Life - August 2022

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Editor's letter

o, here we have it, our

summer foodie issue. The

mere mention of food gets

me excited and my taste
buds go a-tingling.

On a serious note, Iam so
incredibly proud of the food and
drink scene in our county and
how it has fought its way through
covid.

The diversity and willingness
to change that so many
businesses have shown over the
past two years has been nothing
short of phenomenal.

From pubs and restaurants
stepping up and going door-to-
door, to cocktail bars taking
the drinks directly to those in
lockdown and trade suppliers
widening their reach to the
general public, I’ve seen so much
of it. And those who have come
out fighting seem to be all the
stronger for diversifying their
business when they needed to.

We at Somerset Life know
how tough it has been to totally
change the way you operate
in order to make it through
covid. I will never forget when
the lockdown was announced
and, with an 18-month-old sent
home from childcare, I was
sitting pulling massive amounts
of content out of the magazine
that was about to go to print, as
it was irrelevant in a lockdown.
And I was frantically rewriting
and sourcing content that would
be more suited to those stuck at
home.

We will all have stories to tell
future generations, some happy,

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many sad, maybe even some
quirky ones. But the success story
of our county has to be our food
and drink scene.

Farm shops are now going
strong, people seem to have
retained their appreciation of
indepedent producers and food
and drink businesses and I feel
like the local food and drink
scene is absolutely buzzing, it’s
thriving.

Every day Iam enjoying
learning about a new food and
drink business or a new producer.
In fact I have been enjoying it so
much that lam starting a new
food and drink feature in the
September edition called Food for
Life. lam going to have my finger
on the culinary pulse in Somerset
and I’ll be bringing all the latest

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food and drink news to you. If
you are a food or drink business
and you have something to shout
about, get in touch with me at
charlotte.skidmore@archant.
co.uk

I would be thrilled to hear
your news and you may even be
featured in the magazine.

Take care.

Stay safe.

Until next time

Charlotte
Skidmore
Editor,

Somerset Life

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Andrea Cowan
Swans, aviators and
sports reporting are
among the topics
covered in Andrea’s
pick of summer reads.
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MEET OUR CONTRIBUTORS

Pauline Kidner
Animal rescue charity

caring for a brood
of greater spotted
woodpecker chicks.
Page 102

Secret World has been

Jane Earthy

Our gardening expert
has words of advice
on growing the best
flowers to cut for
home decoration.
Page 131

Somerset Life: August 2022 @ 5
Barbecue summer
Start your summer with
some barbecue recipes from
a Michelin-recommended
Somerset restaurant.

INSIDE

August 2022

Gamey Jamie

Having travelled the world
and cooked for celebrities
and royalty, chef ‘Gamey
Jaimie’ Haselock has come
home to champion all that is
Somerset and open a ‘secret’
supper club.

Somerset Cheeses

It’s the food Somerset is
famous for - and there are
many that would rival any
cheese worldwide - but here
are 22 of our favourites.

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Great restaurants

Let’s take a closer look at
some of the restaurants who
are at the top of their game
around here, according

to the experts at Michelin
Guide.

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PLUS

20 Village Life
Why Wedmore loves
a good party.

Glastonbury Festival

A photographer who has 24 Frome

captured the flair and The town that makes
vibrancy of Glastonbury things happen.

Festival over the years has
shared some of his favourite
images from the world
famous event.

76 Wells Life
Discover more about
this little city

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A tranquil walk from
Langford Budville.

95 River Parrett
following the waterway
through Somerset.

106 Interiors

Rest easy witha
Bath museums beautiful bedroom.
Beckford’s Tower, pictured,
is one of four museums
owned and run by the Bath
Preservation Trust.

131 Gardening
Growing flowers to
cut for the home.

140 Antiques
The allure of
motoring memorabilia

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152 Quiz
Test your knowledge
of Somerset trivia.

154 Somerset Greats
Wrington-born
philosopher John Locke

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Another first for Secret World Gorwyed Caerahilyemade trom
An unexpected brood of greater spotted woodpecker chicks sheeps’ milk and matured for
caused a lot of excitement at the Secret World animal rescue five months.
charity, which had never had this species as youngsters before. Photo: Andre Pattenden

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