ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY

Serine villages belie the hard graft and determination of West Somerset farmers, fishers and producers. Along the valleys and shoreline of Somerset's AONB, guardians of local heritage still make cider in copper stills and cloth bind their cheeses, ensuring that you are set to eat and drink well.

A Gourmet Traveler feature for Food and Travel magazine in which Rosemary Barron and I explore west Somerset's Area Of Outstanding Beauty (ANOB).

Castle Hotel, Taunton.

Jesse Pattison, Smoked Salmon, Brown and Forrest Smokery, Somerset Levels.

Horner Farm-Holly Owner-9941Late summer fields near Hambridge.

Holly, Owner and shepherdess of Horner Farm.

Montgomery Cheddar.

Rare breed Middle White Pigs born and reared on Little Oak Farm, Timberscombe, Exmoor.

Porlock Weir Hotel from the harbour.

Ian Kershaw Ouster Farmer, collecting Porlock Bay Oysters at Porlock Weir.

Porlock Bay Oysters.

Peter Hurman's deer herd at Somerset Venison, Fitzhead.

Matilda and Scruff the dog on Burrow Hill overlooking the orchards at Barrow Hill Cider.

The old but working copper brandy still at Barrow Hill Cider.

Tea tasting with John Halls at Miles tea importers and blenders.

Jo Hobbs of Miles Tea (Wife of Tea Taster-John) at their tea stand, Minehead Farmer’s Market.

Torre Cider-Orchards.

Torre Cider.

Aberdeen Angus Cow on the high pasture on Exmoor.

Westermill farm, Exford, Exmoor.

Scallops, Asparagus, Bacon in Shallot Sauce at Woods in Dulverton.

Woods, Dulverton.

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