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EATING OUT Clifftop eateries put to the test
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THE WISHLIST This week’s pick of lovely things to buy
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IT’S TIDY UP TIME Our columnist sorts out her shirts
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JUST BETWEEN US... Sh! We have the latest gossip!
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CORNWALL CALLING Bestselling author Kate Morton in Truro
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THE BOOTCUT Say goodbye to skinny jeans
THE HEALTH GURU Laura Wilson’s feelgood secrets
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MORE THAN A BEACH HOUSE The Sennen Cove home with luxury style
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GARDEN GAZING
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GETTING FRUITY Great ideas for the plum harvest
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THE HEALTH GURU
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THE BOOTCUT IS BACK Take off your skinny jeans...
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YOUR WEEK AHEAD Cassandra Nye looks into the stars
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BOOST YOUR WELLBEING Great ways to feel your best this week
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THE PERFECT PORRIDGE Ally Mac gets creative in the kitchen
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[ welcome [ Hooray for Bank Holidays A three day weekend is just what we need to get the most fun out of late summertime. And whether you are picking plums (p38), planting bulbs (p26) or going shopping for a new autumn outfit (p30), West magazine is a great source of inspiration this Sunday. We’ve also got a fantastic interview with bestselling author Kate Morton in today’s magazine (p12). Kate hit the headlines aged 30 when she wrote the multi-million-selling novel The House at Riverton. Eight years on, she’s now the proud author of four terrific novels, mostly set in Cornwall. Sarah Pitt caught up with Kate in Truro to discover why she finds the county so
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perfect as a literary setting - despite living all her life in Australia. There’s also a chance to win designer editions of Kate’s books, worth £36 each. Someone else who has done rather well lately is Laura Wilson of Plymouth, who has just brought out a healthy eating guide with a difference. She’s an advocate of the alkaline diet, and certainly looks good on it! Find out more on page 16 today. Finally, do turn to page 46 to read Chris McGuire’s hilarious column – he is suffering a surfeit of upcountry guests, arriving at his home with odd ideas about Westcountry life. It really made me laugh.
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Store we adore The Real Food Store, Exeter
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Story of my life... It’s tidy-up time, starting with shirts K you guys – amazing book alert. It’s called The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by a Japanese woman called Marie Kondo. I’ve only been home from holiday for three days and already my house is transformed. I was put onto the book by a picture on Facebook. It was taken by a mother of her son’s The stuff on the hall table. shirt drawer. She had followed Here, in a nutshell, is Marie’s Marie’s method: the shirts not method: start by discarding, and folded horizontally into stacks, really, really discard. Do it all at but vertically so that the clothes once and don’t muck around. She stand up side by side. When you has an order: clothes, then books, open the drawer, you can see all then papers, and so on, ending the shirts, and you don’t have to with sentimental items (you have dig to find the one you want. honed your technique, then you What a simple, sensible thing tackle the difficult stuff). to do, I thought, marvelling at the Best of all, she gives you advice picture. I’ve been folding clothes on how to choose what you’re for years and it’s discarding, and how never occurred to give yourself to me to do that. permission to do it. What else has Ask: does it spark The result? this magician got joy? When you look up her sleeve? at something, does Clutter. Clothes, Marie Kondo it make you happy? books, toys, admits that since If it does, keep it. If the age of five, it doesn’t, you can papers. You she loved reading move on. know. The stuff her mother’s And it doesn’t on the hall table housekeeping matter if it’s expenmagazines. She sive or unworn: her practiced all the point is, it’s fulfilled tricks of tidying its purpose with you and storage and can let it go. solutions they suggested. Over She thanks the item: “Thank you the years, she built up her own for teaching me what doesn’t suit methodology, and is now a sucme,” or “Thank you for being a cessful consultant who goes to gift that gave my brother pleasure other peoples’ homes and helps to see me open,” or just “Thank them sort out their stuff. you for your service.” Then, out And stuff management is it goes. indeed a modern problem. We live There is a downside to the in a disposable age, when most book. You look like a complete things are mass produced and looney talking to inanimate affordable. The result? Clutter. objects. Let them laugh, though Clothes, books, toys, papers, and – you’re starting a new, clutterwhat the Japanese call “komono” free life. And you can see all your – miscellaneous items. You know. shirts when you open the drawer.
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Xtra-Factor presenter Rochelle Humes looked stunning as she and husband Marvin Humes attended the Newcastle wedding of Ant n Dec’s Declan Donnelly. The former Saturdays singer, who also creates her own fashion designs for Very, looked chic in this clinging lace maxi. If you can wear it as well as Rochelle, then invest to impress in lace that will maintain its class from season to season.
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SHARON’S BASIC ADVICE Good news for those of us lamenting the look of our thighs: Sharon Stone says that her behind looks like a “bag of flapjacks” in her recent (naked) shoot for Harper’s Bazaar magazine. Sharon, 57, tells the magazine: “I’m aware that my ass looks like a bag of flapjacks. But I’m not trying to be the best-looking broad in the world. At a certain point
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you start asking yourself, ‘What really is sexy?’ It’s being present and having fun and liking yourself enough to like the person that’s with you. “If I believed that sexy was trying to be who I was when I did Basic Instinct, then we’d all be having a hard day today.” Now there’s a philosophy.
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HELLO MUM! After soaking up the sun with new squeeze, model Elle Evans in St Tropez, the next stop was The English Riviera for Muse rocker Matt Bellamy. Word is, he’s been spending time back home in Teignmouth – he was spotted by eagle-eyed fans being picked up at Newton Abbot station by his mum, Marilyn. Bless. That’s when you really know you’re home. Matt, who split last year with Kate Hudson, with whom he has a four
Off to the pub! year-old-son Bingham, also told fans last week that a European tour is on the cards for the band next year. No word yet on who’ll be giving them a lift.
Seems like the summer draws lots of A-listers home to the Westcountry: supermodel Rosie HuntingtonWhiteley’s been visiting family back in Devon and enjoyed a quiet meal at The Elephant’s Nest Inn at Mary Tavy
near Tavistock, with action hero beau Jason Statham. The pub’s known locally for its amazing food and to-die- for puddings. Who says the other half don’t know how to live? 9
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Where’s the mouse? Jonty, Lucy and Ryan (l to r) in cat fancy dress at Mousehole Carnival
in pictures Flower power: running the August Trail on The Roseland, south Cornwall
In the pink: Donna Portman on the Ferguson T20 Love U Keira tractor, fundraising for childhood brain tumours at the West of England Steam Fair
Having a go: Hannah Cope, four, from Hayle tries bowls at a Get Active event in Truro
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ONE OF US Famous faces who come from the Westcountry
Westcountry addresses boasting a famous name plaque:
Ten of the world’s hottest chilli peppers:
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1 Bhut jolokia (ghost
House Lane Torquay
2 Charles Dickens’ parents Church Road, Alphington, Exeter
3 Agatha Christie Barton Road, Torquay
4 Oscar Wilde Babbacombe Cliff, Torquay
5 Sir Francis Drake Peacock Lane, Plymouth
6 Arthur C Clarke Blenheim Road, Minehead
7 Peter Cook Middle Warberry Road, Torquay
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3 Trinidad moruga scorpion 5 Bird’s eye 6 Red Savina 7 Naga Viper pepper 8 Infinity Chili 9 Madame Jeanette 10 Datil
The happy list
10 things to make you smile this week 1 Kneehigh Theatre in Rebecca, Hall for Cornwall
2 New school uniform 1 Himalayan red 2 Wehani 3 Sweet brown 4 Chinese black 5 Purple Thai 6 Colusari red 7 Basmati 8 Koshihikari 9 Molakolukulu 10 Wag wag
Olympic backstroke swimmer Liam Tancock was born in Exeter in 1985
4 Pot Primo
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8 Sir John Everett Millais The Octagon, Budleigh Salterton
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4 September weddings fascinators ahoy
5 Devon Open Studios art! 6 Agatha Christie The Hollow, Paignton, Sept 14-17
7 The Ashes howzat! 8 Newquay Fish Festival
Early days: As a junior for the Exeter Swimming Club, Liam competed at the British Winter Championship in 2000 at the age of 15. He broke four records and won more medals than any junior under the age of 16 had before him. Nickname: Liam’s known in his family as Fatboy – “When I was young, my older brother started calling me it … he wasn’t being malicious, I was just a big lad.”
Romance: Liam’s in a relationship with fellow GB swimmer Caitlin McClatchey, saying: “It’s good to be with someone who understands about my commitments and DID YOU KNOW? the travelling, that sort of thing. We don’t Liam played train together, and we for the Exeter don’t tend to talk about swimming too much – Chiefs rugby we just chill out.”
team until he was 13, when he decided to focus on swimming
University: He attended Loughborough College, where he studied Sports Science – because of his swimming commitments, it took him eight years to get his degree.
Success: Liam is Great Britain’s most successful male swimmer of the past decade, having won medals at four consecutive World Championships. He set the current 50m backstroke world record time of 24.04 secs at the 2009 championships in Rome.
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Training: As part of his training regime for the 2012 Olympic Games, he took up ballet, kickboxing and
Loughborough: Liam still trains at Loughborough, where he was a student. He’s devoted to the Westcountry, though, saying: “There’s the coastline and beautiful beaches, three cities all within easy travelling distance, the countryside, friendly people. I should probably be some sort of official ambassador for the Westcountry, because I’m always telling everyone what a great part of the world it is.” Nature: Liam enjoyed a country childhood and his hero is David Attenborough: “I used to spend a lot of time outdoors. I like nature, so I would always be out in the fields, looking for slow worms, that sort of thing.” 11
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Cornwall calling By Sarah Pitt
ate Morton is typing the word Trerice into her mobile phone excitedly as we sit having coffee in a bar in Truro. The stately home near Newquay sounds just the sort of place, with its stone walls, casement windows and beautiful gardens, to inspire the next Kate Morton bestseller, harbouring family secrets that echo down the years. It is an Elizabethan manor house, I explain, and I think it’s got a knot garden. “A knot garden,” she repeats reverently, eyes sparkling, and promises it will be on her itinerary. The Australian author, whose novels sell in their millions all around the world, is on her first-ever trip to Cornwall, even though her latest book is set in and around the Cornish village of Polperro. Called The Lake House, it is unlikely to disappoint her millions of fans as bewitched as Kate evidently is herself by the vanished world of the English country house. Her first book, The House at Riverton, catapulted Kate to fame eight years ago when she was just 30 years old. Since then, her books have sold
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Bestselling Australian author Kate Morton lives in Brisbane but sets her novels in Cornwall. Sarah Pitt meets The House at Riverton writer in Truro to find out why
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Book sets worth £36 seven million copies in 26 languages. “Up until now I have had to rely on my imagination, but it has been incredible on this visit to actually see the places I’ve been writing about, and finding that it really is as I’d imagined for my characters,” says Kate. “I have been to Polperro and ran along cliff path just as my character Sadie does in The Lake House. It is such a thrill to finally be here.” In The Lake House, Sadie Sparrow, a sergeant on leave from the Met Police staying with her grandfather in Polperro, works on the case of a disappeared baby from 1933. In what is a recurring theme in Kate’s fiction, The Lake House features three sisters, with the eldest, Alice, still very much alive and with her own theory about what happened to her baby brother, long feared dead. “I am one of three sisters myself,” says Kate with a smile. Sadie shines light on a mystery which goes right back to the First World War. A sense of history illuminates the novel, which, as with all Kate’s fiction, moves backwards and forwards fluidly through time. “I love history, but what I love most is its connection to the present,” she says. It is set in a house called Loeanneth, which owes a great deal to The Lost Gardens of Heligan, which Kate first read about on the internet back home in Brisbane. “I wanted to set the story somewhere temperate, somewhere where over the years a garden could take over in this way, and which would give
We have two gorgeous limited edition sets of Kate Morton’s entire backlist to win. Her four novels – The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, The Secret Keeper and The Distant Hours – have special covers created by renowned ceramics and textiles designer Sophie Allport. Each set, published by Pan Macmillan, is worth £35.96. For your chance to win a set, email your name, address and phone number to westmag@westernmorningnews.co.uk, with ‘Kate Morton books’ as the subject, by September 14. Normal terms apply.
me a background where something so terribly sad like the disappearance of a child could have happened,” she says. “Here was my real secret garden.” While there is clearly a Downton Abbey appeal to her work, Kate came up with her winning formula long before that fictional TV stately home won our nation’s hearts. She turned to writing fiction in her early 20s, academic studies in English literature under her belt. But it was only after she had two manuscripts rejected by publishers – that she had success with her novel The House at Riverton. “I had just had my first baby, I thought the publishing world and I had parted ways, and I just decided to write for myself, for pleasure. I just put everything I loved into it – a blend of mystery and family and character and setting – and people really responded to it. “This was pre-Downton Abbey, and I had no idea that people would be interested in a story 14
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about the whole upstairs-downstairs dynamic. I knew I loved it – I had no idea that other people would too,” she adds. Kate, who has English, Irish and Estonian blood in her veins, says she has always lived in England in her imagination, ever since she discovered Enid Blyton books as a child growing up in Queensland. “My mum was an antiques dealer and she used to take me around to the antiques shops, which I hated. The one bright spot was there would often be a dark corner where you could have a rummage and find a ten cent Enid Blyton book. So as I grew up, England became a place of the imagination to disappear inside – and when I visited for the first time I felt like it was a place I already knew.” That first visit did not actually take place until she was 17 on a family holiday and she visited again on a subsequent backpacking trip with a friend. She did not get as far as Cornwall, but
what she calls her “long distance love affair with Cornwall” was nurtured through reading the novels of Daphne du Maurier. “I read and loved Rebecca and also My Cousin Rachel. There was something so modern about the writing which really appealed to me. My books are not directly inspired by hers, but I certainly share their obsession with old houses and the secrets they hold.” She seems bubbling with excitement to finally be in the place her imagination has travelled to for so long. She and her husband Davin, a jazz pianist and composer, and their three sons – aged 12 to two and a half – are spending three weeks in the county, staying on a farm in Trispen near Truro,
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on the Roseland Peninsula and on Cornwall’s north coast at Bude, before settling in London for six months, where Kate plans to write her next Cornish novel. “When I set out to write, I’m trying to capture that feeling you have when you are a child when you disappear completely inside the world of a book,” she says. “When people say to me ‘I just couldn’t put it down, I was lost in it’ then I know my job is done. That’s my absolute favourite thing to hear.”
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he world doesn’t need another diet book” says healthy lifestyle guru Laura Wilson, which is a pretty surprising admission, given that she’s author of newly-published book, The Alkaline 5 Diet. Her book – and philosophy – is based upon healthy eating principles that have been around since the early 1900s, with supermodel Elle Macpherson among the shining examples of latter-day devotees. And while the world may not need another diet book, “there is room for more healthy eating guides,” says Laura, 35, who is a toned and athletic size eight, with enviably smooth and blemish-free skin. That’s why she put pen to paper, reasoning that if she can achieve this level of good health the alkaline way, so can you. It’s just a matter of knowhow. The good news, she says, is that if you stick to her guidelines, you can more or less eat your head off and never feel hungry again. “I was a size 12 when I started and my weight hasn’t changed that much – although I’ve gained a lot of muscle,” she says. “And I eat a lot. I’m in a pretty much constant state of feeling full.” Laura, from Plymouth, is a qualified gym instructor, nutritionist and ultra-marathon runner. She has been making a living as a healthy lifestyle guru, supporting groups and individuals via her
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websites and e-books, for the past seven years. Thanks to her all-vegan, alkaline way, she has effortlessly maintained her healthy figure, while consuming between 2,500 and 3,500 calories a day. It wasn’t always this way, though: Laura says she lived a typical student lifestyle at college in Birmingham, after she left the Saltash home where she’d grown up an “unsporty” teen, on her mum’s traditional meat and veg dinners. “I lived in catered halls of residence for my first year and had a fry-up every day,” she explains. “We’d eat McDonalds and Subways and I put on about a stone in my first year. There were clubs and all you-can-drink pubs and we’d take advantage most weeks and I was smoking around 10 cigarettes a day. “At the end of my first year, I woke up with a rash on my legs which really shocked me. I went to the doctor, who matter-of-factly said it was alcohol poisoning, but I’d be fine. But for me, it was a turning point.” After moving into student digs and on a limited budget, Laura began cooking from scratch, with staples including fruit, vegetables and pulses and the occasional bit of chicken. “Without realising it, I’d begun to eat more healthily,” she says. “I cut down on the drinking and joined a gym. “The first time I ran on a treadmill I did one mile and really thought I’d have a heart attack,” she laughs. “But I persevered. I’m an avid researcher and because I was seeing results, I tested out recipes to see how they affected my health. I found a more plant-based diet had the best results on my sports performance and I was slimmer. Then I ran my first marathon.” Laura returned to Plymouth and worked in the
NHS and at the city’s university. Then in 2008, she attended a seminar on the benefits of an alkaline diet for health and mental clarity. “I realised I’d been eating that way for years,” she says. “It had been such a success in my own life that I couldn’t help but evangelise to others. I’ve systemised the diet to make it easy and affordable.” The general alkaline diet theory you’ll come across is that eating acidic foods can impact the pH levels of our blood, which is slightly alkaline. Of course, says Laura, our bodies have in-built buffers to ensure that a healthy blood pH balance is maintained whatever we eat. But, she reasons, if our metabolism has less work to do in maintaining that blood pH level, more food energy can be used to replenish cells and keeping us in optimum condition. “It’s like putting the right fuel in your car,” she says. “The Alkaline 5 diet is not really a new way of eating, but a technical guide to doing what we already know to be healthy.” Indeed, Elle Macpherson has said that her alkaline regime made a noticeable difference to her health within weeks: “My skin wasn’t dry, I stopped craving sugar, my mood stabilised, everything became more balanced. A welcome byproduct was losing weight around my middle.” It also works for actress Kate Hudson, a self-confessed foodie, who says: “I try just to make alkaline my normal and then have fun.” Laura, who went from veggie to fully vegan six years ago, says that her method is also a useful guide for those already living meat-free, but find themselves reaching for unhealthy meat substitutes in their diet.
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The acid test Laura says: “Contrary to what a lot of fad diets promote, it’s good to include lots of healthy carbohydrates in your daily meals and snacks, such as fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Our brains run exclusively on glucose and if you don’t get enough carbs your concentration and energy levels will be low.”
Sweet chilli noodles Laura says: You can cook this in a matter of minutes and it tastes authentically Asian.” 150g wholegrain noodles ½ an onion, chopped ½ a red pepper, de-seeded, chopped 3 broccoli florets 3 mushrooms, sliced
“The first thing many people say is, I couldn’t do it, it’s too restrictive,” she says, apparently reading my thoughts as I consider life in perpetual mourning for skinny latte, chocolate and cheese. “In all the years I’ve been eating this way, I’ve found it sustainable. I eat more in the mornings than the afternoon – many people who only have a tiny breakfast tend to be overweight, starving themselves, then having a big dinner and picking at snacks.” Laura’s diet is also low in fat and high in unrefined carbohydrates, which she says gives her the fuel she needs to cycle for two hours a day and maintain an impressively healthy amount of lean muscle. “Brown rice, broccoli and fruit are hard to convert to fat,” she explains. “And you can eat big portions, when it’s low fat plant products.” Laura, who has a live-out partner Chris, 29, has won glowing testimonials from followers all over the world. Her guidance has aided their weight loss, helped with digestive problems and
high blood pressure. And meals are easy to prepare, she says. “Every one I make, apart from dishes with potatoes, takes just fifteen minutes,” she says. Laura proves her point by whizzing up a spinach, celery, pineapple, apple and cucumber smoothie, and adding the juice of a whole lime and a teaspoon of wheatgrass powder, packed with vitamins. It’s not at all bad and the entire goblet contains fewer calories than your average chicken salad sandwich. If you’ve tried umpteen diets and are ready for step change, Laura’s mapped out your journey with a 21 day plan, at the end of which you should be able to go it alone. “Psychologically, if you can adopt a new habit, it’s more likely to stick,” she says. “Then you can branch out and experiment. What I try to do is show people there is a simple solution, without depriving yourself. I never feel restricted. The worst thing I crave is sweet popcorn – and I’m not on an anti-sugar bandwagon.” Life the alkaline way for Laura, it seems, is quite sweet enough.
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For the sauce 1tbsp sweet chilli sauce 1tbsp tamari soy sauce 1 tbsp agave syrup 1cm piece of root ginger, peeled and sliced Place vegetables and noodles in a pan with water and boil according to noodle instructions, until done. Combine the sauce ingredients in a bowl and season with black pepper. Drain the noodles and veg, put back on the heat and stir in sauce, until warmed through. Serve immediately.
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Dream pad Sarah Pitt talks to Plymouth businessman Jonathan Abdilla about the dream house he has created overlooking the sea at Sennen Cove onathan Abdilla describes his house overlooking the dramatic turquoise sea at Cornwall’s most westerly point as “my take on a beach house”. Even a brief glance at its splendour, though, shows this to be something of an understatement. It has sleek furniture and a spiral staircase, a bathroom featuring hand-hewn basalt tiles imported from America and massive coffee table made from fallen wood from a friend’s farm in Costa Rica. It is fair to say that no expense or effort has been spared at Gwel an Treth, the holiday home the businessman has been planning for ten years. Maltese-born Jonathan, 44, first fell in love with Sennen Cove – which has the distinction of being Cornwall’s most westerly beach – when he visited as a teenager with friends to go surfing. “I grew up in Plymouth, and as soon as I had learned to drive, my friends and I would come down to Cornwall and go to various spots on the
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coast. Sennen was always the most unspoilt, and I just fell in love with it,” he says. “I said to myself ‘One day I’m going to build a house here’.” And this dream moved a little closer ten years ago when, having set up a successful Plymouthbased business called Eco Environmental, he was able to buy a plot of land overlooking Sennen Cove. At that time, the plot was home to a house beside the road, in line with its neighbours. But Jonathan had more ambitious plans: to demolish this property, and move closer to the cliff edge at the bottom of the garden to get the best views of the sea. It took him four years to obtain planning permission, then the major excavation works started as the builders dug down into solid granite to establish the foundations. “It was an incredibly complicated build,” he
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says. “Everything had to be manhandled down the slope. On a completely flat site it would have taken a year, on this site it took two and a half years to build.” Things were further complicated because for the past four years Jonathan has been based in Costa Rica, building a property business, returning to Gwel an Treth for just a few months of the year. “Managing this project from overseas was a huge challenge,” he says. “I couldn’t just pop around and see how things were going.” Fortunately, he had a capable team, including builder Dan Fell from Newlyn, who oversaw the construction. The joinery was undertaken by Touchwood of Exeter, who crafted the beautiful fitted walnut wardrobes in the bed-
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STYLE TIP: pair a neutral background with
bespoke fine wood furniture and splashes of colour in soft furnishings
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room and American oak curved staircase. three or four years ago on my friend’s farm, so While the shell of the building was designed effectively it is reclaimed timber. I wanted to by a Truro-based architect Laurence Associbring a little bit of the place I love over there to ates, the interior layout was overseen by a Costa the place I love over here.” Rican architect, Jaime Rouillon. Another talking point in the open plan living The soft furnishings and fitroom/kitchen is the fire, encased tings, meanwhile, were overin insulated glass in a sleek seen by Jonathan’s girlfriend wooden unit, which – amazingly – Ashley Laux, who hails from has a widescreen TV above it. The ‘It goes to show Connecticut in the US. Her finds whole unit weighs half a tonne, what excellent include hand-crafted beds with and had to be winched into place quality there rattan headboards from India, through the window by “eight sourced via California, wardstrong blokes”, says Jonathan. is here. It is a robes made from reclaimed Despite what you might expect, London finish, wood, colourful cushions, and the heat from the fire does not Moroccan influenced lamps and melt the TV, such is the cleverright here in rugs. ness of the design. “It works Cornwall’ “Ashley has done an amazing amazingly well,” says Jonathan. job,” says Jonathan. “I think “The TV is twin-sided too, so you she’s a natural. She has done effectively have a cinema which a few houses before, but she’s you can watch from the kitchen, actually an astrologer and a life coach! She has too, if you’re cooking.” been a huge inspiration, because a job this size There are lots of little touches which contribis a challenge.” ute to the understated luxury of this remarkThere are many show-stopping elements in able house. Above the dining room table made this house. First up has to be the glossy dark from Costa Rican wood, for instance, hang penwood coffee table and dining table, made from dant lights which are black but lined with gold, a massive fallen Guanacaste tree trunk from a created by the lighting designer Tom Dixon. friend’s farm in Costa Rica. “They give a lovely golden light in the evening,” “It is the tree named after the region I live in says Jonathan. in Costa Rica, and it is protected – so the only The curved staircase, too, is a real work of time you can use its wood is if a tree falls down,” art, designed and made by Touchwood, who also says Jonathan. “This is one which fell down made the walnut cabinets in the bedroom and
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the TV unit in the sitting room. “The staircase is a unique design,” says Jonathan. “It was so good that when I saw it I thought ‘crikey’. We had been going for a steel angled staircase, but Touchwood’s design was so good we threw the other plans out.” All the tiling in the bathrooms is created with natural stone, including black basalt tiles from Miami and hand-coloured tiles from San Francisco. “With the green tiles in the main bathroom every tile is different and we had to get each one to match. All the workmen were on a day rate, and because it was so unusual no one would give me a fixed price. It ended up costing me more, but the end result is just gorgeous. “The finish of the house is very high – all the wood is perfectly matched and every single piece of future is custom-made. It just shows what excellent quality there is here – this is a London finish and I have got it in Cornwall.” The sunsets from the house are spectacular, he says, and he and Ashley can enjoy them sitting in the designer Eames chairs in one of the bedrooms, looking west. “I have always wanted a beach house, and this was about taking that beach hut feel and putting it into a grander scale,” he says. “It really has been a bit of a journey, but it has definitely been worth all the effort: it really is stunning.” Gwel an Treth is available to rent for holidays, under the name of Seacalm, from www.perfectstays.co.uk
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Shopping
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Go for understated luxury with dark wood and ethnic designs
Moorish gold side table £175 www. alexanderandpearl. co.uk
Black pendant ceiling light £99 www.atkinandthyme.co.uk
Burley walnut side table £129 www. artisanti.com
Cotton rug £36£113 according to size www. dashandalberteurope. com
Charles Eames lounge chair £553 www.voga. com
Moroccan ottoman pouffe £94 www. rockribbonsecogift. com
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Gardens
ANNE SWITHINBANK
Getting ideas Devon’s Anne Swithinbank, panellist on Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time, says visiting gardens can be a real inspiration for your own plot, as she finds out at Kew recent visit to Kew Gardens was a real pleasure, as having spent three years there studying for the Kew Diploma in Horticulture, it always feels like home. I left in 1979 with a diploma and my husband John, a fellow student. Oh, those happy memories of stamping on the cockroaches together in Decimus Burton’s famous Palm House and flirting in the heather beds. This time, I walked in from Richmond station, entering by the Lion Gate and meandering through to the Orangery Restaurant for a meeting. What struck me was how much drier the climate feels compared to my own garden in the mild, moist South West. The soil is well-drained at Kew and I could see symptoms of drought revealing themselves in trees and shrubs. Several young specimens had special watering bags close to the base, slowly releasing water into the soil around their roots. On the plus side, many trees had set a bumper crop of decorative fruits. The golden rain tree or pride of India (Koelreuteria paniculata) had golden flowers and a display of rosy-tinged, inflated seed pods. Being a museum of living plants, Kew tends to disI left Kew in play them in families or related 1979 with a groups and the area of walnuts, hickories and wingnuts were all diploma and resplendent with nuts and fruits my husband of various kinds. John, a fellow Most trees like a lot of sunshine to ripen their wood ready student for flowering and fruiting and then a colder winter to provide a period of proper dormancy. This is why, in some years, fruits
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such as cherries, plums and pears don’t always perform well in Devon and Cornwall. But this year even I have enjoyed a really good set of fruit. There were so many cherries even the birds couldn’t keep up with eating
them and our young apricot produced a bumper crop. I’d gone up to Kew from Worthing, where my daughter lives and while meandering around the streets there, saw an amazing horticultural sight. There are many side streets of small Victorian and Edwardian houses set in terraces with
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This week’s gardening tips Anne’s advice for your garden tiny front areas separated from the path by low walls. Most are filled with wheelie bins but one stood out as host to what can only be described as seething mounds of green, triffid-like growth. I edged closer for a proper look and it was one or more plants from the cucumber or pumpkin family, putting out long shoots and tendrils, decorated by the occasional white flower with a small fruit developing behind. I can only think it was some kind of Lagenaria or bottle gourd. This had enjoyed the hot summer, basked in the shelter from its urban walls and swarmed up the house, clinging to anything it could. I have instructed the daughter to keep an eye on it. Any keen gardeners wanting to fill a similar space could copy this, as long as the plant had a small bed or large container of manure-enriched rich soil and was adequately watered and fed. The great thing is, the plant will die back in the
cold of autumn so you are not left with a mammoth pruning job, or woody stems attacking your eaves. I’m going to try luffah, bottle or snake gourds from seed started next spring. However, if you do want a permanent, woody climber for a sunny, south facing position there was more inspiration in store. As I neared the flat, two staggeringly beautiful potato vines homed into view. These were spotted up another narrow side street and struck me because they were clearly not the ubiquitous Solanum crispum ‘Glasnevin’. They had a more luxuriant habit and produced larger blooms in big, loose clusters. Instead of the usual purple, these generous flowers showed a variety of shades from white to mid mauve. I think they could be Solanum laxum ‘Coldham’ which is available from Great Dixter in East Sussex, so maybe the canny Worthing gardeners had visited there.
Question time with Anne West reader queries answered by Anne Swithinbank
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Can I put used coffee grounds on my house plants? Some cafes are giving them away as a garden mulch.
Coffee grounds are great for the compost heap and even as a mulch around plants in the garden (doubling as a slug deterrent) or dug into soil, where they improve structure and deliver nutrients. They enrich soil with nitrogen, phosphorus, magnesium and copper. However I would hesitate before adding them to house plants or even plants in pots outdoors. The grounds are slightly acidic and there could be a build up of salts in the pot, as there is nowhere for the coffee to go. There is also the prospect of mould growing on the grounds, especially in warm conditions and it would be tricky to see when the plants needed watering. I would stick to conventional liquid fertilizers added to the water every so often.
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My old teapot has cracked. Can I give it a second life as a plant container?
I often use an old teapot for house plants. Add some pebbles in the base to take up any excess water and then choose your plant. I last used trailing Tradescantia pendula ‘Purpusii’ (this used to be known as zebrina) and is often called silver inch plant, though the effect is purple and silver. Like most tradescantias, it is very easy to grow and propagate. If you wanted something trickier for a warm room, try fittonia known as the snakeskin or nerve plant, or perhaps Pilea mollis, the artillery plant. Use a good potting compost, stand in moderate light and water carefully. For outdoor use it is sometimes possible to drill drainage holes in china but there’s always the chance it might crack.
• Mow or otherwise cut areas left long for grasses and wild flowers to grow. However do leave some areas uncut, to accommodate wild life that requires consistently long grasses for cover and burrowing. There may be pupae of butterflies and moths on long grass stems. • Pinch out the growing tips of runner beans when they reach the top of their poles. This
prevents a tangle at the top where beans tend to become caught and distorted. Lower side shoots will prosper as a result, giving more beans lower down. • Lift and pot up or transplant rooted strawberry runners. Afterwards, shear away unwanted runners and older leaves to let light into the plant and encourage new growth. Clear straw and apply a mulch.
There’s still time to plant autumn flowering bulbs. You might find colchicum, Cyclamen hederifolium and autumn crocus including C.sativus the saffron crocus.
Take semi ripe cuttings of shrubs such as passion flower, solanum, berberis, camellia and choisya. Insert into a gritty cuttings compost and place inside a poly bag out of full sun to root.
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Beauty
Tried
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We present the beauty treats and cheats of the week, picked by West magazine’s Catherine Barnes, with help from daughter Tilly, 18.
COOL SHIMMER Freeze! This slick metallic shadow (£15) can double as an eyeliner – make a statement with staying power, www. ciatelondon.com/uk
SPRAY ON SHINE Spray on, leave in to strengthen, nourish and add shine hair, with a gorgeous fragrance. Kera hair treatment, £19.99, www.hairxpertise.co.uk
SMOOTH IT OVER LOVELY LIPPY PS: They’re from Primark – matte or shine and just £1.50 each
TALC TRADITION Rediscover the after-bath tradition of talc: you can’t get any more quintessential than Yardley and its vintage-style tins (£7.49) are so pretty, www.yardleylondon.co.uk
Goodbye tanning mitt, hello Bodyblender: an egg-shaped sponge fits into the palm of your hand. Wet, wring, then ‘bounce’ it over your body to evenly apply your tan, £22 (free p&p) from www.beautyblender.co.uk
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the review This week we try:
Hair removers Waxing, shaving or depilatory cream, what’s the best at-home hairremover? Katie Wright put three new products through their paces...
Wilkinson Hydro Silk Bikini Razor
Currently reduced to £7 from £14.99 (www.boots.com) The moisturising cream which was released on contact with water at the razor end meant a nick-free shave, but it was the bikini line trimmer at the other end that sold this product to me. It won’t replace a trip to the salon pre4 holiday, but for a home 5 treatment, it’s effective.
BARE BRILLIANCE Shape and define for wow-brows with bareMineral’s powders (£14) and brush (£15), www.bareminerals.co.uk
Nair Argan Oil Salon Divine Body Wax £11.99
(www.superdrug. com)
GENTLY DOES IT Sensitive skin? Pumpkin extract and seawater in Katherine Daniel’s Rich Cream (£34.50) soothes itching and swelling and cocoons skin with a protective layer, www.katherinedanielcosmetics.com
Once I’d figured out the right amount of product to spread on, this wax was effective and easy to use, because you just pull the wax strips straight off. Of course, no waxing is totally painless, but it’s so much cheaper doing it at home than 4 going to the salon, so I’ll happily 5 use this again.
Bliss Fuzz Off Foam £26
(www.blissworld. co.uk) I liked the texture of this mousse, which wasn’t as slippery as other hair-removal creams I’ve used in the past. It was quick 3.5 and easy to use, the 5 whole process only took 10 minutes, but there were a few hairy patches left on my legs when I’d finished and the usual depilatory cream scent lingered.
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Jeans £30 (down from £65) Shirt £35 both Long Tall Sally (www. longtallsally. com)
Bootcut jeans £22 Dorothy Perkins
Plaited leather belt £25 White Stuff
Cardigan £27 La Redoute
Mademoiselle R jeans £39 Le Redoute
Lorraine Loves bootcut jeans £40 JD Williams Side buckle Avio boot £260 Question Air (www. question-air. com) Fedora £29 Accessorize
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Bootcut is back ust recently, we’ve all been wearing skinny jeans, haven’t we? But things are changing, and the 1970s are definitely an influence on the silhouette of the new season. Think long and lean, yes, but with a definite kick to the ankle area. So, as we ease into September, why not try some bootcut jeans? Pair them with flowing tops and natural leather accessories to channel some of the beautiful style icons of way back when. Think Ali McGraw, Diane Keaton in Annie Hall and all three Charlie’s Angels (the original version), especially Farrah Fawcett Major. You’ll soon find that the bootleg cut is very flattering and easy to wear - welcome back!
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Drape shirt £23 Daxon (www. daxon.co.uk)
Blouse £10 Jeans £13 Necklace £6 all Primark
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The edit Your straight line to style: This week, tots and teens go back to school
On The Farm children’s back pack £19 www.sophieallport.com
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Woodland backpack £29.99 www.beckyandlolo.co.uk
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Indigo Collection bag £39.50 marks and spencer
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Girl’s star print £25 Next
Reefer coat £55 Next
Children’s Kickers Lo Core shoes £55 to £63 Littlewoods
Freespirit Layla girl’s light up heel shoe £28-£30 Littlewoods
Adidas CC Fresh 2 Running Shoes £30 www.getthelabelcom
Boy’s red puffa £20 Next
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Stars
Your stars by Cassandra Nye This week’s sign:
Happy birthday to...
Ever the practical perfectionist, Virgos may not be incurable romantics, but are intense and loyal, once they’ve found their ideal match. It’s brains, as opposed to brawn, that are among the attractive qualities to which they’re drawn. Considerate souls born under this sign put family first. Single Virgos may find harmony with Taurus, someone to dote on in Cancer, or share life ambitions with Capricorn.
Kirstie Allsopp born August 31, 1971 TV presenter Kirstie has inspired a whole new generation of us to make, do and mend and you can even rent out her north Devon ‘Homemade Home’ Meadowgate. She, partner Ben and children Bay and Oscar spend a lot of time in Broadhembury, east Devon, and earlier this month Kirstie held a yard sale to raise money for Stand Up To Cancer. Virgos born on this day tend to take on a lot of responsibility, and are typically honest and persuasive types who roll their sleeves up and get on with things.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Jupiter is expansive and so are your ambitions. Having a little more money to spend could lead to overindulgence. This is not kind to your waistline, so be aware! Perhaps this is the time when you realise you have found your place in the world. Enjoy it; this is a time of great joy.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Online contacts could bring romance, and friends do feel you need a fresh start. Those who are attached look to make new friends. You may have a choice between wealth and friendship. Both are important to you but, on balance, which will make you happier?
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Limited access to romance makes you want it even more. You want to pick and choose partners who can offer everything. However, love is not that cut and dried! At some point you are faced with a decision. It won’t be easy, but thinking ahead can make you ready for it.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Holidays are a time to really relax. At times, however, there may be demands from work that cannot be ignored. Get them over with quickly. It is important to involve family in any discussions about moving either house, or the goalposts. Legal matters could trip you up if you don’t pay attention.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Secrets have a way of coming to light unexpectedly. Such can be the case this week, just when you thought you were going in another direction. It is important to see that situations can change quickly. It is now to your advantage to use both your charm and
determination to throw a veil over past events.
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) There are no great passions awaiting you as you float through this week. Of course, that won’t stop you hoping that will change. A slow romance that gently smoulders will prove most successful, in any case. Small frustrations need not take up too much of your time. They will sort themselves out.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Both love and your social life fire up this week. The chance to meet new people is just what you need. Don’t let shyness or the past put you off. It is not so much a matter of making a special effort to get on with others. It is more important to find people with whom you have an instant rapport.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Thinking ahead and hoping to save more, small purchases will save you money next year. Yes, thinking ahead is the way forward this week. Jupiter is inspiring you to be at your most creative. Try something new or reach out into an area not previously explored. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) A quick look over your shoulder at the past now makes you realise a bad experience can be forgotten. There is less pressure as the spotlight is on what others do rather, not on you. Start to avoid negative influ-
ences. Don’t believe that misplaced loyalties can tie you down.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) A busy week, and one in which so much happens, so suddenly. You are more than ready to move forward though, having faced recent doldrums. Showing the self-confidence you feel draws others to you. Perhaps they want help or comfort? The more you give, the more satisfied you’ll feel. Realise how much you are wanted, and enjoy the feeling!
CANCER (June 22 - July 22) Shifting finances dominate your thoughts this week. Look to make savings. Check bills and tax to make sure you have not overpaid. Wanting to improve your knowledge is good, and will lead to more cash in your pocket in the long run. Your love life is linked to your activity levels. Perhaps you will meet someone on a walk or in the gym?
LEO (July 23 - August 23) Strong ambitions are guiding you at the moment. In order to be in the right position to take advantage, pay close attention to your health this week. Balancing work with play and exercise is essential, as is getting plenty of relaxation. When in a new place, which you will be by midweek, you experience a lucky moment. 35 33
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Wellbeing
the boost
Life just got better. We’ve handpicked the latest wellness trends, best-body secrets and expert advice to help you be your best self, everyday
The first early-season BRITISH APPLES are ready for picking now, so look out for fragrant Discoveries while they last. Apples are among the fruits that US researchers believe could help prevent Type 2 diabetes, so try and get at least two in your diet every week.
‘I’M GOING SUGAR FREE’ She pushed herself to the limit in an incredible Sport Relief challenge last year, but Davina McCall admits that quitting refined sugar more recently was tough, too. But she says it’s been ultimately rewarding: “I stopped feeling that I had to go to the fridge and scan for something sweet every evening,” she says. “It took a while to get to that point but was worth the wait.” See how she did it in her new book, 5 Weeks to Sugar Free.
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your bike Dress and join in an afternoon jolly at the third St Erth Vintage Bicycle Ride, taking place today near St Ives. It’s a gentle four and a half mile jaunt around the village, with prizes for the best costumes and bikes. Meet at the Well Field from 1.30pm to register, entrance fee is £3 per adult rider and £1.50 per child, with a hog roast at the finish. It’s weather dependent, so check www.facebook.com/sterthvintagebikeride before you set off.
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SOAKING your feet before you exfoliate them softens the skin and stimulates blood flow. Nail technician Kicia Bissette-Emanus says: “If the feet are softened first, you will have more effective removal of dead skin.” Give your feet a soak in Kneipp’s Calendula & Rosemary Foot Bath Crystals (£8.95). Find them at www.feelunique.com
THE MILKY
WAY TO SLEEP A milky drink can help a good night’s sleep – but research suggests that cows milked at night produce dairy with enhanced soothing properties. Really! Night milk contains higher levels of melatonin, a hormone which can promote better sleep and boost our immune systems. A German company’s now producing night milk in powder form and ships to the UK. Find it online at www.nachtmilchkristalle.de/en
What’s coming up? Tweet us your wellbeing diary dates
Tea please! Just two cups of tea a day could help combat health problems, according to new findings. Research suggests tea, which is rich in flavenoids, can reduce the risk of certain heart diseases and cancers. Dr Catherine Hood says: “As part of a healthy diet and active lifestyle, more tea drinking could help older women reduce the health risks associated with cancer and heart disease.”
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Wellbeing
Under the knife What to do in the run up to your operation I’m about to have a knee replaced and I’ve been told that I have to get fitter before my surgery. Is this true and what options are there for me?
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Paul Soley, physiotherapy manager of the Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre says: Getting the best results from your surgery is a two-way process. The professonals will do all they can to ensure that your operation and care are second to none, but there is a lot that you can do before coming for treatment to help that along. Firstly, it is a good idea to try to lose weight. Not only will this help to reduce pain if you have arthritic hips or knees, but it also greatly reduces the risk of complications such as infection or blood clots (although your medical team also vascular measurement and predicted weight takes measures to ensure a reduced risk). Weight loss. loss is also good for recovery Combined with any weight and for your general health in loss measures you are taking, the future – as well as meaning this will improve your overless stress on your new joint. all health, increase circulaAsk your consultant or your tion and make you generally There is a lot GP for advice and good sources stronger for surgery. that you can do of information to help you to If you are unsure about before coming lose weight and also try to inwhat kind of exercise to take crease the amount of physical or at what level, always ask for for treatment activity that you do. advice before you launch yourto help get the This does not necessarily self into it. Physiotherapy can best results from mean running for miles (unless help, as can your GP or pracyou are able and really want to) tice nurse. Importantly, choose surgery but can be just a simple walk something which you are going around the garden on a reguto enjoy and which you can lar basis. A useful and relaachieve – that way not you will tively cheap bit of technology stick with it is a pedometer, which will count the number When you come for your initial assessment of steps you take and give you goals to achieve. you may be given exercises to do. For example, Some versions will even work out your cardioif you are due for a hip replacement, I might
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ask you to increase the strength of your leg muscles by using a special elastic strip which goes around your knees when sitting, so you can open and close your knees against the resistance of the elastic. If you are given such exercises to do before surgery. it is important that you carry them out as per the instructions from the doctor or physiotherapist. Not only will it aid your recovery from surgery, it will also get you into the right mindset to do the exercises you will be given when you are discharged. If you can, try to get out and about and do things which relax or calm you before you come in for surgery. As well as a healthy body, a healthy mind is vital for a full recovery. If you start with a positive outlook you will get so much more benefit from your treatment. More information is available by calling the Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre on 01752 506070 or by visiting www.peninsulatreatmentcentre.nhs.uk.
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Eat
ally mac’s
Divine Breakfast Porridge Ally says: Studies have found eating a bowl of porridge each day to be linked to a long and healthy life. While porridge is more commonly seen as a breakfast to start the day with on winter mornings, I eat porridge throughout the summer and winter. On days when your energy levels are low, it is even more important to nourish your body with a nutritious breakfast. This magnesium-rich breakfast will give you a boost of energy and healthy comfort in the way of nuts, seeds and super foods.
@allyskitchenstories
You will need:
Method:
1/2 cup rolled oats 1/2 cup coconut or almond milk 1/2 cup filtered water 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp ground cardamom 1/8 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp flaxseeds 1 tsp maca powder 1 tsp maple syrup A pinch of Himalayan salt
In a medium-sized saucepan, combine the porridge oats with the almond or coconut milk, water, spices, flaxseeds, maca powder and Himalayan salt.
For serving with your porridge: Goji berries Blueberries Coconut flakes Banana Chia seeds
Pour your porridge into a bowl and sprinkle it with your nuts, seeds and berries. There’s something really special about presenting your food in a beautiful way!
Cover the pan and bring the mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce the heat to low and allow it to simmer, covered, until the liquid is absorbed, which will take about five to seven minutes.
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Eat
Ingredient of the Week
Plums
with Tim Maddams hen it comes to favourite garden fruit, it’s strawberries for some and apples for others. But for me it will always be plums, which are now in season. We had a plum tree in the garden, you see, when I was a lad. It may have been quite old and slightly gnarly, but it was always very reliable when it came to fruiting. I would watch as its green orbs were transformed into the colour of dark red roses by the turning of the season, their tart juices ripening into the sweetest of rich fruit known to man. I loved the firmness of the skin that instantly gives as you bite into it and the small, almost apologetic stone in the middle, so easily forgiven. Plums are a proper English seasonal fruit and this year they are more excellent than usual. I have been halving them and roasting them (skin side down) with just a dash of honey and a little whisky. They are served with a whipped, geranium-scented cream and an oaty, crumble topping scattered over the top. I’ll confess I’ve also been throwing them into
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salads of rocket and dry cured bacon (to Mrs M’s disgust – she hates fruit in salads, except tomatoes) as well as on top of pizzas with wild mushrooms. This year’s glut has also gone into spicy chutneys, ready for curries in the future. Plums are also remarkably well designed for the lunch box. Or bestow a bag: a generous heap of carefully selected, properly ripe and washed fruits make an excellent gift that most people should be very glad to receive. As for the bruised or overripe plums, stewed plums are a treat and the ‘worst’ of the summer crop deserve a better fate than the compost heap. You’ll be missing a trick if you consign them to that, as they have a sweetness all of their own. Stew them in their own juices, with plenty of sugar (about half their weight, as a guide). Add some good quality cinnamon and maybe a chilli if you are feeling reckless. Served with custard or tossed onto a bowl of cereal, things go very well with this simple compote indeed. You can also freeze stewed plums and I often add them to big freezer-batch of game curry; they soften and sweeten the impact of the meat when over-hung.
Plum gin – worth the wait! Wash the plums and pat dry. Wash and sterilise a roomy jar with an airtight lid. Fill the jar with plums, then drizzle with honey. Top up the jar with gin. Keep in a dry, dark cupboard and turn jar from time to time. Then wait… If you do this now, you’ll have an excellent martini gin in time for Christmas. @TimGreenSauce
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Darren Norbury Beer of the week How appropriate that Exe Valley was represented at the Great British Beer Festival with It’s Phil’s Ale. Phil Roberts, a well-known Exeter CAMRA volunteer, was a great friend of Exe Valley and the citrus noted, American hopped, IPA style brew was scaled up from one of Phil’s own home-brew recipes. Its original brewing last year marked Exe Valley’s 30th anniversary.
Farewell to the pint? Half-pints are now the most popular way to drink beer, according to a YouGov poll carried out for CAMRA. Quite right, too. With third-pint now a legal measure, this gives drinkers the opportunity to try a greater variety of beers in a session - I’m supportive!
talks beer find Butcombe Brewery’s At the CAMRA bar featuring Cornwall beers, head brewer, Stuart Howe, I found Driftwood Spars Brewery owner unsurprisingly, at the American Louise Treseder and head brewer Peter Martin bar at CAMRA’s Great British Beer undertaking quality control of their Blackheads Festival. He was one of brewing’s Mild. They also took part in an evening tasting mavericks long before BrewDog owned the session of their beers at the capital’s Finisterre word. He’s chatting to Andrew outlet. Morgan, who is owner of Other South West brewers the Bottle Shop, a huge beer represented included St Austell There was, as emporium in the south east of Brewery, Cornish Crown, England. But much as I tried Branscombe Vale, Teignworthy, ever, a strong to find out how brewing at and Exmoor with their 35th contingent from Butcombe is going, a cryptic anniversary special, Exmoor “watch this space” is all that Pale Ale (XPA). the Westcountry emerged. There was, alas, not much to at the Great Prior to its take-over, earlier shout about for Westcountry British Beer this year, by the Jersey-based brewers in the champion beer of Liberation Group, Butcombe Britain competition, the final of Festival was, in the nicest possible way, a which is judged at the festival. traditional style, small portfolio But Hanlon’s Port Stout, from brewery. But look, now there east Devon, gained a bronze in are interesting seasonal ales, the speciality beer class, while such as the current Moxee IPA that showcases Steve Skinner, of Skinner’s Brewery in Truro, hops grown in Washington state, a sub-region of was proud to see Porthleven shortlisted in the the famous Yakima Valley hop growing area. golden ales category. There was, as ever, a strong contingent from the Westcountry on the festival’s trade day, the Darren Norbury is editor of beertoday.co.uk ultimate in British brewing industry networking. @beertoday
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Helston ome of the famous Flora (or Furry) Dance around its streets in May, Helston’s also the place to find a pub which boasts one of the nation’s oldest breweries.The town is also a great base from which to explore the beautiful Lizard Peninsula
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Stay: At David and Val Jeffery’s Strathallan Guest House (www.strathallangh.co.uk), which offers double rooms from £70, year-round. Self catering? The Hideaway is a pocket-sized and gorgeous cottage retreat for two costing from £291 for a week’s stay (www.classic.co.uk). And if you have pet hens, you’re in luck: Helston’s home to Dave Roberts’ Chicken Hotel (really!). A perch here costs £5 a night. www.thechickenhotel. co.uk Eat: In Church Street, Henlys Bar and Restaurant’s themed menu nights have won rave customer reviews, while its regular lunch and dinner menus are uncomplicated, with a focus
The famous Flora Dance on flavour. Stately home Trelowarren at nearby Mawgan-in-Meneage boasts the noted New Yard Restaurant, as well as some lovely holiday lets: www.trelowarren.com. The restaurant’s gastro menu includes potted lobster and Cornish monkfish scampi.
Do : Pop into The Blue Anchor Inn for a pint of Spingo, its famous home-brewed ale. Once one of 30 brew-it-yourself hostelries in Helston, it’s now one of just a handful of pubs left in the UK that brew on site and it’s a wonderfully characterful place. See: Pay
a visit to the museum in the market square – it’s free. Exhibits include a social history section with all sorts of fascinating belongings dating back over two centuries.
Helston Railway
Visit: Take a ride on the Helston Railway’s tiny train along part of an old branch line being lovingly restored by the local preservation society.
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The Chicken Hotel
The New Yard, Trelowarren Gunwall Cove Find it at Trevarno Farm: www.helstonrailway. co.uk.
Flambards
Play: Flambards Theme Park is packed with family-friendly rides and thrills. And if that’s not your bag, the antique artefacts and scenes from everyday life in its Victorian Village, Britain in the Blitz and other indoor exhibitions will keep you absorbed for hours. Ticket prices and offers vary – find out more here: www.flambards.co.uk Try: Off-roading at Goonhilly Earth Station on a Segway. A 90-minute session (£32.50 per person) includes a lesson to master the stand-up electric scooter, then the chance to roar off (sort of) on stretches of roadway and more challenging terrain: www.cornwallsegway.co.uk
Shop: Buy
an amazing milk shake and rent a movie at Shimmys, a vintage-style diner that’s also a DVD rentals shop. Browse gorgeous home accessories at Brush’s Broom Cupboard on the town’s Water-ma-Trout industrial estate. Be spoilt for choice – and slightly overwhelmed – by the array of confectionary at the Old Sweet Shoppe on Meneage Street. 41
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Restaurant review
The Cary Arms By Olivier Vergnault
hen you reach 40 and the past few months have been somewhat tough going, there is nothing like a bit of fine dining to lift your spirits. In need of a treat, when it came to celebrating my birthday, my wife Lisa and I threw around the names of several places we’d always fancied trying. All the contenders had a reputation for better than average food and were close to home, in South Devon. We settled on The Cary Arms in Babbacombe, Torquay. It’s known for good food and offers one of the best views in the area. This marine-themed restaurant painted in Greek island white and blue is perched on a steep hill overlooking Oddicombe beach and the bay beyond.
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The views on any day here really are truly drinks on the outside terrace, while the restauspectacular. On a glorious sunny day, as it turned rant opened up and got ready to serve food. I out to be on my let’s not-make-a-big-fuss 40th enjoyed a Death’s Door gin and tonic. My wife birthday, you can see Exmouth ordered a half pint of local cider shimmer on the horizon. Furand our five-year-old twins had ther out, past the red cliffs of the matching orange juices with We started Jurassic Coast, there is Lyme straws – very important, the getting a bit Regis and all the way over there, straws! barely visible, is Portland. Table set, we were ready to restless while You can also see the empty order: two Devon 8oz sirloin waiting for our house that’s been hanging presteaks with hand-cut chips, field desserts, even cariously over the collapsed cliff mushrooms, plum tomatoes and edge at Babbacombe, waiting for peppercorn jus for mum and dad though the place the next tempest to bring it tum(£20 each), plus a glass of Malbec was not full, or bling down into the sea below. red and one house white (both On a stormy winter’s day, The £4.95 each). The locally-sourced busy Cary Arms would be the perfect steaks, medium-rare cooked to place to cosy up by the log fire our specifications, came nicely and nurse an Irish coffee. done, while the hand-cut chips We had had booked in advance, but arrived were also well-cooked and all relatively well preunfashionably early so opted for a few aperitif sented. Yet our meals somehow lacked that extra
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4 of the best Clifftop venues Café Ode
1 Trevigue Farm, near Bude
This small restaurant, seating just 45 people, is part of an ancient farm that now offers B&B. Its cobbled yard is gorgeous on sunny days. Dish of the day: Fillet of pork with a chorizo and apricot stuffing Price: Two courses for £22.50 Contact: 01840 230492
something that The Cary Arms’ great reputation for fine cuisine has led us to expect. It was no fault of the restaurant that the kids didn’t eat much (although their ‘full’ tummies amazingly still had room for pudding). But waste not, want not and mum and dad helped out with their fish and chips (£6 for a child sized portion), which were, well, nice. While the service was pleasant, it wasn’t quite as attentive as you’d expect from a restaurant in a boutique hotel. We started getting a bit restless while waiting for our desserts, even though the place was not full or manically busy. We began to wonder if the kitchen team was waiting for the cocoa beans to grow, so they could prepare the twins’ chocolate ice creams (£4.95 for two scoops). I’m afraid my Malibu pannacotta (£6.95), a banana sorbet and exotic fruit compote, sounded rather better that it was and looked rather lost in the vast expanse of the dessert plate. The Eton mess chosen by my wife (also £6.95) was okay, but not mind-blowing. Sadly, the price point is where I think The Cary Arms really lets itself down. Other options on the menu also seemed a little on the expensive side – £15 for a mushroom risotto, for example, seems a bit much, even for a boutique hotel. While the
view from this restaurant is beyond measure, when it came to the bill, we’d anticipated more from our overall dining experience. In this part of the world, we’re spoilt for choice when it comes to restaurants, cafes and pubs serving similar fare in beautiful locations, at rather better value for money. It would be great to see the Cary Arms up its game to amazing, reflecting its long-standing reputation. Yet that said, we had plenty of time to enjoy watching the anglers trying catch some mackerel off the jetty below and young dare-devils safely dive-bombing into the high-tide waters, making the most of the long summer evenings while they last. The Cary Arms, Oddicombe Beach Hill, Babbacombe, South Devon TQ1 3LX 01803 327110 www.caryarms.co.uk
2 The View, Whitsand Bay
Chef Matt Corner’s contemporary and family-friendly venue is perched on the Rame Peninsula, with views for miles along the coast. Dish of the day: Roast rump of lamb and celeriac purée Price: Mains around £13.50 Contact: 01752 822345
3 Café Ode at Gara Rock, East Portlemouth
Perched on a South Hams headland, offering seasonal lunches and early evening meal boxes to eat in or picnic from on the beach. Dish of the day: Salcombe crab meat on toast with shaved fennel Price: Mains around £11 Contact: 01548 845946
4 The Anchor, Sea Town near Bridport
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Dorset-born chef Samuel Hill’s menu is inspired both by local produce and his Asian travels, to create great pub grub in a stunning setting. Dish of the day: Seafood sharing platter for two including smoked trout pate, salmon, mackerel and crab. Price: £22.95 for the sharing platter, light bites start at £5.95 Contact: 01297 489215
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The Hop Store
My Secret Westcountry Elaine Skinner Elaine Skinner runs Camellia Interiors, which specialises in coastal interior design projects. She lives with her husband and three children in Pentire, Newquay, where she retreats to her home office for inspiration and enjoys spectacular views of the sea My favourite... Walk: The view of the Gannel River from Pentire headland – it’s so uplifting and reminds me how lucky I am to live and work in Cornwall.
Beach: Gwenver Beach in the far west of
Westcountry tipple: Cornwall Cider Co’s
Cornwall. It’s a perfect spot and I have so many happy family memories from there.
rhubarb and custard cider. It is a sweet and refreshing fruit fusion cider made in Truro. It’s the perfect drink.
Festival: Polo on the beach at Watergate Bay near us in Newquay. I love horse riding myself, so it’s a fantastic spectacle to witness in a stunning Cornish location. I look forward to it every year. Activity: Horse riding. It’s great exercise and also gets you out in the fresh air enjoying the beautiful Cornish countryside. It’s something I’ve enjoyed since childhood.
Food: Samphire – perfect with fresh Cornish fish. I love the salty crunch this lends to any dish.
Pub: Can I choose a cafe rather than a pub? The Fern Pit on the Gannel River, Newquay. The terraced gardens overlook Crantock Beach and the café serves simple but delicious lunches (crab sandwiches are a speciality) and homemade cakes.
Restaurant: The Hop Store at The Old Ale House in Truro. This is a fun place to eat in the city and the menu (created by River Cottage) is delicious.
Way to relax: Camping with the kids anywhere on the Cornish coast. We are lucky to
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The River Gannel
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live where you don’t have to plan a trip - you can just go for it when the weather is good! Camping in the dunes is a great way to get away while having that feeling of home from home. You’ll find us with fresh fish on the barbecue and surfboards ready to go.
Weekend away: Hotel Endsleigh on Dartmoor. I love this hotel tucked away on the Devon side of the River Tamar. They look after their guests so well.
Shop: Magpie & Fox in Truro. This shop is relatively new and it’s a great addition to the city. The variety of brands means they have a great selection of outfits. I always make a beeline for this store whenever I get half a chance.
Treat: If I can enjoy lunch and a glass of rosé in the week with my husband, I’m in heaven!
Polo at Watergate Bay
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My life
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The spare room Chris McGuire is receiving guests – lots of them... e should never have bought that holiday – in the 1950s. They believe this so bed. strongly that, when they visit, they become Yet it seemed such a good idea very upset on seeing any signs of 21st century at the time; probably because I life. didn’t fully understand the issues “There was a lot of traffic on the way we would face. The bed in question resides in down,” said a recent visitor. “I didn’t expect our spare room, where it serves our London you to have proper ‘traffic’, just tractors.” friends when they visit. I didn’t know what to say. The same visitor You see, I’d always seemed disappointed that our thought: “You must come house isn’t thatched. and visit” was just one of “Couldn’t you, you know, those things you say, like have it put on?” Before you “Mmm, it’s delicious” or I made appropriately positive know it, your “No, it doesn’t make you noises and died a little inside. look fat”. But when you Clearly our tiny white-washed house has move to the Westcountry cottage wasn’t quite chocolatebecome a rural people from the rest of the boxy enough. This same visitor timeshare. nation start to take such went on to complain about pleasantries seriously. every aspect of our lives that There are days Eyes light up, even those didn’t seem to be lifted directly I wish I’d moved of people you hardly know, from an instalment of The to Croydon and before you know it your Famous Five. house has become a rural So, I came up with a plan. I timeshare. There are days I decided to fake it. When our wish we’d moved to Croynext set of non-Westcountry don. friends came to stay, I leapt into It’s not that we don’t like seeing our action. I hid the internet router and satelfriends (I hope they aren’t reading this), it’s lite box behind several pairs of wellies that just it can all get a little tiring. Why? For I’d borrowed from the neighbours. I filled some reason, many of them have got it into the fridge with clotted cream and smeared their heads that we’re living on a permanent supermarket-bought veg with fresh mud – for
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extra ‘authenticity’. Thatching the roof was beyond my limited resources, but I did build strategic detours into every trip we made. Popping out to pick up some milk became a four hour round trip as I led our guests around the most scenic route possible – via a castle and Victorian folly. Finally, when my visitors talked about their love of sushi, I hid our chopsticks, shrugged my shoulders and gleefully lied that such things were yet to make it to “these parts”. This fakery seemed to do the trick. Our visitors lapped it up. On leaving, they thanked us for a truly ‘authentic’ Westcountry experience. Yet I found it a tiring process. Far too tiring for me. Perhaps I should present our next set of visitors with the truth: that the Westcountry is very much part of the 21st Century, and proud of it. Just because it’s far prettier than anywhere else doesn’t mean it’s stuck in 1952. You can get sushi in the Westcountry. Honestly, there’s actually rather a lot of fish to be had in these parts! That’s it, I’ve decided. Next time I’ll tell the truth. Or, on second thoughts, it might just be easier to get rid of the bed? It would leave a space perfect for a pool table… Chris McGuire is a writer who lives in Devon with his partner. Phil Goodwin is away.
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