Podcaster Tia Tamblyn combines healthy eating with sustainable discussion. Tucked away in lush countryside upstream from Fowey is Botelet. This special piece of rural Cornwall has been farmed, nurtured and styled by the Tamblyn family for 150 years, nurturing an idyllic landscape including woodlands dotted with wild orchids, and the Iron Age hill fort of Bury Down.
chef James Strawbridge) in all walks of life, from food to floristry, cosmetics to clothes. Prior to the pandemic, Tia had been running a regular breakfast club at which conversation flowed over a wholesome vegetarian meal at a rustic kitchen table. “When you have good food in front of you, everyone relaxes and it evokes
Today, it’s home to self-catering accommodation and a variety of wellbeing courses – as well as sustainability podcast Breakfast & Beyond. The show grew out of lockdown, and has featured host Tia Tamblyn in conversation with Cornwallbased sustainability followers (including
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conversation,” Tia explains. “There was a real sense of community, creativity and wellbeing.” But Covid 19 put paid to that, and while accommodation at Botelet was able to recommence on a self-catering basis
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post-lockdown, the breakfast club was still stymied. While home-schooling, “to keep myself sane,” Tia began writing blogs on a sustainability theme, illustrating them with seasonal vegetarian recipes using local produce. “I loved doing this, but I also love to chat,” she says. “I would visit people on location, and was essentially curating what they said. Meanwhile, I found podcasts enabled me to multi-task while doing things with the kids, so I thought: why not do one myself about sustainable living, celebrating amazing people and what they are doing at home and in their work lives?” The first was recorded in November 2020 with Rebecca Stuart of the Garden Gate Flower Company, and was followed by half a dozen more, including Amanda Winwood of Made For Life and Freyja Hanstein of Wholesome World. Then in
