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Coast Character: Kate Moore

Scilly islander KATE MOORE on running the only shop on Tresco and growing up on the isles. Interview Gabrielle Jaffe. I grew up on Bryher, the smallest of the inhabited islands in the Scilly Isles,…
Coast Character: Emma Carter

Artist EMMA CARTER on how the magical seascapes surrounding South Devon's Burgh Island inspire her work. Interview Anna Turns. My connection to this island began as a three-year-old girl when I first started exploring these…
Coast Characters: David and Ben Oakes

Scallop-diver DAVID OAKES on running a sustainable family fishing business on the Isle of Skye. Interview Jessica Johnson My son Ben (pictured, right) joined our family business last year after studying for a degree in…
Coast Character: Rosy Hilton

Bodyboarder ROSY HILTON on catching waves and her quest to walk the length of the South West Coast Path. Interview Jessica Johnson. On a sunny day I’ll throw my bodyboard into the back of my…
Coast Character: Caroline Richards

Hive Beach Café Events Manager CAROLINE RICHARDS on her role as Jurassic Coast Ambassador and making the move to Dorset. Interview: Jessica Johnson My link with the sweeping coast of West Dorset started in the 1970s, when…
Coast Character: Rob Starr

ROB STARR from The Starr Trust on defying illness to swim the English Channel solo and raising money for a cause close to his heart. Interview & Photograph Julia Horbaschk. The idea of training for…
Coast Characters: David and Lucy Page

DAVID and LUCY PAGE on how they travelled the world, but returned home to start a new cycle hire business in Porthleven. Interview Alex Fisher David says: ‘We’d been working in quite formal careers for…
Coast Character: Will Ashworth

Visionary hotelier WILL ASHWORTH on taking over his parents Cornish bucket-and-spade holiday business. Interview: Alex Fisher My parents originally bought the Watergate Bay Hotel in 1968 from the MOD. It had been used as married quarters…
Coast Characters: Nick and Emma Michell

Pembrokeshire-based couple NICK and EMMA MICHELL on fulfilling their dream to run an ethical coffee company from a vintage campervan. Interview: Jessica Johnson In 2012 we made a bucket list and the concept for The…
Coast Character: Justin Duance

Contemporary jewellery-maker JUSTIN DUANCE on creativity, the Cornish coast and casting rings in sand. Interview: Jessica Johnson After I finished studying jewellery and silversmithing in London in 2000, I spent a year working from a bench in…
Coastal Cuisine: The Oyster & Fish House

The Oyster & Fish House, Lyme Regis, Dorset. Words by Alex Fisher WHET MY APPETITE. Owned by renowned chef Mark Hix, this wonderful restaurant serves the best locally caught fish and seafood from a truly stunning…