As the post-hibernation period approaches and spring steps ever closer, it’s time to celebrate something that’s been wrapped up all winter: your...
There’s nothing like smashing away at a lump of stone to really mentally relax. Stone Carving with Pete Graham is a real retreat into your own subconscious, as well as a great workout for the...
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Cooking is not my forte, as several guests may tell you, but after a day on the Original Fish & Shellfish Cookery Course I may have an ace up my...
Allow me to elaborate. The Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens are an otherworldly, primal experience. A hidden piece of paradise near Penzance, they are a sort of beautiful botanical Narnia that are easy to find if you know where to look -...
Conjuring a magical feasting experience from foraged, wild and wonderful ingredients, three truly is proving a magic number for the wildfire Banquet crew: Andi Richardson, Stephen Knowles and Barry Horne. Their mission: to reinvent...
It all started with my Dad. The place: Uncle Sam’s Chuck Wagon, Sheffield. The time: hazy, but mid 90s I think – I was wearing in my new Doc Martin’s, surfing a little late the grunge wave that had landed from Seattle at the start...
Recent winners of the coveted ‘Big Reds in Cornwall’ (a blind tasting competition involving local merchants’ best / favourite offerings that retailed under £15) Atlantic wines cordially invite you to a sumptuous tasting all of...
Private customers can start a wine cellar!! A GCG wine cellar – sign me right up! When, were and how? Surely this will mean a call to Pidge (builder currently residing in rubble-in-progress). Hmm… perhaps I ought to term is wine...
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With a steady stream of low pressures lighting up the cold, dark dawns, awakening the beaches, reefs and elusive points of the southwest, this season has been a magical time to be a surfer. To celebrate, on Saturday16th February from...
Pull on the walking boots because this Spring Porthminster Beach Café will be celebrating its fabulous location with a series of ‘Forage & Feast Days’ in collaboration with ecologist and forager Caroline Davey of Fat Hen. Courses...
As with so many lovely things in life, there are the balancing humdrum events that we march through in between, and yes we’re there right now. My heating – normally only about as warm as striking a match underwater – broke on...
Huge congratulations to all who took home some gorgeous and glitzy awards from the Food Magazine’s 2013 Reader Awards; in a rather fabulous ceremony in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter on 7th January 2013....
There’s few better places in our big old universe to gather under the Serbian spruce with a glass of mulled wine and a homemade mince pie, than Cornwall. For me there’s nothing that defines Christmas Eve as much as Falmouth Docks...
First impressions are important – they leave a mark. The impression on entering No.4 Peterville in St Agnes is of comfort and homespun bonhomie whose glow rosies your cheeks well after you’ve ambled home...
Hot off the press and looking super stylish is the first print edition of the GCG mag....
Pop up fish ‘n’ chips? Oh yes please! Every Friday and Tuesday in Portscatho, Cornish Chef Ross McLachlan throws open the window to his Fish ‘n’ Chip...
Treasure Trails are a giant treasure hunt – a big game of adventure. Maps and clues generate a spark of curiosity which takes you exploring all over Cornwall and beyond. Armed with a Murder Mystery Treasure Trail around Truro, Team...
Ice-skating has come to Truro! Set within the gorgeous grounds of Truro Cathedral creating a sumptuous atmosphere is an open-air rink – perfect for whizzing around and spectacularly hilarious...
River Spa of Wadebridge have set up the most glorious spa space at The Point in Polzeath. With gorgeous views of the sea, full use of facilities and food on offer, GCG couldn’t resist popping down to road test their new...
Wild food is sexy and getting sexier. The reality however, is that few of us integrate it into our daily diet. Thom Hunt (of 3 Hungry Boys’ fame) believes and lives...