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Cabin life. Simply heaven

Cabin life. Simply heaven

I’m thrilled to be taking part in the Ludlow Foo

I’m thrilled to be taking part in the Ludlow Food Festival this year, which celebrates thirty delicious years of championing the best independent producers, retailers and cooks.

On Saturday 14th September, as well as judging the famous Ludlow sausage trail entries, I’ll also be one of the British Fire Cooking Championships judges.

The fiery, live competition runs across the three days of the festival and sees contestants battling it out in a series of themed cooking challenges on stage, culminating on Sunday with the final two contestants going head-to-head for a place at the prestigious World Fire Food Championships in Indianapolis and a range of fire cooking accessories.

There’s a link in my bio for more info and ticket details.

@ludlowfood

🔥 #ludlowfood #ludlowshropshire #ludlowfoodfestival #foodfestival #escapetothefarm #humblebynature #firecooking
#britishcooking #BLFCC2024 #livefirecooking 🔥

Outside the window at witching hour last night. O

Outside the window at witching hour last night. Oh my....

@visitwildtaiga
#wildlifesafarisfinland
#nature
#wildlife

My onerous task this week is to find out if Finlan

My onerous task this week is to find out if Finland deserved to be voted the World's Happiest Country for the 7th time in a row. It's early days, but I'm gathering evidence...

#happiness #happyholidays #lovenature #visitfinland

This evening's view, from a tiny, beautiful A-Ftam

This evening's view, from a tiny, beautiful A-Ftame in @visitkotkahamina in south east Finland. Not a bad place to find yourself at the end of a long day!
#visitfinland

I love the mornings! Happy Monday

I love the mornings! Happy Monday

In lovely Melrose for the @bordersbookfest tonight

In lovely Melrose for the @bordersbookfest tonight and have made a discovery which is going to ruin me but keep me in beautiful jumpers for ever! @eribe.knitwear creates the most glorious, colourful, Fair isle inspired knits from #britishwool that are made to last for ever & make you smile for ever too! I fell in love with this one. What do you think? 💕

A date for your diaries!

A date for your diaries!

Join @wwtworldwide @rspb @wwf_uk @friends_earth @w

Join @wwtworldwide @rspb @wwf_uk @friends_earth @woodlandtrust @thewildlifetrusts @wcl_news @nationaltrust @theclimatecoalition & @chrisgpackham2 in a peaceful, joyful,collaborative demonstration to show how much you value our natural world & why it should be intrinsic to all cross party political agendas. It starts at 1pm on Park Lane in London.

On behalf of the natural world - our world - thank you 🙏💚🌳🦤

Thank you to everyone who watched Escape to the Fa

Thank you to everyone who watched Escape to the Farm tonight on @channel5_tv and for all your lovely comments. So pleased you enjoyed it. And to anyone heading to @hayfestival tomorrow it'll be great to see you there. K x

It’s great to be back with Series 3 of Escape to

It’s great to be back with Series 3 of Escape to the Farm. I hope you enjoyed tonight's episode on Channel 5. If you missed it, there’s a link in my bio. In the meantime, here’s a great little recipe for you to try out. Packed full of flavour, this Hoisin Pork Belly with Cucumber Lettuce Cups is definitely a crowd pleaser!

Serves 4

𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

• 5 pork belly slices, each about 1cm thick, roughly 4-500g
• 1tbsp Chinese five spice
• ½ a cucumber
• 4 spring onions, finely shredded or sliced
• 1tbsp rice vinegar
• 1tbsp toasted sesame oil
• 2 little gem lettuce, leaves separated
• 75g hoisin sauce
• Chiu Chow Chilli Oil, to taste
• Sunflower or vegetable oil
• Sea salt

𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱

1. Fire up your barbecue or fire ready for direct cooking.

2. Rub the Chinese five spice powder and a dash of oil over the pork belly slices so that they are coated on all sides.

3. Cut the cucumber in half lengthways and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon. Slice the cucumber into slices a couple of mm thick. Toss in bowl with most of the spring onions, reserving a few for garnish. Drizzle over the vinegar and sesame oil and season with a little salt. Toss to coat.

4. Arrange the lettuce leaf cups onto a serving platter or board and divide the cucumber mixture between each lettuce cup.

5. When the BBQ/fire is hot (you shouldn’t be able to hold your hand over it for longer than about 2 seconds), place the pork belly slices onto the grill and sprinkle with a little salt. Cook for a couple of minutes then turn over.

6. Once turned, brush each slice with some hoisin sauce and continue to cook for a minute or two, then turn them back over and brush the other side. You are looking for caramelised crisp edges and bubbling fat. Keep turning, brushing with hoisin and moving around on and off the direct heat until the pork is cooked through and crisping at the edges.

7. Once cooked, remove onto a chopping board and chop each slice into small bitesize slices. Top each lettuce cup with some pork, drizzle over the chilli oil (if using) then scatter over the remaining spring onions and serve.

#escapetothefarm #porkbelly #homecooking #bbq #instarecipes

Teg hoping to be on the telly tonight! Escape to

Teg hoping to be on the telly tonight! Escape to the Farm is on at 7pm on @channel5_tv Join me in the great outdoors without worrying about getting rained on!!

We’re back! I’m so excited to announce that

We’re back!

I’m so excited to announce that Escape to the Farm is back on air, starting this Thursday, the 30th, at 7 p.m. on Channel 5.

In this week’s episode, I’ll be investigating the dark secret beneath the beautiful surface of the River Wye, scaling new heights in the hunt for ways to diversify the farm, and going on a little shopping trip. I can’t wait to see Farmer Tim’s face when he sees what I’ve brought! 🐐

If you missed any of the previous series, you can catch up on my website – the link, as always, in my bio.

#EscapeToTheFarm #Channel5 #Monmouthshire #WyeValley #Farming #riverwye

My first visit to Chelsea Flower Show and what an

My first visit to Chelsea Flower Show and what an amazing way to mark #worldbeeday with @beesfordevelopment.

The show gardens are all beautiful places of respite, designed as much for therapy as for beauty and inspired by charities like @musculardystrophyuk & @wateraid

And I got to see my very special friends who I met filming Back to the Land many years ago & who created @weaver.green, making far-too-tempting homewares entirely from recycled plastic bottles.

Thank you @rhschelsea, @thenewtinsomerset & particularly grateful thanks to Emma @busbyandfox for helping me look less scruffy than usual!!

The perfect way to celebrate the end of a big clim

The perfect way to celebrate the end of a big climb to a big, blue, wide view. I did it too...

I was sworn to secrecy, but now @longleatofficial

I was sworn to secrecy, but now @longleatofficial have let the stripy cat out of the bag, I can show you this. Amur tiger, Yana, gave birth to 4 cubs last week, and everyone is absolutely delighted. I was given the huge privilege of being allowed to see them at the beginning of this week. At just 5 days old, they were already looking so strong,, and active, and (as you'll hear if you see the video I've posted in my stories) very vocal. Yana, according to her devoted team of keepers, is a model mum. Congratulations to Caleb, Amy & all the carnivore team. You work so, so hard and moments like this are what you do it for. Animal Park will bring you the story of the progress of this wonderful family in the summer. Happy weekend!

Animal Park rides again!! And unusually, I managed

Animal Park rides again!! And unusually, I managed to actually be in the same place at the same time as the lovely @meganmccubbinwild . But even she was upstaged by this little creature - a 26 day old hand reared fennec fox that I had just fed, and it curled up & fell asleep in my hand. No. I didn't take it home in my pocket. And yes. I was VERY tempted....

This Thursday I'll be at the @frontlineclub talkin

This Thursday I'll be at the @frontlineclub talking to Jonny Bealby of @wildfrontiers about our lives in travel. Do join us! Link for tickets in my bio. WARNING: This event will give you itchy feet....

Farewell Shetland. Until the next time....

Farewell Shetland. Until the next time....

Frogs in #unst Sunlit gannets A Shetland feast in

Frogs in #unst
Sunlit gannets
A Shetland feast in the most beautiful setting

A few highlights of the last couple of days of our Wild & Woolly Tour of Shetland for @shetland_nature

Thank you to the lovely group who came along for the ride and all my wonderful Shetland friends for being such amazing, inspiring hosts:
@sumburghhead
@garthscroftbressay
@stmagnusbayhotel
@islandtrails.shetland
@visitunst & @unstheritage
@shetlandruralexperience
@boggylass
@shetlandseabirdtours
@foodwithmarian
@ninianshetland
@burrabears
@thedowryshetland

See you in 2025!

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