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The Hidden Hut, Portscatho
Tucked away on a remote peninsula, the Hidden Hut is in a culinary league of its own, serving up seasonal food amid rustic flair for lunch. It also occasionally hosts open-air feast nights on the beach, serving wood-fired lobsters, slow-cooked spring lamb and paella, hiddenhut.co.uk
Taste of Scilly, Isles of Scilly
The annual food and drink festival on the Isles of Scilly from 15 to 25 September will include The Hidden Hut founder Chef Simon Stallard (above) hosting a series of al fresco feasts, demonstrating his approach to wood-fired cooking and immersive, meaningful dining experiences, visitislesofscilly.com
Wind howls though the narrow streets of St Mawes, an enchanting harbour village perched at the end of the Roseland Peninsula on the south coast of Cornwall. Here, among Falmouth’s verdant hills that run in deep folds along the estuary of the River Fal, whitewashed cottages overlook a small crescent harbour, which is typically lively and bustling with ferries, fishing boats and small yachts.
Today, however, the harbour lies deserted as the flotilla has taken refuge from Storm Eunice, a cyclone that is thundering towards Cornwall, threatening
