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ISSUE 5 Festivals Trough & Scoff The Summer gets Tick-tock, tick-tock − who still wears a watch? cooler with Limewire 01 10 02 18 Wall colour: M&L Burnt Orange // Chair: M&L Lola Chair painted M&L Dutch Green with hand-made M&L cushions M&L hand-made with // Chair: M&L Lola Chair painted Dutch Green colour: M&L Burnt Orange Wall ngland never looks more beautiful than in full, bountiful bloom and in this edition Contents of Limewire we celebrate plenty that’s come E into its own. Through & Scoff The opening of two new PIGS this year is very exciting 02. THE PIG litter's newest arrivals. THE PIG-near Bath indeed – the litter is growing at a steady speed and we’re and THE PIG-on the beach. having fun developing our offspring and watching them grow. 04. WILL-I-AM We saw enough water to last a lifetime last winter, but The Deep Sea Conquerer Winchester Cathedral had problems of her own a century ago An insight into one of Britain's unsung that put our current floods into check. One man saved the heroes, William Walker. day, with a degree of patience, dedication and tenacity that’s hard to believe in our world of instant results. The Nudist Beach Debate 07. Who are they really for? Flying the flag is something we’re good at in the UK and our interviews with British watch maker Bremont; Mr Yacht 09. Tick-tock, tick-tock himself – Chris Cecil-Wright; and festival supremo Emily - who still wears a watch? Eavis, show that no one does it better. Interview with British watch maker Nick English. All things gastro have taken an Eco turn in recent years; we 10. Festivals look at the rise of the farm shop and a sensible take on the Interview with the queen of festivals Emily Eavis. issues around bee keeping and naturism – is it for you? 13. One little piggy went to market, Whatever you’re up to this summer, we’d love to welcome and the rest went wee-wee-wee you at THE PIGs and satisfy your appetites for all things all the way to the farm shop… foodie and inspirational. The rise and rise of the farm shop. Tell them about the 14. Honey, mummy… Busy bees and humble bumbles are hot topic. Going, going, gone 17. An insight into Mr Yacht, Chris Cecil-Wright. Chile EcoCamp, Patagonia 18. Now that's what we call eco glamping. Bumf 21. Don’t miss out on what’s happening this Summer Published by: Lime Wood Group, Clayhill, Beechen Lane, Lyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 7DD Publisher: David Elton Editor: Sarah Siese ([email protected]) For advertising enquiries contact: THE PLEASURE OF CREATION Lotti Eagles on: [email protected] Emma Cripwell on: [email protected] Furniture | Garden Rooms | Paint www.marston-and-langinger.com +44 (0) 20 7881 5700 @MLanginger Design and production: Strattons (www.strattons.com) © Lime Wood Group 2014 TROUGH and SCOFF THE PIG-near Bath THE PIG litter’s newest arrival deep in the Mendip Hills, is now open and offering a menu fit for the greediest of pigs. It’s bursting with fresh flavours, with as many ingredients as possible being sourced from the hotel's sizeable kitchen garden. If you’re peckish, start with Piggy Bits as a taster before feasting on the flavour-packed menu including beetroot (picked daily by Ollie the gardener) and walnut soup, home smoked salmon dressed with Somerset cider and THE PIG’s “Extraordinary” Bath Chap with garden apple sauce. The menu section entitled ‘Literally Picked This Morning’ is hard to detail; who knows what the gardeners are harvesting today, but it could be anything from kale to rocket; early spring leaves to purple mizuna. Your sweet tooth will swoon over the caramelised rice pudding THE PIG-on the beach with blackcurrant jam from local supplier Heavenly Hedgerows, while the cheese board just bursts with local Godminster and A grand old eccentric manor house surrounded by 22 acres of other varieties from Pong Cheese. farmland bordering the coastal path along Dorset’s Studland Bay with dramatic views of Old Harry Rocks and the Jurassic Coast Head Chef Kamil Oseka says, “We’ve spent the past six months is ready to open its doors. THE PIG-on the beach – bound to be visiting and talking in depth to local suppliers of meat, fish, bread, a popular sister to THE PIG and THE PIG–in the wall. honey and cheese. It’s been exciting choosing the best in the area who all take great pride in delivering their fresh produce to Another signature PIG kitchen garden of home-grown produce our kitchens on a daily basis. The garden is the heartbeat of our will attract gourmets from across the land according to creator restaurant with rooms and we love it when guests come out to take Robin Hutson who has had his eye on his property wish list ever a look at what’s being grown and picked for their lunch or supper.” since he sold the Hotel du Vin Group in 2004. “It is a truly unique property being sited in a completely unspoilt piece of coastal For a slice of pampering or pummelling guests head to the garden countryside yet within easy striking distance of London, we are Potting Sheds – two cosy rustic huts – to grab a massage and enjoy very much looking forward to this project and the opportunity that unwinding process that THE PIGs deliver so effortlessly. of creating something very special for this part of the country.” 6 baby courgette with flowers 1. Separate flower from courgette. 8. Lay fish in the pan skin down and fry 7-8 minutes Latest Recipe from our head chef 2 fillet of trout 2. Slice courgette in ¼ inch slices until skin is crispy. Butter 3. Marinade with rapeseed oil, garden thyme and 9. Gently turn over fish and leave a couple of Kamil at THE PIG-near Bath Thyme, parsley and garlic garlic for 10 mins minutes to rest in the pan and then remove Lemon 4. Season with sea salt and white pepper 10. Add lemon juice, fresh chopped parsley and capers Grilled garden courgette, steamed Capers 5. Heat grill pan and grill courgette 3- 4 mins to the left over butter and stir for a short time. flower and pan fried trout Oil (rapeseed) each side. 11. Steam the flowers for 1 minute, season with salt – 2 people Salt and white pepper 6. Season trout on each side with salt and white pepper and white pepper. Grill pan 7. Melt butter in normal frying pan until it foams 12. Assemble the dish and then pour over caper sauce. Limewire 05 WILL-I-AM THE DEEP SEA CONQUERER Floods in 2014 were mere puddles compared to the lake that Winchester Cathedral was sitting in a century ago – rescued by a single soul and one of Britain’s unsung heroes, William Walker. Six years, 25,000 bags of concrete, 115,000 concrete blocks projects such as the construction of the Gibraltar docks and and some 900,000 bricks: the formula that put diver William was used to conditions from flooded coal and lead mines. Walker in the history books for his work to save Winchester Cathedral single-handedly. However it was the saving of the cathedral that would be his biggest accolade and secure his name in Winchester’s history. At 554ft feet in length, Winchester Cathedral is not only the This was no small task – and he knew it. Dressed in his diving largest Norman structure left in Europe, it’s also the longest suit that weighed over 200lbs and took half an hour to get medieval church in the world. However, in 1905 the future into, Walker worked for six hours a day for six years in near of this historic Hampshire building was under serious threat. darkness (because of the silt his movement stirred up), 20ft Cracks were appearing in the walls, the foundations gradually below ground. All the more remarkable because he worked disintegrating and collapse an imminent certainty. The completely by touch, using his hands to clear away the bog problem lay in the fact that a large part of the cathedral had peat, and lay concrete footing and later bricks. Whatever the been constructed on marsh land. The foundations may have weather, Walker would descend into the cold, black water and been in place for some 850 years but they were subsiding. The rely on his circulation to keep him warm, stopping only for a cathedral was sinking. lunchtime snack and a puff of his pipe. He, quite literally, saved the cathedral bare-handed. The crisis point came in 1906 when the cracks became so large and so widespread that owls and other birds began On the 8th September 1911, William Walker completed his to inhabit the crevices. According to architect Thomas work having told the Hampshire Observer’s reporter a week Jackson there was only one solution – to underpin the earlier that he ‘hadn’t much of a story to tell’. For a man who foundations. He planned to dig trenches underneath the didn’t have much of a story to tell, his work was praised during walls and building’s structures and fill them with concrete. a service in the cathedral itself on St Swithun’s Day, 1912. But the masonry was so weak that any vibrations from heavy machinery could cause the walls to collapse and the tunnels Both King George V and Queen Mary were in attendance, flooded quickly with water.