Mendip Living Aug - Sep 2020

Contents
A Note
from the editor
What a crazy few months. I’m not even
sure how I can begin to summarise
the last 16 weeks...they are certainly
the strangest in my lifetime, and I’m
sure in yours too.
A Culinary recipes Journey to comfort throughand learn
Northern 10Superb new cooking Ireland skills
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Making your home
Has COVID made
functional for family life you consider retiring?
Editor Kate Thomson
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Publisher Sally Thomson
Contributors Peter Thomson, Sue Cooke, Matthew Biggs, Angela Cave,
Kate O’Connell and Pippa O’Keefe.
Key Account Manager Ade Hill
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Welcoming nature
into the garden
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First and foremost, I hope you, your
friends and your family have stayed
well during this fraught period. My
sincerest, heartfelt condolences go
out to anyone who has lost a loved
one during this time. It has been so
testing in ways we could just not have
imagined in February.
Never has our sense of civic duty felt
stronger - we all have a part to play
in keeping ourselves well, not just for
our own sakes, but to help halt the
spread of this horrible disease. So,
face masks at the ready, and hand
santizer within arm’s reach, let’s try
and delve into the new normal!
With all this considered, it is still very
heartening to see the early, tentative
steps back toward normality. Being a
small, family business ourselves, we
know just how much this period has
affected businesses up and down the
land - you may have even noticed that
we didn’t produce our usual June/July
issue. We are back, albeit at a smaller
size than usual, with lots of content
to help lift some of the gloom and to
give our treasured local independents
a platform to stand up and say hello
- please, as much as possible, give
them your support - after all, money
spent in local independents is more
likely to stay in the community.
In this issue you’ll find the usual dose
of delicious recipes, home and garden
inspiration, advice from industry
experts and an insight into what is
going on locally. We fully recommend
reading with a cuppa - or a large G&T
in the sunshine.
Hopefully the whole gang, will be back
next edition and usual programming
will resume - we will see you in
October when we will be looking at
all things schools, dare I say it pre-
Christmas loveliness and hopefully
some travel ideas and what’s ons!
Katie
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