Hidden amid an unruly wilderness, just a stone’s throw from the bucket and spade charms of Lyme Regis, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies is taking advantage of a disaster zone.
On the trail of the elusive Wood White butterfly
Tagged Black Ven
Chasing Honour and Glory on the High Seas
More than two hundred years ago men would race out to sea in fast, slim wooden boats, rowing flat out to be first to reach an incoming ship and win the fee to pilot it into harbour.
Today, Cornish Pilot Gig Rowing thrives as a sport with clubs all around the South West, including Lyme Regis and Bridport .
Peter Smith took to the high seas at West Bay with rowers bidding for places in the men’s first team at the forthcoming world championships in the Isles of Scilly this month.