Delicious UK - (03)March 2020

T H E B E S T O F

March

WHAT’S FRESH, HOT AND HAPPENING RIGHT NOW

Six great things

o do this month...

Watch...

DARKWATERS, thetruestory

ofUScorporatelawyerRobBilott

(MarkRuffalo,below),who

accusedchemicalgiantDuPontin

WestVirginiaofexposingcitizens

tothehazardouschemicalPFOA

(usedtomakenon-stickpans).

Bleakattimes,withtenselegal

twistsandturns,thefilmis

a timelyreminderoftheimpact

manmadematerialshaveonour

world.It’salsotestamenttothe

persistencerequiredtochange

things– Robisstillfightingthe

case today.In cinemas now

Read...

SOMETHINGUNEXPECTED.

Waitrosehaslauncheda new

initiativeinthecafésinits

Cheltenham,Hythe,Lincoln,

LymingtonandWorthingstores

• shopperscanleavebooks
  they’vereadandborrownew
  ones.Notnearyou?Website
  littlefreelibrary.orghasa map
  ofbook-sharingsitesworldwide,
  includingover 100 intheUK
  (search for ‘United Kingdom’).

Celebrate...

THENATIONALTRUSTTURNING 125 THISYEARWITHA WALKatoneof

thesitesitlooksafterintheUK.Withmorethan 780 milesof

coastline,250,000hectaresoflandand 500 buildingsandgardens,

theNationalTrustisEurope’slargestconservationcharity.

FoodeditorJenrecommendstheOctaviaHilltrailatHydon’s

BallandHeathinSurrey,namedafteroneoftheNationalTrust

founders– makea shortdiversionfromthecircularwalktoThe

WhiteHorseinHascombe(whitehorsepub.net)fora publunch.

NearbyisShalfordMill,a beautifullypreserved18th-century

watermill.ItwasreputedlytheheadquartersoftheFerguson’s

Gang(aradicalgroupoffemalephilanthropistspassionateabout

ruralconservation)inthe1930s,whosaveditfromdestruction.

Todayvisitorscanlearnhowflourwastraditionallymilled.

Finda sitenearyouat nationaltrust.org.uk; see p22 for more from

the National Trust SHALFORD MILL PHOTOGRAPH: DEREK CROUCHER