Elke Koessling Winzer
@elkewinzer.bsky.social
PR & Events Strategist.
Historian. Journalist. Author.
Founder of the Exmoor Food Fest: celebrating culinary excellence since 2014 🎉
Proudly European.
🌍Exmoor UK
https://www.elkekoessling.com
https://www.exmoorfoodfest.com
https://www.exmoor4all.com
Historian. Journalist. Author.
Founder of the Exmoor Food Fest: celebrating culinary excellence since 2014 🎉
Proudly European.
🌍Exmoor UK
https://www.elkekoessling.com
https://www.exmoorfoodfest.com
https://www.exmoor4all.com
A few days ago I found this book on my shelves - clearly bought at a time to enlighten my understanding of my host nation. Because even after well over 20 years of living here, my mind continues to be boggled rather frequently. (1/2)
June 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A few days ago I found this book on my shelves - clearly bought at a time to enlighten my understanding of my host nation. Because even after well over 20 years of living here, my mind continues to be boggled rather frequently. (1/2)
Good evening from my goofy, nosey, lovable looney girl. And me, of course!
June 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Good evening from my goofy, nosey, lovable looney girl. And me, of course!
Freue mich, meinen Lieblingscartoonisten @ralphruthe.bsky.social hier auf Bluesky gefunden zu haben.
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April 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Freue mich, meinen Lieblingscartoonisten @ralphruthe.bsky.social hier auf Bluesky gefunden zu haben.
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(Dieser Cartoon wurde von Facebook gelöscht…)
I just finished the audiobook “Politics On The Edge”, entertainingly read by the author Rory Stewart.
Intelligence, a moral compass, humility plus a sense of humour are rare attributes amongst politicians.
#ukpolitics #rorystewart #conservatives #audiobooks
Intelligence, a moral compass, humility plus a sense of humour are rare attributes amongst politicians.
#ukpolitics #rorystewart #conservatives #audiobooks
April 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I just finished the audiobook “Politics On The Edge”, entertainingly read by the author Rory Stewart.
Intelligence, a moral compass, humility plus a sense of humour are rare attributes amongst politicians.
#ukpolitics #rorystewart #conservatives #audiobooks
Intelligence, a moral compass, humility plus a sense of humour are rare attributes amongst politicians.
#ukpolitics #rorystewart #conservatives #audiobooks
It’s been absolutely freezing today…
Yesterday the wind wasn’t any warmer, but at least there was some blue sky!
Yesterday the wind wasn’t any warmer, but at least there was some blue sky!
March 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It’s been absolutely freezing today…
Yesterday the wind wasn’t any warmer, but at least there was some blue sky!
Yesterday the wind wasn’t any warmer, but at least there was some blue sky!
The 10th Exmoor Food Fest has come to an end (apart from
our Grand Final dinner on Tue).
It’s lovely to see comments like the one below.
Here’s to next year’s ExFF!
our Grand Final dinner on Tue).
It’s lovely to see comments like the one below.
Here’s to next year’s ExFF!
March 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The 10th Exmoor Food Fest has come to an end (apart from
our Grand Final dinner on Tue).
It’s lovely to see comments like the one below.
Here’s to next year’s ExFF!
our Grand Final dinner on Tue).
It’s lovely to see comments like the one below.
Here’s to next year’s ExFF!
🎉Get your tickets now!🎉
Celebrate the GRAND FINAL of the 10th Exmoor Food Fest with us:
6 Chefs * 6 Courses
£65 per person
Tickets on sale at The Bicknoller Inn 01984 656 234
Tuesday 4th March 2025
7-730pm
Check out our website www.exmoorfoodfest.com for menu
Celebrate the GRAND FINAL of the 10th Exmoor Food Fest with us:
6 Chefs * 6 Courses
£65 per person
Tickets on sale at The Bicknoller Inn 01984 656 234
Tuesday 4th March 2025
7-730pm
Check out our website www.exmoorfoodfest.com for menu
February 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🎉Get your tickets now!🎉
Celebrate the GRAND FINAL of the 10th Exmoor Food Fest with us:
6 Chefs * 6 Courses
£65 per person
Tickets on sale at The Bicknoller Inn 01984 656 234
Tuesday 4th March 2025
7-730pm
Check out our website www.exmoorfoodfest.com for menu
Celebrate the GRAND FINAL of the 10th Exmoor Food Fest with us:
6 Chefs * 6 Courses
£65 per person
Tickets on sale at The Bicknoller Inn 01984 656 234
Tuesday 4th March 2025
7-730pm
Check out our website www.exmoorfoodfest.com for menu
I should have cancelled my Airbnb account ages ago, but the CEO joining Musk at DOGE was the final straw.
Will it make a difference? Perhaps. If enough people do the same.
(Getting away from Meta and Amazon is considerably more difficult.)
Will it make a difference? Perhaps. If enough people do the same.
(Getting away from Meta and Amazon is considerably more difficult.)
February 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I should have cancelled my Airbnb account ages ago, but the CEO joining Musk at DOGE was the final straw.
Will it make a difference? Perhaps. If enough people do the same.
(Getting away from Meta and Amazon is considerably more difficult.)
Will it make a difference? Perhaps. If enough people do the same.
(Getting away from Meta and Amazon is considerably more difficult.)
Yesterday afternoon we escaped the desk and the madness of the world for a few hours.
It didn’t rain (for a change).
It didn’t rain (for a change).
January 31, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Yesterday afternoon we escaped the desk and the madness of the world for a few hours.
It didn’t rain (for a change).
It didn’t rain (for a change).
I’ve started my first book of 2025, “The Moonlight Market” by @joannechocolat.bsky.social
and it is as beautifully written as I expected.
Somehow life got in the way of reading fiction in the past few years.
It’s definitely time to read more again.
and it is as beautifully written as I expected.
Somehow life got in the way of reading fiction in the past few years.
It’s definitely time to read more again.
January 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I’ve started my first book of 2025, “The Moonlight Market” by @joannechocolat.bsky.social
and it is as beautifully written as I expected.
Somehow life got in the way of reading fiction in the past few years.
It’s definitely time to read more again.
and it is as beautifully written as I expected.
Somehow life got in the way of reading fiction in the past few years.
It’s definitely time to read more again.
The dogs and I got a lift up the hill today, and we then walked all the way home.
We started in mist, mizzle & freezing wind, ended with blue skies, sunshine & balmy temps.
Lots of trees & branches down in the woods behind the house. Top of the moor fared better.
We started in mist, mizzle & freezing wind, ended with blue skies, sunshine & balmy temps.
Lots of trees & branches down in the woods behind the house. Top of the moor fared better.
December 15, 2024 at 6:28 PM
The dogs and I got a lift up the hill today, and we then walked all the way home.
We started in mist, mizzle & freezing wind, ended with blue skies, sunshine & balmy temps.
Lots of trees & branches down in the woods behind the house. Top of the moor fared better.
We started in mist, mizzle & freezing wind, ended with blue skies, sunshine & balmy temps.
Lots of trees & branches down in the woods behind the house. Top of the moor fared better.
Tonight’s Late Night Shopping in Porlock.
Lovely to see so many people, including our MP @rachelgilmourld.bsky.social .
And the food (hog roast and Bratwurst) was pretty yummy too.
Lovely to see so many people, including our MP @rachelgilmourld.bsky.social .
And the food (hog roast and Bratwurst) was pretty yummy too.
December 14, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Tonight’s Late Night Shopping in Porlock.
Lovely to see so many people, including our MP @rachelgilmourld.bsky.social .
And the food (hog roast and Bratwurst) was pretty yummy too.
Lovely to see so many people, including our MP @rachelgilmourld.bsky.social .
And the food (hog roast and Bratwurst) was pretty yummy too.
If nonody has taken up this offer, I’d love Moonlight Market by @joannechocolat.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 5:05 PM
If nonody has taken up this offer, I’d love Moonlight Market by @joannechocolat.bsky.social
On Friday I ran a workshop “Tunisian Crochet for Beginners” - it was a lot of fun. At times you could have heard a pin drop as everyone was concentrating really hard. Next Friday it’s “Christmas Crochet & Mince Pies”.
This made me think: Anyone fancy a crochet retreat?!?
This made me think: Anyone fancy a crochet retreat?!?
December 1, 2024 at 1:56 PM
On Friday I ran a workshop “Tunisian Crochet for Beginners” - it was a lot of fun. At times you could have heard a pin drop as everyone was concentrating really hard. Next Friday it’s “Christmas Crochet & Mince Pies”.
This made me think: Anyone fancy a crochet retreat?!?
This made me think: Anyone fancy a crochet retreat?!?
Good to see the Old Ship Aground in Minehead so busy this evening (I took the photo before there was a mass invasion of prople in Christmas jumpers…).
And nice to be out with my son for a change.
And nice to be out with my son for a change.
November 30, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Good to see the Old Ship Aground in Minehead so busy this evening (I took the photo before there was a mass invasion of prople in Christmas jumpers…).
And nice to be out with my son for a change.
And nice to be out with my son for a change.
I just came upon this delightful drawing on FB by the wonderful Lucy Claire whom I haven’t spotted yet here on 🦋
She has a book out, full of her illustrations. Perhaps @biggreenbooks.bsky.social has some to sell too? (And perhaps he can show us the cover?)
www.lucyclaireillustration.com
She has a book out, full of her illustrations. Perhaps @biggreenbooks.bsky.social has some to sell too? (And perhaps he can show us the cover?)
www.lucyclaireillustration.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:19 PM
I just came upon this delightful drawing on FB by the wonderful Lucy Claire whom I haven’t spotted yet here on 🦋
She has a book out, full of her illustrations. Perhaps @biggreenbooks.bsky.social has some to sell too? (And perhaps he can show us the cover?)
www.lucyclaireillustration.com
She has a book out, full of her illustrations. Perhaps @biggreenbooks.bsky.social has some to sell too? (And perhaps he can show us the cover?)
www.lucyclaireillustration.com
I just noticed my Christmas cactus is in full flower.
Considering that I nearly killed it this summer, it’s even more impressive!
Considering that I nearly killed it this summer, it’s even more impressive!
November 21, 2024 at 10:21 AM
I just noticed my Christmas cactus is in full flower.
Considering that I nearly killed it this summer, it’s even more impressive!
Considering that I nearly killed it this summer, it’s even more impressive!
She is gorgeous!
Here is my little twat: Bea, 8 month old Labrador, who loves mud, water and food. Well, actually, food is God and comes before everything.
Here is my little twat: Bea, 8 month old Labrador, who loves mud, water and food. Well, actually, food is God and comes before everything.
November 21, 2024 at 6:30 AM
She is gorgeous!
Here is my little twat: Bea, 8 month old Labrador, who loves mud, water and food. Well, actually, food is God and comes before everything.
Here is my little twat: Bea, 8 month old Labrador, who loves mud, water and food. Well, actually, food is God and comes before everything.
Mind you - I tried a new Tunisian Crochet pattern this week. It’s stunning. And it was supposed to be a hat for an adult
But I so got the measurements wrong… 😬🫣 It wd just about fit a baby…
I’ll admire the colours for a while, then it shall be frogged!
But I so got the measurements wrong… 😬🫣 It wd just about fit a baby…
I’ll admire the colours for a while, then it shall be frogged!
November 21, 2024 at 6:19 AM
Mind you - I tried a new Tunisian Crochet pattern this week. It’s stunning. And it was supposed to be a hat for an adult
But I so got the measurements wrong… 😬🫣 It wd just about fit a baby…
I’ll admire the colours for a while, then it shall be frogged!
But I so got the measurements wrong… 😬🫣 It wd just about fit a baby…
I’ll admire the colours for a while, then it shall be frogged!
Knitting & Crochet is my happy place. You concentrate on a stitch in time, & everything else has to fade away.
2 yrs ago I even started working for a few hrs in a local yarn shop. Next Friday I’m running a Tunisian Crochet Course. It’s fun. People are nice. It keeps me sane(ish).
2 yrs ago I even started working for a few hrs in a local yarn shop. Next Friday I’m running a Tunisian Crochet Course. It’s fun. People are nice. It keeps me sane(ish).
November 21, 2024 at 6:19 AM
Knitting & Crochet is my happy place. You concentrate on a stitch in time, & everything else has to fade away.
2 yrs ago I even started working for a few hrs in a local yarn shop. Next Friday I’m running a Tunisian Crochet Course. It’s fun. People are nice. It keeps me sane(ish).
2 yrs ago I even started working for a few hrs in a local yarn shop. Next Friday I’m running a Tunisian Crochet Course. It’s fun. People are nice. It keeps me sane(ish).
Bea says “hi”.
Not a hint of regret for being a greedy guts, followed by being violently sick over the - cream - sofa….
Fortunately I love her.
Not a hint of regret for being a greedy guts, followed by being violently sick over the - cream - sofa….
Fortunately I love her.
November 20, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Bea says “hi”.
Not a hint of regret for being a greedy guts, followed by being violently sick over the - cream - sofa….
Fortunately I love her.
Not a hint of regret for being a greedy guts, followed by being violently sick over the - cream - sofa….
Fortunately I love her.
10 years ago I founded the Exmoor Food Fest - a month-long celebration of our region’s finest hospitality scene, outstanding chefs and local produce.
It is completely industry-led.
After the launch dinner on 28/01, participating restaurants will have special offers & events throughout out February 🎉
It is completely industry-led.
After the launch dinner on 28/01, participating restaurants will have special offers & events throughout out February 🎉
November 18, 2024 at 8:19 AM
10 years ago I founded the Exmoor Food Fest - a month-long celebration of our region’s finest hospitality scene, outstanding chefs and local produce.
It is completely industry-led.
After the launch dinner on 28/01, participating restaurants will have special offers & events throughout out February 🎉
It is completely industry-led.
After the launch dinner on 28/01, participating restaurants will have special offers & events throughout out February 🎉
I have gound quite a few of the big accounts from you know where on here, but where are my local people?
#Somerset #Devon #Exmoor #southwest
📸 taken on top of Porlock Hill in August when heather & gorse where in full bloom.
#Somerset #Devon #Exmoor #southwest
📸 taken on top of Porlock Hill in August when heather & gorse where in full bloom.
November 15, 2024 at 7:47 AM
I have gound quite a few of the big accounts from you know where on here, but where are my local people?
#Somerset #Devon #Exmoor #southwest
📸 taken on top of Porlock Hill in August when heather & gorse where in full bloom.
#Somerset #Devon #Exmoor #southwest
📸 taken on top of Porlock Hill in August when heather & gorse where in full bloom.
The planning for the 10th Exmoor Food Fest is now in full swing.
Official launch is on 28/01/25 at the Farmers Ames in Combe Florey nr Taunton. Then you’ll be able to eat your way across Exmoor throughout Feb!
There’s still time to sign up:
www.exmoorfoodfest.com
Official launch is on 28/01/25 at the Farmers Ames in Combe Florey nr Taunton. Then you’ll be able to eat your way across Exmoor throughout Feb!
There’s still time to sign up:
www.exmoorfoodfest.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:36 AM
The planning for the 10th Exmoor Food Fest is now in full swing.
Official launch is on 28/01/25 at the Farmers Ames in Combe Florey nr Taunton. Then you’ll be able to eat your way across Exmoor throughout Feb!
There’s still time to sign up:
www.exmoorfoodfest.com
Official launch is on 28/01/25 at the Farmers Ames in Combe Florey nr Taunton. Then you’ll be able to eat your way across Exmoor throughout Feb!
There’s still time to sign up:
www.exmoorfoodfest.com