Saturday Sourdough
A new book by Vanessa Kimbell inspires a re-assessment of sourdough bread by Paul Myerscough.
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Birdy: Business as Usual
Paul Myerscough provides a live link to a bird box camera.
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Ransoms again! Wild Garlic Bread
The season for picking ransoms or wild garlic is short. Paul Myerscough reflects on the gathering of ransoms and using them in bread making.
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Sprout some beans in this season of growth!
Paul Myerscough says there is another way to prepare those dried beans. If they are fresh they can functions as seeds. Sprout them to create a much more nutritious food than the usual Dal or bean casserole.
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Nettle Season Once More – Nettle Bread revisited!
In spring time breadmaking can take on a seasonal note by using common nettles as an ingredient. Here’s how Paul Myerscough went about it!
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If not the TGOC then …. why not the Lakeland 100?
When a favoured event cannot offer you a place then look elsewhere! Replace long distance backpacking with a long walk or run. Here Paul Myerscough looks at the Lakeland 100.
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Bread on my sleeve
The real bread campaign is a champion of the small baker and advocates against false claims from big bread manufactures who produce faux sourdough says Paul Myerscough.
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Gearing up to the TGO Challenge – an opinionate guide to backpacking essentials for Scotland
The TGO Challenge – there’s lots of advice out there – so my small contribution may not add much. At least this catharsis will allow me to move on in my reflections – and focus on my new challenge for 2019. Some may think backpacking is backpacking is backpacking. But Scotland always has rain which
TGO Challenge 2018 – Oban to Kinnabaer: #3 from Pitlochry
The map shows the route tracked from 30 minute beacons sent by a Spot satellite tracker and captured by Phil Sorrell’s Social Hiking site. Push and pull the map in the window below to see the route in blue. Pitlochry was planned as the first night indoors. I had tried to find somewhere earlier, but
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TGO Challenge 2018 – Oban to Kinnabaer: #2 from Glen Etive
The map shows the route tracked from 30 minute beacons sent by a Spot satellite tracker and captured by Phil Sorrell’s Social Hiking site. Push and pull the map in the window below to see the route in blue. This is day 3 – there is light rain, and clouds obscure the top of
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