Deep Fried Mars Bar Hunt Ends…

Wednesday, 10th February 2010 by Pete
The deep fried Mars bar … a Scottish classic? I’ve been working in Livingston (near Edinburgh) for the past eight months; working away from home and living out of a suitcase in a hotel (albeit a nice one) has been a horrible chore. Although it has allowed me to get stuck in to the new [...]

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Letterboxing and Flammkuchen

Sunday, 11th October 2009 by Laetitia
Larry SheepIt was raining heavily this morning, the birds were splashing in the bird bath and munching on peanuts, and it felt like a perfectly lazy day. I went back to bed. An hour later, I noticed the sky had turned blue...

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Redcurrant Jelly

Tuesday, 8th September 2009 by Laetitia
IMG_1499Now I have lots of jars of redcurrant jelly to get through....

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Christmas Cake… a little late…

Sunday, 4th January 2009 by Laetitia
_pws4238-scaledAmazing! I lost a whole pound and a half over Christmas and it had nothing to do with the strength of the euro!

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Making Sloe Gin (inc. Ingredients)

Friday, 2nd November 2007 by Laetitia
gin.pngLast year we collected a load of sloe berries to make some amazingly tasty sloe gin. In fact it was so tasty that we've done the same again this year...

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Sunflower Seeds

Wednesday, 17th October 2007 by Pete
Being a bit (okay, a lot) of a grown-up kid, I planted a load of sunflower seeds this summer...

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