What you got planned for the Bank Holiday weekend ?

[vernon]

What makes it hardcore ?

The lumpy bits that break your teeth?

 

[longers]

What makes it hardcore ?

No lumps but the recipe calls for 8 heads of garlic. Serves two. Cheers Dan, I think.

 

[jdrussell]

No lumps but the recipe calls for 8 heads of garlic. Serves two. Cheers Dan, I think.

That is a whole lot of garlic. I love it but 4 bits each effectively, hmmmm yummy ! Lol

 

[vernon]

I might revisit my old stamping ground up on Stanhope Moor, see if there's still crayfish in the streams that I used to dam as a feckless youth and chase down some Cotherstone cheese before going on to sample the Weardale Railway.

 

[jdrussell]

chase down some Cotherstone cheese

chase down some cheese ?

 

[ChrisBD]

chase down some cheese ?

Not anymore; there is a BIG hoo haa in these parts over the decision to cancel...........somebody somewhere really does not want tourists in the County!

 

[jdrussell]

Not anymore; there is a BIG hoo haa in these parts over the decision to cancel...........somebody somewhere really does not want tourists in the County!

that and them breaking their necks ? lol

 

[vernon]

chase down some cheese ?

Yeah but I do it on tarmac either on Crawleyside Hill or or the opposite side of the valley. Off road options exist too - look at the contour lines.

 

[jdrussell]

Yeah but I do it on tarmac either on Crawleyside Hill or or the opposite side of the valley. Off road options exist too - look at the contour lines.

whoooooooooooooah, see you down there lol

 

[Hockeynut]

Beer festival!

 

[ChrisKH]

Stripping.

(decking and back door, prior to oiling and painting).

Picking apples, making apple crumble/upside down cake and eating it with lashings of custard.

 

[ChrisBD]

A tip - the addition of a stick of cinnamon to the boiling jam adds a certain something to the jelly.

Will give that a try in a few of the jars, thanks.

Been out this afternoon to forage . 11 lbs of blackberries thus far! Pies, tarts, culis, brandy.......oh, and jelly!!

 

[ChrisBD]

that and them breaking their necks ? lol

One might have thought so; onlt they (the local headsheds) have cancelled a number of large tourist events, not all of which involved throwin oneself downhill after a cheese. They'll be sacking-off (pardon the punn) the Tetbury Woolsack Race next!!!!!

 

[jdrussell]

One might have thought so; onlt they (the local headsheds) have cancelled a number of large tourist events, not all of which involved throwin oneself downhill after a cheese. They'll be sacking-off (pardon the punn) the Tetbury Woolsack Race next!!!!!

that looks pretty hectic, not really my bag really lol

 

[gavintc]

It's a hard life indeed , how do you cope! You missed out on some beautiful heavy rain in Edinburgh yesterday, just in case you wanted to know that.

T

Thanks Telemark, I get regular updates from my daughter who works in Edinburgh that there has been a fair amount of damp days. Sadly, I am now getting a little tired of the heat and would welcome a weekend in Edinburgh. Every day is a groundhog day; sunny 32C and high humidity. Hope you two are well and enjoying the festival. Gavin