I had great baking plans for today but I think that they will come to naught. Yesterday’s trip to town was not particularly fruitful. The Pineapple Mission failed, so I didn’t buy the rum either. Nor did I find non-homogenised milk for cheese-making. I did bring home Spelt flour – I want to make a …
Category archives: Living
Early rising
There will be no yeast activity today, but there has been an early rising. Alarms were set and I am vertical, drinking coffee until such time as Kelly arrives with our little island bus at around 8:30, to propel me, yawning, to the ferry terminal at Loth. The ferry leaves at 09:15 and we should …
Advise me
River Cottage Handbook No.3 Bread
Bread: River Cottage Handbook No. 3 is written by Daniel Stevens, and introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Daniel works for Hugh at River Cottage. It is a compact hardback volume numbering just over 200 pages. Every single page is either informative, entertaining, or just plain beautiful. There is no dross in this book. Honestly, if you …
Hacked
Apologies for any ups and downs. I’ve had a hack attack and am dealing with a bunch of injection code. It’s not my first priority, so returning Wool | gathered to its natural state may take some time.
Shutting up shop
Gill and I have been discussing for a while the nonsense of maintaining multiple blogs that cover the same subject area. It is time for all the woolly stuff to be moved over to Sanday Spinners. I don’t plan to blow woolgathering.org.uk out of the water entirely, at least not just yet. Not so long …