Forest of Dean

Mountain biking in the Forest of Dean

We took a trip to the Forest of Dean on Sunday to do the new blue trail from the trail centre there.

Ashton Court Mountain biker

Bristol Bikefest

Photos from the Bristol Bikefest 2011

Vanilla Sponge Cake

Royal wedding cake

I used my herman sourdough starter to create a wonderfully moist vanilla sponge cake. I used the following recipe for each layer (the orginal instructions are listed below)   Vanilla Cake 1/5 of your herman starter 150g Self raising flour, 3 beaten eggs, 150g caster sugar, 1tsp of vanilla extract 100ml of oil.   Combine […]

Scone

Home made fruit scones

I wanted to find some more recipes that used Herman (sweet sourdough starter) I have slightly modified this recipe from the bbc to incorporate herman and I have also added some mixed dried fruit.   Ingredients 225g/8oz self raising flour pinch of salt 55g/2oz butter 25g/1oz caster sugar 150ml/5fl oz milk or 60ml of Herman […]

beach sand

Happy New Year

2010 starts off with a beautiful but cold day.

Bristol Wheels

Sunday Cycle Ride

A few weeks a ago I bought a bike, but I haven’t been able to really go out on it. I think I need to explain that I haven’t really been cycling since I learnt to drive, which is a few years ago. I wasn’t sure if I could still ride a bike, so I […]