Making Perry – Part 2

After letting the juice rest for around 20h I added the yeast. I’ve used this stuff before and it gave good results. It’s a high alcohol tolerance strain, so will tend to ferment to a higher ABV than I want. I’ll check in a few more days and stop the fermentation at 8% ABV or …

Making Perry – Part 1

I had access to a tree full of pears for a weekend. With the help of Meagen, we picked two large bags of pears of various ripeness – around 25kg I’d later come to know. I don’t actually like pears as a fruit, so I’d already panned to make perry from them. I’ve done this …

20 years

20 years ago I was turfed off a train at Bow Road due to an electrical issue. 20 years ago I walked the rest of the way to work. 20 years ago I was just trying to read the BBC news website (it was very slowly loading) when I received a panicked phone call from …

2024 – N/S/E/W Up and Down

I did quite a bit of travel this year, getting closer to both poles of the planet than ever before. How did this year fare? NorthIn Transport South GreenlandOn Foot Reykjavik Iceland (64.14414470677431, -21.926072275395274) SouthIn Transport Paradise Bay, AntarcticaOn Foot Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina -54.826000, -68.344000 EastIn Transport Saxmundham 52.2139015355 1.4935505485On Foot Snape …