Author Archives: Tony
Weekly Photo Challenge:Beyond
Once again we’re late posting on the weekly photo challenge, but here’s our contribution to last week’s challenge of Beyond. It was taken at Tentsmuir Beach , which is on the east coast of Scotland, just a few miles north of … Continue reading
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination
Having just received our e-mail notification for the third weekly photo challenge, I thought I’d best post on the second weekly photo challenge on the subject of illumination. And we’ve got photos taken on both sides of the Atlantic, firstly … Continue reading
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The Ale Trail hits Scotland
We spent New Year’s week in Scotland. We were based in Falkland, Fife, a small village some thirty miles north of Edinburgh. Although a small village, it wasn’t short of drinking venues! In fact there was one, The Stag Inn, … Continue reading
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Weekly Photo Challenge:Resolved
It’s the start of the New Year and we’ve resolved to join the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge. By we, I mean me, Tony, my fiancé Tara ( yes we’ve just got engaged!) and my 17 year old daughter Devon. We may … Continue reading
And the second beer is….
A look in our Christmas beers stock revealed another beer in The Beer Bible, one of my favourite beers, Hobgoblin, brewed by Wychwood Brewery. The Bible, whoops The Beer Bible, mentions Wychwood’s reputation for “quirky and imaginative packaging”, as illustrated … Continue reading
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One down, one thousand to go….
Browsing through the 1001 Beers To Taste Before You Die book, (that’s too much of a mouthful, so from now on I’ll refer to it as The Bible), I was looking to see if any of the beers I had … Continue reading
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Peanut Brittle – nutty, crunchy goodness
So, peanut brittle…little known facts. Most of my British friends have never heard of it It is very difficult to find corn syrup in the UK (meaning I basically couldn’t find it) All of the recipes you find for peanut … Continue reading
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1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die
Amongst all the lovely presents I got for Christmas was a book by Adrian Tierney-Jones called 1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die. The title itself I took as a challenge, so the mission to tick off all the … Continue reading
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