Eighty years ago, Britain was at war. The German U boats were targeting the food ships. England at that time imported more than she produced. It was essential for the British to start growing their own. Food was rationed. In today’s show, Julia and I, attempt to make 1940s pumpkin Soup. PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD […]
My lovely daughter, Georgie, is back from New Zealand, having spent a year there. She took a road trip with her friend Amy, also a Brit, and lived in a car for a month. Georgie came in to my studio to tell me about her adventures and what it was like to travel 3000 miles […]
Today I’m taking a meander along the ridge on Older Hill, on the Woolbeding Common, near Midhurst in West Sussex, from the National Trust beauty spot to the trig point a little further round. I am keen to look at the autumn leaves and impressive landscape down in the valley. But dog walkers watch out […]
Julia and I are in Vobes Kitchen. Today we are trying to make soda bread, a simple bread made using Bicarbonate of Soda to make the dough rise instead of yeast. The wholegrain stoneground flour we use comes from Burton Mill, near Petworth, an historic water mill that grinds flour between stones in the traditional […]
Today’s episode of the Bald Explorer is a little personal. My father died a couple of years ago from dementia. My sister and I have been trying to sell his 1930s bungalow for a while. We now have a buyer and the sale will take place fairly soon. I have come to say a final […]
Last November (2018) I bought an Esse Ironheart wood burning stove to cook on, heat my water, warm my house and dry my washing. I use logs as a fuel, mostly ash and oak. I don’t burn coal. I have the stove on all year round but not twenty-four seven hours a day. What is […]