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You use sugar direct or make a syrup? How much rowan berries do you normally use? Also any thoughts on adding the lemon and lime juice?

Cheers british red, do you use that method for your other vodkas?

Hi everyone. I'll be making this years batch of flavoured vodkas in next day or so, this year going for blackberry, lemon and lime and rowan. The last two I've never tried before so looking for a bit of advice. The lemon and lime one all the recipes online seem to just use the peel but I'm...

Thanks guys

Any idea what the co ordinates mean?

Anyone been up there? I was up one of the surrounding hills at the weekend and could see what looks like forestry tracks and can see them on google earth but can't see how they tie in with the proper roads. If anyone been up for a walk where did you park up? Thanks gb

Was hoping to get to meet 6 this year but that was right on house move time we are still in middle of it with 3 1/2 weeks between houses and we in caravan up Moray coast meantime which has used up a load of my holidays so unless I happen to be at home whenever you decide on I won't make that one...

A link to this came into my in box this morning and clicked on it to have a look. Something wrong about a wood burning stove that generates electricity to power your phone or ipod. Maybe it's just me but I don't get it, half the fun of a wood burning stove is making it your self too...

Just seen this on tomorrows world. http://www.lifesaversystems.com/

Was prefectly happy on the ground but after reading that lot will be buying a hammock now!! The earwig one just tipped me over the edge.

Will try and make this one will let you know as soon as I know.

Well that didn't work but it was the great Abernethy.

Hope to make at least one next year too. Was it Haughton that was mentioned for one of them?

To be honest they don't look the same as in the pic, don't look galavanised but look like plain old steel. Might make a half decent hobo. My prototypes made out a sma baby milk tin.