Use your loaf

Use your loaf
Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips
I always make my own bread but one of my contacts on Flickr-Falling Sky- posted his results of using a recipe from the Guardian. I tried it out and was impressed by the taste and airy nature of the final loaf. It uses the sponge method of soaking half the [...]

RememBird Digital Audio Recorder – Review

Pale Chanting Goshawk
Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips
The Ravenous Rambler is a keen bird watcher so I feel a review of this device fits into place here among the recipes and walks.
Have you been out walking and wondered what that bird song was? Maybe you have been looking for the first chiffchaff of the season but can’t [...]

British Bird Fair, Rutland Water, August 2008

eyeOriginally uploaded by Mr_Chips
“Excuse me, can you tell us why there are so many cars here”? The bewildered couple were getting out of their van expecting a quiet stroll around Rutland Water bird watching. But they had chosen the very weekend that thousands of exhibitors and people descend on the place for the British Bird [...]

Hand book journal

Hand book journal
Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips

hand*book journal co.
The ravenous rambler was taking a ramble around Oxford today and of course I went into the ‘the little gallery’ (Broad Street) to stock up on some art supplies. At the counter I made an exciting discovery! There they were just sitting on the counter as though waiting [...]

Blackcurrant sorbet

Blackcurrants
Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips
It is a shame that redcurrants and blackcurrants come to fruition at the same time! This weekend has been a frantic cooking time.
The blackcurrants are difficult to pick. They hide away beneath the leaves but we got two huge bowls full. There are various methods for making sorbet but this is [...]

Redcurrant Jelly Recipe

Redcurrant jelly
Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips
I love to use redcurrant jelly as an accompaniment to lamb and pheasant and this is the time of the year to make it.
Picking the redcurrants is quite a job because they hide away under the leaves. You can strip them off easily once you find them, stalks and all. You [...]

Millau Viaduct

Millau Viaduct
Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips
Its shadow crawls across the golden fields of the valley deep below, curving its ways across the tractor lines of the cut hay. Its seven columns are giant’s legs striding across the landscape. This is the Millau bridge.
The tallest bridge in the world, it crosses the Tarn valley using seven elegant [...]