Highbury Quince Jelly 2026…

It’s that time of year again. First batch of Highbury homemade quince jelly boiled, filtered, sweetened, tasted, jarred up, and labelled. 

Goes well with the sloe gin!

#Foraging #Homemade #AutumnHarvest #QuinceJelly 

Highbury Sloe Gin 2026…

It’s that time of year again. First batch of Highbury homemade sloe gin decanted, filtered, sweetened, tasted, & bottled. Second batch infusing. Nice pink colour. Tastes magnificent, if I say so myself. Hic!  😉🤪   

And Stuart’s excellent quince jelly was jarred up too.

#Foraging #Homemade #AutumnHarvest #SloeGin #DontSampleTheGoodsAndExpectToStillStandUpAfterwards

Myrtle’s 90th Birthday Party…

A fabulous birthday today thrown by my sister Joanna today for Myrtle who is actually 90 years old next week. Close family, cousins, godparents.  And a gorgeous birthday cake made by my niece Charlotte . 🥰

Pigs and Fonts…

Pig breeds you might think were fonts:

Aksai Black Pied

Basque

Beijing Black

Breitovo

British Landrace

Chato Murciano

Iberian

Juliana

Mangalitsa

 

Fonts you might think were pig breeds:

Cholla Slab

Gloucester

Granjon

Perpetua

Rockwell

Cloister Black

Wilson Greek

Dip’s 40th…

It was lovely to be invited to help Dip celebrate his 40th birthday on Saturday.  Great food, great company, lots of laughs. Cheers buddy X

Ted Lasso S4E4…

Talking of Ted Lasso.  Have you watched the most recent episode? Season 4, Ep 9?

No spoilers.

But that closing shot. It caught my breath. The way it was filmed. The last gesture, the movement of his head had me in tears.

@AppleTV @JasonSudeikis

#TedLasso #AFCRichmond #Believe

5G…

 I just had my annual ‘flu and pneumonia jabs.  Can I expect my 5G reception to improve? 🤣🤣🤣

Chickpeas with baharat and orange recipe…

Tonight’s supper a Yotam Ottolenghi recipe; chickpeas with baharat and orange recipe.  Let’s see if Stuart appreciates the 12 gloves of garlic. Lol

Uncle Hedgehog…

Dave is in town over from Melbourne so what better excuse than to go on a little bit of a pub crawl last Saturday with Stuart, Darren, Darce, and myself 🍺 🤣

@tiinydave 

@juggyjones

@darce_styles 

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in Concert…

On Sunday night Darce and I went to the @royalalberthall to see an orchestral performance of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

It was fantastically played by @royalphilconcertorchestra. Very entertaining and great fun. Hogwarts, but with considerably better acoustics.

#HarryPotter #HarryPotterInConcert #PhilosophersStone #RoyalAlbertHall #RoyalPhilharmonicConcertOrchestra #London

Comfortably Numb…

A brilliant Friday night in Hastings and St Leonard’s. Rumbling up two funiculars with Paul.  Then cocktails and burgers with Simon and Charlie too. Then Think Floyd.  And Charlie put me up for the night in his fabulous marine apartment.  Good times.