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you're on your way! congratulations :clap:celebrate

thanks! it was one of my best (they don't usually come out that well!)

very interesting - that twilight inclusion makes quite a difference! I take the figures the Met Office puts out, and they label them sunrise and sunset so I guess it's a horizon calculation.

You should not beat yourself up about not writing more often; world vision projects benefit the whole community of which this young man is part, and your sponsorship sustains him and them irrespective of how often you are able to write. And they are starting up virtual visits in some places, so...

minimal ingredients for sourdough are flour + water. The yeasts arrive from the air in your environment, and are suited to your environment. Another important 'ingredient' is patience while that starter gets going :gig But once it's going, it can go on forever. A SF bakery has one over 100 years...

Yes I was just writing this! Having had a long and sometimes trying journey to crack this, I think I might be able to help. Follow steps 1 and 2 here https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/sourdough and then a week down the road when you've got a working starter, I'd switch to this method which...

that's amazing; I guess it's because we're not long past the equinox. You must be a lot further south than us. We're at 52N, about level with some of Alaska, Newfoundland etc..

thanks! it's taken a couple of years to crack sourdough (!) so I'm really chuffed when it comes out as it should :D

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Thanks for the welcome Alaskan :frow Yes indeed, water on 3 sides, and we too are looking down onto a bay. We're about 70m above sea level, on the south slope of a hill which rises to about 150m in the middle of the peninsula, and the headland of the bay is about the same height, so we are...

Hi, I'm Perris. I live in the Gower peninsula in Wales, an area of outstanding natural beauty, and I'm interested in self-sufficiency because I'd like to help to try to keep it that way. I expect to learn a lot here, and in due course contribute to the collective wisdom.