Sunday 1 August 2021

Afternoon bike ride and cordial result







 The last two are in the wrong order...

We had a lovely ride up the Stinchar Valley, up the back lane to Colmonell from Ballantrae and back on the main lane! Only twelve miles, but not much was flat! 

The views were from the top of the first hill going northwards along the coast towards Girvan.

Nice to see a Aran from a different angle! And in the first, just see a boat on the way to Ireland...which you see in shot 2.

When we got back I mixed the cordial...6 pints of extracted juice, 6 pounds of sugar, 100g of citric acid and 2 teaspoons of pectolase to make sure that the cordial doesn't set when it is processed.



5 comments:

Zhoen said...

(oooooooo)

Katrina said...

Beautiful photos! And that cordial looks delicious. Blackberry or elderberry?

Katrina said...

Haha - just saw your previous post. Question answered! Sorry 😂

gz said...

You're welcome!
I hope to make Blackberry and Elderberry cordial when they ripen..very good with hot water in the winter,with some ginger added!

Catalyst said...

I agree with Zhoen. Fantastic sea views. And that cordial stuff looks great.