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Gin Oh’Clock

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Sep 02 2017
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G&T. It’s definitely my favourite tipple of the Summer, but it’s just turned Autumn so while I’ll still be supping these beauties for the foreseeable, my mind is already turning to the colder winter months round the corner. I tasted my first Sloe Gin last winter, and it was so good that I have committed 140cl of gin to try and make my own. The blackthorn bushes I have my eye on are laden with fruit which are just about ready. At least I think and hope they are – I’m not sure how much longer I can wait.. I’ll be picking my sloes and drowning them in the gin very soon. Just then the agonising wait till Christmas and hopefully a nice present for myself and maybe a few friends and family to enjoy!

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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