This afternoon we went out with the boat hook foraging for hedgerow food. There was a laden Damson Plum tree on the towpath. All the low hanging fruit had been picked, hence the boat hook. After twenty minutes of careful picking we had a plastic bag of fruit.
Back on Kelly-Louise Jan cleaned and removed the stones from enough of the fruit for the base of a plum sponge pudding.
My job is to be chief tested and confirm there are no adverse after effects. Unfortunately this may mean I have to partake in a number of servings. 
Leaving Jan to cook the pudding, I decided to walk in a different direction and see what else could be foraged from the towpath.
Kelly Louise on her mooring
I arrived at a lock to find a lovely boat whose name I recognised from a magazine review. “Fruit of the Vine” is a Beacon Boat built on an XR&D shell. Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera but here’s a photo from the Beacon website.
Photo from the Beacon Website
It was good to meet Keith & Dianne and enjoy your journey. Hopefully we will met again.
5 comments :
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Andy
I hadn't realised the Damsons went into Gin. I thought sole's were used for this purpose. Still, it explains why I'm struggling with the pudding :-)
Andy,
Jan loves the link to "wildthymebank"
Hi,
Andy told me he'd recommended my blog to you and I'm so pleased you like it! We found some damsons yesterday too - I'm torn between even more gin (can one have too much damson gin? probably not!) and instant gratification in the form of a pie ... decisions decisions!
love your blog too :D
Hi,
Andy told me he'd recommended my blog to you and I'm so pleased you like it! We found some damsons yesterday too - I'm torn between even more gin (can one have too much damson gin? probably not!) and instant gratification in the form of a pie ... decisions decisions!
love your blog too :D
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