Author Archives: Paul

A Merry Christmas from Torchbox

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Paul

A Starry Night from Torchbox on Vimeo.

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Satay sauce with peanut butter

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Paul

I tried this recipe but it wasn’t quite right, so here’s an amended version that’s just a bit more YUM Ingredients 150g light peanut butter 250ml water 1 onion 2 red chillis (or more if you like it hot) 3 … Continue reading →

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Brew#5 – a Christmas brew

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Paul

After the failure of Brew#4 back in July, finally got the courage up to do a brew for our (lucky) visitors over Christmas. It’s a standard stock bitter recipe from Jim’s Beer Kit with the addition 15g of Goldings hops … Continue reading →

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Project Shark

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Paul

Some photos from our recent trip to the Red Sea aboard Blue Horizon on the Project Shark itinerary. Full set on Flickr

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Andalucia, September

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Paul

Some photos from a trip to Frigiliana, Andalucia with forays to Sevilla and Granda; the full set is on Flickr.

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Brew#4 – acetobacter problems :-(

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Paul

After the pleasant Brew#3 I tried another run with almost the same recipe. Got the yeast and malt from @jwebster (at a bargain price!). Unfortunately something happened during fermentation and the beer got a weird metallic aftertaste that Martin thought … Continue reading →

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Brew#3 – pleasant and gone all too quickly

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Paul

Can’t remember too much about this one other than it got drunk extremely quickly, hence brew#4 happening so soon after. My last brew using bottles. Took some pics of the Heath Robinson set I have, using a cool box to … Continue reading →

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Earth Hour – Oxfordshire

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Paul

Torchbox is running a campaign for WWF related to their Earth Hour (which happens this Saturday). Can you please help Oxfordshire get to the top of the league? Sign up at: http://earthhourmap.wwf.org.uk/ At the moment we’re 10th behind counties such … Continue reading →

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Winter photos

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Paul

It’s been a cold winter here in the UK but there have been some beautiful days too; I’ve gathered various pics from last year together with this year. View the full set on Flickr. And here’s a few of our … Continue reading →

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Mallorca – photos

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Paul

We went to Mallorca in September, staying at Port de Pollenca but travelling all over the island in a hire car. Lots of walking and sightseeing! It’s an amazingly beautiful island away from the big resorts. View the full set … Continue reading →

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