Slow living in the South Wales mountains; living off the land.

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Making a “Stairs” Pie

Do these two fruits make for a good pie? Part one of this “day” at    • 153. Comments & Where should I stick …   My walk up Pen Pych mountain    • 5. Spectacular Welsh Waterfalls | Hik…  

Food Haul, Portable Electric and Kitchen Mayhem

A Waitrose Food Haul, can kitchen mayhem be saved and testing out a way to get electricity in the homestead shed by using a power bank (#gifted); for further details visit https://uk.iallpowers.com/

Welsh Cawl

Welsh Lamb, 1kg (shoulder, middle or neck) – get the butcher to bone it. Onion, 1 Potatoes, 6 Carrots, 3 Swede 1 Parsnips 2 Leeks 2 Vegetable stock Salt and Pepper to taste

Making Traditional Welsh Cawl

It’s raining this weekend so I’m huddled into my little welsh miners cottage in the valleys of South Wales making traditional welsh Cawl. While it cooks let’s sit on the sofa and have a general chit-chat while the cats play in front of the fire; including topics such as living without a television.