Archive for September 2009

Daymer Bay, looking up the estuary towards PadstowThe road to Cornwall from north Wiltshire is paved with many things, not least some pretty ropy old tarmac. But it is also hemmed in by what seems to be dozens of National Trust properties and, being members of that venerable organisation, we decided…

The ghillie tails a hen salmonGoing to Scotland for a single day's fishing in the expectation of grassing a salmon is optimistic to say the least, so it was in anticipation of a good meal and some fine wines, as well as a session of casting practice on the River Tweed that I set out for London, ther…

Isabella was fascinated by Victoria's tasting of a glass of chewy South American Tannat earlier this afternoon, so V dipped her finger into the glass and gave it to Isabella - aged 11 months - to suck. A moment of deep thought passed. Presumably she was trying to assess whether it was an Old World o…

Down river from Vauxhall BridgeWednesday morning found me in Pewsey station carpark in light rain. The queue for the ticket office (the machine tasked with dishing out prepaid tickets being, as ever, out of order) was long and lasted just long enough for me to get to the window as the train for Padd…

Over the past year or so we have sampled a number of wines that Bowes Wine has offered in the past. Whilst Caspar would like to have cases in his cellar of all the wines he has ever selected for Bowes Wine offerings, sad to say it is just not possible.Here's a mixed bag of wines we've pulled from Ca…