by Ian Ferris | May 22, 2018
Aberfan Disaster Memorial Garden A few weeks ago we were bowling down the A470 through South Wales when we passed a local signpost to Aberfan. It had probably been 40 years since I had last visited the village so we duly turned off and followed the winding road back...
by Ian Ferris | May 13, 2018
Drying the rib over salt I cut two ribs of beef apart and froze both in separate vacuum bags. A couple weeks’ later, a few days before Natalie was due to visit us, I defrosted one and put it on a rack, above a layer of salt (Himalayan pink salt, no less) and put it...
by Ian Ferris | May 8, 2018
Here’s an interesting article from the San Francisco Chronicle that caught my eye. Published just after Hawking passed away it tells the story of the efforts of a dedicated technical team, including some of the original developers of Stephen Hawking’s voice...
by Ian Ferris | Feb 2, 2018
When I look back over the hundreds of photographs I’ve taken over the past few weeks there are a lot focused on the food and drink we’ve enjoyed. There are many of the sights and bucket-list experiences we’ve undertaken too but our enjoyment of shared food and drink...
by Ian Ferris | Jan 23, 2018
Bondi Beach: living the Sydney dream Bondi Beach is Australia’s most famous beach and one of its most iconic attractions. Of the many Sydney beaches it’s probably the only one a yak herder from Mongolia would be able to name, as someone (not me) once said. It’s brash,...
