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Some time ago I commented on the effects that a lack of international travellers would likely be having on the duty-free market. There is recent estimation that airport passenger traffic dropped nearly 40% in 2020 during lockdowns world-wide. That is 3.6 billion passengers! And it is likely that the travel industry will one of the …
Continue reading “Opportunities Abound – a Glimpse into the Future”
This article is assembled from detail kindly provided from Daniel’s highly competent whiteboard notes, and with Ian & John D’s best recollections of proceedings. Scoring is from Ian and John, together with the overall group average scoring and the group’s final placing. Many thanks to Richard Mayston for his photography. The Book of Great …
In November 2019 we brought you the exclusive story of Les’s Damson Plum Gin, homemade from homegrown damson plums and a couple of bottles of London Dry. The basic, very simple premise is that you put a whole lot of damson plums into a jar. Then you add the majority of the contents of a …
Continue reading “Les’s Damson Plum Gin, Batch 2, the Lockdown Gin, guaranteed Covid-free.”