I'm going to try 60:40 ish white:rye next and as I said, give it a bit more work initially.
But I also loved a full dark rye with seeds and molasses (from a breadtopia recipe) I've done a couple of times - amazing with dried ham and homemade pickles.
Thanks for that. Not too dissimilar to how I tried it then! Mine was more like pumpernickel, absolutely delicious but not what I was aiming for.