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Yeah I should've mentioned it is always about 5°c above where it says the temperature is. I tend to confirm its at temperature I want with a kitchen thermometer
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For yoghurt making, I can recommend this which is cheap, small (all the containers stack inside making it counterspace/cupboard friendly) you can adjust to get exactly the ferment you want, and it comes with a strainer for perfect greek yog. I have also used it to make cultured butter (highly recommended) and experimented with soft cheeses.
As a fellow lactose-intolerant traveller I find milk-aid lactase drops work really well if you drop 3-4 in at the start of your milk ferment and I find the end-product is easily digestible (also the longer the ferment the better). I plan to give skyr a go too, which seems basically the same as yoghurt just with added casein for extra whey extraction.
If you want really high-protein greek yoghurt (and also to increase your yield from that litre of milk), whisk in a couple of tablespoons of skimmed milk powder at the start. And if you cba with the faff of heating the milk to denature the proteins before the ferment, just buy 1l UHT bottles from the shop (most supermarkets have them in packs of 6 where they are c. 90p per litre). The best culture to start with is definitely a tablespoon or so of supermarket greek yog, but I notice that the 'potency' (activity I guess) of the culture definitely declines after two or three batches meaning you need to refresh the starter culture with more supermarket yog periodically. Not 100% sure why this is and it is something I would love to figure out!
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Go on then
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I was in the same situation last year and we went to Montgenevre. Very cute, cheap lift pass and fast inexpensive transfer from Turin. Good beginner slopes, and if you get bored you can head over the border to Sestriere or Sauze d'Oulx as it's all interconnected.
All in (other than food) it ran us about £650 each (hire/accom/flights/transfer/ski pass). -
As title, looking for a fixed rear wheel 50-70mm deep, tub or clincher not fussed. Would also accept a similar wheelset at the right price
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That's the dream! Healthy competition, but hopefully avoiding a race to the bottom
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A seemingly unreported and in my mind under-appreciated component of the Labour manifesto is the proposals for devolution in England. Brexit was strongly fueled by resentment in English regions where people felt policymakers were imposing decisions on them, rather than listening and responding to what locals thought was most needed.
The system as it works now relies on councils bidding and competing for ludicrously small amounts for fixed projects (often single digit £m) dictated from Whitehall, instead of creating a framework which enables local authorities to spend money most appropriately to fit local needs. The only winners as it stands are ministerial control freaks and expensive consultants, who are invariably seen as necessary to produce the slick slide decks which win bids (ask me how I know...). This is the system that has resulted in the UK having the largest city in Europe with no metro; Leeds - a shameful accolade but an apt explanation for why drivers are seen as such an important franchise in this country.
The manifesto seeks to implement recommendations in Gordon Brown's 2022 report which identified a lack of power in local government to enact changes. Key amongst these are a devolution of powers over transport, planning (with responsibilities to build, not block) and investment for growth. The devolution deal could be the most important (positive) piece of legislation in decades, and it has the potential to totally change the running of this country, making us less reliant on the whims of central-government.
The only thing missing is powers over taxation...
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Quintessential example of a northern Brexit-voting left behind area. The flag bearing industry - Teeside steelworks - shutdown in 2015 leaving a lot of discontent with local and national Labour which was seen in having failed to grasp the precariousness of the steel industry in Redcar (which had been on the chopping block for over a decade).
Tories planned it to be the pioneering levelling up project, but then Ben Houchen decided he would rather spread government cash for developing the steelworks (a genuinly very valuable industrial site) to local cronies and now it's a major scandal ready to blow. The Private Eye has some great coverage.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4855116,-0.1500201,3a,15y,247.11h,86.69t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sx8Hr9L4SBDGv4nZ_aDvhVA!2e0!5s20200801T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D3.3073275482738325%26panoid%3Dx8Hr9L4SBDGv4nZ_aDvhVA%26yaw%3D247.1090848326451!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D here
Edit; it's fucking massive