Tour Dates of Slow Road 2010

May June

Sunday May 2nd: Sheffield
Heading to a few farm shops and looking at local eats. Looking at their Transition Town Movement and Grow Sheffield.

Tuesday May 4th: Lincolnshire
TBA…

Thursday May 6th: Nottingham
involving some Stilton, but mainly JT Beedham’s butcher in Sherwood: A tasting board of award winning products and tour of his smokehouse. Meal later in the evening at local restaurant.

Saturday May 8th: Rutland & Lincolnshire
Visiting award winning farms/farmers and ark products in the Rutland & Lincolnshire area.

Tuesday May 11th: Aylsham
TBA…

Thursday May 13th: Diss
Talk/discussion/debate about it all…

Saturday May 15th: Cambridgeshire
TBA…

Monday May 17th: Bedford
TBA…

Wednesday May 19th: London
TBA…

Friday May 21st: Whitstable
TBA…

Sunday May 23rd: Weald of Kent & Sussex
TBA…

Tuesday May 25th: Hastings
TBA…

Thursday May 27th: Brighton & Lewes
TBA…

Saturday May 29th: Solent
A little adventure on the best foodie street in the UK (Google Street Awards) and then on to Farley Mount Country Park for a picnic. Slow Food members and non-members welcome; e-mail: slowfoodsolent@hotmail.co.uk

Tuesday June 1st: Dorset
TBA…

Wednesday June 2nd: Jersey
TBA…

Friday June 4th: Guernsey
Bicycle tour of the island, visiting producers and end with a picnic in the evening.

Sunday June 6th: Plymouth
TBA…

Tuesday June 8th: Cornwall
Newlyn Fish Market, Polgoon Vineyard tour and taste, picnic at St Michael’s Mount and then a cycle up to Truro, stopping for afternoon tea on the way.

Friday June 11th: Devon
TBA…

Sunday June 13th: Somerset
Involving a Cheddar dairy and some cider drinking for certain… local press and possibly radio.

Tuesday June 15th: Bristol
Meeting Sustrans, lunch at local venue and chat about sustainable transport/living… then a game of bike polo.

Thursday June 17th: Berkshire & Wiltshire
TBC…

Saturday June 19th: Oxon
TBC…

Monday June 21st: Daylesford
TBA…

Wednesday June 23rd: Warwickshire
TBC…

Friday June 25th: Worcestershire
‘Bring and Share’ members event. Something with asparagus I hope…

Tuesday June 29th: Ludlow Marches
Visit the Ludlow Food Centre. Make their own cheese, bread, preserves, ice cream etc… then to the Green Café at the Mill on the Green

July August

Thursday July 1st: Herefordshire
I’ll be finding some of that Herefordshire Cassis I hope though!

Monday July 5th: Carmarthenshire
possibly involving cheese and a cycle ride.

Thursday July 8th: Dyfi Valley
TBC…

Friday July 9th: Upper Severn Valley
Penarth Vineyard Tour

Sunday July 11th: Anglesey
TBA…

Tuesday July 13th: Mold Borderlands
TBA…

Thursday July 15th: Liverpool
TBA…

Saturday July 17th: Lancashire
shrimping boat trip (Edmondson’s) and cheese experience (Leagram Organic Dairy). Local press, radio, maybe.

Monday July 19th: Cumbria
stop off at Organic Mill, near Penrith, after a guided tour of Hawkshead Relish, in Hawkshead

Saturday July 24th: North East Ireland
TBA…

Tuesday July 27th: Saltire-Ayrshire
Clerkland farm dairy (award winning dunlop cheeses, Bonnet goats cheese and the very Scottish Crowdie)…other stops could include Petrie fine foods the home of clootie dumplings.

Thursday July 29th: Glasgow
TBA…

Tuesday August 3rd: West Highlands & Islands
involving whiskey at Oban (I hope), the Mull & Iona Abattoir, then a sample of croft living on Skye…

Friday August 6th: East Highlands & Moray
TBA…

Tuesday August 10th: Aberdeenshire
TBA…

Friday August 13th: Perth
TBA…

Sunday August 15th: Fife
TBA…

Tuesday August 17th: Linlithgow
TBA…

Thursday August 19th: Edinburgh
TBA…

Saturday August 21st: Berwick-upon-Tweed
local dairy farm.

Tuesday August 24th: Durham Tyne-Tees
TBA…

Thursday August 26th: North Yorkshire
TBC…

Saturday August 28th: West Yorkshire
TBC

Sunday August 29th: Manchester
TBA… The return home… End of the Slow Road UK 2010.

Anyone, free to talk about their local food, is free to contact me and arrange something, for the dates I don’t currently have any events on…


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