First post!
A couple of new things I have added to get things under way. At the bottom of the page is a countdown clock to the big day (which I hope is right - it can be adjusted if I can't count).
Also the world of bakin' bakers link, which is intended as a bit of fun. It is a personalised Google map that will show where we all do our baking. If you want to be added, send an email to bethesda.bakin@gmail.com. Just a general location will do, not your exact street address.
Posting will probably be irregular at first, but we will flag up major additions on the Dan Lepard forum.
James
Welcome to Bethesdabakin'
THIS August a gathering of bakers is taking place in the small town of Bethesda in North Wales.
Some are enthusiastic amateurs, others bake for a living. A few are somewhere between. Most have never met each other, but now consider themselves firm friends. All are passionate about baking real bread; the miracle of flour, yeast, salt and water.
All of this is largely due to the efforts of one person. Mick, the baker of Bethesda, who first conceived Bethesdabakin' earlier this year, and whose skills and indefagitable energy are an example to us all.
Mick first proposed this festival of bread on the forum of Dan Lepard's site, one of the great baking resources on the web. You can read his chronicles there, through the link on this page.
At present it looks as though at least two dozen bakers from all over Britain and the rest of the world will be descending on Bethesda for the bank holiday weekend. If you have stumbled on this site by chance, please feel free to join us. Sign up via membership of Dan Lepard's forum, where a charming lady called Teck Poh is taking names.
There is no admission charge, beyond your expenses, but everyone should expect to rise to the occasion, even if it is just to contribute a favourite recipe or help with the washing up.
We look forward to seeing everyone in August. Until then, peace and loaf -or should that be yeast and love - to you all!
April 25, 2007
