QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Oct 20 2013, 07:38 PM)
The field south of the canal in Enborne has some good ones. Walk west from West Mills and when you leave the houses behind the field is on your left. It's actually two fields with a north-south hedge separating and that has some good ones.
Your advice on where to forage was much appreciated...
I was given a couple of bottles of home made sloe gin last year as a present and it was lovely stuff to have a nip of during the cold spell while out on a walk... I made a mental note then to have a bash at making some myself this year - but then promptly overwrote my mental notes and forgot about it until this thread came up!
Finding a hedge of blackthorn bushes can be tricky... You stumble across them if you're not looking for them, but when you go out for a long walk in the country with the sole intention of picking sloes you'll never see one... so thanks for the tip.
Will be on the lookout in future and will share any good locations for others...
6lb of sloes in the freezer now and looking forward to gin making.... <hic>