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It looks like you are one year older today my friend. Happy Birthday Graham, I hope it's a great one!

Happy Birthday Young Man. That is a wonderful picture, I wonder how Matt acquired it? Looks like you have a Huge following there at the school. Enjoy the day with Family and friends.

Matt you freaked me out with that picture! It looks so much like our school that I was trying to figure out how you had taken it. Thank you guys for the birthday surprise. I'm now going to celebrate with a bottle of persimmon cider

Happy Birthday, Graham! Did you lay up the persimmon cider yourself or is it a consumer item?

Ha! Lol, google can be a bit scary sometimes. Enjoy the cider Graham, I had my first ever(!) persimmon a few weeks ago. Made my teeth feel funny!

Lolly, this is the second batch that we made this year. All from one tree at the top of the field. It's strong stuff but easy to drink. Matt the recipe calls for a pound of honey, as well as the sugar, so I think that takes the astringency away from it. I have some ginger wine fermenting at the moment, but that is for next Christmas. I love to make simple brews, whether it be wine, cider, mead or beers. I once made some mead and forgot about it for twelve years. I had tried it soon after I made it and didn't care for it. When I eventually found it, it was beautiful. I want to do the same by taking a bottle from each batch and storing it away for a few years.

Happy belated birthday Graham!