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September 20, 2014
 

Mushroom Foraging

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    Checkin at The Bluebell Woods
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      My Dad got us tickets for a mushroom foraging walk in Balquhidderock Wood in Stirling today which is something that's been on my someday list for a while.

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    We'd were assured that none of them are poisonous to touch so we were afraid to get stuck in, pulling up any we could find.

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    I was impressed by the huge variety we were able to find after just a few minutes in the woods.

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    We were given guides to help us identify the species but there are so many types that some were impossible to name.

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    This mushroom produces milk when it's squished. Our guide was brave enough to try some but warned that some types of mushroom milk are hot like tabasco.

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    Tom won the prize for the strangest mushroom find with this stinkhorn. Our guide decided to hold on to it and true it's name, the smell became unbearable after a while and started attracting flies.

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    Though we left the woods still unsure of which mushrooms were safe to eat or not, it was a lovely walk with so much to discover.

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    We were feeling really hungry after our walk so we headed into Stirling to find something to eat.

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    Checkin at The River House Restaurant, Stirling
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      We went for dinner at the River House restaurant where I had mushroom fritters (inspired be our foraging), sweet potato & sage risotto and a French Martini.

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      Tom had fishcakes and sea bass. He though it was funny that I ate mushrooms after spending the whole day with them, like when people eat meat at the zoo.

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    Checkin at The Kelpies
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      We stopped off to see The Kelpies on the way home as we were just in time for sunset.

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      The looked amazing with the sun setting behind them and lit up as it began to get dark.

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      There was a pop up shop at the marina where we got ice cream. The turkish delight ice cream was amazing with lovely a strong rose flavour.

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