The hedgerows are here filled with berries and autumn wild flowers.
We'd spotted several people picking a dark blue-black berry from the hedges and they said they were sloes. Quick as a flash I zipped off my trouser legs, tied a knot in the bottom, and filled them with nature's bounty.
Once home we followed a recipe downloaded from the Internet (buy 2 litres of Gin, drink one...) and had a most happy xmas helped by homemade Sloe Gin.