Well, it’s not that bad. I had been keeping an eye out for sloes ripening on the bushes, but a long time ago I came to the realisation that sloes are going to be hard to come by this year. [...]
I am pretty confident of identifying most of the edible fungi (when I can find the blighters), but if you want to do some foraging yourself, it’s best if you are led by the real experts. [...]