Last year my first attempt at making sloe gin went down very well.

The taste has improved with age and I love the syrupy texture of the drink.

For the past few weeks I have been out and about looking for some Sloes.

I was wondering why I could not find any, even in the places where they were in abundance last year.

Then yesterday I heard on the radio that this was a bad year for sloes due to the wet summer.