Today Nichols, who owns a small vodka marketer in Watermill, N.

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Regional development minister Danny Kennedy answered a number of questions relating to water supply, including Exercise Watermill, a mock incident exercise held in October 2011 to stress test Northern Ireland Water's response capacity.

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Using Victorian machinery means the flour produced has to be wholemeal (to make brown or white, for example, would involve sifting out the bran, a process beyond traditional watermill technology), which goes into such products as the home-baked bara brith, a Welsh fruitcake made with dried fruit soaked in tea.

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It takes in Watermill Inn in the bucolic village of Ings, where a pint pulled from one of the 16 hand pumps can be enjoyed fireside or outside on the sunny terrace, and the Hawkshead Brewery, with its extensive selection of beers such as Cumbrian Five Hop and Lakeland Gold.

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