I tried to make one of Leader's recipes and OMG what a mess! It mixed and
kneaded up fine. I let it rise and it was great. Then came the trouble
when I tried to "half the recipe and form two loaves" . I couldn't even get
it to divide it was so soft and sticky! So I just put it all on a baking
sheet on floured parchment but it grew wide and not high so I scraped it off
and put it into a springform pan. I couldn't cover it so it got this hard
crust on it whihc I had to cut off and throw away! I've lost probably half
of the recipe through a succession of plastic wraps and parchment disasters!
I'm only baking it now as it will be less messy to throw away than all that
wet dough! Barry, I don't know how you did it with the cottage rye as I
think it is even more wet than this dough...