Wcsjohn wrote:

> When I had a fan oven I always baked with the fan on, never noticed any drying
> out, from my experience that's an old wives' tale, though others may disagree.

That's good to know.. tomorrow I'll have another go with the fan on.

> How did you shape the loaves? Sometimes the shaping method can lead to greater
> rise on one side of a loaf.

I had shaped the dough into a boule, just by tucking the dough
underneath and leaving it to rest. It seemed suspicious that it happened
on the same side both times. I've not noticed this with normal yeasted
bread, but then again I did tend to bake mostly baguettes.

james