Sour Dough

I've tried baking sour dough before and it wasn't very successful. Without a doubt it came down to not know how to build a good starter. Recently I started listening to the Stella Culinary School Podcast and following his instructions to make sour dough bread.
All I can say is that:

My first loaf

1. Sour Dough requires more knowledge than most cooking techniques and can't just be done with a recipe.
2. Once you understand some of the science it isn't all that hard though.
3. It is super rewarding to make home made sour dough from local wild yeast.

With an Egg Wash