It had gone a bit dark like the book said and there were slow moving/popping bubbles too. I'm not sure if it smelt entirely correctly, there was a definite hint of alcohol, but not as sharp as I'd expected and there was a sweetness to the aroma that was like something going off. Hmmmm.
Anyway, the first feed uses all of the ferment from stage 1. To this I added
310 g strong white flour
150 g warm water
And stirred everything as well as I could until I couldn't see any dry flour. The mixture is now a bit thicker than the original.
It will now rest for another 24 h an the book says not to let the temperature go below 24 degrees C, which won't be possible. Now that there have been a couple of cold nights, the whole house is colder and the kitchen is about 20. I also wonder if spelt flour has a higher content of wild yeasts relative to white flour. We'll see.
I'll have to work out something regarding the temperature, in order to be able to follow the next stage. I might have to put the bowl on the radiator...
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