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Crawl space insulation take two

November 17, 2022 robintouring

It’s working! I think by end of session this morning I will have used up all the plastic nails, a…

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Insulation fun!

November 15, 2022 robintouring

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The three brothers

November 13, 2022 robintouring

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Painting away, end in sight.

November 2, 2022 robintouring

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Not one step back

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Just reading Stalingrad (again) by Anthony Beevor and was struck by the brutality of the regime in the context of…

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Painting pain

October 29, 2022 robintouring

The curtain rail’s proved to be of poor quality, particularly around the 90 degree bends and at the joins so…

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Arrived Hellevoetsluis

October 24, 2022 robintouring

Planned a stop half way but received a notification of possible covid positive test from Iain; decided if I was…

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Iain the Eagle

October 23, 2022 robintouring

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Around Munich

October 21, 2022 robintouring

So much of the infrastructure seems to my eye to be metal (rather than say concrete).. Masks required on public…

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Arrived Munich

October 20, 2022 robintouring

To NW edge of city, so far so good. Was s bit +/- getting a space, rather packed in here,…

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Arrived Ankaran

October 14, 2022 robintouring

It’s a huge site, 5km from Italian border. Quite mixed with it seems a lot of permanent sites that seem…

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Military history park

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My friend Roger is gone

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I guess it’s thirty years I’ve known him on and off. His sister Sue messaged me yesterday to give the…

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Ljubljana tour

October 12, 2022 robintouring

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Caravan V’s Camper van

October 10, 2022 robintouring

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Arrived Ljubljana

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Many tunnels en route spectacular scenery, park just outside of city, 20c. Diesel on highway €1.85..

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Linguistic differences

October 8, 2022 robintouring

Seems each valley has its own variations on German, beetschoon, dunker as close as I can mirror it instead of…

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A tasty dry cider, I feel reborn!

October 6, 2022 robintouring

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Stubai valley talking head

October 4, 2022 robintouring

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Camp site Innsbruck

October 3, 2022 robintouring

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First view of the mountains and arrived Innsbruck

October 2, 2022 robintouring

I really hope my plan to track some weather works; early next week sunny and warm is forecast. Tomorrow up…

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Arrived Munich

October 1, 2022 robintouring

Targeted Innsbruck today but a good hour, probably one and a ;)74,<{|>% hours of delay due a crash and road…

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Around Heidelberg

September 30, 2022 robintouring

Peterskirche+49 6221 163230https://maps.app.goo.gl/1RZZua4bbVNgH3DJ8?g_st=ic

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A German lock, weir and the bridges upstream from Heidelberg.

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Arrived Heidelberg

September 29, 2022 robintouring

I had planned and booked for Frankfurt but on examining the route I found it entered the low emissions zone…

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Airborne museum (101st) Bastogne

September 27, 2022 robintouring

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Remember

September 26, 2022 robintouring

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Arrived Aachen and a few unrelated comments

September 25, 2022 robintouring

More or less four hours from Groningen. Highway diesel 2.40. Coal power stations in Germany emitting steam so guess they…

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Arrived Groningen

September 22, 2022 robintouring 2 Comments

Saw a sailing friend in Amsterdam on the way up, last seen in Bergen. Chewed the fat and was pleased…

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The first load of insulation has arrived, caravan out and getting ready to roll

September 19, 2022 robintouring

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This is crazy

August 23, 2022 robintouring

The key fob garage door remote; check out the instructions!

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Really picturesque

August 22, 2022 robintouring

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Delayed Dordrecht

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It is looking so beautiful and an idyllic day I feel like staying over; as Lou Reed had it ‘self…

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Arrived Dordrecht

August 21, 2022 robintouring

Hmmmm, should have gone outside really. Missed the first critical railway bridge; took an executive decision and just stopped. Today…

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Parked under the mollen in Haarlem

August 19, 2022 robintouring

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Arrived Harlingen and my brother came to visit

August 14, 2022 robintouring

Lay at anchor on Vlieland for one night and then down to Harlingen for three nights. My eldest brother joined…

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Arrived Vlieland

August 9, 2022 robintouring

It was on the 19th of May I left this spot and now back on anchor after an overnight from…

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Depart Helgoland

August 8, 2022 robintouring

En route for Holland. The “rafting up” in the harbour was five deep so when one inside wanted to leave…

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Approaching Helgoland

August 7, 2022 robintouring

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En passage Helgoland

August 6, 2022 robintouring

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