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Robin Gordon, the past, the present and the future

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brexit with a small b

March 14, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

“They were in with a load of opt-outs. Now they are out, and want a load of opt-ins”. And I…

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Water tank and rainwater catchment

March 9, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

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Cheddar?

March 7, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

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Cider making

March 4, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

That was a severe amount of pain, 45Kg of apples, three different sorts, collected, washed, chopped, scrittered, pressed.

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Ursula von der Leyen and ‘dear Rishi’ unveil a new relationship

February 27, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

It seems to take a ridiculous amount of time to reach an agreement, frankly I am surprised that this issue…

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Toms, cukes peppers

February 25, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

Worth mentioning a view on rationing. During WW1 rationing was introduced in uk towards the end of the conflict very…

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One step forward two steps back.

February 18, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

Refurbishing the potable water tank lids. Clean up, sand, acid etch primer and overcoat of polyester. Mixed polyester in a…

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Cider

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Apple Varieties for Cider-Processing According to European Cider and Fruit Wine Association, apples for cider are classified into four broad…

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Cider

February 15, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

Well, I thought about this for some time given the paucity of supplies here in The Netherlands and decided to…

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Fist pump.

February 5, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

I allow myself a brief moment of rejoicing as the exhaust manifold is back on and torqued up, new gaskets…

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Side access panels on engine, joy!

February 3, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

I really wasn’t looking forward to removing these, cleaning up and making new gaskets so when I examined the dirty…

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Propeller painting

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Fourty licks

January 31, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

A very worthwhile compilation, normally the album but this, at 50c was a good one!

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The water cooled exhaust manifold

January 27, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

Now to clean out the bolt holes, associated bolts and the mating faces ready to refit. It’s a pig of…

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Into the heart of darkness

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A Christmas pudding is not just for Christmas!

January 25, 2023 robintouring 1 Comment

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Looking through national parks in The Netherlands

January 18, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

A belly wobbler for a Brit! Some are closed. On Dartmoor, they are currently debating the continuation of “wild camping”…

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Amsterdam standard level

January 11, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Ordnance_Datum

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Packing up Christmas

January 10, 2023 robintouring Leave a comment

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Refugees in Hellevoetsluis

January 7, 2023 robintouring 1 Comment

Taking a little more exercise I walked around the outside of the vesting (fortress) this morning and saw a row…

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Christmas 2022

January 4, 2023 robintouring 1 Comment

Too much navel gazing in the week running up to the UK festive break caused a last minute decision to…

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Christmas in Peasmarsh with my eldest brother and family

December 25, 2022 robintouring Leave a comment

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Once more into the breach dear friends

December 19, 2022 robintouring Leave a comment

Very happy that the water under the liner has receded; seems to have also levelled the sand to some extent…

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Some Christmas links to Frank Zappa

December 17, 2022 robintouring Leave a comment

A&E Bio BBC Archive Camarillo Brillo The Late show 1993 Paris 1980 Part1 & Part2 Baby Snakes

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A nasty fright and a moment to pause in the crawl space.

November 20, 2022 robintouring Leave a comment

The fitting of the plates progressed well but on running out of the plastic nails I re-ordered from Amazon and…

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Crawl space insulation take two

November 17, 2022 robintouring Leave a comment

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!

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The three brothers

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Painting away, end in sight.

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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 Leave a comment

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

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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

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Around Munich

October 21, 2022 robintouring Leave a comment

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

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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 Leave a comment

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 Leave a comment

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Caravan V’s Camper van

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  • Carrying the snag.
  • A snag
  • Tricky Dicky?
  • Tank cleaning Bara Vi
  • Cider Making 2026
  • More pickling – Mango Chutney
  • Pickling
  • Brighton
  • A trip up to World Ports Day in Rotterdam
  • Isotherm ASU SP water cooled fridge fault (fixing).
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