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Not today but recent trip to Johannesburg...

A few pics of the Anglo American (think gold, diamonds, precious metals, De Beers) buildings in Main Street, Johannesburg centre of the old CBD... now minor part last century corporate colonial splendour, major part modern run down inner city depravation. 

The Stampede or The Impala Fountain by Herman Wald, in bronze, stands out... "The Stampede was my first impression in this country, nature’s most graceful charge that competes with any man-made efforts, unconditionally acclaimed by child or adult, by amateur or connoisseur, unbound by time, fashion or ‘isms’."

Fascinating country that gets more fascinating over time as stories unfold

And the Jo'burg winter sky never disappoints...

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Also not today but over the last week & weekend:
Since the temperatures rose a bit in germany the citrus project on the balcony is growing along. 
Seen here are:
1 x trifoliate orange
1 x citrumelo (hybrid of trifoliate orange & grapefruit)
lots of yuzus (the small ones are seed grown), the big one I got last winter at half its size right now
2 x volkamer lemons
1 ichang orange
and maybe in the background a sanguinello blood orange
Also visible an olive we got a few years ago bearing fruit nowadays :)

The other pictures are from the weekend, foraging for berries and mushrooms in the black forest. 
Friends of ours moved there recently and we visited over the weekend. Since it's been crazy rainy and wet, but not really cold chanterelle mushrooms have been growing pretty early in the season. Usually they are ripe in august/september, rather than beginning of july. 

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Struggling to wear any denim in the summer but had a go whilst visiting Painshill Park. 
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Only half of it was done in jeans and the rest was done in sweatpants or else, also not done today but moreso over the last 9 months.

I finished a sweater over the weekend. Raglan top down construction, seamless and knit on the round, 100% wool, and a turtleneck-ish collar. Took inspiration from arans on the braids, but not as complex as your typical aran knit.

Really proud since it's my first piece with braiding and any break from simple right or left right patterns.

The pattern on the sleeves came natural as a help for sizing them down for the cuffs, same for the sides.

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I helped install the piping for all of the sea life areas. Crazy that I was inside that huge tank when it was empty. 

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IMG_6348.jpeggot to visit a local nursery legend today. Jerry is a bit of a godfather when it comes to carnivorous plants specifically Sarracenia/pitcher plants. 
It was amazing to see all of his greenhouses and hybrids he’s made. 

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On 4/5/2024 at 7:32 PM, rbeck said:

@Double 0 Soul got some closeups of that bike? Looks real sharp 👌 

Sorry for the slow response @rbeck.. it's been at least 6mths since my last confession

Sure, the frame is a Mid-90s Pace RC200, They were made in Yorkshire, very light, very rigid, very quick

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The forks are Pace RC31, Flight saddle and Syncros post

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It's been through a series of incarnations but i think i'm finally done tinkering with it..

It's got Pace Renthal bars, Pauls levers, Pauls Thumbies (with Dura-Ace shifters) Pauls Klampers and Onza grips

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X-Lite L168 with Ringle Slamma

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Cooks Bros Racing crank (which @beautiful_FrEaK proxied for me) Pace rings, Syncros Ti BB, Suntour XC Pros, XTR M952 front and rear, CK hubs and Ultradynamicos

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@Double 0 Soul I'm now looking at the bathroom photos on a bigger screen, rather than squinting on my phone - the craftsmanship throughout is unbelievable! 

A question on the cabinets you built - the ply you've used looks mega hefty, I can't quite tell if it's two layers or one mega thick layer - did you have to use some sort of marine grade ply or rather just rely on everything being properly watertight that's fixed on top?

Judging by the quality of the tiling work I'm imagining you're very unlikely to ever have issues!

The grooved vertically stacked mini subway brick tiles are amazing too!

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52 minutes ago, Alec Leamas said:

@Double 0 Soul I'm now looking at the bathroom photos on a bigger screen, rather than squinting on my phone - the craftsmanship throughout is unbelievable! 

A question on the cabinets you built - the ply you've used looks mega hefty, I can't quite tell if it's two layers or one mega thick layer - did you have to use some sort of marine grade ply or rather just rely on everything being properly watertight that's fixed on top?

Judging by the quality of the tiling work I'm imagining you're very unlikely to ever have issues!

The grooved vertically stacked mini subway brick tiles are amazing too!

Thanks

I always go overboard with the deets.. I over-engineer everything :D

The cabinet under the sink was a redwood frame lined with 18mm marine ply which was coated in some kind of primer by the tiler to stop the ply absorbing the moisture from the grout and weakening the bond.. it went on red but dried clear.. i've since lined it out with WCB grade Scandi ply (which is what i used for the door because it's perfectly flat) and painted it with Zinsser mould resistant paint.. the push/release latch was from LAMP .. the ply + grout + tile had to work between 23mm and 32mm for the hinges to clear the reveal.

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The cabinet behind the toilet is double 18mm marine ply.. it was bent .. so i laminated 2x pieces together

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..like this^ 2x equally bent pieces oppositely laminated together will counteract the tension in each and give you one flat piece..

The cabinet for the shower is the only part which comes into contact with water so it was fully tanked before it was tiled over

Oh.. the steps i put into the cabinet behind the toilet are to account for the thickness of the tile + the grout.. i didn't want the wooden plinth under the sink to be stepped when it was tiled over so i stepped the cabinet to allow for the tiles.. if that makes sense

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Nothing exciting for me, got up early.. Cat was still fast asleep

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Yawned

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.. rolled over

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Made myself a chorizo omelette and made some pancake mix for the attic full of sleepy teenagers.. who were still up at 4am

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Remember those flip down seats i put in last year?

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When you look behind them.. it's become a nursery for all the li'll snails.. cute!!

Shhh.. don't wake them up, they're only babies

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Rode up to my old childhood playground

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..everytime i come here it gets more extreme.. When i was a kid, I bust my front tooth on this track when i took a slam on my Kuwahara so i had to have it capped till i stopped growing and had it crowned when i got to 16.. when i was 20 i bust my ankle here.. but after writhing around in agony for a while, i kept riding till the sun went down.. chucked my bike in the back of my £550 Mk2 Fiesta and drove home (with a broken ankle).. the next day it was massive and heavily bruised so i went to get it x-ray'd then plastered.. it was my right foot so i couldn't press the accelerator in the car but rather than use public transport, i used one of the crutches they gave me to press the accelerator along with left foot breaking.. within a week, i had it down.. i was a much less responsible adult in those days :D

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..saying that, i'd only been there for 5mins when i came off on the berm.. grazed my arm, my hip and my saddle.. thankfully, it was 9am so nobody was there to see it

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..rode back home and made the sleepy teens so good old northern pancakes.. none of that American nonsense!

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..walked down to Sharrowvale to pick my racket up from the shop

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..the cat which lives in the pet shop

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..spotted this lovely old E-Type out in the rain

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Ive gone for Luxilon Alu Power 125 Rough, strung at 52lbs if anyone is interested... No? ok, i'll move on..

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..a spot of crate diggin

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.. a little blast around the plantation this afternoon

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..followed by a pint of Moonshine at the Norfolk arms.. featuring threadbare arm of JMC

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