Rob Parker

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10 Followers
13 Following
41 Posts

It's all about the cake. Everything else is just staying alive.

But while staying alive there is also mountaineering, beer, endurance motor racing, border collies, beer, cycling, cricket, all that important stuff that we need to be doing like revolutionising politics, dealing with climate disaster, and addressing social inequality. And cake and beer.

Dog 1Collie
Dog 2Collie cross
Dog 3Vacancy
CatSomewhere out there
Rob ParkerNov 8, 2022

Updating my topo #maps on my various #Garmin devices which is never a small task. Even bigger this time as I'm including the #California maps in prep for my High Sierra Trail #hike next year.

I love the maps that Martin produces over at https://talkytoaster.me.uk from the standard OSM maps. They look great, more detail than standard UK #ordanancesurvey maps, updated on a regular basis, and are painfully cheap compared to the alternatives. Highly recommended.

Rob ParkerNov 8, 2022
julkinenNov 7, 2022
Getting started with that #weirdcarmastodon stuff right here
Rob ParkerNov 7, 2022
Been a day of almost entirely email based work which was not much fun. I did manage to grab a #run at lunch while it was almost sunny outside and did the most contrived route imaginable... But as any #Boosh fan knows, distance is its own reward.
Rob ParkerNov 7, 2022
Jennifer JordanNov 5, 2022
Reposting this now that I have more followers! A bit of my research on women and #hops and #beer in 19th century Wisconsin. https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2021/2/23/fields-of-calico-the-rise-and-fall-of-wisconsins-19th-century-hop-industry 🍻🌿
Rob ParkerNov 6, 2022
ParanjayNov 6, 2022

Some #classiccar (and bike) photos shot in #Bombay in early 2022. What do you think?

#Photography #Fujifilm #HerrJoy

Rob ParkerNov 6, 2022

Currently sat in the bath getting some warmth back into my bones after a brilliant day of #motorsport at Warton Stock Car Club. The weather got a bit grim but the racing was anything but.

Very substantial and tasty bacon and sausage sandwich too. I must tell my friends I'm not eating meat so they don't buy me this stuff anymore.

Rob ParkerNov 6, 2022
The Mint Chocolate Brownie #cake (made with the 'flavour variant' KitKats previously featured) looks amazing. Tastes pretty good too, just needs a hot coffee out on the blustery sand while watching #motorsport to really set it off.
Show threadRob ParkerNov 5, 2022
I have no self control. Creme Bearlee (Beartown Brewery who I love despite being in Congleton) is just irresistible #beer when on draft. It's lunchtime, I can go for a run later to work it off!
Rob ParkerNov 5, 2022
Got a half of the Moo Tang Clan Milkshake #IPA #beer (York brewery) as I've been promising myself one. It actually really works... You get the fruit and dryness up front but the finish is really mellowed by the lactose. An IPA I'd drink a full pint of even!
Rob ParkerNov 4, 2022

Just met this lovely human who is doing off the cuff Christmas #art designs across a dozen windows at the local store (in frankly very unpleasant weather conditions).

Yesterday she did a different store. Tomorrow she'll do another. And the people in the cafe watch her through the windows she is working on with envy at her talent and no envy at her being outside while they are eating their #cake.