Dr Robin Croft
@robinjazz.bsky.social
Semi-retired university lecturer and researcher. Amateur photographer, budding saxophonist, eco-house builder, francophone. Norfolk, England.
To celebrate St Andrew's Day, some of my favourite memories from #Scotland. From the left, Rogie Falls, Cromarty Firth, Fort George (Moray Firth), Glenfinnan.
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
To celebrate St Andrew's Day, some of my favourite memories from #Scotland. From the left, Rogie Falls, Cromarty Firth, Fort George (Moray Firth), Glenfinnan.
Later that morning we head to Scotland on LNER Trains, which has been in public ownership since 2018. The trains run on time, and it's possible to buy tickets at very reasonable prices. eg Peterborough to Inverness, an 8 hour trip, £42. @lner.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Later that morning we head to Scotland on LNER Trains, which has been in public ownership since 2018. The trains run on time, and it's possible to buy tickets at very reasonable prices. eg Peterborough to Inverness, an 8 hour trip, £42. @lner.co.uk
Today we are travelling with Greater Anglia Trains again, the first time since they came back into public ownership earlier this month. Most of the seats were taken, and they have reintroduced a trolley service for refreshments again. Something I haven't seen since before Covid.
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Today we are travelling with Greater Anglia Trains again, the first time since they came back into public ownership earlier this month. Most of the seats were taken, and they have reintroduced a trolley service for refreshments again. Something I haven't seen since before Covid.
Karl Parsons' work was featured on a special issue of 5 Royal Mail Christmas stamps in 1992.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Karl Parsons' work was featured on a special issue of 5 Royal Mail Christmas stamps in 1992.
www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issu...
www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issu...
Seen in the Stained Glass Museum, Ely. a great illustration of the English colloquial phrase "going at it hammer and tongs". This means doing something with great enthusiasm and energy.
@stainedglassmuseum.bsky.social
@stainedglassmuseum.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Seen in the Stained Glass Museum, Ely. a great illustration of the English colloquial phrase "going at it hammer and tongs". This means doing something with great enthusiasm and energy.
@stainedglassmuseum.bsky.social
@stainedglassmuseum.bsky.social
Last week's #FreeCycle fruits included a massive haul of about 20kgs of quince. These are like hard, sour apples, but are packed with flavour, nutrients and fibre. We will be producing quice jelly, chutney, juice and other nutritious meals over the next few weeks. @freecycle.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Last week's #FreeCycle fruits included a massive haul of about 20kgs of quince. These are like hard, sour apples, but are packed with flavour, nutrients and fibre. We will be producing quice jelly, chutney, juice and other nutritious meals over the next few weeks. @freecycle.bsky.social
This was then baked, and made a delicous meal. A sort of organic fondue where you dip your fresh bread and then end up eating the pot!
We kept the seeds, so next year we grow our own #Pattypan squash.
We kept the seeds, so next year we grow our own #Pattypan squash.
October 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This was then baked, and made a delicous meal. A sort of organic fondue where you dip your fresh bread and then end up eating the pot!
We kept the seeds, so next year we grow our own #Pattypan squash.
We kept the seeds, so next year we grow our own #Pattypan squash.
Last week, thanks to #FreeCycle, some folks in a neighbouring village gave us a Pattypan squash. Today, we hollowed out the centre and replaced the pulp and seeds with a whole Camenbert cheese.
October 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Last week, thanks to #FreeCycle, some folks in a neighbouring village gave us a Pattypan squash. Today, we hollowed out the centre and replaced the pulp and seeds with a whole Camenbert cheese.
This is a very special place. A huge and beautiful graveyard stretching out across the slopes and into the forest. A railway, closed 100 years ago, wound around the mountain to Ynysybwl served 2 now defunct mines.
June 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is a very special place. A huge and beautiful graveyard stretching out across the slopes and into the forest. A railway, closed 100 years ago, wound around the mountain to Ynysybwl served 2 now defunct mines.
Very nice, @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social .
By way of reply, here are some tiles from Cromer parish church. Nothing in the guide about them, but they seem to have been installed during the 1860s.
#TilesOnTuesday
By way of reply, here are some tiles from Cromer parish church. Nothing in the guide about them, but they seem to have been installed during the 1860s.
#TilesOnTuesday
June 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Very nice, @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social .
By way of reply, here are some tiles from Cromer parish church. Nothing in the guide about them, but they seem to have been installed during the 1860s.
#TilesOnTuesday
By way of reply, here are some tiles from Cromer parish church. Nothing in the guide about them, but they seem to have been installed during the 1860s.
#TilesOnTuesday
Today's visitor to the garden: a hungry hare. Very good at sniffing out any new bedding plants and then devouring them.
April 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Today's visitor to the garden: a hungry hare. Very good at sniffing out any new bedding plants and then devouring them.
Today is St George's Day, England's offical patron saint since 1350. This image, is from 1905 and shows the Duke of Clarence as St George. He died in 1892, aged 28, and this stained glass window was commissioned by his mother the Princess of Wales. It was installed in Buckingham Palace in 1905.
April 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today is St George's Day, England's offical patron saint since 1350. This image, is from 1905 and shows the Duke of Clarence as St George. He died in 1892, aged 28, and this stained glass window was commissioned by his mother the Princess of Wales. It was installed in Buckingham Palace in 1905.
Day 4 in our #AirBnB in the Highlands of Scotland. Since arriving, I had been hunting for a teapot, and there it was. Hiding in plain sight. #HarrisTweed
April 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Day 4 in our #AirBnB in the Highlands of Scotland. Since arriving, I had been hunting for a teapot, and there it was. Hiding in plain sight. #HarrisTweed
Last year we finished building a new eco-house in the east of England. There was a mature cherry tree on the plot which we were able to save. It is up close to the main bedroom. This is what we saw last April from the balcony (the house was still under construction then.)
March 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Last year we finished building a new eco-house in the east of England. There was a mature cherry tree on the plot which we were able to save. It is up close to the main bedroom. This is what we saw last April from the balcony (the house was still under construction then.)
A normal morning in Norfolk. 1000 sheep run down the road and invade next-door's garden.
January 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A normal morning in Norfolk. 1000 sheep run down the road and invade next-door's garden.
A much later representation, by the great arts-and-crafts glass maker Karl Parsons. This example in Ansley, Warwickshire, dates from 1930. Picture by Aidan McRae Thomson.
January 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A much later representation, by the great arts-and-crafts glass maker Karl Parsons. This example in Ansley, Warwickshire, dates from 1930. Picture by Aidan McRae Thomson.
St Agnes is very often depicted with a lamb in religious art. Part of the reason is thought to be the pun on names: lamb is agnus is Latin. This wonderful medieval carving in the great Dom church in Utrecht.
January 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
St Agnes is very often depicted with a lamb in religious art. Part of the reason is thought to be the pun on names: lamb is agnus is Latin. This wonderful medieval carving in the great Dom church in Utrecht.
Born on this day, 1882, A A Milne. Creator of some of the greatest characters in children's literature: Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit, Piglet and Winnie the Pooh.
January 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Born on this day, 1882, A A Milne. Creator of some of the greatest characters in children's literature: Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit, Piglet and Winnie the Pooh.
For the interview panel: cake or death?
January 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
For the interview panel: cake or death?
Making tofu at home #7. The whey has been separated from the curds (tofu). In total, around 10 litres of whey produced, and around 1 kg of tofu in pressing.
January 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Making tofu at home #7. The whey has been separated from the curds (tofu). In total, around 10 litres of whey produced, and around 1 kg of tofu in pressing.
Making tofu at home #6. We now have soya milk curds and whey.
January 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Making tofu at home #6. We now have soya milk curds and whey.
The milk is allowed to cool to 80 degrees Celsius, and then the coagulants are added. Nigari and calcium chloride.
January 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The milk is allowed to cool to 80 degrees Celsius, and then the coagulants are added. Nigari and calcium chloride.
The waste soya solids (called okari) will be composted.
January 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The waste soya solids (called okari) will be composted.
This milk is then strained, before being boiled for 15 minutes to remove the unpleasant,'beany' taste.
January 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This milk is then strained, before being boiled for 15 minutes to remove the unpleasant,'beany' taste.