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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 7h

Clementine gimlet- very nice, if a little too easy to drink! Would be a good Christmas cocktail!

50ml gin, 40ml clementine juice, 5ml sugar syrup. Shake with lots of ice, and serve in frozen glasses

Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He was my favourite player in the early 90s - I only got to see him bat once live - bowled by Syd Lawrence in the first over -it was a sweet moment however as the test squad had just been announced with no Syd

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Kp taking the Australian attack apart at Bristol in 2005 was pretty special - but Ian Botham (well past his prime) winning a Benson and hedges game for Worcestershire at Bristol single handed was incredible to a 13 year me - 138 not out, hooked a six to win the game in the last over

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ah, delighted you enjoyed it! I was really impressed

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hmm, not a huge fan of peaty whisky tbh, and don't think I've actually tried any mezcal - but guess I should aim for those with minimal smokiness!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Actually, while generally a fan of gin, and gin and tonic, there is a special place in hell reserved for the smoked gin and tonic I tried in Berlin 10 years ago. Like drinking a packet of cigarettes. Smoked food = generally good, smoked drink = always bad. (Smoked beer also awful)

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

After lunch, controversial... I've always found gin more appealing as an aperitif! My unfortunate experience was with a 3 litre bottle of old English cider aged 17- i still can't manage more than a half pint or so of cider 32 years later!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hope you manage to sample some of the dark beers! Charles bridge at sunrise is pretty cool, albeit not fully compatible with the excellent beer!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Le tunnel, recipe courtesy of Richard Godwin. Enjoyed this, but didn't ease into it quite like a Negroni or Boulevardier.

30ml gin, 30ml dry vermouth, 20ml campari, 10ml Italian vermouth, stir with ice and serve with orange peel garnish

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Very excited to get to help host a work function earlier this week where I actually got to put some of my a-level history studies to use - pictured with William IV the sailor King, and father of 10 illegitimate children. (Also monarch during great reform act of 1832).

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Only today to go - please help if you can...

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

britmap · 28 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 100 ● 100 ● 98 ● 89 ○ 25 Total: 738/1000 · www.britm.app · Day 4 well it started pretty well!

britm.app

britmap

The daily British history map puzzle.

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wow! Embarrassingly I misplaced london which diminished my score (not like I've lived here for 25 years)- did not quite hit your scores on the others however! Chapeau!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Most gracious! It was a clever question for luring in the unwary - I was cross with my hasty response. But it led me down a rabbit hole that ended with watching footage of heath streak dismissing Javed Miandad (not lbw of course!) twice in the same match - so a positive outcome!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think in the circumstances it was fair criticism! Should have read all 3 of the criteria before replying...

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A glos win to continue their mini resurgence after a difficult year or two, and along the way consign Lancashire to bottom of the table perhaps!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

That pinging is a lovely sound (especially when you then manage to spot them)- fond memories of a suffolk holiday where I heard them on a couple of occasions before finally laying eyes on them

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

britmap · 20 SEPTEMBER 2026 ● 86 ● 85 ● 94 ● 92 ● 93 Total: 914/1000 · www.britm.app this is quite entertaining!

britm.app

britmap

The daily British history map puzzle.

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Aha, and this has solved menu planning for dinner tomorrow night!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Always nice to start a Saturday by run directing at @catfordparkrun.bsky.social - this mornings run directing duties branched out in an unexpected direction- I can now add removing a disembowelled rat from the course to my cv (happily spotted by the set up crew before any runners trod on it!)

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Double dose of culture in London. La femme infidele as part of the Chabrol season at the nft, followed by the Whistler exhibition at Tate Britain. Both excellent! Had not seen the chabrol before, and great to see on the big screen. Some of the whistler - especially the nocturnes- were magnificent

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Northampton half done- nice event apart from unexpected flight of stairs and a nasty uphill for the final mile! Legs didn't quite have enough summer training to push for a sub 90- only just outside in the end but pretty sure the course measured a bit short

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Darn- will manage my expectations!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

No insightful knowledge beyond knowing that I love a good palo cortado, but don't see them very often. The ones I've had have been somewhere between amontillardo and oloroso, typically pretty dry, and with an incredible long interesting finish. Enjoy!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Crisps definitely a solid option for salt replacement!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is my go to option for electrolyte replacement, but guess you may not have any to hand! Failing that bananas and pickle juice are supposed to be quite effective (tasty combination!)

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Having just returned from a couple of days in Prague this was a joy to read - thank you! So many fine beers to try!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I do love a good ferry trip! Able to board when we arrived - 3 hours or so before departure, and installed with a cold pint of Heineken (ok, so the beer options could be better, but hey) watching the sunset! Returning to Harwich after a 9 day adventure (Zagreb, Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Amsterdam)

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Another day, another excellent Prague brew. This amber ale was delicious - and followed a very refreshing Berlin style Weisse, and a Budvar summer ale, which was also pretty good.

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It was amusing to discover- while visiting several second hand shops for daughter to peruse the clothes- that even in Prague approximately 50% of the cheap records ars by James Last. (Fewer Cliff Richard however).

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Charles Bridge at sunrise. Well worth the 5.40 alarm call!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ah Prague, even more magnificent than I remembered. And the beer is still cheap, albeit I probably won't drink quite as much of it this time as I did in 1999!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm very much enjoying revisiting it 27 years on. The strahov monastery restaurant is a hard recommend - up beyond the castle - superb dark and amber beer, and very reasonable and fine food- our goulash and schnitzel went down a treat!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I had forgotten just how good czech dark beer was. Glorious.

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Oops, adult content warning triggered for the Klimt!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

auf wiedersehen Wien! A fantastic couple of days exploring the Austrian capital for the first time. Superb art- Klimt and Brueghels particular highlights. Next stop Prague!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I interrailed through hungary 27 years ago- spent a really nice couple of days in Eger - some the wines there were superb - lovely levels of acidity in the reds!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

After a brief 28 hours in zagreb - in which I failed to see a collared flycatcher or middle spotted woodpecker, I'm now on the world's slowest train to Budapest. Here is the view of lake balaton, the largest freshwater lake in Europe.

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Pleased to add a couple of continental offerings from Zagreb.

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Well done - always good to have some first aid knowledge to fall back on. I'm a first aider at work and have been grateful to have those skills several times outside work. Does shake you up however!

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Totally shot (not a surprise- all the others from this producer have been long dead). However, the morellino was a joy. Spicy, rich, overripe forest fruits (not sure if that is due to the age)- beautifully smooth. Perfect with a nice steak, and a lovely surprise as I feared this too would be dead

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A tale of 4 dusty old bottles- further bottles from my late uncle's cellar. Both whites were dark orange - the Monterey had evolved into something strangely between an old sherry with a bit of pudding wine on the nose. It wasn't exactly nice, but less sulphurous than the other. The Beaune was...

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Rob Harvey @robharvey99.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Happy Friday cocktail! Paloma- a grapefruit/long take on a margarita - rather nice! Recipe courtesy of diffords in alt text

50ml silver tequila, 25ml pink grapefruit juice, 12.5ml lime juice, 7.5ml agave syrup, grapefuit soda to top (couldn't find any so used fever tree lime soda)

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