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I had lost touch with Kieron and Anne after I retired and moved away from Somerset, so it was with great sadness that I learned of their passing.
They had a nice little orchard at their smallholding which cropped quite heavily and made a very good cider. Under the trees there would be a few pigs rooting for tasty morsels. Oxford sandy and blacks I think they were. They ended up as sausages of superb quality!
Kieron was also very keen on making country wines. I would barter a jug of cider for a bottle of Kieron's red.
They also hosted a rather unusual annual event - tomato tasting. Their polytunnel was full of a huge number of different varieties of tomatoes of assorted shapes sizes and colours.
One Christmas I gave them a tin of my homemade mince pies of which I was fairly proud. Kieron's verdict, "They were a bit crumbly!"
Happy days
Kieron and Anne, sadly missed
Wooden telescope tube
in Discussions - Scopes / Whole setups
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Ten or more years ago I saw somewhere on the net instructions for making a wooden tube for a Newtonian out of wooden laths. The laths were fairly narrow, about 1" as I recall, resulting in a round tube. I got as far as sawing the laths and then "life" got in the way, since when the laths have been gathering dust on a shelf.
With the current lockdown I've got time enough on my hands to get on with it, but I can't find the website.
Does anyone else remember a site like this? Or have any suggestions or tips for a project like this?
Thanks
Steve