New Cottage - October Update

Lots of progress on the new cottage build this month! Here's a pic from my kayak in the middle of the bay... It looks more finished than it really is of course, but it's just about closed-in now and weather proof. Lots to do on the interior now, from wiring and plumbing to kitchen and hot tub installation. The fall colours have been radiant this year, which has been very distracting! We have closed up the old cottage for winter for the last time and sometime in the spring when the new one is ready to move in, we will transfer everything across and knock the old one down. And then Chateau Robinson will open for family visitation!

I CANT IMAGINE WHAT ALL FUSS WAS ABOUT AT HELSINKI AIRPORT ! ! !

WHO KNOWS WHAT JAMIES HOLDING THEN ?

ANSWERS ON A POSTCARD TO  MR McGinley

THE BOUGHTON BUMS....

JUST A QUICK UPDATE FROM BOUGHTON       NOT POSTED FOR AGES     NAUGHTY BOY.....     APART FROM THE USUAL OBLIGATORY TRIPS I'M FORCED INTO MAKING TO VISIT MY OFFSPRING IN PORTUGAL AND FLORIDA (WHY COULD'NT IT HAVE BEEN AFGANISTAN AND UKRAINE FOR EXAMPLE )....BY PAULINE.  WE HAD A COUPLE OF FAR MORE  STIMULATING OCCURANCES RECENTLY...  ONE WAS A LONE VISIT BY TYLER FOR A STAY WITH THE OLD FOLKS IN THE UK....TO TRY AND BREAK HIS DRUG HABIT .....AND THE OTHER WAS A FATHER AND SON FISHING BONDING TRIP TO THE KOLA PENINSULE IN DARKEST RUSSIA.. WHICH WE FELT OTHER OUTSIDE INFLUENCES PUSHED US TO ARRANGE (THE JIM FACTOR)    SO JUST A QUICK DESCRIPTION TO COVER THE VARIOUS PHOTO'S POSTED   .   TYLER  WE DID A LONDON TWO DAY VISIT AND A FOUR DAY BARGE TRIP ON THE NENE OUT OF OUNDLE......   TOOK ME BACK TO CHILDHOOD DAYS ON BOARD ANNECY  ! !(JIMS OLD BOAT )         THE OTHER MORE RECENT FISHING TRIP  WAS..... FLY TO HELSINKI OVERNIGHT  THEN ON TO MURMANSK   FOR A NINE HOUR BUS TRIP TO THE VARZUGA RIVER ON THE WHITE SEA ON MOSTLY UNMADE ROADS ! !  STAYING IN CABINS WITH A RUSSIAN  COOK.....NOW I KNOW WHY THEY DRINK SO MUCH VODKA  ..ITS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN EAT THERE FOOD ! !  AFTER FREEZING ALL DAY FISHING IT WAS VERY WELCOME TO USE THE BANYA   ...APPARENTY A RUSSIAN SAUNA WHERE YOU GET BEATEN WITH HALF A PINE TREE......WHILE YOUR SO HOT YOU COULD'NT CARE LESS ...   LIKE FOOLS WE LISTENED TO THE LOCALS WHO TOLD US IT WAS NORMAL TO THEN RUSH NAKED AS A JAY BIRD STRAIGHT INTO THE MIGHTY VARZUGA RIVER........WHAT THEY TOLD US AFTERWARDS WAS THAT NORMALLY TAKES PLACE IN JULY     ..NOT IN OCTOBER AT 8 PM IN THE PITCH BLACK JUST SIX WEEKS BEFORE THE WHOLE BLOODY RIVER FREEZES OVER ......THEY HAVE SAID IF THEY FIND THEM THEY WILL SEND THEM ON TO US !!!!!
ANYWAY ENOUGH MUTTERINGS FROM ME     HOPE YOUR ALL WELL AND ENJOYING LIFE TO THE MAX......KEEP US POSTED AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CLAN McROBBO'S....