Monthly Archives: May 2018

Swimming, 24th May 2018

Posted on May 25, 2018 by james

Another technique session spent working on my tumble turns. I feel these are definitely improving, but there’s probably still a fair way to go before I’m going to be happy with them. Control of when I take the last breath … Continue reading →

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And here’s how you’re supposed to do it

Posted on May 23, 2018 by james

I’ve had my Yanmar 1510D tractor for some time now, but I’m getting to the point where I actually need to know what I’m supposed to be doing when servicing it. Yanmar’s European operation was exceptionally unkeen to help out, … Continue reading →

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Yet another leak

Posted on May 23, 2018 by james

Not content with the two we’ve already had this year that we still haven’t completely finished tidying up from, not to mention the snow being driven into the attic and melting on the bedroom ceiling, our plumbing has decided to … Continue reading →

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Plastic is the new ink

Posted on May 23, 2018 by james

Yesterday a box of goodies arrived at our door, somewhat sooner than expected (and not as large, either): This is the aluminium-framed Geeetech Prusa i3 clone that will hopefully be an interesting project for myself and the children to get … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 22nd May 2018

Posted on May 23, 2018 by james

Back for hopefully one final attempt at the following set: 400m front crawl warm-up 25 x 50m front crawl, target time 54s, rest interval 21s 200m front crawl swim down I wasn’t at all sure how it would go, still … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 21st May 2018

Posted on May 23, 2018 by james

Feeling quite tired after a busy weekend, so I just decided to work on technique today and went back to my tumble turns. The biggest issue is timing, really. As my speed through the water increases so the point at … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 17th May 2018

Posted on May 20, 2018 by james

No time to swim yesterday, so today I was back in the pool to try for a second success at 400m front crawl warm-up 25 x 50m front crawl, target time 54s, rest interval 21s 200m front crawl swim down … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 15th May 2018

Posted on May 20, 2018 by james

Another attempt at: 400m front crawl warm-up 25 x 50m front crawl, target time 54s, rest interval 21s 200m front crawl swim down I found the going pretty tough for this one, but managed all 25 reps despite sinking quite … Continue reading →

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Springtime and new life

Posted on May 20, 2018 by james

Ok, so Spring has been some time coming this year with cold and wet weather for quite a while, but it’s significantly improving now and to celebrate our first chicks hatched out this weekend. I have a mixture of Marans, … Continue reading →

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This week’s dashcam footage

Posted on May 20, 2018 by james

Strangest incident this week was finding these two trouble-makers in the road at about 9pm in the evening. I’m not aware that anyone is keeping cattle anywhere near that stretch of road, so I’ve no idea where they came from.

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