Monthly Archives: September 2018

Swimming, 28th September 2018

Got out on poolside today to find the school session prior to the public one over-running. By the time we could actually get into the water it was already ten minutes into the hour session. I was not happy 🙁 … Continue reading

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Swimming, 27th September 2018

Same thing as Monday and Tuesday today. Just getting myself back into it. USRPT distance this year: 54,250m Total distance this year: 141,300m

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A reminder of six months ago

I just found these photos sitting around. Given how hot this summer was and then how wet it’s been over the last week or so, it’s hardly believable that back in mid-March this was how my home looked.

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Swimming, 25th September 2018

Another swim just to get back into things. The water still doesn’t really feel as though it’s back to the usual temperature, but it was very cold last night and there was a frost this morning so perhaps that didn’t … Continue reading

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“Astro Swag”

It’s been some time since I posted about oacapture, but work progresses with that as I have time. One of the things I’ve been working on is using an external timer and camera controller for generating timestamped images of occultations. … Continue reading

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Swimming, 24th September 2018

Almost two full weeks since my last swim, and I am not very happy about it. The boiler at the pool I swim at broke down on the day I last swam and has taken some time to repair. Whilst … Continue reading

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Building an observatory. Construction #17

I’ve started work on the frames for the sides of the roof now. Below is my solution for fitting the wheels (I’ve decided to use just four as they’re supposed to be good to carry 250kg each and the entire … Continue reading

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Building an observatory. Construction #16

The next step in the roof construction was to join some of the roof frames together. If I’d joined all four however I’d have ended up with something too big to manage, so I’ve paired up the four frames to … Continue reading

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Building an observatory. Construction #15

Time to start welding! This took somewhat longer than I planned (what doesn’t? :D. In part because it’s years since I did any welding and most of that was stick welding, not MIG. But perhaps the biggest problem was cleaning … Continue reading

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Swimming, 11th September 2018

Another attempt at my 51s USRPT set, and another sorry failure 🙁 Better than yesterday however, in that I managed one more 50 and my first failure was later in the set. Still not good though. USRPT distance this year: … Continue reading

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