Monthly Archives: December 2018

Building an observatory. Construction #33

A bit of a break in the weather (by which I mean “it stopped raining for a while) this afternoon left me an opportunity to get out and do some of the cladding on the observatory. My plan is to … Continue reading

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Swimming, 21st December 2018

I managed to find time today despite the rush to get stuff done before Christmas, so back to the pool for the same set as I’ve been doing all week, but with another five seconds knocked off the rest interval. … Continue reading

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Swimming, 20th December 2018

Same session as yesterday for today, though I was definitely feeling a little tired and mostly struggled to get as far off the walls as I would normally. Not by much, but enough to be noticeable. Otherwise than that and … Continue reading

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DIY egg incubator and hatcher

For some time now I’ve been idly contemplating the possibility of making my own incubator and hatcher for (primarily) chicken eggs as I’ve never been completely happy with the performance of my commercially-produced ones. What I’m thinking of for the … Continue reading

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Swimming, 19th December 2018

Another session swimming with my daughter today, and we both did pretty well. I reduced my recovery time for today’s set by five seconds and completed it relatively comfortably, though I was getting quite tired for the last two or … Continue reading

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Swimming, 18th December 2018

Good day, today. For the first time I managed a full set, though far slower than I want — probably somewhere around 14 minutes slower. I can at least start working on improving the times now though, and I shall … Continue reading

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Swimming, 17th December 2018

Today I went to the pool with my daughter so she could also do some training. I’m almost back up to the full distance I would normally expect to do now, though still a little on the slow side. Hopefully … Continue reading

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Building an observatory. Construction #32

The weather this weekend was quite wet and windy, but I managed to get out early(-ish 🙂 on Sunday to start fixing the northern gable in place. Everything went quite nicely to plan in terms of rolling the roof over … Continue reading

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Swimming, 14th December 2018

Well, swimming five days in a row now. That’s a first for this year I think. Perhaps it demonstrates how much fitness I’ve lost by having three weeks off 🙁 Anyhow, same stuff as yesterday, but happily I’m not feeling … Continue reading

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Swimming, 13th December 2018

Same story for today as previous days this week. Just getting used to swimming again. USRPT distance this year: 77,650m Total distance this year: 179,150m

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