Monthly Archives: December 2018

Building an observatory. Construction #31

A little more progress yesterday evening… I’d measured up for the north-east gable once, but when I came to check the measurements over they clearly couldn’t be right. The pitch of the roof wasn’t anywhere near the same as the … Continue reading

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Swimming, 12th December 2018

Another easier session today, but still building up from the previous one. It must have been harder, too — I could feel the heat being generated in my lats as I was driving home afterwards. USRPT distance this year: 76,650m … Continue reading

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Swimming, 11th December 2018

Another session to get back into swimming again today. Slightly better than yesterday perhaps, but still astonishingly hard work. USRPT distance this year: 75,650m Total distance this year: 176,350m

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3d printer upgrade in the works

Recently I’ve been trying to print some replacement cups for the anemometer on my 1-wire weather station. The existing ones have started to decay quite badly so I thought I’d try to print some replacements using PLA, with a view … Continue reading

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Building an observatory. Construction #30

Today may be something of an event. I actually achieved what I set out to achieve on the observatory today 🙂 To be fair, it wasn’t an awful lot. Just before the Sun set I remembered that I needed to … Continue reading

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Swimming, 10th December 2018

After a long break thanks to suffering quite badly with some horrible cold virus that just wouldn’t die, I finally got back to the pool today. This week at least is just going to be getting back into the swing … Continue reading

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Building an observatory. Construction #29

Despite a whole day working on the observatory I don’t feel as though I’ve achieved much today. The days are getting so much shorter however. I came in for lunch today and realised that by the time we’d finished eating … Continue reading

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Building an observatory. Construction #28

With the roof keeping the rain off the top, I need to stop it getting in the sides as well before I can think about putting down the floor (and there are a couple of other things besides that need … Continue reading

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Building an observatory. Construction #27

It’s been a slow four weeks since my last post, mostly because of the virus that my daughter kindly shared with me. It has left both of us feeling quite exhausted. However, I have managed to make a little progress … Continue reading

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