Monthly Archives: March 2019

Swimming, 28th March 2019

Posted on March 28, 2019 by james

I hard the pool to myself at the start of today’s session. I was expecting a tough set, having dropped down from a target time of 55s a week ago to 52s today: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 26th March 2019

Posted on March 26, 2019 by james

It was all a bit of a rush to get to the pool today as we had a visit from a structural engineer to assess the barn we’re planning to convert to a holiday cottage that didn’t leave much time … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 25th March 2019

Posted on March 25, 2019 by james

A new target today: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target 54s, turnaround 75s 200m swim down One second faster than the set I completed on Thursday last week. I wasn’t feeling great when I got to the pool … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #49

Posted on March 25, 2019 by james

Not a huge amount of progress this weekend because the main priority was replacing the cover on the polytunnel. I did at least manage to get the rest of the door liner completed and dropped the height of the internal … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 23rd March 2019

Posted on March 25, 2019 by james

Work got in the way of going swimming yesterday, but the pool was pretty empty when I took my son to his swimming session on Saturday afternoon, so I went for a swim then. It’s an odd pool, 17.7m long … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 21st March 2019

Posted on March 21, 2019 by james

So, back to the stopwatch today, working on the following set: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target 55s, turnaround 75s 200m swim down I felt quite tired during the warm-up so I wasn’t sure how it would go, … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #48

Posted on March 20, 2019 by james

Since I’ve decided I need to get on with the door I thought I’d best look out some timber for the lining and decide what to do about a threshold. I dithered over the latter a fair bit before remembering … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 20th March 2019

Posted on March 20, 2019 by james

I don’t usually swim on Wednesdays, but having missed Monday I decided I’d go the pool, especially as I must have slept awkwardly and had woken up with a pounding headache thanks to the muscles in my back and neck … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 19th March 2019

Posted on March 19, 2019 by james

Unlike the last couple of weeks when it has been quite busy, I arrived at the pool today to find no-one lane-swimming and it remained that way for most of my session. I have to admit that I wasn’t really … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #47

Posted on March 19, 2019 by james

Today started out a bit cloudy, but generally sunny and warm.  Pretty much t-shirt weather, in fact, had the wind been a little less gusty.  Obviously therefore it was time to get some outside jobs done.  Unfortunately heavy rain has … Continue reading →

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