Monthly Archives: April 2019

Swimming, 26th April 2019

Posted on April 29, 2019 by james

Like yesterday I wasn’t feeling at all great today. In retrospect I think I’ve perhaps had some kind of virus or similar. I’ve not slept particularly well for a few days, had a few instances of being a bit feverish … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 25th April 2019

Posted on April 25, 2019 by james

I wasn’t feeling particularly great on my way to the pool today. I’ve not slept particularly well for a couple of nights and felt a bit feverish and not entirely with it this morning. Had to try to keep the … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 23rd April 2019

Posted on April 23, 2019 by james

Last trip to the pool with my daughter for the time being as she’s back to school tomorrow. And the first for four days, too. The pool timetable for the Easter weekend was just too messed up to fit in … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #61

Posted on April 23, 2019 by james

Today I had a bit of a tidy up to clear away tools and materials that I probably don’t need in the near future, another trip round with the hoover and sealed all the joins between the ply in the … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #60

Posted on April 23, 2019 by james

More progress today, though I was slowed a little by having to share resources with my father-in-law who was making some new doors for the polytunnel. First up was finishing off the last pier which was pretty straightforward.  Then I … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #59

Posted on April 23, 2019 by james

Today has largely been spent working with power tools.  The first job was to drill all the holes (both top and bottom) in the next set of blocks to make up the piers.  To void blowing out the inside of … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #58

Posted on April 23, 2019 by james

A bit of an unsatisfying day. My intention was to remove all the screws holding down the rails for the roof and seal all the holes to stop water getting in, removing one of the rails that has leaked in … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Design #5

Posted on April 19, 2019 by james

Twilight is fading now and another check of the white LEDs suggests they’ll be quite adequate for the job, so I’ll look at getting another strip (it won’t need to be anywhere near as long this time) for the warm … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #57

Posted on April 19, 2019 by james

What a busy (and lovely) day it has been! Painting the scope room was first thing on the agenda.  I bought the paint earlier in the week.  I was looking for something reasonably dark for the scope room and having … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #56

Posted on April 18, 2019 by james

This evening I’ve had a bit of a “tidying up” session in the observatory. All the spare materials and tools have been moved to the warm room and the scope room is now completely empty and swept. Hoovered, even. That … Continue reading →

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