Monthly Archives: May 2019

Swimming, 13th May 2019

Posted on May 13, 2019 by james

Back again for another attempt at: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 70s 200m swim down I had the pool to myself for a fair while today and at most there were only four swimmers … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #69

Posted on May 10, 2019 by james

Allen bolts for fixing down the pier adapters arrived today, so this evening I got on with fitting those to the tops of the piers and putting the mounts back in place. There’s probably no reason why I couldn’t go … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 10th May 2019

Posted on May 10, 2019 by james

I’m getting a touch bored of this now 🙂 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 70s 200m swim down It was a lovely quiet time for a swim today though. Only one other person was … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #68

Posted on May 9, 2019 by james

Nothing too exciting today. I swept the observatory floor, then hoovered, then hoovered again, and then worked barefoot to get about 80% of the scope room floor sealed with a coat of varnish this evening. It actually went very quickly. … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 9th May 2019

Posted on May 9, 2019 by james

And again… 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 70s 200m swim down Failures on reps seven, twelve and fifteen today. Not very happy about this performance. I feel as though things aren’t going too well … Continue reading →

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Two swarms for the price of one

Posted on May 8, 2019 by james

This evening I somewhat unexpectedly picked up two swarms of bees. The first was the prime swarm I think, hanging about in the top of an elder tree and not amused with me when I knocked them out of it. … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 7th May 2019

Posted on May 7, 2019 by james

Three days off, and here we are again: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 70s 200m swim down Not very happy with my performance today. I seem to be capable of coming in comfortably under … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #67

Posted on May 7, 2019 by james

Like yesterday, not a huge amount of progress today — spent much of the day mowing grass and visiting some of my bees at a local farm. I did however manage to get the final piece of cladding onto the … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #66

Posted on May 7, 2019 by james

Didn’t get much done today as I had other things to be doing, but had an hour or so this afternoon that allowed me to get the cladding on three sides of the last pier. I’ll be very pleased if … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #65

Posted on May 7, 2019 by james

Another three day weekend, so soon! Just like buses… As the poet said, “the best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley” and despite good intentions I’ve achieved very little on the observatory this week. Work has been sufficiently … Continue reading →

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