Monthly Archives: February 2020

Darkstar 12″ f/6 dobsonian telescope restoration

As I posted previously I am now the keeper of a 12″ f/6 Darkstar dob that’s in need of a reasonable amount of work to get it usable again. Having left it to loom over the power tools in the … Continue reading

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Swimming, 25th February 2020

Yet again work interferes with my swimming and I didn’t get to go yesterday. I didn’t sleep particularly well last night either, so wasn’t sure what to expect today. Unfortunately it was rather disappointing and I struggled through the entire … Continue reading

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New (to me) Darkstar telescope in need of TLC

Over the weekend I went to collect this monster from someone who had been given it “in need of some repair work”, but was struggling to find the time to do it. The consensus seems to be that it’s a … Continue reading

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Swimming, 21st February 2020

Another attempt at the same set, but today I really was feeling quite tired. Nonetheless, I managed to get to fourteen reps before my one failure on the 50m part of my set and followed that with twelve 25m reps … Continue reading

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Swimming, 20th February 2020

Work interfered earlier this week so I didn’t get to swim on Tuesday. I didn’t get a great night’s sleep so today felt as though it was going to be a bit of a struggle, but actually on the 50m … Continue reading

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Good Omens Easter Egg

My son and I have been watching the BBC screening of “Good Omens” recently and greatly enjoying it. There are some very nice little touches such as the nuclear power station press officer being someone impersonating Terry Pratchett (I assume … Continue reading

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Swimming, 17th February 2020

Still not feeling entirely as bright as I’d like, but never mind. A later swim today because it’s half term and the pool had a “fun” session running at my normal time. Swimming can be fun? Who knew? 😀 Anyhow, … Continue reading

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Swimming, 14th February 2020

Had to skip yesterday as I was watching my children swim instead, and discussing some arrangements for starting to coach again towards the end of the month. Again I was feeling quite tired and really struggling to find the power … Continue reading

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Swimming, 11th February 2020

I didn’t get a very good night’s sleep last night and was feeling really quite tired, but forced myself to swim anyhow. Pleasingly I managed twelve reps at 50m before my only failure. No real improvement on the 25s though.

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Swimming, 10th February 2020

Same set as last time, but this time I made one more rep of the 50m swims before failing. That’ll do me.

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