Monthly Archives: July 2021

Swimming, 8th July 2021

My struggles continue 🙁 I can’t even blame it on the two teenage girls who opted to swim in the fast lane today as despite being at the slower end of the speed range they had exceptionally good lane discipline … Continue reading

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Swimming, 6th July 2021

Ok, so yesterday wasn’t great and neither was today, although a minor improvement with more 50m reps below 44s and most of the 25m reps below 19s. I guess I can be happy with that for the time being.

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Swimming, 5th July 2021

I seem to be struggling to sleep quite a bit these days and it’s definitely having an effect on my swimming, just in terms of finding the energy to swim fast. I’m swimming the same set as previously, but today … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 4th July 2021

Another day of rubbish weather 🙁 I finished off the weeding from yesterday and planted out some lettuces and a few spare winter cabbage plants, but couldn’t really do much else. At least they won’t need watering in. I’ve been … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 3rd July 2021

It’s been a less-than-pleasant day here with persistent heavy showers and thunder, but (mostly) between the showers I’ve managed to get out and do a bit of weeding around the brassicas growing in the compost that didn’t get hot. One … Continue reading

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Swimming, 2nd July 2021

What a difference from yesterday! And despite having someone in the lane who was a bit of a mobile roadblock. Fast enough (just) to be there, but a fair bit slower than the fastest of us and with poor lane … Continue reading

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Swimming, 1st July 2021

Today’s session was a bit of a struggle. I didn’t sleep well and it showed when the time came to find a bit of energy for swimming. The session wasn’t awful, just not particularly stunning. Most of the 50m reps … Continue reading

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