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Swimming, 15th December 2020

Posted on December 21, 2020 by james

After yesterday’s unimpressive performance, today’s was much better and back on a par with last Friday. I can be happy with that. No swimming tomorrow, but on Thursday I’ll knock five seconds off the interval and see how things go.

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Swimming, 14th December 2020

Posted on December 21, 2020 by james

After a fairly busy weekend I wasn’t really in the mood to push myself harder today, so I decided I’d swim the same set as last time. Perhaps just as well, as it turned out: the 50m reps were a … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 11th December 2020

Posted on December 12, 2020 by james

I skipped Thursday as I wasn’t feeling great at all and as I didn’t really know how things were going to go I stuck with the same session plan as earlier in the week. It all went pretty well really. … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020: Baby leaves only

Posted on December 10, 2020 by james

Nine days since my last pick of the winter salads and the growth rate has really dropped off a cliff. I went to pick what I could earlier today and got at most a couple of small leaves from each … Continue reading →

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Greenhouse reassembly progress

Posted on December 10, 2020 by james

I think I’ve worked out where most parts of the “new” greenhouse fit now, and I’m over halfway to having the frame reassembled. I’ve had to straighten out a couple of the frame members which had presumably been bent whilst … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 8th December 2020

Posted on December 9, 2020 by james

It was a bit of a shock when I got into the pool today. A touch cooler than normal. One of the swim teachers who was swimming told me it was 29C. I guess they’re not so worried about the … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 7th December 2020

Posted on December 9, 2020 by james

To my shame, I skipped last Friday’s swimming session. I actually really wanted to go, but my body was still in shock from the day before so I decided to give it a rest. Today however turned out to be … Continue reading →

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Unusual fungus

Posted on December 9, 2020 by james

I found this fungus growing in the polytunnel a couple of days ago. I think it’s possibly growing on some of the wood chips, but I’m not sure. I’ve no idea what it is. I don’t think I’ve ever seen … Continue reading →

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A greenhouse jigsaw

Posted on December 4, 2020 by james

Braving the rather chilly northerly wind today I sorted through all the bits of what I believed to be the 10×10 greenhouse and separated them out into similar parts. After that I could start to decide which pieces went where … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2021: How do you like them onions?

Posted on December 4, 2020 by james

Having posted yesterday about how the garlic was doing so well, a little update on the multi-sown onions that were planted out during the second week of October. These are the (Red Baron) red onions, sown at the very end … Continue reading →

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