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Veg plot 2020, #36

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

My daughter and I pulled a huge amount of ivy off a barn wall yesterday. The more unmanageable bits (a couple so heavy that I struggled to even drag them along the ground) went on the bonfire heap, but we … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020, #35

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

[5th September] I have spent some of the morning in the greenhouse planting seeds though. I put a few more spring onions in, mostly to use up the packet really. And then as a complete experiment I have planted some … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 4th September 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

I had a more successful pool visit today, swimming to the end of the session, but I did have to skip the odd rep here and there (four in total I think) to get through it. Still clearly quite tired. … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 3rd September 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

Well, I went to the pool today and it was absolutely awful 🙁 I had no energy and became so tired so quickly. Not entirely surprising perhaps. I worked 9:15am to 2:30am (not a typo) on Tuesday and then 9:15am … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 1st September 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

Off to the pool today having skipped yesterday thanks to the bank holiday. After the success of last week I knocked another five seconds off my interval time, so I was starting a new rep every 1’25s. By a dozen … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020, #34 (and a bit more of 2021)

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

[31st August] Though it seems odd at this time of the year, our greenhouse is starting to fill up with seed trays again. Today I planted red and brown onion seeds into modules, four to a module (or thereabouts). They … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020, #33

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

Spent most of the day in the veggie plot today. Had a clean-up in the greenhouse and put some stuff we won’t need until next year in the shed whilst my daughter picked all the chiles off one of the … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020, #32

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

[29th August] I’ve been out in the plot today, just having a general tidy up. I’ve cleared away most of the peas now and put them in the compost. There were a few left that aren’t mildewed, but I’m not … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 28th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

As soon as I got in the water today I could feel that they weren’t fully recovered, although I did manage 46s for my first rep. After that things settled down and I was swimming around 49s/50s for most reps. … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 27th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

The aim today was to keep going with my 50m reps, but with a reduced interval of 1’30s. Things started well enough and I was maintaining a pace of around 49s, but it started to get tough fairly quickly. After … Continue reading →

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