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Swimming, 17th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

Having had a couple of weeks to get my gills wet, today I decided to return to swimming against the clock. Perhaps a bit ambitious, but I made it relatively easy for myself just to get a peg in the, … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020, #26 (and a bit of 2021)

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

[16th August] This weekend the children “graded” all the potatoes, so they’re now separated into what’s suitable for baked potatoes, slightly smaller ones for chips and wedges and “the rest”. They also separated out all of the ones with wireworm … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020, #25

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

[16th August] Disaster! Or perhaps even “Dis-Aster!” Around late April when I was weeding around the parsnips I found a sunflower seedling. I rather like sunflowers, so I decided to leave it to grow. And grow it did. And grow. … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 14th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

The slow chap in the fast lane was there again today 🙁 Doing backstroke, badly. Every time he passed under the flags he’d slow down even more and start turning his head to look for the wall. Gah! I gave … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 13th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

Rubbish swim today 🙁 To get to the sports centre I have to cross the bridge over the railway in the town, but it was closed and the posted diversion was about ten miles. I ended up dodging down country … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 11th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

Swimming was really hard work today after sleeping quite badly last night thanks to the humidity. I was feeling so tired after forty lengths and pushed on a bit further, but fifty-two was the best I could manage which is … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 10th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

Another trip to the pool late this afternoon. Given that there were fifteen people in the same session last week I was expecting it to be relatively busy, but in fact only five people turned up and I had the … Continue reading →

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Veg plot 2020, #24

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

[8th August] Lifted the last of the potatoes today. And discovered buried treasure! Oddly enough the second coin I’ve found whilst digging in the veggie plot over the years. It’s a 1973 ten pence piece. We stopped using this design … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 7th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

Another swim today. In some respects it wasn’t so hard as earlier in the week, but my body is clearly tired. There really wasn’t a lot of power in the stroke. Friday must be more popular too, as there must … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 6th August 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by james

I went to the pool again today having skipped yesterday to give myself a bit of recovery time. Numbers have dwindled from fifteen on Monday (half the capacity of the pool I think) to only five (including myself) today and … Continue reading →

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