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Swimming, 26th March 2019

Posted on March 26, 2019 by james

It was all a bit of a rush to get to the pool today as we had a visit from a structural engineer to assess the barn we’re planning to convert to a holiday cottage that didn’t leave much time … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 25th March 2019

Posted on March 25, 2019 by james

A new target today: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target 54s, turnaround 75s 200m swim down One second faster than the set I completed on Thursday last week. I wasn’t feeling great when I got to the pool … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #49

Posted on March 25, 2019 by james

Not a huge amount of progress this weekend because the main priority was replacing the cover on the polytunnel. I did at least manage to get the rest of the door liner completed and dropped the height of the internal … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 23rd March 2019

Posted on March 25, 2019 by james

Work got in the way of going swimming yesterday, but the pool was pretty empty when I took my son to his swimming session on Saturday afternoon, so I went for a swim then. It’s an odd pool, 17.7m long … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 21st March 2019

Posted on March 21, 2019 by james

So, back to the stopwatch today, working on the following set: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target 55s, turnaround 75s 200m swim down I felt quite tired during the warm-up so I wasn’t sure how it would go, … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #48

Posted on March 20, 2019 by james

Since I’ve decided I need to get on with the door I thought I’d best look out some timber for the lining and decide what to do about a threshold. I dithered over the latter a fair bit before remembering … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 20th March 2019

Posted on March 20, 2019 by james

I don’t usually swim on Wednesdays, but having missed Monday I decided I’d go the pool, especially as I must have slept awkwardly and had woken up with a pounding headache thanks to the muscles in my back and neck … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 19th March 2019

Posted on March 19, 2019 by james

Unlike the last couple of weeks when it has been quite busy, I arrived at the pool today to find no-one lane-swimming and it remained that way for most of my session. I have to admit that I wasn’t really … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #47

Posted on March 19, 2019 by james

Today started out a bit cloudy, but generally sunny and warm.  Pretty much t-shirt weather, in fact, had the wind been a little less gusty.  Obviously therefore it was time to get some outside jobs done.  Unfortunately heavy rain has … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #46

Posted on March 19, 2019 by james

Weather that started merely unpleasant turned to completely horrible throughout the course of the day, so whilst keeping an eye on the rugby I’ve been finishing off insulating the outside walls of the warm room. The additional insulation I needed … Continue reading →

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