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Building an observatory. Construction #40

Posted on February 5, 2019 by james

Snow arrived this weekend, so I wasn’t keen to do much outside. It did at least provide the first load test of the steel roof structure however (aside from me hanging off it when I was constructing it). This is … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 31st January 2019

Posted on January 31, 2019 by james

I sat in the office today waiting for the forecast snow to arrive (and doing the odd bit of work too :), but the weather remained resolutely clear so I drove to the pool wondering if I should ask the … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 29th January 2018

Posted on January 29, 2019 by james

The pool was unusually busy when I arrived today and had two lanes in place, one with three people circulating at a leisurely pace, the other with two swimmers swimming side by side, one clearly significantly quicker than the other. … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 28th January 2019

Posted on January 29, 2019 by james

Same set again today, and the same chilly water. I felt pretty good though, and that seems to have shown in the results. I managed to complete 13 reps of my current set before being unable to continue for rep … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #39

Posted on January 28, 2019 by james

The weather this weekend has been quite unpleasant, with rain most of Saturday and high winds (cold ones, too) until sunset on Sunday, but this afternoon I did manage to get just a little done on the observatory, whilst dodging … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 25th January 2019

Posted on January 25, 2019 by james

As promised, a repeat of yesterday’s set today. Well, almost a repeat. A repeat with colder water 🙁 More of that in another post, perhaps… I had two targets today. The first was to manage more than six lengths before … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 24th January 2019

Posted on January 24, 2019 by james

Today I was definitely expecting to be tough. I decided if I could make ten reps of my new set before failing then I was doing really well and I’d be very pleased with myself. Unfortunately we had no lane … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Unexpected problems #1

Posted on January 24, 2019 by james

#1, because I feel sure there’ll be more 🙂 It’s been raining a fair bit recently and when I went into the observatory the other day I discovered a puddle of water on the floor halfway along one of the … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 22nd January 2019

Posted on January 24, 2019 by james

So, back to the pool again with the intent of properly completing the set I really should have had done and dusted yesterday. By comparison the pool was really quite busy today, but fortunately I had a lane to myself … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 21st January 2019

Posted on January 24, 2019 by james

Same session as last time again, but today I had a hope of finishing it without a fail having got as far as rep 20 on my last session. I had the pool to myself for the better part of … Continue reading →

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