Author Archives: james

Building an observatory. Construction #20

Posted on October 8, 2018 by james

I had hoped to get to the point where the roof frame could be put in place this weekend, but the weather had other ideas and my time to work on the roof was limited to a couple of hours … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 5th October 2018

Posted on October 5, 2018 by james

Missed my intended session yesterday as I didn’t have a car to get to the pool, but I went today to attempt a new set similar to the last but with a reduced rest interval: 400m front crawl warm-up 25 … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #19

Posted on October 2, 2018 by james

The next step with the roof is to put some bracing across some of the joins, partly to strengthen them, but also to provide fixing points for the rest of the roof. I had some spare steel sheet to do … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 2nd October 2018

Posted on October 2, 2018 by james

A second attempt at yesterday’s set: 400m front crawl warm-up 25 x 50m front crawl, target time 55s, rest interval 25s 200m front crawl swim down There was definitely still some tiredness from yesterday and I went through a tough … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #18

Posted on October 1, 2018 by james

A moment of truth now, when I try to put everything I’ve constructed piecemeal all together to form the entire roof. The first job was to take the two sides and get them set up parallel and square to each … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 1st October 2018

Posted on October 1, 2018 by james

Back to my USRPT sessions today, but given that I’ve been struggling a bit recently I decided I’d take a step back and build back up to the pace I was at in July. So, for today my session was: … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 28th September 2018

Posted on September 28, 2018 by james

Got out on poolside today to find the school session prior to the public one over-running. By the time we could actually get into the water it was already ten minutes into the hour session. I was not happy 🙁 … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 27th September 2018

Posted on September 28, 2018 by james

Same thing as Monday and Tuesday today. Just getting myself back into it. USRPT distance this year: 54,250m Total distance this year: 141,300m

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A reminder of six months ago

Posted on September 25, 2018 by james

I just found these photos sitting around. Given how hot this summer was and then how wet it’s been over the last week or so, it’s hardly believable that back in mid-March this was how my home looked.

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Swimming, 25th September 2018

Posted on September 25, 2018 by james

Another swim just to get back into things. The water still doesn’t really feel as though it’s back to the usual temperature, but it was very cold last night and there was a frost this morning so perhaps that didn’t … Continue reading →

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