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Author Archives: james
Swimming, 15th July 2021
For whatever reason it was relatively quiet at the pool today. Irritatingly though my Sportcount “Yellow” stopwatch decided to die on me. It was working fine on Tuesday when I last used it. I think water must have found a … Continue reading
No dig diary, 14th July 2021
Over the last few days I’ve cut back some overgrown sycamore branches that were getting in the way and fed the smaller stuff into the shredder, the intention being to mix it with grass clippings as I’m running a bit … Continue reading
Swimming, 13th July 2021
The fast lane got a bit hairy today. When we arrived there was already a dad and his two daughters using it, occasionally his son too, the two of us and another lady who arrived a few minutes late. The … Continue reading
Swimming, 12th July 2021
I found it quite tough to keep the pace up today. I think perhaps all the stuff I was doing at the weekend wore me out a little more than I realised. Initially I couldn’t get my 50m reps below … Continue reading
No dig diary, 11th July 2021
I took a few photos in the evening just to keep track of how everything is going in the veggie plot… I grew this for fun from seed years ago, but we’ve never actually eaten it. It’s still quite pretty … Continue reading
No dig diary, 11th July 2021
Today my daughter and I shredded another trailer and a half of sycamore before rain stopped play. I reckon there are about three trailer loads left of what I cut yesterday, but that will have to wait for another time. … Continue reading
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No dig diary, 10th July 2021
I’m hoping to lift most of my onions tomorrow, but I’m not sure there will be time. Today I have been playing with the “chainsaw onna stick” trimming back some of the overhanging sycamore and now have huge piles of … Continue reading
Swimming, 9th July 2021
At last a slightly better day, though I’m still struggling with my sleep. My 50m reps today were almost all 43s, with a couple of 42s, and my 25m reps were all in the 18s. I can cope with that, … Continue reading
Swimming, 8th July 2021
My struggles continue 🙁 I can’t even blame it on the two teenage girls who opted to swim in the fast lane today as despite being at the slower end of the speed range they had exceptionally good lane discipline … Continue reading
Swimming, 6th July 2021
Ok, so yesterday wasn’t great and neither was today, although a minor improvement with more 50m reps below 44s and most of the 25m reps below 19s. I guess I can be happy with that for the time being.