Author Archives: james

Swimming, 5th July 2021

Posted on July 12, 2021 by james

I seem to be struggling to sleep quite a bit these days and it’s definitely having an effect on my swimming, just in terms of finding the energy to swim fast. I’m swimming the same set as previously, but today … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 4th July 2021

Posted on July 4, 2021 by james

Another day of rubbish weather 🙁 I finished off the weeding from yesterday and planted out some lettuces and a few spare winter cabbage plants, but couldn’t really do much else. At least they won’t need watering in. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 3rd July 2021

Posted on July 4, 2021 by james

It’s been a less-than-pleasant day here with persistent heavy showers and thunder, but (mostly) between the showers I’ve managed to get out and do a bit of weeding around the brassicas growing in the compost that didn’t get hot. One … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 2nd July 2021

Posted on July 4, 2021 by james

What a difference from yesterday! And despite having someone in the lane who was a bit of a mobile roadblock. Fast enough (just) to be there, but a fair bit slower than the fastest of us and with poor lane … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 1st July 2021

Posted on July 4, 2021 by james

Today’s session was a bit of a struggle. I didn’t sleep well and it showed when the time came to find a bit of energy for swimming. The session wasn’t awful, just not particularly stunning. Most of the 50m reps … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 29th June 2021

Posted on June 29, 2021 by james

It was a bit of a scrappy session today. Two of us in the fast lane were quite capable of swimming lengths around the twenty second mark, but we were sharing the lane with three others who were around ten … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 28th June 2021

Posted on June 29, 2021 by james

It’s not been the kind of day that encourages you to be outside, but late this afternoon I got out to finish off thinning the carrots. I’ve always had patchy germination in the past so I tend to sow quite … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 28th June 2021

Posted on June 29, 2021 by james

Start of a new week, and having increased my interval for a couple of weeks after I was ill, I’m now starting to reduce it again. 20 x 50m freestyle, target 48s on an 85s interval recovery 25m freestyle, target … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 27th June 2021

Posted on June 29, 2021 by james

I’ve now found a bit of space to plant out the leeks that have been in module trays in the greenhouse for what seems like forever. They’re a bit dotted around where I’ve removed plants such as the peas I … Continue reading →

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Fixing a UPVC window that won’t close

Posted on June 29, 2021 by james

One of our UPVC double-glazed windows stopped closing properly. There was always a gap (and a fairly large one at that) at the bottom on the side with the hinge. After some investigation and fiddling about I decided that the … Continue reading →

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