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Swimming, 17th May 2021

Posted on May 18, 2021 by james

I seem to be struggling to get the hang of Mondays 🙂 Same set as last week — 20 x 50m on an 85s interval, recovery and then as many 25m reps as I can manage in the time left, … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 16th May 2021

Posted on May 18, 2021 by james

It’s been another awkward day here with a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. Having got wet several times, I found a large parasol and stuck it in the bed I was working on to keep the rain off, though … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 15th May 2021

Posted on May 18, 2021 by james

It’s not been the easiest of days out in the veg plot today, with frequent, often torrential, rain showers. Overnight the slugs ate half a dozen of the calabrese and cabbages I planted out yesterday 🙁 I’ve replaced them and … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 14th May 2021

Posted on May 18, 2021 by james

Had to dodge the rain showers today, but I managed to get some more calabrese and early cabbage planted out. It’s still under fleece because of the weather. That was all there was time for really. At least they didn’t … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 14th May 2021

Posted on May 18, 2021 by james

Today felt much better than any of my previous swims this week. Not sure why. Perhaps the knowledge that I don’t have to do it again for a couple of days 🙂 For the 20 x 50m reps I managed … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 13th May 2021

Posted on May 18, 2021 by james

Today was pretty much a carbon copy of my session two days ago, though I managed a couple more 25m reps under 19s. I’m sticking with the 85s interval for now though.

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No dig diary, 11th May 2021

Posted on May 12, 2021 by james

I managed to get some cabbages planted today before the rain set in with a vengeance, and to remove the last few radishes from my first batch sown in February where they’d got too big and gone soft, because we … Continue reading →

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Much composty hotness

Posted on May 12, 2021 by james

I decide to have a casual check of the compost heap temperature today as we’ve been feeding a bit more volume into it now spring is finally dragging its sorry backside into gear. That’s quite warm 🙂 Hopefully it means … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 11th May 2021

Posted on May 11, 2021 by james

To my relief, today’s session was much closer to last Friday’s performance than yesterday’s, with my 50m reps coming in around 44/45s with the occasional 43, and the 25m reps mostly in the low 19s and I think just the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 10th May 2021

Posted on May 10, 2021 by james

Another day of weather that was generally too unpleasant to want to be outside in. Whilst it was at times beautifully sunny and warm, within ten minutes that could turn into horizontal rain, and often did 🙁 I restricted myself … Continue reading →

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