Month: May 2004
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Deck Weekend
What a superb weekend! Sunny AND productive. I had laid the mortar I needed on Wednesday and Thursday evenings last week, and laid out the outer joists for my new garden deck on the Thursday evening. My mum came to visit on the Friday, bringing with her a bench saw borrowed from a friend in…
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Destruction, construction
These works at Port Talbot are coming down. Swansea City’s new stadium is going up.
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Triathlon?
Maybe I should do some more triathlons. I had another puncture this morning: going fast down a hill and over some potholes I had an impact puncture. Explicable at least. So I ended up having to cycle hard to get to the station in time and then run down the platform to catch the train.…
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Another sunny day
Man, am I sick of mixing mortar and concrete. Ug. I’ve got to lay some mortar tonight to load blocks on to support this deck I’m building. And probably tomorrow night too. Arse.
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Run, run, run
I went running along side the beach this afternoon for the first time in a couple of weeks. The sun had brought out a few more runners than usual and I was expecting a struggle with both fitness and speed. This cycling to work every day is paying off already it seems: I ran faster,…