It was a bit of a rush to get to the pool last night and by the time the we were allowed in, the session was only 35 minutes long. The shorter window of time focuses the mind though, so I actually had a better workout that normal.
Still lots of breast stroke lengths, but [...]
Hot on the heels of Burns Night this year comes Chinese New Year, or rather Niu year as it’s the Year of the Ox.
The calender, started by the Xia people circa 2,205 BC, is based on astronomical observations and celebrates the start of the Lunar New Year. Each new year commences on the second New Moon after [...]
Happy Burns Night, mi gud Scottish lassies and laddies
‘joy ya’ haggis wi’ bashit neeps an’ champit tatties
Gud health ta all ya typsy lowland an’ highland lairds
An’ may the morning break easy on ya whiskey heads!
The forecast was for wet weather today and I can’t say that I was particularly excited about going out into it this morning. But I have faith in my gear and particularly in the ability of my Gore jacket to keep me warm in inclement conditions.
This is all very well, but before it had started [...]
Another visit to the public baths tonight, this time for about 55 minutes. It would have been longer but they don’t start selling tickets until a nanosecond before the session starts.
I discovered that the others don’t swim as fast as they make out, only terrorising me when I’m cruising with my unusual breast stroke. If [...]
After listening to President Obama’s inauguration speech earlier, I whizzed down to the pool and spent 40 minutes chasing the toes of other swimmers up and down the lane. If ever there was a lesson in futility, this was it.
How come everyone else can swim faster than me?!
Nigel & Kristin, as our lovely house guests over the Christmas break, may well report me as being a lazy git. And they would be right. The only time I went into the great ‘cold & wet outside’ during the three weeks they were here, was to paddle up the River Cuckmere with Debbie, Kim [...]
Here we are, mid-way through January and I am only just putting fingers to keyboard. Here’s a quick photographic catch-up on the first couple of weeks of 2009:
And just in case you are intreagued by the splash that I’m making above, here is the video that Kristin (www.planetkrikri.blogspot.com) took - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhkg4RU5xR0