Category Archives: swimming

Monkeying around

Posted on 14/03/2012 by

Monkey was a ‘give away’ associated with a popular brand of tea (CORRECTION INSERTED: on the TV ad, any fule kno that Johnny Vegas is the straight man to Monkey who is actually voiced by Ben Miller – the one … Continue reading →

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I have completed!

Posted on 11/04/2011 by

  Last night at 8:30 I finished another 51 lengths at my local pool, bringing my counted total to 1011: I have swum the 25 km, and added a few more, just in case I had any ‘over counting errors’ … Continue reading →

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Getting there, in fits and starts

Posted on 31/03/2011 by

‘Swimathon’ is creeping up fast… my pledge to do 1000 lengths (25km) before the dawn of 11th April is proving to be a hard task master. Today I swam in the ‘Young at Heart’ session. The session is for OAPs, … Continue reading →

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No Show

Posted on 21/03/2011 by

The camera remains lost, very mysteriously. I feel quite lost without it. In the meantime I suddenly realised that my pledge to swim 1000 lengths has been rather neglected over the last couple of weeks- though a combination of factors … Continue reading →

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