British Fencing are being sneaky fuckwits, again ( Read more... )

(This wasn't delayed by advanced frustration with the whole thing, but because organising fencing competitions knocks the stuffing out of you. Friends shouldn't let friends be dragged into competition organising. Mine just laugh at me.)

Where to start with the Australian Grand Prix?

I was thinking of this gif:

Let Me Explain Sum Up GIFfrom Let ( Read more... )

To do list for this weekend ( Read more... )

Lunges, how I both love and hate thee ( Read more... )

Architecture:

Is Europe's ghostliest train station about to rise again?- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41445860

Religion:Highway to Heaven - What one Canadian street could teach the world about religious harmony -Read more... )

( Large image of Dug from Up saying 'I do not like the throat swab' )

Yes, I am still way behind

Okay, this competition I screwed up, because I thought it was 2 rounds of pools so I didn't maybe fight with full blood and guts in the "first" pool, because I wanted to try a few things against fellow female foilists that I can't practise in the club, and I thought I could make up for any losses in the second round. ( ( Read more... )

After years of pleading by M-T, AKA the other Austrian*, I finally went up to Lancaster to fence at the Lancaster Open ( Read more... )

This week I was supposed to be in the US. I am not, and the weather in Birmingham is not the same as the weather in San Diego ( Read more... )

Yes, I know this is now more than a year late. I am catching up with things.

Actually, getting a hotel for the 2019 edition was a story in and of itself

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