On Target

[alt_ron]

So I've been working on stuff for CCF, and it's been totally snitch. All those agility exercises they showed us--drop and rolls, jump-ups from lying or sitting, levitation lift-offs, crawling under the low obstacle thinger, the dodge and weave running--I'm getting loads better at all of it.

But the balance plank. Oi. Come to think of it, I'd better check that for hexes again.

And I've been doing loads of target drills. Hanging upside down's dead on my favourite! Spin and cast could be better.

The best thing, though? The twins and I've been flying down to Beer Head, and we've made a really wizard climbing course up the cliffs there.

There aren't many wizards who live down on that part of the coast, but we've seen a few fishing boats in the cove. Stopped into a pub one day, and this old warlock told us loads of stories about how the men of Beer were all pirates and about this one chap called Jack Rattenbury, who was the king of smugglers. Back in the 1700s, I mean. Not now. I don't think. Anywiz, they don't seem to mind us coming down there and climbing the cliffs. One day there were some kids who came down to the beach and watched us, but mostly we only ever see buzzards circling around, or ravens. A kingfisher or two.

Anywiz, what are you lot doing? Anything nift?

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I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Hey, Nev. How's the camping? Have you caught any fish or seen anything snitch?

[alt_susan]

That climbing course sounds wizard--and the pub too! I love it when old warlocks & witches want to tell you really mad old stories.

I've been doing some flight agility stuff with Ed but I haven't kept up with some of the other things as well as I'd like.

[alt_zacharias]

I've met up with MacMillan a couple of times but I suppose I ought to get back into the habit of running every day. I did go with my uncle to one of those clubs with a course set up in it, it was really hard. Harder than anything we did at the CCF camp, that's for sure.

Up our way we've got the ghost of Quintus Cerialis, of course. And Ethelred the Bloody. They weren't pirates; they were soldiers. And they've got loads of stories about defending the city against northern raiders and Vikings and such.

I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

I've been practising some but not as much as I should. It's just there's no TIME. Gemma follows me everywhere and I'm trying to learn Arithmency -- Professor Vector said I could join the class if I could learn the first year's worth over the summer (so I could drop out of Dark Arts without losing an OWL) and I'm trying. Jeremy has a NEWT in it and he said he'd help me, but he's not very good at explaining things and it makes me cross-eyed half the time it's so confusing.

Anyway. I've kept up with running. And I get flying in every day, and I even have a target, but the pull-ups -- I don't have anywhere to put a bar. And I hate doing sit ups so much that it's hard to make myself do them.