A Busy Day in West Wales

Yesterday was a good day, packed full of activities.

I started off fairly early, sorting, counting and recording the contents of the moth trap. Nothing unusual in there and no new species, but 21 different species and 60 moths in total. As my ID skills improve I’m getting quicker at going through the contents of the box now and even the recording them in my database and online is a little quicker.

I did a little bit of work in the garden and then sat down and watched the Grand Prix qualifying from the day before. After that and a nice bacon and egg sandwich brunch Morgan and I sat in the beach room and did the RSPB Make your Nature Count survey. We didn’t see a huge number of birds but it was a nice way to spend an hour with Morgan.

I wandered across to the beach to check the surf but there wasn’t any, so next on the agenda was some training. An hour on the turbo trainer doing a few pyramid sets and then a run along the beach in the rain doing intervals between the groynes. Morgan had some friends around to play while I was doing this so Anna was kept pretty busy entertaining them.

After my exercise and a shower I then relaxed in front of the TV watching the Grand Prix, had a lovely roast dinner and a glass of wine. Then,  just as the Grand Prix finished and I had finished my dinner the wind picked up. It wasn’t forecast to do so, but it appeared from nowhere and it looked pretty good so I rushed across to the beach with my windsurf kit and had a nice little windsurf session. It was good to get out on smaller kit for a change, even if the wind was short-lived and the session therefore shorter than I would have liked.

All in all a good day here in West Wales.

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  1. Avatar forComment Author Alan says:

    I’ve just uploaded my GPS track from my windsurf session, but unfortunately I must have stopped the watch by accident so most of it wasn’t recorded. I’ve got to find a better way of recording these wave sessions.

    Al.

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Alan Cole

Alan is a Freelance Website Designer, Sports & Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad & husband with far too many hobbies: Triathlete, Swimming, Cycling, Running, MTBing, Surfing, Windsurfing, SUPing, Gardening, Photography.... The list goes on.