Monthly Archive: March 2017

Wrapped up Warm 0

Dyfi Dash Photos

It was the 2017 Dyfi Dash triathlon on Sunday. I wasn’t racing (I did do a kayak Time Trial the day before though), but we were all marshaling at the event instead. As seems to be the norm for the Dyfi Dash, it was a cold, windy day but at least it wasn’t raining. We...

The Ynyslas Canal 0

21st Century at Ynyslas

We seem to be moving ever closer to the 21st Century at Ynyslas… First we leap-frogged most people in the UK by getting Superfast broadband via a direct Fibre to the Property (FTTP) connection rather than the standard Fibre to the Cabinet connection that most people with Superfast Broadband have. Before that we were on...

Admiring the Fire Engine 0

The New Fire Station in Aberystwyth

We took the Scouts to visit the new Fire Station in Aberystwyth on Friday. They started off with a little presentation and some fire-safety advice from the Firemen and then had a tour of the fire station. They got to try on some kit, take a look at the fire engines and even spray a...

Camping in the Hills 1

Cregennan Lakes in the Campervan

With the campervan full of campervan essentials and the weekend looming it was time to try it out overnight. Morgan wanted to sleep in it on the drive but I had other ideas and fancied a night at Cregennan Lakes in the Campervan. I started Saturday morning early with some work and then fitted the...

On the Drive 3

Campervan Essentials

Following on from my last post about buying a campervan, we now have it and it is full of all the campervan essentials. I drove down to Llanelli last Saturday for a last drive in my Meriva and collected the camper. The drive back in it was fine and I made it was far as Aberaeron...

VW T5 Camper 2

Buying a VW Camper

I should have known that things were going to get expensive when someone drove into the side of my car just before Christmas. The upshot of that was that my car was a Cat D right-off so I bought a replacement. This proved to be a little too small which then convinced us that really...