Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
GoPro videos of my activities are all well and good, but they don’t work very well in our weblog book that I produce each year. So, here are a few stills from my surf ski session on Tuesday. Hopefully they’ll look good in book format when the time comes. Hopefully they look good on the web...
Just a quick video to give you a taste of Mondays windsurf session here at Ynyslas. 25-35 knots of wind so I was well powered up with my 5m sail and 85ltr board. Some fairly big seas but nothing too mad. The hailstones hurt though when sailing into them at 25mph! Plenty of jumps, some...
Sometimes I can judge the success of a day by the number of showers I have. A normal day usually consists of about 2 showers. I generally do two training sessions or two sessions on/in the sea and have a shower after each one. Maybe a bike ride and a run, or an open water...
I have lived in West Wales for a long time and pretty much fell in love with it from the first day, but before coming to university in Aberystwyth I lived on the Isle of Man which is also a very lovely place to live. I’ve always thought the Isle of Man and Aberystwyth are...
A fast, furious and well organised race thanks to Bynea CC and Pembrey Country Park on Sunday. It was wet, wild and windy when I left home in the dark but by the time I was at Pembrey Country Park a couple of hours later it was dry and fresh with some hazy sunshine. It was cold...
I had a pretty good surf ski session on Friday afternoon as the sunset. The conditions were quite challenging for surf skiing with 20 knot wind and some messy surf. I impressed myself by staying dry though so was looking forward to editing and sharing my GoPro footage, especially as I had the camera mounted...
After a pause for a week, the Welsh cyclocross series continued with Round 10 at Parc Bryn Bach near Tredegar. The drive there was the usual relaxing affair where I was treated to a sunrise over the Cambrian Mountains and a drive through some unfamiliar roads with amazing views over the Brecon Beacons. Parc Bryn...
Just some video footage of a fun surf ski with Simon session here at Ynyslas. The sea was a fair bit bigger than expected with some decent sized clean swell to play on. It was a wet, grey, dreary day but still plenty of fun to be had if you go out and get it!
Winter, working 9-5 and wanting to get out and surf ski paddle just don’t sit well together. It’s barely light on the way to work, it’s dark by the time we get home so getting out on my surf ski during daylight hours is a challenge. Undeterred and with an opportunity to leave for work...
I’ve recently been sent a selection of freebies from Shave and Subscribe so I thought I’d write a post about various gift subscriptions for you. Just in case you needed some inspiration for the ultimate Christmas present. Gift Subscriptions Talking of subscriptions and Christmas presents then there are plenty of other subscriptions that you can buy...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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