Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
It was that time of year again this week – time for the annual Sports Day at Morgan’s school. For once, it was actually held on the day that it was scheduled for and wasn’t postponed due to the weather. The format was the same as ever, but now that Morgan is in year 5...
I haven’t been running for ages and it’s driving me nuts – How can I call myself a triathlete if I can’t run, and how can I train for races. In fact, it make me question the point of training at all because I can’t actually race at the moment anyway, so I’m not really...
Frequent shoppers in Aberystwyth’s Morrisons might think that I’m up to something as I was fund-raising there on Friday last week and then again on Tuesday this week. Friday’s fundraising was with the Scouts, doing a skipping challenge for the British Heart Foundation and bag-packing to raise money for the Scout Group. Tuesday’s Find-raising was...
Sorry for the lack of blog posts here over the past few days but we’ve been mega-busy working in the garden building a new shed – well, it is the perfect time of year for DIY Projects. Not just that of course as we’ve also had a fund-raising night at Morrison’s with the Scouts, fund-raising...
We continue to be delighted with our Spicery meals. The latest was Chicken Cafreal Kebabs which were a lovely Moroccan style kebab coated in coriander and spiced up with chilli, cardamon, cloves and star anise. This came with a really nice, sticky homemade mango chutney, a fresh cucumber and onion salad and a soothing raita. Star...
Things are looking OK in my new aquascape. As mentioned last time I seem to be beating the algae which was a bit of an issue for a while. The Endler’s Livebearers seem quite happy in there, as do the shrimps. Although quite how people take photos of their fish I’ll never know. I’ve also...
I took a days leave from work yesterday to join some of Wales Fire Crews on their epic 14 day Wales Fire Ride 2015. They are riding to every fire station in Wales which will see them covering over 1300 miles in two weeks, raising money for the Firefighters Charity and the Wales Air Ambulance. A...
Just some photos from the garden which seems to be going through it’s usual May Purple-Pink phase at the moment – That is if you ignore the burst of yellow from the poached egg plants.
I don’t want to talk to soon, but I think I might just be getting on top of the algae problems in my new Aquascape. Last time I talked about the aquascape about a month ago algae was taking hold and becoming quite a problem. The algae seems to be coating the rock and pebbles,...
Another Bank Holiday weekend over and done with, and another busy weekend for us. Immediately after Morgan had finished his race in the Aberystwyth Cycle Fest, we jumped in the car, dropped Morgans bike off at the University and then headed towards my parents house in Gloucestershire. We arrived in time for dinner and then had...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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