Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
We’ve been getting our toes ready for Halloween… Although we have now tasked Anna with finding some glow in the dark nail-varnish instead so they may well change by the end of the week. Especially seeing as I don’t really like the yellow, but we didn’t have any orange colpured nail varnish.
We all had fun at the Honey Show the other evening, even if it was a bit of a rush to get there after work and parents evening. As usual it was a fairly relaxed affair. As well as the various bee-keeping categories within the show such as jars of honey, wax blocks, frames ready...
With the Borth Weather Station recording 40 knots and things looking decidedly autumnal out there I thought it was time to make sure the bees were ready for winter. I’d like to feed them a little bit more really but my first concern was to make sure the hives hadn’t blown over and to strap...
With the Aberystwyth Beekeeping Association’s annual Honey Show fast approaching we thought we had better get a few entries organised. The schedule for the show is: Bottle of mead. Two one pound jars of light honey. Two one pound jars of medium honey. Two one pound jars of dark honey. Two one pound jars of...
Considering the amount of time I used to spend windsurfing, surfing, mountain-biking and other such Outdoor Pursuits I have been fairly lacking in such activities lately. Other things seem to have taken over and there just aren’t enough hours in the day and days in the week to fit it all in. Triathlon training certainly...
What with autumn well and truly here, riding my bike on the roads isn’t quite as much fun as it is in the summer – I don’t mind the cold and rain, it’s just not so safe in the dark with cars and lorries sharing the road too. On top of that I’m supposed to be doing...
I’ve recently enrolled on a Level 2 Cycle Coaching Course with British Cycling and spent the weekend in Ammanford for two days of intensive study towards it. After an early morning drive to Ammanford Leisure Centre I met up with my fellow participants on the course and we were introduced to Will and Mark our...
I recently started being a participant in another Sports and Exercise Study at the University. The study is investigating the effects of Tyrosine supplement and cognitive fatigue on exhaustive exercise in a warm environment and involves some fairly hardcore testing. First up was the usual ramp test on a cycle ergometer. After 3 minutes warm...
And to continue to food theme for today, this is what I call a proper omelette… 3 eggs, roast chicken, tomatoes, spring onions, cream cheese, spinach and cheddar cheese. None of these silly 15 second ‘Saturday Kitchen’ omelettes that look more like roadkill here. We’re talking proper omelettes for lunch!
Mmmm, I do like cheesecake and the latest one we’ve made was a white chocolate and hibiscus flower cheesecake with a raspberry coulis. Nothing left of it now though!
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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