Author: Alan Cole

Valentines Spices 2

Looking Forward to A Spicy Valentines Day!

It looks as though Anna and I could have a Spicy Valentines day this year!! We have to admit that we don’t usually do anything for Valentines Day simply because we can’t afford presents and bought cards are a rip off. We might sometimes make each other something but that’s about all. This year however Anna...

Work Induced Injuries and Over-Eating. 1

Work Induced Injuries and Over-Eating.

I’ve always said that ‘work’ isn’t good for you and once again I proved it yesterday by tweaking a muscle in my back whilst moving a carpet for someone. I’d been painting and decorating at their house and now had to move an old carpet out of the room so that a new one could be...

Spices Box 4

Singapore Noodles

We got to try out our latest pack of spices from thespicery.com yesterday, and once again we were impressed. What’s in the Box? The pack arrived last Friday and contained a whole host of spice sachets and recipe cards. In the little box was: A recipe kit  for Singapore Noodles, along with a sachet of sauce...

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Ynyslas Sea Wall

A couple more photos from our beach photo walk on Sunday. This time of the sea wall at Ynyslas. Kind of sums up the slightly bleak but still beautiful part of West Wales that we live in. It may not be to everyone’s taste but we like it here and especially like the drive from...

Ynyslas Groynes 0

Ynyslas Groynes

Just some pretty pictures of the Groynes at Ynyslas from our beach photo walk on Sunday, I hope you like them. We should get out for photo-walks in the local area more really as it’s always nice to spend time outside and to get some good photos for the weblog in the process. It’s surprising...

Ynyslas Winter Sun 1

Ynyslas Winter Sun

A photo from our beach photo walk earlier today, and probably my favourite, a lovely photo showing how nice Ynyslas can look even in February.

Windswept Morgan 2

Beach Photo Walk

Morgan and I have just got back from a nice little photo walk along the beach. Nothing too exciting, just a little stroll to see how it was looking today. I’ll save the better photos for another post, but as per usual it was fairly breezy over there which just helped to highlight how much...

Camp Chair Construction 2

Patrol Leader Camp

Hooray, we survived the North Ceredigion Scouts Patrol Leader Camp! The Welsh weather did it’s best to defeat us, but failed. In fact we were lucky whilst setting  up on Friday night as it wasn’t raining and we were treated to a glorious clear night with very little wind either. Saturday was quite wet all day mind...

Time to Evacuate – Again 2

Time to Evacuate – Again

As flood wardens we’ve just been told to inform residents to evacuate their homes again. here’s the official statement: NRW will be issuing a flood warning.  We have also been advised by Ceredigion County Council that the expected local conditions and high winds will be a problem around tomorrow mornings high tide at 8.41 a.m....

Another Evacuation in Aberystwyth 0

Another Evacuation in Aberystwyth

No, we aren’t being evacuated again, not yet anyway, but the students are being evacuated from the seafront halls. All lectures and seminars have been cancelled in the university for Friday and Monday and students have been told to leave seafront halls by 4pm on Friday in preparation for the battering we’re likely to get...