Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
We’ve just got back from another excellent weekend away camping for free in Wales courtesy of Chain Reaction Cycles and their series of MTB Marathons and Road Sportives. Morgan was on one of the floats in the Borth Carnival dressed as Doctor Who on Friday, so we packed the camping and cycling kit while he...
I’m supposed to be doing the CRC Crickhowell Mountain Bike Marathon on Saturday and then the Schwalbe Road Sportive on Sunday, but it didn’t quite fit into my training plan. I’ve therefore made the classic mistake of trying to fit all my training in before the weekend so that I can do these two events. Really...
I’m hoping that isn’t the end of summer but yesterday’s evening swim was definitely less summery than of late and it’s raining again this morning. I even had to put a jacket on after my swim in Aberystwyth last night as it was getting quite chilly and we had to put the headlights on during the drive home...
I’d like to say that yesterday was day 22 of summer, but although temperatures were still up into the low 20’s and when the sun came out it was lovely, there were quite a few heavy showers around and things were feeling a lot less summery than they were. Typically this is often the case...
I did a ride that I haven’t done for a couple of years yesterday. Nothing huge, just a fairly flat ride into Aberystwyth via Lovesgrove, then onto the Ystwytn CC Devils Bridge 22 mile hilly TT course. Making a total of just under 45 miles. Having not done it for a couple of years, it was...
Morgan with a giant bourbon!
The water has been so clear here lately during my open water swims that I just couldn’t resist taking Morgan snorkelling. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any of my old diving kit so we had to buy some cheap masks and snorkels from Sports Direct – They’ll do the job though. However, we didn’t quite get...
After chores and work this morning then a little snorkel with Morgan in Borth, followed by lunch, I couldn’t resist a bit of baking ready for a very British afternoon tea. Mmm, freshly baked scones with strawberry jam and cream. Unfortunately we didn’t have any clotted cream so I had to make do with squirty cream....
Another guest post for you today, this time from writer, blogger and mum to three Jane Blackmore who is looking for a challenge in order to raise money for Diabetes UK – Something I did a while back with a swim in Lake Bala. Getting some fitness back I am in a quandary. In the...
Morgan and I have just carried out a bee inspection on our two hives. Clettwr The first hive (Clettwr) is the one in which the queen died a few weeks ago. We last saw here on July 1st when all looked goo, but on July 7th found her dead at the bottom of the hive....
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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