Author: Alan Cole

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The Bright Colours of July

From whence there was a field, a pile of rubble, some breeze blocks and wooden frames comes the bright colours of summer flowers. Summer continues and the flowers are loving it. The garden is full of life, the water butts are running dry and the pots need constant watering. It is nice to have a...

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Careful what you stand on in the Dunes

As I’m sure you know by now we are at last having a proper summer. It’s been a while coming -10 years since the last one as far as we can remember – but  it’s here and looks set to stay for a while too. Weather conditions have been perfect here in West Wales. Whilst...

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Penparcau Summer Fete

Part of Saturdays activities included a visit to Penparcau Summer Fete as Anna was plying in the Sliver Band there. It was a glorious day for a fete, clear blue skies, warm with just a light cooling breeze and there was plenty going on. The band was playing, there were competitions and stalls all around...

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Tour de Nuun

Cool… “Tour de Nuun” prize has just arrived… Thanks to Triblogs and Nuun Hydration. Which one shall I try first?  

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Day 7 of Summer – Scouting on the Beach

Yep, that’s right, we’ve now had a whole week of summer – amazing I know, but true. It wasn’t quite so hot yesterday with temperatures only just topping 20°C at 20.3°C here, but that was just about perfect, especially with a light cooling breeze. Unfortunately for me there wasn’t a huge amount of time to...

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Day 6 of Summer

How long can this weather continue? Yesterday was Day 6 of Summer 2013 and once again we had wall to wall sunshine, light winds and a glorious day. Temperatures topped out at 23.1°C. If only we didn’t have to work and do the normal daily routine! Here’s some summery garden photos for you. The Wedding...

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The Moths of Summer

Day 6 of Summer is here and after collecting strawberries from the garden it was time to inspect the moth trap that I’d put out last night. It’s been a while since we did any moth-trapping but there was quite a haul. Conditions were perfect for the moths, temperatures only dropped to 14°C and winds...

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More Celebrity Coverage!

I’m in the paper again this week. That’s two weeks, possibly three, in a row. Shame there’s no sign of a celebrity lifestyle to go with it!

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Summer – Day 5

What better way to start the day than a hill-reps induced endorphin rush! A 50 minute hilly run was on the training plan and seeing as it is a 20 minute run to the nearest hills I usually drive to the foot of them and run from Borth. My car is in the garage being...

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12 tips for keeping your home tidy

I have a guest post for you today which includes some items from John Lewis – I hope Anna and Morgan read it as they could learn something from it. Mind you, if I took action on the first of the 12 tips ‘tackle the source’ I’d evicting the pair of them from the house!...