Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Autumn is here for sure this time and that of course means plenty of wind and some good windsurfing conditions. Sunday was always supposed to be good by the afternoon, so after and early morning start at 5am to watch the Grand Prix and then a swim in Machynlleth followed by a bacon sandwich it...
Morgan’s class all came out of school cradling little surprises for us the other day wrapped in tissue paper. When we opened it this is what we found. Don’t worry, it isn’t what you think! Apparently they had been working on clay modelling and sculpturing during the day and the topic was ‘something from nature’....
<A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.co.uk/widgets/q?rt=tf_cw&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=GB&ID=V20070822%2FGB%2Falslikklworls%2F8010%2F8ebd5228-42fe-40a9-a43c-847af574634c&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.co.uk Widgets</A> I was looking at getting a new training gadget in the form of a swimming watch. There are a couple that I’ve been looking at such as the Swimovate PoolMate PRO Computer Sports Watch and the Finis Adult Swimsense. Something to add to my birthday and Christmas wish list maybe? Both contain...
I remember a song from my days at Sunday School about the ‘Foolish Man’ who built his house upon the sand. It went on to say that ‘when the rains came down’ his house didn’t stand firm. I did wonder about this in 2003 when we started building our house here, on the sand at...
It’s my fault for suggesting that Morgan have fish-fingers and custard for dinner the other evening. Who’d have thought that a fussy eater such as Morgan would agree to it? He is six I suppose and therefore prone to agree to the weird and wonderful, but as I’d offered it as an alternative I had...
I guess it helps if your feet match fairly well. It’s not essential, but it doesn’t do too much harm. Mine had been a little uneven for a while. My right big toe had most of its toenail missing for some reason and my left ankle had been sore and a little swollen since I...
I don’t have much work on at the moment, which means I don’t have any money. If you need a web designer then feel free to hire me, I’m quite happy to do computer tuition in the area too and I’m pretty good at turning my hand to gardening or painting as well. Anyway, this...
Everyone was looking forward to the Coed y Brenin Enduro, especially after the warmest and driest week on record for this time of year. We were hoping for fast, dry and dusty trails. Jay and Beale came up from Bristol on Saturday afternoon and stayed with us. We all walked over to the beach and went out...
Fed up with posting the same stuff to Twitter, Facebook and Google+. Me too, in fact I barely bothered with Google+ as I couldn’t be bothered to post there as well as elsewhere, but I’ve just come across a Chrome Plugin that not only allows me to see everything from my Facebook Stream and Twitter Stream...
The sunshine really does make things nicer. Borth and Ynyslas are nice all the time, even when it’s blowing a gale and pouring with rain it has a certain, exposed charm all of its own, but when the sun is out and ‘the living is easy’ it can’t be beat. These last few days have...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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Traws Eryri Day 2 – Dolgellau to Trawsfynydd
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
