Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Shem posted on Facebook yesterday about the Ying and Yang of his day. Sitting in a hot tub under the stars with owls and bats flying over head was the plus side, clearing up a mess made by his dog wasn’t so pleasant. The unseasonably hot weather that we’ve been having seems to have put a smile...
Yes, at long last I put the moth trap out last night. It was a gorgeous night with light winds, clear skies and temperatures only dropping to 15ºC – are you sure this is Wales at the end of September. There weren’t loads of moths in the trap but there were enough. 66 in total from...
Just as we were getting ready for winter and getting used to the cold, grey, windy autumnal weather we’d been having, September has thrown us a bit of a surprise. I don’t think it counts as an Indian Summer quite yet as the official definition is a period of seven days or more occurring after...
During a brief break in the weather yesterday we managed to get out in the garden and not only mow the lawn but harvest some vegetables too. Onions Courgettes Yellow Courgettes Tomatoes Carrots Parsnips Beans Beetroot Spring Onions Not a bad haul really and it made for a delicious dinner. We certainly got more than...
Morgan and I were quite successful in the recent Aberystwyth and District Beekeepers Association (ABKA) Photographic Competition. It was a fairly informal affair and just for fun, although there were prizes up for grabs. There were three categories: Other Bees (Not Honey Bees) Inside the Hive Beekeepers You were allowed to enter one photo per...
The wind arrived as forecast on Wednesday, continuing what has so far been a very autumnal September. With blue skies and a decent 30-35 knot SW wind I’d normally sail on the seafront, but Graham is just getting back into windsurfing and I’ve been encouraging him to get out and the seafront would have been...
A friend of mine e-mailed me last night, sending me a link to a tombola competition in aid of Diabetes UK, and asking ‘Are you the Tombola Prize’. I had a look, you can see the prize here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/castlevision/6153184344/in/photostream I am indeed a tombola prize, or at least, a photo of me is.
It looks as though I’ve completed the last Triathlon of 2011, so how did the year go? 2011 was the year that I made a return to training for and competing in triathlons after not doing one for over 20 years. I did a few in my late teens, but funnily enough, after over 20...
We’ve a busy weekend ahead of us so I have just got back from managing to squeeze in a quick windsurf session this morning before the tide got too high. It was just me and the gulls out there with a stiff 20-30 knot Westerly wind blowing, some decent waves and very choppy conditions. If...
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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
