Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
The garden has been coming on well this year. It took a while to get going following the big freeze that was winter 2010-2011 but most things seemed to have pulled through in the end and some things are doing well. We could do with a bit more height here and there in the garden,...
Call them what you will, blueberries, bilberries, blaeberries, whortleberries, whinberries, winberries, windberries, wimberries, myrtle blueberries and lots of other things too such as ground hurts or fraughan depending on where you are. They are either all the same or all very closely related species of the Vaccinium genus and we picked a whole load of...
Despite my lack of preparations and the excuses I turned up to do the Hardwick Sprint Triathlon near Tewkesbury on Sunday. I got there around 7.30am and was still unsure if my ankle injury and shin splints would allow me to actually complete the run. I registered, chatted to a few people and then set up...
Here we go again, another triathlon to compete in on Sunday and the excuses are coming thick and fast. I’m competing in the Hardwick Triathlon in Tewkesbury tomorrow, but thanks to my recent lack of training due to torn ligaments in my ankle I was expecting it to be more of a training session and...
And here’s the second installment of video from our trip to Brechfa yesterday… Enjoy the ride.
Rather than working today, Dave, Pete and myself met at Abergorlech near Brechfa for a ride around both the Gorlech and Raven Trails. It turned out to be a great day out with some really good riding. The trails there have matured well and were riding fast. They weren’t too wet or muddy either which...
Despite our best efforts to prevent it, a couple of our hives looked as though they were being robbed of their stores. In fact, ever since I caught a swarm from Clettwr and re-housed it nearby there seem to have been bees happily drifting between the two hives. Recent inspections have shown both hives to...
I’m not a great fan of football in any respect. I don’t play it and never have, I don’t watch it and never have and I couldn’t tell you anything about it, so I won’t try to. In fact, I kind of dislike the whole football scene as it just seems to revolve around lots of...
On our way home from Dartmoor, we stopped off in Bovey Tracy at the House of Marbles. It was a slightly odd place, but then anywhere that is dedicated to marbles is going to be. They had some huge marbles and marbles of all kinds in the museum, along with lots of mesmerising marble runs....
A few members of the INTR Tri club went for a gorgeous little swim along the coast yesterday. We started from North Beach in Aberystwyth in slightly choppy seas and sunny spells. Along with myself there was Graham and Sharon, Amanda and Kim. We swam out towards a buoy in order to avoid the rocks...
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
