Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
In a little break in the weather this morning our bees were busy out collecting pollen and nectar whilst they could. I thought I;d play with my GoPro HD camera and see if I could get some footage of them coming and going, so here’s a very short clip of them doing their thing. I...
For some reason many people find it odd that I use a wheelbarrow to get to the beach. In fact some people don’t even believe it, but it’s true. It’s actually the easiest (and cheapest) way to transport my kit to the beach and means that I can go from sitting at my desk working...
Thought we’d take some photos of honey bee eggs during our hive inspection at the weekend. Lots of people seem to have problem spotting them when doing an inspection, so this is what they look like. The are the tiny ‘grain of rice’ like structures at the bottom of the cells.
Things weren’t looking ideal for a hive inspection this weekend, strong winds, rain and a busy schedule were going to make things difficult. Saturday morning dawned warm(ish), fairly windy but with a gap in the rain so we quickly suited up and had a very quick inspection of both Clettwr and Leri. We were lucky...
Another day and another windsurf. Here are a few clips of just a few of the people who were out on the water yesterday. Me doing the filming, Steve and Tom windsurfing, Snoozer (Neal) kitesurfing.
What a session, blue skies, decent wind and lots of waves. I was well powered with my 5m sail and Naish Hybrid Freewave, a fun combination that led to a perfect windsurf session here at Ynyslas. Tom came you too so it was just the two of us and lots of jumps, gybes and playing...
Last night was the first dry night for a while so despite the wind I put the moth trap out. Things were wuiet early on but there were moths in the trap this morning. Here’s the haul: 1 x Rustic Shoulder-knot 1 x Grey Pug 1 x Pale Tussock 2 x Shuttle-shaped Dart 2 x...
It seems as though ‘Alice’ and here colony are settling in well to their new home. Yes, we’ve not only named the hives – Clettwr and Leri, but the queens of each colony have names too. Ffion for the queen in Leri and Alice for the queen in Clettwr. Alice’s colony is a little behind...
Came across this today – Playmobil stopmotion surfing…..simply awesome!
My schedule today included a 2km swim, so rather than drive to the pool I was determined to do an open water swim – In the rain of course. The westerly wind meant that the seafront was a little too rough so I headed off to the estuary where the water was dead calm. Suited...
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
