Author: Alan Cole

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Open Garden in Ceredigion

Llwyncelyn garden in Glandyfi was open on Sunday as part of the National Garden Scheme, so we had a little family outing to visit it. The National Garden Scheme sees provate gardens all over the country open in aid of charity and I’m sure many people go along for a nose as much as anything...

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Beekeeping – Hive Records

An important aspect of successful beekeeping is that of keeping accurate records. It allows you to know what is, and has been, going on inside your hives which in time should provide useful data that will help you manage your stocks more effectively. From your records you should be able to tell what has been...

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A Garden Hunter

Our cat rarely gets mentioned here, so to put that right, here’s a photo of her in the garden yesterday – She is a very silly cat!

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Hives of Activity – Identifying Pollen

We’ve been watching the hives on and off over the last few days. I think the bees have settled into the relaxed way of life here in Ynyslas. They don’t seem to really get going until midday but are then pretty busy all afternoon. Both hives have been lively whilst the sun is out and...

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Danny MacAskill – Almost human

Good to see that Danny MacAskill is ‘almost’ human. Morgan wants to be just like him and we’ve been out practising on his bike this morning – It’s going to take a while though, but it’s good to have high aspirations.

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A Very Hilly Run

I’ve been set a training plan by a coach in the triathlon club and have therefore been trying to stick to it. On the schedule for Wednesday was a hilly 45 minute run. Now, it’s 4 miles to the nearest hill from here so running from home means that all of my runs to date...

Dyfi Enduro 2011 Results 0

Dyfi Enduro 2011 Results

The Dyfi Enduro 2011 results are out. You can download the spreadsheet here. I’m pretty pleased with my placing just inside the top 100. Everyone else that I ride with did really well too. Jon came in 18th (11th in his category) in a time of 3:07:13 – The winner Neal Crampton did it in...

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Our New Pet

Do you like our new pet? I think he could do with a slightly larger cage, although we do let him out to ride his bike around the garden now and then.

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2011 Dyfi Enduro Photos

The official photos from the 2011 Dyfi Enduro are out, but I’ve been seeing lots of others too so here’s a round up of some photo galleries from the Dyfi Enduro 2011. Right Time Right Place – The Official photographer of the Dyfi Enduro 2011 MBNW– A nice album showing the Dyfi Enduro riders, the...

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Hive Update

Don’t worry I won’t post these every day, but as the bees have now been here for a couple of days and the wind has eased I thought I’d watch them for a bit to see how they are getting on. We fed them when we housed the nucs in the hives and have since...