Author: Alan Cole

First Ride of 2011 1

First Ride of 2011

We didn’t do an end of month ride in December as the snow was still deep in the hills, so instead we rescheduled and had a ride a week later around the entire Syfydrin Trail at Nant yr Arian. There was a good turn out too, with 13 riders, including the regulars such as myself,...

My iPad Review 4

My iPad Review

I know there are loads of iPad reviews out there, but people still keep asking me what I think of it, so now that I’ve had it for a week or so, here are my thoughts so far. Look and Feel First up, there’s no denying that it is a beautiful thing. Apple certainly build...

Talyllyn Railway 0

Talyllyn Railway

Just a short video clip from our trip to see Santa on the Talyllyn Railway Santa Special.

Sant'as Been! 2

Christmas Offline

Sorry for the lack of updates here recently, but we have an excuse. I’d like to say that we decided to go offline for Xmas as a matter of choice as it would be nice now and then to ‘get away from it all’ and have no contact with the outside world. However, that wasn’t...

Freezing Wales 0

Freezing Wales

It’s certainly been cold again and we broke an all time record (since my records from the Borth weather station began in 2005) again this week with a minimum temperature of minus 9.1°C and what’s more, the average temperature this week has been minus 3.5°C. Mighty cold for anywhere but especially for here on the...

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Eskimo Surf Session

Just got back from a surf session – Yep, it was cold! The waves were really nice though so it had to be done. I’d like to say that it was lovely out there and once I was in the water it wasn’t that cold, but that would be lying. My hands were in agony...

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Santa Special on The Talyllyn Railway

Our annual trip to see Santa this year was aboard the Santa Special at the Talyllyn Railway. We had down this a couple of years ago and enjoyed it so thought we’d join a group of Morgan’s friends and do it again. The recent snowy weather was going to make it a very scenic train...

A Snowy Sunrise in Wales 0

Xmas in Ynyslas

Just some nice photos of the snowy Xmas scenes from our back garden. Hope you like them, and have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Winter Garden Birds

As well as feeding the birds in this cold weather, the lack of internet access has meant that i’ve actually had some time to sit there and watch them as well. It may be cold and wintry out there but there are still plenty of birds around. In about an hour we saw the follwoing...

Igloo in Ynyslas 0

An Igloo in Wales

I know I’ve already posted about it a couple of times but I still can’t get over the fact that we have a full-on igloo in the garden here in Wales. It makes me giggle every time I see it. It’s become a bit of a tourist attraction too as we’ve now had a number...