Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
With a few bits of new kit and the OMM looming on the horizon, I decided to make the most of my Bank Holiday afternoon and head out into the hills. It wasn’t a particularly exciting day weather wise with grey skies, light winds and the possibility of drizzle on the hilltops. It was 1pm...
You know I like my outdoor kit and with the OMM fast approaching I thought it was time for a run-through of what I’ll be using. The event itself consists of two days running in the mountains in October. This is the UK (this year North Wales) and it’s set in October as the weather...
With The Original Mountain Marathon (OMM) approaching fast I thought it was time to check out some food options. Yes, I know I should be out running and navigating in the hills to get fit for it, but I thought testing some freeze-dried meals would be easier and makes me feel as though I’m preparing!...
Well, I commented yesterday that you can’t beat an early morning swim before a day at work. Maybe I was wrong, because an early morning windsurf in perfect conditions before work is equally as good, probably better! 30-35 knots with sunny skies and warm temperatures. A little bit of chop at this side of the...
You can’t beat an early morning open water swim before work, no matter what the weather. But when it’s a perfect sunny summer morning there really isn’t anything better. Especially when you swim the length of Aberystwyth and then head off below the cliffs to Clarach. It’s made even better by the stunning walk back...
I’ve just realised that I haven’t blogged for a while and haven’t posted to say that I went windsurfing at the weekend. So, I had a decent windsurf session here at Ynyslas on Saturday. Steve came down for the day and we spent the morning blasting about in some big seas and a decent SW...
I did say I wouldn’t buy any more houseplants for a while. You know what that means don’t you! Yep, whilst at the garden centre for brunch they had a whole selection of tiny little houseplants just come in. I couldn’t resist! They are only tiny, but I ended up with It’ll be a while...
I thought I’d go for a slightly longer run today. It was a quiet day with a light breeze and cloudy skies so I decided to stay close to home and just do laps of the dunes. The lap around the top portion of the dunes is exactly 1 mile long. It goes up over...
It’s not often in Wales that it’s too warm in the sea with a thin 3/2mm wetsuit on, but it was today. What’s more, there was a perfect 25 knots of wind, the sun was shining and the tides were just right. There was no option but to spend the day windsurfing! I was perfectly...
The summery weather seems to have left us for a while. I even spotted a fairly impressive waterspout just out to sea a little whilst driving into work the other day. I managed to stop and snap a quick couple of photos of it with my phone. A proper telephoto lens would have been better,...
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