Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
The kitesurfers have now smashed the 55 knot barrieer over 500m – The speeds have yet to be officially ratified by the WSSRC, but Sebastien Cattelan has done it again at the 2010 Luderitz Speed Challenge. After writing history just over two years ago by being the first kiter to break the magical 50 knots...
I was dying to get out for a MTB ride last night. I’d been at home all day without much work to do so had been willing the wind to pick up so that I could go windsurfing – It never did, so I was champing at the bit to get out and do something....
Once again, America is taking over a little and we are celebrating Halloween more and more each year. Anna and Morgan prepared the pumpkin last night ready to ward off the evil spirits. We should note that the pumpkin was grown by Dave and Sarah our neighbours and it now looks really good in the...
It’s ‘Feed the Birds Day’ on Saturday 30th October. Organised by the RSPB, Feed the Birds Day is supposed to remind us about all the things we can do to help birds and other garden wildlife through the winter. The RSPB are running lots of Feed the Birds Day events across the UK, which includes an event at our...
As a bit of an Apple fan-boy it’s not often that I moan about the short-comings of Apple products, the Mac or OSX, but one thing that I’ve wanted for a while in the Finder is tabbed windows and a dual pane function. Tabbed Windows We’ve all got used to tabbed windows in our web-browsers....
My trusty Garmin Forerunner 305 decided to give up the ghost last week so I’ve now ordered a new one – I couldn’t quite decide which model to go for but in the end stuck with the Forerunner 305 and managed to get quite a bargain on it. Recommended retail price is £199.99, but last...
It looks as though today is going to be the nicest day of the Half Term week as far as the weather goes and Morgan was at home with me. So, after doing some gardening we headed off to search for some geocaches – something we hadn’t done for ages. First stop was the a...
It’s not surprising my Moth Trap didn’t attract many moths the other night when it was competing with this.
Winter is definitely on it’s way, there’s a frost here this morning and temperatures dropped below freezing (-1ºC) for the first time this winter. Yesterday was similar, clear skies and a lovely sunny, crisp autumnal day so we loaded up the car with bikes and headed off to Coed y Brenin. Anna and Morgan had...
I’ve just got back from an excellent windsurf session here at Ynyslas. I wandered over to the beach and it didn’t lok great, grey, not that windy and not much in the way of waves either. I rigged my bigger sail, a 5.6m Gun Nexus and decided to give it a go with my Naish...
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
