Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I thought last night would be a good night for the moths. Temperatures stayed above 15ºC and when I put the trap out there was no wind and some light rain. The rain eased overnight and the wind picked up a little but there were still plenty of moths in the trap this morning. In...
It was Morgans School Fete yetserday and the theme was ‘The Circus’. Thankfully the rain held off and we all had fun. Morgan went dressed as a clown wearing a home made bow-tie, my shorts, my shoes, a red nose and a clowns hat which looked pretty good. We all raised lots of money for...
It’s been a good year for the garden so far this year. Lots of sunshine, some rain and not too much wind, plus I’ve spent a fair amount of time tending to it. It is therefore looking good which I’m quite pleased about. I have just come across a photo of it from a few...
It was a fairly windy weekend here and with rain overnight on Saturday, I didn’t put the moth trap out, but by Sunday evening the wind had dropped off so it looked good for a moth-trapping attempt. In the end it was fairly breezy but the temperature only dropped to 14.4ºC so it wasn’t a...
Phew, at last I feel like a windsurfer again. So far this year has been pretty pathetic wind-wise. its been good for the garden and for cycling but I’ve barely been out windsurfing – Just 21 sessions so far according to my diary entries. Yesterday was good though with a 25-30 knots wind all day....
Our parents had given us some money as an anniversary present so we thought we’d treat ourselves to some plants for the garden. So, as part of our anniversary day out we went to Derwen Garden centre near Welshpool. Derwen Garden Centre is actually one of three sites, that as far as we can tell...
It’s our wedding Anniversary today, so yesterday whilst Morgan was at school Anna and I had a day out in Welshpool, wandering around a garden centre. That doesn’t sound that exciting I know and makes us sound as though we’re getting old, but it was nice to have some time to ourselves and just be...
My recent lab tests with Jon at the Sports and Exercise Science Department are finally over. The tests themselves were hard, but nothing compared to the disgusting potions I had to drink beforehand – For that reason alone I’m glad that they are over! I met Jon yesterday for a quick synopsis of what he...
Time for some more clever bike riding skills, this time from Tim Knoll – Although I don’t really think you can call it ‘riding’, it’s more like gymnastics really. Tim Knoll digicam edit from tim knoll on Vimeo.
Another good night for the moth trap last night. The weather was still, a little overcast and temperatures only dropped to 10.6ºC. In the trap this orning were 108 moths from 29 different species, which included 4 new garden records. 2x Scarce Footman* 1x Small Magpie 26 x Lackey 3x Wormwood Pug 2x Garden Tiger...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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