Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I put the moth trap out again last night and had quite a catch. With light winds most of the night, temperatures staying above 13ºC and light cloud cover it was perfect conditions. As well as the usual suspects there were a number of new garden records as well, with close to 200 moths and...
It doesn’t look as though the lack of exercise and far too much food during my few days away recently have done too much damage. I did a turbo trainer session the other day and my performance was OK. I even checked the tyre pressure before the session to make sure things were consistent and...
Our adventures into Beekeeping continue. Regular readers will know that we currently have a bee hive on loan for 6 weeks situated at the bottom of our garden. All seems to be going quite well. We aren’t due to start bee-keeping properly ourselves until next spring but as we were near to a bee-keeping supply...
I’d been doing well with my weight loss and training before we had a few days away. I hadn’t really been dieting but I had been eating a little less and had been doing more exercise, so over the course of about a month I’d lost almost a stone. I then went away for a...
Weather and days away mean that we haven’t put the moth trap out much lately but I thought I’d risk it last night. It ended up being fairly windy but we still had quite a few moths and some new ones too. Here’s the list from last night. 1 x July Highflyer 10 x Large...
I haven’t been into the centre of Bristol for years. Broadmead used to be a regular stomping ground for me, but it has all changed since I was last there. As part of our recent few days away we spent a day in Bristol, shopping at the new (to me) Cabot Circus. We first had...
Whilst driving between Southampton and South Gloucestershire on our recent few days away, we took the scenic route and realised that we weren’t far from Stonehenge. I hadn’t visited it for years and Anna and Morgan had never been there. Last time I went there it was just a load of stone on a rolling...
As part of our few days away, we spent and afternoon visiting Hurst Castle with Jasper, Fiona, Pippa and Joe. We drive to Keyhaven which is a nice south coast boating village and caught the Hurst Castle ferry out to the castle. We’re not really into the history of such things but still had fun...
We’ve just got back from a few days away. We’re not having a ‘proper’ holiday this year so we decided to mix a visit to friends and family with a bit of a break and headed off on Thursday morning. After a quick stop at my brothers garage in Bristol for some new tyres for...
As part of our few days away we went for a little walk in the New Forest, from Boldre Church. Morgan was on his bike (most of the time whilst Jasper, Fiona, Anna and I walked in a little circuit around the forest. Jack the dog was with us too. Morgan did OK on his...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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MTB / Trail Guides / Wales
Traws Eryri Day 2 – Dolgellau to Trawsfynydd
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
