Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I’ve just received 8 little bottles of powder ready for my Sports and Exercise Science lab tests that begin in earnest next week. I’m not 100% sure of whats in them yet. Four are labeled ‘A’ and the other four ‘B’. Either ‘A’ or ‘B’ will have Sodium Bicarbonate in it as the tests are...
Last night was the last MTB ride before the Dyfi Enduro for me. The idea was to meet the usual attendees of the Wednesday evening night ride at Pendam for an easy ride around the Summit Trail. I found myself there and at a loose end at 5ish, a couple of hours early so rather...
I still don’t know if I’m going to get an iPad yet or wait for iPad 2.0, but I thought I’d start preparing for it anyway. At the moment I tend to work from my desktop iMac and therefore only occasionally need to access e-mails and such like from other computers. When I do need...
Less than a week to go until the 2010 Dyfi Enduro, so yesterday a large group of us had a pre-ride around the course. There were 17 of us in total. We didn’t do the road section from Machynlleth but started at the ClimachX Trail head and then rode down to the road and up...
Things have been fairly quiet on the moth front recently. Numbers have been avergae but the same old species were showing up all the time. Last saw a change in the weather however, with much warmer overnight temperatures – the minimum was 11ºC, light winds and some rain. This led to some new species in...
Anna’s Mum was here for a few days, so as usual we made the most of the offer of a babysitter and organised a rare night out. We went to see Avatar in 3D at the Arts Centre Cinema in Aberystwyth. The film was good, the special effects are of course pretty spectacular, but I...
Once again I’m being a Sports and Exercise Science lab rat for Jon. I did the ramp test yesterday which is always carried out before the test to give Jon some data that allows him to calculate the work rate that my subsequent tests should be performed at. Basically after filling in some disclaimer forms...
All of a sudden the garden is full of colour. The bright greens of new growth on almost everything, the bright yellows of Marsh Marigolds, Daffodils, Celandine (and of course dandelions) and the purples of the newly flowering Bluebells.
The nice weather continues and I’m beginning to enjoy my rides on my road bike. Not only can I cover much greater distances than on my mountain bike but I don’t need to drive to the trails and I don’t need to clean it after a ride. Yesterdays ride was twice around a local 10...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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