Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
It was a good night for the moth trap last night. 72 moths in total, my first ever Emperor Moth, 17 different species, 6 of them new to the garden list. Emperor Moth* x1 Pale Pinion* x1 Early Thorn x2 Double-striped Pug x4 Brindled Pug* x1 Small Quaker x27 Hebrew Character x9 Early Grey x6...
A new species for the garden list last night and an impressive one at that so I thought it deserved a post of its own! I popped out to check the trap last night and was about to catch a tiny little Pug that was on the sheet beneath the trap when ‘Thwuuuump‘ something big...
I used to be quite a good triathlete – But that was 20 years ago now and thing shave changed since then. I’m older, fatter, have less time to train and much much slower. Despite this somehow my sister (Trudi) has talked me into doing a triathlon in May in order to raise money for...
I’ve decided I need some new tyres ready for the Dyfi Enduro. Currently my Commnencal Meta 5.5 has a 2.4″ Continental Mountain King on the rear and a 2.35″ Maxxis High Roller on the front. Both are OK for general trail riding but a little too chunky for a longer distance ride such as the...
I wonder what the Likes of Monet would have done if Megapixles and digital cameras had been around in the 1800’s? Something like this maybe which is a photo of a Lily Pads on a lake that I shot at Llanerchaeron House.
I thought last night would be a good night for the Moth Trap. It was raining heavily to start with so I didn’t put it out until later, but the winds had eased, the temperatures were mild – only dropping to 7.7ºC and the damp conditions seemed ideal for moths. The catch was as follows:...
I was looking up the details of the Pine Beauty moth that I caught in our trap over the weekend. The 1988 Nature Conservancy Council publication “The Moths of Ceredigion” by Adrian Fowles says that the Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea) is unusually rare in the county and that only eight specimens had been recorded. I’m...
Oh well, so I can’t ride a bike.. Not like this anyway. I may as well give up now!
My first full year moth-trapping is going to be an exciting one. Not only does it coincide with the formation of the new Ceredigion Moth Group which should keep me busy, but there is the chance of seeing new species almost every time I put the trap out. I starting writing this post about a...
The forecast was for a lovely sunny day with lots of wind yesterday (Easter Monday). Steve had planned to come to Borth and we were expecting to windsurf all day. Steve turned up around 9am, we had a coffee and it wasn’t looking particularly sunny or windy but we headed over to the beach anyway....
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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