Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Morgan has always wanted to go on holiday in a caravan. Don’t ask me why he has this ambition, he’s nearly 5 and I have no idea why he does half the things he does! For example he spends lots of his time running around thinking he’s a Power Ranger, obviously he’s not, he just...
I’ve put the moth trap out a few times this winter but with no luck, but last night I caught our first moth of the year near to the porch light. A Spring Usher (Agriopis leucophaeria). Not a bad looking moth and hopefully one that is ushering in the spring, although, we’ve woken up to...
Its the big 4-0 for me this year. How did that happen so soon? Oh well, not a lot I can do about it so I may as well use it as an excuse to have some fun and buy some new toys! The plan / aim /dream is to hit 40 knots on a...
My parents are here for a long weekend so we went out for Sunday lunch yesterday. We had heard that the carvery at the Marine in Aberystwyth was good so after a walk along the prom to build up an apetite off we went for lunch. All of the reports of it being good were...
Anna and I don’t have too many secrets from each other, we tell each other everything and that leads to a happy, successful relationship. Or maybe I should rephrase that and say as far as I know, we don’t have any secrets – I don’t at least! However, now and then you find out things...
I didn’t think I’d be able to do that! Yesterday, despite still having a bit of a cold, I did my 3:2 minute intervals workout on the turbo trainer. Last time I did this workout on Feb 1st I did the hard efforts at 280 Watts and wrote: My legs were feeling it come the...
I’ve had a bit of a cold lately, it’s nothing too bad just a sore throat, headache and bunged up a bit, but considering what happened last time I exercised whilst ill I’ve been taking it easy. Last time I ended up getting pericarditis and spending several days on the cardiac ward at Bronglais Hospital....
OK, time for a moan about our Broadband Speeds again! As part of my job as a freelance website designer I’m often being called on to help people with their computers, set up e-mail accounts, sort out their broadband connections and generally teach them how to do certain things on their computers. Living in rural...
I’m not really sure why everyone seems to be having a go at Toyota Cars . They’ve identified a few issues with several of their car models – OK, that amounts to a considerable number of individual cars – but they have admitted that there is an issue and are fixing it. What more could...
As you may know from recent posts I’ve started moth trapping and have been part of the formation of the Ceredigion Moth Group. It’s all a little ‘geeky’ but I quite enjoy the moth trapping, as does Morgan and learning more about the creatures around us is always a good thing. Keeping records of them...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
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