Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
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....
April is here, the days are getting longer and despite the cold temperatures there were some new moths in the trap last night. Early Grey x1 Hebrew Character x4 Pine Beauty x1 * Small Quaker x1 * Common Quaker x1 * Red Chestnut x1 *= New Garden Record The Pine Beauty is indeed a Beauty!...
I had been doing quite well with my fitness drive recently. I’d been out on the bike or on the Turbo Trainer a fair bit, I’d been swimming once a week and going to circuit training once a week and I’d even started running a little bit. Best of all, I’d lost a little bit...
After the best surf Ynyslas can muster on Saturday and some sunshine I was keen to get back in the water again. Darren (Badexcuseforasailor from Forces-of-Nature) was here for the weekend and we had arranged to either windsurf if there was wind or go for a bike ride, but windsurfing was the preferred activity. After...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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Traws Eryri Day 2 – Dolgellau to Trawsfynydd
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
