Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Yesterday was my last day working at the university. I’ve been working as a website editor for a project there. The project is now ‘in limbo’ so my contract hasn’t been extended which means I’m back to being a full-time freelance website designer. I shall continue working for the project on a freelance basis for...
We should all strive to learn new things and challenging ourselves, but now and then you can’t beat the feeling of doing something you’re good at. I’m trying to get fit, or at least fitter, since getting back on track after my hospital visits this year and swimming is a great way to do so....
I’m about to start work on building a new website for a new client. It’s a fairly simple brochure style website and it won’t use any of the new ‘features’ of HTML 5, but I wonder if I should use the new HTML specification or not? It might be a good excuse to build a...
You know what it’s like sometimes with sports. You should really get out there and do it but for one reason or another you just can’t be bothered. More often than not if you just get out there and do it, you not only enjoy yourself but you feel much better for it too. Today...
My windsurf equipment insurance was due for renewal last week. I’ve been with the same company for many years and renew it every year, and this year was no different. The e-mail I get from them asks me to renew online and as usual when i try to do so their system refuses to work...
We’ve been doing fairly well with saving energy since we got out Energy Usage Monitor. But, we put the heating on today and I have three 20-mile round trips to Aberystwyth planned for today. In at 9am for my ‘Effective Online Writing’ course, back at 11am, in again at 3.30pm for the school run and...
October 26th 2009 13ºC and damp. 1 Rush Veneer 1 Red-line Quaker 1 Angle Shades 1 Setaceous Hebrew Character 1 Large Yellow Underwing 1 Large Wainscot 1 Feathered Ranunculus October 29th 2009 13ºC, moderate winds 1 Black Rustic 1 Large Wainscot 1 November Moth New this week
What a day!! After a dry, still evening for the Machynlleth lantern parade yesterday, the wind and rain arrived in earnest this morning. Perfect for me as I had intended to go windsurfing. With gusts to 52.6 knots recorded on the Borth and Ynyslas Weather Station it looked as though it was going to be...
The Machynlleth Festival of Light Lantern procession and Fireworks display was good last night. As it fell on Halloween this year, we left the pumpkins out on the deck to ward off the evil spirits before driving into Machynlleth. We hadn’t planned to meet anyone there but knew that a few people were going and...
At last, I finally got the whole family out for a mountain bike ride, and I think they enjoyed it. Unfortunately there isn’t a proper, family-friendly trail at Nant yr Arian. The easiest trail there has a few bits in it that aren’t really suitable for complete beginners or 4 year olds, and there is...
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
