Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Regular readers will know that a while back we got an energy monitor to see just how much electricity we were using on a day to day basis. At the time it prompted us to go around switching things off standby and being a little more careful than normal. Since then things have slipped a...
I noticed a couple of people wanting to see the route taken by the Mawddach Goldrush Mountain Biking event at Coed y Brenin last weekend… So here it is as recorded by my GPS. Mawddach Goldrush Route Map Just download it and open with Google Earth, and let me know if it was of any...
Just some photos taken at the Mawddach Goldrush MTB event this weekend. Check the comments in the Mawddach Goldrush article for my full report on the days proceedings. All in all it was a good day, the weather wasn’t great but the organisation was and the course was challenging but fun.
Believe it or not, Morgan is 4 already!! He’s into Power Rangers at the moment so his 4th birthday party was a Power Rangers Training Camp! Several of his friends turned up along of course with their parents, and his Auntie Trudi and cousin Kia and Shaun came up from Bristol as well. We had...
After a failed attempt at hiding the latest in the Assume Nothing Wales series of geocaches, we returned to the top secret location at the weekend and got some better co-ordinate readings. The cache is now live on geocaching.com and the First to Find (FTF) is up for grabs. This one is quite a bit...
As you may know, I’ve already posted a blog entry here asking what I was letting myself in for with the Mawddach Goldrush mountain bike ‘race’. That post has received a few comments and has been making me look forward to the event in a couple of weeks time, even if it is with a...
Before I start I should point out that I’m an enthusiastic amateur so this is by no means a professional test or review. Also, this is my first full-suspension mountain bike so I’m not making comparisons to any other models here. My previous mountain bike was a hardtail, a Specialized Rockhopper, so I will be...
My parents are here this weekend so yesterday we took a drive up to Glaslyn lake for a little walk and a picnic. When I got there, to my surprise I saw someone I knew setting up to go for a kitesurf on the lake there… Totally illegal of course seeing as it is a...
I’ve been wanting to treat myself to a full-suspension mountain-bike for a while now. Maybe it was just peer pressure and trying to keep up with the ‘Jones’s’ but there’s nothing like a nice new toy to keep the motivation u. Trouble is there’s just so much choice. For a start there’s the amount of...
I’ve recently started swimming again. Those of you who knew me a while back probably won’t believe that I ever stopped as I used to swim almost every day, and twice a day fairly often. I kept it up whilst at uni too, but building a house, working, getting married and becoming a Dad all...
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
