Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Morgan and I headed off this morning to a top secret location to hide a new geocache as part of the Assume Nothing Wales series. The weather wasn’t great, grey and overcast with snow around in places so we wrapped up warm, parked up and headed off to the chosen spot. Morgan was on his...
A couple of weeks ago I met members of the Ystwyth Mountain Bike Club at Penmachno in North Wales for a ride around the trail there. It was my first visit to this trial and I loved it. It is very different to normal ‘Trail Centre’ trails. For a start it is hidden away in...
Well, my car is now officially run-in… It clocked 100,000 miles yesterday. Roll on the next 100,000. Of course when I post that my mountain bike has clocked 100,000 miles then that will be something to celebrate!
Just a few photos from a recent walk along the Leri. As you can see it was a fairly sunny day, but cold as well. In addition to the horses we also crept up on a large flock of Geese on the Leri.
Not content with washing my iPod earphones in the washing machine, I accidently put my £130 Garmin Foreunner through a standard 40 degree wash cycle and 1200rpm spin cycle yesterday! Probably not a great idea, but it looks fairly clean and still seems to work! I’ve been putting off using it whilst windsurfing as I...
It’s never ending this bicycle maintenance malarky. Just before Xmas I took my bike into the shop for a service. I wanted to get the forks serviced so thought I’d let them give everything else a once over as well. Turned out that the forks were beyond repair so I had to get some new...
Uh oh… I’m now officially signed up to do the Mawddach Goldrush mountain bike race on Sunday March 8th. The ‘challenge will run on a course based on the famous TARW trail at Coed y Brenin with twisty, rocky sections and fast-flowing descents’. I’m not completely mad though as i’m doing it as part of...
We’ve recently returned from our holiday in Slovenia. We went to Kranjska Gora again and had a good time. The resort was a little busier than last time but we soon settled in and as before the hotel was lovely. Good rooms, good food and friendly staff… Although it was a little too warm!! Dave...
On the way through Borth yesterday I saw a Little Egret flying just above one of the drainage ditches so today morgan and I headed off for a walk along the River Leri in search of it. The Little Egret is a recent colonist, normally found along the south coast, and on parts of the...
After a couple of days of Xmas inactivity I couldn’t wait to get back out and do something. The weather was cold but sunny and there was a freezing east wind blowing so I went out for a windsurf session on the seafront at Ynyslas on Boxing Day. It was fine to start with but...
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
