Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I keep saying that it is all too easy to take what you have around you for granted and not make the most of it. So, to make sure didn’t fall into this trap we joined the holiday-makers and had a nice day out at the beach last weekend. Actually we beat them to it...
As regular readers will know we have been having a pragmatic approach to saving some electricity recently. We’re still using the electricity monitor and have been keeping the usage down which is good. It is summer of course so we shouldn’t be using much anyway, but hopefully come winter we’ll be careful with our energy...
Our final stop of the day on our anniversary was The Frame House in Borth. Instead of buying each other anniversary cards and presents we had decided to treat ourselves to a nice picture for the wall. We didn’t really know what we wanted so we stopped off to have a look for something suitable....
Continuing our anniversary day out we headed off to Llanerchaeron House near Aberaeron. This is a National Trust property so it isn’t cheap to get in but we decided that it was our anniversary so we may as well treat ourselves and have a look round, especially seeing as I’m into gardens at the moment...
It was our wedding anniversary on Thursday so although we felt a little guilty about it we sent Morgan off to nursery as usual and had a day out together. Typically I had come down with the dreaded lurgy the night before so wasn’t feeling great and the weather didn’t look too good to start...
As I mentioned a while back, the Ceredigion Coastal Path is due to open soon. First Minister Rhodri Morgan will be joining in on the activities to launch the path between July 4th and July 9th. To mark the opening of the path Ceredigion Ramblers have organised a six-day festival that will see the whole...
Geocaching seems to have turned me into a media hound! Maybe not, but I did do an interview and spend a morning geocaching with BBC Radio Wales the other day. This was completely unrelated to my recent article that was published on the BBC Isle of Man website, but I was approached by the producer...
We’ve had some fun at the beach recently. Nothing unusual there, but its good to make the most of it and all too easy to take it for granted when it is so close. Morgan and I built a huge sandcastle one morning and watched the tide destroy it. We also tried out Morgans new...
It’s been a while since I mentioned how the garden is getting on but I’ve been spending some time on it recently so thought and update was due. Most things are growing well despite the difficult conditions. Our soil is nothing but sand, the winds are ferocious most of the time and the air is...
Our latest ‘toy’ is an inflatable canoe that we bought from the unlikely source of Lidl in Aberystwyth. It is a two man inflatable canoe, although we can get the three of us in it fairly comfortably and it comes complete with seats and various storage compartments. The inner is your normal plastic rubber dinghy...
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
