Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I’ve been ill this week, so instead of spending my spare time out windsurfing and general enjoying the Welsh coast and countryside I’ve been keeping warm and snug at home and have spent some time playing with the image generating capabilities of PHP. I decided to build a ‘stats sticker’ that members of my Forces-of-Nature...
Of course, as soon as I posted an entry about the lovely colours of the trees this year, the wind picked up and blew them all off before I had chance to take any photos. There were one or two left though for a quick shot from the van as I drove by!
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but the autumn colours this year are the best I can remember. Driving along the roads at the moment looking at all the trees in their autumn splendor is a joy. It must be an effect of the warm dry summer and warm autumn that we have...
Yet another action packed Welsh Weekend. Saturday was as good as it gets as far as windsurfing is concerned and Steve and I had an excellent day on the water. Full windsurf diary entry here. Saturday evening was spent having dinner and quite a bit of wine with Dave and Sarah. We then made an...
I managed to go out looking for yet another geocache today, it did only take about half an hour but it beats working! Actually I had planned to go windsurfing as well this afternoon but the wind was gusty and I felt ill so I didn’t bother. The wind is looking good for the weekend...
Couldn’t resist posting this photo of Morgan helping me with the washing up this afternoon!
I had a quick trip up a hill today to find a couple of newly hidden geocaches. Found them both before heading back down the hill to collect Morgan from nursery. Being self-employed certainly has its advantages at such times as I am able to pop-out whenever the mood takes me, and today was such...
We had another nice weekend here in West Wales. My parents came up on Saturday night to see us, so Saturday was a bit hectic, trying out the new tumble drier (which still makes far too much noise), tidying the house, mowing the lawn etc. Sunday morning was equally hectic as me and my dad...
It’s been a busy week here in our simple life of luxury.. We decided as winter was approaching to add to the luxury and splash out on a tumble drier. We of course bought the only ‘A’-rated model available which apparently uses 50% less energy than other models even though on that setting it takes...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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