Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Day two of kayaking and we had already fallen into a familiar routine. After breakfast with the others in the Agriturismo there was time to get ready and then Clark and Giovanni turned up with the mini-bus and kayaks at a leisurely10am. Today he drove us to Porto Ferro on the West Coast. Here we...
Having travelled across the UK on Monday, across Europe on Tuesday and across Sardinia on Wednesday, Thursday was finally the day to get back on the water. I hadn’t been on the sea since my heart attack last June so doing so in the not-freezing waters of Sardinia was the perfect way to do so....
As you may have read in a recent blog post, Anna and I were off to Sardinia to do some sea-kayaking. After a couple of years of holiday cancellations due to Covid restrictions and a heart attack, it was to be a much needed break and an opportunity for me to get back on the...
If your bedroom has had the same style for a while, then it might be time for a change. The good thing is that you don’t have to spend a fortune to give your bedroom a makeover unless you want to, of course. Often, it is the finishing touches that transform a room rather than...
I’ve always wanted to have a collection of bonsai trees. I did have an indoor bonsai tree for a few years. It did quite well and looked nice, but eventually succumbed to cat attack! Outdoor ones would be better really, but we live on the coast. Normal trees and other plants struggle to survive here...
This may be tempting fate, but after struggling with algae for a while the aquarium is once again algae free. The algae got a little out of control after my heart attack. I was unable to do anything to the tank for a while, the CO2 supply ran out and the delicate balance was upset....
I’ve recently updated the solar monitoring app that I built. It started out as a monitoring app for the solar panels and can be seen on this website from the link at the top of the page. The app/plugin currently consists of a couple of pages: The Solar and Battery Overview – which shows the...
The shed that the golf course use to keep some equipment was damaged by the storms earlier in the year. It’s been looking quite a mess for a while to be honest, but the damage does seem to have forced them to give it a clear out. I have a feeling that quite a lot...
Another quiet weekend here for us. We had some good days on the ‘solars’ though thanks to the blue skies and cool temperatures. There was barely any import from the grid. Just a little here and there for things like showers because that draws too much power for our inverter. Otherwise we were using solar...
With Covid restrictions relaxed and my heart attack recovery continuing we thought it was time for a holiday – I think after the year or two we’ve had it was well deserved. Anna and I therefore booked a little adventure to go Sea Kayaking in Sardinia. Morgan didn’t really want to come with us so...
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