Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
With Anna away for work on the Isle of Man, it was left to me to run Scouts on my own this week. Thankfully it was an easy session as we were taking them to the woods just outside Llanfarian for a woodland crafts evening with Tir Coed. This meant that there were a couple...
Frequent shoppers in Aberystwyth’s Morrisons might think that I’m up to something as I was fund-raising there on Friday last week and then again on Tuesday this week. Friday’s fundraising was with the Scouts, doing a skipping challenge for the British Heart Foundation and bag-packing to raise money for the Scout Group. Tuesday’s Find-raising was...
Yet another year that we have managed to miss the Aberystwyth Cycle Fest. It’s been taking place for 5 years now and not once have we had anything to do with it as we have always been away. This year was no exception as we were away for my Dad’s 65th birthday party. We did...
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ust a couple of photos from the concert at the Arts Centre that we went to last night. First up was the Aberystwyth Youth Schools Band. We knew a few of the children playing in the band, and who knows maybe one day Morgan will be joining them. Next up was a rendition of ‘The Incredibles’ by...
After a training morning on Sunday and a Beehive Re-location, our day was still not done as we were off to the Panto in Aberystwyth. One of our Scouts was in the panto so we had originally planned to take to other Scouts along with us and have quite a big party of panto-goers. But...
Another sleepless night last night thanks to the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers. We started off by taking the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to the Railway Inn and The Victoria in Borth so that they could sing carols at the Mad Friday punters and collect some money. They did OK and the people of Borth...
Morgan’s cornet playing has been improving quite a bit recently. So much so that he now quite often plays alongside Anna in the Aberystwyth Silver Band. They were out raising money and entertaining the shoppers at Morrisons last night, although I’m not sure why Morgan didn’t have his band uniform on.
Winter is on it’s way… In light of last years storms and heavy snowfall over the past few years our status as Flood Wardens has been updated to cover other Emergencies as well and we have recently received the latest Emergency and Flood Plan for Borth and Ynyslas. We’ve also been forwarded some news from Ceredigion County Council about...
As part of our lantern pack for the Lantern Parade in Machynlleth we had a few free tickets for the fireworks. Those that didn’t have free tickets such as my parents bought tickets too as we usually pay to watch the fireworks afterwards as well. Not long after we entered the field and lined our...
As usual, we attended the annual Machynlleth Lantern Parade last night. This time though rather than being innocent bystanders watching the lantern parade go by we were an integral part of it. Having built a lantern with the Scouts over the past few weeks, it was now time for our spooky ghost lantern to join...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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