Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
There was no rush today as our canoe building course was over so we had a few days left of our holiday and some time to explore. We did pop into the workshop though to give our canoe a coat of varnish. The more coats of varnish we can apply the better so we’ve decided...
Another early start for me with a run around the Newby Block the same as a couple of days ago. I did knock 2 minutes off my Strava course record though. After a shower and breakfast at the cottage we headed off to the workshop to continue with our canoe build. The coat of paint...
Day three of our canoe build today but as usual I was up early so went for a little walk around Morland before returning to the cottage for breakfast. It was then off to the workshop to continue with our canoe. First job of the day (after making a brew) was the moment of truth...
Day two of our canoe build and things are now looking good. After a good night in the cottage I got up at 5ish and waited for it to get light enough to go for a run. Nothing too mad, just a short 3 mile run around the local country lanes with just the pheasants...
We’d come north to the Lake District to attend a canoe building workshop with Orca Adventures. We’d booked it months ago and had been looking forward to it for a while. The Lakelander course which we were doing cost £495 for the three of us. Orca Adventures then supply all of the instruction, all of...
At last, after a busy few weeks we were due for some rest and recuperation and the day had finally come for a trip to The Lakes. We couldn’t leave too early as we had phone calls to take, but we were on the road by 10:30 and apparently it would only take 4 hours...
If there was one good thing to come from our phone-line outage over Easter, it was the fact that Morgan couldn’t get online and therefore wanted to go outside to play all the time. We therefore had lots of trips to the beach and plenty of fun in the dunes. We kept putting sticks on the...
That was a fun Easter Sunday, The Easter Bunny had visited and left a whole load of eggs and the customary treasure hunt. The hunt seems to get more difficult each year just to challenge Morgan so today’s had a whole host of clues and codebreaking to do. Morgan got there in the end though,...
After a morning working in the garden we headed off to make the most of the sunshine with a little family stroll around Ynyslas. This was all in an attempt to get Morgan off the computer and out into the real world! We didn’t want to put him off though as he’d only get grumpy and...
The Easter Bank holiday is finally here, so time for some rest and relaxation. Trouble with that was that the forecast was for a lovely Good Friday and then for things to take a turn for the worse with gales and rain forecast for the rest of the weekend. There was lots to do in...
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
