Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
We’ve just got back from a family visit to Bristol. With Morgan planning to head off to Canada to work in a ski resort for the winter we also took the opportunity to do some shopping for some suitable clothing whilst there. Being Morgan, he’s off to Canada to work in a ski resort having...
I’ve just realised that I haven’t blogged for a while and haven’t posted to say that I went windsurfing at the weekend. So, I had a decent windsurf session here at Ynyslas on Saturday. Steve came down for the day and we spent the morning blasting about in some big seas and a decent SW...
The bees seem to be loving the new garden pond. There were literally hundreds of them all lined up along the edges at the weekend. We had a hedgehog visitor at the weekend too, and there was a cool photo of a stoat on top of a fence post in the dunes here posted on...
I think I’ve mentioned in passing that I have a finger infection. Who’d have thought that a simple, small area of infection could cause so much agro! I’m not even sure where it came from, possibly gardening, but the middle finger on my right hand was a little sore early last week. I didn’t think...
Anna and I have just got back from a trip to the Isle of Man. Morgan didn’t come with us this time as he’s 18 years old and has better things to do – namely cat and house sitting and going to school! We went to visit Anna’s Mum, but did plenty of fun tourist...
I’m not quite sure how we did it, but it would appear as though Anna and I have managed to raise a fully grown adult!! Yep, Morgan turned 18 at the weekend. We had a family meal with just the three of us to celebrate at the Glen in Aberystwyth. We’re not 100% sure what...
It wouldn’t be Christmas with a Christmas Day blog post. To be honest, there isn’t a huge amount to blog about really. You could probably look back to the Christmas Day blog posts from the past few years and it would be almost the same! That’s not a complaint of course, more an observation that...
Having spent the weekend in Bristol for our annual family gathering, it was time to get the goodies out for Christmas and stock up the treats table. There’ll be no dieting here for a while! As usual, the weekend away was a little hectic. We couldn’t leave as early as usual as Anna was playing...
Yeah, “It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas”. Well, it kind of is thanks to the fact that we put the Christmas lights up at the weekend and it’s been super cold, frosty and there’s snow. You can’t beat Christmas lights and snow to make it feel like Christmas. So, it might be a...
Yet another year older for me yesterday and we awoke to snow in Mid Wales. The first order of the day for me was a frosty run around Ynyslas. I had to take it easy on any stretches of tarmac as it was pretty slippery, but the frozen ground along the Leri was nice to...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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