Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Mmmmm, the house is suddenly full of the aromas of Christmas – I know it’s April but I don’t care as it smells scrumptious! It’s all thanks to the orange, cranberry and cherry muffins that I’ve just baked, complete with nutmeg and cinnamon topping. We’re also cooking a turkey, bacon and leek pie which smells pretty Christmassy...
It was our final day on the Isle of Man today so we only had the morning to play before catching the boat back. The weather was still cold at around 3°C and the wind had picked up to a nice force 6 easterly just in time for the ferry crossing! So as to continue...
Sunday was the final full day of our trip to the Isle of Man and we had several geocaching records that we could try to beat. Number of caches in a day – current record = 15 Number of consecutive days with finds – current record = 6 Most finds in a month – current...
Saturday was another glorious day on the Isle of Man. Still cold but sunny and the wind had finally eased a little. I started the days activities with a bike ride around the TT course whilst Anna and Morgan went to visit James and Donna. It’s a shame I didn’t get to catch up with...
We’ve just hit day 10 of our consecutive days geocaching streak… So I thought I’d upload a new version of our stats seeing as we’ve been so prolific over the past few days. There are two versions of the stats both of which show our caching endeavours up to today. Click here for version 1...
Morgan is a little spoilt by his Granny – But I suppose that’s what grandparents are for and it does mean that he enjoyed our recent trip to the Isle of Man as well. On top of having special food cooked for him such as pancakes for breakfast, there were plenty of other little treats...
Another glorious day on the Isle of Man – sunshine, blue skies, a cold wind, 4°C and snow-lined roads. I made an early start and headed out for a bike ride whilst Anna and Morgan had breakfast. My ride took me through Colby and into Port St Mary, along the coast road into Castletown and...
After a long day and night travelling to the Isle of Man we didn’t want to waste a day of our holiday catching up on sleep, so we had breakfast when we arrived at Anna’s Mums and then headed off for a day out. We had a geocache or two planned, the sun was shining...
Morgan and I finally got around to building one of his Meccano models the other day. We’d been working on it on and off for weeks but it is now complete… When I say ‘we’ I think it was about 98% me, 2% Morgan as it is quite a bit trickier than Lego but he...
Easter Sunday and Morgan got up at about 6am. I had been awake for ages, but luckily I hadn’t bumped into the Easter Bunny. He had visited though, leaving loads of eggs on the dining room table and a list of clues for Morgan’s Easter Egg hunt. Mind you, there was plenty of chocolate on the table...
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
