Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
As Scout & Explorer leaders for Borth 2nd Scouts Anna and I seem to be busy organising things for them to do all the time. The latest is a treasure hunt that we’re calling the ‘Jubilee Quest’ that will have to keep over one hundred of the local Cubs, Scouts and Explorers occuped for an...
Phew, it may be Wednesday already, but after a long weekend, it feels as though we’ve only just started back properly this week. There was loads going on in this part of the world over the weekend. The coast path was officially opened with a ceremony in Aberystwyth at which the band that Anna plays...
Morgan’s homework at the weekend was to interview an ‘old person’ about homes from the past, how their houses were different to those from today and how things have changed with respect to appliances, how they heated their houses and what they did for fun. The ‘old people’ he chose were Granny (Anna’s Mum) and...
Morgan watching for potential invaders!
After an epic family weekend away camping at the CRC MTB Marathon in Marshbrook last year we thought we’d do it again this year. The CRC MTB Marathons and Road Sportives provide a really good atmosphere, loads of people all into bikes camping in a big field and then riding lots. It ends up like a mini-festival but everyone...
Easter was upon us and for us that means Easter Egg hunts and chocolate. Morgan didn’t get up too early, but when he did, the Easter Bunny had been and had left a trail of clues for him. It was nice that for the first year he was able to read them completely by himself and soon...
After a week or so of glorious weather, sun tans, shorts and busy bee-keeping, a sudden plunge back into temperatures below freezing, icy winds and snow on the hills just in time for the school holidays was a bit of a shock. Needless to say, this coupled with the fact that I was ill meant...
Sunday mornings usually have me doing a run and a swim these days, and last Sunday was no exception. I couldn’t swim at Machynlleth as the Aquathlon was on and I was supposed to be doing hill reps anyway, so would be better off running on my own. I therefore headed into Aberystwyth nice and...
We had a last minute trip to Bristol this weekend. We couldn’t drive down Friday evening as we had organised a geocaching event for the Scouts and Explorers and didn’t finish that until 10pm, so we made an early start and set off just after 6am on Saturday morning. We made good time on the quiet roads...
For those who don’t know it is National Science and Engineering Week this week and as usual the science departments from the university have got together and put on a 3 day hands-on exhibition for local school children. As well as having over 1000 primary school children through the doors throughout the week they also...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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