Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Tomorrow’s the day I do my Lake Bala Swim for Diabetes UK Cymru. There’s still chance to sponsor me and help me reach my target, so please give generously. If you’ve already sponsored me then “thanks” and spread the word. More than 146,000 people in Wales have been diagnosed with diabetes. That’s nearly five percent...
Regular readers of this blog will know that I’ve recently taken up Open Water Swimming. I’ve bought a wetsuit fit for the purpose, I’ve got my GPS working whilst I’m out swimming, I’ve been for swim in the sea, the estuary and a local lake and I’ve signed up to do a swim in Lake...
I’ve had fun building lego models with Morgan this weekend, but I’m a bit lego’d out now! I do like the attention to detail in the models though and some of the little finishing touches such as the mailbox are pretty good. Morgan took some photos of our efforts though and asked me to ‘blog’...
As you can tell from recent posts our annual trip to the Isle of Man was a success. We drove from home to Liverpool on Wednesday afternoon and as usual arrived a couple of hours early for the boat so wandered around the newly refurbished dock front. It is much nicer than it used to...
We had a few nice days weather-wise on the Isle of Man (as well of course as a few wet ones) so managed to get out for strolls in the countryside. Anna’s Mum has a bit of an allotment that she works on and there is a little apiary there so as budding beekeepers we...
Whilst on the Isle of Man this year we visited a couple of castles and tourist attractions. The good news is that as members of the National Trust, our National Trust card is accepted in Manx national Heritage sites giving us free entry. Free is always good but it actually means we enjoy them more....
Half my family have got diabetes, one of Anna’s best friends has it and one of Morgan’s 5yr old friends has just been diagnosed too. No doubt diabetes has, or will affect someone you know too. So, I’m going to brave the monsters of Lake Bala and do a sponsored swim in aid of Diabetes...
As per usual, the children go back to school and the weather is gorgeous. According to the Borth and Ynyslas Weather Station it was the 2nd warmest day of the year, the warmest being back in May. Not only that but the surf was really good yesterday as well. It wasn’t huge but it was...
Boys will be Boys!
It’s the last day of the school holiday today and the weather is gorgeous. Ynyslas doesn’t get much nicer than this. Anna has started her new job today so I’m at home with Morgan and we’ve just got back from a wander across to the beach for some Dune Jumping.
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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