Stealth Snowman
Hooray, snow at last on the coast here in Wales. It came after dark and there wasn’t much of it but Morgan and I managed to build a snowman under the cover of darkness!
Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Hooray, snow at last on the coast here in Wales. It came after dark and there wasn’t much of it but Morgan and I managed to build a snowman under the cover of darkness!
Hope you all had a good Christmas. We did here. No snow on the ground but if you looked close enough you could still see some on top of the hills. Morgan woke up at 4.30am and opened the presents in his stocking and then went back to sleep until about 8.30am. After a quick...
We’ve just got back from the pre-Christmas Cole family gathering in Bristol. As sual we all got together and did a few things over the weekend. This time it all seemed a little icy. Ice Hockey On Saturday my Dad and I took Morgan, Kia and Shaun to the Bristol Ice Rink to watch the...
With my birthday over, we are now allowed to start getting into the Christmas Spirit, so we made the most of it on Saturday. First we went to see Santa in his underground grotto at King Arthur’s Labyrinth. There can’t be many Santa’s Grotto’s around the country where you have to wear a hard hat...
Morgan and I spent the afternoon in the dunes on Sunday. Yes, our noses were cold, but it was a lovely fresh, clear day and of course very quiet. We were treated to a nice sunset too.
After riding in the Forest of Dean on Saturday, I had an easy ride around the Summit Trail at Nant yr Arian on Sunday morning and then met Anna, Morgan, Jo, Danny and Kai at the visitor centre to make some Christmas decorations aout of things found in the forest. I obviously needed a shower...
It’s a shame when companies that you think will offer better quality and good customer service don’t quite live up to expectations. And especially so when that company is a ‘Great British Company’ such as Marks & Spencers. It was a simple request, my mum wanted to buy a certain item of clothing (I can’t...
There was finally a little break in the weather yesterday afternoon so we decided to go to the fair. (See here for Aberystwyth Fair opening times). We hadn’t made any definite plans so didn’t tell Morgan until we collected him from school and hadn’t made plans to meet anyone there either. However, as usual it...