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Signs of Spring?

Alan Cole — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:15:58 +0000

It doesn’t feel as though we’ve even started Winter yet. Regardless, there are already signs of Spring in the garden with Daffodil shoots, Periwinkle flowers, flower buds on the Hellebore and even some rhubarb shoots breaking through the soil. It’s not looking very Spring-like out over the sea this morning though.

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Bees and Moths

Alan Cole — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 05:26:15 +0000

Saturday morning was a lovely affair. Pretty chilly mind you with the temperature dropping overnight to 10ºC but the morning skies were huge with wispy clouds first thing. We’d put the moth trap out so once Morgan was up we had a quick look through the catch. There was nothing unusual but we haven’t had...

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Digital Treasure Hunting – PokÃ©mon Go, Wherigo & Geocaching

Alan Cole — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:13:44 +0000

PokÃ©mon Go is all the rage at the moment and we’ve jumped on the bandwagon with it. Mind you, we managed to tie it in with a full day of digital treasure hunting on Saturday. To start with we were trying to gain a geocaching souvenir by doing a geocache that had at least 10...

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Lake District – Keswick

Alan Cole — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 05:19:14 +0000

The final day of our holiday to the Lake District was already upon us. Anna had planned a day out in Keswick. Strava Segment Searching Before all of that though I headed out for a run. Prior to coming to the cottage at Greengill Holidays, I had looked on Strava for some suitable running routes....

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Aira Force

Alan Cole — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:41:54 +0000

Although we didn’t finish day 3 of our canoe build until about 4pm, it was a nice day so we decided to drive to Aira Force on the far side of Ullswater for a little walk. We went via Pooley Bridge, the location if some serious flooding over winter and therefore of a temporary bridge to keep...

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En Route to The Lakes

Alan Cole — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 18:21:51 +0000

At last, after a busy few weeks we were due for some rest and recuperation and the day had finally come for a trip to The Lakes. We couldn’t leave too early as we had phone calls to take, but we were on the road by 10:30 and apparently it would only take 4 hours...

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Geocache No. 700

Alan Cole — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 05:22:54 +0000

This one almost slipped by unnoticed, but it has just come to my attention that the geocache that I did on top of Moel y Garn in a howling gale was geocache number 700 for us. At least it’ll be one I won’t forget in a hurry I guess. Not only were the conditions pretty...

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Winter Returns – Moel y Garn

Alan Cole — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:39:12 +0000

Well, the forecast was correct. After what was a lovely day on Good Friday, Saturday was a washout, a very windy washout as well. I still wasn’t feeling like a triathlete, but decided that I should probably go for a run or at least a walk up a hill. Anna and Morgan wanted to go...

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Sunday Morning Social Ride

Alan Cole — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 17:00:20 +0000

Seeing as I can’t swim at the moment and therefore don’t go to the pool after my early morning Sunday bike ride, I thought I’d try for a Sunday morning social ride instead. There are a few groups that ride around here on a Sunday morning so rather than leave the house at 5:30am and...

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Geocaching in the Hills

Alan Cole — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 10:36:42 +0000

Day two of 2016 and we had to get Morgan out of the house again, so we had some nice easy almost drive by geocaching in the hills planned. Not much walking involved today just a quick cache and dash before heading into Aberystwyth so that Morgan could spend some of his Christmas money on...

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