Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Thanks to the strikes yesterday, I was forced to have a day off as the schools were closed and Morgan was at home with me. We therefore decided to head off in search of some geocaches and lunch in Machynlleth. First stop was a cache called ‘The Manx Connection’ I had a pretty good idea where it...
Halloween may have been last weekend, but that didn’t stop is going on a spooky night trail in some nearby woods last night. I won’t tell you which woods as I don’t want to give anything away, but we found out about it through aber-cachers, a local geocaching website that I set up a few...
It was the last day of Morgan’s Half term yesterday – actually it was another inset day, but it was the last day that he was home with me. We had more geocaching planned and this time it was cycle-caching with a ride along the Ystwyth Trail. We started at Rhydyfelin, rode up the little...
Anna joined us for our geocaching expedition on Friday. We started off with a fun litle cache in the woods just outside of Talybont called ‘Lambda’ and then stopped off for another quick cache and dash in Bow Street, before heading into Aberystwyth where we stopped to look for a puzzle cache called ‘Sigma – 1854 –...
It has to be a proud moment for any Dad when their son learns to skim stones. Luckily I caught Morgan’s first ever successful attempt on video, so here it is for all to share. I’m pleased to welcome Morgan to the wonderful world of Stone Skimming – My job is complete!
Morgan and I had another day geocaching on Thursday. This time we started in the Rheidol Valley. First stop was a quick cache near to the riding stables in Capel Bangor and then we were off into the Rheidol Valley proper where we stopped at 7 other caches. Several of these were part of a...
Another nice days geocaching for Morgan and I. Morgan wasn’t quite so keen to go out today but I convinced him in the end and we set off for a drive up the valley behind Talybont. We were following a little track that is part of the Devils Bridge to Borth footpath and missed the...
First day of the half term and as I have no work on, Morgan is staying at home with me in order to save on child-care costs. Not wanting to sit around the house all day I’d managed to get him excited about heading out to do some geocaching. So, after some breakfast we packed...
A new Earth Cache had been created on the beach just across the road from us so we thought we’d better do it – we are supposed to be geologists after all. It was centred around the submerged forest on the beach so is only visible at low tide, and it has to be said...
It was the first day of the summer holidays today and right on cue the weather was set to take a turn for the worse. It didn’t look as though it would be too bad in the morning though so Morgan and I headed out for a walk. We had a few things to do...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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