A Simple Life of Luxury

Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means

Category: Hobbies & Pastimes

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Geocaching

Rheidol Valley Geocaching

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...

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Gardening

Autumn Garden

I do like this time of year, even the gardening is quite nice. OK it may seem like the end of the year as everything is dying back and the garden is beginning to look a little dreary but the tidying jobs are fun. Preparing the garden for winter feels a little like tucking a...

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Gardening / Lifestyle

Halloween is Coming

Halloween is nearly here so it’s time to pick the pumpkin that we’ve managed to grow in the garden this year. We’ve only managed to cultivate one, but it’s quite a big one so should be perfect for carving into a halloween pumpkin. I think we’re going to go with an ‘Angry Bird’ carving this...

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Beekeeping

Beekeeping – Wrapping up for Winter

I’ve just retuned from the garden and a little bit of beekeeping. As well as closing all entrances down to the smallest settings on the hives I also put some mouse guards across them. A nice warm hive with loads of honey is quite an attrractive place for a mouse over the winter and they...

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Geocaching

Caching ’til we drop.

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...

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General / Geocaching

Kitty Cat Caching

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...

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Photography / Windsurfing

Windsurf Photos

Just a few photos of Steve windsurfing the other day. I was too ill to join him so stood on the side-lines with my camera.

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Gardening / Photography

Narcissus Bloom

Just another photo of the Narcissus now that it’s fully open.

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Geocaching

An Earth Cache on the Beach

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...

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Photography

Beach Photos

As I’ve been ill and unable to get out doing anything strenuous, I’ve been forced to go out and take some photos again. Nothing too exciting, just a wander on the beach as per usual.