Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Well, that was exciting. Anna and I left Ynyslas and drove all the way to Pontrhydfendigaid to do some Christmas shopping! That’s the furthest we’ve been from home since March by a long way. I can’t say what we were buying as I don’t want to give anything away but it was weird being so...
I’m liking the look of this advent calendar. It’s quite a bit bigger than I was expecting and full of beer from Brewdog. A treat from Anna – mainly so that she could treat herself to a similar calendar full of gin!! Knowing us the contents will actually last us until Easter as there’s no...
Lockdown 2.0 has now finished in Wales. We were still in lockdown over the weekend though so there wasn’t much exciting happening here. I did get out for a run but other than that it was a quiet weekend at home really. There wasn’t much happening weather wise either. It wasn’t cold, it wasn’t hot,...
I’ve said it before but “nothing is ever easy” Bathroom Blues We’ve been wanting to re-do our bathroom for a while now. It hasn’t been done since we built the house in 2003. When it was fitted back then we had no money left after building the house so did so on a very tight...
We haven’t been particularly fortunate with our holidays this year. Such is 2020 for everyone I think. It’s such a shame though as we actually had some plans this year. As mentioned earlier in the year, lockdown and Coronvirus put an end to our planned adventure along the Caladonian Canal. We simply couldn’t go so...
Who’d have thought that so my fun could be derived from a robot vacuum cleaner? We were a little sceptical about it’s abilities at first, especially as we bought one of the less expensive ones. However, so far it has impressed. We gave it quite a good workout as well having not vacuumed for a...
After a busy few days at work, things were looking good for Saturday morning. Decent winds were forecast with a real taste of autumn. As has been the case since March we’ve been at home. I know most people seem to be going about their lives petty much business as usual. The only change for...
Well, after a really good windsurf session on Friday and the promise of more of the same over the weekend, the wind never quite delivered. Isn’t that always the way? It teased me all weekend, picking up to just enough now and then, only to drop off again. A Hard Bike Ride I’ve learnt the...
I almost missed the fact that it was a Bank Holiday weekend – lockdown has that effect on you I guess. I did of course have an active few days in what felt like it could indeed be the last throes of Summer. Biking, Running and Windsurfing. That sub-heading sums up Saturday for me. It...
There still isn’t much happening here really. We are continuing to stay as shielded as we can as the virus is still out there. We hardly even noticed that the school holidays had begun. The fact that we’ve all been at home for so long now meant that there wasn’t really a noticeable difference. I...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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