Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
It’s not quite finished yet – we have to add a whole load of presents around the tree. Morgan has been working hard on those. Otherwise progress on the Christmas Tree themed Christmas Cake is coming on well. Even if I do now literally have green fingers thanks to all of the green food colouring!...
When the weather outside is frightful…
Christmas arrives in the Cole Household.
Just got back from a lovely sunset stroll along the beach.
Considering the amount of time I used to spend windsurfing, surfing, mountain-biking and other such Outdoor Pursuits I have been fairly lacking in such activities lately. Other things seem to have taken over and there just aren’t enough hours in the day and days in the week to fit it all in. Triathlon training certainly...
And to continue to food theme for today, this is what I call a proper omelette… 3 eggs, roast chicken, tomatoes, spring onions, cream cheese, spinach and cheddar cheese. None of these silly 15 second ‘Saturday Kitchen’ omelettes that look more like roadkill here. We’re talking proper omelettes for lunch!
Mmmm, I do like cheesecake and the latest one we’ve made was a white chocolate and hibiscus flower cheesecake with a raspberry coulis. Nothing left of it now though!
I may be a few years behind, but I’ve just finished the first volume of our Weblog Book for 2011. It’s 350 full colour pages of glorious memories. In essences it’s a glorified photo album, but with lots of text and lots of information about things we were up to a few years ago. As...
Yep, we’re at it again – camping in the garden that is. Morgan, Anna and I only have September and December to tick off in order to get our Bronze Dragon Award. We have a Scout camp planned for December so thought we’d tick of September last night as well with a night under canvas in...
Whilst walking in the Moelwyns above Tanygrisiau the other week Morgan and I came across a whole load of mine entrances that led to caverns and passages that looked ripe for exploring. Not knowing much about them and not having the right equipment with us we resisted the temptation to enter them, but did look...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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