Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
All my blog posts about cooking and cake recipes seem to have been getting some attention. I was emailed the other day by a marketing company working on behalf of John Lewis asking if I would like to receive some free cookware from their range to test and review. It all seemed quite interesting to...
My toes are decorated ready for Christmas…
I had fun baking our Christmas cake over the weekend. As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I think I’m going to make this a Cole Family tradition, we’ll have big roast dinner on Thanksgiving weekend and bake a cake ready for Christmas. It wasn’t quite a proper relaxing weekend in true holiday style but...
Well, here we go, the countdown has begun. Happy Advent everyone. You know what that means don’t you, not only is it only 24 days until Christmas, but in exactly a month 2014 will be here and we’ll all be making and breaking our New Year’s Resolutions. But you know me, I like to be...
As employees of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Anna and I are entitled to buy products through the Apple Education Store and thereby receive discounts. The Apple Education Store states “If you are a student, teacher, lecturer, administrator or other staff member in education you qualify for special discounted pricing on Apple computers, software and...
We’ve decided that the Scouts should try to get their Bronze Dragon Award Badge. In order to do so, they need to camp outside under canvas in every month of the year. It can be done over the course of a few years, but it does mean sleeping under canvas in the winter months. The...
I fancied doing some baking today – Well, it was probably more the fact that I fancied eating cake that got me going, so I decided to bake some coconut muffins. I was initially going to make a start on a juicy, rich and very boozy Christmas cake. However, we didn’t have enough ingredients for...
Seeing as I’m out of action training-wise at the moment I decided to play in the kitchen yesterday and cook up a delicious hearty autumnal casserole with potato cobblers as a topping. It turned out to be really nice so I thought I’d share the recipe here as I made it up as I went...
On our way home from our flying visit to a family party in Gloucestershire, we stopped of at Hampton Court. No, not Hampton Court Palace in London, but a Hampton Court Castle and gardens not far from Leominster in Herefordshire. We decided not to pay the extra to visit the castle as we can save...
We have another guest post for you today, all about down-shifting a family holiday abroad with ways to save money and make the most of your resources. When you think about a holiday, what springs to mind? Do you picture yourself rushing from one tourist attraction to another? Are you jammed onto a crowded beach?...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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