Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I know it’s still only May, but 15 days without rain here in Wales definitely counts as summer! Temperatures have been up close to 20ºC every day, and everything looks lovely. Coupled with another bank holiday weekend that we’ve just had and it almost feels like a holiday now and then! Most days start with...
It feels as though summer has arrived here in West Wales, and Sunday was spent mainly outdoors. First up for me, after an early morning walk to the beach, was a gentle run up to the estuary, along the River Leri, around the Animalarium and back through the golf course. I then chilled in the...
Anna and I were in Gloucestershire for the weekend. We’d gone down for my brother’s 50th birthday as we were all meeting for a meal on Monday evening so thought we’d spend a few days there. Morgan wanted to stay home and had the excuse that he has upcoming exams, so he wanted to revise....
I might be that kind of age these days, but I’m not really into steam trains, trams and other vintage railways. Neither is Anna, but that didn’t prevent us from having fun as tourists on the Isle of Man courtesy of the various modes of transport provided by Isle of Man Transport. To be honest,...
Anna and I have just got back from a trip to the Isle of Man. Morgan didn’t come with us this time as he’s 18 years old and has better things to do – namely cat and house sitting and going to school! We went to visit Anna’s Mum, but did plenty of fun tourist...
With the bank holidays over I headed out for an early morning stroll around the dunes at Ynyslas. It’s good to see that the Ringed Plovers are nesting here again and that the nature reserve wardens have fenced off a few areas in an attempt to give them some peace and quiet. There wasn’t much...
After paddling a new river on Sunday, I had planned to walk a new ridge on Monday. I’d been a little under the weather with a cold on Sunday, the kayaking didn’t really help matters but it had been fairly relaxed so I don’t think it did any harm. I was still full of cold...
I think I forgot to say here but Anna and I had a nice evening out at The Hungry Ram in Penwch last week. It’s quite a drive for a quick meal from here so we stopped off at Cors Caron for a little walk around the boardwalks first. It wasn’t the nicest of days...
After a nice paddle on the River Ystwyth on Friday I had a restful afternoon. Saturday, therefore, required some exercise. I started it with a bit of a slog on the Turbo Trainer. Nothing too crazy, just a gradual ramp up to close to 200W where I sat for 45 minutes or so. It may...
I know that we no longer have a child, but that didn’t stop Anna and I from going to the panto – Oh yes we did!! Morgan of course wasn’t interested in going with us, what 17 / nearly 18-year-old boy would want to do such a thing? He is going with a group of...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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