Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
It’s probably a little late in the year but Morgan and I picked a “pint of blueberries” up in the hills on Sunday. There were still plenty around, especially since I would normally think about picking them in July rather than half way through August, and we had no trouble finding enough for our needs....
We’re not having a proper holiday this year, instead we’re having several long weekends and staying at home enjoying our local surroundings more than we usually would. Yesterday was one of these days off so I had a bit of a lie in (for me) and didn’t get up until 7.30am. One of the nice...
Not content with all of our garden produce we thought it was time for some foraging. I went out for a MTB ride from Pendam whilst Anna and Morgan spent an hour picking blueberries. Apparently there were loads of them and although it takes a while to pick them they got a whole pint of...
I’d been doing well with my weight loss and training before we had a few days away. I hadn’t really been dieting but I had been eating a little less and had been doing more exercise, so over the course of about a month I’d lost almost a stone. I then went away for a...
We’ve just got back from a few days away. We’re not having a ‘proper’ holiday this year so we decided to mix a visit to friends and family with a bit of a break and headed off on Thursday morning. After a quick stop at my brothers garage in Bristol for some new tyres for...
As part of our few days away we went for a little walk in the New Forest, from Boldre Church. Morgan was on his bike (most of the time whilst Jasper, Fiona, Anna and I walked in a little circuit around the forest. Jack the dog was with us too. Morgan did OK on his...
Not MORE courgettes!!!
Our courgette glut continues and we seem to have been eating courgettes everyday – I hope they’re good for us! As well as courgettes in almost every dish you can think of we’ve had nice courgette salads, courgette ratatouille, roasted courgettes, courgette cake and chocolate courgette cake and now we’ve tried ‘courgette fritters’ ala Jamie...
It was one of those days today where I spend much of it wandering backwards and forwards to the beach waiting for the wind to pick up. It was forecast to swing to the SW and maybe pick up a little later in the day, but then that forecast changed and it didn’t look so...
Hot on the heels of our success with the Courgette Cake recipe, but still with a glut of courgettes, last night we baked some chocolate courgette cakes. They were once a gain a success, although not much good for aiding my weight loss! Here’s the recipe. 250g plain flour 375g caster sugar 65g cocoa powder...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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