Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
We had a day at the Commonwealth Games earlier this week. It was Anna’s idea to go see some of the action. So, when she mentioned it I suggested we do so with Steve and Biddy as they live out that way and we don’t see them often enough. A quick message and they said...
We didn’t quite break the all time temperature high here yesterday. We got close though. The all time high was 33.7ºC and we ‘only’ made it to 33.4ºC on the Borth and Ynyslas Weather Station. That was hot enough for us. It’s always a little cooler by the sea of course and just inland from...
I know we went out to Libanus the other day for Sunday lunch to celebrate our wedding anniversary, but that was a bit of a last minute thing. We had already booked onto the ‘Estate Dinner’ at Nanteos as well. So, that’s where we were on Wednesday evening! We hadn’t been to Nanteos Mansion for...
We usually have a day out for our anniversary but I had a chest infection this year so we didn’t. We did drive into Borth and have a little stroll through the village to Libanus where we had Sunday lunch though. Very nice it was too. We then strolled back and chilled at home. Not...
Well, typically, having had a nice long break planned with Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday off work, I’ve been unable to do much with it. My cold / chest infection has kept me out of action. No doubt it’ll be fine by Thursday and I’ll be able to go to work as usual...
I’m not sure if this is a thing to ‘celebrate’ or not, but Monday was 1 year since my heart attack. I guess it’s good that I’m still here 1 year later, but celebrating the actual event seems a little weird. It has of course changed almost everything for me but I’ve been recovering and...
No real Jubilee celebrations for us here over the weekend but it was nice to have some time off. I took a days holiday and had 11 days off in a row thanks to weekends and bank holidays! Diving in Spain Morgan was off diving in Spain with some friends. He’s completed his Open Water...
Seeing as we don’t get paid for any energy that we export to the grid, we’ve been on a mission to use all of the solar power our panels are generating. We’ve taken a step further towards this goal with the installation of a MyEnegri Eddi. This is a clever device that diverts surplus solar...
It’s been about 9 months since my heart attack now. So, with the water beginning to warm up and some sunny days it was finally time to start getting back on the water. Sardinia I eased myself into it with a few days of sea kayaking in Sardinia. Going on an organised trip meant there...
It was inevitable really, but Anna is testing positive for Covid now as well. I guess it doesn’t really matter how careful we were it was going to happen when living in the same house. We did try the best we could: Once Morgan and I were infected we were using a different bathroom. Morgan...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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