Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
West Wales is the perfect place for Mountain Biking with loads of trails on our doorsteps, this category contains all posts related to Mountain Biking in West Wales and further afield.
The Road to Rio Pacuare I slept a bit, but not much, so I was thankful for a fairly early start today and a quick breakfast in the hall before climbing back onto our bikes once again. We started with a pleasant ride along easy roads beside the Rio Pejivalle and then through endless sugar...
Early Morning Stroll After a fairly relaxing night at the Rio Perlas Resort, I was up early for a wander through the grounds. Oropendola birds could be heard and seen in the trees, and the vegetation was amazing. I checked out the pools, hot tubs, and little natural lake, simply strolling around marvelling at the...
Today was the day we tackled the Continental Divide, billed as the big day of our Costa Rica Coast to Coast adventure. All of the reviews and anecdotal stories suggested that the climb on the bike would be really tough. From what I’d heard, everyone had to get off and push at some stage as...
I managed to sleep a little in the hotel in Quepos, but not much. Fortunately, I’m quite used to this and function pretty well on next to no sleep, so I felt fine. We started the day with a nice breakfast, and then I pfaffed about with my bike for a while as I’d brought...
A Stop-Start Winter for Thursday Night Rides Our Thursday night MTB rides have been a bit hit and miss so far this year. The dark nights, cold temperatures, and particularly the wet, windy conditions have kept enthusiasm low. One week it was just Lorraine and me; the following week I turned up and no one...
I’ve been heading out on MTB night rides again lately. It’s something I used to do religiously every week, but it fell by the wayside while I was triathlon training and then dropped off the radar completely after my heart attack. Recently, though, I’ve decided it’s a good way to ease myself back into some...
It’s been years since I had a new bike, but having started doing some night rides lately, I thought it was time to rectify that situation. I’d been joining the night riders on my Whyte 901, which was fine. As a trail-oriented hardtail it was probably the perfect machine for the sort of rides we...
When logic, lust, and a little AI wisdom all point towards a new bike. Following a mechanical that stopped me joining a ride on Thursday, and the fact that my mountain bikes are now over ten years old, that old adage about the ideal number of bikes being n + 1 (where n is the...
It’s been a while since I’ve properly taken the mountain bike out, but over the past couple of weeks I’ve been sneaking back onto the trails. I even joined a local group for a very chilled night ride. It’s getting to that time of year were the dark nights are longer than the days so...
Our afternoon itinerary featured an e-bike tour, so we spent the morning exploring the coast and dunes, heading towards Flag Beach in search of the windsurf centre—which we never actually found. Along the way we found some popcorn sands which are fossilised algae that form sand that looks like popcorn. These form from marine algae...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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MTB / Surf Ski, Kayaking and Canoeing / Travel
Costa Rica Coast to Coast – From Sugarcane Fields to Rafting in the Rainforest
Saturday, May 23rd, 2026
Camping / Hiking / MTB / Travel
Costa Rica Coast to Coast – Into the Interior
Friday, May 22nd, 2026
Costa Rica Coast to Coast – Over the Continental Divide
Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Camping / Hiking / MTB / Travel
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