Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
The weather is warming up, the clocks have gone forward so it is time to start work in the garden again. Morgan and I had a productive day yesterday. The lawns (if you can call them that) have been mowed. They’ve taken a bit of abuse over the winter from being waterlogged and from a...
Following on from my post last week about cold weather windsurfing, here’s another ‘cool’ video clip of someone windsurfing in Antarctica!
I tried to take some photos of the Lunar Eclipse on Saturday evening, but didn’t have a tripod which made things a little difficult. It was also one of those occasions where an old fashioned film camera would probably have been better. It was OK as the moon was beginning to be eclipsed, but once...
This is a post for Anna’s mum and all you phenologists out there. We may be heading for some snow and a bit of a cold snap, but our Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) has just started flowering. Apparently it is meant to flower between March and June, so it must be a little confused!
Our weather station has now been up and running for over a year so I can start comparing stats. I’ve been looking today at the January’s weather stats from 2006 vs 2007…. Now obviously 2 data points can’t in anyway form a trend and with my geological background I’m always moaning at ‘weather experts’ for...
The days are getting longer and the first signs of Spring are here… We have some daffodil and Bluebell shoots in our front garden… I wonder what sort of a display they will provide this spring?
I treated myself to a day out geocaching yesterday. A good excuse to play with some of my Xmas presents and enjoy the winter sunshine. Before I go any further I should of course thank Anna for looking after Morgan all day long and letting me go out to play. I started off with a...
It was a sad day in our household yesterday due to the death of a pet frog… For those who don’t know, I used to be a zookeeper at Bristol Zoo and whilst I was there I adopted several exotic pets. These pets included 4 Whites Tree Frogs which I have had ever since. They...
Continuing on from my post yesterday about autumn being back to normal, the winds are continuing to batter us here in Wales. The weather station recorded a gust of 48.8 knots on Sunday (the strongest up until then), but this morning we have beaten that with a gust of 53.6 knots. (Thats 61.7 mph or...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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