Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
It was now Wednesday 24th October and we were awake early so made an early start. Through the Jungle After a breakfast of coffee and cereal in the camper we packed up and headed north along a gravel road to Waipoua Forest. The road itself was pretty interesting, a gravel track cutting through forest clad...
With the race over it was now time to relax and enjoy myself and of course bask in the glory of competing in a World Championship Triathlon. Facebook was filling up with messages of congratulations and Anna, Morgan and myself were all now looking forward to two weeks touring around New Zealand in a camper...
It may not be the most exciting of moths to look at, but it has caused some excitement here today. It’s a Black-banded moth (Polymixis xanthomista) that I found in the trap last night. It’s fairly rare in the UK having a designation of ‘Nationally Scarce A’. It is a sub-species distinct from those in mainland...
Temperatures remained above 15°C last night, with a little bit of rain and some mist, but we had a fairly good collection of moths in the trap this morning. 72 moths in total from 23 different species, including a couple of new ones. Here’s the list 2x Drinker 3x Willow Beauty 2x Gold Spot 1x...
On our way home from a swim in Aberydtwyth last night there were loads of moths in the headlights so I decided to put the moth trap out. Unfortunately the wind filled in quite a bit overnight getting to around 30 knots, so despite the fact that the temperature stayed up close to 20°C there weren’t...
That didn’t take too long – I was half expecting this mornings moth count to be a long and difficult one but there were far fewer moths in the trap than I was expecting. Just 44 moths from 13 different species, with nothing new for us and nothing too difficult to ID either. Here’s the...
We put the moth trap out again last night, but with cooler temperatures and stronger winds there weren’t quite so many moths come the morning as there were the other night. That did of course make going through and identifying them a lot easier this morning and Morgan and I had fun doing so. It...
Wow, loads of moths in the moth trap on Wednesday Night. Literally hundreds of micros and close to 150 macro moths from over 35 different species as well. Here’s the trap before I opened it. And here’s a typical sheet of egg box covered in moths. Here’s the full list: 18 x Common Footman 4...
At last, we had a taste of summer here over the weekend. Clear blue skies, seabreezes and temperatures up to almost 20°C. Not only did Morgan and I manage to go for a swim in the sea on Saturday and Sunday, but we tidied up the garden a little and managed to put the moth...
As usual when writing a blog post about moth trapping I shall start it with a confession that the trap hasn’t been out for a very long time again and then make excuses about the weather. It really has been terrible this year and the trap hasn’t been out for fear of it getting blown...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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