Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
We should do beach cleaning with the Scouts more often. Not only does it mean we are providing a valuable service here in Borth and Ynyslas by helping to keep the beach clean and free of rubbish, but it’s a nice easy evening to organise. We just have to turn up with pickers, bags and...
And we’re off – After Day 1 of our 2016 Scout Camp to PGL Boreaton Park, Day 2 started as usual with a huge breakfast and the usual trauma of making sure everyone had everything they needed for the days activities. Canoeing As the first of these activities was canoeing everyone had to be organised with clothes...
Before we could go on a Scout Camp to Boreaton Park I had to first do my MiDAS minibus driving test so that I could drive one of the Ystwyth Reach Out buses to get everyone there. This meant taking a day off work on Monday and a whole day driving around Ceredigion and completing...
Coast Path Vital Stats Llanrhystud to Aberystwyth Distance: 9.93 miles Total Elevation Gain: 562m Highest Elevation: 158m Time: 1:54:51 Av. Pace: 11:34 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 139bpm Max Heart Rate: 180bpm Calories: 1199 I’ve just got back from running along the Llanrhystud to Aberystwyth Coast Path. Not that unusual for me to be up to...
As our angler fish lantern was such a hit at the Machynlleth lantern parade, we decided to take him along to the Aberystwyth lantern parade as well. The lantern parade in Aberystwyth is associated with the turning on of the Christmas lights and is therefore a festive affair, so we decided that tonight her would...
After entering the Machynlleth Lantern Parade last year we had more ambitious plans this year. The theme was ‘Under the Sea’ so we decided on a lantern fish. Our inspiration was something like this. Suitably ‘fishy’ and suitably ‘halloweeny’ at the same time and with a lantern dangling in front of it as a lure,...
Sorry about the lack of updates here, but I’ve been busy at work this week and have had to fit in all of the usual, chores, training and surfing too. Working at the Uni, Running my web design business and building websites, Cooking, Cleaning, Laundry, Gardening, 3 sessions on the bike, 4 swim sessions (a few...
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s the school have broken up for the summer, Anna and I have a break from our Scout Leader duties for a while – Not that much of a break as we;’ll be busy planning and organising a fun-packed programme for next term, but at least we’ll have an extra evening free for a few...
After my mad cycle ride from Bangor to Aberystwyth with work, it was straight home to shower, feed the cat and the guinea pigs and then back into the car for a drive to Boreaton Park in Shropshire for a PGL Camp that we had organised for the Scouts. Anna, Morgan, the other leaders and all of...
With Anna away for work on the Isle of Man, it was left to me to run Scouts on my own this week. Thankfully it was an easy session as we were taking them to the woods just outside Llanfarian for a woodland crafts evening with Tir Coed. This meant that there were a couple...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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