Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
It’s been a while since I’ve had a weekend that felt fairly packed with activities. It wasn’t quite up to my standards of old and it was all fairly chilled but it was still a good one. Anna probably got some peace and quiet too while I was out! Although the people I’d been out...
I’m not quite brave enough to use my new Insta360 X3 camera whilst white-water kayaking yet. It doesn’t feel quite as robust as my old GoPro, it’s new, it’s expensive and the lenses look quite vulnerable. The main reason is the fact that I spend far too much time upside down, swimming and generally doing...
Seeing as my Insta360 camera mount didn’t quite work as hoped on my Surf Ski I wanted to try something different. Saturday dawned somewhat sunny with light winds and barely any surf. The perfect conditions to try something out! This time I thought I’d try wearing my Insta360 Back bar mount that worked so well...
After paddling on Friday and Sunday, it seemed silly not to have a quick one on Monday too. The weaves were mellow, there was the odd bit of sunshine and the winds were light. I wanted to try out my Insta360 camera on the surf ski. Unfortunately, the mount that I hoped would prove successful...
Before the offer to paddle the Ystwyth with Joe and Imi on Friday, I’d put my name down to help out in North Wales. Chris Brain, an instructor was assessing someone for a kayak leader qualification and needed some guinea pigs to be ‘led’. I seemed to fit the bill. I’m a relative newbie that...
Thanks to a busy week at work last week, I’d done all of my hours and more by Thursday evening, so had Friday to myself. Joe from the kayak club has posted to say he wanted to paddle the Ystwyth and asked if anyone wanted to join him. Imogen had said she’d go with him...
Having now kayaked on 3 different rivers in my life (the Dee at Mile End Mill, the lower Tryweryn and the Teifi at Llandysul) I was beginning to feel like an actual kayaker. Time therefore to join the Aber Kayakers on a trip to the Lake District to paddle 4 more rivers. Doing so would...
I was supposed to spend the weekend kayaking with Aber Kayakers at Llandysul. I don’t think there were enough people signed up for the weekend, so it became a day trip on Sunday. That suited me as it’s only a short drive anyway and I could not only do other things on Saturday, but I...
With the heat wave continuing Pete from Aber-kayakers had organised a little paddle on the Mawddach Estuary. It was going to be a relaxed affair and just a chance to paddle somewhere different for a change. The plan was to meet at Penmaenpool for high tide at around 11am and then paddle downstream with the...
Sea Breezes I had some nice windsurf sessions last week. First was a session on Wednesday when a lovely NW wind kicked in. The temperatures were still in the mid 20’s and the sea was lovely and warm so no wetsuit was required. That’s almost unheard of here. Coupled with that, the high temperatures created...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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