Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I’ve been preparing for my summer hike along the Hebridean Way — a two-week, 155 mile adventure across Scotland’s wild Western Isles. With my gear laid out and spreadsheet open, I faced a familiar dilemma: how much is it really worth spending (or sacrificing) to save weight? My base weight is already around 8 kg — pretty lean for a trip...
Do you like our latest framed print for the house? I think we’ll hang it in the kitchen where we’ll see it every day. This latest one was actually a gift from Lizzie herself. She wanted to scramble up and across Crib Goch and was planning to hire a guide. However, Rhys and I wanted...
Nuttalls Bagged This Trip Foel Goch – 613 m Trum y Gwragedd – 612 m Foel y Geifr – 626 m Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw – 646 m Stac Rhos – 630 m Cefn Gwyntog – 615 m Foel Cedig – 667 m Y Groes Fagl – 659 m Total to Date Total Welsh Nuttals:...
My Next Long-Distance Thru-Hike: The Hebridean Way My next long-distance thru-hike is going to be the Hebridean Way, from Vatersay in the south of the Outer Hebrides to Stornoway in the north. As usual, I’ll be doing it a little differently—and despite it only being in Scotland, the logistics seem to be more complicated than they should be....
I’ve orchestrated my working life around a four-day week — the idea being that day five is for freelance work, leaving the weekend free. It used to be a 3:2 balance between contracted and freelance work, but since Covid and my heart attack, I’ve been gradually scaling back the freelance side of things. This year...
Having climbed Crib Goch and summited Yr Wyddfa last Sunday, I couldn’t resist doing it again on Friday. The weather was still glorious, and Morgan wanted to do it, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to head back to Eryri for another mountain adventure. There was a big ultra-trail marathon over the weekend, though....
With my sights set on summiting all of the Nuttalls in Wales, there were a few that I knew I’d definitely climbed in the past—but quite a long time ago. That meant that although I’d done them, I hadn’t used a GPS device at the time, so I had no ‘digital evidence’ to confirm it....
With another bank holiday weekend on offer and the weather looking good, it was time to head to the hills again to bag some more Nuttalls. I wasn’t working on Friday, so it was a long weekend for me and there was no rush to get started. I headed out for a little mountain bike...
With a long Bank Holiday weekend on offer, it would have been rude not to bag a few Nuttalls. I left it until the end of the break to do so, though, as Friday, Saturday and Sunday were taken up with other things—including lots of shopping and gardening. So, on Monday morning, I set off...
The weather last week was gorgeous – clear blue skies, light winds, and temperatures in the mid to high teens every day. Every day, that is, until Friday when I had a day off. Typically, Friday was forecast to be cloudy with light rain. I wasn’t going to let that stop me though. Despite having...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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