A Simple Life of Luxury

Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means

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Another Dead Garmin 0

Fitness

Another Dead Garmin

<A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.co.uk/widgets/q?rt=tf_cw&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=GB&ID=V20070822%2FGB%2Falslikklworls%2F8010%2F8ebd5228-42fe-40a9-a43c-847af574634c&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.co.uk Widgets</A> It looks as though my beloved Garmin Forerunner 305 that I bought just over a year ago has stopped working. Well, that isn’t entirely true as it is working, I just can’t switch it off, and can’t start / stop it or use any of the functions. It is however still alive...

A Blog-Worthy Weekend? 1

Family / Fitness / Swimming / Triathlon

A Blog-Worthy Weekend?

Although we were quite busy this weekend we didn’t really do much of note so there hasn’t been a blog post for you to read. Saturday was a lovely day, cold but sunny and with no wind. I went out for a bike ride with INTR triathlon club in the morning. It’s time to start...

Ministry of Silly Walks – Run Technique Session 0

Fitness

Ministry of Silly Walks – Run Technique Session

I went to a Triathlon training day with INTRtri Club at the weekend. We started off with a nice 90 minute swim session which was fun, and then headed out for a run session. Although, to be honest we didn’t do a whole lot of running as it was a special technique session so we...

Stargazing Live at Nant yr Arian 0

Astronomy / Fitness / MTB

Stargazing Live at Nant yr Arian

Following on from the BBC Stargazing Live programmes, there was an event at Nant yr Arian yesterday organised by the Physics Department at the university, so we booked onto it and had been looking forward to it for a while. Our plan was to get there mid afternoon, have a mountain bike ride / walk...

Not feeling much like a Triathlete 0

Fitness / General / Triathlon

Not feeling much like a Triathlete

Can’t say I’m feeling much like a triathlete at the moment. Not that I’ve ever REALLY felt like a triathlete mind you! My back has been playing up for a few days so I’ve had to ease back on the training and now the lurgy has me well and truly in its grips. I should look...

Getting old is no fun at all 2

Fitness

Getting old is no fun at all

All has been going well with my training lately – I’d been building up the weekly volume slowly but surely and had just about managed to burn off the extra weight put on over Christmas. I hadn’t been out on the bike at all, but both my swimming and running were feeling OK. I wasn’t...

A Hilly Lunch Time Run 0

Fitness

A Hilly Lunch Time Run

I haven’t posted any training reports here for a while, but I’ve just got back from a nice hilly lunch time run so thought I’d share it today. I’m having quite a hard training week this week. I started back at circuits and swimfit last night after a break for Christmas. I actually missed a...

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Wales / Weather / Windsurfing

Another Day, Another Windsurf

Day four of 2012, and Windsurf number 4 too. It was nowhere near as windy as it was yesterday but the winds were still around 25-35 knots so I went out with a bigger board and my 5m sail. I was pretty tired already though from a 10km run the night before and another 55...

A Meteoric Run 0

Astronomy / Fitness

A Meteoric Run

I had a nice run with the Tri Club last night. The run itself was fairly uneventful, just an undulating 10km run with Pete, Graham and Karen. It  was a cool, clear night with plenty of light from the Moon and good views of Jupiter not far from the Moon. On the way back we took a bit of...

One up for Mother Nature 1

Wales / Weather / Windsurfing

One up for Mother Nature

The winds woke me up at 3am this morning and then at 5am I had to give in, get dressed and go outside to see what the banging was. A shed door had been wrenched open by the wind and there was all sorts of debris flying around the garden. I made things sound and...