Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Just some photos taken at the Mawddach Goldrush MTB event this weekend. Check the comments in the Mawddach Goldrush article for my full report on the days proceedings. All in all it was a good day, the weather wasn’t great but the organisation was and the course was challenging but fun.
As you may know, I’ve already posted a blog entry here asking what I was letting myself in for with the Mawddach Goldrush mountain bike ‘race’. That post has received a few comments and has been making me look forward to the event in a couple of weeks time, even if it is with a...
Before I start I should point out that I’m an enthusiastic amateur so this is by no means a professional test or review. Also, this is my first full-suspension mountain bike so I’m not making comparisons to any other models here. My previous mountain bike was a hardtail, a Specialized Rockhopper, so I will be...
I’ve recently started swimming again. Those of you who knew me a while back probably won’t believe that I ever stopped as I used to swim almost every day, and twice a day fairly often. I kept it up whilst at uni too, but building a house, working, getting married and becoming a Dad all...
A couple of weeks ago I met members of the Ystwyth Mountain Bike Club at Penmachno in North Wales for a ride around the trail there. It was my first visit to this trial and I loved it. It is very different to normal ‘Trail Centre’ trails. For a start it is hidden away in...
Uh oh… I’m now officially signed up to do the Mawddach Goldrush mountain bike race on Sunday March 8th. The ‘challenge will run on a course based on the famous TARW trail at Coed y Brenin with twisty, rocky sections and fast-flowing descents’. I’m not completely mad though as i’m doing it as part of...
After a couple of days of Xmas inactivity I couldn’t wait to get back out and do something. The weather was cold but sunny and there was a freezing east wind blowing so I went out for a windsurf session on the seafront at Ynyslas on Boxing Day. It was fine to start with but...
I had a nice ride around the ClimachX trail just north of Machynlleth on Monday. Unfortunately on the first bit of singletrack a rock flicked up and snapped the little gear cable guide that runs under the bottom bracket shell on my bike so the rear gears stopped working. Once we had figured out what...
I’ve been ‘back into’ mountain-biking for about a year now. My blog post when I bought the new bike ended by saying: I haven’t been on a bike for about 12 years and probably haven’t ridden one in anger for about 15, so it will no doubt be a shock to the system, but the...
Another weekend has gone and as usual we manged to keep ourselves amused here in West Wales. Saturday morning was spent doing chores and then collecting firewood on the beach. The wind picked up in the afternoon and Steve arrived so I headed off to the beach with him and went windsurfing in fairly standard...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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