Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I was ill last week and did very little work on Friday, but I did find the energy to pit my new bike together which arrived from Evans Cycles that afternoon. In fact there wasn’t much to do, the pedals needed fitting, the handlebars needed aligning and the headset tightened and I made a few...
Its been an expensive week for me… At last the wind returned so I was able to get out windsurfing. Wednesday afternoon was lovely, I sailed all the way up to Tywyn, then back to Ynyslas and thought I’d continue on to Borth, but just as I thought that my boom snapped and I was...
Just came across this from the Borth Surf Masters earlier this year…. Just goes to show that the surf here CAN be good from time to time.
We decided to give Anna a rest and a day off on her own at home yesterday. Morgan and I headed off complete with GPSr and picnic. First stop was Machynlleth where we stopped to find the Penyrallt geocache. It was in a nice location overlooking Machynlleth and the Dyfi valley. getting to it was...
We had a nice early start yesterday, Impi arrived at 5.30 am to catch the tide and the wind and we were on the water not long after. The wind was a little fickle to start with but filled in and the water flattened off for some amazing speed runs on our big kit. Despite...
Friday and Saturday were as good as they get here… Friday afternoon saw 30-40 knot winds, glorious sunshine and some big waves. I was out windsurfing from the beach just in front of our house and having a whale of a time. To start with I was on my own and playing it fairly safe...
I think I’m right in saying that most of the UK has been experiencing some unseasonably nice weather over the last week, with temperatures in the 20’s and gorgeous blue skies and blazing sunshine.. Here in Wales we certainly have and for me it has been as good as it gets. We have a local...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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