Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I only work part-time, four days a week, with Fridays as my day off. It’s fairly easy, though, to accidentally get sucked into some work on a Friday, so it’s best to have a plan to get out of the house and do something. With the forecast looking like a cracker, I decided to make...
Whilst on the Isle of Man last weekend, I managed to tick off another small section of the Coast Path — the Raad ny Foillan. Last time I’d made it as far as Glen Mooar, so that was where I had to start today. However, when we arrived in Kirk Michael, the road to the glen was closed for...
Day 3 Loch Affric – Morvich Vital Stats Affric Kintail Way Day 2 Distance: 16.40 miles Elevation Gain Today: 448 m Highest Elevation: 350 m Total Time: 5:50:37 Moving Time: 5:01:06 Av. Pace: 21:22 mins/mile Moving Pace: 18:22 mins/mile I slept OK in my tent again, though it took a while to drift off and...
Vital Stats Affric Kintail Way Day 2 Distance: 17.44 miles Elevation Gain Today: 582 m Highest Elevation: 319 m Total Time: 6:58:38 Moving Time: 5:18:06 Av. Pace: 24:01 mins/mile Moving Pace: 18:14 mins/mile Day 2 – Cannich to Loch Affric The next day dawned with sunny spells, woodpeckers drumming in the woodlands and plenty of...
Vital Stats Affric Kintail Way Day 1 Distance: 16.32 miles Elevation Gain Today: 629 m Highest Elevation: 269 m Total Time: 6:20:39 Moving Time: 5:03:16 Av. Pace: 23:19 mins/mile Moving Pace: 18:35 mins/mile Day 1: Drumnadrochit to Cannich I’ve just got back from a lovely few days hiking and camping along the Affric Kintail Way...
Windsurf sessions have been few and far between lately, but with Alastair visiting on holiday with his family, a weekend sail had been on the cards for a while. Fortunately, the wind gods were on our side, delivering a solid north-westerly forecast for Saturday. I rallied the troops and we gathered on the beach —...
A Stop-Start Winter for Thursday Night Rides Our Thursday night MTB rides have been a bit hit and miss so far this year. The dark nights, cold temperatures, and particularly the wet, windy conditions have kept enthusiasm low. One week it was just Lorraine and me; the following week I turned up and no one...
It’s been a while, but with time in the bank, the sun shining, and a decent breeze, it was time to get the toys out! I was a little rusty, and as always in winter the waves were quite a bit bigger than they looked from the beach. There wasn’t quite enough for the 5.0...
I very nearly went to Scotland at the weekend to backpack and wild camp along the Affric Kintail Way. But then I realised that it would be dark by 6 pm in Scotland, and sitting in a tent on my own in the dark from 6 pm onwards could be a bit of a drag....
Just a few photos from around Ynyslas over the past week or so. Snow in the hills, sun in the sky, sand on the beach and surf on the beach. The surf was good again on Saturday morning, and I managed to get out for a morning session without feeling too cold.
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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