Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I haven’t done much training over Christmas and I’ve now got a sore throat so decided against a run today as well. Instead I went for a little windsurf session off the seafront in some moody conditions. Nicely powered with a 5m sail and some nice ramps out there too. Nothing too extreme, just a fun...
Well, after a day in the hills on Sunday and my first mountain bike ride for ages, it was time to go windsurfing for the first time in months too. Most people who know me will know that I ‘usually’ windsurf pretty much anytime there’s wind which here means most days of the year! However,...
It’s been a while, but I finally got out windsurfing again today. Last time I was out was March 7th which for me is ages. In fact I’d have to say that it is easily the longest I’ve gone without windsurfing for the past 10 years. Would I remember how to do it? It wasn’t...
Another great day here in paradise. It started with a run with the triathlon club. We went from Machynlleth out to Pantperthog, up a beast of hill and then I left the others to get on with it before heading back to Mach for a swim. This was of course followed by a bacon sandwich...
After my run in disgusting weather yesterday morning, I didn’t stop there. I did lots of work and then headed across to the beach in the afternoon for a nice windsurf session. It was a little gusty to start with but perfect in the gusts with some big waves out the back as well. It...
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...
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...
The temperature dropped a fair bit here today, but the wind was blowing and for a change the sun was shining. There was therefore only one thing to do and that was make the most of my prolonged Christmas holiday and head to the beach for a windsurf. It wasn’t that exciting a sail, just...
I’ve started the year as I mean to continue. First was a windsurf off the seafront and then a swim in the estuary with people from the Triathlon Club. It was a pretty miserable day mind you, not really enough wind for the windsurf session and pouring with rain during the swim. We all returned to...
December seems to be remaining surprisingly mild this year and thankfully brought with it plenty of wind between Christmas and New year, so it was business as usual here with plenty of windsurfing. Steve and AndyW joined me and there were a number of kite-surfers out too including Spooker, Neal, Neil, Andy, Dunk and probably...
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