Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I don’t know if being 45 entitles me to become a grumpy old man, but it was my birthday last week, I was 45 and if this past week is anything to go by then I think it does. Opticians First up I had my usual bi-annual eye test. I knew that my eyesight was...
Do you like my Christmas Toenails? I know that in my post about Christmas decorations yesterday I promised you Christmas cake today, but I’ve decided to leave that post until I’ve decorated the second cake, so you’ll have to make do with Christmas toenails today instead – Cake, Toenails? Not quite the same I know,...
It was Remembrance Sunday last weekend and as usual we were all supposed to be in lots of places with different groups. To try and fit everything in Alan got up early and went for his usual cycle and swim, although the weather was terrible and I think he got wetter on the ride than...
It’s Half Term here this week so I’ve been at home with Morgan. The weather has been quite autumnal, but Morgan and I did manage to get out for a surf on Monday afternoon, and then overnight a proper autumn swell arrived. We took a look at the waves here at Ynyslas but decided they...
We had another fun evening at the Aberystwyth Beekeepers Association Honey Show earlier this week. The format for the event was pretty much the same as previous years with the following categories: Bottle of mead. Two one pound jars of light honey. Two one pound jars of medium honey. Two one pound jars of dark...
After our success with fishing last week, I decided that it was time to get kitted up properly. I had after all been using Morgan’s rod and reel which was a cheap set bought from the market. Perfectly serviceable but we were sharing. I do have some other bits and pieces as well so it was...
We managed to harvest our honey today. I popped out this morning and put the clearer board on and then again early evening to collect the frames of honey. There’s only one hive in our apiary and it had two supers on it with capped frames in, but only about 14 frames in total worth...
Morgan was off school sick on Wednesday so I couldn’t leave the house so instead I ended up spending most of the day in the shed finding places to put my tools and creating storage contraptions to hold them all. There’s still lots to do, but it’s beginning to look like quite a usable space. I...
On Monday me and Key Stage 2 went on a school trip to Ireland, there were 42 children going and 8 staff members including the bus driver. When I got to school I went down to the bus and dropped off my big suit case, which left me carrying my rucksac. When I got into...
We continue to be delighted with our Spicery meals. The latest was Chicken Cafreal Kebabs which were a lovely Moroccan style kebab coated in coriander and spiced up with chilli, cardamon, cloves and star anise. This came with a really nice, sticky homemade mango chutney, a fresh cucumber and onion salad and a soothing raita. Star...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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