Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Ouch, that hurt. Well, hurt isn’t quite the right word but it was certainly hard work. A 20 minute FTP test on the turbo trainer. This consists of: 10 minute gradually warm up, 3x 1 minute high cadence spins 5 mins steady, 5 mins at just above Threshold 5 mins recovery 20 mins all out effort 10 mins...
Our bees have been up to no good yet again. We seem to have loads of hives and colonies, but very few queens. Argoed Farm – Happy and Healthy On a positive note, the hive at Argoed Farm has re-queened successfully. It now has a new laying queen and plenty in the way of eggs, young...
It’s been a busy Spring of beekeeping for us. Not only have we been busy making increase and setting up new out apiaries but we’ve been getting lots of call outs to swarms as well. The Perfect Swarm The first was a lovely swarm in Penparcau. We packed the car with the tools we thought...
Can you run a mile in under 5 minutes? Probably not! Can you down 4 cans of beer in under 5 minutes? Probably not! Can you do both at the same time? I certainly can’t, but the world record for the beer mile has been broken and is now under 5 minutes!
Another callaborative post for you today with loads of tips for backpacking. Wish I’d done a little more travelling when I was younger, but I guess it’s never too late to start and now I have a family to share it with. Tips for backpacking Backpacking is all about adventure, travelling and meeting new people...
My old 4×4 Mitsubishi Shogun Sport that I bought back in 2006 was beginning to look a little worse for wear. Living where we do by the sea, anything metal tends to rust quite readily. Rust spots and stains show up quite well on a white car too so it was looking a little old and...
We had a nice day at home for Morgan’s birthday – a bit more chilled than a typical day with Alan but we had fun all the same. It started with lego building then we were off to feed the chickens. Morgan was very impressed to find an egg and even more impressed that we...
The Met office have upgraded the weather warning for Ceredigion to ‘Red’ – The highest level for severe weather warnings which means there is a risk to life and that people in the affected areas should ‘Take Action” During this afternoon a swathe of exceptionally strong winds is expected to affect western parts of Wales...
To herald what will hopefully soon be the onset of Spring I thought I’d go with little – well actually quite big when you think about it – Ladybirds on my toes for a while. I hope you like my ladybird toenails?
A couple more photos from our beach photo walk on Sunday. This time of the sea wall at Ynyslas. Kind of sums up the slightly bleak but still beautiful part of West Wales that we live in. It may not be to everyone’s taste but we like it here and especially like the drive from...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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