Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Work is often the main cause of stress in a person’s life. Holding down a job is an enormous responsibility; it can take up a lot of your time and energy, and there will always be stresses and challenges in any job to manage. Stress from work can spill over into your personal life, which...
It should not be a difficult decision to go on a staycation with family. You need a break from work, and so does your family. However, you have too many things to deal with, and having a staycation is not a priority. If you finally decide to go on a trip, these tips will help...
OK, they aren’t ‘our’ fields as in mine and Anna’s, but they are the fields that belong to the project that I’m now working for ‘Biomass Connect’. So, as it was a nice day and there were a couple of us new to the project we thought it was time to take a look at...
It may have been a week ago that I was white-water kayaking in the Lake District, but I do have some keepsakes from the trip. The best of which requires the sharing of a photo of my upper thigh – not quite my bum you’ll be pleased to hear! Impressive hey – fortunately it’s not...
What with coronavirus, a heart attack and the subsequent recovery, I hadn’t been up to North Wales for a paddle for ages. I used to go fairly regularly for the Colwyn Bay races with the North Wales Surf Ski Paddlers and the Llyn Padarn Time Trials with the Dyffryn Conwy Paddlers. The latter of these...
We’ve now become a 4 robot household with the addition of a new Robot Vacuum Cleaner. Burgess our other robot vacuum cleaner lost a wheel a few weeks ago, I repaired him and he’s been doing OK since but we thought it was time for an upgrade. New Smarts The new one is very similar...
It isn’t easy to decide to make lifestyle changes. It’s even more challenging to commit to them. After all, having to break and replace lifelong habits isn’t only difficult but can also be discouraging. However, it isn’t impossible to achieve the intended results. Whether you’re looking to adopt a healthier diet or manage your stress...
PC games and graphics cards are so intricately connected that it’s only natural to believe a regular laptop won’t be able to run any good ones. That is not necessarily true anymore, at least not in 2022. Provided that your laptop’s internal graphics processor is powerful enough, you won’t need to spend a pound over...
There are certain people in our lives who make the world a better place – especially when we’re going through hard times. While life may be busy and you struggle to maintain certain relationships with friends or family members on a daily basis, it’s always important to acknowledge that you care for them and are...
Whether it’s an upcoming birthday, an anniversary, or you are beginning your Christmas present shopping early this year, it can be difficult to buy gifts for avid car enthusiasts. Although buying a gift for someone who has an obvious passion might seem simple, there is a lot that can go wrong. You don’t want to...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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Hiking / The Welsh Nuttalls / Wales
Backbreaking but Beautiful: Nuttall Bagging in North Wales
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
