Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I’ve just noticed lots of hits on my post about the Aberystwyth Fun Fair last year, which reminded me that it must be time for it again. I’m not 100% sure the dates of the 2010 fair, but it is normally on the 1st Monday after the 12th of November and the subsequent 2 Mondays...
I really should have done this before, but I rarely use my mobile phone and therefore rarely top it up. In fact, most people probably laugh at my old-fashioned phone, but it makes phonecalls when I need it to and I can’t afford an Apple iPhone so I’m sticking with it for now. Anyway, it’s...
What a gorgeous day for a walk in the woods around RSPB Ynyshir as part of a Fungi Foray. Gorgeous blue skies, no wind and a bit of a nip in the air. Apparently we were a little late in the season for many of the edible mushrooms and some of the ones we found...
My new favourite things! Not a lot I can say about them other than the fact they look like wetsuit boots with holes in the soles, but they help keep my feet toasty whilst out on winter rides and for that reason I love them! I’ve yet to use them on a really cold wet...
My trusty Garmin Forerunner 305 decided to give up the ghost last week so I’ve now ordered a new one – I couldn’t quite decide which model to go for but in the end stuck with the Forerunner 305 and managed to get quite a bargain on it. Recommended retail price is £199.99, but last...
Winter is definitely on it’s way, there’s a frost here this morning and temperatures dropped below freezing (-1ºC) for the first time this winter. Yesterday was similar, clear skies and a lovely sunny, crisp autumnal day so we loaded up the car with bikes and headed off to Coed y Brenin. Anna and Morgan had...
Honestly! I am! I know, who’d have thought it that as I approach my 40th birthday I’d become a model in a nude calendar, whatever next! Unfortunately (or probably fortunately for most of you), I can’t show you any of the photos yet as it is being sold to raise money for the ITU and...
I’ve got funny shaped feet, but Crocs seem to suit me perfectly. They now have a decent range of footwear too, including some that I quite like the look of. They aren’t cheap, and there are plenty of ‘cheap’ imitations out there, but Anna recently bought me a couple of pairs of genuine Crocs. One...
All three compost bins are full to the brim, but I have an idea. The vegetables in the raised beds I built earlier in the year has pretty much finished now so I might transfer all the (not quite composted) garden rubbish from one of the compost bins to the raised bed where it can...
Couldn’t resist a photo of a spiders web – They really are impressive things.
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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