Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Alan, Anna & Morgan live in West Wales and attempt to make the most out of life. Alan is a freelance website designer, Sports & Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad & husband. Anna works at Aberystwyth University and is a full time Mum & wife.
My parents were heading home on Sunday so rathe than do something here we thought we’d drive south with them for a bit so that they had started their journey home and then stop off somewhere for a wander and some lunch. We inadvertently ended up at the Aberaeron Seafood Festival. Aberaeron We decided before...
Read more »I’ve managed to get out and do a little more surf ski practice. My last post about my new surf ski said “Just how many ways can we fall off a surf ski? More ways than there are to stay on one it would seem.” Well, just to balance that out, here’s a short video...
Read more »More beach fun after school at Borth. New Flip Flops, New Surf Ski, New Paddles, Super Sunny Beach, Crazy Warm Waters. If only all Tuesdays were like this. A little more practice on my ski. It’s still very wobbly and still difficult to remount. My chest still hurts too though. Maybe a couple of sessions...
Read more »Just how many ways can we fall off a surf ski? More ways than there are to stay on one it would seem. The weather has been gorgeous though so despite my chest issues I couldn’t resist getting out on the water for a while. Especially as Morgan wanted to be in the sea as well....
Read more »After collecting Anna from the station after our Scout Day Camp I was soon off again. This time driving north for an hour to meet friends who were on an activity weekend and camping with a Rhinog view in Cae Gwyn campsite. The drive north was nice and I soon met up with Dennis, Sophie,...
Read more »Rather than training for and competing in Triathlons this year I’m out to have some fun. Trying lots of new things, giving stuff a go and seeing if I can improve in some of it. With that in mind and the fact that I’ve been having fun paddling around Borth, Ynyslas and Aberdovey on my...
Read more »It’s certainly been hot here the past couple of days. The temperature from the weather station topped out at 27.7ºC yesterday and today that has been beaten with a temperature of 28.1ºC. What a horrible day for spending some after-school time on the beach! I still have the lurgy though so no playing in the water...
Read more »The forecast for the weekend wasn’t great, butt summer seems to have stayed with us and I’ve been making the most of it! Nothing new there! Gravel Pits Friday evening was spent at the gravel pits in Cwm Rheidol with Aber Kayakers and the the Scouts. The all got on really well with their kayaking and...
Read more »What a lovely day for an early morning surf ski at Ynyslas. The sun was rising in the east, the Moon was setting in the west. The sea was flat calm but there was a fairly strong Easterly wind blowing down the estuary. This is only set to get stronger as Ivor our local katabatic...
Read more »We like to stop off on the way home from my parents and generally do so at a garden centre. It gives us chance to maybe buy some plants or other things and have some lunch. It also breaks the journey up a little so that we aren’t driving non-stop for 3½ hours. The trouble...
Read more »We didn’t really have much planned for Bank Holiday Monday. For a start I kind of forget about Bank Holidays as I don’t usually ‘go into’ work on a Monday but work from home. However, Anna and Morgan were off so it seemed as though we should do something. Running around Ynyslas I was up...
Read more »Just a few of the waves from my SUP surf session on Bank Holiday Monday morning. Not a soul in the water here at Ynyslas other than me. Lovely mellow waves to start with then got a bit bigger towards the end so that I could charge down a few steeper faces.
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