Borth’s Submerged Forest
After a busy day at work on Friday I fancied a bit of a fresh air before Scouts so went for a walk along the beach where the submerged forest was looking good. I didn’t spot any 4,000 year old antlers though.
Category: Wales
Talybont to Porthmadog Coast Path Run
Coast Path Vital Stats Talybont to Porthmadog Distance: 26.78 miles miles Elevation Gain Today: 348m Highest Elevation: 73m Time: 4:59:16 Av. Pace: 11:11 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 127bpm Max Heart Rate: 154bpm Calories: 2464 Totals to Date Total Distance Completed: 104.05 miles Total Time: 18:34:12 Total Elevation Gain: 3252m Total Calories: 10531 Distance to go: 776 miles I haven’t been able...
Winter Returns
After a few days of sunshine, winter has returned. There was loads of snow on the hills yesterday and the beach was icy and it looks as though there has been another fresh fall of snow on the hills overnight too. Even the low hills behind Ynyslas have a covering so I’m sure there’ll be...
Windsurfing – Back on Board
Those of you who knew me a few years ago won’t quite believe this, but it has been ages (literally months) since I’ve been windsurfing. So long in fact that I don’t want to look it up to see how long ago it was! This may not seem unusual to some people, but considering the...
Morning on the Beach – Ynyslas
It’s another gorgeous morning out there on Ynyslas beach. Cold mind, but lovely all the same.
Canoeing in Borth
Another glorious sunny day here today even if it was a little chilly. Just below freezing in fact first thing but by mid morning it was up above 5ºC so time for another little session canoeing in Borth. This time we went for a little paddle around the reefs by the lifeboat station with Morgan and...
Welsh1000 Walk – Llanrhystud to Furnace
My Coast Path capers all started when I signed up to do the Welsh1000 Walk, a charity event to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society. I initially showed an interest in doing the event with the Scouts, but somehow ended up being the ‘leader’ for the Llanrhystud to Aberystwyth section of the walk. The idea was...
Fingers Crossed for our Maiden Canoe Voyage
We’d been chomping at the bit to get out in our new self-built canoe, that (for obvious reasons) we had christened ‘Fingers Crossed’ Since getting it home I;d given it a few more coats of varnish and it was now ready to go. The weather was set fair yesterday so a plan was made for...
Fun in the Dunes
If there was one good thing to come from our phone-line outage over Easter, it was the fact that Morgan couldn’t get online and therefore wanted to go outside to play all the time. We therefore had lots of trips to the beach and plenty of fun in the dunes. We kept putting sticks on the...
Winter Returns – Moel y Garn
Well, the forecast was correct. After what was a lovely day on Good Friday, Saturday was a washout, a very windy washout as well. I still wasn’t feeling like a triathlete, but decided that I should probably go for a run or at least a walk up a hill. Anna and Morgan wanted to go...
