Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Morgan and I have just got back from a nice little photo walk along the beach. Nothing too exciting, just a little stroll to see how it was looking today. I’ll save the better photos for another post, but as per usual it was fairly breezy over there which just helped to highlight how much...
As flood wardens we’ve just been told to inform residents to evacuate their homes again. here’s the official statement: NRW will be issuing a flood warning. We have also been advised by Ceredigion County Council that the expected local conditions and high winds will be a problem around tomorrow mornings high tide at 8.41 a.m....
No, we aren’t being evacuated again, not yet anyway, but the students are being evacuated from the seafront halls. All lectures and seminars have been cancelled in the university for Friday and Monday and students have been told to leave seafront halls by 4pm on Friday in preparation for the battering we’re likely to get...
The last battering we had from the weather a few weeks ago destroyed the seafront in Aberystwyth and made quite a mess of Borth and Ynyslas and resulted in us being evacuated from our house for the night. It looks as though it could all be repeated again this weekend. The storm a few weeks...
Sorry for the lack of posts here recently, but I was busy working all week last week, invigilating exams at the university, so fitting that in with everything else didn’t leave much time for blogging. It also meant that we didn’t really do much other than the normal routine. A Week of Training Tired I did manage...
What a difference a week makes. This time last week we had just returned to our house having spent the night at a friends after being evacuated due to severe storms. Today has been as still as you like with plenty of winter sunshine, so we made the most of it by having a little...
We went for a walk along the beach last night with the Scouts and I’d say that the new sea defences in Borth have almost certainly helped protect Borth from the recent storms. Some of the large boulders within the defences have moved slightly. The pebble banks that were extended and built up as part...
After the recent storms and flood damage everywhere, we’ve been wondering how our bees have been faring. It has been a funny ‘winter’ so far as it has just been really mild and really wet. The bottom of the garden, where our beehives are is still waterlogged and flooded, but with wellies on I can...
I’ve posted plenty here about the storm damage in Ynyslas and the storm damage in Aberystwyth. However, as the road from here to Borth remains closed we haven’t really had much chance to get into Borth, other then once when I ran through Borth without a camera. So, here’s a little YouTube slide-show of some...
Just a few more photos of the recent storm damage at Ynyslas, this time from a document circulated to the flood wardens. 1. Swathes of rubbish left stranded Many Ynyslas residents are willing to help clear this up. Photo by Lucy Napier Adams 2. Dune Erosion Erosion of approximately 6-8′ of sand dune. Photo by Jill Hulse...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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