Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
If you haven’t noticed the weather this week has been atrocious and I can only think it must have been our fault. We were off on a family caravan holiday in Porthcawl. As I started loading the car on Monday, the heavens opened and I got soaked. It then continued to rain pretty much non-stop...
The weather looked good for moth-trapping yesterday and as things seem to be hotting up in the moth world, we put the trap out again. It wasn’t a great catch, but there were two new species for the garden which is all good for the learning process. Of course, as this is my first year...
It looked like a nice morning for a walk today, the winds were light, the sun was shining and I’d heard that there were some Orange Underwing moths (Archiearis parthenias) around at a local nature reserve. Apparently they can be seen flying around birch tress in the sunshine during March. I had a good look,...
On my way home from Conwy at the weekend I stopped off at Penmachno for a ride around the trails there. I hadn’t been here for over a year and had fond memories of it from last time so was looking forward to it. This was helped by the fact that it was a lovely...
March 7th 2010, Mawddach Goldrush day. The first MTB event of the year for me. Last year I did it as part of a 3 man team so only did one lap but this year I had decided I ‘should’ be able to do it solo and do all three laps on my own. The...
Entries for the 2010 Dyfi Enduro opened today and soon sold out completely. I managed to get an entry in though, rider number 282. Most of the local riders also got a place so it should be a good year. The course will be similar to last years – Click here to see the Dyfi...
The first ever trip to Llandegla for an Ystwyth-MTB end of month ride and it was a roaring success. There were only three of us from Ystwyth-MTB, Dave, John and myself, but we met up with the Bristol contingent of Jay, Brad, Matt, Beale and Woody in the car park and were already looking forward...
Just a nice photo of a Wooded Knoll in the Dyfi Valley with snow-capped hills behind. Taken from the Ynsyhir RSPB reserve on Sunday.
Speed Season is here!!! I’ve just got back from a windsurf session the estuary here at Ynyslas. Ivor, our local katabatic wind was up to his tricks so the wind was ballistic at over 40 knots. The water was a seething mass of white and simply getting out of your car on the beach led...
Morgan and I made use of our new RSPB membership and went for a cold winters walk at Ynyshir this morning. Lots of Canada Geese about but Morgan was a little cold so we couldn’t sit and look for birds for too long. I did manage a couple of photos of a bird that I...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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