Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Well done to all those who competed in the Aberystwyth Twin Peaks Challenge today. It looked like a great event with good conditions. I hope you put in a time to be proud of. I was the photographer part way up Pendinas and then again on the prom and managed to get some good shots...
It’s the Aberystwyth Twin Peaks Challenge at the weekend. A challenging partly off-road running race covering two of Aberystwyth’s most famous landmarks: Constitution Hill (450ft) to the North of Aberystwyth and The Duke of Wellington monument on Pen Dinas (413ft) to the South. The race is organised by Aberystwyth Athletics club and is about 7...
Finally after a couple of months off I got back on board and out for a windsurf session at Ynyslas today. Conditions were good as well with a 25-35 knot wind and some nice little waves. There were plenty of kite-surfers out as well and four windusrfers in total. I took my waterproof camera with...
Sunday was a gorgeous day. Blue skies without a cloud and no wind. So after breakfast we all jumped in the car and headed off to the lakes in the hills. We stopped at Llyn Syfyddrin for a bit of a walk and a picnic. Somehow we seemed to time it wrong as it was...
Our busy weekend continued with a day on the beach (after re-visiting the moth traps set the night before). Morgan and I had a play in the sea, which gave me a chance to get my waterproof camera properly wet. It coped well and considering its size and durability I’m still pretty impressed with the...
After collecting Morgan from school yesterday we popped in to see a friend but a Morgan was nodding off to sleep I decided to take him for a little stroll on the beach for some fresh air to revitalise him! I had my little compact Pentax Optio W60 waterproof camera with me so I took...
It looks as though we have a busy weekend ahead of us. My parents are visiting so Morgan is looking forward to seeing ‘Ninny and Grandad’ and we’ve been looking for things to do. There is quite a bit going on at the Ynyslas Dunes Visitor centre. On Friday evening they are organising a ‘National...
I spent the day on Sunday taking photos of the Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon. The Half Marathon didn’t start until 1pm, but I got up early and had hoped to get some photos of the lake as the sun rose. Unfortunately it was shrouded in mist and fog and I couldn’t see anything at sunrise!...
A relaxing end to a hectic day. Work Work Work, Windsurf, Windsurf Windsurf. Aaaah! Mind you, the sea looked a lot meaner than this whilst I was sailing on it.
Cool, I’ve just seen an article on TimesOnline saying that hundreds of sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) are to be released at various sites around the UK to boost the population. One of those sites is to be the dunes here at Ynyslas. “In an attempt to restore Britain’s rarest lizard, the species is to be...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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