Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I mentioned the other day that the bees were busy. Well, they’re at it again, out enjoying the Spring sunshine and feasting on the pollen and nectar from out little patch of crocuses. As new beekeepers who are just coming out of their first winter with bees, it’s a lovely sight to see. It must...
Sunday morning was absolutely gorgeous here. A perfect early Spring morning that just can’t be beat. I was up early to go for a run and a swim, did a bit of work, got ready and then headed into Machynlleth. The temperature was around 1°C there and mist was hanging in the valleys with gorgeous...
After my run in disgusting weather yesterday morning, I didn’t stop there. I did lots of work and then headed across to the beach in the afternoon for a nice windsurf session. It was a little gusty to start with but perfect in the gusts with some big waves out the back as well. It...
After to big freeze of last year, the winter of 2011-2012 has been fairly mild. So what does this mean for our honey bees? Well, we had a check on our three hives this winter and things don’t look too bad. It’s difficult to know if bees consume more food in warm winters than in...
It’s been freezing out there today. The temperature only rose to 2°C, but Ivor our local katabatic wind was blowing his socks off all day long. 30-35 knots in the estuary, making it feel bitterly cold out there. So much for my post about the first flowers of spring, it’s now well and truly back...
We may have had some of the coldest temperatures of the winter last week, and the rest of the UK is currently under a blanket of snow and ice, but not so here in West Wales. The temperature hasn’t got anywhere near freezing today, there hasn’t been any snow in sight and even that on...
Day four of 2012, and Windsurf number 4 too. It was nowhere near as windy as it was yesterday but the winds were still around 25-35 knots so I went out with a bigger board and my 5m sail. I was pretty tired already though from a 10km run the night before and another 55...
The winds woke me up at 3am this morning and then at 5am I had to give in, get dressed and go outside to see what the banging was. A shed door had been wrenched open by the wind and there was all sorts of debris flying around the garden. I made things sound and...
The temperature dropped a fair bit here today, but the wind was blowing and for a change the sun was shining. There was therefore only one thing to do and that was make the most of my prolonged Christmas holiday and head to the beach for a windsurf. It wasn’t that exciting a sail, just...
I’ve started the year as I mean to continue. First was a windsurf off the seafront and then a swim in the estuary with people from the Triathlon Club. It was a pretty miserable day mind you, not really enough wind for the windsurf session and pouring with rain during the swim. We all returned to...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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