Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
We like to stop off on the way home from my parents and generally do so at a garden centre. It gives us chance to maybe buy some plants or other things and have some lunch. It also breaks the journey up a little so that we aren’t driving non-stop for 3½ hours. The trouble...
Not too shabby a day for a ride in the hills. I thought that I was going to miss out as I was charged with waiting in for a delivery for Anna that was due today. It had been planned for today as that was the day I could be at home. Anna checked yesterday...
Here’s the video from our Tough Mudder attempts at the weekend. Don’t forget it was all to raise money for Diabetes UK.
Well we did it… Completed the London West Tough Mudder and raised loads of money for Diabetes UK. It was all Rebecca’s fault! She has Type 1 Diabetes and talked me into doing it with her and a couple of her friends. I didn’t really know that much about the event itself when I agreed...
We didn’t really have much planned for Bank Holiday Monday. For a start I kind of forget about Bank Holidays as I don’t usually ‘go into’ work on a Monday but work from home. However, Anna and Morgan were off so it seemed as though we should do something. Running around Ynyslas I was up...
Just a few of the waves from my SUP surf session on Bank Holiday Monday morning. Not a soul in the water here at Ynyslas other than me. Lovely mellow waves to start with then got a bit bigger towards the end so that I could charge down a few steeper faces.
The doctors have told Anna to cut down on gluten somewhat. She’s not gluten intolerant, but cutting it down may help reduce inflammation and therefore help reduce the symptoms of her rheumatoid arthritis. It’s worth a go so we’re trying to eat a little less gluten. We don’t want to miss out on the gooey goodness...
As promised, here’s some video clips of a 5* windsurf session. As with many of my windsurf sessions it took place here at Ynyslas and I was all on my own. It was a bit of a surprise session as I wasn’t expecting quite so much wind. However, on the way home from work there...
Oops, forgot to add any video clips to my last post about playing in the sea, so here are some clips from a session on April 24th. Nothing too exciting just a nice blast on big kit at Ynyslas. I had a surprise session last night as well. The wind was stronger, I was out...
The air temperatures may be all over the place, but that doesn’t stop me from playing in the sea. According to the Borth and Ynyslas Weather Station in our back garden, the temperature so far in April has soared to 19°C on the 8th, a lovely temperature for any time of year here on the coast....
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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