Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Another weekend, another Welsh Cyclo-cross League race and yet more sunshine. In fact it was a glorious day with wall to wall sunshine, bright blue skies and barely any wind. The dry conditions meant that – uncharacteristically for the showground in Carmarthen – there was very little mud. In fact, the organisers had made a few last...
Yet another gorgeous Ynyslas sunset on Saturday. And I admit to adjusting the image somewhat to give it a more dreamy feel, so for those purists amongst you, here’s the original as well straight from my phone.
Coast Path Vital Stats Church Bay to Amlwch Distance: 21.57 miles Elevation Gain Today: 804m Highest Elevation: 64m Time: 4:31:02 Av. Pace: 12:34 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 120bpm Max Heart Rate: 148bpm Calories: 1836 Totals to Date Total Distance: 323.5 miles Total Time: 60:18:29 Total Elevation Gain: 9082 Total Calories: 30594 Distance to go: 567 miles My mission to run around...
Despite a 6 hour mountain bike ride in the Tide to Tide on Saturday I was due to race in the Pembrey Dune Cross on Sunday. This was round 3 of the Welsh Cyclo-cross league. I was awake fairly early so left Anna sleeping in the tent and headed off into Pembrey Country Park for a walk as...
I haven’t done much mountain biking over the past few years but a number of things prompted me to sign up to the Tide to Tide race in Pembrey Country Park. I had a new mountain bike. I had recently serviced my full-suspension bike. The race was associated with Round 3 of the Welsh Cyclo-cross league...
We had our first Parents Evening at Morgan’s new school earlier this week. A chance for us to meet his form teacher and see how they thought he was settling in. As far as we were concerned he seems to be loving it. Always keen to go to school in the mornings, loving the independence...
Round 2 of the Welsh Cyclo-cross League and this week it was a 2 hour drive to Foxley Cross near Hereford. As is usual for me I arrived with plenty of time to spare, signed on, attached my number to my cycling top and headed off for a few practice laps of the course. Having...
Just a few clips from this weeks windsurfing sessions here at Ynyslas.
As the author data on this post shows, Morgan started writing this blog post but never got around to doing any more than the title! I think what he was going to say was that his Mum and Dad are amazing and have swapped things around now that he is in big school so that he...
Ingredients 2 tbsp of groundnut oil 2 tbsp soy sauce 2tbsp sesame oil 4 cloves of garlic, chopped 2inch piece of ginger, sliced into thin strips 2 shallots 1 tbsp oyster sauce 500ml vegetable stock 1 packet of baby sweetcorn 6 mushrooms sliced 1 red pepper, sliced 1 large courgette, cut into strips 1 packet...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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