Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
This part of Wales can be the perfect place to live at all times of the year and whatever the weather, but when the sun has been shining for a week or so, the temperatures are in the 20’s and there hasn’t been any rain it’s a paradise. Clear blue skies, gentle breezes and clear...
Coast Path Vital Stats Glynllifon to Bangor Distance: 22.92 miles Elevation Gain Today: 235m Highest Elevation: 61m Time: 3:24:14 Av. Pace: 8:55 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 134bpm Max Heart Rate: 153bpm Calories: 1974 Totals to Date Total Distance: 220.9miles Total Time: 40:59:42 Total Elevation Gain: 6695m Total Calories: 21,190 Distance to go: 664 miles Another run along the Wales...
Just a quick clip of the Coastguard Helicopter flying along Ynyslas beach whilst out on a training exercise in conjunction with Borth, Aberdovey and Aberystwyth Lifeboats the other day.
Just a collection of some of the flowers in our garden at the moment.
Summer continues and Friday brought with it not only more wall-to-wall sunshine and temperatures in the high teens but also some summer surf. So, after a short session on the turbo trainer and lots and lots of household chores we (Morgan and I) headed over to the beach form a summertime surf. We were due...
The half-term continues and amazingly the weather continues to impress too. Further east in the country people are complaining of the cold, wet, miserable weather, but here in the west it has been gorgeous for ages now. Sunshine from 4 am until the sun sets at around 9:30pm and temperatures up into the 20’s everyday. Wind...
The bees at the bottom of our garden have been doing really well so far this year. They’ve been building up well and were beginning to fill their brood box so we’d been expecting to see signs of swarming. The queen in the colony is fairly old so we were planning on splitting the hive soon...
I haven’t been able to swim since Christmas thanks to a shoulder injury so have been missing out on loads of clear water, early morning swims in Aberystwyth and hadn’t even been out around the reefs in Borth. I had some time to get out snorkelling on Borth reefs today though and what a treat it...
My Coast Path runs mean that I’m accruing a nice collection of photos from around the Coast of Wales. I really should stop more often and take more photos but sometimes when I’m running I just want to keep running. At least the map in Apple’s Photo App is beginning to get filled up with...
When your house is here why would you want to go anywhere else? Ynyslas at it’s best.
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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