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Aquarium Planting Progress

Just a quick update on the plants in my new aquarium seeing as it’s been 3 weeks since they were planted. They have been growing emersed as part of the Dry Start Method (DSM) since then and seem to be doing OK. The Staurogyne repens is settling in well and appears to be well rooted now,...

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Pi Day Souvenir

Happy Pi Day everyone… We celebrated 3.14.15 (otherwise known as Pi Day) with a trip to Welshpool and the finding of a mystery geocache. It was actually one I’d worked out months ago, but seeing as we were going to Welshpool for a day out anyway and there was a Pi Day souvenir up for...

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The Apple Watch – Not For Me – I want a Fenix 3

As an Apple Fan-boy, you’d expect me to be excited about the new Apple Watch, but for me it just doesn’t seem to do enough. Now I know that it’s a first generation product and will therefore improve in future iterations. I also know that often Apple products do less than their competitors, or have...

Geocache Logs from Wild Wales 1

Geocache Logs from Wild Wales

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s always nice to get people visiting geocaches that you’ve hidden, and even better when they write nice things in the logs.[pullquote-right]”Definitely getting a favourite point. Thanks for a smashing cache.”[/pullquote-right]The best are those caches that are rarely visited, but that you know are something special. This means that when people do get around to making...

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No Time Off and a Long Walk for Dinner

One of the main reasons I didn’t want to go flat out in the Dyfi Dash Sprint Triathlon race on Sunday was the fact that doing so usually takes quite a bit out of me. It sounds silly for a race that only lasts just over an hour but if I give it everything I...

Dyfi Dash – Race Report 2

Dyfi Dash – Race Report

It’s been a while (July in fact) since I did any racing, but Sunday saw me get the first race of the season, the Dyfi Dash in Machynlleth, under my belt. Pre-Race Prep Saturday was a glorious Spring day so it was then that I decided that I would take part. Training had been going...

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The Early Signs of Spring

We’re only a couple of days into March, and therefore a couple of days into Spring, but nature is preparing. I managed to spend a few hours out in the garden at the weekend. There’s loads of work to do out there tidying up, weeding and cutting things back but I feel as though I’ve...

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Mmm, Flapjacks

Yet more treats dropping through the letterbox thanks to Graze…. A Flapjack box this time. Get your 1st, 5th and 10th boxes free by using this code ANNAC3QTB at https://www.graze.com/uk

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Hellish Hill Reps

After what was supposed to be a recovery week training wise, it was back to it today with some hellish hill reps. Not that the preceding week was exactly restful thanks to lots and lots of work to do, both website design work and working at the University, which meant that in order to fit...

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Morgan in The Welsh Beekeeper

Fame for Morgan with a nice mention in the Spring edition of the Welsh Beekeeper Magazine. He could have at least tucked his ‘T’-shirt in!