Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
As expected, the weather for the Original Mountain Marathon (OMM) this weekend looks somewhat changeable. Here’s the mountain forecast for the weekend. It should of course be slightly less cold at lower elevations! That’s not all that’s changeable for me. Lawrence’s health issues haven’t improved as much as he had hoped so he’s made the...
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m supposed to be doing the Original Mountain Marathon (OMM) next weekend. It’s Lawrence’s fault as he suggested it, but since he did so, we’ve had little chance to get out ‘training’ together. We’ve been preparing in other ways, buying kit, practise packing, testing dehydrated meals and such like, but for...
I thought I’d wait a while before commenting on the new 20mph speed limits in Wales. At least until I’d had some time to drive in a variety of areas around the country. I’ve now done that and don’t really know what all the fuss is about. Driving around Wales Living in the middle of...
Coast Path Vital Stats Marloes to Newgale Distance: 15.19 miles Elevation Gain Today: 724m Highest Elevation: 87m Time: 2:46:55 Av. Pace: 10:59 mins/mile Calories: 11752 Totals to Date Total Distance: 983.83 miles Total Time: 184:30:24 Total Elevation Gain: 29785m Total Calories: 93844 Distance to go: 116 miles After a successful Coast Path run last week...
Look who I found hiding in the undergrowth in the garden this morning. A Woodcock. I assume there’s something not quite right with him but he seemed fairly happy and scuttled off once I’d taken a photo. I’ll shall check on him again later of he’s still there.
We’ve just got back from a family visit to Bristol. With Morgan planning to head off to Canada to work in a ski resort for the winter we also took the opportunity to do some shopping for some suitable clothing whilst there. Being Morgan, he’s off to Canada to work in a ski resort having...
Coast Path Vital Stats Dale to Marloes Distance: 12.48 miles Elevation Gain Today: 520m Highest Elevation: 62m Time: 2:25:47 Av. Pace: 11:41 mins/mile Calories: 1430 Totals to Date Total Distance: 968.64 miles Total Time: 181:43:29 Total Elevation Gain: 29061m Total Calories: 92092 Distance to go: 128 miles Having had a couple of nice days driving...
After an awesome day in the hills on Sunday morning, I was back home by around 2:30 pm and the surf was going off!! It was warm, the sun was shining and the waves were pumping. What better way to cool off after a run in the hills than jumping in the surf for what...
I finished my blog post about a walk in the Carneddau Hills with Rhys last Wednesday by saying: I can’t wait for the next adventure in the hills now. Summer is supposed to return for the weekend, so I’m half tempted to head back up to tick off a couple more of the Welsh 3000’s....
After a week or so of decidedly autumnal weather summer has returned. Temperatures were back up into the low 20’s the sun was shining and there was no wind at all… Typical seeing as it was the Boardwsie Demo Day at Aberdyfi! No wind means no chance to try out some new kit and no...
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