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Time for a Swarm?

Just a quick update on our bees now that Summer is on it’s way. We currently have two colonies, Leri and Clettwr and both seem to have made it through the winter. Our plan this year – if you can make ‘plans’ when beekeeping is to make increase. That’s to say we want to split...

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Good Morning Summer

The weather has changed and Summer is here – for the time being at least.

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Tea and Cakes with the Beekeepers

Sunday afternoon was supposed to be a Beekeepers Meeting with the Aberystwyth Beekeepers where we had planned to take a look through Ann’s hives. Unfortunately the weather was in a particularly uncooperative mood. My day started with an easy swim in Machynlleth. I couldn’t do my usual run as my sciatica is still a little sore, so...

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Leri River Crossings – A New Idea for a Geocache Series

Whilst on out walk from Talybont to Borth with Scouts on Friday night, Morgan and I came up with a new idea for a series of geocaches. We crossed quite a few bridges over the River Leri and decided we could hide a cache at every bridge over the river. After some research with the...

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Jamboree on The Trail 2014

For a change, we thought we’d take the Scouts to the annual Jamboree on The Trail this week. This meant we’d meet on Saturday rather than their usual evening meeting. Jamboree on the Trail is an annual day for the World Scout Movement to hike together. All Scouts, whatever their age and wherever they may be in...

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Pre-Race Jitters

Anna would say that it is just my normal pre-race jitters, but with the British Sprint Triathlon Championships coming up in Eton in little over a weeks time things aren’t looking good for me at the moment. A Matter of Priority Training has been a little lack lustre for a while now and I’m just...

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Garden Lighting

The garden is beginning to look nice ready for summer. I neglected it a little last year as there just wasn’t enough time to fit it in with all my training and everything else, but I’m determined to get it looking good again this year. This is especially true as it’s our 10th wedding anniversary...

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Busy Bank Holiday

Seeing as we didn’t have a huge amount planned for the Bank Holiday weekend and were simply staying at home we seemed to pack quite a bit in. Triathlon Training and Animations on the Big Screen Saturday started with a bike ride for me, just a quick ride towards Machynlleth, a quick blast around the...

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Beer Mile World Record Broken

Can you run a mile in under 5 minutes? Probably not! Can you down 4 cans of beer in under 5 minutes? Probably not! Can you do both at the same time? I certainly can’t, but the world record for the beer mile has been broken and is now under 5 minutes!

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Talybont to Borth Walk

It was the first day back for the Scouts after Easter on Friday so we took them for a lovely walk from Talybont to Borth. Anna wasn’t there as she was off to a swanky awards ceremony at the university. She had been nominated again for the Support Staff of the Year award and came...