Time for some New Toes
Sorry, but as is now customary you have to endure a photo of my toes everytime they get updated! Blue stripes this time thanks to Anna’s handiwork. Amazon.co.uk Widgets
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Strike up the Bands
Just a quick clip from the ‘Strike up the Bands’ concert we went to the other night. Morgan’s cornet playing is coming along nicely so he was interested to go to the concert which included sessions from the Ceredigion Youth Band, the Aberystwyth Silver Band and the Aberystwyth Wind Band. It started quite late though...
Wax Extraction
It was far too wet and miserable last weekend for any proper beekeeping, but we did manage some – or rather, Anna did. We hired the steam wax extractor from ABKA and extracted all of the old, dark brown wax from old frames that we had lying around. It’s a fairly mucky job but the...
The End of the Weekend
After a fairly wet and miserable weekend, the clouds cleared last night and we were finally treated to the sort of sunset that Ynyslas does best.
Chilli And Homemade Taco Shells
We made a really nice chilli on Saturday. Based on a Jamie Oliver Recipe from his America Book, we of course changed it a fair bit. Chilli Recipe As with most of Jamie’s recipes, and many recipes in general it was heavy on the meat, but had very few vegetables in it. In fact it...
Hill Reps on the Roman Steps
Another good day’s training under my belt on Sunday with yet more hill reps. For the last few weeks my Sunday morning run session has consisted of hill reps. I have usually been doing these on the Caer Gybi Climb just outside Machynlleth, but also did some on week on the Climb up the to National...
Spring Moths
It’s been ages since we put the moth trap out. The last time was back in August last year. Terrible I know, but the weather hasn’t been kind and we’ve been busy so finding an evening where it wasn’t going to rain and when Morgan and I would hjave time to go through the trap...
Oaty Banana Muffin Recipe
I’m quite pleased with myself again, having just made up a banana muffin recipe. Not only are they delicious and now filling the house with the gorgeous smell of freshly baked banana muffins, but they only took a few minutes to make, 20 minutes to bake and probably not much more than that to eat....
Aberystwyth Pollution
It looks as though pollution has made it to Aberystwyth. It was fine yesterday but it’s looking pretty murky out there today. It could just be a sea mist of course but we were expecting the smog caused by pollution that has been affecting other parts of the country to make it to West Wales...
Best 10K Effort
Well, I wasn’t expecting that… I’ve just been out for a run and I started off at a fairly decent pace and just kept going. I ended up posting my best 10K time since I started back with this running malarky. The last time I tried a proper 10k effort I was aiming for 40 minutes...
