Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Yep, only 36 days until we’ll be eating leftovers from Christmas, but the surf gods delivered early this year. After an epic weekend of surf and loads of energy from the forces of nature, things were a little calmer on Monday morning. A much lighter offshore wind and some leftover swell. There was just enough...
Read more »As well as the photos of the surf at sunrise this morning, here are a couple of little video clips too.
Read more »Mother Nature is putting on quite a show again this morning. Big Surf, 50 knot winds and a glorious sunrise. I couldn’t resist a few more photos. This post is therefore nothing but a few nice photos of the sea and the beach here at Ynyslas.
Read more »What a day that was! Trail Running at Nant yr Arian A nice early start for me so that I could do a little bit of work before heading up to Nant yr Arian. I was there before 6:30am and headed off for a trail run. Needless to say that it was completely dark as...
Read more »With only a few rounds left, it feels as though the Cyclocross season is hotting up and coming to an end at the same time. A couple of cancellations mean that this weekend’s race was the 7th scoring race out of 9 races with your best 6 results to count towards the series. This weekend...
Read more »Offa’s Dyke Vital Stats Monmouth to Sedbury Cliffs Distance: 22.00 miles Elevation Gain Today: 1015m Highest Elevation: 243m Time: 4:43:47 Av. Pace: 12:54 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 118bpm Max Heart Rate: 152bpm Calories: 1830 Totals to Date Total Distance: 633.81 miles Total Time: 119:02:50 Total Elevation Gain: 20310m Total Calories: 57797 Kcal Distance to go:...
Read more »Another good Cyclocross Race, and this time I’m pleased to say that rather than saying my race report comes from somewhere in the middle of the pack, it’s actually coming from a little closer to the pointy end. Still not at the pointy end of course – far from it in fact, but it was...
Read more »Having had a bit of a return to form with some mountain bike downhill records in the morning, I thought that a windsurf was in order today as well. Just like the old days! The wind was howling, the seas were big and the air was a lot warmer than it had been. What else...
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