Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I’d like to say that yesterday was day 22 of summer, but although temperatures were still up into the low 20’s and when the sun came out it was lovely, there were quite a few heavy showers around and things were feeling a lot less summery than they were. Typically this is often the case...
I did a ride that I haven’t done for a couple of years yesterday. Nothing huge, just a fairly flat ride into Aberystwyth via Lovesgrove, then onto the Ystwytn CC Devils Bridge 22 mile hilly TT course. Making a total of just under 45 miles. Having not done it for a couple of years, it was...
Morgan with a giant bourbon!
The water has been so clear here lately during my open water swims that I just couldn’t resist taking Morgan snorkelling. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any of my old diving kit so we had to buy some cheap masks and snorkels from Sports Direct – They’ll do the job though. However, we didn’t quite get...
After chores and work this morning then a little snorkel with Morgan in Borth, followed by lunch, I couldn’t resist a bit of baking ready for a very British afternoon tea. Mmm, freshly baked scones with strawberry jam and cream. Unfortunately we didn’t have any clotted cream so I had to make do with squirty cream....
Another guest post for you today, this time from writer, blogger and mum to three Jane Blackmore who is looking for a challenge in order to raise money for Diabetes UK – Something I did a while back with a swim in Lake Bala. Getting some fitness back I am in a quandary. In the...
Morgan and I have just carried out a bee inspection on our two hives. Clettwr The first hive (Clettwr) is the one in which the queen died a few weeks ago. We last saw here on July 1st when all looked goo, but on July 7th found her dead at the bottom of the hive....
Well, I think yesterday was Day 20 of Summer – And what a summer it has been. They had been promising rain for a few days though and we did finally get some. The weather during the day was lovely once again. My early morning run at 7am was done under clear blue skies and...
Despite having to compete with an almost full moon, we were greeted with loads of moths in the trap this morning. Temperatures only dropped to 16.2ºC and winds were light. As well as loads of Caddis Flies and quite a few nice looking micro moths (that I didn’t record), I managed to record 143 moths...
Just thought I’d promote this as it sounds like a really good idea for the weekend. Not only will we get to have a nose around other peoples gardens but we’ll be donating to Wales Air Ambulance at the same time. Hopefully some of the gardens that will be open will be ‘normal’ gardens as well rather...
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Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
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