Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
Morgan and I usually have an hour to kill on a Tuesday afternoon in between the end of school and when I drop him off with Anna at work. I then go to circuits, they have dinner, then Morgan goes to Archery, Anna goes to band and I go swimming, before we all finally go...
There has been quite a lot in the news over the last few days about grammar and how most people don’t use it correctly. Morgan spotted this error by the council while we were having tea in the sun along the prom in Aberystwyth last night. Can you spot the mistake?
I thought it was time that we could enjoy the garden from inside the house as well as out. It does afterall seem as though Spring has finally arrived and the garden is beginning to look nice. Cleaning the windows helped. They get coated in salt spray here in no time so over the winter...
Open water swim season has officially started again for me… A little later than usual and I’m not sure if that’s because it’s been an unseasonably cold Spring or just that I’m getting soft as I age. However, with a race that includes an open water swim looming in less than 2 weeks I was determined...
Sunday was a nice busy day for us – just for a change! As usual it started fairly early for me at around 6am when I got up, checked e-mails etc. and had some breakfast before heading off to Machynlleth in Anna’s Fiat 500 hire car for a run. My planned session was a fairly easy one...
Mmm, Chocolate Brownies for breakfast today!! Anna asked me to make some Baklava Muffins for her to take to work on Tuesday but I decided to bake some brownies instead. Of course, having baked them we had to try them before giving them out to her work colleagues and they were perfect. Crispy on top with...
There must be something wrong with Morgan – he didn’t want the cake mixture scrapings from the mixing bowl!! Not to worry, more for me. His tune soon changed once he got to smell the date cake cooking though and I’m not surprised as you’ve never smelt anything so nice. I’m salivating too whilst waiting...
Amongst the variety of stalls that the Borth 2nd Scouts run at the local summer charities fete is a bric-a-brac stall that we always find quite depressing. We’ve helped out with it for a few years now and it’s never that exciting. Don’t get me wrong, we are of course grateful for all donations to...
As promised, here’s the recipe I used for the Apple and Lime Raita that we had with our Banana Curry the other evening. It’s very easy to make, was a nice refreshing, crisp accompaniment to the curry and I think it’ll work well as an exotic salad / coleslaw with barbeques and such like. We...
Just a quick photo to show you that the plants are growing well in our newly re-established aquarium. I’ve already had to cut them back and remove some a few times just to stop them getting too out of control and overgrown. There’s still a bit of a problem with algae though so we need...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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