Kidnapping in Machynlleth – April Jones
Really wish I could get out and help with the search for the missing April Jones today. I can’t imagine what the her family must be going through and only hope that someone finds her fit and well soon.
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Plight of the bees
Not a great year for the bees this year. Our new apiary never got off the ground despite being in what should be the perfect location. We’ll try again with that next year. The weather has been terrible. Plenty of flowers about for the bees but there just haven’t been enough opportunities for them to...
Skep Making
We’ve had a busy beekeeping time lately. What with our honey extraction, a visit to the National Beekeeping Centre, the ABKA Photo competition and now we’ve had a chance to try our hand at some traditional beekeeping craftsmanship – We attended a Skep Making Workshop with the Aberystwyth Beekeepers Association. As with most of the...
It’s for Real!!!
The start lists for the ITU Age-Group Triathlon World Championships have been released on the ITU World Triathlon Series Website…. My names on the list, it really is real, I shall be competing in the World Championships in Auckland before too long! Scary hey! Here’s the proof (Click to enlarge): What’s more, I received the latest...
Visit to the National Beekeeping Centre Wales
I seem to be doing lots of beekeeping related things at the moment – other than actually doing any husbandry of my own bees of course! Tuesday was the beekeeping photo competition, then we’ll be Skep making on Sunday and on Wednesday a few members of the Aberystwyth Beekeeping Association visited the National Beekeeping Centre Wales,...
Night Hike Recce
Friday evening they said, it’s only an hour or two each week – so we signed up and became Scout Leaders for Borth 2nd Scouts. They forgot to tell us that there would be several planning meetings a month, tonnes of emails to read and respond to and phone calls galour! On top of that...
Honey Extraction
Well, we did once again manage to get some honey from our bees. Not a lot but one or two (small) jars more than last year. Not much and not a very successful year all round with the bees, but what little we did get is delicious!
Aberystwyth Seaside Triathlon 2012 Photos
Well, the first ever Aberystwyth Seaside Triathlon was a roaring success. I hope everyone had a good day. I’m sure the competitors won’t agree with me but I reckon helping to organise and marshall all day is actually harder work than when I’m racing. I’ve now uploaded the photos I’ve taken to the Aberystwyth Seaside Triathlon...
Stress Fracture – The last thing I needed right now!
I suppose it had to happen. If you ask Anna she’ll tell you that I always have something wrong with me before a race and it would seem as though the size /importance of the race is directly proportional to the severity of the injury. I haven’t done too badly this year, but I had shin...
Vibram FiveFingers – First Impressions
Thanks to the kind people at TriBlogs and Vibram, I recently received a pair of Vibram FiveFingers so that I could use them and blog about them. You’ve probably seen Vibram FiveFingers before – they are the odd looking shoes with individual toes and they are developing a bit of a cult following amongst those...
