Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I suppose it had to happen at some point, but why now? Many years ago in my late teens when I used to run, I always had problems with my knees. It was probably one of the main reasons why I stopped training for and competing in triathlons when I was 20. That, and the...
Morgan doesn’t always join in with our bee hive insepctions, but when he does he likes to get stuck in. Maybe next year we should give him a hive of his own and let him do everything with it to see how he gets on – with some help where he needs it of course....
I’ve just taken delivery of a load of energy drinks, recovery drinks and gels from Pacific Health as part of a freebie for subscribing to a magazine. Now, I know the recent Panorama programme basically dismissed the need for such products, but they were really only looking at them from the point of view of...
Time for a beekeeping update from out apiaries, and after a week of decent weather things in our home apiary are looking up. Unfortunately though last time we looked at the bees in our out apiary things weren’t quite so good. Out Apiary In the out Apiary, where we thought the bees would thrive, there...
I’d hoped that after the tumble drier stopped working, the microwave blew up, the septic tank pump failed and the Hard Drive in my computer failed that we had seen the end of expensive things breaking – We can’t afford to replace anything else. But no, now the barometric altimeter in Garmin Forerunner 910XT has...
Whilst in Bristol recently we visited a few of the sights thanks to Isambard Kingdom Brunel. I’m from Bristol originally so things such as the Suspension Bridge and the SS Great Britain are fairly commonplace to me, especially as I used to walk past them everyday on my way to school. But Morgan and Anna...
As Scout Leaders for Borth 2nd Scouts, Anna and I organised a trip to Llain Activity centre for the last meeting of the term. With Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers we had about 40 children there and quite a few adults as well. They all seemed to enjoy the archery, climbing and kayaking and especially liked...
We put the moth trap out again last night, but with cooler temperatures and stronger winds there weren’t quite so many moths come the morning as there were the other night. That did of course make going through and identifying them a lot easier this morning and Morgan and I had fun doing so. It...
Check out this bright purple pollen being brought back to a hive by one of our bees. Does anyone know what flower it might have come from?
Wow, loads of moths in the moth trap on Wednesday Night. Literally hundreds of micros and close to 150 macro moths from over 35 different species as well. Here’s the trap before I opened it. And here’s a typical sheet of egg box covered in moths. Here’s the full list: 18 x Common Footman 4...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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