Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
A friend of mine e-mailed me last night, sending me a link to a tombola competition in aid of Diabetes UK, and asking ‘Are you the Tombola Prize’. I had a look, you can see the prize here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/castlevision/6153184344/in/photostream I am indeed a tombola prize, or at least, a photo of me is.
It looks as though I’ve completed the last Triathlon of 2011, so how did the year go? 2011 was the year that I made a return to training for and competing in triathlons after not doing one for over 20 years. I did a few in my late teens, but funnily enough, after over 20...
We’ve a busy weekend ahead of us so I have just got back from managing to squeeze in a quick windsurf session this morning before the tide got too high. It was just me and the gulls out there with a stiff 20-30 knot Westerly wind blowing, some decent waves and very choppy conditions. If...
<A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.co.uk/widgets/q?rt=tf_cw&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=GB&ID=V20070822%2FGB%2Falslikklworls%2F8010%2F8e48128e-6f13-46f7-8493-d2256c1fa4b9&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.co.uk Widgets</A> No, no, no, it’s not what you think, I haven’t been buying little blue pills from the internet! I’m talking about my bike. The Fox TALAS forks on my Commencal Meta 5.5 have seen better days. Despite looking after them and keeping them well serviced, one of the stanchions was badly worn...
Despite the high winds and very autumnal weather we’re having, the garden is still producing for us. The herbs are all still doing well and so is the veg. We dug up our last crop of potatoes recently and have been gradually munching our way through the beetroots. There are some onions that look just...
I’m having a bit of a dilemma here. I’ve been using MYOB Business Basics for many years as my accounting package of choice on my Mac. I wrote a blog post about it back in April 2006 (Mac Accounting Software) and started using the software soon afterwards. Since then it has been working well and...
After our Stop Motion attempts with Lego, Morgan has been chomping at the bit to do some more animation. He could do it himself, but likes a bit of help from me so finding time isn’t always easy and setting up a decent storyboard and all the tools and toys needed to do it takes...
Anna’s old Nissan Micra has gone, and has been replaced with a nice new (to us) Honda Jazz. We didn’t take months to decide on a car either this time. Anna decided one day that it was time for a new one – her old one was very old and falling apart. She then popped...
Summer didn’t hang around long this year! September arrived and so did Autumn, and with it came the winds. Last week was windy everyday, 30-40 knots all day everyday in fact, so I obviously went windsurfing a few times and blew away some cobwebs.The weekend was set to be a good one too with wind...
Well, I had a busy day yesterday and despite initial reports I did actually do some work. In fact I did a bit first thing in the morning along with some housework, but as the wind was once again blowing a hoolie I was on the beach rigging up my windsurfing kit by about 8:30am....
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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