Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I’ve been using Carbonite as an online backup solution for a couple of years now and wrote a review of Carbonite back in 2009. All has been working well with it, to the extent that I had virtually forgotten about it. Whenever my computer is switched on and connected to the internet, it just automatically...
Christmas came early to out household yesterday. It’s a long story, but Anna cam home on Friday with a huge (8kg) fresh turkey. There was nothing to do, but to cook it. So yesterday we made a start with eating it, but even with help from Robbie the cat we barely made a dent in it....
Autumn is here with a vengeance and Saturday looked set to be another windy day. The third in a row that I had chance to windsurf and with it being a weekend there would be plenty of other people out on the water as well. I’d arranged with Steve to meet at around 10:30 so...
Friday was apretty windy one with winds in the 30-40 knot range for much of the day. Perfect for me as a windsurfer, so after a 5am start and sveral hours work I had a lovely session on the seafront. I’m glad I didn’t wait for Snoozer to turn up on the beach as the...
We haven’t really been up to much lately. It’s that lull between Halloween and Christmas so not much is happpening. We’ve been buying presents but I can’t mention those for fear of giving the game away. We’ve avoided the funfair in Aberystwyth this year. Morgan keeps asking if he can go but we can’t really...
We’ve been treated to another great view of Jupiter and its moons tonight so I tried to get a better photo. This time I used the live view feature on my SLR to get better focus. It still isn’t easy, although I did only spend a few minutes doing it, but the results are better...
It was a lovely day on Saturday so after doing some gardening and digging out bags and bags of compost from the compost bins we decided to head over for a family walk along the beach. However, as we walked through the groynes I was greeted by perfect peeling surf and some pretty decent sized...
We had an amazing view of the Gallilean Moons of Jupiter last night. It was a lovely, clear, still night and Jupiter could be clearly seen in the South South East, shining brigher than all the stars around it. We could see the Milky Way too, but with a pair of standard binoculars it was...
A little late we know, but we Dave and Sarah hosted the Ynyslas Bonfire Party last night and everyone had fun. A nice big bonfire, plenty of fireworks, loads of food and lots of friendly locals to chat too. Another late night for Morgan following an even later night at the Aberystwyth and District Beekeepers...
Sunday was a busy one for me. My training schedule had me down to do a swim and a run, but the tri club were meeting for a road bike ride as well, and Steve was heading this way in order to go windsurfing… Would I be able to fit it all in? In the end...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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